Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1895, Page 15

14 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, OCTOBER .18, 1895—SIXTEEN PAGES. LEGAL NOTICES. LEGAL NOTICES. times, and in the Washington Law Reporter once before said 15th day of November, 1806. By the court. (Signed) W. 8S. COX, Justice. A true copy. Test: (Seal.) JOHN RB. YOUNG, Clerk. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT of Columbia, sitting as a District Coyrt of the United States for the sald District. No. 457—In re suburban subdivision known as sub. of Jobn Little's estate, in the District of Jumbia, In “section one’? of the map of perma- Rent system of highways. Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, pursuant to section 6 of an act of Congress approved Marci: 2, 1503, entitled ‘An act to provide 2 permanent system of bigh ‘Ways in that part of the Dis! t of Columola lying outside of cities,” have @ petition in this court praying the condemnation of a permanent right of way for the public oves all the land lying within the limits cf said sutlivision, not already owned by the United State of Co- Jumbia, or dedie hway. which is included witht 7S OF Teserva- tions aid en the map known as “section 6 of #1 ans for a perma- Rent system of highways provided for by said act areas hh prepared {4 Commissione-s, known area as es with certain highways and paris of highways, and opens up others In suid subdivision, vin: ighway along the northern boundary of the subdivisior, for a highwa; lot 1 ‘a highway ‘running nerth fiom Mintwood for wi tint: wood Place and 19th street extended. A copy of so much of said map as shows the pro- posed changes is on file in the canse for the {nfor mation of all concerned. It ts ordered this 2d day of October, 1895, that all persons interested in. the Proceedings be, ‘and they ure hereby, required to appear in this court on or before the 15th day of Rovember, 1895, and show cavse, if any they have. why the prayer of said petition sould not be grant- 1, and why this court should not proceed as dirceted by said act of Congress: Provided, That a copy of this order he published in The Evenin: and the Washington Post ucwspapers, at least sl times, and in the Washington Law Reporter ouce before said 15th day of Ncvember, 1895. By the court. (Signed) W. 8. COX, Justice. A true copy. Test: (Seal.) N_R. YOUNG, Clerk. IN TUE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT of Columbin, sitting as a c United States for the suid District 0. 458—In re suburban sul division known ag Wagguman’s sub of Pretty Prospect, Katocam: idows’ Mite, tn the District of “section one’ of the map of permanent system of highways. ‘otice is hereby given that the Commissioners of istrict of Columbia, pursuant to section 6 of ‘ reh 2, 1893, entitled ft system of high- tof the District of Columbia dying outside of cities,” filed a petition tn this court praying the mmation of a permanent right of way for the public over all the land tying thin the limits of said subdivision, not already owned by the United States or the District of Co- Iumbia, or dedicated to public use as a bighwa: Which is included within the highways or reserva: ticns lald out by eaid Commissioners, on the map known ns “section one” of the plans’ for a perna- vent systea of highways pro of Congress. The map prepared by sald Commissioners, known as “section one,” dispenses with certain highways d parts of highways, and epens np others In sald subdivision, viz.: For’ the extension of H-unpton Place; for widening Woediey road, 20th street aml wodley terrace, for dispensing with a part of Woodley A copy rope forination © day of Octobe the proc terrace. of fo much of sald map as shows the ages if on file in the enuse for the in- all concerned. Ls, th KS be, und th Je ts ordered this 2d all persons ivterested in are hereby, required th day of » 1805, and show cause, if any they have, of sald petition shoald not be this court should not proceed Ted by said act of Congress: Provided, 1 of this order be published in The Evening Star and the Washington Post newspapers at least six times and fn the Washingion | Lav once before said 15th day of November, By the court. = W. 8. COX, Justice. to appear in this court on or before the Novem: (Signed) A true copy. Test: (Seal.) JOUN R. YOUNG, Ch IN THE SU EME COURT OF THE DISTRICT of Colmmbia, sitting as a District Court of the United States for the said District. b 409—In re suburban subdivision known as. ightwood Fark, in the District of Columbia, In ection one’ of the map of perinanent system of hways. Notice is hereby xiven that the Commissioners of rt of Columbia, pursuant to section 6 of ef Congress approved March 2, 1813, entitled a act to provide a permanent system’ of high- ways in thit part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities, have filed a petition in this court praying the condemnation of @ perianent right of way for the public over all the land lying ithin the Hmits of sald subdivision, not already owned by the United States or the District of Co- lumbia, or dedicated to public use as a highway, which is included within the highways or reserva tions Iaid out by said Commissioners, on the map Known as “section one’ of the plans for a perma- nent system of highways provided for by said net ETERS. bh, the Distri ers, known spenses with certain highways of highways, and opens up others in said n, viz.; For widening Brandywine stree! A copy of so much of said map as shows t Propesed changes is on file ia the cause for the In- ortuation of all concerned. It ts ordered this 2d day of October, 1805, that ‘all persons interested In the proceedings be, and they are hei uired to appear in this court on or before the 15th day of November, 139, and show eanse, if any they have. Why the “prayer of said petition should not b granted, and why this court should not proceed as directed by said act of Conxress: Provided, That 2 copy of this order be published in The Evening Star and the Washington Post newspapers at least six times and in the Washington Law. Reporter once before said 15th day of November, 1895. Ry the court. (Signed) . 