[ , , ,-_
MOUNT PlSQAH.
Ptsg&h's
settled down,
river spread;
t the sky,
high.
trealn.
taln height;
/
the mountain top te ro
the star s beacon fire•
blazes forth to stir the heart,
move the soul to high desire
earth a better part:
their spell have wrought,
the mind to higher thought.
--Harper's Bazar.
ERCY AND THE PROPHET.
niL" WILKIE CDLLINS.
CHAPTER VII--•CO:qTINUED.
Thus entreated, Percy roused him-
So long as he abstained from
to express them in writ-
his recollections were perfectly
to answer any reasonable call
He has turned sulky, and for once
he keeps his thoughts to himself.
There was a family discussion on
the subject of Mr. Linwood the other
day, which is of no official interest
so far. If it leads toanythig, I will
not fail to send you the necessary
particulars.
"March 3.--The family discussion
has led to something.
"At Mr. Linwoo¢l's next visit the
young lady (Miss Charlotte) had a
long talk with him on the subject of
his behavior to her father. They
usually meet in the conserwtory: I
have Iroken a pane of glass at the
back and I can hear everything they
say. The lady accused her lover oi
being set against her father by some
slanderer. As her anger rose, she
did not scruple to guess at the slan-
dercr's name. She mentioned noless
a person than Captain Bervie. son of
Justice Bervie, of the Manor house.
Mr. Linwood's defense was a poor
one: he could only declare that she
was mistaken. She refused to be-
them. He repeated in substance lieve this. and it ended in her giving
• : doctor's description of the first .him his dismissal, in these plain
[ the two visions that had appeared words: 'You distrust my father, and
) him after the captain's departure, you refuse to admit me into your
Bervie started. "A cottage par- confidence.--you needn't trouble
he repeated. "We have just [ yourself to call here again.'
a cottage parlor! A man like "The usual consequences fo,lowed
trying to persuade a woman like upon this. Mr. Linwood is too fond
he checked himself, as if he was
to let Charlotte's name pass
is lips',trying to induce a woman
away with me," he resumed.
her at last in spite
Pray go on. What did
see nextP'
"He saw a traveling carriage,"
replied. "The lady was one
persons in it. And there was
man with her. And there was
thing else only the doctor
3 it."
"Could he tell you who the man
rasP,,
"No. He was toomuch exhausted.
said, to see any more."
you returned to consnlt
"No. I had had enough of it."
"When we get to London," said the
"we shall pass along the
on the way to your cham-
rs. Will you kindly drop me at
ruing that leads to the doe-
Percy looked at him in amaze-
"'You still take it seriously?"
e said.
"Is it not serious?" Bervie asked,
"Have you and I, so far,
done exactly what this man saw
doing? Have I not shed bitter
of disappointment? and who
the cause of them but the woman
saw by my side? Did we not
in the day when we were rivals
he saw us meet), with the pistols
our hands? Did you not recog-
nize his description of the lady when
met her at the ball, as I, racer-
it before you?"
"Mere coincidences, Percy an-
quoting Charlotte's opinion,
had spoken together of
but taking care not
authority. "How many
men have been crossed in
How many thousand men
ave fought duels for love? How
thousand women choose blue
or their color, and answer to the
gue description of the lady whom
doctor pretended to see?"
"Say that is so :' Bervie re'oinecL
"The thing is remarkable eve from
ur of view. And if more
follow, the result will
more remarkable stilL"
The next coincidence, if it hap-
Would realize the love scene
the ring. Was there auytMng
was it even worth call-
a coineidenceif Percy put au
at ring on the fluger of
woman who loved him. and if he
her afterward? He consid-
forbore, in this case, from
his thoughts to
"The thing that most sur-
Prised me in the doctor's perform-
ance," he said, "was his thinking
our thoughts, and finding out
our owu knowledge of our own
n at'e s."
The captain shook his head. "A
mere question of nervous sympathy
ad nervous insight." he answered.
°'Deckers meet with similar cases in
patients, l have seen
recorded in medical books."
CHAPTER VIIL
Official Secrets.
6FROM PETER WEEMS TO JOHN JENNET,
ESQ.
