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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-01-29

skies would have some little curiosity
to know from whom the money came"
Il haven't the slightest" -
Nevertheless, / will tell YOU who
gave the money to Wentworth. It,was
my dear friend Melville. 1 didn't tell
YOU in New York, of course, that Mel
vile and Ihad a little quarrel bout this
matter, and he went home decidedly.
huffy. had no idea he would take this
method of revenge, but / see, it; quite
clearly now. He knew l had received
the option of the mine. There was a
little trouble as to. what each of our
respective shares was: to be, and /
thought, as 1 bad secured the option,
had the right to dictate terms. He
thought differently. He was going to
Won Brent to explain the whole matter.
but I pointed out that such course
would do no good, the option being
legally made out in my name, so that
the moment your claim expired, mine
began. When this dawned upon him,
he took the steamer and went to Eng
land. Now j can see his hand in this
sharp trick of Melville's, and give him
credit for it. He is very much shrewder
and cleverer than thought"
1T seems to me. Mr.. Longworth, tb at
your inordinate conceit makes you al
ways underestimate your friends, or
your enemies, either, for that matter
There is something in that, Ken
no 1o1
right, but thought, perhaps,-I could
make it advantageous to you to do me
favor in this matter. 1 thought you
might have no objection to writing n
little document to the effect that the
money did not come in time, and con-
sequently / had secured the mine
Then, if you would sign that, I could
take it over to Melville and make terms
with him. Of course, if he knows that
he has the mine, there will not be
much chance of coming to any arrange
! ment with him."
you can make no arrangements with
me, Mr.. Longworth, that involve sac.
rifice of the truth"
"Ah, we'll, suspected as much, but I
thought it was worth while to try.
However, my dear sir, I may make
terms with Melville yet, and then l
imagine you won't have much to do
with the mine"
81 shall not have anything to 90
with it if you and Melville have share
in it. And if, as you suspect, Melville
has the mine, 1 consider you are III r
bad way. My opinion is that wben
one rascal gets an advantage over ;;l--
other rascal, the other rascal will bs.
as you say, left"
| Longworth museo over this for a nlo.-
ment and said: eyes, I fear you are
| right-in fact, am certain of it. Wel.,
| that is all I wanted to know. will bid
you good-by. shan't see you again IN
Ottawa, as L shall sail very shortly for
England. Have you any messages you
would like given to your friends over
! there?"
s'None, thank you"
swell, Ia ta,", and the young man
left John to his packing.
fro BE CONTINUED
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MANY BUTTERFLIES.
These Are What the Winter Girls Partic.
ularIy Like to Wear 80

ularly Like to Wear. -.
The butterfly is in evidence every
where. On hats, on gowns, on sleeves,
on stationery, on linen, on decorations
OF all kinds. Society girls are exhib-
iting the collectionsiofb butterflies made
or bought during the. summer, and
there is even a rumor that some of them
have,a few live ones, which have been
carried back from the south.
Pressed and dried specimens are very
artistic and lovely, and there are count
less pretty ways of arranging them to
the best advantage. One Chicago girl,
lucky enough to start collecting butter
flies early in the summer and to have
the assistance of great many people
in her search, has row of them pinned
up on her bedroom wall. The pretty
border extends quite around the room,
the insects being arranged at wide in
tervals, and the result is very pretty,
if one can only forget the hundreds
of tiny things that died prematurely
to furnish it.
Girls who have only few butterflies
arrange smaller panels or draperies,
and she who has only half dozen or
50 mounts them as decorations on a
picture frame or pins them promiscu-
ously upon the window curtains or. door
draperies.
Next to the real butterflies in pop
ular favor come the delicate French i'm
itations which are being placed upon
the brims of the large velvet hats Vel
vet and furs, with snow and ice in per-
spective, seem hardly fitting in connec-
ton with such especially summary
things as butterflies, but fashion has
decreed that they go well together, and
the thing is done. Sometimes the ar
tistic limitations are caught in the folds
of lace or chiffon jabot to be placed
underneath milady's pretty chin; as a
finishing touch to the new ruches of
velvet f1ossets they are more than de-
| 1ightful.
In jewelry the butterfly appears
| everywhere. The newest thing in this
| direction is the butterfly bracelet, 4
circlet of elastic gold, which is intended
to be worn midway between the elbow
and the shoulder, and which has great,
scintillating, jeweled butterfly on the
outside. hewings open and close with
every movement of the arm, and the
effect is lovely. Quite as pretty and
more easily within the reach of the
average woman are the butterfly hair
ornaments. These are mounted on tor
of long pins or combs, and are as eIab
orately jeweled as the purse of the
wearer will permit Sometimes these
ornaments are made of plain enamel
studded with the tiny chip stone. which
are cheap and pretty. These are quite
as attractive as the more costly orna
ments.-St. Louis Republic.
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Spiteful.

