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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-30
CONGREssI PRoCEEDIsGs


MONDAY, Jan. 1S.-Mr. Sherman occupied
the chair. A bill was introduced TO regul,-t -te
Interstate commerce by the special CON
mIruee appointed TO invest tigate the subject.
memorial asking for the admission Of
Montana as a state was presented. The
judicial salary bill was taken Up, and after
a short debate was passed. After executive
session the Senate adjourned
TUESDAY. Jan. I9.-A resolution was re
ported from the committee on military
affairs appointing Gen. Hausnauft OF Penn
sylvanls, as one Of the managers Of the
National Soldiers Homes. to I'll the va
canCy caused by the death Of Gen. McClel-
Ian. The resolution was adopted. The
recommendation of the President for
fishing commission was referred to the
foreign affairs committee.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20.-On the opening Of
the Senate Mr.. Hale offered a raso-
luton that the secretary o. the treasury
be directed TO forward To the Senate al pa
pers IL relation TO the contract let to
BraInard & Co., or TO other parties, for the
work, or any part of the same, Of putting
an additional story on the Peoria, Ill,
postorfice. IN 1885; also. all protests fled
by labor leagues In relation thereto. also. 8
COPY of the protest fled by Nessrs Srraub
& Co.. oi Buffalo, y. Y. giving information
that the work Of said contract would be
performed by convict labor, and that, con
sequently, the contractors who employed
free labor could not afford 70 compete for
the work. The resolution was agreed to.
hllI was introduced II facilitate the bust
ness Of the supreme court.
THURSDAY. Jan 2l.-Amoug the bills in
rroduced was one by Mr.. Butler 10 enable
the people Of the territory Of Dakota TO
form "a constitutional and state govern
ment- The new hlll i an enabling act go
and aQphes TO the whole territory, instead
Of merely 10 the southern portion It was
referred 10 the committee on territories.
Senator Dawes, from the COMMITTEES on In
dian affairs, reported fsvorablv the bill
prohibiting, under penalty Of tine and i'm
prlsonDent rTeSpassIng on Indian lands
The Senate proceeded TO the considerable
Of bills on the calendar. The first bill II or
der wss enc 70 divide part Of the Sioux
reservation IN Dakota into a separate res
ervatou- and tC secure the REIMBURSEMENT
Of the Indian title to the remainder. 1lr
lo4ff +7-7a TTy- r-a-,- r.v-a-
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benn yvfolent" Gentleman sets Hin
Ip Tor Lie - Artificial Lin ss for al
bAfortuUaoe seBsboy.

