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Show slltoH to the British" nobility leemT more remote than ever. Oarolin F. Vrttton in Boston Qlobt. 1 should Judge," said Mrs. Jenkins at length, "that you were not an American. There is something about yrm which makes me think you an En-glishman." You are right, ma'am." said the earl, "I am from England." "May I ask if you have been long In our country?" Mrs Jenkins hardly knew whether to say sir or not, but finally decided not to do so. "Only a few months." was the reply. "A few months," thought she. Then he must certainly be traveling incog, or we should have heard of his being here by the papers." When they were ready to depart the managing lady turned to the English-man aud said: "I should bo very happy Indeed to see you at our house to tea eveuiug. if you have no other engage-ment. I have always had a very high idea of the English aud am glad to have an opportunity to show it" "Tnank you ma'am," the earl replied with alacrity. "I will certainly call. At what time do you sup?" "At whatever hour will prove most convenient to you," was the gracious ' reply. "Iudoed ma'am you nre very kind. Suppose we name it 6 then." "Thank you, my I mean sir. We shall look forward with great pleasure to your coming." "Those people are extraordinarily polite." thought the young mail after their departure, as he sat in his room smoking a cigar. "I really think they have taken quite a fancy to me. My good looks I think it must be, for I haven't a single recommendation be-sides ou earth. Well, if 1 lind the girl has money I may improve my advant-age and offer myself in matrimony. Money would be very acceptable just at present." Had Mrs. Jenkins heard this solilo-quy she would probably have come to the conclusion that there was some-thing wrong about her calculations, but fortunately for our hero this was uot the case. It will be readily imagined that Mrs. Jenkins exerted her culinary skill to the utmost in preparing for her il-lustrious guest. As lie s:tw the numer-ous dainties spread out before him he felt a glow of joy prevado his frame, and determined ou the spot to lay siege to the heart of Matilda. The reader will imagine that his ad-vances were readily met by the young lady, who was quito enraptured by tho conquest which she had achieved over tho heart of an earl. Nor was her mother less gratilied. yl'ho good lady held her head higher than ever, aud speedily anticipated the time when, as the mother-in-la- of an earl, she would take precedence of all who had hither-to ventured to look down upon her. "You know, Matilda," she said, "that when you are a countess 1 shall of course be dowager countess or count-e- n dowager, I really don't know which. J wish I euiiM liud ouiot-her- e a book of tho British peerage, then I oould find out wiihoufc any trouble." She thought of going to the bookseller and asking him to send for the book, but on second thought decided that it would be most prudent not to run any such risk of revealing hur aspirations, even if she wore obliged to remain in ignorance a little while longer. One poiut, however, puzzled her a little. Notwithstanding the very inti-ma- to terms of the earl with her family, lie never ventured any allusion to his rank or his Enclish estates or the CAPTURING AX EARL. La me!" exclaimed Mrs. Jenkins to her daughter Matilda, "w ho do you think has arrived ut tho hotel?" "Any of our friends?" inquired the daughter. "I wish I could say he was." said Mrs. Jenkins. "NoMatilda, it is no less than a member of the British nobility." "How do you know, mother?" "Because I happened to bo in the pnst-olli- a few minutes since, and with my own eyes I saw a letter upon the wheel directed Earl Spencer, Jones-lior- o htitel. So I wont right over to the hotel aud found that it was so. 'The landlady pointed out the young man to me. Oil, Matilda, ho is such an elegant young man, and all that air of high breeding and so ou, which you only lind iu the nobility." , 'Really, mother, you quite excite my curiosity." But I've got more to toll you, 'Matilda. I've mnuaged to get an from the landlady to come over and take lea, so that we shall be introduced to him. Only think of that! And if only think he should take a fancy to you, and, Matilda, though I ought uot to say it, you are very 'pretty just the very picture of what ;1 Wiis at your age; us I was saying. don't think it at all improbable, ut least impossible, that you should at-tract his attention, aud think what a line thing it would be if you should be-come a countess." Mrs. Jenkins paused to take breath alter this long and rut hur loosely jointed speech to see what effect it would have upon her daughter. The latter seemed quito as much affected as she could wish. She was like her mother, not only in form, but in mind, and her mother's words had stirred her ambition. "La, how fine that would be!" she exclaimed. "1 guess Ellen Hawkint would not show her