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Many farm um um . selecting a a rule thanki- nrtpues. such a loan: and pd 96mm and can maple. sun ampuon m for a number of rate:- Hun the lacuna ' and ulymedadumoluwood ’ yet". and man, 10:11: did In It! h cold cash or he'd M"! 1“ his bad the way In duel: mum In. at MI Ind. ‘nhl. "manor u than bvlounll norm «gumbo ' Bulawa- ”Esmtwdndwdw lulhouldc. Ion't do um." I}. all! quick- 0 frown convent; her eye- “! dfdu‘t know. You any: If it veto an (on. “Don't ryon did? And Bob Ind C“. n earnest. Boys mn't ul- hey run In love becomeâ€"oh. .95 And I thought you m I didn't think you would; In! Better than Km? but!" she aid. mmmmnm lulutyYouIAg'o. r. silence. “to: I few nin- nole u glance an inn. His flying on his uni. It! face. She smiled a little” trunnion. mile. W: a boy he in! mud have known. taken a to! myvay. But :11 he on v. «use and lay down in". I baton the huh I“ em up bl». and um nut DP- . .033 lb. nod! dm w r, old pier. ' ' med 1nd looked am from I. athletic young 380" 11’“ .. "on grant n hot You. A‘.‘ now. Tom." The womb dill I- «I!!! ”‘32 “P". x” ._ LI.- dx." - on» same. .916 1 know Ulch L .4.‘ ‘mno ro sot 1"“inko- don't know" he matted don’t now unhjnx. Jenna. 33, Fail} 3nd truly. In on way. like a mu. You ll"! '1“ {on you. Ind IN ILLINOIS m hem . ’n m conviction. m wound u! y'all don‘t I no"! 55‘ ' vVear' as rent. -or taxes to the gamut c: at least' '5. - - One any the manager. or proprietor, did- not come down to the allies and Rmnnedthnhemsick from overn- orh. Hecontinued to absent him- Ielt from the once and when pay day «me the typewritten. getting no pay". w in n Indy.'1'hen it was learned the gentleman had gone away for h: beam telling with him all the tends or the concern Inquiries elicit- Od the fact than the ten or a dozen men . mood the omce were all special part- ners with the absconder With a head full or ideas, where talu- n from no one knew. this enterprising genius had come ' to New York and advertised for part- ners. Of his ideas he had made the best possible use. For each of them he had received in return for a deed of half partnership, sums varying from mom to six hundred dollars. in t is way he was supposed to have new ulated I‘rmr or five thousand dollars. e had Ina-taxed all the furniture a that then he went away the special partâ€" m had nothing whatever to realise m. One of the men who claimed to five been s‘windied secured a. warrant hr the promoter’ 3 arrest liter he had [fitten away. Several persons who were not previously known to have had any dealings with the‘young man and who are supposed to have been taken in by‘ him as many silent partners. were lookâ€" ing for him after he decamped. 'i he ma- ionity of his partners however, were‘ . ”humiliated by the way in which1 they had let themselves be tall-ted over' that they shouldered their losses withâ€" out any complaint only too glad to wane the ridicule of their friends by keeping quiet. Pennsylvania still retains a poll tax cf 50 cents as a condition of sum-age. Originally in Ne York a treehofif to fine value of £20, ' payment of a. year- ly, rent of not less than 40 shillings, was required. and when the American :tandard 0! value was substituted. it was required thatea citizen to be quail- fled as an 01me must either own rronerty t_o the mine of $250, or pay It took the telephone man two weeks to make his haul and his'nlce manners are still talked'about. ground town. ' But reams could .be written of the many similar -operntlons which are being pursued in this neighborhood. and yet a new! scheme can be worked successfully any ,day in the week, it enema without danger to the operator. Donhtless it the police looked the met- ter up they would find‘ the features ofnt least half of these schemers {n the Rogue's gallery: ' _ - One night all this material was re» loaded again to be taken downtown to what the telephone man said was a new workshop he had just rented. ’ Then he disappeared. Enquirers commented to come in tor Mr. Blankh‘om the firms, who had sold him goods on credit and others that he had contracted with to put in. ’p'uoues. but he had lett no address and con“! not be communicated with. He had gotten clear away with about a. couple of thousand dollars' worth supplies and had probabo' gone back to somewhere to flu