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THE SPIDER’S WEB;
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Trapped on the Trail.
A Thrilling Romance of the
Silver Hills.
By MORRIS REDWING,
Either of "la the Shadow or the Beaffbld,"
“Joella," "Cripple of Loudon,"
i Etc., Eto.
CHAPTER XXn.—Oosnsrau.
At the earliest streak et dawn three mou
tc; out on foot from Hilvorsnud. Each man
was henVilv armed, ready for any emer^eney.
Now that Iturdnn llrouo hnd met his
fate, the detective and Wager believed there
would bo less danger to honest men in
traversing the mountain trails.
Dusty Dan proved to bo n remarkable
trailer, and when, after a two hours’ tramp,
ho canto to a hnlt and pointed to the left,
all eyes wero turned inquiringly in that di
rection.
“There's a path leadin’ somewhar, ” ho
said, "and it may bo jest tbo ouo wo are
lo.ikin' for.”
“It. maybe" .
“Shall wo follow it?" from Wager.
“I would ndviso it, sinoo it agrees with
that nolo in Swayno s diary wo must be
at least six miles from hilvcreaud," re
turned Eaglo (irny.
’ Jest about, ’’answered Dusty Dnti.
After a short consultation tho throo sot
forward on tho narrow path that led lo tho
left, and half an hour's tramp ntlestod tho
fact that tho woro on the right trail.
'Thoy soon entered a bountiful open
grove, and, after pas-log forward a few
yards, came to a suiall cabin built against
tho faco of tho hill.
This was tbo cabin In which Durden
llrouo had left Iva moro than a weok before.
Dusty Dnn a ns in tbo lend.
He pushed open tbo door, stood an in
stant on the threshold, and thou rooied
bock with a great cr.v.
“Wlint is it, Don?"
"Great spoons! tlmr'B been foul work
tlinr!" exclaimed tho doughty teiiuistor, ns
ho steppod aside and permitted tho do-
teotlvo to stand in tbo door.
Kohl work, indcod!
On tbo door, with upturned fnco and
gaping throat, lay tho Dody of n large man.
lie hud b. cu shot through tho head, and
bis tbront was out from ear to ear.
There was a pool of blood, dried now,
yet prosonting n horrible sight.
Even tho detectivo, whoso norvos wore
nnusuiilly strong, felt touched and weak
for one momout at tho sight. Wager, who
was glnncing over Gray’s shoulder, gnHpod,
sbudderingly: “It is tho work of Jerry
Bwaynel"
CHATTED XXIIL
A WOMAN’S BCIIUAM.
Tho throe mon at once pushed into the
room and began an examination of the
premises. Thu stout mau on the lloor had I
evidently been murdered, and Wallis Wagei i
jumped at onuo to tho conclusion that tho I
burly tuvern-keepor's sou was the one who 1
had committed tho crime.
Thu door leading into tho back room
stood ajar, and into this the throo mado
their way. All was dark wit bin, but uonu
of tho throe looked for danger, since, had
any ouo been about tho promises, lire body
of tho man in tho front room, which bore
evidence of having lain long in itn prosont
position, would have been cared for.
“Strike a glim, boys, uttered Dusty D.in,
in a low, awed tone, lio was evidently im
pressed with his surroundings.
Wallis Wager was always ready for omor-
gcncicH of this kiud, and ho booh had a
match going. Seeing a tin lamp on a stone
Bhelf, tho youth applied his match, and
then a dim light pervaded tho subterranean
apartment.
No living soul was present besido tho
three, although Wager moro than half ex
pected to look upon the dead body of Iva.
The walls woro bare, and everything
within looked do-olato indeed.
Tho room was large, and had evidently
not loug sinoo been tho abode of several
persons, who 'hud, perhaps, dosorted tho
' plica through alarm for their safety.
“Blakt my eyes!" cjncitlated Dusty Dan.
“ Wo lnvo ooute too late,” uttered Do-
teotiva Gray,
“It seems so,” returnod Wager.
And then a short silence fell.
“What do you mnko of tho pluoc and of
that out yonder?” questioned tho young
New-Yorker nt length.
, “I imagine this was once an outlaw ro«
sort, but now it scorns to bo deserted.”
“It looks that way—but tho dead iunu?"
“Was one of tho gang."
“IIow do you account for his death?"
“Doubtless ho wns supposed to bo a
traitor, which accounts for his death and
the dcsortion of the envo."
There seemed to be considerable plausi
bility in the detective’s surmise.
Nevertheless, Wallis Wager was not yet
ready to exonerate Jerry SSWayne. Some
thing seemed to toll tho young New-Yorker
that the innkeeper's son had a luud in the
death of the stranger in the cabin.
As they wero about to leave the room,
after a thorough examination of the samo,
a bit of something caught the eye of De
tective Gray nt the side of tho door, nud
almost scroenod by a wooden beam that
had been used iu tho construction of tho
front portion of tho mountain cellar.
Tho detective seethed it at onco
It proved to bo a bit of brown and white
paper, oval in shape, nud evidently torn
from the inside crown of a hat. In the
paper itself there wns nothing wonderful,
but the keen eye of Engle Gray was ever
on the alert, ai d ho was ready to examine
the smallest article for a clew lo something
further.
“What Is it?" queried 'Wager, as Gray
held tho papor up to the glare of tho light.
“Iu one moment. ”
There was writing on the paper, made
with a pencil:
“I am horo in tho robber’s oave, but no
ono iB hero save Jerry Swayne. He has
Slain tho guard, and says that I must keep
him company to Silvorsund. He means
mischief. I dread to go, but dure not an
ger him. He has steppe.I on’, but will soon
return; he is coming, and I cannot write
more. Heaven giant Air. Gray or somo ono
honorable may tind this ”
No name wns attached; there was need of
none. Eaglo Gray handed the paper to his
young friend.
