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The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

tntoes for each day, doled out her coal
so much for the morning, SO much for
highland was ready, for very joy, TO
clap her hands If one had not been help
less. Eben Doolittle, prosperous, had
almost passed out of her life, of late
years. except as pensive memory
Eben Doclittie, sick, forlorn and in
debt, called out all the old affection. re-
enforced by maternal pity and ycarn-
ing.
And, day by day, the potatoes
dwindled and the -four grew less, while
the crippled hand became no better.
appeared, and Doris 'scraped the coal
barrel with her left hand.
~ have the shingles TO fall back on
she said. Its lucky dried good pile
OF them in the oven while the coal fire
lastedr
The day after she had eaten her last
saucer of oatmeal, sailed instead of
SO independent of physical limitations.
lf"out of theabundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh," it is no less true that
out of the emptiness Of the stomach
the thought uttereth itself.
Il know I've been what people ra!l n
born fool but | said ! would take the
risk. II die, Eben will never Know
why. He may come back some day and
drop few tears on my grave, and per-
haps remember the pleasant hours we
had before the trouble came between
us. And how the neighbors will rx-
claim. when they find have withdrawn
my bank deposit. They will search
every hole and corner for my hidden
cnsh, and then bury me at town expense.
Well. | shall never know it,"
But Doris did not die. She lived Il
day and half without eating. because
she was too proud to run in to any of
her neigbbors' houses. socially. for a
cup of tea.
Toward the end of the second day
Mrs. Gillespie opened the kitchen door
and found Doris weak and shivering
in her little downstairs bedroom. de-
batting within herself whether she
should make friendly visit TO Ann
Finney. her next neigbbor. where she
would be sure of hearty welcome.
warmth nnd supper.
why, Doris Hilburn. your fire is as
dead as Julius Caesar, and you look as
If you were going TO have a fever.
Whatever in this world possesses you
TO keep so at home? | meant TO send
Sarah Jane down 10 ask you to spend
tomorrow with us, but on second
thoughts decided TO come myself
Doris tried to smile welcome and
rose feebiy to start a fire with the next
days share Of shingles.
''I'm not qnite so clipper today" she
said. drawing forth her little rocking
chair for the visitor. II guess I'll be all
right to-mor-" she staggered and fell
forward into Mrs. Gillespie's arms.
That good lady put her back to he'd,
watched her shrewdly as she regnincd
her consciousness. then said: snow.
lie still, Doris. and I'll light your fire
for you"
The little dressmaker murmured
something about ordering coal soon.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
MISIEIIANElUh

