Pittston Gazette

              ESTABLISHED 18RO. . VOL. XLV. NO. .5 t Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER !D, IWH. AWeekly Local and Family Journal. that you desire to see me about 1 shall go on with some other matters, which, pardon me, do not require your presence. " streak in her somewhere. She sat there watching him as the officers marched to the front, and then her, as he went up and joined Miss Renwick, and thero was a gleam of her white teeth and a CZAR AT REST. pressed a Uosire to reoeivo flu* sacrament, which was administered to him by Court Chaplain anlshelT and Father Ivan in the preticnco of tho wholo family. head of thn nation anil thn head of 1C rnliglon anil was both loved anil trust 'I hi! nihilists wore !■ thusiasts who w.ti full D t — . | what supplies he should furnish for the 1»I LTj \ \ K fl\ A TTTY wedding. She is soon to be married and UU a 11/ Ui\ I. ha8 been M snmnjer gathering wjl(i strawberries and selling them to rai.se money for her outfit. She naturally desires to know what will be supplied by the groom. If you knew, Evangeline, what a task It is for me to settle these matters of etiquette, you would be chary of your inquiries to an overworked man. Generally the bride's family tries to be as light a burden to the groom as possible until after the honeymoon, when he may supply flour, bacon, molasses, etc., without violating the proprieties. You make a mistake, however, in going into an elaborate wedding if you have to gather wild strawberries in order to pay for it. It is no disgrace to be wedded without great display considering your circumstances. I acted as usher once at a wedding where each usher received a diamond stud that would buy a good team, yet today the groom is trying to keep a livery stable tidy at $20 per mouth, and the bride each week does the washing for one of her bridesmaids at 75 cents per dozen and hangs the wash on a barbed wire fenca On the other band, 15 years ago, when I became a justice of the peace in Wyoming, I married a couple in the loft of Waguer's store, and tb« two rode home on one horse to battle with life on a ranch, asking me to wait till fall for my fee, when they hoped to be able to raise it. Autumn came and with it the fee. Now they are visiting in Venice and hiring gondolas by the week. We should learn by this, Evangeline, that it is better to go to California second class and return via palace car than to go there In a special car and come home astride the axle of a coach. the must J 'Wt II''fure t lie f 11". At this very broad hint the party slowly found their legs, and with much wonderment and not a few resentful glances at their temporary commander the officers sauntered to the doorway. There, however, several stopped again, still reluctant to leave in the face of so pervading a mystery, for Wilton turned. flash in her black eves that made me think i)f the leap of a knife from the sheath. Not but what 'twould nerve him right if she did play him some devil's trirk. It's his own doing. Were any Russia's R nler I)i In the Czarin; ed Peacefully Tho czar then conversed long and earnestly with Father Ivan, concluding by asking hi* family to again gather round him. Ho spoke to each member separately, and at tho greatest length with the czarina. He blessed all his children present.applied radical tlionrios. Tin appreciate t ho fact that what .1 wholly v failed HE GIVES A FEW SAMPLES OF REAL Dhn St GENUINE LOVELINESS. a's Arms. Mill said of liberty in western have no application to the la I ohis d inhabitant- of 1; otivo gavornniont is or snaru if tlioDo w!i oprC Together With a Lctterpresx That Goes REAL SORROW IN EUROPE. Upj laion Riid a v« trS ha ye Ktiqnette Gently Set Forth Fop the Guidance of Anxious Correspondents. ■sent With Each Picture—A Few Points on people out from town?" lie suddenly asked. The scene was ono of deop pathos, all being in tears. All this time His majesty was sitting up in an armchair. After taking leave of his family he grew gradually weaker, and his voice became so in distinct that it was scarcely audible. are to i ;D C!r) i) "Am I to understand that Colonel Maynard has left the post to be gone any length of time?" he asked. "Yes, half a dozen or so," answered Mr.. Rollins, who was pulling off liis boots and inserting his feet into easy slippers, while old "Crusty" tramped excitedly up and down the floor. "Most of them staid out here, I think. Only one team went back across the bridge.'' "Whose was that?" no political jruiu lea anil England lnvn the s quality in their bones. li h»s I on;l naturp to them to conduct nft'.iiiv. IJnt tiio iiii:! i.rio of I » os of Ai Nihilist Plot to Kill the New Czar I ir\ [Copyright, 1894, by Edgar W. Nye.] Discovered. A very kind friend in St. Louis sends me a marked copy of a magazine of that city, published in the meat trade, which has organized a beanty contest to be regulated by the rules set forth below. "He has not yet gone I do not know how long he will be gone or how soon ho will start For pressing personal reasons he has turned over the command to me, and if he decide to remain away of course some field officer will be ordered to come to headquarters. For a day or two you will have to worry along with me, but I sha'n't worry you more than I can help. I've get mystery and mischief enough here to keep me busy, God knows. Jost ask Sloat to come back here to me, will you? And, Wilton, I did not mean to be abrupt with you. I'm all upset today. Mr. Adjutant, notify Mr. Jerrold at once that he must not leave the post until I have seen him. It is the colonel's last order. Tell him so." The Funeral Will Prob-ibly Take Place In About noon a convulsive fit of coughing was followod by a slight rally. Thnnro until the end the czar remaineJ quiot, seemingly free from pain. requiro thC boforo tiny even ask for a sii gro w t ,ro i experiment. Of bis first only one man in the regiment besides the commander could tell anything, and ho, to the just indignation of almost everybody, would not discuss the subject. It was rumored that in the old days when Maynard was senior captain and Chester junior subaltern in their former regiment the two had very little in common. It was known that the first Mrs. Maynard, while still young and beautiful, had died abroad. It was hinted that the resignation of a dashing lieutenant of the regiment, which was synchronous with her dvpiirture for foreign shores, was demanded by his brother oiScers, but it was useless asking Captain Chester. He conld not tell, and—wasn't it odd?— here was Chester again, the only man in the colonel's confidence in an hour of evident trouble. ters of state D1 in C'HAl'l'KK L About Two Week", but the Body of the The anti-Jewish agi lias boon one of th» n in T I am enabled to give also a few piotures of the meat trade beauties, as the editor calls them. I can only regret that the severity of the rules will not permit outsiders to enter the contest, it can hardly be called a representative affair, as tlir-re are mauy attractive women no doubt outside "the meat industry." Here is the announcement: A ctraiige thing happened at the old fort (luring the still watches .of the night Even now, at 9 in the morning, no one seemed to be in.possession of the exact circumstances. The officer of the day was engaged iu an investigation, and all that appeared to be generally known was the bald statement that the sentry on No. 5 had fired at somebody or other about half after 8; that he had fired by order of the officer -of the day, who was fin his post at the time, and that now he flatly refused to talk aboui the matter. "The Buttons', I bolievo. Young Cub Suttou was out with his sister and another girl." Dead RoinanofT Will Re Carried With At 2:15 o'clock je heaved a deep sigh nnd breathed his last in the arms of the empress, who then broko down with the weight of her grief. The doctors fear the rosults of reaction upon her already exhausted system. movement* of tlK fo. 