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The first twelve or thirteen miles of
cur route was over a good road and as
we gIided along at a merry pace, had
opportunity 70 take note OF my com
pa anion's appearance.
He was tall, large man, vell-built
and quite handsome, though not ez-
traordinarily So What impressed me
most was his manner He had a firm,
decided, rather slow way OF speaking,
and his eyes met mine honestly and
fearlessly whenever I looked at him.
His words carried conviction with them
and his aightforTard manner gave
me the impression that my companion,
who had registered as III. a Brown.
New York" was a man OF truth and
honor who meant every word he said
and on whom one could depend in an
emergency. Beyond this and the fact
that he was a stranger in that part Of
the country, / learned nothing.
found him informed, a gentleman,
and an agreeable travelling companion. .
and that was sufficient
All went we'll until early ia the after
noon, when we came to several miles
OF bad road, over which we were com
PEELED TO drive with the utmost care,
despite our impatieace- To add to The
discomfort Of the situation, it was be
! coming colder. and the yviud, into the
teeth of which we were driving, was
/ blowing at a fearful rate. Both of us
/ began to feel the cold keenly, and the
| prospect of darkness coming on soon
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been in the safe at my fathers Office
was missing that had been
left there for safe-zeeping by a friend.
who caIlel for it late in tue afternoons
father leaving the house and going
down to the Office with him to get It
THAT the money had been taken
there was no doubt, and when my fa-
thcr learned that Sidney had locked
the safe and left the Office last, that
forenoon, he was terribly shocked. Sid
meg. like ma2y impulsive, lzind-heart-
ed, afEectionats lads, was a bit wild,
and. somehow, it seemed natural that
suspicion should pass by me, the sober,
steady one. and attach to him, the
headstrouE and thoughtless- My father
did not know that Z, on whose honesty
and integrity Of all persons he most do
pended. was the real thief-that I had
gambled and speculated until exposure
and ruin stared me in the face; and Ga 8
moment of weakness / had stopped to
common theft TO hide my tracks
sidney did not come home TO dinner
that evening, and we saw nothing Of
him until nearly twelve O'Clock, when
he came in somewhat flushed with
champagne. Afy father drew him into
the library, and in the tRctless way
men of much honor and family pride
often have asked him about the miss
ing money. OF course Sidney knew
nothing of it, and said so. If he had
suspicious, he was not the one TO tell
them; and the result was that there
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Attorney General 5IUIrr I-quIrFur Into
IIia HpPuIufulHuL ua Druu-y FurahaT-
NAsHINDr1N. Dec gs-A tt1ruey-Cfru
eral Miller is disturbed 10y the report
that Bill Dalton, "a brother of the no.
torious outlaw has been appointed a
deputy United States marshal 5iL C1fgy-
vile, Kan Tie said that The first iuti-
nation he had received iH regard TO the
matter was when Senator Vest alluded
20 DO in his speech in the aeuute last
week He had at once applied to the
United States mar5anls iu Kansas and
the Indian territory for information ON
the subject, uJ the same tins express
ing his surprise and disapproval at
such an appointment, but so far he had
received no response from either officer.
lie explains that the department
never iuterrered with the marshaiz to
the appointment OF their deputies uu-
less there were special reasons for so
doing, but Indicated very clearly that
he would not c0uutsuauee tHe appoint
ment of man OF UaItou's stamp No
further action viii bs taken until tho
two maEslaIs have been heard from.
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II YouR oHoIcE.
