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different thing" U should think so !
Pretty, empty headed noodles with their
minds full of nothing but dress and fir
tations.) 81 am sorry TO pain you, but
you must realize the fact thnt for such an
undertaking n distinguished appearance
is pre- emin entity necessary, and that un-
fortunately, you have not OF course
you DO very we'll as long as you keep in
your own sot. because every one knows
who you are, but " yor go poking yoIr-
self into other ranks whore you have no
business you will certainly come 10
grief No business indeed As II
the interchange Of thought and sympathy
between myself and my human sisters
and the gradual raising of them TO my
level, were not life-work worthy of the
noblcst faculties However, | aid moth
ing, and my aunt prosed on, "Cleverness
nnd culture are very good in their way,
hut you know there il almost as much OF
taat sort OF thing among the people as
with ourselves in thoss days Education
IL nothing nowhere prcttiness is worse
than nothing. A really aristocratic, high
bred Dir and manner and appearance are
the only means Of maintaining our super.
iority.'
could stand IL no longer and broke
I'm:
Ny dear aunt. II tho only object OF
these mysterious attributes that you
think so much OF Is TO establish our
superiority over an oppressed and down
trodden people. i cannot regret that do
not possess them. have no wish TO be
superior. One Of my chief aims i'm be-
coming match-girl Is TO assert the noble
principle OF equality tho glorious --'
Aunt Admin drummed with her nDgers
on the table and snid
YES, yes. we know all that. Although
10y the by. l thought you announced just
now that your personality was TO influ-
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SHE HAS SUED.
Mrs. Lage Seeks Damages
From MOther-In-LaW.
Declares That She Has Been
Grossly Slandered.
Many Letters Written in Which
Her Character Was Traduced.

Now York. July 2l.-Little Mrs. Louisa
Lage wants $1,000 from her mother in law,
and as the mother in law has not entered
any defense In the suit, a sheritf's jury
next week Is expected to give her judg-
ment for the sum she asks. The mother
in-law Is the proprietress OF tho German
Magnetic and Hygienic Institution at
No 1853 East Seventy fifth street. She
does not like her sons young and pretty
wife, and has written numerous letters OF
an alleged defamatory character.
The mothorin-iaw, Mrs Pauline
Kruger, is about fifty years old. She is a
widow with two sons. The younger Is
Otto, q tile manufacturer, with Offices on
East Fourteenth street. Mrs Kruger came
to this country twelve years ago, and
established her magnetic institute. Today
bor wealth Is estimated at considerably
over 500, 600.
When she came to America she brought
with ber her eldest son by her hrst hus-
band, whose name was Lage, but she left
| the younger, Otto Lage, In Berlin TO COM
plete his education. IL was in the German
! capital that Otto met Louisa Possekel,
| and three years ago, when she was only
| sixteen years old, ho married her and
brought her to this city. She was very
pretty. but her parents were poor, and IL Is
alleged Mrs Kruger was prejudiced against
| hor ON this account The climax was
reached January last, when Louisa re-
ceived letter from ber own mother In
| Berlin. enclosing u letter which Mrs.
| Kruger had written Mrs Possekel The
| enclosure was written IN German, and
among the statements translated were
| these:
"Your daughter makes the acquaintance
| of gentlemen on the street She abuses
her child in very rude manner. She
sits with her legs hanging out of the
| window
This letter was dated January Is last.
| On April /, Bernhardt Lage, a brother oi
| Louisa's husband, received "A letter from
| Mrs Kruger in which the writer asserts
lotto knows that his wife has stolen
| from me, " and Louisa has an infamous
past" Mrs. Kruger adds: "She has
| forged documents as we'll as stamps" anu
II know that she has intended To be- un'
| faithful to Otto.
Six days later Mrs. Kruger wrote her
son, Otto, SAYING among other things
| "You know she stole from me- and you
\ see she stole Marie's dress.
| The young wife thought that she bad
stood about enough. so with ter husf1rffti :
permission she consulted Messrs. Sanders
| * kosenstein, of No. III Nassau street
| and brought suit for damages.
The papers wero served on Mrs. Kruger,
| but it did not cause her to desist in Lei
lotter writing.
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find nothing that gave any hint as TO the
cause Of the girls DEATH Mrs. Densmore
sent DIR. Barnes OF Staatsburg. To Fish
kill. with Instructions 70 demand that an
autopsy be made
Coroner Bevier summoned Drs Moth,
Tettamore and Dawson, who performed
the autopsy, and Dr. Ward OF Pough-
keepsio will make q chemical analysts,
evidences OF what might have been tho
effect Of an irritant poison having been
discovered.
Coroner Bevier was not prepared to say
that the girl had|not died from natural
CAUSES. Even II she were poisoned, he
said, it might have boon by ptomaines
from ice cream OF food.
That she did not commit suicide is
firmly believed by all tho officials and
doctors associated with tho case, who
hold that her hopes for her own recovery
showed she had not sought death.
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is Is YEARS OLD.
Crescent Lodge Fittlngy Celebrated
Its Silver Anniversary.

