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^ E l S J t j i J A r i - : 1 ^ ' D E irO T ID TO rjT B T E S T T J fT E T E S T S OF TJTE FEOFLE I ¥ CJTlTFiCJT JiV E BTJ.TE. VOLUME 5. SENECA FALLS, N Y., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1889. NUMBER 86 Seneca County Journal PUU/SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, BY THE JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. ' UMlThP.J SENECA FALLS, N. Y. FRANK N. STEVENS, Buijlness and Local Manaffer. Coi MTV SriisciiiBKKs, - $ I..')iI per yoiir. wliiMi paid ill advance. Bv ( ’AKKiKii, - - Sl.T.'i per year, wlivn paid in advance. ADYEETISIHG EAt3S 1 m Ski :iiii 4 in • 4 lol!. 2 COl, I col S « : ; : . . U ; I S r . S l g . 5 S T c S S I S ■I .Mourns... 2 2j 4 BUB wilU 00 A; UU| 2UK. I L boal N otices .—Notices required by law to be published, charged at the legal rates. B usiness cards —Not oxcecdiiig flve lines, i.’..UO per year. BUSINESS NOTICES—111 local columns, lo cts per line for first insertion, s ct.s. per line foi eacli subsequent insertion. L. FOSTEE CEOWELL, SENEC a i’AELS, N.V. OANl), GKAVEL AND l.DAM delivered at J O r a E. EICHAEDSON. W -.M . FO L L E T , M, D, a^;if .street. topiiosUe the park.j \ tllk-o hours : s U> SHELDKAKE HOUSE. JAriTAl. ST<jrriNG place tor pti FEED W. DE MOTT, A. J. COOLEY, OreCKssOU TO 1) F. FilANT/, msumtsu* S e r v i c e s a t t l i e C l i u r c l i e s , KDWAUU II. 1)1CK1N.S()\, Pastor. h:iU hour later ^^o**’*' i= s i | i l S 3 5 S ^ ‘uoiuLurofiTiu ‘Ar,‘t c‘^1 E. F. SIMMONS FARMERS AND HORSEMEN: At 91 Fall Street, Seneca Falls, Scrolui lloor, oppoyiU* \'tunton lUm^r. J M.^KF. THF LF'-T WnKK ANUob TilF i ; km ' m \ tkiu a l , w auu . vn thi) a MI stylo.s of Harness, Collars, Wliips, Boots, BrusliH.s, Curry Combs, Eobes,&o. I make to order all style.i of H O R S E B O O T S And V aiiaiit tliein lo lit peiteeUy,am1 at one OLD HARNESS CLEANED Oih tl ami Kopairetl at the lowent rates. OAK TANNED LEATHER stoek. iMv expen.se ist H. A. HILIMIRE CUSTOM TAILOR TJiE FINEST IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC GOODS MADE TO ORDER AT THE LOWEST OF PRICES, AND A ^ aki K^ POWDER Absolutely Pure. KPECT fIT G U A M E T E E B ^ iilsIl^ OR MONEY EEFBEBED. ; BOSTON ISTORE 91 FA L L S T R E E T , , FOR PURE TEA, COFFEE SENECA FALLS, - N. Y. OR BAKING POWDER AND SPICES. ‘i: S S ? ; i S ] 5 = « H - ~ ”S ” “ The followinjj are amous our I’rizes • i s L T i'ii i l S l s , ! , . . , ! : [la.s .Just Received a Very Large A s- 1000 OtIlGr GOOflSIlfi NSfifOl AFtiClGS sortineut o f | ,• ■ • i-Fie RAISINS, RiCsTARCH, SOAP T 1 A X'XTTTT TX T ^ and a variety ot otlier goodx Call ami inaiiee N VV A \ h ’ BOSTON TEA STORE C. M. BACKMAN, Agt. 101 Fall St., Seneca Falls. C O N S IS T IN G OF Aii'l a Large Variety of 'rinwnre I’riee.s. 87 FAIiL STREET JILLIiW.BELGiB,0,D,8. l ati'V.illi D i.J !•;.Line ot ltoelie..<ter J Over Wayne's Bookstore,\ S o i a c d c t P e r i l s , 3NT. \S\. Operative and Mechanical Dentist. Offl. Stanton Rise, Seneca Ealls.! M r iiol OMDI-. (. \ s .UiMIMsl l in-1). HOURS 9 A. Wl. TO S P. Nl. G o o d m a n & H o c k T H E O L D E S T A N D M O S T R E L IA B L E C10THIN6 & CLOTH HOUSE! in bran, lu-, mm mi luml the MM-Sl ,\.M) I,.VK(.l-sl .vroCK. m die...untv ..f PALL & W IN T E R CLOTHS! Itii' Ixult*. ati.l (Keu'i'afs. m aiul lKihu-''lu linntls. GARMENTS MADE TO ORDER AT REDUCED PRICES (i.u.fl lit ( hur.mfee.l. \\\- also keep a Pull I ine «'t K'-.t Iv M.nle CL'ihiuj; ut Men, n»»\x ami t liil-heti. A full line Kunii''hin^ (iun.ls vametl in ^liR-k. Oue in a laii. -.a-X D -v - £ 2 : R .rp iszisr< 3 -- “\ “U i.m all the pe.*plc -tu.c ot the time, ami siune «»t the pe ’pk' all tlif rime, l»ut >.m (..m l t.„.l all the jHMple all the time .— A hniham Linfida, there s a ile.rl of \ mi UI i horse sense\ in the hnineh phr.isenh'j^v n l ‘'liniiest oM Al»e.” av .jiioicil al'f've, appluaMe t*> the dishing hiNme-vs m iliC'.e .hn-. \vheii''hn\\ win- • ! iu \ n ami iieasp.ipet-' n\trlfnw wuh .umonneeinenl'' l-ike this An«l this. •iml we liml a relrt^hingurigmahtv in a re* enl uhieh niters Onn-aats nt ^ 15 , m o th ^15 I he l.iet N there are tnn man\ *‘nr.e nlea\ men 111 the klnthmg I'Usiness irm-.i-ihi\s, win* helie\e in H.inuim's the-ir\ tliat'd lie Ameriean puMie like t<■ I-e humi ugi^ed,\ whn Dehevc that priie' nieaiN “theap, ■ whit ilunk ihe\ 1 an''i-ml .ill the pe«'ple ail the time,\ Wc h'tpe you ih-n t take stn. k m tliN nniss-gruw n thenrv. I he purehasing puhlie «tl tn-il.iv are a hraniN •JNcrmimaling I“l »»1 pe««ple, who prefer a lirslekiss artieli* at a lair j-me rather than mlerinr gnn-l> at lu tituiuslv Inw ngiucs. Ihc an nals uf tra>!e pr\\e there n only one sure toumlatmn It r permaiun! sm e«’''S, ami that n actual merit in merch.unlise. liond rintlmig—huhstaiiiial I al-ru \Ihorouglt Workmanship— [lural.le Irmmungs—^t\lr—ami hit are the aiUertNeiu. ut^ w I ml I i make !ra-le ami keeps it, whith n itur.illv ealls to nnmi the well known pioitueiions of G O O D M A N & H O O K , vvli n. I'.c .in ! sel! I. ...1) jii.i.k- iii.nU u.,riiunl' viiii. li n in! <m .,11 iln -c .it .ir.iMr M A N T L E FINE PHOTOGRAPHS! Repairing Promptly Done Amt to your entire^satisfiietion in finality G IVE M E A TRIAL. INSURANCE OFFICE - - catarrh N. F. B. WELLS i:P T H E O P E R A H O U S E S T A I R S , O V E R TIIK DRUG ST O R E IN T H E D A N I E L S BLOCK. .VuMul I»a.«,«ujrps, I Allajm |.a l„ s x n d t e F E V E R ' i i litliiiiniiiiitlons. Heals the Sores. | KeMtoi*0{« Senses o f ’rastc and .Snirii COUNTRY LUCK By JOHN HABBERTON, A u t h o r o f “ H e l e n ’s B a b i e s ,” E t c . Copyrighted by the 3 B. Lippincott Company, Publishers, Philadelphia, an i Pub lished, by Permission, through the American Press Association “It aii.-t m. libertv.\ sai.l tli.