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III Gross Purposes.
BY L. 8. D.
It was all Celia's fault


II it hadn't been for her It would never
have occurred to me to quarrel with Jack; it
would never have occurred to me that any
quarrel was necessary to prove the strength
OF his lowell should have taken it for granted
Gnd been happy still.
detest Celia.
We were so happy till she came to stay with
Jacks people and told me was spelling him.
OF course it was no business of hers If were.
she admitted that; bat she was SO fond of me
that she felt she must speak, being older and
more experienced, and implored me to remem-
ber that it wasn't only my lover was spoil
ing, but my future husband; and if let him
have his own way in everything now. should
never be able to have mine by and by when
we were married. She spoke SO seriously
about it that couldn't help being little i'm
pressed, though of course I didn't let her
know that, and wouldn't have told her for
the world that 1 intended to ask her advice
on the first opportunity that offered. For it
was one thing to quarrel privately with Jack,
but quite another to tell Celia that was go
ing to do it, and take her into nv confidence
against him.
So Jack and quarreIed at the Hornes,
dance last night.
/ hardly know what 1t was about in the first
instance. but it grew and grew until it seemed
to me there was nothing we weren't quarrel
ing about. and Jack was soon terribly in earn
est. Though we had bsen engaged for three
weeks, I'd no idea he had it in him to be so
angry; and, OF course, lost my head, and
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No, no. / can't part with it. He could not

No, no. can't part with it. He could not
| be so cruel, SO unreasonable.
| His letters, too Must give them up?
turn them over in my hand, such little bum
| die Of them as there is, and so very hard to
| read till one learns to know the writing or to
love the writer, which is it? And remember
| the pleasure with which first received them,
and the pride with which have often poured
| over them since. I pore over them now
| straining my eyes to decipher the well-known
characters in the f1ickering firelight. Dear
Jack, what vile hand he writes, and how
| very nicely he expresses
Hark! some one is crossing the hall. Surely
| Jane won't be so foolish as to show any one
| In here new.
In another moment "Mr Drayton" is an
nounced, and Jack himself stands before me-
"Jackr' started to my feet and all these
| treasured documents fall. rustling to the
| floor. but never think OF them. Who thinks
| of love letters in the presence of the writer?
| Jack is here, my Jack, and
But is he indeed my Jack?
| The first glance at bis face recalls me to my
! self, and reminds me that he is no longer my
| Jack. or Jack at all to me. told him I
wished our engagement to end. and he re-
| membcred It evidently, though tor one brief
moment have forgotten. Oh, Jack-Jack
| He waits till the servant has left the room,
then takes a small packet from the breast
pocket Of his coat and turns to me.
; "This must be my apology for disturbing
you, he says, very formally. 81 thought
had better bring it myself, in case of acci-
| dents"
.'For me2" speak vaguely, and without
offering to takeit. want to gain time.
'sYes-your letters. l have no right to
| them now!''
"How-how beautifully you have packed
them!'
He turns away with an impatient gesture
and lays them on the table.
81 need not detain you any longer, now my
errand ID done" he says. quietly.
"Bnt-there is something else. Oh, you
fofget!" ~ he looks at me questioningly.
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DIED.
BAIN-On May 1, 1884, at his residence, 132s
Eleventh street northwest, ANDREW NJ Balm,
beloved husband Of Alice Davies Balm
Funeral to-day at p. m. from the Church Of
the Immaculate Conception, corner Of Eighth
and streets northwest 1nterment private
ATLANTA, Ga, papers please copy)
HATTON-At his residence, 2Ol3 Hillyer place,
April 80, 1894, FRANK HATTON
Funeral from residence at $40 p m. to-day.
Interment private.
NATTHEWS-On "Wednesday, May 2, 1894, at
LIS a m, at his residence, 1870 Eleventh street
northwest, WILLIAM E MATTHEWS. aged 81
years, born at Baltimore, Md.
Funeral from Fifteenth street Presbyterian
church, Friday, May 4, at 10. 80 a m Interment
In Baltimore. Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New York papers please copy)
OCONNOR-On May /, 1894, at $40 q m, JOHN
j. OCONN0R, beloved son of the late Dennis
and Honorah OConnor, and husband Of Mollie
Mccarthy.
Funeral from his mothers residence, Il p
street northeast, Friday, May 4, at {. 50 a m,
thence 70 St Aloysius church. where requiem
mass viii be said for the repose Of his soul In
terment at Mt Olivet cemetery Relatives and
friends respectfully invited to attend.
SCRIvNER-On May /, 1894, at p m, at the
residence Of her nephew, G. I: Barse, 1922 Sew
enteenth street, Anacostia, Mrs. ELIZA SCRIv-
NER, IN the 74th year Of her age
Funeral from her late residence to-day, at
p. m, Relatives and friends invited. (Balti-
more and Calvert county papers please copy.)
WILMOT-On Tuesday, May /, 1894, JOHN VIII
MOT, aged 53 years
Funeral from his late residence, 915 street
northwest, to-day, At q. m. Interment
At Columbia, Pa.
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"You have return

