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THE SPIDER’S WEB;
=)OR,(
Trapped on the Trail.
A Thrilling Romance ot the
Silver Hills.
By MORRIS REDWING,
Author of "In the Shadow or tho Scaffold,"
“Jofclla," " Cripple of London,"
Sto., Eta.
CHAPTER XXXIII.—Continued.
THE WED L'NRAVEI.INO
- ADout six montns nrter Konert and hi*
toother visited their city relatives cnmo a
dispntch announcing tho death ot Grant
Thorn rift. Ho had been kioked, and his
skull crushed, in the stable by a vicious
horse. Luke Itoscbnne was the first to
make tho discovery, and then ho summoned
Foster Wondol, an associate in the stable,
to assist in carrying his mnstor’s body to
tho house. A grand funeral followed, but
tho shock prostrated Mrs. Thornrift, and
sho was long confined to her bed—she
might have recovered had not a scoond on.
laniity befallen hor. Edna, her hope and
pride, the only soul sho had loft to love in
nil the wide world, was snatched from hor,
not oy death, but mysteriously, in a man-
'lior to leave no trace behind. Bhe wns
stolen, evidently. This wns tho last straw
that broke the 'poor mother’s spirit. Sho
sunk suddenly away, and diod, calling on
the nnmo of Edna to tho Inst.
“At hor bedsido, ministering to her overy
want, wore two women, Mrs. Hanger nnd
tho housekeeper, l.nko Itosebano'n wife.
Hubert was not there, but from his mother
ho learned nil that took plnce. Mrs. lioso-
tvmo seomod most kind nnd attentive, al
though she had a devil in hor henrt, The
honsokeeper and hor husband Wero deep
and treacherous, hnt this fact did not oomo
to tho surface until long yours nftor tho s,id
wonts of which I hnvo spoken. These two
had plotted in a cool nnd wicked manner to
possess thomsolvos of tho Thoinrift for
tune, nnd during the time no suspioion at
tached to thorn.
“This is how it was. With tho Thornrifts
out of tho world, little Edna would inherit
the vast fortune, nnd Luko Hosebnne de
liberately planned to removo tho husband
and wife, steal little Edna, nnd koep hoi
until in limo sho should bo old enough to
wed, then mako hor tho wife of their son
Jerry, and then bring forward the long-lost
lioinind claim tho property. They wero
to deny all knowledge of the kidnaping,
and protend that they oame by Edna in
some way that would seem plausible and
guiltless.
i " About this time there was in Hew York
n lmrd ense, a reckless young scamp, who
hnd more than onoe been before tho courts
for Inwloss aots. This mau wns nn ac
quaintance of Luko Kosebauo, if not ■
friend, nnd to him the villainous stableman
told onough of his plans to suit his pur
pose, and Iiurden Mordo engaged to staal
Edna and secrete hor for a time, until Luke
should call for hor. With his own hand
liosebaue hnd crushed the bond of his em
ployer. ami loft him at tho foot of the vicious
horse for tho purpose ot misleading (he
public as to tho cause of the millionaire'
deutb,
“ Tho plans of tho schemers worked well,
only that Foster Wonde!, an old employs
on the grounds, suspected all was not right,
hnd that Thorutfl had mot with foul play.
Ho was cousUutly on tho watch, and
shadowed tho w o'tod ltosobane nnd Mor-
d". and overheard tuo plot for stealini
Edna while Mrs. Thornrift lav on a slol
bed. Itosubnnn partial y admitted that ho
h id put tho millionaire out of tho world.
shrewd fellow, and was soon
in possession of tho whole plot, He agreed
lo steal tho child, to follow instructions to
ihe letter, but refused always to stain his
bauds with bloo I. A moment after Bur
den Mordo hat loft the stableman, Foster
Wondol confronted Kosebnno and accused
him of his vill liny. It was a piece of fool
hardiness on tho part of tho older mao,
for, under tho c.rcnmstanocs, Kosebnno was
rendered desperate. Snatching a elub from
the ground, lie dealt Foster Wondol a ter
rible blow on tho head that felled him
ficus less to tho earth. Believing he had
elVoctnnll.v silonoed tho witness of his vil
lainy, Itoscbnne lifted tho supposod deud
man and boro him to the l iver that tiowod
at tho foot of a stoop hill. It was night,
and no ono Bnw tho deed ns tho stableman
flung the poor old man into the swift cur
rent. H was that last act that has ttnnitj
brought tho greatest criminal of modorn
timos to justico. Had Luko liosebano mads
tmro of 1 odor Wonders death, ho might
have snooooded in ii s plans, mid to-day lie
rev- ling in tho halls of Thornrift l’lace, its
master for the remainder of his life.
"Foster Wondol was not do.id; tho cold
Wat r revived him, and he was picked up
by some dock men before life was extinct.
When ho came back to tho full vigor of his
bodi y powers bis mind was befogged; in
fact, ho was demented, and could give no
ucco ant of himsolf. He was placed loan
asylum for tho insane, and thoro remaiuod
for many years. At 1 n tb, bv a skilllul
surgical operation, performed not by tho
baud of man, but by a blow on the bend
from a severe fall, tlio mind of Foster Won-
del luturuod to him. Memory of tho old
times at Thornrift Place came ovor him as
though but vest rduy.
“ On being roeused. he reported at onoe
to tho old place, to find a young man in
potBCHsion. ‘Who are you, end what are
you doing hero?’ demanded Wond 1. ‘I aui
the owner of this place; it wsb left me by
my uucle, Grant Thornrift.’ 'And who are
you?’ Tlobort Hanger.’ The old stable-
man's surpriso was great. It was hard for
him to believe that tho boy of ten hud
grown to manhood since his involuntary
bath in tho river, .vet such wns tho fact,
smeo Fostor Woudel had boon an inmate
of the nsylnm for uonrly fifteen years. To
him it was but n day. ‘So yon me Robert
Ranger, Ednas cousin. Where is she? 1
‘Dead, I suppose,’ answered Robert. But
to this tho old man entered nn emphatic
denial. He then laid tho facts before the
last owner of Thornrift Place, and found
in him nn nnxiuus and interested listener.
