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THE ORDER OF "MULES."
Peculiar Auti-Crime Organization
of Kentucky and West Virginia.
it
Ha lieeome Terror to Murderer
and Cattle Thieve and Kvll-Doer
of Every Description It
Origin and Conduct.
"MINE ACCIDENTS.
How Dis&sters in Goal Mines Are
Brought About
To Miner Rob the Pillar" or Sup
port and Substitute Timbers Which
Cannot Stand the Tremen
dous Strain.
St. Paul Kansas City
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES.
Ocean
Steamers Leave Portland
Every 5 Ddys For
SAN FRANCISCO.
For full details call on 0. K. 4 N
Auint ta Hcppner, tr address
W. H. IIURLBUKT,
Gen. Fbhb. Agt.
I'OHTLAND. ORKGON.
E. McNEluL, President and Manager.
QUICK TI2VH2 I
JStiii Fronolsoo
And all point In California, via the ML, Bhaata
mute or in
Southern Pacific Co
The itrmt highway thmiiirh California to nil
point Kant ami Smith, dninil Hwiiin Itoute
Of ths Pacific) ('.mat. Pullman Ilnflet
HlMpara. Bfloond-fllimi Hlnnimr
AtlHohml tntxirits train, attorihna: uorior
BcciiinuiiKlHtitiD for Htinrl -class iia-naiia-ars.
For rat, ticknt. almuina; car reservation,
ti,. rail upon oraililreii
H. KOKHLKK, MnliHifcT, K. P. ROOK US, Asst.
(Jon. K. A 1'. AgU, Portland, Ori'Kou
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-To TIIK
EAST AND SOIJTK
VII THE UNION IMCH'IC -SYSTKM
T'lrtiuwli I'tillmiin I'h1i. o H ri.rr,
rmiTtMt Mmiii.r nii'1 Krre l.crlinlnK ('.mlr
i'ttli I AlI.V to t Ilk. n--f.
Min.jr Im
I'ulltl V
. Id Un line to riiftliTll
STEAM HUT.
L.OWICHT
PINTSCH LIGHTS.
MATICM.
Ji. H UAXTF.I!, (in. AVnl,
7'iiiiiih., Orryttn.
J. ('. HART, A'jrtil, lUfimrr, Ornjon.
4 ficlcntlflo American
n'.tr Dtaicaj TINT.
1 4--' V
Unquestionably t he most unique or
der in the United States is the "Mules,"
a secret organization of farmers in this
county and the several adjoining coun
ties of this state and West Virginia.
Organized just after the close of the
war, and on. somewhat the same plan
at, the regulators of the far west, or
perhaps more after the fashion of the
rangers of the Texas plains, the order
has constantly grown in favor imtil
now the memoersnip is esumuteu i
reach well on toward 3,000.
Following- the close of the war there
was for a number of years in the im
mediate neighborhood an alarming run
of lawlessness. The -principal occupa
tion of a groat majority of the back
county communities appeared to ba
horse, stealing and general thievery.
Something had to be done to stop it,
its the authorities were wholly unable
to cope with the offenders. In this ex-
reniity the resourceful mind of one or
the best known physicians in the coun
ty evolved the idea of an organization
for the mutual protection, of the farm
ers. The result was soon felt in the
presence of the Mutual Protective so
ciety, of which only the most responsi
ble farmers and citizens, regardless of
occupation, were eligible to rnomber-
slup.
The first proclamation of the new or
der was a candid statemtnt of its pur
poses and conditions, and a warning
tersely worded for the benefit of all
transgressors of the laws of the coun
ty and state. A promise of the early
breaking tip of the- several bands of
horse thieves then operating in this
and the Big Sandy courtry was also
made. This latter provision was the
source of considerable sarcasm on tun
part of the gongs named, who resorted
to the white cap r.:nner of placarding
their answers of defiance. When the
first raid was made on the farmers'
stock it wnfi of n. more general charac
ter than had ever before been attempt-
(1, presumably to show the small es
teem i n which the officers, and the
lodge a.H well, were held.
