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Ike bad his arm raised for a blow
when a figure passed him and halted
beside Uncle Ben. That figure had
pushed its way into the circle unheard
and unseen. Everybody stared in as-
"StopP' she cried.
tonishment, and for half a minute not a
word was said. It was Marian Percy.
She was known by sight to at least hall
of the gang, and the others at once iden
tified her as "the gal" they had expect
ed to find in the house. Let us go back
a little. When Uncle Ben left the camp
among the rocks, she had intended tc
follow him within an hour. It had
been settled that Kenton must remain
where he was until a force of Federals
was brought to the rescue or until it
was known that he was in no peril from
the Confederates. While it was hoped
that Uncle Ben's mission would be suc
cessful all realized the chances of its
failure. Both armies were scouting and
raiding up and down and across. A
hamlet or crossroads or bridge held by
the Federals one day would be in posses
sion of the Confederates on the next,
and vice versa. Uncle Ben might en
counter a troop of Federal cavalry and
bring them to the rescue, or he might
be picked up by a Confederate troop or
a gang of guerrillas and sent off some
where to work on fortifications.
"Mebbe the Yanks will came fust,
and mebbe the Confederates, " replied
Steve Brayton when appealed to for bis
opinion. "It's goin to be nip and tuck,
I reckon, bnt with the chances a leetle
in favor of the Confederates. Kin I
make bold to offer some advice?"
"Why, certainly," answered Marian
and Kenton in the same breath.
"Then let Miss Percy head fur home
to once. We can't tell what, may be
happenin thar or what's goin to happen
yere. She's a Percy and a good Confed
erate, and nobody'll dare disturb the
house. Them blamed guerrillas which
follered us yesterday may open fire yere
any minit, and once they do she can't
git away.".
The advice was full of .wisdom, and
Marian prepared to start (re once.
"Got any we'pins in the house?" asked
Steve as she was ready.
"No." '
"Kin yo' shoot a pistol?"
"Of course. I have been sorry that
I left mine behind us in Winchester."
"Then take this revolver. It's a big
un, but I guess yo' kin handle it. Bein.
yo' ar' a southern gal, no southern man
orter trouble yo', but yo' can't alius tell
what may happen. If wuss comes to
wuss, ballets will count fur mo' than
words."
Kenton advised her to take- it, and
Brayton assisted her down to the high
way and said as he left her : -;
Yq' may hear some shootin up this
way doorin the day, but don't be narv
us about it and don't run any risks to
cum and see what the trubble is."
On approaching the house Marian
caught sight of the horses and men and
realized what had happened and was
happening before she had made out the
figure of the loyal old slave chained to
the post. She had felt terribly anxious
about her mother as she came along the
road, and she had grown faint at thought
of the troubles and perils surrounding
her, but everything was forgotten the
instant she saw that circle of men. It
was no wonder every man in the gang
looked at her as if spell bound .when she
suddenly appeared in their v midst and
cried out to stop Ike Baxter's uplifted
arm. As women despise cowardice in
a man, so do men admire anything ap
proaching heroism in a woman. Mar
ian rested one band on the naked shoul
der of the old slave who had trotted her
on his knee us a child a thousand times,
and holding the revolver ready for in
stant use in the other, her slight, form
drawn up, her brown eyes flashing, her
handsome face handsomer than ever be
fore, she demanded: .
" Who are yon, and what is the mean
ing of this?"
Every man instinctively fell back a
step or two. Ike Baxter let his arm fall,
and no one dared look the girl full in
the face. For a long half minute no
one spoke. Then Ike, shifting from one
foot to the other and looking past her
instead of at her, muttered :
"We uns. cum yere to captur' that
enssed Yankee and pay this nigger -9B
fur eruashin ray bead last night!"
"Yes, that's what we uns cum fur!"
added two or three others.