The members of Crescent Lodge cele-
bratod the 25th anniversary of the lodge in
the lodge room OH High street last even
ing and the 100 members and guests had
an exceedingly agreeable time
lhe guests included the grand officers
OF Rhode Island, the noble ana vice grands
of Manufacturers Lodge Of Oineyville
tine noble and vice grands OF King Philip
aud Good Samaritan Lodges Of Taunton,
Mass, ana the noble anu vice grands of
Bethesda Lodge OF Boston.
After a short regular meeting OF the
lodge the company was escorted 10 tile
lower hail, where banquet engaged gen
eral attention Tor about un hour. Then
the brothers returned to the lodge room,
where the chairman OF the commit ittoe OF
arrangements made an address OF welcome
aud in conclusion appointed Past Grand
h. &. Pierce as master OF ceremonies
The position was excellently filled by
that brother, aud be- introduced the vari
GUS speakers In digniiled and graceful
manner. 1.-THE Grand Lodge OF Rhode
Island" was responded To by Grand Mas
ter Henry y. Martin, "1ho State and Its
Citizenship" by Grand Representative
j.. Il. &. Farnham. 1.-The Sovereign Grand
Lodge" by Grand Representative Georg,
h. MackinnoD, Tho Ne xt Grand Mas
teri by Deputy Grand Master Walter
>. Southwick, and Grand Warden Spencer
B Hopkins responded for himself A
felioitous speech was made by Crane
Secretary w. ii. 4. Mosley Shorl
speeches were also made by the other in
ylted guests and veteran members o.
Crescent Lodge.
Following the congratulatory addresses
on the prosperity which has attended al
the efforts of this strong and iniuentia
lodge during the pasp 20 years. there was
line entertainment by members OF th'
Falstaff Club. IL was past midnighi
when the agreeable celebration planned
by tho committee OF arrangements wa
concluded, end oveiy one present, espec
tally the guests, declared that Crescent
Lodge knew how TO make pleasant
eve ling.
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GROCERIES GRAIN. ETC.
mine took a different form.

