J OOPYRtOHT BY AMERICAN PRIM ASSOCIATION. I8S CHAPTER XXVII. Uncle Ben had started out bravely enough, but after he had traveled a mile or so be fonnd himself growing faint - and weak. He was not only an old uy, bnt the exciting scenes through whTch he bad passed in the last few hoars, to gether with the physical pain he bad endured, were quite sufficient to tax bis strength to the utmost. He fought against the feeling until at length the rocks and trees seemed to be whirling round and round and the frozen high way to be sliding from under bis feet, and then he dropped to the eaith and gasped: "O Lawd, doan' let it cum jest yitt Give de ole man strength 'nuff to reach dem Yankees, an den yo' kin take him away! X dun can't stop yere, O Lawdt I'ze got to keep trabblin till I finds Mars Custer an tells him dat Miss Sunshine wants him I" After a rest of three or four minutes he rose up and moved on. He slipped and staggered as he advanced, but he t shut his teeth bard and would not yield to the weakness seeking to p,ull him down. Two events happened tb brace bim up and restore a portion of his strength. He had gone a distance of about two miles and was just passing the cabin of a "poor white" which had been deserted for the last month when Mrs. Baxter suddenly appeared. She had traveled two miles toward the Yan kee lines after leaving Best Haven in stead of going the other way, but it was to strike a pass leading over the range into the Shenandoah. She had been waiting there in hopes to hear from Ike, who had told her that he would return for his revenge. Uncle Ben was no doubt possessed of the information she longed for, and though realizing his feelings toward her she made bold to step out and accost him. 'What, yo' yere!" shouted the old man at the top of his voice as soon as he set eyes on her. "Fo' de Lawd, wom an, but if I eber git hands on yo' I'll kill yo' fur shore!" "Had Ike cum when yo' left the place?" she asked, pretending not to no tice his outburst of anger, but at the same time preserving a respectful dis tance between them. "Yo' ole cat! Yo' ole she debbil!" be exclaimed as he rushed at her. " Yo' am de one who brung all dis trubble to Miss Sunshine, an I'll broke ebery bone in yo'r body!" She retreated before him and held up her band as a caution to him to listen. The soldiers and guerrillas had begun firing on the camp. The distance was two miles or more, but the morning wind was blowing from tbe south, and the reports of the muskets came plainly to their ears. Both realized at once what was going on. The woman laughed as she observed: "Ike '8 goin to. git 'em fur shore! Ike will be an ossifer now and ride the best critter in the company. Beckon yo' must 'a' bin bidin out when Ike got thar, or yo' wouldn't be yere now. He was goin to burn yo' nn alive." The reports of the guns told Uncle Ben that the two men in camp bad been attacked, and that be had not a mo ment to waste with the woman. All his et-rancyt-ti anil nwnlntmn hart Nitnrnul' - and without heeding her words he start ed off at a stout' pac,e. She felt certain of his mission, and she was determined to detain him if possible. Mrs. Baxter was not omy a reariess woman unuer all circumstances, but. in such a crisis as this she was desperate. If Uncle Ben brought help, all that had been gained would be lost, and Ike might be killed or captured with the rest of the gang. She stepped aside to let the old slave pass and then followed at his heels, threatening; taunting and commanding by turns and almost daring to lay hands on him. If she had been armed with knife or pistol, she would have attacked bim at once. As she was - not she con tinned to follow him in hopes of en countering some one on tbe highway. If a white man, and she cried out to him that the black had dared to raise bis hand against her, Uncle Ben would be seized, if not shot down in his tracks. : Aggravated and annoyed by the pain of the blows inflicted by Ike Baxter, maddened by the woman's words and her continued presence and rendered desperate by the danger of the general situation, it was no wonder the old man suddenly turned at bay with the glare of a hunted wolf in bis eyes. She was too close to him to escape. Springing forward, he seized her by tbe shoulders, lifted her from the ground, and with a mighty effort he flung her clear of the road. At that point the ground sloped sharply away toward a ravine, and as the woman struck the earth with stun-' ning force she rolled over and over un til she finally brought np against a bush CO feet away. "De Lawd furgive me, but I couldn't dun help it!" groaned Uncle Ben as he continued his way. - "Dey'a arter Miss Sunshine, an dey's arter me, an dej 'a arter Mars Kenton, an de good ole mis sus am lyin dead in de house, an what's gwine to becum of us all I danno!" With eyes fastened on the pathway, with teeth bard shut, with words ol prayer rising to bis lips and a constant struggle against the feeling of despair seeking a lodgmeat in his heart, the faithful old, slave pressed on, mile after mile, and suddenly found himself confronted by a party of horsemen in blue uniforms. Tbe goal had been won, and as he realized it up went went his arms, and he sank down on the icy road. "Buna way darky, but he isn't pur sued that I can see," observed