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SVBSCRIPTIOS RATES. - "T"' .lo If not ,.M within 3 on M.. 1.75 o do If not iM witfin to. yr.. 5 -To rr.on rtJ.n out.ld. uf the county J0TnI aTlitional r will be cbJ to pn;MtJn'o".v.ntwlU th. at term. b. dc- .,t,.l from n.l those wno don ouokuU tnelr Ct 'X l'm lb. .m. tootim, who peri w i ,liiiuoll understood trotn JAS.C. HASSON, Editor and Publisher. U A FKXXJf AS WHOM Til TBUTH MAXXS IUI, AJ.B iU A IllTII BMIDX. SI.OO and postage per year. In advance. 4i). Vina - - I hL' h,:rr7ou'r r.a...rt.f.r. ron .top It, If .top It Toa mist ron. t-ut -alaws .lo olbcrwwe.- j VOLUME XXII. EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY. ArML (5. IS8S. NUMBER 11. J U r-.i C o a S iN 3 -w Send for7G-?a.'o ILLU3TRVTE3 CATALOGUE MFNTION TillS PAPER. ONLY 20. J rrrt.mmr c. wn.'.jr.v from 510 t . t'. A m- .,f a't . !n w itn nrli tu.u hin: A'-" J . 1. Hiitl! r. J. in. 11 Tm k.r. and lx t Koiir 11. ...... r- ...m1 , i:, i.l. r. 1.1 IIIIV in j ...r 11 '.r- ! r. -" u v i.iht. n. Kvrry b,m !,i u .tit it 1 ri:i i it 3 vr.AKH. , I. 1 I.. I 1 1. . C. A. VOl OM I'AN V. IT rtti IMI St.. I?lladelitiia, I'. OKER v. h v tuint h ihif v l- , .111. i ... .iriu t f ' Ci" ! T I 0 1 I lt l I 4 1. . i'- Hi., iPATEWTS" HENRY WISE (! AS N ETT. Attorney-at-Law, WASHINGTOX, D. C. Itfi 1 3.1 N...1..11..I p.nn. Waahlnrton. V. C. -e-ND f OK INVEJIIOBS CU1DE."M IRGINIA FARMS FOR SALE. n fa. . 11 . , au io lu. uuo jkcr.a .1 C9 (a VXa (v 'r.. i...ol in. i kl.. M vl'by lioi.w. ravui. jl.l. pru.j ucti. V rii. r,,r rtYi oUr.eont.uiii r d..irli.l ..n. Sni fm I'Yl.K . li.HAVK.S x .vv r -ii - 'i iv i i Hay-i 'K 3EEAM : BALM. A particle I. applied Into ea.-h no.trlls'and ia reeable. Pri.e i .nt-. at 1 'riiKiriet : hv mail fKi'ere. ii . ,m. hl.V HK' is is llreensT'ib -l., .New York. H.'rnn coip.4 Wholly of HI- II.iL.i i.r!a' l. I:!irre.iii".N. Mill on at. 1 .I i ii i: n.Tw l :t-l l.y vh mill li r '. i t. be i ho i:ut r 'ont i all ;'i' t ti...I i -i..'.! r k""ivn bi ci.lii: .via.', li i-:tvs w tho : t ( 1 every n-e o.' Hirwnlr r.tt-rr)i t oiroimrtt low. Mcral :in l Vtvotm llt'hilitv. nr:il:rid. rhronif Ithrmnit" Pallium. Ji;i1iUh, fone in th U'ljj iilmliliT, Hrl-ehfii l)iseao. 1t (h'T..m. I.lver omplaint ami Disi'xsoa ot ttie MonmcU. U y oir I'rurjr'.nt H fit 'if onrMmph- I lot t . i I u "l.U ill I.iii-." or it o i are !!ii.'m't uii'i.T a d..i!Mj rii.t ricnvioiu-d lit it or i:i ruin s-l .i,ri.ni,tiu, JJitm I tho T'. ii.riet.ir. 3. 11, llartluaa .L ... i'n. t1 li-UlLlU Vul . !...) !4 NiViANALINr wieeatBaAB ana nmiMr.ii ....... F I'otUttt- I .It rj l-M.-'Is-i. o-ied-dl'-r pi rb.it:;,-: si v for 1 ! : . . 1 . . l',..l1.h.ii.li:.rm.in hums im STAR SH&YIH& PARLOR I "I P'-m'.c 5 ini'iia ltt, it LkU'i Buililiis. HIGH STKKET,EiENSBUrwG.PA. J. II. J A NT, 1'roprietor. 'piU'fHIJi: will ly, t onr place 1 ol l ull ilea. In Lui.neaa hour.. Everything kept neat and cisy. f-a tuv. aua a ara. ialtt. MIK Al-l.Ni mm BFaT. Price Ree.t EGLMAN'S NEW PARALLEL EIELES ! er jnnn. pes. y HhimWtt. A-t. wntel V-i'cii..r4 t.ce. A. J. lleiuiau wV e,l Itlla fj r"n l coip.Mii scao.iy ot na-1 j ii. iiiiiMt.r 1 1 fROYALT: -.! J l Absolutely Pure. Ton owjf r neverTaric. A TcarTCl ol purity fltmtitcUi and vbole'ume&ii. More economlcl than the ordinary kind, and tannot te .old In competition wltn'the mnltltmte of the low teat, short weight, alum or pheupbate powder. -V vn!y m -t. KuTti ll4ii 1'owoaa Co.,loA WallSt..Nw Vb- a. b . I n r'or Mrk stomara.: t or Terpld Li.r. Uilines Hradach c. ('.tirrar... Tarrant's KfTrrTrsceat tSltxr A jxri"iit. It I c.rtaln In its fleet. Ill gentle In Ita actio. It is ii!.iteD!o to the tte. It can be relied ujmju to euro, and It cure. tv .nt tf 1 i;, not ty outrf Idu. ujturc. 1k Lot take vi. .lent I'uratlvri j your frlvci or alluw your ehlt- CURE FOR C0NSTIPAT10H, Sick-Headache; DYSPEPSIA. ilrru to t.ike them, alw.y. tie thin elesant phar-ntni'rr.Mi-al reparation, which b.s txtea lor more thn Nrty year a public t.iTori. Sold by drug? "t evrrvrcLerm. Hie old "t and hest Institution lor oV.alntn a Huslnes. Kdiiratlon. We have succeully pre pnrml thnnand of yonnic nin for the active dutle. ot life r'or 'Irnihn .1dr.. P. 1)1' I t' - so.NS, l'ittbari, Pa. Sept. -n.-8t. D. LAIMCELL'S ASTHMA AND CATARRH REMEDY. SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTS. Having s'rnutflc.l 0 yer between life and dr.thw.tr ASlll.MA or rHI'lllSM", treated by eminent physician, and receivtry no benefit. 1 v aj rmnpellc.l durlnir tho limt 5 venrs of my lll reii 'o git on mv chair day and nittht icaipinir tor breath. Mv ni:.'rl!iic!i wcro reyon.l ilecri.tlon. In despiilr'l ext crtnieiiteil on myself compound ing roota uv.l IutI s :. ml inhlmir the uiedicme thu obtain-.', t 1-Tftnn'elT d.iieered lb I I Wti.M'KUH I. iM'Ht I'K ASTHMA AND 1'a.rAUKH. w;irrnte.l t relieve the mo.t atnb lH.m ri-i.l AsrilMA IN KIVK M1NITES. that the itient cuu lie down rt and sleep c.urfortiit Iv. l'li :i- rea l tho ..lowlr. e.r..len-t-.l extracl.V iron: i:an..lcited te-tsmonlwl.-1. all f rc csnt date : "liri-r . l: . M li Sun .Io - '!. wrlles: I find the l.."!.''v cv.-n nior.. tlun repre- ftente.l. I ri- v e n..-: ntine.ni rel'ef." K. M. f.irnon. A. M. ttmrcn, Kan., vrites; Was treute.l by eminent phj iins ol this roan try and leruiau'y ; tried tlie climate ol different Slre nothlUK atl' rdod relief like your prepara. tion." L.. a. rhelp, T. M. Grlsr-;.!, Ohio, writes -Saf-f.-red with A.'thma .0 year. Your meillelne In S minutes does more l..r me than the most eminent physicians did lor nie in three yrers." 11. rilmpton. J dlet 111 . write. : "Senl Ti tarrh Heraedy at on -c. Cannot Ktalonir without It. I find It tlie most Talunble uiedicino I have ever tried." We have many other hsa.-i v tctimouial. of cure ur rel.et. and In order tt.av all -nrli rer Irom Ath m i. faturrh. H;iy j-'ever. and udred dleeae may have m opportunity ol teitmn tie vslue ot the Keme.lv we will -"-nd to anv auilrem TlilAL PAI KAC. E FKKK lK AK i K. If your drr:if i: lt lalls to keep it d not permit hlra to sell you some w.irltil. Imitation by his representl- it to be intl m qra.t. bat m-n.l directly to us. Write vuur name and a.'d-f-s ulaiiily. Addre.s. .1. ZIM MKlf M AN k -O.. Prop... W holesa.e Irui(ii ltn. Wooter. Wayne t'o.. . lull size Box by mail fl.uO. Iuae24. l,7.