mine took different form.
But | am wiser and more discerning
now, and cannot but perceive that while
theirs was the ordinary harmless but en-
tireiy commonplace ambition OF the
average school girl mine had elements OF
grandeur and originality which were
wholly unsuspooted even by myself. Now
If anybody Of the narrow old school of
morality were 60 read that sentence, l
have no doubt that thoy would hold up
their hands In horror over what they
would Judge Co be my cOnCcit little able
To appreciate the sublime self conil-
dencen which Is the glorious heritage of
oil who in this era of freedom are cour-
ngeous enough TO claim 10.
/ don't know why have fallen into this
strain OF moralizing. except that on this
first night In my little bare attic. dressed
i'm tho ugliest, cheapest frOck / could con-
triye 20 get miles away from the West
End with It's shallow follios, and sur
rounded on all sides by undiluted swarms
OF my beloved people, feel that at last
can really live.
It Il about o'clock. and any ordinary
girl would probably be missing her coffee,
but | trust l am above such absurdity /;
and no doubt I'm n few days time shall
come TO think cheese nice even In the
evening. i must so % bed now, for L
have to be up betmes-to work All,
what an inspiring Thought that Is {.
Curious how one gets welded to custom
G like 90 iot down thoughts as they oc-
cur 60 me- Here have been wasting
ten minutes searching for my dressing
gown before | recollccted that / decided
not TO bring one because 1 don't suppose
tho other girls have them; though how
they manage without them I'm the winter
I cannot think. Even now the nights are
quite chilly. 1 almost think shall sgnd
for my plain cashmere one with the
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swans down-and that might be tho first
point where l should begin to humanize
and refine the other girls. OF course,
they will want to initiate me.
shall write TO Sanders, / think. It
Is quito unnecessary TO worry Aunt
Albinia about sending parcels.
May sth-No one l trust can accuse
mo of being an aristocrat in opinions and
views, whatever l may have the misfor-
tune To bc bv the mere accident Of birth;
but l suppose being brought up In nest
of old-fashioned Toryism must influence
one against ones will. At all events
find that have somehow become imbued
with certain ideas quite at variance with
my own carefully thou yht-out ana orig
inal theories For instance, i never
imagined that l should find any difficulty
with the actual manual part OF tho new
profession. 1 thought lady--n she
wishod-could always excel I'm any en-
ployment requiring Gelicacy and skill ~
hand. OF course, IL had considered the
matter, 1 should at once have re-
jccted 40 wholly untenable view. But
had not considered It, and SO wa rafher
surprised Co find that l don't excel the
other girls at all, or fill them with any
sort OF admiration. In fact, almost tss
only notice they have taken Of me las
been 90 stare and then go into nts "
laughter
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(she stammered n little here i'm short
il vuts your undertaking auyt ing Of this
Kind quite out Cf the quet GA
! said, quite calmly thai I begged her
pardon. but l failed ~ see what my
appearance bad TO do with tho matter.
"lv rything' Aunt Alhina pro-
nouno eel In that irritating loud, emphatic
voice that she uses when she means to
talk YOU down; appearance has every
thing 10 do with such things some
people can go and play 10 'liViug as tEe
poor live. and it does no more harm
th, any other game though ! ohicct To
it, Doing layed III DIR the name OF re-
ligion "
1bore interrupted her and stated That
these remarks could not apply 90 mo,
sinol my scheme had nothing whatever
to do with religion.
"Oh!" said Aunt Alblnia, and that
was adjust ms II anything reasonable or
arRuable could be expressed In q mere
inter lection. However, | thought 10 due
To myself to explain that my plan OF
living as a match girl among match-girls
was 10 be regarded solely from moral
and social point Of view. And Aunt
Albinia said "Oh :" again. j believe she
thinks she docs II rather we'll, and / have
no doubt that with tho feeble syCophhntic
old spinsters on her charitable committees
IL is very effective. But havo too much
OF tho enthusiasm Of humanity to bo IN
lluenced by such trivial supor1cialties.
Then she went on.
III you want amusement, why not
take to bicycle riding at onceY such
fatuity as that WAS really unworthy OF
reply. so / held my peace, and after walt
Ing "a minute she said:
II repeat Gcurgina, that nature has
not fitted you Tor the part III lt were
Cecelia lie Mnrchant for instance, or
your cousin Evelyn, IL would be totally
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FOR SALE.

%OS00 or at just its value, purchases
Y%cOOs one OF the best teaming plants al
the price ever offered in the market for sale.
IL has been run by Its present owner upward
OF ten years, has firstclass patronage, prin.
cipal line OF teaming is lumber, machinery,
piano moving and furniture; consists Of 9
horses. two double wagons, one double cara
van, heavy express wagon, democrat har-
ness, etc, above business Is located in the
enterprising city of Waltham, Mass. a fine
business also in connection with the tcaming,
has facilities for storage Of furniture that
pays 500 per year profit above this rent:
business IL sold solely on account of Ill health
OF owner; this Is one Of the best outdoor
business chances ever offered for sale at 50
small price; excellent business BARGAIN for
somebody. w. H. CARRUTHERS,
II School ST., Boston.
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MIR. HERSEY'S FUNERAL
ObSeQues of The Conductor Who
Fell From Car and Was Killed.

