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"Good-evening, Doctor, you are very
kind to come in to see me, but shall
need YOU no more, for I shall leave
this world tonight"
"While there is life, my dear, there
is hope"
eyes, in most cases; but in mine
there is none. I do not care to live any
longer" Ill, o,o
30 young as you ought to have many
years of pleasure yet"
eyes, / ought to have had bright,
happy future, but all is over now.
How is Ray?"
"He is feeling as well as could ba
expected under the circumstances"
II hope he will be his old self again
soon, and enjoy life as much as
possible"
The Doctor remained little longer,
and left some powders to make jean
nette's short stay on earth as pleasant
as possible. He then returned to Ray 9
room and remained with him until
quite late. ;,
How awful still and gloomy was that
grand old home the next day, and how
dark and lonely seemed the future for
poor Ray.
The day before Jeanette died the
Doctor received O letter from Mrs.
Bristol, and her health was no better.
He knew that it would kill her if he
were then to wire her the state of
affairs at her old home, and Jeanette
was buried months before the heart
broken mother knew of her death.
Ray was very sick for long, long
while, but when he began to get better
he grew strong rapidly, and soon as he
was able he left that gloomy house
and went after his little girl.
It was difficult for him to make tho
old couple understand OF first, and
they had grown so attached to the
sweet little thing that they did not
want to give her up; but Ray prom
ised that she should 60 there often and
see them, and he would ccme with her
sometimes.
Ray remained some time at the old
quiet home in The lovely valley, aid
every day he could be seen wandering
over the field and through the woods
with his little girl on his shoulder.
He thought the little white sun-bonnet
Aunt Jane had made for her quite be-
coming, and it was always fastened Sc
curely over those pale-gold curls when
ever she was out in the sun.
The anxious husband believed, or
rather hoped, that his wife still lived,
and as soon as he had been able, after
that terrible sick spell, he employed q
number of detectives to scour the
country in search of her. Time went
on, but no news came of her, and he
had almost given up in despair, yet,
ali! how one will hope, even to the
last moment; and so did he; thousands
of dollars were spent in that search,
but to no purpose as yet.
During his stay at the old Rice
farm he had heard, over and over
again, every little thing she had ever
done, and when the old couple told
him of the papers that belonged to
her, and who she was, it almost made
him wild when he thought of the man
ner in which Jeanette had accused
her; but now the evil-doer was dead,
and he knew that she had suffered for
her crimes.
[To DE CONTINUED
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ORIGINALLY means the place measured of

originally means the place measured of
for the duelists to stand upon so to keep
the right distance. At present most
people take it in the sense of contest in
which the contestants measure their
relative strength. In fact it is not any
thing more than fencing match There
iced not be any ill feeling between the
,drersaries. The challenge is brought
lbout in different ways. Two bands of
ltudents come from different quarters,
where they have had jolly night. Their
heated spirits easily enough bring about
. quarrel; look, meaningless word,
allure to give ample room to pass, being
sufficient to start one. Instead of engag-
Ing then and there IN free fight, visit
ing cards are most politely exchanged
and the parties separate quietly to meet
again, weapons in hand, on the fencing
ground. A student who does not care
to wait for such an occasion, meeting
another whom he regards as about his
equal, will politely inform him that he
desires fencing contest with him. The
custom of causing this contest by inaict-
ing a slight insult, so-called "touche, !"
is more and more disappearing. There
are certain conventional forms which
clearly show its purpose, namely, to pro-
woke q challenge; for instance, one
student says to another: "You arc q
Ounce" Isle sind elm dummer junge).
The one who is addressed in this way
hardly thinks of the meaning of these
words; he simply understands that he is
wanted for duel. AS it has often hap
pened in this method of challenging that
the contestants were Of unequal skill and
strength, the provoked one became the
victim of brutal superiority.
To-day most of the students clubs
send list to their rivals containing the
name of such members as are willing to
fight. The challenged club then chooses
out of its own number such as arc re.
garded as the equals of the others to
meet them. This list may be corrected
several times until, in the judgment of
both sides, the couples are evenly
matched. All necessary provision is
made TO prevent serious consequences.
The arms are rapiers, long, straight
blades half an inch wide, sharp on both
edges for about eleven inches from the
point. Only the chest the face and the
skull are open for the blows, every other
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Lumber From Oae Sagar Pine.

