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On November IS tSir llenrv ni nwnv irnm Home. 611 that night his wife, Lady Helena, assmti'd ov ner iatncr, tne itiarqiiis ui Doltshirc, had given a lntlo dinner, which was followid by a reception, Her ladyship had, as usual, been rather 1 1 .1... .,: Blow ill aresxing, nun, wueu iuu uiuuei hour aruved, slio was ureatiy prcBuca for time. In her haste, she had ne Ijleoted to replace her jewels, which shi- intended to nut on aft-r dinner aud previous to tho reception in tho Bafe, and contented herself with lockinu the door of her boudoir and putting the key into a drawer in her bedroom. After dinner she found tho key where sIih had li ft it and reopened the do-'r. On entering her bouaoir slio discover cd, to her amazement, that the window was wide open. A moments investiga tiun showed her that all the jowels she had left upon her dressing table when she hurried down to dinner was stolen Their value was cloeo upon 7000. This was, I repeat, how the matter stood when Mr. Wylio was called in, and practically it was m tho same statt when, after six weeks laborious uives titration, ho cave up the inquiry in de spair. Ho suspected much, but he had discovered nothinn. It was clear to him that tho robber, whoever ho might be, was perfectly familiar with the house and with Lady Helena s careless avs. It was also ulear to him that the window found open which wa twenty-five feet from the ground, am which showed no evidenco ol havint been forced was loft open as a ruse to mislead the detectiU'S. lie loll quite sure that the robber bad entered the boudoir bv means of Lady Helena'- key, and that, if ho loft the house at all, ho wont out by a side door, which was fastenea only by a spring look. He was inclined, however, to believe that the thief was ono of tho house hold and that the jewels werri 'still in tho houio. Acting on this belief be searched the house from top to bottom, examined all the servant's boxes and cupboards, and watched diligently all their movements ; but, alter six weeks thus employed, lie had found nothing to implicate, or oven throw suspicion on anyone in particular. He confessed himselt utterly baliied. As, one day seated in his sanctum, he was mou'nfully turning over in his mind tho question of failure, thero was a knock at the door. 'Como in,'' he cried out Tho dour opened nd the office boy put in his head. "Lady wants to see you, sir, "Show her in." Tho next moment a tall, stately, "That's all riaht," answered Mr. Wylio, d"KEodlyt "but money's of lit- tip uso to a man who's doing his ten At his words J-aoy tmooaio s iaoo b'icame'downoairt. Shewatfovldently disappointed. Mr. Wylio noticed this. "At any rate," ho said to her, "let burglary be tho last thing. Wo may he able to hit on sorao easier expedient. Let mo see, now." And bo reflected a moment. "How many Jcttprs are there!" "Some forty or fifty." "Ah, so manyl Ho couldn't, then, carry them about with him. 11m he any HervantsT "Just one a valet an Italian, line him- If." "Hum I I wonder whether ho could ho bribe JT Most Italians 'can; If I had a week or two to gain his oonfi- lonce " "Impossible. If 5000 bo not niven Ulrici within a week the letters will be in my husband's hands.'' "Oh, is that the case 7 "Yes, Sir Charles and I leave for Darklinsbournb that's our placo in DolUhire to morrow, and the Cour his work, almost faintlnor'with anxictv I Ho sent un his card to Lady Moodle, -J Jl " ..... I - 1. !.!. rri.- l, U1IU UIBBnilUUIWIlUIlt. I mil HOC rCIUSCU IU Nl'U llllll. Alien uu "Another falluro," ho said to hlmeclf, "and a worse ono than before." As ho spoko ha continued aimlessly turning over tho portmanteau's con tents. "What a fop tho follow isl" he ex claimed. "Why, half of his lujjgago is brushes. And now that I notiro it, what strange brushes tliey arol What heivy backs thoy havol" Tho backs of tho brushes certainly asked for Sir Charlo?. Ho was at once shown into tho library whero tho do tcctivo was. The Count had never seen Sir Charles, who, involved in business cares, selnom went into the gay company his wife so delighted In. Tho Count at onco proopodod to busi ness In the coolest and most impudent manner. Ho had no diffidence or hesitation about' slating what