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wAsHISoToS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY.
For MdSsaehusetts, Rhode Island. Connecticut and
eastern Hep York. generally fair and odrmer; east
erIy TO southerlv toinds
For eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Della
ware, fair and slightly warmer; southerly winds.
For the District OF Columbia, Maryland and vir-
ginia generally fair and warmer; eaIteriy winds
For western New York, fair followed by increasing
cloudiness IN eastern portion light to fresh
southeriy winds.
For western Pennsyl ania and Ohio. fair and warm;
southery winds, fresh 70 briAk on the lake.
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ALBANY. Dec. s.-The American Theatre Opera
Company OF New York City was incorporated
to-day. with capital Of SlO 600. to acquire and
produce plays and dramatic and musical compo-
sitions and the leasing or owning suitable build-
ings for that purpose. The directors are Elliott
Zborowski Of london. England; heEvey w.
and Herbert Parsons OF New York city, and Ar
thur j. Clark OF Philadelphia.
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sa..les nl.ehsa say. nj. nrother !. Ia...e

Justice TruRX OF the Supreme Court, on peti-
hon OF Justice Henry NJ. Bischorf. appointed a
commission yesterday TO inquire into the mental
condition OF his brother. Franklin J. Bischoff.
The Commissioners are Wilbur cBride, Robert
". Wylie. and Hugh II. Moore. Mr. Bischoff
was taken TO Bloomingdale Asylum last Sep
tember. Before that he had been In Ludlow
Street Jail on complaint OF clients who alleged
that ho had failed TO account for funds lntrusted
70 him. Justice BischoR says that HIS brother
for several years. He Is . lawyer and has wife
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woman Editor Arrested o. Charge OF Libel.

BUFFAIo. Dec. s.-Miss Clara Hammond. edi-
tor and proprietor of the Fredonia NewS. has
been arrested and held In $500 bail for tho
Grand Jury on complaint OF Fred J. Huntley,
accused Huntley OF writing certain articles that
appeared in Buffalo paper regarding tho
troubles OF tho Rev J. j. Sanders. who was re-
Gently asked to resign rector of Trinity Epis-
Copai Church in Fredonia.
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pnIsoy.MADs UvIFonMs.
Only Ovsrcoats rsr the National Guard % Ne
MADE Ne,t Wear ~ Cenviets.

ALBANY, Dec s.-President Lispenard Stewart
Of tho State Prison Commission to-day said it
had been decided that the prisons would only
manufacture ovorcoats for m embers of the Ma
tional Guard next year. and that tho uniforms
needed In 1898 could DO purchased OF outslde
clothing manufacturers. Tho commission will
not attempt TO furnish uniforms for the National
Mr. Stewart has been designated 10 approve ali
bills for articles furnished New York city de-
facturers before Oct. 1. These bills have been
held up by Comptroller Fitch awaiting certif-
Gates from tho State Prison Superintendent and
nished could not bo manufactured in the prisons,
and aggregate $4,000. The question OF paying
for goods ordered since Oct. will be considered
further.
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died AFTER Having Been In Fraeas.

Charles Martin of 145 Leonard street. Will
liamsburg. who. 1t is alleged. was knocked
down by Isaac J. Clements at Graham and Met
ropolitan avenues on Dec. !. died in st. Cath
arine's Hospital on Tuesday night. Clements
who lives at 725 Metropolitan avenue was com.
mitted to jail without bail to await the action
OF Coroner Mason.
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J, Pierpont Morgan. accompanied by Walter
q Burns, the SON OF Mr.. Morgan's late partner,
who died recently in London. arrived yesterday
on tho White Star steamship Teutonio The
h0aJ OF Mr.. BurnS was GlSo on the vessel.
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PENNSYLVANIA
RAILRoAD,

