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" " BBERS. my “SIS. Imon g the In; p She went directly to Mr. Conant’l otneq as soon as she reached the city. but here a heavy disappointment awaited her, for she was told that the seminar: had gone to Cheater, to consul with Mr. Richardson about some changes in the new buildings. and woufd not return till evening. and woufd not remix}?! Ju eveaiag." ! "ii'rG'ireccaiiiiiriieiraii giggiltlcahce “She was very much disturbed tor 1 ot those words. . . , , S ' " she had she had luly believed that he would; to',i1't, 2e,wmitui'"iut,1"l,'vef ,rttlett-. have set some one to watch Edmund or rather, over the absence ot which Carpenter and had him arrested as! 61?”?!de beent so much specula- ' " n a commen . noon ttu should take the letter tron), But how did it come to be there. the ounce. l wedged between the back or tre_dettAr Sh. WW4] have gone directly to Mr. Run as. but the had not thought to as}: him where he was stopping, there- fore aha did not know where to seek him. She Was powertesn to do anything by horsell. so she could only make up her mind to wait until the mor- Tow, when she would make another ef- fort to see Mr. Conant; bat it was with " heavy heart that she wont to match Mrs. Gordon's t'xvsa--.tte was too upset to gu to her iresamairer'ts--and then returned home, to wait with what patience she couid. " . mm. ,......,..W --- .._7,, She wandered about the house, List- less and unhappy, atl day, avoiding her sister as much as poesibhe. because. knowing her treachery, she feared she shouid betray something of the abhor- Tense that had taken possession of her. About noon the wind changed, About noon the wind cnangeu, the sky clouded. and It soon began m rain. and the evening closed it! gloomy and dismal enough. There was an uncomfortable chill in tho air, and Mrs. Coxon had a cheerful wood tire kindled in the library grace. and thither Mrs. Gordon and Ruby repaired. the for. Inn with lwr work. the latter with u hook; fur. it she read, she need not talk. " But a t when the C?arpenter presume. “I “I am 1 responded, was upon Into " nt into tho 1 --attd I sure.” .. Won't you be cold in the parlor. Estelle ?" Ruby asked, feeling that it would be tgelthgtt to let them go “Way from the cheerful tire. "No, I an thoroughLy warm, indeed the room Ins been settling rather close, and I shall be glad of better air," Mrs. Gordon answered, and then they went away, leaving Ruby In 301- ltary possesslon of the library and the piers-mt tire, much to her relief. she had only been pretending to read before Edmund Carpenter came in, but now the book dropped from her hands and she fell into a fit of troubled musing. Presently Ti,retl1cy: LAUUU.‘V\I mug-nuau - .._7,,, v _ " handsome [unless eat. of which she had grown very fond. and made a great pet since coming to Foreatvaie, came purring to her side; than, as she put up her hand to smooth his soft fur, he made a low, satisfied noise, gave a leap and settled himself cozily gave a map and Batman mmscu - in her lap. She put her arms about hlm with a sense of comfort, and somehow did not feel quite so lonely or triendless with him there. T She sat thus for a long time, until the tire burned low and the charting embers dropped apart, and, one by one, went our. a .. The house was very still, and she could not ttmar a sound, save now and then a low, brief “check" from the other room, where the chess players were absorbed in their game, and the gentle ticking of the marble clock on the mantel uhove her. , " {LIV .96_"Fs". -..r__e__ _, Suddenly she was startied by a strange sensation upon her foot, and, glancing down, she caplet! a tiny mouse upon the toe of her slipper. ' h - - . . "7-.__...._:|__ A... ' n uyvu luv I'v‘l v- -_- '---w. _ she started involuntarily. and the Irigllwnm little fellow sprang down and flew over the carpet, disappear- ing behind the great, old-fashioned writing desk on tho opposite side of the room. _ . . ' l "Timothy. wake up'. arousing the cat from t Imp. "There's a prize V you willAook sharp." u ,w ._... .