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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26

great iron safe by a window, WILDLY
started to draw the letter-file from a
pile of hooks and papers on shelf over
head, but the detective called out:
Hold on! Don't touch it!'' and he
brought a chair and placed it under the
shelf. Then he went to the window,
raised the shade as high rs it would go,
and let in the sunlight: after which he
stepped upon the chair, and, with a
hand on each end of the shelf. looked
carefully at the books and papers on
which the file rested, ....
''Ah. blast his ugly picture!" he cjacu-
lated. He's nobody's fool"
whats the matter|' asked WILDLY.
1--WE shan't find the letter. after all"
Hendricks lifted the file and stepped
down to the floor. -
why, you haven't looked" protested
Miss Delmar.
YES, | have" said the detective, in a
disappointed tone. Those books and
papers up there are thicl<ly covered
with dust. but the file is paratively
free from it,
Au. Sdlu MISS DeIHldI. NOLJe one
has been handling it,
Exactly; and quite recently" Hen
bricks opened the box-lille file and be-
gan to turn over the papers fastened in
by sharp-pointed steel prongs. "Ah!
/ see they are arranged according TO
date of arrival You think. Mr,Whidby
that the letter you remember noticing
came about a month ago. Well, we must
turn TO about the Goth of June. All,
bere is the spot; and, by Jove! our
friend was in hurry-not so very eau
tious. after ALL" tB
What is it?" asked WILDLY.
''IIe has torn letter out at this place.
And it was a blue one, too, for he has
left tiny fragment of it on the prongs.'
Hendricks held minute piece of paper
towards WILDLY. Does that look like
the paper on which that particular let
ter was written?" go
II think So"
Hendricks nodded, and put the torn
piece into the back part. of his watch
case. Then, taking the letter-file TO the
window, he laid it on the end of the
desk, and. keeping it open at the place
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26

Quarrel with him, and, for some reason
of his own, he requested Matthews not;
to mention the visitor to you. Now,
But how are you going to do it?'
asked Miss Delmar.
That's what I'm here for" replied
Hendricks. And you are both going to
help me. Now, that visitor came here
and threatened Mr.. Strong about some
thing, so Matthews says, and one who
will threaten a man to his face is apt
to do so in other ways. Mr.. WILDLY.
do you remember ever having seen your
uncle receive any letter which seemed
to disturb him at all?"
WILDLY reflected a moment, then he
looked up with a start.
"Yes; / had not thought of it before,
but my uncle has once or twice acted
peculiarly after receiving letters. About
month ago he opened a letter at the
breakfast table and seemed almost to
turn sick over it. He was white and
trembled all over. / asked him what
was the matter, but he said he felt
suddenly faint, and that was all he
would tell me. l was concerned about
him, and wanted to send for a doctor,
but he refused to let me, and declared
he was all right. He seemed so un-
strung that | felt uneasy. l really
feared his mind was affected, so L
watched him through the curtains for
awhile after he went into the room
where he keeps his papers"
What did he do there? Try--try to
think of everything" urged the detec-
tive, his eyes glittering Us he fixed them
on the young mans face.
HE stood at the window" went on
WILDLY, land read the letter again.
From where was in the hall I could see
the paper quivering in his hands. He
remained there for a long time, as if
in deep thought. and then threw the
envelope into a waste-paper basket,
took down file. and put the letter care
fully away"
'Ah, l see. Good, so far!" exclaimed
Hendricks. do you think you would
know that letter again?"
81 don't know; perhaps so. 1t was in
large, square, BLUSH envelope, and
the sheet was of the same color, and of
! letter-paper size"
Il am glad you remember those de-
tails" said Hendricks, Nov let's in
! spect that file. May we not go in the
room where Mr.. Strong kept his pa
pers?"
''Certainly," said WILDLY. THE coast
is clear. Matthews is staying down
stairs. am answering the doorbell."
SAT this young lady's suggestion,
said the detective, with laugh, as they
were crossing the hall.
pray how did you guess that. I'd like
| to know? 2" Miss Delmar asked.
you were afraid your father would
call here. and if Mr.. WILDLY answered
| the bell you would have time to hide,
Is not that true?"
Perfectly" replied the girl, with a
laugh. IN glad he isn't famous de-
tecti7e. He would have found me out
long ago"
When they entered the little room and
annrOached the dash which WAS pear a
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26
HALF DOLLARS COME BACK.
Marked Coins Persist In Returning
to Their Former Owners.