"You have returned my letters promptly
enough-how can I thank you for such
promptness?-bu you forget your own. As
you say, have no right to them now."
''You wish me to take them? Very well. :"
But 1 do not wish him to take them-any-
thing but that! 1 want to postpone the mo-
ment OF parting, that is all.
evil you be good enough to fetch them?"
"They are here. on the floor. Will you be
good enough to help me to pick them up?''
He does SO without word. Together we
sroop and collect them; together we lay them
on the table-together for the last time
bring paper and string and proceed to
pack them up. while he watches me In silence.
II fear this will not be such q neat parcel
as yours" say, speaking as steadily rs
can. and bending over the table to hide my
troubled face. "You know I'm never good at
this sort of thing"
ST know" shortly.
81 can't do itr' and great tear splashes on
the packet. I'm very sorry, but
"Don't bother about it," and he lays his
hand on mine suddenly. mo need for such
fuss. Give them to me as they are. -
'.what are you going to do with themg' as
he takes them from my trembling hands.
"Put them in the fre!" and he turns to do
:sNo, no, nor cry, springing forward and
don't Jack!''
.swhy not?' pausing. "You don't want
them. and I'm sure don't"
sT-I do! Please give them back to me!'
"What for?'
"To keepl To remind me"-
"Of my folly?'
"Of my own. r.
sYour folly is over and done with! Our en-
gagement is broken orr he says moodily.
"Better forget it ever existed"
81 cannot do that" with an irrepressible
little sob. ST am waiting for those letters. -
'.Take them, then," and he throws them
down on the table. keep them to compare
with Hornes, if you like. ! don't esrs!''
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A Housewife Needs Rest.


As the weather grows warm the busy house
wife should be little more considerate oi
herself and plan to have quiet half hour on
a couch or in hammock out of doors, which
would be better still, each day. With the
Spring sewing on hand, and little garments
TO make over, it does seem as though no time
for mammals rest could be taken anywhere.
A little management. however, can bring II
about, and the good it will do more than COM
pensates for the time lost.
If mothers could only be made to feel that
fewer tucks and frills would do just as well
on little Bobbie's and Molly's clothes there
would be less strain on her. fewer ''nerves''
to be rested.
A daily rest will do more to keep ones
nerves under control and the temper sweet
than anything else. One need not nap that
half hour away. The joker or book you're
been wanting to peep into, if taken in half
hour installments, will be a pleasure unto the
end, and the more mother really knows the
better and wiser mother she is likely to be.
Just try it this Summer. Begin now, for It
alone may prevent a serious illness.
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meaning OF all thisa Is it possible that Celia