'J i 1)01 ed li] L--.fr Great Pomp Acronn the Illack Sea and on many reasons wh it c "There's another d d fool!" growled Chester. "That boy has $10,000 a year of his own, a beautiful home that will be his, a doting mother and 6istar and everything wealth can buy, and yet, by gad, he's unhappy because he can't be a poor devil of a lieutenant, with nothing but drills, debts and rifle practice to enliven him. That's what brings him out here all the time. He'd swap places with you in a minute. Isn't he very thick with Jerrold?" to St. Petersburg In a Few Days—Taking popular. The thriftier habits of t port. in t first place, if wa the Oath of Allegiance to Nicholas II. sian of the "»Dr rank lo t J: r-i. 1 Prince and Prlncem ef Wale* on Their The body ia now being embalmed. It will probably bo laid for a couple of days In the palace chapel. The arrangements that will bo made for the funeral aro still unknown. It ia believed that the remains will lDe embarked on tho imperial yacht Polarnaia Fivozda (Polar Star) at Yalta, where tho Seventh army corps will render military honors Tho whole Black sea floot will escort the yacht to Odessa, whence tho body will be conveyed by railway to St. Petersburg, stopping at tho. Important towns en route to onable the troops to render honors to tho dead. The state mourning will commence on Saturday. The funeral will probably bo held two wooks henco. reached the stage of development mercy of tho monev lender Way to Llvadla—Sketch of the Dead Kul- brings forothou rbt. Urn. too. the czar whior er'n Life, was the actual hea ! of the GrceV ''Readers will no dotibt be pleased to note that this month %ve continue the beauty contest for a magnificent gold prize medallion, and present another galaxy of meat trade be; 1 _ As already ted, the maga will be glad to hear from the ladies of theoraft in every section ef the country, and all be given equal opportunities to win the pj r i z e offered. ST. PKTKRSBCRG, Nov. 2.—The people have been so long prepared for the worst that the death of the czar caused noither consternation nor surprise. The news was made known privately about 4 o'clock and at iiiu'ht a small black bordered sheet was distributed by the police him the one true re I He was an iiitcnse llcver it trust in frod was the one th'.ng which sustained him under the gr. a' load which ho boro alone Why should not what was so good for him be as good lor ever ybo dy elsoi' Here were salvation an t rc.-t. . • i. n. ill Garrison curiosity, it is perhaps needto saw was rather stimulated than lulled by this announcement An unusual number of officers were chatting about headquarters when Colonel Maynard came over to his office. Several ladies, too, who had hitherto shown but languid interest in the music of the band, had taken the trouble to stroll down to the old quadrangle, ostensibly to see guard mounting. Mrs. Maynard was almost always on her piazza at this time, and her lovely daughter was almost sure to l»e at the gate with two or three young fellows lounging about her. This morning, however, not a sonl appeared in front of the colonel's quarters. CHAPTER IL "Oh, yes, rather. Jerrold entertains him a good deal. " where else were death and despair. JVi *»*-cu i »n o| the »i. vf The night before had been unusually dark. A thick veil of clouds overspread the heavens and hid the stars. Moon there was none, for the faint silver crescent that gleamed for a moment through the swift sailing wisps of vapor had dropped beneath the horizon soon after tattoo, and tho mournful strains of "taps," borne on the rising wind, seemed to signal "extinguish lights" to the entire firmament as well aa to Fort Sibley. There was a dance of some kind at the quarters of one of the staff officers living far up the row on the southern terrace. Chester heard the laughter and chat as the young officers and thoir convoy of matrons and maids came tripping homeward after midnight He was a crusty old bachelor, to use his own description, and rarely ventured into theee scenes of social gayety, and besides he was officer of the day, and it was a theory he was fond of expounding to juniors that n hen on guard no soldier should permit himself to be drawn from the scene of his duties He believed as men believe! In tho middle ayes. Therefore, when this person;.1 feeling toward ty became tinged with sympathy for iiis people's hatred of tho Jews, he became a per-eoutor, or at least ho did not stay the hands of tho persecutors. Perhaps in the solitary sadness, tho gray tones of his life, Alexander 111 is most like Marcus Aurelius. "Which is returned, with compound interest, I'll bet yton. /Mr. Jerrold simply makes* a convenience of him. Ho won't make love to his sister because the poor, rich, unsophisticated girl is as ugly as she is ubiquitous. His majesty is fastidious, you see, and seeks only the caress of beauty, and while he lives there at the Suttons' when he goes to town, and dines and sleeps and smokes and wines there, and uses their box at the opera house, and is courted and flattered by the old lady because dear Cubby worships the ground he walks on, and poor Fanny Sutton thinks him adorable, he turns his back on tho girl at every danoe becanso she can't dance and leaves her to you fellows who have a conscience and some idea of dcccncy. He gives all his devotions to Nina Beaubien, who dances like a coryphee, and drops her when Alice Renwick comes, with her glowing Bpanisli beauty. "By Jovel What's gone wrong with the chief?" was the first exclamation from one of the older officers. "I never saw him look so broken." Tho arrival of the PrlnqC5 ihxI Princess of Wales, now en route to Llvadia. is anxiously awaited. A special train await* As no explanation suggested itself, they began edging in toward the office. The door stood open, a handbell banged, a clerk darted in from tho sergeant major's rooms, and Captain Chester was revealed seated at the colonel's desk. This in itself was sufficient to induce several officers to stroll in and look inquiringly around Captain Chester, merely nodding, went on with some writing at which he was engaged 411 contestants no. i. niust be either relatives of members ot the meat industry or connected wifih the trade in some capacity. No one jelse will be allowed to compete. It 'is particularly desired that each photo be accompanied by a biography of the lady and state also her general accomplishments and relationship to a lnember of the trade or connection wit1 the industry. These are rules, in fact, which must be complied with to warrant admission in the contest." Great responsibilities sometimes make gieat inpn. Great men must have intense convictions of tho tightness of their point of view and consequent irftolerence for that of those who disagree with them. Hut not only did the czar's orthodoxy affect the Jews. His o'her subjects felt it too. I.igorous orthodoxy was the order of tho day. After a report by l'obiedoi!o.?t-sofT of tlio holy synod a decree put in operation once more certain laws which had fallen into disuse, which, for instance, interdicted all theatrical representations on certain fast cjays and during L.