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Show MRS. BEVANS JELLY. "While Mrs. Bevan poured out the tea, A COMF1 ETE ANHIHILATIOH, BY GKOXGK W. SYMONDS. Any newt from the cate thli morn ing, Mr. Hutchinson? Thit question was asked by Mr. John Holbrook, senior member of the Jaw firm of Holbrook & Hutchinson, one certain morning, as he entered his office. ' Ills part, Tom Hutchinson, without looking up from the paper he was read ing, answered in the negative. "Weil," continued the senior member of the the firm, we must exhaust every effort to find the missing deed. There a letter in the morning's mail from Mr. Arnold, authorizing us to Increase the reward to five thousand dollars." That ought to fetch It, if it is In existence, said Tom Hutchinson. And he threw down his papers, and wheeled his office chair to face Mr. with Charles Wilson, aged tuentj-twlegal aspirations, who was "reading in the office of this celebrated firm . "Wilson, he said, write out another advertisement in the Arnold case, and take it around to the Ledger. "Yes, sir, answered the young man. And he took a sheet of paper and began to write. After awhile he read the following, and the firm agreed that it was the proper thing: 1 o, Information Wahtbd. Information wanted of a certain parchment deed, given by Andrew Sharp to Archibald Arnold, conveying to the aafd Arnold, a certain parcel of land, containing about one hundred and thirty-fivthousand acres, more or less, situated in the State of Iowa, said deed having been given" at Burlington, Iowa, in the year 1845. This deed was lost or stolen some fifteen years ago, and anyone furnish-ininformation which will lead to its recovery, will receive a reward of five thousand dollars, by applying to Hole g brook Sc Attorneys-a- t Hutchinson, Law, Philadelphia, Pa. Youd better take it around at once, the head of the firm. And the young man left the office to said perform the errand. Messrs. Holbrook & Hutchinson's student was a poor young man very poor but he had a stout heart and a great ambition, and although he found It a serious matter to make ends meet, he was studying very hard to perfect himself for the bar, after which auspicious event, he felt that ail would be plain sailing. He had rosy day dreams, sometimes, of a future, after fame and wealth should have fallen to his share, and the central figure of these dreams was pretty Madge Bevan, who was nearly as poor as himself, and whom he had loved ever since he was a boy at school. "If I could find the missing deed, he thought, as he hurried to the newspaper office, "all would be well. Five thousand dollars would give me a gcod start in life, aud I could make dear Madge happy, and lift the burden of the support of her mother from her frail shoulders. I shall be admitted to the bar next work term, and it will be pretty at first, unless 1 have a reserve capital. he muttered, aloud, I promised Madge to take tea with them this evening. Charlie Wilson had expended a great deal of thought on the most important factor in the great land case of Arnold vs. Sharp, the missing deed to the immense tract of Western land, and for the past month he had spent his Idle in the moments visiting faint hope of somewhere running across the parchment In the course of his search he had overhauled tons of old paper, but so far he could discover not the slightest trace of the missing document, and hundreds of others who had been tempted by the large reward offered for its discovery weae equally unsuccessful. Today he thought more about the deed than he did of Coke and Black-stonand was so restless and preoccuwhen the clock atruck three that pied he laid aside his books and left the up-hi- junk-store- ll s, e, office. Mrs. Bevan and her pretty daughter lived in an old farm house in the sub- urbs. Madge was employed as a copyist in a big Market Street publishing house, and she usually finished her days work at four oclock. Uutii that hour, Charlie paced slowly up and down the sidewalk in front of the tall building where she worked. They walked home together, and Charlie, of course, spoke of the missing deed. They amused themselves with discuss ing what they would do with the reward supposing they should chance to find the important document, and were talking in this ridiculous strain when they reached Madges home. Tea is ready said Mrs. Bevan, greeting Charlie kindly, and I've opened a strawberry jelly jar of my home-mad- e just for your benefit. I know Its excellent, said Tom, an he seated himself beside Madge. he removed the cover of the jelly jar. Suddenly he turned pale, his lower jaw dropped, and he sat gazing fixedly at the jelly jar like one spellbound. Are you ill, Charlie?" erled Madge, springing Lo her fret. Y ou haven't come upon one of those nasty blac kbeetles? ejaculated Mrs. Bevan, suspending the teapot in midair. No, no! gasped Charlie, after a time it's nothing. I shall be all right Its Its the five thousand directly. dollars I He seized the piece of 'parchment that had covered the jelly jar, and bending over, began to decipher the written characters upon it. 