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LITTLE Rock, Feb. 2i-Judge Bat
tie granted anew trial to Willis Holden,
Tho was convicted of wife murder in
Clark county in February 1893, and
whose case was appealed to the SUI
preme court.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
COUN EI OFFICERS.
County 'grpMsur.r

The HEws Is authorized t, annonuca Wa,
Il -.antefer, IA candidate for County T,sM
arer, nj the next election.
vs. are authorized to aunouce Josenh
Clifton a. a candidate for nomination A. T,.S
urtr o. Mclennan county, subject 10 the action
Of tbs Democracy Of the county.
The News is authnriz ID TO anrounce " a
Hoilon, as Candidate for County rrew,n,
at the ensuing election, subject 20 the s,uou
o! the democratic party.
John NJ Common is a candidate for CONT,
Treasu er subject 10 the act on of lhe demo-
cratic party.
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Wanted For Murder.

WASHINGTON. Ia, Feb. 2l..-Abra-
ham Counterman was arrested near
here and taken to Lewistown, Ills.
where he is wanted for murder
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The House.

WAsnISGToN, Feb 81 The deadlock
is still on in the house on the Bland
seigniorage bill Roll call after roll
onll followed without aquorum and the
house forced to adjourn.
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Okiahomn SCHOOL lands.

noncr of the general land Office has
been directed to formulate new direc-
tions for the leasing of school lands in
Oklahoma
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Refused an Interview.

LONDON, Feb. 2i.-Mr. Asquith has
refused Tyndall, the hypnotist pormis.
sion to interview Mira May brick.
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81 small Is the chance of failure, with Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy, that its propretors
are willing to mako this promise: '' If we
can't cure your Catarrh, no matter how bad
your crse is, wen pay you $500 N cash"
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PHYSICIANS
DIR. BALDWIN

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CITY OFFICERS
FOR NlnyQr

We ara authorized 70 announce G. c, NcCu.
loch, the presena iicnmbsnt as a candida
for rs-eieotton to the otice o, MAYOR OF ,hedy
OF Waco at tne ensuing elsctioa, April?.
THE NRws la authorize to sunounaJf.
brin Sarhod q, ~ candidate fof w aYOr d M
ity OF Waco, at the ensuing cleo ion Aphl9
We are authorized to announce Fart Mooreu
candidate for election of the Gilice II Maya
Of the city OF Waco. u the ensuing election
April 3
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PRECINCT OFFICERS.

JN$ttCc u tnc u cdCes
TuK Nfws IL authorized to announN
". X. Davis az u Caudid Ate u. the approaching
election for Justice oftno Peace preci ctM
|, McLsnnnn comfy, subjec. TO the actoud
sn- Democratic psrsy
The NEWS is authorized To an ouucs Jss'
Fitzhugh. as candidate for Justice OF TIE
Peace Of Precinct No |. McLenuan couLtY
COnhtabie.
Charley SPARKS announces h'nself Ms cia
did,,c for constable OF precinct NJ |, McLer.
ran tounty, Texas. subject to the action Of
the Democracy OF the county.
The NEWS is authorized to announce Pui
SPARKS as candidrte for cOnstab 9, Pfaclna
NO. |, subject 10 the action OF the DemocfAn'
party.
The NEWS Is authorized to announre W. y
Briahtweii, IS Candidate for constse's y,
Precinct No. l, at the next elscii n, su'l@
the action of the Demt cratic primaries.
The NEWS l. authorz al to announce Gec'n !.
W. Crppen as candid 'te for Copt!spie y. u
Precinct No. /, McLennan county. at 10 n'h
election.
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r O>v-A large English M III b. ps!i <
color. 4 liberal reward avery ~ b. y
Information leading to his Fs'0u's'
Blair.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.

