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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-06

Groceries, Foxr Ap4Feed, at
X D. B. ALIENS.
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LIST OF LETTERS.
SCHOOL REPORT.

SCHOOL REPORT.
The following is report Of the lola
schools for the month ending February
26th, 1875:
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Field, Grass ehd Garden
Seeds in bulR and War
'''''N wv. BECK.
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Mrs. Bancroft is visiting her daugh-
tiers at Fredonia.
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Dit 1Elu PALACE DRAWING ROOM
| IULh0AN and SLEEPING CARS
| From st. Louis, Cincinnati and Columbus to
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Our county Jail is without an .occu-
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for THE REGISTER.

Subscribe for The REGISTER.
Our county Jail is without an .occu
pant.
"A series of revival meetings are in
progress at Geneva.
Mrs. Bancroft is visiting her dsugh-
tiers at Fredonia.
The signs for an early spring have
all been showed under.
Judge Talcott is holding court at
Defiance, Woodson county.
Persons having trees that need prun-
ing should attend to it now.
The Changers held a meeting at the
Masonic Hall last Saturday.
A. ell
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| was long way Off but he knew II was
miner : lamp, and felt that partie. var,
searching through the deserted chomhar
lor him. Regardless of the har,l. iaggal
Moor, the strong walls. the ever arcom
pahtinS throns of rats that kent In III,
rear' OF dangerous pits that might liz
aneau oi hlm' he ran rapidly toward where
~ nau seen the lght, shouting until he
.,,,, This way Here am. Here | am \,
hls way for Gods sake!"
The echoes tok up the cry and corr,a,, :.
through the n0isome avenues Iiftsd !, - IL =
10 'he roof OF the cerulean vault. and rer
peated i until it died away IN !, wall i,
agony out the bearer OF the light did no,
htaF Y 10 the course he had taken. and tha
H'iloS' exhausted boy. fout-sore and
bruised oy frequent falls on the hard rnnyh
niue moor, buried on In the subterrana9r
Iaoyrihth- Suddenly, in turning the mi
S'e ot one OF the corridors, a light aashel
upon ms sight, aud then another ami ~.
o'leF' \ voice shouted prolonged call =
J-a-m-a-s G-a-ll-a-g-h-e-r! uell.o-o-
90, Jimmy"
me inevitable echoes had scarcely tax
Gu up the cry when the boy returned the
C1' M''h an ms soul ia his voice.
here am. Come this way, ;"
~ answer was heard, aud in a few mo-
ni'ht' >-nrdF miners had found the NV
!, nuI II dd MT know that he WAS rescued
II II ny Itileh 70 the ground unconscious,
>''N"91n HiNIh[ gone oaI with his last
"td cry IL was sooa taken out iuto thc
pure AR, wnere his frantic mnrbarand ,h,
most OF the village had assembled ~ awni,
'he result Of the search. Tie people W.
"i'n when u was announced th1f ~. Al.
WAS ipunJ. and hi, brlya rpsc,,,r. -
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wonderful Effect Of Climate.


