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lady, allowing her temper to overcone
her prediction for heroics.
''Great Jupiter! My dear Miss Me-
linda" stammered the unfortunate
Mr.. Podd.
s.Gor' cried Miss Melinda, in still
shriller tones. Must I have you
elected from this apartment? Mari"
she added, opening the door leading
into the back room, ''here is this con-
temptible puppy, Podd."
HAS he come back here ag'in?'' and
the irate mother appeared upon the
scene. Maybe he come to see If your
cat still out-squalled you," she said in
harsh and sarcastic tones, as she con-
fronted the bewildered victim of their
joint accusations.
''Or to have my voice remind him of a
file on a cross-cut saw" rejoined
the daughter with a little hysterical
sob. 20. mar! drive him away. 1
can't bear the sight O. him"
MY child! don't let such a misera-
BILE creature disturb you" said the
mother, sOothingly; then, pointing to
the outer door, said:
''Get right out o here, an don't put
your foot nigh this house ag'in. IfIwas
d uudn u you NOW 70 1nSu1G
protected ladies'" she added, as a part
ing injunction when Mr.. Podd, with
his hand pressed to his head in dazed
sort of way, turned and fed into the
darkness.
An hour or two afterward, as he
stole dejectedly into his lodgings he
met at the door his landlady's daugh.
ter, who had his sentimental valentine
in her hand, and beamed upon him a
happy smile.
''Oh, Mr.. PoddI' she tenderly ex-
claimed, ''how can I ever thank you
for this too awfully lovely valentine?
I've been watchin' for you ever since
supper. Do come into the parlor,
where there is a nice warm fire an
things look cozy."
Poor Mr.. Podd! He muttered some
thing about being consumed by a rag
ing headache, and declining all prof
fered remedies he went hastily to his
room, where, locking himself securely
within, he gave up fully to the anguish
of the hour.
It is cause for little wonder, there
fore, that any allusion to st. Valen-
tines day now causes deep depression
to settle on his once susceptible heart
and a chill to pervade his sensitive
being.-Detroit Free Press.
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edge of ariStOcratic department. from
theatrical boards and the pages of that
romantic school of literature she de-
lighted in devouring in prodigious
quantities, but as Mr.. Podd's ideas had
been generated by the same equivocal
source, he detected none of the flaws
patent to more acute or less interest
ed person.
Mr.. Podd's lodgings comprised the
most economical part of his exis-
tence, being in an obscure street,
in building that wore the look of alb
ject-genteel poverty. Considering the
dispiriting surrounding, it is little mar
vel that Mr.. Podd frequently sought
the charming companionship of Miss
Melinda Smythe, or entertained, in Sc
cret, visions of a vine-embowered cot
tage, with this divinity as its presiding
deity, for if there be any excuse for a
rash plunge into the tumu1tuous sea of
matrimony it is that the unfortunate
victim leaps from the positive infe
licity of the typical obscure boarding
house into the blissful unknown.
Mr.. Podd's sojourn at these lodgings,
however, was a matter of policy, both
on account of the cheapness of bed and
board, and also on the score that, ow-
landlady's daughter for this particular
boarder the mother was more lenient
in collecting his arrears and more in
dulgent in many of the minor workings
of the esta blishment, including choice
morsels at the table and thoughtful
supervision of his wardrobe and room.
Owing to these several advantages
he fingered on, yet refused to allow his
perverted heart. to be softened by the
Establishments of the daughter more
than was essential to his own com
fort and convenience as privileged
boarder.
When he wished an extension of
credit or to secure some especial favor
Mr.. Podd was wont to escort his land
ledy's daughter, in whose fashioning
nature had neglected to include any
nomeliness, to some place of worship or
to an entertainment where the price of
