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a day 20 come 10 him, and clasping her
closely in his arms. as IL he feared she
might again be taken from him, would
weep like child and mutter praises
and thanks TO Heaven for her deliver
ancc from death. The old mans heart
was filed with Joy immeasurable, and
the light of love was never before so
bright as now as he gazed upon her
lovely face.
The day following her return he
called her into his business Office and
said:
Sunshine, that young scapegrace
saved you from God only knows what
fate, and must reward him. want
you to tell me all you know of him
from your first meeting to the present
time"
Papa, dear, may not give it TO You
in writing?" she asked, slight fiusL
suffusing her face.
"Yes, daughter. that's military.
Make a full report to me in writing
and place it in my hands at the earli-
est possible moment Give your old
bear of a father a kiss and get to work
on your official report at once, dear"
She kissed him once, twice, thrice,
and ran away to her room. Her pen
flew over the paper with great rapidity
as she fully, freely wrote down every
detail of her relations with the pri-
vate soldier from their first meeting
until the present moment. She told of
his enlistment, being ignorant of the
fact that the colonel had gotten full
report of that from Private Lannan,
told of their many meetings, OF mutual
love and of her urgent appeal TO Brown
to go to her father and tell him all,
and ask his sanction to their engage
ment. Nothing was withheld, and
when the statement was completed
she took it to her fathers office, laid it
on the desk before him, kissed him pas
sionately and ran away to her room,
her young heart throbbing with anx-
iety.
That afternoon he sent for her, and
when she came in he softly said
Sunshine, l have just written a
detailed report of your capture
and rescue to the secretary of
war at Washington, and, of course,
fully advised him of that young
profligate's action in the matter.
have made certain recommendations
regarding him, which ! trust will be
considered favorably. My orderly is
away on an errand, and thought yor
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BARRACKS CHATTER.

APPLICANTS for enlistment in the
United States army are subjected to a
rigid examination, and only about one
in twenty-five is accepted.
THE mother of Vauban, the French
military engineer, was very sklllful in
mathematics, and gave her son a taste
for the same line of studies.
Boo. the exclamation used to fright
sn children, is corruption of Bah, the
name of famous Gothic general. 1t
has been used as a terror word for cen
turies.
OUR government has had fourteen
great Indian wars, which are estimated
to have cost it not less than $3.50, ,000,-
900, and as much more in private loss
was sustained by individuals.
Two sergeants of the Halifax garri-
sou have just been arrested in London
for desertion. They say they went on
board a steamer to see a friend off,
fell asleep, and were out at sea before
they woke.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends TO personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The ihany, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by nor, promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup OF Figs is for Gale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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PERSONAL PARTICULARS.

LEWIS LoSe, OF Lyon county, KY.
has been kept poor because Of the
number Of little shoes he has had to
buy. He Is the father of twenty-eight
children, and has had five wives.
PAUL GEE, OF Lamar, Mo-, is a coll
ored man eighty-fve years of age, who
has thirty-eight children distributed
over Virginia and Missouri.
EDIsoS's great-grandfather lived to
the ago of one hundred and two. His
grandfather died at one hundred and
three, and one of his aunts at one hun
dred and eight, while his own father Is
still alive at ninety.
ONE of the smallest men in Maine,
and doubtless in the country, Is John
II. Robbins, of Belfast, native of
Deer Isle. He is thirty-one years old,
is thirty-six inches high and weighs
thirty-seven pounds and six ounces.
JAMES FOSTER, remarkable old me-
gro of Allen county, Ky, is dead at the
age of eighty-seven. He never asked
for one cent credit, never owed dime
In his life. and when he died owned
three hundred acres of land unincum-
bered and plenty or stock.
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GARDEN VEGETABLES.
When They Should lie Gathered, and Ho,
Cooked

