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locomotive headlight rounds a curve at
night.
Twice before, 'way back in our col
lege days. / had had a peep at this
gambling temper Of Bob's. Once In a
poker game in our rooms, when a
crowd of New York classmates tried
to run him out Of a hand by the sheer
weight of coin. And again at the
Pequot house at New London on the
eve of a varsity boat race, when a
Yale crowd shook a big wad Of money
and taunts at Bob until with a yell he
left his usually well-leaded feet and
frightened me, whose allowance was
dollars to Bob's cents, at the sun total
of the bet cards he signed before he
| cleared the DON of Yale money and
came to with a white face streaming
with cold perspiration. These events
had passed out of my memory as the
ordinary student breaks that any hot
blooded youth is liable to make in like
| circumstances. AS I looked at Bob
that day, while he tried to tell me that
the business Of Randolph 6 Randolph
would not be safe in his keeping, I had
to admit to myself that | was puzzled.
| had regarded my old college chum
not only as the best mentally har-
messed mar | had ever met, but ! knew
him as the soul of honor, that honor Of
the old story-books, and / could not
credit his being tempted to jeopardize
unfairly the rights of property Of an
other. But it was habit with me to
let Bob have his way. and I did not
press him to come into our Arm as a
full partner.
Five years later, during which time
affairs, business and social, had been
slipping along as well as either Bob
or / could have asked, ! was preparing
for another Shutdown to show my chum
that the time had now come for him
to help me in earnest, when a queer
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DELIVERED A HOME THRUST.
Waiter Got No Tip, but at Least He
Freed His Mind.

The duke of the Abruzzi, dining in
Philadelphia, discussed tolerantly the
souvenir craze that has of late begun
to make American visitors rather for
midable objects in the eyes of hotel
keepers, sea captains, sections and
curators.
And here I am reminded" said the
duke, "of an incident that happened at
the Savoy in London during the sea-
son. 1t was rather a home thrust.
you know the Savoy. The lofty,
spacious roms with their red carpets
and delicate white walls, the hundreds
of little tables, the tall, lean, elegant
men, the beautiful women in their
pale toilets, with Jewels flashing on
their white arms aud shoulders-ah.
there is nothing like an after-theater
supper at the Savoy in the season.
"Well, our American supped there,
and the rush and hurry OF the supper
d~ispleased him, for he did not know
that every restaurant In Londua must
close at 1890 sharp And, being dis
W. M# LID ~ MnH ML wv M L AA I M
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cork leg Of the general and passed it
out to the soldiers who followed.
1t was sent to the rear as a prize Of
war, and eventually was placed in Me-
mortal hall at Springfield, ILL.,, where
it is yet on exhibition.
Elliot also found a basket Of lunch,
consisting mostly of chicken, which
had been put up for the general. The
food was quickly devoured BY the hun
CRY soldiers. Continuing his search,
Elliot found a bag of gold under the
seat. The coin was kept under guard
until an aid Of Gen. Twiggs came up,
when it was turned over to the COM
manderIin-chief as a prize of the gov
eminent. The sack contained in all
$4,000.
Mr.. Elliot's regiment, the Fourth
Illinois, saw much hard service in the
ensuing month, but the war ended in
September, 1S47, and the soldiers
were mustered out in the following
year. The capture Of the leg was pro-
ductiye of much merriment at the
time, and many accounts of the Incl
dents have been published, but the
story OF the man who secured the leg
Is probably the only authentic &C.
count.
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Then again, Jim," he continued In
a tone of great seriousness, there's q
little secret l have never let even you
into. The truth is l am not safe yet
not safe to speak for the old house Of
Randolph C Randolph. Yes, you may
laugh-you who are, and always have
been, as staunch and steady as the old
bronze John Harvard in the yard. you
who know Monday mornings just what
you are going to do Saturday nights
and all the days and nights In be-
tween, and who always do it. Jim, l
have found since / have been over on
the floor that the southern gambling
blood that made by grandfather, on
one of his trips back from New York.
though he had more land and slaves
than he could use, stake his land and
slaves-yes, and grandmother's too
on a card game, and-lose, and change
the whole face of the BROMLEY des-
tiny-those same gambling microbes
are in my blood, and when they begin
to claw and gnaw | want to do some.
thing; and, Jim and the big brown
eyes suddenly shot sparks-'if those
microbes w get unleashed, there'll
be mischief to pay on the f1oor-sure
there Will
Bob's handsome head was thrown
back; his thin nostrils dilated as
though there was in them the breath
of conflict. The lips were drawn
across the white teeth with just part
enough to show their edges, and in
the depths Of the eyes was a dark-red
blaze that somehow gave the impress
sion one gets in looking down some
long avenue of black at the instant a
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L-con,lnusd.


