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Beth. As I have said before, her IA
theirs cabin stood about half a mile
east of Sunset ~ S:.z..ss...s = . -, s...'>
ty4Is found miner, "a bbott absent and
Beth busy inside. Her hair looked like
spun gold as it shimmered in the light
of the lamp on the center table. She
wore dress of some blue stuff with q
silk handkerchief or scarf tied loosely
about her graceful neck
Fathers shopping around in the
mine, she said, as asked about him.
''Shall call him?''
"No,"l answered. So, -..
And Twas on the point Of saying how
witching she looked, but she prevented
me BY asking if had experienced any
luck that day. :. -
/ showed her the nuggets 1 had
found, and she. in turn, some gold-dust
her father had brought from the mine.
Father is coming in now," she ex-
claimed, looking out into the twilight,
as the gold was examined. But she
added as he did not appear: Well, 1
must have been Mistaken - yf,.:
beth, why do. you act as3 you do
toward me?" asked. l felt that ]
could not keep my avowal of love back
any longer ..You must know that. you
have stolen my heart" -. / GIIEs
She looked frightened. She blushed
holly, too, and attempted to silence me,
but I would not permit her to do So.
Beth" Icontinued: t'Can you not
care q little for me now?', ~
And l told her could never care for
another wo man and had never done so.
''Mr.9 Kingston, she said, when I had
told her all, ''it il not right that you
should marry little ignorant western
girl like me. We can be friends but
that must be ALL z.>l : ~
Her words were spoken firmly and
determinedly, though in the kindest
tone. knew she meant it all. ID:
I felt stunned and faint. I would say
good-by then, decided, and leave Sun
set in the morning stage. .@~ ,s@.
The words of farewell were ON my.
lips when little Beth's face suddenly
Epaled. She was facing window that
was back Of me and that opened onto
q number Of bushes on that side Of the
cabin. s..-zz.s { + d.
She gave q little cryof alarm and
drew me quickly to one side, placing
herself between me and the window q
q loud report of rifle fired through it
sounded in the room. The lamp light
ing the cabin went out with the con-
cussion Of the air and Twas IN dark
ness s ~ .s!s5E8
"Are you hit?" she cried, breathless-
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FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

