fie Coti LIVE LOCALS SI ICILY WltlTTUN. ONE DOLLAB. SUBSCRIBE FOIt THE ADVOCATE. BimSCltlHK NOW. ONK DOXLAH. Weisspri Mm Director!. TTlR,VNKtilNT HOUSE, BAST WBISSrOKT, l'ENN'A. This house offers llrsKlass accommodations to ho' permanent boarder nnd transient guest, panic prices, only One Dollar per ilay. mutf-iy J0I,N N""10' rroprIch,r. Oscar Christman, WKIS8P0UT, PA. Livery and Exchange Sfahlea. and safe drlvlnu horses. S " unnsto nsents and travellers. San,! telegraph orders pronmy atlcnrte.Ho. Tho - Weissport - Bakery, i. w. lautiy, rnoriuKTon. iiMiveril'rosli Bread and Cakes In Weissport. J? 1 1 e llollilay rriido. Sunday "nols,SiBnt vais umllef at lowest prices. cieanm. R. J. HONGcBW, DCOItflSOll TOCIIA11LP.9 SCUWRIT7.K1I, Near the Canal Bridge, In BArfT WEISSPORT, Ponna., Is prepared to do all kinds ot Blacksmithing and Horse-Shoeing, rtcasonamc Prices. JTIllK RETTINU A ut vrrv HI'IIOIAI.TY. T. P. Mast Koaa uan, tlio Cheawst and Best on tho market. feb2-yt for JMffiJ Wprterc IIexry Christman ATTnK Fort Allen House, Wcisspmt, Bells tho Popular and Celebrated Burli'igton O and O York SIHQLS AND r.ftt'BLE 0ABBI4QS3 At prices I hat are considerably less than compe tition. I have all styles unit finalities which I wish you would not tall 'to Inspect before making purchases. mayll-3m APPLES AND POTATOES Iteccived in Car Load Lots al most every week at O. J. Saeger's East Weissport, Pa. Store-keepers, Hucksters and all others can save money by male ing purchases oE him. Other fruits in season. Call or write for prices. Dead Men Tell No Tales WE'RE ALIVE, Our Story's Short. Wo havo'nt got tho lllOOUSr STOCK ot Dry Goods, Groceries, Provis ions, Notions, Boots and hoes.Tobacco, Cigars, &c., &c, &c, In tho lh1gh Valley, hut we have an Elegant Assortment Just tlio same, and tho prices aro marked way down below the great majority ot mir conuietltors. and that's what suits you be cause QUALITY. Is tho BUST nnd tho PRICES aro always JUST ltlHIIT. Our stock Is entire ly Now, Fresh, Clean, Complete and Handsomo, go wo take pleasure In inking the pcoplo of Welssiiort nnd tho surrounding community to call nud Inspect our assortment ot general store goods. llespcctheiy, A. W. MARSH, Fost-GlUco. Weissport. Pu Over Call Brito E. Weissprt. se UNDERTAKER AND DKAI.UU IN FURNITURE, PARLOR SUITKS, HBO ROOM SUITES ., . l'riees the vwy lou,. Quality of t-.io.ia the beat. ftittolMMaM gar.Hte.l In every pan Oaskfetfl, Gofllns and Shrouds IU iovrK powwi pnow. Flour, Peed, &c, i n the lw4Mt quality at very imhiaW priew. ('All HHU 1X0 MWVUM. JOSEPH P. REX, Apru-iy KA8T wBitwiHurr. AL. CAMPT5ELL Jeweler anft Watclmaler, Bank Street, Lehighton, Asnna, ItespMUoUy !"( the MIMithm of his frtxtdi ftlWUW BIHSVM VHfVIUI' utm nn.nww . HI Watches, Clocks, Silverware Jewely tt Vtic ttuU Ml ewatwUUue' II yrtU wy T ,, Mad iMpnet my stuck twiorr MuraBwHHI r!)nWI. 1H5PAIRING l'romy MM ut ImmI ftarn, m all wafk M FNtit the FtaEt BION OP THB BIG WATCH, llank St lehighton Bex $1.00 a Year in Advance. INDEPENDENT " Live and Let Live." $1.25 when not paid in Advance. VOL. XVIII.. No 2Q Lehighton, Carbon Cotuaty, Penna. March 29, 18 9 D. Single Copies 5 Conta I, i 11 m I . i ' " ' ' , , n Qoughing IS Nature's effort to oxpel foreign til stances from tho bronohlal parage' Frequently, this causes Inflammation and tho need ot on anodyne. No othor expectorant or anodyno Is oqual to Ayor's Cherry Pectoral. It assists Nature In ejecting the mucus, nllaya Irritation, Induces repose, anil Is tho most popular of all cough cures. "Of the many preparations bofore tho publlo for tho euro of colds, oouglis, bronchitis, and kindred diseases, there is none, within tho rango of my experi ence, so rellablo as Ayor's Cherry reo tornl. For years I was subject to colds, followed by terrible oonghs. About four yoars ngo, when so aflllcted, I was ad vised to try Ay6i's Cherry Teetoral nnd to lay all othor remedies asldo. I did so, and within a week was well of my cold and cough. Since then I linyo always kopt this preparation In tho housoand feel comparatively secure. Mrs. L. Ii. Brown, Denmark, SIlss. "A few years ago I took a BOvoro cold which affected ray lungs. I had a ter rlblo cough, and passed night after nlcht without sleep. The doctors gavo mo up. I tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, which relieved my lungs, Induced sloop, and afforded tho rest necessary for tho recovery of my strength. By tho con tinual use of tlio Pectoral, a pormanont euro was effected." Horace Fairbrother, Rockingham, Vt. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, r FJtErABED DT Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass. Bold by all Drugglt. rrlce Sli BlibottlcMS. Va enro cost Iveticsa the medicine ranst le more than a purgative. To be nor runneut, it tuuat contnln Tonic, Alterative and cathartic Properties. Tuttfl PlUn posses these MUtlB la Speedily ISestor o the bonrel thotr nalaul pnrUtaltla tuolloii, bo essential to regularity Sold luverywlioro. Tbe tint and onty combined Scuttling. r.Hn-KiHIna. CantiTQ and PtrongthfiBinff fasten ever Preitarod. A m n.wllAna rnniblnntltin tt inruH(.1 swnU- HVnali liana. Hemlock. Vina U ilrtm nn-'. Tl mtc. Sreparod nnd spread an muslin, til roac to put on. 'he New Kaglund remedy PAIN. SoroaoMi Inflammatloii or Wcil-nt-na. nnothr rfceut t chronic. nomitt?r whore lot-nttd m bow eiaonl. yields inctontiy to tho ull-jxivTurf ol modi cinal properties of the Uo? VlZHxr. 