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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-16

EMERALns are said to be steadily dis
appearing. In the sos and '60s emer-
aids were the favorite jewels, and were
worn strung on a thread like pearls
Such string of emeralds was exhib-
tied in jewelers. window in Inter
den Linden, and was estimated to be
worth $4,000 marks. Now emeralds
are polished like diamonds Fault
less stones of deep color have
always been as valuable as diamonds.
The reason Of the scarcity OF emeralds
Is the decrease in production in the
Ural mountains. Emeralds were frat
discovered on the right bank Of the To-
kowoler, near Katherineburg, in 1880.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-16

LAST year generously disposed per-
sons in the United States contributed
in sums of $40, 00o and upwards no less
than $40, O61, ,927 for purposes of e3uda.
tion, charity and popular entertain
ment in var,cus forms.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-16

Gov. McCgEARY, of Kentucky, has
the proud satisfaction of being not
only the richest man in the state, but
of having kissed every bnby within its
borders. What else Is there for him 10
live for?
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-16

nNsroN's Four Hundred mourn the
death of Edward T. Clark. II was he
who originated the Bite Book which
annually tells each of the four hun
dred whe'n the other three hundred
and nthety-nine are at.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-16
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

1.-Two MEN were killed and three scri-
ously injured by falling walls at the
ruins of fire at Montreal, Can.
FouR passengers and thirty-seven of
the crew were lost in the wrecle of the
British steamship Trinacria off Cape
Villano.
GAuDAuR and Ilanlan signed articles
to row for the championship of Amer
lea and $1,000 Il side at Toronto on
July ~.
NJ. FERDINAND De LEsskPs was sem
fenced in Paris to be imprisoned for
five years AMI to pay fine of 5000
francs, his son Charles must 60 to
prison for five years and pay "A fine OF
3. $50 francs, NJ. Marius Fontaine and
| NJ. Cottu two years each and pay a fine
| of $3.50 francs each, and NJ. Eiffel two
years and to pay n fine of 90, 600 francs.
The defendants were found guilty of
| swindliug and breach of trust in the
| Panama canal case.
| Ir was estimated that the total dam
age done by the recent flood in Queens
lapd would reach sl5,000,000.
| Honolulu advices state that United
| States Minister Stevens has established
n protcctorate over Hawaii pending
and subject to the negotiations at
Washington
PATRICK SULLIvAN's home was
burned ut Chapel Cove, N T., and he
and four of his children perished in the
flames.
| A MosIEM mob burned the American
Girls college in Marsovan, Turkey.
AFTER tour of inspection DR.. Kemp
ster, special health officer of the
United States, stated in Berlin that he
was convinced that the present year
would witness fierce outburst of chol'
era and that the plague would sweep
the whole of Europe.
AFTER losing twelve Of her crew and
passengers in Il heavy storm the Allan
line steamer Pomcranian, from Glas
gov January - for New York, re-
turned TO Grccnock.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-16

REV. FATHER PALLADiUs the fahtNs
Russian missionary has brought ont
after twenty years OF labor Chinese
Russian dictionary containing ll,O6s
hieroglyphics.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-16

THE Hopkins mansion on Mob NIL;
San Francisco, recently presented 10
the University of california for an art
school aud museum, is said to be
worth million dollars.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-16

The queen of the Sandwich islands
has something Of a name herself, but
II Is short and sweet in comparison
with that Of her daughter, Princess
Victoria Kawekiu Kaiulani Lunhao
Observation-Disclosures. Think Of an.
naxtn6 that
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-16
NEW AND NOVEL

"O1p bachelors and maids special
ty" is part of sign displayed before
matrimonial agency on Kansas avenue
Kansas City. .
THE buttons Of the wedding dress OF
a New York millionaire's daughter re-
Gently married, were made of jewels
and cost one hundred dollars each.
In Germany aluminium cravats are
now on sale. They are advertised as
feather-light, silver-white wash goods
that will wear forever.
A RECENT invention Is new type OF
refrigerator car that can be run twenty
days without re-icing 1t Is charged
with ice and certain chemicals, the com
bination maintaining freezing tenn
perature during this long period.
In pair OF fine shoes there are forty
four pieces, thirty tacks, twelve nails
and twenty buttons, besides silk and
linen thread. These pieces are put TO-
gether with marvellous rapidity' ane
as q test single pair OF mems shoes
have been finished in twenty minutes
TIE Indian Medical Record shows |
terrible record of deaths from cholera
In fourteen years, from 1877 to 1880, !
declares that 1000, ,s26 persons have die
IN Rengal from cholera alone.
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BAMBOO FURNITURE.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
WASHINGTON STATE SOLDIERS HOME
w b ds wanted for the following supRIies for !


