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Show Loves Second Degree . 'l' ifi By D. H. TALMADGE by Daily'Slory Pub. Co.i This is a bit of plain history, ami ing voice. They B il l s..e was a cheee, the reader whose mental appetite whatever that inav lie in (he human craves adventures flavor, d with the es- form. She was utterly without power sence of heroism and will to set the strings of the gilded male aave himself disappointment by pass- harps in motion. And she sniffed in ing it by. It is, it may be Baid, the her sensible solid way, declaring that she hoped the Jird would have mercy plainest of plain history. John Dehrin, the hero, is a man on the poor creatures that married who seilb groceries. Formerly he was them with the emphasis strongly on an ordinary boy of numerous freckles, the i ronoun. So slu was married to John, and then a delivery clerk in the village store of which he was late' p irt owner. John was man id to her, and, as has Into slated, ewrylody wan satisfied. His life, so far as his wqimlntani-eAnother year passed, during which can Judge, has been a psalm from the builded a square dwelling with John beginning. When he married Emma Miukler he no nonsense about it. atl set a row of wore the customary black, and the hard maples along the front walk, ami bride was attired in the customary purchased a cow. Then he bought a und perambulator white, ami congratulations upon the simple wicker a leadaccount with the sincere. and were opened ledger event many happy Just as the village newspaper said. So ing doctor. Life for the blissful couple was on in far as is known no hearts were broken (Copyright, 19ul, self-sacrifi- ce or even bruised in the care. John had no rivals. Nor had Emma. lie She wanted a good sensible wife. wanted a good sensible husband. They were married. Everybody was satisfied. Theirs was of courtings. the most commonplace He escorted her borne from church one night. and they stood for a time at the front gate while the IK tie god of lovo performed his duty. They did not realize the polemnity of the occasion, otherwise Je would have talked less fluently of butter and eggs, and she would have subdued her references to the starching and Ironing of shirts. It waB fate. John said to himself that there was a girl who was practical, a girl well calculated to comfort a man who worked for his daily bread. Enmn said to herself (mark the coincidence) that here was a man who was practical, a man who wasted his brain tissue with no trivial subjects of thought. And from that moment the compact between them was virtually sealed. A year passed before he asked her to share his fortunes. Scarcely an Instant passed before he received his answer, lie kissed her then, and they were very happy. John, said she, as they parted that night, engaged couples are different from unengaged ones. Come and see tne often, John, for 1 shall be lonesome without you- - Come Monday, and the other days.' Tuesf do it." Bald John, trying to remember a couplet he bad laboriously committed to memory; I'll I'll do It. Do, said she. 0, I will. said he. Thus It came about that whenever business was a bit slack in the store John girded up his apron, which bore a saleratus brand upon its bib, and went forth to call briefly upon Emma. And he never failed to find her busy with household work, her rouud white arms bared to the elbows, her fingers often bedecked with dabs of dough, her face flushed by the heat of the kitchen lire. And he said to himself fervently, in much the same spirit that characterizes the stock burst of gratitude in the more thrilling of love tales, lVhat a prize I've won! What a girl she is! O my! And he walked upon air in his leaden deliberate wav straight to the wedding day. Emma was not beautiful. She was T. Ihi You say that! real earnest, an.l life in real earnest is a pretty serious matter. U was then that the covering of the ideals began to loosen in places and fall off. By the end of one more year John the process was complete. growled at the cost of living. Emma neglected her back hair. He discov- What! ered with a shock that the cooking was badly done and that the house was badly kept. He uttered a hoarse note of complaint, and was momentarily paralyzed by the sight of Emma shedHe had ding great soaking tears. thought her supciior to such petty weakness. Matters did not improve during the nest year. They unimproved. Johns business affairs went wrong. It was the year of panic, and collections were diihcult to make. Instinct prevented him from groaning in the market place, hence lie brought bis groans home ami discharged them in an