Marked Coins Persist In Returning
to Their Former Owners.
One day in the summer of 1856, when
Albert George and Humphrey PinhOrn,
of East Orrington, Me-, were in Bangor
marketing, they received two half dol
lars fresh from the mint. AS both were
young men with plenty of money for
their immediate wants, they stamped
their initials in stencil upon the coins
and took them to a hotel, where they
exchanged them for two dinners. In
the Lincoln-DOuglas campaign of 1860
the two young men, who had become
voters, joined the wide Awakes," an
organization of uniformed republicans,
who paraded the towns with torch
lights. One evening after a parade in
Rockland they went out to supper, and
in exchange for bill paid to the cash
Ter, Pinhorn received a half-dollar
marked H. P" 1t was the coin he had
sent adrift four years before.
The war came on, and both of the
young men enlisted, following the for
tunes of the Twenty-second Maine
regiment. For five or six years after
the war there was no silver or gold in
circulation, and nothing was seen of
the marked coins until the Garfield
Hancock campaign of 1880. Then Mr..
George received the half-dollar marked
III. P" in exchange for beef which he
had sold. He turned it over to Mr..
Pinhorn, who paid it out for tobacco
at the local store. After that the III.
p" half dollar returned frequently.
Mr.. Pinhorn got il in 1883, Mr.. George
in 1884 and again in 1885, and Mr. Pin-
horn had it three times and in 1891 Mr.
George received it and paid it out four
in 1894. after which it made long So
journ in other parts.
Meantime Mr.. George grew anxious
about the half dollar which bore his
initials and advertised, offering five dol
lars for its return to him. Several
spurious limitations of the real article
were sent in and promptly returned, as
the stencil marks were not made in the
right kind of type. Though he kept an
advertisement standing in all the local
papers and in two of the Boston dailies
for nearly a year he received no It'd
ings of what he wanted. Recently he
went to Bangor bank to get his pens
sion check cashed, AMI in the money
which the cashier passed out were two
half dollars. Upon the face of one
were the old initials ''H. P" and on
the other were, the letters of his own
name. "a. A. g." It was the long-lost
4
half dollar, which he had stamped and
spent for dinner in 1856 and for which
he had been offering a reward. Mr..
George has framed his half dollar and
hung it up over his desk with orders to
have it placed in his coffin. The coin
marked III. P" was turned loose
again to go out and make history for
itself.-N. Y. Sun.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26
The Art of Conversation I,a CIR,

y good talker is born, not made. By
reading good books, by keeping one,
self well informed as to the interesting
events of the day, one may become a
good conversationalist Still, the most
fascinating takers are by no means
those who know the most, but, instead.
those who have the greatest amount of
tact, are most sympathetic. versatile.
and. most important of all, lave that
wonderful something that. lacking a
better name. we call magnetism
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26
THE GOOD OLD INN.
Passing of n Word That Has Played
Its Part in History.

