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keeping her hold Of title and estate He
manages to ask her for few minutes alone with
him before leaving the breakfast room. Some
thing new in her face as she answers him
the moment, but not forcibly. OF, late her
moods have been very variable.
''Now?' asks he.
''The sooner the BETTER" returns she shortly.
''The library is always vacant at this hour.
Shall we 60 there?"
calm, while his heart is humping violently
against his side, a. though 1t would burst it's
bonds.
Look here" says Miss Morland, as he closes
the library door behind him. "One word is as
good as ten"-this 10 the usual graceful style in
which she carries on her conversation-"I
know quite well why you are here, and may
as well have the first word You are sick of me
and I'm sick Of you. That's it-isnt it2"
Really begins Brooke feebly. He is
indeed SO overpowered by the brilliancy of
this attack that he finds words difacult to suit
him.
''The fact is," goes on Miss Morland, waving
his attempt ut q reply aside with gesture Of
her large, firm hand, 81 don't think there il the
remotest chance Of the old gentleman dying
Farnham, you knowaand you without the title
IT can quite understand that" says he,
gravely, shocked at her coarseness. sIt IL.
however, pity you didn't think Of that sooner.
presume 1t was never me, then, 1t was only the
title"
well, a. far a. that goes, = says she, II pre-
sumo it Yves never me either. It was only the
money" At this he coiors hotly. She laughs.
'.Does that trouble your says she. "Well,
money clings tc money, you know, and have
decided that one in the hand II worth two in
the bush" This ID . dark saying TO him, but
time explains it "The truth Il, saw Lord
Farnham In town Just before came down here:
and he looks ~ Il he would last forever; q II
he would never get older"
mo, hewill never Get older, !" repeats Brooke,
in . curious tone. With the old man lying dad.
this heartless speech Of hers-this cruel longing
for his dsath-sounds even moro detestable
than il would have were he living. He himself
had not loved the old lord, but he had never
wished him dead.
'sAs 70 that. ! suppose he win have TO, whether
he likes Il or mot, says she, vindictively ssBut
don't feel inclined to wait for him. AMBER
--as Lord Tottenham-"
eyes" says he, his heart giving = great
bound
Gas Lord Tottsnham asked me Last night 70
marry him, / decided that IL would BE- better to
bring our engagement to an end"
II am to understand, then, that you are
about to MARRY Lord Tottenham3s asks he
formally, subdning al expreesion OF his passion
ats relief by supreme effort 90 Tottenham
vss .sths bird IN NE handr \ tough one.
srs aE....,, s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-07
Written for THE EVENING STAR.

Then he tells her abby the Duchess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-07

cannot see ueI lace. ne uau meant 70 provoke
some word from her and her silence maddens
him.
.'what are you thinking of?' asks he, angrily,
going up to her and compelling her to return
his gaze.
She has grown very pale, but she meets his
eyes without finching.
Nothing, says she, in tone out Of which
all her courage cannot keep the sound Of DESC
lation.
"a woman's answer; know what you were
thinking Of for all that. That there is no more
despicable thing on earth than q man who
I to do? Was the old name to be forever
lowered? title-and E500 year-how do
they 60 together? Money felt that must
have and when il came my way took it. Do
you think don't care--now? But the thing ID
done! And my uncle-that old mamie L q
perfect devil, he will do nothing for me, am
tied-am bound"
Yes" says she, simply. She has taught her
self, indeed, 70 regard it in this light OF very
old family herself, the demands Of race seem
natural to her. To give up all for the sake Of
the old name-that has reason in it-but that il
should be they two who must give up, that
seems hardl
.'why don't you speak," says he, harshly.
"You despise me; you think"
II think nothing but what II kind Of you, v
Of . gentle dignity. II do not despise You.
Why should II think you are doing right
when an old title comes to one il should be re-
garded - . sacred charge, and you-you
meant to do the best you could for It You
win be able, in spite Of your uncle, TO keep mp
s.Oh, DIN the old name" interrupts he,
passionstsly-with . deep grosn. BE has
spoken very low, certainly-and certainly II
seems e though the word had been forced
from him against his Will, but Dorothy, hearing
this terrible speech, grows dumb. To 20 de-
nouncs the "old nameg" She pausss, gazing
ct him - II thunderstruck.