MANY counterfeit two-dollar bills
are being circulated in Kansas City.
Mo. Each dny a few of them turn up
at the banks, where they are offered
for deposit, having been taken by
business men. who cannot tell from
whom they were received. Officers are
on the alert, but are making little
hcndway in their search for the guilty
parties,
GREAT excitement prevailed in the
country a few miles east of Louisville,
H., over the reputed wonderful cures
of faith preacher-a DIR. Merrill -
who, it was said. had made the blind
to see and the lame To walk
A DUEL took place on the 9TH between
Albert Rahm and Herman Necker
near Sexton. Ia. and both men Were
dangerously shot. The fight was wit
messed only by the seconds of the men.
who had quarrclci over woman.
WHILE lanes Phillippi. Il farmer.
and his family were absent from home
for "a short time five tramps broke into
the house near Greennr. H., hut a
posse of irate farmers chased them and
captured them, after wounding two,
and turned them over to ihs authori-
| ties.
FIGHriNG ISLAND eight miles from
/ Detroit, Mich. and in Canadian juris-
diction, has been purchased by Mike
Mcdonald, the well-known sport of
Chicago. and other Americans. who
propose to establish there an Ameri-
can Monte Carlo Behind the scheme
is 2,O0o,O 900 and all sports, from horse
racing to prize fighting. will be on tap.
| A FIRE broke ont in tenement house
Mt New York on the 5th and in five
minutes the stairs were in flames and
IA persons scrambled to the roof. where
there seemed to be no hope for them,
but tircmen managed to rescue them.
In the panic two children were forgot
ten by their mother and they were
burned to death.
The equity court at Washington
graS ted au injunction restraining the
treasurer of the United States from
paying to the Providence hospital in
the national capital any money belong
ing to the United States or the Dis
trict of Columbia in accordance with
an agreement between the commission
ers of the district and the hospital di-
rectors, holding that it is unconstitu-
tional for congress to appropriate
money for sectarian purposes.
The Muskogee Coal & Railway com
pany was granted charter. under the
laws of Oklahoma, for the construction
of railway from Red Fork, l. T., t'
Guthrie, OK.
ALL the biscuit and cracker compa
pies between Salt Lake city on the
we ., Portland. Me, on the east, st
Paul on the north and New Orleans OF
the south have been combined under
one management The name of th'
new corporation, which was incorpo
rated in New Jersey with capital o
s25, 900. 900 of preferred and s3O. .ooo,o 90
OF common stock, is the National Bis
cult company. The new company con
trolls l39 different plants, which ]
about 50 per cent OF all the large bak
cries in the country.
The Mcintyre block, in the heart O
Winnipeg, Man, was destroyed by firc
Loss. s5O0.000.
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She meant to be truthful. But Mrs.
Gillespie wns already out in the kitchen.
lifting the stove lids. her suspicious
aroused.
There's some mystery here" she
confided to the poker. as she cleaned
out a few wood ashes. There hash I
been coal fire in this stove for two
days. Doris looks pinched with hum
ger, and that fainting was a bad. piece
OF business"
She took an old friends privilege Of
softly opening the 'buttery" door and
glaneins along the shelves.
mot . crnmb Of anything that a, baby
fly could make a meal on. Doris il
either out Of her mind. and growing
misery. or else she has put her saw
ings into some humbug concern that
don't pay any dividends except to the
men that run it,"
She lighted the fire. then stepped to
the bedroom door.
Doris, as soon as you get warmed
up bit, you might put your night.
gown into your little sntchel bag and
come right back with me tonight.
| 'ei chhS sohbC w PVtHbk
lasses candy after supper, and may be
the Simpson girls will be over. You
used TO be more sociable."
She smiled and gave Doris mother
ly pat on the shoulder.
"What n godsend!- thought Doris,
never dreaming that her old friend had
discovered the true stnte Of affairs.
1t was n heavenly change when. after
letting the shingle fire down and fns.
tening the doors and windows. Doris
with her ''satchel bag" on her left arm
accompanied her good friend to tbs
horie overflowing with plenty.
The merrincnt nfter supper WINS a
its height when there was q knock al
the side door.
Eben Doolittlei
Mrs. Gillespie and the girls crowded
around him with hearty welcome. but
Doris sat white and trembling. Why
had he come back 30 soon? Had hi
last venture failed?
He gave her penetrating look as b
4 came up and took her hand. then said:
i y called at your house. Dor--Mlsi
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


The attention of Mr.. Cannon. of IL
that there will be no more financial
legislation before the house during
the present session of congress. He
replied that the item was correct
Speaker Reed intends to push things
and bring the session to u close as soon
as possible. Appropriation bills are
TO be rushed and there is to be no
river and harbor bill.
SECRET negotiations were stated to
be in progress between the United
States and the insurgents in Cuba
looking to the stoppage of war on some
financial basis. to be agreed upon here
after. The insurgents have expressed
perfect willingness 10 assume n reason
able share of the Spanish bonds issued
against the Cuban revenues and Prcsi-
dent Mckinley and his cabinet have dis
cussed several plans for guaran teeiug
the Gu ban debt on the sole basis of in
dependence.
\ pIsrATCu from TahlcQuah, I T,
IN the 9Th stated that D. W Bushy-
head, Il leading Cherokee, was dead.
He was - years old and had filed
every office in the natiOn. Recently
he was on the Dawrs commission. rep
rcscnting the Cherokee nation.
EX-Gov. THOMAS a. Osborn. of Kan
.as, died suddenly on the 4th ut Mead
Vile, Pa, of hemorrhage of the stomach
while on visit to IL lady to whom he
was engaged to be married in April
He was born October 20, 1896.
The president on the 4th sent to the
senate the name of Ethan \. Hitch
'ock, Of Missouri now minister to
Russia. to be ambassador eXtraordi-
nary and minister plenipotcntiary to
Ru ~sia.
Ar the annual banquet of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
At Baltimore, Md. the other night
secretary Gage was the chief speaker,
he keynote of his speech being our
N rreucy.
CHARLES II. DUELL became commits
,ioncr of patents on the 9Th.
4 WAsmINGroN special to the Chica-
20 Tribune on the 9th stated that the
spanish premier had declined the
third offer of friendly mediation on
the part Of the United States in the
Cuban trouble. This information. it
was said. was sent to President Me-
Einlcv by Minister Wood ford from
Madrid in a cipher message
ADOLPH SurEO, ex-mayor of San
Francisco and builder OF the famous
Sutro tunnel, has been adjudged men
tally incompetent He is over 50 years
Did.
MAY / is the date fixed by Chairman
Cannon, of the committee on appropri-
ations, for adjournment. Mr.. Dockery,
of the same committee expe cts To get
through by May Ii. Speaker Reed
said there was no reason why congress
should be in session after June and
that adjournment may come much
earlier
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
ABOUT VALENTINES.
Telling How the Mnny Millions of
Them Arc Made.


