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Trapped on the Trail.
A Thrilling Romance of the
Silver Hills.
OOOOQCCO*
Dy MORRIS REDWING,
Author of "In ths Shadow of the Scaffold,"
"Joella," "Cripplo of Londoa,"
Etc., Eto.
QTrom Un Chicago Lodger.)
f CONTINUED. J
OilAPTEH XXV.
AN OLD MAN’S DECEIT.
Ira wailed long for the return of the
young N< w-Voiker. who Imtl been such n
l:i. nil to In r Ance liis o filing to the Silver
Hills. The day passed, nml lie did not put
in an appearance.
The young girl nto bor dinner in tha
ditiinu-nnli of the hotel. She regarded tho
numerous f.iccs olosely, but saw nothing ol
Wallis Wagor.
He lmd promised to see herngnin before
not'ii. but had failed to do so. Why hid lie
not kept his promise? Was ho a villain
after nil, and working to win for his ow n
good alone.' Might ho not bo even worso
than the ones from whom she hail llod?
Huch misgivings filled the mind of the
young girl, and made her restless indeed.
She bn>l but little money- a few dollars
that sliu had brought from borne, nnd which
her bogus cousin had failed to deprive her
of. 'J ilts amount would soon bo ( xhnusloil,
for prices were exorbitant at tho Sihor
Mine.
She kept her room tho grantor part of
the day, remembering the warning words
of Wager not to leave tho hotel on nnv pre
text whatever. Him also realized that it
would be well not to meet tho gaze of Jer
ry Swayno, for she now understood his true
character, nnd that ho was capable of any
villainy.
Late in tho dn.v (he Bound of steps halted
at her door, nud then n light rap reached
her e irs. '
Tho ofileo boy, porlinpR, sineo no bells
were providod in tho Silver Mino.
Sho opened tho door gently, and then
started back, as a man forced his way in,
closed tho door, and confronted her.
“Found at Inst, my girl!" uttered a stern,
hnr.l voice the voico of Lucius Swnvne,
tho tavern-keeper.
Sho rocoilo I lioforo tho stom-visaged
man who confronted her. Sho feared him
almost as much ns sho feared Jerry.
“Come.'’
The Innkeeper laid his hnnd on the girl’i
arm._ Sim shrank from him with a low cry.
“No, no; 1 will not go with you."
A frown dark.o ed his face at this.
"Girl, doyen know what you sny? Mj
noul! hns it come to this, that a relative of
mine has fallen beneath contempt? I hope
you pill think well lioforo vou refuse to
seek tho shelter of tha only homo that will
ever bo yours. Ah, my dear Ivn, you can-
sot imagine how I have sud'ered, and yotu
poor utint, since you fled bo wickedly from
ns.”
'‘I flod to esenpo a hateful marriage,” ut
tered the girl, with sudden fierceness. “1
prefer to die than wed your eon Jerry. 1
will not return, Uncle Lucius. I prefer to
seek friends among strangers.”
“Foolish child! I)o you know that yon
have disgraced all of tis. All. Iva, you are
too young to understand, but tho world will
not judgo yon lightly. The only way you
cun save your good name will ho to return
with me at o e •, and make as little trouble
us possible; othorwiso you are ruined for
ever.
“1 understand how you have boon de
ceived by that smooth-spoken villain who
calls himself Wallis Wnger. I know the
young m in of old, nml a blacker villnin
does not live. 1 mu telling you this for
your good, Ivn, my do.ir child. Vou are
scarcely s xtoon, nud know but little of the
world, and wlmt villains men enu be when
dealing with young girls. A detective bns
been following ibis man Wager, nnd bo is
nowiu prison, llinnk heaven ’’
"In prison? Wallis Wager in prison?” ox-
claimed Ivn, in a quiver of excitement.
"1 said so, Ifti.”
“For what?"
“For murder!"
"Impossible!"
And yet the innkeeper’s nieco reeled un
der this b'ow. Wnllis Wnger lmd beep nb-
.sent during ilia day, nnd her uncle's revo
lution told why. Howiy Ivn Swayno sank
into a chair, dizzy with the whirl of events.
“You will go with mo, lva?”
This was put us a question, nnd spoken
In n low, geutlo t'urn that was deceptive, as
It was mennt to bo.
“Uncle Lucius, do not urge mo,” mo.mil
Iva. “Iknowwhnt it meins (o go home
with you a marriage with Joiry ”
“There you nre mistaken, my dear child,"
articiilnfed Lucius Hwiyne, quickly. "I did
not In ow bow repngniut my son wns to
you; you slmll not marry him if you do
not choose to. I uni looking only to your
welfare now."
Thu young girl (rambled, nnd seemed ir
resolute. Klio could not underg'aud tnc
situation. Jerry’s harsh treatment had
Wel-nkli crushed all affection from her
hear I for any of tho Swuyues; and, but for
the fact that Wallis Wnger was in prison,
she w ould lruvo resisted the importuning of
her uncle. In that onxo sho would have
boldly thrown herself on his protection;
but, with tho New-Yorker in prison, she
knew not whitbor to turn,
At longlli she thought of Eagle Gray, tho
detectivo.
“Uncle, gi o me a little time—until to
morrow,” she finally said, s'owly.
“I must return to Dog Tavern to-night.
Your nnut is id from the oll'octs of your es
capade, n d is terribly auxious. If you re
fuse to r, turn, she w 11 die. Of course, I
can compel you logo with me, but 1 do
not wish to resort to violence, but mtlior to
appeal to your sober sense of right. If
you rot urn w.(U me willingly, all will bo
forgiven and forgotten."