hrr bran. ,,,,,t. - ~ va an ana
~nr In.t l.'. ,.,.,.s,,,.',,.' '''"- ail Invalid.
,.-he carn.. y, It,,,a' ',",.' !" STATING thtt
cellular fI..y,'.a,,,'.- ~ '''" peFaie "
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..t,. tn ,,,,,,r i.'r, '.,,... ''c ~" N"l he'li-
urr>nu >l,. ,.,,,... h. |4.''u VAIN ans
ndy,re ci,n,.,t,I.,.,;'.l '''1'l' WIN giving
u. iuyalId. ....l - n P..t >'"l'glcAI 10
tbo,. of r..,,,,., '.,.,.',;',''.- ''e same from
U.r ..y,.r..,,...'. .. .''''.
th,,. Of tnc MrtrnUnii;an a aiMHwtS vsrtffGt,D
Am The iolloNIp, ,lal,.,ue ra.ucl 49,
..Y,. lutt,n c.,n. here nroh,bIy
,be weakest person y,l every NV haI
mans. nt NV 'Iiu,5. IN f,rr NV I,u.. N,.rr
hu, nrtI. foute1rr than cartiIao,- r,,d
un intelligent control Of A single muscle
not m. use of a ,inr,e iaculty.i
.i,rr4t Heavens" exclaimed In. aston
i>h,.l auditor. r.. and yuu liyed;"
II d.d. Ml>S. although Was devoid Of
.iaut. VA, absolutely tnothleSs. unable to
arti.lIlat,. 4 .inoIr word ANA dppendeut
upou others tor everything. being com
rirtrIy drnriyed of MI nowrr "a helm nv
.aL commenced to gajn immediately
unnu INV ARRIVAL. ana have scarcely pxper-
fenced Il sick day since. Hence can con
.ri,utiou.Iy recommend The climate
- wonderful case .aiJ th,. lady. "but
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Inc next moment the gig drove M. and
man sprang into Thornburv's. cyiJentI,'
uiihAlhg that he had shot the driver
lhothoury saw the wOuld-be murderer
stoop down a. If to rifle the dead body ~
I imagined was there and quick aS ugbt
nin- he sprang upon him.
ne struggle lasted but a few moments
lnornbury had the advantage over INA
o'her, ana his hatred and determination
2aNc nm double strength. He seized his
adversary by the throat. and bent hi, head
U'enty on The iron rail on the splash
BOARD. At first the man only struovl.d 70
escape, but At last he eudeayored IN dra,y
pistol from his pocket Seeing bis IN.
tehuon, and taking advantage of his hay.
InE let 20 his hold, Herbert dashed ,ha
/ mah heau oacN With more violence than
/ ever The fellow uttered a deep groan. ana
tell back sen>eless
NhiIe this struggle had been going Oh
/ the terrified horse had dashed on its way
/ - that by the tine Herbert had conquered
MS man The lights OF Gatcshcad were in
/ view. ?"
Gathering up his reins he urged on tho
III u =. the same time placing hi, feet on
hI' PROSTATE foe 20 that he might no, -.
cape
As be approached the inn he shouted
loudly ior help, 80 that when he arrived
tier ne found tie yard mll uf people.
hat ) u, NJ. Ihornbury.' cried one.
hAt the matter, ,Ir:' shouted anoth-
cr.
I've been attacked On tie road
'raciou> goodness, cried the Iaudl.dy.
Thank goodness you escaped
~ minute dozen willing hands were
ia'i upon ihe prostrate man. ana he WA
dragged from the carriage.
Herbert Ihornbury tore the mask fron
the face, and started back with \ cry al
horror, a he exclaimed:
Great heavens. BENJAMIN RaIl,v"
II was too true, there he stood yyf,b
hanging head aud downca,t cyr,-Iur.,
LeA' the iavortie Of the commercial rnnr,
lhe Murderer Of Ii, fr.eud> H.. fr.rk.
confessed hiN crime, and met the iu.i plr-
'>HHtht hc deserved. Ia III, confession ~.
stated that i WAS his habit Ia .,,rt t.r
"uc>hcAd some lime before M, iut.pJ.i
victims. lie then had waited for fLr,n ~,
pass. aui had then cXtiu-ui >hcI If, tar,,.-
ana followed them. The poor crca,urr.
nearing the >oauI of wheels. hal nattr..I-
- >1Ppy>'d lilt x Ma brother b4rmau.
'"4 "AH puI4e4 up 70 wait TOR h.m. When
Hr Wa near he had deliberately taken aim,
"',' Hi"l 'Hrui through The heal. Ilr tA-u
ilH,u jhc bodies, and put them in t..
cAA!>e, turned the horses down .nun h,.-
PAIN AnJ sent them ~ full gallon. Wbr9
"a" h.i.'i PHI Ihorurury. he mi hrn.,.l,t
~ tht bndy himself To- avoid Suspicion.
F'' iHr >tihr reason hc had uu severn. ,.-
't>''l' HF,d outlets through hl, cIuthc, 1.
-iNc ;he ide! Ac hal been attacked
""rh \ heard Young rhornbury f4ho
.Ae "t.h to discover hi~ fathers mur,lrr,r
he aided. 4 felt convinced thar Il WV.
.'''''' II - hr detected as Mas the miu
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Rates OF Advertisinx.
Vol. XXI.Wbole No. lO72. No.32,

