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If it be not these stirring words: "I can Both do and dare through all of life’s short span: “'herever duty calls, I grasp the hour." â€"Mary Woodward Weatherbee, in Wom~ In's Journal. “‘hore orie must fight, or u a coward fly. " EORGE. is that-you ?" It was the voice of Celia from the balcony of our room on the first floor. I craved my neck, and answered from the hmel verandu‘ where I was engaged in cutting the tip otf my afterdinuer cigar. "Yes, here I am. Won‘t you come and sii with me? It‘s dimly." (‘elia disappeared into the room. "Whali'" said Martin,'smpping in the gran-1 puxh lwluw. where he wag smok- ing in SUM 1H «3. “Do you want me?" "I (1011'; want you particularly." 1 "Why the blazes can't you say what you mean. if you meal; anything at all?" said Martin, from below. I hate explanations; and as it wasob- viously impossible to continue the con- versation 'uiiler existing conditions, 1 determined YO “:11: until the conditions altered themselves. The more especial- ly. as I found {113' lounge chair exceedâ€" ingly Comfortuuie after a day in the bicycle saddle; my cigar (lid not belie ixs brand. and a waiter appeared on the steps \\ itli 00$ch for three. Doctors will occziaionally :uii '\'ou~not, of course, your own «lumixrâ€"ihnt if you leave your symptoms alone. lie on )our back, and don‘t Worry. they will always fight to a finish. one way or the other. So situaâ€" tions will :ilxxuys explain themselvesâ€"â€" if you wufi: long enough and don't tidget them. ‘ Sugdz ‘ " smc Lena. Wuo has yumâ€" ing out ihe coffee . "That's right" I said. “We won‘t quarrel * This is really the best part of tho: (1m. That' s “hat I like about cyc‘dng. Its so jolly “hen it‘s over, said "Din you speak. George?" said Celia, emerging ilfJ'A.” upon the bulvony. "Nofi‘yrsf' 1 mid. It is so difficult to tell the \\ huie truth in :1 single Word. "I though: 5 DU :uid § "(12th want y-wul'" ilb‘kc‘d Len :he hull doorwa} what you mean." “No, it shouldn't," I said. “I find my- self involved in a dialogue with two people \\ ho are out of hearing of one another. and the scheme doesn‘t work. You can‘t carry on a rational conversa- tion that way. As soon as you get into touch with one, you flat! out! that the ofhern- By Jove! that seems to illus- xmte something or other. I wonder~" “It only illusu'ates your incapacity to grapple in a practical manner with the simplest diflicullyfi' said' Martin. "Now, if you had said. loudly and dis‘ tinctly: ‘I am sitting in the veranda answering two people, my wife and Martin Howard; let them both came hither'â€"â€"-\\ by. thenâ€"” ’ "Then." said 1, glancing at: the men who were loafing in uhe doorway, “they. would have sent for tfie manager, nnd’l should have been put under proper con- trol." , fifiighlaud am {510%. HIGHLAN D PARK. “Oh, It Martin. "Of course 1 want you," I said. “Come alung; it‘s deligmfiuily quiet and plens~ am.“ The, mom: brushed aside a cloud aml set to work :0 illuminate the sea in real earnest; behind me was :he subdued chatter of the hotel guesis who were filtering out of the diuium room; from ilxe (lismuce came the cheerful c ‘ick of billiard balls: and from-below sounded the soft ripple of waves upon shingle. It “as delightful. ' “\\ but are "ou (lr'nidng about?‘ ' said Martin as he came up the steps of the \emmlu. “George. do you want me or don‘t 52m?" asked Celia. appearing through :he hull (lm'x‘wuv. "1 can‘t make out onv “If \ou hadn‘t had the inspirat ion,” said Martin.