the cap tain of the troop as he ordered a halt. . "Some of you men liven him np with a sip of whisky." A sergeant dismounted and put a .flask to Uncle Ben's lips and forced some of the contents down his throat. In a couple of minutes the old man sat up and looked around. "Were you running away?" asked the captain as be rode closer. "Whar whar's Mars Custer?", gasp ed Uncle Ben in reply. "General Custer?. Oh, he's some miles away. Did you want to see him?" "Miss Sunshine dun wants him, sah wants him to cum quick! . De gorril las an de sojers am np dar tryin to burn de house an kill eberybodyl" Uncle Ben was so overcome that it took 10 minutes to get his story straight. The troopers numbered only about half a company and had been sent out to in tercept a Confederate mail courier who was expected to enter that valley through Hempstead's gap, three miles away. The captain wrote a note and Bunt it nff tn thn FedeTal lines bv cou rier, but could do no more in the matter. Uncle Ben was given some rations to make a breakfast -of, provided with a blanket . by a kind hearted trooper and instructed to wait for the force which would be sure to come- np within two or three hours. Let us anticipate their coming. : As tbe fusillade bad drawn no repJy from the fort, the enemy at length concluded Jhat tt &mtirf had been,, disabled. They also realized that the sounds of battle might reach Federal ears and bring up a force to the rescue, and it was therefore decided to advance npon tbe camp without further loss of time. As Bray ton had predicted, they formed on the open ground to the south. The entire force formed in. two lines for a charge, and as a movement or two showed that they were about ready to advance Steve quietly remarked: "1 dunno whar Jeff Davis bought this yere carbine, but it was a mighty cute trick in him. She's good for seven shots' as fast as I kin pull trigger, and that means that sumbody's goin to git hurt. Yo' un hold yq'r buckshot' till they git on this side of that bush. How yo' feel in, Yank?" "All right." " "Of co'se yo' ar'. Yo' ar' lookin jest as natural as an ole hat! Yere they cum!" ... With a chorus of yells that would have done credit to a war party of Paw nees, the enemy broke cover and ad vanced at a run. They were hardly in the open before Steve began blazing away. His fire was fast and deadly, but it did not check them. It was only when Kenton, who was coolly waiting for them to pass the bush, let fly both barrels into them at just the right range for buckshot to do its best that the charge was broken, and every man on bis feet sought safety in precipitate re treat. "That is awful!" whispered Kenton as the smoke blew away and gave them a clear sight of the ground. "Lands, but we uns hev licked the hull southern confedetacyl" answered Steve. At first sight it seemed as if half the charging foice had been wiped out, but after a moment some. .of those who had fallen began to creep away to the shelter of the rocks and bushes. They were allowed to do this without moles tation. Five remained there in plain sight, however, and not one of them would ever stand on his feet again. There was no further movement for half an hour.' The besiegers realized that they were not strong enough to carry that fort, even though it held only two Holding the fort. defenders, and they resorted to strategy. A flag of truce finally appeared, and the soldier who bore it was permitted to approach within 30 feet of the rocks. There he halted and said , that 10 more men had come up; that Ike Baxter bad. been sent off to the Confederate lines for artillery and more soldiers; that the men then surrounding them had become so desperate that unless tbe twain sur rendered within 10 minutes a squad would be detailed to go and burn Best Haven and wreak revenge- oh Marian Percy. . . ---'.- '- ' It was a threat intended to strike Royal Kenton, a heavy blow, and it suc ceeded. As he.heard the words and re alized their import his face grew white as.snow, and he whispered to Steve that the terms rftuet'bavomplied'Awthl " "Don't you believe it! wag the blunt reply.-:' 'It's simply a. game to rattle us. Don't yo' remember that Uncle Ben was to' start out tbe fust thing this mawnin to find the Yankees? . He un'fl had time, and it's likely they are on the way. The gal is southern and loyal, and even though saui qf -these chaps ar' guerrillas they dasn't go that fur." . "But suppose'fhey dared to?" pieadetf Kenton. '' " "Then they'd do it arter they had cut us to pieces, the.8a.me as befo'. Look at them dead folks out thar. t'ye reckon they'll spare ' us ' arter that? Hark! Whoopee! By the livin jingo, but the Yanks hev showed-jre'at last.!"', -' ?