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wu only In n messaro nm* Wkil had really happened was thU: White Fawn had rode toward the place where she supposed the Holocs were encamped. Sho had seen her fathor and had told him all the cruol story ot her wrongs. Within an hour the warriors were aware of Despard’s treachery, and were on the war-path, wild with emotions of revenge and rage. One hour after Dcspard had left the outlaw stronghold with Inct Tracy, the savages arrived there. Tho bandits 'eft behind fell Immediate victims to the ■Perhaps not; but they will try to d!» lodge na * "They are trying It already, cried Ranger Ralph excitedly. “What do you mean?* “f.oolc yonder. • “At the tree bridge?" “Yea" A cry of alarm parted the hermit's llpa On the shelving rock were several Indians Just about to cross the tree- bridge that led to the strange house In the air. CHAPTER XXI. Knurr ADVKsTrnse. BY WELDON J. COBB. CHAPTER XIX. Till MODOC*. Walford, the old hermit, startod •lightly as Inoz stepped before him. He peered anxiously, curiously Into her face, and then seized her hand, his Im pressive face aglow with sudden emo tion. “Yes,* ho murmured. “It Is Indeod the daughlorof my o'd friend—I could not mlstako that face." Inez stood sylth downcast eyes and ! secured tho diamond casket and fled. vengeance of the Modoc.*, but White Fawn managed to Inducu her lather to spire Darrel Grey. Provided with a horse, ho was led out out of sight of the tribe by the chief and told to hasten to some of tho set tlements, as the savages were blood thirsty and Intoxicated, and ho could not restrain thorn. Tho Fawn then led them after Des- pard. She was the first to enter the cave of the old hermit, and ns has been seen sho pallid countenance and did not reply to his word* Dcspard hissed but one menacing sontonco Into her shrinking ear: “Uemembor your promise!* he breathod Bercoly. “Your lover dlos If you fall mo now." Then aloud ho said to Walford: “You arc satisfied that this Is Inez Tracey?" The hermit bowed assontlngly. "She has a letter from her father written Just previous to his death If you wish to see It she will show It to you." “I would like to see It.” Inez produced a missive slut had re ceived some weoks before The hermit perused It, returned It to hor and asked, “This gontleman Is your Intended husband?" For a moment Inex faltered. She *'*• companion. Sho was lurking In one of the numer ous corridors of tho cave when tho Mo- docs ponotratod to the place A scone of tho wildest confusion en sued. The savages attacked tho rene gades morcllossly. The n'armed Inez was homo away captive by two of the Indians. Dcspard bad disappeared mysteriously at tho vory commencement of the at tack. Tho wily outlaw leader foresaw Ills peril, and. wounded as he was, man aged to escape. Shadow Snake ordored a thorough search for tho Crow, and by accident the i suvagos went down tho corridor whore I the hermit and Hanger Ralph bad gona 1 Walford glanced back as ho heard tho 1 savages. They are following us," ho said to •eomed about to deny the query when she met the fierce, threatening glauco of her captor. “Yos," she gasped, almost Inaudlbly. “And you wish me to deliver to him the trust loft me to exocuto by your dying father?" "If you will. Is thnro a way out of tho place?" "There Is a place of safe refuge for us, yes," replied the hermit. “As to those savagus, wo will stop tholr pur suit " "How?" "That you shall soo." Tho hormlt had halted at a placo Warford drow atlmo-worn papor from wlioro the corridor widened. Watching his breast. his grim features silently, the scout saw “In this documont," he said "your I lllm a kog fiom a recess In tho IsAhor loft his fortunn to you In my i ro,, ' < - charge. The fortune consists of lands in | Wslford p'aoed It across tho corridor. California ucar tho sea coast, which are ' A minute later a flaring, spluttering already deeded to you, and a description emitting brilliant sparks, told tho of which Is contained In tills paper. " scout that tho old hermit Intended In a He handed Dcspard the document as a summary manner to close tho puriult be spoke. “These lands," hn continued, “are com paratively worthless; but, beside* them, Mr. Tracey left u fortuno In tangible shape. It (oniprlacs a casket containing diamonds, Into which he converted bis wealth In I'eru; diamonds which, whllo they only fl.l a small metal box, ropro tent a value exceeding uno hundred thousand dollar* ” "And you liavo these diamonds?" askod Dospqrd cageily. “Yea My friend Tracey told mo to deliver them to his daughter. 