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A mans wife should always be tht
same, especially to her husband, but IL she Il
weak and nervous, and uses Carter's Iron Pills
she cannot be, for they make her "feel like a
different person." SO they all say, and their hui,
bands say so tool
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MARKETS.

, -Flour-City Mills. extra, 81. %
aSI.37. Wheat-Southern Fultz, Slae2;
Corn-Southern White, So Hata37 cts, Yellow
36a57Ifc. Oats--Southern and Pennsylvania
27aSOcts. Rye-Maryland " Pennsylvania
55a57cle. Hay-Marylan and Penns nsylvania
IL 5OaSl3 5J;Straw w heat, 2. 5Oa$o. 5O; Butter.
Eastern Creamery, 26a3oc., nearby receipts
lal3cts; Cheese Eastern Fancy Cream II
alIE Western, 0MalO cts; Eggs-I3
alSI; Tobacco Leaf-lnferior, $la2.O w, Good
Common, 3 O0aSi w, Middling, s5a7.O6 Good
to fine red, ,SaS9; Fancy, lUaSI3.
New oRK-Flour-5outhern Common to
fair extra, $2.50aS2.S5: Wheat--Noi White
S616aS6s4; Rye-sState. 57a6O; Corn-Southern
yellow, ,S5 Assn. Oats--Wh State 2Si29
cts Buttor-State, oal715 cts. Cheese-Stats,
S1<alUx cts; Eggs-1ialI% cts.
PHILADELPHIA - Flour - Pennsylvania
fancy, 4 25a4 IS; Wheat--Pennsylvania and
Southern Red, s5aeG; Rye Pennsylvania
5SAG0c; Corn-Southern Yellow, 3II6 AS cts
Oats--3l11sa33 cts; Butter State, zol29 cts /;
Cheese-N. Y. Factory, 0a9< cts. Eggs
State, l4al4L cts.
CATTLE.
BALTIMoRK--Beef, 4 50a4 75; Sheep--$3 90
al 75, Hogs-t4 75a5 w.
NEW YoRK-Beef--s5 0Oa1 90; Sheep-s "a IS
aG ~; Hogs--&3 80u4 40.
EAST LIBERTY-Beef-$4 25a4 so; Sheep
"a toa6 20; Hogs-s4 20a4 so
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want entered the room and Sir Edmund ad-
dTes sod us:
Your rooms are ready" he said: John
son will show you TO them if you feel you
would like to turn in."
The prospect OF sleeping once moro in q
good bed brought us to our feet at once.
Miss Lascelles. undauntcd by the first re-
bun, had got Lola's hand in hers and was
talking in a low. cndcaring tone TO her. Tho
Kid snatched her hand away. started to her
ieet. and came to my sidc, seeing we were
about TO go.
a little cuss," said tho Judge: you must
excuse her. miss. Her mother was a greascr,
and she's never had any kindness shown
hcr, except by. Gentleman Thornc. A lick
with the strap is what sho understands best.
No. miss" he added, when Miss Lascelles
offered to take Lola to her room; leave
her to me. There amt nothing but disap-
pintment and vexation of spirit to be got
outer the ongrateful little varmint."
The room given to the Kid was the pref
,icst imaginable. with hangings OF white
lace over blue silk. and everywhere the eye
was pleased with some pretty evidence OF
care and taste. The bed was suggestive OF
time. might have taxed my ingenuity in
vain TO have invented such q room I'm the
stories have told to Lola. We left the
Kid there. leaning against the bureau. her
untathomable eyes looking around her In
sullen curiosity.
In the morning tho room was found
empty. the bed untouched. tho floor COW
cred with shreds Of the clothing Miss Las
celles had laid out for Lola's use. which,
undoubtedly. tho little savage had torn up.
roor little Lola! She and had ALWAYS
been the best OF friends. except when a
question of cooking or washing occurred to
trouble us. She would yield o my pcrsua-
sion when nothing clsn would bond her
stubborn Spirits. She feared my silent re-
nroach more than the scathing sarcasm
van hoock treated her with. or The heavy
hand OF her father. She respected no one
put me; probably because l alono respected
her feelings.
Had forosccn that night the course she
was about To take. might with q little pa-
tent persuasion. have brought her to rea-
son. My spirit is weighed down with re-
greet when l think how perhaps dozen
words from mo Mt that time would have
turned aside the fearful consequences of
that act-an act so slight. yet followed by
terror upon terror, by crimo upon crime.
ITo RE CONTINUED
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DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

