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An Exciting rum `\I.~l n'.Iv '_llUU. .-`V`0ur D:|v(" as 111'. 1~`1j;uwi' is knmvu _in St. Lmxis, with his .~`hi`-rt 1);i1`:\;:1`:_1p11s with tolling e`(>ct, and Frxxxu-is fri:-u`ds 'g0t togotlu-r uud c-um-v<*1x3d u .-solmue to olfset. the editorial work pf thv paper. ` They wrote out :u1i.~p1uy :Id`~'(`X'{i:~x1n(`I)t, and at; gt lutv }m1u' of _thv bkmxrday morning innxnr-d1::I;`}y pm-uling `the election (if 1353 look it to tin vmmtixxg 1L\u\U1 .uL\ u.;.x,_u um. Ausnw u \.ll \ r00111<\fTheG]obn>De1110crat. 'L`l"n-<-lurk I on duty ;:;m- r1w m`p_v :1 calsuul luuking V over `and vcitlmnt :1 word znctwptml it. It occupied :1 full pzlgze, :ux'd'ut.lcu{._:Lh `and in gluwilxg teruxs svr fofth the grout bu. (:;1pzu'i1_\` and emiumt quuliiicutioxxs of Mr. `Fr-.u1<`,-is to` occupy L_ _- 1 J .4` V . `_* .\u U`sL|\I~ao . Ifyouwillaskiotit .wcwiIl send you a book telling you an about Scott 5 r:....I_s... 3:... Cl-Ll|.l JH bxu n Agar, I the gube1"n;1tm`i:13 H`I.`.L ..a.. HdU"TV{/{TWTIKJG AN EDITOR. ` lug rue pupa-. , Mr. McC\111::g11 at 0nCe_issuvd an ex- tra, in'whi-h hv :r1)1`e':1m1 xl2e0w1= ~ siglxvby which tlgm :1dv9._r.ti -scxxxont had I i found its \\'-.1y into the paper. but it ' "us some time 1:'e1`n1'<-` The Glubx`-,-De1i \ ocmt oice rec0'vered.its ,eq11ilib1'ium.-_- = St. L0uiLLes1er in Chicago Recoltd. 1 . . V ` ` briefer term xvus properly applied in such a; way that now itmcannot be up ' V -`of Drydock Village. Here were built ' \h'hat iiiauimtmn Islan(L\Vas. Never say Munhuttan- Islimd when you mean theisl:u_1clof Manhattan. The plied at 2111. ` The place that horcjitis no--1enger-l+liseeruih1e.~.hI_zzuhattunls;n ` land was a knoll about an acre in ex- -tent; which lay uenlr Corleurs Hook, sur- . rounded by marshes and partly sub ' merged, by high tides. Later on it be- came the center of 9. place which did us noble service, hut again has been oblit- erated, save for the lingering nickname most ofour hips~in~tl1e_ days when - no one could build them quite as well `us ,we.-Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer in - Century. _ V .SCOTT & Boxvxa, _BeI1cviI1e. Om. w .ANQv< % - It ..|i ptndlms. mg L Unulru `.\Ic( ui1up;h Ti; n \I\ 1` in u. ~--rhis V. 3 . ........., ; .{*d `to go! 'udv(*1'Ii.~-.u)ent, X F 1 ! ocrut. L`ln-<-lg-rk luukingi `rd _ >, ' s the,` .6 `-1 ';x:r (%10!v- ; sco1`r s BOOKSTORE Gonxlete `Stock of * : ` Books, Stationery & Wall Paper. ; AH accc)1111t% n\vi.a ;p:1idTat once. ' `Refreshing. and Hedlihful 3 x hm` 1`::c- SH`: 1~~.~ .1?! grocers. , I I` .i\'0I1 5 UPS? law. ' It; isn't :1 ums_;;im1ets`; it is l\uI1111ic'.:f, `-"um! scrc\v(h-ivers, and knives, and lzord l;n-ms what all. Why, she has even tam put:/d with my mzors. ` I MYnnxd m huv hm` a razor of her own I s O.rde;s`_bbS'3.te1e.1;npl;v orvtelo'p_hone' p_x';,1>mpt1y. n.tt.c..-Aw1:ded_Vtt$ _ U,oiii's tand\_:(}nske_t_s'o.f1a11'1inda?kept_iu Mock V ' V _ b `R0hes`la11dCi`a.pe, and`a1,);`Fa'nerzi1_Requisi;a fuirniliegi -4 ~. .1` OTDOLMAGE.` I\1zuizgex,>t,;,rqut`i L .' 1 . ' A a.'_ Vfi Vs,hpw%1-:_oqzqix~`an1 _sv.qxk;_'s1;_;np,% co.;1i:5;~'st: Barrjg. `__... .. Lead packn %i?i{;{{a'r;=, you wearing Onyour feet this weathef? AI` .1... ea :n hm Fnrh xrear the Granby i \. `II_., US]! nvvo ya---a .. >-_-- _ _ The'r`e is style in feotwear as here is in l1a_ti_ Each year tl1e_Granl)y% 5Rubbers and Overshoes are mode1led`to t all" the fashionable shpes boots. . They are `thin'?so ,as _to -prevent clumsy appearance` and ' I of 2 feeling `and to make them so necessita_testl1e use of theelmesgquality o_f& 2rubber. While Granby Rubbers and Oversllos `are up to dateina 2Style, Flt and Fllllsll, 'tl1eyvret1ain their old enpduri`11gqua1ity.e:~---' _' 3 I r\.1,L____ A A__ g viggyuz, ; u. u .- _ - _,. -A#5:;..,;\.mmomormmAwAw; 6\9./ex6\ C`.l_\ . 2', _~`<', .1|,`jL` .'...x.- \. ix: _ \,>>~ . `. ,._ The i)u\'inl.un .5.` May, 1.111., 'huli.-8a1e'Agel)t.s, :l`ur'uuto. KCVVPJ --k_, pom! mm mzors. I uttered to buy her a of lhq1'\ time 5110 nm ~,Hcd with mine, but kl... -.:\i she guessed we didu`t really need huronc in the house. Whm czm you dc with such A woman? _ mun vunv nun vnn I1nnY:Cf`.!