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| enough TO make that much clear to the
most superficial observer,
"Do you think II probable that this
letter Is in any way connected with the
affair" / asked.
81 can't tell yet" no replied, II shall
DO perfectly frank and open with you,
MIR. Smith; and tho case, as far az We
have gotten, NmountI 10 just this. Your
brother was killed in tho house at some
time in the morning before tho usual
rising hour Of your family. Whoever
did the deed either lived here, or broke
in, or was lot in by someone who lived
here. 1t is evident, too, that robbery
was not the motive, and the murderer
appears to have been slngularly cool
and deliberate in all his acts, ! think
We may further assume that the MUIR
dor was committed while it was yet
dark. Otherwise 1t Is inConCeivable
that anyone should have rlsked carry
ing the body across the lawn"
A new idea. more horrible than any
had as vet harborsd, came suddenly
over mo, and | grew sick at tho mere
thought. Was this man going to prove
that my niece had lot Ralph into the
house to kill her father? The detective,
however, seemed not 10 notice my aglIa'
ton.
81 presume" he continued, "lhat no
examination was made Of the doors or
windows to see whether they have been
tempered WithP"
shook my head. Then / said:
"Andsrson reported to Inc that he
found the front door uniaatened, but VIC
naturallSeKplained that by the SUPPOSE
ton that We had already arrived at
that my brother had walked out before
breakfast"
"And as we may feel sure that he did
not walk out, said Phillips, I've simply
alter your supposition to assuming that
tho murderer opened it in orderEO carry
his victim out How the murderer got
In, l shall DO better able TO tell when
have looked about a Bit"
10 now went over tho house very
carefully, with the exception Of my
own, my nioco's and Anderson'S rooms;
but, though tho lens were frequently
brought into use, there WAS no trace
whatever Of any housebrGaking,
Don't you want TO look every
whereof IsuggsSted.
at is unnecessary" 10 replied. mo
would.bo murderer would break into 4
house through tho occupied room OF a
third party. 1t would only serve to
double the chances Of his detection,
You may regard it as established that
our man, II no entered at all, entered by
collision with one Of the inmateL,"
ITo M C0SriSrED.l
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D. W. Fuller, Of C%annjoharic, N. ".
sAys that no always keeps Dr. Kings
Now Discovery In tho house and bic.
family has always found tho very boat
results follow its uso; that no would not
DO without 1t, Il proCurRblo. g. A
Dykeman, Druggist Uatskill, n. Y, says
that DR.. Kiug'a Now Discovery 10 un-
doubtodly tho best cough remedy; that
no has used II In his family for eight
years, and II has never failed TO do all
ina. IA claimed for II. Why not try =
remedy 70 long tried and tested. Trial
bottles FREQ at Logan Drug Goa drug
store. Regular SiEo DOC, and IL OO. 8
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ms JENNIE McCLURRIS. OF Michigan.
HDMER l. CASTLE, OF PcnnSylrania.
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(copWighi, lsON
CHAPTER III,

