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NUMBER 3

rose, and with a Juno like air swep
AWAY.
Et tu Brute exclaimed Mr.. Lee sen.
ior to his son William, who had walked
from the station, and was registering
his arrival in the book IN the Office
Not at all, my dear father; and he
took his fathers arm and led HIM away
| only came TO see that you had faiI
play. Marry whom you please and as
you please. But what is the lady's
name
She is Mrs. Page-a widow,
All! exclaimed William, and his cor
dialIty to degree vanished.
Let me introduce you, said his father.
No, l am dusty and tired; I'll make
my own way. They say she is staying
with the Montgomery's.
Mrs. Page began to be very weary
with all these complications. She fell
hemmed in beeagured, by the Lees, and
was taking brisk morning walk on q
dusty highway toward a neighboring
town, in hopes to escape them for h
time. Some one, however, was IN swift
pursuit; she felt that it was Lee. The
footsteps gained upon her
Alice? exclaimed a full melodiOus
voice, and William Lee seized both her
hands. Alice, is it really you?
Mrs. Page trembIed and grew very
pale. He placed her on a large stone
which stood conveniently near and sat
down beside her. Alice, where were
you / have travelled over Europe il
search of you. Will you forgive me my
darling, my suspicious, my anger, my
absurd jealousy?
Mrs. Page closed her eyes and tears
rolled down her checks. At this juno
ture Mr.. Lee Senior, breathless with his
chase after her, came up. He felt that
this was a scene, and waited for explain.
atoms.
My dearest father, exclaimed William
rising and seziDg his arm, she love-
both of us, but she promised to marry
me first. am sorry he continued rue
fully.
Dear Mr.. Lee, said Mrs, Page seizing
his other arm, you are 80 like him-your
bearing, you smile, your tones-really
If could not have married William
must have married you.
A cloud passed for a moment over Mr..
Lees face, but during his 20 years, when
ever there were heroic, unselfish quail
ties to be displayed, he was never want
ing. My dear, he said in that pleasant
voice so like his sons. turning with
kindly courtesy towards her-my dear,
it is best as it is--more natural, more
appropriate.
And to think it was papas favorite,
William. that broke off the match. after
all, cried Gertie.- Albany Journal.
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The Blood,

Is the source of health. therefore, to
keep well. purify the blood by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla This medicine is
peculiarly designed to act upon the
blood and through that upon all the or
gans and tissues of the body. 1t has a
specific action, also, upon the secretions
and excretions, and assists nature to
expel from the system scrofula, humors,
impure particles and effete matter thro'
the lungs, liver, bowels, kidneys and
skin. 1t effectually aids weak, impair .
ed and debilitated organs, A trial will
convince you that it does possess pecul-
lar curative power.
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A. 2. CUTLER. Dentist
DIR. B. c. JENNEY, Dentist.

UH, Is, 2. JENN l. DtHII0I,
CUCCESSOR TO DIR. ]. n. SCRANTON.)
= IL prepared to perform all operations in Dent.
stry in thorough and workmanke manner. Per.
ect satisfaction guaranteed in all submitted
o his care, and at reasonable prices. Gas or
Ether administered or extracting teeth when re.
uired. Office opposite Congregational Church
NJ ain ST., Bennington.
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HEAVY Loss on COTTON.

CHARLESTON. s. C..Feb. 1.-Two com
partments of the Union Cotton press
and 2000 bales of cotton were burned
this afternoon. Loss $1,000 insured
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Who lays snare for others falls
therein himself. Use Wanner's Log
Cabin Liver Pills. you will find them NO
snare for yourself or others, the benefit
derived from is immediate and perma-
nent, 25c bottle.
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CHEAT FIREIN BUFFALO.

