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west never Tor an instant lost faith In
himself. Slowly, and very slowly, a
small practice grew upon his hands; but
the struggle not only braced Gideon
West for the battle of life proved too ter
rible for the frail young wife. But
there was no complaining, no repining,
no word to tell of doubt, much less OF
despair, and Gideon West battled on
He knew as though it had already come
that he should at last prevail. He had
measured his own strength and felt that
he could trust it. But-and it was that
but alone which troubled him-suppose
he should have to wait years and years
suppose, as those years went by, he
should see the color pale on the face he
loved, the brightness faded from the eyes
he delighted to gaze into-suppose his
long yeas OF waiting were marked in
the lines on his young wife's face-sup-
pose when the golden gates of fortune
flew open, he should find it was-to late
How long I sat dreaming in DR..
Vests room I know not, but it is GER
tain must have fallen asleep before the
cracking embers. When I awoke
found myself in all but darkness. The
gas had been lowered, and only flicker
ing glow from the dying fire remained
to cast drear and fantastic shadows on
the ceiling. Many hours must have
passed. I retired to rest, and DR.. Yves,
either had not returned, or had not been
made aware of my presence. My posi-
ton was embarrassing, to wake up in
the middle of the night, and to find my
self ina strange house was new exper-
ience. 1 CROPPED about the room and
felt for the door by which I had entered.
It was locked. Bell of any sort I could
not find.
1 tried to raise my voice, but the death
stllnees and darkness Of the room SEEM
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-04-24

WuotuoI otIdlSut VI VI VIC wOAAS VeAAOsy1
breed weeds. As little fence a. cen be
got along with should be the rule, and
It should be kept free from weeds.
Clean, straight fence rows and faacs In
good repair add materially to the appear
ance and value of the farm.
Dr.. J. A. Sewell, of Boulder, Col,
Professor of the Colorado University,
desires those who have swine s3eoted
with cholera, to send him few drops of
blood from such for examination. He
has discovered new microbe N every
blood specimen received, but has not
found the microbe in the blood Of
healthy hogs. He is cultivating the
microb4 for purposes of incubation, and
believes his results will be Of great in.-
portance.
In England, after land has been long
in clover, it refuses to produce this crop
and becomes what is called "slovsr
SICK" What this is can not easily be de
cided. It Is probably the exhaustion of
something that is essential to the growth
of clover, and as this plant draws food
from the subsoil it would indicate sx-
haustion Of that also. English farm
lands have been cultivated for hundreds
Of years.
The last report Of the New York state
experimental station gives the result ola
series Of experiments to Determine
whether pinching back the shoots Of po-
tatoes had tendency to increase the
quantity Of tubers. The experiment was
made on eight short rows, planted with
single eyes. The pinohing was perform
ed on alternate rows, a. the flower buds
were forming, and again three weeks
later. The pinching increased IL num-
Der Of branches above ground, but the
tuben were tn per cant lessin qlsntity,
md 4 appean . have slightly shssksd
| th1iT vigw nj rRudne1ivsa1nR &
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the doctors wife, Here is a bracelet
It is set with emeralds. No rarer could
be found. All! how charming it looks
on that dainty wristl And here is some.
thing princess might wear. It is tiara
of diamonds; and it is yours. All, my
wife, let me place it on your brow! Oh
my queen, my queenP'
Unable to restrain myself longer,
cautiously drew aside the tapestry and
peered into the cha nber beyond il. I,
was comparatively small, but richly fur.
nished, though in the fashion of Older
time. 1t was, I thought, lady's bou-
doir; but from where I was concealed
only portion of the room was revealed
to my view. It was not the room that
arrested my attention, but what it con-
tanned. On small table, almost within
reach, lay those very ornaments the ear.
rings, the necklace, the pendant-of ru
bies and pearls, the loss Of which had
first led me to unravel, if I could, the
mystery of the great jewel robbery. ]
could not be mistaken. The description
given me had been most minute. An ex
act counterpart of the set was not in ex
istence; and it here lay on the table be
fore me.
As looked on with establishment
from the part of the room I could MOI
see there approached me, slowly and
with pensive step and bowed head, like
one walking in his sleep, the man whom
| I almost dreaded to see-the famous doc.
tor, Gideon West.
Could he be the author Of these mys.
ferrous thefts? I cold mi believe it
and yet the proofs e ~ guilt lay be.
fore ma No longer aking. step
pad harvard So 9na1n tnd 20 unsx-
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ward that medical conference had taken
him to the house where the countess
diamonds were lost on that particular
morning, and ne must by accident have
entered the room where the diamonds
were momentarily left unguarded, and
at once he had been led, by an irresist-
IDLE impulse, to possess them.
Before left that strangely haunted
house at Chelsea on that morning. the
twice striker mother led me to the dread
bedside and placed my hands on the
cold face. I looked at the mother, and
then I felt the white hand that lay clasp
ed before me. The woman read my
thoughts.
NO." she whispered, ut is not the
flesh of mortal! It is but fearful coun-
terft of death. It was modelled from
the dead wife and child, and was to have
been reproduced in marble for Gertrude's
tomb. But Gideon West would not have
it removed. Call it a morbid fancy or
passionate love, which you will, but for
years he has spent the hours of his soil
tude beside this poor image OF his wifel
Now, tell me, was yonder dead man
thief or was he victim to unconquerable
mania ?"
For Gideon West was dead, and his
secret died with him.
We laid him on his own bed, and when
the coroner's jury said next day that he
died "by the visitation of God" they
spoke the truth.
The lost jewels were restored to their
owners with the simple explanation that
he who had taken them was beyond the
reach of human justice.
For my part in the restitution I was
generously rewarded; but it was the last
investigation ever undertook. Many
years have passed and the world soon
forgets; but 1 thought it would interest
some to learn what I knew concerning
the great jewel robbery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