The funeral service over the remains OF
willard l.. Hersey, the conductor who fell
from the footboard Of a Crescent Park
electric car last saturday night was held
at the home of Mrs. Alice Dunkerley,
Bagley street, Central Falls, at $3.50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The service was conducted by Rev. w.
l.. Wood, pastor of the Woodlawn Baptist
church, pawtuoket The bearers were
David Lemey and joseph Windls,
brothers law of the deceased, William
Vial. Preston Arnold, Thomas kober and
George Gray.
The burial was at Swan Point. The
funeral was largely attended by railroad
men and the floral tributes included ro'
membranes from employees of tho Union
Railroad Company and the Pawtuoket
street Railroad Company. There were
several individual offerings from friends
and associates.
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her. / kept my self-command, and briefly
pOiuted ont to her that my lnllucnC3 Tor
good over the fellow-humans whom she
called "nasscs' would be founded upon
SON ething far moro subtly powerful than
petty class distinctions. and it struck me
a. distinctly characteristic Of tho narrow
ness and triviulity which devotion 20 con-
ventiOnalities produces in people that
she got up while ] was speaking and went
and rang the bell. and ihen looked for
her card case. and at last found nothing
better 60 say than
"Woll, / must be going out i am
sorry to have annoyed you, child (l
was not In the least annoyed. told herr.
"but am sadly afraid of your burning
your fingers with this silly business
Playing at equality Is "A dangerous pas
time, unless there Is contradiction on the
face OF ID. H."
Having onunciated this extraordinary
axiom, Lady Albnia sailed down stairs to
sOt forth upon one Of her rOundsl OF uu-
profitable morning calls or. worse still,
TO attend committee meeting of her
mawkish blanket doing charities.
went nj once % my club. for little
Iucutal rcfreshWCrt.
May ist-Iinw riarip"e n Is 90 DO able
really g. fulnll tn Inspiration 81 ones
youth luis iifr us match girl among
match girls, tor instance which i have
now actually begun. How l used TO
dream Of it, aud picture it in my school
room days, while / was still In bondage
20 Aunt Albinia and Fraulein did not
know thsn that the strong feeling that
seemed To- overmaster mo at times was
really tho first stirring Of the "Enthusi-
asm of Humanity. | used I'm my sim
pllcity aud ignorance 90 fancy that it was
merely the same kind Of longing that the
10 Marchants and Evelyn had tO "oome
out" and 20 10 balls ana parties, only that
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MATCHMAKING.
Extracts From the Diary Of the Hon.
Georgina Darlington.

AS l intend this diary to be really
true record q facts and not a mere
memorandum of compliments, like some
girls journals, i shall put down wfat
Aunt Albinia said today when told her
OF my ma ch-z ri plan As | 10 O aw she
was furious If lt had boen the otnor kind
OF matchmaking that was turning my
attention To, she would have bson all
gracious approval. no doubt but this
just because 1t Is really sensible and use
ful aud gives some scope for ones per-
sonality to develop and influence others
for goods pronounced 10 be absurd and
ridiculous
On thinking IL over now am glad 10
remember how we'll | kept my temper
especially when she would warn me
solemnly that Summing was played out
now-was really quite ceasing To
be the thing. AS IL 1 should take
mp career because IL chanoed Co
be- "the thingW However did not
loso patience. but set 10 all before
her quite coolly and collectcdly, and then
just as L thought had begun To make
some Impression even upon her, she came
out with the remark which I mean to
record especially here, pBrtly by way Of
being perfectly cBnrtd, and partly bo-
cause it will be- instructive TO refer Co by
ana nv wien eyeuts have shown which OF
us Is right.
You force 10 from mo. Georgina
would have spared your {, elings II could,
-.hut since you will not listen to reason in
any other form, / must tell you plainly
that your personal appearance Is not"
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GHOSTLY VISITORS.
Any DiSeugaged Astral Entity Can
Secure a Job in Texas.

Laraca Center Laraca county, Tex,
Jrly 81. All the farmers hereabouts are
on the outlook for Orson n. Jayne's
ghost. This particular astral spirit is of
female gender and according 20 yeracious
witnesses appeared 10 Jayne while he was
in the field plowiDg.
The vision had a Rhastly cut running
diagonally across from her left shoulder
to her right side. she told Jayne. he says
TO count off fifty rows Of cotton. 90 80 the
end Of the iiftieth row, step back thirty
steps and dig He did ana found IA 90
cent coin of the year 1851.
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Then Jayne got James Stcrry and tho
next day they waited for the vision to
reappcar. This time SIZE told them 10 dig
more 10 the southwest. Jayne liked the
prospect so much that be turned "A furrow
among the rows, destroying the roots Of
mis- cotton.
she strange denoument is the actual
finding of over $1,000 i'm American gold
coin, mintage of the iftios. Jayne thinks
that plougbiDg up money Is a very
diverting pastime and prefers IL TO
raising crops
Moanwbilo the neichbors are straining
their eyes in vain endeavor To see ghostly
things.
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Cause Of The Death Of
Pretty Selma Larson.
Was Taken Ill on Train While
on Her Way to New York.
The Autopsy Showed Indications
OF Possible Poisoning.