Marian deposited her weapon on the
ground and proceeded to cast off the
chain by which Uncle Ben was secured
to the post. Some of the men crowded
a Iittle(nearer. and some muttered and
cursed, but no one interfered. When
the 6lave was free, she signed to him to
put cn his garments, picked up the
weapon, and sweeping her eyes around
the circle she said:
"You speak of capturing a Yankee.
Who is he where is he?"
"Yo' know who we mean," replied
Ike Baxter, who was recovering his as
surance sooner than the others. V We
uns want Kenton, that cussed Yankee
spy!"
"Aye, he un's the man!" growled
three or four others.
"And you call him a Yankee you,
Ike Baxter!" she replied as she steoued
forward to face him. "He enlisted
when you did. He fought when you
ran away. He has encountered a score
of dangers to your one. ' He has done
more for the cause of the south than all
of - you combined. When you call him
a Yankee spy, I call you a cur, and a
coward, and a disgrace to the uniform
you wear!"
CHAPTER XXVI.
The gang had gone far enough per
haps toe far; The Percys were loyal
southerners and people of influence, and
this disgraceful raid, even though made
under a reasonable pretext, might be
sternly rebuked by higher authorities.
Those in citizens' dress were no better
than prowlers ; those in uniform had no
authority beyond what Ike Baxter as
sumed. :
. As Marian -'stood facing the crowd,
her face expressing the contempt she
felt and her eyesfiahing a menace from
man to man, they began to fall back
toward the horses.
"Dod rot my skin, but why didn't I
kill that cussed nigger when I had a
chance?'?"gTowlea Ike Baxter. : Ar' yo
all goin to let that gal stand us off in
tUis way? If bhe ub'b hi din that Yan
kee, then ner's a sympathizer ana orter
suffer fur it! I move we shoot the nig
ger and burn the bouses!"
. "We uns won't do anything of the
sort," said the sergeant, now pushing
forward for the first time. "We uns
was sent yere to captur' Kenton and
Brayton, and I reckon t'other things
had better be left alone. If that gal
wasn't in the house when yo' all search
ed it, then wbar did she cum from?"
One of the men replied that he thought
he had caught sight of her up the road
about five minutes before she appeared
among them, but wasn't sure. Ike Bax
ter said he had been following Uncle
Ben up the highway when assaulted,
and it was rightfully concluded that
the fugitives were not a great way off.
Just then they were joined by three
more guerrillas, and the. entire gang
headed up the road and were soon out
of sight. As they moved away Uncle
Ben's tears began to fall, and he whis
pered: ' . .
"God bressyo', Miss Sunshine, fureber
an fureber fur what yo' dun did fur
me, but I'ze got powerful bad news to
tell yo'!"
"Is mother dead?" she asked as the
color wert out of her face and her lips
grew white.
"She was dead when I dun got yere!"
"Uncle Ben," whispered the girl,
choking back the wails of sorrow which
sought to pass her lips, "I know you
are stiff and lame and sore, but I want
you to try to reach the Federal army
and bring help!"
"I hain't hurted much -only jest a
leetle bit an I'll start right off!" he
answered. "I'll go, an I'll keep gwine
till I drap down in my tracks!"
"God grant that you may be in time !"
she prayed as she turned away to enter
the house of the dead, while the old
man lost not a moment in setting out on
his journey down the road. ... .
Let us see how things went on at the
camp. Marian bad no sooner left it
than Steve . Brayton still further
strengthened the defenses. The ground
to the south was fairly clear for a
charge, .but in no other direction could
a body of men make a rush. The camp
was on the crest of a knoll, and no spot
within. rifle shot commanded it.
"I figger jest this way," said Steve
as he overhauled, the ammunition and
saw that both guns were ready for serv
ice "that Ike Baxter was sent down
to the house last night to sorter spy
around fur Captain Wyle. Uncle Ben
didn't smash him hard 'naff, and he un
crawled back to the house, got his wife
to fix him up and then skujked off. I
don't reckon 'he un had fur to go. It's
purty shore that some of our company
will show up doorin the day, and yo'
kin bet yo'r last mewl that them guer
rillas hain't given up the chase I Befo'
noon sunthin's bouncfto bust!"
