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Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A

as it possible? Come with me.
Eight hundred and twenty carats?"
said Sir Edmund, in great excitement.
"Bring a light into the library at once"
he called to one of the servants.
We went into the library, where I
cut the stitches of the case, took. out
the Great Hesper, and put it into Sir
Edmund's hand, by which time aread-
ing-lamp had been brought in.
at is true! at is true!" said he,
examining it under the powerful light.
"a wonderful stone,-a perfect form,
a prodigy! Come here, Edith; look
at this!"
A young lady who had entered the
room drew nea 1t was only bylook-
ing at the facet we had cut and pol
ished that she could distinguish that
this was a diamond. for it was dull
and gray, and looked like a lump of
glass that had passed through the
fire.
"It is an extraordinary size, is it
not, papa?" she asked.
Extraordinary, indeed! The Koh-
moor is not fourth of he size! See
what the book says about that; get
down Haydn, my dear"
Miss Lascelles fetched the book, while
her father still examined the stone,
as al artist might a masterpiece, and
presently read aloud:
ats original weight was nearly 800
carats, but it was reduced by the un-
skillfullness of the artist-Borghese, a
Venetian-to 279 carats; its shape
and size resembled the pointed half
rose cut of a small hens egg; the value
is scarcely ~computable, though two
millions sterling have been mentioned
as a justifable price, if calculated by
the scale employed by the trade. This
diamond was re-cut in 1852, and now
weighs 1O2 1-2 carats.
"Good, good!" cried the Baronet.
"With skillful cutting, a diamond Of
such a form as this need not loose 100
carats. Heavens! he exclaimed, turning
to us, "you havethe greatest treasure
in the world"
"G1ve me your hand, Thorne; hold
me-" said Van Hoeck in a low voice,
and speaking thickly.
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iioW TO KEEP CIGARS FRESH,

Some Simple Methods That smok-
ers Of Fine Tobacco Should
Know. .' '". =
"There are many men who, though
inveterate smokers, will not buy their
cigars by the box," said the proprj-
etor of a Park row cigar store the
other day to New York Mail and
Expressman.
"Why don't they? Well, I find the
reason offered the most frequently is
that the cigars become dry before the
box is emptied. Cigars will dry in a
few days SO much as to be unpleas-
ant to the cultivated taste, if care is
not taken to prevent them. The first
two rows will taste good, but the last
two are SO different in taste that the
purchaser sometimes thinks he has
been cheated.
"There r various ways to prevent
this. Cigar store keepers put a damp
sponge in the show case. But, OF
course, this is not practicable in cases
where but a single box is kept for
home consumption. But cigars can
be kept propesly moist and pleasant
at home with but little care One way,
and not a bad way, either, liz to cut
an apple in four parts, remove enough
cigars to make hole big enough to
put one quarter in and then keep the
lid of the box closed, except when it
must be opened to get at the cigars.
The piece of apple will dry gradually,
and the tobacco will absorb the moist
ure it throws off. One quarter of an
apple will keep a single box of cigars
moist till they are gone.
"But this method is likely to give a
peculiar flavor to the cigars-not an
unpleasant flavor, but foreign enough
to mar the enjoyment of delicate to-
Dacco.
IA simple way is to put a box OF
cigars away in some closet. If you
have n next to an air shaft it will
do. Keep the box there, removing
the cigars as you want them. They
will not become dry, but remain fair
ly moist SO long as they last.
"But a way better than either OF
these is to put the box in the refriger.
ator? Yes. There's no danger oil
their freezing. You needn't put them
on the ice, but in the lower part of the
refrigerator. There will he just enough
dampness to keep them moist and not
enough to make them wet. If you
keep the cover of the cigar box closed
no faint from meat or vegetables OF
anything else that may be in there
will be found in the cigars. Try it,
and if after following my directions
you find it unsuccessful, tell me so and
III make you a pre- ent OF a box OF
Manuel Garcias."
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Fortunate for the Collectors.

A surprising number of interesting
souvenirs of Napoleon are to befound
in collections of objects of interest in
France. Various mantles which the
great general wore at Austerlitz and q
quantity of wearing apparel which he
must have found announcement at Wa
terloo are proudly displayed by COL
e:tors.
A more valuable and important relic
than any Of these is, of course, the
pen with which Napoleon signed his
abdication. Arsene Houssaye, a
French journalist and man of l~etters,
had two friends who were enthusiastic
possessors OF the abdication pen. He
had the happy thought of introduce
ing them to each other.
He explained that each had a pen OF
undoubted authenticity, and waited
to see what would happen.
"lt is easily explained!" exclaimed
both collectors. "Napoleon abdica.
ted twice!"
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Dl dhst Die too soon.

