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Do voted to. the Interests of White Plains and Westolxoster County. VOL. I. NO- IB; WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1897. PRICE THREE SCENTS. Supervisor s Notice. The undersigned, Supervisor ‘ of the town of Whiter-Plains, hereby gives • 'notice that ho will be at his office, in -the- ----- 1.-^- — — ------- : — . — 1* —1- Law Office of Stephen S. Marshall, Railroad . avenue. White P lain s, N. Y., for the transaction-of town business, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week, from 9 o ’ clock a. m. to 5 o ’ clock p< m. - -K ^ ‘ ' FRANK G. SCHIRMER, 7vl ; Supervisor TB.RMQ ■ , . ; . OP THE COUNTY COURT ■■ ^ or THE County of Westchester, for tho year 1807; . Terms of f lio CounVy f ’ ouri; of the County of Westchester, for tho trial of Issues, at whlchiVGtfiujd anil iTottt Jury will bo ro- - quireil to attbhd. Iir<5 heroby apiiolntod to bo ; Hold at the Court House, Wlilto Plains, in the year 1807, as follows: - First Monday of March, » • Last Monday of May* : First Tuesday of Soptomber. • • Second Monday of Novombor. Terms of tho County Cbyrt of tho Comity of Westchester, for tho trial of Issues requiring “ ....... ----------- \* • — '7afs. tho in both civil and criminal cases,are appointed July). .'r-i-Date 6w4 County Judge of Westchester County. Important to Builders. New Granite and Bine Stone Yard, corner of Banks street, , near Young ’ s ' ! h ' coal yaard. ■ {%} ; ■ OUR STOCK FOR EASTER IS NOW COMPLETE. vc have received a larffc stock of CLOTHING, HATS, .. CAPS, SHOES, LADIES ’ AND GENTS ’ FURNISHING-GOODS SPRING And which we marked at such low prices as will interest everyone who wish -- good : GOODS .. AT VERY LOW PRICES, Our store is fashion ’ s center and tho cut and make of our clothing', ns issued by ' - us,lsVfche. final- authority for correctness'. Low prices, too* are factors of no mean importanco-at our store. A cap FREE with every boy ’ s suit purchased from us. BEAR IN MIND, OUR GOODS ARE GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTED. CALI. AND BE CONVINCED . . .. • _ ' v ' ,■ The Great Bargain Store '' ’ ‘ 7 “ ' of S. \ELLIS No. 7 Railroad Aye,, Bear depot, WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. All Ifiade of . BURDING STONE Dressed arid Rough. mg, Curbing, Also, Paving, Sills, Steps, Caps, Carriage'Blocks, etc \ THOMAS F. HART, 7 BAjas smsT, ‘ i\ \ -wnira h - aihs .- A. LECHNER, GROVE STREET, White Plains, Near Marline Avenue. : Pork, Bolognas, . ^ colourd ; Hoirie-riiade Sausages, Frankfurters, ' ' FRESH DAILY. \ Bnoxcelled-Bacon.-City, Dressed aad DnhfsfljivfPori, Hams, Figs Feet, . . i. -Boneless Shoulders, Ham Trinnnihgs, Orders delivered promptly. A.trial solicited. DiiAiiiit iN' ' ‘ ■■ ItAILROAD AVENUE, . Near Spring Whlte PlalttB, Dt.Jtj OFFICE OR SOCIAL - ROOMS TO LET; S, BUltiblj ) purpas _ ('ojniiiorllous r. • .