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-THE- Banter’s Daughter. By GEJiEYIETE 1'LHAR, Aitkor of "A W*lrd W*ddin* N.jht,” 'Tk* Ler» of Her Life," “The Stolen Bride- troom,” “Crnel ei the Ororo," "Her Wedding Night,” Etc., Etc, Etc. jt is no intrusion nt nil, and I don't lik* your formality, Mnrcy. " "I oAuic to say good-by," contiunod Mnrcy "Elliott, 1 am going to leave the bank; by morning I shill have loft the city. ” ilinlio stared in profound bewilderment at his friend. “Are you mad or jesting?" ho cried amaredly. “Neither. I am in dead earnest. I have come to tlmnk you for all your kindly ef forts in my behalf, but it has beeu of no use." Marcy's voioe broke, and deep despait came into his boggard face as be spoke. "I want yon to ask me no questions, foi 1 wi 1 not answer them, " ho went on gloom ily. "Circumstances have arisen that make it necessary for my sake, for your sake, foi the sake of the hank, that I leave its em- Ile did not spare his overwhelmed foe, but proceeded to follow up his advantage while tha 1 enemy was still prostialod with the terrible blow to hope and security his cruel words had given. “Yes, Howard Mnrcy,” his pitiless voieo spoke forth, "there is tlieproof that you aro a malefactor, n criminal, a fugitive from justice. Murderer! You, Mercy, alias Gil bert ltansom, have been sought for every where fur a certain mysterious crimo ten vrars old, tint would send you to the gul- iows were you discovered. " Maroy looked up aud essayed a boldness ho did not experience. "A crime I never committed willfully," he moaned. " The proofs convict you conclusively. I.ct us waste no further idle words, Howard Slnrcy, ns you choose to call yourself. Ypn committed the clime, and 1 aided you to ploy, tiiulio stood speechless with mvstifi . cation and alarm. | your baleful power!” cried Mnrcy wildly. “ 1'here is a dark place in my post, F.l- "It was that or the gallows," wns Y nnci rFrr-ni the Chicago Ledger.] CHATTT.r. XIII—Continued. The night of ihe reception came at last, t fine summer’s err ning. The spacious p irlors of the wealthy bank *r were throng! .I with the elite of the city, and Mnb 1 never look. 1 more beautiful. “She is n queen among women," nmr- . mured Giulia rapturously, as he watched 1 beside him, his earnost, friendly eyes fired liott," resumed Maroy. "I thought it was shut out forever from my life. It has faced me again. Sooner or later it will drag me down if I remaiu here. I am truer to rny- sc.f, kinder to you, in not revealing it to you. iu living lrom its intluenco ere it again crushes me and those 1 respect and love alike. Good-by." "You shall not go." Uiulio blocked Marcy's exit from tho room <1 'termihedly. He forced him to a chair, and sat down her from a cur.ained alcove as she receiv her guests. The evening passed away delightfully, with music, conversation, and the usual enjoyments of a so -at event. Only ono occurrence marred the pleasure of the oc casion. and this was when Y'ance appeared, end as he gi etod the hostess her colot seemed to heighten as if in emotion or fear. YVhich was it? His heart beating fiercely, Gintio experienced ail the jealous tormeuts an impassioned nature enu know. But a smi c of rare contentment and joy chased all the shadows away from his hand some face ns a little later tho guests dis intently ou his face. “Howard Marcy," he Rnid gently, almost appealingly, "linvo I over deserved to bo thus shut out from your confidence? Old friend, lie generous. Tell mo all, let me bear your troubles with yon.” Marcy's frame quivered with suppressed emotion. "No. no," he cried nflor a brief, irroso- luto silence. "I<ct us part ns it is. I have a foe who holds my life aud liberty in his power." “ Y'anco!" criod Giulio, excitedly. “Oh, I have guessed your secret, Mnrcy; you can not deceive mo. That night on tho river persed amid the beautiful grounds of the | von recognized him; later, nt tho bank, you mansion. Mabel beamed down upon him, and awarded him all of her time and attention consistent with her duties as hostess. “I will not he ir this burden of fear and uncertainty any longer," he decided ns he sat on n rttstio soul near n group of lilacs, and watched tho guy company present promenading tho moonlit lawn. "I will tell her my heart. I wi 1 speak to her fntlior of tho lovo 1 experience for her. Then if I find my Ruit hopeless, I will not remain under nil influence the fascination of which time enu only intensify." Lost in a hopeful roverio over his now determination, Giulio was only conscious of a distracting element in fho rcone when ho saw coining from Iho house, and evidently seeking Mabel Elliott, the man bo adjudged a rival in her affections Y'anco. Tho In I ter did not boo Giulio, shad owed ns the latler was by tho folingo, but Giulio was about to arino and speak to him out of ordinary courtesy, when nti opisodo occurred which startled and bowildered him. Whon within n few foot of him, lie Hnw Vance shirt viol' ntly, pnuso. glanoe nt *.ho deep shade of some high bushes lining the pnth, nnd turn deathly pale. At Ihe snino mmuout n low hut distinct word was spoken, in tho bnlf-nppenling, hntf-conimnnding tones of a woman's voice: "Y’ance!" Giulio turned quiohly nnd glanced toward tho place fiom wlronco it oinnunted. The •pot was deserted bv promouadern at that point. First dimly, and then distinctly, in tho radiance of the moonlight ho made out a woman’s face. It peered from tho foliage, palo, agitntod, yot beautiful, a weird splendor in its •tntncsquu loveliness, marred only by an ex pression of suspense and fear that made tho dark eyes