1 now do so." Tho hermit retired to a darkened por tion of the apartment, and was gone for aonio moments. When lie returned ho bore a small black box In his hand. Tile avaricious eyes of Dcspard gleam ed with socret exultation. The covot d fortune of the Tracoys was within Ills grasp at last, and ho could scarcely con tain himself for Joy. of tholr savage foes. CHAPTER XX. vn* IIOUSK IN TUB Aim "I'owder!” ejaculated Ranger Ralph, as tho hermit hurried him from the spot. “Exactly. The Indians would havo overtaken us, and wc had to cut off our retreat" “Havo we done It?" "Wnlt and sec." Tho corridor thoy wore pursuing camo to an mid at ast. It terminated at a The attention of tho two bordermen was now entirely centered opon the tree that had crossed the ravine. At exactly the place whence the scout had first seen tho houso In tho air, sev eral savages were visible. The explo sion In the cavo had evidently only tem porarily blooked tholr progress. So far, apparently, they had not seen the occupants of tho cabin, but as they regarded the strange hut and pointed to It, the hermit knew that they meditated a visit “They must not come hero,” he said to his companion. “Of cour.-o not," replied the scout; "but how are we going to prevont them?" “Oet your revolver ready.* “All right." “Now take a position by this rock." Ranger Ralph did as directed. “If any of them attempt to oross, fire at them,” said Walford. "Apd you?" “I am going n> destroy tho means of aecoss to dur placo of refuge. ” “And cat off our own rotroatl" “Not at all. There Is an outlat by the otlior rook. ” Tho scout remained on guard behind the rock. Tho old hormlt crept cau tiously toward tho spot whore the dead tree restod on tho first cliff of stono. Ranger Ralph could observe all the movements of tho savages without bolng scon. He saw ono of them finally mako a movomont as If to cross the Impromptu brlilgn. Tho scout drew a bead on him and llrod. The astonished Moooc fell back with a cry of pain. His companions, too, retreated further Into the cavo. Thoy wore completely mystlllod at tho strange ntiack. Tholr bcwlldormcnt Increased when thoy saw the tree go hurtling down tlio ravine. Tho hermit hnd pushed ono end clear of the rock, and, It fell, depriving the savagos of any opportunity of crossing to tho rock. A mlnuto later ho rejoined tho Scout. “They can't cross that gap," ho re marked. “Let us return to tho cabin.” “Tlioro Is no danger to bo apprehendea from our onemles that way?" “None." “Thoy may flro at ua." “Tho rock Intorvenos, and thoy cannot reach us No, they will soon retire from tho cave as thoy came. ” “And thou?" “An attack from bolow, I presumo. * “That won't amount to much. " "I don't know," remarked Walford conccrnodly. “Now they have dlscov- shelf of ro ks overlooking a little ru- conccrnodly. “Now they have dlscov- vlno that, was u branch of the. main 1 or, ' <1 u *> wl11 oxerolso all tholr cun- i ning to dislodge and destroy us." For over ail hour, howover, there waB no.especial commotion visible In the val- canyun. So precipitous was tho descent, and so frail tlio area of the rock thoy hod reached, that tho scout tonkod dismayed. •I see t|o way of oBcapo," ho re marked. “Walt." Doth stood silent for some moments. The old iceut. a silent and Interested tbure **■' • deafonlng oxplo- apecttttor of all that bad transpired within the past fow moinouts, was terri bly excited. He saw tho apparent accomplishment af all Dyke Despard's evil plana. Ho #w tho Tracoy fortune wrested from Its rightful owners, to onrlcli ■III, Biu gbtfnl owners, to onrlcli s desperate i . Main. He saw Inez the xrife at tlio ' - egade, 1 " lia resolved to act boldly. Drawing his revolver bo aprang pan tho bandit* “Ho'dl” HJs voice was clear and commanding. The startled Despar.I recoiled. Ranger Ralph had wrested the casket m from his grasp Just as thu old hormlt thi" wax'am’vhoT rock sloii. "Tlio powder?" •Ye*" "You bollevo It wilt block up our re treat?" "I am sure of fc" ■And now how aro wo going So laavo Look out and roe." Uengor Ralph advannod to tho edgw of tbo rock. Ho uttorod a cry of Interest and delight, as his oyes mot a curious spootacle. From the gbek a dead tree ran like a bridge acme* to a high perpendicular column of rock. Twouty foot beyond , had handod It to him. “Walford, do you not know mo? It 1s 1—Ranger Ralph!" A cry of unm.einont hroko from tho old hermit's