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that moment from a point so near that
the two moonshiners started.
And hard upon the words a ffpur.
sprang from the shadows near by and
landed between the twain.
1t was the figure of a giant in home.
made gray-a person with great hands
and splendid physique-and one of the
men was thrown ten feet from the SPOT,
while the other was seized by the throat
and forced against the nearest tree,
where he was held and choked despite
his struggles.
Dillon wondered who had come to his
assistance, but before he could decide
the man thrown from the scene was com
ing back with the spring of a panther.
The rescuer caught sight of him almost
as soon as Dillon did.
In another moment the man choked
against the tree was allowed to drop
senseless at ITS foot and the friend in
need went straight at the returning
moonshiner.
Dillon saw them meet in the starlight.
He saw the moonshiner caught before he
could use his revolver, and the two went
to the ground together.
The struggle there was brief but fierce.
The under person fought with all the
desperation he could command, but his
efforts suddenly terminated, and Dillon
saw his form straighten across the
mountain path.
"Now let us go!" cried the rescuer,
coming back and cutting Dillon's bonds.
"Wait! The men who drew the dark
leaves were to kill and bury you without
being disturbed by the rest. This will
give you a good start"
And a revolver shot was fred.
It is needless to say that the young
officer went down the mountain with all
the speed he could, guided by the strange
person who had saved him in the nick of
time and whose face he could not see
fairly, as if he tried to keep its features
concealed.
Three miles were put between them
and the scene of the thrilling rescue, and
yet Dillon had not obtained a good look
at the face he had been following.
ttYou know the trail from this creek"
said the unknown, hating at a foot-log
that spanned a small, sluggish stream.
az may not be abR to help you again.
You ONE back at your own risk, for you
know that tonight your life was in the
shadow Of death"
Dillon looked over the hand that
pointed toward the county town, miles
away, into the eyes of the speaker.
"Hal you know me2" smiled the res
cuer, and the whole face seemed to change
expression. 81 was raised to nate all
your kind, and that's why they call me
Moonshine Kate. Go, Dillon! If you
come again, I might let them finish you.
Winslow's child could not see them kill
you like a dog, but she hates you mar
shals. Col You know the road from
this point" E
The uplifted hand fell, and Dillon
crossed the log. On the other side of
the stream he stopped and looked back;
but the disguised figure of the moon
sinners daughter was no longer visible,
and the frosty leaves cracked under the
officers tread.
There was no rest for the detectives
feet till they entered the mountain town,
where he told to a few friends the story
of his adventure.
The next day he threw up his danger
Gus commission.
"Moonshine Kate is a v~iolater of the
law, but not by my hand shall she ever
cross the threshold of q court housed"
said Dillon.
And he kept his word.-saturday
NiQht.
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Catarrh Causs he Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. .Catarrh is
10 cure it you have to take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is no quack medl-
cine. 1t was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for years, and is a
regular prescription. 1t is composed of the
best tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous
surfaces. The perfect combination of the two
ingredients is what produces such wonderful
results in curing catarrh. Send for testimo-
T. j. CHENEY & Co., Props. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
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Prepared CnaIx Tor the Teeth.

saysa druggist: I'm the care of the
teeth as well as other things the simplest
thing is the best. Buy a little prepared
chalk such as women use on their faces
and a large and soft brush. Dampen the
brush, dip it in the chalk and use twice
a day, rinsing afterward. II this is fol-
lowed out for a week it will whiten the
worst teeth and harden the gums.n-
Chicago Tribune.
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A Curious Indian Vehicle.

The sttonga' is the prevailing style Of
cart used over the road from Simla to
Kalka, India. The road is very hard to
travel, having an ascent of nearly 5000
feet in the ffty-eight miles of distance
between the cities.
1t has two wheels, is drawn by two
horses and can carry four persons. The
Harvesting of the horses is one Of the
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HE WORRIED ABOUT II.

