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KLKVK.M1I AY K.N UK, ALTO OX A, PENN'A t i7"Clt'.Zi'Ti rf Co!ii!rla County nnir all dth.-r wlh!tll fi: i urv'ha.sn hoi est FUKN1 i'l'KK, ic. ut liufiesr pi ifts are rcsuci tuny inviii'd l U'V im a call bei'in lv l')rf lf wli'Ti". bh wi lire ot.iilitle'it ttat w" Cm mpi'l -vrr w.irt anU j,lci- 'vt-r t- i'r'. ii's tli verv lowist. 1 16- 8(Mt. tJT.t TiMum Organ i'i lilL 1 I SI' St A SI) BEST. c .7 ! .it-. - 0 t C ' kI ah of ll rot Arenn. Tline. wlie Ui ii.o tin b"t uivu vli.'U.J 4tin:ut th. iu v 1 " . li... m. itj t4 K-mr 111. ti ilia.' niA lli' "1 .v.au l r li.t u. v-,'bui nn.l l-.-tci.r i u-v.',. ir n .1. i.-r tviik our ortrane 1b Juur I- ..Ui , Mrnu? v U1.1 In. .ury. 3.1'Y OTIITZIl. Mir. MILLER ORGAN CO., ''J.-w.f.',A. liUHANON.l'ui FOTJTZ'3 MORSE ArD CATTLE POWDERS a r-iirTv " fcutz HI N' II Hi. , fc It, ! 1 I- ! t ,." V ...a- '1 ffnr) Mjt'iaI p'T a " n t.-. - - . i .ni ; v 11 . t , at. i i k t ui- ..j:ict C. a rn' n't ITaEf - I - ..,-. . , ft ' P A I. ( M, I . , J ,-;, w Al I" (,) .11 . , ... ?" ! 4 rvri ' r .r .! at lv iN . l .r. , Starr. will I'rti j i r , a-' .ol iJ f!?X.V.y Trunkl., t r.v fiysr .v: " t"X i- AT A r. U II 7 y rff .r', ..' a, a . r s -.CRE!i : EALIiI. a HAY A . trt. Mr i. ! , .':-l lulo u.ii: art ti. i -. fri. . 1. 1 'T it 1 r.... : I iiihiI : --r.-.i. 9 c. . kl i ' t.. o:k. lAiivo-poriTEa. i N L.jrAl.l.r I' IS j I' UUufii .iua:'iuiiiiiii"n. J liin.l.v W'.M f.ul ktn.ir.i K .r. frvair. F.78! . e.f i aiup iuui ir a .1 r a i i-a , r:i-a. m i i rY r aI-Lj sHffi i i.f lalldlilM r . t.4 a iii.9 :ar trajaka-M rt I fw ara I vtliotar u C1 , 1.U ftfi tl lUae -VX.li1 LADIES TO PISOj mm 4 IT Absolutely Pure- 1 .n owner never rants. A marrel of purity, .rrrrirtb anl wholrroinenrg. Jre eontiomiral than the iMin-rj kind, and raami b Mild In e-.ni.eti'l.n with the multit:ite el the low tert prmrt wei'.' ht, .turn or iiho'lia'e fx.wvler. &jld oly 11 etlKl. KoTAL liAKlStt l'0DU CiX, 1U0 Wilst...Nw Yi(. Su it TIR.Uu t.an.t rHi-T all the mol rtetit to a hilioiia malt of thf qntrm, Htich as llsrlmik, N.UMt-a. 1 rrMmln-st. Iwtivw after r.'ktiiiir. l ain us tur i-la, Ac While Umruwl muurkuLIu si.cct ss Ium Ixrrn ititu u iu oui iu Ic4dacb. yrt Car-km Lrmt firrwt Phls mv rii,JK vnlun.t'1 in Conxtijiarion. cunrs ami prevent Hi? riit n.nnoy.ugcirr.Ttatwt. wiuio t;wv tviMo orrtvt itll dts'rir f t n uiuaclt, tiihuKr the liwr uii ripilat tii buweln. t-rn if thoy ouly eunl Arli t!;r wrntl.l I almoot prli-rlwa to tV who uiT-r fn.ui tins iUtr. v.nrf otuplainf : bnt foi-tunnifrr th-ir r.Hlr.Mr dn.. mt n.l hn. ai'lriM v L.i . rre fr- thoni wll liti.1 tno- lirtl. i-i!U v.lua!.le in aiuv .v tut trMr v ill u'ot 1 wiiluiir to tlo without IbcHi. Uui f;er all au. h-ai . r a1 cij Ik the Kane Mil numr l:r.- liiat hfr- U a-hr. w nmlrr Mir irrwt l.rut. c'ir ji!h cure it W hilo e'lu-rn d.i n t Cabth' ijTTi.r" I.ivih TiLtJi rn rrrr fwiall and vory rv t. l.il:.' C i i.r two wim naM a . T1"V ro strj.-tiy Trprtatili anil ilo rt irnpeor piir. l-ia ly tl.lr z-titl arin iUw.all who usn tinm. In tit.N nt i?t cvnt; five f.r Jl S.ilJ rvrmrlipra. or M-iit lj uul EaawH FaL Eullll U:w a Mi.nl PTi SEND YCUR ORDERS FOR CAM DEE RUBBERS H. CHILaS & CO. Manufacturers and Wbolesal Dealers la BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS, 5!! WOOD STREET, PITTSBURGH, j iV li. 1V-S. 171. Beauty I ilLrcil ot a liuue.l hj all. AmcER lliw tLia wfjch i-.ay lt lx done to r.L.mo personal Lt Sii'T W th daily i:s of Ayer'a Hair Vior. No matter v:uit tTio color of. Ka-CJ.- A?3 Ayer'a II ir VIor w.il restore the color, bring out a buvv crow th, And rruiliT the old S"ft and shiny. For V.frpir.2 the scalp clean, cool, and l.eukliy, there no bitter preparation in the tuurket. " I am free to conf.- that a trial of Ayer'n II;ir Vi;ur ha-i convinred rne that it U a cuiitu article. Ituehas not ouly cau-H .l tk h.ur vl luy wilo aud tiauhler to ho Abundant and Glossy, 1-.t it l j civn my ratlier stunted mtis t.u he a r'ni't'iUl'lo length and appcar auce." II. iitiiuju, Oaa.laud, Ohio. "My h:tir -wa muiinjj out (without nny ;iui o Ir.im my w.fe. fithfr). I tried AycrV XTiur Viar, usuijr only one it r l ... .vnd J inr hav a tin a h.'a.l r f h.tir nt any tn? cnuld wish for. K. 'l jelnuitton", IHcltviB, 'fetin. " t b-. t iv 1 Ayer'a Hiir ViKrinmy f.tiui'.y for la nuiiil r if v.rs oi l re traril ir ai the r hair pn-parnrton I lniw.f. It k"p the a.-ain ciin, the lia:.r aft and liv -!y. and preserves tho ' i'i';:i al c Ior. My -'.f I. w ti-d it for a ! iiiir time wir.h n-.-.t iisfaetory re aul:." Kenjaiuin M. Johuion, M. I., Th.-ma Hid, Mo. " My hair araaheeoruinij harsh and drr, . 1nt aftr u.sin half a ltt'.n vt Ayer'w 11-air Viuor it crew h'.u k and plisy. I cannot rxnresH the j.iv :nd cratitu.le I Jeel." Maliel C. Hardy, iK lavan, III. Ayer's Hair Vigor, fpk:rAnrr rT Dr. J. c. Ayer St Co., Lowal!, Mass. olrt t y Inrtirslata and Fertumert. DTrilTiar.a ha a. .' eilng --ew. f. K.wrllwl'v. lftrrva York i V4" ' ' n r"1 cf B ' f" '" ' I !" I illvtKl'l IVi InAix nraa .Nwpper. I0O T. l-.mpklM ie. ran? S3 CARTER'S M IVER fai'.) ii puis. .' .i ?7.'r-' ' 0- V, !m!r, this prfpa. f J rmiuit -,-ive it A l:is- v -' , itr aiui '!Ucy that K.'C-M lvl,U .'"