LIBERTY Enlightening the World" is still off
her base.
AS rule lawyers are brave class of men,
cts conscience that makes towards of us all, !"
you know.
PARIS has struck an original idea in the shape
of an association whose object is to help drunk
ards home at night.
THERE has been more snow this winter in
London than for fourteen years, and there is
great distress in consequence.
GENERAL LoNGsTREET thinks that his uncle
William Longstreet. of Augusta, Ca. should
share with Robert Fulton the laurels of the in
ventor of steamboats,
JOHN BIGELow, of New York. has in his Ii
brary the original manuscript of Franklns
autobiography. He bought it in Paris when he
was Minister to France.
SHE-I suppose you visited Pompeii. Did
you not find it very Interestingly Masher-Well-
er-er, can't say exactly did The fact is, the
place is nothing better than ruin.
''SAM" SANFORD, the oldest living minstrel
singer, lives in Philadelphia He was one of the
earliest singers of such melodies as:
'Dixie land is the land of cotton,
Cinnamon seed and sandy bottom"
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS (''Uncle Remus") is
himself actually an African by birth, for he was
born at JOEL on the northeast coast Of Africa
while his parents were engaged in missionary
labor in that country.
Mrs. JENNIE DAwNE. wife of Judge Dawne
of Alaska, after being deserted in that country
by her husband, returned to Portland, Ore a
storage passenger on an incoming vessel She
did not have money enough to buy frst-class
passage.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is reported to have written
as member of the Privy Council, to the Queen
in reference to Irish affairs. This is doubtless
incorrect, az. according to the Legal News a
privy councillor has no right to address the Queen
unless that lady solicits his advice
Few monarchs can boast of progeny so illus
trious as King Christian TX, of Denmark. Five
out of his six children are married and have
families. The eldest sons of each Of these fam-
lies are tho prospective monarchs OF Denmark
Greece, the British Empire Russia, and Han
over.
PROFESSOR CHEvREUL the French scientist
who has passed his onehundredth birthday, ia a
phenomenon. He does not smoke and never
tasted spirits in his life. He works in his chem
i:al laboratory every day, and reads without
glasses. He is the oldest working scholar and
scientist in the world.
Mr.. HENRY CURTIS. of Stratford, Conn, nine
ty-one years old, suddenly remembering that
eighty five years ago he used to slide down Acad-
envy hill, was seized with desire to repeat the
performance, and did it with all the success Of
some of his esteemed contemporaries who have
been sliding down Hill all their lives.
AT fancy dress ball in Melbourne, Australia.
one Of the lady guests appeared as Sport tho
Spirit of the Times" She wore pink satin
bodice, on the front and back of which wei
pictures OF horses Upon her skirt were painted
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on it's deliberations. On the other hand,
they are not received with open arms by the
teachers, who, it was thought would fly to
them with difficulties and grievances, which
they were restrained by timidity from dis
closing to members of the other sex. Instead
of this, the teachers pronounce the female di-
rectors meddlesome and fussy, and vehement
ly declare that they would thousand times
prefer to be 'fbossed" by man. The dissat-
isfed teachers will probably adjust themselves
to the new condition of things in time and
discover that it is beneficial, but the opposi-
ton from this unexpected quarter shows that
the troubles of women are not all ended, even
when they attain to the dignity of holding
public Office.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

