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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-02-01

WANTED TO PURCHAsE-A FOUR STORY nEpIUM
w width House and Lot, located between Fortyffth and
Sxteh Streets Broadway Lexington neghbor
hood be first house and north side pre-
box sy328 New York Post once.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-02-01

VxyANTED-A HOUSE, BETWEEN FOBffETH AND
w Ffyaeveutb streets and Third and Fifth avenues,
from 10 TO Is feet Address, with lowest cAh price and par
tculars, RATH BONE 0RkI0. % Broadway.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-02-01

w UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS.
Miss LUCY RCsHTON.
the distinguished comedienne, In her great drama,
RED HANDS,
RED HANDS,
produced with entirely new scenery and
MARVELLOUS SENSATIONAL EFFECTS
THE OLD CROSS ROADS INN AND ITS STORY.
THE AUSTRALIAN FARM.
ADRIFT ON THE RAPip9
THE GREAT SENSATION SCENE,
SWEPT OVER THE RAGING FALLS.
ROUSES THE AUDIENCE TO ENTHUSfASM.
TAE CRUMBLING STAIRCASE
THE ELEVENTH hour
EVERY EVENING AND SATURDAY MATINKB,
MATINEE PERFORMANCE -
TO-DAY, AT 2 p. N.
Second week Of James Barnes successful sensational
DRAMA
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-02-01

DOwERY THEATRE.
LAST NIGHTS OF
SEE.SAW
HERNANDEZ FOSTER TROUPE,
nightly received With
SHOUTS OF DELIGHT
BY HOUSES CROWDED TO REFLECTION.
This grand panomme Is complete with
Is SUPERB SCENES 30 TRICKS AND TRAN6FORMA-
TIONS, 100 ARTISTS AND AUXILIAKIES,
Including this superb trOupe:- ~
CLOWN 1r.nNANDEz FOomEE
HARLEQUIN. MI. FRANK FOSTER
PANTALOON.. Mr. JOS. N. SLOAN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Miss NELLIE WALL
The pantomme concludes at IL O'Clock.
The perform will commence with the
PASTORS DAUGHTER.
Friday evening-FAREWELL BENEFIT OF HERMAN
In consequence of other sagemenIs.
GRAND sEE-SAW MATINEE
EVERY SATURDAY AT O'CLOCK.
BoorAs THEATRE
EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SATURDAY,
AND SATURDAY MATINEE
Mr..
EDWIN BOOTH
"RICHELIEU."
SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY
~ "RAPHAEL" In
"MARBLE HEART"
Seats secured SIX DAYS IN ADVANCE the theatre,
ct Its branch ticket Office at Dson Goa music store I'll
Broadway
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ADJUSTMENTS.
wes. gate street. near Broadway, Begins = sisht;
''' ''''' ''' manages FNyEEkSxiH - N''''''' DAILY
sAasc4rooA.
LAST 'SSffa Hrs.
ny 7sf sF' sish4 1es ss.s cs %ssH,
f Dascnpsr;. y FANNY Mi,' n paany
SsTa 4 So If a HSss. i Rs,'s;
S Hnssas Mr. AnI B. 4hn 4. n.rs hass
La. nights Of sasss Fssss pSS sssl:
A. Mathison Burnett, Bias.
sI sgf ~ ss f954h Seen;
AND iSdEEious = NE SE.
o'i sARHToeA MATINEE
ia's but .i one, Saturday.
IN nEHEARsAL-pIoS bouc1oAgghT's e.. and mos.
SENSATION, and for many weeks preparation here.
wEDs ESS$ si syEsI sG, y rESnS J.
popular pantomime.
WILLIE
PS %EHETsS. LAST ss. YA1T1SEEs
Rantomms which must positively DO withdrawn to permit
RICHELIEU
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY g.
which will be presented with every care.
For which sess can now be secured
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
MATINER
BUT
ONE,
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY I,
WEE
WILLIE
WINKIE.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-02-01

JVANTED-To BUY OR LEASE FOR FIVE YEARS,
wv with early possession three story and attic high soop
House, perfect ORDER less than " feet wde between
Twenty Forsth streets and Sixth and Park
neghborhood Of Park preferred Address box
6,7l2 Post oHce
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-02-01

IN DECENTRALIZATION boUCroAULT's last ana mo
brilliant dramatic comedy, the REIGNINQ LONDO
SENSATION, and for many weeks In preparation here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-07
Arranging Flowers for Bouuets.

