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HURLING THE WEAPON AROUND HIS HEAD.
Even freedom had lost it's charm; those
ten years had broken his heart.
CHAPTER III.

The summer is far advanced. The
flowers in the garden surrounding Gen.
Polevoi's mansion are in full bloom,
scenting the air with their sweetness.
1t is evening, and daylight has almost
passed.
Now a dark form creeps along the
bushes, and stops at every sound. All
is very silent in the old mansion, and
only a faint light appears in one of the
lower windows. On steals that dark
form; the light from the window falls
upon the face. 1t is Adrian's, but it is
awfully changed. Deep lines are upon
the once smooth brow, his beard is long
and matted, and there is a terrible
ferceness about the dark eyes. On he
steals towards the window. He has
come to see Nadegc once more, before
he flies from that hateful and for ever.
Now his breath comes with a gasp;
his horny hand clutches at his heart.
All! Have not ten years Of agony killed
that love?
Nadege is before him. and she ap-
She is alone in the room. A book Is
upon her lap, but she is not reading.
As the wretched man gazes at her, his
mind wanders back to the night he held
that beautiful woman in his arms, when
he babe her farewell for ever.
Let her think me dead, poor child.
She is happy; perhaps she may be
welded. 1t is not for me to disturb
that happiness; though if her love for
ne were not dead, the sight of me
would kill it. Nadege, my darling, God
bless you, and make you very happy"
AS though Nadege had heard that
whispered prayer, she rose, and ap-
preaching the easement opened it; then
she uttered a little cry.
Adrian could not think or move.
The thought of that beautiful woman
had been a comfort to him for all those
years of misery; she was the only be-
ing in all the world he had to love.
And Nadege ever in his haggardness
knew him. With a passionate sob she
came to him.
Adrian! My own darling. Oh! has
God answered my prayers at last?"
"Hush! Nadege. l am dead to YOU
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Thibodarx Sentiuel.
A BASIN CUT.

There wasn't any barber at the crossroads
For it only had ten houses. in q funny, strag-
CLING row;
While on q dusty corner stood the queer old
fashioned store.
Whose bell went ting-a-lingle a full minute DER
the door.
And the little man who kept it made no great
pretensions. but
He'd give one for g sixpence what he called a
basin cut
When a grinning urchin shufhed in, he'd seat
him on a box,
And tie an apron round his neck to catch the
falling locks;
Then he'd fit a small tin basin on the tow-head
for a guide,
And snip off with precision all the hair that
was outside;
And, If the boy was restless, he would check
him with: Tut. TUT
You shouldn't squirm ard wriggle when you
get a basin cutl"
II by mistake he nipped an ear, he hastily
would stop
To shove into the puckered mouth a monstrous
lollipop:
And, while, 'twixt grief and joy, the little boy
would suck away,
He'd tell him that he hoped to see him presi-
dent some day;
A'Why, Abr'um Lincoln he would add, was
born In q log hut,
And, like as not, when he was young he had a
basin cuti''
They have now q modern barber, for the place
since then has grown,
And the boys who once had basin cuts have
youngsters of their own;
While the old man Is so feeble that his working
days are done,
And he likes to sit a-dozing in q warm spot il
the sun;
The little store, the queer old store, has been q
long time shut,
And be couldn't trust his trembling hand to
give a basin cut!
Malcolm Douglas, in Youths Companion.
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A HAUNTED ROOM.
The Chamber with Mysterious Footprints
on the Ceiling,

on the Ceiling.
An instance of the sort of thing which
often earns for a house the refutation
of being haunted is given by the author
Of Tenants of an Old Farm" The
mistress of the house in question, only
a temporary resident who has lately
arrived there, asks an old colored serv-
ant to take a bundle to a certain room
for her. Her request is politely but de-
cidedly refused.
On being questioned as to his objec-
ton to the room, he says; "How dye
s'pose dem tracks got up on dat ceiling?
No dorg nor man eber walked oher de
roof in dat way, head down'ad. No,
no.! dar's been bad business dar, yo'
may Deepen! No mortals never made
dem tracks! An ole Dan doan' wan
ter git his head in under 'em!"
The ceiling of this room has been pre-
served precisely in the state in which it
was built a century ago. 1t is made Of
plain, implanted boards. which are
really the floor of the loft above.