--_ 'e""'"--." she put him down upon the floor; then. rtiiug. went over to the desk to unite his mouscship trom his hid. ing place and give the out a chance to match it. The desk was a cumbersome piece of furniture, but it was on rollers, and. by exerting her strength. Ruby suc- ceeded in pnihing it a little way out from the side of the house. This gave her a chance to squeeze in behind the desk. and. bracing her knee against. the back of it and her shoulders against the wall, she gave a vigorous push, and it rolled out still tarther. _ . . L L But the panel agalnst. which her know was braced suddenly gave way. and slipped down out of sight. into the desk. - . " back. Brushing d alt-hour had ball rang w as ushered the dust from it. she held Ir had not elapsed rang and Edmund ushered into their :9 up.'" Ruby said, from his comfortable prize tor you here. it toward the light and read: Last WUI at? Testament 0 RALPH CARPENTER, Oct. 15th, 18- All the color faded instantly trom the young girl's tace, and a Wild. started look came intq her. bigguegeg But how did it come to be were, wedged between the back of the desk and " drawer or compartment? Could it have slipped there by accident. or had it been helped into Its hiding-place by a pair of guilty hands? What should she do with it now that aha had found it ? Should she can Edmund Carpenter and deliver it into his nnession, or should she keep her own coutwel until ahe could confer With the gentleman who had been Mr. linlph thnrpentm"t' lawyer? a - V .. A "I ,, I l.n. ‘I‘n It would seem best right to th would not have had she hemmed able man. The tuct that a M11 oxistel proved to her that Mr. Ralph Carpenter had muu‘nthcd a share of his property to Walter. and knowing how Edmund hated him, how he had begrudgml him own a homo, not to mention his re- twat persecution, made her the! that the man might even now do some- thing desperate to prevent him from cuming into his share of the property. These thoughts, and mum cthers, puma] rapidly through iwr mind as she atood there holding that sacred Weument in her hands, her eyes riveted upon those thrillin-J: words, " Last Will and tNstttmrutt," otc. .. What shall I do?" she said, over and over, to herself. while she kept I glancing toward the door, as if tear- 'fnl some one would outer before she ‘cmlld decide the important question. At last she liftul her howl with u resolute air. "I do not dare to give it to him I to-night," she murmured. " 1 will con- |c:-al it somewhere: then I will call i him, and tell him I have broken his I (Link. If he knows of anything about 1 this having been hidden there he will {he-tray some anxiety and conscious- new when he (ii-covers the misvhief I have done. It ho does not. I shall feel ram-o that he in innocent of having concealed it. mull I will give it to him, i trusting tollis reuse of jttstic" or tear 1 of the law to do what is right. But Lwhere shall I hide it ?" she added, l looking anxious‘and pcrplesmt. w....--,, _-.__ .q.-" __ - - - -- Bornetlriiig seemed to tell her that it would not be safe to give it, to him -tlrat he might, in " moment of pag- slun. and Names; of ttortsNuetteetr, destroy it before any um could ascer- i.ir.rr ia contents. Gu then the wrong that had been done would never be rimmed. - - Her eyes wamkared hroirnd thnroom in warn): of some safe place, until it finally fell upon a picture hanging over the mantel. .. . The thin board which protected the canvas on the track had become warped a little on one aide. and stood out a trifle from the frame. She deftly slipped the envelope be- twecn this and the canvas. pressed the board tightly hack into place. and fastened it .there with u stout pin, and then went back to her cha rr, t rembl ing- like a leaf, and tried to calm her excited nerves somewhat before " tempting the next act in thcthrlll- ing