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C, THE DIAMOND BUTTON TEOH THE DIARY OS A LAWYER AKD THB KOTK BOOK OF A EEPOETEB." " By BAECLAT UOSm - Dopyrighted, 1888, by O. M. Dunham, Published by special arrangement through Tbe American Press Association.) CHAPTER XXTTL ,: TOJT MAKKS A LONQ STEP FCSWAED. ,011 was not dis- pleased to be alone for a tune, in order that he might give him self up to thought. When he parted from Holbrook he had little idea of going to Foun tain that is, lit tle definite idea of what he could accomplish by seeing and talking with him. The truth is, he was much disturbed. The bitter disappointment in finding that he had not detected the murderer had unsettled him. Beginning in doubt, he had gradually gone on to a full convic tion, and had discounted ' his triumph. Now everything was astray.. He had never failed so before; he had never be fore been enticed so far upon a false scent. - He began to fear he was losing his cunning. If the story were to become known, how they would laugh at him at police headquarters; what gleeful stories of his defeat would his competitors have to tell; he would be compelled to leave town because of their jokes and laugh ter; his prestige would be gone in the office of The Sol; he was now conscious, with a feeling of self contempt, that he had of late been assuming airs of supe riority among his fellows. Then he consoled himself with the thought that after all no one else had made the progress in the affair that Hol brook and himself had made. Then he recollected, with another wave of self contempt, that when he thought triumph wa3 theirs he had attributed all to his own efforts and shrewdness, and now in failure he wa3 quite willing to take Hol brook into partnership. After all, say what might be said, the affair was deep, intricate and mysterious, back of which lay a mass of facts which must be ascer tained, arranged and digested. Finally he said, with an inspiration of .hope: "All is not lost yet, and my commis sion has not been recalled." By that time he had reached the City Hall park, with a view of hunting up the Shadow and relieving him' f rom duty for a time at least, or until he was want ed again. As he passed the city hall he saw the old attorney, George Parker, descend ing the steps. . : "There's the Shadow's friend," he commented. "That old fellow is slosh ing around with a claim against Pier son's estate, not knowing against what momentous affairs he may be knocking. If there is anything crooked in his pro ceedings on behalf of that driveling old drunkard in Varick street, how he will take to cover when we light the fuse if we ever do." Tom chuckled; presently an idea struck him. "IH give him an interview. Perhaps ni elicit something." As the old man was about to pass, Tom checked him. "Good afternoon, Mr. Parker. I've heard that notice of a claim to Pierson's estate on behalf of James Preston has been made before the surrogate. What is there in it?" The old man looked at him sharply and not with a pleasant expression. " "Who are you?" - "Bryan, of The Sol." "Ob, a reporter, hey,", replied the old man, with a grin and an expression of relief. "You reporters are very sharp. .TJie notice was only "filed within the hour." "Oh, yes, we lay pretty close for the news. But what is ther in it?" . Well, 'I think there is a good deal in it, or the motice wouldn't have been filed. A lawyer would naturally say that after he had taken up a client's case, wouldn't he? However, the matter is not in such form yet that I can talk about itr especially without conference with the counsel who bears the leading part. I can say this, that the notice was filed merely as a precautionary step. I don't care to say anything about it or have anything said now If you will promise to say nothing now, when the matter comes up I'll give you the inside of it ex clusively. That's what you young men want a beat isn't it?" "Yes, that'a what we are always look ing for," replied Tom. 'TU keep my promise, if you will. . I know there will . be a great story. -' The old man Pierson lived a double life." -.-...:. , "What do you know about it?" in quired the old man fiercely, "Not very much, to be sure. I know he used to pass under another name at one time." ". - . ?; I "You do? What name?" "Fountain," coolly replied Tom. This was a reckless and audacious assump tion upon the part of Tom. He knew nothing of the kind. ! : -: "Fountain, did you say?" queried the old man, knitting his brows, deeply in terested. "When, and how long ago?" "Oh, that u my secret." " .-.. I "What else do you know about Pier son?" ' ; "That's about atiWI learned it by ac cident. I know why he assumed it it was because he wanted to marry a wo man under that name." .