admission was most moderate, suffer
ing untold anxiety the while lest the
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congenia1 doves, c1asped hands, mot
toes of truth. fidelity, constancy and
DEVOTION. with other symbols repre-
senting harmonious state Of affairs
generally, were scattered prodigauy
over gilded paper in fligree design
Added to this was an amatorY sonnet,
wherein dove. love, bliss, kiss, ETC.,
were worked mp in several lines of
choicest machine poetry, while the
finale was a suggestive sketch of a de-
voted couple before an altar, and offici-
ating clergyman, with another fat Gu
pid in the background, wearing a
highly contented expression and
nothing else.
AS Mr.. Podd turned to go his eyes
fell on pile of comic valentines which
lay near.
Some one has said the destiny of
nation turns frequently upon a small
pivot. That of an individual is often
as delicately poised
This careless glance proved the turn
ing point which overthrow fortune,
and enthroned her unwelcome kins-
woman in the near future of Mr.. Podds
existence.
The topmost valentine portrayed a
spinsterly-looking female, seated at an
antiquated piano which she was be-
laboring in a blood-curdling way in ac-
compartment to some operate gem,
supposed to be issuing from her very
extensive mouth. An unhappy feline,
with arched back, distended eyes and
enlarged caudle appendage, lifted up
her agonized wall from an adjacent
fence. Below this sketch was verse,
in which comparison between the two
singers was much in favor of the cat.
An evil thought, perhaps, born of a
recent request for arrears for board,
entered the mind of Mr.. Podd to be-
stow this souvenir of ST. Valentine on
the landlady's daughter, who also
thrumned the piano, and acting on the
sudden impulse he bought the missive.
When at his lodgings he directed
both valentines, feeling secure on the
one hand that his 1andlady's daughter
was not familiar with his penman-
ship, and writing on the sentimental
one the initials, J. c. P, that Miss
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odious Tom Jones should be basking
in the sunlight of Miss Melinda's pres
ence during this voluntary exile on his
part.
Mr.. Podd's finances were slowly re-
covering from the severe drain to
which they had been subjected during
the Christmas. February he was walk
ing leisurely from business towards his
lodgings, calculating a method by
which he might be able to pay some
bills, long since due, yet retain a sutfi-
cient surplus to treat the fair Melinda
to sleigh ride, reckless1y promised at
q time when the weather gave strong
and almost certain indications of verg
ing into bal1ny spring, while, with a
perversity known in no other thing
save women, it now gave as positive
evidence'of speedy fall of snow.
AS he passed down the street his at
tention was drawn to d crowd gathered
before stationer's window and promi-
nent among them was the ever obnOx-
ious Tom Jones, who, with the others,
was absorbed in the contemplation of
display of valentines.
At once the green-eyed monster sug-
gested the idea that this exasperating
rival was even then engaged in Celect-
ing one of those dainty missives by
means of which he might convey to the
object of their common admiration an
accurate state of his feelings, and Mr..
Podd at once decided on adopting sim
liar measures in an avowal of the pas
sion that alike consumed his soul and
salary.
Now, it would seem that from a we'll
stocked assortment of valentines, one
might readily make a selection, but
Mr.. Podd found difficult task.
Many Of these dainty messengers APP
peared too cold and Indifferent to suit
the critical taste of this customer;
others were Of too obscure nature to
portray the proper intensity of emo
ton that stirred the profound depths
of Mr.. POdd's soul.
Finally he chose one, in which arrow
pierced hearts and very fat cupids-
| who were evidently IN the same plight
rs Flora McFlimsey = together with
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FLIGHT OF THE BONAPARTES.

