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THAT GIRL 9f JOHNSON S My J&A./* JUr£ tVDLVN. Xi*A#r "W/ « C1W1 Ultra.* Etc. Kttared Aocordloc to Act of Conrrati la th« Yaar 1890 by Street ft Smith. In the Office of the Librarian ci Congress, it Washington, D. C CHAPTER P|t,, The Girl. *4 The day was dreary when she was J>orn, not only because the rain was | %• ' falling in a drizzling fashion and a /tnlst hung over the hills, but because ^Jkhe was born. Her mother, having r; ?2;li soft heart, felt all her tenderness ^^ jbwaking for her weak daughter, and ^gathered her into her arms with a half Jpitying caress. But her mother did ^ ̂'tiot live long, and some of her friends ; ' V'tvent so far as to say that it was well v ; | *he did not, for she would have spoiled ^-'iihegirL t Her father--well, there was no dan- of her father spoiling the girl ^ ' with tenderness. He considered her birth one of the blows fate dealt him, and he said he had had many blows from fate. He said fate was against him; people said he was shiftless; they •aid also that there was hardly a doubt that the girl would be the same. None of the Johnsons amounted to much--at leastthat branch of the fam- * tly. Lemuel Johnson, this man's brother, was rich, rumor said, and they •did not blame him for having nothing to 4o with his shiftless brother. He lived in a line house in New York; -was enterprising and shrewd; how could anyone blame him for dropping this ne'er-do-well brother? His brother thought differently. Lemuel was rich; fate had been good to him; it was hut right that he should help him; It was an unheard of thing that he had never offered to help him, especially when this added burden was laid upon his already too heavily laden shoulders. Of what good to him was a girl? Girls were of little use. Had •he been a boy--but she was not a boy, and she was motherless from the time she was three weeks old. With a .pathetic appreciation of the < fitness of things her mother named Dolores. And from the time she %' Was taken from the dying mother's arms her large brown eyes, shaded £\'yby long curling lashes, looked out upon the world with a strange gravity and • ,A knowledge of what it meant to be ; ? brought into the world unwelcome and v"- f %nloved. ' V* i She seldom cried. She never cooed •$-£ *s other and happier babies do. And i t *s she grew older silence grew upon viier. She said little and the neighbors t;/ * Seldom ran in to gossip with her as they ;^V did with each other, for there was use; she took no interest in them fr.; «r their gossip; no one could talk £ 'V'•asily with her eyes upon them. So |^V when she grew old enough to attend ^ to the household matters herself, they !%,. . left her alone; even the children of tier own age dropped her as though *' the had been dead. She was an excellent cook, and kept the house well. In these things her i", •' father had no fault to find. He set pV dom spoke to her; if the food were well cooked he never found fault; he % never praised it or her; he ate his |p;,v" meals in silence, and went out of the house. She saw him only at meal ^ 'times; his evenings were spent at the ; tavern; hers were spent at home jnending his clothes or doing whatever 'was to be done. S&"./' And to every one in the village--out ; of it she knew no one--she was slm- jfe ; Ply "that girl of Johnson's." CHAPTER II. The Stranger. • . When Dolores was twenty her father awoke to the fact that she was no longer a child. The knowledge of her age and comliness came to him sud­ denly one day. Johnson was & blacksmith, and young Green, whose father was judge In the town across the mountain, was riding up the valley when his mare cast a shoe, and be stopped at the shop to have it replaced. The day was warm and sultry, and after a few minutes young Green asked for some water. Johnson sent him to the house for it, saying that Dolores would give it to him. Green returned In a few minutes. There was a strange W;- Uk- dreary garden a short distance up the mountain. Dolores was standing in the door­ way, her arms hanging down in front of her, her fingers clasped listlessly together. The sunlight was on her dark head; her brown eyes were look­ ing straight before her, and there was a light in her face that fairly trans­ formed it Usually there was little light in her faca Her lips were part­ ed as though she had been speaking of pleasant things. Young Green took off his hat, and ran his