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Let me tell you here that, in the course OF
long life, have never met woman who
could match Mrs Barbara Temple Cleverer
women, handsomer women, wittier women I
have met in scores; but the secret Of Mrs.
Barbara Temple was her utter and hearty
love of this present world OF this present
world she was, I believe, the sincerest and
most unquestioning worshiper that ever lived.
She put no strain upon herself to become what
she was; she quenched no aspiration and re-
pressed no misgiving. Worldliness was the
simple honest expression of her natural dis
position and her judgment on affairs. Never
religious devotee was so completely inclosed
in a creed as she For, indeed, it was creed,
and life, too, and Mrs. Barbara Temple
loved the world just as a flower loves sunlight;
she obeyed law of her own nature. But the
cheerfulness with which she obeyed it; her
unquestioning faith in the power of the
world to satisfy every want; the absence Of
suspicion that there could be any higher
motive in life, or, indeed, any other motive
at all, and the cheerfulness and alacrity with
which she followed out her convictions,
made her of necessity vigorous and original
character All that makes what such people
call "the world" she longed for and priced.
Accomplishments, money, taste, health, the
good opinion of society, these, and thous-
and kindred matters, she regarded as sever
ally constituents Of happiness to be sought
with the utmost solicitude every hour of the
day. She was grateful to the world for
being what it was to her-an ever-running
fountain of desire or pleasure.
Have 1 sufficiently sketched her figure?
Will few strokes more make her clearer
image in your minds eyea She was short, as
have said, trinity built perhaps triAe too
stout, but that might be disputed. Her nose
was rather large, but finely cut, like her Sec
ond daughters, and she dressed her brown
hair in short ringlets, which well suited the
style of her face Her color was good and
high enough to make people ask questions,
and her eyebrows were not free from sus-
picious traces of making up. Her dress was
always rich and admirably suited to her
figure and years; for she was careful to look
full forty-fve She avoided all absurd affec-
tation of youth, and although n kind Of
sprightly dancing step, which she often fell
into, might have seemed rather fault in this
direction, most of us considered this gait moth
ing but surplus vitality acting on frame SO
light and plump that it seemed made to skip,
or bound like a ball
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said, with the calmness of wisdom. ''Yo

said, with the calmness of wisdom. "YOu
are twenty-four."
swell, I shall not trouble you with
a story" the young fellow continued.
LUCKILY for me, my friend was lying on
couch, and did not perceive my agitation,
or he might have laughed me out Of the
dream. found the sketch represented a
realliving girl-a real living girl, father!-
unmarried, English, and, best ofall, living
not far from here. I asked for the picture,
which he gave me readily. Curi0usly
enough, he did not seem to see in it the
superlative beauty which I saw. Oh, how
l hung over that picture! How Iidohzed
it! It was near me night and day, and at
every glance my love for the original in
creased. Father, that is the woman I
shall marry, if ever marry at all"
"You must see what her character is,
Percy" the father said. "And we must
make few inquiries about family-and
property"
"Her origin must be refined !" the lover
cried. "Her character could be nothing
but the noblest! AS for property--prop-
erty give me that girl, and shall work
hard enough to earn world"
So saying, he ran up stairs, and in mo-
ment returned, bearing the precious pic
ture wrapped up in folds of silver paper.
with trembling haSte, Dut with more
than womanly care, he put back one
smooth sheet after another until the card
board lay on the table face down; then,
drawing long breath he turned the pic
ture up before his father.
"There," he murmured, "let her plead
her own cause"
At the same instant his father uttered
an exclamation of surprise.
"Why, Percy" he said, this girl is a
friend of mine."
90 friend!" the lover cried rapturous-
ly.
"An old FRIEND" the rector answered.
"Her mother is-ahem IAN old friend Of
mine-a very old friend, may say. We
are quite on intimate terms. The name
of this young lady is Miss Sophia Tenn
ple!"
[To BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
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CHAPTER II.
@MRs, BARBARA TEMPLE-rHE MISSES TEN
PIEn

