Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 24, 1886, Page 10

THE HOLY GROUND The Rallowed Mothers Household and Their Hints, our years With n pot adored 1y youil, in age becometh holy gronnd. Thon elineest in the handgrip of the Sire "Thou meltest in the Mother’s tender kiss: The wanderer longs o reach thee—Guiding Star Of all lis thoughts: Fire By night thou leadest him through child hood's blise, To that loved hothe e pictures from afar. like Isracl's Pillared Miss Clevel About Home. This item of proprietorship in the home should be shared by each member of the household, It heis a worthy member this proprietorship is his right. Perhaps Tiere, in order to avoid any | possibility of being misunderstood, 1 shonld drop the generie term and write down the species have in mind. For I mean here to em phasize the she as well as the he. Here in the home, wherever else a difference 18 made, there shouid be none, The man and woman, the boy and the girl, shonld make cqual demand and receive equal concessions, ‘The sister should, in some practical way, have her stock share in the home alike with the brother. Up to that time when the old home is exchanged for a new one there should be something in it, upon each one to whom it is home ) lay the hand, and say—'this is mine; nd it is part of the property.” If you wish to endear the place you call their Tiom our son, your duughter, your brother or your sister, give them shares in the eapital stock. This rule will work both ways and to the advantage of each. The man or woman, hoy or girl, who has tto the roof that is his or her pride in the place, and that noble natural pride will work to its benelit, in I those numberless little cosy and ingenious touches that trans- form a house into a home Every woman who passes the age of twenty-five should fecl, in some degree, the responsibilities which come trom in dependence in the items of her food and shelter. There can be no mature develop- ment where there is no conseious respon sibility; and there can be no r ~{\nn~!hil» ity without independence. When a woman _ has the irresponsible girlhood of her life, there is nothing which so contributes to that dignity with- out which she and will remain, a human nvertebrate, as the conscious- ness of her legal fight to her abiding- place; u place to rest in, to grow in, to hide m; and one which cannot by any legal right or wrong be wrested from her. Itis sad that many women realize this as their great necessity late in life. But it is better late than never, A noble nature does not stand idly by until some stray wind of circumstanco shall blow bher—for I am thinking of Woman now—into some position which is suitable and becoming to her, There is, perhaps, but one suitable and becoming fate which selects the woman quite irro- spective of the woman's sclection of it; and that is a suitable and becoming mar- iage. This is the only thing in the career of a woman which comes without ing and cannot come (suitably and becomingly), by sceking., I am aware that this proposition of mine—in passing —lies nlwn to much Philisti indeed, acknowledge tli ay be much analified; but it is not with srgu- ment over this point that I am permitted to concern myself or my n the little spuce left to this article. is the counter proposition which its enunciation serves to make more pointed—that ail things which are suitable and becoming to woman, excopting a suitable and be. ming marriage, most come into her Jife as un achievement rather than a hap- pening. A woman who marries for a home does not often get a home; she gets a house and a husband, but it is not in this way that & home is gotten. s laeas pussed The Homestead Kitchen, Josephine Canning. How bright and warmi a place it w That quaint dear kitchen old, Wliere burning logs defied the frost— e breath of winter cold, ‘The tall clock from its corner dim The mehly silence broke, In toiling ofl' the passing hours With slow and measured stroke, “The apples quartered and festooned On strings were hanging high, And ears of golden corn were hung Around the fire to dry T was there the I!