Together they planned to find Edna, who,
Recording to her father’s will, was to in-
borit the property if Bhe lived; in caso oi
her denth before coming of ago, then Rob
ert Ranger was to have everything. Mrs.
Ranger •- ’ ’ ’ ’ •
stableman cam' to him with his strange
story.
“ ‘We must find Luke Rosebaue and hie
wife,’said Wondol; ‘when we find them we
will find the heir to Thornrift.’ Ranger at
onoe entered into the spirit of tho searoh,
though having little fuith in the outcome.
The whole story seemed too much like s
romance to be true. The criminals would
naturally go West, Wondol argued, and a
certain Burden Brono, who had been im
plicated in many crimes, had lately fled the
country, and was believed to be somewhere
in Colorado. He could give them ample
information, and it was more with the idea
of finding the outlaw than tho expectancy
or meeting Lnke Rosebnne that the twain
set out on tho trail. On the twenty-ninth
of August Robert Ranger and his com
panion put up at this tavern. After retir
ing to their room above, Woudel, who trav
eled os Samuel Fredon, informed Ranger
thnt they were at the end of the trail, for
he had recognised tho innkeeper nnd his
wife as Lnke Rosebaue and the woman who
aeled as housekeeper at Thornrift fifteen
years before. And this was not all; the
girl Iva here Wondol had recognized ns the
tost inana, rrom tne tact or ner resem
blance to her mother. Hanger at once re
solved upon u plan, lie wrote a letter to
the girl, intending to give it into her bnnd
the next morning, but tho subsenuent mur
der of Woudel prevented his do ng so, al
though it seems that she found the letter
on (ho following day where Ranger had left
it in the pillow-slip.”
Then the young New-Yorker proceeded
to tell tho story of tho murder ns he has
given it to the reader in a previous chapter.
“1 was arrested for the murder, and con
demned, although innocent. It was a part
of the plan to take me from the trail,
since,” proceeded Wager, “tho villain Rose-
bnuo hnd recognized Wondol, and realized
that, he Wan being hunted to his doom. I
thought Burden Mordo, aliai Brono, wns
the ono guilty of the murder. It scorns
that I wns mtstikon, and thnt Jerry Iloso-
bane, this man's son, was the real assas
sin, doubtless sot to tho work by his wicked
ftvtlier."
Agiin the narrator paused.
The old innkeeper regarded him w.Tt e
look of sullen defiance.
"A nicoly conoootod yarn,” he sneered nl
the last. “I think those gentlemen will uoi
bo deceived by tho story of au escaped
convict"
“Although trapped upon the trail by the
mau Itoscbnne, who now calls himself
Swayne, I nm not nowerless to bring nbout
justico,” assertod the young man. unheed
ing the words of the innkeeper. “I made
my escape from prison, when a mob, insti
gated by this man's son, enmo lo murder
mo. They hsngod the wrong man, and 1,
in company with Detcctivo Gray of New
York, havo discovered tho real assassin of
Foster Wondol, and Wo hnve proof, also,
that this man licsebane, alias Swayne, as-
snsaiimtcd Grant T hornrift, nnd paid Bur-
don Brono for kidnaping tne infant heir
fifteen yenrs ago —’’
“Tho proof,” sneoringly interrupted tho
evil man nndor disouRsion.
“It will bo forthcoming. Tho outlnw
known as Burden Brono lort a written con
fession, in which ho tolls the whole story,
and implicates you nnd Mrs Rosebaue "
“Where is tlmt confession?” questioned
ono of tho four gentlemen at this moment.
“I should llko to sen it."
“Unfortunately it has been mislaid, per
haps stolon ’’
■'A pretty story," snoorod tho innkoopor,
whoBO courage began to rise.
Ho imagined that his son hnd tho missive
In Hafo keeping, nnd that from that sourco,
at least, ho hnd nothing to four. At this
moment, however, a surprising thing oc
curred. Iva, who had been a silent nnd
deeply interested listener to the young
man's slory, rose and stepped forward.
"Here is the confession of Burden Mor
do. I found it where Jerry dropped it last
night, I imagine,” nnd sho hold out a pneket.
Instantly tho innkoopor loipod forward
and nttempted to soizo tho missive. De
tective Gray was too quick for him, how
ever, nnd secured tho precious paper.
"Bit down, old man, uttered the detec
tive, sternly. With a muttered impreca
tion tho innkeeper sank to a seat From
uudor his heavy brows hesholn murderous
g lance at Iva. At thnt moment he would
nvn kill'd tho girl if ho could.
Tho confession of Burdou Mordo wni
long nnd interesting, nnd it corroborated
the story Robert Hanger hnd told.
T he wob of tho spider had caught the
guilty now, nnd was winding them closet
ouch moment in its mesh's.
After the reading of the coufessiou, and
tho announcement by Engle Gray that the
younger Swnyne wns even t lion under ar
rest for tho mill-dor for which tlio young
mau known as Wallis Wager hnd been con
demned, Ida, or Edna as we will ca l hoi
hercnflcr, said that she wtshod to ma'io a
statement.
Wliito nnd shaky, the old innkeepei
staggered to his feet.
"1 protest," ho oiled, huskily. “I am
tho victim of a deep-laid plot. I appeal to
you, gentlemen, nnd hope you will prevent
a continuation of this this —”
"We will boar all, nnd then judge," ut
tered ono of tho four citizens, in a stern
voice, that indicated that the sympathies
of tho travelers wore fast departing from
tho iunkeeper, to be centered in his pre
tend'd niece. With a gronu Lucius Swnyne
sank quite helpless into n suit, all unpre
pared for the revelation that was to come.
