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~as admitted 70 the bar .. Mouz,
EiIesd, o., II 1870.
In December, 1850, ne settled at
Charleston. IL, as a LAWYER. and IN
jane, 1859, he raised q company &
Coles county, Of which be vas chosen
captain after he and hls men were al
sworn into the service. Upon the or
san.zstioa OF his regiment, ths One
Hundre1 and TveHt--tbird Illinois, ha
va. elected major and served IL the
field until the elo>c % tie war Eo
was brezettsd Lieutenant colonel for
conspicuous gallantry Cd tie field 0:
battle 81 Ben:crviile, -. G, and took
part /. the battles of Perr-ville.
Hoover Gap. ChiexzDa1gz. Mission
Ridge snd Alta - and IL ShsrI..ns
march - the sea
On returning from the service Mai
Connolly resumed the practices q hi.
profession .. Charleston and sooa took
high rank IS LAWYER. Re VA AFTER
ward 81 different tirn.s chosen as rrpe--
visor % Charleston to1nzsip. slthoagh
i. VS. strongly ds-Aoora.ie, - uss.a-
be- of the Cbaxiestco Union s1..ooi
s-hoc. boSri. - mayo, az tAs city C
Charleston. and II it.z AID 1874 ~as
elected 70 re Illinois aoEss q repre-
ssut.ssves frc,a ue tiEt-.c- coz2osei
cf lhs s1rnt.ss Of Coles Dougsas and
koul.rie-
n ..r-h. 1874 Ma. Connolly WA
nr,oiut-s United States a.to.Eey tcr
TIE southern d1strics - I4tooss OF
Pr>S6ez: Grant, sre g. - eAo<s q
that term Of fDu years z@4 reap
poin:sd Co kIeadaa1H z5ss k,xHosses
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cuse ready 20 his hand Il he really
wanted to leave them.
.'Haven't-hsyent we looked after
youT' faltered the girl
You've been white angel from
Heaven" said Dick. seizing her hand.
Then stay, do stay until you arc
better" she whispered. Mother and
wouldn't like you to leave us until
you were quite well"
mo. Every day makes it harder for
me. !" he said. gravely.
lyon want TO CO." she said, softlv,
drawing away her fingers from his
grasp. You have other ties You
want. perhaps, 10 see that poor crea-
ture. Think how she must have suf-
fered before she did anything so ter
rible, Dick; now she must have loved
you," she sad. dreamily. Poor thing
poor thing. Well, 1 am powerless to
keep you," she added. as she turned to
leave the room Il can only say good
by and God bless You"
Another instant and the embroidered
portiere was dropped to. and Betty
was gone Dicks heart was beating
manned him. and he could think Of
nothing but his passion, of this love
which he had hidden in his heart for
al these weary months There was .
faint sound from On inner room Dick,
groping his wav through the draped
doorway, found Betty in corner, sob
bing into the window curtains.
lie drew the girl close TO him. aud
led her gently back into the little room.
The only sound was that OF the plash-
Ing fountain il the courtyard, where
the afternoon sunshine was making the
shadow of a great palm into ribbonlikc
blue patches on the tesselated pave
meut. There was tense silence.
Dick caught his breath He was aware
Chat the time had come when he must
speak out the truth about Rose Lead
En-, or spoil his life, and, perhaps
who knows-that of the trembling girl
in his arms.
half IN hour later Betty announced,
with something 90 her old manner: -
shan't mind bit your not being
quite as handsome as you were. Real
Il, don't want to marry young man
that I've got 10 dispute with every
other woman | come across And as to
your being Ettle-a little bit short
sighted, Dick"
Blind, / suppose you mean" said
Dick Ibid you really think should
be such brute as to ask girl to mar
r. me If thought was going blind?''
'I didn't know" she faltered. II
would have-oh, Dick, I wanted you
anyway
mo. that German fellow has lust
told me that my eyes viii be well again
in month"
She was kneeling on the divan beside
him, as he sat there, with one arm
wound tightly around her.
Dear heart" whispered the girl,
resting her elbows ca his two shout
ders while she gently frightened tho
bandage round his eyes. Then she
Kissed the top Of his close-cropped
head Dear heart she muttered, 1t
Is only I--only who nave been blind"
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ban disguised. as a joke, in mascnline
attire; how Mortified her escort had
been when he found the tragic course
that events had taken: how be had con-
hded the whole affair 10 Lady Marlowe
the day after the ball; al this was now
weu-known to both colonies On either
side OF the Pillars Of Hercules. As for
Mrs. Leadam herself, not trace OF her
YVES to be seen when Betty had got
back 10 the grounds again with doc
tor. She had disappeared the night of
the masquerade, YVES believed tn havs
embarked on an outward bound p. and
U. steamer which touched at Gibraltar
the next day So Betty was left with