-ly. B. J. LYSCH, And Maiitifacturf r & Dealer in HOME AND CITY MADE FURNITURE! :i:s, lUUtllSM LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS, Tiitt rosses, icc., l..- EI.EVKNTH AVEM'E, ALTOOXA, lEXX'A J-ifCitl.eB! uf Cauibrin County and all oli er wth.in to purctiast Iiotiifst FUKNI Tl'liK. Ac nt tinn.-i.t priop ar tvspotf ully Invittfil to cive tis a fail hi'fore bin In it l wtiere. as arc confulf nt ttat we cau mrl svir? war.t anit pleas verv tasta. I'rl-fifc the rery lowest. 4 16--r)-tt.l PATENTS ObtalnM ar.d all PATFN'T I TSINESS at tended to fur MODKKATK. FFK uf ortlpei l opik. site th I'.S. raterit Onir and we ran obtain patent In Isas time than tboao rpmote trom WASIIINliTI.N. fJd MODKL K DHAWINt. We ad Tls. aa to pateotahlMtv tree't.f rharire ard w( maV. M cnAi:tiE UXLKSS TATF-XT IS SKC n.K.I). We rt-f.-rst. here, to the ltn.ater, the !upt. of Monev Order Iiv.. ana tc tv ofli cers of the 1". S. Patent tl:lic. For circu lars advice, terms and references to actual ;iKtit in your own Mate wnUs to C. ;. HXOW nO- Op p. Patent Ofjiee Waablsstoai. D. C. J?IiVlVO-l?OIlT13S. I Nt4l.'ALLr.I IN Tone, ToncIi,Worlanaiisliip & DsrsliilitT. Tni.I.tA'vf KIARI' . V, 5o. X4 .n.l .K Wt.t rtaltlniiri btret. Itliuutrat 113 fiiih Avcauo. .Vow 1'ofk. I GOBS FITS! IThM 1 . rur.j I -! r i mu . tfcai air a tlt. ..4 i . tavo th.m r. I !... e ... t .. 4i . . 11.1 w ni m o i. -t U'w r.:vln; . I u. o.. ..r i. 9. .4 t - ..m . :. t ll.Ml" " i in -.n. I ir . ll. w I Kllfc hl'lLU-kV t U-i . I a .rr.ut my rmay I. car. :h." hm- f.o.i 1. n. ri lur .t uu.-. for . tr..tiM ... . r r :n.- -r. b.vo Kpr. I ' ' ...r . I .1 it t I Wlllf-. II KkTjI. I . m.i M.t.e AHUSBAND'SCROWN If hc doril ha'I ptool (a pprohance he li-li at tlie eltor of Mr. Cherketts, and listfiv-.l to tho low ripple of in.iik:iijj I mhliT, he w .uM doiii.tli.'vn have j.atu-i: Liui uj'ii'uvinjjlv di the La. k, au. 1 "l'.r;io! my t hil'l ! There is ntitny a time i n il lu't do tht hotter ia randeiuoui iinv" Wh n the) fseerrtnry hail yawncii anc ptrvt.-h'il litM wt;rii hull is st-vt-ral times whilv he i-iuih:itii-ully cursc-d old, L;iv-eni-'ri" f'.r iai'ii lsizia oat like this," In- t- anl went to a Liirvati. from j ilmwer d wliii h he took a tmall parkei oi jia-i' ami a lare key. The iiajien io arran?.l npon the tahle biugly, Bide ly s.-le i;h the key. "Here is an extremely tlanirennn hand of r:r.l.V fie intirmtirt'J. J:tt in a liurt thi-y will t ease to exist. Then I hh:t'.l feel secure." Presently the diior was opened noise-'es.-ly and Van Hlaniun -nten?l, closiu it alter 1 1 i m wilh rreut care. ''Ar..- the hliii'Li ijuite J'jwu ?" inquireil he, autioii!-:y. ' f coursi: thev ar" ri'plicJ Check ers. "Then !ravr the chan.lelier lower art'l turn up the tr.u. We shall want fire if we 1.. n't want li-ht. What's tlmt "What?" "Tl.at noise." '"I did ib-t hear itnythin?. Come, Van r.larvom. you are retfin nervoit m ilh out euusc. We ure sate triiouli lere Mire! v.' "I sup-xise si. P.ut ever tinee that in f rn;il aio.aritiuii in the h.HUiti'.l lxiwer I have Veen on the tremh'.e. I ivond-r what it w:s'.' W- r.tivrht to have ex :iininel the !aee thonui-jhly." Why ilitlu'l yotl .'.o so, then?" 'i;ei;iu-c vou ran away.'' 'An 1 yo rf-.l'.iAe.l." V-!!," v will not wrnte'!e. AVe vrcr n tia:r i d' bli-ds. l'.il- t t of the su.l len s!n k H-rhaps iiiitiervel us. I have liot re-coven-. 1 from it; that'll a faet.'' "1 have. I vnu know h:it I thick t!i:lt K!'"-t Was?''" -No." "An owl; nothing more." "i f course no ilouht must liav in-vii," said Vn Phtreoin. ithu:i;ti of ilium n-e reli- 1. "l:v Jiiitfj! h w htran-n we i.iii tho'ipht of it :it the til!:-.-? l'i-rf iln'.v ; y.i;i have it. An owl! Ah, .-h :" " ':n P.!:ire .m f.'lt :: tlio-nrli he eonld have 'iv?e.'i.tit'i his a.-ociale w!lli a puri ol ;;i.'bl i. r lli.il lil i.liaul Ml'i.'i st on. No hi - s iih-ii ti ore from si:i-ertiti..ii.i t- rror thau ill.- w iv ki 1. ''l.- t us : 1 1 v- to hu.-Jness," n tnarke 1 CI.- kt-tt-. -Have vo l I r.ni-! t i.iy h;r:i' l'' imi:.i; :"!l of other -- li.iIMi-. t'.nt v .'i have hel 1 so 1 in ?'' -V- : h.-rv it U." 'Tii-m'.-. WviiMyouni.nl phi .II I tl:b in it ft in r i.i.k-i. ino:i the taMe to j.'in t'n Tlore Thev lie; forming a chain Mroni etioii'.'h to lira us to riur C-inJ lor ten yeai.-.'' l!;s t'l'iiiuniori wiiue.l. "Now," resumeil fhecVetts takin:: r.p the key and re,'ar.!i!ir it with an eye of :i.!'ectlonate eritieisin, "here ithe i lepint hTt of Met-1 that rave nw :i.i-ess to the het k-iMk. I had it made expressly, as ymi jire aware by an :ir'.is.i:i fne:i I of mine a ciiiiniii' worker in metals who w ill mamif.ti t nr. any interesting hit of me'-h.inism fr-mi a wax moh-l or other vis,., and n-k no ijnestioiis provided that his retiinnerat .on l prompt and Katis i.tetory. Iroiu a seiiUuuiit.il p.int of Mew oi pi'atitud.1 for the rx-rvice it h;;s r -leli re I 1 would faia keep it ; hut that, !i!.e m..t sentiments would In unwise. Take it, and teteh it into t!ie river t--mi.rriTW mormrii without fail. I have no lenr of von retaining it. Kev, fare well !" t'heeketts paused for a moment with a hi. In n. us a.-AUmptioil of Siidm-sd. l'er haps he reullv did regret the fate ot tho l.Hjnie 1 key, in the same war a burg lar mi'lit feel when compelled by circutn stanees to sa.-ritii-e a favorite jemmy. 'These," he continueiL, plaein his fat 'humJ npui the ilitlerent Jix'unients spread on the tahle, aa lie reierred to Ibeiil sc-e.-rallv "these will irive 1 "S troniile. Here" are t ert.itn memorftn'T.t an 1 eorrespondenee through the instra t.viitaUty of which a certain ehiek was ea-h-d at Montreal. Here is an a. know I i'.!'.'i!i'iit t a heavy fciun due coudition ai:v from you to me. And here is a later 0. u'til u;ion, ju.-t brought by yourself s-r'.oiilv eomppimi-inic my nnapotted fame. Svhi. h nhall we N-in with first? 