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Evening journal., 1890-08-18

After the Democrats have elected
their sheriff this fall, every legally
authorized execution in New Castle
county will be Lynching.
Evening journal., 1890-08-18

PENNIES AND SMALL CHANGE CAN
BIZ HAD Ar THE COUNTING BOON or
gas EvEaxKa JOURNAL
Evening journal., 1890-08-18

II there IS one thing that seems to
make the Republicans of the state more
in favor OF Richardson for governor than
they would be otherwise, 1t - that
Joshua Marvel OF Sussex county has put
the head in his barrel and is driving
down the hoops. A barrel of that kind
Is Of no avail In campaign of Doodle.
Evening journal., 1890-08-18
Report has il that General Lord VOL

They hung On the gate in the moonlight,
The tao IN The self same SIDE;
An angel she in the flush of youth.
He a hero in his pride.
Evening journal., 1890-08-18

WILMINGTON AND NORTHERN RAIL-
wv ROAD COMPANY. Time table, in
affaot I11na IsnO
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04
An Expert Accountant.

Il am an accountant; my duty is to
mind my own business. When the
boOk-keeper tells the junior partner
that 1891 cannot be placed without
forcing a balance, the firm sends for
me and find where the money has
gone. IF I am told particularly that
am to discover the whereabouts Of that
sum of 1891, I do not concern myself
about other sums. If I am told to.
make a general examination, I report
everything I find to one member of the
firm and to no other person. MY pay
iB 60 an hour and I work slowly as g
rule. Some accountants hurry and
miss important facts; others charge g.
lump price; but I find deliberation,
care. and keeping silence the best
methods.
Sometimes I examine corporations.
Then usually have to report to a lave
yer. 1 give him all the facts, and he
does what he chooses with them. Once
I examined q bank which a cashier had
robbed. A customer had drawn out
SO, GOO Just before the failure, although
he had not a cent to his credit. The
cashier was sent to prison for stealings
d his own; the customer was never
mentioned IN the proceedings. The
lawyer wanted to protect him, and I
kept silent. am not a Feformer, nor
a detective; I was there simply to tell
everything found to the lawyer, and
10 nobody else. When had told hina
the responsibility was on his shoulders.
Political Investigations are the least
pleasant. Every man IN Office Wants
something concealed, yet no one is
Wiling to take the responsibility. If
the Investigation Is conducted by a
COMMITTEES, usually stipulate that I
shall be amenable and report to the.
chairman only. I tell him what I find
IN the books, and he makes public use.
II what he chooses. I avoid neWspa-
per men at all times. By adopting
these methods I have plenty Of bust
ness. Ny income has never fallen
below S., 900, and has never been
above - 600 in ten years Of work as an
expert. probably make as much as
any man In the profession. DO it by
ninding my own business "-NeJU
York Sam.
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Lovers of Gems.

William Hunt, the artist, and .ry
Ward Beecher used often to meet at
Mr.. Remick's in Boston, and each was
fond of pointing out new gem beauties
to the other. One day, while Mr..
Beecher was looking over the contents
Of the safe, he came across a bit Of
chalcedOny.
"Ah," said he, edo you know you've
got a piece of the gate Of heaven here {?
If you know a fellow who isn't likely to
see paradise soon, just bestOW this on
him to carry as a glimpse Of comfort
and heavenly beauty"
A little while after Hunt loUnged in.
Here, said Mr.. Remick, "is a piece
Of the gate Of heaven-Beecher says
So.
Glow does he know" was the reply.
sob" said Mr.. Remick, he lives
nearer there than you or I, and I be-
ieve he is in sight of it most of the
time. He told me to give it TO some
body that wasn't sure to see it in a
hurry. so III hand it over to you.
Little did either dream how near the
recipient was to the entrance of para
bise. It was but a few weeks after that
the sad accident occurred which lost to
America one of her greatest artists.
But before his death he had chosen a
mounting for his bit Of chalcedOny and
sent it to his fayorite sister, Miss Jane
Hunt, who still wears it as an amulet
Ladies Home Journal,
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BraveIy Done.