- The, face of the old man took on an expression of serious alarm. " Tom watched him narrowly. - - - .-: "Ah, had he any children?" asked the old man. ...!-". ' .t "Yes, I think so, A son and a daughter.",-- r:-, ;.:; ;u ; - - - "A daughter," repeated the old man, and now he- seemed puzzled. "I think, Mr. Bryan, you ave . information of great value to us more' value than you know. Cannot . we go to some : quiet place where- we can exchange confi dences? I should not be surprised if your information were worth paying for fcandsomely." - - v Tom felt that he was getting into shal low water, for he had been drawing upon his imagination for his facts, led to go on from the evident alarm he was caus ing the old man. '" - " It was not his purpose to fco further, so he said: 'I am always on the majke, if X caa'do it squarely, Mr. farter, l nave no od jection to giving you all the information I possess on the subject. But I cannot go now; I have an important engage ment at which f am already overdue." 'Can we not meet this evening?" "No engagement again." "To-morrow, then. No, not to-morrow. I have engagements out of town. This is Thursday; make it Monday next, at 11, at this spot." "All right. This place is convenient for me." ' "One moment, Mr. Bryan. Do you know where the son Fountain, you know i3 now?" "I do not know, but I could obtain knowledge easily, I think." - "Very well. Don't fail me on Mon day." Tom hurried away, glad to escape, for from a sense of pure mischief he had been led into this encounter. " "111 have to concoct a story," he said to himself, "and meet the old man on Monday. I may learn something of value. But what was it in my lie that disturbed him so? Let me see; he is making a claim on behalf of that old drunkard on the ground that the old sot is a brother of .the late Pierson. Now, if that is so, one of them bears an assumed name. Which? From his disturbance when I said Pierson had once been known as Fountain, it must have been the dead man. Now what? Why, he is fright ened about the idea of the marriage and wants to know about the issue. Urn." Just then he crossed the path of one of New York's most eminent lawyers. "Good afternoon, Mr. Bryan," said the distinguished ornament of the bar. "Good afternoon, judge," returned Tom as he stopped him. " Judge, I want a woodshed opinion." The distinguished man laughed. "They are often the most expensive kind of opinions, even if you do get them for nothing, Mr. Bryan." " "Nevertheless, I'll risk it, with so great an authority. I am on the hunt of a mysterious affair. Not five min utes ago I had a conversation with a man who touches the matter slightly, and I made a remark or two which "dis turbed him greatly. He was not at all frank or communicative, so I tried to reason it out, and I ran against a legal wall." . "Well, if I can assist I should be pleased." "Let me put a supposititious case: John Smith marries a woman under the name of Jacob Brown and raises a family of children. . He amasses a fortune under the name of John Smith living a double life and dies without a will. John Smith is supposed to be childless. Can his children under the name of Brown claim to inherit the property?" "There is no other or previous mar riage of which there is issue?" - "No." "Well, I should say if the identity of John Smith and Jacob Brown could be established that the Brown children could inherit and the mother take her dower rights." "Notwithstanding there was an undis puted brother of John Smith claimant tc the estate?" "Yes, notwithstanding there was a claimant in the person of a brother. But you understand that this is an opinion given on your statement of the facts." "Thanks," said Tom, "I can see through the wall now, and it helps me greatly." "He moved off." Ah," he said to him self, "that's what frightens Parker. His little scheme would go to grass if my lit tle romance were true." With this, Tom dismissed the incident from his mind and set .about finding the Shadow. This was quickly done, and Tom dismissed him for the day. Then he thought seriously about call ing upon Fountain, and finally detei mined to seek him. With Tom, to de cide was to act, and forthwith he sought the places where he thought the gentle man was most likely to be found. CHAPTER XXIV. HOLBROOK TAKES UP THB CASK WITH BB - KSWKD INTEREST, : HE visit to Flora Ashgrove had brought forth a fact which waa of importance, though in Hol brook's mind it did not rwpivc the consideration it was entited to. His mind was fixed upon establishing the lines connecting Fountain and the dead Templets, and the relation they bore to the dead Pierson. These