avalanche at his wife. Then John failed. IIp camp home one night, ami sat for a long time beneath a cobweb in a corner of the sitting room, staring with wide unseeing eyes at the picture of Garfield upon tliu wall, saying nothing, heedless of the food upon the table. Fni'ii! sat in the kitchen, rocking ceaselessly, their child asleep in her arms. Slie knew what had happened. A glance at John had told her all she cared to be told. So the minutes became hours, and the firs died out. and a chill came into the air. The cluck sttuck nine. John Em," said he, it's all over. I know it." she returned. "What are you going to do about it?" I don't know." lie replied. I'm I'm a poor rotiii discou: aged-be- at. etlck." "Yon aii1. ' she agreed promptly. Me smiiiil violently. 'Wbul!' he You say ilial? I reckon, madcrlid. am. I':n as much of a success as you you that diTiivcd tin tint lured me to marry you under fake pretenses! You that Made out to be helping your ma so good with the liousewoik! You that run whenever you saw me eoining and put on your apron and rolled up your sleeves i.ml dabbled your hands with (lour or pialdied up a flatiron! You O. I know all about it! 1 should think you'd have been ashamed of yourself, jetting year ma do all the work while you just lazed round! I should think you'd lie ashamed of yourself this minute sitting there on that floor th:i. haln't been swept for a week! Din' you think I wouldn't find you out. O. yon deceiver you! He arose to his feet, excitedly pacing from one room to the other; then paused, an expression of surprise and bewilderment in his eyes, for Emma was smiling at him through tears. "John, she demanded, quietly, who told you Hint?" I overheard your pa telling Squire Wighaui, he said, and they seemed to think 'twas (lie best Joke ever was. lint it hurt me fearful and roiled me up. You've no Idea how it roiled me up. Em!" Yes, "Mercy! I have, Do you John." said she. think I'm blind antf ter, bfdng remarkably fast on hts I set, and a good base stealer. Ituriri Win The Greek Catholic monks, who are in possession of the rhief portion of the church of the Holy Sepulcher, are now going to build a bazaar opposite it. where pilgrims may purchase souvenirs of their visit to Jerusalem. During the process of clearing the site the foundations of an old medieval church, forty meters long and thirty wide, with three apses, were discovered. A number of fine capitals, fragments of basalt pillars and with symbolic animals, were found, all these remains having, doubtless, belonged to the choir of the ehurcli. Last year a valuable silver shrine, containing a piece of the holy cross and relies of the Apostles Peter a a A at least, to the Inscriptions on them was discovered at the same place. The patriarch of Jerusalem, it is said, is keeping other discoveries secret, owing to his dislike of the Roman Catholic TTTiliPP??. Those mentioned above are all the more important as it can be ascertained to what church they belonged. According to the statement of a medieval traveler, the hospice and the monastery, which the citizens of Amalfi founded about the year G40, as a refuge for Western pilgrims, was situated due south of the Holy Sepulcher, about a stone's throw away. The first church was built in honor of St. Mary de Latins, and the second, the ruins of which have now been found, in honor of St. John the Baptist. The French monk Bernard, who lived there In 870, highly praised the hospitality and the large library of the hospice. A Mohammedan historian says it was destroyed by the Klialif Hakeni and rebuilt shortly afterward; while, according to another account, it prospered down to the time of King Baldwin of Jerusalem, from 1100 to 1118, when the two communities of St. Mary and St. John adopted the latter as their joint protector. This was the origin of the Knights of St. John. The remains now discovered, therefore, are tlip ruins of the cradle of this order. It is most unfortunate that the preservation of these very interesting remains seems Impossible, owing to the ill feeling which cxist-- t between (he Greek and Kcr.'.au Catholics in Jerusalem.--IjomioStandard. bus-relief- .;, Paul-accord- ing, Vinghhot At Kansas City, ,Mo., (hurley Build of Dcs Moines, la., won t tit- Hazard and emblematic of cup. valind nt $(-!