Quite recently, on Belgian railway,
g period of extreme cold so affected
switch-bar that, when the switehman
attempted to move it, it broke In two.
The accident prevented the switching
apparatus from working.
Two passenger trains were approach
ing. and the switchman saw instantly
that. If the switch was not turned, a
dreadful collision would be the re-
suit
There was but one thing for him to
do: he must push the movable rail into
place with his hands. This involved
getting between the two tracks upon
which the trains must pass. He decided
what to do without hesitating a
second.
Throwing himself fat on the ground
between the two tracks, the switchman
moved the rail to its place with his
hands. and then drew them back, Just
In time to escape the wheels Of the
locomotive.
He had a narrow escape. too, from
being thrown upon the other track By
the rush Of air caused by the rapidly
moving train.
He escaped, however, and the pas
sengers whose lives his bravery and
presence Of mind had saved, did not
even know that they had been ia
danger.
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THE RAIN UPON The ROOF.
By ARTHUR E. SMITH.

Ohi I love, upon the roof, to near the patter Of
the rain,
And the music, when it dashes swift against the
window pane,
Then love to sit and watch the wheat bending
unto the breeze
and the dripping OF the rain-drops from the
arching linden trees,
Tor know the storm viii vanish soon and
bright the sun viii shine,
ana the flowers love, more sweet, viii raise
their Iove-lit eyes to mine
How love to watch the Ieaden clouds sail swift
Iy overhead.
And to hear the distant thunder's roar, and the
storm heavy tread
There is grandeur when the great clouds roll
across the western sky.
And the grey nisUs sweep in splendOr down the
wooded hil1sides nigh,
While in sheets, before the wind the rain drives
Ger the parched plain,
And the proud pines sway and bend before the
strength OF the hurricane.
But like the storms of life, because they make
the heart more strong;
When the storms Of sin sweep down, the heart
grows stronger .gatnst the wrong;
AS the oak upon the hillside, Wreuched by eV'ry
passing gale,
Ever takes a deeper, firmer root within the
strength ming soil;
So the heart, when Wrenched by storms Of sin,
for strength looks to the Lord,
ana takes deeper, hrmer hold in the precious
gIOfles OF his word.
OH love, upon the roof, to hear the patter Of
the rain,
window pane
For there's hours of solid comfort when the
skies are overcast,
And Dame Nature, fresher, fairer will seem
when the storm is past.
AS the sun shines brighter after the darl2 clouds
have rolled away,
SO the soul, after fierce trials, viii upon its
pilgrim way.
APPLETON, WIS.
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DisfHnsiOn.