NASHINGTOS STATE SOLDIERS HOME
mouths:
Scheduis No Ia tox essence Of lemon. y ps
bottles; 100 lbs No ! rice. 1880 its butterine.
total delivered twice each week Ia lib tnesl.
SACKS foe salt 100 lbs each; 10 cases baking
powder Camp0eiPs. Royal or frics brand, "a 10
cans: 10 dor second best broorns, loe-ib sacks
half ground salt &c barrels graduated sugar,
loolb SACKS c sugar 200 lbs soda crackers. 100
lbs evaporated peaches 200 lbs eyapof ate6 april
eois 10 cases SID package. gold dust IS boxes
lennox soap. boxes Ivory soap. 10 cases SID
peaches, 10 cases 3io aprcots, specify brand;
t'ns California matches. 8 good full cheece, :, Dbl
kagsiord gloss starch 100 lbs pearl barley, . dog
lib cans pure black pepper. dor \ pts vanilla.
apples, boxes layer rAisins so lbs cn-ranss. 200
lbs dried salt pors. 200 los bacon sides, cases
las star plns, 75 lbs climax plug. csses ECONOMY
or ST Charles condensed uaii<. ooi pure cider
VINEGAR, los notmegs. tank OF kerosene each
week in first quarter second quarter a. ordered by
coramandant, taRs. furnished free BY bidder; 100
lhs Washington prGnss cases 2-to pineapple,
case Frazier axle grease case T. NJ. shoe black
ins. 1 case quar-; liquid b.uins- i dor lib Cole
mans heat mustard dor best cove oysters. los:
8 dox coo pipes. box lilo packages Dwight or
Csnppeli's soda
Schedule No 1.-Two cars Eastern Washington
cred In April, about senson ears No damaged or
stained hay WIN be taken from the depot
schedule y o. So quarters per week fresh beef
carcRSses of IA nstsn
sehedais Ne 4-.eo Ihs eornmesi. 100 lbs each
schedule No SO barrels Of foar. brands.
Daily Brad, Oiymptc Erccient. oaeen or W nits
swan
schedule Ne s-i 900 los roasted and groand
coffee. 100 los 20 he delivered each week, price
not 10 exceed 81 cents ger poaad enc pound 10 De
tea. price not 20 sxcss: 80 cents per pound. one
pound 20 ~ seai the soldiers Home 81 orting
. sample before JAnGAr l.
schedule No 7-RoGled barley. = toa each
r1eBth chop feet. tens each month cats ten
ssch aonta; SACKS wheat chicken feed each
month: to1 q bran.
All goods 10 Dc delivered. Freight prepaid. %
ortiHg depot Duplicate bills seat 10 Home All
BIDS ~ re addressed 10 Major A II. Adams. secrs-
tAEy Olympia. Washington tadofsed Proposals
fer supplies soldiers houe. mailed 80 as 20 Dc
received ga or before January l. oos9s % Re de-
lvegea As ersse ed ~ caamRr9Art Separate Ida
TO Re E,ade for sAca seaedaIe
W. a. DUNBAR,
A - COLE,
G. IL BoARDAAS.
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Has isapsd Into popular favsr and distanced ali
competitors in . surprisingly short tlmA Why!
Because 10 has merit
Nearly 10000 sold in United States aac Canada
In November
POLLEN ACME IL the result OF the highest
attainanle medical science OF time aud one OF
the most wonderful achievements In medical his
tory and = priceless boon to mankind.
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MISCKLLANEOUS.

