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manly young fellow - she had never
cared for any one else before, and, al
though she knew that she must tell
him some day, she put that day OF rs
long a. possible and grew. girl-fashion.
as nervous and feyerish and miserable
as possible over her innocent little
secret, until even her mother noticed
that Phrosy was "fretting," ~ she
called it, and wondered thereat. ~ T"
One day John Dalton brought matters
to a focus by simply and seriously ask
ing Phrosy if she could make up her
mind to come to him and let him take
care Of her, as he had longed to do ever
since he first met her.
IL think that fell in love with you
ct first sight" he said, in his straight.
forward way, land ever since then
have been hoping that you would let me
mako things easier for you some day.
Do you care enough for me to be my
wife, Phrosy?"
Poor: Phrosy! She blushed and hesi-
tated, and then put out her hands like a
frightened child. s"-
III am afraid 1 do" she faltered,
"but first I must tell you about-about
the shirtsv" : =. 49, r.
John Dalton was mystifed, but Ger
'tainly there was nothing about shirts
that could separate them He prisoned
the pleading hands lovingly and smiled
down into her blushing face. ''Never
mind the Shirts" he said. "Ben must
get some one else to do his up for the
future; and as for me, you'll never have
any trouble about mine, for there is q
nice old woman who does mine up like
new. You couldn't get the job away
from her if you wanted to, my DEAR"
Phrosy's face was sight to see now,
between laughing and crying, embar-
rassment and half-frightened amuse-
1nent.' ''Oh, John Dalton!" she said,
pushing him away very feebly, ''you'll
never want to marry me now, for it isn't
Ben's shirts am thinking of at all-it'.
yours-and IL never meant to deceive
you at all, but 1 wanted a new dress so
badly at first, and then afterwards it
was such an easy way to earn little,
and it helped along so. Please don't be
angry, and please don't laugh, but I'm
the" nice old woman John. and I am
very sorry!"
Phrosy Miller is Mrs. John Dalton now,
and is as happy as possible in her lovely
home, where her mother has grown
strong and wei, and where Ben has al
ways room and place of his own. She
doesn't do up shirts at all now, for the
babies claim her attentions; but as her
husbands linen is always immaculate it
is to be supposed that some other mice
old woman" has been found who gives
satisfaction in that line.-Florence
Allen, in Housewife.
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paresthmitis; the English termed it
sore throat. No veterinary work III this
country has taken up the disease,
although few hocks escape it. It is
what is known as cora. Every muscle
and gland Of the throat and neck is
affected less or more, and unless the
shepherd notices the stiff neck and
disincltnation to feed, and gives prompt
treatment, the throat will swell so as to
choke to death. The only remedy 10 to
remove the sick from the healthy, to q
comfortable place, and clip the wool of
the throat and neck so IS to get the
benefit Of external applications, of hot
salt, bran, or flannel cloths wcung out
Of hot water. A slight blister (mustard)
has been tried, but it 10 not . success
g. Stuart, Y. s., in Ohio Farmer.
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Circumstan Alter Cases.

Smithers-When make . promise
and fail to keep it, it worries me ever
afterwards.
Withers-Well, made promise once
and kept it, and it's been worrying me
ever since. ~ =
Smithers-What was it.?
: Wlthers-To marry the woman who is
my wife.--Munsey's Weekly.
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Don't Fool

away precious time and money and trifle
with your health experimenting with I'M
certain medicines, when DR.: Pierce's Gold
On Medical Discovery is so positively GER
manufacturers in guaranteeing it to cure
diseases Of the blood, skin and scalp and
all scrofulous Affections, or money paid for
it will be refunded.
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Consumption Surely Cured.

To THE ED1ToR:-Please inform your
readers that have positive remedy for
the above named disease. By its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. I shall be glad to send
two bottles Of my remedy FREE to any of
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their express and post-ofice
address, Respectfully, r. A. SLocuM, NJ c.,
ISL Pearl street, New York.
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CATARRH.

Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever-A New
Homo Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence Of living parasites
in the lining membrane of the nose and
eustachian tubes. Microscopic research,
however, has proved this to be a fact, and
the result Of this discovery is that simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not q SNUFF or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious: A pamph
receipt of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. Fl. Dixon & Son, cor. of John
and King Street, Toronto, Canada-Chris
tiGn Advocate.
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Hops by tratn-load from the nav
State Of Washington now reach London
in twenty-seven days. British beer is
not entirely British now.
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No Use ~ q Typewriter.