u
Its Part in History.
It might be Interesting to know who
was the first person to keep an inn.
The word is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and
signifies a lodging house; another an
other term was gest hus, a house for
guests; or cumena hus, a house for
corners. Near the highroads few
scattered inns were established for the
convenience of travellers over night.
Edward the ConfeSSor ordained that
if a traveller remained over three nights
in an inn he was to be styled third
night-awn-hinde, and the landlord was
answerable for him exactly as though
he syas one of the servants. good
many alehouses were dotted around
Saxon England, and the sturdy early
Enghshmen spent great deal of time
in them. Chaucer's friar "knew well
the tavern in every town." and Dun
stan found it necessary to ordain that
priest SHOULD in nOwise be alesop'-
that is, story teller or reciter at an
alehouse. Efforts we're continually
made to keep down the humber of inns.
In the reign of Edward l. there were
but three irthe whole of London.
The inns of the middle ages were fur
nished in Il very homely manner. In
the fifteenth century the famous ST.
George inn at Salisbury possessed Is
guest rooms, each with three beds in it,
table OH trestles and oaken benches.
People ate and slept in the same apart
ment indiscriminately. At this time
titled persons slept on bed, while
commoners had to put up with mat
tresses-a curious distinction.
In French and German medley nj
inns humorous custom prevailed for
the punishment of those convicted of
talking and boasting too much. A
wooden knife was always placed by the
side of the president of the table,
whose duty and privilege it was to put
the boosters to silence by ringing the
bell in the blade or blowing the whistle
concealed in the handle. He then
handed the knife to the man who had
been Scaled down." who kept it until
he in turn had n chance of presenting
it to some one who proved a greater
boaster than himself.
During the seventeenth and eigh-
teenth centuries the inns of Paris and
London were the gathering places of
the wits and literary men of the day;
even the nobleman used the inns as a
sort of club. The duke of Montague
gave a dinner at the Devil, and tradi-
ton says the great Elizabeth herself
did not disdain to eat pork and peas
at the Kings Head, in Fenchurch
street. An ancient covered metal dish
is still exhibited there as the one she
used. Most of the famous old literary
tavcrns are now merely matter of his
tory. The rooms were small and low,
with only wooden benches, but the
giants of the time used to gather there
for the social intercourse they craved.
Mine Host was a personal friend of his
customers, and the same customers fire.
quented the same inn year after year
ST. Louis Republic.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26
American Educational Institution

1t is certainly something of a tribute
To American educational institutions
and scholars that when. some years ago.
graduate OF Harvard went to Oxford
and applied for admittance there to
make special study of Shakespeare
for a year, he was told: go back to
Harvard and Prof. Child. They can
teach you far more there than we can
here" 1t seems, however, that this
opinion has been expressed before, even
at a time when Harvard and American
colleges had not nearly attained their
present standard, for the elder Edward
Everett, in letter dated as far back as
1918, said, writing from Oxford: II
have been over two months in England
and am now visiting Oxford, having
passed week in Cambridge There
is more teaching and more learning il
our American Cambridge than there /.
in both the English universities to-
gether, though between them they have
four times our number of students."-
y. Y. Tribune.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26

Continued" asked Miss Delmar, with
a sudden upward glance; then you
think-?"
That public opinion is about half
divided? Yes. You see, even if we
offer the theory of hypnotism, it won't
90 down with the Oh Shodox world,
which doesn't believe in such things.
BY reading the papers you will see
that there is really great deal of hon.
est doubt of Mr.. Whidby's innocence
in all parts of the country"
That's true" sighed the girl. "Oh,
please let me help you in some way!
I'm sure / ought to be able to do some
thing"
You shall help me and Mr.. WILDLY
very soon; butt can't remain with you
longer now to explain. Could you
how would it suit both of you to meet
me here this afternoon at two o'clock 2"
81 think I can come" gladly answered
Miss Delmar. Father has forbidden
me to see"
81 know that very well" smiled Hen
bricks. You see that you, too, have
been watched" ......
81 understood SOL replied the girl;
'but L didn't care. | knew my inten-
tons were good"
~ discovered that pretty soon-in
fact, the moment l saw you with your
veil off," said the detective-'and felt
ashamed of my precaution." He had
risen and held his watch in his hand.
"Will the arrangement suit you. Mr..
Whidby?"
Perfectly" answered WILDLY; and
Hendricks bowed himself out of the
room.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26
Giving a Clear Definition.

What is your definition of klepto,
mauiac?v asked the examining lawye,
of the Witness
= We'll" was the reply. "if I were te
bear of a man who in hot weather ha6
a chance to steal lump Of ice and car,
ried off a bod of coal instead. should
call him kleptomaniac. "-rit+shureh
Chronic,e-Telegraph.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26
Ambiguous.

A noted evangelist is fond of telling
of his experiences in preaching to the
negroes in the south. At the close Of
one of his meetings a very large old col
ored woman came up TO him and shook
his hand warmly while she said: God
bless you. Brudder Jones. You's evan
hody's preacher, an evahbody loves ter
heah you preach, an evan niggah love
te heah you; an Brudder Jones, you
breaches mo- like 4 niggah than an
white man that evan lived; an Bruddei
Jones, you've got white skin. but,
tank de I.awd. you've got. black
heart Outlook.
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Those Jealous Girls.

