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LOS! MlBy ANNA KATI

Copyright, 1897, by Anna K. Rob Its.Synopsis of Previous Installments.

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quirer may begin with the following installmentot this story, and understand itjust the same as though they had read itall from the beginning, we here give asynopsis of that portion of it which hasalready been published:Amelia Butterworth, who has done

clever detective work, is called upon byMr. Gryce, a professional detective, totake up an interesting case. He tells herthat in a certain village several personshave suddenly disappeared. In this placelives a family of the name of Knollys, thechildren of a former friend of MissButterworth. Mr. Gryce desires MissButterworth to enter this family for detectivework. Miss Butterworth goes tovisit the Knollys' home, finding thereMipses Lucetta and Loreen Knollys andtheir brother William. She dines withthe family and is taken to her room. Sheremaius awake during the night, and,hearing strange noises, goes into the halland calls Lucetta, who gives unsatisfactoryreasons for the disturbance. Mr.Trohm, a neighbor visits the Knollys.Lucetta is terrified at seeing him andfaints. Miss Butterworth receives a letterfrom Mr. Gryce telling her that if sheis in danger to blow upou a whistle hesends her. An old crone called MotherJane appears. Miss Butterworth givesher a quarter, whereupon Mother Jane

A tAkiitQM'An a#' nmnhoiMrepeats hcuhuusituiiiuiuoiiw.i U( m,..,vv..nMiss Butterworth leaves the bouse andhears of a young girl formerly leavingthe Knollya bouse iu a carriageaud beingmarried before ber mother could overtakeher. Since then a phantom carriageis said to go through Lost Man's lane atmidnight, suggesting that the carriagemay carry away the persons mysteriouslydisappeariug. Mr. Trohm drives MissJButterwortb in his wagon. Returning tothe house she witnesses a parting betweeuLucetta and a lover, whose request for ananswer to his suit Lucetta is endeavoringto put off. He leaves without getting afavorable reply. Miss Butterworth getsfrom Loreeu the key to a chamber whichshe has heard is haunted. In visiting itshe finds her way into William's sanctumand discovers that be is a vivisectionist.Miss Butterworth passes an uncomfortablenight She is locked in ber chamberand loses her whistle which she keeps tocull the police, but recovers it. Makingfurther explorations, she finds two shuttecstied together with a knot of crape, indicatinga death in the house. Miss Butterworth is impressed with the gentlemanlikedemeanor of Mr. Trohm andgoes with him to visit Mother Jane, whorepeats her combination of numbers. MissButterworth sees on the wall shadows ofseveral persons carrying what appears tobo a corpse to its burial. She follows andsees the bearers lower a coffin through abole in the floor. Miss Butterworth meetsMr. Gryce at the hotel. He informs herthat he has a clew pointing to MotherJane as the culprit and he has examineda string of vegetables in Mother Jane'scabin, finding in one of them, correspondingto a number repeated by the crone,a valuable ring.

CHAPTER XXV.TRIFLES, BUT NOT TRIFLING.

Bat I am methodical even at the mostcritical instant, as those who have read"That Affair Next Door" have had ampleopportunity to know. Having heardhim make this startling declaration, 1could not proceed to establish my standpointtill I knew a little more about his.

"Excuse me one moment," said L"If you had the handling of one ofthose ropes, you were nearer the heartof this business than I Is that whyyou decided it was no human being youwere burying?"

"In a measure, yea Having someskill in these disguises, especially wheremy own infirmities can have full play,as in case of this strong but half bentwoman, 1 had no reason to think myown identity was suspected, much lessdiscovered Therefore I could trustwhat I saw and heard as being whatMother Jane herself would be allowedto sed or hear under the same circumstanceaIf, therefore, the Knollys andthis old crone had been, as you seem tothink they are, in league for murder,Lucetta would hardly have greeted meas she did when she came down to meetme in the kitchen.""And how was that? What did she

say?"one sum: ar, luuvuer jauc, *ro

have a piece of w.,rk for you. You arestrong, are you not?' "