lirama. Mr. Carpenter's Suspicious. At last Ruby arose with an air ot determination. and proceeded di- rectly to the parlor, approached the chess players. who appeared to be wholly absorbed in their game and entirely unconscious that W- thing unusual had been trauspiri in the adjoining room. '"d'llr She stood looking down TMe board for several moments W1 t speaking. and hardly knowing how to branch the subject on her miyd. “Is anything the matter. Miss Ruby?" Edmund Carpenter asked. glancing up at her with some sur- prise, for it was an unheard-ot thing tor her to come into his pre- sence voluntarily; while. something in her manner impressed him strangely. "Finish your tPune-d see you are nearly through-then I will tell you," she answered. without lifting her eyes trom the b92116. ' She drew back a. trifle, but eontln. ued to watch the game. her eyes fixed. as it fascinated. upon the white. shapely hand or Mrs. Gor- don's antagonist. as it made its wary moVes, while she wondered it it could have been guilty or the crime of tampering with his tath. er's will. "Check!" murmured Mr. Carpenter, "Check!" murmured Mr. Carpenter, as he bore down upon Mrs. Gordon's king with his knight. She moved her king. "Chet-k l" was repeated, as a bishop swept. diagonally ms the board and confronted the much-tired mon- arch. He retreated again behind a pawn when Mr. Carpenter marched his queen torward and took the incitem- sive pawn with a victorious "check. mute" and the game was done. Mrs. Gordon looked up with a sigh. "Well, you are the most suocesslul player it was over my privilege to meet. I call myself pretty good at chess. but you Checkmate me two out of every three gamesthe said, viewing the men wistfully. as it she would like to try again. Mr. Carpenter laughed. “I am usually successful In all games“; he answered. lightly, as he began to gather up the pieces and put them back into the box. "indeed, I seldom tall in anything that 1 real. ly set about delay." A ' "Now, Miss Ruby, command me; 2 am most happy to be at your ser- vice," he added. looking up " the young girl, while both his face and tone softened Into something ot ten. demesa as he spoke. , " "'iriiirtiaifit will]: bounttul words sounded very égotlstical. and she could not help saying to herself CHAPTER NNNTIr. semis that Edmund had the to the dccument, and she have hesitated n moment lewd him to be an honor- Fe that although he might have been always successful hitherto. she be- lieved " luck was on the sergtot changing. and .all because of atlny mouse. but she simply remarked: "Mr. Carpenter. I hare broken your desk." “Broken my desk? Well, I do not believe you can have done any very great damage to that cumber- some old thing; so.there is no need to look so serious over it. How did it happen t" he asked. indiffer- ently.ns he deposited the last. pawn in the box and slipped the cover over it. "A little mouse ran behind it, and I attempted to move m out trotltat the cat could catch him." she ex- plained. "It was not an easy thing to do, and in bracing myself be- tween the wall and the desk. I broke a panel oat of the back of it. I am very sorry ".-- But Ruby did not hare a. chance to tinigh her sentence. Edmund Carpenter sprang quickly to his feet when she said she had " broken a panel out of the back of it," and, with ahurrled tread,pamr ed Into the library. - He went directly behind the desk. dropped upon his knees. and peered into the aperture where the panel had been, with a face which Ruby. who had quickly tollowed him, was sure wore a very anxious look. "Did the mouse get in here 7" he asked. "Oh, no, he only ran behind the desk, and Timothy caught him im. mediately after I had need " out." He lnserted hi/tsam, and tel; all about, bat only drew out the panel that had fallen within. "Dui-tiid you find anything in here, Miss Ruby ?" Edmund Carpenter in. quired, feeling about once more in the hole. lmby's heart leaped at the ques tion. He never