3. ustice, A true copy. Test: WARS CUS —(Seal.) NR. YOUNG, Clert IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT of Columbia, sitting as a District Court of the United Stites for the said District. No. 460—In re suburban subdivision known as Green's sub. of a part of Girls’ Portion, in the District of Columbia, In “section one’? of ‘the map Of permanent s1 Notice is the Dist ct of of highways. siven that the Commisstoners of aoe to section 6 cf ongress approved March 2, 180%, entitled Provide a permanent system of high- that part of the District of ¢ inbia lying ide of cities,” have filed a petitien in this court prayirg the condemnation of a perma Tight of way for the public over all the land within the limits of said subdivision, n alrea owned by the United States or the District of € lumbia, or dedicated to public use a highway, whieh is included within the Lighways or reserva: tions Iald out by said Commissioners, on the map Known as “section on of the plans for a perme- stem of highways provided for by sald act ‘The map prepared by said Commissioners, known as “section one," dispeuses with certain highwass and parts of highways, and op ers ins: subdivision, viz. i Cote eS For laying out a highway run- ning east and west through the north purt of the So mute of said map as shows the inzes is cn fils In the cause for the In- formation of all concerned. It ts ordered this 2d day of October, 1895, that all persona literested In ind they are hereby, required s court on or before the 1sth day of and show canse, if any Uh have, why the of said petition shonld not be Eranted this court should not proceed et of Congress: Provide ease act ie Provided, That published in The Evening Post newspapers at le: ashi «Reporter Star and. the Washington six times and in the W: igton ence before suid 15th day of November rs thie cour iy Of November, 1895, Signed) v. § aT Sane ; W. S. COX, Justice. @ Te 1.) JOHN R. YOUNG, Clerk. ‘RT OF THE DISTRICT District Court of the sitting Urited States for the said Disteie No. (sl—In re. subu bate Tark sub. in th “section one’ of the ma 1 ¥ iinies ye: ip of permanent syst of Notice is hereby given thst the Cx isston the District of Columbia, ‘ Peper eer tion 6 of ct of Co . entitled ess approved 3 et to provide a perma: ways In that part of the District of Co! outside of cities, court provi right of wa: within th: owned by th Tum aa misia ly a petition in thi fon of a permanent Fall the Land Ising Ison, not alrewdy ng, is use as a highwa highways or res: ‘3, on the map Ss “ecetion one” of the plans for a perm tem of highways provided for by sald aco Thy prepared ection one,’ by said Commissioners, Enow:: ‘ h certain highways nd oneus up others in said Ing out a hizhway throug! Blocks 21 and 8; for a bichway ‘along the wester boundary of the subdivision for extending Maztlli 1 1 avenne through b . dar for exten din: through bi 15 ening Mag: Oak avenne, Carroll avenue, Vine Maple avenue, and for widening Blair road, as shows the proposed cha for the In. formation of all a: sof the procs to opp UI persons ey are I on . atti Show tof tid Pa and why this court st fs directed by said act of Cong of this order be p nud th wix tines and in once ts the court. etl) the p ening Ost Lew sp Washing the id 15th day of Nover v Reporter 1895, W. S. COX, Tustice. JOHN R. YOUNG. Clerk. REME COU as a Diste T DISTRICT art Of the subi know and Wood's. idition to ‘Takoma Pek, i of Columbia, In “section on mt system of Lighways y xiven that th sal ninissiongrs of ction 6 of nal entit ant System’ of t of Columbia led a petition in ation of a perni ‘Hic over all the kind suid subdivision. not States « Distrlet E © publie as a hig included within’ the biguwats or ten out by sald Conimissioners, on the ‘section one" of the pl Rent system of highways provided Of Congress. ‘The map prepared by said Comniiss as “section one," dispenses with cer and_parts of highways, nm act to pra Wass in that pa outside of citi court praying th right of way within the Ii owned by the L } to appear in this court on or b subdivision, a highway (east and west) through the middle, a bighway ruuning north and south through the West part, a highway (north and south) through for the widening of Magnolia avenue, with Walnut avenue, in part, lane between blocks C and D. A copy of s0 much of xtid map “as shows the 0} changes Is ow file In the cause for the {n- formation of all concerned. It is ordered tais 2d day of Cetcher, 1405, that all persons interested in the proceedings be, and they are hereny, required to appear in this court oa or before the 15th day of November, 1805, and show cause, if any they have, why the’ prayer of snid petition should not be granted, and why this court shoald not proceed As directed by said act of Cougress: Provided, ‘That & copy of this order be published In The Evening Star and the Washington Post newspapers at agast six tim fn_the Washington Law Reporter once before sail 15th day of November, 1895. By the court. (Signed) W. S. COX. Justice. A true copy. £ (Seal.) THE DISTRICT et Court of the {E COURT OF sitting as n Dis for the safd District. suburban subdivision known as fon to Takouta Park, in the Dis- trict of Columbia, in of the m: perma systeul of highwas Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners of the Tiistrict of Columbia, pursuant to an act of Congress approved March 2, 1993, enti “An act to provide a permanent system of lt ways in that part of the District of Columbi outsile of cities,” have filed a petit court praying the cond right of Way for the puslie over within the limits of said subdiv United States or publi juded within th tions laid ont t known as missioners. certain highw. and opens np athers in said subdivi m, tending a highway throug! lot A, tor widening Viney B: h road, for widen- ing a highway along the sout! A SoRy of so much of sald map as shows the proposed changes is on file in the cause for the In- formation of all concerned. It is ordered this, day of Octet that all persons: literested in the prow i they are hereby, required fore the 13th day of ww cause, if any they hive, 186 be, November, 1895, and s! why the prayer of said petition should not be granted, and why this court should not proceed ais directed by said act of Congr i a copy of this order be published In Star and the Wasbington times aud in the Wash hefore sald 15th day of November, the court. (Signed) w. JOHN A true Se F SUPREME COURT OF 1, sitting as a Dist United States for the sald District. 