"And what would you advise?" asked
Kenton, seeing that Steve was in doubt
about something.
"Seems to me the situation is about
as toilers, " replied Steve.' "We ar'
both Confederates. We've fit in several
battles. We've bin captured and got
away. We've put in, a heap o' time
chawin up mighty pore "rations and
marcbin up and down "the- kentrj1 to
prove our patriotism. Co yo' toiler?"
"Yes.". ' .';
"That's one side. Now the other is
that a sartin gal luved yo' better'b'she
did Captain Wyle, and far that- reason
he un has biii tryin to git shet o' yo' by
fa'r means or foul. 'He's got the whip
saw on yo' and means to hold it. If he
gits hold o' yo', sunthin's goin fo hap
pen, and yo'U be tne one to be hurt.
With that major down on yo' about the
Harrisonburg font, and with Ike Baxter
and half a dozen others ready to sw'ar
to anything the captain wants, yo' un
won't stand no mo' show than a coon
cotched in a co'ncrib: Am I right?"
"Yes, that's about the way of it, "but
what about you? You have been my
friend and comrade from the start. You
have periled ' your life to save mine-.- I
owe you a debt of gratitude, and I don't
want you to sacrifice yourself tor my
sake. They have nothing against you
which will not - be overlooked. They
want to get me out of the way, and
there' is every chance that they will ac
complish tfreii object. I would be self
ish to pull you down with -me after
what you have done."
"And what?" queried Steve.
"Give trie one of the guns, prop me
up over there, and then go! I'll die
right here after making the best fight I
can!" ' -
"Yank," said Steve as be moved over
and held oat his hand, "yo' don't begin
to know Steva Brayton if yo' think-he's
any sich critter! I was bo'n right down
thar at Winchester, and I've lived thar
all my life and hated and abused Yan
kees as hard as anybody.; I went into
the war with a whoop, and I jest be
lieved everything was plumb- right and
all hands round till I saw how the cap
tain and the hull company was playin
dirt on yo Yo' un's Yankee bo'n, but
yo's got mo' cjean sand in yo'r craw
than anybody lever met up with bero l
I'm goTn to stick right yere. If we uns
git away, I'm goin with yo'. If them
guerrillas ar' too many fur us, we'll
both die right yere!"
Kenton protested and argued, bat
Steve, was determined. He took a tin
pail which had contained food and filled
it with water at a spring ndl far away.
Then he carefully moved Kenton over
to the south side of the camp, propped
bim up at a loophole in a sitting posi
tion and sat down beside him to wait.
"I've figgered this out a bit," he said
as he peered through his loophole for
sign of danger. "If them chaps? had
found yo' at the bouse, yo'd .hev bin
carried off to camp. ' Bein as they'll
find yo'. yere, and bein as thar'll be a
font, thar won't be no carryin away if
they git the better of us!"
"You mean they'll kill me here and
have done With it?" replied Kenton. -v
"Exactly, and rue tooIThen thar
won't be any charges, -witnesses or trial.
They'll report that we tit -to the last,
and it will be all plain sailin fur them
as wants us outer the way. Thar'fore,
in shootin we'd better jest shoot to kill
and git all the revenge we kin. -Steady,
now! I think the critters hev smelt us
out!': y
Half a mile up the road from Rest
Haven the gang had left their horses
and divided into two parties to search
the hills on each side of the highway.
Steve bad cangbt sight of two-or three
men moving toward the camp through
the scrub.
"I won't shoot to kill not this.time!"
he whispered as he thrust the barrel of
the carbine through the opening. "I'll
jest fling a bullet down thar to let 'em
know that the Confederate Yankee army
has had breakfast, pulled its boots on
and is ready fur bizness!"
His shot was followed by a yell which?
announced -to the other party that the
fugitives had. been discovered, aod 10
minutes later the camp was surrounded.