meaning of all this9 Is IL possible that Celia
"she misunderstood nothing" speak in
dull, expressionless way, and without turn
ing round. ''She is far too clever for that.
1t Is you who misunderstood, and L"
"whst have misunderstood Oh, You
won't tell me must 60 to Celia and''-
Eyes, 60 to her. What are you staying hero
for?"
s.Nothing now" and he walks to the door.
In another instant and he will be gone.
Can let him go like this? No; thousand
times. no.
"Wait," and turned impulsively; "you-
you have forgotten something"
"Have I? And what?"
"Your ring. have no right to IL now, =
you say"
81 never said so, but" he checks him
self. "Give Il to me, then"
"Come and take 1t. :"
I cannot; will not take it OF. Itry in
feeble, purposeless sort Of way. conscious
that his eyes are upon me all the time. Then
desist and look at him, laughing nervously.
81 can't do it, Jack; II you want 1t you
must take it of yourself" and hold out my
hand.
He takes It In silence, but he makes NO
effort to remove the ring. Instead Of that he
looks at mo for moment and shakes his
head.
s.No, dear, don't want It. II it Is to come
OF at all you must take it.
"It seems almost pity, doesn't it?' I say
softly, and my voice Il scarcely as steady as
It might be. He makes no reply, but passes
his arm around my waist and his hold Oh my
hand tightens.
"I've got used to It, you see, and should
miss it. May / keep it, JACKIE"
ION one condition"
"And that is-?"
"That You keep me, too.''
sob, Jack. how gladly"
He Is my Jack once more, and Itell him all,
my head on his shoulder.
Our quarrel il over and we both detest
Celia. She can never come between 10 any
more.-All the Year Around.
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FUSSiueSS.

II one wishes to make successful hostess
it should be remembered that fussiness is the
death knell of success in that direction. Give
the guests opportunities for rest, and they
will more fully appreciate the entertainments
that are suggested haphazard without any
preparation whatever than the elaborate
affairs that are forced upon them willy nilly.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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iilting me; you've done IT, and that's
'Jilting you'll Oh, Jaoky'
"Call It what you please" and. he turns
away wearily. We won'tquarrel about that
Celia was right, I see.'
"Celia?"
"Yes, she said it would only make matters
worsef saw you. didn't believe her,
but
"Celia tried to stop your coming?''
"If you like to put it In that way, yes"
with look Of surprise. "But thought
ought to bring those letters myself, 90
came"
"From bitter sense Of duty; under
stand"
mot altogether that" He hesitates mo-
ment and then aods quickly: II may as we'll
is, hoped-there might have been some mis-
understanding, and you have said more than
YOU really meant. Il all seems so sudden to
me, you know, for I had not grown tired Of
our engagement, whatever you may have
done. But since you evidently wish to quar-
rel With me won't stand in your way. You
might have trusted me though. as you have
trusted Celia"
Celia again! begin to hate the sound Of
her name!
.Celia seems to have been unwarrantably
busy with my affairs, !" I say coidIy. Il don't
know, OF course, what she may or may not
have told you, but this I do know, that have
never trusted her, and that trust her less
than ever now"
"You are ungrateful, surely. She tried to
spare you this interview"
"Had 1t not been for her It would never
have beon necessary. But 60 to her, since
you'd rather take her word than mine, )" pas
sionately. "Go to her, and tell her that she
1~-n Ial HhAv he 30 R%11 sxrA
break OF. unable to speak for the rising
sobs that choke my utterance, and turn away
abruptly to the window.
's6ucceeded? Celia2" he repeats more to
himself than 70 me. ''Naud, Whist d the
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New York Cottor
Epworth League Entertainment.

The mock court given by the literary de-
partment of the Epworth League OF Trinity
N. E. church, Fourth street southeast. on
last Monday night, was very interesting. The
defendant was tried Tor ''assault and battery
with intent to kill" The attorneys for the
prosecution were Mr. J. F. TrazZare and Mr..
Elmon Cook, and those for the defense were
Mr.. W. T. knight and Mr.. c. " Trazzare.
The jurors were selected from the audience.
The Judge was Mr. r. E. Cook. The jury was
out about an hour, returning with the report
that they could not agree, the vote beng six
to six
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The pcrennial Sailor Hat.