-;-'; CHAPTER XXVIII. The courier dispatctred by the crfptain of the Federal troop reached the lines in due time and handed the message to General Custer, whose brigade wa in winter quarters, but scouring and recon noitering almost daily An order bad been issued by the general in command of the army in the valley outlawing all Confedeiate irregulars and directing special attention to Mosby's band. Within half an hour after receiving the courier Custer dispatched two com panies of the Sixth Michigan cavalry, with instructions to push forward at a gallop, and SO minutes later he fol lowed them with the First and Fifth regiments and a battery of artillery. The flying column found bld: UncTe Ben patiently waiting by the roadside and stopped long enough to bear his story. He gave them the lay of the camp oc cupied by Kenton and Bray ton and was left behind to wait for the main column. Perhaps the besieging force was in earnest in making the statement which fell from the lips of the flag of truce man as an alternative. They had suf fered too severely to try another chat ge up the narrow way, and the fusillade maintained for hours bad been lead thrown away. Ike Baxter had indeed been sent away for re-enforcementsand a piece of . artillery, and the guerrilla portion of tbe force was thirsting for're venge and rife for the most desperate deed. The girl bad defied them, and her lover had killed two or three of their number, and somebody must' be made to suffer. The sergeant in command of the squad of Confederate cavalry had no control over the guerrillas, but when, asthey waited to hear from the men behind the rocks, he heard them planning to wreak their vengeance on Best Ha ven, he did all in his power to dissuade them. .They seemed to abandon the idea, but under pretense of "having a talk" four or five of them slipped away and started for the house. They were within 20 rods of it and bad already di vided up the wicked work to be swiftly accomplished When fhe flying squadron turned a bend in the highway and was upon them. They turned to flee, but half a dozen revolvers cracked, and they were dead men as the last set of fours jumped over tbeir bodies lyiDg on the highway. Not a trooper slackened his rein or a horse broke his gallop. , "Halt! Dismount! Fourth men bold horses! Deploy to the left! Forward and fire at will!" It was a complete surprise to. the Con federates, who had collected in a body to bear what answer might be made to the message sent in. They made a show of defense, but after a fight of five min utes, during which they lost 10 or 12 men, they threw down their arms and surrendered. This event was known in the camp almost as soon as outside of it, and the cheers which Steve Brayton ut tered as he perched himself on tbe rocks were plainly heard as far as Best Haven. "Yank, old boy, we uns is on the top limb now," chuckled Steve as be leaped down and shook Kenton's hand. "Bein as I've got sorter used to the sight of Yankee uniforms, I reckon I'll drop over thar and tell 'em about: yo' and see what's goin to be done." - , . "But tell them of Miss Percy first" replied Kenton, whose anxiety was far greater than he had dared betray to his comrade. The prisoners were conducted to the highway and surrounded ' by a guard, and then the senior captain accompanied Bray ton back to the camp. .They were not long in - deciding what-, should be done with Kentqn. They would remove him to Rest Haven,, temporarily at least, and the prisoners would - be held there until the main column came up. A rude fitter was soon constructed, and Kenton was placed thereon and borne way. r - A feeling of dumb despair crept over Marian Percy as she entered the heuse alter Uncle Ben's departure and looked upon henjdead. The event was not en tirely unexpected, and yet it was a great shock to'her, surrounded as it was by such trying circumstances. The mother dead, Mrs. Baxter gone, her lover wounded ,and besieged by bloodthirsty men. Uncle Ben gone after help, an al most certain knowledge" that the worst' -was yet to cjome what .wonder that the girl was strcken and. helpless? The re port of every musket reached her .ears, The report of every, muskets-reached, her. and now and then as tbe firing died: away a little her heart stood' still at ibe. thought that Ke.nton and "bis comrade- had been captured by those who thirsted"' for their lives. She'could only weep aird" pray as the houj dagge'diaway. 'Sojfe'" came, to her orijywben she b.eari4fbV'' clatter of iron hoofs.-pn the frozea. road . and looked onfcto. behold, the -two comT" panfes of Federal cavalry sweeping up- the highway tthe rescue. ' Uncle- Bern had been in time, and she murmured, "God: bless biifYf' as She realfz&ff what 1 it meant. Thejdead gaexrlfllak lry in " plain sight as tjxq troopers puSned on, " and she shuddered as .she "realized what ' might have', been.... T4ie dead were for gotteV for a moment io her anxiety for . the. living. There had been no firing for the last 10 mitfutes.;' Had the camp been Captured? Had'belp' come too late? She: stoodin the fijfe'd door and held' herself on be feet "whife she listened. A sud den, crash of musketry told ber what she was yearning to" knowv The Federal trooperS- had' attacked, and they were strong enough to beat off or annihilate the besiegers.' " Half an hour later she was crying1 arrd sdbfetng and saying to: the men who- bore the litter.: -. "Carefully now! Bring him rigbt.inv Ltbs,Way! I am so glad! - I was afraid that he was dead! -';-' Tbe. prisbners'were "tfonffhed in ; the'- hbarn;. Of thw enftre' force- not one had. escaped except IKe-'- Baxter, ;and that., only -because .'he was absent. There were a dozen or more dead' men to bury, and after .'awhile a detail was sent back to. perform the work. -A dozen dead,' but no wpunded. tIfycjn were in the valley tnai.wmter, you wujl recau me Diuer ness existing" between the " irregulars, ? who-.