.4 i i n mmmsmUM 7rs n . . . ,. . im. im. " ?".'L1!LV-T. " ' ' .1 .! ' ' ' ; - " " ' . . n ' ' ', ' ,. 1 - fiSk ffce Mm lit AtUaiaie . . LowjBStfrice , . , , , . Vsa wbms X SEE US $1.00 a Year in Advance. , INDEPENDENT " Live and Let Live." $1.28 when not paid in. Advance. $LOO. 5ss I VOL. XIX., No 3 Lehighton, Carbon County, Penna., November. 29, 1890. Single Copies 5 Cents' ss M. .Jv.. . . . ; r) . l - -J " - : i i ji Dnnh on m m jk m awts. ib wm tea na m a cm n u n n ira n ii..aI.mn..ui ii ii.-c..-i.H i nncv mc tucne Minr i rnrsUiiii bimbo i r h . "r" rncnun uahill o nm i ri ATTOUNnY am. OOHNSKILOU AT LAW, llt-sl door above I he Mansion Homo, matjoii cmmic rnyN'A. I All kinds hi' lou Mtttciinl an- here iigniit. ivmnd predominating nmong almost every style of Dress Stuffs for Autunoo winter vfeav. Among tlie Plain Rough serviceable than handsome Camel's tention to our 7 5o per yard goods. $1.35, $1.60 and $2.60 per yard. QtSRt 634 Hamilton .St., Allentown. Lehigh Goal & Hardware Qo., (LIMITED) Seller's Corner, North First Street. Would Make this Special Announcement Of the fact that they have bought line of Guns, Revolvers, Cartridges, Shells, both blank and loaded, Gun Covers, Game Bags and all Implements and Tools used by the Sporting Fraternity ever shown in Carbon rounty, and that they have marked them at prices that will defy competition. We extend an earnest invitation to all lo coine and inspect them whether you want to buy at present or not We also have n line of Dr. Horner's Cattle and Horse Powders, THE KOCH & Hare again been awarded the FIR-3T PREMIUM FIRST PEE UUU U!8JIUy Ul II1G llllCSt 11UO Ul Men's Boys' and Children's CLOTHING. This Is'sufflclent evidence that the firm ol Koch & Business in me i.enmn vauey. men siuck iui- nu i mi uas ucch i-uiciuuj iuicii-m, and U by far the largest ever shown In this section Working Suits,J3usiness Suits and Dress Suits in Large Quanti ties, and of every Description. Smoking Jackets, House Coats, m great OVERCOATS I Thousands to select from, in all the newest shades. Kersey takes tho lead. We have I hem In Fourteeen Different Shades. Boy's and Children s Clothing. Our counters are piled full. Ve will make any mother proud of licrhoy. It H astonishing how cheap these Suits are sold. OUR CUSTOM DEPARTMENT. ASTOuseebyFIHST FRRMIUMun had the trade In style, quality, make aud finish and In order to gain all these points : 1st. We start with first class material. 2nd. Expert cutters. 3rd. Best of trimmings Ith. All skilled mechanics to make the garments, nth. Perfects fits and onr customers Always pleased. GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. I'uderwear, Knit Jackets, Hosiery. Suspenders, Dress and Flannel Shirts, Dross, Street and Driving nioves, Collars, Cuffs. Neckwear, &c. CTVe. make it a point to lead the trade In these lines and are the first to show all tho new de signs fresh from the, manufacturers. Giro us u call, and we will try topleaso you. . jocH & Shankweilek, Tie Wde ant Larpst Clatlita House in tlie. Leliigli Valley, Hotel Allen Building. Centre Spuare. AT-LENTO VVN, PA., mm KE?OPPOSItK L, FIRST STREET, - Has just opened an entire new lino of LADIES' FINE DRESS GOODS! Commiaine all the very latest styles in White Goods. Sa teens, Prints, Ginghams, Fancy Dress Patterns of iiie low prices. Groceries, Provisions, Wood and Willowware ot Cloths Gassimers, Hats, made Clothing in creat variety and at prices with the reach of all purchasers prices fully as low as the same goods nan be bought for at any other general store in this vicinity. Carpets, Oil-cloths, Lamps and Fixtures in great variety and of best quality at Ilock Hottom Trices. . Best quality of Flonr and Feed at prices fully as low as the same articles can be purchased elsewhere. A cur load of coarse salt has just been received the price y been marked down to the very lowest notch. All goods of the very best quality and are being sold at prices equally as low as the same goods can bought at any general stoic in this section. Call and be convinced. 7?espectfully, July 823-71 &M0S REIGEL. JQBWORK of all at JL. J . JLVWWv, j w... . Carpets, . Saxony, German town and Stocking: Yarns, Carpet Wool, and Brush Mats, call Excelsior Carpet Works, NORTH FIRST STRBBT, LEHIGHTON, We pay particular attention to the manufacture oi Bag f'arpet 'in,,.. i,a in if in iji- Goods thovo is nothing more .Hair, fPo call particular at. Four other grades. '$1.00 the finest and most complete MIUM! LEU at the Lehigh county Fair tor the manufacture Shankweiler still talco the lead In the Clothing Office Coats, Bath Rohed, &o variety. OVERCOATS ! I J (lj sj i 8 DEPOT,-T LEHIGHTON, Pa Marseilles. Seersuckers and the very best qualities at oxceed Qrockeryware,Glasswaxe, tlio Dest makes at low figures. Boots, Shoos and Eeady kinds nicely executed this office. Prices low. at Ileal Kstato mid Collect Ion Agency. tul Hull llAfll HsiHte. riiiiiri.Vftiiiflnft' n Will Uuv I Collections promptly nimle. Hettllng Ustatosnl : nwuiy uono. lrviluits u specialty. May lift consulted In Kneii.!! mm Merman liov. K-vt W. G. M. Seiple, I'H.VSIOIAX AND BUKGKOX, SOUTH STIIRET. - - t.KlliflirTON. May be consulted lii Ciighsli and (lermnn.