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1Mb as lata, feat he wm net awk-
by aajIsBSaBB aad hla thlnnete;eeemed
1MB detract from, aeercain
VMiaaffMnd teb natural te him.
MahMdaoBMBeaa, aw ebnii whi
hta ehMk heaaa tee uign, ana
black tee deeply set for
ever all an expression aa
OF BhTliBBl IHUUIOIDIU DUl IW
tasvaibat ale atea ova Indication of
Mm ertiaary lalalleetnaMy. When
tap waa peeaea tewara mm no
VtMNdUl email cram pea nana
MM reHewIng It with the words :
QHBfUM' Directly beneath hla air
aZaX, Philip HeiLMd
aaaMt Ik naaaa of the paper which I
my ysmw (M "i "" ." "
- - ' - - - - - - Um. m-J9.mt m 1TII WI
B nftmn swi mwiisiM dum
ok ths) Basse errand, however the re
et a triple execution It waa net odd
weakeald meet thua; but It dldaeem
hat atrange te me that Wynkoop,
told that the heuae was packed te
m root; ahoeld object strenuously te sharing
Wtlkaaa the only ramalnlnc room. I re
MMBbarthatH took a geed deal e! peraua-
en the part of the proprietor el that
sh ancient nesteiry oeiere ne weuia
ft Meld aa loch, aad that 1 mrsell had te put
ft la a word finally aad assure him that, as he
. had raaletered first, it waa I who would insist
$. ea making a night et It In the streets of the
,V Tillage if he persisted In hla determination net
aefratemlxa. Then he anolealxed and aald
that It waa for my aake mere than hta own
that ha had objected. He waa a eernnambn-
Uatl ha explained, aad be had reared that he
might dkaferb my rest by prowling around
me room in en weep.
vVbea at length we were enacened In our
top-atery apartment with the high-pest bed
ataad at one end, with a window bare of any
pretense of ahade or curtain directly ever it,
a washtand at the ether and a couple of
green-painted chalra between, we naturally
Ml te chatting. Kach had many odd inc.
deata of Journalistic experience te relate.
Md, aa a matter of course, enr conversation
teeladed a resume of the executions we had
wimeseed. Frem these the rather thread
bare question of repentance within the
ahadew of the gallows, whether real or im
aginary, came up. At that time I was some
what of an agnostic, and I was Inclined te
rktlcnle the Idea that a murderer, who
throughout hla life bad been defying the
moral law could, when brought te face death,
wipe ent all hla paat and spring at one leap
Inte Abraham'a besom.
u Ged la all powerful," aald Wynkoop, and
he spoke se reverently and with such feeling
that I determined te test further his be
lter. " ir there be a Ged, " I suggested.
Ha looked at me sharply, and I knew at
once that I had touched a sensitive chord.
Hla dark eyea twinkled excitedly In their
deep recesses.
" Yeu doubt Ged's existence ?" he asked.
" I did net my se. " I replied, but there
are many who de. "
"And there are many who make a terri
ble yea, fatal mistake, " he went en.
" There Is a Ged a Ged whose power you
cannot In the least comprehend the same
Goawhewronghl"n)lrsclee In Galilee and
J Udeaelakittir hundred veara ase. and who
fcLMafi abw delna lust as wondrous things.
y dear Mr. Helt, the day et miracles is net
' Twelve months age. " he went en, " I
waa an atheist Te-day 1 am positive abso
lutely certain net only that tbereisaUed,
but tnat there is a Ged mere powerful than
you can conceive of. "
lie was se terribly in earnest that te dis
pute the question with him would have
been madness. I merely asked blm the rea
son for this new fixed belief.
" Ah I yuu are asking me new what I
.cannot tell you, " he aald, " but 1 knew it "
This conversation impressed me mere than
1 can tell and mere than 1 could understand;
nor was the impression less deep that an
other Incident of that evening made upon
me. Miles O'Kellly, an Impulsive Irish re
porter for the Herald, who had been in the
place for a couple of days, burst in upon us
while we were chatting, and, alter shaking
me vigorously by the band, be turned te
Wynkoop, evidently with tbe same purpose.
Fer a oeuple of seconds, however, there was
no response en ine part or tne lime.i man. l
aaw him hesitate about taking tne preirered
hand, and in that period of hesitation I con
jured up a dozen reasons for it Then 1 saw
him take hla left hand from bis pocket and
reach It out te O'Reilly. lie excused tbe ac
tion by aaying that he had cut tbe little finger
of hla right band and that it was Tery pain
ful. Hla right band waa still In bis pocket
Hew stranite! 1 thought Net ten nunutes
age I bad been looking at that right hand at
tentively. Fer some reason, I knew net
what, my eyes had been drawn te It All
tbe time It waa exposed, and It had been ex
posed frequently slnee our meeting, my
rzehadet Intervals been riveted upon It
had noticed that It was very white un
naturally white it seemed te me Urn, it was
very tain, ana tnat tne nans or tne long,
tapering, bony fingers were livid. Hew odd,
I thought, that I did net notice the cut Had
H bean there I must surely hate observed
a
That hand of yours is In bard luck, Wyn
koop, " O'Kellly replied ; I remember at the
Chicago convention you bad a bollenitor
aemetntng. Hew tbe deuce de you write ? '
Wynkoop teemed rather nettled at tula re
mark.
' I manage It, " he aald, shortly.
It waa well en te 2 o'clock in the morning
belere O'Kellly lelt u,and after that we were
net long In getting between the sheets.
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Hew long I bad slept I de net kue. 1
awoke suddenly with a start 1 was treinb
ling from bead te feet with a chill that
aeemed te threaten tbe rendltg or soul and
body. Upen my breast lay something cold
aa tee, and my heart was growing numh
under Its chilling weight Fer an instant I
lay quite still trying te gather my scattered
senses. My memory for the moment bsd
deserted me. Where wasl? I stretched
my eyes open In an eilbrt te prove te my
own satlslactien that I was wide awake.