ST.. LOUIS, Mich. April 3.-Develop-
ments have occurred here which show
that August Arndt, who shot his wife
and killed himself last week, after set
ting ire to q large amount OF valuable
property. had laid complete plans for
blowing up . large part OF this city With
dynamite.
Arndt was q morose aud aged Ger.
man. who practioed all msnner Of cruel
ties upon mis- wife and when remon
strated with by neighbors. sought re
venge by setting fire to their homes. His
vengeance extended ' . to the use OF
dynamite, il was learned yesterday after
noon, when an old German shoemaker,
named Wolf, confessed that Arndt had
forced him TO buy quantities OF dyna
mite under threat Of bio wing up his
shop,
Ia Arndt'sshome were found several
packages of dynamite carefully wrapped
and in rude scrawls marked with the
anne of prominent citiz ms, whose
homes it was believed he intended to
blow np.
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Flower"

The Hon. J. w. Fennimore is the
Sheriff of Kent Co., DEL, and lives
at Dover, the County Seat and Cap
ital of the State. The sheriff is a
gentleman ffty-nine years of age,
and this is what he says: II have
used your August Flower for sev-
"eral years in my family and for my
own use, and found it does me
more good than any other remedy.
" I have been troubled with what I
call Sick Headache. A pain comes
in the back part of my head first,
and then soon a general headache
until I become sick and vomit.
At times, too, I have a fullness
after eating, a pressure after eating
at the pit of the stomach, and
"sourness, when food seemed to rise
up in my throat and mouth. When
II feel this coming on if I take a
little August. Flower it relieves
me, and is the best remedy 1 have
ever taken for it. For this reason
II take it and recommend it to
"others as a great remedy for Dys-
"pepsia, &c." o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
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A ort Of Digital De presslon.

Did you aver notice, when a man
smites his thumb with a hammer,
while putting down a carpet under
wifely supervision and criticism, how
quickly he thrusts the bruised and
throbbing member into his ready
mouth? writes Robert j. Burdette in
the Ladies' Home Journal. People
thinkit is because the application is
soothing. But no; it is an involun-
tary movement, same as winking.
The man cannot help il. Nature
knows what the man would be apt to
say under the circumstances, and so
she has provided him with a stopper
and hasordained that whenever he,
hits mis- thumb hard enough to hurt
and it doesn't take very much to near
ly kill a man when he is doing some
thing he doesn't want toby a sort of
interlocking system the thumb flies in
to his mouth and stops him up, so
that he can't say anything. Some
men whom you and l know should be
provided with an extra thumb which
they might carry about in their hand
all the time it wasn't in active use.
1t would be a great thing, wouldn't it,
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Dropping Dead From starvation.

Dropping DEAD from Starvation.
Boston, April 1 Herman Friedland,
q newsdealer of r 'xbury, has just re.
ceived . letter from his father. who
lives in the town of Angola, on the
Russian frontier, which tells q horrible
tale of suffering among the Russian
people. The letter says that in spite OF
food sent from America, people are
dropping dead in the streets from star
walton. The food, as it is distributed
through the country. is seizsd by rabid
officials and shared among them. I'm.
pervious to human suffering. they see
men aud women dying nall the anguish
of starvation. and with Q curse visit the
eupply station and take all the food to
Their own homes. leaving over Q crust
for their starving people.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-04-09

MINNEAPOLIS. April L. Wheat was dull
today and steady. may opened at 75xc. a quar-.
ter under last night, and at l o'clock 7sc had
not been reached. Foreign markets opened
higher and closed lower. April closing al
at 75Ac; May opening. 75ac; highest,
76c; lowest. 75kc; closing. 1870. July. opening,
7skc; bighe t. 7shc; lowest. 77Ac; cl sing.
7Shc: on track, No. I hard. 7sko: No. / nortr.
ern. THO; No. 2 northern, 72074c.
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NEW RELIGIOUS PROPOSITION.
The Spire Of the Church Doesn't Al
ways Point to Heaven.