1t Is an art requiring no small degree of taste
and skill, To arrange cut flowers SO a TO form an
attractive boquet for the the vase or basket III
is something, too, which comes TO one intuitive-
ly, and it can hardly be described in words
However. it may be said in general that the
more loosely and uncOniused flowers are ar
ranged, the better. Crowding is especially to be
avoided, and to accomplish this a good base of
green OF different varieties is needed to keep the
flowers apart. This filling up il very i'm
pOrtant part in all bOquet making, and the
neglect of II is the greatest stumbling block TO
the unnitiated. Spiked and dropping flowers
with branches and sprays of delicate green, are
OF absolute necessity i'll giving grace and beauty
to a vase bOquct. Flowers of similar size, form
and color ought never to be placed together
Small flowers should never be masSed to-
branches may be used to advantage alone but
iudicious contrast of forms is most effective
Avoid anything like fOrmality stiffness. A
bright tendril or spray OF vine can he used with
good effect, if allowed TO wander over and
around the vase As IL WILL Certain flowers assert
web only in families, and are injured by mixing.
OF these are balsams, hollyhOcks, sweet peas.
&c. The former produce very pretty effect if
placed upon shallow oval dish upon the center
table. No ornament is SO appropriate for the
dinner table or mantel as a vase of flowers; and
If you expect visitors. by all means cut the finest
boquet Your garden will produce, and place it in
the room they are TO occupy. 1t will tell of YOUR
regard and atectonate thoughtfuness, in a
more forcible and appropriate manner than you
could find words TO express. III a small quantity
of spirits of camphOr is placed in the water con-
tanned in the vase, the color and freshness of the
flowers will remain for a much longer period.
week, and at the end look quite fresh and
bricht.-Ncine Farmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-07
Devices Of Autumn Leaves.