A few days ago A. j. Gidden, of the
Lumpkin mill, cut down a gigantic sugar
pine. The tree was so huge that par
tticular pains were taken in its measure
ment. It scaled at the butt se7enty-fve
inches, while there were cut from it ten
logs. Two of these were each eighteen
feet in length and eight were sixteen
feet long. The smallest log was forty
inches in diameter. This gave length
of 164 feet to the end of the smallest log
and the top was nearly 100 feet longer.
The tree scaled little over %, 600 feet,
which shows it to have been one of the
largest sugar pines ever cut ir California:
Mr.. Glidden handles about $500, 600
feet each year and has been handling
logs for twenty years, but this is the
largest tree he has ever cut.-OIooiOs
tCak.) Mercury.
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Lava Journeying Down VesUyius.

The southern side Of Vesuvius is now
a point OF extreme interest to tourists and
men of science, not to mention hundreds
of Italian people who have a personal
stake in the progress Of the mighty
stream of lava that is flowing from a
newly opened chasm 500 meters in cir
cumference. It'll threatening to descend
upon the hourishing vineyards of Bos-
corcali, and the feasibility of diverting
the flow into a great raviue is discussed.
No one can get nearer the stream than
about seventy feet because Of the unbear-
able heat Times Democrat.
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The Buttcrnut.

The butternut is one of the least
profitable nut-bearing trees, as it is less
known and the nuts less used than al
most any other variety, although it is
still profitable to groT, and frequently
does we'll where other rut trees will not.
Its wood is valuable for special purposes,
though, the supply being necessarily
limited, other woods are new used where
this would be if in larger supply. Being
closer in its habits of growth, it does not
REQUIRE so much room as the black wal
nut, and can be planted about twenty
ieet apart each way.-Philaae!phia
Ledger.
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4 NATIONAL 1NEBRIATE ASYLUM.

"The project for the establishment Of d
national inebriate asylum at Indian Sprin2a,
seems to be popular one" said Mr.. G. N.
Knight, of the East Tennessee, yesterday.
Editor Barker, of the Southern Star, tells
ME that he las received letters from leading
Woman's Christian Temperance Union rep
resentatives endorsing the project heartily,
and promising their assistance. The citizens
Of Indian Springs propose to donate the site
for such a hospital. One man has offered to
subscribe $1,000 and smaller sums are freely
offered. The fact Is all that is needed to In
surc the establishment Of a splendid institu-
ton there is the formal endorsement Of the
National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, and the co operation Of the leading
temperance workers. s."-Atlanta Constit,I.
tion,
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quence or are crippled for life. The
successful handling of the weapon re-
quires coolncss, presence of mind, skill
Of hand and an eye both sharp and
quick.
The last-named weapons or pistols are
chosen by German university students in
case of serious duel. The challenged
one generally has the privilege of choice.
If he is trained in fencing he will, as u
rule, choose the saber. II his adversary
cannot handle the saber he may either
change to pistols or else time will be
given to train himself to fencing. Older
students, however, who belong to clubs
whose members are pledged to the ac-
ceptance of any challenge ("unbedingte
satisfactorily are supposed to need no
training. But one must not think that
such duels for life or death are entered
upon lightly. Before the adversaries are
allowed to enter the field of honor, o
court of honor, composed of representa-
tives of both parties, must have decided
that there is sufficient cause to justify q
serious contest. To satisfy the law,
which requires the seconds to do their
best to prevent the duel, when both par
ties stand ready the seconds on the spot
advise the duclists to be reconciled. This,
however, is purely formal demand, and
O duelist would expose himself to the
greatest possible ridicule should he fol-
low this advice.
Although many things here said about
the serious duel hold good also for the
common students duel, the latter, in
Germany, is not regarded as duel at
all; indeed, it is not called so. Its Ger
-.. ,,,,. tsr,oncnr - of latin root.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