\Y1d mt r 9.-_~'l:m* nf Inh- Caifnilly 'Gi1m_1'neIi` If Weamer r 5 Eac Granby M fashionabl Iumsy appearance` .0 3 o_f . os date. in ' luringqua1ity. --:~--- wear`. like _l_rom ' 2 groEers._ .,. must bv WXU1 SUCII WOIUIXIII . Well, now that you u.nde1`st;and my ` wife`s f::i1i:j'z-I`H n4.1:u1t;1s's her grezltcsl one--I`lI go on with the story with which `t is (`OH_IK`Cug\]. V '~ V One day last. July Jim Outh\ v1ck cams ..- \ .L\ ` .\.. :ncf` --_ I u-uc olncinry un tr `.....-_O-, _ _ ` Intending settlers writing-for information ' will receive prompt attention. %___ ff. % `, Insurance and;Raa|-E`siate Amts.. ..\. ,`._w %Lo~ooN. THE UNITED STATES 40 a 42 Wn1l_ smzex. Nan 26:3,, i'cAP an L, ._500,9<>,L Clm1u< ` p:u\ \`0llllH`_\' :`)untry in the world`. ` ` , rvmimrsto ` Grunt Britnixn nr nnv foreign country. } kllznul.` wk comnininq::uIdr(~sses of sum am-:3: 4 imnn parts of the world, r.ud_fu|lim'm-maiion 7 ] furnished on `application to . -3 #.~,;,,_ ` _ . X . ` irtnmiia & BROWN|;EE? A.(%1NTS _ L` {STXNDARD . LIFE. : l`U'l'Ali. A 1 I.\'C0.\lE`. Chicago, Winnipeg. V -.... 6`.-. I ACCUMULATED FUNDS .... .. I`U'I`AI3. `ASSIIR.-\NCE .. .. .. INPHME`. . . . . . . .... E I~.\`\'I~`.STED IN CANADA o\5m{.. I Money!` to A DDR1-`.>S Assumcsxcnmvnnvg 5 _ _DEI..ICACY `or FLAV9R} " ` sum: RIORPIY IN__ QUALlTY,. 5 Grateful! and ognfortizff . t_o`tli'e"_ I\`_ervo'uS' in- lI:speptic.. j I NU.TRI 1`IVE.' QU .;.... u..uml Tins nnliz, AL1'1`IV'E LTNRIVTXLLED. . - l;z|it' Hun` [ruin Hm Frepu ll saw: I 1111156` go down the road tonight tc Ashvillo. There's "cull; of a strike among ti)` '2 1u'-. " in the mowing." I m to offer tft .-md I've gottobe on hand , 1`n_\`n`ti? r tlimffoctetl ones and make a big ' :<`::s.*,.' an Lxyr`.one_v. 'l'1ut's u bluff that ~ gene1'u1ly goes. The bo_vs`1l make up their minds the `company ('uu t `bo schrcd, and : they'll gyixxto lineyzlgain. 1`here s$26,00U ' in that; bug, Joe. -I 'h\n\:n nfxfhn hmrnn ehalmble and j JOHN RoGE{n6i$a M 4 Waterloo Place Lontjon. ' . ` ~ :2. Honey!` Loan 31. Seasonabls ' 'Ra.tesJW % . B J FLE l`CHER. _BRoWr~'LE1: . yams; ` `- quinkly mom ` 1 mmh Qa..'v 1!%'%g?`li\VO mm. , nmienrtz ~-"ENGUSH ` h BREAKI-`AST cocoa - L . . x u .....x..n rungrorunm nevi: mzir my v [mi kjmk Clwqlms are }1\'ailnl)!e at par and: em 10:1: Bank of England News many the e,.,~m.e A: Bank y II) U. -L`1u'uvn:; gun...... . __ _ ` _ In Quarm*-Pmnnd Tins only. 'rep~.\red by J}~\1\!ES"EP1 S _& C0'.,`fl31Z1`- ' my 1-Iotnazomxthic Cl\e1nisz.s, London...` - .-samu, Englxuxd. - " It IS (`OXl_I1CCug\1. ` ` ' H i:;..) ch: - '1'. inn jusn .;. Iwus clusixlg up ix 2 r` T" :11 yr`. Jim i< the p:t_\'nm. at; th( Vuhiun mills nmta right goud fellow. Hu11u.Jn~. lw.~*aid." .-\l1u1one?" Yo.~'," I saximi; \\`h:|l:'S up?" He ung u (';`.I1\':|S_ grip on the table and anh1- `Cheque % Bank,%% B}mk u:1:T{i~3iit{ i{{i1Eiiii"A1 - Owen S 1 Bankeps. l!arr.lc._ n _x. nun ......,....._ jut 1`rxu:vc. I- and Possssee the fouowhix _Dxst.mct1veMer1t.s: . DIRECTORS. Illnvnuu - v_._. `. L--n1 D0` LiJ- and Dmil . :1. Sir h'v.\\:u'gx 'llxurx:(L1\,G _?21k. u31eR1`.I:: in man bug, .306." I looked at the bagron thelmble looked back at J hn. What do _vou1::-iu_:zitherofor? I asked. `1`lmt s;ez)s1ly explaik-d," he answered. I got t.he'woi'd to start for Ashville jus1 half an hour ago. The money was-made up in a h1u'ry;'1md I didu t11u.ve tixue tc go `.z<.m1c. I couIdu t very well stay at the 5, mill, and I wouldn't go to the tavern. S; '3 V I just thought I'd come down hero and get i you to stay wlthrme unt'11~t;'he night freight comes along. She s dueat_9:30, isn t she?" ~\'zn.. thh-f.v-vn_ Iansivared. But - .u;.z:.~'l`. THE Exmxuekg Ihic Chemist: 5i3{ii1Eiiii"", T Owen reef..- MOntre_.al;,_ .38wu,uu . 9uooo.oo. 5..'ooo.oo along. b11e'suueau_u:qU, mu 0 auv: .\'iue t:h'u-by-ve, Ianswered. -` I m just off for supper." 