some uncompleted orders. He talked of his hams in a quiet man- ner but was not looking for a partner because he had a. very good thing to himself. Some of the telephone patents bnd‘run out‘and ho was taking advantage of that to make new con- nections-3t a. great cut in prices. He h'ad come from San Franciscq, where he had fixed up several of the big hotels. using menca to Salt Lake City and other points where he had done good linemen. He talked familiarly of the hoie‘ls and their proprielors. Then he started out to take contracts in New York. He won bad imaginary arrange- ment: filth some of the large hotels and a few 4;)! the big drygoods houses (to an in time with.) ,He had only taken desk room. down town, but up- stairs he had hired a whole floor for I. workshop. Very soon loads of goods tram electrical supply houses commenc- ed to come in and the top floorigot very crowded. ‘ He was a. young man with an in» tangent countenance and a manner so engaging thatall the dlipes with whom he came in contact had thn most thor- oug confidence in him He could have even borrowed money off the office V'O‘ne Bfihé most distinguished suc~ ceases the promoter had wa§ ,8' many. .For several months past the oflices were a scene of constantly increasing lctlvlty. A force of about 12 men and Q1231! score of typewriters. each supplied with n roll top desk, were busy de- veloping schemes which the energetic proprietor had tormulated.‘ He him- Ielr sat in a little inner glass encased mace continually busy dlrectlng- the energies of 111: stat! of assistants: TWO SIZICK SCHEMES. The business was primal-fly n pubâ€" lishing and advertising one. but there had been appended to it some halt; score others. inciuding ‘a_ circular do- iivery scheme. a patent fish bait idea and others too numerous to mention. New York letter: Some of‘the latest Icucmes tor fleecing people in a pretty way, crop up in the heart or the shop- ping section. The ingenuity of some of these crooks is Interesting, when It is original ‘ , 3 The latest of these adventures to cause a ripple in the busy life of the city was a young man who up mm a week or mo ago presided over 13. Numb some suite of omces on Fifth avenue. HAT TRAPS TO‘BOB GOTHAK- ITES OF THEIR SEEKELS. Some of the Latest Gilded Traps Set for the Unwnry in the City of New York. : . _ . WILLIAM BELL. 9 north far from It was at Bent‘s Ford. 0 «Ida of the Arkansasvrlver. 11 Las Anlm'as. Campbell h elved these drafts and the 5 ad alreadv gonenut. cart notifying tho bank that 'reat firm had gone to the wall: If th :Izze could only be beaten Into Kama City the $64,000 would be saved. BM; 10w beat H? Every 1:". mlles the st :53 met a trash relay of horses and n .fihed for- 2; letter Vt? Every 1:". miles the st‘ fresh relay of horses and n ward night and day at a syi “Un said Campbell tn Ha Sam.’ here is a splendid 5! He was never known to tire. take him and make that trl “Campbell used to tell me t . ‘Old Sam for M years prior ((2 that there hadn’t been a- 5' time that he didn’ t ride f)? the plains. " um Judge Guincme remembers’ distinctly. "There' s hardly f tler that doesn’t remember "C be said. “016 snm' died a eight or nine years ago, [4: for many years he was pen: and out. of active servicel’ v .t meant 100 miles a day, ‘ rough a y, with: wild,sparse1y settled count". long stretches' of the trail which neither food ‘nor drink was. t. be had. A moment Hays hesitated, only'a moment. , “I‘ll ride him. hn." he said. ' The name of Lynn Ha ‘Em new to man: on old resident 'h famous ride of one or the Hm I}; On the iSanta Fa mm in 1857. {t‘ . n n rifle japan which depended $64, [a race with a. stage coach from BenL “Ford In Colorado, to Kansas City. ; rm: dis- tance of more than 500 mile! ya: cov- ered mule-back in five days ' fay one of the Hays boysâ€"there in. so 9 dmer~ ~once of opinion a: to when r It was Lynn or his brother "Up"? and the $64,000 was saved. The ride covered witn dust and foam. and air: ‘5: spent with loss 0131991) and {ammo tumbled from the exhausted mule 1r. front of the bank, madeBhis way to th: :ashier's window, and secured the mo‘ 3v a few minutes before the bank c1. nd. An hour later the stage arrived} vith the The story. as it sun ling_:,i m the memory at John C. Gaze. is ‘; igfonows: In 1857 John Campbell was : c‘larze, at the