CAfortuuate sewsboy.
From The New YORK Telegram
Hello, Clutches this amt you, IN
less you's growed q new pair Of legs. -
SAID wild newsboy TO conforrablv
dressed boy about fourteen, who was
stick.
Yes, It's me, Dan, but they'g arti-
nshel and cost heap OF money.
Ihey We got springs IN EN- as moves
With ne body"
"Where'd did you get EN-, Johnnie
Clutches %
'Dey was given TO me by a bennyvio-
lent gentleman. was selling me TeIe-
grams one day outsidede Astor House,
and a lady says 10 me. Poor bow.
haln Z you got no fader. nor no mod
der p and / SAYS, 30. mum and she
says, How'd you lose your leg, mA
poor boy and ! tells her how I had
VERY bad boss, and he treated me
bad, and me legs was froze and ampi-
tated at de knees. So she saws 70 ne.
Poor boy, would you ike to 20 10 a
nice country place and learn a trade,
where you wouldn't want 10 legs . and
/ says, les mum, and she takes me
over 70 Williamsburg, and den We
takes de steam cars and went out 70
little place what dey call Johnny
land"
Say, Clutches, what are you giving
US? Dere amt no Johnnyland. It's
all a dream as dey say II de teayter." ="
1T amt; it's de sollum truf II
ain a asylum egsactly, but kind ofone
and verybody l. real kind dere And
one day, bout tree weeks befcls
Christmas, bennyviolent gen -ler2aa
stopped me as | was boppitlng over d.
ground wid my crutches, and he asks
me how / lose my legs, and ! tells him
same az | told de lady. Den he pat
ted me on de shoulder and says, Keep
stiff upper lip Johnnie and goes
away. Tree days after, de gen 'leman
wots IN charge he says 70 me, 4 want
you Johnnie; : and / goes into a room
wld him, and dere was man and he
says, Let's see yer stumps, Young
shaver, and ! shows him me sturnps-
i don't think he Will have auv trouble
in walkin' wid EN- sir he saws. VERY
respectful, to the gen 'leman, and be
Just noddeu, and says TO me, You can
go, Johnnie Den on Christmas day
he says TO me, Johnnie. a bennyvio-
lent gen 'leman has Civ you a pair OF
artifshel legs. Here dey Is, and be
helps me TO put EN- on. Oh, hokey,
dey was splendid, and he give me
little stick 10 walk with"
"Wot sort Of gen 'lemen was the one
dat patted you on the shoulder; old,
but wld white west ike de good old
fellers IN de teayter wot gives every
body money ?''
Nav. He was q real man. real
good-lOoklng and quite young. After
wards, de same day, seed him wid q
pretty lady on his arm, and he looked
at me, and so she did, too. and l
know dat he said OATS Little Johnnie
Clutches. ?"
And wot trade Is you learnin',
Johnnie?" said Dan.
81 s--s type" said little Johnnie,
with great pride, as he marched away.
The boy does not know who his
"bennyviolent friend was, but il was
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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HE4VT OPIUM sETZURE.
over Three thousand Pounds of the Snug,
gled Drug Found in Alaska


gled Drug Found in Alaska.
The United States revenue cutter
WOlcOtt has returned to Port Town
send from Alaska with 300 pounds
OF seized opium which had been
cached from the steamer Idaho.
This Is the biggest haul vet made.
After the seizure OF opium on the
steamer Idaho, some time since. Her
bert BeeCh6r received information that
opiumwas stored on Kaasan Bav, Alas
ka, awaiting shipment TO Portland and
san Francisco The collector at once
telegraphed TO Washington asking that
the steamer Wolcott goin search Ofrbe
same. Orders were received on the 10th
inst, and the cutter left on a cruise
accompanied by Collector Beecher.
The cutter arrived Thursday at the
bay and anchored. Collector Beecher
and eight men went ashore TO the can
merry. which was IN charge OF two men.
Fourteen barrels, said to contain furs,
were landed on the last trip Of the
steamer Idaho, and were opened and
found TO contain prepared opium
There was a total OF 3,012 pounds.
valued at S45, 900. The opium was
taken aboard the cutter No doubt
exists that this smuggling las been
carried on for years. II Is evident
that some smuggler has exposed the
business TO the authorities. From
the opium, Collector Beecher, who Is a
son Of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
VIII receive a amOiety Of about S25, 900.
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Here i g story about old John Jacob
AstOr that shows how WretCbed parsl-
mOnv and detes-aDle meauness are
sometimes rewarded. zone OF AstOr' :
best captains had made six voyages
10 China without q Chr0DOmeter, but
lust before sailing on his seventh voy-
age be suggested to Mr.. Astor that it
would be safer to have one. Get one. ,
said the millionaire. The captain did
so. and entered It's cost OF the &C
count current. When AstOr's eye fell
upon the item he drew bis pen through
Il. The captain expOstulated- Damn
II. man. said Astor. j told you TO get
one, but ! did not say I would pay
forit.' Theo seaman LEFT MT. AsrOT :
employment at once and went down
town. and before night was IN com
mand OF as fine a ship a. ever uOated-
In three days he set sail. AT tLesame
time As-Orfs ship. under a new com
mander. also set sail The voyage 10
I Hong Kong was very close, but the
captain who, as neuseG TO say had dis
charged John Jacob Aston by keep
1 ing his men Al the braces. took ad-
I vantage OF every breath o. WIND and
won by three days. The ship was
I loaded IN the shortest possible time,
and before Astor's vessel, which had
/ arrived in themeauriue, was hatload-
/ Cd. our captain weighed anchor and
( with a full cargo Of tea sailed for New
T York. He arrived II good time and
h0isred out the cargo, which was sold
( At auction on the spot The market
was thereby overstOcked, and when
AstOr's ship arrived the price had
fallen some time afrerwsrd, az the
captain was walking down Broadway,
( he met Mr.. Aston. How much did
that chronomerer cost you the lat
. Ter asked. six hundred dollars.
I Well said As-0r, that was cheap, i
c1s- me $50. 600.
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KILLED BY A COOK.
A California Rsnchmsn and HIS Wife
Murdered by Chinsman.