Able to Turn Exile to Advantage by Easy
Morality.
After the last fiascO before the eta
del of Ajaccio, the situation of the
Buonapartes was momentarily desper-
ate. Salicetti had arranged for his
own return to Paris, where he would
be safe. Napoleon felt that flight was
the only resort for him and MS. Ac-
cordingly, on June II, three days ear
lier than his patron, he ard Joseph, ac-
cOmpanied by Fesch, embarked with
their mother and the remainder of the
family, to join Lucien, who had re-
manned at Toulon. The Jacobins OF
that city had received Lucien, as a
COrsican sympathizer, with honor.
Dou btless his family, homeless and des-
titute for their devotion to the repub-
lie, would find encOura cement and help
until some favorable turn in affairs
should restore their country to France,
and reinstate them not only in their
old possessions, but in such new digni-
ties as would fifty reward their long
and painful devotion. Such, at least,
appears to have been Napoleon's gen
eral idea. He was provided with a
legal certificate that his family was one
of Importance and the richest in the
department. The convention had prom
ised compensation to those who suffered
such losses.
AS had been hoped, on their arrival
the Buonapartes had been treated with
every mark of distinction, and ample
provision was made for their comfort.
BY act of the convention, women and
old men in such circumstances received
seventy-fve francs month, infants,
e 4 IL
a present of twenty-five francs. With
the preliminary payment of one hun
dred and fifty francs, which they
were better off than they had been at
home.
Lucien had appropriated Napoleons
certificate of birth, in order to appear
older than he was, and having now de-
veloped into a fluent demagogue, was
soon earning a small salary in the COM
missary department of the army
Fesch also found comfortable berth
in the same department. Joseph
calmly displayed Napoleon's commits
sion in the national guards as his own,
and received a higher place with
better salary. The sovereignty of the
convention was everywhere acznowl-
edged, their revolutionary courts were
esta blished far and wide, and their le-
cations, clothed with dictatoria1 power,
were acknowledged in every camp of
the land as supreme, superior even to
the commanders-in-chief It was not
exactly time for further military
irregularities, and Napoleon, armed
with a certificate from Salicetti that
his presence in Corsica for the past six
months had been necessary, betook
himself to the army headquarters at
Nice, still cherishing hope, it seems.
that he might find some opportunity to
lead a successful expedition against
the little citadel of Ajaccio. Such
scheme, at all events, occupied him in
termittently for nearly two years, or
until it was banished forever by Wis
ions of a control far transcending the
limits of Corsica
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creed by fate to wear it in the common
place atmosphere of mercantile life,
but thus it was.
To behold Mr.. Podd on a Sunday
afternoon, or on some evening, after
the multitudinous affairs of business
had ceased until the morrow, one would
almost have been led to believe that
the baptiSmal name was scarcely ade-
Quate to the man, for when Mr.. POdd
had cast aside the enthra1ling ShackleS
of dependent circumstances and stood
forth in the full freedom OF small
salaried clerk off duty, he might readily
have been mistaken for railroad mag
nate, or a bank official with an evident
inclination toward some country where
extradition law is not.
AT such periods it required an ex-
,ceedingly imaginative brain to grasp
the thought that the individual who
whirled past in the newest, and most
stylish Of rigs-to the utter humiliation
of his weeks salary-or who occupied
one of reserved pair of orchestral
chairs, front, was but the same person
who smilingly tore down one side of
dry goods esta blishment to enable
some undecided female to select a spool
of thread, or who rewound yards upon
yards of Haniburgs and other decora-
tive goods which similar consistent
creatures had examined with thor
,oughness known only to the feminine
mind.
Mr.. Podd cherished intentions, which,
if rightly matured, as they certainly
would be in the course of human events,
would give to his existence that couleur
de rose which the poets affirm consti-
tutes earthly felicity.
Mr. Podd's intentions were of raatri-
monial nature.
He loved.
IL this case the sentiment was
species OF mild insanity that often at
tacks young men of marriagable age
and an unmarriageable salary, and Mr..
Podd exhibited many of the symptoms
in an aggravated form.
He took in two or three extra squares
each day in walking to and from his
place of business that he might pass
the abode which sheltered the idol of
his soul, and, perchance, be rewarded
by smile, or bow of recognition from
the fair occupant.
The fair being who thus agitated the
p1acidity of Mr. Podd's existence was
a Miss Melinda Smythe-her father
spelled it Smith in bygOne days.
This maiden dwelt with her mother,
whose small income was obtained by
working early and late at dreesmak-
ing.
Miss Melinda led ily-of-the-field
existence, and while her mother
drudged, and cooked, and sewed
In the little back room, her daughter
received in the front apartment, or
went out to concerts and theaterS, from
which she brought back lyrical souven-
irs to be distributed, with the aid of a
cheap rented piano, to the neighbor-
hood at frequent intervals.
From the department of Miss Melinda
in public, one was led to regret that a
life of fashionable dissipation had
brought ennui to so young a creature,
and when she referred to ''our resi-
dence," it was in tone that at once
suggested a brown-stone front, plate
glass, and an extensive retlnue.
In Mr. Podd's eyes, her bearing was
simply regal, and he rejoiced in the
-distingue atmosphere OF her presence,
unmindful of any doubts of its genu-
ineness-
Miss Melinda had gained heg knowl-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07