Cooked.
Next to the fruits we eat, no other
part of our food is more healthful than
the succulent green vegetables of the
garden. We can not all have gardens
At our back doors, and the next best
thing is to insure as regular supply
of fresh vegetables as we can COM
mand.
With modern facilities of transporta-
tion, our supply Of fresh green vegeta
bles throughout the entire year is now
assured. Even for people of very linn
tied means, a supply may now be had
from March to December. In proper
supply OF the commercial vegetables,
we may find relief from many of the
disorders which impose suffering and
misery, whose intensity no drug will
permanently relieve and no nostrun
guarantee complete exemption from.
The numerous kitchen garden plants
enable the frugal housewife to serve
AS many tempting dishes as her rivals
in France and sunny Spain.
All the kitchen garden dainties
known to the well-supplied city mar
kets of the Atlantic seaboard are cap
able of greater variety of treatment
than they ordinarily receive in the
average household. IL no great diver
sity of cooking should be practiced on
asparagus, cauliflower, spirach, peas
and Brussels sprouts. more simple
sauces might be made with cream, egg
and salad oil than is now made with
butter and -four. 1t is about time that
crude -four in any form should cease to
be used for these purposes.
In the selection of garden vegetable
growers of their own stock are always
careful to take such pease only as are
ready. Nearly all the market pease
one finds are mixed as to age and size
SO hopelessly that they are not at all
enjoyable Pease need to be gathered
as they ripen, and not in the mechan-
ical routine in which they are usually
taken from the field for the purpose of
clearing the land by the acre in a
strictly consecutive order. Here lies
all the difference between the Euro
pean and the American grower.
Another important feature of the
kitchen work is the predominant prac-
tice of having the water in which the
green stuff is TO be cooked at a lower
temperature than boiling, and not soft.
ening the water with a little soda to
preserve color.
One reason why Brussels sprouts and
broccoli do not receive more attention
is because so few people know how to
gather and market them properly, and
to cook them in water properly pre-
pared. These things need water al
boiling point and softened with soda
as for pease; beans, carrots and ten
der-leafed cabbage require just as
careful treatment as the other arti
cles. Whatever of tenderness and en-.
joyment there is in fine vegetables
must depend mainly on the cooking
IL is the touch of skill which makes,
and its absence destroys all possibility
of enjoyment. Baltimore American.
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CHAPTER XvIII-CoNTIsUED.
Up from the gulch came the Indians,
but half mile behind, and again their
blood-curdling yells rang out upon the
air. On they flew, pursued and pursu-
ers, and Browns heart sank within him
when he noted that the Indians were
rapidly closing the gap between them.
Spurring his horse to its greatest ex-
ertions n groan escaped from tse sol
dier's now bloodless lips, for the ami
NAL began TO perceptibly slackcn it's
speed. His powers of endurance were
almost exhausted, and IL was evident
that he could go but little further.
The fort was yet two miles distant, and
escape now seemed impossible.
Zip! Zip! Zip!" The bullets from
the rifles of the Indians began to fly
by them.
Pulling the jaded horse behind bar
ricade of rocks which rose by the trail
Brown sprung to the ground and cried:
''Get into the saddle, Alice and push
on toward the fort. For the love of
God hasten, and may be able to hold
them at bay until you escape. Fly, my
darling, fly, for not an instant must be
lost"
To his utter nmazement the brave
girl slid from the horses back and,
with pale but determined face, replied:
mo, Ned, l will not leave you. You
rislSed your precious life for me- and it
would be cowardly for me to desert you
now. If you must die here, / will die
with you"
There was no time for further urg-
ing, for the yells of the Indians now
came to them with startling distinct
ness as they rapidly came on. Gaining
n position from which he could sec
over the rocks, the soldier leveled his
repeating rife and began to discharge
1t with deadly effect.
So unexpected was the fire that the
Indians recoiled, and, springing from
their, ponies in confusion, sought for
shelter behind the rocks which dotted
the mesa. From their cover they kept
up scattering fire, but their bullets
flew harmlessly overhead, or were fiat
tened against the rocky breastworl
which nature had provided.
Peerlng cautiously over the barricade
the brave soldier watched his foes with
eagle eyes, firing whenever feathered
head came into view.
There came cessation in the firing
of the Indians, and he heard them call
ing out to each other from their sepa-
rated positions behind the rocks, and
surmised that they were planning a
sudden dash upon their hiding-place.
His heart became as lead in his breast,
for he well knew that, although his
rife might do deadly work as they ad.
vanced, they would certainly over.
power him and death would speedily
follow.
In his eagerness to get good shot
and thus still further intimidatc the
savages, he raised himself yet higher
above the rocks, and the next instant
fell backward into the arms of his be
trothed, the warm blood squirting from
a bullet wound in his breast.
"Oh, Ned, Ned, you are hit! You are
killedv' she cried, in agony. "Oh! my
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ADVENTURES OF A BOTTLE.
Cast Upon the water. 1t Returned After
Many Days