well, sir, / should feel much better
II / could go over there into the swirl
and smash it out for myself. You see
N | could win out alone and pay back
the seat price, and then make a pile
for myself, if you felt later like giving
me another chance to come into the
firm, then / should not be laying my
self open to the charge of being a
mere pensioner on your friendship.
You know what mean, sir, and won't
think 1 an filled with any low-down
pride, but II you will let me have the
price of a stock exchange seat on my
note, and will give me the chance,
when l get the hang Of the ropes, to
handle some of the firms orders, !
shall be just as much beholden to you
and Jim, sir, and shall feel a lot bet
ter myself"
l knew what Bob meant; so did
father, and w we're glad enough to do
what he asked, father insisting on
making the seat price in the form OF
q present, after explaining to us that
a foundation stock exchange rule pro
hibited an applicant from borrowing
the seat price. Four years after Bob
BROMLEY entered the stock exchange
he had paid back the forty thousand,
with interest, and not only had a snug
fifty thousand to his credit on Ran
dolph & Randolph's books, but was
sending home six thousand a year
while living up to, as he jokingly put
it, IAN honest mans notch" l may
say in passing, that a Wall street
mans notch would make twice six
thousand yearly earnings cast an un.
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a semi-tropical garden, studded with
so buildings of ancient Aryan archi-
lecture, including residences, an AGA
demic grove. and an amphitheatre all
overlooked by an Aryan temple with
an amethyst dome. Here was estab-
lished the Raja Yoga schools-an in
stitution which processes to give stud
ents an equal balance of mental, physi-
cal and spiritual education.
AS the fame of the school spread
the number Of students multiplied,
and pilgrimages were made to the
place from many lands.
Enter Public Nursery Early.
A Spartan element was introduced
and a child of the colony, as soon as it
was able to leave it's mother, was con
signed to the public nursery, where
it's welfare was looked after by an ex-
p~erienced corps of nurses, physicians,
and teachers.
The day begins at Point Iona at 6
o'clock; half an hour later the stud
ents repair to the Greek theater for
physical exercise, the girls being
dressed in white and the boys in
white blouses with dark blue trousers.
This drilling lasts for about three
quarters of an hour. Then a breakfast
at which milk is largely taken, is
served. During the breakfast as well
as at other meals there is music. In
deed, music and dancing form a large
part Of the instruction at Point Iona.
After breakfast the children and
students break up into their various
groups for their days instruction and
recreation. The little ones are taken
back to the nursery or to the shore If
the weather is fine, where they are in
structed in animal and plant life; the
youths and maidens repair to the
Raja Yoga school, while the older
students go to Academic Grove to
listen to lectures or to debate on phil
osophical subjects. Luncheon is serv-
ed at IL, the meal consisting of vege-
tables and fruit, and after luncheon
there are athletic games and music
and walk on the shore, and converse
tons between pupils and teachers.
Lights Out at $3.50.
A vegetarian dinner is served at 6,
and in the evening there may be a
play at the theater or a concert; but
by half past nine all lights are put out,
and stiffness reigns at Point Iona. 1t
is said that in seven years only two
deaths have occurred there among the
children. Punishment is a thing I'm.
known, Children, at an early age, are
taught the principles of law and order
and the personal misfortune that
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GOT SANTA ANA's CORK LEG.
Man Who Captured It in the Mexican
War Tells How He Did It.

The man who captured Gen. Santa
Ana's cork leg, the most interesting
relic of the Mexican war, is yet living,
He is Edwin Elvin Elliot, who now
lives at San Rafeal, Cal. From MI.
Elios comes the first authentic account
Of the capture, says the Mexican Her
aid.
In the course of his narrative Mr..
