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CHAPTER XXI.
NRANT As PRAYED.

Naccorlfngly Augusta was sworn, and
s.ustace deserved that when She removed
ncr vail 70 Kiss he book the sight of her
.yyyret face produced no small effect upon
he crowded court.
Thcp james began his examination in
.hief, and following the lines which he
lad lad down in his opening speech led
nrr slowly, while allowing her to tell her
.onn story as much as possible, to the time
Df he tattooiug Of the will ON kcrguclon
5Ap6 All along the history had cvi-
IDENTITY interested everybody in the court
not excepting the julge-intensely;
but now the excitement rose TO boiling
-ooint
-NVcn," aid James, tell lis lordship
e'yactly how it came to pass that the will
IF Air. Nccson was tattOocd upon your
shoulders"
In euiot, but dramatic language,
-au1nta accordingly narrated every de
ah, fr1a he time when Mceson confided
10 hrr J Il rcmorsc at having disinherited
his nephew up to the execution of the
sgin, 4 ior suggestion, by the sailor
t.lprH no o,l shoulders.
Ar Jus Hiss Smithers," said James,
Rhe Dad done, 81 am very sorry to
do 50, l1t { must ask you to exhibit the
doculn .,t 0 lie court"
Pooq ~ -asta colored up, and her eyes
@-lIel ": "a toIIs, as she slowly undid the
iust gla X which hid her shoulders for
rsf colrar, so had come in low dress
Tho juG'c looking up sharply, observed
sWr IA; ui7l distress.
III you prefer it, Miss Smithers," sale
i.h]s Iorlsl.I, courteously, Il will ordel
She co,rt 90 be cleared of every one ex
ee1t those who are actually engaged il
abe cHse."
AT these Clninous words a shudder o
disgust pissed through the densel.
-uctked ranks. 1t would, indeed the!
&aA, after III their striving be hard /
f,hesy were deprived Of the sight o
h3Eustu's rhoUlders; and they stared a
JAar despailingly to see what she woul'
answer
II tien', Jour lordship," she said, witt
- little bow; but there would still We 81
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the customs of the trade, as practiced at
Nelson's, thus paraded in the open light
of day, while a dozen swift penciled re-
porters took every detail down.
Then, at last, Augusta was told to stand
down, which she did thankfully enough,
and Mrs. Thomas, the wife of Capt.
Thomas, was called. She proved the find
ing of Augusta on the island, and that
she had seen the hat of one of the sailors,
and the rum cask two-thirds empty and
also produced the shell out of which the
men had drunk the rum (Which shell the
judge recalled Augusta to identify. What
was most important, however, was that
she gave the most distinct evidence that
she had herself seen the late Mr. Mecson
inferred, and identified the body as that
of the late publisher by picking out his
photograph from among a bundle of a
dozen that were handed to her Also she
swore that when Augusta came aboard
the whalcr the tattoo marks on her back
were not healed.
No dissemination of the witness
worth the name having been attempted,
james called n clcrl; from the Office of the
late owners of the r. NJ. S. Kangaroo,
who produced the roll of the ship, OH
which the names of two sailors Johnnie
Butt and Bill Jones, duly appeared.
This closed the plaintiffs case, and the
attorney general at once proceeded to call
his witnesses, rcscrving his remarks till
the conclusion of the evidence. lie had
only two witncsscs-Mr Todd. the law
ycr, who drew and attcstcd the will Of
Nov. 10, and his clerk, who also attested
it, and their examination did not take
long. In cross-cXamination, however,
both these witnesses admitted that the
I ffrf pt,. .
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(I'O he c0HCiU2cG.)
NAVAL WAI:I IRE.


Invention of Swimming Dress for lie
structive Purposes
At the last naval maIuuvres before kitl
an application of swimming dress was
made which has been tried till now only
ia the German navy. The dress is like II
divers dress made of India rubber, and
double. On the chest is valve, through
IS hich air is blown intO the interior of the
dress, which covers the whole body and
caves only the face bare. TO prevent the
swimmer from being too much tossed
about by the sea, the space around the
chest is well filled with air About the
hin. the swimmer wears grdle, which
divides the dress into two parts, to pre-
vent too great loss of air if the dress
We're torn about the legs, and consequent
difficulty in swimming The swimmer
wears shoes with ieadrn sOles to secure
his equilibrium, AMI for his defence lorg
kuife which j. fastened to the glrGle. The
swimmers are employed for the blowing
~ of mines and hostile craft, and are pro
vided with an explosive box, which they
have to fasteu to the mine or craft and t.
set on fire. Before the explosion ensues
/ they are out of the reach Of danger. Dur
| lug the attack on the harbOr Of kiel on
| the 2Oth of last month, swimmers were
| d, spatched from the armor clad squadron
| to destroy the mines.
