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girls, and bunch of white faces looked
out from the back parlor door. Mr.
Bell rushed to the alarm-bcx and gave
the signel for the police.
"Now, nowlk sep cool and I'll explain,
said Jack, pleasantly. "This gentee
person who had an invitation to call OF
| you is a fugitive from justice. He'
| nothing less than a-Never mind; In
sorry to frighten these ladies', and
tried every devise, even to calling my
| self his long-lost brother, to get my mar
| quietly out ofyou. house and arrest hin
in the; street. I've feeling for the do
me stic sanctities; I'ye daughters of my
own. You see, he's been hiding for sew
eral years and now, thinking pursu
was over, came out quite boldly under
| new name"
Two policeman appeared at the
door.
"Tell the chief of police-his house
is close by" said the cool pa,;v-"tha1
Jack TrapDer. of the London force
has taken the man in the Carter case
and ask the chief to step here If he
will"
While Mr.. Bell was slowly taking III
jack hurried to say, II suppose you
are Mr.. Bell?''
II am-and-qnd-" he assumd
threatening attitude.
Father" shrieked Mrs. Bell and the
the strange proceedings, that high of.
fetal arrived. greeted jack Familiarity as
"Mr. Trapper," and at once had Mont
gomery, who had opened his eyes with
the hunted look of q wild beast. carried
out by four officers.
Mr.. Jack Trapper followed, only turn.
ing ut the door to bow politely and re-
mark: "Pm very sorry ladies-I have a
family myself-but it all came from that
card: My prisoner is charged with
murder"
The scared woman turned to the chief
of police, who confirmed the statement
added that the man; beyond doubt, was
guilty, promised to keep the affair out
of the papers, and also politely with
drew.
Great Heavens" exclaimed Mr..
Bell to his wife, chow did you come to
know the wretch?"
"I-I didn't know him." she STAN
mered.
We've met him for just few min.
utes on the piazza at Saratoga" Josie
explained, in trembling voice, "and-
and-weiI, you know, it's quite fash.
ION to send out New Years cards $3.50
freely"
Mr.. Bell opened his lips FOR the strong
est invective that uptown had ever
heard from them, but he mastered him
self, and only ordered, in tones of thun-
der: go to bed, everyone of you! Col"
A very washed-out rainbow of girls
crept up to their several rooms and Sob
bed themselves to sleep.
II find" said the reused father to his
wife THAT fashion and society don't
guide and protect young girls. For the
future Wen govern our daughters, not
be governed by Them"
These things took place last year.
This year the three beauties are Spoken
OF "as Mr.. Bells daughters" not "the
Bell girls" Also, the few men who have
invitations for New Years day, direct
ed in the bold business hand familiar to
Mr.. Bells correspondents, think them
selves rather lucky.
Poppet, by tn way, stays in the nur-
sery tits year, and says, with proper
dignity, ~ don't retheive."
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CAPTIVE FOR SEVEN YEARS.

