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I •- (^❖©❖©❖©❖©❖©❖©©♦©❖©❖©❖©❖©❖O ! l ,:ols - 1!!U! sumeient influence over tlie <** I khans and their hordes to be able to <§, load them to the conquest of Asiatic Q ; Russia. Meanwhile the defenders cf Irkutsk had held themselves on their guard. § rjn & I G itmi O i 4? 0 G <£ j and the investptent continued. but on /? j the 71!.* of October from the iirst streaks By JULES VERfiS ©^©^©^©❖©^©❖©©♦©♦©♦©❖©^©♦o CHAPTER XX. iICHAEL STROGOFF was not. had never been, blind. A purely human phenom enon. at onee moral and physical, had neutralized the action of the redliot blade which the execu tioner of Feofar had passed over his eyes. One remembers that at the mo ment, of that terrible punishment Mar fa Strogoff was there, stretching ont her hands toward her son. Michael Strogoff looked at her, as a sou can look at his mother when it i* for the last time. Streams of tears welled up from his heart to his eyes, which his high spirit tried in vain to restrain and, tilling the sockets of his eyes, had tints saved his sight. The action of the heat had been destroyed just in the same manner as when a smelter, after having plunged his hand into water, thrusts it with impunity into molten iron. Michael Strogoff had at once under stood the danger he would have run in making known Iiis secret to any one. He realized the advantages which lie might gain from this situation for the accomplishment of it is projects. It is because they would believe him to be blind that they would leave him his liberty. It was necessary, then, that lie should be blind, that lie should be so for all. even for Nadia—in short, that he should be so everywhere ami that not a gesture at any moment could cause any doubt of the sincerity of his role. His resolution was taken. Even his very life must be risked in ordet to give to all the proof of his blindness and cue knows how lie risked it. His mother alone knew the truth, and it was on the square of Tomsk that he nad whispered it in her ear when, bending over her in the shade, he had covered her with his kisses. We can now understand how when Ivan Ogareff had placed the emperor’:, letter before his eyes, which he be lieved to be blind, Michael Strogoff had been able to read, had read that letter which disclosed the hateful designs of the traitor: hence that energy which be displayed during the second part of the journey: hence that -unchanging will to reach Irkutsk and on arrivin' there to fulfill with his own voice his mission. He. knew that the town was to be given up by the traitor. He knew that the life of the grand duke was threatened. The safety of the brother of the czar and of Siberia was still in his hands. In a few words all this history was Secountod to the grand duke, and Mi chael Strogoff told also, and with what emotion, the part which Nadia had tak en in these events. "Who is this young girl?” asked-the grand duke. “The daughter of the exiled Wassill Feodor,” answered Michael Strogoff. “The daughter of Commander Feo dor,” said the grand duke, “has ceased to be the daughter of an exile. There are no more exiles at Irkutsk.” Nadia, less strong in joy than she had been in sorrow, fell at the feet of the grand duke, who raised her with one hand, while he held out the other to Michael Strogoff. An hour afterward Nadia was in the arms of her father. Michael Strogoff, Nadia, Wassili Feo dor, were reunited. It was on all sides complete happiness. The Tartars had been repulsed in their double attack upon the town. Wassili Feodor, with his little troop, had crushed the first assailants who bad presented themselves at t-m Pol chain gate with the expectation of find ing it open. At the same time that the Tartars were driven back the besieged had ren dered themselves masters of the tire. Before daybreak the troops of Feofar- Khan had returned to their encamp ments, leaving a good number of dead under the ramparts. Among the dead was the gypsy San- garre, who had tried in vain to rejoin Ivan Ogareff. For two days the besiegers attempt ed no new assault. They were discour aged by the death of Ivan Ogareff. That man was the soul of the invasion, ami be alone, by his long continued of day lhe boom of cannon resounded on the heights around Irkutsk. It was the relieving army which had arrived under the orders of General Kisscly. I who thus signaled his presence to the ; grand duke. | The Tartars did not stay any longer, j 'they did not wish to risk a battle un der the walls of Irkutsk. The camp of J the Angara war, immediately raised. ! Irkutsk was at In:-! delivered. With the first Russian soldiers two friends of Michael Strogoff had entered tno town. They were the inseparable Blount and Jolivet. By gaining the' right bank of the Angara along the harrier cf ice they and the other fugi