lips. “You!” ho cried. “Yos, yes. Yonder man Is Dyke Dcs pard, the outlaw, and thu girl Is acting under Ills throats. “ "Down him!" L Tho enraged Dospard shouted (ho or der to his mon hoarsely. He himself sprang upon thn scout as be spoko. Thu box fell with a clanging sound from tho band of Ranger Ralph to tint hard stone floor of tho cavorn. ' Tho othor outlaws were about to press forward to aid tin Ir companion and leadur, when a sudden episode diverted thorn from their purposo. A lithe form, that of a woman, darted auddunly Into view. Springing from a dark corner of the cave, she rovoulod the faco and figure of White Fawn, thu Iudluu princes* Sho gilded to whore Do-pard and the scout were struggling in deudly combat. With one blow sho drove a knife Into the back of the outlaw loader. Then, stooping, -bo -elzod tho box of JewoN and dl-appcared like a Hash down ouu of tho dark corridor.- of tlio place. With a cry of pain and rage I)yko Dqspnrd staggered back. “Shoot them down!" ho cried hoarsoly to his men as be rctreatod to their rauka Tho old hermit seized tho scout »< tho latter wa about to spring forward to re-cue Inez. At tlio same moment the outlaw tired at thorn. “This way,” spoke the heimlt quickly. Ho drew Ranger Ralph out of range of the bullets of tholr toon. "Follow me,” bo ordered. “ltut the girl!” “You cannot rescue hor now “ Walford bad dartod down a dark cor ridor. Suddenly ho paused. Aserlosof Between tbo two, bold firmly tn place, wa- a rude, dilapidated but formed of log* “That Is my retreat," said Walford. “Anil a safe and strange place It Is," remarked the scout. “Hut bow did that hou-e over como tlioro?" “It was bu It by me ten years ago, when tho two rocks wore ono. * "I understand." "Gradually they crumbled away." "And left the house between thorn’* "Exactly." “Is It safe?" “For tlio present, ye* Some day It will go crashing down. Dross ever on the treo." A few minutes later thoy had reached the first rooks Thence tliay gullied admittance to the but. It was a singular place, itidcod. From the window thoy could look for many mllos down tho ravino. Rcncath them was an open space ter many hun dred foot Tlio hut seemed tightly wedged 111 botweon tlio two rocks. “What do you Intond to do?" asked tho scout, after a careful survoy of tho strange surroundings. “Remain hero for a whllo." “i util the Indians go away?" “Yes." “But tlio girl?" “Wo will think about that later. Wo can do nothing by precipitate action ” “You saw tbo Indlun girl?" asked tho scout “I suw a quk-k form dart through the cave and secure the diamond* yea" “It was Whlto Fawn." “And ail ononiy—one of the Modoo spies?" “No, a friend." j “She has disappeared. " I “But she will return the diamond*" And Hanger Ralph related what ho knew of tho Indian princes* For ovor an hour tho two men dis cussed tho situation. It was Just corn- savage yells cmanatod from the apart- 0 n nightfall, whou the scout bail ment they had just loft-_ They were ponod to glance from tbo window. mingled with thu alarmed cries of tho bandit* Loud reports of continuous firing awoke all the silent echoes of tho |da> e. “What doe- that mean?" demanded the mystified s out "The Indians * “Modocs?" “Yos. They have penetrated tho cave. See! They are coming this way. Hasten, old friend and partner, I have a safo retreat If we can only reach It In time * The truth flashed across Ranger Ralph's mind as bo obeyed his com panion and stumbled down a dark cor ridor. White Fawn, he reasoned, had reach- ad the tribe, and thoy had returned with her to wreak vengoanee on the renegade* le xfcls theory, howover. the old scout “Look!" ho said The hermit hastonod to his side The vallov below thorn was flllod with Indi an* Thoy could see that the savages were about to camp tn the ravine for the night. Among them tbo scout made out tho girl prisoner, Inez Tracoy. ■See," he said, “tho girl Is safe* T R Y ^ CANDY CATHARTIC ^ATE the LWji ALL DRUGGISTS. A FAMOUS SPANISH CITY. ley bolow. Tho Modocs had movod tholr camp farther down tho valley. Quite a party of them had sought shelter behind some rocks directly under the cabin. From their frequently point ing to tho cabin tho hormlt and the scout roallzod that they were forming some plan of assault. Ranger Ralph looked anxiously hut vainly among the savages for some sign of White Fawn, llo bolloved that she could Induce Shadow Snake to ceaso hostilities If sho was there. The Modoc ortucusa, however, was nowhere to bo soon. As tlio acout