“She is a shrewd girl," said Wager, whou
ho had finished reading. ’ She lm; the
mental endowments of her father. The
idea of such a girl fal'ing iu’o the hands of
such a vile sensualist as .lorry Swayne. ’
'It is terrible. ’Twas from him she fled
from home."
“Yes. Evidently Iva found the letter I
intended giving her in the morning before
Y left the tavern. The murder of my com
panion Bent me from the tavern prema
turely iu put suit of the assassin, whom I
(hen believed to be Burden Brono, who
tad once, under another name, acted the
wioieu pan maraud out tor mm t>/ me
enemies of Iva. But you know the story,
Mr. Gray, and there is no need for mo to
refer to it here. It seems that the girl has
been taken from here to Silversand, and
there seoreted by Jerry Bwayne. It now
becomes our duty to return to tho city and
continue the Bearch there. ”
“I presume you are right, although I am
wot fully persuaded that the girl has been
taken to the city," returned the detective,
thoughtfully. .
“This note would seem to indicate as
much."
“Yes; it seemed to be the villain’s inten
tion, or pretended intention, when this was
written,’’ returned Eagle Gray; “but he
might have beon deceiving the girl."
“True; I see only one way out of’our
“And that?”
“Wo must return to tho city and find
Jcrrv Swayne. arrest him for abduction,
ana compel him to reveal tho whereabouts
of Iiis cousin."
“He is a dogged scamp, and Would te.
fttso to tell, but wo might dog his steps, and
learn w horo ho has hidden tho girl iu that
way."
"Thon let us return nt once.”
The two men pn-sed into tho cabin
whore Dusty Dnn sal regarding tho dead
man curiously, evidently hnviug rcoovored
effectually from his fenrs
• : Whnm we do with tho critter? I swow
I don’t koer to lay my hands onto him,”
said tho teamster, as tho two mon entered
(bo mountain cabin.
“1 think we had best report the case to
the authorities, and lenve tho body whore it
is for the present,” said Deteotive Gray.
To this the othors ngiood, and (hen the
ihrcn men turned their backs on the scene
of tho tragedy and hastened thoir return to
SilversnudL
It wns n wook lntor.
Tho body of tbo murdered Tiger Tom
lind found sepulture on tho mountain pla
teau, and no clew to tho assassin had yet
been discovered.
Englo Gray and Wallis Wngor bad during
ibe time been on the alert, bnt thus far had
utterly failed to disoover aught of tbe
whereabouts of Iva Swayne. Had not the
young Now-Y’orkor understood that the
girl was sin h a valuablo prize living,
whereas, if dead, she would be utterly
valueless to the scheming villain in whoso
power she was, lie would have foared that
death had ovi rtaken her.
At length Eagle Gray resolved lo visit
Bog Tavern, thinking it not impossible that
the girl lmd b on taken thithor. Tbo de
tective went on tho stage as a passenger,
nnd iu disguise.
During his friend's nbsonoo Wallis Wager
continued his search. At all times of day
and uigl.t he visited tho lowest partB of the
city, nud quite frequently In disguiso.
Jerry Swayno ho had not seen since his
encounter with that gentleman in tho cell
of tho city prison n wook before. Tbe inn
keeper's son managed to keep himsolf se
creted thoroughly.
Wager realized that ho wns playing n
deep game, nnd that ho must uouiIh bo care
ful, wary, nnd cool. Ho lind schooled him
self to this sinoo taking the trail that lod
from tho city of Now York to tho silver
Bills of tho groit West.
It wns night.
Dark, windy, nnd threatening a storm.
Wallis Wngor wns pnssing down nu nlloy
that connected two of tho bnok streets of
tho city, with head down, yet with eyesight
nud honriug nt n stretch. Ho realized that
ho was in tho viloBt part of Silversnnd,
where thugs, loughs, nud tho lowest order
of humanity eon grogs ted.
•Ilist abend of him shot the glow of n
lamp thrown across the nlloy from a nar
row window, whose dingy pinion of glass
wore unshaded save by a long accumulation
of dirt.
A faint, sharp scream fell on tbo murky
air of night—a woman's scream.
With tho bound of a cat tbo ninnteur de
tective gained the lamp-lit window, through
a broken pano of which tlio scream pro
ceeded. At onco Wallis Wager glued his
eye to tho hole.
What ho snw caused him to start from
tho window and spring to tho door.
"Itiulvu- found nt Inst!" he exclnimod.
Thon ho tried tlio door; he shook it fu
riously. but it refused to yield, being se
curely bolted wilhiu.
CHATTER XXIV.
A HTAIITUNO HUIlPIliBl
“Uolpl help! Save mot”
Evidently tlio young girl hoard tho hand
tt tho door, and potiinps had seen Walds
Wager’s face at tlio window.
The young New-Yorker wns not to bo
daunted by bolts and bars, llis quick oy
caught sight of a billot of wood lying near.
Belzi g tills, bo turned toward tbo window.
A few woll-dircotod blows opened a way
(o tbo interior of tlio building, leaviug a
shower of glass and splintors on overy sido.
Wilh a swift bound Wngor crossed tho
sill nnd stood iu a small, dirty kitchou,
confronting two persons—a hiiloous hag
aiul a pallid, trembling young girl. Tho
fonnorhad her claw-like lingers olntcheil
Iu tho girl's shouldor, nnd was dragging
her noross the room.
"Back to your room, brat!" snarlod tbe
ling, just ns our young detectivo burst upon
the hoouo.