CHARTER XXXIV
TP 12 llllOliE'l WEB.
Edna, pale end fragile-looking, yot with
the spirit of a I ai'oiuo, stood up, and, with
the support of Robert Rangel's strong arm,
opened her lips with these words:
1 am about to speak of something that
has trouble.I in ' for many long weeks."
With the shadow of inevitable doom
ton ■ nig Ii h somber face, tlio innkeeper
sen; a wicked look from tinder his brows
at the s ender girl, Imt said nothing. She
bii.v the glance, nnd tvombled.
“S oak u i, fair eo.isin, hr lias no power
to harm you now," whl-pored the gentle
Robert in her oar, and from tint mom nl
she so mod slrong and courageous enough
to faeo anything.
"It is of the J. th of August—of that
night of awful hIoit.i nnd woe tint 1
would speak," proceeded 111 girl, after s
moment of hesitancy "I did not sleep
one moment that night, and from what 1
nflo want I-nr ed it soems that but fow oi
the inuia es closed their eyes that night-
hut lire.— and one of those never openod
them in this world. I could not sleep from
thinking. It matters r.ot what was in nn
thoughts, only’ that I could not sleep, anil
Instead of retiring, I stood by tho window
and watched the play of the lightning
“It was after midnight, I think, that I
saw a dark form drop from tho ond of the
that is visible from my window, ami
glide past the oud of tho house. A glr.ro
of lightning caino after ho had gained the
oarth, and 1 looked into tho face of Jerry
Swnyne - ho had just come from tne cham
ber of tho travelers! When the next gleam
oame, tlio man was gone. Ho went to tho
rear of the houso and cratered, casting
asido his wet outer coat ore ho presented
himself to tho family a little later.
“I was ourious to know what my surly
oousin hnd been doing on the porch on such
a night. My ourioaity led me to mako nit
investigation. Donning my waterproof, I
raised tho window nnd leaped lightly out
into the storm. I hnd no more than gained
the outer darkness than n light flushed from
above, from tho windows of the guest
chamber. There was a lull in the pouring
rain at this moment, and, ns I hnd seen
Jerry spring from tho porch, I thought
something was transpiring of an unusual
nnture.
“I went to a shod against which leaned a
ladder. With swift stops I convoyed this
to the poroh, sprang up tho rounds, nnd
srouohed under one ot the windows and
peered in. I saw Lucius Swnyne a d h.s
wife, he with a bloody knife in his Ii ind. I
was frightoned, and was on the point of
slippingaway, when my auntlooked straight
at the window, throw up her hands and
fell to tho floor.
“Quickly I regained the ground, filing the
ladder aside, and rushed back to my room.
Instantly removing iny waterproof, that
had shielded mo from the wet, 1 hurried to
the chamber above, ond found that Mrs.
Swa.yne hnd fainted, simply through seeing
my face nt the window.”
“Sho mistook you for Mrs. Thornrift,"
uttered the inukoepor, then growled at him
self for tho unguarded speech. "1 mean
that it's likely sho did. ”
“And I can now understand why she
cried out about not murdering her, and so
forth,” pursued Edna. 'When I learned
that tho old man Fredon was dead, I
thought that Jerry was the murderer, and
feel convinced that such is the case even
now; in fact, I overheard him-admit it
once. I know that Mr. Bwnyne, whom I
supposed my uncle, wished the old mau
dead ”
“You lio, huzzy!" exclaimed the inukeep-
er. He was silenced, however, and Edna
proceeded:
“By accident I found tho confession of
Burden Mordo beside the grave of Foster
Wondel, wnere Jerry must havo dropped
it, and the reading of that caused me .o
feel terribly indignant toward the Swaynes.
I was raBh enough to reveal my knowledge
to this man here, aud, when ho madly
pressed me for faots, I told him to ask his
wife. He was terriblo in his wrath, and
would have murdered me in tho collnr,
where he had carried me, but Cor the com
ing of these two men, who havo proven
themselves my friends in noed."
The innkeeper still holdup his head, and
attempted to explain away all that seemed
against him. He might have succeeded to
a certain extent hnd not Engle Gray sud
denly interrupted him with:
“Stop right where you arc. Even wero
you guiltless of all that has been laid at
your door, yon are still guilty of murder,
and must suffer for tho crlipei"
"Bnh!” sneered Swayne. "Another neatly
concocted lio for my ruin.”
“It is not Less than nil hour sinoo you
entered your wifo’s Bick-room, and, with
tho cool devilishncss of a fiond. murdered
her!—strangled her as she lay helpless on
her bed!"
This was too much.
With a gnsp and a choking cry Luoius
Swayne, alias Ltlko Rosebaue slipped in ii
helpless heap to the floor. Not ono present
but realized that justice had at length over
taken one of tho world's greatest villains.
And here for tho presout we draw n veil.
Four and twonty hours liter ho whom
wo havo known nB Lucius 8wayne was (lend.
From tho moment that his crimes were
riveted homo upon him ho folt that all wns
lost, and tho stroke uffectod him So thnt ho
sank swiftly away, and wns soon in tho
agonies of denth.
“I am guiHy. I killed my Wife, aud
would havo taken Edna’s life to savo my
self, but you prevented, Eagle Gray. She,
Iva, is tne solo he r to tlio Thornrift os-
tato. All tlio necessary papers and proofs
you will find in my trunk; besides the
birthmark, (hat nil wlio over saw tho baby
Edna will remember. I did not kill Fos
ter Wondel. If my son did, he ought to
•ulTer.”
Tills wns the snbstanco of the old inn-
keopor's confession, nnd tho four prom
inent oitizens, besides others, wore there to
hear it.
