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sides had promised the woman I would
not. While hesitating what to do or say
the same power probably that brought me
there came to my rescue, and seemed to
feel that was justified In promising that
before week all money due would be
paid, the woman relieved Of the child and
reward ~ we'll given to her for saving
1t from deaeh.
found my Wsy back to the station
troubled and porpleIed. I thought II l
could only trace the mother Of the child
was certain to touch her heart with my
story, but had not the fRintest clew to 90
by. The woman had been unable to give
me any information. She had merely re-
ceived the child from . nurse and through
her had received hor yoArly allowance; but,
alas this woman had died or disappeared
In the last two years. Afraid to trust to
my instinct, which told ne that within .
week all w0uld bs right, I found myself
growing moro and rnoBo anxious as day
after day paAsod and 90 no nearer the
solutioa Of my difficulty.
At last I daeaRmined 10 try somo OF
those good hsaated woman who support
large institutions for children and found
lings. AlAA, found the truth of my
story Sansraliy doabtad. Some even In
simulated that probably know moro about
the child than oased to SAy, and at last
Saturday came without any good having
bean done. WesCy and disappointed. was
trying 10 rod the hAnd Of the Last Of my
consultants whsn Aotiosd what l felt
certain had seca on some hand before-
o peculiar knottsA hus vain that stood
out clear and distinot at the base of the
little f1nser. tEiod TO rscolleot whare I
had seen It, but had bosn 50 bury and
my brain was % tired that ] could not re-
member, Az lAsa, whsn I had finished
the reading, asked II there was any ques-
tion relating to her LIE that abe would like
to ask. -
Yes" she said, there is one, and to
me II is the most important Of all"
looked up surprised She was wom-
an littlo over 80, dressed In widows
weeds--a handsome woman In the very
primo Of life Yes" abe won't on, "you
were right when you said that had q
child whom 10 l IwsS not married then,
and my child was taken away from me in
order to save my name. A yess later a
marriage was arranged by my father to-a
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BY the common law, up to the date OF
Henry II, one-third Of mans goods went
to mis- heirs or lineal descendants, one third
to his wife, and only the other third was at
his own disposal.
The Roman law required a true aud sur.
ficient reason to be assigned for disinherit-
ing children, or else that some legacy, how.
ever small, should testify that the deceased
had not forgotten the existence Of his child.
This is the origin Of the popular error that
it ia necessary to disnherit an heir by "cut-
ting him Of with shilling" As matter
Of fact, n nan in England may now dispose
Of the whole Of his goods and chattels as
he thinks fit, and the judges will even al
low considerable room for ecccntricity,
should the will be disputed as showing ev-
idence that the testator must have been OF
unsound mind. According to DR.. Forbes
WinSlow, there Is record Of the fantastic
will Of IN admitted lunatic being literally
carried out,-All the Year Round
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possiblel But soon proved that suoh WAS
indeed the case The little girl did not
know even tho simplest vord In the Eng
lish lAnSuASe, not even that psalm of child
hoods days, the word mamma. She
could articulAte sounds similar to those Of
animals. A peculiar ory seemed to be her
fayorlte expression, but words she had
none. was too borrined to read more.
Putting down the little hands, quietly
but firInly dsmAnd0d Of the woman the
full history Of the child. Seized with su-
perstltious fear haP face white Us death,
she closed the door to prevent the man
haired mite playing near her feet she-for,
suppose, the first time in her life-told
the truth.
The story was to the effect that in her
early days she had kept baby farm in
the southwest diGtrict Of London. She had
been twice Imprisoned for the suspicious
deaths Of infants In her care, and at last,
when about to 3ive up the business alto
gether, she received AL offer from wom-
an to take charge OF child. A fair annu-
al sum was Rlso promined If she would
guarantee that the baby would be taken
to some place away hom London. The
woman consented, and for IA years had
lived In that little hut In company with
the man / saw, one Of the most notorious
poachers In the country. She had never
had any children Of her own, and she had
no sympathy with children. The poacher
also detested the sight Of one. Conse-
ha 20 nt fnnt ,,1
lived almost tho whole Of its life in that
garret. 1t was cared for and treated as
one would treat al animal. The only Ian
guage the child had learned was cries Of
fear; the only knowledge she received was
the light and darkness Of the day and
night.
But why had I been sent for9 Simply
because of strange dream that the wom-
an had had, combined with her supersti-
tion The money for the little ones sup
port had ceased for two years. The man
had at last determined to kill the child