fERDING THE ANIMALS AT CENTRAL
fARK.-The feeding lime brings Wis
ion of pandemopium mo conception of
It Is possible until it is witnessed
Brute nature. as we'll as human nature
shr;nks from responsibility, even in the
matter of eating and drinking. Anx-
ious and expectant as the brutes are
they all seem to depend on the old
Asiatic lion TO announce the COMING of
forage. They get restive in their way.
but it is quite plain that the, look 10
MN Tor definite impulse. The king of
beasts at this interesting period,
crouches with much dignity aud looks
s'eadiiy through the big window to-
ward the senal door. All eyes are
nxed on him. At the first sign from
MN all Is uproar, tumultuous plunging
ana rearing; the heavy and quick
STRIDES OF the lions and tigers Jar their
cages teartully; the leopards leap and
plunge over and under each other. and
execute most wonderful vaulting. Eacn
creature has its characteristic move
mcnt.
Meantime the air is rent with uneartb.
~ yells among them none more strange
than the voice OF the hvenas, which
Canler IN most ludicrous style up and
down the cage and laugh Historically.
L hey laugh-that i, the only word 10
express lt-yct the sound is like the
continuous >qucaking OF an upri.h,
steam saw, slightly Interrupted at ill.,
'aIs as II some hard knot arrested lis
progress. All sthis time the little
elephants have been pumping aud STIR
rlnS the air, and looking As il they We're
rIhg on the last new waltz. OF the
arger animals the bears are the most
deliberate and delnure; they do not
1aflclpate III the genetal excitement,
which Is mostly confined to the strictly
animals.
ne pumas are somewhat deliberate
n thelractions, but they compensate by
n occasional yell that breakes through
III other sounGs and fairly chills the
'iood-an enlarged caterwaul pitched
III demoniac key. The magnificent
lgaur-thc South American tigers
$50 digniticd in his bcaling. Conscious,
| great power. he takes hi, share of
ood rs his right, and eats deliberately.
; becomes his rank.--N y. Post
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The Case ofBrown.

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III TIL 500, N.',e'' r,''.',,,'.,.'i.,.
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4 certain lawyer had his portrait TAX
en- in his iavoritc attitude, standing
with one hand in his POCKET. His
friends and some of his cli"ute went To
zee it. Everybody said: "Oh. how
much it i. like him, Ii is the very pic
turc OF him." One farmer. who hap
pened to be present Thought differently.
"Tain't bit like him., ''Tisu't, eh:'
! said half dozen at once; ''Just show
u~ wherein it is not capital likeness "
"Wa'al. tain't; no use talking tell
YOU 'tain'tI' ''Wcll. why? Can't YOU
ieIl Us why it amt good likeness: ::
Yes easy enough. Don't you see he
has got his hand in his own pocket:
Twould be as good agin il he had it in
| somebody else's"
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})oetrp.
The Aud Wife.