Sebastian Beck Tells a Story That
Reads lake a Novel by Cooper.
Condensed from the st. Louis Republican.
There arrived in the city few days
ago man who claims to be the fourth
chief of the great Sioux tribe. His name
is Sebastian Beck and he Was born in
Hohensohlen, Prussia, January 8, 1923,
being now nearly sixty-one years of age.
According to his story, for over seven
long years he was witha gold-1unting
party in the Black Hills. Ga July ID
three thousand Sioux Indians under Sit
ting Bull swooped down upon them and
captured the entire camp. They copfis-
Gated the gold the colonist had horde
together and took everything OF value
they were possessed of. The captives
were then blindfolded, strapped to
ponies and driven away. Beck's family,
consisting of his wife. two daughters
one Is and the other Is years OF age
and son, II years old, were with him
and were also taken of. For seven days
and eight nights the old man was thus
kept blindfOlded. and was furnished with
neither food nor water. When he plead
ed with his captors to relieve his wants
they would reply by punching him in
the side and kicking him. When they
finally did come tc halt be was nearly
dead from exhaustion and almost crazy.
The bandage was taken from his eyes
and he looked around, but his wife and
children were nowhere to be seen. That
day he was made to run the gauntlet.
He passed through ten times success
fully but dropped bleeding and exhaust
ed to the ground, more dead than alive.
The rawhides had torn deep gashes in
the fesa, from which the blood flowed
copiously.
The Indians came up to Kim
and patted him and pronounced him
cheap brave" "big brave" and good
Iniun." 1t was some time before he re-
covered from the effects of his initiation
into the Sioux tribe. Five Of the party
failed to pass throu sh the ranks the re
quired number OF times and were lashed
to death. The remaining twenty. af.
ter having been uly made Indians. were
required TO sele ct brides for themselves
and become Indians. Beck fortunately
got chiefs daughter for a squaw. He
soon became regular brave, though he
was watched constantly during the seven
years.
About ten weeks ago, with the aid Of his
wife, he made his escape and reached
Standing Rock agency, on the MISSOURI
river. There he received help from
General Mills and reached Fort Laramie +,
w. T., a company of cavalry escorting
him. There he left his wife, who re-
turned to her father. Beck says that he
never heard from his family and that the
other white captives were scattered over
the plains years ago.
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Lord Lvtton and Lord Beaconsfield
have carefully developed the culinary
element in their writings Perhaps the
novel reader has observed the strong
astronomical element that is to be
found in Lord Beaconsfeld's stories
How he apostrophizes soup, fish and
game: "The warm and sunny flavor of
brown soup, the mild and moonlight de-
liciousness of white. We soups, DER
whose creation have watched like
mothers DER her sleeping child" The
So of the ortolan; ''Sweet bird, all par
to the sound OF soft music" "Sherrv
has pedigree as long as ar Arabs; a
bouquet like the breath of a woman. A
lobster has all the arts Of a coquette."
So far my Lord Beaconsffeld in the DAYS
OF Lady Blessington, and when he
might meet Louis Napoleon
at petite soupers. He laid down
that immortal principle which Mr..
Bright gu 1ted in the house OF commons
that the great secret of good dinners
is to have hot plates. Disraeii had some
curious remarks on the dinners OF cele
brated people. "a dinner Of wits is
proverbially 4 palace OF silence; and the
envy and haired which all literary men
really feel for each other, especially
when they are exchanging dedications
of mutual affections, always insure in
such assemblies the agreeable presence
Of a.general feeling OF painful restraint.
1t a good thing occurs to guest he viii
not express it, lest his neighbor, who
is publishing novel in numbers, shall
appropriate it next month, or he him
self, who has the same responsibility Of
production, be deprived of Its legi innate
appearance" The personal interest of
this passage is that it is somewhat de-
scriptive of Disraeli himself.
For the most part he was a
very quiet and observant diner
out, who, rs rule, talked very little,
but when he did, talked great deal.
sydney Smith away. made point of
making good meal before he brought
out any of his good sayings. One of
those who used to meet Disraeli says
that his mouth was alive with kind of
working and Impatient nervousness"
perfectly successful Cataract of expres-
sion with a curl of triumphant scorn
worthy of Mephistopheles." In his
ripper days the great earl eliminated the
Mephistopheles expression, which
would scarcely conduce to sociability,
and was known as one OF the most de-
lightful of diners-out 1t is curious that,
so far from complaining of science, Sir
Archlbald.Alison, in his Autobiography,
complains of the strain caused by the in
cessant conflict Of the wits and their ef-
forts TO cut one another out.-London
society
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The Future of America.

