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VOLUME XXV.
The Momc Saeceaafnl Kinr4r ever rilicov
end, Mil a certain tn Its effects and dm not
bl Inter. Read proof below :
BnooKi.rx, Conn., May 5, "9U.
On. B. J. KesDiix l'...:
Sim t Last Sumiwr I wired aCurhnpon my norse
with yourr-elclret.-l K. n.l ill s spavin Cure and It
was I he ie-u junirvrrKiw fine. iniveioom
empty bottles. Savin ucl It with perfect success.
curlni; every thin 1 lrtet It a. My neighbor had
a horse with a very bad Spavin chat made hlinbune.
i-ighbor had
He a.ked me how to cure It. 1 recom mended
Kendull's Soavia Care. He cured the- Spavin la
'nst three works.
Yours respectfully.
WutcoTT Wrm a.
Onirwn, Obo, April i, "'.
sa. R J. RttnAtx Co.:
IX r bir. 1 have been sel line more of Keadall'a
SaviA Cura and Flint's t'onditlou Powdorsthsa
everbifore. One man said to me. It was tht bet
Powder I ver kept and t he hft he ever tued.
Respectfully,
cmo L. HorFaaK.
CmTTEJiasoo. 5. T., May 19, "SOL
pa. B. J. Krimu t o..
I r Kirs: -I have ased several iMittleaof ymir
Sfsdairs Spavin Cure v-th perfect sucoes. on a
valuable and niofnled mare that was quite lama
'tg Hone Spavin. The mare U now entirely free
from iaiuencs and shows no ouaoi "a I ae Joiaf.
Hespectfully, V. H. HuTcalss.
KENDALL'S SPAVIN GORE.
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tnts: I think it mv duty to render too my
tlinnks fr vour far f.iminl Kendall's Spavin Cure.
I had a four ear old till: which I prized very
hlirhlv. She hud a very sevcro swollen les;. I trleil
.tooiii elrht- dltTerent kinds cf nied telnet which did
no C"o.l. I pun-hased a Ion In of your Kendall i
Spavin Care which curc-l tier in four days.
1 remain urs.
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to; any- address on receiptor price by the proprle
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C. T. ROBERTS,
1Hart.l r -J.N V.. at a. W up.
atJ fatal I lati.. h, but rat
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YA H I I' 11 4I H: I . AtlHrraa at Mr,
ROBERT EVANS.
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UNDERTAKER,
awu NAXUFAinrRER or
and dealer In all kladi at FTJKNITVKE,
ICbenHhnrRf, Pas
WA tall II e ! CTankett always oa taand.-
Bodies Embalmed
WHEN REUriKKD.
Apt S3 SI
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VALUE LUTTRINCER.
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AND TIN KOOriNG.
Kespeet tally Invite the attentloa el hit Irlaadt
aad the pablle la general te the faet that he la still
earrytaa; oa hnslnses at the eld stand eppeelte the
Moastala Hoa.e, Kbeasbarar. aad Is prepared te
I (apply from a lance stock, ormaaafactarina; toor-
Idar, any article In bis Una. froai the smallest to
the Lanreft, Is the beat Banner and at toe lawaet
Uvlns; prices.
aVNo pealtentlary work either made r told
at this establishment.
TIN ROOFING a SPECIALTY.
IHve a tall aad tatif fj yenrselvai as to tav
wora aaa pnoaa v. ui' 1 1 ainitut.
April is. laas-tt.
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PITT8BURQH. PA.
7 V AeNa5aits1
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I m. a Mr . a If .- ' '. asBssk
1 1W ril lUrMw
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Proprietor.
There's a nmt on tin- hi! Wide far away.
Whi rt: iu summer tike fc-ras ifwn irreen;
Where, Yvncath a rust lint? elm tree's hado,
A mo! civiTcd Miotic ls Hcen.
'Tts a uU t and unfrequented snot,
A solitude loos: and wild;
Vet somebody's hope arc buried there
'TLi lh frrare if a little child.
In winter, ala.s! that mossy more
' Is bid 'ut-atU a t-hroud of mow,
Hut around it in e;rins-timc, fr;ith and sweet.
The daiMica and vloli-ts trrow.
And o'er it the ffumiucr nri-oxe k!o
With a fr:l-r:ini- s ft and aild.
And the uutiimn's -U ail l. av.-s thickly ntrew
That .rave of a little child.
And every year there'e a redbreast comes,
When the month f May Is r.ib.
And I uiHi her u-;t in thi qul t spot,
Mlil the dm tree's bratichC! blr.
Wlth her melMly w el by the hour she trtlla
As If by th scene fcceullrd;
I'crhai'., who knows, 'lis an nncel comes
To the grave of that little child.
Yes, somebody's hopes lie buried there;
Some mother Is weeping ln vain,
for thiniph years may come and year may go
'Twill never come hack again.
Yes. blessed are thos-c who die ln youth.
The j:ure and the utulrHleJ,
S. mc r..ud.s to Heavca ptrhaps run through
That cave of a llttl.-1 liiUL
Waiter rices, in N. Y. Weeklf.
TO CATCIMHIK UXWARY.
Many Old and New Paradoxes
That Are Intereetlnef.