learned later, she had mnt with advunturus that prevented her appearing to her friends for many a long day. Finally, fust at dusk, tho Modocs bo low were Joined by sovoral more sav age* •They are thn Indians who tried to cross on the tree," explained Walford. Tholrunomles seemed to discuss tho question oxcltodly. Thoy separated, but the wutelilng mon In tholr strange eyrie eould see that they were disposing themselros for a combined utta -k upon tho cabin In tho nlr. Thn hut was perhaps a hundred feet from thu ground. Tho saxagos first be gan to lire at tho windows of the cabin. Thun, realizing that tills was a useless expend turo of powder nnd hull, they ceased all hostilities for some time. |TO nK CONl'ISUKII. | It Is True. Is It true that the steamship It rapidly displacing sail-vessels ou the ocean, asks a reader. It Is true, and .the day is not remote when craft with stills will be scarce on all oceans. Strange as It may appear, steamships can now carry freight as cheaply as sail-vessels, and are far more secure for the freight and passengers carried’. The present great ocean thoroughfares are: 1. The route across the Atlantic, through the Mediterranean Sea, Suez Canal, Red Sea to India, China, Australia and Eastern Africa. 2. The route by tho Pacific Ocean to Japan, China and Australia. 3. Tho route by the Atlantic Ocean down the east coast of South America and around Cape Horn to Western America and Australia. 4. Thu route down tho Atlantic nnd the west coast of Africa, around the Cairo of Good Hope to East Africa, Australasia and tho East, nnd the number of ocean steamers moving ou theso great routes is about 12,000. Great Britain runs 0,500 of these steamers, Germany 760, France 550, United States 450, Italy 225, and Russia 250; the others are owned elsewhere. These steamships carry an amount of freight each year which Is simply fabulous In value, a value not less than ten thousand millions of dollars. English steam ships seem to lie carrying half the freight of the world’s commerce. In big troos the new State of Wash- Barctlosa Thinks She Wss Founded Lesg Before Rome. If tradition Is to be hil|c(ved, Barce lona, Spain, whs foundo#t)y Hercules long before the building,of Rome: but historians generally nttrlhtffe Its foun dation to Hninllenr Boren, who gave to It the name of Barclno, whence the more modern name of Barcelona Is derived. From the Cnrthaglnlnns the city passed Into the hands of the Ro mans ard Arabs until Its conquest by the Christians toward the year 800. It wns then governed until the twelfth century by Counts, who were really Independent, although nominally sub ject to the Cnrlovlnglnn Kings. After this Bnreeloua became a pnrt of the Kingdom of Aragon, and reached a remarkable degree of prosperity through Its extensive commerce with nil the ports ou tho Mediterranean and even those of England and the Neth erlands. The first vestiges of tho es tablishment of maritime Insuraneo and the negotiation of hills of exchange are to he found In the history of Bar celona, tints showing the progressive character of Its Inhabitants. Tills era of prosperity, however, did not lost very long, for once submitted to the authority of the Kings of Cos- tile, the commerce of Barcelona de cayed, nnd was soon enveloped In the general ruin of the country. This gave rise to a feeling of discontent, mid In 1040 Barcelona rebelled against Spain nnd was annexed to France. It wns recovered by Spain In 1052, again tak en by the French In 1007, and given hack to Spain In the same year. At ihe time of the succession war Barcelona took the side of' the Aus trian Arelidnke. In 1714 It was be sieged and taken tiy the French tinder the Duke of Berwick, am! once mure It was returned to Spain. In 1800 It was occupied by the soldiers ot Na poleon nnd held until 1814. In 1841 nn epidemic of yellow fever hroko out there, and more than *0,000 of Its In habitants perished. Bnreelona has been In this contury the scene of formidable Insurrections. Such na that of 1827, when u rabble broke to pieces a statue of Ferdinand V1L and beheaded Gen. Bass*, whoso hod? was dragged ou thu streets of tho eTty; that of 1841, when the Glint- tlla Nactonnl demanded the destruction of the fortifications, nnd. finally, that of 1842, which could not be quelled until after the bombardment of the city by the Goverment troop* Eight hundred Shell* 200 grenades and 100 obus were then fired on Barcelona, and a large portion of the city was re duced to asiies. half the family would be busy taking photographs of the other half.”