Pittston Gazette

              ESTABT.,ISHEID18 50. t VOL. XtVl. NO. 33 f Oldes Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTGN, LUZERNE CO., I'A., FRIDAY. MARCH 20, 1£9( ft Weekly Local and Fam I If Journal. Be Did Not Know. I loved him, but he could not feel Low's tenderness alKDut hlra steal: Ilis hC art.wad young and gay and free; All boyishly he thought of uie; dering back in a dazed manner to the young man's face, where itsoemed rooted. Once he opened his lips as if to speak, bnt said nothing. form. Trie other restores were decidedly irregnlar, the complexion clear, with a fresh, healthy tint, and the hair dark brown and abundant. illll U1IIUM1.,, llll 1. . .. . .. .. tho pleatnre of tho th'ii; b»-iibntn. I'ru quite satisfied with thC "Hero one ot the Americans spoke 'It is almost certain who is drowned. Her hat was found on the river bank, and they nro going now to drag for the body.' TWO DWELLINGS OEMROVKD. WILLIAM B. ALLISON lows off it for tne favor of the Republican party a man who, lo an official career of thirty years, free from noise and theatrical effects, has never once let go the hand of experience or lost sight of the landmarks of common sense. ment arrange Carter turned from tho window, saying:"We had not been many times in her company before we discovered that she was witty, sympathetic, thoughtful,and, in fact, a very brilliant woman. " 'Philip Merely!' said I. turning ou him with indignation. 'She doescaie for yon, aud yon're either Uriah Heepish or stono blind not to see it.' Disastrous Fire on Broad Street He did not know I "'Drowned! Great heaven!' exclaimed the young man, starting up, almost beside himself with grief and horror. Friday Afternoon I loved him, but he could not hoar The echo of a falling tear; The pain that made my fond hoart liremk Ko answeriug tremor seemed to wake In his bright soul. "Doctor, I" He stopped short, looking at the other man. Something in his face arrested the sentence midway. "He took his pipe slowly out of his mouth, and answered even more slowly, in the most impassive voice: A LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. The political Issue of this year Is the restoration of the Industrial conditions which prevailed at th a close of the historic administration of Becjimln Harrison. The American people are more unanimous today in tbelr support of the policy of protection than they have been since the first Congress which sat under the Constitution passed the first protective law without a dissenting vote. " 'What do you think of hor now?' I asked Phil one evening as we entered tho little sky study room, having just come from the professor's lodging. "The professor and his companions eyed the suspected one keenly, aud the former ended up by saying: THECAWLEY AND THOMPSON HOUSES At the sound of the young man's voice Dr. Merrivale hoc tried to oomo back to his normal condition. I loved him, but he could not sea Tlie reason of my misery. Be only knew that I was sod. While he was ever gay and glad. " 'Still you might bo mistaken.' Tlieie Wan » Pierce Wind mowing ami " 'I think she's a charming woman.' "I found I had stumbled on the sphinx or something about equally enigmatical. His manner and repjjfwere open to a dozen different coustitMtfons. Either I was confoundedly stupid or overalert. He was the most ingenuous of creatures, or else he was Macbiavelian at disguise. Again there was the possibility of his not attempting to convey any particular meaning at all, but only voicing his own inertness or passive uncertainty. " 'Young man, I should like to believe you, but I can't The law must decide, if it can.' no Water, and the Rullrilogs Were And ehided me. "Was I asleep at any time since 1 stopped talking?" he asked. " 'But her face?' I queried. l.lckeil Up In No Time by the Flain*-g (Philadelphia Press.] there, eight years In the House and five successive elections to the Senate, without a dissenting vote among his constituents Altai There is no deeper pain Than that induced when love is vnln. His heart was dumb to love's appeal. God grant that he may never feel A kindred woe I " 'Her face? Oh, I only remember hor eyes. When you are watching a firefly on a dark night, you do not think of his feet.' t "In less than 80 minutes Philip Morely was arreste# and in close confinement. Shall I djrer forget that dreadful day? —The Loh Heavy. A political party Is fortarnta when the level of Its l«ad rship is so high that a score of names can be mentioned in connection with the Presidency, any one of which would bring honor to that great office It is a curious feature of the record of the Djtnooratlc party that, since 1860, with the exception of, Horatio Ssymour, its impoitaut statesmen have been neg lected in the selection of its Presidential oandtdates; audit is htrdly less than a calamity that its only successful leader within thit period has been a man wholly without legislative experience and practically without contact with public affilrs until he was called to the discharge of the blgheet executive responsibilities. "Not that I know of. It doesn't seem more than two or throe minutes since you were speaking." Broad street was visited by a disastrous fire las' Friday. The flames started, from si me ciine as yet un&nown, in the sing e house on the lower side of tbe street, the It will be interesting for thoee who have witnessed the nsnal sod 11 lot between Senators and members of the House when the patronage of a national Administration is passed around to know that Senator Allison has never had a colleague io the House who waa not his friend, and that in all the years of bW Senatorial service he has never scught to influence an appointment to office In Iowa against the wishes of the Bepreeentative in whose dUtrlct the applicant lived. "Did you turn around or look this way during that time?" "No, certainly not," said Carter, decidedly mystified. "We went very often to the professor's, and there were walking and lining excursions and moonlight strolls toward the Wolfsbrunnen. Senator Allison has been a working memoer of C ingress, and If he has psit'cipated mo'B frequently than his colleagues In the debates of the Sen&ts it has been because of hie acknowledged leadership on the two great eommitteee of appropriation and finance. His speeches command attention because they always relate to the business before the Senate and are never wanting in fullness and accuracy of information. A somewhat careful examination of the "C jngTessional Record" enables the writer to say that with the poseible ex- —Lurana W. Sheldon. "From the tanks of the river I watched tho jawed, silent men at their slow, fruitless work of dragging for the body. How conld it bo possible that between the setting and the rising of a sun such