-rt. This was only one typical effort of the head of tho church anil head of tho state to stem the tide of corruption in the religious life of the upper classes. Natalie, Alkali Station, Wy.—No; yon are doing wrong to continue your friendship with a man who indicates that he love# you, yet does not follow it up by a declaration. He is not sincere, and the quicker yon serve a writ of ejectment on him the better. He is merely toying with your heart and killing time. Such a man should be arrested, taken out beyond the fair ground and shot. Yon should lose no time in telling him that life is real, life is earnest, etc., and that you cannot monkey about in life's glad morn with one who is not serious. Guard mounting at the fort was not held until 9 o'clock, contrary to the somewhat general custom at other posts in our scattered army. Colonel Maynard had ideas of his own upon the subject, and it was his theory that everything worked more smoothly if he had finished a leisurely breakfast Ix-fore beginning office work of any kind, and neither the colonel nor his family caml to breakfast before 8 o'clock In view of the fact that Mrs. Maynard had borne that name but a very short time, and that her knowledge of army life dated only from the month of May, the garrison was disposed to consider her entitled to much latitude of choice in such matters, even while it did say that she was old enough to be altove bridelike sentiment. The women folk at the fort were of opinion that Mrs. Maynard was 50. It must be conceded that she was over 40; also that this was her second entry into the bonds of matrimony. After a moment's awkward silence and uneasy glancing at one another the party seemed to arrive at the conclusion that it was time to speak. The band had ceased, and the new guard had marched away behind its pealing bugles. Lieutenant Hall winked at his comrades, strolled hesitatingly over to the desk, balanced unsteadily on one leg, and with his hands sticking in his trousers pockets, and his forage cap swinging from protruding thumb and forefinger, cleared his throat, and with marked lack of confidence accosted his absorbed superior: The editor says: ' 'An al munication has also beeD a gentleman in Waco, Ti that he has 'something fi test that will be a 'dead the gold.' It is requested pent trot her out for thi the talented and gentler judges." liciiymons com- I received from ix., who states lie' for the conjure winner of I that the Texas THE DF.AD CZAR. from tlie office of The Oflioial Gazette. This sheet contains the following announcement:"Oh, d—n it, I'm mi old fool to got worked up over it .is I do, but you young fellows don't rtt'o what 1 we. Yon have pot seen what I've seen, and pray God you never may! That 's where the shoe pinches, Rollins. It is what he reminds me of, not so much what he is, I suppose, that I get rabid alDout IIo is for pll the world like a man wo had in the old regiment when you wero in swaddling clothes, and I never look at Mamie Gray's sad, white face that it doesn't bring biick a girl I knew just then whose heart was broken by just Buch a shallow, selfish, adorable scoun— No, I won't use that word in speaking of Jerrold, but it's what 1 fear. Rollins, you call him generous. Well, so he is—lavish, if you like, with his P)oney and his hospitality here in the Afuntiy pomes easily to him and goes, but you boys the term. 1 hi)DD sulflsh to the core, because he oan deny himself no luxury, no pleasure, though it may wring a woman's life—or, more than that, her honor— to give it him." The captain was tramping up and down the room now, as was his wont when excited. His face was flusWbd and his hand clinched. He turned suddenly and faced the younger officer, who sat gazing nnco,mfortably at the rug in front of the fireplace: Tho nihilistic tendencies of many of the universities made the overhauling of thiise institutions nceoss.iry. Certain ordinances with regard to studios caused groat discontent. The ukases of August and September, 1SST, limited tho number of students and r-f pupils in tho gymnasia by raising tlio fees Tho result cannot be described as unsatisfactory. There ear, be no donbt that many of those who had come to the universities when the fees w»re low after their course was over found themselves with nothing to do—fit for no business but a lifo of intrigue and plotting. This cl.iss has been largely cut down. With his boohs i,inl his pipo Chester whiled away the lonely hours of the early night a ad wondered if the wind would blow up a rum or disperse the clouds eutirely. Toward 1 o'clock a light, bounding footstep approached his door, and the portal flew open as a trim built young fellow, with laughing eyes and an air of exuberant health and spirits, came briskly in. It was Rollins, the junior second lieutenant of the regiment and Chester's own and only pet—so said the envious others. He was barely a year out of leading strings at the Point and as foil of hope and pluck and mischief as a colt Moreover, he was frank and teachable, said Chester* and didn't oome to him with the idea that hfl hftd nothing to learn and less to do. The boy won upon his grnff captain from the very start, ftfld, to the iitftrodiilous dolight of the whole regiment, within sis months the old cynic had taken him into bis heart and home, and Mr. Rollins occupied a pleasant room under Chester's rooftree and was the sole accredited sharer of the captain's mess. To a youngster just entering service, wnose ambition it was to stick to business and make a record for aeal and efficiency, these were manifest advantages. "The emperor quietly fell asleep in the Lord at 15 o'clock in the afternoon." This announcement is signed by Prince Voronzoff Dashkoff, the chief court minister.inspection of l.anly board of XICHOLAS IT, THE NKW CZAH. Your error while visiting in town was quite natural, bnt reaching for the ilice of lemon with your fingers when It was at the bottom of yonr iced tea was not so bad as your offering the tea afterward to the gent who sat near yon. You also laid yourself open to censure when you got under the table in search of the steak which jumped out of your plate and when you bumped your head rnd broke your back comb in getting sat. Though the guests laughed and thus rlolated the best table manner rules, it was not very surprising. You also did wrong in showing yonr temper and saying "Darn it!" at the loss of your steak, fts you were among strangers at the time. them at the frontier. It is believed that tho presence of the Princess of Wales will afford great comfort to her sister, the czarina, and it is expected that she will make a long stay in Russia. An imperial decrep announcing the accession to the throne of Grand Duke Nicholas, the czarowitz, is expected to arriva from Livadia in a few days. An Imperial IDecre« to I?e lulled. No. 1 is a portrait of Mrs. Jimmie Bloodgood of Beatrice, J'eb She was born on Euclid avenue, ('ork, April 8, 1800, and came to this rountry at the age of 2 years. Her mai len name was Tierney. She remained in New York at tho Fifth Avenue hotel for five years where she had an elegant 6ait of rooms occupying tho most of the floor. To retard a tendency to obesily she did all the chamber work in thesi rooms herself until chance threw Jimis(ie Bloodgood across her path, when he gave her his hand in carriage. "Colonel gone home?" "Didn't you see him;" was the uncompromising reply, and the captain did not deign to raise his bead or eyes. Tho theaters and restaurants were closed last evening, but the streets wore as