> .,Id man. ' Ndk - t'lii.iuli It'll I'.ait V-park' in tho Revised the st.M-k tajs-! as “E. & tV ” This ^tuck bad i-viTy featiir.' that eoulil make any s. i\ii iry atrra -tive td i'].. rators, f.ir there was a er. at .h-il c.f it, the .-ompany \ vls : foriu' .l liv ti.--e.'iiseii latl.iii, uml.T the gui->«' of h :isiii-'. i.f the pr..p.-rty of several other c-aipauii's. ir was st.-adily picking up .small ' fia-(h Cs aiul ineon..ii';iting tln-ra with the; mainline, it liel.i snaie land grants of possi ble \alae. ;i.ul. l.Lst!v. - iiiet.f the managers wer.> SI. i.rilli lilt, .iari.ig and iinsi-nipnl.ius tint 'tartiiii' chaii” ‘s in the quotations miaht oeem- at any tme- nt very short u,.tiee. ('.iiil.l a gamliliT ask for a more promising “ e “ \V .. ..... to jn.tll» Mur,,, to 1'™ l « ' «> s a s s s s H S Sueeess began to mani- Tramlay seemed puzzl^. His wife Onally ■:;rs:r;^ l;™= “T-v” to,.,... of Olio of the ‘t ‘las been doing. Jur~ wife <uie oveiimg iu late winter, “the spell is b r o k e n . Three different peo ple have bo u g h t building sites of the Hayntou Bay com pany, and a num ber of others seem intere.sted. There’s been a good deal of money made this whiter, and now people seem anxious to spend it. It’s alKiut tune for us to be considering Meanwhile, Phil had for the twentieth time been closeted wltli the purchasing offi cials of the Lake and Gulfsido railroad—as disagreeable and suspicious a couple as he had ever found among Haynton’s assortment of expert gnimhlers. Had lie been more ex perienced in business lie would have been less hopeful, for, as everybody wli« was anybody in the u on trade knew the Lake and Gulf- side had planned a branch nearly two liun- dred uiile.s long, and there would be forty or fifty thousand tons of rails needed, every body who was anybody in the iron trade was trying to secure at least a portion of the order. Plnl'ssuggestiou that Tramlay shoiUd re tile contract had affeeled the \rcali/.e. (Jro*I teiia I'est it'.-lf in his count. iiiiia'O ai aiud to Ills gn*at siiti-.fa'*tIon I; liis aim - coiipl.'.l with that prominent in th<> stoc Ilis siii-.v-s lia.1 also the clfii't of making s:,,!'i”E. rir ; r 'r ,i r i s r a r»\”« - F r i T .•:is,i. I.ii,;l.t It not l.i> a i.ustak.v f.ii- him to at- gpif to be as anxious as you to get rid of our rai'li us mu.-h imp..rtan.'oas lie ha.i done to ble.s.sed fir.t born.” tile ir..n b.i-m. s, ami its possible effect upon -it is bts-ause I love her that I am tho dower ol .Miss Tramlayf She was a roas of .seeing lier ha[.pv and st‘ttled- .•liarining girl, hut nu.iiey ought to imirry . get ri.l of her.” try to .secure tlie contract had affected mercliant about as a propo.sition of a child to build a bouse inigbt have done; but to avoid depressing tlie young man's spirits, ho hud consonteil, and had himself gone so far as to get terms, for portions of the possible order, from men who were looking for encourage ment to oiieu their long closed mills. Unknown to the mercliant, and fortun ately for Pliil, oue of the Lake and Gulfside purchasing agents had years before clianeed to be a director iu a company that placed a small order with Tramlay, and, remem'ier- ing and liking the way in which it had been filled, was predispos^ toward the house's new representative from the first. But Tramlay, not knowing this, laid everything to Phil’s luck when the young man invaded the whist room of the club, called Tramlay away from a table just as cards bad been dealt, and exclaimed in a hoarse whisper: ‘Tve got it!\ “Got whatl\ asked the merchant, not over pleased at the interruption. Pliil stared so wildly that his eraplov'er continued: “Hot the smalliKix, I trust. What is it? Can’t “I should tliink you'd know,” .said the young “Exacily that,” said l^hil, removing his hat and holding it just its lie remeiiibered to have seen a conqueror’s liat held in a coloreil print of \Gen Scott oiitermg the City of Mexico.” “Hurrah!” shouted the merchant, dashing to the floor tlie cards he held. Tliis move- uient eliciting an angry protest from the table, Tramlay picked up the cards, thrust them into the hiuuisof a lounger, said: ‘*Play my hand for me. (rcntlemen, I must beg you to excuse me: sudden and important busi- uess,” Seized bis hat, and hurried Phil to tlie street, exclaiming: “Sure there is uo mistake about it? It seems too good to be true.” “Thei*o'sno mistake about this,\ Pliil re plied, taking a letter from his pocket. The c in a l.iisiiu-s wlik-h, after all, ing until ho should be certain about his own cu l.l l.avi. but the small margin of profit ; condition rmanciallv, ho will not need to wait wld.‘h(ictivc.'.inip.'titi..ii«..u!.lallmv? Thci'i'I uiu.-li Imigcr. I d.m’t know whether it’s ■tireri.-li fami!k-s t-nai-<l wliosi- .laiiglit. i s ! through bi-iins, or tact, or what’s called lov- h'< lia.l not pi’i'v ii.ii'lv li nv I to in's ■■vi's, ^ gj.ig Juck, liut he’s been doing so well 111 ailss auiilduiild ha.i-.1.-mi.i Icll ai i.illci-llci- railroadailroad’p-ople p-ople thatat in comicommon for th. irh. a.I a ha.i-.1.-m i.i Ic ! i.i r th in \ decency I finani'ial .'Xliili.t than hi'car.i.l t>^. i^n i..-..n the | must cillicr raiw his salary largely or give hehadinv. st..,nn pr,.fit,-i..'..-t.-ncuent house j *'’“WelUeljlv,'vou^^^^ the business ^ I he. been . k i n g . , tho h. a .l,oi th,-s> varmuto families operating I the orders; I vo been simply a sort of derk ned ..,-a.tentionsto I r,m ia. uiel bi> visits to the imiho became ‘tni haste, f e s after an or.ler u«w-from f.-a.-r. T.. riiil, who di.l n..t know thecause, road—tl.at I let him ,. .. .. 1 , ...... 11.1 .......... 