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by" and was off. She caught her car,
which landed her fifteen minutes later
at the Office of the Associated Charities.
AS Marion entered the Office, Mrs.
Wood looked up. sob, Miss Dewey, I
sent you a postal this morning about
the Potter family"
YES" replied Marion, II received
it, and am here to report. was lit
tie surprised, )" continued Marion, ito
receive your card this morning, as
had been recently to Mrs. Potter's and
found them as usual. l have just come
from there now. They are all we'll
and at work. Mrs. Potter was i'll
some three weeks ago, but is up again
now"
what then does her letter mean?"
asked Mrs. Wood.
Just this, Mrs. Wood" replied
Marion. MRS. Potter has been obliged
before now to receive aid, during that
time we made it as easy for her as pos
sible. now she ought not to ask it; but
she has, unfortunately, acquired the
habit. She is, know, good, honest
woman; but she and her children have
to reckon closely, and if she can get a
lift on coal two or three times during
the winter, she is now not above 1t. L
have had it, why not have it again%
she says to herself. OF course on that
principle we might supply half the
families in town." said Marion. $50
should advise you not to send the coal,
Mrs. Wood"
~ think you are correct, Miss
Dewey. We will send Mrs. Potter a
postal saying we give coal only in
cases of great need"
''Jf course you will not mention my
NAME" said Marion, ''for Mrs. Potter
would hardly understand why, being
her friend, / should prevent her get
ting coal here"
''Oh, no; we won't mention you"
replied Mrs. Wood.
When Marion had departed, Mrs
Wood turned to her assistant and said:
THAT is what we mean by friendly
visiting"
1t was half.past six that night when
Susy returned from work. "Have you
got the coal, mother?" were her first
words on entering.
mo" replied Mrs. Potter; they sent
me postal that they didn't give coal
only to the very poor, and suppose,
Susy, we amt the very poor any more. !"
That's SO, mother, we amt" an
swered Susy, now that Miss Dewey
calls on u.s.
''Ohw exclaimed Mrs. Potter, II
didn't tell you she's been here this
morning, and she's just the same angel
as ever. What should we ever do with
out her, Susy?'
''Oh, well, she'll come just the same,
mother, even if we amt awful poor"
''Yes," answered Mrs. Potter; dear
soul, know she will"
And she did.-N. Y. INDEPENDENT
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Is It possible that Mrs Potter i hard.

