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havei posnte} 5` QUIITI, `vuv nibetter night} `to be travelling roun ._-. .._.. .- , :' we h!4._h!\d a; if? it'1`onnd_whero we it. it on1d n t have acted "any fbetter. {It kept under the clouds most of the` time,-` . aothere wait no danger of our being dis- nnvnrn - "2215;;.,:;;;:1.;2;r:.;[*{ 1; ..`;';."*;*;..: :t.`;`i; under an apxlwlle tree, an they tooktheir ,gta.tions by t 6 window. V "I`I1n1rV1\a 1'|Ql\1l!`\` 1-nu-1'5`: I-`an:-n 1rr`\n+ " V`:' up to the house as noise- Iessly gs go ngany cut: when . `looking for & 5113,1180. and ' peaked into the kitchen. wm or. u1I.-_ __.._.u_ __ _ , , -It 1 0 u 1 A "'1`h_ar warn t no candle burnin , but from the light that come from the re- laae we could see the widder and the eacon asdglslain as day. Hehadhiaarm over. her oulder, and every once in a while her head would move over to his, and he would giveher 9. smock that we conld?1ea.r outdoors. V ` on 4114...]. 1'__`..L 1 _.._ 2.. L1_- :-__-_.I_ IJUDIL, .I. WISH I. Will 11]. IILIU UUUUUHB .plI-9 . said Sam Parker. `I d give the (113 I311`? anvnn `I110-(1-inn Clsnf n"IA1'l1(\11]I1 .1111`? mu GKISUI. .l.llglVU IIIIU 0 old lady sgme hugrgmg that she would ` remember. T \ urI'!L- '::JJ-..o_ I_L, , 1 , , _ _ __ _ The widder's late pardner` gave a groan as though his feelings were ter-` ribly hurtat whathe see going on before 1 his eyes, but it was not loud enu to ` reach the ears of the couple, who were so taken up in courting thgt they could hear or think of nothing else. WA "u.-nil-nil .. `l.'J.J.1- ___I.:1- 1-.. _.-.. -._,`.I or think net111ig`e`1-se. V ` We "waited a little while longer, and then were ready to carry out our plans. "A11 nvnnhf {Mn -turn nlinnl-n nnf 1-non]: sun's. R mm L iight. J HG UIVUUEHU wuu IILIUILI WLLUJU we call punk-which is 9. sort of rotten wood which shines in the dark-and this they held up beside `em, and made `em look as though they had jest come out of brimstone, so ghastly was the A man): I` T uszlkllui being ready; L10 d Hall-who took the part of dead _oshua-gin. an `I `I7f111 fFI'!\ TI UUUR IIIIU pad. I awful groan. ` ` A 5 +111: an`! Jul 51. van. - ' As the sound reached ther eara.ithe leacon and the widder s rang to their feet and looked town!` the window, scared nigh `about out of their wits. What they saw made their blood run cold, and feria minute their feet was fastened to the oor. ` .-a A __.u|_ __ _...--_. ._-___.1-.'I :.. L`I...'..`........ Xi:1n'.`IIUl..I.U\1 UU IIHU .l1UUl'u Another groan -sounded in their` ears. md they jumped as though they had been shot. ` V One look through thewindow seemed to turn `em to stone. an-11.-.. _;.--_1 LL- .1--__..v.. ._.:- ......I LL}. LU l4U1'l.l ULIJ. DU 5UULIU Thar stood the deacon : wife and the widder s late pardner, with` the ghostly .ight 3'.-playing about their heads. -I l"|n4- Mann mama nhnufn av-irfhf. 1111+. nf Jguu u-pmyxug -uuuuu uwu` uuuun. "That they were ghosts right out of the graveyard they hadn't the least doubt in the world. A u 1/\L .l--......l AL T1..L.......-. I? any` `Ln uL- u.1u uuuu. LUK. cm uu near. With a`- yella they dashed from the ! room out into the kitchen, and through it into the woodshed, and almost afore we knew it they had got out of doors, ` .n;d hand in hand were streaking it to- ` wards a neighbor who lived nigh about half a mile away. ' u"l|.n ml-.zsa4-n nvnvn o an-nan 'In1-Inr than Hall a LU..l1U away. The ghosts gave a groan louderthan before, and started on arter `em as fast as their legs would let em get over the ground. . { - . I-1:-II; 4-fhninnr-nn and Han winr were gruuuu. z . but the-deacon and the widder were eet xhfoot, and they kept good the dis- tance atween em,- _and got under cover afore the ghosts could overtake `em. u`D:`l1nnni| Tnvt` nn-inn 'har~k~u111A1'A ius, Globe Vglvl 11 work ' ' u un. Lulu uuuuuuru. ;' `Gbsh, I wish I was in the deacon s '33 an-::` entry: 1)..-Jun... `TL! `J..- &L- arore tue guuubu Uuluu Uyuxuunu mu. Billy and Lloyd come back` where the rest `of us .,were, and _s_t1vippe off their d1 1ds,v and then we all went home well satised with what fun we 1,_J U.Ull.'JU U-I IJLLU \'VU1'.|..u. `Oh, deacon! oh, Patience 1 sad the .:wn ghosts together,` in a. hollow voice, ut. 'o .1d enu fOr. em to hear; `.117.-A.1- _~ _._`I1 L`l_-_ :I_..1.-.'l B...-..... J-kn ,4-`Iain - I130. ' . The deacon and the owidder were dumb as to what they had seen. ' To the neighbor to whom they had ed they sed they'd come in `cause they thought it was going to rain. Asgthar wan t the least sign 0 it in the world, the nei h- bor thought what they sed was kin er E;`f5nbt iI v7$i`.? E1<'$'$` "` W W They had brought with them what in no.1] hrIn1r__1I7'hin11 -in a unit} A? Ivnffnn Tthin. . . - T But the scare they got was too good to keep. Sam Parker's wife told'1t to -Susan Richards, and she told it to Fen Ball, and it wasn t long afore every living soul in the place knew all - about 4- 51.7: it. 11:. . . The deacon and the widder got hold on it at last, and the were. as. mad as March hares. The eason sod he would give em eomethin to talk about if they wanted it, and t e very next Sunday d the banns were pubshed in meeting, and as soon as the time come round Elder Pettengill j ined em together. (1 'Ln Annnnn Iflan Q. Gff. -l'.