In June, 1895, Lieut.. II. T. Mayo, OF
the United States navy, in charge of
the photographic Office at Port Towns
end, Wash, gave the captain of the
Northern Pacific steamer Victoria
bottle which he asked him to drop into
the sea when his ship was about half
way across the Pacific on its voyage TO
China, so as to test the currents. The
bottle, saws the Chicago Record, was
securely corked and sealed and oon-
tanned request printed in seven diff
ferent languages, including Russian,
Chinese and japanese, that whoever
found it should send it to the nearest
custom house in the United States,
with the date and the location when
and where it was first seen. On July
4, 1893, when the vessel was in latitude
forty-nine degrees thirty-two minutes
north and longitude one hundred and
seventy-fve degrees and forty-two
minutes west, Second Officer Dobson,
of the Victoria, took the bottle and
with a swing of his long arm cast it
into the water. One morning few
weeks ago when Lieut.. Mayo came
down to his Office he found on his desk
package wrapped in an ancient and
much soiled German newspaper, which,
to his surprise, was found to contain the
very bottle he sent on that queer
errand about sixteen months before.
The janitor said the package had been
left there by two rough-looking sailors.
Upon drawing the cork the lieutenant
found a rude inscription upon the back
of his carefully printed instructions
which read:
Here's your bottle. Found ION such
and such a date, in such and such lati-
tude and longitude). The next time
you cast a bottle adrift please put
something else in it besides piece OF
paper"
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God, my God, what shall do? Father
in Heaven, save him, save him."
With great effort he said
"Be brave, Alice, my love, be brave.
'Tis not much. lam only-only stunned
a little. will re-recover in ain n
moment"
His face grew dcathly pale, and
blood oozed forth from his pallid
lips. Alice almos: screamed with
fright, and her voice trembled with
agony as she said;
"oh, Ned, my poor darling you are
dying. They have cruelty murdered
you! Father in Heaven take me with
him.
With an almost superhuman effort he
seemed 70 rally his fast departing
strength and said;
II am not SO badly hurt as you think,
Alice, and can yet protect you. The
shock of the shot made me feel faint,
but il has passed. Raise me up in your
arms, dearest, so ] can see over the
rocks. / win yet beat them back.
They shall never harm you, my be-
loved. Raise me up. There now
rouse your hopes. Ali hear their
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Ten Thousand Miles or Thirty,