Blinks latter the torm)-You would
never make good typewriter, my dear.
Mrs. Blinks-And why, should like
to know2 If I wasn't as intelligent as
that hussy in your Office
Mr.. Blinks-1t's not that, my dear.
It's because you won't be dictated to-
N. Y. Sun.
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SLANG interprets slang. tits easy to SEQ
tho force of the remark, ssDon't be q clam. !"
when you reflect how frequently the clam
10 In the soup.-Toronto Globe.
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The saving in clothing where Dobbins'
Electric Soap is used is ta0e'aty times the soap
bill. 1t is no new experiment. but has been
sold for "a years. To-day just as pure as in
1865. Try it. Your grocer has it
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NOTHING tends to turn q man toward pro-
h1bition quicker than going to the closet in
the dark for the brandy bottle and getting
the cod liver oil bottle by mistake.-Somer.
Villo journal.
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CLAIMING relationship with great people
10 new fad 1t can only be guaranteed to
last during the absence Of the great people
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You can no moro Judge . man by his
daily walk and conversation than YOU can
an election-day saloon by it, front door
Detroit Free Press
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Oregon, the Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild, e9uable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit. grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full information free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
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"A LITTLE NONSENSE

--Barber-"Does this razor hurt you,
sir?" Victim-''It would if I weren't a
Christian Scientist" Boston Herald.
-Unconquerable.-T Robber ZEN
tering smoking-car)-''Throw up you,
hands!" Jenkins (engrossed in eucher)
-"Hangcd if will; here's both bowers
and the joker. Texas Siftings.
IL am sorry to say" said sheriff to
young widow, who was handsome,
''that I have an attachment for YOU
II am happy to say, sir, that it isn't
mutual" she replied.
II kissed her for her mothers sake,
But now the years have flown,
I'm very glad to get the chance
To kiss her for her own.
-Kearney Enterprise.
Wharfage" remarked Biggs, lis q
sort of brief swoon. When was first
married thought Mrs. B. and were
one; but it wasn't long before we came
two" boston Transcript.
-Prodley-I hear you have been
getting married. Tooker-''Yes." Prod
ley-''Whom did you marry?" Tooke,
-"Milly Jones, her mother, her step
father and two maiden aunts."-Har
per's Bazar
"A Jew went up to railroad station
and said: Gimme tiget to Spring
field" ''What Springfield" asks the
ticketcseller, illinois or Massachu'
setts?" II don't care. Vichever's the
sheapest." -Exchange.
"A New Version.-Harold "a. B.,
Harvard, 'ss,)-"Maude, I love you
Will you be my wife?' Maude "a. B.,
Harvard Annex, 'SS, )-'No, Harold, that
can never be, but we shall always be
others."-Harvard Lampoon.
Mr.. Jawk coming in after the STORM
-'Great Scott, Maria, look at the hail.
stone I found on the step! Why, it's
nearly three inches square," Mrs. Jawk
THAT isn't hailstone, you old sim.
pleton; the iceman just left that"
1.-THE minister's youngest has been
detected in the telling of most fragrant
fib, and has been shut up for an hour to
learn verse from the Bible on lying.
The Minister-"Well, pet, have YOU
learned that verse yet?" Alice-''Part
of one, papa" Minister-'Part of one
we'll, let's hear it." Alice-''Psalms
hundred an sixteen 'leven-'All men
are liars, Boston Beacon.
There is one thing that always
strikes me as funny abont your produc.
tions," said the editor to the amateur
humorist lis that SOP" said the humor.
list, with pleased expression on his
face; land what is that?" "Why, that
you should think that they are funny
YOURSELF" said the editor, and the
pleased expression vanished like turkey
at newsboys' dinner on Thanksgiving
Day.-Somerville journal.
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How We admire the man who happens to
catch us when we are doing good deed on
the sly.-Atchison Globe.
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An Unconscious Catspsw.

Brown always make it rule tc
conceal nothing from my wife; tell he1
every thing.
Jones-Yes, and I can't say that like
you for it.
Brown-How so? Why not?
Jones-Why, your wife tells every
thing you tell her to my wife, and my
wife just rakes me over the Goals for it
-Munsey's Weekly.
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WHEN cashier goes to Canada his en-
plOyer's face and his own accounts are the
long and short of it.-Chicago News.
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You hardly realize thatitis medicine, when
taking Carter's Little Liver Pills; they are
very small; no bad effects; all troubles
from torpid liver are relieved by their use.
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"A SHORT acquaintance-tho man who is
always wanting to borrow money.-Burline-
ton Free Press.
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The merchant has to drive sharp bar
gain when trade is dull.-Kearney Enter
prise.
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$500 Reward offered for an incurable
Sage's Remedy. 5Octs., by druggists.
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IT is no longer necessary to take blue pills
to ~ouse the liver to action. Carter's Little
Liver Pills are much better Don't forget this
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THERE is no full stop to the furnace in
cold weather. Railways requires the colon
Boston Gazette.
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A Natural Phenomenon.