’’And Jerry "
“He shall not molest you."
“Have you seen him lately?"
“Not in weeks. 1 supposo ho is search
ing for you, poor boy.”
"He is not. Ho has trontod mo vorv
badly,” returned lva, nnd then she related,
as briefly as possible, the story of the pr.st
fortnight.
A stern look of anger overspread tho face
of Lucius Swayne nt the last.
“So my son has been guilty of suob work
as this. 1 am posilively shocked!" and bo
spoke in a manner that convinced the gi‘l
that lie was in earnest. “It was not so bad,
his shooting the outlaw who kept guurd of
the don in the mountains—any man would
have been justified in such work—but the
ill-treatment you have- received at his
hands must nut, sball not t go unrebuked.
I will see the young scamp and inquire into
this. I had no idea that Jerry could be so
cruel. Tho idea of thinking to coerce you
into a marriage. Yes, I am shocked.
And Iva believed that her undo meant
what he said.
Perhaps he did.
He wns playing K
and did not intern
should withhold him from winning.
Iva thought of the story of her past life
told by Wallis Wager, of his knowledge of
the birthmark, and it did not seem possible
that he could have been an impostor. Her
ancle, however, had never treated her ill
until lately, and then it was to please bis
0ow perhaps if she returned home with
him’ he would be as good as his word, and
defend her from Jerry.
If Wager was in prison charged with
murder, she oertainlv would be as safe un
der the tavern roof as elsewhere. Finally,
after due deliberation, she said:
“Uncle Lucius, if you will oonvinoe me
that Wallis Wnger is in prison, charged
h stakes, however,
; n love of truth
With murder, t wit! accompany you homo."
“That is easily done."
Iva donned lint nnd shawl, ntul accom
panied her uncle to the room 1 clow, where
the landlord of the Sil ver Mitto e.u,firmed
tho words of Lucius Bwayild.
“The young chap's in limbo fast enough,’
•aid tho landlord, “nnd if things nia't
mighty decoitful ho'll hivo a hard time
clearin' his skirts. IIo hasn’t paid mo a
cent for his board, nnd I Ought (o have
known ho was an Impostor nil tho lime; he
preteudiu’ to bo a detectivo! The idon!"
Like many other men, tho landlord wns
ready to kick a man when ho wns down,
nnd his late guest promised to remain
down for good, so that It was abundantly
safe nnd proper on the present occasion to
speak ill of him.
"Aro you satisfied, Iva?" queried Lucius
Bwayuo".
"I am."
Sho accompanied her uncle to tho street,
where tho white mare, Flight, attached to a
light vehicle, was waiting, nnd soon the
girl was being whirled swiftly from the
Silver Mine still more deeply iuto the
mashes of tho spider's web.
CHAPTEll XX VL
OH Trial for murder
When Engle Gray, the detectivo. re
turned from Bog Tavern in bin fruitless
search for Ivn Hwnyno, he leiirlled that his
young friend Wnllis Wnger was in prison,
charged with mardor. At once Gray ro-
pnlrcd to tho prison, anil was permitted to
soo Wager.
“It is tho work of Jerry Swayno,” as
serted tho young New-Yorker, "lie hns
planned well, ntul means to win in the giant
gnmo he is playing, at tho sacrifice nf many
lives. One, to look at tho stolid counte
nance of tho younger Swnvno, would not
take him to be n shrewd, scheming vill tin. ”
"No, porhnps no'. This is bad," and tho
detectivo looked gloomy. "It is for lli6
murder of Hainucl Fiadon that you are nr-
restod?”
“Yes."
"And von nre innocent?"
“Good heavens! do yon doubt it? 1
thought you trusted mo fully, Mr Gray.'
Tho prisoner looked hurt.
'I he detective nt once as. urod the young
mnu that ho did not doubt, ami lint be
(Gruv) would do nil that ho could to save
him from tho meshes of tho web Unit late
was weaving around him.
"Ileavon help von, Eagle! Hero is the
cuff-button -you know tho design. I have
repaired it ns best I could. When you find
tliomntoyou will have found the murderer
of Foster Wondol, alias Fredon. 1 havo
told you the story of tho past, nnd you
must work on tho strength of that knowl
edge. Mako sure of your mnu, nnd thon
strike. ”
“I understand. Have yon that confession
of Burden Brono? It soems to me that
would help matters wlion you aro brought
to trial," said the d< teotive.
“No, I haven't tho papers; the offlcors
took everything, and It was only by skillful
work that I kept possession of the cuff-
button. Had I lost that I should now be
in despair."
Thon Wager told tho detectivo to call at
tho Silver Mino and look after lva, nml sea
to it that tho Swnynos did not spirit tho
young girl away.
Of course Engle Gray promised, an I thou
he loft tho prlsou nnd pnssed up the shout
Ono of the first men ho encountered was
Jerry Swayne. A look passed between
them that showed that they recognized each
other—that was all.
When Detectivo Gray reached tho hotel
and inquired for Miss Swayno. ho leaned
that sho had gone from tho house tha pre
vious night, in company with hor fn'lier.
“But the gill has no father," uttered
Gray, lilting bis words shortly.
“Maybe 'twns her nncle, th n, I’ve most
forgot, ' said IjUick Stovons, tho proprietor
of tho Silver Mine.
“His name was Swayne?"
“I reokon it was."
"Don't you know that it was?”
“No, I don't. I’ve got too mnch on ray
hands to remomber everything," retorted
tho landlord.