As one enters thereon and chances up
he sees a number of deg-tracks upon
the ceiling. There they are, their
strong leather-brown color showing
distinctly ven against the age-browned
boards. In one corner of the ceiling
are the indistinct outlines of a pair Of
human feet. Some one seems to have
scrubbed them until they are recog-
nized with difficulty, but human foot
prints they certainly are.
The origin of these tracks has been
for many years a fruitful subject for
gossip, but there is not much mystery
about them, according to the family
tradition.
The board yard at which the lumber
was bought was also the lanyard, and
feet that had passed through the liquid
tan had walked across and left their
print upon the boards which good friend
TONNES loaded up for his new house.
No one thought it worth while to plane
them off, and so they were nailed down,
tracks and all!
Many a tidy housekeeper tried her
hands and temper at the task Of scrub
bling off the marks; but at last they
came to be valued for their oddly.
Nevertheless, in some minds the mys-
terious dog-tracks awakened nearly as
much CONSERVATION as did the ''hand-
writing on the WALL" at Belshazzar's
feast.
Poor old "Dan" was one of the victims
to this foolish superstition, and he per-
sistently refused to believe SO simple
an explanation as the true one. He
preferred to call the room "ha'nted."-
Youths Companion.
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PRESERVED STRAWBERRIES.
A Brand New Recipe Which Is Recon-
mended to All Housewives.

A Brand New Recipe Which Is Recon-
mended to All Housewives.
1t is customary to recommend new
recipes by saying that they are given
by old and experienced h~ousekeepers.
In the present instance the method is
one employed by a young housekeeper
who could give many points to her
elders were it not for her modesty.
This particular recipe for strawberry
jam is too good to be kept secret
Select homegrown fruit, ripe, sound
and clean. Hull it and avoid washing,
if possible. If you must wash it, do SO
by putting it into a colander and i'm
mersing the vessel in a pan of water.
By this means the sand will drop into
the pan and the berries will not be-
come soaked. Allow five pounds of
granulated sugar to seven of fruit.
Cover the berries with some of the su-
gar and let them stand for sew
eral hours. Put the remainder
of the sugar into a preserving
kettle, and when it forms a
strip add the berries and boil ten
minutes. Then remove them and
spread the WnOle mass on pldGCerS-
china of course-and set in the sun,
where they must remain for three
days. 1t is important that they should
be so spread that the berries do not lie
one on top of the other. After three
days put into jars and seal. Some
housekeepers add a small lump of
alum to the sugar, but after reading
so much about the injurious effects of
alum authorizations, it seems a pity to
adulterate homemade preserves.
There is only one disadvantage about
this method, and that is the possibility
of not having three successive days of
strong sunlight. In strawberry sea-
son we can usually count on two days,
and even should a day OF cloud or rain
intervene, the first days exposure
would set the berries so that they
would not spoil. Moreover, if sun can
not be had, they can be turned back
into the kettle and finished in the
usual way.-N. Y. World.
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and all the world, Had l known you
come. For ten years l have been .
prisoner in Siberia. Look at me! You
have not seen me. Am I not horrible?"
You are beautiful to me, my darling.
and always will be. Adrian, have you
loved me all these years?'
God knows l have"
Nadege clasped her arms around his
neck and kissed his haggard brow,
then his eyes and lips.
adrian, l vowed to love you always
Well, darling, l have kept my VOW. I
have waited all these weary years for
you; and. oh! | have prayed day and
night for your return. Have you
nothing to say to me?'
Darling, what can / say? l love you
too well to ask you now to be my wife.
And yet oh! Nadege, / think l shall die
without you"
Then you shall live, darling Adrian;
and l will make you very happy"
He clasped her to his heart and
pressed his lips to hers.
Dear Adrian" she said at last,
''since we met have lost papa Eight
years ago he was taken from me-"
What of-of the man who consigned
me to that awful grave?".
"He died two years ago; a victim to
the cholera"
Then | am saved a SIM"
"We will fly from this hateful land,
Adrian. am wealthy; we will live in
your fathers country"
"Nadege, in my misery Thought God
had deserted me. Do you know what it
is to pass from abject misery to joy?"
Eyes, darling, for you have come
back to me-"
The tide is rolling up the English
channel, falling softly upon the beauti-
full southern shore; the moon shines
brightly upon the sparkling waters.
Nadge is standing gazing at the glori-
GU sea; her husbands arm is round her
waist. Adrian's face has lost that hag-
%gardness, though there are some lines
upon it that eve Nadege's love cannot
charm away. On yonder hill among the
trees is their beautiful home.