MYSCELLANEOUS
TT MAKES DIFFERENCE. PAYING SIS
L rent or $3.50: small expense and thorough
knowledge of instruments and buying enables
Prof Dahl, 22S Pike street, to give best Of salts
faction
eide LINE-s2 PER TOWN PAID TRAv-
- cling men 10 appoint agents: no sampler
Write j. r. Rowins. ll5 Fifth avenue, Chicago.
nLD PAPkRs FOR SALE AT THE BUSE
~ ness Office of this paper; l5c per bundle
ENTLEMEN's DISCARDED CLOTHING
VI bought l4i3 Second street
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ROoERTNDEHT.
THE ALLEN CALVERT PAINTING ca
4 grtntsrs paalishzFx eooxblss;~zs aaa blank
book uAkerS, 10 Ezaua strsez. szslsvaa building
L ASfH1NxsS BISDERH. BLANK BOOK
Il rrEAaefsctnEsss 0AsainSf1n street. crae-
Commercial. rcolas sod lssry saoSx. -eaGsls
NAaA
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sFECIsL NOTICES.

y ORG 81 3, n - "a = s-Eslts. Busy. sEt,.
~ eosi sa@s store. st8ta so iE6a Nhapsa
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rorD

L'oV >p->NStCKSTE<sI COMM.
u ro~eFs eve gsssaffen, startling ia ia srnrS
eteat paset, Exh3hstsea fT~e asSt nsasth a. the
hts. easy sseoa&-aaa4 siSs~, sra AaA E9AN
hsPta
I'NNNn-FINE sFREKF. TRE Ross RE.
fAts street He EFaessss&asa forms n sFoaI htz
sasN srseed haaa store. Sisth ana tTka ChAYjn
l'orN p-N A VAHIN RING LEAVE nv.
.ertthoe Addressed = = n, fsss.tAseklaS<ncsr
Tot NI>-oEtSlNAf> ONCE OK A TINE
foas t,il.o 50 EAs teslst TAe sea~s A. tas
a<lsss} Msslr lie tEaasl A t47es Nenserv -
memory tata fa&st psetur~ Ia tu0Tv x.aNgs col.
CO has 50 @f0s0 tnss aHa- tna . saaa sea
So eeNse ~ tss 8WaF sesoasi. aAa4 ats*a Sixsh
an4 tfAo kAansA
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Lessons in French, Music
and German given by
arrangement.

RErERENCEs-Rev David q daersok =
marx : rsctory: Mrs I. y J. Hunt yarrcw, fAss
Washington: Rev. Wallace Mating. fS2o GO
versity street. and parents of former pupils
For further Information Apply 20 the MISSES
WINTkRBoURNE. 7lo Eisvsash street. CITY
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ENGINEERS AND coSrRACroRs

GAN FRANCISCO BRIDGE CoAPASY-ES-
- gfnesgs and contractors sor eridsss Of sys-y de-
scrspfionc wharf building. pledYiviax dredsfax
and steel saSvsi excAsatiag; pans and speo.aca
,aous furnished application. correspondence 40
fiefred ofscs a2c-5Z3 seattle xAtloaa. Raux
Building seattle. WASH
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LEGAL NOTICES.

CNoR SALE-BONDS; NOTICE IS HEREBY
given that the board of county commissioners
OF snohomish county. Washington. will receive
sealed bids up 10 IL o'clock m. Monday. January
per cent funding bonds
The beard reserves the right 90 reject any or all
oidA d. > SWEKDFIGER
County Auditor and Clerk Of Board
Snohomfsh. WASH December 7. 1898.
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EDUCArIoNAL.

Miss PEBBLES AND MISS THoMPSoN'6
1A English. French and German boarding and
day school for girls so. ST. 81 East Fifty-sev.
enth street. New York. Sreciai students admitted
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BUSINESS cHsscEs

