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.me from a lIife-work, one deep | look love" She nodded, and the bioom grew deeper on her cheek. "I eould find it in my heart to lay my Hfe at your feet, to ask that I might carry with me the thought that out of aij the millions of earth you were the one who underatood me; but I dare not love--I dare not ask a woman's love. Like planets in their orbits, for a moment we are steadied by mutual attractions and then swing on into new magnetic in- fluences and ever-widening orbits. You will understand me when I say that one touch of youn hand would draw into to the studies o: "You are a man," said. " mm I? why. rn fen be aeotied s0 strange? Is it trange for a man to live a life with (but one pur- to seek to penetrate the mys- teried of his existence? To be: 9 trol of og caaohinecy of life ? pty me. lady; I do not ask for " hands of the beautiful woman were ae agen now in intense curiosity, and she asked, in a strained yoice: "But are all decd attainments worth the sacrifice High and aouerus came his an- swer : "Was it a lie when . Saturn. said they should be as gods? But then, not feel the throes of ange Nature's bosom and talk with. ee aon forces ? Forgive me; your voice in the' night and sleep. not again. It will ye. better for oe both," and sre turned ay and sought his musket. rais- on isd to his sprees and valet along 2 the " she said. ers. d, lash tender, ing flowers beside the path 'with her whip, "'I would not be go foolish as call one unmanly who risked his life to save my bro- ther" before, me ask, may not aan walk those 'calm heighta you A new mene a into Cadogan's al tand again upon a plane of sympathy, I shall come to you and you will come to me. I am now only the soldier. Farewell." "Pat that gun to your shoulder and -- og you see a superior offi- ' roaching," said a maudlin otk Taocwan knew the voice. It was that a Aa aay oodson of his re- as drunk now, and very id in his 'Tiscipline me curse of the service in a volun- teer army was the gen fortune.of war which often ignorant te into a RCEITAEAEIGN oo left some brilliant, educated man in the ranks. ow s00n some coarse, vulga wretches would find the sensitive na- tures in their command and gall them with es insults which they dared not_resent|--Here-was~--the™ contrast : Oaptain Woodson and Cadogan. Wood- som had been a journeyman tailor at howe, and axeoit sitting on the tail- or'a bench.had-made him fat and un- whiskey and officer's bulk. Here Be is ce. Gadaean had obeyed him, and that Mias Johnson stood spell-bound. That's all right. the drunken brute stalked on to- ward the. house. From the lowest animals to the highest man, the male resents an in- pee in the. presence of a Tage: com- ¥ sean the leet aie epiration in female eyes. To say Qadogan did not feel the insult would make him less than man, but his phil- opophy cong nd he w soon cee pec in reverie. Miss Johnson walk- along at the side of the traculent oilieer, he said, in a boasting tone: "We have to keep those Pic in their place." " Tndead, " said Addie, "if the. offic- exa had been kept in wee nace we should | not have had fight -" many. ry r 'am afraid I do not iuderatend A Story of War, Love and Theosophy. . brute, and h -|door the ends of officer of the day, and I iam not 5 posed to present arms to you, eu) eaid the 8 sword ~ reaper ire struck Cadogan full the f; hissed a "Coward! ee ground. Then the ttle whip whisked through the air' and left hot, red ridge across the bloa face. A shower of blows followed, and he turned, and, with curses, ran down fate the high-road, Now. the whip was aecupeds and the woman nature returned. The bleeding face was lifted to her bosom, and screamed for her women to come and "Teach = will you!" woman's yoice aseist her, as she moaned: "It my fate. I love him--T love him." CHAPTER VI-- Beak The Voodoo. Among the more gracious features of the better days of American slav- ery there stands out prominently in my memory the isolated cabins of the r sort of slaves. The rows of whitewashed huts were the ac or- ies of the institution only on thé lar- ger plantations, and even then the servants had reared, some small fog sions to individuality in architectur- r outside adornment or location. il up.