Among the. enemy was a man who had
seen Royal Kenton fall when fired upon,
and it was therefore known that he was
wounded. How far he was disabled,
however, coald only be guessed s at.
Steve Brayton was known to be with
him, and Steve .was also known to be a
fighter. - It was therefore decided not to
open fire until other means had be,en re
sorted to and failed. . , Thirty minutes
after the first appearance of the enemy
a flag of truce was shown among the
scrub, and the bearer cautiously ad'
vanced until within hailing - distance.
His advance was from the south side,
and both men had bim under their eyes.
It was Ike Baxter, and he halted about
pistol shot away and called out:
"Hello, rtp thart I want to speak to
yo' uns 'bout a minit I" , .
'.'Waal, fire off yo'r breath!'! replied
Steve. -
"We uns has dun clean surrounded
yo uns, and yo'd better give in!"
"Yes?"
"If yo' uns will give in, nobody will
be hurt. If yo' uns don't- give in, we
uns ar bound to wipe yo' out ! ': We uns
is a hundred strong, with two cannons!"
- "That yo', Ike Baxter?" called Steve,
as if doubting the other's identity.
"Yes."
"Waal, I've got my gun pinted fur a
shot right betwixt yo'r doggone eyes,
and if yo' hain't back thar among yo'r
gang befo' I count 10 I'll pull trigger!
If yo' want vm, cum and git us!"
Five minutes later fire was opened on
the fort from all around the circle, and
the enemy were shouting and cheering
as if a victory had already been nearly
won. While most of their bullets flew
clear over the piled up rocks, those
which were better aimed did no damage
whatever. Not a shot was fired in re
ply. Kenton's position caused him con
siderable pain, and Steve removed the
prop from his back and laid him down
with the remark:
"They uns will keep bustin away fur
half an hour yit, and we uns kin take
things easy. I reckon the firin will
make the gal a bit'oneasy, but it'll also
hurry up the Yankees in case they ar'
on the way." .
"That's what we must hope for," an
swered Kenton, "bat watch oat that we
are not taken by surprise."
The firing attracted the attention of a
party of seven or eight guerrillas who
were hunting for the fguitives on their
own account, and they came up and
joined forces with the . larger body.
The entire force then numbered, as near
as could be estimated by the firing,
about 23 men. All they could hope to
gain by their blazing away as they did
was that a stray bullet might find a tar-
Ike with the flog of truce.
get in one of the defenders, but this did
not happen. - After expending enough
cartridges to equip a whole company
for a raid the firing suddenly ceased.
"Now, then, Yank, they all's comin
to clus quarters, and I want yo'r help!"
said Steve Brayton as he proceeded to
raise Kenton to a sitting position and
prop him up as before. "Yo' take the
shotgun. Both bar'ls ar' loaded with
buckshot, and yo' orter drap about fo' of
the critters and wing two or three mo'!"
(To lie Continued.)
"HOME, SWEET HOME."
first Sana; io Public Over the Grave
of en Indian. -
When the boundary line between
Tennessee and Georgia was establish
ed, it pasesd half a mile south of the
spring Tuck-a-lee-chee-chee, among
the foothills 'of the Unakas, and, as it
crossed- one of the principal Indian
trails, It- became a place of much Im
portance. There had already grown
up a strong rivalry between the Ten
nessee tribes, beaded by Chief Ross,
and the Georgia tribes, headed by Ma
jor Ridge, both half-breeds and men of
extraordinary ability as leaders. The
establishment of a new, boundary line
fixed the limits of thejr respective ter
ritories, and, to try to harmonize so
tar as possible the contending factions,
the Government established a trading
post there. John Howard Payne ap
peared upon the scene and was accused
of Inciting the Indians to Insubordina
tion. He was placed under arrest as
an Incendiary and carried to the coun
cil house.