lines established, he thought the way to the determination of the mystery would be straightforward and rapid. Hence he gave little thought to the fact that an owner of the diamond button had psobably been found. He did not blame Flora for refusing to yield up the secrets of Fountain, and in fact respected her reserve. He did wish, however, that Tom had not . gone to Fountain before the result of his visit to Flora had been known, and his first im pulse waa to set out in search of his journalistic friend and communicate the facts in his possession. Indeed, it would be so much easier to meet and talk with Fountain after the interview with Flora, A little reflection told him how useless would be the effort, for he had no knowl edge of Tom's plans. - f : , . : . t It was now late in the afternoon, and he cduld do nothing if he returned to his office, so he determined to call upon the Templetons and -see if he could not elicit something from them that would point to their connection with Pierson. ; " He found both ladies in and both un affectedly glad to see him. He plunged at once into his snbiy;t hv sL-inc if th, had any relatives of the name of Pierson.' juts, xempieton was quite sure she had none, and as equally sure Mr.Templeton had none. - ' r On Mr. Templeton's side it was easy of settlement Her husband, after his un cle's death.-whose name was the same, had no relatives in this country, however remote. He maintained a correspond ence with relatives of the same name in England and also with, those upon hi3 mother's side, of the name of Col chester. He had vMd Erbn3 a few tfeaea during. nis lire, and on two occasions relatives had visited him in this coun try, but they had returned to their own home. ' i On the occasion of bis death she had received many kind letters of condolence from his family abroad, many' from those of whom she had never even heard before, but among them all there was none of the name of Pierson. These let ters she had preserved, and if of any use to Mr. Holbrook she would give them to Him, ... As to her own relatives, 6he had al ready told Mr. Holbrook all she knew about them. Holbrook pursued bis inquiries as to her father's relatives. Did she know anything of the brother of her father? , " Very little," was the reply. He had run away to sea before she was born, and all she had heard of him was long after all sight had been lost of him, and after he was supposed to be dead. Evi dently he had done something wrong, for the elders took little pleasure in speak ing of him, and when they did it was in a tone of relief that he was dead. He had died in her childhood. ' , ' Holbrook then said that though they had made little progress in the unfolding of the mystery surrounding the death of her son, yet they were steadfastly at work at it. That while he had thought it best to say little to them about it while they were groping in the dark, they had in their investigation thought, perhaps, a man of the name of Pierson, who had died recently, had been con nected with the events. It was strange, but none the less true, that Tom had failed to tell Holbrook of the report the Shadow had made to him of the scene between the drunkard Pres ton and Parker. Had he done so Hol brook undoubtedly would have elicited something from Mrs. Templeton which would have put another aspect upon af-lajjs- As a matter of fact, the report of the Shadow had made but little impres sion on Tom at the time, for his mind then was concentrated upon the task of fastening the crime of murder upon Fountain. Such thought as he did give to it was that, perhaps, a discreet in quiry in that direction might lead up to a discovery of some of Pierson's sur roundings, which might help them to an understanding of how Templeton; Foun tain and Pierson were connected. And so it wa&$hat Holbrook was treading close upon facts of great value without being conscious of it. However, satisfied that Mrs. Temple ton could tell him nothing that could be of value, he dropped the subject, and turned the conversation in another chan nel. But Annie, who was sitting at the win dow engaged in embroidery work, and making a very pretty picture as she sat there, remarked that she was glad the search was being continued, for though they had heard little about it recently, they were greatly interested in it. Holbrook, who thought there was something of gentle reproach in the words, said: ' ' "The truth is, Miss Templeton, nothing has been accomplished. For ten days we have been under the impression that we could lay our hands upon the man, but this morning we discovered that the man in question could not have possibly done the deed. We hardly dared to ad mit