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Dr.. J. s Charles writes to The Scien-
iiho American of the uses of Glycer-
Inc. He recommends it first as dressing
Tor ladies shoes to make the leather soft
and pliablc. Secondly, for sweating feet,
using one part Of burnt alum and two
parts glyccrinc on the feet at night. For
0unions and corns, equal parts of Gamma.
bis lndica with glycerine, bound on with
canton flannel. Two drains of glycerine
and two quarts of water makes pleasant
oath. Glycerino in whisky or cream will
relieve a paroXysm of coughing. and for d
ccnsuNptiyo = mixture of one part OF
powdered willow charcoal and two parts
of pure glyccrinc not only allays the
cough, but puriGes the stomach. Lastly
he recommends it us meAstruum IL
which to fry fish for the morning break
fast.-Herald OF Health.
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that many churches for which he has the
privilege OF selecting clergymen. His
landed estate is called Clumber. He has
a fine house in London and clean cash
income of $500 900 year, So though the
lady fortune is very small, the young
couple will make out to live, and she will
always know that he loved her for herself
alone.
The Duke of Newcastle is descended
from Edward Clinton, who was made
Earl of Lincoln in 1912. The ninth earl
of that house married the heiress of Pei
ham in 1868, inheriting the Newcastle
titles from that family, So the nobility
of the house is quite modern
The ducal house of Marlborough, OF
which Mrs. Hammersley has become the
reigning lady, is also very modern Gro
alton Arabella Churchill attracted the
fancy of James II, and for her sake her
brother, John Churchill, obtained valu-
able post in the army. But he was a
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WIZARDS WONDERFUL CAREER.


JOURNALIST, Iinancier and Railroad Man.
Henry Willard, the renowned railroad
king who has risen to a dizzy height,
fallen and risen again, has had a career
more thrilling than romance. His his
tory is in finance what that of Capt. John
Smith or Chinese Gordon was i'm military
life and adventure. As journalist his
life was sufficiently varied, as an enter
priser it has been eventful to an aston
ishnr decree.
lie began as penniless crnirrant, roso
to ligh rank rs a correspondent, was
Frustrated, rose again, and has now re-
pcatod the experience in fnanciering.
Heinrich Ililgard (such was his baptis-
NAL nance was born in Speycr Rhenish
Bavaria, in 1882, and his father was then
and long afterwards presiding judge of
the district court OF Iwcibruckcn He
had good German education and went
through French college in Lorraine,
where he WAS somewhat noted as an ath-
letc. The revolution Of 1918 in Germany
made him Radiral; and in 1853 lac fol
lowed his cEilcd relatives to America
His unclcs had been compelled TO leave
Germany at the close of the troubles of
1S4S-i9, and Heinrich worked and walked
his way TO their location in Illinois At
this timo he Amcricanizcd his name to
Henry Willard. Why, is not we'll known,
but it is alleged that he did not care to
have it known that the son Of his honor
able father was common laborcr.
He soon mastered the English language
then wrote for German papers and studied
Laws in Chicago. lie Travelled with Abraham
Lincoln during his celebrated debate with
Douglas, reporting for German papers
and thus formed u close acquaintance with
the great cmancipator. Then he went to
Colorado ana wrote a series of letters so
entertaining that they were published in
book form. His next experience was a
defeat. He reported the proceedings Of
the stormy session of that winter of the
Indiana legislature with such appalling
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brisk chase was captured and locked up
IN cell
Doubtless after this experience banks
viii provide further means of safety.
Nhey have extended the barriers sur
rounding their paying tellcrs and found
that they are still insecure. The next
thing will be to give them roof, and
perhaps we may by and by see paying
probably resemble the turret of a gun
boat.
Harding is p years old with light
brown hair and blue eyes. He is nearly
Six feet high.