1 attempt at first merely to keep him from ful as Well. The only disquieting effect was that ill's. Tramlay's iimnner pt*rceptibly changed to an nndc^irablc degree. That pru dent lady enutimu'd to inform her husband that tliere seemed cube no movenioiit iu Hayur ton Bay villa plots, and that the iK-isistoney of the y»nmg man from the countr\ seemed to iia\e the rfteet of iliscouragiiig ilr. Margo, vvlu> ix-ally hail some linancial standing. Tin* change iu Marge’s manner «as per- cepfible tJjrougliout the Tramlay tamily. Even Marble i xpt lieuccd u sense of relief, au'l '«ht» -ijiid *»ne <*vcuing to Lueiu: \Isn’t itl-v.-ly that vour old beau is so bi,s\ in Wail street nowadays? He doesn’t .’i.m.< hero half as miii'h as In- used to, and I don’t h.ivo to ho hoivd l.y him while yisu’ro Calking t.) I’hil. You ouglit to fit tq) a room Pspocially foi\ me in your in'W hous.-, Lii, for I’vi' i-iiilmvil a droadful lot t..r >..ur sake.” “You silly clnM.\ Lu.-ia Tiq.liiHi; “you inigiil call'll Mr. Marg.i voursi li if you liked. Siai.ima seotns to want to liavo liim in the “Til ink yon for the 'if,’” .'M.irgio retorto.l, “bur 1.1 in’t caro for a hu-shan.l almost old l''|.■ll;ll to 11 )’ /iiy crandbUluT, iifror being aeeu-t'>iiH‘(l t— seeing a real niee, hon.lsomo Jouiig man al.oitt tho lioU'O,\ “He Ins i.i.mey.” s.ii.1 Lm-in. “ami that is n hat ni—t girls arc dying to marry. Papa .-Sivs he Is making 11 lortiino if in- is as deep in the mark.'l as some lolks say.” “ I lii.pi- 111 - is,” said Margie. “II- ought to liuvi' soiiii'tiiing bi'si'l.’s a wooil.'i) fa.’c, ami a buM ti.'a.l, and tlio s;i.no set of spi-echos and iiiaiiii. i's for all .u’l'asi.iiis. Wluit a .spli’niUil MiU 111' ill' Hi t iiniti' anrHiui' I’limiA. I'utTir flstimi' st’iiii.' jus'trUinkof « Imt f’iiil ha.s sjived US from .\ii.l sUiJ E iV W. wi'iit up, T)io discovery of valuable nim.-ral deiMisits on tho line of mil* of Its l.niri.'lii*s scut till'stiu*k flying up several points in a single day, ami soon uftcr- war.l a clivci'si..u of some larg.« grain ship- mints trom a [larallel line helped it still Inr- ther That till'grain nils l•a^•ied at a lo.ss dill not troid.le any .m.*—prol.ai*ly liecatise mily the i!ii'e.-tor.s knew it, ainl it was not tlii'ir iui'tiie-s to inakcsil.'h facts ptililu-. Ami w i*h ca'll rise of the stoek Marge soM out, so tis to havi* a larger mitrgiti with which to ••lii'rate. ,\t 111.* first of tho year E. & W. dc.-Iared a *li\ iden*l S .1 l irgt*, for a security that had 111 .11 tar 1.1 Ion par, that even pni.lmt in vestors i«*gan t>. .T.iivd to till* street anil buy ■k to put mt*. tli.'ir .saf.\s. g .at t'l * pii'*i* t, I n.*ll that shares up .so rapnlly ati'i steadily that M irgi* ha.l ilifficiilty in repur chasing at t'l * pr at which he .sold; but ho Ll-.'s U*»Wtootl s Ki.v tlioii' iml slian's |■epI•esl*llted aliuut half a million iloUars .It the [ifu*i*nhii*h E. & W. Comman 1. 1 Mai'goa.linitted to hmis.*lf that it tli'l not in-an si nni.’li to limi, f,.r he had Dot 11 sm .i-riuii'.it.* m his |»)i k.*t or any where 1 1-* i’eit n ..at were st*..*: ■• •rtirieates tonni.'iii nil', i.perati*.! on ti margiiif Tlicy Were good I'lioiigh tor wi iows and orphans IHiid other [x’l pie m.*apal)!'* or imwiiiing to w;ilcli th** nrirket. anil wn,) were satisfied ti> draw aiitmully wh it>*ver dnt.l..*iuls might '•lianci* t.i 1»* .ie.*Iai'.'d T.i Margo tho stock .as it app * u'**d on liis In- i'i»r’s b inks sigiiilii*.! that hi* h.'i'l cl.'are.l u.*arly fifty thousand ilollai-.s on It within tw.i months, and a’l this m. -iney was r.'iuv.-si,>d—on margin—in tho sami* st.K’k, wiili tiie probability of doulilmg ity*lf evi*ry month, until B. & 'W. should g.r .pute a way li.*y..ti.l par. Were it to cre<*p up only .■>>.*r i .-*iit. a nvinth—it had hem iloing more tiian twi.’o as well—lie could Ugiiio up a coi'l inillio.i of gain before the summer dullness sleml i strike th..* market. Tli-it lie wouM sell out, run over to Europe and kike a rest; he felt that he would have earni'd it by' that liim*. I If course there was no danger tliatE.& ‘ n. 'uMt, go .l-.wn. Smart, who, in this p rile elfoct ipully ati'i m repur- iM; but ho SIX tlmusand lu th '1 books of 1 g*. .I'lwn. Smar who, in this par ol till* sti'(*i t, was \taking caro of it,” •I juibh.*I> sai'i, a,gam ami again, that E. i; W. woitl.l rea.'h l-’ill before* summer; and, although Smart was on.* ..t the younger men ill the str(*et, in* had enginecrisi tivv) or tliree nth>*r tilings in a niaiiui r wlii.*h had made olihn- operators open tlieii- eyes anil chock biMiks. Smart’s very name seemed to breed luck, his prophts*it*s iiliout otlii-r iiioveinents had li.'.'ii fiiltill.’d, h» cvul.'utly ha.l his own )' *.'—— largely invested in E. & W„ - .'.* 1 could any i.p.*nitor ask? Ev ,t*K*k lilts hai’fl to get: inve-torsv want.* I ' uad quaimtics ha'l geu. ially to above t!i«* lie mark.*t i aEV THE c u E F . i ^ R A Y - F E V E R i ' E S B S - S S 'H C E N ISIsSS t morfniiiH any •*pi*nit*)r axk? Even tin* wfL<5 haivl f^et; iava-tors who ti‘ I ' nail iiuaimties bad geiirrally to bid ab<*v>» t mark‘‘t quotations; an*l even whe a liloau rUau;.;e*l haniDitileiiro'^ed qu taiituisi.nl> a Iraeti-m, wbi-'h would bouioi ad t;t‘n» n >ns; and ( idsitileiir^- bi'di Wftuld beui.)i than rt-et>V(U*tul witbiii taenty-four houi’S. Mar^e'f! mur.rm was iarj'o eu‘ui^h t > protect SEiCA FALLS, N. Y. iiurzm was larj^e enou him a.; uii-t loss, own .slmuM u tvuqxjrary paiiir ■'inko tlie market and depr.'ss every thin:* by M'liiiiathy; imleod, st.une oonsorva- tive br*>k«*r-'Told ilar^** that ho could safely carry thcst..ck on a much smaller margin. IkutiT m\u have had th»*ir bcails turned by less sacf(‘>-., aud for^otteu not only tender seutinn iits but T'uider vows; so it is no won der that, as his iiuaiieial r-tamliu'j improved daily. Mar^'a's intan-st iu Lui-ia weakcued. The e.amtrymau iui;*ht have her; there was O.S \fUMl iKh m the sea as that be had hoped to catch—m>t only as K‘>‘’d, but a great deal Ix'tter. He \v*)ultl not break ohl friendships, ' ho really is' ship was a growing conceited. It seemeii too great and difficult a job to place any liope on, but I am beginning to halt believe bo'll suceeed. If he does ril simply I k * compelled to give him an interest in the business; if I don’t some of my competitors will coiix him away from mo.” “ What! after all you have done for him?” ‘Tut! tuti tho favor is entirely on thoother side. Had some outsider brought me the or ders which that boy has taken, I would have had to pay twenty timt's as mueli in commis- sk>ns as PliU's salnry I hls amounted to. W iat do you think of 'Edgar Tramlay & CoJ for a biisim*ss sign, or even ‘Tramlay & Ilayn?’ ” “1 suppose it will have to be,” said the lady, without any imbeatiou of gratification, “aud, if it must be, the sooner the better, for it can't help making Lucia’s jxjsition more cer tain. If it d-'csn’t do so at once, I shall be lieve it my duty to speak to the young man.” “Don't: don’t, I implorel\ e-xelaimed the mercliant. “He will tliink'* ----- “What he may think Kof nocoiise<pieiice,” saiil Ml'.**. Tramlay. ‘'It is time tlait lie.slioiild knovx what city etiquetb* tleiimnds.** *^But it isn't necessary, is it, that ho should ynow how inatt«*r-<»f-fact and coM htjfirted we city rH»oplo eau be about mattors which Mimtry peopU* thmk should b» approached uith the utmost heart and delicaey? Don’t retches wo are, i that he ean't run away.” let him know what a meivenai’y, seif serving lot of wretches wo are, until ho is st> fixed “Edgar, the Hiibjeet not one to bo joked about, I nsMire you.\ “.\nd I assure you, my dear, that rin not moi-fi limn lialf joking—not a bit more.\ til” iiinst inviii^' (iml liisi’m ’t imitluM’s have btH?u to say iu similar <*ircumstauces,” Silid Mix Tmmliiy. “If ymi cannot trust mo to discharge this <hity delicately, perhaps you will have tlie kmduess to undertake it your- . “Tho v.’ry tUiiig!'’Kii.l Tramlay. “If he must have unpleasant ri*e»U.*etious of one of Us I wniilil rutliiT it wouliln’t bo his mol her- iii-l;iw. I'he weight of precedent is agamsc you, (h.n't viHi know/—though not through any fault of yours,\ “Will \nu wriou-sly promise to speak to him? At once?—this very week?\ “I promi-e,\ said Tramlay soleumly,at the &une time wiekeilly making a number of mental resei vatious. “Thi‘ti if there should bo any mistake it will not be too lalo to recall poor Air. Marge,” saiil Mrs Tramlay. “.My d.-ar wife,'\ said Tramlay, tenderly, “1 kimw Marge has some g<K>d qualities, but I lie;; you to rememl.er that by tlio time our ilaiigliter ou”lit to bo iu the very prinia of her licaiity mnl .•.pirit-i, unless lier health faiks, Marge mil lie nearly 70 years ohl. I can’t bear the th. ti ^ht of imr ilarlinq being doomed to be nur.s(* to an ohl man just when she ivill be most fit for the conipauionsliip nu.i .sym pathy of a Imslianil. Suppose that ten years .ago. alien you boasted you didn’t feel a day oldi'i- than 11 hen you were 3.1, I had been twi*uty years older tlian I am now, and hang ing like a dead weight alsiut your neck? Be tween us ue Irivo had enongli to do in bring ing up om- ehihlreii properly; what would you have done had all tlie resiion.sibility come upon you ah.ui*? .knd you crt-tainly don’t care to think ..t the probability of Lu being left a widow before she fairly reaches middle age?\ “Hanijsome widows frequently marry again, esjieeially if their first husbands were “tVife.” Mrs. Tramlay looked guilty, and avoided her husband’s eye. She could not avoid his encirclmg arm, though, nor tho meaning of his voii*i> a.s ho said: “Is there no <J(«1 but society?\ “I didn’t mean to,” whispered Mns. Tram lay. “All mothers are looking out for their daugliters; I don’t think fathers understand how neces.sary it is. If you had shown more Interest iu Lucia’s future I might not have been so anxious. Fatbei-s never seem to think that their daughters ought to have husbands.’’ “Fathers don’t like girls to marry before they are women,” said Tramiay. “Even now I wish Lu im'ght not marry until she is several year.s older.” “Meri'y!\ exclaimed Mrs. Tramlay. “Would yi.m want the poor child to go through several more years of late parties, mill dimeing, and dres.'iiig? Why, she’d be come desiK*rate and want to go into a nun nery or become a novelist, or refonner, or sometliing.” “What? Is .society really so dreadful to a young girl r asked the husband. “It’s tbe iuo.st tiresome thing in the world after tie* u.ivclty wears off,” saiil Mrs. Tram- lay, “unlessshe is fond of Ilirtiiig, orgetsinto oiie of the pro,sy .sets wliere th<*y talk about nothing hut IsKiks aud inusie aitdpietures.aiid bill..* ei.ina aud such tilings.” “Live anil learn,” ipioteil the merchant. “Ke.xt tiiiii* I liwomeayiHuigmanandmarry I’ll bring up my family in the country. My .sisters had ut least horses and trees and and flowers and chickens to amuse . not m.eof them married until she wi Mrs. Tramlay maintainedadiscreetsilence, for, exee;.t their admiration for their broth er, .All'S. Tramlay liad never been able to find a point of contact in her sisters-in-law. Tram lay slowly left the nxim anil went to his club, iutoniiing himself, as he walked, that there were times iu wUio'i » man really needed the •US twenty- merciiant liurried to tlie nearest street lumi>, and .-Slid ----- me is made. Do you ;reat stroke of business this ‘My hoy, your f< ilize what a grea GOOD MORNING, \Good morning, w o r l d O n the window seat She lialaneed her two little timid feet: She clunK with her dimpled hands and stood Framed in iike a picture of babyhood The cla.iitiering vines hung low and green ‘Hourul thesnoniest curls that e'er were seen. As sht* stood with beauty aud light IrapearJed, And bade aJornl morning?