Instantly tho ling dropped her clutch
from tlio arm of Iva, and, facing tbo in -
! tinder, she snatched a butober-knifo flora
! a convenient shelf and made nt him with n
I hideous snarl.
Wngor dodgod a blow, nnd, seizing the
wriBt of hiaeurngod adversary, he wronckod
tlio weapon from her hand. Then he
pushed iicr bnok nud crushed her down
into a chair.
"Now bo quiet, woman," he said, in a
stern tono,
A growl nlouo nnsworod tho young man.
Per the. ti'iio the ling seomod passive
enough. Turning to the girl, who had
sunk, pale and trembling, into a chair,
Wngor said:
‘‘.Miss Swayne, get your lint nnd shawl,
tud wo will leave hero nt ouce."
"You will not let her huun me?"
"No; you are safe under my protection.
Be quick, ploaso wo oan tnlk later.”
Iva did as requested.
She Boon returned with hat nnd shawl,
and, with a warning word to the hideous
matron, Wager passed from tho room with
pretty, frightened Iva in chnrgo.
“ You'll pay for this.” hissed the old hag,
at the same time rending the air blue with
guilts.
But onr two friends paid no heed ns they
passed swiftly down the alley to tlio streoi.
Wager conduct 'd his fair charge nt onco to
theholol of Silver Aline, where, after she had
been refreshed by a good supper, h«
learned the story of hor adventures.
It was Jerri’ Swayne who hid killed
Tiger Tom. Burden Brono had forgotten
to secure the young villain’s revolver nftei
flinging tho suppo od dead body into the
Bilik, and when Jerry relurned to his senses
nud crawled bnok to the placo of encountci
with Jirono, ho found bis revolver, with
live chambers loaded. Ho then crawled
forward, waylaid and shot Tiger Tom, who
staggered into tho cabin nud fell, mortally
wounded, to tho floor.
He had life enough, howover, to fire at
Swayne when ho entered in search of Iva,
and for this tho tavern-keepor's son usod
his knife. Iva was imprisoned in the cave,
which Jerry entered by means of the key
procured from tho deiui outlaw.
"During tho day, after tho killing of (ho
guard, I was left In tho cave and guarded
by my cousin Jerry,” proceeded Iva.
“While bo whb absent for a short time, I
tore tbe lining from my liat and wrote a
few lines, leaving it almost bidden in a
crevice. I dared not lenve it plainly ex
posed for fair of liis discovering it. I hud
tittle expectation that any of my friends
would find the paper; in fact, 1 was not
sure that I had a friend save I ho deloctive,
Eaglo Gray, and he might bo dead ero this,
for it; seomod to mo tliut the mountain
swarmed with enemies. ’’
“I am your friend, Alias Swayne,” assert
ed Wager, “and I moan to prove it to you
before you are many hours older.”
"I clo not doubt your friendship, sir,”
answered Ivo. “You have already proved
that, and I am ready to trust you fully. ”
“Thanks for your confidence, (low long
have you been in the horrible deu iu which
I found you to-night?”
“About a fortnight On the night fol
lowing the events I have narrated Jerry
led me from the cave, and he promised to
take mo to a pnblio house in Silversand,
whore I should be free to return home with
him or not He made some fine promises,
nud I was fool enough to think ho was ca
pable of speaking the truth.
“The result was that I followod, confid
ingly, and the first I was aware of any
thing wrong I was iu Mother Moggs’ mis
erable den, and looked in an underground
room, where I was to remain, Jerry told
me, with nothing to oat hut bread and water
until I consented to beoomo his wife.”
“The scoundrel!"
“He was e^uei to hie word. I think I
have grown thin under ins treatment, al
though I fool uncommonly strong to-uighh
Ho made some terrible throats, but 1 re
fused to do as he wished. It has been
twenty-four hours since I have soon my
cousin. It wns a mere clinnco that I gained
tho kitchen of Mother Aloggs’ apartment.
Sho left tho key in tho lock when she
brought me my supper of bread and poor
water, nud I improved the opportunity to
fleo from the room. I gained the kitchen,
the only mode of egress from tho cellar,
nnd was hastening for tlio outer door when
Alolhor Aloggs suddenly appeared nnd
seiz d mo; it wns then I uttered tho screams
that brought you to my assistance,”
“It was n lucky circumstance my passing
along thnt alloy to-night. I 'rovidencj wills
that tho right shall triumph. Iva, nro you
strong enough to listen to a story of the
past?”
“I never folt bettor in my life."
"You nro a bravo girl -vory like your
fnthor," uttered the young New-Yorker in
tn undortone, yot loud enough to reach tho
ear of his fair oompanion.
“Mv father!" sho cried, quickly. “Tell
tno, d*id you know my father?"
Yes, nnd your mother,” answered tho
young man, with a smilo that died into a
solemn shadow ns ho gnzed into the eager
ce of tho young girl bofore him.
“I have ro longed to hear about them,”
murmured Ivn. “Will you toll mo, please?”
“ilavou’t tbo Dwaynes enlightened you?”
“No.”
“And yon never heard aught of your
parents? i <io not wonder, however, ■
“Unc o Lucius lias told me something,"
cried the girl, suddenly, at tho hiiiio tiino
drooping lier bend. "I never could believe
thnt—that my father was n criminal —
Nor wns ho. AVliat did Swayne tell
you?" interrupted tho New-Yorkor, quickly.
“That my father commuted a heinous
orimo, for which ho was sent to prison for
life, and my mother died of mortification
over it. Ho anil Aunt Susan, out of tho
kindness of (heir lioarts, took mo homo
with them, nud loft the conn ry iu ordor
to bring mo up where 1 should not bo
poiuted at us tlio child of a felon."
“Indeed! Did you I'oliovo this?"