An exquisite transparency may be made by
arranging pressed ferns, grasses, and autumn
leaves on pane of window glass, laying another
pane of the same size over it and binding the
edge with ribbon, leaving the group imprisoned
between. Use gum tragacanth in putting on the
binding. 1t is well to secure a narrow strip of
paper under the ribbon. The binding should
be gummed all around the edge OF the first pane
and dried before the leaves, ferns. ETC.. are ar
ranged; then it can be neatly folded over the
second pane without difficulty.
To form the loop for hanging the transpar-
leaving a two-inch loop free in the centre after
ward to be pulled through little slit i'm the final
binding. These transparencies NAV either be
hung before a window or, il preferred, secured
against pane in the sash.
In halls a beautiful effect is produced in
placing them against the side-lights of the hall
door. Where the side-lights are each of only a
single. pane, 1t is well worth while to place a
single transparency against each. filling up the
entire space, thus aftUrding ample scope for a
free arrangement of ferns, grasses, and leaves,
while the effect of the light passing through the
rich autumnal cOlOrs is very fine. Leaves so
arranged will preserve their beauty the entire
winter.
An exceedingly pretty standing for lamp can
be formed OF eight oblong transparencies (made
of glass and autumn leaves, as described tackled
together with strong sewing-silk SD as to form an
eight-sided, hollow column. To hide the lamp
candestick, the screen should be lined through
out with oiled tssue-paper, either white or of a
delicate rose color.
better plan still is TO get the effect of ground
glass by rubbing each stripe of glass on fiat paw
mg-stOne, plentifullv covered with white sand.
This grinding process, OF course, must be per-
only upon the inner sides of the glasses.-Naau-
fdCtUTsT If Builder.
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a. to prepare for Its superstruofure; no~, tb-rs
ssc. kss ., AZ es.osss, Th.i. pro,,d.S sh.s ts,.
act sns y soenitts T. the p-qrls 81 tue neKi g-s
srs, ese,i9n Sna sh. rsss,s naot.y y re
q such election: 1sd 1890 rfasT fhst ths "a
shall receive the sprseysl and .ssetsos q IN Go
and he q hereby, authur'S-d a. subscribe, hi tn
name ofihs 0istrist", Cosnlbis. . IN, capital asa
lars Prorssss Ths,, b.ier .ach sussoript . ss.Il
the Board o. PSslis wsrss thai saee subj, SSa
will be sdeesste CIR the purpo-e of csaBe,ins the
ss siyss % sid bsSTa ss., re ssoSas . .s1
seribed shall be faithfully sprei 20 aid wo-k ana
Ssoe.ssry e sss .s HS s as ps - s.
Nsnis Central Railroad coneAny: And r-sr,sss
some Point On the Pctonsc river A. Csserg.t-.a
e,Sh shall be satsfaesery sad Bosrd Of Pueis.
sEe =, Asa esu IsrIAs- s-saea. That IN oross 20
Governor !. SsreSy aaIs.ri, sss y, sGsSrissioa ths
tered cr o91lcn oosds 2, the Dissrioi of Coius6s.
FACE sssIi ~ 49, t h.. 49, 81 thsir issue on t-tr
o. the District, aEd cha b. rea@eUaAlle t~e,tv -.
e.H Au =. nrs "a 81 g ninm Interest, Ayssis
sum 81 sss hundred ihoussnd doisr AID 10 si 80
mont and pOtoinsc Railroad Compsny. 81 .nSe ,,,.s.
abb m "a. amounts a. nav be rslairsd by the rr1s
bonds shall not BE- Sold AT lower rae than n p~tS
per cent I'M 81 the par value Thereof.
meet the interest % accrue on aid banss tb-r.
shall be levied annually an q siR per cent or
such lower rate nav an nee. on every Inn 80
dollars Of the assessed value of real aud psr.sn.I
estate In said District. the proceeds Of which 81.
shall Constitute special fund pleiged for the -
ment Of said interest "
Sac. A. Asd b fs-ts>- s.aass. Thst IN. Gov.
erncr Is hereby requested 90 cause ths at >. be dul,
published before the next general election q. 70
guired BY the fourteenth section q the charter a
the District 81 Columbia, of Congress Of F-h-
rusry twenty one, eighteen hundred and saveofr-
one and by suitable rrOclsnis non o. submit the
sss e the SsSps. and presSries the form 10 vsss
i
CHARLEs L. HULsE
Speaker % tue HOuse II n-leg.ies
WILLIAM sTICkNEY,
Approved, August ~, lSl
II. ID. COOKE. Goyernor. anal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-07
Hemekeeper. and HI eu.ekeeper..

1t is a well known fact that many persons
have very fine and orderly houses, but have after
ali no home, for
Homes not merely four square walls,
Tho gh with pictures hung and gilded:
Bone l. VIII. r. affection calls,
Filled with shrines the heart had builded "
A homekeeper Is one who makes all the WAYS
and oonveniences of the house conduce TO the
comfort of the inmates. She will allow the
members of her household to build each shrine,
and will treat il as sacred, because it is shrine
to the one who has builded it. The daughter is
not called an idle thing because she wishes to
know her tune, and gaze wistfully toward the
horizon; nor Is the son reproyed If he shall
slam around and wish he was, anywhere
but idling at home. Gradually the house,
keeTer will quietly aid the first TO search for
beauty this side the horizon, and that boy will
find vent Tor his activity without seeing
he was gently led to il by an overseeing love.
house that is blessed With housekeeper has
an influence that even strangers feel. They re-
ce1ve that rest which comes from the aittng of
self 10 IT'S sphere" The order OF the house may
he mechanical ike that OF a loom or a harp; but
like these mechanical things il conduces to re-
suits, and justihes itself by tissues of more than
silken tneness, and music sweeter than that of
the spheres. If there is housckeeper the house,
work is not in utter confusion, If perchance one
rises an hour too late. Servants are not ex-
pected 10 perform miracles, and keep coffee and
toast hot and fresh tor an hour. A breakfast,
such as late risers should expect, is eaten in
peace, not In furry of excuses for not having
neal that IL was impossible to furnish without
Inconvenience and discord I'm the kitchen for
the whole day. Ii is foolish TO attempt to keep
a restaurant with only the arrangements suited
to small family. The peace of many
family IL destroyed by emPtIng impossibllites.
The breakfast of the late riser need not have an
added TRADE against servants. Realizing that
the guest regrets his hardness, she lets the cold
breakfast suffice. but does what she can by word
look and act to make the best of what cannot be
helped, and really calls out the gratitude of
the late riser, that ever after that breakfas is
bright and pleasant memory; for he feared he
was a nuisance, vet without direct word he feI
that his act did not discommode the arranged
ments of the house. His hest thought was called
out, and that the house will stan to him in after
life a. a home tor "there is where the heart can
bloom" Housekeeping can be well done by any
energetic woman. Housekeeping requires that
the womans heart and wisdom be greater than
her house, and that she keeps the house, only
that in it, life can be lived with love and truth
fulness-G Golden Ace
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The sun and the Rose.

