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fair and made his valet wear his frown for
him. The Devibug had met him there,
and the marble duke appeared to know it.
He didn't seem to like people who guyed
his descendants. 1T would have given the
people in the states much better opinion
Of English nobility If they had sent that
mineral efIigy of the late deceased boss of
the Newcastle dukery to the Columbian
expo. instead of the present holder down Of
the job" remarked the Devilbug.
This is no place for the Indulgence of
personalities" l observed, with frigidity
that was not due to the chilly, musty at
mosphere of the greatest indoor, elite cem-
etery on earth.
We did not invest in enc Of the guide
books; 1t was unnecessary. for the Devil
bug. assuming that sanctimCniouS air that
is so deprI ssng to his friends and so de-
ceptive to strangers. approached one of the
deans-it was some clerical parsonage Of
Importance, that am sure of from the Sc
we're cut OF his short side lghts-and en-
tered into earnest conversation with him.
After a while, during which l had time
to examine some of the tombs. most of
which wer. deliberately carved with the mi
tials of visitors and artistically notched by
relic hunters the Devilbug returned
He wore a serene smile, something that
fitted him much better than did the suit the
Oxford street tailor built for him. with the
agreement that If the coat didn't fit him
the Devilbug could bring back The trousers
and the tailor would give him another vest.
] never saw the Devilbug wear so near an
approach to a look of annoyance than when
] told him he was the perambulating nu-
cleus of mstit clothing parlor-but that's
Another serial.
He wore a serene smile.
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grieved that I should have preferred to
sketch the old court yard, full of the doors
of flowers and antiquity, rather than it's
right-angled and recently improved" front
The driver of the deformed victoria which
1 had chartered for the afternoon was a
on-communicative old Fellow somewhere
in the seve rites He was the father of the
propIie of the Cock and very conserya-
tive in al, things He was distressed that
a stop was not made at every auench es-
Enlistment that we came to. When a stop
was made he became sociabie to the extent
of burying his face in a tankard of bitter
and saying "ah'' with great JUNCTION and
evidence of enjoyment
He was not source CT information.
"Hi m drivin this ere 'oss, and haint
no Baydykers gcyd, hyther. 1 was horned
ere and lived ere. That's hall hi know
h'about h'Eppng."
At the forest is to be met character an
old man who keeps a tea garden in the
f1owery bower. He had never heard Of
Chicago. The people in his neck of the
woods had never spoken of it. he said
Might 1t be in India? Oh, in the United
States. Why, yes, to be sure. The United
States were in America, were they not?
And there were Indians there everywhere
now he came to recollect were there not?
When informed him that was an In
dian myself, but temporarily off my reser-
walton, felt that my association with the
Devilbug had produced shocking change
in my naturally truthful nature.
I should have felt less guilty If the old
man had been less credulous and had look
ed at me with less wonder and curiosity In
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INJURED the Devilbug to his fellow citizen,
when the latter's complexion had assumed
q purple :uited to the Gothamte idea OF
harmony in tintss
AS We followed our shame-faced neigh
Dor to the door we heard the gentle clang
ing of a gong. 1t was a metropolitan fire
brigade engine ambling to fire. The fire
men dropped under the solid caSt-braSS he'll
NETS 1t was sight. 1t made me think of
home. TIE alley to the east with the jingle
Of discordant bells, and the decrepit horse,
and the man crying, "R-r-agsi Ra-a-gs!"
1t was SO easy going. The regulation re-
s,arding fast driving seems to be enforced
against the liremen as well as others in
London. A north side cable repair wagon
would brighten half London to death. l can
quite believe from what 1 have seen that
the chief fireman goes to fires in his dress
suit, # the alarm is turr ed in after six in
the evening. They call it the metropolitan
fire brigade, yet half the engines are work
ed by hand-engines similar to those used
in Cass county, Iowa.