Is 1t possible that Mrs. Potter is hard
ening into the willing recipient of pub
lie charity? I'm glad now I didn't see
Harry last night when he brought that
apron his mother has just made me;
I'll go over and pay her for 1t and see
how things are"
Whereupon Marion arose, dressed for
the street and started forth.
The air was clear and bracing. and
when Marion stood before Mrs. Potter,
as she opened her door, her bright,
sparkling eyes joined with her voice in
a CHEEKY Woodworking"
This is a pretty cold morning, Mrs.
Potter" said Marion.
eyes, indeed, Miss Dewey" replied
Mrs. Potter. 81 tell you thought SO
when l was a-washing down these
stairs just now"
81 thought I'd come over and pay
you for that apron" continued Marion.
perhaps you're in need of the money"
"Oh law, Miss Dewey! The idea,
after all you're a-doing for us, of
you're a-paying me for that! Keep
your money"
"Oh, Mrs. Potter" said Marion, "I'm
glad to do what l can for you, and I
don't want you to sew for me for moth
ing. There's fifty cents, if you think
that is right"
Right? You'd never owe me moth
ing if made you hundred aprons,
Miss Dewey"
81 tell you what I'd do if / were you,
Mrs. Potter" replied Marion. ''If I
didn't need to spend the money now,
I'd put it by for my next months coal
bill"
Marion watched Mrs. Potters face al
she said this, and saw slight color
mount to her cheeks. ..
'Oh, we need the money, sure
enough, Miss Dewey, there amt no
doubt about that; only you're SO kind
to us, we can't pay you as it is"
Marion laid the fifty cents down on
the table and ehatted on about Susy
and the boys, about the temperance
meetings which We're going on just
then in the town hall; about the prob
able winner of the prize piano offered
to the most popular young lady in
town by the morning paper, but not
another word about coal; for Marion
had always visited Mrs. Potter as a
friend and not as an agent of the Asso-
ciated Charities. If Marion had ever
been connected with that association
in the minds of the Potter family,
they had long since forgotten it in
their love for her and in their gratitude
for her kindness to them.
The clock was striking eleven, the
electric" would pass the corner in a
minute; 80 Marion babe hasty Good
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TO the kitchen to pay her daily visit
there, Marion retired to the library
and comfortably seated herself before
the open CRATE fire to read the morning
paper. ..sg.rs M
Anything for me, Hulda?" she called
to the neat little Swede, whom she
heard closing the door on the back of
the departing postman. ... aM
Eyes, Miss Marion, postal" said
Hulda, as she appeared at the library
door.
Marion extended her hand with some
eagerness, as she had been expecting
word for several days that her new
coat was, at last, ready for it's final fit
ting; but her countenance clouded a
little as at first glance her eyes
caught the postars printed heading:
"Office of the Associated Charities"
However, Marion read the card with
care; the secretary of the charities had
received letter from Mrs. Potter, say
ing that she had been i'll, and that the
doctor advised great care against chills.
Would the charities kindly send her
some coal, and she would try not to
ask them again. AS Mrs. Potter was
Marion's family" they would await
her report.
Mrs. Potter and Marion were quite
old friends. 1t was now over three
years since Marion first called on Mrs.
Potter, who had but recently lost her
husband, after an illness which had
used up all his little savings. Walter,
twenty years old, and Susy, eighteen
years, were left as her only means of
support; Harry, only eleven, must go
to school for at least three years more.
Those were dark days during that
first winter, when, besides the loss of
a kind husband and father, the little
family had to struggle on with only
the small wages of the unskilled boy
and untaught girl on which to live. It
was necessary at that time that help
should be given them; and in the kind
est way possible Mrs. Wood, secretary
of the charities, had given their case"
to Marion, and, as an aid to her in en-
tering their home, had told her that
Mrs Potter could knit. Marion made
her first visit quite a matter of business.
She had heard, she said that Mrs. Pot
ter could knit; she would like pair of
bed slippers if she would make them
for her.
Mrs. Potter made the slippers, and
from that time on she and Marion had
been the best of friends.
Marion's dresses had kept Susy neat
ly clean and comfortably clothed, SO
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THE OLD cINHoUsE.

bwaying pines have grown around It,
Trumpet vines with garlands bound 1t,
yellow 1asmines climbed and crowned it
Laughing down their green and gold;
Tendrils through each crack escaping
Hid the worn root widely gaping,
Every hole with beauty draping
In the ginhouse gray and old
In the morn the squirrels peeping,
Der the rafters lightly leaping,
With bark awake the sleeping
Owl, who blinks up, drowsy-polled;
And at night, with sudden stirring
From the caves, the wan light blurring,
Fit the bats with dusky whirring
Round the ginhouse gray and old
Oh the day well-nigh forgotten,
When along the floor now rotten
Waves and waves of snowy cotton
OFT In billowy beauty rolled,
While the toilers wrought a-singing
Mellow lays that yet are ringing,
Der the tide Of time still winging
From the ginhouse gray and old.
Oh. those songs with sweetness teeming,
Chasing care and pain redeemlngl
Often still they soothe my dreaming,
BY sad memory softly trolled;
And at eve their echoes dying ...u
Haunt me, meath the pine trees lying, W.
Listening to the wind low signing
Round the ginhouse gray and old
Lorn Is now the old plantation, Dr..
Fairest spot In all creation; I'd.
Teardrops choke the sad relation,
And its sorrow can't be told.
Poets lit of ruins hoary
Over sea In song and story;
AL must yield In beautys glory
To the jasmined glnhouse old
Samuel M. Peck, in N. Y. Independents
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CHOICE EXTRACTS.

"A lie has no conscience. Rams
Horn.
Weigh your words II you would
have your words weighed.
Between two evils" it does some
times seem that many people choose
both.
"A day passed without some good
deed done is a day lost to ourselves
and to the world.
Many who are born in sight Of
Heaven never take the step that will
bring them to it.-Ram's Horn.
Get the pattern of your life from
God, and then go about your work and
be yourself. Phillips Brooks.
Religion is not as much something
we get as something we become under
the Transforming touch of God.
Harsh words do not win souls.
They may be deserved, but they arc
not often wise. United Presbyterian
1t is happy hour to him that
works righteousness when God meets
him. He stands on a higher level, for
he is with God.
God asks US to do hard things, NOT
to strengthen our arms SO much as to
strengthen our faith.-Young Mems
Era.
We may do as we please in this
world and be sure of the next If there
is nothing that pleases us so much an
the will of God. Young Mems Era.
That is a searching question: What
hast thou that thou didst not receiver"
1t should be asked by everyone OF him
self, and the answer to it should ba
candid. Presbyterian.
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NOT WORK BUT WORRY.
What 1t IL That Shortens Life and Makes
It Irksome.


