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II A ITKIt XX III.
T It wns a I fMi!t rkn tl o coincidence, but
fit tint very timo when I'iixIoii wuh on
his wnyt.ivlh.lt .1 luli l li kro.lgo, In answer
t( her loiter. StilUlllore was also Setting
out to, secretly cull upon tlio janitor's
Slnnmnro n. iji-o(if1iiiir (Inrrlson's
ollieo troin mm direction, while Pnxton
was coming toward it from an exactly
opposite W'ilV.
Tlio former bail almost arrived at bin
dostitmlinii, win ii In' discovered the de
tective, ami believing tb.it l'axton bail
not seen liim ho crossed tho street and
biiri'ii'il aroiiinl tho next i'ortn'1'. Ho
limeied Hint tin" iloti'ctivi would not ap
prove ,, ii,,. ,hIM ),,. ,, , mind, lm.
which prompted liim to elnmloHlinoly
visit .liulilli Iv ledge.
Poer'iig iirniiiul tin1 ei-mor of tlio
building, at the streets' junction, which
110 had aiiK'ii, Stannioro saw Pnxton
'lili r -I wlit Ii'k abode, ami lie resolved
1o remain where he wan until tho de-te-live
took his departure.
The imtn which l'axton had received
from .In. IHIi Krodgo staled thai she luul
jusi discovered a Idler which Marlon
Odklnirii hail Iclt ) hiixl her, nml that
'she wished him to him it at once, ns it
conlniiied a ler-iblo disclosure.
Win n l'alon entered the (inrrison
building he was ailmilteil I'V .1 lulit h. ami
iilmo-t immediately llie wouian produced
a letter, w hich sh" declared she hail just
found in Marion's room, where the
thought Hie ilelcctive must have over
lookcl it when he searched theapurt-
111 en t.
i l'axton hail previously obtained n
specimen of Marion's handwriting, nml
lie saw that eiihcr l he letter given liim
by '111111111 Krodgo was a genuine docu
inent or a ch-ver forgery, hiicIi iih only
an vxpert in chirographic, identification
could detect.
Tho substance of Ihe letter signed by
Marimi Oukhurti. vvilh her name in full, I
wan a lerrilile confession.
Wo will not rcproiluco the letter in
full; Millie il in Hiy that it plainly
i t'ileil that Marion munlereil her father.
Win n he had mastered the oonleiitH
of this letter, I'iixIoii rellecteil for some
time in silcll'-e, anil his gon I judgment
w liisporeil Unit il must he a forgery.
t criminal living from Justice never
yi t left such a confession behind him,"
thought t.io ilcteclive.
Judith watchcil t ie letectivi'i face as
ho I'citil the lelier, as though she was
peeking o reel his thoughts, hut his face
was now as immovable as a mask, ami it
tohl her nothing.
"If this lelier is nut n forgery, then
the secret of John Oakham's fate is ro
vealcil. I shall liml a way lo ileeiile
thai iiicsiion soon." sa ill 1'axlon; and
taking the loiter w ith him, he soon after
left Judith's al'.Mle.
Although he had liol lietrayed the
fin I, l'axton saw Mamii rj lis ho was
approaching the damson building, and
be saw tlie latdr dodge across the
slleet to avoid him.
"There is somct hing strange in Stan
mole's conduct," thought Puxtnii, glanc
ing aiiout m he came out of the (iiirrison
building.
A moment later be biiw Ktannioro nt
the corner, hut In-passed on as though
ho had not seen him, and entered it
shop.
i hen Slaninore ha-.teiicil to tho door
of the (iairison building.
Through theshop window l'axton saw
Slanmore h ave his post at the corner,
and the ilcteclive lollowe ! him, nml saw
him enter the house which ho had him-
Keif just lelt
Wondering what Stanmore's business !
with .luillth Ixrcilge could bo, the detec
tive li lt the vii inily, and took his way
homeward.
He passed the ollice of Pratt A" Weeks,
mid a'thoiigh all wan darkness tin re,
could lie have seen within the private
ollice of Ihe firm, he would have ob
served Pratt and Ids partner going over
their m counts, and striving to nml n
way out of (lie linaucial dilliciilties in
which they had become involved.
The railway stocks, up ui the rise of
which all their hopes depended, were
steadily declining in value, and the ras
cally blotters felt that they were ruined,
unless they could use tho maikud
money.
"1 will tell you, Weekn, there's no use
of concealing il from ourselves any
longer. WC're Moored. Tho marked
motley must be used!" cried Pratt, dash
ing down his pen savagely.
"It has about come to the worst, that
is sure," assented Weeks.
Pratt paced the door, and said
"I mean to take the risk, and attempt ;
to realize on the marked money. 1'n
fortunately, all our attempts to remove
the marks so that they might not betray
us, have failed. They could not be ob
literated without defacing the note so as
to attract suspicion."
but while l'axton passed onward by
the swindling brokers' olllee, there were
some startling rellections In his mind,
founded upon the discovery he had made
when lie examined tho locket belonging
to Marion, which Judith Krodgo had
pawned, and also relating to his discov
ery of Ktaninoie's secret interviews with
Judith.