BUSINESS cHsscEs
ISoa sALE-A snap: STOCK OF GROCER.
s~s. hnrse ard wagon. axtares aess-. &c 81 -
Lsonch's sid stand: price $500 CASA Apply Jazz
Froat street
EoR sALE-cHEAP. FIRsT-cLAss HASD
gence-.
L,oR sALE-MARKET. CHICKEN AND
Il provision store cheap scr cash. APPsx law
Second street corEer Spring
I>oa sALE-A SNAP: WOOD YARD AND
II paar' eosnpsets. consisting OF eng ne. aossss
Is real estate: oxner berg s1vs7ced in age de-
sirss TO retire so-4i HAller esccS-
Tor sALE-wELL ESTABLISHED MANu-
It Eseturing business: eiesrea SEQ isss yes yea.
half interest Address h. ssos finn street
U-oR sALE-sszs WILL suy A NICE QUIET
Il saloon: location aid business good; owner 80
ing TO africa Hal. .oi New York block.
yT-ANTED-T, zxcHaNGx REAL ESTATE
w for small ssocx Of groceries Address A. r.
observation-disclosures.
L'oR sALE-A COOP PAYING MILLINERY
Il business: stock new: net large 90. ccmP.ste'
sood trade bulk up Address A. l. SiSyef. Ah~
co-tes. Wash
EoR sALE-Ar BARGAIN, COUNTRY
L store with poxtotsce. g. railroad station; me
L,oR sALE-caEAr. THE OLDEST AND
Post-I ntesitgercex
NOTICE TO sTOCKHoLDERs.
NoTICE-THE ANNUAL MEETINGo OF THE
~ stockholders Of the Washington NanonM
Bank Of seattle for the election OF directors VIII
he held banking house on Tuesday, January
9, 1894. between the hours of 10 and
II. f. BACKUS. Cashier.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
i holders Of the First National Bank OF Seattle
will he held az the Office of the bank, In Seattle
wash on Tuesday, January 9. 1894 q O'Clock
tors for the ensuing year and transacftng such
other business IS may properly come before @m ~
Seattle. December 10 1893
NOTTCE-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
~ stockholders Of the Puget Sound National
Bank OF seattle for the election OF directors viii
be held al their Office Tuesday. January 9,
1894, at o'clock p M
Seattle, December o, 1891
cToCKHoLpERs MEETING-THE REGU-
- lar annual meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Boston Atonal Bank OF Sea tie viii be held NJ
its banking house on Tuesday, January 9. 1894,
80 u M. for the choice OF directors and such
other business Is may properly me before the
meeting. A. NJ BSoOkES Cashier
NOTICE TO STOCK HOLDERs-THE AN
~ nuaf meeting of the stockholders of the King
County Investment Company will be held ~ the
Office of the mpany, sullivan building. on FRI
day, December %, 1898. ut O'Clock N, for the
aud transaciing any other business that may prop
erly come before them
JOHN A. wHALLEY. secretary
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MEDICAL

ADIESf CHICHESTER ENGLISH PEN.
IL nyroyai Pills Diamond brandt the best
safe, reliable; take no other. send &c tstaInps)
for particulars: "Reief for Ladies' In letter By
turn mail AZ druggists Chichester Chemical
Co Philadelphia Pa
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\ o~'f - SATURDAY EVENING NoRFu
- sits cf MaftSaa. between Front ara Third a
DARK Ecsa uo0ntea cameo scarf pia. Saitaaa ~
aFt II returned - J. II. NlrStlins q ks-hetisa
L o@T--U MRRElLAs LADN'S SILK WIN
u heavy aoad head len sorns pace .iaso
town about December II; reward W H. p
i'es3 snteilsxrncsr
1 nsE~S2 hEN ARnf PACKAGE SHEET
- music hsf pane, ssf guitar. usw sarxss
"rcnE tsTe Etakers tNiekpTF. NE 1--we -
NASH Me Love Ent" ksrst and LAST esst!ar a.,
each. Aataer 81 bsE. b1sr second had stara
slxtn aad i9k@ Chap3a.
I o>r-s6 500 SoTRs PROMISE 10 p.y-
a. Ire @rassant . tTnsastsFial-eant pay an boz
sass~s eel sosats, -, everything xa~. Or saux
tAneE ne Bali Hix. assy secunt, haaa staFu
Sixth ant fGke casna
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WANTEp- 4fxCrIIANrnra

