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l. u. orist & sons, Publishers. J % ^arnitit Uewspaper: tjfor the promotion of the jlolilical, Social, Agricultural, anil ©omnteijeial Jnter^sts of the £oufh. { TERM8IN"0*le co^vV n ce!?^ance' established 18557 YOBKVILLE, S. O., "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1898. JSTO. 100." LOS! Ml By ANNA KATI Copyright, 1897, by Anna K. Rob Its. Synopsis of Previous Installments. - ' .* -« s\4* 'purr* ttv_ I n oracr iuhi uow iooudioam auh quirer may begin with the following installment ot this story, and understand it just the same as though they had read it all from the beginning, we here give a synopsis of that portion of it which has already been published: Amelia Butterworth, who has done clever detective work, is called upon by Mr. Gryce, a professional detective, to take up an interesting case. He tells her that in a certain village several persons have suddenly disappeared. In this place lives a family of the name of Knollys, the children of a former friend of Miss Butterworth. Mr. Gryce desires Miss Butterworth to enter this family for detective work. Miss Butterworth goes to visit the Knollys' home, finding there Mipses Lucetta and Loreen Knollys and their brother William. She dines with the family and is taken to her room. She remaius awake during the night, and, hearing strange noises, goes into the hall and calls Lucetta, who gives unsatisfactory reasons for the disturbance. Mr. Trohm, a neighbor visits the Knollys. Lucetta is terrified at seeing him and faints. Miss Butterworth receives a letter from Mr. Gryce telling her that if she is in danger to blow upou a whistle he sends her. An old crone called Mother Jane appears. Miss Butterworth gives her a quarter, whereupon Mother Jane A <^v>tAkiitQM'An a#' nmnhoiM repeats hcuhuusituiiiuiuoiiw.i U( m,..,vv..n Miss Butterworth leaves the bouse and hears of a young girl formerly leaving the Knollya bouse iu a carriageaud being married before ber mother could overtake her. Since then a phantom carriage is said to go through Lost Man's lane at midnight, suggesting that the carriage may carry away the persons mysteriously disappeariug. Mr. Trohm drives Miss JButterwortb in his wagon. Returning to the house she witnesses a parting betweeu Lucetta and a lover, whose request for an answer to his suit Lucetta is endeavoring to put off. He leaves without getting a favorable reply. Miss Butterworth gets from Loreeu the key to a chamber which she has heard is haunted. In visiting it she finds her way into William's sanctum and discovers that be is a vivisectionist. Miss Butterworth passes an uncomfortable night She is locked in ber chamber and loses her whistle which she keeps to cull the police, but recovers it. Making further explorations, she finds two shuttecs tied together with a knot of crape, indicating a death in the house. Miss Butte rworth is impressed with the gentlemanlike demeanor of Mr. Trohm and goes with him to visit Mother Jane, who repeats her combination of numbers. Miss Butterworth sees on the wall shadows of several persons carrying what appears to bo a corpse to its burial. She follows and sees the bearers lower a coffin through a bole in the floor. Miss Butterworth meets Mr. Gryce at the hotel. He informs her that he has a clew pointing to Mother Jane as the culprit and he has examined a string of vegetables in Mother Jane's cabin, finding in one of them, corresponding to a number repeated by the crone, a valuable ring. CHAPTER XXV. TRIFLES, BUT NOT TRIFLING. Bat I am methodical even at the most critical instant, as those who have read "That Affair Next Door" have had ample opportunity to know. Having heard him make this startling declaration, 1 could not proceed to establish my standpoint till I knew a little more about his. "Excuse me one moment," said L "If you had the handling of one of those ropes, you were nearer the heart of this business than I Is that why you decided it was no human being you were burying?" "In a measure, yea Having some skill in these disguises, especially where my own infirmities can have full play, as in case of this strong but half bent woman, 1 had no reason to think my own identity was suspected, much less discovered Therefore I could trust what I saw and heard as being what Mother Jane herself would be allowed to sed or hear under the same circumstancea If, therefore, the Knollys and this old crone had been, as you seem to think they are, in league for murder, Lucetta would hardly have greeted me as she did when she came down to meet me in the kitchen." "And how was that? What did she say?" one sum: ar, luuvuer jauc, *ro have a piece of w.,rk for you. You are strong, are you not?' " "Humph!" "And then she commiserated me a bit and gave me food which, upon my word, I found hard to eat, though I had 6aved my appetite for the occasion. Before she left me she bade me sit in the ingle nook till she wanted me, udding as she went out to Hannah, who that moment came in: 'There is no use trying to explain anything to her. Show her when the time comes what there is to do and trust to her short memory to forget it before she leaves the house. She could not understand my brother's propensity or our shame in pandering to it. So attempt nothing, Hannah. Only keep the money in her view.' " "So. and that gave you no idea?" "It gave me the idea I have imparted to you, or, rather, added to the idea which had been instilled in Ine by others." "And this idea was not affected by wbat you saw airerwarur "Not in the least.rather strengthened. Of the few words I overheard one was uttered in reference to yourself by Miss Knollys. She said: 'I have locked Miss Bntterworth again in her room. If she accuses ine of having done so, I shall tell her our whole story. Better she should know the family's disgrace than imagine us guilty of crimes of which we are utterly incapable.' " "Well," I cried, "you heard that?" "Yes, madam, I heard that, and I do not think 6he knew she was dropping that word into the ear of a detective, but you may differ with me." "I am not ready to say so yet," I replied. "What else did theso girls let fall in your hearing?" "Not much. It was Hannah who led me into the upper hall and Hannah who by signs and signals rather than words showed me what was expected of rs LANE. IA RTTVTin aRRTF.TC XXJLJLVXX1 Ad ma However, wnen, arter cue box was lowered into the cellar, Hannah was drawing me away Lncetta stepped np and whispered in her ear: 'Don't give ber the biggest coin. Give her the little one or she may mistake our reasons for secrecy. I wouldn't like even a fool to do that, even for the moment it would remain lodged in Mother Jane's mind.' " "Well, well," I cried again, certainly puzzled, for these stray expressions of the sisters were in a measure contradictory not only of the suspicions I entertained, but of the facts which had seemingly come to my attention. Mr. Gryce, who was probably watching my face more closely than the movements of the cane with whose movements he was apparently engrossed, stopped to give a caressing rub to the knob of that same cane before saying: "One such peep behind the scenes is worth any amount of surmising on the wrong side of the curtain. I let you share my knowledge because it is your due. Now if you feel willing to explain what you mean by a knot of crape on the shutter 1 am at your service, madam." Then I told him, and as I talked 1 saw his face lengthen and doubt take the place of the quiet assurance with which he had received my various intimations ud to this time. The cane was laid aside, and from the action of bis right forefinger on the palm of bis left hand I judged that I was making no small impression on his mind. When I had finished, he sat for a minute silent; then he said: "Thanks, Miss Butterworth; you have more than fulfilled my hopes. What we buried was undoubtedly human, and the question now is who it was and of what death did this person die. You think it was silly Rufus." I did not answer. There was a weak point in the position I had taken in this matter, and I knew it He did not try to hurry me. I appreciated this and took my time Presently I said: "I have a confession to maka Up to a certain moment I never had a thought but .that it was silly Rufus they held imprisoned in William's room and who died there, nor am I quite sure that I am yet ready to embrace any other theory ; but, Mr. Gryce, in the minute I took to look about the room from which the victim had been so lately carried I saw standing in one comer a pair of shoes that could never have been worn by any boy tramp I have ever seen or known of. Neither could they have been the property of any one I had ever met in the Knollys house. Loreen and Lucetta both have trim feet, but these were the shoes of a child of 10, very dainty and of a cut and make worn by women, or rather, I should say, by girls. Now, what do you make of that?" He did not seem to know what to make of it. Tap, tap went his finger on his seasoned palm, and as I watched the slowness with which it fell I said to myself, "I have proposed a problem to him now that will tax even Mr Gryce's powers of deduction." And I had. It was minutes before he ventured an opinion, and then it was with a 6bade of doubt in his tone that I acknowledge to have felt some pride at putting there. "They were Lucetta's shoes. The emotions under which you labored. very pardonable emotions, madam, considering the circumstances and the hour". "Excuse me,"6aidl. "We do not want to waste a moment I was excited, suitably and duly excited, or I would have been a stone. But I never lose my head under excitement nor my sense of proportion. The shoes were not Lucetta's. She never wore any approaching them in smallness since her tenth year." "Has Simsbury a daughter? Has there not been a child about the house some time to assist the cook in errands and so on?'' "No, or I would have seen