1 have no elioiee." "Nor 1 either. Put them all too ther, r.a I burn them over the gis at the tame moment." "An excellent idea. Puppose we do." "Suppiise r don't!" Raid a deep voice from the lookca.se, as tlie doors of that ma.sie piece of furniture were flung open, nil. I a burly figure, follower! by lh:ee other lirures more or les formida ble, h aped iiion thet-eene. Suip' e we r s rve tlu-se pajH-r f'.T another .'ir-p..s-," the burly one went on, coolly sweeping tlir-iu from the table into h'n .i. ket. "Suppose we take a little leij.tl and j-.idicialy advice upoii the tiubject In fore we commit ourselves to any rash action. What Io vie i say ? Airi-n-able ?" It would r -rpiire the pencil of a Leech to eir- an adetpiate i.le.t of the stupitir-d auiaeiueiit with which thr two m-oiin-iln ls regard's! this tiiidreamt-of invasion ii;-hi the privacy of their conference. I hey si-.J l teiallr pnralyr-vl with fear and as'eiuishuient. Thothiailcrlcyi-T, the l'.i'leti jaws the ashy hue of Van It'. an i. tn, were only to bo cpialle 1 by M.ilir phr-n mi. na in th; person of 'lierkrfs. The tremulous motion of the one's ktier-s kept 1 1 m- to the chatter ing ol the secretary's- teeth. The li-1 ir of the former Mood oil en.l like tlie tibre o:i the head of a pitli doll nil n ,t i u''jr-i ted to an eh'ctric enr-r.-i.f. The f..ree,l . ur'.s which the I.itt- r cultivated witli untold pains, and the fie-pictit npplie.-.tion of "patent fluids." 1. t tiieir spiral liri-kiieKS. and Initio dank : ii I vjraiuht over hi-clammy brow, ion never saw such a picture of miserable t- rror as the ctiuiinals .resented when lhe;r b!ini !sl..t ..'bii'Ts f. I! ujH.n Iliehard I -a en 1 1, ll'ina!d ( i i ynnr-, the detts t ivc. arid hi- as.sl-t.mt oiiiis-i. "The :i:u. i.s over." i-aid l:i:g, '"s you may ;ls well tl.niiv up the sponge yr.iee f.i'.ly. I'.iil.-y t'rowe, alias .lohu ( ln-ck- It-, and llir.i' l Van I'lareotn I arrest Iroth of you on the charp' of forgery ami conspiracy." (. let ki t's was the first to recover his faculties of speet h a.id motion, w hich her :mmit!:.iteiy employed to throw himself at the :cct of his master. "It s md nir," he gtiruled ; "I was only a tI. Van 1'ilarivmi iivited me to act w thhiin. He hatched the ilt. lie is the real swindler, not me. I'll turn evi dence against him. I'll tell all a!out it. I ll do anything. Search Mm! search him!' lie screamed. "You'll tiud the key of your sale in his . ket now. Tliat's proof that 1 dioii't loi ge the check. Pr.M-ctite him for it. nil 1 let me iipp.-ar i s witness. lo let me appear as w iIim-ss, giKu!, km I Mr. lavciipoil 1" " tet up. yon lienst!" said the merchant, spurning his prostrate secretary with his foot. We forgive the old man that ebul lition of .scorn, seeing that we should very .ikcly l ave done the siine thing under the circii :i stances. A i.i Uca iio ciUi-tit ua the part cf Van lUnrcom now caught the watchful eves of Iting. "' The door, Henrickl" he cried to his assistant. Tor once the clever detective made a mistake. He should hare said "The windows'." Van P.larcom darted to the nearest, raised the Venetian blind, flung up u as wn aa. ao.4 dlaappwarja into the darxnoea ...iMt before a hand could bs ra.soJ lo rrcvet h.ta. Ji'.ct rahei after him just in time to cf-ir.e n heel, which, of coiiMe, slippel frm his frmp. "Where ia he? He hasn't fallen!" exclaimed the batJied IHng, foaming w ith rage ut what looked very like tlio escape of one of his prisoners. 'There he i. on the vino outside I pee him !"c ried Keirmald, who had like wise flown in pursuit, "liond toil ! he wi.l be killerL The vine id breaking amy I'' As h Ppok-a tearing, w renching nitin.l was heard, twigs snapjed, branches bent and broke a hoarse cry burst upon the still night air a heavv'thud sent a dull echo from the terrace below. "He is down!" said the detective and Reginald in the same breath. They were right. He was down, in deed. "He was dead ! At first no one exactly realized what had hapiened. The catas'rophe had liecn t undreamt of, so sudden, so cum- le'.e. A rush was made for the t-rracc v Mr. Iaveiiiort, Ileg'm.il l, and liing, wlio were joined on their way thither by nevernl start lr-rl servants arouse I to tho fact that somethingnnusual was. o -curing, buisglars bring. 4 cours. the prominent, idea, an impression w hich h;il the cilect of causing tlu-ui to shine I. lore brilliantly in the ri-ar than in advance u'iar.1. "K in for a rlx-tor. som of ymi !" rrir-d Mr. 1'aveiiport. as thev dis-iiTangir-d the i-oiitoit.il, ni'-tii'iiltss t iriu"i icraid Van Pilarcoui iro:u the iu.-i.-vi of leaxei and bran- lies that ixvercrl it. "Yes, I s ipp..s-- it will be lelter to .Tj po, for form's sake," observed th-; detec t.ve rpi.etlv. "What d you mean? You do n- think he is I you 1 the reach of hope 7" "I .io, tho-.uh. If h- .Ildu't ln-g forgiven- ss f. ir hi sins on his way from th- wiu lnvto tin (groitnd, he has lo-t his last chaiice ot uttering a pr.iver in l Ins world." "I am an aid you ar - rig'.it," wh"sj tlsI Ili-gin. il. I, rising from his cxaminalii a of the dea-1 man. "His heart rlo s n.i. ive the f iiiites; -ign of a throb." "Well, l it him ca;vnilly inti th Ikium, ami place hint in the lirst rmci win re there is a sol.1. 1'eihaps the vital spark is not. i litirely extinct," haiJMr. laenjnrt. Th t - w.is something fo ilrra lful i:i standing b-foi-r th' sliattercrl ru;n of his en -uy tiial the old limn frxpei u-nccd a th'iil of comp.is-ioii. A few uiomciiU a;;o his rage against him was burning li'" furnace seven times heated. Jit wmld have chased him with tiiir.-leiit-iug, merciless stes to any doom of dis grace or misery. Hut now the king of l-rror. arojk-, black and awful, between th -in, hurling him back, baauTiin re veng fnun his grasp, and forcing him to remember with a shudder tho-e won Is of dread and irresistible jower "Venge ance is Mine J will Tv-pay. ' Vle n thed'M-tor made his ap;var.tn.e, Lis inspection of the b-ely was o: the bricies:. He .-iuiply lilted tho head once or twice, and immediately d.-iiwreJ himself of a verdict which set all doubts ct rest for evermore." "Neck I r .ken." """ - - Jy Uus time tho entire household was arouse-L Kate and Flrhtli came down stairs trembling to make inquires. The former was prepared for a aVu.eem f of pomi kind, lor she was of conrsr, to a grc.t extent in the detective's confidence. He liai revealed to her that lius uiht was to w itness ttie execution oi m.s i s'g:i that he was altotit to .strike a blow rt their cunning enemies v.hi h would render them powerless and bring upon th -m a punisliment too long rb-ierre 1 that on the morrow her beloved hus.iand would be act free, unsullied in name and honor. 