\ to all the xvorld “Good ruorijins world”* and the great world Each rusilmg treeand each Klngin}; bird. And th© far off hills and the sky overhead Listened and beamt^l as the word was said And the old sun lifted ids head and smiled •'Good morning, woi'ld ...... Good morning, childr -the Woman’s Journal THE AGENT. As he came swinging up the path that led ai'i'o.ss tlie prairie from the Cross Roads store, Felix Skaggs presented a picture of utter despair All about w.as peace and joy The iiroad prairie spread ing back for miles in every ilirection in one broiid level iiliiiii was green witli the spring grass, wliile tlie evening breezes came up laden with the sweet scents of a tliou.saiul wiltl ilowers. Tlie surround ings were certainly all tliat one could ask, but Felix was blind to it and stum bled on wiili his eyes cast down. Mrs. Skaggs met her liusband at the door of tlie little sod liouse. and in a trembling tone asked: “Ha-s it gone against us, Felix?” •Yes,” lie replied, ’‘it has.” Felix threw his slouched wool liat down on the ground, and dropping liim- self on tlie door step, gave a dee|i drawn ■al minutes with his sigli and sat for several face buried in his hand: It was quite a wliile before Mrs. bliitgg.s fell able to say anylliing more, but at last steadying lier voice with an effort she said' •Well, Felix, it’s bad, but wo mustn’t worry over it. It's a great mkfortiuw to US, but it miglit have been worse, now mightn’t it'?\ .“I don't know how it could well Iiave been worse. Having to give up the claim after we’ve lived on it tliis long, and after we’ve worked and saved and improved it, ain’t no trifling matter, 1 can.tell you.” “ No, I know tliat, Felix. It’s a bad loss to us, but we must bear u]i against Felix shook liis liead doubtingly and drawing a coarse, soiled sleeve across Jiis face to wipe away tlie persiiiratioii, “ It’s easy to talk, Tilly, but it ain’t easy to bear such losses as this. Remem ber tlie years we’ve lived here, toiling and struggling agaimst droughts and pests, doing everytliing we could do to get a home started. Aud now. just “I hope so,” said Phil. “■What do yon wiiiit mo to do for you? Name your terms or figure.s.” Phil was silent, for the very good reason that he ili.l not know liow to .*«iy wliat was iu his heart. ‘•Suppose 1 alter my sign to Ti\i.mlay & Havn and make vou mv equal partner?” S'tm Phil w:us Silent.' “■Well,” said the mercliant, “it seemed to mo that was a fair offer; but if it ilia*sii’t meet your views speak out aud say what you “Mr. Tramlay,” .said tho yoiiiig man. try- get a home started. Aud now . just ing tosiK'ttk calmly, but failing most lament- when we begin lo see the light, and he- ably, “they say a countryman never is ' gi„ to feel tliat Our efforts are going to WtGfM iiiatrado milevs ho gets sometliing ^ be rewarded, here comes this land grab- °“Vory well. What shall it bo?” | 'J, “Millions-evervthhig; that is, I wish vou’d i nothing, give me your daughter too.” ' | •AH gone, swept away at one sweep.” Tile inei'cliaiit laughed softly and shook liL ! “Reckon you can’t be mistaken, Fe- head. Phil started aud his heart fell. lixT “I don’t .see liow I can do that,\said Tram- ' '•No: I wisli 1 was. Tliere’s no cliance lay, “for, unless my eyes deceive mo, yon al- for any mistake, Tillv; none in the ready have her.” I CHAPTER XXV. -j’laims or 'buy tliem over again ^ . li'Oin the land gnibher. Bert was up to A w AOAj^ I oilice yesterday, and so there iNE of the penallies can’t be anv mistake about it. Old Joyce in g 't n iie 'si^ s s '.: lignant\°e 11 v\ of 1 \Pm’haps we could buy it again.” tho.se ivlio liavo not I “ What! After it is stolen from us, go succeeded, it is not to work and Imy it back! Never.” surprising that in I “When will we have to leave?” time there begun tc , “1 don’t know. Old Joyce’s agent creep into vvali will be at the Oross Roads to-morrow to strwt some ston.'5 1 ,.eckou we’ll find r h r i i e f L r i t ontlhen a lliihom it ” should be, nor even settlers m a cer- quite so socxl, ami tain sectioii of Kansa.s had labored to that there was no . improve their claims and build up y reason w h y t !i e ' home.s, confident of their titles, and little stock should 1)0 so dreaming tliat tlie day was coming when selling l»- another chiimant would appear to dis- iiul oust tliem from tl: high when solider seeniities were sellmg l»- another claimant s f ^ )„. ...a iusulHeieiit tlioygreatly iuereased till'volume ‘>'n<*ng tlie most industiious and 1rice maintained the price by * \ ' ‘ . ....... -<3 - ■* - •* of sales a.nd maintained the p bv the fa severin «5 of tlie pioneers, an had sue- miliar, simpli', hut gonmilly Mircessfui ev ceetini in Ruviiig up money enougli to mmiFdiffereiit mtliTMoek market Fiist (ini.'lheKvhen'thTlron^ aiieous *-*-ey were in tlie right, were confident of a liar itself, and ai-ranged for simnltaueous they delivery, at different points on tlio street, ot limt a lot of .itories so full of new mineral develop- favoi i on the line of tlie road, and so many correct, and the next day the people cc •videnees of the nmnageraenfs slirewd- ipcted in at the Cross Roads store to he: ness, that erificism was silenced for a while. But bears must live as well as bulls, and the longer tliey remain hungry the harder they are sure to fight for tlieir prey; so tlie street was soon favoreil with a fre.sh ass ment of rumors. This time they concei themselves principally with tlie alleged bad condition of the track aud rolling stock in the west, and with doubts as to the mineral deposits said to have been discovered. Tho market n-as reminded that other railroad companies, by .scores, had made all sorts of brilliant discoveries ami aunouucements that had failed to materialize, and that some of these roads hud lieeii managed by liands that now seemed to be eontrolliug E. & W. Then the E, & W. management lo.st its ordinary temper and aecuscil t lie bears of malignant falsi'hood. There was notlimg unusual in tlii-*, in a locality where no ono is everMisiiecti*.! of telling tho truth while he can make anvtliiiig bv lying. When, how ever. B. & W. issued i'nvitations f . large oiierators, particularly iu the conipany’s .stock, for a .special e.Tcursion over the road, with opportunities for thorough investig.a- tion, the bears growled sullenly ami began to look for u living elsewhere. The excur-slon .start was a grand .success in the eyes of Mr. Marge, who made with it his first trip in the capacity of an investigating investor. There were men on t.