to ourselves our suspicions, and I should have been greatly to blame had I raised false hopes in your breast or had I pointed to a suspicion that could not be justified. Rest assured that everything is being done that - can be done to un cover the mystery." "Oh!" 6aid Annie, covered with con fusion and blushing very prettily, "I had no intention of complaining. Indeed we are really too much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken in our affairs to criticise or to complain." During thi3 exchange Holbrook had moved from his chair in the middle of the room, where he had been conversing with Mrs. Templeton, and taken a low, easy one near the window where Annie sat. . Mrs. Templeton had turned to the table and had resumed the writing of a letter she was engaged upon when Hol brook entered. The young lawyer was already on such familar footing- that he was regarded not as a stranger to whom the most scrupulous attention must be given, but rather as an intimate who was best treated when received with informality. . In answer to Annie's reply to him he said: "I do not think. Miss Templeton. that anything wiucn nngnt concern you or yours would be too much trouble for me." The blood crept up into Annie's cheeks again, and bending over her work she said nothing. . " Holbrook himself had nothing to say, and he sat for some time toying with the end of the embroidery falling from her knee. Finally he said: "Do you know that I have experienced great pleasure in my calls here pleasure of a kind it has not been my lot to ex perience for several years?" i Annie looked up wonderingly. "I sincerely hope you do find pleasure In your visits here, and it is pleasant to hear you say so, but I do not quite un derstand you ".. . "Why not?" "Oh, your words seem to convey- a meaning they do not express clearly." "Perhaps they da You . know, . of course, that I am a bachelor. Well,! have, ever since I came to tne city, twelve years ago, lived in a hotel. It is now eight years since my mother died, and the home of my childhood, to which from .time to time I returned, was broken up. Since that time, this household has been the only place I have visited where I have been treated with that informal ityI crave, and where the occupants pursue their work as my mother used to do. It is eight years and more since I have been permitted by any woman to sit so near and play with her work as I do now, and as I used to do sitting be side my mother." , 1 Annie was provoked with herself as she felt the blushes mantling her cheeks, for she had noted the tone of tenderness which underlay his words. To blush was to assume that this tenderness was di rected toward herself, when his words conveyed nothing of the sort, and when without doubt only the recollections of his mother and his home had been stirred by entering their domestio circle. She made an effort and replied: " . . - "It is a pleasure, then, 'at a very small coetv I am sure, Mr. Holbrook." - "A pleasure I duly appreciate." : "Was your mother a widow?" "Yes. With but two children, .a sis ter and myself. My sister is married and lives abroad her husband occupies a diplomatic position." "It A bnr.l tn l.v-n ono'a lirmn. Tt must be. I do not think I could content myself to live for all time as we are now. I want a home of my own, which I can deck and beautify my own way." 'I think you, yourself, would beautify any place however bare, and make it home. Miss Templeton." "- . This was direct enough, and the blush swept up again over her' face. Hol brook did not wait for a reply, but con tinued: "It is woman who makes the home. Men may erect a house, fill it with cost ly furniture and beautiful,works of art, yet it is only an abiding place. Until some woman graces it with her presence and her life it does not become home." Annie looked up archly and said: ' "If you appreciate a home so much, Mr. Holbrook, why do you not obtain one for yourself?" Holbrook looked at her steadily, and with not even the suspicion of a smile on his face, replied: "Sometimes the heaven we most de sire is not attainable. But I propose to attain mine if I can by earnest endeavor. It is only within a short time that my heaven has been shown me, and when the time is meet Til pat my fortune to the test." Then without permitting reply he quickly said: "Come, Miss Templeton, the day 13 fine, the air good and you have been much housed of late come with me for a short walk. IH bring you back to your mother in time for dinner." Annie willingly acceded, and ran away to prepare herself for the walk. As she walked and chatted with him freely and. 1th more gayety than she had ever shown him, before, she was hap pier than she had