WANTED ESTIMATE ON pIAsrERISg
w small house. material Furnished er exehanes
Yer carpenter work Horkia< tSlO secoad street.
WASTfn ~ ANYTHING. EVERYTHING
w SECOND hand sixth and rfka UhAptn
WANrFp SECONDHAND uoUSFtEnIn
w goods o. al kindS Frederics Nelson q
Munro. corueF Second ard Uoiver.ity streets
WANTED SCHOONER IN EXCHANGE
w fer salem property, seed fuil ssesrftptten
Address Ncx 81 Monmouth. or
WkNTEn-WE HAVE nUYER FOR NEAT
w house shi Lot close IN. : 500 easy terms.
also for house and los. az : VscruS 81 500 10
sAaeo close tn. hasf cash. 1ohR H. POSTER a "a,
" ashins Sen block
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Principal. Miss wintsrbourns (Frossl o.
Graduate Of the Home and ColoniaI Trns1n
College. London. kngiaHd). who hoids ~
cosnty Teachers Cerfiacate. second srsta
Fall term eonmsncss Monday. sspssmsa ~
1854
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Fees payable In advance for either ssuG1nl
- por month";
small fee OF Sc per month will BE- charss1 -
flinders aFten materials OF gifts and sssficnse
The methods OF teaching are bsset i
rRUBELs SYSTEM. which IL nov beinS -
VERBALLY adopted By the bsst tsachsn Of snfasss
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sOCTTTY NOTICES.
RcAgA LODGE 40 81 H. AND A. NJ
y stated meetings second aud fourth Mondays
Of each month l. l.. MOORE, W. 81.
A. =. 0rBBs. Sec.
AIRS C. CoRSELIrs WILL GIVE TSsPI-
Isl FstsonsI sctnre ard public t>sts ~ He'd Mems
hail this evening at S.3u entrance Marion ST,
between Front AMI sseoni: sfuissioa 10 cents.
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MAEICUR =.

llANICURING, HAIRDRESSIN0, SUPER
vi Suous hair removed by electricity. Alice NJ.
Aiken, 81 Hotel stevens.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
baltimore s OHIO TIME TABLE.
In Eject sunday. Nov. Is, 1899.
WEST BOUND.

ny $, yestihuled Limited .Da'ly.n Ieaxes
Wash. 1870 arrive at Martinsburg i:4o s. m
and Chicago HISS a M, connects at Hanenck
fer berkeley Springs, and at Cumberland for
No, Z yestfbuled Express .sDaiIyts l4avas
New York i:80 p. M; Phila 4O5 Baltic. S.ls
A ash s:i5 arrives at Martinsburg iOsg5 n N. x
and Chicago 9.30p m
Noel Nestibuled Limited Daily = leaves
New York, 800 a. M, Phila. ll:35 Baltic go I,
M, Wash. $50 arrives at Martfnsburg $40 ..
m. Cincinnati lisa. m, st Louis Gss5 ~ IA
Connects AZ Hancock for Berkeley springs, e.
Nos Yestibuied Express DAILY leaves
New York 800 D. m,; Philas 5s2s BALTIC 1851 :
Wash II -; arrives at Martinsburg las Al m
Cincinnati 5:l5p m: and ST. Louis tbs a. M N
No. g. Pittshurg Express Daily 4 leaves New
York 1870 p. m. Phlla. 4:05; Balto> 40 ana
NaSh3 ss4S arrives at Martinshurg 1896 = ~
and Pittsburg GEO At Ip
Nosl3.E Baltimore and Cumberland Accoma-
dation Daily, leaves Baltimore 40 a m N.
old line, arrives at Martinsburs ga5 a. M; (,In.
bertrand 1lfl5 p. m. Stops atNan stations ana
connects AZ Hancock for Berkeley Springs al
}eept sunday
N No a. Baltimore and Piedmont Aceom,na
aatfon DAILY except sunday leaves BaltI.
more VIA old line al $40 a. M. aud arrives AZ
MartiHshurg LEA p M and Piedmont AT Sos 81 m.
stops at all stations and connects at Hancock
for Berkeley Springs and at Green Spring Run
No. %. Brunswick and Martinsbnre Accom-
notation, daily, = leaves Brunswick 6. IA b m
arrives al Martinsburg 10 p. M.
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The RIGHT TO The ROAD.