freighters’ train on ”Santa Fe trail. He had a large f , him and be and they werv’ by Russell. Majors 8: Wadd '; that time. the allroads not ,3 reached the e . did all t g . in: for the army; . , time b! optnion’ as to what! 1' It was Lynn '01- hi: brothel-FUp't and the $64,000 ruined. The ride covered witn dust and foam. and am ‘st spent with 3033 01.3139}: and (atlgm._ {tumbled from the exhausted mute It front of the bank, made'his way to th. :ashier‘s windowL and secured the mof ',-y a few minutes before‘the bank; ctflod. An ‘hopr later the stale arrived: .vlth the Iettor informing the bank .at Rus- sell. Majors Waddt-IL upon: flwm the drafts were drawn, had faili L. Kansas City Stat: Ju " Guinotte will be asked t guardian for Lynn Hays, most picturesque o! the 19‘ “old-timers" of Kansas City is very old; and has grown that his heirs think this ste_ for the protection 6! his ea,’ e. One Hundred Miles q Dq Days to Save a Fort The vstudcnu and cor! navel "LnMAtheu are making to bring about I revolution becnuse thq' can of Gree'co is taking steps to bring out n Edition of the Bible ‘ Flodern Greekâ€"The sitting of tho dumber ha- bqeh nuspendad and a q p30 of ministry any ensue. LONG RIDE ON A m :‘19 met a. had for- ' rough a by. with 3 which 3n be had. ' only a hn." he ‘ nw’wvertook 0 Watch him in in mule old set- “! Sun. " :y about Ink. but med of! ‘t he had 860, and ' of that for Five ' The-enormity 9! our salmon out at this year m‘flamnVo'c filth he ‘Brithhnnshefles, for in Canada the law :ddes not permit the use of traps. in fw'ashington and Oregon traps are tuse'd, so that the American flah‘oflee tare able to furnish salmon to the Can;- ;dlau canneries for 2 and 3 coats a fish, jwhere the canneries used to pay the QCanudtans from'lo to 15 cents. Sebastian B. Ettllnger, the keeper of the Washington; monument at Wash- ington, died last Thursday. He was apo pointed ten years ago. and each day he ascended at least once to the gallery beneath the statue to light the wind- ing stairway. and In doing so mounted 228 steps. Ine. Eran: Culve conceived Io finch ndxnlntion for the vocal pow- era 91 . 13-yur-cld bullion“ girl, Edna Dutch, the: m 1. About to adopt he: and have he: educated in Europe. Tho prim: dom x. conadent that he: protege '53 win tune ud fortune as e W. ~â€"bâ€"~‘ Anna Colson Rich. a musical com- poser of Maine has about 165 compo- sltious to her credit. She quite re- cently wrote a qunrtet. using the words of Longte How’s poem. “The Reaper and theFlovs'l'ern for the Bangor Apol- lo Male Quartet. and it his been ac- cepted by a London publllher. There is probably no American rail- road yhich can boast of sonny stock- holders of royal blood as can the Great Northern railway. in the once! of this road are the signatures of the Duke of Connaught. the Prince of Wales, the Princess Beatrice. the Duke of Fife. the Marquis of Lorne. 1nd or most of the other dukes and duchesses. Princes and princesses; marquises nnd marchiones- sea in whose veins n the traditional blue blood. A dispatch from Lascrucm says thnt th» 01] borers at. Engle N. 51.. have struck an arteslan well of remarkable volume. at a dl-pth of 200 feet. Eagle Is in the heart ,0! the famous journey ‘0! Death desert, 011‘ of the famous Jour- ney- reglonfl known, and the strike of water Wu) prove far more valuable than an olllgusher. The only one who holds no stock in this road is‘the head of the familyâ€" King‘ Edward VII. Another dlaflngulgh- ed stockholder ls "Bobs." Field Marsh-l Roberts. Most of these people were In- ducod to Invest in Great Northern 'stock‘ through the efforts of Lord Strathconn and Mount Royal.â€"New York Times. Grunt Northern Bullway' Eu More Than Any American Bond. ITS ROYAL STOCKHOLDERS. TO BE CALV E’S PROTEGEE. Sir Thomas Lipton, through on Enl- llsh company. in starting a - llno of steamers between Savannah and Liver- pool. He is establishing a larn’num- ber of farms over southern Goal-[In to grow produce for .thoaa steamer: and proposes to send over a lime nrmy of German gudanorl to cultivate the lands. “The grouping of the roomp for ad- ministrative "nice! on the south side of the building include: Printml ofllce, bindery packing and shipping rooms on the Moment floor; receiving an'l checking room. business supprmtend- ent'a oinces, etc.. on the first loot: di- rector's omces, order room. catalogue and accession room on the «room! floor. " This_ will mark an epoch in time. “Picture galleries. Stun-t room and other exhibltlon rooms. freely open to the public,‘occupylnx the west front of the upper floor. "Public mding rooms on the upper floor. including two main reading roonu ench 115x72 fat: two reading room ex- tensions. with lower ceilings north and south of nuin reading room. each 38: 92 feet. and one for public catalogue. open refvrence shelves nnd mun] rend- er: 81:67 feet The whole giving seats for about 800 readers. and being nup- plied by a central delivery room placed over the center of the main stack. and communicating with it by book lifts. running tron: top to bottom. “Special reading room' for Ichoiu-s and special students on .the second floor. including public document room. 38x92 teen. 3 room tor Orient-i litera- ture. 38:52 feet; a room for sociology and economics, 18x48 i'mt; a room for mathematics and physical and chemical sciences. 42x77 feet; a map room, 42x88 feet: a music room. 38152 feet; a Bible room and six special study room-, each about 15 met square. , its dimensions sre to be: 866 feet long from north to sonth snd 246 feet wide tron: east to west: 88 feet high from the mend line to the comics on the cen- ter of the west front. its wings will be built around two open courts. ssch 81 feet squsre. which _ will secure sn shundance of light in the dsrtilne. The dimensions will be as follows: “A min stnck room. 27 test long. 72 ieet w-ue end 62 feet 6 aches high containing seven floors. snd hsving s shelving cepscity tor 1.250.000 volumes. Access to this stack is provided st each end st st the center on the‘esst side from esch oi the three lower floors oi the building. and also from the center of the reading room: which are placed on the top of It. The central portion of this stsch, on the lower sect-es, will be lighted by electric light. New York letter: The must "hu- 1'! o! the world will be slanted at firth tvenuc and Fortleth sue-t. New York. It w . be a nun three-storied vhlte marble bulldlnz. the archltecture of whlch wlll recall the chute productlon or elastic Greece. GREATEST LIBRARY. The lite of the old reservoir. New York’s great center for water. will be used as the American repocimry of in- formationâ€"{he great public library of the world. it will stand upon the plot of land bounded by Fifth avenue. Bryant Purk, Fortietl and i-‘orty-svcond atreeu. it will be in the heart of wlnt vill be the world's metropolis of the future. “A main stock room. 21 feet long. 72 feet wide and 62 feet 6 nc'hen hlgh containing neven floors. and having a nhelving capacity for 1,260,000 volumes. Access to thin ntnch is provided at each end at at the center on the'eut side from each oi the three lower loan at the building. and also from the center of the rending room: which no placed on the top of it. The central portion of this stack, on the lower nccosn, will he lighted by electric light. "The lending department on the base- mcnt iloor, the lending delivory room being at the bototm of the north court. lighted from above, and communicated directly with the lunar tier of the mnln stack mom. 1 I ed. on hove all ml. that It prnctleally i tonne the on dark days. which are not: In in Clevelnnd. Hon echooi loom-lav. no mean- ot "than! lighting, and at cloudy the elect qt having the slate. ou idc the dub who the room eVen more gloom. I W the eyes of the children in seam. W got order: one day not to one the on these dark dun. but to a” to etudv' from thiir boob. fit an me the idea of n white ante. and the beginning ct my research‘ along that line. “My tint object was to prom . slate whiat would be white. and whtcl could be cleaned readily-b When I (fin-In! much - III“: or [10:3le it 'I . 3' “Three largc‘pubuc fending room: on the first floorâ€"lumen: 1 children’- room. 118142 feet; a periodic“ room. i333” and uemanper room, 92: 230mg”! BUILDING '20 m: 3m nu xxw roux. Capacity, at a Million and 1 am noonâ€"are be um story nu. ' bl. Triumph of Claude Gfeok. W. E. WALDRON. We know (hut Im were mush" mod n funerals In England. ”oddly More the middle. of tth'lth century. not reversed or bed In a wen. u amuuln the! normal poring. This put-11c!