II beg your pardon, says he moodily. Why,
has abe taken e al % much for granted2 Il
thare no loophole Of escape? II she had cared
- much - he does, would she have bsep %
ready 70 acknowledge the claims 81 the ssold
naneT" do You never think, Dorothy" says
-. alovly, ~ how = might hare ben TT"
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trap and divide yoar money and raiment
among them.
Especially slow to scare, Washington
has yet been rather stirred up by the local
floods, the water having been higher dur
ing the recent ~inundation than it had ever
been before, except ir two or three Febru-
airy floods when the ice was gorged. The
danger chiefly apprehended is from the
choking up of the river with fiat improve
ments. Eight years ago, when the propo-
sition to reclaim the Potomac flats took
form in Congress, there were not wanting
those who protested agains. the plans
adopted by the army engineers. 1t is as
serted that tine scheme of 'iflling up a
tide river to make room for the volume of
great floods is not feasible. The opinion
of Chief Engineer Severson is quoted. He
says, in substance: s'There is but one
proper way; that is to reopen the Washing
ton channel fully and so improve all south
of it as not to diminish its capacity for
carrying off the water of great floods. Any
diminution of the conductive capacity of
the channel must inevitably endanger city
property aud the greater the contraction
the greater the danger" The truth is that
1t is about time to return to the good old
fashioned respect for the powers of nature.
The inventive race lacks modesty. We defy
natures laws successfully maybe, but hard
ly safely.
There is q laundering bitter partizan
sheet in the town that finds food for Joyous
contemplation in the more or less probable
story that an Episcopal church in Galifor-
MIA received 500 from Mrs. Cleveland and
fifty cents from Mrs. Harrison. I am in
clined to the belief that this story has not a
germ of truth for neither lady could afford
to respond to the individual appeals of re-
mote churches. How many such appeals
do you suppose such prominent ladies re-
ceiye in a year. Probably a thousand.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart, and her reputation for
charity as she was managed by Judge Hill
ton was not remarkably bright, used to
receive a half dozen such letters n day.
With her, they were never answered. She
did not even take the trouble to refuse.
The President has ordered that Sunday
duty in the army, other than inspection
parade without fire arms, be abolished.
The Barrack inspection which formerly
occurred on Sunday will hereafter be made
Saturday. In his order the President re-
fers to the fact that Washington and Lin
coin ordered week day duties omitted on
Sunday in times of war and concludes that
If the plan was successful then. it cannot
be a bad practice in time of peace.
WESTON
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sourn Jersey notes.

One hundred and twenty tons of aspara-
gus were packed into 100000 cans at Moores-
town during the past spring.
Camden has collected 1888 81 for the Cone
maugh sufferers, of which sG57.3l was collect
ed in the churches last sunday, Gloucester's
fund amount to sl2Is.ss: Atlantic City, s3jll.-
s.; Bordentown, sl5s0.1s.
The case of Charles Cox, of Camden, who is
charged by Milk Inspector y~andegrift, of Bur-
~lington, with selling SKINNED milk without
the proper label, was held under advisement
by Mayor Pratt on Monday.
The Council of Beverly on Thursday night,
after 1--WE years OF local option granted Ii
censes for the sale OF liquors to the
and Russ Hotels. \ petition, signed by near
ly 2O0 prominent citizens, PRAYING for a con-
tinuancc of local option, WAS ignored.
Tho "Automatic Water supply Company
has filed articles of Incorporation with the
object of the company is to supply drinking
fountains with automatic appliances for tax
ing in the thirsty on the "drop-a-penny-in-
the-slot1 principle. The new organization
has an authorized capital of Sl00,0o0.
The Moorestown Agricultural ana ndus-
trial society's spring exhibition closed on
Saturday, after a three days show. The ex-
hibits generally were up to the average, the
strawberry exhibit being classed above the
average. The field trials of farming machin-
cry created considerable interest. The exhibit
of dairy products was large and a credit to the
county.
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Warrington letter.
tFrom our regular corresponaent.9

rum tul Lt-uldL cYAit.A 'HAtHlt-J
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 10, 1880.