"Humph!""And then she commiserated me a

bit and gave me food which, upon myword, I found hard to eat, though I had6aved my appetite for the occasion. Beforeshe left me she bade me sit in theingle nook till she wanted me, uddingas she went out to Hannah, who thatmoment came in: 'There is no use tryingto explain anything to her. Showher when the time comes what there isto do and trust to her short memory toforget it before she leaves the house.She could not understand my brother'spropensity or our shame in panderingto it. So attempt nothing, Hannah.Only keep the money in her view.' "

"So. and that gave you no idea?""It gave me the idea I have imparted

to you, or, rather, added to the ideawhich had been instilled in Ine by others.""And this idea was not affected by

wbat you saw airerwarur"Not in the least.rather strengthened.Of the few words I overheard one

was uttered in reference to yourself byMiss Knollys. She said: 'I have lockedMiss Bntterworth again in her room.If she accuses ine of having done so, Ishall tell her our whole story. Bettershe should know the family's disgracethan imagine us guilty of crimes ofwhich we are utterly incapable.' ""Well," I cried, "you heard that?""Yes, madam, I heard that, and I do

not think 6he knew she was droppingthat word into the ear of a detective,but you may differ with me.""I am not ready to say so yet," I replied."What else did theso girls let

fall in your hearing?""Not much. It was Hannah who led

me into the upper hall and Hannahwho by signs and signals rather thanwords showed me what was expected of

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ma However, wnen, arter cue box waslowered into the cellar, Hannah wasdrawing me away Lncetta stepped npand whispered in her ear: 'Don't giveber the biggest coin. Give her the littleone or she may mistake our reasons forsecrecy. I wouldn't like even a fool todo that, even for the moment it wouldremain lodged in Mother Jane's mind.' "

"Well, well," I cried again, certainlypuzzled, for these stray expressionsof the sisters were in a measure contradictorynot only of the suspicions I entertained,but of the facts which hadseemingly come to my attention.

Mr. Gryce, who was probably watchingmy face more closely than the movementsof the cane with whose movementshe was apparently engrossed,stopped to give a caressing rub to theknob of that same cane before saying:"One such peep behind the scenes is

worth any amount of surmising on thewrong side of the curtain. I let youshare my knowledge because it is yourdue. Now if you feel willing to explainwhat you mean by a knot of crapeon the shutter 1 am at your service,madam."Then I told him, and as I talked 1

saw his face lengthen and doubt take theplace of the quiet assurance with whichhe had received my various intimationsud to this time. The cane was laidaside, and from the action of bis rightforefinger on the palm of bis left handI judged that I was making no smallimpression on his mind. When I hadfinished, he sat for a minute silent;then he said:"Thanks, Miss Butterworth; you

have more than fulfilled my hopes.What we buried was undoubtedly human,and the question now is who itwas and of what death did this persondie. You think it was silly Rufus."

I did not answer. There was a weakpoint in the position I had taken in thismatter, and I knew itHe did not try to hurry me.I appreciated this and took my time

Presently I said:"I have a confession to maka Up to

a certain moment I never had a thoughtbut .that it was silly Rufus they heldimprisoned in William's room and whodied there, nor am I quite sure that Iam yet ready to embrace any other theory; but, Mr. Gryce, in the minute Itook to look about the room from whichthe victim had been so lately carried Isaw standing in one comer a pair ofshoes that could never have been wornby any boy tramp I have ever seen orknown of. Neither could they have beenthe property of any one I had ever metin the Knollys house. Loreen and Lucettaboth have trim feet, but these werethe shoes of a child of 10, very daintyand of a cut and make worn by women,or rather, I should say, by girls. Now,what do you make of that?"He did not seem to know what to

make of it. Tap, tap went his finger onhis seasoned palm, and as I watchedthe slowness with which it fell I saidto myself, "I have proposed a problemto him now that will tax even MrGryce's powers of deduction."And I had. It was minutes before he

ventured an opinion, and then it waswith a 6bade of doubt in his tone that Iacknowledge to have felt some pride atputting there."They were Lucetta's shoes. The

emotions under which you labored.very pardonable emotions, madam, consideringthe circumstances and thehour".

"Excuse me,"6aidl. "We do notwant to waste a moment I was excited,suitably and duly excited, or I wouldhave been a stone. But I never lose myhead under excitement nor my sense ofproportion. The shoes were not Lucetta's.She never wore any approachingthem in smallness since her tenth year.""Has Simsbury a daughter? Has there

not been a child about the house sometime to assist the cook in errands and soon?''