glow like two glittering stars of light. "Beatrice!" Tho word foil in n gasping cry of amaze ment and alarm from the lips of tho startled Y'nnce. His eyes scanned tho soono about thorn, •aw no ono within hearing, and then a muttered malediction escaped his lips. “Yes, yeB, it is I! You must coma with mo. I must speak with you." The man's hands were clenched in fren zied omotion, liiB face took lo its sinistor depths a look that was almost murderous in its expression. Of a sudden ho sprang within tho foliage. “Vance, Y’nnce, do not grasp my arm so cruelly 1” “Aro you mad?" hissed tho olhor. "Havo you no reason loft that you hound mo to a plnoc wliero your appearance would ruin my every hope in lifer" “Then why havo you to'd your servant to refuse mo admittance nt your rooms?" “Loavo hero, woman; you drive mo dis tracted. Go nt once." “I will not. You shall see mo hero now, and hear mo out, or 1 will alarm tho people nnd toll them vvlmt I am to you. I tell you I havo grown despomio with your cruel troatmout." ••t i„* r„, heaven's sake do not goad me lo striko you before my oyos. I tell you that you must lenvo here,” spolce Yuuce, excitedly. “Thou you Hliall go with me. “I will not, I cannot, but I will promise to see you nu hour hcuct'.” "Where?” Tho woman's tones wore sharp aud sus picious. “At my rooms.” “I agree. Dudley Y’nnce, deeeive mo ihis time, and see wh it n woman’s hatred enu do to wreck your fondest hopes." bhc Hit od from the place lowurd a re mote gate ns she spoke. vnnoe ground out n bitter onth. “Fiends seize her," ho ejaculated. “1 thought her pliable, despairing, crushed. Oh, to bo thus tormented, when love, honor, fortune lire within my grasp. She shall not balk me. One t usty ally to aid mo iu getting her out of the way, ami 1 have clear sailing in the course I have under taken. An ally! i have it. The man I saw to-day. whom I havo not seen for years bo- fore. lie wuh ray i lave once, lie dnref not defy me. I will see him, and lie shall aid mo in my cherished plans.” Only a portion of his wild soliloquy reached the ears of tho amazed Giulio, but he heard enough of it to comprehend that Dudley Y’unce was a schemer aud a vil- linn. “Can Mr. Elliott know this man's trui character?” ho murmured. “What but s scoundrel can a man bo who hns tho mys terious attachment this woman s words in dicate? Shall I warn Mabel ngaiust _liiml Not yet. I wiii watch this man, and luiov for a certainty how far he is worthy of tin confidence of the unsuspicious Mr. El liott." Ho almost forgot the oni-ode when an boar later he bade Mabel good-night Never were her smiles brighter, lie] friendlv glim es more encouraging to hit love. J.ittle did ei.her dream that nt tho firs dawn of reciprocal lovo a dark cloud wai lowering over their 1 vos. Ginlio was about to retire, a few minto. Inter, when n servant announced to him thn a gentleman wished to see him iu tin library. He went thither, wondering who his lati cal . r eonld be He ivis somewhat snr prised ns a familiar volco spoke his narno as he entered the apartment It was Howard Maroy, and his pale face and agitated manner told tnat his mission was an important and ominous one. CHAPTER XIV. nt the toils. Giulio grasped Maroy’s hand cordially, as wns liis wont. There was no responsive we.coine from his friend, and he looked uuxiuaolv at Marnv’* ru*l- fan* , ny, what’s the matter?” ho asked surprisedly. “Anything wrong nt the bank?” "No, ” replied the other gravely. I have intruded on you thus late.—" nnce s hicasnred reply; “it is obodicnco to me or tho gallows now." “Infimour schemer, why do you pursuo and torture me?” “Bocuiro I have a c'nim upon you. Y’ou aided mo in certain plans of mutual gnin, you must do so now. "Never!" criod Maroy, impetuously. (TO BE CONTINUED.) ONE KIND OF AMERICAN. Tlio Mail Who Knows ns ItiOln ns Possible. trembled when his uamo wns spoken. Ho is the enemy you dread, ho Iho villain you fear, for he is a villain if ho holds n m’ou- ncing secret over jou. Howard Mnrcy, whnt is tno niystory or tuts man s powor ovor you?" "I refuso to toll you." "Then I will go to him nnd demand it'” cried Giulio oxcitodly. “Yon aro excited, Maimed, Maroy; for friendship's iwlfo, do not act rashly." Promise, at least, that you will not leave tho city till I s o you, till you havo had timo to reflect over yon*- course.” Howard Maroy wavored, hut he said, with a sigh of utter despair: “it will bo useloss. A procrastination only. Delay will not change my doter- initiation." "But you promiso?” “Y'es.” It was a reluctant assent. Ginlio foi- lowod him to tho door, and tried to oucotir- nae him w th cheering words. “Don't get frightoued,” liosaid at pairing. ’ Yon aro morbidly anx ousovor some trifle. I will seo you In-morrow, and wo will talk it all over, old fraud.” Howard Maroy left tho Elliott mansion gloomily. “IIow little he knows of the rcnl truth!" bo murmurod bitterly a- lie passed down the stroot. “Oh, why did I ever liopo to live down (ho past—to o-e npo its bal fui consequences. I will not remain hero. 1 must fly. That man holds my Ufo in bis hands. Ho is the vil niu siill: he would Bug ine once more to crimo and misery. I dure not stay. ” Ho rencliod liis room, in a lnrgo office building near the business enter of the citv. and (lung himself upon a lounge and buried liis face in b s hands. YYlun ho nt last arose liis faco was still pa'o, but it wore n look of determination. "1 will not turn back,” ho murmured res olutely. “I will write mv resignation at tho bank, I will seo E liott once more, tlion to llv from ambition, honor, usefulness to the obscurity I ought never to have hoped I eonld abandon " llo seated himself at a table and began writing. There was an interruption a minute Inter, us a quick knock sounded nt the door. , , “Come in," gpoko Marcy in ft subdued tone. Tho door oponed, and a man ontcrod the room. Every vestige of color loft Marcy’s face as lie glanced nt liis visitor. “Mr. Y'anco!" lie nlniost gaspod, rising tc his feet trail wavering unsteadily whore he stood. It was Hie banker's partner. Not a traoo of upper, nt recognition w.,s visible iu liis sinister face ns lie fixed his eyes search- ingly upon Maroy. “Vos— yon are Mr. Maroy, T believe. 