The bodies of the wicked innkeeper nnd
his wife wero consigned to one grave, not
fnr from that of ihc murdered Wondol.
Edna went to livo for a short time a SiL
Vorsaud, under tho protection of hor cousin,
Robert Rangor. The latter dearly estab
lished his innocence, and on tho trial of
Jerry Swnyne the evidence wns ton strong
to be combated successfully, and the infa
mous young villain was duly convicted.
On tho scaffold ho oonfossod his crimo,
and "died game."
Dear reader, wild more need be said?
Of course, when Edna cnmo into posses
sion of her patrimony, she did not forget
tho brave Robert Rntigor, who hnd sacri
ficed his own claims to find tho real heir.
There could ho but one wn.v out of it.
Robert lost the cstalo and fortune, but,
some venrs later, he cnmo in for a share by
mm lying Edna.
Eaglo Gray was ninp'v rewarded, and
has, ever sinoo tho stirring events herein
narrated, been a friend of tho fnmily.
Through his keenness and daring tlio spi
der's web was broken, nnd young Robert
Rangor safoly delivered from the trap into
which lie hnd fallen while on tho trail of
his pretty cousin's abductors. Boh Ranger's
oldest son bears the nnmo of Engle, and
ho will never havo eauso to feel asbamod of
it on account of his uamesako.
f T11K KNI>.)
HOW WOOD 18 MADE.
A Most Interest lug Lesson in Natur
al History,
In many trees tlio annual lavors are
so regular, and Boom to bo placed so
nicely, that ono not a botanist miglit bo
pardoned for belioving that tlio sap was
changed to wood mutter in the loaves,
and the now formed matter sent down,
sliding ovor the old layer like a section
of telescope; but, though the food wns
prepared by tlio leaves in a great meas
ure, tlio actual growth was made by tlio
germination of some of the oolls along
the whole outside wall of last yoars
tyood beneath tlio inner bark. The ger
mination of the cells takes place about
the middle of Juno. Tako a healthy
cliorry tree, and strip it entirely of its
bark to any longtli desired. At that
season a viscid liquid will bo found cov
ering the woody Btirfftoo in abundance.
Tlio stripped part is covered with a
cloth to prevent evaporation, and in a
few da^s numerous dots, like needle
oints,‘ will be scon tho sixteenth ot an
STRAY SHOTS.
It is estimated that there are moro
than 60,000 families in London with only
one room each to livo in.
Nearly fo per cent, of the inmates
in the New York city insnne asylum, ac
cording to Superintendent MacDonald,
arc foreign born.
Thjc host salary in the world, accord
ing to age, is that of King Alfonso, of
Spain. The young monarch is fourteen
months old and is paid $1,600,000 a year.
Dr. Dollihqkr, ono of the founders
of the old Catholic movement after tho
declaration of the Pope's infallibility, is
now more than 80 years old und in vory
fcoblo health.
A student of Vanderbilt University,
in Tennessee, lias just beat tho world's
record in high kicking, having succeeded
in hitting a murk at the unprecedented
height of 0 feet 8J inches.
The National Bureau of Statistics
shows that on tho $700,000,000 which
iinnunlly passes into the tills of tho re
tailers of intoxicating liquors in this
country there is a profit of 188 j per cent.
Tiie United States pays every year for
cigars and cigarettes $180,500,000 and
*20,000,000 for tobacco smoked in pipes.
To this it adds tlio cost of chowing
tobacco, $50,000,000, bringing the entire
tobacco bill for tho yenr up to $250,600,-
000.
The ladies will bq interested to know
tlmt tlio bustle is of Persian origin.
Nott, in his no os on tho “Odes of 11a
Hz," defines tho “refnight" ns a kind of
bolster which tho Indies fix to the under
garment to produce a cortnin roundness
thought by them to bo becoming.
It is now settled that typhoid fev. r
germs are carried nlmost wholly In water,
and tlmt while freezing does not destroy
them boiling always cloos. Filtration is
wholly ineffective for tho purification of
water bearing these germs, so that the
water in a well may bo infected from
sinks, etc., at a considerable distance.
With thoso facts definitely determined it
ought to bo oasy to rcduco tlio danger of
typhoid fever to a minimum by care.
A stranoe religious sect has made its
hcndquiutors ut Chatham, Eng., where
its devotees nro building an immense
temple which will cost $250,000. It culls
itself tho "New and latter house of
Israel,'' and its membors believe tlmt they
are immortal, and that they are the rem
nant of truo Israelites who will reign
with Christ for 1,000 years. Tho foun
der of tho sect was a man named Jczricl,
who is now dead. Ilia death was a great
shock to the believers, but his wife said
that it was on accident aud declared her
self his successor.
Many People Refuse lo Take fHMl
Liver Oil on account of its unpleasant taste.
This difficulty lias been overcome In Soorr’8
Emulsion of Cod Llvor Oil with Hypophoe-
plittcs. It being as palatable as milk, and the
most valuable remedy known for tho treatment
of Consumption, Scrofula and Bronchitis
General Debility, Wasting Diseases ot Chil
dren, ciltouib Cbughs and Colds, has caused
physicians In all parts Of the world to ubo it.
Physicians report our little patients take It
with pleasure. Try Scott’s Emulsion nnd be
convinced.
In one day recently 128 olergymen sailed from
New York for Europe.
All “Played Out."
Don't know what alls mo Intel:
well,—can’t sleep well. Can’t work,
enjoy doln^ anything.. Ain't really sick, aha J
someway.'
vory ch
Golden
&
really ain’t woll. Feel all kind o’ played out,
someway.” That is what .scores or men say
hey
Dis
. f That -
ovory day. If they would tako Dr. Pieroo s
‘ * Medical ~
.. they would soon
have no occasion to say it. It purities the blood,
Hscovory.