The discovery which the sight of tlio
portrait in the locket caused l'axton to
make, and the suspicions and theories
which the detective founded upon that
discovery, will presently be made clear
to the rciidci.
Hut what wan the motive for Stan
more's visit to Judith Krodgo?
He believed the woman knew whore
Marlon was, and be meant to bribe her
to save tho cashier's daughter, to liber
Bio her.
The Interview between Stnnmore and
.1 ml it li need not lie recorded In full, but
we may us well state that tho former
assured the woman that he was con
vinced she know where Marlon was, and
he offered any price if she would accom
plish her rescue.
Hut Judith still protested that she wan
entirely Innocent on the subject, and
Stnnmore wns obliged t leave wlthottt
accomplishing anything. ,
1
Tho following ilny a stranger railed hand, and glanced freiiuontly from the
Upon Ktannioro at his hotel, and placing portrait It contained to Htiinmoro's face,
a letter In bis hand hurried nwny with- though ho was comparing the two.
out a word. ' I When Ktannioro bad gone, l'axton
Stannioro wan nstonlshpil nt the man's ' faiil In monologue,
conduct, bill, Iho night of tho hand-I "1 was not mistaken when I thought J
writing on the envelope seemed to drive inado a discovery when I lirsl saw the
nil thought of anything but tho lotler picture. Tho portrait in Marion Onk
out of Ids mind i burn's looket is that of Mr. Ktannioro,
'It is from Marion!" ho cried: nml
tearing open the letter ho devoured its
conlcnls.
'I ho letter was iih follovvn:
Xn Sianmoiik: on tulil me to rail iipini
you for assistance, slioulil tlio time ever
ciiii.e. when la due extivmll , 1 uccilcil u
(leviitdil friend.
Tlmt tiimi ham cmno now. 1 was nhdurti'd
from my luniie. a mi I am now a caillvu by
thosu who lire In leiigue wli Ii iorsni, nlili
uie Interesteil In coiiccalliu tlio real truth
of my father's murder.
I know tho scen t of my poor fnthor'?i
li irib!o fa'o, ami mull tn-ilay I hail la my
I o-hossIuii u imper, which would pruvti the
truth of lliuexiilamitli.il I hail resolved to
iniiko the next day after my iiliducl Ion. In
open court, In order to save stu.iri llnr
hiiiil. Without the p or. which I liuvo lost, iir
which has hcen stolen from inc. to prove
my words. I know my sl.iti nt will not
lie erndltn-l, for I inn aware tli n Judith
Kicililu can Khe tho ino-t terillilennd posi
tive evidence iiKainst me. f ui,i arrasied
now, I am lost, and If I worn to tell the
whole truth of Iho mystery, IIiiiiilIi I swear
to you hy tlio memory of n.y dead mot her,
liml by all lliltijs sacrotl, that" I am Inno
cent, nml that I was prompted by a noble
purpose, I would not only defeat Unit mir-
-oo for which I iae filtered Hu lunch but
icriliee l.lVsiMI'.
of all llilnirs, I most ilreiid iino-t. I call
upon you lo itsciio me and shield me from
tho law. Vmi will t id n;o at No. 7S Hnxtcr
street. I Imnloro von not. in rexivil mv
In re.ibini's to a living -.out. 1 have made
lie fi .end a-niiaiL' the ciuifeiii i' ilcs of mv
f es. who has promised to deliver this lotler
to you. i m is In doubt i :in. dntnrer.
Mxiiion iiamii iin
"I will save her," cried Stannioro.
'And while socking to rcHcue her I must
try to prevent her disenverv by l'ax
ton. "
The course of events hud so shaned
themselves that now Slanniore was so-
rotly arrayed against the detective, as
far as related to Marion Onkbiirn.
He could not think of revealing the
imprisoned girl's whereabout to l'axton
now, since she had implored liim not to
do ho, even had there been no other mo
tive for keeping I lie secret.
Staiimore pa his room thinking
profoundly ami striving to devise a plan
lor Marion's rescue and vindication.
Tlio following morning ho set out for
raxton's ollice, alarnied lest the del
tive might discover Marlon and arrest
her before bo could nccoinplish her
rescue. He wished to be informed re
garding all of l'a.xton's discoveries. .
As ho appioai hcil the' ollice he saw
one of I'axlon'n agents, whom he knew
very well, approaching, and bo know
from the expression of the mail's face
that In- had h .iiio important intelligence
to eoiiiinuiiicate to his principal.
When the agent entered the nfliee
Ktannioro stole to iho dour, placed bis
oar to tlie keyhole, and listened.
In a moment lie reeled back, white
and agitated.
"Tlie fates are against her! Maiion's
prl-iou-place has been discovered. The
agent wlio just entered communicated
entered cominuiiicatei
to l'axton," ho unit
the intelligence
tered.
Then, listeuin
,'iiin, ho heard Pax-
ton say:
"Wo will arrange to secure the girl to
night. At least we may hope the de
velopment of the great mystery is near
at hand."