her lost illusions. and fixed determin-
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would ask, could She IND So IDEAL a
winter residence residence which
permitted her to entertain score of
guests, or TO live like great orien tai
lady, secluded among inner rooms and
courtyards, just as the fancy took her.
Just now the caprice had taken her
to fill every nook and Granny with
guests- Betty's Twelfth night ball
was to be as pretty thing as could be
arranged.
+. IAN Asylum for Bores?" repeated
Dick, surprised. ST. always seems to
me sort Of fairy palace, thing out
of the Arabian Nights" he went on,
gazing with all his eyes at the lit
tie masked figure in the PieSrettes
dress before him.
'Oh. it's pretty enough. It's the i'm
possible people who turn up from Lor-
don. They say they've just run over
from Glib. to stop the night, and all
the time they intend to write book
about Morocco before they leave.
We've got a low-church parsor and his
wife, mysterious Russian prince, and
a woman who writes about Assyrian
inscriptions. Poor motherl She's so
good natured, and she never can re-
member whom she has invited"
Eardley thought Of a coveted invi-
tation that had never been sent, and
was thoughtful He wondered if he
should be able to see Betty alone to-
night. As for himself, ne felt fool.
What was he doing here, dressed up in
Spanish matador's costume. with a
ridiculous black mask half sitting him,
when he was conscious Of only enc
overmastering desire, and that was to
take Betty Marlowe In his arms and
tell her that he loved her?
They were standing in small ante
room adjoining the big hall where
dancing was going OF. Figures in
strange attire, all masked, passed In
and out.
That's Meadows-Dempsey," said
Dick, watching a distant group. II
know him by his legs. Don't know who
him. dressed in last century kit. Odd
looking little chap. Not in the service,
should say"
Il don't know him either" said
Betty, land mother doesn't like stran-
gers being brought like that At q
masked ball" size added laughing.
lone really wants to know who people
are-if it's all right"
And now the figure Of stout lady.
wearing yashmak and pink Turkish
trousers, and peering about through
long tortoise shell lorgnette, was seen
making for them.
"My dear Betty" said Lady Mar
lowe in a distracted voice, I've been
looking for you everywhera That alb
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Isurd major what's-his-name has come,
dressed as a harlequin-how he can
have so little sense of humor / cant
imagine, with his tubby figure, and his
bald forehead-a1d ne has brought q
strange little man. too, who says his
name is Lawrence, but he Is such an
extraordinary looking person that am
quite sure there isn't a woman In the
room who will dance with him. And
Betty. do run about and show your-
self. People like to see tLeir hostess.
Now. Capt. Eardley, you've get to be
introduced to a most charming person
who writes books about cunei:orm in
scriptions and things There she Is,
dressed as 0phelia-"
You'll give me the three supper
dances, whispered Dick to Betty in an
isoaized voice as he was borne awey
" Lady Marlowe. he carried with rin
the rcossuring vision OF smiling eyes
and lips which repeated: The three
supper dances"
All balls are alike. and this particu-
tar masquerade In no wise differed
from other entertainments of the kind
Among the younger fry there were
small triunphs, small heartburuirgs,
small raptures, small jealousies, small
aisappointments; among the elders
philosophical contemplation of the
pretty pageant, and a unanimous de-
sire TO be in first when the supper
rooms were thrown open. At midnight
the large dininS-rocn, with its golden
walls and its crowd Of Moorish .erT-
audts in native costume, was soon
filed TO overlooking.
Esrdley found Betty tired and hot
with her sxertions, and not at all
anxious TO eat o. 10 dance.
81 like you best like that-a little hi.
tired" be said softly, as she chung,
with a comic exaggerated gesture, 70
lis arm The girl Laughed
Come" be said. FeFe going out
side. Let me put on your little cloak
for you. There's a full moon"
The grounds, planted with cacti,
prick,y pear and giant gersniums.
swept down the gentle incline OF the
hill here Ard there . curved marble
sea:, With s,rsen Of palms behind it.
invited the passer-sy to sst and gaze at
the smooth waters of the Straits OF
Gibraltar. The moonlight made patches
Of white on the hi;e grecel and the
scrub grass. and sccentussed the rnys-
terry Of the shsdowy oleanders and
lauristinus-
VIVA. night-for january said
Dick. leading the girl down to where
Kind OF white cc.llned temple Glin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-05
A Careful Han

