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A Story from China.

tlies accidentally killed them. At night the
girl became feverish, and in her deliriOus
state called out that the dragon flies were
dashing about before her eyes,. Her parents,
on learning the story, were much agitated
supposed to be endowed with supernatural
powers direct from heaven, and able to drive
away all evil spirits. For q given sum lie was
willing to snbdpe the genii of the dragon flies.
He came with his followers, his musical in
struments and his pictures Of gods. Three
and drums, calling upon every deity in the
Pantheon, while his assistants disturbed q
whole block OF neighbors with their Shrek
ing trumpets, tomt0ms and other unmusical
contrlvances. The gil got no better; the
The parents were in despair; the priest was
at his wits end, and spuTred on his followers
to make greater exertiOus and noise.
A cousin OF the girl then heard of the mat
ter and offered his services. which were ac-
cepted. He ordered the priest to desist from
ed the room where the sick girl lay, showed
her two paper-cut dragon flies and gently
told her that they were the spirits of the flies
that were bothering her, that he had caught
them and was going to burn them. He then
in a moment the girl leaped UP radiant with
10y, viewed the ashes of the paper flies with
satisfaction, and declared she saw no more
of them. The young man, when asked to ex-
plain by, what magic spell he had cured the
girl, replied that it was her Imagination that
caused the annoyance. because she had al
ways been told by her parents not to kill in
sects, as they would demand life for life, and
this, no doubt, worried her and brought on
her delirium.
Meanwhile the priest packed up his in
struments, rolled up the picture of his gods
silently, and as silently stole away,
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"Favorite Prescription" gives
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That's the way it's sold ; that's the
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subject.
gland Immediately after the ceremony. q
week after their departure, by CaIrlston's re.
quest, l forwarded the envelope found upon
our prisoner to Mr.. Ralph Carriston.I With
it sent a few lines stating where and under
what peculiar circumstances we had become
possessed of 1t. l never received any reply
% my communication. SO, wild and improba-
Bile as 1t seems, / am bound to believe that
Charles Carriston's sur1nise was right-that
Madeline was decoyed away and concealed,
not from any nl-wiM toward herself, but with
q view to the possible baneful effect which
her mysterious disappearance might work
upon her lovers strange and excitable organ
iization; and ! firmly believe that had he not
In some, inexplicable way been firmly con-
v,lnced thai she was alive and faithfulto him,
the plot would have been a thorough success,
and Charles CarTiston would have spent the
rest OF his days in an asylum.
both Sir Charles-he succeeded to his title
shortly after his marriage-and Lady Carris-
ton are now dead, or l should not have vent
mred to relate these things concerning them.
They had twelve years of happiness. II
measured by time the period was but q short
one; but feel sure that in 1t they enioyed
more true happiness than many others find in
the course Of protracted life. In word,
died, In Rome, Of fever, and her husband,
without, SO far as ! know, any particular
complaint, simply followed her.
l was always honOred with their sincerest
friendship, and Sir Charles left me sole trust
zee and guardian to his three sons; SO there
are now plenty of lives between Ralph Car
rlston and his desire. l am pleased to say
that the boys, who are as dear to me as my
own children, as yet show no evidence OF
possessing any gifts beyond Nature.
kown that my having made this story
PUBLIC will cause two sets Of directors to fall
equally foul of me.-thc mathematician Nrnsoic
maj who will say that the abduction and
subsequent Imprisonment of Madeline Row.
an was an absurd impossibility, and the
not believe that Charles Carriston, from
neither memory nor Imagination, could draw
a face, and describe peculiarities, by which a
certain man could be identified. | am far
from saying there may not be a simple natural
explanation of the puzzle, but i, for one, have
failed to find 1t, SO / close this tale as l began
1t by saying l am o narrator, and nothing
more.
10. TIT END.
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The Morning Nap.