The Aud Wife.
The wsrld has had enough. auld man.
Eoough o. thee an me:
Ils time that We had game frae L
To meet our b.iInIes three
Ihat gaed frae u sae lang lang syne
In twa wat, bitter Mays.
Al. Duncan. / the kirk-vard lies
The sunlight o our days.
We mony silky fleece can claim
WITH the bieldin fauid:
Our shield COW leads slee Kit herd
!" hen losnin' time i called:
Hl1h-heapit bings they tell for Us
Al our gay. routhie kirns:
fu store o winter cheer haze We
hist winter ingie burns
L Rutherglen thou',t sieekt enough
- gOwd for thee an me.
An We should live a score o. year.
lhat We shall never see.
An. better stIi.. we haze, auld man.
some tried an tru.ty frien's
10 gie "a gTeetin' at their doors.
An welcome 10 their ben.
But. Duncan, we are .ioopt at gray.
A. We We're uncO poor:
An had na Ticf 10 tent without
Nor wAr wiih'i the door:
An. though We lo'e ilA ith.r wei
ne Time gaes lang au lane
An the rcrr crOone cooms sAbiin' an
FOR the ntsilin's that are game.
On! the hungry heart can IA be filled
WI irien'ship nor wi bread,
lhats longin', longin' eYermair
FOR tAc luFc y ane that's deaf
Al We ha'e sosghi thro' creepin years
our grim doors counier-baa-.
Till We gae stiH an lair WI toll
1ei here's the same auld pain.
An tho we've iik for ither tried
To play the checrin' part.
An hide. by >miln' O the Hus.
The ~eepin' o the heart:
lctilk kens that the ither Io'es
Far maIr the gowAn ma"
Jpo' three liiile kiTk-yari groes
Than a the hadden Draw.
That we are weary bidin' now
Our dariln's We maun show;
But shall Ane gse alane Aboun
Whilst the ither len below
On, wad the mornin' sun nigh, light
our twa br0ws quit o. care.
bllsi our twA soul. our b4iruies claspcd
Where parilu' coom- ma mair..
L. A. ". :.
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George Washington couldn't tell a lie.
and that's what ails the average Vicks
burg boy. The other day when one OF them
accidentally broke pane of glass in a
store window. il was touching to see him
walk bravely into the store and up to the
merchant and say: Mr.. Blank. broke a
pane of glass in the window there, and you
can charge it TO the old mans account
Put it down as pound of saleratus, and
he'll never know the differencei''
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Had whisky anything to do with
bringing YOU here? inquired peniten-
tiarv chaplain. Everything, sir,every-
thing, exclaimed the man. The Chap
lain was encouraged, and eagerly en-
CURED how it was. We'll, sir, III tell
You how it was. The Judge was drunk
and the lawyers were all drunk, and
they fetched me in guilty
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'GLos>ART.-H H'lt. wet: J!ei,lt5. shelter.
lng; she'd, specAlcd; sj,eklt. sleek: Lu.y..
heaps OF iarm-produoe; routine. plentiful.
AtT"s, hsrN e>t-suVpeTs st..Af. shut M stored .
brHv. inner rpar menis; vie'. plenty; fY.f.
wsieh, take care of; 'crir, 10 use: -ras4s.
moan q" oFs. sorrow,; gpirrH's, da,y'..
yFaes, graves ; hI1d,". piece OF land. the
.iocAing Of farm. the furniture ui q hnu.,. .
hTdir. nne.nanjsonle. b.dtA. awaiting: u..fss..
must; GJpon above
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Logic-Young wife G., George, who ar
rived home in the small hours of the morn
iug)-"We are one. dear, now that were
married, ARE we not!" George-"Certainly,
my darling. why" Young wife-"Oh,
only wanted to know; because, II we are,i
must have been dreadfully inebriated last
night"
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An elderly gentleman, returning
home from church, began to extol the
merits of the sermon to his son. Said
he: Jack, have heard one of the
most delightful sermons ever delivered
before a Christian society. 1t carried
me to the gate CT Heaven why didn't
you dodge in:' replied Jack You will
never have another such chance
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Farmers! 4! Attention I!

T WILL press hay by the ton for a iair prlce
L my presses will press bales as square ~
thick as desired and will put more hay 10 the
foot than any other portable press. My nay
brings the top price. viii send press to any
parties for 800 tons of hay.
81 Satisfaction guaranteed. Five years Ex'
perience.
For terms etc, address
y. r. AAyoON, Belfast, Maine.
srN b. Hay Presses for Sale. 5w30'
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Wrong. Three young girls tried to
get their horses head down so that he
could drink-by unbuckling the crup-
per- Boston Post.
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Josh billings says of flies; Although
they hang around grccerys good deal,
never see fly wuss for liquor. but have
often seen liquor that waz CRATE deal the
wuss ior f1ys."
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IItLr, HElr,

