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THE SPEER'S WEB; )OR,C Trapped on the Trail. A. Thrilling Romance of the Silver Hills. By MORRIS REDWING, ftnthor of “In the Shadow of the Seaffbld," "Jo.Ua,” "Cripple of Londoa," Etc., Eta. CHAPTER XX3L a mjccksskui, husr The Words were iittorert in n hollow, so. pulohral way; iho time, place, and general .urroundinos helped to chill tho hoart of the mnn from the tiveru, and be roeled with a apasiuodio cry. Now, while under a strange and nwfu! inflnence, «ben his very soul was thrilled »nd racked with a superstitions horror, a strange thing happened. The night seemod to suddenly lift; a halo of white light sur rounded the spot, revealing the lonely grave, thq two men at tho head, and at tho font ot the narrow mound an object tint seen', d to throw xrat this weird, whito light. ■ X tall, thin form, clnd in night-shirt; a faco old, haggard, deathly, framed with silver hair and beard; set, solemn eyes, glasB and awful, fixed in a dead stare upon the shrinking, trembling Jerry Swayne. This was not all. The bosom was bare, revealUig a bleeding, ghastly wound 1 It wns an awful pioture—the dead come back to haunt and condemn the living! Vilowly tho right hand advanced, and a long, bonv fingor pointed toward Jorry Swayne, the left swayed forward, and in. elicited the lone gravo. “My God! it in nil WondeW ‘‘And you murdered me, Jerry Hose- band" That name! Tho words, hollow and tomb-liko, struck home. Tho tavern-keepers son lost nil control of his powers; with a great cry he fell to his knocs with; "Rack! I diditto save tho family! I— Dot tho ‘young villain’s tongue censed to do Ilia bidding, and ho rollod insensible beside the grave. mid then tho white light wont out, and soon another came to take its place—the gleam of n lantern hold in the hands of a stalwart man. Detective Gray knelt quickly and snapped n pair of handcuffs over tho wrists of the Insensible man, so that when he waked he world find himself a prisoner. And then something gleamed in the eyes of the deteotire. Tho wrists of his pris oner was orn imented with cuff-lmttons. “Ha 1 I thought so.” congratulated the dotective. "Horo is the missing button, the mate to tho one I have in my pocket. So you wore the thief, Mr. Swayne. I think wo haveyqrt safe enough 1 ow. so that you tvou t be able to esca|>c the clutches of the law'.” At this moment a band touched the so. Uloquizilig detective. “Ah, it's you, Oxord." “Is iho chap dead, pardner?" “No. Ho will soon come out of this. Ton anted your part well, Silo, and tuissod it by not going upon tho stage. You must bavo resembled tho dead man strongly, foi lorry here wns deooivod. \ chuckle fell from tho lips of Mr. Ox- srd. I know I’d fetch him if he wub guilty,' ottered the twin. “You heard him confess?" “I did that. I've suspiciouod the scamp all along, ns I told yo. Now, what’s tho next iiiovo?” “To get our prize to tho city ns soon ns possible." "To-night?" “Yes. I oxpcct yon to furnish a convey ance.” “I reokin I kin do that," nssuro 1 Kilo Ox- ord. “We musn’t let tho o!d un get wind 0 this?" “No." "Just help tote the scamp down to my house, where he’ll lie safe, and thon I’ll look up a wagon and bosses." Tho two men then liftod the form of the Insensible Swayne, and in Iho dnikness, hnv.ug extinguished their light for pruden- tint reasons, thoy moved swiftly nnd silently from tho spot. I wo hours lutor a wagon drawn by twe bora-footed hor-cs was rumbling over the road to Silvorsnnd. On the broad so it were three persons - tho detective, Kilo Ox ord, and Jerry Swayne. The latter had roo.ivored his sonsos, nnd sat in sullen dejection. Ho realized that he had boon tricked into a confession oj murder, and was in n vonemous mood in consequence. He seemed to foul Hint all hiB scheming had failed. Tho damaging confession writton out by Burden iirono had, of courso, fallen into the hand of his enemies, and the shadow of impending doom rose black as ink boforo his gaze. It was a little past midnight when the wagon party gained a point about a mils out of Silversnnd. At this momont a sud den glare shot up to tho heavens. “Good land' what might that h!" ut tered simnie Oxord. ' Fire!" “Komo bnihltn’ Booms to ho burnin’, that’s a fact.” Oxord cracked his whip and sent the homes speeding swif ly onward. When they enterod tho outskirts of tho city tho whole sky wus rod with a tremendous oon- fiapratinn. “What did it mean?” A sudden glitter of satisfaction filled the eyes of the prisoner, lie had realized the truth at leaHt. “It’sthe jail!” cried a mm who was cross ing tho street, in answer to a unostion from Engle Gray. "There's a big time, and no pitch hot. Tho mob’s taken out tho mnr- dorer and hung him, and now have set the jail on fire—tho Mayor’s calliu' for help!' CHAPTER XXXL TUE WItONO MAM. “To the jail!” cried Eagle Gray, address ing his companion. “Drivo like tho wind tho mad mob will murder an innocent, man!’ Silo Oxord knew in wlvit part of the oily the jail wns situated, but, oven had he not known, tho glow of the burning build- '• ’ould have gu ' 1 ” his stoDB. ul tho lash, Oxord sout his steaming animals down the street at a rate that threatened demolition to tho vehicle. On and on, un til tho swaying crowd with its weird facos wus before them “Hold, in th ■ name of justice!” cried the detective, springing from tl.o seat and forc ing his way into the crowd. “Stand aside; 1 come with authority." A hoarse yell filled the air ns Iho roof oi the prison, a wooden structure, fell in with » mighty crash. The old jail was gone. Even hud (he officers of tho law been backed by an army, they could not have saved the building. It had long been an eyesore, and hut few of Silvorsand’s citi- z.ons weie sorry to see it go; the city would now look to erecting a stiuctuie worthy of the growing town. As yet the only fire’de- partment the mushroom city boasted was n self-constituted “bucket brigade,” which seemed not to materialize on ih s night. The men pnrted and permiltod the ex- oitod deteolive to push his way to tho front. Tho moment he stepped into tho hot red space in front of tho jail lie came to a halt, and stood rooted to the spot. Dangling from the limb of a tree was lbs rorm of a man, witn his luce disfigured ny the scorching flames. “Too late!" Then the deteotive turned about, with an angrv gleam in his eyes. ‘ Where is the leader of this gang?” ho demanded, hoarsely. No one answered. Eagle Gray was not disappointed, ft wns a oowardly work, nnd the ringleiders de served the severest punishment. Being unable to snve his young friend, tho d - toctivo hastened his return to the wag m, which wns now surrounded by '.i mo! lex- gang, to'whom Jerry Swayne wns appealing for release from his bonds. Silo Oxord had hiB hands full watching the prisoner nnd attending his horses, cOilrequenllv he felt relieved when the detoctivo put in an appearance, "Stand away from here,” thundered the enraged little man, straightening both arms, at the end of each a gleaming revolver. “Somebody ’ll pay dear for this night's work, let me tell you. Yon have hinged au innocent man—it is murder?" Then he sprnng aboard too wagon, nnd Oxord deftly turned ,his horses uud s nt thorn flying from the Rceno at ft swift pace. A sullen expression settled over tho face J£:7y Swayne, Ho Was cohviucod that the mob had dt'h’e its work, and that Walds Wagef, nlias Robert Ranger, was dead. This was a gain, and the future, which looked so black before him in the early part of the night, was now brightening. “I will protest my innooence to the last," thought the prisoner, “and it will bo hnrd to prove me guilty, even though I did cou- fess, when frightened by that, awful Appa rition." Eagle Gray had his prisoner convcyod to ft Bate place, pjit under lock and key, nnd Site Oxord was left to guard him. The deteotive realized that Ivn would prove a most important witness in tho case, and no, early on the following morning, atill in tho disguise of Mr. Hamlin, Englo Gray set out on his retnrn to Bog Tavern, riding in a light voliiole be lind procured for the oooasion. Ho had passed half the distance, per haps, when a man sprung suddenly from the bushes and barred the way. One hand grnBped the bridle.rein of his horso, and the other thrust forward n pistol, cocked nnd ready for uso. "I must have this rig, sir " demanded the stranger, whoso faco under tho sloucbod hat was black, the face of n negro. His voieo betrayed him, however, and th" quick perception of Detecnvo Gray penetrated the disguise. “Von are n whito man, nnd a robber; you cannot deoeive me," ntterod tho Booming old man. "Jump ont * "8ee here, I’ve a game as good ns yours, ’’ cried tho detective, producing a rovolvcr. “liaise that and you are a dead man,” hissed tho disguised highwayman. “I am doHpornto, though not a robber, ns yon suppose, Whon I escape from hero, I will in good time repay you for your horso nud vehicle" "Escape from here? Are yon one of tho companions of the man who was hung by tho mob lust night in Silvorsnnd?" “I will answer no questions. I " “See horo, 1 almost recognize you. young man. But for the fact that I saw yon dan gling from n limb, I would sny that Wallin Wager stood boforo me. " Tho detective suddenly removed his beard, revealing the face of Eagle Gray. "Goodness! it is the detective!" “And you are Wallis Wagor?" The oxtendod pistol fell to tho man’s side, nnd he stopped quickly forward, grasping Gray by tho hand. “1 am glad to seo you, Englo. T feared yon had loft the country nnd given up tho ohaso. I had n mirnoulous esoipo from the mob, nnd hnvo been hiding in ilisguiso since." It teas Wnllis Wager, sure enough, and the lynohors had, in thoir blind rage, oxo- outed vengeance on tho wrong man. Wngor seated himself heBulo liiH friend, and at onoe enterod into an explanation. “When the mob surroundod Iho jail nnd demanded tho assassin of Samuel i’redou, I felt that Jerry Swnyuo had fiinyed his cards well, and that my hour had como; nt that timo I never oxpoctod to look upon tho sunlight ngnin. As it hnppencd, however, the jailer was a sensible tnan. l’owerlcss to rosiBt tho mob, ho opened my cell door and said Hint ho would rather si o me es cape than suffer at tho hands of tho lynchers. "Fact is, I hnvo (alkod with tho man a good deal since.my inipri onnicnt, and I am of tho opt ion that ho bnlievos me in- nno mt. At any rate, 1 owe my life to him. I escaped in iho crowd without being recog nized. A liUlo inter the jail wns fired, and, it Booms, somo poor fellow hanged in my place. I thought it beBt to disguise my self and got ont of tho country, nnd wait until tho trouble subsided." “And leave Iva to her fate?" “No. I moant to visit her, and, if pos sible, porsunde her to fleo with me to the East, where I am well known, and can re ceive a fair hearing. I’m not partial to mobs, nud don’t like to he jerkod into eter nity beneath tke limb of a mountain oak." “Well, vour plan would not linve helped you much, I fenr; but. now that you aro froe, it is well enough to lteop shady," stild the dotectivo. “l’ooplo imagine it was you who wns murdered by tho m b. nud it is best to allow them to remain in ignorance for tho present. I hnvo Jerry Swnyno in prison as the confrs--r.il assassin of Samuel Fredon, so I imagine the day of your do- livernnoe is not far away." Of course, tho young Now-Y’orkcr was surprised nt what tho deteotive said, but he was destined to still grerier surprise when Eagle Gray had (old him all Hint had been accomplished during Iho pus’ few days. “And now wild would