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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-08

again in camp. but l was bound to go
through with my search now that ! had
once begun, and | should make myself a
butt for the whit OF the regiment il | turned
back halfway to confess myself scared by
the dark. After longer time and
pated, reached the slab of rock, for such
it proved to be. Here l was clear of the
trees, and | stood for few moments IN the
bright moonlight, so that my friend above,
who | knew would be watching for me TO
emerge from the shadow, might see that u
was not water on which l stood. Then L
turned, and struck out energetieally Tor tue
camp. r.
II had not, however, pushed my way lar
through the underground when was
Iripped up suddenly by what at hrSt to0k
to be some stout creeper or protrudng root.
I fell forward on my hands, and had not
time to get on my feet again before learned
that il was no accident which had over
thrown me. Before / had time to offer the
least resistance, or even TO utter shout Tor
help, / felt myself seized around the neck
by a grip like wise; a few seconds more
and l was gagged, bound and carried off
through the forest quickly, but in silence.
room for any other sensation | felt paroX-
ysm of rage, as well against my own folly
in RUNNING into such trap as
against my sudden assailants, whom
L cursed none the less heartily Tor
my inability TO utter sound. The fulfil
ity of passion under the circumstances
gradually subdued me, il not to philosOphic
fortltude, at least 10 sufficient calmnesS to
speculate On my probable fate and on the
chances of escape. For some time | seemed
to De borne down hill and over irregular
ground; then we must have emerged from
the jungle on to more even ground, Tor the
pace became quicker and smoother. This
may have gone on for some 20 minutes or
half an hour, and then my captors came TO
a halt | was set on my feet aud my eyes
and mouth released from their bandages.
This change of condition did not, however,
condUce TO my comfort or reinsurance; for,
while an armed native on each side held me
firmly by my piniOned arms, a third pre-
scented huge h0rsepistol at my head at a
yards distance. For a few instants l en-
dured an agony of suspense. ] inVoluntarily
shut my eyes and waited for the bullet to
crash through my brain.
II have met many men who have at some
time or other looked death pretty closely in
the face, and you must have heard it said
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-08

bearers formed wide ring round
the table. looking, as the dancing
torch flames shone on their dark faces and
limbs, like so many stalwart statues of
bronze. Within the circle, and little be-
hind the king, stood the evil priest, mo-
ti6niess. with folded arms. including me
and the board in his keen, hateful gaze. /
knew exactly where he stood before /
looked at him, and again | felt the same
dread fascin alton working on me that /
had felt when first set eyes Oh him. The
chief moved the pieces indeed, but was
conscious in some subtle way that il was
against his attendants mind that was
piited-ihat the former was scarcely more
than an automaton under the thraildom OF
the priests marvellous will, and the game
itself only sort OF emblem or shadow OF
our inward contest Of mind and person
ality.
al played. appropriately enough. with the
white pieces, and the game itself might
have afforded an expressive symbol OF the
AntagOniSm of the light and dark races, OF
the clear, bright West with the mystic. SOM
Der East; but the thought did not occur to
me then. To me 1t was rather struggle
between the intangible powers of good and
evl-a realization in my own sell OF the
eternal struggle OF the universe. We played
very slowly and in absolute silence. No
word was spoken nor sign made when either.
king was checked. Hour after hour the
priest kept the same mOtionless posture be-
hind his chief. who played with the same
anonymously mechanical movement OF the
hand, the same vacant mesmerized express
sion on his face Hour passed after hour.
unmeasured by any clock. unmarked by any
change, except in the position of the pieces
on the board. The chief, or rather the
priest, played well; and though time after
time l seemed on the point of gaining de-
cisiye advantage, some unforeseen move
always deferred my victory.
Zone piece in particular repeatedly
thwaFted my combinations. Again and
again II constituted the weak point in a
series Of moves which should have brought
me victory Again and again. when, after
straining every faculty of my brain, | made
my move and raised my eyes to watch In the
priests face the effect OF stroke TO which
] saw 40 reply, faint mockiDg smile would
curl fer a moment his cruel lips, and the
black knight would be moved once more.
threatening dangers which l had over
looked and dashing my premature
hopes to the ground. 1t was as though some
secret link existed between that particular
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-08
She Got tho Coachman.
Detroit Free Press