His manner was extremely gentle as
no replied;
"Mly dear Mr.. Smith, in all my career
as a detective l have never suspected
any ono Of a crime, don't allow my
self to be mlsled by the bias which a
suspicion would generate. AS far as
individuals are concerned, my mind
remains an absolute blank until l am
sure that l have identified the criminal.
Therefore, l begin by Investigating
everything and every one,"
ReASsured somewhat, tried to nc
quaint him, as well as l could, with my
niece's peculiar disposition, as going
far 10 explain tho Indifference she had
certainly manifested ever since her
fathers death. AsI have before stated,
sho had been gloomy aud Depressed
sulky, in fact, from the time OF my
brothers trouble with Ralphi and |
wal iain to confess that, since the ter
rlble denouement, ! had been utterly
unable to detect the least change in her
demeanoE Once or twice | had heard
her talking to herself but the only
time l had yontursd to console her was
Immediately after tho discovery OF the
body, when l feared tho shock OF the
first news might be serious. was Is.
tonlshed at har cRlmncss, She heard
me to the end, and then replied.
81 am not a child, uncle. have
borne other troubles, and shall have
to bear this-and / will bear it will
even try TO believe il may DO for the
besL Only one thing | want to say
that know Jack Ralph to DO as inno'
cent aS-as lam; aud now lot US not
speak Of 1t at all. 1t 10 too horrible"
"You may readily believe" SON
cludcd, that ] made no further attempt
at consolation"
Phillips had listened without COM
ment."
II hope you do not think i worth
while to examine my NIECE ven
turod.
"No-uo, l think not" hO replied,
rousing himself from what seemed to DO
q fl Of deep abstraction. mot now at
any rate. l will have an opportunity oil
seeing her casually-at dinuey, perhaps.
Tho next step will be. I think, with
your permission. to look at the bodyT
and the clothes in which it was dressed
when found"
/ rose and led tho way into the dark.
ened bedroom whore tho remains had
been laid upon tho couch aud covered
with n sheet. | had known enough to
insist that they should not be prepared
for burial until tho arrival OF the city
detective, though, OF course, the ply.
stefan and the local coroner had been
obliged to take of the clothes, which
they had thrown over a neighboring
chair.
Phiiiips at once proceeded to open the
blinds. Then with an ever more serious
manner than he had yet shown, no ap.
preached the body and bent down over
the white face.
"rhe face has been washed, l pre-.
sumeY" he queriSd. "Do you know
whether thers was much blood on it
whom tound?"
There was some blood from tbs
mouth" answered I'll would not per.
nit them to do more than wipe it away
with a handkerchief"
but do you know that no water was
used before you Gamer lie pursued.
II am very sure Of it," lo answered.
"The neighbor who discovered my
brother rushed at once to the house,
where | was ut breakfast at the time.
Within Ave minutes Of the discovery
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LAST Juno Dick Crawford brought his
twOI child, %suloring from
inianlilo diarrhTn, to mo. II had boon
wcancd At four mOnths old aud had al.
ways boon siCkly | gave II tho usual
treatment In such CasOs but without
benefit. Tho child kept growing thinner
until II weighed but litllo moro than
whOn born, Or pOrhara ton pounds. |
lhnn started tho father to plvine Cham
hrtlnin'H Collie, Cholera nnd DiarrhmA
Remedy before ono bottle Of tho 20.
cent siSO hnd boon usod n marked I'm.
provrmrnt was soon and it, continued
Use cured tho child, ll' wcakuoNa aud
puny constitution disappeared aud lis
iaLhcr aud mytClt believe tho chjlh's
llin was snvod BY this Remedy, i. r.
MAnlow, NJ D., Tnmnton. Ill.,
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tIRp mr.. MllCs' NERVE rtAarGRa for SPINAL
WEAKNESS All d%flgglsts sell 'Cm Tor gDc,
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Tho ribs and seemed To range downward

tho ribs aud seemed TO range downward
at an angle Of about iorty.aye degrees.
For n moment tho interest in this
discovery overwhelmed tho horror Of It.
"But the Clothes" | said, stepping
towards the chair, "Fhey examined
them"
Phillips lip curIod,
whats tho uso OF examining any
thing" no said, when you start with u
supposltiou based on the Grst bit OF evil
denro that ]RppearaP These yokels never
got beyond the idea that that wound in
tho head killed him, so all their work
was superficial and useless, Now, lot US
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Jos .Horne&Co Co.,
Penn Ave. 4pi Fifth st, PItsburg'
JULY BARGAINS

nowprevall all over the store.
Stocks must be reduced to
the lowest possible basis tor
the semi-annual stock taking
on August lst. Prices are
cut right and left to clear out
everything.
Dress Goods,
Silks,
Ladies' Suits,
Ladies' Waists,
Mems and Boys Clothing,
Children's Wear,
Glass and China,
Furniture.
as we'll as all other stocks,
comeunder the price.pruning
knife during July,
It's the best month in the
wear forthe economical buyer
to visit the store. Or ifyou're
too far away to come, write
for facts and prices.
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James L. Millican is at Atlantic City.

DR. Wrrr's Collie aud Cholera Cure
never disappoints, nover fails TO give
immediate relief. 1t curos just rs sure
as you take it. Logan Drug Co., Wheel.
ing, ". Va. B. +. Peabody, bonwood,
aud Bowie 4 Co., bridgeport ..
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Jos. Horne&Co
PlTTsBURG, PA,
srArIoMERY, COOKS. erc.
1851 1895
Blank Books.