sort of L InJi(lt ,.fey Prosperity of Onr Country, Just after tho Revolutionary War, Lord Sheffield declared that "tho American Continent was practically valueless for commercial purposes." "It was simply a vast wilderness which could nover bo thickly populated, arith certain natural obstaolcs which rendor ed any oxtensivo commcrceimposslblo." "Tho Rlatts on mo .miaiuiu sea board," he admitted, "might in time riso to sonio importance but tho vast ... , .1,.. tract Ot miaim territory was imruiy worth consideration." Ho predicted that "settlements boyond tho Alleghany mountains cannot bcoomo commercial, becauso thero is 110 pofsiblo outlook to .!. ,, tnr ll.nlr i.milncU '' "ThiUn mountains wero a hairier to prosperity that could nover bo overcome." In 1838 Mr. Van Huron in urging the Chorokces, Creeks and Choctaw indians to exchange their possossloMi in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi for lands west 01 Arkansas ana assured them, in good faith, lhat "thoy could' never bo disturbed by white pcoplo be cause tho land waa not suuauie ior tho whl to men, but admirably adapted relations ho wished Sir Cbarlts to bo- looitod very thiok, and when Mr. Wylio lievo had existed between him and examined them closely, ho found that Lady Moodic. Ho said lie had letters they wero oven thicker than they look in her undeniable handwriting to provo eil, for the hair in tho centre was much the truth of his statements. "horter than at tho sides, and tho backs, "Show mo them," said tho detective. therefore, must bo deeper thero. In- The Count handed over tho letters. deed, thoy looked bo suspicious that tho After fumbliui! with them for a momonl detective at onco began to try if they Mr. Wylio proceeded to read them ono did not open in some way or other, by one'. When ho had finished he Ho soon discovered that they did. The paused and said very coolly, ' I seo iop scale of polished wood ran in a nothinrr incrimination in theso as kind of groove, and was easily move- against Lndy Moodio. " They aro all of able. He pulled it back, and there, in the most innocent description. But tho middle, was a hollow spaco crashed what's this!" And ho held up Sven- iyn that this day week he'll follow uh, and that if, on his arrival, I don't giv him that amount he will at once hand the letters to my husband." "I3y Jupilerl" "xolal'med Mr.-Wbe, lumping excueuly to his tees. r . r. , , 1 , t-? i- 1 . o'ljiiier, 1 uuve uiiiu Jixuune inr, uij ladv," he added! moro calmly, "I tHlnK I nee a way out of the maze. Do a you intend. Let him follow you to Uarklinsbourue, and if he presents himself to you there, defy him. Yon may do so with impunity, lor by that time he'll have no letters to produce." Dunne the ensuine week Mr. Wyln Wept a strict watch upon all tho move ments of the Count. Ho contrived, too, to discover a good deal regarding his past life and bis future plans. He picked up an acquaintance with hin valet, and from bim discovered that hi master intended to carry out his threai of going to Darklingbonrne. Tho va!ei had orders to havo Ins portmanteau ready, packed with everything i.eces nary for a few days' stay from home. On the evenini' preceding the day on whieh he was to seo Lady Moodie at Darklingbonrne, Count Ulrici drove to Euston. Mr. Wylie, who had asccr tainvd beforehand the train by whioh he intended to travel, was theio await ing him. The detective was disguised. lie was an adept in that business, and now his own mother would noi havo known him. He had provided himself with a first-class ticket to Rotienbor ough, the station nearest to Sir Charles Moodie s seat. The Count came to the Btation unac companied by his servant. Mr. Wylio noticed that his luggage consisted ot a arge portmanteau only no doubt the one the servant spoko of. it was marked on tbo side with the Couut's initials, "R. U?" As'Mt was too big to be taken conveniently'ihto tho carriage, its owner directed it to be placed in the luguago van. Having, marked well tho portmanteau and the van into which it was put, Mr. Wylie look his seat in the train m a compartment not far from tho Count's. W hen the tram reached YVUlefdeu he got out and went into tho refreshment room. There ho remained until the train had begun to move, when he full of