The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 12, 1895 Page: 1 of 4
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C. ErhartfA Son,...
w. J. MILEY,
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DRUGGIST.
druggists
IIastkoi
Ti.xas.
HASTHOI',
I'fXAB.
..Special uimI careful alien, ton
given to Ilia Prescription I'r-
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NLMHKK II
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BASTKOl
COUNTS,
TEXAS,
Ot'TOBKH
HA8TROP.
VOLL'MK
MUHNINU
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THE 8ASTR0P ADVERTISER
j
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. pounded Af'aJi bour*.. Pat-
ent of all kind*.
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4U('llt IlliwrUoi.
L«h*I iiulli'i'N trii rent* I'•*r line: eacl- in
M'rtlon Heveti Wor«U make a Hue.
Obituary i"iilri'«, i'*iti"Hiik I" Hiiem at tin*
rate of ' lU H llllC.
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lu ew« h i*u«l I'vi'iv ItiMntiie
Bros.
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IN Til Kilt IMMENSE STOCK OK
IF AGE.
EXPERIENCE.
AMPLE RESOURCES.
COURTEOUS TREATMENT.
ooupletl with ill'1 liest ii'l round
Horvicn iii supplying your entire
witiitH iii (JrocerinM, from .Ian
uary to .lanuury. counts for any
thing, tliotiweuiv the people for]
you to patroniMi*.
We invite you to try us ami
if yon do will make I'eriuanent
Customers of you.
As COTTON FACTORS, we J
otl'er you prompt wen ire, mini |
mum rhttrgeM, holiest storage, i
correct weights, just elassilica
tions.
Correspond with us concern
ing advances, stencils and daily
quotations.
Mr. C. S. Makhton is our]
Traveling Salesman in this Ter-
ritory.
1'. .1, WILLIS & into..
Cotton Factors and Wholesale
is Grocers, Galveston. Texas.
VEHICLES, HARNESS, NOTIONS, ETC,
Our stock consists of CARRIAGES, PHEATONS,
BUGGIES, HACKS, WAGONS, HARNESS, SAD-
DLES, WHIPS, ETC.
We bought at
liOCK BOTTOM PRICKS,
and will meet any and all competition, from what-
ever source, in anything in our line.
Come and see us.
SCHAEFER BROS.
Every itAy ta j fr «h lieirtnnlntf
Kvitj morn l* ii worhl marie n w.
V«>« wl « i re weary of «orr.w nnil tinning.
Hera U u U'tmfifnl Ini|h* for you,
a ' i|m- for nw uu'l u ho|kv for you.
All tpu t iiiliiK* ur«- \m i ami over.
Tli" t t«k« art' <lnn«, nn<t lit*- toar* ar«« nLmI.
YraU nUy'* ••rrorn l««t yi-ul^-nlay ••••vi-r
VuHi«<nlav '* whuihIm wliich wniartial and blnl
Arc l>« aliitwith the h<<ulinic w|j|<-li night Inn
aliud.
Yi Nli rday now i* a part t f for >v r,
li u id up III a ulitiif which 4*«*1 hohlw tt^hf.
With k{lu«l ilayn ami m*<! ilayM uu<l InmI day*
which never
bhull vi-it un moru with tlwir tihM m au«l
th> ir 0ll||hl,
9 Timr fui *h "Wht
l<« l th^ni K". ain<'« we cannot rvcall (hem,
CanBol nmlo iiu>1 cannot atone.
U<n1 in hi« iuer« y root'ivu, forgive therol
Only the new luyn are our own.
TiHluy |i oiitn mill toouy nlom .
Here urc the wkteM (ill hurnlMhed hrlghtly ;
Hero In tie* n|M*llt earth nil vtibom;
Here are the tlre«l IIuiLn M|irtitKli>g lightly
To fuce the nuii mnl to nhare with th« morn
In thi' chrimn of ilei% mel the cimiI of ilawn.
Kvery day in ii frcNh l <-glmilug
l.tNti ii, my h .ill. to the glml refrain,
Ami Hpitc of ol.l Narrow uml olU< r mi lining
Ami |iu*ftlc foreeaaUNl uml )i.iNNil>|f |>nln
Ink* heurt with the <lay ami begin again
—Huhuii i oolulge.