\N?’ mother made Her doughnuts, ples and cake "T'was there she put the bread to rise, And watehed it brown and bake. "I'was there the spinning wheel was heard From early morn till night; For there dear grandma spun and reeled The flcecy wool 0 white. retty pleture grandma made, I snow white hair and cap. When weary with her work at times, Her hands lay in her lap. She dreamed, no doubt, of bygone days, When life was new and sweet; 8he doubtless heard the patter, too, Of many litue feet. And now, as then, the child Toher with griefs and i‘n\ And now, as then, she kissed and rocked “The baby girls and boys. came The sunbeams plaved upon the wall And danced upon the floor, And lay m threads of golden'light Froni eracks around the door. No lonzer swing those hinges now, No metry children play, No buzz of spinning wheel is heard ‘Throughout the livelong day. For restless time has closed the door— Has locked and barred it fast— And only to the memory comes These isions of the past. For as the winter snow falls soft, 1t brings to mind at times The pleasant scenes of long ago, Like sweet, low-whispered riy wes, Yo feathery flakes that drift around That dear beloved plac “Tell to that kitehen ehanging time Can ne'er its joys efface, Mothers and Their Boys. Atlanta Consiltution: There are many responsibilities resting ujcl 8 mother; they come in every form and variery, Mt judging from obsérvation and experience the one that presses nearer her heart,and is heaviest to be borne, is how best to raise her boys. Walking down the street a few mornings ago I met a_friend, the mother of two little boys. In speaking 0 me of & young man she had just seen and admired she said: "I never see a nice, steady young man but I wonder if my 'boys will grow up to be good and elever.” There was a depth of feeling in ber tone and look that sent me on my way thinking— yes, thinking of the anx- fous hearts all over the world with the same nder in them as to the future of their boys, Parents have so much more awbition - for their boys than ls; they dream and. plan for their wrk out the work or wlieh very young: and 1, but I8 certainly dosire and n prof not and hence sq many {ren's suc we T \close ¢ T re methods: wi mother will tell ye thing lik 1ise onr hoys One i W v will fin, terly spoiled vy w young irable grown, for they wiser than their parents; so work. Again_one will tell you there is nothing like being strict with & boy; you cannot hold them i with too tight a rein Often the result of that mansgement is to make a boy bel | rents, and a8 soon as from un their observation decerve them in all possible ways; sothat rule doesn't work always, ° Solomon thought he had sotved the problem when he said: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depar from it.” The boys in Solomon's days must have differed somewhat from our boys, for we know of boys who have been carefully trained that have sadly departed from the way they should go. Boys' parents have made it the study ot their lives to raise their children in the fear of the Lord, and have as far as human jondgment goes done the very best they knew how, and yet failed. It is a hard question to settie and parents must study the subject for themselves. There might be afew hints thrown out to inex perienced mothers by those who have fin- ished the work and ¢an look back andsce the mistakes. The troubie begins very early; the birth of a boy baby 15 usually hailed with an extra amount of delight, and th little idol becomes in n very short while a little tyrant; by the time he is three or four years old he manages his mother very much more successfuily than she has ever managed him, and poor foolish mothers begin from that age to shicld a bad, impaticnt child from the father's needful discipline; their faults are concealed for fear the father will deal to severely. The mother has not the strength of character to be firm herself and dreads to see _her idol nun 1shed when she knows he deserves it and ) she goes on bearing from_ day to’ da with the faults that are gaining in pre portions until her life is a burden, and sooin the boy gets beyond her control and is his own master.” There is so much depending on amother. Firmness at the very earliest age 1s the most essential requisite to good management; then im plicit obedicnee comes next. ‘The great est trouble comes from the overin- dulgence of mothers; 1f you ever hear a mother say to a child, I will tell your futher,”” you may at once put it down that that boy 1s ruined, for he has a miserable weak mother that feels (and lets the child see) ske has to call in assistance to en force a very feeble discipline. Boys ean- not stand too much kindess or indulgence in that they differ from girls; kindness mingled with firmness and indulgence in moderation is the better plan. The very best boys are those who are raised in this way, and parents will find a great deal of ss depends on making com- rule doesn 't their suec panions of their boys; don’t let them fear the approach of their parents, but wel- come them with open hearts. Where father and mother gain the entire conti- dence of aboy by treatinug him as a com- panion, showing their readiness 1o enter into all' his pleasures and sympathizing with his troubles, at the same time firm m their discipline and judicious in their indulgence, —even esercising a strict wateh over him, they may feel pretty well assured they are raising a boy that will give them pleasurein after life Household Hints, Boston Record \ l: The alcove formed by deep windows now curtained with draperies mstead of hanging small ns against each window. anton-flannel 1s the best cloth for wibing gilt ar bronze picture frames. A small quantity of salts of tartar, dissolyed in water, is a'good solution for' cleaning frames. A badger hair brush is best for dusting fine bits of china The strongest concentrated ammonia will remove stains from old brass when all else faile. The ammonia vapor changes the brass during the process. of cleaning to a bronze color, but the im- mediate application of the liquid removes this at once. A vretty way to use a Japanese parasol i hionse ducoration 15. to. take down the chandelier and put the gas-pipe through the middle of a large .h,um sse parasol, drawing it well up to the ceiling so us to prevent danger from fire. The handle must be taken ont and a tube titted in its ¢, through which the pipe passes. Castors made of leather are a new in- vention which will prove very usetul, Heavy furniture which must be mov very often for sweeping wears bad pl on floors or carpets, and a solid sole- leather castor must prove u blessing to housekeepers. Cracker jars, holding about a quart,are among the new articles of tabl Gravy ladles of china or gramiteware have gone out of use very largely, A good-sized spoon takes the place of a i and is lighter and prettier. b He Approved of the Treatment. Arkansas Traveler: Old Nelson Bett- rage, while working in the woods, was bitten by a rattiesnake. In much alarm and in great pain he ran to the house. A physician who happened to be near at hand was summoned, “Old man,” smd the doctor, ‘‘nothing but whisky, and a great deal of it, can do you any good, “But, doctor, I am a temperance man. I haven't touched a drop uy licker fur thirty years.” “Ali'the better, more effeet.”” A boy who had been despatehed with & jug soon returned, and the old m: much against his will, began to drin wl\i.-k_‘ He was slow at first, but afte while he “swigged” it with the appetite of an old-timer. “Well, smid the doctor, “yon have had enough Whisky now. Don't drink any M hink got er plenty " nk I've got er plenty? “Yes, I know it.” ’ 7 “Don't yor think thar’s er leetle of the pizen hangin’ round the corners?” ‘No, I think you are all right. Don't think'that a leetle, just ernufl uy it to bother me airter awhile, has sor- ter fi'“!i"’ down in my feets" “Wall, now, Dock, s'poso we take a drink just fur good luck.” “I'tell you thiat you must not drink any more." The old fellow sighed, looked at the jug, and asked: “Whut's become uy the suaker” “One of the boys killed it,"’ the doctor replied. "1 "m sorry," said tke old man, Sorry! What for” 4 gguse | want it ter bite me er The whisky will have 1t is related of the lute Colonel Greeii, of the Boston Post, that many years 1go, when its compositors struck for an ad- vanece of ten cents per 1,000, he thought it was too much, and, determined to main- tain his opinion, he called upon all in the business and editorial departuments who could set type, and with their aid under- took to get out the paper. They worked until supper time, and then, as the colo- nel took off his apron, he stepped to the window und called to the strikers, who were standing outside: “‘Boys, you might as well. come up and go to work; 1t's worth all you ask. BEE: (OL. BOWIE AND IS KNIFE. an Who Inven apon of Tts Kind, CARVING HIS WAY TO NOTORIETY A Deaperate Killea ¥ Duel Revenge Nting at Alamo - An Eventful Life. and familiar witn th Autoerat race " ts boun the and that readers are ixiom laid down by the genial of the Bre shortens its we Kfast Table’'—‘the pons lengthens daries.” He remarks that we are Romans of the modern the American bowle knife is a form of the Roman gladius d to meet t gociety, Time was when in certain sections of our beloved country the bowie knifo was the daily companion of large numbers of our fel low Even congressmen have been known toearry them, and the In and muscular Potter, of Wiscousin, won no end of fame more than a quarter of a century ago by offering to fight a duel with the rather diminutive Roger Pryor, armed with this weapon In these, our more peaceful days, the izencies of society no longer require the genial influcnce of this famous weapon and it is quite likely that young readers have never seen one. A gentleman from the north many ago had business which required him to stay for some time in Arkansas and the Indian territory. 