,sqhe suns heat win give out in ten million
years more"
Aud he worried about it;
1T viii sure give out then, If it doesn't be.
~ FORE
And he worried about it.;
INT would surely give out. so the scientists
III al scientifcal books that he read,
And the whole mighty universe then would
= be dead"
And he worried about it;
rand some day the earth will fall into the
sur"
And he worried about To-;
sJust as sure, and as straight, asi if shot from
agun,"
And he worried about IL:
ssEhen strong gravitation unbuckles her
straps
lust picture" he said, what a fearful col
lapsel
It win come in a few million ages, perhaps,n
And he worried about it.
aThe earth will become much too small "a,
the race"
And he worried about it;
NsWhen well pay thirty dollars an inch for
pure space"
And he worried about it:
teThe earth will be crowdedeo much, without
doubt,
That there'll be no room for ones tonpue to
stick
And no for ones thoughts to wander
about"
And he worried about it:
'NTfheEulf Stream will curve, and New Eng
land grow torrider,"
And he worried about it:
ssTnan was ever the climate OF southermost
Florida
And he worried about it:
s'The ice crop win be knocked into SINAI,
smithereens,
And crocodiles block up our moving ma
A chimes,
And wen lose our fine crops Of potatoes and
beans,n
And he worried about ID.
"And in less than ten thousand years, there's
no doubt"
And be worried about it;
sour supply of lumber and coal will give
OUT
And he worried about it:
'sJust then the Ice Age win return cold and
raw,
Frozen men win stand stiff with arms out
stretched in awe,
Asif vainly b~eseeching the general thaw,"
And he worried about it;
His wife TOXIN washing "a dollar a day.,
He didn't worry aboutit,
His slaughter sewed shirts, the rude grocer
3 pay.
He didn't worry abouti it;
While his wife bear her tireless rub-a-dub-
dub
On the washboard drum in her old wooden
tub,
Hes at by the stove, and he just let her rub,
He didn't worry about it.
IS ". Foss, IN Yankee Blade.
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The worlds Largest Lumber Mill.

Few people know that at Port Blake
ley, only twelve miles from Seattle, is
the largest lumber mill in the world.
The huge machinery of this great mill
occupies a building 102x448 feet long,
while there is a ireroom 160x85 feet and
q shop 170x5O feet. An army of about
300 men work in and about the mill,
while squads Of lcggers toilin the woods
and on the logging roads and among the
RATS and boonas to keep It a-going.
During 1890 the product of this mill has
loaded NO less than Ill vessels, and the
mill i but two-thirds of the time.
Cleared up and in trim it could increase
its great regulation cut from BOG, 900 q
day TO soc, 600 or 600, 0O0. The only
diflculty would be IN getting the
colossal quantity Of sawed lumber out of
the way. That would bea real problem.
takes immense wharves and ships al
ways at hand 30 keep such s!monster
rurning.-eastss (Waasingsos) Fsls,
grap6. -
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With mo Trade Secrets to Keea,' came a
little book we hardly know how 10 name. 1t
calls itself FRUITS AND TREES; Point ,
together too modest-does not give a notion
of Its real value. 1t is chuck full of practical
infor nation on truit growing from the high
est sources. and just the information one
wants. We haven't space to tell what it is
like. We can only say. SEND FOR THE
BOOK, for Stark Bros, Louisiana, NJ, will
send it free to all.-FdrRefs' Coll.
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To Dispel Colds.

Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the system
effeetually, yet gently, when costive or bilious.
or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to
permanently cure habitual constipation, to
awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy ac-
tivity, without irritating or weakening them,
use Syrup of Figs.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

BRowN's Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Ma
laria, Bi~liousness and General Debility. Gives
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

MALARIA cured and eradicated from the
system by Browns Iron Bitters, which, en-
riches the blood. tones the nerves, aids diges-
zion. Acts like q charm on persons in general
IN health, giving new energy and strength
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Bride the appetite with reason and q
he stomach.
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Hunter-"Did you realize anything on
that $500 you put into the Cataract
Mines" Wyckes-''Yes; realized what
a chump I was."-BruoElyn Life.
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FITS stopped fres by DR.. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsIoRER. No Fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and % trial
bottle free. DIR. Kline. 92l Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

When a man cannot have what he loves
he must love what he has.
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He fasts enough whose wife scolds at din
ger time,
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ANY person sending US their name AMI al
dress will receive information that will Ieal
to a fortune. BENZ. Lewis u Ca, Security
Ruiiding. Kansas City. No.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

One hundred and five Americans visited
Burns's birthplace IN Scotland 10 one day
last summer.
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He deserves not the sweet who win moi
t ste the sour.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

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A Book Of 100 pages, on Wo-
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stamps. Address, Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, No. 663
Main Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
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Lee Was Chinese Headache Cure. Harm
less in effect, quick and positive in action
Sent prepaid on receipt Of 81 per bottle
Adeier & Co, 52 Wyandotte ST., Kansas City, Mo
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Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
in Missouri. Kansas, Texas and Arkansas
bought and sold. Tyler q Co, Kansas City, Mo-
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AG4 N1&AA9 SAA0
Having done this the holder of the hat
nassed from man to man, and hand after
hand was put into the hat and q leaf taken
out.
The doomed maj noticed that the
moonshiners looked covertly at the
leaves they drew, and he understood that
the holders Of the darke ones were to bs
his executioners.
The strange drawing was conducted
amid silence, aud when the last leaf had
been taken from the hat, the Captain OF
fhe gang said:
uTake the prisoner away, q don't
bring him backa"
Two men stepped simultaneously to-
ward Dillon, and be was led away be-
tween them. They conducted him down
! the mountain and around the bend IN
the uncouth trail, where q halt was
made.
The only light now was that afforded
by the stars, which had come out again and
shone so brilliantly a. to show Dillon the
immediate spot, and the tall, rough figures
81 HID eyecutioners, with their heavy
reviewers sticking in their dark, greasy
| belts.
aWoalld you come among Us again u
YOU could get awayl" asked one Of the
men.
II would do my duty was the reply
| of Dillon
He saw the lips Of the moonshiners
contract. That meant death.
ssshall it be the head or the hearth
coolly qneried the other ore, raising his
revolver to 1 level with billions breast.
J III shall be neitherla cried . voice a
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

Oklahoma Guide Book and Map senta where
OF receipt of Scots. Tyler & Co. Kansas City, Mo
Bsecham's Pills act like magic on q weak
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

And seriot
troubled
time ii
nlendedH
triedHoot
good than
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terms. Il
FREDEH
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A New. States birthday.