"I must foil l'axton. Marion shall
not be arrested!" resolved Stannioro..
As ho was turning away lie sn r anoth
er of 1'axlon's agents coining through
the passage leading from the street lo
the detective's oMIce.
Ktannioro feared that he was discov
ered playing the pari of a spy. but with
ureal preseii d mind, he calmly stoop
ed down and seemed lo be engaged in
tying up bin shoe.
To the detective ho said:
"!i od morning."
Then ho passed on in an unconcerned
way, as though he was just leaving the
ollice, while the agenl entered It.
Ktannioro hastened back to Ids hotel,
feeling that lie must work rapidly if lie
would defeat l'axton and prevent the
arrest of Marion Oakbiiru.
As he was about to enter tho hostelry,
he came face lo face with the man who
had brought him tho letter from Marion
on the preceding- night.
The fellow made Ktiinmorp a Hignnl to
follow him and ho obeyed.
In n shop near by the man snid:
"Thin morning, just before daylight,
they removed the young lady lo a new
prison place. You see, they mistrusted
th house was 'spotted' by a detective,
for a fellow was) seen spying about It
last night."
"Describe the spy," said Stnnmore,
eagerly.
't he man did so.
"Ah, tho agent that brought Pax ton
the news that ho had located Marion.
This n fortunate, Marion will not lie
found nt tho place to which tho agent
will conduct l'axton to-night," said
Stannioro.
The he asked:
"Do you know whore the lady now is?"
"Yes, sir; and to-morrow night I'll
take you to her."
"Why not to-night?"
"I've got a job on hnnd. No matter
xvhat It is, it can't Wait," said the fellow
resolutely.
With this Stnnmore was obliged to rest
content.
It galled him to think that he was
compelled thus to work in secret, ami
that ho dared not call upon the police
for assistance to rescue Marion.
That night l'axton and his men made
a descent upon the bouse where his
agenrtiad located Marion Oakbiiru, but
of course they did not liml her, and tho
house where she hud been a captive wan
deserted.
Paxton and bin agents were furious.
"Some traitor must have betrayed ur
plans," cried l'axton.
- His colal.orers agreed with him.
Then the man who hnd encountered
Stannioro at the door of the olllee while
Ids associate was making his report of
the discovery of Marion, told of that
circumstance.
"Staiimore hud not entered the office.
He was playing the spy!" cried 1'axUm.
fllAl'TF.K XMX.
rnxton dll not appear to be an much
surprised to hoar that Ktannioro had as
sumed the rolo of an eavesdropper us
luiKbt have been anticipated.
To his men ho said:
"Not a word about this.''
That eaino evening l'axton nualn vIh
ited tho pawnbroker, nml Keoured tho
locket containing tho picture of Donald
Wayburn which had belonged to Marlon
On k hunt.
Tho next day when Stannioro dri.ppod
In at the detective's ofllco an usual, tho
latter nlvlv oiienoil the looket la his
i taken yearn ago. and thoimh ho has
since changed greatly ho cannot ehnngo
bin eyoe. Tho name of tho original of
the portrait in written under It. That
name In io)iahl Wayburn, nml there
fore I know tlmt Itichard Ktaninore'n
real inline in Donald Wayburn. lb- is
tlio author of tho threatening letter
which I found among John Oakham's
correspondence. Hero in a mystery, lias
tho Chief of Police who Kent this man
to nie been deceived in him? Can it bo
that this u in ii whom I have trusted, and
who has employed mo, is really guard
ing Iho secret of the great crime I am
trying to unearth?"
Thus rollected l'axton, and ho added:
"I believe 1 have tho certitude that ho
is Marlon Oakham's lover."
l'axton considered tho startling and
enigmatical developments which wore
now presented to bis consideration, and
at length he said, mentally:
"1 will see the Chief of Police from
whom Stannioro brought his letter of
recommendation and introduction. The
thought has just, occurred to me that il is
possible he may have forged the lotler."
The detective acted upon this resolu
tion forthwith.
He repaired at once (o tho office of the
chief of the Metropolitan police force,
and be was closet oil with that gentleman
for more than an hour.
When at the expiration of that time
Paxlou left tho ollice of the chief, he
said to himself:
"I begin to comprehend the matter nt
las'."
Ho must have obtained some informa
tion regarding tlio man who called him
self lib hard Ktamnore.
Meanwhile Marion, on tho second
night following the day when Stnnmore
received her bitter, paced n narrow
apartment In a dilapidated building in
the suburbs of Harlem.
To this place she had been removed
by her caplois, after their suspicions
wore aroused tlmt a detective had dis
covered her original prison place.
Marion's thoughts were troubled, for
she wan reflecting upon tho circum
stances which had united to place h r in
her present unprecedented situation of
peril and perplexity.
The relli'et ion that tho truth unsup
ported by evidence would not lie credited
dist racted her'.
Hefore her mind arose n vision of her
arrest, trial, and conviction of a crime
which oho had not committed, ami tho
cheers of the public as they received her
explanation with cru.-l derision, rung in
her earn.
"No, no; my story will not be credited.