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writer's declared that ''to the land from
which her ancestor fed in fear, his grand
daughter returns Il queen.
The CAROLS are still devoted Catholics,
and the two sisters of Miss Virginia Mac
lavish have entered converts. 1t was
thought she would follow their example,
but she prefers secular existence.
though very strict in the observance Of
her religion. She is n tall stately and
dignilied blonde, active in all charitable
works She rises early and walks to mass
at st. 1gnatius church, then rides and at .
tends to social duties till noon; but she
makes it rule to devote part of each day
to charitable labors. She visits the poor
est parts Of the city for this purpose and
will stop in walk or ride to bestow aims
upon beggars.
The MacTavish mansion is on North
Charles street, Baltimore, near the Wash
ington monument in the most aristocratic
section Of the city. Miss Virginia is a
most accomplished horsewoman, and it
was on Il hunt in England, where she was
visiting relatives, that the duke saw her
and was captivated by the graceful cques-
trienne. Like most ladies with plenty Of
money and nothing to do, she has dcvel-
oped various "fads" and some decided &C.
ccntricitics. Last February readers Of
the daily papers laughed, or sighed, ac-
cording to their individual humors, over
the description of the burial of her pet
greyhound She wanted to bury it in one
of the cemeteries, which was of course
refused; SO the grave was dug in the yard
of her house, and the dear departed canine,
in rosewood coffin lined with white silk,
was tcarfully laid away, to take his
chances for dogmatic resurrection. A
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= rSGS, is not stIillingly handsome, is rather
retired in her life, and is generally what
matrons call IA real good little girl" She
is well educated, especially in music. and
has sweet mezzo-soprano voice Her
modest home is at No 80 West Forty
eighth street, and though she is not a
noted society lady" she is in the first
circles" and met the duke at an evening
party last winter. Though not noted as
a beauty, all her friends think her very
handsome, her disposition being gentle,
gay and very winning. She, too, is a
daring horsewoman.
Her fance, the Duke of Newcastle is
just turned 24 years, and is not at all
handsome, but is surprisingly moral and
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A Woman's Discovery.

another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by II tdy in this country
Disease fastened its clutches upon her and ton
seven years she withstood its sevtrest tests
nut her vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three months
,he coughed necessarily aud could not sleep
She bought of us bottle of DR. X ng's New
discovery for Consumption and was so much
fclieved on taking first dose that she slept al
night and with one bottle has been miracn
iuusly cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther l.utZ.'
Thus write W. c. Hamrick Il Co., OF Shelby
n. C.-Get Il froe trial bottle at Beaupre 4
IOwrey's Drug Store.
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neutrality-suspicious. policy-aud thus be-
came involved in gigantic swindle.
But such cas', seem to b. more common
cvc'y day, especially in crowded commit
njtics, whore wealthy people. y the di5-
play Of .l,:r iaauus. hold out Il spe.SI
tn. "a ION for others Of limited resources
10 c..u.1 'tNcir folly. Haicll doubtless
for S.. i.'....i.,' las endured the conscious
ncs> # jnc sword that WAS suspended
over AiI, and now that it mas fallen lie
prime OF ite Ioing 4j years old, with
black la:r and eye. lie is about feet :
inches high. %";s
But Il most remarkable case of pure
daring. not to say rcol,lcssness. is that OF
Harding. the sncal; thief Though there
havc be.n cn-cs Of Ills SOFT before. the
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noted in England,
and has furnished
n long roll Of
heroes, statesmen
and martyrs. The
ladies alone Of
that family, who
have been noted
in British history,
would make n
longlist. Through
all the troubled
tim cs Of { he
Stuarts the family
stood firmly tothc
Catholic faith
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religious T or q
duke. In his in
fancy Il nurse let
him fall, causing
an injury to his
l,irb and p,ayino r
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l,ooo,,,oTal,'c+af
forJ nncI H., nf
I. y = i a - Il
NforcLi orass q
" aiian ~
TLo,aL ,n1.ro,s,.,,
E. rmn'an4
rorCrat;d,, +Ln -
= :
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accuracy, repro
dUcins speeches
with p honotic
faithfulucs5, that
the cnraccd mem
bors ordered his
expulsion from
the press gallery.
IN 1850 ic re-
nauod Lis ar-
qu-intance with
..btsilalu Lincoln,
reported the cam
pr. IN in Illinois.
accompanied The
llcw president to
l,.-lL inrlnn md
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EATING ISDIi\S.
