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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10
THE aoYERNoRsHIP.
Appointments Of the Democratic and
Republican Candidates.

AYtVhAe1AsOntS Va kuC OCkMVGA 0t4G d1t@
Republican Candidates.
The following appointments for the
canvass have been agreed upon by the
chairmen of the Democratic and Re
publican State Executive Committee
Tullahoma, Saturday, Oct. 10.
McMinnville, Monday, Oct. II.
Murfresboro, Tuesday, Oct.13.
Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. Il.
Alexandra, Thursday. Oct. Is.
Nashville. Saturday, Oct. IL.
Columbia. Monday, Oct. 10.
Pulaski, Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Gallatin, Wednesday, Oct Fl.
GAINESVILLE, Thursday, Oct. %.
Paris, Friday, Oct @. -
Mckenzie, Saturday, Oct. "a.
Humboldt, Monday, Oct. 26.
Union City, Tuesday. Oct. q.
Bolivar, Wednesday, Oct. %.
jackson, Thursday, Oct. 20.
Brownsville, Friday, Oct. 30.
Memphis, Saturday, Oct. 81.
j. L. RICE,
Chairman Democratic Elk. Com.
w. F. PRossER,
Chairman Republican Elk. Com.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10

The Circuit Court of this, the 10th Judi
cial Circuit, Hon. J. K. RICE presiding, are
held at the following times and places:
GAINESVILLE, Montgomery county, on
list Mondays In January, May and Septem-
Der. G. ID. Bailey, clerk.
SPRINGFIELD, Robertson county, the LIST
Mondays in February, June and October
John Y. Hnfchings, clerk.
ASHLAND CITY. Cheatham county, the
3rd Mondays in February, June and Octo-
Der. w. b. Nichols. clerk.
CHARLOTTE. Dickson county, the 3rd
Mondays in March. July and November
]. A. Dodson, clerk.
WAyERLY, Humphreys county, the 4th
Mondays in March, July and November
IL. NJ. Little, clerk.
DOVER, Stewart county, End Mondays In
April, August and December. w. J. Hag
Ter, clerk.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10
Masonic.

Clarksville Lodge, No. 49, meets first
Monday night in every month.
Clarksville chapter meets first Thursday
after first Monday.
GAINESVILLE Council, meets second Thurs
day after first Monday.
The Commandery meets third Monday
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10

HERE'S the truth in nutshell. The
Rochester Union y says:
The northern half of the Union
with every element OF wealth and pros
p,rijy-with its shops turning out the
results of mechanical skill, and the
fields blossoming with abundant har,
vests-is in state of StagnatiOn be-
cause of the condition of the South
Tor it is as much against reason to ex-
pect that one-hdlf of the country car
he in sickly condition. approaching
death, and the other half in a healthy
condition, with vigorous life, as to ex-
pect that one side of ones body can
be mass of putrefaction and the
other side type of perfection
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10
sixth Division of Che ChancerY Ceart

The Chancery Court for this, the sixth
Division, Hon. c. O.. SMITH, presiding, is
held at the following times and places;
HARrsvILLE, Trousdale county, LIST Mon
days of February and August
GAINESVILLE. Montgomery county, 4tn
Mondays of April and LIST Mondays Oh NO.
vember.
G4LLATIN, Sumner comfy, LIST Monday oil
June and zth Monday OF December.
LEBANON, Wilson county, and MONDAY
of April and and Monday of October.
SPRINGFrELD, Robertson county, 4tn
Monday March and 3rd Monday in Septem-
Der.
DOVER. Stewart county. End Monday In
February and 4th Monday in October.
AsHIAND CITY. Cheatham county, 3rd
Monday in January and End Monday In
August. 60 .., 49,
ARLINGTON, Houston county, 4tn Mon
day in February and 4th Monday in August,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10

You may retire" said Governor
Moses to a cOlored waiter who was
standing behind his chair in South
Carolina restaurant. "'Scuse me, sab, :"
said Sam, but Use 'sponsible for de
spoons.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10
i. O. o. T..

YOUNG ENCAMPMENT No. SO, meet
FIRST and THIRD THURSDAY in
each month.
PYTHAGoRAs LODGE No. %, meet
MONDAY EVENING of each week.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10

A Vermont editor say that maple
srpar is so abundant in that State this
season that the girls are twenty per
cent sweeter than usual.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10
Knights Of Pythlas.