-am to let, jn tho Sweenej Building, Mjirtine avDipie • near Grovo Ftreet, While Plains, N. V. K)tf The Hotel, JOHN CLARK. Prop., HAGNER BUILDING, RAILHOAD AVE., WHITE PLAINS, - NEW YORK GEORGE TRACE mason and builder , WUVAVC.U A/VilWAd, ; . . . WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. Has opened a quhrry and is prepared to furnish . first-class FOUNDATION STONE. STEPS, SILLS, LINTELS r AND DIMENSIpN (Uyl) •• ' STONE a specialty. ; , QUARRY ON ORCHARD STREET. Address Gt lOT'flO 'UrflOO, WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. NEW A'QIP v SUPREME COURT. W kst - fiHKSTEU COUNTY. Tho StfitfrTrust Com- , pitny,vfj !uinMff. ukalnift tho Hobokon Turtle :■ 01 ub,,ilqury.Wostou, as rocoivpr of tho prop- ’ erty ottho UebokonTurtle.Club; . Wilson M. ItoynolflH, Clotnent v W. Alburtls, Reuben R. • IlrookH.und- ’ Hurvey M. Denton. ..uoniposlngV tlie firm\\of 1 Jropks . \Denton ; IJegrafF & •Taylor. AloiiwVT'. Decker, Sii'mpel Montgom- ■ Winslov?! Robikadfl^ KoBfert ' McD6w< Wfllhltn Murray, {lefondauts. / -liijiursukhWof-a Judgment of foreclosuro~ anq sale, duly nnulo and entairefl , lii ' thd - above-entitlGd; aictlon In the ofllcp.bf ytho- •Uptyj °% m^chem lyicC , SUTRRME ; COURT. - Clmrlos Rlandy; -pUilntlff.'rtffahis.t Marla N. 1 WlnnO,[Rllzuboth Cavammb t ..jfloorgo W.r God ward, [Mary I) Godwurd, jEdmuud Luis Mooney, Andre?. J Iklniuau, Emma J. Ucnlseworth, iFroderlok \ivPhllllpsi l Mrr.' FraiiklhiO ’ , Roberge, IT,. Ivoohlor Companyr FraulrHr Griig ICnlcjfer- bockor Ice Company, Frederick a, Bourne, Arth M. ‘ iTamlson jnnd Wllllain .O'Brien, do- fonBautsY • V ’ J::.. - LA Sw T Yoflt, r a'nd bearli k , 1X481)7, unq of tlioYjrder hnieridlng ‘ i tpeut of foreqlosuTer and-sale; dulyaiadd. and f UUqli At public referee, Iti ’ said judgmeul \ \ — Tlpn.-iqlpn.thi ssc-iiliei 'said ^premises.hereinafter qbSerlbed* •Iri'tho itowp of ’ Mamai'Orieck. Gdunty of Westdbestor. y AMS' BfaitofotgNgw I York; qu ' the, . plKhieentlr .aay qf o ; olock,aiQon < on that day; by Charles A. llerpan, {tdcUbfieor, ji \tfltWranttrln \ • — • — hri undersigned, the referho lit said Judg- leritmamodAwUl-sOll-ariDpubHe-mHitlori — ab- v.te frontdoor otthe County Court: House, 1 tl»o>lJlage;qf White PluVlMP^J oLWos) rr> ______ r ____ , iiafi____ , )iret,her with t.ho Imildlmrs ’ of GVoeiibtirglii ' cSuNiTy of ^Wesfcl'leflter and Sjbate^ol! iNow fYorlq =nnd bounded ( aud ;dOy Avllerylkn. tliictlbh' All that covtatfel^iiqUorio or'parctd ofiau4,-- •^Ituatf, Mug and boIngTni tine town df .Mkr) miironefjk.jOounty pf Wostchestoi-; and' State Now Ypj'k.'khojvn and dlstluRuishwl Ok lAodk nlimber forr.y-t.wo (4a)bnYt ! cortuhi map In. the town oLJvlamarouock, Westchester Ciipn^y . pphmteiq al ^ma^i. jshbdlvl-; slop qne;Rlh4tW ffip^fiBcejof the Reklster. of the County of Westchester. B.tatofof Now York, on, tlj'o 29th day Dooomho^vJn |•l»d ydftr one thousand eight hundred ^ jind sovdntv- throer iw map-nupjpe^slx rliumjwd biqclitftti- e ^nud bolug the whole of-spld, hlpcluiiud ndeo on the north and east by Magnolia avenue aml-Long Island : pouud,'-a'nd •on'' tho west and south by dhirk vavbnjuOi ai part o$ Larcuimonbvpark and said Long fslhmlSound, with aU-tUo# riparian- and Shore jrlghts ' ptvr- tulnlug,thereto, and ‘ all .the land ‘ formerly under water.on the Long. Island tknmd In ‘ “ ' \\ * * — jJ H * • ■ : ih«03 ........ _ ___ ___ _ ___ _ __ i WllllianLMurray and wife to Charles D. Shop- - A»ay a,, 1881V and ■ recorded In the. .which „ .... of , sal\ wnreu- lnclu,diug < aU the lands, lands. .and, riparian rights whlch wero ---- • ’ yj oharles r ~ ’ * ibfid deeds* UlttnijMur. — — l c ?7*t-J.hb?R eglstiiROf the Onnrity df West -Aster-June 11, -1881, . in.: 1 Ibor. 09f . of deeds.T. ipagtijtolj u /fleed from Loulsw Blmlon and .hHfslittna to Charles D. ;fiherutrd.v.JdAted May , : dead fnihiKKufusbvpl- H tlvorlfeandTiwife to. 1882. in Hbcr tOO? Of (loeds.;pago 211), midirdeodt' tftTSYt'HpftlWdk to,Charles II. Shon- ard. datoiT &cun^prT^I8Kl..aild reCordedln KidiuVu gp; Wnowrfon said map Tor theirila cfuD, itsi^ao- Cfissar. Hiiccossors and assigns, and Jfcr tind - 1 Du'ir sorvimls and i ha lenanis ;m(i oecupaats from fltne to timi' of tiie iiremSyes ■ h I kivo ; premises in question, wliere-the saino Irif or- .sectsthpnow road leading to. Keijslco. *aud Wi degrooa 25 minutes, east rifll Hf^loo foots Ki'eonjW.mlnutpS, cast'ifiin feet; sthenc^ ... w.dejmgialQ. mlnntesAoaatAijti ,Jeet : ,th( ridrbfvw degrrios T (W minutos. o Ost.kiJ 4-10 f thenca north' 85 ’ dog robs'^ minutbsi eust; thenee niodL -------- - or formerly^ boldriglrig'-to' the following courses.iimj i -iwidfifefri#ttyma m ihor esti What Maltofs It 2 What matters It if on the morn Dull mists obscure and dark oh, And nature ’ s oharihs droop low, forlorn, As if to grief they ’ d hearken V If later on the glorious sun Bursts forth in all Its glory, ’ Tia as if day had Just begun - -And clouds wore but a story.'t' ” ' ' .What mattorsdtjf life ’ s young dremn - . .Be sometimes rudely shattered, And often hopes' that brightest seam . Bo darkened torn mid shattered, ' • If after all our guiding star Full bright and clear emerges, And fnirer.stiil, no more afar. Our grief to fluhshiho .verges? What matters it if on tho sea Tho ship mny light and tremble, ' TOBBOtiTioro nnd yon ns winds dooroo \Vhero furies wild assemble, If, whonTlio tom post yoioo is stilled And storm gods have retreated, She Atlll sails o n, with glory filled, FulIirlejjsnCiwt defeated ?. What matters it when life 18 done, If, when wo look behind us, Wo see no glorious-victories won Or earthly ties'that bind us, If, looking forward to tho day, Wo soo a hopeful gloaming, With angels smiling on the way. Aud^idlant sunlight streaming ? God will forgive our many sins, Will heal hearts that are broken, Bind up the wounds-when life bogina, Blot out words wo have spoken. What matters it, then, after all, If hearts with grief are beating? We are but waiting for the onll And God ’ a eternal grooting. . A1 Dunlap in Chicago Intor-Ooonn. A Peculiar Condition. It had boon raining all day. The first sharp, ohower came pattering down on the short grubs and broken hoard b M owu II c just ns Nicholas 33od* thiui-oppuod his window and thrust out his head to make prognostications of,the weather for the . coining 12 hours. . ' “ It was then just 0.13 o ’ clock. Niok- pliip gak quite aura of th e timo, for lie had looked nt-his watch the firstHhing after getting up, and had made a rapid calculation as to tho exact num ber of hours, minutes and seconds that hour hand should point to 3 o ’ clock again,. . _ _ ___ _ - ......... __ It was tho 20th day of May, and a day that was fraught with matters of tlio gravobt import for Nicholas Bod- ipam Ho hud long contemplated mak ing a hazard of strange and untried fortunes, and one evening away back in the winter, when ho had sat . before his grate fire cogitating the