1t was in the wild days of the southwest when it was the umver- sal custom to go armed. This gentleman purchased a howie knife, but never ear- vied it except in his trunk. -~ On his re- turn north he brought it with him, where after serving asa curiosityin the house- hold for a time it finally got into use the kitchen as a buteher and bread knife. Itwas of finely tempered steel, easily sharpened, and beeame a favorite weap- on to attack a loaf of L with. More than one visitor to that houschold was startled by the blood curdling cry of one of the children to his mother, “Mothe where is the bowie knifer’” “Mercy would be the ejaculation of the visifc “What does that child want with a bowie knife?” “Oh, he only wants to cuta picce of bread tor himself,” and then the terrible knife would be produced amid much merriment. Quite difterent were its south. There it was never mere domestie ~bjects, but served its legitimate purpose of maintaing order and decorum in society. During - sion of the Arkansas legislature in_ 1837, the speaker of the house had occasion to call a member to order. The member insisted on keeping the floor for the pur- pose of making an explanation, where- upon Mr. Speaker drew an immense bowie knife and advanced toward the offending member for the purpose of bringing him to order. The ~member also drew his bowie knife, and as the speaker advanced, threw it ot him, ex- peeting to disavle him, a feat he had per- formed more than once. Unfortunately he missed his aim, and the kmfe fell ving- ing on the floor thirty pac member straightened front of his~ foe, who, advanc- ing deliberately, cut him down with one dreadful gash, Killing him instantly. The gentleman having (hus been called to order, Mr. Speaker resumed his seat, and the hou {journed for three days to attend the funeral. We are told that Mr. Speaker was tried for the murder, but was acquit Another story that had considerable credence at one time was that, at the battle of Buena Vista, a regiment of Mississippians, under the command of Jeflerson Davis, received a charge of Mexican cavalry in the shape of a V, with the open end toward the enemy. The cavalry, riding mto tho open end,were firstgreeted with a d fire from the rifles, after wh lant Mississippians went Greasers’ with their bowie knives almost entirely destroyed them. In John Hay's voem, “The M Gilgal,” there 18 an account of a knife cncounter between Jedge and Colonel Blood, in which they Carved in a way that all admired, Till Blood drawed iron at last and fired, Which took Seth Bludso betwixt the eyes, And caused him great surprise. Poetry and history having thus uni in illustrating the “wonders of this re nowned weapon, destined to a fame as great as that of Excalibar, the world-famous sword of King Arthur, it may not prove uninteresting to give some account of 1ts originator or inventor. James_Bowie was born in Logan county, Kentucky, in the His rents were nat g father being a woodsman and hunt which eraft James was brought up. family wandered from place to p secking the remotest frontic 1y settled on the borders of Louisi- ana and Texas. Here, in 1814, James Bowie made u clearing for himself, built alog cabin, and lived principally by fishing and hunting. Many were his deeds of daring and recklessness in his forest adventures, and many stories haye been preserved of his wild “exploits. He would cateh _and ride not only wild horses, but wild deer, and on one occa- sion he caught, roped and rode an alli- gator, He grew to be alarge and powerful man, six feet in height and extremely muscular. His temver is said to have been good. but he was easily aroused to anger, which was terrible and unappeas- able, and led him into muny a tragic cncounter, He never fought a r duel, but was engaged in many most of which haid & bloody termin He was said to have been a gener vorite among his friends and neighbor: which goes to dispove that he was of & cruel or bloodthirsty disposition Texas, at that time belonging to Mexico, was a sort of promised lund to adventurers of the southwest, One of first_expeditions into that country was under General James Long, of Tennessee, and Bowie accompanied it. This was in 1819, The expedition re- sulted disastrously, Long being cuptured and killed by the Mexicans, but Bowie returned safcly to his home again, Heo now sold his land, and in company with his brothers engaged in slave trad- with the notorious Lalitte, the cele- ""‘l"' te of the gulf, Under the laws of the United States afthat time slaves were not ailowed to be imported into the coun- try, but the brothers Bowie easily evaded that difficulty. Their plan of operations was to go o Galveston and purchase from Lafitte a number of negroes, for which they paid at a rate of $1a pound, or about $140 for each negro. These they would bring into the limits of the Uniteil States, and then go to a custom house oflicer and become informers against themselves. The law gave the informer half the value of the negroes, which were put up and sold by the United States marghal, At the miarshal's salo they woud ‘hamsulyes become the purchasers, would receive haii he puiyaise money back and u certificate of sale, which en titled them to dispose of the nesroes in the United States. Bowie followed this business until he made some $00,000, most of which he soon spent in riotous living in New Orleans. 