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Habit.


II thought had him silenced,'
remarked the man whose mind
stoops to small things. "But /
hadn't"
To whom do you reieri"
THAT old inhabitant who is al
ways declaring that it's the hottest
or the coolest weather the city has
known. | strolled up to him and
said: This is very moderate wealth.
er we are having" YES" said be,
''to my personal knowledge it's the
moderatest weather we've had 10
sixty years.'-Washington Star.
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VIOLET DALE.

Mr.. Steele had never married; he
enjoyed bis riches without compan-
ionship; he had not relative in the
world. A hard, selfish, grasping
man, beloved by none, and respected
only because of his great wealth.
Spite of his power to do good, the
world was none the better for Rich
ard Steele's existence.
No one in Milford remembered
Mr.. Steele as other than the miser
he was today for fifteen years he
had been citizen of the town, and
no change, either for better or
worse, had come over him, in a
moral point Of view.
His gardens at Ireton Hall we're
the finest for scores of miles; the
yellow pears and luscious nectarines
melIowed on its walls, the ungather-
ed grapes purpled on the trelliGes,
and no school-boys daring hands dis
turbed the white treasures. Mr..
Steele's great dog, Pluto, was as
selfish as his master, and his cruel
teeth were always ready to inflict
summary punishment on all depre-
dators.
One quiet afternoon, as Mr.. Steele
sat on The piazza g zing out on the
broad acres Of Iretop, his eyes fell
on two little children who were COM
ing down the road hand in hand.
They arrived in front ofthe gardens,
and cast wistful look at the damask
roses which hung over the quantity
carved gate. For a moment they
conversed together in subdued voices
and then they turned in at the iron.
guarded gateway, and went slowly
up the avenue.
An angry scowl contracted the
brow of Mr.. Steele at this I'm wonted
intrusion and he half arose from his
seat to drive away the unwelcome
guests. They were the first children
who had ever dared to trespass on
the estate of Ireton Hall.
They came fearlessly up to the
piazza still holding each others
hands. The eldest was a boy of
perhaps twelve years, noble, brave
little fellow with brown eyes and
dark, glossy hair. The other was
girl; she could not have been more
than nine summers, and beauty like
hers is seldom seen save in some
old, rare picture.
The sight of her face struck a
strange thrill to the keart of Richard
Steele, and involuntarily he bent down
to look at her. She was fair as q
water-lily, save the crimson which
tinged her lips and leaped at inter-
walls to her white cheeks.
Her eyes we're dsep blue, an her
hair like ripples of molten gold
touched by sunbeams. Both the
children wore mourning garments,
cheap and coarse, but neat as human
hands could make them.
The little girl spoke first.
"Please, sir, will you give my
brother and me some roses?"
The tone was musical and sweet
as harp notes, but the rich mans
countenance grew hard and cold.
He pointed to the highway.
"Be OFF, he exclaimed 81 do
not raise flowers for beggars.
How the dark eyes OF the boy
flashed and he was about to make
some sharp answer, but the pressure
of the girls fingers on his arm
checked him.
| "We are not beggars," she said
calmly; shut our mother is dead
and We are orphans. She loved the
roses, and ne loved them, too.
Please give as enc spiece. It viii
seem SO good TO smell flowers ones
more"
The hard face did not relax-tl,
long thin fingers still pointed to th'
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you, Richard, were my idol But
if my love was strong. my pride was
stronger, and when your letters,
after growing less frequent, ceased
altogether, sought no explanation
of your silence.
Georgia Dale, my step. mother,
was my counsellor, and because I
listened to her my whole lie has
been wrecked. She it was who first
whispered in my ear the story of
your deyotedness to g fair heiress;
she it was who brought me the let
ter containing the tidings of your
marriage. Oh, Richard, Richard!
who shall picture to you the days OF
agony which succeeded! But for
my pride, I shonld have lost my
reasoni
well, after that, Charles Gray
sought my favor; my step-mother
approved of him, and | perjured
myself at Gods altar. Too late |
learned the truth 1t was a vile
plot Of Georgia Dale's; / stood be-
tween her her and yoI but for me.
she hoped to win your love. You
know the result; her plot was a fail
ure. You fed from the country,
hating me in your heart, and meyer
guessing that the smiling bride OF
Charles Gray cast out thought for
you.
"Seyen years ago my husband died
and during these intervening years
| have earned my own and my chill.
dren's bread by the labor of my
hands. Only nee in that time have
l looked on your face, and then you
thought me hundreds OF miles away;
but my love was potent, and / jour.
neyed, on foot and alone, a hundred
leagues to see you once more.
"You were walking in the garden,
and the woman whom you turned
away when she asked for draught
OF water was Violet Dale. l would
not revail myself to you; it is bet
ter as it is. And now, Heaven
bless you, Richard Steelel l have
loved you long, and you only, and
in the Heaven where I am going
there is neither marrying nor Civ
ing in marriage; meet me there.
VIOLET GRAY"
He finished the manuscript, and
bowling his face on the open sheet,
the long-pent sorrow OF his heart
burst forth in tears, tears such as
only one like him can shed. The
closed chamber was opened at last,
the double granite doors were roll
ed back, and the angels of tender
memory few in and took up their
abode there.
Violet Dale! the soft eyed girl
whom he had loved with the fresh
ness of bis youth and the fervor of
his manhood; Violet, who had made
his whole life a failure! And yet
she had been innocen.; before the
tribunal OF his Judgment she was
blameless. Yet she was dead-what
mattered this long-deferred discov-
ery-it was too late now! Too late
for her, but not too late Cor her chill
dren. They should be his and he
would be their father. And 1t was
even so. Richard and Violet GRAY
went forth no more from Ireton
Hall; henceforth their home was
with the early friend of their moth
err.
Years afterwards, when he lay on
his deathbed, loving and grieving
friends were around him, and at the
very last he fancied he saw the face
of his lost Violet lowering above the
couch. And at his funeral there
were few dry eyes, for the poor had
learned to bless his bounty and the
sick ard distressed offered up his
name in their prayers.
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GLOVES NO LONGER THE THING.