"SKCReTERVICS DEPARTMENT, HOMB OF-
FIC• }
. "'PRIVATE AND CONFtDINTIAEk
"THE COTTAGE, D&aTFoan.
February 2, 1817.
Stp,I beg to inform you that
there Is no fear of my being com-
Pelled te leave my situation as ser-
vant in Mr. Bowmore's house before
I have completed the private inves-
tigations committed to my charge.
The attempt nade by Mrs. Bowmore
and her daughter to,have the old ser-
vant forgiven and taken back again
has Iaile& He Presumed, it seems,
on his long and faithful service to
warn the master that his political
opinions might Rat him into trouble.
Mr. Bowmore positively refuses to
forgive the liberty that his servant
has taken with him. I am
accordingly left in possession
of the footman's place, and not the
slightest sdpicion is felt of my true
errand in the house.
'M
• Y note-book contains nothing
relating to the past week, mainly m
consequence of thevisit here of one
Mr. Percy Linwoo. which has a
little disturbed the domestic routine.
This gentleman's avowed object is to
pay his court to Miss Bowmore,
Whether he is, politically speakiu ,
• any importance, i hdo
j u uscovor. Judging by appear-
ees, though perfectly respectful to
r, Bowmore, he is not particularly
desirous of cultivating the society of
hifuture father-in-law. Mr. Bow-
more perceives this. and resents it.
of his young lady to resist her aud
lose her. tie accepted any terms
she chose to impose on him as the
price of being restored to her favor
Half an hour later he was walking
with Mr. Bowmore in the garden, and
was asking leave to consult him
about a claim on parliament for
moneys due to his father's estate.
Circumstances allowed me no oppor-
tunity of listening safely to what
passed at the interview. 1 can only
report, as one result of the conver-
sation, that Mr. Linwood accomna-
nied Mr. Howmore the same evening
to a meeting of the local Hampden
club. I suppose he had his reward
the next day by being permitted to
put a ring on Miss Charlotte's finger
in the gardcn and to kiss her after-
ward to his heart's content. Far
what took place at the club. [ refer
you to the special agent who attends
there in the character of one of the
meulbors.
March 10.--Nothing to report ex-
cept the growing intimacy between
Mr• Bowmore and Mr. Linwood. and
another visit of the two to the Hamp-
den club. Also the happy progress
of the youn gentleman's love affair.
I only mention this latter trifle by
way of necessary reference to Miss
Charlotte. She has met old Justice
Bervie out riding, and has heard from
him of the unexpected return of his
son, the captain, from foreign parts.
From what I could pick up of the
conversation at dinner. I gather that
the justice has been informed of Mr•
Linwood's visit to the revolutionary
dub: that he wrote word orbit to his
son: and that the captain has re-
turned to set his influence over Mr.
Linwood against Mr. Bowmore's in-
fluence-if he ean. Miss Charlotte
is furious at the bare idea of his in-
terferences, t'oor soul! she honestly
believes her father to be the greatest
statesman in Ennland. See what
it is to be too dutiful a daughter!
"March 17.Being occupied with
matters of serious importance, you
may not have noticed that Mr. Lin-
wood's claim has been brought before
the house of commons, and ha been
adjourned for further couside, ation
in six month's time. When the coun-
try is threatened with a rovolutmn,
parliament has something" better to
do that to trouble itself about pmvac
claims. It was simply absurd t
bring such a matter forward at all
"This, however is not the vie
taken by Mr. Linwood and Mr• Bow-
more. 'lhey are both indignant--
especially Mr. Bowmore. He has de-
cided to call a special meeting of the
Hampden club to consider his friend's
wrongs, and he has pursuaded Mr.
Linwood to have his name put down
as a candidate for election into the
society.
"March 26.A longer time than
usual has elapsed mnce the date of
my last report.
• "On reflection I thought it best to
decide our doubt, whether Mr. Bow-
morels or is not the secret agent in
England of a club of French Revubli-
cans by writing myself to the loun-
ain-head of information in Paris.