airs any more. Themean crcatre, I wouldn' takoany notice of her. except Just to invito hV to die wedding, so that she might have a chance to envy my good luck." "Very true," said her mother, ap-provingly; "but you know u good deal must be done before this can be ac-complished. You must endeavor to look our prettiest so as tc produco an impression upon the young tiuan. if possible. I think you had Ibetter wear your greeu de laino." , "No, mamma that doesn't become me. 1 shall wear my plum-colore- d 8UK. ami you must loud me your gold chain." "Hut," said Mrs. Jenkins reluctant' jly, "I was going to wear that myself." i "I don't see," said her daughter, j tossing her head, "that it is of much consequence how you look. I presume jyou dou't expect the young lord will imarry yon, Hut it is very important jhow I look. If I can't go looking idecent I won't go at all. Of course, jail the ladies iu England have gold Biid lewels to wear, and 1 know he wou t say a word to me uuless I havs jomethiug of the kind." "Perhaps you ought, Matilda," said her mother. "I am sure it is my solo aim in life to promote your success, and if I could only live to see yon the wifo of an earl I should die in pesiee." Notwithstanding the apparent disin-terestedness of this remark, it is proba-ble that unless Mrs. Jenkins expected to share in tho prosperity of her daughter she would have eared consid-erably less for her alliauce with the nobility. ; That was a busy day for Mrs. Jenkins and her (laughter. It took them up to the very moment of departure to ar-range their toilet. At length, re-splendent with, the best their ward-robes could furnish, they weut over to the hotel. It may be remarked, by the way, that Mrs. Jenkins with the cunning natural to such an admirable mauager, had not whispered a word of her ulterior designs to tho landlady. She even cautioned her daughter not to address tho nobleman by his title iu the hearing of any one else. Six o'clock found them seated in the hotel. It so chanced that Earl Spencer was the only guest (the reader must rememljer that it was a small country inn), and accordingly Mrs. Jenkins and her daughter had tho distinguished stranger quito to themselves. It suited Mr. Jenkins to appear quite ignorant of the earl's station even of his nation-ality, unless he should himself rewjl it. It would have beeu somewhat trQl-cn- lt to decide where in lay the lnar!t$ of high birth which Mrs. Jenkins pro-fiss-to find iu the stranger. He looked much more like a tnird-rat- e clerk, lie wore a Hash waistcoat, an extensive cravat, a gorgeous watch-chai- n which might have been gold, but looked more like the showy articles which remind one of the old proverb that "all is not gold that glitters." But J.Irs. Jenkins was not a women of great discernment. Sho saw noth-ing but what might be expected of an eail. and murmured in the enr of Matilda that his appearance was very distingue by the way, she pronounced the word iu a way of her own. Matilda nodded assent to her mother's remark, and begau to play off her airs and graces upon the dis-tinguished gentteniaii. Her delight was great to lind that she was creating an impression. The earl listened to her very attentively, and evou conde-scended to exclmuge a littlo playful badinage. amount of his income, which Mrs. Jeukins would have been very glad to learn. "Hut, I suppose, Matilda," she re-marked to her daughter, "that he is determined to remain incog, so as to mako sure that you marry Tiim for him-self alone. I have read of such cases in stories, but I never expected to have anythiug like it iu my own family. Really, I think it is quite romantic. Ou the whole I guess it would be best to say nothing about it until you are fairly married." Matilda acted upon her mother's prudent advice, aud, although her curiosity was as strong as her parents, she carefully guarded against betray-iu- g it to the earl. At last one memorable day she burst into her mother's room with a triumph-ant glow ou her face. "Has he proposed?" exclaimed Mrs. Jenkins in great agitatiou. Yes, mother," was the reply of the overjoyed Matilda. "He told me that he loved mo to distraction." "I congratulate you, countess that is to be," said her mother. "By tho way, did he say anythiug about his rank?-- "Not a word, mothor." "I am not at all surprised. Be sure then that you don't give him a hint that you know anything about it. How much we shall enjoy goiug to England!' "We!" repeated Matilda. "Surely you don't propose going across the Atlantic at your time of life?" "At" my time of life!'' said Mrs. Jenkins sharply. "Indeed I do. I don't mean that" you shall have nil the enjoymeut. But' did the earl tlx the d;iy for the marriage?" "He left that to uio." "Then fix it as soon as possible. You must not let bitn slip through your lingers.'