Murdered by Chinsmsn.
Dispatches ofthe oath give details OF a
double murder, the victims OF which
are a prominent farmer, Jesse c. Wick
ersham and wife. The tragedy oc-
Cured at Mr. Wickersham's ranch.
about twenty miles from Cloverdale,
Cal. Wlckersham was found sitting
IN a chair II the dining room, dead.
with blood oozing from a wound in
the breast and another II the head
Mrs. Wlckersham was found dead on
the bed II a bedroom upstairs, her
hands and feet bound and wounded N
her breast. The valuables on both
bodies were intact, which showed rob
berry was not the object OF the crime.
All the wounds were inflicted by q
shotgun. Strong circumstantial evi-
dence points to a Chinese COOK, An
kai, employed by tbe bemurdered couple,
who Is nowhere to be found. It Is be
heyed that the Chinaman took the
early morning train al Cloverdale for
San Francisco, and embarked on the
steamer Rio De Janeiro for Hong
Kong
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THE CRACRsM4N's Doom.
Geo. Foster, Ohio's Notorious Bank Burg.
lar, Shot Dead by an Oficer.

Iars shOf Dead by An DtfiCer.
Geo. Foster, the most notorious
burglar, highwayman and bank thief
IN Ohio. and for many years theleader
OF the Foster gang, whose operations
extended over Ohio, Indiana. Michi-
gan an Pennsylvania, was shot and
killed at Cleveland on the night of the
18th, by Officer Geo. Z. Corner. Foster
had always been regarded as a dan
gerous man, and his partners n crime
were OF the same stamp. Hehad been
arrested many times, but always man
aged to escape punishment October
p, 1885, he made q daring escape
from the penitentiary and has since
been at large. -Four weeks ago he
walked into a saloon and was
recognized. Displaying two revol-
vers, he said: Il viii shoot
the first policeman who lays
hands on me" Tonight the police
learned that Foster and an ex-c0nvict
were to meet IN an Ontario Street sa-
loon, and several officers were on
hand. Officers Corner, KIane and
MOtter were detailed to 20 up stairs
and arrest him, and Capt. Hoehn &C
companied them. They saw a man
sitting on lounge with bowed head
and passed into another room. As
they did so, Foster, for it was he,
sprang from the lounge and made a
dash for the stairway. Officer Corner
saw him and started IN pursuit. Fos-
ter ran down stars and pointing his
pistol at the officers attempted to get
into the street. officer Coleman crap
pied with him and during the struggle
Corner came up to assist Coleman.
Foster placed the end OF his pistol un-
der Corners nose, but before he could
pull the trigger Corner fred and Fos-
ter dropped to the floor a corpse.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-30
COLORADO sN0UsLIDEs.
Several Fatalities and Narrow Escape.
Reported From the Mountains.