.ts for the W lis of Yostr I'rinnda
rrwhlrm. That Aro I'uzzlius;
.ay to Solve An Old Kul
wltht No Kxeeptlotu
llrlffht
Vet
After the cip;arslial 1hm-i lihtvd at a
siniill dinner party one v-vt-nin'' not
lonjj- ;irt, the snfcjfft of paradoxes was
ititrnltif'il. It was a matter of oont-iil-rallo
ininnipnt to tliis? preent what
a hir'e mitiilK-r of jrop.ition, or
qtHTteK there sire floating alMitit the
rll in one form or another, which
are inti'iiletl to puzzle the wits of thtj
unwary. Some of them are extremely
aiieieiit, havinjr In-en handed down
from the works of the Ure-ek philsoph
er. and some are of went origin. All
of them form excellent mental exercise,
as they sharpen the wits, K-sidos Ifinij
a recreation to the mind. Xorlaimto
originality is made to the examples
nven here, most of which were hroupht
out at the dinner mentioned, hut un
doiihtedU" some reatlers will iindanttm
mt of iuestions whi.-h they have Bt'Vi.r
l.-fr- heanl. h has net at some
period of his existence puzzlevl h- hrain
over tl'i ttiery:
If a oose weighs ten pounds and
half its owu weitrht. r. hat is the weight
tf the jr w se '
Many per.M-.ns hare ntidotihtetlly Kern
tompted to answer tiftet-r. pounds, when
the correct ansv.iT. of course. Is twenty
pounds, as they discover after ";ivinj
the problem a l-'ttle thought. An ex
ceedingly wise r-'an has sometimes ln-en
eatiirht lv a ver." simple ti'stion . of
this sort. Tht U 'iowin for example:
llow many da s would it take to cut
up a piece of cloth -S-fty yards Ion;;, one
yanl iM-itient tf every ly?
Or this:
A auail climhiti- rp a post twenty feet
hih ascend tire fee every daT and
slip down four fvet every niffht. Flow
lontf will it take the snail to reach the
top of the post?
Thesti are simph? rtiestion) in
arithmetic, acd yet, how many pT
son would answer fifty days, instead
of forty-nine to the first one, and
twenty insteai 4 sixteen to the last
one. It is pcrhajts s-:ireelv necessary
to p. .iiit out that the snail would fain
one foot a day for fifteen days, and on
the sixteenth lay reach the top of
the pole, a nd t Sere, of course, remain.
Here is one of a different sort, but
none the less puzzling:
A in:. n walks round a pole, on the
top .if which is a monkey. As the man
moves, the mr.nkcy turns round on the
top of the p-le. so as still to keep face
to face v it h the man. When the man
has irone round the pole, has he or has
he not. fone round the monkey?
As either answer to thisiestirn may
le upheld with stroti; and lop-ieal
arguments, the render is left to decide
the ticstin 'or himself.
Which, at any "-iven moment, is mov
in firward faster, the top of a coach
wheel, or the Ixdtom?
The answer to this jtiestioii seems
simple enough, but probably nine per
sons out f ten. asktiat random, would
five the wronjr reply. It would apear
at first si-ht that the top and !ottom
must In- movino at the same rate; that
is, the speed of the carriage. J!ut hy a
little thought it will W discvcred that
the iHtttidti nf th w heel is, in faet, by
the direction of its motion around its,
axis, inoviup; backward, iu an opposite
ilirection to that which the carriajre is
alrancinr. and is consequently station
ary in space, while the point on top
of the wheel is moving forward with
the doubled velocity of its own motion
around the axis and the sjiced at which
the carriage moves.
Many persons will recall the famous
paradox vf Zeno, by which he sought
to prove that all motiou is im)Nssihlc.
"A 1nm!v," he arfrucd. "must move
either in a place where it is or in a
place where it is not. Now, a hixly in
the place where it is is stationary and
cannot be. in motion, nor, obviously,
can it le in mtin in the place where
it is not. Therefore it cannot move at
all."
JSodies do move, however, and that is
a sufficient answer to the inpenioua
philsophcr. Another paradox which
has Wen inherited from the lireeks
that of Achilles and the tortoise is
familiar.
Achilles ithe swift -footed; allows the
tortoise a hundred y art is start, and
runs ten yards while the tortoise runs
one. Now. when Achilles has run a
hundred yards the tortoise has rnn
teu yards, aud i therefore still
that distance aheaL When Achil
les has rnn these ten yards
the tortoise has run one yard. When
Achilles has run the one yanl. the tor
toise has run one-tenth of a yanl. And
when Achilles has run the one-tenth of
a yard the tortoise has run oiie-hun-dredth.
It is only necessary to eon
tlnue the same proves of reasoning to j
prove that Achilles can nevt r overtake
thai tortoise.
Of course. It is a faet that Aehillestbtes
orertake the tortoise, not withstand
iug this apparently logical reasoning to
the contrary. The conclusion of that
paradox is somewhat different from the
following, although iu some wars sim
ilar to it:
A man owes four cents, lie pays tws
cents one day, one cent the next, one
half cent the next, and so on. oi.- half
eft: !i .lay of ti e d. bt. Vow. alUo..,
"UK is A FREIMIS WHOM THE THLTH
EBENSBURG. PA.,
on the fonrth day he only owe" one
quarter of a Cent, if he should he
cndtit-tl with the jrift of immortality,
and he should continue to pay the debt
at the same ratio, he could never pay
all of it. There wtauld always remain
that half of the former eiay's payment,
providing he had saunters small entnifh
to make the payments.