-'ly to it J f J thanu. SUouM the "t V" ''Vi'r-! -."' Loir 1.-o thin, LaraU. LIFE'S VOYAGE. Two little cb Uren at dawn of day, Lau bl-g and romplns in morry rly, Intne . Irusartt aprm .time w.-atiirr; The biookl-1 murmurs close at the.r feet, And t e b.rds in the tree-top, and buitrrcupa lirtl Nod and Unee In the water fleet, Ao l they K.nu and d inc. together. Oh. sm lft are tne hour. And uv are the 1jwt In ch u.l hood . avnabie blowing; An! the heaven are bright With a s.ipph.re liht. And the day. in a whirl are going. A youth and a maid 'oeath the noonday sua Talk of the new life for them tfgna. In the plea.ant unawr we.tl.er; Tbe lilie. bnd doirn low at the.r fret, And tb ro e breath out od.tr .weet. AcJ tr.e r 1 p ftt ' I o't In true love meet, A" y-or live. Bow .n t.-i?ller. aan, weel are tfce nowera la Love . a-ol'len bower. When harpy heart w beating; And bn -tit are the ckiev Where Ioe dream. ng liA. And tho weeks in a dream are ceetinz. A mm md a orean, at c'.oae of day. W.n.irr ;.l rg thro.-h the f.-reat ray hi the jo Men ?oirRii wea'hr; Te I 'aivt an" ruri :o down at their feet. And lb b aiu-hta aUiva them in arc he rueet. Hut no new J va tnei'tlr. d eve ere1"!, Aidtrra waiderca logetUer. Oh. trta.- i.l the way. Of our latter day. When the awrrt, d wt ids are blowtnc; And tlie n ben I l.w, V..h 1 he.r i lou 1 of now. And the lat.etb am aerenclv romg. Two narrow envea in th moonbeim'a 'ibt, C'lat' n a..:t rtDea of pi.rrst v. Lite, In tie anovi y w.nti-y westlier; Tl.i river iiow o.i d.r at their feet. And the inm d.ikca atiove thern r-iviv beat. Yet doi one ound dia tieir d faf ear greet. And t .e dnr -m and repoae toirauier. Oli, h -Dry at laat, FVe.rn te wor'd'. rri T)1t, SuJe bv id.- in ti.eir grave, they're lying; le'e l. ere la done. Life ther hepun And the yv.rs r .wiftly flving. K J. ,-uri, it vrv Companion. -MAN AND MOUSE. Story of a Prisoner and Hla Llt tlo Companion. Through tha street of Genoa moved a ba.id of live men. He in the roid.-t had hi arms bound fat behind hiui, and' hi- h?:id po tnuRlod In cloths that no S'ninJ couhl cscrtpo. Outside the city the spli-ndors of the full moon !-il-ven.d th bny; tho air was toft, ui;J i.rfiiraed with the scent of htte bloi-snms and the bivath of the tide'.oss sea; but tiO-e men th resided their way between hijh buildings where no ray tf mci.niliht fell, and where the stag nant r.lr hiiaj h. avily. Swiftly they niounud tho hilly s-troet, and when i heir iriuto prLoner stumbled they ilra T.-il him to his feet by ehaina fa-it-i r.cd t i his iron wristlet. As they :. Jvami J there appeared boforo them a blacker b!ot upon the darknos; here was an jen patew.y, nnd into it they turned, encountering a troot of sol diers, whiramc threateairitfly toward them. lint the leader displayed a rijul re beneath hU cloak, at ?ij;ht of which the jruards drew baek. The nev-. otiiers pressed forward between ii'h wal.s of stone, where rows of llaniinj torches shed an uncertain lijrht. to a second pat, which denied lh-tri li!;!b"r paasa'i. A M'hiatli; from the I-nv !:, nr.d this une.oed. admit . tin hem "by a crrlfior to a bare a-v.1 lofty cl.j.:u'.er. Here sat a grave eray-henrd'ei-u.ftri dletattr.ej to two youth. Tho nc-.v -comers paused till he turned about; a dull sparkle, lit his eye as il fell on'tho aroup. ? rmi hare him? he said, as Lis iook fastened upon the central figure. i envelopxl in it wmppinj-i that no feature oou'.d be discerned. Ye-s Excellency ."' replied the lead er, bending low. He has led us a hard ;hrve, but we have him. We t.xik him . he was mounting the aido i.f the ka Icy." Hai he said au?ht?" I j'td ''tl it best to have no speech with h'.m."' answensl the other, "but to leav him for your ExcvlU-ncy ta de:d with. Your Kxce'.h-ncy should hear, thousrh. that h-3 caujht sijht of us ere we -':ed him. nnd as we laid hold r him a paper dropped from his hand ii;t thesea. atJ was pone before we eouid even see properly what it vas.-' The old man froxned. You have yfn wrele-n rvni," b -jaeulbted. arid for a moracr.t sat in rilence. Then lie s poke: -Remove Uie ilutho f.otu his he.--d, but leave his arms bound. Wait without." Tho rlo-h" when stripped away e p.'esl the had and face cf a your.r irr.n of thirty, with bold and swarthy .'-atUi'es and tycs .f lia-hinp: blaek :i. -s. lie :ued steadily at tho man be fre him. Weil, S r Lui'i, if that be the namo yon fi.vor. cried tho letter. e have s.x-.ir.-d you at lat. For a burr ble man," he continued, with a sneer, you have vjivn much trouble to your betters. And now you are in our hamls, do you care to earn our farther enmity? From more side t'uan one therl' have reached us rumors of the conspiracy. Ser Luigi, what ever power your friends may hold, they can not reach you here. You. have no hope save in ut. To plot - against our Admiral, the well-sprinjr of cur. jr'ory, deserves the blackest dath. 