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Seu htdford, June J, 1883.
J. C. Aria It t'o. Twenty years ago I
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krs of lh crew and royaelf were hud up with
ttt, irur oHlt'a were bloated, sunn swoliea
I bleeding, teth loose, purple blotches all
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and large were pretty badly off. All our
w juics ms s'cidentaliy destroyed, out tne
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iPAi.ii i.A ami gnve us that. We recov-
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ill stu'i t by soy other treatment for rleurry,
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The Trooper's Experience.
fcwe, Ka,ulolanJ S. A frica.) JUarcAT. 18S.
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Constipation
Dprnanils r"mpt treatment. The re
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all liarsh ami drastic purfjatives, the
tendency of which U to weaken the
fcowels. The best remedy is Ayer's
IMII9. Being purely vegetable, their
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laver and. Afterlinner pill, and every
where endorsed by the profession.
. " Ayer's Tills are highly and univer
pally HiKiken of by tiie iM-nide aliotit
bore. I make daily use of tlieui in uiy
prai-tice." ir. l.'K. i'owler, lSridge
jKirt, Conn.
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all others, having long proved their
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an
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for ronstipation and indigestion, and
are never without them in the bouse."
Moses Grenier, Ixnvcll, Mass.
"I have used Ayer's I'ills, for liver
troubles and indigestiou, during many
years, and have always found tlieui
iirorupt and erriciont in their action."
j. N. Smith, L'lica, N. V.
" I stifTfred from constipation which
assumed Hiich an obstinate form that I
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bowels. Two Imxes of Ayer's I'ills ef
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" I have used Ayer's Tills for the past
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and have always found them a prompt
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Middle st. Hartford, Conn.
' Having been troubled with costive
ness, which m-piiis inevitable with er
eons of sedentary habits, I have tried
A.irr'n I'ills, hoping for relief. I am
f:lad to sav 1 liar, they have served me
idler than any other medicine. I
arrive at this conclusion only after a
faithful trial of their merits." Samuel
T. Junes, Oak si., Boston. Mass.
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remark able success liaa been shown in caring
Tleailsche. yet Carter's Idttto I.iver PfTle are
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ventius thisnnnoyinKCOiuplaint.wbila they also
saMTecialldmordorsoi thevtomacbiimutatetlae
liver axiU rogulato the bowela. iCvcn it thej oniw
Ctuxd
'Achethey trt.nld lx almost pri.elcsa to thoee who
anfer from die diatrtisinfr complaint; but fortu
nately their godnoaa dors uotend bcroiand those
whooncetry theiu will hn.i thoeo littlo pills valu
able In so many ways that they will not be wil
lingtoUo without them. But after uiiaick head
' Is the bane of so many lives that hnre is where
- we make our great boast. Our pUlacure it while
others do not.
Carter's Little Uvor Pills are very small and
very eiuy to take. One or two pills make a dose.
J'b'-y are strictly vettotabln and do not gripe or
jiurrT", but by thoir Ron tie action please all whrj
nsethem. In vialaat 25 cents : five for (1. fiold
by drujista everywhere, or sent by mad.
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HALLS hair
The 1
e great popularity of this preparation,
its test of many years, should be an
after i
assurance, even to the most skeptical, that
It Is reallv meritorious, mow uu uj
used IUi.l'h IUik Kkskwkr know that
it tlo'S all that is claimed.
It causes new growth of hair on bald
heads provided the hair follicles are not
dead, which is seldom the ease: restore
natural color to jp-ay or faded hair; pre- ,
serves the scalp healthful and clear of
daudrurT; prevents the hair falling off or
changing color; keeps it soft, pliant, lus
trous, and cause it to grow long and
thick.
Hall's ITaik Kfnitwer produces Its
effects by the healthful influence of its
vegetable Ingredients, which Invigorate
and rejuvenate. It Is not a dye, and is
a delightful article for toilet use. Con
taining no alcohol, it does not evap
orate quicklv and drv up the natural oil.
leaving the "hair harsh and brittle, aa do
other preparations.
Buckingham's Dye
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produces a permanent natural color; and,
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Cures Sick Headache
THY PRESENCE.
When waking morn uplifts her bead
Aliove the eusu.'rn maiu.
And ah.ikes l.rrcltsy trtsses fair.
And s hi i lei o'er e irih a,'ain.
I sic thy liirm iu every s cue
Tiiat ui tta my anxious eyes.
And feel thy I'Tccnce every where.
In earth and air and skies.
The deiv.lmps Rtistcntn? on the flowers
That from the ground upstart
Are lilie tne staiuleMS purity
That lihteth up thy heart;
The lreeo tout Noilly whisereth
Wltliiu I he Pud lift-- tree
Is liUe the muH:cor thy voice
hen thou dost speak to me.
i
The deep, soft azure of the skies,
That sprea Is from pole to pole.
