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Then down with the rule that retards and enslaves, And the wrong that is reckoned a right; For fashions and customs have often been graves Where the soul has been buried from sight; Vi'here lives full of promise to chaos are hurled, And talents are laid on the shelf: But the man who is fitted to think for the world Is the man who can think for himself. Then dare to be honestly just what you are, And dare to be voted a crank; For anything, surely, is better by far Than being an impotent blank. And join in some noble unpopular cause, And let your opinion be known; _ For some, who are seeking the world's vain applause, W'ill gain it by losing their own. . ~Isabella F. Darling, in Christian News. A' WOMAN’S SAVING HAND. BY EMILY BARTON. ‘ He was ruined. As he left the gam- bling house on Kearney street, San Francisco, and wandered out into Gold- en Gate park he had absolutely not a dollar in his pockets wherewith to pur- chase a lodging or a meal. The down- cast profile was clear-cut and firm, ar- guing powerful individuality in its owner, and yet a mania had seized him as it had seized many a Weaker man, and he had staked his all and lost. The moonlight touched his bowed head softly, silvered the outlines of his figure and revealed his haggard white- ness. ' 1t fell on something else-something that glitter-ed in his hands like steel. “Stop! Don’t do that!” It was a woman’s voice that spoke, a woman’s touch that rested lightly on his sleeve, a woman’s great dusky eyes, set in a face such as one sees but sel- dom in a lifetime, which were raised to his. She had strolled out to enjoy the beauty of the evening, and, absorbed in meditation, had wandered farther than she knew. The man’s arm dropped to his side. He looked at her in silence, wondering, admiring, perhaps a little ashamed. “Why did you want to do it?” pur- sued the gentle voice. “Does life seem so evil 3. thing to you ‘3” “I have been a fool—a madman! 1 am ruined! " “But you are a man. You can work. You can regain all that you have 108 ” He shook his head. “I cannot find employment here, and I haven’t the means to return to my home, in Chicago.” Her hand slipped into her pocket and opt again. Adroitly she drew the pistol away from him and pressed something into his hand in its place. “See, I have bought this thing of you,” she said, hurriedly. “You need not feel too grateful. Christians should help each other. If you want to repay me, swear to yourself that you will never do—what you attempted just now. I must leave you now. Good-by.” And she was gone before he could stay or thank her—swallowed up and lost in the shadow of the trees. “Miss Ferris, allow me to introduce you to Mr. Fergus Landeck.” The first time they had met alone un- der the stars, in San Francisco; now 5 they were amid a fashionable gathering in the home of one of the railroad mag- nates in New York. She was in evening dress, with diamonds sparkling on her throat and in her hair. For an instant she returned his gaze, questioning, perplexed; then there was a flash of recognition, and he saw she knew. “Will you take me into the conserva- tory, Mr. Landeck? It is so warm here.” - They left the ballroom and strolled under the domed glasshouse where the palms and lilies grew. “You have not forgotten, then ?” It was his voice, low and tremulous, which broke the silence. “No; nor you, it seems.” “There are moments in a man’s life which he never forgets. That was one of them. Do you know I have often wondered whether we should ever meet again, and I dared not indulge a hope until this evening, when for the first time I learned your name. Miss Fer- ris, shall we sit down for awhile? I am very grateful for this opportunity of speaking to you alone. I want—1 want to return to you, with many thanks, the —the gift you gave me five years ago. Ah, don’t say no. The obligation un- der which you placed me will none the less exist, and—and I shall always keep the little purse, always—in remem- brance of that night—and you." “Fortune has evidently favored you since,” she said, after a pause. “Yes, fortune has indeed favored me, Miss Ferris. Your gift was like the en- chanted purses in the children’s fairy tales—bottomless. It enabled me to reach the home of my parents in Chi- cago. I became a reformed man, and soon secured employment as secretary to the manager of a car construction company in Detroit. By industry and thrift I saved a little money. With it I bought land in a. rising town of N orth Dakota. The