While Payne was held there, one of
the first bands arrived, and among the
Indians was tb chief, Oo-chee. or Rat
tling Guard, a broken-hearted man. He
was moody and abstracted and refused
all invitations to the council house and
would partake of no festive enjoy
ments whatever, but spent the most of
his time at the graves of his wife and
child farther up the valley. One -morning
he was missed. Weltering in his
own blood, the body, was found be
tween the little mounds that covered
his squaw and papoose. In some way
he had secreted a bayonet, fell upon
the point of It and died on the spot
where ne had often expressed a desire
to be laid for his last long sleep.
A grave was dug on the spot where
he lay, and the chief was buried by
the soldiers, one of the Moravian mis
sionaries officiating. After the services
w.ere over John Howard Payne, who
had been a silent witness of the pa
thetic scene, began singing softly to
himself the song which has since been
echoed throughout every land on the
earth. Gen. Bishop, who had kept a
close scrutiny on his actions, heard the
song and called Payne to him.
"Young man," said the stern old In
dian fighter. "Where did you learn
that song?" . . '
"I wrote that song myself' replied
Payne. '.,
"And w here did you get that tune?"
"I composed that also." '
."Would you let me have a copy of
It?" -H. -. i '
"Certaiui'y I -will."
"Well, a man wjjo can sing and write
like that is no Incendiary. Appear
ances may be against you, but I am
going to set yeu free. I shall write out
your discharge immediately, and pass
you anywhere you choose through the
nation." : --
Payne .bad been housed at the home
of ar family living, near by, and on his
return there he exhibited the pass and
related the circumstances. That was
the first time "that "Home. Sweet
Home" had ever been, sung In public
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South Wales; emits an electric light
flash lasting five seconds every hour
d uring the night, thus enabling those
living miles away to ascertain the exact
time. '
lOO REWARD, SIOO.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its stages
and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon tbe blood and mucous surfaces of the sys
tem, thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving tbe patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in Its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY, & Co., Toledot O.
8old by druggists, 7oc.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.'
The efficiency of the Christian En
deavor association as a religious agency
is accounted for by tbe fact that it con
tains twice as many women as men.
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
flucose. "Tea Garden Drips" is made from
ugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Strup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Drips' have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
Sweet oil, with a little vinegar added,
will restore the leather backs and seats
of chairs. ' . ' . -. '
For lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
is the best medicine we have used. Mrs.
J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont., Canada.
Keeping a pan of water in the oven
will keep fowls from scorching.
Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
A legal working day in Russia after
the 1st of next January will be eleven
hours and a half, but this does not ap
ply to Siberian mines. .
Only 27 per cent of the capital ol
this country is owned by men holding
between $100,000 worth and $1,000,000
worth of property.
In 'some of the cities of Europe the
cost of putting out a fire is made a
charge upon the property of the person
for whose benefit the fire department
has been called out.
Experiments, have shown, that the
ash constituents of coal, which are - not
readily permeable, may be roughly es
timated by meanss of. Roentgen rays on
comparison with slabs having a known
percentage of ash.
The Kennebec river is said to pour a
greater volume of water into the ocean
than any other river on the Atlantic or
gulf coast between St. John and the
mouth of the Mississippi. .
The records of eighty-eight years
show that tornadoes have a width of 10
to 10,560 feet, a length of track of S00
yards to 200 and a velocity of
progression of TttfiOO miles an hour. :
The percentage of the United Stafes
population living in cities was 8.25 in
1790, in 1890 it was 39:30.- The pres
ent urban population of France ia over
PAVEMENTS AND PROGRESS.
A Bare Way of Testing the Develop
, ment of an American City.
There is no surer way of determining
the growth of an American municipal
ity in respect of material development
than by comparing the relation which
its paved streets bear to its unpaved.