From the London Times.
These last saven years have given &C.
easion to the Americans and to their
foreign friends to give utterance to
many congratulations about the happy
result of that struggl, of century ago
1.-THE war of independence every one
has been saying, with all degrees of elo-
auent emphasis. that never since the
world b gan has there been such
progress seen as has been seen between
the Atlantic and Pacific shores since
then. People point to maps Ola hum
dred, of fifty, Or twenty years ago. and
show us with exultant wonder the diff
ference between each pair. With the
peace of Paris, the United States reached
out to the Mississippi, and excluded
New Orleans and Florida and vast re-
gions of that tract were uninhabited and
unceared. We need not dwell on the
change that each year, each week, has
brought forth, on the ltension OF ter
ritory westward and northward, on the
hundreds Of great cities, the myriads of
towns, the tens of thousands Of
miles of railway, the mines, the
manufactures, the MACH .ery. Ali
What is less obvious is the goal to which
this vast material progress Is tending;
question which has perplexed rejecting
minds since De Tocquevile's day, and
which is exercising America not little
at this moment. The United States have
now formed and established themselves,
not without one struggle of tremendous
proportions; their material resources
are secured to them; they are safe tor
long time to come against many of the
trials which must befall the older civil
lizilion OF Europe. But it is already al
most a commonpl'ce to say that their
real trials are only just beginning. When
the era of set lement is over that Of in
ternal develop nent will begin. VIII t
will be the moral and intellectual aspect
of it? What will be the gift of America
to the common stock of ideas? The ques-
ton is one that can only be vaguely asked
as yet; time alone can answer it.
But meanwhile, it would be
vain to deny that the century
old republic is giving every indication
Of future as remarkable in the region
of morals and Of ideas as in the mater-
al region. Literature is beg inning to
take character, ald very charming
character, of Its own in arts the Auleri-
CIuo arc ouCNlAS IL 1iob W III iOpChu
ence, at least an extraordinary facility
which must lead them to better things
before long. They are eager for all that
Europe can send them in the way of let.
tels, the drama. or pictures. There is
no evacuation in New York" on the part
of English lecturers, English actors, or
English writer's. The keen American
mind is turning with eagcrness, not uni
formed with criticism, toward The best
that the modern world can give it. The
intellectual future of such race is not
likely to dsappoint the most sanguine
of the prophets.
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Whence Come Our treasures.

We read that recognized authority
in agricultural affairs has written the
following, which seems no exaggeration
of facts: "In view of the formation, ex-
tent, richness and importance of the
vegetable mold of our northwestern
pralries, it is established to certainty
that the United States is in possession
of one Of the greatest treasures in exist
ence, which is not surpassed in value
and importance by all the precious met
ais il the bowels of the earth" To
provide for the real necessities OF man
there is no comparison between such
earth and mineral treasures, and yet
Darwin has shown that to the common
earth worms we are indebted for all
such rich mold; for they have been
years ahead of man in blowing it, turn
ing 1t over, and mixing its constituents
intimately so that it will require u great
many bountiful crops to exhaust the
soil. But this treasure, as we'll as tho
deep laid treasures of coal, gas and oil,
man is doing his lest to exhaust in the
shortest possible ti,na.-Fnnte's Monthly.
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Mrs. Harriet Cummings. of Cincinnati
Ohio, writes: Enly last winter my daughter
was attacked with severe cold which set
tied on her lungs. We tried several medi-
cines. none of which seemed to do her any
good, bat she continued to get worse, AUD
finally raised large amounts of blood from
her lungs. We ca!lediu a family physician
but he failed to do her any good, We then
called In physicisn-a most skilifut pro
fessor in one of our colleges-hs said thai
she could not get well. At this time frient
who had been cured by DR.. VIM. HGi Z
b lsam For The Lungs, advised me to giv'
1t trial. We then got bottle. and before
she had used it all up she began to improve
and BY the use of three bottles was entirsiy
c,,rod
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A Hair Raising Episode.

A young man was ushered into the
parIor where sat his adored one. She
was gazing soulfully into the fire, think
ing Of him no doubt, but not dreaming
of his presence. He tiptoed bis ap-
preach; and slyly seizing struggling
hair which was coyly nestled in its
blonde beauty on the sc,1f Of her
rounded neck, gently tGltched it and
waited for the sudden start and maiden
ly blush, pleased surprise, But not a
start, not surprise. Again he drew it
towards him, and again did the fair one
continue to gaze thoughtfully into the
fire. "Dear girl, she knows not uf my
presence" he murmured to himself.
elbow glad she will be to discover her
Charles so close behind her! will end
this SURPRISE" and gently lifting an
auburn curl from the sloping she ulders
he gave it gentle tweak, and, gentle
reader, you may believe us or not, but
truly as sure as we live he scalped her.
The whole busine So came off, and then
he knew that Char les was there. Shall
We draw veil over the picture? By no
means. Charles knew that she wore
alse hair, and he knew that sho knew
hat he knew it. Besides, the girl was
turning thirty and worth millions.
Charles was poor but madly in love. A
poor young man madly in love with a
slrl worth million, is never particular.
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Women and Gowns.