.' That day three weeks the important ceremony "took place in Mrs. Jenkins' cottage. Scarcely was it over thau that worthy lady, no louger able to re-strain herself, addressed her son-in-la- "I trust, my lord, that you will never regret this day." "My lord!" repeated her sou-in-la-exhibiting unequivocal surprise. "Cei taiuly you can not expect to re-main incog, any longer?" "But I have no claim to the title, ma'am.' "No claim!" exclaimed tho mother and daughter, turning pale. "Are you not au earl?" "That is only my Christian namo." "And what is your employment?" asked Mrs. Jenkins, on the point of faiuting. "I am a house-painte- r, madam, but being a little unwell was ordered by the doctor to spend a couple of months in the country. We draw a veil over the scene that ensued. The lofty fabric of prids, which Mrs. Jenkins had built up fell to tho ground aud her chance of beiuz bus any number of quarter fectlon hare been mortgaged or $2,000 a quarter, and the result is that they are tapidly passing into the hands of the capitalists who were so short-sighte- d as to make loans on that kind of secur-ity. A foreclosure in such cases is merely a completion of the sale of the land for four limes what it is worth. Kansas City Star, Some Kansas Mortgages, In the "flint hills" of Butler county probably the poorest lauds in Kan- - The Old Yellow Pompkln. Bow dear to thii heart Is tbe old yellow pump kin. When orchards are barren of itufflnc Whenpuieeu. ches and apples hare both been failure. And berries of no kind hare greeted th even. Bow fondly we turn to the fruit of the corn flel- d- The fruit that our children are taughtto do solee The o!u jellow pumpkin, the pumpkin. The pumpkin that makes suet good pies! 0 golden-bue- pumpkin, you surely are "It It." Vou Jolly old raaoal, ao recently spurned: We ak your fxrvireuega lor thus baring wronged you. When from tour dear presence we scornful ly turned. Come rolling down hill, till we meet you an grwtyou; ., Your hulk la a feast to our fruit-hungr-y We love you, old pumpkin, so well we oould eat ou, For you aio a "dandy when made Into pies, I'unxruraw ner Spirit. owns KPCJY Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken ; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta rently yet premptly en the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-tem effectually, dispels colds, head-aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tha only remedy of its kind ever pro-duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in ita effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities com-mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Synip of Figs is for sale in 50o and f 1 bottles by all leading drug-gists. . 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' MOTHERS' FRIEND MjSIOHJLQ BIRTHM IF USED BEPOWa CONFINEMENT. , Book to "MoTmrns ' MA ti.n'.FRi. BBADVlllXIt REUI'LATOIl CO- - ATLANTAJ6A. Hold bt au. Dui'Guum HE WAS AN A3DENT LOVER. Archdoke Joh n't Proposal to Strange Young Lady. The Archduke appears to hive a babit of falling in love in a precipitate way, and a story has just been brought forward of an affairs d'aniour of his on board one of Lloyd's steamers between Port Said and Trieste a few years ago. The object of tbe royal affection on this ' occasion was a young Australian lady, and from all accounts she might have married the wayward Archduke if her mother had not been with her to re-strain and advise her. The following copy of a letter written to the young lady in question is somewhat amusing, not to say interesting, as showing the character of the man: "Most darl ingest of angel girls: I must lavish on you terms of endear-- t merit. You are my loveliest love, mia cara carissima, ma petite cherie, my own sweet rose of Kent I thought myself often in love before I had the happiness to meet you, but was mis-taken. You (ill my soul as nobody else has ever dono. I am hi despair at being told that I must not pay you further attention. My imperial rank stands in the way, say you and your honored mother, of courtship, pour le bon motif. It should, did I uot realize the litter vanity of being penned up with a tribe of seventy relatives ou an isolated peak. I hate my position, and am determined to live as a man should, and not like a poor creature who must be spoon-fe- d from the cradle to the grave. It depends on you whether I shall goon as 'an g' or not. "You spoke of the sad life of Penny Smith. Yes, it was a sad oue; but why? The Prince of Capua had not the man-liness to go anil work for a living for himself aud his wife. My courage is equal to emigrating to Australia, whore I am sure I should fall on my feet. I could be the manager of a "theater, a teacher of French, German. Italian, or the curator of a zoo or botauieal gar-den, or J could be a ridiug-mast- cr or a stock-ride- r. Without going so far as Australia I might get married in Italy to tho girl of my choice. I was born a Tuscan, and the statues of the Grand Ducal family are now dead letters there. As you can never be an Arch-duchess I shall be only too happy