Then it is all over between us, is 1t ?"
cit is, sir!"
en- that case I need not trespass fur
Their, Miss BiIkerson, on your valuable
times"
The young man rose to go. His face
was pale. and his eyes were moist with
unshed tears. But no protest escaped
his lips. He bore without a murmer
the blow that had fallen upon him.
@Stayp exclaimed the young woman
impetuOusly. I had no thought of
this when you came this evening, Mr..
Barker, but I want you to hear the
reason why I have decided that the
ties that have bound US heretofore must
be severed.
She had folded her arms and stood
erect before him. As she proceeded in
her explanation her voice rose and her
gestures became animated.
you viii think it strange, and pos
sibly unjustihable, she said, chat
should terminate in moment an en-
gagament of nearly six months. But
there are opinions, tastes, caprices, If
you viii, Mr.. Barker, that amount to
actual convictions in persons Of positive
temperament and disposition, and dom
mate US with the force of inherited in
stincts OF tendencies. The current of
our lives has run smoothly until now.
Although we have known each other
only little more than half a year we
have felt that we were congenial. In
that belief I rested" she continued,
shaking her head tragically, until a
few minutes ago. When you came this
evening, Cyrus Barker, the illusion was
dispelled! 0, why did not some pre-
mOnitiOn Of swiftly impending desOlation
warn you"
what do you mean, Victoria Bilker-
son? What have L"
"DO not interrupt me, Cyrus Barker!"
she said, in a commanding voice; and
with her head thrown back and her
arms waving wildly in the air she went
on:
"I speak not Of the crushing out Of
fond hopes, the whitening Of budding
blossoms of Joy, the rude awakening
| from dreams of paradise! What are
these to us now? We can only bow to
/ the fate that has wrought its work upon
/ is, and with humility 60 forward
! But what in the name Of all that is
/ gloomy and peculiar" he interpOsed,
! Is all this racket about? Great Scott
! What have I dOne?"
What have you done?" she echoed,
/ shudderingIy, as she pointed a tremb-
ling finger at an object on the center
! table "You have come here this
/ evening, Cyrus Barker, wearing a high
! silk hat of the season of 1901"
Selling the shapeless thing and
crushing it on his head, the young
man hurried out.
In his eyes there shone a light Of
/ great JOY.
What a narrow escape I have had"
he exclaimed, walking briskly along and
] hugging himself in ecstasy. If il
/ hadn't been for this hat I should have
/ been married in three weeks more to g
female elocutionist Chicago TTib.
/ lg7Ie.
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my mother believes me as wsll and
sound as when I saw her last. She Is
aged and reads no papers, and the few
cid friends she sees are In like cOndi-
ton. write to her often as cheerfuIly
as possible and tell her of my wife and
how happy I am. If she notices that
only the signature is mine, the ezplana-
ton is that I have pains in the eyes
which VIII soon pass of. And thus she
Is happy. For the rest. that q son
should be sick and wTetched as L am,
no mother would believe.
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<Tlo PiccadiIIy Puzzle.
TIE STORY OF A TERRIBLE EPISODE
In THE LIFE Oh AN ENGLISH
NOBLEMAN.
BY F. w. HUME.
CHAPTER XIu-Continued.

GAAtAA A-EE AALA-NJO4llLluGu
Il wish to know, said DOwker, IF you
are aware that your wife called at Lord
Collisions chambers on the night Of the
murder?"
Who says so?" asked BalsoOmbe.
harshly.
NO one, replied the detective, but
did she?"
I cannot tell you" said Sir Rupert;
and he gave the same account of his
movements on the night in question as
he had done to Norwood.
oh, said Dowker, strOkins his chin;
so you were in town after all on that
night?"
Sir Rupert looked uncomfortable under
the steady gaze of the detective, and
blurted out, somewhat confused that
he was
And you, questioned Dowker, turn
ing to Norwood, think it was Lady Balls
combe that Desmond SAW"
Yes; because he said he could not get
permission to speak except from the lady
ON board the Seamew, and the lady we
Know is Sir Rupert's wife"
But Lady BalscOmbe did not leave
this house till after y o'clock, and as the
woman saw Mr.. Desmond before that
time it could not have possibly been
Lady BalscOmbe."
How do you know my wife did not
leave till after l2?" demanded Balls
cOmbe.
From the evidence of her maid, Anne
yes, she told me the same thing, in
terpNsed May, and if that is so,
we'll" she looked at the other three in
helpless confusion.
"As Mr.. Desmond refuses to give us
any information, said DOwker, the only
thing to be done is to wait and find out
the truth from Lady BalscOmbe herself
What could she know about this
Womans death?" asked Sir Rupert.
She might not know much, replied
DOwker, significantly, "but enough to
show in what way her sister met her
death.
Her sister," echoed the others in sur
Eyes, I have ascertained Lena Sar-
schine to have been the sister of Lady
Balscombe."
Are you mad?" said the baronet, an
grily. DO you know who my wife was?"
L do. The daughter of Captain
Michael Dicksfall, of FOlkestone-he
had two daughters, twins; one, Miss
Helena Dicksfall, ran away with Lord
CallistOn three years ago and became
Lena Sarschine, the other, Miss Amelia
Dlcksfall, married Sir Rupert Balls
cOmbe
The baronet sank into his seat looking
pale and haqgard
My God, he muttered, "this is worse
and worse I knew Amelia had a twin
4 f1SLGIs DuJ uuuGLSlOO4 she was u6d4s
Dead as Helen Dicksfall, not as Lena
Sarschine.
AT this moment a servant entered with
telegram which he handed to Sir Ru-
pert Tearing it open the barOnet
glanced hastily over it and then sprung
to his feet
Nov we viii know the truth, he said,
triumphantly.
What do you mean?" asked May,
trembling in every limb.
Simply this" said her guardian,
crushing up the telegram in his hand,
@the Seamew is on her way to England"
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CHAPTER XIV.
4 STARTLING DISCOVERY.