Her. is a puzzle in feometry. It does
not require a skilled mathematician,
however, to solve it.
It is required to demonstrnt (eo
metrically) that a larger crop of corn
an la (rrown on an acre of level
tfround than on an acre of slanting
fround. The stalks f corn are sup
posed to prow perpendicularly in rxith
cases, and ull other particulars, such a
fertility of the soil and the like, to lie
the same.
The ingenious reaIer will probaMy
have no trouble in solrinjf the problem
without assistance.
Philosophers, accxirdinp; to the latest
devices, have not been able to decide
what would he the fate of a donkey
placed exactly midway between two
hayricks. As then' is clearly no rea
son why he should chose one rick
rather than the other, it is presumed
that, logically, he would starve to
death.
The cynic's reply to this proposition
may. perhaps. Itc as pood as any that
could lie found: that is. that the philos
opher who wastet tirte over such a
question oujrht to solve it by actual x-'
perience.
Probably every reader has q noted the
proverb: "There is an exception to
every rule," several hundred thousand
times during his or her life and never
thornlit that the proverb contradicted
itself. For, clearly, if there is an ex
ception to every rule, there is an ex
ception to this proverb; therefore,
there is a rule without an exception.
The familiar query: "If Dick's father
is Tom's son. what relation is Dick to
Tom?" is easier ef solution than the
other me closely allied t it. which
runs as follows: A man ktamrinjf be
fore a portrait says of it:
" Sisters and Vreth'-rs have I none
Yet that man's father is my father's son."
What relation is rhe speaker to the
person depicted the portrait? The
answer is often tpvc" that the portrait
represents the speaker himself, when,
as a mutter of fact, it represents the
speaker's son.
It is seldom, indeed, that the follow
ing question is answered correctly on
hand:
A train starts tkwly from San Fran
cisco to New York and one daily from
Xew York t San Francisco, the jour
ney lasting five days. How many trains
will a traveler meet in journeying from
New York to SaB Francisco'.'
A Iwiut ninety-nine persons ont of one
hundred would sny fire trains,as a matter
of course. The fact is overhxiked that
every day durinjj the journey a fresh
train is stnrtinr from the other rml
while there ore five trains on the way
to lK'frin w ith. Consequently the trav
eler will meet not fire trains, but ten.
The following proposition is left for
the reader to think about:
If there are more people in the world
than any oue person has hairs upon his
heath then there must exist at least
two persons who possess identically the
same numlicr of hairs, to a hair.
This same proposition may be applied
to the faces of human liein-rs in the
world. If the numlier of perceptible
differences ln-tween two faces In
not greater than the total numlier of
the human race, then there must exist
at least two persons who are to all ap
pearances exactly alike. When it is
considered that there are about 1..1O0,
ooo.uoo persons in the world and that the
human conntenanee does not vary, ex
cept within comparatively narrow lim
its, the truth of the proposition he
comes obvious," without applying th.
logical reasoning of it- X. Y. Tribune.
ABOUT OUR SUN AND MOON
A nf.w theory in relation to the moon
has lately lieen advanced, to the effect
that the lights and shadows of the mwn
are incompatible with the theory of its
spherical shape.
A liF.KMA capitalist has offered a re
ward of 'i."i.N)o to any astronomer who
can satisfactorily prove to him that the
sun. the moon, or any one of the stars
is inhabited, or that it contains any
solid matter whatever.
TlIK brightness of the moon is not so
very much greater than the brightness
of the same area of sky. The total
light of the full moon can lie compared
with the total light of the sun, though
it is a very difiicult problem, and the re
sult will le that the sun is as bright as
Cso.oon full moons.
IlT a comparison of records extending'
over a pnnihcr of years it has Itcen con
cluded that the moon has an influence in
lowering" the height of the Imrometer
in the months from September to Jan
nary at the time of fall moon, and in
raising it during the first quarter. No
effect has lieen perceived in the other
months.
M X spots are cavities in the surface
of the sun tilled with (rases. They are
generally distributed in groups, princi
pally in two zones which cover the sur
face of the sun lying lietween ten de
grees and thirty-fire degrees north and
south of its equator. Their size varies
from those just visible with the most
powerful telescope to those tOO,(X0 miles
in diameter.
An Atosutlc aasiler.
An ingenious system of registration
is said to have lieen applied for the pur
pose of making telephone pay stations
automatic. The principle adopted is
the familiar nickel-in-the-slot. Any
person wishing to use the telephone
drops in a coin of any denomination
from a nickel to a dollar, and the ma
chine immediately indicates to the cen
tral office the value of the coin deposited,
so that the operator there is able to tell
the exact time for which payment has
been made, and to coutrol the circuit
accordingly. This communication with
the sqierator at the exchange is effected
by the closure of a local circuit, when
the coin is introduced, which rings an
alarm hell. The wave sounds created
hy the bell act tipon the transmitter,
and are thus passed through the line to
the central office. To guard against
tampering and to insure the fact that
the coin has assed sufficiently far to
W Wyond the possibility of recovery by
dishonest persons, a spring trough is
supported at the laittom of the instru
ment so that the bell can only lie rung
by the closure of the circuit after the
coin has passed through the chute. The
central office otn-rator thus knows
that
the moner has r.-n naid and that the 1
customer is ettt it led to s.Tvt-el
MAKES BFE AJIU A LI. AVK M-AVE I'-KelPE.'
