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well. this would have been n pretty per
formance, but he's had his work cut out
for him this morning. Maybe he was max
ing one of his loops beyond the point of
woods yonder- Yes, sir, That's Just what
he was up to! The dogs came out of the
woods not twenty-five yards from where
they went in
Suppose the dogs have caught him?"
suggested Buster John. who was all for
action.
No; they're coming back" replied Max
well.
Il don't hear them" said Buster John.
Nor t. Maxwell admitted; but Butter
fly does
And sure enough the thin and sensitive
ears of the horse pointed forward. and he
was listening intenty. Presently muir
murlng, singing sound was heard. like the
humming of bees. 1t grew louder by de-
grees, and seemed to be coming nearer and
nearer.
He's due here pretty soon if he's on
schedule time" said Joe Maxwell, in a low
voice. Keep perfectly still. Don't move.
l want you to see how Hodo manages this
sort of thing.
As the dogs topped a distant hill their
voices sounded like a clash of cymbals
with full brass band accompaniment. They
seemed to be nearer than they really were
y onder he comes said Buster John,
under his breath He had his hand on Joe
Maxwel's arm, and he indicated the posi-
ton of Old Scar-Face with his thumb.
The old fox was running bravely. He
showed none of the usual symptoms of de-
feat even fatigue. His brush was well
up, and he was going very nimbly and
rapidly. He soon disappeared ard the
music Of the pack died away as the dogs
descended into the depression below the
Hill. Then came the sharp, eager cry OF
Hodo, close AT hand. TIL watchers saw
him come over fence 100 yards away,
like bird, and he ran toward them with
head up and tail down. Evidently his
blood was up.
He swept by some distance from the
point where the fox had passed and Buster
John declared hat he was not on the
track at all. Joe Maxwell made no reply
but gave to Hodo the signal which told
the dog that the fox was not far away.
Again, as before, the dog increased his
time Joe Maxwell, with Buster John be-
hind him, rode rapidly in parallel direc-
ton.
Il give him five more minutes" said
HOdo's master; but he's certainly game
old fox.
eral hundred yards, and then suddenly
drew rein. The valley before them afforded
a plain view, except for a ditch which ran
through the middle. The dampness there
had attracted a growth of alders, bram-
bles and such weeds and Shrubbery
thrive where the ground is wet. On either
side of this ditch there was clear space
of Bermuda turf, dotted here and there
with small pine brushes On the further
side of this ditch Hodo was running. Sud
denly he turned, crossed the ditch and
came flying back, while Joe Maxwell rode
toward him as fast as Butterfly could go.
Again Hodo crossed the ditch, and as he
did so Old Scar-Face came out on the OPP
poste side ana went careering across the
open field. In a series of wild yellS Joe
Maxwell gave Hodo the view halloo. and
in another moment the dog had been
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He thrust one hand, Napoleonic, into the

He thrust one hand. Napoleonic, into the
breast Of his coat.
Sir he began
There's nothing for 1t, then, but 70 nu-
NOR him. thought the doctor.
He advanced and dragged forward his
| old elbow chair-wintry as the evening, by
| token of it's long-vanished spring-from Its
| corner by the fire.
'Sit down. said he.
mo sir said the stranger, promptly,
| Sooner in the presence of royhalty than IN
yours,'
YOr' exclaimed the other, in a helpless
| voice.
Il were scurvy tempted" said the visitor.
| Il were scurvy tempted; III own up fair.
! It's forum against the apple of my eye,
says |; and thank God the man IN me rose
to the occasion, and the apple wins
Mr.. George recovered his decision and his
| professional manner. "That'n do he said.
Now. my good fellow, come to the point
| and state your business.
Immediately his hands were seized In an
emotional grasp.
Il could kiss emf cried the stranger;
"s'eIp me, / could kiss EN- and cryH
The doctor wrenched himself free, SO
roughly that the man staggered.
Give me moment, SIR pleaded tn, lat
ter.
He passed the back of his hand across his
eyes. To Georges establishment these swan
with unms taxable tears.
I'll come to the point" murmured the
visitor Then he gulped, produced GRIM
son handanna, blew his nose generously,
and spoke up over a cushion of handker-
chief:
I'm own dad said he, ito little Jenny
Montagu as is down with the dpthiery."
With the words the doctors fog of indig-
nant bewild rment began to dissipate. A
little flush came to his cheek
why didn't you say so before" he pro-
tested. We'll, the boys mendng.'
Thanks to you. sir-thanks to the noblest
act as ever merted a fathers gratitood and
the applause of a full house of saints
"Poohv said George.
"Ahr' said the man, gasping and wiping
his eyes Him was as good to do 1t
is good to say pooh to it, no doubt. I've been
told the facts, sir. You saved my lads life
at the risk of your own. l say, God bless
you for it, and l say He's blessed me, too,
by shown me how to rise and reward you
out of the pit of my own temptation"
Il want no reward" said the doctor, rath-
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ross the ditch again. and had old Scar:

across the ditch again, and had Old Scar
Face in plain view.
1t Is safe to say that never In the course
of his life will Buster John ever experience
such sensations as he then had. behold
such another spectacle as was there enact
ed before his eyes. He could only vaguely
remember that he heard the cry Of dogs be-
hind him, and that the voice OF Hodo
sounded like a deep and continuous muir
muir. Within the course of fifty yards the
deg overran the fox and turned and caught
him before Old Scar-Face could get himself
Under way again.
And the funny part of 1t was that all the
other dogs We're up in time to give the dead
fox VS. so % shaking before he S9t cold;
worth pretended to believe that Music had
killed the fox, and Buster John was aston
ished to see that Joe Maxw ell claimed moth
ing for HoI3. NJ. Dennis insisted that
Rowan or Ruth was the guilty party, while
Mr.. Fitzpatrick declared that IL killing foxes
was a hanging crime he wouldn't give q
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LOT 1O4.

head he wore at a rakish angle n scru-
pulously groOmed silk hat with a prepOster-
Gus curl of brim.
Mr.. Hacker. the junior partner who OFF,
Ciated at the rostrum in all second-class
affairs, and who might even have pleaded
guilty to some little weaknesses of col
fusion in sales technically known as
'knOCkOuts," noted the newcomer with the
tail of his eye and moistened his ferrety
lips in foretaste of the blood his instinct
told him he might expect to draw
For this excellent ormolu and bronze
three-light gasaIier." said he. Now, gen.
tlemen. name price"
Three bob" said a facetious broker.
-Four snapped out the stranger.
Five" six seven" eight" mine"
ten" run up rapidly In a monosylabic
duel. Then came a pause, the stranger
having the last word.
Ten shillings." said the aucioneer re-
proachfully: this particularly elegant
three-Iight ormolu gasalier going for ten
shillins, Come. gentlemen isn't there one
of youn make an advance on the bid?
Genuine ormciu and bronze and fit for a
ducal drawing ROOM
He looked from face to face. and poised
his little mallet tentatively.
Ten shillinsv' he repeated. His tone
was that of protesting incredulity. He
might have been a cOnvi Stei innocent hear
ing himself sentenced o ten years penal
servitude One longe6 almost TO assure
this good man that he was only being made
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thrip for Whalebonc's NE. These remarks
Were all Jokes some OF ttsm as old as the
men that made them. But Buster John
didn't know that
Why. the other dogs were not In sight
when Hndo and the fox came li.io The field.
and they didn't come up tin the fox was
caught and killed" Buster John asserted.
ThiS statement seemed to ma Ike no i'm
preston on The others. "Abercromhia
make the ioy tell You tonight how much
Maxwell gave him to tain that way" re-
marked Mr. Ceilings worth
seeing thet Buster Johns feelings were
hurt. Joe MAXWELL turned 10 him. laughing
They re only joking" he explained They
Know very well that their dogs would never
have caught this fox"
Why. Hodo was running him all around
here like a rabbit before the rest OF tl,s
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uncle had contemplated, amidst vain pro-
crastinatton. the drawing up of clue to
the treasures hiding place for the ultimate
benefit Of his inherftor. Whether or no this
were the case, two it1!spusable claims fol.
lowed the discovery-the living young mans
to the property; the dead miser's to no
longer disputed character for parsimony.
AS for Mr.. Montagu, beyond reluctant
consent to receive back the f10 ventured by
him in the service of Jemmy's benefactor,
he steadfastly and perststentsy declined to
accept Tor his probitY any part great or
little, of the disnterred god. And In this
resolve we must hold him right
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(END PART X.)
The Last Straw.
From Puck.