Two stories about ThrovInE EEEs-yy st
aTr IN VVaGrusr. Eave

Two Stories About throwing EEEs-tg Ent
He ia Watson says
Says the Eouc5nfOrmist, In a recent
issue= when is is found that over a
million, north and south stood squaI ELS
to their pledges, "a feeling of pecui ar
decentralization should creep over th.5ss
VINO were changed from their purp Ise
10y the personal" letter trick Of NO5r-
hees aud Others in this state, and by
the narrowing egg stories paid for by
the day out of the republican national
committee funds Some of these same
people will be EudEeous again Ia two
or four years, and some will not"
in juEtap5sitiou with this item may
be placed the following language from
abe lips of Thomas T.. Watson. as it ia
found in an interview published iu tho
New York World:
The stories of outrage perpetvl ted
upou Gen Weaver and Mrs. Lease huve
not been half told They were rotten
cEged, hooted at ana howled dos "a
We have no hoodlum element Ia
Georgia which would dare en bark iu
any such business II was done 10y so-
then CLOSED over by the Georgia demo
cratic press j Svar repeatedly how ed
down -Iy life was in danger every
moment You can have no idea ui
what resolution it took to get throu yh
the campaign
If the truth has seemed for once to
further the interests OF the republic an
party, shall the truth, therefore, De q. .u-
demued and those who tell the truth
be branded as traitor7F
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was a scene, in the midst Of which
Sidney kissed his mother and sisters
and left the house. He has never
entered it since, and stayed in the city
only long enough to say goOd-by t.
his sweetheart-a dear, lovely girls
who was nearly broken-hsurted. She
has never married, but is stiu waiting
for Sidney to return and clear him
self
Soon after that my mother died Of q
broken heart. Sidney was her young
est, and dearest I think IA y father is
"A sad, old mau-oIder than his years.
10y far, and broken with sorrow.
'Since that night I have known no
peace. I left home soon after aud
have been wandering ever since. but
the thought Of my double crime has
pursued me mcrcilessly, until some
times, 1 have been almost insane E'oF
nine of these yeulz I have been seek
ing almost incessantly for some trace
OF Sidney, but TO no purpose On New
Years nights his face haunts mes ! see
it as it boxed when he won't out of the
door, leaving home and friends ana all
that makes life worth living behind.
He is not dead-something tslla me
so. / shall hud him yet, I know. 1
only pray It may be soon. ] have made
"a fortune out OF the money I-stOlei it
is all for Sidney, when find him Do
you-dO you think that when L 6nd him
and he learns what is in store for him
and that back in Ohio the girl he
svyore never to sec again until he had q
clear name 20. offer hsr is stuI waiting
for him-he viii feel like forgivinR and
trying to forget?'
could not understand the man to
thus uuoosom himsalf to strangers:
and there was an appealing weakness
in his tone, as he finished, that con-
trasted markedly with his strong per-
souaIity. I looked at him wondering
ly, as he sat with his face bowed in his
hands.
The other man rose, and staggered
over to where his guest sat
81 know he will kHoiS it.' he said.
cbolSingIy. And I knew you'd come,
scmetime-UGrryr
Brown started to his feet with wild
cry:
sid! Sid!"
And there, in the little miners cabin,
out in the wilderness, with the storm
hOwling outside, the New Year and I
witnessed as glad a reunion as either
Of US ever saw. r. L. IlDEsHUAL.
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81 was suce arrested for stealing q
goat" said an eN-railroad official sIn
1879 I was running an accommodation
train between Willis and Galveston,
Tex Near the track at Willis lived ua
old woman who possessed o villuiuous
tongue and a billy goat that would eat
anything he could swallow. What he
could not get through his neck he would
chew and suck the juice. II the coach
was open for a minute he would be in-
side, chissling desolation into every
thing ia sight One day we pulled out
while he was aboard lunchiug on q
linen duster and carried him to Hous-
ton The old woman followed us on
the passenger and had the whole crew
arrested for stealing her goat The
judge discharged us aud I ran an at
tachmeut ON the animal for his fare.