Cumberland Lodge, No. IL, meets every
J Friday night, at Masonic Hall.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10
Montgomery County Criminal Court

will De held on 4th Mondays OF January
and A priI, and 2nd Monday Of November ,
10y Judge c. W. Tyler, b. D. Johnson At
torney General.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10
To all Persons In want or Good
Merehantable Brick. Either
at the Kiln, Delivered at any
Named Place, or Laid i'm q
Wall.

1 am now manufacturing Mt my Brick
yard In the city of ClaTksville. Tenn, i'm
mediately on the L. & y. & CT. Southern r.
R., a very superior quality OF Brick, and
AN prepared 20 contract with responsible
parties for any number of Brick, at the
kiln. delivered at any named point, or laid
in a wall. house or otherwise. Ny prices
are as follows for nlerchantable brick:
~ 81 - f, ~ '-----% y ~ ~
Lad in wall in city llmits............. =. II 90
viii enter into contract with responsible
parties. guaranteeing that all brick fur
niShed, ind all brick laid by me shall be
done pro mptly and In a workmanIlke
manner, or ne per written contract. AlIor-
ders or contracts LETT with or entered into
with Dr. &c bb ri the Courthouse will be
Immediately attended To.
JOHN BRADLEY.
NAV q. Js7l AZ
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10
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TO YOUNG MEN.


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h CHAs. j. C. KIINEA
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TO THE
NERVOUS DEBILITlTED
OF BOTH SEXES.
TO THE
No Charge for Advice and Consultation


DR.. J. B. DYoTT. graduate of JEFF
ferson Medical College, Philadelphia
author of several valuable works. can
be consulted on all diseases of the Sex
ual or Urinary Organs, (which he has
made an especial study either in male
or female. no matter from what cause
originating or Of how long standing
A practice Of 80 years enables him TO
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anteed. Charges reasonable. Those
at a distance can forward letter de-
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to prepay postage.
Send for Guide to health. Price Zoe.
j. Il. DYOTT. NJ. D.,
Physician and SHrgeOn. 104 Duane St,
" y tjap. II 74-ly.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-10

No. Blanks or every descrIp.
tiOn. for sale at this Office.
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Rates OF Commission

CHARGED FOR POST OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
Warranted.

Four to six bottles OF Dr.. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery are warrant
ea to cure Salt Rheum or letter and
the worst kind of Pimpies on the
face. Two 10 tour bottles are warrant
ed to cure the system Of Boils, Carbun-
cles and Sores. Four to six bottles are
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
Dwelling House Tor sale.

TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING
\ House No. III, Slst st Get, near Wood
erect, containing SIX ruOms and wash
uDuSe, al in good repair. Water and gas
N IN house. A so 4 small fra Ts store in
cont OF the house, wi h counter, shelvings,
.yc, and one of Tiugleys hor zontal Ice
Cream Freezer and Packing Tub, all in good
u.der. Price ..TOl. Enquire OH premises
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24

warranted to cure the worst kind of
Erysipelas and Blotches among the
hair. Six TO ten bottles are warranted
to cure Running OF the Ears and Cor
rupt or Running Ulcers. Eight to ten
bottles are warranted to cure Scrofulous
Sores and Swellipgs. Two to six bots
ties are warranted to cure Liver Com
plant.
\ WONDER TO HERSELF.
TANET0wN, Delaware Co., o..
March 90, 1919.
10 DR.. Il. J.. Pierce:
Your discovery needs only fair trial
and it will do all you recommend it to
do and more too. When / was fifteen
| caught cold and for twenty-eight
years | have been a perfect wreck Of
disease, and all the medicines aud doc
tors, bills have run up at times to two
aud three hundred dollars, and never
any better but worse, when / gave up
all hope last spring OF living the sum-
mer through. | received one OF your
Account Books and told my husband
after reading it that it was too late to
try further, but he said it was never too
late. lie went and bought two bottles
and | found it was helping me very
much. Since lS4l | was troubled with
Catarrh and Sore Throat, and was al
most entirely deaf in one ear aud my
voice was as dull az could be. There
was constant pain in my head. Now
my head ia IS sound az q dollar, my
voice is clear, and have used ten bot
ties o. your Discovery. 1t has cured
me OF Catarrh, Sore Throat, Heart Dis
ease, Syae Affection and Torpid Liver
Ny LSy: was very bad. My skin was
rou-h. When put my hand On
my Ey.g il 50. like ish scales
Nos !. i.as smrc,h pad soft as child'a.
In CO c.Us!oa VII -sy nave been well
for three months. am g. wonder to
myself and friends. This is but an i'm,
per Get statement. half has not been
told Yours with respect,
HEaTER LACKEY.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
DE IrTTS IfAIR DYE

Possesses qualities that no thcr Dye does.
It's effect Is instantaneous, and so natural
that IL cannot he detected by tho Gloss OBJ
server. II Is harmless, easily applied and Is
in general use among sbiOnsh'c EaiT dro.S
erS in every large city in the United states.
Prize 81 a box. ~ III everywhere.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
ZOE RENT.