IA True Story Of Springfield Ferry. Connecticut
Riscrs)
IKE dreams the changing years have ncd
Into the realm Of the Silent dead
Since seventeen seventy-nve ana June
Made bridal dance 70 the rivers tune.
And then. as now, Oh the worlds broad face
The iovcliesi grcen-ciad, icafcrowned space
Was the old west road 70 the fcrrying.place
Here jonathan Parsons, man Of peace
On cart heaped high with the carsh's IN
crease.
Through woodland sweet witb-the towering
thorn.
Came riding up from his feid Of corn
Cen. washing,on's coach Of state,
Bound for Cambridge, had reached the lane;
In II the general, grave, sedate,
sat planning the course Of q great campaign.
For terrible struggle possessed the land
AMI the fate Of nation was Ia his handi
Riding before came horscmen twain,
Ii the truth be told they were young and vain
Thoy reached At length, in the narrow road.
The farmer pcrched on his fragrant load
/. f.axv.bones. hastel You are all too slow,
How can We pass, We should like % know
Cen washington rides this wayi
Turn OUT Turn out for the COACH" cried they.
But Parsons doubted the couriers word.
The soldier hcro-'twss quite absurd
He was stiff congress the last he heardi
He turned--looked back through the vista
green;
No sign Of the uncrowned king was seen
These we're playful youths, IL was very piaini
Hewouid meet their sport with calm disdain,
And his right 70 the road 70 the end maintaini
A droii procession in truth they made,
That summer day In the green arched gladel
A frowsy colt was the hrst IN view,
Vanguard Of the rustic retinuei
white marc next, then oxen four
f"Five-cattle-tea the name 1t bore).
Then the peasant prince. who crown would
scorn,
High on his throne OF frpsh-cut corn;
the baaicd horsemen behind him came,
AID last Of All rode the ore whose name
Was yet 70 conquer The pride Of kings,
Whose truth and courage the world yet sings
sim unmindful Of rank so near
Parsons the order refused TO hear.
when, nearing the ferry, where al must walt
Make wayi make way for the coach Of stntolp
Again they cried, In q stern command.
He plodded on TIL, whip in hand
He calmly got down At the rivers brink
To let the mare and the oxen drink
ne turned--and ihen--for the frst time, saw
The strong right arm Of the colonies lawl
A freeman true he had dared 10 stand,
And the right to the kings highway demand,
In the face Of tho greatest In all the landl
He speeehless stood. and his brown face paled,
While tho scouts to their chief the affair de.
tailed
!. Ho was right, was Washtngton's wise reply;
= He's IS good right TO the road as II
Ernest n Bagg, IN Youths Companion
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Al MEDLEY OF LETTERS.
A Society Fad and tho Trouble It
Caused.

He writes at his desk, in q dingy Of
Gee, his eyes lifted now and again to
glance longingly out Of the wide win
dows toward the low-lying meadows Of
the Savannah river, now broadened by
spring rains. He is comedy young
person, and the bright April morning
Is cloudy in comparison with his sum
shiny personality. There is an elastic
ity about his fingers as he scribbles
along; no typewriting machine for
him, II you please, when writing to
Miss Mazda Lea. Can machine in
tcrpret blush or the trembling uncer-
tainty of liDe2 Adriance Winterhoff
takes his heaviest linen note paper and
the stubbiest Of his stab pens when he
begins TO make ready, then, placing the
date at the top Of the first sheet, pro
ceeds in leisurely manner to cover
the rest OF the page with tolerably
moderate words:
A., Ga, April 8, leo My Dear Miss
Mazda; The fair warm weather, think, has
~ last settled enough TO make 1t pleasant for a
roy % The river WIN you so with me to-mor-
row i the day is clear, or next day--the FIRST
pleasant one in shortf'
Here the fashionable Mr.. Winterhoff,
following the latest fad, turns his note
paper over and continues with growing
ardor to fill up the outside or fourth
page:
NY heart Is set upon this row, m dear Miss
Mazda. for ! have something 20 say to you;
something which have long waited TO say,
something for which even spoken words are IN
adequate, and which cannot nut ~ naner /
viii wait your answer with much anxietv- AZ
II you knew how uueh-,tho,i sleofIdat ~,
wouidst not shalt not say me nay. =
Turning his much tortured paper now
inside out, he begins anew, and ends
the letter by filling up the second and
third pages:
what could be pleasanser Of more to my
wishes than . row with you on a soft April day,
int so,'s ~ Ia VIZ tAe .lae ~ WI Or draw
make ii rresist,hle IS, ern, =, s ,ss rouia
At the least, and believe me as ever, faithfully
yours. ApKIANcE wINrERHoFF,
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sound and wish could ~ you know now
sorry am = decline it but the prosaic reason
= that have engaged a.dressmaker for two or
iSss. ~ A'1i g hol really ieel Justified In
but trust yon WI ma anaibsg ~
will have much pleasure ii your lovely exercise.
Hoping e see you sqon, very sincerely yours.
% MAZDA LEA,
can grasp dressry III ,ts 1, q, y l to,,r
mother and sisters i 4
II Is a straight-out-from -tha.sbopIder
blow, albeit II. il So daintily dealt. ana