Parson Hardscrabble-'I hear you had
disgraceful fight with Deacon skinner yes
teTday, and l am very much shocked-very
much shockedr'
Deacon Goodman-"Wal, parson, I'd Jess
got back from New York with a gold brick
and a package of sawdust when Brother
Skinner rides up and wants TO swan horses
that was what You might cali the last
straw, and soaked him."
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before the Woodruff manifesto was is
sued have been guilty Of unlawful CO.
habltation. 1t will probably be some
time, it may be years, before the prac-
tice of unlawful cohabitation will final
| ly cease"
| 1t has not ceased yet and it is In this
phase Of polygamy that Is now exciting
so much attention. In the past few
months, criminal proceedings have been
begun against a number of Mormons in
Salt Lake City, and last month an atfi-
! dayit was filed against President Snow,
the head Of the Mormon Church. who in
1890 made the action Of President Wood
ruff, Some of these offenders have
maintained with much Justice that they
are in duty bound to support the women
who innocently entered into marital re-
lations with them. They have also said
that though polygamy has been abolish
ed by law 1t Is cruel and unjust to
these women to make the laws retro
active. The government built a home
for women who We're to be abandoned
as the result of the law, but some of
them protested that it was the refine
ment of cruelty to destroy their own
iiNiiISp Gnu PltttG cll
Those who have succeeded in eyading
the law have done so by deceit and
sometimes by bribery and in small viii
lagos and other regions distant from
the large settlements a few Mormons
have made no pretense of obeying the
law further than to refrain from con-
tracing any more plural marriages.
BY the practically complete discon-
tinuance of these illegal marriages, the
total eradication of polygamous marri-
ages in the course of time is assured.
1t was not to be expected that any en-
actments could in very short time
wholly remove this stain from the So
cial life of nearly 100000 people. The
great problem has been how to remove
it as soon as possible and inaict the
least possible suffering upon the inno-
cent. The stain is being wiped out day
by day and in due time not trace of
it will remain.-New York Sun.
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optimistic philosophy. He drove a bak-
er's wagon about San Francisco, In
storm and sunshine, for several years,
securing his education in the public
schools and the Boys High School. His
parents resided for time, before they
went to San Francisco, in Calaveras
County, Cal, then scene of great &C
tivity in mining, so that as boy Mr..
Kahn had some familiarity with that
kind of life. All his hardships, however,
served to strengthen his constitution
equip him for his unsuual career. After
he began to study law In San Francisco,
in 1891, Mr.. Kahn made good Roadway
Within a few months he was elected in
1892, to the thirtieth session of the Cali
fornia Legislature, being the only Re-
publican chosen from San Francisco out
of tWenty-three candidates nominated
in the different Assembly and Senatori-
al Districts. He was the minority lead
err in the California House, and, as he
expresses it, II fought the associated
villainies." He enjoyed the unique dis
tinction Of holding such a place in the
Legislature without being attacked
during his term Of office by any Cali
fornia newspaper. He declined a nom
ination for State Senator in 1894.
Il had an ambition to come to Con-
gress, said Mr. Kahn. "but I had had
1t in mind to come from Representative
LIQUIDS district, which includes portion
of San Francisco. However, Mr.. Loud
proved himself so acceptable to the peo-
pie that they wanted to keep him there
In the last campaign some of my friends
asked me to take the nomination from
the Fourth district, which Mr.. Ma
guire had been representing as Demo-
GRAFT"