1t matters not which, may subject YOU to
sea sickness on the 'briny deep" Whether
you are a yachtsman, an ocean traveller, out
for day or two's fishing on the salt water,
or even an inland tourist in feeble health,
YOU ought to be provided with Hostetter' S
stomach Bitters, valuable remedy for
nausea, collie, biliousness, acidity OF the
stomach, malaria, rheumatism, nervousness
and sick headache. Lay in an adequate
supply.
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fendish yells They think they have
us now, but will soon learn their error.
Alice exerted all hor strength in do
ing as he requested. and again his rifle
rang out as the Indians, supposing he
had been killed, were securing their
ponies and preparing for descent
upon the maiden. Again they sought
shelter behind the rocks and resumed
their desultory fire.
The effort proved too great for the
wounded man. and he sank back hear-
ilv into Alicc's arms. She now became
almost paralyzed with fright as she
gently let him down upon the ground.
He looked up into her blanched face,
and with smile so CHASTITY that 1t
seemed TO betoken the approach of
death said, family:
"Why do you weep. Alice, darling. ]
am not badly hurt. | feel very-very
-weak-but-it is only-only from
loss of blood. will rally in a moment.
Kiss me, Alice. The pressure of your
dear lips will nerve me-me-me for
one mo-more effort"
She pressed her trembling lips to his,
and moaned:
Ned. you are dying! You are dying!
| can see 1t in your poor, dear eyes.
Oh! must you die so cruelty, and for
me? Don't close your eyes, darling
you frighten me sol / cannot bear il!
Speak to me once again, Ned! Oh! he
is dying-he is dying!'
She gave way to her great grief in
the most pitiful sobs The wounded
man made a great effort to rally his
strength, and feebly said:
Alice, do not despair. I-I-I-I am
very-very faint, but /"
A ficndish yell from the Indians cut
short his speech, and Alice, n cold gilt
ter of desperation coming into her
eyes, laid his head gently on the
ground, seized his rifle, and, with a
strange ring in her voice, said:
"You defended me TO your death, my
lost darling. Now / will defend you
till death calls me to go with you into
the dark shadow"
Raising herself she looked over the
rocks, and to her amazement saw that
the Indians were hastily mounting and
rapidly retreating. At the same in.
slant a rumbling sound from the direc.
tion of the fort fell upon her ears, and
casting her eyes in that direction she
observed a great cloud of dust raising
in the air. Springing to the side of hei
lover she cried:
"Oh! Ned, darling, If you are yet
alive rouse yourself. The troops are
coming from the fort"
Il,,t hn IL %
and the eyes were closed as if in death
With a wild shrek of agony she raised
her hands aloft and fell across hi'
body, as troop of cavalry thunderet
up to the spot, Col. Sanford at its head
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Upon receipt of your address we will
mail free package of beautifully illus
trated transparent cards. picturing and ex-
planning just how and why men frequently
suffer from nervous troubles that prevent
their doing the right Thing at the right time.
Edition limited. Ad., mentioning this pa
per, Sterling Remedy Co., New York City
or Chicago.
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TIE will of Mrs. Mary Jean Brad
ford, South Boston lady, provides n
q, 900 trust for the care and mainten-
ance OF her parrot-a bird which she
owned for twenty years.
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The Ouly One.

For the famous charge Of the Light
Brigade at Balaklaya only one Vie
toria cross was awarded to an officer,
II was given to Lieut. A. II. Dunn, whc
saved tine life of non-eommissioned
officer by cutting down three Russian
lancers, and later in the battle alsc
saved life of a private. The decora'
tion was recently sold atpublic auction
in London.
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arrangements Of the sex. Why is 1t so
many women owe their beauty to Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription Because
beauty of form and face radiate from the
common cenrer-health The best bodily
condition results from good food, fresh air
and exercise coupled with the judicious
use of the Prescription.
II reaches the origin Of the trouble and
corIects it
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ON THE ROAD

TO recovery, the
young woman
who is taking
Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Pre-
scription. n. In
maidenhood, wo-
manhood, wife
hood and moth
erhood the g Pre-
scription " is a
supporting tonic
a II d nervin e
that's peculiarly
adapted to her
ne e d $, regulat-
ing, and strength
ening the system
aud cursnn tha
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LADIES in stockholders box (who are be-
ing Missed for talking loudlyj-''As If we
hadn't heard the 'TelP overture before ~
Fleigende Blaetter
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SKILLED LABoR.-Friend-"Pm told that
most prescriptions cost little or nothing TO
make up" Druggist-"Yes; but we charge
for deciphering the penmanship and trans
latlng the Latin.n-Puck.
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SHE-"This is so sudden You must ask
mamma" He-"Oh, that's all right. She
has given me several hints already Puck
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SAFETY to mother and child and less un.
pleasantness after confn ement, result from
use of Mother Friend" Sold by druggists.
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"WILLIE, have YOU been In another fightf'
"No, mamma This fellow outcassed me
and wasn't In it brooklyn Life.
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WE think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
the only medicine for Coughs.
PIycKARD, Springfield, Ills, Oct. l, 1894.
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"MY big brother belongs TO the Seventh
regiment" said little Nell, proudly, "an'
my, how noble he looks when he's all
dressed up In his unicorn ~ - Harpers
Round Table.
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TUsKs of the mammoth have been
found of length of nine feet, meas
ured along the curve.
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SAN Francisco manufactures each
year about $3.50, 900, 900 worth of goods
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CHAPTER xvII.-CoSrrsurp.