ULIUS CESAR
PODD was a
clerk in a retail
dry goods store.
1t is difficult
to imagine thai
a n individual
bearing so his
toric a baptis-
m a l n a M e
should be d e.
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MUSIC.

The new Orstorio society will have its
second rehearsal this evening ct AS in
Blsnchard-Fitz gerald hall. Elijah will
be studied under the able direction of j.
G. Dunster, who has had wide expert
ence in such work here and abroad.
A concert was given last evening
at Unity church, Third and Hill streets,
by Pr ofessor Stemm's music school and
the Unitarian Sunday school orchestra,
assisted by Mr.. O. s. Cornsll, with the
follow wing programme:
Overture, La Gazza Ladra, acknowledgements ira.
Plano solo. Vase Brilliant, Durand- Mss
Grace Freebsy.
ta) Caanson Populaire, quartette. Haydn,
(b) Ssreuata. from quar ette, Haydn-MI sses
Mary Starin, Helen Pepper, Hazsl Galpln and
Prof A. J. Stamm.
In Questa Tumba, Besthoven-Mr. 8. G. Cor
nell.
Piano Concerto in fiat major, Mozart (alle-
gro, with orchestral aec0mpanimenD Miss Jen-
ME Fisch
sereuade for horn and flute obligato, It'll
Masters H. Knoll, d. Olsnausen and Orche stra.
Overture, Don Juan, Mozart-Orchestra.
Romance, vIoloncello solo, Goltermann-Mr.
Ed Kuster.
Les Joyeux Papillons, piano solo, Gregh-Miss
Flora Eunter
Trio for plano. violin and violoncello, Fesca
fallegro)-Miss L. Jordan, Prof. A. J. 5tamm
and Mr., Ed. Kuster.
Dd'st Thou But Know, Balfe-Mr. c. s. Cor
Ma ional Guard March, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The next concert given by the Ellis
and Treble Clef clubs will be Thursday
evening, January 3lst. at Simpson tab.
ernacle.
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weak minded old gentleman who has
been kept in the presidency OF the board
for many years now by Mr.. Lelong, who
has found him willing tool to further
his own wishes. For Mr.. Leone's
scienceI have no respect whatever. HI
ia an inpostor in 30 far as that is con-
cerned and l have learned enough OF
his dongs to feel that a reorganization
OF the board would probably be a benefit
to the fruit interests of your state.
WANTED HIS NAME IN PRINT.
"This eeurrilous attempt to reflect
upon horticultural go we'll and favor
ably known as Mr.. Cooper. shows how
Riley has been spending his thunder
He Kept constantly begging me to men
tion his name in my reports. l shall
notforget to give him credit. | refuse d
to assist in his unmerited glorificstion,
Mr. Cooper turned him down, Mr.. Koe1
beh made discoveries Independently q
hin--hence his spimosity to me, M.
Ksebele. Mr.. Cooper and the stye
beard.
"He is simply another foreigner mo
comes here one minute and the'ery
meet proceeds to crticiss us and cory
cur institutions. He yearned to ather
the vedali cardinals and the otbr use
full parasites introduced throgn the
efforts OF the state board of horcuiture,
but he couldn't get the bus 30 10
speak.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid"
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
,ning them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
nfactrred by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
Ind being well informed, you will not
Ccept any substitute if offered.
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U. S. DISTRICT COURT.

two JaiIers Who Let Their Prisoners
Out Must stand Trial.
G. F. Faber, exSturnkey OF the San
Bernardino county Jail, yesterday plead
not guilty in the q. S. district court to
having permitted E. A. Dicks and
Thomas S. Campbell, two federal pris-
oners committed for eight months each
on contempt of court, to go at large in
Dscsmber of last year without any law
full order or authority. His trial was
set for March 9th at 10 80.
Newton Brown, ex-jailer OF the same
penal Institution, charged with like
offense in having permitted John How
arth ahd Martin Kelley, also sentenced
to imprisonment for eight months each
on the charge of contempt OF court by
Judge Rosg. to become escapes OF the
county Jail without any competent
authority. pleaded not guilty. lie will
be tried on March Sth.
Court adjourned until next Mon day.
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"Hia inaipptions against me and m y