dreadful changes could have come? COINCIDENCE OR WHAT? ttii d down from the t p of the hill, whiC h * •"Then 1 wasn't asleep—no, 1 couldn't havo been." "On these litter occasions it did not take me long to find out that Miss Stirling preferred Phil's company to mine, so I obligingly walked with the pro- was owued by Martin Cawley and occupied by bis son John. The house wasall ablaze By ALICE E. IVES. "Doc, what in the world is the matter with you?" "Looking at his answer in any of these lights, I had a strong aversion to pursuing the matter further; besides, what business was it of min j? So I only echoed his words in a vague^vay. by the time the firemen reached the "I don't know—nothing, I guess—but something rather odd happpened to me. A minute ago I could have sworn I was in the old room at Heidelberg and yon were Phil Morely. You didn't kno** Phil—no, of course not—but if ever the transmigration of bodies, instead of souls, were possible, you are Philip Morely with, I hope, another soul, but 'even that is surprisingly like his in some respects. Yes, the moonlight came into the room at just that angle, and out among the trees there was the top of a town looking exactly like that, from the window of the old room where Phil and I were chums 26 years ago. I wonder if I am awake I Phil—*-I mean Rayne—pinch me, or stop—turn mo out a little of that Rhine wine. I want to know whether I'm a ghost or you are." "How could I have ever thought this a pleasant place? The water looked daik and sullen. Perhaps it was that very moment flowing over her upturned face. scue, There was a stiff bretza [Copyright, 1896, by the Author.] blowing, which, together with the "Far more intellect. than heart; depend upon it, the mentally gifted woman is necessarily wanting in the1 latter essential." "'Perhaps I am mistaken,'I said, and uever again alluded to the subject until he introduced it himself. fact that th»-ie was no force to the Wsttr, The sunshine glancing in through the leaves seemed a shuddering mockery. mide it Impossible for anything to be done toward saving the house. The building After serving upon the staff of Governor as a recruiting officer, a service in which he won popularity and distinction, he was The elder gentleman gravely shook his head. "About a week after this the professor siguilied his intention of going to the little town of Klotz—that is not the right name, but we'll call it that for short—situated a mile or two from the French frontier, where be had heard there were some remarkable geological "The men plied their trade as unconcernedly as if they were trolling for fish. Suppose in their stolid, careless way they should bring up the body—the poor, cold semblunce of such marvelous, fiery, musical, intense, beautiful life: and its con tents were totally destroyed. oejtlon of Senator Aldrloh, of Rhode Island, no mm in either hones of Congress has displayed a wider practical knowledge of the needs and conditions of the countless industrial enterprises of the United States than the senior Senator from Taw* -— It is one of the unavoidable peculiarities of the public mind tbat It does not easily gfssp the just relation of individuals to great_ acts of legislation, so that it often assigns to a single man the oredlt for results whioh have come from the labors of many, who have done their work with eqnal fidelity, though with an Inferior genius for advertisement. HIS LAB DBS FOB PROTECTION. "What! You don't believe it?" exclaimed the first speaker, in great surprise. "Why, just consider the facta from a physiological standpoint. The extreme exercise and development of any one faculty must, of a neoessity, dwarf the others." Ih« double bouse adjoining on the up- The administration of the business of the nation now oovers a field so enormous and involves eo gieat a variety of interests that the Presidential offioe needs, above all things, the -guidance of a master, both of tbe principles and of the details of the Government setvioe. It is upon this ground that conservative men In every section of the country, in this time of contusion la the public business, are turning with a new Interest to elected to the Thirty eighth Congress, entering tC e House of Representatives with Garfipld and Blaine per side, owntd by Mungo Taompaon and occupied by himself and the family "Oh, I could not bear the thought of being there, and I rushed back to the deserted rooms. of William Lloyd, a young painter, c»ught fire, and was totally destroyed Ia his second term, his Industry and ability having already won favorable notice, he was assigned to the Ways and Means Committee, and from that time till oday he has been consplononsly Identified rlth tho problems of taxation and pnblio evenue. He has helped to frame every enacted gnlahed p»rt red a breadth Df formations. "As Phil and I had intended taking a vacation trip, we decided to run dowu to Switzerland, and arranged to go by a route that would enable us to stop and visit our friends at Klotz. "You forget that some people are so richly endowed with mind and heart that, even granting the mental attributes to be largely dominant, and your theory true, they have still enough heart to furnish forth two or three ordinary individuals. Then, too, quality is as much—yes, more—to be considered than quantity. With a person of refinement all the conditions must be harmonious in another in order to excite even admiration: I should suppose, to such a person, a moderate degree of regard from a refined, noble or thoughtful person would be of more value than the most complete and unwearied devotion of a coarser, more uncongenial nature. If you cannot thoroughly enjoy * thing, what does it matter How much you have of it? For my own private delectation, I would vastly prefer a bowl of honey to a barrel of molassea " •"ine wildest excitement prfcvanea iD the little town. Cobblers forsook their lasts, tailors their shears and shopkeepers their snops to gather in knots at the street corners and discuss with loud voices and many gesticulations the tragic affair and their tirm belief iu the guilt of the young man. Moat of the household goods were saved from the Thompson house, but they hhd to he carried out in a hurry, bo fiercely d d t'je fire burn. Within a half hour after "We parted with the mutual understanding that we were to be together again in a week, at the longest. the record of Sena- | protective tariff law that haa beeu 1i a dletip laa atquu priotloal phaeee . r t -T t"t t t •* T 1 I . I I I ! V V 4^ —— . ; I  I ■Br ■H7 I ■ x •'•i ix -1! iAi A. i S ifc jL_4ljLiJ_4i-A-ji The young man sprang to his feet and seemed to know where the wine was kept, for he opened a little closet door, and, bringing forth a bottle and two glasses, placed them on the table. the elirm was sent Id, both honses were in tor Allison—an interest which has already made him, in Republican circles, the fust choice of many and the second choice of since 1:63, has boru in every debate ana of preparation in the ruins "The day after they went Phil proposed to me an entirely different routo. "Women let their kettles boil dry while they exhausted all their adjectives In condemnation of the American villain and expressed their convictions that the girl must have belonged to the emancipated' to have been alone at so late an hour with a young man. "'What!' I exclaimed, mean to go to Klotz at all?' 