She paid it and I thought had the best
OF the mill But it was not fought 70
finish. The next day when reached
Houston, en- route TO willis the old
woman boarded my ear leading the
goat She put him IN q seat aud held
him there 4 told her &c was against
the rules for animals 20 ride in a pas
senEer car, INIT she presented two tick
cts and told Eae If ! could legally cole
Iset passenger fare for tine goat once ]
could be compelled TO accept Il again.
j was not much OF "A lawyer aud cou-
cluded that ] bad best take up BilIy'z
ticket. and ] did. "-St. L-guis Globe
Democrat
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TM lDttG -lAuA-l
i,ilHH Sj SECEMBER thir-
- \ L. e. L. III

" -EfTSE- Will
be remembered in some portions Of the
west as one of the, ,coldcst, stormiest
days Of an exceptionally cold winter.
] have good reasons to remember it,
for ON that day / came very near losing
my life as the result OF my own fool
hardness
The day before arrived at the little
frontier town Of s., where / had
business, proposing to drive thence
nest day to H. forty miles distant,
where ] intended to spend New Years
day with friends whom / had not seen
for several years. 1 had confidently
expected 20 reach H without difi-
Guilty and surprise my friends-whO
had always made it a custom to usher
in the New Year with much jolly cere-
mouy-by appearing in their midst
late on New Years eve. I was, there
fore, much vexed. when arose in the
morning to find that a heavy snow had
fallen during the night, and that the
weather had turned much colder, Vith
a heavy wind blowing from the north.
Nevertheless, / was fully resolved to
GO, providing I could fnd anyone who
was willing TO undertake the drive.
But there was no regular stage line,
and no one seemed willing TO trust
himself and his team TO the possible
chances sf q hard nor wester," &" and.
n
success, ] returned to the hotel in very
disngreeable mood.
As was expressing my disgust to
the landlord. with whom / was we'll
acquainted man whom I had noticed
on the train the evening before, and
who was now sitting by the stove read
ing, looked mp and remarked:
II fancy we are in the same fix; am
very anxious to get to H myself
but there seems to be no ch auce OF
getting away from here"
Perhaps" ! suggested, intending to
be humorous, perhaps we might buy
= team and go anyway"
This brought the stranger to his
feet.
II don't know whether you wouid
bs willing or not. or whether we conld
get team; but why not try to get one
% go with, on the understanding that
Vye pay for any damage dome to the
horses or eonveyance-or pay a fair
price for the animals IN ease they
should not pull through nlive?"
@ 1.-THE very thingl" / agreed 1--WE
can try, anyway"
The landlord aud others tried to dis
suade US from our purpose, bGt we
were firm. and the result was shat in a
short tiras We secured a team Of horses
End q CutteF. leaving with the landlord
deposit sufilciznt 70 cover their valus
a case we aid Lot return them an good
eoHdisions and In q. half hour or 50, we
were on our way TO II --. well
bundled Ia robes and furz. ana feeling
quite cheerful over the prospect OF
FeaehipE Z - after al
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ClgVeiluI's plurality over Harrison. go -lll
Combined opposition majority owes che uepu6-
HcIn vote I-2l--a91 Combined opposition ual-
suritg over the democratic vote. lsQ.- a5-
a-Euslgu- SO democratic electoral ticket
b-Eepuulcaus and pupuiis-s fused c-EIaet-
ors chosen by tricLs. 8 democrats d-AVar-
age one ele1tora republican e-FzrtiaI EuzIol-
BidwelIs total vote in the country at
the late election was pa. 02a.
The popular vote in the election Of
i8ss was divided as follows Cleveland,
5. SIS, 2S5; Harrison, $50 2I65 5treetsr
(union laborjs 1s5, $50 Fisk iprohibi-
tionl, 246. $40.