busy as usual. Crowds stood about tho places whoro the bulletins from LiTadia hare been posted, reading the official announcement of his majesty's death. Alexander'* C arecr. Alexander III. emperor of all tho Rus•ias, was born at St. Petersburg on March 10, 1815. He was the second son of Kmperor Alexander II, who was assassinated on March 15, 1881. Although a life, that of the Czarowitz Nicholas, stood between hlro and tho throne, tho young Alexander shared in full tho scheme of education laid out for his older brother. His bringing up was under the direction of the celebrated Count Strogonoff, who choie as priv.ito preceptor for the princes I)e Orljnm, thtD councilor of (state, who |iad previously occupied the same position toward their uncle, the Grand Duke Constantino. Do tirimm. in the teaching of the young men, made use almost exclusively of the then fashionable German methods. "Well—er—yes, I suppose I did," said Mr Hall, shifting uncomfortably to his other leg and prodding the floor with the toe of his boot. The czar was persistent in the work of Rnssification. His object was to reduce to a homogeneous unity the ditferont nationalities under his rule. This was particularly tho in tho ISaltic provinces and in Poland. Tho imperial ukase of May, 1**7, forbids foreigners and subjects treated as such acquiring land an3 restrains its transmission by inheritarco. The finrnmna in found [hose regulations particularly irksome. By remembering the ciar's attitude on tho question of religion it becomes a natural enough attitude on his p.irt. That no one should now appear on the colonel's piazza was obviously a disappointment to several people. In some way or other most of the breakfast table* at the post bad Ixh ii enlivened by acconut* of the mysterious shooting. The soldiers going the rounds with the "police cart," the butcher and grocer and baker from town, tlieold milk woman with her glistening cans, had all served as newsmongers from kitchen to kitchen, and the story that came in with the coffee to the lady of the house had lost nothing in bulk or bravery. The groups of officers chatting and smoking in front of headquarters gained accessions every moment, while the ladies seemed more absorbed in chat and confidences than in the sweet music of the band. The theaters will probably be closed for six months. All the restaurants, cafes, etc . wero closed by ordor of the police. "Then that wasu't what you wanted to know, I presume," said Captain Chester, signing his name with a vicious dab of the pen and bringing his fist down with a thnmpon the blotting pad, while he wheeled around in his chair and looked squarely up into the perturbed features of the junior. The precincts of the winter palace wore a busy look. Crowds of liveried sorvants and vanloads of luggage are being dispatched via Moscow to Livadia. They removed to the wfst, where Mr. Bloodgood for three years was Mr. Armour's division pig sticker, afterward taking charge of a sausage machine. You did wrong in calling attention to the absence of butter at the table, aa quite a good many people recently adopted the custom of omitting butter it dinner, especially people who really oeed the butter money to use in tie purchase of clothing. For my own part [ do not think there is anything wrong in having butter on the table at dinner. Those who do not care for it may let it alone or leave the table if butter be iffensive to them. It is reported hero that tho popqlaoc of Moscow, indignant at what they bolieve to havo been the malpractice of Dr. Zacharln in the case of the ozar, are wrecking the doctor's house in that city. Mrs. Bloodgood received a common school education at a night school in New York and was just beginning to read the "Arabian Nights" in the original Arabic when her brother became a police captain on the east side and got into difficulty over the theft of a warehouse with which he was charged. Owing to the bulk of the warehouse, he was unable to NO. n. conceal it, and the whole family was humiliated by the disclosure. "No, it wasn't," answered Mr. Hall in an injured tone, while an audible snicker at the door added to his sense of discomfort. "What I mainly wanted was to know if I could go to town." Tho telegraph oflices are crowded with newspaper correspondents seeking to send their reports, and ponsants, officers and merchants waiting for the latest news from Lfvadla. The garrisons at Cronstadt and St. Petersburg have taken the oath of allegiance to the new czar. C !o»e y Watf C1 11 s \ni\v Hut tho man whose influence was to affect tho life of tho future czar until the hour of his death was M. I'obiedonostself, who. through his relations with the court, rose from a professorship in the University of Moscow to be procurator general uf tho holy synod, one of the most powerful positions in tho empire, l'obiedonostself became one of the teachers of Alexander and obtained a great hold upon the young giant. Alexander III always gave eloso attention to his army, its organization and armament. He realized tlui' upon it.s elli•tfency tiio safety of iiis house and the ox Istence of his huge empire dopondod. Notwithstanding tho grCDat and necessary increase in military expenses, he suceeodod In plarirg the nations! crodit upon n hasis whi h it had never licfore reached. The national debt has been successfully converted into charges less oppressive. The best proof of tho success of this ditli- "That matter is easily arranged, Mr. Hall. All you have to do is to get out of that uncomfortable and unsoldierly position, stand in the attitude in which you are certainly more at home and infinitely more picturesque, proffer your request in respectful words, and there is no question as to the result." There were men jn the regiment to whom snch close oommnniou with a watchful senior would have been most embarrassing, and Mr. Rollins' predecessor as second lieutenant of Chester's company was one of these. Mr. Jerrold was a happy man when promotion took him from under the wing of Crusty Jake and landed him in Company B. More than that, it came just at a time when, after four years of loneliness and isolation at an np river stockade, his new company aud bis old one, together with four others from the regiment, wero ordered to Join headquarters and the band at the most delightful station in the northwest Here Mr. Rollins had reported for duty during the previous autumn, and here they were with troops of other arms of the service, enjoying the close pro*jpiity of all the good things of civilization ''Rollins, 601110 day 1 piay toll you a story that I've kept to myself all these years. You won't wonder at my feeling as 1 do about these goings 011 of your friend Jerrold when you hear it all, but it was just such a man as lie who ruined one woman, broke the heart of another and took the sunshine out of the life of two men from that day to this. One of them was j-our colonel, the other your captain. Now go to bed I'm going out" And, throwing down his pipe, regardless of the scattering sparks and ashes, Capt ain Chester strode Into the hallway, picked up the first forage cap he laid hands 011 and bauged himself out of the front door. The ofticeof Tho Official Messencrer was besieged all day by Immense crowds anxious to hear the latest news. The bulletin showing that the last hope had been ubandoned was silontly scanned by the mournfiil throng, many of whom were In tearsi Passing carriages stopped to enable tljieir occupants to read the bulletin.Strict Confidence, East Haddam, Mass.