— Washington Star. “Yos, and we will rescue her If they j Ington Is quite rich A Seattlo paper remain for the night Too late! Wo are mentions a lir in Simms which Is 8H discovered." Botn men drow back from the window hastily. Evidently thoy had boon seen by soino of the Indians In the valley bo low. They conld see them point to tho strange house In tho rock* Than sevnral shots wore fired at them. “I am sorry they saw us," remarked Wolford. "Thoj cannot Injure u*" foot ill diameter. Near Stanwood thore Is a cedar IT foot In dlamoter 3.1 feet from tho root* and 12 feet In diameter 112 feet from tho root* Nooksack re ports a tlr 12 foot In diamoter. Tukre seems to be a direct propor tion between squaller and poverty, and tho poor seem to have the largest fam ilies. A Men's Ckaacc ol Life. In the English Illustrated Magazine, Mr. J. Holt Schooling works out some Interestlug results as regards the clmnecs of males at ages 20, 30, 40, 50, 00, 70, 80 and 00, living for 10 years more, 20 years more, 30 years more, etc. For example, as regards 1,000 men aged 20, 030 of them “live 10 years more,” I. e„ to age 30; that Is, 04 i>er cent. Uve to age 30 and 0 per cent, do not, so the chnnce at age 20 to live to age 30 Is not quite 10 to 1 In favor of living. Similarly, 550 out of 1,000 live 40 years more," 1. e., to age 00, so that the odds In favor of a man aged 20 living to nge 00 are 05 to 44, say 5 to 4, In Bportlng phrase. Again, ns only 10 out of the 1,000 “live 70 years more," I. e., to age 00, the oh a nee of a man aged 20 attaining age 00 la only 1 In 100, or odds of 00 to 1 against him. As to the clinuccB for men nged 50, 770 per 1,000 live 10 yenrs more, I. e„ to age 00; therefore, we mny say thn chnnce of a niun aged 50 living to IK) Is represented by odds of 77 to 23, or nbout 7 to 2 In favor of the man nged 50 living 10 yenrs more. This chance, favorable ns It Is. Is of course not nearly ns great ns the lfl to 1 chance in favor of a innn nged 20 liv ing to age 30. Glancing at men aged 70 we see that only 336 per 1,000 live 10 years more, I. o., to age 80;" this means that 34 per 100 live the 10 yenrs and 00 per 100 do not, so the chnnce at nge 70 of a mnn living to uge 80 Is represented by the odds of 2 to 1 against him. As for men aged 00, of 1,000 men nlive nt nge 00, only 4 live to nge 100. Thus nt age 00, tho chance of living 10 years Is very smnll It being represented by the long odds of 240 to 1 against the man—quite au outside chance. Photoirsphlni the Monkey. "One of the most difficult brutes to photograph Is the monkey," snlil n man In New York who makes a business of taking pictures of all sorts of iiulmnls and birds. “You mny try as much ns you like, but you will never succeed In , , making a monkey look straight Into "V 10 ” "' 1,h 11 r<Ml ' "' hlt0 111,(1 the center of a camera for even a sec- b,uo ’ nmI “T*™ 1 f tbe Spanlsh-Am- ond. Its glance always shifts oft to '' l ' lona 8,ates bnvp banner8 whl( ’ 1 ‘ bpnr Our Flag the Copy, The flag of our country Is generally conceded to be one of the most beau tiful banners lu the world, and tho Diet mat there Is something Inherent ly attractive In Its assemblage of stars and stripes Is shown by tEe frequency with which It has beeu copied In the standards of other imtlous. Tho ling of Uruguay has white nnd blue stripes with white field und gilt sun for un emblem; tlmt of Salvador the same number of stripes, white and blue, with red field anil nine white stars. Nicaragua has five stripes, the outer two, at the top and bottom of the flag being blue, the two Inner white and the middle one red. The flags of LI- bertu nnd the Hawaiian Islands arc exactly alike, each haring eleven al ternate red unit white stripes, with a blue field mid single white star. The Greek naval flag lias nine white and blue stripes, with blue field nnd white cross. The Orange Free State fins seven alternate white nnd yellow crouch as though In pain, throw back his head, take a long breath and In a deep bass voice distinctly say, “Ob, no." He can also pronounce his name. Carlo, In an unmistakable manner. Mr. Meyers bsB declined several large offers for the dog, nnd says he would not part with him at any price. one side of the other. Nor will it ever cnteli your eye of tlx Its own upon yours, and I hnve come to the conclu sion that a monkey cannot look nt a camera any more than It can a human being In the face. "Take a dog's he;id