The foregoing table reveals the fact
that the total vote was only T2G-IIT
greater than in lSs4 Not only has
dr- Cleveland but 2s5. GOO plurality over
1Ir. Harrison, but he has only 1885
votes more than he had in fsss Not
so much 90 ia }andsliie. after elL We
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MDETHEAL- Dec est is said that
Mgr. satoli- the reprEsentative of the
pope, who rs now dong some Important
work 5u the United States, viii pEuba-
bly, be sailed upon within few days 20
e--tend the benefits Of ms Gouciliatury
policy 90 Canada One OF the directors
of the condemned Canada Review says
&c IS the intention of the board of man
aEemeut 20 prs pare "a memorial 90 the
papal envoy. who IS now iu New YORK.
asking hiz grace TO take coEuizaucs OF
what has just trluspired between the
promoters Of tha journal iu question
sud the spiritual head Of this diocese
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ISDIANAroLI=. Ind, Dec zs.-Auua
Grouse, g. domestic 0l North PeuuayI-
vuBia street seriously wounded a
burglar v5tI= % butcherEuffc last nights
She had come iu late with two EriCnds
and finding evidence thuL the house
had been entered. ARMED her
self aud found the burglar ups.
stairs He attempted % throw Lar 10
one side and she stabbed him three
times go the arm and shoulder Iue
burglar broke away, bu. was caplured
by "a passing street Ger conductor
When tHe Handkerchief Doe wore as %
mask was removed Le proved % be-
Cuarlcs |ay guDiE- "a cousin uE she girl
who stabbed him
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OF dear ones taken ~ az
Hhou hast brought us strength for the daily
task,
Thou hast shown Us CLEANS O. light,
Thou hast brought Us near some friends most
dear,
And given IS "Eougs in the night"
Ehe hours Of thy life are numbered EoWs
Ana We lorlg with FOND rcgarl
On all the pleasure thy days have brought
And forget what we found so hard.
II IS ever SO, when VIC reach the end.
@ Ana the pressure OF work IS o ert
That we gather our shcaves a7c count our
gains,
Aad remember our toll n7 more
We know thOs art bringing us gifts, New Year
Ofwealth. OF pleasure Of rest,
and our hearts beat high as Jhou drawest nigh,
FJr We nope AL desire thF best
But, ah, OF sorrow Of waiting, of loss
Thou hast ago . hiddeu Htorei
God sursngth rs all 70 udUra oEr cross
Nor faint ere the strife Is 0'cr.
And let US tomorrow with hope begin,
And hE our standard higu,
Striving 70 conquer the weakness and SIN
-Thut nearest our souls 60 Le9
And with helpful work or with kindly thought
Let Us tighten each others care,
Vor Love cau soften the hardest lot,
4 "a tighten The gloom Of Despair
Once q Week.
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NO 10


from An-lIlIIaIl-l--
QUEEsysrow,y, Dec. zs-Ebe steam
ship Eordlaud was toyved into Queens
town harbor by the steamship Ohio at
Q o'clock last evening. AN ths pa==en-
gers were on deck, waving hats and
huudzerehicts and cheering Anchor
was dropped and tLl passengers were
removed 90 shore by a tender AR
showed signs ot tna uu-zilty which
they had suffered S11le OF the elderly
EteuraEs passengers were hardly able
90 walk SevcFai women ruH uu aleir
knees and cried tlc moment tley Tera
landed Frank Shea. o. lr5t cabin pas
GeuEerr now stopping at O. Gusgust1Tu
hotel. told his experience.
The hrsL two days uul OF EgW York
were fairish, although part on lbe
time a heavy sea was running. The
weather thea grew rapidly worse on
the uiELtut the u-cidcnt We were max
ing bouC twelve knots an hour Iils
ship was rolling heavily and most OF
the cabin passengers were below sick
Five or Sis of as were fu che smoking
rouu. talking about how we should
pass Christmas Ga Antwerp, when there
yvuz q terrific crash and we were thrown
fruIa thc seats into "a heap on tine
floor The vibration OF tha ship ui-
most shook us from our feet as We
started for the door il seemed az
III O. gigantic hammer was pounding the
ships bottom when we got outside
we aaw the captain coming tu1m the
engine room TGe passengers came
running ON deck. lulE dressed aud
white f-gm flar. We surrounded the
captain aud he told us that che maIu
shaft was broken, hub that there was
no Immediate reason for alarm The
other officers who were not busy below
walked about among the pusscuEers
and encouraged an Co believe chat there
was 10 danger Iu "a few minutes we
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BARON L-9IS -CIsr held 20 UrOFH that
the baron did not commit suicide.
