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CHAPTER XVII.
IN PORT AT LAST.

Day had broken before ,lIc several den- izens of The Wilderness had all returned to their homes, the police finished their inquiries, and all come back to it's nor nal quiet. Mrs. Westmacott had been left sleeping peacefully with 8 small chloral draft to steady her nerves and handkerchief soaked in arnica bound round her head. It was with some sur prise, therefore, that the admiral re- ceived a note from her about 10 o'clock asking h1m to be good enough to step in to her. He hurried in, fearing that she might have taken some turn for the worse, but he was treasured to find her sitting up in her bed, with Clara and Ida Walker in attendance upon her. She had removed the handkerchief and had put on little cap with pink ribbons and maroon dressing jacket daintily fulled at the neck and sleeves.
 My dear friend,'' said she as he en- tered, "I wish to make last few re- marks to you. No, no," she continued,
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Women In a Photograph Gallery.

eff you want to see some of the vani- ties of life, just pass week in a photog- rapher's gallery" said one who has grown gray in the art that immortalizes. ''That the bulk of our patrons is of the class of handsome people is 8 common belief, but not correct one.
 "Of course pretty women of a certain class get an enormous number of pictures taken, which they use almost as some people do cards, to give away to every body. But large number of orders come from people who are positively homely. Photographers rarely do 8 pretty face full justice. We cannot flat ter nature without spelling the effect entirely, but we can help out a homely person wonderfully, and the shrewd pho- tographer doesn't neglect to do it in every possible way. | have seen com monplace looking women go into ecsta- sies over pictures of themselves.
 ''The painter who can use the modif- cations of light and shade in colors has a big advantage over us, but we have pretty we'll balanced things by touching up photographs in water colors. It's wonderful what exalted opinions some women have of their personal beauty. have seen some of them who have been dealing with me for quarter of cen tury, and they expect that their pictures of today shall show as attractively as those of decades ago."-New York Com mercial Advertiser,
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Supporting his aatnt's head upon hts knee. aunt's head upon his knee. She lay out stretched. dressed in her ordinary clothes, the extinguished taper still grasped in her hand, no mark or wound upon her pale, placid and senseless.
 "Thank God, you are come, doctor" said Charles, looking up. Do tell me how she is, and what should do."
 Dr. Walker kneeled beside her and passed his left hand over her head, while he grasped her pulse with the right.
 ''She has had terrible blow," said he. sIt must have been with some blunt weapon. Here is the place, behind the ear. But she is woman of extraordi- nary physical powers. Her pulse is full and slow. There is no stertor. It is my belief that she is merely stunned and that she is in no danger at all."
 ''Thank God for that!'
 We must get her to bed. We shall carry her up stairs, and then shall send my girls in to her. But who has done this?''
 ''Some robber," said Charles. "You see that the window is open. She must have heard him and come down, for she was always perfectly fearless. wish to goodness she had called me-"
 "But she was dressed"
 "Sometimes she sits up very late."
 'I did sit up very late," said voice. She had opened her eyes and was blink ing at them in the lamplight. "A vil- lain came in through the window and struck me with 8 life preserver. You can tell the police so when they come. Also that it was little fat man. Now, Charles, give me your arm, and I shall go up stairs
 But her spirit was greater than her strength, for as she staggered to her feet her head swan round, and she would have fallen again had her nephew not thrown his arms around her. They car ried her up stairs among them and laid her upon the bed, where the doctor watched beside her, while Charles went off to the police station, and the Denvers mounted guard over the frightened maids
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Wordsworth on Women.