- Spcelnt altfinlloa given In (Synccnlogy. (Jvkici; llouus; From i M. tf 2 V. SI., and from (I lo 9 1. M mar. Sl-vl PACKERTON HOTEL, Midway between Mauch ('hunk & toiilghton, Z.H.C. IIOM, Proprietor. PACKEIITOH, - - Pssiu. fill well-known Hotel l admlrahlvrcflttcd. and inn Itiiytipit accommodations (or permanent and nnilent hoarders Kxcellent Tables and I tin e-nry best Miiorii. Hlablesaltached. vl Ian MANSION HOUSE Opposite ti. .V S. Vfopot, HANK 8THKET, - LEHIGHTON, n. ii. iioM, l'lioi'itiirror.. iIiIh house otters first-class accommodations (or :mnlrnt and nrrmnncnt boarders. It Inn tioen newly reftttedln all Its department!!, and H loojit pd In one of tlio most pletiiiesqiie portions of the tioiongti. Tcrnm mom'rati1. t Tlio l A It W uppucil wnu 'lie rnoieesi wines, i.iiiuhih unu 'luars. Kresli iiroi-on Tap. aprJ7-yl O. A. CLAUSS Offlee Willi riauss Ilros , rirst street, l.elilliton Fiuk, Life and Accident INSURANCE. Only I'ritclass ('omionlrs aie represented Information elieeifnllj fnrnlxlied. 4-1 y .Ex-Sheriff Rabenold. 31 N. Bth St., - - - - AI.I.KNTOWN. DENTISTRY, In all Its branches. Fresh gas always on Imnd. Tho patronago of the people Is solicited. Satisfaction Kiiaroiilceil.4-5.iK) DR. J. P. BROWN, Siaiington, Penna. Special Treatment given In Diseases of Women. Specialist In Diseases nt i:je, Hur, Nose and Throat. Catarrh Permanently Cured. I'lnn l'ramcloss r. Glasses and .Spectacles ud- jusieu my own paieiu. iiukh-i) Dtt. G. T. FOX, 172 Main Street, llatli, l'a. AT llANOOB, HnOADWAV JIOl'HK, MOXIiAYH. AT I'.ASTOS, SWAN HOTICI, TlIKSlAYS. 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For more than four years I suffered untold agony, w reduced almost to a skeleton, and bardr wail lv had strength to drag myself about.9 All kinds of food distressed me, and only the most delloate could tie cugestea ai all. Wltbiu the time mentioned several physicians treated me ttithout gtving re lli f. Kotblng that I took seemed to do any permanent good until I commenoed the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, which has produced wonderful results. Soon after commencing to take the Sarsapa rilla I oould see an improvement In my condition. My appetite began to return and with it came the ability to digest all the food taken, my strength Im proved "each day, and after a few months of faithful attention to your direction. I found myself a well woman, able to attend to all household dutlee. The medicine has given me u new lease of life." Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Q raiBSB sr Or, J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowu, Mm. riiHtljSUtotu,. West S. Rabenold, D. D. S , Ai Hart. Uotlitug, raised her head The bandsoroo fellow archly said. Stroking lit, chin: Pray tll shy rosy Hps were made. Bald h They are the sweet UocVaiU Against ynmg lorcrs who lnrade Ttm heart within. If ( Uh, aweet btookade should run Might I uot hold the heart I'd won By such ftdrenturef Not ercry on can tAke who trios 1 Hut should you take ine by surprise , Au.l cluiia the lips I'd htlU hare eyea Would upeak In cenmirel Could eyes like those he so unkind? Then clow'them up, for "Lore Is bllndl" Kay, that'll not true, sir! ' Can Lots bebtiod, I'J like to know, And shoot tho unerflng arrow so? He seen more In some one, I trow, Than othwn do, sir. And why do ekeekiiKet rosy redf I'll tell you why, sweet Ilewle aald, Willi some emotion. There nature, with consummate sit. Paints erery passion ef the heArt That burning sovret to Impart -A mald'4 derotlou ! He.ttola cue kLrt then two, three, four! And gladly would harn stolen more Without repenllur. You're ta'ea my heart ; It must be true These rosy lips wnre made for you! You'd better take the residue While I'm consenting. Trod Emerson Brooks In New York Herald. MYSTERY OF A DREAM. I ntu about lo writis the story of the one great mystery of my life. I have told tlio tory to many peoplo, but with one exception they lttivo nil looked very incredulous. Jinny shook their heads, aud not a tevf acted ns if they thought me a triflo demented. There is one, however, who is now sitting near the, ta ble at which I am writing that believes my story implicitly. Indeed Ediena, my darling wife, knows full well that the story which I am about to write is true. I cannot tell when the knowledge that I loved Ediena Wyldtnere was first re vealed to me. Wo were