The heart of the true-blue Republican
government clerk is heavy when he looks
at the list of promotions in his bureau. To
it too mildly. He is hotter than Pennsyl-
vania avenues asphalt pavement on a
July afternoon. 'The neutral shadowy
people get all the preferment", said an old
Treasury Ghetto me yesterday, a man who
long ago reached the length of promotion
and therefore has 10 private jealousy in
the matter. 1t was expected that Repub-
lican hold overs belonging to doubtful
states who did not go home to vote last fall,
would be dismissed by this administration,
and they were literally promised that fate.
Now the tables are turned, and the men
who carried water on both shoulders are on
top. To my positive knowledge, a Pension
Bureau clerk recently promoted to So 1000
per annum not only failed to go home to
New York to vote last fall but discouraged
others from gong, telling them their pres
ence at the polls was not exactly necessary
and in the event of Democratic success
would cause their discharge. The next
morning after the election this same man
wore a Harrison and Morton badge six
inches long.
A mighty dispute goes on in tie local
press over the question of the right of
Sunday papers to exist. Exactly what is
to be gained by the argument, the dispu-
tants, it is safe to say, do not know, but
their zeal is none the less great. Incident
ally the Inconsistencies oftne local Sunday
laws receive attention. For instance, one
can buy soda water but no beer, cigars
bat not matches, milk or bread but
not butter or sugar. The panorama may
exhibit its painted wonders, but thetleatre
must close. Ice cream saloons deal out the
vanilla, but mint juleps are tabooed. You
can hire a team at the livery, but the pub
lie hacks must not stand at their regular
places or any where else, the hackman
must keep from the better side of the ave-
nue. as if he were an u~nclean animal, If lie
even mutely implores you to hire his We
hicle as he drifts slowly by you, he is liable
to arrest. On Monday morning he and his
brothers may drag you III his old death
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it seemed to be the only thing that was
handy, the only kind of physic we could get
in Chicago; it stuck in my throat and /
have thrown it out; it don't agree with my
conscience if | do live in Chicago. Fol-
myself, | cannot help to confirm or coun-
tenance iniquity by law. Yonder is a mon
ster out there and thousands of youths and
maidens are devoured by him every year.
| won't give that monster leave to rest a
minute if l can strike it a mortal blow.
But | grant there are difficulties and theIe
are discouragements in the enforcement of
prohibition. Some people claim that pro-
hibition does not prohibit. Did you ever
hear of that? Don't prohibit Well, what
is the matter with them then? What are
they bowling about? Why don't they let
us alone? Let us have peace. A little
fellow who wears the name of Webster and
who disgraces the name and who wears the
appearance OF an s'infernal revenue officer
out in Iowa told somebody, SO somebody
says, that prohibition don't prohibit in his
town. / have been to Iowa and to Kansas,
and they are like the segment of the mil
prohibits something, that is clear, for half
the counties in Iowa have iails that are ten
~antless. 1t looks as if something was being
prohibited out there anyhow. Half the
case on the docket. How about New York?
In the county where is located the capitol
of Iowa, with a population of sixty thou
sand souls, there is not a case on the crimi-
nal docket. and in 1888 there were only
eight hundred and thirty-eight convictions
for all offences. In Massachusetts,, where
the constitutional amendment went by the
board the other day, there were more than
thirty thousand. We'll, if it don't prohibit
liquor-drinking, it prohibits something,
God be thanked. have a notion there is
some sort of connection between the pro-
hibitory law and the rapid dying out of
crime. | will tell you. Mr.. President, what
is the matter with Massachusetts, and with
Iowa. Massachusetts has gone to Iowa,
and Dublin and Cork have come over to
Massachusetts,. | am moi sure but we shall
have to look to the West to save this coun-
try yet, because New England is going
West. But somebody says, ''It can't be
done. you never can do it in the world" |
think | heard the like of that in 1861;
didn't you? We had a little Bull Run
near Washington like what we had in
Massachusetts, the other day. Don't you
see it can't be done; see how they rum"
Who said it could not be done? Did you
say SO, did l say so? tell you a lot of
fellows said so. Many hoped We would
not succeed and some thought we were
really afraid and could not; but you and I
said, putting our trust in God, it can and it
will be done. 1t was not done right away.
but it was done INT beautifully done, and
so thoroughly done that it won'tneed to be
done any more. And this is going to be
done.-P. S. Henson, d. d.