FRIDAY. JUNE 19, 1S91.
STOKY OF A WjJECK.
His Little
Dot and Tet
Own Child.
Not His
"You will lie playing Juliet before
yon an1 twenty, little one, I said, a
I vt came running into the greenroom
on evening.
"Hy Jove! she t. great," said another.
"lU'st actress m the company ami
minds her ow n business, too," said the
crusty old stage manager. The ex
clamations, mingled with caresses, were
showered tqniu the head of one of the
brightest and cleverest child prodigies
who are playing upon the stage to-day.
Little lot had just come off the scene.
She was a great success in the play
that was running at the Amphion at
that time, and her performance that
evening seemed even better than usual.
A big roun I of applause attested the
appreciation of the audience, and when
she came into the pTeennom to kiss
papa good-night before going home
with her nurse she was warmly greeted
bv every one there, for we all loved the
dear little girl as well as admired her
genius. Dot's father was tfus Mcrvin,
the low comedian of the theater. They
made a strange contrast, these two.
I Jus was short and very fctout. His
beardless face, lined and wrinkled by
the contortions that had amused the
public for twenty-five years, loose,
ugly mouth ami sandy hair, could never
have jwsses.ss:l any claims to beauty,
while the child was very lovely with
her big, hazel eyes and golden brown
hair.
"liood night, my little one," (Ins said,
running his red fingers through Dot's
crisp curls; "sleep soundly, and don't
dream of new parts."
"I hive to dream of new parts." said
the child. "Pajia, shall I really play
Juliet when I am twenty?"'
"You won't if you don't grow." re
plied litis, laughing, "and if you don't
sleep, you won't grow, so run along
with Susan." So Dot after kissing us
all goid night was wrapped up in her
fur coat and carried away by h r care
ful nurse.
"All ready for the third net."
screamed the call loy and the scramble
for "props"' and places liegan.
Neither litis nor I wcreonrgain until
the last act uud wo usually indulge in
a lit liar smoke aad chat during Our wait,
lie came iu my dressiii;-rtn to-night
as usual, but sat silently smoking his
pipe and gazing alistraetedly at the
dingy ceiling, tins and I were old
friends and I was ush! to his long fits
of silence, so 1 said nothing and busied
myself at my dressing table, putting
things to rights and touching up a re
fractory eyebrow or so.
"Frank, old man," lie said at last. "I
want to talk to you almut Iot."
"So, it's IVot you've leen thinking
aliont nil this time," I rcp!i-d. "Well,
I don't blame yon. 1 1 us. She is thi?
sweetest little tot I ever knew, on or
off. and by far the cleverest child in the
business. Why. it is perfectly wonder
ful the knowletlge th;tt child has of
stag-" business,"" 1 s;.ntinu-I. warming
to my subject. "Last night old Davy
missed an important cue and got com
pletely rattled couldn't think of a
word." Thit w as up laok business with
the flowers you know but she walked
down stage, spoke the line for him
which happened to lie my cue whis
pered the next line in the old fellow's
ear. and then turned up stage for her
business w ith me. I don't l-lieve a soul
in front noticed anything wrong but
Dot savc-1 that scene and perhaps old
Ivy"s p sili.n. for him. You would
think she had lieen playing ten years
instead of ten months."
"That is true," said Jn she needs
but little teaching."
"There's where blood tells." I con
tinued; she has got your twenty-five
years of hard work behind her, and I re
rnomlier your wife before Dot was lmrn.
I'oo.- Alice was one of the prettiest and
neatest soubrettes in the business. She
was a great loss to the stage, old man.
as well as to you. but she has given us
Isit in her p'aee."
"Frank, old friend, I am going to tell
you something. It is not niy own
child or poor Alice's eitiu-r. for that
matter. It isn't a very long story and
I will tell it to you to-night if you've
time to listen."
"So ahead," said I. closing th dxir.
"The act isn't half through yet."'
"You remember my wife you say, a
sweet, delicate, little creature, too
fragile hy half for su-eh a life as ours.
I don't know what she ever saw in me,
but she loved me, and married me, and
I tried hard to make the rough path a
little smoother for her tender feet to
travel.
"Money didn't come as easily then s
it does now, bnt we got along very
well. We were playing in the Orleans
the winter Dot was bora, not this Dot,
but our little Dot, Frank," looking up
with tears in his honest eyes.
"That was the happiest year of my
life," he coutinuetL "I was making
caough to run the little home and take
care of Alice and the baby.
"I tell you this life of ours teaches a
man to prize a home if he ever has one,
and if he has a wife and baby in it and
money enough to keep things going, he
doesn't want much else in this world.
"Our season closed in April and Alice
was anxious to get back to New York.