Is mirror of the perfect truth (
That P.veth in thy soul.
Thus art thou, love. In every scene
That tiii'ets my anxious eyes:
Thus art thou present everywhere
In earth and air and skies
1. J. Donahoe, in Arthur's Magazine.
THE FUTILE MAN.
A Definition of a Certain Kind of
of Bore.
ivirae ten or twelve years ago, when
I was new to London, I wrote an arti
cles entitled "Strapped Americans." It
dealt with an exasperating kind of a
swindler who preys principally upoti
Americans stationed iu London.
There is anotlier very exasperating
kind of luau who steals what is more
valuable than money, and that is time.
1 call this brand of individual "The Fu
tile Man." You can do nothing for
him, or with him. lie is hopeless, and
the law does not allow you to kilt him.
, My experience shows me that there
is a kind of man with a wabbly brain
who doesn't know quite what (Jod put
him in this world for.
When you ask him what he can do,
as he has applied to you, for some sort
of a situation, he answers, quite cheer
fully: "Oh! lean turu my hand to air
most anything."
Now. I want to state right here, to
the loys and to the young1 men who do
metlie honor of- reading what I write,
that the man who can do everything is
not worth a cent. There is no place
for him on this earth, and the earth
does n o,f need him. ; ' "
My advice to boys is this: Make up
your minds not to do everything, but
t do one thing, and that thing partic
ularly well. This is an age of special
ists. The man who can dig a ditch, the
man who can plane a board, the man
who can lay one brick on another, or.
the man tvlio can compose an opera, is
trieTnan "who is needed, and wno will
get along in this world
The futile man'is willing and ready
to turn his hand to anything.' and con
sequently he comes up and bothers me
and other busy nen, to. find something
for him to do.
!One pathetic fact about the futile
man is his willingness to work. -. His.
nebulous brainr however, has never
taught ha the stern fact that he must
do some oue thing well and not fool
away his time doing- everything badly.
Then he must storm the citadels where
that particular thing is being done un
til he-gets it to do, and, when - he has-
gob his situation, he must do his work
so well that his employer cannot afford
to do without him.
I give here a conversation which has
no particular point to it and whose
only merit is that it is a fair specimen
of some hundreds like it that I have
taken part in.
My office boy brought in to me the
other day the card of a man whose
name I had a dim recollection of hav
ing seen somewhere before. There
"was a vague something away back iu
my mind, as if I hud read a ttook by a
man of that name, but as I bad useless
ly lost so much time of late iu seeing
people, I said to the lay:
"Ask him what he wants."
"He refuses to say what his business
is," answered the boy.
"Very well, go and tell him that he
must say what his business is before I
will see him."
. After a few moments the boy re
turned, saying: "He says he knows
you, but that perhaps you won't re
member him. He says he's from Amer
ica." "th, very well, then," I said, "show
him in."
The moment he came In I remem
liered him. Some three months before
he bad called on me and wasted the
lest part of an afternoon while I ex
plained to him that I had no situation
to give him and I did not know anyone
who wanted a handy man who could do
everything.
He placed his hat on a table, his um
brella in a corner and greeted me with
great cordiality. A happy, optimistic
air pervaded bis manner toward me,
making one feel a cynical brute for not
being able to place him in a pleasant
aud lucrative situation at once.
"I see that you do not remember me,"
he saiiL
"h! yes, I do," I replied, "nave
you found a situation yet?"
. "Xo, not yet; but I have two or three
people looking out for me, and I have
no doubt I will land on my feet yet all
right. You see there are so many
things I could do. I can do a little
shorthand, and have worked the type
writer a bit I am a good salesman,
and understand three or four lines of
business. I can keep books, and under
stand banking, so some of my friends,
I have no doubt, will soon place me. I
just dropped in now to see if you had
hapiened to hit on anything, anything
in tbe reporting line on some of the
dailies, for instance"
"I told you when you were here be
fore that I don't know anybody con
nected with any daily in London, and
at the same time I thick that I venti
lated my theory that no man can help
any man but himself."
"Oh, yes," he replied cheerfully, "but
a word in the right place often puts a
man in a gotnl situation. It's all Tom
my Rot to say that situations don't go
by favor."
"They don't," I replied.
"Well, I've knocked around the world
too much to believe that. There's
lllank. Now, couldn't you give me a
letter of introduction to him?" He
mentioned a well-known literary man
who had recently acquired a paper of
his own.
"I never give letters of introduction
Ui anybtMly. 1 never use a letter of
introduction myself, so I don't see why
I should inflict them on my friends.
Besides 1 know that lllank has teu ap
plications a day for situations, and
more than that when he has luck. All
the situations he has to fill are filled, so
a letter will do jou no good."