1 saw your wo:k nt the bank to-dav. and I ennui to seo you about somo—businoss. lie bad roali d bimsulf nt tins table, liis bold, liilf-sneering eyes never leaving tho | ashen faco of Maroy, ho coolly drew oil his glovos. Like n victim awaiting his doom, Howard Mnrcy stood, with downcast eyes and guilty mien, silent. “All, you lnvo boon writing to ine,” spolro Yatioo iighliy. ns iiis eyes fell on the unfinished letter between them. “Whnt Your resicimt oil? You nro not going to leave our employ?" "I—1 must, sir. I havo duties calling me nwav." Marcy darted a furtive, half-bopeful g’nnco at Vance's face. Could it be possible that this man. after all, had not rooogaized him? One glimpse of the crafty eyoB drove him to despair agiin. “I inn sorry for that,” again spoko Y'anco. “Your writing just suited mo for a corre spondent. By the way, Mr. Mnrcy. did you enow mat it reminds mo or tho writing of a man I once know?” An inaudible reply sounded fromMnrcy’s lips. "His uamo wns Gilbert Itausom. Diu you ever hear of him?" YVith one wi d cry of despair Howard Marcy recoiled. Tho secret was out at last. This man did indeed know his iden tity. Tho mask wns down at Inst, tho crafty, evil a nuco of Dudley Vance was that of t four dr snaring his prey. “Fiend, demon!” almost screamod Marcy, "havo you come here to torture mo? Y’ou know me. You have huuted down ngniri. I go. I leave the oity at oueo——’’ “Stop!" YVitlr ira imperative gesture, Vance waved back the frantic Marov. “You wl! uot go ” )>e hissed. “I will.” "No! Not until you either examine a lit- t’e paper T hold, or until I havo taken it to thepoiioe." A shudder of horror and dread con vulsed Howard Maroy’* frame. “Aud here is the document.” Y'nnce had taken a folded paper from his pocket. "Sit down,” he said,” and let mo ted you why 1 have sought you out to night, l'o- ! fuse, nnd I send to tho police tint docu ment, nu indictment ten years o d. but still in force-an indictment for wi fu' murder against Gilbert Hansom, alias Howard Maroy!” [From tho Arkansas Traveller.] Southwestern Missouri 1ms developed n typo of careless individuality little dif ferent from tho conventional unconcern of tho “old time” Arkansnw squatter. A traveller on horseback, who hud been out all day in the chilling rain, stopped late in tho night nt a small stone house situated on tho top of a bleak knob. Af ter the traveller had shouted until ho feared that his throat had been perman ently damaged, tho door was opened with n creak that echoed down tho “hol low.” “Mister,” tho traveller began, “I am as wet as a dog, and—” “Must uv been in the rain,” the na tive broke in, opening the door a littlo bit wider and [Hiking out liis head a lit tlo bit further. “Yes, since 5 o’clock this morning.” “Got or pretty early start, I low. “Pretty early*? Yes, I’ve linen out in tho rain since 5 o’clock, mid—” “Rainin' when you started, I reckon.” “Yob, but my business was so urgent I had to leave—” “YY’lmt bus'nesB aro ye in?” “I mn a largo dealer in salt and—” “Reckon tliat about all yer'vo got with yor is molted by this time.” “Got none with mo, of course. My friend I don’t like to put you to any in convenience, but you see—” “Kain’t say I do. Mont of it wnsu’t so nllflrod dark.” “f say, you must know—” “Didn't. Yer say I see.” “Well, tlmt makes no difference. I am ns wet as a dog and am very cold, nnd if you ean'tdo anything else for mo lot mo come in and give me a drink of water, for I am ua dry ns a powder horn.” “Thought yer wuz ez wet ez or deg.” “I am.” “Then, how kou yer he ez dty ez or powder horn ?” “Hero, let us do away with these quibbles. I am in distress and want you to help mo.” “Don’t iio no ways baek'ards; lie'p yerso’f.” “You aro certainly a tough customer.” “That’s what Eli’ Bragg, the miller, says, when lie tries t client me." “I don’t caro a cent what Eli Bragg says, I—" “Me nntlior." “Look here.” “Wall." “May I got off my liorso and como iu ?” "Ef yer como in I reckon ycr'll have to get often yer aorse." “Well, in case I como in, what must I do with my horse ?" Leave him outside, I reckon.” “Haven't you got any shelter foryour stock l" “No." “Doesn’t tho bad weather nearly kill them (" “No.” “IIow do you account for it?" “An’t got no stock." “Haven't you got as much ns a smoko house to give shelter lo my horse?" “Got no smoke house. All the smoko wo want wo get in hero." “Suppose 1 lead him through this gate and turn him loose in the lot ?” “All right.” The traveller turned his horse loose and entered the house. Tho host raked tho chunks together and soon a bright blaze sprang up in the great tiro place. He did not stop at this small attempt to make his guest comfortable, but brought him a “hunk” of corn bread and tlio boiled foot of a bog. “I am deeply thankful to you.” “Not er tail." “I suppose there is room enough in tho lot to onablo my, horse to walk around and keep warm ?" “Oh, yas.” “How many acres aro in tho lot?” ‘Don't, know.” “How far across from one fence to tho other?” “I