Summer was coming on, and she
thought the baby would be better
north, so about the first of May we
started by rail for New York.
"I remeraWr now the strange fecling"
of depression I .had when leaving New
Orleans, but I tried to throw it aside as
a foolish fancy. True, we had been
very happy there, but I had my happi
ness, my life, my everything as I be
lieved with me. It took nearly a week
then to nuike. the trip and the accom
modations were not what they are now,
but we managed to make ourselves
very comfortable. Alice was a perfect
genius at that.
"There was a sad-faced woman in
black, occupying the licrth uci.t to us.
She was a widow, we understood, not
in very goI circumstances, and going
to New York with her laby. a little
girl about as old as our Dot. The two
babies were a bond of sympathy be
twevn the two women und in a few
days she and Alice were chatting to
gether like old friends.
One nig-ht, after Alice and baby were
soundly sleeping in their berth, I went
forward into the smoker
before going to bed, 1 had been smok
ing aud cngrossrd with mv thoughts
ever an hour when there came an awful
crash,
The car suddenly pitched for-
waniand thru, leaving the. track, turned
,V ,tH A-
AY : M il I 1 1
8I.0O and
J over n one side. Yu perhaps rctueni
i ber that terrible accident that ceurred
in West Virginia about ten years ago.
i It was the old story. Some one had
blundered. We were running behind
time and a local express had smashed
into the rear car.
No one in the smoker was seriously
injured, and, after a little. I managed
to make my way out and go in search
of my wife.
"The sleeper was a wreck. Willing
hands were already tearing away the
wrecked ear and rescuing the poor
wretches within. The air seemed tilled
with moans and groans. Around me
they were laying tlown the victims,
some living, many dead but Alice was
not among them. 1 joinrsd the band of
workers and we tnilisd with the strength
that God only gives to men at a time
like that, tugging away at broken
timliers and releasing many a poor
soul from torture.
A woman and chi'd both do ad 7 I
heard a Lave near me exclaim. I
sprang to hi side. There lay my dar
ling wife, her white face turned up to
mine, but fixed, unmeaning, mi recog
nizing. Our little one lay in her arms
but the tiny head was crushed and the
chiltl's blood had stained the mother's
hair and face.
"Little Dot was dead, but as I placed
my cheek close to the mother's lips. 1
fancied I felt a faint touch of her
breath.
"Willing hands bore them Imth into
the open air and laid them on a rude
couch. Oently I took the child from
the unconscious mother's arms and laid
her, wrapped iu my coat, on the soft
grass.
"Hy that time the work of rescuing
was alsmt over. Help had begun to
arrive, and yet the Mi ne if anything
was more heartrending than liefore..
Men were seeking for lost wives or
striving, like myself, to rescue living
ones. Mothers were calling for tjieir
babies, and little children vainly asking
for their parents.
"Even in my own despair, my heart
felt another pang when I saw them
bring forward a black-robed figure
with a little child at her breast, ami
lay them near us. The baby gave a
little frightened cry and then seemed
to sleep in the dead mother's arms. It
was Alice's frieud and her little otie.
"A relief car and doctors arriving,
Alice was made more comfortable and
a physician came to examine her. I
lived years in those few moments. He
turned to me and said softly: 'She
is injured internally, I fear. If she
is conscious before the end, it is all we
can hope for.
), my fiod how I did hope for it
How I prayed for it! lWth to lie taken
from mo, wife and child, without a
farewell word or caress.
"Alice lay breathing faintly for a
long time, and then the white lids
lifted and 1 saw once more and for the
last time in this world trte violet eyes I
loved f dearly.
" 'tins, dear, she whispered, trying
to raise one poor maimed hand to her
heart. 'Where is littl- IVit? Why have
I vou takrn mv luhv aar Imm mi ?1
"What should I say? What could I
do? The sweet voi oe grew fainter and
tfie blue eves almost closed.
" lot:-," she w hispcrtsl, 'am I going
to leave you? Am I going to die?'
"she must have read the answer in
ray face, for a faint sigh broke the flut
tering breath.
""Uring me Dot." she murmured.
Ilivc me my baby teforc I die.
"In utter despair I bid my face in my
b.ands, when a faint cry came to my
ears. It came lrom the little mother
less bain- lying near us. I lifted the
chihl and hiid her in Alice's arms.
"The child nos.tlcd its little head con
tendedly into the dying woman's neck
and one little hand was laid on her lips.
Alice w as very weak now, aud I had to
bend over to catch the few last words.
"'My little lht, she murmured.
Our little child. Gu dear. She will
stay with you and love you in my
place'
"She kissed the little hand and raid:
" 'Love your father. Ixt Iove him
alv.-ays.'
she weal; ly motioned me to take
the child, nnd with the baby on one
arm and my dying wife in the other, I
lay until the gray light came into the
eastern sky and stole over Alice's face.
Hut the light of life was fading from
her eyes. I kissed her lips aud felt her
last breath on my face.
My wife and child were together in
Heaven and there was nothing left
for me on earth but I looked at the
little child sleeping in my arms. Alice
had given her to roe, -tml she, like I,
was alone in the worhL, and so she be
came my little daughter, and you know,
Frank, how very dear she is to me."