"I'd be willing to try it," said the
young man; "it isn't much to write a
letter that may help a fellow, now is
it?"
"Uvt you forget that 1 don't know
you at all. I can't conscientiously ree
ommeud a man that I know nothing
about."
"Well, I suppose j'ou are right, but it
seems a little hard from my point of
view. I'll drop in and see him aud tell
him that I am a friend of jours. You
wouldn't object to that, I suppose?"
"Oh. 1 object to nothing. Try it if
you think it will do you any good. I
may warn you. though, that he is not
such u fool as 1 am, and that you may
find it a little dillieult to drop in."
The young man laughed. "I am not
so easily discouraged as you may im
agine. I called up here several times
during the last three months and they
told me you were away, but I didn't
believe thein."
"I was away."
"Iieally; where?"
"I was in Switzerland."
"And did you have a good time?"
"I didn't go to have a good time; I
went to work."
"Oh, is that a fact?"
"Yes."
"Why, I should think that there could
le no better place to work than right
here."
"You are mistaken. There are too
many interruptions. Too many people
com; up to see me on too many sub
jects about which I have very little in
terest" "That's bad. Now. I would think
that it would be easy enough to keep
anyone out that is, anyone that you
really did not want te see."
"It is a dillieult matter. They get in
on one pretext or auot her."
. "Well, why don't you tell them
straight out that you are busy and
can't talk with them? 1 should tell
them to go."
"It seems a brutal thing to do, and I
have never been able to work myself
up to it"
"Then I would give them a pretty
plain hint that they were in the way."
"As how, for instance?"
"Well, there's a dozen ways. I would
say that I was so busy that I had no
time to talk"
"That is nearly always the case. For
instance, here are a lot of proofs that
I must do and the boy is waiting for
thein in the next room. The printers
are waiting for him, and so, you see,
when I neglect my work I keep a whole
procession idle. It isn't only my time
that is wasted, but the time of a lof of
ini.ocent people." ,-'' 1
"That's it, exactly. But couldn't I
help you on the proofs? I can read
J proofs like a house on fire." '
"Proofs are like salvation everr man
must work out bisown. They have
been read carefully 'enough by the pro
fessional proof reader. I am going over
them to try to mitigate the original bad
English."
"Couldn't I help you on that?"- .
"I'm afraid not My theory I think'
I mentioned it to you before is that no
oue can help a man but himself."
"Well, remember that I am always
ready to lend a hand if you want me
to."
I have already taken up a great deal
of space in setting down this purpose
less talk. There is little use of giving
any more. He talked on and on w hile
I nervously fingered the waiting proofs.
At last he said that he was afra d he
must go. He would drop in later, he
added, aud if anything turned up .
Luke Sharp, in Detroit Free Press.
EXPERIMENTS IN FLYING.
L lirrmsa Has Mads ucce-aaf ul Slides,
llovi aw Aerial Nlopo.
A bird's wings while it is flying per
form two functions. They sustain its
weight and they propel it. Human be
ings in trying to imitate the bird have
Wen more successful in the former di
rection than in the latter. Such ma
nipulations of wings as will drive a
person forward, either by muscle or
power from apparatus strapped to the
MMiy, may Ik1? learned eventually, or
the future Daedalus may rely uu
some entirely scKirate device for pro
pulsion and retain the wings merely
for support and balancing. In either
case, all attempts to find out what can
really lie accomplished with these lat
ter appliances possesses interest for
scientists and the public. llerr O.
Lilienthal. of Steglitz (near Dcrlinl,
(iermany, has been experimenting in
this direction with contrivances that
resemble great wings. In the brief de
scription at hand no information is im
parted concerning the materials em
ployed. Hut the wings hail an expanse
of fifteen square meters, or one hun
dred and sixty-five square feet. Ilerr
Lilienthal's plan, according to the
New York Tribune, was to find a broad
roof, a hilltop or other convenient ele
vation, run a few steps against the
wind and then leap into the air. Hori
zontal impetus was thus acquired be
fore he left terra firnia. He was then
able to slide downward at an angle of
only ten or fifteen degrees from a hor
izontal, although it was in his
power, by shifting the center of grav
ity relatively to the center of exist
ence, to change the inclination of the
wings and descend more rapidly. No
mention is made of his success in steer
ing himself laterally. As the greater
part of his weight was suspended be
low the wings, of course he kept right
side up without difficulty. To lessen
the atmospheric resistance, however,
he drew his legs up somewhat While
he was about it, one could wish that
Ilerr Lilienthal had made a kite of
himself and tried to see how long the
wind would sustain him at one end of a
long light wire, the other end of which
was in the hands of three or four stout
men, or securely anchored.
