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|uac% fall it 1,1511/UU_L' H0010, nuu ll-I `vuuw uuv (`E1 housejwill still seemwlikg home to me? -In my memory you will be its 1 an el, Jfo'am1a." A She look wistfully into his face. , Colonel Men-ydew, she said, I ; have something 'togte11' `you. My name ; is not Barney- I was .Joa.nna.. Burney 1 before-I inarried; but my real `name is I Mrs."`Joh'n Merrydew. What! he cried, starting back. 441' ..... T..`|....J'n cu-:53:-nevi aka nai fggpg Durney. = ` ` - . - ` -you know. said Colonel Merry- de_w,' that Ishall go back to the Smith ...:n. .. 1:.n.'+-.. `lunar!-."I2nnn'rina 1-.`hn.+. the de_vv_`,'7"'{;1'1Ia,'t"I"~1i;'11 g'o"b'ak' '15 the" stain with a lighter heart, knowing that the A13 Ia'n-nan`!!!-I annm hnmn +11 - "_.l'8In-donns wxuuwg - uuu emu, mm and smiles strivin ~for mastery in her eyes. j`Don t loo -`grave; -don't `turn away. Your mother `never loved me; she never called me anything but `Mrs. John ; she never allowed me to take. charge or assume any responsibility. So ` when Mr. Huxley died I came here de- termined to prove whether or not 1 was worthy of trust. Tell Mrs. Merrydew how the old place looks. Give me an imggirtial verdict; that is all I ask. V . lonel Merrydew was silent for a L minute or two,` then he extended his ll hand to this sister-in-law. n ._..:.-a 1.... crr A..- M, .,,, , nunu I20 1.115 B15l:Ul."LJ.l.`.|.a;VV'. 1 '`Joanna, said he, I owe you an ` apology. When the news of John's ` marriage` first reached us I was not pleased. I may have said foolish and ' ungracious things. Will you allow me to recall them now? - Will you consent that all shall be forgotten and for- given? - . Tfillinolv cal-an n.nnwere_ the soft. . %Sl;i11inglj, she answered, the shift, dark eyes full of. happy `light. More `than "willingly! And, oh, my heart is so much ,lighter, now that my secret is told! V 141 1.-- 1...... II a~nn-n-L `l\ o`:l1` I, too, have a. secret to conde, said` Colonel Merrydew, with rather a con- scious look. ' - ' -~ "You? she echoed. , ` Yes, I. Will you listen to it, J oanna? Will. on hear me tell you how dearly I have earned to love you? Will you pro- n`;1ie, dear Joanna, one day to be my ' e? T . WIIGT She did not quite promise,-'-yet Colo- nel Merrydew went Joyously on his way with his heart full of hope! A...` -Lam J-`arr nnvf l`C`, Mf Wltn 1115 ueuru tun U1 uuy And when, the` next ffay, old Mm} Merrydew came" back to the farm, her son, the colonel, stood on the doorstep to welcome her, with Joanna smiling at I113 B1018. ` - ' Mrs. Merrydew was ed and feeble. She had left her venerab e, life compan- ion in a Southern grave,--she had looked \ back on her past existence and sighed for many a. lost opportunity and` misused chance. And when her son's wife-her daughter-in-law for the second time-- oame forward to meet her, she burst t(I1|......:....- ....\ TA...-nan 1111!; nu-1:1` F1110- Vlvea 11150 E81113. Forgive me, J oanna, she said, for- give me I" _ ' ' And young Mrs. Me dew took the slight, weakly form in er arms and kissed her, and whispered the one word: Mother! ` ` - Henceforward, forevermore, all was _.._-..- 1..-:.......... 4.1.-..` I ucuuuxux W as u, I-\ll. I. eeace between them! 111 Q1-lunlv qr:-u--vu u--g. -- -v Europeans caress the dog. may , lie on the mat or sit near the table. The-mention of European dogs always recalls to my mind a wretched dinner which `some `years since I had in the A1w\a "I"`I-an :'I1'nnn1- Tlvh uni . `(%'1`f \VIl1Ul;l B01116 `yearn muuu 1. .uau. Lu uuv Alps. The dinner was not lacking in quantity or variety, but _ in quality. There was enough of it, such as it was. The eggs had seen their best days, and` the mutton must have been good for two or three weeks after they killed it. A Saint Bernard dog sat near by peti- tioning for a morsel. The landlord was out, and I saw by the bill of fare I should have high rates totpay. I could do nothing myself toward clearing the plates, and so I concluded to feast our friend of Saint Bernard; So I threw him half an omelet. assuring him first that the amount I gave him would de- pend V on the agility with which he caught it. `Either not `understanding French or being surprised at the gener- osity__of the provision, he let half the_ ` `omelet gto -the-'oor,s but he lostfno . time in correcting the failm-e.i `Then I ` threw him a_\mutton-chop. With the snap of the eye an`d`a' sni and a long swee of the tongue over the jaw he said `y his looks as plainly as if he had -`spoken withhis lips: I like that bet-. ' ter. I never get mutton-chops. Itvthink P theywill athlimexla When the i ii 1nnr1`Inw'-I nnmn in he nnnnnnfn that nnmn '.'.w mam uu unuu, boa-.I. u.Iu5 uaun. lam-John's` widow? she said, tears _.1 _...:1.... ..4...:..:...-... 3.... 9-nacfaro in har- UHBy'-~-IWMI "E51110 wvtuu 1Iav.r ~~- Iv awn uuv landlord came in he sus ted t at some 1_1nusug.l_proceqdi;`_1_gh `-`totem -`place be- : J-.. .`._.I .. `L . 