2 _ ` Oh, th: "'n11riszht'.."hG said ``I feel i THELEAD PENCIL. A hm vu.:n old wqmm `who nlilylx Inn and. - 'I just on 101' supper." # Oh, t-lx:\t :s"a11x1ight3,1}e said I i safe enough here. I'm armed to the teeth, V you 1;umv,Vnud there Wouldn t;.be anyvdmr . and keep me company, won t you? } " gar u11r.i1.-xfter dark. But; you'll come buck I \ T will if Minnie lets me Off." I said. and keep woirn you: ' _ I will if Minnie lets me off 1 `jI m booked fog cribbage with her after unnr nl " . ya. u. Kll su}:1:.*1'.` "Ynn Su}r1:.`l'. " ' V. "You tell Minnie I`i1br1ng her the prev 1 ticst cribbuge board `in Ashvi1_leif`she`11 g lend you for a` couple of hours, laughgd ;; Jim. ` ' ' V _ rv~'..x..u m..m; cumh nm nfd In the nnrnm `. , allhntsmOnoy,mu;gnD0m;.~' -v puiug,`aw&3:;=&t-a cl'ga`.r.~ . . ` V S. - Not an ia1ar1; r 5he suidwin 131;! joking} 1_ V 1 ~ro`una' Jlin with" h13~ h` Is an snef}.i.i' W&y,~`-`1,10_t;even 2. mouse. _ Wn `chatted awnv for an hour di-Fibre, `of L . 1:0 \_\'us,z5.,_st0ut old safe in the comm :0 oie that had nobhiuginit bul"l blank, wuy_bj1_1s gud_rgQQ1'. ~I unlocked it { - and lUSS(`dt11eC:H1V&S bagi"iiside.' | ` `l`lmm 1 mm m:- T "u-ncf. mv bunch and LUSSPL1 the canvas Dag msme. l `1`hcre, 1 said, as I phnust my lmch 1 of keys in my suck coat pocket, `hm I mukmit a little safcr, . 4 1-..1.m...'x,+ hm 1,m1.m1 ,1 hit nhinm: nvm !_ 1I1LU(h.1B lll'.T1l8 SI(`1`," 1'-thought; Jim looked a. bit dubious ovel _this1=mee&utienyl;u-herlaughed and said: `f.~\11 rights, my boy. > I ll make myself conmformble until you come back." \Hnnio man-'+. wnnf. me to go out one c'0n)101'Bame unm you come uuun. . Minnie didn't want; me to go bit, but I told her Jim counted on me. 1_ 1 didn't say a word about the money, how- _ I I ` eveix -I knew it would worry her, and, t c tell the tzrush, it worried mea1it'.t1e.. ] ` I V D was sorry Jim brought; it there, and] 7 ` didn t liko his talk about precautions. wnn ..+.... ammms 1 want nnr. tn see ii didn t like ms ta1K_u_nouu precauuuus. ` Well, ufpcrv supper I went out to see ` the dog was all right-I ve got:-the nes! I 7 mastiif in the stette--and when "I cam; back Minnie called to mdfrom the sitting 91rd.- A . . . . _ Eh _1ivod in` hquse when no help wu hired. 1 `He: hit words on earth were: Du: trianda 1. I -In nninn .. V "dusb at _u.uuu note for Hattie. TJ'..4rn in Hm m note 1'01` name. " .~-----*7 I-Itmic is the wife_of the mlegrdph op`e_r-I ntor, mad I knew that Minnie wanted ` m"e_ to leave it at the station, where' he could get; it in the morning. It was quite a num- v' Iw;~r1*111inut nt' ml. n\..`.mm mu! mu x`ma+.:mri nnnt; It v lw;~r1*1111nut ur - nut \vit`l,x thunote and my vest and coat; It was so warm I had'A1Avethem off before I nnnnnvl supper. Hu.dn t you bettef iet the d6g'gVovwi`th I `yeti. Joe?" she `asked, a`s`"sh6' helped me _'xv'it`:1-1ny'coTxb.? ' - ~ ~ . xv. rm. 1 m.1_- xmmna. - .HeA llA stay 2 "ac Quv ` ` Hndu 'xv`iti1'1ny'c02xbb.rg . I Nb, no," I said; laughing. .He 11 stay ' . at home and tgke care of you.` I'll putae `lump in the yvindoxv, thO11gh,jsoIyou 1l \ know I`11_1 all right. That; Vvasagreat .' joke of ours, but Minnie diduilgjugh as '~' she usually did. ' ' \ muimi " aha mm. P11 watch for it. THE TIRED ow womic. ~ she usually mu. ` - Miud,?_ she su1d,I 1l watch_for it, and if it isn't there I ll_o0me_ `down. atte: Avon. ` . sup. .- .-.. --- - ..-V..V Ayou. geh... This leavqs phe statq_i'_o_n pt`-actica.'lJ.y' > (_1ese1't,ed`ufer..su'11down.., Ibis Emu arfew `rods 3;-om`0ur home, however, `and I leg!` . ,I m sbatio m_a}ster _at; Y. ' jv whut s called the on 11ne,'and,tmve1 on Him is light, mostly fwightg. AI`: nightsthe _stiu.-. tion iS ere. being no business for "either telegraph `opqrator or ticket v ) "that-- :t s `under my eye .-ll the` time; .1 -th0_\1g11"9f .th1s~as I.vza1kedLb5ok to,,thq_ `` ' sb:itin'ns`n.11'c1 1 axdxys, halt like tI_1 iqea or; allhmzvmg5n9y,);iQi;;g:Ibont;.~' _ 1"~r.mm1' Jrm with" hlsvheels on the deak I ' when J 111 suddenly put izlowiyi his feet and I ' uvvnm T1hlIV`'V. - . I` ` . wuy,f1,1QI;even muusun: ` __ .. ~ We chatted away to): an. or more, 581' TE '01 !!! on BIILII WEE; "UBII ulnnuu _ in: going _ Q ._ . ' Wham swooping Ain't dbne, nor churning. nu: nawinz. ; jooutundtake a.1ith1eV.asro11- ~ V .' " .. wneu ul lu 5|.l\_.l.