The Pillar of Safety.
Itefore the erection of the new uni
versity buildings in Jena, the profes
sors generally held their lectures in
various public halls scattered all over
the town. In the body of one of these
halls, where the professor of theology
used to hold fortli, there stood a large
pillar. . At the close of the session the
students applied to the professor for
their certificates of attendance, when
the latter remarked to one of the young
men:
"Hut, ray dear sir, I never saw you at
any of my lectures!"
"Oh. Ilerr Professor, I always sat be
hind the pillar."
"Strange!" was the reply. "You are
tbe fourth who professes to have sat
regularly liehinJ tbe pillar. " Taaiicie
Handsel a
WINTHROP'S ROMANCE.
What Shattered the Lieutenant's
Dream of Love.
"Miss Garland, my daughter Lieut.
Winthrop."
The tall, handsome officer bowed low
over the tiny hand extended to him.
"Delighted, I am sure, to make your
acquaintance. Miss Garland. All the
boys have been talking so much about
you that I feel I almost know you."
Lieut Winthrop." turning toward
him coquettishly, "I think that is pure
flattery, as surely in two weeks you
have had time to make my acquaint
ance, if you were so desirous of it"
"True, but then you see I only re
turned a day ago."
As he spoke the band played the
march for supper, and, offering his arm.
Lieut Winthrop led his partner from
tbe ballroom.
Lieut Will Winthrop was one of the
most popular officers of the th. Al
though but twenty -eight, he had been
in many campaigns, and was now on
leave, spending his time at that most
delightful place. Point Comfort
Miss Daisy Garland was one of the
belles of the place. She was not a tall,
stately "society" woman, but an im
pulsive southern girl. She was the
only child of a millionaire orange plan
tation bidder. Having been educated
in Virginia, she had been in society but
a short time, yet was already one of
the most sought after and favored girls
in the place.
Two days after the ball Winthrop
might have been seen slowly strolling
up toward the pretty cottage Mr. Gar
land had hired for tne time he and his
daughter were to spend at Point Com
fort If anyone had told Will he was
going to see his pretty partner of the
bull he would have politely told him he
was crazy. Oh, no! his praiseworthy
intention was to have a cozy talk with
Mr. Garland about tbe least romantic
subject financial news.
Although very few knew It, Lieut
W. Winthrop had a snug little fortune
invested in the far north. Ever since
his cadet days he had laid aside part of
the generous allowance his father sent
him.
"Of course." Winthrop soliloquized
as he went along, "everyone thinks
just because there is a pretty girl here
1 come to see her, but. I will show them
the contrary."
As he arrived at this conclusion he
marched up the steps and gave a de
termined pull at the great lion's head
that served as a knocker. A trim maid
servant opeced the door and told him
the master was out, but she had orders
to ask the lieutenant in when be called,
as Mr. Garland had left a message.
Even as she spoke tbe parlor door
was pushed open and Miss Daisy ap
peared. '
"Ah!. Mr. I mean," with a pretty
blush and smile, "Lieut Winthrop, so
you have come at last," and she put
out her dainty I and, which was cor
dially clasped iu his for a moment
"Papa waited until a few minutes
ago for you and instructed me to V-on
you if you came until bis return. You
can see him at the club if you care to
go there, but I am quite alone and will
be very pleased not to have to wait
alone," she continued, pleasantly.
"WelL Miss Garland, if I won't in
terrupt you reading, for I see you have
been quite studious by the book you
carry, I will wait for Mr. Garland here."
As Will followed his hostess in he
could hardly conceal his surprise at the
beauty of the drawing-room. The
walls were hung in the palest
rose color. Great lounging chairs and
tiny gilt ones stood around in an in
viting way. The table was covered
with matrazines, and a handsome book
case was well filled with the choicest
literature. Everywhere was the evi
dence of refined taste.
Each stand was loaded down with
flowers. Great hardy jacks crowded
nut the dainty tea roses, while violets
nestled lovingly in their led of leaves.
Near the window stood Daisy's favorite
chair, aud the second volume of the
book she still held in her hand, thrown
carelessly on the floor, showed she had
left her nook hastily.
As Will took in these details his eye
rested upon Daisy. To him she was
the sweetest picture in the room. Her
dark, curly hair was pushed carelessly
back from her white forehead, and her
hands were clasped behind her head as
she leaned back in a big chair talking
lazily to W inthrop. One tiny boot was
thrust forward and tapped the floor
gently as she spoke. A few pale roses
were fastened to the white folds of her
collar, and one nestled in the dark
masses of her hair.
Mr. Garland did not come in until
five o'clock, so although Will had come
intending to stay ou'.y an hour, it was
well past six when he walked back to
his hotel. In his mind he saw the
pretty face he had just left
The next day Mr. Garland left for a
short stay at his home in Virginia.
