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CHAPTER XXvIII.

coNsPIRAToRs IN COUNCIL.
At about the same time the scenes We
have been describing were in progress,
Gilbert Marlowe and LAWYER Croak wara
seated together in the cottage of the lat
ter, as though in momentary expectation
of some important piece Of intelligence.
They had been conversing earnestly, but
the conversation had gradually tagged.
The room in which they were sitting was
mean looking and stingily furnished,
though the best one in the house; money
worship for moneys sake, rather than any
regard for worldly display, or even for
personal comfort, having ever been the
governing principle of its proprietor.
A dilapidated table, furn shed with two
cracked glasses, bottle Of brandy, and
jug Of water, presented the only evil
dences of hoscitality having leen at
tempted, and at opposite sides of the
table sat the lawyer and his guest, occa-
sionaily exchanging few words, oftener
yawning and still oftener interrogating
with glances mora or less impatient an
old clock that was ticking away the mo.
ments of a misspent life in the misan-
thropic hope that the miserable but COW
eted end could not be far distant.
How annoying it is to have to wait for
something you're expecting, and which
doesn't Gomez" observed Croak, after
pause. However, all suspense must
have an end sooner or later. Try some
more of the brandy, just to pass of the
time, Ma1lowe."
Thank you, no." said the banker,
peevishly. Il am likely to taste what I
have ventured upon already for week a:
least"
Croak chuckled contenteily, as though
congratulating himself upon having
liquor 80 bad as TO be mainly undrink-
able.
Tut, tut" said he; you're too critical
by half, Gilbert. If you don't like my
style-and you never have liked it so far
why did you insist upon this place,
when I suggested your Office or library
as far more preferable, with everything
to eat, drink, and smoke within easy
CALI"
You know it would never do to have
Wormer come tumblng back from his
errand, in disguise, in such place, was
the reply. There are too many servants
-neighbors might drop in at any time. !"
"Ah, yes, to be sure" chuckled the
lawyer, filing and beginning to puff
villa;nously bad-smelling clay pipe, to the
obvious disgust of his companion. And
the same reasons. of course. would pre-
vent your sending across the way for q
supply of sherry and ciga~s ont of your
own stock; such thing is not to be
thought of, suppose"
No, it's not 20 be thouget Of" growled
the banker, sullenly: for. used as he was
to the lawyers mean and niggardly ways,
he was resolved to hold his own against
tn EN- for once.
But Croak knew his power in this and
in more important things. He went on
blowing forth asst clouds Of the sicken-
ing smoke, while chatting unconcernedly
ppon various topics, till ut last his com.
tanion could stand il no longer. :.
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A Curious Discovery.

A curious discovery has been made at
the Scilly Islands. Considerable damage
has recently been caused to the narcissus
and daffodil bulbs on the islands by q
worm which eats out the heart of the
roots and thus destroys the flower. By
carefully Matching out the chrysalis to
which the worm turns on eating its way
out of the bulb, T. c. Dorrien Smith, of
Tresco, the lord of the isles' has con-
clusively proved that fly much resem.
bling bee, and which has hitherto been
looked upon as harmless, is the cause OF
the mischief. This fly deposits its eggs
at the base of the foliage. The cause OF
the damage being thus ascertained, it
now remains to discover some means OF
destroying the pest, which seriously
threatens the valuable stocks Of bulbs on
the islands. Boston Transcript.
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W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
SOMETHING FLUFFY ABOUT THE NECK.

SOMETHING FLUFFY ABOUT THE NECK.
Never has there been a time when
tichus were in as great demand as now,
and nine dresses out of the ten you see
on the streets or at home will have some
sort of fichu or frilling down the front.
They are made of all materials, from
heavy cloth to match the dress to the
flimsiest gauze imaginable. A lovely one
is made of white china crepe, with q
narrow border of small stripes woven in
the edge. 1t Is made on band of thin
muslin or silk, and fastens with little
ribbon bow at the back. The bow in
front is laid in soft folds to represent a
ribbon bow, and falls in long, graceful,
natural folds below the waist.-MU York
San.
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A PRINcEss's FAvoRITEs.