We carry the largest stock'and
best assortment in the city, Also
a full line of office supplies, Our
prices always the lowest.
Our Flat Opening Account Books
are the best, made of Scotch linen,
heavy ledger paper (perfect).
Bookkeepers should examine before
ordering elsewhere.
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Morning hours DEVOTED to the Ladies, Work, a iul aud interesting programme. IsME'GSP
ef Day Monha. 18th W r o. Day, Thu sO. 18th FARMERS DAY NturdIy. &Nh ~
gs By English Hand BEL Ringer. Tuesday. "Wednesday and THURSDAY; I0p N h n3I ~
small programme for topics and names Of more than twenty other speakers
MOUNDSVILLE JULY CAMP MEETING
WILDE held JULY % rUBDA M until SUNDAY NIGHT 18th These meeting, win bocontTMr
cd by y J. X COOK, editor Of the Methodist Advocate and Professor in GIANT ChgG anih
GEORGE r. STUART tho noted EyNnccht" who has preached soGcCepubly at the MnqiIr-
camp Meetings fsG yculyCArS Music under t, ircrUonOt tho stlNkR LNkEQlAhLLnn.
Insisted by Chorus Chot These Glngso sx days nnnmndedn bcol great pWIsM W %%yS
mighty power for upbindfng the Kingdom Of God In the world iCgrjgb SGhl'A
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29
The Cruel Child and the Man.

What warfare the whole life of ca-
ture is If Mother Nature be of truth
kind, as we are taught to call her, sure
~ she is far from justified of all her
children-of her human children least
of all perhaps. Did not Plato say that
"of all wild beasts boy was tise most
savage?" And is it not true? l have a
friend who tells me that at his school
the boys used to catch black beetles and
make them run races the length Of the
dormitory. If beetle showed remark
able turn of speed lit was beautifully
SIMPLIFY, they would handicap him by
pulling off leg. 1t makes one sick to
think of it.
And this was a natural instinct. Ma
ture does not regard 1.-THE individual
is nothing to her, whatever he be 30 ma
ture'S God. A mother rebuked her child
"a girl, too: the instinct is not con-
fined to a sex-for killing flies on the
window. 'sDo you know who made
those fies?' CESS, said the hsping
little innocent; tGod made them, but
he can make plenty more - That is the
way that nature seems to look at it.
There was meaning in it when the au-
UuOT OI Liz OOHlIuS Ieatco uldu0 GILL
dren the executioners and wielders of
the fatal ''vril'' force in his fancied
state It is nothing to them. They are
natures children and inherit from their
mother. We will not think the worse of
them, if we can help, though of course
we must blame them. We will be con-
tent to think worse of the grownup
children who have come to years of
reason and yet follow instincts of cruel
ty which they should have outgrown,
say the man who browns" a covey or
fires at pheasant at 60 yards Long
mans Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, ILL.,,
was told by her doctors she had consumption
and that there was no hope for her, but two
bottles DR.. Kings New Discovery completely
cured her and she says it saved her life. Mr..
Thos Eggers, 139 Florida St., San Francisco,
suffered from dreadful cold, approaching
consumption tried without result everything
else then bought one bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery and in two weeks was cured He
is naturally thankful. 1t is such results, of
which these are samples, that prove the Won
derful efficacy of this medicine in coughs and
colds. Free trial bottles at III. G. Pierce's
drug store. Regular size soc and 81.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29
The Yacht America Today.

1t is pretty difficult to perceive in the
old, mildewed craft tossing mournfully
on the water in front of the Chelsea
clubhouse any semblance to General
Buffers fast sailing schooner yacht
America, yet the old America it is, with
it's sea wings gone and it's racing heels
doubled and twisted by years Of neglect
and inactivity. The old sea PAGER has
the same boom and masts and the same
dignifed poise of the rose that made
her a wonder in her triumphant days in
the early seventies. An old sea salt de
clared the other day that little scrap
ing and overhauling would put her in a
condition to sail the briny deep with the
same nobility and speed Of yore -Bos-
ton Traveller
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29
The Cars Present to an American.

