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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-12
In Delicate Health,

"How is your health?" said the caller at
the O'CLOCK tea.
VERY delicate" replied the hostess Ian
guidly. I'm kept on the strietest regi-
men," And then she leaned toward the
table and began to eat a dainty luncheon,
including ices. macaroons, pickles, straw
berries. marmalade. olives. chocolate. char
iotte russo and chowchow.-Chicago Rec
ord.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-12

decayed the head gets the more he will
earn, and at the end Of the journey he will
have a fortune"
give this mans conversation In nearly
his own words. Such Matchmaking seemed
to him perfectly legitimate. and it is
through Matchmaking schemes that large
part of the money of Korea is earned"
Fr~~'< <. ca4.4,aa~
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-12

The Romans made their wedding rings
OF iron TO express endurance.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-12

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on Friday
, 1894-08-21
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MIR.
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v@ute gta6t!"
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ibn nibt unb las eifrig in Dem Q8odenz
bIatt iDeiter, welbes ibr Gater auf ben
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3tmmer.
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ten bdlt, aber eS fbeint mir, ais iei Jest
Die 3eit 9efommcn, in lpeIdber bic Slide 3u
tan3eu %anfan9en".
, 1894-08-21

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pielsu anberen 8e5etGnuu9eu gu ~oerfoufen iuden, uHter
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Dettberibmten Quellen gerpOuuen lperbsu.
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ser Sprubclqueae inter Ger @eIttu8 Der Gtooteemeiuo;
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518c; September 51zc; 9eSember 554c. -
9ulut6 8aar, 564c; September 55&c.-
MinneapOIi5 8aur, SIC; September $3.50.
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Milwoufee; 8oar, 534c; December 555c.-
Detroit: 8oor, $3.50; September 544c.
Sofia o. 9fep port: 2439nit Co.'S; Sep
Ct. Qouis 2(lguit 534c; Geptember 53sc. -
Baltimore: Saar, 58c; Quguit 58c.
, 1894-08-21
WGrnnng.

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tparnt, BE gelu6bulihes
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f@uug Don gem0Duli6em
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, 1894-08-21
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

OFFICfAL PUBLICATION.
ANIMAL Notnmnn+ of the ROCKFORD INSUs
AHludl Ntdl6AlVHI RANCE COMPANY of Rock
ford in the State of Illinois on the 31st day OF
December, 1898: made to the Insurance Superin.
tendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law;
Capital.
Amount Of Capital Stock paid np in
, 1894-08-21

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, 1894-08-21
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Animal NtotOmont of the RELIANC INSURANCE
nhnu"l 0V@tVhiVhI COMPANY Of Philadelphia in
cember, 1893: made to the Insurance Superinten.
dent of the State Of Illinois, pursuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of Capital Stock paid up in
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the mighty deep.