1.3-1. .l8aIl(1.lUl'u. Uuuu: 111 no: Su `van uuuv nvunu unusual proceedingh `itaikeni-`p tween his guest and dog, and. so he kick- ed him out of the room-`-'-the dog, -that` is. The remaining me sug- `.1116 remuuuug Bu]. ` wwuxu luv aus- ed my treating the .1a.nlord% =as ihe . Ttmqtedgthe nmai, but my profes- sion, andmore especially the size ot the A man, reat::ain.ed:.me;z I left the inn` more . sorry to leave ,Be;n9rd tliaanrhia keeper. 12-34 I .55 m..'1.`..a.`ui.'.. 1 .311 i.uAa" I- I'rimA ""'J.VU 7'. - :.: Journal." L-\'u A IIIIBII Jill % i For all kinds of meti7n half apint of sweet oil with half a gill of turpen- a..--..~.n.u-h.Am. u-run-ndnnna mnznrui-nnn~ UL HWUUI; uu wuru. uau. u 51.11u1. 1:111 ,,.,_. .g`%u%1 11.- -...I.'..-..... .-.... `llhnn 6-Sn Ann {Human E111 OI the consistency 0,): cream; us: the ordinary way. For tin, to ints;ot;water` put qne; ounce 41 mi Egi ..t:9i7g`}_g;1?;e:o1. e`n;`ery`;j;b sh .415: +3-.f\IIhlI.X1 nf:`1ar`\!I`riInI-W nndi M ! ~vW!~seH";vw.v~w v.=.-av-aw ;e1g't:onnees.oi`eD0wderqd m3 mnrzweli and use with a. ,-lethngf "the mixture dry on the article to `cleanedgthen polish with leather. An Alpine Dinner and n Dogzzy L1... .1-.. `El - nustuisiu `rd fthet Neg York S9-3`I!2'!*-29-sibilit ".t.h`t,."in'I"n . `WM T *9? ' "'7 iinIl'e.rZ th.o hf"th'e inon%y*~hy"2bsoperi :ion?o! ct; "and .,of the 'ex_pn`1'-ts" of` goll*4 to` pay pul)li_e deb__tp`abrogi; a ruii3fo_igold may be made an-'cu e United ___Sl_a_tss' `Treasury -' and on ' the banks, which they iinableor unwill- iingtomeet -Whatsthenl Eyery one, he goes on to saygfwhoreuiembers the suspen- sionof specieipayments in 1857. andagain in 1860, can answerthe question The banks and`th'e Treasury-would continue to make their~pa ymente in paper , as they do nowq; peop!e would buy and sell for paper, and pay in `paperas they do now ; and the only persons who would be hurt would bethe importers and purchasers of foreign mer- chandise, who would have to pay a premium for gold? to_ make their remittances 'l`he idea advanced in certain quarters. that a suspension of gold payments and a. premium of gold would cause a hoardlng of gold, and thus a` disastrous contraction of the currency is purelychimerical The gold now in the banks and in the Treasury would in case of suspension stay there, and it would continue to be counted as reserve as it is now. The gold not in the banks and not in the Treas- ury, but stored away in chests and old stock- ings. would also stay there and remain use- less for currency purpose as it is now. As to that which is in actual circulation and passing from hand to hand in the transac- tions of daily business, the amount of it is so small that its disappearance would be un- . noticed ' Nevertheless, sound nance de- mands that Congress take timely measures to avert the suspension of gold payments which is threatened. The necessity of being always prepared to redeem a currency in gold is a wholesome check upon its undue expansion, and upon the speculation which that expansion promotes. _ Truth: in sxinlin compass. spefn has 5;ooo,ooo illiterate people.` British India has 10,417 licensed opium f shops.` 7? ,, . I _ `I 1 M ` No Vassar graduate was ever divorced 1 after marriage, it is claimed. } A St. Louis paper offers a. prize of $1 a day ~ ' for errors discovered in its advertising columns. Vziwrnusvic box that was accidentally touched ' io in St; Louis the other night frightened } away the burglars. - Q 1 0 I\|o I ~I HE Ezrery time` a. bank in China fails they cut off the bamk oicers heads, and no bank has faded there for over 500 years. on. I\ 1 C .n I`! Tzhe Danee lead thevworld as butter "makers. Danish butter has taken the rst; A prize at most of the world : -fairs, including Philadelphia centennial. nu rm 2' I1! The astronomers at the Pat is Observatory are already making preparations for [obser- vation of the expected total eclipse of the sun in April next - run .1 n n at II The most costly piece of railway line in the world is that between the Mansion house and Alelgate st'ations in London, which re quired_the~expenditure of close upon $10,- 00L).000amile. A l`'.il_i5ni1zL}i;1*;hia`bo.ls builder is mak. ing an eight oared aluminium racing shell for Cornell and another for Harvard. Such boats weigh 175 pound. A pafper or cedar shell Weighs` about 225 pound. A daughter was born last Thursday to Mrs. Rudyard Kipling, the wife of the well ` khown writer, who is spending the winter at 1 Brattleboro, VI; Mrs Kipling was Miss ` Balestier, sister of C. -Wolcott Balestier, the writer and collaborateur with Mr. Kipling, who died abroad recently. 'l`|an nu-l\:Ivn` I\` `M:..."[I:..l:..n :5 na'nr` in Av. WIIU IJICIL GUI UELI IU\aCI..|lIIJo The arrival of MissTKip1ing is said to ex- plain Mr Kipling s abandonment of his trip to Samoa. which was generally attributed to the loss of a. considerable sum of money by the failure of a bank. Mrs. Kipling and her daughter are doing well. Genuine amber is becoming scarcer every year, and it will not be long before 9. real amber cigar-holder or pipe stem will. be a. rarity a.nd'a.