1 be part aro wondcrruily strenguionod, viift'lzod and restored to health and vifror. IIO P I't.AS'rPlfK )... h.., - 1 An- lined by thoasanda of pcopla in every walk of life, always with success and satisfaction. YOV2Z ATTJSXTlOX-ttont let any denier ol yon Into taldnv snbtita(e or Imitation. Alt reaulna Ilop Plasters fchow the proprietors Binatoie. HOP PLATTE n CO., PdOPniCTORB.BOSTOII. Atoi'l aihfionest dealer$ andexfjmine vAen you buy. OUR NEW IFHEE. Ulfl Witch WortbSlUO.OO. Iwfttch In lb world. Perfect timekeeper. Warranted hetTy, auLiu uuiu nununjr cues. Doth ladlea'tnd gent ilici, with worka and of eoatl value, OlfE FlBSOHln etch localltr tin eecura on free tortther with our large jrirMaottuet, Thesa taiiiplei,ae well iha tsratrh. Era V. AH tha work vou i vaiuani line ouiouee bold need do U to ehowr what we lend you to thesa wbo cull your friend and nelahbore and thoM about you that alwai-i rciulti In vatiuble trad for ui, which hold for yean when one eta tied, and thus w ar repaid. W nay alt cipreu, freight, ate. After you know all. If you would lika to a-o to work for ui. rou can earn from &vO to 800 per week and upwardi. Addreae, Htiuson 1e Jo.t lioK HI , l'ortlnntl, Alulue. Horse Poet or, (Honorary (Iraclnato of Ontario Vet. College,) flee: carton JommUSL. Lcfliglitoii CASTRATION, DENTISTRY, AND Discnscs of Horse nnd Cattle, 8UCCIWSUUM.Y TUEATUI). Special and Farticular Attention paid to LAMENESS :: SPAVINS, Splints, Itinghone, Hoofbound And all diseases prevalent among I)oinet!cated Ills Horse and Catllo Powders sold b him elf and storesganerally. Consultation Tree Chargos Moderate. Ca Is hi telegraph and telephone promptly at iitttnilMi to Uiwriilloin BKimuny rerioriuwi - s D. J. KISTLER lUweclfully announces in tne iiuiuic that lie uu 0ined:iNKV l.ivnuv ni Aiii.n.aiiuuiaineia Wetld'iigs or llusliwas Trips mi the shortest nu Im iiii.l ui.ut liberal terinii. Orders left at the OariMiu House" will reeelve prompt attention. BTAllIiBS ON NORTH STKKBT. next the Hotel, Ihl(htou. lani-iu- SHOEMAKER'S Horse auCaltleJlow fler. Joshua Shoemaker, Proprietor OltKRKVVIM.K, V. 0 NorllmniiiUiii eo, I ) 1 11 BOTI ONB-l'or a horne. I UUleoiMi rul, two or tliree umes a wow wueu mck, x wuib B.uui&rul & il&v. Vat n Row. 1 LeHMiMonfitl twieeawaek; when slek, twice ady. The nie for Hums. For Poultry mix with teed. rarTiiK iiowiUr l pniwred alter the recljie of tna late Dr. II. (). WtUou, and Is the uMile aitleto . Owner I noove namea animals snotiui write MMe. Stoves, Tinware, Heaters and Ranges .In Great Variety at Samuel Graver's Popular Store, Iknk Street Roofing and Spouting a npecial ty. Stove repair furnished on lort notiee. Reasonable! ! Hep Pksters THE CAREFUL MESSENGER. A psand of tea at one and three, And a pot of raspberry jam. Tiro new laid eggs, a doten pees. And a pound of rnshors of ham. Ill say It over nil the way, And then I'm mire not to forget, Tot if f chance to bring things wrong. My mother gets In luch a pot. A peund of tea at one and three. Anil a pot ot raspberry jam. Two new laid eggo, a doien pegs. And a pound of rashers of ham. There, In the hay, the children play, Thiy'ro having such Jolly turn III go there, too, that's what I'll do. As soon as my errands are done. A pound ot tea at one and three, A pot of er new laid Jam, , Two raspberry eggs, with a dozen pegs. And a pound of rashers of ham. There's Teddy White flying his kite; He thinks himself grand, I declare; I'd like to try to make It fly, up sky high, ttver so much higher Than tho old church spire, And then hut there A pound of three and one at tea, A pot ot new laid Jam, Two dozen egn, some raspberry pegs, And a pound of rashers of ham. Now hero's tbe shop, outside .I'll stop, And run my orders through tigoln; I haven't forgot, no, ne'er a Jot It shows I'm pretty cute, that's plain. A pound of three at one and tea, A dozen ot raspberry ham, A pot ot eggs, with a dozen pegs, And a rasher ot now laid jam. Sunrise. ALL A MISTAKE. "I dure nay, nil my relatives will think It very silly of ine," said Miss Maroon. But I really think I ain quite old and experienced enough to inanngo these affairs for myself. And I'ro heard of a great many lmppy marriages that have been arranged just in this way. To be sure, it is running a risk; hut, after all, life is a lottery, and ono has to tako things as they come, in this world." Miss Malvina Maroon (generally known as "Mally" by her friends and acquaint ances) was Bitting in n very stiff backed chair, in tho best room of the little country tavern at Infield-on-the-Hudson. Tho stage had been in for an hour at least, nnd MissMnroon was tired of wait ing. She had chirped to tlio thrush in his cage, counted all tho little red halls on tlio Jerusalem cherry tree in tho window, and looked at tbe plcturo of tho 'Signing of the Declaration of Independ ence until sho knew every wig and buckled shoo by heart, and still nobody had corao to meet her. She was begin ning to feel a little uneasy at this unex pected delay. The landlord had peeped at her, under pretense of coming to fill up tho big Biono pitcher with fresh cab bage roses; the landlady had courtesied at tho door, and asked her if she should cook a little pieco of steak or a dish of brook trout for her dinner. "I don't expect to bo hero to dinner," said Miss Maroon, with dignity. "Ohl" said tho landlady. "My friends will doubtless bo hero to meet ine in a very fow minutes," ox plained Miss Maroon, glancing at the clock. "Ah!" said the landlady. But this was whero Miss Maroon had Intrenched somewhat on tho strict truth. She had no friends at Infield-on-tho-Hudson. Sho had come there under our breath be it spoken with the des perate resolve to answer a matrimonial advertisement. Sho had seen it in tbe paper. Sho had read it twice over and rather liked the way in which it was worded. Sho had asked herself, "Why not?" and echo had returned no unfavor able response. And she had, so to speak, taken her fate into her own hands and come boldly to Infleld-on-the-IIutlKon. But now, as tho moments sped by, sho was beginning to wax secretly