A matter of almost international in
terest that is known to but a very few
intimate friends of DR.. J. M Crawford,
late consul general to St. Petersburg, is
the fact that when he was about to leave
Russia and had severed his connection
as representative of the United States
number of officials representing the
czar of all the Russians called upon him,
and on behalf of the emperor presented
DR.. Crawford with what is probably the
handsomest set of solid silver service in
this city today as token of the esteem
in which the emperor held the consul
general. It will be remembered that in
1892 the United States sent to Russia
two shiploads of -four, because the crops
there had failed and the peasants were
starving. The ships State of Missouri
and State of Indiana were dispatched
there with cargoes of flour as gift from
the American people and landed at the
war port of Libau, which is now being
built and where there were 900 work
men who were on the verge of starva-
ton. DIR. Crawford went to Libau as
the representative of his government to
receive the flour and fG@nally present it
to the Russian authorities for distribu-
ton. For the great interest that he took
in it the emperor desired to give an in
dication of the fact that he appreciated
it.-Cincinnati Tribune
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29
How He Gave Up Cigarettes.

"Did I ever tell you how I managed
to cure myself of the cigarette habit?"
asked cholly the other day. told him
he had never explained the mystery to
me, and that had spent many sleepless
nights in consequence.
CHOW you are joking, . he said, with
his neat little lisp, Hbut really, on the
extremely deceased, 1 have stopped it
entirely, and it was the easiest thing in
the world. I used to smoke from four to
five packages day and sometimes more.
One day I made up my mind that
would quit. do not mean that would
quit smoking, but I meant that would
stop buying them. I smoked those Of
my friends Finally it became a bore to
my friends to have me always asking
for cigarettes, and they sometimes said
they didn It have them. Thus my charity
smokes gradually became quite seldom
Finally there was not a young fellow
who knew me who would give me Gig
arctic. By that time I had about got
rid of the habit One day felt like I
would enjoy one, and | bought a pack
age before I thought, lit one, and it &C
tually tasted so badly that I threw it
and the package away. Since then [
have never smoked do not use tobacco
in any form. You may give this recipe
to your friends if you desire. It cured
me and did the job quickly ard effective
~. Louisville Commercial
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29

The number of deaths in India
caused by bites of wild animals and
reptiles is on the increase. The deaths
from snake bites last year were p 900
and in the same period nearly 10000
deadly snakes were killed. Wild ami
mails caused the death of 2S, 900 persons
IN the same year. The tigers killed
nearly 1000, leopards 291, wolves 175,
bears 121 and elephants SO. On the
other hand nearly $4,000 wild beasts
were killed, including nearly 1900
tigers and more than 1000 leopards.
In addition to the loss of human life,
nearly 10000 head of cattle were de"
stroyed. The bounties offered by the
Government seem Intellectual to de-
crease the number of wild animals.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29

That idiots may be improved, edu-
Gated, and possibly cured, is demon
strated by the recent report of a
training school in England which
takes these imbeciles in charge.
More than 80 per cent. of those under
treatment were taught to conform to
moral and social law and to 'swork
like the third of man." more than
40 per cent. were rendered capable of
conducting, under friendly control,
the ordinary transactions of life, of
working like two thirds of man."
and some 25 or 80 per cent. have risen
SO closely to the standard of manhood
that only experts could differentiate
them from ordinary young men and
women. The course of training in
this remarkably successful institution
lasts seven years.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29
ONCE HAPPY CHINA.
A Chinese Scholar In Paris Takes a Gloomy
View of Modern Civilization.