-some pleasant pictures of such heclated and quaint residences, and I cannot stifle asigh of regret for a vanis scene with such lovable features: With. bhun- dreds or thousands of acres to choose from, it would be strange if the big house were not admirably locat- ed. Some pleasant "run," or brook, ran close by the premises; or if the house stood on an eleyation, then in thas little hollow below it aver' was a #ilvery, ever-flowing spring of doh clear as crystal, cold as if the flat Tennessee limestone were a gla- eler of Alpine ice over which it flow: ed. In this hollow inight also be seen the spring-house: 5 Brine of some dusky Dinah's heart, and special aim of the hungry and marauding soldier. Here, above the purling waters, on commodious shelves, reposed the crocks of sweet, cold milk, and here ing for coming meals house Hollowed out of the fat rock was a capacious spring, and on its ma up water for the kitchen. ist's imagination has ever put on can- vas fairer scenes than nature and cir- cumstances had made the palmy d. of Middle Tennessee. At that v ainis the primeval forest came uaneone up to the line of the culti- vated fiel The scream of Searmcp biette and shriek of the buzz- saw were as yet unheard in the land. sy was only something to be cleared off and burned, and hundreds of giant trees were girdled and left standing to rot down, while waving ne of wheat grew between the d orest monarchs. Nature was a Ro tbon not to be soon controlled, but might be bound when her locks of pro- fuse growth were sheared. Profusion e and boundless : ty waiting to be gate ered by an In the a of the Johnson estate the-forest~ came ar tinbroken nearly to the big hou Giant oaks and gums, as startling. in their SERTRIE as those De Soto looked upon, stood waving. their follae in hearing of the house--a vast repository of we » to be gathered by a more practical race a few years: hence. ge the-stream stooc odorous cedars d only. for rails about broad fields. A brawling tributary of the Harpeth ran down past the house and disappeared_in the forest. n the steep ba of this stream stood one of those, picturesque huts, which, however poor, have the wondrous power of appealing to our love of the beautiful. Built of rough logs, and having only one. door and window, yet beneath the window showing the bank of gaudy flowers and the white deal bench and water- pail and gourd. At the window a white curtain, and inside the open the white, well- scoured floor-boards. A pathway down the steep, bank to the stream, _-- by plank, sunken in the. earth, C) staging on which to stand and alp the bucket into the silvery strea. Minnows turned up their aiseee. sides in the sunlight, and nib- bled sportively at the white edge of the p nik. ainst the jamb of the 'Sor pee the queen of this Cadian scene. Tall .and spare, with rracee almost Caucasian in regular- ity, and with just that tint of yellow which marks the quadroon, she was a. remarkable and «@artling mistress of the scene. Of that race which gives 8s» few signs by which to ecitag icon age, she might be an pe yet hand- s0me woman, vr possibly still noone paratively young. There was about her none of the coarse habiliments open you," said the captain. "Why, for instance, tailors and cob- tiers who hold ee instead of icers the eaptain's face turned as whiskers With woman's instinct, she made a guess, and "T have taken a atiteh in'time, and which marked the slave, no evidences of squalid poverty or wearying toil. 8 stood erect, gasing dreamily on air au a proaching step, and the form more erect, and a harsh, c as if sh oO some 'eontied ry ignorant member of her own aged But a look of curiosity usurpe the place of the usua! scowl 4% she listens to the rapid, patter footfalis so different from the usua slouc of her vomttors. A swish o skirte is heard, and a beautiful Vapparition fills the narrow Path e big house. With | gather into a look of ang "ate ms no word anger, but -- i lave never beet LI thought was a t t I would come down pr home." Sage hi the quadroon turned and part way into her cabin, and poms for her ore he said again, " pare ea. es kind to fohegt bade us we bare done. Since you Came to us with the. hands we bought in New we have sent you to and you have been q on the. esta: - Yes, migsus,""said Myra, with a ik WW ather was 80 kind. to you, I do wee know, but we have o--_ his orders. Per' he thought bow -- real power in your honid S Perhaps," eaid the Ww ago did you come on the yra ?" ques "Twenty-five years . "And were queen then ?' " Always," said M Hiiges 2 pati Uae i am of a royal wwe have always been kind to you, ts Yes," said ee slave, and Boni peer- ed curiously in her mis- tress' face, "Is there anything in those charms and