BUFFALO, Feb. 1.-At II 40 O'Clock
a fire broke out in the great dry goods
store of Barnes, Hengerer 6; Co., on the
west side of Main street. 1t was evident
in tivr minutes aftes the first alarm tn I
the stately structure was all ablaze. In
less than half an hour it was a complete
wreck, and the stores across the way
were in imminent danger from the lre-
mendous heat and the leaping tongues
Of flame, The building was FIVE stories
in height, with handsome iron front.
extending through from Main to Pearl
street. Barnes, Hengerer & Co. employ
ed about 450 persons, including a large
number of girls in the sewing and other
departments, Among the persons en-
ployed in the building there were many
narrow escapes. In round numbers the
loss to insurance companies is estimated
at $1,175,0O0. Barnes, Hengerer & Co.
hold insurance on their stock to the
amount of 100000. C.. J. Hamlin's in
scrance on building is $50 900 Across
the street the firm of d. E. Morgan &
Son, whose stock is badly damaged by
water, hold 1926, 900 insurance. and Mrs.
R. j. Sherman, the owner of the build
ing has 100000. At 1914 D. m. the mas
sive iron front, five stories in height,
fronting on Main street. fell with a ter
rible crash. While the flames were
shooting up madIy the great iron front
was seen to crackle at the sides and top.
For an instant it stood alone in mid air
and then reeled and tottered out for
nearly fifty feet and fell with a terrible
crash. The heat was so intense that the
fireman could not get within block of
the building.
HEAVY LOSS on COTTON.
CHARLESTON. s. c.. Feb. 1.-Two COM
partments of the Union Cotton press
and 2OOO bales of cotton were burned
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r 70 ''v ~ Druggists. Prco o. cts. Dcr box;
huN.s iar = cr,. or s'1t lv mail postage free,
-.- i-tuf .irr nrJ II. Srhruck K Son, Philada.
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MAD ABOUT SOMETHING.
Why the Grin Faded from tho Face Of
Practical Joker.

Why the Grin Fadod from tho Face Of o
Practical Joker.
At eight o'clock the other night q
citizen drove up in front of hotel on
Michigan avenue and went in to look
for man. A minute later an in
dividual came out of tobacconist's s
near by, espied the horse and cutter
and broad grin lighted up his face
as he chuckled:
'Egad! but this is Jim's rig. I'll
give him little scare!'
He unlitched the horse. climbed in
and drove softly away, and was we'll
out of sight when tho owner came
out
I've been expecting it" he growled
as he found the rig gone. "but I'll
make it hot for the thief!'
He ran this way and that, notifying
three or four policemen and a score Of
citizens. and twenty minutes later
something happened. A man with q
grin on his face might have been seen
driving on Woodward avenue. A po-
liceman might have been seen climb
ing into the cutter with him. The grin
might have been seen fading as tho
pair entered police headquarters. The
officer came out in n few minutes. but
the citizen didn't He staid there all
night. In the morning he was able to
convince every body that it was only o
Joke. and was allowed to 60, but he
went off like a man who was mad abOut
something. Detroit Free Press.
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TWO MASKED MEN
Psrpetrrts Another Express Robbery On
the Houthern Pacific.

Perpetrrts. Another Express Robbery On
the Houthern Pacific.
TuesoS, A. T., Feb. c3.--The west.bound
train on the Southern Pacific railroad was
boarded by two masked men at Stein's
Pass Station about $50 o'clock last even
Ing. After the train had started the men
crawled over the watcr.tank, covered the
engineer aud fireman with rihes, and
when mile and half from
the station, the engineer was com.
PEELED to stop the train. One Of the
robberA uncoupled the mail and
express car, with the engine, from the other
part Of the train. The engineer was then
compelled to move on q mile and half
further, when the robbers again ordered
him to stop, and then forced the Wells,
Fargo q Co.'S express messengers to open
the car, which they riHed Of valuables,
but without disturbing the mails. The
engineer was next ordered to go back
and take up tho other part Of the train,
and the robbers left the railroad and start
ed In . southern direction. The train ar-
rived here on time. The express robbery
Is reported heavy. A special train was
placed at the disposal Of Marshal Wade,
and several officers with two Indian trail
ers and horses, left for the scene Of the
robbery.
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Highway Postal Locomotives.

In the south Of France the govern
ment postal service Is supplemented
by the wagon post of private con.
tractors, who employ many hundred
horses in conveying small parcels
from town to town. even along the
railway limos. This business has be-
come SO extensive that several road
locomotives have been ordered for 1t,
and are proving very satisfactory.
Two of these machines are running
between towns 20 miles apart, each
making the trip one way nightly at
speed Of eight miles an hour. Part Of
the road is very hilly. with long gradi-
ents up to as much as one In IL. The
locomotive. with coal and watcr.
weighs ID tons. and the loaded wagon
from to 10 tons, making the average
weight Of the train 2S tons. At It's
pounds pressure the engines give
about ~ horsepower, and with fair
roads use about half ton of fuel for
the round trip of 140 miles These
engines have been running over six
months without Interruption. -Eagt-
meertng.
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pFoRzHelMa JEWELERS..