'i"ljt r.fo!,o r. licet well upon his irrcv and U.t m?j-st when he offers yO'.t froe'l. rr., fult f'T-J'iver.eM for all .;c-t ofTcns.-e, even tho endurinp friendship of the LKcias, for one small favor. Hive me tho names of your fi-ilow's in this evil league, and you shall Cnd how nobly Dori.i. can reward those who have rendered him a serv ice." The sneaker ceiec-d. The other, looking at him with face devoid of all t-v.prv -1-i'i.ia. answered: "l am a simple inerr har.t, come to (ienoa to buy poods which I hope to sell aain at a profit in Home. You will find them to the galley whtnee I was torn. I know i..thluj of such a conspiracy as you rpeai of. 'Foe eyes tf his questioner p'.-jamcd. Beware!" he cried. -I tell you we i-40icr who you are and what brings you her. L-yiog t.ill be, vain. Will you tell mo the names of your fellows or not?' I have r.o fellows. answered the yvinff man. I caa not tell you that liieh I know not n.y-elf." .. J We have no time to throw away," crieu mo uLiici, ii-.u ' t. bell which Etood upon the table before him; "mercy Is wasted on obstinacy. The rack shall make you speak." Can the rack teach me that which I do not know," retorted the prisoner. The older man, without reply ingr, signaled to two tall and powerful men clad in black, who had silently en tered the halt "Take the prisoner." he said, "and bind him on the rack. Let me be summoned when all Is ia readiness." The young: man. who did not blanch, was seized by the executioners and hurried through devious paages to tbe great torture-chamber, where ihesi lence seemed still to preserve an echo of ail the shrieks and groans that had runr through those dim arches. Strippod and laid on the rack, he preserved the fame composure, and teemed even indifforent to the advent of the two noble lords whose entrance must gi ve the sijrnal for hia sufferings to begin. One was the same to whose examina tion he had already been subjected ir. tho audience hall; the lAber Uoria himself a tall, w hite-hairod old man, j jjazed at him eagerly, as if to ext act from his face the information which his lip refund to give. Hut there was uothinz to be gained by inquisitive glances. Luivri's countenance remained as inexpressive a his words, and when tho attendants, at tlto signal, bojan their torments, they were poweriess todra treachery from his lips. The torture was applied ajain the next day. and the next, and yet again. As the prisoner became weaker, his self-control gave way; in his pain he sobbed aad moaned and shrieked, but he never spoke. Each day he umiied anew before they laid him on the ra.k, and repeated hi o'.d formula. "How can the torture make me reveal what I am ignorant of ? I know oT noeonspira- , cy, s.iijnori; I have no fellows." ! " There are other ways than the rack to make you reveal your evil knowl edge." responded the Prince on one occasion, when, pale, exhausted, almost dying, the miserable sufferer was car ried past him. Rut in an instant tho white faee lighted tip. I have no knowledge, signori," ho panted, and smiled ag3in. The next mornirag Luigi awaited in vain the appearance of the two execu tioners. Instead, late in the day his door was unlocked by a cripple, who. standing on tho threshold, beckoned him to come. Bruised and faint. j Lu'.gi fetnggored to his feet and fol j lowed tho guide, who led him down a fevieexMsion of short stairways to a nar row door. Two men at arms fo. lowed close behind, but the prisoner, had ho been alone with his companion, waa too weak to think of resistance or es cape. The guide threw the door open with a ciang. The dungeon which they entered was small, and dimly lighted from an opening high above, their heads. It was evident that they Mood far below the level of the earth. The guide once more beckoned Luigi and led him to the corner of the cell, where on a rough sdonc lay a tablet, a bronze cup Ciled with black liquid, and a feather trimmed for' - writing. The cripple's voice, hoarse and cracked, broke the silence. When you weary of solitude,"" he said, "or wish for the sunsh'ne. or perchance desire nothing more than a mouthful of fruit, or a 6wallow of freh spring water, you have but to write the names our master asked upon thii tablet and place it in the shaft- You will receive your free dom and all that the heart of r&aa can desire, otherwise your Imprison- ' ineiit is life-long." In a moment raoro the prisoner heard the jar of the closing door, nr.d the heavy bolts were drawn. Footsteps resounded through the cav ernous ha'ls and died away. He was - alone. Exhausted, faint ani throb bing with pain in every muscle. Lis mjIo feeling was delight at havlcj t-caped the torture. He sank upon the cold stODe floor, and lay motion less for hour after hour in an ec-iay of relief. Presently he felt life gath ering afresh in hi bruised and rxhing body, and his mind reeov-ing vm-t-thing