'Don't you »ad knd of a young life. "There," he said, handing the clear amber fluid to his friend, "I certainly can't be a spook, or I shouldn't bo doing this. If you drink it, you are not a spook. Ergo," as the other gentleman began to sip the wine, "noitlier of us Is a spook. But if you insist on it I'll throw you out of the window or do any little thing in that line to oblige." "I obligingly walked with the professor." fessor and talked of strata and crystallization, when I would much rathei have listened to the witchery of the girl's voice DUappolnttd In Love, Carrie Hllaton, of Mull, Commit* Suicide In Wllkckbiiira. If the true history of the revenue laws of the United States Is ever written no name of this generation will stand above Senator Allison's as a defender of the Republio in doctrine of protection. He hae represented an agricultural State, yet he has always stood for a tariff that will adequately protect, not only the industries in wh'.ch his own people are ergaged, but aleo the lndustrlee of the whole nation in every American occupation. "'No; I think, 011 the whole, the country is not so pretty through there as it would he by .another road.' wfv "I was in a quandary. I disliked disappointing Miss Stirling and the professor, but concluded that Phil must have some strong reason for not wishing to meet them again. I did not want to go to them without him, as most likely I would be asked why he had not come, and what could I say? Miw (_'irrle Eilaton, tgtd twenty year?, dangLttr ot E. H. Elltton, of Stull, Wyo mtng county, db-d at the Grand Centra) Hotel on East Market street, Wilkes isrie, Wednesday, March 11, having com mltttd unhide. "She was a few years older than Phil, but at times seemed much younger, and, like other people in the same situation, I wondered what such an intellectual woman could see in him. It seemed tc me that she should only have cared foi a great genius, or a sort of 'blameless king,' a demigod towering above his fellow creatures. "There was nowhere the slighfcst doubt as to the terrible guilt of the handsome young foreigner. "The journals in describing him attributed a wicked and murderous glare to his brown eyes and a hard, cruel curve to his month. "No, I think I won't trouble you," said the doctor. "I believe I'm all right again. Do you believe in mesmerism or clairvoyance, or anything of that, sort?" The gtrl came to the hotel Tuesday evening, and registered aa "I,°na Hill, Bernlce, 1'*.' At 11:30 Wednesday morning, the hotel employes heard groans In her room The door was opened, and the girkwas found In an unconscious condltioa, with the room full of gas. DnriDg the day her oouditiou improve i slightly, bn» afterward ste lapsed into nnoonsctou"neee again and in this oonlition paseeo away, not being able to speaK to her father, who arrived shortly before ehe died. "Oh, pshaw, doctor!" exclaimed tha young man rather impatiently. "You don't understand what I mean. But to carry out your illustration, suppose you found, after marriage, that you had only a painted bowl of honey, the mere counterfeit of what might have been, wouldn't you rather, in that case, have a genuine barrel of molasses?" "He was becoming more of a mys tery to me every day. "Popular opinion was dead against him. In two weeks his trial would come on, and still no traces of the missing girl. He is not only for the protection of existing lndustrlee, but for the development of every new employment to which the ■kill and energy of our people are adapted. Two years before the tariff revision ot 1890 Mr. Allison, in the open Senate, offered an amendment to the Mills bill, to whioh he secured the dlsproval of the Senate, scheduling imported tinplate at an average specific duty of 2$ cents a pound. "I think there is something in it." "To be sure, Phil Moreiy was a merry, good hearted fellow and a capital chum, but he would never be capable of anything great, not even a great determination or a great sacrifice. "Well, I never had anything to do with it, but if I thought it at all probable that I was a subject for that sort of thing I should say I was transported into the past with a vividness of sensations and surroundings which only dreams or the clairvoyant state can produce. You see, I began thinking of that remark of yours, 'More intellect than heart,' and from that moment I seemed to be in Heidelberg, where those identical words were spoken by a man so exactly like you that you might be he." "Throe days after this he told me he had concluded we might as well take the first route by Klotz. as he thought, after all, it would bo the most interesting."I obtained the best counsel I could and tried to prevail on him to let mo write his parents a full account at the situation. At the mention of his parents he broke down for tho first time and cried like a child, and I think I cried with him. "He would expund and blossom ou? beautifully in the soft places of this life, but was never meant to take root amonp stones and stand through storm and whirlwind. Could sucli a nature comprehend and affiliate with a great soul: "I had consulted maps and guidebooks and arranged, with his sanction, an entirely different trip, and was not willing to give up my plans at a minute's notioe; besides, I was heartily disgusted with playing the role of shuttlecocK to this young gentleman's battledoor. I remonstrated with him. "Well, I don't know what I should do if I was that kind of a fool." "Fool or not," said the other rather hotly, "we see that sort of thing every day among people who don't go by that name in the polite world." " 'John,' he said, 'I'm all they have. It would go so hard with thein. Don't tell them for awhile yet anyway.' Dlsappoli tmt'Dt iu love led to the rash act. Mlw« Eilston bad been mccb attached to a y ung man named Abe Hilkowich, who formerly bad a .clothing store at Noxen, but who went away about tlx weeks ago. The girl left several letters Including one addressid to her mother and one to be given to ' Abe " There were several envelopes addressed to persons in Xjxen, Sud and lunkbannock, but the contents appeared to have been tern cut and destr -DDed. "I did not know then, what I knew afterward, that she had been an orphan from a child, leading a quiet, colorless life—aye, colorless, indeed, but for the imaginary world she had created around her. He is a defender of all our industrial possibilities. He would " place Iwfore the oottages of Amerioan labor the shield of the law in order that the Amerioan standard of wages may be steadily increased and the level of civilization saved from the degradation of idleness and poverty. "Well, I think if I hadn't discrimina tion enough to have found out the delusion before it was too late, I shouldn't say anything about it If I was a5sthetio ally inclined, I might cultivate an ad miration for the bowl of honey as a work of art. If I was coarse or bad, I might take to the barrel of molasses." " 'Very well,' he said, with decision. 