She-Oh, see that scarecrow out there
in the field!
He-That isn't scarecrow.
1T must be. See how motionless il
u.s." ....x.... :. -....+m
That's the hired NAH Of work.
Yankee Blade. 80.
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AN EXTENDED POPULARITY. Bro.pn's Bror.
chtal 7ruches have for many years been the
most popular article in use for relieving
Coughs and Throat troubles.
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The golden stair appears to be the only re
liable hre-escape.-Bingham Leader.
No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail. Csc.
IT is all right to blow your own horn, but
some people haven't any horn to blow.
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ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn eAeotually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
consti patton. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
;ts action and truly beneficial, in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healky and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute. :.'
CALIFORNIA RIO SXRUP co!
....... sAx fRAS0lsc0. cAl.
l0ViSNllE. M. new yoRk. nv.
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Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above
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WE recommend ''Tansill's Punch" Cigar
A eKnLFuL cook is the most popular OF
interior decorators.
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Where Are You Going?

VUEI6 d10 3VV VV0Ss
When do you START Where 'FRONT.' How many
10 your par - What amount OF freight os
baggage have Soa3 What route do you prefer
Upon receipt of IN answer to the above Ques'
lions you Will DO furnished free o. expense. Win
::
ab. . Inform Uvo RAILWAY - Satlon WnC III,
vtli save trouble. time and money. Agents VIII
call in re-son where necessary: Parties ros
oaa;!Y to hnswer above questions should cut out
and p-r.-rve this notice for future reference. II
d ~ become useful. Address e n. WARRfH'
9 .,i.r,l Passenger AeeEr. st. Pscl, Mum
Nod tpy new ~ a Aoxtoves1
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VIVIAN
girls.
Phrosy was always one of the useful
ones and when it fell to her lot to over
see tho arrangement Of the lunch her
new acquaintance very quietly olsen
gagged himself from the others and de-
voted himself to her assistance, and
Ben Miller, looking on from distance,
saw and approved.
''Phrosy's worth her weight in gold, -
he said to himself, land Dalton, is just
the kind of a fellow that she ought to
have. I'd give four bits to have it turn
out that way"
That night Phrosy came home tired
but radiant. John Dalton had harnessed
up his two-horse team and brought part
of the picntckers. down to. the village
himself. "just to, be sociable," he had
said; and he had Invited her to'sit be-
side him on the front seat, and he had,
moreover, told Ben, that he was coming
down to play him q game of checkers
now and then when the evenings got a
little longer, 49, ~~.,.,.
What wonder was it that the world
seemed rose-colored to- Phrosy? and
what wonder was it that when John
Dslton-not waiting for the evenings to
lengthen perceptibly- made his appear
ahce- In her home, and, after making
friends with her mother, proceeded to
devote himself especially to that lady's
daughter that she thoug ht herself the
happiest girl In the world. Only one
thing Swallowed her heart; supposing
that he should be angry when he found
out that the shirts, which still came,
through Mrs. Jenkins, to that mysteri-
GUS sto]d woman" we're her task, and
that he was making love to his washer
wouaan7 That fear made her almost
coward]y after she began to feel that
she was growing to care for this quiet,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-06-13

"Whcro's Botty, of Berksr' "Look be-
hind tho big gun and find iced, of Read
mgr 'Who stole Ruive's stays?" 81
move that General Neal Dow give us a
temperance talk tomorrow. All in
favor say Aver" A laundering "Ayer
followed this. ''All opposed say No."
''The house is dividedw 'Call the rollw
"Captain Moss, this joking is monoto-
nous. Give us a song with chorusl"
A minute of silence, then a voice,
quiet by contrast, replies: my doctor
has forbidden me to sing on an empty
stomach"
But despite the medical injunction,
Captain ED" Moss starts up song, and
its chorus about 'ham fat sizzling in
the pan" makes my mouth water. Tho
last note IL dying out, whom deep
baritone voice strikes up Julia Ward
Howe's Battle Hymn of tho Republic.
Even the guards stop their pacing to
listen. 1t rings through all the rooms
of the wretched prison till tho chorus is
reached. Then from fourteen hundred
recumbcnt men the ''Glory, glory, Hal
lelujah' goes up with mighty, and not
unmusical volume, and feel glow of
heat and forget the cold wind whistling
through the iron bars near by.
''Iialf past ten, post number one, and
all's well!"
The jewellers in tho Upper Potomac
room are hushed, and tho singers are
silent.
lay my hand on Towards face and
he means like one in a feverish sleep.
wonder how men can sleep in such q
place, and conclude that if forced to
remain must die of insomnia.
/ listen and along the ranks, packed
so close together that it is a surprise
how one can turn without forcing the
other to initiate him, l hear snoring in
every key, deep bass snoring that seems
to como up from the depths, and shrill
nasal trebles that appear to como down
from the roof.
The wind, blowing straight through
the rooms from the north, has turned
the iron bars on the windows into
hoarse @olian harps. There is the
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-06-13