superstitions which the hands be- lieved in, Myra?" and the beautiful face grew eager. missus. There is the a ere is the power over every person about the country. I could send a flame of fire over the me. cannot "God knows I am sorry, Myra, and I wish I might set = in your pro- per piace in the wor "It is coming, rsa pate "Myra, and the enthusiasm of the pythoness swelled her breast ; > "it is eoniitie? and near at and." "And 50 ete is nothing in the yoodoo charms, only the contro) of the superstitious ?" said Addie. "Who said so? Is there not "deadly danger i ai atred? Can I not undo evil or set fast the chains wee hate? Can I not bind hearts in love and bring back wandering affections? But, whey. not be beer forse ogee at in the God of the negro," ee meres sank in her chair. "IT came ag to ask if your eharms had power, or were only to the field- astonish the Podnlity of hands ae yon could not stand the sight of a work," said mag big ; "you come only out of Pee eccal tS gee the show." ae & n trouble, and I came half believing in your ' work,' as you call it. I am afraid of nothing," and Ad- die drew herself up proudly. "You wish a work?" and Myra arose, and with a sinuous motion and warily as...a serpent she glided across the flo8r. She commenced, mouotonous dirge-like song in her na- tive creole dialect, as she approached a stand of drawers in a distant cor- r=) bo: ling silver ae Shaking this*in her hand, she 6a: more dct ee ap- proached > young mistress. As she came close she thrust- pa Dig: Pha the box, and the sharp, rasping buz which is erroneously Called the cate ee arose within the box. involuntary scream came ose saw urre erpe b*-) glittering serpent. It werithied about er arm, the rasping, note of attack mingling with the tinkling of belis and the droning song. Its tongue flew in and out like forked lightning, and with a laugh Myra held it s near her face that its acrid, musky breath must have touched her cheek. Then in a mad dance she swayed about the room. Louder and wilder grew her song, and Addie crouched lower. and lower in her chair. Now the serpent was twined about tthe shapely neck of the. voodoo woman, and its fiery eyes were beside her own; and the fingling bells, and song, and wild dance made a hellish com- pound of nolee which sickened the ter- rified girl. The features of the py- thoness iid rigid and the eyes set, as the cadence grew elower and slower sad the voilee husky. At last the serpent is plunged into the box and hastily covered. The box is placed in the contees of the floor, and with' a shriek the voodoo worshjpper steps 'upon it, and anys: hurriedly: >-"Speak now, and I will answer. bad | git oe I love!" cried the ae gap girl "It is the curse and the boon of our sex. What would you have "I would be loved in inn girl cried. "Two hearts must be broken. You cannot love and bless; you must carry misery to another heart. I bid you stay," said the strident voice. "TJ must have love, Myra; if in your demon incantations there is a charm for love, give it me," said Addie, in hurried accents. "T gee only misery in that love. Oh, ware, beware!" and the aimost breathless woman "J care not. Ming is unlike: common " the love. See, a, I ow ip your awful power. I c o u On my kn and beg for love. One draught of such loye as I = give and receive, and then let die," and the wretched girl eed forward on her knees to the erect oracle "Tt must be so. You will not turn away into quiet gl of regret and cherish a secret 1 Here, then, rhe gar- She packet from the she ae the aliver bells upon the box, and she was greeted with a heard the rustling of snake with ihuddering, she th rough the open door, , , wi lan Ot believe in eh cantation, and I will reach the calm heart of the Pe aaa with a human love at The usted sleeper on the bed tur her long arms were cast abroad upon the bed, and she mut- tered in ber heavy sleep. CHAPTER Vil. An experiment. "Hard at it + ee I see," was the loud and cheery greeting of Camp- bell; as he, with' @ comrade, walked up the avenue of the Johnson' es- college, as did many ot enter the volunteer army. He, like Cadogan, Mears the big robust sol- dier, seemed to draw vitality from his superfluous stores of strength. .vedean looked up from his book greeted his comrades with a sation "How did you get that crack on your forehead ?" asked Campbell, noticing the blue wound made by Captain Woodson's swo) ord. "Army discipline," answered Cado- gan, with more bitterness than he usually allowed