Engle Gray left tho hotol nml sauntered
down tho street, lva was O' co more in tho
hands of the Bog Tavern jiooi b this was
ovidont. That she was in imminent dangor
he did not believe. If tho story told by
the young New-Yorkor was truo, there was
littlo to bo fenrod at prosont as regarded
tho girl. Doubtless sho would not bo mo-
losteil until Wallis Wager was off tho stage
of action.
With Foster Wondol, Burden Brono, and
Wnllis Wnger dend. every witness to the
I mst und every barrier to n mi.lion would
>o removed.
It was plain enough <hat tho Swaynos
were plotting to bring tb r about, and it
was Eagle Gray's duty to fiustrate the
plans of father nud sou.
Ho made little progress, liowovor.
It wan in October that court convenod,
and Wallis Wager was brought up for trial
before a jury of Ins peers. Meantime
Engle Gray hail made no import nit discov
ery, only that lva was once more living nt
the tavern on tho stngo rond, nml seemed
to have nil tho freedom accorded her be
fore her .djirt.
He inot nnd consulted with the girl in
secret, lonruing that she was doeply con
cerned ou account of tho imprisoned Now-
Yorker, and that sho liuucd nud uravod for
his escape from the web that had boon
woven for his feet by the SwnyncB.
“We expect to provo,” said tho State's
attorney, on opening tho case for the peo
ple, “that the prisoner nt the bar is a per
son of bad reputo; that the murder ot
Samuel Fredon is not his first offense, and
that ho is passing under an assumed name.
We shall provo that ho murdered liis trav
eling companion on tho night of tho B'Jth
of August Inst for the purpose of robbery,
nnd that he was frighienod from iris work
in tho very act bv Mr. Lucius Swayno, the
iuukeoper. All this will bo brought about
by corroborative ovidenoe that cannot bo
Impeached."
Afore he said, but this is enough for tho
render.
Luoius Swayno was tho first witueirs.
“Yon know the prisonor at the bar?"
“I have seen him on sovoml occasions. ”
“State when yon first met the prisoner.”
“It was late iu the eveningof August 2'Jth
last He came to my tavern ”
“I object.”
This from tho dofense.
“State the cause for objection," from the
court.
“He nays his tavorn. What do we know
about that? We haven’t yot lonrned that lie
in a tnveru-keopor, or where ho lives. I
respectfully submit that ho be questioned
on those points before entering into n
patched-up story ”
Hero tiro defense was interrupted, and a
war of words ensued. Tho court bronght
order ont of ohaos after a little, and the
proseontor was permitted to go on.
“On tho 20th of August two men came
to my house and wished to put np for tho
night. They had a team which my son put
out for them. One of tho gentlomen was
past the prime of life, the other young,
scarcely out of his teens."
"Do you see either of the two men?”
“Yes; the younger traveler now sits in
(he dock here."
“Go on.”
“I gave them a room together—a room
with two beds. It was a night of terrible
3torm, thunder and lightning."
“It wan a bad night, ns I remember,"
assured the prosecutor.
A littlo after midnight, I think, I Was
roused by what seemed tho rattling and
boating of blinds. Drawing on my clothes,
I lit a lamp nnd hastened to tho room
above, occupied bv the two travelers."
Annin objection was raised, but the wit
ness was permitted to go ou, after u few
useless words between counsel.
"I shall never forget to my dying day
what I saw as I opened the door to the
room occupied by the two travelers.”
“ Well, what did you see?"
The witness had paused, as though par
tially overcome with the recollection.
Iu doop, solemn tones the wituesB told
of seeing a man bonding over the couch of
the old trnvoler, of the lightning glare ra
ven 1 ing his face as he turned to ilee.
"It was Wnllis Wnger, and iu his hand he
held aloft a dripping knife that he had jus!
plunged to the heart of liuJ old innn,
Samuel Fredon. Being that he w«»
caught, be filing the knife to tho floor and
blade liis escape through the open window,
over tho roof of tho porch, to tho ground
without
“You are positivo that (he man you saw
bnndiugovcr Fredon was the prisoner here?"
“I am sure."
After a littlo the witness was turned ovei
to tho defense. He was sharply eross-
questioued. but to uo offect so far as shak
ing his evidence wns concerned.
"('no question more," said the defense.
“I would like to pee that ktlife—
“You will Rfio It scion enough,” retorted
the prosecutor; "the knifo is in evidence,
and w ill be produced at the proper time.”
Mr. Lucius Swayno was dismissed, nud
hi. son enllod.
IIo, too, bad been roused from sltimbet
by slruuge noisos on that fatal kfith of Au
gust.
I !e had not witnessed the murder, but he
Wont io tho fl’nnl door, Unlocked It, aud
I o.-red out into the lilac'; stOrm jiist ns th*
ires isitin slipped from the rdbf Of tb8 porch,
A lightning llisii rcvmlel tho fiico nmi
form of th i fleeing in il pi duly it Witrt the
prisoner at the bar. Wa'lis Wager.
(TO 11K OONTIKUHD.)
MUSIGAL AND DRAMATIC.
Theodore Thomas will conduct tho noxt
biennial festival in Cincinnati,
Mr. James Barton Key lms formed «
business conrtectloll with Mrs. James Brown
Potter, nml will l«o li *r personal representa
tive in this country next season,
Anton Rubinstein has collected fio.noc
rutiles toward renliting his plan Of founding
a national Russian opera nt St. Petersburg,
to Ik? connected with a now conservatory of
musical instruction.
It is remarkable how firmly tho Americans
are “fixing" themselves on the Hollddn stage.
There are 111 Lbilddti American managers,
American actors and actresses,nnd American
plays, and the cry is, "Still tlioy como."
Japanese native music -is now to In
Euro|iennited. A conservatoire will shortly
be organized ut Toldo, on the model of tin
Viennese Conservatoire, where JupaneSs mu
sician* will lie trained On thd btost approved
System of Western musical study.
A London correspondent says that
Amelia Groll, the German-Amerlcan girl oi
Clevolnnd, made n successful dobtit ns Mar
guerite in “Faust” Sho is said to have a full
soprano voico of pleasant quality, an ex
cellont stage presence nml youth alb I beauty.|
JOHN S.CLAllKE.thodlst luguished comedian,
Is probably the largest owner of theatrical
property in tlic world, being the sole proprie
tor of the Walnut Street Theatre. 1 llilmlel-
plifa, which is the oldest theatre in this county;
the ()|iora House, llroad hi reel, ill the same
city, und the Strnml, London.
When Edwin Booth's company disbanded
for the season several of tho ladies cried and
the men looked mournful. Last season Mr.
Booth's company was tlie most agreeable on
the road, ami not a single misunderstanding
occurred during the entire tour. Mr. Booth
rewarded the stago hands liberally.
Adelina Patti appeared before a Loudon
audience recently in Albert Hall. The
programme was of unusual excellence and
strength. Patti was must entail-cos ically
received. Hho was recalled lignin und again.
Trebelli was received witbnquul favor. Th*
violin performance of Nellie Carpenter
brought down a storm of applause.
Air. Hoi.. Hmitii Russell, tho comodtan,
who lias especially distinguished himself in
Yankee "character” parts, is to leave the
stage after one more season. He has already
removed from Boston to Mlnnennolis. where
he is going into trade, uml is accompanied y
his fathor-ln-lnw, Mr. William T. Ailums,
who is know'll to boys as "Oliver Optio.”
An Ancient Treatment.
Popular science
HEIGHTENED ABOUT LEPBOSf.
If is stated that tho massage treatment,
or "la ing on of hands," was much in
vogue (luring tho early Elizabethan
period.— L\fe.
In obtaining the vast rich domain of
Burmnli tho English Goyernmont. lms
como into possession, among other nat
ural treasures, of immense forostn of
teak, which, never very plentiful in In
din, was becoming commercially quite
rare, and consequently of inure: mod
oust for industrial purposes. Of all tho
woods grown in the East this has boon
prononncod as, in some respects, the
most valuable. This superiority con-
sistn in its being neither too heavy nor
too hard; it does not warp nor split
under exposure,no matter how prolonged
to heat or dampness; it contains nn es
sential oil which possesses the rare prop
erty of preventing tho wood from rot-
tins under wet conditions, and, at the
sanio time, net as a preservative of iron,
and repels insects; it is, in addition, a
handsome wood, of several varieties of
color and grain, and takes i\ good polish.
Mb. John Ripple, who died in Ogle,
Pa., rocontly, at tho ngo of 87 years,
wns a noted oitizon of the plaoe, where
he was best known as “Old Johnny
Ripple." Largo stories are told of his
strength and ngility. It is said that
when lie was in liis prime lie oould kick
timviiro from a store ceiling eleven feet
above tho floor, Onco, when rafting on
tho Monongitliola river, the raft wns
wrecked, and ho escaped by jumping
over twenty-five foot to a rook, irom
which ho was rescued. Ho would place
four and five hogsheads in a row, jump
out of the first iuto the second, and so
on to tho last, then jump backward to
tho first, with apparent ease.
Sheuiff Roberts, of HartOounty,Ga.,
was awakened from a sound sleep the
other night by tho clammy touch of a
huge snake which crawled directly over
his face. The reptile’s belly felt like n
big icicle, according to the Sheriff’s ac
count of the incident, and seemed to
take at least an hour in passing. Finally,
to liis great relief, tho reptile drew its
slimy length away, nnd the Sheriff
struk a light and tried to find it. But
the snake had disappeared, and after a
few minutes’ search Mr. Roberts went
back to bod. In the morning tho ser
vant, while making up the bed, found a
ohicken snake, six foot long, coiled np
between the feather bed and the mat
tress.
In Mexico hotels the “chambermaid,*
who is usually a man, does the work
about this way ; Ho takes possession of
the key, unlocks the door and disap
pears. After a while lie comes back,
turns down the bedclothes and goes off.
The next time he comes in he partially
completes the bed-making, but leaves in
a great hurry, as if ho had suddenly re
membered something. After the sixth
visit th'o Mexican retires with his dust
brush, and it is pretty safe to wager lie
will only come back onco more, and that
to bring a olean towel. After he has
done this for an hour or two, he is so
worn out that he spends the rest of the
day in talking a siesta.
Natural gas has been pilt to n new use
round about Pittsburg. A milrket gar
dener is raising asparagus in the open an
by its aid and proposes to carry his ex
periments to beds of other vegetable*
hitherto grown in grecn-liouses.
At tho Berlin aquarium Dr. Otto
nermes has studied a luminous bacillus.
In the air the organism emits a bluish-
green phosphorcnce, which can be com*
Uliinicatiid to dead fishes and to lod
water, but not to fresh water. At A
temperature of about one hundred de
gress the luminous property is lost.
It is an error to suppose that severe
winters aro destructive of insect life.
According to Mr. McLachlnn, nn English
entomologist, larvte nmy bo frozen until
ns brittle as rotten sticksi iu which eon-
ditiori tucy tan scarbely bfe Said ttt live;
hut dn the return df warm Weather they
f bvivc tjuito uninjured by tlielr freezing,
t is a noteworthy fact that butterflies
ttnd bunible-bccs have been found almost
ns close to the North Pblfe ns man hds
ever approached.
An English pnper gives an account of
a now ammunition which is being adopted
by tho German Army, nnd which i* about
to be manufactured under British patents
at Millwall. The bullet is partly of lend
and partly of steel, nnd is said to havo a
great penotrativo power, and it is shot
from the barrel by compressed powder.
The new bartridges will keep for any
length of tittio without deterioration And
With safety, for tho oxplosivb need not
he attached to them until they ars re
quired for use. .
Scliwciufurth has mentioned that toy
hoes are used as money bv tho Niatn-
ftiiimS, of Africa. TippOo Tip now de
scribes a remarkable tribe of skilled
coppor-workcrs on tho Congo, nmong
whom copper spears form tho standard
of value. Enormous spear-heads, noino
six feet in length, serve ns currency.
Like bank notes witli us, these spears
lire given n conventional value, tho
large ones, though of small intrinsic
worth, being reckoned at one thousand
dollars in tho purchase of ivory.
Edison's phonograph, is distanced by a
Frenchman's invention of photographed
sound, lly speaking into a photoplione
transmitter, which consists of n highly
polished diaphragm, reflecting a ray of
light, this ray of light is set into vibra*
tion and a photograph is made of it on
a traveling band of Sensitized paper.
Now comes the wonderful part. If tho
image of this photographic tracing is
projected by menus of nn electric arc
or oxyhydrogen light upon a selenium
receiver, tho original speech is then
heard.
Enormous snowflakes aro recorded ns
having fallen January 7, 1887. A writer
in one of tho magazines publishes
measurements of single flakes two and a
half inches in length, two and three-
fourths of an inch in length, two und
thrcc-fourthB by two and n half and
three inches thick, nnd even three and n
half and four inches in length. When
melted the largest ono yielded sixteen
drops of water, and many gavo fourteen
or fifteen drops. The stonii was only a
few minutes in duration, These unique
results can be accounted for by the fuct
that the temperature was 82,(1° Fahren
heit, and hence several ordinary llukci
might become congealed to form a largo
one.
The London Ismcct records a remark
able cuso of transmission of disease from
mother to child. The woman was ad
mitted to the hospital suffering from
acute pneumonia—in the left lung—al
ready four days ndvnnced. The ton-
j eralure was 1011.(1 degrees. That even
ing slie was delivered of a child nnd
ultimately recovered. The child, how
ever, died twenty-four hours later with
every symptom of pneumonia. Tilt
post-mortem examination showed Hint
the whole of the left lung of the child
wns also affected und lmd undergone tho
well-known acute pneumonic consolida
tion. This is believed to be tho first
case recorded of transmission of this dis
ease.
A Very Just Steward.
The New Haven Register to-night print*
5. remarkable story of financial integrity on
tlie part of u Southern capitalist which
stands without a parallel in tlie com
mercial history of tho country. Tho
names of the principals are withheld, but
the eminent respectability of the counsel
in the case, ex-Judge Luzon B. Morris,
of New Haven, is a sufficient guarantee
of its truthfulness. The Register says
that at the beginning of the civil war a
wealthy Southern grocer, who hud
recently taken liis young bookkeeper into
partnership, fearing that liis property
would he confiscated, decided to go
North. He told the bookkeeper jo use
the properly, valued at nbout $400,000,
as he thought best, nnd that he would
rely upon the bookkeeper’s honor for a
settlement ut some future time. The
merchant then ciimc North nnd settled in
New Haven. Six years ugo, wondering
wlmt had become of his estate in the
South, the merchant placed tlie matter in
the hands of .Judge Morris, with instruc
tions to investigate nnd collect if there
was anything to collect.
After some correspondence with the
bookkeeper at the South the latter for
warded nn acknowledgement of the claim
and an inventory showing his indebted
ness lo his former employer to bo
$018,000, and expressed Ids desire to
return the property,, but requested time
to perfect liis arrangements. He began
remitting several years ago and has for
warded the last payment, including
interest, thus wiping out n debt of honor.
Judge Morris declines to give tlie detail*
further than thnt his client is a gentleman
listed ns a millionaire and that the
Southern gentleman is now a wealthy
banker.
Pulse Heats.
It is strange how few people know
what their normal pulse is, said a phy
sician lo a St. Louis Globe reporter. They
know that the average pulse is about sev
enty, nnd imagine that they are well oi
otherwise as their pulse approaches or de
parts form this standard. It is true that
nn average of all pulses would given re-
sultof about seventy beats,but in no othei
physical peculiarity is there such a wide
individual variation. I had two students
in my oliice at tlie same time, both very
stong and remarkably healthy young
men. The normal pulse of one wns for
ty-seven and the other ninety-three. This
difference is unusual, few pulses falling
below sixty or rising above eighty in a
healthy subject, but an unusually slow or
rapid pulse is no indication whatever of
disease, as is popularly supposed to bo
the ease. Most people overestimate their
pulse, as they often countits beats when
talking about the matter, and it is a fact
well known to physicians that the excite
ment of conversation will quicken the
pulse from five to twenty beats. The best
time to arrive nt the true normal is short
ly after waking in the morning,when the
nerves ure unexcited.
The Louisiana State Board of Health
^Inbduea a Panto in a Little
Frenoh iowlt
At the request of the Mayor of St.
Martinsville, La., a committee of the
Louisiana State Board of Health visited
that town last week to investigate a ru
mor of the prevalence there of Asiatic)
leprosy. Tho rumor had onused a panio
throtigh all the neighboring dcrtmtrr.
It was sola that there word, 200, 8(K),
even 600 oases, and that the disease was
rapidly spreading. The farmers of the
neighborhood feared to go to St. Mar-
tinsville to buy and sell, and the little *
‘own, which called itself of old the
“Pans of Acadia," belioved that its very
existence Wns threatened. Within the
towfl Itself there tvas the same panicky
feeling ill regard to tlio disease. People
refused trt shako hands with one ttnotliof
lot feat of catching the leprosy; ahd me#
would hot goto the brtrbors, fenrifig that
tho razor might communicate the loath
some jrialftdy. Every ono suspeoted his
ncighboi. One family in particular were
wmbjeoted to completo isolation, evon
tlioir relatives deserting them ana point
ing them out as lepers.
St. Martinsville is a sleepy town of
some 8,000 people, thoroughly Frenoh,
that language being almost universally
spoken, and tbo population consisting
mainly of tho descendants of those Aca
dian#, immortalized by Longfellow in
“Evangolino,” who wandered here front
Nova Sootia something over a century
ago. It has livod a quiet, uneventful
life, until from tliis quiet of years the
leprosy panio and tho visit of the Board
of Healtli. (Moused It. Under tho super
vision of President Holt a dminoil of fif
teen doctors thoroughly inspected eneb
of tho cases brought boforo it. Every
ono with a pimplo hastenod forward to
mnko sure of himself. Ono of the worst
ease#; vbldh was supposed to be a very
nggrrtvatod form of leprosy, proved to
bo nothing but incipient boils. Tho f0-
sult of the examination showed only
throo cases of positive loprosy, tho suf
ferers being two married sisters and a
child of ono of them. There wore three
cases supposed to bo Incipient, and two
others woro reported as having been
moved to a hospital in Now Orleans. In
tho whole town, therefore, but eight
cases could be found or hoard of that
boro any rosomblanoe whatever to lop
rosy. An examination Bliowed thnt all
tho jicfsoils afflicted of suspected were
tlie descendants of a loner who came to
tho parish from St. Domingo many
years ago. Tho fact that tliov lmd lived
in eli>30 communication with tlioir neigh
bors, nnd that the husbands of the wo
men, who lmd been murriod for years,
Wero froo from tho disease, went to show
tliut It was not contagious, but heredi
tary. Tho family, concerning whose
loprosy nobody entertained a doubt,
proved to be absolutely free of the dis
ease.
A MINE GUARDED BY SNAKES.
A Modern Manohansen*e Story of a
Pursuit for Game.
Ver (ticket*, Mamma*, and Waattae Dl«-
Ordets af Children,
Sohrt*s KwvteioA of Cat Ltver Oil With
Hypcyhosphlim, I* unequaled. The rapidity
with which children gnln flesh and itrenvtb
npon It 1? very wonderful. Read the follow
ing: “I have used Soott’s Emfllrlon In Oases of
Rlsk«tsand Marasmus of long standing; and
have been more than pleased with the reenltd,
as Inevery case th* improvement waa marked."
-J. M. Main. M. D-, New T«lb
Motto for the polloeman—Be sure he’d tight,
then c tib his head.
■rerr Woman Knows Them.
The human body Is much like a good oloek
Or Watch th Us movements; If one goes loo slow
or too rest, *0 follow all the others, and bod
time r« Suite; It On* organ or set of organs
works imperfectly, p rtorsloh of functional
effort ot Oil the organs Is Sure to folio W. Henco
It is that the numerous ailments which moke
woman's life miserable aro (he direct lssu* of
the abnormal action of th* uterine system.
For nil that numerous class of oyrogtoins—and
every woman knows them—there Is one un«
falling remedy, Dr. Pieroe's "Favorite Prd-
sorlption," tho favorite of tho sea-
The pnth of gehlus is not less obstructed
with disappointment than that of ambition.
** * * Pf.m.tar* decline of power la
♦Ither sex, however induced, speedily and per
manently Cured. B ink for 10 cents fn »tai
World's Disf *
Main Street,
ip Binary Medical Awociatlou, i
, Buffalo, N. Y.
ii6i ine flvOuiAOiig improves Ana BinniiiiQiiB
i digestive organs; opens th* jporee, pra
tes perspiration, aud equalizes the clreulo-
n. As a corrector of a disordered system
Drinking of healths originated during (he
Danish occupation of Britain.
PiiichLt Ash Bitters warm* up and Invig
orate* th* stottineh, improves and strengthens
the dr '
motes
tlon. _
there Is nothing to equal It.
Peculiar.
It Is very peculiar that when you try Dr.
Blegers’ Huckleberry Cordial you will never
sultur yourself lo bo without It again? It
never falls to relieve all bowel affections
nnd children teething.
Piles Cared far SO Cent*.
Dn. Walton's cur* ron Pilrs 1* guaran
teed to cure the worst case ot piles. Prloe »
rents. At druggists, or mailed (stamps taken)
by tho _
Walton Remedy Co., cluvelanp. O.
Vitality of Great Men
Is not always In iate or bflrn with them, hut
many instances aro known where It has been
so mired by ths persistent and Judicious us*
’ Ur- Honor's Iron Tonlo.
Ilanahtera, Wive* nnd Mother*.
ton Female Diseases,
J. il. Marohlsi, Utloa. N.Y
The treatment of runny thousands of coses
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailment* peculiar to females, at the Invalid?
Hotel EOd Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. y
ho* afforded a vast experience In nloely adapt
ing and thoroughly testing remedies for the
ouro of woman's peculiar maladies.
Dr. Pierce’* Favorite prescription
1* the outgrowth, or result, of tiriy great and
valuable experience. Thousands of testimo
nials, received from patients and from physi
cians who have tested it In the more Cggra-
S stcd and obstinate cases which had baffled
loir skill, prove It to be tho most wondcrtnl
remedy ever devised for tho relief and cure of
iufferina'women. It I* not recommended as*
‘‘oure-au,” but as a most perfect BpeciQo for
woman's peoullor ailments.
Ao a powerful. Invigorating tonic.
It Imparts strength td tho whole system
and to the womb and It* appendages In
particular. For overworked, "worn-out,"
"run-down,” debilitated teachers, miUinc™.
dressmaker*, seamstresses, “shop-girls," houstv
keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women
generally, Dr. Plerco'* Favorite Prescription
u the greatest earthly boon, being unequaled
as an appetizing aordlal and restorntlvo tonic
Aa m soothing nnd atrengihcnlna
nervine. "Favorite Prescription" Is un*
qunled and Is Invaluable? In allaying and sub
duing nervous excitability, irritability, ex
haustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and
other distressing, nervous symptoms com
monly attendant upon functlounl hn»*orgnnlc
disease of the womb. It induces refreshing
sloop and relieve* mental anxiety and do
se ml for I’amplilet.on Female Diseases, free,
phIimI. Dr. " ~
uornrHv
Vigor and Vitality
Ar* qulokly given to *v*ry port of the ledy by
Huod'a Sarsaparilla. Thai tire* feeling u entirely
overcome. Ths blood 1. purified, enriched end
vitalized and carries health Initead of dlieas* to
every organ. The stomach Is toned cad strength
ensd, tho appetite restored. The hldncys and
are mused and Invigorated. The brain Is refreshed,
the mind made clear and ready for work. The whol
system li built up end rejuvannted by this peculiar
medicine. D* sure to get Hood's.
"Hood’s Sarsaparilla gave me new Ilf* and re
stored me to my woatod health and strength."—Wil-
LU* J, C1.0U0H, Tlltua, N. H.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Bold b.v all drugglits. *11 six for *5. Prepared only
byO. I. HOOD St OO., Apothcoarlea, Lowell, Mask
IOO Doses One Dollar
Dr. Pierce’* Fgvarlte Prescription
I* a legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by on experienced and skillful
physician, and adapted to woman’s delicate
organization. It Is purely vegetable In its
composition and perfectly harmless in its
effects W any oondltlon of tbo system. For
morning gldkneM, or nausea, from wlmtcvor
cause arising, weak stomach, Indigestion, dyi-
popsla and kindred symptoms, its use, In small
doses, will prove vory beneficial.
“Favorite Proaerlptlon” l*n post,
tlvc cure for tho most complicated nml ob
stinate esses of loucorrheo, ex convive Mowing,
painful menstruation, unnatural suppressions,
prolapsus, or falling of tho womb, weak back,
" foinalo weakness,' nntercrslon, retroversion,
bonrlng-down sensations, Chronto congestion;
Inflammation and ulceration of the womb, in.
liver flammatlon, puln nnd tenderness In ovorlw,
,i, P ,i accompanied with " Internal heat."
, h „,; 1 A* it regulator and promoter of fund.
“ 1 ttonal notion, at that critical —’*■* — ’
from girlhood to worn*
script Ion ’’ Is a porfeotl;
and can produco only good results. It Is
equally efficacious and valuable in Us effects
when taken for those disorders nnd derange
ment* Incident to that later and most critical
period, known ss “The Clinngo of Life."
“Favorite Preacrlptlon.” when taken
In connection with tho use of Dr. Plerco’s
Golden Medical Discovery, nnd small huntlve
ao * “ '
critical period of cluing*
manhood, "Favorite Pro-
ctly safe remedial ngent.
The annual production of steel pens it
estimated at $4,000,000, but the valuo
created with them remain* ta be calcu
lated.
A hunter, who has hunted and mined
from Arizona to tho Yellowstone, and.
who is highly esteemed for truth nml
voracity, was tolling me that ho had the
other tiny mado a most wonderful dis
covery, says a Routi (Col.) correspond
ent ol tho*Denver Tribune, and that ho
had seen gold that would put the United I
States at a discount.
He said thnt when ho was on top of
ono of the mountains ho saw thnt at tlie
bottom of a cliff he was peering over
tho ground wns smooth nml clean, ns
if deor or bear had been in tho habit of
resting nnd sunning themselves there
through the hoat of the early spring
days.
Boinp anxious to got a deer or have a
fight with a bear, ho doscoiuled to the
foot of tho cliff. Peering cuutiously
around for game, ho was somewhat
startled at henring tlie rattle of a snnlco.
Looking about lie saw large numbers of
them lying nround, while there was a
constant stream of them going into a
round hole in tho rook near tho bottom
of tho oliff.
Being anxious to destroy ns many of
the reptiles ns he possibly could, he pro
cured a forked stick, anil placing the
fork ovor tho neck of the largest, lie pin
ioned him to tlie ground; then tying a
half-dozen sticks of giant powder to liis
tail, set a slow match to it nnd let tlio
snake go. After seeing liis nimkeship
go into his hole tlie hunter retreated to
a safe distance to watch developments.
He did not have long to wait. First
there was a slight trembling of tlio
ground, then a hurst that shook the
mountuin liko an earthquake, and with
that burst tho whole side of the oliff
toppled off and fell to tho ground, end
up went more snakes than was ever
thought of by either Gulliver or Baron
Munchausen,
Tho faco of the rook wns honeycombed
with round holes, out of which snakes
were pouring liko water through a knot
hole as long ns tho hunter stayed, and
he stayed long enough to seo many
thousand seething aud hissing in their
rage and agony, when lie booame weary
and loft; but not until be hod seen that
tho whole face of the oliff was oovered
with solid gold.