would have asked it, she thought, it he had not known Some- thing about the will being there, while his anxious, Hurried manner condemned him in her oplulon. .How could she antiwer him? For an instant her lips were powerless to move. She could not tell a tulsehood. She would not give up the will. Then she said. with appar- ent surprise: - - -- _ --- "Why", what should I find, Mr. Car. penter ? Have you lost unytlung down there T' "No, no; ot course not. Only sometimes. in these old desks, valuable papers slip out of sight. and are lost tor years," he answered, har. riedly, and turning away to hide the flush on his face. "Now, I am confident. that he knew mmething about it," Ruby thought, with a rapidly beaung heart. But'she said quite calmly, and as It she were willing to be helpful:_ "Let mo g0 and ask Mrs. Coxon (or a snutll lamp, so that you can examine the place more thoruuzhly. Perhaps you may find something."_ _ _ He turned and looked at her sharp- ly. almost threateningly. The almost unconscious emphasis which she had put upon the pronoun made It'an sus< past, her. _ _ _ -.. _ . "Oh, no; pray do not trouble your- mlf.’ he said, aftsr u moment, "and no not worry about the desk. There is no 81min] damage done to it. The glue had become old and the panel warped, so that it is not strange it gave way whey, you pressed agile" it." _ _ . She" ktiiv. it. and gazed steadily back at him. Stillfas if not "nti.7tiM (wen yet, he reached down again into the hole and felt all about very carcfully. - He knew it was tho wry place where tho will ought to be unless smnemw had removed it. and ho was growing very much disturbed not to find any traces of it ; but he only drew forth some cobwobs and dust, at which he look) exceedingly disgusted and annoyed. . "V He Eli-6m, pushed the desk back to its place, and then sat down by the grate, logklpg mgody anf tlgouglutful; . . Rubi; picked up her book, seated her- self by the table, and began to read again. hoping ho would soon take his leave, and then, after Estelle should retire. she could regain possession of the important documeng _ . But Mr. Carpenter evidently was in no hurry to go. He soon began to talk to Mrs. Gordon, and kept her en- gaged for some bane; but Ruby was sure, though she did not once look up at him. that he was watching her intently, - _ . .. -iitiiri,'ioek struck ten, then the half- hour, and still the master of Forest- vaie sat on. vaie sat on. Ruby began to grow very nervous, and wished now that she had conceal- ed the will atfout her person; then she could have slipped quletly up to her room and felt perfectly safe about The Marquis of Tawnahend, who died recently in Paris, was the first phil- anthropist to take up the question of seats lor shopgirls. Dr. Joseph Parker. or the City Temple, London, mm the other day that if every curate were a saint, it every dean were beyond reproach, and if archbishops were in point of excellence almost uruhungeIS. he should still be a strong Protestant evangeli- val (Hammer. - . Prof. Mnhnffcy, who tor thirty years has held tho chair of ancient history in Trinity College, Dublin. Ireland, has offermi his resignation from that post, to take effect next Felix-nary. Rev. Mr. McCormick, of I'iatt, Kun., otr.iot'tt' to anyone leaving church be- fore services are concluded. On a recent Sunday a youth departed in the middle of the sermon. whereupon Mr. McCormick said: "It any other boy's father has bought him a new pair of pants now is the time to tshow them on." The invitation was not accepted. . in one of the most wealthy princesses of Europe. When her father. the late King William IH., died, he lelt her a large private fortune which, during her minority, has been steadily accu- mulating. l ' -iriiiainina of the Netherlands, he- sides being, a queen in 11e.r ow? right, Cecil Rhodes is a man of varied tastes, of which his home at the Cape shows many signs. He has a. fine lib- rary and is " great reader, his pre- (Election being chiefly tor the classics. Hc is n collector of old things, and has some beautiful furniture, china and curios gengrally. and many oAr, Chests. One of the amusements of the Ger- man Empress is to follow the Emperor in his hunting trips with a camera and take photographs ot the came he kills. She not only “touches the but- Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Hon. h. Blair have returned to Ottawa. ray in'ii Gdekua rest" at home with her own hands. 