"No, or I would have seen her. Besides,how would the shoes of such aperson come into William's room?"

"Easily. Secrecy was required. Youwere not to be disturbed; so shoes weretaken off that quiet might result.""Was Lucetta shoeless or William or

even Mother Jane? You have not toldm« that vou were reauested to walk instocking feet up the hall. No, Mr.Gryce, tho shoes .were the shoes of agirl. I know it because it was matchedby a dress I saw hanging up in a sortof wardrobe.""Ah! You looked into the wardrobe?""I did and felt justified in doing so.

It was after 1 had spied the shoes. ""Very good. And you saw a dress?""A little dress; a dress with a short

skirt. The Misses Kuollys do not ride abicycle, I take it, and this could onlybe the dress of one who did or of achild. It was a silk dress.anotheranomaly.and the color, I think, wasblue, but I cannot swear to that pointI felt very hurried and took the briefestglance. But my brief glances can betrusted, Mr. Gryce. That, I think, youare beginning to know. "

"Certainly," said he, "and as proofof it we will now act upon these twopremises.mat we viumu iu wuun uurialI was an innocent partaker was ahuman being and that that human beingwas a girl child who came into thathouse well dressed. Now where did thatgirl come from? The town, so far as weknow, has lost none of its inhabitantslately.""That you should know," 6aid I."A visitor. But no visitor could enterthis house without it being known

fur and wide. Why, I heard of your arrivalhere before I left the train onwhich I followed you. Had we allowed

ourselves to be influenced by what thepeople about here say we would hareturned that Knollys house inside out aweek ago. But I don't believe in puttingtoo much confidence in the prejudiceof country people. The idea theysuggested, and which you suggest withoutputting it too clearly into words, ismuch too horrible to be acted uponwithout the best of reasons. Perhaps wehave found those reasons, yet I still feellike asking where did this girl comefrom and how could she have become aprisoner in the Enollys house withoutthe knowledge of. Madam, you havemet Mr. Trohm?"The question was so sudden I had not

time to collect myself. But perhaps itwas not necessary, for the simple affirmationI used seemed to satisfy Mr.Gryce, who went on to say:

"It is he who first summoned us here,and it is he who has the greatest interestin locating the source of these disappearances,yet he has seen no childcome here." i

"Mr. Trohm is not a spy," said I,but the remark, happily, perhaps, fellunheeded. <"No one .has," he began. "We must

give another turn to our suppositions."Suddenly a silence fell upon us both. '

His finger ceased to lay down the law,and my gaze, which had been searching-his face inquiringly, became fixed. Atthe 6ame moment and in much the sametone of voice we both spoke, he saying,"Humph!" and I, "Ah!" followed by 1a similar "I have found it."

" The phantom carriage," explained L"Which rolled so quietly into Lost

Man's lane the evening preceding yourarrival." i

"It was no phantom," I went on."Two saw it, and I".here I could notsuppress a slight toss of my head."remembernow a petty circumstancewhich I dare you to match in corroborationof this new theory.""You have had advantages," he com-

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"And disadvantages," I finished, de-termined that he should award me myfull meed of praise. "Yon are probablynot afraid of doga Yon could visit thestables.""And did, madam, but I saw noth-

ing"."I thonght not." I could not help

the interruption. It is so seldom onecan really triumph over this man. "Nothaving the cue, you would not be apt tosee what gives this whole thing away.I would never have thought of it againif we had not had this talk. Is Mr.Simsbury a neat man?" ]"A neat man? Madam, what do you

mean?""Something important, Mr. Gryoe.

If Mr. Simsbury is a neat man, he willhave thrown away the old rags which, iI dare promise you, cumbered his stablefloor the morning after the riding inhere of the phantom carriage. If he isnot, you may still find them there. Oneof them, I know, you will not find. He ;pulled it off of his wheel with his whipthe afternoon he drove me down fromthe station. 1 can see the sly look hegave me as he did it. It made no impressionon me then, but now".j"Madam, you have got it That carriagewas the old coach to be found now (