“I wns in doubt sometimes. I have cried
myself to sleep many a timo thinking on
it," said Iva, soborly.
Doliovo me, Iva, thnt story Is false in
Its entirety. Your father was a good limn,
our mother worthy to be bis wife. You
i ivo boon foully wronged, and 1 liavo (niton
it upon mysolf to right Ibut wrong. Tho
Swaynos are not your rolativ- h, nnd they
are tho criminals who liavo placed them-
Bolves under the ban of tlio law. I have
pretty much tho wholo story, and will tell
it to you if you care to listen. ”
"1 do," cried Iva, eagerly, hor thin ebooks
(lushing with excitement.'
Eor an hour ho talked.
When ho finally camo to Iho end of liis
story, Ivn drow a long, quivering brenth,
and, placing both liltlo linntls iu those of
Wallis Wngor, said'
’’Noble mnnl I tliink T shall lnvo ytra al
ways for this work you bavo undertaken in
my behalf.”
Artless ns a child.
And wlint was she but a child?
Wallis Wngor regarded the moist eyes
anil now pale cheeks with a fooling of min
gled admiration and pity. At length ho
said, still holding hor ha ids in oio of his:
“You have a mark horo,” tuuchiiig her
right Hbouldor; "tho imago of a coiled Bor-
pont.”
Sho started, jerkod hor hands quickly
from his clasp, and, Hushing hotly to hor
temples, criocl:
"Sir, what do you menu? How did you
know of that?"
It had always beon a source of annoy
ance to hor, that sorpont's coil on tho point
of her shoulder, though bnt little larger
than a pin. Sho had cried over thnt, too,
and her aunt had more than once said that
It was a visitation of boavon, to continually
tier nt (lie wickedness of her unreal.
It seomod cruol tlmt (liis man. almost a
stranger to her, should fling that hideous
birthmark in her face after lie lind soeuiud
so frioudly.
“Don’t troublo yonrsolf, my girl. I have
never seen that mark Ninco you lay an in
fant iu \ our cradle, but I nlwuyi admired
it, though it was often a source of nunoy-
anco to your mother. I see that I liavo
mado no mistake. Y’ou are tlio daughter of
Grant Thorurift, and entitled to wear tlio
robes of a Indy, which I moan you shall
do within n very short timo now, Eaglo
Gray is even now over at Bog Tavern iu
tho senrch for you. I would advise y. u not
to leave tho holol on any consideration. I
shall arrest Jerry Swnyee and liis lather at
nnoo—to-morrow niul thon your troubles,
I trust, will bo over."
Ho spoko kindly, reassuringly, and Iva
folt suddenly ashamed of her exhibition of
resentment.
Wallis Wager loft hor presence, highly
elnieil nt tho prospect.
Iu tho morning lio would see that two
warrants wero issued for Hie Swaynos —
nay, throo of (hem, for Airs. Swayne was
equally guilty with hor.husband.
“I ought to liavo attended In IliiH sooner,"
mused Wager, as he walked down (o tho
hotel office the next morning.
A tall, dark-featured man, who had been
watching tho stairs, at onco stopped to the
sido of tho young Now-Y'orkcr, and tapped
him on tho shoulder.
“Y’ou are my prisoner, Wallis Wager!"
And the noxt instant a pair of li mdcuffs
wore snapped over iho astonished man’s
wrists.
pro BE CONTINUED. 1
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Poisonous .11 ilk.
Tito poisoning of nt least twenty-five
persons in a tenement house in Now
York City by milk procured I n mi a dairy
in Dutchess county is fresh proof that
Wio milk supply in cities should bo suli-
J 'cct to careful sanitary supervision,
ililk from tuberculous cows causes well
defined disease. Swill milk like that
which was furnished from the Blissville
stables recently closed by Dr. Edson
raises tho death rate among children and
may plant the seeds of disease in adults.
Many an epidemic of typhoid fever has
boon traced to milk procured from
dairies where sanitary laws wero not
oboyod, but in such cases the milk gen
erally serves as a vehielo for carrying
poison drawn from a polluted well or
from contaminated air. Tho milk from
Dutchess county which has caused so
muoh sickness appears to have contained
that obscure poison of putrefaction
known ns tyrotoxioon, which 1ms beon
found in cheese anil ice cream as well ns
in milk. An inquiry concerning the
condition of tho dairy from which this
milk was taken may throw somo light
upon tho circumstances under which the
poison was developed, and thus help to
solve a problem which engages tho atten
tion of chemists.
Tlio Latest Cat S' -ry.
Hern is a cat story which c. rtuinly s
not outdone in tho evidence of intelli
gence it affords by any dog stray .that
has been told of late, and can be vouch
ed for. Mistress Puss lives in a family
as its best beloved pet and lias much
careful attention. Each year when tho
family goes into tho country of course
Mistress Puss goes too, and thus she
has become used to traveling and its
discomforts. She h .s become used also
to tho various signs of approaching
migration nnd knows what it means
when the carpets come up and truu Its
are packed. This particular season
Mistress Puss, being the happy mother
of a promising kitten, wns very anxious
and nervous as the time for Hitting
drew near, and at lust became so trou
bled thnt she attracted tlio attention of
the family by her peon liar behavior. On
tho following day they >uml the cause.
She had packed hor little one into a
partially filled trunk lest it should be
w.u.q j n th e moving.—Huston Putt,
Cleaning Carpets.
Carpet denning, ns ordinarily per
formed, is literally carpet-beating nnd
does much toward destroying the carpet.