her. Besides, how would the shoes of such a person come into William's room?" "Easily. Secrecy was required. You were not to be disturbed; so shoes were taken off that quiet might result." "Was Lucetta shoeless or William or even Mother Jane? You have not told m« that vou were reauested to walk in stocking feet up the hall. No, Mr. Gryce, tho shoes .were the shoes of a girl. I know it because it was matched by a dress I saw hanging up in a sort of wardrobe." "Ah! You looked into the wardrobe?" "I did and felt justified in doing so. It was after 1 had spied the shoes. " "Very good. And you saw a dress?" "A little dress; a dress with a short skirt. The Misses Kuollys do not ride a bicycle, I take it, and this could only be the dress of one who did or of a child. It was a silk dress.another anomaly.and the color, I think, was blue, but I cannot swear to that point I felt very hurried and took the briefest glance. But my brief glances can be trusted, Mr. Gryce. That, I think, you are beginning to know. " "Certainly," said he, "and as proof of it we will now act upon these two premises.mat we viumu iu wuun uurial I was an innocent partaker was a human being and that that human being was a girl child who came into that house well dressed. Now where did that girl come from? The town, so far as we know, has lost none of its inhabitants lately." "That you should know," 6aid I. "A visitor. But no visitor could enter this house without it being known fur and wide. Why, I heard of your arrival here before I left the train on which I followed you. Had we allowed ourselves to be influenced by what the people about here say we would hare turned that Knollys house inside out a week ago. But I don't believe in putting too much confidence in the prejudice of country people. The idea they suggested, and which you suggest without putting it too clearly into words, is much too horrible to be acted upon without the best of reasons. Perhaps we have found those reasons, yet I still feel like asking where did this girl come from and how could she have become a prisoner in the Enollys house without the knowledge of. Madam, you have met Mr. Trohm?" The question was so sudden I had not time to collect myself. But perhaps it was not necessary, for the simple affirmation I used seemed to satisfy Mr. Gryce, who went on to say: "It is he who first summoned us here, and it is he who has the greatest interest in locating the source of these disappearances, yet he has seen no child come here." i "Mr. Trohm is not a spy," said I, but the remark, happily, perhaps, fell unheeded. < "No one .has," he began. "We must give another turn to our suppositions." Suddenly a silence fell upon us both. ' His finger ceased to lay down the law, and my gaze, which had been searching- his face inquiringly, became fixed. At the 6ame moment and in much the same tone of voice we both spoke, he saying, "Humph!" and I, "Ah!" followed by 1 a similar "I have found it." " The phantom carriage," explained L "Which rolled so quietly into Lost Man's lane the evening preceding your arrival." i "It was no phantom," I went on. "Two saw it, and I".here I could not suppress a slight toss of my head."remember now a petty circumstance which I dare you to match in corroboration of this new theory." "You have had advantages," he com- III!3HWU. "And disadvantages," I finished, de- termined that he should award me my full meed of praise. "Yon are probably not afraid of doga Yon could visit the stables." "And did, madam, but I saw noth- ing". "I thonght not." I could not help the interruption. It is so seldom one can really triumph over this man. "Not having the cue, you would not be apt to see what gives this whole thing away. I would never have thought of it again if we had not had this talk. Is Mr. Simsbury a neat man?" ] "A neat man? Madam, what do you mean?" "Something important, Mr. Gryoe. If Mr. Simsbury is a neat man, he will have thrown away the old rags which, i I dare promise you, cumbered his stable floor the morning after the riding in here of the phantom carriage. If he is not, you may still find them there. One of them, I know, you will not find. He ; pulled it off of his wheel with his whip the afternoon he drove me down from the station. 1 can see the sly look he gave me as he did it. It made no impression on me then, but now". j "Madam, you have got it That carriage was the old coach to be found now ( in the Knollys stable, and its phantom appearance was due to its noiselessness, which you have now in a measure ex- plained; but, Miss Butterworth, if they went to the length of winding rags around the carriage wheels to make them noiseless, even tying up the horse's ; feet for the same purpose perhaps, they must have had a motive dark enough to warrant your deepest suspicions. And William was not the only one involved. | Simsbury, ut least, had a hand in it, nor , does it look as if the girls were entirely innocent of a foreknowledge of what t was likely to occur.!' "I cannot consider the girls," I declared. "I can no longer consider the girls." "No," 6aid he, "we must do our 1 dutv. We must find if any child alight- 8 ed from the curs at the mountain station that night or, what is more probable if sinister results were expected, from the little station at C., five miles farther up in the mountains." "And". I urged, seeing that he had still something to say. "We must make sure who lies buried under the floor of the room you call the flower parlor. You may expect me at the Knollys house some time today. I shall come quietly, but in my own proper person. You are not to know me and unless you desire it need not appear in the matter." "I do not desire it." "Then good morning, Miss Butterworth. My respect for your abilities has ristn even higher than before. We part in a like mind for once." And this he expected me to regard as a compliment. CHAPTER XXVI A DISCOVERY. I have a grim will when I choose to exert it. After Mr. Gryce left the hotel I took a cup of tea with the landlady and then made a round of the stores. 1 bought dimity, sewing silk and what not, as I said I would, but this did not ] occupy me long (to the regret probably 1 of the country merchants, who expected to make a fool of me and found it a by ' no means easy task) and was quite ready ' for William when he finally drove up. J The ride home was a more or less si- ' lent one. I had conceived such a horror ' of the man beside me that talking for ' talk's sake was impossible, while he was in a mood which it would be char- ity to call noncommunicative. It may be that my own reticence was at the bottom of this, but I rather think not The remark be made in passing Deacon Spear's house showed that something more than spite was working in his slow but vindictive brain. "There's a man of your own sort," he cried. "You won't find him doing 1 anything out of the way; oh, no. Pity your visit wasn't paid there. You'd have got a better impression of the lane." To this I made no reply. At Mr. Trokm's he spoke again. "I suppose," 6aid he. "that you and Trohm had the devil of a say about Lu- cetta and the rest of us. I don't know why, but the whole neighborhood seems to feel they've a right to ubo our name as they choose. But it isn't going to be so long. We have played poor and pinched and starved all I'm going to. I'm going to have a new horse, and Lucetta shall have a dress, and that mighty quick too. I'm tired of all this shabbiness and mean to have a change." I wanted to say, "No change yei; change under the present circumstances would be the worst thing possible for you all," but I felt that this would be treason to Mr. Grvce and refrained, say- ing simply, as he looked sideways at me for a word: "Lucetta needs a new dress. That no one can deny. Bat yon had better let me get it for her, or perhaps that is what yon meant." The grant which was my only answer might be interpreted in any way. I took it, however, for assent. As soon as I was relieved of his presence and in that of the girls again I altered my whole manner and cried out in querulous tones: "Mrs. Carter and I have had a difference. " (This was trne. We did have a difference over oar cap of tea. I did not think it necessary to say this difference was a forced one. Some things we are perfectly justified in beeping to oarselves. ) "She remembers a certain verse In the New Testament one way and I in another. We had not time to settle it by a consultation with the sacred word, bat 1 cannot rest till it is settled, so will yon bring yonr Bible to me, my dear, that I may look that verse up?" We were in the upper hall, where I had taken a seat on the old fashioned sofa there. Lucetta who was standing before me, started immediately to do my bidding, without stopping to think, poor child, that it was very strange I did not go to my own room and consult my own Bible as any good Presbyterian would be expected to da As die was turning toward the large front room where I knew the one Bible I wanted oould not be 1 stopped her with the nniot iniunction: "Get me one with good print, Lucetta. My eyes won't bear much straining." At which she turned and to my great relief hurried down the corridor toward William's room, from whioh she presently returned, bringing the very volume I was anxious to oonsult Meanwhile I had laid aside my hat. I felt hurried and unhappy and showed it. Lucetta's pitiful face had a strange Bweetness in it this morning, and I felt sure as I took the sacred book from her hand that her thoughts were all with the lover she bad sent from her side and not at all with me or with what at the moment occupied me. Yet my thoughts at this moment involved, without doubt, the very deepest interests of her life, if not that very lover she was brooding over in her darkened and resigned mind. As 1 realized this I heaved an involuntary sigh, which seemed to startle her, for she turned and gave mo a quick look as she was slipping away to join her sister, who