- . the world's wing shot championship, by defeating Frank Parmalee of Omaha Hi the shout off to decide their tie. when curb iiiiin nude a straight seine of twuity-iiv- e birds. Budil. who shor Dixon' roi.11 Ion, first, made ;i (bun score on Ills tin Recent reports say that arrange- bird, but l.irnu.li e's fourth bird dropments are being made to take George ped dead ,r.tide of bounds. - Ct-or- Dixon, the champion of the world, to Knglaud. :iul match him against either Jack Rubens, Will Curly or Kid Broad. There was a time not very long ago when a statea ment of this kind would arou-rvast amount of interest aiming the followers of the fistic game, us Dixon was then thought to be unbeatable. But now things have changed, und Dixons recent performances have plainly demonstrated that Iip is enand tirely outclassed by the young more progressive pugilists. Of course, to deDlxou may have some feat Huberts and Curley, an may be able to gather in a few of the English shillings, hut if bis manager is wise and he will steer clear of Kid Bio.-ue world heater a save the thorough trouncing. Dixons day is over, but lie needs money, and the only way he ran get it is to stick to second-raterHis statement that lie will challenge McGovern or Corbett if he is successful on the oilier side is no doubt prompted by what he has done in the past, but the little ehoro-lut-e fighter fully recognizes that his star has set and is merely looking for JERUSALEMS RUINS. a chance to regain some of his lost lie main of m .Meilhirval (liurrh prestige. Discovered. spoke. What a prize I've won! not witty. She possessed not those qualities which throughout the pages of a questionable literature have made woman at once the despair and joy of the masculine heart. John understood this and gloried In it. He himself had not been a success at holding up one end of even a five minutes' conversation with the more dashing of the glrlR who attended the church socials. He rather feared these girls. Ho was never able to quite free himself from the suspicion that they were making fun of him. He pitied the tvlillant young chapH whom they married. And it was so also with Emma. The brilliant young chaps adjective UHed in the purely complimentary sensei voted her dead dull without a dissent deaf? bat it wasn't so bati as pa made it out to be. honest, U wasn't once I run and put on an apron ju.--t and rolled up my sleeves to iJm.eive you. and that time twas because I'd torn a big hole in the front of niv dress and the sleeves were all stained up with raspberry Juice. Ia was always teasing me about it afterwards. He thinks lie's an awful rich juktr, pa does. And as for my failing to keep house good for you, John, there wasn't uny trouble till baby came, and then 1 didn't have time nor strength to do it, and you couldn't afford to hire help, and you wouldn't tell me why, ami and 0, John!" She placed the child In its cradle, ami with deliberate impulsiveness threw her arms about John's mck. His arm slowly wound itself about her waist. "We're Just as foolish as as the fou'.s, John," she sobbed. "Fooler, deejared be, decidedly. "I luiiu't given you a fair shake, Em. I'm going to be different." They were silent for cn interval an interval of close, wordier communion such as in the popular love tales precedes the marital state, but Eimua broke, never accompanies it. the Eilence at last with a whisper. "John, I'm awful sorry about the store. "Don't you worry about that," said Im no worse off than lots of John. others. It dont fret me a mite not a mite, Em. Then he turned up the lamp and rekindled the fire and drew the curtains, and (hey sat down comfortably with beaming faces to tea and muffins just as the clock struck ten. t Mart In llarfi. IlctMt. The Louisville rpnrts have u.t yet recovered fio:u the effeitv of seeing t.ieir idol. Marvin Hurt, In jten m one round by "W ild Bill" ilrinrab m. tint former ani.itenr middievv. ij'.ht . nin.l are o.Krin.j excuses for bis defeat. They my lie was not in the best of condition, ll.iiituiuiu dares man to hcai that Hurt was the he lias met ilois and is prepare d to h;.nre. Sam Fitz- give him unoilu-.hnri-pio- - 1 i nne-tiin- s. MARVIN HART. Patrick, llimrabun's niauauer. Is ready to lai k liii :i ninst any of the heavyweights. Wnutilngton Turk Kji-- Meet In. "Wild liii!" Il inralmn was so elated Stakes for the next race uncling of lil.-at quirk and decisive victory over the Washington Park Club have been Mariin iiait that lie immediately dial-b'tiannounced by Secretary James HowTun irkey tti swap swings of Cue ard. The list is a is needless to Bay. with Tom, inevents given last sunuinr, which i and Bill's'' 'Wild iiTiUtd clude, $J),unii in added mumy for tin ;I Cigb; him provided he wins from American Derby, to lie mu Saturday. Pit.'i' Maher ;t Philadelphia. June 21. Seventeen stake ev. nis to lie run during the ni eliu; Vll Wsltltft II lil'Ilt of twenty-liv- e days which wi'l begin , who has heen Dcvid Nag!'