The government of the Marquis of Sails
bury was outvoted in the House of Commons
last night by 800 to $50, but in the majority 70
of the Parnellites were counted. The House
adjourned until Thursday, but Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach gave practical notice that the
Ministry would retire. With this vote Mr..
Gladstone cannot form an effective govern
ment, as it is dependent entirely upon the
Parnellites Whatever is done now must, in
the nature Of the case, be but temporary, and
in a short time there will be another appeal to
the people.
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A WASHINGTON special saws there has bee,

A WASHINGTON special says there has been,
particularly in the Postofice Dees&tment, a
wholesale withdrawal of letters and papers
making charges against Republican officials.
When the President decides that it is better
and safer for him to produce the documents
on which he based his removals, it would be
very sad if there were none to produce and he
had, after all, to shoulder the responsibility of
dismissing officials without other than parti-
san reasons. He will feel more secure after
directing Mr.. Villas to lock up the papers and
give him the key.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27
BoYCorrING A MILL AGENT.
Arbitrary Course of the Knights of Labor
Toward Mr.. III. l.. Pratt.

Toward Mr.. II. L. Pratt.
Boston Special.
The knights of Labor have pursued most
arbitrary course toward prominent business
man of Lewiston. Me. The organization has or
dered all business men in Lewiston to boycott
FL. l.. Pratt, the agent for the Bates mills, for
antagonizing the order by cutting down and dis
charging members of the order without giving
reasons for doing so. Mr.. Pratt said that he had
not the slightest idea of the cause Of the trouble
He is not aware of having done anything to meet
with such treatment He had received no COM
munication from the Knights of Labor, either
verbal or written, and had no reason to suppose
he was not in good standing with the order until
he received notice from grocer that he could no
longer supply Mr. Pratt or his family with goods.
He has received no complaints from
employees in the Bates Mills and is
willing to rest his case entirely in the hands of
his overseers and operatives One request was
made some time ago to increase the pay of weav.
ers. But on explaining to them that owing to
the depressed condition of the market the mill
was barely able to hold its own they withdrew
perfectly satisfied. The only important change
has been the discharge of three overseers, which
was due to the consolidation of six rooms under
three overseers, instead Of six, as heretofore.
Last summer extra help was employed in re-
pairing and building additions to the mill. The
work being nearly finished, Mr.. Pratt ordered
the master mechanic to discharge as many men
as could be spared without reference to who
the men were.
Thus far Mr. Pratt has had no difficulty ia
supplying the wants of his family, notwithstand-
ing the Knights Of Labor arbitrarily ordered tho
grocers, bakers butchers, doctors, druggists and
all other kinds of business men to refuse his
custom. Merchants have voluntarily told him
that he can have anything he wishes to order
from their establishments. and the prospects are
that the boycott won't boycott"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