-luxury`. The true amber 1s a. fossil gum, which was produced in large quantities hy.trees having 9. resinous sap, which owed down the trunks and gathered in masses at the roots. It is found in the ground of marshes and other places where forests ourished in former times, and is also secured by dredging. The Russian Generals, Komoroff and] Schernaei , declare the Panama affair will lvhave no effect. upon the friendship Russia. `entertains for France. They say a war with Germany would be one of the most pop- ular of wars. V _ - Cleveland : Itajority In the Electoral cox- . lege., * The New York Evening Post says the settlement of the Oregon contest makes it possible to give an accurate table of the vote for President, as it should be cast by the electoral oollge. ard which will show: Cleveland, 276; Harrison. 144; anti Weaver, 24 ; making Cleveland : majority 108. ' - '---"i Ic JABKSON . _ Ancn1'mcrsa..-nNammkns. - -. " . Kin `fY t'53 3'.'L I_'?t.?,3I`-3?-. .7 . #7??? 'f"\'d.% 7"'f J: W1 i:a'ox' 8ibmLr.; rnnmmxnn. 1\n.1.n`.*A`. nI|_ PLATINO 'rvI-=29. PAmsPAuaI.s, V Annsto uuaus, %uII % puma .`|'I|N'l'S. %Lgg9;%po.ara.ns._ HR|8IMl\S NUVHIIES PHoToEiAPHY. -` one ottho Most Populargwars. Rudyard K1p1iV1:V;.::':Iv rize. Amber Be':oVm'mz source. PI?Io-rO'R- I For Scrofula. HE CHANGED HIS MIND. Catarrh Rheumatism For all blood diseases, the best remedy is HIGHER] W0l'l'y,(.l.lBU&BU. excesses and indiscre- tions. They have n Spzcrmo Acnon on the SEXUAL Srsrrm of both men and women, restoring LOST VIGOB and correcting all mnEGULAm'rms and surrnnssxons. "A Who nds hismental fac- ulties dull failin , or his physical powers agging, should take 1: eso PILLs. The will restore his lost energies, both physical an mental. --n--Q|.l IIIAII III nhnnl take. them. i cures gathers, will cure you- `THC II CIIIZII AI-Ivvwv ----~ v--- make thegn regular. For sale by all druggists, or will be sent upon receipt of price (_50c. per box), by addressing THE DR.` WILLIAMS IIED. O0. Brockvilla. OM. Sarsaparilla '1 1:11 of H. M. Field and W. 0. Forayth I (Late of Lefosl an- Berlin and now teacher I and Lecturer in the Toronto College of Music; ` Barrie Every Tnesdny and Wednesdsv. For terms. 850.. address Aurora, or care at Queen : Hotel Harrie. A Tabnouea IN3'l`RUC'l`ION_-LGUARAN- TEED. ` A0 L` gvvuw. can-av u-vv-3 Ibcvv -; u w- .....__. _ . on lot; ot__aood_ geoongi-hand instruments to Quay 1.01-I,na`,or to` rent. ' . ; _ ""hu`1o"ai'sble'6t"tl'1-at lass horny youn , _ *s:Ivdrstnd=,hvaavi ho`:-ago. `Sound yam`; ` tBlI6l`UmilI'l|If!ImoIitI..;`; : .. . s If ever a man got a rattlin%gup_b(y a deer that man was me," said ave , al- kins, of Fishing Creek, who has hada; good deal to do with deer and bears in time. It was when deer were nu- merous around on these hills. One day in the fall Laroy Lyman, who had 3 killed more deer and bear and wolves than any` other man in Pennsylvania, thought e d give the game a restefor a" `day and go chestiiuttin over- onythe 91 Card's brook. knew some i thing of the lay of the country around ` there, and I concluded; to go chestnut- ting with Laroy, and rigged up for the nutting by picking out one of his guns and turning one of his best dogs loose; When I joined the old- hunter with his ........ nun-n -rnv n11nuldA`r he wanted to : `Anni A1iflBlbAN rn Nob. Unexoelled in Tone. fllonch and Durability. V i cite , I leuadtoaho .....In-.1:-;..,.*--.*:.,.,..::..`:.,-::=:.-.`;.,... ' Al__ I.` `C 4-4;.-:4` -gunman-uni Lam` Iuunbuuuuunnnbn On %"?.3'..-i-`;".' ~':`vI"1'g-'35:. <`""ou..g ; a' A bngkpmunpiuitrumontg. `. . ,' l\`1__ 1-I7-..-...-_._ --J .o-I..I-- l'!'.._.-Ii... Emma mos AND omm Ant-n Ajinlilull IIIAEIIC : Yes, but feed itwith Scott s Emulsion)` [Feeding the cold kills it, and no one R can afford to have a. cough or cold,acut_e and leading to consumption, lurking around him. iEIGl?|TS1;ll; Wu mm.-; .;..`a ...t.x..;:am..' and. 800111: St. Bu:-lo. Juymuux muu. LJA\/u mu. EVERY woman -1: mai nn -1 tan d irregularities , Ofpwre Norwegian Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites strengthens weak Lungs, checks all wasting Diseases and is a remarkable I I I {Flesh Producer. Almost as Palatable as | Mi(.Prepa1-ed only by Scott.J:Bowne,Be1leville. Tt I'II'i mltn of vc system vomaa women m ;%::..:.;% mum them regular. s.....- . ;., ....... `.5. ,....% from scto:'::lous sones`on the'l:;tsyanleamx8. trying various medical course: without I A ' II. and un 1lt:|ru:ewany:{1: nan". Five botd` le Ecrsdillennfsdx . hit `T.`k`i`? .`. Wm` '3uT1'3. .:n`u`.` strand ran.` A0'the;; v ' .- mu 1-, at. V ' 0 An` thew `Till the spokes jest out `like icicles -3 ' `Twas one of them there bicycles. Wonder how 9. critter feels ' `.f.`t.`3.`u`a'.?~`{:?._`{?.l }:..`f_';,`.`I31`n"`now.. T 5. i.i"c ..}'w`."& ...'..n"'..""'1=~'."';'.' bo"`2"u; mgced to restore me to health."-Bonifa`:ia Lopez. 