..... s.GrE ROOM on MARKET
..-.r. so. loss, now occupied by j..
.. ....... .s Co., Joining John Welty's
.-. .r....c OF =, WELTY,
No. 100.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
'E'rEG-frC's Gale,

sNN EIETU + OFA DEED OF TRUST
, made 10y Marshall Jackson and vile
.....s TN tee dated April 23, 49,, ana
...lsG. .n the Office ottGe elk OF Ohio
....rr. in Book !, page al, will offer for
10 puzzle auction At the front door oil
N."#. HoGsa OF ohio county, on
daytime eth nay of MRrch,IS7
.. OWN described property Situated
....rnEtg.t-. corner of Main and Web
Streets, ys-.uuinL AT the northeast cor
.. Main au Webster streets, thence
........ .'ouy the north line OF Webster
.. .- seek, UtuCheS, TO the west nue or
..E BEAD. thence northwardly along
ID usn-5 -reJ % Gerard x Tuttle's south
......usg westward along said line IS feet
8H.r..lr inc OF Main street, thence south
.-..t along the said line OF Main street o.
.- .'rrr... beginning. .-,
....-.. ~I.a, cash s. p. UiLDRETH,
Trustee.
... ... FsH.uaTy p, 1871. febZ0
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
I i z S A L E.

{ OFFER. FOR \ FEW DAYS, AT PRI-
: NATE SALE, one Sac, one Letter Press,
..e LOT CT shelving and LUMBER, lot OF
g.. .s Pipe and Lad ripe, and ew common
.wo.N-u' and one light pendants.
Ia4r..a j. b. HU HE'S,
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smvEIi fer EsGHi.

..... :HY FARM, SITUATED NEAR
..,.arc. tor rent from April LIST, next;
.. ..... OBTAINS go acres and is IN good
..t.-... 4 large two story frame house
.... mr,G and s,abling are on the
.... Per terms inquire OF
j II. GOOD,
.-. C.ar,.uc st., over sherif'S ONCE
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
EsaEE tsENV.

.-- .. ET.T DESIRABLE STORE
....l .u 20 tnH'ulS BLOCK, next TO the
.. E..,.-.. Possession given on or be-
J. I. HUGHES.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
All Kinds of Cakes.

Biscuit, Rusk Grlddlc Cakes. Pound Cake,
Marble Cake, Corn Bread, PudGlr., aut
Pastry, elegantly mad" with LtCA$- ~
cos Excelsior baking Powder.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
LOCAN'S ARNICA.

For Rheumatic Pains, SweliIEG-, E.u.,ea
SIN Joints, KINKS and Pains 81 any kla1
w ich can he reached ny external ap:l.ca
cations, Tn bCa aud cheGpaS hHr7sw rl q"
market. Try II, 1nd you Will be convinced
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
Wheeling, Pittsburgh, and
Baltimore Division,

KAsT-LEAyRR WEST-LKAYk8
wheeling 'Washlngton, "a,
daily att 81 =. II. daily at.....6:5j 4. Il.
Wheeling washington, r.,
daily at..---":lJ P. ID. daily at....Z:''o 7; u.
sSundays excepted, 'Sundays excepted
Tickets to all ~ ocipal pointS can be pro
,ured - tie office at the Depot.
THOS. II. SHARP,
Master or Transportation.
Ri. DtNRIEs. General Agent. Wheel.
IA, news
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
.,,ay.t,c2iih .ay of anarchists,
FOR RENT.