fingers through his fair hair. The wrinkle of perplexity appeared and deepened between his brows. "Johnson is she your daughter?" The blacksmith straightened up in surprise. No one had ever before He watched her face. asked about Dolores. With the back of his htiind he wiped the drops from his grimy face. "She my darter? Wal, I reckon. My cursed luck thet she warn't a boy; boys is o' use." A flash came into the clear blue eyes watching Mm. "Cursed luck? Man, you should thank your lucky Btar that she is a woman--and such a wo­ man! Where did she get her learn­ ing?" "Learnln' ?" The man was bewildered; he laughed scornfully. "She ain't never had no learnin' 's far as I know. Thar ain't no use in learnin'--'t least I ain't never seen no use o' it. Wimmen 'specially air better off 'thout it. Hyar's yer mare reddy. Fine mare, she. A shillln', sir; thank 'ee." The mare was full of life and spirits, and a beautiful animal. When her master mounted she reared and plunged; her tail swept the scanty grass at the door, her long silky mane swept his face; her eyes were flash­ ing, her nostrils dilated. The girl in the dooway lost her list­ less attitude. She came down the steps, and called to him, and her voice --peculiarly penetrating, but full of rare sweetness--sounded like a note of music on the sultry air. He smiled at her. With a tight rein and a calm word he quieted the mare, then he rode up to the girl. His voice was pleasant; to her it sounded grave and almost sweet. "The mare is gentle as a kitten; she fool 'nough, but ye're worse. She rose up slowly to her full height and confronted him. Her soul was In her eyes and his shrank from it. "Father, say what you like of me; you shall not say nothing of my mother; she is beyond your power now." The book had slipped from his hand and fallen to the ground; he kicked it contemptuously. The flash deepend in her eye, but she had had her say, and sat down. The moonlight was on her face and hair; her shadow lay long and dark behind her. Lavina Ketcham made a gentle wife; she gave up much for peace, and at first she had loved her hus­ band; afterward she found out his brute nature. Her nature was line, rind she was true to him always, bet love was out of the question then. He forbade her the use of her books, and in that only she would not obey him. For a nature like hers to die men­ tally or even stagnate was impossible. She was above him as the stars she loved were above her, and she knew it, and he knew it also; he hat&d. her for it She was a school teacher, and as school teachers did not thrive that side of the mountain he offered her a home, and she accepted his offer, believing him noble because of this generous act, as women will believe of the men they love unti® they have been proved otherwise, wli(en the sweet if rather blind faith inthein can never return once being destroye Her daughter inhe^ted her nature only in a far higher degree. Her hus­ band knew it, and the nmghbors knew it Never, however, did the girl's father know that her mother's books were her constant companions; that she l^ved in them and on them; that nearly every word of theirs was known to her by heart Betsy Glenn had been her mother's schoolmate and friend. Betsy Glenn taught Dolores with all the power she was capable. She had long been dead, but the seed she sowed grew and grew; some time it would ripen and bear fruit. Had her father known of this he would have stopped it from the first He did not know it, for he had never taken enough interest in her to know it. Had he asked her she would have told him, but he never asked. The jealousy he had already felt to­ ward his wife for her love of books seethed and scorched in his heart a& he stood facing her daughter and his. She possessed not one of his traits; the mother's nature had deepened ten fold in his daughter. (To Be Continued.) BARBER WHO WAS A KING. Nervous Customer Jumped at Con* elusion and Fled. A queer reminiscential gleam crept into the eyes of the barber, with the long, low, rakish forehead, as he sud­ denly rested his razor hand while shaving the Adam's apple of the lean, nervous-looking man in the chair. "I was King Louis XIV. of France last night," said the barber, suddenly, the razor still poised about half an inch above the lean customer's Adam's apple. The customer blinked and breathed hard. The shaved side of his face became nearly as white as the still lathered other side. "Wait a