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not SAID she -FihaI duty is one thing,
womanly honor is another. think
have never been wanting in the one re-
spect, and, with heavens support. shall
never sacrifice the other-no, not even
for your sake, father. A woman's heart
is her only inviolable dower-its purity
should be guarded more sacredly hun
dredfold than life itself-she has no right
to sacrifice it, not even for her fathers
sake!"
-Ah, then, welcome misery, welcome
the poorhouse! Old Croak will be
furious-his revenge will stop at moth
ing"
Say no more of this, beseech you.
father! I fear neither the fury nor revenge
of such man. If I were, indeed, de-
cided to marry where did not love, my
choice at least should present the belong
ings of gentleman-of such one as
offered me his hand to-day
"What-what con you mean, GwennyI
Some one else has asked you to marry
him?"
Il should not have spoken Of it., said
she, biting her lip md reddening. You
have been trying my patience SO much;
think no moEe of it.
But who made you that offer, my
child? come, am. your father, you must
tell me-"
Lord squanderall.
You rave! He has jnst como to his
| title-s dukes grandson-s peer of the
realml All, understand. Boncourt's
wine was strong, and you are not re-
sponsible for your youth and beauty, my
child"
"You mistake, in several ways, father,
said she, quietly. LORD SQuanderall il
Of age, and thoroughly contemptuous OF
caste restraints. He was not under the
influence of wine, either. He had been
drinking at luncheon, but was per-
fectly sober and earnest, when escorting
me home, at which time his offer was
made"
"Hurrah! feel young again. What! a
lord, q peer Of the realm for son-in-law?
You're right, my darling child! Whistle
old Croak down the wind-Ill help you'll
Tothink of his presumption-thec crooked,
knock -kneed, hideous, deformed old
brute!'
At this instant, Mr.. Croak himself en-
tered the room. Mr.. Alworth's sudden
hilarity had been SO boisterous that no
preliminary knock had been heard, if,
that the appearance y wal
rather startling to GwendpliDe and her
father.
4Good-evening, good.evening!' snuf1ed
Mr.. Croak, smilingly shambling into the
room, hat in hand. Il must have been
expected, for it struck me that my name
was being mentioned as approached the
door. Or was it but fancy-the feathery
outcome Of lovers teeming fancy? No,
no; see by your faces I was expected,
and here I am"
Then he coolly laid down his hat. drew
chair up to the table, and expressed the
hope that Miss Alworth would not make
his tea too sweet.
fro BE CONTINUED
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Two Desert Plants.

A plant peculiar to this portion OF the
Colorado desert is frail and supple tree,
almost leafess, but with tender flower
of satiny bloom, closely set and back
ing each other. Two tiny petals are sur
rounded by four larger, which overlap
themselves. They are not unlike the
Santa Cruz immortelles, and like them
scentless. What would at first appear to
be the leaves OF the plant are in reality
the starting of new twigs, and when they
have reached the length of two inches
they rapidly develop these dlmlnutlTe
flowers in almost continuous clusters To-
the parent stem. >,
Most pleasing to the eyes are the small
bright green leaves of dwarfsh boS
plant with flower as yellow as scott!sh,
heather or the golden buttercups which
enliyeu fat meadowlands. 1t is gay
little tree, aud its foliage and bark ghs-
ten as if freshly vanished. The leaves
are thickly set, and their vivid green en-
banccs the Haunting yellow OF its bios
som. It en,its peculiar odor and forms
O singular contrast to the other shru5betyr
for it belongs more to the laurel family
than to the sage.-Saa Francisco C"T0"-
s.yo
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the lower end of the chain is a strong
double catch hook. A diver is sent
down with each pontoon as it is lowered
to the position needed, and by descend
ing the ladder he is able to fix this catch
hook upon the hawser block or stanchion
on the deck of the sunken vessel.
When vessel is resting on the bottom
it always has list to one side. The
plan adopted by the managers OF this
new system, is to lower two pontoons,
one at the bow and the other at the
stern of the vessel, on the side to which
she is listed, and then pump out enough
water, supplying the space with air, to
right the vessel.
Then the other pontoons arc lowered
and placed in position, two at the bow,
two at the stern, and two, four or more
amidships, as may be needed. Then
the pumping apparatus is set at work on
the wrecking tub, and it is claimed that
the water in the pontoons can be forced
out through the outlet at the bottom at
the rate of forty barrels minute, aud
that in eight minutes the sphere will be
filled with air and be floating on the sur
face of the water.
The wrecked vessel is not raised above
the water, but is brought near the sur
face. In this manner the vessel is towed
to the nearest port and placed in dry
dock. Yoyk UeTaM.
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q. Ill
ERSl
A Famous RUBY,