Several Fatalities and Narrow Escapes
Reported From the Mountains.
On the 18th inst, as the 4 O'Clock
shift were waltlngtO 90 IN at the mines,
at Aspen, Col, the men heard a noise,
and looking up saw a snOwslide com
ing down Aspen Mountain. They made
a rush for a dump, and succeeded in
getting under Il. The slide struck the
shaft and engine house, complete
II demolishing them and Killing
John Rose, mine carpenter. The
engineer was thrown under the boiler
and buried under ten feet OF snow, but
was afterwards recovered alive. John
Leonard, one Of the owners Of the
Conombra mine, and several other
gentlemen were near the shaft-house,
but miraCulously escaped. An hour
later there was another slide on Wash
ington Mountain, burying two wagon
mules and drivers under fifteen feet OF
snow
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Prom The Lie
Young Wlfe-There' a gentleman n
the parlOr, dear, who wishes to see
you
He-Do YOU know who IL is
Young WIte-Nou must forgive me,
dear, but that cough OF yours has wor-
ried me so OF late. and you take such
poor care Of your health, and-and,
you don't know how anxious I've
been. and-and oh. Il ! were to lose
You, my darling. Bursts into tears J
H-Tbere, there, dear Your fond
ness for me has inspired foolish and
unnecessary fears. I'm all right: you
mustn't be alarmed But I'll see the
physician, Of course, iustuo satisfy you
Is II DR.. Pellet
Young WIfe-N-no, i is not "A doctor,
It's a-a-lIfe insurance agent
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LONDON VIGTL4SCE.
Alleged Danger of Dynamite Caused Ex-
us Police Pree4ugiou.


rrs Police Prec4u ution.
A London dispatch Of the 23d SAYS.
The police authorities are again taking
extraordinary precautions 70 guard
against the possibility OF dynamite
oUtrages. The guards Of the principal
Of the public buildings were doubled
to-day, and there are indications OF
unusual police vigilance IN every quar-
ter. II II asserted that this activity,,on
the part Of the police is occasione5
by the fact that the authorities
have been cognjzant OF threats Of
violence uttered II consequence OF the
unsatisfactory character OF that por-
ton Of The Queens speech referring TO
the Irish question. II Il noted, also,
that today Is the anniversary Of the
explosion at Westminster Hal and
the Tower OF London, and some ap-
prehensiOn has been felt lest the day
should be signalzed by a renewal OF
oUtrages. A cabinet council Is Is zes-
sion, this afternoon, and extra police
men are on duty about the building.
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Az 4HFUE TR4G FDI.
Members of Battle Greek. Mich. Fam
iIy Fonnd with Throat Cut.

Nelghbors, noticing the absence OF
persons around DR.. Martin Whites
residence IN Battle Greek, Mich, broke
into the house on the afternoon Of the
eth, and found the entire family with
their thrOats cut from ear TO ear. DR..
White and wife were lying upon the
floor and the two children in bed. It
Is thought they had been dead since
Sunday night, as they had not been
seen alive since then II Is thought
he became insane and murdered his
family. The room showed evidence OF
terrible struggle between the hus-
band and vie. No other cause l.
known
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FESTIVE COHBOYs.
4 Party Of Them Decorate q Texas Town
Pour Killed.

A party Of nine cowboys visited the
town OF Burlington, Tex, on the night
OF the 18th After becoming crazed
with liquor they succeeded IN terroriz-
ing the population during the entire
night, riding up and down the princi-
pal streets. firing into windows, and
acting ike savages. They defied the
authorities, but Deputy Sheriff Coole,
with a posse, succeeded about daylight
IN driving the ruthans from the town,
killing four o. their number and FIVE
horses IN a running fight.
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needed no introduction to the one
whom she had called grandmother
twenty years before The recognition
was mutual and the superintendent
described TIE meeting a. the most af-
fecrlng he had ever witnessed. Mrs.
Johnson was assured that as long as
she lived she should have a home IN
Missouri with alI the comforts that
money and kindness could give her as
part payment for her goodness 70 a
poor girl who had lost sight Of but not
forgotten her Desr friend. The couple
have returned n M5Sso1r5
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-30
TSDRR 4 Ff4YsT4Gh
a Large Number OF Migrants Cremsted IN
Bavaria