I Jus had finished his story. There
were tears in my eyes as well as in his.
Noble old (Jus how I admired his hon
est, generous, loving heart. Hut men
say little to each other when the tears
begin to fall, and so, with a silent hand
shake we left the room.
The curtain was down and the last
act ready to begin. F.thelyn i riend, in
Chicago Saturday Kvening llerai-L.
A Unreins; Time "art.
IVhind the desk at the Auditorium
hotel in Chicago is a group of three in
candescent lamp-. At night it has been
noticed that one, two. or all of these
lights would burn for a short time and
then go out. The lamps were connected
with the three stations located on the
upper floors of the hotel, and these- sta
tions are connected with the annunci
ators! in the rooms. Each station is
supplied with ice water, etc. When a
guest presses a button in his room, it
rings the bell at one of the stations, the
light in the office is turned on and a
"f roTit"f rom the sta t ion e nswers t he call.
The light bnrns while the boy is mak
ing the run. and is turned out as soon as
he returns to the station. The clerks
are tlicn able to tell just how long the
boys are in making the run. Then it af
fords an opportunity to bet on how long
the light will bnra.
lleld sa to Ilia Wbeat-
An eccentric old bachelor died the
other day at Atchison, Kan. He was
originally a brewer, but embarked in
the grain business long before Atchison
hal an elevator. He had a large ware
house and lived in his office. Among
his asset were three thousand bushels
of w heat w hich he had in his warehouse
five years, refusing to sell because the
priis- never reached his mark cf value.
"The care of this w heat was his fond
est occupation, nnd he constantly turned
it with a woodeivfclicrvc.1 until the ker
nel have become as glossy as the sur
face of a chiiia neat rirg."
postage per year In advance.
NUMBER 24.
THK OAK'S SKCliKT.
Private Brashwell Makoa Restora
tion and Wins a Prize.
It was when Sherman was "inarching
through f.eorgia." A house which
seemed, from its outward appearance,
to have lieen close. 1 and barricaded for
defense, or deserted altogether, was
surrounded by M-rhapsa dozen soldiers.
"ict an ax." cried one. "and we'll
break in the doors,
He had scarcely ceased speaking lie
fore a dozen blows shivered the panels
of the oaken door and made an en
trance for the crowd and one after
another they fil.-d in.
The house hud indeed bts-n deserted
by its former occupants. Much of the
furniture had Ut-n rcmovi-d certainly
all the silver plate and other valuables,
for nothing of that character as visi
ble. The men searched every room in
the house, but found nothing to inter
est them until they reached the cellar.
"Here we arc!" cried one, "wine in
ahiinditix-e; the rarest bra mis, I'll
vager!"
If v. ine was their object, they had
accomplished it with little trouble.
The cellar was stocked with it: there
was in mgh and to span-. Hot tie after
lioltli- was handed out. until at last tliei
cellar was rilled of its store.
The men held high carousal in the
spacious dining hall. They drank long
and deeply, und what tlu-y could not
consume or take away with them they
destroyed on the spot. Then they went
reding on their way.
It hail lieen projiost-d to burn the
house, but this prohibition, for some
reason, was overruled by tine of the
party the youngest of them alL
"No." he saiil. "why should wo burn
it? It has lTor.'..-l us pleasant enter
tainment, and li -sides it may be some
poor fellow's home who has lost every
thing else."
It wa a little strange thai this young
man lip-da av from his rverMigc. .rn
par.lor.s on the way to camp ami re
turned to the house tlu-y had deserted.
Hut they would not have thought it
strange could they have divined his ol
ject. He retraced his steps. In
through
and de
the shattered door
he pu'-sed
l t
ne ts-iiar. . r-giit uis-
A
closasl the fact that iu one comer a
block of the stone floor had lyn re
moved and r-placsl again. -i i-it-iilly in
hurry, for at one end it protruded
above the level of the floor. J1U Keen
eye had detected this, w hile his com
panions were making merry over the
wine, and it had excited his curiosity
and suspicion.
With the assistance of an ax he suc
ceeded in removing the stone. The
earth licneath it lmre evidence of hav
ing beeu recently distnrlicd it was
soft and fresh. There was a spade in
the cellar. He seized it and went to
work.
He Hid not work long 's-fore he dis
covered a sinall iron Ixc: - tnell. but
J:cuvy. It r.sj-.iir. d sonv strcTi-rth to
lift it but once out in the lirht with il
there wns no doubt in the youn. miui's
mind that it contained valuable treas
ure, for did not me gold rattle as he
lifted it?
Would he open it there? No! His
companions might miss him and return.
He resolved to lie more secret.
With some difficulty he lifted th; lsx
and placed it on his shoulder, then,
taking tin- ux alss. lie jMtssed out of the
house aid into the tcod licyond.
Twilight was coiniug on, and with it
the heralds of a storm low. rumbling
thunder and dark clouds glooming in
the north. Into the wotxl the thief
staggered with his heavy burden into "
the shadow and the silence, where he
and his secret would lie safe.
"Thief!" it is a bitter, burning word.
He seemed to hear it at every step. The
wind seemed to hiss it in his ear; the
thunder roared it to the world; the sky
scowled st him through the trees and
sent its blackest shadows to hide his
crime from sight.
