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fortunes, voted the remains of q small
fortune to his education of the
only child; but expenses and bad
management soon exhausted his meager
bank account, and ruin was close
1y followed by the death of the
old Colonel. Grace was thus left en-
tirely alone in tho world, dependent
upon her own labor for her sustenance.
and with talents, as yet, crude and un-
Hardships and privations soon left
their mark, and one clear. frosty Christ
mas night found the girl wan with suf-
fering, in humble lodgings. and almost
without the necessities of life Her sem
sitive nature had been stung by the many
rebuffs and insults to which She had
been subjected in her search for employ
ment and she had financially become
reduced TO the hardest and most poorly
paid of all female labor. plain sewing.
1t was a hard trial for poor Grace who
had no love for sewing, and q dumb tale
of misery was told by the thin, tired
fingers. A cruel stab by the hated
needle caused her to throw herself face
downward across the hard bed and give
way to uncomfortable emotion.
She had been working steadily all
day upon dainty linen skirt for . belle
on Fifth avenue, and It was with the
proceeds of her labor that she hoped to
ssbny her evening meal Grace was 10
mantle girl and . dreamer; and - she
stitched she said to herself that per
haps, as it was Christmas, and they were
all accordingly happy, they would for
give her for coming on such . day for
the money for her work: and she pic
tured this avenue beauty rs sort OF
good fairy who would drop . little
something extra in her palm Just by
way of doing good deed on good day.
In her haste to finish the tedious task,
in An hnguarded moment the envious
needle, as though jealous Of her am.
bilious thoughts, buried itself deep in
her delicate finger, and the blood spurt-
ing from the ugly wound defaced the
snowy whiteness Of the skirt she was
finishing.
What was she to do? The stain was
aslight-to wash it would only tend t
increase the blemish-she could moi
hope that the work would be accepted
without being examined So. with fea,
and trembling in her heart she tied NJ
her parcel and made her way to the
magnificent residenc already ablaxs
In preparation for the evenings festivi
ties.
''Show the person in" said . clear
ncold voice, and the mistress of the
house, surrounded By bevy of lovely
girls. was 50 lost In her admiration o.
the gorgeous presents spread out befor,
them that the. absurdity Of asking
shabbily-attired sewing girl into th'
-spscious apartment did not for the mo
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Liabilities One Million.

PROVIDENCE, r L, Dec 20-Owen
Bros, agents Of the Allan .ie mills have
made an assignment to Charles h. Mer-
ryman. The liabilities are 81. 600. 600.
but the mills Will continue running as
usual under the management of Stephen
O. Metcaf The cause is the str.ngency
in the money market The suspension
does no: include the Atlantic mills -
that concern is more than solvent
Originally Owen Bros controlled the
common stock Of the Atlantic mills but
during the past nine months 81 zoo. 0o0
sdditionsl capital has been invested.
$500, 600 OF which was in the nature Of
preferred stock.
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SAN Francisco. Dec 18-The dead
body Of Detective James Hutton was
found in Jefferson square by Patrick
OConner. the gardener. At tho back of
the head was bloody cash apparently
made hy blow with blunt weapon.
Captain Lees, chief Of the detective
force. stated that Hutton had been de-
tailed to watch that section Of the city
for thieves during the early morning
hours, and had apparently been killed
BY blow from behind Hilton Joined
the police force in 1879 and in 1884 vas
put on detective duty. He WAS native
Of Maine.
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Irish Mono ,nformIsts and Home Ru,.

Irish Mono ,nformists and Home Ruis.
LONDON. Dec 19.-Rev. Mr. PARK, of the
Presbyterian assembly of Belfast has
issued An address to his brethren in
Great Britain in behalf. he says, of
I. $50 600 Irish nonconformists who arc
unanimously opposed to home rule ex-
cept in tho shape Of local
government movement indorsed by
the Imperial Parliament which
alone IS competent to give re-
medal legislation for Ireland The
address expresses the conviction that
the evils Of . Dublin Parliament wou d
only be deepened by recent events. 1t
also expresses regret 1t Mr.. Gladstone's
silence in regard to Mr. Parneu till he
found England was aroused
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BELIEVED TO BE CRAZY.
A Woman Charged With Poisoning He
Four Children.