DttIUIt LcaS
He was Chicago grain speculator. and
for year past nothing had been coming his
way except expenses.
Misfortunes never flock by themselves.
One day his daughter Informed him in a
cold and uufeeling manner that If he did
not give her diamond tiara worth at least
$500 spot cash she would elope with the
coachman.
Come to my arms, my darling child, he
exclaimed, as the tears of joy eoursed down
"Do i get the tiara?" she asked, hesitating
ere she accepted his invit alton.
"Of course not" he smiled delightedly;
you get the coachman. l owe him eight
months wages.
That ended h..
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-08
A Decisive Blow for Freed ON

From the tyrannica yoke OF those despotic allies
dyspepsia, constipation and liver complaint, is
struck when the quandom victim OF their CALLING
supremacy has taken course Of HoStetter's
Stomach Bitsers Then they vamose defeated, and
health resumes its welcome sway. Such IS the In
variable experience of those who the ruling al
terative to get rid OF these associate evils. Anti
dyspepEies, Cholagogues. drastic catharties as
the sands OF the sea. numberless and-useless. The
happy blending Of remedial properties. derived from
natures botanic storehouse, with pure. modified
spirltuous basis existent In the Buffers, not only
initiate but efeetuate the joint OF chronic u
Digestion rreguarity OF the bowels aud peryersion
OF tue bile. The surest defense against malaria IL
this agreeable forther aud preseryatiye OF health
under unfayorable atmosphere conditions 1t
counteracts a tendency TO rheumatism, rOuSes the
kidneys aud bladder when sluggish from inactioa,
and endows debilItated, nervous invalid with
vigor. Incompatible as tonic. IL
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-08
WILLIAM EW ART GLADSTONE
The Distinguished Career Of a Venerable
Statesman.
High Principle. Love of Power and Religious
Convict;oa-His Versatility Gift,
of 0ratcry.
Written for THE MORNING CALL.

Whoever gave Mr.. Gladstone the title of
Grand Old Man made use of term of adj
miration which the public recognized as
appropriate by forthwith adopting it, To
the venerable statesman it has adhered.
and, although sometimes employed deris-
lively or sneeringly by scoffers who have no
charity for those who differ from them,
there is no living Englishman who as well
deserves the appellation in tho full scope
of its meaning. In the sense of yisibly
failing powers. Mr.. Gladstone cannot be
called old. His step is as elastic as in mid
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-08