'Witness this my hand Andrew Sharp witness! he muttered; and then raised his head and turned to iladge, who was bending over his chair, with a glad light in his blue eyes.. Ive found it, dear! he cried. What?" A part of the missing deed; and now if we can trace the rest, he cried, excitedly, our fortunes made!" "Mercy on us I gasped Madge, beginning to cry in her bewilderment "Did you evert ejaculated Mrs. Bevan and in her ' excitement she dropped the teapot to the floor, smashing it into bits. Madge, she finally managed to say, the rest of the jars are in the cellar on the swinging shelf. Charlie dashed down the cellar stairs, and there on a shelf in the middle of the cellar were two dozen jelly jan, lacking one, each with a piece of parchment tied pver It for a cover. Take them up stairs i he ordered to Mrs. Bevan and Madge, who had followed him. And he gathered up as many jars as he could carry. When they were placed on the table, he removed the covers. It was an anxious moment and his hand trembled as he fitted the bits Fate ot the Italian Army in Abyssinia. ThtsHsO Bonorted islolo The over mens Held task Xewo or the OUaolor a Thai II Crasfclag Yoree Weald Xe Aroaaotha reoplo-T-he Pepelaoe aa rreany or Baolemet Pel lee M. ppreaalhe If lots by Ferre ofAiasa. 1 Rome, Much 4. The kingdom of Italy today Is in a condition of excite-mbngrief and anger almost beyond description. Every dispatch from adds to the gravity of the disaster to the Italian army at Adowa, Abyssinia. When thefirstnews of Gen. Baratle-ri- s defeat reached the city, the report had it only vo men had been killed; then yesterd'y afternoon the numbers ran up to 3 killed, with slaty pieces of artillery caj tured. This mornings dispat has place the number killed in battle and the . long harraaslng retreat which followed at 5,000. Is is believed that not over, theoo figures tell the full eaten! of the dlonater. No mention U made of the wounded, and t! ere is good reason, baaed on stories id roert t Italian defeats by the Abyssinian, to ballevn that those (wko foil wounded . uring the retreat of over fifty miles met a more horrible fate than those killed ih the spot. Thionghont the night the garrison here was ke t nnder arms and mounted patrols travel ed the principal streets. The streets nr re filled with people until day bieak, an l after early morning every public place was crowded with excited men and women. Several disturbances which called? or police interference octogether At last the thing took definite shape. curred today and indication are that Not a line was wanting. A few of the the people are assuming a most threatand whereases and provided alsos ening attitude, not only in Rome, but were a trifle sticky, and a few of the throughout Itrly. words had lost a letter or two, hut the main points were all there, and Charlie Wilson fairly danced with glee. DR. 11XKN BBXA1KB. Where did you get it? he asked, Mrs. Blaine .a Slating for tkelrBe-naoia- l turning to Mrs. Bevan. to nine. I had no idea the paper was of any Wachingtoi March 4. It has been value answered that good lady, and I selected it from a number that I found in the cherished vish of Mrs. Blaine, rethe attic, because it was parchment. marked Joac 1 H. Manley, .ormerly a: Augusta, Me., where the They were there when we moved into postmaster the house, and I expect they were left Blaine family cside, that the remains of her family ould be removed from by Mr. Arnold, the owner of the prother retting place in Oak Hill cemeperty, when he moved out. He tery. Washington, and placed at Yes Mr. Archibald Arnold. owns this house and land, but the propMrs. Blaii e has been negotiating erty is managed by an agent witl a gent!-- an at Augusta for. the said the young That explains of n t ultable site where the purchaae man, Mr. Archibald Arnold is the na rental of th : Maine family may be inplaintiff in the suit and it s quite likely the work of Well, Im glad its found, although terred, removing the b dies of the Blaine family they were excellent covers for fruit may be done .hiring the coming spring. jars. Sit down and eat your supper, I cant stop!" cried Charley, reach- Frm the fact 01 the publication of Mrs. Bla nea intent na in this respect, I Ining for his hat. that the m ff illations have had a satfer He put the precious jelly jar covers into his pocket, snd proceeded, with all isfactory comluiion. It is the (le ire of Mrs. Blaine to have possible speed, to the office of Holbrook the dear onea at the old farm, for she Sc Hutchinson. 1111 on with the co lit thinks, people of The firm had not yet gone home, the ill honors thu that state, upon heaped and Charley laid the disjointed docucame as illustrious to him Irisband liar ment before them on the big office table. ne. Whatever action of citizen Mi a One glance convinced them that their to take in regard student had secured the long lost deed, the State may desire 1 the erection o (a monument over Mr. and the good news was telegraphed to I their client, who lived in New York. He Maine's last resting placa, will be encame on the next day, and they told him tirely aatlsfact.iry to Mrs. Bhlne, but she will Insist upo 1 amoving the remains the story. from Oak HU .'at d having them interAt its close he drew a check for, five in rod thesite sh : has selected at Authousand dollars, payable to Charlies at her own expense, order, and the following week Charley gusta be d ficult to picture a more would It and Madge were married. I ha.i that chosen by Mrs. beaudiul spot Mr. Arnold won his suit, and one day