News has lust been received OF the
burning Of an enormous hsystaCk ST
Lemberg, Bavaria, which had been
used during the cold weather ior shell
ter by vagrants 4 larger number
than usual OF homeless wanderers had
sought shelter under i. and while all
were asleep the haystack took IRE,
probably rom the ashes OF a pipe
Twenty dead bodies have already been
taken rom the ruins and Il Il thought
many Others have been burned 20
death.
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BOIEEH EIPIOsI0N,
Two Men Killed and Building Wrecked
at Terre Haura

At Terre Haute, Ind, on the morn
ing OF the 2lst, a terrific boiler explo-
sion occurred at the distillery OF Fair
banks & Duneweg. Frank McNelis
and George Otterman were killed.
Their bodies have been recovered from
under a heap OF debris, frightfully
mangled. Charles Walker, Michael
Ryan, Riley Evanston, Frank Bryant
and Joe Parsons are among the in
Jured. The entire engine house was
torn down. The damage has not been
estimated. The cause otthe explosion
Is not known.
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CASUALTIES 4T4.FIRH.
WorkIoen Burned TO Death and IDjurzi
in a French Factory.

4 number Of cabinet factories In
Bel]eville, near Paris, were destroyed
by fire on the night Of the 2lst. Re
treat from the building was cut of,
and many workmen were compelled 10
jump from the windows Others were
rescued by means Of ropes. AL those
who leaped from the windows reoEyed
severe injuries. Several bodies were
taken from the ruins. The pecuniary
loss Is 800, 900 francs Three hundred
persons are thrown out OF employ
u7Gv-
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HpusS

MONDAY, ] an. 1S.-In the bSence OF the
Speaker the House was presided over by
Mr.. Springer. Bills introduced: To pro
vide for inspection of i've stock. TO extend
the benefits Of tbs pension laws; granting a
pension TO the granddaughter of Thomas
Jefferson, L establish q commission on
Alabama claims TO reduce money order
lees. for the admission OF Montana - a
state
TUESDAY, Jan. IA large number of
executive communications were laid before
the House by the Speaker, among them q
letter from the chief 81 engineers asking for
an immediate appropriation Of $50, 0o0iOr
the general work of survey 60 the Alssls-
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A Sharp Political Trick

Az-er the recent election for the
ChIppenham division OF Wits, says
London Truth, it tTsnspirs1 that at
one polling place there had been an
extraordinary number Of spOIlt pa
uarz. and al these were rejected be
cause there were two crosses, one op-
posite each name. i turns out that
this was an ingenious device Of some
asruce Tory farmers N the DsighbO--
hood who, having valnly canvassed z
number Of votes on behalf OF Lord
Arthur Somerset, induced them 70
promise that they would at least
S.splir their votes" and give one TO
each. The men did this IN al limo
cence, with the result that the Liberal
candidate was deprived Of nearly one
hundred votes which we're intended for
him.
New ZEALAND stands lowest on the
list fOr marriages OF all the Australia
sian colonies, the figures being for every
10000 OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, IS
marriages; New South Wales, 81;
South Australia, s.; Tasmania IS,
Victoria, IS; New Zealand, 90.
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A SCHOLAR.


Yes, an 9 years ol5 to-day!
Last wazk puT NY dolls away
For = Was time. 7 70 sure yau'I say.
For one 50 old 20 60
To school, ard earn 10 read and spell
And ! am doing vsTg vel
Eerb8--s yUu'c liEe 70 hear me tel
How Gza-y things know
Vel Il yau-I only take a look
1eS--Els = l----lr last I took.
Here n ny pretty picture book
-s- bear De purple cover.
Vow l~tsl-Azre are one. Ewu, three
Wee E-E5e ls-le-s, 6uu't yuu s-e3
Their names are y and @ and g.
They sp5l-E0w e1ess-Ol1 R1ver2
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4 Bushel Of Corn. and Two Drinks