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tones up tho system and fortifies It against dis
ease. It is a groat anti-bllllouB remedy as well.
Pennsylvania has 8,770 Sunday-schools j Ohio,
6,761, ana New York only 0»684.
1*11('■ Cured lor HA Cents.
Dn. Walton’s cuius row Piles Is gtiaran*
teed to cure the worst case of piles. Price 85
cents. At druggists* or mailed (stamps taken)
by tho _
Walton Remedy <’o., Cleveland, O.
Ills Platform.
pot--.-,
[null apart all ovor tho surface. Those
no tlio yonug colls that havo gorminat-
od from thoso of last year. They oon-
tinuo gormiimting, ono from tho other,
until they moot, when they unite and
form a complete surface.
In tlio nutumn a layer of wood will he
found just as thick as in the part of tho
tree not disbarked, and a single layer of
liber, with its outer coat of cellular mat
ter—perfect hark—will havo boon form-
fid ovor tho whole. Tlio entire forma
tion of wood and bark can thus he soen
by the ordinary observer without the
necessity of any microscopical work,
Other people hnvo tried tho experiment
with other treoH. Wo have seen lurge
apple trees, that have had their hark
peeled wholly off from their trunks, at
the Honson named, make ail entire now
layer of hark and wood, not only with
no injury to tho tree, hut to its manifest
enjoyment; hut our own experiments
wero confined exclusively to the cherry.
Hy this experiment wo learn that there
is'no difference primarily in any part of
tlio annual covering. The same coll
may become permanent tissue or gener
ating tissue, and from the generative
tissue may come, before the season of
growth olosos, every form of structure
known to anatomists, from pure wood to
the outermost cuticle of the hark. How
these cells become differential may he
passed over hero. Wo know that cell
growth is not always uniform in its
operations. Tho lew that changes the
outermost series of newly made colls
into liber need not nooessarily operate
so exactly os to mako them perfect to
this end—a fow may he thrown off into
tlio liber us generative tissue—and,
grouting this possibility, wo sec how
the woody granules iu the apple are
foimcd.—The Garden.
A Home Ran.
A few days ago two hall nines com
posed ot hoys wore playing a match
game in Brooklyn, and iu place of a
bat were using an old discarded cool
shovel handle. The game had become
intensely exciting and tho opposing
had what they termed a slugger nt the
bat. Two runners occupied the bases,
and three strikes had been called on tho
slugger. The next hall pitched the
slugger banged away, and, at tho call
of liis enthusiastic "captain, ran down
to tho first, then to tlio second, tlijrd
and home, keeping the shovel handle in
in his hand all way round. The nine
having the field and spectators, from
the tune the slugger had struck the
ball, were in the meanwhile looking for
the sphere, hut did not discover it 1 ,
whereabouts until the runner u; ■ 1
it to the umpire, wedged fuot in riio
hand grip of the shovel. Of course
there was much kicking indulged in
at the discovery, but the umpire decid
ed a home run
Never Content.
When men wear heavy overcoats
An. I Nature wears a robe of snow,
When the thermometer donotes
The temperature is ton below,
We to the friendly stove draw nigh
And often wish it were July.
When in the fierce beat of July
Wo vainly long for cooling airs,
When cruel Sol with fiery eye
From rise to sot upon us glares,
And files become obnoxious, very,
We often wish twero January.
—Boston Courier
Crawford, tho Scout, stated the follow
ing facts about himself at n meeting in
Denver, Colorado: Through the intem
perate habits of my father I was de
prived of oven the rudiments of an ed
ucation ; indeed, when I enlisted iu the
army to fight for my country I was
obliged to make my cross, not knowin_
how to writi my own name. While
lying wounded in a hospitid in West
Philadelphia ono of those good angels of
mercy, a Dieter of Charity, taught mo to
read and write. 1 had mi angel mother,
nnd when she lay upon her deathbed she
called me lo her side, and taking my
hand in hers, said to me: “Johnny, iny
son, you know your mother loves you.
L am dying; will you not give me a prom
ise that 1 can tako up to heaven with
mo?” “Mother,” 1 said, “I will promise
you anything.” “ I'hon promiso me, my
son, that you will never drink intoxica
ting liquor, and it will not lie so hard for
me to leave the earth.” Need I tell you,
my friends, that 1 gave that promise, and
that I havo faithfully kept it.”
An Apt Reply.
In ouo of tho battles of tlio Mexican
war,'Lieut. George II. Derby was wounded
and the commander-in-chief, Gen. Sco t,
being near, rode up to the group sur
rounding him, and finding that the in
jury was not dangerous, started away
with tho parting salutation: “Good-day,
Lieut. Darby.” “Good-day, Gen. Scntt,”
responded tho party addressed, suffi
ciently loud for his retiring superior to
hoar, “The general’s name is not Scatt,”
said one of tlio group. “No I" was the
response, “and neither is my name
Darby."
“I Keel Ho Well.”
“1 want to thank yon foe tel Imp- mo of Dr.
t'ierco’s Favorite Proscription,” writes a laity
to her frlond. “For a long tlinu I was unlit to
attend to tlio work of my housuliolil. 1 kept
about, but l felt thoroughly miserable. I hud
terriblo backaches, and bearing-down sensa
tions across me and was quite weak and dis.
eournged. 1 sent and got some of the modi
cine after receiving your letter, and It 1ms
cured mo. I hardly know myself. 1 feel so
well."
Thoro will be a Woman’s Interstate Indus,
trial Exhibition at Chicago, 111., in September
Hlio lit (lie Idol ol .tly Heart.
Well, then, why don’t you do something to
bring back ihc roses lo her checks and the
light to her eyes? Don't you see she is Buttering
from nervous debility, tho result of female
weakness? A bottle of Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic
will brighten thoso pnlo cheeks, and send new
life through that wasted form. If you love
her, take heed.