@MRs, BARBARA TEMPLE-rHE MISSES TEN
PIE"
Something like forty years ago there fell
vacant at the other end Of this town large
house with a spacious and splendid garden.
It's original proprietor had lived in it for sixty
years, and being man of great wealth and
fine taste Ee had transformed what was once
a comfortable family residence into mansion,
filled with oil luxuries, and surrounded with
green houses, hot houses, wineries, stables,
coach houses and all the other appurtenances Of
a grand house. He died, and his hundreds OF
thousands ran off in a golden river OF good
luck to nephew in the north of England,
who had his own estate. Immediately the
question was asked in our little provincial set:
"Who will take the Beechesw for by that
simple name the mansion was known. Every
body was afraid Of the Beeches; afraid Of its
gilded rooms, its noble halls, its green houses,
hot houses, wineries, stables and coach houses
aforesaid; afraid Of its splendid traditions,
gone, we felt, never to return; afraid Of COM
parison with the former owner-a poor sickly
shadow in later days, but even then such
lord at the head of his table, such Judge Of
wines, so plentiful with his choice vintages,
too; such an expert in gardeners and cooks,
as our town of Kettlewel never saw before,
and was never likely to see again. So the
great house stood vacant month after month,
and year after year, haunted by no ghosts ex-
cept memories of magni6cence, which did in
deed seem to glide through the vast damp
rooms. down the wide stairs, or through the
noble gardens, now returning to wilderness
season by season. Everybody was afraid of
the Beeches We all said, "The Beeches will
never let again"
Let it did, however. There came little
lady one day, erect, commanding IN her
manner and rich in her attire. She asked to
see the house. She went from room to room,
and marked with approving eye how glorious
was the place; and sharply she inquired OF
the agent if there was any reason why the
house had not let, except the alleged one OF its
extraordinary grandeur He assured her
that there was none. At this she broke into
a little laugh, which meant, ''Kettlewell peo-
pie must be fools. ""What rooms for dancing"
she calculated. "What staircases, up and
down." And then she set her own dapper
figure in one of the glasses OF the console
tables, and murmured, admirable, ad-
mirable taste" II shall take this house, !"
she said aloud, as she set her foot on the
threshold. And as she went from room TO
room she kept repeating, II shall take this
house." Bedroom" dressing room, morn.
ing room," library" "boudoir," servants
hall" With such words of assignment on her
lips she went about, and the whole mansion
was allotted to separate uses when she had
completed her inspecting tour. She came
back into the empty dining room, and the
young man who. full of awe, had followed her
round the house, heard her say to herself, 20,
what room for danceT Then he, going
out on some errand, and suddenly returning,
saw the little dame step down the empty floor
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CHAPTER vi.

THE RECTORS FALL.
Stick, gloves and hat all held in one hand,
the other hand already raised for the COM
mencement of his speech, so the perturbed
clergyman broke into Mrs. Barbara Temples
drawing ROOM He saw what might have
Gained his mind. The three girls were stand
ing in a group admiring a drawing which
Sibyl has just been buying, and their mother
was deep in novel. The girls looked up,
and as the merry rector was favorite in the
house each fair face turned to smiles at sight
of him. Such rays ought to have melted the
angry man into kindness; but no influence,
kind or stern, could have quieted him just
then
"Young ladies'" he said, abruptly, address
ing the graceful three, 'my business is with
your mother-alone."
This odd intimation, considering the ex-
cited manner in which he made it, meant,
they thought, one thing only. Lightly they
vanished from the room, but even in going
they glanced significantly at each other; for
the subject was so interesting that they could
not delay all exchange of ideas even till they
got outside the door. The rector was going
to propose to mamma!
deceived, either by her eyes or her ears, but
for oncu she fanciod that the tremor in the
rectors voice, hi flushed cheek, his alcoholic
manner, were ms of lovers uneasiness.
Indeed, as to the manner, she without any
hesitation explained it as arising from wine.
1t was still early in the afternoon, but Mrs.
Barbara Temple was not angry. Teetotalism
was not yet fashionable, and the little woman
remarked to herself: They very often give
themselves flip in that way before coming
to the point. Pity when they overdo it-and
yet don't know"
The rector might be flustered, but Mrs.
Barbara Temple was calm and pleasant.
She motioned him to seat-not upon her
own sofa but close to it.; and then, laying
down her novel, she turned upon him with
her most gracious air.
Automatically $50 we say in this scientific
agc) he sat down, and, still to continue the
scientific style, by the actions of the law Of
gravitation his hat, gloves and cane, which
he let 60, went their different ways to the
floor. He did not notice tho fall, and Mrs.
Temple began inly to compute how many
glasses he must have taken.
81 hope he has not gone too far," the pru-
dent woman said to herself; and her hope
grew less and less as the rector regarded her
with his red, confused visage, saying nothing
for quite minute Then he spoke:
"Mrs. Temple" he said, II this morning re-
ceived tremendous lesson in the hollowness
of the world!"
Mrs. Barbara Temple was not greatly
skilled in metaphorical language, especially
the pulpit sort; but as she knew that her Wis
itor was not the sort Of person to make re-
searches into the interior Of the physical
globe, she had no great difficulty in under
standing that he spoke of the human kind
under this universal symbol.
"Well, WE'LL" she said, shaking her head,
athat very often happens The best thing is
to be prepared for it. Don't expect too much
of men and women, and you will learn to be
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He rose with them, trying to find word
which might enable him to play the part
she assigned him but none came. Only
as they descended the flight of steps into
the grounds he managed to whisper in her
ear, You are the clererest aconaan I euer
kne1U."
She turned upon him with look full
of meaning.
"My good man." she whispered back,
in accents of the utmost scorn, "don't
trouble yourself to say what ! am. You
are q great fool :"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-11-24