‘ to mam a wifewith more than ordinar) common sense, you wouldâ€"3' r: ‘ ‘Hcre is he coffee“ I saith “I am ver} glad \ou have bmh come I found mgself imolvrd in a dialogue with two peopleâ€" n “0 George: And you sub): 3 ped- ant!" said Celia. “Shouldn't it be aâ€" triologue. or something?" Tell me the véatchword of the BY EVANS x FURRHST ozzgnt said Celia. who was pour- I ZCAN. you said you did." said ILLINOIS gassing “Seems a good sort. of hotel ’9]! round," said Martin. ‘"‘I‘m glad on thought of asking the dew n Eu‘elént smokingrroom, too. considering the 0‘ the place." ZE Celia me and leaned over the rail- ing of the veranda. Below 3 ‘cohple of girls were walking up and abwn. They had shawls over their beadfi and were talkmg m whispers The men had scattered from the doorway. and I could see two or three ladies of middle age sitting in the hall and readingjspas~ medically. I knew the books. I had seen them on the shelves of the; 10m] library. and you have dinner. and smoke. arid play billiards. and-uMartin, we might have a hundred up presently. There‘s a very good table here.” ' 1 “I seem to remembér,“ I said. “a place that is run by women» for women, and it didn t appenr $0 be uncommonly live- ly or sociable." “‘5 here ’” askgd Celia. “You took me there " Implied. “O, the club," said Colin. lbokiug thoughtful. ' “WEM'S the meaning of that sigh, Mrs. Mauhews?" said Martin. "When they invented hotels,“ said Celia, “I think they forgot that women \x'outd sometimes stay in them.” \(artin placed his head at the crit- ical angle. “I‘ve just come from there," said Celia. “It contains three dowdy old ladies and that poor [girl who is so sat upon by her mother. For ten min- utes no mm spoke. And then I had f0 come awayâ€"~â€"or scream. What would you have done if I had screamed, George?” 3 ‘ “I should really like.” said Celia. “to bu§ld a hotel on my own lines. and man- age it so that women had an equ 1 chance of enjoying it with men. You see, hotels are built by men for men, find the consequence is that women are expected to content themselves with a drawing-room where there is no one to speak to-and a back number of the Queen", Celia. turned. and leaning with her back against the balusti-ade. wrinkled l e) brows ‘Bm’xhis hotel " I objected “is ad- vortised as specially adapted for ladies and children.” . ”The hotel." I continued. “contains lifts, electric lights. electric bells, bath- rqoms. all the latest sanitary~” "'Bqu!" said Celia. “I suppose you suggest that I should go up and down in the lift by way of amusement and ring the electric bell for a chamber maid to talk'to me by way of Conversa- tion, wllile'you and Mr. Howard are playing billifirds or drinking whisky and ,soda in the smokingâ€"room ?" V “I thin}: I see your point." said Mar- tin. “There is clearly a deficiency somewhere. What about a. Indies’ smoking-room, and a ladies’ billiardâ€" roam?“ “Now that’s very curious,” I said. “I should have thought you would have done much .as we do in the smoking- room. told one another stories and stood one anotherâ€"comm; and so on." “But I had n'éver spoken to them; I didn‘t ejen know their names," said Celia. , _ “All the more reworkâ€"'1 “George. you don't unders’tand wom- en one little bit.” “It seems clear," said Martin. “that hotels were not built for women. I hadn‘t thought of'it in that light be- force but. how that you point it out, Mrs. M:ltthewsâ€"-” - , “There is no billinrd~room," I cumin~ ued. “and you can't ge‘ anything decent, to eat or drink: you ever dmp in on winter afternoo '10 a ame of whist â€"in favtv no one 8 r seeEs to go (here except on ‘At Home' day y "when there "I am not an invalid," said Celia. “and I don‘t want to go to bed; and if Idon't- go to bed now, whanam I to do?” 35'- "\\‘ell. why not?" said Celia. afmr a mommt’s reflection. “Two women out of every three Smoke. and thvre‘s noth- ing absoluteiy hum-0m] about billiards. is (here? You see, women want, ra- tional enjoyment as-well as men, where- “Naturally,“ said Martin. “But why a laxiies’ smokingâ€"room?” said Celia. “Why not have the same smokingâ€"room forâ€"â€"" Celia contem- plated the point of her shoe. I caught Martins He ".