THE members of the Republican party of
Indianapolis and of Marion county are called
to an important duty on Saturday next, and
it does not seem that the county committee are
properly alive to the responsibility of the oc-
casion. On thatday the members of new coun-
ty committee will be chosen, and delegates from
each precinct to district meeting, to be held
on the 18th of February, when member of
the State central committee will be chosen.
This work is fundamental to the party; it
touches the organization of the party for the
coming campaign, and it is a work in which
every member of the party should be expect
ed to engage The meetings on Saturday
will be held in the afternoon in the
precincts outside the city, and in
side the city at half past Z
o'clock The county committee should see
that places for these meetings in each pre-
cinct are secured and properly advertised, so
that every Republican may have full knowl-
edge and be able to be present if he desires
If the officers of the committee do not do this
the present precinct committeeman should
look after it. But in any event, the places of
meeting must be arranged for and made known,
so that everything connected with the matter
may be as open as possible, and command as
large per cent. of the membership of the
party as practicable. But three days remain for
this important duty. The places OF. meet
ing in every precinct should be secured to-day
and announced tomorrow, SO that every Re-
publican should have ample notice. Unless
this is done, there will be good cause for
serious and, possibly, very disturbing ill-feel-
ing.
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will be our standard money, and tho gold will be
gone Will this result be goodi Will it be benz
eficiall We think so, and we no good reason
TOR travelling any longer toward the benefit by
the slow aad circuitous route that we have hith-
erto pursued-New York Sun.
idle without becoming demoralized. Their
grievances real or supposed grow in size to their
minds as the days and nights pass bringing no
sign OF q remedy. Bitter feelings are engen-
dered, which are intensified by the meetings of
laborers at which ill-considered and too often
violent harangues are made The gulf between
employer and employed. instead of being bridged.
which the interest of both sides demand, is
widered and in time what should be mere
business negotiation on both sides becomes q
nerce personal fight. The Socialists and all eae-
mics of society recognize this fact, and look to
the strikes of honest lahorers to furnish them
eventually the opportunity to tear down the far
rio Of society.-Ncw York Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

The advisability of electing women for
school directors is subject that comes up
for discussion in large towns and cities every
year, and sometimes the arguments in favor
Of the innovation are used with such effect
that woman is put upon the ticket and elect
cd. The result Of such election sometimes
differs seriously from the predictions of en-
ihusiastic advocates Of the movement. Two
women are now members of the PHILADELPHIA
school board, and instead Of antagonizing the
male members by demanding impossible re-
forms and by upsetting their plans and
schemes, they are regarded by the latter as
agreeable acquisitions to the body and are
said TO exert salutary and refining influence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

the Puritan and Genssta, her sleeves were dec
Grated with painting of a foot baller and la-
crosse player, her fan was a lawn-tennis racquet
covered with satin, on which painted scene
showed ladies playing tennis and croquet. Hsr
cap and sash were gold the colors of the trotter.
Grace Darling.
PETER WISE is the leader Of the strike in the
Pennsylvania coke region He is little, keen
faced. intelligent looking man. In coarse
working garb, with close fitting velvet skull
cap drawn down upon his ears, he looks more
like reckless young sport than cool headed,
shrewd agitator. Wise is q native of Somerset
county. He was the leader of the big strike of
1881, and has been black listed ever since. To
his experience as a leader of strikes he adds the
valuable qualification of speaking several lam
guages fuently.
THE peasant Indians of Central America hold
some curious superstitions, of which the follow
ing are examples: When child is i'll the mother
takes drake, singes its tail feathers. and, NUT
terlng certain words, passes it over the patient.
A woman feeds parrot with a few pieces of tor
tilla and gives the child the crumbs that fall
from the beak, as they will make it talk! Collie
is due to the evil eye: in order to get rid of the
disturbing influence, the woman breaks four
ducks eggs into basin, and. having mixed them
with rue, places the whole under the childs bed;
if the compound be curdled in the morning the
spiri. has departed.
OF the various novelties in clock constru ction
none have excited more general interest, per-
haps, than those which consist of plain glass
dial suspended by o fine thread of wire, having
the motive power-an ordinary watch movement
concealed in the central boss of the hands, Or
in the enlarged counterbalance of one Of them.
Another continuance of note in this line consists
of two circular plates of glass, mounted in q
metal frame or border, and connected by a
slender column, or foot, to pedestal. In these
the figures are marked on the front plate, the
hands being attached to the back plate, which is
connected to a brass RIM toothed as a crown
wheel, and driven by pinon, the stem of
which rises from the works in the pedestal. The
necessary hour wheels. to give differential mo-
ton of the hands. are hidden between the center
bosses of the hands and the brass washer on the
back plate Where three glass plates are used,
the short and long hands are fixed to the second
and third plates, and two pinions drive the
toothed rims Of these two plates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