was busy at the other end of the ball. The Bible 1 held was an old one of medium size and most excellent print [ had no difficulty in finding the text and settling the question which had been my ostensible reason for wanting the book, but it took me longer to discover the indentation which I had made in one of its pages; but when I did you may imagine my awe and the turmoil Into which my mind was cast when 1 found that it marked those great verses in Corinthians which are so universally read at funerals: "Behold I shew you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. "In a moment, in the twinkling at meye". TO BE CONTINUED. TJnfounded Fears of Appendiciris..Dr. H. R. Lemen, of Alton, 111., tays : "I often meet people who have such a wholesome fear of appendicitis hat they do not eat grapes, tomatoes, igs or fruit containing little seedB, be- * ». :il :ause of a tear mat tnese seeus win odge in the appendix and cause apjendicitis. Whenever I hear a person lay he denies himself fruit because of >his fear, I take occasion to assure him .bat it is useless to take any such presautions. If you like fruit, eat it, for ippendicitis, seven in ten instances, is lue to other things than seeds. Little jarticles of food of any kind can lodgcn the appendix and produce appendilitis, even a crumb being capable of it. [n addition, a great many cases are ;aused by something entirely outside .be appendix, something causing inlaramation. To all I will say: 'Go ihead and eat anything you like, for ill precautions you may lake are not joing to save you from appendicitis if pou are going to have it.' The inexplicable thing to which the majority of :ases are attributed cauuot be guarded igaiusl, and it is useless to fight the niuority.".St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Avoiding Coughing..A physician who is connected with an institution n which there are many children says : 'There is nothing more irritable to a ?ough tban coughing. For some time [ had been so fully assured of this that [ determined for one minute at least to lessen the number of coughs heard in i certain ward in a hospital of the institution. By the promise of rewards ind punishments I succeeded in inducing them simply to hold their breath when tempted to cough, and in a little while I was myself surprised to see how some of the childreo entirely recovered from the disease. Constant coughing is precisely like scratching a wound on the outside of the body. So long as it is done, the wound will not heal. Let a person when tempted to cough draw a long breath and hold it until it warms and soothes every air cell, and some benefit will soon be received from this process. The nitrogen which is thus confined acts as an anodyne to the mucous membrane, allaying the desire to cough, aud giving the throat and lungs a chance to heal." .Scientific American. pfcttltattMU* Reading. , c COUNTY COURT SYSTEM. d 8 Expressions of Opinions on Grand Jury v 1Hnna. Greenville Mountaineer. 0 In the recent presentment of the grand jury of Greenville county, is the 0 following paragraphs: r "With constant increase in the pop- v ulation of the county there appears to be some increase in the amount of crime, and as a result the time of our ? courts is largely consumed with the u consideration of criminal business. P We think the time has arrived when " some change should be made, and that s a county court should be established, 11 as is contemplated by provisions of the D constitution of 1896." ^ This recommendation has attracted much attention not only in this county 8 but all over the state and in view of that fact, the Greenville members of 9 the legislature, the solicitor and many b prominent lawyers have been asked b the following question, some of the 0 answers being published herewith and p the others will be given at a subsequent " time: "Please give your views on the pro- f posal to establish a county court sys- 11 tern for the larger counties of the state, particularly Greenville: Judge James T. Hubbell, whose extensive knowledge of the law and experience in bis former home, Connecticut, give weight to bis views, said : 8 "The incoming legislature will probably be called upon to consider the n question of county courts for some of ii the larger counties, and the positive ii recommendation by Greenville's grand V jury that a court of this character be b established in the county, brings the e mutter infn npnminonPA t U-i UUV/t 4U VW |/l vtuiuvwwi "For civil business a county court ii meeting every month would be a great g convenience, provided the jurisdiction V in law and equity be 'arge enough to p absorb a large portion of the business a now transacted in the circuit court. I In criminal matters it would afford fi speedy trials and save the county the p expense of keeping prisoners to whom h life iu jail pending trial is no great ti hardship. Then, too, the prompt dis- t posal of these matters would have a fi vigorous deterrent effect. The makers li of the constitution of 1895 saw fit, ri when providing for the contingency of courty courts, to exclude from their ii jurisdiction "murder, manslaughter, n rape, arson, common law burglary, tl bribery or perjury." This restriction tl is really too extensive; but being a ti part of the constitution it must govern £ until changed. ^ v* "The only possible objection to the it establishment of a county court will tl be that of additional expense, but the 0 expense for jurors and court atten- n dants would not be increased as the c< sessions of the circuit court would be is shortened thereby saviug expense in e; that court. The only possible increase bi would be the salary of a judge and e' a county solicitor, as the clerk could tl be paid by feee. q "To my mind the best arrangement p fnr pmmf.v courts would be to have Ii w- J . these courts vested with civil, criminal ai and probate jurisdiction, the clerk of p< the circuit court and the master of T each county to be ex-officio the same a officials iu the county courts. In the b< event of probate jurisdiction being at- ti tached to the courts, the fees could B be turned into the county treasury. g« If the legislature deems this topic is worthy of consideration it ought to en- b< act a general lew for all counties so Ii that courts could be established when- tj ever the demand arose. Then, too, si should the supreme court ever have si occasion to pass upon the meaning It and scope of the law it would settle c< the matter for all counties, whereas a al special law for each county would re- hi quire Individual construction. It iu Si not impossible to enact such a law, ui and if the people believe that such a qi court would be advantageous tbey tc will undoubtedly vote for its establish- tc ment. To secure competent and in- w dependent judges tbey should be ap- c< pointed by the governor and confirm- c< ed by the senate and their term of al offii.4 should be not less than six years, si To make county judge elective would pi be to inject too much politics into the F affair." si City Attorney B. A. Morgan said: tb "I would like to see a county court di established here with criminal juris- tl diction as indicated by the constitution E and civil jurisdiction not exceediug $500 or $700. is "There need be but two new offices. S judge and prosecuting attorney. The ai sheriff and clerk of our already estab- w lished courts can serve the new courts, lj There will have to be committing of- tl ficers, and inasmuch as magistrates w will uot have the trial of cases, they it can be retained in less numbers and oi /)»*«» loon / rv m nanuu. Ui pfMUIUi I/IJIO UUVJ ivi iwoa wuj|>vuvm tiou. DC "I think the new court should have tl its regular sessions once a month, and tl the grand jury as now drawn for our courts, serve the new court. I don't think they should be required to pass aj on bills charging offenses now cogniza- fe ble by the magistrates. I think the IV new court should be open at all times, ic as is now the magistrate's court, for the trial of cases triable in that tl court and the jury in such cases may b. be had as are now bad in the said fr courts. I dou't think the services of h the clerk and the prosecutiug attorney fi should be demanded in these cases, w nor shall the said court to that extent w be a court of record. In this way the fe grand jury can perform their duty to r< each session within a day's-time. fa "A petit jury may be drawn for each regular sitting of the court, o Jurors in magistrate's courts serve for n 25 cents a day, and witnesses in the tt court of sessions for 50 cents. Inas- no mnfih aa t he new court is to be a court fr of inferior jurisdiction, the per diem oi of the jurors should be reduced about a! oue-balf of the present allowance in ci the circuit court. "All witnesses have to attend court w myhow, and under the new arrange- \\ dent only a day or two will suffice to is lispense with them, whereas they now cc ometimes are held until the third fa yeek of court. tb "I favor the putting of every officer cc f the court on a salary, and that the so ees as are now paid them be turned ver to the county, as is done by the ar egister of mesne conveyance. We th /ill find'this will prove quite a saving tu o the county and litigants as well. io "Some have suggested that the office f master and county judge be consoliated. I prefer that the offices of loutar nnri nrnhulA iudcra ha ennRnl- iated and held by one man, with a alary, and the fees, as now collected, urned over to the county. We will eed the services of a master quite te requently in the new court, and I ol on't think the new judge of that court ^ hould be his own referee. at "In addition to the speedy and fre- 8r uent clearance of the jail, the civil ec usiness of the court can then get a P* earing, and people not made to wait M their cases for two or three years, W s is now often the case, while suffer- 01 ig the wrongs sought to be redressed. " "These are briefly my views