Eliot describes the scene when the
Mexican batteries we're attacked by
the American troops charging across
the open plain. The Fourth Illinois
advanced rapidly to the Jalapa road,
in which stood the luxurious and gay
" caparisoned coach of Gen. Santa
Ana harnessed and ready to leave.
This coach, however, had been rem.
dered unserviceabie by the artillery
fire. one Of the mules having been
killed.
Companies 3 and III charged down
the hill and Private Edward Elliot was
the first man to reach the carriage.
lie jumped inside and secured the
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London.-Mrs. Katherine A. Ting
ley, high pr~iestess of Theosophy, ar
rived in London with three great
esoteric objects in view: To discred-
it the claims of Mrs. Annie Besant,
who declares that she is possessed of
the soul of the late Nine. Blavatsky,
the founder of the modern theosoph-
ical school of philosophy; to rehabil-
itate the memory of the late William
Q. Judge of New York, who has been
denounced by Mrs. Besant as a char
latan, and to establish in the heart of
the New Forest, neal Ringwood, a
~theosophical academy similar to that
maintained by Mrs. Tingley at Point
Iona, Cal. Through lack of funds, if
not through lack of personality, Mrs.
Besant's grip upon English theosoph-
lists has been gradually waning, and
for some time past the advocates of
esoteric culture have sorely felt the
need of a enthusiastic leader, who,
with a power to make converts, should
also cause funds to flow into the de-
pleted Golfers of the society.
Her work in New York, in Cuba and
California has shown, so certain
English Th~eosophists think, Mrs.
Tingley to be such a leader. When
Nine. Blavatsky died several years
ago, Mr.. Judge asserted that, through
revelations made to him by the Ma
hatmas, her soul had transmigrated to
his body and he had been designated
as her successor. Mrs. Tingley was
then his lieutenant.
Routed Mrs. Besant.
About the same time Mrs. Besant
repudiated Mr., Judges revelations
and declared that the soul of the Bla.
vatsky had been transmitted to her.
Mr.. Judge, who was a skillful lawyer,
so argued as to place the burden of
truth upon the Englishwoman. He
said: prove that | have not received
communications from the Mahatmas."
This, of course, Mrs. Besant could not
do, but she continued to proclaim her
leadership, and gathered around her in
England a desultory following.
When Mr.. Judge died, Mrs. Tingley
became his successor by a similar
token, and her enthusiasm, her charm
of address, and her executive ability
placed Theosophy upon a broader,
more practical, and popular basis than
that which had formerly held it. Some
IL years ago Mrs. Tingley acquired a
long point of land, called Point Iona,
in California, and there established
her Philosophical Educational Insti
tute. Six years ago she was Joined
there by the Hon. Nan Herbert, daugh'
ter of the Hon. Aubefon Herbert and
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certain shadow at Christmas time.
Bob was the favorite of the exchange,
as he had been the pet at school and
at college, and had his hands full Of
business 800 days in the year. Be-
sides Randolph & R~andolph's choicest
commissions, he had the confidential
orders of two of the heavy plunging
cliques.
had just passed my th~irty-second
birthday when my kind old dad sud
denly died. For the previous six years
| had been getting ready for such an
event; that is, l had grown accustomed
ito hearing my father say: Jim, don't
let any grass grow in getting the hang
of every branch of our business, so
that when anything happens to me
there will be no disturbance in the
Street in regard to Randolph & Ran
idolph's affairs. | want to let the world
know as oon as possible that after l
am gone our business will run as 1t al
ways has. So l will work you into my
directorships in those companies where
we have interests and gradually put
you into my different trueteeships."
Thus at fathers death there was not
"a ripple in our affairs and none of the
stocks known as THE Randolph's''
fiuttered a point because of that, to the
financial world, momentous event. /
inherited all Of fathers fortune other
shan Soar millions, which he divided
mp among relatives and charities, and
took command Of a business that gave
me an income Of two millions and a
half a year.