Winnipeg Indians Practice Cannibalism
-HorrIbie Tale of Want and Suffering.

-HOrrlbie Tale OF Want and SuHerIns.
WINNrEG Man, Sept 80 Owing to
the great mortality of the beavers and 9th
er small game, the Indians, both last win
ter. and this summer, have been in con
tmual state of starvation. On account Of
the starvation aud consequent cAnnihal-
ism, n party of 90 Cree Ind ans was reduc-
ed to three in the winter of 1856 Daring
last winter, among the Fort Chlppewytn
Indians, between 20 ana 80 starved to
d-atb.
Scores of families, having lost their
heads by starvation, are now perfectly
helpless, and must starve to death.
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marble tombstone
tells of lis birth,
death and canine
virtues.
Miss Charlotte
B. Zerega, who is
to wed the Duke
of Newcastle, is
neither so rich nor
SO noted as Miss
NlacTavish. She is
of mixed English
and Spanish stock,
but was born in
New York city in
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AMERICAN DUCIIESSES.
THE THREE OF THIS YEAR AND
THEIR TITLED HUSBANDS.
1t Is Said That Miss MacTavish, of Balti-

1t Is Said That Miss MacTavish, of Balti-
more, and Miss Zercga, of New York
Will Soon he Welded to English Dukes
Following Mrs. Uammersleys Example
Mrs. llammersley married the Duke of
Marlborough in July and now the society
editors announce the engagement of Miss
Virginia MacTavish, of Baltimore, to the
Duke of Norfolk, and Miss Charlotte
Zercga, of New York city, to the Duke of
Newcastle. Ofthe three Mrs. llammersley
has gained rather the most noted historic
name, but Miss MacTavish will go into
by far the oldest family; for the Mari
borough dukcdom only dates from the
reign of Queen Anne, while the first Duke
of Norfolk came over with William the
Conqueror, and through all subsequent
years the names of Howard and Arundel
have stood high in British nobility.
#*#
1t is to be regretted that the Arundel
blood is not as pure physically as it is
aristocratically but place aux danes
--let us describe the ladies first.
Miss MacTavish is of the noted Car
roll family of Baltimore, and it is nota-
bic fact that these Carroll ladies', grand
daughters of Charles Carroll, of Carroll
ton, signer of the Declaration Of hide
pendence have married British noblcmen.
These were the three sisters Cation. who
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military genius, won the great battle of
Blenheim, was presented with an estate
of that name, and became the noted
Marlborough
The Duke of Norfolk, however, whom
Miss MacTavish is TO marry, traces back
to the conquest The Howard family. in.
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And this was the beginning of his big
operations, for he succeeded in convinc-
ing the German bankers that they could
not do better than to put some of their
money in far west American railways. In
1874. after reporting the Franco Pruss;un
way, he completed the arrangements with
German bankers which eventually made
him one of the kings of finance 1t is
stated that they gave him control Of Sl2,-
COO. ESQ to invest in America; but Mr.
Willard himself never gives the details of
his affairs for the press. At any rate his
rise began then, and after 1874 was phe
nomcnAlly rapid.
As receiver Of the Kansas Pacific he
beat Jay Gould in fight the latter forced
upon him, and soon after perfected the
combination 10y which he became master
of the Northern Pacific railroad. Ii was
then he began The much talked oi Willard
palace on Madison avCuuc. When the
foundation was laid Horny Willard was
"gtioncd among the multi-millionaircs.
Whom the last decoration was added lie
was 4 bankrupt. In all American iinan-
iii history there is 10 other instance of
so rapid 4 Use, followed by 50 sudden and
disastrous a fall. On Jan. 4, 1854, he
made general assignment, and the pal
ace lust completed was bought By sue
cessful journalist.
The causes of his fall are still fresh in
the public memory. In The noted blind
pool $50, 0C0, 600 were iutrusted solely to
his honor and ability, lie bought North
ern Pacific stock and organized the Ore
eon and Transcontneutal Railroad com
pany, with himself as president The
completion Of the road cost far moro than
his engineers had estimated, and while he
was in the northwest with the noted
excursion of August, 1883, Wall street
! made a heavy attack on his securities.
