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My presence was more potent than 7
knew; She opened her eyes-opened them
straight into mine, and lay as motionless as
stood: moved not an inch, spoke not n
word, drew not step near, retreated mot q
hairs breadth Motion was taken from me
was 1t bate that fixed my eyes on hers and
turned my limbs into marble? 1t certainly
was not love, but neither was it hate. /
stood speeches. in the moonlight and
with my hair clinging wet about nv head
and lace, must have looked both ghostiy and
CHASTITY. anu
Two or three moments she gazed with
horror-struck eyes; then frighffuI shrek
broke from the deathlike Inns of the SAW,
woman. She who could sleep aster tnr %nii
love INTO hate, and life into death. would
have fled into the arms of death to escona
the eyes of the dead! Scream followed
scream. Volition or strength, whichever it
was Ihat mad gone. returned. l backed
silently from the room, then turned and
fled, as If she had been the ghost. and the
mortal Would / had been the specter for
which she took mel A0-
What to do l did not know. I had mt
yet begun to think what / should do when
found myself at our little inn. No idea
Of danger awoke in my mind. And indeeJ
had the thought come there would have
been little cause to heed it. No one there
knew the one from the other of us MOI
many would know there were two of MS
Any one who saw me twice might well think
he had seen US both. The only one who
could tell what had happened at the ton of
the fall would not volunteer information
But although knew myself my brothers
murderer neither fear nor counterac,ing
consideration occurred to me. | made il ne
secret that my brother had gone over the
Iau. L went to the foot OF the cataract
thence to search and inquire in all direc'
lions, but no one had heard of any bodv
being found. continued in the nejphbor-
mood long ter all dreary hope of It's re-
covery had ceased ~
Giving up the quest in despair, my first
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DUELING IN FRANCE.
The Rules That Govern the Field Of Honor
al The Present Time.

Dueling is popular still, but if death
occurs in the contest the survivor and the
seconds are obliged to fly the country for
time, for not only will magistrates punish,
but juries will convict, and the civil courts
are ready to award to the injured
crushing damages. 1t is true the
offense is not treated as murder
any more than infanticide is in
England; but it is treated as an offense
and the consequences are so disagreeable
that dueling has ceased to be synonym for
mortal combat. 1t is only blood letting
combat now. In arranging for meeting
the most elaborate precautions are taken to
avoid ''regTettabe consequences" Pistols
are discouraged, because bullets have their
vagarieS, and when they are employed the
combatants are placed at distances at which
they are nearly certain TO miss each other,
and it is bad form to aim with too much
care or too near the heart. ''We are here"
remarks the sententious second, "to ayenge
wounded honor, not to commit murder"
When swords are selected kind of mas
ter Of the lists is named, whose order to stop
must be instantly obeyed under penalty of
dlShonor, and he gives his order the moment
blood flows. though it be from the merest
scratch; while, as dueliSts, being mortal,
may lose their temperS, the seconds stand
ready at their sword to strike up their prln-
cipals' weapons. All kinds of dangerous
display of ferocity decidedly and perma-
nently lowers duelist's reputation for the
possession of good heart and fine man
ner 1T would be considered monstrous
to allow duelists to get at one another
with rifles, as they do in Western America,