Then It all came back te me with a rush. 1
wasat lierryviile, and a strange man, whom
1 bad never seen before that night, was my
bedfellow. Tbe room was se dark that i
could distinguish nothing, but with tbe
returning memory came also tbe same acute
sensibility that told me it was an ley baud
that lay upon me. I euld leel the long,
bony fingers pressing Inte my lleshwltha
chilling clutch. Never in my lite had 1 ex.
perleneed a sensation se berrlble. Fer an
ether minute-a minute that seemed like an
aterntty-I lay there unable te move. Then
I gathered all my resolution and energy and
rose nppn my elbow, but that ley hand still
grasped the muscles of my breast In a grin
that waa death-like in lta firmness. Te bfinS
myself te take bold et It and threw it from
ma, I could net
Aal lilted my bead from tbe pillow tbe
moon came out for a moment from under a
cloud and eent a stream el cold blue light in
through the ahadeleas window, revealing e,
Ged I area new the recollection of the ghast
ly atatht chilla my bleed and thrills me with
horror aal write that 1 waa in bed with a
man. There baalda me. lvinir unnn hi.
Wvf MHawa, witn uu right arm stretched ever
.atangni nana grasping me in iu death
an, my vamani wynaoep, 10 an appear
laa illlalnaa aa anr cernse lever saw.
TMflObeT of moonlight fall upon hla face.
Mwaeap-aa ayaa wesw wiae open, staring
Md glassy; hla Jaw aad dropped, and the
pallor of death waa upon every feature. I
gaaad apellbeaad for a menacal, and then
aasavy oieua uuawu ever ise moon, ana
the horrible eight waa lest la the darkness
wanes hs man eavevepsju wvetyiiusg. 1
I am net naturally a nerveua man, but ae J
aaoeea waa ua anecaminu case uaiii
ttamaiad as through atruck with agt- With
a terrible effort l aat up, and as) did ae tbe
aaad which aad atlll beta clinging te me
leet lta held, end I beard the body roll erar
aa Ma hack with a ghastly sound that
arte, my In art beating even fatter than belere.
Xeeererug myaalfas beat 1 could, 1 crawled
ma eeaa mas man anon upon the lle r.
r a moment I Meed there, totally moans means
I at aaettaa tbaeiataly paralj tea by tear.
a9A"MlrMl te washataae, and
and
wrwmtmtmm ssawa, tastsw
Jat Bailed a eaadla. I
MJpetealy as the
a natch.
I la feeble,
tiiiwil.
ttatXKirc
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atMkfth, ky tot ef aeMta faaaMtag-ikat
aMrdlTwaathwaaMlydjatk ta no matter
what galea H aama lteeknp the light Md
returned te the bed. Aa I theaght, the body
was lylag upon Its beek. 1 raised the caadle
Md looked at the face.
Waa I mad or dream lag T
Bewilderment la a moment had taken the
place of fear. There lay my bedfellow, hla
eyes aad month closed, breathing regularly
Md aleeplng apparently aa peaceful aa the
meat healthful of Infants. There was net the
slightest Indication of death anywhere about
him. In one sense of the word It was a re.
lief, Md In another it was net That 1 had
seen mm eeaa tiTe minuies oeiere , m
my mind, net open te dispute. 1 was satis
fied that 1 could net bare dreamed It, and I
was equally satisfied that It waa net Imagi
nation. Kren yet I could feel the pressure
vf that itMtt hand ntnn tnv breast " Ab ! "
I said te myself, " I will touch thst band and
see If It Is naturally warm, or whether It Is
still cold and death Ilka. " It still lay across
his own breast where It bad dropped when
Its held upon me relaxed. I reacned out te
take it, when the aleeplng man moved. 1
tanned back, tearing that he would awaken.
lie did net, however, and I returned, still In
tent upon Investigating the phenomenon that
bad se distressed me, only te find that the
band that I wished te touch had been placed
beneath the covers, and te get at It, without
disturbing the sleeper, was impossible.
After the experience I had Just gene
through 1 could net bring inyralud ege te
eea again, x accordingly aressea myswi,
and, taking an old newspaper from my
pocket, I sat down by tbe wasbatand and
read It through from first column te last, ad
vertisements and all, stepping eery new
and than te wonder ever the dead face 1 had
seen and tbe dead clutch I had felt When
the gray light of early dawn made sickly the
yellow of the second candle I had burned, I
was sun isr irem roe solution ei me inysiery,
nerdtd Wynkoop himself deanytblug toward
solving It, when, upon his waking, 1 told
mm, in semewnai meuinea terms, ei we
fright I had bad. At first be seemed startled
and then distressed, but finally regaiued his
composure.
It was the prospect of seeing a triple ex
ecution, " he said, as he stepped down te see
te part his hair in the all-awry looking glass
which hung much tee low for him. " Yeu
are net up te it, 1 am alratd. Yeu were
dreaming. Held! Oreamtng that was It.
As the modest old lady remarked you had
tbe night horse. "
vengeance Is mine; I will tcnay, siltti the
l.erd.
With bis finger pointing te these words In
the Boek of books, Clement Wynkoop, cold
In death, was discovered one morning six
months alter our first meeting, sitting In an
armchair In the parlor of a magnificent suite
el apartments In an uptown hotel In New
Yerk city. A packet et papers found In tbe
room, snd addressed te me, contained the
following letter and extracts from the unfor
tunate man's journal :
Tbe letter was dated midnight
11 1 de net knew why 1 should have se
lected you, " It began, " as the person te
whom te commit, belere I go hence, the se
cret that for the last year and a ball 1 have
carried as the Spartan boy carried the wolf. I
am Impelled te write, however, luipelle t by
an Indescribable something tbst teljg. me te
make a full ind free confession te man, as
well as te Ged, of my crime and my puuish
ment And with the Impulse te write comes
also the impulse te address that confession te
you. This must be my apology. Perhaps
the fact tbst you already knew something of
my sflllctlen for you will remember It
when I recall certain incidents of our first
meeting at Berryvllle six months age has
bad somewhat te de with my selection of a
legatee. I beg of you de net make public
the facts of my sin and my surlerlng under
two years from te-night ily that time my
faults will, perhsps have been In a measure
forgotten and men will be apt te think
mere kindly of me and give nie a larger
share of tbelr sympathy than it the story
was given when my short-comings and idio
syncrasies were fresh In their memories te
mitigate tbe pathos et the tale, home day 1
wish you te tell It 1 wish it told because.
!
possibly, It may save ethers from a fate as
nerrible as mine.
" In a lew hours I shall have passed the
veil which hides the ether world from this.
Y'eu will find me sitting here In this chair,
and the newspapers yours and mine and
the ethers will record another suicide.