The dwelling Of Hunt Bead, in Augusta.
Georgia, was burned a few daysa ago, and his
three children, aged, six, four and two years,
perished in the flames.
Icis reported from Wood River. O:e ;on,
that cattle and horses are dying in LARGE
numbers i'll that section, and that .'many
bands Will be wiped out eutireiy urless a
thaw comes"
Martin Starrow lmmed bar into a hole
containing q dynamite cartriJgs at the
Laekawanna Iron iCompany's stone quarry
the air and decapita:od.
During runaway accident near Newark,
New Jersey, Miss Mary E. Tyler was kin, d,
and Lottie Tyler, her sister, was in iured i,,-
terna ly. Two other women who were in tha
carriage were slightly injured.
Stockdale Jackson, a wealthy resident of
East hiyerpooi, y no, while suffering from
nn attack OF ia grippe, took a large dose Of
corrosive sublimats In mistake for his medi-
cine. lie died In q short time.
despatch from Prescott, Arizona s,vs
tnat the death list has grown until now il is
known that no less than $50 persons 10 It their
lives in ths dam disasters. Wickenburg was
destroyed, every building falling beIore tho
awful assault. Seymour, l2 miles further on
was also wrecked.
Charles Hanley and William Dodson were
asphy xiated In street crossing watch bor
OF the Vandalia Railroad in Terre Haut,
lnuIana hanley was dead when foun J. md
Dodson is thought to he beyond recovery
They entered the watch box during q heavy
rain.
train on the Evansville and Terre Haut,
Railroad went through a brio GO at Kelso
creek, near VInoennes, Indian, a. Engineer
A. Lyons and fireman Louis yden are,
missing, and are supposed to be under tho
engine, which was totally wrecked Several
passengers were injured, but not fatally.
Michael McDonough, aged SO years, dis.
across q track just outside Akron, Ohio.
train being In sight, he had only time to take
one end OF the obstruction and drag it from
the track when the engine struck the other
end and the rail was dashed a. air g. his head
crushing his skull like an egg shell. The en- !.
gine and cars did not leave the track
George Dowell set a shot gun trap for A.
thief in his barn in Spring Hill, Missouri
The trap was 80 set that the gun would be
discharged when the barn door was opened.
Mrs. Dowell did not know the trap had b,en
set and when she went to the barn aad opsn.
ed the door the trap was sprung and she re-
ceived the whole charge Iull in the breast.
She died instantly. Mr.. and Mrs. Dwell had
been married only two months.
Mail advloes from Hong Kong and Yoko.
hama, received in San Francisco. report that
the storm along the Bashu coast on JANUARY
24th was very disastrous. About OO fishing
boats, with between 300 and 5000 fl ,bermen'
drifted out to sea. Nine hundred of these
boats, with all the men aboard, were lost.
Most OF the bodies driited up on the beach.
The same day III boats were wrecked in the
sea OH Tobisham. and so fishermen were
drowned. On January 25th 33 fish rmen weye
drowned on the coast Of Masch
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peS0ted 10 Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic {
m. he added. sxnlnnativelr... !.

