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YORKVIILE, S. O., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1885,

berley with flood of lambent light, was
riding slowly into camp when heard the
rapid pattering of horse behind me, and
turning in the saddle confronted Dirk. He
was agitated and angry and without word
of greeting plunged into the subject upper
most in his mind.
"Do YOU know, old fellow" he said, "I've
Just been told by a digger at Hallis' that
that rascally little Frenchman has been
repeating his lies about being intimate with
nv wife in Paris before she came out here.
ture of her which she gave him set in gold.
The unmitigated liar" fl find time I
shall canter over to his cabin the other side
of the mine tonight, and if he can't pro-
duce that souvenir it will be hard for him.
If he does, it won't be in his possession
long,"
"Don't do anything rash, Dirk" I said.
"Remember, ther is another to think of be-
sides yourself"
"That's what it is that bothers me, old
fellow" he replied and then, refining in his
horse, and jogging along by my side, ne
told me his trouble. 1t appeared his wife
but stated that her father tried to force his
attentions on her in the old days when he
was ryed-ballet-master, and she a
struggling aspirant at Paris theatre. The
miniature was new feature in the story,
and Dirk fimly believed it to be myth,
but was bent on finding out whether it was
or not.
After while he grew calmer, and paid
more attention to my entreaties to him to
proceed with caution.
On parting, he shook me by the hand, and
his last words, shouted to me as he gallop-
ed off at the turning for "The Oasis, ," were
81 shan't trouble the little Frenchman to-
night, but let him keep out of my way"
The next morning the body Of Jules La
croix was found lying on the floor Of his
cabin, with an ugly hole in his left temple.
In one hand he grasped tightly part of a
miniature. There was the fresh spoor OF
horse not far from the door, and the bullet
found in the brain fitted Dirk's revolver to
nicely.
twas not long before Dirk was in custody,
and the case looked black against him. His
threat to shoot the Frenchman was well re-
membered; his excited demeanor in Hal
lis's bar at the Pan, when the news OF the
Frenchman's reiterated assertion of form
er intimacy of his wife was brought to him,
was commented upon, and the circumstan-
tial evidence was strong.
AS for Dirk himself, he utterly denied 60
ing near the Frenchman's cabin on the night
of the murder, and he accounted for the fact
that he did not reach home for nearly an
hour after leaving me, by saying that, feel
ing hot and excited, he went for a scamper
over the veldt, and the beauty of the moon
lit night caused him to stay out longer than
he intended.
He pressed me to tell all knew about the
matter, and Reluctantly didso, making the
most of his expressed determination on
leaving me not to visit the Frenchman that
evening.
The trial dragged on until late in the
night, and at 12 o'clock the jury came into
the court with verdict of "Guilty."
I shall never forget the look of mute ago
ny on his wifes face as Dirk stood up to be
sentenced to death, or the calm, proud way
in which he heard his doom.
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grariu.