How They Are Trained to the work From
Early Boyiood.
Mr.. Monaghan, United Slales Con-
sui at Mannheim. recently paid q
visit to the city OF Pforzhein,, in
Baden, with y view to seeing how
German jewellers exceled those Of the
United States. H, found the methods
of producing very similar except that
the German has the advantage Of be-
ing provided with very excellent
technical school. in which children m
tended for employ ment in the jowel-
ry y-shops receive thorough theo-
retical training long before they see
the inside Of factory. Instruction
here Is practically free. the manu-
facturers paying about eight shillings
year for the pupils whom they in.
tend 10 employ. The manufacture Of
plated ware and plate is growing.
Thick copper and silver plates are
prepared with perfectly smooth.
regular surface. French louis
d'ors are cut up and melt
ed, run off into plates,
rubbed. filed and rolled out to the size
OF the receiving plate. attached to the
latter by means of some special secret
chemical preparation. put in clah1ps,
and thcn put into a very hot fire of
charcoal. Here, under the trained
eye of the furnace watcher, the metal
remains until little cxcrcscences or
buildings along the line of juncturo
indicate that it is done, whom it is
taken out and left to cool, after which
it is rlaced between rolls of different
weights. When it came out Of the
furnace 1t was thick piece of COM
bination metal; 1t leaves the rolls a
thin. long. smokey-likc string of plate,
fifty to sevcnty-fve feet in length.
This is then tenn, cred or annealed
over flaming gas jets, after which it is
rubbed, cut into strips, and sent to
tho stampcrs. where it is pressed into
various designs. and then cut and
trimmed, and, after various manipula.
tons. comes into tho salesroom ready
for the markets of the world.
Tho markets of the world are sup.
piled from P orzhelm with 'Parisian''
jewclly. 'It was nm interesting sup.
plcment to study in ethnology to
study the different designs intended to
meet the tastes Of people at so many
different paris of the earth. Here, as
in SO many branches, the tireless and
enterprislng Teuton has agencies
everywhere" Mr. Monaghan recon-.
mcnds tho adoption of the system in
vogue in regard to skilled workmen
and apprentices, which, he thinks.
combines many of the advantages and
very few of the losses which occur In
all branches of the jewelry trade from
the bad work of the beginners. III al
branches tho skilled workmen sit a.
groovcd benches with three or foul
apprentices near them, so that ''bad
work is almost impossible, while the
skill of the old workmen is transmitted
from hour to hour and from day t.
day 10 those who arc to como aftel
thcm as skilled workmen to sustain
tho reputation that has madc Pforzhein
rich and famous in two continents and
dozen parts of tho world. ."-St.
James Gazette.
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Col. ThOmpsOn's New Book.