Will had a cordial invitation to step in
any time and see his daughter. After
his last visit Winthrop thought he had
done his duty and stayed away three
whole days. On the fourth he recon
sidered Mr. Garland's invitation, and
on the fifth yielded.
Then began again the old story of
Eve tempting Adam. After his fall
; Winshrop was a constant visitor at the
J Garland's pretty hoie.-Soon it became
: known to every one-that the handsome
lieutenant was a suitor for the hand of
tbe southern ' beauty. Every day
promptly at two Winthrop would ap
pear on his well-groomed horse, leading
a pretty bay by the bridle. In a few
minutes Daisy would step out in her
stylish habit, and off they would ride.
About two months after Lieut
Winthrop was sitting in a large arm
chair lc fore the fire and evidently in
deep thought Suddenly be addressed
the fire thus:
"See here, old man. you're in love.
No use denying it Here you sit
grumbling and wondering what to do,
and there is ouly one course for you to
take llless her heart, 6he has always
seemed glad to see me whenever I
came. Yes! by George, I Vrill try my
fate to-night" , . will
After making this resolution W ill
put on hi- hat and went out Strolling
into the club he found a square v. hit
envelope addressed in the hand h
TshlnSe- very glad to have you
spend the evening with us. as papa s
coining home-so ran Miss Garland a
nou!.and he is to bring a particular
friend. Mr. Lane, to spend a few day.
with us."
Will's face flushed with pleasure as
he strode away whistling. Promptly
at seven he was dressed and waiti g.
Having some time to spare he threw
himself upon a lounge and lay musing
in the darkness. Now that he was
ready to test his faith he was not quite
so confident
"Suppose she refuses me? But, great
Scott! she is no coquette, and, then,
hasn't she shown she likes me? Per
haps," but he put the thought aside as
preposterous. No, of course Lane
couldn't be on the same errand as him
self. At last! The hall clock sweetly and
clearly rang out eight strokes. It was
time to go. How well he recalled the
pretty picture Daisy made the first time
he saw her in her own home. Hastily,
joyously he mounts the steps of her
house and smiles to hear the resound
ing noLse his energetic knock has made.
The door is opened as liefore by the
trim servant, but this time she shows
him into the parlor at once. Winthrop
never forgot the picture as the drawing-room
door opened.' Daisy was
lounging in an easy chair liefore the
fire. Near her on a footstool was one
of her most constant visitors, Arthur
Scott
Lane was leaning on the heavily
carved mantel, talking easily with
both. The firelight glittered on Daisy's
hair, bringing out the golden tints and
making her simple white gown rosy
red. This evening she was attired in
a soft white silk, and hearts-ease was
her only ornament a bunch at her
waist and throat
As she rises to greet Will he notices
that her eyes are very bright and she
appears very nervous. After speaking
a, moment with his hostess Will turns
to Lane and both his outstretched
hands are caught in a warm clasp by
vim.
A couple of hours passed pleasantly,
and then Scott rose to go. As soon as
Daisy left the room Herbert Lane
turned quickly to Winthrop and ex
claimed: -
"Old fellow, you will help me. won't
you? So glad I explained everything
in my letter saves bother now, and
Daisy is so pleased."
Winthrop stared stupidly at Herbert
and gasped: "What, for heaven's sake,
are you driving at? W hat letter do you
mean?"
It was now Lane's turn to look I
amazed. "You don't mean to tell me '
you never got my letter? Why. Daisy j
was always writing how kind you were !
to her, and I thought it was on in at ac- j
count" I
"Speak quickly. Herb!" exc!a:med i
WilL "Before she comes back. Ilow '
dare you call her-Daisy?- What rigLt
have you, I say?" i
' "Why, man, the best in the world, j
for for she is my wife," '
"Your wife? Your your wife? '.
You're fooling. Herbert, say you are, .
for I love her."
For a moment he spoke as if dazed, !
then sank on a chair and covered bis '.
face with his hands. Just then Daisy I
appeared in the doorway. She looked '
in amazement from one to the other. '
then as Will raised bis head and she:
saw the direst misery in his eyes she
came swiftly forward.
He sees the face of the girl he loves,
all her pretty color gone and all her
happiness gone. Will tries to speak,
ut Lane comes gently to her and says:
"Go, Daisy dear, leave him to me,"
Then as Will's face again falls on his
hands, she bends softly and giving
Winthrop one quick kiss hurries away.