As you wisety observe the man him-
self is a vain fool, who can only give
us any serious trouble as an instru-
ment in the hands of others. No
such complication as this need be
apprehended. After waiting some
days for my answer from Paris. I
havescertained that Mr. Bowmore
did offer hi service to the French
club, but tha(the offer was declined
with thanks Either the Frenchmen
made tnquirtes or .Mr• Bowmore's
true character was known to them
when they received his proposal.
"Nothing now remains to be de-
cided but the other question of stop-
ping this man's flow of frothy elo-
quence (which undeniably has its in-
fluence on some thousands of ignor-
ant people) by putting him in prison.
if I rightly understand your last in-
structions, the main reason for delay
is connected with the present posi-
tion of Mr. Linwood. Has he too
spoken or written seditiously of the
government? And is it desirable to
include him in the arrest of Mr. Bow-
Dlore ?
"By way of rplymg to this, I in-
close the shorthand notes of my eel-
league, charged with reporting the
proceedings of the Hampden club.
"The note numbered one contains
Mr. Linwood's speech at the debate,
on the question of forcing his claim
upon the attention of the govern-
ment• Judged as oratory, it is
wretched stuff. Judged as sedition
it rivals the more elaborate efforts
of Mr. Bowmore himself.
"The note numbered two reports
the roceedings at a special sitting
of the club this morning. The $ub-
ject of iebate is the proposal before
parliament for suspending the habeas
corpus act at the pleasure of the
government. You will see that a
publie meting, in "aid of British
liberty,' is to be summened in a field
near Dartfovd on the 2nd of A0ril;
that the London societies are to re-
ceive the committee of the Hampden
club on the next day; that they
are to escort Mr. Bowmore to
Westminster hall and to in-
;ist on his bing heard at the bar of
the house of commons. You will
also perceive that the person who
seconds the final resolution submitted
to the club--which declares that par-
liament must be intimidated, if par-
liament can be reached in no other
way--is Mr. Percy Linwood himself.
"I have further ascertained that
Miss Charlotte was present among
'the ladies in the gallery,' who were
permitted to attend the debate, and
that she is to be married to Mr. Lin-
wood on the 7th of April next. These
circumstances sufficiently account, to
my mind, for the extraordinary im-
prudence of which Mr. IAnwood has
been guilty. Mr. Bowmore declares
that the ,minions of the government
dare not touch a hair of his head•'
Miss Charlotte believes Mr. Bow-
more. And Mr. Linwood believes
Miss Charlotte.
"These particulars being commu-
nicated. I have now the honor to
wait your final instructions.
"March 31.- Your commands
reacied me yesterday at noon.
"Two hours afterward I obtained
leave of absence, and waited private-
ly on Justice Bervie. I had my wig
and my other materials for disguise
in the pocket of my great coat: and
I found, in a deserted stone quarry.
an excellent dressing-room for the
needful changes before I visited the
justice, and before I returned to my
footman's place.
"Arrived at Squire Bervie's I sent
in your confidential letter and had
an interview with the justice, at
which I laid my information in due
form. On my asking next fqr war-
rants to arrest Mr. Bowmore and Mr.
Linwood, the justice retired to con-
sider my prol)osiiou. But for your
letter, I strongly suspect he would
himself hay e applied to the
home secretary before granting the
warrant against Mr. Linwood. As
things were he had no choice but to
do his duty: and even then he did it
with a reservation in the shape of a
delay. Ite de(-lincd, on purely formal
grounds, to date the warrants earlier
than the second of April. I repre-
sented that the public assemblage in
the field was to take place that day,
and that the arrest of Mr. Bowmore
and Mr. Linwood a day or two earlier
might prevent the meeting, by de-
pricing it of its leaders. The jus-
tice's reply to this was not very po-
lite: ',I am acting in the exercise of
my own discretion, sir. Good morn-
ing."
,,On leaving the house I noticed
three persons in the corner of the
hall. who appeared to be interested
iu watching my departure. Two of
them I recognized as Captain Bervie
and vlajor Much, both friends of Mr.
Ltnwood. The third was a lady,
whom I have since ascertained to be
the ,captain's sister. That the two
gentlemen are interested in steering
Mr. Linwood clear of political dif-
ficulties I have no sort of doubt. As
to Miss Bervie, I can only say that
she was certainly in the company of
the maor and the captain, and to all
appearances in their confidence also.