Old pill hexes nro spread over tho land by
the thousands nftor having been emptied by
suffering lummnity. What a mass of sicken
ing, disgusting medicine the poor stomach has
to contend with. Tim much strong medicine.
Prickly Ash Milters is rapidly and surely tak
ing tile pblce nl all Ibis class of drugs, and is
curing all the ills arising from a disordered
condition of ihu liver, kidneys, stomach and
bowels.
A Wholesale Groeeryiiinn.
Mr. T. I). Meador, of the firm of Oglesby &
Meiulor, thinks it Just as important to fortify
against tho sudden attacks of the bowels, as
against the robber that invades the household.
He says Ur. Riggers’Huckleberry Cordial is
the weapon, a dead shot to bowel troubles.
Shetland ponies are never over 12 inches high.
Many bogus ones are sold in the South.
Don't disgust everybody by hawking, blowing
and spitting, but use Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Rem
edy and be cured.
IT IS A PUREIYVCSETABLE PREPARATION
‘ 0 HW/
SENNA
[«N0 OTHER EgUAUY Ef f ICIEST It (MEDICS
It hae stood the Test of Yoars,
in Curing all Disease* of the
" BLOOD, LIVER, STOM
ACH, KIDNEYS,BOW
ELS, &c. It Purifies the
Blood, Invigorates and
Cleanses tho By atom.
BITTERS
CURC9
ULDISCASESOmiE
LIVER
KIDNEYS
STOMACH
AND
BOWELS]
AtLORUGGISTS
PRICE) DOLLAR
One Agont ( Merchant or
DYSPEPSIA,CONST!
TATION, JAUNDICE,
BICKHEADACHE, BIL
IOUS COMPLAINTS, *0
disappear at once under
its beneficial Influence
It li purely a Medicine
as its cathartic proper
ties forbids its use as a
beverage, It Is plea*'
aut to the taste, and as
easily taken by child
ren as adults,
PRICKIY ASH BITTERS CO
Solo Proprietor*,
Bt.Louihami Kanhah Om
EXHAUSTED VITALITY
A 8r#at Msdlchl ft dirk hr Young
and Middla-Agai) Man.
DftbiQty.
Vh|crf"auT Itn jniMtTi("of the Blood. »n(f'taj untold
Maartea reaacquem thereon. Contain. Si pom.
srs&ni
tamjri./rra It you .end now. Addrea aa aaovs.
A'nma tMa rarer. •
Or,
TEA ORLY RUE
'IRON
TONIC
_p|Mtlt« f Indlguetfptt'LMk of
;magtb and Tli*dr«aliii«
toiatalf on rod: Bonaa, nu»
•1m and m-rvM wmIm n««
force. Enli?*na th* mind
_ and anppliM Bruin Powur.
HnfTariag from com plain ta
- —.W’
anything containing It throughout your
iturs ussful 0) careen. We older Sstd* Oh
io Ma special 'Bough’ne*,’
awayttme,
and money
Insect pow-hi
or what aot, used at
lovsr »b« bouae to get
the sink, drain
rln tho morning wash N all
the rink, drain pipe, when nlj tb*
t to cellar will tUsr
_ fact thnt. wherever )
Clears outHafs, Slice,
••Romm on Bats,”
world, In every clime,
*** ‘ ‘ i of Its
Is eoUr all around the.
every ofime, Is tho most extensively
d and has the largest sale of any
kind on the face of tho globe.
and applied with .
, or whisk broom. Keep it we _
c., SBc. aud SI Boxes. Agr. slat,
‘ —CLEARS OT?T—
BED BUG« V
FLIES. >
LADIES p«enUi
TONIO a «afa and apasdy can. Oireta
thj completion. Krequont
inc only add to tha popularity of tha •ritiaai. D#
•otaiperlmant— sat th« 0»ioinaland Mbit.
ionta^a«.WR.r L m.M... 1: t
IHiadaolia Sample Dote and Dream Book!
1 mailed on reoelpt of two oenta In poatago. f
THE DR.HARTER MEDICINE COMPANY
•t.Louie, Mo.
STATE COLLEGE
UOF KENTUCKY. I E 'and E ins Truci oh a? 8
Agricultural ami Mechanical. Noiontlllc, Engineering,
gporrowB, 3 (vck rabbits, Bqulrrols, popljore, 15o.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE.
utaPFitsi, ii
oial and Pw.
annum. R«nrd $:»
Commandant of Om
Tuition »il |i t
i. Army Oifloor
Fall term begin* Bopteuibor
Addreei
14. 1887. For Catalogue and other informal!
JAVlES K. PATTERSON, PH. D, LEXINGTON, XV.
JONES
PAYStheFREICHT
ft Tdii Waioa Hralno*
Irea Uttn, RtrtT Heurlaii, Brace
fare B*«m *ud Brin B*i hr
haro retailed cli ... .
consider your "Tumdire Punch" tho lestBo. cigar I
erersaw. Joun W. Aitkkv, Druggist Oarbondalo, Pd.
a y more. iluao anobirsskn, Hearer, Pa.
Address lit W. TANSILJs Ac CO.. Clilcniro.
minis’ I III pro veil
Pack agon i*>c. Mnk«n 5
jrah. of dnl oious, Rpark-
, ROOT BEER
ing, wholesome nmmrago. Sold by druggiM*; mailed
(or'l/ic. C. E. HIRES. 4H N. Dola. Ave.. Phila.. Pa.
M exican warms*!,
dre all. II. (.VtMou Ac < «..
S5
OPIUM Habit Curod. Truant cut aont
SOLDIERS aud their Widows.
’ for you ali. Ad-
Wai I ii ngt on, D O.
to $8 rx day. Sample* worth itJW. FREE.
