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TO BE CONTINUED
italian Patience.

An employer whose operations are on
the northern edge of New York city says
that English-speaking men seldom apply
to him for work, and he believes that
he has never received an application for
work from native American. Italians
come to him in droves, and they are
good natured and philosophical when
employment is denied them. A dozen
or more came to him one day with an
interpreter. "Tell these men," he said
to the interpreter, 'that cannot EN-.
ploy any of them" The interpreter
translated the announcement, and none
Of the men showed any disappointment.
One laughed and said something which
the interpreter translated. HE says
the interpreter said, that's all right
he likes to stand round and see your
men work, and maybe by and by you
have a job"
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literally Toasted on the many good
books in the library, and the greater
part of the three days l spent there
porting over the volumes | liked best.
felt that if l could only be privileged
to enjoy that library for one long, I'M
interrupted month, could ask for no
greater pleasure. The thought that the
three days would so soon pass, and that
then | must give up my easy life and
the books, and take up life of work
again, made me sad, and almost count
ed the precious moments as they
slipped by.
/ often wondered what employment
Mrs. Lawton could have for me, and in
my anxiety to be informed on that
point l was several times very nearly
tempted to ask. But | restrained my
curiosity, resolving to await her own
time and pleasure.
The fourth day after my arrival, as we
arose from the breakfast table, Mrs.
LawtOn said to me:
Come to my room, now, Agnes, and
we will come to final understanding,
and decide what our relations are TO be
for the future"
l accompanied her. glad to know that
my future was to be explained, yet feel
ing little apprehension lest something
should transpire to deprive me of my
new home, to which ! was already
dearly attached. | liked Mrs. Lawton
very much, and to part from her would
have been source of painful grief
"Wel, Agnes" she began, when she
was seated in her own room, with me at
l. / l.
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MAGNIFICENT
VEsTzBULE EXPRESS TRAINS

FhSIl6ULh E4fhESS IhAIhS
Leading all competitors In ,pl.=dor Of squipnsuA
between CHICAGO and DIES NoIsEs, COUNCIL
BLUFFS and OMAHA. and between CHICAGO and
DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO, Vi.
KANSAS CITY and TOPEKA and via ST. JOSEPH,
and over the new line via hISCoLN, NKB TiFt-elan
Day coaehs. FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS. and
Paisc. Sleeper. With Dining Car ssrvlea Close con.
sse,ions at Denver and Colorado Springs with tivrzs
rs!lssy lines, nov forming the new and pie.ussqp.
STANDARD GAUGE
TRANS-RocKY MOUNTAIN ROUTE
Over which ruperbly equipped trains run daily
THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE 10 and from SAN
Lake City, Ogden and Fan Pnactso. TIE RocK
ISLAND "a also The Direct and 7avsriis Line 70 ana
from kanitou, Pixies Peak and al oshsr unii.ry an
scenic resorts and ces and mining cirhcuin colorsia
DAILY FAST Express TRAINS
From 81. Jossph and Kansas City 70 and fton I'll In
yor.ani towns cities and sections In Southern ysbnskA
Eansss and tie Indian Isnitop. Also vis lLBER1
LIZA ROUTE from Ksnszs CITY sad oaioses b Tstsp
town, sisuI Pals, nIxHEAPoLis md 81. PAU.
connecting for all points north and rorhusss estvsss
NE Lake. and he Paddle Coast
For Tiskst, MAJ, Folders, or essirs6 iufennstsos
sppiy 10 any Coupon Taks, ofos In The United State
q cansaA. o. sddrsa
Z. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN,
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THREE DOVES.

Seward, at morn, my doves few free
At eve they circled back to me.
The first was faith; the second, hope,
The third-the Enthusiastically.
Above the plunging surge's play
Dream-like they lowered, day by day.
At last they turned, and bore to me
Green signs Of peace through nightfsll gray.
No shore fOrlorn no loyeliest land
Their gentle eyes had left unscanned,
Mid hues Of twilightheliotrope
Or davbreak fires by heaven-breath famed.
Quick visions OF celestial grace
Hither they watt, from earth's broad space,
Kind thoughts for all humo nifty.
They shine with radiance from Gods face
All, since my heart they choose for home,
Why lose them-fOrth again to roamf
Yet look; they rise With loftier scope
They wheel in fight toward Heavens pure
dome.
Fly, messengers that find no rest
Save in such toll as makes man best
Your home is Gods immensely;
We hold you but at His behest.
&C. P LathrOp, in N. Y. Independent
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IN THE SCHOOLS.