and bury the body in the wood The wom-
an, with all the crimes she had committed,
for some roason would not consent. She
explained that there was something un-
canny about the child; that she dared not
allow it to be killed; that she had an idea
that the little thing could not live long,
for one night she dreamed that in the lit
tie hand some one showed her that 1t
would die naturally in few months, and
that finally, having made a lot of money
during the last week Il suspect through
some large robbery in the neighborhood),
she had determined to send for me-
Such was the story, and had good rca-
son to believe 1t true lfelt that had been
sent there to get that child from their
clutches. The woman would be quite
willing that should take the little one
away, but the man, felt sure, would see 1t
dead before letting 1t 80 without the pay
ment Of tho money that was due. If
went to the police, might spoil 1t all Be
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tual people, yet the line of head showed
an utter want Of mental development
Looking up at the woman, said sharp
ly, is 1t possible that you have kept the
child all these years from education Of
any kindF The expression Of fear on her
face told me the power I had already gain
cd over hor, and which I determined to
use later for the benefit Of the child. After
making half dozen contradictory eI-
cuses the woman at last admitted that
the child had had no training Of any kind,
and, Furthermore, was SO seldom spoken
to that she had not even learned the pow
or of speech. Ny God, I thought, is it
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man barely knew, and with him went
to reside In one Of the British settlements
in South Africa After the death Of my
husband returned to England, and aftor
IA years have learned that the child that
was led to believe had died is still alive,
and up to two years ago was supported by
money sent by my father for the childs
care. My father died suddenly Of heart
disease and can get no Que or trace Of
my little one. Look at my hand again,
and for Gods sake tell me If may still
hope on"
Like flash of light. l remembered that
that knotted blue vein was also in the
hand of the child. Such things run In
families for generations. The story Tailed
with what I knew. Why say more9 AT
the last moment I had found the mother
of the poor little Waif.
CHEIRo THE PALMIsT.
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you killed today had never done US any
harm, only taking q goat or dog once in
awhile, and we thought him a good tiger
until today, when he seized the daughter
Of Sung Tsao. We had bitter experience
in this village once which shows the truth
of what say. Our village had been guard
ed for many years by good tiger. He
gave warning Of his first visit by stopping
outside the village and roaring to give us
time to get to our homes and out Of the
way. Then he came in leisurely, looked
around, and Seizing goat made off. We
knew at once he was good tiger and did
not attempt to drive him away. Once or
twice week he would come and get a goat
or dog, always roaring before he came
and after he had gone. He generally came
in the daytime, while bad tigers usually
come at night.
One night we heard our good tiger
roaring fearfully outside the village, but
he would not come in, staying outside and
roaring fearfully. We knew that some
thing was wrong, and we went outside
and listened We heard the rushing Of a
fearful flood in the river, and we had
barely time to escape into the hills before
the food came and washed the village
away. Then we knew that our good tiger
had come to warn us and recognized that
he held the soul Of great philanthropist
who had died only few days before the
tiger made his first appearance. This
was not the only instance Of the good
tigers watchful care. There were many
rebuilt, and we were very glad to give
him the few goats and dogs he took.
"'The next autumn we missed the tiger,
and we heard nothing Of him for two
weeks Then some of the villagers who
had started on journey through the
mountain pass you can see yonder came
back with the news that the tiger was in
the pass roaring night and day, and that
he had driven them back and would not
let them go through. We believed there
was some good reason for this, SO we drove
some goats up into the pass SO that the IT,
ger might have something to eat and then
waited bis return. 1t was over two months
before the tiger left the pass and returned
TO his hRunta near the village, and not till
then did We learn his purpose in staying
SO long In the psas The cholera had boon
raging In the next valley, and our tiger
had gone To the pass to keep the cholera
demon from coming into our village and
to keep our villagers from going into the
other valley and catching tho disease, You
will now understand our grief and sorrow
when party Of brutal EngliShmsn csmo
into our vallay and killed our good tiger,
who had kaYed our nYeG 70 many times. "
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FIGHT WITH p DEVlLFISH.
Five Fishermen Have Desperate Struggle
With n Giant Octopus.