The members of the order turned out
en iimsse and siieedily ran down several
of the gang and so closely chased the
lenders that, they were compelled to
flee to the mountains. Convictions soon
followed, mid the order became recog
nized as nn important factor in the
I'tiunty ;"o eminent. Similar exiieri
enccs followed, and the membership of
the order increased nt u rapid rnte.
New lodges sprung up in iidjoinlnj-
counties, mid each community hn1 u
branch, with nn organization and
code of signals suDcieiit to cpiibl" the
warning of the cnt're membership to
the field in the shortest poKfible order.
Whenever a cn.se of borai stealing was
reported thr order would turn out 401
or .100 stroiv? anil scour the whole re
gion tintM Hie animals were recovered
or the thief captured
Other anil similar offenses were given
attention equally substantial. I'nd
these coiiil it ions the giinirhNoon licennu'
scattered, their work must haznrdou
mill the morals In general of the county
(is iund lis eon Id be nsl rd. Through
out. the pnM 20 years the, nneensing
vi nU'lifulw'sH and energy of the orde
have maintained the same effect In th
mountainous country. Only recently
the "Milieu" turned out nearly HIIO
troni In I.iiwrciiee county t fiiv.-ntl-gnlc
the siii,),,.... 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 ' r I nn .nun
H'iM!cr frim ('iiieinunti. Tie y fin',
rc-nhril Him case into one of pure spile
wort, in v . hieli the t it-liic wiei nn il'lio
e I't sheep, mid the nbjeel the d'-sire to
i-i'.' I ii Nii..ic:on ) ; m one of the nntie
!in n i iii lil iini'-e him til h'iie the coun
try. , winning was left publicly pouted
for Hie brni lit of (he coiispii slorH,
Dow ii in (iii''iiiii they lire still workim;
mi the in tenon case of the murder
"f one of their ,1'ieinlier". whom' body
i found nearly two iar ng in it
reek with a rope iiniini I his lu-ek nml
iiniiil.il utile e iilefiee of llein-e
I lirv will neter li nve the tin I until
aniiiethilig tmigililc la dei Inp-d. ll'Tf
COP V SIGHT . atoJ
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the order cent S rcprrMMilntUe iilnmt
to thn Atluntic riaiat to iTlug Imck B
imiiii wmiteil fur t'l-rnkinir the law. The
mntt nun rixlm ril fur trial lit the time
rieimilly iipiiiiitiil. Over In nr
roiiiitv, W. n.. two cainvictioiMi tere
iMide nt a rreeiit term uf court ill rr-
ault of the onler'a Hork.
hile the Work of the order lisa b--rn
must uereptiible, lllul lunM of the im III
bcra nrr aincere hi their Iiitflition at
I In- ir i"li ilr. it lis nl m bii n luiiili' the
tiail nf pulilie t' NMiir rtrnt. N uiiii r
oil un it liute iHH'ome liiritilK-ia Hi'l
to M It-lil n little pul 1 1 ii ul iiifluriirp out
the order, to their irraiuiill lalii-tll. or
III the Intir-M of their frirlula. Mill
it la aleinlily rrow Inif, and turpi illL'IV
o hi the tiiwna slung the rhrr. whirr
tin ir hold fuiiiii-ilv wa rry Ina ifu fi
i-aiit. Mie iM-ruliiir ili U'liiitl ni. "Muli
I'uiiii a l!iiini-li the adopt ion nie rjr
ni; i of the iinllnir iif nn altriiiinl.il
Iniilr lli riiiblrni of the onler.
Oni-v a )enr the "Miilra" hold MMxl
in If of llnir jrraml lilfe. and thia will
r lirhl Una jrnr at Itrrenup, early lit
the eniiiinif motith. Il )rarthe
in g an lielil it (jM-kMiaala, In I i w rr tw-
itmiilv, and It am raliniatnl that in,.
imhI Maple wrrr ptrwtit diirnisT the lao
,la a" aa-MiUiii. Tlw nrili-r .a t rat I adotitr
ll'lf HMirs rr ia I uli-a, unl It ill pfil-
alily rirnliiaUv riinrfe Into a full
flp.l'fd an irl ata My of the old f aaH
HMI4-.I mik-r. Tlioued tlw1 atill turn oiil
en iiiwmi ami ikIm mrr the rounlty In
th (am)imiii prm-rally aermlitr,! ,ihs
ttiatotiatiiitrra of tlm aiMilh, tlirr ara im
Hrrl ly 111'iwi-r.il to thili'tir In any
ti.h .m mil Itiilly a,llirr Ut ll ln-
fntroiii-nt ( Ihr law aliM'V the onlliijirT
.irn-a - Nat Ian I ( K jr for. ).i-iilli"
( iMitii-r J.iiirn!.