"Thief !"
At the base of a great, towering oak
he threw his burden down. "It is a
lie!" he cried, looking around the place
as if expecting an audience and in an
swer to an accusation. "It's a lie. I
never .was a thief ! All's fair in w ar!"
Then he knelt down and pried the
iron lid open with an ax.
Gold, sure enough gold and silver
that amounted to thousands of dollars!
Into the glittering mass he thrust his
hand the hand of a thief !
"A curse upon it!" he cried, throwing
back the coin r.nd spurning the box
with his foot. "I'll l.ii'.v it here.
In the gloom, which wns fast deepen
ing Into darkest night, he dug a grave
for the ill-gotten gold and Imried it
deep. He dared not touch it then - his
conscience, his honor, his honesty
gained the mastery for the time.
He turned to go, but lie had not re
treated twenty yards when his eyes
were blinded by a kern flash of light,
followed by a deafening peal of t bun
der. A limb from the oak, where he
had hid the treasure, came- crashing
down, lie turned and saw that light
ning had struck the tree and ringed a
track around it.
"I shall know that tree again," h
said, "and remember this scene this
incident, forever!
And then he passed out of the wood.
Chit of the wood and out of Gvorgia
passed on with the victorious army,
fighting the battles of the union, until
peace was declared nnd victor ard
vanquished laid down their arms and
sought their long-forsvaken homes.
Hut the secret of that treasure, hid
den in the Georgia woods, weighed
heavily upon the soldier's mmiL Near
ly two years had passed since he had
seen that thunder-blasted tree where he
had left a fortune. Had anyone dis
covered it? It w as possible. Rut per
haps they had not. The oak might
still be guarding its secret faithfully.
He rxsolved to return to Georgia. If
the gold was there, and the rightful
owner could be found, he would return
it to him. If no one could prove clear
title to it. why it would be his.
So. w ith these thoughts he returned
to the scenes he remembered so well
returned to find the old house standing,
as on the day when his reckless com
panions forced an entrance and
caroused within ita walls. In the
neighborhood he obtained the informa
tion that the house was owned by CoL
HroadweU, a veteran oi the Mexican
was, a widower, who lived there with
his only daughter; that he had also
lived there during the war, and was
i
now greatly redtved in circumstances.
.He -r"t.sl tho -j!o'
e.i
il.tiiie-c
Aclvei-tiHitify Taint OH,
Tt e tsrveand ret t 1. -1rrtitk a of te'w-
Hi 1-o.tcmcn.s it tu the i-ro-.M.
ron.lrleratli u of aiTertu:r whose lrt,i wl"
Brerted at the following low rates:
I loch, 3 time........... ... t ..
1 Inch, S (booths......... -, ,
1 itcri. inoctbt. ............... ....... .. 1
1 Mcl I (Ul. ....................... .......
2 loi-hea. C months.................. -S
I inches I year 10 no
laor.es. a Months o
luetics, t year - -
eointna. e months MOM
column. ft liianths oe
'j e ilaua. 1 year , no
cot a ma, mouths .. -o SO
1 column, I year Tetnl
Bnslaess Items, flrvt Insertion, lo.:. per lt3
subsequent Insertions. per I'ee
A luouotrittor and executor s nonnee a,
Auditor's Notices
sitray and similar Njtlees 1 S
Barke'diitions or prMendlnaa ot na? e--r-s
lion or inyicty and etii.p:uoiilini 1 e
call attention to er.y ti. stie- of l.iceed ii
Tieaat liitrrul suaxt be M f. r ar ! . . v.
nw a and jot I'rintiov ui i:i i.inui
ezeaiousiy eaecuied at the haul f.r! v. A o f
don't you toraei it.
and that of los lovely dutifhtcr. '-
thau thi he made his aVlc at t-'o
house, for the old colonel took a fuse
for him.
He saw that the little family was !s
str.iit-nsl circumstances, s.n-1 bi lie-V
ingthatho hail contributed to tl.."r
j invert y, the thought cut him to t"".i
heart. An old man u ho ha 1. p ri::'-A,
known want: u young nn l l ively r,:r
who had suffered, and through him'
Colonel." he said, one afternoon, n
they sat together in the h.UL "did you
l.ise much by the war?"
Everything, sir!"' said the colonel,
except this house, wl.i.-h th.-y irai
vcrtently overlooked. My greatest 1 jss
was in money. 1 had nri iron l.y. T'.ll
of gold and silver Imried iu my c-ellur,
but th-v found it!"
"Tliief!"
The i-i-hocs came back to him from
the past. Hut ho re solved thit if t;it
liox could lie found, the wronged and
rightful owner should have it.
'I he next day he s-.-t out alone to tVct
Well-rcmeiutiered wood. The sci'TTC '
onl: was stiii staijiihig. lie l:-:r .'. ' J
very pof where he had b-.'.el. : the
goM, though it w as jjv greatly over
grown witfi foliage.
He returned to ' the hov e. The
colon 1 was walking in the garden wita
bis danght.-r.
"Colonel." he said, "I want y -a ar. J
Miss Hatlie to come with me ur.d
no questions. 1 had a strrinj'c dr-viu
last night, and 1 v. a:t you t h-ei.ir
me in it- Here's a spade. Now, where
will wo find an ax?"