- was tinned little by Itc- Uo. though no doubt Ions- m o! It: Influence is still seen In the universal din-play of military use: (:1 cm 0! 11:53.13 berczrcnua. I Anna, l783.â€"The French ship 83'!)- ‘ ilie. e powcrtul 36-min mate. in sight- ‘ed on Cepn Henry by_the Hm. at 4 28 guns. Now, the Sybille. e few do” £bcfnre. in e drown light with one 0‘ i the ships of the English fleet to which [the Hussu below. sustained such 1.- Jurios thet she hu subsequently been dismaetx-d in n puilo! wind and in under jury masu. As the. is therefore unable to chase the Hunter, she neck: to en- tice her elongeide in order to lake her by boarding. and eccordlngly ehe hoiete to the peak tho French ensign under the English. u if admitting tint the in; captured. All thin Illegitimate whether the linear takes the bait or no. But the French captain goe- ter. He hoiete in the null: eh I on eneizn reversed and tied in e weft or icon. Now. this being A weil-knofio sight! or metresâ€"en awed to e com-boo humanity which no generous other could disregardâ€"the Hm It once clones. Nrtumteiy. however. her chew matqnmmwhpathesyhflie.honiiac down the English In; et the uni: end ' hoisting the French chore, em to run her on bond. The roliiu nature! to e ship not MM lul- cieet nil exposee the Byhine'e bottom. and several shot: from the Hunt so through her very huge. By chin tine mother Engieh mod-war conee up, and the Syhiile strikee her leg. thetei vcreedenlign with iuweit. Io diam- ehlyhoietnd. remain“ in the dim So much for the signs! d «an. theory thflt flue. ' "My first ohm was to m slste wm would be white. sad nus could be cleaned readily: m I lfbnnd such s slate. or possibly it Is A : misnomer to call It s slste. as dis ml- ity s substitute (or the slate. I that, ho- Fllevod that the time hsd come to 9st I!“ of the sponge In thg schools. "Since I have finished tbs Ilue I .13 mt It has an advantage cm 0901' 'I [sure hard am In the mu ”It- ury was so employed by the m: but. it my rate, toward the and of tho 18th century the sign! of mucus nac- ognlzed by hence: And Eu“ action was a dlflercut mm, as the buoy!“ story shows: “You? but wu it at first u IHDI' ‘3. nnl of distress. as some sgy-even Ill-o 0! the good dlcuontrles?" This question, when it was put to no the other dny, Append to have. an my waver: "It is borrowed from the flaw. The main or pennant unit-nut h a recognised sign of mourning} “I worked until I lecured 3 new tion which would lane a glued turban. end then turned my anemia: b It” cii which mid have n finity' forth. wrince. and its mark; run be readily removed. The pencil. by the fly, VI. not the least of the dmzumeu. but a! last I haw a pencil a: i : 'inte which will to together ind 05.81113!!! both the dimculty in regard to udnniury sfonsernnd the darkening exact of the 3 ate. New Yofl: Hvrud: “Win: lathe orâ€" igin of the custom of displaying In“ at hut-um! or. u people usutlly It! halt-hut?" date- in the matter of ambush?“ and the free-am Iovement wt» . taught in our schools can he m from the first over its chad surf». I thing which has been Impossible till! the 0M slate " _lnnttrhd'tolad lacs-mum would take the pllcl ot- spoke. at not need water. Rm found an the slave u so porous on. wine la a- hoe nppurl to be I. and-t n In!- cmeopencanbc thatch-not a Line In writing 0 depends up- on tho' porousueas. am the 0.1! wumthomughlydaumm blunt. opplluglon cry-tun, . ,_-_.n Cleveland Plaind Baler: Kiri “‘- ma Levi, n mchcr of one of 139 low grade: in the Eagle school. has hm!» ed a slate which il intended tn «limi- hato the sponge u 1 part of the furniture. and upon the test! and: the authorities there isr little dr'Wt‘ the slate oominz into ‘02:“! 1:3:- ia ch) Cleveland schools. “ Min Levi, in tellin‘ot it" him says: "I am sure thfl it Mil fulfill m purpozen for which it was inmhll. A! lung u i have been in the W0- th» sponge for listen \hu been out d the thing. which made it unmet-II. Long before thojerm‘ thcory m ul- vuced and the a condemned he: cause of the on as of din-n through It. 1 reached the conclusion that it could not but ve un unash- nblo influence upon health‘ot It. school children. V A _ "fih’fiifinb’che? in!» Jim mm to. self. which ted to W solution of both it cm! the sponge amenity; I W: At First lurin- Bignals of Dim, Now Sign- ot lounging. H: White and the 13mm: db Young Woman Tasha. I FLAG-l AT HALFâ€"MAST. A 5201mm Emu