- 3AAAAHENOZAD
STATIONS foot of West Twenty.third Street and Des
brosses and Cortlahdt Streets.
tH-The leaving time from Desbrosscs and cortlandt
Twenty third Street station.
1850 4. ". FAST MAIL.-Pullman BUFFET Parlor
Car New York to Pittsburs. Sleeping Car PlttsburG
$3.50 FAT RH
sleeping pnins S9knS and %aeS Do
.so =. NJ. CHiCAGo AND ST. LotIs ExPREss.-
r.
Ga'H:G T. NJ 5ffS sTfss fssfFsS
6 Sa Is me- Paefe PRils St. feurs and
$3.50 =: M: MAIL AND ExpEEss -rSa'an bugss
Ptttsburs. and points West. di ~ except Sunday.
WILMINGTON AND THE SOUTH.
7:sos:2o 9:2o $3.50 Dining Carr. 1880 A. NJ, 1880,
binIns i Cars, s:sS BininE car5 $50 Dining cas
$50 n,shi sppday ssS gs9 IoS 55
Dining Cars) 4:2O Dining Carr. $3.50 Dining Carr.
soUTHEkN RAILwHY.-E1pre.s 4.ao P. NJ. 1905
Atlantic COAST L1NE.--Erpre.s. s:2o A. NJ. and
caEsAfEAEE IS a 1ND OHIO RAILwAy-4;oo P ".
FOR 6LD POINT COMFORT and NoRFoLK.-7:so
cAPE E MAY.Ii2:5O M III p NJ week days days. u''''
Twentythrd Street Station. $40. il:SC A. M
4. u. 1910; $40. $40. 1850 pm. sundays s:io
a. 1l'' ''' FoK PHILapxLPHIa.
100, $3.50. 800 4:2O. 4:2O Dining Carr, 4:50 Dining
GimitedI; $3.50. 1850 4. n: 1850 Dining cnr!. $500
car, i%o. 500 +: u, 1905 night '' ''' ,D,1S
Brosdway 'p' istor % House, West Twenig'third @
Street station and stations foot OF Dcsbrosses and
Street; ss BToadway. and Brooklyn Annex station.
oLiy Rrooklyn; Z Station Jersey CITY: The New York
from hotels and residences through to destination
" General Manaser. General i; Tass'r H Agent.
DELAWARE. LACkAWAXNA q WEsTEnN
''"'''h' =" veg Chr,sr"phsr @s st.. o' barclay mn"
vEsrIBULE TRHiSs; PTIINAx BUFFET
Direct route % 70 Sewsrk B1onn.Id MGnGlar tel, the
stanhope. Newton Budd's Lake. Lake Hopatcong.
Pliliip.burs Euston: Water Cap troad,burS Tocono
Mountain Scranton Plttstou, kesbarre; Nuntlcokc.
Oxford Sorwicn wstrrviiie Utico Rlchfeii springs.
4ssS and omIs a
Northwest. and Southwest.
500 4. M.-BinGhamon Mall. Stops at principal
1000 4. M.-Ccafe car)--Buralo Scranton. Ring.
and oswego Express Pullman buffet narIor cars:
cOnnecsins at BunaIo with trains for Chicago and
Loo p. M.1scranton. ninshnmton. and Elmira
AiOO r.. M.-Scranton. Wilkesbarrc. and Plymouth
Express. Pullman buffet pnrlor cars.
ZOO q. N.-tDalIy)-ChcagJ Vesibule Limited EX.
press for Scranton, BlngIsmtnn, Elmira, Buffalo.
Pullman bunct sleeping car New York to Chicago.
Dining west Of Buf1alO.
$3.50 r. M.-cDaily)-Rnralo Express: Pullman
sleepers for scranton. BinghamtOn, Elmira, hath,
Mt Morris. and Buffalo arriving Buffalo M.
oiaO p. M.-(paIlyl-Bnfralo. Scranton. Bingham:
ton, Owego Ithaca. Elmira. Syracuse Utica. and
Oswego Express. Pullman buffet seepers.
Ticket and Pullman accommodations at Henry Gaze
Som. Ltd. ~ broadway. - Park place, and s29
Broadway and a+2 BroaGway. Tickets at ferry eta.
tons. Ith cor 12th st., 81 West l25th St. $50
Columbus av, New York; 33S and 123 Fulton S.. and
1O6 Broadway Brooklyn. Time tables giving full In
form ation at all statiOus,
Westcous FIX press Company will call for and check
baggage from hotel or residence to destination.
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BALTIMORE g. OHIO.

Leave New YORK. WhIlchGtl Terminal South Ferry,
and foot of Liberty street.
sDAily. tELcrpt Suntny. Sundays.
CHICAGO. s4i3O A. ~ $500 y. NJ and u 2 Is night.
PlrTsBukG 'I:3O A, ~, 1875 T.. h 5000 y. n,
CINCISNATi 81 LOUIS, 1000 A, ~. 'hi55 +. n.
WASHINGTON. BALTIMORE. 1888. $1,000 Diner,
SlI;90 A. NJ tDnef $500 DINER. +3;26 DINER,
tib5 DINER. '6:6h T, NJ. and 'l23l5 night.
NORFOLK, 1880 A NJ.
All trains are Illuminated with Pintsch light.
hnees; ~ liz gol ga lsS $50 br94dTsy; vi T.
Brooklyn; whitehall Terminal BAESaSO checked
from hotel or residence 70 destination
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ERIE RAILROAD.