7 - (To be Continued.) Prominent People. ONTARIO ARCHIV TORONTO Chicago .... New York Toledo ......... ... ... .... 067 072 Detroit, red .. ........... 0681-2 072 5-8 Detroit, whiter.. .. .. .. 068btt - Duluth, No. I, rNorthern ... ... ...... 0635-8 067 5-8 Minneapolis - ... q.. --- 0653-4 TORONTO RIDES AND WOOL. Hides TI-t to 91.20; hkdes. cured. 9 to 91-2c; calfskin. No. L Ithe; Inmbsklna. fresh. BG to 900; pelts. fresh, 85 to 90c; tallow, rendered, 31.2 to 41-2c; wool. fleece. IGe to IOC; unwashed fleece. 9 to 91-20; pulled, super. 15 to 161-130; tallow, rough, 1 1-2 to 3 Iue. TORONTO LIVE STOCK MARKET. Following is the range of current quotations: Shippers, per th... St to 8t.821-2; butcher, choice. per cwt., Warm to $4.25; butcher. metiiuyn.to Following quotations '. 8i.6.t.'.1-2; 1 $3.75 to $ $2.25 $3.25 wan-J w 411...", wwllmy *Aw.WeM-.i" -- good, $3 to $3.50; butcher, interior, $2.50 to $2.75; stacker-s. per own. $2.25 to 83; sheep. per cwt.. $3 to $3.25; lambs. per (awn, $3.50 to $4; bucks, per ewt., 82.25 to $23.50; vows. Ptteh $235 to 8.50; calves. each F..', to $10: choice hogs, per ewt., tst to '.iu.lbT1-2; light hogs per cwt., 84; heavy hogs, per cwt.. $3.75 to Fi. (hull Ind Product’- Toronto, Do:- 'o.--Fiour - Untnrlo patents, in bags, $3.63 to $5.73: straight. rollers, #335 to $3.15; Hun- gm'lun patents, $3.90; Manitoba link- ers', $3.61), nil on track at Toronto. 11heat--Amtario red and white, _(i:'n- north and west; (muse. 690 north and wet; bo. 1 Manitoba hard, 701-L'v, Toronto, and No. 1 nnrtlnvrn at '74 I-LY. (mtswwhito oats quoted at Ll?» I-:..'" west. P,orie.v--Quotvd at $280 tor No. L' west . feed barley, .35 to 36v. It.ve--uuottrd at Gih. north and west. Bran-City mills sell bran at $14. and shorts at $6 in car lots, t. o. b., Toronto. mwkwhcat--Firtn, 480 north and 5m- east. Corn-Com/un, Jr..'. to 3:30 wast: Anu-ricnn, 400 on truck horn. Market Reports .-OP-- The Week. AHll‘l'II'a'lll. 1UP I!“ bgdThrI_ uruu . o.ntmeril--uuoteu at $3.40 hy the hug and $3.50 by the barrel, nu truck at Toronto, in var lots. I'vnrr-At 570 north and wost, for imnu-dinto shipment. Bt lawn-once “not. Toronto, Doc. U.~ltovvipts of farm prmlm-o “ore Inrgv, 3,151) huslwls of grain. 25 loads at hay. "no of straw, u few drmued hogs, and the usual deliverimvx of butter, C'l.'ITr'5 and poultry. LEADING WHEAT MARKETS WItoat--Rod and white wpre min-aim, 800 bushels Rolling at " to HR I-LT.: WooM', unchanged. 400 hushc-IH at 131w. Barley. firm: 1,200 bushels so” at 42 to r",1-'b'. dbétsfntmdy, 800 bushels selling: 28 to 2h. - _ Rye. unohungml: one load sz-lling at Me. Hay', steady, 135 lands selling; at $10 to $11.50, 1:or ton fur timothy. and mixed at $1) to $9.50. 3mm: om" load sold at $8 [hr tou. Drmmod Hogs-Priests um-hunw‘d at $5.27» to $5.50 per (-wt. Poultry-Turkeys sold nt 9 to ll):-. per m., [59030 c, to Tv.., (-h‘u-kmm li) to Tbs. per pair, ducks (it) to Mo.. new pair. Toronto, Dec. 93-May, mum, mu lots, per ton. $9.25 to 89.75; straw, baled, car lots, per tort, 81 to $4.50; potatoes, car lots, per bag, 37 1-er to 40c; butter, choice tubs, 170. in 18g medium tubs. 140 to 15v; dairy, 1b. rolls, 18 to IN; crmmery, lh. rolls, 22c to 23v; crmmer‘y, boxes, 21c. to 220; large rolls, per 11).. 17e; eggs, held, 17c; new laid, 19e. to Ale, phoney, per Ms., 9e to 100; turkeys, per 1b., 8(- to 9c; geese, per lb., he, to 60; (lurks, per pair, 40c to 60c; chickens, per pair, 25c to 900.. f Liverpool, Dec. 9.--Wheat, North- em spring. 