of strength. A snapping noise at one side of the cell routed his at tention, and he lifted himself-hastily on one -lbow. Hi keen gaie dis eerned a small iron p'.nte at one side of the wall, and this had flown open. He sprang to examine it. From tho nurture thus revealed he eould look up through a narrow thaft lined with smooth black marble and extending upward some thirty feet or more. As lie looked, the opening at the top was darkened, and he only withdrew Lis head in time to escape the rapid fall of a theif hung on slender chains, which descended to the level of his cull. -..It was filled to ovei flowing with a sumptuous meal. The richest meats, the daintiest fruits, the rarest wines were before him. For a mo ment Luigi feared some hidden poison, but the respite from pain bad enabled . his native vigor to reassert itself. "l and he was consumed with hunger. He set the viands on the huge block of stone which must crve him for a table, aud laughed aloud with childish pleasure as he began to eat. "Ha!" he cried. "I shall have no uncontrollable longings for a cup of spring-water or a mouthful of fruit -while the Dorias furnish such royal food!" . . There was enough before him for six men. and Luigi bad no haste. He ate leisurely, enjoying tho savor of each mouthful, and as he did ao he noticed a thin, weazened little mouse, which had squeezed itself through a crack beneath the heavy door of the dungeon and stared at him with bright, buady black eyes. The smell of the food overcame its natural timidity, and it came slowly nearer and nearer, its twinkling gaxo following every moth ful he raised to his lips. The creature was evidently starving- and moved by compassion, Luigi threw , it aoruo crumbs, and watched with pleasure the voracity with which they, were de ouril. A few more crumbs, thrown nearer to himself, allured tho ouly half-satisfied creature to his side, but when he loaned over to seize it the mouse sprang back, terrified, and dis appeared beneath the crack, from which no efforts of his could coax it back. The next morning Luigi slept late, and was aroused by the snapping of the tiny door ia the wall. The tray again bore him a bounteous meal, but this time he brought no such appetite to it. The gloom of his cell and tho silence which enveloped him like a shroud weighed heavily on his tpirit "I am buried alive,"-he cried, "and my friends might as well search the Mediterranean for the bones of the nailor drowned last year as Eearch Genoa for me." The hours passed drearily. His daily tortures had at least given him something to defy, and furnished exer cise fir his powers of endurance and sclf-coutrol; but here there was nothing to bo enx)untered, nothing to be- over come. His thoughts grow weary w ith tracing and retracing the same paths. Five times ere the scanty twiii jht died away did the tiny iron door burst I open, aud the heavily-laden tray offer its delicacies in vain for his delight No human bein?; entered his dungeon, no sound jK-n-Hrated the walls which Inclosed him, and he well knew of what t.-rrors this deprivation might btsjo'iio tho source. In such a rrnxd as tnis the presence of the mouse which had crept close to him. afforded a welcome relief, and he joyfully threw it some morsels of bread, abstaining from any motion which might alarm it. The third day passed as the second had done, except for one incident. As Luigi, rejecting on the probably un limited imprisonment before him. won dered to w hat depth, of vacancy his ( busy mind might siuk, his eyes fell ujon the tablet and the writing imple ments lying on the stone. He sprang up. Ha! " he muttered, they count upon my mind's failing, and think then ia some flighty moment I may write the names they wish. We will make it safe! " Seizing the tablet, he with infinite pains divided it into a myriad bits and scattered them over the floor. When next the tray de scended it bire, besides the food, a fresh writiag-lablct- Luigi took it silently from tho shelf and placed it on the stone. But as ho did so he noted the exact place of each thing, and hi the middle of the night he rose wiihout a sound, poured the ink from the bronze cup. broke tbe point of the pen and set them back as they had been before. So secret watcher could havaa detected the change, and no fresh implements de scended to his subterranean abode. He felt satisfied his captors were ignorant of the means which he had taken to protect his loyalty against his owa failing courage or sanity. Thus wretched and forsaken, he looked forward with a pathetic inter est to the coming of the mouse, which appeare! as regularly as his meals. Unhappy as he wa. here was a being still more miserable, who dependod upon him for its canty pleasure even for its life. He selected from the stores before him all that be thought would best please its tiny palate, and watchod with delight a it fed at hia foot- At the end of a week the creature had grown so tame that it would allow Luigi to stroke it with