in the best way they could, and the old
duel across a handkerchief is pronounced
deliberate murder, to which no second who
respects himself will ever voluntarily ac-
cede. Indeed, we believe a principal might
now refuse that challenge as an obsolete
barbarsm. The combat is reduced, in fact,
to display of skill in fencing with weap-
ons instead of foils, in which, it is true, one
party may, get hurt by misadventure, but
in which it is not intended that he should
be more than scratched. The chance of
making widow, which 81. julie Simon SO
feelingly and so properly laments, is, in
truth, reduced to the Infinitely little. You
do not after q duel encouter your adversary's
widow, but himself: and if he is a man of
the world you are not punished even by a
scowl.-The Spectator.
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Whose mother?" asked Uncle Edmund.
with scornful curiosity.
John Days." l answered.
have always been given so to under
stand" replied John for me, but l am by
no means sure of it. l have doubted 1t
thousand times"
Ed said Edmund to Edward, "let is
lay our heads together?"
Ready, Ed" said Edward to Edmund,
and Herewith they began comparing memo-
RES and recollections, to find, however, that
they had by no means data enough.
All the journey home my two uncles were
continually reverting to the matter Of Johns
parentage; the more they saw of him the
less could they believe the woman was his
mother. My Uncle Edmund, who, having
been bred lawyer, knew how to act, went
at once to examine the will left by Johns
father. That done, he set out for the place
where John was born. The rest of us went
home. The second day after our arrival
there Uncle Edmund came. He had found
perfect proof, not only that she was merely
Johns stepmother, but that she had no
authority over him or his property what
ever.
The day after our marriage. which took
place within a month of our return, John
went on visit to his pretended mother Of
anything but ceremony, taking myself and
MS uncleS with him.
"Will you tell her, he said, ''that Mr..
Day desires to see Eer?"
The man would have shut the door in our
faces, but John was prepared for him. He
put his foot In the corner between the
threshold and the jamb, and his two hands
against The door, driving it to the wall with
the man behind it, where we held him till
we were all in. Then he closed the door
and said, In tone had never heard him
use before.
LET her know at once that Mr.. Day de-
sires to see her."
The mau went. We walked into the draw
ing-room. There we waited. The gentle
men stood, but John insisted ON my sitting
down. My eyes fixed themselves on the
door by which we had entered, but by and
by slight sound in another part of the
room caused me to turn my eyes. There
stond The woman in riding habit, with a
my uncles. With Scorn1ul laugh she turned
and went through door which stood open
behind her. 1t closed instantly and be-
came part of the wainscot, hardly dlstin-
guiShable. John darted to 1t. 1t was
bolted on the outside He sought another
door, and ran hither aud thitber through
the house to find her Ny uncle ran after
him, a little uneasy lest something should
befall him. i remained where | was, far
enough from comfortable. Two or three
minutes had passed thus. when heard the
thunder OF bnOf, and running 10 the window,
saw her tearing away at full gallop. / was
the only one that saw her, and no one of US
ever saw her again.
Cbpyrt0ht 1891 by He AuttOTS' d'ttdncc; nj Tfghts
reserved.
The story for next Sunday viii be " A w
full Peril OF xiii KirilIuitch'5 Soul" by
Mime. Henry GreviIIe.
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ANOTHER DRUGGIST
SPEAKS