tives bad been able to escape before the fiames of the Angara had reached the raft. This had been put dowu by Aleido Jolivet in his notebook and in this manner. “Was near ending like a lemon in a bowl of punch!” Their joy was great to once more find Nadia and Michael Strogoff safe and sound, especially when they learned that their brave companion was not blind, a statement which led Harry Blount to jot down this observation: “A retlhot iron is perhaps insufficient to destroy the sensibility of the optic nerve. To be modified.” Afterward the two correspondents, well installed in Irkutsk, occupied themselves in putting in order the im pressions of their journey. From thence two interesting chronicles of the Tartar invasion were sent to London and Par is, which, strange to say, only contra dicted each other on points of less mo ment. For the rest the campaign was bad for the emir and his allies. That inva sion. useless, as are all those that at tack colossal Russia, was most fatal to them. They soon found themselves cut off by the troops of the czar, who re took successively ail the conquered towns. Besides, the winter was terri ble, and of those hordes, decimated by the cold, only a. small number returned to the steppes of Tartary. The route from Irkutsk to the Ural mountains was free. The grand duke was in haste to re turn to Moscow, but he delayed his journey in order to assist at a touching ceremony which took place some days after the entry of the Russian troops. Michael Strogoff had sought out Na dia and in the presence of her father had said to her. “Nadia, my sister still, when you left Riga to come to Irkutsk had you uo other regret but that of leaving behind you your mother?” “No,” replied Nadia; "noue what ever.” “So that no part of your heart has remained down there?” “None, brother.” “Then, Nadia,” said Michael Strogoff. “I do not believe but that God in bring ing us together, in allowing us to pass through these great trials together, has wished us to be united forever.” “Ah’” said Nadia as she fell into the arms of Michael Strogoff, and. turning toward Wassili Feodor. “My father.” j she said,"blushing deeply. “Nadia,” said Wassili Feodor, 'my ! joy will be to call you both my chil dren!” The marriage ceremony took place in the cathedral of Irkutsk. It was very, simple in its preparations, but very j beautiful in the concourse of the mill- tary and civil population, which thus wished to show its gratitude to the young coupie, whose strange journey had now become legendary. Alcide Jolivet and Harry Blount of course assisted at the marriage, of ; which they wished to give an account ! to their readers. “And does it, not make you envious to imitate them?” asked Alcide Jolivet tt his companion. “Pshaw!” exclaimed Harry Blount "If, like you, I had a cousin!” “My cousin is not any longer mar riageable,” laughingly answered Alcide Jolivet. “All the better,” added Harry Blount, “for they speak of difficulties which are about to arise between London and Peking.” “Would you not like to see what is passing there?” “Why. my dear Blount,” cried Alcide Jolivet, “I was about to propose it to you!” This is how the two inseparables set out for China. Some days after the ceremony Mi- j Her Best Front. It was at Nantucket one summer thA a city visitor learned a new way of displaying one's personal adornments during a call upon cue of the native Nantucketers. It was a nice old lady who was entertaining the strangers, and she was very anxious that the}' should see everything to advantage and that even siie herself should make os good an appearance as possible. Un fortunately she had net been forewarn ed of the visit and was not entirely prepared for it. “If I had only known you were com ing,” she said apologetically, “I should have had on my best front. This is only my second best, but you can see the other when you go out, for I al ways keep it in the front room.” Surely enough, on taking their leave, the visitors were piloted through the j front room, and there in the inside of the melodeon, when a heavy green ba rege veil was carefully lifted, a nicely waved hair piece was to be seen, the hostess’ best “front.” JUJ flW A WHPP! the rider frequently meets with disaster. Avery Uii H ¥■ ntC- handy and efficient doctor to have with you when m accident happens is a bottle of Mexican Mustang Liniment. THE COMMON WILD RABBIT : Habhit Proof Fences and n Tra;!. Common Kentucky Institutions. I In many of the less closely settled re- | glons of our country when snows are ! deep and food scarce rabbits develop j | into a serious pest by gnawing the bark of fruit trees. Some items about this trouble from a recent bulletin by II. German of the Kentucky station may therefore not come amiss. When the nursery is small, it is pos sible to inclose it with a