letters. Tromblinc with cxcito ment, he lifted them out and looked at them. To hisjdelight they were the very ones he was in soarch of I Thero wero two case", each contain ing two brushes. In tho first brush he opened there were sixteen letters from Lads Moodie j in the second there were fifteen. These were all iu English. The lirUMhcs in the other caio had also moveable backs and contained letters, tmt a glanco at the handwriting showed him that they wero 1101 Lady Moodie's. He glanced rapidly over tho letters. Their contents were of tho most inno cent character, mere oommonplaoo con gratulations, condolenoes and inquiries such as a friend would write to a friend. "I don t see, said tho detective to himself "why she should bo afraid of her husband getting these. Hut she said thero wero only forty of them, ind there are only about thirty hero Let rae see. By jove, I have it ! She old mo thero wero only a few of them that wi re of a doubtful character. It U just thohe low that ere missing. He nat them in his pocket and I've failed again I" Ho sat silent and still for a moment, dazed by his discovery; but he quickly Tained his habitual coolness and de cision. "Well," he said, "I may as well seo what the other letters are about," He began ramdly to read them. Thoy wero in various handwritings, but most of them in one which he somehow or other thought he had seen before. Theso letters wero signed simply with an "II.," and were couch' ed in the most affectionate terms. "I wonder who this 'II.' can bo T" he said. "She's evidently very much cone on the Count and no mistake. There's a 'Jove' or a 'darling' for every other word. Here's an invitation for the 15th; how sweet it is. But here is he dolori's letter. Tho Count turned deadly pale. ' Can I havo made a mistake 1" muttered. "I'm afraid vott have," said Mr. Wylie, and ho touched tho bell. As ho did so tho Count sprang mad ly upon him. There was for a moment a fierce struggle, but before tho Italian could ovcrcomo air. Wylios resistance, Sir Charles and a servant ruahd into tho room aud seized him. "Too late, my hearty," said tho de tective to the Count. "Look, Sir Charles, these aro the letters ho re ceived from Lady Moodie: moro inno cent notes woman never pennod. And seo what I discovered among them a letter from tho Jewish scoundrel Sven- deleri, ofEerinc 2000 for the Heavi side diamonds which wero stolen about two months aco. Thero stands the thief 1" "What!" exclaimed tho Count, "you're not Sir Charles Moodie t "No; I'm John Wylie, privato deteo tivc, at your service. "What a fool 1 was," exclaimed the Count, "not to see how it came about that my luceago weut wrong." 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Aa a result of their researches, the lighten ing has been harncBSod and made to do the bidding of man ; to draw his coach es, to light his way by night with a brilliancy only equalled by mo twq great orbs of Heaven, by its agency tbo important events 01 itarope ana tho speeches of her states men. are-re ported and published in tho morning papers of America, in time to bo read and commented upon at tho breakfast tablo the next morning, and it is also used as a medium in the euro ot diseas- Tho richest mines of coal, iron and petroleum in the world have been opened up and developed, and America now supplies the world with those com modities. Another achievement of Ecienco has broken down Lord Sheffield's "barriers to prosperity" and removed the "natur al obstacles "to commerce" and now the "vast tract of inland territory" blooms with helds of waving grain and is dot ted with populous and powerful cities rivaling, if not excelling those of Europe m commercial importance, has made of the Great American Desert a veritable Garden of Eden, blooming as In European countries, where'princes the rose become titular colonels at the ago of Owing to the inventive genius of an tenr; and assumo actual command -of a American, the cotton industry has now regiment beforo really entering upon readied more than a hundred fold their practical military education under what it was beforo tho Revolution,- and the guidanco of some veteran general, I a single state now produces more of it occurs quite frequently that a prinuo I that staple than tho