\-o I suppose not. ” said Celia “But thenâ€"" ‘ "Therejs.the drawing-room." I said “A nobIe apartment.” " ‘POUFE‘ SAID CELIA." my men to talk to. No; I don’t think your hotel would be very popular, Celia." “Ferhnps,” said Martin, “there are faults on both sides. 11’ hotels are not built for women. perhaps women are not built for hotels.” “What do you mean ?” asked Celia. “I mean." said Martin, “that perhaps. women in a hotel are n Hulk-well, nut 01 place.” "Thank you," said Celia. “Or, rather, out of their element. You see, if I want a game of billiards I just go into the billiardvrqom and ask tha first likely man I find if he will have n gnm‘e. And then ‘he winner stands the loser a» drink. It doesn tgmatter in the least to me if he hasâ€"Well, run a'Way "from his wife." ‘ “I don’t see what that has to do with it,” said Celia. : “It's the very kernel of the whole mat- ter," I said. “The essential condition of hotel life is that people shoxfld take each other at their face ”due. Now, women are always fidgeting lest the other women should be iorgeries. Look here. Celia; supposing" there were a ladies’ billiard room here, do you think it would be more cheerful than me draw‘ mg- room?" “But would anyone do it?” I asked. “Would you. Celia, walk up to the first casual stranger you found and invite her to a game?" Celia 160de thoughtfully at» the book in her hand, opening it and shutting it alternately, and said ‘nothing. “Then it woh't be any good altering hotels,” I said. “unless we alter women at the same time." / “For my own part," sag} Martin. “1% find them both very ple aunt aglthey] n are. Celia gave a little laugh. ‘,‘Well." she said, “I suppose I had better go and read in bed. Ibseems the only thing to do. Don't be too late, George."~â€"Blnck and White. “Something like ours. I presume.” _. Chicago News V‘Of éourse it. would." said Celia; “there woukl be something to do." The broken English charms, yet puz- zles. Willard. Where has he heard that voice before? “Inmgine,zen," said Bertha, “my hus- band, who may uprise at any moment." Willard laughs heartily. “My wife“will not,” he exclaims. “I left her safe at home, telling- her that I had to sit up wi'th a dying friend." For a moment they are nopplused, then. ungovgrnable. sonorous‘ resounds their heatty laughter. Thinking to mutuafiy deceive each other, they have, ‘ndced, shown only the strictest fidel- ity._â€"~Philadelphia Bulletin. Ended in lla’rrlnac. Mr. Peckâ€"What is that book you an reading, my deny? MrsiPeekâ€"Itfs 'a novel entitled “A Faml flirtation." Only on Speclnl‘ Occasion; Mrs. O‘Donovanâ€"{i didg’t see ye at Pat's fun'ral, Mrs. O’Dowd; Mrs. O’Dowdâ€" No, mum! Oiniver in- jo; fuu‘ mls oixless they' re in the own fami lyeâ€"Judge. An Adventure In Which Two Pol-Ion! Are Surprl-ed. “A dying friend. I shall be late. Do not wait up.” L! The lord and master scarcely de- 1 parted. Bertha hastens to her boudoir. 1 With nervous lingers she adjusts blond “ig Pmisian hat and \eil. i “ '1‘1 es chic 11 'est ee pas?" 1’ Altogether the purest, French accent ’1 which might deceive even her husbandg‘ With a burst of laughter she descends? the stairs and a moment later the street. 1 door closes with a bang behind her. Hm first rendezxous! \\ hat mingled sentiments of fem and guilty delight fill the adorable little‘: woman s being when she sees appear at l the place of appointment, in‘zhe railway 5 station “Hillard th 1 my sterions coneâ€" 1 sp’ondent for Whom she has addressed f letters t6 the; Evening Flirtf -i l l I Tull, with imperial nnd-mustncheâ€"- red, it must be confessed, but so dis~ tinguishedvhandsome and masculine, he appeals to her as the ideal lover. The peculiar accent of his voice moves her pleasantly. They are soon seated comfortably in a box. “Ah, how you are ayniable~kind~ je veln dim," whispers Bertha; “for all zis happiness I _am much obliged to you} A flash of comprehension passes over Bertha's features. She divines a re- markable truth. With sudden resolu- tion she seizes Willard s imperial. HOP. rors! It gives way and discloses a smooth chin. , “My husband!” she cries. In her excitement she ergets to as- sume the French accent. “At last ‘ mus \\",illmd smiling: “ at last )ou hme consented to pity my humbltx desperation. 