SAN FRANCISCO, March "a, 1890.
Aanufs Great Sierra Kidney and Liver Cure:
GENTLEMEN:-I NOTICE
a GREAT INCREASE in THE
SALES OF YOUR REMEDY,
AND JUDGE BY THE RE-
PEATED CALLS FORITTHAT
1T GIVES ENTIRE AND COM
PLETE SATISFACTION TO
THE PARTIES USING 1T. 1T
is THE BEST SELLING
KIDNEY AND LIVER
CURE THAT | HANDLE IN
STOCK. Resp'y yours,
JOHN VIM. SALTER.
2445 Mission Street. Cor. 2ist.
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HERBDITY.
Theory Of N0l-ACQuiTad Characters, Whether
Mental or Physical.

1t is exceedingly difficult to find any
actual cases to illustrate this point, since
either natural or artificial selection has al
most always been present. The apparent
effects Of disuse in causing the dminution
OF certain organs, such as the reduced
wings of some birds in oceanic islands and
the very small or aborted eyes of some of
the animals inhabiting extensive caverns,
can be as well explained by the withdrawal
OF the cumulative agency of natural
selection and by economy of growth
as by the direct effects of disuse The
following facts. however, seem to show
that special skill derived from practice,
when continued for several generations, is
not inherited, and does not therefore tend
to increase. The wonderful skill of most
Of the North American Indians in following
trail by indications quite impercertible to
the ordinary European has been dwelt upon
by many writers, but 1t is now admitted
that the white trappeTs equal and often eX-
eel them, though these trappers have in al
most every case acquired their skill in
comparatively short period. without any of
the Inherited experience which might be-
long TO the Indian. Again, for many
generations considerable portion of the
male population of Switzerland have prac-
tlced rlne-ShUotlng as a national sport vet
IN International contests they show no
marked superiority over our riflemen, who
- IL " i"i 80 plopoltI Tue SOuS Oh men
who never handled gun. Another case is
afforded by the upper classes of this cou,i-
try, who for many generations have been
educated at the universities, and have had
their classical and mathematical abilities
developed to the fullest extent by rivalry
Tor honors. Yet now, that for some Years
these institutions have been opened to dis
senterS, whose parents usually for MANY
generations have had no such training. it
IS found that these dissenters carry off their
full share, or even more than their share, Of
honors. We thus see that the theory of
the non-heredity. of acquired characters.
whether physical or mental, is supported
by considerable number of facts, while
few If any are directly opposed to it.-A. L.
Wallace in the FOrtnightly Review.
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Ingly rather than permit one Of my blood TO
marry one OF yours. You know perfectly that,
II ] went this moment and denounced you as
murderer, could prove what / said, and as 10
my silence for so many years that am able
thoroughly to explain. | shall give you no fur
ther warning. LUCRETIA CAIRSEDGE.
l ran down the stair with the vile missive
in my hand.
The wicked woman! 1 cried, "If she
be Johns mother, l don't CAFE! She's
villain and liar!' ,
nothing for him now but tell all. he snrank
visi bly, from the task. He put MS manu- o''i
his eyes, and said slowly: .,, ..tn,
Little one, l cannot tell you this tni Mi
for when ! had told 1t L shou.u i Wau' can
myself more than ever. But neither can 49,
hear that YOU should not know IL, L nave
the whole fearful story set down Tor your
eves-and those of any you may WON " 'e0
The confession was as follows; My brother
and | were twins and marvelously alike
Very few of our friends. none OF them WIN
certainty, could name either OF US apart-or
even together. 1t might be said with truth,
that only two persons knew absolutely
which either of us was, and those two were
ourselves. Our Observation-Disclosures was
the source of ever-recurring mistakes, OF
constant amusement, of frequent bewilder-
ment and sometimes annoyance in the
family. man might we'll have started the
question what good could lie in the existence
of a duality in which tho appearance was,
If not exactly, YET 81 HtdlAy
no one but my brother or myself could have
Dointed our definite differences; but If 10
one else saw the good of duality in which
each was the others double, the doubt was
confined to outsiders; my brother and
raised no question, the fact being to us
neyer-ceaSng cause of delight Each seemed
to the other expressly created so, in order
that he might love HIM as special individ-
ua property of his own. 1t was as il the
image of Narcissus had risen bodily out
of the watery mirror. 1t was as if we had
been made TWO that each might love him
self and yet not be selfish.
At school we learned the same things
We were trained for the professions of law
yer and doctor l was to be the doctor. We
went to college together and shared the same
room. After that we didn't work hard, nor
was hard work required of US. We mad our
friends all in common. If one met man or
woman he was pleased with he never rested
until the other knew, that he might be
pleased with him or her. Our all but identity
of form, our inseparaoility and unanimity
were often, although we did not know it, a
subject of talk in the social gatherings of
the place. 1t was more than once or twice
openly mooted what i'll the course of life
was likeliest to strain the bond that united
US Not a few agreed that terrible cataS-
trOphe might almost be expected from what
they considered such an unnatural relation.
Among the persons we met In the home
circle of our felow-students, appeared by
and-by young widow, though there was
little IN her dress or her carriage TO suggest
widowhoUd. We met her again and again.
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BIVALVES.