whole of Europe, should assert tho authority whioh hiB I The voyago across the Atlantic, station as a member ot the imperial which was former v attended witn so family insures to him over any higher much danger and hardship. requiring commissioned officer, to remind' his from six weeks to three months can superiority over him aa a prince, even now be accomplished in less than' a though ho be his subordinate as an week, with comparative safety, and the oihcer in tho held, un tnia score an traveler is surrounded with all the com. amusing story is whispered in well 111- forts and luxuries of the most olabor- m.c in whioh ho Iiab none father than f 'rmed Circles" about tho Archduke ately furnished parlor. . r r . 1 . r , . 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Those who are In need of .pro!-, 1 ttuhlH wnrlf that can 1 done while llTUlg at home should at once bend their address to llallet Co., Portland, Maine, and receive free, 1 full information how cither sex, of all ages, can learn from Mto issrer day and upwards wher- Have ay i 1 i -p received a largo biouk in offered her a seat, which sho silently accepted. As soon as tho door was shut again sho raised her veil and showed a handi-ome, refined face. Then without more ado she introduced her self, "I am Lady Moodie," she said; "wife ot tho banker 01 that name, The detective bowed. "And I havo come here," her lady ship continued, -'in very great trouble, to see 11 you can assist me. You may rely upon it madam, said the detective, in hin polite manner, "that I shall uso my utmost efforts'to do so. "I will tell you," Lady Moodie went on without noticing iur. Wylie a re mark, "the whole story as shortly as possible. Owing to ray health. I had to Winter last year iu Florence. My husband's business and parliamentary duties would not permit him to loin me. While Hying there by myself I met an Italian gentleman with whom 1 formed rather an intimate friendship, You should know," bIio added hastily, "that there was nothing improper in it, though much that was imprudent.'' I ouito boluvo you, said JUr. Wylie. Ladv Moodio heenicd rather irritatsd than gratified at this assurance. 'Thinking,' sho continued, alter a pause, "that ho was an honorable man, I frequently wrote to him, and soruo ol ray letters ono or two ot them, at any rate would, I am afraid, bear to a jealous mind a very diff. rent meaning trom that intended. When 1 returned home, he followed me. By ray mtlu enco he was received in society here not onlv so, but I assisted him from time to lime with money. At last bis demands became too extortionate, and 1 refused them. Then the miserable scoundrel turned upon me, and threat cned that if I did not comply with hia requeslB he would give the letters 1 had written him to my husband. H has mistaken his woman," L tdy Moodie concluded, passionately, "I would rather die than give a penuy to tho menaces of such a coward!' "May I know tho gent eraan's nami t " "Count Ulrici." Mr. W lie, like everybody else, had hoard of the Count, llo was consider ed the beBt looking, best dressed and best mounted man to be seen in itotteii Row. Ho was reputed to ho very rich, too, and it was this revelation as to the means by whioh ho lived that astonish ed Mr. Wylie, ever they Uve. You are started free. capital not required, some have maae over sou la a amaw day at this work. All succeed, udecjS CABPBTINGS for the Spring trade, consistingn part of Velvets, Body Brussels, Tapestry Brussel and Ingrains,bmyrna and Cocoa Rugs, Cocoa Mattings, and a nice line of Canton Mattings. BLOOMSIllTRG, PEM'A. jr.lo,iM.sm. Confound itl" he exclaimed, in af fected vexation. "I am left behind." "Very sorry, Bir," said tho porter. "Whero are yon for?" "liotlenborough. When is tho next 1 rain t" 'No other train to-night, sir. You'l havo to wait till tho 4 o'clock to-raor-row morning." My gracious I" exclaimed Mr. Wylie, apparently much put out by the infor-' mation. "What on earth am I to dol My luggage is gone on!" 'Train stops at Harrow, sir. ill tilegraph tlure, and have it sent back by the next train." "ihank you, 1 wish you would. 