to cease to bo Archduke, but hope ever to be counted your darling 'Archduck-liug- .' "Johaun." TWO BUCS OF PREY. On Delight In tho Chua of tho Cock-roach, tho Other Catches Caterpillar. A Stnr reporter learned that two bugs, common in Washington, are re-garded with superstition. One of these is what housekeepers are accustomed to call the "earwig." It has 100 legs, more or less.makes its nests in people's ears, and is an object to attack with a slipper nt every opportunity. As a matter of fact, this creature is not an earwig at all. An earwig is an insect, while the bug with many legs, so com-mon here, is a "myriapbd." The dif-ferences distinguishing the two are too technical to be worth detining la de-tail, but oue of them is that a true insect does not have more than six legs, whereas some of the myriapoda have more than 200. This particular myriapod has tifteen pairs of legs. The earwig properly so caned, is rare in this country, though plentiful in England, where it inhabits gardens chiefly, though sometimes it is lured into houses by lights. It is about an inch in length, and its rear is furnished with a pair of long forceps that may pinch a little. Most remarkable among the traits of the earwig is tho way it has of brooding over its young after they are hatched from the eggs. It is one of the very few insects that take care of their progeny after they save come iuto the world. The ear-wig does not make nests iu people's ears, notwithstanding the popular no-tion to that effect, and it is mure close-ly related to the grasshopper than to ' anything else. Whereas the earwig is an out-do-animal, nocturnal iu its habits, the myriapod known hereabouts by that name linds houses its most convenient .habitat. Instead of destroying it housekeepers ought to encourage it, because it is a deadly enemy to flies and most particularly to cockroaches. It is a predatory creature, and feeds upon these objectionable insects. The nianuer in which it attacks and de-vours its prey is most interesting. It will approach a cockroach quietly, and, leaping upon it, will embrace it with its legs, passing its victim toward its head from one pair of legs to another until it gets it w ithin reach of its jaws. Then it bites into the body of the cock-roach and devours the soft parts, throw-ing away the outer shell when the lat-ter is emptied. Very often this "cermatia forceps" for such is its scientific name, and it has no satisfactory popular one sees a seoond oockronch while it is devouring the first one. With its prey in its mouth it leaps upon cockroach number two. grasping tne latter between us logs until it has finished cockroach number ono. Having polished off cockroach number ono, it passes up cockroach number two to its jaws and proceeds as before. This myriapod the term signifies 'thousand footed" is generally ed to have a poisonous bite, but entomologists do not beliero that it ever attacks human beings. It is most cleanly in its habits.spendingits entire leisuro making its toilet; its preference is for damp houses, probably not be-cause it prefers dampness itself.but be-cause the Hies and cockroaches it preys upon frequent such localities. If you touch one it falls to pieces, shedding its legs in a reckless fashion. The other bug referred to is found out. of doors most plentifully iu Wash-iugtn- n, and is popularly kuovvn as the "rearhorse." Probably there is no in-sect in the world about which so mauv superstitions are entortaiued. It is commonly called in other parts of tbe world the "mantis." the "praying mantis," the "sooth-sayer- ," and by many other names. It is tho mest formidable enemy of the caterpillar that commits such depredations upon Washington trees, and is therefore to be regarded with a decided prejudice in its favor. If you will look carefully in the winter time you will Qnd upon the bare twigs and branches little elongated clusters of rearhorse eggs, though the creature Is not so easy to discover in the summer time, because of the way it has of mimicking in color and appearance otherwise whatever it rests upon. It has a first cousin known as the "walking stick," which is so like a twig in appearance, with joints and shoots corresponding, that you woold never imagine it to be anything else unless you took it in your hand. The mantis grows to be nearly three inches long, and from its eggs are frequently hatched out not its own young, but ether insects, which bore into the eggs after they are laid and subsequently come out of them in the shape of flies. It is a very remarkable thing to ob-serve a mantis in the act of approach-i- g a caterpillar(or other insect that it wishes to devour. It walks stealthily towards Its intended prey, liftiug oue leg arfer the other ever so slowly until it is fairly upon the object, which it seises with its powerful forelegs and preceeds to devour. Frequently the mantis flies about toward sunset. It does not bite human beings, though it may