The following u copied from a manuscript,
slip written by the tate Alice Carey. IL has
lever aIPtaTed IN pint a one OF her poems
Tut il l. very characteristic and has a deer
meaning tendCrly expressed
The Scf vb" mil. = WI rrever he goes,
I'LL O. 2 h'vers all smile agair
F-ll u love ere day " th ha.bful Rose
That had been a bud till then
- pushed hSs the folds % the soft green hood
Thai Yer her NOD 8 Yrac.,
Ard ki-~rd her - MY a lover ceulf
III the CT mson burned in her face
But 40 f'r the cay when his golden hair
Tangled her heart ~ n net
Nh No Tor the N 2ht Of Ozark dssnaiT.
W Then her cheek with tears Was wet.
Dor she loved him a Only a maiden could,
A. n i-it her crushed and weak.
STRIVING IN vain with her faded hood
Il cover her guilty check.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-07
0teWed Reef.

Housewives who are in habit of usino onlv
steaks and roAsts make q great mistake. A
cspacity dish may be made out of the " chuck"
prepared. Select piece OF meat as large as the
demand OF your table may require, wash IL vel
10 remove AL tne blood or soil from the outside
have your dinner pot perfectly clean. salt and
pepper the meat well, lay IL in the bottom and
cover il with water; boil 1t from two TO three
hours or TIL II IL thoroughly tender; add hal
an onion, a sprinkle Of sage, thyme or summer
savory.
II the meat is fat, let the water all stew out n
half an hour before II Is put on the table, and
side in the gravy, turn it over and brown the
other side. When ready, take it up, add little
-four taickening to the gravy, or IL You have a
dredge box shake the -four into the hot gravy and
brown it, then add boiling water and YOU will
have a dish equal and to my mind superior to the
common roast beef upon boarding house tables
Care must be used to turn il; and equally ne
cessary is good Judgment in having 1t thorough
ly well cooked.
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OYFTCIAL.

OILIgIAL puBLIoATIos OF TIE ACT OF
~ THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, Approved
Augast ~, lSl, liking The TIME FOR
HOLDING GENERAL ELECTIONS IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
An AcT nxinR the time for holding the General
Elections In the District Of Columbia.
Be % ssact,d ty TIA L.rrsiafsrs Asssrs5iy e fAs
Disfricf af CSlsnsoIa, That the general elections
therein snail be held On the fourth Wednesday Of
November Of each year.
SIC p Asd b. 81 fsrfasr saaefsd, That whereas an
emergency exists for the immediate taking effect Of
this act il he hereby declared 90 be In force from aud
after its approval by the Governor.
CHARLES l.. HCLSE,
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates.
WILLIAM STICkNEY,
President OF the Council.
Approved, August le, ISL.
H. ID. COOKE. Governor. an n-sm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-07
The Latest snake Story.