kon't know. I didn’t make but one fence. Thar niout be ernother one, but I ain’t seed it yit. Reckon tltur's ono summers’ twix here an’ the (State line. Don’t bo in a hurry. YV’y, I never seed er mini in sieli or swivel. W’y'n’t I tell yer ? YV'y dud blame yer ugly pictur’, yer didn’t ax me. Must be bo er blamed*fool to think that I ken tend ter voro business an' mine, too Good-by.' WORDS OF WISDOM. If it is truth, what docs it mattor who says it ? As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time. Knowledge of our duties is tho most useful part of philosophy. Genuine simplicity of heart is a heal ing and cementing principle. YY'e arc sure to get the better of for tune if we do but grapple with her. A crowd is not company, and faces nro but a gallery of pictures wliero tlicro is no love. lie thnt would live clear of envy must lay his linger on liis mouth, and keep liis hand out of the ink pot. Inquisitive people aro tho funnels of conversation; they do not take in any thing for their own use, but merely pnss it to another. You may depend upon it that ho is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and wlmsc enemies are oharactcrs decidedly had. Humility is the first lesson we learn from reflection, nnd self-iTistrust the first proof we give of having obtained a know ledge of ourselves. In genius tlicro is thnt alchemy which converts into gold; which from suffering deduces strength, from error clearer wis dom, from all things good. If you read ten pages of n good book, letter by letter—that is to say, with real accuracy—you aro forevermore, in some measure, an educated person. Happiness must not only bo prepared nml fitted for a man, but man for liis happiness; ho must become a rational creature before lie can enjoy a rational pleasure. YVhen hono'i eornc to u«, rather than we to them, when they meet us, ns it were, in the vestibule of life, it is well if our enemies can say no more against us than that wo aro too young for our dignities; it would be. much worse for us if they could sny wo arc too old for them; time will destroy the first objec tion, but confirm tlio second. AH About Sulphur. Sulphur is nu elemental substance, which occurs very widely distributed in the mineral kingdom, partly free and partly combined with other elements. Free sulphur is either found pure in regularly formed crystals, or mixed with earthy matter. The principal sources of crystalline sulphur are I'rbino in Italy, Girgenti in Sicily, and Hudohoy in Croatia, while tlio earthy sulphur is mainly derived from Italy, Moravia, nnd Poland. Iceland is rich in both varieties, Lilt tlio mineral wealth of that island re mains almost unworked. At present tho greater part of the sulphur used in Europe comes from Sicily, and, us a rule, it is more ot less abundant in volcanic dis tricts. In tho form of a sulphide, sulphur occurs abundantly in combina tion with iron, copper, lend and zinc, nml also with other metals. In tho sul phates it is distributed even more generally,thosulphates of lime, magnesia, baryta, etc., being abundant natural productions. The grosser impurities are taken away from sulphur crystals by melting and by distillation. When the vaporized sulphur is condensed in n large chamber, it is o! tained in the form of (lowers of sulphur.or when eoudemed in the liquid form in smaller and hotter receivers, it is cast into cylinders called roll sulphur. It may also lie obtained from iron pyrites by heating it in close vessels. It is also thrown down from some of its compounds by the use of dilute hydrochloric acid, in thesv eases falling in the form of u gray ish white fine powder known as milk of sulphur. Sulphur is extensively employed in tlio arts and manulactures, as iu the manu facture of matches, gunpowder, etc. When converted into sulphurous acid it is a powerful blenching agent, and is also used to destroy insects, fungi, cl lmt its chief consumption is in the form of sulphuric acid, one of the most im portent acids in chemical manufacture In medicine it is used for various pur poses and in a number of forms. It acts as a laxative, a diaphoretic, and an alterative. It is also used in cutaneous diseases, Lotli externally and internally sometimes artificially prepared and somo times as it exists iu mineral springs. Inter- Ocean. CHAPTER XV. A villain's poweb. The picture of the two men, Dudley Y'ance and Howard Murcey, ns they stood A Mountainous Region. The scene of tho present revolt in Afghanistan is tlio mountainous region from 100 to 250 miles southwest of Ca bal. Since the Ameer more closely allied himself with the British, two years ago, he has redoubled liis efforts to establish at Cabul a strong central government and to assert liis authority over tho semi independent tribes who for many years have lived at peace with the Ameers only when left pretty much to themselves. They now complain that he is robbing their chiefs of tlio authority that rightfully belongs to them, and especially that lie is impos ing heavy taxes upon them, a grievance that lias been at tlio bottom of moro than olio revolt in Afghanistan. It needs no incitement from Russia to arouse these Gliilzuis, Shilgaris, and Wi Chinn's Grout Wall. General J. II. Wilson reports tho Great Wall of China in line condition where li examined it, though ruinous in parts. “I is from twenty-five to thirty feet higl fifteen to twenty feet thick, and rivette outside and in with cut granite inasonr laid in regular courses with mi exccllci mortar of lime and sand. It is snr mounted by a parapet or battlement o gray burned brick eighteen or twenty inches thick. The