church were in conflict with his disestab-
lishment and disendowment of the Irish
church. His horror of war was in i'll ac-
cord with the policy of going to Egypt and
suppressing Arab Pasha. His coercion
bills in Ireland were in contrast with pro-
LESSONS in opposition favoring resort to the
ordinary law. To all of this Mr.. Gladstone
may fall back upon the opportunism which
is part of craftsmanship, if anything is to
be achieved. 1t is unwise to announce too
much before you are ready to act. A general
does not lay his plans before the enemy.
Even football captain has his strategy.
When he has done wrong, Mr.. Gladstone
has the manly courage to acknowledge it.
When he came into Office in 1880 he made
somewhat humliating apology to Count
Kalnoky, the Austrian ambassador. Some
people berated him for being too humble.
They were of the bulldog type.
In oratory Mr.. Gladstone has had no rival
as great as himself in this century, Mr..
Bright excepted. But Mr.. Bright spoke as
one Of the people, with the feelings of an
honest, clear-sighted man, and his eloqueDce
touched the heart and quickened the con-
viction by its clearness and simplicity OF
style. Mr.. Gladstone's style is deeper and
far wider in intellectual range and fertility
OF Illustration. On great subjects he acquits
himself in grand manner, with rich die
ton, happy imagery and stately balance of
subject. 1t is delight to listen to the sill
very flow Of his polished sentences. The
quality Of humor Is almost absent, but in its
place there is majestic s6lemnity, indica-
lions of earnestness and drectness of pur-
pose. In whitening rebuke and vigorous
denunciation he has an aptitude that makes
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verbose, Tor he is apt TO
carry refinements of definition to thinness
that only lawyers could perceive substantial i
ity in. Also when positive answer has to be
eyaded in virtue of ministerial response
bility Mr.. Gladstone is deft in stirring up.
cloud of words to envel0p his meaning in
ambiguity. He Is master of every subtlety
OF fence in language. and those who seek to
entrap him usually find their snares eluded
or snapped. As colleague Mr. Gladstone
is headstrong and insistent on the wisdom
OF the course he lays down and apt to be
Accordingly argumentative, but withal he Is
very genial, considerate and sensitive as 70
the feelings Of others. He sees so clearly
himself that he thinks others must have
similar perceptions.
The hold which Mr.. Gladstone has upon
the masses Of England Is associated not
only with his overpowering ability, but a
belief In his sincerity and conscientious
ness. He is q statesman saturated with
religion, yet tolerant, and his personal
character is untarnished. No one can
charge him with venality or with using his
power to befriend relatives or the unworthy
In his dispensation of patronage he studies
the office and the fitness of the man Tor IT.
Until the home-rule rupture, he was also
held in admiration by the wealthy. and
titled. The titled have mostly abandoned
their devotion to him; most OF them, IN
deed, are In open hostility. But that does
not swerve Mr.. Gladstone from his pur-
pose. Long ago he would have retired from
political life, but circumstances were too
strong to permit that He clings to politics
now that he may do justice to Ireland. His
first desire for office is said to have lain in
tie direction of the Irish secretaryship.
His last achievement may be the bestowal
upon Ireland of self-goveTnment. Ii 9TH
ers take up the work they cannot forget
that he gave it practical shape in English
craftsmanship. The next Parliament will
decide Mr.. Gladstone's share in the deliver
ance of ireland. DECAY MACKART.
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die age; he carries him.
self erect, and walks
with a swinging gait,
the head thrown back,
his eyes brilliant and
full of intellectual fire,
his whole aspect one OF
vigorous health, and CIV
Ing no revelation of the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-08

opponents writhe in
sorry fashion. He is
energetic, too, in gesture,
butalways graceful. and
his features mirror, per-
haps too plainly, the pas
sion working within him.
He stamps his eioquence
with high purpose. On
subsidiary subjects he
10 JrlloDd H~rha,na
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

A God-send is Ely's Cream Balm had ca
tarrh for three years. Two or three times
week nv nose would bleed. 1 thought the
sores would never heal. Your Balm has cur
ed me n-Nrs M. A. Jackson, Portsmouth, III.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14
-rzE%-@SE

He was young lawyer and was de-
livering his maiden speech. Like most
lawyers he was ford, rhetorical, scat
tering and tedious. For two weary
hours he talked at the court and jury,
until everybody felt like lynching
him. When he got through, his oppo-
nent, a grizzled old professional, arose
and looking sweetly at the Judge, said,
aYour Honor, I will follow the exam
ple of my young friend, who has just
finished, and submit the case without
aroument.'' He then sat down, and
the young lawyer felt as though cold
water was coming down his back.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14
Have you ever stood despairingly

Have you ever stood despairingly
before a crock of stewed cranberrles,
gooseberries, rhubarb, dried plums-
or, worse than all, prunellas-throw-
ing in sugar, tasting, puckering your
face and throwing in more, glanclng
obviously meanwhile at the lowering
of your sugar in your "dollar's worth"
can? I remember we'll my grand
mothers rule for sweetening pie plant
pies. It was this: ''Put in all the SUI
gar your conscience will allow, then
shut your eyes and throw in double
handful" Her pies were excellent,
but the rule was expensive. Here is
a cheaper one: When sweetening ex-
tremely acid fruits like the above, stir
in a little soda before adding the su-
gar Experience will guide you as to
the quantity you may safely use with
out injuring the flavor Of the fruit;
but as a general rule, l think half a
teaspoonful of soda to a quart of fruit
may be easily borne.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