located as it is, on the hill overBlaine, paid a visit to the old homestead, where the picturesqne Kennebec looking Mr. and Mrs: Wilson and Mrs. Bevan ha been a number of river. There atill lived. between Mrs. communicatioi pass They received the rich man very grain reState and Blaine authorities the ciously, and he helped to eat some of the to the dlspos'tion of her husband's gard strawberry jelly. was held In That paper, he said at parting, was remains, but everything of the a settlement worth one hundred times five thousand obeyarice pending a a site. for negotiations dollars to me. A few days afterward a letter was received addressed to Mrs. Charles Wilson, sslerMs a Candidate. inclosing a very kind note and a deed to States Omaha, March 3. the old farmhouse and the plot of anground in the center of which it stood Senator Mandersen has formally for the his nounced Republicandidacy given, as the letter read, in token of my appreciation of the great service can Presidential nomination. In a letter to L. D. Fowler he says: you have rendered me. I am not to be uaed as a stalking lawCharley is quite a distinguished or delivery wagon for any aspwife horse a his sends nowand every year yer The gentleman named promibottle of strawberry jelly to Mr. Archi- irant bald Arnold. nently for the place are all my personal I will follow gladly in tho friends. rankt under the captaincy of any one of I A Warmer Climate Than New York. them. I demand fair play for them. for it myself." "Have you heard recently from your expect divorced husband? said a New York lady meeting a friend. I AX MVMY Yes; the last time I heard from him he was wearing his summer clothing. But my facilities enable me to get off "Good gracious I I didnt know he work rapidly, and when yon dseire was dead." teals, rubber stamps or stencils, any In kind of model work or fine repairing, Florida. He isn't; hes down write S.J. Griffin, 4 23d at, Ogden, Uta Texas Sifter. t, Mas-sowa- h ja . ' Au-gua'.- a. it,, . 1 1 1 Ex-Unit- ed BlMMH'MI UKNOl'KATk. THE CUBANS FULL OF Calk Wise r the Party Will the Mllvur Wlac HOPE PlgkC St. Louis, Feb. 29. As the resultof a call issued several days ago, 300 promi- Believe that the Senate's Acnent Missouri Democrats who are opposed to the free Jcoinage of silver at tion is Final. the Jratlo of 16 to 1 assembled here today to protest, as they term it, against being read out of the party." Among the more prominent leaders Aaam Haitian la Tbrlr Xeed If They present were Chairman Charles M. t'as Vet Material la right They Maifitt of the Democratic State central I I'srrjr on tha St ar BeerniSiag committee, Congressman U. S. Hall, Agent la Nt. Laala Leadvllle Bara Francis and lion. James O. a Kpaulah Ylagaad I Praad af It. Broadeead. A Jlengthy address to the Democrat of Missouri was adopted unanimously. It starts out by declaring that the unNew York, March 4. A special to precedented action of calling the State the World from Havana says: The news convention to meet in Sedalia on April of the action of the United State J con15th, to elect delegates to the National gress ha penetrated to every insurgent convention, three niontha In advance of camp within thirty miles of Havana the meeting of the convention was done and the Cuban patriots are wild with with the avowed purpose of influencing Comment is various, depending joy. the parly in other stales and committing upon comparative in'elligence. All the the National Democracy to the Lee and rank and file seem to think President nnlimited coinage of silver at the ratio Cleveland will act as a matter of course. of lu to i, regardless of the relative All are jubilant over what they feel to commercial value of the two metals and be a glorious finale. The more Ignorant regardless of the action of the other honestly believe that now Spain must commercial nations of the world. lay down her arms. They cannot disThe addresa then goes on to say: To tinguish between diplomatic recognimake to the country at large a showing tion and armed interference. The lest of atrength they do not poaaeas, the ignorant think that now cartridges and advocates of this policy openly avow rifles will Immediately become their intention to aecure the National and that 'expeditions from theplentiful United delegates from every district In the States will arrive daily. The Intelli. State, If need be by depriving the( voters gent, or about 15 per cent of the Cuban of the aeveral districts of the right soldiers, realize that It will be at least a never before questioned, of choosing month before any real efforts will be their own representatives and electing felt. them through the action of the entire The feeling among the common solbody of the State convention. diers Is that something great Is to hapAnd while these advocates of free pen at once. The educated leaders are sliver propose, if they find themselves uneasy. They fear the effects of disapin a majority In the State convention, pointment upon the men when they to deny all right of representation to find that, should It be completed, the the minority, many of them at the of Cuban belligerency does same time avow their purpose not to recognition not produce Immediate and great results submit to the majority In the National in favor of the Cuban cause. To conconvention, if that majority shall tie