1 thank you.“ A trip to the theater is suggested. Bertha demurs. May her husband not be flxere. despite the “dying friend?" She trmnhlvs at the thought! "No. no." she murmurs. But when one is 20‘ and when a hand- some fellow speaks enticingly in one's ear. human weaknesg asserts itself. However. both‘take from the adven- ture untold amusement. “My vs 1fe‘" ejaculates the false “11- Iard. ‘ Bertha finds a hike indeflnable famil- iar ring in her companion‘s voice. FAITHFUL lNFIDELITY. K At a special election in Jacksomille to tote on the quéstion of lm3inga ,0- i cent tax on tiie $100 for purchaS: ng and ’ keeping a public park the measure was defeated by a vote of 1,105 to 602. The constitutionality of the civil serv- ice law was sustained in an opinion given by 1116 state'supreme court. 5 Jennie Elkins awoke if! Decatur tar find her two~momhsâ€"old baby girl dead at her side. The child had smothered to death under the coverlets. James Gray. aged 91, an early settler. I died near Centerville. , Fire in Chicago destroyed $100 000 .morth of property of the A. H. Andrews Furniture compam. John \elson, a drher, was instantly i killed by falling from a trestle at Bloomington. i l \ 1 gunmen-v. Pro‘phecy Fumnea. George‘Henry Washington, 71 years of age, the accredited leader of colored society in St. Clair county, was mar‘ riéd in Mascoutah to Maggie Wade, 22 )‘efi‘rs old. At a picnic 16 years ago the present bride, thenia child, with her mother and father, Was thrown into the water by the capsizingof a boat. Henry Washington, one of the mu agers ot the picnic, jumped into the like at the risk of his own life and sov .d the three. In her feeling of gratitude Mré. Wade half jokingly told him that some day he should wed the daughter. Guilty of Murder. The trial of Ben and Wilbur McCoy, brothers, for the murder of John Bulv lock. alias Smith,ended in Bloomington in the conviction of Ben McCoy and the acquittal of Wilbur. The jury fixed the punishmcnt of McCoy at 14 years in the penitentiary. Bullock was shot and died almost instantly on the platform of the Alton station at Shirley in May. 1807. Ben McCoy was tried for the crime about one year ago and the jnz' disagreed. Wilbur was a witness in this trial, and both Ben and he were indicted soon after for the murder. * Number of passengers can-led during the year ending June 30. 1897, eunlng rg'venue, 76,318,031; number of tons of freight cut- rled, 643964465; gross earnlngs from tho‘ operation for one of mile road. 56.656; ex- nses per mile. $4,394; leaving net per mlle, ,362. The total‘x-allway c-pltal wns $2,- 725,415.138: amount per mlle. 361,889: num- ber of mlles mall lime and brimchu ln steel, 10,095.09; lron, 32,277; tons of new rall laid, 364.518.08. Accldentsâ€"Number of employs: and passengers killed. 577: in- Jured, 2‘081. Salarlesâ€"Employes. $39.” 561; fifty taxes paid by railroad, $4.504 . “”1:qu Railroads. ~ The advance sheet-s of the twenty- aeventh annual report of the railroad and warehouse commissionerskof 11H- nois give the following statistics: ‘ Say: It‘s l‘nluicfl Gov. Tanner. after inspeming the sit‘e in Peoria bi the new asylum for the incurable insane. which was said to be unsafe because of underlying coal mines. and the one building erected by the preceding administration, decitleq that it would be better to tear it down as unsafe. The present site will be re- tained. but the new buildings will be located on another part. away from [be undermined