A COMPLICATION.
this Ii-UK story It nmy l« sunt thikt It
|i)i<iim( I lliu istitnr, wiih |irint<il in
iiiMtiilliiK'uts uml iimrti tlmu |iIi«wmI
tlic riwuli'M of Tim Kitmily ll<iuiioi'.'.
Mrs. KtiiniiiiK wrote uiulxr tlm
name of "llililn Miirklimn,"uml tlm
rt<Miilt of I in H|i|iearniKti of bur tlr«t
lonu utor.v wiirt tli.'il <<ri'<K A* Co.,
tlio literary n«eiit . wrotu to her ami
o'.T<timI lo jilacn i ny wlorios slm ciu.nl
to write Ht uh uilvuiitaueouM prices
n* the market would afford for it
commission of 10 |H<r cunt. This
offer sho iummijiUmI, mill the rcHiilts
weru
■WfiatT^
cilitors who hail lo pay thutncrtMisuiI
prioos
Anil this hriiiKS us to tlm point
where this story really hoitlns lino
c<litnr irciicrally known pretty well
which of his contonipor'irlos, es-
teemeil or otherwise, lms tlm larttost
circulation ami which lias not, ami
Jim KIiiiiiiiik saw with ilimiiay that
the cirriihitinn of hisowu paper wits
fallnm rapiilly, ami that it was evi-
riHinu author,
he wiih all it"
"l hivn b:
Haul, her hm
iliil the str
have n vnimt .
him the writi
' Hild* Markhiiiu,'
v anil smiltts.
t you hcru," ho
imhlinK us slid un-
slm h.siiiii*! to
;hat it rIio Mhowml
.iii llli|(ht have loss
EUTHANASIA
ilitlleulty to t aloiiK with him. "1
have brought with me thu DomplnUi
MS of the last novel I have written
1 think it is better than the last."
"It is Hiiro to liu koisI, " wttil tlm
a«ent unuouraKillgly.
"Hut—hill"— HlammertHl Mr*.
MURDERERS.
row ■Illius Thaw
rilalMlji*
ProUwmir B. F. Thunuw of Ohio
s y :
"UMii illheovnrieH In uumthata
itffunl wide o|i|Hirtunitio* to penwna
who ilusire to iiutunnitnrUtniM cupt
till puniwhninnt, ami prinon^ praMnt
mi nliiHiHt limitUms Held tor Ibe t&-
loction of nn a;;jut that will inflict
quick, luiinhtsH anil olwoluNjlf owr-
Auor.iU), pittssic uoid or
tain duntk. . _
almost any one of • down chomiejjls
"iiiTe'iti ilcte pritmm, eveu | >. i.^'j''.jT" kl"~r,J "4"'
cvcrTiiVT ina\"ii'.tvT> fs*i.\p«>iint idihm t, . *v... u,s I any of thu uricei
Tiave
lAHAt I
The iiKcnt looked itravu.
"Do you mean that wii lire to ask
that much for the novel?"
"Oil, no, no!" said Mrs. Flnmimt
eagerly. "But I promise to write
you another one iih so.hi as possible.
I need the J!6l)0 for a |iartuiular pur
I lose, and I must. Iiavu it today if it
is to do any «oinl. "
"Well," Haul the at<ent, "wosoinu-
tinms advance money to uuthorH,
dent that bis penny public was drift- | and if I could hu sure of lutviiiK all
Iiik over to Tlm I'ainily liouiioer
lu investipatilin the reitsor for
this lie quickly came n|iou the bald
fact that the increase in his rival
was largely due to the stories of the
new writer, Hilda Markbam. Si lie
resolved to i/et a story from that la
dy at ail ba/ards and thus save his
own circulation, which was coming
down like a man fallmi; from a (mi-
llion eager to bestow the insurance
money on his surviving relatives,
It was unit of Jim's theories that
women have no beads for busiucMS
and that of all women in the world
P. 0. ELZNER,
«
f
hi; old kkuable.