`i1(191' 'I'9EB6!lg11l J Luau Du: .I~5vuuvs. The deacon made a. greateweddin , to which the ghosts were invited as we .... J-`an man` _ LU Wluuu uuv as the rest." A Batch of Denitions Sentggo a British _ Paper. This is the one that won: A "`Fightin_g with. the scabbard when the sword is broken. IIV1..- `4\`1;scu.`O|4-D nun AIAUVIA U18 sworu 13 urunuu. The `following are some of the beat et: eifxm "&k `2. The power a. man has to ea "no when he knows his wife wants ' to 811% `.`yes. .` _ earlessness free from foolhardinell. The chivalry of nature's knighthood. That which enables one, when gh - ing against adverse ` circumstances an `knocked down, to rise` and. try another _round. ' , ` ` ' Theheart of. a lion is the body of a man. a ` The best remedy for despair , The force which converts an ordin man into a hero. . Honestdaring without caring. % The absence of fear in the presence of danger, ` - ` The courage to do the right thing at the right moment. , _ 9 ' i Irrespresaihlei stout.-ha.rtedines6_-r That` which keeps a_ man np_when he isdown. g- 4 The . spring of courage. and the mo'ther"o_f success.` Mom grit.i-London 'ria-Biu. T Whale: In the Anlgarotlc Ocean. ` A San Francisco firm is about to at- tempt the~reviva.lvof.wha.1in in the Ant- ` nrctlc ocean, which has not 21 carried on for as many 3325 years. `A quarter of a century *3 o the` catches of sperm and right wig es to be excellent there, and Whalers `are now of the o inionlthat ;.thefsouthern seas will again _ _...1 - .....-.au..~1..1..-.A..1.: Gnu nnnrnfihlf ..'.. D1nl0n,vnu.b ;-uuuauuuuusu. wan w u: uawau a 0rd at 5-o.table'~e1d for opera.tions.+- ,Njew!Yo Tribune. ` _ V A`W6Uu 15 an suuu uuav gguvvu an u dance out_of esird limits. ' Any j ...-_. 1.--...-... 1. -IIIAAI` "I17 nnl\lI.`II`i'|l7 aa`c `< )`1;1`%_k;:fwdle:`s'i'{-.3'd"1.iUx'r;i`t .V' "Aim; "pifit may become a weed by escapingfrom cultiyation.- Many plants that. w1t_h us are hig`1_1.1,y_este_emed, in other count :-iea ......... .. 1:rnn9..whil9. on the other IGIUBSBIIIUU, 1'11 ulauur Uuuuunuc ow_aa;weeds.;,wh1,1e, on the other ' ` and, our wgeds; a.ro;: in otherrqountries, Jometimes 11_1gh15%% p1-ized. The: correct -.....;. .'.a 4-1.5 mm! dnnnh nlfnrtathar on nuuu,- Ul.u' WUUuo~uav,`- Lu uuuu. \I Jomvetimeis highly Thy", ?5'r'6c" of `the word d'9pBpd'sA `altogether on ` circumstances.--Gloh-;Domocrat. 4 Frances wi11a:a:c1aims that the` am- `ount=qt ifprce axe:-1:oc1`t:n'given moment . bo'c,!nL .j *thi.V?9.8t.0t Women)! 8.1-. won1d..1 if. 99` 99,1. h IQIIU W `."`. .0, and Merrimnc, whil It` x":'i'iZ` """'" theimilln between: gga 6-tho: cexidensoch if; force of their tight shoes. it itvoould be applied, would run many J -- ?T-j"T :25 Furniahiad. Perwise prom] A=wed is a+p1ant that grows in abun- ;.-.-- ...-A. -0 ...:-u:1 linn-n Av nhtnt WHAT Is Pggcm ' WOCCII-Io ; s Lu- lulu`,-usvgsuyuy ya ya. avvsu-an auvucvu {there is an amusing account given of a visit he paid to." one of the Western; Islands to ainan who was celebrated in the ` dis- trict for hisgreat age. The doctor found old man (-we -can only quote from mem- ory) `sitting on a bench outside tl.e house, and give him the usual greeting: I heard that on were a very Vwouderfulv old, man, and ve come to see you. 1t. ll be _my father ou want to see, said the old man `of the nch. `So the visitor went inside, and there, sitting over the peats, was avery old man indeed, .bent and doubled up, but still for all that with all his wits about him. Good day to you, said the good doctor; I have heard about you, a very wonderful old man, and I ve come to see you. Then he, too, declined the imputa- tion and pointed with hi_s stick to the n ben of the house. It ll be my father 1 you want to see, said this old man of the I reside. So there, in the hen, the origi- nal Simon Pure was discovered at last, a very, very ancient old man indeed, as may well be imagined.-Macmillan s Magazine. A A _ woman appeared on the streets. of Canton`, Miss., recently who attracted much attention. She has a perfectly white face and hands and short kinky hair, with the features of a negro, says the New Orleans Times-Democrat. The woman said that she was born black and remained so until she was 15 years old,when she suddenly turned white, remaining so for one year, when she turned black again. Since that time she is alternately white and black. not only in spots, but changes color entirely. She is fairly intelligent, and says she has never had aspell of sickness and has never taken a dose of medicine. She lives near Sallis station, on the Canton and Aberdeen road. ` She says she cannot stand the sun at all, and wears a double veil and heavy gloves. She says if the sun shines on her skin for one minute it causes it to blister at once. She has been examined by physicians, who are unable to account for the change in her Cl C ulm color. Philately is a study. It is a pursuit that adds more to the life of the young coilector than any other of his pleasurer. Philately in the present generation is assuming vast proportions as an instruc- tive scieuce, and is even now a formidable _.....I At ...n-nu.