Greathart-And you saw him insult
the woman and didn't knock him
down?
L;ttlesole-What! strike n man In
the presence of lady2
Greathart-Lady? What lady?
Littlesole-Why, the lady he was H.
STANDARDIZATION Transcript
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WILL SUCCEED sfRiNoER.
i;ai. Connolly TO Take the Famous IIino.f
(onrressman,- Piaca.

i;ai. Connolly TO Take the Famous IIino.f
Congressman Place
Mai. James A. Connolly, who sue
seeds William A. Springer as repre-
sentative of the Seventh Illinois dis
trict IN the national congress-, is
lawyer by profession and occu-
pics front rank among the members
Of the bar IN Sangamoa county. lie Is
q native Of Newark, y. J., and VIII De
years old IN March next AZ
the age of seven years he went with
his parents 70 Marion county, -. AID
while q boy was clerk In general
store ct Chesterville and aftcrward
He graduated from the
high school and aLso tho
academy, studied law and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-05
ELIZa6sTH 3. GRaNNlS.
The Woman Who IL Leading the CrussEA
Against Low-Cut Gowns

Mrs. Elizabeth II. Grannis Is the New
York woman who has won the stten.
ton Of the public by her denunciation
OF low-cut gowns She may not uphold
living pictures, but she declares that
their effect is not so bad as the expansa
Of bare flesh exhibited by society wonl-
en- particularly 1T the opera. Accord
Ing to accounts Mrs Grannis hernelf is
an Interesting woman, and there are
many things about her as remarkable
as her opinions. She Is photographed
usually In her storm SKIRT which ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-05
ELECTED From TEXAS.

The Lsae Star State WIN Send One Re-
publican 60 Coagr.~A
Judge George Fl. Noonan. of San
Antonio, Tex, who has been elected Ia
congress from the Twelfth congression-
al disIries of Texas. is tho frsS re-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-05
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-05

WRITERS on vital statistics state that
there are two persons sick for every
death during the year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-05