If there is no devil, where did the whisky
business come from!
New York city has 1860 licensed drinking
places, received in 1889 total Of 81, AZ. 40
license feas, and has $4,000 dependent chill:
dren.
The Salvation Army, every member OF
which must be total ahstalner, Is now the
largest temperance orsaulzltion III tne,
world.
prominent leader in the n. L. Church,
MT Centreyillc, Mich, has been expelled from
tho church for going on the bond Of saloon
keeper.
A canvass of the opinions of the members
elect of this Vermont Legislature has been
made by tho Burlington Free Press which
shows that tn ere is no chance OF repeal OF
the prohibition law.
Madame de Norikof, lady Of eninence
in Russia, in order to testify her active sym
pathy with the anti-drink movement in Rus
sia, has written pamphlet in furtherance OF
the temperance cause.
The National Temperance League enter
taiuad recently about one hundred members
of the British Medical Association at q break
fast 10 Birmingham, the Lord Bishop of Lon
don presiding, with addresses by Dir. Norman
Kerr and others.
Governor Mckinney, of Virginia, says
that it is not at all necessary for public
man to drink, as is often assorted. 1t has
been his invariable practice to decline oil
''treatS' in his political campaigns, end he
believes that instead Of losing, he has gained
votes by his abstinence.
All employees Of the New Jersey Central
Railroad have boon notified that they must
abstain from tue use Of Intoxicating liquors
while on or of duty. These notifications to-
employees of railroad companies are becom-
ing more and more frequent, and bid fair
soon to become the general rule. J.
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TEMPERANCE.
A HOME PICTURE


Come in, dear boy, yes, come fright IMP
For though we did not hear
Your dgnal-whistle in the hall,
Nor footstep on the stair,
No need there was for you to knock.
IT'S six o'clock, you see,
And we were but awaiting you 49,
To "take cup Of tea"
Dear me! Just hearken to the wind!
1t is a fearful nightl
The stornl-fends surely rage without,
But all Is warm and bright
Within our pretty, cozy room,
Where round the lamp we three,
Mother, and you and I, will sit
And stake cup of tear
For see the table ready laid, "
With all my dainty things;
The tiny spirit-lamp a-light; l.e
And how my kettle sings!
My own dear little kettle, that
At Christmas you gave me,
So bright 1t shines. 1t seams to say:
"Come. take cup Of tear"
And see the fair home-pictura, too,
Its polished surface takesl
Laugh, If you like, to hear me say
A simile it makes.
Each heart bears homo and loved ones
Pictured on it, as you see
Them in the little kettle there! So
Now-''take your cup Of teap
Mrs. Jane Printer, in the Ledger.
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Mrs. Humphrey Ward has sent 800
as a prize gift to the Association for the
Education of Women in Oxford, Eng
land. The prize is intended to promote
independent research, and competitors are
advised to select town to the records of
which they have convenient access.
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The governess of his baby majesty, the
King OF Spain, is Miss Davenport, an
Irishwoman, who has passed most OF her
life in Spain. The appointment is worth
$500 q year, and after five years service
Miss Davenport will be entitled to life
pension of $2500 a year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
A Lonely Place to Die In.

The remains of Baron Won Strauss, al
Austrian nobleman who had been lead
ing the life of q tramp on the Pacific
coast, were recently found in the bottom
of canon in the Moran Mountains by
two hunters. Oneleg was gone and both
arms were torn off. Both hunters had
seen the unfortunate during his wander
ings about the mountains. The hunters
buried the remains as best they could and
mailed the papers on him to his native
town.
He left his home in Buda Pcsth, Aus
tria, two years ago to make tour of the
world. His fathers estate was in pro-
cess of settlement and his start was made
with the first installment OF his inherl-
tance. His first stop was in New York,
and from there he went to Chicago,
where he lost good deal of money In
real estate speculations. He went to San
Francisco last spring and lost more
money. When near the end of his purse
he wrote home for funds, but his appeal
to his relatives only resulted in the dis
covery that his brother had misappro-
priated and sold the family estate and
fed to India. The Baron worked his
way to Spokane Falls and then gave
himself up to the life of tramp. He
made several efforts to obtain and hold
employment, but he was untitled for
work of any sort, and finally became
decided vasabond, living on the charity
of farmers and hunters. He was we'll
provided with fashionable and expensive
clothing, much of which he used to re-
ward people who fed and housed him.
He was last seen climbing the mount
ain, and in answer to question as to his
destination said he was seeking lonely
nlace tn die in.- WdsRi,igt0n Star.
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TEN REASONS FOR SIGNING THE PLEDGE.