Once more | begged Bob to come
into the firm.
mot yet, Jim" he replied. Tive got
my seat and about a hundred thousand
capital, and | want to feel that I'm
free to kick my heels until / have
raked together an even million all of
my own making; then III, settle down
i, with you, old man, and hold my handle
of the plow, and If some good girl hap
pens along about that time-well, then
it will be An ~ivy-colored cot for
mine"
He laughed, and | laughed, too. Bob
was looked upon by all his friends as
a bad case of woman-shy. No woman,
young or old, who had in any way
crossed Bob's orbit but had felt that
fascination, delicious to all women, in
the presence Of:
A soul by honor %schooled,
a heart by passion ruled
but he never seemed to see It. AS my
wife-forI had been three years mar
ried and had two little Randolphs to
show that both Katherine Blair and I
knew what marriage was foi-never
tired Of saying, Poor Bob! He's
wounanrblind. and 1t looks as though
he would never get his sight In that
AjrNation"
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Lie Fox ae 4 pecoy.

Some 30 years ago a tame fox was
kept at the Berkeley Castle duck de-
coy in Worcestershire, England. This
animal understood the whole art OF
decoying wild-fowi, and, showing him
self to the duck, widgeon, and teal
on the decoy lake, used, by waving
his tail and moving gently to and fro,
to attysct the attention Of The rurious
fowl. The birds were f~4scinhted by
the fox,s motions, and, following him
up the decoy pipe. fell easy victims
to the concealed .owler. 1t Is d we'll
known fact that the old decoy foulsra
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sister of Lord Lucas. Mr.. Herbert was
an eccentric English scholar, who
lived the life of a recluse in what had
once been a squatter mansion in the
New Forest, Hampshire.
Quick Success at Point Iona.
Success early crowned the efforts OF
Mrs. Tingley at Point Iona. The
place was little more than a desert
promontory inhabited by jack-rabbits
and rattlesnakes. On the east it was
washed by the Bay of San Diego,
across which all the building msterial
required had to be brought; while on
the west the Sierra Madre mountains
filled the background to the sky.
This desert place has now become
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Suppiants English Leader.
Figuratively and literally speaking,
Mrs. Besant's picture was found turn
ed to the wall, and those who were
supposed to be her most trusty lieu
tenants hailed Mrs. Tingley as a de-
liverer. On the evening of her advent
she gave a large reception, in which
all classes of society were represent
ed. For the nonce she eschewed all
the mystic phrases which English
Theosophists had so long listened to
from Mrs. Besant, and at once got
down to a practical basis by explain
ing the principles of education carried
out at Point Iona. She spoke with en-
thusiasm, even with eloquence, and
her well-modulated and musical voice
and flashing eyes held her audience
with rapt attention. She said among
other things:
"The great feature of all successful
work is organization. The organiza-
tion of the Raja Yoga system of edu.
cation has been the production of re-
markable results, which, l believe, are
superior to those achieved by educa.
ton on ordinary lines. Duty is the
first principle taught, but its benefit
is taught with understanding, While
the practical side of life is not disre-
garded, advancement to it is taught
by an understanding of what may be
achieved by beauty, sweetness and
light.
Her First Shot at Mrs. Besant.
"The organization is not in any way
associated with the society with which
Mrs. Annie Besant is connected.
hold that Theosophy is based on com
mon sense, is practical, and can be ap-
piled to everyday life, and whenever
one is found teaching to the contrary
and theorizing without giving the
practical demonstration, that person
is not necessarily to be relied upon as
a teacher or benefactor. Ambition and
love of power may be more to such a
one than the claims of humanity.
when Nine. Blavatsky first started
her great movement she appealed to
all classes of minds, but some of her
teachings have been, unfortunately,
distorted by fanatics. In spite of the
untiring efforts of Nine. Blavatsky
and William @. Judge, her successor,
there are still those teaching Theoso,
ply who, according to my philosophy
confuse the public mind. Thus are the
simple and beautiful teachings of The
osophy obscured and rendered inef
fective when applied to practical life
Lively Times Looked For.
Thus E1rs. Tingley delivered her
first shot at Mrs. Besant and for the
memory of Mr.. Judge. So far no re.
ply has been made. The silence, how.
ever, is regarded as a calm before the
storm, for Mrs. Besant still has adj
herents in London who look upon
Mrs. Tingley as a usurper, and
Mrs. Besant's strong hand is certain
ly a knowledge Of Indian mystical
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SuSted with the world Il a de-
termined to spend the rest of his
life in quietude among his books.
Herbert's Forest Home.