1t seems but yesterday that Clusters
vivid description of the horses Of his troop,
ers wading through flowers. while he was
rough-riding over the unexplored Black
Hills in search OF he hostile Sioux, electri-
fed the country. The uniform story of the
past Of mankind is that they have founded
and built their States after much suffering
and many defeats. and through great peris
and the spilling OF precious blood. But
American liberty peoples Dakota in dec
AIDE, and with the joyous acclaim OF the
Nation welcomes her two young and vigor-
Gus Commonwealths into the Union. This
glorious and peaceful development from
the wilderness-to happy and law-abidina
settlements from territorial tutelage to
sovereignty, Is an object-lesson upon tho
generating forces held down for ages
under the weight and power of despotism
and privileges and set free By the patriots
OF &c. 1t is Fourth Of July Grafton upon
the blackboard Of every school-house In
the Republic.-Chauncey Depew.
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British Crown and that ali political con-
nection between them and the State OF
Great Britain is, and ought to be, to-
tally dissolved" which had been intro
duced month before by Richard
Henry Lee of Virginia, was taken
up and passed the body, and the Congress
turned its attention to the consideration
Of the declaration. The debate that fos-
lowed was hot and prolonged and was
participated in by almost every member
Of the assemblage. Dickinson, as consef-
vative as on previous occasion, vehe-
mently opposed the measure but the
weight was against him, and he, with the
few who thought as he did, ungracefully
yielded TO force Of circumstances. On
Friday July 4, 1776, the Declaration of In
dependence was formally adopted by, Con-
Rress and authenticated by it's president
and secretary. Then the great bell in the
tower Of Independence Hall pealed out to
the anxious multitude waiting without
the message that was fraught with such
meaning and eloquence to them. The
Declaration enumerated nearly half hum
dred of the principal grievances of the
colonists, insisting that the provincial
government established by England was
tyrannical and defying the might of Great
Britain to curtail the right Of America.
The wonderful eloquence Of its preamble
and conclusion will ring through countless
ages as the keynote of the grandest COM
mOnwealth that human mind has yet con-
ceived, the nOblest charter ever bequeathed
by one generation to grateful posterity.
When one takes himself back in tmagi-
nation to the first Independence Day, the
picture that arises before him is an image
of the old town hall in Philadelphia sur
rounded by a breathlc5s, excited yet Or
derby throng, and within a company OF
grave, determined patriots. in powdered
wigs and knickerbockers, each in turn
signing his name to document which he
we'll knew might be his own death war
rant. And yet this vision, though pretty
enough is untruthful after all, for the dec
laration, having been adopted and pro-
claimed on July 4th, was sent away to be
properly engrossed on parchment and
was not signed until nearly a month later
August 2-when fifty-four members Of
the Congress placed their names upon it,
andtwo others subsequently added theirs,
making in all fifty-siX signers. But al
though the declaration was signed on the
second of August the Fourth Of July had
| been the accepted day for the commemora-
| ton Of that great event ever since 1777,
| and the indications are that it will con-
1 tinue so long as there lives and breathes
| an American. The Fourth of July is .
| legal holiday ia every state aud territory
| of the Union with the exception of Nebras-
| ka and New Mexico which have no hOli-
| days established by law, and it is more
| generally observed, to the credit Of our
| countrymen, than any other national fes-
| tival the world over
| GEORGE TAGGART.
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FlRE-CRACKERs.

Saladn defeated the crusaders at Tibe-
rias on July 4, 1887.
General Stuart defeated the French at
Mazda on July 4, 1906.
Cetewayo, the Zulu chief, was defeated
1T Uimedi on July 4, 1879.
The Liberty Bell may bs cracked, but
those who first rung 1t weren't
The General Amnesty to the ex-confed-
crates was issued on July 4, 1868.
Grant and his warriors were fighting in
front Of Cold Harbar on July 4. 1854.
The battle OF Wyoming in the Revolu-
tionary war occurred on July 4, ITS.
This il the one day in the year when the
manifest nation on earth wears bangs.
The Fourth of July Grafton does not
necessarily commit fragrant offense.
The special session Of Congress called
by President Lincoln met on July T. 1861.
Philadelphia may be a quiet place but
che has made a good deal of noise in the
world.
This Is the day when the British lion
feels as though he had bunch of fire.
crackers tied to his tail.
Tho American Eagle is to-day perched
upon the highest mcuntain-top in the
country, reading the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
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HIS INDEPENDENCE.
By EDWARD s. VAN ZuE,

Copyright. 1891. by the Globe Press Association
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John Cbinaman in New York

The traffic in fireworks always becomes
especially brisk and active during the
week preceding Independence Day, and
vendors of every sort and class share in
the profits of the business. In recent
years even John Chinaman has appeared
as dealer in the eombustile preparations
which are supposed to come from his ma
tive land, and on the East Side Of New
York he catches q good bit of the patron
age of the gamins and other financial and
social Small-fry.
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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1891.
INDEPENDENCE DAY.