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Cash must accompany the order excep' "'''
ordered bv regular advertiser.
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LADIES III. hsVT Have Tried it end p r s'.I'
utUELN for informstlon. Mr. S-sY
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only char. q Won ten cents
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proach the pool while the parents were
there, ceased whistling and waited till
the parents should disappear. Though
l was in an agony of drowsiness, con-
! trived to keep myself awake and at
length had the satisfaction of seeing
them, one after the other, dive through
the cleft. Then l wound the wire strong
ly round the whole length of the tether,
and also very close and firm round the
loop which encircled his neck. My lie,
l felt, depended on the excellence of my
workmanship, and did not spare pains.
Then l returned to my fire, and after
having covered up the burning Cmbers
deep in ashes lay down and in an in
slant was fast asleep. l slept profound
ly, without dream even at the moment
of waking. When l awokc, l thought
was in my own bed at home; but, alas,
the touch of the dry seaweed quickly
oanished that thought. Very cautiously
and gradually, and whistlihg low all
the time. revived the fire. When the
light was sufficient, could see the par
ents lying beside their offspring and per-
fectly motionless. Then, too, | gladly
perceived fish. [ contrived gradually
to edge my way toward them, whistling
all the time. Though they made slight
motions of alarms, they did not flap off
till had come within half dozen yards
"a. them. l found near the little seal a
white trout and young pollock, injur-
ed only by the marks of teeth. and after
petting and making much of my little
friend, who testified his pleasure at see
ing me with many cries and awkward
little jumps, returned to my fire and
cooked my breakfast. OF course had
determined TO make an exploration of
the whole cavern. but did not dare to
do so until l had first established per-
fectly friendly relations with the crea-
lures upon whose presence my life de-
pended. | perceived, too. that, owing
to the intelligence and | might almost
say humanity of these amiable and i'll
teresting animals this, though difficult,
was only a work of time. l may add
that l now began to regulate my life
according to the time of day and right
and to keep myself related with the up
per world by going to sleep at ahont 10
o'clock. No one who has not known
such solitude as mine can be aware how
much society there is in a watch and
its friendly, scarce audible ticking.
The whole of that day, with the eXcep-
ton Of the time that l spent taking ex-
ercise in the vicinity of Curry's Win
dow and in the genial light of day. de
voted myself to making friendly ad-
vances to the s,als. 1t was slower work
than had expected, bat at the end OF
the fifth day they allowed me to touch
them and stroke down their smooth polls
just as 1 would dog. Next day, as
approached them still very cautiously,
they uttered cries of joy and affection,
and 10y the evening our relations We're
satisfactory in every respect. That day,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-08
CHAPTER XVIII.

IhlIlI-h E+[AI Luna lIC-'~'
Like Robinson CrusOe. of whom Of
ten thought. l kept an almanac. One of
the largest and smoothest powders was
used by me for this purpose. Like him,
l made a stroke for each day-a long
stroke for Sunday-and at the beginning
of each month wrote its name, all, of
course, with the point of my knife.
After l had accustomed the seals to my
presence, though before l had taught
them to bring me fish, began to explore
the remainder of the cavern and in the
same way as had explored it from the
window to the seal pool-by lighting
a series of fires. A little beyond the
pool found that the cavern forked, one
gallery, which was the smaller, termi-
mating in another pool of unknown
depth tried, but could not sound it
in which the tide rose and felI-a terri
BILE and mournful place, which, after that
sounding. or trying to sound, / never
afterward visited. The other gallery
was of huge extent and ran far inland.
When 1 first penetrated this gallery, l
noticed at one point that the air seemed
to be fresher than elsewhere and could
perceive a slight motion in the flame of
my torch. This, of course, was evidence
that somewhere here there was commu-
nication with the outer world. Though
l scanned eagerly the roof of the cavern,
l could perceive there no welcome slit
of sky. Nevertheless / felt sure that
way to the outer world existed at this
point, though probably so winding as
not to permit the access of light. Then,
as recalled the physical character of
that outer world under which l was
entombed, l remembered a cleft opening
into a deep and horrible abyss which
had always possessed fascination for
myself and my younger brothers. 1t
was called the Devils Parlor," and
many times we rolled down stones here
and listened with awestruck delight to
their clashing and rafting as they went
down into subterranean depths. l
used to maintain that it was bottomless
and penetrated into the center of the
earth, because l never could hear the
final clash which told that the stone
was at rest below. Then / seal ched
around, and here, sure enough, did find
a variety of stones, cast down no doubt
by the hands of many boys at many
times. Also found many bones of an
imals, goats and sheep, which from
Ai-ae to time during past centuries had
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-08