—You doubtless feel a certain decree of bitterness when you refer to the full evening dress of your friends, and certainly you write like one whose neck ind shoulders are a trifle skinny. Please io not not let that influence you in tho matter, far in England, w.'kere I have jeveral times visited and iully enjoyed myself, it is the custom for ladies withjut exception to wear full evening dress tven at the age of 102 years. What fairly exasperated some men was the fart that the old officer of the day was not out on the parade where he belonged. Only the new incnmlient was standing there in statuesque pose as the hand trooped along the line, and the fact that the colonel had sent out word that the ceremony would proceed without Captain Chester only served to add fuel to the flame of popular conjecture. It was known that the colonel was holding a consultation with closed doors with the old officer of the day, and never before since he came to the regiment bad the colonel been known to look so pale and strange as when he glanced out for just one moment and called his orderly. The soldier sprang up, saluted, received his message, and, with every eye following him, sped off toward the old stone guardhouse. In three minutes he was on his way baek, accompanied by a corporal and private of the guard in full dress uniform. "Oh, you're in command, then?" said Mr. Hall, slowly wriggling into the position of the soldier and flushing through his bronzed cheeks. 4' I thought the colonel might bo only gone for a minute. V The older brother of Alexander died at Nice on April 4, ltfi'6. Never was there a greater contrast between two brothers. Nicholas had been a sickly woakling, who bad been kept alive by nursing. rult operation is the fact that new loans have been made upon various European exchanges with great facility. Tho members of the counoll of the empire, other high ollicials, both civil and an:l many private citizens assembled at 10 o'clock last night In the cathedral of Montebello, where a srrfemn mass was said for tho repose of his majesty's soul. The French embassador to Russia, who is now In l'arls, will return here forthwith. The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and (iotha C Duchess of Kdlnburgh), only sister of the czar, arrlvod at Yalta yesterday. Tho czar had a striking testimony of tho lovo which his pooplo bore toward lilui in tlio demonstrations which followed tho railroad accident on tho Kharkoff road in 1888. The emperor, his w fe and children were in a car which was among tho.se derailed. Tho cxar held lip unaided the collapsed roof until a sistance came Though a number of persom perished, the Imperial party escaped unhurt In every part of tho empire the must enthusiastic demonstrations of national thanksgiving followed. "The colonel may not be back for a week, but you be here for dress parade all the same, and—Mr. Hall I" he called as the young officer was turning away. Tito jatter faced about again. A Ke'fii of Terror. Upon the assassination of his father Alexander III monntod a throne which there were few to desire. The nihilists had struck their blow with such determination that fow thought that the new ruler would ever livo to be crowned. Terror was in the air. It was only deepened by the knowledge that tho army and the royal family Itself were Infected bv the propaganda of tho party which wanted to win a constitution bv bomb and digger. It was during this terrible period that the (irand Duke Vladimir stood by his brother. Hla advioe was always at the command of tho rulor, who did not know whom he could trust. Alexander III canio to the throne a boliover in reform, but the times were so out of joint that everything had to be put aside before the bare necessity of self preservation. Mrs. Bioorigood went with her husband to Beatrice, Neb., where he assassinated a steer and opened a meat market. He is a quiet and very unostentatious man, but very little known over the state except through the bewildering beauty of his wife. It is a custom to which one readily becomes accustomed, and one soon ceases to notice it, although 1 could never get juite accustomed to seeing grandparents rigged out that way. town?" 'Was Mr. Jerrold going with you to "Yes, sir. He was to drive me in bis dogcart, and it's over here now." Mr. Rollins remained for some momenta In the Bitmo attitude, still gazing abstractedly at the rug and listening to the nervous tramp of his senior officer on tho piazza without Then ho slowly and thoughtfully went to his room, where bis perturbed spirit was soon (toothed in sleep. His conscience being clear aud his health D «-JCct, there were no deep cares to keep him tossing on a restless pillow. No, a senator does not receive over |5,000 per year. The reason that a United States senator who is worth several millions of dollars should go to the lenate year after year on $5,000 salary Is that he wants to do the country all ihe good he can. He would lie and toss til night on his sleepless couch if he jould be a senator, yet shirked the responsibility.Xilti'tat Plot Revealed. Mrs. P. Grogan, nee McColick, was born in Cincinnati of imported parents and represents the Juno style of beauty, being over 6 feet in height and in evening dress is often mistaken for Jack Mc- Auliffa "Mr. Jerrold cannot go—at least not until I seen him," "WlfyTcaptain, he got the colonel'i permission at breakfast thi8 morning. " "Thafris frue, no doubt, Mr. HalL" And the captain dropped his sharp and captious manner, and his voice fell as though in sympathy with the cloud that settled ou his face. "I cannot explain matters just now. There are reasons why the permission is withdrawn for 4he time beintr. The adiutant will notify him." And Captain Chester turned to his desk again as the new officer of the day, gnardbook in hand, entered to make his report • Rofore tho fact of tho czar's death was publicly known there came tho news that an attempt had been made upon the llfr of tho czarowltz. The growth of a Russian navy has b?en the work of Alexander III. It was he who worked persistently to olitnin a naval station south of Vladivostok, which is i-o-bound for a groat part of tho year. The Russian warships which visited N 'V York on tho occasion of tho Columbian celebration showed how successful the emperor's wi&e policy in nav.U matters bad beon. Chester looked up, with ft quizzical smile, as his "plebe" came in: "Well, sir, how many dances had you with Swaet Alice, Ben Bolt? Not many, I fancy, with Mr. Jerrold monopolizing everything as nsn&l. By gad I some good fellow could make a colossal fortune in buying that young man at my valuation and selling him at his owp." Police ollicials who had been following certain nihilist* '■■A She was rather plain as a girl, but though angular and awkward at 15 she attracted the notice of a wealthy man in Cincinnati 20 years ago by walking on his feet in a crowded street car. Noticing that she seemed to have the promise of great force of character, he managed to get a letter of introduction to her through the aid of the man who was driving the car at the time, and being a man of unbounded wealth he gave her a position in his big hotel to crush crockery in the kitchen and empty silver forks and nut crackers into the slop barrel at $2 per week. It was here that she met Mr. Grogan, a talented young appren- "That's Leary, the man who flred the shot" said Captain Wilton to his senior lieutenant, who stood by his side. ■»\ for three days de cided to make ar rests yesterday afternoon. Five niun were captur-1F§ ed. J Then a consplrj aD:y