Through trains leave New York. foot OF Chambers
st.. follows and nye minutes earlier from West
O,On a. N.-vcstibulcd Express daily for Ring.
C.OO hamton. Waverlv. Elm!ra. BuraiO. Bradford,
arrives BunaIo , =. VI, parlOr car to Buffalo.
C.ln y, n.-vcsibul ID limited-fasi mall daily.
L.Uo solid train for hirngo arrives Cleveland $40
A, NJ, Chicago 2 l.. NJ Slecpcr- TO Chicago, ClCve-
Ian md Cincinnati. Dining car.
-.on y. M.-Buffalo and Cleveland Nestibuled
.CO Express daIly, arrives at Huraio 7:O5 A NJ,
Bradford 7:l7 A. N, jamestown 800 A, NJ. Cleve-
land 1880 y. ISlecprrs 10 BunaO and rlevelandl,
making direct conn, ctiII for Detroit, Chicago and
the West. Cafe Library Car.
ak y. M.-Sulid train 10 Chicago. sleepers to
o.io HornellsSilIe. Chicago. AMI Cincinnati
Dining Car.
ACCOMMODATIONS Ht III, llJ, 2dl, 4Ol. and
9bI BrnaGwsy. ls7 Bowery l5G East shih 81, and
New York; 333 and 72d Fulton ST, 100 broadway,
BrOoklyni zoo Hudson st, HObOkrn, and Jersey city
station Westroits Express calls for and checks bag
gage from ho,e and residences to destination.
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STEAMBOATS,.

BOSTON ANDD,MIE,ME D,I ENGLAND,
8TONuSGTON LINE. via Stonington Leave Pier
80. n r one block above Canal st. weok days only,
at 8 =. n. Steamers Maine and New Hampshire.
NORWlt II LINE. via New London. Leave Pier 40
(old No) y. r.. next Desbrossea st. week days only,
at 6P. NJ. Steamers City OF Lowell and City Of
Lawrence
FALL RIVER LINE. via Newport and Fall River.
Leave Pier lS, n. r., foot OF Murray st.. week DAYS
only, at $500 p. u. Steamers Plymouth and Pill
grim. Orchestra each.
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Proposals.

CoMMIssIoNElss OF THE SINKING FUND.-PRo.
" POSALS FOR BUILDING THE NEW COURT
HOUSE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MADI
SON AVENUE AND TWENTY-FIVE STREET.
TO Contractors: Sealed proposals for furnish
inR materials and performing work In the erection
and completion Of the new Court House for the APP
Department. In the City of New York, on the north
east corner OF Madison avenue and 26th street, 40
cordnR to the plans and aDecincatons under the
tract. and pursuant to chapter lp6 OF the Laws of
1897. will be received by the Sinking Fund Commis.
souers OF the City OF New York, at the once OF the
Comptroller In the Stewart building No. $50 Broad.
way. in the said city until December GOTH 1897.
O'Clock noon. at which time and place the bids will
be publicly opened.
Bids for entire work only will be received and
deposit OF nye per cent Of the amount OF the bid
will be required
The Contractor will also he required to furnish q
bond bonds as security for the faithful perfnr-
nance OF his contract In form to he approved by
the Counsel TO tho Corporation in penalty fixed by
the Commissioners OF the sinking Fund. at 25 per
centum OF the amount OF the hid, with two more
sureies whose suciency shall he subject to the ap-
proval OF the Comptroller of the city of New York.
The proposals IN fuli and form OF contract TO be
executed by the contractor be seen NJ the ofce
OF the said Comptroller. where copies can also be
obtained.
The plans can be examined at the ONCE of James
Brown Lord the architect. No 100 Fifth avenue, In
the City OF New York The architect Will also fur.
nish explanations OF the same to any ono applying
his once. ,,.
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ALBANY Evening Line.