fallen thither while they g1azed care
lessly on the edges of the abyss or had
been driven into it by dogs OF wolves.
eff only one such would fall in here
now,' thought to myself ruefully as
my imagination drew pleasing pictures
of roast meat. In truth, I was becom-
ing heartily tired of my fish diet, which
was beginning to affect my health and
still more noticeably my strength. l
blazed my way to the end of this gal
lery, the extreme limit of my gloomy
kingdom. Here l made singular dis
covery. Against the black wall of the
cave there stood on end a great white
bowlder, lozenge shaped-that is to say,
somewhat fiat and oblong. Examining
this, discovered upon it not only va
riety of circles, but curious engraving,
something like bent bow with straight
strokes upon it on the concave side. l
noticed, too, upon the edges variety
of scOrings which travelled around to
the side of the slab, which was hidden
from view. Feeling all around with
my hand, | came to one point where l
could pass it between the slab and the
rock There was hollow space behind,
how large L could not tell, but app0r-
Gully considerable. As it was evident
that this slab had been set up here by
men s hands and in order to block ac-
cess to the cavity behind, at once con-
cluded that this we'll protected pocket
was n treasure chamber or perhaps a
tomb. threw i'll some lighted timber,
and hinging more upon the top OF it and
making blaze 1 applied my eye to the
cavity. l saw an earthen crock about
the size of large floweTpOt, filled with
something which l could not distin-
guish but did notice, both there and
elsewhere what looked like metal of
some kind. Owing to the smoke, which
rapidly gathered there, saw nothing
distinctly and after a moment or two.
owing to the same cause, saw nothing
at all. This, / said, lis surely old
Curry the smuggler's treasure cham
Der. If ever get alive out of this den.
1 will come back with my brother Ned.
Together we will blast away this bowl
der or Contrive in some other way to
rifle the old villains treasures.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-08
CHAPTER XVII

When l returned with the seaweed
which was to be my bed, 1 saw in the
faint light cast from my fire two large
objects beside the little seal. They were
the parents. There was one on each side
IF the yuung~ter. lowering and raising
their heads toward him, while he was
Tapping vigorously and uttering little
cries of joy. 1t was pretty scene, and
| feared to disturb it. l had often heard,
though had not myself noticed it, that
these animals are very susceptible to
music and will for miles follow ship
in which musical instrument is being
played. Accordingly began to whistle
in low tone plaintive air. The mo-
ment | began, however, the elder ami
mails took the alarm. tapped away down
the sloping rock, tumbled into the wa
ter and disappeared, not, however, be-
fore one of them had attempted to carry
off the youngster in its jaws, just as a
bitch would puppy. Seals, l may OBJ
serve. give suck to their young just as
animals do. My little friend had got
beyond this stage and was beginning to
eat on its own account.
Now that the parents were alarmed
for the sake of their offspring, l knew
that they would not go far. bright
ened my fire so as to illuminate some
what the whole pool, lay down beside
it upon my weedy couch and continued
TO whistle. Presently, In a distant part
of il, close beside a dark rift or aper-
ture in the rock, 1 saw four round eyes
apparently watching me and perfectly
motionless. 1 continued whistling so
at intervals for more than two hours,
hardly making any perceptible motion,
during which time the animals had so
far dismissed their fear that could see
them swimming about the pool and
sometimes coming to the edge and rest
ing there. was particularly anxious
to make friends with these animals, for
| feared that in their alarm they might
desert the youngster, who was almost of
an age and size to shift for himself, and
who, / knew, might gnaw through his
tether at any time and make away, or
his parents might cut it for him. Ac-
cordingly [ now resolved to make the
tether as strong as 1 could. This, for
tunately, 1 could do. The "nostle" of
my line-viz, the part between the line
proper and the hook-was of wire, and
in my flybOok, which contained many
sundries, ! had good roll of the same
Particle. As 1 feared, however, to ap-
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CHAPTER KIN.