&ere practically "bushwhackers and grrerfrilias, and the Federal cavalry." No prisjers. were, taken on either;side. If a Federal elachiifiiit was c,utoff, never" a mfen returned "fo'his lines: ' If A cou-' 'riexwas capturedlie was"' shot in- his- tracks orliniigto the limb of aToadside tree. There'was'noitiiore mercy shown -otf the other side. .!Ehe'capture-.-of-, an ,. armed man in citizen's -dress or. half uniform tneanttb'at.-toe bad only 15 min utes, to live ".atr.tbe. -furthest.. If, he; claimed to-belpngts. JJosljy.'s. band, he courted deaththe sooner.'" Mh who fell in afigbt went' down to Be bifrfed there Ouster with his troopers'' found Uncle Ben. eagerly .aWaiting" them. ' -The old man was'jven'ai'-'seatf iri; ah ambulance, and, withi A ' a'f e,wrflinutes--the -general haclheaftl fits stcfry. 'The orderwas'giv en to pusb' 'dh atrasf aster pace; abd the command reached Best Haven.- just as the prisoners'- had been placed under gaqrd.i -A . surgeon.-, accompanied, the cofomtv-and while-, he was busy dressing Keo ton's wounds General Custer waS holding an interview with' Marian Per- cy. The result ot this was an order that the dead woman and the wounded man should be rtaken.; . back to the- Federal lines the, ne-for -bursal,- the '.Other for proper medical treatment. Whatever1 Marten wished to take laway-would be tranpoit4d ?gr,;beri ahd'ihela'ce .would ; be abandoned. -" " ""' Stye.. Brayton had comei out'of . the" affair at greaflr l-jiff o'thanybe had ever. hop&t to1 fie. 1 'A Iftfdugft) frankly! a5. knoifiedgig .ljdmself an. escaped pris oner And(nQWt qga-incaptufed by the' en- emijs of fiis cadse, every Federal who understood bow he had fortified? the canfp and defended it to savei wounded andalic9st helpless fellow Confederate insisted erf taking him by -the hand and tendering him hearty congratulations. Even General Custer himself did ndt -.wirjjboltf a word, ol praise arter, learn ing' from Marian and Kenton of Bray--tOn's bravery and self sacrifice. . '?.Waal, gineral, I dunno about -4all this," replied Steve; with a good deal pf emfcarrassmnet. ."Beckon 1 was the means of gittin that Yank into the" Con federate service, and now it looks aS if J I was tbe means of gittin him out and myself along with him.' - We uns- hev been driv opter the southern army by that font up at-the camp, and if yo' nns don't tajie.keer Saf us reckon we uns.r will hev to bant a cave sum whar and hide awy till the. war is over." The ' p&cjrinu.p had been 'accom plished, and therdead woman was about, to be carried ootpf tbe house when the burial party 'was1' driven in by a strong force of Ccta federates.' Ike Baxter had galloped jntohe'fTohfederate lines, only five or six ties a way. -with information that speedily toft two companies of cav alry do wnhe Aoa(usf a Te-enforcement. One of : jtfo'wistSa'ptain Wyle's, and he smiledtimly as he recalled the cir cumstances of -his -last ride over , .this highway; f ' -" -i ' .': ' ; Ike Baxter bad come into camp on a previous occasion to report that Kenton and Brayton were biding out near Best Haven, and that he had been nearly killed by Uncle Ben while trying to fol low him to the hiding place of tbe fugi tives, f- Captain Wyle would wash his hands pf. the , affair,, bat a detachment was sent away with orders to hunt down and bring ia the prisoners. Steve Bray ton might be brought in, but he very well knew that Kenton would not be, whetber found wounded and helpless or not. After the detachment had accom plished its work be wonld seek a meet ing with Marian Percy, bat not before. She could not hold him responsible for tbe action of others. : Aa -the Confederates came down tbe road in pursuit of tbe burial party Cus ter ordered forward three or four com panies, and the pursuers became in turn the pursued. But not for long. .A heavy force of troopers in gray, were coming np, and even a child could bave, told what that look, on General Custer's face portrayed. For long weeks he had tried to biing on a cavalry fight. - The hour had come! ' , -'- CHAPTER XI. ' It is within an hour of sunset on a winter's day. An inch of snow covers the earth like a royal carpet, and dark and ragged clouds drive fast across a cold blue sky. . , . In front of Rest Haven, looking to the south, the hills recede and leave an almost level plain'on which there is no .greater obstruction than an occasional tree or bush. A creek which has its birthplace in tbe mountains meanders across this plain, but divides it about equally. Tbe plain is large enough for.. 5,000 cavalry to maneuver on, and .aj.ong its edges are a. dozen spots on which field artillery can be posted ad vantageously. .. Attention, now, for you are going tp witness one of the grandest sights in war a cavalry fight! Only a few of the Confederates have appeared in 'sight, but Custer has guessed the situation and is preparing for it. While he is issuing orders and the squadrons are moving and the artillery galloping into position, one of his aids is hurrying bp the move tqjibandon the house. Wrapped in her bedding instead of1 a shroud, the dead' woman is borne to an ambulance by troopers with uncovered heads and rev erent thien 'troopers who w.ill be shout ing 'like devils and wear5.the looks of madmen half an bonr hence. Marian gqes with her dead, Boyal Kenton into an, ambulance by himself:' The vehicles take the. road for the Federal lines. .