When Daisy had gone. Lane told
everything. How he had loved Daisy
for years, but could not get her father's
consent, until, taking matters into
their own hands, they had married se
cretly. When Lane found that Mr. Garland
intended to bring his daughter to Point
Comfort he told Daisy to make friends
with W inlhrop and he would write a
letter to Will explaining alL Aud that
was the letter Winthrop never re
ceived. But now he (Hertiert) had a good po
sition anil had come to confess to her
father, and bad wanted W ill to say a
good word for him. Daisy was only
too glad to have a friend who knew
her secret, and so showed a m irked
preference for Will's six'icty to that of
any of the other meu that flocked about
her.
When Lane had finished. Will stood
up and grasping Herbert's hands said
nobly:
"Herb, dear fellow, I will do my best
Leave me alone and I will see her
father, and congratulate your your
wife for me."
As Lane left him Will sat down and
gazed around wearily. What bright
dreams had come and gone in this little
parlor, but now all was over.
He touched the bell and asked to see
Mr. Garland. How he pleaded his
friend's cause, or what he said. I never
knew; however, he must have done bis
best, for Mr. Garland forrrave and for
got The next morning Mrs. Lane sent
a note of invitation to Winthrop to
spend the day at their house. He never
came or got the note, for he had left
for the north the night before.
When be reached New York he wrote
to Daisy, his first and last letter, and
that was a note of congratulation. To
Lane he wrote more briefly, as follows:
"DtAR IIkuuebt: Do not think I envy you
your happiness, lor of all meu on earth you
most deserve It; but I could not stay and see
berdaybday. When I left tbe house that
nighL unu bad to leave w ithout her, the only
woman 1 ever loved, it was never to return
Give your wife my heartiest congratulations,
and tell her for me if I con 1.1 not have her she
Is married to the very man I would hare chosen,
liellcve me, old friend, yours faithfully,
"Will WlNTHKOP."
Chicago Journal.
SCRIPTURE NOTES.
The shortest names mentioned in
the Bible are Ai, Ar, Ed, Og, No, On,
So, L'r and I'z.
The following words are to be found
but once in the Bible: Ash atonement,
immortal, millions and rev-end.
Tint word its" is not to be found in
the first edition of the King James ver
sion. 1011. but has teen substituted for
"his" in the edition of lftM.
Sticphkx Laxoton, archbishop of
Canterbury, first divided the Bible into
chapters and verses, this alout the
close of the twelfth century.
The quotation, "He shall le called
Nazarene," used by Matthew in the
last verse of his second chapter, is not
to be found in the Old Testament.
The total number of capital letters
in the whole Bible is 10;,rNt; of small
caps, o,8'J7, and of lower case, 3,-t.VJ.5'.i:'.;
grand total of letters, including one -E.
3,560.41,
STRl'TIIERS' ADVENTURE
Result of His Efforts to Save the
Sukia'a Daufihter.
Struthers was discontented, so was
Bones; the cauvs were different, but
the effect the same.
Strut hers had knocked altout Central
America for almost four months on a
vain quest for adventures which would
make hisvollcgc vacation a unique one,
and till his room at the "Hall" with
trophies and the boys' ears w ith thrill
ing stories.
lUiiies was lieginning to roln-1 at the
cociety of native curs w hose combined
ft trees did not suffice to give him a
semblance of the delightful scrim
mages he was wont to have in Cam
bridge. Struthers' latest vagary and owing
to his father's laterality he was al!e to
indulge iu many such wus the charter
ing of a small native schiM'ncr. With
a crew of six black Curils he was now
skirting the Mosquito shore of Hon
duras on his way to ('alio (ua.!. a
Dios, where ho exeited to catch a
homeward Ixuind steamer.
He yearned for the delights of civili
zation and ice, and felt that, after all,
the conventional pleasures of tennis,
canoeing and dancing at Bar Ilarlxir
were perhaps preferable to the un
certain joys of mule liaclc and hunting
in the wilils of Central America.
The outfit, or what remained of it.
was rusty and battered, but the hard
ships which hail wrought '.his change
in his "iiniH-diinenta" hail l-en -astiy
beneficial to the owner in hardening
his muscles and broadening his shoul
ders. With Bones things had not gone so
well; an almost steady diet of bananas
had made hi in thin, and between the
chigoes and garrapatas very little of
his glossy eoat was left, save iu shntls
and patches.
"It's too bad. Bones, old fellow; they
haven't left you much hair," said
Struthers. "Never mind, your troubles
will soon lie over. I say, Ossorio," turn
ing wrathfully upon the Carib captain,
"what is this least!y, "Id country of
yours god for, anyway? I haven't had
a decent adventure or seen anything
worth telling, in the .whole length aud
breadth ol it:"
"You haven't seen hiiuall, Buckra,"
replied the Carib, a splendid specimen of
that race of setni-eivilized black smug
glers, who dart along the Caribbean
coast in their swift dories.