New York. July si.-Selma Larson, an
unusually pretty young woman, became
violently III In a New York Central Rail
road train on Saturday afternoon and
died in the General Hospital in Fishkili
on the following day under circumstances
which have set city and county officials to
an investigation OF what as yet Is deep
mystery.
A chemical analysis may show that the
girl died from poison, administered In
q manner at present undiscovered.
Mrs Charles Wickstrom OF l6i last
Ninety second street. whose husband Is "a
member OF the firm of PoulsoD * Edgar
of the Hecla Iron WORKS. this city and
brooklyn, sent TO her native place IN
swaziland, Sweden, two years ago, foi her
younger sister, Selma, thon eighteen years
old, TO come TO this country.
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FOR SALE.
F(
S3sOO or 8

C2S00 or just its valne-One OF the best
Vccoo, provision and grocery stores in
Cambridge, Mass. one-half cash established
- years and doing trade of S400 per week:
rent is low; this is corner store and enjoys
the best reputation and Is money making
store; two horses and wagons and every thing
Is in the best of condition, being finely fitted;
stock is all clean and saleable; this is a raro
chance for one or two smart men TO engage in
this line OF business and wanting n business
of this kind no mistake could be made in
looking at this one. May show II TO you?
w. II. CARRUTHERS,
IL School ST., Boston.
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HOTEL SUICIDE.
Mil Endei His Life in the Perry
House, Newport.

The dead body of Antonio Mill, a
mulatto was found in room 81 of the
Perry House at Newport, last night The
man had not boen seen for twenty-four
hours and the hote! attendants were
authorized TO break in. a note was found
explaining that the man was TO commit
suicide and with this was letter TO
Edward Lemintz, Ii Burlington aven ue,
Brookline asking the latter to sell a
watch 10 defray funeral expenses.
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COULD GIVE NO CAUSE.

She was in great agony, but the hos
pital authorities say TINT she was per
.ectly conscious through all. They ques-
toned her, but she declared she could not
tell the cause OF her illness Her condition
suggested poisoning. and the doctors tried
To draw Information from her on this
point but the girl insisted that il she had
swallowed poison it was in some manner
unknown TO her.
IL was too late for Mrs. Wickstrom to
get train for Fishkill tho night sho ra.
ceived the telegram, hut she set out early
tho next morning and reached her sister 5
side at eight o'clock. Selma was perfsctly
conscious, but did not realize that she was
III danger What she hnd told the doctors
she repeated To her sister.
The girl did not know until hours be-
fore she died that her condition was
critical, but then she felt that she was
dying. and told her sister so.
AN AUTOPSY PERFORMED.
Coroner ii. B. Bowler Of Fishkill, could
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WANTED A COMPANION.

Mrs. Wickstrom was cbildless, her hus-
bands business often took him away.
and the woman wanted the coinpanion-
ship of her favorito sister. Then. too,
their father was doad, their mother aged,
ana most Of the brothers had emigr@teG
10 the western part Of America.
The girl came-pretty, bright and high
spirited-and from tho day of her arrival
became favorite III the young set OF
fellow-countrymen Mr.. and Mrs Wick
strom had gathered about them.
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FOR SALE.

IN 000 buys stock and fixtures Of one
plV,OVO of the finest and best appointed
millinery stores ever offered for sale In the
ed goods; price Of hats range from SIS 10 SIS
each; patronzed by the elite OF Boston and
vicinity; present. owner for years, who is
about 10 retire from business, having made
an ample fortune; facts are easily proven by
figures and dollars. Come and let me show
you this beautiful store that has proved iiselk
TO be a bonanza. W. II. CARRUTHERS.
II School ST. Boston.
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To be Continued.

Bobby-say, did you ever tie a pa ire
crackers 20 n dogs tail'
Percy-No sir. / didn't My .amma's
taught mo TO he kind 10 animals
Bobby-Hnhl What fun did you have thens
Percy-oh, just set mine OF behind girls.
New YORK Truth.
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FOR SALE.

C1000 buys stock and fixtures OF lively
~ UAOOO grocery and provision store, locat.
ed on Washington street, city OF Somerville,
Mass, doing strictly cash trade, cor. store,
G0x3O, in help, actual value is more than
TO right party; store is paying siOO per month.
Any one looking for a store of this kind and
willing TO work, this is your opportunity.
Are you comingf w. II. CARRUIHERS,
IL School ST., Boston.
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FOR SALE.

cO000 buys stock and fixtures of irss-
P%OOO class hardware, pant and oil store; (;
present owner years; rent SIS per mouth;
located on the main street in the beautiful
town of Roslindale, Mass, miles from Boss
ton; owner Is Obliged TO change his business
and simply wants only what these goods are
actually worth in the market: population
here is growing fast and the place Is destined
10 be one of Bostons best suburbs. Come
and see for yourself.
W. r.. CARRUTHERS,
IL School st., Boston.