The following story j. given by an Iowa paper,
v Inch guarantees its truth, and gives the names
Of a number of distinguished men OF the State
- additional vouchers:
NT- CumminS owns a gypsum quarry near
Fort Dodge, and employs a force % twenty-five
men. He had worked il only a wear or two, but
ever since he opened every Spring and Fall his
men have suffered serious inconvenience and
annoyance from the myraidS OF Snakes that
nave den IN the creyiees, and swarm in during
Ihe Fall and out in the Spring.
The editor of the paper in question, in cOnpa-
nv with a mum Der OF other gentlemen. recently
PAN a VISIT TO the quarry; The sun was just
arrived, and this Is his description of what fol-
lowed From out the creyices the snakes were
crawling in all directions, and ''swash, y
'.swaSh, went the huge clubs OF the two men
who were defending their fellow woTkmen, and
every blow was the death OF snake. just at
our feet crawled a deadly mOccasin, while to
The night and lett spotted ladders and chasers
sqUiTmed and Kissed a. they twined among the
stones or escaped up the bluff. Directly in front
OF us Law pile of dead serpents As large as a two
bnshel basket, while on the face OF the sloping
bum were probably three hundred reptiles
which had escaped the clubs of the men, and
we're Fastening away to the prairie, their eleya-
tSd heads and writhing bodies transfer ming the
DUN INTO no ythical Gorgon head. just above
W, on ledge OF rocks Was a huge adder. and
MT: Cumm picking up piece rock heayed il
on him. Pinning him to the ledge, but the snake
was game; some three feet of his body was flee
and gathering himself up would leap full at Us
with al his force, kissing and opening his laws
IN way thst made the blood run cold and the
next leap he made, blow from our cane sent
his head spinning score of feet and the bleed
ing trunk dropped TO the earth below.
The snakes are said 20 retire into their dens
about two p. m. every day, after which all is
quiet until the sun rays again reach the quarry
when the same thing Is repeated Two hundred
and seyenty-fve snakes were killed that day,
the number for two weeks footing up $500,
while IL II supposed that ten times that number
escaped On the 18th Of October the snakes
commence to return and enter their dens for
the winter, when the same slaughter Is
repeated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-07

OrTICE OF EESaNLER OF PUBLIC WORKS
WARRINGTON, d, o., August 50, l1l
Plans for the CONTRACTION Of the carriageways can
be seen ut the ONCE Of the Engineer
Bidders Tor pavements viii, in their bids specffy
separately the pices for laying the pavements psr
! auSo. GEO. .. GREENE, Chief Engineer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-07

NOTICE AND PROCLAMATION BY TIE
IN4VNERNOkp publishing an act entitled IAN &C
mont and Potomac Railroad Company unon esrts;n
conditions, and submitting the same TO the people
o. ssd W and prescribing the form in which
1xEcg!ry. 0Y.IcI, 81
the oct Of the Legislative Assembly Of tho District
se e g:
pisS%ons sRd poss@sS z k.rpsS c1ssny upon
which Viii Be held on TIE fourth WsSnssdsy os No
ysmSssr l III Ss *. ss ssS0.a
III . y .rietsd tels:s ssa q 2ckss ioe "a
the Piedmont and Potonsc Rsiifcsd Compsny nso IN
oe:: se * 49, sis s ac1 and
"An sct 70 suthor,.e : snS.er,~aso. 4. N. ...s
g sSs E:Snoss a. re- 49, S % sssss
TeSn Ss5t AIN oop9itao.s, sZlF9ysd Apsest iNi,
rs.S.c = tbs ssessOn "a ns q tie Hod. !. .. "
e hereto :.bioassS. a 1sSiiSss,Se sSsrsof 8
Governor Of u Disssset II 0oianbia.
the Psdnoat snd PosoSse Ysilresd s oo% 1Ss %
E:M : = = e 44:s:'..,sss As:..sx q a.
81 y e. .af
ana y f CSs, e q
bond Of ssid Pisdmons and Posonsc laiirosd Con,
uls and Tor aid roed uhieh saS e9s
snty may Be required whenever, 1t any tine Within
ten miles more Of ssid road shall be rssdy for s1
lerstSucture; and whereas It g credby REPRESENTED
WI :nss q "a IA
rosd Company tolocate add gsds thstr sssd rosa %
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Si0sk M4sosKi