Hatal Mallra. J
A rmbrl' ahitl worn ! I XVI
on ),r day l-f t Ma rlH renPrel
I'Te, ami t!ir fmpkiu Url at niraa fn
the imtM t if ! h rr iiIhi I ", at
l,.tit Iii n
It is time that the truth about these
accidents in the anthracite mining re
gions should be told. Year after year
they have been occurring with appalling
regularity. The list of the dead and
crippled, the widowed and the orphaned,
grows from month to month, while the
public, intent upon its own pursuits,
learna but little about it until some
frightful accident like that which lately
plunged the town of l'ittston into
mourning concentrates attention upon
it, and then there is a universal outcry.
It is felt instinctively that there must
be something wrong with the condi
tions under which the mining of coal
is carried on when disasters of that
kind can, occur in a state which has
wise law s regulating both the ventila
tion of mines and the conditions under
which the coal itself can be taken out.
But what is the evil and what the rem
edy? Common sense as well as common
humanity prompts the discovery of t he
one and the application of the remedy.
The law under which the present
system of inspection, is carried on has1
worked many reforms. It has done
away with many of the evils which
operated so diRasterously in the early
days of anthracite mining. It has given
to one of the hardest working classes of
labor in the state comparatively pure
air where previously no one could
breathe any but vitiated atmospheve.
It has done even more than this, im
portant as this achievement has been.
Under its provisions no shaft, slope or
other mine can be worked without hav
ing at least two avenues of exit the
usual entrance and the air shaft, the
latter for use in case of disaster in
gangways near the mouth of the mine.
Nor do its benefactions stop even. here.
Inspectors authorized by law to inforce
the law's provisions are regularly ap
pointed and paid to do nothing else.
How, then, does it come that even after
is in operation there can be. such a
disaster as that which recently horri
fied every resident of Pennsylvania?
The answer to this question haa al-
mulv been hinted at in these columns.
When a mine is opened oil the coal in the
veins is not taken out. rontons oi :i,
which arc called pillars, ore left stand
ing to support the tremendous weight
of the ground above. As mining be
comes more expensive, however, and the
supply of coal dwindles, the owners Ire-
nucntly order the "robbing of the pil
lars" that is, the removal of the nat
ural supports which were originally
left standing. They know from past
experience that this is a dangerous pro
ceeding. Thousands of victims he in
premature graves as the reault of its
adoption. But competition is fierce and
to compete successfully some chances
must lie taken. So one by one the pillars
come down, until few, if any, remain
to support the mountains of eurth above,
Bough tinilierR placed at irregular dis
tances spnrt are expected to uphold
what in the wtse provision of nature
solid masses of coal bad held in plart
nn absurd proixtsition upon its fwe
Once the mine starts to "work," as we
have frequently seen, the number of the
dead Is to be reckoned usually by the
number of men employed at the time
the rrnsh occurs.
So much fur the primary cause. The
aocondnry cause is that which grow
nut of a faulty sysU-tn of inspection
The average enve-in docn not occur in
a day or a night. Nature, as if todis-plrty
her kindness to those who have rudely
nicrmil her heart, gives repeated warn
mri before she anwrts her mnstMjr,
There are ominous Bounds throughout
the rangwaja nml breasts. The timber
crenk mid gnwiii under their Ineressin
weight. The rots di-wert the dangeiious
place In-fore the tiinlx-ra give way ul
together. These, mh! iostioim of ths
strain rs often peTCfptirtle for wek
brforeluind, and then the duty of the irt-
aiiector is to Intervene, If he performs
his duty with nn rye aiiigle to the pu
por ftH- wliu-li in ollii-e waa crcaiou
he will either conijn-1 the owner of the
ml tie to make It safe or empty It of
thoke whose liea are imperiled. If he
la the creature of the oia-rators, aa eome
of t he lii-ctor re ankl to lies he liiJijr
lie indifferent to the condition of the
mine or willing that operations shall
br carried nn after they ar unsafe.