I was passing q house the other day
on one of our residence streets when
the door suddenly opened and boy
rushed out hatless and doubled up
with aughter-followed by a matron-
ly looking woman welding broom
stick. She was also laughing, but on
seeing a stranger passing she retreat
ed into the house. What struck me
in this little domestic episode was the
genial good nature on the faces of
mother and son-for such they evi-
IDENTIFY were-and the casual glimpse
I caught of the interior showed me
that it was a home rather than house.
I Imagined that the boy had beenplay-
ing some pranks, and that his mother
had good humoredly retaliated, but it
was the expression in their faces that
told the story, and I thought boy
can not go far wrong who has his
mother for chum.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

Marble is a very difficult article to
clean if it is stained in such way
that the stain has sunk into the stone.
Slight stains may be removed with a
pumice stone or with vigorous scrub
bing. Greasy stains are best remov-
ed with a paste of fuller's earth ap-
piled in the same way it is applied to
wall paper. 1t is said that stains Of
ink on marble may be removed by
hydrochloric acid, which is powerful
poison and which must be washed off
with water almost as soon as applied,
to prevent its eating into the stone.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

Methods for identifying the eyes
have long been in vogue among wom-
en- of fashion, and not few resort to
those which ultimately injure the or
CANS and the general health. Afro
pine is most common drug for
making the eyes look large and lus-
trous. but the continued use of it SO
weakens and paralyzes the muscles
that weak eyes come on early in life.
An eminent oculist claims that the
widespread disease of weak eyes
among women is largely due to the
lamp ering with these organs for MAX
inc them more beautiful than nature
intended. The extremes to which some
will go in the matter is illustrated
by an English woman who was arrest
ed in the streets of London for drunk
enness. Tt was found later that she
was simply suffering from the toxic
effects of atropine, which she in
stilled into the eyes to dilate the pu-
pills for more brilliant appearance.
She was determined to be beautiful,
and to accomplish the purpose she
ran the risk of injuring her eyes for a
lifetime. A late fad among woman of
our cities is to darken the under eye
lids with paint, to give more attrac-
tive appearance to the eye. This
paint is often made up of injurious
principals, which III time make the
flesh around the eyes old and wrinkl-
ed. It becomes cracked, and the paint
! becomes essential all Of the time. The
! simplest method, if one will darKer
the eyes, is to use ordinary lead pen
Gil
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14
RECOVERY OF DEBT.

A subscriber to one of the papers,
being sadly in arrears, promised the
manager that if his life was spared to
a certain day he would without fail
discharge his bill. The day passed,
and the bill was not paid. The natur-
al conclusion, therefore, was that the
man was dead, absolutely defunct.
Proceeding on this conclusion, the
manager in the next paper put the
name of the delinquent under the obit-
uary head.
Very soon after the subject of it ap-
peared to the manager, not with the
pale, CHASTITY countenance usually as
cribed to apparitions, but with face
red as scarlet. Neither did it wait to
be first spoken to but broke silence
ssWhat do you mean by publishing my
death?"
s'Why, sir, to let the world know
you were dead.''
"Well, but I am not head!"
ssNot deadl then it is your own
fault, for you told me you would posi-
lively discharge my bill by such day
if you lived to that time. The day is
past, the bill is not paid, and you posi-
lively must be dead, for I will not be-
Heve you would forfeit your word
Oh, mol"
sI see you have got round me; but
say no more about it, here is the mon
ely, and just contradict my death next
week.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

Mr.C.F. Davis, editor of the Bloomfield, To-
wa, Farmer says: 81 can recommend Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy to all sufferers with
colds and Group have used it in my family
for the past two years and have found 1t the
best ever used for the purposes for when II
is intended. so cent bottles for sale by ii. =.
Pierce, Druggist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

An excellent remedy. 1.-TWO of my children
have been much troubled with neuralgia all
winter They used Salvation Oil and a few
applications produced complete cure. /
consider it ar excellent remedy. John H.
Jones. Deputy Inspector, Tobacco Warehouse,
No A. Baltimore, Md"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