MARQUIS or SALlSBURl
The Marquis of Salisbury, The Right
Hon. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne Cecil,
eldest surviving son of the second Marquis
of Salisbury, born at Hatfield, in 1880, was
educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford,
where he graduated, and was elected a Eel
low of All Souls College. His lordship,
who is Deputy-Lieutenan for MiddleseX,
represented Stamford in the House of Com
mons, as Conservative, from August, 1858,
until 1868, when he succeeded to the mar
quisate on the death of his father. While
in the Lower House he was known as Lord
Robert Cecil, until the decease of his elder
brother, when he assumed the courtesy title
of Viscount Cranborne. His lordship takes
an active part in all public measures which
affect the interests of the established Church,
and in the leading Church of England insti-
tutions. The Marquis is understood to be
an extensive contributor to the Quarterly
Rerier and to other periodicals. In Lord
July, 1866, appointed Secretary of State for
India, which post he resigned on account of
u difference Of opinion respecting the Re-
form Bill, March ,, 1867. On November r.
1869, he was elected Chancellor Of the Uni
Versity Of Oxford, in succession to the late
Earl of Derby. AS an orator the Marquis of
Salisbury is especially brilliant, and has
that magnetism which characterizes our
own Mr.. Blaine. He has not, however,
that reputation as debator that marks
Beaconsfeld or Gladstone. He is the leader
of the Tory forces and chershes vigorous
foreign policy, and entertains the idea that
the true strength of England lies in extend
ing her already large possessions. In con-
sequence Of the fall Of the Gladstone admin
istration, June 8, 1885, the Marquis of Sails
bury is the successor of Gladstone.
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OBSCURE MEN HAPPIEsT IN WEDIOCK.
No woman will love man better for being
renowned or prominent. Though he be the
fonder; as is often the case, She will not
even be proud. But give her love, appre-
citation. kindness, and there is no sacrifice
she would not make for his content and COM
fort. The man who loves her we'll is her
hero and king. No less a hero to her,
though he is not to any other; no less a
king, though his only kingdom is her heart
and home. 1t is mans own fault If he is
unhappy with his wife, in nine cases out OF
ten. 1t is very exceptionable woman who
will not be all she can to an attentive hus-
band, and a very exceptionally one who
will not be very disagreeeable if she finds
herself willfully Observation-Disclosures Bap-
fiSt
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WAR AND THE WHEAT MARKET.-One
thing is particularly noticeable this season.
When war rumors are rife the wheat pros
pect is fair. When the white robed angel OF
peace spreads it's wings over the continent
the Hessian fly comes to the front. Just at
present the wheat market is very fy.-Cna-
cago Tribune.
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Nag~ A miser grows rich by seeming poor !;
an eXtravagant man grows poor by seeming
rich.
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ssy- Resolve to edge in a little reading
every day, if it is but simple sentence; If
vou gain fifteen minutes q day, it will make
itself felt at the end of the year.
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aY~ Simplicity of character is the natural
result of profound thought.
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sa5" "Wise, cultivated, genial conversation
is the best flower of civilization, and the
best result which life has to offer us-a cup,
for gods, which has no repentance"
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Does Money Make the Mare Co!

The times appear to be so progress
sive that even the old proverbs no
longer apply to them. The one refer
ring to the influence of lucre in accel-
Grating the speed of horses was emf
nently correct until late years. When
Goldsmith Maid, in 1874, reduced the
record for one mile in harness to 2:l4,
It was for a purse of $500, and ST.
Julien's 2:ll1 was for purse of the
same handsome amount; Little Brown
jug paced for $1,000 when he lowered
the record to 2:llS; and prior to the
DAYS when fast teams were owned SC
exclusively by millionaires, best pole
records were made only for consider
able peculiarly considerations. With
out entering into arguments as to
causes, it is we'll worthy Of note that,
in the present epoch, money seems to
have lost its stimulating power on
horses, and their best PAGES are shown
for glory. The 2:0y{ of Maud 5. was
for a cup; the 2;06{ of Johnston for a
nominal con sileraticn; the 2:l5a of
MaXey Cobb aud Meta Medium for
500; the 2;36l Of the yearling linda
Rose for medal; the 2:2l of the two
year-old WldNower also for medal,
and the 2:l73 of the four-ycar-o d
Sailie Benton was for set Of harness.
These comprise all the leading best on
records of the day, except for three
ycar-old', and the amount Of lucre in
vUlvcd would not constitute single
attractive purse at a country fair. Is
it true that the sUrdil clement is dis
appearing from the turf, as it is claim
I'd to be from politics, and that glory,
not money, now makes the mare go?
--luf, Fisld ant Farm
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25

Some Of the animals in Japan aro
quite different from the same species
which are seen in America. The cats,
for instance, have the shortest kind OF
tails, or else none at all. Being de-
prived of this usual plaything, they
are very solemn pussies. An American
once took one of these tailless cats to
San Francisco as a curiosity, and it
utterly refused companionship with
the long-tailed feline specimens there;
but, finding a cat whose tail had been
cut off by accident, the two became
friendly at once. japanese dogs are
almost destitute of noses, having the
nostrls set directly in the head, The
smaller the nose, the more valuable
the breed. The goldfish of that coun'
try have remarkably wide and beauti-
full tails, which look like lace. 1t is
said that thousand dollars was offered
by a New York gentleman for the
first pair which could be brought to that
city alive, but repeated attempts have
proved that the fish cannot stand the
voyage across the Pacific.
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Harry's Sled.