children to gether, and as we grew older we seemed like brother .'nd sister. Even then she was all the world to me, and how dear 1 was to her her own sweet lips have told me a hundred times. Our joys and sor rows were shared together. As happy, thoughtless cluldren we romped and laughed, and many a time we mingled onr tears in childish grief. As tho years rolled away our affection for each other grew steadily stronger and deeper. At 1U ISdiena was as (air and pure as tho most spotless thing trailer tho sun. I almost worshipexl her then, but I was still young end uo thought of marriage entered my head. So lieuutifiu a maid. en could not long avoid attracting ad miring suitors, and among thoso who flocked around her was one Cyril Stay thorno, the tall, proudaristivratie mas ter of Staythorno hall, which had been left him at the death of hit wealthy fa ther. I will not deny that I touii grew jenl ous of many of these fawning and flatter ing suitors, and or Cyril Htaythorno in particular. Most beautiful young ladies are naturally a trifle inclined to le flirts and Ediena Wyldmere wano exception, Not but that Bho loved mo as truly and dearly as ever, but never had I made a serious declaration of my passion, and for a time she enjoyed the attention be stowed upon her by thoj who had lieen smitten Dy her rare charms of grace and sweetness. I wits poor, u carpenter's sou, jind this fact alone in tho oyes of her parents dis qualified mo as a i-ou-in-law. Our Saviour was a carpenter's son, but this fact has not caused the culling to be deemed more lofty than it was nineteen hundred years ngo. Ediena's parents were on tho outlook for n "good match" for their daughter and they looked with favor upon Cynl Staythorne. Ihey wero too wise to come out openly and request Ediena to have nothing fnrther to do with tho poor carj'Onter's son, but in divers ways they did ovorythiiur they could to separate us and to install Stay- thorne in her favor. I shnll never forget tho feeling of rage and despair that seized mo as one day I saw Ediena seated in Cyril Staythorne's handsome carriage, with Staythorne himself by her side. I cannot describe our next meeting. How mncu I was to blame for what followed 1 now know, but I then thought I had just cause for what I did. Hot words wero uttered, and for the first time we parted in anger. The next day I left the cmiet Now England town where twenty-one years of my lifo had been spent. A passenger tram bore me away out into the world, I was going anywhere thai I might get away from the hateful spot that I had always known as home, where so many happy days luid been spent with the one from whom I thought fate had sejKtrat- ed me forever. I sought and obtained employment in a great city, the crowded streets and hurrying rush of which seemed very strange aud nnnatuml to me, I tried to forget my old home and Ediena, but I soon found it impossible to do so. Strive as I might to tear her Image from my bosom her fair, sweet face was almost always before me. Sternly I fought against the power that seemed to Ije drawing me back to her, Many a night did I awaken aud sit bolt upright in the darkness of my little room, with her plaintive ory sonnding in my ears. "Oh, Jasper, come back to mel" It always seemed very real, but I rea soned myself into thinking that it was all imagination. I now know that many, many times she uttered that very cry One day an accident happened to me. I was passing along brneath the spot where repairs wore being made on a building when a falling board struck me senseless. I was picked up aud car ried to a hotspitol, bnt when I recovered conscionsness I did not know my own name. My mind did not seoin deranged. I corrtd remember events and people, but I could not recall the name of a single person whom I knew. They told me that I had been severely injured and that doubtless as I Improved my memory would serve mo better, For soreral days I lay there, gradually High-"' of all in Leaevenlng Power. ABSourrEix pure growing better physically, but iu uo way improving mentally. Try us I might I could not recall name. I re membered my home, Ediena, Cyril Stay thomc, everything; but I could not speak tho name of a single place or per son, although scores of times I feemed on the point of doing so. Finally, I had so far recovered that I was informed that on tho following day I was to be discharged from tho hospital. ' Tho last night of my stay in the hospital arrived, and nt a very early hour I sought my couch and was toon fast asleep. I am not natnrally a dreamer, but am a very Bound sleeper. It did not seem that I dreamed that night, but suddenly found myself in a familiar spot. It was night, and a thunderstorm was rap idly coming on. The black heavens were seamed with fire, and deep thunder roared like ntt enraged monster. I was standing on the old bridge which span ned n winding stream not 'far from my boyhood home. Suddenly a flash Of lightning Slowed me Ediena hurrying along the bridge. Startled and amazed that sho should be there at such a time, I was about to moko my presenco known, when an other flash showed a second person on tho bridge. .