"To-morrow evening (April 1)
there is to be a special session of the
club. to make the final arrangements
for he pubhc meeting on the d. If
my warrants had been dated on the
1st. I might quietly arrest Mr. Bow-
more and Mr. Linwood on their re-
turn from the club. and: the news
woutd be spread in time to prevent
the meeting. Under existing circum
stances (unless I receive orders from
you) I must decide for myself whether
I make the arrest before the meeting
or after.
[TO BE C.OTrtED.]
Wild Horses |, e,wareo
Few people would imagine that
such a thing as a wild horse could be
found in an otd, settled country like
Delaware. but a recent lawsuit brings
out the fact that there are such
there, and a good many of them. It
seems that twenty-one years ago the
Wistar brothers gave two ponies to
a Mr. Black to be cared for in pas-
ture on an island in the Delaware
river. They have been there ever
since, and have multiplied until there
are now seventy-two of them, all us-
broken, and they are wild that it
is dangerous to come near them.
Black's widow has sued the Wistars
for the care of the horses, and got a
judgment for over $5,000, much more
than anybody will give for the
horses. The Wr, tars refuse to pay
or take their stock off the island.
Mat rlmonial PleAsantries,
..I propose when Lucy and her
husband come back we forgive him
for having eloped with her," said
Mr. Uppercrust to his wife.
,,Never." replied Mrs. Uppercrut.
sternly.
• 'But you know your father forgave
us when I eloped with you."
"Yes, but he did that because he
thought I was sufficiently punished
by already marrying you.'--Texas
Siftings.
%ranted to Ie Exact.
Pelhm ParkerAre you of foreign
extraetio P
New GardenerYis, sohr, all ex-
cipt two teeth hat Oi had pulled out
in New York.--Truth.
Georg:'s Iluuder.
He--If you'll give me just one kiss
Pll never ask for another.
SheGeore, it is bad enough to
tell a falsehood without insulting me
at the same time.
BAMBOOZLING GRANDMA.
"There never was a grandma half SO goodV'
He whispered while beside her chair he stood.
And laid his rosy cheek.
With mnner very meek.
Against her dear old face in loving mood
"There never was a nicer grandm% born:
I know some little boys must be forlorn
]Bee,rose they've none like you,
I wonder w at I'd do
Without a grandma's kisses night and morn?"
"There never was a dearer r:mlm. there '."
He kissed her and he smoothed her snow-white
hair:
Then fixed her ruffled cap,
An<. nestled in her lap,
While rrandma. smiling, rocked her old am.
chair.
"When I'm a man what thin :s to you I'll bring:
A horse and c,trrla e and a watch and ring.
All grandm are so nice
(Just here he kissed her twlee),
And grandmas give a good boy everything "
Before his dear urandma could reply
This boy looked up, and with a re .'ulsh eye,
The whispered in her ear,
That nobody mght hear
"Sy, grandma, have you any more mince pie?"
The Fairy ]Bird and the Prl.eess.
The Princess Amaraothe had a dove,
which she kept in a golden cage dud
fed and tended always herself, and
that was so tame and loving that it
would nestle in her bosom: auu all
wondered at her care for the bird.
for none knew that it was a fairy bird
and gave the princess counsel.
Now, Prince Timour came to court
to woo the princess. He was lord of
six castles and one of the handsomest
men of his time.
The princess found herself not ill
disposed toward him.
"But what sayest thou. my dove."
said she.
"That cruel man will never make a
kird husband," answered tee bird, at
which the princess wondered not a
little.
But one day she saw him beating
his hound and turned away saying:
"This man shall never be my hus-
band."
Then all the courtiers exclaimed
and the king, her father, was not a
little angry, and sending for her said:
"Daughter, if thou dost not marry
within the year thou mayest even
shift for thyself. I am weary of
keeping a palace and a hundred gig-
gling maids for a foolish weneh who
canuot tell her right hand from her
left, and has not wit enough to accept
a fair offer when it is made to her."
Atthat the princess answered never
a word, but went away and wep
until the dove comforted her, saying:
"Be of good cheer. It is better
that your father should chide you once
,han your husband always."