'You may take your route if you are determined ou it, but I shall go to Klotz.' "I explained to him that the situation was getting to bo very serious, and no one knew how it would end. If it should be conviction, they ought to be prepared for the worst. Accordingly be allowed me to write. " Very strange coincidence. And yet there was more meant than I expressed. I have a strong personal interest in the truth of that assertion." "She was a novelist and sketch writer of no mean ability, but had been very poor nntil a recent successful book had suddenly brought her a small store of wealth and enabled her, with economy, to travel. C "Phil was good company; we had been together a long time, and it ended by my agreeing to go with him. "So had he, and I know you had. Let me tell you, my boy, the man who gains tho love of Marion Jeffreys is a lucky fellow. I know her. " Ths growth of Senator Allison in the general favor of the party is malcly due to the faot that our present need is not so muoh for an enthusiast, able to rally the people to the Republican cause, as for an experienced leader, able to command the confidence of all Republicans and to bring all the disagreements of faot ion under the influence of a strong and skillful administrate"We found Edna Stirling looking terribly pale and haggard. When I mentioned her appearance to the professor, he seemed suddenly to awaken to tlie fact and remarked that she had worked unceasingly of late and had taken very little exercise. "The trial came on. The most damning evidence was brought to bear on the accused. A very important witness was "Now you are only dodging the point. You say what yon might do; you do not say how you would feel." "Suppose he couldn't tell whether he had gained it?" "This handsome, light hearted man, with his merry words, his graceful attentions and the deferential gallantry of a mediaeval knight, brought color, music, poetry and laughter into her life. He broke down find cried like a rhild. "The deuce 1 Don't bo Uriah Heepish!" broke out the doctor testily. "1 am certain she loves you." "Arp you?" And the yoqog man's eyes glistened with pleasure. In her satchel were four small empty bottles, two of which had contained chloroform. Taers was also a small empty box marked "morphine pills." The attending pliysioian could not say whether deatn wis unused by gas or \ oleon. a l for the Presidency of the U-iited States. these questions hardly approached by any man in the publio life of theee times. "I admit that I was. When you come down to how I should feel, the subject becomes toortragic for me to handle." There is nothing spectacular or startling a }out any part of his publlo career. It has been a steady growth in knowledge, In strength, in usefulness. He has been a Republican from his youth up. He was secretary of the first Republican conven tloi that sat In Ohio, so that his politics' activity dates from the period of his earlj mannood. John Sherman was chairman of that convention and his "Personal Recollections" contain many evidences ot the close personal ties between them. "I could not help noticing how he: eyes lighted op at seeing Phil,"and how a email red cpot burned on each check as the weary look departed from her face. blaine's opinion of hi*. Aa long ago as 1880 he nad obtained Stat rank ae a master of the intricate problems of national finanoe. Here ia a lettei written by Mr Blalae to General Garfield »hen the Preeldent-eleet waa engaged in the anxious labor of making up hla Cabinet. It has been preserved by Gall Hamilton in her biography of Mr. Blaine, though it really be onga to the life of each of the three frienda whose intimacy began when they entered the public service together and waa never afterward diatnrbed except by the hand of death:— The peculiarly impressive tone in which this was said seemed to pass unnoticed by the young man, for he went on speaking: "The ideal mantle which she had been weaving so many solitary years now descended on this man, and behold him transformed to a hero, the one matchless in all the world—and her king I The Republican party haa at Btake at St. Louis, not only the present, but the future. The election o( 1896 will oarry us through thia century, but it requires the election of 1900 to get ua well started in the next. It Is not possible to so manage our affairs at St Louis as to lose the election of 1896. No probable turn of events can molify the anger of the prostrate bualneea community of the Ujited Stateeagainat the Democratic party. "Yes, and I don't believe you are worthy of her; at least, it strikes me just now that you are not." "To corno back to first principles, I think literary people are unfit for married life. I have always said that if I were a woman I never would marry a literary man. From Socrates to Carlyle, men of letters have made notoriously bad husbands." "That evening I felt it more than ever incumbent on me to lie entertaining to the old gentleman, and we took a walk toward the outskirts of the town to a spot that the professor especially wished me to see. A FINK NEW ALTAR There was sifence for a few minutes. The doctor seemed to have lapsed again into reverie. Suddenly he looked up and inquired: "The spell was upon her, a new world had opened on her view. Ah, she was looking down to Camolot. The Gift of Mrs. Brandenburg to St Mary'* German Catholic Cburch. St. Mar) '4 German Catholic Charch have received their high altar frrm the builders, St. Franois Art Iastitot-), Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It la tan feet wide aad over twenty-fiye feet high to the top of the gilded crow. Its style Is the early gothic, the llnea balng of a wa*/, graoefa charaoter. Ia the altar table to the front is a relief representation of the Last Sapper Above ths tabernacle in the centre is a statue of the Sacred Hj*rt, to the rig tit -»nd left of it ia nlohes are two furih-ir stataes tep'oesniiag S\ Robert and 8!; Gertrnde, two