-lit. generally Th on Derby uny ami end July to be the raiing partner of total added money value of the stakes ri'piii-lr.Richard I'rok'r in England, returned is SdT.UOh. to Au.erii-- .is a convalescent from u serious illness. He is going to Pan DiN ut Ion :il How tin Tourney. ego, Cal., where he lias just purchased According to report, from Buffalo a huH-fur recuperation, and he exthe management oi liic national chamto there a year or more. He stay pects pionship bowling tournament is teeeiv-in- g sns 1m has baivly e.-- aped death and entries from different sections of he to take a long rest. the country. The preliminary vvoik is progressing smoothly, and over thirty-fiv- e Mono May Itlils Next Irar. teams have already entered the Accord' ng to a New York paper Tod main event. The New York und will be seen in the saddle again Brooklyn experts have formed a com- Sloan on the metropolitan turf next spring. a bination ud fiom present indications at least fifteen teams from the Atlantic He has received assurances that the English Jockey (Tub will restore him coast will try for the honors. to good standing within a few weeks with the stipulation, however, that he I.nulnirllln ('lull Slake. is to ride no mine in England. The New Louisville Jocki-- Club has announced its list of stakes, which After il xiiiuiion. close on Monday. Fib. 8, 11)0?, to be is out with a defl to Jim Jeffries run at the spring meeting of l!t"2. anil Boh Fitzsimmons to fight him at any ami stakes Oaks the Derby, Nursery time and place In fore the club offerfor lHi:i. There will he twenty-on- e (in purse. Jeffries will days' racing In the spring, ami nine ing to tin-largot man who will induce Bob stakes are to be run. including the give Fitzsimmons to meet hint in a glove Derby, Clark and Oaks, besides the coni .1 fl.ci.o for his trouble. Nursery, a new fG.i'bn event, for i H tcm-wa- l hi;-.:- . 11 liulb-nge- , v.-- i l i c, ini-an.- s I- - V:i- A ITointniiii: Voiuila-r- . Charles F. Fn-mins- bitter known . as "Clunk" is professioc.il!! one of the crop of young players who made a npiituliun as a minor during the late campaign. His jruf. - Will Nul l;it nl Tim Ya'i boating authorities have d( cliticd the Invitations received to low ;.t lb nb y and at the Irish meet in Dublin. M'iirrul spur! in.; Mrw. n iiu lli-it-t Heir A iUireiit. British service papers have noted that the Prime of Wales - the first heir apparent to the Biiiisli crown to hold an actual commission in the navy, the senior service on their side of the water. Hitherto the heir apparent lias been put into the army, and any naval rank lie may have held has been purely honorary. The same rule was followed In the ease of the sous of the present king; Prince Edward was made a soldier, ami died while major in a hussar regiment; Prince George was made a sailor, and has roinmaml-e- d Ills own ship on a regular cruise. Now. by the ibntli of his elder brother, he heroines Prince or Wales, the first of the line to be a saior. Hitherto he has been promoted rapidly, but with a decent period of service til each rank, until he now holds the cnmmis-lu- n of a captain. Hereafter his promotion will he honorary, as It will no longer be advisable for the heir to the crown to go to sea in command of a licet or to take the risks of a naval officer. i- New York Sun. The price of liberty is eternal ance anil it Is n'wv payable vigilIn situinl career has be- n limit'd m two seasons of ruiu-ileague work, but in that short period lie had dcvchiped i mg the cirwonderful ability cumstances. the surroundings and other conveniences to Hint end otTcrc-.him. Ills Hist regular engagement was with the professional team at Mam-nn- . He I'ontimuil there until la., lu Aug. 1. lU'l , when he joined tin- Cedar Rapids team, of the Illinois, Iowa und Indiana League, and finished the season with the latter. In thirty-si- x championship contests after joining the Cedar Rapids team, which he participated in he ranked tenth in the official hatting averages of that, league, with a percentage of .317, while lie pluyed ir the outfield In a very acceptable manner. having an average of .'ll.)!) in that respect. Ho also was a clever run - r l - g-t- - Keeney. Walsh continues her fight hy producing all the mw plays she laist season can lay her bauds on. hlio scored a failure in Marcel le' and this season in "Joan of the Sword Hand." Now she is playing "Janiei? Meredith" principally, with experiments in new plavs here and there as dic trips tliroug'i Iowa, Nebraska and Hlarii-h- Kama. Narrow is the miml which fancies it can justly Judge of every situation. |