.... r... which cow live in, corner OF
49,. .rf. r. els,
. ..... .I. House Lately occupied by Glib
..l.r. E... corner Of ~, Il and kof st.
.. ~. anuS,S have all he modern
..:4sa.>; hot and cold water, bath
.... p. House CON aiming FIVE rooms,
....# Kitchen, and hail, corner OF 18th
...I streets.
.... 80 have flI.r new houses finished
. 81 90. ru.ud e OF May or first Il Jnne,
..-rl.H. "u improvements, on hon
JOHN NOLAN.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24

though MOI AVA 3, cured by us USE NOM
ing can restore Ia E. e.. ru>.- 49, Iotlcies
are destroyed. or the glands atrophled and
uecRyed nut such as remain can be saved
by this application, and stimulated INTO
activity, so that Il new grow tn OF hair Is
produced. Instead Of 'Ouling the hair Win
pasty sediment, 1t will keep II clean and
vigorous. lis occasional use Will prevent
the hair from turning gray or falliDg on,
and consequently prevent badness. The
restoration Of vitality II gives 10 the scalp
arrests and prevents the formation OF dand-
ruff, which Is often so uucleanly and ofien-
sIvc. Free ON those dCleterIous substan-
ces which make some preparations danger
Gus and INJURIOUS 10 the hair, the NigOr can
only benefit but not harm II. II wanted
merely Tor 4 HAIR DRESSING, nothing
else can be found so desirable. Containing
neither oil nor dye, IL does not soil white
cambria. and yet lasts long on the hair,
giving it rich, glossy lustre, aud grateful
perfume.
Prepared By Dr., ]. G. Aver & Go.
Practical and Analy teal Chemists
LOWELL, MASS.
Cct2leg
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
EAaCY FLOUR.

.-,E- JI--T RECEIVED lCO BBLS.
r....~ r,st tlcur, ma from Indiana
....-,. y,..fc wheat and is warranted TO
..p e.f.-..,t.up.
r. +. SMHTH,
.....t cor. Market * Fourteenth Sis
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
FOR SALE.
TOR. SALE.
FOR SALE.

4 THREE STORY BRICK DWELLING
I house, on the west side OF Eof street,
Nr-vsCn eleventh a, d Twelfth streets.
VIII PIE sold very low and on favorable
-...a. Fy. particulars enquire OF
X. q. BARR,
t.r1r-l ll42 Chapline st.
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Cleveland & Pittsburgh z, r.
LEAVE

~. -; - on AND AFTER DEC.
lS.A =: ..-.r; ~. IT, 1873, Tfatne, will run
rIlOws
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
ellis Wheeling Raw Bone
Pr s p II AT Z.

The Observation-Disclosures Ofthls celebrat-
Cd Fertilizer, should prompt every live tiiler
OF the soil to test It's merits. II is sold upon
rs tested merits, aud guaranteed TO give
satisfaction. / am also manufs curing Gill's
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 20
@8Es
ON AND AFTER
MONDAY, NOV, Sd, 1878,
Accommodation.

RAsT-LEAVEs. WkST-LEAVEe'
wheeling wheeling
daily at.....9:55 A. n daily at-..6:30 P. II.
ARRIVES At ARRIVES AT
z. MZanesville -. lO:i5 p. u.
Sundays excepted. sundays excepted.
Fast bound trains make connections
at baltimore with trains for Philadel.
,hia, New York and Boston. At Wash
ington City for all poinu south.
West bound trains make direct connec.
ton for al points West and Northwest.
Pullman Palace Cars on all night tralns.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-24
CHLORIDE OF LIME.

Dlslnfpct your cellars, sinks, and out door
premise with this great deOdorizer, and
preserve the health oiyOur household. Use
il in your stables and prevent the loss OF
many q noble animal. Sold in packages
from pcCks 10 barrels Price within the
reach Of the rich and poor. Trade supplied
~ 4 discount. All letters answered and
orders promptly flied. Address
HARRY Ii. GILL, Manufacturer,
CcfO &c Wheeling, W. va.
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For Restoring to GRAY Hair Its
Natural Vitality and Color.

4 dress ng
which is at once
agreeable heal
thy. and efec
tual ior pre-
Eerviu the
Ia ir II soon
restores fdded or
gray hdir 10 itJ
: original col or,
l UuhhcG gloss and
1freSh ness Of
yOuth. Thin
, bair isthicken-
ed, fallen hair
checked, a II d
k-iI" ose often
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-16
The Lost Son.