"His insinu lions against me and m y
associates in tie board will not be al :
lowed to grovcold from insttentlon. l
have consultd my attorneys, and will
do all L can y make him retraot or prove
his assertioi5.
'Professt Riley, perhaps, is am
bilious to aperssde the state board anG
educate hcticultursts on his own ap-
proved pin. l am conceited enough
on behalof the state board to say that
we feel Competent to take care OF our
own bug, good and bad, and do not
need tf, assistance OF one who has al-
ways opposed the state board in his
own iperests. who was discharged from
his potion for writing scurrilous ano n
vmou letters, and whose latest attem pit
to bemirch Mr.. Cooper, the state board
and myself is here answered. Ii he has
specific charges to make against me Let
hin make them. My accounts are
stpight and l have vouchers for every
nDksl expended by the board"
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board. That slows where his preiu-

PROFESSOR RILEY ON COOPER.
I'm Septembe. 1898, he wrote a very
loving and interesting letter to Governor
Markham, fromwhioh the following ex-
tract is taken:
"Mr. Oooper'l conduct has been q
great snrprise ald modification to me.
because ever shce year ago he has
been endesvoriig to get me removed.
These efforts wuld have been laugha-
BILE had they nd come from man who
holds such an Important position. He
has, az l am iiformed. used every in
fluence aside fpm direct appeal to SEC
rotary Mortol, having induced Mr..
McCoppin to aso make similar effort
with the ppsident and Secretary
Gresham. | think the trouble
ia largely due o the character OF B. M.
Lelong, the secretary OF the state board.
look upon Hr. Cooper as a rather
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ROAD POLL TAX.

An Ordinance Passed by the Supervisors
FOR Its Collection.
At an adjourned meeting of the bosrd
OF supervisors yesterday an ordinance
for county road poll tax in this county
for 1895 and providing for it's collection
was passed by G full vote. The ordinance
orders the levying on each male over q
and under 55 in any road district. wit b
the exception of parties honorably dis
charged from the array or navy between
April l, 1861, and September l, 1865, OF
So, and if this sum be not paid before
the first Monday in July, to be increased
to So. The ordinance goes into effect
March Lot.
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Trn71r1T A MONT n
IL = L.. n now
A. NJ II,
THE GRAND PACIFIC ~ EssS$ sS;sS

HOTET Argyll GEETRAd5 oGATsP oy AEP sEooTD sg
Termr
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Mike Mccormick. a tramp who stabbed
]. N. Rsudizi on New High street be-
cause he was refused food. was given
preliminary examination in Justice
OVENS court yesterday. DR.. Reed, who
attended the wounded man. testified as
to the serious character Of the mans in
juries. Mccormick was held to answer
to the superior court, with bail fixed at
S500
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Carlton Cornwell foreman OF the Ca
zette, Middlotown, N. j., believes that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy should
be in every home. lie used it for cold
and it effected speedy cure. He SAYS:
sit ia indeed grand rsmsdy, l can
recommend to all. I have alao ssen it
used for whooping cough, with the best
results" 50-scnt bottles for sale by
OF & Vaughn. Fourth and Spring; @.
+, Heinzsman, 222 N. Main.
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and Violet Dunning, of Santa Barbara.
CAL, were married last Monday after
noon at the home of the brides aunt,
1115 Ohio street. Rev. R. Conway ofici-
atinR.
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A Knife elder Arraigned.

John Vaughn, who stabbed j. G.
Taylor, the carpenter. was arraigned in
Justice Owens court yesterday on a
charge of assault to murder. His pre-
liminary examination is set for the 31st
| inatant at 40 o,c1ock
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GRATEFUL-Co IMPORTING.
EPPS'S COCOA
BREAKFAST-SUPPER,

On 1&S
"By o thorough knowledge OF the natural
laws which govern the operations of digestion
and nutrition, and by careful application of
the fine properties of wel-selected cocoa, Mr..
Epps has provided for our breakfast and supper
a delicately Favored beverage which may save
us many heavy doctors bills 1t is by the jul
dieious use of such articles of diet that a con-
stitution may be gradually built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to dis
ease, Hundreds of subtle maladies are float
ing around US, ready TO attack wherever there
is a weak point. We may escape many fatal
shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with
pure blood and properly nourished frame
Civil Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk.
Sold only in half pound tins, by grocers, Ia
beled thus
JAMES EPPs g. CO., It'd, homeopathic
Chemists, London, England.
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