The proper way, if one is in the country,
is to get a branch of a tree or a young
sapling us thick as tho butt of an nxo
handle, and which terminates in n good
number of light, whip-like shoots. A
beech branch will sometimes be found,
which will answer the purpose. It must
he trimmed up, nnd every twig, knot or
roughness be removed which could catch
iu the threads und tear tho carpet. Of
course, tlio flatter tho upper part is tho
better, ns more of the whips will strikoat
tho same timo. To clean the carpet, hang it
over a lino placed so high that tho lower
edge will clear tho ground. Tako tho
big whip in both hands nnd strike _ A
strong, quick blow. A cloud of dust will
ily from the whole space struck, yet tho
blow will not appear to make verv much
impression on the enrpet itself. Tho ends
of the branch have divided the forco of
the Blow among themselves nnd each one
has made a sharp, quick stroke like thnt
of a riding whip.—American Agriculturist.
Famous tloclpc for Curing Hama.
The following is the famous rccipo
used by Mrs. Henry Clay for curing hams,
several hogsheads of which were annually
scut to Boston, where, under tho name of
“Ashland limns,” they commanded tho
highest of prices, especially among tho
wealthy whit's of that city:
For every ten hams of moderate size,
she took three and one-half pounds of
fine salt, one pound of saltpetre and two
pounds of brown sugar, and after mixing
these thoroughly together, rubbed tho
limns therewith on either sido. They
were then packed in a tight box nnd
placed in a cool outhouse for about throo
weeks, when the hams wore taken out
and put in a pickling tub or hogshead
and covered with brine strong enough to
swim an egg. After remaining in tlio
pickle for about three weeks they wero
taken out, thoroughly rubbed with fresh
salt and hung up in a well ventilated
house for a few days to dry. Next they
were transferred to tlio smoko house,
where they were hung tip and smoked
with green hickory or walnut wood until
they acquired the color of bright ma
hogany. This accomplished, each 1mm
was sewed up in canvas, tho coverings
whitewashed and hung up to dry, after
which they were whitewashed again and
packed away iti hogsheads with hickory
ashes, until wanted cither for homo uso
or sending to Boston.
Hints ami Suggestions.
If salt is sprinkled around the edges of
a carpet, when on tho lloor, it will keep
away moths.
White paint that has become discolored
tuny be nicely cleaned by using u littlo
whiting in the water while washing.
Flannels should ho washed in hot
soapsuds nnd rinsed in hot water contain
ing soap enough to soften it a littlo.
Starched shifts will iroit easier if you
let them dry after starching, so you will
have to sprinkle them before ironing.
Never wet the hair if you have any
tendency to deafness; wear an oil-silk
cap when bathing, and refrain from
diving.
A picco of pointed whalebone or pino
wood is nice to clean out corners. AY ash
your windows with sponge und polish
with tissue paper.
Clean lamp chimneys by holding them
over the spout of a tcnkettlo full of boil
ing water, then wipe with a clean cloth.
It will make them beautifully clear.
It is said if feather beds and pillows
ho left out in a drenching rain every
spring, and afterward exposed to the
sun and air on every sido until dry, they
will he much freshened and lightened.
Keep cut flowers fresh for several days
by filling a vase with clean sand,to which
is added a liberal supply of powdered
charcoal. Embed the stems of the
bouquet in this, and water occasionally
Never put milk, fat or any oily sub
stance into the uar for the relief of pain,
for they soon become rancid and tend to
incite inflammation. Simple warm water
will answer the purpose better than any
thing else.
Silver becoming black may be avoided
by keeping that which is not often used
in canton flannel Imgs, with snmll lings
about the size of u thimble filled with bits
of gum-camphor packed in und around
the articles.
For mildew, pour a quart of boiling
water on an ounce of chloride of lime.
When it is dissolved add three quarts of
cold water, [n this put the garment,and
let it soak for twelve hours. If not very
had the spots will come out in less time.
Pieces of toilet soil]) that liavo become
too small for convenient bundling may
be utilized by making a small flannel
bag, leaving the top open, and into this
puttingtho nieces of soap as they accu
mulate. When it is full sew over tho top
und you have a nice accessory for your
bath-tub.
Rubber rings such as nro used on fruit
cans often become hard and brittle. They
can be restored by letting them lie in wa
ter in which you have put a little ammo
nia. Mix in this proportion: One part
ammonia and two parts water. Sometimes
they do not need to lie in this more titan
five minutes, hut frequently n half-hour
is necEd to restore their elasticity.
A Neapolitan Bill of Fare.
Lee Merriweather, telling of his Euro
pean trip, says:
My daily expenditures for food in Na
ples averaged about 17 cents, divided
thus:
Bread, ono pound 8 cents
Macaroni 8 cents
Half pound of tigs 2 cents
Finocclim, a kind of eoarso celery,
wholesome and good 2 cents
AVine 8 cents
Milk 4 cents
Total cost of food per day 17 cents
Lodging 4 cents
Total cost of daily living in Naples. .21 cents
This diet was varied occasionally by an
egg omelette cooked with oil (this in
place of macaroni), <>r by artichokes,
pomegrimtcs, chestnuts, etc. The total
cost, however, remained the same. — Out-
ing.
Seals That Have Nightmare.
Thu sleep of the fur-seal seen on land
is always accompanied by an involuntary,
nervous, muscular twitching and slight
shifting of the flippers, all of which may
he signs, ns it were, of their simply hav
ing nightmare, or of sporting, in u vis
ionary way, iu some far-off dreamland
sea.
1 have studied hundreds of such som
nolent examples. Stealing softly up so
close that 1 could lay my hand upon them
from the point where 1 was sitting and
watching the sleeping seals, I have al
ways found their sleep to be of this ner-
vputj description.
The respiration is short nnd rapid, but
s'itli no sound of breathing, unless the
ear is brought very close.—Our Arctic
Province.