, six months passed away and
there came a second prince to court.
He was uglyand old. but was master
of two kin gdoms and twelve castles.
lie never rode without a hundred
men-at-arms at his back. and he
ehauged his dress three times a (lay,
av.d never wore the same dress twice.
I€., brought the orincess, by way of a
present, an ivory chariot, lined with
sltin, a dresser velvet, and a lace veil
that it had taken 100 years to era-
t-folder. Then, again, the princess
atked counsel of the dove
"If you hate him at first sight," an-
swered the bird; "how will you hate
him when you are forced to see him
e ery day?"
80 said the princess:
"I will not become.his wife.either. "
Then the prince packed up his ivory
chariot, and the lace veil and the vel-
vet dress, in a violent huff. and took
Lfimself off; an(l the king, her father,
fll lute so great a rage that he could
not eat his dinner.
"Look well to thyself! The year is
nearly roneP' he cried, 'q waut no
foola about me that cannot tell on
which side their bread is buttered."
The year passed on till it came to
the las t day, when there rode up to
the palace gate a handsome young
knight, tali nd straight as an oak,
with eyes as blue as the princess' own
&Zd a voice as sweet as that of a bird:
and the princess seeing him, said to
the dove:
"This one I love."
"Nay, then, take himP' answered
the bird.
Bat the whol court was in an u-
roar, for this young knight had only
his sweet voice_'and his good sword;
no men-at-arms and no ivory chariot.
"If thou take this man never eome
back to me," said the king, "unless
tho eanst bring a train of 1,000 e!e-
phants laden with treasure with thee."
So they went away together from
the palaee, the princess riding be-
hind the knigl, t on his horse; aud no
one cried good speed; only the dove
nestled in her bosom and comforted
aer a little. And all day long they
journeyed through the forest, until
they came to a poor little cottage, the
gate of whleh stood open.
"That is our home," said the knight;
and, fastening his norse, he began to
chop the wood to get the supper,•
white the princess, who had found
some flour in a closet, bgan to make
some bread.
"tlow now'?" asked the dove. "Have
you no regrets for the twhiv castles,
the ivory chariot and the velvet
dresses?"
"NOW said the princess, stoutly; "I
have something that all of them can-
not bring, and that is Iovel"
Hatlly had she spoken th words,
hen the low, smoky walls shot up
into rows mlrrom and columns, and
the belus over their heads grew lnt,*
noble arches, and the floor breams
marble, and the knight's poor dress
turned to cloth of gold. and the prin-
cess rol:.e to silver tissue: and abou ,
the cast.e stretched a splendid garden°
and at the door stamped and trumpet-
ed a thousand elephant, laden with
silver; while in the middle of th$
room stood a splendid repast, at which
the princess and her husband sa
down.
So the princess' wiseacre was proven
to the king, her father, who, since he
has seen the thousand elephants iade
with treasure, is exceedingly feud of
t,lking about his son-in-law.
Liberty or Death.
A few miles from the banks of th
Alabama r,ver, about fifty mile.a
above the Gulf coast, in a lovely
wooded country, is a beautiful army
post, called after the home of Wash-
ington, Mt. Vernon. Several com-
panies of United States soldiers, with
their officers constitute the garrison.
A railroad runs immediately by the
post. of which it is one of the station*.
Travelers on this road find objects of
peculiar interest in seeing there the
famous Indian chief, Geronimo. and a
part of his band, who a few years ago
spread dread and desolation through-
out Arizona and New Mexieo, and
kept detachments of our army iu dili-
gent and dangerous march for them
for many months before they were
captured. They have since then been
prisoners at Mt. Vernon.
Geronimo and his braves are now
engaged in the peaceful occupation of
making bows, arrows and blow-guns,
which they sell to the travelers who
stop on their way to see them.
A pathetic incident, showing tim
Indian' undying love for liberty,
recently oeeurred at Mount Vernon.
A young Indian, who had been for
three years at Carlisle, Pa., after his
course there was finished, enlisted in
the army and was sen¢ to Mount
Vernon. lhs name is James One Star.