Tho crash came and all was lost.
event to Germany, and his old clients
rallied to his support. Little by little he
re.cstabiishod his fortunes. Late in 1856
he again began to be power. In Septem-
| Der. 1851, he was again a director in the
Northern Pacific road, and now he is pro
NOTED to lis old place rs president Of the
/ Oregon Trarscontinental company. He
and his friends control 1900 shares, and
once moro be is master of the road and Of
| the situation.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-08-10

mail services, with refusing to sign the necessa
ry bill for the Improvement Of rivers and har
bors, with using the power OF his administra
ton 10 prevent approx riations for q navy snG
. coast defenses. with attem mpting to destroy the
protective tariff, with courting the good will o
other nations at the expense of the citizens o
the United States, and with joining the foreign
bondholders to demouetize silver and destroy
| the industries of pur country, and for the re-
duction of wages OF the Mint employees at Car
son, for closing the Carson Mint, when it was
not only self-sustaining but source Of revenue
TO the Government, for its contemptuous veto
of pension bills for the relief of disabled SOL
diers and sailors, and for failing to construct
the Government Building a. Carson as required.
Nv.
We are in favor of the absolute exclusion Of
Chinese, AMI the restriction of immigration, by
which the present overcharged condition of the
labor market is made worse. and also leg
islation by which a revision of our naturaliza-
tion and land laws may be accomplished.
v.
We demand, in behalf of our various indus
tries, the retention Of the duties on lead, borax,
soda, hides and leather, and to restore the tar
if OF 1857 on wool.
keseired: hat we recognize the right Of la
Dor to organize for its lawful protection.
VII
We favor liberia appropriations by Congress
for Autographed and Typographical surveys
in this State to the nd that the waste waters
may be preserved for the purpose Of irrigation.
We endorse tho wise and conservative admin
Of Governor G. c. Stevenson, and 20
heartily commend the able efforts Of Senators |
Stewart and Jones and Representative Wood |
burn in behalf Of the interests Of the people Of |
this State.
We favor the granting to New da Of all Gov
land within the State for the purpose
Df providing means for irrigation and other
Y.
We favor the REDUCTION OF the Treasury sur
plus by the payment of pensions to Union ST.
iiers, their widows and orphans, the improve
nent Of rivers and harbors, the building Of de-
enses for our sea-coasts, the erection Of public
buildings, the creation of a navy, the purchase
Il bonds and tie repeal Of the Internal revenue
avs taxing tobacco.
XI.
1t Is the duty of the State to maintain free
ION -sectarian schools in the rural aaG sparsely
ettled districts as well as in towns and thickly
ettled sections and that such division of the
chool money should be made as viii furnish
he means Of education TO all children in the
tate.
We are in favor Of re-cpening the Cerson
lint for coinage. and raising the wages Of its
mployes to the standard paid bv the last Be-
ublican Administration.
We demand the restoration Of the AaN ser
ice in this State to the efficiency maintained by
he last Republican Administration, and favor |
he payment Of far wages to all postal en-
'eyes,
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$lOO to $500 a MONTH ,;'' can be

hiauc working Tor us.
Agents preferred who can furnish their own
horses and give their whole time to the business
Spare moments may be proftab'y EN- ,loyed
also. few vacancies in towns and cities. B.
F. JoESsos & Co., lo"s Main St. Richmond,
Va. msy3 I'm
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We demand the restoration Of the nan ser
vice in this State to the efficiency maintained by
the last Republican Administration, and favor
the payment Of far wages to all postal en-
p'eyes
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1t is the duty of the State to maintain free
non -sectarian schools in the rural a:.e sparsely
settled districts as well a, in towns and thickly
settled sections and that such = division of the
school money should be made as viii furnish
the means Of education to all children in the
State.
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oeh whethera no1e Is goou one oy ieeiins
1t. After the notes are counted they are cut
into pieces and are then carried over 70 tne
bureau OF printing and engraving ihey
are here put into big grndins macnihe,
which IS sealed after II IS niied ana the mass
OF cut greenbacks Is cnewed ana ground until
Il is made into pup. ihis pulp Is gwen
over TO the people VINO use IL 10 make images
nf the washington monument badly con
structed statuettes OF the president anu MIS-
cleveland, and paper weights. Each Oh tnese
images mas marked on IL tne amount VI
money which it took to make the pulp of