Early rising is a matter both of train
ing and temperament. The nervous
person is apt to rest lightly during the
first three hours after retiring. and to
fall into the most refreshing slumber
after midnight. In that case his MORN
ing mp ought not to be abridged. Ma
ture will gently titillate his eyelids
when they need to nnclose. Long
limbed persons Of the motive tempera-
ment, those who require much exer-
else, a maintain equilibrium upon
u.uch less sleep than the eryou cold
blooded, thin-skipned kind, III. form
er waken early, filled with vitality and
vigor and desire to talk and laugh at
once. They have full command of
their powers upon regaining conscious
ness. But the person of nervous tenn
permanent nrouses himself slowly. He
retraces his footsteps lingeringly from
the land OF dreams and only gradually
regains the full use of mind and hody.
All such idiosyncrasies ought to be ro-
spectea If one would feel At his best
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NJ OWNING ROD.
A Man Who Always Feels an Electric
Shock When Near Minerals.

II read au article entitled The
OWNING Rod with considerable in.
terest," said Mr.. John Holmes. OF
South McAlester, T.. T.. recently.
especially as / am myself gifted with
the phenomenal powers of which the
article treats. My first experience
with this power was %thirty-two years
ago. when l vas a hoy of ten years,
aud it is not likely to be forgotten by
me. l was sent by my father one day
to look for some stock, and as l wal
crossing a mountain 10 far from my
home l felt n strange sensation all
through my body something like an
electric current. AS ! proceeded il
grew stronger until at last ! stood root.
ed to the ground. 1t took all my
strength to teal myself away from the
spot, and when l did, ] lost no time in
getting back home, and for months
afterwards l could not be prevailed on
to go near that mountain. Two years
later a rich vein of copper was dis.
covered on the mountain where / had
my first experience with the mysterious
power. The superstitious people of the
n~eighborhood loved to relate nv ad.
venture, they believing that the fairies
had guarded this treasure for centuries.
aud had tried to abduct me; they also
predicted terrible calamities to befall
those who had broken into the fairy
treasury. But the miners kept on, and
II of them are rich men now.
This power, for which l know NJ
name seemed to develop in me with
years, until I became so accustomed to
it that l paid but little attention to its
manifcstations,and it wasn't until abou'
three years ago that l became aware Of
the fact that | was, SO to speak. a living
mineral rod. Since that time. how.
ever, | have experimental with and
made a study Of this gift Of nature, aud
| am convinced of its virtue in locat.
ing minerals. am as helpless without
the twis of hazel or peach as a sur.
veyor without his transit. may walk
over the ground and feel the current
all through my body, yet without the
indicator | am unable to define the
exact locality of the mineral. But the
hazel twig has never failed to locate
even d coin OF piece of metal hidden by
parties desiring to test the powers OF
the divining rod.
About a year ago my work was SO
situated that / had to walk about one
mile to and from my field of labor. AT
one point on the road | always felt the
electric current. Finally 1 concluded
to try the hazel and learn the cause of
the sensation. l found that the pro.
truding ledge Of lime rock wis tho
agent. ! had never heard Of mineral
existing in lime rock, but | ! broke off n
few pieces and sent them to the School
of Mines to be tested. l was surprised
to learn that the rock contained 10 1-2
troy ounces Of silver to the ton. This
seems but a small quantity. but still its
presence attracted my nerves. l have
often been asked why l do not cast my
lot among the miners of tho Far West,
but l am not familiar with mining, and
am sensible of the fact that it requires
money to succeed. Some day. how
ever, I may take my hazel twig ane
seek my fortune in the Rockies."-a.
Louis Globe.
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DIR. brand IN coNc1nslos.