Not to make a mystery of this sto-
ry and thus barrow up tin, reader's
fceliiiKS as we £o allium with the re-
cital of the curious game of cross
purposes at which Minnie Fleming
anil her husband played 1 will state
the facts of tlm beginning, so that
you may understand the situation
Minnie Hcniing was a subdued,
I ipiiet, little woman, with something
! like ten limes the amount of brains hiH wj(„ „|(, on)l<t„i,y
her husband possessed, but she was i„ that direction. He made up his
i not aware of it and would Jiuve bueii mind that hu would go as far its
i very indignant if any one had veil tlf,0 tor a story bv Hilda Markbam,
! tureil to suggest such a thing, for
j she looked up to her husband with
| love, admiration and respect.
Knowing Jim Fleming well, it
j always seemed to me that his wife's '
admiration fr<r him was entirely!
misplaceit. This may lie professional
jealousy, for I have to admit that 1
never could read with patience any
thing Fleming ever wrote. His work
mod to me, not to put it too
t- w- house.
Banker, Cotton Factor
At
COMMISSION MERCHANT
Collections specialty, with faeili-
ties for making tlietn, in all eountiei
in this State and the Southwest, tipot
the most liberal terms. Iluy and sel
Kxcliitngc on all points.
Correspondence solicited, am
prompt attention given to .same.
Consignments of notion, wool anil
ht.les solicited, and liberal advance*
made on same.
•iHirfl 1 X JSAKS IN BUSINESS AT BASTROP.
THE PEOPLE MUST JUDGE OF MY MERIT.
(JimkIs anil tin' IVitvs (ell. ami more cunv'iucinif
see
plainly gulT of the slushiest sort,
and t|.« re is too much of that kind
of writing in the world now. Jim
Fleming is a big. grutT, somewhat
KWiSl /WiiM •> rwiv-'■jWiWf At*;'«tit Civ;-ri*
i i..Hu,unsl, most hi uh no not
think justifiable by facts He is the
editor of l'ot Shots, a London week
ly that used to have a large circula
and lie wrote a letter t<, her agents
opening nugotiations for it serial.
As it happened two other editors
wrote with a similar object tlmtj
same day, and the agents were in
the delightful tlniinolal position of j
suddenly lindiiig tlm demand greater
than the supply So they replied to
each of tl,e editors tb.it Miss Mark
ham's next story would be I'MiO for
serial rights alone. This price took
Jim Fleming's breath away, usjmi-
cially as be had been accustomed all
these years to till the pn|ier with his
own MtutT and with stolen matter
frit-W .Awtnwvrtor' fcnoulfl fie ask i si to
pay away good money to it mure
writer. So he wrote to the agents
expostulating against the exorbitant wanted
terms, ami was tobl in reply that
your work for thu future I think 1
might Htrotch it [mint iu thin chhc
and let you have the money."
Mrs. Fleming gave a gasp of re-
lief, and the great man, calling a
clerk, wrote out a cheek for HMH)
and presented it. to her. Alter shu
bad signed tlm reocipt, given him
the MS and put her name to a con-
tract, Mrs. Fleming hurried homo
to pine , the money in thu lutuk, but
that was one of the days when thu
bank closed at 'J o'clock, and she nr-
rivixl there just live minutes too
Into. She was dismayed at this, for
thero was no plauu in their suburb
where the cheek could lie cashed,
and hIio ilareil not give the check to
her husband, or the whole secret
would Is. out.
Meanwhile the agent as soon as
she left thu room callud his clerk
and said:
"Write to .Initios Fleming of Pot
Shots that we regret that we are not
able to Hell him Hilda Markbitm's
story for $500. The author, tell him,
has called u{ioii us ami refused to
sell for less than JEIMH), although of
coiirsu you nitty inform him that if
lie bad taken our otl'er when first
neurtainty
none of the itossiblo pain that la at-
tached to thu present methods.
"Carbonic acid gas is perhaps bet*
tcr than all, for under its inf!u«uoe|
thu criminal simply would sleep bis'
lifu iHwwefully away absolutely with-
out |ntin, and, with proper arrange-
ments, without any of thu agouizul
forukuowlodgoof thu hour and min-
ute of his execution. I belicvu it Is
generally recogniz-ud that simple re-
moval from sisduty is the only ob-
jis't aimed at by thu capital punish-
ment laws of civilisad nations, and
that I icing the ease the most humane
methods should 1st selected. "
Then Profuf jor Thomas told of a
]Mirsonal experiuueo in which the
|Kissihilities of carbonic acid gas as
a death producing agent were clear-
ly demonstrated. It was at the
World's fair, and thu profcitsor had
been stopping temisiritrily in an
a|Mirtmunt house whore not long be-
fore a young man had narrowly es-
caped death in a most mysterious
way. The young man had gone to
the bathroom, which was equipped
with a water heater of )iocuIiitr con-
struction, hut provided with uo
means for thu escajie of the prod-
ucts of combustion resulting from
thu flitmu of thu heator.