against the I W young man who -il ' today Is emperor / was revealed. It v Is said the horri- Plot was to Mow up the helD "Belongs to B company, doesn't he?" queried the subaltern. "Seems to me I have heard Captain Armitage say he was one of his best men. " There was no want- of courage about Jils lirst political manifesto, probably issued on tlie advice of Vladimir. It is an earlier edition of tlio sor*. of speeches that the Kmperor William addresses to his soldiers anil recalcitr.'inrjIJuhles. In the tenth pf opposition tie tltffig the claim of abso lute power. "God has ordered me to hold the reins of government," was the test o! State paper and proclamation. Theempor or of all the Husslas was nC t shaken in hi* conviction that he was the chosen ot the Almighty by the recolleo.lon of the fate of his fattier, llo believod It for himself, and that was enough. The following arc tho children of Alexander III: Tho hereditary (hand Duko (cznrnwitz) Nicholas Alexandrowit?, born at .St. Petersburg May is, 180.S; the Grand Duko George Aloxandrewit/, born at Tyarskoie Helo May 41, 1 ST 1; thpGrand Duko Constantine, tbo Grand Duchess Xenia, born April fi, lH?iD; tho Grand Duke Michael, born Dec. 4, 187.S; ti:o Grand Duchess Olga, born Juno 13, 1 • Years ago a man named Tabor of Colorado paid a large Bum of money to ;he legislature in order that he might oe a senator for 40 days and 40 nights. Df coarse It was not much, but he felt that even in that little time he could do To Chester, however, sleep was impossible. He tramped the piazza a full hour before be felt placid enough to go aud inspect his guard. The sentries were calling 8 o'clock and the wind had died away as he started 011 his round. Dark as was the night, he carried no lantern. The main garrison was well lighted by lamps, and the road circling the plfl fort was broad, smooth and bordered by a stone poping wall where it skirted the precipitous descent into the river bottom. As he passed down the plank Walk west of the quadrangle, Dvherein lay the old barracks and the stone quarters pf the commanding officer and the low one storied row of bachelor dens, he could not help noting the silence and peace of the night "Oh, come, now, captain," laughed Rollins, "Jerrold's no such slouch as you mato him oqt He's lazy, and he likes to spoon, and he puts up with a good deal of petting from the girls— who wouldn't if bo could get it?—-font he is jolly and big heartod ftnd don't pat on any airs—with us, at least—aud the mess like him first rate. 'Tain't his fault that he's handsome and a regular lady killer. Von innst admit that he had a pretty tough four years of it up there at that cussed old Indiau graveyard, and it's only natural he should enjoy getting here, where there are theaters and concerts and operas and danoee and dinners"—.— "Yes. He's been in the regiment as long as I can remember. What on earth can the colonel want him for? fiear as I can learn, he only fired by Chester's order." a great deal of good, so he bought some $200 robes de nuit, went to Washington, was sworn in, got a lot of beautiful stationery, a number of handsome pocketknives, drew his mileage and his per diem, went home and sued his wife for divoroe. She helped him keep a grocery store and struggle for wealth, and when he got to be a United States senator and saw the beautifully calcimined face of a saleratus blond who winked upon him he turned his plain old wife from his door and began to lead what is called a double life. "The usual orders, captain," said Chester as he took the book from his hand and looked over the list of prisoners Then, in bold and rapid strokes, Le wrote across the page the customary certificate of the old officer of the day, winding up with this remark; "And neither of them knows what he fired at." alix of iiksmc. apparent as hp stood at the holy altar to be wedded to Princess Alix. Several students are implicated. t rios of horror went up when the information leaked out, and It was during tho indignation and excitement of tho moment tho rumor arose that the attempt had actually been made. The most important of hi™ brD thors is tho Grand Duke Vladlnrr, born April 1847. Ho has been a valuable counselor of Alexander III and will probably have a considerable part to play in ttie admin Utration of " It was perhaps 10 minutes before Private Leary came forth from the doorway of the colonel's office, nodded to the corporal, and raising their white gloved hands in iialute to the group of officers the two men tossed their rifles to the right shoulder and strode back to the guard. After the funeral of the dead J7.ar the new one left St. Petersburg and shut him 6elf up in the fortress of Gatchina. Here be remained, governing tiio empiro foi twq years from behind tho thick walls, the most solitary ruler in Kurope. It wnonly at the eml of this time that tho cor onation took place, on May ui\ 1 iss:i. It was tho most dramatic event in the his tory of a family rich in tragedies. Th" threats pf the nihilists had been kept U| persistently. Lottors were found thru after time in the very bedchamber of thi emperor, though guards stood in ever passage. Those of his own household were suspected, but thoro were no proofs any where. Ho was told that ho would novel be anointod with tho holy oil and weai upon his brows tho imperial crown. "He also inspected guard and visited sentries between 8 and 3:35 a.m. The firing at 3:30 a. m. was by his ord^r." tile R, «« i 4no t Though nickel was used (or coins tur. centuries before Christ, it is onlj recehtly that tbo discovery of tho remaikaidu propcrtus of its alloy with steel has brought it into general commercial proiu- Meantime those officers who had entered aud who had no immediate duty to perform were standing or peated around the room, but all olDserving profound silence. For a moment or two no sound was heard but the scratching of the captain's pen. Then, witli some embarrassment and hesitancy, he laid it down and glanced around him. It was also said that the life of the lovely young princess, who eipectpd soon to Iks ompress, was certainly to be taken by the plotting mnrdorers. Happily tholr bold scheme has been thwarted. Another moment and the colonel himself opened his door and appeared in the hallway. Ho stopped abruptly, turned back ami spoke a few words in low tone, then hurried through the groups at. the entrance, looking at no man, avoiding their glances and giving faint and impatient return to the soldierly salutations that greeted him. The sweat was beaded on his forehead, his lips were white and his face full of a trouble and dismay no man had ever seen there before. He spoke to no one, but walked rapidly homeward, entered and closed the gate and door behind him. "Yes, dances and dinners aud daughters, all delightful, J know, but no excuse for a man's neglecting his manifest duty, as he is doing and has been ever since we got here. Any other time the colonel would have straightened him out, but no use trying it now, when both women in his household are as big fools about the man as anybody in townbigger, unless I'm a born idiot" And Chester rose excitedly. Not a light was visible at any window as ho strode down tho line. Tho challenge of the sentry the old stone tower soumled unnecessarily sharp and loud, and his responseof ''Officer of the day" was lower than usual, as though rebukiug the unseemly outcry. Tho guard came scrambling out and formed hurriedly to receive him, but the captain's inspection was of the briefest kind Barely glancing along the prison