been since her brother's death, and she was surprised to find how bright the day was and how joyous a time the autumn could bo. And Holbrook thought it a rare day one in a thousand. to be coktinted. The Accumulation of Fortunes. New York Sun Th fortune left by the late David Dows is estimated at twenty millions, and probably the guess is more near ly correct than is usually the case with such estimates. The amount is the same as that left by John Jacob Astor, the founder of the great Astor estate, who died in 1S48. Forty-two years ago an estate of twenty millions attracted attention throughout tbe world because of its magnitude, and ' Mr. A6tor died by far the richest man in America. But the fortune of Mr. Dows is now one among many of equal size, and, in stead of ranking among the greatest, it does not hold even a secondary place. Big as it is, it is not big enough to give much of a stir to the popular imagination in these days. A fortune must be at least five times as. great to provoke surprise at a time when estates known to the pub lic are increasing at the rate of ten millions annually. Mr. Piermont Morgan, associated with Mr. Dows in the vestry of St. George's, is reputed to be worth more than twenty mil lions; and there are more than a doz en, if not a score, of fortunes in New York reasonably estimated to be of that amount. Probably the Astor estate is ten times as much. Then come the Vanderbilt estate, Mr. Jay Gould's, and Mr. John D. Rockefel ler's, each of One hundred millions or more. In thelthird rank are such fortunes as those of the Moses Taylor family, Mr. Russell Sage, the Goelets, Mr. H. M. Flagler, Mr. D. O. Mills, Mr. C. P. Huntington"! and others. estimated at from thirty millions to fifty millions. The twenty million fortunes drop into the fouth or fifth place only ; arid llnre are many more of them than there were possessors of a single million it; the days when the thought of the first Astor's wealth took men's breath away, or at any Lime before the civil war. The mere millionaire, or the owcer of a single million only, has become so common that the term is now made to apply to none except a ten millionaire. Ten millions is the amount fixed by the late William H. Vanderbuilt as a reasonable competence for anybody. Ten millions is all a man needs, be used to say. What goes beyond is mere surplusage. Yet, as we have said, there are single estates in New York which are accumulating at the rate of ten millions a-year, and their possessors do not seem to bo satisfied yet. Tbe Astor estate must be in creasing at something like that rate, and Mr, John D. Rockefeller is re puted to be lay ing by as much annu ally. . Tbe average expenses of all tbe possessors - of the great fortunes we have named are a very small part of their income, so that tbe accumula tion goes on little affected by them. Most of these men, -too, are compara tively young, and if they live to the seventy-six years of Mr. . Dows, with the ratiu of increase undiminished, the fortunes of the next century will make those of our day seem as small as Mr. Astor's twenty millions in 1843 seem to us now. Meantime the estates of five millions and ten millions are also increasing rapidly, very few of their possessors expending more than a fifth or even a tenth part of their incoms. ' , . CONSUMPTION rtAKELY UERGD , IT A It Y. He Never Dared." , I have been married now, boasted a prosy old. fellow , more than thirty years, and bave never giveu my wife a cross word." ' 'That's because you never dared, uncle. 8air bis little nephew, who lived with him. 'If you had, auntie would have made you jump quicker nor greased lightning.' " " If you suffer priokin? pains on tnovhig tho eyes, or cannot 1-ear bripbt liht, on.t Cml. your sicrbt wpaTc f.r.ini'r. vou sir-ui i prorv-'t.v c.-s J. i:. Ve!..-. ,'sv..-,,. ..;:-! Dr. E. O. ShaVespare Describes tbe Principles of the Dread Diseases. Philadelphia Times. " . The course of lectures npon "Tu berculosis, or Consumption,' deliver-, ed by invitation at the 'veterinary department of the University of Pennsylvania by Dr. E. O Shake speare, bavf been attracting much interest among physicians during tbe past week. In the second lecture of the course, delivered - last Thursday, Dr. Snake speare explained the peculiar charac teristics and the pathological process es of consumption to a large class. The consideration of the infectious nature-of the disease was taken up and it was shown that tbe tubercu lous products in an animal affected with the disease contained an infec tious principle which consists in the minute vegetable parasite" tubercle bacilli. Dr. Shakespeare showed that not only the tuberculous pro