In scrap book in Belvoir Castle the
Princess of Wales recorded her sentiments
on sundry subjects, not very long after
her marriage. Here is full list:
Her favorite King and Queen are
AQucen Dagmar," and "Richard Ceur
de Lion"
Her favorite hero, poet and artist are
A1Wellington," byron" and "Sir Joshua
Reynolds"
Her favorite author "Charles Dickens. /"
Her favorite virtue, "Charity."
Her fayorite color, "Blue."
Her favorite dish, "French tart"
Her favorlte flower, the "Rose."
Her favorite name, "Mary."
Her favorite occupation, Reading
aloud"
Her favorite amusement, "Driving my
ponies"
Her favorite motto, "Dieu ct mon
Droit."
Her favorite locality, "Home."
Her chief ambition, "Not to be fast.
And as for her chief dislike, she has
"None."
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CURIOUS FACTS,
There are stcne-soled boots.

There are stcne-soled boots,
The rabbit excels all other animals in
enduring cold
4 Pennsylvania preacher has lived on
one meala day for thirty years.
The species of frog used for food in
Europe is the common green frog.
At Harvard University for fifty years
no smoker has graduated with the first
honors of his class.
A woman dentist in New York uses
$1,000 worth of gold filling IN her
patrons teeth every year.
,Corea has a cave from which wintry
wind perpetually blows. The force of
the wind is such tbata strong man cannot
stand before it.
tits computed, in recently made sta
;tistics, tnat the glass-bottleproduction of
the world amounts to daily output of a
little over eleven million bottles.
A perfect sapphire is one of the rarest
gems, and consequently when found COM
mands very high price. 1t is curious
that a test of its perfection is that it
shall show red in a strong, artificial
light.
Mrs. Priscilla Scroggins, Of Gaines
vile, Ca, has 1853 descendants, as fol-
lows: Twelve children, 103 grsndchil-
dren, '636 great grandchildren, 404
Observation-Disclosures. She is 104
years old.
The custom prevailing in the German
army of attaching to the clothing of each
man in active service card giving his
rank, name and regiment is to be adopted
in the British army. Dead and wounded
men are by this means readily identi-
fed.
The Prophecy Investigation Society
was recently received by the Lord
Mayor of London, and informed
that functionary of its object, which is
to seek guidance in the study of the
prophecies as to the expectation of future
events.
Divers in the harbor of Syracuse,
Greece, have discovered a magnificent
marble building, whose highest point is
only three metres under the water. The
building contains great stairways and
columned halls. 1t is believed that the
edi6ce was once used as a bath or 6
temple.
The origin of "windfall," in the sense
of 'sgood luck" dates from the time of
William the Conqueror. 1t was then a
criminal offense to cut timber in the for
ests. Only such could be gathered as the
wind had blown down; hence, a heavy
windstom was hailed by the peasants as
so much good luck, and from this comes
the modern application of the expires.
sion.
N. r. Morrision, of Valdosta, Co.,
says he was riding in his woods the other
day and he came across kingsnake and
a rattlesnake fighting, and says he
stopped and watched them q while,
when to his utter astonishment the king
snake got the rattlesnake by the tail and
endeavored to swallow it. The former
did not succeed, however, and after
watching the fight some time, both snakes
were killed.
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TRAVELLING PILLOWS.

Travelling pillows are considered very
suitable bon voyage gift. They are of
various shapes-oblong, heart shape,
half moon-to fit in odd corners, and the
usual square style. They are stuffed
with softest down and covered with
leather oftenest, as being durable and
neat. Some beautiful ones are of
colored suede, tan and wood shades, with
a suitable motto embroidered in gold
thread. A small strap serves to carry
them oy, and little corner pocket is
useful to restrain the bottle of smelling
salts that is always slipping away, or the
evanescent handkerchief which, when
one is lounging, is always just out OF
reach.-New York Times.
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TIE GOLDEN AGE OF WOMAN.