It Irksome.
The revolutions of machine do not
destroy, it is either friction or rust
that ruins things. Men and women
can endure almost any amount OF
mental or muscular taxation. Worry
is the worm at the root--it blights
life in the bud. Toll is favorable to
health and longevity. We knew an
old man who was regular in his habits
and remarkably Industrious. He was
an octogenarian, and yet his years
rested lightly upon him. His
health was unusually good, but
II from any cause he was
i'll, he would say: IF / can
only get out and get hold of the ham
dies of the pillow ! shall soon be all
right again" You can hardly put
work enough upon man to harm him.
The corrosion of selfish care, the wear
and tear of worldly anxieties born Of
avarice or unbelief, the worry, and not
the work, kills the masses of mar ind.
The patriarchs of old were long lived.
Their simple, quiet, pastoral customs
were quite favorable to longevity.
They lived by prayer and the word or
God. Casting all your care upon
Him, for He careth for you. VAN
GUARD
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The Worm Turned.

snow, what do you want?" asked the
sharp-nosed woman.
81 called to see if couldn't sell you
some bakin' POWDER" said the seedy
gentleman with the struggling whis-
kers
SWELL, you can't sell no bakin' pow.
der here, and amt got no time to
waste on peddlers, anyway"
'Come to think of it, ma'am," said
the seedy gentleman, as he fastened
his valise, II wouldn't keer to sell you
no powder. This here little dinky
kitchen of yours is so low in the ceilin'
that the bread wouldn't have no
chance to rise. Indianapolis Jour
nal
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that her earnings had gone in with
her brothers to keep the wolf from the
door.
But three years had now passed since
that first visit. Walter was now a
young man of twenty three, earning a
mans wages. Susy had learned much
more at her trade in the slipper fac
tory, and Harry had started in for him.
self at two dollars and fifty cents a
week.
Marion's visits had continued and
grown to be very friendly, pleasant
chats with the mother, happy and
cheerful once more in her children's
comfort.
After reading the postal, Marion sat
gazing into the fire.
"Why is Mrs. Potter asking for coal?''
she said to herself st is not more
than ten days since l was there and
everything was as usual. / remember
now she did say that she had been i'll
for three or four days the week before.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11
A FRIENDLY VISITOR.
BY MARTHA L. LATHE.

I was a bright,
cold morning in
January. M r S.
Dewey and her
daughter Mari
o n h a d ju S {
risen from the
breakfast table.
w hill g NJ r S.
Dewey turned
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11
He Meant Business.

Aramantha Ito her lover, who has
just proposed)-Before 1 give you an
answer have secret to impart.
Lover-What is it, dearest
Aramantha (blushing and stammer-
ing)-My-my teeth are false.
Lover (heroically)-No matter. I'll
marry you in spite of your teeth
Texas Siftings.
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Controversy by shovel.

Wife-Don't hear some one beating
carpet?
Husband-No. hired an Irishman
and an Italian to put away the coal,
and they are arguing.
The evening world., 1895-08-06
TRAGEDY OF THE STRIKE.
Rose brown Took Carbollc Acid
and Died in n Hospital.

After peing in Gouverneur Hospital
since Friday, Rose Brown died last
night. She was twenty years old. and
died OF carbolic acid poisoning. which
she said she took by mistake.
For more than a year the woman had
known Charles Brown, whom she mar
ried three weeks ago. They kept house
at IS Sheriff street All the money they
mad they paid out for furniture and the
nrst months rent She was a baster,
ana had employment In the same shop
with her husband
When the strike came both were
forced to stop work. Their little money
was spent for food. The woman became
discouraged. Friday. few minutes
after noon. she staggered into the Union
Market station-hOuse, and said she was
SICK and destitute. She was sent to the
Gouverneur Hospital. 1t was late that
nigh: before II was found that she had
taken the acid. The physicians sent for
her husband
AFTER tnat until she died. the husband
sat by the side of the little white cot
IN siouverneur Hospital. He seemed to
be heartbroken when the woman died.
The evening world., 1895-08-06