st. Valentines day is as generally OBJ
served as ever. though q great part of
the celebrating is done by the children,
and most of the valentines are con-
structed to suit their pocketbooks. with
machine-made fat-faced cupids and
startling sprays of forget-me-not. The
/ hfgher-priced valentines. however. the
silk and satin and celInloid ones. are all
hand-painted. and though the work Is
done as rapidly as possible many of
them are really beautiful. The secret of
their manufacture Mt the price. which
is always low for haud-pdinted work.
lies in the fact that. though no two are
alike there is little variety in them.
Cupids. flowers aud bleeding hearts
furnish the usual subjects. BY n close
| application to business a man may
learn TO make bleeding hearts and
cupids almost mechanically. and with
a surprising rapidity. The work is
done with water colors and camel's
hair brnsh. ard few strokes applied
by an experienced hand finish valen.
tine. tis possible for one man to turn
out as many as 500 hand-painted vnlcn-
tines in one day. The satin ones are
The hardest paint. and. as n natural
consequence. command the highest
price. Some of them cost as much as SEQ
apiece.
From 5000 to 10000 of the cheap val
entines. those with a verse and sundry
cupids. surrounded with lace paper. are
turned out in day by single factory
The worR is all done by machinery:
first the printing of the verse. next that
of the colored picture. then the cutting
and folding. and lastly the addition of
the lace paper. which is pasted on after
all other parts ure. complete.
The comic valentine is an excrescence
too. for one firm gets out us MANY as
l5.o00.o0o of them annually ard en-
ploys 400 worknen the year round.
Most of the designs are made by G..
Howard. the magazine artist. and II is
given as an interesting fact thnt Mr.
Howard never works on them except
when he is out of humor and dissatis-
fled with life. He is said to draw carl
catures of the people who have espe-
cially incensed him. If this is so The
circle of Mr.. Howard's firm friends
must be small one. 1t is more than
likely that if by some incantation or
spell ST. Valentine himself could be
brought back to earth and plnced face
to face with an array Of comics he
would admit that he preferred his for
mer mar;yrtlom.
! But in spite of the rs. 900. 900 comics
the comic valentine is small part of
the celebration. and though certain OBJ
! jectionable persons hnre their short
comings laid before them in strong
light. and though certain other and
wholly inoffensive persons are annually
rendered insane with rage at what they
consider gratuitous insults. the general
trend of st. Valentines day missives
still stay by the good old rhymes Of
heart and dart. eyes and sighs. and
other combinations almost as old as ST.
Valentine Chicago Tribune.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
me AItern.tixa

The police justice had formerly been 4
bartender. He had gone into politics and
had been elected by big majority. This
was his first case. Mary McMannis was up
before him for drunkenness The Justice
looked at her minute and then said sternly:
well, what are you here for:"
..If yer please, yer honor" said Mary,
'the copper beyant pulled me in, sayin'
was drunk. An don't drink, yer honor;
don't drink"
"All right" said the justice, his former
bartender habit getting the best of him;
all right; have a cigar. Fre<
Press.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

ing something woetully unbusiness-like
and Impractical
II don't care. If starve, I'll starve.
l will have my comfort out OF this, any
way" she said.
Her eyes were so bright and her
checks so rosy. that Mrs. Gillespie
viewed her through her spectacles with
wonder.
Il declare, Doris. If you weren't SO
sensible and SO settled in your ways,
should think you had jus, been having
an offer-.and accepting it, too. You
look as young ard handsome as the best
of them"
Doris laughed, slipped off her hat and
jacket, collapsed into the little sewing
chair, and in another minute was ap-
bands and skirt ruff1es,
Don't make it too scant. Doris" said
her companion. "Skimpiness don't pay
when you're making up giugham."
C"Nor when you're sending a valen-
tine" said Doris inwardly, with sud
den thrill of joy)
The short February day ca ame 10 an
end Sarah James gingham was fin
ished and hung over chair back, ready
for the owner to carry upstairs at bed
time. The troublesome skirt that
wouldn't hang" had come right at
last. and was triumph OF cores and
plaits.
You'll save day for me in April.
Doris, to fix over my black Henrietta
cloth?" said Mrs. Gillespie inter
negatively.
Doris nodded gayly. She WIS in a
mood TO promise anything.
Here. Doris. you might just MS well
take a couple OF these mince turnovers.
They'll keep nicely till Sunday"
Doris thanked her. and stepped out
into the cold. cloudy night. She drew
slowly near the old brown house that
had attracted her the evening before.
"a wonder If rs dark enough yet
she said. as she fingered in the shadow
Of an old elm close by the sidewalk.
The house seemed gloomy and silent as
on the preceding night.
'It won't get any darker if wait til
midnight. for the moon viii be mp soon.
must do it now or never"
These mysterious words implied no
scheme of burglary or arson. though
the drcssmaker's actions verged on
breaking and entering" She glided
TO the door and tried it softly. with
the usual deprnvity of inanimare OBJ
jects. it gave a ireacherous squeak as
Doris turned the knob. and she fled
swiftly. but not until she had dropped
far inside the hallway a small, fat
white envelope, directed in big
sprawiing style to
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
Hfxh Lirhts.