Romans Were as Fond of Oysters in An
cient as We Are in Modern Times.
The Romans, like ourselves, were fond
OF eating few oysters as prelude to din
ner Atheneus tells US that Dromeas, the
parasite. was once asked whether the ban
quetS in the city or at Chalcis were the
best. He replied that the prelude to the
banquet at Chalcis was superior to the
whole entertainment in the city-under-
standing by the prelude to the banquet the
multitude of oysters served up.
As an instance of the great regard felt
for oysters by the Romans-when L. Cor
neliGs Lentulus was installed in B. c. So
Flamen of Mars, by Caesar, at that time
augur, the former gave most sumptuouS
repast to number of guests in his house,
which had been gorgeouSly decorated for
the occasion. MacrobiuS, the. grammariaD,
has preserved the bill of fare, which was as
follows: Before dinner--Sea Irchins, raw
oysters, pelorldes, Spondyll, the fish turdus.
and asparagus. Second course-Fat fowls
oyster patties, pelorideS and black and white
balani. Third course-Spondyli. glycymer-
ides, sea anemones and beccatici." The last
continue in great request at Italian banquets
to this day.
Oysters were also, in ancient times, often
eaten at supper. JUyenal, in his Sixth
Satire, speaks of the Venus Ebria" sup
ping on large oysters and strong Falernian
Wilt
Who at deep midnight on fat oysters sups,
And froths with unsuents her faIernian cups.
Sallust seems to have had a very high
opinion Of the oyster and very low one of
the ancient Inhabitants of our country, for
he says: The poor Britons-there is some
good in them after all-they produce an
oyster" Pliny has given us some valuable
information respecting these fayorite BIZ
valves, frcm which it is plain that the mod
ern method of oyster-eulture was followed
by the Romans as early as the time of
Llcinius Crassus, the orator. His remarks
are valuable: 1.-The first person who
formed artificial oyster-beds (Ostrearum
vivaria) was Sergius Orata, who established
them at Baie, in the time of Licinus Cras-
sus, the orator, just before the Marsic war;
clrca b. c. 95" But the oyster had its de-
tractors among the ancients as well as
among ourselves. Seneca-who left bound.
less wealth after patheticaly singing the
praises of poverty-Seneca, the wise and
moderate, ate several hundred oysters every
week.-All the \ ear Round.
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son doubled. My uncle had taught me
good many of the more striking facts and
relations of natural science and during the
next few days / sought hard for some pos
sible explanation of what had occurred, or
at least to find something parallel to it
within the scope Of my knowledge. l did
what / could with fata morgana, mirage,
parhelion, and whatever | knew of recog-
n 4 Illusion, but in vain sought satisfac-
~ e'Vt, " ANYTHING pointing in the direction
tba atih,iSiact,on, and was compelled to leave
Tie 'hing alone. My uncle kept silence.
CHAPTER IL
one DAY letter was delivered at the door
turbaton and fell back with his eves ' cial pei
N0nI you tell me what is the matter
should be kept in ignorance of itP'' '"'' l
only for my sake, little one."
But, uncle, whatever troubles us"
yentured, don't you think it must he be,ter
that those who love US should know itP Is
there some good in q secret, after all ?"
Nome, my darling. You are perfectly
right" he answered. =" But how shall
tell you? The thing that made me talk 10
you against secrets was that | had one nv
self-one that is eating the heart out of me.
But that woman shall not know and you be
Ignorant. / will not have secret with her.
WI you leave me now. please, little one?"
rose at once. May l take this letter
with me, uncle ?' I said
he rubbed his forehead with a trembling
na o lie took up the letter, handed it to
nc, anu turned away his face with a groan
W mo NJ 70 Ihe study; no other place was fit;
ana there read the letter. Here it is:
SIR; II yon persist 10 coming between a wo.
ma, anu ner son, who VIII blame the mother II she
cast ASIDE iorbearance? would have sna rad ynn
as hitnefto; VIII spare you no Longer Won IIt
lle Thought who was when You Crossed me e.s
how near was the only one In the worid In ~
power you lay-she who could Iet thu ~ wn s
Know what you are! L would perish eyerlast.
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TWO AS OWE.
The Story of an Appanaon.
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY CALL BY GEORGE MACDONALD ILL.,
CHAPTER I.


~ NE morning in June l. Orbie
Il \ Whichcote, had gone into the
+ |. Ngarden. Hearing a horses
y /hoofs in the lane that ran
\ VII along the outside of the wall 1
~ looked up. The same moment
the horse stopped and the fnce of his rider
appeared over the wall. The moment l
looked on this face l fell into a sort Of
trance-that is / entered for moment some
condition Of existence beyond the ramparts
of what, commonly, we call life. Love at
first sight it was that initiated the strange
experience. His voice broke the spell.
He lifted his cap and begged me
TO tell him the way to the next
village. My self-possession returned ana
the JOY Of the restoration drove from me
any lingering embarrassment Went
forward and without faltering gave hun de-
tailed dire, tons. He lifted his cap again
and rode away
The next day was sultry and oppressed.
Between two bushes that famed out roses
lay down. and the heather and the rose
trees closed above me. My mind was IN
such a confusion Of pain and pleasure-with
a hope Of deliverance somewhere IN us
clouded sky that l could think no more
and fell asleep. A cool wind went through
the curtains Of my couch, and aWoke' l
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Who at deep midnight on fat oysters sups,
And froths with unsuents her FaIernian cup:

Nine hundred and ninety-two women reg
istered at Cheyenne, Wyo., for the recent
elections. Several women rode twenty-slx
miles into cheyenne to vote
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CHAPTER III.