-. ."You are a noncombatant and had better go with him, " the officer said to Steve Braytcn- as Kenton was ready to- go-" - , - . - H'FScuse me.ifur differ in with yp',". replied Steve, ;"but if it won't do no ijertick'Ier barm I'll stay, and se"o"ifhT3 iiiss over with. It's goin to be aTrght smart scrimmage, 1 take' it, and as it'll probably be tbe last font I 11 see. 1 11 florter- hang:'afound: Thar's that ole nigger, ;thongHdon't leave him." -. r..: Unele Ben stood in the. midst of the bustle with bundles and packages ip bis arms and at his feet. He was told to get into ' the vehicle with Kenton, and next moment six horses Were galloping a gun pyer the spot where he had stood. ,. Look to the south. The Confederates are debouching from the highway and deploying on the plain. Their hearts vere filled with rejoicing as they behold the'force of. Federals opposed. - They, ':too, have longed for a battle in which the infantry should bave np. part, and the oft ' expressed wish is about to be gratified. :'!' " - . There is no ' advantage reposition. Two thousand Federals, 2,000 Confed erates, and each: has a battery number- v- "7 ' --'" '- -:'.'- '"The artillery galloping into position. ing six pieces. Custer's guns? could, reaeh the gray" horsemen- as tbey.deploy,. but every piece is silent. A cba-rge-by half his command across that snow cov ered plain would have swept the field at first and crushed, the Confederate .back into- the narrow highway to become a panic .stricken mob. No charge was or dered,. The man whose name was to be come a household' word before the end' of the war and whose life was to be spared on 20 fields of ""battle that it might' go out with the shoots of Indian demons ringing in his ears sat his. horse and' watched and waited. He had come, fo the brigade of stalwart Michigan deirs a few months previously fresh from West Point..' He had been called a boy,, and men and officers had taken np pains to conceal their sarcasm and distrust..' ITwp or three times he had led them in a' dash there, but little fighting resulted. He would - test- them now,; and they, shoiild weigh him in the balance. Boom-!- Boom!, Boom! .The.Confed-. erate battery is the first to open .fire, and it is promptly j-esponded. to. .The very first missile is' a percussion'shell," and it drives its way into the house so lately' occupied by the' living ' and the dead, and in. its explosion--brings wreck' and ruin. ; Twelve guns are belching tbeir death missiles across the -open space when a sudden cry rises to the lips of a thousand men. From tbe western edge of the plain," Where the pines grow' thick,' a,-, .woman . suddenly appears to iView. i .She is bare headed, and her hair is. flying about her shoulders: She bas peither' shawl' nor cloak, and her dres's-' is r,aggedVtid torn. -"She "has a stick in ner hand, and she waves it as if it were a s wold in the hand of a man and starts .at a wild 'run for the --eas'ter-fedgfr of' the plain, right" across the front of the lines drawn up in battle' array. 'The cry of astonishment which, greeted her ap pearance becomes a shout of warning, but she does not heed it., En.yeloped by the smoke of their.guns, the artillerists do not see her. Their hearing deadened by the loud reports," they do not eatch the shouts uttered ;by Federal and Con federate alike. Bound shot and shell go whizzing and Ehrieking over tbe snow, and men waiting for battle shudder at the woman's danger. - - '- . "Who's that? Halt! Halt! . He can never do it! ' He's sure to be killedl" So, Cried 500 Federals aS Steve Bray ton, mounted on the berse. of, a trooper, he had been asked to hold for a moment, . dashed straight ont,intp, theplajn' to head the woman off '! He knew ber the moment she stepped' out of the" woods'. Uncle Ben bad told him rf the meeting with Mrs. Baxter oh "the blgh way.' He Bad flung her down tue'bank with tre mendous force, and as he canae ..back' over the road with Quster'p men "be ex pected to- find her lying" there deacf; Nothing was to be seen of her, however, and his mind was greatly relieved. In her fall, as-was afterward known, .the. woman's head struck a stone,. and .the skull was fractured." " When" she strug gled tip she was no longer sane. : She had been wandering . through the forest for hours before 6he appeared on the battlefield, bnt she encountered no .one and found no shelter. . u (To be Continued.) . " -.. Beyond Even Zola, i ..; Zola .has found one piece of realism beyond his powers. : He was asked why he did not describe London and anr swered that the channel was a gulf that separated France and England morally as well as materially. "No," he says, "I really think that I can do nothing 4eep with Fun" - ' QVTKV BABKf - QaieSabe who know is a phrase in very common use among the Spaniards, nd helps over'many, many difficulties. , It is expressive. What the weather may be the coming winter, who knows? It. niay be" Snowy, wet, ' stormy, cold, freezing, and -full of sickness and pain, who knows? Some of us today, hale and hearty, may lie on beds of torture, or hobble about on crutches, who knows? Before the autumn merges into winter many may have symp