Both are very silent this night; their
Joy is too great for words.
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ON THE WAY TO ELBA,
Deportation of the Great Napoleon to His
Island Prison.

Island Prison.
The wind was increasing to a gale.
He asked me, laughing, if there was
any danger, which vas evidently meant
to annoy Baron Roller, who was near
him, and who had no great faith in the
safety of ships, and whom he constantly
joked on his bad sailorship, as the
baron suffered dreadfully from seasick-
ness. He made some observation to me
as to our mems allowance of provisions,
and seemed surprised that they had
cocoa and sugar, and asked how long
they had had that indulgence. j..
This evening a small Genoese trad
ing-vessel passed near us. l ordered
her to be examined, and, as Napoleon
was anxious to know the news, l de-
sired the captain to be sent on board.
Napoleon was on the quarterback; he
wore a great coat and round hat. AS
he expressed a wish to question the
captain, l sent him to the emperor on
the after-part Of the quarter
deck, and afterward ordered him
down to my cabin. Your cap
tain said he, SIS the most extraor-
binary man l ever met; he put all sorts
of questions to me, and, without giving
me time to reply. repeated the same
questions to me rapidly a second time"
When / told him to whom he had been
speaking, he appeared all astonish-
ment, and instantly ran on deck, hop
ing to see him again; but Napoleon, to
his great disappointment, had already
gone below. When l told Napoleon
the man had remarked the rapidity
with which he put questions to him
twice over, he said it was the only way
TO get at the truth from such fellows.
One morning when Napoleon was on
deck l ordered the ship to be tackled,
and we stood toward the Ligurian
coast. The weather was very clear as
we approached the land. We had a fine
view Of the Alps. He leaned o n my
arm and gazed at them with great
earnestness for nearly half an hour; his
eyes appeared quite dxed. remarked
that he had passed those mountains on
| a former occasion under very different
circumstances. He merely said that ID
was very true.-Century.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Generous friends of the universities
have given a promising impetus to dor
mitory building at both Harvard and
Yale this year.
Impartial writer's say that the gold
contained in the medals, vessels, chains
and other objects preserved in the vat
lean would make nor gold coins than
the whole of the present European cir
culation.
The authorities of the Tennessee
university at Knoxville recently de-
cided to admit ONE students, and
the women of the state are now engaged
in raising funds to provide a woman's
building in connection with that uni
versity.
The most liberal contributor to the
Methodist Episcopal mission in Singa-
pore is a Chinese banker, Mr.. Tan
Jiakim. He gave 81, 500 for the mission
in that city, and collected from his Chi
nese friends nearly 8 5000 more.-Chi-
nese Recorder.
Archbishop Alarcon has presented
the national museum at the City of
Mexico with a stone head of an idol
which, until it's discovery by some Cath
Ollie missionaries a short time ago, was
still being worshipped by the Indians
in the state of MereIos. The head was
on a statue Of immense size, covered
with a crocodile's hide.
Mrs. Sarah O. Peddie, of Newark
N. j., widow of the late Thomas B.
Peddie, has left 800, 900 to Peddie in
s~titute, at Hightstown, of which Mr..
Peddie was the founder. The Me-
mortal Baptist church, of Newark, re-
ceives $1,000. Mrs. Peddie has also
left about s25, 900 to other charities in
which she was interested.
The newly-appointed German am
bassador to the United States, Baron
Won Saurma Jeltsch, was for eight
years German consul-general at Alex
andria, including the period of Arab
Pasha's rebellion. He then won a high
reputation for prudence, tact and ener-
gy. He has since been minister to Rou-
mania, to The Hague and to Wurtem-
burg.
One of the Catholic papers says that
Cardinal Gibbons is rather reckless
about his associations. It reports that
a little time since he condescended to
attend a meeting held by the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Chill
dren at the Friends meeting house.
The cardinal, a Jewish rabbi and a
Methodist minister addressed the meet
ing from the same platform.
DR.. J. Collins Warren, who sue
ooaIS H. rhaaror a. rrof-s1- ~ 49,
gerry at Harvard, comes from one of the
oldest medical families of Boston. His
grandfather, DIR. John Warren, a
younger brother of DIR. and Gen. Jo-
seph Warren, of Bunker Hill fame, was
professor of anatomy and surgery at
Harvard from 1888 t. 1S15, and for near
ly forty years was the foremost surgeon
of New England.