minute," he said, placing a shaking hand on the barber's shaving arm. He up sat straight in the chair with a wild look, and then made a bolt for the door. "Wow!" he yelled as he went. "What an escape! King Louis XIV! Bug­ house! He wouldn't have done a thing to me--" and, wiia the towel stream- ing in the breeze and one side of his face still lathered, he loped down the street ,, . , , ,. The barber with the long, low. rak-would not harm me for the world. It is ^\. , , , , . .. *""• "~ ^ I4h' forehead went to the door and only one of her tricks. You are as fond of animals as of astronomy, are you not, Miss Johnson?" Her gaze had strayed down to the shop. Her father w$s standing in the doorway rubbing his hands on his leathern apron and watching them. The flash died out of her eyes, the flush from her face; the listlessness had returned. His gaze involuntarily followed hers. He received no reply from her, and expected none; he understood with a rare Instinct. When he had ridden away she stood a long time at the gate. The far­ away look was in her eyes as she watched the black mare and her rider until the haze from the mountain hid them from view. When her father came into dinner he watched her as she prepared the table; he watched her as she ate. His eyes were on her constanly; she knew it, but gave no sign. As he took up his hat to return to tlie shop he turned and asked, abrupt­ ly, but v^ith ^little show of interest: "How old air ye, girl?" Her large eyes looked through and through him; her gaze was steady, his wavered; her voice, too, was steady and slow: "I am,twenty, father." "Curse the girl!" he muttered, as he passed down the worn path to the shop with no haste in his slouching gait "Curse all ther wimmen! Borned fools, every one of 'em! Jest my luck thet 8he warn't a boy; boys is o' use!" stared after the galloping customer with amusement. "Well, I'll be dad-binged!" muttered the barber. "Now what kind o' cogs has that feller got In his conk? I was on'y tryin' to tell him that I was King Louis XIV. .at the barbers' masquerade ball last night, and look at him goln' after Salvator's mile record!"--Wash­ ington Post MR. HENHECK'S IDEA OF IT. "Did ye get ther water?" expression on his face, and he did not enter the shop at once; he stood in the doorway, watching the hammer fall on the glowing iron. Green had a college education, and his friends were to a certain extent like all other young fellows, fond of hunting and all athletic sports, but a strength like this man's he had never , before seen. Green was a man, and men admire strength. The mouth was sullen under the scant gray mustache; the eyes were small, and showed a possible cruelty of nature--brute cruel­ ty; the forehead was low and narrow. There was not an Intellectual line in his face, A wrinkle of - puzzled thought ap­ peared between the young man's brows. He turned and looked long and earnestly up the path that led to the tiny anpainted house set in«its CHAPTER 11!. Her Learning. Dolores was sitting on the door steps one evening. Her father was at the tavern as usual, and as her house­ hold duties were finished she sat in the mellow moonlight that flooded the mountain Ivith raidlance. She was no longer listless. Her Hps were parted; her eyes larger and darker than usual; her face, raised to the starry heavens, was full of light. On her knees lay an old astronomy, and one slender finger marked the place of her read­ ing. She was lost to herself and her sur­ roundings; she did not bear the heavy footsteps approaching along the nar* row path; she saw no'thing until a rough hand pulled the book from under her fingers. A deep oath smote the ! air. Y/e{l Known Saying Revised Accord* ing to His Opinion. Mrs. Henheck looked up from the paper she was writing on "The De> velopment of Modern Slang and Its Influence Upon Our Daily Conversa­ tion." * "My dear," she said to her husband, who had come in from the kitchen tq tell her that the dishes were washed and put away, "what is the conclusion of that atrociously vulgar saying which begins with 'There is a sucker born every minute?' "Why, Henrietta, I don't call it to mind at present" "Surely you do, my pet It is part of the argot of the street. Tliey say 'There is a sucker born every minute,' and then I think the rest of it refers to what the--the suckers do. But that part of it I forgot. What is it they all do?" Hiram Henheck steeled himself for trouble, but he felt it was the chance of his life. "Let me see," he mused. 