\l|2l.|lJ puv uuvvg um: W ~.,... ~ 'y a'w,nct heuvily,_.- ` , ` ` ' . _ P4r`c`ss. -`- j V 1 `.`Joe,Lhe`sa1d.Ml`you,c1on`t.mini1,.I ).lM[l , . , in ,~ p I M J on;x9uA vore mm`: 10, - `='Sh~-Yca;>on' `~ I om: .o:.. rm. `n;.+(~.;,. H _~.__,__,_ V .. I Just a minute, J66. I m writing a ltbwus mam night, ;md I nwlhn :3; around the corner. I knew he wuntter a drink. ms was .nm"s fai1ing,,thn.t and nnmhlino 1111115. _ um; was sun 5 nun...-3,, ....... _.... ;gamhlin.~ - _ " A; Iwentbackandutdown, frhemoml lthought, about that money the more 1 d1n t-like the men. Whnt business hm` Jim so go Away and leave an the j bmty with me? O( counsh he didn't; luv _it all with me. but he lctt. Altogether tot Ybigra shun. As I sat there grumbling a lnw mn nn the window overlooking that platform nmnccea my at-wug_:gLr; mount. up. That; side of Nu: buildigag was in shad _ ow, but I could see A man's two ugninm ALA nnru: DVD, uut` 1. the pane. (If) H big Va sham AS 1 as men: grumuun; a 1 low tap on thewindow overlooking platform attracted my :1-beugign _I lookd nn, That: side we building the , Joe, said somebody odcside. I sup posed in mighs be one of the section bgmd: ` and stepped across the room. What is in? Icalied -` T Open t.h'n window, Joe, said the voice I pushed it upu lime way.` Is-that 5013, Jerry? I called. ' There was no, response. I put my ham 1 thmugh ,.th; opening and looked up am down the line. Nobody was in sight. J um - then I heard A slighc noise behind me. i drew in"my- head.- Something seemed t. crash into my brain. A dash of blazing light biin . Then all was dink. When I came to, I was gjed in my chair, , my head was sum and wet, and two men with Strips of black ciutimcmss their faces View looking: down at me. -Lug an y-iyhr " valid the ahm-bar one. . 0|. for when they dun`! eat, there's no washing nf dishant , ' '1ne Ban mun uuuucu. - . ` ' Get `L115: keys, he said In I queer. hoarse voice. ` "' ",1'h-'2 .-h`nrr.-er man fem in mypockem ~ H\'nr h.n.- " Im 1-rind were looklngr nqwn an um. He's all right," said the shower one. `The tall man nodded. link `rhu L-av: " he mitl In I GUCCI . 1nn_v .nu.-n m., .,x..... .,..._. .,_._ ____. ,_ his hoarse voice. _ _.I._gcll _vuu- they are not.';Br1ng the In-nn ' _> Lv.L,cu _vuu unq -an nu... ~...-._u lau1p."_ ' . Thu tall mun took thuluxnp 1-om the window 1C(hIL*:|l\(lCml1B closer to me. But thy-ir Suzxr(7`;:\\`;1:`\`uiu. The tall mzmplaccd thx` lump nn"the'tab1e. while the short mun pun n revolver to my L-zgr. . . Coxuu, he said, where are .tahos( Ivnun`.'Y'. keys?" . - . - My head was beginning to clear a little. ` I guw in all. My wife had taken the keys from my pocket because it was her way ~ and beumse she thought I had no iurthex use for them until morning. _ mu. ....m. mum Mr. r.ha lmvez at home." Lu; keys?- `lw I for them uuul morning. He must hhv_o left the keys at home," said the tall man hurriedly. Here, gc him a sheet; of paper and let him write a note to his wife asking for them. The short man looked up sharply. . I ll get t-hemp," said the tall man. `They pulld the table up to me and V . spread put; a scrap "of paper. The short ` man lopsened the rope andlet my right , hand free. I reuahod tomy vests pocket phulf bliiiilly and drew out- my pen`cil, still in u. daze. I cried 10 put my wife's name oh the sheets. '1`l1epeucil refused to make u , mark. I luoked at it. it was dull and hot- ribly hugglcd aboub the point). I pride my self on the line point 1 put to mypeucl1s. Again I co1npre`h(-nded that my wife had 'borrowed that very pencil to write the note to the opomtor`s\vife. Itriedto scrib; . ble with the liliiubd thing. u(`.....m unn Inn-v-11 nrnwlnd thn ghg ble with 6110 muubcq mung. ( ; * _Curse you, hurry! growled the short I rulau.` ~ . = T (Jun:-uvnl` Hm noun nnint. 81] 3x` ` would bring help. *, , . I took the pencil in my nerveiess ngers. 3 As I did so a. low growl caught my ear: 51! i` caught the oars of the villains too. -The . V` shorb* man dropped his knife on the table , `and turned toward the door with his re- ; .i,J1o_1ver extended. The tall man drew him-. *, 5 self up agzdnsn the wall, ` I ` Tth: Hm dn5r.