Linen not under the horne'a feet. Writ®
IireuMtor Safety Rein Holder Co., Holly, Mich.
trlnL
Hkmkdy Co., LaKayotle, Ind
Brerr 8f»l*. for frMgrtrie
JIMS
BINGHAMTON.
WEAK MEN, WEAK WOMEN,JohrkV*
Dr. JIAIKD'M UL.OOD OUANCLKS or*
marveiou,. Hie .ks.ation of the hour. Thoue.iul.
have mod them and not one but la enthu.ln.tlo ovef
their wonderful pronertlefc 85 rente -, S boxe., 11.
Of Dru.gt.U or l.y mull, po»tngr prepaid. All In-
vnlld. should Mud hCeount of <-mo, nymptoni., etc.,
with order »nd we will Do YOU OOOD. Addrej.
Dr. WM. M. HA 1 ItD. Wnahlnnian, N. J.
Great English Gout and
i Kheumatio Ksmedy.
round, I 1 1’ille.
Blair’s Pills
Oval Box, 34 l
FINE Blooded Cuttle, Sheep, Hogs,
2H!!_3k Poultry, Dob. for wile. Uumlogu.e with lw
.nurovlug. free, K. P. Buyer A > i>., i oulcvlllo, Tu.
Morphine H.klt Cured Iu lO
to 30 day*. No pay till cured.
Dr. J. Stephen., Lebanon, Ohio.
Throughout It. various Kconos,
Smith’s BILE BEANS purify tho blood, by acting
directly mid promptly on tlio I.Ivor, Skin und Kid
neys. They consist of n vegetable combination that
hint no equal In mcdlcnl science. They euro Constipa
tion, malaria, and Ilyspcpslu, and arc a safeguard
against all forms of fevers, chills aud fever, gall stones,
aud Bright’* disease, Mend -1 cents pontugo for u sam
ple package aud test the TltllTII of what ivo soy. Price, It5 cent* per bottle,
balled to any address, postpaid. DON It ONK ItlO.VN. Sold by druggists.
•r. P- SatXTtZ «*, GO.. PROPRIETORS, ST'. X.OTJXS, MO.
The orlslnnl rhntosrnph,
pnnol .Ixu, of till, jiloturo
sent on receipt of lOc. In
. * ( j rosg
or. HK.AIYN,
lit. huill., Mo.
Tb* only U SRAM IJ
Nlinn In the world.
fflnMt C»lf, perfect «l, and
Warranted. Conxrc.n, Button
and ( sc-, all .trie. >««•
•tyltali xurt (liinhln »* %/-,
tho.o coillnr or _*s
yr. i,. doijoi.as
•3.SO SIIWP.
thr ».i Shoe, ntlvcr-
ilaed by other
Arms.
Bor, all wear tho IT. T.. DOUGLAS •'! SHOE.
mtu Am
A SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES—
Healthy location jhaudiotm* grounds(ISaereirv cftpaclowihulH.
Inga, well lighted, healed and rent Hated : Hue IlN ary. apparatu*
and equipment; 17 teaoheraj thorotwh and ecm.^Me t nurse «>f
Instruction. H«a$ advantages In muilc, elouu'lon. tainting, et?.
No sectarianism. Mth annual ■•asion begins Honda », *< | t. 5th,
1887. FT" 1’rlccaraaaonable. !u.p«trathi> Catalo Fata,
ROBT. D. SMITH, Prc.idont, Columbia. Tenn.
J.P. STEVENS &BBQ.
JEWELERS.
Atlanta, Ga.
•aaft for Catalogua.
and willHKUv ii \irrrs
mirotl at homo without pan.
Book of partioui.irit Mint Kiuflf..
B. M. Woolley, M. D.„
Vtlnntn, 44a. Oj Fit R 6o\i
Mention tbia papar,
BUSINESS
Education a specialty at .HOOKE'* IHIMINI'MM
IJN1VKKHITY, Vtluiitn, <4it. On« of tna Iasi
achoolii In ilia (hnmtrv. Hand for Olroulara,
/2L Unn got tha miMt Prnoticnl ltiiHlnoM K<lu-
^W^^i'ation at<4oltl*mitli'"Hrhnnl at I'fnn*
/ Broad St. Atlanta,(in. S*m'U
[fill I’Kiri:. AddroMi
A. .»!. » <M K, r. 0 .
400. Ajhinin. tin-
10 Soidtara A itelra. Send»lampi
fur Circular*. COL L. UINGft
11 All. AU v l) a
PJbo’f Remedy for Catarrh in the
ltasiobt to Ubo» tuid Cheopeat.
Sold by.dm^Riftta or nont by mall.
60c. E. T.. * ‘
ilazAltluo, Wurruu, To.
A. II
PELLETS
OOO
ooo
THE O RIGINAL
LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS l
Always ask for Dr. Pierce’s Pellets, or Little
Sugar-coated Sranuies or Pills.
Jersey City, N. J., has an accumulation of
unpaid taxes amounting to $6,000,000.
Daughter*, Wivt M and *71 oilier*.
Send fqr Pamphlet on Female Diseases, free;
securely sealed. l)r. J. 13. March!si, Utica, N.Y.
Best, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso’s
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 50c.
The Michigan W. C. T. U., at lta raoent an
nual mooting) voted $800 to assist the onions
in States where amendments are pending.
VJavm Weather
on ouu c» extreme tlr.’d feeling and de dlity, and
lathe w. akonetl condition of the system diseases
ari.dni,' from Ira lire blood are liable to appe r. To
gain strength, to overcome dtseaae, and to purify,
vitalize an l enrich the blood, take Hood's Sarsa
parilla, which is peculiarly adapted to the needs or
this season.
“When 1 took Hood's Sarsaparilla that heaviness
In my stomach left} the dullness in my head, and
the gloomy, despondent feeling dlsappeured. I be
gan to get stronger, iny blood gained better circula
tion, tho coldness In my hands aud feet left me, und
my kidneys * o n t bother n e as before."—Q. W.