1t was during these expeditions to Gal- veston that his genins evolved the hunt- ing knife, with which s name will wlways be associated. It was made for im by a blacksmith after a design of his own. It was made with a beavy back, so world moc daily wants of civil citizens man uses m _ he debased tto him in and ery of bowie Phinn | with SUNDAY, | that it co as thrustin of a hatehet woodsman Iif In the 1d bo us and du got into an sherift of R wrmed, and shot him_ thro then, if Whrigl by his triends him with his fist raged him that he d never to go withon v seabbard made for jt, an wear it as long as he live this fend with Shetiff Wright etiimir in a terriblo encounter at Natche September, 1827, two_very respdt citizens of Louisiana, Dr. Maddox Samuel Wells, lay a differen sottl; 1 bar A fow friends, where their differ ences could be reconciled. according to the custom among gentlemen They met, d shots, and made friends When retiring from tho ground Wells invited Maddox and ins second, Colonel Crane, to the woods adjoining, where some others of his friends, excluded from the ficld, were, to take refresments Crane objected on the ground that there were certain men there he could not meet. Weils then assented to go where Maddox's friends, who had aiso heen ex- cluded from the field, were. When on the way the party were met by the friends of Wells, who were James Bowie, Gen eral Curry and another person. Crane nd General Curry were mortal enenies, and immediately drew their pistols Crane had a pistol in each hand, and shot Bowic first and then Curry, the instantly Killed. At this the nds of Maddox hurried to the scene, and among them was the Sheviff Wright 1 the encounter with Bowie a yeur before, Wright also fired at Bowie nd he fell. A general fiving ensued and several others were Killed, Wright see ing Bowie lying apparently dead, ap- proached and bentover him,when Bowic suddenly drew his knife and stabbed Wright “to the heart. He then arose, thongh severcly wounded, and stabbed another of the party with his knife, and the battie then terminated When he recovered from his wounds he determined to leave the United States and take up his residence in Texas, There he went in the year 1830 and en gaged actively on the'side of the revolu tionists, his valor and daring soon gain ing him a distinguished name in tha country. He married a daughter of one of the ex-governers of the province, and was appointed colonel of one of the TPexas regiments, During the nest fow years he was engaged in many fights with the Indians and “with the Mexicans, in one of which he and nine or ten men succeeded in defending themselves wrainst 150 Indians, witha loss of only one killed and two wounded His carcer was finally ended bloody battle of Alamo. He had ordered to that plice to take comm but a few days after he reached there he was taken down with pneumonia, and during the siege was confined to his bed. As is well known Santa Anna, command- ing 3,600 Mexicans, basieged the fort in the early days of :March, 1836, It had only about one hundred and fifty defend- ers. After some days of attack the place was stormed and every Texan was put to the sword. No once: Bowie, sick in bed, 1 said to haye'shot down with lns pistols and killed with his knife a number of his assailants before he yielded up his life. Whether this is true or not it is safe to assume that it he had strength and consciousness enough to do it it was done, The celebrated ~ Colonel David Crockett was also a victim of this ma cre. Such is the history of the bowie knife and its imventor. e Ivan Tourguenefl’s Mother. The Cosmopolitan: One_of the most salient traits of Madame Tourguenefl's character was, as has been hinted at b fore, never to tolerate the slightest ap- pearance in deed or thought among tho with whom she came 1n contact. She was 1n the habit of setting traps for the members of her houschoud, in order either to reassure herselt of their perfect subjection, or with the malicious desire to