corridor to see that the bars were in place, he turned back into the night and made for the line of posts along the river bank. The sentry at the high bridge across tho gorge and the next one, well around to the southeast flank, were successively visited and briefly questioned as to their instructions, and then the captain plodded sturdily on until ho came to the sharp bend around tho outermost angle of tho fort and found himself passing behind the quarters of the commanding officer, a substantial two storied stone house, with mansard roof and dormer Windows. no. hi. tice in a lard rendering and preparatory sausage outfitters, his duties requiring that he arrange the cunning little envelopes for tho sausages and paint bits of winter scenery on them for the holiday trade. Tho first news of the death of his majesty was posted here shortly before 7 o'clock. A quarter of an hour later a naluto of guns ijqm the foftrpg* of St. Pe tor and St Paul oontirmed the sad news. Lator a telegram stated that tho czar was quite conscious when ho took the last saorament at 10 o'clock In tho morning. luenci The tensile strength of this alloy —nearly one fifth greater timn that of ordinary steel,-whilo its ductility remains the same—will doubtless cause it to supplant common steel in many places where great strength is required. For instance, tho American Atlantic liner Paris has boon supplied with a spare length of shafting of this alloy. It is nakl that tliis casting has a tensile strength of about 1)0,001 pound a, thus leaving existing British or German steel shafts quite a r. spt ctal)kD distance In the rCar. The production ot nickel has increased within 10 years from 1,000 tons per annum to over 5,000 tons, while before lsTti not more than 000 tons were produced in any one year. The most He, however, was not a real senator. I do not mean that other senators are like hiu, but wish to show how tempting it is when one is able to grasp this high honor, and that really the $5,000 salary does not allure the candidate so mnch as ambition, either good or bad. He is a slight man of rather artistio temperament and wears a new tenderloin steak over one eyo a great deal of the time. "Has any one here anything to ask— any business to transact?" You will have to scald the tomatoes, peel them and then strain them through a cheesecloth in order to make good catchup. Then cook over a slow fire, adding one thing and another to suit the taste. When it is done, using great care to avoid putting things in it that will not please the taste, while guarding against omitting necessary ingredients, you should bottle it Two or three mentioned some routine matters that required the action of the post commander, but did so reluctantly, as though they preferred to await the orders of the colonel himself. Captain Wilton indeed spoke his sentiments: Scene At the IDenthb"d. No. 8 is a very inferior piotare of Mrs. Treadwater of Watseca, Ills., a •undulate in our beanty contest for a magnificent sty lographio pen, aside from the medal. Livadia. Nov. 2.—The czar dlod very peacefully, surroundod by the members of his family. He was fully conscious to thatime.of his death. The czarina was at his bedside to tho end. When all was over, the uzarowitz, Cirand Duchoss Xenia and the other Imperial relatives approached the bodsido in turn to take a last farewell. The court ollicials and members of his majesty's suit were afterward admitted. Tho liag over tho palace was placed at half mast, and a salute was fired bj the vessels in tho port A gsjreiinlve, but I'enci f«'. "I suppose ho bad Miss Renwick pretty much to himself tonight?" he presently demanded, looking angrily and eearchingly at his junior, as though half expecting him to dodge the question. "OH, yes. Why not? it's pretty evident she would rather dance and be with him than with any one else. Bo what can a fellow do? Of course w ask her to dance and all that, and I think ha wants us to, but I cannot help feeling rather a bore to her, even if she is only 18, and thore are plenty of pleasant girls in the garrison who don't get any too much attention, now we're so near a big city, mid I like to be with them." In Asiatic affairs Alexander III was aggressive. Ho followed a steady policy pf acquisition. In 1881 he concluded with China a treaty by which, in exchange for a cession of land, Kussia received a sum of money and the right to establish con sulates throughout Mongolia and advance her caravans to the great wall, with tlir right of free trade throughout the region. "I wanted to see Colonel Maynard about getting two men of my company relieved from extra duty, but as he isn't hero 1 fancy I had better wait " noticeable Iik-'.-jAsc has been in the inanufactum of nickel steel, ostensibly fur :*rmor plates and tfuns, but it is not likely that its use will s: D;D liere, especially as the price tends steadily downward, She is a native of east Tennessee and HO years of age. In a picture of this kind it is impossible to give the rich coloring of Mrs. Treadwater's hair, which is her chief charm, being, in the bright sunlight, a deep crimson, while at night one cannot (ell what color it is. Mrs. Tread water has been dieting for the contest and weighs 1*9 pounds, aside from her massive earbobs, which were a present to her for saving the life of a child last year by holding it up by the heels while choking on a veal cutlet. Mr-. Treadwater is noted for her wonderful sang froid and cool head, which one would hardly believe who has seen the blindiug glare of her hair. For a moment there was silence in the group. Few men in the service were hettfr loved and honored than the veteran soldier who commanded the th infantry, and it was with genuine concern that Iris officers saw him so deeply and painfully affected, for affected he certainly was. Never before had his cheery voice denied them a cordial "Good morning, gentlemen." Never befofe had his blue eyes flinched. He had been their comrade and commander in years of frontier service, and his bachelor home had been tho rendezvous of all genial spirits when in garrison. They had missed him sorely when he went abroad on long leave the previous year and were almost indignant when they received the news that he had met his fate in Italy and would return married. "She" was the widow of a wealthy New Yorker who had been dead some three years only, and though over 40 did not look her years to masculine eyes when she reached the fort in May. Should the catchup ferment and burst the bottles, a good plan will be to make some more and make it different from the above. "Not at all. Who are your men? Have it done at once, Mr. Adjutarrt, and supply their places from my company if need be. Now, is there anything else?" In central Asia tho Russian empire was extended to the limits of Afghanistan on the south and Tibet on tbo east. Here Great Britain became alarmed, although sure of the lidolity of the ameer. After many ineffectual negotiations a commission was appointed to apreeon a frontier, and the war scaro subsided. -Age of Stool Shortly alter 4 o'clock the members of the palace guard were marshaled in tha square in front of the palace ohapol tut the ceremony of swearing allegiance to tho now czar. They were the first to take the oath.. The grand dukes were the next to swear allegiance, and they wero followed In the order of precedence by the higlj court functionaries, court ofliclals, military officers and civil oiliolals. (m'iiis of Spoocli In the IweicliMtafg. Herr Szatranski, a Gi-rnmn journalist, has published, under