Always reliable for the best work
Or. Prices Baking Powder.
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Why IS Or. Prices Baking Powder
Ike the largest OF our lakes? Because
it is Superior.
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, eyes. he enrew nImscn In front OF
her, covering her body as he did so.
The next instant he was grooming on
the gravel at her feet, with his hands
in front of his face.
, My God, what is it, Dick?" said the
girl, trembling all over as she haels
( down by him. II this one instant the
whole world seemed 20 have changed,
and there was a strange irony IN the
sound of the last slackeuing bars of
the commonplace valse which came
! floating out to them across the rloonlit
/ garden
I'm hurt" ne grcaned. otis vitrioll
I'm done forl For Gods sake call for
help"
She sprang up, trying to cali out, but
her tongue seemed dried up, and chung
to the roof of her mouth. She sprang
forward up the sloping grounds to
wards the house, turning to look back
at her lover before she got within ear
shot Of the open windows And il was
then that Betty .Iarlowe saw q strange
sight.
The man who had done this horrible
dAo " NUM- size ICSoSA4ALC LIS
last century dress as the stranger who
had come with MeadowsDempsey. was
kneelirg on the ground with Richard
Eardley in his arms, while he Eoaned
aloud, and covered MS victims hair
with kisses.
Great Heaven. it's a woman she
cried, as she raced towards the house
for belp.
Dick lay on a divsa with many
cushions In Betty's own sitting-roon-
1t was a fortnight after the tall Cow.
and the burns on his forehead were De-
ginning To heal. The eyes. however.
had proved - be mos. injured, and
these were tightly handsged, 50 that
be saw neither the southern sunshine
which flooded the inner court yard,
with it's FLASHING fountain It's camel
las IN flower, ana its Canopy Of trans
parent blue. nor the tired little Sg--e q
Betty MaTlowe. who sat on = stool
reading aloud. BE could not see how
thin and charged her face had grown
since the night o: the ASA ule, as Il the
coTroding liquid which lie had saved
her from had burnt itself into the girls
soul.
For Betty was torn with many
doubts OF course t1e story had got
ont, and ell Gibraltar and all Tancie-s
had had nine days gossip about Mrs
I.eadam and her vengeance on Dick
Eariley. How she bad persuaded Maj
&eadovs-DemoSeT &c ssks her to the
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A lawyer tells the following story in The Green Bag: "Some time ago he had under cross-examination youth from the country who rejoiced in the name of Samson, and whose replies were provocative of much laughter in the court. And so." questioned the barrister, you wish the court to be- lieve that you are a peaceably disposed and inoffensive kind of person?' Yes And that you have no desire to fol- low in the step of your illustrious namesake and smite the Philistines?' NO; I've not answered the witness. And if I had the desire, I ain't got the power at present. Then you think you would be unable to cope successful ly with a thousand enemies and utterly rout them with the jawbone of an ass? Well answered the ruffied Samson, I might have try when you have done with the weapon l"
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RENFVOIENT

Professor Wilson, ex-congressman and chairman of the committee on ways and means, is said to be in a cheerful rather than a gloomy mood over the disasters that have overtaken Brice in Ohio and German in Maryland, These two gentlemen, as United States sena- tors, had conspicuous parts in amend ing the Wilson bill as it came from tile house, therefore the author of the orig inal measure is inclined to think that they have been condemned for their in- terference, and that if the Wilson bill had been left unchanged the people would have been immensely pleased and would have rolled up Democratic in stead of Republican majorities.
 This is good reasoning. It explains, too, why the Democratic party was no more successful in other States than Ohio and Maryland. The people want the Wilson bill just as it was when it was the Wilson bill. They are not sat isfed with what has been done for the industries of England by the amended bill, which left little selfshness in the tariff for revenue" They want a bill with all the selfishness taken out of it so that England can get even more out of this country than she is getting now. The people are in most benevolent mood. They would give away to for eigners everything they own if some theorist would only fix things so they could. Professor Wilson is a clear headed man, and he will only have to wait until next year to see the dissatis- faction with the amended bill even more generally and forcibly expressed than 1t was this year. And when it is clear that the amended bill is doomed then will be the time for him to trot out his Golden Rule theory again. The people are evidently aching for an opportunity to benefit England more than they have been able to by the amended bill.
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that they only reach to the knees Al most as fashionable are wraps that ap- pear to be made of the heavy and most elaborate curtain brocade. They hang full and straight from the neck, too, and are so long at the back that they trail. The idea is that the ball gown, train and all, can be held up under these all-enveloping over garment, and that the latter, regardless of its beau ty and costliness, can be allowed to drag. A woman in such garment is a dignifed and imposing figure, even though she be small, but it takes a very graceful woman to get about in one without looking like a pair of curtains come off their poles and out on a lark because the immense folds and the general unmanagebleness of the wrap constitute a rare combination of state- liness and recklessness.
 In the newest cape models all consid- erations of warmth seem to have been sacrificed to appearances. The capes are short, stand out from the elbows so that the chill of all outdoors can come Tn under and get in it's deadly work, and in many examples are open at the top so that the throat is left unprotect- ed. With such garments of the most costly materials offered in abundance, women are not to be blamed for wear ing short cajpes of the material of their dresses late into the winter. They give quite as much warmth as the most swagger fur capes, and a glance at the accompanying picture will show that they can be made very pretty by having them harmonize closely with the dress. This skirt is of sapphire blue silk with two panels of black ac- cordeon pleated chiffon laid over old gold satin and held down by six straps. The cape shows accordeon pleated in sertions to match the skirt, and a rose ruching of sapphire silk comes around the neck. FLORETTE.
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Notice,