The popular steamers ADIRONDACK and DEAN
RICHMOND will leave Old Pier Al. N. X, foot Canal
st. at p NJ. daily Sunday excepted). making direct
connections with trains North. East, and West.
CATsKILl. HUDSON AND C0XsACKIE ROATS
leave Pier 49, N r.. foot OF Christopher ST., every
week day at p. N.
LIVINGSTON LINE, West 10th Rt. Daily I p. NJ. Sat
IN urdays at /. Steamers BALDWIN and RoMER for
Cornwall, Sewburg, New Hamburg. Marlboro, Milton
Poughkeepsle Hyde Park. Esopus. Kingston, connect
ing with U. q d. X. r. for all points in Catskls.
Fast steamers leave pier 2b = r. daily fSundaya
excepted. p. NJ and l2 midnight arriving In time
points North.
pAMsDELL LINE.-Steamcrs leave Pier "a. n. r..
~ foot Franklin st.. for Cranston's. West Point.
Cold Spring Cornwall Fishkiu Landing New burg,
week DAYS p. NJ; Sundays q A. NJ
TNOY ROATS.-CITY OF TROY or SARATOGA
leaves West 10th at daily. except Saturdays p NJ.
connecting with Delaware and Hudson and Ftchburg
trains Sunday steamer touches at Albany.
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Selert Board.
~ rat Siae-

OATH ST.. IL wEST.-2d floor suitei Handsomely
Of furnished and homelike; private table; excel
lent service; references.
OATH ST.. 81 wEST-Handsomelyf furnished, large
O-f sunny rooms; excellent board; references.
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8tal Gstate sfcr &alf.
THE SUN
HARLEM BRANCH
M9 WEST L25TH STREET

MONEY, can be made in poultry farming IL near
Ava good markets. we orer 10 acres of good land,
particularly suited for that Industry and near one OF
the pest poultry purchasing markets in the coun-
tIy Tor s2OO. only $40 cash required, balance pay
able t2 weekly; no notes mortgages or incidentais;
Possession after nrst payments near station. and de.
nRhttully situated nne climate, pure water, good
land. Get Information OF RIsLEY. IS Chambersst.
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AT UNIVERSITY PLACE and Washington
N Asquare-Handsomely furnished room to let with
bath; gentleman
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I ATTRACTIVE SECOND FLOOR; bath; suites
l.. with private bath; single rooms; board optional
strictly first class; references. IA West 33d st.
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AMEURG.AMERICAN LINE.

TwIN.SCREw EXPRESS from New York to Plym-
outh Gondon, Cherbourg. Paris. and Hamburg.
Blsmarck Feb ~. An Normannia, Mch "a. "a NJ
TWISSCREW MAIL SERVICE, N.Y.-Hambu re- direct
Phenicia. Dec. H. "A. N. Persia, Dec. ls. 3OA NJ
First cab. $50 upi second class. e40 steeraKe &32
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VvHUUE . AK 1UUVEs
Teutonic Dec. 10. noon Majestic. Dec. go
Britannia. Dec. 22, noon Germanc. Jan. 5 noon
NO COTTON CARRIED BY PASSENGER STEAMERS.
Pier 40, North River OfIice. Broadway. New York
II. MAITLAND KERSEY, Agent.
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Suruishsa auums 4 apartments to -
Fast sida

GOTH ST. 242 AND 244 EAsT.-Elegant rooms
OO Sl.50 TO 95; gentlemen; respectable couples
Housekeeping; transients accommodated.
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MIOwERA. ....... Jan. 10 wARRIMoO. ....... Feb. Q
Second cabin accommod ntons at very low rates.
For tickets and freight rates apply 1853 Broadway
For freight rates only, IS Wall at. New YORK.
(NUNARD LINE TO LIVERPOOL. VIA QC CEENSTowN
" From Pier 40, y. r.. foot of Clarkson ST.
Campania. Dec. II e 8oAM. Lucsnin, Dec 20. 8soA NJ
Cmbria Dec, ~. noon Etruria Jan. /. noon
VERNON II BRoWN&CO % en-. Ags. Bowiin Green.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
GODS PUNISHMENT.
At Lost the Little White Box Beca ms
His Prison.

