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MELVILLE ITEMS.
People of Austin County WIN Attend
E. L, 4

People of Austin County VIII Attend
F.. j.. mud " F.
Bellville, Texas, November 27.-The
Texas Fruit, Flower and Vegetable res-
ival to be held at Houston next month,
is attracting considerable attention fr m
people in this town and neighborhooj
While Austin county Will not be repre-
scented in the way of an exhibit, IL Is safe
to say there will be many of ter citizens
present on that occasion. The success OF
the former Festivals and the promised
low rates on the railroads will undouotei-
ly bring great and apprecative crowd t.
the Bayou City during the coming egent.
John Noak, an old man living at Me-
sonville, this county, was n few days o
found at his home in bruised and sem
conscious condition. He was in a heples
state for several days before assistance
reached him. HI was brought he'e TO lay
and will receive proper attention
The firemen's ball, which was to have
taken place last Friday night was post
poned on account of the bad weather and
set for Thursday. the Both instant.
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FOREIGN BRIEFS.

LIMA, Peru-owing TO the attitude of the
chamber OF deputies 1t is possible that the
ministry NAV resign.
CARACAS, VenezueIa.--General Castro has
left here for Valencia. where he has assembled
about 46oo men to attack General Hernandez,
BERLIN.--I is reiterated here that the
Anglo Germany agreement has secret clauses
referring 10 South Africa which will cyentu-
ally alot Tiger Bay to Germany,
TACOMA. Wash. Yokohama advices state
that Il terrible condition OF affairs prevails
IN New Chang Manchuria, In respect 10 the
bubonic plague Hundreds Of deaths arc oc-
curing weekly. the mortality reaching forty
10 sixty every day The disease is beginning
10 spread over Manchuria.
cONSTANTINoPLE. "A number Of arrests
Of Musselmans have been made. including a
general OF division and several important OF
fcals, charged with bsing implicated in a
plot to assassiuato the sultan with dynamite
bombs on the occasion Of Stlamll Friday.
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Of seven rooms with all doors c,o,oa
through seven walls. anu
Another test was made wban ,he .,.n..
were conveyed through thres arenrna,
sauts and an ordinary telegraph switcs.
BOARD. In which thirty wires were con
nected up and forty dead wires VS. ~
vsted' This is one OF the most sevar,
biography. ""e'ess
me professor claims that his inven,,o,,
is materially different from tn. Msrson,
ana tnat instruments can be construc,a ~,
=, =, De carried on horseback and be rSasS
tSr operation within few m5men,s sf,sy
'ney nave reached their des,inati,n "''e'
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r.he Aayanee in broom Corn.

Indianapolis. Ind. November 27.- a
meeting will be held here tomorrow by
the Central Broom Manufacturers ASSOC
diation comprising Indiana, Illinois. Mich
igan. Ohio. Kentucky. Missouri and Iowa
for the purpose of considering the re-
iparkahle advance in the price OF broom
necessary to increase the price OF brooris
but s per cent and the burden Will be
light on average households, not amount
ins TO more than ? cents per year at the
outside.
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MILES is rEARrr.
That We VIII shnr. ch,,... 49,.
Unless We Have n hin. Ar,

lhnt We VIII share china. A..
"iess we Have n Big Army.
New YORK. November PA speciaI IN
the Herald from Washington saws. Gcn-
eral Miles. who has Just returned from, !,
ions tour oil inspection in the FAR West
anu south, said tonight: THE fortifica
ions along the Pacific const and the gulf
are in very good condition. The engineers
have done good work. While the harbors
are only partly protected 1t would not he
sate Tor hostile battleship or fleet to
enter them now. None OF the harbors are
completely fortified. There are only
enough artillerists stationed on the cosst
W n'ke care or the guns--not enough to
inachihery and require very skilled ar.
.iilerists to take care OF and 10 haudlo
thenn' More artillery is needed along the
en.ire coast of 1000 miles, including the
Atlantic. Pacific and guilt
me garrisons We're not sufficiently
strong at the posts | visited. This is dua
70 the fact that most of the army is OUT
vi tue country at present. Congress au-
thorized regular army of IS 900 men ana
$4,000 men for the existing emergency
For good many years have been in IA
yor OF one soldier for every thousand OF
our people. The size of the army should
De TO some extent commensurate with the
population and wealth and position OF the
government. Our country is nearly twice
the size of Germany or France and a
siiiaii FORCE OF comparatively skilled, edu-
GATED, trained soldiers would not only be
wise and judicious. but would be In the IN
lefest OF safety and good administration.
Inc best Illustration OF disregarding the
necessity and the welfare OF a nation in
Ills respect is China. which possesses tina
greatest population and has been repeated
~ whipped and overrun and placed under
indemnity and, in fact, her very existence
is threatened at present simply because
ants"
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THE RACES.