One trouble with Americans in London is
that they are always looking for something
to kick about. For instance, man from
Evansville. Ind. Gmaglne the gall of man
from there kicking about anything), COM
plaired to me as fellows:
Il was at the Vaudeville the other even
ing. Good show, and 1 didn't mind paying
six pence for the program, but l want to
kill the lackey that hands around refresh
ments In exchange for coin. They con1ls
Gated my gun at the customs house at Liv
erpool, or I'd had him pinked before this
what was the troutle?' l asked. Il was
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doesn't ply moar'n bob for avin' my pic
ter TUX, heven hif hits done with colored

doesn't ply moar'n bob for 'avin' my pic
ter TUX, heven hif hits done with colored
cryonS."
1 took his business card and promised to
send him the sketch framed, and all for
six pence. I hope he will forgive me for
the deceit that must be new apparent to
him.
There are faces seen around the group
of high-priced but Ioor-Service hotels that
are clustered around Charing Cross that
are typical of the people of this country.
1t is no wonder that the art Of caricature
grew apace in England. The material is
always close at hand. I have snapped up
few features that came at random within
the focus of my pencil. The first is that
Of a stranded sailor-from the Strand and
70 further, l think-who wanted to be as
sisted to Liverpool. 1t would not be re-
rlarkable If his vocation the year round
consisted in desire for aid in the same geo.
graphical Girection-a new American comes
to town every minute. But the old sailor,
be he fraud or real, looks more harmless
than the rest of the group. He is to be
seen hanging around the hotels every day.
He looks like "con" man-eXcept that he
looks altogether too "con." Perhaps he is
only a hal mile IS lud or markee who hasn't
the wherewithal to get out Of town with
the rest of the drove. The other two
gents" the two sandwiched between the
others, are drivers of the "old- fashioned"
stage coaches that run to the Crystal Pal
ace and other places of interest out Of the
city. They have got-up-for- effect appear
ance that makes me suspect that they are
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the departed. If you were q gentleman in
waiting or the MISUNDERSTANDING to his
or her majesty. as the case might be, you
got niche-a nice, comfortable niche. with
all modern conveniences, including luke
warm water to drink-ice is SO unhealthy
Yes" 1 said, niche rhymes with witch
of course"
'Now, listen, never mind what it rhymes
with. If you happened to be the cold clay
that used to be addressed by your famil-
lars as Billy Wilberforce. the pioneer of the
emancipation of slaves, you'd be fled away
among the philanthropisrs, or, if you may
hap were the worm fodder as Shake
speare-he's got a lower berth here-puts
it, once known in the business directory of
London as John Milton. poet. you would
get nook III the poets corner. l knew
whole lot of American poets i'd like to see
buried here-right away. The first poet
buried here was Chaucer, who set tine pace
in dialect spelling five or six hundred years
ago. The last one to be buried here l re-
greet to inform you, my illiterate friend. was
Tennyson. What! you didn't know Aft?
Well. well!
II must get closer to Your class within
reach of that chrysolis intellect of yours.
We are now at the southern end of the
transept. Here it is; the Chapel St. I:laise.
Never heard of him either? Ia hate to be
so ignorant.
No. you can't so in there. that's the
Chapel of st. Faith. And you can only go
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From Halrcrs BaZar.
We had Il play the otter day, johnson $ by the
To benefit the ere, hc-to wit. local charity:
But Low the play Is over. il seems to dawn on me
ilcihr-ee.
On August first, Miss Beauchamp burst
to;iSlcd ,aZe;
On August two. She brought to view a stack of
French's plays;
She sized us up. selected one to suit. goes thu
Assigned the parts snd gave them out-ail this
within Two days.
learned his part;
But book in aud we paced the strand and got the
ReLearsas then three times day she gave
from ;Ec start
Her coaching show ed she well versed in all the
actor art.
Nor that all, she got the hall without 4 charge
for lant.
And in hetwe. rs she painted scenes which did net
Because she used for old Jo,nson's big
Sd. salo it was for charity and So of COURSE
it went"
And people did just what she bid because she
She :te us purchase tickets by handful and 1
We'd all gone broke at Johnson's by the evening
of the show.
1t all went right upon the night; like clockwork
moved the play:
Miss liearchainp shone; she alone worth what
one had TO pay.
Her gowns were simply wonderful: gorgeous a
display
Was never seen at Jclrsons by the Sea before that
day.
Next morning. though. she had to go-and took her
gowns galore.
But left behind we're panied to find the bills for
what she Wore.