The Democratic candidate in that
campaign was James H. Barry, editor
of the San Francisco Star. Editor
Barry was severely attacked in the
campaign by former United States
Marshal Maggie, who saved the late Jus
tice Stephen j. Field from assault by
Terry in railroad eating station at
Lathrop
Representative Kahn has been very
active on the stump In California cam
paigns. He is much in demand at ban
quets and dinner parties, where his
readiness at recital makes him a popu-
lar guest. His young wife, to whom he
was married a few months ago, was
Miss Prag, very bright young Wo-
man. Mrs, Kahn, who is a graduate of
the University of California, and her
mother have been prominent in educa-
tional work in that State.-The Wash
ington Pest.
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New York COTTON EXCHANGE.
Reported over private wire by H. c. Fried.
man g. Co.. bankers and brokers, 10 Wall
street, N. T., and 1858 Chapel Street, New
Haven. N. A. Tanner, Manager of Local
n1,an
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lar exhibit by the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul made a natural impression
on sentiment as going to show the eff
feet of the high prices of material upon
the operating expenses of railroads.
The grangers were most affected, but
prices in the railroad list generally ran
down to about last nights level. About
the time the London stock exchange
closed the most notable movement of
the Gay was inaugurated This mark
ed the completion of the settlement In
London and the fact that it was COM
pleted with no failure of great import
ance was gratifying to the financial
world. The international stocks in the
late buying were the favorites in anti
cipation of a demand tomorrow from
London. Although the call money rate
advanced sharply in London discount
rates dropped off fully half per cent.
with a resulting advance in the long
sterling rate in New York The private
discount rate in Berlin also showed a
further decline, SO that the foreign
markets in which a crisis had been
feared all showed clear skies. In our
own market loans made to-day will car
ry over until Tuesday 1t was this fact
which ran the rate up to Is per cent. A
favorable bank statement Is counted on
for tomorrow in spite of the fact that
some six millions of gold exports win
figure in the statement. On the regular
express movement of money to and from
the interiar the principal banks have
gained upward of $2,500000 and ON sub
treasury operations they have gained
$1,4SS, 900. Besides this there have been
very large receipts of money by mail
estimated all the way from 81 900, 600
to 81 900, so that the net gain in
cash from all sources is estimated at
from $2,000000 upwards. In the late
strength of the stock market the trunk
lines We're very conspicuous, led by the
Baltimore and Ohio and Norfolk and
Western stocks A rumor was circulat-
ed to the effect that a plan for har-
monizing trunk line interests was soon
to be announced and that it would in
clude Norfolk and Western as well as
Baltimore and Ohio. Gains in the spec
ialties were larger than in the railroads
except that Sugar and Metropolitan
Street Railway were more or less under
pressure. The New York City Gas COM
pany the coaers, General Electric, Pa
cific Mail and the steel and iron stocks
show some striking gains and many of
the railroads are point or more high
en- A notable feature of the days trad
ing was the number of odd lots dealt in,
some of tho minor bonds showed de-
clines but the general tendency was
upward Total sales par value, $2,240,-
600. United States old As and sc declin-
ed Il and the 3s "a in the bid price.
NEH iOEk SiOCh n t}fhhf
nv, Ksry, pat
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Opening. Highest, Lowest Quotations
On the New York Stock Exchange, reported
by Prince 6 Whitley, Brokers, Is Center
Street, New Laven.
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tLx dividend.