-nntunn WA Innnor in it UHVU HUIUIIUV, ELI II UVULI LIUW u Avalauauuvnv `rival of numismatics. No longer is it called a mania or a craze, but a science teaching the geography, history, language . and the morals of a country. Our phil- atelists are not mere school boys and girls, although they collect stamps, but men (f mature minds, men well established in business and professions, men of sound judgment, intellectual and thoughtful men. And it is this fact that gives the young collector encouragement, the knowledge that such men do exist in the ranks of philatelists. Iii the of Dr. No:-mad VMcl4eod lugmn 3:: an nnrnanhmn nnnnnnt nivnn A` 1 uinif. stub of Thought God made the owers for the sunshiu e to play with. ' A kiss is double barreled bliss. Matrimony comes in sealed packages. Avarice in green persimmon: to tho 5311 soul. 1'`! soul. . _ Pleasure is na.rr.nw ; happiness is wide. The wise man holds his tongue in his i *2?- '_ _ _ L_'I`:_.. V ._.'La-L lkn nana. , There in no telling what the world would have been like if women had been ; created ret. metead of lent. Plain living is long living. Theology never saved 9. soul. ` A `women never afraid. of a brave Bmck One 1791!!` an-.1. White the Next, V the system_ after La Grippe, pneumonia, fevers. and other prostratrating acute diseases; to build upneeded esh and strength, and to ~ restore health and vigor when you feel run- down and used-up, the best thing in the world is Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery. It promotes all the bodily functions, rouses every. organ into heathfufl action, puries and enriches the blood, and through it cleanses, re- irs, and yinvigorates the entire system. For the most stubborn Scrofulous, Skin or Scalp Diseases, Dyspepsia. Biliousness. and kindred ailments, the Discovery is the only remedy thst's_gum-anteed. If it doesn t benet or cure, you have your money back. Can you think of anyh ` more convincing I than the promise that is ma e b the proprie- -tors of Dr. Sn.ge s_ Catarrh Rem y ? It is this : If we can't cure your Catarrh, we ll pay you i $600 in cash. During a performanee by a negro min- strel company in a_ town near New York \ one of the end men related a story that probably a few in the audience had heard heforesit occasionally happens that way `at the minstrels. The joke had barely 'been_uttered when a big tire hell on a building near the theater sounded an alarm of tire. The minstrel stopped, as- sumed a shame-faced appearance, then remarked in a contrite tone : I-1 knew it was a chestnut, but I didn t`suppose you were going to ring it up on me that way. The mirth on the stage at this `re- . mark was as great in the audience. ' . From` The Far North. IN northern climates people are very subject ` to colds, but the natural remedy is also produced in. the same climate. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs, colds, ~ hoarseuess, asthma, bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Price 250. and 50c.. and Ialanul nv-all- ALL Kllr uuu Luna lsvuvov-u as`--- ___. ,_ Bad Blood cured. GIINTLEMEN,--`I have used your Burdock * Blood Bitters for had blood and nd it, with- out exception, the beat purifying tonic in use. A short time ago two very large and painful boils came on the back of my neck, B. B. B. completely drove them away. - Sam: In. Bum, Toronto Junction. _A pure l'o_r nvsvonuu. ` . Dyspe a 18 a prolific cause of such diseases as bad b ood, consti tion, headache and liver complaint. Burdoc Blood Bitters is guaran- teed to cure or relieve dyspe ia if used accord- insz to directions. Thousan s have tested it with best results- 1 , _ -__.l__ --.j En:-nlmlnm VVIIILL VUDII I vuu-av-c . For Sp'rnlnu and _ NO other remedy cures sprams, brmses, cuts, wounds, chilblains, sore throat, rheuma- ;:-..... -4... an nmmntlv an FI'survnrd s Yellow 1` wounus, cnuuuuu-5, nun: uuunu, l.uuI.uua- tiem, etc., so promptly as Hagyard s Yellow Oil. It is an old standard remedy that has given perfect satisfaction for 30 years. ' A Vuluble lint. When you are attacked by cough or cold do not dela but commence atonce to use Hag- yard e ectoral Balsam. This old standard remedy removes ;all irritation, -loosens the phlegm; and healsthe mucous surfaces, curing coughs andicolde ol _e11 kinds. . 3 t . _ A can for Headache. ; v Headache arises from constipation; bed blood j or liver complaint. As B. B. B. these eomp1ainte'i_t is naturally the successful hesdufcheicnre existing. Once theeenee is removed the hesdache vanishes. . You lay lava at This Before. B,un>n3.l`o:_-V an` Old Man. The Study of Phnately. '.'l.'o Bruce Up. In a dangerous eniergency, :\`-:I=:R 3- CHERRY PECTORAL is pronzpg to :.::.t and sure to cure. A dose taken on _the r.-A symptoms ofCroupor Bronchitis, checks further progress of these `complaints. It softens"the phlegm, sooths the in- amed membrane, and induces sleep. As a. remedy for colds, coughs, loss of voice, la grippe, pneumonia, and even consumption, in its early stages C excels all `similar preparations. It is endorsed by leading physicians, is agree- able to the taste, does not interfere with digestion, and needs to be taken usually in small doses. ." From repeated tests in my own family. :_\_y_cr':-L Ch Pectoral has proved itselfa very cthcient` rem y for colds. coughs. `and the various dis--- orders of. the throat an Pittseld, H. lungs."