OF the gems found in Ceylon the ruby
is of most value, and has at times Sc
cured the highest prices. Rejecting as,
q travellers tale the assertion of Marco
Polo, that he saw Ceylon ruby the size
of mans arm, says the Times Of India,
it may be interesting to recall what is re-
lated of another Ceylon ruby, in con-
nection with the part played unwittingly
in the rise of family that was of note
in q subsequent period in the history OF
the Dutch Republic.
A "Chetty" physician became the
owner of large ruby, said to have been
the size of small cury-stuff grinding
stone. Cutting it into pieces and retain
ing the larger portions, he presented the
Dutch Governor of Colombo, Imhof.
with eighteen buttons set with the
smaller pieces. Imhoff, not unmindful
of gratitude, promptly exalted the donor
to the proud position of First Malabar
Mudalayar of the Gate, title of honor
still retained, and about equivalent to a.
Lord Lieutsnancy Of county in Eng
land.
This rise in rank, however, stirring
into restless action the dormant energies
of the Chiefly, the Governor was at last
glad to get rid of his protege by trans !
forming him into diguitary learned IL
the law, and presenting him with seat
as Judge of the Supreme Court in Java.
This gentleman was grandfather to Dr..
Quint Ondaatjee, alluded to in Allison's
"History of Europe" as the great demo-
cratic leader. Whatever, however, the
value attached to the Ceylou rubies in
the past or the present, it should be
noted that really valuable ones have ever
been scarce, and they cannot vie in COM
parison with some Burmese specimens.
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closely resemble a very small pair of
hands, as o means of loccmotion. On
account of this habit it is one OF the
most difficult of all animals to stalk, as a
herd, when feeding, is sure to postat least
one sentinel, which, on account of his
upright position, is enabled to scan the
horizon on every side and detect hunter
long before he could yet within range.
The kangaroo's gait is series of quick
hops upon its hind feet, which become
twenty and thirty-foot leaps when the
animal wants to make a grand squirt.
While in motion the rest of the body is
punched up into rigid ball, giving the
impression of ga rather dumpy sweet po-
tato, which has been rounded of at the
lower extremity, and is propelled by
pair Of automatically moving match
sticks"
The kangaroo in entirely herbivorous,
and prefers to live in the sparse wood
land bordering OH the great plains,
which provides him with both food and
q nlace of refuge from his enemies.
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HERD OF SHEEP AND KANGAROO IN 184O.

A few years ago it was no uncommon
sight in Victoria to see 1000 or 5000
kangaroos feeding on the plains among
q flock of 1000 sheep. Since the whole
sale slaughter of the animals, it is now
possible to grazc 10000 sheep at a
station which, on account of the large
numbers of kangaroos that swarmed
over the country, could formerly accom-
modatc only 5000.
The first method by which the Aus
tralian colonists killed the kangaroo in
large numbers waa to build great stock
AIDED pens, each pen with wide, funnel
shaped entrance, the fanges of which
extended one or two miles into the ad-
jacent country. The hunters, if men
who kill game by zach wholesale
method may be called BY the name, then
formed Gordon extending over fifteen
or twenty square miles, and rounded up
from 5000 to 5000 kangaroos into the
mouth of the enclosure. whence the un-
fortunate animals would be hustled to
the pen at the farther end. There, after
the more dangerous of the males had
been shot. the rest of the herd would be
slaughtered with waddics and short iron
bars.
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THE KANGAROO.
CHE SPECIES is GRADUALLY Be
COMING EXTINCT.
Kangaroos Were Very Plentiful
Once in Australia. But Have
Been Trimmed Out by
Wholesale Slaughter.