close slat - Wii *3 Spoke Too Late. The good minister of a Scottish par ish had once upon a time a great wish for an old couple to become teetotal ers, which they were in nowise eager to carry out. After much pressing, however, they consented, laying down as a condition that they should be al lowed to keep a bottle of “Auld Kirk” for medicinal purposes. About a fort night afterward John began to feel his resolution weakening, but ho was de termined not to be the first to give way. In another week, however, he col lapsed entirely. “Jenny, woman,” he said, “I’ve an awfu’ pain in my heid. Ye micht gie me a wee drappie an’ sec gin it’ll dee me ony guid.” “Well, gudeman,” she replied, “ye’re owrc late o’ askin’, for ever sin’ that bottle cam’ into the lioose I’ve been bothered sae wi’ pains i' my heid ’t is a’ dune, an’ there’s nae drappie left.” The 11.1K tlihle. The bug Bible was printed in 1540 by the authority of Edward VI,. and its curiosity lies in the rendering of the fifth verse of t lie Ninety-first Psalm, which, as we know. runs. “Thou shalt not be afraid for the ter ror by night nor for the arrow which tlietli by day,” but in tlie above ver sion ran, “So thou shalt not node to be afraid of any bugges by night.” Ludicrous as this sounds, it is not etymologically without justification. “Bug” is derived from the Welsh word “bwg,” which meant a hobgoblin or terrifying specter, a signification trace able in tlie word commonly in use to day—“bugbear”—and Shakespeare once or twice uses the word in this primary sense, notably when he makes Hamlet say. “Such bugs and goblins in my life.” Fine China. Fine china needs care in washing and drying and should neverjbe placed in nervous or indifferent hands. Treat ed lovingly, china will last for year* and even generations. Only a piece should be put in tbe tub at one time, the soap should be made into suds be fore putting anything in. and the wa ter must be very warm, not hot. Fi nally rinse in water that's just the same—warm. A good supply of fine, soft towels is a necessity, and, U;us equipped, the washing cf china is not a hard task. China will shine beauti fully if wiped out of clear warm wa ter. Looking- am] Seeing. There is much in knowing how to see sights. The discreet and skillful person, when confronted with a varie ty of attractions, will carefully select those that are for him the best and then will devise means to see them with the least wear and tear. But there are excitable people who set out to see everything, tire themselves out, see only half of anything and are dis satisfied in the end. A BABBIT TRAP, COMMON IN KENTUCKY. fence that will “turn” rabbits and serve all the purposes of the ordinary fences required to keep out stock. Ir. timbered countries, where rabbits arc- most troublesome, fences of this char acter can be cheaply built. Two types of fence suitable for the purpose are to be seen in the state. The most com mon is made of rough slats four to six feet long and about three inches in width. The slats are securely fasten ed together from one to two inches apart with No. 11 wire, stout posts be ing sc-t at intervals of ten to sixteen feet to insure stability and keep the panels upright. Since tlie slats can be adjusted to any unevenness of the ground, it is possible to exclude any thing that a fence can reasonably be expected to turn. The second type is made of shorter slats, three or four feet long, and these may be supplemented above by one or more wires stretched from post to post. J- Q. A. Raimi has built such a fence about his nursery. He uses slats three feet long, none less than half an inch thick, and sets his posts in spring, waiting until hot weather in August and September before putting up the slats in order to have the wire fully expanded at the start. The wires are simply crossed between the slats ant are kept taut, while building, by a bar row loaded with about 1,000 pounds of stone and placed 100 to 400 yards ahead of the workmen. Near the barrow the wires are secured to a single tree made of a piece of stout timber, a log chain being passed around this and secured to a weighted barrow. Rabbits are very easily caught, not withstanding their well known cun uing. One of the simplest and best traps used for the purpose is made of rough fence boards six inches wide and about two feet long. These pieces are nailed together so as to make an ob long box, one end of which is closed with a short piece of boardNwliilo the other is provided with a door consist ing of another piece of board which slides down from above in grooves cut * ‘ Equal Partners, ’ ’ by Howard Fielding, will be our next serial. This is a story of mystery. The interest aroused in the first chapter is admirably sustained to the end. A beautiful actress is found in her room in New York dangerously stabbed, with one chance in a million for her life. Who stabbed her? The reader forms opinions to quickly abandon them as the story rap idly unfolds. The identity of the criminal is so skillfully veiled that it is not discovered until the end. Our readers who are good at solving mysteries in stories will find something worthy of their powers in "EQUAL PARTNERS.” Don’t miss the first chapter. Two Sentenced for Child Murder. Chattanooga, Jan. 22.