- he hoarsely whispered. . ruillun. ` I showed the pencil point. With clamation of anger the short man drewoul ` a. heavy handled knife and` swiftly sharp I Tened the pencil. > As he passed it; back my I wandering vision was caught by the lamp `; 3 Itwus my wife. on the table. Heavens! 11; was no longer in . thowindow! As this thought . struck me] looked toward `the ledg and saw there a white, scared face pressedngalnst. the pane. ' Write ! growled the short ruan. _ My only thought was to ' gain tlmq 1 . knew my wife was there. I `knew shg A would `bring help. l V I um}: um nnnnil in mv nsfers. ` Ilnnns Iwocpulg um I uune, uux cum mug. um noting. _ And anryqxma than will be just to my wmir at . . hq__ ' that it was made by the true We1sh`7fof.- - I - in 3.1101`. ovin. and left i1m_si1 the win, me1.t9d,&.nd..tl,1Ao 3` 1119 Aruu VVUABII A'vAu.A _Ayo_ung hostesswho prides herselt upon her chang dish cooking served a Welsh` _ rabbit last week in a few trlnds, who were enthusiastic in its `praises. `She confessed, -u-u mum, and after considerable couinglshd gave i1;,`as -fol1owsf.Tl`hi slices oi; _bread, out across the whole -loaf,-spread with `a -jayer, at least half as hiok as Tthe breMl,a ` top 01` this was e,1z1i.'e.atI cvenlyprthln lays! a of bacon, chopped: jvery..1!ne..!Aco0rd1ng aid as fwineglnss 9_ a_1e,._o1.-genouglg Ito s1jgtm_1y'xvet- th" brehd,` was V izhewlmle; {jibe slices prepared wereplaeod K, drlet1~t11_1'9x1gh, the `iohesp 1i. pagancfispedq-4Phi1i1de1p}1i:iLLodgvu-,: . . n. of.rioh.cremn cheese: c_rumb1ed*'ne:' 01;. - `to mste;;ajpi1n)x11n` qt.pepparwas'adaed_,N_~ poured over I `$7 enmmrvnr later. 7 ; - tall man. It was all his plot to steal the _ home, with Minnie bending over me. -3 .They"ve. got them both locked up safe "and sound, and the money is all right, and the mill directors have given. you $1,000,of it. _ ' ._ . .. ' -And Jim? I Jix:o!'sho cried. asked. ~ . . Wliy,'Jim, was the _ ~ money and throw the blame on you.` And ) if I hodn t taken your keys-d'on`t scold-- ' i been for the lead pencil I dulled--the_ man you -stabbed told. the whole story-I wouldn`t have got there in time with Book because the littloman "says they would` `have killed you if you had by any chance , suspected Jimls identity." - I reached out and took M-.lnnie s hand. I '.l`hnt` $1,000'be1ons tou, dear, I said brokenly. . , ` ' " . Wel1." she answered, it you take it, Jim, you meyrest assured I'll borrow it It`s`all right, Joe, ,' she murrnured. ' E they d have had the money, and if it hadn t `. tor. ' The dog olmosifkilled Jim before I ,, ._ could call him away, but I .ain t so sorry, ` (ielling. ' '_ i . The Ghinese ere very much hehindhand , in thei1'-knowledge of medicincl"1`li_oir~3 `methods, which are based on ignorancet , and superstition, `aim quite as -absurd and-7;, primitive us were those of` the Europeans -5 of the middle ages. 5 _ ` ~ 7 ' 1 The Sultan as 3 Benefactor. ` Abdul Haniidmay be a. cruel man, but he conwbc kindheurtcd now -and tli'en,`as 1 the following story proves : Last year, on 1 the occasion of the ``Hirka-i~Cherii_T,` } when the sultan drives throiifghthc streets 3 that at little boy belonging too charity osohool was knocked down and troddenon .1 by an olcerfs horse. `1`he.sultan saw the 1 accident and was xnucliconcerueii. By his `I T rordersthe boy was atonce removed to the pnlaoe and placed underthe care of his of Constantinople, in the rush of the crowd }-~ `to see the royal oiirriage pass it chanced" own physicians. The child was beilly hurl | . mm. hi)'l1lf0I'8. long time.` No expense was spurech:o-onrehi1n, end he was treated self against: the wa.u._ ` It s the dog, he hoax-sely whispered. . , Shoot to kill, Jack ! ` E T mm Hm nnr trmnhla 11. little. I SEW "Shoot to K111, JaL`K.". I saw the door tremble a. little, ' the short villaln s arm rise, and my ngers closed on fthe handle of the knife he had jhst; dropped. Then as the" door slowly opened I drawback" my arm and thrust _ wildly at the man in front of me`; _Some- : thing yellow ew through the doorway.