Don't you think, Mrs. Spitely, thai
this hat is a little too gay for matronly
woman like me?"
"Not at all, my dear. You know tina,
you're years younger than you look
Detroit Free Press.
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Ills Mission In Life.

'This boy is an incorrigible liar" said
the father, regretfully. What would
you advise me to do with him?"
"Turn him over to me-" replied the
worldly professor, "and I win educate
him for political career."-Chicago
Post.
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Logic That Won.

The Doctor-Here's the bill for your
husbands treatment. I'll be glad 10
allow you 20 per cent. off for cash.
The Widow-But you said that you
would not charge anything if you
didn't relieve him!
$50 / did. Have you heard him COM
plain lately ?"--Cleveland Leader
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The Boss.

'Wiii you mind the baby. Jack, for
little while?" asked Mrs. Elmore.
II shall have to, 'spose," replied
Elmore- "The kid won't mind me-
Buffalo Times.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-24
CHRISTMAS LONG AGO.
All Presents Hnd TO Go Into the
Christmas Stocking.

Robert ]. Burdette in the Ladies'
Home Journal tells in his humorous
way how he remembers the Christmas
o; long ago. Most of the Christmas
presents in those days were designed
by the manufacturer for the hang
ing stocking. Anything too big to go
into n stocking had to go over to some
bcdy's birthday. In any family where
there was more than one child the old
reliable 'Noah's ark was always looked
for. We hailed with eSclamations of
astonished recognition Noah and Mrs.
Noah. Messrs. and Nine. Shem, Ham and
Japhet. There was no way OF telling the
men and women apart. They were ex-
actly alike. but the elephant and giraffe
you could distinguish at glance. on
account of the spots on the giraffe. Sc
also the dog and the COW. because the
COW was always white and blue, while
the dog was invariably plain blue.
Within "a hours after the landing oa
AIarat the baby would have all the
rant sucked off Shem. Ham and the
hired man, and the doctor would be
sent for.
"The red monkey climbing red stick
was another regular Christmas visitor.
He WAS highly esteemed as a light
luncheon by the baby. Itnever seemed
to affect the infant unpleasantly-to
himself. that is-although the cloudy
symphony of red and blue about his in
nocent mouth was apt to make the be-
holder shiyer. Eut it made the monkey
look sick. Then there was man on
the box with major-general's uniform,
beating drum. You turned crank.
the general lifted his stick high in the
air, and something in the box made a
noise ns much like drum as peal OF
thunder is like piccolo. These things
as toys were Of no great value, but as
practical and useful object lessons they
were beyond all price, on the minus
side"
The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Eh''NshAs AM
THE president sent to the senate on
the 10th the name OF Joseph Mckenna,
to be associate justice OF the supreme
court Of the United States.
The nomination of Charles q. Dawes,
Of Illinois, to be Comptroller OF the
currency, was confirmed by the senate.
A TREATY between the United States
and the Seminole nation was concluded
and signed by the Dawes and Seminole
commissioners at Muskogec. /. T, on
the 10th. 1t provides for the allot-
ment of lands and division of its
moneys among the citizens after the
tribal governments are extiugIished.
The Swiss general assembly has
elected Eugene Ruffy to be president
Of the confederation. NJ. Mueller was
elected vice president Both president
and vice presidcnt-elect are radicals.
CARL SCHURz was reelected presi-
dent OF the National Civil Service Re
form league at the meeting at C!ncin-
natl on the Eth. A resolution was
passed scoring the attempts Of con
gressmcn to repeal the civil service
laws.
DELEGATE CALLAHAN will make an
effort this winter to convince congress
that oklahoma is deserving Of state
hood.
THE A. f. OF l.. convention at Nash
Vile. Tenn, on the 18th adopted rcso-
lutions for the government ownership
II telegraph lines. against anti-scalp-
ing legislation, for the appointment
Of factory inspectors and for an amend
ment to the constitution depriving
courts of the power to set aside laws
made by the people The proposition
to create national department of
labor was indorsed and the fedora
tions stand against the principle of
compulsory arbitration was reiterated.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has informed
Chief Sargent, of the brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, that he will ac-
cord hearing to labor leaders before
new member is selected to succeed
Col. Morrison on the interstate com
merce commission.
Tue nomination of Attorney General
MckcnDa to succeed Justice Field on
the supreme bench will not be acted
upon by the senate until after the
Christmas holidays.
Gov. JONES has commissioned Miss
Emma Wilmington, of Hot Springs, as
an honorary colonel in the Arkansas
reserve militia. This is the first ap-
pointmcnt of the kind ever made in
the state.
SENATOR CHANDLER, of New Hamp-
shire, has published n letter in which
he deprecates any action on the cur
rcncy question and advises congress to
await the progress OF international
bmetalusm. lie thinks it will be
political suicide for the republican
party to do anything on the subject at
present.
The commissioner of pensions ap-
pearcd before the senate committee on
civil service, which is conducting an
investigation into the operations of
the civil service system, and gave testi-
mony adverse to the system. lie
thought some reform would have To be
enacted or the country would have the
inhiction OF a civil service list.
THE house committed on currency
will have something more to consider
besides the financial scheme of Secre-
tary Gage, every memb Der having plan,
which will be perfected during the
holidays, and all phases of the cur.
rency problem being treated.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-24
ACROSS THE STREET.
The Change That Came with Another
Christmns Time.