ou the 'a ubject without going more thoroughly ito detail." , , th THE PHILIPPINES. ' ai e: ixchange For the British West Indies it Possible. B pccial Cablegram to The Globe-Democrat, London, December 2..The an- w ouncement today of the ridiculously 8a ^adequate sums granted by the imper- a il government for the relief of the d' Vest Indian colonies is looked upon iere as tending to confirm the persist- ai nt reports current, according to which ^ here is some kind of an agreement a existence with the United States ovemment for the exchange of the w Vest Indian islands for the Philip- In lines. It is argued here in political °( nd official circles that although the sl Jnited States government has secured es rom Spain the cession of the Philip- ec lines, it has officially admitted that it as no plan for the future administraion of the group and no experience in jj| he difficult art of governing fierce and inatic Asiatic races, such as the Ma- J13 iys and the other tribes that infest * Either than inhabit the archipelago. e3 This absence of any plan is held to 80 idicate that the Urited States does ra ot propose to keep the Philippines, tie retention of which would involve tie expenditure of much life and 10 reasure, while if they were held by Ingland, the latter's free trade policy rould afford to American commerce m lentically the same advantages as if aey were owned by the United States, in the other band, England is taking ur 0 steps to preserve her West Indian ^ ilonies from the economic ruin which so overtaking these islands. The mon- n y just granted is a mere drop in the I ucket, and lamentably insufficient yen to repair the damage caused by ie recent hurricane, much less adeuate, therefore, to afford relief for the re resent disastrous condition of affairs. 8W 1 fact, it is recognized here that there vf< re only two ways of restoring pros- '3I erity to the West Indian Islands. w' be one is-union to the United States, course which would be popular with 9th the white and the colored populaou of the ancient colonies of Great tb ritain ; the other is in the imperial du 9vernment compelling France to abol- In h the sugar bounties. Sugar has ca een the staple industry of the West pr idies, and its only source of prosperi- mi i - *. ?- j tt-i- : »u.v > ; DUl 11 IS lmpossiuie w revive lug igar industry as long as France per- th sts in her policy of sugar bounties, ba is admitted that Lord Salisbury wl juld, if he desired, force France to nu aandon these bounties by threatening a ' sr with countervailing duties. Lord of alisbury, however, hesitates to make tic 3e of this weapon, which would toi aickly prove efficacious. His failure sei > avail himself thereof, and bis refusal or > take any step in this direction to- na ard the relief of the West Indian a I ilonies, goes to further strengthen the rei mviction that the West Indies are sout to pass out of English posses- no on, and that the real reason why the a remier abstains from approaching ke ranee again on the subject of the vi< igar bounties is because he thinks be lat it is not worth while to waste any sh iplomatic powder upon France for ke le sake of the islands in which al nglisb interest is about to cease. It is urged that the West Indian pa lauds ought to belong to the United eo tales by reason of their geographical _wi ad stragetic position, and that they ve ould be infinitely easier and less cost- ur r for the United States to administer foi lan the Philippines. The exchange If ould certaiuly be popular here, and ac is believed that it is the existence thi f an agreement for this exchauge 'at hich led the Americau peace com- by lissioners al Paris so unexpectedly at iaj ie last moment to make a demand for 3e entire group of the Philippines. du . , . ba Poisoned Water..A month or two l^( go there was an outbreak of typhoid es sver at Camp BlaGk in New York. [ost of the sickness was found to be i one regiment. On close inquiry it was found that an le meu of this regiment were in the cl< abit of drawing their drinkiug water br om the well of a neighboring farm ob ouse, because it was cooler than that Tl irnished them. Twelve feet from the w< ell was a loosely couslructed vault, sh hich had been used by a typhoid aq sver patient. So the sickness in the uo sgiment was directly traced to the ar irmers mistakeu kindness. w( This lesson should be heeded, not lo< nly in the care of camps but in ordi- pi< ary life. Typhoid fever is a preventble disease. The coutagion is com- t lunicated by impurities which pass St om a diseased system to a healthy a i De. An outbreak of typhoid fever [ways means ignorant or criminal f irelessness somewhere. ha Too great care cannot be exercised dc ith reference to drinking water. rater which is drawn up from wella not water which is mysteriously >ursing around below ground. It has lien upon the surface and percolated irough the soil. If it passes through ntaminated soil it is likely to take ime of the impurities with it. It is far easier, by proper sanitary rangements, to prevent contagion of lis kind than it is to check it after it is begun its work..Youth's Compann. COURAGE OP A COWBOY. e Swung Himself and Horse Over a lawDinic uohd oy a nope. 5w York Sun. "Speak'ng of the dare-devil cbaracristics of western cowboys," said an d plainsman, "I recall an adventure at migbt have proved fatal to myself id a man named Henry but for the eat presence of mind displayed in an aergency by my cool-beaded cominion. The incident happened in ontana three years ago last spring. re were traveling along a narrow trail i the border of the Grande Bcnde ver when we suddenly came to a ndslide that was about 25 feet across id left no trail in the smooth, precipes rock. The trail was so narrow iat our horses could not turn back, id, realizing that it would be folly to ipect the animals to jump the chasm, looked as though we were trapped, ut directly above the 25-foot break the trail there was a huge rock bich was split in the center. Henry ,w the crack in the rock, aud having 8troug riata 70 feet loug on his sade, swuug the rope over bis head and len burled it high in the air. Being i expert in the use of the riata, it eut true to the mark, and was soon mly fixed in the crevice of the rock. "While I was wondering what he as going to do with the rope, he took"the slack and wound if around the im of bis saddle, which was very rong and supplied with double cinch* Then he urged his horse to the Ige of the precipice. The faithful beast stood firm. He ould not step over, but Henry again ew the stixiring horse forward till s feet slipped and he swung over e yawning chasm. For a moment held my breath and shut my eyes, :pecting to bear the slender rope ap and its burden disappear into the ging river below. i«»« t jjj l- i a w neo jl uiu opeu my eyes ue unu /ung across the gap, and, dismountg backed up the trail and tugged at e reins to aid the horse in gaining s feet. He pulled bard and the anial lunged up into the trail, with the iasm far behind. .t "Safe on the other side, Henry ged me to make the perilous trip in e same way as he had done. For me time I couldn't muster up the icessary courage, but at last, when realized that there was no other way continuing the journey, I consent1 to swing myself across the chasm, fter landing on the other side Henry turned for my horse, and having rung the beast safely across the gap, i rode away and left the rope dangig for the use of the next wayfarer tio chanced to come that way." POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY. Much of the political confusion in is country of late years has been le to a confusion of responsibility, order that a political party may rry out its policy, it must elect a ' esident and have also a working ijority in both houses of congress. It has happened hut rarely during e last 30 years that these conditions ve existed. The popular feeling lich elects a president of any party ly usually be counted on to give him majority to support him ii} the house representatives elected at the same ne. But as two-thirds of the senars hold over, the majority in the nate is often hostile to the president, the usual reaction against the domint party in the "off year" may give Hostile majority in the bouse of repjentatives. Under these conditions, the party minally in power cannot be held to strict accountability. If it fails to ep its promise it can point to a diied congress as its excuse. Voters come confused, and enough of them ift from one party to the other to ep up a see-saw movement in nation- politics. It is the best for the country that a rty which elects a president should ntrol both houses of congress, but lb a miuority strong enough to prent the adoption of extreme meases. Then there is an opportunity r the party to carry out its policy, it fails to do so, it can be held to count. Or if the people do not like e policy, when embodied in legis.iou, they express their disapproval giving political control to the oppos{ party. Apparently, the Republican party, riug the next two years, is to ve the unusual power arising from e simultaneous control of both housof congress and the executive.. juth's Companion. "VVheelwomen's Feet..Physicis and philosophers praise the bicy; for one important revolution it has ought about, even though they find jections to it in other respects, ley agree that it has induced the >men who ride bicycles to wear ues that dress the feet without ueezing them out of shape. It canit be said that wheel women's feet e larger than they were before they :re used to propel bicycles, but they klr lilrA faat nnm tnatAttd nf tooth- :ks..N. Y. Press. Every president of the United ates so far has either been a lawyer, soldier, or both. No mau has any right to wish he ,d never been born. Let other people that for him.
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LOS! MlBy ANNA KATI
Copyright, 1897, by Anna K. Rob Its.Synopsis of Previous Installments.