'Hie exact means by which a'l this was to le brought alwut she did not know, l.ing w.is very ti-cr-tive in his nature, and never coniided lus ultimate plan to anyone if he could avoid it. He told Kate to h-ave that part of the busi ness in his hands for her share in the iiMietiit task was ended, and he advised her to retire early and endeavour to get a few hours' rest, of which he saw, joor girl, a!ie was really in need. she obeyed ii.ui, as she had done all through in the smallest matters. P.ut sleep was out of the question ; and when thi i'oi-e md ioiifnsirn consentient upon the events iust described had somewhat bubsidi-d, she could contaiu her burning a:ixi-ty u- longer. So, rmsing llrlitli, who lad fallen into a slight dose, they crept forth from their chamber together nr votisly hand in hand. Th -y came t:iun Krgiiiald and Ring engaged in a whispered consultation. "iV hat is the matter?" impiirexl Kate. Jlnsli ! " said I:.-liinM. "We thought you might euue dow n, no we !oo 1 he.'c to intercept J oti. There h.ii b.eu ;in ac cident, and your presence caa do v.o good." "It is all right, so far a? we are con it rned," said tin hti tive, with a reas- ii.ng glance. "We have trapped our birds one of them, nt least and the other trapped himself Very eflectaally. Tinmoriow, as 1 told vou, Mr. 1-awrence will le me." "lhank iorl!" sheexclaimerl, clasping h-r liuu.Ls fervr'iitly. "Hut w luit is the accident you spoke of, Ilr-giual 1 ?" "Jii-tter tell her," said lilug, "or I will, if vnu like. Well, miss madam, I should say the worst of the two precious sr-o:in Irels we cam- to capture has es cairsl the claws ol human justice." "How ? Mr. Van lllareiua ?" "You have guessed com-ctly. lie is th-worst. When he fmi'i I how neat ly we had bliitXe 1 him he mah a desjn r.it ntteint tojw-t away through the w indow. I 'ut foil line did not favor him verv iar. 'I I... ,.1 I . I... ..!., . ... l .1... ..... . vosv lTJ.llll. O LJ1 1 ' JCU l 1. .1 , ami hv came to the ground w ilh a croslo. "And he was hurt?" No; he umld not have PiifTensl very much, except I nun the lirvt shock of the fall. He was killerl on thesjat." Neither K.-renor Kdith rnul I suppress th - -ry h.iil-horror, half-pitty tli.it sprang to their lijis. They, tia, in that moment, could forgive the wretched man whir wickedness lial well-nigli cikmiii pasrsl ilu ir utUT ruin and tliat of all they cherished and held dear. Oh ! iH-ath, thou great leveller of earthly destinies before whose tremend ous stroke all our enmity, and passion, and resentment must lie swallowed up forever surely thy victories are not all covered by the grave? Thou canst dig a tomb in the hearts of the living, and bid the sweet flower of Pardon bl-siiu upon tlie ashes of bygone injuries, however deep. "And now I'll he off and attend tothe safe keeping of the prisoner 1 have sile nt led in necuring. 1 am afraid Mr. John CI M-cketts won't pass such a c :u fortablo night as lie anticijatgd. The jailice st ition is rather a dreary lodging lor a gentleman accustomed trjuilier quarters." With these words Mr. King retired. "Had you iuk ueiier bee .Mr. I'aven port now, and explain your re'atioii t.h.7; ir.qircd. Kcaald ol Kaie. e "1 th!r.k rnot," she inswered, refWtiv 1". I wouid rather 1-awrence spoke the !lr-t words of reconciliation to his father. Until they have met, and pace between them is restorer!, let ns keep silence." "You will not forget to say a good word forme and licginald, in the lubiess of your power," whispered Jvlitli, shyly. "Never fear!" Kate smiled back at her. "1 will plead your cause with the enthusiasm of an apostile and the deter mination of a tyrant.' CHAPTER JC Worth bears the same relation to wealth, as tho diamond docs to its setting. The evidence against Checketts was so conclusive that when tlie crestfallen knave was charged at the jroliee court in the morning the juJg3 at onco commit ted him for trial. We ni.iv a Id that a few weeks later a jury, mainly composed o1 eoiumercial men. feeling scant mercv for a forger, found him guilty in two minutes without leaving the box, aad a stern judge sen tenced him to a long term of iiuprison iuent. The secret -iry now passes from our view like a black siiadow in a galauty show. He lias puie suddenly and com pletely. He will not again apjiear be-' fore the stectators of the drama. Very so-in our little theatre itself will be disiuountr-d. We shall pack up the "pmperties" should r the posts and walk away to look out for a likely "pitch" in a fresh neighliorhood. l-rhais shoo among our present audience? may come across us again at tlie other end of the town,, and rreognisd the sane f imili.tr pupH-ls lrcted up in a new i.Lsiiion. rlaiicing to the saauu old pipa as it whistles aiioihcr tune. i-aw rencc was of course, imm-diatc-ly released. He was met in th-.? tir.it mo ment of his regained liberty by K;:t-, KcginaM. and Hdith. How foiirlly fie strained his brave little wife to his heart and cover"-. 1 her fair fa-e with kisses! How earnestly he clasped his frien 1 by the hau l as he said, in a voice of emo tion "Thank ymi, old boy. Tliank yon !" ll.e.v unult' rably sweet to him was the affectionate embrace of his gentle sister! What a d-l.eious sensation it was to trove again in th- air of perfect freedom not onlv lroni tin four dreary w alls w hen he had been confined during the rem ind but more thau ail from the oppressive weight of impending and unmerited dis grace ! The hard tlag-strne-i ii'H-it which lie trod seemed to pjssjsa the tlaitici'.y oi indiarublr.r. 'Tt is the a -paration from yon, my dar ling, th-'t was the worst to hear" ho mm tuured in Katr-'s ear. "The thought of your misery has, at tines, nearly driven me mad. I cwM not have tsirn ? it much long'-i I could not!" "We vi 1 nevr r, nr-ver again he part", Igtwreiiee," .