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The "School of Methods" under the SUI
pervision Of the w. G. t. U. Of New Jer-
sey, will be held at Ocean Grove July 9th
and 10th. Evening speakers, Mrs. Lathrop
and Mrs. Hoffman.
a confiag1ation in Seattle, Washington
Territory, on Thursday night, June 9th,
burned over sixty-four acres, destroying the
entire business portion of the city. The
loss is estimated at $40, 000, 900. The in
surance amounts to about 81, 900, 900. Thir-
teen out of twenty-three churches are gone;
the banks and stores all consumed.
The President will leave Washington the
latter part of this month for Deer Park,
Md, where a cottage has been prepared
Cor his reception. The length of his visit
has not been settled. Mrs. Harrison and
her grandchildren will leave Washington
the latter part of the present week for
Cape May, where they will remain until
the President is ready to go to Deer Park.
The President will make one or more short
visits to Cape May during Mrs. Harrison's
s~ojourn there.
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A chicago Clcrgyman's views.

"A hASa- 4 hnh AC"S.
There is no question about the fact, as
Mr.. Seward would say, that there is upon
us San irrepressible conflict" 1t has begun
between the preservation of the saloon and
the preservation of the Republic. One or
the other must die. have a notion as to
which it is going to be, Mr.. President, for
God reigns. If this country ever goes down
it won't be by any foreign power. We
ocean and we have shaken her forces off
the land and we would not be afraid TO
meet her again if she gets in a fry about
the fish. We do not court any such con-
test. God forbid that the two great Chris
tian nations Of the world should ever Crap
pie in deadly conflict; but if this Republic
ever goes down it will go down like that
other giant of the world, blind and desper-
ate, scizing the pillars and pulling down
destruction on itself. Hercules, when he
was a baby, strangled the reptiles that
would have %strangled him. And the rep
tile Of intoxicating liquor will strange this
young giant unless he reaches out a study
grip and ~strangles it. God give him the
grip. There are those who think that
moral suasioA is the way to deal with this
anaconda. They would feed it with moral
suasion soothing syrup out of a silver
spoon. Moral suasion is good, but not for
that kind of beast. 1t will hiss contempt
at him that feeds and bite the hand that
holds the spoon. There arc those that
favor legal restriction. have none but
the kindest feeling to them. | think we
have had enough Big Bethel plumbers. We
cannot afford to turn our guns upon each
other. l am ready to shake hands any day
and anywhere with anybody that hates the
saloon. He may not fight it my way, but
if he fights it any way, | say God help you
to fight as best you can. They do not re-
gard it as licensing this evil, they regard it
as restriction. They say, "If We cannot
storm the works of the town let us under
mine the cities and starvc the enemy out.
If we can't correct all at once, let us cor
rect all VT can" | have great respect for
those wEo nave such convictions and are
striving by the way of high license to limit
the powe: OF the evil and prepare the way
for its ultimate extinction. But let me
suggest it is like the Mississippi. Do you
know what they are doing down there in
New Orleans? | am glad | don't live down
there because there is something going to
give way there some time. Do you know
they are building leyees and the river is
pouring its tribute of mud and piling up
the body of the river? The river bottom is
rising all the time, and every year they
build higher ~levecs. higher and higher,
and they viii have to build 70 the
moon by aud by. But something will hap
pen before hat. 1t is only a question of
time. And 50 it is with license. You may
pile up conduils mountain high, but you
are only temporizipg, and by and by
through the levec will come the rush OF the
turbulent waters of filth and blood. They
are only temporizing they are only put
ting off the evil day. For myself, | tried
my best to swallow this high-license pill;
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Aarriea.

REED-nRUMMoND.-At the residence of
brides parents, MIR. and Mrs. j. X. Durham,
at UarTisenyille station, June 10th, by Rev.
\. III. EberlAardi, Charles II. Reed, of Woods
town. to Mrs. Anna y. Drummond, of Phil
adelphia.
FALk-PIERCE.-At the residence of the
brides mother, in Philadelphia, on June 9Th.
lSSa, by Rev. Enoch Stubs, AIR. George Mason
Falk, of Philadelphia to Miss Nellie j.. Pierce,
formerly of P~ennsgroye.