'It goes, 'There is a sucker born every minute and they all--they all--" 'Yes, yes, dovey, I get that down." "And they all get married!"--Chica­ go Tribune. vV1 Corbett Proves No Match for the Heavyweight -Pugilistic Champion in Their. Fight at Saiti Francisco -- Solar Plexus Blow Decides Battle. James J. Jeffries is still champion heavyweight pugilist of the world. He retained his title by defeating James J. Corbett in the tenth round of a twenty round contest at Me- cnanics' pavilion, San Francisco, Aug. 14 Corbett had mapped out nis plan of battle lo keep at a safe distance from the champion for the first ten rounds. By doing so he hoped Jeff would be­ come so tired he could step in, hit him at will, stay the limit, and secure the decision on points. He expected Jeff to rush at him like a wild bull, apd that his neatness of foot would <y carry him out of range of the The fight demonstrated beyond all doubt that Jeffries stands alqpe in his class. He showed remarkable im­ provement in both speed and skill. He wi&s never in better condition. He looked lighter than usual, and the way he moved about on his feet and the frequency with which he coun­ tered Corbett's leads astonished every­ body. Jeffries was not only stronger, fast­ er and cleverer than ever before, but he used his head to better purpose, and, although Corbett would hit him hard enough to hurt an ordinary man Jeffries would bore right in without noticing the blows, and would deliver 'WMm onAMPioivi jerrRies big fellow's blows. Jeff, however, did not fight as Corbett anticipated. He did not rush at him and swing wildly, but moved fast toward him, measured his distance carefully, and did not attempt to hit unless Corbett was within distance. Neither did Corbett fight along, the lines he had announced. He did hot scamper around the ring as much as was expected, but instead kept as close to his opponent as • possible, thinking by so doing he would get inside of the champion s long left. These tactics were undoubtedly fram­ ed by foxy Tommy Ryan and, it tran­ spired, were undoubtedly the best methods Corbett could adopt By staying in close he showed conclu­ sively he was playing a waiting game and he could do ^his much better by staying close than by spripting, as he first started to do. Jeff soon sat­ isfied him that he was his equal, if not his superior, at this game. The big fellow's speed was a revelation. Corbett could do nothing with him for the first six rounds, when he tried to outbox him. The end came shortly after the be­ ginning of the tenth round, when Jef­ fries planted one of his terrific left Explaining the Situation. The Memphis Commercial Appeal explains the advance in the price of meat by an incident that recently oc­ curred in a hotel. • "See here.".said an Indignant guest to the proprietor, "your "waiter charged me 25 cents for a tomato. la that right?" 8No, it isn't right," replied j mine host amiably, "but that's what we charge." The Real Cause. Maude--"What makes you so aw­ fully nervous, dear7" Clara--"Why, Fred Is to have an in­ terview with papa this afternoon1 "Curse ye!" her father muttered, be- ! Maude--"Oh, and you are afraid your tween his clenched teeth. "Curse 'em father will not give bis consent?" as invented books an' learnin'! Tbes Clara--Ho; I'm afraid Fred wont is ther way ye waste yer time while rt show up." James J. Corbett. swings on Corbett's stomach. The man who conquered John L. Sullivan dropped to the floor in agony, and the memorable scene at Carson City, when Bob Fitzsimmons landed his so­ lar plexus blow, was almost duplicat­ ed. This time,'however, Corbett strug­ gled to his feet and again faced his gigantic adversary. With hardly a moment's hesitation Jeffries swung his right and again landed on Cor­ bett's stomach. Jim dropped to the floor, and then it was that Tommy Ryan, seeing that it was all over, mo­ tioned to Referee Graney to stop the punishment New Vocation. Cecil Glynee Dliddgim, a wealthy Welshman, has married a London manicurist, who has shut up her shop and will devote her entire attention henceforth to paring and filing her new name. telling hits that materially helped in deciding the result of the fight. At first Corbett was very cautious, and apparently was outpointed by Jef­ fries, but later in the fight he warmed up and showed some of his old-time cleverness. From the first, however, it