his fingers, aad so plump and smooth that it scarcely bore resemblance to the ravenous, rough-furred little animal that had. first beought his charity. Another week passed without a break except the daily coming and - poing of tho fiii i it and distant day light, and the tricks and gambols rJ tho tiny being that shared Luigi's soli tude and furnished his one resource against encroaching melancholy. Tho familiarity between the man and the mouse hnd grown closer day by day. until, indeed, it had progressed so far as to become perhaps a little too great. The mou- had adopted one or two habits which were somewhat annoy ing. It did not scruple often to wake its master from a re;t!oss slumber by biting his hand, and would even, if the s-holf descended without disturbing Luigi from his gloomy reveries, vent ure to make its way tip tho rough masonry of the wail and help itself, at its "own sweet pleaure. to the tidbits e. hich most attracted its taste a us tom all the more objection able as the superabundant provision madij at first had paa-scl by a regular gradation in to a comfo.'tab'e repast for one man. At this change, however, Luigi did not grumble, as there "was stiil more than sufficient to satisfy hia uncertain appetite, and it signified little to him that the wine had turned to water and the dainty viands to coarser fare. But, as time passed, he was troubled to per ceive that the quantity was stiil slow ly but steadily decreasing; and w hen, one-day. he turned from the empty dishes with his hunger not wholly ap peaed, he could - no longer contend against the horrible fear that he was .to be slowly starved to death. The suspicion gained weight as he recalled variou" unmistakable proofs. While ' he was revolving these gloomy thoughts tbu mouse frolicked reck ' lei,ly over his feet, and he. worn, nervous and impatient at this inop portune flee, with an uncontrollable movtament of irritatiou, kicked it from him. The little animal planted itself on its hind paws at a - short distance . from him. and stared at him with a gleam of anger in it uncanny black eyes. Luigi, however, was too ' much absorbed to take notice of the conduct of his tiny companion, except by cast ing at it a glance of wearines and even repulsion, which showed that the feelings of amusement and kind ness with which he had formerly re garded it had undergone tome change. The mouse, as though well aware of the altered sentiments of its bene'ac t:r. crept stealthily away, and did not reappear until the descent of the bhelf. Then it returned and stationed itself ia front of Luigi, not as though lagging him to grant it' food as a favor, but rather as watching to sec whether he would' refuse." This ho had no di-iKiaition . lo do, however he was ashamed of his little ebullition of temper, and threw to the mouse a plentiful portion of the food provided for himself. The animal devoured its share without any effort to resume any of iu tricksy familiarities, and an attempt of Luigi's to coax it within reach of his hand was unsuccessful. At the end of two or three days more the prisoner's condition had become pitiable. The tray now descended but th ee times in tho day, and the scanty provision which it brought made him look forward to each new arrival with feverish anxiety. He did not deny the mouse a share, but threw it the crumbs with a grudging hand, and the secret hostility between the two grew hourlv stronger. The mouse no longer plagued -him with excessive attentions, but j would take refuge on some niche in ; the stones above Luigi's head, and ' there sit for hour after hour in tho un- ' broken silence of the cell, its black and ' spurlTiTng eyes staring at him with a I Insistence which he could not escape. ! It was in vain that he tried to distract ' his attention by turning his mind to scenes of his own past life, or letting it linger over such philosophi cal speculations as would formerly have suf.ieed to banish every other thought. Through all the windingsof his brain the consciousness of that un changing Tze pursued him. If he tried to battle more openly with his amemy, and to stare down his op lonent, matters were still worse He could not look into the mouse's eyes for more than a few seconds without their s'euiing to dilate and glitter with a harder light, until his mind felt paralyzed in the grap of some wicked and incomprehensible power. Every time he subjected himself to the trial it was more difficult to shake off the mysterious influence, until he avoided the mouse's eyes resolutely, and when the consciousness that they were fixed upon him forced him for an instant to turn and meet them, he fairly screamed with dread. He might have banished the creature by violence, but he had an inexplicable repugnance to thus acknowledging his fear of it, and proving by a recourse to such brutal means the reality of its weird hold upon him. Added to this were his physical sufferings from the daily decrease ia his allowance of food, so that he now