I liiusl not be arrested, now that I have
lost tho paper I took from the olllee on
that fatal night. That paper would have
proved my truth nml innocence, but now
I am doomed if captured.''
Then Marion knell ami breathed a
prayer which began with these wordn:
" l ather in Heaven, Thou kiiowcst I am
innocent."
l-'ervenlly she supplicated, humbly she
implored divine help to lead her out of
the fatal qiiicksanilsof danger and doubt
into which she had unwittingly strayed.
Little did Marion Onkburu suspect
that human cars heard her prayer, or
tho soliloquy which preceded it, but
such was tlie fact.
Kvery word Marion uttered was heard
by Stuart Harland, who was at that
very moment a prisoner in the cellar
under the room in which Marion wan a
captive.
An explanation as to how Harland
became a prisoner in the power of the
wrelches who were acting as .Marion's
jailers must, be given, and we will con
sider the events which led lo his capture.
Stiuirt wan not dinooiiraged by bin
failure to capture the mysterious man
who had exchanged coats with him. tin
the contrary, ho was encouraged by the
fact that ho had sighted him once, and
ho believed ho should sight him again.
Thus it was that after his encounter
with tlio unknown, where Levi Krodgo
had struck him down witli a cowardly
blow, Stuart, still continued bin "still
bunt" for the man called " ianiur" by
Prut t and Weeks.
On the evening when Marion's secret
friend had delivered her letter to Stan
inore, Ktuiirt Harland chanced to enter
n lodging house on West street.
While he was in the office of thin es
tablishment, Stuart hoard n clerk sny to
the proprietor, un he took a valine from
under the counter:
"This traveling bng in in the way hero
behind the counter. I hardly think the
man who left here will ever cull for It.
V hat shall I do with it?"
An ho spoke, the clerk placed the trav
eling bag on the counter, anil Stuart
read the name "J. c. Cnrnar," which
was stamped on the side of the valise.
'I ho young man started an ho read tho
name of t he supposed assassin, and step
ping to the counter, he said.
"I think I know the party io whom
that bag belongs," and speaking rapidly,
ho described tho man who had taken
his coat.
Of course Stunrt know that there
might lie a large number of men by the
name of "tianuir" in tho city, but. he
had a kind of presentiment that he had
found n duo to the suposod murderer.
"You certainly must know the man
who left the valine. You have told just
how he looked to a dot," snid the clerk.
"I thought so, " answered Stuart, and
repressing his excitement be asked:
"W hen this valise wan left hero did
not the owner say when he would call
for it?"
' It seems to me he did, but I don't
recollect what he did say," was tho an
swer returned.
Stuart remained in tho lodging house
for some time, but ho Dually went out.
He wan crosniug the street, when
chancing to look back ho saw n man
entering tho lodging house. The ninn
had a full beard and long hair, and he
wan dressed like a farmer.
Stuart stopped on tho opposite 6ide of
the street, and ns he stood considering
in which direction he should wander
next, the man who resembled a farmer
in appearance came out of the lodging
house carrying tho valise with the name
"J. C. Oiirnar" on it In Ids hand.
In an instant tho thought traversed
the mind of the young man that theniaii
in the garb of a fanner might really bo
tho supposed assassin in disguise, and
bo proceeded to follow him as he walked
rapidly away.
The man led Stuart n long distance.
Although ho did not betray the fact,
subsequent results proved that the l oin
Whom Stuart wan following discovered
that he wan shadowed soon niter Har
land took his trail.
finally he entered a building, which
was ostensibly a cheap restaurant, but
the rear of which was a low gambling
den.
This was the very house in which !
Marlon Onkbiirn wan now held as a
captive. The proprietor of the place
wan a friend of Levi Krodgo, who hnd
been bribed to act IIS Marion's Jailer.
I'pon entering this pin, e, the myster
ious man who wus the object of Stuart
llllllllllil s jiiosiiii, iiillieil (IIIDIIKU llio
little rest an rant In front and entered the
gambling room in the rear.
He seemed to be well known to t ho
pi'oprietorof I lie place, who, with a dozen
or more otluff men, was present, lor the
latter greeted him in n lamninr way.
"You look sc.ned. What's up?" he
asked'.
In his interlocutor's ear tho ninn whom
Stuart had followed, whispered:
"There's a detective on my trail. A
hundred dollars lor you if you trap In n
and give mo u chance to get off,"
"Do you mean that fair and honest?"
asked the other.
"Yen. In proof, if you will give mi
your word to do me this good turn. I'll
pay you in advance. The detective will
venture into I ho restaurant, 1 am sure."
"Done. I'm your mail. Let's see tlie
color of your monev."
The other handed the gambler n roll of
bank notes, and then he sprang inio n
closet and c used the door.
Tho man who had received the monev
whispered to Ids companions for a mo
ment, and then all beciimo silence in tin
gambling den as they heard some oiu
enter the restaurant.
The man whose entrance roaehed tho
ears of tlie men in thegiuiibling den was
Stuart Itarlaml.