you su gest?" queried the disguised Wager. “That we spring the juvscftlio trap on the Swayuos nt ouoe. You i are evidence enough to bring them to tim ■ for tho mur der of your vonorublo unc o ’ “I had, but I lost Ihc mod valuable pnpei —tho confession of Burden Brono -at tho time I wns seized and hurled into prison. It may be that the ofileors have the paper; if so, you might secure it. But 1 must keep in the background for the present, you know." “I know.” That was all tho remark the detective deigned to make then, Ho knew that iho important paper mentioned by Wn’lis Wag er had been m tho keeping of Jerry Swayne —ho had seen it in his hand on tho ovon ng previous, but in tho startling and burr ed events that followed he had fnrgolt n Hie document, nud realized that it must have fallen beside Iho lono grave. Englo Gray concluded to say nothing of his knowledge until he examined the spot whore Jerry Swayne hud been seized. It was agreed upon, hoxvever, that the time had come to act, nnd that Hie i m- keeper nnd his wifo must be at onoe taken into custody. When the twain halted in front oi Hie tavern on ominous silence reigned through out the plnoe. Detoctivo Gray spr ng nut and hastened up tho stops to th" front door. He tried it only to find it locked kosnio » was issuing from the chimneys, ana mo silence of death roigned. What did it menu? CHAPTER XXXIL WICKED WORK. It was early on the morning after Hie seizure of Jerry Swayne beside Ih ■ g . o of the murdered Wondel, that Iva stood once more on the spot from whicli she had fled on’a former occasion, when Jeirv ap peared so suddenly at the time t lie n d ui i u calling himself Hamlin was questioning tho tavern-keeper’s nieoe. There wore many footprints on the sandy soil about the grave, and Iva wondered nt it a little. She often came hero to brood over the situation and wonder how it was all to oome out. Tho handsome young New-Yorker, who had already done so much to rescu" her from this unsatisfactory life, was himself In prison, not omy ciu. B ou . victed of murder. "Ho was not guilty.” This was tho young girl’s decision, and it satisfied her own mind, but her believing in the young man’s innocence was not likel y to he of help to him now that tho law h i it oruollv doomed him to die. It was wl.i’e meditating upon the sad situation (Imi h r eye caught sight of apaoket lying hall’ e,,v ered with sand where a heel had pressed it into the yielding soil. She at once a; poo- priated it, and feltin her hand a thick pack age of paper. What wns itl The yotihg girl did not know, but ns tbe seal was broken sne feBolved to tnko it to her t»0m nnd there make herself acquainted with its contents. In this she rondo a mis take—since it would have been better for her had sHo irend tbo story of the past be fore going to the house. Hastening from the spot Ivn gained Bog Tavern unmolested, and hastened to her room. Her aunt was ill, hut did not need her services then; nt any rate Ivn resolved to read the letter before returning to her charge. Seating herself by the window the young girl drew forth the damp, soilod envelope, and opening it bognn to read. Soou a change came over the face of tho geutlo child of the tavern. Her face paled and flushed,by turns; be! bosom heaved; bhi lipb bni-ted; nnd tbo black eyes wore aglow with intense feeling. Minute after minute passed, and as each one flitlcd by a more intense interest seemed depicted on the face of Iva Swayno. At tho last, when the completed story wns grasped in full ness of detail by the young (girl’s brain, she crunched the damp paper, dropped her hand, and glared about her with tho fires of n terrible indignation burning in her eyes. ’The story of Burden Mordo,” sho mur mured. "It is tho story of my life, of the lives of my parents, of the cru&l deed that deprived me of home and friends, and sent me to live under the snmo roof with domons. Merciful heaven! why did I not know this before? It is horriblel And to think that I have called thoso beings nnelo and sunt. I sse it all now. Burden Mordo was a tool in their lands—it, wns they who murdored that poor old mnn who might have revealed to tho world their awful crime. Tho numo of liosebaneis accursed; thank heaven, I do not bear it, nor tho equally odious one of Swavne. I am a Thornrift, and " 'I ho sonnd of a stop without out short tho aroused girl’s soliloquy. A hand lifted the latch and tried tbe door. Tt wcr looked. Ivn had guarded ngninst intrusion, but in her prosent state she was in ho mood to count the risk. That indig nation burned itt overy vein, nnd hastily concealing tho letter of tho outlaw, sho shoved tho bolt and flung open the door to ooufrout Lucius Swayne. (To bo Oontinuod.l THE NATIONAL GAME. POPULAR SCIRNO& A Michigan base hall club has a clergy man for pitcher. Rooks Connor of the Now Yorks, ivns tho first Leaguo playor to mnko 100 hits. Tna Now Yorks are tho liest Imho stealers in the League mid tho Pitlsburgs tho w orst. tCw-tr, Boston’s ton-thousand-dollar prize, Is not playing good ball, on account of lame ness. BnowNtNO, of tho Louisville., leads the American Association in balling, lie was the; first player in tho country to make one hundred lni.se hits. The Detroit* have earned more runs that) any otlior Longue club. New York, Chicago, Washington, Boston, Philadelphia, Indian apolis and Pittsburg follow in order. Dunlap, tho captain and second baseman of the Detrolts, is laid up with a broken leg, received in a collision with Thompson, tlio right fielder, while rmlillug after it lly hall. JdnNHTON, the Boston fielder, has not made an error in twenty-two games. Hardee Rich ardson, tlio Detroit fielder, has also not made an error in eighteen games. This Is great bull playing. Kx-ConouessMan HrkwRii. of Trenton, has written