San Francisco. November 27.--Fiye furongs
-Tisona. Leipzig. ziska. Time. Los.
Six furiongs-Timfmaker. May W, Rostr-
monde. Time. l:i4a4.
Five trrlongs--Gravta. Tom sharkey. Hin
doo Prince. Time. l02k,
TWO mllcs--Reolia, Billy McCloskey. stro-
mo Time $3.50
Mile, selling III Estro, Tom Calvert. Favor
'I seven fnrlongs-Mcrry Boy. oIinthus.
Gauntlet. Time. l;2sh.
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FITz is ANXIOUS.
'u'sa Say. He viii work H.r. :,
-, Get Fight. n

/ @e1 " - Abnts
X, .ork. November 27.--Martin Julian
smls 10y said that Bob Fitzslmmons
stism,, ne on from Chicago this week to
aBoh !" set on a match with Jeffries
lie alI = Wiling to agree that the winner
Al eon , ne said. "Fitz is entitled 10
Y Jeiries 81 and we mean business.
slnn: Ms wh y 50 sure he can defeat Fitz-
~ viii lei H. me latter Is in good shape,
!>ih Vi, noo can defeat Jeffriesl II he
Esill be- 10n,t want a cent. In addition,
aisst Fit,s semries $4,000 that he can not
sih ,he Ns aa will post the money
Vt UPON NV, NV, York Journal and will in
ant py ,n nm doing the same. L don't
I. mean ne, 'a hnsil to hold my money.
.ssariss or NJ business and just as soon as
w aftielsMa ar Brady is prepared We Will
sruld rathsr 'ae contest is decided. but I
s'sks, Fit,s,eave u come off within four
Z ene month sh' !. will be in condition
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eric TcIephone System.

Chicago. November 27--otticers or the
Erie telephone system, which claims TO-
600 subscribers distributed through ArAan-
sas, Texas. Minnesota, Michigan. OhiJ aad
the Dakotas. met here iolay. Pfe-i-eat
Charles j Glidden, Wee Presidents ]. A..
McKlnstry and II. j. Petteagil and Inem-
bers OF most of the State b anchss we o
present Plans for increasing the mem
bership TO 10000 were discussed and II
was asserted that arrangements had been
made for the erection or leasing of forty-
ive new telephone exchange buildings In
forty-fve cities.
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arouse anr enthusiasm aud dear money wsS
again prominent topic IN the afternoon 5
nriner tone developed on the war neHk.
Americans began strong on accumulsted New
York buying orders and then hung, New
YORK began vol here. hut later there was 4
sudden break aud the close was at tho bot
tom on the orders selling freely on fears Of
the bank rate II Is thought that che banks
viii charge per cent tomorrow on tho cx-
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Bennings.

washington, November 2,.-seyen furlonss
-s,rangest. speedmas Ellen Terry Time
1880
Five and half furlongs--F onso Lee. Golden
scepter. Thermos. Time. Ing 10
Mic and fifty yards-st simonian, Chara-
grace. AN Gold ,l TINS i;S w., r.,er n..,.
f.iqht. Time ! 10 20.
h Nile and u sixteenth, selling -Liuduia. st.
torenro. Tyrba. Time ;5i 2-6.
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new York Money.

New York, November 2s.--Ncncy on calf
mercantile paper, sssfsa per cont. sterims
exchange Arm. with actual business In BANK
crs bills. At Lsesii,s6is for demand and Ut
4,s2is and Isl Commercial bills. s.so. silver
certificates. hSNd59& Bar silver 5s&. Next
can dollars, Az. Government bonds irrcgu-
lar, state bonds inactive. railroad bonds
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DEATH PENALTY FOR GuYToN.
Negro Convicted of the Murder ct
Dan RagsduIc.

Caldwell, Texas, November 27.-In the
district court the case of State of Texas VS..
Ed Guyton, charged with the murder of
Dan Ragedale, was tried this morning.
Defendant pleaded guilty and after the In
PRODUCTION of the testimony in the case
and brief argument by the district attor-
ney the jury retired and in few minutes
returned verdict OF guilty and assessed
his punishment al death.
1t will be remembered that Guyton muir
dered Ragsdale (who was an INVALID whl!s
in bed, beating his head into pulp with
a piece OF iron
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COMMITTED SUICIDE.

a Galveston woman Hurncd Herself
To DeHtb.
New York. November ~ Hattie Miller,
handsome woman so years old, formerly
the wife OF citizen of Galveston, Texas.
but who left him and came to New York
with race track man and formerly a
printer. committed suicide today in
horrible manner. She saturated her
clothes with kerosene. set fire to them and
was burned to death.
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70 PROCLAIM NEUTRALITY.
Cnited States VIII DO So TO PIenxe
Great Britain.