was suspended on condition Of his sur
rendering his plates and giving the
Government valuable information.
In 1883 he WAS sent to Sing Sing for
fve years by Recorder Smyth for
forging Morris and Essex Railroad
bonds. apd after serving his sentence.
he was discharged on Aug. 4, 1887 Since
then he has been free. In the event OF
his conviction now. the old thirty-year
sentence Will count against him.
United States Commissioner Shields
has issued several search warrants pre-.
sumably for houses in this city supposed
to be occupied by other members OF the
gang.
There was n consultation in room 127.
OF the Post-Office Building, the head
quarters OF the local secrc, service men.
this morning between chief llazen and
Lieut.. Bagge. In charge OF the Bureau
here. regarding the escape OF Dr. Brad
ford. There are 70 many features IN
the escape which resemble that OF Kill
loran. Russell and Allen from Ludlow
Street Jail, that Chief Hazen has de-
termined to exact n strict accounting not
only from Agents Colligan and Burns.
but also from Mr.. Bagge, who Is really
the responsible party.
The evening world., 1895-08-06

as an outrage. Detectives Bagge and
Colligan were left to watch him at the
house, but when Chief Hazen called
there at I o'clock Sunday morning he
officers the slip and could not be found.
His escape may cost the detectives their
places.
In Brockway's cottage at Rockaway
were found n 81, 600 railway bond. num-
ber OF unused checks on various banks
and several hundred dollars in counter
felt Canadian so notes, In a wad In his
coat pocket he had a $500 gold certificate
In Smiths room at East Fourteenth
street. this city, a number OF plates
were found and "A lot OF counterfeit
Canadian bills similar to those In Brock
The woman. Libbie Smith. is a hand
somo and dashing brunette Of about
thirty. She used to drive up to the
house in loboken In carriage with a
pair OF stylish high-steppers.
The Government. officials say that
they have a clear case against all the
persons who have been arrested. and
are concentrating themselves that they
dangerous and daring gangs of coun-
terfeiters that ever existed in this coun-
try
Brockway is seventy-three years old.
crime scarcely looks sixty. He is erect
and robust OF figure, with eyes that are
keen and alert, and in action he Is quick
and nervous. He wears full gray
beard. and ths with his partially. bald
head. gives him a venerable and en-
tirely respectable appearance.
He began counterfciting United States
bonds soon after the war broke out
and was arrested but escaped punish
ment. In 1850 he was sentenced for
forging Government bonds. but he did
not serve single day. His sentence
The evening world., 1895-08-06
.pHELAN'S CHECKS 0. K.
Ex-Mayor Grant to tho Defense
Of the Ex-Commissioner.
He 10 Convinced There 10 Nothing
Wrong In the Old Dock Board.
Meanwhile There Will BE . Rigid
Investigation Of the Ledger.

Although the friends Of ex-Dock Com
missioner Phelan stoutly insist there
was nothing wrong in the fact that he
had a private ledger in the New York
County Bank. in which. while he was
Commissioner. many checks made pay
able tc bearer" were entered, cashed
and then deposited to various accounts,
1t is certain the present Dock Commits
sioners. as well as the Commissioners
OF Accounts. regard the matter as of
considerable Importance. The latter
have been investigating the subject.
The Dock Commissioners only heard
OF the controversy yesterday. and have
started out on their own account.
Il am fond of cunning" Comis-
sioner Monks said land II there Is any,
thing peculiar about the methods OF the
old Board It will be brought to light"
Expert Haskins held a consultation
with Commissioner Terry. and said he
considered 1t serious matter.
Mr.. Phelan. before crossing tho At
lantic, notified the Commissioners of his
intention. and said If they desired any
help in investigating his accounts he
would cheerfully render It. He is ex-
pected back about the middle OF next
month. when he will probably be asked
to explain that private ledger. Those
who know him say that II the story
reaches him in Europe. he Is likely to
hurry home and demand an investiga-
tion.
Among the friends who have rushed
to his defense Is exMayor Hugh J.
Grant. who stamps the story as absurd
He points out that long before Mr.. Phe-
Ian was ever identified with the Dock
Board he was wealthy man. AS to the
many separate accounts which Phelan
had in the New York County Bank. he
accounts for 1t by the reason that he
was connected with many institutions.
was engaged In many private enter
prises, and was treasurer OF many Or
ganiZations.
! The Commissioners of Accounts want
It to be understood that Mr.. Rehm is
in no way connected with their office
that he brought them valuable informa-
tion in other cases, and also brought
the latest Information about ex-Commis-
/ siOner Phelan.
The evening world., 1895-08-06