Five Fishermen Have Desperate Struggle
With a Giant Octopus.
A party of five fishermen recently had q
desperate struggle with u giant octopus in
the Pacific ocean, off Point Reyes. They
finally succeeded in killing the monster
and carried it to San Francisco, where
Captain Collins told the following story to
an Examiner reporter: AT daylight on
Wednesday morning we commenced to
take up our lines as usual. Several hooks
were brought up, but with no success, and
we began to get discouraged when there
came a violent tug at the line, and hugo
arm of the monster flashed violently out
of the water and landed across the gun
vale of the boat. In an instant 1t fas-
tened with Its tenacious suckers, while the
water about the boat was laShed into
foam and the sea seemed to be alive with
the flsh's snRkelike feelers. One Of tho
men grasped an oar to dislodge the arm,
but before he could reach it the body Of
the monster rose beside the boat and only
few feet away from me.
IAN octopus can be killed almost In
Etantly II it can be stabbed just below the
eye, even II the weapon be only the small
blade of pocketknifc, said the captain,
land when the fellow rose 50 close to me
and presented such q good opportunity for
the deathblow reached for u boathook,
the handiest weapon, and made a lunge
for the vital spot. AS / did so the boat
careened violently, and instead of dis
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Following the Rule.

"You say you love me, Edward, but do
you mean itF'
II be had been getting twelve dollars q
week and was at the ribbon counter instead
of the remnant he could not have looked
more proudly noble.
~ have never said those sacrsd words yet
to a womsn's ears that | did not mean
them, and do you SuppoAe, darling, the
eternity Of love | offered'sthers now re-
fuse to youW-PhilRdelphia Times.
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READ IT IN HER HAND.
How Cheiro the Palmist Solved a
Lies Secret.
THE RESTORATION OF A WAIF.

An Odd Adventure Near London and Its
Surprising sequel-A Mystery Solved and
aTrSsedy Averted by the Blue Veins of
Two Hands.
Copyright, 1894 by American Press Associa-
tion.l
One morning received the following
etter, written on cheap paper, In scratchy,
bad handwriting:
DEAR Sm-WhAt would you charge to come
lown to this place, about 20 miles from Lon
Ion, and read the hand Of young girl2 Please
eply to X, care Of postofflce, Waltham Cross.
Respectfully yours, X.
Ny first thought was, "Oh, people Of
)his class will never pay my price, " but to
my surprise, In answer to my secretary s
letter, back came another scratchy note
agreeing to my terms and arranging the
following Sunday for my visit,
Sunday came, bright, springlike day
1t the end Of March, 1898. l caught my
train at Broad street and started to solve
what even then thought mystery. The
letter had evidently been written by an
elderly person, and could not quite rec
Dncile the idea Of people uneducated and
probably poor paying such sum of money
TO have child's hand read, even If she
was an invalid and was unable to come to
town. They were also suspicious. They
had not given name or address. My sole
directions were to get out at Waltham
Gross, and under the clock In the waiting
room would find man ready to lead me
10 my destination.
Alighting at Waltham Gross, found
my way to the waiting room, and, sure
enough, under the clock there was man
Rnxiously looking out for some one to ar
rive. Stepping up to him, said; Ny name
is Cheiro. You are waiting for me, are
you. ~ Looking mo over from head to
foot, no slowly answered, "Yes, I've been
waiting for you" Leaving the station,
we turned toward the town. I naturally
asked how far we had to walk and re-
ceived the vague reply that we would go a
short way by the fields, and without any
plore explanation he turned down path
that led across the country at almost right
angles to the town. A walk Of 10 minutes
brought us again to the road, and crossing
1t we entered one Of those old fashioned
private lanes that are to be found in SO
many parts of England.
We came at last to the beautiful country
scat Of Sir Henry and Lady Meux, and
insisted on stopping to admire the old arch
Of Temple Bar, which had been cartcd
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NsteoroloPicaI liam.

A German colonel who had spite at the
major Of his regiment took occasion to re-
buke the major severely for some triding
oversight of duty. The major replied in
the same strain, whereupon the colonel
said:
"Sir. you will bring down thunderbolt
upon your head"
The major held up hissword and replied;
Fetch on your thunderbolt Here in my
hand is "a lightning rod that will protect me
from your thunderbolt. "-Texas Siftings.
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GeA hsasL Brsnd
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Hyde PRrk-CArsoa ! Davis Washburn st.
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avenue, Superlativs Brand.
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Peckvins-Shaksr D k'iSsr Superlative.
JermyD-C, y. Winters h Go, Superalative.
Arehbala-Jonss Simpson 4 Co. Gold Medal
Carbondale-B. g. Clark, Gold Medal Brand.
Honesdale n Foster u Co. Gold Medal.
Minooka-M 81. Lavelle
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A Good Reason.

Te0cher-What gender is 'cartP"
Little Boy-Please, do you mean an ash
cartf
Teacher--Yes any kind of q cart.
Boy-Well, guess an ash cart must DO
Of the female gender, cause saw hustle
hanging on behind one today. .-Harpers
Bazaar. ,
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Sanso-They say that poets are an un-
busineSslike set of men, but deny that
know one who is very shrewd
Rodd-Indeedl
Sanso-Yes. He never goes to submit a
poem to an editor without first investing
In an accident insurance policy. .-Harper's
Bazaar
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The grave Of Brigham Young is covered
by a plain and inconspicuous slab Of gran
ita. !. lies In an inclosed city lot In Salt
Lake City, surrounded by low iron fence.
A few OF the prophets wives lie buried
near by.
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=, :.
Mothers \
\ Look !
Has your Baby any of
these symptoms &?