And when paid expenses the poor creche got
dollars four,
4 nd No h3v InhnSpn'S
any more.
H G. PAINE.
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Saw.Her Baby Eaten by n Benz.

From the San Francisco Examiner.
A few days ago. near Bear Lake, about
thirty miles from The Dalles, Greg, a bear
ate up an Indian child that was left in the
brush asleep while its mother was picking
berries.
The poor woman heard the cries of her
infant, and. thinking that it was being in
jured. picked up butcher knife and rush-
ed to it's assistance. She found a savage
bean with the baby in it's claws and gnaw-
ing the PROSTATE body. Heroically she be-
gan the fight, but the bear was too power
full for her, and. although she fought
bravely, when she was rescued by the In
dams she was nearly killed. the brute hav-
ing clawed and mangled the flesh on her
body in a fearful manner. The little child
was dead, and almost every particle of
flesh on its body was devoured by the
angry animal.
They managed to kill the bear. The re-
mains of the little child were buried near
the place where it met it's cruel DEATH and
the heartbroken mother, in her wounded
condition, was cared for as tenderly as
possible.
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got UP especially for the American trade

got up especially; for the American trade
like the Brummagem antiquities.
Speaking of things Anticipated. an agree
able and inexpensive antfdote for the
gloominess. the CRIME and smoke OF Lon
don. the ancient Epping and Epping Forest
can be safely recommended. A good way
to go is to walk-it is only a matter of six
teen or seventeen miles from London. But
the man or woman who walks should have
a walking suit made after the plans and
specifications marked fashion plates A and
B. Walking to "a greater extent than hve
six miles should only be INDUCED in
while wearing Scotch ''outing costume"
They're dainty affairs-especially in shoes.
Many go only to the forest by stage or
train by way of Chingford and miss quaint
Epping, which lies little away to the
north from the forest. The latter Is de-
fghtful place to drive around, and abounds
in fine views and only one-twelfth of
dozen kings oaks Most places around Lon
don have from four to twenty trees, each of
which is called the kings oak. It's like
Colorado, where the stage drivers show the
guileless "tenderfoots' the score or so of
trees from which Deadwcod Dick was ia
tally swung. Formerly the forest, which
contains about 5000 acres, was the kings
chase; but probably the king waxed weary
of chasing, for now the tract is thrown
open to the public as park. There are in
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Art of Letter Writing.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
A woman noted among her friends for
her delightful letters and as delightful gift
of conversation was asked not long ago by
one of them how she managed it.
Frankly" was the reply, II strive for it.
When I see in book or hear anywhere a
happy phrase, a telling sentence, make
a mental note of it. and watch for an cp-
portunity to incorporate it in my own
speech or written word. l don't mean l
appropriate other folks ideas In wholesale
fashion, but do steal or utilize their knack
of expression. Another point l make is
never to permit myself to speak carelessly,
that is slovenly, any more than let my
hair be untidy my gowns mud-stained
1t does not seem to me frivolous or bestow-
ing too much care on tribes to take this
small pains for my betterment. I pin a
flower on my dress for bit of color, or ad-
just a bow where 1 know 1t is becoming
to my speech?"
Why, indeed? >, a.. 81.
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into this one the Chapel of the PyX, by
getting special order. and the man that
gives out the orders is over in Scotland, so
the dominic said.
Here's nice family tomb. It's said to
be the tomb of the Saxon king, Sebert, and
his third wife, Ethelgoda. and his sster-in-
law. RicCla. These People with the patent
medicine names have been dead since about
the year GIG A. D. Isn't 1t interesting-to
be dead so long? I'm coming here next
Decoration day and throw flowers on Sc
bert's tomb. People will think I'm direct
descendant.
THAT man I was talking to is digni-
tary of the Church House, and he told me
that the great ambition of his life was to
be buried in Westminster Abbey. l told
him l was the bishop of Gowanus, and
would use my influence in that most wor-
thy direction.
''When there isn't room along the wall
they just tear up the floor and bury people
there. Then they put a neat-fitting slab
over you for tourists to promenade on"
1 had seen enough of Westminster for
great dead is Failing.