EN- he added, explanatively.s
During a short space Of his eventful ca
reer Brace had earned n precaricns exist
ence as travelling preacher.
Then you are Bernard Thorne," the bar
onet said to me. -and Lola is"
The Kid, said Brace; her mother was a
greaser-G Mexican" he explained to Miss
Lascelles. The dinner h ad warmed his spir-
its and loosened his tongue, and he CON
tinued: we were dfawed together ut Cape
Town by an advertisement In the paper.
Our afflicted brother wanted to stake his
little pile upon mining venture. He he'd
studied the thing scientific 'ily; he had laid
out a kinder chart in his head. pricked down
whore the great finds he'd been nude, sorter
reasoned out the cause thereof, end sot his
mind firm as a big find was to be made In a
certain spot known only unto himself. We
conversed. and he perceived without much
difficulty as he he'd found the right sorter
partner in me, end he kinder left It with me
to find third party to jine in the venture.
Ispotted out Gentleman Thorne here among
a dozen. / liked tho shape of his chest und
shoulders: liked the look of his facet 1 SEQ
that. though he was outer luck. he was Q
gentleman: every inch of him; and l tell
ceiies, "that th@utn n ia ain no guHS,ein - . -:
ersston man like Thorne
who has been KEEP clean In his infancy. fed
wholesome. trained up in public school.
and been learnt to respect hisSclf and God
Almighty, has better temper. moro endur-
ance. more pluck and fghtiu' power to over
come and win. than dozen OF the muckers
that bounce about bein' workin' men," He
paused moment to let his words make due
Impression. and then continued; Gentle
man Thorne had no experience. but he had
a hunderd pound to put inter ther concern,
and that fetched Israel Jest as much as his
looks fetched me. Israol had three hunderd.
hod nothing in the shape Of dollars, but
threw in the Kid. which. being female. was
calc lated to be useful unter us in the nat'ral
order Of things. What we he'd we lumpt in,
and by written agreement. drawed up mu-
tual, we undertook TO play it out to the bot
tom dollar and the pint OF starvation. We
worked. sir. through thick and thin. through
the measiiest streak OF luck mortal man
ever struck.
Il rael was first to funk 1t. My calc'la-
tions are wrong; it's a hopeless venture,
man Thorne replies: No. he says. well
stick TO our culoIs ai,a Ryht u ont SAYS he
end he did his level best to cheer us on. on
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ing it back whom the diamond is ultimately
disposed OF, with reasonable percentage
upon the outlay. 1 make this suggestion as
a matter OF business, that you may feel
yourselves free from any restraint in sc-
cepting my Offer"
1t took us but few moments to agree to,
this proposal.
In that CASE" he proceeded. L should
wish to have a voice in the management OF
this business. and the first suggestion
should make is. that the finest artist in work
Of this kind be engaged to cut the diamond
under this roof, and that during the opera
This precaution is necessary for the safe
keeping OF the treasure, and for our own
common security.
This arrangement was too obviously ad-
vantageous to us to require argument; we
consulted together, and quickly agreed to
accept the condition.
Sir Edmund read the agreement through
again, and thcn said:
we must consult O lawyer with regard to
alegal form OF agreement. Here thero Is
kind OF tontine arrangement by which one
would receive an enormous advantage Dy
the death 2t bis partners. 1t is an an unSom-
stances which called for Its being maio are
changed. A lawyer may provide for our Sc
curity withost exposing us 10 ugly possible,
tiles. That, however, can all be settled
later on. There is no hurry. 1t will be
time enough to make the legal arrangement
when we have ascertained the value OF the
property to be arranged. and that we can
not know before the stone is cut. We will
question the best firms in London with re-
gard to lapidary. and> take our time.
Meanwhile. 1 will supply you with what
money you want upon your l 0 U. and the
diamond shall remain in your keeping.
Talk it over among yourselves at your leis-
ure. and any modification you may think ad-
visable have no doubt shall be able to
accept"
Miss Lascelles returned to the room and
spoke to her father. Then she went to Lola.
who had curled herself up On the skin. and
knelt beside her. The girl Was NOT asieep;
she started up into a sitting attitude as Miss
Lascelles approached. and flung off the
hand that was laid tenderly on her arm.
You don't dislike me. Lola2" the young
lady asked, smiling
Yes. do" the girl replied. savagely.
But want to be your friend"
I'VE shan't never he friends"
1lost Miss LasceIles' response. for q ser
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ANOTHER HATFIELD VICTIM.
The Msn Who Prev; nted the Gangs
Escape Mu dereu I'm Cold Blood,