duct successfully a prolonged fight with adverse to them, but to array the Dethe sword alone against the finest of mocracy of Missouri against the plat- modern rifles requires the nighest form and nominee of the. National Decourage in the Cuban cavalry. This mocracy. have done, and this it is that the It Ik the highest duty of all Demo- they leaders are afraid disappointment may crats who hold to the ancient faith of weaken. The niaehete must be dependthe party to no longer tamely submit ed upon until they get cartridges. These to a policy which has brought upon are what the Cuban leaders want. They the party nothing but humiliation and have men ei.ough and guns enough is fraught with menace to the best inwant they cartridges. And they want terests of the country. We, therefore, men to keep their spirits up until their loyal Democrat, cail upon the voters of come. They feel that their the party everywhere throughout the cartridges in the United States would have agents State to mak an open.actlve and organan easitr time in sending amunition unized opposition to the effort to commit der belligerent rights than without the party to a policy which can only them. But if cartriges and Congress end in disaster, and if all who hold with both fall them, they still think Spain will us will assert themsetves by voice and have to spend mors money than she can by vote, we may yet rescue the State get to win the war. from the threatened misfortune of ReThe Spanish troops have not been publican rule. paid for three months. They are withA committee on organization, comout money and there is not sufficient posed of two delegates from each Con- food to sustain them properly. This gressional district, was appotnted, with question is not so serious to the Cubans, Francis as chairmaa. for their prefects have been storing up food in safe places for months, and their mountains with their thousands of cattle oral Keapewaibllltj mT Corporation are always at hand. I am a firm beiever in the moral re-- sponsibility of every individual, said an eminent jurist in a recent conversation, "but there are times when I find myself disgusted beyond measure at the narrow views held by a certain set of men whom my good old grandfather used to call half bushel philanthropists. Some of the people, while they advocate all sorts of excellent theories and work on really high moral lines, are given to assertions that are really unpractical, and, In many cases, absurd. For example, here Is a paragraph in which railroad corporations are soundly berated because they carry people to racetracts, pugllst encounters, and haunts of vice generally. While it is of the utmost importance to train the minds of the young to a realization of the neces-sltfor clean and moral lives if one would develope a symmetrical and well rounded character, nothing but harm can come from extreme assertions and theories that are illogical and often impossible to carry out. The paragraph says: The railroads carry people lo dens of vice, thereby filling the pockets of the railroad owner, with wealth, snd the saddest of all is the owners of the road are holding the highest priced pews in the churches of our land. When a government grants a charter to a corporation to conduct the business of passenger transportatian, the grant is comprehensive and absolute and no moral conditions attaches thereto. The laws of the land forbid outrageous conduct on trains where passengers are carried, and there are legal enactments beyond which license or liberty cannot step. But when it comes to abusing a railroad and reviling it because it carries people to evil resorts, philanthrophy and morality simply lose their heads. The government has no right to say for what purpose a passenger shall board a train or where he shall go." New York y Ledger. XT. liODIV They Are IBCinm.9 Prsalsr Xathlag Kxeapt la Cent af Marrows. St. Louis, March 4. Agents of the Cuban revolutionists working from SL Louis as a recruiting center are sending from this city and the surrounding country from thirty to fitty men each week to join the forces of Gomes on the island. Active work was begun shortly after the middle of February, when a Creole from New Orleans appeared in the city, armed with plenty of funds, and made himself known to a small circle of Cuban sympathizers. No time was lost in getting to work, and between February 20th and 23rd, forty or fifty recruits left this city for Cuba. Since the date last mentioned at least 100 more hhve gone. The men are enlisted with the understanding that they are to take chances on the success of the revolution. They are promised nothing, unless the cause of Cuba wins. If it does, they will be given a guarantee that they will be well taken care of. No salary is offered. Transportation Is furnished them to the point where they embark for Cuba, and it Is guaranteed to them that food and clothing will be provided for them during their stay at the seat of hostilities. Every man enlisted In St. Louis is equipped at once with side arms bought from a large hardware store In St. Louis. PrtHnisi tke I'sitln. I see, said Mr. Chaffie, glancing over the paper at the breakfast table, Mthat we are going to have a gymnasium tor girls. What nezt, I wonder? A cooking school for boys, I reckon, replied Johnnie between bites. Tezss Sifter. |