Are its cheeks wan and pale?
Is it losing weight?
Is it puny and feeble?
Does its flesh lack frmness
Is it fretful and peevish 7
Does it sleep too much?
Does it pass its food undigested?
Is 1t not doing we'll?
Does it throw up its food?
Is it backward in teething?
Is it recovering from illness?
In all these conditions
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Taylor-Judge q Co, Gold Medal; Athertop
Co., supsratiYA
puryea-Lawrenss Atere Co. Gold Medal
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pittston-A W. o'B0yle, Goln Medal.
Siark,s Green-Frsae s. Parker, superlative
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NishSlssn-J, J. Harding.
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Tobyhanpa-TSbyhannR u LehiEh Lumbsr
Co, Gold Medal Brand.
Gouldsboro-S A. Adams, Gold Medal Bran d
Moscow-Gaige Clements Gold Medal.
Lake Ariel-James A. Bortree, Gold Medal .
Forest City,, L. Morgan 8 Co, Gold M eds
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RurinR up MuaIc.

WOOL wish you would lend me some
money to buy a violin; I've found one that
must have.
Van Pelt- Who owns III
Wool-The man who lives in the Hat
above me. -Harper's Bazaar,
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SUPERLATIYE AND GOLD MEDAL

The above any the following
hundred
Of -four or 80 on each barrel of -four
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T. II. EDMUEDsoN. dent your medicines
sdVed my ne, and hope all sufferers FROM
kidney and blood diseases will try your vslu-
able medicine.
TIL. EDMUNDS0N, PostnAEter, :.
Home, hdrshdll Co., Kans.
The muscular system, the Heart Stomach,
Liver and kidneys, all do their work with CON-
shlnt difhculty for every weary, tain or thih-
blooded person. Fatig9s com@ essriy ss, S1-
tive aid 10 ahead Of the supply, and poisonous
materials accumulate. This 10 the reason pale
people are always tirsd. Certain It is that DR.:
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures and
builds up Just such sufferers. Tothc weak ana
the nervous Pierce guarantees A CURE.
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TIE PoarMasrER's LETTER.

DR.. Z. V. PIERCE:
Dear SE / had bean
an invalid for nine
teen years aud had all
the doctors In our
country prescribe fer
, me, but they could not
] cay Just what allied me-
\ When, l wrote you CIV
4 ing the history and
symptoms, you diagnos-
| ed my csaS ~ dissaso Of
the blood and kidneys,
and advised mo to try
your Golden Medical
Discovery" and Pei
let's" and l feol coma
dent your medicines
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An Odd Adventure Near London and Its
Surprising Sequel-A Mystery Solved and
Tragedy Averted by tho Blue Veins of
Two Hands.
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SANTA MONICA.

Wharf Bond Election-North Beach.
Notes.
SANTA MONICA, Feb 8.-The offer of President
Coils p. Huntington to the United States, re-
Gently reported in the HERALD, has caused his
many friends at Santa Monica to take renewed
faith in the accomplishment of the result OF
having the government breakwater here.
WHARF ELECTION.
The committee of the board to whom was
referred the matter of calling an informal
election to feel the public pulse on the ques-
ton OF bonding the town for the purpose OF
building pleasure wharf, have designated
voter will assemble in his might and decide
the question, the engine house pelng deslg-
mated as the polling house, and the house Will
be open from 80 a. IN. to p. m. What the
result will be, time can alone tell, there being
many advocates pro and con.
NORTH BEACH.
North beach presents an animated scene
these days with the gang OF men contractor
Leonard has at work in the masonry construc-
ton of the new bath house. which is now I'M
der way for the North Beach Bath House com
pany.
the ones used and is experimenting the con
struction, is the right man in the right place.
Contractor II. Goetz, who has the carpenter
ing and other contracts, is also an extremely
busy man looking after the necessary prelim-
inaries for his part of the work.
J. E. Durham shipped today 5000 sacks OF
barley to o New York brewing syndicate. This
is the first shipment of barley from this section
to the extreme east, and as barley for brewing
purposes must be OF the very best quality it is
a feather in the Vicente ranches hat.
The Episcopalians and their friends gave a
social Tuesday evening, which enabled the
truly good to enjoy the last moment of time
prior to Lent setting in, when all good church
men and women must put on their pious gar
ments for at least 40 days.
At the Catholic churchathere will be services
at z 80 p. m. on Wednesday and Friday OF each
week and on Sunday.
At the Episcopalian church there will be- in
addition to the regular churchly bill of fare,
evening services every Wednesday at 730, and
Litany at p m. every Friday. The services
for Holy week will be announced later on.
The rest of the poor mortals who belong to
other faiths will undoubtedly go on just as
they used to do.
A. P. Maginis, right of way man for the
Southern California railway, spent yesterday
at Santa Monica on business for the railroad
company.