When get back to America I shall get
up a syndicate of capitalists for the pur-
pose of sta rting an American Westminster.
There'd be money in 1t, ard there is GER
ta:L1y good material for such an enterprise
almost lying around loose in the States"
What is needed in Westminster Abbey is
sanitary ventilation and open plumbing,
and cages to wheel the tourists around in,
so they won't deface the magnificent mon
uments The Devilhug he n't particle Of
reverence in him, but when he caught a
fellow-American with freckleS on his nose
and big jackknife in his hand carving his
nideous initials on the monument to Sir
John Franklin, while laboring under the
impression that it was our Ben Franklin,
the Devilbug caught his compatriot by the
nape of the neck and squeezed that bit of
anatomy until the tourists complexion as
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there myself and thought him the most
LUMINOSITY gorgeous article in the lackey
line I'd ever seen. l made a sketch of him.
What was the trouble?" repeating the
question.
Il bought a ninc-pence cigar of him, and
when asked him for light he charged me
a penny extra for it. It's these little things
in London that makes me want to shoot on
sight
There are few butchers-I suppose they
call them meat-shop men here, everything
sounds so twisted-who are beauties in
their own pc culilr way. One of them stood
outside his funny little cow store, or what
ever they call em, and l surreptitiously
started TO make sketch of him. l would
have done so openly. but did not like the
looks III his implements of trade. But,
they say in the south of Fra ice, he was
ON 1 f,oZe with terror. Perhaps it was
fatal to those who tried to sketch a London
meat emporium operator. l had been Scoid-
ed by mar mics" in the Bahamas for
wanting to perpetuate the features of Mas
sau pickaninnies; thre atere ed by San Fran
cisco ChihGmen for similar breaches of
their forms of etiquette; had my hair turn
crimson with fear by the frantic eXpostu-
lations of Short Bull, VIXEN that Sioux gen.
tlemdn was prisoner at Fort Sheridan,
because l forgot that the red man of the
forest had conscientious ScrupleS against
tintypeS daguerreC types, crayons sketches
ard every other fern of portraiture. l had
also memories of quartet of anarchists,
back in the eishties. who wasted several
good days trying to make an appointment
with me, hut without avail. They didn't
like my style of sketch portraits, and were
DESTROYS OF criticising me with base ball
bat. l used the roof scuttle as means of
exit from the old Chicago Herald building
during that interesting period.
The butcher gentleman knew I was
sketching. 1 wondered if 1 had anything
about my person by which 1 could be iden-
titled if 1 were found unconscious. perhaps
dead, by the police. 1 too frightened
to run
He spake.
What do you charge. young man? HI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-28
A Story of Mystery,

Do you know what STORY of Mystery
is? 1t is a continued story of which ali but
the last chapter is printed, and then guesses
are made as to the solution, then the final
installment is printed
Early in October a most interesting
mystery story, When the War Was Over"
will be started in The Star, and five hundred
dollars will be given for the first absolutely
correct solution. In case no guess is abso-
lutely correct the amount will be divided
among those nearest to a correct solution.
The guesses will be confined to women read.
ers. Fuller particulars later.
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the forest the usual number of Inns" with
kigh-sounding names, to be found at every
pleasure-seekers' resort around London
places where ginger beer that tastes like
apsuds favored with cayenne pepper, and
ale OF bitter beer that has the a!luring
temperature of eishty-five degrees Fahren-
heit, is sold to the unwary wayfarer. 1t is
much better rather than to patronize the
forest resorts to go to Epping town and,
camel-like. lay IN a supply for the day.
There is a hotel there that is certainly very
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HAT YOUNG MAN,
W h o m the passen-
gers on the S,iale
dubbed the Devilbus,
has fastened himself
upon me with a hold
t Il q t Is not easily
shaken. He 1 9 s o
easy going and good
natured that most
persons would walk
round the block a
few times rather
than give him even
slight offense. A 8
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THE serio-religious gentleman has given
me cracker barrelful Of information
garding this retreat for the distinguished
corpse in the plural. Let us sit down OF
this ivorine casket, containing the remains
of the late lamented-let's see-yes, Sir s.
Rallies I remember him well; good family
too. notwithstanding his sporty name. To
begin with, it's sort of clearing house fer
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An Opening for Him.