Among the many yagaries which
have been adopted by womea as fads
perhaps none viii be hailed with
greater delight among the men than
the latest one of dispensing with
gloves during the warm months.
The absence of gloves today is a
mark CT good breeding and sign
that the gloyeless woman belongs to
the upper tens, while year ago the
ungloyed hand would have been
stamped as belonging to a person
utterly unacquainted with the first
rule of good society.
Originally the wearing OF gloves
was conducted on the same principle
that inspired a miller to wear a
white hat, but long ago the custom
departed from the primitive idea of
usefulness. According to the ency-
clopedias and other heavy literature,
Laertes was the first to wear a glove.
The farmer king was not fashionable,
but it is set forth in the Odyssey"
that in his capacity as farmer he had
to deal with certain bramble bushes
aud he must also keep his hands in
kingly condition.
Since then gloves have had many
and strange significnances, from
seal of tue transfer of property TO
a challenge to mortal combat. Not
until centuries later did they begin
to take on class significance. 1t was
when they adopted by royalty that
the wearing of gloves was first re-
gardcd as a mark OF station.
Some of the early English kings
were buried with gloves on, and
when the manufacture Of gloves was
introduced in Great Britain it was
considered craft of great dignity
and Importance. During the reign
of Robert I'll, of Scotland, the in
corporation of the Glovers of Perth,
a wealthy guild, which still exists,
was chartered and received armorial
bearings.
Although gloves were Stated on
their career by men, it has fallen to
the women to bring them into uni
versal popularity. After bringing
about such fashion, it is to be sup
posed that women have felt that
they must stand by it, for, whatever
the cause, men have never become
addicted to the glove habit after the
manner Of women.
A man is bound to be comfortable
and when gloves are discomfort,
he casts them off. He never loses
sights of the utility idea, differing
from the other sex, which was
created blind to it.
With the introduction of the shirt
waist, the short skirt and the sailor
and fedora hats, a womsnss cos
tune has become Comparatively sim
pie, and sensible, and it is this new
freedom and comfort in dressing
that accounts for their independence
in the matter Of gloves.
The only men to suffer by this
new whim of ever charming woman
are the merchants and glove dealers
who say that the bare handed fad
has greatly affected the sale of glove
June, July and August are deadly
dull in the glove trade usually, but
this year even silk gloves have failed
to find purchasers.-New York Her.
aid.
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The tall savage seized the news
paper which the waves cast upon
the tropic strand and eagerly per-
used il.
@Clothing." be exclaimed coming
to the adyertis ments, is az cheap
as Dirt!
Bat not 50 d.isable," urged The
sseut savage, aao vas notoriousiy
inclined to be benighted, not TO say
reactionary.-Detroit Journal.
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A man never realizes how much
waiting can be done in an hour M
til be waits outside for his wife who
has stepped into shop "just for q
minute.
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Ii you wish to purify your blood
you should take a medicine which
cures blood diseases. No other
medicine has such record Of cures
as Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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RaltinNrN Ind Cumberland Valley Branch.