was generally regarded as a hope­ less case for Corbett. He made a gal­ lant fight, but he never stood a show to win. Referee .Eddie Graney said after the fight that it was a great heavy-weight contest. "Corbett was very clever, but Jeff­ ries was almost equally co, and show­ ed marvelous improvement. He prac­ tically outboxed Corbett during the f ght, with the exception of the eighth and ninth rounds. Every blow that he landed told, and his superior weight and strength were bound to win in the end." During the fight Corbett talked con­ tinuously to Jeffries, and to the ref­ eree made a number of facetious re­ marks. He was game to the end, and whenever Jeffries landed a blow would make a jesting remark. In the sixth round, during a clinch, just after Jeff­ ries had punished him severely, he remarked to the referee: "Watch him, Eddie; ne s trying to knock me out." Jeffries only grinned and waded into his man all the harder. Corbett's sys­ tem of training was undoubtedly bene­ ficial to him from a physical point of view, but it apparently detracted from his speed. He did not keep away from Jeffries in the manner that was anticipated, but clinched at every op­ portunity. He also did some clever ducking, thereby avoiding deadly blows, but all his cleverness was of no avail. He fought his fight, and when the time came Jeffries delivered the necessary blows, and established him­ self more firmly than ever as cham­ pion heavy-weight pugilist of the wcrld. The largest crowd that ever saw a fight in San Francisco was present at the ringside, it was estimated that the receipts were at least $100,000. Of this the fighters get 75 per cent, which they split between them in the ratio of 75 per cent to the winner and 25 per cent to the loser. On the basis of the receipts mounting to the figure estimated Jeffries would re­ ceive as his share $56,250 and Cor­ bett $18,750. This is the largest purse ever fought for by any two pugilists. The winner's end amounts to more than the entire purse of his last fight with Corbett and the loser's snare is more than the ordinary win­ ner's end. Battle of Fontenoy. The battle of Fentenoy is the only large battle ever, fought in which the opposing sides were equal--each 70,- 0C0 men--and the losses of victors and vanquished equal also, both being.7,500 men. 1 Income From Travelers. A single railroad company, the New York Central, received $170,000 in fares during three summer months of 1902 on account of its Niagara busi­ ness alone. Farmers' Trust. Five hundred farmers arqund Rock­ well, la., formed a trust with $25 000 capital for marketing their products. Last year, at an expense of $4,000, they did a business of $620,000 without losing a dollar. Everything Good Is Bad. pr. Wiley suggests' that uncooked vegetables may be dangerous because of tainted soil. It looks as if the young onion were to go. along with' ice water, ice cream' and ill the otter summer luxuries. A Boer Expression for the Tenderfoot Bait Caster to Remember. The trouble with the tenderfoqt bait caster is that he is too strong and the boat is not a rock above water. He puts enough muscle into the rod to send the light bait 300 yards; then the boat tips and he grabs at the gun­ wale with one hand to save himself jBnd wonders why his reel overran and the line snarled. If this mishap does not happen, some other accident oc­ curs, and he catches fewer fish than his more experienced companions. It takes the tenderfoot bait-caster a long time to learn that bait-casting ia iike golf, that is, the more you press the less you do. . The Boers have an expression which they use to their oxen when mixed with a heavy load in the middle of a long river. They say It almost caressingly: It is "Sutjes, sutjes!" It means, "Softly does it!" and it fetches the ox€h every time, unless the mlfe nans clear down to the diamond deposit. When the tenderfoot bait-caster learns to say "Sutjes, sutjes!" to him­ self he is more than half taught-- New York Sun. A German Farmer's Cafe. Rich Fountain, Mo., Aug. 17th.