President Young, of tho National Ijeaguo, nsking that the I, ague accent a bountiful Parian trophy us an emblem of the championship of the organization. President Young has ncrepted the gift with thanks. Duuinii tlio recent game between tile (.ell kosti and Duluth clubs, played on the grounds ol’ tho former, the wind was truv T ing nt tlio rate of IT miles an hour, t if course tlio dust was blowing more or loss, so that it was a difficult mutter to play under the cir cumstances. During tlio progress of tho game no loss than throe (lies were knocked up in tho air which .should have fallen into tho hands of the centra fielder. When they reached a certain altitude, however, tlio wind caught them nnd blow them back with such rapidity Hint tlcy xvore either caught by the pitcher or one of t he infielders. The catcher also had nil usiist in like xvay, catching a lly xvith his hack against a back stop, which uti- dor ordinary circumstances would luivo lioeii captured by tho pitcher. In the faco of all this the game was a remarkably close one, Oslikosh finally winning by a score of il to J. MUSIGAL AND DRAMATIC. Charlotte Wolter, tho famous tragedi enne of Vienna, is making ready fora tour in America. Mrs. Langtry helped tho American oagio to scream on tho Fourth by reciting a patri otic poem in Kan Francisco. Mrs. Tom Thumb and her second husband will mnko a tour around tho world, under the management of Messrs. Kimmoii Is ft Brown. Nicholas Crouch, of Baltimore, Md., Im boon mude a member of the Loudon Society of arts, llo is the author of “Katlilocn Ala vouruoen." Commodore Nutt, who rivaled Tom Thumb us a dwarf somo years ago, is soiling tickets for a dime museum in Boston, lie is gray haired. 11 The Amber Heart” which wus tried in London recently failed us a play, oven ttiougu it had Miss Terry in the caste, and is said to be a very pretty fable. An Italian paper calls attention to tlio fact tii it, notwithstanding the flourishing cotuli- t o:i of music in Germany and Austria, only twjiity-six now operas and operettas wore m ulaknown to these Empires during the year IK ill. wliile thirty-nine were brought forth in Italy. It is said that few debutantes have mvlo a more decided sucoass in London than Al ss Amelia Grail, of Cleveland, Ohio. When sho appeared at Drury Lane recently as Mar- gnerite in Gounod's “ Faust," she carried tho Budio.io.i by storm. Khe has u mezzo-soprano voioe of grout volume, notably strong In the upper register. Our National flame. “Hi! Jimmy, come here, quick, or you’ll miss the fun. The’ve knocked a ball clean through a man, an’ he’s h I on the ground in con .vulLu.is! ’ L'.je. Two of a Kind. ALL SORTS, Party in the foreground—“Ok dpar ! I’ve got ’em again. I nlwtOT know they’re coming on when I sat double.— Ltft. Zoologists are preplexed by the feidrn this season of enormous shoals of herring to a point on the. nofthwest ehast of Norway, from whifch they suddenly rind coinpletiy disappeared twontv-iive years ago. Dr. Welander has found mercury in the body from six to twelve months, and even more, after its use was discontinued, but discredits the stntment that it may remain for twelve or thirteen years in the system. Iodine, hitherto fotind in nature Only in combination with other elements; hns been discovered ill it ftefi statk in thti ttatcr bf Woodhnll Spa, neat; Lincoln, England. The Iodine colors the water it decided brown. A new discovery, by the use of citric acid or citrate of silver, seawater may be made drinkable. By this menus chloride of silver is precipitated and a harmless mineral water is produced. An ounce of citrate makes a half pint of water drink- sble. It is not neCessafy to have different metals to obtain a current of electricity. Iron In nitric acid and iron In sulphuric acid, the two fluids being separated by a porous partition, will give a current, one plate wasting away while the other is thickened. A remarkably practical application of a well-known scientific fact hns been made in the soda locomotive. These en gines are now used In the 8t. Qothard tlinnel, Berlin and other European cities, and are now to be ptlt in operation in Minneapolis. There are now 0J0 local electrical light ing companies in the country. Tho capital invested in manufacture and supply, according to the Electrical Ite- oiew, is between ninety and tt hundred million dollars. There aro lighted every night in die United Ktatcs 13.1,000 voltaic arc lights nnd 010,000 incandes cent lights, Mary E. Tottsey, on tho study of in sects in the American Teacher, concludes that every insect hns Its iirc ill the world. Many live very romantic lives—some are wanderers and some aro socinl in thoir habits, all are wonderful. It is possible for us to discover the secrets of their ^ lives and tho mysteries of thoir homes if j are carefully study them. The variable star Algol is sei infinitely distant from the earth that it takes thir ty years for its light to reach us. 8o wo see it ns it was thirty years ago, not as it is to-day. When one of its obscurations occurs, therefore, the one that is visible to us occurred a generation ago, and about 4,000 such obscurations have taken place nnd started on thoir way hither since the one wo see happened. M. IIermitc,n French astronomer,states that while the total number of stars visi* bio to the naked eye in both hemispheres does not exceed 0,000, the number being 2,478 for tho Northern and 8,!)07 for the Southern hemisphere,20,000 may be seen with an opera glass, 150,000 with asmall telescope, and with the most powerful telescopes that liavo been constructed more than 100,000,000. Of course no one ever did or over can see si many; but that is the computed number of stars that a powerful telescope could bring to view. llorihilooks, One of the