most feli- oitous manner of bringing the venture bb a successful issue, it had suddenly been borne in upon his mind ihnt 3 o ’ ci iok on the 20th of May would bo the most propitious time for , him to make the trial. .......... It was a m omontous question that bfibUdfas'had-dothrminbU uj|bn havi ng dboided,. being, noihiug raorei or less than a protJioih of matrimouy. Nioho- Ins.wds uiilikb most mbu in f a good, manyrrespopts.; 7 Upjto -th^jlijho -when , heimet Mrs. ItosoWater hep'hptF/nevttr had an, affair of . the hearli' .that .was worth mentioniug. ilt.v? - .j He had juq idea how, tb. i'prbcdod\ in bultiva 11 nglIFe - widow ’ s uoqiiaiiitilhdd, the followfng epunos t 'an<l distanCOsl n JbKfy.ea 37 miuqtua, easLlM.rrJOioefi?. north flyYlegrees'I nilriuto. \Oast 440 4-10' feet; thence north 80 degrees Whilnutos; east ail' comorof tho iirominoHin'quostlorip thenco in ------ J l r o C t|on, alMSd'ho Westerly side ’ anils and turns, to the In qtnw- or said ron . ........... .. Routliert'sferTy cdFifer of the premls* ___ tlpn, 'where tbc samo'adjolris lund nqw i.. ...... Martino;. thduco-ftlo/iK.the 1 saWMari 1L •\ ' ' tlnbs Jand, , the .fpllowinir courses . ’ andV __ tancoS: sdirnJ wl de^rCCs 'Tl irilriUtbsl Vcst'HJ 5-10 T ool sonth 89deKrefsi3*;minUtei;*We.sto.'j west 2 (lfl feotVtlierico. ntea, Wekfc Bl 2^10 fej minutes, >veafe4i\h40rS minutes, Vcs^wi f-ioft minutes, wesf 110 0-10 feet, •tl'i 22 decrees 8$ mln- ‘ ft degrees ,27 Orth 21 degroeH .48 <n|9Q^!4.we^t J^^loTfeWfe/aiariiV^lienco ' •oyth AVdoKtees 27 nilaute«..w'oat a81 210 foot. — 4-w .rt«i itTus ----- ^ mfnulcs, west fist feet; south fio degrees 1 i'T Ytilntftes. I west' kdjolnlug said ” Mai tlue ’ s laud,;andi bind riOw lor /orm- Drlvof oii.^ VHii War!, Dftui!; Midi u idom? ,ljiid Van'Warts land. tlie. folio wing courses and distances; s6uthrfi<j^'degroes 554 Yniuuti H, wesiK'MOJfeeW-eOrit'hrfiO- ’ dogrees :B0 mlmiteH, west 354 fept,. south NL degrees 85 jnlnntes.- west 150 feet, south 87 degrees,'® minutes, 170 fOet: SOrith.87'ddririMiH 18 iriinntfw ’ wo- 178 foot; %6hth:87 , ddgrCes 18 minutes,' west 287 filAta u/lll LW.il/; Aft TT.lr.11lr,c .irr.J-. IGliT-ilfl and also; together' with thevrlght ’ t ....... and enjoyment of Lurchmont -Bark, las down on-said map. for the mild club, Its cessor. Successors or assigns, and Its < arid the Tenants: arid occupai . ........ r. aiiy otl , ...... . .... . for Its and theirUouelltand advantage, sub- to sucli: rule - . regulation: ido, adopted or pro- ' ** ■ Company, pOr' •' Orly thus Jeer, hqwqver. . ... ............ qiuillfkyitions aiyl ipstrmLiriiis or might be thereafter made. a_ scribed by the Laf-clipiont Mae Its successors or assigns; the In Cdnveyeff lo be HubJect to tiio covenant against nuisiinces partIciilarjy,apt forth in a deed i pcpHled lit'tho omho oftllo Regist er of Westchester County, State of New York, In liber 803 of deeds,.at .pace 270. on the 7th of lanuayy. 