Thirteen oysters In one plate of soup
means bad luck for the other guests at the
table.
The man whose wife belongs to FIVE clubs
always goes home entertaining serious ap.
prehensions about dinner.
AmiabiIity rules in large families when
the girls are 80 many different sizes that
they can't wear one another's clothes.
When a woman is sure she is alone in II
house she eats an orange after digging
tie hole in one end of it with her scissox
Chicago Record.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
Knew HI. Bu.ine...

MY dear, why are you applauding that
piece asked Mrs. Snaggs. in tone OF re-
monstrance. Don't you see no one else
is applauding? 1t is beyond the performer 8
Il know that" replied Mr.. Snaggs, but
we must applaud pieces like that in order
to get something worth listening to in the
encore. e."-Pittsburgh Chronicle.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
The Gover.me.t.. Dom.,.

The commissioner of the general lsl
6ce has submitted his report to the
tary of the Interior. Compared viii
year, it shows decrease of 8, ,29S hon{
entries, aggregating 37S,625 acres.
proportionate to this il the falling off 4
eral health when no effort il made to |,
irregularity of the bowels This cam
be accomplished with the aid of HostS
Stomach Bitters, also remedy for mf
dyspepsia, rheumatism and liver trout
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

ST. LOUIS has the largest dissecting.
room in the world. During last week
the largest number uf subjects ever Of
fcrcd medical students Tor dissection
in St Louis were u-ri. Scvcnty.ouc
bodies were laid upon the tables. Over
500 young medical men work in the
colossal cEarncl-housc.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

A srATIsTICrAS says the number of
suicides in the United States last year
was $500. OF these 2.3s4 poisoned
themselves and :, 1876 shot themselves.
while so found death by hanging and
800 by drowning. There were ), ,lsf
men and l,il4 women
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

Wool dealers of st. Louis anticipate
m unusually active year during lS9s
II is estimated by conservative houses
that there will have To be imported
not less than 200 900 900 pounds OF wool
this year in order to keep the mills Of
the country running. as the total
amount required by domestic mills
viii be $50, 600. O0J pounds.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

get on his feet again and prosper-and
he will owe it all 10 me. and never
know"
Two weeks later, Reedville wns set
agog by the news that Eben Dooli,tle.
after rapid recovery, had settled up his
debts and gone west, to make invest
men,s that promised to be very profit
able.
Must ha' he'd A.legacy or somethin',"
said one old crone 10 another.
Borried from Peter to pay Paul
mos likely" was the answer.
The day after Eben left Reedville.
Doris Hilburn's right arm became help
less from sudden rheumatic attack.
She did up her bit Of housework. but
cutting and sewing were out Of the
question.
Then Doris, with a rather grim smile.
sat before her Kitchen fire with bit OF
memorandum book on her knee. and a
pencil in her left hand.
Slowly and clumsily she jotted do~n
some items, and gazed at them.
"One-fourth Of n sack Of flour
enough for three bakings. IL can man
age to work the dough with my left
hand.
Two quarts Of beans, half paper OF
oatmeal and ten pint milk tickets.
"Six quarts Of potatoes, stump OF
dried beef sugar bowl nearly full. ane
four or five drawings of tea.
"one barrel OF conl-enough TO lns
ten days-and old shingles enough II
the back yard TO keep me from freez
ing when the Goals gene.
NO rent to pay, and &c cents coming
to me from Ann Finney.
mot such aidesperate showing. aftcl
all. Maybe my arm will be well befor'
every scrap IL eaten"
Then she laughed till the tears came
every body will say: How luck,
that Doris has money in the saving
bank. She can live on the interes
while her arnl L uselessi'"
In fact, thxt 10 what everybody dis
say; and Doftt smiled her little grin
smile. and msasured her hour and po
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