- i There svasa wild scream,'a. heavy fall, and `; Ilapsghd into unconsciousness again. "` '\Wmn 1- name around. Iwas in bedat g 1 I laps/ed into unconscxousness agmu. . `When I came around, home, with Minnie bending over me. 1 I una`..11 vlnrht .Tm=," nhn murmured. 3 int} 9n|)X'T.`., .X' Illilll IV! 11 Not; here." he cried. urn..." "mar Ix. '7 en}: '1. 11911 3110 UL and Iaughd. Than ah:-\ r-M to t&St;;a.s pn,k_.I1n 0!-PBPD9?-TW3MW._.` Wllcmng we .....,. _ 7`?"31S.8 911. -.or.yeno`us!a ? Burn `Choase lr, wnue mdmasinsn % ` slightly wet. th ov9r,,_. 'jm.y'=;em-th'; s ;epeated.nermm, W1'LP15d of his plea-`-re1 :eut;ing\ in th'san1e word: ' n 3.1101`.ovh.nnd1eti1nti1tbehradwin, .1 V - t_C W M, tthe mm. l*auea~t1moug1; uheoheesp:ue1tea an d..thoM ; 'i` ."=e" '~ 'm,,vs- f " " M i . 1. bacon ci=igpea,`14Ph11_:ide1';:11ia Ledar.; V A'-g had me n or` 9 mange 3 pm ` , gjwould Ko:`:':>1_i .`1:!~o:':- .`E9%z 3:11;). 1 `A H.<>....-.,'I-g11t;!;Jl!2iL;kiLBIL1.;}iQu;..;.%$99~ ; vW9L`11d you cutmy frlengklgif I stole-just vox.m`r~ ' - - ~ ` '. I. t_he_ lateE..1?'-. vYhl;)p.1oftaook n_.; 1"0pPQrtzu1111V't . boast! an ,expln1ia.nio_n.i Mr. Choaha,"s an: ` ' ,-swat hgrsnbst-anoe'was: `There Wash num- I I. " 8ki11lbn~tl_1'_jury who was; paying an at- I _ . _ , . x ; . t9n}s1o'n- to`_wlmt 1w,a's saying. ,-I would,` ._A She- +'1`n!_izht. be texnptA`.ad'to.-but. I,w-nv .1;ave1;ep_uup.sne4repem1onAunci1 hali.I.hn- inst :1 w>ud1ixs'~iibout f.01`8i.Vin 70 timos 7. ._,ed;it it had taken theeant1m"day. - -`-sn,I;,, _oz .`c:1dl::;;s..Goqaness!':gThut_`s.4e9o.;-.D9-_} F1-3);Ql,go_A1*go}1,5ut;_ .: V 2 '- ` 1-.9-nth Fwsa Dwxhn, .- - _ _,_ . `readn. not obvious to Others-- y I _U`1.p;l.`7. I-flgb`- , \`XUL`|_\ tro)tF1fee Prcss. _ I | ....... mu laughed. - " _ V `Then she cried.-C1eve1nnd Plain Dealer. lr wnen may nun I an, uncut a nu wanuaug of dishes; _ And tbuugh than the antma am constantly - ringing. , I. having no voice, will get rid of the singing. Dun`: mourn for me now; don ! mourn {or mt" unwav- oonervor later." ' . Then she put? her cheek againstgmg hand nu} Innnki W *~ *~ `Tm angry you 9130!!!) 115..-f A . The ms W_1n Fom__m1.}- , 1 ,1 , , I. _.....ll `led. I said the tall man in !IColdItag|;IThcyCIn BKll"n'IIl nu. Wintrr. uuu - ...-.--. Tho metliaid of ptbcring And preparing _> grapes forxwinter mirage is as follows: The clustars an carefully picked ix-You they are dead ripe and then placed in mp5 . in the packing limisejur as few days until the stems have 1:-ilztd and the muismre has cvxutwqrlvod. The `baskets we lined with pa:-nnined piper so that it will laffnu-.r the top of the basket. The grapes (me packed cgrefully in tin basket, all loans and punt hired berries being removed b`.'Y'( h?|Il."` and tllengwhen the piper is folded 0\'t`I ,them, the cover is tam-nexl down snugly so as to exclude as much air as possible. The baskets are xhen placed in Ilia cold. storage houge. In this way the Ver germea can be Rem all winter, the Cutaw- bu until the end of February and Niaga- run until after the lmlidliys. um- ....v.. .mvn....1m ..`-.....-innmd hv now- unm alter we um;uu_\~ a. \ `The only dmiculty xzxperienced by grow- ers is from rupid deteriumfiun when the gi-apes are removed from-cold swrhge and ' shined to, market. 1fhuy need m`b- con smuul inune in _m-der tn unwm-Kan 'thpir qllalitics. 'l'}:r large grower me ur ranging to ship tlzril` grnps Irgnn mm-it ' packing houses to thumvhl .~`I(`Y':1gC 11un.~'.~ ' \ `-in`-the cities by mx:m< of refrigu r;.:v-r cur: ` and in this \\'.'|;; I'm quz}1iv._v will bi: pre: served until _Ihv gt.` reach the c\)|lSl1)I: er"s table. Em UH. ..u1.< out. (ho anal` `grower located somu distance {mm mm markets. u.....-..m. n.m.... urn mhm--nmlhre fm xuarkens. _ 7 However. there are other '0utIo1.z fm Lheir crop: of gr.-up:-.7 which are m1\iu1_v irv creasing in ixnpurtuncef One 0'! iFv'1x1T` is thaw of-111unL1i;:1-tluflhg "1:nfurx;.x-xztrcl I grape juiw." :1 Ix`.-vemge thin.` is 1-ccum nxclldhl by phy.<'xr'x:u1.