5s 11)fi; No. 1 (ML. (is 155d to “a 2d: red winter, Crtt toa'd; corn. 31¢ 65g]: pens, 55 5d; pork, primo western mean. 571-) (H: lard. prime western, 27s 9i; America" re- nuei. 29:1: tallow, Autrtrallan, 25s 'Od; Aiuerietut, good to true, 2.55» 6d; Inn-0n. Ioug clear, light, 358: heavy, 3is til: short. clear, heavy, 33:4: chemo. colon-i. 585: white, GTS; Wheat firm: mm firm. Liverpool-tTw-Vt wheat {irxnz‘ red wintvr. Gs Gd', northern spring. in: 11lii: futures quiet, Mun-h undi May. 58 101; knot corn, firm, 33 (Sign; (Mums, steady, Mun-h 3s 15- 141. May 36 (rd: flour, 17s (id. Lourkm-t'lose - Wheat (-urgms waiting at ontpurw. I; of! the (um-rt, buyers and sellers apart: on pas- nngv. gene-rs asking an advance of 2M: mm. of! the (mast. nothing do- ing: on passage. firmer, with bet- tet' (Inquiry. 3] higher. SEEDS. In Chicago to-day timothy seed closed steady at 82.40 per 100 lbs. for December and steady at 82.50 for March. Clover closed 500 lower at 87.50 for December and 87.75 for March. In Toledo old prime clover seed‘closed 30 higher at 85.40 for Dec., and steady at 85.50 for March. Farm Produce “'holesulo. Toronto, Dec. 9.--Hure, lytrrd, cur In Chicago yesterday timothy Heed closed steady at $2.40 per 100 lbs. tor December and steady at $2.50 for March. Clover closed steady at $7.75 for December and $8.05 Ior March. In Toledo old prime clover send closed Sc higher at $5.50 for December and Ge higher at $5.60 bid for March. MANCHESTER BUTTER MARKET. e, Britt-h Market.- Cot 6d hon Ty 33:4 GTs at the latter taking only IMI require- menca. A little tree buying would nutter! prices quickly. We quote that white and colored " " to 57s. VISIBLE SUPPLY. Dec. A, '99. Dec. G, '98. Wheat. bu ... 55,778,000 24.145.000 Corn. bu... ... 11,712,000 20.362000 Cambu... ...... 6.185.000 5.544.000 Wheat decrease 158.000 bush. last week. as against an increase ot Tt6,. 000 bush. the corresponding week of last year. Corn increased 1i0.000 bush. last week, and oats Increased 394.000 bush. - bisis. T.-Crra2n receipts on an street market here to-day were tair. ly large; prices were about the Wheat-Three hundred bushels of rod and white tall wheat sold at 68 to 6854c and 500 bushels or goose at 68c. . Barley - Fifteen hundred bushels sold at tl to Itue. Petur-One load sold at 600. Butter-tsmall offerings met a moderate demand at 19 to 20c tor choice pound rolls. Iii-Moderate receipts; nominal demand at 2G to 2Te tor strictly new laid and 22 to 23c tor fresh eggs.__ -- - _ -poultrs--Fairis large receipts and srlotdemaryi. calcium are quoted at 25 to 4Oe, ducks 40 to OOC, " to 6e, turkeys tl to pc. - Potatoes-Nero' few uttered. . Bags by the wagon load are quoted at IO to 450. and smaller quantities at " to MM. Dressed 1%gir-Mitrlret unchanged nt_$5.::5 lo $5.40 pet cwt. _ - Hay and t5traw--Firtaeen loam: ot hay sold at $10 to $11.50; mixed hay and clover, $1) to $9.50. ho straw offered today. Bradstreet reports an increase of 1,- 390,000 bushels this week in the world's visible supply of when. East of Rockies incromwu 1,290,000 bush. els, and in Europe and afloat irwtwased 100,001) bushels. Corn increased lil,- 000 bushvls, and oats increased 101,- 000 bushels. , Oatsr--one thousand bushels trold at Business at Hamilton has been moderately active this week, but it is certain that it the weather had been colder sales would have been larger. Merchants are looking forward lo a drop in the, mercury to stimulate sales. Payments to the, wholesale firms are reported to be prompt for this season although the, grain marketings have been small lately owing to the moderate demand. Money is in good demand. The talk of new industries being started in Hamilton is encouraging to business mam __ Wholesale trade at Toronto has de- veloped some features of interest this week. The sales have not been showing much increase. Values con- tinue to advance. Woollen goods are firm. Hog products have been rather quiet. Live hogs have alYanred’ 1:40 .._...