—Dr. J. L. D. Walker, of this city, and Milton Lewis, of Sequatchie valley, were convicted of murder in the circuit court here today and sentenced to ten years each in tne penitentiary. It is charged they conspired and killed a child born to Mrs. Lewis at the Wisdom house this city in the year 1900. The crime did not develop until several years alter that time. Ulcers mm rales or need not become a fixture upon your body. If they do it is your fault, for MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT will thoroughly, quickly and perma nently cure these afflictions. There is no guess work •about it; if this lin iment is used a cure will tollow. Vnil nn&PT IFWD1A/ how quickly a burn or scald can be cured 8UU LlUil 3 rinauw until you have treated it with Mexican Mustang Liniment. As a flesh healer it stands at the very top. Easily a Good Thing. “Did you say that hair restorer is a good thing?” asked the patron. “Yes,” answered the barber, with some slight hesitation; “it's a good thing. We sell several bottles a week at. a dollar a bottle.” “But bow do you know it’s a good thing?” “Because the profit on every bottle is 75 ceuts.”—Washington Star. nailed to the end. as shown in the out The bottom piece may also be allowed to project so as to make the door more secure when closed. A small hole is bored through the top at about the middle of the box. and midway be tween this and the door a stick is se cured in an upright position. Across the top of this latter a second stick is secured by a nail in a notch made in the upright oue so that it will seesaw up and down. A third stick of small size is notched near one end and se cured at the opposite end by means of a piece of twine to the end of the larger movable piece. This movable piece is now connected by twine at its forward end to the top of the door, when the trap is ready to set. The door is elevated, tlie little stick passed through the hole in the top and Two Escapes Recaptured. Tacoma, Wash.. Jan. 21.—A Ledger reported who has returned from the chase after the federal convicts re ports that W. D. Snyder, sent up from Idaho; James Carroll, an Alaska mur derer. and Harry Davis, a Nome lar- cenist, were recaptured last evening. Davis broke away from his captors, who fired on him. and it is thought injured him. He was not recaptured. Firs Destroys Courthouse. Westville, Fla.. Jan. 13.—The court house. with all the records except those in safe, was burned last night. It is thought that the fire was of in cendiary origin. Steps are being ta- Ken_to apprehend the supposed crim inal. All the surrounding property was saved by heroic efforts of the citi zens. This is the third fire in this town, within three months. ♦ ♦ FURNISH YOUR HOUSE FOR 89 50. Bedroom Suite, a beauty, Maltress and Spring. ... - pair I’idows. - 1 Oak Side- Board. 1 Oak Extension Table. - i ' <> .7 s, °v • Perfect rook. 6 Lining Boom t'bairs, Cane Seat. 1 safe. Tin or Wire, - I Kitchen Table. ..... 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That road of sor- “Indeed!” said the old gentleman, rows was only one of happiness on How’s that?” their return. They traveled very rapid- j “The law made him my daughter’s ly with one of those trains which glUL husband.”—London Answers, like an express over the frozen steppes lOTHEB’S Friesd will do. It will make baby's coming easy and painless, and that without tak ing dangerous drugs into the svs- tem. It is simply to be aunlied to the muscles of the 'abdomen. It penetrates through the skin carry ing strength and elasticity with it. It strengthens the whole system and prevents all of the discomforts of pregnancy. The mother of a plumb babe in Panama, Mo., says: “I have used Mother’s Friend and can praise it highlv. ’ ’ Get Mother’s Friend at the Drug Store, $1 per botUe. The Bradfield Regulator Co., ATLANTA, GA. , of Siberia. [ Meanwhile, arrived at the banks of the Dlnka, just opposite Briskoe. they stopped there one day. .Michael Stro goff sought out the place where he ban interred poor Nicholas. A cross was planted there, and Nadia prayed for the last time on the tomb of the hum ble and heroic soul which neither tkr one nor the other would ever forgot. At Omsk old Marfa was awaiting ihem in the little house of the Stro goffs. She pressed in her arms that noble girl whom in her heart she had already a hundred times called her