~;, uud Whi('h is gum ing grmlml in 1 Mic L`SI\: ('ILl zmnuull_\'*. ' 11 L L . . , - .. .. 4. ::.x_-.. _, muuuux n:_ inn} .-u Luna, ullu nun .. .. , lllillhf csm-In zlunuull_\" is said that Ilw 1`i`v.=l1 ;:r:n';v jlllu ` * good, new mill; us 21 \\vl~.s Em: and that all lvuple sl\uu'ui cially the weak and muurintm. it ,-:':- uheud of ten or cofiw wln-n lulu n meals. Suxmchnes il i.~ put.\.n ;:.. '...; in an udulu.-ruujd zurm. hm xlnu pluty of gm\\'ors yvllu nml;u ix llzum frdmthe lreslx grzuws. In l-Lric wum Y.,t.11re is 1: \'llll`_\'1ll`\1\\'llUX`(`:lll tin` ;; from 100 ucres um :jm.1.1\_ll)' nmml un1'eri,1xex11uljniu~. `lhr jlllcv .l.~ si hgnted, curcluliy liltm-xi and llu n in while llonf In ll1's.~',\\:;_\' it will lu-up and good for u long lllllc`.-_'-.\t\V Dun ' Full of All son. of Qucur Orida and End: lined For Medicine. _ ` In St. .\'icimi;-..- Tlicmhinz \\'l1;~\s. nhev `an of a artist. gives the following descrip Chinese (li'ug`s10L*c in Sun Frunci:c(: '1'ln l1m\2rior of this shop preseiitcd u siniiiggx and orieuiul iisgct. Une corner was occu pivd by the household shx'ine,1he chic! fc-ut,un=. of xvhich was a highly mic-ml pic- tlin: of soul fu\'urito god. mysterious fragrance. Besid the shrinc-,, ..on as table, wa-.1.un_ abumlant supply of. re- 5 ireshnienn, consisting of cakes. both red . and yellow; of lit-hi nuts, oranges, uandld . ginger, 8. number of boxes of cigars. and last, but non least, of; bottles containing 2 sum-sheu, the favoritbevemgc of the Chi- \ The sinuku nl_ biirning incense, issuing from u biightly > ' polished br:l7.en vessel, rose from the ultui before this deity and tilled the `izir with in I l 1 l .,,, \ at- HEVCT, * . l"orl m goth: go do nothing forever and ever.` ' " ' -Exchan ze. ceous inside pcckeh. _ . 4 One side of the shop was takennp by a 5, long connter, and siielsxes and drawers ex 2 1 tended all around the room. `These wen 3' f covered and filled with a great and mlsqel~ 3 i ' i lnneous collection of strange and rm`! herbsand roots. Deer horns, in their eel 1 vet stage, were suspended fromftho ceiling.J,~ These, after being sliced as thin as wv.fers,. are boiled and produce what issupposed be is valuable medicine. Dried lizards, neatly spread `on thin bamboo sticks, oe ` copied a basket _at one end of the counter. 5 u .- Dried toads, slmrlis` tails and nanny other ' curious objects used inthe preparation oi --Chinese medicines, littered the shop from `- end to end, und a richly carved and gilded `I, t ; openwotk screen, `with two dragons in the Z I center, extendednoross the middle of the 3 ; polling. The hehlndhand their knowledge medicine.` 3 I ignorance I 1 l . t 2 1 . were of` 43 middle ages. ` ~. i ; V and invited them to pni~tnk'0 o1',rci1'esh- IIQSC. T . Ah Gan's'nnclz\, dressed. in along yel~ 7 low silk blouse, was mxriiling near this in ble, busily Lfngugl in doing the honors nc hisnunierons callus. Ha greeted his neph- ew and his friend with great. co1'\_linlit.y, I n1en1s,lmn All Gnu modestly contented . ~ himself with 3 lxundiul of dried warm-mel~ E E onsecds, Wllicll-hL` droppeduto l1is_capa- ! cous inside pocket. _ nun cirln nf the Rhh W88 tlikell D by FREIIIVING FRESH GRAPIB. nm,auu uuwua unmuvu ; . -as thTu`gh he were one of -the little rinces. I His mRh&Tp%iT1dow;"hvm . o` _p_ro=vnee,~_was sent for hnmediately. She came to Constantinople and was-grant- ~'ed a pension, which enabled her to live , near her child. As for the boy himself, 3 the sultan hos und e.rtake'n the expenses oi ` his education and placed himfat one of the best private" schools in Constantinopla.` The little fellows future is thus secured. He_ may safely count pn quick promotion in vghatever branch of the Turkish service he .d_eoldes to enter, and his friends consid- `er it `a lucky chance` thatpthrew him` undo: -,the hoofs of the bodyguard s horses. The ' `boy is a-Chxistian_.--Ne'w York '1`:-lbune:V ` ` Astrology was the invention of Chal- 'dean`. and. Egyptian priests? ,Ther_e- is _~ reason to_hl`xi?`e- that astrology was .9 _...___...._.__.....'