inside of the wall is made of earth and loose stone, we rammed in. Every 200 or 000 yards tlier is a .flanking turret thirty-five or forty feet high, projecting beyond and ove looking the faee of the wall in both (1 ructions, and near each turret is a stone staircase leading down between tho walls to a door opening upon the ground i the rear. The most astonishing thing about it is, however, that it climbs straight up the steepest and most rugged inoiin tain sides, courses along their summits, descends into gorges and ravines, am rising again, skirts the face of almost in accessible crags, crosses rivers, valley and plains in endless succession from one end of the Empire to the other—Iro the seashore on the Gull of Po-Clico-L to the desert wastes of Turkestan, is almost impossible to conceive of its capture except through treachery or gross neglect on the part of those whose duty it should lie to defend it. It is laid out in total defiance of t! crules of mili tary engineering, and yet the walls arose solid and inaccessible, and tlio gates so well arranged and defended, that it would puzzle a modern army with a first-class siege train to get through it, if any effort whatever were made for its defense.’’— New York Observer. SUPERSTITIONS OF Eh’fGNEEItS. ltnHrnnd Urn H im ohi>v Oinsna-Thn While Itnhbit-A l'ilut's Story* “Railroad engineers, as a rule, nro a superstitious class of persons,” s lid nn old railrond man. “They-have foolish fancies and attach importance to signs and warnings; but 1 know of instances where hundreds of lives have been saved by engineers’ fancies and superstitions. ”or over thirty years 1 havo been a rail-' road conductor, nnd during that timo I havo seen nnd heard many things that under ordinary circumstances 1 would havo discredited. One of tho best en- ineers that ever ran on the YVost Shore Railroad was a man named Bronson. Ono morning, just before starting timo, while ho sat chatting with the fireman, the engino hell suddenly rang out three times. As neither the enginoer nor firo- mnn had touched tlio boll, nnd ns no other person was on or around tho engine, the men felt troubled over the strango ireumstnneo. They regarded it ns an ill omen ami both men wero filled with dread. I ho rain started on its journey, and mile nftcr mile was quickly travolod, the engineer meanwhile keoping an anxious lookout for danger. When within nlmut ail eighth of n milo of a rocky cut, the bell again, apparently of ’ts own accord, sounded threo ominous notes, clear and distinct, ihe engineer boaido himself with terror, exclaimed: My God, Bill 1 It’s a warning ef somo great danger, and I believe it’s our duty to stop. I'm oing to shut her down if I lose my place by it.' The engine canto to a sudden standstill, nnd within ton feet of the engine, lying across tho track wns a great rock several tons in weight, which had become loosened by n recent storm, and broken away from the great mass above. A terrible calamity was averted nnd hundreds of lives saved. And now I'll tell you of another in stance,” continued the same speaker, “of how nn engineer lost his life by not heed ing a voice of warning Ono of the most cnruful nml trusti d cnglnocrs on our road was .lames Welch. One morning Ills wifo noticed that lie was not in his usual cheerful frame of mind, and questioned him about it He told her that ho was not ill, hut he said he had n premonition that ho would he killod during tlio day. Ilis wife, being a sensible woman, (lid not sneer or laugh at liis fears, begge 1 him to stay at homo that day. Welch, who was a disbeliever In signs and omens, laughed at Ins fancies and went to his death. Two hours later the en gineer was lying, crushed to death, nt the bottom of a deep ravine.” ' Y es, 1 know such things to he true," ■aid another mail. “Silly ns it may seem, 1 wouldn't run a train after see ing a white rabbit cros- the track, with - out first stopping o investigate, If l wero to We made president of the road, j I remember one dark night we wero ] scooting across country at a pretty lively | rate, when all of a sudden, I saw a white ; rabbit dart across the track just iu front j of the engino The wee thing gave mo | such a look in that brief second that something compelled mo to stop tho train. ho conductor and train men enme rushing up to the engine to find out the cause of our sudden halt, nnd it didn’t take long to find out either. Only a few feet nlicmi on the track wero somo heavy logs.. They had most likely been placed there and tied down by tramps, who in tho confusion of a frightful ac cident, such ns would have taken place i if 1 hadn't stopped thu train, would have robbed nnd plundcro I tlio dead i and dying passengers." Ended at East. The other day n quiet liuly, 74 years old, died in New Y’ork, She wns com paratively unknown, and it was not until tier death that her neighbors learned that she was Mrs. Emma A. Williams. .She claimed to belong to Los Angeles, Cali fornia, and was on a visit to a niece. Thirty years ugo she wns tv Mrs. Cun ningham. At that time she lived in New Y'ork, and among her lodgers was Dr. Harvey A. Bunlell, a wealthy dentist, who was found dead on the lloor of liis room. Hu had several knife wounds in his body, hut there was no due to the perpetrator of the crime. Several of the inmates of the house were suspected, sev eral arrested, hut the most astute detec tive work of the century failed to un earth the murderer. Mrs. Cunningham claimed that she had been privately mar ried to Bunlell, and sued for a share of his estate, hut was detected by the au thorities in a deep-laid