starting of a big factory there gave the town a boom, and the land I had bought for a few hundred, dollars I was able to dispose of for $55,- 000. I engaged in other speculations, exercising my best judgment, and ev- erything I touched seemed to turn to gold; whatever I did was right. Money. came to me in tens of thousands. Iam tc-day worth $200,000, and if it had not been for you I should be lying in a sui- cide’s grave.” Something glistened on her lashes. She drooped her eyes and toyed with the feathers of her fan. j “I am glad, very glad, you have suc- cceded.” . n He gazed lingeringly on the graceful outlines of her figure, the curve of her full white throat and check, the brown hair which waved and curved about her brow and neck. - “And you".—his voice sank lower still -—-“you have not married?” “No, as you see. But it is probable that I shall lose my freedom soon.” “Does that mean you are engaged ‘2” “It means that Mr. Harold McCor- mick the noted stock Operator proposed to me by letter this morning, and that I am to give him his answer to-night." “And is it to be ‘yes?’ ” She laughed a little. “Do you know that is a very strange question to put on so short an acquaint- ance, and that our conversation is be- coming unusual ln the extreme? Mr. Landeck, you seem to forget that we were introduced only half an hour ago.” “You were present at the most sol- emn mbment of my existence. Let me a little' behind the scenes of your own, life,” he urged. She hesitated, and cast a rapid glance at him. Her lips, quivering as with some hidden emotion, strove to smile. “We seem fated to have strange con- fidences, you and I,” she said. and laughed uncertainty. “If you are very curious to know, it is ‘yes.’ I shall ac- cept him.” Perhaps it was only fancy or the flickering of the gas lights, but it seemed as though a sudden spasm crossed his face, born of disappoint— ment or of pain. “You care for him, of course ?” An uncon trollable impulse moved the woman to dash aside the barrier of con- ventionality and give expression to what she felt. She raised her eyes to his. They met, and the anguish in them touched him torthe heart. She shook her head merely, then turned her face away. “Then tell me why you are going to marry him.” “Because he is rich, and my father’s property is heavily mortgaged. I may as well tell you the reason; everybody will know.” “You intend to sacrifice yourself for your family’s sake?” “Sacrifice! What an ugly way of put- ting it! I am going to make 3. ‘mar- riage of convenience.’ Other women are doing the some thing every day.” There was silence, save for the sub- dued sound of distant music. They were alone. In the dim light of the conservatory the man was blind to all but the white: clad form against the mass of foliage. The heavy perfume of the exotics seemed to rise and stifle him; the wom- an's beauty intoxicated his senses; the consciousness of her presence thrilled his very soul. He leaned over and touched her gent- ly on the arm. “Sylvia, we are scarcely more than strangers, you and I. Perhaps you’ll tell me I am mad. But 1 love you—— Heaven knows I love you. I believe I Loved you—then. Sylvia, will you—oh, fir pity’s sake, take me instead of him ?” “A most romantic affair,” said the society papers when they were mar- ried. “He proposed to her the first time they met.”—N. Y. Weekly. CHILDREN OF SATAN. Refusal of a Scotch Photographer to “Take" Opera Singers. An English operatic company whose members recently returned to London after a tour in Scotland had a curious experience in one of the inland. towns where a. performance was given. It l was one of those places where, among certain classes, the animus against the- aters is almost as great as the consump- tion of whisky. As it was the last halt in the tour the members of the troupe agreed to have themselves photo- graphed and accordingly went to the local photographer and explained their intention. “Verra weel,” replied the Scotchman. “I sail be verra gled to tak yer portrets, for ye seem a dence and respectable set 0’ leddies and gen— tlcmen.” “And as we are artists,” sug- gested the principal tenor, “and there are lots of us, perhaps you would see no objection to making some reduction from your usual prices?” “Ertists, are ye?” said the photographer. “I dinna ‘ ken what that may be, but what due ye dae, may I speer?” “0h,” answered the tenor, who fortunately understood the Scotch language, “we are singers.” “In the kirk?” queried the camera manip— ulator. “Oh, no,” replied the