--A. W. Bartlett. '1 4 .qn A :1) BES'l`__ V v I have recommended it to hundreds. Ind the most effective way of taking this mcdicme is in . Small and frequent doses."--T. M. Matthews, P. M.. Sherman, Ohio. \ -4 It 0:` n` ,_1 l'__-_-, A --1A . ....LL!...,.. L.-J4... n uvaunnu, `nu nu For thellast 2;; years I have been taking Ayer"sV or Cherry Pectoral lung troubles, and am assured that its use has $aVe!..!V',Lif% _ I 12...! AL- 171.. Ollcl Illau, \lIll\.h My wife suffered from a cold ; nothin helped her but Ayer's Cherry Pectoral whicn c cctcd a. ct_:vre."--R. Amero, Plympton. N. S. . Ayer sG%|14yry% Peptoralv Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer` & Co., Lowell Mass. 3.-....-`I. L4 ggl. 4---g & gnnnn I Ivyulwu u, I110 J: `/0 `.1... u. `,V., ..v..... . Prompt _to act, sure to LU!) ru_.)1' a. rut- _. _ gstive Medi- 9 01118. They are u. R Bnoon BUILDER, . Tome and Bacon- smuowon. as they 0 supply in a. condensed ` form the substances the 111.001). and also 'nvigcrate and BUILD UP the Bnoon and Sysrnn. when broken - down by overwork, tmental worry disease. `excesses and indiscrr tions. They have s. Srncmo Ao'noN on he SEXUAL SYSTEM of restoring LOST vmon and correcting all mnnaunmxwzm and surranssrons. EVERY in his physical powers physical an mental. :In-Qll IIIQIIIII :1-unn`l 5.415: H-xnvn, PILLS. The will restore his lost energies, both EVERY IWIIII "i`Li1`3y::u";of7u.1l"`sEio7-- , . pressions and xrregulstities. which inevita. entail sickness when neglected. Yllll IE %`i1"e`"w`1"nc`&'1~es i5`- suits of youthful bad habits. and strengthen the .~ a vuntn alum: VI. yuuuusu we-u nuwaw, -an .u......_._ --- . system. . `_'l_||_l I VIOIEII W s".=::3; make them resmar. For one by_ all druggiats. or will be sent upon ! receipt or pr1oe(50c. per box), by addressing , THE DR. WILLIAMS MED. 00. Brockvillo. OM. 5 . 7 _, Take care that your draft: on your plzysical endurance don ! come back toyousome day marked no funds. Take SGOTT S h9rryPt9Lra'.A j--$-::_ : .__. Of Pure CodLiver Oi|&Hypophos hites to increase your energy and :o ma e good - your account at the bank of health. 77' (`UP Rs` 7 am: all Iurma w nuuuu .u............ l Almost as Palatable as ilk. Be sure | you get t/ze genuine as tlzere are poor z'mz'- | tations. | \ PI-cared onlz bl Scott & Bowne. Belleville. '} 2r~`Z~`; 2e`Z" : CDIISUMPTIOII, scnoruu, I BBOIIBIIITIS, caucus, cams } an!,aII forms of Wastirg Diseases. 1 V - , -4 __ 1)_l-4-I.l- n '/b R; cur; nu I-IIVAO Uvunu lug Iuvuu an _ ~n-Anni nn :1 an d irrezul nntiei cases 0! 101] Blallubupo rmu; (IV 1.11 uabnnvw Bent bgm on race: to! p:3'eU`B' a.ddrea'sii_1& cum: IIEIIGAI. 00.. |8 Anew; 81'. an T080! For Sale in Barrie by Geo. Monkmsn and D. E: Mnolnren. Drugglata. _ . \JUl.|.|Ill.I P. 0. Box 73. Bur`:-lo. P 0. Box 7. Allsndsl x=:~*.: ".'%"JF.G3' 'EEBf.`"' on o T '91` ' U8 when Dr, CL/rill; vea immedmte rehet? In a hands o ousms it has proved perfectly invaluable. t Never Falls even in cases of Ion standing. PRIDE $|.OO 8-13 'D1'ugg1'-st! b m price b addreeein mum .n:umA| M m Ansum: Sr. Ext IIIIIIIITIE THE ADVANGE 2 1 TON 7 - \ Rxch in the lung-healing virtues ofthe Pine combined with the soothin and expectorant properties of other pectora herbs and barks. A rem-ear cane FOR 4----.. Ann!` 3133 EN?/Wig-"`;%j7'ii=i"i'e 5 1~":.'3 .L`..`]J`:..._ \.iL)_Li$l'l I-Ilvna \r\a-nu`: Hoarseness, Asthm Bronchitis Sore Thro.-:03 Crag? and all TI-IR AT, Bnoivcnuu. LU G DISEASES. Obstinete cou hswhich resist other remedies yield protnptfy to this pleasant piny syrup. PRICE 250- AND 800- FIR DOT?`-lo Qn av All nnunnllfl. ll Fnrsvr _\vvn- - COUGHS AND c5"1.os `9--------.. A .51.... Ila-nun-hlc. Sam 'l`h|-n31 11:: LONDON GUARANTEE ac` ACCI- DENT oo._. mmrmn. , R. SULLIVAN DAVID. ' 1 Commissioner for Quebec. " Ilno '7` fl-i-I-In - _ AYER S DR. w'_ oo1_) s cune GUARANTEED C711... I..- Lcunul-J42 ur``\ IIII nun -u 7 399: out: arvwru u -.. -` COLD IV ILL DIUCOlI7In Kfl Anvnnnsn IN . enema cake them. V The; cum all an - us In huh h-|Ao 1.1 `RE NOT a. Pur- nn Ityn AM- if` Photo . ogambq D0EN;I 1 `th of 1 ` ` 3: ith 3a?:ce313{ "what 1 ~ mi? hatred and he breath 01 strife. rig t and justice striving tn be true. ear the burdens that are mine to beer. } ccept the duties of my lot and pleee. . -. world against the right to celml dare. 11 error from my path strive to e ace. ve a creed. then this is creed of mine, or I regard it as of smallest worth. ugh I receive and ever creed combine. Anlna in mv nnnl mm was not birth. brothers me. believe or not lnlieve: . ay bow at C ristian or at Moslemehrine. 11 not at their adoration grieve. ~ - ._ - or ask that their belief be like to mine. we the tempest of conicting creeds. Pharos light burns through the cloudy uiohtn, .l'I1!i.I'UH I131-III uun uc Lusvugu vonv , nights oble purpose answers all our needs. nd mu-elv xzuides us to the heavenly] g the 1111;: ur. um vv. u. w u. Lauri , and the company's oicials were heir wits ends; .for although their detectives and employee had been the alert to discover the robbers for eral mo11 6hs,a.nd. the ssrvmes or is` ous detective agency had been called requisition, all efforts to bring the" ale to justice had been so far un- iling. 