humiliate individuals who might seem to her too well satistied with conditions that had been for a time bearable. When the mistress was n this humor it was ev- ident in her discourse, in her gesture and m the dangerous fire in her ey The servants then whispered among themselve “*Madame cherche chicane™ (madame is secking a quarrel), and lay low. On a certam occasion her majo Simeon Lobolef, o his fortune, fell into th high-strung fellow, very hand some, at (he time about thirty years old, well-educated, and possessed ~of much self-esteem, This is the way it happened “Simeon’s eustomary position was be- hind Mme. Tourguenef’s chair at the table. She always had before her a smail carafe of water, which was called ‘I'eau de madame.’ Whe Madame Tourgueneff said ‘Water' it was lus_duty to pour her some from the carafe. Latterly, wien he per- formed this function she was 1n the habit of declaring the water too cold, or too warm, or too dirty, or that it smelled badly, Simeon used to take the carafe go out and return_with other water, and madame would drink it then without complaint. Seyeral days were passed thus. Finally she rnm)‘\'c«l to give her vietim the linishing blow. At dinner, after having carried the water to her lips, she pushed the glass from her, and, turn* ing to the major domo, said: *'What is this?' Simeon made no answer. SWhat is this?' 1 ask you, “Simeon remained silent Shall I never have good water? she cried, and the full glass flew in the face of tho major domo. “He turned pale, took the carafe from the table and left the hall. He returned some minutes after and poured waterinto her glas: There this is water, said Madame Tourguenefl, and drank a balf glassful. Then Simeon, his face ghastly rul\-, h lips trembling, gtepped forward a few paces, placed himself before the icones or images of they tutplary suints of the fumily, and,making the sign of the cross, suid | ] swear bofdre this holy image that I have notchanged the water, ‘Thatwhich madame bas justdrunk is the same as the other.’ 4. “After having spoken these words he turned to the misiress of the house and looked her in the eyes. “‘For a few moments a terrible silence reigned in the hall, " Suddenly Madame Tourguenefl’ argse 'with a bound. and, pointing to the door, cried to Simeon: *‘Leive the room! e “Then she retived without finishing hei repust and shut herself up the entire day or chumber, he next day the unfortunate Simeon could be seen with & cross on his back and a broow in his hand, sweeping the court yard, a pitiable object. The ele- gant dress cosl was exchanged for Jingy blouse of gray cloth, He filled this degrading post four pears, at the expiia tion of which time the ‘master of woulion,’ a gigantic deaf mute, took bis place," ed to meet'on a s usual exchu domo, 1sting mis- pens. He Those conversant with the novels of Ivan Tourguenefl will recall this charac- ter and the tragic ending of his dog. - Americans lately returned from abroad speak very highly of & youngz Swedish so- no, Auna Krivel, whose voice is said 10 be of great purity and beauty, OCTOBER 24, 886.—-TWELVE PAGES. OPEN Furniture Carpets And General Household Goods. At 1317 and 1319 Douglas St This elegant stock will be sold at % the cost, and IT WILL PAY YOU 1317 and 1319 Douglas Street. A DELAWARE GHOST STORY, The Spirit of a Police Officer Appears to His Murdezer. The Betrayal of Friendship and it Fatal Conscq —The Ap- parition Visible to Sov- eral Persons. enc spondence of the St. it: A strange sequel to u very sad story that agtated Phila- delphia fifteen years ago comes from Dover, Del. In 1871 John Hess was lieu- tenant of police in this city in what is now known as the Eighth district. One of his subordinates was named William Darrah, who was aninseparable compan- ion of his superior officer. Darrah had a very beautitul wife and two lovely chil- dren. ‘The two men had been acquainted from boyhood up, and Hess was a fr quent visitor the house of his suborc nate. One in the summer of 1873 Mr. Darrah received an anonymous note warning him to ‘0 of Hess, as the latter W i Ivantage of the roundsman’s absence from home to n D love to his vretty wife. No_attention was pud to the letter and so little stock did Dartah take m ot that he laughingly showed it to his superior, and shaking him by the hand, d: 1 would no more doubt you, old boy, than L would the Bible.” Not many days after this Darrah re ceived a second note, and a week later third, all of the same import. To these he paid no more attention than he did to the first. On or about August 25, 1872, Darrah doing day duty. He was taken suddenly ill i the street and hu ried home to obtain medi assistance, As he