An important book is about to be
brought out by Hon. Richard w. Thomp-
son, of this State. 1t is history OF the
industrial and commercial legislation of
the government-or, to speak more
tersely, of tariff legislation-from the
earliest days of the government to the
present time. The timeliness of the
work, and the eminent qualifications of
the author to produce at once history
of interest and of standard authority,
will make its publication an important
event in current literature. Whatever
Colonel Thompson does he does we'll !;
and in this work he has brought into
action unequaled knowledge and expert
ence, and trained literary faculties ofthe
highest kind. The book will consist of
forty.six chapters, and it is complete
and exhaustive complication of all the
facts of our history upon the tariff,
and an examination of the operations OF
the various tariff laws since the first one
of 1896. The volume will show how the
fathers of the government, the men who
made the Constitution and laid the
foundations of the nation. adopted the
principle of protection to American in
dustry, "for projections sake" They
were not afraid of the logic of their laws,
and did not try to split hairs and trian-
gulate the difference between tweedle-
dee and tweedle-dum to suit the fancies
or whims of theorists and schoolmen.
They adopted protection because they
believed in the right and duty of pro-
lection; they did not favor tariff laws
for revenue, with incidental" protec.
ton. Col. Thompson deals fully with
the history of the tariff, quoting all the
Democratic Presidents from Jefferson to
Jackson, and showing that the free.trade
movement was introduced and fathered
by the Southern slaveholding multiplying
oligarchy. The book, however, is not 9
partisan one, and will be a mine OF in
formation for the free.trader as we'll al
for the believer in q protective tariff. II
is volume of about 600 pages, and it il
to be issued by R. s. Peale & Co., o.
Chicago, who will sell it by subscription
They are good publishers and pushing
business men, and they hope to have
the work ON the market by the middle
of next month. 1t cannot come toe
early. The book is the product of the
ripest years and judgment of Col
Thompson's long and honorable life. Il
was not written with view to the pres
ent special condition of affairs, but the
precipitation Of the discussion because
of President Cleveland's free-trade mes
sage makes its appearance peculiarly
timely and valuable. The manuscrip1
has been read and highly indorsed BY
Hon. John Sherman and President
Ammidown, Of the American Protective
Tariff League. Indianapolis Journal.
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DEADLY DYNAMITE.
Four Men Killed and Twenty-Five
Others Wounded
Indignant Cttissns VINO Blame a,Forsman
Of Gang for ths Dloedy work.

DULUTH, Mrxx., Feb. 22-Ths most Tor.
rIble and fatal accident in the history Of
Duluth occurred this morning BY which
four men have already lost their lives and
twenty-nine others were more or less In.
iured. About sixty men were employed
by contractors In blasting rock on Fourth.
street cut under the direction Of Torman
Ole Lundberg, aud on Saturday they
charged an eighteen-foot hole with
twenty-six large dynamite car.
tridges. At six o'clock satur.
day evening an attempt was made to fire
them on by the usual method, but only
part al explosion occurred. The work
remained untouched until Monday, when
the men were ordered by the foreman to
redrlll the hole, but refused TO do 30,
being afraid Of danger. The same order
was given on Tuesday and ignored for
the same reason. This morning partly
new gang Of laborers was secured and
set to work. They had scarcely com.
menced when fearful explosion occurred,
hurling the nearest men thirty or forty
feet away and prostrating nearly every
man In the cut. With the explosion came
thirty tons Of flying rock, cutting swaths
through the men, breaking limbs and in-
ficting bruises everywhere. The scene at
the place Of the explosion was like battle
ground. Pieces OF clothing, battered tools,
pools Of blood, small fragments Of
flesh were grouped In indescribable
confusion. At st. Luke's Hospital
Q full corps Of surgeons were busi-
ly ct work doing oil that skill
could accomplish. As soon as the explo-
sion occurred the foreman, Ole Lundberg,
tried to leave town, but was caught by
Detective Bens n just as he had reached
the railroad In the East End. He was
brought back and lodged in Jail to await
hearing, which will be had at the inquest
tomorrow. Pub 10 indignation at the
reckless imperlling Of human life is rum
ming high, and the iaboring classes are
making threats of violence.
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ICE ooRaEs

Causing Floods In the Delaware River and
Doing Damage to Property at Sew
eral Points.
PoRT JERvis, N. Y, Fob. 23.-The Dele
waro river began breaking up on Wedes-
day evening A field Office three miles long
moved down to this village, where it stop
ped, forming All ice dam mile in length
and seven feet thick. The water bicked up
and rose twelve feet in twenty
minutes, flooding many houses
along tho river and damaging
the Barrett suspension bridge. The gorge
is slightly broken opposite this village,
but the heavy ice up the river, as far west
as Deposit, is still intact. When it breaks
up the gorge here will no doubt be broken.
The Neversink river, which joins the
Delaware here, has been forced from
its bed by a gorge at Port Clinton, and is
doing great damage to roads and valuable
farms.
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SILLY sUPERsTlTIoNs.
Fancles Concerning bees Prevailing in
Many Parts Of England.