MyIes had no warmer supporter among
all his friends than Spencer EIersby.
The young man appeared to be genu-
inely sorry that his evidence about meet
ing Desmond in st. j ames street should
be used against him.
Hang it," he said to Marion. as they
were seated at their club, If I had only
known how it would have been twisted
I'd not have said a word. but that detect
i've fellow got IL out of me somehow
brute of a felow-killed my dog, you
know, Pickles.
well, L hear they'll not be able to
prove the dagger in DesmOnds posses
sion was the one used" said Marion,
good for poor old Myles-hey!"
j think it's rubbish, the whole thing,
retorted Ellersby, hotly, what the deuce
should Myles kill this woman for? She
was nothing to him; more likely Calls
ton knows more about 1t.
While this interesting conversation was
going on, Sir Rupert, DOwker, and Nor
wood were all in a first class carriage on
their way to Brighton. As Marion had
informed Ellersby, the Seamew had re-
turned to England the previous day, ana
aow the trio were going down to see if
lazy Balscombe could give them any
information likely to solve the mystery
of the murder of Lena Sarschine.
On the way down Norwood told Dowker
the discovery he had made about the dag
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CHAPTER XIV.
MORE REVELATIONS.

If there were ever three men taken
aback, those three were certainly in the
cabin of the Seamew. AS for Miss Sars-
chine, she stood looking calmly at them
with an expression of surprise.
will you kindly tell me what you
want?" she asked quietly. as it to see
No, replied Dowker, who had some
what recovered himself, we wanted to
see you.
TO see me?" she said with surprise.
~Or, at least, Lady Balscombe."
Miss Sarschine smiled contemptuously.
= understand what you mean, she
said, cOolly. You thought that Lord
CallistOn had elOped with Lady Balls
cOmbe-sO he intended to have done,
but I changed his plans and elOped in
stead"
And where did you leave Lady Balls
cOmbe on the night you visited her?"
asked Norwood.
Il do not answer that question till I
know who you are, she said boldly,
Il will tell you, said Sir Rupert, who
had hitherto kept silent. This gentle
man is Mr.. Norwood, a solicitor; this
Mr.. DOWker, of Scotland Yard; and I am
Sir Rupert BalscOmbe."
"You-you Sir Rupert Balscombe?"
she said quickly,
Your sisters husband"
How do you know Lady BalscOmbe
was my sister,"
Il found it out, interposed Dowker,
from your father, Captain Dicksfall.
My father" she murmured, turning
pale. You have seen him?"
Yes"
"Weu, E" she said coIdIy, now YOU have
found out my relationship with Lady
BaIscombe, what do you want to see me
about?"
Her murder" said DowkeE, in deep
voice.
She sprang forward with a sudden cry.
Her murder-her-whatd do you mean?"
Il mean that the victim of the Jermyn
street murder, whom We thought to be
you, turns out to be Lady Balscombe."
My wife?" said Sir Rupert, with a
groan, burying his face in his hands.
~GOd!-lt's too horrible" cried Lena,
and sank down into a chair. Amelia
-murdered-by whOm?"
That's what we want to find out, said
Norwood, cOldly.
What enemies had she?" mUttered Miss
Sarschine half to herself. None that
would desire her death. I cannot under
stand-I cannot" Then suddenly struck
BY q thought she asked. Why did YOU
think that the dead woman was me?"
Because she was dressed in your
clothes"
@YesI yesl" she said, feverishIy. Il
can understand now can understand"
Where did you see her last?" asked
Norwood
AT her own house in Park Lane.
Did you leave her there?"
NO! she left me-"
@Ohl" cried Dowker, a light breaking
in on him, now L understand-yo1