327 E. Commerce st.. San Antomo. T1-Jan. "myaau wt waaanuclcu IUI nanny at with catarr '. The physicians bein unabic to .`help her, my pastor reoommcn ' A ex : Sarsaparilla. I followed his advice. hree. months of regular treatment with Ayer's Ran.-anarilln and Ave!-'3 Pills omDleteIV KICD in me lung-neaung VIII 0! III! combined with the soothin and properties of other pectora herbs and! E 323223? $1133 233 8Il\ill& I-II--I &:na` 1-Ioa.rseness,Asthxn Brooch Sore'l'lz' Crow and all THR AT, BRO CI-HAL III R DIRRAQRS- Ohnflnntn nnnrhnu LUNU uxannana. unstuutec nsw_Iu_|: resist other remedies yield pron y to thi pleasant piny syrup PRIOR 280. AND` 800. FIR IOI"l'l.lo ngnn -u -nu gnn--n-on 9 ov-n ova: us --- v----- Crou an'&". 1i"r"ri'i'z'6AT, Bnfi LU GDISBASES.0bstinatec mg-In! nl-Ianr I-nu-nnrnn uinltl Ilfllll! months 0! regular treatment wnn A Sarsaparilla and Aye:-'3 (Pills com restored my daughter s hcalth."--Mrs. Rielle. Little Canada. Ware. Mass. Norway l5JiTi'e i - ._ _.5.Y."...P1...-_ For several years. I was troubled with inammatory rheumatism, being so bad at times as to be entirely helpless. For the last two years. whenever I felt the effects of the disease. I began to take Ayei-'s Sarsaparilla. and have not had a. s 11 for a. long time."- E. T. Hansbrough. lk Run, Va. main: or 1K_i]iAin Iianuonv uA\L L\/UV Loo r`r%v ------ 7-V,- , _g T-getting u>. `W ho untied that dog?" he asked. " `I did, said I. `Well, said Laroy, `you 1l gt him" [all full of hegehog quills and spoil him. You'll have to pay for him; that's all! (OT A::1n + (V011 on17+'|1`:h(r DITA TR "Mydau terwasalicted fotneay a vith una cto u-In hr. mv nasmr reoommcn Aves Rnch in the 1u:g.heaung vi-r-tues ofthe Pine -nmhinnrl with the nnnthinr and axnmtmnnt PI ruit 1?: 71:1 u C u caucus AND cdws _________ __ A.Ll._.- n.......I.:u- Q...'l'|. ....A lbya 4i 1;: DR- W90!> s c; c. FORSYTH, AS/ER S v- v---- `.v.----- -.._.._ .._. PERFECT CURB FOR rDr. J. c. Ag: & Co.. Lowe1'1. Mass. ` nnmrqistn. rice 3: : six bottles. 35- wnen .l JOIIIBU. Until U1u' uuuuc; vvsvu gun over my shoulder, he know of me: . . _ `What are you going to do with that gun? v A "I told him I thought I might maybe see a. chestnut that nothing but a. rie could reach. {Just then his dog came A__-A.A..'...... --c-. -v-- ..--: ww- u --` u-u V sou: IV up nnuconrn. uunauannnau-u-u-an in . A ct: at 43., 1_.oweu, M355. 3, nee $1 ;. snx bottles. 35. ARE NOT 3 Put- ` gative Medi- cine. They are I BLOOD BUILDER, Tome and RECON- STRUCTOR, as they supply in a. condensed form the substances actually needed to en- ich the Blood. curing all diseases coming from POOR and WAT- mz BLOOD, or from VITIATED Honons in invigorate and BUILD UP the BLOOD and Sys'rEM, when broken down by overwork. mental wOrry,disea.so. I Arr-pagan and indiscre- the BLOOD, and also` should take them. . They cure all an .. u.`hnI1 innvifnh I er 5 tcly I Uu Ll Ll'd.VU LU pay LU1 -. u..l.I..I..| , uuuu Ia ulna. I didn't say anything and we went on toward the place where we were to do our nutting. Jonathan Card and somebody else were along. We got up on the hill, near the head of the creek, had cut down- a. chestnut tree and had only just nicely begun to pick the burrs oif, when suddenly Laroy Lyman jumped up, turned round-like aash, grabbed the gun that I had set against? 3 tree hear by, aimed toward a. clump of high bushes, and blazed away._ I hadn t heard anything, and didn t see anything but bushes where Laroy shot; but when the gun cracked out jumped a big buck, and went off down the hill. He was hit, of course, and Laroy said to ` VVULIIJVI LIVVV Q vslulvn nvvow traddle a air 0` buggy. wheels. ` T1-ave1in`,.ll e,.t.he duce, you know. ' A 11 he G ! - 7 N3\?5a.e:?`t mu 6 itgogrgsl movin` - - Watch 11` how 1: e won-ld s'im rovin` Ree 3 `am kind 0` plagued an vexed Po'n erin'.what ll men do next. nemember a. few ears past nought. 1'3 travel 11' Durt. fast` On the railroad; mercy sa. es. 'Lectrio cars ain t no great `shakes! "I`won t be~mor'n a. year an a. halt V `Till folks '11 go by telegra. h- nnmnim nver the mounta n neuks LUUC ' `Go for him! He's our meat! Now, in those days I thought it wasn t much of a trick for me to do to outrun the dogs when I took after a deer, and I started for, this one. I soon passed the dog, and chased the deer to the bank of the creek. The dog had gone up over a point of the hill. I dis- covered the buck in the creek lying in a deep hole. There was a pile of drift lumber in the creek below him and the bank was quite high. I started toward the deer and he rose to his knees. I knew something had to be done right. away or the buck `would et out of there and make trouble, so -picked up a big three-cornered stone and hurled it at him with both hands. It struck him on the head and down he went. He was up on his knees again in a sec- ond, though, and I-`downed him with another stone. But still he` wouldn t stay down, and -so I made up my mind- 'it wouldn t do to take many more chances with stones, and I pitched into _ the creek to settle the deer there. I seized him by one horn with my hands, and placing my foot on the other horn, V )repared to flop him over and drown im. Well, for the next minuteor two that buck churned and soused me up and down in that creek as. if he was a _ washwoman and I was a bedquilt, and he was giving me an `all-pervading rins~. ing. Every time` he soused me down in the creek the water ew up three feet or more, and kept going up and coming down over us like a fountain in steady play, so rapidly did the buck keep up the churning. 