The Splre Of the Church Doesn't Al
ways Point to Heaven.
Andrew Wallace is one of the oldest
and best-known residents of this city.
Many years ago he a president OF
the state benevolent boards. It was
while he vas occupying that position
that the late DR.. McIntire, superinten-
dent OF the Institution for the Educa-
tion OF the Deaf and Dumb, asked the
board to furnish a telescope and some
other scientific instruments for the
use of that school. The doctor
was a strict member of the Presby-
terrain church, and orthodox all the
way through. Mr.. Wallace was a Uni
versalist. Doctor" said the latter,
"you are an educated man and l am
not. ] want to ask you a question or
two. Do you really think this world
we inhabit is round and revolves on
it's axis once in every twenty-four
hours?"
Certainly" replied the doctor.
"And you believe there is a heaven
and-and another placer"
"Assuredly."
"And that heaven is above us?"
eyes"
"And the other place below us?"
eyes"
"And the world turns over once
every twenty-four hours?"
eyes"
"Well, doctor, if that's the case
doesn't it occur to you that the spire
of your meeting house points to hades
about half the timer" t.
The good doctor had no reply. Mr..
Wallace was so well pleased with hav.
ing v~anquished him that the order for
the desired instruments was given
without delay.-Indianapolis Journal.
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A Curious Spanish Custom.

The slumbers of the infant King oil
Spain, and indeed the entire palace,
are watched throughout the night by
a body OF men, VINO, for 400 years,
have enjoyed the exclusive privilege OF
guarding their royal master or mis-
tress from sunset to sunrise. They
are bound by tradition to be natives
OF the town of Espinosa, and to have
served with honor in the army. It is
they who lock the palace gates with
much ceremony and solemnity at
midnight, and who open them again
1T z o'clock in the morning. Their
fidelity to the sovereign is as tradi-
ional as their strange and ancient
lrivilege.-Golden Days. Z
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The Head 8.

Father: Now, Fritzchen, wouldn't
you like to be a captain and order
people about like uncle does?"
Fritzchen. Illuminating, : ooh, no. /
think l know what | should like"
Father: "Well?"
Fritzchen: "Id rather be mamma,
and make you and uncle and every
body do as l wanted them."-Dida-
skalia.
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CORN NO. ..
Flax Seed-TLc.

-F16X S06u-F7NC
CATTLE.
CHICAGO. April 2.-Cattle- STEADY. weaker; good
to prime steer-, 81. 7s@4A9 90; others. s.50@3 IS;
Texans 90 45@3.sO: cows, s. .bO@3 o..
Sheep Steady; wethers. $3.75@6.bO mixed,
*. 5a@ 5 .75;, westerns. $5.7oa6.75, Ian BIS. $3.50
@6 so.
Duluth.
DULUTH. April 1.-Wheat-The close was weak,
dull and irregular at &c to &C below yesterday.
Following were the c.oslng prices: No. !
hard, cash, isAc: April. 76xc; May.
s0Kc; June. 8lAc; July. sokc. No.
2 norlf ern, cash. 70kci No. 8, $50; re-
Jected, SIC; on track, No. J hard, re; Nc. ]
northern, 77Zc.
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At a certain place in Northern b.
hemia the following notice was to be
seen up to a recent date:-"Any per-
son crossing the bridge any quicker
than walking pace will be fined 1fr.
1Okr.; if unable to pay, ten blows with
a stick. The informer to get hail.
Solothurner Mageblatt.
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A Courteous Invitation.

Dacre-Awfully polite fellow, your
Denver cousin.
Miss Kertess-He was a little raw
when he first came. Is he improving?
Dacre-Wonderfully. When he won
the last big jackpot from ME last
night he told me l must be sure to call
again.-Judge.
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The Only One Ever Printed.

Can YOU FIND THE WORD? There is q 8
inch display advertisement in this paper,
this week, which has no two words alike
except one word. The same is true of each
now one appearing each week. from The
DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This house
places . Crescent" on everything they
make and publish. Look for It, send them
the name Of the word and they will return
you BOOK, BEAUTIFUL LIr~HoeRAPHs or JAM
PLu rRHI
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al 0ver
your sufferings from Catarrh.
That is, if you 60 about it in the
right way.
There are plenty of wrong ways,
that perhaps you've found out.
They may relieve for a time, but
they don't cure.
Worse yet, they may drive the
disease to the lungs. You can't
afford to experiment.
But there is a right way, and a
sure way, that does cure. Thou
sands of otherwise hopeless cases
have proved it. It's with DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. By it's mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, it permanently cures the
worst chronic cases. Catarrhal
Headache, "Cold in the Head D.
everything catarrhal in it's nature,
is cured as if by magic.
It's a way so sure that the pro-
prietors of DR.. Sage's Remedy
offer, in good faith, $500 for a
ase of Catarrh which they can
not cure.
If it's sure enough for them to
make the offer, it's sure enough
for you to make the trial.
They risk $500. What do you
risk?
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Chicago.