*« ti-ain to whom JIarge liad in other days-searcelydareil to lift his eyes in Wall street, yet now they treated him as an equa'. not only socially but fiuaiieiallj-. He saw his own name m news- s of cities througli which tho party 1 . 10 = \•*•■•= had appeared in print be- ivere confident tiie courts would decide in their favor. But Bert Hart's information was ■xt day the people col- vl.at the agent liad to sa Felix went over early i 1 = : his name had appeai*ed iu pi fore, but only ainonj? lists of guests at par ties, or as usher or a bridegroom's best man at a u'oddnig—not as a linaiipiei'. It was gral. ying, too, to have presented to him some pre?'. lents of westerir banks ivho .joined the party, aud be name<l to these financiers as one of the most prominent investors in E. He saw more, too, of his own country than ever before; his eves and wits were quick enough to make him enter heartily into the Spirit of a new enterprise or two which sc projecting. It m 7. directors with the party w hopedfoi-icasunweai-yinglyasfoi-a rich wife; now at last his desire was to be granted; the rich wife would be easy enough to find after he himself became rich. Unaccustomed though he was to slumberiug with .a jolting bed under liim, liLs dreams iu the sleeping car were rosier than any be had known since the ham began to gi'ow thin on the top of his liead. But as tlie [Kirty began to look tliroiigh the car windows for the bears of the R.xiky mountains the bears of Wall street began to S ’E t, stories, which were not denied rapidly enough for the good of the stock, for some of the 3 . V . \S? to“ s s over early and was stand ing on tlie platform when the agent came Babcock was the agent’s name, surprised wlien they met. for be liad expected to find the agent a very cro.ss, sour, cralibed old fel low, whereas he proved to be a very mild, affable gentleman, quite willing to give infoi-malion on any point connected with his business. “Now, gentlemen,” hesaid, addressing tiie crowd colleclivelv, \1 have but this one proiiosition to make, if you wish to retain your claims you can do so by pay ing me S-3 per acre, and the terms can be arranged so as to g ive you ample time to pay out.” “But if we don’t wish to buy tlie land after we’ve owned it and im- of course po.ssession.” from you after we ve owned i proved it, tlien wliat’f\ Hart as “ If you don't wisJ) to buy it. love off and give po.s; it was settled, and as tliere vv around it tlie men left for les in anything but a pleasant 1 of mind. “AVliat’s the news. Feli.x?” Mrs. asked when lier husband “ Nothing, only we hav. give up the 1 tliere’s no doing anything witli tlie agent’f” “Not a thing. It’s possession or $0 an acre with liim, and witli us it’s possession, of course.” During the next two weeks many per sonal appeals were made to the agent, and though he was mild and gracious in his replies he showed no disposition to deviate from his fii-st terms. “1 would be glad to aid you.” he would say. “ but under the circum.stances I can not vary from my rules.” So in time the people, already sore, began to speak of Mr. Babcock as a liard, unfeeling man, whose whole object was to grind tliem down Finally Felix went away to seek an other location, and while lie was gone Mrs. Skaggs became sick, aud it was necessary to send for a doctor Jennie Skagg.s. tlie 12-year-old cliild, was sent over to the Gross Koad-s to ask some one to go from tliere. “It’s a long walk to the store, Jennie,” the mother said as tlie child started off, “but you can find the way easily, and you needn’t lie in any hurry coming back, only so you reach home before Jennie tripped away and in due time readied tiie Cross Roads, wliere she told her errand to the storekeeper and asked liim to aid her in (inding some one to go for tlie doctor. \Why. yes. I'll help you, of course/' ejaid the storekeeper, “ but I don't see anybody here just now as could go. Tliei-ell be some one liere directly, though, and if you want to go o n back I’ll attend to it for you, and send as soon as possible.” Jennie waited, liowever, fearful that the storekeeper might forget, and it was growing quite late when she departed for liome; so late, in fact, tliat before she had gone half the distance darkness came on ami she lost tlie road. While hlie was wandering about on the prairie .she heard tiie clatter of horses’ I'eei coming toward lier. and waiting where she was. a buggy drawn by two dashing horses drew up. Tlie driver cauglit a glimpse of the child’s wliite dress and, lialting, cried out; “ Hello, here, wliat’s tlie matter’?” “Please, sir, I’m lost.” “Lost, ell?” the man replied in a mild, kind tone. “’Well, now, that’s bad. Wliere do you want to go, little girl?’’ “My pa’s name is Felix Skaggs, and I want to go home. Do you know wliere be lives'?