THE slow progress Of the thirty fe-
male students at Yale is very discour-
aging. They have not learned the yell
yet.
THE new electrical laboratory to be
erected at Johns Hopkins will be a
roomy one-story structure Of CORFU
gated iron, illuminated from the roof
by large skylightS
The official count Of students at Cor
nell university has just been completed,
showing 1,544 now in attendance. This
figure is higher by 100 than at the cor
responding period last year.
Social life at vsssar presents inter
esting phases TO the 1870 new students
who have this year ended its freshman
class and are being initiated In the va
rious clubs and societies Of the students
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Frogs' ERga.

Frogs eggs are laid before they real
ly are eggs in the true sense of the
word. They are always laid under wa
ter, and when deposited are covered
with sort of thin membrane, as an en-
velope, so as to occupy little space. Al
soon as they reach the water, however
they begin to absorb the fluid very rap
idly, and in a short time the eggs are
contained in the center Of jelly-like
envelope, like a number of globules
They are kept apart from each other by
reason Of their acquired rotundity, ant
thus escape injuring one another.-Chi
cago Mail.
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MILITARY POWER OF CHINA.

About SOC. 900 Men Available, 100, 900,
Being Armed With Latest Improved
Rides.
The possibilities Of China as a mill
tary power have hardly been considered
by the western nations. 1t has been
vaguely realized that China might SONS
day become menace to any power that
offended her if what may be called the
national militia" of that country
should ever be turned into trained
troops. A nation Of 800, 900, 900 or 400
600, 900 people should have 10000, 900 or
Is, OOO, 900 able bodied men in the prime
of condition for military service With
such force as this China would be an
antagonist that no nation would attack
While the fact that China possesses this
enormous mass of the raw material OF
soldiery has been understood, the in
efficiency Of the government and the
absurd showing heretofore made by It's
armies have spread the idea that China
would not have to be reckoned with as
military power in the life OF any man
now living Recent reports, however,
indicate that there has been a change
in the Chinese armies While no at
tempt has been made to develop the
strength OF the national militia, the
regular army has been partly remodeled
and made an effective force. European
and American officers have been en-
ployed, western tactics have been
taught strict military discipline en-
forced and the equipment of the troops
altered to the European style. The
rearmament of the troops with the
latest improved rifles is now in progress,
and already a force Of 10000 men is
fully equipped and ready for service.
The Chinese army is, all told, but
about 100000 men, and the larger por-
ton OF these have not yet been reached
in the system of army reform. But the
fact that the transformation has pro-
ceeded thus far and is still going on
shows that China has realized her de-
ticiencies and is anxious TO remedy
them. The fact may mean much to the
world The Chinese are good soldiers
when properly trained and led The
work Of Ward and Gordon in the Taip-
ing rebellion shows that. The expert
ence Of San Francisco with the high
binders confirms the statements of Cor
don that they have desperate courage
that can be turned TO good account IL
they have confidence in their leaders.
But 1t remains to be seen whether the
government has the strength to make
its army strong. Corruption and inei-
fciency are It's ruling traits, and these
are fatal to an army If they are found
in the army administration. II Euro
pean methods are followed China may
In ten years nave disciplined force to
compare with the armies OF Europe.
Yet, even with the progress that has
been made and the greater progress
that may be made in the future, China
will not be feared until she proves in
armed conflict that she has thrown
oriental administrative and military
faults behind her for the methods of
the foreign devils SAN Francisco
Examiner.
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CHAPTER XIV
TWO QUIET YEARS

The three daysfOllowing my entrance
into Mrs. Lawton's home were quiet,
restful ones, and but for the great dis.
appointment that hung over my life
like pail | would have been. happy.
Mrs. Lawton was kind and gentle in
the extreme, and from morning till
night she busted herself to add to nv
comfort. Twenty times a day she
sought me out, in order to assure her.
self that was well provided for in
whatever the house afforded that wa:
calculated to make my stay more pleas
ant
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appeared as If she had awakened out Of
deep reverie.
''Your father is living, then?" she
questioned.
Eyes, ma'am."
"Why do you not live with him."
Because my stepmother was very
cruel to me, and | could not bear the
sufferings she inflicted on me-"
"WaS your father cruel, too?"
"He was never kind, and he always
believed what my stepmother told
him"
Eyes, yes; / know how that is.
have experienced it all, but it's been a
long time since, of course. But could
You not remain at home and suffer less
than Won suffer in this friendless way Of
living?"
''No ma'am: | could not remain al
home at all. My stepmother ordered
me to leave, and my father, who was
present, did not interfere. l was driver
away"
Driven away?r Mrs. Lawton repeat
ed, meditatively. Cruel, heartlsss
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CHAPTER XXIII.-CoNrIYUEp.