uneasy. Suppose there, should bo any mistake? SuppSso the advertiser should bo "suited" already? Suppose any number of awk ward circumstances to havo interposed themselves in the way of her welfare? But, Just as she was beginning to moke herself thoroughly uncomfortable, there came a tap, tap at the door, and in walked a stout, short man with a red necktie and n countenance to match I Lady from New York?" said this per sonage, without tholeast embarrassment. Miss Maroon roso with dignity. "Yes, sir," said she. He was not exactly arlstocratio look ing. There was no mistake about that He wore no gloves, and his hands were stumpy and freckled his hair stuck up like the bristles of the fretful porcupine. and his face, although good natured, bore in it no trace of ancient blood or or lofty lineage! But Miss Maroon bo thought herself of tho old proverb about tho dcceitfulnoss of appearances, and plucked up spirit. You saw the advertisement, I sup pose?" snid tho stout man. "I did, sir," said Miss Maroon. "Think you'll suit?" questioned the stout man. "Sir?" said Miss Maroon. "Because bo's a littlo peculiar," ex plained tho man; "and it ain't everybody meets his views, you seel" "Ohl" said Miss Maroon, a light break ing in upon her darkness, "then you ore not tho party himself," "Oh, no," said the stout man. "No; I'm the business mnnl I settle everything for him. "I should prefer negotiating with prb cipals,' said Miaq Marooti, drawing her self up. "It's the usual way wo doos it," re marked her interlocutor, picking a broom splint from tho floor, and beginning to cliew It. "Tho usual way?" repeated Mies, M' roon, more puzzled than ever, "May 1 ask how often tho the gentleman has bean married uelorer' "Never been married in his life," said the stout man. "Circumstances wag agaiufct it, you seo." "Ohl" said Miss Marooti. "lie aiu't hard to manage," said the stout man. "Thorn as ho takes a fancy to oan do most anything with him," MIm Maroon oast down her eyes nud simpered at this. "Did you bring any referenoee?" said the stout man, abruptly. "References!" echoed Miss Maroon. "Bver had any experience?" he went on. "Sir!" said Mise Maroon. "I really don't oulte understand" "Your aue seems quite suitable," said the man. "I oaloulate you're about iO, sln't you? We couldn't give you many holidays, nor Sundays out, but for a I rood. rorlar, steady plftce" j "Stop," cried Miss Maroon, "do stop! I don't at all know what you're talking alx.ut. Holiday Sundays out! I'd have I you to kuow tliat I am no housemaid looking fur a place. And as for being 40 oars old, my appearance must be very fiecoptive if you take ine for anywhere uoar thut agt. I am mil) elx-ana-win? TM.o or rour years one way or tno other don't make much- difference," re marked the stout man with the bristly hair. "Our last was 4)0, and sho had a pretty tidy notion of 'her business, too, only" Miss Maroon looked surprised. - "I thought I understood you to say that tho gentleman had nover been married," said sho, "No more ho has," said tho man. "I nJut talking about wives. I'm talking about nurses." "What!" cried Miss Maroon. The stout man looked hard at her for a minuto or two; then ho plunged his hand deep down into his coat pockot and extracted thenco a slip cut from n news paper. "It's all writ down here in black and white, plain enough," said he: "Wanted, an experienced and trustworthy at tendant for a gentleman of Infirm mind. To the right person a liberal remuneration will be offered. Apply on Wednesday next between the hours of 10 and I at the Wedgewood house, Infleld-on-the Hudson. "You see," ho added, as ho refolded tho paper and returned it to his pockot, "we didn't exactly liko to put it down in the' paper as he was a crazy man." "But that Isn't the advertisement 1 saw at all," said Miss Maroon, growing alternately pale and red in her conster nation. "It was in Tlio Dally Visitor," said tho stout man, "as wo put our notice." "And it waa The Morning Patriot that I saw," cried Miss Maroon. "A Mr. De lano St. John, of St. Johnsgrove, Infield-on-tho-Hudson, who wanted" "A wife," said the stout man, with twinkling oyes. "I thought so! I seen his carriage go by half an hour ago, with a pretty little black eyed woman, in cherry colored ribbon9 and" "And Rob Roy plaid polonaise?" al most screamed Miss Maroon. "And n black parasol lined with scarlet?" "Some sort of a rig of that descrip tion," said the stout man, "Tho bold, pert, unfeminiuo thingl" said Miss Maroon, vehemently fanning herself, "l'vo seen her, this long time, walking up and down the piazzal She's tho very one that came down in tho stage with mo! And hero sho has whisked off with the advertising man, and left me all alone and deserted!" "Sho's got tho dear Btart of you, it seems," said tho 6tout man, as ho roso up and looked around for his hat. "Well, if you don't like tho idee of my situation" "I declino it, most certainly," said Miss Maroon, precipitately. "Landladyl" "It would not bo such a bad idea," coaxed tho stout man, "if" "Landlady!" repeated Miss Maroon, more energetically than evor. And tho stout man went out, thrusting his hands into his pockets as he did so. Tho land lady bustled in. "A carriago, please, to the railway depot," said Miss Maroon. "Won't you wait for tho stage, ma'am?" said tho landlady, "It'll he along in half an hour." "I wouldn't stay here another five min utes for all tho gold of Golconda," said Miss Maroon. So tho rickety ono horse chaise of tho establishment was geared up, and Miss Maroon, shedding secret tears of vexa tion and disappointment behind her veil, went back. And when her nephews and nieces asked about her Buddoa journey to Infield-on-the-Hudson, sho told them that she had been to look for summer board. "And weren't