4` Ar1r]nt1`+n Hm-In 411-|n1r11-urv oh!` 4-nacntr ` An harness the ear `ll by telegra. - . . . L Bumpin` over the mounta n_ euke . A` An` keepln` up with the ligh nl'n' strea. some day some blame silly cuss `L git the world In the derndest mule. By makm a. ta.rna.l fool machine To serve as a. sort 0 go-between From this `ere earth to_ the stars '1' moom: R_else he`ll rig out a bug balloon Wxth revolvmg paddles-en travel plumb From Halifax to Kingdom Camel . ._ \ Oh! people are gettin too esky smart. An` one day they`l_l {est ta. e a start _ . V . h to 9. pesslu breeze And natcherly travel where. they please: They`ll get to soarin' higher en higher. `Till the strike the sun an ketch a._tire- "~R they` _1 shp 9. cos an` jump the real ' By trlppm up on a. cor_net`s tall! -5. 0.. Lamus. in Ohio Farmer. I. IIU U11 U1 $11115. Added`to this ducking and tossing that the buck, now mad as fury, was aiiseating me to, he was able to give me ' a dig every now and then with one of ` buck was that I didn t -`know that Leroy; . Lyman had arrived on the scene and hissharp fore feet, catching me at the shoulder and slashing it down almost the full length of my arm. Thissoon removed what cloth there `was between A his hoof and my arm, and then he be- gan on the hide and esh. 3 I didn t know that I daredlet go of the buck, for his dander was up so far that he would have come at me- with both ' hoofs and his horns `as well, I was well - aware, and It was well enough ac- - quainted with deer to feel that he would probably have `me doyvn and spiked and punched full of holes before I could get up the bank. The reason It : didn t know that I -dared let go of the was peeking out from behind a big tree,-},p enjoying himself enough to burst at the way I was whipping the deer.;,: course, if I had jued awa from~h_,- deer and the deer I jumpe after me, L_aroy would have ` put -'a- =ban=%thr"ou_g1r-i him so quick that he wou1d,never.-have - Im.-mm ml.`..4- ma. La...` . `D..4-`.T1`.I.I6i Ji11s-334` ugnn was cnumeagouuxqzhme. :_ N I- found in kn1fe."QP9ned_;it vvithjny! teeth, and wit all the deliberate calcu- -lation Iicouldv commapt `under. the cnmstances. ;beins%.9n.iIi`thEif'6he% .sc; 0nd and `uhdr the water the n I.-felt: for the buck ijug:1a.r. When I t ought T haul 4-'lnn-1nuan Idnn -is-rial: Ilvhaf Tl\1l'i r'..` nuv W as vv uqu usu ulula l} U .-I \6l\l-I-I`ll--ISBVVV .2 Laroy was "taking Buck and me in from I behind the tree, and, vcbnseguegt y, hel on for dear life and` feit `9,ro1_1_;;`, 'in`_m7 pocket with one hand to ndhmgrknife, for if that ght W89 t.0-be,-e'nled in my favor "it had to be done before the day-...A J light chumed;_Q11iL.Of.n16- .,. 0` T.nun ind: Irnafnri I January 1@.:.zsaa. llql-ILL DU ULIGU I59 VV\Il.l.l\I..,llUVUL-'IlVU known what hit him. But I did215i:=kIioW. T_n~nr\1v t:vna'+n]r~: 'Duqn1- nut` or-nn -:'\ cqnsn Lur uuu uuuua Juguuu. vv ucua. uuvuguu Ihad th;e~kee_1_1.b1ad;e%' tr: h;.,,I,p1g;n -, ed it into the deer}: `gtg-my cu1_a.tion was, 9. ,1 9 OH} 1 '11|'t`1n the knlfe r::1.5.h`uck t" a aiidthe in e pm nlospr. mth die and stayddf tthh_>w6niid:i.? 11114 V`-`Inc. anna-inn an` I-1'\`an1'nn ant` 1snh'in(r Wp'"fh "6"'usm'7 "ax'c'1"' uoss: "" 3;"$'xI'a .I-';1'E;"n".;'% wzth tho b'u._c.1: sharp 1100*` -'-v; f.\`.g`f.f ~93` LINE. van. v- w... Unly I. vug, gm--gr V - :1 comet's b. Q. Lapiua. Farmer. A wi iolreanlteodieaetrousto the knife, Jonathan u , and was taking. in the circus the , V `-F9th `:PI~.h!1fr~39&fh3n1' I e`d,- = . .t_ .51: 72 ! .. if 1 Jonathan didn't `bother to fetch me his knife, but took it out of his pocket. anduelcameup from a. dive onthn` buck s horns tossed it at me. I IL 110.} 33- `A11 -'0': `$311 qnihgu it`-=oh`s` '~.'. U110` U HUIUU u)U(I ll: UU I-IlUo -I .~IIl.IBU_\iI it, and it fe]1 iri.tIie. water if58.ht=L-nude: the buck's neck. When `I went `down ..._S_. `I -1L ._..___J _.. 