10 has been more than hinted that
Baron de Eeiuarh was put ont af the
way by those who feared that his cvi-
deuce might implicate them ia the scan
GaL If true that the poison was iu his
stomach eight hours before his death
there would Ie good reason to bslieve
this charge Be- true, for, ON lhe night u4
the burou's death he. 81. Rouvlcr aud
III. CIemCuceUu attempted TO secure "a
cessation of the uewspapcr attacks that
were being ma de upon lam and Be- ia
not at all probable that had Beiuuch
contemplated suicide be Wouid have
gone to the trouble 20 attempt To- stop
attacks that ia "a few h1r-s would have
been nothing to him aud neither would
he have displayed such deep feeling as
go the result of these ATTACKS
There i5 no denying the fact that
some OF those imPiica ted in the sea udal
would have felt greatly relieved if Rei-
mach We're dead and beyond giving cvi-
deuce chat would besmirch their here
tofore good names
The fact that the barau's death was
linl-cd to the sudden and mysterious
deaths OF Two other men who were cog
infant OF Lhe bribery of Legislators
gives addaI strength TO the demand OK
the bIroa's famIT that an inquiry b8
held 20 place the responsibility Cor his
death where i- belongs
lie Gaul1is HlS am interview to-day
with H. AuJrieuE, former prefeat OF
police, who associated che baroa's death
with the attempt two years ago 20 p5i-
son DR. Icsl
The Fauauu canal iHvcstf eating com-
miLLeC has decided tD dispense with the
documents iu the possession of the gov
egumeut i0 the cases of Charles dc
Lcszeps and Marius goutaiuc because
they throw mo- light on tine bribery OF
deputies and lhgir use bv the commits
sion might invaIidate the prosecution
Lv the government
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the Panama canal
promoter who died
suddenly under sus-
picIous cErcum-
stances has report
ed 90 the govern
meuL that death was
due 20 poison taken
into the stomach
eight hours before
Death, aud the fam
uy of Baron de
Beiuacn have de-
minded that q iu-
diciul inquiry be
held 10 ur0va that
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KANSAS STATE NEWS.



The committee OF arrauE uEemeuts for
the iEaug guration OF the new state uEi-
GERS viii meet in Represen ta tive hall
ut high uoour Monday, January @, when.
nftsr music by the band aud o prayer
by Rev. N. g. Todd. Chief Justice IIor-
tor viii administer tine oath OF o6ice-
Following this, speeches wiz be made
by the retiring aud incoming govern
ursr after which there viii be q
musical selection by a glee club. John
w 8rsideuthal. chairman of the popu-
list state csntral committee, Will act as
master OF ceremonies and j. A. Higgins
as aergeaur-lt-arsuA In the evening
there viii be O reception in honor OF
the rev officers Judge John Martin viii
be master OF ceremonies and responses
TO boasts will be made by Gov. Laveuiug
and the other oEl,ers. azd prominent
speakers After Lhe public reception
the state officers viii go 90 their re-
spectlve rooms iu the state house for
one hour during the evening and hold
receptions of their own The music
viii be furnished by an orchestra thus
enabling the young people 90 waltz, if
they can hud room i'm the crowd.
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
The worlds Creditors yFaI Scvar CoussaE
ta the Free Coinage OF silver

The worlds Creditors yFaI s.cyor Coussa5
SO the Free Coinage og silver
Our readers know that we have never
had any confidence ia the international
silver conference, but we have watched
its proceedings from day to day and
waited patiently. Ths very first ching
for it to do was to seek the opinion of
the RothsChlds, the creditor house of
the world, the one house to whom gu
the nations Of the earth are iu del T.