New York. November a7,---A special to
the Herald from Washington says: As a
result of the formal notification given hy
Great Britain to foreign powers that Il
state OF war exists in South Africa, pros
lamations of neutrality are expected to
issnc.
While in several instances, in recent
years. the United States have not consid'
cred it necessary to pnoclaim its neutral
ity in wars between other powers. yet the
authorities may deem 1t expedient--in
view of the SYMPATHY THEY FEEL
FOR GREAT BRITAIN in the present
struggle--to do so formally. The matter
will probably be considered by the cabinet
at its meeting tomorrow.
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..y,srtation Law, Knocked uu

Topeka, Kan. November 2T.-Judgo
Hook of the United States circuit court
handed down lengthy opinion. knocking
out the court of visitation. This is the
court established by the last legislature 10
regulate railways aud telegraph compa-
MES. The court decides the law Is in the
nature of coniiscation.
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NoHEAaING ron coaconAs.
Idaho Supreme Court Took Occasion
10 score Miners Union.

Boise. Idaho. November 27.--The State
supreme court today denied the petition
of Paul corcoran for writ Of habeas
corpus. Corcoran was convicted OF muir
der in the second degree and sentenced 70
seventeen years imprisonment for muir
which he WAS one. who destroyed the
Bunker Hill mill April ~. In passing on
the application the COURT takes occasion
10 score the Miners union and those who
haze ssssiled the authorities OF the state
by their actions in connection With the
trial
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NO quotations.
Daily Advance i'm Print Cloths VIII,
Mi he Given.

4NUT BV VsINPU,
Fall River. Mass, November 21-Ths
selling committee of the Manufacturers
association has directed that in future thu.
cloth brokers of this city shall not fur
nish daily quotations on the condition
and price of print goods. There is re.
port that regular print cloth goods have
gone up in price TO 3 IA cents
a reason given for the new order is,
sued BY the selling committee is a general
desire on the part OF the manufacturers
to have the wage question settled without
further dispute and the operatives would
hesitate to take 5 per cent increa7e If
regular prints were quoted at Ia cents
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cnrroN oN sIIIpnnARn.

For Manehetie-; So Alava, 1892
For Liverpool. So RIO Jano, 1894; 50 Ems
karo. 274s. SO Murla, 800; IS Aldersgste asot
gA AInazoneuJe. i55,
For Hnyre: SIS Eden Hall. iaD25; ss Yany
Tske, 5000; 81 Foeric, 1873; IS Phnrsalia
2Sis.
For Bremen: S. Heathyille, 1923; rs Ash
mere. 5l67; IS Maria Rickmers. $3.50.
For Hamburg; So Eric. 1890; IS Plympton
Fer Rotterdam: ss Caitbness, 1925.
For Antwerp: So Lsylnia Westali. 1859
For New York: Mallory line, 1914.
Total in5,1&,
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WIRELESS TELEGRApH,.

~ Van Claims 10 Have linz
ehieara 's'e" IN Marconi.
MI. seVemher ~ Prof w, s..
~ ( . a T. Foster Of Milwaukee
ss ts,ssklal test in this city Of their
| NM .spn They tsurceedsd 10
r'spout wires tnrouEh suite
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birmingham.

Birmingham. November 27.-Resuits;
six furlongs Shield Bearer. Nobemnh.
Good Order. Time, ;2G.
Five and n half furlongs. selling-NeiEs
McDonaId. Padrone. Judge Quigcy. Time.
1.19k.
Radiant Heat, Robert Bonner. Time. 2:07.
five and a half furiongs, sellins--COrialis.
Morris Wolf Libaiion Time III.
SIX furlongs-Brown Veil. FAlouette, Stat
ira Time 1:2S.
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MARINE lNTELLiGENcn.


Port az Galveston. November 81.
Tho following Instructions regarding roun,
bale cotton were received today by the col
lector of this port from the bureau of sta.
tstics;
drical bale In packing cotton for market,
which usually weighs only about hall rs
much as the ordinary bale OF commerce, an !
the further fact that the cotton trade II
counting tho small halcs as half bales. you
IRE instructed in rendering future returns 81
domestic exports TO this bureau to follow the
custom OF tho trade and count cnch bale al
weight below 800 pounds MS u half bale. thus
making the term "halc' mean n package
weighing about 900 pounds THIS rule Will
bag or bale Is to he counted MS one bale.
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london e,on.ol..