Not long after hu had nlosad thu
doors uf thu bathroom a loud noise,
as of some one falling to thu floor,
was hoard. Thu door was brokuti
open and the oceuiHtiit of the room
found unconscious. Hu was resusci-
tated with great iliflioiilty. A simi-
lar ex|>oriuucu l*>full a young lady
who Hiibseipiontly occupied thu same
room It was found that both ware
made wo would have had to pocket! victims oi •arbonic aoid gas.
the loss." ; Professor Thomas inspucted the
As soon its tlm letter was Hignud a , bathroom and found, as bus Ijueti
ing. The ipt of it v drove, vided for the es.^'tsi.L1/. t'1" '
that gissl man wiiu. itu hud tlm an-. '>f i.mi1 vion utlluu. tut*
nounconient of the story in ty|Hi and heater. In othur words, the car-
38 MAIN STREET,
Houston. • • -
SCHILL
THE WATCHMAKER.
I have no IIukn lu liltiw. Tin
jtlian loiig-wintlv advertisements.
K\en ni\ etini|ie<littii,s will ailmit that my niemintile cstiililislnnent is the largest,
j most convenient, antl the lx>st in the city tit' Bastrop, and the fact thai it is tilled
|Ironi cellar to garret is siittieicnl to prove to the ininds of the most sceptic, that my
jstiK'k ot' (ii nm;\i. Mkiii'ii \\i isk i> the laificsi liv lar of any ot' iiiv compeililors. while ni\
jcontinniNl heavy sales I'ariiishes another positive proof that I have the IJkst (mhius roll
|tiik Lkast Mti.vi'.v.
My immeiise Kali and \\ inter stis-K of Kresh. Fair and Kashionahle Merchandise,
: i ii< I the nicest, newest and neatest lines of lit sits, Siioks, Hats .\\n (' i.< hi 11 n <;. cannot
I he surpassed.
OUR DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
is more complete and better than ever, the sight of which cannot fail to de
light the ladies.
IN THE FURNITURE LINE, my stock is larger and finer than ever before
carried, at astonishing low prices.
THE CARPET DEPARTMENT carries every style and quality, from the best to
Texas" l'ie cheapest.
SEWING MACHINES, the best and simplest manufactured.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, of every kind, style and quality.
( A KM;I \(iKS. IU (i(ilKS. II \( kS, SI'KINt; \\ \(JON'S, sold under (inarantee.
UNDERT^ KING--Coffins, Caskets and Dress Goods.
I lie utilx house in llastvop that carries e\ei \ i;rmle uf <xnut|s. In fact. Tin. Ki./.si.i!
new-liriin infant and supplies every want from the Cradle to
ore making your purchases. i«
ELZNER.
i- - •
H. G. KLOCKMANN,
Mlim its TOR,
[Old) KKYMU.DS' t'OttNKU.J
Bastrop • • • Texas.
All kinds of Machine Work a'ld
Itepiiiring done on short notice and
III liest style.
Ill IKSK SlfOKIMi, a Specialty.
Determined to turn out none lint
ibr lie i and most satisfactory work,
a*k a share of public patronage.
II. Ii. KI.OCKMANN.
Mazur Hotel.
(Ol.l) 111 l<l II COlfM.lt,)
HASTHor - • - TKXAS.
A. MAZUR, Pro'pt.
.Nieely sml re-fiii'iit lieil
frein I'fllnl to gill ret, !*■ Ih'IIi-i* tllleil
i tInn, ever te neeiillillliMlStl' tile ptllillr.
Term" meilemte
l lie .tete I'lintH'I'leil ullli lie' lb"tel.
|«elb at I. Ill All pt i 'ill Still pay* Hie lilghe*!
price fill nil k Ilul* el e,Mint I \ preilnee.