Do not suppose that because it is recon-
mended for animals that Arnica & Oil Lini-
ment is an offensive preparation. It will not
stain clothing the fairest skin.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

S. Clifford, New Cassei, Wis, was troub-
led with Neuralgia and Rheumatism, his
Stomach was disordered, his Liver was effect
ed to an alarming degree, appetite fell away,
and he was terribly reduced in flesh and
strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters
cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, Ill, had a
running sore on his leg of eight years stand
ing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes of Buck1ens Arnica Salve,
and his leg is sound and we'll, John Speaker,
Oatawba, O., had five large Sores on his leg,
doctors said he was incurable. One bottle
Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's Arm
lea SaIve cured him entirely. Sold at FL. c.
Pierce's Drug Store. 3
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14
| STEPHENSON, JF
DENTIST AT CRAFTSBURY.

DR.. G. II. Fuller, Surgeon and
Mechanical Dentist.
Ether. chlorOform, May o s. vOpoT.
vitalized air and laughing gas Civ.
en- for the painless extraction or
teeth.
All work warranted. Office al
residence, SO. CraitSburr,
DIR. G.. II. FULLER
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

single trial of DIR. Henry Bakers Man
drake Bitters wilconvince any one troubled
with costiveness, torpid liver or any kindred
diseases of TIL cir curative properties. They
only cost 25 cents per bottle.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

THE VALUE OF LIME WATER.
value Of lime water about the house III
the summer can scarcely be over es-
timated. To prepare it is an easy
matter, and all that is necessary is to
put a LAYER of unslaked lime in wide
mouthed jar and fill it with water.
There is no danger of using too much
lime, as the water will only take up
SO much, however much is put in. Lit
takes only few hours for the water
to take UP all the lime that is possible.
After it has stood say five hours the
water may be drained off and more
water added until the lime is all alb
sorbed. Acidity Of the stomach is cor
rected by adding little lime water
to the drinking water. A teaspoontul
of lime water added to a glass of milk
corrects tendency which milk has to
cuagulate in the stomach, forming a
hard, indigestible mass. For this rea-
son it should be added to milk fed the
little children, and nursing bottles
should be rinsed with it. AS mild
disinfectant there is nothing safer OF
better.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14
LADIES' COLUMN.
TEACH GIRLS BUSINESS HABITS.

Under this head the Philadelphia
Times gives some very good aoVlce'
which we hope will be read and FOL
lowed by all those persons who have
care of young people in their homes.
Whether woman is poor or rich, IL
behooves her to acquire methodlcal
business habits, keeping her little ac-
counts accurately, and knowing TO
cent lust what she does with her mon
ey. An allowance is the first step to
ward this end if at the same tune IL is
impressed upon her that every sum
spent should be set down with unfail-
ing regularity.
In black and white, one notes how
much more easily the money can De
spent, how quickly it goes, and just
what foolish little nothings have lured
it from our pockets. Without setting
down each item, it is ten chances TO
one that you will conclude you must
have lost some money when you can
not see how that ten dollar bill went,
when you only bought such avery few
things.
The neat little figures are genuine
restraint, besides instilling habit and
system that will be of great value IL
ever fortune smiles, and greater IT
economy is a necessity, and the dollar
has to be forced into doing duty for
two.
Unless the accounts are kept accu-
rately and the cash made to balance
every evening, you had better not at
tempt any bookkeeping at all for slip
shod methods are worse than none,
and only confuse everything rather
than help matters.
If anything is worth doing at all it
is worth doing well; and there is
nothing so productive Of future good
as tie habit of looking carefully out
for the pennies when school days are
the only trials, and the allowance OF
fifty cents week goes for candies aud
pickles. If this is once established IN
childhood the girl will grow to wo-
manhood with a clear knowledge OF
where her money goes and what she
has to show for it.
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14

Downs Elixir viii cure any cough or cold
no matter of how long standing.