Following are the closing prices reported
by Prince Il Whitley, Bankers and Brokers,
e. Broadway, New York. and is Center ST.,
New Haven Rid Asked
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THE STOCK MARK EFT,


New York, Dec. 29.-The stock mark
ct was favorably influenced at the
opening to-day by the Improvement in
London following the completion of the
settlement there. This was followed by
signs Of hesitation and reaction, when
money Hurried to is per cent. stimuli
taneously with the appearance of the
statement of November earnings of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail-
road This statement showed a de-
crease in the surplus earnings after
charges for the month of over S215, 900,
and coming on top of yesterdays SINH
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NEW HAVEN LOCAL QUOTATIONS

Furnished by Kimberly Root & Day. Bank.
ers and Brokers, 1873 Orange Street.
BANK STOCKS.
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Reported over private wire by II. C..
Friedman & Co., Bankers and Brokers, 10
Wall Street, n Y, and 763 Chapel Street,
Room and 3, New Haven. N. A. Tanner
Manager Of Local Branch.
Opening Highest Lowest Last
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-06-03
YOU AND /.

II you the moon were and were the sea,
I'd yearn to you whenever we should
meet;
And when the storm-cloudg hid your face
from me,
IN wrath against my rocky bounds Iid
But when you smiled again and heaven
were free,
I'd build a shining pathway for your feet,
# you the moon were and were the. sea.
II you mortal were and were abird, -
I'd sing to you within summer dell;
I'd tell You things that never human word
With such a thrilling ecstasy coul6tell; 2
I'd sing the sweetest music ever heard,
Until your soul were caught within it's
spell;
II you mortal were and I bird.
II you the sun were, violet,
I'd ope my eyes to see you every naofn; sss
My chalice with a dewdrop would wet,
So that your glory on my heart were
worn;
I'd blow to you all day until you set, 81
Thenssleep and dream of you till day were
born
If you the sun were. violet. :.
~. A. Edgerton, in Boston Budget
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THE ISSUES OF 1000.
Questions which VIII Have to BE
Settled in the Next Presi-
Dental Election.

Those who have the good of the
American people at heart are now con-
sidering the questions which will con- .
up for discussion in the campaign OF
1900. There can be no doubt that the
Chicago platform will be readopted IN
full by the next democratic national
convention. and that the money plank
will be no less emphatic. But there
will be other questions of vast impor-f
tance upon which declarations will be
made-new. questions. suggested by
new conditions; and perhaps none will
be more actively discussed than that
relating to trusts. The next demo-
cratic platform, like the last one, will
be powerful expression of Jeffer-
sonian doctrine and will command ap-
proval. ss ~
On. the subject of the issues In 1900
William ). Bryan, in a recent letter to
the New York Journal, says:
circumstances determine the relative
Importance Of questions, and no one Is able
to say at this time in what proportion the
various issues will sengross public atten-
tton. I have no doubt that the Chicago
platform will be reaff1rmed. Unless tf1e
republicans with hdra w their demand for an
increase in the standing army, that ques-.
tion also will be under discussion: The Isl
sue raised by the threat Of Imperialism
may be settled before the campaign opens,
or 1T mayYoccupy an Important position in
the campaign. The anti-trust issue will
doubtless hold a more prominent place in
1900 than in 1886. because the rapid increase
in the number Of trusts III he iast two years
has aroused the public to a. realization OF
the vieiousness of the tEust principles"
This is. doubtless as wise q prognosti-
cation as could be made at the present
day. Illinois State Register.
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PovERTY-sTRIcKEN GEN1UsEs
ANTS for Literary Fame for
III Centuries.

Homer was beggar; Plautus turned
a mill; Terence was slave; Boetius
died in jail; Paul Borghesse had IA
8rades, and yet starved with them all;
.Tasso was often distressed for five
shillings; BentivogEo was refused adj
mittance into hospital he had him.
self erected; Cervantes died of hunger,
and Vagelas left his body to the sur
geons to pay his debts as far as the
money would go; Bacon lived a life of
meanness and distress; Sir Walter Ra-
leigh died on the scafold; spenser, the
charming, died in want; the death Of
Collins was through neglect, first 'caus-s
ing mental arrangement.
Milton sold his copyright of ''Para-,
disc Lost" for Els at three payments,
ana finished his life in obscurity; Dry-l
den lived in poverty and distress; Ot-
way died prematurely and through,
hunger; Lee died in the street; Steele
iived U life OF perfect warfare with
bailiffs; Goldsmith's Vicar of Wake
field" was sold for astrife to save him
from the grip of the law; Fielding lies
in the burying ground Of the English
factory at Lisbon, without a stone to
mark the spot; Savage died in prison at
Bristol, where he was confined for a.
debt of 6 81 Butler lived alife of penury
and died poor; Chatterton, the child Of
genius and misfortune, destroyed hina-
self -HonaiIetfc Review.