changed clothes there, and she left the
house first
she did-to go to Collisions rooms. "
I thought SO, said Norwood, with a cry
Of triumph; it was Lady BaIscombe Des-
mond saw"
Desmond! Desmond" she echoed.
sWhat has he to do with this?"
Simply this-he is now in prison
on a charge of numbering Lena Sar-
schine.
Il see you mistook my sister for me
! but murder can't understand can't
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ger, at which the detective vas much as
tOnished.
IF, as you say, he remarked, 4the
clearinghouse servant can prove the
broken dagger was in the house all the
time, 1t certainly cannot have been the
weapon used, and yet it corresponds IN
every particular with the other weapon 1
took from Cleopatra Villa. can quite
understand Miss Sarschiue taking it and
the manner in which it came into Des-
mOnd's possession, but if this was not
the weapon used, where is the weapon
that Was?"
There are plenty of these daggers, 3"
suggested Norwood.
@Certainly-bu the coincidence in this
case is that the dag en- found In Mr.. Des-
mOnd's rooms, which came from the
house of the murdered woman, was
poisoned, and Lena Sarschine was killed
by a poisoned instrument.
There were no other daggers taken
from the house, 1 suppOse?" asked Nor
wood.
Not that know of, 4" replied the de-
tective, but I am convinced that the
whole secret of this crime lies in the con
versation between Mr.. Desmond and
Lady BalscOmbe."
You do not say my wife is guilty of
this murder?" said Sir Rupert. angrily.
I say nothing" replied DOwker,
eVasIVeIy, till see Lady BaIsCOmbe "
When the trio arrived at Brighton it
was growing late, so they went to the
Ship Hotel and had something to eat.
Finding out from the waiter that the Sea-
NEW was lying a short distance from the
pier they went down, and hiring a boat
rOwed to the yacht. When they climbed
up on to the deck they were accosted by
one OF the officers, who wanted to know
their business.
I'VE want to see Lord CalIiston. said
BalscOmbe quietly.
I'm afraid that's impossible" replied
the officer, as he went up to town to-day
on business"
rs there not a lady on board?" asked
Norwood
"Yes-you mean"
Never mind telling us her name, said
BalscOmbe shortly, feeling a horror at
hearing his Wife's name mentioned Can
We see herr"
Il will ask, answered the officer; and
he went downstairs to the cabin, from
which he soon reascended with the news
that they could go down.
DOwker went first. followed by Norwood
and Sir Rupert, all feeling in a strange
state or excitement at the prospect Of the
coming interview.
The cabin was small, but luxuriously
ftted-up in pale-b blue silk, ana the walls
pdA646u III OAK Will Slud14 M6ud4LIOIb
of seascapes around. A lamp hanging
from the ceiling shed a soft, mellow light
over all, and on the table below was a
work basket and some embroidery.
She has been working, I see, " whis-
pered Balscombe with a sheer, as they
entered into the cabin. No one was pres
ent, but suddenly they heard the rustic
Of dress, and n curtain at the end Of the
cabin parted. admitting a woman tall,
fair-faced woman, with shining golden
hair.
At this sight, Norwood and Dowker
turned to look on Sir Rupert, to watch
the effect of the sight of his wife on him.
when they saw he was pale as death and
had made a step forward.
You wish to see me?" asked the lady,
advancing toward the group.
~YOu-yOu--" cried Sir Rupert in
a choking voice. you are not Lady
BalscOmbe."
II" in surprise. Mol am not Lady
BBlscOmbe.
DOwker and Norwood turned suddenly.
Who are your"
Lena Sarschine!"
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An Aneedote Of Reine.