HI "i> .Atn -u,A "A place Ill J,s. 5.,r
Young Gallagher found hila,,.Il ,,.,.,.,n, =.
-n,. alone Ald entirely lgu,r. ,f Wi,
way 'ut. lil~ first Thought va, +. ,I,.,,.
-'uI mr. hc.P. 5lt the sound al b.. ,',....
,iA'rr>.u- t4r Iey,oa, corr. .lur, and .,I.
"H- bacA ;p him A., crv. uruInu,.j ...t
multiplied a huudrci times. i, X :, r,,,,'
H".d" were mptAin. h., .-trt.., .. n. .,tI
et'I ihe boy THAT ~ could ~. a,,t,.r ,7,.,r.
AK .,', ~ fyl... the Dry, and h. r,un,I,,,,l
,.,. j. ...-.-.., ,.',, ....
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- ''''' ,'''
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All the ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY PAPERS
and MONTHLY MAGAZINES, may be found al
TINS store.
Lovers OF books are invited 10 call and make
this store their Head Quarters.
choice Library OF the late popular publica.
tlJns may here be found, and each will be loaned
for lbe uifiing sum OF ots. per day.
sr-A large lot OF WRAPPING PAPER, PA
PER BAGS and TWINE just received.
J. 4, HALE.
O,s,aber1 .fls7s. >--t II ---' +ou
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Pauper Notice.

THE undersigned hereby gives notice that he
| bas contracted with the City Of Ellsworth for
me support of the Poor during the ensuing year
and has made ample provision for their support.
lie therefore forbds al persons nom furnishing
out his written order, he shall pay no bills so
furnished N.C- hE1 NoLDo.
Ellsworth, May Is, 1875. zVu
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- lie left the spelling bee At 10 O'Clock,
and stopped in a saloon On his way home
Here he met several friends who set 'cm
up divers times. and he reached huu.
about midnight, with a confused brain and
a very demoraliLed pair OF legs. Then h"
sworc that somebody had stolen the key
hole. but his wife. with i fearful scowl on
her brow. and a lamp in her hand, admit
ted him. Drunk" she exclaimed.
DIR u-n-c (hic) drunk. Ihaz ea>yuuil.
Brute" "B-r-o-o-ot ,hic|, give uo q
harder one. Idiot ;" Thar harder hlc|,
but Kin spellum. Id did ct Idiot.
Now give US 4 sumner lhiC." She picked
up a poker and gave him "stunner, aod
the spelling bee adjourned, sine lie.
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The Chicago Times has received what
purport, 10 be n communication from Don
ad~ou, the missing bailoouist, through Il
Dubuque medium" the iull text Of which
j. this -
The balloon wll be picked up and you
/ viii hear from 1t tomorrow. All hands
are lost. Write to the Chicago Times and
journal that the balloon is lost and we are
lost. Also that We threw out ballast, sup
posing we we've near the land, when We
/ suddenly dropped into the lake and could
not rise the second time
Upon which the Times remarks Air
navigation becomes very discOuraging bus
/ Ine>s when the throwing out OF ballast
7 causes a balloon to fall, and it is no wonder
/ that Donaldson was lost when SO eXtraor-
4 dinary an event took place. Ii il TO be hop
/ ed that this sort of mediumistic charlatanry
I in connection with the balloon disaster will
| cease. II is very serious business tor quite
number OF people, who find nothing To
make them laugh in all this clairvoyant
/ nonsense. Spiritualism had an excellent
7 opportunity here to demonstrate its truth
| BY giving trustworthy Intelligence of the
| whereabout, of the balloon, but instead we
have had half dozen different stories from
as many prominent and reliable medi-
ums. Some of them have saved Donaldson
in the pine forests; others have impaled
him upon the branches of tree, aud 9TH
ers have precipitated him into the lake"
AN AMATEUR BASE BALL MATCH The
Curtis Street No-Stockings aud the North
Nav Street Mutuals (second nine) played
an interesting game yesterday on the street
Of the latter club. Some very heavy bat
ting was done. Smiley, OF the No-Stock-
ings, struck a hot liner in the latter part OF
the seventh inning right over the right
fields head into grocery window. on
which min teen home runs were scored.
one by each member of the two mines and
/, one by one scorer They would have
scored twenty-one, only policeman who
happened to be passing. assisted by the
grocer's boy, made a brilliant double play
and took in the other scorer and umpire
No decision has yet been given. but the
; umpire is expected TO render one to-mor
c row as soon as the police justice has rep
2 rimanded and discharged him. Chicago
Tribune.
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Miscella
A Coal Nine Horror
lDanmoTe, Pa. Correspondence tJulv -,
H.ra 6