door that led into the prison Office and
through 1t we were marched, and halted
before desk like that presided over by
the sergeants in night charge Of police
stations.
The floor was wet and the lights dim.
A little man, whom afterwards learned
to know as "Ross" ran out from the
group of mon standing near the desk,
and called out excitedly:
"Come, now, gentlemen, no crowding.
Please TO register decently and in order;
and prepare to have your baggage ex-
amined."
"Baggage!" roared an officer in my
front. ''Well, that's cool. Why, /
haven't had my baggage since two min
utes after l fell into your hands. AT
least once an hour since then somo
guard has gone through me, and except
that six changed boots seven times and
hats fifteen, they've all been disap-
pointed"
Il tall, black-bearded, piratical-loolS-
ing fellow, wearing the chevrons of q
sergeant, leaped into the line of prison
ers and shouted, with a coarse oath:
"Order here! Get in line! Come on
one at time or thar'll be trouble"
Eyes, gents, one at a time and decent
ly and in order" called out little Ross,
not at all bad fellow, as every old resi-
dent of Libby will confess.
Major Turner sat down and prepared
to write. He was about thirty-five years
of age, dressed in a fine gray uniform,
which like it's wearer, had never seen
service in the field. He was of medium
height, slender, smooth-faced and with
light gray eyes, and certain something
in his manner that denoted a culture,
even refinement.
Turner must have had the record OF
every Union officer present, yet he went
over all again, and while he asked the
now very familiar questions rs to State,
regiment and rank, Ross and Sergeant
Turner-"Black George" the men in pris-
on called him, went through all our
pockets and very few bundles. The
thoroughness with which this work had
been accomplished was shown by the
fact that on the whole twenty prisoners
present not one contraband article was
found.
up rough wooden stairway to the Sec
ond story, from which came an uproar
which l could not comprehend till had
taken the same way.
can not think it was design, but
certain it is I was the last man exam
mod. After had been searched and
answered the usual questions, Major
Turner read over two sheets of letter
paper-they had evidently accompanied
tho report of the officer who had turned
over the prisoners, and referred to me,
for still holding them in his slender,
white hands, he asked:
"Ain't you Kentuckian?"
81 am" replied
"You know one Captain Frank Brent
OF the Partisan Rangers?"
al do"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-06-13
CHAPTER XII.

The prison was still so dim that fig
ure could not be distinguished fifty feet
away, when file of soldiers, with Black
George and Little Ross in the lead, en-
tered, each shouting out at the top of
his voice:
''Turn out to roll call!'
Howard insisted on my putting on the
overcoat, then he led me to the room
beneath the Lower Chickamauga, along
which the prisoners, looking more hag-
gard for their sleep, were forming four
deep. The men were counted, and as
deception was easy with this form of
'"roll CALL" Little Ross often had "ten
Yankees moro than there should be-"
or "a half-dozen Yankees short" but tho
counting was always kept up till the
proper number was found.
Some time after this, all the prisoners
were driven every morning into the Up
per Potomac room and counted out one
alta time, into the Upper Chickamauga.
At tho southern ends of all the rooms
there were sinks and spigots, but clean
illness was out of the question. The
room opening from Carey street and di-
rectly under the lower Chickamauga had
in ii number of old-fashioned kitchen
ranges and was known as ''the cook
room"
After we had wet our faces and hands
and dried them on much soiled towel,
which the chaplain had left among other
effects, we went down to the stoves, and
as Howard had given me all his bread
the night before, we would have gone
hungry till noon, had it not been for the
kindness of friends who shared with US
their little corn-bread and remaining
black beans.
About eleven o'clock corn bread,
beans and enough tough beef to give a
few ounces to each man, were dis
tributed; during the nine weeks that
followed we did not receive any more
meat
Still faithful TO the promise / had
made Carrie Brent and her brother,
took the first opportunity could find to
talk to Lieutenant Scott without being
overheard by the crowds about us. /
told him Franks story and asked for
his.
Howard Scott had never before been
bitter or profane in my presence, so
that I was quite unprepared for the
vindictive wrath he showed on this oc-
casion.
"Had captured Frank Brent. know
ing what now do about him, I'd have
hung him to the first tree within reach"
he Missed.
''You are jealous Of him because of
his devotion to Miss Vernon" said;
"but you have nothing to fear there"
''Ne, Captain, am not jealous, but I
am righteously indignant. Frank Brent
captured me in Powells Valley, and at
the time he said, so that he could not
have been guilty OF John Harding's
murder. This world will not be big
enough TO hold him and me once this
war is over, that is, IL he is not hung in
the mean time, as he deserves to be, or
II do not die in this hole"
On being pressed to give the reason for
his dislike, Howard continued: