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NUMBER 27.
MARCOS C0UNTY TEXAs

Tho swarming people below saw tho ruin
that had been wrought and its possible dire
fnl consequences. and terror took the place Of
interest, parching thoir tongues and paralys-
| Ing their limbs
For a fow minutes tho young man In the
basket did not know Of his peril Tho bal
loon mounted smoothly. scarcely missing the
cas that be,chad ltfluy from its gaping rda
Standing erect he waved bis hand gayly %
the sea Of upturned faoea Then tho great
ball above him trembled, lurched ond began
to faltor In its flight Tho people watched
him with bated breath The stoutest Of them
groancd, tho weakest wept Their strained
eyes saw tho balloon limp through tho air,
now falling, then signing and rising little
ngain, then loundering 10 the right or the
left A mile east Of the town 10 lost all its
lifc, and with a sudden collapse sank toward
tho carth Brushing over tho tops Of trees,
II trailcd OF into empty space and was lost 70
| sight -
They found the amateur aeronaut lying
crushed and lifeleless In pasture 0eld-
Ho wns was quito dead, they said
Gently as they could did they carry him 10
the nearest house. and there they straightened
him for tho grave. ''laid him out" In the
vernacular Of tho place And thcy put
copper cents on his eyes. as was tho custom
Of tho day, for an this occurred many year
ago The "oldest inhabitant" told mo the
story. And they covered his crushed body
with the white sheets Of death
Half the inhabitants Of Lafayette were on
the spot almost on soon as Clelland wns
found Among the number was Nettio
Bankard, who had fairly flown ovor ths
ground, urged on by love, which in the mo-
ment Of danger forgot to bo shy. Nobody
wondered why sho was there, since almost
everybody was there
It so happened that as the unfortunate day
wanei sho stood on tho porch looking into
tho room Of death thon left solitary. Az she
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tho figures that cast them paused beside tho
palmist aud her subject Ono was Nottio
Bankard. o young girl who earned hr broad
by sewing at tho houses Of the rich. The
other was Lindley Custia, tho irropressible
brother Of Miss Ada Hs was escorting Net
tie homo after her days work was done, and
seemed rather proud Of his mission Ho was
her fcrvent admircr. and often told his sister
that II Nettie Bankard had half chance she
would 'throw her tAda) In tho shade" In the
matter Of beauty and popularity.
Clelland greeted her with genial courtesy.
Tho gypsy woman looked at her with do
cided interest Tho young man laughingly
told her that he had Just had his fortune told,
and that no was to be unlucky In love and
have q lot Of trouble ON his twenty-ninth
birthday.
Ho did not SEQ. but tho star eyed gypsy
did. that the dreamy, yearning face OF the
young girl grow rigid and white a. she
listened
"when Is your twenty-nmth birthday, Mr.
Clellandr Questioned Nettio, with the sim.
plicity OF a child, but with eyes full Of In
tense interest
"Wheni Oh, In O few days-on tho Fourth
Of July. was born n patriot you SOC. Tho
spirit OF independence comes natural to me"
Tho girl looked at him with an expression
In which there was greater anguish than
words could translate. But he did not 500 It.
As Nettlo walked away tho gypsy woman,
with her eyes fixed dreamily upon her, said
softly to herself; ave meet them at tho foot
Of weary hills and In lonely byways and
know them not Yet, us surely as the com.