Ilia reapiailntinrnt dcnd upon his
ability to please the owners of the
inlnrw, not the men wlume llvra ha M
uppoaed to f uard, Thrre are dietrl -tt
n tti state in wnicn the corporation
o-raUnr the collrrlrs dictate the nom
inal Ion of rvery inircUr. rbusdrl-
phi Inquirer.
Fondne of Mice for Music
A nice little animal story is given in
this month's Nature Notes, which raises
the interesting question whether mice
have a fondness for music. It is con
tributed by a musician, who says: "One
evening I was somewhat startled at
hearing my piano suddenly giving forth
sweet sounds, apparently of its own ac
cord. A mouse, so it proved, had got
inside the instrument, and was making
music on the wires. Whether this was
intentional on mousie's part or not I
cannot say; perhaps he was trying to
make a nest for himself there. Some
years ago, however, while a piano was
being played in the dining-room of my
old home, several mice, came out upon
the hearthrug and began to jump about,
apparently with delight at the sound of
the music, and one was either so ab
sorbed or overcome by it that he allowed
himself to be carried away in a tongs by
the housemaid." After this, ladies
ought to lose their antipathy to mice;
indeed, we may soon expect some hu
manitarian dame to commence musical
parties for their delectation. It would
be amusing to see them dance, and
would form a really humane method of
catching them. London News.
driggs "I see you are calling on
the daughter of the head of your firm
now." Griggs "Yes, she is the only
girl I know of whose father has to work
uights." Harlem Lne.
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Sensitive About HI Ace.
When a distinguished man like M.
Greyy refuses to tell his age, surely or
dinary women may be excused for so
purely feminine weakness. By this sub
terfuge the president misled his country
men into believing him to be six years
yoTTnger than he was, according to an
anecdote, as follows: "M. Grevy was al
ways very reluctant to tell his age and
openly admitted that reluctance. At a
dinner party given by one of his
friends in 1872, the future president of
the republic said, with a smile: 'Peo
ple may try as much as they like, they
will never know my real age.' And,
in fact, when M. Herold, who was some
time a minister of the third republic,
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lars of M. Grevy sage for a new edition
of 'Vapereau,' M. Grevy persistently re
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BOMBSHELL. AN ARTILLERY DOG
Ba Saved Twe Little Children from Se
rious Dancer.
While a gun was being loaded, Bomb
shell would sit on the parapet and
watch the operation. That finished, he
would jump up and look out to sea over
the range, and then scamper down
from the parapet and follow us into the
bomb-proof.
As usual. Bombshell was on hand to
see the test of the new big gun.
He superintended the loading, and,
while I was aiming the gun, he looked
over the range as carefully as did the
lookout; and from his air of responsi
bility one might have supposed that to
him had been intrusted the duty of
seeing that the range waa clear.
But when we started for the bomb
proof, instead of following us, as was
his custom, Bombshell remained on the
parapet, looking out to sea and suiffing
the air. In a moment lie ilashed oil
through the bushes which covered the
narrow beach between the parapet and
the sea.
Though thinkinghisactions peculiar,
I was sure that he would not remain in
front of the gun, because he had done
so one, when quite young and inex
perienced, aud the burning grains of
powder which are always thrown out
by the blast of a gun had buried
themselves in his skin, burning him
badly. He had never forgotten this.
Certain that he would take care of
himself, I paid no further attention to
him, but went with the others into the
bomb-proof, and took my place by the
electric key, ready to fire at the com
mand of the captain.
Just as the command "Fire" , was
about to be given, - Bombshell reap
peared on the parapet and 'began to
bark furiously into the very muzzle of
the gun.
I called to him, but he would not
come. Annoyed at the delay of the test,
I tried to catch him, but could not do
so. As I approached he retreated, still
barking and apparently urging" me to
follow hit.
Finally, convinced from the dog's ac
tions that something was wrong, the
electric wire was disconnected from
the gun, and I followed Bombshell.