walked up the street and turned
into the large, well-kept lawn and APP
preached the grim, silent house. /
rang at the door, tken waited several
minutes before anyone came. At last
the door was opened and tall, stately,
frm-featured old lady, dressed through
out in black, stood before me. spoke,
aId in turn she gave me slight bow.
Her manner was so distant and frigld
that | was more than half inclined to
turn away without stating my Grand
But summoned all my courage, and.
laying ny timidity aside, spoke ont
boldly, saying;
This is Mrs. Lawton. presume?"
ut is" she answered.
Then. Mrs. Lawton," said, Il am
seeking some kind of employment that
will give ;Hc shelter and living, and
have come to apply TO YOU"
She looked me over with great DELHI
Grafton, her features retaining their
cold immobiIity, undisturbed by even so
much as ripple either of pleasure or
diSpleasure.
well" she said at last, in her slow,
majestic, deliberate way, what kind
of employment do you want?"
81 want any Kind that will give me
decent support" | replied.
Then You have no preference" she
questioned.
81 am not in position to have pref
erences," answered. with me it is
not question of what will do, but of
what can dc. Have you a need OF my
services in any capacity?"
She did not speak at once, but for a
little while stood silently gazing into
my face, vacant, far-away look in
her eyes that impressed me with the be-
lief that she was not seeing me at all
and that her thoughts were not on me.
She did not answer my question, and
when she spoke it was to this effect:
Come into my room, will you? l
want to talk with you a moment"
"Yes, ma'am," | replied. at the same
time following her into the great hall,
thence into nicely furnished. but dark,
dismal room.
She seated herself and babe me draw
chair near her.
Now" she began, tell me all about
yourself-y0ur name, your parentage,
your life experiences and everything"
My name is Agnes Owens" l re-
piled; and my mother is dead, and my
father is married again"
said so much and stopped. was
chary of saying more to a stranger
80 your mother is dead?" she OBJ
served, her voice little more gentle
than it had been. Has she been dead
lOng?"
"Since my infancy" l answered.
Indeed? Then you have never known
a mothers love?'
"Never; but I've often felt the want
Of it."
1T is strange she said, musingly.
zone feels the want of mothers love,
the other the want of an object to shed
that love upon"
There was short pause before she
resumed, and when she spoke again il
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Just the Thing.

He-How magnifcently you were
dressed the other night at the Bangle
reception.
She-Why, do you think so? The
girls thought | was dressed very plain.
ly.
He-Um-ahl but it was so appropri
ate, you kuow.-Judge.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RT,

ne Direct Route 10 and from Chicago. Joliet. Ottawa
Peoria, IA salls, Moline. Rock Island. IN ILLNoBi
Davenport, Nuscaiins, oitumwa, ostslOOss, Ds
hoinss, wintsrss.. Audubon, Harlan and Council
Blum, In IOWA; Minneapolis and b. Paul ia MY
rEs0rA; WATERFOWL and Sioux Fails IN DAKOTA
cansron, st. Joseph and Kansas City. in MISSOURI
Omaha. Lincoln. Fairbury and Nelson. In NEBRASKA
Atehison. Leavenvorih. Horton. Topeka. Hutchinson,
wichita, bsllsrlls. Abilene, Dodge City, Caldwell, In
KANSAS; Kinsh,hsr. II RenOsnd Minoo. In INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver. Colorado Springs and Pueblo
IN COLORADO. Trnyese new areas Of rieh fhrnins
and grang lands aOrding the best facilities Of inter
communication 10 all towns and cities east and v,st
norhWes, and southwest Of Chicago and 70 Pacific and
tanI-ocsanic ssapors
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A rhi If Caught by Electricity,