The winter of lSS0-'8l was one OF
deep snow and severe cold everywhere
in the north and northwest. There was
great suffering, and some people per-
shed from the cold. Fuel became so
scarce that, in some neighborhoods,
families would leave their cheaply built
little wooden dwellings, and would all
hudle together in one or two houses,
and pull down all the rest and cut
them up to build fires to keep them
from freezing to death. There was
one family that had a rather better
house than usual. But during this
dreadful winter, they at last burned
all their wood, and began to pull down
and burn the little fencing which en-
closed their home. Then, one by one,
their little outhuildings were taken
down and burned. Finally, the wood
house itself was turned into wood to
burn. The bitter, pitiless cold contin'
ued, and they had, at last, to begin to
burn chairs, and tables, and bedsteads,
to save their lives.
There was a little boy in the family
named Harry, who had 4 beautiful
sled painted in gay colors. He was
very proud Of this sled for it was the
only pretty thing he had in the world.
at last the dreadful time came when
there was nothing left to burn but his
sled. lie went to his mother and asked
how long it would keep them alive.
ooh my dear boy" she replied, 81 do
not know. Not long; perhaps an hour
or two
"Then," said he, "before l will see
my sled burned. l will freeze to death
an hour sooner!'
But help was at hand. A relative
from the town near by, fearing they
were starving, brought bag of food
on horses back. Bat he found they
were more in danger from freezing
than from starvation. Fuel was soon
brought and they were all saved, and
IIarrv's sled was not 5urned.-Pioneer
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25
An Order That Failed to Work.

The female part of the audience at
the German theatre at Prague was the
other day greatly scandalized, says the
London Pal 4HUU Gazette, by an ukase
issued by the manager of the theatre
ordering all ladies' to doff their head
gear du ing the performance. a good
many of the ladies present refused to
submit on the plea that their coilfure
was not salonmaSSig. The manager,
delighted to find no other objection to
his demand, made solely in order to
Danish tho high hats and bonnets
which obstructed the view of half the
audience, gladly accepted the excuse
for that performance only on the con-
dition that the ladies would in future
appear bareheaded. His delight, how
ever, was considerably modified when
on the next night the ladies, who must
have had full share of the perversity
of their sex, appeared one and all with
a luxurious growth of hair towering
higher than the discarded hats. The
theatre manager is now in despair,
Not even he dare dream of abolishing
false hair.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25

"There is more money in Bibles
than in anything else," said Mr.. j. r.
Jones' one of the largest Biblo print.
ers in the United States "There is a
steady reliable trade for the good
book and | think l have made 100000
of tho different grades since | have
been in business. The price ranges
from ten cents for the kind given away
by the Bible Society to the $50 one
bound in velvet and ivory. | have
nearly ceased printing other books
Asa general thing they don't pay
Unless ycu can get II work by a great
author or noted politician, the sale
of any book does not reach beyond a
small edition. paid Alexander II
Stevens $4,000 royalty on the 'Wa,
Between the States but only about
$1,000 for his History Of the United
States, ",~Phiiadephia times
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The Hub of The Solihern Hemisphere.

Valparaiso is the South American
Boston, and the mos. un.Spanish city
on the Pacific Its streets are kept
scrupulously clean, and are as SAFE.
though almost as crowded, at midnight
as at noon; paupcrs are unknown;
the pub ic spirit Of the citizens exu-
lcratc5 in al sorts of benevolent aad
educational institutions. There are
art schools and polytechnic colleges,
daily newspapers, Protestant chapels
and halls of the Malre Natura Society,
sort of secular league that germina-
ted in Barcelona, Spain, but expanded
chiefly in The Transatlantic republics
The contrast between Valparaiso and
s.ima equals that between Edinburgh
Nnd Lisbon, sCtaciAAntt Enquirer
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Tyrian Purple.