The Man Who Prev, nted the Gene,s
Escape MA dereu I'm Cold BLOOD.
Uncle" joe Johnson, an inoffensive old
man, was shot down Mt his home q mile
East OF Plkevilc, Ky. The law. abiding
citizens OF this community hoped that tbe
death OF the member Of the Hatfield outlaw
band on tho scaffold would have the effect
OF preventing further outrages from this
source, but IT appears already to have lost ID,
intimi iating rfiJence.
Murder had been threatened, and friends
o. the gray haired victim had warned him of
DIS danger, out true to the instincts Of the
avtrLgo mountainslr OF this country "lncle
Joe" had refused to leave his isolated farm
nnd seek safety among his friends of Pike.
vile.
shortly nfter supper---jo the wifc informed
the heauthVrlties-here husband was summoneI
10 Tue stlie IN front OF the house by a mana
voice Ho besitatcI to respond. but thonght
ne recoenszed The voice which hailed him as
mat Oh ntighbor. As q matter of prec m
ton he picked up q double barrel snot gun.
as ne stepped from the house. A man was
sitting Gstrlde horse In the road neo. tho
boust. Suddenly tho wife heard tho Ienore
OF heavy euI and saw her husband fan
forwarl on his face. Tho horssrnan dashed
OH at furious rate OF speed. The husband
and fath:r was carried mo the hous,, but
on Que gianc, at the terrible wound in his
side indicated that medical aid was uaslcss
Death was IL Simultaneous
when the news OF the dostardly crime
was received III Pikevills, leo hundred man
were ready in an hour to take up the hunt
for the assassin Sheriff Maynard headed
tna Land OF avengers, and the citizens
pledged a reward OF S50J for the capture of
Onc!e Joes" murderer. The men are d..
-tetmlned TO follow tho assassin. even M tba
traii leads INTO the confiaes OF West Virginia
and the lair Of the murderous Hatfelds.
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CHAPTER iii.

keen animal pleasure OF satisfying the crav-
ing OF hunger. Sir Edmund sat ut the table
with us. directing the servants. who surely
bad never before waited upon such strange
delight to this large hearted man TO SEQ us
eat and drink. Miss Lascelles herself wait
ed upon Van Hoeck, attending to his wants
with feminine tact and dclicacy; his affiic.
She was a tall and graceful girl. with her
fathers fair complexion. bright. mirthful
eyes, that added to the happy expression of
PSr face. and beautiful. soft brown hair.
tirdC In SOioo,s-tsr-ss<s .~->3 ahaetnut sh ad.
ows in it's undulation. She looked you in
the face with fearlessness only possible
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A Bitter Experience.

Wife Ito Observation-Disclosures makes
You look so stupid?"
Husband makes no reply.l
Wife.-"I asked what made you look
so stupid?"
Husband have just passed
through bitter experience"
Wife-"Not financial trouble, I
hope?"
Husband-"Worse than that. Ihave
just read collection of anecdotes in
an Eastern magazine. ."-ArkaY,sa,o
Trdpeler,
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WOMEN AS HIGHWAYMEN
Srrits of kobberics Traced 10 tho
wives Of Two Farmers.