-... --..- "--e" _, per lb. There is a good demand for hardware. and metals with a strong upward tendency in some lines. Pay- ments from the retail trade are guru. Grain deliveries in the vicinity of London have been small this week, and business as far as the, farmers are concerned has not been very active, but the retail city trade has been very active lately, the unfavor- able weather having apparently made little impression on the sales except of heavy winter stuff which is certain to move. out more actively with the first cold snap. The farmers are well supplied with cash and country purchases thigh. month are likely to B"'----'""'" a . show a large Increase John Wester the Great Man of Illa Time. No man lived nearer the centre than John Wesley. Neither Clive nor Pit, neither Mansfield nor Johnson. You cannot cut him out of our national life. No single figure Influenced so many minds, no single voice touched so many hearts. No other man did such a life's work for England. As a writer he has not achieved distinc- tion, he was no Athanasius. no Atl- gustine, he was ever a preacher and an organiser, a laborer in the ser- vice of humanity; but happily tor us his journals remain, and from them we can learn better than from any- where else what manner of man he was. and the character of the times during whieh he liveduand moved u“) All "law-.- “V .7 V - - and I5had his being.--Frorn, " John wes1er"--Atttru"iue Btrrell, in Scrib- ner‘s. The "tstiff upper lip" is ail right; tt ia the umber lower lip which gets us into trouble. . - _= tut:__.‘ u- Luuu Inn-Jun...” Even with your most intimate friends bt is beat to knock before walking into their affairs. A youthful temperment in a wo- men won't pass for youth when tt comes to trying on hats. When a man gets ready tor a trip in five minutes it takes his wife three days to straighten up the house " ter ttus-Chicago Record. In life. as wina.--Buxton by“ The steam truths are the aim. len. and .0 are the greatest men. Pickled l’hllommhy g: in cheaa, forethought Illlillllll BURIED mE. TORTURED WHILE LIFE LASTED. His Crime Heinous and " Death Awful. Marni-Ila. Kr., report: Dick (Jole- mn. the negro murderer of In. Laatthrook, was taken from the urn- cialnby limbo! L000monto-dl! and burned at the stake. The mob was led by the huband of the next-0's “cum. Coleman confused the crime. Coleman arrived here to-day under a. special guard ot doputtes, sworn in by the sheriff, including Detective Fitzgerald. Constnbie Damon. Chief ot Polk-o Donovan, all the police force and, two deputy worms. _. = ...u. "n, W..-” .......__. When they arrived at the court house they Were met by a mull of fully 1.000 people, headed by Jamel Lashbrook. the husband of the mur- dered woman. The officers Were com- pelled to deliver their prisoner. and tho mob Wont immediately up Second street. through the 0011th portion of tho city, followed by fully 5.000 at tho (-itlaoul of the torn and munty. No attempt at (linguist: was tttado by the members of the mob. They worked in grim silence, scarcely " word lelng spokvn lmynnd the Part commands of their louder. - A down men draggod Coleman iron the grain of his guards. and throwing a rope over his heau, dragged hi. through the stream. The wretett tdtrieired cmstnntly tor mPr'Pf, plead- Ing for his lite at ew'ry stop. The mob carried Colomnn to a small hollow near tho railroad, whore they bound him tightly to a young sapling. Then they 110.1le a hum- pile of brush- wood and timber around him. while ho continued his "rims fur Itellr. _ Some one out. out his eyes. vitriol and cayenne pepper were thrown into the sockets. and his taco was smashed in with a pioco of wool. “In hum! rolled around, and ho was Minn-d to be dead. A dozen tort‘hm Worn nmrliod simultaneously. and hugv tones of flame shot up and around his must-lulu body. As the flames burst forth the in- menne crowd broke into cheers, which continued on long as the fire burned. Before the