other, “we are the opera company who are per- forming at the theater.” The Scotchman took a. step back- ward, raised his arms into the air and cried: “Awa’ wi’ye; awa’ wi’ ye! Ye are the deevil’s bairns, ye are,and I wad na photograph ye for naething—I mean for onything ye would offer me—no, not for a’ the money ye tak’ in a week for playin’ Satan’s antics on the brods. Ertists ye ca’ yersels! Ye are children of the deevil, ye are!” And he ordered them out and shut the door against them. This is the reason why no au- thentic photograph of that opera troupe will be handed down to posterity, for next day the tour ended and the mem- bers dispersed to their homes—London Telegraph. Their Different Opinions. “The little dear is lost again," she said, as soon as he got home. “011, that pug!” “Yes, that pug, if you must talk like a brute, and 1 want you to advertise for him.” Annd this is the ad. as it appeared: “Lost—A sausage-shaped yellow dog, answering, when hungry, t0|the name of ‘Baby;’ a reward will be paid for his return to 37 Blank street, dead or alive.” —Lond0n Answers. Final. J ess——-Did Mrs. Herman marry for love ? ~ Bess—Don’t think so; she said it was for keeps—Bay City Chat. ' s—"I‘he heaviest vegetable substance is the lignum vitae, which sinks in wa- ter as though it were so much metal. I T H E p E VENIN G' G A Z Er TE " .. ' -‘ THEDRAYTLN SCANDAL The Wife Has Secured a Divorce on the Ground of Descrtion. END OF A CELEBRATED CASE. Chancellor McGill’s Decision—\V‘herein J. Coleman Drayton Erred— Sensa- tional Incidents Connected With the Controversy. TREN'ron, March 24.—Charlotte Au« gusta, wife of J. Coleman Drayton, receiv- ed her decree of divorce from Chancellor McGill today. The decree was filed in the office- of the clerk of chancery and states that it is allowed on the ground of deser- tion. The opinion accompanying the decree is a rather lengthy one. In it the chancellor says that it is impossible to escape the con. viction that Mr. Drayton’s suspicions of his wife’s infidelity were not destitute of foundation in questionable circumstances at least, but the chancellor continues that there is no decision holding that a husband may with impunity be guilty of desertion of his wife merely because of suspicion of her infidelity. Desertion is never justified, he says, ex- cept when it is shown by clear and satis- factory proof that the husband has been 'so ofiended against as to warrant at his instance a decree for divorce or judicial separation. “If the defendant,” says Chancellor Mc- Gill, “would rely upon adultery as a de- fense against her charge of desertion, he MRS. J. C. DRAY’I‘ON. H. A. BORROWE. J. C. DRAYTON. must prove it. There is no evidence that it was the intention of the defendant at the time he left the petitioner to institute a suit for divorce on the ground of her adultery. “He did, in fact, commence such a suit in June, 1894, a time so remote from the commencement of the separation that more than the period prescribed by law within which desertion must continue to constitute a cause for divorce had inter- vened, and thereby a cause for divorce had become available to her, and even after the lapse of that time his suit was not prose- cuted with diligence. What Drayton Should Have Done. “If his suit had been brought promptly and in good faith after the separation, the time consumed by it during which the law does not require him to live with his wife would not be computed as part of the statutory period necessary to the deser- tion which will authorize a decree for di- vorce. but its more institution after such a statutory period of desertion was com- plete will not avail as a defense to a suit for divorce on the ground of desertion. “It was the husband’s duty to act expe- ditiously, so that his wife should not re- main longer than necessity required, if guilty, until convicted and if innocent un- der the shadow of a scandalous and dis- graceful charge.” Chancellor McGill holds that there is no proof of collusion between Mr. and Mrs. Drayton to procure the divorce. It is not collusion, he says, for them to wish their matrimonial relations severed. The evi- dence in the case has not been filed, but the chancellor refers to it. Hallett Alsop Borrowe’s name does not appear in his references, but mention is made of “one B., a neighbor named as corespondent in Mr. Drayton’s suit against his wife.” The chancellor reviews the troubles of the family. One evening in October, 1889, he says, upon Mrs. Drayton’s return home from New York, her husband