Trains leave Hagerst0wn for Waynes-
boro, ChamhersbuTg ShippensbGrgand In
tarmediate Stations 8.35 and lilo a. m, and
100 p. M, and leave Shippensburg for
Hagerst0Wn and intermediate Stations at
600 IN. Leave Chambersburg for Hag-
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Leave Chambersburg Tor Shippensburg
and intermediate points 7.l5 and HOO a.
m, and 80 p. m, and leave Shippensburg
tor Chambersburg and intermediate points
at $50 a. M, and 1.25 and $50 p, N.
Addition Il trains leave Baltimore for
Union BriG5 e and intermediate Stations
at 10.17 a. M. and 6.10 p. M, and leave Un-
ion Bridge for Baltimore at 6.05 q. M,
and 1880 p. m. daily, except Sunday.
SUNDAY ONLY .-Leave Baltimore for
Union Bridge and intermediate Stations
$50 a. m. and 2.35 p. M, and leave Union
Bridge for Baltimore and intermediate
Stations at 400 p, m,
Trains for Frederick leave Bruceville at
S.3S, 9.35 and 1910 a. m. and 5.38 and $50 p.
m. Trains for LittlestOwn and fancy
town, leave Brucetown at 9.47 a. m. and
3.45 p. m.
Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmittsburg at
S26 and 1910 a. m, and 1881 and 6. IA p. m,
Leave Emmittsburg for Rocky Ridge at
$50 and 1000 q. m. and 200 and 4,50 p, m.
Daily, Others daily except Sunday.
tStop only to land passengers from Bal.
timore,
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b. II, GRISWOLD Gen'l. Pass Agent.
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For sale by E. G. Williams.
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Hoods pills are easy to take, easy
TO operate. Cure indigestion, bill
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(NHIO RIVER RAILROAD
" TIME TABLE

IN and after Monday, December 10, 1895
assenger traius will run as follows
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-Landard Time.
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Professional Cards.
nR. s. N. MYERS,
Office and Residence on the corner of
Martin and College streets.
April 4, 1874, year.
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ANECDOTAL LITERATURE.
Contributed to the Independent
BY W. G.
ALEXANDER AND HIS POET.