It would take volumes to fittingly de-
scribe the life of Henry NJ. Stanley, the
African explorer, whose book, "The Con-
90 and it's Free State," has appeared, and
we will therefore simply touch on some
of his most notable achievements with
brief mention of some of hisliterary works,
that those who desire may 20 into the
subject more fully. He was born, near
Denbighin, Wales, in 1910, and at 8 years
of age was placed in the poor house OF
St. Asaph where he received an education
which enabled him to teach in q school.
At Is he sailed as cabin boy, in YES
sci bound for New Orleans, and was there
adopted by merchant named Stanley,
whose name he took instead of his own
of John kowlands. After the death OF
his patron, he enlisted in the Confederate
service, but afterwards entered the FEEDER
al army. In 1867 he was sent as cores
pondent of the ". Y. Herald to Abyssinia,
and subsequently to Spain and other
countries. His services as a correspond
ent were so excellent that ne was CHOSEN
by Mr.. James Gorden Bennett to ma
Livingstone, and after lnnumerable hard-
ships accomplished his purpose on the 2oth
of October, 1871. His success caused MN
to be sent by the Herald and London Ist-
exnlored Lakes Albert and Victoria,
N,Yanza and traced the Congo River from
its source to it's mouth. He describes his
experiences in "Through the Dark CONT
nent." Returning to Europe he was made
a member of various geographical socie-
ties From 1912 he was engaged by the
African International Society to develop
the resources of the Congo, and despite
the adverse action of NJ de Brazza did
much to form the Congo Free State. His
latest work, "The Congo and its Free
State" describes the resources and char
acter of the natives of that region and ne
predicts that an enormous trade will be de-
veloped.
visit to America for some time and has at
last set sail for the United States to honor
us with the long proposed visit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-11-24

SLAVES IN WESTERN AUsTRAL1A.-.
The method of procuring these slaves is
simple, but effective. The settler VINO de-
sires the labor of native man, woman or
child, draws up paper, IN when tne ma
tive is made to say that ne offers hlmSelI S
for employment for a certain period. The
master signs this document, and the native
makes his cross in presence of police
man. and the thing is done. From that
time the native is as really a slave as
though his master owned him body and
soul. He is generally ignorant of the con.
tents of the paper which he has ''signed,"
Int it places him absolutely in the power
Of his master to do with him as he pleases
during the term of the assignment" and
at it's close he is frightened into signing
again. Most of the natives thus assigned
are Kidnapped and brought in from the
interior. and when once they have made
the cross. whose significance they do not
annreciate, they are held by the magIs-
trates a subject to the Masters and Ser
wants act of Great Britain, and punished
under its provisions if they run away, al
though that law was never intended to ap-
ply to barbarous people.
Mr.. Gribble relates many instances OF
the crueltes practiced on the Australian
slaves, of the manner In which they are
loaded with chains for trivial offences, AND
of the indignities which are heaped upon
the women and girls. Most of the slaves
are. used in working the pearl fisheries,
and the punishmet for stealing pearls is in
many cases instant death, the master act
ing as Judge, counsel and jury. In one day
sixty of the unfortunates-men, women
and children-were thus summarily ex-
ecuted and often the natives are shot for
running away. Men make regular bus
mess of. kidnapping the natives for assign
ment.-Neao York Times.
WHEN MAN IS WEAKEsT.-According
to the recent experiment of DR.. Buch with
the Dynamoneter, man is precisely at
his weakest when he turns out OF bed.
Our muscular force is greatly increased by
breakfast, but it attains its highest point
after the midday meal. 1t then sinks
for few hours, rises again toward even
ing, but steadily declines from night to
morning. The two chief foes of muscular
force, according to DIR. Buch, are over
work and idleness. Sweating at work
deteriorates the muscles. We know that
many of the great workers OF the world,
though not all, have been early. risers.
But early rising, according to Buch's doc
trine, ought always to be supplemented ~
early breakfasting.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-07
Seeking a Safeguard.