accused her of intimacy with one B., a neighbor. The next morning Mrs. Drayton went to her father’s house at Rhinebeck, and there she staid a month, when, by persuasion of her' family, the Draytons and their four children went to England. In that country they lived nominally to- gether. Mr. Drayton adhering to his belief in his wife’s infidelity and refusing to share her room or to accompany her when she went out and refusing to remain in her company when they would be alone. It was in consequence of this state of af- fairs that Mrs. Drayton decided upon a separation. History of the Case. NEW YORK, March 24. —The Drayton divorce suit has caused more sensation in New York’s smart set than any similar affair of recent years. Mrs. Drayton is a daughter of the late William Astor. She married J. Coleman Drayton in 1879, and lived with him until 1892. Some time before the latter date scan- dalous stories were afoot concerning the alleged relations existing between Mrs.- Drayton and Hallett Alsop Borrowe. Drayton was of domestic temperament, while his wife was fond of society. The couple went to Barnardsville, N. J., to live, and people in the neighborhood no- ticed that young Borrowe called at the Drayton house frequently in the absence of the master of the mansion. . In the spring of 1889 Drayton suddenly took his Wife and their four children to Europe. Several times between that date and 1892 there was an open break. Mr. Draytdn left his wife, but was recalled by a family council, and the differences of the moment were patched up. Then in January, 1892, came the final crash. Drayton, in company with two do- tectives, visited St. Pancras hotel, London, and there found his wife in Borrowo’s company. He is reported to have said on that oc- casion: “Caught you again! When are you two going to bolt?” A month later Drayton formally chal- lenged Borrowe to fight him in France. Borrowe accepted and engaged Harry Vane Millbank, the duelist, and Modoc Fox, a journalist, to act as his seconds. These seconds, together with those of Drayton, formed a “jury of honor” and announced that Drayton had, no right to claim reparation. Drayton, disgusted with-this act, threat- ened to publish Borrowe as a coward and scoundrel Borrowe claimed he had bought l Advertise inithe GAZETTE. Drayton ofl‘, and for this reason the jury of honor decided as they did. . A duel was again arranged for, and all parties sailed for America. Oddly'enough, both principals chose the same steamer and arrived in New York together. Shortly after Borrowe quarreled with Fox, and the two fought a bloodless duel. On June 27. 1894, Drayton brought suit in New Jersey for absolute divorce, nam- ing half a dozen places . as scenes of Mrs. Drayton's infidelity with Borrowe. Mrs. Drayton, who passed as a .much injured woman, filed a cross suit, alleging desertion, saying her husband left her without cause in London. From F eb. 26 of last year—Qwhen she filed the counter suit—Mrs. Drayton has been certain that she would win her case and has not been discouraged by the cold looks of former acquaintances. DEATH ON A CHURCH SPIRE. Two Painters Were Struck by Lightnin and Their Bodies Burned. ' GUTHRIE, 0. T., March 24.—News of a most remarkable occurrence has been re- ceived here from Beaver county. At the little postofiice town of Grand,-the Bap- tist congregation is building a church with a. spire 75 feet high. Somers and Harry Ford, painters, were giving the finishing touches to the top of the spire a thunderstorm came up, accom- panied by fierce flashes of lightning. The two painters were seen making of- forts to lower their scaffolding, when a flash of lightning struck the spire, knock- ing away the scaffolding, splitting the spire and leaving Somers and Ford pinned to the roof, dead. To add to the awful scene, the clothing of the two men was ignited, and for ten minutes the bodies were seen burning in midalr. _ Heavy rain finally extinguished the flames, and three hours later the re- mains of the painters were brought from the steeple, charred and almost unrecog- nizable. U. 0? P. FBLLOWSHIPS. To Be Paid Out of the Income of Pro- vost Harrison's Recent Gift. PHILADELPHIA, March 24.