The plant Is the most complete and
elaborate that has ever been discov-
cred. and is SAID TO be worth several
thousand dollars. 1t Is believed to have
been in operation In the Hoboken house
for more than year past.
The headquarters were located about
ten dayr ago and have since been under
constant surveillance. The identiica-
ton OF Brockway, who passed under
the name of Col. e. w. Spencer and
freQuented the house, gave the first
clue to the detectives. They recognized
him on the street one day In spite OF
his disguise and followed him to the
house. Step by step they followed up
the trail OF the gang until they had
secured the names Of all Ave Of the
counterfeiters who composed It.
Chief Hazep conducted the proceed
ings In person. After waiting several
days in vain to get the gang all to-
gether. especially Tor an opportunity TO
catch DIR. Bra iford at the house. he
decided to make the raid Saturday
night.
only persons there at the time. Brock
way was arrested Sunday evening at
his cottage at Rockaway Beach. and
locked up In Jersey City under the name
of william Edwards. and Smith. the
engraver was not found until last night.
He Is the son OF Charles Il. Smit "A noted
counterfeiter whose picture adorns the
Rogues' Gallery OF nearly every police
station In this country.
Dr. Bradford was arrested at his
night. but denied all knowledge OF tho
conspiracy and denounced his arrest
The evening world., 1895-08-06
"WHITE FAWN" NOT TIMID.
The Dowery One Hangs Herself to
Cell Bar.

Every policeman In the Bowery knows
the white Fawn." She has been ar
rested many times during the past ten
years: Monday night. after being ar
rested at Eighth street and Second ave-
nue., she tried to hang herself in the
Union Market station.
She was taken first to the Fifth street
station. where she said she had been
looking for her son. James McLaugh-
lin, who. with another young man, had
been arrested earlier in the evening for
picking pockets. The woman gave her
name as Mrs. Nellie Wilson. She was
taken to the Union Market station,
where there is a matron. She arrived
Just after Commissioner Parker left.
She had been locked up an hour
when Doorman Eiken heard a strange
noise. He found the woman hanging
from the door of her cell. She tied her
handkerchief about her neck and then
to n bar. The doorman. Sergt. Thomp-
son and the matron worked over her a
few minutes, pronounced her all right
and locked her In cell with police
man to keep watch.
The evening world., 1895-08-06
plckEa BRADFORD ESCAPED.
Eluded Secret. Service Men in His
Dentists Office, GA Third
Avenue.
Plant. IN HosokEN SEIZED.
5000 900 In Bad Canadian Bills,
Fibre Paper for $500, 900 More
end Plates Captured.

william d. Brockway. tho notorious
eounterfsiter and forger, and the three
members Of his gang. william s. Was-
asr. sidney Smith. the engraver. and
I.ibbis Smith, his wife. who were cap
tursd Saturday and Sunday. by CHIEF
Hasen. Of the Secret Service Bureau.
and his detectives. were arraigned this
naornins before United States Commis-
ston>r Romains in Jersey City and re-
manded for examination.
A nfth member Of tho gang. DR.. o. E.
Bradford. who conducts . dental par
ier ax Gll Third avenue, In this city.
voe also arrested. but In some mysteri-
ese manner which has not yet been ex-
nlstnsd he escaped from the onicers
who had him In custody last Saturday
night, and hs has not yet been recap
tured. He 10 said to be the hacker OF
the gang.
This IL the richest haul Of counter
fsiters the Government detectives have
made In . long time. The headquarters
Of the gang were at b42 Ann street. Ho-
boken, where the plant was located. and
the business was conducted with so
much secrecy that Chief Hazen had
bosn striving In vain for nearly a year
to get some clue to the criminals.
They were engaged in turning out
United States gold certificates Of the
denominations Of $500 and 500 and
Gmail Canadian notes, and so skilfully
wsrs they engraved that It required
an expert to recognise them A. coun-
tsrfsits.
The building At "a Ann street. Ho-
boksn, was raided Saturday night by
Chief Hasens detectives. and besides
valuable plates for both United States
and Canadian notes. 500. 900 in Canadian
currency, with the reverse sides all
printed. were found. and a sufficient
amount Of fbre paper to print $ioo. 900
more. A large number Of diminished
plates for gold certificates and . guam
tity of printing machinery were also
esissd by the oficers.