1874. Dated. March 21,1807, HENRY R. BARRETT, , Referee. UAjjnnr.en HABicuY-and .. H tktson : T iiacy , J ennings & R ussell , I'laintiff's attorneys, No. 100 Broadway “ V. ; 0, being The^soutjDvesterly _______ j. ----- ... _ ..rises fn'qnehtinnf tfntrthohco tiocthorly along the easterly side of said road, / ' lbqut,707 r 7-10cfoety rii,Qmor less, to.tho north- ■; • ivostcrly corner of the premlses In question,^ the point o^iplaco of bogluning. ' . . -TogethprWRh all tho^lght*tltlo-aud Interest. it tho iMirty o.f tho hrHt part, thereto, of. In ina lo both.the old rind now roads to Kcnsico, [hereinbeforereform! to. . Said premises containing about 00 acres of land more or less. - t , Dated March 29, 1897. - H. T. DYKMAN, . ■_ 1 - Iteferee, CHARLES BLANDY, ESQ., Attorney for Plaintiff, Iff Wall SfcV, New York City. 17w7 F urnished R ooms to rent on Brook field Htreet, with board if required. Inquire at this office. A Murder Never Committed. Joseph Murdock, of Scott County, Vir ginia, who was supposed to have boon raur- ier oil twonty-flve years ago, and for which ________ ____ _ ___ ^ .. irimo \Bud'' Lindsay served twenty-one /ears In the Virginia penitentiary, has ro- :urnodto his former homo. Lindsay died recently. alld dsihis passion grew the tjuaudnry in.'whfoh : hp/'fort acthi inoreaso d ifl^cu opTcpspoudingi ratio, |At ^ afl G bOwo^pi^o decided to trust himself bjipdl^. to Ptbyldeiico ou tlio 20th of*' May,and do offhand whatever circular stanCss might suggest. , \ • AIT things cousidorod, . it was very aggravatingitliii.t it -Hhortld riiin . that- day. By 3 o ’ clock the . heavy ■ down pour of the morning had- BUbdidbd in to a dreary inonotonouH drizzle, and Nicholas skeltered his now hut under his best silk umbrella and wont to cull on'Mrs. Rosewater. May»20th fell on Wednesday that yearf whioh ’ did hot happen to bo his bbstess'Regular day nt homo, but she was too' bright a woman to let him know that bis call had boon ill-timed; 'I'What do, you think of-the preacher we are -to have ara substituto fpr our regular pastor this Kuininer? ” she asked ut length, after, a slight pause, during which he wondered if. she would ever say anything that would serve ns a key io£ .i$n)ooking his own hardened mind. “ I don ’ t know, ” ho answered, with or snap q/,4etormipation. “ I have not thought anything about him. Fvo had /other things to think about. ” “ Ob^havo you P ’ ’ she said softly, “ Yes, ” said he, bluntly. ’ Tve boon thinking about you,ho had, found tho key and the words came easily enough thou. “ I have loved you for months, Mrs. Rosewater; indeed, oven for years, I think — in fact, I have lost .track of the time. And I want you to marry rae^ Fvc got about as much to offer you in tho way of tho world ’ s goods as tho average man. I'm tho owner if a good business down town, I have an interest in three railroads, and the corner lot over there is mine. Do you think you can care enough for mo to marry mo?” “ Reolly, Mr. Bodman, ” she an swered, going over to tho window and looking down the street nt the hoard walk in front of the Bodmuu house, *T have, not thought-of marrying- — not just now. You have been frank with mo and I will speak plainly-to you. j hnyo quite a little money of my own; so much that it.will not bo nooossary for me to marry n rich miiu in order to inotiro - rhyself-a home. I have always known you Wore strongly drawn toward me, Mr. liodmau,, and 1 candidly ooufosH tliatf the atfrnotion has boon mutual. Yer, Mr. Bodman, I am willing to marry you —” y-rN ioh o 1 as h ad iiri a on from 1 > h i « oh a i r and had started toward her, but