& The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers expelled nearly. four hundred
members the past year for intoxica-
WITHIN the last twenty five years
the fruit-producing resources of the
United States have increased just ten
times as fast as have the .meat-produc-
ing resources. Apples, oranges and
grapes are growing cheaper every year,
but meats are growing dearer. This
means clearer heads, cooler blood and
better equipose Of brain and Drawn. 1t
is more distinct blow at alcoholism
than anything else this year reported.
Frances E. Willard. ~, ,.Es&s,g.:,
The Irish Temperance league, Ut the
;requestof the Belfast auxiliary of the
Reformed Presbyterian mission, ct An.
tioch, Syria, has issued q pledge card
In Arabic, which 1t is believed Is the
frstS temperance pledge card sent out in
that language. An exceedingly pretty
design of flowers embraces certain
character In. Arabic, the translation Of
which Is as follows. Society Temper
ance-I promise, BY the grace Of God
Almighty, that I will not taste any
kind 81 Intoxicating drink s.t3zes.SS. & =.
THE new method Of treating In
sebriety by hypodermic injections Of
bichloride Of gold, which DR.. Leslie e.
Kelley, Of Dwight, I'LL, has discovered
aid used with such marvellous success,
Is attracting Il the attention Of the
secular and religious press Of the west
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never have q chance 70 write one with
i a7sweeter, prettier heroine, and very
much doubt that will, in my life time,
experience an adventure so peculiar
rs that of yesterday. (" Z ~
To the reader-n I ever consent to
having this account perused II will
say. rs prelude, that Sunset City is q
little mining camp. consisting of not
more than twenty cabins and the ever
present tavern. It is situated in cool,
picturesque valley through which q
lively stream flows, along whose east-
ern side runs the trail of an overland
stage route. query if it is placed on
any map. a. ~ *
I ahsve been here three weeks-two
weeks and three days longer than in.
tended to stay. Z. 1:.'Ej. /. -
aelswas lucky enough to meet little
:" Beth Abbott when on pleasure tour,
and deserted the touring party of
which was then q member. Her dark
brown eyes cast an irresistible spell
over me at our first meeting. ~s,ss'~*r7--
She lived in little cabin with her
i old father, perhaps half q mile east Of
I the camp. He mined in deserted shaft
near by. ~ + - y.%
As an excuse for my stay, told the
tavern keeper, old Monk Hardy that
IA thought / would prospect about in the
,: hills near Sunset, and, to keep up the
4 lrole,sI HAYS. wandered. ABOUT the hills
: and explored the deep ravines and wild
country in this neighb orhood. But
evening invariably found me at the
:? Abbott cabin. 49,. .:s:.s,
'Beth's father and became good
friends, and he coached me well in
mining, and gave me a slight insight
Of assaying, in which he was quite well
posted. But Beth would seldom allow
4 ne to- draw her into conversation, and
,learly always busted herself in tidying
"a up the cabin or in needle work while I
was there. iES H. s g%5S
H.. must acknowledge that I became
greatly respondent at times. ~
j, She was 80 devoted to her old father
that began to fear. that rhe could
never care for anyone else. She gave
herself up wholly to making the cabin
rs cheerful and inviting for him a. pos
siblc. and l never saw her when she
demonstrating brightly or humming
4ome happy melody. - Il. - =
One morning morning -
The really strange part of my romance
began. ~,.~z s~. z,,, a~~a
j 7 hid risen and prepared myself for
breakfast. '''
Old Monk Hsrdy-I- occupied u room
In the second story of his tavern-had
called up third time that breakfast
was ready, andI was about to 60 down
TO it, when noticed bit of note paper
lying on the sill of my bedroom door.
Seeing that: It had writing upon it
and surmising that 1t was . note thrust
IN from the outer hall and intended for
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Artlstle Adysrtlaine;

Undoubtedly the Ivory Soap people do
serve credit for the best grade Of illustra-
tions now being used for advertising pur-
poses. The series Of fuli-pago drawings
Of the Cent2sy represent some Of the most
capable book and magazine artists in the
country. The series must have cost no
small figure. A. yet the "way up'' artists
do not sign the work they do for advertis-
ers, but apprehend that it win not be long
such names q George Wharton Edwards,
z, ". Kemble, etc. Such men q these bring
to their work, besides nero mechanical
skill, . trained Imagination and IN artistic
conception Of things. These qualities, when
used In: connection with advertisements
command scarcely less interest than when
used In the ordinary literary way. (Pstnt-
ere Ink, August IS, 1884,, 80.
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The stubbornest Things ON Earth
Are facts. As Burns says, s'They Wilma
gang Here's specimen. 1t is fact that
despite underhand competition, detraotion
and Imitation, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
the leading national specific for malaria,
o1sness, rheumatism, neuralgia and kidney s
inaction, has not only held its own, but long
since outsped all rivals in the race for pop
ularity.
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: i PUZZLED OVER THE NOTE.