From the Chicago herald
There Is statIstiCian about the
Palmer House who desires TO impress
every body with economic facts. Said
he yesterday: do you see that man
over there? Well, he's a farmer down
near ElgIn. There he goes with &
friend; they're going 10 get a drink
The farmer viii pay for il. Now, let
me see. That man viii sweat two NOR
tai hours next spring to plow enough
ground to raise one bushel Of corn.
That bushel Of corn he viii sell for
thirty cents. He Is going in there now
10 spend the thirty cents for two
drinks. Therefore, the farmer and the
corn have parted. Now, let me tel
you WHIST becomes OF the corn. A
bushel OF corn makes seventeen quarts
OF whlsA 7-tOur-and gallons.
The dlstlllery gets its first prolific
cents a gallon. There you are: 81 for
that busbel OF corn. Now the govern
ment comes in. go cents a gallon
50. IS, added to the 81, makes SIS S5
That brings the product OF the busbel
Of corn down TO the iobber and the
wholesaler and, finally, by several
stages, TO the retailer. By the time Il
reaches the latter the bushel OF corn
or its product Of four and a quarter
gallons has been reduced one-half,
which means eight and a half gallons.
There are sixty drinks TO the gallon
that Is the average-eight and q half
gallons mean 27O drinks, at Is cents
each-there We have S46 35 as the
consumers price for a bushel OF corn
which the farmer raises and sells for
thirty cents. Who says there Is not
industry IN this country But the
farmer We saw Just now spent ms
whole bushel OF corn IN the price OF
two drinks, and the people who do not
I'll the soil got away with SO. .35.
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Owned by Ore Man.

=
A correspondent states rhsr a
wealthy person who was devoted TO
music died lately IN Paris, leaving be
hind him four strnged Instruments, all
made by Stradivarius, which could
With difficulty o. matched. One ylO-
lin, dated 1877, the year OF the
makers death, was his last wOrg- and
was named by StradivarIus l5e
swans Song Its owner paid H.
600 francs for It 4 second violin,
dated 17O4, was purchased fo- e
$50 francs. The viola dated 142S
was bought for 1900 francs, and for
the violoncello, Eade IN 1896. the
owner paid 800 francs. Duly au-
thenticated documents attest the orr
gin OF each instrument
TEE japanese government has gwen
70 Vassar College a pair OF bronze
vases handsomely ornamsnted with
inlaid decorations n gold and silver,
II appreciation oi the education gwen
TO two japanese girls.
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A Kind Act Remem bered.

A pleasant instance OF a kindly act
remembered and rewarded L recIted
IN a dispatch from Erie, Pa, TO the
Cleveland Leader:
An old lady, Mrs. johnson. has Just
received substantial reward Tor kind
ness extended by her TO neighb :
child many years agO. Her chi lren
having married and left home. she
took a little girl whose parents were
poor, into her empty house for com
pany, and treated her as she would a
daughter. After a long companion
slip they separated. the young lady
marrying and removing to Missouri.
Mrs. Johnson's husband died. and
creditors seized his property. The
widow mad outlived all the friends OF
former days. her children had cares Of
their own, and the solitary old woman
had no other place TO 90 but TO the
poor house. Director Joseph Hender-
son accompanied the sad-tsced old
lady to the almshOGse, and mention
OF the fact that the county had taker
charge OF Mrs. Johnson was made IN
Que OF the city newspapers. A copy
OF that issue OF the paper, wrapped
around an express bundle, was sent
10 the town Of GLASGOW, No and fell
into The hands OF Mrs. ". L. GiIchrist.
who had IN early life been so kindly
treated by Mrs Johnson. No sooner
DID she learn OF the misfortune OF he-
old friend than she started for Erie on
the first train with the intention oi
relieving her Of the difficulties sur
rounding her. Arriving at Erie, she
hurried 70 the almshouse and was
shown TO the room which Mrs John
son and s number OF other paupers
occupied. Age had bent her form and
vAItened her haIr, but Mrs. 6ilchrist