nicely adorned colnmas at both s'dee of the altar support two adorlng angels. The altar is profusely gilded with bornlshed gold, interaperstd with silver aud dark red. The oombined eff ct Is one of airy grace and chaste richness. It is valued at f 1,000. Ttie congregation te indebted to Mrs Frank Brandenburg, Sr., for tills magnificent gift, who d mates it in m-mory of her deceased husband, Mr Robert Relchert. "What day is this?" "The 21st." "I shall never forget a certain excursion to the old castle of Dilsberg, near which we spent the day. "Phil and Edna went in the opposite direction toward the only pretty resort of tjbe whole place—the banks of a rapidly running stream that took its coursc past the town. "There is always a great deal to be said on one side of a question till you get to the other side. I suppose one might make out a pretty good list of happy marriages among literary people, and take only the most celebrated ones at that. Of course the lesser light must have the fine patience of devotion, together with the capability of appreciating the greatness of the other. Leaving out such a proviso, one can scarcely conceive of love at all between people so brought together." "The very day, the very month and the moonlight struck the floor at exactly that angle. How old are you?" A NATIVE OF OHIO. "We had become acquainted with another American family, who were staying for the summer in Heidelberg, and this lady and her daughter, together with the professor, Miss Stirling, Fhil and 1, made up the party. The day was splendid, and every one was in a merry humor. Since there have always been many parsons prt jadlced in favor of the nomination of an Oalo man for President, it is not amiss to record that Senator Allison was born in Wayne county, O , so that, while it may not seem fair to the other States, it is nevertheless so, that that State has at least two chances to have one of her sons selected by the St. Louis convention. But it la possible to take such action at St. Loula as will enable us to win this year's battles, and, at the same time, secure for the Bepublloan party an outlook of peaoe, of harmony and of continuous saooeaa. "Twenty-four." "When we returned from our walk, which lasted till quite late, I expected to find Phil -waiting for me at the professor's lodgings, but neither of them had come in, bo I walked slowly homo, and in about half an hour the moonlight stroller returned. "Your Secretary of the Treasury ahonld be taken from the Weat. Thie ia ao evident that I do not atop to argue. He muat be Identified with an agricultural community, not a manufacturing or com merclal community " After dlacuasiog the States and the men Mr. Blaine continued:— "Just his age—your double's—and he sat by the window, 25 years ago tonight, just as you do now." a hostler at the Rothelhaus, who had passed the spot where the pair had stood very near the river's edge, was positive that he could identify tliem both, had seen the young lady nearly every day for a week, and once the elderly gentleman had stopped and talked with him while with her, and be had had a close view of her face. When cross questioned, he could describe what she wore on that fatal night and was also certain of the young man, as he had spoken to him that very day and asked if tbey had any horses that were fit to drive. "Well, my friend, I begin to feel as if I should like to have you explain yourself." "We were in just that high state of exhilaration when, apparently, nothing restrained us from sailing off in the air on our mountain sticks but the presence of the professor and the circumspect widow, who chaperoned the party. There was no end to the mad tricks and vagaries that every one felt at liberty to perpetrate, and Edna Stirling led the frolic. If the people of the United States knew William B. Allison as we of Iowa know him; If they knew his patient consideration of the rights of others, his generous toleranoe of opinions not. his own, his fidelity to the sense of public duty, his loyalty to the Bepnbllcan party, they wonld understand at least in some measure the affectionate enthusiasm with which the people of Iowa commend hla name ot the good will of his countrymen. J. P. Dolljver. "And so I will—I must, for your sake and hers. I'm like the Ancient Mariner; I should have to tell that story tonight, even if I broke the most solemn vow I ever made. " 'Hello! Got back?" I called out as he entered the outer room. Mr Allison came to Iowa In the Spring of 1857, after having spent the preceding Winter in looking for a location. He had had five years of law practice before he took up his residence in Iowa, and the mark he had made at the bar had been recogniaal by his nomination on the Republican ticket for prosecuting 'attorney of the county in whioh he had been orought up. "Then comes Allison. * * * Nor Is there any other man so fit, with you and John Sherman oounted out. Sherman said the other day be thought Allison better posted in financial-legislation than any man in Congress except Garfield and Blaine. This is authentic. Allison ia known to you thoroughly—and long. . He is true, kind, reasonable, fair, honest and good. He ia methodical, lnduatrloua and intelligent and would be a aplendld man to aall along with smoothly and successfully." There was a long silence, during which the young man leaned his head on his hand and looked out of the window."Yes, got back," he answered. "And that was all that passed between us for about fen minutes. At the end of that time he came in where I was, lighted a pipe, and we smoked in silence. "This is a confidence I have never betrayed, but it can make no difference now to the ones most concerned, and it may do some good. Yon never knew the principal reason why I took such a sudden fancy to you. It was because yon are the counterpart of my old college chum, Phil Morely, one of the most fascinating men I ever knew. As he did so, yon could see to good advantage the perfect Greek contour of his features and the wonderful beauty of his eyes. "When asked if he had understood any of their conversation, he answered that he had passed quite near them and heard her say, 'How can you be so cruel?' Ho had picked up enongh English to understand this, but could not tell what the man answered, as he passed quickly on. "Suddenly he exclaimed: " 'John, she was glad to see me, "Phil had been more than usually attentive to her that day. Be was her shadow and her slave, and, like a bird spreading its wings and singing in the 6unsbine, she fairly reveled in this atmosphere of love and merriment. People who knew him said that it seemed a sort of mistake that he should belong to the legal profession. Assured ly he should have been a poet or painter wasn't she?' His defeat for that