He purchased a clgnr, and present lv
when at a signal from the proprietor tho
men in the rear room begun to talk and
use Die terms of the game, Stunrt strode
to the door and entered, saying:
"I think 1 will buy a few chips and see
how luck runs to-day.
t.i iik i oNTixrun.
liancliiK wllli a t'(irf-4c.
In Spniti. when it person dies, the
1 1 iily is frequently removed in tin
iinilertiiker's shop a few limns niter
ile.'iili. In mio of tlie largest (,' tlp si'
establishments in Madrid, some years
ago, an extraordinary sight was wit
nessed. A gentleman was brought in lib
"casket," one afternoon and placed in
the room set apart for that branch of
the. business. The proprietor lived
over his prifnl's, and on this especial
evening was giving a grand ball.
When the ball was at its height, a
gentleman, in full evening dress, sud
denly joined llie conip iny. lie danced
wilh the wife of the undertaker, and
lie danced with the undertaker's
daughter, and ho seemed to be thor
oughly enjoy ino; himself. The miller
taker thought lie knew his face, but
didn't like to be rude and ask liim
bis name; but by-and-by all I he guests
(b parled,v!irti'l t he'.si range gent Ionian
was the only one 'lcl'i.
"Shall I semi for a cab for yuu?"
said Ihe host at last.
"No, I hank you," replied t lie gent Ic
nian: 'Tin slaying in llie house."
"Staying in the house!" exclaimed
t lie undertaker. "Who are .vmi, sir?''
"What! don't ymi know me? I'm
I he corpse that was brought in this
afternoon!"
The undertaker, hornitcd. rushed
to the mortuary-room ami found the
oiiOi'i empty. Ills wife and daughter
had been dancing with a corpse. An
explanation, of course, followed. The
gentleman, who had only been in
a trance, had suddenly recovered,
and healing music and revelry above,
and having a keen sense of hitnior,
had got out of his ootlin (the Spanish
cntllii closes with a lid, which is only
locked just previous to internii'iil )
and joined the festive party. lie
was presentable, as In Spain the (b ad
are generally buried In full evening
(I less.
Odd I'ckiisiis.
Mark Kenuiston, of Phillips, Me ,
hits a bull moose which he has raised
f i'o in a calf, which is so lame that he
turns it out every warm day to browse
in the neighboring llelds. He catches
I he big bull as easily as he would a
pet lamb, and is breaking him to har
ness. He hitched the moose to a
wagon last summer, ami was carried
teiitnilesat railroad speed before he
c mid slop t he animal.
tli-enl Time Saver.
The latest application of electricity
is to the curling of forehead fringes.
The Idea is American, of (.nurse, and
its realization is anxiously looked for
ward to by ymmg women of fashion.
who hope to Hnd in electricity u
means of producing at a moment's
notice those infantine rings ami hya
cinlliiiie locks which now take twenty
minutes at least to bring to perfec
tion. No Longer iuenswoi-k.
It has always been generally be
lieved that snow keeps the ground
warm, but no very accurate data mi
the subject have hitherto been forth
coming. Accordingly it is interest
ing to learn, from observations made
at Katherinenberg. that at a depth of
fourteen inches the soil, when cov
ered with two feet of snow, was ten
degrees warmer than at the surface.
Ton Much of h Ootid Thing,
She Stop teasing me or I'll
box
your cars!
lie- All right; you know the rule.
I'll kiss you if you box me.
She -Ynu wouldn't dare to!
He I guess you're light. 1
wouldn't want it said I was beaten to
a Jelly by a girl I Smith, tiray Co. s
Monthly.
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Some Ki'i'im.
'P linn In view the I i i i I end.
p strong in hope, no -.'aielal solid.
p flee fi.ttu every sill alld Btllill.
p true ii,v word il Irn nds you'd gain.
ii to tie' 1 1 --In lis law dii is,
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be .III- text,
by iusli"e stand.
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p all tliv pnssj,,i-. at .-oMiutand.
K. ep up tliv h' ii.l.loe Hod and truth.
Keep bri'.'lit thy lienor in thy youth.
Keep right thy aim and good thy will.
Keep helpiueother. iq. the hill.
K"ep rigid, dcfeaiiug -ill and wr"liu'.
Keep firm thy coinage and l.e stioiig.
Keep all thy thoughts mi purest thencs.
K"op walking'lowii by .-miny si reams.
Keep bridled toiigii.. and head keep cool.
When you are lalUing Willi a fool.
Kllen King in Weekly lloinpiei.
Wioiilcll.il I UN.
The Pioliciiiiii.in have a proverb,
"Kvery lish has another for prey;" the
wels iSilurus) has them all. This is
the largest fresh-water lish found in
the l ivers of Lurope, except the stur
geon; il often reaches tive or six feet
in length. It destroys many aquatic
birds, ami wo are assured that it does
not spare llie human species. On the
.'id of . I uly, I7IMI, a peasant took one
Hear Thorn t lint had an iul'aiil entire
in its stomach. They tell in Hungary
of children anil yon lie; girls being de
voured on going to draw liter: and
they even relate Hint on the frontiers
of Turkey a poor lishei innn look ..no
that bad ill its stomach the body of a
woman, her purse full f gold nml a
ring. The lish is own reputed lo have
been taken sixteen lout long.--Harper's
Ibuiud Table.