The colonel laughed and his daughter
looked amused.
We were going for a wall: ar.7
how.'' he said, "so we'Jl hum jr you,
find s-sli no questions, unl-si lidtita
th.re"
lilu I have all a woman's f-nriosity,
sjii.l that young lady, laugiiing, "but
I'll obey orders for once, und keep
silent." '
With an ax a:;d spade w.-i Ids
shoulder, Hra-.hwell for -nc'i u--.s lii
name - led the way ir.t-i tlie wood, ti e
oolom l and l is dui'.glit- r luUov, ing in
amused si ic lice.
Arr:- d e1 the oik. Lru.-hv. t H
throwing ojf Lis coat: "Now, not u
work while 1 work!'
They sttHwl by in silence, theda.vght. r
leaning on l.er father's aria.
Hrashwell thaivd awjy the un.'t-r-brush
sind then he began to ir'tr.
He was greatly excitvd. His whole
frame trembled as he r.'ork--i.
Prc-soti1.! y Ihe wpade struck a hard, vm
yieMing nib-.tariee. and the nest mo
ment the iron Imx w as revealed!
"Look!" cried the excited iri.m, yovr
gold! your gold! The iron box, willii.il
its glittering wealth!'
The coli.-ncl and his daughter drc
near. They were -'.-jr.-t r .w.
Surely,' cried trie ol.l man, ";.T;rVr,
It is the very same! Arid yt-t we tri'i .t
lie dreriining. Cun yon li'.l it ta U:o
light?"
"Aye. t1i.:f I can!" eri-.l P.t-.i-Vv-H. r.s
with a gn-.ii effort he raised the heavy
box.
Then he liftcl the lid.
"See!" he snouted, IT.pteroU'-ly, .
"your gold! Safe a- -n the day v. ha
you buried it in your cellar! Safe nnd
not a Jarthitig gone!"
'1 lie girl uttered a glad cry of dclij, l.t.
Hut her father was affected dUTercnily.
His hand trembled, his face assumed a
deathly pallor, he reeled and would
have fallen, had not hi daughter
thrown her arms around him and iJra.h-wr-11
hastened to his side. "God bloss
you!" ivm all he coul.1 ajiy.
"G.hI b'ess you!' cch xsd the girl,
clasping and kissing I'.rnshw i U's hand
in t he fervor of her gru' it a-le.
";.1 grant thyt it may lo so!" cried
Hra.shv.-ell. its the colonel ticeam more
cnmpj.Mil, "and that He may V rgiva
inc. to !"
"Col. Hrondwell," he continued, his
voice trembling with emotion, "it v.-as
I who took your gold from the house
upyonder iind buried it here. 1 did not
have the heart to touch j my honor
forbade it! 1 returned t G.-or i.t v.ivli
but one purjiose to make restoration,
I diil not know you in those d::ys of
war and desolation: I did not know you
or or your daughter "
He came pear breaking down, but
rallied and went on:
"Hut I know y..u now, .itk! I know
her thank God! It was I who saved
your dwelling from the flames, and now
I give you back your gold'."
God bless you! God bless you'."
cried the colonel, shaking his haud
heartily.
"And let me say the same,"' cried
Ilattio. laying her hand upon his arm,
"and thank you from i:iy heart!"
"That is more than all to me," sail
Hrashwell, and h- felt his eyes grew
moist. "I Bin a happier man to-day tfctn
I hare ever boon In-fore!"
"And so am I," the colonel said, tak
ing him by the hand.
"And I ntn a happier woman," cried
Haatic. "We aro all so happy!"
Greater happiness was still in store
for Private Williaui Krxshuell. Hr.t he
did not gain it until the 'relic 1" c.l nel
gave bis daughter to the "yau:ee"
soldier. Frank L- Stanton, in Atlanta
Constitution,
PURELY STATISTICAL.
Tite c-timaU-d population of the world
is 1,4 0,tKK,(HK).
Seven hundred million oranges are
exported every year from Europe to
this country.
Last year Germany produced 5,202,
073, 0o0 quarts of beer, or over 100 quarts
for each of its population.
Thf Statistical institute of Home an
nounces that sixty-three per cent, of all
Italians are unable to read aad write.
Tue imports of Victoria, Australia,
last year were l"-i,'.to'i,0(.K), against i.-!,-40,000
in the previous year, and the ex
ports were 13,U-7,OO0, against A'l'2,734,
O00 in 1NS9.
Nearly 2.500 persons commit sui .-ido
In Russia every year; the violent deaths
of all kinds annually reach 4.,oo0; while
16.000 die of typhus fever, the most de
structive disease in the country.
AFBtCAhasan arcaof 1 1, Ooo.Ooo square
miles; it is larger than any other conti
nent except Asia, and is 'il4 times the
sizeof the state of New York; it pre
sents a unique field for the geograpliical
distribution of animals, as out of its to
tal of 523 species, 473 are peculiar to
thst countrr.
Alonro -I tar. n' .r.Ko.x.
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spin on the bnulei anl viiii. .. .. "
or a
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afwaid of going iato the uir so so-.
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