daughter. The brave Siberian on that day had the right to own her son and to say that she was proud of him. After some days passed at Omsk. Mi chael and Nadia Strogoff returned to Europe, and, Wassili Feodor being well fixed in St. Petersburg, neither his son nor Ins daughter had any occasion ever to leave him, only when they went to see their old mother. The young courier had been received by the ezar, who attached him specially to liis person and decorated him with the cross of St. George. j Michael Strogoff afterward attained to a high post in the empire. But it is not the history of his success, but the history of his trials, which has deserv ed to be chronicled. i Tin-; end. • | Her Pet Pis’. A young woman in London took a pig in infancy and brought it up. as she says, “like a Christian.” Complaint was made to the authorities tlie other day, and the sanitary officers who went to investigate found the pig in bed be tween two white sheets, with its head on a pillow and its body covered with a white lace counterpane. Should Keep Something;. New Woman—Simply because a wo man marries a man is no reason why she should take his name. Old Bachelor—Just so. The poor fel low ought to be allowed to keep some thing he can call his own.—St. Louis Republic. A man seldom realizes how few of his remarks are worth repeating until he has conversed with a deaf person. —Chicago News. RABBIT PROOF-FENCE ABOUT XOtTNG TREES secured by the notch to tbe front edge of tlie bole. When the rabbit enters, it pushes the projecting' end of tbe stick before it. setting it free, ailowing the suspended door to descend and thus cutting off its own escape. The traps may be baited with a piece of apple or cabbage placed in the end farthest from the door. Forests cover one-tentli of the sur face cf the earth and one quarter o' Europe. American Orcharding;. If we are to have the proper kind of fruit, we must have the orchard in the control or ownership of business men. Of men who are not afraid of expense ff they wish to obtain good results. We want to get into American or chards men who are not afraid to spend tt little money to improve the ' conditions. If we can once do this, wo j will produce a type of fruit that will enlarge the powers of consumption, j that will go out to the world in differ ent ways and in wider volume than anything we now dream of, says an Illinois orcliL rd-.st. YVImt Ke Wanted to Sny. “Prisoner at the bar,” said the judge, “is there anything you wish to say be fore sentence is passed on you?” The prisoner looked wistfully toward the door and remarked that he would Iike_4o say “Good evening.” if it would be agreeable to the company. \ot n. Sensible Man. Daughter—Oh, mamma, I do wish I were pretty! Mother—You needn’t, dear. Sensible men. think very little about beauty. Daughter—But it isn’t sensible' men I’m thinking about r mamma; it’s Char lie! Her S iry 1 e. He looked despairingly 4Hto vacancy. “I have bad my misgivings.” he said in a dull, passionless voice, “but now I am sure. Your laugh shows me you are utterly heartless.” She turned pale. “Heavens!” slig cried in terror. “Did I open my mouth as wide as that?” Candid. “Do you mean to say that you have not read till of Shakespeare’s plays? “No.” answered Miss Cayenne. “To tell the truth, I did not mean to jsa.v it. As in the case of most people, the confession slipped out quite by acci dent.”—Washington. RANGES tx:n”w.a.:e3:e3_ 830 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA m m m m m On improved Farms in Burke, Jefferson, VVashington. Jef- ffson, Bulloch, Johnson and Rich mond Counties. No Commissions. Lowest Rates. Longtime or install ments. ALEXANDER & JOHN 705 Bread St., Augusta, Ga The iron pen mentioned by Job in the book of that name in the Bible is sup posed to have been a steel graver used for cutting inscriptions on stone. Aged Macon Citizen Dead. Macon, Ga., Jan. 20.—Patrick O’Hara, one of the oldest as well as one of the most highly respected citi- Smallpcx in Elbert County. Washington, Ga., Jan. 20.—News reaches here from Elbert county that smallpox is prevalent there. However, steps are being taken to retard the spread of the disease in that county. It is confined to the negro popula tion. She Carved Her With a Razor. Macon, Ga., Jan. 20.—In a quarrel zens of Macon, died at the residence about her husband Lula Jenkins, a ne- of his daughter, Mrs. J. T. Coffee, on gro woman > on Saturday night cut Oak street, at an early hour yesterday ^ ary Nee ^ another negro. The cut- t to Blame. She—Saturday is our silver wedding. Don’t you think we ought to kill the pig and have a feast? He—Kill the pig? I don’t see why the poor animal is to blaiue for what happened twenty-five years ago.”—Lon don Tit-Bits. Serve Iletjnired. 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