entered the house he saw Licute it Hess in_ the back kitchen with his rm about Mr: \W's neck. To say that the man was startled would be but faintly to express it Ho said nothing, however, but went upstairs and threw himself on the bed. Within twelve hours he had fully recovered and was again on duty. The following week he was placed on night duty, his hours of service being om 7 p. m.'to 6a. m. About 5 o'clock in the morning, while patrolling his beat, he was approached by a woman who thrust a note mto his hand and then sud- denly Alimn!u-nr\'d down a dark alley 1 1h walked under the light of a street 1 ||‘|)n|ul opened the picce of saper which was folded several time ‘lu read these words “You did not believe what Ifirst wrote to you. If you doubt me, go to your home at onee.’” AN AWFUL DISCOVERY, The' policeman had almost forgotten the anonymous communications and the subsequent sight in the back kitchen, but this brought it to his mind with renewed force. Mo hurried to his humble little dwelling and stealthily entering by tl buck way, he saw Licatenant Hess seated in a chair while Mrs. Darrah was tying his eravat. After she had adjusted it to her satisfaction she threw her arms about the neck of the handsome lieutenant and kissed him passionately several times. Darrgh was almost stunned. He went back and patrolled his beat until 6 o'clock, then going 10 the station house he met Lieutenant Hess just as the state bouse bell was striking the hour. Ap- proaching him he suid;: ohn Hess, we have been friends for many years. I have trusted you as [ would my own brother. 1 been warned, as you know, that you were tak- g advantige of this friendship. I could not and would not believe it until this morning, when 1 wus convinced with my own eyes Itis impossible for me to per wit you to live any longer, To-morrow morning at 8 o'clock 1 will kill you Make the best of the twenty-four hours you have to live, for as true as God hears me, [will do what I say.” Then taking off his badge, Darrah laid it upon the desk. Licutenant Hess lelphia Corr Louis Globe-Demoe laughed and showed his handsome teeth. “You are very foolish, Bill,” he said, nd you are mistaken.” Darrah made no answer but walked out of the station house. He went di- rectly home, kissed his wife and chiidren and strode out of the house. Allthatday he was seen wandering about the strects in the vicinity of the station honse, ap- parently suffering the most intense men tal agon HOMICIDE AND IMPRISONMENT. By nightfall he looked to be a dozen years older. He did not go home. but paced restlessly up and down the side- valk in front of his house from 8 o’clock in the evening until 5 the next morning. At that hour he entered through the front door and found Hess as he had expeceted, sitting m the dining-room reading a newspaper. He went in, sat down and never uitered a word, Hess made a fhp- it remark, but recewved no reply. The minutes sped by, and just as tho factory whistles hegan announcing that 6 o'clock had arrived Darrah arose from his chair, T gave you twenty-four hours to live,” said he. advancing toward Laeutenant Hess, “and now your time has come.” With these words he drew from s breast pocket a bull-dog revolver and placing 1t within a few inches of Hess’ breast, fired. The ball went directly through the heart of the police lieutenany and he fell to the fioor a corpse To mithe & long story short Darrah arrested, tried and convicted of murder in the nd degree, the jury taking into consideration the extreme proyoeation to which the slayer of the destroyer of h appiness had been subjected. He wa sentenced to six year’s imprisonment, which he served and then his family in the meantlme having broken up and gone no one knew whither, Nothing was heard of the broken-hearted nd prematurely aged man until a few years ago, when it was e was living in obseurity in the s Delaware, and here is where th squel comes in AN APPARITION. About ayear after his rele eastern pemitentiary, Darrah was sud- denly awakened by Seeing a bright light m his room. Ho rose, dressed” himself himself and songht to discover from co the glare came, The whole room seemed to be illuminated with a ghostly glow, but no fixed light from whenc this glow came could be discovered, He declares that he was_thoroughly awake, and that his mental facultics were unim- paired, and that he was not the subject of a hallucination. Seated in a ehair near the head of the bed, he saw the dim outline of a form. As he looked the glow in the room beeame dimmer and the form more distinet, finally resolving itself into the sl of am clothed in blue uniform. 