toms of approaching trouble, of the old rheumatism coming on, or of. first attacks begun; who knows? That's a con undrunii But there is 6he thing everybody knows, the best thing to do is to be ready for. the weather coming and to take hold of what is Everbodv knows what is best. With St. Jacobs Oil in the- house, everybody knows they have a sure cure for rheuma tism, acute or chronic. It is likewist known that in any stage of it, the great remedy does its work of cure perfectly, II we suifer, we need not ask who knows, when it is so well known what is best. Great Gifts to Education. M. Eiilogious Georgieff, the founder of the Sofia University, who died 're cently, bequeathed 2,9000,000 francs to tbe Bulgarian .government tobeappHed to the country's needs; ' 6,000,000 francs for a technical school to be established at Sofia and large sums for other pub lic institutions. HOMB products and puke food. All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very ligtat colored and of heavy bo'dy, Is made from f'lucose. "Tea -Garden LtripQ"- is made irom ugar Cane and is sfrictly pure. It is for 'sale bv first-class trroceVs, in cans-.'only. Manufac tured by the Pacific Coast Sykcp Co. All gen uine '-'Tea Garden Dripi" have the manniac turer's'name lithographed on every can. , I A Fair Inference. When the continual and unreason able attacks upon the? courts are con sidered, orderly people are apt to. take a.ljberty'with the poet. and make his couplet read:. "No rouges e'er ' saw the baiter draw, with gop(d opinion of tbe law." Stockton Independent. i'jEMS OF INTEREST, . Omnibusses were introduced in New York city in 1830. The first copper eent was coined in :New Haven, Conn.y in 1687. Plants grow more between 4 anct -6 a. m. than at any otbeif time of day." ; - . Of 73 historic kings of Scotland 61 are said to have died in battle or to .h'ave been: murdered. ,; .,,.. - ,The .fermaq.;'dinperor. declared;-1n a recent speech, that tjis grandfather was a chosen Instrument of heaven". " ' ' . An outlaw; three ...roopnehiners ;- and two other.men were-ariested at the $un- nelton camp meetittg at Kingwood.v.W Va. " - Jt is estimated that tbe lumber cut of the,Miramichi. and tributaries, Canada, will this season amount, to. 112,000,000 feet.. . ;. , An.pstrieh lives about 30 years,, and. tne average annual- yieia 01 . a Di.ra in captivity is-from one to four pounds 6i plumes. , .,. ; . , . ' Caesar did not-, say "Ettu, Brute.',' Eye" ' witnesses of the assissnation de posed-that he died fighting,, but silent like ar-wolf. : :;- ' , ' : ; Nearly every man,, woman and Child ' iri"Egyp"t is a smoker of cigarettes, and a pipe is hardly ever seen in the mouth of a .native. .; ..' - Tjie largest winged insect in the world is the Atlas moth of Central Bra .zih.v. its wings extend, 14 'inches from tip to tip-. ' ' ; r. Otte.of the severest penalties to which criminals in Holland were in ancient times condemned . was to be deprived of the'ose of "salt. " -' ' r .J A' strong micrbscippe shows the single iairs'of the head to ' be like coarse. Pfou'nef -rasps, but witb teeth extremejy I -i, .1 - ' 1 J ' " - ' .' - lrregowir ana.jaggea.' -,- . GreStj Britain, and ; Ireland-'- contain 380 ; banks', the most - Important ' being- tbe ijank of Enlgand, which has a cao itat of f 73,000,000. - . The Coliseum at Rome was built by Vespasian' t6 ' accommodate ' 100,000 spectators; "It- covers ;'fiv and a-half acres' arid was 120i feet.hig-h;; .,.-. 1 The oyster: is one of' tbe -strongest creatures on earth. The far.ee -required to. open an oyster is more than nine hundred -times ifis weight.- -- ;v -. While asleep in the woods, a sawyer' of Hivans-siUe. In4.,;.wasf..bitten,.pn the chin -by, :.a .spider. .He died of. the effects of. the bite. some days later: ' "After fortv.vears-of hard, daneerous. "and"expensive missionary work' there. are va Japan today about 110,000 native Christians, in a population of 42,000, 000. . ' - -; .. AttenSpts'have ben made t6'pfodtree- spider si-Ik; bat have failed,-he' 'fer6 cipus hat'ure of ' these" inSeets riot pern-: mitting -them-to-live together in .com'' 'rndhftieS;- ': .-.-' ''f.-'- , ;.-.. ;. r,: - -f - . - - ' - '.It'is otnputed that all of the houses pin ''Ebndd'n "and New "Stork eould be built rpr;thie' lava ;throwri out by Vesuvius- since the first'- recorded eruption in A. D; 79. - . ' : : n' m; '..: n :, : j - . Try Schilling's Best tea and bakjng. powder. , . . .Paper Underwear"Tested. :- During the war between'. Japan and China the Chinese soldiers wore un derclohting made, of. 'paper.. Experi ments made with ' these-' gooVls in the Prussian army proved unsatisfactory, as they were found to. Jast only- two"r three days. ADVICE TO WOMEN: Ton cannot bave nerve trouble, and., keep your ' health. Zjn - ninety-nine cases out of 'a hundred the womb, the ovariest and the blad de are-affected. They axe" not vital organs,' hence they give .-put soonest.' . ' Mrs. ' tgr'dia" E. Pihkham's Vegetable ' pound,'by uilding up the' nerves and restoring woman's or ganism to Its natural state, i- e 1 i e v e s ' all these troublesome, uterine symptpip.: In confirmation of this we, by permlsstorjQ refer ti:the following women, all of whom speak from experience : Miss . Celia Hppu, 1913 Sharswood St., " ;Phl ladeiph4a,' PLj Miss : Gbacb Col IX) bd, 1434 ikteeii'. Ave., Cincinnati," O.; Mas.. Nbwei,i,, 50 Ryerson St., . Brooklyn, JSt Y, ;. .MKp. Isabel, Oberq 220 Jhestiu.t Stf, WoWrn, Mass. ; Mbs.; A.