In order to sustain his squatter
rights, Mr.. Herbert built a bed sitting
room around Squa's hut, and then bit
by bit added a here and there,
until the crazy pile, such as looms up
to-day, between the heights of Boldre-
wood and Berry Beeches, was com
pleted. Just before his death, last
December, he constructed an observa-
ton tower, which to-day looms up
unfinished over the accumulation of
buildings; and beneath the shadow of
it's piles, within a little clearing sur
rounded by tall elms and poplars, the
vanished host lies at rest.
"And do you think" one of Mrs.
Tingley's most trusted aids vas ask
ed, that you will be able to get your
children in so an out-of-the-way and
lonely spot as that of the Old House
in the New Forest?"
why not?" she answered musical
ly. 1T cannot be lonelier than Point
Iona was when we started. Why, the
jack rabbits and snakes were still
there, and the place was a tropical
desert. Now there are 400 children at
school there and 1900 applications to
hand"
And how is the teaching of
Theosophy to be applied to the chill
dren?"
The Application to Children.
"Oh, it is difficult to say. 1t is to
study children, to sympathize with
them, and to enter into their amuse-
ments and their sorrows; to enfold
them in ones arms, to make mud pies
and build castles and palaces and fort
resses with them; to ride over the
moon on a broom; to teach them to
love music and colors and flowers and
sunshine, and to play with them at
being kings and queens. Then, you
see, they grow up to be kings and
queens-real kings and queens"
Besides her brief speech in the man.
sion in st. Johns Wood, Mrs. Tingley
has prepared for those of a theosoph-
ical turn of mind a little statement in
which the question: How May One
Become a Theosophist, and What Is
Required of a Believer" is answered.
1t has a sting in it for Mrs. Besant.
1t reads as follows:
First, a careful study of the self
and the recognition of both the higher
and the lower nature of mana recog-
milton that man is divine and in ,es-
n that he has power to govern the
lower, selfish nature by the higher,
the divine, principle within us. This
requires self-study and self-conquest.
which gradually transform the temple
which has become impure and per-
verified to a fit tabernacle for the
spirit. A man is a transmitter of eth
err good or evil, and only by self
knowledge and %self-control can either
be enhanced or mitigated."
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pleased, this American, though a rich
and generous man, decided mo- to tin
the waiter.
When the waiter, at the supper's
end, saw the American gather I'D all
the change from the plate, leaving not
so much as a little silver %threepenny
bit behind, he bent down and said in
a sorrowful voice:
Beg pardon, but haven't you for
gotten something, STRIP
"The American sneered at hat
classic question.
81 don't think so, he said colby.
Are You sure, sir?' the waiter
softly persisted.
Yes said the American; quite
sure Then he frowned and asked
angrily: Why, what did you think T
had forgotten
The waiter, perceiving his case
was hopeless, said cuttingly:
Usually, ! believe, sir, You take 4
soup ladle, a silver coffee pot or a half
dozen fish knives with you, Sir. That's
all, sir.
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comes to one if they be not observed.
Four months ago the Point Iona
school was in full enjoyment of its
spring session, when two important
items of news arrived. One was that
some friends of two devoted Swedish
students, Mrs. Walter Hanson and
Miss Margaret Hanson, had bequeath.
ed to the society a large tract of land
adjoining the Royal Forest in Sweden.
The other was that the Hon. Nan Her.
bert's father had died in December,
leaving her in possession of his es-
tate in the New Forest. The bene-
ficiary at nee turned this property
yer to the society.
After much elaboration Mrs. Ting
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"Pnarlm,s Proareasn o. STAGE.

A dramatic version Of Bunyan's
Pilgrims Progress" has been pre-
s,nted at the Imperial theater, Lon
DIN. The ten scenes, which are said
~ have been finely staged. were &C
cumpanied by old English music, and
the whole production was 4 sseat sue
cana.
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2@ggnaZg8NZ98

Invariably secured, if they were able,
a red dog, as near in color to a fox
as possible. for the difficult part OF
decoyjng duck from the pool to the
Melted pipe.
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Path Of the Upright.
He who commits no crime requires
no law.--Antiphanes.
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Caravan in Which Mr.. Herbert Lived.
SuppIants English Leader.

one and true head of the Philosophical
society.
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against taxation, who had become dis
gusted with the world and had de-
termined to spend the rest of his
life in quietude among his books.