the action of the mighty deep
is the vault with the bones of the pirate
kings. There is dear Don Ignace, the last
of his race indeed, to find resting
place meath the soil o. his ancestral
home. The island and Don Ignace dis
appeared together. There old Martell
still holds his vigil over tho treasure
chest-the treasure chest? All, it is
empty. Its millions are in the Golfers
of the yacht"
We reach the pier. Tho waters are
sits sobbiHg by my side, and my boy lies
sleeping OH my knees. We arc soon in
the hostelry of Don Miguel.
AT dawn of day leave my wife and
boy sleeping and visit tho pier. II is
thronged with people, all talking wild
ly, gesticulating and gazing in the di-
rectiOn from which should loom up the
a vast expansc Of old ocean meets their
gaze. The white caps are dancing mer-
rily over the island of Chanson. Only
once more do | gaze i'll that direction
and that is when, with wife and boy,
the maid and faithful Pedro and Man
uel, | stand on the deck of an ocean
steamer whose destination is New York
We wave last farewell to the locality
where once stood ChanSOn.
The treasure of the pirate kings goes
with us. Perhaps tho curse will not
arise to follow it from the bosom of the
sea.
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was at our very feet, all around us.
What is this trickling under the door
of our room? Water, water of the
ocean!
"Coreta, Coreta, our timc has come !
See, see, the carpet is covered! What $
that? What's that? A shadow in front
of the window!'
"Scnor Claudl Senior Claud!"
"Thank Godl Thank God! Faithful
Pedro and the yacht at the window
ledge"
They dash in the sash and graphic
with their hooks
Haste. haste. SenOr.
Saved, Saved! Corets, We are
saved"
We are soon i'll the yacLt-Coreta,
my boy, the maid and my dear wife
fainting in my arms. The yacht is
showed clear Of the castle walls, her
sails fill, md we are off for Coquombo
Faithful Pedro. He and Manuel We're
doing in the cabin when they were
startled by q tremendous lurching OF
the yacht. They rushed on deck to find
that she had broken the fastening that
held her to the pier and was drifting
out to sea.
"Senor Claud," said Pedro, 1.-The sea
had risen So high that the pier was
many feet below the yacht, and only
for it's breaking loose we would have
been deep down under the water.
I'VE speedily hoisted sail, when to
my amazement I saw the gray walls
of the castle in the distance with the
waves dashing against them. We had
drifted past the castle. Then l real
mainland we had drifted across the
island, past the castle and out to sea.
1 knew not if you were lost, but after a
time the sea seemed not so rough, and
l 1an.the yacht to the chamber win
dow. You know the rest. The sea in
its might has risen in a night and swal
lowed up Chanson. Poor old Chanson!
My dear old master! Juan and the lit
tie don's pony-where are they? But
look, senior, look!'
We gazed back in the direction OF
Chanson. Only the towering chimneys
and high gables of the old castle met..our
view, and even as our eyes rested upon
them they disappeared forever from
the sight of man. Higher and angrier
grew the waters. A tremendous wave
seemed almost to lift us from the bosom
of the deep and hurl us farther on.
"Chanson! Chansonl My dear old
grandfather said my dear wife. Are
you lost forever, or is it but for a
night?"
"See, Senior Claud, said Pedro, "the
lights of Coquombo.
What, Pedro? What? Coquombo?
There, Coquombo, and the coast of
Chill, and not engulfed beneath the
waves! see it all. Coreta, darling,
it was not the rising of the waters that
hid Chanson from view. Our island
home has sunk beneath the sea forever.
The waves of centuries have done their
work. The foundation gradually has
washed from beneath those huge bowl
ders that held the isle together, and it
has sunk to rest. Deep down in the
ocean lies Chanson. There the old cas-
tie, tenantless save by the fishes of the
sea, may strive to raise from its watery
bed. 1t is there forever. There is the old
armory and there yet on the walls that
vast array of weapons of other ages will
hang, never to be removed by human
agencies, bat swayed back and forth by
There
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THE END,


New stories of Sir Walter Scott are
continually cropping up, just as they
are of Abraham Lincoln, and | am
stron ely of TIE belief that many of them
have been invented since the death of
those great men.
Recently | heard the following story
of Sir Walter in Edinburgh, and my i'll
formant vOuchcd for its truth:
Sir Walter was sitting i'll his library
one day when IL tall highlander who
had been building an inn near by came
in and said:
May it please you. Sir Walter, am
going to call my place The Flodden
Inn, and as ye'vc writ poem on Flod-
wife that you might gle us line for a
motto.
Have you read the pocm!' asked
Sir Walter.
"No. sir. In ma reader
"Thcn you know nothing about it,
"Nothin, but I've hecrt them say as
knows that it $ a vera fine thing.
We'll. | would advise you to take a
verso from the poem itself"
And what III that be-
'Drink, weary traveler-lrlnk and
pray"
But my inn wull Ma be Il kirk, y
said the man. land the moro prayin
there is the less drinkin there II be, and
l IA want that.
oh, laughed Sir Walter, Il think
l can fix the verse hy leaving out one
letter, an /.
How will it be thcn?'
"Drink, weary t,avcler-drink and
pay
DO Ailsic craig, that's just the
thing!' shouted the man, and ho went
away delighted. Exchange.
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CHAPTER IL