21. .._.I ..n&u.n11. IIIIU U|lUBUlICUIo' .V[.l..lUll I. WULIU UUWU again I felt around for it and actuagly Carina -N-I T 1nnnn 4:"1l|nn1\ Annnrrrsur Gill J. LUIII GIUILLILI. _lUl Ill auu uluvuuaa found i I I wasn t `much encouraged , though, after I got it, for:-it was one of those shilling knives have to be" heated before the will cut butter. I` didn't have time, hough. to send J onu- 4-'l...... `I......'I- J-A I-nun: ml-'1-an n, a-nn kn-EPA ulunn LIBVU uluu, Irnuugu, uu avuu. uvuucr ; than back to town after a good Ignite, * andso I began Iawingaway with at` on the bucks npck;" ;_Iv;1eg-an way up `close a to his head, "but I worked: the knife 4&1} the way down to? his gnllet `~before1v;- could nd a place yghere .;t;yv9n1g1%~takeA hold]. I'hg1].I rasped it aorossataat spat unti n y wore, e, _rong ,` and then got the iactu` ally tore a hole across, his throat that ;i;a;n t longin putting an end to the t. . - " When ,at*l_ae.t at {liberty to +.n.1zn whn}. inn : `lff. nf `ma ashore. and vvuuu duo egwye r was an ;u-aw u_y uu tadee what i7va}s"1eft of me as o);e,,.a.\n_d h did so, Laroy Lvman stepped. = m hind the tree and looked so pleased that I knew hehad the whole pe_rfor,;`n,- ance, andthat made me feel w_orse?`t1ian the wa.y~the buck had treated me, for `I had been assuring him only_ 9. da. . or 4...... `I...-..\..n' I-1.54-` ` h'}`\1R -1-:`rh{'n 111'-. 'nI1f MIMI UUUU U111: u um us two before that ebuld `whip 'wit`t 1`out weapons any dee1;~, wounded or Well, that ever was rash enough to let me get myhands on it-somet-hing.that.I. chang- ed my mind on after the mttlinrthat n11"-I 'h1-M91: l:'rn.v'n ma in i-J`m.f. 'hn1n:._ , uuuu UH DI.-IN; uuwx l.uu_u1u.| yuan W my I \ old buck gave me in that 'ho1e;--* . Hun . -A Mammoth Snake Follows `Its Mate to _ the Death. At the home of Mr. and. Mrs. J. E. Drew two ladies from New -York city are visitin . Last Monday the ladies went into t e woods on the mountain side tolook for berries, each carrying a ~ basket. They had gone perha. s a mile, picking whortleberries by t e way, when they were startled by a peculiar whirring, which seemed to come from a clump of bushes within a- few feet of where they had stopped. It resembled the sound sometimes made by locusts. Of course the curiosity of `the ladies was aroused, and they determined to know ` what species of bird or beastywas hidden - in the bushes. Fortunately a long:pole_ which some sherman had probably out ; and then rejected lay` near by. The ` elder of the ladies took it and began to beat the clump of bushes. A In a". moment t a huge rattlesnake glided into the path-' way and coiling quickly was ready to strike. A well-directed.;blow stretched it lifeless. ' TA. _....... LL- 1....n.n~L nun`-4-`nu ncvncu nnnvs 1.1\ Ill 1lLUl.U5H- ` It was the largest rattler ever seen in the Pochuck mountains, measuring four feet and having twelve rattles. The ladies satised themselves the snake was dead and then tied a. stout cord around it and started` for the house, dragging the snake along. ` . A n;mn11;+(\11u 1-nnl-n urn: nhnann QHMV buu uxrunu_u1uug. . A circuitous route was chosen after leaving the woods to avoid climbing fences. When they reached the house they dragged the dead snake into the sitting-room and called Mrs. Drew to see what they had found in their ram- bles. Mr. Drew the. next` day went to Baxter Bros. store at .Glenwood and told about his visitors adventure. ' One of the brothers was somewhat versed in snake habits. He" told Mr. Drew to fol- low the trail from his home to the point where the snake was killed and he I +___1_1 .1___1.J.1....... 2...`! ....-L'|...-... `A... .. :4- WHUKU uuuv Duaano was .nu.u:u.' auu. no would doubtless nd another one, as it was well known that snakes lived in pairs and would follow each other from one point to another. Mr. Drew decided to act on this suggestion, but rush of , work at the farm prevented, and it soon 1 passed out of his mind. I Wnnnnav n.ftmvnnnn_' nr` nhnut 48 pwsuuu Uula UL um uuuu. Wednesday afternoon,` or` about 48 hours after the ladies had killed the snake,` they were in the rsitting-room with Mrs. Drew. They had no sooner spokenof their thrilling -experience on 'Monda.ythan each chair was vacated. The women ran screaming into'a.n ad- . `joining uaga.rtment,~ closing the door . quickly. ther monstrous -rattlesnake` which they -...-. b-`:A:\th ncvnm `-151: +1'|A hey were frightened by,.ano-. 1 1:11.61 xuuuauuua Lauuxuuuano vvusuu cut; saw gliding over the door-sil into the room. It was the counterpart of the \ other. The ladies at rst imagined the snake, whose head they had buried `deep 1 ` in the corner of the garden, again con- fronted them. _ . 'I'L j_- _ L.._--._ -nun. -annoy`-' `Ann cuvn, I.l.'Ul..lI.IU|.I IILIULLI. , It was a trying moment" for the wo- men, but Mrs. Drew was equal to the 1 emergency. ' In one of the drawers-of a bureau of the room whither-they chad ed, was a loaded revolver. Although not accustomed to the use of rearms, Mrs. `Drew opened-xthe door far enough to see the" unwelcome intruder and blazed away. The shotesevered the rep- tile's vertebrae within a few inches of the head, and snake?`Nog 12 was writhing on the oor in the throesof death. ` ' 'l`1sn nnnnnrnnnn l\fV." .IIA nnnnn nnnlrn reptile.` He saw the trail n 011 but! uuul.` us hue uuxuuarus uuauu. The appearance of -the second snak at the house remindedeMr. "Drew of. the suggestion made at the store the day be- fore. To verify path taken by the ladies on their return to the house , on ;Monday,:.dr1;(g1ging the . > .0 by the second rattler -in" lcrossin in sectionio .. _....