From Llppencott'3 Magazine Tor Dec9m DER.
Let US sum up feminine raiment
which seems to our mind essential to
the comfort and worthy of mention un-
der these heads:
First-Breakfast gowns.
Second-Traveling and walking
dresses.
Third-Carriage and reception dress.
eS.
Fourth-Tea-gowns.
ifth--i)inner-gowns.
Sixth-Evening-dressee.
It will De seen that we discriminate
between gowns and dresses. A gown is
an intimate thing part of womau's
personal life. What she wears when
she goes abroad is, SO to speak, a suit OF
armor; it may we'll be severe, even a lit
tie masculine. And as for an evening
dress, who can invest with intricate SEN
timent that ephemeral work of gauze
and g ssamer, silk, satin, brocade, flow
ers and feathers, devised, perhaps, with
a felicity of extravaganza which makes
one exclaim, like Mrs. Carive's Scotch
maid, ooh, my! how expensive!"
And expensive it is. 81 sa her dane
ing in the ball." wrote forgotten satir-
list before the present decade. Around
her snowy brow we're set $l52 in the
shape OF diamond fakes Of light; with
the gentle undulations Of her bosom rose
and fell $3.50 in necklace of brilliants
Her fairy form was invested in $50, rep
resented by slip OF azure satin, and
this WAS over aid by $3.50 more inl two
skirts of white lace. Tas!etully down
each side of the latter were laid $3.50
which so many bows of ribbon had come
to. The lower margins of the $3.50 skirts
were edged with $55 additional, tn.
value of some fringe quarter OF a yard
in depth. Her taper waist, taking zone
and clasp together, l calculated to be
confined by $3.50. Her delicately-round
ed arms-the gloves of creamy kid being
added to the bracelets which encircle
her little wrists--may be said to have
been adorned with SILL; and, put
ting the silk and satin at the lowest fig
nre. should say she wore $25 upon hel
feet. Thus, altogether, was this thint
OF light, this crea ure of loneliness. ar
rayed from top to toe, exclusive of little
sundries, in S., los. or Whereabouts.
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Piles. Plies! Piles,

Sure cure for ind Bleeding AID fishing
Piles. Single box has cure1 worst clroni ;
case of ;wenty years standing. No one nee
suffer FIVE minutes after applying. Williams
InciaE Pile ointment, 1. absorbs the tumors,
allays his itcfing (oagiicuiar.y AFR r=ttlng
warm in bed) Prepared only tor piles and
itching for the private parts. Noyss Bros.
4, Cutler, 81, PAM. Wholesale AGENTS.
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The Farmers Tribune has the follow.
ing: Comparatively few of the dairy
farmers understand the valus OF neat
butter package, ana frequently put their
sutter on the market in au untidy tub.
This is mistake. A neat, cls%p look
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The reason why 50 many die with con-
sumption, is because they neglect to use the
proper remedy in season. When the system
is first attacked with a cough, oppression 9!
the chest, or seated pains in the breast. Al
lens Lung B alsam will cause the phlegm TO
raise, heal the jrritated parts, aad restore the
system to health
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The American Humane Associ alton at
it's meeting in Washington adopted a
resolution to urge the owners OF slaugh-
ershouses to have the slau1htering OF
animals done ont Of sight of other ami
mails. This resolution will seem strange
. those who do not know that animals
s,ffer at the sight of tie slaughter OF
other animals, yet the fact seems to be
well established by the testimony OF
much competent authority.
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The CON.iuctOr

Conductor Warren, OF Winona. Mimi.
says, used one bottle of Wsr1er's White
Wi of Tar Syrup, when I was so boa SIS
could not speak above whisper, and in
twenty-sour hours it cured me. It is the bsst
remedy l ever saw.
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For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depression Of
Spirits and General ID bitv. in their vari forms
also prevent We against Fever and Ague. and
other Intermittent Feyers. the "FerrO-Phosphor-
a!ed Elixir of CaiIsaya, ma lie by Caswell. Hazard
Co., New York. and so d by all Druggists, is the
best tonc and for patients recovering from Fever
or other sickness. it has no equal.
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A great many high-toned people in
England are indignant because iss
CharleswortD., wealthy heiress in her
own right, is about to marry one OF the
sons O. General Booth, the great saliva
tio-,st.
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Enul.fccGHifQ

Aliens "Iron Tonic i!iiters" have proved 6
:rand success for the cure of Liver Com
Kli'nts, Dyspepsia and IL ;od Disorders, anf
hence the county is flooded with base imita
tions Bevafr! Al, genuine bear the signs.
tu,e o. ]. p q Ell. S.. Paul MINI.
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$40 900 would cot pure .ase from me what
Swifts Specific Is. s. S. has affected in my
case. 1t Gas cured me of NJ ,tarial Rhsum l.
tism. Archie Thomas, Springfi Id, Tenn.
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FOR LADIES.