\ “Feli.x Skaggs? Dm, wliy, no, I be lieve I don’t. I haven’t been here long, and I’m not much acquainted yet.” “ Well, it’s five miles from the Cross e liouse aim .use with i t completed.” Well.ell. I knonow “Oh. that's it. is it? W I k the way there, aud as it’s very little out of the way I’ll take you home if you want to ride. Climb in.” “Thank j’ou. sir; I shall be ever so glad, only I’m afraid it will put you to too mucli trouble.” \Oh it’s no trouble. Just get in.” For a little ways they went in silence, and then the man asked suddenly: \How came you to be out so late and so far away from home?” “5Iy motluT is sick and I went over to the store to get some one to go for tlie doctor.” ray to hunt a place to •Where’s “He’s gone aw: get anew liome. ” “Then you’re going to move away'?” “Y’es, sir; we have to, but it’s awful bad. Pa and ma botli take it mighty hard, but tlie agent is loo mean to let us stay, so we have to give up tlie place and everytliing. It's terribly liad, don’t you think'r” “Yes, it is. But you may judge the agent wrong I’m sure he doesn’t wisli to turn 30U out. He has instructions and he has to follow them wliether he likes to do i “Uo you “ W eil. 1 wouldn’t like to say as to that now, because none o f us are as good ns we uiiglit be. I’m sure, though, Mr. Babcock wishes to do right, and liis sym pathies are with the poor settlers, and if he could lielp them out o f their trouble he would do it.” “The people think he is bad and un feeling.” “Yes, I know, but they think wrong of him. He does not act for himself, but iiother. and some other man might do worse than he does.” paai yes, he might. But it’s bad for poor ind me.” Will they be quite poor’/” sir. The wagon and the things ' “ Perhaps their friends would help them to get started again.” “No, sir, I lliink not. You see we haven't any friends out here, and pa has no piirents, and imi's failier won’t have anytliing to do witli her any more. So tliere's nobody to help them.” \Wliy won’t your ma's fallier have anytliing to do witli her?” “ I ouglitn't to tell you such things, ought 1?” “Well, it can’t do any harm, and it may be tliat 1 can lielp them some way.” “Ah, 1 wish you could.” “ Perhaps I can if I know all about it. Uo you know why your grandfather acts so had towards your mother'?” “ No, sir, only tliat he don't like pa, and when pa and ma married they came off to Kansas, and tlicy never write back borne and never get any letters.” “That's too bad. Is your grandpa •‘Yes, sir; ma says he has lots of land and money and—and—everything.’’ “ Hum, hum: too bad, too bad.” “He’s not a very good grandpa, is lie?” “W ell, 1 don’t know. We could tell better about that if we were to see him Would you like to see liim-y \Yeu Kir. I suppose I would,” “ Why Uon't your tua write to him and tell liim all about tliis trouble? He might “She did speak about it and so did pa. but they said it wouldn’t do any good. »o they gave it uij.” Then tliere followed several minutes i>f silence, and as the lior-ses trotted leis urely along, tlie man looked thoughtfully at the bottom of the buggy while the girl looked out across the prairie, form ing imaginary |)ictures in the darkness. They bail almost reached Jennie’s home when lier companion raised his head, and shaking himself as if he had just awoke from sleep, asked: “Do jon know your grandpa’s name?” Reuben Thayt I forget the •‘W hat tc “Can’t you remember if?” “T’ra afraid not. But I have it on a slip of paper here. Uo you want it?” “ Yes, 1 do. Wliat were you going to do with if?” “I—you won’t never tell, will you?” “Indeed I won't.” “I was going to write to him and tell him everything, but I was afraid to write, and I didn’t.” “ Look here. I’ve thought up a little scheme. Can y o j keep a secret'?” “Yes, sir: if I ouglit to, 1 can.” •‘Well, you ought to this time and you Now we’ll go in together and put little job on your p: ^ e ’fi •. \Whafs-his- 1 all trouble, and I'll bet ISs outut allll lything it turn o a right. If it don’t why there won’t be any harm done, and nobody but you and I will be disappointed. Now what do you say to that?\ “I—I don’t know. Do you think it would be right?” “W hy. of course. There couldn’t be any harm iu it, could there'? ’ “No, sir; and I think it would be a very good idea.” “Then I’ll write the letter wlien 1 get back, and you must keep iierfectly still about it.” “1 will, and if it all comes around right pa and ma will be happy. Won der what the agent would think?” “W hy, lie’d be as glad as he could be.” The buggy rolled back across the prai rie, and after Jenny had waited a few moments to listen to the clattering of the horses’ feet she went into the house. “Y’ou were so late. Jennie,” tlie mo ther said, \tliat I began to feel uneasy^ about you. I was afraid you liad lost Jennie then told about her experience of tlie night and her meeting with the tranger who had brought her home. “WRat was his name?\ the mother “Oil, I never once thought to ask him. was a good, kind man, tlioiigh, and 1 ill he was the agent instead of Mr. Babcock. Don’t y o u , mother?\ who has more heart I wish some on? n Air. Babcock was a g e n t.” “The gentleman said Mr. Babcock was lot to blame, tliough, and that the peopli judge him wrong.” \That’s all very well to say, but people whose homes are taken away don’t see it so welL VYhut does Mr. Babcock care if we are turned out o f doors without a dollar iu the world? People who are not robbed don't know.