ducts of the lung," liver spleen and other vital organs of the animal con tain this infectious agent, but in a large "percentage of cases the milk, in comiog from the tuberculous cow, is also infectious and is capable of producing disease in tbe animal using it for food, whether the subject be human or of the lower animal species. In a large percentage of the animals infected witUv the disease the excre tions and discharges from the body are also infectious. In tbe case of tbe cow the discharges from the nose often carry tA poison. So that not only is the use of the milk from such cows dangerous as an article of food, but tbe stalls where they are kept, and the straw upon which they tramp, tbe hay that they eat becomes infect ed with the tuberculous virus. When these things become dry, if the animal or attendant tramp-t around, the tubercle bacilli are stirred up and they rise in the air and enter the lungs with the breath, thus pro ducing the disease to any healthy animal of the bovine species. In this connection it can be stated that there. are many species of the domestic an imal who are not susceptible to the disease; among these are tbe sheep and tbe dog. The hog and fowls are known to be two animals that are extremely susceptible and doubtless both frequently contract the disease this way, for it is known to be ex -tremely prevalent among them. What has been said witb regard to the infectious nature of the discharges and excretions from the domestic an imals applies equally well to man. In fact, the expectorations of the hu man being who is effected with tuber culosis constitute the principal source of danger from the person affected to bis associates. In the case of marked diseased lungs every expectoration discharged contains, without any ex aggeralion whatever, millions of these minute infectious vegetable parasites, which, are capable of pro ducing the disease in a healthy per son if at all susceptible when they are introduced into his organism, It is, fortunately, not the breath of consumptives which is in any way dangerous to their associates. It has also been found by actual experi ments and observations that these tubercle bacilli do not rise into the air from any fluid or from any moist substance which may contain tbeni. It is only when such material becomes dry and pulverized that tbe contain- ed bacilli becomes dangerous by ris ing into the air with the dust. It is a matter of positive demonstration, often repeated, that the dust adhering to the walls and in the nooks and corners of habitations where con sumptives dwell, who have carelessly disposed of their expectorations upon the floor, carpets or rugs, eta, where they have dried, has been found to be infectious, and to contain virulent tubercle bacilli, which readily pro duce tuberculosis in the animal ex perimented upon. . In illustration of this fact, an ex ceedingly important, one from the standpoint of hygiene and prevention, so far as a human being is concerned, in 147 hospital wards, rooms of asy turns, apartments ia private dwellings where consumptives have lived, such dust was fouud to be infectious in forty cases. In sixty -seven cases the dust was not infectious and in the remainder' the experiments yielded no positive result because of the rapid death of . the animal through blood poisoning before tuberculosis bad time to develops. ' These observations and experiments, which were performed in Berlin un der tbe direction of Koch, have ben repeated elsewhere and have been amply confirmed. All of this shows the exceeding importance, not only in the case of the disease in the lower animals, but more especially in that of the human being, of carefully ap plying the means of destroying tbe infectious principle existing in these discharges. The discovery of the in fectious nature of tuberculosis and the discovery of the tuberculo bacil lus by Koch as the sole active agent in the production of the disease means two things as regards notions con cerning tbe nature of this extremely widespread scourge of man aud beast. In the firet place, that rarely bered it v plays more than a secondary part in the spread of the disease, and iu the second place, that the affection ia nearly always acquired after birth, when there is exposure to external infection. In other words, that the disease is eessentially infectious and not hereditary. THE COLORED POMCEJUJf. How He is Tteve-r! by.His Noiro Ac- . qaaintancW Ja the South. New York Suiu. - . " : There is only one man In th South more envied than the colored fireman on a locomotive, and he ia the color ed policeman. lie is fully cognizant of this fact and governs himself ac cordingly. One 'court day in an Alabama town seven or eight dusky citizens stood staring at an officer who had just got into his uniform for the first time that day. lie passed and repassed- them several times without a look, although his father and several old friends were among them.