Wordsworth indulges not infrequently in caustic remarks on women who write, toward whom he always retained root ed objection. It is said that after Miss Martineau took up her residence in his neighborhood this abhorrence to author esses sometimes took such active expres- sion that the deaf lady was frequently obliged to see what she could pst hear and perforce to recognize that her pres ence was unwelcome at Rydal Mount. She herself, however, makes no mention of anything of the kind when alluding to the Wordsworths and her intercourse with them.
 On one occasion, after unsparingly condcmning work by Miss Sedgwick, he concludes his criticism thus: ''Such productions add to my dislike of literary ladies-indeed make me almost detest the name." And further on again find the rather sweeping announcement that "blue stockingism is sadly at enmity with true refinement of mind" This last is said in reference to Sara Cole ridge, whom he rather pettishly accuses of monopolizing MT. Quillinans atten- tion on one occasion during the time of the latter's engagement to his daughter Dora. Perhaps as the remark is made in a letter to Quillinan himself something in the nature of tacit reproof may be included in it for him also. .-Cornhill Magazine.
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Ing volume as they went on until The Wilderness rang with their shrieks. Lights shone in all the windows oppo- site, chains rattled, bars were unshot, doors opened, and out rushed friends to the rescue. Harold, with stick; the admiral, with his sword, his gray head and bare feet protruding from either end of g long, brown ulster; finally Dr. Walker, with a poker, all ran to the Westmacotts. The door had been al ready opened, and they crowded tu- multuously into the front room.
 Charles Westmacott, white to his lips, was kneeling on the floor supporting his
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"Oh. you 'aaatg1tty little pusstes."
 As to the business, it had been recon structed, and the energy and ability of the junior partner had soon made up for all the i'll that had been done by his sen- ior. Yet with his sweet and refined home atmosphere he is able to realize his wish and to keep himself free from the sordid aims and base ambitions which drag down the man whose busi- ness lies too exclusively in the money market of the vast Babylon. As he goes back every evening from the crowds of Throgmorton street to the tree lined, peaceful avenues of Norwood, so he has found it possible in spirit also to do ones duties amid the babel of the city and yet to live beyond it.
 THE END.
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"POstmOrtem" the Time.

In the course of the hearing of ed case at the North London police court wit ness, who was described as commer- cial traveller in the city, was asked, Was it night or morning that the af- fair occurred?' "Postmortem," was the ready reply. What do you mean?' said the solicitor. "Why, at night, of course" In face of this astounding ignorance, it is somewhat curious tc read that at the same court number of poor people were summoned for not sending their children to school.-Bir- minpham Post
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BEYOND THE CITY.
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 eThese men shall have their money" said the admiral
 s'Dadp'
 'fYes, my boy, you don't know the re- sources of the family. One never does know until one tries. What have you yourself now2"
 'I have about e1 ,000 invested"
 .tAll right. And have about as much more. There's good start. Now, moth CT, it is your turn. What is that little bit of paper of yours?"
 Mrs. Denver unfolded it and placed it upon Harold's knee.
 "Five thousand pounds!" he gasped.
 'sAh, but mother is not the only rich one. Look at thisr' And the admiral unfolded his check and placed it upon the other knee.
 Harold gazed from one to the other in bewilderment. .'Ten thousand pounds!' he cried. "Good heavensl where did these come fromY'
 "You will not worry any longer, dear" murmured his mother, slipping her arm round him.
 But his quick eye had caught the sig nature upon one of the checks. ''Dr. Walkerr' he cried, flushing. ''This is Clara's doing. Oh, dad, we cannot take this money. It would not be right nor honorable"
 "No, boy. am glad you think so Ii is something, however, to have proved one's friend, for real good friend he is. It was he who brought it in, though | Clara sent him. But this other money will be enough to cover everything. and it is all my own"
 "Your own? Where did you get it. lad?'
 "Tut, tut! See what it is to have $ city man to deal with. It is my own and fairly earned, and that is enough"
 "Dear old dadr' Harold squeezed his gnarled hand And you, mother! Yor have lifted the trouble from my heart. feel another man. You have saved my honor, my good name-everything. cannot owe you more, for I owe you ev erything already"
 So while the autumn sunset shone ruddily through the broad window these three sat together hand in hand, witl hearts which were too full to speak Suddenly the soft thudding of tennis balls was heard, and Mrs. Westmacot bounded into view upon the lawn witt | brandished racket and short skirts hut tering in the breeze. The sight came a. | relief to their strained nerves, and they | burst all three into hearty fit of laugh ter.
 ''She is playing with her nephew" sait | Harold at last. ''The Walkers have no come out yet. think that it would bt we'll if you were to give me that check mother, and were to return it in per son.
 Certainly, Harold. I think it would be very nice.'
 He went in through the garden. C1ars and the doctor were sitting together 1T the dining room. She sprang to her fee1 at the sight of him.
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NOTICE.-Whereas my. wife, Nellie, IN has left my bed and board without just cause or provocation, I hereby forbid all persons trusting or harbOring her on my account, as shall not pay any of her bills contracted after this date. s. L. HUNTLEY.
 Union, Conn., June 2S 1893.
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A Hartford Post reporter says: Here is snake story which possesses the un- usual merit of being truthful. l can say this with good conscience, as it came within my observation. Druggist An drew McCollum of Windsor street cap- tured good sized common black water snake one day last week and proceeded to handle it in an unusual manner. He took the reptile 10 his store and placing his finger before it's mouth allowed it to bury it's fangs therein, with no evident effect. He was not harmed in the least. He next proceeded to cut around it's throat just deep enough to sever the skin and not kill the snake. Taking it in one hand by the head he skinned the snake alive with the other hand. After the black jacket had been removed the snake continued to live and move as before until it was kill aH
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First Moth-Are you going fur? Second Moth-I intend spending the summer or the cape. .s"
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ELECTRIC BITTERs. s.-This remedy is be- coming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does n It xist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the liver and kidneys, will remove pimples, boils, salt rheum and othe" affeetionr caused by impure blood. Will drive malaria from the system al d prevent as well as cure all malarial levers. Fer cure of headache, constipation and indi yestion try Electric Bitters. Entire satisfaction guarant eed. or money refund ed. Price soc. and $1 per bottle at k. K. Taft's drug store. 5
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A STRANGE CASE.
How an Enemy was Rolled.