routing began Coleman WIS almost dead. The rope had torn and lacerated his neck and his (not) was terribly beaten up. The crime for which Coleman was burned wa- the murder at Mrs. Lash- brook, by whom he was employed. She was enticed by tCan to enter a shed to Bee about some work, when he knocked her down and ne- eaulted her. The blow. struck with an. oak stave, was not effective, and Cole- man, amid her cries for mercy, went to the house and procuring a razor cut her throat. _ It ia already announced that Judge Harbeaon will call a sywcial grand Jury at once to consider charges against leaders of the, mob io-day. Coleman said fifteen minutes before he was set atire that he had nothing to any. After the flames reached him he seemed to regain consciousness and his death was elow. Many women were meant during the burning. Just before Coleman dted he raised his head and in reported to hug, said: Maym‘llle. Ky., Dec. T.--he comm-r held an inquest on the rimrroi tNt- mains ot Richard Cokmluu. unzi Pert- dered the simplo verdict, " Death " the hands of a mob." Tito body was Iett lying thew. RAMP hunters took away tooth nnd bows and nesh and every fragment of the body they (-oulti lay hands on. All the afternoon chil- dren, some of than not mor" than six years old. kept up the fire nround the blackened body by throwing grunt. brush. bits of board and everything combustible they could got together. " It you take the {Dames away, I wuut to any something). Then he sank ark and died. Governor Bradley announced this afternoon that he would offer a re- ward for the apprehension of the members of the mob. _ In thin city the action of the mob ls universally Improved. oA'ert ontitttte iastlcally, by women, who think that lwmaftmr they will bp safer in (on- sequence. Some men deprecate mob law, hut my this case was an excep- tion to all rules. _ _ - Late last night all that was loft of the body of the unfortunate mum was raked out of the omht'rs and buried In Potter's Fluid. It was only a skull nnd two or throw olmrrei honin- Perfect quiet reigns in the city. Rooseveit's Jens [Hull's Body. All who attended Powers' The-ata- yesterduy afternoon to view repro- ductlons on canvas of the Spaniel:- American war parental by Burr Mc. IntoSh heard some novel minions can- dldly exprued and beheld startling pictures. any: the Clncugo Chronicle. “This In tho body of poor Hamilton Fish an it lay on the battlefield just after the Rough Riders' fizht." the. lecturer sold as a picture was focused on the Kareem "It is just as young Fish lay. I calmed to take the pie- ture tor hie frimth. I heard laughter not tweive feet away, and M I turned with my camera I saw a group of officers in apparently the merriest of moods. In the centre of the group was a man whose jokes were uttered in the loudest voice. That man had! been given all honor. To me it in typi- cal of him that he should sit juklnz. with a dead member of his brave command so near. It wan but the ftrtrt evldence of that character which afterward We so well known and so heartily dilllked by me. nnd which taunt oontlnue no to the end of the chapter}: " " " . "0"P"'". When the canvas was noodei again tho group appeared, and ThmJum Itooaevelt was the central ngare. A " feet away was dioxmrnihiu the body of young Hamilton Fish. Dead mun'a gulch came next into slow, with the lecturer oommentina' " Hero " where the rough riders' Fen-u- iess march was made and where their fighting began. There was no twi- hio wagon tor their mnrehirur up through thin hollow. It was n upw- taculur pet-immune? ordered by poll- tlcianl and done with the idea of attracting public attention. 'No one knew how near the enemy was." none than 200 views. taken from the moment of calling: from home until the return. gave a Wendi? Men of the humor! nnd horrors of the Cuban campaign. Henry Harris. A prosperous Carat- er. living near Bipies, cut bis throat with n razor. I ‘0ARSI‘2 AN " ISIH'TAL. " Over Hamilton 'll'