The spring came, but brought little change
in the condition of my uncle. The doctor
advised our taking him abroad. We were
an odd party; John and /, bachelor and
spinster; and my uncle Edward, silent,
moody man who did whatever we asked him.
| could talk little French and when We got
to Paris, we found my uncle considerably
at home there. 1t was he who took us to a
quiet little hotel he knew; and when we
were comfortably settled in it he began to
take the lead in all our plans. How often
John and looked at each other, and how
glad were our heartsl My uncle was fast
coming to himself. 1t was like watching the
dead grow alive.
One day he proposed to hire a carriage
and good pair of horses and drive to Yer
sailles to see the palace. Soon we found
ourselves in very long, straight corridor.
/ was walking along, little ahead of the
rest; my uncle was coming along next, but
a good way behind me; few PAGES be-
hind my uncle came John. In front of me
was door, dividing the corridor in two. APP
parentIy filled with plain plate-glass, to
break the draught without Obscuring the
effect of the great length of the, corridor,
which stretches away as far on the other
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thought was to leave behind me every
association with the woman who had made
me my brothers murderer. L did so, but
not the less lived thenceforward in torture
which has hitherto expended itself no more
than the consuming fire of God. My main
consolation under the burden of my guilt is.
that loved my brother since 1 killed him
far more than l loved him when we were
all to each other. Had we never quarreled,
and were he alive, l should not be loving
him as now.
Some would think it my duty to give my
self up to justice. But l felt that owed my
brother reparation and not my country re-
tribution. But l am and have been, and
shall, | trust, throughout my earthly time,
ever and always be in purgatory. | should
trem BILE at the thought of coming out of it
moment efore it has done its part.
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The Song of Sozodonf.

was born in the woods, where the checkered
shade
Lends a charm to every bower;
Where the song OF birds blends perfectly
With the fragrance OF the flower.
live In the homes of rich and poor
live TO do them good;
l cleanse, heal and perfume with
The odors Of the wood.
And clean and sweet is the path leave
Wherever my feet may tread;
And thousands of those l bless rain down
Benediclions on my headl
A Fine Thing for the Teeth.
Fragrant SoZoDoNT is a composition of the
purest and choicest ingredients OF the Oriental
vegetable kingdom. Every Ingredient is well
known to have beneficial effect on the teeth or
gums. Its embalmng or antiseptc property and
aromatic fragrance makes 1t a toilet luxury,
SoZODONT removes all disagreeable odors
from the breath caused by catarrh, bad teeth,
&c. II is entirely free from the injurious ana
aerid properties of tooth pastes and powders
which destroy the enamel. One bottle will last
six months.
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The story for next Sunday viii be " w
full Peril OF XIII KiriI!uitch'3 Soul" by
Mme. Horny GrevIIle.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-12-19
\ Bookkeep"r Arrested for Embezllement

\ Bookkeep"r Arrested for Emhezzlement.
KANSAS Cry. Dec. l.. John l.. Fer.
guson, bOoilkeepcr IN the National Bank
of Kansas City. was arrested this morn
ing and sent to Jail for cmbczzing go
600 from the bank. where he was en-
ployed Ferguson Was i'll last Tuesday
and remained at home and when he
went 10 work Wednesday in order to
carry ahcad his fraudulent account he
had to change figures made by his tenn
porary predecessor. This was discovered
and the investigation which followed re-
vealcd the embczzlemcnt Ferguson.
being called before the officers of the
bank, made full confession. His
method was somewhat peculiar. He
opened fictitious accounts and raised
figures on the receiving tellcr's blotter
SO as to show deposits accordingly. Then
he credited the account accordingly and
drew checks in fictitious names in order
TO keep up with the deposits. Not a cent
is left. but the National Bank of Kansas
City will get $1,000 from the American
Surety company. which had Unidentified
Ferguson. Ferguson refuses to say
where money has gone, but declares he
spent It all, some on poker some on dis
sOlute women. iir is a single man.