How .IioiiImi Siiv
Animals arc funny i
Ml 11 I. ill'.
hings, especial
ly elephants; you never know when
you are sure of them. Sonic are kind
all their lives, as old .lumlio wus, nil. I
some are kind pari of the time, but
break out at last, ami some are just
b.un ugly. That little fellow that
.1 umbo died to save from the tiaiu was
just ii tint iiral-born comedian. and w hen
he was about four feet higlihe allrnct
ed mure crowds to see him raise Cain
than all the others with their learned
tricks. Poor old Jumbo! How the
children did love him, and In.w lie
loved tlieiii. There is no doubt about
it : he did just ..vc them.
"I remember one day - I forget if it
was in Chicago or St. Louis the chil
dren were riding liim." says an old
show man, talking for I he I'liiladclphia
Tunes, "and l.e was carrying them up
and down along a sort uf ion I with
the cliiwd on cither side to sec him do
it. With his ,,. on bis back he was
coining swiii.'iiio at a '.nod, round
pace up o where he discharged hi-t
cargo, when n ii iv t..t of about four
years, a pn-tly lillie girl, wriggled
away I'r.uii her mother's luin.l nn.l
shoto. I to run across in ln.nl of llie
a Iwineing .liiuibo lo ..iua little friend
opposite. Her foot flipped and down
she went, right under the elephant's
feet. Well, the crowd turned faint in
i moment, expecting to see the child
mashed; but qujekasa wink that noble
old beast, going full tilt, whipped his
trunk uroiiiiil that child and landed
her, safe nml sound, up to the mahout
on his head. Sav, I can hear tho
heering yet. There is many an old
showman who takes hall a In v in New
York to go and have a look at.) umbo's
skeleton up in the park."
Iiii-ko.
J was stationed on one of the school
ships in our navy, which had been on
its summer cruise to the tropics,
among the ninny pets which had been
'cled by the ship's company was a
monkey so intelligent ami brimful of
pranks that he supplied amusement
for every dav and hour. He was esoe-
iallv fond of t he surgeon, and fid
lowed 1 1 tiii on 'uis round at the hospital,
and w as frequently with him in his of
fice. One day an ollicer, in a friendly
bout with a brother ollicer, rolled up
n newspaper he was reading and threw
it at him. He missel aim, ami the
bull of paper hit a drum, which sent
forth a "boom!'' very loud and start
ling. The monkey was standing near
the drum, but not in contact with it.
The ball of paper had lint come near
him, but he w as very much frightened
at tlie in... m and thought he had been
hit.
He began, in an iigilnted, trembling
manner, to examine himself -felt of
bin arum and legs, muttered, ami
blinked his eyes, took up his tail and
scanned it, passing his hands about
his shoulders, across his neck, over
his head; then he passed each toe
under inspection, ami again begin
ning at his arm, finally settled on his
left elbow as the seat of the injury.
As soon as he convinced himself,
by sundry jabbering ami arguments
with himself, that he had located the
nii' .-liief done him, he took tho elbow
in bis right hand, ami hurrying to the
doctor he began chattering in mourn
ful tones, rocking himself to and fro,
tending his elbow as if it were a
greatly allliclcd member, and telling
the doctor a long ami earnest tale
ubout bis misfortune. The doctor
leaned over nml felt of the elbow, pat-
j ting il ami expressing great pity. Hut
that would not do Jocko. He went
foi ward to the doctor's ollice, looking
back and chattering for him to follow.
Finally the doctor followed and hav
ing rubbed the elbow wiUl suiuu pie
partition .lock became very comfort
able and jabbered bis thanks as plainly
ns if it hud been in the queen's Euc
lish, Jletroit Free Press.
The I'i'oimI k,v Itockef
Tho Little Hoy and the Little Girl
had been down tow n with thc(irowi)
Person, having tings nml lire crackers,
and rockets, and I don't know uint
all, for the Fourth of July, nml they
had been so many places and had seen
so many things that I hey were quitr
ready for bed as soon as supper wnf
eaten. (Inly there were so man.v
things to talk about, and so many
plans to make that the Little P.oy and
the Litllo ( iii I bolli thought it w i. ii 1.1
be very ni.-e to stay up jiisl n little,
tiny bit longer. Hut thetirown I'erso'.
looked at the clock and didn't sayany.
thing, nml ihe Little lioyaml the Liltb
liirl looked at the clock and then very
solemnly at each other, nml began b
gather together the many parcels that
they had brought home witli them.
While they were putting- the pack
ages ii way in one coi ner the lirow t
Person began:
"(line upon a time there was n
great big sky rocket -"
Two little faces brightened, nml the
little peoplo ran across the porch it ml
snuggled down in the drown Person's
hip.
"A story's part of getting ready for
bed, isn't it?" said the Little liny.