rarest, and certainly one ol the most interesting, hooks in the librarj of the British Museum is wlmt our ances tors called a “horn-book.” It in f act, their primer, the ordinary means by which they began their education; and down to the reign of George II. must have been very common, for wo sec by an entry ill the account book of tho Archer family that one was sold in 17H0 for two pence. At present there is no book more difficult to obtain. Tho ono in the British Museum was found a quar ter of a century ago in n deep closet, built in t he thick walls of an old farm house in Derbyshire. It is said a laborer engaged in pulling down the walls of the ancient house recognized it as that from which ids father had been taught to read. Upon the back is a picture of Charles I. on horseback, giving some approximation to its date. It is a single leaf, containing upon tlio front side the alphabet, la go and small, in Old English and Roman letters, ten short columns of monosylla bles founded on the vowels, and the Lord’s 1‘layer; all set in a frame of oak, now black with age, and protected bv a slice of transparent horn, hence the name horn-book. There is a handle by which* > hold it, and in the handle a hole for a stringf so is could hang from the girdle. A picture of 1720 represents a child runnii g in leading strings, with a horn-book tied to her side. A cheaper kind of horn-book had the leaf of printed paper pasted it (ion tlie horn, nnd per!ia| s the greater number were made in ill's way. If so, it is not singular they should be scarce, for thoy would be very oils'ly destroyed. Slieti- stoue writes in 1742 of Books of stature small, While with jie'luci l horn secured nil To save from lingers wet tho letters fair. The ulplnibet upon tlie horn-books was always headed by a cross, and so wns frequently called the Christ Cross Row, or, in common speech, the Criss Cross Row, this being tho tille under which a very worn specimen is catalogued at Ox ford.— Christian nt Work. Metropolitan Burglars. A gentleman whom J met tlux after noon, says a New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Times, made the remark that there is more treasure stored in the city of New York than in any other city of the world. “For two reasons,” said he, “it is tlio most valuable city to sack. In the first place, a great amount of all sorts of treasure—bullion, diamonds and precious stores of all sorts—is stored in safes whicli any expert burglar can open in half an hour with appliances whicli can he carried in the vest pocket.” lie said that a man could carry in his vest pocket that which would open any safo m use. “It does not require an expert man either,” said he. “You can do it; anybody can doit.” Then this gen tlemim went on te de-r.onrtm'e cl cany how it coni I '■> . d .j. He said there is no f .ciirity in safes, nnd the only way is to have valuables guarded by n wntchmam He said this is die reason for tbe growth of these great safe deposit companies. Ho then illustrated it by saying that a vial of nitro-glycerine, with a percussion cap and a small piece of putty, wus all that was necessary to do the work on any safe that was now manufactured. Minerals in China. The coal beds of China aro five times as large as those of all Europe, while gold, silver, lead, tin, copper, iron, mar ble, and petroleum are all found in the greatest abundance. Owing to the preju dice of the people tho mines have never been worked to any great extent, it being tho popular belief in China that if these mines are opened thousands of demons and spirits imprisoned in the earth would come forth and till the country with war and suffering. jtjs’i 1 fnnlo is accorded to a Keflhickiati who is ninety-nine ycifrs old and has nevcf hofen a candidate for an oilicfe'; OiiiNniiAi, LkL’s statue in Iticjupond is to cost only #12,000; though tho Lee as sociation has #50,000 an hand. An old German has invented n safe, that on its lock being tampered with, throws open its doors, seizes and drags and locks in the burglar, and handcuffs nnd holds him in readiness to be conduct- fed to tho police court in tlio mottling. Tttn netv Tay bridge ill Scotland, has just been opened. It is two miles long nnd 7T fcfct above the water. In 1870, the structure which iho new one Replaces, Went doivti with ti train during the fiight- titrie and nearly 400 people were drowned. A qoF.Eu tiling happened in Connecti cut the other day. John G. Wottnore held an insurance policy numbered 20,: 109. When lie died, tho company pnid his family exactly the number of dollars and the check drawn for the amount bore the same figures. Two balloons have been purchased for tlife Military School nt Tientsin, Chiba. The larger one is capable Of holding sixty or seventy persons, and tlio smaller thirty persons. An instructor has already ar rived nt Tientsin, and after five months’ practice trial trips will be mndc. The Canadian Pacific has brought it- solf into sudden conspicuousness ns one of the chief routes of the globe by its transportation of a cargo of Japan tea. The ten hns arrived in Loudon on tho thirty-first day after leaving Yokohama, having traversed 220 degrees of longitude. Tin-’, value of property reported to tho Signal Service as destroyed by tornadoes in 205 years was about #28,000,000. Lieut. Finlay estimates this to be about one- ! tenth the m tuiil value, making tho total losses about #500.000,000. The tltlmbet' ; of deaths reported was 8,105, and the in jured 6,040. A New Yoke girl has given a jeweler an order for a silver licit in links. In stead of Roman medallions on tlio linked pintes, however, she wants tlio features of somo of her young male friends cut in bas-relief, and lias furnished the photo graphs. They nvo trophies of her con quests, probably. IVonticrfitl