'To Darral’s unspea bl amazement he recognized the f of the man he had slain years he T'his is the story in his own word I was perfectly sober,” smid he, “and fully awake. A the figire beeame more distinet 1 thought it was a real living per son, but the closer I looked the more con- vinced I became that it was not a living man, for the features were those of John Hess. He was smiling just as he used to smile when we were friends together years ago. He had a peculiar way of throwing back his head and extending his arm whei Vory wel) plonsed with anything. ‘T'nis is what the figure did, and that is why I recognized him, 1 felt wy bair standing on end for a mo ment, but the feellnd of faar saon loft me and I plucked up colirage enough to say, ‘Is that you, John? No sooner had i spoken than the form digappeared like a flash and the room became dark again. 1 could not go to sleep, but got up and walked around until daylight. I picked up & morning newspaper and saw it dated August 27, the anniversary of the day on which I shot my old friend.” OTHER WITNESSES. Exactly oge month after this Darrah's strange experience was repeated, and on the next month, and the next. Then de- termined to see’ whether the apparition was the result of a disordered mind or not, he called 1n a friend, one Abraham Huckle, who sat up with' him all nig Just before daylight the little room was ingrular e from the I»ln.w-m-m glow, which as_before g cssand less bright, and as it died the form of the man in uniform bee visible in the chair at the head of the bed. His head was thrown back and his arm extended, and his_expression was that of one enjoying a joke. The two men watched for nearly” twenty minutes without uttering a sound—Iuckle, by the w most frightened out of his wit Darrah broke the suspense by speaking, and the ghostly visitor disa) peared. To still further eonvince him- self that he was not the victim of an op- tieal delusion, Darrah on the 23th of the following month called in two more friends, and thoy too were rewarded with the sight of the shadowy man in uniform. So it has been going on from month to month. Darrah’s friends say that tho struin is beginning to tell upon him. He F e LA e B is frequently heard to express a doubt 2s to whether his old-time friénd was guilty of the crime or which he died “Every time he comes to me,” & Darrah, *he scems to be 50 good natur but there is a sad expression about face as much as to say that I had wrong fully aceused him. Such a_fino, hand- some man he was—tall,broad-shouldered, i with o smile that would eaptivato any womun who looked at him.’ And this is the strange story that comes from Dover. - Hliteracy in Spain. London Globe The standard of edu- cation in Spam, according to o consi report justissued, is very low, not 24.50 per cent of the population being able to read and write.* But here again pro- gress is apparent, and according to the latest statisties, published in o report by the director general of public instrue- tion, there were no less than 23,132 pub- lie and 6,696 private primary schools. In addition to the above each province its_secondary or collegiate school, in which a higher standard of education is preseribed. These colleges are well at- tended, but the teachers are on the whole 'wanting in traning and zeal, owing probably to their inadequate su aries. ‘Thereare ten universities in the peninsula, besides specinl institutions supported by the state for the study of agriculture, engineering, architecture, the fine arts] cte. The subjects taught in th public and private primary schools are theology and moral truining, writing, arithmetie, grammar, agriculture, geography and Nistory, geometry, drawing, music, do mestic economy, hygiene, needlework, By the 1aw 'of June, 1857, education s made compulsory, and an admiral scheme was elaborated for raismg tho very low standard of primary instruction, but none of these reforms have been properly carried out, nor can education be said to be compulsory in the full meaning of the term. Now, however, under the present government, no_eflort will be spared to put into practice the provisions of the law above referred to, which, moreover, it is understood, will undergo modification and improvement during the approaching parliamenta session, It iy felt that until primary edu- cation has become more widely diffused it would be fruitless to look for any great development of home industries, upon which wust so greatly depend Spuin's material progress. According to The Budget estimates for 18856 a sum of 300,000 was to be devoted to educational DUrDOSeS, Please Call and Examine thd Latest styles in Children’s wool and cashmere Hose, C. 1. PATCH (0 ligted up again with the strange phos- 1517 Douglas St. o