People will want te knew why 1 died. Tell
them because et physical suliering which
hsd grown unbearable that will leek well
In print This is all that the coroner's J ury
need knew for the purpose of a verdict
' I have resolved that my last hour shall
be a bright one. I de net want te go out of
my misery in gloom and darkness. My life
has been gloomy and dark enough, Ged
knows. Its last mementa Htisll be as bright
as I can make tbem. I have chosen and
paid liberally for the best room In the hotel.
J have lighted every gas jet in tbe apart,
ment 1 have fruit beside me of which I
shall eat before I die. I have wine, tee, and
wltb the wine I shall get my releae.l have it
here before me as 1 wrlta A little v ial con
taining a dozen dropser less el Scbeele's by.
droclaule acid. It ta an easy death, they say.
My heart beats will grew slower and slower,
mere feeble and mere feeble, until they
hae ceased altogether, and I shall have
passed away from all tbe tell, tbe weariness,
the regret, tbe mcrtiticatlen and the agony of
this lite into the what T A few beurs will
tell. Speculation Is vain Before 1 go I
shall burn every ptpr I pesess. Every
trace of my past life shall be gene except
what is contained In tbe pies Irem my
journal that 1 shall select aud leave In a
packet wltb this letter for you. D)u't judge
me tee harshly. Think or me kindly some
times, l;h a ve thrown open tbe windows
and raised tbe shades te the top 1 feel tbe
cool midnight air fanning my face for tbe
last time. In an hour all will be ever "
The letter broke oil thus. There was no
formal ending, just as there had been no
formal beginning.
Tbe Inclesed extracts from tbe Journal
were as fellows :
' Cnlcage, Dee. 2rj, is;a Hard work yes.
terday attending UhrUtmas celehratlena
When it was all ever, Petter, Hteiensen, I
and some ethers spent tbe rest of tbe ulgbt
at Gibbens' place. Metaphysics and religion
the 'ubjects of conversation. As usual, 1
lacghed at tbe idea of celbra'lugttie birth of
a humbug. 1'oer little Tetter la a supersti
tious little feel, witb reverence largely
developed. He was horror stricken at the
way 1 talked, and X rather believe he thought
I was boasting, but i was net 1 ullired te
bet him a month's pay he amid uet prove
that there was any reality in the Ged be be
lieved in.
"'Prove te me there is net a Ged, ' he
aald. "
" Your Gwd Is all-pjwerlul, is he net ?
1 asked. "
" Te be sure, " be replied. "
"If he be alt-powerful," I ad led, ' let
him strike me dead. I dely him 1 "
" Little Petter turned pale at what he
termed my ' damnable blasphemy. ' I
laughed at him, for there was uu sign of that
all-powerful being's existence. 1 still steed
erect and smiling. Petter said hU Ged
would net deign te notice such a threat My
challenge was beneath tbe consideration et
the supreme ruler. Did 1 think I could call
down his visible wrath at my own sweet
wllir It was presumption. Peer little
Petter ! '
"January 1. 1SS0. A week has nasaed.
during which time I have net had the cour
age te write. Kven new I de net knew bow
te tea the story. I am ashamed te confess it.
Am I paralj79d or am I dying by Inches ?
Can It be that there Is a Ged and that he
heard my threat? I despise myself for
being se weak as te believe it ; and yet 1 am
undergoing an exfierience as berrlble as it It
unusuaU Oa tbe morning following the
night of my beast before the boys at Gib
bens I awoke with a atrauge pricking sensa
h00 n "y. Hflbt arm, as if tbe t IrjuUtlen
?i n 'OPP' "d bad suddenly s arted
again. The next tnernlnir mv rm ...
tin mli rtsu- . ,., w ---.7
- ue viruuiauifiTi nail
stepped and had net gene en aga n. Ner
has ft since been resumed. atS m . "J
apparently
hand have grown colder and be'b are death
ly gray white, like th rm ..? T. " 7, ":"
dead man, while my finger nails are livid
Curiously enough, though, there Is no sign
of decomposition, and my hand still retains
power. Though all feeling Is gene I ran
grasp my peucll tightly in my flngem, and 1
can write as well as ever. W here w illill this
endf That Is the question. There Is some.
1 tutu uiuwunt uuuaturai aueui iu inn 1 am
airaiu ler 1111 reaseu 10 consult a physician.
I have rubbed that arm and band until the
satnnas peeiea en.ana yet were has net been
I the slightest sensation nor the faintest sign of
ciroutsues. rruuisuiHiiuw u linger lips 11
ta dead ! dead dead I "
"January 6th Heaven balp me, or I shall
go mad I When I wrote before I had no ides
of the horror of this thing thst haa aalssd
upon me 1 That It la the cures or a god or the
devil I have ae longer tea slightest doubt
Ever ataea my bud grew ae marvelous y
cold I have refralaed from ahakiag bands
with mv one for fear the unastaralnase of It
wenld be remarked aad I aheala be qaer.
tloeed. Te day mv old uncle from 8t Ixrala
cuijd at the office te see ma.1 bad aet met him
"uh mum ernw teseamat dm aei met aim I
tPfi!J!.0r '. sWjaiaid fcai 1
aiidUliiltMisiwkaalwMsaiat, fla '
anraag back with a cry that awat a thrill
through ma. The utmost horror waa pictured
la every feature. I dropped the hand I waa
held leg, but It wsa aeme mlnutaa before ha
could recover himself enough te -apeak.
Thea he told me or the strange thing he bad
atea. Aa 1 took his hand, be aald, Md he
fall Its icy pressure, my Cape suddenly be
came the face et a dead maa. My eyea atared
glasally and my akin looked bloedleee Md
cold, while my parted lips were purple.
1 could have sworn death had suddenly
come te you, as you steed there,' be aald.
Ob, my boy, you cannot Imagine the shock
you gave me V
"Ah, yea. 1 knew it new, that same vision
will haunt every one whom t touch. The
time must came when men will flee from me
aa they would from a plague. After all there
la a Ged a terrible, awful Ged all-powerful,
aii-nearing, an seeing, uava l net proof or
It? la net thla Ged's recompense T"
"October Mb I am going Kast There It
a suspicion here that there la a mystery
about me and I cannot abide It If any man
aheuld discover my secret and make It public
I think 1 would kilt him."
Bn iuhk. fluvsmusr 11W.1 inch
man at Berryvllle yesterday named Helt
He la en the Tribune. Had te sleep with
him because hotel was crowded. During tbe
ntgniiny nana tell upon blm and awoke him,
and the usual result followed. 1 turned it oil
In the morning by telling blm be had been
dreaming. 1 f he had Insisted that It waa net
a dream and had guessed tbe truth, Ged
knows what I would have dena."