rrg@ Chicago.
CHICAGO. April ALI the board of trade men
were always as tainthearted as they seemed to
dsy few Of them would ever get married. Trade
in every pit taltered almost from the start to
the finish and tonight, compared with l .st even
ing, wheat Is or 1Ac.-
WHEAT NO. 2.
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HoW's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot b. cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, O..
We. the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST Il TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. lie stimonials sent free. Price 75c.
Der bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
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A Stern INDUCTION.

Judge: "As it has been clearly shown
that you are not identical with the
person charged with the robbery, the
Court declares that you are acquit-
ted. There has been an unfortunate
mistake, but he careful for the future,
mind! Next time you won't get off so
easily. "-Dorjbarbier.
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FARGO MARKETS.

FARGO. April 2.-Tne following win DO tbs
openu.s Quotations for Monday morning, q
furnished by the Fargo Roler Mil: No. / marc,
CSC: No.. ] northern, &C.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-04-09

The proprietors of Ely's Cream Balm do
not claim it to be a cure-all, but a sure re-
NEEDY for Catarrh and Cold in the head.
I have been afflicted with catarrh for 20
years. 1t became chronic and extended to
ny throat. causing hoarseness and great
was not able to speak more than thirty min
utes, and often this with great difficulty. I
also, to u great extent, lost the sense of
hearing. By the use of Ely's Cream Balm
all dropping OF mucous has ceased and my
voice and hearing has greatly improved
Jas. ". Davidson, Attorney at Law. Mon
mouth, Ill.
Apply Balm into each nostril. 1t is Quick
ly Absorbed. Gives Relief at once. Price
81 cents at Druggists or by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, Sc Warren st., New
York.
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(TO BE CONTINUED)
BOGUS NEWS"

What the Lottery vii Do and Will
Not Do.
The new fakirs having tired of setting up
changed their field of operation. The fol.
lowing was recently sent over the country,
among other papers the Brooklyn Standard
Union giving it publication:
HONDURAS Rejects THE LOTTERY.
New ORLEANS, March S.-The Picayune's
City Of Mexico special says: Honduras has
refus d concessions to the Louisiana
State Lottery. Gen. Jesus Tolego died
here this morning. Forty-seven Mexican
On being shown the above. President
Paul Conrad, somewhat. Indignantly and
very emphatically declared: 1T is not true
that the Louisiana State Lottery Company
has made application to Honduras or to
any other foreign country, for lottery priv
ileges, nor has any such overture been
made on behalf of this company, its share
holders or managers.
"We shall continue to conduct our bust
ness here until the present charter of the
Louisiana State Lottery Company expires
in 1896. Simply that and nothing more.
Postmaster Eaton's statement in the
Globe Democrat, that this company accepts
good faith, is absolutely correct.-Nsw
Orleans (La.) City Item, March Is.
He was Consolsntlous.
Editor You say you wish this
poem to appear in my paper anony.
mously?
Would be- ontributor-Yes; / don't
want any name to it.
"Then I can't publish it,"
"Why not?"
Because / am conscientious about
this matter. l don't want an unjust
suspicion to fall upon some innocent
person."-Texas Siftings.
Modern canniballsm.
Mrs. Beacon Hill. 81 am sorry,
dear Mrs. Wagstaff, that Ishall never
see your uncle Roscoe again. He is q
great loss
Mrs. Wagstaf lin evident surprise).
why, what doyou mean? Uncle was
here yesterday
Mrs. Beacon Hill (sighing). Eyes,
yes; that is what I refer to- Caroline
said that you had your uncle Roscoe
for dinner yesterday
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CHAPTER II.

WI marched on to the High Street,
our appearance attracting q good
deal OF attention, and creating some
amusement and speculation doubtless.
Persons on the opposite side Of the
road stopped to look ACROSS
at us, others regarded US
askant in passing, and turned
around to watch our; progress, q few
children followed III. thinking maybe
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Had Learned His Lesson.