The civil engineer is an Important
functionary in the foundation of mu
nicipal corporations in the United
States, and especially in such of them
as are in the region west of the Alle
ghanies. But street pavements are ex
pensive, and it is not until a city is opu
lent enough to enjoy the luxury of a
big municipal debt and a large credit
that the question of modern and im
proved pavements secures adequate attention.-
. -
In Boston, for instance, one of the old
cities, there are 312 miles of paved and
140 miles of unpaved streets. In Balti
more there are 306 miles of paved and
only 47 miles of unpaved streets.. In
Philadelphia there, are 942 miles of
paved and 433 miles of unpaved streets.
But in the newer cities of the country
this country is reversed, and Chicago,
which has 1,000 miles of paved, has
1,500 miles of unpaved .streets. In St.
Louis the number of miles of paved
streets is 370 and of unpaved 500. In
Omaha there are 82 miles of paved
streets and 450 miles of unpaved. In
Minneapolis, a city which is growing
rapidly in population, there are 98 miles
of paved and 800 miles of unpaved
streets. In Brooklyn there are 515 miles
of paved and 999.5 miles of unpaved
streets. The pavement of Brooklyn
streets, which is now a subject of local
grievance and complaint, shows a cer
tain backwardness, .which, it is expect
ed, the Greater New York project will
do away with by making available the
municipal credit necessary for the issu
ance of bonds for new pavements. At
the present time more than 260 miles of
Brooklyn streets more than one-half
of the whole length of paved streets
have the primitive, unsatisfactory and
unpopular cobblestones. There are 110
miles of streets paved with granite, 60
miles, especially in the neighborhood of
the parks and parkways, macadam
ized; 44 miles paved with Belgium
blocks, 40 miles with asphalt; and 1
mile with a still more primitive meth
od, practically unknown to New York,
though quite familiar in Philadelphia
brichLpavements. A meeting was held
in the' annexed district of Brooklyn re
cently for the purpose of agitating the
question of the improvement of the
pavements of that city, but in this re
spect, as In some others, Brooklyn, for
obvious reasons, is much behind New
York.
In this- eity there are no streets paved
with brick, and there is less than one
quarter of a mile of cobblestone pave
ment in all. This is to be found in one
of the streets of the Ninth Ward. There
is a small section of town a portion of
one street paved with wood, but
wooden pavements have long ago been
voted a failure i in practical operation
In New York. The city has 185 miles
of granite, 142 miles of macadamized
roads and streets, 94 miles of asphalt,
and 90 miles of Belgium pavement. The
city of Philadelphia, much larger terri
torially than New York, has 331 miles
of Belgium block pavement, 172 of as
phalt, 152 macadam, 76 .of vitrified
brick, 11 of granolithic, 3 of slag, and
nearly 200 of cobblestone. The growth
of an American city is shown clearly
by the number of miles of improved
pavement in streets, and it is believed
by public works' officials that after Jan.
1, 1898, there will be a visible improve
ment' In all the pavements of "the city
outside of its present boundaries. New
York. Sun. .
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
The man never lived who could take
out all the dishes his wife has In the
refrigerator, and find room to put half
of them back in again. :
An Atchison girl received a sealskin
coat as a birthday present yesterday.
Her prayers for cold weather are so
earnest that they may result in some
thing. - -
Every, woman complains .that her
husband pays so little attention to his
children it's a wonder that he knows
them when he m- ets them on the
streets. .
A girls christened Alargaret can suc
ceed in getting all the members of her
family but her brother to call her Mar
guerite, and he will insist upon calling
her Maggie.
Before a man has been at home an
hour, be -has called for something not
in the house, and then complains as
loudly about It as if his wife conducted
a department store. '
People at twenty state a half-dozen
impositions that they would never
stand; at forty, they find themselves
patiently bearing twice the number,
and thankful they are not more.
' We don't want to come back to visit
this world after we are dead. The kind
remarks on our tombstone would cause
us to drop dead a second time, which
would cause another lot of funeral ex
penses. The death of a young man on the eve
of his marriage Is regarded as sadder
by the women than the death of a man
who leaves a family destitute. A tinge
of romance acts on a woman's sym
pathy like a cake of yeast in a pan of
dough. - ' -: "
A Gold Leaf Temple.