464—In re suburban subdivision known as Takoma, in the District of Columbia, in of the mup of permanent system 1895. s. COX, Justice. Tes! copy. uy of Colun Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners of the District of Coltenbia, pursuant to section 6 of n act of Congress approved March 2, 1893, entit "An act to provide a permanent system’ of high- Ways in that part of the District of Columbin ty tus outside of cities,” have filed a petition {n this court praying the condomntion of a permanent right of way for the public over all the land lying within the Ursits of sald subdivision, not already owned by the United States or the District of lumbia, ‘or deaicated to public use as a high: which is included wihihin the hi of the plans for a permi- system of highways provided for by said act ‘ongress, ora, known highways and parts of highways, and opens up others In «tid subdiviston, viz.: For widening Piney Branch road. A copy of so much of sald map as shows proposed changes {s ou file In the use for the fn- formation of all concerned. It is ordered this 24 day of October, 1 that all persons interested in the proceedings be, thes are hereby, required to appear in this court on or before the November, 1805, and show cause, if any they Why the ‘prayer of said petition should ‘not granted, and why this court sh not proceed As directed by said act of Congress: Provided, That @ copy of this order be published in The Rrening Star and the Washington Post newspapers at least six times and in the Washington Law Reporter ence before sald 15th day of November, 1805. B + (Signed) W. S. COX, Justice. A true copy. Test: Seal.) JOIN R. YOUNG, Clerk. ROBLED IN A PYRAMID. Arabs Turned a Baltimore Man's Pockets Inside Out. From the Raltimore American. “I wanted to visit the pyramids,” said Dr. James J. Mills, In talking about his recent European trip, “and I undertook to do it without being accompanied by a dragoman. Against the advice of friends I set out on the back of a donkey, with no attendant save the donkey boy. As the boy could speak no English, and I could speak no Arabian, we did not talk much. “We were followed out of Calro by a swarm of beggars, whose only cry was ‘Backsheesh, backsheesh.” When we reached the vicinity of the pyramids we were met by a horde of Arabs who could speak but a few words of broken English. They volunteered to take me inside the pyramid. With two of. these wild-looking sons of the desert we entered the great pyramid of Cheops, descending long, gloomy passages, passing the brink of an enormous well, traversing a footway which led along by the tombs of numerous dead, and up 2 narrow passageway with a tloor ag smooth as glass. “Here the ascent was so steep that it was necessary for one Arab to go in front and pull me along, while the other came behind and pushed. When we reached the end of this passaseway we sat down to rest. The atmosphere was stifling, while myriads of black bats flew clumsily about, and gave an uncanny appearance to the place. It was then that my two Arab guides began tp think of ‘backsheesh,’ and ask in En- glish, which I could understand painfully well, how much money i had. It was no place to argue with them, for if they had left me there I might have been there yet. “I tried to make them think that I did not understand, but the result of it all was that they turned my pockets inside out and took all the money I had. Then they pilot ed me out in great ¢lee, and told me that I was a ‘valy glud man.’ I got back to Cairo as soon as I could, and there my friends told me that I might have well ex- pected to be robbed.” — ee TO PREVENT BURIAL ALIVE. A Company in Paris Which Will Take Corpses Into Its Waiting Rooms. From an Exchange. The unpleasantness of waking up and finding one’s self lapped in lead and screw- ed down in handsome cak some six feet be- low the habitable earth has been borne in so strongly upen certain company pre- moters that the result has been the pro- jection of the very latest thing in co-oper: tive undertaking. This Is the Mortuary Waiting Room Company, which fs on the point of being-floated In the French capital, with every prospect of su The amount for subscription is stated to be $100,009, and dividends at the rate of at least 100 per cent may, it is claimed, be confidently looked for. The company undertakes to provi: rate waiting rooms, of two classes, in a large mortuary building. The alleged corpses will be comfortably deposited there upon a couch, and carefully looked «fier till the fact that it is a corpse shall have been established beyond question. The waii- ing rooms will be tastefully decorated, with everything alout them to welcome the re- de sepa- vived tenant agreeably back to life, but at the same time will 2 a cachet of s what “severe elegance,” as It were, mind him how nearly, but for the ‘vo: he had been dead in the most t ways of dying. Shareholders will titled to the use of a first-class room free of charge, and no shareholder heirs will be allowed to visit him. The thing has evidently been thoroughly thought out. be en- waiting —+o+ Anecdotes of the Absent Minde: From Harper's Kound Another “absent-minded man" item has been received. This one refers to Ampere, the famous mathematician, who was noted for his ahsent-mindedness. On one occa- sion, it is stated that while walking alo the street he mistook the back of a cab for a blackboard, and as a blackboard w: just the thing he needed at the time ‘able. to solve a problem which had been vexing his mind for some moments during his walk, piece of chalk eded to tr 1 formulae on he made use of it. Taking out of his pocket, he pr ont a number of alge! K b's back, and follow the the moving “board” for the space of a quarter of an hour without noticing the progress of the conveyance. As to whether the cabman charged him by the course or by the hour, or even at all, the item does not inform us. From the same source we have the fol- lowing item: They have a good joke just at present on a well-known lawyer who is noted for his absent-mindedness. He went up his own stairs the other day, and see- notice on his own door, “Back at sat down to wait for himeelf. ‘n portion of block | TIES for A correct |5 we call INTION ¢ ia = ieee, es Bh CONDITIONS OF THE STAR’S GREAT OFFER. 