-Plainly t saw his dark, mustuched, evilly handsome face, and plainly I heard Ediena's cry of surprise and fear as he confronted her midway orUhe troi-tle. Then through tho dark ness floated his triumphant exclama tion: "Ali-ahl Ediena WyMinere, I have you nowl Twice I lfavo asked you to bo my wife, only to meet with refusal and scorn. To-night I swear yon shall consent to marry mo, or you meet your death in the waters of Crooked riverl" Then came another flash nf light that showed my darling struggling in his vile clasp. To my ears camo a crv that stirred overy drop of blood in my veins: In an instant l leaped forward and tore her from his unns; at thn same time I dealt him a terrific blow that sent him reeling against tlio railing of tho bridge. The rottenffuard gave way, and flinging up hts arms, with the look of unuttera ble horror on his face plainly revealed by the vivid glare, he uttered one wild cry and plunged downward into' the dark water. Ediena uttered one joyful cry: "Jasper! Japer!" Then she sank unconscious at my feet. From that moment I knew no more un til I awoke in the morning to find my self in the hospital. And in the morning my memory was fully reMorod to its natural condition. I found that I knew my own name and tho names of my friends. That, day I left the hospital. I remained in the city a week, and during the entire fitno my- strange dream if dream it was worried me constantly. Was Ediena in trouble? Did she need my protectionr As a final result, one night I boarded a swift train, and in tho morning I stood by my darling's beijsidn. Sho was just recovering. from a brief hut severe ill ness. As she clung to my hand and shed tears of joy she wiblied reproach fully: 'Oh, Jasperl Why did you leave me there on that bridge after rescuing me from Cynl Staythorne n hands? ' "What do you mean? I hoarsely gasped, scarcely able to credit my ears. Then she described a scene just its I had witnessed and taken p:trt in my dream, bhe finally said: "I was over to Mabel Ginv's, where I intended to spend the night, when the thunder storm came up. I don't know why I did it, but I resolved to return home, and I started out despite the pro tests of both Mabel and her mother. I mot Staythorne on the bridge. He seized me in his vile grasp, and I called for help. Then 'you came and f.n:itched me from his hands, at the same time hurling him oftthe bridge. I caught one glimpse of your face as it was revealed by the lightning, and then I fainted. When I recovered consciousness it was raining and I was alone on the b rid go." "And Cyril Staythorne?" I ajked. "Was found the following day flout ing a corpse on Crooked river." My story ends hero. I have already told you that Ediena is my wife. I can not explain tho mystery of my dream. I can only write the question that I have asked myself a thousand tinu-s: Was it a dream? William T. Patten in Yankee Blade. Origin of rone; Mmtanre, Our measures of length originated in the dawn of civilization, and came to us through the Anglo-Saxous. Tho yard was originally the length of a king's arm; the foot, the length of his pedal extremities. The word inch is derived from the Latin uncia, a twelfth part, but why the foot was divided into twelfths, instead of tenths or elevenths, no one claims to be wise enough to tell. It has been suggested that probably the inch was originally the length of the second joint of tho forefinger, and that twelve of these about equal the length of the forearm, which averages about one foot in length. The inch nsed to be divided into three "barleycorns," which were simply the length of the grain or "com" of the bar ley. The "mile" was reckoned at 1,000 paces, as its name shows, for it is de rived from the first word of the Latin phrase miUls patuuui, "a thousand paces." lite origin of the "rod" is donhtfnl. Sr. Louis Republic. .. Tall Tr Story. Fresno county, Cal., now corned to the front and elaiins ownership of the "larg est large trer." A party of bear hunt ers, it is said, located it in tlio Sierras, In the noit rugged portion of tlie mount ains, two mile north of Kentucky Meadows. It wa surrounded for a mile by almost impenetrable underbrush, so that tho humors were compelled to use both knife and ax to get to It. As three brown bean, were captured near it no doobt the hnnters orept forward with bated ureatti. What sort ot "halt may be inferred from their report tlut the tree was 129 fot-t in