View of Modern Civilization.
"You wish to know said he. "the
opinio,x of our philosophers and sages
in regard to the effect Of the war Just
ended 1non the condition Of the Chi
nese Well, will give IL to you put
aside all the humiliations of defeat and
| place myself upon more solid ground
| E e war has robbed us forever of our
tranquility and our happiness. We were
haDpy and led simple lives; but. by
BRINGING to us what you may call the
benefits of civilization, the japanese
will destroy our traditions and our he
reditarv virtues, confuse our customs and
mode of living and make us like them
selves, ambitious, 1cStless and eager for
conouests. And wEslG will we gain by
that?
"You fancy that the Chinese are ig-
norant, poor and wretched, but YOU
must remember that happiness exists in
the idea that one forms of it, In other
words, man is happy when he believes
himself happy, when he confines his de-
sires to the few joys which are within
his reach. The peasant who eats his rice
at the close of his days work is salts
fed with his fate, provided he keeps his
eyes away from the riches of others and
closes his heart against covetousness.
The evil sentiments OF envy, jealousy
and social hatred have never yet pene-
trated our population. assure you that
you wrong the poor Chinese. They are
gentle, mild, good humored, honest,
scrupulous, loyal, sympathetic and char
table
"You may have read the account Of
certain cruelties and barbarities, but
they belong to the laws of war, which
are equally barbarous in all countries.
In condition of peace, when their quie
tude is not disturbed, the Chinese are of
marvellous benignity, which is only
equaled by the gentleness of their wives.
I fancy that I know the Partisan ladies,
but [ do not hesitate to say that the
Chinese women are superior to them.
In the first place, our ladies have little
feet
''They are good natured and devoid
of all coquetry They have a deep sem
timent of modesty, and their existence
passes along without disputes and with
out quarrels. The woman who makes
scenes is unknown in our favored eli
mate Our women are contented with
the dresses their lords and masters give
them, and they never run up bills with
dressmakers or mOdisteS.
Moreover, luXuries in China are not
costly A furnished house with all the
modern improvements can be rented for
60 francs year. For few cents day
you can have the most sumptuous din
nerS.
''The victory of the mikado means the
disappearance of our golden age. He has
thrown down our walls. Now, the walls
of China were symbolical They shell
tered the country against the winds
from without. I mean those winds that
bring with them pests and civil war. -
-Republique Franchise.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29

Professor Spencer, in paper read
by him at Brooklyn, reckons the age
Of the Niagara Falls to be 81, 900 years.
Hitherto the conjectures as to the age
have been based on the observed rate
of recession alone, but Professor
Spencer takes into consideration also
the changing conditions of erosion
during the periods or "episodes'' of
the rivers history. He believes the
river itself came into existence 49,
900 years ago, that it drained the Erie
basin for 1000 years without a cas-
cade, and that as the Ontario basin
slowly sank the Falls were made,
until the total descent was 424 feet.
He thinks it probable that the Falls
will last another 5000 years, and
that their end will not necessarily be
effected by the river cutting it's way
back to Buffalo, but rather by changes
in it's basin, which will turn the drain
ing of the upper lakes into the Mis-
sissippi.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29

Mrs. William Aston has wonderful
snake ring which literally writhes in
constant motion on her finger. 1t is
constructed of flexible gold wire, each
scale being represented by a loop of
wire in which ruby, an emerald or
an amethyst is firmly set. The slight
est movement of the fingers sets the
wire culver, and the ring scintillates
and seems to go round and round the
finger with a serpentine movement
that has something eerie in it. 1t was
made in Egypt. The same lady has a
marvellous necklace, composed of six
strings Of magnificent diamonds, all
the stones being invisibly set, so that
they look as though they were simply
strung together like beads.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29
THE PASSING OF THE HORSE.

At recent sale of well-bred trot-
ting horses in this State three year
Odds were sold as low as "a apiece,
and the highest price secured for any
was S75. At these prices it does not
nav to raise horses and the breeders
who made the sale did so to get out
of a business no longer profitable.
Their case is but one of many. The
horse is being rapidly superseded.
Gable traction, trolleys and other
mechanical devices are greatly re-
ducing the demand for draught horse
service not only in large cities, but
in small towns and even upon country
roads in all we'll populated regions.
The time cannot be far off when
cable or electric railroads will begin
to carry freight as we'll as passengers,
thus doing away with drays, trucks,
and country wagons to very large
extent.
The bicycle is taking the place of
the saddle-horse with all but the rich
who like horseback exercise and can
indulge in it as luxury.
The recent exhibitions of horseless
carriages in France indicate that our
victorias, broughams and cabs will
presently be driven without horses,
and when all these improvements are
perfected, it is not unlikely that we
shall come at last to the Chinese GUS
tom of excluding horses entirely from
the streets of cities.
Even on farms the steam plough,
the steam thresher and the like are
reducing the need of horses to a
minimum. York World.