"Once upon a lime," repeated the
drown Person, smiling, "there was n
great big sky rocket in a great big
box, in a tittle bit of a store kepi by a
Chinaman. "
"Was it n great big Chinaman or n
little bit of a China u?" asked llie
Little dil l.
"Well," said the drown Person,
"when the rocket looked at the China
man it thought he was a w underfill lj
big person, but beside soiiie of the
high bo'.es in hi- store, he wasn't
very big ill all. The rocket was a
proud sort of a rocket: it had conn
nil the way across the ocen'i, ane
thought thai it inn t b a very supet hu
sort indeed, to be cniviod so lar. at
such expense. It di'iiked very much
to hear Hs neighbors on the shelf '
"Why, I thought you said it was iu
a bo!" interrupted the Little Hoy.
"I guess Ihe box must base been on
a shelf," said the Little I iirl.
Hut thetirown Person went mi:
"Il disliked to hear its neighbor.'
talking about what lin y would do oil
the Fourth of duly. 'I tell x.-u w hilt
it is,' said a lug cannon era.-ki r om
day, 'when ! go off, I'm going to make
a ii.'ise that call be heard nil around
tiie world. My brothers nml sisleri
iii ( 'I. in, i in c I ii i.-ni ng fur it, ami w hen
they hear it. lie 'il kio.w I'm gone.
The man that buys me wi'l be glnd.'
" ' I in going t . be I. mio hi , y n
woman with a 1 1 i i ! - h..y." said u bunch
of -mall lire cra- i.ei 'ami if Hint lit
tle boy tries (,, tie n. to a dug's tail,
like I saw a little boy do ..nee. do voii
know what I in going to do? I'm go
inn riuht oil in bis 1 ds.niid I'm .just
goiic: to burn linn as much as I can.'"
" Dial W..11I.I be right." said the Lit
lie dirl. "Willie .Ion. s tried to do that
hist car, .Hid his
took his lire cruel, e
and didn't let him .
to see the fireworks
When the rock,
crackers talking he .
make all the noise ,
:i saw him aim
a w ay fri mi linn,
lit at night
icard nil the lire
I. 'That's right,
ii can now, and
nil llie noise y..u can wln n mui go oil'!
That s nil you nie : i I b.r iinvwny!
l!:il just look al me. when I go oil', I'll
shoot away up int.. (lie air, nwny up
where the clouds ale. nml I'll liinke H
beautiful light v. it h I housamls of little
stars and big ones, and all the peopb
will look up and sny"i.h b"ainl "ah h!"
niul little girls w il! chip their hands,
mid I'll go on and on forever, and
then some day, when I grow bigger
and bigger. I'll ci.ic sweeping back
through the sky a:.. I people will think
I in a coun t, and will wiilc about nit
in their book , ami I'll b" famous for
ever. That's , luil I'm going to do.
Yon talk about doing anything' 'Why,
what's u lire ei acker go.nl ,,r anyway,
only lo frighten hoise-. and burl chil
dren and burn holes in clothes. I'm
going to be great, lam. I would not
ho at nil surprised if all this Fourth o
July tJiat they tulk about, wns pifl
made so they eotibl show me of. '
"The crackers didn't ;iv anything
for they knew they dido I make much
of a show in the world and they knew
they do frighten lueses sometimes."
'Ami little girls, to..." said the Lit
tle Hoy.
"Oh, I niu't afraid." .lied the Lit
tle (iirl, "la-t year I almost shot oil' a
little one in my linget -e "
".lust as the rocket finished its big
speech," said the drown l'er-oii, "u
big man came in the door, and said,
'Sam, whore's that box of spoiled tire
works? That's it, is it? No good, are
they? Well I might as well take them
down nml throw thcni in the river,'
uud then the man picked up the very
box in which was the rocket that hnd
talked so much an. I t lie caniioii crackei
that was going to be heard around the
world the man picked them up just
this way," and the drown IVi-smi gut
up out of the chair still bidding Ihe
Little Hoy ami the Little (iirl.
"And he walked doxin the street,"
said the drown Person, walking into
the house iiml toward the bedroom,
"and then up another streel until he
clinic to the liver, nml then- heave,
ho!- he drew them in, an. I that was
And witli that the d r. iw u l'oi si m
dropped the two little people in their
bed. and mnmiiiii ciime in with long
white gowns in her baud, av.l before
you would think the rocket ami cracker
bud time to m,k to tlio b,.ttom of the
river the Little (iirl and the Little
Hoy were sound asleep,
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
I hiii nbtle Hlli'- for Ice I'll'.
Chocolate sauce, to serve with ice
cream, is made by covering a box of
gelatine with half u cupful of cold
water; souk for half an hour. Put
pint of cream in a double boiler to
heat; add to this two ounces of grated
chocolate; cook nn'l m th, then
bent well with n en :. - hip; add hull
a cup of sugar nml tt- .'latino: strum
nml then mbl fl teasp, ilul of vnml!u
liml set liside to cool , when cool you
may stir in whipped cream or serve
jusi ns it is. Mm. S. T. Pioger, in La
dies' Home Join o ti
In Make (Iliili-n Itrcnd.