cffije did not discourage him, for the county was strongly Democratic ; nevertheless, he mads up'hls mind that a larger opportunity was open to a young lawyer in what was then appropriately called the West. He was fortunate in his location, for It not only connected htm with the growth of • great State, but surrnucdjd bim with the helpful itiflasnoe of a prosperous llttls elty. " 'Of course she was. I suppose your doubts in tliat direction are forever settled tonight.' "Phil aud I were at Heidelberg. I was four or five years older than he, and he was only there for a spocial course, while I %as taking a wore extended one. SODS A is CO.MIM; TWO HORSES KILLED. Struck by an Electric Car Near Wyoming It seemed strange that the sign dowiD town—"Rayne Carter, Attorney ano Counselor at Law''—should have an; reference to thin man. Anything st em h businesslike in connection with this At tic bead deemed as incongruous an ex peeting a lily to be good for rbeuuia tism. " 'What do you mean:' he asked, with tho same innocent air before mentioned. "He swore to this having taken place within six feet of the spot where the hat was found. He knew the exact place, as they stood under a peculiar shaped tree with a trunk that forked about ten inches from the ground Mr. Blaine concludes with a tribute to friendship: "With jou aa President, taking your two chief adviaera from the frienda of your manhood—who all entered Congree8 the aame day, all of the aame age nearly, and all three In nnoroken harmony of friendahlp for eighteen years—there would be preeented a picture without a precedent—poetlo as wsll as political." "She seemed to embody the airy whimsicalities, the erratic music and graceful humor of a whole French opera in herself. A CJreat Mimical Attraction at Musk- Hall Satmday Might, " 'Well, you don't, prelend to say that you've been out together all this timo, and such a night as this, and haven't como to an understanding !' I cried. on March 7 On Saturday night, about ten o'clock, a team ot horses owned by James Fitzpatrick, which had been hired by R J. Armstrong & Co., grocers, were killed near Wyoming. The driver, John Downes, was delivering goods in a house at the corner of Wyoming avenue and O ven street. He had taken all the goods In and w ta in the house when the hoiaes otarted up, ao far aa known from no cauae whatever. Taey Kept to the road for about 300 yarda, when they "One day—it was early in April, and unusually warm and pleasant for the season—we were out ftir a stroll. We walked on and on, till we came to the path leading up to the old castle. The gteat S. UBa, with his wonderful band, will come to Mns!e Hall "But, in spite of her coquetries and mad pranks, she knew just when to stop? Not one of us would have dared to speak in a more familiar tone to her when we went home than when we started out. for a mit'nee performance ouly on Friday afternoon, Murch 27 This will be a rare " 'Well, I do mean just that.' "Counsel then asked, 'Did she have on a hat when you last saw her?' "'She did.' ' fir " 'Phil Morely, you are a queer specimen ! How in thunder you can lie so patient and afford to wait without knowing what your fate is going to be is more than I can understand. I should have to have it out with her and be certain whelher it was yfs or no. Is it lack of courage, boy?' It was generally conceded that a crea ture so magnificently classic in face am form should never have done anything else but make love on the stage as Icili us or Troilns, or pose in a pre-Raphael ite studio. It is an Indication of the characteristic steadiness of Mr. Allison's ml ad that the oommjdlous homestead In which he began housekeeping In Dubuqu# thirty-eight years ago has be«n his plaoe of residence ever since. In all the vicissitudes of public and private life this modast old house has his retreat frim care aid sorrow, and while there Is nothing about it to sag gest the extravagance of wealth, there is not a nook or corner of it that does not rontain the evidences of taste and culture "All at once he stopped and exclaimed, 'Look!' "This was taken as evidence that a Struggle, in which she had lost her hat, had taken place near where they stood. treat,and Manager Man- D ngall has been very lucky in securing a date, even for a matt The criticiam haa been made that Sen a tor Allison la a man without atrong oonvictlons or definite opinions. The critloism Is not only unjust, but it is absurd. Men without oonvictton do not hold the con fidence of the people through a long term' of years, in the midst of a troubled and aeriona national epoch ; and men without definite opinions oannot successfully submit to a,'roll call on every public question that has come up for decision in the United States for thirty years. "Following the direction of his hand, I saw, some distance above us, a group of two—an elderly gentleman bending over some small object, which ho seemed to be carefully examining, and a young girl reaching up to gather some wild flowers from a projecting ledge. The soft gray of her dress was brightened by a crimson scarf which she had thrown carelessly around her shoulders with the classic grace of a Recamier. "That night, in the privacy of onr own room, as we smoked a consoling pipe, the day's doings came up for discussion. Referring to Miss Stirling, I said: "The next witness was Uretol Hausemann, who lived in a small cottage about ten rods from the fatal spot. She testified to ber having been awako at that unusual hour owing to a sick child whom she was watching, aud at about 15 minutes before 11 she heard two terrible screams, which she was certain came from that direction. She ran to the door, expeoting to hear people aroused or running or something to explain the disturbance, but not a sound was again heard. Something so unique unqucstiouahl ought to have had the projier setting. aee concert. The band turned upon the Wyoming Valley Com- Rayne Carter, if he was conscious o tho blandishment called forth by his unusual physical beauty, like Ulysses stopped his ears and sailed along, leaving a whirlwind of sighs iu his track. " 'What a wonderful fund of spirits " 'I don't know what it is.' "I looked at him for about a minute, but failing to discover any light on the matter became somewhat disgusted and is dow in the West, and tbf concert bare will be given on a fly ng trip to New Yors. pany traok and walked along it until they came to the stone bridge where they beoame fast In the tiee of the trest- sho has 1' " 'She was simply intoxicating to- day. ' "His words somehow jan-ed on me. There was something in the tone that struck me as not that of a man in lova Evidently he did not think of her as 1 had begun to imagine she thought of him. said OOOD NEWS FOR VALLEY MEN ling. Motormas Lewis, who