she waved him back. “ Provided, \ aho continued, _.l*y ( pu will comply with one requost. Gome boro. ” Nicholas wont and stood bcBid'o-hor, ; and she pointed to the broken side walk surrounding his premises. A — '_'. - “ Provided, ” she repeated,, ' “ you will take up that sidewalk and replace it with one that will bo aurodit to tho noighbdrhood. X love iuid honor you, Mr. Bodihuti, but I can hover marry a\ loan who will-tako mo to a place whore I will . bo^ couiiimiillyqriiiaiited. by . BUOh.an.eyottorQ as tliaf. | AYhcu.Irsoe^ a good pavement laid there T will come imd toll you thiit l am ready to keep my part of the bargain. *1: •In his dismay. N^ohblak gasped but many an incoherent argument, bijt the widow gave him to understand that the : iutorviow 'vim ondeiltIriudi hoi. tbp.k; his.hat Arid umbrella from the tree in the hall and went;, hqhio, with: feelings strangely nt variance with, the uu-' speakablo torture that hud . iinnorvod hipx upon goings out an hour befbVdt;? V f The bus!lioss futerbsts of the f/jpiUy ? had boon so wisely invested by, bis f*M»^dr that Nioholas gr6w ¥fbh in spjip ofhimself, but tho real estate, which was under his. direct '.supervision; re- main ml it was when it descended to him. ^ . . The, oply repairing that was over done to the sidewalk was tb Jay detvii, a new board hpiy nud tbc^ '^hou the old ones became so badly damaged as to ondangor tlie safijty of tlio lives and limbs of pedestrians. Its disgraceful appearance flnafty became just enuso for a common scan dal, and one pight the indignation of. patriotic citizens roablicd stioh a pitchy .that a committee of the iriost itirtuou- tial men called onNioholas and threat ened to enforce the law ttioh,extant to the effect that any property-owner, who maliciously refused to bake the improvomonts required for public' safety and tho5 good shoultf for feit his. posBessio ns to. the state. ’ But that was the most uupolitlc stop they,-could have taken; for what ; had hitherto boon more : 'cnteleasposs on JBcholas ’ part, then developed into willful, unoitorablo stubbornnessj and ho vowed that he Would see half the people in the Twenty-sixth Ward break their pecks while walking over his pavement before ho would expend oho penny in improvements. And that was the way tho matter stood when ho proposed, to Mrs. Rose water. The condition imposed upon him put him iu.au unenviable predica- meut. He debuted it nil that night, and all tho next day. Then he came to a conclusion. Ho would keep tho board sidewalk. The throe mouths of summer passed away, and Mr.Rodman ’ s courtship, was again limited to casual glances inter- Changncibbtwcenhimnml-MiHiRo water at tho church door or round the • altar rail onjodminunion Sundays. One morning in tho latter part of. Septombiir{Nicholas was awakened by tho rot-a-tat-tnt of many hammers on the boards beneath his. window,., and Upon looking out ho found that a fordo ./ of workmen had oomo down ■ on him unawares and attacked him in his lair After breakfast he sauntered, leisurely, out into the street and accosted one of tho laborers. .. . “ Gan you toll me, ” ho asked, “ the ' name of tho contractor who has charge of this work? ” “ Daws & Daws, Hanover building, ” said tho man as ho tore up another largo section of