in the Knollys stable, and its phantomappearance was due to its noiselessness,which you have now in a measure ex-plained; but, Miss Butterworth, if theywent to the length of winding ragsaround the carriage wheels to makethem noiseless, even tying up the horse's ;feet for the same purpose perhaps, theymust have had a motive dark enough towarrant your deepest suspicions. AndWilliam was not the only one involved. |Simsbury, ut least, had a hand in it, nor ,does it look as if the girls were entirelyinnocent of a foreknowledge of what twas likely to occur.!'"I cannot consider the girls," I declared."I can no longer consider the

girls.""No," 6aid he, "we must do our 1

dutv. We must find if any child alight- 8ed from the curs at the mountain stationthat night or, what is more probableif sinister results were expected,from the little station at C., five milesfarther up in the mountains.""And". I urged, seeing that he had

still something to say."We must make sure who lies buried

under the floor of the room you call theflower parlor. You may expect me atthe Knollys house some time today. Ishall come quietly, but in my own properperson. You are not to know meand unless you desire it need not appearin the matter.""I do not desire it.""Then good morning, Miss Butterworth.My respect for your abilities has

ristn even higher than before. We partin a like mind for once."And this he expected me to regard as

a compliment.CHAPTER XXVI

A DISCOVERY.I have a grim will when I choose to

exert it. After Mr. Gryce left the hotelI took a cup of tea with the landladyand then made a round of the stores. 1bought dimity, sewing silk and whatnot, as I said I would, but this did not ]occupy me long (to the regret probably 1of the country merchants, who expectedto make a fool of me and found it a by 'no means easy task) and was quite ready 'for William when he finally drove up. JThe ride home was a more or less si- '

lent one. I had conceived such a horror 'of the man beside me that talking for 'talk's sake was impossible, while hewas in a mood which it would be char-ity to call noncommunicative. It maybe that my own reticence was at thebottom of this, but I rather think notThe remark be made in passing DeaconSpear's house showed that somethingmore than spite was working in his slowbut vindictive brain."There's a man of your own sort,"

he cried. "You won't find him doing 1anything out of the way; oh, no. Pityyour visit wasn't paid there. You'd havegot a better impression of the lane."To this I made no reply.At Mr. Trokm's he spoke again."I suppose," 6aid he. "that you and

Trohm had the devil of a say about Lu-cetta and the rest of us. I don't know

why, but the whole neighborhood seemsto feel they've a right to ubo our nameas they choose. But it isn't going to beso long. We have played poor and pinchedand starved all I'm going to. I'mgoing to have a new horse, and Lucettashall have a dress, and that mightyquick too. I'm tired of all this shabbinessand mean to have a change."

I wanted to say, "No change yei;change under the present circumstanceswould be the worst thing possible foryou all," but I felt that this would betreason to Mr. Grvce and refrained, say-ing simply, as he looked sideways at mefor a word:

"Lucetta needs a new dress. That noone can deny. Bat yon had better letme get it for her, or perhaps that iswhat yon meant."The grant which was my only answermight be interpreted in any way.

I took it, however, for assent.As soon as I was relieved of his presenceand in that of the girls again I alteredmy whole manner and cried out

in querulous tones:"Mrs. Carter and I have had a difference." (This was trne. We did have a

difference over oar cap of tea. I did notthink it necessary to say this differencewas a forced one. Some things we areperfectly justified in beeping to oarselves.) "She remembers a certain verseIn the New Testament one way and I inanother. We had not time to settle itby a consultation with the sacred word,bat 1 cannot rest till it is settled, sowill yon bring yonr Bible to me, mydear, that I may look that verse up?"We were in the upper hall, where I

had taken a seat on the old fashionedsofa there. Lucetta who was standingbefore me, started immediately to domy bidding, without stopping to think,poor child, that it was very strange Idid not go to my own room and consultmy own Bible as any good Presbyterianwould be expected to da As die wasturning toward the large front roomwhere I knew the one Bible I wantedoould not be 1 stopped her with thenniot iniunction:"Get me one with good print, Lucetta.My eyes won't bear much straining."At which she turned and to my great

relief hurried down the corridor towardWilliam's room, from whioh shepresently returned, bringing the veryvolume I was anxious to oonsultMeanwhile I had laid aside my hat.