/. Sign the Pledge: it is your protest
against strong drink.-1t is time for every
thoughtful person to enter a SOLEMN protest
against strong drink, which is every year
infcting such awful havoc among the human
race. Who can be Indifferent to the woes 1t
land? 49,
9. Sign the Pledge, it will baneft your
health.-Alcohol is not more necessary to
health than any other chemical or medi-
cinal agent. It e1cites the heart, hinders
digestion, disturbs the liver and stupe6es tho
brain. It gives a momentary glow and
stimulus but you have to pay for them
afterward by an inevitable lessening Of vital
heart and animal power and mental force.
Even in moderate quantities, it acts as an
irritant and poison.
8. Sign the Pledge: it will save your
purse.-Sit down and calculate how much
you spend per day in drink-not only for
yourself, but also for those whom you treat
It will amount to q respectable sum In the
course of the year. Add to this the money
you might earn In the time you now lose.
Add to this all the sums squandered waste
fully in the company into which habits OF
drinking lead you. And when all IS put to-
gether, would it not make nice nesteRg
against rainy day, or for illness and old
age?
4. Sign the Pledge: it will save you from
temptation. have no intention Of be-
coming drunkard; you scorn the thought.
But there is O risk Of your becoming one, 80
long as you tamper with the drink.
8. Sign the Pledge: it will be definite
starting point in your history.-In all efforts
after O better life, 1t is well to have some
landmark or time-nark to which to look
back and from which to date.
6. Sign the Pledge: it will save you time
How many days in the week do drinkers
spend in the saloon, at bars and In social
drinking, which is time worse than wasted.
z. Sign the Pledge: it will be sufficient an
swer to those who tempt you to drink
There Is no answer that O man can give 50
good as this. There are some men who must
have O reason to give others for doing as
they do, and here IS q clear, straightforward
answer for refusing to drink: "Ihave signed
the Pledge"
g. Sign the Pledge: 1t makes a strong obi;.
gation.-If person simply mako resofu-
ton, he feels at liberty to withdraw from 1t
if he chooses; but il he makes q solemn
promise to which he has put his hand, he
cannot think of breaking it.
8. Sign the Pledge: 1t makes it easier for.
others to do the same.-We are creatures OF,
fashion. We cannot help it; we are nade,,
so. What one does, Others are apt to do.
10. Sign the Pledge: it will be graat help
to your neighbor and your weaker brother.
Many O man has been saved because some
other man gave his example and influence
and name to total abstinence.
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THERE WAS TOO MUCH Rum ABOARD.

IdEhE WdS fOo noSa nun ADOAhOss
The Boston Herald tells of q steamer
bound for the west coast Of Africa that
lad on board fourteen missionaries, four
something like ten thousand casks Of rum.
In such delightful way our modern civfi-
zetion mixes up the things of this life with
the hopes Of the next life. Ths poor savage,
however, win pay his money and take bis
choice, but 1t strikes US that there was either
too much rum or too little religion on that
steamer.-NeU York Herald. Z
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sRH sAID.
BIT D. +. EEATH.

You cannot dis" she said;
sTwould pierce the heart Of the dread angel
Death,
10 twtne his mystic, Amaranthine wreath
About 30 dear head.
Il cannot have it so.
There is secret chord that doth entwine,
6o closely knitting that dear heart and mine
That both at once must 60.
Those bright eyes cannot fade;
How have felt their witchery; as alone
looked on them, their charm possessed my
own,
And I was not afraid"
PALESTINE, Ohio.
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TA1LoR-I really do hope you win
settle this little account to-day, sir. I
have a heavy bill to pay my cloth
merchant. Captain Calmly - Con-
found your impudence, you 60 and con.
tract debts and come dunning me to pay
them. Get out, or I'll send for the poa
loap
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GERMAN DUELS.
HOW STUDENTS FIGHT ON THE
SLIGHTEST PKOVOCATION.
Insults Not Necessary to Provoke
q Sword Contest--Proof OIL
Courage Not Settlement
of Difficulties.