-! ,CotB,.New. Epieile, K.. x, and ' many thers, t , j . j. . ? . Womea sufifering from any form of fe male weakness are invited to promptly communicate with. Mrs. Pinkhain at Lynn, Mass. '". - . You can talk freely to a woman when it is revolting; to relate your, private ilia to a man ... Boa Caa yrap. Tama Good. Vm I la t ol br mrg't. f MJ&LJf ' -ft HIS EMPTY SLEEVE. How Cot. Bradford I.oet Bis Arm An Unusual Occurrence, " If Sir Edward Bradford had given no other service to his country than those which during the past few years he has so brilliantly performed" as bead of the' metropolitan police: -force, . be would have -, well earned the honor .'that his sovereign has just bestowed upon him. and which rr.ay be regard,! as her per sonal testimony to the extraordinary sagacity with which the arrangements for the safety of the public during the Queen's day were conceived, and the literally perfect manner In which they were carried but." " . " ' Colonel Sir Edward Ridley Colbor'ne -Bradford Is 61 years of age, and had a very distinguished-career lnvtbe army before he was appointed to the office he now fills so worthily. So far back as 1853, when "John Company" still swayed the destinies of the Indian peninsula, he joined the Madras army. He became lieutenant two years later. In 1857 he served with the Fourteenth Light Dragoons' during the Persian campaigns, receiving the medal. Later on, in 1858 and 1S59-, he took part, as an officer of Mayne's Horse; in the op erations condnctediby General Michel against the celebrated Chief Tantla Topee, and shared. the perils and glories of many a hard-fought battle. He be came a major In 1873, lieutenant colo nel in 1879 and colonel In 1888. At the thne of the. last jubilee he was secre tary In the political and secret depart ment of the Indian 6ffice. ' ; Wben, In 1890, the' post of. commis sioner of metropolitan police fell . va cant, and was offered- to Sir Edward Bradford, who In t85 had been pro: moted from C. S. I.- to.K. C. S, I., there were many who expressed dissent from ihe' policy of again placing -.the civil guardians of law and. order, under a military man. But that no ibetter choice could have been made is evidenced by Sir Edward's career frf fiis present post. , Many of those who saw him on Queen's day doubtless wondered how U'is.left sleeve came to be empty. Years ago, while still an officer in India, Sir Edward . Bradford .-was a very keen sportsman, with a strong liking for ttikt most dangerous.; Qf all pastimes tiger shooting. One day, while engaged in. this hazardous diversion, he fired at a tiger, which, only wounded, .dharged upon him, and bore him to the ground. . "Never losing his presence of mind for a moment, the intrepid-hunter, with a view'.to preventing the infuriated ani my' "from attacking his headH thrust within., his jaws his left arm. The tiger simply gnawed it off, but the life of the v-oor nimrod- was saved by- his com rades, who arrived in time to shoot the creature before it had time to inflict any -more serious injury upon Sir Ed ward. "When the late Duke of Clarence visited India Sir Edward Bradford was among, those specially selected to ac company him. From 1880 to 1893 he was an aide-de-camp to the Queen. . London. Telegraph. ' "Lamps and Their Value. Eveii young eyes suffer by the use, for 'reading or working, of flickering gas, says -the Woman's Home Compan ion.. The lampflame is steady, soft in color and grateful to the eyes. Former ly the clumsy student lamp,, .was the only really -reliable .one - for reading, but the "lamp craze" has evolved a mul titude, of patent burners, ail -of . them reasonable .in Drice Bor 'a" couple of dollars one can buy an' excellent lamp,'" complete with green ' porcelain shade; for' three or four dollars a really hand-' some one may be had. Whatever the quality, in" shape the reading . damp, should be low, with a good, broad base so that It stands securely. . -. . " There; is no one article, in the house, . excepting perhaps, good peas, tnat can give as much solid comfort' as lamps for reading and. working by: Every grown member oi" the 'family should possess one'. , There sh'OuM be one-'of extra Iigh'tmg power on'-the" children's: study table,: the- library "and- -sitting--roo'm table's. '- - -.. , - - We all' th jvitbout- many, things that, would add: to- OUE-. icpmfprt .in. life, not -because we are...o.blige to do .so,, but from lack of knowledge or thought. ."It is not wise to .coddg. oneself, to search for new wants, 'to make new tiet'essi- ties whlcn ancnor us to one place De cause we'lea'hnb-'t "Be coJrifortable -else-' 'where.: "'But a personal-larrtp is a sen 's Ible. luxury of '-indulgence,-and the sootier it-beoomes a:ne.cessit,y :the bet--ier i' our- prospect of. continued - gopd eyesight,; .net-, to mentionj the, .splendid revenue ot. comfort enjoyed, through" all the evenings,, .of .pur life.. ' ' '" ' Another Chainless. ."';: . -One of-the 'latest chainless gears -differs from all previous: Inventions o the 'same type tn the respect that it is. not. driven by f a, rotating j-pd an beveled gear, but the. power is tra'psmitted to thedrjv.ing gear by two eccentrics, being-worked by a gear'co'n''tdMed";m''a small case above tfee bottom ' brrfctet." The pedal motion Is rotary, similar to. 4rhab:of an ordinary chain driven ma Chine. The necessary cogs -composing the gear kre' all rtitt on; ball-bfearings. and: are 'protected from -dust and dirt -by. beiiig Inclosed -in a small case- w-hicji- is easily removaplei;.