1. The Evening Star will pay $500 in gold to the reader from whom it receives by mail, at the publicatien office, Pennsylvania ave- | nue and 11th street, the complete and abso- lutely correct solution of “When the War Was Over,” as it shall be disclosed in the final chapter of the story to be published Friday, November 15, in The Evening Star. If two or more complete and absolutely cor- rect solutions are received the $500 in gold will be divided equaiiv 2. Should The Star fail to receive a solu- tion that is complete and absolutely correct in all its details, the $500 in gold will, be allotted to the twenty-nine readers whose explanation shall come nearest to the true solution of the mystery according to their percentage of merit, and the money will be divided as follows Ist Prize . 2d Prize 8d Prize 4th Prize . 25 Prizes of $10 each. 29 Prizes: aggregating... The first prize of $100 will be paid for the explanation which comes nearest to the true solution; the second prize of $75 to the Ferson sending the explanation next near- est, and so on, for the third, and fourth prizes. The remaining twenty-five prizes of $10 each will be awarded to the persons sending the twenty-five explanations next nearest to the fourth prize, as the judges may determine their merit. 3. The Star is pre-eminently a family rewspaper and its daily installnfent of a high grade serial story is a feature intend- ed to especially commend it to the home circle. To emphasize—and advert!se—the fact that The Star is a newspaper pecullar- ly sultable for women’s reading, the fur- ther condition is made that the $500 In prizes shall be paid only for explanations sent in by women and girls. All may read; but only women and girls may guess—and win the gold. “When the War Was Over” will continue in daily ihstalments until Friday, Novem- ber 8, on which date all but the final chap- ‘The interval ter will have been published. between Friday, November November 12, six o'clock will be allowed for the forwarding of guess- es, and the final chapter will be published in The Star on Friday, November 15. Un- der no consideration whatever will guesses be-received from any source and considered prior to Fridey, N mber 8, or later than six o'clock p.m. November 12. For no rea- son whatever will guesses from any source be received or considered after six o'clock pm. 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Guessers must be women and girls and necessarily they must be readers of The Star, but they may read the story in The Star taken by any member of the family and need not be regular subscribers themselves in order to enter the competi- tion. While only women and girls may |. guess and win the prizes, they can receive help as to their gvess from any member of their family cr from all.the family. “ELEVENTH INSTALLMENT. (Back numbers can be obtained at The Star office) CHAPTER XIL—A WARNING FROM THE HAY LOFT. “Tie murmured thet way when the doctor was here,” whispered Mrs. Warrea. “What does he mean by the president?” Her husband had his ear close to Dutton’s lips, Hstening with feverish anxiety for any further words. The patient lapsed again into unconsciousness, and Mr. Warren re- plied: “Golding says that the president Is the name of Duttor’s most valuable diamond.’* ren started nervously. dear, dear!’ she exclaimed, “I forgot!” “What? had he told you, too, about the president?” ‘No, no! I forgot to make him give up the keys. I was so disturbed by his cruel talic about you—’ “What keys, Martha?” Why, Freeman's! Didn't I tell you? 1 had fallen asleep, and when I opened my eyes there was Golding searching Vree- I Wonder is He is Going to Get Well. man’s clothing. He admitted that he had taken Freeman's keys.” “That's a piece of good luck!” “Good luck, Nicholas? What do you mean? “Why,” responded her husband a little awkwardly, “don't you see that if he went through Freeman's clothes it will damage his statements if he dares to make any against me?” : ‘This was not the reason why Mr. Warren regarded Golding’s search as good luck. It had flashed upon him that if Golding had once searched the garments he would not do so again, and, therefore, if it seemed best to dco so, the pebble that had been taken from the vest pocket could be re- placed without danger of detection. In this way he could free himself from trouble ori that account—if it should seem advisabl He was not quite ready to tell his wife about that pebble that might prove to be a diamond, and if he replaced it, he could avoid telling her altogether. While these thoughts were racing throusii his mind, and while he was speaking, his eyes were fixed upon Dutton. wonder if he will get well?” he mut- tered. Mrs. Warren was profoundly disturbed her hush: . She the promptnes which he ‘ad taken the rifle from over the fireplace and driven Dutton from the house, his wor en when she had borne Dut- ton from the blazing cabin, returred to her, and then came the imaginary scene be- tween the two men as set forth by Golding. Motive 2 knew only too well the pow erful motive that had actuated her hus- ud in tho first instance, and in that me instance she had seen the demon- ration of his temper. Could {i be pos- sible that Golding was right? that Dutton had goaded her husband into a fury, had at ed him, and that Dutten’s injuries were due to her husband's violence? he could not think for a moment that her hu had been the aggressor. spite of the scene with the riil could not dismiss the possibility of an en- counter between the two men that Mr. Warren should insist on keeping to him- self. How mu betier it would be if he ould trust her! She could not ask him further about it, not now. “I wish you would confide in me, Nicho- Jas,” e said, sadly, and she went to the window and looked absently out. Mr. Warr zed after her regretfully, fearfull rted toward her, hes tumed away and went n He returned to his milk pails and fin ea the morning chores ion, his thoughts stil monds. When his work was done he again tock the pebble from his pocket and stud- ied it. The file had made no senstb pression upon it and he was glad of it. the file could have proved anything it would have demonstrated the worthless- ness of the stone. Now, unmarked, it could be replaced, if that seemed advisable, and no one would ever know the temptation to which it had subjected him and to which he had partially yielded. Wovld an expert in precious stones recognize this as a dia- mond of value? Was it possible that this ‘as the president? Mr. Warren went to the barn and re- placed his file in the tool box. Then, obey- ing an impulse that he could not wholly