Chrtatmns Time.
Last Christmas the house across the street
from mine was the brightest and gayest of
any in the block There were beautiful
Christmas wreaths in every window and the
whole house was aglow. The shades were
thrown up high and the soft lace curtains
parted wide. The tree in the great parlo.
OF the house across the street was larger and
it had costlier presents on it than any other
tree in the town. And most OF the presents
were for the little girl in the white dress
and the big pink sash who could be seen
from the street dancing around the tree, the
happiest, sweetest little maiden in all the
world and the light and life and Joy of the
house across the street.
This Christmas time all is dark and silent
and gloomy in the great house across the
street. There are no Christmas wreaths
IN the window. no ray of light comes from
behind the closely drawn blinds, no childish
voice is heard within the house. There is
no bright and beautiful tree, but on the
spot on which the tree stood last year there
is something white and as beautiful in its
silk and satin and velvet finish as the skill
and wealth of man can make it. But the
sight Of it brought a chill to the hearts of
those who saw it carried into the house on
Christmas eve, and when the eyes of the
mother and father fell upon it their hearts
bled anew.
The passers-by who saw the bands OF
white futtering from the knob of the door
OF the house across the street went on to
their own humble houses thanking God
that their own little ones were left to them,
no matter how little of wealth or beauty
there might be in their homes.
The poorest house in which there was the
laugh of children was SO much less desc
late than the great mansion across the
street in which the childs laugh was for.
ever still. II added to the melody of Par.
adise that Christmas morning. It rang out
clear and sweet across the jasper sea. II
had gone through the gate Beautiful and
into house not made with hands eternal
in the heavens.-Detroit Free Press.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-24
ncmtnded of IN. Aud So

A Cleveland landlord has one of his bor...
ienanted by a family that is out Of Iii -
portion to the size OF the dwelling. n Ect
ne strongly suspects that there are at ien.f
.wo distinct families in the house, and he !.
quite anxious to get rid of them. He doesn't
want to turn them out, and he has bree
hoping they would take frequent hints he
gives them and seek some other Location
Lately they have complained of lcakv
roof. but the landlord has determined e
make no repairs until they leave.
A few days ago the head of the household
waited on him..
well sor," he said. that roof has been
leakin' agin.'
HAS IT." said the landlord.
"Yis. sor. 1t leaks right over me sister,
bed. Draps right down on her. sor. This
marnin' she came out O. the room a-cryin'
sor. 1t had been raining on her all night.
Yis, sor, cryin.'
'Wen, why in Tophet," inquired the land
lord. didn't she move the bed?"
the tenant. "'Twasn't that"
"What allied her, them"
"Why. you see. sor, she were Just a-cryin'
because it reminded her so much of houas.s
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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a woman and little boy. These two
made no effort to secure a place with
the eager crowd at the lunch counter.
but stood unnoticed and alone beside
the stove. II was easy to see that they
did not belong to the opulent class of
society, for. though scrupuiously neat.
their clothes were OF cheap material.
and several skillful patches on the gar
ments of the boy indicated careful econ
omy. There was a weary and anxious
look on the woman's face as she bent
down and whispered something to the
child. who was whimpering and tug
ging at her dress, casting longing
looks ut the lunch counter.
To close observer the situation was
perfectly plain. for there was NO doubt
that the boy was pleading for chance
at the edibles, and the mother, with.
out the means Of relief, was trying to
pacify him. OF course, in selfish and
greedy world IL is no uncommon thing
for some to go hungry. for when so
many are actually starving to death II
seems hardly worth while to waste
sympathy on those who are only fnst-
Ing little. and yet what IL more pitt.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-24
ful than a helpless mother with n hur