Four Children.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 20.-Mra Jessie
Higbee, whose home is near Branden-
burg, was taken into custody last night
for po soning her four ch .ldren. She is
believed to be crazy. She is the wife of
a we'll to do farmer and is only % years
old. She has had five ch .ldren and is
soon to become a mother the sixth time.
October Is one of the children sud-
denly died; October 81 second fol-
lowed with symptoms Of pains in the
neck and back and quivering similar
to those exhibited by the first; Decem.
Der and Is two more followed in much
the same manner. The second of these
last deaths aroused suspicion and ex-
animation showed that the child had
been given arsenic. the poison was ad-
mInistered upon bread.
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HER HAPPY NEW YEAR.
A Little Poem That Brought
Grace Tremaine Happiness.

r A C E T r E.
NJ A IN E had
been born a
lady; of a sensi
tive. highly inn
aginative ma
ture, she devel-
oped early q
taste for the ar
tistic and beau
tiful. Her faith
era man of let
ters, and a geni-
u S. W ho b a d
somehow been
crushed by a
series of mis-
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No Special Message.

dent has abandoned the idea OF send ing
special message in regard to the
financial situa ton, being satisfied, so it
is said. OF the earnest purpose OF the
majority in Congress to take prompt
steps for an expansion Of the currency.
Secretary Window has however, pre-
pared special report to Congress in
dorsing what is generally known a. the
international conversion scheme. This
report Is now in print but for some un-
known reason has not been submitted.
To-day's silver purchases brings the
total for the month to within 500 600
ounces Ct the Quota Of ASQa 000
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except that Il was older darker, moro
worn, as it we'll might be after the stress
Of war; the smile was sadder and sweeter
than ever Hugh's had been, but 1t was
Hugh's voice in tone and accent
There was long story to tell whom
Marion could listen; but through 1t all
she felt strange and CHASTITY sense
that she was listening to tale from
another world, was following sourd in
the dark.
Alexander Hcriot was indeed the true
image of his brother; he had been tall
and pale and delicate in his youth; but
when the war broke out, and he openly
avowed his opposition TO the course OF
the South, he was obliged for his
mothers and his life's sake to take
refuge in the mountains till he could
find way to join the army of the
North, as he knew Hugh had done. The
outdoor life and enforced exercise re.
stored him to perfect health, and in six
months he had found the Union army,
but not Hugh; and volunteering into
the ranks, had fought we'll and bravely
till peace came; then he went back to
his native place only to find his mother
dead and his sister, the bride of day,
widowed and alone, but bitter against
him with that intense bitterness that
only exists between those who are kin
dred, and have been dear to each other.
There too he found the report of Hugh
as ''missing;" and having no home-for
his sister had gone to her husbands
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| friends in Savannah-and no means to
make the plantation remunerative, he
sold it for a small sum, and dividing
the proceeds with Cornelia, devoted
himself to tracing Hugh. At last, by
one of those accidents we ought to call
'providents," he discovered his BROTH
er's knapsack in the hut of poor man
not far from the battlefield, and by
dint of rewards offered learned that the
man from whom that knapsack was
taken had crept away mortally wound
ed to the shelter of few bushes during
the fight, and had been found there by
the CRACKER" who took possession of
his arms and his accoutrements.
"But he made grave for our poor
Hugh, Marion Alexander said, with a
trembling voice-''a grave where deco
rations never fail. The fellow showed
me where he buried him, between two
pine trees. On one of them climbs a
Cherokee rose that drops its thick white
petals on the sod, and wild blossoms
have trailed all over the mound, till it
is fair as your mothers grave to-day. l
could but think when / saw it that the
God of the brave and the loyal had not
forgotten Hugh's lonely pillow in the
Wilderness
After leaving his brothers. place of
rest, Alexander had opened his knap-
sack and found in it Marion's letters
and her picture. AS Hugh had said, the
twin brothers were alike in every fiber,
and Alexander's heart opened at once to
enshrine the lovely woman Hugh had
adored and left for his country.
But what had he to offer her? Before
he dared endeavor to fill his brothers
place he must have a home to which he
could ask Marion; he could not honora-
bly, ask her to share his poverty, for it
was utter.
Before long, however, he found a
place in some of the new enterprises Of
the South; worked there as manfully as
he had fought, and just as soon as his
position was assured, and he could ask
an absence from the work, he came to
the North, and arriving at Alton on
Memorial Day, was directed where to
find Marion at her mothers grave.
Her whole heart went out to him as
soon as he spoke; for to her he was
Hugh, and no other-the aspect, the
voice, the manner, even the very
thoughts he shared with her, were all
Hugh's, and the mans nobility forbade
him to feel one jealous pang when, with
out even knowing it, over and over she
gave him his brothers name.
Nor did she delay her marriage, as he
feared might be her wish.
"We have been engaged so long" She
answered him, when he asked her, that
do not feel it Is haste. Dear Sandy,
Hugh told me l should love you, If
knew you, better than 1 loved him.
Perhaps / shall; yet always shall think
that Decoration Day was also Resurrec-
tion Day to me. Rose Terry Cooke, In
Harper's Bazar.
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Some Popular superstItlons.