TUCK.
Miss Hogaboom (of Chicago)-"And what
profession is your brother in, Lord Hamer-
cy?"
Lord Hamercy-"oh. when Algernon leaves
oxford l fancy he will take ORDERS"
Miss Hogaboom (surprised)-"Yes Well
there are some real nice gentlemen travel
ing for pa"
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his blue eyes, while the wfthered lids part
ed as wide as permitted by their enfeebled
muscles
leave London tomorrow. I wonder II
London will miss me? Small towns are SO
easily affected. CHARLES LEDERER.
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old but the proprietors history is either
very rusty or bis faith in his visitors is-
norance is abnormal. for he assured me
that the hotel was fully six hundred years
old having been built in the time of Charles
the First! Now it just happened I'd only
the day before been looking up Charley.s
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Jack (of the slums) IF an honest
heart"
Flossie (of 9Th avenue. who has lost ha
way)-"Do not detain me; 1 am anxious to
find my way home before dark Do not
repeat your avowals. can never be more
than a sister to you, Jack, our stations In
life are so differentw
Jack (sorrowfulIy)-"Aye.i it's tae old re-
frain. wealth versus poverty; you live on
chicken and IL live on hash"
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Nearly all women have good hair. though many
are gray and few are bald Halls Hair Remover
restores the natural color End tbickens the growth
Of the hair. se20
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BARRELFUL OF INFORMATION
LEISURELY FIRE FIGHTERS

Copyright 1895, by Bachelor johnson & Bachellsr)
LONDON, September IS, 1898.
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pedigree and knew that he only began to
reign when the second quarter of the sew
enteenth century commenced. Still the
Cock Hotel is a very old and quantity shah
by hostelrie. The front of the hotel is quite
modern in appearance. ard the proprietor
evidently a modernist, was distinctly ag-
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The Old, Old Story.

from Truth.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-18
ON THB sCRAPBook PLAN.
Evangelist Moody Makes Up his SER
mons From All sorts OF Material

His method OF sermOn-making Is orig.
inal, says McClure's Magazine. In real.
ity his sermons are never made-they
are always still I'm the making. SIM.
pose the subject il Paul" He t1kes
a mOnstrous envelope. capable Of hold
Ing some hundreds Of Sins Of paDer
labels 1t Paul" and slowly stocks IL
with original notes. cuttings from pa
pers. extracts from books, illustrations
scraps Of all kinds nearly or remotely
referring 10 the subject After accumn.
lating these, 1t may be for years no
wadeS through the mass, selects mum
Der Of the most striking points. ar.
ranges them, and. finally. makes fcw
jOttlngs in a large hand aud these he
carries with him to the platform. The
process Of looking through tho whole
envelope Is repeated each time tho scr
mon Is preached. Partly on this ac-
count and partly because I'm delivery
he forgptS some points or disprOpOr-
tiOnately amplifics others. no two SER
mons are ever exactly the same. By
this method also q matter Of much
more Importance delivery is al
ways fresh to himself Thus. tu make
this clearer, suppose that after a thor
ough sitting 100 eligible points remain
in the envelope Every time the ser
mon is preached there hundred are over.
hauled. But no single sermon. by a
mere Limitation Of time. can contain.
say, more than seventy.
Hence. though the general scheme is
the same, there is always novelty in the
arrangement, for the particular seventy
vary with each time Of delivery. No
greater mistake could be made than TO
imagine that Mr.. Moody does not study
for his sermons. On tho contrary. he IL
always studying. When in the evan.
gelistic field the batch Of enyelopns.
bursting with fairness, appears the mo-
ment breakfast is over, and the stran-
ger who enters at almost any time OF
the day, except at the hours OF platform
work, will find him with his litter Of
notes, either stufiing himself or his
portfolios with new points he has pick
ed up during the day His search for
these points and especially for light
upon texts Bible ideas or characters.
Is ceaseless. and he has an eye like an
eagle for anything really good Pos
sessing considerable library. he
brOwses over It when at home, but his
books are chiefly men. and no student
ever read the ever-open page more dil.
lgently, more intelligently or to more
Immediate practical purpose.