When I asked Fehtoh to relate his expert
ences, l did not mean hun 10 do so at such
length. But there, as he has written it, and
as writing is not a labor of love with him, let
When Madeline Rowan found the he'd hv
thes side of which she had thrown herself in
an ecstasy of grief, %untenanted, she knew in
2 moment that she was the victim of a deep.
laid plot. Being ignorant OF Carriston's true
position IN the world she could conceive no
reason for the elaborate scheme which had
been devised to lure her so many miles from
her home, and make a prisoner Of her.
A prisoner She was. Not only was the
door locked upon her but a slip of paper lay
on the bed. 1t bore these words. mo harm
Is meant you, and in due time you will be re-
leased. Ask no questions; make no foolish
attempts, to escape, and you will be well
treated"
Upon reading this the girls first thought
was one OF thankfulness. She saw at once
but an invention. The probabilities were
that Carriston was alive, and In his usual
health. Now that she felt certain Of this. she
could bear anything.
From the day on which she entered that
room, 70 that on which we rescued her, Made.
line was to all intents and purposes as close
q prisoner in that lonely house on tie hill
side as she might have been in the deepest
dungeon In the world. Threats, entreaties,
promises Of brides avaiied nothing. She was
NV NihiluiS dCitSN-lutt Is, SuIIelSu noe
absolute ill-usage. Books, materials for nee
dlework, and other little aids To while away
time We're supplied. But the only living
creatures she saw were the women OF the
house who attended TO her wants, and, on
one or two occasions, the man whom Carris-
ton asserted he had seer, in his trance. She
had suffered from the close confinement but
had Always felt certain that sooner or later
her lover would find her, and effect her de-
llveralce. Now that she knew he was alive
she could not be unhappy.
! did not choose to ask her why she had
felt 70 certain on the above points. 1 wished
g no more puzzies to the one which, to
tell the truth, exercised, even annoyed, me
more than | care to say. But l did ask her
II, during her Incarceration, her taller had
ever laid his hand upon her.
She told me that some short time after her
arrival a stranger had gained atsRittancs to
the house. Whilst he was there the man had
entered her room, held her arm, and threat
ened her with violence II she made any out
cry. After hearing this, I did not pursue the
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During the Dry season.

Fanny (after ringing the door belly
Just look at the dust on our shoes,
Ethel. hate to 60 into Mrs. Maldi.
lame's parlor looking so.
Ethel-Just turn your head The other
way, Fanny.
Fanny 1.-TWO seconds later)-Why-ee!
Ethel Simpkins, where's all that dust
that was on your shoes?
Ethel {whispering)-on my stock.
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The following story has been going
round the world for the last few months:
She was milking the COW. aud the
mad bull was comingdown the meadow,
looking for somebody to assasslnate.
Still Betty did not stir, but MIXED on
placidly. An observer from u safe
position saw. to his establishment. that
the bull, wien he got within a few
yards of maid and COW, pulled up sud-
denly and went off to assassinate some
one else.
Weren't you afraid? Why did lie
run away2 asked everybody of Betty.
He got scared" said Betty going
on milking; this cows his mother-in-
law."-PhAadstpAia Inquirer.
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The Exact Difference.

Dude to Practical Business Man.
~ say Thompson, I've owiginated a
new %conundrum. What is the differ
nee between yourself and a jackass?"
Practical Man (who always carries a
tape line measures the distance between
himself and the dude and answers)
'Just thirty-two inches and a half"
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wGalifornia has a frui. pest ~ the gray
fruit raisers than the English sparrow. II
some means are not systematically and
Mechanically adopted to e1terminate this
bird there will he very little profit in fruit
raising in those sections where deciduous
fruits are exclusively produced.
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Justihable.

Judge tse,erely)-Young woman,
you are charged with playing Wagner's
compositions until your victim expired
in agony. f
Prisoner-It was in self defense, your
honor. He persisted in explaining bas Q
ball to me against my expressed wish.
Judge Ito sherif)-Release the pris.
oner
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.The Cauae az Id.