you suited, auntie, dear?" said tho youngest and prettiest of tho nieces, who had seen The Morning Pa triot, with tho printed Blip missing from the list of advertisomonts, and could put two and two together as well as any one. And Miss Maroon answered, sharply, that she was not suited at all, Henrietta Gregory in Tho New York Ledger, Theiplan Superstition, The superstition of actors and actresses extends to all tho smallest minutiro of their business, and one peculiar fad with many of them is to seek out some little, insignificant shop in some unfrequerttoq locality whero thoy can buy their wigs, their footwear, their powder and paint, and bo on, Happy is he or sho who can discover some such placo that has been little known before, for is it not an au gury of good fortune? Many theatrical people abjuro entirely the largo and woll known establishments that deal in the atrical supplies and give their patronago to loss pretentious places down town. Thcro Is a sort of Freemasonry in the profession by which the nows of tho find ing of theso small shops Is passed from ear to ear, so that a considerable patron age In time accrues to tho lucky proprie tor. On tho other hand, there are those who are more selfishly inclined and keep their lucky "finds" to themselves as far as possiblo, believing that tho "spell" will be broken it they 6ay much about it or advertise it oven to their friends, New York Star. The Charm or Mule. A new mode of calming the nerves was one resorted to by a Uttlo girl who had to have two large teeth extracted. The dentist who was to pull the teeth has a piano in his reception room. Ilispationt enmo and brought a littlo friend. Instead of proceeding to the chair, however, sho paused at tho piano. "Would you like me to play for you, doctor?" sold she. On receiving an affirmative answer she exe cuted a gay waltz, and thon said: "Per haps you would like to hear both of us play. Shall wo try a duotr" Tills ac complished, the young diplomat offerod to sing, and the doctor expressing great ueiignt at tno prospect sue did so; then the two little girls sang together, and then, having either gained cournga enough or recognizing that tho ovil hour could not bo further delayed, she arose from the piano, walked composedly to tho chair and stood the tooth pulling without a murmur, Detroit t'ree l'ress To Free Ills Sllnd. Grim Stanton, his war secretary, nover quite knew how to take Lincoln. Stani ton was. for exterminating such elements as dared to ask questions. It is related that once some ono had refused to under stand an order, or, at all events, had not obeyed. "I believe I'll sit down," said Stanton, "and give that man a piece of my mind." "Do so." said Lincoln; "write him now, while you have it on your mind. Make it sharp. Cut him all up." Stanton did not need a second in vitation. It was a bono cruncher that he read to tho president. "That's right," said Abo; "that's a good one." "Wlto oan I get to send it by?" mused the secre tary. "Send it!" replied Lincoln; "send itl Why. don't send it at all. Tear it up. You have freed your mind on the subject and that to all tluit is neeeeaary Tear it up. You never want to send such letters; I never do " -San Franoikco AruuiuuiL THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE. That day we parted, Margaret, I looked Into your BngUsh eyes; Those violets with dew were wet! Then, fellow to the vfelet, I saw tlie pale blush rose arise That day we parted, Margaret. It touehod me with a soft regret! It filled me with a sweet surprise; Those violet with dew were wetl Fair garden where mwh blooms are sett I had not hoped to win the prise That day we parted, MargAret. Bat now ono memory sweet I let Add courage to myNrhrtul sighs Those violets with dew were wetl Sweet flowers, I come to pluck you yet. Though growing under alien skies! That day wo parted, Margaret, Those violets with dew were wetl Dorothea DImond In Frank Leslie's Newspaper. TWELVE GRAVES. The Union Paolflo mall nnd oxnresi train had been hold up. The robbery was so cunninclv nlanned and boldly oxecuted that tho pcoplo of Rawlins Springs felt themselves aggriev ed, and a band of choice spirits pledged each other ovor tho bar ot the Oriental saloon that thoy would follow tho des peradoes who had insulted their town bv committing bo great an outrage, and never return until they hod captured the outlaws and wiped out the stain with their blood. Ono hotel, one livery stable half a doz. en barrooms, and as many gambling sa loons, with a music hall and an immense cattle pen, made up tlio town of Rawlins Springs. Numerous fights had occurred there. Tlio little graveyard onthosido of tho hill contained twenty-two mounds, ana on tno neaa boards or all savo one wero inscriptions which explained how tho occupant of tho narrow homo had met his death with his boots on. Tho ono un marked gravo was occupied by a man who died a natural death, and it had not been considered necessary to record fo uninteresting an event. Never had n train robbery been committed there be fore, howover, and it was natural that the citizens should feel themselves insulted. It was dark when tho express train stopped long enougli to allow tho passen gers to eat their suppers at the Rawlins hotel, and on the evening of tho robbery it was even darker than usual, because a great storm wa3 gathering nnd the heavy clouds shut out tho light of the moon and tho stars with an impenetrable veil. Two miles below Rawlins, the train halted to tako on water. It was just after making this last Atop that tho passengers In tho sleeping cars realized that something unusual was happening. Tho train suddenly began to slow up, and a minute later the people in tlio car next to the express heard a sudden order to hold up their hands. Then from each end of tho car came a man with his face muffled in a handkerchief and a big re volver in his hand. With perfect cool ness overy passonger was examined, nnd money, watches and all other valuables wero loviod on. Then ono man was left to keep tho people quiet, and tho other cars were gone through until nobody In tho train was left unexamined. When tho work was done, a long whistle- was given, nnd suddenly as they had appeared tne rooners slipped away In the darkness. The train was taken back to Rawlins Springs, nnd there it was found that the express car, too, had been robbed, and on tno uoor in front of his safe lay the messenger, shot through tho heart. Thirty thousand dollars in all had been taken. Ono of the passengers olaimed that when tlio signal to leavo had been given he had seen four men jump from tho train. It was to capture theso four and recover the stolen treasure that the good citizens of Rawlins had pledged tnomsetves. Twenty of the boldest men of Rawlins started on the man hunt. Every ono of them had for yoars lived a frontiersman's lifo and was accustomed to risk his ex istence on the slightest provocationrand it thoreforo seemed a trivial matter for such a number of well armed men to capture four fugitives, no matter how desperate thoy might be. With tho daylight on tho morning af ter the robbery, the cavalcado of vigl--lantes left Rawlins, and rode down to the water tank. Without difficulty thoy found tho placo whero several horses had been tied, and was easy work to see that from that point they had been led a distance of a mile or more, and had then been ridden at full speed toward tho mountains. For ten miles tho track of tho fugitive was plain nnd distinct, and then as the ground became more rocky tho trail fadod away until it finally dis appeared altogether. For soveral milos tho vigilantes rode on in tho samo direc tion, but when thoy found not tho slight est trace of tlio men they wero following, they concluded that the robbers had changed their courso, and it would be necessary to begin all over. By tho orders of the leader of the vigilatitec, the twenty men spread them selves over the prairie with tho agree ment that they should meet at sundown and report any discoveries which had been made. When the stunted trees be gan to cast long shadows over tho prairie, one by ono the men returned to tho trysting place disheartened and tired. Finally, however, the hopes of all were revived by the arrival of ono of the party waving something over his hoad as lie came galloping up. The nrticlo he wag wavipg proved to be a red pandnurta handkerchief- with two holes out in the shape of eyes piercing it. With the handkerchief as tho sole trophy of the hunt, tbe whole party returned to Rawlins Springs. That evening a levee was held at the Oriental wloon, nud the handkerchief was plaoed on exhibition behind tho bar, Suddenly a small man who had entered the saloon unobserved oaused a deep sensation ny asking to examine the trophy of the hunt, and then by an nouncing that lie knew the train robbers. The small man was generally known aa the keeper ot a prairie store tea' miles out from itawiirM, and he totu how four men whom lis recognised aa Tom Aus tin, of Taxaa; Dave Simmons, from the same state, with Rube Reynolds and Long Jim Psrnsworth, from Colorado, had rUldeu up to hta store on tike after noon preceding Um robbery and luul eaoh purchased a red liaadkaroiilet, and he could further awr that the liandkar oliief before him waa one ot the number he had sold. X couauluui n wax immediately held, and it was agri-ed tiiat from the place where the liainikert iuuf waa found the robber must hau duutded on thoir Inv-Li and t..k..n the route tu Texaa. In SJ)iU of Uw fael thut the fuui desperadoes ware well known, and should they be caught up u uli a deaiieraU tight waa in evitable, a putty as quickly tot med to DUB.UC Ikoui uid itfecl their oa ui n iv ine twenty vigilantes nau awinnieu down to ton when the start was inmle the next morning, but thoee ten were all men ot -tried oouraue and enduranco, nnd if they once struck the trail no one doubted that they would stick to It until thoy had accomplished their purpose. For four dnys the ten men rode south without getting on tho track of tho rob bers. Sonio of them knew the country well, and they were assured the fugi tives would bo obliged to stop nt certain points where water could he found. Their surmises proved correct, because on tho morning of tho fifth day the re mains of a camp fire was discovered near a spring of water, and the hoof marks of the horses showed that the party who had camped there was com posed of four men. On the ovqning of the seventh day, just ns the vigilantes rodo over the orost of a rolling hill, they came suddenly upon the men they were in search of. It was evident that the robbers had given up all idea of lieing pursued. They had built a lire, and around it the forms of three men were lying, while at a lit tle distance a fourth waa preparing n supper. Tlio two parties saw each other at the same moment. There was no necessity for any talk. Bach knew the other's ob ject, and tho robbers wore as determined to resist capture as the vigilantes wero to carry out the purpose which had brought them so far. A voice from the crest of the hill called for a surrender, but the only answer was a dorlslvo laugh, and without moving from his recumbent nttltudo, Long Jim Farnsworth sent a bullet into the midst of tlio party, which emptiod ono Buddie nud warned the vigllantoa of their danger. immeuiatoiynhey spread out and poured a volloy into the four men, who were by that tlmo standing with their repeating rifles waiting for a charge. After five minutes of continued Bhoot- ing tho nir becamo heavy and Impenetra ble with smoke, nnd by mutual consent tho firing ceased to allow tho air to clear itsolf. When it becamo clear enough to seo again, only two of tho train robbers were on their feet, and each of them seemed to bo suffering from some griev ous wound. Thoy still had their faces to tho enemy, however, nnd when called on to surrender thoy only laughed and told the vigilantes to como on. Tho work tho robbers had accomplish ed was visible, because four riderless horses wero dashing about and on the ground lay tour motionless figures. A few moments and tho fight was re newed, nnd this tlmo there was no stop ping. Again and again tho rifles cracked until thoy wore ompty, and tho nnisio of tho revolver replaced tliorlllo. Suddenly the noise ceased. Numbers had gotten tho victory for the vigilantes, but their loss had been Immense-. Only three mon reached the campfire, around which the four bodies lay almost touching each other. As tho victors turned tho bodies of the robbers over a-groan escaped from Lone Jim Farnsworth, nnd It was seen that somo lifo remained in him yet. Slowly his glazing eyes opened, -and slowly raising his left arm lie beckoned ono of the vigilantes to his side. Witli trembling Hps ho whispered that tho trcasuro had been cached, nud he would locate- tho spot if tho vigilante would bend over him. Without hesita tion, his request was complied with, and then with uulookcd for energy, tho dy ing desperado suddenly drew his right arm from under him and plunged a long knife into the heart of his enemy. Witli a half smothered laugh his limbs stif fened out nnd he died. Twelvo graves mark the spot where tho fight occurred, but not one cent of tho money taken from tho train was re covered, although It was diligently sought for by tho only two survivors of the ten -men who wont to capture Farns worth and his gang. Atlanta Constitu tion. The Color of tlio flea. Tiie cause of the generally bluo color of tho deep sea is accounted for by refer ence to certain principles connected with tho science of optics. Probably most are aware that light consists of tho set of colors which wo seo so beautifully dls- filayed in the rainbow. Now, it is tlio aw of light that, when It enters nny body, and is either reflected or transmit ted to tho eye, a certain portion of it, consisting of more or less of its colors, is lost in tlio body; the remaining color, being reflected, strikes our visual Bense, and whatever color that may be, the ob ject seems of that color. Now, It chances that the portion of light most apt to be reflected from masses of transparent fluid is the blue, and hence it is that the air and the sea both appear of this color. Now York Commercial Advertiser. A Hoy Millionaire. Worth $5,000,000 and only 10 year old. This is the state of affairs witli lit tie Marshall Roberts, tho son of the late millionaire, Marshall O. Roberts. He is the youngest millionaire in town, and one of tlio richest. There aro hundreds of children in New York who will prob ably somo day inherit ono or more mil lions, but little Marshall Roberts already inherits his vast fortune, and in eleven years it will be entirety in his control. His fortune is most of it invested in real estate and government bonds, and four or flvo well known men are his guardians. His income when he comes into his fortuno will be $200,000 a year, which is almost ?550 a day. New York Journal. Shell JinIU In Maine, Ever sinoe the whiten settled the coast of Maine numerous deposits of shells of both the clam and oyster have bean dis covered from time to time. These shells were found either on the coast itself or on the lianks of rivers not far from the sea. The oyster shell heaps on the west ern bank of the Damarieootta river early attracted the wonder ot the settlers, and became, many years ago, celebrated throughout the surrounding region. A mile above the village of Damaris cotta indications nt shells appear on the river banks. From the point of their first appearance the shells are in small and straggling heaps. As one ascends the river, however, the heaps become larger and the Intervals between them become short or. Soon a continuous white maw of shells appears, extending several hundred feet along the rner. The most, aasumea the form of bluffs whose tops are coered with trrps and shmldwrv, but wIioho precipilou-. f k'ch !iao ne-.er been emered, bur h.i'e iiei n kept et poeed l ilu-eiosno n tioii of the iii' - and b the froBtn of mii-ii'ling ye.n-, xw-t dun. hhioiit, of llu'stf iliositb can But bv ti'iJi for renion Hi ;t no ext.,iaUe mining of th shells has ever been under taken. Vlit v occupy a teuiiiuula of sev eral urea. Botflon Globe. THE DAftriON-DECATUR DUEL. One of the Many Meetings That Orrnpled at niaOonshurg, Md. In the naval history of tho United States Stephen Decatur's name ranks on tho first page. On tho Bhlp Preblo, be fore Tripoli, as a lieutenant, ho won promotion, and his rise thereafter was steady and brilliant. Tho only tarnish in his honorable-life was his death at Bin densburg. Barron, like Decntur, was an officer in the United Shites navy. Ho hud been suspended from servico for five years before the war of 1218-14, because- his ship, tlio CheRapoako, unprepared, was boarded by tho British ship Leopard. Tho tingo ot cowardico naturally colored his life and reflected nil hlsftcts. Ho went abroad, a broken man, and being in Eng- lantt when the war broko out, was neces sarily detained during its continuanoo. On his return ho npplied for active ser vice and a ship. His application met with resistance; ho was despised by his fellow officers, and his absenco from the country during her hour of need was se verely commented upon. Gossip becomo busy, and it was reported to Barron that Decntur was tho foremost of his persecu tors. Then thcro began a long corre spondence bctweon the two. Mutual trionds widened tho breach, nnd nt last Barron, stung to madness at tho imputa tion of cowardice everywhere thrust upon him, challenged Decatur. No man of his rime was more skilled In the use of n weapon than Decatur; no man more of an adept in dueling. It had been to him a pastime from his school days up. Ho unhesitatingly ac cepted Barron's chnllengo, nnd with fas tidious niceness prepared his worldly atfalre. He wroto his will, kissed his sleeping wife good-by, and rodo out on tho rnw, chilly morning of March 22, 1820, to seek his death at the accursed spot of Bladenshurg. Great personages were thoy, who stood in that narrow gully at tho meeting. The American navy was well represented. Great de corum prevailed in tho choice of corners nnd tlio measuro of distance. Tho two principals, haughty, dignified, self pos sessed ever, observed in Bllenco tho ar rangements made for the death of one, and the question must havo suggosted It self, Which? All being in readiness, the principals wero placed baok to back; their orders wore to turn nt the word "Present," and not to tiro before tho word "Ono," nor after the word "Three." Eight paces distant from each other, thoy swung around at tho word "Present," each saw the faco of tho other, tho rising sun and tho barren landscape; one for tho last tlmo, but which? At the cry "Onol" each took deadly aim; to miss fire meant death. "Two." Both pistols wero discharged simultaneously nnd both men fell. Both men were wounded In tho hip; tho ball which struck Decatur glanced upward, severing tho blood vessels in tho abdo men. His tlmo had como. Both men wero hustled from tho field; Barron away from tho city and chance prosecu tion, Decntur back to his elegant home. He lingered far into tho night and died in great agony. The affair created in tenso excitement all over tho country, "A cursed shame!" Baid tho few opposed to murder disguised under the namo of the duel. "Unfortunate in its results!" oxclaluied tho many advocating the code. Barron suffered from his wounds foi many months nnd finally died in 1851, having gained nothing in lifo that clung to his name with tlio tenacity of his rep utntlnn ns the slayer of Decatur, Gene Ullev in Now York Star. Doors That Close Thonmelvric. "That's ono of those blanked hissing doors," said a staid nnd substantial finan cier of this city to mo, as we passed out ot a store which had ono of these auto matic dooreloeers on tho door. "Yes, but why blanked?" I asked. "I've hail a mean opinion of tho hissing things since lust spring," said tho Fourth avenue light. "Ono day at that time 1 went into n storo loaded for bear. I had been promised some furnituro for my house on a certain day, and tho store keeper had not kept his word. To put it shortly, I was very mad. For sonic fifteen minutes I raged around, express ing my opinion of such proceedings. When I had relievod myself I had reached the street door, I seized tho hnndle nnd pulled the door wldo open. Then I glared at the storekeeper hy way of farewell and stepped out, drawing tho door to, as I expected, bo as to cause a terrific elnm. Ilut tiie ellmak never came. The dooi slowly, bt(ly closed with n littlo hiss Since tttett IVj Whored hard feeling toward hbiii) doore." Pittsburg Dis patch Where rumfe Ston Is round. Wo often hear it remarked, and par ticularly after the eruption ot a volcano, that pumice stone ought to be plentiful and cheap, as quantities mutt havo been ejected during the voloaulo disturbance. As a matter of fact, however, none of the white stone in general use Is obtained from active volcanoes. It oomes from deposits of the article discovered In one or two quarters of the globe, the best of which is at present to be found in the island ot Llpari, situate in the Tyrrhen ian sea. The Wand ia mountainous in character and consists of tuffs and lavas and of highly siliceous volcanlo produots. The dlstriot where the stone Is found is oalled Campo Blanco or Monte Pernio (1,500 feet above the level of the sea). St. Louis Globe-Demoorat. Co-operative Cooking, In both New York and Boston there have been formed during the last few years "cooked food supply companies," which have served families ovor a wide areA with perfectly well cooked food, in large variety, hot or otherwise, accord ing to order. Some families who have patronized the New Y6rk company no cord it tiie highest praise, not alone for the excellence of the food, but for the reduced cost as compared with the ex pense of the home cooked food. And in Boston I know the company has fur nished meals to J(a patrons at greatly reduced expense in as perfect a state as at the beat managed Hotels, Miller's Journal. American Chewing Oam In London. Gum cliewlng is an American vice exclusively, and it is very likely to re main so. There are several American candy shops in Iondon, but they are veritable robbers' roosts. In America a small package of Yucatan ohewuig guru costs five rests; here the exorbitant sum of sixpenc e (twelve cente) is demanded for the same size of package and kind of Kooda. We cannot hope to introduce the rice iuto England so long aa we ac company the vloe with suoh flagrant ex tortion. Eugene Fields' London Letter, A red-beaded man recently attended a masquerade wrapped from head to foot In a brown cloth with his head bare. UeVpre sented a lighted clgai. You may not bo able to teach an old dog new tricks, but jou can teach old tricks to a now dog quite readily. 100 Ladles Wanted. And inn m,MI in nail at ,l,,,Mt.i. C free lindrnf-a nf T onfts It'amll. 17-.lt.. - -- , B ...... D . Mi,,,,, mcuiviur, the great root and herb remedy, discoTrerd "j onus uinf wane in tne jttocky moun tanins. For tliteuses of the blood, liver aud kidnevs It iu n imelilvn ... , T?