region. The Commercial Men. Over 200 délega'tes were present from difi'erent poims in the state at the an- nual meeting in Chicago of the Illinois Commercial Men‘s association. Ofl‘lcers were chosen as follows: President, George H. Holden; vice president. George W. Smith; secretary and ireas- urer, R. A. Cmanaugh directors 8 S. 1,1um E. F. Conifer H. B Smith. W. W. Him- Mex. John Furlong. Told in a Fenv Linea. Fire desiroyod the Coliseum building in Chicago‘ the loss being”: $350,000 on the structure and $125300 on exhibits contained therein. One man was burned to death and many other per- sons were injured. Feast for the Insane. The Chi’lstnms dinner given at. the Eastern insane hospital in Kankakee consisted of 1300 pn’unds of turkey, one ton of candy, ten barrels of sweet po- tatoes, 14 barrels of apples. 16 cases 0'! oranges. five barrels of cranberries and 85 gallons each of corn and tomatoes. The grand jur) \oted S5 indictments against propxieiors of alleged gambling resorts in Chicago among those 1'11- dicted being three alderman. ‘ The total valuation of propertyin La- Salle county, aocording (0 the asses- sors‘ returns. is $15,520,196, and the total tax for the ’next year amounts to $724,161.04. L Fire and an explosion in {he build- ing in Chicago occupied by the Toseni‘ Cafe Iles‘taurant company causéd a loss of $200, 000 and 23 persons were in- jured. , Charkfi. sixâ€" )ear-old 9611 of Elias Er~ win was fatalh injured with firecrack- ers in 110111511119. George Wendell, a democratic member of the house of the Thirty-ninth general assembly and a large landowner. died at his hqme near New Holland. During Hm past year 2.554.000 cattle, 8.314.430 h0g9. 3,580,000 sheep and 110.- 000 horses were received at the union stock yards in Chicago. ‘ Fire in the Great Northern hotel in Chicfigo burned the great aeolian or- gan, vaixmd at 515.000. The car burn of the City Railway com- pany \\:x,~ h\.',‘!.‘t‘<1 in Rockford. Lost, $12.(um; MIL". Enbured. , Mr. and Mrs, Henry Grim celebrate their golden wedding in Kewgnee. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. Springfield. liif. Jan. 5uâ€"The houte yea- terday concurred in the senate resolution indoming the movement for holding corn exhibitions in the principal cities of thin and foreign countries, with a view to ex- panding‘the market for com. The Berry revenue bill, as amended along the line. suggested by the senate revenue commitâ€" tee, was introduced and ordered printed. It provides for a county assessor: that. property. be appraised at full cash value and assessed at one-firth: that the board or review be composed of‘the county treas- urer, county clerk and president of the county board. the last-named taking the place of the county judge mentioned in the old bill as a member of the board of re- view. Mr. Swlor. of Cook. introduced two revenue bills. providing that all public franchise's shall be assessed one per cent. on their cash value, and limiting to one per cent. the assessment on all property at its fair cash value. Gov. Tanner sent in a. special message asking that he be given authOrity to move the insane asylum from its present location over the abandoned coal mime at Peoria to firmer ground. Spanish Arblter Decide: Again-t thd United Staten. Washington, Jan. 5.-The cause of arbitration in the settlement of claims between nations has received a severe check in the award by the arbitrator in' the ease of Oberlander and Messenger, who claimed $50,000 and $25,000, re- sPectiver, {or ill-tree amen: by the Mex- ican auxhoritics. The arbitrator was the Argentine minister at Madrid, Senor Quesada. and his decision was in favor of ihe Mexican government and againsl the American claimants. The discouraging feature of the decision is that in making “he decision the arbitra- tor apparently overlooked every point of law, according to the English standâ€" ards, and decided the case with refer- ence to his sympathies. It is said [hat a more extraordinary opinion \hnn this from a legal point of \‘Ee‘V was never seen at the state department. Proceedings 01’ the Special Sen-Ion from Buy to Day; Springfield 11L, Jan. 5.