MILLIONS FOUND Ilf INDIA*
The Treasure of the Maharajah, of
Gwalior, Unearthed Mud "bor
rowed.”
The Finanoial Seorotary of India has
advised the government of the discovery
of an immense amount of treasure, esti
mated at over $25,000,000, whion had
boon seoreted in tho palace of Gwalior by
tbe late Maharajah. The treasure had
been rank ill pits under the vaults
beneath the Zanana, and the aeoret
was intrusted to a few confidential ser
vants. ,
The Secretary was present when the
treasure was unearthed. After remov
ing the earth to a depth of six feet the
workmen Unoovered great flag stones.
Beneath these stones were several pita
filled to the brim with silvef, chiefly
freshly coined rupees. In each pit was
a plate recording the amount of the
treasure and the names of the officials
who had assisted in secreting it.
The Indian government has taken the
hoard as a loan from the young Moliara-
jah. The nntivo papers protest against
this action of tho government. They
say that had the Maharajah been an
adult, instead of being under a regenoy
controlled by the government, he would
novor have invested liis whole wealth in
Indian securities. A question wiU be
raisotl in Parliament ns to whether the
"investment” be not another name for
♦ ♦ * • Dsllcata diseases of cither sex,
howCvet Induced, speedily and permanently
oared. Boffk It) cent* tn * tamps. World • Dis-
^iuep Medjcal ASsoolatlon, 6*1 Main Street,
Tlie llauor bill of Great Britain the pasi
rear foots tip |6H.528.ti26.
Tim editor of the London Vanity Fair
says an American now in London ha’s
bought a music-room piano, designed by
Alton Tndemn and painted by Pointer,
for 35,000. The chnirs cost $5,000
each, and tho entire outlay on his room
reaches tho onorinous amount of $500,-
000.
An Indolent Organ.
When tho liver le Indolent, ns tt must neoee-
sarlly be when It falls to secrete the bile tn
sufficient quantities to meet the requirements
of digestion nnd evnouatlon, tt should be set at
work with lloitotter’s Ntumach Hitter* The
healthful stiuiu ut to nativity imparted by
th s Incomparable nlterallve, speedily evinces
Its If In a departure of the uncomfortable sen
sations In t ,o rlghtflue; tho nsusra; furupon
the tongue; Indigestion, amt * ok headache
consequmt uion Inactivity of tlio liver and
tlio diversion of tho hilo from Its proper chan
nel. Irregularity of l ho bowels ti alwayeand
painlessly reformed by tlie corre tire Indi
cated, which Is infln tely to tie preferred, both
because It G safe and more ofltcarh ui to blue
pill, calomel and drenching | urgntlres of
every class. It euros ai d prevents fever end
ague, end rheumatism
Prof. Hermann, the prodi ligltatenr, died
nt Carlsbad, recent 1 )’, agi d lift
A Price In the Lottery
Of life which Is usually unappreciated until It
te lost, perhaps never to return, Is health.
What a price.rss boon It Is, and how Wu ought
te cherish It, that 1 fe may not b 1 n wi rili’e-s
blank to us. Many of the d seises that flesh
le heir lo, nnd which make life Irardunaome,
such ns coiisu nplh n (s rof ,1a of the lungsi,
and other scrofulous and blood ills, eees. are
completely cured by Ur. It. V. Pu ree’s "Uol 1-
en Medical I Recovery” arter ait other reme
dies have railed. Dr. I t ree's I realise on con
sumption malted for 10cunts n stamps- Ad
dress World's 11Ispensary Med leal Association,
fififi Main Street. Dutlalo. N. Y.
The Western Union has declared adtrldend
of 1 per cent, payable July 15.
Gold Fields,
That pan out richly, ura not so abundant as I n
tic early California days, hut tho • who write
to ttailott & Co., Portland Mane, will. byre,
turn ma 1, receive f re . lull inionnstfon about
work which they cun do and tve at ho ne,
whorover thwy are lootrel. iha' w.11 pay loom
from $6 to $25 per da; and upwards. Eltho
sex, young or old
are stn
at onoe are absolutely sure of m g ill.tie for
tunes.
Neal Dow tho temnernnee reformer who It
H years old. Is lecturing In Canada.
young or old. Capital not required; yru
sta tod in business free Those who start
Wbatkvm name or designation Is given to
Fever and Agucorotlier Intermittent diseases,
it le safo to say (lint Miliaria or a disordered
state of the liver Is at fault. Ellmlnatu the
Impurities from lire, system and n sure and
prompt cure lathe re-ult. Prickly Ash Bit-
tors is tne safest amt most elfectlve remedy
for all Dlllnry troubles, kidney diseases, and
liko rojnplaint- that has ever been brought
before Urn public. A trial is Its beet recom
mendation
The Butcher's National Convention dis
charged all their "walking" delegatee.
Par Rickets, Marsisina, and Wasting Dis
orders of Children,
Scott's Emulsion of Col Liver Oil with
Hypophosphltes, Is iinoqnale 1. Ttie rapidity
with which children gain flesh and strength
upon It Is very wonderful. Read tho follow
ing: “I have used Scull's Emulsion Incases of
Rlcketsand Marasmus of long standing, and
have been more than pleased with the results,
as Insverv caso the Improvement was marked-"
—J. M. Main, M. D-, New York.
The Chicago, III.,
duplicale set of hook
municipal thieves kept
“All Men Are Liars,”
Said David of old. Ho \vr probably prompted
to make the ubovo remark after trying some
unreliable i atari'll remedy. Had he been per
mitted to live until the present da\, and tried
Dr. Nage's i remedy, tie might have had a bet
ter opinio i of mankind. We claim that no
case of catarrh can Withstand the maglo ef
fects of i his wonderfu medicine. Ono tidal of
It will convince you of Its efficacy. By drug
gists; fifty cento.