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quirer may begin with the following installmentot this story, and understand itjust the same as though they had read itall from the beginning, we here give asynopsis of that portion of it which hasalready been published:Amelia Butterworth, who has done
clever detective work, is called upon byMr. Gryce, a professional detective, totake up an interesting case. He tells herthat in a certain village several personshave suddenly disappeared. In this placelives a family of the name of Knollys, thechildren of a former friend of MissButterworth. Mr. Gryce desires MissButterworth to enter this family for detectivework. Miss Butterworth goes tovisit the Knollys' home, finding thereMipses Lucetta and Loreen Knollys andtheir brother William. She dines withthe family and is taken to her room. Sheremaius awake during the night, and,hearing strange noises, goes into the halland calls Lucetta, who gives unsatisfactoryreasons for the disturbance. Mr.Trohm, a neighbor visits the Knollys.Lucetta is terrified at seeing him andfaints. Miss Butterworth receives a letterfrom Mr. Gryce telling her that if sheis in danger to blow upou a whistle hesends her. An old crone called MotherJane appears. Miss Butterworth givesher a quarter, whereupon Mother Jane
A tAkiitQM'An a#' nmnhoiMrepeats hcuhuusituiiiuiuoiiw.i U( m,..,vv..nMiss Butterworth leaves the bouse andhears of a young girl formerly leavingthe Knollya bouse iu a carriageaud beingmarried before ber mother could overtakeher. Since then a phantom carriageis said to go through Lost Man's lane atmidnight, suggesting that the carriagemay carry away the persons mysteriouslydisappeariug. Mr. Trohm drives MissJButterwortb in his wagon. Returning tothe house she witnesses a parting betweeuLucetta and a lover, whose request for ananswer to his suit Lucetta is endeavoringto put off. He leaves without getting afavorable reply. Miss Butterworth getsfrom Loreeu the key to a chamber whichshe has heard is haunted. In visiting itshe finds her way into William's sanctumand discovers that be is a vivisectionist.Miss Butterworth passes an uncomfortablenight She is locked in ber chamberand loses her whistle which she keeps tocull the police, but recovers it. Makingfurther explorations, she finds two shuttecstied together with a knot of crape, indicatinga death in the house. Miss Butterworth is impressed with the gentlemanlikedemeanor of Mr. Trohm andgoes with him to visit Mother Jane, whorepeats her combination of numbers. MissButterworth sees on the wall shadows ofseveral persons carrying what appears tobo a corpse to its burial. She follows andsees the bearers lower a coffin through abole in the floor. Miss Butterworth meetsMr. Gryce at the hotel. He informs herthat he has a clew pointing to MotherJane as the culprit and he has examineda string of vegetables in Mother Jane'scabin, finding in one of them, correspondingto a number repeated by the crone,a valuable ring.
CHAPTER XXV.TRIFLES, BUT NOT TRIFLING.
Bat I am methodical even at the mostcritical instant, as those who have read"That Affair Next Door" have had ampleopportunity to know. Having heardhim make this startling declaration, 1could not proceed to establish my standpointtill I knew a little more about his.
"Excuse me one moment," said L"If you had the handling of one ofthose ropes, you were nearer the heartof this business than I Is that whyyou decided it was no human being youwere burying?"
"In a measure, yea Having someskill in these disguises, especially wheremy own infirmities can have full play,as in case of this strong but half bentwoman, 1 had no reason to think myown identity was suspected, much lessdiscovered Therefore I could trustwhat I saw and heard as being whatMother Jane herself would be allowedto sed or hear under the same circumstanceaIf, therefore, the Knollys andthis old crone had been, as you seem tothink they are, in league for murder,Lucetta would hardly have greeted meas she did when she came down to meetme in the kitchen.""And how was that? What did she
say?"one sum: ar, luuvuer jauc, *ro
have a piece of w.,rk for you. You arestrong, are you not?' "
"Humph!""And then she commiserated me a
bit and gave me food which, upon myword, I found hard to eat, though I had6aved my appetite for the occasion. Beforeshe left me she bade me sit in theingle nook till she wanted me, uddingas she went out to Hannah, who thatmoment came in: 'There is no use tryingto explain anything to her. Showher when the time comes what there isto do and trust to her short memory toforget it before she leaves the house.She could not understand my brother'spropensity or our shame in panderingto it. So attempt nothing, Hannah.Only keep the money in her view.' "
"So. and that gave you no idea?""It gave me the idea I have imparted
to you, or, rather, added to the ideawhich had been instilled in Ine by others.""And this idea was not affected by
wbat you saw airerwarur"Not in the least.rather strengthened.Of the few words I overheard one
was uttered in reference to yourself byMiss Knollys. She said: 'I have lockedMiss Bntterworth again in her room.If she accuses ine of having done so, Ishall tell her our whole story. Bettershe should know the family's disgracethan imagine us guilty of crimes ofwhich we are utterly incapable.' ""Well," I cried, "you heard that?""Yes, madam, I heard that, and I do
not think 6he knew she was droppingthat word into the ear of a detective,but you may differ with me.""I am not ready to say so yet," I replied."What else did theso girls let
fall in your hearing?""Not much. It was Hannah who led
me into the upper hall and Hannahwho by signs and signals rather thanwords showed me what was expected of
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ma However, wnen, arter cue box waslowered into the cellar, Hannah wasdrawing me away Lncetta stepped npand whispered in her ear: 'Don't giveber the biggest coin. Give her the littleone or she may mistake our reasons forsecrecy. I wouldn't like even a fool todo that, even for the moment it wouldremain lodged in Mother Jane's mind.' "
"Well, well," I cried again, certainlypuzzled, for these stray expressionsof the sisters were in a measure contradictorynot only of the suspicions I entertained,but of the facts which hadseemingly come to my attention.
Mr. Gryce, who was probably watchingmy face more closely than the movementsof the cane with whose movementshe was apparently engrossed,stopped to give a caressing rub to theknob of that same cane before saying:"One such peep behind the scenes is
worth any amount of surmising on thewrong side of the curtain. I let youshare my knowledge because it is yourdue. Now if you feel willing to explainwhat you mean by a knot of crapeon the shutter 1 am at your service,madam."Then I told him, and as I talked 1
saw his face lengthen and doubt take theplace of the quiet assurance with whichhe had received my various intimationsud to this time. The cane was laidaside, and from the action of bis rightforefinger on the palm of bis left handI judged that I was making no smallimpression on his mind. When I hadfinished, he sat for a minute silent;then he said:"Thanks, Miss Butterworth; you
have more than fulfilled my hopes.What we buried was undoubtedly human,and the question now is who itwas and of what death did this persondie. You think it was silly Rufus."
I did not answer. There was a weakpoint in the position I had taken in thismatter, and I knew itHe did not try to hurry me.I appreciated this and took my time
Presently I said:"I have a confession to maka Up to
a certain moment I never had a thoughtbut .that it was silly Rufus they heldimprisoned in William's room and whodied there, nor am I quite sure that Iam yet ready to embrace any other theory; but, Mr. Gryce, in the minute Itook to look about the room from whichthe victim had been so lately carried Isaw standing in one comer a pair ofshoes that could never have been wornby any boy tramp I have ever seen orknown of. Neither could they have beenthe property of any one I had ever metin the Knollys house. Loreen and Lucettaboth have trim feet, but these werethe shoes of a child of 10, very daintyand of a cut and make worn by women,or rather, I should say, by girls. Now,what do you make of that?"He did not seem to know what to
make of it. Tap, tap went his finger onhis seasoned palm, and as I watchedthe slowness with which it fell I saidto myself, "I have proposed a problemto him now that will tax even MrGryce's powers of deduction."And I had. It was minutes before he
ventured an opinion, and then it waswith a 6bade of doubt in his tone that Iacknowledge to have felt some pride atputting there."They were Lucetta's shoes. The
emotions under which you labored.very pardonable emotions, madam, consideringthe circumstances and thehour".
"Excuse me,"6aidl. "We do notwant to waste a moment I was excited,suitably and duly excited, or I wouldhave been a stone. But I never lose myhead under excitement nor my sense ofproportion. The shoes were not Lucetta's.She never wore any approachingthem in smallness since her tenth year.""Has Simsbury a daughter? Has there
not been a child about the house sometime to assist the cook in errands and soon?''
"No, or I would have seen her. Besides,how would the shoes of such aperson come into William's room?"