ish- in mechanical fash- dwelling upon ¢ If account for, he put they pebble in one of the compartments of tha.chest and locked The sound of 2 ban ‘warned him that breakfast was ready ‘andthe left the barn. As he went out he saw Will Spencer enter- ing at the kitchen degr; , “I've a good mind tq dell him all about it,” he thought, “he’s # good head and he’s faithful.” y There are few human beings who do not, at times of great trowbld’or great joy, feel the need of a confidant. Mr. Warren was no exception. Fer hour#! it seemed days since Dutton had appéaréd upon the scene, but half a day befor’, he had been grop- ing In the dark with’ his temptations, his fears, and his memories. He knew that he onght to confide “in “his wife, and he would, sometime, but not now. He as- sured himself with dfsingenuous sophistry that it syoukd not be* tight to add to the burdens under which! the already suffered. Might it not he a reliét! to talk to Will? And might not some good come of it in the way of advice? “I never was so gldd to See you, Wili,” said Elsie, tremulously, as her iover folded his arms tenderly about her. “I feel so drTadfully alone with alP the unhappiness about me, all the mystery, and things hap- pening that I don’t know about and would not understand if I did, for they don't tell me anything, Will, not a word.” “Remember, Elsie,” responded Will, “that it’s only a little time since the troubte Le- gen. Perhaps they will make it all clear teday.”” Elsie shook her head. “Their manner,” she said, “shows that they mean to keep it from'me especially. It concerns me, somehow, Will, and I can- not feel easy. I dread the day. What will happen next? “We can’t tell that, of course, but how is it likely that anything else should happen? It seems to me the worst is over.” “That's because you are not here, where the atmosphere seems heavy with dread. Aren't women more sensitive than men to such impression: 'm «afraid you've got me there, Els answered Will, smiling good humoredly; “the ways of women are said to be past finding out."" “Please frightened. “I didn’t mean to make fun of you. You mustn't be frightened; it isn't like you. You haven't forgotten, have you, that Granite folks look on you as quite a hero- ine? Haven't you shot a bear? And didn’t you rescue a baby from drowning—" Never mind those things, dear! This is different. Can't you see that it’s so much harder to bear up and be brave when you don’t know what kind of misfortune may be threatening?” “Yes, I can understand that, but for the life of me I can't see that any misfortune 3 threatening. Would you like to have me come over this afterroon? I can manage it, I think.’” “Oh, do, Will! You are so good!” ‘Noting of the sort. There’s no good- ness In doing just exactly what gives vou the greatest pleasure. I'll come after din- ner, getting here about half-past one.” ‘ouldn’t you come earlier?” : "t make fun of me. Iam very ‘Not very well. There’s work that must there sure this morning. But T can fix it He Put the Pebbles in One of the Com- partments, so as to get away after noon. I'll come throvgh Newcomb’s ;woods, and you can meet me at the other side of the meadows if you like.” “Of cour: “At 1 o'ch r “T will leave here af thé same time, then, and we'll get to the edge of the meadows tegethe Elsie w the cha ed I will! When will you start?” t light-hearted as she set to the table, and if Will could have y Ml day at the house she would nave been happy, in spite of her gloom, “Won't you stay to breakfast, Will?” ed Mr. Warren, as he came in from the barn. akfast,” he replied, “and t about time to get to the mill work begins. I shall be over i though, and if there’s anyt you must let me know.” 9 hear it. I was half thinking of you to ecme, though I don’t know as hing to be done.”” I've been to br I've got ju before y i morning, Mrs. Warren,” said Will as that lajy came in from the sick room. “I suppose you've had a hard night of i “Ic has been trying,” she responded, tne patient is improving. I think he will get well. nly hope so!” exclaimed Will, “we ate to have a murder mystery "T cert should i in Granite. He regretted his words as soon as he had uttered them. Neither Mr. nor Mrs: Warren gave any be done at the mill, and I've agreed to be. sign that they felt them especially, but Will could see clearly enough how a murder mys- tery might affect Mr. Warren. He, too, had been tormented with that scene in the sitting room when Mr. Warren had, apparently un- provoked, aimed his rifle at the stranger in the doorway, and he had seen how others might put this and that together, if ‘they knew all, and suspect Mr. Warren of at- tempted homielde at the least. ‘Will told himself repeatedly that he had no idea that Mr. Warren had committed the assault on Dutton, he laid it to the two tramps whom he and Elsie had seen, but he was at a loss to supply the tramps with mo- tives sufficient to induce them to attack a lonely wanderer like themselves, bind him and set the house afire over his head. The whole matter was a hopeless mystery to nim, and for Eilsie’s sake he would have been con- tenf to leave it so. The young man left for his work as soon as the Warrens had sat down to breakfast, taking his way across the meadows, that stretched, a pleasant interval, along the further side of the road that’ passed the house. He was pursuing the seme course that Elsie would take In the afternoon when she should-start for their rendezvous. Breakfast proceeded for the most part in flence. Gran’pa Kirk came in late, grum- ‘ling a bit because he had overslept and laying the fault to the fact that he had been permitted to doze so long in his chair dvring the evening. Mr. Warren evaded his wife's eyes, uncomfortably conscious that he was meriting reproof, and fearful chat if he looked at her sh2 would somehow read in kis.expression the fact that his thoughts were fixed beyond his power to change them upon Dutton’s diamonds. The words, “the president,” recurred to him again and again in connection with his speculation akout the pebble that he had hidden in his tcol chest. Mingled with his anxious thoughts about the pebble were the disquieting warnings of ccrscience.. He was doing wrong, and he knew it. No sophistry availed him, while his wife sat opposite and suffered her own scrrow in silence. She was blameless through it all. Not even the president could have tempted her. Had