. q 41UAALED OVER THE NOTE. g, -
me, ] picked it up and carried it to the
window. .s
Il. Imagine my surprise when / read
these lines. I copy: from the note
which is now before me: s
PsosPDcroR: II you value youl
worthless life. vamoose this diggin' BY the mine
o'clock stage. c."
n turned the note over in my hands
meditatively and Rave 8 low whistle.
knew of nobody in Sunset with C fol
the initia. letter of their first d last
name. IA :s . Z
While I puzzled over the note TIE
stage referred 70 in it role d. 5 into the
camp and stopped outside the: tavern,
and Monk bawled out again thaA
breakfast was gettin' cold q 3 bowl
der!' a ..sss e. 81 #.s5.55. (:
BE right DOWN. / shouted back. :,
There Were but two solutions Of the
4 note IN my mind. Ono was that old
Monk o. some Of the tavern babitnea
hid aent 70 - . joking vein. They de..
lighted ii nothing better than having
O. langh Of N eastern tenderfoot's ex.
pense. 5s go
Tho other sprmise wss that Il might
have beens ssnt ~ some young miner
h admirer Of Beth who had but lately
roturned to- Sunaet nfter N absenee,
during which 7 had 'axrrised
Igettled upon the first su1Iliae @ the
most hlEaly one md. to turn the laugh
a my snppoesd would % joksrs, I a..
Elnined q ignore tie NOTE ressi,tiou
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! SAVED BY A SNAKE.
How Reckless sot Was Cured OF Drink

How Q Reckless sot Was Cured OF Drink
,,.,.. Il. ing. ~,
Jacob Smart, afterwards q temper
ance lecturer well known in the west,
was ON his way home sitter q week of
hard drinking. For two years he had
been going downhill, so he says, and
was fast becoming q reckless sot On
this particular May afternoon, as he
staggered along toward home, he
stopped under q tree and threw himself
at full length to sleep OF the first eff.
fects of his carouse. sasaits = - -; : ~
How long I had slept he says,
know not, but was ct length aroused
by sense Of suffocation and weight
on my chest. suppose moved, for
the next moment ! was fully awakened
by the whir of rattlesnake. 1 raised
my head; it was bright moonlight, and
there, coiled on my chest, was huge
rattlesnake, its rattles whirring vio-
lently and its ugly head raised threat.
.eningly, not foot from my face! ~
1nstinctively threw up my hand to
shield my face, and that instant the
reptiles head. advanced and it's fangs
were buried in the cuff of my coat
sleeve, not half an. inch above my
wrist! ~ Il. - ."....,: r.. 49,
! sprang to my feet and for a mo-
ment the rattlesnake dangled from my
arm, its fangs still fastened in the coat
sleeve. Then it fell to the ground and
coiled again, and again its ugly head
darted towards me, but BY that time
was at safe distance, , :
d.. Quickly Selling limb which lay be-
meath the tree, hit the reptile blow
and broke, its back, the dead limb in
my hand breaking at the same time in
toa dozen pieces. .l@:j...t gil. :.ssy
I have the string of rattles, nine of
them, preserved. Never since that day
has d drop of Intoxicating liquor passed
my lipe.-Youth's Companion. - ~
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Crowded OFT. y !

Rural Editor Whist didyou: do with
that article of mine denouneing prize.
tights and prize hters7 Il aent Il Il
over week alo. 81 S q 8: :
ForemanIt's been crowded outl
right along, but i guess thsre IS roo
fer itst0-night BE 81 81. e5ssS
.'um Just lesve II out for 8 few days
longer. week or two. =
Got plenty Of room now.
Never mind est leave It ont IN
III up with Ssometh else. Um 4ac4
II, ndelstand II. John 4. Sullivan
FL ID town. GoodsNews. - ss
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hynrrea soA mas eAeea.