"December :0th. Just a year has passed
alnee I was stricken with this living death.
It seems like a century. And new the worst
is coming. O Ged I is this lust? I reported a
Christmas sermon yesterday, the burden et
which waa that there la ferslveness for all
who ask It Christ waa born te save the
worst or us. And yet I cannot ask it This
is a psrt of my punishment Is it that I have
committed the unpardonable sin? The
thought drives me mad. Will relief never
come?"
January 1st, 1SSI I have been making
New Year's calls witb my arm In a sling. 1
was compelled te resort te that as a means of
avoiding shaking bands with my right hand.
Cartwrigbt et the iW, who Is a literary chap,
and somewhat of a society man, wanted me
te join him in bis New Year's calling, and
te oblige him and ter tbe aake of diversion, 1
did se. Perbsps It is tbe most unfortunate
step I have ever taken. At one beuse I met
a most charming little woman, as pretty as a
picture and as gentle aa a tame dove. Mar
garet Willeugbby she Is called. We bad the
pteasantest 01 pleasant chats, and when I left
her she Invited me te call again. Shall I go ?
My reason bids me net te ; my beart tells me
I cannot keep away."
January -1. 1 nave seen eiiss v iuuugu
by again. 1 met her at tbe theatre, and she
asked me wby 1 had net called. 1 must go.
sjreiy mere can ee no narui iu umuiu
her and spending a pleasent hour In her
company."
"March 15th. Margaret grows mere and
mere charming. I have begun te write a re
manceln which she will be tbe heroine and a
man atUlcted as 1 am the here. It will be a
strange story, surely. When It Is finished 1
will read It te her. I think she Is fend et me.
Indeed, I am sure of It My romance shall
be mv proposal. If she Is willing te accept
me, knowing what I am, I shall be happy.
Can it be possible a great Jey awaits me 7 1
am atrald te hope."
" April 22 The romance is written. Net
an hour age I put tbe word Tlnls' en the
last paga .Te-morrow 1 will read It te her.
Ob, Margaret, my beloved, you will net fall
me I I am sure of it !"
"April 2eth. Hard work attheeillee pre
vented my seeing Margaret until this alter alter
neon, wheu I read the romance te a close.
When I looked at her there were tears in her
eyes.
"I de net wonder she loved him,' she
said, he bad sutlered se much, and he loved
her se fondly.'
' And would you love me se If I had suf
fered se much and loved you se fondly 7" I
" is 'it te be wondered at that 1 am happy 7
Have I net held her te my breast T Have I
net kissed ber lips 7 Hss she net told me
that she is mine ierever that nothing under
heaven can part us 7 1 will strap that aeaa
arm te my side and forget that it exists. 1
will learn te use my lelt hand altogether. I
have been practicing with it of late, and shall
seen be able te de without my right arm well
enough."
"May 10th. The darkness of midnight has
come at noonday. Tbe cup el Jey baa been
dashed from the lips thst had but touched its
contents. Ged's wrath is greater than I
dreamed : bis punishment mere than 1 can
air. Oh, heaven, that I should have te
bear this! My brain Is aflame. My con
science is prodding me with sharp sticks.
Deatb, no matter wbat it brings, cannot be
worse than this living belt Te find happi
ness but te lese It Is the; worst torment.
Hew it came about 1 knew net! I was se
sure that band of mine would never touch
her, and yet, O, Ged, it was thy vengeance
that directed it it's ley clasp, against my
will, fell upon the sort whiteness of her
rounded arm. She shrank from me, gazed
at me for a second and then fell back v, itb a
piercing cry a cry such as I never heard be
fore, and such aa 1 pray heaven never te hear
again ; a cry in which all the awful horror of
the sight before her seemed te echo and re
echo ; a cry that tore my beart te.sbreds and
filled me witb the very agony of despair
When she recovered from ber taint, ber
reason had tied. She was raving mad. Te
touch her aent ber into a parexism of fear.
The mere aight of me who loved her se
much, who would have given my life for ber
a hundred times ever, who would have gene
through fire and flood rather than the least
barm should come te her was tbe signal ter
abrleks et tbe wildest alarm. 1 cannot write
mere. Tbe thought of it Is maddening, the
writing of it torture. Frem that hour te this
these snrieks have rung in my ears, that leek
of tear has been before my eyes. Remorse
has filled my aeut Sleep has lied from me.
Anether day of this and I aheuld be as mad
as she. i feel It I knew it Deatb alone can
prevent It" Chrlet S. A(u.s in Conner Cenner
Jburwif. A Cat Party.
Washington does net contain all tbe feels
in tbe country after all, as will be seen by tbe
following paragraph from the New Yerk
Commercial Advertiser:
Recently a young girl, tbe happy possessor
of a fine Maltese cat, invited a number of her
friends te bring tbelr pet cats te 5 o'clock tea,
each cat te have a ribbon about its neck cor
responding te that worn by its mistress. At
the appointed hour the cats made tbelr ap
pearaece, in charge of their respective
owners. After tbe feline Introduction had
taken place, some of which were the very re
verse of friendly, games were Introduced
and soft balls, toy mice and ether objects
dear te pussy's heart were provided. These
'pastimes were sometimes marred by a vigor.
eus slap, when two strangers came in collis
ion, and once the belligerent pussies had te
ba separated by friends. When tea waa an
nounced a table turnlsbed with saucers of
milk aud small cakes, with cushioned steels,
waa disclosed. Tne floral decorations con
sisted of catnip, lavender, grasses and bright
flowers. The cats, placed en their respective
steels and attended by their mistresses, par
took of the geed cheer set before tbem.
Their behavior was quite correct
Us tiaatchtd Her rrem ths Uravs.
Frem the Chicago News
An old member of tbe medical profession
In this city tell us a story which he aaya Dr.
J. Adams Allen told him many years aga
Dr. Allen, as tbe story gees, was just begin,
nlng hit practice when, one winter day,
seated luacar, inulllMl te tbe ears, he over
heard this conversation between two passen
gers, who were sitting where they could
net see his face :
" Say, Geerge, " aald one, " what kind of a
doctor la this young Allen 7"
All tbst I kuew about blm Is that be
snatched my aunt irem the grave last sum.
mer that is, I shall always think he did. "
Did be, Indeed I " aald tbe ether. "Well,
he must be a pretty geed doctor, then. What
was tbe matter wltb your aunt 7 '
"im, sue was dead ana' buried, you
knew."