London. November 2,.--consols Tor money ,
iu2N; for account. i0s 1915 Bar silver quiet
OF discount In the open market Tor short
and three months bills, ~
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PHILADELPHIA The whitney syndicate
has withdrawn from the scheme 10 form .
fombipe Of independent tslephonf Companies
10 hsht the Bell company The cerrorAtiop
recently chartered With capital Of 80. 000. ~.
will hardly survive The blow.
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sHIpMENTs or corToN

The following Is the total shipments oi
cotton from this port for the week ending
November rs at I O'Clock y. M:
1880, Bremen 10.io0. New York, $3.50 Rot.
terdsm. 1926; Liverpool. 47a7; Antwerp. 452G
Total, 81 $50. M
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.;nlyeston Cotton nccctu...

BY / and O. r.. 1853 O.. q. aud &, n. SOL.
o.. II. and r., 1899. NJ, X and r.. fsi4 g.,
H. and NJ 2n70; barge Willie. isd; barge
Olive. 7sb. schooner Lark, 10: schooner Tidal
Wave. ~ total 2o.eas-
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New York. Noysmh<r 1I~-fhe coFnmsresI
Advertisers London financial cshlegFam says
The morning was hsavy on tbs Btoek ex-
change here. Ths TfSnSvssi perS failed 70
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OCEAN FREIGHT RATES.
,,coan freight quotations on cotton for no
very at ships side within specified days

'FIrst-ola liners.
The above quotations ARE based on tramp
steamers. second class liners ic aud first
class liners &c higher
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norsroN RANK cLnARINns

Following are the clearances OF the Houston
banks for the week thus far md for the cor
responding. time last year, together with the
increase OF decrease:
This year. Last year Increase
Monday ,...3.... sl.sls.7JG si.os5,s14 1885,. s5s
----
eDecreaRa.
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The postmaster general todsy ISSUED a
fraud order barring the mails against the
Franklin syndicate of No. IA Floyd street.
Brooklyn.
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nApE CASE VENUE Law.

.u,t nj Criminal Appeals HoIdh II
$500 constitutIonol.
Austiu. Texas, November s7--Hop. r
|. 4. John. ssristant attorney general Is in
tie city. He states that the corporation
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SIS Nile tsr.,. from Havana
Sc EuskarO tSpan.l, from Ciensucgo-.
IS Pensacola fAnl. from Pensacola,
SIS San Marcos thm.) from New YORK..
CLEARED.
SIS Eden Hall tpr.l, for Hayrc.
SIS plympton tBrl, for Hamburg.
SIS Rio lano fSpan.l, for Liverpool.
SIS ForcIc (Brl. for, lIavre,
SIS Erie fB"h. for Haphrg,
s. Barton tRrl. for U,mbutE
SIS Aldcrsgate Cpr1, Tor liverpool.
Sailed
SIS Mario Rlckmcrs tGe, J, Cor Bremen.
Sch r. J. BetwInd tAm.l. for Mobile
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The opinion Of the trial board now pre-
pairing its report upon the trial trip OF tht
bsttleship, is that the Kentucky is easily
a seventeen knot ship. y-s
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Major General Miles has reached the city
from his recent tour.
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Contracts for the six new 3500-fon
cruisers were awarded today at the navy
department in accordance with recon-
mendations of the board of construction
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Admiral Dewey today officially tx
pressed the opinion that Subg bay 3
preferable to Cavte for the establishment
OF permanent naval station in tie pfii-
ippines
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The Newark. Captain McCala, has won
the race TO Manila, a cablegram received
today AT the navy department annor+cpg
her arrival there Saturday.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
lsnecial 10 The Post ,

Washington, November 27.--Hon. Albert
S. Burleson arrived today and with HIS
family is quartereI. for the winter at the
Cairo. Hon. I. n. Ball will also live At
the Cairo this winter.
Colonel W, B. slosson of Houston ar
rived yesterday. He is already at work
among his republican friends in the in
terest Of the Buffalo bayou ship channel.
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Out of respect to the memory CT Ire lars
Vice President Hobart the president has
cancelled all his social engagements Iur
the present.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-17
Pretty Lively Pooling.