Milk liske mnl lenmiiuile ^tittiil. Iiett
hi llie ellv.
lion, which is now generally under- ! they hail two othi r offers for the
stood to have fallen off on account j story, and merely gavu him the first
of the tremendous com]sitition thure chance because his letter hap|sined
is in the journalistic buHinuss. It is I to be the llrst opened. The agent in-
n pajH-r that offers lia.OOn insurance tlimited that if ho wanted the story
money lo the heirs of a man who is | lie should have to make up bis mind
killed by falling out ol a balloon if. at once, so that the others might not
at tlm tlmu of the disaster ho hap
' pens to liuvo a copy of Pot Shots in
! iiis poekut
Now it happened that little Mrs j
Minnie Fleming bad literary ideas
: that were promptly crushed by her
big husband She possessed, as 1
have said, an aiim/.iug respect for
, Ins literary judgment, and with fear
and trembling she bad on several j
be kept waiting.
Then it was that Jim Fleming
went home worried about the mat-
ter, and he was never a man who
coneenlcil bis irritation wlmn he on
tereil his own house. Poor Minnie
Fleming was very much troubled to
see her husband in the utate of ex-
asperation that now cnootupitsMod
him She asked liim timidly to con
occasions submitted little stories to I flile his woes to lij'r, and perhaps
(0HM.lt clotlil
the < irave. \ i
all we asK.
inspect it hi < m o'i ii I.
Mm
lOIIll/
C ft rir
li. I'lllll
t ontity jinttff ami
Ittorncx <tt Law.
I iHFis
hcrmaM I'/ivsit iau tnd
Surgcnn.
Hrtiii
All Work <iiitTnntffit.
At T. A. HASLER &
Hn«tron,
llMntmp, TelnN
pfHdite In nil the lilt;In r eonrtu
MAVNAKI) W. HIWLKK
\ttorne\ at /.<k.
• >h I 1 < I « I r Imrd « .v rv.ii < Priii.' -tor
HKHIIH N« I' Nc\t In Ilia H i «.rien
liim I. and Irontluu that ol !• II Itell
((mus.
\N ih I owlet tV Mavnani. Attorneyh al
Law, Itnutrop levas
/V/v.\/V/W;/ iin<i Surgeon,
llh.llvMI I II
Fthaid .V Hon
With I'rof. .I I H
DKrh'l
Niim
III- .-l in M I
( ounty - l//of nn
Attorney (tt Lax
\ HWOfll)
AiaMMII)
l< MKs.
lttoruc\
at'/MU
/ViysnKiN a)u( Surgeon
11 • ct f o| I ex it*.
the hUhri nn I In*
liver Crafl
i r H C K
\\ .11 i rn<
!• and
not its
t flot coin t
K K K K
fiOTELi^SflliCE.
KOWI.KU.
/Vw tist.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
H. SALGE, Prop'r,
AUSTIN, TEXA8
|{ooM9, HI per ilsy. Mkai.ii, .mi Ceni-
OFI li t - Over Flr*i N«ilnuiit limn.
KERR BROS.,
TONSORIH ARTISTS.
We have our new quarters i
ranged in the best of style, and I
it neat, clean shave, up-to-date h
eul or shampoo, hot or cold bal
call and see lis.
Ho|| & IIKV.
him, hoping that they might merit
a place Is'tween the covers of Pot
Shots, but Jim ridiculed thostupidi
tv of tlicao yarns so severely that
Mrs. Fleming, after having it quiet
little cry all by herself, showed him
no more'if theso efforts at fiction.