"Way yonder," he continued, point
ing toward the west, "is le Ian' ub tie
Waikas; plenty fun dere; but white man
no sabcz him. No w hite uieii dcre, not
eben Spanish man. only Waikas,
Buckra, only Waikas."
"Perhaps you're right, Ossorio, alut
the plenty fun. At any rate. I'll have
another try at amusement lie fore I cut
the country; so put alxuit and make for
some river you think your friends, the
Waikas, may live ne-r."
Soon they were sailing along the low
sandy coast which lay to the left, and
as thev rounded a little cape Struthers
cried out: "Look, there's the mouth of
the river."
"I see him," answered the Carib,
"make we put in dcre, I tink me,
p'raps, see Waika town soon by."
The Cra rib's supposition was correct,
for the schooner w as soon near enough
for them to erceive the high-Maked
thatched roots and bamtjoo walls of
the native houses nestling among the
waving palms and plumy cocoa nut
trees which lined the river bank.
The schooner was over the bar an. 1
abreast f the village liefore the na
tives wen- aware of their presence.
Then they came running and jump
ing down to the river bank like s.
many children, in high glee out the
arrival of strangers and the jiossibihty
of Wads, and jH-rhaps a little ruin.
The landing was soon made, and
ttie Carib, xilyglot that lu was.
acted as interpreter in presenting
Struthers to the old chief, llama l'isano,
who at once bid the stranger-, welcome
and conducted thetu to his walla, or
house.
Installed in a wide hammock within
the semi-darkness of the watla, and
a large gourd of cool pineapple inisUa
at his side, Struthers forgot lii discon
tent and asked many questions of
l'isano through the Carib.
He learned that the music they had
heard was part of the ceremony attend
ant upon the death of an old sukia or
"medicine man," whose funeral was to
be held on the following day.
"To-morrow, at first sun up, de
fun'ral lie-ins. Duma l'isano asks you
if you wan' to see him better you do
maybe it 'muse you," said the Carib,
with unconscious sarcasm.
At sunrise the next morning he was
suddenly aroused by the rattle of mus
ketry, followed by doleful howls and
lamentations.
Bushing out of the watla, where he
had spent the night, he saw a large pit
pun (dugout) coming slow ly down the
river, while on the bank abreast of it
marched two columns of Waikas, the
men constituting one column, the wom
en the other.
In the r-itpan was the dead medicine
man. his three widows and a solitary
paj idler.
The pit pan made a landing, and the
coffin, followed by the crowd of silent
Waikas, was carried along a narrow
trail into the f arest
The open space of the burial ground
was in the midst of the great jungle
a small circle of light surrounded by
impenetrable darkness.
Koom was made for Struthers. Os
sorio and I Mines, and at a signal from
l'isano the crowd fell back, the new
sukia stepped forward and the cere
monies legau.
Bending low over the swathed liody.
the sukia legan in a low, rapid mur
mur to Wwail his loss and recount the
good deeds of the dead man: one by
one the women joined in the chant in
creased rapidly in vehtcity and volume
until it formed a grand swelling chorus
of distress, then slowly died away into
an inarticulate sorrowing.
In a silence broken ony by the muf
fled tones of the tom-toms and the sols
of the crouching women, the new sukia
kneeled down and solemnly stuck little
wooden images of men with uplifted
sword-like machetes in the ground
This, explained Ossorio, was to
frighten away any evil spirits who
might attempt to steal the body.
The dead man's entire kit of weap
ons and a bunch of plantains was
placed in the coffin with him, to pro
tect and feed h'.rn on his long journey
to tlie land of everlasting felicity.
Again the low-murmured wail hce-an
and continue.,-until it reached a fren
zied pitch. Faster Wat the drum and
faster whirled the women about tin
open grave in u vild ecstatic dance un
til, wc'ak and dizzy, 1 hey sank to the
ground, squirming and clutching at
the grass altout them while the foam
flicked from their mouths as fr.un
rabid animals.
Once more silence fell upon the as
sembled crowd. The sukia stepped to
the grave and with his machete dis
patched three dogs anil a cat which were
to bear the dead man company on his
journey.
"1 say, Ossorio, this is horrible it's
voodooism let's go, ' muttered Struth
ers. "Yes. Buckra. oWah an' rood. hi; de
Waikas long time come from Africa;
dey still keep up er r'ligion ob ler
faders. But make me wait; he Mo
now. see. .icy do somct hing else," ad. led
the Carib, as the natives swayed back.
The crowd parted and two hi.le.nis
ol.i bags stepH-d into the open, ilnn.'
ging Wt ween them a trembling young
native girl, w ho east tern lied elaii.es
Wfore her.
"Shame to whip such a nice little
girl." murmured the Carib.
"What do you mean who is going to
whip her. and for what reason?" ile
mainled St rut hers.