Minnie says when she takes down
her hair il reaches the floor"
''It does if she happens to drop it,
Ohio State Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26

The most dangerous waters in the
world for the passage of ships lie Oft
the east coast of England. Cape Ushant.
in France. and Cape Fiaisterre, in Spain,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-26
From Clue to Climax.
BY WILL N. HARLEM.
CHAPTER XH.-CoNrINUED.

copyright 1896. by J B. Lippincott Co
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-22
A SUICIDE In TEXAS.
A Former Indianapolis Woman the
Unfortunate.

Mrs. S. A. Harlan, of No. 1850 North Penn
sylvania street, was informed last night Of
the suicide of her sister, Miss Ella N. Bres-
lin, which occurred yesterday in Texas. 1t
is supposed Miss Bres.in died in Waco, Tex,
as she went to that city about eight years
ago. The press dispatches last night stated
the unfortunate woman had left a note for
her brother-in-law, S. A. Harlan, "exoner-
ating her sister from some offense I'M
named" The dispatches further stated it
was supposed the sister was Mrs. Bella
Capeti."
The Harlans did not learn of the Texas
tragedy until late last night, when the news
was carried to them by reporters. They were
completely myst fl d and say hey do no I'M
derstand what Miss Breslin had in mind
when she spoke of "exonerating her sister,"
They say there is no hidden affair in the
family that they have ever heard of. Miss
Breslin, they say was about forty years
of age. Since childhood she and her sis
ter, Mrs. Harlan, have seen little of each
other. sSThey were left orphans while young
and the children became scattered. They
were raised in Virg mia. Miss BreSlin lived
in Indianapolis for several years, and about
eight years ago went to Texas to make her
home wi. half-SiSter, a Mrs. Kelley. The
latter died few years ago and the Har-
lanS understood Miss BreSlln to remain
with the. Kelley family. They think the
Mrs. Bella Capeti" referred 10 in the press
dispatches must be a niece of Miss BreSlin,
as she had no sister of that name. One of
Mrs. keliey's daughters was named Bella
The Harlans cannot understand why Miss
entire affair seems involved in deep mys-
terry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-22
THEFT OF $4,000.
Package of Money stolen from u
Southern Express Office.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. PA package
containing $4,000 in cash was stolen from
the Southern Express office in this city some
time between Sunday morning and Monday
morning of this week, and the city is now
full of the best secret-service men on the
pay rolls of the express company and of
the Pinkertons. The first intimation here
that anything was wrong was given by the
arrival on a special train of o. M. Sadler,
division superintendent, quickly followed by
j. w. Crosswell, another superintendent,
but these officials refuse to talk. A pack
age containing $4,000 was sent a bank IN
Newberry Sunday. II could not be de!iv-
cred that day and was returned here be-
cause the safe in that town was considered
insecure. The money was put in a safe in
the Office here which was left unlocked all
night. 1t was missed yesterday morning.
This morning p. w. Leary. assistant gem
eral ST pelintendent of the company, reached
Columbia and was soon closeted with the
other officials and the secret-service men.
Superintendent Leary says the money was
stolen by one or more employees of the Of
flee and he proposes to stay here until he
has his hand on the guilty man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-22
QUINCY MAYOR AGAIN
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE ELECTED
BY THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON.
JOsiah's Plurality About 4,OOO-Sur-
prising Small Vote for Thomas Ry-
an, the Bryan Democrat.