crumbling sidewalk. In tho afternoon .Nicholas went down to tho Ilivnovor building and sought un interview with the firm of Daws & D awn . “ You are laying a sidewalk around my corner lot at Fine and Worthing- ton.iBtroats;' ’ -ho said stiiUy. “ I never — - authorized'the work to bo done. Will you kindly toll mo to,,whom the bill will be sent^ ” , G ' Daws, Sr. , whist led, - “ It was a lady who biiriio to soo us about it, ” ho foplicdl “ I was liot to say anything ulumtdt, butT guess it will bo all right. Here's her card, ” It took them four daj's to crtmplote the sidowaJk, On the morning of the fifth day after the beginning of the work NIchulliOut' bobidd his . window and surveyed with keen satisfaction tho smooth white walk, and wondered what would oomo next, c . - Ho was looking in the direction of Mrs. Rosewater's home, and pretty - 'do'qii:.hoWW ,r h6F6^ino'§'Srift1}rd'rt9ii^l^^ stops and cross tlio street. His breath camo in hard, short gu^pi .when._ she . • ... was ushered into the libmry and 'hur ried up to Itipi. \ “ My dear Mr. Bodman,\she chirped out gayly. “ X nm glad to see that you hayo laid a sidewalk at lust. You. do not know what grAtiiloatioii it gives mor But I know you were too liberal ihiudcd tb be a drawback to the publid when yort 1 once rballfcud thp t gravity of your mistoko. ; You have done your par>, : and now . I- am Willing to do mine, ” re.I v .Utd «iui - Dffi eh^jt u ' yliho w looked at her furtively from tho oor- , nor of his'eye, but there was not ft : r 1 tremor or flush of deceit to bo dotcotod inn hrfr oomolyXace* jjt • it, Mrs. :RpBow^^?»wtwiQiOoJn,iiajiity , a. ' Had •it cost ten times jfla iprtoh :' I should Itavo done it jufi) tho same. ” . _ 1 She flashedlhim.a swifttsharp g lance thou, but that was all either' of them over, said abpwt iJ. — Oliicago Nows, -f r And the Cat Gnme llftck, — -- 1 Mr; Ddwhs^^ ohgffieor on a local railroad, lias a oat that ho oan'fc lose, ; says a Rutland (Vt. ) correspondent qXtijQ^QJtYojc'k^r/ofls.'.'..''Mjo animal 11 oamointo his repossession -some timo ago. Her traits wore not such nil to endear her to Downs,, and so he de termined to get rid of her. He put tjio cat her to tia}eini 43 miles away. i . i . “ Now, ” said Downs, as ho turned tho cat lqosoj iu the, ioundhouso at Salem, “ X guess that I ’ ve got rid of you. ” But Downs didn't know the oat. When ho rc^uruq^;home, that night he found tho oat sleeping . peacefully on tho honrthfn his-homCr^Downs was : amazed. How did that cat 1 get herd? ” ho asked, ' “ She.camo back this afternoon,\re? plied his wife.- “ Well, I deolnrd! ” djaoulatod Downs, as ho; movetl toward the fe line. - J ■ : i - But the' Cat;' snspecting some fpll the part,pr.'jpowns, leaped liimbly to heir-feet and sped to the ‘ upper part of tho\ house. Downs has taken the cat: on several trips and each time tried to lose her. ” But she returned ‘ every time. Downs says' that he believes ’ that if he kills her her ghost will come hack. A Guessing Match. -v. “ What do they mean by a 'confer ence of the powers'? ” “ That ’ s a meeting which each at tends in tho hope of being able to guess what tho other is driving at. ” — Ohioago Journal* Last year 17,500,000 pounds of hops were imported from the United States ! i by tho British.