New YORK, Jan. GA strike has for some
time been contemplated by the conductors and
drivers of the surface railways of the city AS a
prospective safeguard to themselves, the
men secured from the Board of Alder
men an ordinance requiring the drivers
of streetears in New York to have a license.
which could be procured only by men who had
lived given time in the city and State. Before
-signipl the ordinance, the mayor submitted it to
tho corporaaJn "a counsel to determine if it
was constitutional. The latter official to-
day submitted to the mayor an opinion, in
which he holds the ordinance is unconstitutional,
in that it requires a person seeking license to
be o resident of this State, and that citizens of
other States are entitled to drive railroad cars or
transact any other business in this city upon the
same terms and conditions as any citizen of the
State
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-07
The Projected Congressional Library.

washington Letter.
Mr.. Spofford, the Librarian of Congress- is
very confident that the library bill will pass this
winter This matter has been under agitation
just about long enough to warrant the prediction
that Congress will authorize the construction of
separate building for the library this year
The change in the rules of the House will also
help the library building project very much.
The Senate is overwhelmingly in favor of the
measure, but the House has never had a chance
to vote upon it on account of the old iron clad
rules. 1t is proposed TO have this building
directly in front of the Capitol, just across the
square. 1t will stretch across the four squares
facing the open plaza in front of the Capitol.
Justice Field lives in the row which will have TO
be torn down if the library bill passes. He is
very nearly the last one of the prominent officials
of Washington to cling to Capitol Hill for a resi-
dence. The new library building will be great
improvement to the surroundings of the Capitol.
1t will be built in white marble, in the style of
the Italian renaissance The center of the build
ing will be a reading-room. with the alcoves
radiating from this center. It is the dream and
ambition Of Mr.. Spofford's life to see this build
ing completed, and to have his precious store of
books, which are now packed and piled up in dis
graceful heaps in close and cloeged quarters, at
last arranged in good quarters suitable for them.
Mr.. Spofford certainly deserves to have this build
ing completed and arranged during his time. He
has made the Congressional library what it is:
and if the library building is finished it will
be almost entirely due to his untiring energy and
devotion
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-07
THE MINNEAPOLIS MILLS.
Business Very Dull, with No Sign of Improves
ment-Transaction for 1885 and 1884.

MINNEAPoLTs, Minn., Jan. 6.-In the weekly
review of the -four production for its issue Of
Jan. s. the Northwestern Miller will say: The
milling situation seems to grow worse rather
than improve, despite the former prediction of
the millers to the contrary. The heavy decline
in flour for the last three days has had very de-
pressing effect on the flour market, and millers
who believed that a period of greater activity
was about to set in have had their plans upset.
and are uncertain what next to look for. The
flour production last week was 9S,050 barrels
averaging 16 ,342 barrels daily-against 1920
barrels the preceding week, and 101,460 barrels
for the corresponding week of 1885. The list of
mills running to-day number eleven, represent
ing daily capacity of about 15, 500 barrels. The
mills running are storing flour quite freely, and,
should the present state of affairs continue 1t may
become necessary to ship part of the stock. The
exports of -four from Minneapolis for December
were 49, 600 brls, against l38, 800 brls for Novem
ber
The corrected figures for the year ending Dec.
follows Receipts-Wheat. 33 500 600 bu;. -four
81 468 brls: mill stuff, 4. l3l tons. Shipments
Wheat, 4, 944. 240 bu: flour, 949 931 brls, mill
stuff 442 600 tons. Following are the figures for
1884: Receipts-Wheat, 29. 322 720 bu; -four,
l02, 152 brls; mill stuff, 233 tons Shipments
Wheat, 4.58G. $50 bu; -four, 5.31I, ,6I2 brls; mill
stuff 140, 959 tons. Wheat now in store: Min
neapois, 6.216 751 bu; Duluth. 5 1854. 966 bu: ST.
Paul. LOO, 900 bu. Receipts last week-Wheat,
AGO, 800 bu Shipments-Wheat 80, 440 bu; -four,
50 $50 brls
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-07