Wagging his tail with joy at having
accomplished his object, he led me
through the underbrush to the beach.
There, concealed behind a clump of
bushes, were two little children quietly
digging in the sand and entirely uncon
scious of the danger in which they had
been. Lieut. John C. W. Brooks, in St.
Nicholas.
flnsuiiiofl
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remarkable n to drarrt aiieciui no
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iMirOouatrly sinuil quantity of cod
tth. Ihr raptam maintained that h
timl fon-M-rn Ihia fur right day,
tauae inn.t ul Ihr flah caught bad sand
In their tonimli. He claim to bavw
Uarrted that, just before the flat Irft
the shallow water if the aojlhrrn
Lanka, tliry took nt! Into tkrlr atom
ai ha, ami nmn after fish ruht In
lrrr imrtlirro watera aJiowed the
aaiue iMvuliitrti). Then, when fie I line
ftr iniffratiiitf from the deep watrrs
ciiinra iaiu. the rtsn diapoae of the
sand. The thi-orv ba twrn adiirrj
that the antitl . Ikr0 In aa ba'Jast, and
la rvtertril whrii aliallnw water lata tie
-turned !. The ai. often differ
In coin- and if rain from thai of the Ult
imo whrrr Die ft tt are f.iiind. II I
rl.inu-i that tin aan l in) aupply a
tnde f.if Ihr Bshrrmrn Y.ll(fr.
14 Hlt4 rtreailh-
M.mrilaiii iLiiilvia will I Intrrealrd
1,1 Wiril of the aiareea -fill rprf imrnla
if Ir. Vriii, of it la.furt. who by
litraita tf "lltlil brrcih" haa l-rvn rn
nltlr.l to a. vi, I to rrr4t lie'fbt". tarjh
l-n ll'l Pli'l in 4 ttl. .!. Ihr lit a-tor. I
alirn rli- nur'ii" lo prt fiirlhrr al-
II .-f I nf Ite llian nne ele
1,4 rrr I'hila , i-r fioa n. raf tira ali'Sia'
l ! f I'f l .i lir -l B)pru, Sttr.t
With nli f t t-rr.ii ii g hrrirrrj
he r f M ik it , f-tt in . CMint of
t!.e rnfuy i-f Ihr imn.j h.-f f -
Iti :T fi.iii ll.t it! it.l'f itf . In I
l-ie h ill. '
I r Iviwn, l r jn f l'i! i! l. I
run i'i p ill t i a -i alt 'i, V tf Jl. i
f" frtt, :,!vH ! I. v f,tt I Slrf tj !
, 1U toin t at Mjwiil rurslt.
f'lirliius Oil Ti- til ( iir-1.
A resident of Au;ru -'u. iu., has an
oak tree irrowing tijmn In i place which
is not unlike other I revs nf that kih-cIcb
in general appear;'. nee. In- tend uf pro
ducing the rcjru let inn acorn, however,
it la annually l.-iiileil with iH-eulmr
fiirniutiuna ua unlike the iisiltiml pro-
ductlon nf audi trees u- one could im
agine. Aa n gi iu-r:il mlt! the cup of an
corn is as I.ir-- nr lurg.-r tli;Mi a thim
ble, covering nt lca-t half if the ucorn
prop-r, but In this I'leni the tiny recep
tacle ia not larger tliun a a-a. and, In
ateail of being eonatrucU'd aoaa to hold
but a single nut or kernel, contains
from three to five small onen, the nuin
Jier aeeitilng to vary with thn dintanca
from the ground, the cup on the lower
limba la-lnif unlfnrinly lilled with three
of the tiny aeoni. tUitatiUt of lia-
from 111 Home
Talk of Hulclde.
The agreeable and studious life at
Valence was soon ended, writes Prof.
Sloane in Century. Early in August.
1787, a little rebellion, known as the
"Two-cent Ucvolt." broke out in Lyon
over an attempt to reassert an an-ient
feudal right concerning the sale ot wine
which had long been in abeyance. The
neighboring garrisons were ordered to
furnish their respective quotas for its
supprcshion. Bonaparte's company was
sent among other:-, but the (llsturliance
was already quid led when he arrived,
and the month he spent at Lyons was
so agreeable that, tis he wrote his uncle
resell, he left the city with regret "to
follow his destiny." His regiment had
Wen ordered northward to Douuy in
Flanders, and then" he rejoined it abo''
the middle of (Hitobcr.