ATEtcHER IN PIANO H1syc AID DRAW,
II wDl receive pupih st No. 1879 street. BE-
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kEsToRAT,oS OF THE COLUMN on VESDoNE
Il he much-talked-of overthrow of the famous
column In the Place yendOme does not seem 10
nave involved any serious destruction of prop
ny: competent architect estimates the cost
OF its restoration precisely as n s.ood hefora a,
n ulhe over ntty thousand dollars. This appears
lnSredib.e- But the prOstration of the column
ON! inluIeutsn OF the two hundred and seventy
POSED, and these require bur comparatiyely
sight repairs. A few bars OF the baiustra,le n a
some pieces OF the capital have disappeared. hr,t
these can be easily replaced. So
~Tbe reunited Presbyterian Church in this
country has i55y SIS communicates.
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pRoPosALs foR The kRECrIUN Oh A
L NEW MARkkT h9gsf on CAPITOL
'rrIcr OF THE BoSRD or PusLIc woRKs,l

VI DOAkD OF PTtllC 81
w..v,xe,o, n p b 81 colssb,s,
Sealed Proposals, endorsed Proposals for Market
House." and addressed 20 the Treasurer of the
Board, viii be received 81 this Office until p m, on
the 10th Of October, ISL for the erection Of new
Market House square 81, Washington, ID. c. &C
cording % plans and specifications that be seen
and viii be orphaned at the once Of Adolf Cluss O.
- corner Of 9TH and streets.
The propoeas must be made byflling out the print
ed blank, 20 be had at the once Of Adolf Cluss The
be deemed By them the interests Of the city 20
do 90: Each bidder viii be required before present
ing his BID - depo.it with the Collector q
ton city, 90 the creh Of the Board Of Public Works,
the sum of one Thousand a ool doliars, taking 10
ceipt therefor, 80 guarantee that be w enter int
AUD carry out the coufrect. awarded 20 him In &C
sordAnce With his bid. The mopey. g aepested IN
ss rs12dsd 70 the unsnecessfSl e.dasrs ssr IN. ne
the com pieties 81 the .orf. -
JAMES A MAGRUDrR,
A - Per Board OF Public Works.
ses-td tRepschreo-ssnd.y PAPER. lsl
OFFTcx WAsHIKsroN AourpUcr.
WksHIEGTox, ID. c.. 0ctcb<r ID, ls7l 4
Sealed Proposels, Endorsed . Proposals for Comm
Of Cabin Jehn Eridfe, vii be rsesi.ed a this
Prcpo~als VII be received ouiy on the printss
forms which. with creuiars, plans. spsc ificafions
forms At contract. and any desired can
Ss h.A'n .s''siiOn, q Ssi! = n sf5.Y6
Major ~ EDftneers, Z. q. A,
&C e-ot thlef tneineer Nsehngte. Aqu>iucf
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-07
APRISONROMANCE-

Every prison, says that Chicago EceniHq
Post, has its romance, and that of the Peni-
Tertiary a Kingston, Canada, is worth re-
counting. In 1912, near Toronto, the serv-
ing man Of Capt. Kinnear murdered his
master to obtain a sum OfmOney which was
in his house. After killing him the wretch
also. slew the house keeper. He was arrested
and at his trial implicated a Girl of fifteen.
named Grace Marks, who was living in the
house, as an accOmplice, alleging that she
knew Of the murder Of the master before
that Of the hOusekeeper took place. Her
story was that he threatened her with death
if she gave the alarm but as she had been
on intimate terms with the murderer, Is
was discredited. He was hanged and she
was sentenced to the Penitentiary for life
Almost thirty years have elasped, and
she IS still prisoner, no more a blooming
girl, but an old women, pale aud silent,
prematTely gray. From time to time
some newspaper correspondent, visiting the
institution, hears and publishes her story.
There is talk Of a petition for her re-
lease people say, It's strange, It's passing
strange. It's pitifJIl, it's wOndrOus pitifuL
and then the matters dies away. Even if
this woman were guilty. a lifetime Of i'm
prisOnment might be held TO have satisfied
her crime, and she might be set free 10 die.
There would be little else for her to do in
this later world. Where she lived and the
cry of murder went up are now acres Of
brick sNd mortar and miles Of dusty streets.
Her kindred are dead, her crime forgotten,
and her very existence and history are I'M
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