Fancles Concerning bees Prevailing in
Many Parts Of England.
1t is amusing to note the supersti-
tions and fancies concerning bees that
have existed at different t,mes, some
of which still have their faithful adj
herents in rural places There is in
Lincolnshire. Essex and Cornwall. in
England. superstition that bees
desert hive OH the occasion of a
death in the family, unless informed of
1t by rapping on the hive. The belief
that hives should be wrapped in
mourning is current in Lincolnshire.
In Northampton the entrance of a bee
into cottage is deem ell a certain sign
Of death, and If swarm of bees alight
on dead tree. or a branch of tree.
there will be death within year. In
Yorkshire there is custom of in
viting bees to the funeral. These were
doubtless originated from an observa-
ton of the fact that bees are attracted
by tho scent Of fresh varnish working
on superstitious minds. 1t is said by
some that bees will never live in o
quarrelsome family. What a blessing
II among beo-keepers such an idea
would quell all rising feelings of diff
ference in the family. Some think they
will thrive If stolen; while in other
places it is considered unlucky to pur.
chase bees; that the only way 10 get
them is to have them given. catch q
wild swarm. or to steal them. Acting
on this silly superstition. we have
known good people to 60 to neigh
boris house. take hive of bees
without his knowledge. and leave
in payment some other goods,
thinking that ill-luck would follow
them If money be paid. In this
superstition there is shade Of truth.
Among such people bees are got from
their nearest neighbors in summer.
when bees are flying freely. and car
ried quietly home. OF course. the old
bees return to tho old stand the next
day. and the removed hive is unlucky,
because weak in bees for some time
till it can recuperate. II the colony
has already swarmed. as is often the
case. tho remaining bees are too few
to build it up into good swarm that
season. The observation of results
without q knowledge of the cause or
the method of preventing it gave rise
to the superstition in minds already
inclined thereto. Bee Keepers Mag a.
sine.
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Tho pops's Presents.

ROME, Feb. -22.-With regard to the ulti.
mate distribution of gifts received by the
Pope, His Holiness has expressed himself
IN the following manner to one of his
nephews: II should feel l was acting
against my conscience and against inten.
tions Of Catholics who have contributed
gifts which now adorn this magnificent ex.
hibition, and who have given such gener-
Gus offerings Of Peters pence, II were
not to dispose entirely Of all of this wealth
for the exclusive benefit Of the church and
of the HOLY SeeD
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Smuouled 0plum.

NEW York, Feb. 23--In the course Of his
investigation as to opium smuggling at
this port Collector Magone has discovered
that, while 10000 pounds OF opium was
withdrawn from bonded warehouses here
ostensibly for export to Havana during
the past three years, only 10000 pounds
have been imported into Havana from this
city. Tie Collector has not yet found out
whore the other 10000 pounds went. He
has discovered opium frauds to the amount
of sl3O UUO
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somoambuIl,r, p,uoorou, Fr.ak.

CHATTANOOGA, Feb. 23.-Last night, as q
passenger train on the Cincinnati South.
ern road was running at the rate of thirty
miles per hour, just south OF Lansing,
Tenn, Z. W. Jewell, a somnam bulist,
arose from his berth in the sleeper and
walked through tho car to the platform
and stopped of. He was badly hurt.
Tewell lives at Rockwell, N. c.
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Warrants for Pensions.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-Tho Treasury De-
partment to-day issued warrants for
the payment of $4,000. 900 on account Of
pens,ons, the effect Of which is to reduce
the surplus for the month Of February
from $l7,000,OO0 to $7,OOe, 900. The total
revenues for the month to date aggregate
$25, 000. 600, being 2,000, 900 in excess of an
average Of 81, 900, 900 u day. The expendi-
lures during the same time amount TO
$lS O0O OOl
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ROYAL Beirothals.

LONDON, Feb 23.-lt is reported that the
Prince of Wales on the occasion Of his sill
YER wedding banquet will announce tho
betrothal of Prince Albert Victor to his
counsin, Princess Alexandra, Of Greece;
and tho betrothal Of Princess Victoria to
the Duke Of Sparta, Crown Prince Of
Greece.
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Not FL ior consecratsd Ground.

NEW YoRK, Feb. 22.-The body OF John
Mcguire, the old man who died suddenly
at DR.. McGlynn's Anti-Poverty Society
meeting on Sunday night, was placed to-
day in one of the receiving vaults At
Greenwood Cemetery, where 1t will re.
main until the question Of its burial in
Calvary Cemetery has been decided by the
courts. The Archbishop and his counsel
decided not to allow the body of man
who had died at one of these meetings to
be buried In consecrated ground.