she not re- Grandpa Kirk Came in Late to Break- fast. - ceived the information about Dutton’s dia- monds with perfect indifference? How un- worthy of her he felt! He wished that he still had the pebble in his pocket. If he had he would slip into the sick room and restore it to its proper place, and let Golding do what he would to get possession of the sick men's property. “Tl get that pebble again after break- fast,” decided Mr. Warren. Accordingly, as soon as the meal was over, he hastened to the barn. The tool chest was in a little workshop partitioned off in one corner, There was but one door into it. The room was half roofed over with loose boards that had been laid merely to prevent hay on the loft from dropping down to the carpenter's bench. A hen was chattering noisily up in the left when Mr. Warren entered the barn,and turned toward the workshop. Under ordi- nary circumstances he would have gone up to find the eggs that she had concealed, and under ordinary circumstances, too,he would have noticed that the noise she made was not at all like the contented, self-satisfied clucking with which respectable hens an- teunce the advent of new eggs. No ordi- uary event of farm life could appeal to him now, the more especially as, when he step- ved into the workshop, he saw that that caused him to rush forward and drop on his knees before the tool chest and try to lift the cover. He could not stand, and he gave a deep sigh of relief, but the perspiration of fresh agitation, not to say terror, broke out upon rim. By what enemies was he surrounded? By what demons were the forests peopled? Somebody had been attempting to break the lock of the chest! A hatchet, with one end of the blade broken off, lay by the chest. It had been inserted between the cover and the bady of the box and in prying the blade had kroken. Mr. Warren hurriedly found the key and tried it in the lock. It worked with diffi- culty, for the mechanism had been strain- ed, but it turned, and the next instant he had the pebbic, which he no longer doubted to be a diamond, in his hand. Then he started up with determinatfon to find the man who had attempted to rob him. Not ten minutes could have elapsed since he went to breakfast. There was but cone way into the barn, through the wide open doors. The fellow had undoubt- edly been at work when Mr. Waren had started from the house, and had desisted at the sound of appreaching footsteps. Where could he have gone? Not out by the door, or he would have met the. farmer. There was no other— = Mr. Warren then recalled the excited noise of the hen on the loft. The intruder had climbed up over the hay, making his way from the carpenter's bench, from which he could easily reach the toose boards of the half roof, and motaer hen, disturbed in her dignified occupation, had expressed her resentment in unmeasured terms. The fellow must be up there now, then, though the silence of the hen would seem to indicate that somehow he had made Lis escape. There was no way, however, un- less he chose to drop from.the tiny win- dow in th2 peak of the gable, from which to the ground was a fall of more than thirty feet. These points occurred to the farmer all in a flash, even as he was running from the shop to the nearest p2rpeniicular lad- der that led to the hay loft. As in many barns, the loft was shaped somewhat like the letter U, the space between the arms of the letter representing the carriage and wagon room on the ground floor. Mr. War- ren climbed up to the arch of the U that extended over the work shop. There was comparatively little hay there, and to climb cver it to the floor of the main loft would be_no difficult matter. The farmer seized a pitchfork and mounted the pile, stabbing the hay as he went, thinking that the Intruder might have concealed himself under it. On the ether side of the mound, where there was a little open space before the immense, clesely packed supply of hay for the com- ing winter, lay the hen, whose chattering should have warned him that an intruder had come to the barn. Her neck had been wrung. Mr. Warren stopped and picked up the hen, looking at her in growing bewilder- ment. It was not a long pause, and it made no difference in the escape of the marauder, or even as the farmer was mounting the ladder ard climbing the mound of hay, a man had crept around to the other arm of the U, and when Mr. Warren found the hen he had dropped through the opening in the loft over the manger of the stall, where the doctor’s horse had been stabled the night before. He then crept to the open part of the main floor, and, not daring to go out by the doors, he ra‘sed a scuttle and, adjusting it so that it would fall after him, he dropped upon the heaped under the barn, made his to the pig pen at the back, scaled the two or three fences that intersected the cat- tle yard, and before Mr. Warren had half finished his search, was safe from observa- tion in the edge of the forest that remained intact on that slope of Baker mountain and extended almost to the Warren farm. «To be continued tomorrow.) — = Dear Music. From the Argoaant. There is a dentist in San Francisco who is noted for his musical tastes and his high charges. His ordinary fee is $15 per hou: his extraordinary fee is unknown. Some time ago a lady was in his chair, and the dentist was conversing with her while her mouth was filled with rubber dams and things. Carried away with his enthusiasm while talking of a certain song, he offered to sing it for her. Taking an inarticulate, rubber-intercepted sound for an affirmative, he skipped lightly to the piano, which stood in one corner of the operating room. There he toyed with the muse of music, doubtless much to his satisfaction, and, turning to his patient, asked how she liked it. “Very much, indeed, doctor,” came the reply in muffied tones, “but it would have been cheaper at @ concert, for here it has cost me $3.75.” ‘We have mcred ‘A to 141 Fat. BURT’S FACTORY SALE OF PROPER SHOES FOR FALL AND WINTER ' AT REDUCED PRICES. The Burt Factory has sent us some of their newest, swellest Shoes for Ladies and Gentlemen at less than usual prices. To make new customers we ask less than usual profit, and call this a Factory Sale. So many new smart Shoes and Slippers were never shown in town before. Smart Shoes For Ladies. Walking Boots, in : Swell Shoes For Men. Calfskin, patent leather and the new 5-00 Shoes, 3-65 pigskin, seal, black argenta kid, in all 5.00 Shoes, 4.15 and colored grains, Te mei ie Oe AS ee ae men’s lasts are the 7-50 Shoes, 5.85 with all the little latest “fad,” wonderful for comfort and durability. 