scheme by her producing a bogus baby, and her claims were rejected. She retired to California, where she married .Mr. Williams, a man of wealth and position. In the course of time her husband deserted her, and she died comparatively poor. The case is recorded as one of the most mysterious in the annals of crime in this country. Yes, He Drunk Reer. The fact that New Y'ork city consumer 0,000,000 barrels of beer annually— which, being averaged, gives each man, woman and child about five barrels - and considering the luithc'r fact tlur, there is a largo proportion of non-drink ing persons, especially children, suggests the idea that there are many people in that metropolis who get more than their shure of the amber T eutonic bevemgo; and it also suggests a story about an old German brewer, who was brought in as a witness to testify as an expert whether or not beer is intoxicating. Tho lawyer for tho defence asked: “Do you drink much beer ?" “Veil, I Link me a glass about! efety ten minnid.” “Yes. Well, do you find it intoxi cating ? ‘’Nein.’’ The judge then askod a question - “How much beer do you drink every day, sir ?” 3 The brewer looked up with a some what puzzled expression, as if he had been plied with a problem impossible of solution, and finally blurted out: “Vat you mean, shuclge? Kc-s?” 1* It Not Htiigitlnr that consumptives should 1,0 B'S least appro- henstre of their own condition, while all their fr onds are urging nml beseeching them to be moro carofu 1 about expoMiru ana overdoing, it ii.ay well be e nsiuiued ono of tlio most alarming symptoms of the disease, where tlie patient is reckless and will not bellovo that lio is in (lunger. Header^ if you aro in this condi tion, do not neglect tho only moans afrooovery. old exposure and fatigue, bo regular in your j faithfully of I)r. Picrcq’s ‘uoltl- liabits,anduso faithfully —... ----- - . on Medical Discovery.” It has saved thousands who wore steadily failing. The Dunk of England tries to stop tho flow of geld to this country by raising tho discount, Cotinumiitioiiy Wanting IMneasea* And General Debility. Doctors disagree ns to tho relative value of Cod Liver Oil and Hypo- phosphites; tho ono supplying strength nnd flesh, tho other giving nerve powor, nnd acting as a tonic to tho digestive and entiro system. Butin Scon's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Ilypopliosphitcs the two nro combined, and tho effect is wonderful. Thousands who have de rived no permanent benefit from other prepa. rations have been cured by tills. Scott's Emul sion is pc by those Oil. Miss Mildred Lee, daughter of tho late Gen. It. E. Leo, is at the Hotel do Normandie, Paris. lleniitiriil Women nro made pallid and unattractive by functional irregularities which Dr. Pierce’s “Eavorito Proscription” will infallibly euro. Thousands of testimonials. By druggists. is perfectly palatable and Is easily digested lose who cannot tolorato plain Cod Liver tubllity of temper, hot fluthofl. ~ uu chilly sensations, sharr nn Within the last ffvo month,Hllarvnrd College lms received gi ts amounting to $fl,UU0,UU0. Safw, permanent. *nd complete arc tho cures of bilious and intermittent diseases, made by Prickly Ash Bitters, Dyspepsia, general debil ity, habitual constipation, liver and kidney complaintsiu*o speedily eradicated from tho system. It uiitnieots, eleafises and eliminates all malaria. Health and vigor are obtained more rapidly and permanently hv tlio use of this great natural antidote than by any other remedy In rotofore known. As a blood purlller and t« hi.' it brings health, renewed energy nml vitality to a worn and diseased body. The Little Orphan, Mrs. Sen go one of tho Trustees of the New Orleans orphan Homo, gives Dr. Diggers' Huckleberry Cordial for the relief of all bowel troubles. Slio never Buffers herself to bo with out it. Daughter*, Wives nml -Mother*. Send for Pamphlet on Female Diseases, free; securely sealed. Dr. .1. B. Man hid. Utica, N.Y. Tired All Over In thtexprowlnn a lady used ‘a describing hor condi tion before using IIoo.I'b Sarsaparilla. TUli prepara tion M wonderfully adapted for weakened or low state of thn system. It quickly tonos tho wholo hotly, KI v*• purity and vitality to tho blood, nnd clear® and frofthenfl tho mind. Take It now If you feel "tiled all over.” • " reeling languid and dlrzy, having no appetite aud no ambition to work, I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, with the boat remit*. A* a health tnvlgorntor an I tnodhdnn for gonorsl debility I think It superior to anything else.”—A. A. Hiker, Albany St., Utica, N. V. N. II. llo *uro to got tlio Peculiar medicine. Hood’s Sarsaparilla P d l by all druggie*. $t 5 nix Tor $V Prepared o dy b) 0. I. HOOD .t OL, Apolhocarlcfl, Lowoll, Mas*. IOO Doses Ono Dollar YOU? Do you fool dull, languid, low-«plrltcd, Ufi- loss, nnd Indescribably miserable, Doth phyal- cully and mentally; experience a *01180 ol fullness or bloating after eating, or of “gone ness," or emptiness of stomach In the morn ing. tongue coated, bitter or bad taste In mouth. Irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent headaches, blurred eyesight, “ floating specks” beforo the eyes, nervouB prostration or ex haustion, Irritability o* * . . - alternating with chll biting, transient pains liero and there, ooia feet, drowsiness after mcali, wakefulness, or disturbed nnd uttrefrcshlng sloop, constant, indescribable fooling of droad, or of Impend ing calamity? t f you have all, or any considerable number of thoso symptoms, you aro suffering from that most common of American inaladiee- Blltous Dyspepsia, or