ing Of the morning, will bo tho awakening,
and we shall know them ns our own"
Two hours later Harper Clelland was leav-
ing the door Of the Custis homo Tho hand
some face Of Miss Custis was white with
wrath, as she bade him good night and
good-by. A few PAGES from tho steps he
turned and looked at her rs she stood on the
balcony, her white gown glinting through
the green vines, her dark eyes burning with
anger His heart swellcd with pain He
loved her we'll; but she had told him to go
awny and come back no moro. Tho BALLOON
was the enemy that had done this. Clelland
emphatically mathematical IL as no stood
there, even while remaining loyal to IL
~ am not to come againT he, said inquir'
ingly, hoping, lover like that she would 70
lent at tho last minute "Wo are to be
nothing to each other hereafter"
"Nothing," she answered, with tho quiet
emphasis peculiar to heartless people
lie walked away hurling mental invectives
at the balloon and curses, they say, rebound
against the one who utters them. There is q
philosophy abroad now which holds that a
curse, even an unspoken one, damages its OBJ
ject, but damages Its uttercr still moro
Preparations for the great day went on
hriskly Speeches, music, a dinner, a process
sion, the firing of cannon and, most Of all,
the balloon, were to mako that particular
Fourth Of July glorious and memorable.
Patriotism was to walk forth In continental
purity Freedom was to shriek as much as
ID pleased The eagle was to soar, and indie
pendepce to renew Its youth
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SHOT UP, hut NOT STRAIGHT.

SHOT UP, BUT NOT STRAIGHT.
looked with tho gaze Of the soul rather than
the eyes, she fancied that the long figure on
the board moved It was fancy, OF course
she told herself But surely tho white sheeb
shook. In bound the girl was In tho room
tearing the covering from tho face Of the
man she loved.
Then was there an excitement greater than
that aroused by his fall from the clouds, for
loI he was alivo. Yes, alive; but crushed and
mangled In body most pitiably. When tho
news reached Lafayette tho grateful town
expressed It's Joy by firing cannon and send
ing up tho sky rockets which had been for
hidden when the amateur balloonist was sup
posed to be dead.
Bad a. the accident was for Clelland, 10
had its divine uses. But for 10 no never
would havo married Nettie Bankard, an
event In his life which has blessed him ever
aince Tho wedding took place the next day
after the accident, being tho direct result Of
It, In fact Clclland read the love In tho
eirls eyes when he came back to conscious
ness. Seeing him suffering, she forgot TO
bide IT, Remembering TINT be was rich and
she poor, and believing that he could benefit
her by his wealth. and also that his days
were too few TO be care upon her, he asked
the privilege Of becoming her husband.
Even tho. long, long months that passed
before his broken body was made whole
were not wasted He thought out an inven-
tion which brought him still greater wealth
Better still, he thought OUT a nobler philoso-
ply Of life Guided by an inner light, newly
born in his soul, he expended for others tho
money his genius had earned He Is an
elderly man now, as patriotic as ever, still q
resident Of Lafayette, and tho greatest phil
anthropist In the state
Ada Custls married rich and respectable
president of u savings bank. He had never
done anything SO disreputable MS TO ''go up
In balloon" therefore shP felt that her
prido was safe from modification So IL was
for several years, but one day the bank
closed suddenly and tho banker hurried OF
20 Europe without bidding his family or
friends adieu, and has never been heard OF
IN Lafayette since Ada and her children
would have had sorry time of 10 had II not
been for her brother Lndley, who 'turned
out splendidly," tho people Of Lafayette say.
You have heard Of him, am sure. one Of
the broadest minded men in the country and
one Of the best. But he Ia quite as radical
as he promised to be at fourteen.
GERTRUDE GARR1soy,
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"HERE'S THE WHOLE STORY IN THE kkCohD.
With an impish CLEAN Of pleasure in his eyes
tho boy drew crisp copy Of the city's most
important journal from his pocket and read
aloud the lines Of a tremendous "horse head
which told in the boldest and blacklist faced
type in Lafayette that the young and hand
some Harper Clelland would make an ascen-
sion from the court house yard on the Fourth
of July In the balloon "W. s. Larkel, named
In honor of the editor Of The Record, who,
with Mr.. Clelland, from motives OF patriot
ism, will pay the expenses Of this, the citys
first balloon ascension
IAndley read the blazing head lines in q
voice that admitted Of no further doubt on
the part Of his hearer. Then followed a col
unin or moro Of double loaded particulars OF
the highly dramatic event, as it was to be, In
The Records most conspicuous columns
Young Gusts read every line Of It aloud with
diabolical Joy, not unmlxed with genuine ad
niration for the hero Of the day.
Miss Gusts heard IL through in silence, but
her face grew very hard and white, and her
DARK eyes blazad with wrath Then, with Q
contemp.uous laugh. which gurgled away
into a snatch Of song. 70 prove her indif
ference, she went out % the room But ber
young to-rnentor was not deceived 1T
grinds her Ike everything he said 70 him
self. end the thought seemed b give hin
Extraordinary s1tizfnction, 20 high and fns
a thing is brOtherly affection at IL
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Tbs whole town talked q youag ClollAnd
fhatevening. Tie richest. handsouest and
NOS popalar young gsB.la1nan In the co-n-
ruuuify-it 9as ea0erally admitted thai Be
oouId do aln1st anything not positively
criminal uitho1t losing casse-b1t halloou
sUosusiou uas a little TOO r1uch Tor tbs 'fbast
peoylss % forEivs Lafayette ~as not sc1-
sutisc IN - tsfsa u rz-ber lsznsd b tbs-
ol9ry. sod tsloo1H -srs tn s1ppossd %
c-s thssr orizf1 % thsoioEFs most DoSsfE
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OP PElCHA o..

cONGREssMAN-STH DISTRICT:
ZION L. W. Moore, OF Fayette County.
SENATOR 25TH DISTRICT:
Hon W. Fl Burgess, Of Guadalupe Co.
asPnxsnNrArIvEs-9lsr DIsrRicT:
Hon Geo 7. Mc(iehec, OF Hays Co.
Hon J. L. Ellison, Of Caldwell Co.
DISTRICT oOUnr--2ssD DIsraI0T.
Hon. H. Teiohmuoller, Presiding Judge, LAdrahee
5J. NJ Bethany. Attorney, Austin Go.
riuss OF HOLDING COURT.
.HAys-lst Mondays In March and September May
tsoutinue three wceks.
COUNTY OrFIOERs.
i Ed R. Kone, Judge County Court.
Il Jas, G. BurlesOn, Dist. and County CierR.
Il g. y. Mcbride, County Attorney.
Y Jas A. Wren Sheriff, J. II. Turner Deputy:
c. S. Cock. Justice OF the Peace Pre-. no
4 E.A. Vaughn, a, ., :
II. y. Hubbs, . =. =.
4 JIG. Rowe, =.
W. W. Slack, -
Il J. u. Patterson, County Treasurer.
4 X. 4. FortsOn, Assessor.
Il Otto Groos, Surveyor.
". L. Owen Oom'r Precinct No.
Il y. A. Vaughn " 80
4 H. c. Hubbs,
4 Peter Schmitt. 's "
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J. Eoien, %
4 Jepp Henson,
s. Y. Stone,
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! A CASE OF CATARRH WHICH THEY CAN NOT CURE.

Prof. ". HAUsNER, the famous mesmer-
/ ist, of Ithaca, y. +, writes: some ten
years ago / suffered untold agony from
! chronic nasal catarrh. Ny family physi-
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10 must die. by case was such bad one.
yards sunset, my voice would become so hOarse
k above a whisper. In the morning my cough
my throat would almost strangle me- BY the
Iatarrh Remedy, in three months, was a web
has been permanent"
THOMAS ]. RUSHING. ESQ.,, s9os Pine Street,
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times l could hardly breathe, and was con-
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last eight months could not breathe through
the nostrils. ! thought nothing could be
done for me. Luckily, L was advised to try
Remedy, and j am now a well man. | be-
only sure remedy for catarrh now manufac-
s only to give it a fair trial to experience
and a permanent cure"
ELI ROBBINS. RunyGsl P. o.. Columbia Co..
. Pa. says: My daughter had catarrh when
I she was five years old, very badly. l saw
Z DIR. Cages Catarrh Remedy advertised. and
! procured bottle for her, and soon saw
.s that it helped her. a third bottle effected
She is now eighteen years. old and sound
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THE oUTeRoWTK or A VAST EXPERIENCE

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cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indi-
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En pregnancy, FavOrite Prescription 3"
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it may truthfully be said that their acti
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TREATING the WRONG DISEASE.

The 'Favorite Prescript
poor suffering women.
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The wife of Senator Beck of Kentucky
is descendant Of 3 relative OF George
Washington, and part Of her estate
comprises land surveyed by Washington
for the state Of Virginia when Kentucky
was taa western county Of that state.
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! their rlne sn0Ss, making the r00kS re-
echo, were sent after him, but went wide
of the mark, as it was evident that these
Dacoits were unskilled in the use of
modern fire arms and the mode of sight
! ing them.
Now the barrow path, on reaching q
point on the face of these precipices, be-
gan to descend at q steep angle, down
which Lonsdale by one swift backward
glance, saw the tattooed Dacoit and two
others, without taking time to fire, come
rushing with all their speed, assured of
overtaking him at last.
Just at point where Lonsdale nearly
| lost his life by the path taking an acute
angle or turn to the left, he shrunk close
to wal OF rock unseen, and with gasp
in his throat and sigh Of prayer on his
| lips, at his own narrow escape-beheld,
| moment after, to his intense sstisfac-
| ton, these three leading Dscoits, unable
to arrest the fierce impetus with which
they came blindly rushing down the slope,
fly headlong over the precipice in quick
succession, to be dashed out of all shape
among the boulders, or drowned in the
water cuts some hundred feet below.
They vanished through the All and
from sight, without q cry oIsssna in
falling.
Without having to fire on6pfais pre-
cious shots, he had thus got rid OF three;
but the others seeing their fate, came on
more warily. One, who WAS in advance
of the rest, now came to the acute angle
Of the path, but paused, rife in hand, and
Lonsdale by one deadly thrust of the
raisor-edged dab laid him at his feet, and
sped on, haunted, oftentimes, by the glare
Of the dying mans eyes and his falling
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DR.. Sage's Catarrh +
lieve it to be the OF
tured. and one has
astounding results al
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sOSAt 1uou16S anu SaISultas
Around him was solitude awful and
oppressive. Elephants, tigers, bears and
leopards abouuded, he knew, in the wild
places of Burmah; but none, as yet, dis
turbed him, and stretched among soft
moss and the dry dead leaves of the past
season he took his repose, and in the
morning awoke to find that he had slept
actually slept-long and soundly, and
felt, though little stiff, ready to face
anything.
Extremes OF heat and cold are seldom
felt in Burmeh, and the seasons are gen.
orally regular.
The light Of the uprisen sun failed to
penetrate the screen of interviewer fol-
iage that spread above him so far from
the earth. Here and there he could see
blue patch of sky no more; but far
as the eye could penetrate, on every side,
spread the mighty stems of the teak trees,
rising in long, long rows like stipend
Gus cathedral eisles, all seen by species
of subdued yet clear and steady twilight,
Save an occasional ichneumon, or rat
of Pharaoh, gliding about among the
dead leaves scudding as rabbits do at
home, no living thing was visible.
Which way was he to turn his steps?
The morning sun he knew was shining,
but under that roof of horizontal green
cry 1t was impossible to know east from
west, as there was no shadow below 1t,
the subdued light was SO uniform; out
after long and careful consideration he
found more Of it in one particular direc-
ton, and conceiving that the forest must
grow thinner and be more open he pro-
ceeded towards it, and found his copject-
ure correct. He reached the skirt of the
teak wilderness, where the pepper, the
capsicum, turmeric and ginger shrubs
grew wild, and saw before him an open
and fertile country, on the woody vertas
and abandoned rice fields OF which the