I felt hurried and unhappy and showedit. Lucetta's pitiful face had a strangeBweetness in it this morning, and I feltsure as I took the sacred book from herhand that her thoughts were all withthe lover she bad sent from her side andnot at all with me or with what at themoment occupied me. Yet my thoughtsat this moment involved, without doubt,the very deepest interests of her life, ifnot that very lover she was broodingover in her darkened and resigned mind.As 1 realized this I heaved an involuntarysigh, which seemed to startle her,for she turned and gave mo a quick lookas she was slipping away to join hersister, who was busy at the other end ofthe ball.The Bible 1 held was an old one of

medium size and most excellent print[ had no difficulty in finding the textand settling the question which hadbeen my ostensible reason for wantingthe book, but it took me longer to discoverthe indentation which I had madein one of its pages; but when I did youmay imagine my awe and the turmoilInto which my mind was cast when 1found that it marked those great versesin Corinthians which are so universallyread at funerals:"Behold I shew you a mystery. We

shall not all sleep, but we shall all bechanged."In a moment, in the twinkling at

meye".TO BE CONTINUED.

TJnfounded Fears of Appendiciris..Dr.H. R. Lemen, of Alton, 111.,tays : "I often meet people who havesuch a wholesome fear of appendicitishat they do not eat grapes, tomatoes,igs or fruit containing little seedB, be-* ». :il:ause of a tear mat tnese seeus win

odge in the appendix and cause apjendicitis.Whenever I hear a personlay he denies himself fruit because of>his fear, I take occasion to assure him.bat it is useless to take any such presautions.If you like fruit, eat it, forippendicitis, seven in ten instances, islue to other things than seeds. Littlejarticles of food of any kind can lodgcnthe appendix and produce appendilitis,even a crumb being capable of it.[n addition, a great many cases are;aused by something entirely outside.be appendix, something causing inlaramation.To all I will say: 'Goihead and eat anything you like, forill precautions you may lake are notjoing to save you from appendicitis ifpou are going to have it.' The inexplicablething to which the majority of:ases are attributed cauuot be guardedigaiusl, and it is useless to fight theniuority.".St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Avoiding Coughing..A physicianwho is connected with an institutionn which there are many children says :'There is nothing more irritable to a?ough tban coughing. For some time[ had been so fully assured of this that[ determined for one minute at least tolessen the number of coughs heard ini certain ward in a hospital of the institution.By the promise of rewardsind punishments I succeeded in inducingthem simply to hold their breathwhen tempted to cough, and in a littlewhile I was myself surprised to seehow some of the childreo entirely recoveredfrom the disease. Constantcoughing is precisely like scratching awound on the outside of the body. Solong as it is done, the wound will notheal. Let a person when tempted tocough draw a long breath and hold ituntil it warms and soothes every aircell, and some benefit will soon be receivedfrom this process. The nitrogenwhich is thus confined acts as an anodyneto the mucous membrane, allayingthe desire to cough, aud givingthe throat and lungs a chance to heal.".Scientific American.

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COUNTY COURT SYSTEM. d8

Expressions of Opinions on Grand Jury v1Hnna.

Greenville Mountaineer. 0

In the recent presentment of thegrand jury of Greenville county, is the 0following paragraphs: r"With constant increase in the pop- v

ulation of the county there appears tobe some increase in the amount ofcrime, and as a result the time of our ?courts is largely consumed with the uconsideration of criminal business. PWe think the time has arrived when "some change should be made, and that sa county court should be established, 11as is contemplated by provisions of the Dconstitution of 1896." ^

This recommendation has attractedmuch attention not only in this county 8but all over the state and in view ofthat fact, the Greenville members of 9the legislature, the solicitor and many bprominent lawyers have been asked bthe following question, some of the 0answers being published herewith and pthe others will be given at a subsequent "time:"Please give your views on the pro- f

posal to establish a county court sys- 11tern for the larger counties of the state,particularly Greenville:Judge James T. Hubbell, whose extensiveknowledge of the law and experiencein bis former home, Connecticut,give weight to bis views, said : 8"The incoming legislature will probablybe called upon to consider the n

question of county courts for some of iithe larger counties, and the positive iirecommendation by Greenville's grand Vjury that a court of this character be bestablished in the county, brings the emutter infn npnminonPA tU-i UUV/t 4U VW |/l vtuiuvwwi

"For civil business a county court iimeeting every month would be a great gconvenience, provided the jurisdiction Vin law and equity be 'arge enough to pabsorb a large portion of the business anow transacted in the circuit court. IIn criminal matters it would afford fispeedy trials and save the county the pexpense of keeping prisoners to whom hlife iu jail pending trial is no great tihardship. Then, too, the prompt dis- tposal of these matters would have a fivigorous deterrent effect. The makers liof the constitution of 1895 saw fit, riwhen providing for the contingency ofcourty courts, to exclude from their iijurisdiction "murder, manslaughter, nrape, arson, common law burglary, tlbribery or perjury." This restriction tlis really too extensive; but being a tipart of the constitution it must govern £until changed. ^v*"The only possible objection to the it

establishment of a county court will tlbe that of additional expense, but the 0expense for jurors and court atten- ndants would not be increased as the c<sessions of the circuit court would be isshortened thereby saviug expense in e;that court. The only possible increase biwould be the salary of a judge and e'a county solicitor, as the clerk could tlbe paid by feee. q"To my mind the best arrangement p

fnr pmmf.v courts would be to have Iiw- J .

these courts vested with civil, criminal aiand probate jurisdiction, the clerk of p<the circuit court and the master of Teach county to be ex-officio the same aofficials iu the county courts. In the b<event of probate jurisdiction being at- titached to the courts, the fees could Bbe turned into the county treasury. g«If the legislature deems this topic isworthy of consideration it ought to en- b<act a general lew for all counties so Iithat courts could be established when- tjever the demand arose. Then, too, sishould the supreme court ever have sioccasion to pass upon the meaning Itand scope of the law it would settle c<the matter for all counties, whereas a alspecial law for each county would re- hiquire Individual construction. It iu Sinot impossible to enact such a law, uiand if the people believe that such a qicourt would be advantageous tbey tcwill undoubtedly vote for its establish- tcment. To secure competent and in- wdependent judges tbey should be ap- c<pointed by the governor and confirm- c<ed by the senate and their term of aloffii.4 should be not less than six years, siTo make county judge elective would pibe to inject too much politics into the Faffair." si

City Attorney B. A. Morgan said: tb"I would like to see a county court di

established here with criminal juris- tldiction as indicated by the constitution Eand civil jurisdiction not exceediug$500 or $700. is"There need be but two new offices. S

judge and prosecuting attorney. The aisheriff and clerk of our already estab- wlished courts can serve the new courts, ljThere will have to be committing of- tlficers, and inasmuch as magistrates wwill uot have the trial of cases, they itcan be retained in less numbers and oi

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"I think the new court should have tlits regular sessions once a month, and tlthe grand jury as now drawn for ourcourts, serve the new court. I don'tthink they should be required to pass ajon bills charging offenses now cogniza- feble by the magistrates. I think the IVnew court should be open at all times, icas is now the magistrate's court, forthe trial of cases triable in that tlcourt and the jury in such cases may b.be had as are now bad in the said frcourts. I dou't think the services of hthe clerk and the prosecutiug attorney fishould be demanded in these cases, wnor shall the said court to that extent wbe a court of record. In this way the fegrand jury can perform their duty to r<each session within a day's-time. fa"A petit jury may be drawn for

each regular sitting of the court, oJurors in magistrate's courts serve for n25 cents a day, and witnesses in the ttcourt of sessions for 50 cents. Inas- nomnfih aa t he new court is to be a court frof inferior jurisdiction, the per diem oiof the jurors should be reduced about a!oue-balf of the present allowance in cithe circuit court.

"All witnesses have to attend court wmyhow, and under the new arrange- \\dent only a day or two will suffice to islispense with them, whereas they now ccometimes are held until the third fayeek of court. tb"I favor the putting of every officer cc

f the court on a salary, and that the soees as are now paid them be turnedver to the county, as is done by the aregister of mesne conveyance. We th/ill find'this will prove quite a saving tuo the county and litigants as well. io"Some have suggested that the office

f master and county judge be consoliated.I prefer that the offices ofloutar nnri nrnhulA iudcra ha ennRnl-iated and held by one man, with aalary, and the fees, as now collected,urned over to the county. We willeed the services of a master quite terequently in the new court, and I olon't think the new judge of that court ^hould be his own referee. at"In addition to the speedy and fre- 8ruent clearance of the jail, the civil ecusiness of the court can then get a P*earing, and people not made to wait M

their cases for two or three years, Ws is now often the case, while suffer- 01ig the wrongs sought to be redressed. ""These are briefly my views ou the 'a

ubject without going more thoroughlyito detail."