OH lhO
wives Of Two Farmers.
A series OF sensational highway robberies
have lately been committed in remote part
OF Jackson county, w. Va. The other nigh
A. b. Mitchell, wsll-to-do farmer, was
stopped on the road near his home by two
masked men, who presented revolvers and
demanded bis money.
Whilethe robbers were searching Mitchell
party OF friends arrived unexpectedly. and
the highwaynsn a,d. Tney were pursued
and took refuge In house, but were finally
captured.
The pursuers were amazed to fiud when tho
masks were torn from their faoes that thsyI
were two women, the wives OF estina ble Ia r
mers In the community named Mitchell and
Jones. The women brokedown and confessed
to large number Of bold robberies
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KANSAS TOWNS AT WAR.
Cimarrou and IngniIs Again at Odds
Over Sugar Mill Bonds.

Tie towns of Insalls and Cimarron. in
Gray County, Kansas. late rivals in a county
sea- war, are again fighting. Bonds for a
sugar mill were recently votod in the county.
AS ingalls, is to dorive all the benefit, an IN.
junction against the issuing of the bonds wa,
obtained by Cimarron, represented by Cbaa,
Gregory Gregory was In Ingalls,, and wa,
forced by threats against his life to WITHDRAW "
the suit. ~.rt5
party OF Cimarron men attacked son,s
OF tho leaders OF the mob that bulldozed
GreSory, and wer6in turn huntedNout o;
towB, two OF tht'humGcr being woundeds.
Both sides are arsned. and an outbreak IL ex-y
pected at'anygtlme.
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House Sessions.

10th DAY.-The House, in committee of
the WHOLE resumed the consideration OF the
Oklahoma till. MIR. Hook, r, of Mississippi,
moved to strike out the first section Of the
House bill, which Is q substitute to the Sem
ate bill, fixing the boundaries OF the new ter
ritory so as to inclu ie the Cherokee Outlet.
After long discussion a vote was taken
on the motion, and resuited-15 to SO. Mr..
Barnes OF Georgia, raised the poiut of no
quorum, aud the chairman (Mr. Payson OF
lilinois) counted the committee, out could
find only ninety ssven members present
three less than quorum. Acall Of tn com.
mittee was directed aud disclosed the pres.
encs OF 2l1 members, VIII ch fact was for
mally announced 70 the House, and the
er's motion was then defeatod "a tSsSr- 7
Pending further action, the H,uss -
iourncd. 80
5JTH DAY-The entire session NJ e e
House was occupied with debate on tbeE
tested case Of Atkinson VS.. Pendleton, fro,
the First District Of West Virginia. Pend
ing discussion the House adjourned.
4 5lsr DAY.-The contested election case of
Atkinson vs. Pendleton, from West Virginia,
was considered, and the minority report de-
claring Pendleton elected was rejected
yeas, 142; nays 159-by strict party vote.
port, seating Atkinson, and tho Democrats
refrained from voting The vote resulted
162 yeas, to 0 nays. and the Speaker counted
a quorum. Mr.. O'Ferrail raised the point
Ot ITO QuOTutt, Dub tuc npSdheT lSuOTcu ulIU,
and Atkinson was sworn in. The Democrats
refrained from voting in order that the ques-
tion of the right Of the SPEAKER to count a
quorum may be taken before the courts.
Pending consideration of the Urgent Dsf1.
cheney bill the House adjourned.
SIND DAY.-After the reading or the Jour
nal, MIR. Henderson, of Iowa, moved that tho
House 20 into committee OF the whole on tho
Urgent Deficiency Appropriation bill. The
vote resulted 0o to 2L Mr. Bland, Of Mis-
souri,, rails - tho point of no quorum. The
Speaker could count but 155 members pres.
ent, and call of tho House was ordered.
Two hundrcd and thirty Ell ht members re-
spondsd to their names, anu than Mr.. Hen
derson's motion was agreed to. After three
hours and u half consumed in the discussion
OF points OF order, the committee rose, aud
the bill was passed. 1t appropriat S23 ESQ.,
OOO--the lar. est item being an appropriation
OF 81 .6OO, 900 for the payment OF pensioners
of the War OF 1872 and he Mexican war.
53RD DAY.-After the passage OF "A few
private pension bills Mr.. CutcheSn. of Micbi.
gan, called up the Senate bill providing for
an Assist ant Secretary of War. Passed-yeo,
12S, nays 100. Mr.. Houk called up ths con.
tested election CASE OF Fsatherstone va. Cate
from the first district Of Arkansas. Ths
opening speech In favor Of tho claims OF the
contestant was made by Mr.. Haugep. AZ
the conclusion Of Mr.. Haugen's speech Mr'
Outhwaite, OF Ohio, took the q Dor, but i'm
view Of the small attendance OF members,
moved an edjournment, which motion was
agreed to-yeas la, nays LOT.
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fiFTYfIRsT CONGRESS.