himself in- speech. been out here?" "Has Woodson asked Simmons, the slim youth. "You have guessed it," answered Cadogan. "Drunk, as meh Boe said Simmons, 'with a "He knows rte to strike, ol akes a common man for a not afraid of he bargains when he is his striking Campbell drunk." "No, he never will," said camels dryly. uae ee Pa seems to understan our proph seer, Cadogan, een knows bis "principles will not allow him el ck angry or retaliate. Say, Cadogan: what kind of a re- ligious menagerie do you belong to, ny way? Simmons and I will sit down and smoke, while you give us the pa that you are per- form on. "Bove," said Cadogan, very thought- fully, "I know ean well, and have only mat oO on that outward rough- ness to conform to army life. I would ~] 8 lief ee exon know my. views as not, and t aos I sometimes think I ahatt soon end my career i the army. My last experience has shown me how frail a ae I hold life on at best. Willi you give me hice epndid careful attention for ew mome ed We will, Cadogan," both said. "Well, then, I am the forerunner in this country of a coming army. of men who shall seek to determine connection with tis "Infinite. will elevate man's spiritual until ge A will ------ into ~ im- mortality without the chasm of pease and ithe grave. Does it seem im- ble ? Pett a a dream," said Campbell, with a " Euactly:: ': 'and. are are_the a tures of what has urred, or occur, in real life, 5d sala Cadarain "Dreams are isolated experiences, without precedent or continuation, nevertheless actual experiences. an dreams of perfect control of natural forces and ultimate ripen- ing into eternal existence, the dream has a promise of fulfillment." (fo be continued.) State of Ohio, City of Toledo; Lue County : & 88. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing busi- ness in the City of Toledo, County aud" State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrb that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of Dec- ember, A. D. 86. A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. 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In this beuutiful country, where the de variety, of German, I to fan aad IJ'rench cooking from But ®@n Christmas day, al- , . though ali these styles may be unit- on one.tzble there ip an aptrer able although unwritten law of Swiss confectioneries. compre- hending cccesthing from little cocoa- nut cakes to. elabora structures of flour and sugar interspersed. with tached of Sabet small ise Sa ut e opening goose and the closing patiaserle is introdaced the really national Christmas dish called the Geneva fritters. li are made after the following Put in into a saucepan '8 dozen. pears. eut-into quarters and the. ae taken out, with enter wa cover them. them stew veut they are Let quite tender, when the water will have evaporated. Put them into a colander and crush them with a wooden spoon. Add half their weight of sugar,.a little lemon and a pinclt of powdered cinnamon. Put the Saucepan on the fire cr eens or ten minutes and then let it cool. Take two handfuls of eine: geed thei ba and put them on the firg with enough water to soften them, then them to -- ae th a little glass of- r kirsch. eccige Take a "phil. iar paste for a ozen pears oderate size and make them into a roll tthe of eggs, after cooking 'ore a hot fire and powderingj them with sugar. Bradstreet's on Trade. Gemerat traue is quiet in Toréate, owing to unfavorable wealt cot- ton and woollen fabrics being relatiye- ly firm. The volume of b at Montreal haa beeu about an # orders.-being light. 'Navigation i: eee closed, and exporters report shipping trade at that port the most profit able for several 2 ae Fi hn, ther conditions throughout 'the Mart- time Provinces generally are an- fayorabJe. to business. Total bank elearings at Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto. Mottreai «and Halifax gregated $17.845,000 lust anei pee 22,728,000 the week, an In th preceding ak one fel ago. in wittoh the" "Thankagiving hoh- day. cones the total was $19,718,- © 000. There 36 separ reported from ma tlie Canad ion last week, paeriay 47 thas previous week, 52 in the week a Year ago, and 35 two years ago. A Home-Made Mucilage. A 'very convenient mucilage ean be made out of onion ines by any, one who wishes .to use it. Spanish onion, after bei a short Hae wili yield, pressed, rge heaive fiatd. iy m. vere alae bis! Berger ge rent as eo : would surpr first a to tin the CL ceetae pant ohiehe ise any one making the .