The sailor hat will not down. 1t has been
with us for many moons in an infinite variety
this Summer One is OF the light blue Tus-
can straw, with narrow crown and a wide
brim The brim is faced and the crown is
circled with golden brown velvet Two or
three ostrich plumes stand up OF one side OF
the crown; two or three more droop down
over the brim on the other side.
And this is the '94 sailor!
Not much! It's only one of them.
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FOR RENr-HousEs.

ENOR RENT-2004 srH ST. NV, I'd DOOR
Il above Fla. ave., 5-room brick house, all
mod. impa
Key at 40 Fla ave. NV. 8
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In the light Of our present low prices there
isn't much excuse for shabby clothes.
WANAMAKER & BROWN, Tailors
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MAR BIEQ.
DIED.

sHEA-MAISAK-In Baltimore, Nd, on June 90
SHEA to LIZZIE A. MAUAK both Of this city
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New york Stock Exchange.

Furnished by Silsby & Co. bankers and
brokers' Metropolitan Bank Building, Fifteenth
street, opposite Treasury, Washington, d. C.
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PERSONAL.

JACOB KEROES, MERCHANT TAILOR, AS G
q street northwest. Suits made to order, S18
and upward. Ffrst-class fitting guaranteed
Cleaning, repairing, securing and dyeing
promptly attended to- my2-lm
IHOR SOMETHING GOOD IN THE CIGAR AND
i Tobacco line, call on PALMER, 3
Blue label cigars. Hutchins Building.
CPECIAL FOR THE SPRNG-LADIES WHO
- wish to wear tailor.made garments, correct
fitting and latest styles, kindly call and see
~ j. GLYDER,
Late Of I. p. Hollander, Boston, Mass
1749 Pa ava
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BILLIARDS.

IA Tables-Largest and Finest Billiard Room
South of. New York Buffet Attached NJ b
sCANLON, Proprietor, 40s Ninth street.
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lends you. You pay us
simply what the
Furniture
Carpets
Mattings-
Draperies-
Baby Carriage
Refrigerator
you buy are worth-no more
than they'll cost anywhere
else-not quite so much as
they'll be in some places.
It's our business to wait
we agree to-and you'll find
us most patient. Little down
little every week or
1nonth-and the biggest bill
is soon receipted in full.
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ENOR SALE-BY AUGUST DONATE, 611 7TH ST.
Il Ihare handsome S-room house for sale at
corner of 18TH and s;a me-, for S5 800; it's per-
feet palace inside Also an S-room bath, brick
on st me-, near 18th, for only $500. Who
wants ft2
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roR sALE-HousEs.

E,OR sALE-LoT, n. Y. AVE, BET. ,sr AND %
L SITS NV; improved by S-room frame house;
lot 2ox10l #: price per IT,, si.75. A. s CAY
WOOD, 933 9th st. NV
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Chicago Board of Trade.

Open. High. Low. Clos.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
She Didn't Go.

He latter ttff}-Going home 20 your
mother, chr
She-Yes, l am.
He-Huhl What 90 you suppose
she'll say to you?
She'll say, I told you 3d.. >" He
made up-New York Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
SpeciInan Cases

S. II. CLIFFORD, New Cassel, Wis,
was troubled with Neuralgia and
rheumatism. his Stomach was dis
ordered, his Liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away, and
he was terribly reduced in flesh and
strength. Three bottles OF Electric Bit.
ters cured him
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had running sore on his leg OF eight
years standing. Used three bottles of
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Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba,
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Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him en-
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SAVE Joe and money by using the
celebrated Wayne" self ventiIating
refrigerators, for sale by the THE e. Fl,
STEWART FURNITURE COMPANY.
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PERSONS who sympathize with the
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sALnM ADVERTISEMENTS,

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Eggs hatch we'll; chicks easily raised.
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UNCLE PETERS ssRMoM.--

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Wha's do tithos go brinein ing
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If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN S IRON BITTERS

Have you seen the new bound copies OF
"The Magic Oity7" Gall I'm and examine
them, either at The Times office or Mt
johnson s. Johnson's.;
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For Over FIFTY Year.