KNTKBAT UK NOT TO LKaVE THEE.
Entreat tne net I Entreat ins net te leave thee,
Leng have we Journeyed en our troubled way :
J leasure and anguish have we shared together.
Cast tne net etr la loneliness, I pray.
Entreat me net I or sake of these denarted
Wheae heart string, throbbed wteS taSuufa I
were near t
Whose spirits hover at In blessing,
Whose loving voices linger In our ear.
Entreat tne net I My arms would still be round
thea,
Te stay thy steps when falling strength la nigh
And when tbe shades of death's dark Ttls sur
round tflte.
There would I sadly lay ma down and die.
asvsAW.
jrer whan thou geest there a ill I te with the.
And whate thou ledgsst I would also stay i
yayaad.mr8edl Eatraat ate net, I pray.
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FLOWERS AND POETS.
BY ANNA OLCOTT COMMKL1S.
Halatlna, la hla charming elery of iVrfe'a,
hae ahewn aa hew the development Md
growth et a little, plant, with lta buds and
flower, eared from weary languishing the
peer prttener or Kenestrelle, restored hla
reason, health and Ufa, and In the and,
brought te him Irlendshlp, liberty and lore.
Without claiming that all flowers. In all cir
cumstances, can accomplish se much aa this,
let ua consider them In their relation te
human lire, and the inspiration that they
hare given te poets. " JVcfri naiciftir, nan
If," says the proverb, and In the mind of
every one possessed et the poetic fire la born
the love of beauty. Hays Wordsworth ;
H Te ma tbe meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that da often lie tee deep for tears."
The " kindly fruits of the earth" minister
te our corporeal needs, besides giving pleaa
ure te the eye, but (lowers are almost human
In tbelr association with tbe dearest and
holiest sacraments of life. They go with the
bride te the altar, and we lay them beside our
sacred dead when we dress them for their
last leng sleep.
Hays Longfellow :
" Bear a Illy In thy hand,
Hates of brass cannot withstand
One touch of that magic wand."
"Sweets te the sweet," aaya Queen Ger
trude, when ahe scatters tlewera ever Opbe
lla'a lifeless form. Says Browning, "de net
the dead wear flowers, when dressed for
Ged?"
Frem the first chill daya of early aprlng,
when the delicate anemone rises from tbe
wintry ground, until the last frail little waif
of a vlele', in bleak December, hew magnifi
cent and varied is the precession el beauty.
Says Oberen :
I knew a bank where the wild thyme blows.
Where ex Up and the Deddlna" violet grows,
quite ever 1 anenled with I melons woodbine.
With sweet musk roses and with iglautlue."
Mrs. Whitney ex presses our feeling in the
return of the flowers we have loved In her
lines:
Ged does net send us flowers every year ;
W ben the spring winds blows o'er the pleasant
places,
The ame dear things lift up the same fair
face,
The v telet Is here."
When we read that the violet our violet
was known In the time of Uemer, we think
of the favorite poem of Lincoln, and the
Hees:
W e see the same things our fathers have seen."
In Cowper's translation from Hemer we
read:
' Everywhere annearad
Meadows et softest verdure pnrpled o'er
Itb violets t 'twas a scene te nil
A god rrem heaven with wonder and delight."
Lady Wilkinson, in her book en flowers,
f;lves many Interesting particulars concern cencern
ng tbe violet It must have been grsatly in
favor with the Remans, she tells us, aa they
called tbelr dsys set apart for decking
graves, "Dies Vietaru." Pliny thought
that violets were or medicinal value, and
advised that garlands of tbem should be
worn en tbe head. Different varieties et this
flower grew In many parts of America, Pal
estine, China, Japan, Europe, and even en
the Swiss Alps, and the ruins of the Colos
seum at home. Its praises we are told, have
been written in many languages. A bee
Ruml, an Eastern poet, says "it la net a
flower; it Is an emerald, bearing a purple
gem." The Arabs, It la aald, compare the
eye of a beautiful woman te a violet. Hemer
spseks of Venus as crowned with violets, and
Theecritus thought that these flowers were
specially desirable for wreaths, Aristo Ariste
phanes spoke et Athens as "violet crowned,"
and Dioseorldea makes mention et the flower.
In modern times this favorite, with its mean
inga of truth, modesty and love, la spoken of
uy Duouey, in uiewe unsw :
Mllles for a bridal bed.
(loses ler a matron's head,
V leleu for a maiden dead."
Daisies are found se universally that a
British poet calls tbem "the constellated
tlewera that never set"
Chaucer asys :
" Above all courts in the mode
Than I love thea Heur 1 1 white and rede
Such that men callea daisies In ear town."
In hla legend of " Gude Women," he gives
a peeucai version ei tne origin or tne daisy.
It is pleasant te knew that Llneicas himself
msy have inherited a love of tlewera from
his father, but when we read a botanical
definition of daisy aa a "scape, one
flowered, with leaves ipathulate, single
ribbed obevate, crenate," we turn with satis
faction te Burns, in hla address te the "wee
modest, crimson-tipped flower."
Wordsworth says :
"Melhlnks tbit there abides wltb thee
-eme concord with humanity,
Ulven te no ether flower I see
The forest through."
Sweet, and tender and sad are the associa
tions of the daisy with the frail genius of tbe
poet Keats, who knew'net of the immortality
that time would bring blm, when he com
posed bis own epitaph, and felt only a fsw
daya before bla death, tbe "daisies growing
ever htm."
Lucy Laroem, in our own day, writes
gracefully of "golden daisies :"
"Disk of bronze and ray of geld
Uilmmerlng through the meadow grasses
Burn less proudly ! for beheld
Down the Held my princess passes.
Hardly should 1 held jeu fair.
Gelden, gay mldsnmmerdaltet,
Hut ter hur, tbe tnalden rare,
Who, timid your starry mazes.
Makes seu tplendld with her praises "
The "Flowers of tbe Fallow" la Mether
tereiy poem ey wis writer:
" I like these plants that you call weeds.
f"Jgtf, hardback, mullln, yarrow,
1 hat knit their roots and sift tbelr seeds
M nere any grassy wheel trick leads
Through country by-ways narrow.
They fringe the ragged hillside farm
urewn old with cultivation.