HAVE taken
this odd story
from p "a nix
Kingsto n q
ulMy. s....;ss,a -
SUNSET CRY,
Col, June Is,
1890. ar
I will write
the events OF
yesterday as q
story-1 shall
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One Fare for tho Round Trip to An Points
-: South
September 18th and 10th the Chicago h
Eastern illinois Railroad Company will sell
Harvest Excursion tickets to all points
South at one farefor the round trip Tickets
good 30 days from date Of sale. a. ;7yf
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JACK (the facetious)-'..l wonder, what
state they run the lottery Of love inl''
Pauline (the cynicaD every state, !
&uese, except the married sta&s."-N. Y.
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No WONDER highwaymen are % numer-
Gus In this country, when every schoolboy
on Reclamation day 10 taught 70 stand and
an6&eliver. n--Texas 6ift{ngs,
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agricultural laborer Is only willing to work fol
the sake Of procuring the pleasures OF new ca
. rousals. Deprived Of liquor, he Is stupid and
; brutal; when drunk he is transformed into q
savage beast Tied to this animal, who covers
her with blows and even refuses to give he1
food. the unhappy wife loses courage and some.
times takes to drink in her turn. SO much the
worse for the children! They win follow the
example Of theirpsrents.
& No more terrible picture was ever
drawn from actual life than the above.
1t seems that revolution is going on in
France "a revolution which is de-
stroying the one class Of her people
who have been her stability and the
foundation stone on which she has
built the magnificent structure Of a
mighty nation. a.ss-: %.sls>.r!esa ~s%s
The agricultural class referred to
above are the ones who, going to their
secret boards, poured into the -slsp 81
the nation those milliards of francs
j which were required not only to meet
the expenses of the war with Germany
until the capitalization Of Paris, but
then to pay the unexampled war in.
/ demnity which that country.exacted as
the price of peace Great as was. the
rapidity: with which the United States
recuperated after the. civil war, and
paid off the larger portion Of her i'm
smense war debt, it was but child's PLAY
in comparison, with what France did
after: the Franco Prussian war. Nc
other country ever had rural popula-
ton who could respond to such enor-
nous demands. BY pouring into the ma
i ton ,purse their accumulated, savings.
= II the article above quoted from lie
Petit Journal be true and we, have,
unfortunately no: doubt but that it is
= correct-the rum curse has fallen upon
this industrious and saving class From
a nation Of thrifty and frugal and hard
working men, they have become drunk
EN- and debauched; working only to OBJ
tain, money wherewith to continue
their potations, :. and even: starv-
ing. their wives and !, children
in order to. do SO. In place 3 Of
the peasants wife having laid up,
in some snug corner, q bulky accumu.:
lation Of silver, coins. saved piece BY
piece, wherewith; to purchase = bit Of
land and sbecome, nm independent free
holder, she Is obliged to go and wait at
the door Of the village wineshop, in or
der to waylay her husband and obtsin
money for the bare necessaries of life
before he goes within and wastes it in
drink. No longer, II seems, can the
French peasants be pointed to as an
example of . people who can indulge
in drinking their light native wines d
freely as we drink tea and coffee, with
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-09-24

TEE "crank" is tho only man who 10 A.
ways what he H. ''cracked up to be. ~
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7vs''PA, how DO You scalpl" sald tho Indian
, boy to Oyster That LaughS 'Ffrst catch
your hair" sententiously replied the noble
red man.-Bpston Transcript -
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HoRsHs prefer to be- stabbed on tho in
etali.m mont plan.-Smith, Gray 4 Co.'S
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THE DRINK CURSE ~ FRANCE,