MRS. WINsLow'e SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
Tor children teething. 1t soothcs the child, sofens
the gums, allays all palms. cure wind collie and Ia
the best remedy for Diarrhea. Twenty-Five cts a
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
The Course OF True Love.

She-Therc is one serious obstacle DO
fore us
He-Your parents?
She--No, but my little brother Is rm-
alterably opposed 70 our attachment ~
Baltimore Life
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
Consolation.

MIR. Slimmy-I don't like that Miss
Bitter. Sho said l was q perfect idiot.
don't you know
Mr. Bumme-She didn't mean n, Of
course Slimmy. Anybody knows that
nothing human is perfect, - Detroit,
Free Press.
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Dfscsurrf-

There were many Quoor characters IN
Ballantyne's printing house In Edin-
burgh. and ono of them declared that
he know who wrote tho Wavorloy novels,
almost rs soon as tho master" Mr..
James Bllantyne
II had just begun q new sheet of
Guy Mannering. no would say, lone
night awhile after l2, and all the com
positors had left whom in comes Mr..
Ballnntyno himself with letter in his
hand and n lot O. types
/ am going to make a small alter
alton Sandy. said nc. Unlock the
form, will you? III not keep you many
minutes
well, did as was hidden, and
mr. Ballantync looked at tho letter and
altered three lines on ono page and one
line on another.
That Will do now, Sandy, think, ;
wero his words, and OFF he won't never
thinking he had left tho letter lying ON
my bank had barely time to get a
glimpse at 1t when no came back, but 1
kent the hand wecl and the signature,
and It WIS Walter Scott had great
lang ballant (ballad) In Sir Walters ain
hand O. write OF hmne, so that I was
nae stranger to it So, you sec, gentle
men. kent tho grand secret when 1t
vas eecrct "-Youth's Companion
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MOSES SPURLOCK'S SURE CURE FOR
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FGGS FOR SETTING.

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Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-01-20

THE anarchist Vallient, who threw a
bono in the chamber of deputies in
France, was tried and condemned to
death in one day. The trial began in
the morning and in the afternoon the
death watch was at his cell door. There
was no maudlin sympathy wasted over
the wretch. No plea Of insanity en-
tertained but the magnitude of the
crime was alone considered. The
axe man will close the chapter in a few
days. Things of this kind are done
differently. in this country. A wretch
who deliberately, in cold blood and
without cause or provocation, murders
the popular mayor of a great city is
lionized and defended at enormous cost,
and may in the end be given his liberty
to again prey upon society and perhaps
murder the very men who are now
using their money and talent to save his
worthless neck from hempen cord
If he did it would still further call out
that class of cranks who thirst for
publicity through their efforts thwart
Justice.
Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-01-20
THE RAILROAD.
Brief Facts CONCERNING Track
and Train.

Brief Facts Concerning Track
and Train.
Another crew was put on yesterday,
to run eastward.
s. B. Finley has returned from a
business trip to Yuma
Freight shipments, both through and
local, are about "holding their own"
Texas railroads killed $50 people and
injured 1712 during the past year.
E. G. Gilbert, general car inspector
of the Southern Pacific, is iE the city
today.
A wreck of small consequence occur
red to train % yesterdaylat Cambria, east
of DemiDg few miles.
A dozen men who were low on the
extra list have gone elsewhere for
employment in the past week.
A new check clerk arrived at the
home of Freight Agent W. S. kengla
last night. Kengla is glad it's boy.
The tourist rush to California over
the A, T. & S. F. continues uuabated.
1t is necessary for west bound passen-
ger to engage their Pullman berths
from one to two weeks in advance.
The repair shops of the New York
and New England railway company, in
Norwood, Mass, were closed last Friday
and about 600 employees were thrown
out of work no notice as to when they
will return.
The monthly pay disbursed by the
Southern Pacific in Tucson will average
$4,000. This includes the crews and
section hands between Yuma and Ell
Paso. Most of this money is spent in