COPYRIGHT. 1894. BY THE AUTHOR - ALL
RIGHTS RRsEBvED.l
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
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NOTHING is rarer than the use of word
in its exact meaning. --Whipple.
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A FLASH of lightning, it is said, equals
l2, coo horse power.
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Hoods Pills fss %soas has%onSssy with asa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-01
A Defense Of Dirt.

Every few years somebody raises
the question whether st. Paul's Cathe-
dral in London ought not to be cleansed
from the SCOT with which it is en-
crusted, and restored to something
like its primitive whiteness. Some
time ago an experiment of the sort
was made on one of the porticos, which
forthwith assumed mottled or pie.
bald appearance. Now the matter has
come up for discussion again, and the
following interesting point is made in
letter to the Times by we'll known
architect: 81 have had the opportu-
nifty, when examining some of our
London stone-faced churches, of re.
moving the coat of dirt with view of
seeing the condition of the stone I'M
der it, and have found it to be perfect.
The casing of dirt appeared to be made
chiefly of road dust which had adhered
to the stone (only the outer coat of all
being gray black. All the deleter1ous
chemicals must have gone out of the
lower layer, so that the dirt was per-
feet protection. If it were all cleaned
off, the stone would be subjected to
the strong chemicals in our London
atmosphere. 1t must be remembered
that this dirt only adheres to the parts
which are not completely washed by
the rain, and that it is just these parts,
therefore, which are in most need OF
protection. Ii at some future timo
the atmosphere of London should be
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-01
BY Balloon,

Perhaps the North Pole may be
reached in n balloon. The question
has .een mooted and may be carried
out in the near future. A balloon
with cubic contents of SO, feet
and capable of lifting twenty tons,
furnished with number of smaller
balloons containing reserve supply
of hydrogen, w.,ld certainly seem to
give every promise of success. The
balloon would carry five men, with
baggage, number of Eskimo dogs,
several boats and large sledge. 1t is
calculated that from Spitzbergen,
where the trip will begin, the air cur
rents which blow steadily from the
south, will carry them across the
Arctic circle and directly over the
North Pole in flight of about four
days duration. Thus, instead of as.
sisting to destroy human life, the mil
itary balloon may be the means of the
discovery of a new continent, proving
once more that 'the glory of scien-
tific invention is its utility to man
kind. boston Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-01
George Pigg and the Pic,

A Few years ago Kentucky grand
jury brought In the following indict-
ment: Lawrence Criminal Court, Com
monwealth of Kentucky against -,
defendant. Indictment. The Grand
Jury of Lawrence County, in the name
and by the authority of the Common
wealth of Kentucky, accuse - of the
offense of malicious mischief, commit
ted as follows: The said -, on the -
day Of -, A. d. IS, in the county
and circuit aforesaid, did unlawfully.
willfully and maliciously kill and de-
stroy one pig, the personal property of
George Pigg, the said pig being of
value to the aforesaid George Pigg.
The pig just killed weighed about
twenty-five pounds, and was a mate to
some other pigs owned by said George
Pigg, which left George Pigg pig less
than he said George Pigg) had of pigs,
and thus ruthlessly tore said pig from
the society of George Pigg's other pigs
against the peace and dignity of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky.-Courie
Journal.