- His desire to hear what they had to say finally lead him to stop and demand: What yo' all doin' yeref Lookin',' replied one of the crowd. What yo' all lookin' att 'Lookin' at yoV 'What about met' Yo is as fine as silk. Hul But wouldn't I dun lik to be in yo' place!" 'You' nebbei kin git updisbigh. James Johnson,' answered the offi cer. . But yo'f adder, kin. No, he can't.' 'Can't yo', Misser Blizenst' appeal' ed the young man. "Reckon I mought if I was young er, answered the father, who was old and bow legged and bow-backed. .'You will dun cum 'long w'id me! said tbe son as he collared him. . Whoa! What tur yo' 'rest me. Bill!' Fur stealinV 'But I hain't done stole nuffinT Yesyo' hevl six y'ars ago, yo' an' me an Jim stole dat ar', white hog from Marsa Ben Jackson an' cut him up iu de woods, an Ize had my eye on you eber since yisterday. Now. den, kin yo' be a policeman in dis town!' 'No, Bill no!' Kin Julius or James Johnsen!' 'No not' 'Kin any of de rest of dis crowd I' No no!' 'Den I'll let you go, but be mighty keerful in de fucher. Ize got boaf eyes on dis crowd, an Ize g wine to come down wid an awful smash when I jump. De United States didn't dun make no mistake when dey called on me to help unbold de Conalituahun, Yo'uiggera stand back an keep dis sidewalk cl'ar or I'll makedeae streets swim wid blood! Big Storms in History. In 914 a storm in London destroyed 1,500 houses. In 1091 another storm in the same city destroyed 500 houses. In 1696 a storm on the coast of Eng land destroyed 200 coasters with most of their crews. One of the greatest storms ever known was that of Nov. 26 and 27, 1703, which caused in London alone a loss of over 2,000, 000. It is estimated that over 8,000 people were lost in the floods of the Thames and Severn, nd off the coast of Holland. During the same storm twelve English men-of-war with 1,800 men on board were lost in sight of their own shore. The famous E Jdyetone Lighthouse was destroy ed, and with it its ingenious con triver, Windstanley. Seven thou sand Swedes perished in a snow storm in-1719. A storm in India on Oct. 11, 1737, is said to bave killed 30,000 people. At Havana a storm on Oct. 26, 1768, destroyed over 4,000 houses and 1,000 people. On April 22, 1782, 7,000 people were destroyed by a hurricane at Seerat, in the East Indies. A terrible hurricane swept the west coast of England and Ireland during Jan. 6 and 7 of 1S39. Overl20 people were killed in and near Liver pool. In Ireland 400 houses - were blown down, and there was great loss by fire. A big storm drove 143 wrecks on the British coast May 26, 1861. On June 26, 1875, 250 people were killed at Budah-Pest, Hungary. In Sep tcmber of the same year a storm on the cca9t of Texas swept many Til lages away and caused an immense loss of life. On Dec. 28, 1879, the Tay bridge in Scotland was blown down, and over 100 persons were kill ed. Destructive tornadoes in the western part of this country caused great loss of life and property in April, 1880. ' The great Johnstown disaster of last May in Pennsylvania is still fresh in the memories of all. -Miliums of dollars worth of properly were de stroyed, and nearly-4,000 people were sureu. FAME,- WEALTH, LIFE, DKATU. Happy Hoosiers. "Wm. Timmous. Postmaster of Maviile. lnd.. writes: 4ilectric Bitters has dun more for me than ail other medicines com bined, for that bad fueling arising from Kidney and Liver trouble." John Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same place, says: "Find Electric Bitters to be the best Kidnev and Liver medicine, mad me feel like a new man." J,. W. Gardner, hardware merchant, same town, says: Electric Bitters is just the thing for a won who is all ran down and don't care whether he lives or dies; he found new strength, good appetite and felt just like be had a new lease on lif tv. Only 50c a bot tle, at McLandou & Parsons' drug tore. "But I can't cook, she remarked coyly. - - "No matter, darling," he gushed. "Marry me aud youll have , nothing to cook. M Possibly he meant she'd have no cooking to do. . Pick headache, wind rii-"i, or? 1 l i v j - J. There as manv acoitlants nrl rt;av-ij which affect Stock awl ran wn-ious inii- venieineo and loss to the farmer in hU work, which may be quietly rr?m(N;i-l bv thu us of IH: J. ii McLean VYoloiuiie O'd Lii-iau-ut. ' f- - '" I u . ' : Wbatk famef 'Tis the "nun-gleam on tbwnmmtaia. Spreading brightly e it files; Tit the bubble on the fountain, . Basing