MONG the
many peculiar
tiles of Ger
man student
life which call
for comments
from the Wis
iting foreigner
is the duel.
What I pur.
pose in trying
to give the
philosophy of
the duel is not
so much to de-
fend the GUS
tom, which
The evening world., 1890-03-10

then Mrs. Dodson improved the occasion by
informing Joe TwemloW that he Whym-
pennys were wasting their time, for. SO far
from Uncle Eli being = millionaire, he'd
only got GboutG couple of thousand pounds
put away. and he wasn't the man 70 be blm-
boozIed by strangers into neglecting his
own kindred
Only q couple Of thousand pounds! Joe
TwemloW thought that vas q great deal Of
money. and he said SO; and as to Uncle Eli
not being bGmboozle i-Well, ne was a very
generous man. and though he doe had
married a Whympenny, he wouldn't trust
one further than he could see her or him
especially her!
When Mrs. Dodson aud Joe TwemloS
came In from the garden with Tom Dodson
lhey hGd been out 10 get Joe's professional
opinion as 10 the best way OF stopping the
vegsiable-mATroWs from spreading All over
the place, inc even coming nat the kitchen
door. and running up the side Of the house,
and getting into the doE-kennel and lolling
over the garden wall. after the manner Of
Tree ana unTsStrLinsd ysgetIble-mATTows
generally. thsy-Jos and MIA Dodson and
Tom-not the ysEetSblemLrroWs-found
Uncle Eli 80 surrounded By the Nhympennys
that you couldn't zee anything OF him s1-
eept just thu top Of his bald head, Gnd they
we're al inviting him a. the top Of their
voices - eOms ahd sss thsm a their rsspss-
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BUSY PATERSON NEWSBOYS.
Eager Strife for Prizes offered by
"The Evening World"

The newsboys Of Paterson, n. j.. are en-
Gagged in a spirited contest for the four
prizes offered by THE EVENING WORLD. The
prizes are Az follows:
Five dollars to the newsboy making the largest
increase 10 hi. sales Of 1HE EWING WoRLD be
tveop teh. % and March ~. 1870 ~ 90 e the
70 the nevsboy m.kius the third, lstses, increase /;
81 to the newsboy making the fourth largest in
crease.
A record Of the number Of EVENING
WopLDs taken by each newsboy during the
month is being kept by the Delivery Agent.
aud to- tho bows found having the largest
permanent increase will be awarded the
prizes. Contestants are credited with all
the EvENtSa WORLDS they sell OF the first,
last aud sporting editions
Following are the names Of some Of the
takc, by each at tho beginning 81 The
G son. 10: Drt GGnno at' a %la''efTi u.i tx; f fS:
FitzGetsid,H Is; G. MSapire, 80; drsham,,
20; Tom Giblin., Az Herman. IS;
k kssar! aS: T. o ,Ri.pss,.. 4o H' r. nurr az 90:
Murphy, 42iA. McVoy. 20i RutherSon. 30;
Subtle. 10; swecny, %: W. Summons, 2O;
I. Wilkes. 20.
There are ninety-two boys entered in all.
Tho prizes are offered for the largest In
crease in sales irrespective OF the number of
copies sold at tho start, so that any boy
with push and energy can. by a little extra
eNertion, increase his sales several times
over,
j. Harmon. a bright lad, sells seventy-two
copies of the last edition, but does not han
die any other edition. lie car easily in
crease his sales.
Tom Giblin started in with A., and now
sells 10. This includes three, editionr.
Johnny Carroll now sells lja. He entered
with I 10. Joe. shepherd entered the on
test with 30. Hs now sells 40. and 70 on
with Others.
THE EvENISa WORLD is the ~fRvorito paper
OF tho PaterroniAna, Notwithstanding that
there are three daily local papers published
WoRLp has a larger local circulation than
any Of them and keeps on increasing
steadily.