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THE PHILIPPINES.' ai

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ixchange For the British West Indies itPossible. B

pccial Cablegram to The Globe-Democrat,London, December 2..The an- wouncement today of the ridiculously 8a^adequate sums granted by the imper- ail government for the relief of the d'Vest Indian colonies is looked uponiere as tending to confirm the persist- aint reports current, according to which ^here is some kind of an agreementa existence with the United Statesovemment for the exchange of the wVest Indian islands for the Philip- Inlines. It is argued here in political °(nd official circles that although the slJnited States government has secured esrom Spain the cession of the Philip- eclines, it has officially admitted that itas no plan for the future administraionof the group and no experience in jj|he difficult art of governing fierce andinatic Asiatic races, such as the Ma- J13iys and the other tribes that infest

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Either than inhabit the archipelago. e3This absence of any plan is held to 80

idicate that the Urited States does raot propose to keep the Philippines,tie retention of which would involvetie expenditure of much life and 10reasure, while if they were held byIngland, the latter's free trade policyrould afford to American commerce m

lentically the same advantages as ifaey were owned by the United States,in the other band, England is taking ur0 steps to preserve her West Indian ^ilonies from the economic ruin which so

overtaking these islands. The mon- ny just granted is a mere drop in the Iucket, and lamentably insufficientyen to repair the damage caused byie recent hurricane, much less adeuate,therefore, to afford relief for the reresent disastrous condition of affairs. 8W1 fact, it is recognized here that there vf<re only two ways of restoring pros- '3Ierity to the West Indian Islands. w'be one is-union to the United States,course which would be popular with9th the white and the colored populaouof the ancient colonies of Great tbritain ; the other is in the imperial du9vernment compelling France to abol- Inh the sugar bounties. Sugar has caeen the staple industry of the West pridies, and its only source of prosperi- mi

i - *. ?- j tt-i- : »u.v> ; DUl 11 IS lmpossiuie w revive lugigar industry as long as France per- thsts in her policy of sugar bounties, ba

is admitted that Lord Salisbury wljuld, if he desired, force France to nuaandon these bounties by threatening a 'sr with countervailing duties. Lord ofalisbury, however, hesitates to make tic3e of this weapon, which would toiaickly prove efficacious. His failure sei> avail himself thereof, and bis refusal or> take any step in this direction to- naard the relief of the West Indian a Iilonies, goes to further strengthen the reimviction that the West Indies aresout to pass out of English posses- noon, and that the real reason why the aremier abstains from approaching keranee again on the subject of the vi<igar bounties is because he thinks belat it is not worth while to waste any shiplomatic powder upon France for kele sake of the islands in which alnglisb interest is about to cease.It is urged that the West Indian palauds ought to belong to the United eotales by reason of their geographical _wiad stragetic position, and that they veould be infinitely easier and less cost- urr for the United States to administer foilan the Philippines. The exchange Ifould certaiuly be popular here, and acis believed that it is the existence thi

f an agreement for this exchauge 'athich led the Americau peace com- bylissioners al Paris so unexpectedly at iajie last moment to make a demand for3e entire group of the Philippines. du

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Poisoned Water..A month or two l^(

go there was an outbreak of typhoid essver at Camp BlaGk in New York.[ost of the sickness was found to bei one regiment.On close inquiry it was found that anle meu of this regiment were in the cl<abit of drawing their drinkiug water brom the well of a neighboring farm obouse, because it was cooler than that Tlirnished them. Twelve feet from the w<ell was a loosely couslructed vault, shhich had been used by a typhoid aqsver patient. So the sickness in the uosgiment was directly traced to the arirmers mistakeu kindness. w(This lesson should be heeded, not lo<nly in the care of camps but in ordi- pi<ary life. Typhoid fever is a preventbledisease. The coutagion is com- tlunicated by impurities which pass Stom a diseased system to a healthy a iDe. An outbreak of typhoid fever[ways means ignorant or criminal firelessness somewhere. haToo great care cannot be exercised dc

ith reference to drinking water.rater which is drawn up from wellanot water which is mysteriously

>ursing around below ground. It haslien upon the surface and percolatedirough the soil. If it passes throughntaminated soil it is likely to takeime of the impurities with it.It is far easier, by proper sanitaryrangements, to prevent contagion oflis kind than it is to check it after itis begun its work..Youth's Compann.