aIOW oh -iBCiIiy "C~S OIS1"
 The following graphic statement will be read with intense interest: "I cannot describe the numb, creepy sensation that existed in my arms, hands and legs. I had to rub and beat those parts until they were sore to overcome in a measure the dead feeling that had taken possession of them. In addition, l had strange weakness in my back and around my waist together with an indescribable gone feeling in my stomach. Physicians said it was creeping paralysis, from which, accord ing to their universal conclusion, there is no relief. Once it fastens upon person. they say, 1t continues it's insidious progress until it reaches vital point and the sufferer dies. Such was my prospect. I had been doctoring a. year and a half steadily, but with no par ticular benefit. when saw an advertisement of Dr Miles Restorative Neryine procured bottle and began using it. Marvellous as 1t may seem, but a few days had passed before every bit of that creepy feeling had left me, and there has not been even the slightest indication of it's return. now feel as well as l ever did, and have gained ten pounds in weight, though had run down from ITO to 137. Four others have used Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine on my recomen- dation, and it has been as satisfactory in their cases as in mine.'-James Kane, La Rue, O..
 Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine is sold by all druggists on 9 positive guarantee, or sent direct by the Dr. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind, on receipt of price, $1 per bottle. six bottles for $5, express prepaid. It is free from Opiates or dangerous drugs.
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The scholar without good breeding is a pedant; the philosopher cynic; the sol dier brute, and every man disagreeable. -Fr0nces E. Willard. f
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CSANVASSERS WANTED FOR
 SCENES FROM EVERY LAND, /"

over 800 magnificent photographic views, size 11Kx4H. The largest, latest, best, most elegant book of the kind ever published. Introduction by Gen. Lew Wallace; description by Edward Everett Hale, D. D., Hon. w. c. P. Breckenridge, Washington Gladden., and other well known writers. Ahead of all competitors. Larger views, finer photographs, and nearly twice as many of them. Handsomely bound and low in price: se- cure an outfit and assure yourself Of steady tn- come. If interested preserve this advertisement for future reference. Address Bryan, Taylor & Co.,, 61 K. 9th St., New York.
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s,catian GsrIs.