Tnke one quart of I'luten limit , half
teaspooiiful of suli, one tenspm niul of
butter, one and one half cups m' warm
milk or water, nml one yeast cake.
Put the Hour, suit ami butter into a
bowl. Hub the butter line into the
Hour, dissolve the yeast in n little !
the milk, pour it iu tin litre nt t!m
Ibmr, add the remaining milk, and
work the whole into n dough. Turn
it into a Homed board, nml work it
until it does not stick to the hands
Kcturii it to the bowl, cover, and let
stand to rise to double its heieht
Then mould into a loaf and place il in
a buttered pun. Let it rise again till
very light, and bake in n medium hot
oven one hour. If this bread is mixed
al night, add only one-qu.'i ter of a
yeast cake. New York Press.
When Toinatoc Are t.i'I'l Over.
Hero is n bit of economy for ymi,
If it so often happens that you have a
little stewed tomatoes always b it over
from dinner, this is a nice w ay of using
it up: lioil two-thirds of a cup of
rice in two cups of water, or,
rat her, steam it iu a double boiler.
lidding half a teas fill of sill al
the time you p'-itr the boiling w.ilei
on the rice. Cook until soft, " hieli
will be iu half or three-quarters of an
hour. lieinov c ! In- cover of the I. oil
er and stir the rice carefully with n
fork to let the steam escape, alld dry
oil' ihe rice. Leal the tomato which
was le't, season it quite highly with
salt and pepper, using a bit of cnyetiue
to heighten the taste; add to the rieo
a tablespooiifiil of butler, si ir careful
ly ill, and w hen t ho butter is melted,
pour o er t he tomatoes ami stir lliein
also into the rice. Serve at once as n
vegetable. You don't know, until ymi
try, how nice this dish is. -New Or
leans Picuyuiie.
.li.piii-iiiUH oil Tiiasl.
To cook asparagus, pure the lower
part of the stems, wash well ami lb
i, ilo bundles, heads nil the "in- w.-v.
Sta id the bundles iu a sa pan, butt-.
down, and nea-lv cover I hem with
boiling wiier: mbl n tea- iioouful of
salt to no i quart of water and cover
the saucepan; boil slowly tor llilce-
quarters ol an hour. It is not neces
sary that tile beads should be e. .v i re. I
with w nler --1 lirv. hcinc ten. lei. will
i k ill the steam as soon as the butts
immersed in the water. Have icndv a,
meal platter covered with tuei I v to.isl
ed bread. Lift t ! a -p.i ragil f carcliil
ly, drain mnl arrange it on Iho to,-i-t
j'llt a tablespooiifiil of butter ami one
of lb mr ill a saucepan: rub uniil
smooth; add gradually a half pint of
the water in u hicli the asparagus v.a
hoiled; st ir over t he lire un ' .1 boiline;
a Id a half ti uspoi ml'ii I of s:l., ., da- b
of pepper nml n tablespooiifiil of lorn
on juice. Pour this carefully over tin
asparagus ami serve. Ladle- ' Home
Journal.
IIOIlMl'llolll Mints.
Lemons are improved and kept lu sh
by keeping iu cold water till rca.1v I'm
use.
Sulphur and lard mixed to a stiil
salve make an excellent ointment f..i .i
burn.
The best ami qui kesl way lo clean
the isinglass wind n stoves is to
use vinegar and xvu
A heaping tenspm . :l of pow leie 1
borax ton pint of hot starch will ren
der the clothes much stiller.
A spoonful o. negar added lo the
w ater in v Inch mi.it and poultry are
boiled makes t'r . m more tender.
Tin ten kettles may be made as
bright as new by simply rubbing them
with woolen rag dipped ti oil ami t Inn
wiping quite dry with a ciean cloth
A pan or saucepan of hot wnt.-i
placed ill HU oven Will keep meal uud
pastry from being scorched or dm d.
(ireased tissue paper, or that klnivvi,
us confectioners' paper, i- vciy nice
onlheoiitsid vering .i a poultice.
When yon sponge spots on i-bdh
with alcohol, especially when the spois
lire from grease, dissolve a little salt in
the uleoliol.
It is positively asserted that to
drink n pint of hot milk or hot water
will have the effect of producing sleep
in eight cases out of ten.
The instant you remove a blister
plaster rub the surface with vaseline,
then lay over it a sheet of absoilient
cotton, and if the blood is in g 1
condition, not much siillering will en
sue.
After each meal the house should
be aired thoroughly I'm- ut least fno
minutes. Those in the house do not
notice the odor of food; but olio i inn
ing in from outdoors is upt to be an
noyed. The water in which potatoes have
been boiled is very effective iu keep
ing silver bright. It can be bottled
for use, and if required to bo kept a
long time a tenth part of methylated
spirits will do this.
Opportunity ('omen.
Mrs. Peck -If I had my life to go
over again I wouldn't marry tho best
man alive.
Mr. H. Peek (his chance at Inst) .
You bet you wouldn't. I wouldn't
ask yon to. Philadelphia North Ameii-cuu.