-he whispered back. "ur gre:;t tnmble has been bitter in deed, but it hfs lieen brief. lb, we shall undcr stund far lett"r th" value of onr happi ness now, my hushaniL, my love!" "Look h re," said Ileginal l from the rear, "you two naturally rb-sire to be to gether, and as Kdie and I feel, in coiise-ou-in-e, liKmt awkwardly in the way, we will take the liberty of walking ourselves otf for the present. Where shall wc meet later on '."' "At Havenport Ixxlge," replied Kate, glancing snvly at Ijiwrence. "Never l'r eclaitn'd t-er ln"l, atcrialy. as a dark loot flitted acTOSS C13 face. "Io you think I would " "Yes, do.ir," sha interrupted, genl'v. "I fed you wnl.l I am sure vo-i w.ul 1 I knoiv you will, when you have heard what 1 have to tell you. l-t lis hail von I-r cab and speak of this as we go along." "1 cannot cannot go there," rejeated Lawrence. "Weli, when are we to see you? in quired l.rgiuald again, as they shook hands at the drur of the vehicle. "This ev.-niiig. at I'avenport Lodge," answered Kate, firmly. loiwrenee said nothing, hut Le looked tcrrih!v gloomy. As tiiey drove on, Kate took his hand and softly kissed it. For niy sake, then, dearest." r-he Raid. "I-awrene'e, I Ix-lieve your father's heart is bn-aking. He has lone us a grievous wrong, but his sufferings liavc been cruel intense." "I le deserves them all." "" "Ikm'otless; but we must not kec-p the wouii.ls open we must heal them. It is ours to par-Ion, ours to comfort. We have so much joy of our ow n that we cau well aif- rd to scatter some it around us .'ml, lirst of all, over him. We must forgive him, not with the lips only, but from the ln-Tt." jj A hard duty." P.ut a holy one, Igtwrenee. BoOol4-- I-t lve triumpli over enmity." "You are I-nve." he answero'', tender ly, "and love shall gain the victory." "Yon forgive him ? she saiil, umlling np throv.g!i tean, as her heai recline-i on his breast. "Yes my dear one." "Frec-lr unconditionally aa I do ?" "1 wid try." And you will go and Be him to day?" 7. . "Will not to-morrow do as weU?' "No, to-Iar. Say you will !' "So be it, then," sweet tyrant of my heart. What is there I would not do if only vou asked me !'' "I know one thing," she said, archly. What may that be, you puss!" "Pcier our honeymoon for another week, and " His uiustaclin, in close proxiinitv to her lips prevented the remainder of the sentence h-om becoming audible. And here it will le well if we follow the polite example pre,-iouslr set by Ifeginald and Kdith and "take ourselves ofT." Four honrs that day Pdchard Haven port w.mdernl restless y about his house and grounds plunged in the rleejn-st melancholy, anil haunted by tho bitterest reflect ions. Kdith had returned, accompanied only bv J.eginald ti wynne. The old man hail clierishea a vague hoe that the im-ssage of humility which he hail sent by his daughter would induce iaiwrciice to come back with them. Now he dreaded that his sou's affection w as lost to him for ever. That he deserved to lose it he was fully mnscious but the gnawing pain at his heart was only increased by the knowledge. There remained now onlv .one thing to be done. He must s" -ek liwrenee out, lling himself at his feet, and crave for pardon. How was tho haughty spirit fallen and the proud nature crushed w hen lie decided to do this! And vet he had so determined. He was wil ling ut hist to expiate his errors on anv altar, however low ly, if the sacrifice might only be accepted. That was all he hop -d, all he prayed for, to clasp his son in his arms and say "J-awrenee, I have sinned. Tity and forgive me." , "&t very late in the afternoon l-awreneo arrived nt th I-odge with Kate upon his arm. and thev were received joyfully by K-Iith and lleginald. lticliard laven rport had shut himself up in the library, bv wav oi a change, perhaps and was nut aware of their i.ri-s-nce uii.lerhisnrf. "I will go in and ee him alone," said I-awreiic. A lid Kate, when yo.x hear meea.il vou oome in to us." "1 wii'l wait near," she answered. Cut, Lawrence, remember, no reproaches, 110 cruel w ords mo unkind memories No, dear " "Promise me, promise me not one 1" "Not one. For your eake, wifey, not one." "(Jo, my noble hov! carry penre to that poor, sorr wful old man who, w hat ever may have been his faulU, is still your father and mine." I-awmiee answered her with a glance of generous meaning as In turned the lcuidle. entered the room, and closed the dir softly behiud him. There are sxi-ues so solemn that even the story-telh-r shrinks from intruding upon them. There are gajis in most his tories tliat should remain sac-red, silent, unprof ini-d. The door that shut out even Kate and Edith, and Reginald, must include us also. Tears such as doubtless flowed at that lirst painful meeting between tho repentant father and the injured W)n require no witness of earl h. After the lapse of what seemed an asre to the three anxious watchers in an ad joining chamber, Kate heard her name softly callr-1 by 1-awrence, and a 1 vanccd to the Library, where he admit ted her. She saw Ricluird Davenport standing in the centre of the room, pale, but com-jios-d. An expression )f salhlued glad ness irradiated his face, causing the in-.nth sin-had once thought somewhat hard t grow tender, and the eye she had hithert soen veiltsl in "sternest (.loom to listen with the light of some lie -v great joy springing np within him. As Kate looked upon him she knew that her husband had kept his word, and that the reculicilialto:i was complete. Tho old man blcppd forward to met t her, and, taking both her hands in his, gazed at her with a strange mingling of earnestness timidity, and all'ectiou. ' So you are liwreiice's wife!" he said, at length. "Can you I'm 1 a little place iu your heart for one who, by errors, well-nigh .unpardonable, brought such heave tnjuble ujiou your earliest wedded hours?-'' "1'otiotlet us speak of the past," she r p!ie 1. "Have we not each of us been tie- ictim of a wicked plot ? Kiss mc, father; ki-s me, and forget it all." He embraced her fondly, and pressed his lips to her cheek several times. "Krave, beautiful girl!" he exclaimed. "How ran 1 ever bi grateful to you as you ile.ervr- ?" "i'.y not thinking me an impostor," shr sniil -. L for coming to your house as Miss Raymond instead of lvate l'avenjiort. I am not wholly to blame in that matter. It was the detective who organised the iH-heine, and 1 placed myseli entirely un der his guidance, believing in his w isdom and experience." "You oil right, ray dear. You did nn T.