In communication by NJ. Berthelot
to a French scientific journal on the
magnificent purple of Tyre, so highly
priced by the ancients, it is said that
according to tradition the color was
discovered by accident. A shepherds
dog found a shell-Gsh on the sea shore.
In crushing the shell he cut his
mouth, and the blood, mingling with
the juice of the mollusk, gave the
splendid purple, which was subse-
quently applied to the dyeing of stuffs.
No other color has been held in such
high esteem. The King of PhHnicia
was SO charmed with its beauty that
he forbade his subjects to use it, re-
serving it for kings and heirs presump-
tive to the crown. Moses adopted it
for ecclesiastical purposes, the vest
ments of the high priests and the
ornaments Of the tabernacle. At that
early period the art of dyeing must
have attained q great degree of perfec-
tion. Among the Romans the right to
wear the purple belonged only to great
conquerors; afterwards it was assumed
by emperors. In more modern times
the purple robe has been reserved for
the highest dignitaries of the church,
whence the expression "Roman pur-
ple," to express the dignity of "Cardi-
nal" M. Lacaze-Duthieres, of the
French Institute, regards the ancient
legend as probably true history, at
least SO far as this: that the bleeding
mouth of the dog led to the discovery
of the shell-fsh from which the an
clients extracted their color. For a
long time much uncertainty existed as
tothe species ofmollusll so employed, and
many regarded the secret as lost. But
shell fish possessing all thu characteris-
tics by which the ancients designated
the animal have been found on the sea-
coasts of England and France, and if
they are not now made to serve the
purpose it is because means have been
found to produce the color from cochi-
neal at less cost. ..-Cultirator
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25
First Class In Geography.

New York School Teacher: (Which
is the highest mountain in our StateP"
Boy: "Sing Sing"
Teacher; "WhyY"
Boyt cFather went up a year ago,
and hasn't come down yet "us'Roston
Beacon,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25
The Difference.

When we would number the brief years
OF some sweet laughing child,
Finding them all unstaincd with tears,
Unvcxcd by sorrows wild
We crown her brow with roses gay,
"IIer summers arc hut ten" VIC say.
But counting up the saddenld years
OF pilgrim old and gray,
In view of trials, tolls and fears
Which he has known, wo say,
(And such is aye the speech Of men),
"IIis winters are tmee:core and ten."
--Ei.abeh p. Allan.
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CHILDREN'S Column.
A Keprimandg ,


o pussy, you arc naughty, now
For you are well aware
That dear mamma will not allow
A pussy On chair.
She likes to sec kitten play
And skip about the house;
She likes TO sec her run away
To catch little mouse.
She likes to see her paw the reels,
Or catch her tail in play;
But can't tell you what she feels
When thus you disobcy.
Jump down, my kitty jump, my pct !
Ard settle on the ground;
And you shall sec what you vii get;
The milk jugs coming r,und'
Sister Rose.
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XLIVNO a. WOOlSlOCK Vl WELNEoDA1' rEDnOAh ~ 1901

fully over Metals hand, and responded
politely to her cordial greeting. He
met all her advances with such evident
pleasure in his welcome that her heart
beat high with hope. Life had been a
struggle for rich husband ever since
she had made her debut in society, and
now there was one paying her deferen'
tial attention upon whose heart she
had at once made deep impression.
Would he forget that cruel parting in
terview, and lay his fortune once more
at her feet?
Mr.. Cooke, young man about half
witted, possessed of 100000, watched
the brilliant beauty who had smiled so
sweetly upon him all winter with
jealous eyes after Morris entered the
room, but Meta forgot him in her new
born hope. All the evening Morris
hovered about Meta, wondering where
Clarice had hidden herself; but when
the supper call thinned the rooms Meta
missed her cavalier. In the conserva'
tory Morris had seen vision of a
golden head and white, futterlng
dress; and Clarice, half hidden by a
towering screen, saw him desert Meta
to come beside her
Longing to see him, in an agony OF
maidenly shame at the secret she had
revealed when they parted, she hid
there to watch him unseen. But he
came swiftly across the flower bor-
dered path to her side, and taking her
hand in his, said:
"Clarlce, l have come all the way
from California to try to win your
love. Little one, with all my heart
love you. My sole hope of happiness
is the hope that you will be my wife.
Must go back again desolate, or will
you bid me stay?'
She looked into the earnest face, the
pleading eyes, and her heart grew fain'
with its own happiness as she whis
pered:
"Stay, for l love you, Morris"
Meta saw the sister she had Away
despised for her timidity, and the love
she had thrown aside in his poverty
enter the drawing-room together, ant
her heart was full of jealous anger a
she read their secret in their happy
faces.
She has been Mrs. Cooke for thre
years-the miserable wife Of jealou
miser, whose sole aims in life are t
save money and to keep his wife ou
of society. In their unhappy hom
there is constant quarreling, Will
Morris blesses every hour the tempo
rary poverty thatled him to appreciat
the heart of his little wife, and wo
for him knowledge of the treasur
of her love. There is toddling bo
named John, who calls Morris papa,
and in the peaceful happiness of he
home life and mother love Clarico
rapidly conquering her old timidit
and letting the world of society Sc
sometimes what an accomplished
graceful lady Morris has won for h
wife.
And Morris, holding her to his hear
will often say, tenderly:
"The happiness of my life con
menced, Clarice, when your tendt
sympathy greeted me at the time
was under a cloud"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25