-..&`lu u-.1ncnnR I-'un'Ir'I 7|` 113 #115 nnnbn \ J \ tithe? went over the t BUUUIIU. .l'u IaI:l.UD `U1 'Ul. UDD.Iu ' Q nwuvnunwu. aVre_cent1y- lowed eld, .1` us the snake, guided so e1y~`Uy scent} had travelled about thtfee-q31,art,ers.o_f a..,n_1il_e,,and._hqd even entet-od`the abode of man in search of his maV1:e;-7-De,_kea:ts,_ewn ?(-1).J)'~ corres- pondencelpinbigngati fEnqujrer .' ' ' In th`e:`;'ecen.uf:i;;_:`g-)'1;'1;1i-p:l.;.'Qt-1-;Ivo.(p`;)+r-' exititl- ed An Englishman in Paris," and at-. Vtributedhto Sir Richard Wallace, there . is an i_ntoresting;anecdqo of the elder Duma8_, `illustrating the fa_!`n o`us q.uth_or s ard had gone to canon the creator of Itlnvuin` ('3-Ind-n amt 1.-e.~.1~.hu"ahun4I; VV& C-IUI-IUD ll UIICII IILUILIVIIII. K uuuma V _ _ . relates sire1uohara,=av-snhaara av 1 menhgil =atiid.;?IJwvou1d .`aoona_'..:.wast}; until .3 our aiLwisitorb: L'g!9`;lg;_. 4 .1:--_Lx1-.:.z. Li...-t.-- m;.u...-...-_.uL.'..~;-1.2.. . uru. IIWI SOHO WU U811 -UH IJIIU UL'UDIIUL' Us into a1~o'om*ad'oming he~host s Isi:udic`>`, 1.1.. ...._._A. dual _`44 `Ll... AA` _. 3-- 4-4- l:he'np_`vb1int,Vvgs;al _ e` Ivrther in comi puny \vith"'nn:o1t;. ; at Wh9$ 1.1_w$S.i3I1121y`roarins. " v-._ v.._.'-_`_ .~?._. _,. ..._._._ ' I 0 aTo611i* ad oming 11? 1353; ' ii;iii`i'oT," the servant `g.-him to go in, as M. nnnnn -uinna nlnnn Air I-`Inf vnnvnnnf " IIIIU HUIVGI-Ill 1 All: _ 5.11511: vu guy ua, Dumas was alone. --`~`At that momen , ....1..4..... ca-..1::..a.....1 ~-.u:I1nI..u...-2 . nit mam He` Iaaughed : I , ,`A`,,_ ;,`_, A RATTLER S Love. Lbolod Dretentlycf` , _ _ ;___. -I_ F`. pro- h4i.' to a'e by 193 nd' . at "I`il`I"*l'Ior )o"I.` . _ABeeeuee the rose must tede. -; ,- - Shall I not love the tone`? Because the summer shade : Peeeee when winter blows. ` sun 1 notreetxnethere. In {Inn Ann] 431-9 ..:v.:a `J \.. I. `aw "_ us{+..e nosE';as~f__;g.qg.i, HIS BROTHEBKS WIWOW. Oh, yes, said old Mrs..Men'yd'ew`,r I told John s- wife that you "wasn't P168866. with the match-that ooked. higher for a man ' e your. brother that was,a college? tna . 1iC1<; nel Brantley aw 3 frowned 38 Ya " `A ` h "Was that necessary, mother? said e. ' lady compressing her thin lips. She was only a. shop-girl in a fancy store in New York, anyway you can x it I 4:04:11 H nnza `Rs-o,n+Jnv nlnwlv and sun It was the truth," answered the old ' ouhad` Keeling Burr L01` gnu 5.Ll'.|. That's nonsense, said old Mrs; Merrydew, sharply. She's nothing to ` us, now that poor dear John is dead and buried. And I- m glad she's safebakzk at her store in New York, selling ta and ribbon, and making bi eyes at t e next foolish young fellow t at wants to lose his heart across the counter." ` 14117-- `..`I..`.\ n.n6J~cv9 JVBW 1011:, anyway guu. uau aux nu Still, said Brantley, slowly, and as if he were thinkin aloud. f`I can?t help feelin so for e ' 1." |`|7I"I-ngml-'1: o 1 nnianngir V nl Mf; 1080 D18 nears HA:-runs uuu Uuuuuva. < Was she pret ?. Colonel Merfydew asked, meditative y. ' ` A Why, yes, unwillingly admitted Mrs. Merrydew. Pretty in a bold, black-eyed gypsy sort of way. I never liked her looks. but she had. no faculty atall. When your father's health failed andlwe had to come South, she wanted 1 to stay there in the old house where John was born. Taint as if I could have trusted her to take care of things-- a silly, city-bred 'rl, that wouldn't 1...... o `R-.-omcm fnw f-mm n. Plvmduth "Vsi'11,T icity-bred "rl, wouldn't know a Bramah fow from 9. P1 outh TRoTck, or one of our red gi iower apples from a. Baldwin. No, no, I wasn t such a. fool as that. So Iput 1'1-:_.-... 'l'J'--..`I.... :-. Alma:-no n I-Mo Foil-n1 W381! B Isuuu an Luw. an uuaau. uu + yuv Hiram Huxley in charge of the farm, and now that he has died,and the widow has rented it to someone else, I don't feel abit easy about it. - So if on could spare time when you go to ew York, Brantley, I do wish you d go there, and see to things a little. o ., Colonel Merrydewt smiled. Set your dear old heart at rest, mo- ther, said he; I will make an especial Bilgrimage to the old farm in your be- n'l "2 , half." " So it came to pass that upon one gold- en September aftemoon Colonel Brant- ley Merrydew came Walking up the lane to the `old Merrydew farm, on whose green turf his footsteps. had not trod in more than twenty years. a 1+ ....-... 4-..mn+v vnovn n-innnhn I-m nrrmn IDOT6 Ullall bwenuy ycuaa. It was twenty years sincehe had gone South to seek his fortune. Twenty years since he had stood a boy, full of vague boyish hopes and impossible as- pirations, on life's threshold. He was a middle-aged man now, with locks threaded with silver, and crow s' feet aronndhis eyes, yet -here were the old pine trees, apparently not -a day older than they ever: had been; the; "moss- enameled roof glistening in the sun just` as it used to gl-isten, the same old? inks ` blossoming along. the path, the ' very tufts of southern wood exhaling the subtle fragrance. For time, relentless tyrant that he is, sets: his mark on Nae ture s,peaceful brow. - _ V John had waved goodbye to him twenty years ago-the fairehaired, dreamy-eyed little, laymate whom he had never since be eld. He had `made some effort to see J_ohn s widow as he camethrough New 3York,% but in vain. At the fancy store where she had once had a situation the` at . proprietor knew` nothing of her.