l was out walking i'll Kingston, ia
maica, one afternoon. and while on 4
narrow side street | came upon two
black women, each apparently i'll Il
towering rage. Each woman's tongue
was going at n phenomenal rate, but
not n word of their screeching jargon
was intelligible To me.
Finally one of the women ScOOpcd
up Il double handful of the ever pres
rnt Kingston dust and flung it over
the other woman with 4 wild shrek of
laughter. The dust covered woman
retaliated by taking n tin pan she had
in her hand and scoOping up couple
of quarts of the dirty water in the gut
ter by the roadside drenched her as
Sailant with il. while all that part of
Kingston resounded with the mad
laughter. The two women then closed
in on each other and proceeded to
engage in Il prolonged wreStle, which
resulted in both of them falling to the
ground, where they rolled over and
over in a cloud of dust and finally
stood upon their feet, facing each 9th
er i'll Il state of dirt and disorder be-
yond description.
Fearing that they would make n sec
Ond onslaught on each other and
wishing to play the part of peace
maker, l stepped forward and asked:
What is the trOublcE"
Courtesying low, one of the women
said in Il soft, drawing voice:
NO trouble at all, mastah; we's jess
foolin. ."-Harpers Bazaar.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-17
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE:

Mrs. CantiuS- LangC. n well-knOwn
socialist leader of Brooklyn. fell dead
from apopleXy while addressing Il
meeting.
The sultan has not drowned any of
his wives recently. so the Porte de
clareS.
William X. Vanderbilt has copy
rightPd the plans for his house ut Oak
dale. l.. |.
The thermometer was in the SOS at
Chicago all day sunday. the miximum
being 81 degrees.
Count BOni CaStellane is now ac-
cuScd of being concerned in the French
rOyalist conspiracy.
CaSS Gilbert. of st. Paul is To be the
architect for the new $1,000. coo GUS
tom house at New York.
The national debt of Santo Domingo
is now about S25.OUO.O0O gold. and the
population il somewhat less than 800
600.
About loo iron workers in the shops
of Solomon Brothers. Chicago. are on
Il strike because they have Il grievance
about payment of wages.
Carl Browne. CoXey's old lieutenant.
left his second command ut Wichita.
Kan. and declared the proposed
march 10 Washington off
During the past week dressed becc
at Chicago fell - cents Il 100 pounds
in price. and mutton and pork declined
in about the same proportion.
Another big pearl has been found in
a clam taken from the channel of the
Mississippi river west of Prairie du
Chem. Wis. 1t was sold for SO.
y large swamp. which almost sur
rounds Rhinelander. Wis. is to be con-
verted into Il lake two and one-half
miles long. one mile wide and fourteen
feet deep.
Charles Johnson, claiming to live in
Iowa. could not explain his possession
of several suits of clothes he had and
is locked up at Chicago pending an in
veStigatiOn.
There are several clews 10 the thugs
who held up the Northwestern train
near ElDurn. Ills. but nothing certain
so far. y special agent of the express
company says the robbers got less
than $1,000.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-17
The Only Place to Put Them.

81 say said friend the other day,
"you are an old hand at it. l have only
just got married and don't understand
much about the business. L should
like to know whether n married man
has any rights left when he takes unto
himself a wife,"
Rights? Yes, lots. He has n right
to pay all the bills
stop, L mean this. Let me give
you an instance. Every box, every
chest of drawers and pOrtmanteau
and in fact every available receptacle
of every description is stuffed full Of
my wife's property, and when l want
to put away Il few cuffs and collars
Listen, young man. If your bedroom
We're 200 yards long, lined from the
door to the ceiling with shelves, and
you wanted place to stow away
couple of shirts, you couldn't 1ini Il
nook that wasn't full of hairpins, scent
bottles, odd gloves, pieces of ribbon,
odd feathers and artificial flowers, lit
tie bits of tape and buttons galore,
with pins and needles thrown in, so
just accept the inevitable. Wrap your
personal property in an old newspaper
parcel and hide it under the bed"
He Grinned ironically. but passed on
n sadJer and wiser man.-London It'd
Bits. szxz.y5
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-17
FruitIess.

Maria, at last it has Gomez
The hitherto careworn face of the
middle aged husband had taken on 4
new brilliancy, and his whole attitude
was expressive of some sudden joy.
Yes" said he triumpha ntly, "after
n lifetime passed in ceaseIess endeavor
for your sake l am at last rewarded.
My invention has been sold and a
fortune awaits me. Think, Maria. of
what this means to you! You will ney-
cr have to make me another shirt or
cravat as long as you live"'
His wife looked at him with re-
proachful glance.
James," she said tenderly. 81 hope
l shall never be too proud for that. No
matter, James, how rich you shah be
it will always be my greatest pleasure
and privilege to make your shirts and
ties"
Her husband did not reply, but a few
moments later, alone in his own room.
he bowed his head over his clasped
hands and muttered in bitter anguish:
ALAS. the labor of n lifetime spent
for naught.'-Town Topics.