COURAGE OP A COWBOY.e Swung Himself and Horse Over a

lawDinic uohd oy a nope.5w York Sun.

"Speak'ng of the dare-devil cbaracristicsof western cowboys," said and plainsman, "I recall an adventureat migbt have proved fatal to myselfid a man named Henry but for theeat presence of mind displayed in anaergency by my cool-beaded cominion.The incident happened inontana three years ago last spring.re were traveling along a narrow traili the border of the Grande Bcndever when we suddenly came to andslide that was about 25 feet acrossid left no trail in the smooth, precipesrock. The trail was so narrowiat our horses could not turn back,id, realizing that it would be folly toipect the animals to jump the chasm,looked as though we were trapped,ut directly above the 25-foot breakthe trail there was a huge rock

bich was split in the center. Henry,w the crack in the rock, aud having8troug riata 70 feet loug on his sade,swuug the rope over bis head andlen burled it high in the air. Beingi expert in the use of the riata, iteut true to the mark, and was soonmly fixed in the crevice of the rock."While I was wondering what heas going to do with the rope, he took"theslack and wound if around theim of bis saddle, which was veryrong and supplied with double cinch*Then he urged his horse to theIge of the precipice.The faithful beast stood firm. Heould not step over, but Henry againew the stixiring horse forward tills feet slipped and he swung overe yawning chasm. For a momentheld my breath and shut my eyes,:pecting to bear the slender ropeap and its burden disappear into theging river below.i«»« t jjj l- i aw neo jl uiu opeu my eyes ue unu

/ung across the gap, and, dismountgbacked up the trail and tugged ate reins to aid the horse in gainings feet. He pulled bard and the aniallunged up into the trail, with theiasm far behind. .t"Safe on the other side, Henryged me to make the perilous trip ine same way as he had done. Forme time I couldn't muster up theicessary courage, but at last, whenrealized that there was no other waycontinuing the journey, I consent1to swing myself across the chasm,

fter landing on the other side Henryturned for my horse, and havingrung the beast safely across the gap,i rode away and left the rope dangigfor the use of the next wayfarertio chanced to come that way."

POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY.Much of the political confusion inis country of late years has beenle to a confusion of responsibility,order that a political party may

rry out its policy, it must elect a 'esident and have also a workingijority in both houses of congress.It has happened hut rarely duringe last 30 years that these conditionsve existed. The popular feelinglich elects a president of any partyly usually be counted on to give himmajority to support him ii} the houserepresentatives elected at the samene. But as two-thirds of the senarshold over, the majority in thenate is often hostile to the president,the usual reaction against the domintparty in the "off year" may giveHostile majority in the bouse of repjentatives.Under these conditions, the partyminally in power cannot be held tostrict accountability. If it fails toep its promise it can point to a diiedcongress as its excuse. Voterscome confused, and enough of themift from one party to the other toep up a see-saw movement in nation-politics.It is the best for the country that arty which elects a president shouldntrol both houses of congress, butlb a miuority strong enough to prentthe adoption of extreme meases.Then there is an opportunityr the party to carry out its policy,it fails to do so, it can be held tocount. Or if the people do not likee policy, when embodied in legis.iou,they express their disapprovalgiving political control to the oppos{party.Apparently, the Republican party,riug the next two years, is tove the unusual power arising frome simultaneous control of both housofcongress and the executive..juth's Companion.

"VVheelwomen's Feet..Physicisand philosophers praise the bicy;for one important revolution it hasought about, even though they findjections to it in other respects,ley agree that it has induced the>men who ride bicycles to wearues that dress the feet withoutueezing them out of shape. It canitbe said that wheelwomen's feete larger than they were before they:re used to propel bicycles, but theyklr lilrA faat nnm tnatAttd nf tooth-:ks..N. Y. Press.

Every president of the Unitedates so far has either been a lawyer,soldier, or both.

No mau has any right to wish he,d never been born. Let other peoplethat for him.