lu your two hands nnd look Into Its eyes. The boost will return your gnze, not for long, perhaps, for the contemplation of human Intelligence distresses nil animals. But It is not so with the monkey. Hold Its head as patiently as you please between your hands, and It will east Its eyes up to the cell ing and keep on winking or cast them down to the floor ns If asleep or twist them around in a most absurd fu-slilon to took over one side or the other, but never, eveti In passing by It, will It catch yours. "TVhy Is tills? I don't know, unless It Is tlmt the animal lias some secret regarding our <vvn origin that It does not wish us to find out However, if they are bashful, they are very In quisitive, and if I were to leave my camera unguarded for ten minutes In a cage containing a dozen monkeys a resemblance more or less close to our national ensign. The first Cuban ting had three stripes, the top nnd bot tom being blue mill the middle stripe white, the field being red with n white slur. The authorized Cuban Hag nt present has five alteruate blue aud white stripes with a red field and a white star.—St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. MADE A REPUTATION. Ai ErWIts Mil's Cosvcrsstloa With s Boy ill tie Remit. Some good men are naturally snch tencliers, and so full of benevolence, especially toxvard the young, that they cannot help spreading wisdom wher ever they grow. That the seed may fall upon stony ground Is proved by a story which a gentleman, who went hunting Into the Interior of Nova Sco tia. tells In n letter. The hunter was carried sixteen tulles ot night l/y a boy sixteen years old and a horse fifteen years old. The ride wns tedious, and the boy driver was Inclined to fall asleep. The hun ter, therefore, thought to Interest hint In something. "I see we aro going dne west,” he said. "How do you know that?" asked the boy. "WaB you ever here before?” "No, but there Ib the North Star.” “How do you know It's the North Star?” "Why there are the pointers.” “Whnt pointers*" The hunter explained, and told the boy how to find the North Star. The boy seemed wide awake now, and tho hunter went on to give, him bis first lesson In astronomy, telling him how Jupiter was 1300 times as large aa the enrth, and how Mars showed changes of seasons, how It held bays, and ap parent cnnnls and so forth, and how It xvus supposed by many to have Intel ligent inhabitants. When, after his hunting, tbe stran ger returned to the town where he hud hired the conveyance and the boy, lie found that the people seemed to have a certain humorous Interest In him. It was so evident that he was the object of some curiosity that he made Inquiries, and finally found a nmii xvho could tell him. •Why,” said his Informant, “you've made a great reputation for yourself around here.” “In xvliat way?” "Oh, the kid that drove you over to the other night came hack tho next day and told all the ‘Betters’ at the hotel tlmt of all the liars be ever heard, you were the sllokest.” “What Be did I tell him?” “The boy said that you pretended to know the number of miles to the sun. and thnt you pointed to a star that you said wrb onUed ‘Jumpter,’ and that you snld It waB 1300 tlines bigger than this xvorld, nnd tlmt you pointed .to another star tlmt you said was one where folks lived.” , “ ‘Oh,’ snys tlmt boy, ‘you Just ought to hear him! He’s a peach. Old Haskins ain’t In It with that feller for lyin’. I tell you he’s the biggest liar In Novn Seotla. I’ll point him out to you when he comes hack.’ ’I The boy had pointed him out, and he xvas nt the moment enjoying the reputation of the champion of all tho liars xvlio lmd cx’er come to Novn Sco tia. * A Dog Tbit Talks. IT. W. Meyers, of Vestal, N. Y„ Is the owner of a dog that can talk. For years Mr. Meyers lms been a student of the voice. In his Investigations he found the vocnl apparatus of all ani mals to be much nlike, nnd especially did tlmt of n dog resemble man’s. He accordingly conceived a simple oper ation. xvhk-li nt present he keeps a secret, hut which he says will, In the near future, he laid before the scien tific xvorld. The talking dog Is of Scotch collie breed. He lms several words In Ids vocabulary, hut those he eau pro nounce plainest are "Oh, no." When asked by Ills master to reply he xvlll A Leper Colony. In a Basque village in the south west of France lives a family named Cngot. For centuries the members ot It have been lepers. 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