"Easily. Secrecy was required. Youwere not to be disturbed; so shoes weretaken off that quiet might result.""Was Lucetta shoeless or William or
even Mother Jane? You have not toldm« that vou were reauested to walk instocking feet up the hall. No, Mr.Gryce, tho shoes .were the shoes of agirl. I know it because it was matchedby a dress I saw hanging up in a sortof wardrobe.""Ah! You looked into the wardrobe?""I did and felt justified in doing so.
It was after 1 had spied the shoes. ""Very good. And you saw a dress?""A little dress; a dress with a short
skirt. The Misses Kuollys do not ride abicycle, I take it, and this could onlybe the dress of one who did or of achild. It was a silk dress.anotheranomaly.and the color, I think, wasblue, but I cannot swear to that pointI felt very hurried and took the briefestglance. But my brief glances can betrusted, Mr. Gryce. That, I think, youare beginning to know. "
"Certainly," said he, "and as proofof it we will now act upon these twopremises.mat we viumu iu wuun uurialI was an innocent partaker was ahuman being and that that human beingwas a girl child who came into thathouse well dressed. Now where did thatgirl come from? The town, so far as weknow, has lost none of its inhabitantslately.""That you should know," 6aid I."A visitor. But no visitor could enterthis house without it being known
fur and wide. Why, I heard of your arrivalhere before I left the train onwhich I followed you. Had we allowed
ourselves to be influenced by what thepeople about here say we would hareturned that Knollys house inside out aweek ago. But I don't believe in puttingtoo much confidence in the prejudiceof country people. The idea theysuggested, and which you suggest withoutputting it too clearly into words, ismuch too horrible to be acted uponwithout the best of reasons. Perhaps wehave found those reasons, yet I still feellike asking where did this girl comefrom and how could she have become aprisoner in the Enollys house withoutthe knowledge of. Madam, you havemet Mr. Trohm?"The question was so sudden I had not
time to collect myself. But perhaps itwas not necessary, for the simple affirmationI used seemed to satisfy Mr.Gryce, who went on to say:
"It is he who first summoned us here,and it is he who has the greatest interestin locating the source of these disappearances,yet he has seen no childcome here." i
"Mr. Trohm is not a spy," said I,but the remark, happily, perhaps, fellunheeded. <"No one .has," he began. "We must
give another turn to our suppositions."Suddenly a silence fell upon us both. '
His finger ceased to lay down the law,and my gaze, which had been searching-his face inquiringly, became fixed. Atthe 6ame moment and in much the sametone of voice we both spoke, he saying,"Humph!" and I, "Ah!" followed by 1a similar "I have found it."
" The phantom carriage," explained L"Which rolled so quietly into Lost
Man's lane the evening preceding yourarrival." i
"It was no phantom," I went on."Two saw it, and I".here I could notsuppress a slight toss of my head."remembernow a petty circumstancewhich I dare you to match in corroborationof this new theory.""You have had advantages," he com-
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"And disadvantages," I finished, de-termined that he should award me myfull meed of praise. "Yon are probablynot afraid of doga Yon could visit thestables.""And did, madam, but I saw noth-
ing"."I thonght not." I could not help
the interruption. It is so seldom onecan really triumph over this man. "Nothaving the cue, you would not be apt tosee what gives this whole thing away.I would never have thought of it againif we had not had this talk. Is Mr.Simsbury a neat man?" ]"A neat man? Madam, what do you
mean?""Something important, Mr. Gryoe.
If Mr. Simsbury is a neat man, he willhave thrown away the old rags which, iI dare promise you, cumbered his stablefloor the morning after the riding inhere of the phantom carriage. If he isnot, you may still find them there. Oneof them, I know, you will not find. He ;pulled it off of his wheel with his whipthe afternoon he drove me down fromthe station. 1 can see the sly look hegave me as he did it. It made no impressionon me then, but now".j"Madam, you have got it That carriagewas the old coach to be found now (
in the Knollys stable, and its phantomappearance was due to its noiselessness,which you have now in a measure ex-plained; but, Miss Butterworth, if theywent to the length of winding ragsaround the carriage wheels to makethem noiseless, even tying up the horse's ;feet for the same purpose perhaps, theymust have had a motive dark enough towarrant your deepest suspicions. AndWilliam was not the only one involved. |Simsbury, ut least, had a hand in it, nor ,does it look as if the girls were entirelyinnocent of a foreknowledge of what twas likely to occur.!'"I cannot consider the girls," I declared."I can no longer consider the
girls.""No," 6aid he, "we must do our 1
dutv. We must find if any child alight- 8ed from the curs at the mountain stationthat night or, what is more probableif sinister results were expected,from the little station at C., five milesfarther up in the mountains.""And". I urged, seeing that he had
still something to say."We must make sure who lies buried
under the floor of the room you call theflower parlor. You may expect me atthe Knollys house some time today. Ishall come quietly, but in my own properperson. You are not to know meand unless you desire it need not appearin the matter.""I do not desire it.""Then good morning, Miss Butterworth.My respect for your abilities has
ristn even higher than before. We partin a like mind for once."And this he expected me to regard as
a compliment.CHAPTER XXVI
A DISCOVERY.I have a grim will when I choose to
exert it. After Mr. Gryce left the hotelI took a cup of tea with the landladyand then made a round of the stores. 1bought dimity, sewing silk and whatnot, as I said I would, but this did not ]occupy me long (to the regret probably 1of the country merchants, who expectedto make a fool of me and found it a by 'no means easy task) and was quite ready 'for William when he finally drove up. JThe ride home was a more or less si- '
lent one. I had conceived such a horror 'of the man beside me that talking for 'talk's sake was impossible, while hewas in a mood which it would be char-ity to call noncommunicative. It maybe that my own reticence was at thebottom of this, but I rather think notThe remark be made in passing DeaconSpear's house showed that somethingmore than spite was working in his slowbut vindictive brain."There's a man of your own sort,"
he cried. "You won't find him doing 1anything out of the way; oh, no. Pityyour visit wasn't paid there. You'd havegot a better impression of the lane."To this I made no reply.At Mr. Trokm's he spoke again."I suppose," 6aid he. "that you and
Trohm had the devil of a say about Lu-cetta and the rest of us. I don't know
why, but the whole neighborhood seemsto feel they've a right to ubo our nameas they choose. But it isn't going to beso long. We have played poor and pinchedand starved all I'm going to. I'mgoing to have a new horse, and Lucettashall have a dress, and that mightyquick too. I'm tired of all this shabbinessand mean to have a change."
I wanted to say, "No change yei;change under the present circumstanceswould be the worst thing possible foryou all," but I felt that this would betreason to Mr. Grvce and refrained, say-ing simply, as he looked sideways at mefor a word:
"Lucetta needs a new dress. That noone can deny. Bat yon had better letme get it for her, or perhaps that iswhat yon meant."The grant which was my only answermight be interpreted in any way.
I took it, however, for assent.As soon as I was relieved of his presenceand in that of the girls again I alteredmy whole manner and cried out
in querulous tones:"Mrs. Carter and I have had a difference." (This was trne. We did have a
difference over oar cap of tea. I did notthink it necessary to say this differencewas a forced one. Some things we areperfectly justified in beeping to oarselves.) "She remembers a certain verseIn the New Testament one way and I inanother. We had not time to settle itby a consultation with the sacred word,bat 1 cannot rest till it is settled, sowill yon bring yonr Bible to me, mydear, that I may look that verse up?"We were in the upper hall, where I
had taken a seat on the old fashionedsofa there. Lucetta who was standingbefore me, started immediately to domy bidding, without stopping to think,poor child, that it was very strange Idid not go to my own room and consultmy own Bible as any good Presbyterianwould be expected to da As die wasturning toward the large front roomwhere I knew the one Bible I wantedoould not be 1 stopped her with thenniot iniunction:"Get me one with good print, Lucetta.My eyes won't bear much straining."At which she turned and to my great
relief hurried down the corridor towardWilliam's room, from whioh shepresently returned, bringing the veryvolume I was anxious to oonsultMeanwhile I had laid aside my hat.