actually experienced the pangs of hunger. Three days more passed The shelf now descended but once ia the twenty-four hours, and even thea brought him, in the shape of a crust tf bread and a sip of water, barely enough to sustain life. There was bow a constant struggle between. Luigi and - the mouae as to which, should secure this pittance. It was true that the greater strength of the man enabled him to keep the mouse off when it approached him too closely at his meals. But strength, he learned, was not tho only thing in question. The want of food rendered him sle-i-Icss. and once, unsatisfied with kit mockery of a meal, he watched for twenty-four hours, without rest, for the return of the shelf. When the tiny portal burst asunder he leaped forward and stretched his hand into tho opening, only to find the mouse there before him. After a brief strug gle, Luigi, although weak from his privations, succeeded in rescuing the precious morsels from the animal, though at the cost of some severe Lite. The two glared savagely at faeh other while the man devoured the bread. The mouse jumped down just in time to escajie the rapid ascent of the shelf, and contrary to its usual custom, retreated from the ce?h Luigi. with his hunger stiil unap (eased. watched uneasily for the re turn of his little persecutor, but it did not come back, and there suddeu'y fell upon the unhappy man a dull drowsiness which he could not shake off. He rose and paced his dungeon, but finally stumbled and fell from sheer inability to lift his feet. He would have been unable to resist for a moment his desire to sleep, had it not been for dread of his entiny. Sup pose the shelf should de&cend during ' his slumbers? But even this fearwjts insufficient to stimulate his flanging powers; the forces of life slowly with drew to the remote recesses of his brain, and he saDk into a sleep that whs almost a swoon. All day his face, blanched with suffering and hunger, glraroed white and motionless in the faint light of the cell; all night his breathing, so weak it scarcely stirred ttie heavy air, trembled through the black silence. Suddenly he woke with a start lit had been roused by some sharp noise Reverting to his last waking thought, he sprang to the shaft, only to see the mouse sitting on the empty shelf be side an overturned wate"-jug and an empty platter. The creature seemed - staring at him with a grin of malice. With wild eyes and a cry of despair the unhappy man flung himself upon the mouse, and clutched it in both hands, concentrating in that grasp all the strength of which his madness was capable. e e . - That night the insurrection'of Fiesco threw open the dungeons of the ducal palace and set the prisoners free, but too late to savo Luigi. The friends who rescued him knew that he had - been faithful through trials, and for - the rest of his short life he was ten derly guarded. But an incurable ma niac, he moaned perpetually under the spell of some strange power, and oc casionally broke into fearful parox ysms of terror, in which he would en deavor to throttle his attendants, under the hallucination that his mysterious '- enemy had once more come to life in them. Zt: Dana Uiulcrh.HL, in Mar per's Weekly. Silent, But Very Industrious. "You don't appear to have much to say i oi evening. Mr. McO in nis." re marked the landlady. "No. ma'am." said the boarder, pljiug Lis kulle vigorously on the v.-arined-over steak. "I'm not doing much laiWing, but I keep on sawing wood, niav ain. just as hard." OLD J11'S TIGEPu It Ts a Bit? Fellow, the Skin Meas uring Over Nine Feet. lie Tell In III. Own Peculiar Way IIow, with III. 'Good IOaT and Iow erf ui Floe Gun," He Killed It. Walking down the broad street of L one afternoon recently, I ehanced I to enter a store upon soraetrlf ing pre- j tense, when to my delight I discovered, stretched over a dry -goods box, the ; largest and handsomest tiger skin I ever saw! It was evidently fresh killed, for the blood was scarcely dry in places and to the touch it felt as velvety as though the lithe form it had covered still stalked in stately sovereignty through the glancing ; shadows of Suwanee's swamps! j "Who killed it?" was of course the fir.-t question; indeed, seeing this, the clerk anticipated us with: '"Old Uuele Jim killed it, and just brought it in a moment ago." Where old Jim?" asked my companion. Dr. C . with some eagerness, glancing around the etore. "Ah! hero you are, old man! Come dow n off that barrel nnd tell us about it! How is it you have quit that potato patch and gone to killing panthers now?" Old Jim's black face j brightened with a proud, responsive , grin, as ho slid dow n off the barrel I and approached the doctor, doffing a greasy and battered wool hat: -Dais i ges only a tiger, doctor; him no p-mter, him 'tirely too big for a panter!" and j old Jim glanced with conscious pride j towards the dry-goods box. " All i right, Jim, have it your own way j panter' or tiger he is a whale; about nine feet