TN the year 1851, amongst the shipping
Il at New Orleans, was Mexican trad
ing vessel commanded by an eccentric
Dutch captain whose character had been
morbidly affected in some respects by tho
recent loss of an infant son for whom he
had almost an insane affection. The child
had died in Mexico, and letter from his
wife in their adopted home there informed
the bereaved father of the sad event, but it
seemed as though the man could neither
comprehend the locality nor the fact of the
death aud after reading and frantically
destroying the letter it became his delusion
that he had brought the boy with him on
the voyage and would presently find him
astray in the streets. Otherwise fully
master of his reason, in this matter he
was hopelessly insane, and spent days in
wandering moodily along the water-side Of
the city in search Of the supposed truant.
At last, after coming aboard his ship very
hastily one afternoon with some kind of
muf1ed bundle in his arms, and hurriedly
locking it in his private cabin, he gave Or
ders for immediate sailing in the most ex-
cited manner, and betrayed the most in
tense agitation until the vessel was fairly
under way. Great was the amazement of
mates and sailors to discover by and by that
the bundle which had been so hurriedly
carried into the cabin was very handsome
little boy about three years old, who by the
time he was allowed to play on tho deck,
exhibited NO particular sense of strangeness
or distress. Where he came from no one
could guess. The captain called and treat
ed him as his own son, and appeared un-
conscious Of any other relationship; and
as the deluded man was happy once more
in the misconception, his interiors did not
long trouble themselys with speculations
on the subject Upon the arrival Of the
ship at her Mexican port the erazed father
carried the child ashore to his house, and
had scarcely astonished his wife by the in
PRODUCTION when he was seized with brain
fever, imperiling his life for many weeks.
During the delIrium Of the disease he re-
peatedly boasted Of having recovered che
son they would have made him believe was
dead. But with his ultimate recovery
came serious change. Regaining his full
reason with his health, he did not at first
even recognize the boy, and It was only y
with great caution that he was gradually
reminded Of the manner Of the young
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0be Qinres, Nsm BLOOMFIELD, 11a.


strangers coming. For time he could
remember nothing about it, and then al
mostreverted to insanity as the facts came
slowly and mistily back to his mind.
Leaving the child at home, he hastened
back to New Orleans. Returning, he sold
his ship, removed to the city of Mexico,
and from thenceforth he aud his wife
adopted the lad as their own, and called
him by their name. He was reared and
educated with ample paternal care and
liberality, made the sole heir Of his foster
fathers very respectable property, and
allowed to reach manhood without dream
of his true nativity. Two or three years
ago the captains wife died, and was filially
mourned by the youth /; and notuutil with
in a few weeks of the present writing did
the captains own death-bed bring solu-
tion of the mystery of more than twenty
years, Finding himself near his end, some
two or three months ago, the former skip
per Of the trader, now decrepit old man,
showed to his adopted son crumpled and
discolored New Orleans newspaper, of
1851, containing an advertisement of n
handsome reward for the recovery of the
body Of little boy supposed to have been
drowned, the son Of the captain of New
Jersey vessel. A news item from the same
paper explained that the child had strayed
from his fathers ship at the wharf, and
must have fallen into the water, as the
police, after exhaustive search, could find
no trace of him ashore. 1t was also told
that the bereaved captain was from Cape
May, N. j., and was returning home with
out hope Of even finding the body of his
child, which had probably drifted out to
sea- When the young man beside the bed
of death in Mexico had curiously read this
for his education had included par
ticularly thorough course of English-the
dying man solemnly and remorsefully re-
vealed to him that he had been the infant
supposed to be drowned, and was stolen
from the very gang-plank of his fathers
vessel by a maniac! When the self-con-
Tossing kidnapper awoke from his insanity,
with the abatement of the brain fever in
Ills own nome, ne nau hurried DhcK 10 Une
Crescent City to see what amends he could
make for his mad act, only to find that the
New Jerseyman had sailed away in despair,
and obtain the newspaper above quoted
With the discovery that the child was sup
posed to be drowned, the Dutchman''
yearning for his prize returned with fresh
force, and he guiltily determined to keeI
it. And this, while he lay dying, he re
lated to the astounded young man beside
him living only long enough thereafter tC
bless and be forgiven. Last fall heavily
bearded man of foreign aspect presented
himself at the home of former sea cap
tain at Cape May in New Jersey, with the
|, old New Orleans newspaper and the above
strange history, and asked to be received
! as the long lost son. According to dis
patch in Philadelphia paper his pretensior
was denied, and he has returned to Mexico
where he is rich man. Just this uuex
pected conclusion was needed to make the
story one of the most curious narratives oI
the day.