oiroumferenoe four feet from '.lie ground. Philadelphia Jedgor. IT. S. Gov't Report, Auk. o, 1889. Powder I saw htm tu s drum iin hut night The dnr old (see, the pAteot, rsjle eyes, The well known flfiire slttluj in the I Wit n the old chftirand It was no surprl. Ny, but ray soul weal out In one creM. cry Ot wlkl rejoicing to behold him there, And si hts teet I knelt conrulstrely, FiOndlrd his bawl, and MroVed his cfl gray hstr. "FsUier, dear fstber, Is It really you? Sprak, ess Ui iloiilH that sr my nrart doth ache . gay that tiio hour Is mlful sod true. And tbo stem past a weary, Iobr ruMaknl" One monieut Ju-t one moment did It iwrn- no smiled upon roe; man my nor was oer. But 6h, thank Oodl If only In a dream I hare IWietd my lice's Imi friend one more. ' - Qilirer. A LOST BAmR As they had been fighting for two days aud had passed the preceding night with thoir knapsacks on thmr hacks be neath tho dreuching rain the soldiers were exhausted. Nevertheless, for three mortal hours they had been kept wait ing, with grounded arms, in the pud dles ot the highways and tho mnd of tho soaked fields. Overcome with fatigue and ns of sleep, their uniforms heavy with water, they huddled together to keep warm, to sustain themselves. There were soma who slept as they stood leaning on their neighbor's knapsacks, and weariness and privation wero best pictured on those unbent faces abandoned to slumber. Itain, mud, no fire, no soup, a black nud threatening sky, and tho enemy on all sides. It was wretched. What were thoy doing there? What was taking place? Tlie cannon, their muzsJes pointed to word the woods, had the air of watching something. The masked mitrailleuses stared fixedly at tho horison. Every thing seemed ready for an attack. Why did they not attack? For what were they waiting? They were waiting for orders, and'lhe headquarters did not send them. The headquarters, however, were not fap distant. Thoy wero at a handsome chateau in the stylo of Louis XIIL the red bricks of which, washed by the raiu, glistened on tho hillside among the trees. It was truly a princely dwelling, and well worthy of bearing the banner of n marshal ot France. Behind a great ditch and a stone railing which separated them from the hlghwuy the grassplate ran straight np to the stop, of the man sion, even and green, and boidered with vases of flowers. On tho other side, the private side of tho cliatean, tho hedge witt, full of lumi nous gaps; the pond in which swans were swimming stretched out like a mirror; and beneath ihe pagoda shaped roof of an immense aviary. MMiding forth shrill cries into the foliage, lioncocks and golden pheasants beat their wings and spread their tails. Although the proprietor!" hrd departed, nothing there indicated the 1 ecklessness, the overwhelming de&ilatiun of war. The onnamroe ot tho chiet ol tho army had preserved everything, even to the meanest flowers of the, ;aasf plats, and it was something imprei-Mvo to find so near tho field of battle tho opnleut calm ness which arises from orderly arrange ments, from straight rows of trees and from the silent depths of nvmucs. The rain, which filled t highway with such wretched mud and plowed such deep fnrrows, was (Ik-h- but an ele gant, aristocratic shower, lightening the red brick and tlie gi n nf the grass plats, adding gloss to tlie h-aves of the orange trees and the win i plumage of the swans. Everything thnne every thing was still, Verily, without the flag which was flying from the tsjak of the roof, without the two soldicts on guard before the grating, never could one have believed it the military headquarters. Tho horsed wero reposing iu the stables. Here and there one met grooms, or derlies in undress uniform lounging in the vicinity of the kitchens, or some gar dener in red pantaloonstranquillv draw ing his rake through thn gravel of the principal walks. Tlio dining hall, the windows, of which opened upon theteps, displaying a table half cleared away, uncorked bottles. soiled and empty drinking vsels, look ing wan on the rumpled ! -th all the fag end of a dinner dcei-rted by the guests. In an adjoining apartment w.if heard tho sound of voices, of laughter, of rolling billiard balls, of clinking glass es. The marshal was plaving his game, aud that was why the ann was await ing orders. When thsj ruarhul had once commenced his gm the lmuvens might fall, but nothing on earth could prevent him from finishing it. Billiards! I be game was this gnt warrior s weakness. He stood there, as grave as In battlo, in full uniform, his breast cov ered with decorations, hi eyes, sparkling and me eyeballs inflamed ly Hie dinner, the game aud his potati'm. His aids- de-camp surrounded him, nger and re spectful, uttering exclamations of oil miration at each of his shot. When the marshal made