long, I should say," measur- : ing it critically with one eye closed, half quizzing. ! "Nine foot and two inches, sah, ' "zaetly; Mr. W jest now meajered hit wid his little 6tring," and old Jim munched away contentedly nt his dime's worth of stale cheese and crackers. "All rieht. then, that settles the sire, of him; now, you go ahead, Jim, and tell how you took him in," remarked the doctor, smilingly. Old Jim is a good-natured darkey of about sixty years' experience (mostly acquired in his cane and cotton patches), and, feeling himself the hero of the occasion, he took his position iu the middle of the floor, and w ilh his old gun laid affectionately across his knees, begun his interesting recital. This gun, by the way, deserves descrip tion, claiming, as it does, a part of honor in this story. It is an ancient double-barrel "muzzle loader," the rusted barrels of which are tied down to the badly-battered stock with old cotton and twine strings! The left lock is bammerloss and the tube to the right barrel destroyed almost beyond recognition. However, he manages to shoot it by using old musket caps. But to return to Uncle- Jim and his tiger yarn "Well, you see. gentlemen," rolling up the whites of his eyes till they looked like glass marbles, "you see my place runs back, hit do, right enter de Wakasassy swamp and bein as I keeps some good dogs, and ha3 a poxerful fine gun, I natchully goes a huntm' sum times, tho' my Oio lady do say when she quarliu' like, dat I duz nuthin' else but hunt. "Soyistiddy mornin' I had bizness down in de back held dat's what I tells her dat I has liznesj down in de back field. I had suia tutors down dere whut needed lookin' aftr, fur do gra; s ise -bout tuck urn, but dem diigs is miehty f..n" of me, and d.y tuck en fuller me out dere, tley did, and fore I knows it. one er dem puppies 'gins to snooze or roend er log, and den 'gins to whine, and ole Kemus. Ins trots up der and bristles all up, and 'gin to open on dat track like he war nad, and I .stop hoein' do tatvrs a iiiianit, and I 'lows to him: Kemus, ain't yer shame er yer ole fool seff. let in dem p.ippies tun yer head dat way over a rabbit t:-aek?' But he jiss kup ri"h' on. and tuck no notice ur w hut I b.-: t-jr him. lie je:. keep rilit on ter d fenee, he d'.l, aud ucn de wilier u.-' -. .ms up and sine on de Jeiico U iiml (-ol.i un an down a big log w.u i tucks out inter do swamp, a::d uin sur. do f .i -t thinj old Jim knows, dem doir-i is gone gone sur! "B.es yer sou', w hite f .'ks. der.i dogs spins out a lonj s1.ve.ik . ) rau ic down dat swamp! It soimd so purty te'' I sets down on. a stump and I laffs te.' I cries, and den I l.ol.i i s to dem dog-, and den I listen:! t u- in sct p p ies jiss cr bout to p It d .. little this, e.- dey is and den I h -r agin, an 1 J -n I pats Juba. I feci .-o happy. My ola lady say Jat's what nicks she hev to patch so much, az; I allure p:its Juba when I poos LA.ntin' and gits hriipy over dem d gs. But I listens :;iid hollers tell dem dog-, git furder i.nd furder, tell I can t hea dem puppies at all. and d -y kep-i a gwine oa teil I can't hear Zip. and den, after awhile, I can't 'slingui --li oio Remus, and so I don't hear nuthin" more tell a long time, and 1 git up and I tbauks de Lord fur dem dogs, and I goes on to hoin' deia taters. "I reckons I wucked er half ea hour or more w hen I hear de dogs er comin buck. Well mun, sur, I 'gin to git happy er gin. Fust I hears oid II -mus, and 1 knows he is hard down to bi.ness fum de way he is er speakia' out. Den I listens er gin and hears Zip and llemus. and de.n right low, but er git tin loud.-r. I hearr. iem sweet p-iopies, and I yei. i to my boy Torn er ,:nia" crofat de field, to run to d .. liou and fetch i.r, gun auu amiui .L'n, ur.i all tic time dem dogs is cr ctnln', comin', eenin'. O)o llem:i i end '.':t and de. ;i:;)iics, in'l do P'i!y..ei r.:.d ole R-rous and Zip! Dats ma i-. b'iss. better'n till the piuritiies and trv.ngles and fiddU.-s and straws. Dey r.:n rlghi up de creek about a quarter of a mile fum my fence and den dey racks back across Bill G.i?es new ground, and I ri3 over dc fcacc c-d 1 "lows tJ J2:'- aell: "Hey's after dat berry ole cat whut stole my pigs, and I'm gwine to pepper his jacket for him, I am, and I knows in reason dey gwine to come back down de creak fo' long, so I sets down and I listens, aud I listens, bcrrv happy ! "Strange dem dog9 nebber lo-sc dat track but one time, and den wen. iey opens agin hit's a new tune! Blessed be ole Marsester's name, se. I! sez O.e Jim! A'.l de ladies up to do 'big house' can't sing like dat! Do pi nanny ain't no v. har to dat musk. done tole yer! Hit jiss wuz er runnin' up and down all de limbs and de vine and er singm' soft-like in de leaves,' an' I sot dere like a old fool jiss er latlin and er cryin and er pattin. Juba, and one time I got up and "lib erately cut de 'short dog' and do pigcrn wing!' Well, I w-uz so happy tell I won't watching er bit, and all ter oine I heerd