-than right. You did more than right. You showed wonderful courage :n I dov tlo:i, w'ithout w hich ruin must have oe. taken me like an awful tem pest. I have just heard the whole store irom Igiw.-enee, and I need harily tell you witu what astonishment I listened. .My admiration, and, let me say, my love lof you is ooiindless. If I couidon'ly do something to prove my gratitude 1 Rut that is impos-ible." ' Not at all, papa. I have a great favor to ask of you, 1 came in hero prepared to crv '.V'b. mil a boon !' " "Name it, my child. Nothing yon may ask me will I refuse, 'even to half my kingdom,' " he said, gayly. "That is exactly what I am ahout to rerpiire ol you; but not for myself. One liaii i.s already secured to me" 'she indi cated Lawn-lice with a playful wave of her ban !, "and I am perfi- tir satis:id with my share. I now wish you to dis-jmis- of" the other half according to my will and pleasure. Of conrs-, you wid understand that I speak of dear Kdith'.'" "Yes; and what of her?" "1 want you to give her away.'' ' i i ve her aw ay ? To whom ?' "Tit the man she loves to the man who loves her." . . - "And he is" "Jicuteiiant O wynne. " Our warm hearted, faithful friend, licg'maliL" "I giics-cd as much," laughed Daven port. "In my dark day3 I had a hazy suspicion that a liking "h id grown up be- tween ttie two; iui i na: no io"a it ria l taken such deep root already. You want to seize the bull by the horns to strike while the iron's hot to hit a poor fel low when he's down. That's it eh?" "We do," siid Kate with demure frankr.i-ss. "We are selfish. We desire to enlarge the circle of our bliss so that it may take us all withiu its bounds iuclu ding yours. It." " Vell, whr-rc are they ?" ho cried ruin bing his hands, gleefully, "lir'uig them in I 111 give thiii a lecture IU serve them, yut for all t heir sly trickv -ITls'.iow them what it is to try aiid get ovr mi old father in tuis way. 1 11 rt tu.-m for ever, and ever, and ever. Rrin thctuiu!" Kat lh w lo the door. "Hdith -Hegiual.l !" she cried. Tin- young lovers entered immediately. Vicing, :ia w e may supjmse, not a hundred liii!-s away, by preconcerted arrang--mert with Kate, tin- conspirator. 'Now, sir, s (id Davcnp .rt, addressing the lieutenant with a comical r.ir, some thing between a s iiil; and. a j'rowu "miliis tome, sir, that you have b"en making love to my daughter without my knowledge or consent. What have you to say for yourseli?" ".simply this -Mr. Davenport, that I love her as my life. You might tru-t her to a richer ainl, may In;, a belter man thai. I am ; but not to one to whom she cau be mere dr ar." "I supp iso 1 mit believe that '0ur excus i.s greater tlian your fault '.'" w "It i-i iii'leed, nir." "And what rioes my little Edith say? Come hither, child, and breathe a word in your father's ear." f 1. tit li plaits I her arms around her father's nn-k, and drew- his face close down to her blushing cheek. "( Hi! that's it, is it .'" he said, in reply toher whimper. "1 hen there is nothing left for me but to turn you lioth, neck and crop, out ot the house, with an old sliplR-r flying after you at the proper tiute, I meaii. Here, G wynne, take her, and Ire as happy us you can. She has jMisitively had the assurance to admit to me that she lovea you ! I confess myself def.-ated all around and glorv in the "fact. Thev say marriages are ina.fe in heaven, and in that c.is.- a mere wealth-accumulating machine like myself may consider it fortunate if his igold is employed to no worse purjiose than to set olf gems of Heaven's ow n selection." . Tlte Slrst loun; r.lrl Cremated. -. The first young girl to be cremated in America was nineteen-year-old Alida Weissleder, tho daughter of the Super intendent of the brush Electric Light Company, in ( incinnati. Her body was burned ret ently at the crematory in that city. The corpse, wrapped in w hite alum linen, with white and yellow roses on tho breast, was slid into the retort by two attendants who at once retired, and in the stillness that followed the mourn ers could hear the puff and sizzle of the gases of the body as the heat devoured it. After on hour tbc blue flames stopped circling about the bo ly, und a loti white streak was seen where it bad been. These allies when gathered up, weighed less than a pound. They were returned to the parents and will be pr. served in on urn. It was the iiiutu iucinera;ioii a thu ireuiHlory. .. a no.MA.NTn; career. History of King Kalakaua's Disposed Prime Minister. . The yomndlr t.lf of Wnlter "T. OliWi Hie Career na 'ir liiiiau iiinl Scholar in the South. Ili.Tiao l. f An infercsfng sketch of the romantic and checkered career of Walter M. Jib son, King Kulakaua's dejosed Prime Minister, comes from Anderson, S. C, where he spent many years of his early life. The fa'-ts in this story liavo been gathered in en several old citizens of An derson, -who knew tiihsou as a boy nearly filtv vears ags and with whom be roved the" hills of the lilue Ridge in pursuit of g inie that has long siuee disappeared to the deeper fastnesses of the great mount ains bevond. Al-ou't Mr. William V.-mi W'yek, a wealthy p'.anterof Anders m County, win married to Miss M wrick, and th. young crtupb starter! to New York r a bridal trip. In New York Mr. Van Wyck adver-tis.-d for a driver to take his coach ba-k to Sin' h Carolina, and am ug tlie appli cants wiio came in answer to the adcr tisemeiit was young Walter M. liihs ci, then a mere Ua', bet already had heg..th crcd enough experi.-ui-e an I km-w ! .!g 'ifthe win; 1 to form the l.a-'is ;'i.: ai - sjieitdile dime novel. Of Oibsoi's life j.re ious to t hi- time nothing detinite was known, but it w-is sid that he was of f ireig l bi.-'h. rind that he had alrea ly been i:i j.rison in Or. -c-, but ha I es ca;i -.1 l y the -i I of the keeper's, daugh ters, mil that he hit n-t itn -1 to N-w York, f. r he had previously sieiit eome time there. A SC110I.A10.Y rOAl llilAX. f;ilsm saw the adv riis -nieiit of ?dr. Van Wyck, and, being v of i'r.n 1j, and also to ciatiiy his roving, romantic spirit, he ypp.i'd and was accepted. Oil.s in rlmve the horses fro'n New York to Nor folk, Va., where his employer, who hid come bv a dia'i-rcnt route, joined him with his wife, and were driven fmm Norfolk to 1'eiidleton, S. C. While oil the road" Mr. and Mr. Van Wyck were carrying on eonrersa'ioiis in French and Oci-iiirm, until Oihson told them that if they wisiied him not to understand ihem they miisi u.