We cannot accept anonymous or return re- iected communications. In all eases, the name of the writer will be required, not TOT publication, but as guarantee or good talIn.
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EJUDTCE.

Race prejudice is all right if it leads a man to refrain from putting his mon- ey on the wrong horse.-Yonkers States man.
 Happy Thought."-Mem. Grom note- book of careless nlan)-"When nothing else to do, wind up my watch, It saves time. ."--Punch.
 The rector-You don't mean to say you went to dog show on Sunday? Penelope-Yes; but I looked at the St. Bernards only.-Sioux City Union. She-Im surprised you haven't been out of town the country in October is beautiful, and the birds He Ca gour- meD-Oh, hate place where the birds go about raw!--Judy
 q went to Sunday school yesterday" a little girl said to her aunt "and the teacher asked me who made me. So just told her nobody made me. won- der if she thought I was paper doll!' -Waif
 The teacher of the infant class at the Sunday school, to interest the little ones, had begun to tell them the story of the fall of man, when mite of a girl was heard to exclaim half aloud, "Oh, I'm so tired of that story about the Ad- amses. "--Boston Transcript.
 Earthly riches do not trouble me" said the sad-eyed man. ''What is bet ter, have a treasure laid up in 11eav- en- Just like my Aunt Maria" re- piled Roundface, "she was for ever hid- ing things away where she could never find them n."-Boston Tran script.
 Rector-I hoped that you would join the church this year. Reckless-W you see, I've joined the Masons, the Town Improvement society, the Good Government club, the Patriotic Order Sons of America, two political and three social clubs, and I don't believe I can afford anything else just now.-Puck.
 "Your age," said the interviewer, who has more energy than diplomacy is twenty-seven, is it not?' "Yes,'' re- piled the actress. 'fHow did you know?' q looked over the files of a newspaper in which you were interviewed twenty five years ago. That's what it said there. re."-Washington Star.
 JuuSse NOOlldIl bl lDt odl AIlOUlO ulcS- trict court is also the proprietor of a stock ranch in Medina county He was recently called on in his official capacity to pronounce sentence on a horse thief. Said the judge blandly: Are you aware of any circumstance that entities you to consideration at my hands," "Yes, your honor, I am'' What is it ?" 'fThe horse stole didn't belong to you. think you ought to take that into con- sideration. "-Texas Siftings.
 Victim of Anticipation.-Cond Tickets, please.
 Wag (quickly)-How far is it to St. Louis?
 Conductor (pulling the bell rope)- Why, you're on the wrong train. St Louis trains gone an hour ago! Train stops.
 Wag-Who said anything about St. Louis train?
 Conductor-You did. Get off here now and take a street car back to the de- pot
 wag Cbreaking inl-Street car noth- ingi Pm going to Cincinnati I just asked how far it was to St. Louis, and you
 But the conductor passed on without taking up his ticket.-Chieago Record.