a point thoy all precipi tated themselves toward the marker, When the marshal was thirsty they all wished to prepare his grog. Twns crush ot epaulets and, plumes, a clash ol cros&ca and metal tipped shoulder knots and the sight of all the agreeable smiles, the fawning, courtier like reverences oi so much embroidery and so many new uniforms in that lofty oak wainecotud hall, looking out upon parks aud courU of lienor, recalled the autumus of Com piegne and contrasted strangely with tlx weather tained overcoats vainly waiting along the highways and forming such somber groups beneath the ram. . The marshal' opponent was a captain qii the staff, belted, with curled hair and light- colored glove, who was an ex pert at billiards and capable of Min quishing all the marshals iu the world, hut he knew how to keep at a respectful distance from his chief, and while he strove not to win emloavorod not to 1 beaten too easily. lie was. as they say, an officer with a futurr.before him. It was truly an inteimting game. The balls sped, Idssed an, crossed their col ors. Suddenly a cannon flash shot aero tho Sky" and a hollow report made the ! window panes rattle. The officers started and looked at each other uneasily, i'ht , marshal alone had seen aotbing, hs3 I heard nothing. Bent over the billiard table he was combining u magnificent draw shot. Draw thote were his forte. But another flash came, then another. The cannon reports multiplied. The aidtf-de-coinn ran to tlte window. Were the PrncsUns going to attaokf 1 "Well. lt them attack!" mid the ' marshal, obslkin; hia ru. Yonr turn to play, oinwu ' The ateff flutwiud with aduuratiuu. Itavatu tudeep upon a guu omge was lng so calmly betorn the nltllard fame at the very moment of action. Meanwhile; the nproar redoubled. With the cannon shots woro mingled the roar of the mitrailleuses and the roll of tho platoon musketry. A red smoke, "black at the edges, mounted from the extremity of tho grass plats. All the lower part of the park was iu flames. . Tho frightened peacocks and pheueanto clamored in the aviary. The Arab horses, scenting the powder, pranced in the stable. The headquarters commenced to grow ex cited. Dispatch followed dispatch. Cou riers arrived in hot haste. They de manded the marshal. The marshal was inaccessible. Nothing could prevent him from finishing the' game. "lour (urn to play, captain." But the captain's mind was elsewhere. So much for being young! He became confnsed, forgot his caution, and made two shots which nearly gave his oppo nent the game. This time tho marshal grew furious. Surprifo and indignation burst forth on his manly visage. Jnst at this monieut a frorse tore into the court yard nt a terrible pace and dropped deail". And aid-dc-camp covered with mud forced tho guard and leaped np the steps at a hound. "Marshall Marshall" he shouted. Ho met with a rough recep tion. Swelling with rage and purplo in the face the marshal uppenied at "the winilpw, his billiard cue in his hand. ' vv hat is the matter? he said. "What ia ii? Is there no sentinel 011 dnty?" "Bnt, marshal" "Very good presently. Let them await my orders!" And he closed tho window violently. Let them await his orders. They were doing that, the poor men. Tlio wind drove the rain and shot full in their faces. W hole battalions wero ex terminated, while others stood useless, their weanons in their hands, unable to comprehend the reason of theirinactivity. There wasnothiug for them to do. They wero awai'mg orders. But as one can die without orders, the men fell dead by hundreds, behind tho bushes, in the ditches, before tho silent grand chateau. Even when fallen shot tore them still. md from their gaping wounds the gen erous blood of France Mowed noiselessly. Above in (he billiard hall thiugs wore coming to terribly close quarters, also. The marshal had resumed his advance, but the ceptnin defended himself like a lion, "Seventeen? eighteeiil-nineteen!" Scarcely had thoy time to mark the points. Tho noiM) of the battle came nearer. The marshal had hut one more to make. Already bombs had reached the park. One exploded over tho pond. Tho mirrorlike surface was convulsed, and a terrified swan swam about in .a whirlpool of bloody feathers. It was the loot shot. Then an oppressive silence. Nothing but the rain falling upon the hedges, a confused roll at tho bat-e of the hillock and on tho soaked highways something like the patter of a hurried flock of sheep, Tho army was in full flight, but the marshal had won his game. Al phonfe Daudet. The (Junker Garb list lluil tla Day. While the faith of tho Quakers has un dergone no radical change binco the days of Mary Dyer, the simplo manners and customs of the sect are rapidly disap pearing. Hero and there, it is true, one of the "old fashioned" Quakers is