With such wild wealth of rustic charms
As bloomed In Nature's matrons arms
The first da s of creation."
it Is bard te refrain from quoting all the
veraew, uui we eave cuiungs irem many au
thors in a field which com prises si 1 lands and
ait. ages, ana wnere tne only embarrassment
Is one of riches. Te mention tbe name of
urvani is te ering up a beat of tender and
beautiful associations or poetry and nature' a
charms. One hardly knewa which te love
best, tbe golden red which suggested the
verse et hi poem, or the verse which haa
immortalized tbe golden red. The Hees are
ae familiar te all that aeme leas known but
wen worm Knewing will te mere appreprl-
ate te Introduce here by Jennie Maxwell
Paine,
" Open the bars nnd make me room,
lt me wade waist-deep. In the yellow bloom.
.Let me revel at will, let me gather my All,
Let me touch tbelr plumes with reverent
hands,
Let me tread where the wealth of blossoms
stands.
With the pomp of geld in the slewing lands.
Fine as leather and soft as down
Js its pstaled plume the very crown
Ol the fair and the fine and the rare dealgn !
ralr as the ere, when wrought and rolled,
trine as the fretting of filagree geld,"
When we read of the thUtla of Scotland,
the fleur de-lla or France, with the daisy aa
the badge or the beautiful provlnea of Lan
guedre, and the rose el England, wa could
wish that the possession et a national floral
emblem were ours, though the choice of one
"bright, consummate flower" would ba at
tended wltb difllculUea. Hera, la the
length and breadth of our own America, with
lta wealth of tlewera, one can think of none
ae national In character aa wa find In ether
countries, la net the harebell Immortal In
iu association witb the aama of Ellen Doug
las and Soetland 7
The fragrance of flewere baa the power te
recall reoelleotlona of the paat, alnee the aanaa
of email U mera Intimately connected witb
tne power of memory than with eight or
bearing. Perhaps thla may ba Mether Taaaea
wby tlewera are ae much beloved by poets.
A dlllerent aaatlment the expression of his
Pantheistic thought, la ahewn In Omar Khay
yam'a wonderful poem of the Rubalyat :
I sometimes think that never blows sered
The rose as where some burled Csssar bledi
. That every Utacleth the garden wears
Jirept in hsrlap from some once levtly head.
And this reviving herb, whose tender green
riedges the rlyerllp en which we lean,
Ah, lean npen It lightly 1 ler who knows
i rem what oneo lovely Up it springs unseen I
Shakespeare expraaate a similar Idea :
M Lay her 1' the earth,
And, from her fair aad unpolluted flesh.
May violets spring. " '
And UarrleE aaya:
" Frem htr happy spark hare let
aprlng the purple vle.ei. "
And Geerge Eliet:
"Is there net a soul-half nymph, half
chile: -in these delicate petals whleh Blew and
breaths about the centres of deep color I
The rose, supposed te be a native of Syria,
metehar.beea kaewa la earliest hlaterT
? ? I" el etaiaseat of
eU perfumed with nata, wlta wataaVaaaa
anointed Ua. body uSmmtT aaeoter te
apekaa efaa aabg Uaaaaw "aasUealal
lyasph" ta CwaaVatssMatasi iSaaa
weraweraaAtaaaaaata af taa aawsawaZnisl
at tat bea.ate ef Osef,aj8rXBwr wS
much used te decorate temba, Md It la aald
that tha Remans provided for Uilsebaarvsapa
la tbelr wills. Anaoreen thought that the
rene bad power te protect the dead. Dldy
mus, the Alexandrian, waa persusded that
tha "rose was something mera than
human. " Sappho la Mid te have written
vermes te this flower, and Dryden, In bla
iraaataiien from virgu, epeaaing ei .t.uwb
at the tomb et hla father, Anchlaa, aaya :
"With roses then the sepulchre be strewed
Aad thus his father's ghost bespoke aloud."
Pliny aaya thst thla flower wee much cul
tivated Dy tne jiemansw sau uswu wm m pr
fuine for anointing ilia body. Gerarde
thought that the rose waa useful ler
" strengthenings of the heart, aud refresh
Inge et the spirits, aud profitable for ether
gnriea.
In our day, Aldrlch alludes te resea In one
exquisite tender verse.
We were the roses round her brew
White bmts, the summer sdilfted snow snew
Wrapt her from head te feet tn flowers. . .
And thus weutdalnt) Uaby Bell
Oat of this world or ours. "
Tbe meanings that are attached te flowers
would form an Interesting atudy. Many
sentiments can be expressed and replied te
in weir interchange, in nnaieij-earesi ui
thla waa thought or, since Ophelia aald :
"1 here's reecmajy, that's for remembrance i
there s pansles, that's for thought "
The English poet, Herace Smith, has writ
ten a " Hymn te the Flowers, one stanza of
wnicn we quete:
i I oral Apostles ! that In dewy splendor.
Weep without wee, and blush without a
crime
Oh may 1 deeply learn and ne'er surrender
tour lore subltuie.
Wordsworth was a genuine lerer of flow
ers, and aald, " and tls my faith that every
flower en)eys the air It breaths," giving te
them consciousness of being. When be
says:
lit tirart with ranturu Alls
Ami dances with the dalTdlls. "
one feels with him a throb of delight Shel
ley shows his affection for all flowers In hla
verses te the sensitive plant in which occur
these ltnes :
" Narclstl. the fatrest among them all
V he aaseonthetreyes In thistreatn's recess,
Till the) die or their own dear loveliness."
In our own day, Anna C. Bracken In her
" Vacation " poem, discourses eloquently :
' When did we leave the Michigan weeds T
t only knew
That clusters of asters, purple and white,
Aud the golden red, like a flash of light.
Had set all the read aglow. "
Helmes, in bis beautiful sonnet, " nearlng
the snow line, " speaks of tbe " slender
flowerets, scentless, pale, along the margin
et uumelting snow. " Emersen writes te
tbe rbodera, speaks tenderly of the wood weed
rose In " Forbearance, " and in hla poetical,
prose paragraph, describes the edelweiss,
flower of noble purity. With Lewell, In hla
sweetest of love songs, "Aut rvieder
sehen, " we breathe tbe very fragrance of the
macs, iruiy,
" The poet, faithful and far seeing,
Bees alike tn stars and flowers a part
of the selfsame universal being
Which Is throbbing In his brain and heart."