45TH DAy.-The resolution offered by Mr..
Chandler censuring Mr.. Call for interpolat.
Ing in the official report Of the proceedings
of the Senate paragraph that had not been
personally offensive, was taken up and re-
ferred to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections. The Blair Il lucatonal bill was
taken up as unfinished business aud Mr..
1t. Mr.. Stanford addressed the Senate in
advocacy OF tho bill Ga motion OF Mr..
Wilson Of lows, the amendnents ofthe House
to the Senate bill to amend the act for q
bridge across the Mississippi river at Clinton.
Iowa, were ooncurred In. After brief ex-
ecutive session the Senate adjourned.
46TH DAY.-Mr. Chandler presented
petition from Union county Arkansas, alleg-
Ing reign OF terror there at the State cleo
ton In 1883 After tilt between MIR. Cband-
lsr, and Messrs. Harris and Berry, the Ar
kansas Senators, the resolution was referred.
MIR. Evarts called.up the resolution declaring
The competency OF the Senate to elect Pres
i!srt PSS, te@PoEss xhos Y bold 9t5cs until
went over The credentiafsUf Of 6snst
Wilson OF Maryland, W re presented ana
fed. The Blair Z lucational bill was dis
Gus sed. After an executive session the Sen
nte adjourned.
47TH DAY-A bill was passed for tho ereo-
ton, at the Western entrance to the Capitol,
In Washington, OF bronz, statue OF Cnristo-
l,her Co umUus, and the Ie novll OF the Ma
val MOnum mt TO u new site. Inc DillappTo-
priStes as 900. A bill was also passed maxi
ing the sal ,ry Of the Surgeon General Of the
Marine Hospital Service 5000 per annum.
The Antitrust bill was discu SID, Mr.. SLer-
mau saying he had been instructed by the
Committee on Finance TO move to strike out
the third section, which imposes penalties
for tho offense of entering iuto trusts or
combinations. The bill went over without
action. After on !cutive session the Sam
ate adjourn ID.
4STH DAY-Mr. Blair called the attention
nt the Senate once more to the derel;ction
OF the press Of the country in not giving sut-
1c cnt attention to proceedings in the Sem
ate, and particularly to the Important facts
| spread Oy him before the Senate, in his
spe. ch OH tho E iuc itional bill. He charged
particularly that the Associated Press aud
| the reporter failed to perform their duties In
tho mateer. The Scuate then proceeded to
the consideration OF the bill reported from
the Committee on Pensions on ths 18th OF
January, granting pensions to ex-soldisrs
| aud sailors who are inc,pacitated for the
performance of manual labor, and providing
| Tor Fer rsipus to dependent relatives Of deceas-
| cd sod erS aud sailors Inc bill went over
without action. After an ex .cutive session,
the Seuate, at ass, adjourned till Monday.
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A GREAT TREASURE,
The Strange Mystery. Surrounding
Its Disappearance.
A STORY OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST.
DY FRANK BARRETT.
DY FRANK BARRETT,

II Z N Y a n
Hoeck recov-
cred, and the
baronet heard
OF our long
fast, no took
us ut onco In
TO the dining
room,and had
us s o r v @ d
with the best
he could give.
1t was q re-
past to rec
ompense u s
for our long
privation g,
and for a time
we famished
wretches for
got our treas