to be seen. When Jonathan Chare occupied a seat in the senate of tbo United States his coat was of tho orthodox out, and his correspondents could not jileaso him bet ter than by addressing htm as plain Jonathan Chace. A consistent Quaker, too, is Jonathan Chace, for ho. with his plainly dressed wife, rather than deprive their coachman aud horses of their Sun day rest, will frequently walk two miles and more to meeting and return by the same conveyance. But the old time straight cut coats are fast passing away, and oven Jonathan Chace has discarded tile drab, an,d" his DtacK coats, tnougu ot mo unaitcr enr, are of the very finest pieco of broadcloth that the looms can weavo. It is with regret that the public part with the quaint costume ot the Friends, for when seen ujon tho street it formed a delicious picture, we may see something akin to it aUho Shaker settlements if we take the troubln to visit them; hut the cos. tume which poor heroic Mary Dyer wore in her last hour has almost passed from the sight of men. Boston Journal. Mines of (he Gruian rjniilrv. It appears that the total production of the mines throughout the (Jerman em pire, including Luxemburg, has steadily advanced from 37,089,000 tons, of 11,- 247,000 value, in 18Q8 to a total of 65,. 860,200 tons, of 24,735,000 value, in the year 1888. Of this quantity coal figures as 25.701,800 tons in 1808. as against 0-i,- 386,100 tons in 1888; peat has advanced from 7,174,400 tons to 10,574,000 tons; iron ore from 8.034,800 tons to 10,064,1100 tons; zinc ore from 860,000 ton to 607,800 tons; lead ore from 05,800 tons to 3GI, 800 tous, and copper ore from 201,700 tons to 830,000 tons, Chicago Jonnial of Commerce. How lie Knew. The Narrator Yes, I journeyed lor four days through an absolute wilder ness, sparsely inhabited by benighted people. The Doubter How do you meau tjiey wore benighted? The Narrator- Because in all that time I heard no one whistling "Annie itooney. ittsbnrg iiitlletin. After Striking- Ui leobarg. Captain Hurry np there, Get Into the boats. Sho'Il go to the' bottom in five niiuutex. Excited Passenger But I say, captain, give roe time to get my rubbers, won't yon? If I get my 'feat wet it'll be the death o me. Spoon. In Uerliu a MJhoolmistrees recti vo (400 annually during the first year of her service, a schoolmaster $400. After forty-t wo years of unbroken ervice tlie schoolmistress maximum salary is 11H) the srhooluiastrir's $800. Owttblut; Tnrtlaa In Hat Tni. A bright young lad about 6 years old, living near Orlando, bat adopted a novol use for a steel trap, commonly used for catching rats and other wnall animals, The boy's house is near a lake, and after baiting the t rap in the unual manner he sets it in the water for the purpose of catchiug turtle, and hu- sui oeeded in trapping several in tlu original manner. Orlando Itecord The Ai'adetuie dw S, it-twee has sub mitted a new syslviu of iauivl nota tion in which 7 rharwtcm replace the S06 symbols now einployi t tu reiresmt the 7 note-, uf the jfaiuut in the Wr) v reran,,.! r.dirrt.r iMiyltnl Slavery. We are all free American citir.cns, enjoy- C fllir lM.rGJltl.il llho-t 1.11, Inn.,, r.f ... physical slavery, suffering from scrofula, It rllCltm or some nthr form of tmnilrA IiIoikI. Hood's Saiaprilla Is the great blood 1 urifier which dissolves the bonis of disease, gives health and perfect physical liberty. Spokane Kalis Is to have a high school biilhlliig costing fJ2,57.7. i(,Vn.r.lKh,ri' '""Vf snd old, all prills Dr. ...... .... ,,lu,,, lv ,B tJIV urit mina; mr .'!' lllle ,e,,nl'1K. Pfle 2 cents a bitl. .niiui vi j iiirasini lor meuzaroi Hauls; ullfrDr. lri.nl nasal catSrrh can now sntoy Bud III Uffflmr,. bncanai, nf lh. - -.V i. . vura. rri? a., cents box. For salt ererjwhert. 1 nwr nf f 1 1 . 1 ' i-. i..,-.-.. . . . Be mindful of Go In the small things of life, and ton will not forget INni la gteal ones. Wk hare a sneeilr nml iuw!llv Catarrh, Diptlieria", Canker Month and Iciid-Aclte, in SIIILOH'S C.VTAKRK h.MhDV. A Nlisul Inionlnr fr.n will. each bottle. Use it if ybu desire health and sweet breath. Price 50 rents. Sold at Hiery's or Thomas' Drugstore. It Is a thousand times better to have our paradise at tho end of life than at the be ginning of It. lysieala and Llrer Complaint. Is it not worth the Mnall priccof 75 cents tree yourself of.everv svinntoni nt then di Stressing complaints, ifyott think so call at on ir store and, get a.liol(le of Shilohs Vllillirnr PVnrv 1.,1 1 U l.. - .:.J . ',,.v u UIJ111CU iianiiitce on it, tins actxinlinglysnd if it Iocs ymi no good it will cost you nothing, 'old al Hiery's or Thomas' drug, store. The way to qualify yourself to)' do ersat things Is lo be faithful In little ones. lie Yelled Kemp's HkJsaiu, I yell "Take Keum'l Balaam tha baat euro."' I alwaya do when 1 har a man cotia-i,. snd I can't help It. It eared me and It will car jou. 1 was thrcatenrd with ,ntumonla last winter and It broka It up, It hlpiths ehltdrsa out whcn.tnelr throats are iorecurer thslr couglia, ahd tunc eo good. Ths urirdoss hattt . 