A recent article in ,Scri5ner gives an
account of the kangaroo, which is rapid
ly becoming IN extinct animal in Aus
-tralia. A hundred years ago kargaroos
were as plentiful in Australia as cotton
tails in Southern graveyard, but the
early colonists of that continent soon
found that ono kangaroo ate four or five
times as much grass as sheep, and they
began 10 bowl over the mild eyed
creatures as rapidly as possible. A hun
dred years of continual slaughter have
accomplished great results, but the ex.
termination of the kangaroo, though
benefit to the squatter, is loss to the
hunter, for its keen scent, delicate sense
of hearing and extreme feetness render
it one of the most attractive kinds of
game, both for stalking and hunting with
dogs.
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Two Military Giants.

Comparatively few persons know that
the Worth monument in Madison Square,
besides being monument to the 'brav-
est of the brave" whom 'amor patrla
ducit," is q tombstone as well. But II
is. William Jenkins Worth, gallant
and successful soldier, sleeps underneath
the obclisk whercon his battles are scup-'
turcd, aud hundreds Of thousands TO-
whom the monument is, a daily signs
know nothing Of the man to wnom 10
was raised. At one time Worth was
aide to General Scott; Scott was six feet
four inches il height, Worth six feet two
inches. Scott admits that he considered
himself handsome; Worth was acknoW-
lcdred tc be tic handsomest man in the
army. A glorious sight the two giants
must have made as they walked IN the
aorseous uniforms of half century ago
down Broadway to army headquarters,
or ssuntered among the bloods and fair
ladies Of those davs.-New Tors Sun. =.
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Later on, when the animals had be-
conc 50 scarce that the drives or round
ups were no longer worth while, the few
miserable uarsupiai miscreants that re-
mained were hunted down with dogs
and horses. Only expert riders, how
ever, INDUCED III thaG sport. as the kan
saroG, when pursued, Immediately breaks
for the brush, and Il hunter unused to
riding through the brush is apt to have
his legs crushed against q tree, or his
brains dashed out by low-hangiug
bough.
But although the kangaroo is usually
the mildest of animals, it sometimes
fights very hard in its own defense. An
old man, as the patriarch of the tribe is
called, when driven to bay, will generally
turn iereely upon his pursuers, "and as
the dogs attack him he will lift them
pne by oge in bls arns and diScm5owel
them with single DOWN ard stroke Of
his sharp and powerful hind hoof.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Vices and virtues often live very closd
together.
A smart man can learn a good deal
from fool.
People who think too little are sure to
talk too much.
You can tell by the honey where the
bees have been.
The lightning is as full of mercy ss
the gentle shower.
Character is something that cannot be
burned up or buried.
True faith never goes home until it
gets what it went AFTER.
The richest people on earth are those
who give away the most.
It is better to see ''men as trees walk
ing" than not to see at all.
The only way to keep from backslid.
ing is to keep sliding forward.
The first effect of blessing on man
is to make him more thankful.
The more we do to help others the
lighter our own burdens will become.
There is a pleasure greater than maxi
ing money, and that is in giving 1t
away.
There are parents who work for their
children too much and talk to them too
little.
Where there is the right kind of faith
there is sure to be the right kind Of
works.
The woman who talks about her
neighbors is no worse than the one who
listens.
If an alligator could talk he would
probably declare that he had small
mouth.
The man who seeks for truth will
never find very much of it while walking
on stills. -..
No man can work with all his heart
and soul for anything Re does not believe
to be true.
The man who never makes mistakes
misses good many splendid chances to
learn something.
About the only time some people
speak we'll of some other people is after
they are dead ana buried.
The man who starts out to be a re-
former had better be we'll prepared for
all kinds of roads and weather.
If poor men knew how hard rich men
have to work, and how little they get
for doing it, they would be better satls-
fed.
The difference between mans sphere
and woman's is that the woman does
the most work and the man gets the most
salary.
The man who knows that he was one,
kind of fool yesterday very often has
suspicion that he is some other kind OF
a fool to o-day.-IndianapOlis (Iad.) Rams
Horn.
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To Lift Sunken SlIips.