- t:- tlonnnd clearing up the complexion tl does nuiiucis. inmreii nice ur Everyone praises it. I,n rpc-sizo package, 60 rents. At nit dnij,'i,ith' -Tl e oldest settler In the west The sun. There Is no politics in moralllv and little morality in politics The Jury, ' Siliiio Foolish reoiile Allow n miudl Ui run tinlit it , , - - - .. UCIUMU the reach nf medicine. TUir nfl.r, ... Oh, it will wear away, but in most esses' t wenrs them away. Could they be In-llcr-tl In trv tlm KiivuB.ri1 .a.i:tK n.j f , - " . . . tunkiuiiv utim .. , ovu, u,, j, iHieiiive guarantee to cure, they would immediate! see the cxtolltlit ofiect aaer taking the first dose. Price 50c nnd tl.00. Trial.! At all druggists. -The race question "Which hhna U ahead" It seems In bn a ,llvln rtni.i nt ........ u, MUUJAU to have amah all to herself to boss and tantalize at her own sweet bnt llloirleal will. l.Vleisla and Liver Complaint. Is it not WOrtll tilt! email tiriranffK to Irce vouroelf nf crorv iimninn r ,t,o distressing ciuuplnlnts, ifyou think so call nt our stole nnd tret a hntlle nf'SMinV.' Vitalizcr. Every bottle has a nrinlad uarantce on it, use accordingly, and if it loes Villi 11(1 Drml 11 will mat na, ,l,ln. hold nt Ihcry's or Thomss' drug store. -A good motto for these davs Is that which Cromwell cave his Ironsldesj "Trust God, and keep your powder dry." Oh, What a Coueh. Will voll hppd the w.nrnintv The at.n.1 perhaps of the Mire approach of that more terrible discasp. Cnnsumnt Inn. i.t v.,,, v. selves if yon can aflord for the sako of sav ing 50 cents, to run the risk and do noth ing for it. We know from experience thai Shiloh's Cure will cure your cough. It never fulls. Tliis nmlftlnn wltv tnnr thmn a Million BottUs were cold the past Tear. It rel.eves croup and whooping cougt , at once. Mothers do not be without II. For lame hack, side, or chest, use PhiloVs Porous Plaster. Sold at ftlerv'a nrThnw,a" drug sfore. Our desires always Increase, with- our' possession. Tlio knowledge that some-' thing rmnalns yet unenjoyed Impairs our enjojment of the good before us, A Ynnkeo SherirrFrlghtened. A well-knovn fherlrTwha Utah itn Main hail , een etren up to die with what his phyiiolani called C'omumptlon, a frfead adrlied'tbe sheriff to try I'urltan Oooih aid (JonsumpUon naure, recovery soon followed, much to ths sur prise or the doctor,; who now nreicrlbss It for Kh, colds and eemnmntlon. Price 3i cents at T. D. Thomas At a recent meetintt of tho presbjter- ytery of Chickasaw the sermon was preac- j hed by a full-blooded Kiowa Indian, Joshu Given. IS CONSUMPTION INCURATILET Head Ihafolloutiiffi Mr. n. it. Mnrrt: -tavtw.' ark. Ark., sayv "was down with abscess of- i.uiigs.iinn menus ana pnysicians pronounced ine an Incurable Consumptive. Began takliic' Dr. KIiir's New Discovery for Consumption, am,, now on my third bottle, and able to oversee the work on my farm. It Is the finest medicine ever made."" They lhat will not be counseled can not be helped. The Sprlnc Medicine. T't c poultry which Hood's ' Kasnarillla' as gained ns a spring medicine is wonderful It jio..B!es just those elements of. health giving, blood-purifying and appetiete-rest-oing v. ich everybody seems to need st tins FfwMin. Do not continne in a dull, tired tnmtlitfaelorv condition when vou mar'-he no much il cue filed by Hood's Sasparlllia.' ii purtM,r.i uo oiooo. nuu mixes ine weaK strong. -It's a very wlso father wbo knows as much as bis son. -No lady of refinement will use her husband's mcerchaum pipe to drive nails In the wall. Forpsrlfylng ihe blood, itlmnlatlagthesy- ' petite, and Invlgorat Ins; the lyiUm In the HprU'r and early Suinmtr, Ayer's Ssnapsrllla It a lurpatstd. lit aura yau get Aysr's Sa'riaparllla and noothsneNe tht retail nay be anyiBlbg" but natlifactorr You don't care how much a man thinks of himself, so long as he thinks well of vou. "I had rsthtr bs a kitten aid err mew",thaa groan all night and scold all day wlthnsaralgia' when one littlo bottle of Salvation OH weald' ' nuke me gentle and well. Pussy wouldn't you." Ueugbs,borseoeis. asthma or any Irritation of the throat or broiehlal tubes will be relieved by taking Dr. Mali's Ueugn Syrup. It has curtd tbouMrxli. Reeemmend It to yoir frlsnd and neighbor. An optimist is an unreflectivo Indi vidual with nerves at concert pitch. A Uentury or progress has not produced a . remedy equal to My'a Ore am Balm for catarrh, cold Id tbe kead and hay fever. Il ls not a IkjulU or a sand, kit Is perfectly safe and easily applied Into the nostrils. It gives immediate' rllf and euros the worst easts. Culture does not make a gentle man. A regular beet may be a cultivated thing. KFFISOTS OF MODKIW LIFK. Eiuinet authoriiies unanimously agree Ilia thai the high pressure methods of rcodren. life are rapidly making us a race of helpless'1 Invalids subject to all manner of uervoli'sr s flections, headache, insanifv, diztlness; -Hwirtlgis, backache, hystent, nervous : troubles of the heart, stomach kidneys, brain, etc. Ladies and gentlemen who are thus afflicted, or wlip are compelled to keep late hours, do much mental physical work,' who worry or f'et about busine or dome stic trouble, should remember that no other remedy in the world will so speed! ' cure thease rlee. remove worry anil dues induce trwtwinil sleep, relieve pain, or build up I lie brain and nervous systems, as Dr. Mile." great dhxwery. the Itftlora tive Nerve. It contains no oplom or niorp hiue. Trial bottles free at Ulcry's or Thomas' drug ttoie. Only one man la Bittety-lwo Is mean enough u siyly put a long Uottde hair on tbe shoulder of a man whste wife to a brunette.
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