To go to an extensive creditor, to q IN 10
or corporation whose business is TO
speculate in dsbts-Lo 60 To such %
source as that for an expansion OF the
worlds supply OF money, is like goi rg
to hungry dog for bread auu CheCF e.
The Rothschilds, the worlds credit1 S.,
do not want an increased supply OF
money Germany is "a creditor uatiUl
and wants no increase of money. Eu-
gland is a creditor nation. and wau Is
no increase of money
II the United States cannot have tue
free coinage of silver without the CO u-
sent of Rothsehild she will never ha 70
f. but America has the silver from her
own mines; she has skilled vyoGzmeu TO
coin IL into money; she has industries
to employ it after IL is coined, and why
she docs not thus coin her own silver
for her own people is q mystery TO as
The fathers We're not SO dependent
They coined it without consulting "a aly
foreign power, and they lived in respect
ability and prosperity. It remain I'd
for the wise men OF today TO find cut
that we dare not coin our silver with
out the consent of the "ehete mouarsh Ia
les of Europe" But different patty
is soon to go into power, a party tltab
claims Old Hickory as one OF its hero ss
and exempIars Let us see II it daree to
Iegislate I'm the interest of the Amsrit IA
people rather than that of British C. u-
pom clippers. Watch and wait; lat
don't wait too miserably long MOI. lt
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THE NEW YEAR.

Could we but glance tho ueW year o'eFi
It's hidden depths uHycll,
Look OF the blessing5 safe Ia store
Whose mcrcie5 never fz-l;
Could we but sec the happiness
The New Year seeks TO give,
Our daily lives To cheer and bless,
How gladly would we liyel
Could VIC belsoil the grief and care,
The weary painful strife
Allotted as oEr riShtful share
In each now year u 1ife;
Could VIC anticipate the Lhoras
That in our pathway lie,
Before the smiling New Year dawns
How gladly would we diei
Yet, ignorant OF all, we grope
With blind persistence, Oni
Upheld by patient faith and hope,
Each daily task is won;
4 new years burden uuconcealcd,
Our inmost hearts bcEumb.
But sorrOws one bg one revealed
Are conquered as they come
-LUraua ". Sheldon, N y. y. World
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ToPEEA, Kan. Dec. 2T--rne state
board of railroad comm isziouUTa this
morning announced its decision iu the
Hutehiuslu salt ease. holding that So
was q1vlrIezs 90 protect the salt CONS
pauiez aipst the composition of Nick
igaH -st
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a NEW YEAR's REMINDER.

The seasons JOY you wish US
For that we thaHk you, dear
Yet wishes are not quite enough
To bring glad New Year,
Watch day by day, my darling,
For helpful work 10 do,
And through tbe new year you yourself
" III mako your wish some true,
Mary +. Butts, in Christ tiau Union
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FAsHTSGToS- Dee 2s--Dr. Johnston
and Dr. Hya-t visited HIr- Blaine nj 2ssJ
o'clock this afternoon and after their
exit from the house DR. johnson said
that tIE- Blaiue's progress toward im-
pr1vemeut continued and this after
noou i- could 5a safely said that he was
very much better
EuauEurssaI1u . asu s.Itrro Snmed-
WAEmSGTnS. Dec -s- Chairman Ber-
rel, of the Inaugural committee, COM
pIeted his selection of the executive
committee of tvvDutv-oue last evening
as follows james Norris, Jazues T.. Bar
b1ur, Henry T. Hgi-eoe- Cen d. ".
BoyurlG, Alexander T. Britton, John
JOY Edison Rear Admiral s. D. Franklin,
Lawrence Gardner, Curtis J- IIIIVer,
Robert @. HuItzmau, j. Harrison john
son, j. Fred Kelley. Charles C. Laucas-
ter. William Crauch NcIuLire. George
w. 4iaulhlu. Theodore IT, NoFesr
Francis A. Richardson, John hN- Rose
Richard smith Michael u. Waiter aud
Eeriah wilkins