1DuhinoFe r. Correspondence July ~ OF M
\. \. Herald
Through the brutality OF a miner In tbo
employ OF the PENNSYLVANIA Coal Gamma.
ny al lhis place mule boy in the sam
h'ne was recently put to 30 terrible an ~.
perIence IN one of the Company's abanJ.
oued mines that he has become. Ii i faareJ
/ hopeieNsiy insane. aud has been sent To m,
iuHatlc asylum in Dauviile, Montour conn.
/ ".
Inc miners name Is James Barrett. rba
ooF - me son OF a poor widow, and Al
."ou-h buI II years ot aye. contributed
I1'-tiy 70 her support. His name j. ,Jutn,.
'dlAShtr. ihe nlu Ban rett it seems "a .
',' '"e n"oI "t abusing the lad la u most
shameful manner. having no ann.r.,,,
tauSe save "A mere personal antipatlIv. Thr
ool stood IN mortal lear OF Barrett 4
"eeA or 80 ago the latter had been tyran-
h'@'hs over young Gallagher with NOR.
."'n usual cFu"lty.and finally Swore that if
i'' w i't gun Ms sight at once he vouId
N''i mum i. the same tImt running toUard
'"t o'H WIN hl> pick raised as il to strike
"lln' Gallagher ran screaming away from
hi" prosecutor. and made directly mo tbn
abandoned chamber, never stopping "
zoos "hcre he wa,, in IN, fright ONLY think
l'- - getting out oi the reach Of Barr.tt
AitrF running Tor some time the bny
H'"Pt'i ana Tor the first time saw that m.
"'N ~ the WorAed-out mine. Even then Ter
''' ~ TT cIues taskmaster was upprr-mo~t
ia h> mind, aud Il was not uutll The u,tle
lhlhe IAmp on h.> cap began 1, grow l.n
ana anltly went entirely on rb,t h.. .Y.nL..
Y IAe horror ot hi, situation.
IllE ABANDONED NINE
lt thyr. H. a chamber ~ b....
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CONFESSION 81
OF A VICTIM.

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Published AsAwARSIxG for the benefit Of young
MIS- aud tiIers who suffer fTem Nervous DE-
BILITY, LOSS OF MANHOOD, etc, GIVING HIS
RULES OF SELF f-CURE, after undergoing & much
su urering and expense, and mailed free on Tecely-
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Water, water every where,
But not a drop to drink.

From the fact that he was growing so
hungry and thirsty, Gallagher judged that
he had been Il long time in the mine Up
to this tine he had been confident that lie
would be able to find his way out Of the
old mine in the course of few hours. bur
now hope seemed to be leaving him. He
conjured up pictures of his mother waiting z
Tor him to come home at night, of her anX-
iety at his tardiness. and then her uncon-
trolable grief at the news of his loss. Then
his mind dwelt on the horrors of death
by starvation or suffocation in the mine,
and the >ickening thought that hr was fol-
lowed bp horde Of ravenous rats, that
were ready to make food OF him even be-
fore he was dead. These thoughts almost
drove him crazy, and he aroused himself
determined To make another effort 20 es
cape from the mine. He followed one o
the cross corridors and wandered about in
the maze OF chambers Tor hours. Once h
thought he heard his name called ard h.
shouted in reply, only to hear it repeate,
far many Iniuufas hv th. damon anhna-
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THE LIGHT OF THE sEARCHERs

while wandering about in this way, a
prey to the tortures of hunger and thirst,
and to both mental and physical agony, he
saw light flash for an instant across the
corridors in which he was cropping. 1t