Perhaps he was over-persuaded to
enlist. At any rate, he did not ap-
preciate what a soldier's garrison life
meant. After a trial of its regularity,
molotony and confinement, he con-
eluded that it was not the life for
him. So one night he qui(tly laid
dowu iis hrun and s[ioped away.
Following the north star. he made
his way along the banks of the river
till he reached an inland town, abou
a hundred miles away. There curiosi-
ty or need led him to stop, and there
l,e quickly came to grief. He was
arrested and information of his pres-
ence was telegraphed to Mt. Vernon.
During the interval of a day or two
between his arrest and the arrival of
the ser,,eant sent to take him to his
pdst, One Star reposed behind the
bars of the city prison, where he was
the object of much interest to the
citizens, and of friendly sympathy
when he gave his Peaaons for desert,
int.
"I was kindly treated," he said0
"and well cared for. I had everything
I needed or desired, except liberty.
That I could not live without. I
wanted to be free and go and come
and do as I wished."
When asked if he did not fear un-
ishment when he returned to his pest,
he said:
"No. They will certainly imprison
me, with all its hardslfips. Perhaps
they will shoot me. But I don't care
to live without liberty."
Poor One Star is now suffering the
penalty of his desertioe. --Philadelphia
Times.
The Parrot's Joke.
There is a parrot u Philadelphia
and his name ts Jim. He is right up
to date so far as the grasping of
opportunities is concerned, and every
once in awhile he does something theft
serves to keep this impression firmly
fixed in the minds of those about him.
IIe gave one of iris object lessons the
other day.
Adjoiniug the house where Jim
rules supreme is a coat yard. There
are trestles in it on which the hump-
back iron horses push cars ladeu with
black diamoud The freight men
have a peculiar, cry, indicating whcu
to shoot the cars on the trestle It
is something like "Wah-Hoo-o-
Whoop." Jim's• cage was moved to
the side of the house where the coal
yard is the other day, and through
the window he heard the cries of the
trainmen and saw the cars shoot,
The cry wasn't in Jim's vocabulary,
and he took to it like a duck does to
water. That night he began to prac-
tice on the vocal signal. The imita-
tion was a little ragged edged at first.
but the festive bird soon had his vocal
chords trained down to the aecompant;
ment
Then he waited for his chance. It
came the following day. The window
where his cage was placed had been
put up in order to air the room. The
coal train came puffing along. There
was a little drilling and a section was
taken out. part of which was to go on
the trestle of the coal yarn. Then
came Jim's opportunity. Before the
two center cars could be coupled the
mischievous bird inflated his lungs
and shrieked "Wah-ltoo-o-Whoot x '?
The engiueer pulled the laver'and
away shot the uncoupled section on
trestl It was up the incline before
half the force had been expended and
three of the cars jumped the guard
and tumbled into the yard below.
The trainmen stood aghast with as-
tonishment, and Jim--why he just
rinued.
Wisdom From the Nursery.
"Papa!" cried little Willie,. as the
clock indicated 3 in the morning. No
answer. "Papa!" cried Wilhe aain,
and a&raiu and again. Finally papa
got up and walked into the nursery,
rubbing the sleep out of his eyes
"Well, what on earth do you want at
this hour of the night?" he said.
"Well, papa•" said Willie, sitting up
in bed, "if Grover Cleveland's first
REAL ESTAT E MOVING.
MR. ( W. CRAWFORD'S VlE'
OF THE SITUATION.
Houston, Text, Rapidly Coninff te the
Front--The Real Estatm Market A-
tire--No Boom. but Hcaltay Condi-
tions Prevall--A Good Opportunity
for Invest o1,
[Globe Democrat.]
Mr. O. W. Crawford, secretary of the
1£ational Real Estate association, in
talking over the situation, said: It
is interesting to note the plaintsof the
people. Yon see by what small limits
human vision is circumscribed. When
this term of financial depression com-
menced, labored editorials appearing€
in hundreds of newspapers, put a tale
of woe in the mouths of the whole
people. It is startlingly true that the
masses speak the wordg that the press
gives them to speak.