Sound the hew-gag Play the pattie-tong!
Let the jawbone Jingle!
For this Is the Fourth Of July.
No crumblng ynasties shall hush our noise.
No stern policeman fright our bully boys.
This is the day to make the welkin shake,
As our forefathers made their tyrants quake.
Go to! Shall not all earthly things this day
BE clashed together loudly in such way.
Stupendous dIn-stehtorophonic clangs
Shall prove that patriot hearts now beat In
Lot orauzs by millions praise the day!
And while they yell let mighty trumpets bray!
iteverberating thunder split the sky,
And iightnings blaze to lick the ocean dry!
set fire to everything. and bang around
The whole created world to swell the sound.
Burn up the poles, like two great cracker
strings.
And fill Symmes' Hole with dynamite and
things.
Anticipate the awful crack of doom
With all the Eightest cannons' cacophonous
boom;
Then swell the noise with shouts: YELL split
your threats;
Add even comets and the base drums note!
Sound the hew-gagl Play the pattle-tongl
Let the jaw bone jinglel
For this is the Fourth OF July.
Make q noise!
David A. Curtis in New York World.
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THE DAY WE llFBRArf.
Another Anniversary of a Great
Nations Birthday.
A RETROSPECT OF THE CENTURY.
The Origin OF Independence Day-HO.v
II Happened That the Declaration
Was Not Signed the Glorious
Fourth-Soanc Historical Facts.

Copyright 1891. by the Globe Press Association.
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OSHUA SlMTOON
was a hen-pecked
man. This fact was
we'll known in the
village and in the
outlying dist rio t 8
thereof. Socra t Q 8
had his Xantippe;
Josh had his Matil-
l. TL- I1n1 he
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V 4 Il Y f Il y E
American citizen
considers it q part Of
bis duty to his coun-
try to observe indie
pendencc Day in an
appropriate manner
and the observation
ranges all the way
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-10
CHURCH NOTES.

The, young ladies Of the Presbyterian
churches will hold rally Friday evening at
the First Congregational church.
A mass temperance meeting Of Eighth
warders will be held Wednesday evening at
Simpson NJ. E. church. Rev. G. l.. morrill,
and others will speak.
Andrew Presbyterian church is to be dedi
Gated the evening of May 20. A pleasing feat
ure of this event will be that the church will
be dedicated free of debt. The last of the in
debtedness was paid by the check Of the
Misses Andrews, of New York. for $4,000.
AT All Souls. .Universalistc church this morn
ing Rev. S. NJ. Crothers, minister at Unity
Unitarian church, st. Paul, will occupy the
pulpit in exchange with Mr.. Sample. Mr..
Crotfiers is among the best known of Unita-
rian clergymen in the Northwest He is an
entertaining speaker. but withal deep and
thoughtful. He is conducting q series of
Sunday evening meetings at his church in
st. Paul, the general topic being ''The Ref
ormation of the Nineteenth Century" His
audiences are very large.
The installation services Of Rev. j. Lloyd
Lee, the new pastor of Oliver Presbyterian
church, will occur Tuesday evening at Oliver
Presbyterian church. Following is the pro-
gramme: Sermon, Rev. Robert Christie D.
D., OF st. Paul; charge to the people, Rev. j.
b. Donaldson; charge to the pastor, Rev. A.
b. Nichols. There will also be special music
during the evening.
There will be a special conference meeting
at Messiah Advent church to-day at 10 80
g. m, at which all Premillenarians without
regard TO denominational relations are in
vited to be present and take part Short
speeches will be made setting forth the priE-
ciples OF the doctrine.
At the meeting of the Alliance club Satur-
day evening Rev. Kristofer Jansen will be
one of the speakers,
This morning Archbishop Ireland will
preach the dedicatory sermon at st. Stephen
Catholic church. He will also preach in the
evening at the same place. Bishop Cotter, of
Wlnona. Mimi, will probably be present and
assist i'll the service of the morning
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