A few years ago DR.. Livingstone, one OF
two others and myself were camping in
Lake county. We had canned plum
pudding which we priced very highly, and
a stable boy who was not bad in his way.
just as we reached Saratoga Springs the
plum pudding disappeared, and we rather
suspected the stable boy, but suspicion
| wouldn't tickle our palates or fill our
stomachs
In our outfit was an electric battery, and
determined to try it as thief catcher
and mechanical detective. I herded all
the cooks, solutions and walters about the
place and stood them in row with the
stable boy. Then / made them a little
speech, telling Of the theft of the plum
pudding, and asking the guilty one to con-
TESS. No one peeped, and the most inno-
cent appearing person in the company was
the suspected stable boy.
Every well," said sternly 1--WE have
here an instrument which detects thieves
as surely as camera takes photographs.
The innocent it will no way affect, but it
will cause the guilty to suffer excruciating
pangs-in limbs and conscience. Doctor.
apply the test''
With this Livingstone stepped out with
the battery. Placing the handles of the
apparatus in the hands of the first man in
the row, the doctor looked him in the eve a
moment, but didn't connect the electricity.
Of course the man was not affected and was
declared innocent.
So the doctor passed from man to man
until he came to the stable boy. As soon
as the lad gripped the handles Livingstone
pulled the machine wide open. That night
we feasted on our recovered plum pudding
San Francisco Examiner.
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A Great Feat for Two Birds,

On a Bradford (Pa.) oil farm there are
two boilers standing side by side, each
with round iron smokestack about TWEEN
ty feet high and twelve inches in diameter.
One of the boilers is fired up and in con
slant use; the other is not in use. Two
"fickers." or yellow hammers, species OF
woodpecker, in sheir fight passed directly
over the heated stack. One of the birds
becoming faint by the heated gases. fell
down to the unused stack, where almost
frightened to death it made frantic efforts
to escape.
The other yellow hammer soon noticed
that it had lost it's mate, Immediately
turned in it's course and circled over the
stacks. Hearing the fiuttering of it's mate
in the bottom of the stack, it plunged
down into the dark, sooty abyss to the res
cue In another moment it again emerged
from the pipe closely followed by the other
and both joyously pursued their way. II
was remarkable feat, for the birds had
to fly directly upward twenty feet in tube
only a foot in Misunderstanding Dis
match
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Early Rising Not Always Virtue.

Thousands of people have no choice
whatever about their hour of rising in the
morning. Later or earlier, that hour is
fixed for them by the requirements of the
office, the shop or the classroom; by the
timetable of the railroad, by the arbitra
ton of their employers Or the necessities o.
their employees. But in the cases mani
fold where personal liberty is enjoyed, il
should not be thoughtlessly restricted sim
ply because of the domestic tradition that
early rising deserves praise and late rising
blame
Breakfast may often be a movable feas
without materially disturbing the routine
of an orderly housekeeping day. Invalids
mothers whose rest has been broken by
teething babies, and above all rapidly
growing children should have their sleer
out Nature demands this, and violence
is done to her when sleepy people are rudely
aroused from their beds Early to bed ii
the single safe prescription to insure early
to rise.
We need to repeat it over and over to oul
hurrying. anxious, toiling American mel
and women: Rest rest, and again rest. d.
not think time ill spent that is spent in re
pairing the ravages of our wellnigh in
cessant acknowledgements Bazaar.
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CITY NOTICES.
Old Doctor Drummond,

After years of patient study and experiment has
given to the world preparation which is an alb
Solute and permanent cure for every kind of
Rheumatism. Ask your druggist for it, The
price is 49, but is large bottle and will relieve
the worst case from the first dose. If you are
offered something else, write direct and we will
send you bottle by Express prepaid. Drum
mond Medicine Co., 1850 Maiden Lane, New
York Agents wanted aug5
Whoever is bowed down and oppressed will
"feellike himself again" after a dose of DR.. Fem
ner's Capitol Bitters. Eevates all the vital func-
tions, giving appetite and strength. A full dose
relieves pain and produces sleep at night For
old people, women. invaids, and to ward OH
disease.
Sold by S. NJ Woodward, Bridgewater; E. M.
Martz Mt Sidney; Muddman HOopman,
Birch Mill.
Mrs. L. r. Patton, Aockford, ILL.,. writes: "From
personal experience can recommend De Wits
Sarsaparilla, a cure for impure blood and gener-
aldebility.' w. M. Allen, Agent aprl5 Tyr
LISA fixed and immutable law that to have
good, sound health one must have pure. rich and
abundant blood. There is shorter nor surer
route than by course of De Wits Sarsaparlli'
w. M. Allen, Agent,
Steam navigation was once looked upon with
doubt So was the power of DR.. Fenners Cough
Honey to relieve any cough in one hour, until
thousands of trials monstrat ted the fact Equal
" good for horses. Gives energy and strength
Money refunded is satisfaction not given.
Sold by S. NJ. woodward, Bridgewater; E. M
Martz, Mt sidney; Muddman & Hoopman,
Birch Mill.
Bright people are the quickest to recognize
good thing and buy it. VESSEL lots of bright peo-
pie the Little Early Risers. If You are not bright
these pills will make you So w. M. Allen.
Agent.
IF YOUR BACK ACHES,
Or you are all worn out really good for moth
ing, it is general debility. Try
BROUN'S IRON EITTEifS.
It will cure you, cleanse your liver, and give
good appetite.
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in HOLLAND.