BOSTON, Dec. 21.-Mayor Josiah Quincy
Democrat, was reelected to-day by de-
crea sed plurality over ex-Mayor Curtis, his
opponent of two years ago. although the
city went Republican at the state election
last month. The attempt to split the Demo-
cratic vote in the city by vigorous work
on the part of Thomas Riley, running as a
silver Democrat proved futile. His rallies
were crowded and his audiences apparently
intensely loyal, but less than three thousand
voters supported him at the polls the DEM
ocrats as a rule remaining loyal to Quincy
Notwithstanding the strong effort which
was made by the Republicans to get out
a heavy vote in the suburban and Back Bay
wards, which usually poll heavy Republican
majorities, Mayor Quincy made great gains
over the vote for Williams at the state
election, while in some cases there was
decided falling off in the vote of the OPP
position. On the other hand, the usually
strong Democratic wards, where the regis
tration for this election has been very
heavy, did not show any special gains for
the Democratic candidate and in some cases
were was a decrease
The surprise of the election was the small
vote for Riley Even in the wards where
he made his greatest effort ana where me
claimed to have a strong following only
few were found in his support at the polls,
while in his own precinct he received but
two votes.
The total vote was but little more than
that of two years ago. when the registration
was 81 ,483, against ,4S0 for the present
election.
The total vote fol. mayor, with one pre-
cinct missing is as fol 10 I quincy Re
Dem, 1885, Goldstein Socialist, 49,
2:15 A. M. Wednesday-On the rest OF the
ticket the result is far from being known,
so meager and so fluctuating are the re-
turns 1t is predicted. however. on the
figures that the aldermanic board will be
seven Democrats and five Republicans, just
the reverse of this year. For the lower
board Democratic majority as usual is al
most a certainty. For school committee the
result is in doubt with the figures indicat-
ing that Professor Sedgewick and Mrs.
Kehoe, who ran independently, are defeated;
The city voted for license by an Increased
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-22
Firemen SufFocated.

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Fireman Martin j.
Oakley was killed tonight at a fire, which
started in wood bin in the basement of
five-story tenement house on East Four
teenth street. Oakley was suffocated to
death by smoke and escaping gas. Assist
ant Foreman Thomas +. Head, James E.
Davis and Peter Donnelly, of the same COM
pany, were rendered unconscious by inhal-
ing smoke and gas and were, with difficulty,
revived. They are in hospitals and their
condition is serious. When the firemen re-
sponded to the alarm Oakley was the first
to break into the building and attempted to
reach the fire through a narrow hallway
and down narrow staircase. He fol-
lowed by the three mentioned. The mo-
ment Oakley opened the door leading to
the stairs the four were enveloped in a.
thick cloud of smoke and noxious gases.
They were probably almost Immediately
overpowered. Meanwhile other engine COM
panies had arrived and the fire was ex-
tirguished When the smoke had cleared
away the four unconscious firemen were
found lying in great pools of water, which
had been poured into the cellar. They were
dragged out and taken to a dispensary.
Later all but Oakley were removed 10 hos
pitfalls, where it was stated they had good
chances of recovering. For two hours
physicians worked over the unconscious
body of Fireman Oakley before it was GER
tain that he was dead The fire did little
damage. Oakley was a brother of Alder
man and Councilman-elect John T. Oakley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-22
CITY NEWS NOTES.


G. w. Ruth, evangelist. will conduct a re-
vival meeting Friday evening in the old
Universalist Church, corner Alabama and
New York streets
At noon yesterday the stable in the rear
of 1929 West Pratt street, owned by Charles
M Cooper and occupied by j. K. Parmelee,
was damaged to the amount of $3.50 by fire
of unknown origin.
John Sweeney, who has served a term of
three years in the penitentiary for breaking
into a postoffice in Gibson county, was
brought to the city yesterday and released
by Commissioner Van Buren,.
Christmas at the Reformatory for Wom-
en- and Girls will include Lady Bountifui
Immediately after breakfast Christmas day
and a holiday, and Sunday afternoon the
Christmas exercises of songs and recita-
tions will be held in the chapel.
The Christmas exercises of the Central
avenue Methodist Episcopal Sunday school
on Friday evening will include programme
of recitations and music by the members
of the primary department and series of
stereopticon views appropriate to the occa-
sion by Mr.. Charles f. Coffin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-22
PRIEST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Father COnaty Celebrates the Ami
yersary of His Ordination.

WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. M.-Rt. Rev.
Mgr. Thomas ]. Conaty, rector of the Cath
Ollie University at Washington, celebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordina-
ton to the priesthood in a quiet manner at
his old home, in this city, to-day. He Of
fered mass at the Church of the Sacred
Heart. where he. was pastor for seventeen
years before going to the university. in the
presence of the priests of the parish, the
members of his Immediate family and a few
Intimate friends. He wore, during the serv-
ice gold cloth vestments trimmed with sill
YER a gift from the members OF his ram
ily During the day he received many con-
gratulatory kilograms from friends all over
the country and the following cablegram
from Rome, signed byNArchbishop John }.
Leo Kill sends his blessing for your twen-
ty-fifth anniversary.