1t is generally supposed that the age
when steel-clad gentlemen tilted with
long spears in honor of their Dulcincas
was the golden age of "first-class" ladies;
but on looking closely into the household
annals of the days of chivalry, we dis
cover that the "queens of love and
beauty" for whom so many midriffs were
transported and caputs cloven worked
rather harder than modern domestics.
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Now and then they sat in state in gal.
leries hung with 'broidered tapestry, and
saw cavaliers wearing their scarfs and
mittens let daylight into other cavaliers
who disputed the potency of their charms;
but those gratifying spectacles we're luxu-
ries too expensive and dangerous to be
common, and the ordinary routine of
"ladey's" life in the chivalric era was at
once monotonous and laborious.
The stately countess of the olden time
spun and carded and wove as Industrious
ly as any of her handmaidens; served
out bread to the poor on "loaf days." at
the castle gate: shaped and helped to
make her husbands and children's cloth
ing and her own (for in these days tall
ors and dressmakers were few and far
between) supervised the larder and the
dairy; carried the ponderous keys of the
establishment, and, in short, played to
perfection the careful housewife in the
stronghold of her lord, while he rode
about the country with crutal axe at his
saddle-bow and lcng ashen skewer at
his stirrup-leather, in a chronic state of
wolishness, and ready to do battle tor
any cause or no cause at all with whom
soever it might or might not concern.
In this delightful modern era of Fine
Ladyism, fashionable woman does not
perform half the amount of useful labor
in year that high born dame of me-
dieval times accomplised every month OF
her life. Instead of hanks of flax she spins
street yarns; her carding is done with
bits of painted pasteboard, and if she
weaves at all, it is meshes for eligible
young men-on her own account II
single, for the benefit of her daughters
if matron. She has no objection to
the poor being fed from her kitchen,
perhaps. but as to serving out bread to
them with her own delicate hands, after
the manner of the fair "bread dividers"of
the olden time, she couldn't think Of it.
If her husband should wait for even the
lightest of his garments until she found
leisure to make them, the chances are
that he would 60 shirtless to his dying
day. She seldom sews. Sewing spoils
the tips of the fingers.
In point of fact, the aristocratic danes
and demoiselles of old we're mere drudges
and dowdies as compared with the female
patricians of this our day and generation.
Nay, even our housemaids and cooks
have more leisure and take the world
more easily than did the Duchesses and
Countesses of the Iron Age. Modern
chivalry accords to ladies all the priv
ileges they ought to desire, aud such lib
critics az the "tyrant sex" does not vol
unfairly concede they generally take the
liberty to take. Never at any former
period in the history Of man was he 30
entirely under the thumb of woman as he
is now.-Ma0 York Ledger.
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The MoLammedan Marriage Ceremony.

Instead of the words that bride and
bridegroom are made to utter by the es-
tablished church marriage service, I
would suggest the substitution of the
words in the Mohammedan marriage cere-
mony. The bride says: 81 stand here
in the presence of God, and all who are
assembled, to unite my heart to your
heart, and my destiny to your destiny,
and to be called by your name" Tho
bridegroom repeats the same words,
omitting "to be called by your name."-
London Truth.
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up, I'm going eIsewhere!" was her still
more surprising response; and shn
fiounced out of the room.
Here's go!" m uttered Croak, as the
banker prepared to 60 home, and Wormer
to 90 to bed. The old girl must be re.
tanned, it would SEEM"
[To BE Continued
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T that instant, and just
as the noise of wheels
and hoofs had swept
down the rocky road to
directly in front Of the
shelter in which the
two women were COVER
ing, there came a long,
sheeted fash of ,daz-
zling brilliancy, inter
mingled with, rather
than followed by, q
great crash Of thunder
directly overhead.
This formed the sey-
elation spoken of at the
close of Q preceding
chapfor
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THE BANKERS CRIME
Diamond Cut Diamond,
By NATHAN D. UHNHR.
CHAPTER XEVII.

MISS w1SHoaD's ADVENTURE.
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FAMILY LIFE In PARIS.

| Many individuals Packed Into Flats oil
Two and Three Rooms.
Whole families in Paris pack into flats Of
two and three rooms, out OF which they al
ways reserve a salon, which oncs a week is
set out to receive visitors but is invariably
closed to visitors on any other day.
Madame est %sortie,' says the concierge.
and no one is allowed to 90 up to the fifth
or even sixth floor where they nestle. They
work incessantly, the mother sewing and
mending, the daughters. perhaps, doing
embroidery for the shops.
At night they sleep anywhere, perhaps in
2 corner Of . dark passage. screened off;
in the salon, the mother and another
daughter crammed into q tiny cell too
small for ona sleeper and in%tolerable for
two. 1t is all dreadfully unwholesome. no
doubt, especially as the whole is warmed
by a pestilential "Choubersky'' stove, poi
adopted in such homes. Notwithstanding its
dangerous effect. 1--WE must manage to
live somehow and rents are 80 dear that we
cannot stop to think of such things" All
are very shabbily dressed. usually the
mother is frightfully untidy, but, they
argue, no one can get into their den, 80
What does that mntter?"
If their means allow such a luxury n
femme dc menage comes for u few hours a
day and cooks their dinner. which is always
verp frugal and limited in quantity. If the
help" cannot be afforded the mother does
the cooking herself, turning everything to
account, such as bits of dry bread soaked
in the water which has boiled vegetables
and thus made into soup, with rea-pods,
etc. IL they live near the halles csntrales
or principal markets the mother goes there
late in the afternoon and looks out for arti-
cles of food which could not bear q days
delay and pounces upon these because they
are sold at my price. -t
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THE CHICAG0,
II ----------------
=== M MIL WAUKEE &
ST. PAUL R'Y. ===