y Terrible Picture Draws Arsu Actual
Life.
81 The following Is translat don 81 81
article which appeared ii lie Petit
Journal which Is tho most largely cir
culated Of Persian daily newspapers
its sales averaging something like nine
hundred Thousand copies perday. An
article IN so widely circulated . Journal
certainly must tell the truth: ss5s
Il has bcon said With truth that, q III
the dangers menacing our agricultural populsr
tion at the present day. the grsvsst and the
no one can have boon : resident q . country
district without beink struck With the devol.
opmont Of this scourge during tho last THIRTY
years the deplorable effects Of which are every
whore visible. g 5:l. sss$ 5Szsss3s
Tho habit Of saving, that was 20 long the
soil, Is gradually disappearing. The money
box Of the liquor seller swallows mp SOUS BY
sous, tho wages that formerly, in the form 81
silver pieces, were hidden away In some corner
Of the. clothes press, to be5br(pght out when
enough vas accSmulatedS 70 bly, . littie piece
Of gFouud ~: say Sssa s 80 III
Tho peace and harmony Of families Il q.
Fiously impaired. In the Wages the women
arc reduced. Nike the Wives Of workmen Ii the
towns 70 hsunt the doors Of the drink shop
lin order 70 rescue the bread, Of their children
from the alcoholic gulf. In most Of our ham
1sts the drunkard, who was formerly the ex-
ception, has multiplied By contasion.
Once the peasant never entered the cabaret
except on Sunday 10 leisurely sip o few lftres
Of wine and play = long game Of cards OF
; bowls for the SCOT. To-day, when Idle and
when going to work, whether 1t is . holiday or
not, the rural laborer never meets Q comrade
without inviting him to take . glass; glass
OF brandy, DO II understood. - ~. 9ss=.5
One glass means two for it is only common
fiyility to call for, another. and II, ~ often
+ Aaprens,s friends drop in, each one treats
II hls turn; jntls the man, who came in Just to
+ take MP eoes SWAY charged with = half pint
!, or pint Of spirits almost always adulter.
ated.s This guzzling Of spirits land what
spirits! for the country tavern keepers do
not hesitate to-. sell the most fright
ful mixtures for galn) is not rare occurrence.
Repeated daily, It becomes pernicious in the
last extreme. L. z" ''s&.E'zS.& "a : I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-30
GERALDINE ULMAR MARRIED.
The Pretty American Opera Singer Become
Mrs. Ivan Csryll,


LONDON, March 3o.-Miss Geraldine Ulmar,
the American actress, who until recently was
the prima donna in Audran's la Cigals" at
the Lyric Theater, was married this morning to
Mr.. Ivan CaryI, the young Belgian musical
composer and leader of the orchestra at the
theater where Miss Ulmar has been playing.
The wedding took place at st. Georges Church,
Hanover square, and was very brilliant
affair, the American colony being strongly
represented. There were also a large number
of English actors present, together with many
notabilities of the literary and artistic world.
The weather was delightful.
The bride wore a white bengaline silk dress,
trimmed with pearls, and q hat adorned with
white ostrich feathers. The traditional orange
blossoms also formed part of the brides orna-
mentation. Miss Ulmar also wore handsome
diamond necklace.
Sir Francis Jeune gave Miss Ulmar away.
After the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Caryll left
this city for Paris. They will spend the honey
moon on the continent
1t was announced prior to Miss Ulmar's mar
riage that she intended after that event to re-
tire from the stage for year or more, at the
end of which period she may make her reappear-
ance on the London stage in a new opera writ
ten for her by her husband.
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THE SOLDIERS HOME.
An Entrance TO the Ground. ON the south
Very Desirable.

An Entrance to the Ground. ON the south
Very Desirable.
The advissbility Of having an entrance ~
Soldiers Home on the south side from Norts
Capitol street has been the subject Of many
letters on file at the Commissioners Once In
q recent communication 10 Col Robert Cap.
Rossen says that it would be very desirable
TO have southern entrance -
Soldiers Home grounds either on
North Capitol street or lst street North Oar
ltol street, he said. is at present no thorough
fare, a. the line OF street las not been donated
either through the cemetery the Barbour
tract and until this is done. he thinks il unwiss
for the Commissioners % ask the Soldiert
Home authorities 10 make an entrance there.
LIST street, lac said, does go through and
the Commissioners desire 90 take any
&C ton il would be desirable to ask for an en-
trance on Let street. although North Capitol
street would undoubtedly seem 10 be the street
for this entrance eventually. Col Robert IN
passing upon the case, wrote the following Ia
dorsement:
1.-The street that will be used in the near futu .
is LIST street, but eventually il will be NORTH
Capitol and think the entrance should be On
the latter street as the gatekeePer's lodge ca A.
not be easily removed. Michigan avenue has
been improved 20 that this entrance could 10
utilized al once. The settlement of this ques-
ton il. however, in the hands Of the Authou-
ties of the Soldiers Home, 10 whom this should
be referred"