Fokty “wealthy and cultured"Cincin
natians have organized “The American
Co-operative Dramatic Association,” for
tho purpose of purging the stage of all
its impurities. The projectors say “it is
not u financial speculation,” and nn ex
change suggests that “the theatro going
public will seo thnt they are not disap
pointed in that respect.”
Thoaah Shaken Like* Leaf
By the meet trivial causes, ?veak nerves era
easily susceptible of Invlgoratlon, a term which
also mporia, In this instance, quietude. The
nervous I ave but to use Hos-tetter’s Stomach
Bitters systematically to overcome that super-
sensitiveness of llio human sensortum, which
Is subversive of all bodily comfort and mental
tranquility, aud which ie*cis moet hurtfnlly
up n the system. The difficulty underlying
this as well as many other ailmen'e. Is Imper
fect assin llation, no less than Incomplete di
gestion of the food. In the discharge of bntb tb*
digestive and asdmilntlve fuuotions. the B t-
tors are the most potent, the most rel able aux
iliary. As the body regal ,s vigor and regular
ity by Its aid, the br .ln and nervous sys om
are a so benefited. Per ons subject to the In
fluence ot malaria, dyspeptic aud rbeumiitlo
invnl ds, aud persons whoa 1 Mdueyauie nac-
ktvu, should, also, use 1J10 Bitters.
Slinkspeare w.n born at St.utlord-on-Avon
In 1600,and died there April 2ff. 1616.
A Strong Endowment
la conferred upon 1 bat magnificent InstltuMon,
the human system, by Dr. Piercs’a "Uoldeu
Medic nl Discovery" that lortlhes i 1 against ui*
eno-o icbmonts r disease. It is t/iegreat bh oi
pu ill r and alterative, an l as a reined? tor
consumpiiou, bronchitis, and ail diseases'of a
wasting nature. Us influence is rapid, effica
cious and permanent. Sold everywhere.
’mbit heretofore closed to foridun traders,
1 m some Russians have succeeded there.
The best and surest Bestedy f»r C*r* of
*11 diseases caused by aay derange meat of
th* Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Bowel*.
Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Conitipotion,
Bilious Complaints and KalorUof all klads
yield readily to tlw heaefleeat IllMMt of
It la pleasant to th* teste, tone* up the
system, reetore* end preaerve* health.
It 1* purely Vegetable, and cannot full to
prove beneficial, both to old and youug.
■ a Blood Purifier It la eaperior to all
other*. Sold everywhere at $1.00 u bottle.
ON
TONIC
IVIU purify tho RI.OOO roaultt*
iho LIVER and KIDNEYS nnd
Itr.STORK tho HEALTH ondV1Q*
OH of YOUTH. Dy«r«i>sU,W«nt
of Appotitri, Indigestion,Lack of
fUrrnRth and Tirod Fueling ab>
olntoly our«d: Bonn*, mu*,
clot ana norve* rooolvo non
forcO. Knltvens th* mird
K and iiuppliM Brnln Power.
•—^ M - 1 HufTorlng from comp’nlnte
LAQ 5 j'ecnllar to their vex wjjntad
»iok\
■ Hoedeoba. Bample Doe* and Dream Book!
Itnelled on reoelpfc of twooenUtn pottage. W
THE DR.HARTER MEDICINE COMPANY.
8t.Louis. Mo.
_io»ca of Dr. Pierce's Purgntlve Pellets (I.lttlo
Liver Pills), ouree Liver, Kidney nnd Bladder
disease*. Their combined uso also removes
blood taint*, and abolishes cancerous nnd
scrofulous humors from tho system.
“Favorite Precertptlon” la tho only
medicine for women, sold by drugglstr, under
a positive guarantee, from tho manu
facturers, that It will give eatlsraotlon In every
oaso, or money will bo refunded. Tide guaran
tee has been printed on tho botlle-wrnpper,
and faithfully carried out for runny years.
Large bottles flOO doses) $1.00, or six
bottles for fifi.OO.
For larxc. Illustrated Trcatlso-on Dlsensesof
Women (IflO pages, pnpcr-covercd), send ton
cents in stamp*. Address,
World’s Disponsiry Medical Association,
863 main 8U BUFFALO. N.Y.
This Is what killed your poor father.
AAdd anything oontai
futuro useful (
to Its spoeial '
Shun It.
containing It throughout your
ce rcei s. Wo older hendb’ object
OUGRNE88.’
DON’T FOOL money la*i55e
efforts with Insect powder, borax or-
what not, used at random all ovor
the bousetogetrldof “““ 1 ”
Roaches,Wuter-bugs.
"ltouan on Rats" dry powder. In, _ _ _
about and down the sink, drain J V
pipo. First thing In the monilng 7
wash It all away down ihe sink, drain pipe, when
all the Insects from garret to cellar will disap
pear. Tlio secret la In the foot that wherever In
sects arc in the house, they must Dfl A PUtC
drink durlug tho nlglit. lljfHynij*
Clears out Rats, Mice, Bed-hugs, Files, Beetles.
'Kouon on Rats " Is sold all around the worw.
1VUUUII till JiiatO W BVtu ■
In every clime, to the most extensively advertised,
and has the largest sale of any article of Us land
on the face of the globe.
1 tho race or the gione.
DESTROYS POTATO BUBS
Potato Bugs, Insect* on Vines, etc., a Miniej
inful of the powder, well Hbnkon, in a keg or
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