ful than a helpless mother with hur
CRY child?
Among the crowd of passengers who
had hurried into the station came Reu-
ben Bullwinkle. The discomforts of
the journey had no apparent effect
upon his inyincibl- good humor. "D:n-
ner is now ready. Indies aud gents! he
shouted. Table de hnte. or n 10 carte.
all the luNuries Of the season at prices
within the means OF any millionaire.
Never mind the cost. full stomach is
better than full pocket book, and you
cant have both together in this ranch.
Walk right up to the fcstal board and
enjoy your Christmas dinner"
After this outburs, of dime-mnseum
eloquence Rube looked about him for
some evidence of appreciation. but
every one was too busily occupied in
the scramble for food to heed his
rngaries. But no. not every one. for as
Iieuben's eyes wandered over the room
they observed the forms OF the lone
woman and her little boy standing IDLY
by the stove.
Reuben was an old and experienced
traveller. and withal n shrewd observer,
and il did not take him long TO read the
pathetic story of this group of two.
There was no doubt in his mind that
they were faint with hunger and with
out sufficient money TO pay for food.
The drummer Rube pushed his travel
ing hat to the back of his head and
scratched his bald pate as he held a
secret consultation with the angelic
and interior Reuben. "Rube, old fel-
low. what are we going to do about this
business? We cant enjoy our Christ
man dinner knowing all the time that
hungry eyes are watching every mouth
full of food we devour; no, that's out
of the question, but what can we do?
That woman is no pauper, and she
would probably scorch us with glance
II we presumed to offer her money, or
even to blow her off to dinner. Bur.
great Caesar, they must be fed some
how. Now Il we could manage to
scrape up an acquaintance with the boy
think we could make the deal: SO let's
see If we can hypnotic him"
Agreeable to this resolution Reuben
fastened his gaze upon the child until
he caught his eye, then smiling .he
same old smile which had won him
friends from Boston to California. he
addressed him: "How's this for n
Christmas, little boy?' But the little
boy only chung closer to his mothers
skirts and scowled at the presump;u-
Gus stranger.
Whats the matter, little friend.
can't you find seat? You just come
with me now. and il we don't find
place I'm much mistaken"
The boy ceased whimpering and
looked inquirngly at his mother.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-24


way. But am fairly fixed in my opin-
ion that somehow or other, in the
merciful providence OF the Lord. he VIII
walk the golden streets of the New
Jerusalem. wearing a crown OF eternal
life-and will tell you one reason why
| think so:
IL was almost noon on Christmas day
when the through express pulled into
Starvation Junction siN hours late.
Desolate and treary as the station ap-
peared. the travel-worn and hungry
passengers were glad 10 see it, rs they
had been informed they could procure
refreshments on their arriSnl. as no
other opportunity had presented itself
10 satisfy their hunger since the pre-
vious day.
The storm which began in the night
had developed into the unmistakabIe
blizzard so much hated and feared by
all who travel by rail. The engine had
done all that iron and steam could de-
| against its inveterate foe but in spite of
gallant efforts the blizzard seem. Il to bc
getting the best Of the battle. and for
some time before the train pulled. up NJ
the station the iron lungs of the engine
seemed to labor With painful effort as
it plowed its way through the drifts.
The station was equipped with the
usual lunch counter, upon which was
displayed the inviting and meagcr
fare which generally greeis the travel
ing public at such Institutions. There
were sandwiches for those who could
afford to pay ten cents for the small
suspicion of the fag end OF some old
remnan. OF fat mercifully hidden be-
tween two slices OF stale bread. There
were beans-baked beans, hard, dry
and musty. which could be had for 25
cents; ten cents for two indigestib!e
looking doughnuts; five cents apiece for
eggs-boiled eggs, boiled hard, boiled
until they were black and blue, boiled
to the consistency Iof an india-rubber
ball. Nobody couldstell how long those
eggs have been boikd. | say have. BE-
cause probably most of them are doing
duty yet on that lunch counter. And
then there was pie-nt least something
that went by that title-and coffee
too, that would be recognized only by
the name.
1t often happens under circumstances
OF this nature that there are some who
have not started onl,heir journey with
the expectation Of being put to eX-
ira expense. and are consequently not
prepared for the exorbitant charges Of
the railway lunch counter. and are
therefore placed in ia very unpleasant
situation.
| Among the crowd of hungry mortals
who gathered in hedingy station were
The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-24
MlsCELI.ANEOUA.