9 _ V I`. accident enabled freight engineer y Burton to discover the thieves, and bled the company to recover a. large ntity of the stolen goods. ...t...+.mh'g.1 -mrmnv reward was ten- h Ire `ageing. 1 ceive and creed roommn n my soul race ves not birth. or DUB W115 l;.l'UL|.lUl.l.LI.5 VIULUIJUIJ vv uvu awn. .' the engineer from the court-room, d sobbed: _ Oh, Will, it was horrible--hornblel a ear that man. He will do you an in- . ry` H _ `.'Not for many years to come, was ll`y s grim answer. The judge will ve him about ten years in the peniten- : . Before his sentence expires he '11 have had time to cool down and rget his foolish threats. V : Oh, I hope so! wailed Nettie; but : looked so-so murderous. It makes e shudder even now 1 About a week after the trial,.Bil_1y d Nettie were married, and began usekeeping in a pretty little cottage the end of the young engineer's run, so that he could lay o at me. . . . When a child, Nettiehad often ridden -. the cab with her father, and-as Billy uld not alford to take her upon `an ex- nsive wedding tour, she had laughing- declared that she would make .u neymoon trip upon the big expresses omotive. - 4 ` - ' -V; So it happened thatthe 'mornin after` e wedding found her ugly co _ed up on the engineer's box, ? ooking very A sh and charming in her pretty, neat- . ngwhitedress. V , l j It Won't be. very .whit.%i)6t.- :W1.199; . reach Concord, Isaid: y, kissing ; ' s but_then._I:r,ecl:on,~,-itLl1'?!v V ,_; = seems that she `W h9.kisse ` .' .9nd:.; pm the engine, w `ed"'d_o .. go the dest1:)a4|;ci'l`1erfs`A;e _ H . `m53583'=' I. . ' who was onegt I: Miami nnusmsi. Dd-- emu: up all kinds of . DIGINES, , OOMB8. HES. - A FULL L? LY com-ou tL1(TRIcAL MYSTERY; here had been a succession of extens? freight car robbenes .perpetrat_ad gthe line of the W. C. & B. ra.1l- A om} Hm n.nmmmv n officials were nuty OI tne BDULUII guuua. substannal :_money _rewa.rd wee ten- d him for me servmes, but 1t was ` after being repeatedly urged to t ept it by the p1-es1dent of the road self that he accepted it. _ You've earned it honestly, argued superior, for our oer extended to rybody. Now I m going to do some- g else for you. You have the repu- 'on of being a very careful and trust; thy engineer; and although you are of the youngest men on the road, going to put you on the `Impe- ne of his rst acts was to ``_dress up (1 pay a visit to his sweetheart, retty ttie Byrnes, whose father-o1d arry _ `s-had died while Billy was serv- an apprenticeship at ring on the 'ne which Larry had. run for many nd this was more gratifying to the ` ng engineer than that money re- d, for the Imperial was a. through express of Pullman cars, and .the 'ne which whirled it Vdail from one to the other of the W. . & B. line ` the fastest -and handsomest piece of hanism that ever delighted the heart a locomotive engineer really loving profession and the implements of `his mg. . W 5 . s a further evidence of the trust re- ed in him, and to give him a chance` iecome thoroughly acquaintedswith new charge before he mounted the tboard to take command, Billy was en a two weeks vacation with full gea, and now, Wlui hm: Luuuuy uuau Lu: (1 earned in ferreting out the freight bers and his brilliant . prospects. as ineer of the Imperial, there was reason, Bill? thought, why the mar- ge day shou d not be xed upon. . is sweetheart lived near the middle his new "run" on the. outskirts of a 'sk little town where the railroad eom-- her lover s good fortune, and when pressed her she blushingly consented x the wedding day. - _ A t was nothing strange then that Billy ould consider himself a man very ch pleased and to be envied` when, ` n the expiration of hisleaveiof ab- y oif for several days, to testify in" urt against the freight-car robbers 0 had been arrested through his orts. _ - ettie attended the trial, proud to ar her Will testify. The evidence against the robbers-V-.. nks to `Billy--was very conclusive, (1 they were speedily convicted. - an 4-Incuv morn nqnn 1171 for 911- mgnns. our needs nd surely guides heavenly lleighlzs. erest 1n I118 l11'6I118;Il, uuu uupuruuu uu much `useful information, which ly had carefully treasured ug. 1; his rst meeting with lue-eyed ttie he had fallen desperately in love `oh her, and his passion was as spas- dically reciprocated. or` a year past they had been en- ....:a ....A f|l\1I'Y mi+.1n +.`hn mnnnv that he [arch 9;; 'As9%3.::.:% (1 E116) W611: Kiptscuuy Uuuvuuuvu. - en they were called up for.sen- ce, the leader, a. white-faced, stinky- ed man, turned ercely upon the engi- r, and shaking his doubled st, called wn upon the youn man's head the est and most horrib e curses. I 11 have your life for this, you und! he cried. . ' - _ But the court oicers forced him into eat and com elled him to. be quiet. lfettie had. an sitting beside BILI) , R1` ,._.1_.... A...