` {'\rn- unnna `natal xrrnw Ril the said. They're alw notnmg 01 net. , - .y Our. young ladies grow restless, sir, ays trying to bet- ter themselves. And m very so that Mrs.:Men-ydew hasn't left her a - dresswith us. `T , _- ` 1 He cameup to the front door in rather a. melancholy mood. He had e ected ` ' tond everythin going to wrec and a decay. A -But on t "e contrary, the fences I were newly. .painted, the blossoming l plants`-were tied to neat green stakes along the paths, the `grass was shorn as smooth as velvet, while at the rearqof` the house he could see the cattle coming slowly home to: be milked, their bells playing a silver-sweet monotone as they navnnn Hm nnnltrv van! was fnlluof iIB319`;o10r; 91% #I9?'mI19netry4o?V9r' _ hp; ans} 08&!n;.w1tJn.@;_-hu;1nl+; - nty vv,1,_11ch`,n,11ght gpnost htworaoomed- s comigjlg -/L - ., .`.i`.;Bing1..inN'3w .$York,~ . ltchoug'ht.. I ` `V .1:,ai,ih 1119 iv 3 2q.,g.r.`m .`-;%'x: 4} `q ,,;,-5': "I ` youareyleasodwith it? ,-' ~'_ V . ` 'a`ua `dneIvnnII1!nl` .nn11'n playing 1!: uuver-awuvu LHUHUUVHU an out: came; the poultry yard was full.. ...1....-... 1...... `aria nnnbn; tho nlmnn warn name; but: -pUI.uu_y Janus Ivan can - vs Elam hens and cocks; the sheep were ndd ed in their. fold; the _ droves of you turkeys and guinea fowls made a. soft c ucking.;Veven the burnishedaocks of (,1ov'eswere_-uttering a sweet` cooing on therbarn roof in the sunset. :x1"I'-I`I-| _u..I IVAIA-an` `.l\QIIOIVl1AIII `A DRE; UB1` .001. All Ipuv Uuuuvu. `V`.I-Iallo! said . Colonel Merrydew to himself. S9me` one is_doing.justiceV to the..o1d place, whoever It may be.-- - . .I:I'4....`Inmn`|mA. .- A -4-.1-itn > mni.nm-vnnt by " Certainly. A ~._,.M;_'s_..,-lBumey `came in presently, a 1ieaut1fn1-darkeyed-yonng-woman,--1n _~ `I; . lcalicd-dread, cg-snow-wmue.~1inon:co 5 `5!1`1~ . (aura rem p1ed`h:ni1sanc 5,}: ._ eitorhini as she entered. : [ e A'!=I*am1Go1onel.Brant1eyA Merrydew, ` -I.`i."3.`.'..3'.T""qn&1iEi'c"idti-31:1 HOTEL. Ah. yes. the rose Fades. and the sunset skis Darken. and winter. blows ' All bare, and music dies- ` ' `V Therefore. now is to me Eternity 1 . . T -Righard Watson Gilder. in the Century in > ' tLr{:X `..';`:`3'.|.1_?~u;r3: ' you are leased with ft,-`iii`;"* ; she remarked-calm_ y. `AFI never saw thmgs in Vner condi- `ah. 15 on uram; withwhumal-, A06 . }.1s1g_x(_1a.I-Ix up gpw ~ Va` mm :s\bneia.1; Manna '1'. Let inevgrink 15mg 1 ,_ _ ` `Kenn mnnin hath nn nnwar Kmt mo;nol:x1tt}- ;-a*Iragruuu uuuu Ge 31 3-` W` r.;,,:'... ~ ="1b5333 is91%?ea3h.` -` 1l'lh-n -1! thin ifnh 7-A nnnn .. . . 1'31; NOBTHIBB ;CE .hg-Jinan nu. Jnspun % 61'? I T Barn no hnin " aha Anlwdlnn LIN-De . boy an J on the vnna fnka 't'nv1'aIn' ` : %*:1*:m:= M a:z....P".h*v~ ':fw`o, . `e goover e . "'_,, :oIf`y1_1.h`9.V_6 n'o`objection'." _ __ on alittla straw. hat, w1th 3 pnnninu B -3131 .na\u1 -1I'H'}| .}|`nlI_'Ir `Inna- .. Dl.lD..blI[Il uI.I;o-ulwsv ou.u`.w-vuov; vvlvu II droopmg b.-1m,~edg9d~ thblack lace; "-dnnniu-n:"11\Inm'n v\`o1uo`nA" hilt` IlIUUpl5 H.111! 1l5V|l wuau `rea.ched dow'nj ` _l,' ' 81.; word or two of on to buxom V maid sh setforth this noirel but of c.-sn-unnL:Auu1` V - 9%? she s'aid,. when it was over," gwhgt `.0 you think, Colonel Merry- ew , V. ` . . , Mia. Burns is an ezoenent farn1er,w~ . .he said. ~ deed, ' non wanna `Ban y\`nnhnt` 1u;1\ 1321111`! I `IQIIA l.l.lUl','V . uu aauu 1&1` . . Luucvu, Luauulu, 5 am more than 'ple.a.`sed-with; what I hnve seen.-" ' , " But you will remain at the.ol.d.plaoe all night? she said; with a g_ra(;ious'hos- pitalityt which became her well. - You will my guest fora littIewhi_le? , ~ ` If yourzinvite me, he answered. What strange, - sweet spell was there in this Mrs`. Burney, this dnrkeyed, ; ve-faced little` creature, whosat in je old chair where mother used to sit`! Colonel Me dew remained at the farm a. week. hen" he returned to New York for a. fewda s. Thenhe .came out asecondtimetot e farm. So that it was nearly the rst of October when he d at last decided: that he must positively return to Alabama. 1:..- 'n.-._..... ........ -1-.....1:.u-. nu-6:-In `Imhrn return 130 zuuuuxuu. Mrs. Burney was stadin with him on the-old portico, where -t e*1-ed and gold maple leaves uttered softly down at the touch of the sunset wind. They had grown to be real, cordial friends by n. :`.. Hum I-Ln A'In.hn.'rnn n.n1n-nnf and Mrs; ULIU U\I\cl\Il-A Va. vnnv |J\OA-Dca\vII vv ---_. _._- 33:1 friends b`y this time, the Alabama co1o_n_eIan'd Mrs; T)._-. .... IvBnrney. n vr ULIJ-I FUR-