Is the Fast Mail Short Line from st. Paul
and Minneapolis via La Crosse and MiIwau-
kee to Chicago and all points in the East.
ern States n Canada. It ia the only line
under one management between st. Paul
and Chicago, and ii is the Finest Equipped
hallway in tho Northwe ST. It is the only
line running Pullman Drawing-room Sleep.
ing cars with luxurious smoking-rooms. and
the finest ~dining-csrs in tho world. via the
famous 'Rivsr Bank Route" along she
shores Of Lake Pepin and the beautiful
Mississippi river to Milwaukee and Chica-
go. Its trains connsct with those Of the
Northern lines in tho Grand Union depot at
st. Paul. No change OF cars of any GLASS
between st. Paul and Chicago. For through
tickets, time tables, and full information,
apply to any coupon ticket agent in tho
northwest. . .as... "..- " s""..
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Union PnGtAc system

Sells round trip tickets to st. Paul, Chi.
cago, Sioux City. Omaha, St. Joseph. Leav
euworth, Kansas City. Donver. Pueblo and
Lssdville, every day in tho year.
Sells round trip tickets to Salt Lake City,
Utah, Cotton, Los Angeles snd San Fran
cisco, CAL. 18th OF each month.
Only slxty-two hours Helena to Far
Francisco, via Ogden, making this line
twenty eight hours quicker than any othsl
route.
Only limo giving free reclining chair cars
to holders OF any class OF tickets. Mon
tana points 10 the east. M.-..
Only limo giving passengers choice OF
route eastward via Salt Lake City, Denver,
Omaha, Sioux City or Kansas City.
we solid vsstibuls trains each way daily
between Montana and tbs east.
The high and dry altitude traverssd by
this line is sonoedsd BY invalids as most
beneficial.
Elegant palace sleepsrs. frea chair cars,
c~olonist Cleepers and dining ears OF all
through trains.
If you are looking for the scenic line,
s.eoa, comfort *nd safety, purchase your
tickets at No. % North Main Etr,et.
II. o. WILSON.
Freight Il Passenger Agent.
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NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Clicaxo's Great Road, the Famous Maple
I.snf Line.

Ghicaxo's Great Road, the Eamoss Maple
Lsnf Line.
The Chicago. ST. Paul d Kansas City was
tho first railroad in tho country to issue
special transportation advertising for the
Worlds fair at Chicago. That is enterprise
and an illustration OF the sort Of manage
ment that within a few ysnrs has trans
formed the Chicago, ST. Paul IL Kansas
City from q short and unimportAnt line,
with little to encourage its continuance, TO
one Of the most prominent and most popu-
lar lines in the northwest. With it, termi-
nails in Chicago, Kansas City and St. Paul,
1t unites the east, the northwest and the
southwest. Ths territory IL embraces is
the garden spot Of America. In il dwell
100000 people whom this great road 40
c~emmodatss. The great states Of Illinois,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas are
tapped BY it, lines.
The general headquarters Of tho road il
at st. Paul, while the freight and pas
sengsr departments direct their business
from Chicago. In the latter city the com
pany's trains arrive at and depart from the
Grand Central passenger station, COM
plsted Of tbs beginning Of the present year,
and acknowledged to b. without q peer in
this country. TIL three main lines Of tbs
road unite At Oslwsin, in Northeastern
Iowa. Aside from thsso are several short
branches, al Of importanee, the longest
D6ll& IIOu SuWu6x TO I1RmpbON, Iowa.
Ths latter state is divided nearly in halves
by the road. which crosses its very finest
portion. 1hs mileage in Missouri, Kansas
and Ninnsota il comparatively small. but
in Illionols again increases, the northern
and most populous part Of tho Prairie
state ,sverbsratiag to tho thunder Of its
trains. "
Much of tbs SUCCESS OF the road is due to
the ability and energy OF Il railway man
we'll known to many in Rochester, w. r.
Busonbark, the traffic manager Of the road.
In his intercourse with the patrons of the
road he has won thousands of friends for
himself and his company.
The equipment of tho Chicago, st. Paul
d Kansas City ia unexcslled by that of any
road in the country. Its vestibuled COM
partmsnt sleeping oars are models of lux
ury. comfort and convenience. No other
line west of Chicago runs compartment
sleeping cars. The dining car service is
fally up to tho requirements of the most
fastidious and lu%xury-loving OF modern
travellers, In short the Chicago. st. Paul
Il Knnsas City is the best line between Chi
cago and ST. Paul, Minneapolis and the
northwest, between Chicago and the prin-
cipal pointa in lows, between Chicago and
the southwest. Persons going from east
srn points to Chicago and beyond will do
we'll to bear these facts in mind.-Roches-
ter, N. Y, Democrat and Chronicle. Oct.
20, 1891.
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Excursion Ratios to California.