&AAAAANDEh his tOET.
Alexander's court poet unfortu-
nately possessed vanity equal to
his talents, as is apt, by the way, to
be the case With some ofthe votaries
Of the MUSES.. The poet sought one
day the presence of his sovereign,
and addressed him thus:
mighty sovereign, thy fame ex-
tends from pole to pole, and thy ex.
ploits have been made known in the
farthest corners of the habitable
globe: But remember that tradi-
ton is Aeeiing and uncertain, and he
who trusts his fame to the song of
man will soon be forgotten.
"Let me celebrate thy exploits in
strains worthy of my theme, which
may carry down thy name and fame
to all ages. Only, as the sons of
Phoebus are subject to the same
wants as meaner mortals, let me
know what thou wilt give me if I
fulfil my task"
The monarch smiled st the mer-
cenary spirit and eagerness of the
poet, and, after moments thought
told him that be should have q piece
of gold for every good line, and =
blow for every bad one. The lau-
reate accepted the conditions, full of
confidence that it would rain gold
and not blows. But when the work
was submitted to judges, the result
was, that, while he got here aud
there gold piece, the blows pre-
dominated so fearfally, that, before
the sixth canto was gotten through
With, he was dead man,
*.*
BURNS HIGHLAND MARY.
The mother of Burns lady love
lived on Greenock where she died at
the advanced age of eighty-five
years. The venerable looking wo-
man remembered, almost to the last
moment, with an affectionate re-
gard, the lovely daughter who had
inspired Burns finest illusions, and
it was impossible to hear her enter
infinitely into the particulars OF her
daughters life, and the amiable
qualities of her heart, without feel
ing convinced that Mary Campbell
had something more than ordinary
attractions to fascinate the mind of
the poet.
Among the little stores of the de.
ceased, there was nothing to be
found, as mementoes of our gifted
bard, but the Bibles which he had
given his beloved Mary on that day
when they met on the banks Of the
Ayr, ito live one day OF parting
love-" They are indeed curious,
and have, written in the first leaf,
in Burns handwriting, the follow
lowing passage of Scripture, which
is strikingly illustrative Of the
poets feelings and circumstances:
Thou shalt not forswear thyself,
but perform unto the Lord thine
oaths."
1t is we'll known that after this
they never met again, and that time
could not eface the soIemnity of
this parting from his mind, as is evil
denccd by the following stanzas, adj
dress:
TO MARY IN HEAVEN.
Thou lingering star, with lessening ray,
That loy'st to greet the early morn,
Again thou usherest in the day
My Mary from my soul was torn.
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TO MARY IN HEAVEN.

Thou lingering star, with lessening ray,
That loy'st to greet the early morn,
Again thou usherest in the day
My Mary from my soul was torn.
. Mary! dear departed shaded
Where is thy place OF blissful rests
Sweet, thou thy lover lowly laid1
Hearst thou the groans that rend bis
breast.
That sacred hour can l forgetl
Can forget the hallowed grove,
Where by the winding Ayr we met,
To live one day OF parting lover
Eternity will not eface
Those records dear OF transports past;
Thy image at our last embrace;
Oh! little thought we twas our lasti
Ayr gurgllng kissed his pebbled shore,
O'erhung with wild woods thIckening
green;
The fragrant birch and hawthorn boar,
Twined amorous round the rapturod
scene.
The flowers sprang wanton to be prest,
The birds sang love on every spray,
TIL two, too soon. the glowing west
Proclaimed the speed OF twlnged day.
StiIl DER those scenes my memory wake,
And fondly broods with miser care;
Time but the impression deeper makes
AS streams their channel deeper wear.
Ny Mary, dear departed shaded
Where 10 thy place Of blissfuI resti
seest thou thy lover lowly laid7
Hearst thou the groans that rend his
breastl
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". ]. ROBINSON, G. P. A,
Farkersburg, W. Va.
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Connects for al g Y r. Z. stations.
Ii. A. R4d.iie. J F. Boyd, Supt.
General r-ss = ct.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-20