Net alone the poet, but all who possess
the le e of beauty, and who feel glowing in
them tbe enthusiasm of every flower that
blows, gladdening the eye. delighting the
sense, must feel tbst It is well Indeed te con
sider tbe " flowers of tbe field, " for truly
" Solemon In ail bis glory was net arrayed
like one of these."
WAITIMl FOK TUE MAIL.
Wl'h anxious features, worn and pale,
lie waits the cenitng of tbe mall ;
I ach day he asks, with hope and fear,
My letter. Is my letter here J"
Kach day he heart In silence dumb ;
" Net yet old man. It has net ce-ne "
The harmless madman, old and gray,
Neone would Jeer or drive away.
' Ab me," he says, " long years have past
Bat It will come, 'twill come at last-."
And se he walls In silence dumb,
The letter that will never come.
Through misty vision of his tears,
He sees the long, far-sundered years.
The past comes up belere him there.
Whin he was strong and she was fair.
Once mere he feels In very truth.
The leaping pulses of his youth ;
A strong, strange Jey he feels again
The old wild fet er In his brain ;
An angry word, a careless tone.
And she has gene and he's alone,
'luce then he waits in silence dumb.
The letter that will never come.
Alas I his peer old wits are fled,
lie cannot knew that she Is dead ,
And ae he asks It o'er and o'er.
The same old question as before. '
He wakes with morning light te say ,
"My letter. It will come te-day."
With tottering limbs tbatalmest fall,
He creeps each morning te the mall.
And heirs with ever new regret
" Net yet old man, net yet, net yet "
And se hs watts In silence dumb,
The letter that will never come.
Ab, me 1 peer madman, even we
A re dnpes of tickle destiny ;
In ceaseless hope we waiting sit,
for missives that were never wrtt
We wait te see the harvest grown,
Of seed that we hire never sewn ;
We seek tbe harbor mouth te bull
The vessels that will never sail.
We wait toseeeurgirnor filled
With fruit of fields we have net tilled
We wait Ingathering stillness dumb,
for letters that will never come.
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When the proprietors or Burdock Bleed Bit
ten put this renowned medicine en ths lusrket
they hit It exactly. They hit dyspepsia. Indi
gestion. and liver and kidney complaints a hard
blew, irem which taey wUl never recover. or
sale by U. It Cochran, druggist 137 and IS)
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A Geed Thing.
I sometime wish I could tike held of tbe
sale et Themat' Eeleetrie Oil for I tell ) en It I a
arand thing, and I am conscientious in saylnc
1 could de a geed work." Iter. E K. Crane.
Cerry. Pa Etlectrtc Oil cured this gentleman
of quinsy of many year standing, ler sale by
U. H. Cochran, druggist W and W North
Queen street, Lancaster.
Kvsry rsrsea lalisa Heal Baccea
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concentrate the abilities of be.lv and mind mi
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ever all bnt a little spot about tbe size of a hair
dime, and Is rapidly disappearing. 1 would ad
vise every one with cancer te glre S. 8. a. a fait
trial. MBS. NANCY MeCuNAUUUEY,
Ashe Greve, Tippecanoe, Ce., Ind.
Feb. is, 18.
Strut's Bpeclflc Is enUialy vegetable, and
seems te cure cancers by forcing out the Impa
rities from the bleed. Treatise en Bleed and
Bkln Diseases mailed free,
THE SWIFT SPECIFICCO.,
DBAWBR 8. ATLANTA, OA.
aWOenulne Swift's Specific for tale at Coch
ran's Drug Stere, 137 and 13J North Queen Bt
Lancaster, Pa. U-lydaYw
rjOLDhN MPJSOIKIC.
DRUNKENNESS
-OH THE
LIQUOB HABIT 1'OSITlVKLY CUBED BY
ausinni ssmu uu. uaineb'
(seLDEM SPECIFIC.
It can be given In a enp of coffee or tea with
out the knowledge of the person taking It : Is
absolutely harmless, and will effect a perma
nent and speedy cure, whether tbe patient Is a
moderate drinker eran alcoholic wreek. Thou
sands of drunkards hare been made temperate
men who hare taken Gelden Specific In their
coffee without their knowledge, and te-day be
Here they quit drinking of their own freewllL
IT NEVEB FAILS. The system onee Impreg.
nated with the SpeclSc it boceuie an utter Im
possibility for tbe liquor appetite te exist.. Fer
sale by CHA8. A. LOCilK.tt, Druggist,
Ha 8 East King Street, Lancaster, Pa.
aprU lydTu Tb8
CJXiiAUHTieD VITALITY.
EXHAUSTED VITALITY
THE SCIENCE OP UfB.Ua great Medleal
Werk of Ua age ea ManhejATIeTVOuaaag
Physical Debility, Premature Decline, Errors of
loath, and Us nnteld miseries consequent
atonea. MO paces tre. 1 prescriptions for all
aUaaaaaa. Cleth, fail gut, cel fu.es, by matt
aeatettWBAtzaUT sample tree te all young aad
a men sue uw sut u Hay, jkuurmmt
PAEEEE, Bulflnch Street Bosten,
BTiI-iVSaaw
GAITK, SUBK AND SPKBOl CUB.
O Enpvura, Tvteeeale aad apeetal Diseases
est attaar sax Wff be hnmbngged by quacks
wbeayea eaa aSfta Dr. Wrhrhttae only Msec
haararaieiAa la Philadelphia who makes a
Habits nt tha above lUssssts and Gnaws
fSat Ctraat ttelxasrrBBe. Advice Free day
aaderesdac, Strangers can be treated aad rt
UnSOMISBSSU VB'
Mesa solvate.
w - .
. W.K. WEiUHT.
mtkMU'k9UmLJfSSSL.
'liaiJTr-
T
WEAK MEN
A tyltaaH mwlltal work i sheet
E atsassMtjBEa wMst,aaWyss fa9
'IfitaEHaSI
Mdsgag
wast wywrwey s
iaasCifjgai,
mmmi0mm
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MEDICINE.
LI8TEM TO YOUR Win.
The Manchester tluardlan, Jnaas, Uat,sayt I
At one of the ,.
"Windows"
Leeking en the woodland ways i With stats ae
of rhododendrons and great masses el May
blossoms I 1 I "There was aa Interesting
group.
It Included one who had bjen a "Cotten
tplansr," but waa new se
Paralysed t t
That aaoeald only bear te He In a recllalag
posltlea.