Not in America, not even in the Klon
dike, but in the far-off East, at Ran
goon, the capital of Burma h, is situated
the famous golden pagoda of . a Bud
dhist temrle, the whole of tha exterior
of whichisone mass-of shimmering gold.
Thisgenerouscoatlngof the metal is the
result of years and years of offerings to
Buddha, for devotees from all parts
of the world come to Rangoon and
bring packets of gold leaf, which they
place on the pagoda. During the last
century the. King of Burmah gave his
(literal) weight in gold to the walls of
the pagoda, an offering worth 9,000
sterling. '
Cooked Him Own tiooae.
Husband Did you give anything to
that tramp who just left here?
Wife Tramp? Why, that was nij
Uncle Henry, who is so yery rich and
has no children of his own. .
Husband (horrified) Great heavens!
And I told him that unless he got out
of his neighborhood inside of five min
utes I'd telephone tor a policeman:
Cleveland Leader.
Kxpert Criticism.
"Why this sign not to touch this
particular piece of statuary with canes
or umbrellas?" asked a visitor at the
art exhibit.
."Because," snapped a competing ai
tist, -"you could not do it justice witt
an ax." Detroit Free Press.
Front. Scotland the reports of crops
are for the most part of one uniform
type. The . crops have been magnifi
cent, but they were ruined by the con
tiguous rains. v . ., -.
The nearer the roof a man Uvea the
GOWK OlIMHEBINO.
One ripe summer, fresh and fair, has
gone glimmering. - What with 'rain and
breeze and fair sun, the harvest has left us
grain enough to feed the world, and bard
times are broken by a kindly Hand. But
autumn changes come, and we cannot' be
too self-content not to guard against what
autumn brings. . It is the changeful tem
perature of midday warmth and night and
morning chill, from the dampness of dews
or vapors cast adrift on eastern winds. I
With the breath of such comes back to i
very many old time physical troubles of i
pains and aches, rheumatism, neuralgia,
soreness and stiffness. This is a crop not
spoken of in a farmer's almanac, but it
must be cared for, else it will lay waste and
grow misery. St. Jacobs Oil is a reaper
and binder; it reaps the field' of pain and
binds up and curen. There is no bodily
pain it won't relieve, and to the whole
group of rheumatic pains, it s a certain
and specific cure. Let not the bounties
that have been reaped be marred by misery
and pain. St. Jacobs Oil is the helper to
enjoy the better times. - . j
The trap rocks of New Jersey and the
dolerites of Staten Island are the'
strongest stones in the United States, '
their crushing resistance being
twenty -four pounds to the oubio inch, j
Among the portraits recently acquir
ed by tbe trustees of, the National Por
trait Gallery, in London,, is that of Sir
Francis Ronalds, (1788-1873), the in
ventor of the first working electrio tele-'
graph. . ,
The largest fruit farm in the world is
said to be in Olden, Mo. It consists
of 2,500 acres, on which are more, than
100,000 peach trees, 60,000 apple trees,
2,000 pear trees, and 40 acres of. black- :
berries. - . -
Chickens are much better if killed
and dressed the day before using.
Keep in ice r in a cool place. '
AN OPEN LETTER
To mothers:
WE ARK ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD " CASTORIA " AND
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE 'MARK.
I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of ' "PITCHER'S CASTORIA the same
that has borne and does now rrf siTsi s on every
bear the facsimile signature of CfrajCx gUo&IC wrapper.
This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been
used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the- hind you have always bought srtf ? . T" on the
and has the signature of&t&K ct&jUte wrap
per. JVb one has authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
President. . ' -
March 8, 1897. QrfijC- &A- .J3.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute
which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies
on v.), me ingredients 01 . wnicn even tie does not know.
The Kind You Have Always Bought"
DtArta THE FAG-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF
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