-e some other 1 inu ige. This led to in.juirv. and Mr. Van Wyck dis covered that his boy coachman was a sc holar, and, though a coachman, h- was treated as one. A whit- s -rvant was something u:iu-ai:d in the South at that time, and Mr. Van Week's driver ex cited a g.nnl deal rd atu-ntioii, especially as he always- had a book with him, an I would .sp -nd his time reading while tfio-e he drove were visiting. That Oi'.ison was strongly attached to his employer and his family is seen in the reversed way he sp -aks of th.-m in a hook written after his es-iip.; from thf Dutch in Sumatra. J it this Iiook, w ritten in the prison of c-terrcd.-n, he makes t!i lo.lov.ing re marks o.i his bovh I in suth ( Violina: The region of count ry in which I dwelt, the upland border of the siate, i.s a chosen spot of nature to fester the ardor of young thoughts of novel and lofty enterprise. There an no groupings of earth aud woods and s. renins that of fer wilier and richer pi. teres than cm be socti along th- windings of the Ke. .wee, so ilef ply fringed with Icrders of laurel and muscadine; on the Wild Wolf Crock, from the mighty bceiling crags of table rock, in the s.veel Vallevof .Tacossee, on Horseshoe Ohauga, famed in Kennedy's romance, and then lwyond Tagiloo in the Currahce, iu the rich b a i'.y of the leaping lapiiJ silver of Ta'lula und Toii-ti, p.r.d tliis as n pot of wil I aud lovely vales and trowning peaks and shining, streams, in this Sw h.i rl.m.l of Ani'-riea, were the scenes of my early dreaming. i:is r ti.E iv AN-riEttsox coc.vtv. Gibson remained in Anderson County for about ten vears and during tliat time he taught in the family of his employer for a'-out three years. He afterward married a daughter of Mr. Jessie lx-wis, of the Sandy Springs neigh! xirhoo. I. He speaks very fou lly of his love for this fair, gentle girl, whom he wedded "long 'ere 1 was a man." After his marriage he taught school both in Anderson an I Pendleton, but teaching was not to his taste. He longed for adventure, and spent much of his time wand. -ring over hills searching for the silver mint's of the Indians, lie found some silver, but iuC a great deal. After his wife died he ran a lwiat for a Rlmrt lime on the Savannah Ilieer. H;; wife bore him tb; children, two soils and a daurder and di-da'aiiit ls4-, and now Hs biul. imhe old L, wis f.mi W burying -.,,1 Mear the old homestea f Oibson always visits his wife's grave w h--n he returns to America. Tiiere was some didi-rence of opinion n-garding tlie character of the man. though the great majority oi "jfiu ih-ojiIc thought very higl,lv oi ' Lsnv He. left South Carolina t ls'.irt, leaving his i-hd-dreti h'T". What he did for tlie- next few vears is uneci'tam, as ho, in his b..,ks. tells one tab, and many others are toi 1 eNev.-ii.-n. At all even's he follow 1 l.':s incii na tions an 1 b-Mme a fr -e-tra b-r ju his lit tle vessel, v.hicn was originally inleu lel for one of the. ships in the "M.s ioiiarv Centralian navy. c.i-ri IIED BV TIIC IlVTCir. Tt was at this time that he w.iscapf ured by the Dutch on Sumatra an 1 imprisonc 1 in Wcltcrreden. His esc:i:e from the prison was in itself a roniane . lb was aim -t worshijie I by the Natives. Th -re was a woman who did a yreat rl-al to as sist him in his escape. The plot wa- laid and a vessel ready. lb had been fur nished with a woman's dress and, shav ing otr his beard an 1 changing his cos tume, he managed to pass the guards and escape. This was in ls.v;. He returned immediately to Anderson, but remained only aUmt six uiouihs. During this visit theciti -ns of Pendleton held a meeting and expressed their sym pathy with him, and pass.il resolutions asking Colom-l J. I Orr. just elected to Congress, to take the matter in baud and recover damages fmm the Dutch. The matter was afterward dropped. Taking his children with him, he set out f..r Salt Lake City. He remained there several years, and was there during tlu- civil war. Fnmi Salt Lake he went to tlie Sandw ich Islands, and his history from that tim is Well known to the nwsp:ip -r reader. Mr. Gibson has ben luck oii -e to his old hom. inee ho be -ame Prime Minis ter. That wasa'tout In77, an 1 In-delivered a lecture in the Mas mi. Hall, w hich nearly induced all the young men to go out there to raise sh ep", but th in-xt day he blasted his own hopes bv letting it out that there was leprosy there. So I in did not carry off any of thebovs. Mr. Oihson has many w arm" friends and svinpathi.-rs in Anderson County, and he isC uin. cted by marriage with m iny of its best p -o-ple. lie lias a sister who is now keeping a candy i-torj on lhoadwav, New York? s now to Get a C rcivi ilecl I fori He. First actor "I am going to have my benefit next s'atuniay night." Second attcr "You are ?" "Yes but I'm puzzled to know how I'm coing to till the house." "That is easv enough done." "Luthow'."f 'T uvite your creditors." n.-ci S-ji;,i.!K Jus! ice- I hleiii.uroi Wiih Mercy. The sud leu influx d pfHijUe into Cali fornia and th :ir dislributiou thiougliou tli.it wide sweep of territory compassed v.i'.hiu the placer mines called into re.juis'tioii an army of supply trams, frcihte I with provisions an 1 mining tools, for the sustenance mid usr. of the gold-seekers. The mines in the foot hills were accessible to freight wagons, while to the flats gulches and canons iu. the far oil" mountain fastness, s pack trains toiled up the sinuous trails, lead ing from perpetual summer below b itcriial snows aliove. liven y. t there seems to ring in our ears the familiar ' hepah, mulah 1" oi the muleteers, as they urged their patient iind heavily laden animals along tortuous acclivities. In IsM-":' Mnrysville was the great distributive po-nt from whence radiated tic sup;. lies tor that vast, lull ing r.gioit embrace I between the Yuba and tie; l'.