Torpid Uvor, associated with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The mors complicated your dlscaso has become, the greater tiro numbor nnd diversity of srmp- inms. No mntter whntstngn It hns reached llr. IMcrrc’i* Uoldcn rilc.llcnl Discovery will subduoMt, if taken according to direc tions for a reasonable length of time. If not cured, complications multiply nnd Consump tion of the Lungs, Skill Diseases, Heart Disease, Ithnunintlsm, Kidney Disease, or other grave nmlndlrs aro qulta liable to net In ana, sooner or lntor, Induco a fatal termination. llr. Irtorco’s (.olilon OTcdlrnl Dis covery nets powerfully upon tlio Liver, nnd through that great blood-purifying organ, cleanses tho system of all blood-taints nnd tin- purities, from whatever cause arising. II Is equally oltlcnclous In noting upon tlio Kid neys, nnd other excretory organs, oirnnslng, strengthening, nnd healing their diseases. As nu appetlzlmj, rostnrntlvo tonic, It promotes digestion lunl nutrition, thereby hiilMIng up both flesh nnd strength. In mnmrlal illstrleta, this wonderful uuillclno has gained great celebrity I11 curing Foyer nnd Ague, Chills nml Fever, Dumb Ague, nnd kludreil diseases. Dr. IMcreo’s Golden .Medical DIs- CURES ALL HUMORS, from n common Blotch, or Eruption, to the worst Scrofula. Nnit-rheum, " I'cver-sorcs,” Hcnly or Hough Skill, ill short, nil disease) caused by Imd blood nro conquered by this powerful, purifying, nnd Invigorating inedt- cine. (Iront Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under Its benign Influence. Especially hns It mani fested Its potency In curing Totter, Eczema, Erysipelas, llolls, Carbuncles, Fore Eyes, Scrof ulous Sores unit Swellings, Illp-Jolnt Disease, " White Fwelllngs," (loiire, nr Thick Neck, nml Enlarged (Halida. Send ten cents In stumps for a largo Treatise, with colored plates, 011 Skin Diseases, or the same amount tor a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections. The best ami surest Remedy for Caro of all diseases caused by any derangement of tho Liver, Kidneys, Stomach nnd Bowels. Dyspepsia, fc'lrk Headache, Constipation, Billons Con plaints aud Malaria of nil kinds yield readily to the bcneliccnt lullueuco of It Is pleasant to tho taste, tones np tho system, rentorcs nnd preserves health. It Is purely Vegetable, and ennnot fall to provo beneficial, both to old and young, e n Blood Faritler It Is superior to all others. Sold everywhere at $1.00 a bottle, “FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE." Thoroughly cleanse It by using Dr. fierce’* Golden iMcdlcul Discovery, ami good digest Ion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital fclivngth amt bodily henllli will Im established. CONSUMPTION, which Is Scrofula of tlio l.ung-, 1. arrested nml cured by this remedy, if taken I11 the earlier stages of tlio disease. From its mar vcloiis power ovor thin terribly fatal disease, w lu'ii first offering this now world-famed rem edy to the public, Dr. Pierce thought seriously of calling It Ills "Consumption Urni;." but abandoned tha* name 11s too restrictive for a tncdlolno widen, from Its wonderful com bination of tonic, or strengthening, alterative, or biood-olcnnslng, anti-billmis, pectoral, and nutritive properties. Is iiiii'quuled. not only i,s a remedy for Consumption, tint for ull Chronic DIhciimin of tho Liver, Blood, and Lungs. For Woiik Lmurs, Spitting of Blood, Bhort- ni’Bfl of limit li, ( lironlo Nanai Cutnrrli, Bron chitis, Asthma, Seven* Cowphs, and kindred affections, It Ih nu cfllolcnt remedy. Sold hv DniKKiHtM, at i?l.OO, or Six Bottles for B/LOO. £ w m Bend ten cent* In stamp* for Dr. riercc'i book on Consumption. Address, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, UU3 Main St., UL’t'I'AI.O, N.Y. Thn Growth of American Cities. The following table shows the enor mous growth of the three principal cities of the i'uited States; Vear. is:!(i 1S40 1S50 I Will )8U> 1N80 It should New York. IViila. Chieagn. .... 238,000 18K,800 -Hi .... 31)8,501) 201,500 4,■11)0 .... 700,700 482,300 34,500 ...1,332,700 500,800 122,700 ....1,700,100 704,800 321,500 ....2,303,000 804,000 572,000 added that the inhabit- glaring at one another in the room or mo j pr —c— .«-» u.„i—•„ zrn-i— I 011H0 tj n g* a11 "oft-repeated chapter m Afghan history. The rebellion now latter after the banker's declaration, was nu impressive one. Maroy for u single moment was tran(- i fixed and mule, then he sank to a elinir with a terrible cry of dread, aud buried his ashen face in his hands. Over tho faee of Dudley Y’nnce broke n quick triumphant smile, us though he wero Buying to himself, “I have crushed this man; he is my slave, my ubjeot victim, i whom I will control henceforth as iu the past, ’’ I hmlaks in revolt against the Ameers , ants of Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, resent policy. They arc simply re- .,„,[ other towns within a radius of ten covers nearly two-tliirds of tlio region between Cabul and Cuudahar, and it re mains to be seen whether it xvill yet in volve the ruin of the Ameer or compel Great Britain to interfere again in the affairs of “tlio buffer State,” which she hud hoped to make a strong bul wark between India and the Russian power. miles are included in the nliove totals for New Y'ork, while the territory between Hyde Park and Evanston is included as part of Chicago. While during tho last hnlf-contury tlie population of Philadel phia hns increased nearly fivefold, and tlmt of New York tenfold, Chicago may lie said without exaggeration to have lit erally come into existence, its growth be ing from 