sum sticks er breakin. and d?n oumthin growled like, and den I looked up and dere is a great, big somethin1 walk in up a leanlu tree, er watchiti mo he wuz, nnd sor ter waggin' hid tail, and thinks I lie w ants to pl:iy, ho do, and so I 'lows, if you is in fer fun, ole fell, 'scuso me, but here goes. and bang! goes ole Betsy, and bless yer soul, boss, I cut off de leaves about two feet over ! things head, and I 'lows to myself, di will nebber do for Oio Jim, nebber iu de work.1 " Do thing, I didn't know dem whut he wuz, wuz er kinder settlin' down to jump when ole Remus and Zip runned up and barked and tried they best to clum up de tree, and so he quits er watchin' me and crawls up higher. While he wuz bizzy doin all dis, I tuns in, I do. and loads up ole Betsy, but es I didn't have no buckshot er long wid me I put in a whole han'ful cr tucky (turkey) shot- Jess es I looks up cr fixin' to shoot, I see de thing a stretchin' his self out on a big lira, dat p'ints to'ards me, wid hi. fo' leg pushed w ny out in frunt uf him. and his hine quarters all humped up under him so; and his tail a moovin' er round and er round, and so I "lows to myself cf ole Jim miss dat. thing dis time, he a gone nigjrer shore; and shettin' my eyes I aims right at his head and shoots! Boss I don't shet my eyes septin' I'm tkeered and skeercd bud. Well, soon ez I pulled de trigger I Leered sunithiu hit de ground bliml! like er bale er cotton a fallin' off de press-, and I opun my eyes and dere lays dat thing right at my feel, muu sur, shore ez you live, and jess ez I jumps back and fell over de log de dogs kivered him. lie jess guv two big kicks before h straightens out, but one uv urn kilt one uv dem puppies too dead ter skin, but de tiger wuz dend too, thank to ole marster up youder (.pointing reverently upward) nnd llemus and Zip and de puppies, to say nuthin' uV ole Betsy and me, nnd dere hangs his skin. Boss, mejerin' jesw nine foot and two inches fum eend uv his nose to de cend uv his taiL" II ilUa-ood's Muja- iillC. TUNISIAN FISHERIES. Tbe Kaport of Sponge, an Important llrau. h of Trade In Kegeacy. According to Mr. Sandwith's report on the trade of Tuuia for the past year the sponge fishery continues to be an importaut branch of industry in the regency from Zarzis in the extremo south, as far north as Sfax. The Vico Consul at the latter states that 400 Greeks. 500 Sicilian and 1,400 Tunis ians are "engaged in the fisheries. One London and three Paris firms have agents at Sfax, who buy up the w hole produce. I'Uo diving appui-atu called tlic scaphandre used to be extensively employed by the fishermen, but it has been superseded by an instrument called the gangara, a species of dredger resembling that in use in tho oyster fishery. Its employment, how ever, is forbidden during the mouths of March, April and May, when tho sponge's growth is most active. Tho harpoon is also much in ue by tho fishermen. The total export of sponge from Tunis in 1887. according to tho customs returns, was j4.U1J4, against i."3i,!iloin 186. The tunny fishery i3 a monopoly of the State, and the pres ent lease was made for a term of fifty years shortly before the French occu pation in lbSl. The fish enter tho Mediterranean in tho spring and one body of them strikes tho coast of Capo Bon, at the northeastern extremity of Tunis. Here the fih are interrupted by nets,-and are harpooned by boats men stationed round the nets for tho purpose, and dragged into the boats, as many as 600 being sometimes thus captured in a singlo haul. They are then cut up and preserved in olivo oil and packed in tin cans of various sizes and at once soldered up. About three-fourths of tho whole aro thus treated and find a ready sale in Italy; of the rest, what can not bo sold and eaten fresh is salted, and is mostly sent to Malta and Sicily, salted tunny sh fetching; only half tho price of that preserved in oil. The average annual value of this fishery is estimated afc 20.000. which does not Ggui-e in the customs returns, as tunny pays no duty. The fishing season opens about May 29 and continues till near trio end of June, between '2.000 and 3.t) men being engaged in the work. Even tho octopus is not neglected in Tunis as an article of food, 2,b00 worth having been exported last year to Greece, being a1 most tho only Tunisian prod uct which finds its w ay to that coun try. Levant Ikrald. Different Points of View. i uo'-eiy meets wan rsoreaiy Gowm town and inquires how he does after ' his summering.' Borcdly "Oh. Al! You see, I had a chance to run down to the city now and then. Mamma and Angele? Well, 60 so. You see, they had to remain in the country all tho time, consequently not to well, etc" Borely (meeting Miss Angele that afternoon) "bo glad to seo you. Your faihcr aaid you were " Mis A -" Yes. just splendid, but poor paa, you know, io his great refres. had to go to tho city quite often. I cenEequcBtly, etc "-HoxTcr's &r:l .
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