the title of '•Humors of the Keicluliiir, " a few utterances of (rer man deputies. Hi re are some of them; Herr von Ludwifr—The people, the masses, know well enough that it is extremely dillieult to lx'eomo rich suddenly by honest toil, excepting always in the ease of inheritance or marriage, llorr Liobkneeht —Yes, I should say the ease is tragic, if it were not so sad. Herr Klckert (taunting the ministry)—Upon the ministerial benches we hear nothing, nothing but profound silence. Haron ile Nordeck do Itabonan (speaking of the taxes on wine)—If I were to define bottled wines, I should say that all wines that are ill bottles are bottled wines. J terr Westphal—To squeeze the juice out of a lemon and then give it a kick—no, it is not too mud) Herr von Schalscha—If you were to take 20 membete of this chamber, 1 do not think you The group was apparently "nonplused," as the adiutant afterward put it, By such unlooked for complacence on the part of the usually crotchety senior [TO BE CONTINUED.] Alexander III was no lover of war. Ho had soon slauehtor with his own eyes in the Turkish campaign. The impressions written on tho spot by the future c;:ar havo been published, 'i'tioy s "Yes, and it's tho right thing for you to do, youngster. That's one trait I despise in Jerrold. When we were up there at the stockade two winters ago and Captain Gray's little girl was there, he hung around her from morning till night, aud tho poor little thing fairly beamed and blossomed with delight Look at her now, maul Ho doesn't go near her. He hasn't had the decency to take her a walk, a drive or anything since we got hero. He bogau from the moment we came with that gang in town. He was simply devoted to Miss Beaubien until Alice Renwick came. Then ho dropped her like a hot brick. By the eternal, Rollins, he hasn't got off with that old love yet, you mark my words. There's Indian blood in her veins and a look in her eye that makes me wriggle sometimes. I watched her last night at parade when she drove out here with that copper faced old squaw, her mother. For all her French and Italian education and her years in New I York aud Paris that girl's got a wild What He Had Miwd. Husband—Will you remind 1110 that I have to write a letter this evening? Wife—Yes, dear. And will yon rewind n»o of something? A lHvlnlon of Labor. "I am glad to be able to say, children, " remarked the benignant old gentleman who was addressing the Waifs* Mission Sunday school, "that I never swore an oath in my life. I never drank a drop of any kind of intoxicating liquor. I never took a chew of tobacco, never had a cigar in my mouth, never smoked a pipe, never went to a theater and never saw the inside of a circus tent" iv tin Tuesday, when the doctors Informed the czar that there was no longer room for hope, his majesty composedly waited for the end, attending to noessary state and family atfairs in the short Intervals tif consciousness and freedom from pain. These were necessarily briof, the doctors having had recourse to sedatives to procure sleep and allay pain. On Wednesday the czar was still able to be taken tu a window of the paiace, whence he gazed upon tho country he lovod so woll as to earn for himself the appellation Of the 1'oasant Czar. same sensitive hatred of human suffering, the same human kindness In the soldier, that have been his most conspicuous marks as a man, as a husband and as a father.She has a common school education, but is extremely skillful as a horsewoman and colt breaker. Husband—Of course. What in it? Wife—Remind inu that 1 have to ro mind yon.—Truth. Her husband, Mr. Treadwater, was employed for over eight years by Swift t Co. in knocking down beef creatures, having taken a preliminary course as a' street car conductor. He is very proud ni his wife's girlish beauty, and should the finger of scandal ever be pointed at her it would wear a rag around it for- With all the wolgbtof the external rule of tho huge empire upon his individual shoulders Alexander III lived a life of constant trouble at home. The first, vr- m Tlic Bicycle Era, Father (a few years hence)—Why do yon take your bicycle when you are going such a short distance? Why don't you walk? of his reign were marked by revolutionary outbursts, attended by frequent. atCd daring nihilistio enterprises. Botwej 1881 and 1885 two generals, two chiefs of polloo nnd a prefect of polloo were n* He stopped a moment to take breath, and a boy in the front seat spoke up: guess you must 'a' come to town on the last load, didn't ye?"—Chicago Tribune. After knowing her a week the garrison had decided to a man that the colonel had done wisely. Mrs. Maynard was charming, courteous, handsome and ac- Daughter (modestly)—Walk! Mercy, uol I don't wai; t to bo so conspicuous —Tit-Bits. t uuldfix the limits of immorality. Dr. Grove—Is there a more burning question ti.an that of cremation?—Westminster (ia '1 he night passed with an aggravation of all the symptoms and a continuous distressing cou«h The doctors and the czarina remainod in attendance upon him throughout the night, only snatching brief intervals for sleep In tho anterooms. slnated in broad daylight at bt. iViers burg, Odessa and Karkoff, evfcr afterward. Mr. Treadwater has a record as a knocker down of beef creatures uneqnaled in his own state. As a street car conductor he succeeded in knocking down eight fares in eight minutes. With the advent of the bell punch he entered tho meat industry. Too Much. complished. Only among the women "Hag any one here anything to aikV captain. Still, no one offered to lead the others and leave the room. After a moment's nervous rapping with his knuckles on the desk Captain Chester again abruptly spoke: According to I'lau. Conspiracies having In view the death of the emperor were of constant occurrence. Their discovery made necessary the most vigorous repression. Little by little the loaders wore transported to the Siberian prisons or made their escape to England. One fact comforted the czar. The mass of the common people had nothing to do with them To them he was the C« n»|D!raciC-ft Against II * Life Younglove (to his fiancee)—But, my love, you surely don't mean to blame me for giving a farewell stag party to my bachelor friends. were there still a few who resented their colonel's capture, and some of these, oblivious of tile fact that they had ternpt„=)d him with relations of their own, were , vntentious severe in their con- of second marriage, for the OOwnel, too, was indulging in a second "Why do you leave inn alone every svening?" asked Mrs. Mnllins tearfo!1- as her husband put on ins hat preparatory to going out. she said as she camo into lie room, "that I will givo that ]Doll I Ihiijt A Give Away All Around, Tho morning broke with rain and wind and heavy clouds and the weather much colder. As the day advanced the weakness increased so rapidly that the czar himself, still conscious, recognized that bo could live only a few hours. He ex- parrot away The Adored One—No, I shouldn't object to a stag party. But from all I hear I am forced to conclude that it became a stagger party before it was over.—New- York Tribune. "Why, my dear," replied lie, ried you for yourself aloiie." York Sun. "I mar- '—Now "Yes," replied tl was caillng. "It \v blie has been doing ■—Detroit Free Press lie young man Evangeline Follansbee, East Timber Lake, la., writes to know if it is proper for the groom to furnish gloves and souvenirs to tho ushers and best man; also "Gentlemen, I am sorry to incommode vou. but if there be nothing mors only for y as much