I felt hurried and unhappy and showedit. Lucetta's pitiful face had a strangeBweetness in it this morning, and I feltsure as I took the sacred book from herhand that her thoughts were all withthe lover she bad sent from her side andnot at all with me or with what at themoment occupied me. Yet my thoughtsat this moment involved, without doubt,the very deepest interests of her life, ifnot that very lover she was broodingover in her darkened and resigned mind.As 1 realized this I heaved an involuntarysigh, which seemed to startle her,for she turned and gave mo a quick lookas she was slipping away to join hersister, who was busy at the other end ofthe ball.The Bible 1 held was an old one of
medium size and most excellent print[ had no difficulty in finding the textand settling the question which hadbeen my ostensible reason for wantingthe book, but it took me longer to discoverthe indentation which I had madein one of its pages; but when I did youmay imagine my awe and the turmoilInto which my mind was cast when 1found that it marked those great versesin Corinthians which are so universallyread at funerals:"Behold I shew you a mystery. We
shall not all sleep, but we shall all bechanged."In a moment, in the twinkling at
meye".TO BE CONTINUED.
TJnfounded Fears of Appendiciris..Dr.H. R. Lemen, of Alton, 111.,tays : "I often meet people who havesuch a wholesome fear of appendicitishat they do not eat grapes, tomatoes,igs or fruit containing little seedB, be-* ». :il:ause of a tear mat tnese seeus win
odge in the appendix and cause apjendicitis.Whenever I hear a personlay he denies himself fruit because of>his fear, I take occasion to assure him.bat it is useless to take any such presautions.If you like fruit, eat it, forippendicitis, seven in ten instances, islue to other things than seeds. Littlejarticles of food of any kind can lodgcnthe appendix and produce appendilitis,even a crumb being capable of it.[n addition, a great many cases are;aused by something entirely outside.be appendix, something causing inlaramation.To all I will say: 'Goihead and eat anything you like, forill precautions you may lake are notjoing to save you from appendicitis ifpou are going to have it.' The inexplicablething to which the majority of:ases are attributed cauuot be guardedigaiusl, and it is useless to fight theniuority.".St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Avoiding Coughing..A physicianwho is connected with an institutionn which there are many children says :'There is nothing more irritable to a?ough tban coughing. For some time[ had been so fully assured of this that[ determined for one minute at least tolessen the number of coughs heard ini certain ward in a hospital of the institution.By the promise of rewardsind punishments I succeeded in inducingthem simply to hold their breathwhen tempted to cough, and in a littlewhile I was myself surprised to seehow some of the childreo entirely recoveredfrom the disease. Constantcoughing is precisely like scratching awound on the outside of the body. Solong as it is done, the wound will notheal. Let a person when tempted tocough draw a long breath and hold ituntil it warms and soothes every aircell, and some benefit will soon be receivedfrom this process. The nitrogenwhich is thus confined acts as an anodyneto the mucous membrane, allayingthe desire to cough, aud givingthe throat and lungs a chance to heal.".Scientific American.
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Expressions of Opinions on Grand Jury v1Hnna.
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In the recent presentment of thegrand jury of Greenville county, is the 0following paragraphs: r"With constant increase in the pop- v
ulation of the county there appears tobe some increase in the amount ofcrime, and as a result the time of our ?courts is largely consumed with the uconsideration of criminal business. PWe think the time has arrived when "some change should be made, and that sa county court should be established, 11as is contemplated by provisions of the Dconstitution of 1896." ^
This recommendation has attractedmuch attention not only in this county 8but all over the state and in view ofthat fact, the Greenville members of 9the legislature, the solicitor and many bprominent lawyers have been asked bthe following question, some of the 0answers being published herewith and pthe others will be given at a subsequent "time:"Please give your views on the pro- f
posal to establish a county court sys- 11tern for the larger counties of the state,particularly Greenville:Judge James T. Hubbell, whose extensiveknowledge of the law and experiencein bis former home, Connecticut,give weight to bis views, said : 8"The incoming legislature will probablybe called upon to consider the n
question of county courts for some of iithe larger counties, and the positive iirecommendation by Greenville's grand Vjury that a court of this character be bestablished in the county, brings the emutter infn npnminonPA tU-i UUV/t 4U VW |/l vtuiuvwwi
"For civil business a county court iimeeting every month would be a great gconvenience, provided the jurisdiction Vin law and equity be 'arge enough to pabsorb a large portion of the business anow transacted in the circuit court. IIn criminal matters it would afford fispeedy trials and save the county the pexpense of keeping prisoners to whom hlife iu jail pending trial is no great tihardship. Then, too, the prompt dis- tposal of these matters would have a fivigorous deterrent effect. The makers liof the constitution of 1895 saw fit, riwhen providing for the contingency ofcourty courts, to exclude from their iijurisdiction "murder, manslaughter, nrape, arson, common law burglary, tlbribery or perjury." This restriction tlis really too extensive; but being a tipart of the constitution it must govern £until changed. ^v*"The only possible objection to the it
establishment of a county court will tlbe that of additional expense, but the 0expense for jurors and court atten- ndants would not be increased as the c<sessions of the circuit court would be isshortened thereby saviug expense in e;that court. The only possible increase biwould be the salary of a judge and e'a county solicitor, as the clerk could tlbe paid by feee. q"To my mind the best arrangement p
fnr pmmf.v courts would be to have Iiw- J .
these courts vested with civil, criminal aiand probate jurisdiction, the clerk of p<the circuit court and the master of Teach county to be ex-officio the same aofficials iu the county courts. In the b<event of probate jurisdiction being at- titached to the courts, the fees could Bbe turned into the county treasury. g«If the legislature deems this topic isworthy of consideration it ought to en- b<act a general lew for all counties so Iithat courts could be established when- tjever the demand arose. Then, too, sishould the supreme court ever have sioccasion to pass upon the meaning Itand scope of the law it would settle c<the matter for all counties, whereas a alspecial law for each county would re- hiquire Individual construction. It iu Sinot impossible to enact such a law, uiand if the people believe that such a qicourt would be advantageous tbey tcwill undoubtedly vote for its establish- tcment. To secure competent and in- wdependent judges tbey should be ap- c<pointed by the governor and confirm- c<ed by the senate and their term of aloffii.4 should be not less than six years, siTo make county judge elective would pibe to inject too much politics into the Faffair." si
City Attorney B. A. Morgan said: tb"I would like to see a county court di
established here with criminal juris- tldiction as indicated by the constitution Eand civil jurisdiction not exceediug$500 or $700. is"There need be but two new offices. S
judge and prosecuting attorney. The aisheriff and clerk of our already estab- wlished courts can serve the new courts, ljThere will have to be committing of- tlficers, and inasmuch as magistrates wwill uot have the trial of cases, they itcan be retained in less numbers and oi
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"I think the new court should have tlits regular sessions once a month, and tlthe grand jury as now drawn for ourcourts, serve the new court. I don'tthink they should be required to pass ajon bills charging offenses now cogniza- feble by the magistrates. I think the IVnew court should be open at all times, icas is now the magistrate's court, forthe trial of cases triable in that tlcourt and the jury in such cases may b.be had as are now bad in the said frcourts. I dou't think the services of hthe clerk and the prosecutiug attorney fishould be demanded in these cases, wnor shall the said court to that extent wbe a court of record. In this way the fegrand jury can perform their duty to r<each session within a day's-time. fa"A petit jury may be drawn for
each regular sitting of the court, oJurors in magistrate's courts serve for n25 cents a day, and witnesses in the ttcourt of sessions for 50 cents. Inas- nomnfih aa t he new court is to be a court frof inferior jurisdiction, the per diem oiof the jurors should be reduced about a!oue-balf of the present allowance in cithe circuit court.
"All witnesses have to attend court wmyhow, and under the new arrange- \\dent only a day or two will suffice to islispense with them, whereas they now ccometimes are held until the third fayeek of court. tb"I favor the putting of every officer cc
f the court on a salary, and that the soees as are now paid them be turnedver to the county, as is done by the aregister of mesne conveyance. We th/ill find'this will prove quite a saving tuo the county and litigants as well. io"Some have suggested that the office
f master and county judge be consoliated.I prefer that the offices ofloutar nnri nrnhulA iudcra ha ennRnl-iated and held by one man, with aalary, and the fees, as now collected,urned over to the county. We willeed the services of a master quite terequently in the new court, and I olon't think the new judge of that court ^hould be his own referee. at"In addition to the speedy and fre- 8ruent clearance of the jail, the civil ecusiness of the court can then get a P*earing, and people not made to wait M
their cases for two or three years, Ws is now often the case, while suffer- 01ig the wrongs sought to be redressed. ""These are briefly my views ou the 'a
ubject without going more thoroughlyito detail."