Hull, Attorney at Law, Hiller .burg. O.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by a 1 druggists, gl; six for $5. Prepared only
by C. i. HOui) £co.. Apothecaries, Lowell. Muss.
IQO Poses One Dollar
A nift Aprcn To introdooe themjwe win
BIB CfFEna (live Away 1,000 8elf-
Operating Washing Machines. If you waut
one sent us your nume.l.O.and express ofllo
Rtonce. The Nat iunal Co.. V • ey St..N.Y.
By return mall. Fall
Muadj'a Now Taller ^yotem of Brces
C«tU»«. MOODY * 00.. Oigoimnati, 0-
Obtained. Bend «tamp for
_ _ _ Inventors’ Guide. I* Biso-
i-awyer. Washington. D. O.
FREE
PATENTS
■ Patent i-awyer,
BEING ENTIRELY VEGETABLE, Dr. Pierce’* Pellet* operoto Without disturbance to tho *y«teni,i
diet, or occupation. Put up in gla** vlnla, liermotlcally sealed. Always fresh mid reliable. As a
LAXATIVE, ALTERATIVE, or PURGATIVE, thoso little Pellets give tho most porfoct satisfaction.
Wilmam IlAMlOR. F.sq., of Minilen, Kearney County,
Nebraska, writes: "I wns troubled with l»il!s ter
thirty years. Four years into I wns so afflicted with
them tlmt I could not wnlk. I bought two bottles
of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purtrntlve Pellets, nnd took
ono ‘Pellet’ after eneh meal, till nil were gone. Ily
that time I hud no boils, and hnvo lind 110110 since. Ilmvo also
been troubled with sick headache. When I feel it coming on,
I take one or two * Pellets,’ aud am relieved of tho headache.
Mrs. O. W. IlnoWN, of Wapakoneta, Ohio,
sovs: "Your ’Pleasant Purgative Pellets nro
without question tho best cathartic ever
sold. They are also a most efficient remedy
for torpor of tlio liver. Wo havo used them
for yeurs lu our family, aud keep them m
tho house all tho tiuio.”
SICK HEAD1CHE
Bilious Iloadae.ho, Dizziness, Con
stipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all derangoments of tho
stomach and bowels, ure promptly relieved
nnd permanently cured by tho use of Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. In ex
planation of the remedial powor of theso
Pellets ovor so great a vnrtcty of diseases,
It may truthfully be aaid tlint thotr notion upon tho system Is
universal, not a gland ortissuo escuping their sanative tntluoneo.
Sold tiy $ruggists. for 25 cents a vial. Manufactured nt tho Chem
ical Laboratory of Wokld's Dibi’enbahy Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y.
FOR A CASE OF CATARRH WHICH THEY CAN NOT CURL
gSYMPTOMS OF r»ATARB.H
sABfjsBa st
coughing to clem- the throat, expectoration of offensive matter
together with scabs from ulcers; tho voice Is changed and hai
a nasal twang; the breath is offensive; smell and taste are l “
pnlre, ; there is a sensation of dizziness, with mental depreMlon
a hacking cough nnd general debility. However, only a few oi
tho above-named symptoms are likely to bo present fn ...
case. Thousands of coses annually, without man if citing h^f of
the above symptoms, result lu consumption, and end ln the
grave. No disease is so common, moro deceptive and daaalsrom?
less understood, or more unsuccessfully treated bv ^
By Its mild, soothing, and healing propertiesT * phy,lol «“-
DK. SAGE’S CATARRH REMEDY
CURBS THX WORST OASBS OT
Catarrh, "Cold In the Head,” Coryza, and Catarrhal Headache.
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
Faxon, so cunuTs,
Untold Agony
from Catarrh.
Prof. W. Hausner, the famous mesmer-
1st, of Ithaca, N. Y., writes: "Some ten
years ago I suffered untold agony tram
chronic nasnl catarrh. My family P 1 ','" 1 ;
clnn gnvo me up as incurable, and saia x
must die. My caso wns such a bud one,
thnt every day, towards sunset, my voice would become so noiirsc
I could barely spenk above n whisper. In tho morning my coiitu-
lng and clonrlng of my throat would almost strangle me. liyj"°
uso of Dr. Snge’s Catarrh Remedy, In three montns, I was ft wen
man, and the euro has been permanent,”
Rusrino, Esq., not Pine Street,
o., writes: "X was a great sut-
....... catarrh for three years. AS
I could hardly breathe, and was coa
ly hawking and spitting, and for tue
ight montns could not breathe through
Constantly
Hawking and
Spitting.
Thomas J.
St. Louis, Mo.,
feror from catarrh for three years,
times
stantl;
Inst cIkiil muiji.ua luuiu uu, -- , . i,
the nnstrlla. I thought nothing oould oe
done for mo. Luckily, I was advised to try
Dr. Sago’s Catarrh Remedy, and I am now a well man.
lieve it to bo the only sure remedy for catarrh now manurau-
turod, and ono has only to give It a fair trial to experience
astounding results and a permanent cure.”
Eli Robbins, Runyan P. O., OolumMaCo*
Three Bottles I *&■> ^ “ My baa K oa s"
LL Mu 1 Luo I g |j 0 W(UJ jj vo y enrfl old, very bnd
Bll I Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy advei—. .
nn. R procured a bottle for her, and soon sa
r -“ that it helped her; a third bottle effectea
Mydaughterhad STtarrh when
- ■ ,.,u years old, very badly, i sa
fillQC PlTADBII I Dr - Sage’s Catarrli Remedy advertised, an
UUNt UAltnnH. | procured a bottle for her, and, soon saw
—■ 1 w-J that It helped her; a third bottle effecten
a^gerrozRent core. She Is now eighteen years old and sounu