The short time he spent miner the in
clement skies of thut frontier fortress
was a dreary one. Bud news cumo from
home. JoM-pli had some time is-Lire
turned his eyes towards Tuscuny for a
posaible career. In order to test his
chuneei of succesa at court, he had
made application for an empty decora
tion. The answer to his requcat bad
been a gracious pcnuiitdon to prove his
Tuscan nationality, which was, of
conrae, equivalent to a repulse. Utterly
without sneer in lindiiig occupation
in Comics, an d linpclctii to France, he
was now alauit to make a
ate effort, and. decorated
In person to Florence ami
tiliiyiuent of any kind which offered.
l.uclen. the archdeacon, waa acrliniaiy
ill, and Gen. MarWuf. the lant Influen
tial friend of the family, was dead,
louia had liren promlaed a M-hularaliip
In oneuf the royal artillery a hiHila; de
prived of his patron, he would prolmbly
bate the appointment
Fluatly, the pecuniary affairs of
Mmr. de Buonaparte were again en
tangled, and now appeared hopeleaa.
hhe had fir mc time recelvrd a state
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WHITE COLLAR LINE.
HE Coluiia River arid hi hi Navigation Uo
Sitiscn THEl'UONE, BAILEY GiTZEKT AND OCEIS WAVt
Lelnc Alder Street I-ck. rortland, for Atoria. II son, Ldc Beseh, Ocoaa
Fark aod Nsbcntta. ihrvel eenneetioB with Ilwseo teamers sod rail
road; else at Young's Bay with Seashore lUilroad.
TBXJ33PTXONH
Leave rVrtlnd 11 H. Daily, tserpt Sanday. Leave Astoria J P. M. Dally, ttre-4 tumUy.
XBs.zxi4s.-v o-.rsnziTtrr
Leavsa rorUand P. M lally. rp4 Bumtay. Saturday sight. II P. M. Lam Astoria Dally a
at .' A. at., eirvpt Sunday and Momtaf. Buoday Blbt, T P. M.
OOBAN WAVE
si I P. U.
tlonal repute have poudcretl this aj lvau
.wl.lll., ..1.1 u,lll..p r, I..I httnl.-ra
,.ij ., . , ..! i.AWA wiktlAl I bounty for planting tnultirrTy tree, aS I Ltfavr Portland and run illfwt to llwa Tiaaitsf aad Thufty al S A. M. SaltirHav a
and woodmen In general Lave visited ' ' ,,, tnltor. taave llaaro Wrdneeitay and Friday at I as a, X. Oa Sunday tlHUt P. it.
thewon.lrr ami left without even at V. ,0,.r,"lirn Uk.tu lV0r! , . . .1 . n ....... n , r . e
trmptlng to nstne tbe variety of oak to
which it Wrong.
ftk-t l'lel llrklac ftle.
HynptoiM: MoUlnra; Intrnae Hcblng
ind slinaing; moat at nlghl; womb;
serslchtef. If slloweJ to eoolioae tern
ore form, which often bleed and nleerste,
beeomiei frry . BsifM'i Oint-
tnrot tp the Itching aad bleeding,
beals alcerstlon, aad ia nrnst ease r-t-ovee
th tumors. At dinar iste. nr by
mail, ftr .Vi imiU, lr. Pwos A Koo,
Fbiladelphia.
Waa4 That W III Ha4 KafW.
I'lrri.na.f wih will form an Im
portant Hi in In the bull. Lnf of future
mew-of war ami rilher yraarla. The
inT.. ronaiala In forring aulphat
and dtohale nf ammonia Into the
wial by htlrulle preaaure, and It ta
Said that the llioat graUf ) ag rratllU
he l-n ulilaiiird from wli treated
by It, they hating Bt)ected to
Into the Uland; The inapectora had
condemned the year's work, and ' wrre
w ithholding the allowance. Her letter
put an rnd for a Hum to all study, bla
WiyUal or poliiUaL Napolmm Imme
dlately applied, a hi miHber reueat
el. for leave of alwnce, that tie might
instantly set out to hi-r rrlU-f. Ills re
queat waa rrfnaed. Ilo could obtain no
Iravr nntil Jhnry.