\ A week pitssed and,^ though the doc tor's visits had been regular, Mrs. Skaggs’ condition had not improved, and the doctor thought it likely not to im- been kept close to thlie house since the night she met tlie stranger, and during all the week slie had seen no more of It was late in the afternoon of Satur day and the doctor had made liis visit and departed,departed, Jennieennie J came out to the fence to watch liim as he rode away, and was still looking after him when she saw across the prairie a moving object .so dis- t:int as to be almost indiscernible. After a while the object passed out of sight be hind a “risi*,” ami when it came into view again, ten minutes later, she could distinctly see that it was a bugg inger coming back,” id now I shall I ightf “ and now I shall know about idpa. All. if he write.s a good letter, iK-tlii.ig good for ma, won’t I buggy. ^Youder wlio the otlier ca Within a half hour the buggy drove up to the gate, and Jennie, still waiting, saw that she was right, and that tlie driver was indeed the man with whom she rode home that night. But there \ias a straliger, too, a tall, pleasant looking man with gray liair and beard.’and tlie horses had hardly stopped when he came tumbling out, aud, without wailing for his companion, tore away towards the house and entered witliouta word to any Jennie stood staring after the strange man and wondering at his actions when the other approached and taking her in his arms kissed lier, saying: “Our little scheme worked out splen didly. didn’t it?” “I—is that him?” “That’s your grandpa, and he’s going to help your pa and ma out, aud” ----- “ Mr. Babcock can’t hurt them, can “Don't you \No sir, 1 .•ouldn’t. You taken your home from you.” “No, he hasn’t, and he hasn’t taken if bis own choice. I know him quite well, little girl, and tliougii he i not as good as he ought to be, he is far from the sort of man you think Le is, aud he’s just as glad as you are at what has happened to you and your parents. Don’t you believe that?” There was a twinkle in the man’s eyes and a smile lurking about his lips Chat excited tlie child’s suspicion, and after she had looked at him very hard for a minute she throw her anus about his neck, saying: “You're Mr, Babcock yourself. 1 know jou now, aud that's who you are.” “Yes, I’m Mr. Babcock, and I do re joice in your good fortune and liope you will alw a js be happy in the old Ohio home.”—Tliomas P. Montfort iu Free .-V Novel Test of Gciiuiiieuess. De Sueak (to a fellow thief, looking at a tray of diamonds iu tho window of a country jeweler)—I’m :ifraid iliey're not genuine. Le Grabb—Smash the glass. I'll grab the tray and run, and if the jeweler ion’t follow we’ll return them to him.— jo-vele'-’s Weekly. Ediieafion in Ancient Egypt. inlendeii for the government Titered the school at a very early says The Popular Science MoiiUily concerning e<lu<‘:ition in ancient I'gypt. Tlie course of instruction \ firstirst careare off thehe teachereacher wasas too iervice i t E pie. The f c o t t w t initiate tho young scrihe into the luys- teries of tlie art of writing. After lie had mastered the fir-st dilHoulties, he given older texts to coiiy. These Id poems, 'thieal wr act that IVe 1 pre.servation of the greater ) literary remains of ancient I were moral treati.ses, old poem s, fairy tales, religious and mythical vvriting.s .s It is to this fact that vv owe •vation of the greater jwrt of tlie literary remains of ancient Egypt. When one of these .selioolhoys died the copies he had written, that could he of no earthly use to any one else, were buried with him. From those old books that he copied he learned to form bis own style; lie learned the grammar -and synta.x of liis beautiful language; he became acquaint ed with its vast stock of moral ijreceijts, religious and mythical traditions, and with the unnumbered poems and tales that undoubtedly abounded, and of which tlie mere.st fragments liave come down lo us. Two classes of writings were preferred for this purpose, moral precepts and letters. It was considered absolutely indi.spensahle to inculcate on tiie minds of tlie pupils vast numljers of Letter v moral sidereii a high and dilficult pupils needed very special prepar: Caoutchouc. Caoutchouc, or India rubbei', is the sap of several different plants and trees growing in tropical regions, but is most largely obtained from a Soutii American plant. It is wliite like Hie juice of m ilk weed when it e xudes from the plant, but becomes black from the effects o f smoke, to till* action of which it is subjected iu the proce.ss of curing. When it is ob tained from trees tlie sap is gathered by tapping tbe trees after a fasliion not al together u nlike that; by which the sap is extracted from maple trees for making maple sugar. It is evaporated to re move the water, and then a stick or ••baf’ is dipped into it, and the sap taken up is held for some time in the smoke o f a fire of nuts. This is repeated till the bat is loaded, when the caoutchouc is taken off and dried for shipping. W hen obtained from plants, the fiber is macer ated and the sap extracted by evapora tion! The raw rubber thus obtained has to pass through extended and compli cated refining proce.sses after its arrival in this country before it is ready for the purposes of the manufacturer.—Good Housekeeping. His Own Surgeon. An old gentleman in Biddeford named Lombard Dion has suffered much from what seemed to be an out growth from a bad corn on the bottom of bi.s foot, but which Hie physicians say was dry gan grene, caused by a lieart trouUe. Tlie foot would have been amputated long ago, had it not been f(?ared that-the suf ferer, who is So years oid. would i survive an operation. The p: intoleralile, however. Hiat the pain was so he gritty old gentleman decided lo attend to amputa tion himself. While alone in the house he took out liis knife and cut four toes off. Later, finding tliat Hie remainiug toe bothered liim in bandaging liis foot, he cut that off also. A few days later, his sufferings not having abated, he cut into tlie foot witli a razor, below tlie in step, and broke off :ind pulled out all but two of tlm bones of the Sower foot. During his self performed operation he lost much blood, aud upon one occasion lie buried liis naked foot in dry ! stop the flow. A doctor iias sii led him of the offending member, and is now able to walk about the door