"Dear, dear" said a kind-hearted
matron OF meeting a friend whom she
had not seen for a long time, land
you're not married, Jane, with your
good looks, too?"
mo, I'm not married yet" replied
Jane, with a laugh.
And how it that you are
single2"
Well" said Jane, with a twinkle of
her eye, 81 expect it's because l was
born So"
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"John-wake up! l hear q noise in
the kitchen. There's somebody in the
house."
dumping out of bed)-"Don't be
afraid Maria, I'll drive him out. Be
calm, darling"
Don't go down that steep stairway
with your revolver cooked, John. 1t
might go off before you are ready"
Crawling back into bed)-''Mrs. Bel
lus, il you haven't any confidence In my
management of burglars you can take
ths revolver and go down yourself"
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OrIxlsnl Psck.xsn.

In view Of the fact that vines and liquors in
section. we have decided to supply consumers d.
rect In order to keep cur name and goods before
tie public. Each package bears our name es a
guarantee OF purity and can be rtlied upon as being
the best Of Its kind for the none y charged. Write
for prices. GEO. BENZ Is IONS.
St. Paul. MINI
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Calling him ONT.

Indignant Bicyclist-"Madam, your
dog snaps at me every time l pass.
Here he comes now" Starts off,
Old Lady-"Sport! Sport! You foolish
dog, come here. Them amt bones.
Them's legs"
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Colnmendable.

All claims not consistent with the hie
character OF Syrup Of Figs are pdrposels
avoided by the Cal. Fig Syrup Company. I,
acts gently on the kidneys. liver and bow.
els. cleansing the system ehectually. but
1t is not a cure-all and makcs no pretsn-
tiate,
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A Scotchman living in Canada has
broken off the engagement which has ex-
listed for two years between himself and a
pretty girl of Toronto, all on account of
Tolstoi's "Kreutzer Sonata" He 10 evi.
IDENTIFY one of the males you did not exclude
the book from, Mr.. Wanamaker.
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A Kitchen Gardener.

Lady-Have you any oyster plant
seed?
Groceries nam.
Well, send me two or three dozen,
and, mind you, / wish to raise the blue
point.
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Got His Cue.

A little boy sat on the floor crying.
After a while he stopped and seemed
buried in thought. Looking up sud
denly he said, Mamma, what WIS 1
crying about"
Because ] wouldn't let you go out to
play"
"oh, yes" and he set up another
howl.
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When the summers rose has faded
Whit shall mako it fair againi
When the face with pain 10 shaded
What shall drive away the paint
Never shall u blossom brighten
e. .lt-lx-

But the load of pain may tighten,
And we need not count as lost
all the pleasure of life when the wife and
mother, uron whom the happiness OF
home SO largely depends, is afflicted with
the delicate diseases peculiar to women.
1t is terrible to conte mplate the misery ex-
isting in our midst because of the prevail
ence of these diseases. 1t is high time
that all women should know that there is
one sure remedy for all female complaints,
and that is DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. Do not allow ill-health to fasten
itself upon you. Ward it off by the use of
this standard remedy. But If it has al
ready crept in, put it to rout. You can dc
it, by the use of the "Favorite Prescrip-
tion.n 1t is guaranteed to give satisfac-
tion in every case, or money paid for 1t
will he returned.
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Why not snve your clothes by using the
best, purest, most economical soar Dob
bins Electric. Made every since 1884.
Try it once you will use It always. Your
grocer keeps it or will get it. Look out for
the name, Dobbins.
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A strict ~Construction.