MuLEICA-MCNEAL.-At the Presbyterian
parsonage. by the Rev. ID. II. King, Monday
evening, May 9th, Mr.. Isaac 3. Mullica, of
Nineland, and Miss Amanda McNeal, of Clay
ton, Nj.
res
idence of the brides parents, i'll Pennsgrove,
June 18th, 1889, ~ Rev. I. G.. Parker, THOMAS
5. Flanagan, of Upper Penn's Neck. and Miss
Olevia Cunningham, of Pennsgrove, Nj.
MEAD-WOOLM Anon May 29th, at Dare
town, \. j., by Rev. j. Ewing. DID. Jacob II.
II. Mead and Miss Julia II. Woolman, all of
Elmer.
ROLLEIi-KIRK-In Salem, June 9th, by
Rev. E. &. Hancock. MIR. John Roller, of Phil
adelphia, and Miss Laura j. irk, of Salem.
IREDELL-JAMES-At the residence of the
brides parents, on May 18th, by Rev. J.. Ward
Clark, j. Gilbert Iredeii, of Mullica Iliil, and
Miss Emma f. James, of Sewell.
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Kansas Minister'S views.

The Rev. William N. Page, D. D., of
Leavenworth, Kan, is known to be one of
the most calm, earnest and judicious min
listers in that state, and is qualified by long
residence to speak intelligently concerning
her experience under prohibition. His tes-
timony, as given in a document just issued
by the permanent committee on temper
ance of the Presbyterian general assembly,
is as follows:
Kansas stands before the world with 4
prohibitory law on her statute books which
is thoroughly enforced; no criminal law
more so. Robbery and murder occur in
the state, yet no one claims that the laws
against these crimes are not practically en-
forced. Liquor may be snr-eptitionsly sold
at certain times and places, yet always in a
secret, criminal manner. 1t is a wonderful
experience to walk through the largest
cities, even in the darkest streets, and find
no open saloons and see no drunken men
and women. The rising generation will
have practically no knowledge of the open
saloon with it's screened doors, seductive
music and glaring decorations, except as
hearsay from the older people.
Perhaps my " city OF L~eavenworth
difficult of any city in the state. She has a
large foreign population: large bodies of
soldiers walk her streets for recreation.
Missouri lies just across the narrow river,
with her free whisky and free drinkers.
Yet | have lived here over fifteen years;
know her streets, homes. haunts, high and
low, as well as any citizen, and if | wanted
a drink of whisky or a glass OF beerI would
not know where to go for it. 1t can be
had. There are hidden holes in earrets
and cellars; roomst tightly locked, of which
the initiated have the keys; joints where
passwords are needed, ETC., but the open
grog shop, the gildcd saloon, the noisy,
drunken crowds are all things of the past,
thank God. No greater victory, physical
or moral, has been gained within this CEN
fury.
l am frank to say that / was opposed to
the prohibitory law at first as being too
heavily weighted, too rigid and too imprao-
ticable. 1t seemed to demand too much
too soon. | am glad | voted for it, how
ever: and now as time has shown the need
ed changes and these are being made, and
as | sec the grand results all over our fair
state, | can gladly call the attention Of all
good men and women everywhere to tenn
perate Kansas and say, 'Beh3ld what God
hath wrought
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The clearing away of the rubbish at
J~ohnstown, Pa, is progressing so rapidly
that it is thought that about q week or ten
days will see the work completed. The
progress OF clearing up is accelerated by
the burning Of lumber heaps and piles of
rubbish that cannot otherwise be readily
removed. There is no danger of an cpl
demic, or any except ordinary diseases.
The arrangements for disiufection and SAN
itation are good. There is also a well or
ganized hospital service.
The destruetiyeness Of the great floods
in the interior of Pennsylvania is just be-
coming fully known. Thirty-two lives were
lost during the flood in Centre county, the
region of Bellefonte. The damage to prop
erty will be over 50, 900, 900. 1t is estima-
ted that three-fourths Of the 200, 000, 900 feet
of lumber carried away from Williamsport
is floating about the Chesapeake or lying
Oh its shores.