CHICAGO, Jan. 6--The journeymen coopers
from nearly all the shops in the city are out on
a strike against cut of cents in wages. The
reduction is the effect of dull times
consequent upon oyerproduction. The men
think that by laying off they will force up the
market. which they would rather do than accept
reduction, The strike of box makers is still in
force and came near having serious results to-
day. A party OF men who had sgnfed their will
ingness to work were set upon by number of
strikers and in the scuffle three men were in
jured, but not dangerously.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 6 The coal operators of
Ohio held o meeting to-day with about ali the
fields represented. The principal thing consid-
cred the scale of prices presented at the late
meeting in Pittsburg. The relative prices to be
charged in the different fields of the State were
referred TO a meeting of operators to be held in
this city Feb %, the day before the interstate
convention. committee was appointed to con-
fer with the operators of Western Pennsylvania
in reference to calling joint meeting of oper-
ators to discuss matters of mutual interest.
PITTsBURG. Jan. 6--The local stovemolders
and Knights of Labor generally are in deep con-
sern about circular that has been issued by a
committee of the National Association of Stove
Aolders. The circular states that so per cent.
of the foundries are non-union, and advises the
employers to boycott all union workmen in the
trade
WHEELING, W. Va. JAN 6--Secretary WISE
OF the Western Nail Association, reports an in
crease of twenty four machines working at the
manufacturers scale in the past week. re-
port of a strike at the Fonte mills is denied.
The reason for the shutting down at Terre
Haute mill is said to be that all the nail plate has
been worked up.
New YoRK, Jan. 6.-The employees of five
more of the seventeen firms in the cigar manu-
featuring combination to-day resumed work at
the recently reduced rates, subject. however, to
future action of the international union.
Norwich. Conn.,. Jan. 6.-The weavers of the
Shetuket mill struck for an advance of 10 per
cent. in wages, tbs morning. The mills shut
down, throwing 500 operatives out of work
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-07

L. Bramlette, Democrats and Nj. L. Freed, Re-
publican, The board will proceed at once to an
organization.
H. Yates. of the House postofice, was sum-
moned to his home at Holton Ripley county. to-
day, by telegram announcing serious illness IN
his family. He left this afternoon.
1t is not unlikely that sensation will grow
out OF the matter of the selection of material to
be used in the new government building at Pitts
burg. The fight has been between the granite
men Of Maine and the friends of Bedford. Ind,
limestone. The business element Of PIttsourg
has demanded granite. letter. it is said, is in
possession of Mr.. Voris, of the Bedford quarry,
from certain prominent men of Pittsburg who
have been demanding granite, offering to advo-
cate limestone il they were paid to dc So 1t is
said the letter may be made public, and it will
make sensation if published
Commissions were to-Gay issued for the follow
ing Indiana postmasters: Henry Esmann, at
Florence; Oliver q. Cook at Green's Fort; Abra.
ham T. Coleman. at Mansfield Cornelius F.
Ogden, at Manyille; Winfield S. Jones, at Beth
lehem.
Mail-messenger service at Los Antoelle, Ran
dolph county, from the l.. B. & W. railway. will
be discontinued after the 18th inst.
The President sent the following nominations
TO the Senate to-day: James Shields. of Montana,
TO be collector Of internal revenue for the dis
trict of Montana. Postmasters-Thomas Ryan.
ut Saut Ste. Marie. Mich Charles Holiday, at
ST Louis. Mich: j. c. Morgan, at Kearney Neb.
The executive committee of the third and
fourt-class postmasters' convention. which meets
in Chicago Feb 10 arrived in Washington to-
day for the purpose of inviting senator's and rep
resentatives to address the convention. They
will pay their respects to the Postmaster general
Tomorrow