Tats refers te my ease.
twas ant Attacked twelve years age with
" Loeoaaotsr AUsy '
I A Paralytic disease or nerve fibre rarely ever
cured) and was for several years barely able te
get about.
And ter Uw last dye years net able te attend
te my business, although
Many thtnas have twin dims r. ..
Ths last etpsrtmsnt being ntrve sttetchlag.
Twe years sge 1 waa voted Inte the
Hear a for Incurables! Near Manchester, la
Msy, tan,
I am no " adveeale t" Fer anything la the
shape et patent "Msdlelnsat
And made many old xitlens te my dear wife's
constant urging te try Hep IBItters, bnt ftaaily
te pacify her
Consented l I
I had net quite finished the flrtt bottle when 1
felt a change come ever me. This was tat erday,
November J, On Sunday morning 1 felt se
strong 1 said te my room companions, M 1 waa
sure 1 could
M Walk I
Se stsrted across the fleer and back.
t hardly knew hew te contain myself. I waa
all ever the house. 1 am gaining strength each
day, and ran walk quite sale without any
stick l t '
Or support
t am new at my own house, and bone seen te
beableteeam tny own living again. 1 have
been a member et the Manchester
- neyai Hxcnange
Fer nearly thltty years, and was most heartily
eengratulai
ted en going In the room en Thura-
day last
v ery graumiiiy yi
JOHN at.
err araieiallr veur.
- .......T- . ..'..a. .-
duiin sbatasvKa
Makibbstss. Eng , Dee. 14, last
Twe years later am perfectly well.
One xpetienee of Many.
Having experienced a great deal of
- Trouble r rrem tndlgviUen, se much se that
I came near losing my
1 V t
Mv treuble always came after eating my
However light
And digestible.
Fer two or three hours at a time I had te go
through the most
Excruciating pains,
And the only way I ever get "
"Belief:"
Was by throwing up all my stomach con
tained 1 1 Ne one can conceive ths pains that I
UU MM,U IUUUIU UUIU
at butt"
I was taken I
In bed and
las
Be that for three weeks t lay
Could eat nothing 1 1 1
My sufferings were se that I called two doc
tors iq give me something that would step tha
pain.
Thelseffnrta were no geed te me.
At lat I heard a geed d,al
' About your Hep Bitters t
And determined te try them "
ijet a bottle-In four hours 1 took the contents
el
One.'.'
Next day 1 wa out of bed, and have net seen a
Btck 1
Heur, from the same cause slnee.
I have recommended It te hundred of ethers.
Yeu have no such
" Advocate as I am."
Uxe. KaxDaLL, Allaten, Bosten, Mass.
e
OKI OTJAKAMTMXD,
RUPTURE.
Cere guaranteed by, DE. 1. a MATEE,
Ease at onee i no operation or delay from bass
asaa I tested by hnndrodsef cares. MainesEee.
en aeem ST- phila. send for ciRmttv
raMwdaw
OVMltlmXUBlKU WOODS.
QALL AND SEB
-THE-
ROCHESTER LAMP,
Sixty Canflle-Llgbt Beau tbem alL
Anether Let of CHEAP U LOBES for use and
OU store.
THH PEBTBOTION "
METALMOULDINU AND EUBBEE CUSHION
WEATHER STRIP
Beats them ail. This strip outwears all ethers.
Keep out tin cold. Step rattling et windows.
axciuae im oust steep out snow and mln. Any
one can apply 11 no waste or dirt made In ap
plying It. Can be fitted anywhere -no holes te
wnr 'or use. 11 win net spilt, warp or
snnna a cushion strip Is the most perfect. At
son oieve, ueaier ana nange store
-OP-
Jehn P. Scnaum & Seus,
24 SOUTH QUEEN iT.,
LANUASTEK. Pa
w
at. A. KIKFTKK ALUDH V. HKHR
KIEFFER & HERR.
-DEALERS IN-
WOULD CALL, SPECIAL
ATTENTION TO
Fuller & Warren Ce.'t
(TEOY, N.T.I
STOVB, BEATERS, FURNACES AND EANIBL
"We ask no one te run any risks with "POL
LEE A WABKEN-S " Ooeds. We guarantee
them te give Satisfaction.
As a Heater "THE SPLENDID "has no rtrat.
being a thorough het base, no part of this store
remains cold, eveiy Inchet It radiates heat
As a Smaller and Cheaper Healer Lhs "BEIti HT
DIAMOND" has established Itself la tbe front
ranks.
Ths msrlU et the "SPLENDID" and "BBIOHT
DIAMOND " consist In Beauty of Construction,
Perfect Control or Draft, Cleanliness, no Dust,
no Oas and Economy ei PueL
dETCaU aad examine for yourself
40 EASTKING ST.,
(OPPOSITE OOOET HOUSE.)
tSaitssaw
MMumam.
UTIiE INSURANCE ANDTKOBT GO.
Trust, Safe Deposit tnd Title
Iesiriici Cempinj,
OF RCADINO, PA
CAPITAL (Fall Paid) . . $2e0,ea.
CHAETM PERPETUAL.
GEORGE BROOKE. PREslOCNT.
S05E5LHn(OU!,AN'V,Ce P0CNT.
H. T. KENDALL, Treasurer andSecreiarv.
WALTER M. FRANKUN, TRUST OFfWM
for Lancaster County.
. DIBMVTOIUtl
Georee Breeke. H. M. North,
Rebert H. Celeman, R.T.Lcaf,
THOS.8.MERR1TT, W.O. SMITH,
Cyrus 0. Oerr, J. h. Cheetman,
Gee. 0. Stitzel, d. R. Miller,
A. b. Grubs.
EXECUTES TBUST80F ETEBT IM.
8sBeuts 17 ths 0(rlt of UMastsr Ottsly
te receive the apselntassat of Ejtsenter, Ad Ad
mlnUtrateT.ttuaietsn, Atsla-ase, Eeeetrer.aad
Trustee within said County. .
iBtusas Trru te Heal EsUts and Umtmgm.
Meisr te lean ea ant Mertgtsje aTlewaai
rates.
iBTBSTatrrs ssaaaandlutarest collected with
out eapeaae te the leader.
WALTER M. FRANKUN,
ATTORNy-AT-UW.
mi
Treat Caeer tsr I tatasiar Oeaaty.
'a, ME East Eiag , aaataattr, fa.. tk
ws
Hensefurnishing Goods !
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