11 -o. . Arnuiu, anrinasr 9H ins IVon Short By., at fansjoharle, Ii. V?, The teasou some people have so Utile ttt say about (Jod is because Ihov are such (real strangers to Win. Miles' Ner,,Hil I.Uer l'llla. All iiuliortant diHOOVOrv. Ther set nr. the liver, stomach and boaels through the nerves. A new principle. They speedly cure hiliou.MicMt, bad taste, torpldlircr, piles and constipation Splendid for men, womeu. .imi children. Smallest, mildest, surest, 30 doses for li.i cents. Samples free at T. D. Thomas and W. F. Biervs Drmc Store. rritm,i,rli 1 1 - i .... r -.1 ..w.x...M., .u. tiii,, iuii ui vgiu aim pufa iocs often repeatpil will "be found safe protection" against drought. " fc'ncta Worth Knowing. Ill all lllSena'ea rtf (hi, na!i1 lin,1n. brane the relllPllv used miml h nnn.lrrCla. Uug. Tho medical piofesslon 'has tt slow to leatu this. Nothing satisfactory can he accomplished with donchfs, snuffs, miwdeia nr hi-riti,n tVon.iA t,i -.1, irritating, do tfot thoroughly 'reach the llffnpt...l ailrfn..... n.xA b1 .1 iJ. .1 Jk A us Worae limit fiid'urn A .,lil..,A ., v.,. . iMuiuiwia ui persons who had for years borne all ths nurry ami pain mat catarrh can innict testify to radical cures. wrought, by Ely's Cream Halm. Very little is said about Lazarus, but be caused more people to bcllcve'in Jns than either Mary or Martha. Nome foolish People Allow a coii((h to ruii until it gels beyond the reach nf nieillciiie. They often sayt " Oh, it will wear away, hut In mot Cases it wears lliem away. Could' (hey be in iiu-ed tolrj the btiecesrfiil medicine called Kemps llalsnu, which is sold on a positive i;iiiiraulce to cure, they would immediately mm- the excellent cllcrt after taking the first dose. Price- 60c and $1.00. Trial size free. At all ilitigsists. The desire Is fa.ihcr to the deed. Eve's real sin occurred before, she touched the apple. I.lle's Mistakes. Hoiiiehody has condensed the1 lutsUkes tit llfs, md arrived m the cooejuslon that there an fomteen of them. The greatest of all mtsUkes is to alluw a Mmple cough or fold to take Its emirae, which always ends In death) check It (a time, and sae life by use Of J'sn-Tlna CoueU and I onn mi.ttmi Cute. lrlc !5 cents, Titst bottles tree at Thomas' Drug Btore. You haven't got much religion If jott praise the I,ord ohIt when you feet tike It, KeuiarkablH llewur. Sirs. Michael Curtain, Plnlnfleld, III., nukes thn statement that she ratirht cold, which set tled on her limes; she was treated (or a month by her family physician, but grew worse, lie tpld her she was hopeless victim of consump tion ami that no medicine could cure her. Jler dniuctst susRested Dr. King's New Discovert for Oonsuikpilnii: she bouchta bottle snd to her delleht fouud herself benetlted from first dot, she cnnilnu-d us use and after taking ten bot, tlea, louim herself sound aud well, now does her own housework ami Is as well as she ever was. Free trml tiottles'uf this Great Oisoorery at ItetH-r's Drug .store, lariie boUles-K, snd tVon, Tho truth which ot all others most deeply concerns man Is thtT'faet that God loves lilnu U- Vour Own Doctor. I won't con you one-half as ruueh. Do not delay. Sent three two-cent stamps for postiiR(, land we will tend you Dr. Ksuf man's great werk, fine colored pistes Aoni life, on dheasos, its caiires and home'eure. Adilrecs, A. P. Ordway A, Co., Boston, Masr, Not to tlesid,e to be saved Is lo determine to be lost. Iy shutting the eyes you ci h'ot out the still. Marvelous Kmluranr. What Bell aid! Edison are lo the tele nhone anil electricity, savs (he PitUburr N'ews, Dr. FrauUin Miles, the well-known specialist in nervous di;asct, is to the nervous hysiem and nerve fluid. Among his numerous rilncrireries Ihe Jiestoratlre Nervine is undoubtedly one of the greet est. It is unsurpassed in nervousness, dysieiiia, headache, epilepsy netintlgU, baf Mobs, melancliolly, sleeplessness, .liainje of lifts, tie. Free trial bottle of it insy be had f Thomas sml IHery, Prur jcisu. AH should read his "New snd Startling IsoU for (he Afflicted," a very ible, Interesting snd finely Ithtttrstetl hnoV- Many preachers wh cuaalrtf llm miMtlnn ,fl n".p--..,i.H v oilier llirwa.t va. ,I.At r - -"l ' i bora in the street without Ml iluibt. heating snd itching humors ot the aealp, so treultlesome to many penons, arc eflectually rsired ti the me of Ayer's flair Vigor. If not attended to is time, lhMi4.diaesa are very liable tu mnh ia iwaa ol the hair. fflQsssHw.f frsrsHSjsasijsasnfM
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