FOR LADIES.
have been using for month octwo in my house
hold Swifs Specific Is. !. The greater portion.
of it having been consumed b. the female portion
Ut my family, and with the happest results. II
acted like charm on nv wife, who had been ia
bad health for locg time. and for whom had paid
hundreds of 60 lars for doc and eGicines. l.
bsgan to build her up from Inc frs dose. Another
female member of NV FANNY took II with equally
satisfactory results. 1t IS certainly the best tonic
for eicate ladies that have ever used. and have
tied h IN all. have no doubt that want of exeT-
else. clos confinement 10 poorly ventilated houses
sewer gas p,i on aud maar poison often produce
sickness among wives, daug tiers and sisters.
ana bel eve Swift's Specific is the remedy for all
this sort of blood poisoning.
+. L. JONES, J. P, Quitman, Ga.
Our treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free to applicants.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO,
Drawer ), Atlanta, Ga.
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a Ro,,vh Joke.

Its kind Of rough TO be troubled with at
fecticn of the scalp, isa's ~" said sym
pathetic Pittshurser. "Yss," was the lacon
10 reply. ''dAndruff," bat Carboline will
an, oath II ont
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For several years was troubled with Ca
tarrh: have tried many remedies. Eiy's
Cream Balm has proved the article desired,
/ believe it is the only cure-L. B CoBuRN
Hardware Merchant, Towsnda, Pa. USE
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I had suffered from Catsrrh for ten years;
tie pain would be so severe that was
Obliged to send for doctor. had eAtirtly
Lost sense o. smell. Ey's Cream Ralm has
worked a miracle-C. s. HALLEYs Biog.
hampton. N. Y.
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Free tOall HiniSr RS.

l will send two bottles of Warmers White
Wine of Tar free OF all costs to any minis Ell
who will send US an order from his store.
keeper for two zen bottles of the same.
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Coughs. Hoarseness, Sore Throat, etc
Quickly relieved by Browns BRONCHIAL l Ro-
cHEs A simple and eiiectusl remedy, suee
,ior to all other articles for the same purros,
S0pd on N in 6o1eS.
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How tn Breed the Best Jerseys

Orestes Pierce OF Maine always breeds
for a purpose. In an article in the Home
Farm, he gives the following directions
Tor raising Jerse 10:
Select female of moderate yield, say
10 pounds. breed her to her son got by
the son of "a great cow, and continue in
breeding daughters to their sire and to
their brothers. No cow Of great yield is
rec from an inbred ancestry, and most
Of them are SO bred close mp. Make
color secondary question so far as hair
is concerned, but insist upon yellow
skin where the hair is white and on in
side of ears. In shape the animal must
be large of frame but thin in flesh, what
farmers call fair condition. Get the
greatest possible breadth of hip and
loin; depth of body Immediately before
the udder. The udder should run well
and high up behind; having large teats
squarely placed. l favor the brown
tea,s because think they are tougher
should be as broad and high as possible,
with in curving horns is a great mark Of
beauty and should be looked after,
though they have no weight when butter
quality is considered.
In the same article, his remarks about
grade Jerseys are sound to the core.
They are as follows:
Thus far the chief thought of the wri-
ter has been about registered thorough
bred Jerseys and their breeding. to
meet the demaud O.; the times tor the
best COWS and largest prices. The ma
jority, in fact, almost all OF your readers
do not care to enter this field; they
wish dairy animals for their farms
which will make large returns in butter.
For this purpose grade animals are in
many respects the bes; investment. A
full blooded bull we'll selected, will get
calves which will increase the yield OF a
dairy from one-third to.one- half. Grade
calves bring good prices; in Connecticut
the price ranges from $50 upwards, and
breeders there cannot meet the de-
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salvini, the famous Italian actor, has
agreed upon another professional tour
in this country next year.
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have taken Swift's 50 .c!tic 6. s. S. Tor
Rheumatism, and found perfect relief. It's
the best tonic and Blood REMEDY known to
science. d. p. Hill, Attorney ut Law, At
lanta Ga
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Strsightep your boots & shoes with Lyon's
Patent Heel S ffeners, and wea, them again.