The reckless improvidence with
which the forests of this country are
being destroyed Is likely to bring its
own punishment with it. Prof. Sar-
gents report upon the present condi-
ton of our forests has been published
as part of the tenth census. From
this it appears the loss from forest
fires alone amounts to upward of S2O,-
100000 annually. The railways de-
stroy upward of 30,000,0)o fine young
trees every year for ties. The frame
houses which form so characteristic
feature of an American landscape,
use up the lumber from millions of
acres annually; AS yet no process of
reparation has begun. We cut down
but we do not replant The conse-
quence is seen in the greater frequen-
cy of droughts and floods along our
large rivers, the impaired fertility of
the denudel soil, and the increased
cost of fuel and building material The
report shows that it is quite time to
turn over a new leaf. We should
husband carefully what forest we have
left. 1t is the part of wisdom for
every owner of a timber tract to cut
understandingly and with reference to
the future. A good twenty acre tim
Der lot can be made to last for centu-
ries, all the time furnishing its annual
cutting of fuel for the owner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25

According to DR.. DOlan's work on
hydrophobia, physicians may convey
to their patients a reasonable hope of
almost perfect immunity from the
disease after three months have elapsed
from the time the bite was inflicted.
The danger is thought to be lessened
with every month that passes, $50 that
after year the physician may afford a
scientific certainty of the patients re,
covery." Absolute quietute. or "seda-
tion," and the use of the Turkish bath
are the measures chiefly recommended
as preventative treatment.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25

The bulk of our borax comes from
San Bernardino county, California,
and the price has heretofore been
governed by San Francisco firm that
several years ago purchased the vast
borax fields in the Death Valley, and
has since expended thousands of dol
lars in the effort to maintain control
of the monopoly. Within a few
weeks, however, a vast boraX ledge
has been discovered on the Mohave
River, near the line of the Southern
California Railway, which is very
large, and assays lfty-four per cent,
of pure borax of lime. The discovery
will break the corner in borax, and, it
is said, Immediately lower the price,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25

There isn't leaf of tobacco grown
on the Island of Key West. 1t all
comes from Cuba, and is manufacture
ed into cigars, which ought for all
reasons to be as good as those of
Havana, but for some mysterious
cause they are not There is sup
posed to be some fragant potency in
the air of Havana which gives cigars
flavor they can get in no other
locality, but what it is and why its
charm does not exist elsew here neither
the tobacconist nor meteorologist can
explain. Tobacco grown from the
same stock, manufactured by the same
men in the same way, has different
flavor, or bouquet, as they call it, if
rolled into cigars in Key West from
that it has if done up in Havana
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-02-25

Some of the researches lately made
by English explorers in regard to deep
sea beds, have led to the belief that
there are no rough ridges, abrupt
chasms nor bare rocks, and that the sea
bottom at great depths is not affected
by currents or streams-oven by those
of the magnitude of the Gulf stream
its general appearance rather resemb-
ling that of the American prairics, and
it is every where covered by kind
Of null.