ST. NICHOLAS for February. has a pretty
frontispiece. 'The Sisters and its leading
articles are by Frances Hodgson Burnett Helen
Hunt, Frank N. Stockton, E. s. Brooks Frank
Ballard and others 1t is especially rich in illus
trations. The ST. Nicholas is as near perfect
chids' and young peoples periodical as it is pos
sible for brains. and heart, and money combined
to produce. The illustrated articles this month
are on George Washington the British Par
lament" around the Bay of Naples and 9TH
erS equally as interesting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

ONE of the principal objections to the con-
tinued coinage of silver is that its intrinsic
value is but about eighty cents. The govern
meut however, is the only one that profits by
this fact, since it buys silver bullion at lowest
rates. Would it not be patriotic to do every
thing possible to keep the credit of the silver
dollar at par, as it is?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27
Wants To Be q Conkling.

Carp's washington Letttr.
Postmaster general Villas is also man of won
derful conceit He came to Washington with
the idea that he was a second Roscoe Conkling.
combs his hair in the same way. He is said to
look like Conkling. bat if he does it is the like
ness of the statuette to the statue Villas is
slim little fellow of medium height who struts
about Washington in dapper way with fussy
air. I have called him before the Simon Tap
PERTH of the Cabinet, and doubt not, like 81
mon, no often looks at his noble form in the
glass, and. in the words of Tappertit, exclaims.
in his soul if not in woris, Let sculptors have
such visions and chisel EN- out when they wakaH
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact thata VOORHEES,
was sent as congressional delegate from
Washington Territory, Democrats are inclined
to doubt the advisability of making it a State
They fear, evidently, that experience with
one Democratic representative will induce the
residents to change their politics and send
Republicans next time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

WHEN it comes to giving pedigrees the
Democratic State officials can be depended on
They had known Bernard Conroy as an hon
est Woodworking citizen for years and years
He was the man of q thousand for official
recognition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

The State officers unite in laying the blame
on 'Jorkins." But what is the use of being
sensitive2 That bright and shining light,
Bowling, is still in the service. Barney Con-
roy made mistake in resigning. The Post
master-general would have pronounced him
"indiscreet," and passed him without a word.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

Of Simeon Coy political morals may yet be
given an upward tendency. especially if Mr..
Coy have the hearty assistance of Sterling
Holt and his Ratchet, Mr. Kuhn and his per-
suasive methods with councilmen, with Re-
former Ash to look after the postofice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

ANOTHER attempt to make criminal use of
dynamite is reported from Cleveland, The
explanation is that it was in revenge for the
shooting of the notorious burglar, George
Foster. If this kind of villainy is kept up, it
will have to be made capital offense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

been accomplished for the people and for the
churches than had this vexatious and irrele-
want question been grated into the struggle
for liberty. The Irish cause, on its merits,
will eventually win. Weighted down by
Catholicism, or any other ism, it may never
be accomplished. The true friends of Ireland
will say to the Church Of Rome, hands off.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

IA DEMOCRAT" in the News, walls thus
despairingiy: 'It does seem that with de-
faulting city treasurer. township saloon and
Conroy 'evoluted into statesman that polit
zeal morals are tending downward Yet there
is balm in Gilead. Under the pure leadership