` ....1.1..... 4-ans-rm 1-nnnn Jnenfs by: cess. . Q8599 na D6311 SIUUIIIK UVQIMV JJGQLJ, u when the robber turned upon her ver, she uttered a. frantm cry and ung to him convulsivel . mm nvoc 1-mmh`Iina vin A-nt'|v when led 'E;e_1:`Wef year. ged, and now, with the money that he -..........'I .'.. J-`A-mn4-inn A111! Hun `F`l'A`i0`hf'. gag t;`a; iI;;";a;am"vgi {~ She was trembling vio ently when led n... .......:.....-... cm-.m +1-m nnurtarnnm, KB. "BY the Wl_W./ Bil1ey_". 3aidTom;V.jyhgn[ ____. MY queen, .from the penetentisry W9 991' f'*`:.'!_"".-"".;; up" Mmw-ti . to be readylfcr 7 that gangxof re1g1x1:fosr%'thieY68 . .. I morning-`A % T . . . % ' "The devi1l"crlodBi1ly..-wxth a. low 1 uv`u3n`1n'n"h*l\I:n`I!in9`! " 1"'nI.i1l(I`I+, I-no ` ' ' lllu -'-IIVVLII UIIUII .. .. . ; I `' 'aIuf=``!=`'``! " W" whistle 'of astonishme`nt. ""I`thought he was safely caged for the n0Xfr$61.l_>y%I3j"" He threatened,you, ,`J_.'6m s, esu; tiozx, end you. better be` on` the` look- ou . V ' mu. .1; an __-.. 1.1. - ._ ..2__._..f_ --..A.-..._A. w`T1 ooh I was the engineerf contempt-. nous retort. He won't bother me. _ 1'I._A. L`l.-_____ AR LL- ...-'I_I_-_ _ . - . - nuns ICU UIIUI Us I-LU VVUII U IIUUIQUL luv. 133% the news of {the robber s escape did annoyshim, and his face was so tn-nun ny'|-|'an'11A |in+.n1~nn fn the Ancrinn lllll auu. 1113 1.129 VVOD BU grave when he returned to the` en ' e that Nettie inquired, anxiously, i he were ill. in. ______ _. a....- 15:11.. 1`.._...L...I `l.....e..4.'. ` wuru 111. To reaasureher, Bill law had ..hea'rti-` ly; but she glanced at ' rom time to tune with anxious eyes, after the train gotvunder way and they were speeding over the steel rails at the rate 91- fty i miles an hour. - ` ` V ` 1-.1__. L1_- 12..-; LL_.L.. ....`1.... .3 LI.` `mono-1 LIJILUD uu. HUUI. For the first thirty miles W of the run the Imperial made no stops, and they had nearly coin leted that distance`, when they entere `a considerable forest \ and approached a sharp curve, just be- fore crossing a high trestle bridge that spanned a roclrrowgulch through, `which r illlbld 8 8 water. V A I A sharp thunder shower had over- brawlingy stream of taken them, and the lightning ashed around them so uncomfortabl close that Bill was obliged to zkee is eyes ` constant y on the track, lest e should ` dash intoiafallen tree. As he a preached the curve he seized the thrott o with one hand and the air- brake lever with the other, .. and leaned out of the cab window. a Like a ash they rounded the curve. As they did ` so, 4Billy's trained eyes saw a. terrible sight. - - Four heavy ties, one on, top of the other, had been s iked` across" the rails in the center of t e bridge. _ , A - LA nuu\'Hn:u` J-`no nun`-I11 r191dAi .W.1.+.I 1n me center or me unuge; - , .. As he realized the awful `da.ngera.wa1t- in him, there was a. blinding%_~aah~ -of - lig_ tning so close at hand_ hthat Nettie, coiled up under. her husband ; oilcoat-, uttered a. sharp scream of aright. A + `-`snranvno Hmn `n.`n+.rn.nl?n. nvernow- U|;lAUl'Ull III BL|.l1l'lJ BULUQHA Va. nun.--D...- . At thesame time `a ` strange, overpow- ering inuence seized on Billy, and he stood rigid, helplessly clinging to the throttle and the brake lever. ' A ;.-..,.1:....... ...mm+:nn Am-4-.m1 +]1`I'('\`l`lQ`]'I th1'0tt31e ana`me D1'a.Ke Lever. A tingling sensation darted through his body, and he could neither move nor speak. _ n.. Rocxho Han nnmne toward certam speak. On dashed the en 'ne toward certain (1est1'11gtion, and il1y s brain reeled with horror. A u.-,1.:....1.. 4-Lmon mug nnnthnr terrible With horror. Suddenly there was another terrible a-311 of lightning, and a great tree in `the valley.` below was splintered from top to base, and fell with a. crash. V ' Q;mu1+.;mmu'n1v the nower of action top to base, anu I611 wwu u uxuau. ; . Simultaneously the power action returned to Bi1ly e paralyzed body, and with his teeth rml set he threw his weight upon both 1: ott1e'and brake F. 1888. 1830.1 lever. - So sudden was the check that the shock nearly threw him from his feet, and Nettie tumbled from her perch. Would he be in time? was the anxious thought that ashed through Bil1y s mind. . Creak! jar! jostle! _ . Would it never stop?- . Slower, slower! and with the nose of the pilot not ten inches from the ob- struction, the great locomotive came to a standstill, and Billy, with a cry of joy, reeled back upon his bench unconscious. When he recovered his senses, Nettie wascrying and sobbing over him, and men were coming up the bank, bringing . between them a dead man--the mis- creant who hadksiked down the ties. . Hehadbeen ' ed ashe wasrunningl across the valley by the ash. of li ht- ning` that had seemed to` loosen B` ly s momentary.-.pa.1,`a_1 sis.___ _. , 4- e .- i A -passen er seen h11n;fall and had giventhe V . ?.`Who is-'he?: -'2 wasgthe que 'an:`asked by those who` crowded about e body of the dead man. _ . ' _ Nettie took one_ frightened loo]: at the" dead face, and a` cry of; wonder escaped BUG hog.- Biii Vfinwthe court house. 8 \ rowly; o had escaped death, and with hearts. of gratit1.1d_et-._to the young engineer who had risked-`his-life to save I theirs, made up a. handsome urse on ` giedepot ` and presented it to t e pretty . e. 1191.