-- Rev. Joseph Pope of this place is widely and favorably known as a clergyman who has done and is doing much for his people. He is very much beloved by everyone -for the faithful­ ness of his pastoral work. Rev. Mr. Pope has given for publica­ tion a statement made to him by a German farmer who is a member of his congregation. The man's name is George Hoellerer, and he has given Rev. Mr. Pope this letter: "Last winter I suffered very much with Rheumatism. I could neither walk nor ride on horseback nor do any farm work. "I took medicine from different doc­ tors but they did not do me any good. Then I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills pro­ cured for me by a good friend. After I had taken the first box I felt already a heap better; I was relieved of the pain and could walk and chop wood; and the contraction of my fingers be­ gan to resolve. "Now since I have taken six more boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills I feel well again and am able to do all the work on the farm." He Had a New Job. "The natural stolidity of the Scandi­ navian peoples has not been exagger­ ated a particle. in the stories that have been told about them," said a Minnesota lumberman who was in town the other day. "During the last log-drive, a couple of my hands, Alric and Ole, Swedes, were working alone, poling out logs that had swirled into an inlet of the river and became jammed there.' The noon grub call went, and Alric hiked along to the mess tent alone. " 'Where's Ole,' my foreman asked Alric. " 'Ole,' said Alric, 'he qvit--Ay tank he got anudder yob.' "Ole had slipped off the log upon which he was standing and had been drowned beneath the jam, and that was Alric's way of expressing it"-- Washington Star. "Play 8quare and Don't Talk." There would be a whole lot less trouble in the world if folks could only realize that there is but one motto to hang on the wall, "Play Square and Don't Talk." -Wireless Telegraph., The United States signal corps will establish wireless telegraph stations at Ft. Davis, Safety Harbor, St. Michaels, Ft. Piggons, Bates Rapids and at Val- dez, wher^ connections will be had with'the submarine cable at Puget sound. Trouble Just Started. The fact that a Chicago man has won a wife with a poem should hot raise false hopes among the verse writers. He wont be able to support her that way. DEAFNE88 CANNOT BE CURED by local applications as they cannot reach the dis­ eased portion of the ear. There is only one waj to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con­ dition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling Bound or imperfect hearing, -and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the in­ flammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by ca­ tarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition wf the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any cas« of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cnre. Send for circular*, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Largest Boy in the World. In a certain Paris establishment the largest boy In the world is ex­ hibited. His name is Anton Mochty. He weighs 150 pounds and is ten years old. His breast measures 45 inches from armpit to armpit, and his head Is 22 Inches In diameter. Nature gave Anton six toes on each foot and six fingers on each hand. In his village they call him "the rubber ball," on account of the rotundity of his fea­ tures. . An After-Dinner Train. Beginning August 2nd, M., K. & T., train No. 3, will leave Kansas City Union Depot at 12:26 p. m., instead of 10: 35 a. m. as heretofore. This makes an elegant After-Dinner Train for Texas, giving passengers from the North and West an opportunity to lay over in Kansas City for several hours, and then resume their journey to points reached by the "Katy" in Okla­ homa, Indian Territory and Texas. 8torks as Scavengers. Were it not for the multitude of storks that throng to Egypt every win­ ter there would be no liviDg in some parts of the country, for, after every inundation, frogs appear in . devasta­ ting numbers. When Your Grocer Says h« does not have Defiance Starch, vonnow be pure he is afrnid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages nre sold. Defiance Btarcn is not onlv than any other CoKl Water Starch, but contains 16 o*. *o the package and sells for feame money as 1» os. brands- From a Canadian View. Two Boer generals have purchased 100,000 acres of land for colonization purposes in Mexico. It is evident that recognition in South Africa not advancing rapidly. Insist on Getting It. ffnmi pro ers »ay they don't keep De­ fiance Starch because tliey hnve a siofc In baud of 12 s. b and , which thev know cannot be sold to a customer who has on e used th® 16 os. pkg. Defiance Starch for Min* money. A City of Vicissitudes. Herat