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THE PHILIPPINES.' ai
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ixchange For the British West Indies itPossible. B
pccial Cablegram to The Globe-Democrat,London, December 2..The an- wouncement today of the ridiculously 8a^adequate sums granted by the imper- ail government for the relief of the d'Vest Indian colonies is looked uponiere as tending to confirm the persist- aint reports current, according to which ^here is some kind of an agreementa existence with the United Statesovemment for the exchange of the wVest Indian islands for the Philip- Inlines. It is argued here in political °(nd official circles that although the slJnited States government has secured esrom Spain the cession of the Philip- eclines, it has officially admitted that itas no plan for the future administraionof the group and no experience in jj|he difficult art of governing fierce andinatic Asiatic races, such as the Ma- J13iys and the other tribes that infest
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Either than inhabit the archipelago. e3This absence of any plan is held to 80
idicate that the Urited States does raot propose to keep the Philippines,tie retention of which would involvetie expenditure of much life and 10reasure, while if they were held byIngland, the latter's free trade policyrould afford to American commerce m
lentically the same advantages as ifaey were owned by the United States,in the other band, England is taking ur0 steps to preserve her West Indian ^ilonies from the economic ruin which so
overtaking these islands. The mon- ny just granted is a mere drop in the Iucket, and lamentably insufficientyen to repair the damage caused byie recent hurricane, much less adeuate,therefore, to afford relief for the reresent disastrous condition of affairs. 8W1 fact, it is recognized here that there vf<re only two ways of restoring pros- '3Ierity to the West Indian Islands. w'be one is-union to the United States,course which would be popular with9th the white and the colored populaouof the ancient colonies of Great tbritain ; the other is in the imperial du9vernment compelling France to abol- Inh the sugar bounties. Sugar has caeen the staple industry of the West pridies, and its only source of prosperi- mi
i - *. ?- j tt-i- : »u.v> ; DUl 11 IS lmpossiuie w revive lugigar industry as long as France per- thsts in her policy of sugar bounties, ba
is admitted that Lord Salisbury wljuld, if he desired, force France to nuaandon these bounties by threatening a 'sr with countervailing duties. Lord ofalisbury, however, hesitates to make tic3e of this weapon, which would toiaickly prove efficacious. His failure sei> avail himself thereof, and bis refusal or> take any step in this direction to- naard the relief of the West Indian a Iilonies, goes to further strengthen the reimviction that the West Indies aresout to pass out of English posses- noon, and that the real reason why the aremier abstains from approaching keranee again on the subject of the vi<igar bounties is because he thinks belat it is not worth while to waste any shiplomatic powder upon France for kele sake of the islands in which alnglisb interest is about to cease.It is urged that the West Indian palauds ought to belong to the United eotales by reason of their geographical _wiad stragetic position, and that they veould be infinitely easier and less cost- urr for the United States to administer foilan the Philippines. The exchange Ifould certaiuly be popular here, and acis believed that it is the existence thi
f an agreement for this exchauge 'athich led the Americau peace com- bylissioners al Paris so unexpectedly at iajie last moment to make a demand for3e entire group of the Philippines. du
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Poisoned Water..A month or two l^(
go there was an outbreak of typhoid essver at Camp BlaGk in New York.[ost of the sickness was found to bei one regiment.On close inquiry it was found that anle meu of this regiment were in the cl<abit of drawing their drinkiug water brom the well of a neighboring farm obouse, because it was cooler than that Tlirnished them. Twelve feet from the w<ell was a loosely couslructed vault, shhich had been used by a typhoid aqsver patient. So the sickness in the uosgiment was directly traced to the arirmers mistakeu kindness. w(This lesson should be heeded, not lo<nly in the care of camps but in ordi- pi<ary life. Typhoid fever is a preventbledisease. The coutagion is com- tlunicated by impurities which pass Stom a diseased system to a healthy a iDe. An outbreak of typhoid fever[ways means ignorant or criminal firelessness somewhere. haToo great care cannot be exercised dc
ith reference to drinking water.rater which is drawn up from wellanot water which is mysteriously
>ursing around below ground. It haslien upon the surface and percolatedirough the soil. If it passes throughntaminated soil it is likely to takeime of the impurities with it.It is far easier, by proper sanitaryrangements, to prevent contagion oflis kind than it is to check it after itis begun its work..Youth's Compann.
COURAGE OP A COWBOY.e Swung Himself and Horse Over a
lawDinic uohd oy a nope.5w York Sun.
"Speak'ng of the dare-devil cbaracristicsof western cowboys," said and plainsman, "I recall an adventureat migbt have proved fatal to myselfid a man named Henry but for theeat presence of mind displayed in anaergency by my cool-beaded cominion.The incident happened inontana three years ago last spring.re were traveling along a narrow traili the border of the Grande Bcndever when we suddenly came to andslide that was about 25 feet acrossid left no trail in the smooth, precipesrock. The trail was so narrowiat our horses could not turn back,id, realizing that it would be folly toipect the animals to jump the chasm,looked as though we were trapped,ut directly above the 25-foot breakthe trail there was a huge rock
bich was split in the center. Henry,w the crack in the rock, aud having8troug riata 70 feet loug on his sade,swuug the rope over bis head andlen burled it high in the air. Beingi expert in the use of the riata, iteut true to the mark, and was soonmly fixed in the crevice of the rock."While I was wondering what heas going to do with the rope, he took"theslack and wound if around theim of bis saddle, which was veryrong and supplied with double cinch*Then he urged his horse to theIge of the precipice.The faithful beast stood firm. Heould not step over, but Henry againew the stixiring horse forward tills feet slipped and he swung overe yawning chasm. For a momentheld my breath and shut my eyes,:pecting to bear the slender ropeap and its burden disappear into theging river below.i«»« t jjj l- i aw neo jl uiu opeu my eyes ue unu
/ung across the gap, and, dismountgbacked up the trail and tugged ate reins to aid the horse in gainings feet. He pulled bard and the aniallunged up into the trail, with theiasm far behind. .t"Safe on the other side, Henryged me to make the perilous trip ine same way as he had done. Forme time I couldn't muster up theicessary courage, but at last, whenrealized that there was no other waycontinuing the journey, I consent1to swing myself across the chasm,
fter landing on the other side Henryturned for my horse, and havingrung the beast safely across the gap,i rode away and left the rope dangigfor the use of the next wayfarertio chanced to come that way."
POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY.Much of the political confusion inis country of late years has beenle to a confusion of responsibility,order that a political party may
rry out its policy, it must elect a 'esident and have also a workingijority in both houses of congress.It has happened hut rarely duringe last 30 years that these conditionsve existed. The popular feelinglich elects a president of any partyly usually be counted on to give himmajority to support him ii} the houserepresentatives elected at the samene. But as two-thirds of the senarshold over, the majority in thenate is often hostile to the president,the usual reaction against the domintparty in the "off year" may giveHostile majority in the bouse of repjentatives.Under these conditions, the partyminally in power cannot be held tostrict accountability. If it fails toep its promise it can point to a diiedcongress as its excuse. Voterscome confused, and enough of themift from one party to the other toep up a see-saw movement in nation-politics.It is the best for the country that arty which elects a president shouldntrol both houses of congress, butlb a miuority strong enough to prentthe adoption of extreme meases.Then there is an opportunityr the party to carry out its policy,it fails to do so, it can be held tocount. Or if the people do not likee policy, when embodied in legis.iou,they express their disapprovalgiving political control to the oppos{party.Apparently, the Republican party,riug the next two years, is tove the unusual power arising frome simultaneous control of both housofcongress and the executive..juth's Companion.
"VVheelwomen's Feet..Physicisand philosophers praise the bicy;for one important revolution it hasought about, even though they findjections to it in other respects,ley agree that it has induced the>men who ride bicycles to wearues that dress the feet withoutueezing them out of shape. It canitbe said that wheelwomen's feete larger than they were before they:re used to propel bicycles, but theyklr lilrA faat nnm tnatAttd nf tooth-:ks..N. Y. Press.
Every president of the Unitedates so far has either been a lawyer,soldier, or both.
No mau has any right to wish he,d never been born. Let other peoplethat for him.