-.. M...-. .-slnal-mnnnn um!-A rnmhved T e tassen ers, rahzing how vnar-A 1191-, . . . . . . It was the robber who had threatened Bill; in the house. ~ ~ m . ` When the obstructions were removed, Billy was able `to take the throttle again; and with` the body of the dead robber on the oor of` the baggage car; they sped-on to their destination with- ; out further incident. ' " T 1-.:11_,...........L-.1 4-`kn uv`|nn`ln inn-Ar in out ruruner mcluenu Billy reported the whole matter to` the compa.ny,'and -1:39 queer experience got into the apers. " A The ecien cxmen. claimed .>t'o-be ebie to explain how he was ' so suddenly de -" prived of all power tomove, and as end- denly restord t0;the,_fu11-- ession of his faculties, but Billy pre ers to call it An Electrical Mystery. . - V U116 01 but: xuunu uuuuux: Buuuuu 15; .,...~ world is found in Finland. where it oc- ours in many places. It is a natural barometer, and actually foretells proba- ble changes in the weather. ` It is called i semaknir, and turns black shortly before salt and nitre. These facts being known, an approaching rain, while in fine weather it is mottled with spots of white, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. For a long time this. curious phenomenon was a mystery, -but an analysis of the stone shows it to be a fossil mixed with clay and containing a portion of rock the explanation was easy. ' The salt, ab- sorbing the moisture, turned black when the conditions were favorable for rain; while the dryness of the atmosphere brought the salt from the interior of the stone in whitespots on the surface. _ . Tricycle: as Rivals to Street Can. A recent visitor to London, says: that in that city long _tanden_r _trIcycles,~ cap- able of seating exght `O: ;m91fe$a.sseng- one 13 ----. Lncon Ali ` move their feet _ able or seating mguu or : quvav ....? ers, have been . intr-oduced, an`<{ one 1 now being used as a rival to the street cars. The owner of the vehicle occu- pies the front seat, collects the fares and steers, but the passengers have; to pro-, vide the motive gowery . they don't, _ reelmerr made on the Jonrneym _%Snc`,h4_a means 9 V locomotion would not prove a success here, butit-is said that in London the seats are booked " d paid for a week` in i Yo'rk'1`ribune. , _. advance. 4.-_New; . ....."....` "'lVla'n':'n`.l7nn" .;g. , .fsni-kmib-ifozi g. 5; " than twenq,th&1:and persons Vm` Shk9 .r.`3':;;th slim`?! assoigj am6ns.the.*vimorsr~xox = .`=J"1WI.v uu ~ niow co z-rot. `espeards wor . `every year than probably any other nu-i Q1 A Barometric Stone,/;. ' '. _ ~_ .. One of the most curious stones in the-A _.-__`I.`I .. Ba...-um`: 3-rs . \ woes; "Indus not ' the workinsnsthln brain . V ' Anclota What lookato, . -. ,, uepnatatn.- - In Godhpuro t`maf.y o A soar. brought tromsumo-we won eld. Whore thon wauldlt only hint and yield. :' MI! DUI UOKGII `DIE OOIOW The soul has closedin `deadly shy With aoxno` internal ery too ` ' ` ` Whma |rln.noa'wnn1d mam-ch thv nmi -meiiooig um "um run my Bizht. ` : May be`: token that below ' ` 'l'lm nnnl Inn nlnnn-in tlanlv cht; vvun acme muernu nary I0 Whose glanoewould Ioorch 1 And cgst thee. phuddaorinz. 0 Theta1lthondd.reettod' W. Md? be the 3 1': aw1?z'.e.d hand Has suerecj it.~_ , _t he may rise ( And take A rmer. surer stand ; Or. trust V ' less to_ _e_a,rth1y things. May hence orth learn-to V his Win- And judge none lost; but wait and see With hopeful pitg. not disdain. The depth of the a. ye: may be - The measure of the-height of pain And love and gloryethat may raise ' This eo_ul-to God in after days. "Come right in. mister. Nancy t mind the mud, said -Uncle Bill, With a sly wink at me. Deacon Dearborn s wife told Miss Blazo the other day that she didn't think Bill Perkins wife was any too neat." V a `T\i cl-11:9 `hL `'I.____._ In .'..-.I LL.` A11: A DEACON S COURTING. any uyp uvalu _ V T "Dld 5119.?- E`.1`3V hussy I cried the old lady, `ring up instantly. I would talk ! about people being- nasty if I was she I I never seed the deacon look decent. But she ain't bright, nor the deacon, "neither. If? they were they wouldn't have got in the scrape they did when theywere courting, y Uncle .Bi1l grinned until his mouth stretched, almost from ear to ear. Il17'..__!.... _.\.'I.L -`Taluunub I `an nwn1n:vv\nR 5[IrUlIU.HUu., uuuuau LIUIJI DUI IIU VOL. ` You re right,'Nancy 1 he exclaimed. 5 You were never so" blg a. fool as she was then. ' -' . . V How. was that, Uncle Bill 2" I in- quired. h ' _ . Hold yer tongue, Bill Perkins. What a. fool I was to have mentioned it I Aunt Nancy cried. - . Ilnmn A13 uynmnn 1 R111 . lmnn Nancy oneu. . , "_Sartin, old woman I But keep still while I tell him about it. A A fool's tongue is a1waysa~going." ``Then I should think that yours. would be worn o. For forty years it ain't stopped, even when you were asleep. V_ j The old lady Vwa`s:si1ent'.