The country was suffering a relapse
from booming. The real estate men
had promoted the booms--those Pan-
dora Boxes. So said the press. Right
here let me say that real estate men,
simon pure, are not boomers. The
boomers are the lawyers, the doctors,
the livery stable men, professors,
boarding house keepers and carpen-
ters. who unasked and unneeded,
flood our ranks, and like Jonal,'s
gourd, come up in a night. They
sere no apprenticeship; without
knowing the multiplication table,
they tackle the most abstruse prob-
lems in the calculus of our business
There has been no malignant real
estate fever in the United States for
several years. The last was in Cali-
fornia, and that was almost ancient
history when these bad times set in.
The papers have since found in turn
several all-sufficient causes for full
bank vaults and, empty factories. The
press said free silver or silver that is
not free. The people took up the
shout. The press now exclaims, "Too
much tariff" or "Too little tariff."
Thank fortune they have topped talk-
ing about real estate booms.
There is only one place in the United
States that I know where there is any
marked real estate activity. That is
at Houston. Texas. But it can not
grow into a boom. for the agents told
me when i was there last week
that the purchases were small and
90 ,per cent of them'for cash.
The clearing house reports have
advertised ltouston's business as outof
all proportion to its population. All
railroads run about half fare, round
trip excursions, once a month to Texa&
The next one starts the 13th of Feb-
teary. They are all alive down there,
let me tell you. Everybody is helping
to advertise their fruit lands. The New
Hutchins house sends free a beautiful- :-
ly illustrated book of several hundred
pages, to every one who writes for it.
I believe that the cash now hoarded
in banks, and which by the way don't
belong to the banks but to the people,
will be invested in real estate.- he -'
large subdividers in Chicago tell me an : "
unusually large vercentage of their
sales are for cash.
A l]iffamiat u Eightcei
I is seldom that the courts are
called upon to prosecute a girl saroely
18 years old for the serious crime of
bigamy, yet this is what was done at
Ballston, N. Y., recently, and the
evidence was so conclusive that the
accused was convicted and sent to
prison. Nellie Daelos o Saratoga
Springs, had a mania for narry|ng,
and although she is but 18 years of
age, she ba three hasbands liviug.
She was arraigned in the court of ses-
sions ou au indictment ehargiug her
with bigamy, in having married Wil- o
liam Lawler of Albauy and Frank
Clough of Asbury ['ark, while her
flu\\;st husband, Charles Duclos of Sat a-
toga, is living. She pleaded guilty.
Il AND OUT.
First-class fare for twenty-five mile
on the new Congo railroad costs $10.
Tle Tartars take a mau by the ear
to invite him to eat or drink with
them.
Thereis said to be two terraMn
farms in the United 8tales, located at
Mobile, Aim, and in Maryland.
Philadelphia, which owns aud or-
ates its own gas works, has reduced
the prier of gas from 1.50 to 81 per
L000 cubic feet.
The physielans of Brussels have re-
eeutly banded themselves into a union,
pledged not to accept any fee below a
certain fixed sum.
Mrs. William Tarbox of Natlek, R.
L, is a womanof high aims. A burg-
lar got into her house the other ni;zht
and she fired three shots at his head.
The souvenirs he left behind were a
hat with e, bullet hole in the crown
and a seetlon of the lobe of one of his
eal,
A Japanese udience, when they
wish to express disapproval of a bad
playl do not r or hoot, or make any
hideous and Ineonveuient noise; they
merely rise to their feet and turn
thetr back, o the stage, upon which
the curtain immediately descends, and
the play is forthwith tabooed.
Baptism by immersion was per-
formed in a peculiar mnner a few
days ago in Buffalo township, Wash-
ington county. Pennsylvania. Thomas
Totand was too ill to leave his room,
and was desirous of bapttsm. A large
box was made and filled ith water,
and into this Mr. Toland, suspended
in a sheet, was lowered.
Joe Chaney of Cherokee county,Aid.,
has earned the title of "The Modern
Samson." He wa reeent!v uuruly
and placed in jail at, Birmiugham-
Immediately upon being put in a cell
he astounded the jailer by breaking
down the door and calmly walking
out. He was then chained fast to the
name was Jimmie, what would hla floor, and in tess than a miuute after-
last nme be?"--Harper's Ba. wards had easily freed himself.