ANOTHER ATlI PTED ESCALADE.
After had thoroughly explored the
whole cavern and perceived that DO 9TH
er outlet of an available character eX-
listed, commenced to draw every NOV
able article which | could discover to
Curry's Window-stonCs, gravel, de-
bris of all kinds, bones, etc. l knew
that the supply was utterly inadequate
to enable me to mount to the aperture,
but would make the attempt neTerthe-
less. OF course it failed, but a certain
portion of the incline was thus made
ascendable, and this was something. The
storms of the approaching winter might
fling in sufficient driftwood, boards and
even beams big enough to enable me to
construct a ladder. This idea of a lad
der was present in my mind almost from
the moment that l entered my prison.
The extreme brittleness of the timber,
among which there was hardly a solid
bit had prevented me from making the
attempt before. l now determined to
utilize the skeletons of the sheep and
goats for the purpose and unwind the
tether of the young seal to supply fas-
tening material, keeping only the wire
for tether. On the day after l discOv-
cred those bones | set to work. Many
of them We're too brittle to be of any
use; some were sound: others. though
too brittle or too small to be separately
of sufficient strength to bear my weight,
/ bound together. Some of the freSher
driftwOod l treated in the same man.
ner. Though | knew that | had neither
material enough nor tWinc enough, | Ia
bored on. With every round made l
was coming nearer to my deliverancc.
Yet believe my fishing rod could sup
ply more material for the latter than all
the rest put together. Seeing that even
by cutting up the latter my ladder
would not be near long enough, l for
bore to destroy the rod, knowing that l
could do it at any time. 1t was we'll
that l refrained, though l have not had
occasion to mention the fact yet. Short
ly after my Imprisonment | was aware
that pigeons of the slate ColOred varic-
ty, common along this coast, We're III
the habit of rOOSting somewhere in this
cave. In the dusk of the evening | had
often seen them us they Whirred through
the window and disappeared into the
interior dan knesS. While l was engaged
in tanning the seals l had made IL close
exploration of the cavern, with the hope
of finding their roost, and at last discov-
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all seeking expression in a harmless