Invent lima. Two machines of some importance in writing and speaking are about to como boforc the public. One is tlio grapho- pbonc, u machine which serves as an amanuensis. A corporation for its manu facture has been organized under the laws of West Virginia, Which are designed to please corporators and give revenue to the state. A still more important perfection attained is that of Prof. Elislm Gray’s “telautograph.” n telegraphic apparatus which transmits the handwriting or any other picture traced upon paper any dls- tanco. This will be highly valued by business tnou and bankers. Tho valua ble feature of the invention is tlio plato on which is laid tlio paper written on by tile sender. A pencil or any sharp object may bo used to write with, mid the re- ceivijj^ machine traces the message with a pencil or any tiling capable of marking, reproducing the form of the message pre cisely. Thus the sending operator will worely write the message on paper, and when lie has finished it will have been fin ished at the ojJier end of the circuit. Ilrcaklna Hawn and Itiilidlng Up. When a man breaks down In tlio matter of idiysical strength, tlio question of Its recovery depend.) in ureal measure upon the length of time lie allows to elnpso before adopting medic inal means to recuperate It. A tonic, whicli gives a speedy and powerful impulse to tlio processes of digestion and assimilation, is tlio best auxiliary lie cun omploy, and he should resort to it promptly. Tlio most reliable de pendence of the feeble, the aged and the ner vous, has ever proved to ho Hostetler's Stom ach Bitters, an Iiivlgorant of national reputa tion and proven worth, commended hv medical men of distinction, not only for building up a | broken-down system, hut as a remedy for dys- ' pepsin, constipation, liver complaint, lover and ! ague, and kidney troublo. Whilo not claimed to bo a panacea, It Is a most useful and compre honslvo household remedy. It is, moreover, eminently safe as well as effective. Charity may rover a multitude of sins, hut that Is not its regular business. Tennyson*» “.II iy tfneen.” Who knows hut If the beautiful girl who dlud so young had been blessed with Dr. 1‘lerce’s "Favorite l’reserlption” she might liavo roigned on many another bright Slay- day. Tho “Favorite Proscription” is a certain cure tor all thoso disorders to which females are liable. Six hundred Baptist preachers in England refused to sign the total abstinence pledge. I'Tidnrnnco of Society People, A prominent, society lady of Washington asked by the I’rlnee of Wales; "Why Is It you people here manifest so llttlo fatiguo from dan cing, receptions, etc.?” replied: “Why, you see, wo Americans gain the vitality wasted In these dissipations by using l)r. Ilartcr’B Iron Tonic.” The adoption of the Federal Constitution will ho “ccntennlaled” at Philadelphia, l*a., soon. Prickly Abb Bittrus warms up und Invig orates the stomach. Improves and strengthens the digestive organs, opens the pores, promotes perspiration, and equalizes the circulation. As a corrector of a disordered system there is nothing equal to It. The llesl of All. Of all tlio medicines I uver heard of or used, I consider Hr. Diggers' Huckleberry Cordial the best medicine for all bowel trouble and children tcclhing ever used. A. J. Stink, Oxford, N. O. There aro eon.TxiO enrolled members of the Soolety for Provontlon of Cruelty to Animals. Don’t hawk, and blow, and Bpit, hut uso l)r. Hugo's Catarrh Remedy, Not long ago thoro wore 80,000 holders of U. 8. bonds. Now there arc only It9,(XX). Relief Is immediate, und a sure euro. Plso’s Remedy for Catarrh. SOconts. It Should no GeBorully Know* That the multitude of diseases of a sorofuloue nature generally proceed from a torpid condi tion at the liver, The hloOd becomes Impure be cause the fiver does not act properly and work Off the poison froth the system, and tho certain results aro blotches, JuttijiWs, eruptions, swell ings, tumors, ulcers ana kindred affections, or settlin'* upon the lnngs nnd poisoning their delicate tissues, Rntit ulceration, breaking* down and consumption Is established. Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” will, by acting upon tho livor and purifying the blood,• cure all these d!"“ascs. The wall-paper pool hits expired. Twenty- five of Hie factories were In It.. ninny People Refuse to Take Odd Liver Oil on account of Its unpleasant taste. This difficulty lias been overcome In Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Livor Oil with Hypophos- pliites. It being as palatable ns milk, and the most voidable remedy known for tho treatment of Consumption, Scrofula and Bronchitis, G6nerrtl Debility, 'Wasting Ifisoasee at Ghll* dtorl; Chronic Coughs nml Colds, has caused physiblfe'h’s In nil parts of tho world to Use It, Physicians report coy little patients take it with pleasure. Try Hc’OU’ii Emulsion and be convinced. „ FUficntt City, Md., lias a cmifirmetl flfnhker who ts J j'Pate old, and has a nurse. Daughters,\\ i?Ys **"d Mathers. Send for Pamphlet on Fomaifc' Diseases, free; securely Bcnlcd. I>r. J. B. Mnrohlsi, UilMt, N,Y. (bitters ’Turcs IIAIXDISEASESOFTNC LIVER I KIDNEYS STOMACH AND BOWELS. 