Nevertheless she thought her sto-
ries, if not good enough for Pot
Shots, might be palmed off on other
less well edited journals, so slm took
to sending her stories round to one
another of the London publications,
getting them luick as a general rule,
but having one taken now and then; i
just enough success to keep up bur
courage You may be sure that hIiii
took good care not to let her litis
band know anything of these excur-
sions into the fields of literature,
but she hoped to lie able to earn
something with her pen, with tbe I
humble desire of helping Jim out if
ever he wanted it little additional
money She had read pretty little
stories alsitit wives who have saved
a (icnny today and tbreejienco to-
morrow, storing the coins away so ,
that when they were poured out on j
the coining of a family crisis they j
amounted to it wonderful fund that 1
tided over all tho difficulties. She
soon found that tier chief customer]
was thu editor of The Faintly Houn-
oer. a wookly |mis'r that went in
strongly for fiction of all kunl« Her
little stories seen ell tv suit the kind
of readers who took that (wluhmtiil
journal, 11111'., although the pay was
small ut llrst. the "crisis fund," its
she called it, was constantly aug-
mented
At last she received it very nice
letter from tho editor of The Family
llounoer tie HjiliI he bad tieen watch
ing her little stories with interest
for some time jstst, and that he fell
certain she could write 11 serial if
►he sel her initul to it NN ithout mak-
ing any ib tinitc promises he wrote
that he hoped she would try, aiid
that she would let llilll see there-
suit Tills letter tilled the timorous
little heart of Minnie with Joy, anil
she set herself to work t•« wilto the
long story
Not to make loo long a <torv of
she might be able to help him out,
— it suggestion which Jim roooivod
with lofty scorn.
"Is it a money trouble, Jim?" she
asked
"All troubles are nn ney trou-
bles," replied her husband. "There
is no other trouble in this world ex-
cept lack of money."
"Have you a imymout to make?"
she asked.
"Yes."
"How much?"
"Now, what thodeuco good would
it do you to know? Have you a
banking account?"
"I have a small one," said his
wife, trembling its sho spoke, for
she felt that her secret was 111 jeop-
ardy.
Jim looked up at her quickly.
"A small one!" he said "Can't
you tell me plainly how much mon-
ey you have, if you have any?"
"You don't toll me plainly," sho
answer,si, with more spirit ll"tn slm
had yet shown. "How much is it
that you need?"
"Very well," replied Jim gruffly.
"I need £fi00. Have you got ii?"
• "No, 1 have not. How soon do you
want it?"
"1 want it now. That is, 1 want it
tomorrow or tho next day at thu
least."
"Then," said the wife, with dig-
nity, "I will hisi if I can get it for,
you tomorrow or the next day
After Fleming had left for I^itidon
on the following morning bis wife j
put on Iter liest apparel and went in
the city soon alter Iter husband She
never called upon her agent before
All her negotiations had Ismn car-
ried on by letter. She walked three
1 tunes past tlm office lieforo she had
the courage to go up the stairs. The
demand she was alHUit to make was
so enormous and she felt thure was
such a little chance of suceess that
bad it not been for the sake of her
husband she would not have ven-
tured
When the clerk showed her into
the gr> •< man's room, her courage
nearly left her, but when the great
■nan discovered that she was the
to publish it til the next
numlsir. lie bad Mich little faith in
his wife Is'ingable to gut thu money
that he bail actually forgotten sho
bad promised to do so, and he wunt
homo that night in even worse tem-
per than tho night before,
His wife said apologetically to
him wli«n lie came in .
"I havo gotten that H500, but
would it make any difference to you
if I did not give you the clicck for
it until tomorrow?"
"What are you talking about?"
be cried angrily. "If you have the
money tonight, why should I wait
till tomorrow?"
"I have it in the form of a cheek,"
she answered, "and that chock 1
wish to place in the hank. "
"I'll warrant the check is not good
for anyt'.iiiig," said Fleming. "Let
Hie st'o ii.
"I would rather not tlo that,"said
bis wife. "I will give you the check
if you will not ask any questions."
"Itooil heavens!" cried Jim. "I
will ask no questions if you really
have tlm money. ls>t me sue thu
check."
Iln looked at, it a moment in
amazement anil then at his wife.
Forgetting his promise, lie said:
' How In heaven's name do you
couio to havo it chunk from 1 ireig Hi
Co.? It is to llreig fit Co. that I have
to pay i.MIO, or rather if 1 had had
the money yesterday or today it
would have Ik'oii JJ&OO. Now they
havo ritlsisl tin, another hundred.
They say that Hilda Markbam camu
in today and refused to sell her sto-
ry for less than tliOO."
"Hilda Markbam!" cried his wife
faintly.
"Yes, Hilda Markbam. I am com
polled to buy one of bur stories or
sis, our circulation go to piece*."