Three months from that day we
We're married, and, oh, how happily
on our island homo passed the next five
years There our little Ignaco was
born, the joy and pride of the good
dCn's heart, and as he approached the
age of ) | could see that Don 1gnace
was failing rapidly. In fact, he had
not been to CoquombO for a year or
more, and now his steps were very fee
bic. One evening after tea, when we
were seated by the library fire, he said ,
"Claud, do not retro early tonight. l
wish to see You.
After Corcta and our boy had with
drawn he said: My son, my days are
near numbered. | shall soon be gathered
to my fathers. have pOndered long and
we'll. You and Coreta and our darling
boy are all that | have on earth. This
is Il dismal home at best, and without
the wealth that is within reach, and
which might not handle, you will not
be left as | would have you. | shall
tonight show You the treasure guarded
by old Martcll, and when | am gone,
Claud, it belongs to you, Coreta and
little Ignacc. You need feel no COM
FUNCTIONS Of conscience at making use
of it, for the once owner of each and
every article died when they fell into
the hands of the buccaneers. Who they
Were even, or what nationality, none
can tell. When | am dead and gone, l
do not desire you to remain here i'll this
isolated life. Lay me at rest by the
side of my ancestors. Secure the treas
ure and leave the island. Sometimes,
you know, you can return to Chanson-
Leave Pedro and the other servant here.
Provide for them, and when in time
they die do not leave the old homo ten
antlcss.
"Oh, Don Ignace, you will not dic!'
Hush, Claud, it is very near.
1t was midnight, and all were at rest,
even faithful Pedro, when, with two
large lanterns, we passed through a
great, unused room some 40 feet in
length and half us wide in the very CEN
ter of the castle. had never entered
it before, and when from Il big bunch
of keys the don selected a large ono
L inserted it in the lock. 1t was
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-23
CHANSON
By q. E. SCOTT.
Copyright, 1883, by American Press Assooia,
CHAPTER !.

CHAPTER !.
The death of my father occurred in
1897. at which time | was but 10 years
OF age / WAS lett with several thou
sand dollars. and ltinG utterly alone in
the world determined to travel for IL
year "r two
1t WIS on the 27th day of August,
.N,:S. that | arrived, after year 5 wan
G.riug. in the old fashioned CHILEAN
town of CoQuomlo on the Pacific coast,
aud it WAS the evening Of that day, as
-trullcd from the hOStelry of Don Miguel
lie S;iIzuc. that | met my fate.
I - standing down ON the rude
pier watching CHILEAN man-Of-war
that lay anchored off the coast and a
small sailing Yacht that was chained
Ia the pier. when | heard silvery
laugh, and elaucing around bcheld a
ray Of sunshine approaching in the form
of a Young Chilian beauty of perhaps
J.. wears Of age She had the form of
a svlJh. aud her dark. luStrOus eyes
could belong to nome Int daughter of
Chilli. She was tripping along hy the
>I,!. Of an elderly don. who WAS COntin-
ually saving:
Mt 81 fast. Corcta; rot so fast. Ny
old steps are getting feeble.
Well. grandpa, we are most there
now
An American, / do believe" con-
tIuucd the old man. Am | cOrrectE -
And he extended his hand.
Yuu are, | replied, And have /
the pleasure of meeting a fellow coun-
tryman:"
Not toy birth. " he answered. Il am
a native of Chill. but have spent the
greater part of my life in America, as
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many minutes before, with all power at
my command, l could turn it, but l sue
ceeded at last and pushed the heavy
iron door back.
Wait few moments" said the
don, until fresh air be admitted. Re-
member, half a century has passed
since foot has crossed this threshold. "
The air that we encountered at the
door was flat and dead. l pushed again
at the door till | had it wide open.
| Then we sat for 0 minutes on a bench
| in the great hall, after which we en-
| tered the room. At the don's request
l closed the door.
The pirates ar1nory," said he.
Hanging from the wall on either side
| from end to end were weapons of all
| descriptions-the old fashioned broad
sword of Great Britain, the rapier of
France, the cutlass of Morocco and In
dia, the saber of America.
"AH nations, said the don. con
| tributed to this armory.''
Stacked against the wall were mus
kets, rifles, shotguns and pixies innu-
merable. A long oaken table extended
the length of the room, with benches
| at eacn SIDE Tor seats.
1.-THE festive board and council ia
ble," said the don.
gazed in wonder at the contents of
this room. Midway of the room on one
side was an immense sideboard, on
which stood decanters without number,
also goblets and glasses. At the lower
end table and rack were filled with
short arms, pistols, dirks and knives.
All were moldy and showed evidence
of great age, and in places the straps
that had held muskets and sabers in
their positions had given way, and they
had fallen to the floor. Even as we
walked along a heavy cutlass and an
enormous breastplate fell from their po-
sition of perhaps a century and struck
the stone floor with clang that star
tied me. | glanced at them. The re-
verberation of our football had caused
tho moldy straps to part. At the end
of this large room door stood open.
We stepped to it and glanced in.
THE culinary department., said the
don. y
Huge freplaces were on either side,
and large kettles still hung on the old
fashioned cranes. Bake ovens and pots
all ranged on either side, while piled
on shelves and tables were Tin plates
and china plata. ssnnauaa HlattafR ARa
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-23
When I returned to the lonely cast]