At Lost the Little White Box Beca m e
His Prison.
The tailor's wife took her little boy
out for walk the day after they moved
next door to the undertaker's. The little
fellow stopped just outside the wide
windows and pointed his chubby fore
finger at the white coffin within.
whats that, mOther?" he asked. He
had never seen coffin.
That's what they put little boys in
when they're naughty" said the moth
er. That's the way God punishes."
The bonny, boisterous lad was great
trial to her sometimes when she was
resorted to almost any tale to keep him
quiet.
Every day after that the brown-eyed
boy stood for many minutes and looked
at the tiny coffins behind the heavy
glass. He grew very obedient, too, but
the mother had become so accustomed
to fault-finding that she never noticed
how we'll he minded, but continued to
scold, just the same. With every re-
proof his beautiful, brown eyes would
grow dark with a mist of tears, and he
would ask, half fearfully:
"Will you put me in the white box for
that, mother? Will God punish me
now?"
Months passed. One day the restless
feet went astray again, and the moth
er, in the moment of her extreme vexa-
ton, punished him more severely than
usual.
Don't put me in that white box,
mother" he pleaded over and over
again between his Sobs.
So saying, he fell asleep. When he
awoke the fever was on him, and the
pattering feet wandered away no more
Another week passed. Then the brown
eyes looked up into hers. the pale lips
quivered, and he said feebly:
Have you got the white box, mother?
Has God punished me yet?"
Two days later the carriages came
and bore him away in state. Gods pun
ishment had come.-Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10

Inc gamblers nave Il lnaAlnl Oh WHICH
they base their calculations for theil
daily bread, that "a sucker is born ev-
cry minute" a sucker" in their par
lance being a gullible person who de-
spite repeated warnings stands ready tC
give up his money 10 the first sharper
he meets. In fact, the sharper does not
always have to &c to much pains to
get the suckers money, as he is ready
to deliver 1t on the FIRST plausible op-
portunity. OF course, sucker being
season for the sharDers but we do not
remember of reading an account of so
big har' as that recently made by the
E. S. Dean Company. Of New York, a
bucket-shop concern that has just con-
yeniently failed, leaving host of pa
irons to mourn their losses. The head
and front of this corcern, the match
less contriver of this coloSsa, fraud, is
said to be woman, and if this Is true
she most assuredly ''hath the voice par
excellence" in roping in victims. 9th
er schemes are but mere patches to
ASAS. NOiuCo az
vertisements, pointing out ho easy it
is to get rich, she attracted patronage
from half the States, and :, en- ready
SNAPPED the spring of the trap and got
away with a million and half of
money. The only ambiguity about her
advertisements was that they did not
explain witch party was to ret rich.
She knew all the time. II ,se tricks
are played every year, but no one ever
seems to profit by tF-ir exposure. A
dozen years ago the great fund W.
scheme in Chicago was brought to
grief, but nobody knows how many
fund schemes on the other letters of the
alphabet had brought fortunes to the
projectors. This was to be their final
coup, and it failed, but nobody suffer
ed much, except the victims. Truly,
the gamblers are right, for the crop of
suckers seems ineXhaustiblc. A fe-
weeks ago Mr.. Hill, of the Chicago
Board of Trade, exposed the modes of
bucket-shop Keepers, but they might be
exposed every day in the week and
there would still be an abundance of
flies a, walk into the bucket-shop par
lor. The web Is too beautiful and too
attrG :tive to be resisted. A1d the
game looks so easy! 4 man can sit
down, pencil in hand, W the report5
and statistics of the wheat or stock
market before him, and figure up a for
tune in less than time. Let him try
it in actual practice and his money van
ishes as if it were fairy money. For,
while 1t is the maxim of the gambler
that sucker Is born eve"y minute, it
is tie maxim of the buckc t-shop man
that the suckers money, when paid, is
his and Under no circumstances to be
pail, out, except as bait. This is the
reason why the bucket-shop ran-or
woman-can fail and yet grow rich.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
Farm Notes.


The editor of one of the leading dairy
journals states that if one-half of the
cows now giving milk, intelligently Sc
lected for that purpose, could be
slaughtered within week, the remain
ing half would yield a greater profit
than is now realized from the whole.
The feeding of cut hay and pulped
roots to stock demonstrates that steers
will make a larger gain in weight than
whe9 the same foods are fed unpre
pared, as much as 33 per cent. Increase
havsQg been noticed. This indicates
that 1t will pay to give careful prepara
ton of the food.
Oseomargarine does not injure the
sale of butter as much as does the large
amtnnt of inferior butter put on the
maHket by farmers, due to either lack
of Knowledge of butter making or care
less.less in the work. There Is sep
arate and distinct market for choice
butter, and it sells readily at good
prices during every season of the year.
Sheep seem to escape disease only
when the flock is guarded. AS long as
farmers buy sheep to bring on the farm
for fattening, instead of raising their
sheep and using pure breeds, they will
have scab, footrot and other difficulties
to meet. If the flock is healthy do not
inc,Ir any risk by buying other sheep
to gut with them.
Sandy soil is usually deficient in lime
ana potash, hence any expenditure for
those substances to be applied where
the land is sandy should prove profit
able investment. Glover can be grown
after such substances are used, and the
land will then make gain in nitrogen.
1t is not necessary to give heavy dress
ings of lime, but apply it lightly In the
spring and fall.
One of the best kinds of grating
wax for general use is made of four
parts rosin, two parts beeswax and
one part tallow. Melt together, pour
into pail of water, and pull like mo-
lasses candy. Almost any wax will
melt in the sun in the hottest summer
days, and should be covered with cloth
or paper If you want harder wax
than this add one part more rosin. You
can try this wax by hot stove and
find out its melting point.
Tobacco growers are combating the
worms by using spray of one pound
of Paris green to 160 gallons of water
Use a knapsack sprayer, with agitator
attachment. If it is not desirable to
use Paris green on the plants, the moth
that lays the egg may be destroyed
by taking the bloom of the jimson
weed place them along the TOBACCO
rows in an upright position, and inject
into each bloom, with a small, clean
can. some of the following mixture:
One pint water, one-fourth pint honey,
one ounce cobalt. 1t is sure death to
the miller.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
commence the Kexnote to success