Working models of a new device fol
raising sunken or wrecked vessels have
been exhibited both in this city and in
Washington. 1t is claimed that this
system is the only one that will work
successfully in raising vessels sunk at sea
which have heretofore been abandoned
after as large part of the cargo has
been saved as possible by sending divers
down to the vessel. The inventor of
this new device claims that he can raise
n vessel of three thousand tons in less
than tel minutes time.
The apparatus consists of an iron
sphere twenty feet in diameter and made
perfectly air tight. From six to eight
of these spheres ale needed for the rais-
ing of vassel of 5000 tons burden.
They are practically steel pontoons. At
the top of these pontoons is au air valve
opening downward into the interior of
sphere, while at the bottom is valve
opening outward. They have capacity
for containing 1888 cubic feet of air and
each pontoou has lifting capacity of
from 500 to 700 tons. The exterior
she'll of the pontoons is of steel one-quarter
of an inch thick, braced latitrdinally nd
longitudinally.
Wheu the wreck is reached water is
pumped into the pontoons aud they arc
sunk over the wreck at the point needed.
Their course is guided by chains work
ing from derricks on the deck of the
wrecking vessels. Outside of the pom
toons is heavy network of iron bracing,
enclosing it like jacket. At the bottom
of the pontoon is heavy iron chain,
fastened to the outside braciug, and at
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" When his only aggressor happens

when his only aggressor happens to
be man he has been known to leap
upon the horses launches, seize the
rider about the neck from behind, and
drag him from his seat, and then woe
betide the unfortunate wretch, for his
chances are small indeed" The rough
riders of the back blocks still hunt kan.
garoos after that fashion in certain parts
of Queensland and the northern part of
Australia, but it is lost art in Victoria.
The kangaroo, as every one who has
seen circus-poster knows, is marsu-
plsl, nr pouch-bearer. The females are
provided with a peculiar furry sack
under the body, in which they place
their young in case OF sudden attack or
in the event Of hasty flight.
Although there are about thirty dis
tiuct varieties of the kangaroo proper,
from the giant red kangaroo of Queens
land, averaging eight feet in height, to
the comical kangaroo rat of Victoria,
which averages little moro than eight
inches, the real kangaroo is q smooth
haired, mouse -colored beast, the average
height of which is six feet. Its Latin
name, which is herewith printed for the:
benefit OF such scientists as may read
this story, is the Macropus-Giganteus.
Except when feeding or lying down it
always stands in an upright position,
never using the small forepaws, which
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Why Milk and Thunder Don't Nix

Professor Tolomei, an Italian chemist,
concludes that the ozone produced by
electric discharges in thunder storm
coagulates milk by oxidizing it and gen,
crates tactic acid. Mr.. Treadwel', OF
the Wesleyan University, in discussing
this, states that the action is not mere
oxidation, but is in part produced by the
growth Of bacteria, which IS very rapid
in hot, suItry Observation-Disclosures
Rcc0rd.
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CHAPTER XIX.

sNo;" said Noel. iaushtno,.:y, withhold
ine the newspaper from the outstre.ched
HAND, ut is so short I prefer to read it
aloud to You. 1t is all about an exposure
Of the fashionable quarters Of Monsieur
and Madame dc Mauleon, which threaten
I'd to even undermine the gambling clubs
of their prestige" And he even began to
unfold the journal
-. Wait! how provoking you are!" ex-
claimed Adele, reddening, as, regardless
of etiquette in her excitement, she half
arose, and reached over so far as to clutch
. conner of the paper.
Inconsistent you've said repeatedly
YOU liked to hear me read" cried the
young man, not realizing her excitement,
and still playfully disputing pos ession.
Boncourt groaned inwardly. The atten-
tion Of every one else had been called to
the mimic struggle; the folds of the
newspaper might come apart, and the mo-
mentous missing document fall out any
instant, when nothing could prevent at
least Noel becoming familiar with its sig
nifcance.
Noel. don't you see that am in earnest?'
cried Adele, still trying to pull the pape,
away from him. Il shall be angry if you
Dersi ist in-ah!"
Boncourt almost echoed her exc!ama.
tion, as he sank back in his seat, prepared
tor the very result he had feared. for al
-4his instant the pages of the newspaper
futtered all apart, and it Was torn i'll two
Adele still clutching one half and he
lover the other.
But, at the same instant. both Bon.
court and his sister drew breath Of Sc
eret relief.
No fragment of writing hal fAllen ou
OF the folds. The missing paper was Still
Enreve led,
Adele burst into laugh, and thr W bel
60 the journal over to Noel. who
tossed that and the other away NJ on the
gra s
i won't read it nor, nor shNll You
Iea It to ne, you rovoking fsEow.
eiied she. L shall not even llay Liu.ards
s vith You"
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The application Of rubber to wheel
tires has proved great boon to hicyc!.
lists, aud the increase in this Cranch OF
industry is remarkable. There are 1O0,-
600 bicycles made every year in this
country, and ~, 900 more are imported.
As all these have tires of the best rub
Der, it cau be seen that gCod percent
age of the worlds suppJ is absorbed in
this way.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
GwENDoLISE's OYER