1Z* 5 *<T ALLDRUGGISTS priceTqollar c tfnAnv/fyj, PRICKff . SENNA-MAU&RAKE-BUCHU I AMD OTHER tgUALLY ETHCIEST KMISIR It has stood the Test of Tear!, in Curing all Diseases Of tho BLOOD, LIVES, STOM ACH, KIDNEYS,BOW* ELS, Ad. ItParlflss tho Blood, invigorates and Cleansosthe System. DYSPEPSIA,C0N8TI PATI0N, JAUNDICE, SICKHEADACHE,BIL IOUS COMPLAINTS, Ac disappear at onoe under Us beneflolal influence. It is purely a Medicine as Its cathartic proper ties for Worai ties forbids Its use as a ago, ant to tho i tftfite, and as cosily taken b; ren as adults. It is pleas , and at y Child* PRICK1Y ASH BITTERS CO 8o!o Proprietors, NT.l.otim(iml Hannah Oitt Do you fool dull, languid, low-spirited nr«-1 Ices, and Indescribably miserable, DotbnhwA I cSUy nnd mentally; experience a sen™ !Jtl fulliicM or bloating alter eating, or of "I ness," or emptiness^of stomaoh in the ioru before the eyes, nervous prostration or hauetton, irritability of temper, hot fltiBhi' alternating with chilly sensations, sham bIMn*u transient pains hero nnd there, cofj feet, drowsiness after meals, wakefulne* i? disturbed nnd unrofreslilng sleop, constant jndcscrlbnblo feeling ol dread, or of lmpoSh Ing calamity? “pcaa- If you have nil, or any considerable numb*, of those symptoms, you aro suffering tw lf,t 'bo; 1 common of American maladSE mens Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, msocIaM ■Ith pyspspsla, or Indigestion. The „ ,w ■ “ - your disease has become, the ■ llflrtim) mill rlttrnraflt, _ 1 with oompllca’ greater tho tillffrtwr and diversity of arinn. toms. No matter Whs (stage It hns renelml Wr, Pierce’sOoldou Medical OUcoren will Stlbdue It, if talien according to dirniL tlons for « reasonable length (if time, if ourod, complications multiply nml Coiisumn. tlon of the Lungs, 8ktu Diseases, Hum v t Disease Rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or otlu*' Kt«vn maladies aro qulto liable to set In am orJator.jnduce a fatal termination. Dr, Pierce’* Ooldcu medical ni. CO very acts poworfully upon tho Liver,, "i through thHt great blood-purifying erg, clonuses tho systom of all blood-taints utul iml purities, from whatever cause arising in, equally efficacious In acting upon the Kill neys, and other exorctory orgnns. demising strengthening, nnd healing their diseases a\ an nppotlzing, restorative tonic, It iiminotM digestion and nutrition, thereby building both iloeh and strength. In malarial ilistM cLrtd and narvefl r*c«iv« daw ~'orco. Enliven* tb« mind inrt tappliM Briln Tower. ( Anipq ,1 r .r"?othJt? .«wfl“find LALMCa In DR. HARTER'S IKON TONIO a ertfe and epeody onrA. Give*aolear, heel, ihj rompleilon. Frequent attempt* at connterfett- Inaonly ndd to tho popularity of the orlcineh !>• not nxnnriinent—cot the ORIOINAL AND DKIT. ■feiOSKR.r'TKS^Ha.w.’ I Cure ConstlpAt . Headache. Semple Doae end Dream Book mailed on recr'pt of twooentaln poetage. HE DR.HARTER MEDICINE COMPANY St.Louis, Mo. ) EXHAUSTED VITALITY I Great Medloal Work for Young and Mlddla-Agad Men. KNOW THYSELF. Onetnnt Miinn. WIYI. II. PAKKP.lt. JII.O.. CoriRU'MiiK rbystolan. More than onu million » oplrs •old. It tri al* ut»on Norvous nnd I’lmdcnl Debility, rramnture Decline, Exhausted VltAlltr, Impaired vigor and Impurities of thu Blood, and the untold ml^er es coasoqu»*nt theroon. Contains SK) pages. uhstantlAl emhOHs d bln llm<. full gilt. Warranted nfftl th\n wonderful incdloino lntiT gttluciT’Vrw celebrity in curing Fevor nnd Ague, Chills m Fever, Dumb Ague, mid kindrod dlmnsps Dr. Pierce** Golden Ifludicgl Dla. cover? CURES ALL HUMORS, frmn a common Blotch, or Eruption i„ o,« worst Scrofula. Kalt-rliouiu, " Fevcr-nirni” Scaly or Rough Skin, In short, nil iiinum enusert by ban blood urn conquered in thl. powerful, purifying, and invigorating in. dU cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal order Its benign Inlluenco. Especially Ims it i im ia fiwted its potency In curing Tetter, Eczeaiii Erysipelas, Bolls, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, scrof! ulous Mores und Swellings, Hlp-Jolut |iis,, nan "White Swellings," Goitre, or Thick Neck and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in stamps for n largo Treatise, with colored plates, on Skin Diseases, or the mime amount for a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections. ••FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE.” Thoroughly oleanso It liy using Ur. JMerce’s (Joldcil Medical Discovery, nfeil good digestion, n fair skin, buoyant, spirits. vn u | strength und bodily henlth will ho csluhlk'Ued, CONSUMPTION, which is Scrofula ofllio Lungs, Is nrrcsM and cured by this remedy, If taken in the earlier stages of the disease. From Its mar abandoned that name as too restrictive for a medicine which, from Its wonderful com bination of tonic, or strengthening, nltcrallve, or hiood-oleanslng, nntl-bulous, pectoral, und nutritive properties, Is uncqualcd, not only ns a remoav for Consumption, hut for nil Chronic Diseases of tho Liver, Blood, and Lungs. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Short ness of Breath, Clironto Nasal Catarrh, llrnn- chitls, Astlunn, Severe Coughs, and kindipd affections. It Is no offlotcnt remedy. Bold by Druggists, nt $1.00. or Six Dottles for $8.00. fW~ Bend ton oenta In stamps for Dr. Fierce's book on Consumption. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association, 003 main St., Htlt’FAl.O, N.Y. This Is whnt killed your pour fully r Klnrji tt. Avtohl anything ..... leful m ( yc— _ containing it throughout y.eur future useful I careors. We older bends object to Its special ' UOUOH'NEflB.’ ISnillsh and conceal V-unc //if« vnvr T . [Milage. Prion only $1 by mall, do* t pa Id, Alod In n plain wrapper. lUustrativ* if you send uow. Address at above. min Ammiw. A SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES nil I oqulpment; 17 teRohors j Utoroujii nn.