One will not be required to go abroad
to find superstitious preventives of dis
ease and remedies for it. The writer
has simply called to his aid the women
who happened to be in his home as he
writes this paper for instances of such
antidotes with which they are familiar.
One AYERS that If an onion be stolen
from grocery store, rubbed on wart
and then buried where no one can find
it, the wart will go away. Another, an
elderly lady of intelligence, declares
that she was once induced to kill a
striped snake and then bite through its
skin in the hope that thus her teeth
would be preserved from decay. The
same lady says she knew man who
lived on Cape Cod, that was persuaded
by colored physician to bind live
toad on his eyes, and so long as the toad
lived wear it to cure blindness. The
girl in the kitchen solemnly affirms
that she knew girl noar her home,
away down East, who caught tree
toads and allowed them to hop from
tumbler down her throat to cure con-
when the cold weather came
ON and the girl could not find the toads,
she died."-Dr. j. w. Hamilton, In
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-24
WINTER CLOTHING.
The Proper Way of Putting Away Wools
Goods and Eurs.


Goods and Furs.
Heavy woolen clothing and furs must
be put away early, before the moths
are astir. They seem to work in furnace
heated houses the year round. / found
buffalo bug" and shining, silvery
moth in January, but this has been a
warm winter. If one has no cedar
chests to store woolens in, very good
substitute is trunk or flour barrel.
The barrel should be we'll washed in
cold water, dried and lined with news
papers. These are pasted in, using
thick -four paste, with a large spoonful
of alum added to quart of paste. Cover
every place on the inside of the barrel,
letting the paper come up to the out
side of the barrel. Cleat the cover to-
The woolens should be thoroughly
brushed and summed, carefully folded
and laid in. When the barrel is full,
the cover should be pressed down, a
stout manila paper put over the top,
coming down well round the barrel, tied
down with twine and pasted so as to fit
close. Woolons may be kept securely
in this way. The great thing is to sun
and thoroughly brush the garments, so
that if moths arc already there, to get
them out, and then pack securely. An
old trunk past its usefulness, or box
properly prepared, will answer the same
purpose.
Hang out furs when the sun shines
hot; let them hang several hours, comb
ing them with coarse dressing comb.
Put into its box the muff and strip OF
paper pasted around where the. cover
joins the box. The fur cape the same. l
never add camphor or anything, and
have kept these furs twenty-three years,
and never a sign of moth. The fur
lined circular may be put into bag
made of calico, made the length of the
garment, the latter laid on the bed and
folded together, a patentgarment-holder
put in at the neck, tho bag slipped on
from the bottom part, drawn closely at
the top and tied, then sewed around the
wire loop of the "holder." The seal
plush sack, the cloth jacket and winter
overcoat arc prepared in the same way.
Have row of hooks put up in the
closet very near the ceiling, 30 that the
garments hang full length, and come
out in the fall with never wrinkle.
This leaves room below them for an.
other row of hooks for shorter gar
ments.-Good Housekeeping.
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THE PENITENTES.
Barbarous Performances of Fanatics in
New Mexico.