The Vatican authorities have received $8,000
with which to celebrate the Pope's Jubilee.
I Use It Myself.
Jnn. E. Jones, Fort Valley, Ga., ono of the
leading druggists there, states thnt he com
mends Dr. Biggors' lluokleberry Cordial he.
cause hn uses it lilmse f, and knnwe of what
value it is for bowel troubles.
_ A Wonderful Mnchlne and Offer.
Tn Introduce them w; give away 1,0® Self-
operating Wasting .Maniiiues. No labor or
washbiard. Best in Hie world. If you want
find. urritH Tlia Vnfnn,. I ft.. 07 n,._Ua ay nr
. write The National Co., 27 Dey 8*. V. Y.
Health Marks.
A bright eye, clear skin, glowing features,
animated expression, nnd a quick, firm etep;
all secured by using Dr. Harter's Iron Tonto.
Daughters, Wives and .Wethers.
Hend for Pamphlet nil Female Diseases, free,
securely sealed. Dr. J. B. Mitrchlsi, Utica, N. Y
S month’s treatment for 50e. Piso's Remedy
for Catarrh, Wold by druggists.
All Run Down
From th) weakening affects of warm we«thar, by
hard work, or from n long illness, you need a good
tonic and purifier like Hood’s Kar.iaparllla. If you
Imre nevey tried this peculiar medicine, do so now.
It will glre you strength and appetite.
“I waa completely run down and was for nearly
four years under medical treatment, being given up
to die by physicians. My mother urged me lo take
Hood’s Sar.-nparllla. At last I consented, and I
hare never taken anything which helped me so
much at Ho d's Sarsaparilla, vrhlcb restored me to
health and vigor. 1 have been taking It about our
months and am now a different toing.”—Nu.ia
Noble, Peoria, III.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Bold bv all drugglsta. *1; six for #5. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowoll, Mass.
IQO Doses One Dollar
The beet cod gnreet Remedy for Cere et
ell dleeeeee earned bjr oay deraagemeat of
the liver, Kldaeya, Btomach-aad BeweU.
Dyepepeta. Sick Headache, Oonittpatlon,
StUeffs Cemplotatt aad Malaria of all kind*
yield readily »the hiailiwi USaeaee of
m&i
II b pleeeaat te the taate, trace ap the
eyatea, rectoree end preceive, health.
It le rarely Vegetable, aad cannot lhfl te
prove beneficial, both to old and prang.
■ a Blood Parifler It le raperlor le ell
other* Bald everywhere nt 11.00 a bottle.
©\VOitb PILLS.
nr.wAJtm or imitationi. axwats
ask ron i>b. PiMltCK’a pkllvtb, on
LITTLE BUQAR-COATED TILLS.
ftelng ontlrely vegetable, they op
erate without dtaturliam-o to tho system, diet,
or occupation. Put up In glnsg vtflis. hermett
colly ecaled. Always fresn and reliable. As>
a laxative, altcroltve, «- purgative,
those little JPellotc give tbe most perfect
satisfaction.
SiSiHUHi.
■tllone Headache,
derangements of tbe etom-
acb and bowel* wo prompt
ly relieved find pertnsnrnlly
Pier cafe Pieaeff&fi Pargattve Pell eta
In explanation of tbo iwwdlal powor of theee
Pellets over so grOaf a virtoty of d senses, It
may truthfully be said that weir action upon
the system Is universal, not a viand or tissue
iplng their sanative Influence. Bold by
(gists,$8 cent* a Vial. Manufactured at the
mtool Cab
eeeapii
Chemical laboratory of Woold : s DiSKWiAiiT
MnoiOAL Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
$
THE ONLY TIDE
r IRON
TONIC
. J
via-
M of A|'
Htrn
MBA bo I
Ok
Will purify the BLQOD rect
tbe LlVBR end KIDNEYS
ItciTonjc the HEALTu eniT
OR of YOUTH- pjrtpepeik,Went
of Appetite, IndtfeBtlcrajAok of
Btrength end Tired Feeling
eolutely eared: Bonee, one.
olee end nervee receive new
force. Enliven* the mind
end puppllee Brein Power.
Hnfforlng from complelntf
peculler to their »ei will find
In DR. HARTER’S IRON
fOHIO e «efo eud epeedycuro. 01veeeoleer,l»eeU
ihy completion. Frequent m tempt* *t counterfeit
ing only add to the i opulerlty of the erijneel. D#
not eiperlrnent—net the OnianuL AHD BUT,
t Oare?Jc
Heedeohe.
milled on
•HI DR.HARTFH MEDICINE COMPANY.
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PERCHERON HORSES.
$50029
la offered by the ne.iufsctur-
S i of Dr. Rage’s Catarrh
entity, for a cm or
itofrio Basel Catarrh which
they cannot euro.
ivnPToni or catabiih.-duil
heavy boadaohe, obetructlon of the nasal
paseagee, discharge* falling from the head
Into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery,
and aortd, at other* thlok, tenacious, nraccus,.
purulent bloody and putrid; the eyes art-
weak, watery, and inflamed; tliore Is ringing
in the ear* deafneas, hacking or coughing X
clear the throat, expectoration of offensive
matter, together with scab* from ulcers; tho
voioe is changed and baa a nasal twang; tlio
broath Is offensive; smell and taste nro Im
paired ; there Is a aensatlon of dizziness, with
mental depression, a baoklng cough and gen
eral debility. Only a few of tho abovc-nnnied
symptoms are likely to bo present tn any one
case! Thousands of coses annually, without
manifesting bait of tlio above symptoms, re
sult in consumption, and end tn the grave.