On the 18th Of each month the Northern
Pacific RAILROAD will sell round trip tickets
to California POINTS as follows
Helcna to San Francisco and return
going via Portland and returning same
way. S75.
To san Francisco, going via Portland
and returning via Ogden and Silver Bow
$50.
To Los Angeles, going and returning via
Portland, entering San Francisco in one
direction sither going or returning, $3.50.
To Los Angeles. going via Portland and
San Francisco md returning same route
$93.
TO Los Angeles, going via Portland anG
San Francisco. returning via Sacrament
and Ogden, $3.50.
Tickets will b limited for sixty days for
going passage, with return at Any timt
within this final limit of six months.
A. D. EDGAR, Gen. Agt.. Helena, Mont.
CHAs. u. FEE, G. r. II T. A., 81. Paul, MINI
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The World Earfched,

rEe facilities of the present day for ths
PRODUCTION Of everything that will condnes
n the material welfare and comfort Oh
s.Ankind are almost unlimited and whom
syrup of Figs was hrst produced the world
Was enriched with the only perfect laxative
known, as it Ia tho only remedy which is
truly pleasing and refreshing to the taste
and prompt and eFectual to cleanse the
systom gently in tho spring time, or, in fact,
1t any time, and the better il 10 known the
more popular it kscon.eA
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A Leader.

Since it's first i~ntroduction. Electric Bit.
tiers has gained rapidly in popular favor
until now it is clearly in the lead among
pure medicinal tonics-and alteratives-con.
tanning nothing which permits its use as a
beverage or intoxicant, it is recognized re
the best and purest medicine for all all
ments of stomach, livor or kidneys. 1t
will cure sick headache, indigestion, con-
stipation, and drive malaria from the
system. Satisfaction guaranteed with
each bottle or the mon ey will be refunded.
Price only so cents per bottle. Sold by r.
Is. Hale d Co.
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Thousands OF Suffering Women.

Delicate women who complain of tired
feeling, pains in the back and loins. desire
to sleep, dizziness, painful or Suppressed
menstruation, will find in Oregon Kidney
Tea n faithful friend. 1t can be relied upou
in every instance to give immediate rsliot
from kidney and urinary troubles Thou
sands Of women are suffering every day
from some disorder OF the kidneys or liver,
who might bs permanently cured By usine
Oregon Kidney lea.
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Dyspepsia.

That nightmare Of mans existence which
makes food u nockery and banishes sleep
from weary eyes, readily yields 10 tho 30
tent influence Of tho celebrated English
Dandslion Tonic. II tones up the digestive
ork.ns, restores the appetite, uaksa aa-
s.n,ln.loh OF Iooa possible and invigorates
81 R0r bettls. ="
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the irrigation inspector. II is the essence
of this plan that no attempt should DO
made to earn n profit from the work Of in
spaction and endorsement.
Let it once be understood by the invest
public that q thoroughly trustworthy
organization, on the general plan which we
have hastily outlined, was in operation,
and three desirable results would quickly
annAar. && +