IVaramiti-nt and anskma, he nioped.
grew miarralile.and eoatrarled a alight
malarial fever, which, f- the nest 4
orarvra year tiever rMlrv-ljf relaxed
IU hold on htlM. The paursof bla iir
nal fi theenaulng Wirka ahow Iwrw
dlplrlted he waa. and rotrtaln, among
other thing, a ! ng. wild. pea-JmMIe
rhspaody. In whl.h there I talk of
ui..L. The plaint la of the U-gre-rraey
among in. a. of the ib-alrtirlMtn of
prtmitlve aliuplUily In t'oraV by the
I rrn,-hacptit n.of Mif aolaln,
and of hla )i trnl iff to are hl frU-nt
inane mre. l-lfe la lukvr wartH
while, bla rountry if .no. a patriot haa
nam; lit to live I r. i-e. tally whenhe
haa HO t-lraaur and bit ta aln-whrB
the rliarvM-trr f thoas. aU-ut hi la to
hrzy (Mr! b EtHrol IV-ttiiiliM IM. Bf&cliri Frtt d Eif i
for KaMy, Caaifort, Pteaaura, Travel aa the Ttlrphooa. Hally Oaltert and Ore a Wava.
h Keehy Hlule
For tho Curo 04
Liquor, Opium ul Tobacco Habits
It a) leealed St Bate, Ovayrow,
, TU HM tTeaaf ifl Tne cm IX CoaM
I Cell tl IS O.irrra eAre a aartWaler
1 Urtrtlywraideailal, treaiia! anvaie aad re
ra.
hftl trMirlnrv without IgnlUng, hiaoww n.li-l.t to unllk-ht It jK;
he only rffrvt tlng a al g ht earboa- there wrre Hail a n -le life In Ma wsy, Jn,'V-- .-
ling on a.unt of Hie IMma heal, he wml t I wry IH.' eriiin hlale of (, 1 I ?
m Blrrl )n.krt. to ptoteet It from
the ciftViiaoe atleniliMi of the enripy
end tioninflan nialde Inside wear, tbe
ttioilrrn walnp will be a reaaonaUly
aafe rraft In wbkh bt put the pnUI
tuiHtey aii. I Ihr lite of the aquati-allys
I fir 1 1 nr. I ft.it.'n of I' p"piiltii-n -
; hii-nfo 1 ,nn- lUraM
Ik 0i y ttr I e Use
T the at W the I'sloa Fe fir. "
rn rtttea S' rrk4 i that ! with
1 f.wef rhtg f a lk4 iS ell.ff
I lm.a IU alsats the ..l. T-vt
1 t , , tr.tiu l-.ii Is la (he I ml I H al.
r.s,ls w rs-tai 14 kU by tt W
I Ltf, Uea. AL, hi it. I'eitistl.
ht ronntry and her tielsM law la
the ta-atitw of tWt'ranl. lamw of hi
eoRiplalnlnif was rvvn leaa eohereat
than thia. U a'-urd to take the
nvarbid c-aipowrirjf artioai Jy. einrp la
Bii tar a it giara to f r ive that It w filer
waa eW tiiatt.f the .i tint, nlal VfioMal
Into win, I, th- ft'Sx-Lajarwl ala lse of
the ta-hiv!H t t.im i h. ittrva-
rtsl. and t that ratly if
be had swH br NsM-h he ftBtfat
kave r l trtlt.rr.
per l t .
f ..i-ril-, f f irlpf. raewirmala
a4 all Ttrl 4 1 Hia-v a't
-4 ey shuea-e Csr. Fer V7
',: i Waff,
OUR STOCK
OF . . .
SPACE IS
TOO HKAVY
AND WE
ARE WILLING
TO UNLOAD
to Advertisers at a great financial sacri
You need it in your business, and as a
nutter uf buMnc-s vc must sell it.
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It
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