—Secretary Jesse Y. Burk of the University of Penn- sylvania announces the establishment by the university of 22 scholarships and fel- lowships of the aggregate annual value of $13,200, to be paid out of the income from Provost Harrison’s recent gift to the uni- versity of $500,000, in honor of his father. The object of the fellowships is to build up a cultured group of men residing at the university, who will be interested in the advancement of knowledge, and who will live among the students, Where their influence will be felt for the good of the institution. ' The incumbents of all the scholarships and fellowships are to give their undivid- ed time to their studies, engaging in no other occupations so long as they enjoy the privileges of the same. Appointments to scholarships and fellowships will be made only upon evidence of exceptional ability in the candidate. The Field “Against McKinley. AUSTIN, March 24.—-Though the Repub~ lican state convention does not meet here until tomorrow, the city is crowded with delegates. It seems the fight is to be live- ly and bitter. It will be McKinley and anti-McKinley. All anti-McKinley fac- tions will combine to defeat McKinley. Cuney, the Allison leader. has announced himself as a candidate for temporary chair- man. The Reed men at once rallied to his support. Monadnock a. Great Sea Boat. VALLEJO, 03.1., March 24.-—The per- formance of the monitor Monadnock on her trial tripto San Diego was excellent, to judge from letters received from her officers. Her engines behaved well, and she proved to be a good sea boat. Stores for the Oregon are‘ being laid out. This indicates that the binr warship will come to the yard here before many months. New 3I0rning Paper For Atlanta. CHICAGO, March 24.—ll§ is rumored in Atlanta that a new morning paper is to be started and that it will be backed by a syndicate of wealthy manufacturers. Wil- liam Venable is mentioned as the prime mover. It will be an independent Demo- cratic newspaper and will start with a paid up capital of $250,000. It will advo- cate a protective tarifi'. New London’s County's New Sheriff. MIDDLETOWN, Conn, March 24.—Gov- ernor Coffin has appointed George E. Jack- son, Colchester, as sheriff of New London county, to succeed Frank Hawkins..de- ceased. He was deputy for 13 years, and is now a county commissioner and mem- ber of the state central committee. Gov- ernor Coflin has now to appoint a new commissioner. _ Ailsa “’01: the Race. MONACO. March 24.—The match yacht race between the large raters, which was sailed yesterday and resulted in the Bri- tannia practically drifting across the finish line ahead of the Ailsa, was resailed today' and was won by the Alisa. The second match between the Stephanie and Mr. Ogden Geelet’s Samphire was won by the Stephanie. ' The Brooklyn Drydock. WASHINGTON, March 24.—'I‘he United States court of claims today rendered an adverse decision on the petition of James E. Simpson and others for $97,000, claimed from the government on account of extra work done in connection with the con- struction of the government drydock at Brooklyn. Census Oflice Papers Burned. WASHINGTON, March 24.—Fire on‘ the first floor at Marini’s hall, the whole of which is occupied by the United States census bureau, damaged the building to the extent of $10,000 and burned many records of the census office. Britishers Buy American Iron. LONDON, March 24.—Much interest is manifested in commercial circles over the announcement that a. leading iron firm has made extensive purchases in Alabama of pig iron and is arranging for further pur- chases. Ministers In Turkey Consult. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 24.—An ex- traordinary council of ministers, which lasted all day long, was held here. The subject under discussion was the British- Egyptian expedition. - a . Against Women Lay Delegates. DOVER, Del., March 24.—By a vote of 107 to 7 the Wilmington conference today voted against the admission of women as 'lay delegates to the general conference. Rock Island Dividend. NEW YORK, March 24.-The Rock Is- land directors have declared the regular quarterly dividend of one-half per cent, payable May 1. - Advertise in the GAZETTE. r While James It Cures COUGHS and! . wrrilius’ COUCH nrurov. ' EVERY BODY SEOUI‘S F011 HAL‘A’S LUNG BALSAM, It Cures When all Others F ail. 250. at ‘ H ATE—HTS our our lll Pororl Ozl‘ MEAT. Round, Sirloin and Por- ‘terhouse Steaks, Sausge, For and Rib Roasts Reduced to. a Pound All First Quality Meat. J. W. BOGARDUS, (5 WATER ST., NORWALK 0300i oArNroN some. urrro FOR THE Si omach , 150 w 018, Liver and Kidneys. roe sAnE BY The Holmes, Koolor &Sollook Co FALL ANN wmrro sornocs. Having procured lailarge line of handsome Fall and Winter surtmgs, I am ready to make them up in the latesostyles. F. KOCCUR. I? 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