holds the record of being the most often besieged of the world's cities. It has been taken and retaken over fifty times. ' Why It Is ths Best la because njade by an entirely different process. Defiance Starch L» unlne any other, better and one-third more for 10 Not Cordial to Foreigners. China and Japan have fewer for­ eign residents than any. other coun­ tries. AS THE WORLD REVOLVES CHURCH FUND8 ARE L08T. Treasurer of Preachers' Aid 8oele4)p , Embezzles $70,000. ',f Willard S. Allen, treasurer of th*> Preachers' Aid society of the Neir England conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, is a confessed en* bezzler of nearly |70,©00. The entire- fund, with the exception erf about $2,800, has disappeared. Allen now ia in Canada, where he went about a week ago, fearing exposure. Alia* was a man of considerable prominent* in Boston. For more than forty year* he was a respected resident of Bast MJJWD S./1LLEM Boston, for twenty-nine years he clerk of the East Boston district courV for sixteen years he was a member of the Boston school committee, and for twenty-five years was a member of the Preachers' Aid society, belnc its treasurer since 1891. The Preachers' Aid society was ofc» ganized fifty years ago for the pur* pose of aiding and relieving the sick* aged and infirm members of the con- ference, and the needy and distressed widows and orphans of deceased mem­ bers. The Corporation has no capi­ tal stock. OBJECT TO COLORED MES8MATB. Naval Officers Refuse to Associate- With Isaac Miller. Having passed an examination which afforded entire satisfaction t* his examiners, Isaac A. Miller, a col­ ored man, has become a petty officer in the United States navy. He is list* ed as a carpenter's mate and assigned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Miller is not a full blooded negnx. He was born in South Carolina thirty^ three years ago. When on the day afr ter his appointment as a petty officer Miller took his place at the mess table, eight other petty officers, whlta men, who had taken their places but a few minutes before, got up and lefb Since then they have waited until Mil­ ler finished his meal and then takea their places at the table. Miller, how­ ever, is used to eating alone and con­ tinues to go to his meals at the regu­ lar hour. When informed of the state of af» fairs, Capt. Snow, of the receiving ship Columbia, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, said that his attention had not been called to the matter before, but that Miller would not be imposed upon by the other petty officers. "Miller will have his rights, regard* /544T A.HILLEB less of color," declared the Captain, "for the navy makes no such distinc­ tion." Feels He Has Earned a Rest. On the 30th of July Samuel M. Shaw retired from editorial management of the Cooperstown, N. Y., Freeman*# Journal, having conducted that weekly for fifty-two years. He is now SO years old. In a published card Mr. Shaw says: "I have fortunately e* perienced but little sickness and never severe enough to prevent my doing some work each week; have (been confined to my room but few days in the last fifty-two years, and never an entire day to my bed. Only once hare I been absent trom the office for a longer period than ten days, and that was in January, 1876. It is full time to lower my flag and take a rest." --r- % Vanderbllt Pays Big Duties. Reginald C. Vanderbllt, returning from a three months' wedding trlft paid the largest sum in duties ever collected from a tourist at the port of Boston. Mr. Vanderbilt said he had $15,000 worth of foreign goods in his forty trunks--$10,000 worth of Jewelry for Mrs. Vanderbilt and the rest gifts for relatives. He paid $^000 in duties, the largest amount previously paid b^ ing $3,500 by Lara Anderson. His trunks were overhauled by inspectors, which upset the millionaire bride­ groom, and he istsaid to -have vowed never again to return to America by way of Boston. He said he never had been so treated in New York. Trouble In Store for Abyssinia. According the latest accounts Men^ lek, the Abyssinian ruler, is aging rap­ idly, being in very bad health. As it Is In his. hands to nominate a successor, European chancelleries are much ia> terested In the future of Abyssinia. It is believed to be certain that Men* lek's death will result in trouble. This will doubtless prompt European fotoft' vention and the disappearaoqa sf Abyssinia from the map. -'•*