was coming down the road at a lively rate, failed to see the team, owing to the'sbarp curve in But one fine day the young Atheuiui stopped to listen and wi*s lost. At lean he conceived a more than passing fauc\ for Marion Jeffreys, a rising young au thor in magazine literature, and witjust now debating whether to sail on 01 moor his bark forever on the new shorn tliat he had found. " 'Well, neither do I. But I feel an if I should have to go to Baden to recnpernte if this thing is to go on much Ion- It 'h wearing nae out.' "We could not distinguish her face, shaded as it was by her hat; but the exquisite beauty of form and movement as she secured the flowers, fastened them in her belt and turned to watch the gentleman was something that held our gaze. The Ten Per Cent. Reduction on Certain P.ato baa i-atd that a mail's library is the s Dul of his bouse. No man's house was ever more thoroughly dominated by his books than the hume of Senator Allison They hare taken possession of every room from oellar to garret. It Is a working library, sne-b as naturally comes to a busy stud-nt, book at a time, as the area of his researches expinds in the oourse of forty years. To one wbo has ru nmaged through this unique collection of bojks the pre eminence of the man's acquirements as a 8'udent of political eoonomy is easily ex- K°r. Salaries* Will Soon be Restored The great constituency which Senator AJlison ha* represented Is discredited by this cheap and ridiculous disparagement of bis public reojrd. Nit only is he a man of profound convictions and matured opinions, but he has inspired the conscience and guided the j adgment of the whole community which be represents. the road at that place, and ran into the horses at fnli head, terribly mangling the team and smashing the wagon to pieces. The car was throwp sideways across the track with the team nnderneath. There were fonr or five passengers in the oar, all of whom were terribly shaken up, but so far as known none were seriously injared. It was certainly a very narrow escape for "Neither of us sjioke again on the subject, and silence reigned. We have it on good au.horicy that the management of the L*h1gb Valley Railroad Compauy have decided to restore the ten per cent, reduotlon which was taken off the salaries of certain employes of the company in December, 1893 The restoration is expected to go into effect very soon, and the news will be gladly r-oeived, not only by those who will be personally bene fl'ed, but also by the people generally as another evidence of returning prosperity "A few evenings after this occurred the conversation which was a prototy]De of tonight's. "Two other witnesses were examined. They had both seen the prisoner passing through the town that niglit at a late hour alone. "It seemed as if I had not been asleep more than an lvur when I was awakened by a loud rapping at the door. Women, who sometimes believe u man's devotion to be as unquestioning and unconditional as their own, little know how much calm, cool deliberation enters into the matter, and vice versa— the same is true of the other side. Ah, well, if the secret is never known, per haps the results are just as good. " 'Jove!' exclaimed Phil, 'it is a picture !' "We had been speaking of literary women, and Phil had used some of the identical expressions that yon have. 1 believe he had also quoted Hawthorne, to the effect that when a woman has other aims in life she is not likely to fall in love, which simply goes to prove that Hawthorne on some points was u misguided man. "It was morning, and there was a confused murmur of voices outside. The rapping was repeated with increased force. I dressed as hastily as possible, at the same time asking what was "There was a profound sensation when the nncle of the missing girl took the stand. " 'It is more than a picture,' I said. 'It moves.' " 'I must get nearer, and see if she is as nrettv as she is graceful.' "He testified to her having been nearly every day for a period of two months in the company of Philip Moroly; that, being very much engrossed in his scientific studies, ho had paid very little attention to them, but had never once thought of any jossible harm resulting from their acquaintance. His strength with the people of Iowa h*s oome largely from the fact that he has tiken them Into his confidence, gone from village to village, y»ar after year, and talked to them face to face on every question of pnbllo interest, giving them the benefit of his knowledge and hl« judgment. HIS FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS Thoee of us who heard him last Fall, be- _ tore the Traveling lien'a Association of UMth of Th.mu O'Brien 1 Dwa, at MarshalItown, explain the phlloe- Another M reg1dent hM pMwd aw ,n ophy of money and warn the people the of ThomM O'Brien/of Po.t against the perils likely to fl,w from the Qrlffith, whose death occurred at his home free coinage of allver, may be excused for Satnrday evening at six o'clock. He was feeling a certain reeentment against the 6Q yean| and we„ kQ0WD and able editors who persist in believing that hlghIy reepected. The cause of his death there Is any uncertainty about his views. WM b]ood polaonlng( reanltl {mm , No man has more patiently presented a felon on hl, finger wh,ch had gnf. difficult and perplexing subj *jl to the at- fer,Dg wlth for the thre# monthg. tentlon of the people, and he has been re- The membei. WM ampntated two weeka warded by seeing the growth of « sound an eflart t, aave ble life| bnt wlth public opinion In Io-a that enables the no He 8urvived by a wlfe ard State to oast a solid vote In both houses of the followlng oblldren : Patr|ck, la the Congress In favor of a safe and conserva- (Vest; Mrs. Moylan, wife of M. M Moylan, tlve financial policy. merohant of Fort Griffith; Thoa , Bridget, The business warld, above all things, Miohasl, Janus, Margaret, Luke and , - j . . . - Agnee 0 Brlen, at home. His brothers. needs a period for recuperation, free from LukeD of AT00aD and Mlohael, of Port Grlfthe enterprises of the boomer and the rude flth, are also living. Deceased was a memexperiments of the professors of finance, ber of Division 4, A 0 H , also of the It needs the oonnsel of a wise, trained, Widows and Orphans' Fund, A 0. H., levelheaded statesman. The people; of aid No0 Shift Keg Fund. t lose on the oar, owing to the fact of there being a high embankment jast at that place. Had the oar rolled down this it la not likely that the passengers wonld have escaped as they did The motorman said that he heard some oue yelling to him, bnt thought it was a sleighing party, as he had met seTtral of them on the way down. wanted "'You'd better nut,' 1 answered; 'you can't expect everything in ono woman. You'll lie sure to be disenchanted