â€"â€"Durlng a brief session of the senué yesterday the gov- ernor sent in the following nomlnatlona, whlch were confirmed: Member of the state board of health, Dr. R. F. Bennett, of thchfleld. to succeed Dr, Julius Kohl. term exnlred; member of the state board a! pharmacy. Fred Lueder of Peoria, to sue-- ceed Albert Zlmmerman. termexplred. Tho gdvemor‘l message relauve (o the incur- able insane asylum 3! Peoria was referred to 'the committee on appropriations. O‘berlander'wns a deputy sheriff in California and he was kidnaped and taken across the border by Mexican off- ccrs.\1rs..\!essenger. in “hose house he had taken refilge, “as ill treated. When it came to renderinghis decision, the arbitrator, it is said, ignored the facts and reasoned that because the United States government-had not rec- ognized the rights of the Chinese gov- ernment to indemnity for the killing of Chinese at Rock Springs. “'30., while insisting upon indemnify for lessen sustained ”American missionaries in China, we could not expect tO' have an indemnity awarded our citizens in such cases is this. This peculiar lack of legal perception is said at the depart- ment to be almost without a parallel in the history of arbitration, and has un- doubtedly done much to prevent the submission of other claims to arbitra- tion unless it can first be known that. the arbitrator is familiar with the prin- ciples of .common law, according to the English standards. German (‘ount Married to-Mra. Mny startle" Lay nt “'unhington. Washington. Jun. 5.~('ount vun Goetz‘rn. military attache of the Ger- man embassy. was married at noon Tuesday to Mrs. May Stanley Lay at the residence of the bride. The cereâ€" mony. which made another American countess was first performed by a jus- tice of the peaoe in am‘ordanée with the official custom of Germany. and later by Rev. Dr, Menzei. of the German Lu- theran church. The count had as his witness the German ambassador. Dr. Von Holleben, Baron Hermann, Mr. "on Bruenig and Mr. You Reichenau. of the embassy staff. while the bride’s witnesses were members of her family. The wedding breakfast !ollowed. and was participated in by Sir Julian Paunrefote. the British Ameriz-an am- bassador; Viscount Santa Thyoso. the Portuguese minister; (‘ount Gaiiaza. of the Spanish iegation: Gen. X. and Mn. Miles. and many other representatives of the diplomhtie corps. the arm" navy and society in general. Later in the day the count and his bride started {or a trip aemss the continent. LOSE CLAIM AGAINST MEXICO. Engineer on Santa Fe Road Cllllel a Fntal “'rcek. Kansas City. Jan. 5.â€"â€"While James ScotLa Santa Fe railway engineer,slept in his engine cab,his enginedrawing a lcng string of freight and stock cars, bore down upon another freight train. moving in on a side track on the Santa Fe railway yards in Argentine. Kau‘. A eollision fo‘llowed. Charles K.Landers, smckman, 40 years old. of Brazilton. Kan. was killed. and M. L. Miars. stock- man, of Waverly. Kan; A. (I. Olin, stockumriof llrnziltonfinng John C.Myo ers. stockman. of Brazilian. Kam; J. M. McAdow, lireryman. of Ottawa. Kan, were injured. The stockmen were in the caboose of the wrecked train. None of their‘fujuries are serious. To Build 1 Boot Sax-r Flt-tor)". Len Ange-195. CHL. Jan. 5.â€"~N. H. Dyer Co., of (‘12velnnd,0.. have closed a cmnrm-t wifli Dmid Eccles and Jo- seph Clark, of Ogden, Umh. for we con- struction of a beef sugar factory at a daily capacity of 700 tons at Ogdén. WEDS AN AMERICAN WOMAN. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE SLEPT AT HIS POST.