"John," said Mrs. Harkins, "thsre
are burglars downstairs"
Every we'll, dear. Go tell them to
move on"
"Why, you awful brute!"
"Why? you requested mo not to
>interfere in domestic matters last
night. Surely this is one"
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"IS THE MANAGER IN"

I turned quickly, and caught him as
he reeled forward; for he had tainted,
either from the want of food, from in
tense excitement, or both.
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GENERAL MARKETS.
The Closing Quotations Of the Stof
Markets in New York, Chicago,
Minneapolis and Duluth.
Showing the Condition, Receipts and
Shipments Of the Products Of
the Land.

NEW YORK, April 2.
MONTEREY. at 1h0s per cent; last loan .;
closing offered at 2 per cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER sx@5K pc,
cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE-Qu Quiet but steady
al s4s64 for sixty days bills and s4.ss4 10,
DE- mand. "% ~.
Pig iron Quit; American. IA 75a1 6 Is.
Cor pe~r---inactive: Lake, s11.s5 bid; $11.96
asked. ~
Lead-Qulet; Domes tic, "a 20@4.25.
Tin-steady, quiet; Straits. $3.50 1890.
RAILROAD STOCKS.
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CHAPTER I.

prlQC6SS, III u6E pr060lU COIluIOlOL LLcFo
was no mistaking her for anything but
the self willed little savage she was.
The Kid had given lis a deal of
trodble,-had we foreseen how much,
I do not think Van Hoeck or I would
haveput in that postscript to the agree
ment which her father, the Judge, in
duced us to subscribe.
"The Kid has eyes in her head to see
WITH the Judge said in urging her claim
upon our future consideration, lend
she can use 'em as we'll as is in look
n'for stones, end likewise, bein' a
female, she kin cook our meals for us;
sew us up, end keep us nice and tidy"
Whether she was capable Of helping
us in these matters, | can not say; all
IL know is, that she didn't. what
kin you expect?" asked her father in
extenuation; ''her mother was the
darter of a burned greaser, end it
amt the Kids fault if she's got
greaser blood in her."
We came up with the Judge at the
dock gates. where he stopped to
address q policeman stationed there.
"Kin you tell me, my FRIEND" he
said where the best bank in this
town is located"
/ think the ~poiiceman's first impress
sion as he regarded us was that WI
had felonious plrp,se in askin, this
question, for he did not reply imme-
diately, and with reluctance directed
US to the High Street, and told tls to
inquire there OF some one else.
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kOCO " SlOSO upOA VIZ 14Ouk DCAOIO VIC
learned our fate; for Sir Edmund was
at dinner when the message reached
the house, and the servants did not
choose to deliver it until he had dined.
A servant led us through the park to
the Abbey, and took us into a healti-
full hall, w~ainscoted with dark oak,
and hung with antlers, old armor and
other suitable decorations; and here
we waited until Sir Edmund Lascelles
came to us. Our spirits rose at thefirst
glimpse of the handsome, portly old
gentleman. There was benevolellce in
the little curls Of his soft white hair,
and the promise OF kind treatment in
the genial smile with which he greeted
us.
"Well,'' said he cheerfully, "you
have something to sell me, have your"
YES" replied, If you can buy it;
it is a diamond"
"A diamond All, that's a costly
kind of curiosity; but | like them, for
all that. Have you got it with your"
Eyes" said /; and turning over my
hand, / opened it. showing the leather
case strapped to my wrist, which con-
tanned the Great Hesper, as we called
our diamond. The Baronet was thun-
.der-struck by the prodigious size OF
the stone, for he could see that the
leather fitted it closely.
'sYou tell me that this is adiamond?"
he exclaimed. lifting the case as it lay
or my hand,
I'VE had it tested at Natal" said
Van Hoeck; tit is a white diamond,
and, il not thesfirstsW water is certainly
Of the second; it weighs $40 carats."
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NERVOUS MEN,!

Tho errors of Youth. Premature Decline, Lost Man.
hood, and all Diseases and Weaknesses Of Man, from
Whatever cause, permanently and privately cured a.
t.t.on in person Or By letter: Address VIZ: H Parker:
Street, Boston, Mass. Prospectus and descriptive
Pamphlet. closely sealed, free to al. Send now.