all seeking expression in harmless
way.
AS Halloween approached, these boys
tried to think of some way by which
they could surprise and delight the po-
lice. Boys love to interest the police
everywhere, think, and it is very sad
to know that in many instances the po-
lice are not only cold toward the boys,
but in some cases even repulsive.
The boys finally went to a barber
about 10 o'clock, as he was closing up
the shop, and asked him what he would
take for his barber pole sign. He
thought minute and then said $25.
"All right, said the boys, write
out receipt"
Then with the pole and the receipt
they started out over town. OF course
they were arrested. IN tache you
young divils to go putin barber poles
in the cimitery over the graves of the
pilgrim fathers and sidebare booggies
on top the matin house! Come on wild
mel" said an American policeman. So
they went with him, carrying the pole
and singing joyfully little song called
"Daisy Bell" They produced their
receipt at the station, gave the Irish
man the great, big, coarse laugh and
started out once more to land another
policeman. All night they harvested
the police and in the morning sold the
pole back for $40. When the police
read this, they will know that the Unit
ed States and Great Britain have been
let into the secret ON the promise not
to let it go any further.
am pleased to notice that her most
gracious majesty Queen Victoria, en-
press of India by the grace of God and
political influence, is discussing the
question of whether propinquity or
cool, sober judgment brings about the
most marriages in the world
Though rather late in the day, l have
been asked by correspondent recently
to place myself ON record ON this ques
ton, and l rise to remark that it is
rather hefty question especially to
a man who is not quite sure what pro
pinquity means.
However, if propinquity be sort of
juxtaposition. L would say that it no
doubt has good deal to do with many
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cred IT, Standing perfectly still in diff
ferent parts of the cave and listening
intently, could at one point hear them
making little sleepy noises. but at such
a height above me that, though kim
died a considerable fire here, 1 could not
see them. Now, however, shortly after
that exploration of the long gallery, I
heard similar noises at a different point
and seemingly proceeding from q spot
much nearer to the floor of the cavern
Here, with the aid of a torch, l could
see some half dozen of them upon ledge,
all very close together. Next day I
fastened a large Gunner hook to the ex-
treInity of my fishing rod and leaned the
rod against the ledge upon which they
roasted. l then lit fire, such as would
throw faint light upon the ledge, and
lay down close to the rod. Duly the
pigeons arrived and took up their night
quarters. They looked at first little
surprised, and kept peering about with
their little, bright round eyes, but pres
emily clustered close together, as their
custom was, and seemed to fall asleep
Indeed they were by this time pretty
we'll used to the fires and lights of the
cavern. Cautiously grasping the rod
with one end and bringing the point of
the hook over the back of one of the
sleepers, drew the rod down quickly,
yet gently. l had the satisfaction of
knowing that my prey was secured. My
fear, of course, was that he might be
mortally injured; but, as it turned out,
he was not. I had not the least inten-
tion of turning him into food. My in
tention was to utilize him as a messen-
ger. l now cut off the corner of my
pocket handkerchief, the corner which
bore my initials, fastened it tightly
round his leg and let him go, nor did l
ever see him afterward. was afraid
that the remainder would not again use
this roost, but few nights afterward
two of them settled down here, while l,
as usual, lay in wait below. struck
down and secured one of them in the
manner that have already described.
To the leg of this pi geon l tied my ring.
It was one which if the bird were shot
or taken would be at once identified as
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mine by any member of our faln,.y, lol
on the inside it was engraved with a
Latin inscription. 1t had been given to
me by greataunt a few years before.
1 afterward captured third and to him
fastened o; gold shirt stud of peculiar
pattern; which l felt sure my brother
Ned at least, who often examined it GU
riousIy, would at once identify as lnine
After this third capture l could effect
40 more for a long time. The birds
were quite frightened away fl ON that
perch. Finally, not long before my
brother Edward made his way to me, l
caught a fourth. Round the leg of this
messenger l wrapped tightly a piece of
my handkerchief, on which l had in
scribed with blood characters a state
ment of my whereabouts.
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TOBACCO.
NaterburyFire Alarm
LOCATION OLE RONES-
LOCATION OF BOXES.


The following are the Fire Alarm Signals
lutIer the new system:
IA r 'ger~ 4 Bro
Is CIR East Main and Niagara streets.
- Cor E.s, Main and Wolcott rad.
IS Cor High and Walnut streets.
Is Cor East Main and Cherry streets.
II Ger East Main and Gle streets
IL CIR y nth Elm ami kingShury streets
- CT North EIn. North Main and Grove
>trpy-r--
- Waterbury ManGracturing cumpany.'
- Cor y nh Main and North streets.
IS CT Buckingham and c. Ike streets,
- Cor Cr..vr and Prospect streets
- CT Hillside avenue and Pine street
.s C,-r Johnson AMI Wateryille streets.
IL Thu Tia,- B--- 4 c.
q. Wa-..rs.s-e DIX c"mTany movemen,
m.ut tact. ~
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She was very cultured and fashion
able young lady. albeit she was only
years old, and she was u resident of New
York. A gentleman calling on her par
ents had an opportunity to have brief
tete-a-tete with her.
II presume" he said. that when you
grow up you will marry, as all little girls
do?'
NO." she replied languidly. mo, 1
hardly think shall"
Indeed! That will be so disappoint-
ing"
Possibly it may be to mamma and to
the young gentleman, but not to me. l
fancy" and she lolled back in her chair
quite tired to death, don't you know
Detroit Free Press.
Idle Dreams.
Do you ever dream of a moth called June,
With roses that swing from the arbor vine,
Where the night birds sing TO the golden moon
And the peppers" echo the watch dogs
whine?
IT'S sweet to think of the odors soft
And the tree top melodies long and low,
And the feathery clouds that are poised aloft,
Ere we get down to business and shovel snow.