No disease Is so common, more deeeptlvo and
dangerous, or less understood by physicians.
By its mild, soothing, and healing pro|>crtlei,.
Dr. Sage's Catarrh lloincdv cures the worst
casesof Catarrh, “cola 111 the head,”'
Coryaa, and Catarrhal Headache.
Sold by drugglsta every where; 60 cents.
“Untold Agony from Catarrh.”
Prof. TV. Hausnxr, tho famous mesmerist,
of Ithaca. If. F.. writes: ‘‘Somo ten v ara nf
1 suffered untold agony from cliromu naV*l
catarrh. My family physician gave mu up its
Incurable, and said I must die. My caso wv,
such a bad one, that every day, to wards sun.
set, my voice would beoomo so how)so I could
barely speak above a whisper. In IwC’omlng
my coughing and clearing of my throe; would
almost strangle mo. By tho usuof Dr. huge'*
Catarrh Remedy, In throe month* I was* well
man, and the euro has been permanent.”
“Constantly Hawking and Spitting.*’
Thomas J. Ruhiiino, Esq., tvot Pin. sirett
St. Louts, Mo., writes: “ I wns n great ru.Trier
from catarrh for three years. At times I could
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and spitting, nnd for the luat eight mouths
oould not tirentho through the nostrils. I
thought nothing could bo dime for mo. Luck
ily, I was advised U) try Dr. Kurus Catarrh
Remedy, and I b>i now a well tuun. I ljcllcve
it to lm the only suro romedy fur ijiturrh now
manufactured, and ono baa only U) give It s.
fair trial to experlenco astounding results and
a permanent cure."
Throo Bottles Cure Catarrh. ^
Bu IlonniN* Runyan P. 0„ Columbia Co. .
Pa., says: "My daughter lmd catarrh whom
she was flvo years old. very tiadly. 1 snw Dr-
Sage's Catarrh Romedy advertised, nnd pro-
cured a bottle for her, and Boon bbw that it
helped her; a third bottlu effected a porma-
1 nont euro. She is now eighteen years old and
200 Imported Brood Mares
^ Of Choicest Famtlios.
LAItGKNUJVfBERS*
▲11 Afioa, both Be&sfg
I tt STOCK*
VKRM0W.W.
800 to 400 IMPOIITICII ANNUALLY
from Fr*nce.all recorded nithext«itd«d |»**iHici***e« In th*
Pt rchcron Stud Hooka. Tho Pomharun IMDo only drRfl
Ireed of Franco |»oniie**ihtf a *tnd Umk Hint hn* th*
Yrt and endorsement of tho French Government,
(or I20*p*ffO Otalutnio, illustration* by How
M. W. DUNHAM,
Warn*. DuPage Co., Illlnolo.
EXHAUSTED VITALITY
A Qraat Medical Work for Young
and Middlo-Agod Men.
DON'T FOCI
In futilo efforts with I
This Is what killed vmr poor father. Bhunt*
Avoid anythin.'? containing It throughout,you»
future useful t?i cereem. We older hsao.aob.
joct to ita special 'Unugh’nere,’
aw ay time ,
, end money
limoct pew-h
der, borax or wlnt not, usod at
random all over thn house to get
rid of Roaches, Water-bug* Beet- i
les. For 3 or 8 nights imrUkle f
"Rocan on Rats’ ilrypowdor.l ,
about and down tho sink, drain ...
plpo. First thing tn tho morning w*eh tt all
away down the sink, drain pipe, when nil Us
Insactafrom garret to cellar will disappear.
The secret Is in tho fact that, wherever um*c«#
are lathe house,(-'icy must DAfifl|fw€
drink during tho night. nllRbntO
Clears out liatu, Mice, Bed-bug* Flies, Beetle*.
“Rocuhon Rath," is sola all around tho
World, In every cllmo, Is the most extensively
advertised and lias the largest sole of any
article of its kind on the face of the glob*.
DESTROYS POTATO . . -
For Potato Bugs, Insrct s on Ylnes.cto., s table,
spoonful of the powder, well shaken, in a keg
or water, and appKal wilh sprinkling pot.
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stirred up. loc., 20c. and f 1 Boxe* Agr. *U*
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WEAK MEN, WEAK WOMEN, Y ^^i> D t a
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have used theim and not one but is enthusiastic over
their wonderful properties. 25 cent*; 5 boxes. 9L
Of Druggist* or by mail, postage prepaid. All in*
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board. Ad tinea a M, J, lUUillljH, Proprietor.
DlaS.L Great English Gout and
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directly and promptly on the Liver, Skin and Kid
ney.. They consist of a vegetable combination that
and Bright’s disease. Send ■! cents postage for u sani-
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Tlio original Photograph,
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annt on rocolpt of lOc. li
- Address,
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F. SMXTXX it> OO
25 cents per bottls,
. - I by drugglsta.
PROPRIETORS, ST. LOUH
satisfaction; th. boy.
"Tanstl". Punch" I. the b.s't olznl
•old for th. money. C. U. Rimn a Co., he
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achoolii in the Country, iiend for Olrcnlwr*. —
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gala, of del clous, »park- IlM W ■ {3J- iu*U*d
ling, whcileiiome beverage. 80 d by d r i *JS fc, ’pi|ila., ?*•
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■a ■ to Soldier.* A Heir*. Send jjfaj
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ADlllll Habit Cured. Trenticoutsent^
OPIUM HUMANlUtCMKI.V (•<>..I’JtFWtK^-
I Piro’e Remedy forCatarrhfrJJ'®
Best, Easiest to Use, anil Cheapest-J
Sold bydragitintsorsentby
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BUGGY lor ONE
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