New Mexico.
The Penitentes seem to new conner
in the country to be strange order of
superstitious fanatics the old fiagellants
of the dark ages, who have come down
by some ecclesiastical legerdemain,
landing in this corner of the terrestrial
foot-stool. Their performances are a
touch of baptized barbarism. clutching
at the skirts of this nineteenth century.
The horribleness of seeing them az work
tlagellating themselves on Good Friday
is akin in the recollection to the heart
rending means of the wounded and
dying in n terrible calamity. They COM
pose secret organization that is fast
dying out, and is not now sanctioned by
the dominant church, and the worst of
their doings are supposed to take place
in their lodge rooms. They are seen to
outsiders only when marching in pro-
cession, carrying each rough wooden
cross, nearly heavy enough to crush
them under its weight. Their backs are
usually bare, and as they stagger along
as best they can, weighted down by
their burdensome load in body and their
sins in mind, their brethren beat them
with clubs and prick them with cacti
till, in rsany instances, there isn't
an inch of the flesh that isn't
torn and bleeding. Not infrequently
they die from the effects of the terrible
punishment inflicted. A doleful chant
ing, in which they specify the particular
sins they are trying to expiate, is con-
tinually kept up. And yet this very
cln 10 11v of hn
element of the community. Often, when
they get through their penances, they
go straight off and get drunk and run up
another score of evil deeds done in the
body greater than the last They seem
to hold implicitly to the belief that
every sin committed must be paid for in
suffering, and the more pain one en-
dures here, the less he will have here
after. These poor, deluded penitentes
are not attempting any moral improve
ments. They are merely endeavoring
to shorten their stay in purgatory, and
horrid work they make of it. Any one
who was ever so unfortunate as to be
locked into one of their lodges must
admit that feeling of uneasiness and
uncertainty crept over him while there.
Perchance dim light, as the scene may
be described, made awfully indistinct
and CHASTITY the rude form of Christ on
the cross; the men stretched out full
length on the ground, more like corpses
than living beings, and the wretched
objects who piled the scourges on them
selves and the others, making the blood
squirt at every stroke, while the yclls.
walls and howls were indescribably ter
rible.
But such barbarous practices will soon
have become obsolete in New Mexico.
Even now it is only the well-informcd
who can point out their hiding p,-ces
when engaged in their fiagellations.-
Las Vegas Optic.
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Hugh Heriot, of that day, was his lead
ers right hand all through that long
hiding and skirmishing that so har-
assed the British from swamp to morass.
Many a tale has my grandfather told me
by the big Fireplace at Heriot of those
old days, till my heart and head were
full of patriotism. l was fed on love for
my country from my first remembrance;
do you think it will fail me now?"
Marion Lancaster's dark eyes flashed
back the look of her lovers. mo! but
then Will itseem patriotism to them,
Hugh-to your people at home?"
Il don't know. i have q horrid doubt
sometimes. But it is my country. l
have no other-my own grand, magnili-
cent country--East, West North or
South. fight for its unity. against its
separation, for no latitude or longitude.
If my own people have lived so long in
Georgia that their good Scotch blood
Ylns thin with the languor of luxury, /
Have been here in these hills long
enough to get back the iron into mine
that lay only in allegiance. / must go,
Marion; and l must go on the side of
right You could not keep me, dear, and
] know you would not"
A spasm of anguish quivered over her
beautiful proud face, but her voice was
true and clear. 81 dare not keep you,
Hugh. Women have sense of honor,
too-a love of country"
''Somc of them," said Hugh, bitterly.
He was thinking of his classmate and
chum, whose weak, lovely little fancee
was doing her utmost to keep him out
of the army day after day. Hugh looked
at Marion with love and pride in his
eyes. You are the right sort" he said,
as he drew her more closely against his
shoulder. 81 wish / knew how things
were with Sandy" he went on. "Mother
has no one else on the plantation but
Cornelia. My cousins, / know, have
Joined the army of the South. Georgi-
ans born and bred, though Aunt Carr
was Connecticut woman like mother,
they are typical Southerners; they have
neither my Scotch blood nor my North
ern education. know well which way
is theirs. / can't blame them, though l
heartily isagree with them"
Marion looked up at her lover with
something higher than emotion in her
eyes; his justice and candor amazed her.
In the seething passions of the time she
had never before heard one just word
uttered for those whose honest convic-
tions arrayed them on the other side.
ut is we'll now for your mother that
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-24
NAMES OF THE STATES.
Some Are of Indian Origin, and Others Are
English or French.