The American Missionary associa-
tion made public at New York on the
Goth its 5lst annual report. 1t showed
that hundreds of students had been
turned away from its schools for want
of funds. The receipts from the differ
ent sources for the year were S4Ol,-
3Tl.0s.
SECRETARY ALGER intends to send n
number of relief expeditions to the
suffering klondike miners. The first
one will start about February :. Snow
locomotives will be used to beat trail
and 600 reindeer will be purchased to
haul the supplies.
THE American Federation Of Labor
on the 18th reelected the following
officers: President, Samuel Gompers.
first vice president, p. j. McGuire; sec
retary, Frank Morrison; treasurer,
George b. Lennon. Kansas City, Mo-,
was chosen as the next meeting place
AT bull fight at Gaudalajara Mex,
the bull jumped the barrier and
charged the spectators. Three persons
were gored to death and nine injured.
Many were also hurt in the panic
which ensued.
THE store of the Mermod 4 Jaccard
Jewelry company at st. Louis was de.
stroycd by fire on the 10th, together
with the Model Cloak company, the
former sustaining loss of s335, 900 and
the latter $50, 900.
HIGHWAY robberies occur daily and
nightly in st. Louis and SO general has
become the alarm that n tremendous
sale of firearms has been started.
Judges Stevenson. Peabody. Wood and
| Withrow recently declared that rob
berries and assaults had come to be OF
SO frequent occurrence that no one
was safe, and that no person could be
blamed for going armed.
ASHLAND, Va, reported slight shock
of earthquake at 6;a5 o'clock on the
evening of the 18th.
PITTSBURGH, PA, is trying to get the
G. A. r. encampment to meet in that
city in 1900 and to take part in the
dedication of grand soldiers monu.
ment to cost in the neighborhood OF
$500, 900.
WHILE plotting heavy freight train
up the Merchants bridge incline at st
Louis, an engine jumped the track and
| plunged to the ground below. Fire
man Pensinger was instantly killed
Engineer Mccullough was dashed head
first through the cab window and bad
| ly injured, and W. II. Cobb, yarC
agent, had several ribs broken.
THE assistant secretary OF the in
terror has ruled that soldiers wido y
has right to prosecute to q final ad
judication claim for a pension
filed by her deceased husband II the
claim is rejected and the husband die:
before appealing from the commits
sioner of pensions action.
A TRAIN on the Chicago 4 Eastern
| Illinois railroad ran into an extra trair
near Clinton, Ind. the other morning
and three employees were killed anc
half a dozen others injured. Both en-
gincs were badly wrecked, the bag
gage car was thrown down an embank
ment and the mail car smashed.
WHILE q herd of sheep, numbering
10000 head, belonging to NJ. o. Muir
ply, was being moved out OF Schleiche,
county, Tex, to a new range, a dense
fog suddenly came up The herders GO
bewildered and the entire herd driftet
away and were not found, although
searching parties were out severa
days
The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-24

REV. B. II. +. IRwiS, an evangelist
from Lincoln, Neb., recently held re-
vival services in church at Chambers
burg, Pa. He created sensation by
his remarkable pulpit utterances. He
condemned the use of tobacco and the
wearing of whiskcrs, and predicted
dire punishment for those who offend
ed in those two matters At his last
meeting he condemned the wearing of
feathers, and SO worked upon the feel
ings of the women in his audience that
some of them tore the feathers from
their bonnets in sight of all in the
church.