In some parts of the island of Sicily tue advent of a baby girl is looked upon ks such misfortune that small black flag is hung out of the window to pro- claim the sad event. The reason is not far to seek. Having to be maintained by the household as long as they are un- married. and having to dover their bridegrooms with a dot" girls are uu- profitable. Boys, on the other hand, are soon self supporting, and they increase the family wealth when the time comes to bring home a wife by the amount of the young lady's fortune. Nevertheless the girls, although kept in such strict se- clusion that one hardly ever meets them walking about, are said to be kindly treated. At tine age of 15 or 16 they are disposed of in marriage according to an arrangement, purely financial, between the families concerned. National Re- viayU
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04
A Benefit For "our Emmett

The friends of Emmett Rogers
the well-known catcher for the
"Apostles." have decided to give
him a benefit foot ball game. 1t
has been arranged to take place
next Sunday, at the San Pedro
park. Besides the ball game there
will be various other sports; such
as a base-running contest, loo-
ward foot race between the two
fastest.and two slowest runners on
the teams, a baseball throwing
contest, etc. .u
TIE teams that will play Will be
composed of the best eighteen
players in the city and the game
promises to be an interesting one
Emmett is a prime favorite here
and his many friends should turn
out en- masse and give him a rous.
ing reception. He is deserving OF
it, as he has played hard and faith
full for the home team and has aid
ed to,strengthen the nine consider
ably.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04
GOOD BYE JAKE !
Some More Pills Fired By the City
Doctor.

Some More Pills Fired BY the City
Doctor.
To the Editor LIGHT"
Good bye Jake! Before leaving
our illustrious Seventh ward to
ioin the Commanchcs, l beg leave
to return thanks for all "stray-
shots" wasted on your friend! l
thought the war was over, not
having been fired at for the last II
days, when it was again whispered
in ali corners, political, social and
alcoholical, that Jake is on the
warpath again and some one wont
be buried before shutdown. Now,
dear Jake, say again: let us
have peace and stop all this
foolishness and misrepresentation.
Attend to your own business as l
do to mine. Don't tell the people
that / receive 1928, when it is not
so; don't contradict the large
amount of dead animals burnt in
August when its so, although there
was "a little much smell about it"O;
don't tell me that the Board OF
Health refused or neglected to be
present at any called meeting as
WE were the ones who "got left"
twice at the city hall. Don't tell
the people that have been
advising the city council of
Dallas on any sanitary mat
ers, it is not so; don't
make the President of the Dallas
city council ridiculous, as he is
such an official. He is a prominent
physician, Editor of the "TcXas
Health Journal" and President OF
the Dallas city council, according
to his credentials. Some time age
| made enquiry about the crema'
tory at Dallas, which has been
working satisfactorily during the
last ) years, as he tells me, and at
his request I wrote an article fol
HIS JOURNAL on "The City Garbage
Ouestion,"-but not to the city
council of Dallas land so on.
In conclusion, dear Jake, | hope
that this will settle our little pub
lie controversy and will keep Us
out of print. ! have been avoiding
tie latter as much as possible, bu
sometimes we, as officials, az
thrown in a bad light, and, | be-
Iieve, it is not more than right tt
correct such errors, to which WE
are all liable. Believe me, yours
very Respectfully and truly,
Dr. r. MENGER, City Physician
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04
FINE RANCH. a BARGAIN.

q s1s, 900 on easy payment will buy the
finest and cheapest ranch in beXar coun,
ty. thirteen miles west of san ANTONIO, OIL
the CuIebra creek. Excellent meaaowST
farming and pasture and timber IanuS T. a. ID
with two fine wells Of permanent water
and two large tanks we'll Distributes
three dwelling houses, stables and corr ais Is
For further information call upon =. ';
Dignowity, over Texas Nationa bank u
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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

Frank Reiden, Proprietor OF the morgan IEjl
TinSo street to the DuIIng building lOi
and md 1O6 Military Plaza, where he is better
han ever able to serve his friends, pa,
irons and the public in genera with all
varieties OF choice, fresh meats, oysters
fish and game. Telephone No. 26l or give
him a call. Satisfaction guaranteed
Q-13-1m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04
Sad Intelligence Received.