League upon league of low and level land;
Long poplar lines and willows silvery;
"lndrnliis with giant arms that seem to b.
Uneasy ever; slender spires that stand
Againsta changeful sky, now dark. now bland
AS veer the breezes from the northern sea:
Sleek herds that Craze in meadows peace
fully;
And waterways by small. quaint bridges
spanned.
This land is Holland; but should ocean rise,
AS on some murky night perchance it may,
And smlte and burst the mighty barrier wall,
Then there will lie, when dawns the grim,
gray day,
watery waste beneath the weeping skies,
Death and the sea triumphant over all.
Clinton Scollard in Chautauuuan.
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A Ouick Change of Mind.

An old man came to the central police
office and startled the sergeant on duty by
saying that at one time of his life he had
been burglar, but had now repented and
thought he should be punished. He was
sent over to the police court and was told
to give himself up to the high constable.
The poor old fellow walked slowly over to
the court house, glanced apprehensively
into its gloomy interior, heaved a sigh,
shrugged his shoulders and walked away
in the opposite direction.-Montreal Wit
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A Reward of $500

Will be paid for any Case of rheumatism which
cannot be cured by DR.. Drummond's Lightning
Remedy The offer is made in good faith by the
proprietors, and there is no reasonable excuse Tor
any one to suffer longer. An ordinary case VIII
be cured by one bottle, and it is poor economy
to suffer when relief can be secured so certainly
The prizes of battle is S. and that is the cost OF
cure. Drummond Medicine Co., 1850 Maiden
Lane, New York. Agents wanted. aug 3
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Daily except Sunday.

sDa1Iy except Sunday.
CONNECTIONS.
Train AS connects at Harper's Ferry with
Fast Limited Express trains leaving at 1:07 p. M,
arriving Columbus at 255 a. M, and Pittsburg
next morning; with train leaving at 500
D. M, arriving at Cincinnati at 7:45 a.. M. st.
Louis at 62O p. M, and connects at WavertOn
with train arriving at Hagerstown at 200 p. m ,
and at washington Junction with train arriv-
ing in Frederick at l:55 p. m.
Train 4l6 connects with fast vestibuled trains
at Harper's Ferry at 1881 p. m. for Pittsburg
1902 D. m for Chicago, and 1903 q: m. for Cincin-
natl and st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg al $40 a
M; Chicago at $3.50 p m Cincinnati at 500 p. m.
Trains Az and 4lS have Pullman Buffet Parlor
cars between Staunton and Baltimore.
b Pullman Palace Sleeping cars run through to
Cincinnati, ST. Louis, Chicago, and Pittsburg, on
For rates, tickets, baggage checks, apply to any
office Of the B. & o. r. H., or to G. E. DUDROW
Trayeiling Passenger Agent, Winchester, Va, or
to G. T, Hammond, city ticket agent, Staunton,
Va.
General Manager.
july 0on' <asa. Ass.
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When Snake Poison Is Harmless.

Nature seems to have provided that no
poison which acts externally shall have
any effect internally, and vice versa. Thus
the most deadly snake venom can be swal-
lowed with impunity, the juice of the
stomach presumably decomposing it and
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M. Renan, the French theologian, says
that he made the discovery over forty
years ago that by the writing of amusing
works one grows sad, and that the best
way of remaining merry is to write on
FERROUS subjects. To his adherence to this
principle he attributes his own cheerful
fifa
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-08-12

1t is possible to compare the architecture
of Paris with that of London. In New
York there are few public buildings that
can be compared intellectually with
those Of either Paris Or London.