Meissner tells q pathetic anecdote
Of Heine which places him in the kind
hest light
One day when his end was very near
Meissner entered and found him dictat-
ing a letter to be sent TO his mother.
WHAT" cried Meissner, docs the
old lady who dwells by the DammthOr
still live2"
Truly; though Old and sick and
feeble, still beats the warm mother
heart for me.
And do you often write to hers"
Regularly, every month
All, cried Meissner, how unhappy
she must be to hear of your sorrow and
sickness
ooh. as to that, returned Heine,
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WORK OF TIE WITS.

ABE Italian brigs manned by brig
ands?
ymr dear friend-one who borrova
and never pays
WHAT Is home without night-key2
Answer: Locked up.
liz the boys don't kiss the misses. then
the girls VIII miss the kisses.
TIE reason: She-Whyi is it that the
dlrt seldom marries? He-Because
nobody VIII marry her.
Lovers are good seamen; even II the
stormiest weather they are not afraid
to venture on mere smGeks.
BECAUSE a man smokes in this world
1t does not necessarily follow that he
viii smoke in the world to come.
AMATEUR photography: Hello, what's
this Barnum's elephant p mo, you
poor idiot; that's a photograph Of my
wife. 1 took it myself
Ar the opera Mrs. Cynicus-YYel
these bOxholders act as though they
we're at the circus. Mrs. Caustique-
They dress the same ways barebackedi
CTrIzEN-Wby don't you clean out
that gang of loafers In front of that sa-
loon? Policeman (pityingly)-Guess
you mus be near-sighted. Them's city
officials.
@WHAT have you been doing since I
saw you % said Congressman to one
Of his constituents. I've been editing
a paper" @Get anybody to take is :"
Yes the sheriff.
DE Smith Talking of nicknames.
has your brother Willie got one? Miss
Eravls-Oh, yes We call him Appro-
priatiOn Bill, because he is stealing
tarts and Jelly all the time.
Il LIVE in Juia's eyes, said an af-
fected dandy TO his friend. 81 don't
wonder at 1t, Z" replied the other, @since
I observed she had a stye IN one Of
them when 1 saw her last
COZ, mol there amt any favorites in
this family" soliloquized Johnny; ooh,
no. If bite my finger nails I catch it
over the knuckles. But the baby can
sat his whole foot. and they think it's
clever"
FIRST tramp - Did you hear about
that new ten-dOllar counterfeit bill that
out? Second tramp-NO. %Fact, and
a fellow can't tell it from the genuine.
I know I couldn't. We must be on
the lookout for it, Jim.
LITTLE q CaAG ~ bL4ULLNLL WG-LAU
my picture on the postage-stamps,
mamma. Mamma-Why not Johnny
Johnny - Because if I were, every
one would be licking the back Of my
head and splitting on my neck.
STRANGER On Western newspaper
ofhce)-Beg pardon, sir, but myself and
friends need help to decide bet. Have
you copy of Hoyle? Old reporter
No. Don't need any. If the dispute
Is anything about cards, go into that
room across the hall and ask for the re-
GgiOUs editor.
FLORENCE, a colored damseI, request
ed permission from her mistress to at
tend Sunday school Upon inquiring
what Sunday school she attended,
Florence replied: ST goes to de CaEfo-
lie now; did tend de Baptis Sunday
school, but I see en- a dippin' some o
de girls down unner de water, en- Tse
feard dey mought do me dat away
so I 1ef.
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IT is dise0uraging, to say the LEASE
10 3 young man who has been tenderly
nursing a few struggling hairs on his
upper lip for three months, to have MS
girl say, 60, Charley, why don't you
let your must8che grew 2"
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THE temperate are the most tEaEY
Injurious. By sustaining from most
things it is surprising hoWtReny tbiRgs
ne enjoy.
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ADAM was the only man who ha5 a
wife made to order, and even she
turned out misHt.