Fleming's wife sat down in an
tvtsy chair, and there was it twinklu
about her eyes that stlggusUsl laugh
ler, which caused Jim to frown
deeply 1
"Jim, dear," said Minnie, "I know
you art) ever so much more clever
than I am, but 1 really think you
don't confide cnmgh in your wife
it would have saved you it gissl deal
of trouble if you bad tulil me just
what you wmitisl 1 am Hilda Mark
bam, and gixsltiess knows you might
have had all tlm stories I have ever
written if you bad wanted them,
but now I have signed a contract
with tIrcig for all future novels,
and thus, you sis-, for want of a lit
tie confidence between us we shall
Ih, forever paying Oretg lo |ier emit,
merely that he may hand my stories
to you. Jim, I don't Isdievu you are
nearly as wise a man as I always
thnught you were ' —LukoSbitrpin
Detroit Free l'ross
The annual rainfall of St I>mis is
4iiid to t.e I.' inches; of l.<iitxlitn, 'Jj,
ol New York. 13.
botiio acid gas from thu flame, set-
tling tlrst. to thu floor of thu room,
finally had arisen as it increased in
volume until it had reached the lev-
el of the bathtub and then the nos-
trils of the |H>rson occupying the
room, itoth the young man and the
young woman were practically dead,
at least, so far its any sensation wits
concerned, when found. The pro-
fessor questioned oitoh of thum, and
both said they had cxporienuod no
pain whatever prior to tho ht]Mtu of
consciousness. There hail boon a
slight fuuling of btssitudo and some
di/./.incus, and then came an absolute
blank without the smallest sugges-
tion of fear or iiain.
This unootisciousness would havu
meant death to both of the victims
hail not friends disoavurod them in
time and applied restoratives, from
which Professor Thomas ruasons
that carbonic aoid gas, according to
these two casus which camu under
his |sirsonul observation, is a certain
and absolutuly jiainless agent of
death.
"if we aro to change thu present
method of inflicting capital punish-
ment," said ho, "let us secure thu
|iassage of some law which will kill
tho criminal without either physical
or mental agony, a method that shall
bo quick, (Htinluss and certain and
at tliu satiiu time humane. If car-
bonic actil gas were to bo Uie agent
seluctod, a cell could bo fitted up ut
the penitentiary with a pipe connec-
tion for the introduction uf the gas
from tho place of its generation near
by and proper covering for thu ili>ora
ami windows so that the gas ooubl
not escape during tho execution.
Then the law could be made to pro-
vide a sort of indefinite sentence by
fixing the date of the execution 1
between two ccrtain days a week or
more apart, thu exact tlmu to lio se-
lected by thu warden. The criminal
could Is' placed iu this prewired cell
and given no intimation of the exact
time of his death and thus be si arod
tlm agony of daily anil liourlyexpec-
tution When the warden saw prop-
er and prolwtbly while the criminal
wiih sleeping pen-jcfully, he could
have a valve turned in tho pljto
through which thu gas was to jiass,
and the thing were done, for the
sleep which the condemned man was
enjoying would have no awakening.
Iteatli would havo come to him ]muii-
lessly and without his foreknowl-
i*lgu of its approach."
<% ( oiU|li#ln
"You sit on your horse like a
butcher," saiil a |s'rt young officer,
who hap|wtncd to Ini of royal blood,
to it Veteran general, who was aouto-
whut Is'iit from age
"It is highly probably" rosismded
the old warrior, with a grim smtla.
'It is Issituse all my life I've been
leading calves to the slaughter."—
Household NVords.
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mnl kuliic) Trouble- s.ild l v C Fr-
iend .V Soli I •riiugi-N
Sawyer's I'antillei* will reach the diltl-
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, mill). It I* mild, lull effectual. Sold
i i,y C. F.i lulld A Sen. |truggi l«.
I>r. Sawyer's l'a lllle« are
effectual lor female weakness, pnlu en
top of tin- head and lower part uf thu
uat'k it "trengliieiis ami cures. Mold
tiy C. Krliaril Sen t>ruggi«ts.
Iir. SAwtr.H'« Family Cvu cures
stomach trouble. I>h. Sawkk'h Kamii.t
Ci lit cures l.ivei complaints, cures
Kidney dltllculty. Sold by l'. Krlisrd ,1
I Sou, Druggist*.
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