When Gwendoline and her father re.
turned to their humble home in the upper
part of tho Marlowe mansion, after
spending the greater portion OF tho day
1T Boncourt's enie iertainment. the former
Bet ne: sell aoou5 preparing their modest
even. n.nt meal, according to her custom.
And now an unwoned silence, almost
Of sadness, possessed her while thus en-
tage!. Her father, However. did not no.
ii it (h days OF character reading and
penetra, ion being pretty we'll over, poor
manh, but went on ch .tteriny and NUT
tering enough for two, M had latterly
been his Gust ON. 1t was pitiable to Sec.
He seemei to La>e lost sll that b iunt-
ing fear of the future that had so over
burGenpd and distressed him at The time
O. his dismiss al from NJ. Marlowe's en-
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An Opinion That is m Opinion.

swcllington-"Do you think it will
rain before we get back
Farmer-'sHow long are you going to
be-" -,
swcllirgtor-"Oh, an hour or two"
Far,ucr--"Well, my opinica is that it
may and it may not. .'-Argosy.
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The Queen of Spain is laboring
under O mania of hallucination that she
will some day come to want, and she
Is therefore laying away every penny
she can rake and scrape. She even
borrows email coins Of the pages about
the palace and forgets to repay them,
aud the other day she was caught sell
ing fourteen pairs Of her old shoes fo'
four cents per pair. -.
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Transfers of Real Estate.

John w. Smith to Joshua Shaffer, l
acre in Dodson township, $50.
John A. Moberly to Albina Scott, 173
acres in Whiteoak township, $685..
Ada Wise and others to Peter Weller,
quit claim to II acres in Paint township,
$40.
Anna M. Smith and others to Cass.
andra Grove, acres in Paint township,
$50.
Robert Calvin to Margaret Carboy,
acres, $40.
T. w. DeHass to P. G. Robinson, land
and lot in Pricetown, $1,000.
G. E. Barr to D. M. Barr, So acres in
Salem township, 1000.
VIM. Purdy, ST., to Lydia Robinson, 8
acres in New Market township, $500.
Superior Building and Loan Associa-
ton to G. w. VanZant, inlot 46 and /
acre in Danville, $50.
Melissa Hirons to Ida M. Reams, lots
80 and 81 in Buford, $l35.
Mary A. Byrn to w. w. Peabody,
trustee, part lot in Greenfield, $25.
A. M. Dwyer to same, lot 222 and one
acre in Greenfield, $500.
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The 18th Annual Camp Meeting

aOf the A. M. E. Church Of this city will
scpmmence on the 9th of July and close
ION the Goth of July. Good speaking by
the following divines: DIR. ?. Tolliver,
GAINESVILLE; Rev. John Gazaway, Cincin-
matt; Rev. James Bridges, Frankfort ;
Rev. M. J. johnson, P. E., Cincinnati ;
Rev. C. Mason, Georgetown. The clergy
of this city are invited to take part
Good singing by the choir, Miss Sallie
Patterson, organist.
Admission, adults, Is cents. Vehicles
S cents.
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stShould Mr.. Campbell hold out much
songer against the protests OF many OF
the best Democrats in Ohio, no attempt
should be made to substitute another
candidate. Delay of harmony among
Democrats will mean defeat with any
>candidate, and Mr.. Campbell should be
allowed to 60 right on and break his fool
meek. We are opposed to sacrificing a
Neal or Kline at the last moment
1Vu,erJu CO,,Tier
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Probate Court.

J.C. Broomhall, guardian of Arthur
and Bertie Broomhall, filed first and
final account.
J. n. Suiter, administrator of the
estate of VIM. Suiter, settled third and
final account.
J. L. Fullerton, administrator of the
estate Of M. P. Griswold, settled first and
final account.
Isma Troth, guardian OF the estate oil
John A. Skesn, settlement of final &C
count continued.
A. T. Rogers and others, admrs. Of the
estate Of T. d. Rogers, settled first and
final account.
N. Inskeep, administrator of the estate
Of J. +. Haas, settled first and fnal &C
count.