-.p - Deacon Dearbom lived then bout a mile down the road, said the old gentle- man, by way. of -commencing his story. -` `He lost his pardner, and`: in about six. l weekshe was: tearing `round `arter an- other. Some `say that he looked hard at Patience Stillings the day he. put his rst wife under the sod; and more n one that was there made up that minds that . it wou1dn tbe long afore he would be a-courting her. _ H1J`n10 mnnn Hm fnllm were right. It a-courting ner. For once the folks were ri ht. It wan t no time afore it was noise round that the deacon was seeking for another pardner with all his might. He had pitched on Patience, and almost every night he would go, arter it was dark, ` and set her up. The neighbors declared 1 that he ought to be tarred and feathered n for cutting up such capers sesoon arter his wife died, and _thar_`was` some who went so far as to give him and her a cold I shoulder when they went to meeting. l -14 I111... Annnnn I-nnlt I`|TI1`I` nnuj-ting - 8n0'l1.l(16I' wnuu `buoy wuuu uv l..I.|vuvu.I5. "` The deacon kept up "his courting as i lively as tho h he hadn't been more n twenty-one. t s etonishing to see what a fool an old fool; can be. He seemed proud of what he wasdoing, and wanted everybody to know it from the White v Mountains to Kittery Point. V Sam Parker, who lived round here in them times`, was as. full of the Old Nickasabeechnut ofmeat. He thou ht it would boa, good ideato ve the ea- con and Patience a scare. e talked it over with the rest of the boys, and we were only too glad to. fall in with him. We felt sure that we -'could_,have a lot of fun, for we knewthat the "deacon was kinder timid, and that he believed "in ghosts and pre-warningeand the like; Hpnnnnn did. 1:00.. She was afraid `agar StrolI__d. ` ghosts 3116 pI'6'VV~1'Ll.|.l.I5B-.uuu uuu unv, .Pa.tience, did, 1:06.. She. was, afraid of her shudder, and didn t dare to go out doorsnrter dark unless she` had some- body with her. Arter we had. agreed to give em a. scam we aetto work to carry it out. We knew that the deacon went to see the widder every `Saturday night, so we pitched uponthnt occasion to give` em a. call. _ . .. r- ....'.'..L...`l 4-A 1,"ar'.'An-i-Ir ear; 6.1:;-1.1;. n'n. 'emaca.u._ . .. ; . " We wanted to keep daxt-k,.so that no- body would get or anything, so we- met in Shark-`fa Mouth, a. cave up in~ Wilder's ,'.I?he"re_we could talk` over matters an fxt- e`m up - without anybody : being` it e `wiser. H WA 1'-ndn -run n`~rn- imiihn tn nriva '1-Itln anynoays pemg `W118 want. A , We made '_|1 our `minds to give,'em_ both a scare. oshua, the widder s pard- ner, hadn t been dead only about six months, so she was nigh out as bad as the deacon was. Proba y why they were in such a hurry was that -they wanted to console one another. - Sam Parker had to let his wife into . the secret, `cause he wanted some other ` duds to rig out Billy White who was `going to play the part of the deacon s wife that _had_gone ahead, as, he ex- . ; Brewed-15 swore his wxfe to-hold l 1 .' er :.tou'_g`ue,'; 'ai1tI`,fer a wonder,` she `di_d -Ana. mm: M her. -clothesv-and `her- -her ;t9n_g;_1e,; B1Sl,2Ier 8. wonuury sue mu`. _ He `got some of her -clothes -and 'bonnit, a.i 1d'we rigged Billy up to look a.e'nea.r as he could to the dea,c'on s' lost wife. His chin whiskers were kinder in the way, butTCy St,'e.nto1isa.i_d,i_t'hat could i ,begotove1".I ._.` ;_ . V. _ . "We wanted to `make her look jest as thou h she was` dead, `so he` put a. white han erchief under Billy e chin and tied it a.-top of his head, and that put the nishing touch to-her. _ umm... Tnnlrnr Jmnw that . the widder nmsmng wucn tuner. _ Eben Taslter -knew that the widder had but) some of the clothes of her dead p ner, J oshua. out in the .wood~ shed and he in ed to steal `em. 'fhey jest mi 4 Ll_oyd~]_Ia1l, so he a was pitched to set ,as_ ghost num- her.two.: . We; were now, and ` waitedfor Sateraday `night to come, to . at our lans. ._ L ,_ `~`.5%`. ... ii-.'ai'. its was` a kinder dark 0 out our puma. .~ en4it"d1d' it. was dark" night, jest ;s'u_ch_a one as we wa.nted.. The in0on "was" about hu1f-g1" ow'ed; a.nd_'it;do'dg a.nd" ont"a.mo1`1 g;the'~` cloud: that: went scurrying ncrou tho- .'I.`.. .- 1?...` unhnno 1 :I"Y`s~_.Y|V<'>`;1."nV';f`7!f1::;`T'5vec'l'f-1"_ `aim mater ferghoattto roumi than tint was. . ~ L uAL._...... 6-Inn: nnnn'l'I l nn wid- than that Atween _ the dot : that was`; piece of w soon as it...wa.s- day deacon : and the _ code, and as k _we_gathered in it,` read fox-[b'us iness. . so to " her was the ing as thou h e had her gm * on,and as or osh Stillings, natnm look; at .;: ; 3. V .. Q IITL --revs." `.1 deacon? wife a-look-: ve clothes" th'at'it px'ade,; xhyf. esh-_cr_eep Anna . nfnrd..~~.. lhe tlookedz i:..7_ . . , . T It won't aqn galore, wevheard oot- stepsarcominsi V 01`! -th<.v;roas1.i Aandin. mnixtfca- a.'1z'i1ne.:tha" . 1u1`fVwgnt",hurry-g ingmy. H6 itli_i9r.iva.ijn'ted; to.gfet`Ou"tf6f , th;9`.; h9;:cv1<}.; 1019.91! 1 i hd15 .i1itd*-t,he',`I"J f th ividdei-"as ,be'an a~1mt `of-both.:_: `i$%'1:":' mg %::zit`al5w1y' ?wat`%tha*wi`% j gfi... :.." mworogo ve~'em>sc ca to get that rnt spell of hugging over oxje we put 1;: an appearance. L_0#_Bf.t* 113 $5006.: at aooiral he `could; or `else to % '.an,h95bb.uld. :Pethap;-..it might` hm ~ We wisitrod 1_n'.1vhih* his m..;.;.. I11.'hnndaL . out `_ v'v- Room,