-athi-r rivers. Th who!- sale (s abl:h liienrs of t hat embryo cit v did not h.tv.s s'orage i ni.u'.l v fr a tith" of the sup plies arriving by Tjat, and th ; conse t;'i"nce wii that hundreds of tons of tho more substantial articles of merchan dise was cor le i up out of doors with at be-: but canvass coverings to prote. t it fi-o u the Weath-r. Th l'.ib-l of (.illu sion around these supplies during tho drnlimc, incident to loading Iri-ighi-wa'goiis and p.u k-tr.iins, remiuded one of th'- scenes described by travelers as I'ttending the arrival or departure of 1'uos; in .lister merchant caravans at Alexandria. I'n ler cover of this confu sion it wriJ po-sihlc for tons of freight to be sp: riled a.vay without the owner eii.speeiing the laiveiiy. lea! to my uai iv t i ve : In tic- early s.,;ii;g of IS "2 there wero a niimlM-raf us mining at the lower end of Long l'.ar, on the Yuba, on what was then known as Island liar. Our little colony of bachelors lived in a row of can vass shanties, each mess doing its own co iking. As it was a half mile to the nearest provision .-lore, and us delivery wagons was not th ti in vogue, the pack ing home of our snpplb-s was no incon siderable task. I'nder these circiim stanocs it was not strange that we should welcome the arrival in camp of a wagon la-Ion with a general assort mi nt of pro visions. Its proprietor cheerily inquired whether we were in need of any pro visions, and announced his iut--iilion of visiting our camp oliec or twice a week with supplies. Here was opposition ; and upon being made acquainted with his prices we found th'-m so far l low the prices we had been paving that we at once threw oil' the galling yoke of monopoly and voud that provision peddler a public; benefact jr. Tami'T, for that was hisname, for months regularly brought supplies to our doors, and at prices which made the lo.-al merchants curse the day he lirst cast a shadow on that bar. I!ut be need ed n-it to care either for their curses or blessings as he experienced no diiticnlty in selling load alter load of his provis' ions to the miners. Aside from th" con vcnieifce of havingour supplies brought to our doors, we experienced other bene fits and advaul i-.es, for upon lai.ing h's lepart ure Tanner never faile 1 to siy, "Well. boys, what can I do for any of ymi at M arysv.ile '!'' And however trivial the matler entrusted to him, he would attend to it to the lett.-r, and refuse any com po li gation for his trouble. AN e had come to look for tho return of jreuial, obliging Tanner with almost the certainty ot" the rising of the sun. l!ut at last lie failed us ! The sun rose and set on the Jay of his appointed coming, and at night" the question in our littU: camp was: "What can be the matter w ith Tanner ?" The next day we heard all about what was the ''matter" with Tanner! He had been arrested in Marysville upon a charge of stealing provisions and other miners' supplies by the wagon load ! In those primitive (lavs of California there, was a Statute which sanctioned tho inflicting of the death penalty for grand larceny, if the Trial jury so elected in its verdict. Th it the law would le enforced in iis full rigor in Tanner's ease, seemed to us hardly probable. Rut the jury that tried bini thought differently, and rendered a verdict closing with the omin ous words: "Guilty of jraud larceny, punishable with death." The doomed man's Forney fought bravely for ; nt(1 cf jHS ,.i;,.t. 'Ul(i cas. was appealed from the Court of Ses Bioiis to the District Court, jind f,Uiu theiiC to the S'llpicme Court. Hv thc-si proceedings the prisoner only gained re spite cf alv.-'iit two mouths. On a bright sutiny July morn the con demned man open d his eye" to behold the bght of bis last earthly day. Tho slanting rays of that day's sun, sinking to rest behind the we.-.; -in mountains, kissed anew raised mound, marked by aboard upon which was inscribed, "George Tan ner." Since the event narrated, over thirtv y-ais have been udde 1 to rccor VI time"; and, of tli present g -m-ration, th. iv may be those who will question that the dent it jK-n ilty was ever inflicted in C ihfornia, by judicial d.-cree, for the crime r .f lar ceny. If there are any such, we, iu vindi cation of the accuracy of our narrative-, rei--r them to "The People vs. Tanner," see-on. I voiuuie of California Supreme Court ReiMirts. S.vm C.vssio vy. J'onnn'Jou f (mI Ac;orJiii2 t Professor lsky, ,ho r-ar-ied bed of vegetation w hich has boo:no what is now known an I used us tho Pittsburg cod .bed, twelvo feet thick, must have originally been a.s innnv as i ". :'eet in dejdli, it having been comnrrso-l to its present size, as the coal bed, bv the artion of boa. and the. pressura of tho strata or layers of sand which were de posited upon it at dirk-rent times after it was covered with water. As this coal beJ is far above the oil sands, it is noi tiiought that the bod of vegetation which it now icpieseiits furnished tho oil and gas now being found, but that thev have) been formed irom other beds buried be low tie oil pan Is, and w in h may have boon of even greater depth or thii knes-s than this one, pressed down by the tre mendotu w.-ight cf the hundreds and thousands of teet of sand, gravel, etc., w hich now form the rock strata alovo them, and heated from below ly the in ternal heat of tho earth to a very b.ig:i degree, thesi beds of vegetation would, as a result of such forces.'be ch m-oa in part into oil an 1 gas which would escape upward to where it is now found, tho arts not so changed remaining and be ing ch tige I into beds of coal. It i? sup posed th t In t'.iis war thf) gas has been produced, and possibly is st 11 bciti? pro duce t, from bed.? cf vegetation bune 1 below tho o l s-m Is and that it has fou-id its way m compitiy with oil, p -ih.fi-, u; to the. pototo si id locks or oil s.i kIs. A Very ;.'ntur.-il Mlstnlss. Cncle Moss, entering tho house of Judge Peiinyhunker, was astounded at hearing a parrot exclaim : 4j"Tko o I your hat :" " He comj lied at once, ejaculating with chnt.ering teeth : " Scuso me, boss; 'fore Go 1, 1 misttick ye for a bird. 1 did. suah." "l.r-t S'j'tilif, WJ
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