The reports made at the yearly
meeting of the Friends of England
shows that Quakerism is by no means
in its decadence. There are in England
343 meetings, an increase of three over
last year, and 1924 members, an in
crease of over 1000 in the last twenty
years. The most significant item is the
joining Of 262 ''by confinement" Es-
pecially noticeable is the growth in
Scotland, where its supporters claim
for it a great future as offering an open
ing for those who recoll from the rigid
doctrines of Calvinism.
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the snow-clad earth. Now the 81
lence of the desolate night is dis
PEELED by the strains of music is
suing from Gen. Polevoi's mansion.
while the tread of dancing feet keeps
time. Presently a door is opened, and
two tall forms step out into the wintry
night. Cautiously they make their
way round the mansion until they
reach the spacious conservatory; then
stealing to the glass they remain
watching.
81 tell you, Luckmannoff," said the
elder of the W. men, that you are
mistaken. Nadege is but eighteen and
cannot be expected to view life as
sternly as you. Pshaw! man, you are
not JEALOUSY"
81 tell you, Gen. Pelevoi, that 1 am
not mistaken. Do You think have not
ears and eyes?"
ga lovers ears and eyes are deceptive
organs"
"Wait and see. But if / prove my
words, | shall hold you to your prom
ise."
II don't want to injure the boy. His
father was my friend. But if he is real
ly trying to make my daughter disobey
me, then l leave you to deal with him"
"He loves her"
II do not gainsay that. She is very
beautiful; l am wealthy. Two strong
incentives to owe. He is not the only
one by many a dozen who would wed
my daughter; but"
SH,,chfv xybicnaraJ Tolx-,o~-of
drawing his companion closer to the
window. VIVA did l tell you?"
The conservatory was unlighted, but
to the watchers outside every object
was distinctly revealed by the food Of
light from the ballroom. Coming from
that room was a tall, strikingly hand
some young man, and upon his arm
leant a beautiful young girl.
They approached the spot where the
two men watched, and now as the
music ceased their voices were audible.
Darling Nadege, how lovely you
are"
Am |, Adrian? l am so glad you
think So"
Everyone must. Dear little Nadege,
tell me you love me-"
81 love you! l love you. How often
must tell you this? Oh, can't you see
it, Adrian?"
"Yes; think / can, darling. / think
/ see it in your eyes. You will be true
to me, Nadege?"
Eyes; how can you doubt? You have
won my heart, and it is yours for ever"
The watchers saw the young man
clasp the beautiful maiden to his breast,
then their lips met to seal their vows.
Witha fierce oath Luckmannoff drew
his companion away; then. bidding him
adieu, he strobe into the darkness.
The days passed by, but Adrian did
not come to Nadege, and her heart
grew very sad. At last the news reached
her. He had gone away; none knew
whittier; and she waited in vain
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CHAPTER I.
HE S o is
falling thickly.
In the distance
the dark spires
of st. Peters
b u r g ris e
blackly fro m
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WILD MAN IN IDAHO.
He Eats wild AnimAls and Disarpsaee
Whea Ne u Observed.

He Eats wild Anima,s and Disappears
whsa He u Observed.
BossE CTrx. Idaho. June IA WILD man
has made bic Appearance nsas hssA Aaay
Of the people living In Long valley. IA
3oiss county, about seventy miles from
this city. have reported having seen him 70
ths timber OF the snrRoundiag nosntatna
upon several o~oeasions. A shssp border,
while tending hia dock, saw MAN
wandering along the ridges ss the MONA
taina. who would disappear - soon q
he saw that Nc was observed. The hA!0e!
hid in ! tree and Was rewarded By : siRhi
Of tho unoanny being. He VI . ma.
about i've ana sns-half feet IN hss9he vtsn
dark-brown hair reaching aimoee so sns
knees. matted and i%ntsrwoven with. 0ufe.
His beard wal long and similarly adorned:
He woe what was ~ a time = DALE OF
gray duck oveIAlla. bat they veee AZ
tered and torn. In his hand he carried .
short, heavy stick. AZ he Vas passtna alona
a grouse flew up, and quick 40 q nash the
wild man threw his stick. and with ouch
UuerrinR aim that tho bird was killed. II
was than eaten raw. The herder hastened
to his Damp, saddled has horse, and puSsusd
tho Wild man. and when he had ovsstaksn
him o%ndsavorsd to secure him by msAns OF
a larint, but failed. The strange being ran
with tho speed Of . mountain goat over
rocks where no horse could follow. Since
that timo he has NOT been seen OF heard
from.