When I returned to the lonely castle
prison it seemed to me now-I found
Coreta, my boy and Arabia, the maid,
ready, and when I told my wife that
we could not go till another day tears
came into her eyes.
"Oh, Claud, 1 feel as you do-that
we must go
"A few hours" said I, "can make
no difference. l cannot trust your lives
| to this tempestuous sea-
So Arabia brought our tea to our
room, and we retired early, as we had
slept but little for several nights, and
fatigue had had its effects. We were
soon sound asleep. How long wo had
slept [ know not, but when 1 awoke it
was with a feeling of alarm.
i What was the sound l heard? 1t was
as of the waves of the ocean dashing
with Irresistible force at my very feet.
I rushed to the window. 1t was
beautiful moonlight night. I raised
the curtain. One glance caused my
heart to stand still. The waves of
the restless sea We're dashing against
the walls of the castle, and as each
succeeding one came on it seemed to
shake the old structure to its founda-
ton. Before me was nothing but a
vast expanse of water. of hungry, dash
ing waves. Not a shrub, not a bowlder.
We were being swallowed up by the
hriny deep!
"Coreta, darling wife, we are lost!
Oh, God, my boy.'
what, Claud? Oh, Claud!'
dearest, the sea has risen in its
might. Don Ignace's vision has proved
true. We are too late!'
Her arms were around my neck.
Darling, we can die together-you
and l and our boy, our boy. O God,
must it be?'
"Quicl1, dearest, dress yourself and
Ignace too. Do not leave the room! |
will see if there be yet chance
Rushing through the hall, I called
Arabia and sent her to her mistress and
then rushed down the stairs. Before l
knew it l was waist deep in water. The
roar of the waves as they struck the
house We're deafening. could not open
the front door. 1t would have been
useless. The windows, where not pro-
tected by iron shutters, wero dashed in.
Nothing to do but to return and die by
my wife and boy. Back, up tho stairs
again l rushed, Coreta and her maid
We're knecling on the floor praying.
Darling, we are lost! No hope, no
hope!" 1 clasped my dear boy i'll my
arms. But Pedro, Manuel, Juan, where
We're they all? Doubtless gone to the
bottom of the sea with-ha, the jewels
the pirates curse. Don Ignace's ia
Their warming had come true. The jew
els We're u curse to him who touched
them. Again | rushed to the window
and glanced out. Surging, dancing
waters, higher, higher, creeping stead
lily higher. but somehow the terrible
force of the waves seemed broken. The
moon shOne calmly down. The ocean
seemed calm compared to what it had
been before we had retired, yet hero it