pinch a little. The mantis its nme is Greek for "soothsayer" gets this name from the fact that for ages past it has beeu thought to foretell events. It Is called the "praying mantis" because, while making for victims, it holds its forelegs in the air in very much the attitude assumed by a person iu prayer. On account of the resemblance of this attitude to the one they themselves assume in supplicating tbe Deity, Mohammedans reverence the iusect particularly. The supersti-tion regarding it extends as far as the south oi Africa, where the Hottentots believe that to kill oue would cause the destruction of all their flocks aud herds and future happiness. Anionjr them if a mantis ali?hts unon the head of ono of the tribe, tEat person is loosed upon as a saint. Other peoplo believe that the mantis foretells duath and famine. If a child is lost and asks tho way to a place the insect will poiut out the direction. In Europe it is com-monly consulted for advice in under-taking any sort of enterprise aud is supposed to indicate disapproval by lowering its head. Young girls fre-quently ask its advice on questions of marriage. Iu shtrt, it is a divinity among bugs. Washington SUr. ANCIENT BANKING HOUSES. When tbo Oldoet Uuki of Europe TV ere Established Their History. Europe is filled with business, and particularly with financial establish-ments, which have weathered tbe storms of more than a century and which promise to go on without acci-dent until their conductors and owners are ready to liquidate. The Euglish and French tradesmen are especially fond of nutting upon their signs dates which snow that sev-eral generations have carried on the business at the old stand. Even the modest restaurant-keepe- r in London delights to tell you that you nre dining in the same room where Dr. Johnson used to discuss and where "Noll" Goldsmith drank whisky punches when ho had any money. Banks in Europe have always been honored in exact proportion to the duration of their existence. One of the longest-live- d banks in history was also the (irst institution founded iu Europe. It was the Bank of Venice, which was founded in 1171, originally organized to support the costly wars which Venice was censtautly carrying on. For long centuries, until 1797, when the Venetian Rcpublip was overthrown, this bank remained the symbol ot tiuancial integrity and solidity. The Bank of Geuoa, founded In 1407, lasted until the first year of the present century. The Bauk of Barce-lona, in Spain, is still in operation after 400 years of business. Few peo-ple know that it was iu this bank that the system of negotiation of bills of exchango originated. Amsterdam's principal bank, founded in 1C09, lasted until the French ruined it when they invaded Holland in 1794. because tho directors had lent Holland a large sum of money. The Bank of Hamburg is still alive and flourishing, although it was found-ed before the Pilgrims landed on Ply-mouth Rook. There nro .numerous banks in Holland, Germany and Swe-den which date from the seventeenth century. The vigorous "old lady" of Thread-needl- e street, the Bank of England, has been going since the days of Wil-liam and Mary (1694), aud owes its origin to the difficulty the government experienced in raising funds to conduct its war with France. The Banque do France, which had the honor of lend-ing money to the "old lady" during the panic the other day, dates from 1714, and its present charter extends to 1897. . Its governor is appointed by the general government. After the Bank of England, the old-est public banks iu Great Britain are the Bank of Scotland (1695) and the Bank of Newcastle-on-Tyn- e (1755). Tho Royal Bank of Prussia has flourished for 135 years. Private banking houses of world-wide celebrity are comparatively young when placed side by'side with the state institutions. The Roths-childs may be said practically, to date from 1806, wheu the Elector William, after the invasion of his states by tho French, deposited about $6,000,000 for safe keeping with Mayer Anselm Rothschild iu Frankfort. This house, which spread to Frankfort, Vienna, Loudon. Naples and Paris, and whose heads became barons, was compara-tively obscure before the end of the last century. The Barings weat to England from Bremen in the first part of the eighteenth century. Many of the old private banks, especially in England, have been merged in joint stock companies. Some of the oldest English banks have uuclaimod deposits belonging to dead and gone people amounting to hundreds of thousands of pounds. One institution in London has 700.000 of these deposits on its books, and some say this must finally be declared clear profit. Many shipping firms in England and Holland have had an unbrokeu exist-ence of two centuries, and in France some colonial aud foreign merchants boast of a much greater age for their establishments. Houses founded in 1650, 1680 and 1700 abound in Paris, Bordeaux, Marseilles, and in Italy