Confidence the Keynote to Success.
doubt and unbelief mean destTuc-
ton to any business, and a man who
loses confidence in his own affairs finds
failure awaiting him In short time,
writes Evangelist Moody to his Billie
Glass in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Uncertainty disqualifies for work AMI
usefulness and doubt that caused tic
recent state of depression in our busi-
ness interests. Financiers and econo-
mists differed in their views regarding
the political causes of this feeling OF
insecurity, but they generally agreed in
directly attributing the reverses to the
lack Of assurance in business circles.
Confidence is essential to success in
every pursuit of life. And this self
same truth is no less evident in Spirit
ual things than it is in temporal affairs.
The only Christian life that Is useful
to the church of God and to fellowmcn
is the one which is assured of its own
salvation. Distrust and unbelief mean
sadness and care to any soul; but joy
and rest come with the certain knowl-
edge Of forgiveness and favor With
God"
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-10
"Your residence?"
HI an an American

/ our EeSIuChSC!
"I am an American"
He wrote the answers in his book.
Then. glancing toward the arm chair,
he continued
"The lady's name?"
I waited for her to reply but as she
remained silent, / answered:
"Amelie de Boursons.
"Who?" cried the notary In a loud
voice. springing to his feet, while look
of fear and CONSERVATION spread over
his wrinkled face.
"Amelie de Boursons," repeated
slowly, infected by the mans agitation
in spite of myself.
The notary stared wildly at the muf-
fed form of the lady. Then he drew
out his handkerchief and wiped the
| beads of perspiration from his fore
head.
"What does this mean, monsieur?'
demanded, angrily.
The man needed me not the slightest,
but clutching the edge of the table to
steady himself, and extending his long,
bony finger toward the girl, he eX-
claimed:
care YOU Amelie de Boursons?"
Slowly, with admirable grace and
dignity, the lady drew back her man
tle and her marvellous beauty was
again revealed.
The notary, with distended eyes fixed
upon the vision, sank back IN his chair
| with a low moan.
sThis must be explained, monsieur y
| cried, stridng to his side and grasp
inp his shoulder. SIS there any reason
whv | should not marry Mile. de Borr-
sons"
mile. de Boursons," returned the no.
tary, still regarding her with horror
has been dead these forty years"
"Deadv' l echoed, staring first at the
notary and then at the girl, while a
sense of bewilderment overcame me.
| Mile. de Boursons arose with a
charming smile and came to my side.
"See, monsieur she exclaimed
mockingly, and giving me her hand
do you also think me dead"
The halJi was as cold as ice, but its
touch sent strange thrill through my
body.
Come, monsieur" l said to the no.
| tary, wh1 watched the scene in amaze,
ment, "raad the ceremony at once. We
are In haste"
Slowly and with trembling voice the
notary ubeyed, the girl at my SIDE re-
turning the answers in sweet, collect,
| ed voice that disarmed my fears and
calmed to some extent the notary him
self.
| drew a seal ring from my finger
and placed it upon her icy hand, and in
it's place slipped a large ruby from her
own hand upon mine.
The ceremony concluded, l paid the
notary, thanking him briefly for ms
services, and followed by my bride
walked down the path to my carriage
The notary stood in the doorway
lighting us with the candle.
At the carriage I turned to hano my
wife to her seat, but she had dlsap'
peared. ran back to the doorway.