"Did you know Wanamaker is going
to prohibit love letters from going
through the mails2"
mo; what for7"
ale has heard that love is a lottery"
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Robert Scott and three children, . boy
aged s years and I'VE girls aged IA and is
robbing q store. The whole family were
detected leaving the store and surrounded
and captured before they could get away.
They had secured about $40 worth of
gouiN
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HlRAMC. WHEELER, OpEnoLr, SAC CO., iowa,
est Importation of draft Stations to America
this season. Quality the very best. Frstclass horse
cent. Enabli z horse TO pay for himself.
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"A New England editor has been sued
by W chewing gum manufacturers for
circulating the report that they had been
buying up old rubber boots and shoes.
The jury should find him guilty and sem
tence him to chew gum for five years.
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MANY a poor sickly child has been saved
from the grave by Its kind mother giving 1t
DR.. Bulls Worm D.stroyers, which the lit
tie ono thought was candy.
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Among the oldest officers in the Ger
man army, in point of service, is Theodor
Won Fries, of Munich, general Of infantry,
chief of the Bavarian engineer corps and
inspector of Notifications. He recently
began the fiftieth year of his military SER
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General Boulanger has taken a charac-
~teristic method of vindicating himself. He
is to write q book of two hundred pages,
which will naturally have . large sale,
and the general will rake in the shekels
whether the ''vindication'' vindicates or
NOT 10 -#.- ..H
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"A young Pennsylvania pastor has dis
covered a new idea in connection with the
usua! European tour. He tool with him
IS, 900 of his fock's funds to pay his ex-
pcnses. When he returns the sheriff of
the county will extend to him an urgent
call,
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Sir Steven Blackwood said lately that
during the fifteen years OF socretaryshir
to the British postofice, he knew of
1000 officials Of that department who
had been actually ruined by strong
drink.
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llMcoLN.s MELANCHOLY,
HIS symmthsslc Nature and lr.s Early
M~tsfOrtunea.

1AAS SJ@AtnobtC nature anti HIS early
Mtsfortunea.
Those who saw much OF Abraham
Lincoln during the later years OF. his
life were greatly impressed with the ex-
preston of profound melancholy his
face always wore in repose.
MI. Lincoln was Of a peculiarly SYM
pathetic and kindly nature. These
strong characteristics Influenced very
happily, as it proved, his entire polit-
ical r They would not seem, at
first glance, to be efficient aids to polit-
ical success; but in the peculiar emer
gency which Lincoln, in the providence
OF God, was called to meet, no vessel of
common clay could possibly have become
the chosen OF the Lord"
Those acquainted with him from boy
hood knew that early griefs tinged his
whole life with sadness. His partner
in the grocery business at Salemawas
Uncle" Billy Green, Of Tallula, ILL.,,
who used at night, when the customers
were few, to hold the grammar while
Lincoln recited his lessons.
1t was to his sympathetic ear Lincoln
told the story of his love for sweet Ann
Rutlidge; and he, in return, offered
what comfort he could when poor Ann
died, and Lincoln's great heart nearly
broke.
AFTER Ann died." says "uncle.
Billy, ION stormy nights, when the
wind blew the rain against the roof, Abe
would set thar in the grocery, his ell
bows on his knees, his face in his hands,
and the tears runnin' through his fin
gers. ! hated to see him feel bad. an
I'd say Abe don't cry; an he'd look up
an say Il can't help 1t, Bill, the rains a
a fallin' on her."
There are many who can sympathize
with this overpowering grief. and they
think of q lost loved one, when "the
rams a fallin' on her." What adds
poignancy to the grief some times is the
thought that the lost one might have
been saved.
Fortunate, indeed, is William John
son, Of Corona, T.. l., a builder, who
writes June %, 1890: Last February,
on returning from church one night, my
daughter complained of having a pain
In her ankle. The pain gradually ex-
tended until her entire limb was BwoI-
len and very painful to the touch. We
called a physician, who after a careful
examination, pronounced it disease of
the kidneys of long standing. All we
could do. did not seem to benefit her
until we tried Warmers Safe Cure; from
the first she commenced to improve.
When she commenced taking it she
could not turn over in bed, and could
just move her hands a little. but today
she is as we'll as she aver was. / be-
lieve W the recovery of my daughter
| to it's uSe,"
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Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey is said
to be willing to do justice to the Armenian
christians, but his good intentions are
frustrated by the officials around him. Yet
some people in England blame the Ar
lncnians for looking to Russia for redress.