A telegram was received yester-
dav from New York stating that
Mr.. Sam Dwyer, of this citys Is
critically i'll. He is being cared
for by his brother, Pat. One OF MS
brothers now in this city will leave
for New York today.
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DIAMOND FRONT SALOON,

Corner Commerce and Yturi streets,
carries a choice stock of imported
wines, liquors, Imported and do
nestle cigars. Cold, fresh beer al
ways on tap. Call and see me.
RICHARD STRAYHORN, Prop.
S3l IT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04
A Church Social.

The ladies of the Arkansas Pass
Baptist church gave a social at the
residence of Captain Smith, on
Vera Cruz street, which was well
attended and enjoyable. A nice
sum was realized, which will be
appropriated for church repairs.
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A. Novel Wedding.

LIVER Karpps, aged 45 years, di-
rect from thrush, Siberia, was
married at the Berg residence, to
Miss Roda Coplan, aged Is years.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. NJ. SodOvsky.
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He Accepts.

To my many friends: l accept the call
aud will make the race for alderman or
Ward No. 3. and if elected will do my
best for the interest of the warn and city
IN general. thank my friends for the in.
tereSt taken in MY behalf Respectfully,
CHAS. +. KING.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04
WE ARE THE MARKET.

Call at Mcclure & SlOan's down town
office cor, Houston and St.Mary's-Nooq,
coal. charcoal and feed of every kluu'
wholesale andIretail. Telephone $40.
0-S-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04
A Fine Assortment

of second hand buggies, phaetonss,
surries, harness, for sale, AT go
South Flores street. Il iii
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HEADQUARTERS

For all kinds of stove pipe and ell
bows; Russian iron pipe "a Speciality
GEOYWHITE, 227 st. Mary's st. 929l
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FOR RENT.

Office room, with or without
IoaI, OF Liam office. s 81 If
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-11
The Governor of Tennessee.

Judge Turney, governor of Tennessee,
though he has been ON the supreme bench
for twenty-five years, is farmer. He
has magnificent old typical southern
home in Franklin county known as
VOLTS Crag. He is sixty-fve years old,
feet inches tall, has broad shoulders
and weighs 260 pounds He wears a full,
short gray beard. With the exception OF
a slight rheumatic affection he is hale
and hearty. His rheumatism has caused
him to abandon deer and fox hunting, of
which he has been n great lover. AT
VOLTS Crag he has his pack of dogs and
the horses which have carried him ON
many fox hunt.
For years he has been noted as the
best deer shot in the state. Men who
have been with him on the hunt say he
can bring down deer running at full
speed 100 yards distant. He is one of the
people. All over the state he is known
as "Old Pete Turney." II was his county
under his leadership which first seeded
from the Union. Before the state OF
Tennessee had seeded he had organized
the first Tennessee regiment and gone to
the front. Though many times offered
promotion, he declined to leave his regi.
ment and went through the war rs col
onel Of the First Tennessee. At the bat.
tie of Seven Pines he was shot through
the face.-New York World
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-11

The celebrated Farmers club Of Penn
sylvania have just been eating their an
nual dinner. At this feast the talk presum-
ably was confined TO the practical phases
Of agriculture, to comparison Of meth
ods of farming. to discussion of the re-
suit Of the years work and to specula-
tions touching the prospects of the crops
of next season. Perhaps sonnet on en-
silage was read. II is stated that among
the we'll known hayseeds present were
George w Childs, of the Philadelphia
Ledger; George b. Roberts, president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad company; A.
A. Mcleod, president of the Philadel-
phia and Reading Charles Hartshorn.
second vice president of the Reading
Joseph Wharton. John Fritz and Robert
II. Sayre, Sr.
Their fellow agriculturists the country
over can scarcely hope to receive any
useful hints from the wisdom which
flowed Mt the dinner. because 1t is also
stated that 1.-The proceedings of the club
meetings are never divulged." Why
never divulgedy" Can 1t be possible
that If they were divulged it would turn
out that some of these experienced and
sagacious farmers--as was once said Of
Farmer Samuel j. Tilden-have so little
true genius for their occupation or such
uncommon hard luck that they are un-
able to pick out the COW which gives the
buttermilk?-New York Tribune.