by a nearer view. Very probbably she's like the Italian women, who, Byron says, are bout seen from a balcony.' " 'Philip Morely. Is he here?' "It was the professor's voice. "I answered, 'Yes, he is here!' and roused Phil. plained The gentleman who sat at the left of the table was evidently over 50. His bushy side whiskers, mustuche and hair were quite gray. "At last he applied his deductions to Miss Stirling, summing it all up with, 'More intellect than heart, depend apon it.' Dentil of MoneS M rks. His library is his home, and If the public never heard of his passing the Summer in the mountains or by the sea it is because he has tasted the luxury of the Intellectual banquet, always spread in hia "On opening the door the old man, wild ey«*l and haggard, entered, with Beveral Americans. Moeea M*tks, a well known Wilkesbarre clothing merchant oho formerly resided In Pittston, died very suddenly of heart disease-last Friday at h's home. He was in good spirits during the early part of the evening. Later he complained of a pain la bis cheat, and went up stairs. His wife heard him groining in his room and went to nlm. A moment later he passed away. Mr Marks was forty-four years of age With hie father he was at one time in the clothing business in 3cranton. Liter, for a few years, the femily lived here, and Moses became quite prominent, being elected borough clerk one year. For the past eleven years he had been In business in Wl'keabarre. He Is survived by hie wife and one son, eight years of age. "After leaving Heidelberg his niece bad grown very pale, but he had nut thought much about it until his attention was called to the fact by a friend the day of Philip Morely's arrival in Klotz. John G. Merrivale, M. D., was stout, prosperous and every inch the family physician, with a large practioe. He was married, but had no children, and Rayne Carter was his favorite and protege." 'Come; at least let us walk that way,' he persisted, and so we began to climb. " 'It is quito plain that you are not in lovo with her,' I said, 'or you wouldn't talk in that way.' *"At Beeing Phil it seemed that he could have sprung at his throat, but with difficulty restrained himself. own home CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE "When we came up to the the lady had wandered some little distance atoay, but the gentleman approached and addressed U6 first. Ho was a stranger, he said, and noticing that wo were students concluded that we could give him some information which he wished. " 'I don't know whether I am or not" "'Where is my niece?' he demanded in a voice trembling with passion. Senator Allison is a natural-born politician, not in the sense of being able to inn politics, as the modern phrase go- a, but in the old-fashioned meaning of the word. He never forgets a man'e name, nor his business, and nobody who ever met him has failed to observe the ease of hia manner, the snavity of hie beaming and the genuine kindness of hia heart. " 'Well, I think for her sake you ought to find out before things go much further. ' "He remembered that on several occasions she had not appeared at meals, but had thought she was busily engaged in writing and did not wish to be disturbed. When the friend had spoken to him, he had said that he thought she looked very ill. The room they sat in was an upper one in the doctor's house—his "den," he called it, because here he read, smoked and enjoyed himself in his own peculiar CJn this particular summer night there was no light in the apartment except that which came from the moon pouribg in a flood of white light through the open casement. "The young man in his turn became pale, but did not flinch. "He opened his eyes at me just us you did tonight and looked in a surprised, innocent sort of way. " 'What do you mean?' he asked. " 'I havo never seen or heard anything of her since you loft the house together. Her bed is untouched, and nothing in the room disturbed. She has not entered that room since she saw yon. Who but you should know what I mean?' "We declared our willingness to serve him in any way wo could, and were delighted at meeting a fellow countryman. The lady seemed rather to keep out of our way, but as we were caroful to cultivate the acquaintance of the old gentleman wo met her, and wore introduced in a few days afterward. " 'Why, I wonder if one can't indulge in a delightful littleplatonic friendship without "things going too far," and all that nonsense,' he said, with some irritation."All this, scrutinized by un-American ©yes, told heavily against the young man. For over thirty years he baa been s busy mau «bout the (Japitol, yet it la aafe to aay tnD t nobody, rich or poor, white or black, ever sought to approach him on business, public or private, without being received with courtesy and consideration. It la thia quality of mind and heart that, In the first years of his residence in Iowa, gave him the general good will of the people, brought him into public life and kept him While the young man continued to look out of the window the manner of the other person became, to say the least, strange. " 'Are you sure she looks at it in that light?' " 'As the Lord hears me, I left her at your door last night at abont 11 o'clock.' "He also declared, what he had before on that dreadful morning, that there was uo evidence of the girl having again entered the honse after she had left it with Philip Morely. " 'Had you quarreled?' asked the pro- " 'Why, certainly. She has often given me to understand as much. Bless you, I wouldn't dare to make love to her j she'd wither me at the first tender word. Besides she'll never care as much for any human being as she does for her books. If she does, 1 am not the one. I fessor. A bad cough or cold calls for a good remedy—the cure for it. For coughp, colds, la grippe and consumption a per feet and permanent cure Is iVn-Tina, the worst eases yield to Its healing properties 25 oei.te. Pan Tina is sold at the drurf stores of J. H. Hon ;k and G. D Stroh. First he appeared lost in thought, then he raised his eyes, giving a quick, scrutinizing glance at his companion, then h£ stared in a queer way at th* moonlight on the floor, his naae wan- "Phil confessed that he was a little disappointed in her face. She certainly was not beautiful, neither was she plain. Her eyes were marvelously fine, owing to a peculiar, luminous beauty C4 expression mpro than to color qi " 'No; certainly not.' " 'What motive could she have had then for destroying herself?' "When called to tho stand, I could say very little to help my friend's case. I was obliged to admit that I had seen the two (to away together, and that " 'Destroying herself I' cried Phil, and he sank into a chair and covered his faoo with his hands. Concluded on Page 4.