| complete courso of liiitruolion. Most aivaniaKt sin iuu*lo, olacutlnn. imlntlnff. ot". V> sectarian I mu. flfith ttnnnul aesnieu begins Moiulav. Hcpt. 6th, l*.M7. Cjr" Prlcoa reasonable. Illustrated (J*t*i.oou« Hue*. ROBT. D. SMITH, President, Columbia, Tenn. JONES HID PAYStheFREICHT 5 Tom Wagon Hralei, Iron I otf-n, Ktr*l BrErlngi, Drees Tere Deem end R«am Hoi for 880. ie Hrele. For fret nd I niNGIJAMTON^&V DON T FOOL ZEStfsrtX - v efforts with Insect powder, borax oi' .V wlmt not, usimI nt random all oter tho house to get rid of DCCTI CO Roaches,Water-bugs, DLL I Ltd For two or three nights sprinkle 1 “Rouoh on Hats" dry powder, In, ’ about and down Iho sink, drain pipe. First filing In tho morning , wash It all away down iho sink, drain pipe. wb» nil the InseciH fr nil garret to cellor will disap pear. The secret is In tlio fact that wliercm iu- B'-ets aro In the house, they must DO A PU£6 drink during the night. llUMvflEO Clears out Hats, Mice, Hcd-bugs, Files, Beetles, “itouau on Itats ” is sold all around the world,, in every dime, Is tlio mostextonslvely advertised,, and hns the largest sale of any arUulo of Its kind on the face of tho globe. DESTROYS POTATO BUDS For Potato Hugs, Insect** on Vlnc«, ,n tnble* spoonful of the powder, well shaken, in ft k*** of water, and applied with sprinkling pot. nprajr syringe, or whlMk broom. Keep it we/l^tirrcd up. 15o., 2ftc. and Roxor. Agr. size. ■ROUQH-RATS* -cleaks ol’t- S ^ BED bugs, _ FLIES. . Roaches, ants, water-bugs, moths, rnts. nMc*. spnmiws, jack rabbits, squirrels, gophers. ISO. W. L. DOUGLAS H»trr Bixe Ar»lf. For fret prut U One Agent ( Morohnnt only) wnntnd in every town for $3 SHOE. finest Cmlf, perfect fit. >■ warranted. Congresn, Button and Lace, all styles toe. stylish and durable as Weak and Weary o.erlbes the condition of many people debilitated by the wsrra weather, by disease or overwork. Hood’s S«r«»parllU U Just (he mod cine reed, d lo build up end strengthen tho body, purify und quicken the ■ ugg • i blood, «nd estor,' the lost iippetlte. If you need a good medicine be sure to try Hood’s Bar nparlUa. "During the summer I was feotlnz all run down, aid thinking I needed something to tono up inv sy-lem, I took Hood’s Sarsnof,.-Pa and felt much better. I h id also been troubled lv! j dyspepsia, iind Rood's finrsapnrllla holped mo rv.ore thm e,.v Wayne,'ind*. tou1 '* Jamks r. Dar: ow. Fort Hood’s Sarsaparilla Vnnnnlf'm f l ' p 1 lx for **■ Prepared only by C. I. HOOD it CO., Apothnearlos, Lowell. Mass. J IOO Doses One Dollar w. . .... Away 1,000 Self Operating" Hhlng Ma'dilnes. If you want one son 1 UHyournnmo.l'.O.andozprpssoffl o The N.iiI.imhI .‘>7 eySr .N.V Everybody w nts ' Tnn»IH's l’nneli”5c. cigar . ow : they wore always good, but of InU, they tinvo lm! iiroved. I heartily approve of your w.,y of doing niiRinoss; you aro Hurt; to hold and Ineronso our 1 Q(l °- A. Auk d, Druggl t, Chicago, 111. Address tt. W.TANS1LI, A: CO., Chicago. STATE COLLEGE VnF KFNTIinifY I EIGHTEEN PROFESSORS W. I.. IHIIKil. CJZ.SO SHOE excel, the an Hboes adver- tlsuii by other AND INSTRUCTORS, «..ichi, ncientiliu, (liassioal. Normal School, Military I’ac cial and Proparntory Ooiumh of Study. 1 iiumm-niw 1 '# Jf 1 -. 60 . H 8. Army Ofli’cer 1J^Oadota. Fall term bogina Septembar I I, IRHi. A r oi CJatAlogim and other information Adilrona JAMES K. PATTERSON, PH. 0.. LEXINQTON, KY Roy. til wear the W. I.. nOlIGI.AS SZ SHORj Lf’^CO^Ar^ock^n. M.**’ MARVELOUS | WEAK MEN, WEAK'WOMEN,'“ u* 1 - RAilUfiS 111,001) liltANOI.EN are | viarvelous, Hie skshitios of the hour. Thousands have used them and not one. but Is enthusln.tic over Uiolr wonderful pronerttes. !«i cents; 5 boxes, »1. > »-ii r ![ u 5 K *!5 or JX mall, postage prcpnld. All In- ; ynllds , hould .end nceounl of cane, symptoms, etc,, I I I', 111 ’ "" l " r »»<l « wife IK) YOU (lOOf) Address , Ur, 1VM, III. UA IK I), Washington. N. J. I l l IOCS’ 1 iiipi ovcd 1 ackages OSe. Mak«K i. Kills, of del clous, spark- luiK. wIioloHomu hovor K. HIRL DISCOVERY. Wholly nnlllco artificial ayafriiis. Any book learned in one reading* Rooommonded by Mark Twain, Itioltnrd I ,ro ®?'® r tlio Soiont 1st, Hon. W. W. As tor, Judah P. Dr. Minor, etc. Ulasa of l(K) Columbia law Htum m • twocluHaea 300 each at Yale, IKK) University • M) at Wolloaley Uollego, oto. ProapeotuH post *ro«. PROF. LOIHIiTTK, 2M Fifth Ave. New York. Great English Gout and ■ Kheumatic Hemody. 114 \ round, t » PilU. Pensions rCRIOlUIla HAM Ally, IVuhlnsten, D a , , ROOT BEER llolesoine nsverngo. Knld by druggists: msiled (z. L. IIIRKS. 4H 4 \. Dol.i. Avu., Philn., !*«. ' a nn ui'd’ 11 s , > V A NT K l» : Bkptcmiibh SessionT 1™“' J v ' 1 !' stsme, Mnnilii’ 1 ’" Tcuchcn.’ Agency, P. O. Hoi .| ft), Biuminoham. Ala. T OPIUMS Morphine Habit Cured I. ‘ days. No poy till cured lO felephena, l.ebuixon, Ohio. F & T F M T Q obtained by M, 11. S^ 101 ^ I c » O HTON A CO. f Waah- 'ligton, !). (’. Hond for our book of inatruotionH. flDIIIU Hah>t ^uted. Trout icon t sent on trtaL wr UIIH Humane RemkiivCo., l.ftFayette.Ind. Th’s rcnrcsfintsahealthy life. Throughout its various scenes, Jiist sneli a Ilfo as they onjoy Who uso the Smith’s Ulio Iloans. J.P. STEVENS &BR0. JEWELERS. Atlanta, Ga. !ssl r.r Catalogue, BUSINESS , Aduoation a Hpeoialty at lUOOKH’H i**Julheil UNIVEttfSITY, Atlanta. On. On« of the be« eohools in the Uountry. bond for Olroulara, (Jan get the most Practical jin-. y cation at C!ol<lsinltli*H Hell (.ol “I " ^ ln«js.,88XS. Broad Bt. Atlanta,! a. »»»“ / /or Uirculara <fc Ijpecnnen »»l Pmm>a__—^ riHfSri ..... .|(S<). Allui'"UJi2 By return malt. .yffUJKjfl'Vr? XSfS Obtained., send •tamjiW 'i iio original Photograph, panel also, of this ploturo went on receipt of lOc. In ... Srnitli’s BILE BEANS purify Uso blood, by actin’' directly Hml promptly stn tlse Liver, Skin and Kid? ney«. 'S bey , onalst of a Yc K eti»blc combination tlrat Jiau un equal iu inedlcul srleneo. 'ITicy cnrcConLlli n! tlon, IflaUrlu, nnd Ilyspcpaia, atid uro a «afen«ir.i *■- SIVXX’X’XX Vto oo.. PUOPlUItTOUa. PATENTS ■ ,uM. Patent Jawyer, Inrentora' Guide. ■" hlngfon, D. £ receipt 4 ddrn&o. —*1 UKAN8, NL JLoula, Mo. I Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh J* th® ■ I Boat, Kasiest to Uso, and Cheapen “• CATARRH Hv dern’isleta or Bent by mail.