English or French.
Maine was so called as early as 1858,
from Maine, in France, of which Hen
rietta Maria, Queen of England, was at
that time proprietor. New Hampshire
was the name given to the territory
given by the Plymouth Company to
Captain John Mason, by patent, Novem-
Der Z, 1859, with reference to the
patentee, who was Governor of Ports
mouth, in Hampshire, England. Ver-
mont was so called by the inhabitants in
their declaration nofindependence, of Janu-
ary rs, 1T77, from the French gerd, green,
and mont, mountain. Massachusetts,
from tribe of Indians in the neighbor-
hood of Boston-the tribe is thought to
have derived its name from the Blue
Hills of Milton.
Il have learned" says Roger Will
liams, "that Massachusetts was SO called
from the Blue Hills"
Rhode Island was named in 1914, in
reference to the Island of Rhodes, il.
the Mediterranean. Connecticut was so
called from the Indian name of its prin-
cipal river; New York in reference to
the Duke of York and Albany, to whom
this territory was granted. Pennsyl-
vania was named in 1851, after William
Penn; Delaware in 1908, from Delaware
Bay, on which it lies, and which received
its name from Lord de la War, who died
in this bay; Maryland, in honor of Hen
rietta Maria, Queen of Charles l., in his
patent to Lord Baltimore, June 80, 1852;
Virginia was named In 1884. after Eliza
beth, the virgin Queen of England; Caro-
lima by the French in 1854 in honor
of King Charles IN. OF France; Georgia
in ire, in honor of King George H.;
Alabama in 1917, from the principal
river; Mississippi in 1900, from its west
ern boundary. Mississippi is said to
donote Kie, whole river; that is, the
river formed by the union of many.
Louisiana, so called in honor of Louis
XVI. of France; Tennessee, in 1896, from
its principal river. The word Tennessee
is said to signify curved spoon. Ken
lucky in 1882, from its principal river;
Illinois in 1909, from its principal river
The word is said TO signify the river OF
mon. Indiana in 1902, from American
lnlians; Ohio in 1902, from its southern
boundary; Missouri in 1921, from its prin.
aipal river Michigan was named in
1905 from the lake on ics borders; Ar
kansas in 1917 from its principal river.
Florida was So called by Juan Ponse le
Leon In 1852, because 1t was discovered
IN Easter Sunday. In Spanish, pascus
Florida. Christian at Work.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-24
Thieves In Sleeping Cars.

A little thoughtfulness will prevent
losses in sleeper. The passenger who
goes to bed with his watch and pusre
under his pillow, in the old-fashioned
way, could be robbed easily. That Is
where the thief always looks He car
get the vest or trousers from the pillow
without waking the sleeper. The best
plan is to put the money and jewelry in
a handkerchief, lift up the mattress on
the side near the window under the
body. not under tho head, and put tho
bundle there.-St Louis Globe Demo
crat
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Sandy did not share your strength" she
said, thinking with a woman's instinct
how lonely Mrs. Heriot would be with
out either son.
Hugh laughed. perhaps it is just as
we'll for me, Marion. Had we both been
strong and we'll we should both have
come North-mother is fanatic about
New England education-and then we
should both have fallen in love with
you. sweetheart. What dilemma for
you"
slow do you know?" said Marion,
half smiling.
"Oh Sandy and are twins all through,
except for his delicate organization He
and liked the same things, dreamed
the same dreams, read the same books,
are so alike, even mother was at times
! puzzled to tell us apart Old Dr. Sever
ance used to say that we were, after all,
only ono boy, without physique enough
for the two bodies we 'materialized' In
TO. always felt ashamed, In dull
sort OF way, to be 30 robust when Sandy
could not keep up with mo; but he is far
the sweeter-pstured Of the two You
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-24
AFTER MANY DAYS"
Decoration Day Was to Her Res
direction Day Also.

oU are not doing
it for my sake,
Hugh?'' said the
sweet incisive
voice.
"God forbid!
There is no ques-
ton of that, Ma
rion.
az could not love
thee, dear, so
much.
Loved / not honor
more
/ am one of Ma
rion's men, as
the boys callme
now, by birth and
breeding, for my
great = GRANDPA
ther was sworn
aide and ally of
the Swamp Fox.
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The Amende Honorable.

Reporter (mistaking the English in
terpreter OF the Japanese embassy for a
Jap)-You speak remarkable good En-
glish for a Japanese.
Englishman Qndignantly)-Sir! am
no Jap. ! am an Englishman born and
bred.
Reporter (abashed) - Um er-Yes.
yes, know; / meant to say you speak
remarkably good English for an En-
g.ishman.--N Y. Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-24

Norman Mcleod going into room
in which was cage containing largo
owl, surveyed it for long time. Tho
owl sat unmoyed, placid, and erect. His
mion was dignifled, his horns impress
sive, his eyes cold and observant, his
countenance sagacious and critical. At
length, DIR. Mcleod broke the silence:
"Man, ye wad max splendid Moder'
awtor! '-Christian Inquirer.