11 I am to stop in town over, night 1 mu-'t have it." "Very well, sir. What is your lug gage like!" "It's a largo leather portmanteau and was put into the through van for Rot- tenborough. They'll bo able to distin guish, it easily, as it has my initials upon it." "And they are, sirT "R. U." The porter wont off to telegraph and tho detective returned to tho refresh ment room. There Mr. Wylio rennin- ed for some time apparently absorbed in tho absorption of a glass of beer, hut really wondering what the result of his stra'agem would be. He greatly feared lest the Count might notice his portmanteau being removed from the van, and instead ot a raessago coming thai the luggage woul I he sent at onco. one would arrive directing his arre-it. So great was his anxiety on this point that it seemed to him hours before th porter turned up. Then, to his ira- menso relict, ho learned thai the port manteau had been taken from, tho van at Harrow and 'vould bo scut back by the next train. When the next train arrived at Wil- leHden tho porter pointed out to him the returned portmanteau. Sure enough it was Count Ulrici's. Letting it re main whore it was, Mr. Wylie jumped into a compartment aud proceede'd with it to Euston, At Euston Mr Wylio claimed the p rtmanteau and boldly putting it on he top of a hansome cab drove to King'--cross Station on tho Und r- LTomid Railway and thero he took a ticket to Charlng-cross. Carofully choosing an empty compartment he contrived, during the course of tho journey, to effect a change in his dis ' L .1-1 l.il . I!,. - 1 I wonder who 'Helena' is! Hullo', what's here? A letter from a man, and signed 'Svendelcri' tho old Jewish money-lender and receiver of stolen goods. That, at all events, looks sus picious." He read the letter very carefully. Wheu he bad finished it he lay back in his chair and drew a long breath. "Good Heavens," he said, when he had iccovcred his composure, "this iss. di-covery 1 Was thero ever anything so fortunate 1 I'm off by the morning train, and our friend will be safely in quod before he has a chance of seeing Sir Charles." "But stay," ho said to himself, "it in'l quite so simple as I thought. 1 must account for how I camo by this paper, which will bo difficult. Besides I'm not sure it will bo evidenco against him unless it's found in his possession. Lt'me see!" lie paused and reflected. Then, after a few moments, with a cry of triumph, be set to work replacing tho contents of tho bag. When every thing was in except the letter from Svendi leri and La'iy Moodio's corres pondence, ho selected about ten of tho most innocent of her letters, and, re placing the remainder in tho backs of the brushes, locked up the portmanteau. Then ho placed Svendeleri's letter in one of Lady Moodie's, put them in his pocket restored his disguise to what it was when ho claimed the Count's lug gage, and taking tho portmanteau iu his hand, left tho ollice. When he reached the Strand, ho called a hansom and drove to Euston. At Euston ho isked for the station master. That of ficial was duly forthcoming. "This I find," said the detective to him. "is not my portmanteau after all. I thought it was at first, as it has my initials on tho side and is about the tho auspices of an old and tritd gen eral, who had lately been tho favorite target of the prince's humor. Hero the general saw his opportunity for retri bution. When at tho closo ot th manoeuvre, as is customary, the officers collected about their leader to receive his criticisms of the different regiments, tho general expressed his satisfaction with the troop in the main, but contin ucd, in a tone of infinite sarcasm : "l cannot refrain to mark that the defile of No. " (the prince's own) "was very unsatisfactory. The bearing of tho troop was bad ; aud in faot all through the manoeuvre it showed poor drilling and leadership. A rapid and radical change would be desirable." So speak ing, with a self-satisfied smile ho turned iu his saddle, and entering into a con versation witli an officer at his side, he eutirely ignored tho prtsence of tho prince, who, with a cold salute, turned his horse and galloped away, for oven he, while in the character ot a soldier, would not daro to utter a word in dis respect to his superior. But if revengo was denied to him in his present posv tion, ho could easily achieve it in the character of a priucc. And he was not slow to avail himself of this opportu nity. A few minutes later, ero tbo group around tho commander had yet dis persed, to tho surprise of all there sounded the well-known bugle signal announcing the approach of a member of the imperial household. Tho gen- with iron, and tho Atlantic and Paoifio united with the longest continuous lino of railroad in tho .world,, thus. bringing tho great cities of the Atlantic 'Sea board into direct communication witn tho rich gold regions of tho Pacifio Slope, and forming a commercial .out let for tho products of tho .exteusivo and fertile prairie farms of tho,lnterior uu tuu niut, aim ib uuiiui bur- It, 1 ... same size, but I find that my key won't "ri"' "" posit.on, was at mo go into tho lock, so it can't be niiue." " ,v' " "No, sir. it isn't yours," replied the l,.eclc a. v,Bltor- when miioh to h station-master, "it is Count Ulrici's. c'"Knn, he perceived that it was Jol.ann llo's been kicking up a deuce of a row lvntor, who had returned, acconi about it. We've had half a dozen tele- ?amo, hy)M With uncon- grams from Rottenborough already. corD?d mien the prince galloped for I'm glad it's recovered. What about Yard' .aud rot.uru,uB condescendingly your own, sir?" "That's tho question. You had bet ter telegrapli down tho line about it. It must have been put out at ono of the stations tho 5 o'clock train called at, I xupposc. I'll call and hear what news you havo to-morrow. Good night." And tho detective walked off. Beforo -1 o'clock the next morning Mr. John Wylo was at Euston, not dis guised this time, but in IiIb usual oos tume. Ho took a ticket by tbo first train for Rotlonborougb, whero ho ar rived about 8. After swallowing a hasty breakfast at tho hotel in that in teresting town, ho obtained a cab and droyo to Darklingbonrne, There he iuquired for Sir Charles Moodio. Sir Charles at onco saw him. Ho explained to Sir Charles that ho "I presume " said the detective, after 8uiso 8U0" that while no'moro liko him- Was a doteotivo. He had long, he said, '..' . I antf f linn nvflv a nr.. Qttll a varv lif. I 1 !. ,1 n fA.nLn. . .. 1 . n ...nn a pause, "you wish mo to gel posses sion of these letters in somo way or other. "Precisely," answered Lady Moodie. Mr. Wvlie reflected for some mo ments in silence. then he said: "I really don't sen how I can get them without committing a burglary." "Couldn't you be induced to risk that!" asked Lady, Moodie, eagerly. The detective started. Evidently her ladyship v,as not inclined to stick at trifles. "Well, you see," said Mr. Wylie, very deliberately, "burglary is rather a larae order." "I'm willing to pay anything to balk the coward,' replied - Lady Moodie, Herooly, quite dark, and thorn wero few jng to havo lotters from Lady Moodio er's Mana-ine for April h about. Taking the heavy port- which reflected on her reputation. He . , . 1 eau in his htnd he oarried it him- was anxious to havo a talk with this Consumption Burely t self than ever he was still a very dif ferent looking man trom the ono who claimed tho portmanteau at .Willesden. When ho arrived at Ubanng-cross tt was peopl manti elf from ttii station to his office in Duke Street. The moment he got safoly into his private office he produced a bunch of skeleton keys and s'el5ibojitickpig tho iock. aucct'O'ipig in mis, lie eagerly soarohed through tho articles initio hag lor the lotters he wanted. To his cha grin ho could discover no trace of been shadowing a foreigner who was suspected of a groat crime, and who ho learned lately, was about to try to levy blackmail upon fair Ubarlos by pretond- tho salute of the genera), ho demanded from him a report of tho manauivrc, which tho commander could not deny to his Imperial Highness. Then he ex preestd his desire to witness a delileof the troop, to which tho general had to submit, and gave orders accordingly. Closely tho princo scrutinized each regimenl, and when tho last company had passed him, ho turned to the gen eral, and amid tho respectful silence of all, he oppressed in dignified languago his disapproval of the inanojuvro. "General," ho continued, "it shows poor drilling and bad leadership. A rapid and radical change would indeed bo very desirable. Entirely satisfied, how- over, am I witli No. " (again it was tho princo's own). "Will you kindly transmit to its commander my thanks and my hearty approval of tho excel lent bearing which that regimont has shown during, the defile? " So saying he turned about and galloped away, leaving behind him a cloud of dust and tho stupefied general, O. B., in Jlar- Basin, If Lord Sheffield could return from his gravo and visit the Eastern cities, see the thousands of masts from'' the shipping in tho harbors of'tbeiAtlantto coast, pointing towards-the sky and re sembling a pino forest denuded of its leaves, hear tho bum of tho busy ma chinery turning out tho thousand and one articles ranginglrom a row ot pins to a locomotive, and smell the smoke from tho innumerable furnaces,' then board a Pullman Palace Car and travel westward over mountains and through canons, passing on tbo w ty, through tbo populous cities of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, crossing the great-Mississippi and Missouri rivers on the won derful tnWs bridges, and as he traveled westward through the vast'prairiestbe tweon the Mississippi river and tho Rocky mountains bis attention would be attracted to the fields of golden grain, some of them nearly as largo as a whole county in his nativei country and ho would wonder as his eyes would fall for the first time upon the power ful steam reaper at work cutting, threshing, and bagging tho wheat, which will soon bo shipped across the Atlantic to Bupplv the wants of his brethern in Great Britain, as he would bo hurled rapidly on ho would soon roach the mining regions of the Rooky mountains. Hero he would behold men washing the precious metal from tho sides of tho hills, and hear the clatter of the stamp mills as tho rich oro is crushed aud separated from the shining metal, and as he would pass on, all tho distance sleeping and taking his meals on the train, he would near tho world famed Golden Gate ot California. Here, if it happened to bo about sun set, a scene would greet bis eyo which, for grandeur and sublimo beauty can not bo excelled iu tho whole world. Wo repeat, If ho could thus review tho present condition and occupations of our sixty million people, witness the many signts to uu seen in a trip uorues tho continent, and experience the com forts and conveniences ot overland travel, he would certainly predict for our country a much brighter futuro than his imagination pictured a hun dred years ago. NY hat the future baa in store no ono can foresee, but certain it is tbat the past has witnessed a remarkable and almost incomprehensible growth both in area and power. No nation in all tbo history of man has made as rapid progress in a single century of exist enco. Wo stand to-day a shining light, a bright star in the firmament of Heaven, a glorious example which tho nation! of tho earth delight to follow. W. E. L. Bonton, Pa. April 1st, 1888. them. Over and over again he search-1 supported it. that at last cd the contents, but each time with the I duoed to consent. Consumption Burelv Cured gentleman in an unsuspected character I in order to trv to obtain some unguard- To the Editor: Please inform ed statements from him. Ho bogged your readers that I have a positive Sir -Charles to allow him to represent roincdv for tho abovo named disease. himself as Sir Charles when tho By us timely use thousands of hopeless sooundrel camo to tho bouse. The cases havo been permanently oureU. Baronet seemed verv averse to sni'h -fa. I shall bo glad to send two bottles of course, but Lady Moodio, who was my remedy froo to any of your readers called In for consultation, bo strongly who navo consumption, u uioy will he was in- send me their express anj posloffico address. Respectfully, T. A. Slooum, lame result. At length he paused in 1 About mid-day Count Ulrlol arrived. M. O., 181 Pearl St., N. Y (25nov6m, Education, It is a well-known faot that Pond's Extract is used and recommended by more distinguished pooplo thou auy preparation or remedy oxtant. For Soro Throat, Stiff Neck. Sore, Ulcers, Piles, Front Bites, Aa, Pond's Extraot Is invaluable Avoid imitations. Bob Iugersoll Is so irreverent that if ho should seo Death coining on a palo horse ho would look around right away for tho red-headed girl. Journal oj
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