THE cost of the Cuban war to the
Spaniards from February, 1895, TO the
end of 1897 was officially estimated at
Madrid to be $40, OOO, 900. besides the
arrears due from the cuban treasury,
amounting to $40, 900, 600.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

THE Indian problem can be solved
whenever the government requires
that every ablc-bodi,d Indian shall
earn his own living and stops feeding
them and allowing them to live in Idle.
ness, said Capt Frank Baldwin, In
dian agent at AnadarliO, Ok. the other
afternoon
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

The Orange Judd Farmer states that
the total value of all classes of farm
animals in the United States on ,Jauu-
arg /, 1895, was 81. or. Jl2. 900. against
sl,ssj, $50, 900 for the previous year. Its
estimate was based upon returns from
all over the country
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

A LAR6E fidelity company Of New
York recently tabulated all the EN-
bczzlcments reported in ls95 in the
United States, They amounted TO the
enormous total of sil.I5i.J $50. being
81, 900, 900 more than those of 500.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
CURRENT COM MMENT.

JACOB SHAN, OF Chicago, recently ate
81 raw eggs in 20 minutes for wager
of SIS.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
CAruoLrclaymen of the United States

CATHOLIC laymen OF the United States
are about to present to Mgr. Martinelli
the papal representative at Washing
ton. petition urging him to issue "A
pronunciumcnto regulating the mar
riapcs of Catholics to Protestants. The
petitioners desire that Mgr Martinellt
make universal rules regarding the
conditions on which the Catholic
church will permit one OF its members
to marry non-Catholic and also the
nature of the ceremonies with which
such marriage must be attended.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
Hilhnrn. and suspeeted you were here.

Hilburn. and suspected you were here,
/ wanted to see you-on business
Her heart was vhirling. and her pale
cheeks were growing hot. To relieve
her confusion. Eben began to joke with
Sarah Jane and the Simpson girls about
the candy pulling.
After tnfry, pop corn. games aud rid
dies. she and Eben were alone for a
minute OF two, while Mrs. Gillespie and
Sarah Jane received the long-drawn
leare-taking of the Simpson girls at The
eide door
Eben came close to Doris.
II have only minute TO speak, and ]
suppose I am ungallant to the Simpson
girls, but-Doris, do you think ] didn't
know who put that blessed money in
my hall that night? ] saw you. Doris,
from the shadow of the window where
was standing. lonely, and weak. and
dispirited. When ! picked up that en-
,elope and saw its contents, / under
stood the innocent little forgery. and
knew that you must still care for me"
oh. how Doris was trembling now.-
II took that money, vowing that 1
would make ii increase and multiply
for you. II is well invested in Chicago,
and have the promise OF good po-
sition there. but could not settle
dcwn to it till I had made this flying
visit back 10 you. and tried to put mat
ters on the old footing. II is not too
late. dear. is it? Shall we not cast the
old burden of estraDgement away for
.,ar ,r1"Tbc Side door closed NJ last
and the steps of their hostess and her
daughter were heard coming along the
entry.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

THOMAS A. EpIsoS. .Ir., is eXperi-
mcnting with an airship which he be-
lieves will be successful. The ship is
the invention of Frank Sauther, of
Milwaukee, but Edison hit. by acci-
dent. upon Il gas which he believes is
the only thing required to make the
ship practical. Sails are substituted
instead of any propelliug power and
they are divided into numerous com
partments and then inflated, making
them serve as balloons as well as sails.
A rudder completes the airship In a
trial Mr.. Edison says the ship actually
dew and they succeeded in steering it
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free s2 trial bottle L
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st.. Phila.. Pa.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11
EBEN DOOLITTLE.
From a Friend and Brother.

Luckily no one was stirring on that
quiet street, and when Doris was far
enough from the brown house she re-
sumed her ordinary gait. But there
was turmoil rnder her little black
jacket. She had burned her ships be-
Lind her-and for what?
To crafty sentimental fancy and
10 prepare for herself still longer
years of toll aud sclf-denial. Yet how
The Holly chieftain., 1898-02-11

FREpEECR NJ, AYERS, a jcweler Of
New Brunswick. y, j.. claims that
he can produce an imitation gold
which will stand the tests of pure
gold. By the aid of Il secret chemical
process he says he can form aluminium
and copper into metal which win an
swer the purposes of gold and will
stand the test of l2-karat gold.