lightly ere it dies; . - Or, if here and there a hero Be remembered thrtrosh the year. Yet to him the gain is zero; If bat only in the air Aiay be heard acme eager meutioa of their name, - Though they hear it not themael ve 'tis mnck the samel TTliat is wealth? Tis a rainbow still receding As the punting fool pursues; Or a toy that youth unheeding. Seeks the readier way to loeo; -But the wise man keeps doemsasora, Neither oat -of breath nor base; . He but holds in trust his tree but a For the welfare of the reee. Yet what crimes some men will dare But to gain their slender share . In some profit, though with loss of name or health, In some plunder, spent on vices or by stealth. TVhat is lifer Tis the earthly hour of trial For a life that's but begmr; ' When the prize of self denial May be qaickly lost or won; Tis tbe hour when love may burgeon To an everlasting flower; Or when lusts their victims urge ou To defy immortal power. tk Yet how lightly men ignore - All the future holds in Ftore, " Spending brief bat golden moments all ia . strife. Or in suicidal madness grasp the knife. - : What is aeatht .Bast its dark mysterious portal . ' Human eye may neyer roam; Yet the hope stil spring immortal That it leads the wanderer home, Ob, tho bliss that lies before os When the secret shall be known. And the vast angelic chorus Sounds the hymn before the throua What is fame, or wealth, eriiiej Past are praises, fortune, strife; r All but love, that lives forever, cast beneath, When the good and faithful servant takes the jrreath. - t The Academy. Planning a Campaign. Youth's Companion. ' A foreigner who proposes, if pos sible, to emigrate to this country is said to have held a conference recent ly with one of his race who had al ready been here. If this statement is true, the people of the United States have reason to be deeply con cerned, for these emigrants do not come among us to farm, or to build, or to vote. ------ Their business is to kill, and they do their work welL Their power, talent and sure, is more deadly than that of : canuou or dynamite; they spare neither the young itorthe old; their track across the continent is marked by black lines of graves. One of tbe parties to this reported conference was the vigorous young comma bacillus, or cholera microbe. Probably none of our readers bave ever seen this creature, or even its picture, but it lives and moves to do a deadlier work than the fabled drag ons of old times. "My ancestors," it is reported to have said, "crossed the sea to the New World again and again, and counted their .victims by thousands and tens of thousands. Whatchance 13 there for me there now? My race has the power to reprefluce itself to an illimitable extent. If I can make my way from Persia across Europe . aii(fthe Atlantic, 1 can increase by the millions should the conditions prove favorable. I can double tha death-rate in a summer. His companion was the microbe of the influenza. Its picture has not yet been drawn by scientific mon. It has just finished a triumphant march over Europe and this continent, , leaving disease and wasted vitality and death behind it. Solders and infants, empresses and paupers, as we all know, were among its victim!. "The field is ready for you in America,' it said. "Young and old there exhaust their vital forces by excessive work or excessive play, by . incessant struggles to be rich, or by drink. On the farms and in country Tillages little attention is paid to drainage; garbage, - manure heap and other abominations are left to fester under the bos sun. In soma of the great cities sewer gas poluies tbe air; in others the drinking water is foul with corruption ; in all of them the people listen with good--humored indifference to the warnings of ecientiSc men." "It is pure air, cleanliness and temperate living that kill ma, said the deadly microbe; "but I foresee. treat triumphs yonder. I shall have thousands of victims 1" and he pre pared for his departure. "A fable 1" says the reader. "Nv such conference was ever held. It may be so, but a fable is a story that has a moral. ' Tbe Chicken Cron. Interview ia New York Star. Government statistics show" that 1360,000,000 are required to reprsvnt the anuual expenditure for tlie chick en crop of the United States, and tnat 15,000,000 dozen of egg, worth 2,677,000. are imported to this coun - try per vear. Show m n whufc crop result that can touch " tbos ujrurea. - The eXDenditnrft in tbia rfumtrv each year for noukrv ami win - v oo - amount to u muoh larger sum than that which ouuvs ta thw erwlit of either the wheat croj, thu elU -.i crop or the dairy product. r
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