- Abe. rame..ls. ellip tical In shape, two, ejuptjcal fubes.. run ning fr.Qm.,the.topB,and' bottom p? tlie Lhead, and is thus minus the '.top' bar. and", suitable for riders' of both" sexes.'1 The width of 'the 'bottom' bra'ckWr ' Is tirree and one half inches, ana- the driv ing wheel is-easily detached by loosen lag the screwed sleeve on the eccentric and the nuts on the wheel spindle. A "Won't-Slip Tire. "" "" ' A tire has beeh p4aced upon, the mar ket for which ft is claimed that ft will not slip under aay condition of surf aw,"' such as wet car rails,, asphalt; concrete', plank or macadam road. The makers even guarantee that.. it. ,will .not , slip, when ridden on Ice. in, addition comes Jhe claim, that it can be ridden with much ease on rough roads, and that the teetn, or projections, wmcn appear on tbe thread of the tire, 'form a cushion for the tire:-' It is also' claimed that the tire Is- very fast-- over, smooth surfaces, it gives an'alr space, between sthegpry.. face and the tire and obviates suction yiat. It is 90 per cent, puncture proof, oh account of having rubber teeth that it throws but- little mad, as the teeth have a tendency; tor- release; rlbe mHd, when the tire -leaves .the.;surface over which it passes. .. .. .. fcv . Blind Rat Led by Comrade's. - A man employed at the sewage farm at Batchwottli lii-' Hertfordshire-'! as serts that quite recently, when working oh, his. farm, he. has often seen an oldH blind rat carrying a piece of stick In Its mouth, with two other ybutoger rats leading It about with one end of the stick also in their mouths. ' One thing In favor of the 12-year-old boy: he is easier to suppress than his spoiled sister. If a busy and bothered man laughs at a joke, It Is the supreme test that It Is a good one. : i Ho man likes to be told that he Is looking old, but It Ls a regular Jot ; . Important. Recent Discovery. ' The Smithsonian Institution bas re ceived a collection which is of import ance to the archaeologist- - It is known as. the Seton-Karr contribution, having been discovered by this Englishman in Somaliland, on the eastern coast of Af rica. The implements were purchased from the discoverer by the Smithsonian Institution. '. There ace about 50 pieces in the collection, made of flint, of qur tide, and rapging in size from an inch or so in length to half a foot, some weighing several pounds. The objects are supposed' to be spear heads, battle axes and wedges, truncheons, blud geons or whatever they may be termed. : The discoverer hack this to say on the subject of Jhis find, .and the locality vhere the objects were unearthed: ' "Certain.' landmarks as to' the four rivers mentioned irf Genesis' led me .think that the Garden of Eden, if it ever existed, may Have been here, and that these very tools- had been made and used by Adam, wind his numerous descendants. At any rate,; my discov eries in Egypt and omaliland. lead me to the idea that man's original home, ,or the place where he was gradually evolved, must have been in Africa, or -at least, in a trppical land, where clothes were unnecessary and food plen tiful to hand." WARS'- UP. Ves, weke np to the danger which threatens you if your kidneys and bladder are inactive or wenk. Don't you know that if you iail to impel them to action, Brights disease or diabetes awaits you? Use Hostetttr's Stomach Bitters wijhout delay. It has a most beneficial effect upon the kidneys .when sluggish, and upon the bowels, liver, stomach and nervous system. One of the visitors to the Tennessee Centennial was a Rutherford county map, 84 years old, who, until his trip to the Nashviire 'exposition, had.never been on a railroad train. AN OPEN LETTER- TO MOTHERS. We are asserting' in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word " CASTOR1A," and " PI TCHER'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 bear the fac simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTOklA " 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 ihe kind you have always bought, and has the signature of CHAS. H, FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. . March 8, 1&97. SAMUEL PITCHER, M.D. The relatives of Joe Sullivan," who died' in Oakland, -Cak, and was seven feet-eight inches in height, have put a guard over his grave, fearing th,at a showman will steal his body. SlOO UWAe, sioo. The .readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that stiencehas been able, to enre in all its stages and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only. positive curesow known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken iutfrnally, acting directly upon the blood and ntiloous surfaces of the sys tem, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving tlie patient strength by building up the constitution nd assisting nature in doing is work. 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