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THE DESTRUCTION WIDESPREAD.


DetAlla OF the Dssteuctlve Fires In ehe
Superior Region.
vIR0rNIA. MIMI, June W,-The Grosa
losa from fire yesterday IL mot isss than
& 10000 0 and the insurance 10 Estimated
At $500. 600 There 10 no positive evidence
that any persisted In the flames. but some
bones we're discovered in Abe ruins which
several people thought we're ths rsmains sf
. woman. Not a single one Of the lesdtns
business hcussssrsmains. In the residence
portion not : building u lsft stAnd-
ing. Between the railroad tracks
and the wsstsrn limit Of the
city thirty buildings are standing. OF for
aud these we're closed to-day by order OF
shs mayor. Az tbs Commodore and Frank
lin mines sh0 engine houses and office were
burned. 40 we're also those Al the Ohuo n
Mssabn mountain mines. BuyRe's camp vas
totally DESTROYED. and a the Jons. ma
were consumed. Al the Now England mino
the boarding camp was burned.
Tents and provisions were brought here
from the grading camps. Inc
Mssaba train that arrived At noon also had
a liberal supply Of provisions ON board, but
bar ely adequate for tho day. and IL must
necessarily DO followed bv further aid. A
meeting Of oitizens OF Virginia was held
this afternoon and u committee OF seven
appointed to receive supplies and diatrib.
ute them. No details of the tire at Merrltt
have been received. but IL Ia stated that
Mountain Iron only two or three dwellings,
and the depot were burned. The only
building destroyed at Bisabix was the de-
pot
DULUTH. June 19.-The train beating the
destitute refugees from the fire In the min.
ing town OF Virginia. numbering 2bo.
mostly women and ohndfen arrived mere
and were at once supplied with food. They
report that the houses burned like finder.
aud the whole tow waS in rnlna inside
an hour. All the way here the train
came through a ,orest of fire. Another
train load Of about 200 arrived from the
burned out town of Mesaba at noon. The
reported fatalities are confirmed. Two &C.
tors went back into n burning theater and
have not been since seen. A woman VINO
tried to rescue q child 10 also missing.
Many were injured. Y
ASHLAND, Wis, June 1.-THE forest
fires are sweeping over miles of country.
Hundreds of homssteadsrs are endangered.
John Meagher persisted Al MoQuah. Two
unknown children were killed At Sanborn
and the town was wiped ont. The North
ern Pacific bridge at Minersville 10 gone.
A bridge 800 feet long Al Sanborn was de-
stroyed. The loss Wall figure in the mill
ions.
1ELLAMooK, Ore, Jane 15.-Ths business
portion OF the town was destroyed by fire
early this morning. Several fires started
simultaneously and are supposed to be the
work OF incendiarles. There is great OK
citement and talk OF lynching the guilty
parties. Many persons are destitute. The
total loss is 100000. Insurance about one
half.
CARDINAL, Ons.. June ia good part OF
the business portion of this village was
destroyed by fro this morning. Nearly .
score Of stores and houses were burned.
The loss is heavy.
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Tho Race or the Cowboys,

PoScA, June 19.-Doc Middleton, Stevens
and Gillespie, Of the cowboy racers, passed
tn: ough the suburbs of Poncn to-dRy at 2:30
I. NJ. having gained q lead over tho othors
Ly riding the whole of two nights. Doc
Middleton had the misfortune to lose his
best horse at Colerid9e, where he strained
one Of his hind legs. Tho remainder of the
horses seem in good condition. During
the first six days they travers ID 400 miles
md are beginning to increase their speed
as they advance, endeavorinR to save their
horses by travelling half the time on foot.
The remainder of the gang will probably
reach hers tonight.
SIOUX Cry, Iowa, Juna 19.-At G:30 p. m.
Purdy. Middleton and Gillespie registered
here. A great throng welcomed the riders.
All were In excellent fettle, and the hu-
name society officers pronounced the condi-
ton of the horses NIL hat could be ex-
pected. Berry waited eight hours on Mid
dleton in the last thirty-three miies and ia
now on even terms with him. At this rate
the riders should reach Chicago Wednes.
day Of next week.