bear In mind. combined once more against
the Europeans; the spread OF knowledge, not
only In the cities, but in the country. Of the
truth that to the English rule Is due the
great Increase OF poverty and the frequent
recurrence Of famine, which knowledge i5
producing sullen discomfort and stifled
hatred among the nations, from the
Himalayas to Cape Comorin, and from
Burmah to Bombay; the systematic risings
OF the tribes along our rthw west frontier,
probably backed by the Ameer.
simultaneously with the growing unrest Of
the Mohammedans within our border-all
these things prove that economic dangers
are not the only dangers which We shall
have to face within the next few years.
GLADLY would I see our country escape the
retribution which 1t has so Justly earned.
Gladly. even at this eleventh hour, would I
welcome any steps on the part Of
the government towar stanching the drain
OF produce which is destroying the
prosperity OF India. and In the direction OF
a policy which should restore to the natives
by degrees the administration Of their own
country. But assuredly never In the history
OF the human race was rebellion, never was
any form Of revolt more justified than 1t Is
In India today. II. therefore,, reforms are
not to be Immediately introduced, II English
carpet baggers and English profit mongers
and English pensioners are to do yet more
millions to death, in order that they may
fill their pockets at the expense OF a helpless
and patient people, then, l, as an English
man, whose ancestors and relatives have
had their share in the conquest and recon-
quest of India, declare plainly that I hope
to live TO see the day when a we'll organized
rising Of the whole population will sweep
aside forever the greed and iniQuity OF
British rule In India"
JOHN. P. SUTTON.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-20
1.RAfNs.
Omaha %.

The Chicago, Mn~auxee q 81. Paul rail.
way has Just placed In service two mag
nincent electric lighted trains between
Omaha and Chicago, leaving Omaha daily
at 6:45 p. m, arriving Chicago at s:25 q. m.
and lea wing Chicago 6:15 p. m. and arriving
Omaha $40 q. m. Each train is lighted
throughout by electricity, has buffet smok-
ing cars, drawing room sleeping cars, din
ing cars and reclining chair cars and runs
over the shortest line and smoothest road
bed between the two cities.
Ticket ONCE, 1904 Farnam street, and at
Union depot.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-20
Highwaymen Under Arrest.

When at home James Muss resides at
Chamberlain, s. D.. He had not heard that
the exposition had closed, and he came down
here to see the big show, r.nching the city
yesterday. Last night he was strolling along
the streets and met John Riley. Together
the two men journeyed down to Ninth and
Douglas streets. where they came across
James Watson, who said he was from South
Dakota, looking for a job. The three men
continued down Douglas street and, when
under the bridge, the two turned upon Muss
and tried to relieve him Of his money. How
ever, he fought them off and reported at
the police station. The two highwaymen
have been arrested and will be prosecuted.
Both are said to be wanted for highway
robbery, committed in other sections OF tho
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-20
DIED.

PIKE-Elisa H., aged 81 years, At her resi-
dence, 1879 N. 18th st. Funeral from resi-
dence Monday at 3 O'Clock p. m. Inter-
ment- Forest Lawn cemetery.
CARLSON-Gust W., aged 20 years 10
months 2 days, November 10. 1898. Funeral
Monday afternoon, November 81, at 2 p. m.
from family residence, 24l5 South Twenty
first street. Friends invited.
Deceased was a member OF American
lodge. No. 299. Ancient order OF United
Workmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-20

Heyn's Christp,as Offer
In order to bring people early for Xmas
work. thereby giving them and US plenty
time we've again decided to give free from
Nov. 8 to December LIST. with each dozen
platino cabinets or large photos q beautiful
high class RoccocoI frsme. in itself a hand
some Xmas gift. This IL decidedly the
finest souvenir we've ever given. See
samples in street cases.
We were awarded gold medal BY expert
Judges at 1898 Nebraska State and Inter.
State Photographers convention.
HEYN. THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
313-15-17 So. 18th St
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Hamilton Warren, M. D.. eclectic and
magnetic physician, has moved his once to
the lizard block. 22l North 23d street. spe.
cial attention to all long standlnL or linger.
ing diseases and to diseases Of women and
children.