and Spain. A common business rule in Europe is that if a house can outlast ten Years there is no reason why it should not endure ten centuries. But governmental operations and people re more conservative aud cautious in Europe than iu America. Wealthy Indians In 'Washington, There are scores of Indians on the reservation worth from $50,000 to $250,-00- 0 each, aud when tha reservation is thrown open by Congress, as it will be in a very few years, there will be in Tierce County a dozen or two of the richest Indians in the United States. Some of the wealthy Indians are: Airs. Joseph IWtto, a ed Indian widow,. $250,000. Mrs. Uoutte owns 160 acres on Brown's Point. She was a full-blood- Indiau girl. Her husband died about two years ago. She has several children, and now lives at the reservation buildings, leasing her land to some tisheruien. Her land is probably the most valnable on the reservation. The Union Pacific way will run through it Chris Laugh-le- t. . a widower, 120 acres, $60,000; Laughlet holds 110 acres back of Mrs. Douetto's, which is worth at least $500 an acre. He has one son, Joe Coates, 100 acres, $N0,000; Mrs Joe Coates 100 acres, $48,000. The Coates family are worth $128,000. Coates has 160 acres inhlsown name. His first wife died, and he married an Indian widow who had 100 acres, worth at least $300 per acre. Theirs is tide-fl- laud. She has oue child. Jonas Stan nup, father of the well-know- n Indian, Peter Stau-nu- p. 80 acres, $60,000. Jonas Stan-nup- 's land is on the banks of the Puayallup River, is among the very best tide-fl- soil, and is worth not less than $750 per acre. The old man has lived so long that he has forgotten the number of seasons he has lived, but he does not forget the value of land. There are at least a dozen more In-dians who have from 40 to 120 acres of the best tide-fla- t bottom, worth from $700 to $1,000 an acre. All of theso Iudians are pure-blood- Puyallups. Puijet Sound News. Henry Clay's Daughters. Says a gosslper in the Cincinnat. 2imes-Sta- rs "Henry Clay has a daugh- ter buried at Lebanon, Ohio. She died while Henry Clay and his family were on their way to Washington by stage coach many years ago. She was a girl twelve years of age, and her loss was a sad blow to her father, who at the time was so pressed with business cares that he was compelled to bury tho body and go on to Washington, in-tending some day to return and it to Lexington, Ky. But he never did so, and the grave may be seon yet in the old burial ground, sur-rounded by wire fence. Tho tomb-stone is oue of the flat tablet stylo aud relic hunters have so marred it that now it presents a dilapidated appear-ance. To such an extent was this spirit of relic-seokin- g carried on that the graveyard authorities at last set posts every two feet apart around tho grave and wrapped them around with wire strands to tho extent of twenty or more, so that it is almost impossi-ble for anybody to climb over and chip off a piece of the gravestones. As the old burial ground is being rapidly abandoned it is ouly a question of a few years until Henry Clay's daughter will be the only occupaut." What Is the Model Husband Llltc? One of tho big New York papers has offered a prise of $100 to the woman whoshall send In the most praiseworthy description of a model husbaDd. It is interesting to note the replies. One woinau thinks he is a husband who never takes a night "off"; anqther says her ideal man is one that gives her full control ot the purse-string- s; a third says she likes a husband that goes his way and gives her full permission to go hers; but most unique of till is the letter from a doar, sweet, clinging Vine, who says that her Oak must be i noble! O, so noble! And give a test of his trueinwird nobility by inventing a new pet name for her every day. Upon a sweet, pretty calendar, bought for the purpose, she is recording the names as he reels off new ones each loving mom. The regulation. orthodox, old pet titles of "Dear little girl," "Dolly," "Petsey," "Tootsey - Woot-sey- ," "Sweetness," and "Sugar Plum" have been thrown completely iu the shade by the coinings of thfs model husband. Won't somebody please look up more such men, and offer prizes for their capture? Whft balm they would briug to many a painfully louely female breast! Baby-Carrla(re- s. The newest thing in baby-carriag-is a contrivance that by means of vari-ous appliances may be transformed in-to a sled, a cradle, or a go-car- t. Tha cradle, instead of being provided with rockers, hangs from the coiling by a spiral spring, and the spring itself plays an important part iu the adjustment "of the sunshade that goes with the car-riage when it is used iu its normal charactei Fireworks were not kr.own to an-tiquity. They are a modern invention. If ever the ancients employed tires a their festivals it was ouly for religious purposes. An agita'oi'u for a divorce law ii Italy similar to that of France has arisen. |