45 in 1830 to 572,000 in .1880, —Mechanical News. A Skill'. Of.’It E I'flll INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA. Over ago Phy*k!lmi* have sont u® tlinlr approval ol DIOKHTYLIN, S!i>lnu tlmt It I® tho In «t preparation for Iiiillig'cHtlon thnt they havo over uwod. Wo havo novor heard of a enso of D) spop®la wluri DIOKSVYLIN wui taken that wim not cur'-d. FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM, IT WILL CUKH TIIK MOST AO Ull A VATKD OASES. IT WILL STOP VOMITING IN PlO’.dSANUV. IT WILL UKLIKVi: CONSTIPATION. For Rummor Complaint* aud Chronic Ulnrrhma. which are the direct result® of imperfect digestion, DIOKSTYLIN will effect nn Immediate cure. Take BYiiKSTYLIN for all pains and disorders of the stomach ; they all como from lndlK (> *tlon. Ark your dniKKlNt for DIOKSTYLIN (price $1 per lnrj.pi bottle). If ho doc® not have it send one dollar to ua nnd we will rend a bottle to you, express prepaid. Do not hcRltnto to send your money. Our house is reliable. EstabllHhod twenty five year®. \VM. V. K Il> BEK A DO., M :uhi fuel u riiiu ( IioiuImI * • S.'J .1 oh n S|.» N.Y. A CREAT OFFER ! prop?!red for thorn. By ®pnoi®l ... raiiK«inent with DmnoroBt’® Monthly, tlio OrofttoHt of nil Family MHcar.inun, wo will print in our noxt issue nu oiiDKii, entitling every ono of our re idnr® ton pattern of tin® hnndRomo Jacket (free). Look out for it. for it is worth 2ft cents. While Donmrost'® i® not a Fashion Mngn/.ino, many stippoHe it to bo, boon use it® Fttaiilon Department, like nil it® other Department®, i® so per- BOUOH^ITOH " Hough on Holi " Olntmont cure. Bkln Hu mors, I’lmplos, Flesh Worms. Hjnir'yo r in, Tet ter. Sn.lt Kfieum, Fnmted Fert, ChUblsIn*. Itch, Ivy Fotson. barber’s lU.'h,8caM lleuil.EcMuna. 50,-. Druggists, E. K.YVki.i.b, JcnrjMfiyGljb MGHiPILES Cure® piles or hemorrhoids, Itctilnft P 1 " 0 *™, Iritf, bleeding, internal or other. Internal and external remedy In each package. Sure cure ( 5o*c l>rP)»y1ataormail. E. flAVclbhJerneyJJ^L ROUGHonBILE PILLS. MB: Active but inliX Cathartlo. Small Granules. Small base. Fur Sick Headache. BlUmimeUi Liver Complain*, Coustlpatlou, Antl-Blllom. iisyiilpATiRRii sssss chronic cases. Ifnequalecl for Catarrhal threat affections, foul breath. oITcubIvo odors. Ask for "Hough ou Catarrh." 60c. Druggists. n0UGH°ET00THACH£S‘l5c. nnilGH°jCORNSso?TS&'k 16c. Fill ot-he; IS pal torn, fur scriptivo euvolotto information nho Monthly, which W. Jonuinu® 1 14th Street, New Y Popk Led lias received more tlmn $150,000 for tlie expenses of his Jubilee muss which ho will celebrate in person. All nations will be represented and all tongues spoken. Tlie representatives of more than 210,000,000 adherents of the Catholic Church will be gathered within the walls of Home to do honor to one feeble man who long since lms passe tlie allotted three score and ten years. Don't hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and disgust everybody with your offensive hrealli, but uso Dr. bnge’s Catarrh lteiuedy and cml it. Immense rainfalls follow tho lino of eon straction of the Mexican Central ltnilroiuL Ely’s Cream Balm Is worth Man, Woman or Child hiiHVriiik from CATARRH. * v usa1 Apply B.ilm in'/)each nostril. o IIB F BUSINESS COLLEGF. W W E. & itonuwnud for Superior Uoume® I’urfoct Kquiumunt®, and Ivor 5,000 StmlnntB now in ;f, l’AT l'KLN.S, for makinK Bug®, '* riilic®, Honda, Milton®, He. Mu- „ chine ®ont by mail for $1. Send I for Into reduced price !l»t. SOLDI Kits and their Widow®, Pension® now for you all. Ad- II. Gelhton A Co., Washington,D.C. iTEN T S Urn-mors' raffle" [Attorney, Washington, p. c. Dr. J. Stephen®, Lebanon, Ohio. An in In every community (boro are a number of men whoso whole timo is not occupied, such as ministers, farmers' sons anil ol hors, ispeeia'ly we would sny,If you 1 hundred dot nvs during at once to li. F. Vn., and they teacher* To Ihe* wish to make tho next finv mouths, write Johnson & Co., of Hiclimoml, will show you how to do it. If afflicted will] sore eyes, use llr Eye-water. All (IraggDls soil il :ii. Thompson’s :.'■>!•. a bottle. AM Opium in. Disc's Cure for Consumption Cures wuero other remcclios fui) cron ho may bo duo. Art- Mrv> Tl. Rtkvknh <fc Co., or UiI'k, Wjishin^t’n.D.O 1 to $8 a day. Samplog ‘ ' '• not under tlio horse's foot. 'Htcr Safety lleln Bolder Co. rtli $1.50, FREE. Writ© . Holly, Mich. DitV HAMMEDLtSS. 1 OAU VHRH JAIRU. MANHATTAN KAMMERLCSS. IPItPDt BREtCH 10ADERS. Bend for Catalogue of Specialties. 8CJIUVKRL1NO, J>AI/Y .is 84 and 80 Caainbor® Street, New Y'ork. JEWELERS. Atlanta, Ga. 8ond lor Patnlogue. Primers’ EX ?M 6E Kocoiid-ii.nl Printing Presses —Manufacturer ami Doalerin— Prliitoris’ SuppH cs ', Pi intern’ Itnllnrn rust every iUy. r A9 .SI'.IT/.INUI.K, 8) Wont Mitolioltat., Ab.m*. ('»■ GOLDSMITH &. SULLIVAN'S Fit ton Building, Atlanta, Oa. M.mt pr.otical •South. Ib-pt courun nt hvist co®t. ^''“'1 BUSINESS M I'.ducniion a Hnecialty at HIOlMtl'.’.H Bl [' ,j* UNI V kit S1T V, Allniltn, (in. Dnc ol ("“ Mitels in l.lio Ui.unti v. Semi lor I liroolsrs. Ql_“ n:il-- tbeat English Gout and Waif $ rlllS* Rheumatic Hemeiiy. Ovul Box, ;j 11 i onnd, l i * __ AGENTS WANTED ^ Sjg CKO. A. HA HEIt .V CO., Dli»rl«4"n. ” ’ ' Pensionf 13 *^^-^ tamped wltli Dio nbov TRADE MARK, not have tin II Thlrix-Nla 1 '' TfiBcsf wEanw^KiflB Ever Mato CKsr Don’twnfltovmir money on a prnm or rubber coat. Tlio FISII p ‘{ ptorm is absolutely iro/, r nnd /• iml riioor, nnd will keep you dry }Ji®,rcncrtl^' Ask h.r tho ••FISH Lit A ND” si.H'cv.iuiu.I takono other, if youff. 11 ” ®n", semi lor tleserlmi". cntnlo'inc, to A. ,1. TOWiClt. 2D S