3-00 Slippers, 2.00 4-00- Slippers, 3.00 points that mark the new proper styles of this winter. We shall be very glad to have you come in to buy or not. and see these beautiful Shoes, whether you wish BURT’S SHOE STORE, 14m F ST. SIBERIAN RAILWAY. It Will Shorten the Journey Round the World by Twenty Days. From Engineering. The works in connection with the great Siberian railway are being pushed along with much energy, and there can be little doubt but that this extended Ine will be completed earlier than was anticipated. Before six, and perhaps even before five, years have elapsed it will be possible to complete in ten, twelve or fourteen days a railway journey over a vast region which a few years ago was comparatively un- known, and the trip around the world will probably have been shortened by some twenty days. From St. Petersburg the journey via Moscow and Somora to the Ural mountains can be done in three days. The distance from St. Petersburg to the Siberian frontier by rail is about 1,700 miles, At Tschetjubinsk commences the West Siberian railway, which has a length of nearly 900 miles, This section of the line passes through a flat, fertile, some- what monotonous country, and crosses the four rivers, Tobol, Ischjin, Irtzsch and Ob. ‘The cost of this portion of the Siberian railway has proved to be rather less than was originally calculated, and the works have been 89 rapidly advanced that it was pessible in the early part of the present year to open the Siberian section to the town of Omsk, on the Irtzsch. Before the end of 1895 the railway will be completed as far as the river Ob, and there will then be an unbroken line stretching eastward from Paris for a distance about 950 miles great- er than the longest American transconti- nental line. In nine dayg it will then be possible to travel from the borders of the Atlantic into the heart of Asia. Construction becomes more difficult be- tween the river Ob and the City of Irkutsk, which is close to the Baikal lake. The works on this section have been pushed forward rapidly during the last two or three years. At Krosnojarsk a bridge of 8,200 feet length across the Jenisey is required. Al- though the transport of rails has been very difficult, there is every reason to believe that the railway will be completed as far as Krosnojarsk before the end of 18%. According to the original plan, it was ex- pected that the line as far as Irkutsk would be opened for general traffic by the year 1900, but it“may now be confidently predicted that this date will be consider- ably anticipated. The Krosnojarsk-Irkutsk section will now be pushed forward with a considerably increased staff of workmen, There will be about 200 railway stations distributed over the line. Wherever it is impossible for passengers to obtain private accommodations, hotels will be attached to the stations. The rolling stock will com- prise 2,000 locomotives, 3,000 passenger car- riages and 36,000 wagons. The passenger traffic will, with few exceptions, be con- fined to third and fourth-class, and the tariff wil! be very low. The whole dis- tance from Tschelbajinsk, at the Asian frontier, to Omsk costs at present about 23s third-class, and half that on fourth- class. Between any two stations (which on the average are twenty-six miles apart) the fares are respectively 1s 4d and 8d. According to this tariff, it will be possible to travel from one end of Asia to the other for about £15. There will be restaurant cars on scme of the trains. The average speed decreases eastward. Whilst from London or Paris to St. Pe- tersburg the average speed is some 27 to 28 miles an hour, it is barely 22 miles be- tween St. Petersburg and the Ural moun- tains, and in Siberia only 15 miles an hour. The goods tariff will be fixed at a very moderate basis and although the dis- tarce between Wladiwostok and Paris is about 8,150 miles, it is expected that valu- able goods, such as silk, tea, spices, etc., from the east, westward, and dry goods, machinery, in the opposite direction, will be profitably carried by the Siberian rail- way. —— WRONG COUPLE MARRIED. Clergyman Gets a Wedding Party Thoroughly Mixed Up. From the Chicago Tribune. Bridegroom, bridesmaid and best man got entangled in the parlor of the Rev. C. M. Reed at Lancaster, Ky., the other day, and nene of them escaped without getting mar- ried. Mr. Reed began by asking the usual ques- tions. The groomsman piped up cheerily in response and the bride’s attendant answered with all the blushes that are supposed to wait on such an occasion. And sv they were married. Then the fee was paid and they all started away perfectly satisfied. Just as they were going out one of the clergyman’s household noticed something out of plumb and spoke to Mr. Reed about it. He called them back and married the right pair. Their excuse was that they had never been, married before. The inadvertently conjoin- ed couple regard the matter cheerfully. So do the others. —_+e+—_____ Six Pretty Girls in a Swamp. From the Atlanta Constitution. Mr. J. D. Cravenf Hickory Hammock, in the Okefinokee ewamp, was here Thurs- day, and he told of many of his experiences with bears, deer and wildcats in the swamp. He cultivates twelve acres of rich ham- mock land and raises corn, sugar cane and vegetables. He produces over a thousand, pounds of meat every year. The farm is not fenced, but, as 1 is surrounded by jun- gles, it is almost secure from the approach of bears and other wild animals. Mr. Craven is seventy-five years old, 2nd he has explored the swamp quite thorough- ly during the past fifty years. He killed a 450-pound bear two weeks ago. Honey flows plentifully in Hickory Hammock, and Mr. Craven sells hides, honey and beeswax in large quentities. Mr. Craven has a wife, two sons, and six daughters. His daughters are pretty. They are good shots with a rifle, and they frequently hunt bears, deer and wildcats in the swamp. A large bear chased a hog into Mr. Craven's yerd a few weeks ago, and as he was about to seize his prey, one of the Craven girls ran into the yard and poked the muzzle of her rifle almost into bruin’s face. Bruin turned away from the hog aud sprang toward Miss Craven. The plucky young lady did not give the bear a chance to hug her, but sent a ball through his heart. The bear fell at ber feet and died. SAVING LIFE AT SEA. Lives Sometimes Put in Perit to Make One Rescue. From the Montreal Star. Much imperiling of life is demanded in the mid-ocegn rescue of a drowning man, and such an incident always furnishes in- tense dramatic interest for a spectator. The Baron de Malortie, in a recent inter- esting work, recalls an exciting scene he witnessed years ago while crossing the At- lantic. The ship was several days out, when one afternoon he was idly lounging about on the upper deck. “Suddenly,” he says, “I saw a man ap- proach the bulwark. He threw overboard seme objects—we learned afterward that they were his Bible and a rosary—and fol- lowed them with a header into the foaming sea. ‘Man overboard!’ I cried, but the storm covered my voice, and I rushed up to the bridge to call the attention of the officer on duty to the accident. Stop! Half speed astern, and orders for the lowering of the boat were the affairs of a minute or two. “Volunteers to man the boat!’ shout- ed a young midshipman, cutting a lifeboat from the davits. Ten men came forward for every one wanted, and, selecting four of the most powerful tars, the middy was lowering the boat, when a young doctor, quickly pocketing a flask of brandy for a restorative, let himself down one of the repes and reached the boat as a monu- mental wave was dashing over it. The men pulled with a will and the gallant lit- ue nutshell fought bravely up and down the mountains of angry waters. As to the suicide, he was far astern, and only from time to time could we see the something like a human form emerge on the top of a white-crested wave. “Oh, the anxiety with which we watch- ed both the boat and its goal! Disappearing altogether at moments, when we feared we had seen the last of these noble fellows, another gigantic wave would toss them up again like a cork. It was exciting. But pe fat = gaining; ape and nearer » While we were slow]; lowing in Its wake : caer “There! The doctor throws a life belt. They are only some yards off now. But no, @ cruel wave has tossed them past the object of their tremendous efforts. There, they are throwing round her nose; the middy has passed the rudder to an old. quartermaster, and, armed with boat hooks, he and the doctor stand ready for action. Another second and the life belt is hooked: the man is grasping it desperately, but he has no strength left; there he slips—all is lost, just at the critical moment. “But who is that jumping overboard? Three cheers for the brave man—it's the doctor! But he, too, disappears. Are there to be two victims instead of one? No, nol And there—hurrah!—there is the doctor, his precious burden before him. The men pull like mad to reach the two ere they sink again. The gallant young middy is watching for the right moment. More life belts are thrown. They help the doctor to Keep above water; another pull and the boat hook has done its duty, and while two of the men stick to the oars, the others are busy dragging rescuer and rescued on board. “The long cold bath, the fright and the proximity of death had worderfully sober- ed the would-be suicide, whom remorse for a drunken spree had driven to this mad freak. It did not require many restoratives to bring him to, and two hours later he had an opportunity of recapitulating his ad- venture in dire solitude, having been con- demned to be kept in irons for the rest of the voyage, a. welledeserved punishment for exposing six valuable lives in this Perilous venture. ———_+-e+—____ Why Oysters Suffer From Drought. From the Baltimore Sun. An intelligent Claiborne oyster packer gives these as the reasons why the oysters are so poor at this time: “First, the excessive droughts of thé summer and fall, and second, the singular fact that this*yeer, particularly since the beginning of summer, the Chesapeake tides have been extremely moderate, not more than eighteer inches between high and low water at any time at the maximum. As the oyster is stationary, and cannot go in pursuit of its food, the focd must be brought to the oyster. Heavy rains sweep- Ing down from the uplands over the oyster bottoms bring food, s9 does the agitation of the waters by the rains, wind storms and currents. In our waters the tides produce the currents, and it can be easily seen that when the tides rise and fall three feet a much stronger current is produced than. when only eighteen inches. Two or three heavy rairs, some violent wind storms stir- ring up the water from surface to botiom, and a succession of strong tides would soon fatten the oysters. Were the oysters fat, there would be enough in our waiers for the season’s demand. In their present ccn- dition, if it remains so, there will not be. When a packer gets an order now for 100 gallons of oysters, it will take bushels to fill it, whereas if they were in prime cone dition, 100 bushels would do it.” ——__+ ++ Brice a Railway Magnate. From the Wall Street News, If al] the rumors connecting the name of United States Senator Calvin 8S. Brice with railroad prejects should be confirmed, he will soon knock out the record for railway. acquisitiveness. He is now said to control roads giving him a line from the Akron, Sandusky, Cleveland and Ohio coal fields on the east to Decatur and Peoria, lL, in the west. It is said that he has also ne- gotiated to secure the Clover Leaf and Quincy, Omaha and Kausas City, the Oma~ ha and St. Louis and the Iowa Central routes. He has let contracts, it is said, for a line from Lima, Ohio, to Lake Micht- gan to Sargeant & Co.; for a line in Michi- gan, reaching Jackson ard Saugatuck, to Dunlap & Co, of Chicago, and for a line from Akron, Ohio, to some point in Penn- sylvania, to Gilman & Co. of Iowa. He last week asked for propositions from responsi- ble contracters for the construction cf lines from Decetur, IIL, to Keokuk, Iowa; from Keokuk, Iowa, to Glasgow, Mo.; from St. Jcsepin to Trenton, Mo., for an’ extension of the Iowa Central to Sioux City, and for some small lincs in Nebraska. ——___+e+ A Printer'’s Climbing Feat. A Vienna dispatch to the London Stands ard says that a compositor named Delaga of Brixen, who 1s barely twenty years of age, has achieved the ascent of the las Dolomite peak, which has been attempt hitherto vainly by all of the best climber