___.. practiced in connection with ns.tronomy_ r ' Chaldea and the valley of the Nile between 4009 and 5000 years B. C, , Th slippetypelm contains in its inner bark a great quantity of mucilage, ~ `which gives it its peculiar property and name. V . T -" The voyage' between.Ne:w :Yofk and Christiania is 3,800. knots in length. ` ` V , Q] I|4l`II".L BUVIHI. ' v . rm Patetbios-'1 hm ihuohv ii i" hMsh,Bib1u..-. 3 ~ 1 ,2. :- '"3'u3i?3:.`.Lw.:..s_wn not! ill! b- A cnmsse DRUGSHOP. '"iI1o.q1s oi Uh?`-ril W151` n_;-;L:- '1 kusn Wit nnnl M If my wife has an failing, his lack an - rewrenoe. She doesn't mwgnlze thoss pl-`party rights which should 1nhere~m tht p>.~.:.onaL bgldngihgs of` a husband. I gal "arms expression at a meeting of the Spur "tan Reform club, and it struck me as be ing good. If I" rexneu1ber.rlght;, its was us tczpd by :1 fellow with 1; chr0nic`_dist.zmn for work, whose wifwsupporwd him 1)} :`~<-:::n|uL'in(r 1 man`: mu M1Hin'wh(-,ml Witping the Jilxuxy." , .__...: ...1.x'I.. -3 pL1t.\.n `...;::*,..; 4 mru), xhuzv :.:. unxnkt-`1'~. I1:u:,.~]\'u wumy. ;\'. L1wlw.rv;xil ;;ru1p: ,1`1`1m1L_11)'11x1*1ml hm jixicc sin;1'._\ ~ mi 11un1:uu..u E - I . I`1jL;~L xg l'u`._'L*~ time. No x, was _ AC 4-Ln 1~'.+Hn nrh\r~>: 1 Household- Words. "`"` """ "-"" " |.HI.l15.l.It:u .lu_V yucu: . " I` ivw ?'."F`~\`v~ 7. A ., . 1At.nn_._Drug'Is:s.7 M9f' ` L A = %.;a-1aa2:8xa9~`snut hr I-Am um . UM.` g11UUl lli|[(3l']il) ('L".111 U1 _`Li>.~\-un. ' . Tliixti ad\`ertisv1i1rnt c:u1. the big- gest row _e\'er \\`if!)(`.<.~.'(i in` ":1 nows1):i1ier % oivv in St. Limis. when }:ldiL(~1- Mc- 3 Cu11:1gh'fouiid what' had bvvn done, he r:1ge'd_:u1d stormed for :3. week. The fast 1_ ,m:\iL 1\:u1,distrib11ted `the p:i1.wr a1lAu.\'e7r IiSS011Iib(`f0I`B 1\IcCu11ugh-1iud his at- `L 5 tou1i01i;c:i11:~(1to'it. He ACit his qnhrters B`. ` ut the b`nuthrx'u lic;n=1 on :1 trot. Roach- [, ( i1.lf.{ the carnal` of Ecurtli and . Pine 11- 37: ` stiwts} he_fouiid IilL`i'.\f1!`0L`(:1'.ll1d the, uiiivv 0f. 1.`ho UiUbl`-D(`Ill0L`l':|f- jmumed 3 with 'p(`o'p'1v. who \wi"e clamoring to ` 'SIU1)C-1l0i1` .<\1hscriptiniis.' I\1cC\111:1gl\ii:1d~ I, lled :3. column on the editorial page \\'ith"`squihs strm~<,zI_v 0pp0si1i;:`F1`u11- I sis" and ud~\'e.cuti11;:1iv,u Republivuu num- inoebiut` the` big display of 1"1';1iicis` frilluds was tho'iir_st thing semi on open- ing th pupa`. V i ' im. `.\1.--,n11-what. nncp issuod i ` - The csscncc of life -is force. Evcry breathvou bnathqevery heart b..t, every motion of your bani, takes force. The mcasu c of force we call vital- ity. Ifthis is lacking, than is 1655 of flash, lack of resistive ` ;-_-_ - L.....!,..-..- on rah-H A}- EXAMQIER, THURSDAY, APRIL 1",, 1897. Loss or ILLSEI, mus us runuve `power, a tendency to catch di- druggists. scase easily, es xcially a. tend- eney to Consumption. For low vitality nothing is better than Scott s Emulsion. It supplies force by furnishing the nourish- ing, strengthehing elements of food in an easily digested form; enriches the blood, agld builds up the system. When ordinary foocl is of no avail, Scott s Emulsion will supply ti -lebody with .1l1th:vitale.eme_ntsof life. _ Tvvb sizes, so 2:. altd $1.00." All -4: c t__ 2. ..-- ....'.1l 4... ! Yitality? When Daxvid B. ` date for ;:o\'c1'x:s.;1 , frioxxds .m(`(-.'ex`x:>(l - 1 f"D61nocr:xr to`furI!>-- tiou. EditU1' Z\lL'L`n .'un_.. n_. " ..,. \` In" wnrk. wnose wuc-~suppurwu uuu u_\ gut the expressidn when I quoted in tc her, hut she inxnmliatcly said: ." l`h:\t sdunds ll-kc Jeff Sinks. " , Then she laughed. My wife lfaa 15 var: 'mus=ic::l lnupzh. "`~ ` . I mi::%; that l wasxnilxlly reprlmanding. ! ~.'vr at. the time for n1isln_vfxng blue gimlec. sxmking. Ididn`t tell Millie'wheml 111") the most; pm-timxlzxr follow ygu aw! ' .<:'iTv about k<`1`])lllg(\'t'l`_\'thlllg` in its place. " When I want. :1 tool of any kind," I warm tc kzzuw ju<: where 19 lay my hands on it. !:'s u kind of religion with me. and it _ hurts me terribly to find /`xings in confu Lm. ':`1m,'.- where my wife's luck of rev n:-once com`-3 in. She hasnn respect fox my` elo.o'n ql' conlmunnlmouv, Order is \ I L 4:- ..... H `