"De Waika man tell me de dead
sukia's her fader," answered the Carib.
"Waika always w hip de 'lati.uis of ile
dead man at de fun'ral; may be she 1 1. 1
something when he live he no w hip her
for dey whip her now for shuah "
Hardly had the t'arib sHikeu, when a
braw ny Waika buck steppn-.l forward
with a heavy manatee whip, which
flashed through the air down tijton 1 he
girl's shrinking shoulders, and Jell a
long red welt of tortured flesh.
A shriek burst from the girl an. I she
writhed and twisted vuinly to escape
from the clutches of the hags w ho held
her.
"I,ook out, Ossorio. I can't stand
this." pasped Struthers. "I'm going to
stop it!"
But tin- faithful Bones, who bad
crouched I ill then at Struthers' feet,
relieved them from all further respon
sibility, for, as the Waika raised bis
arm for the second lash. Bones, tit a
whispered word from Struthers. gave it
low growl, arid, gathering himseif to
gether, made one of his famous jumps
and launched his forty odd jmuiii.Is of
bone and muscle straight at the execu
tioner's breast.
It was all so sudden that t he W aika
was down, with Bones at his throat,
Wforo the assembled crowd realized
wiiat had happened.
Then, with fierce yells machetes
were drawn - aud the men made a rush
at Bones.
Struthers and Ossorio were 1m-fore
them, however, the lormer vowing lie
would shoot the first man who touched
the dog.
Bones, oWdient to his muster's com
mand, released the Waika, who, stag
Vering to bis feet, rushed to the grave
and, seizing from besi.io it a loaded
musket, raised it to take aim at Struth
ers. Before he could fire, a knife throw ti
by tin- Carib pierced his right arm,
w hich fell limp at his side.
To make a stand against such over
whelming nuinWrs was madness, so
the t wo men dashed into the trail In
land them, hot pursued by the shriek
ing, maddened mob of W aikas.
in and on they dashed, till they wen
breathless, till their hearts beat against
their breasts, as though they would
burst through. With every stop their
pursuers seemed to gain, and Struthers
was altout to give up in despair w lien a
glimmer in the heavy shade ahead re
vealed the river.
They crashed out into the open, mid
in an instant hail jumped into tin- pit
pan, which had recently lxirne tin
corpse of the sukia, and were well out.
into the river when the angry Waikas
emerged from the forests.
The yells of the disappointed natives
spurri-d them to swifter pad. King. an. I
they, were on the si h.toiier's deck 1m--fore
the Waikas could launch another
dugout
The Waikas were too cautious to
risk an immediate attack, but s.mui had
a dozen pitpans manned and armed.
"O, for a breeze," cried Struthers, "to
take us out over the bur aud it way from
these heathens:"
But no breeze came, though the an
chor was catted and all sail set ready
for the wind.
fin came the Waikas, the war drums
Waling, the gourds rattling, and the
men yelling like demons.
Suddenly, amid the pandemonium
raised by the Waikas, came sounds of
rasping and creaking overhead. Tin
Car lb looked anxiously aloft from his
place under the bulwarks and gave u
cry of gladness.
Hardly had he f poken when a shout
of anger came from the Waiuas. Strut it
ers, raising his head at-ovc the tall
rail, saw the pitpans slowly falling
Whind, while the freshening breeze
carried them faster and faster toward
the open sea.
For a long time he watched the re
ceding canoes until they were but
specks far stern. Finally the Carib
touched his shoulder.
"Bucka," said Ossorio, "we are out at
sea now. Which way nnst I head le
dory? You want to make for Cabo
Gracios an' de home steamer, or you
tink you want to hab some more "ven
tures?" Striith rs turned slowly upon the
qui-stioner; he looked first at the peace
ful Bones, who was slumls-ring bliss
fully on a coil of rope, then at the fad
ing shore line, and replied with a little
catch iu his voice:
"No, Ossorio, I think this ail venture
will do me for a time let it Ik- Calm
Gracios and the steamer." Stevens
Vail, in Boston GloW.
4 Terrtltle stroke of I.lirhlnlnc.
Nineteen soldiers were inarching
along the highway at l'tourges to reach
the artillery practice ground when a
thunderstorm broke over them and in
a mil. nte drenched thetu all to the skin.
They Wgan trotting, but had n..t ad
vanced much when a terrible stroke i f
lightning came and in an instant laid
the w hole detachment prostrate on t'ie
ground. Aftera short time some of the
men recovered and rose to their fe.-t.
They called to their comrades, who
rallied and rose slowly one after Kn
ottier. But four remained immovable.
The- were taken to the hospital.
Three were restored to life, but the
fourth was quite dead. He had a deep
wound on the crown of hi:i In ad and
Lis chest was buruud aa over a furnace.
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