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ana c1encned her fist like a fury.

0Alo ClCAOLOo 4NA Adv IA
"Sleep, then" she said to Rogers,
who laughed a little and gazed at her
stupidity but much startled. whats
the odds, Betsy" he faltered, as If he
knew her well.
"Betsy me none Of your Betsys,"
said the rough-mannered mistress of
the house, sharply; then, controlling
herself, she caught up the empty glass,
and her tone changed. "Some other
drink would have done for him just as
we'll" she said, in a wheedling whisper,
and, returning to her shelf, she filed a
second glass. Weymouth observed that
it was fuller than the first, and accepted
it amiably. The cross-grained creature
had meant to pay him a pretty compli-
mcnt in pouring him her best grog, and
he thanked her civilly, with a proper
toast to her good fortune, as he raised
the glass to his lips.
He was still standing before the fire;
something crossed his mind at that
moment. The woma was by her
table where she could see him, and
with his hand covering the glass he
tossed his head back gayly and pre-
tended to drink. She turned away with
o queer sigh. Rogers had shut his eyes
again, and quick q, a flash Weymouth
threw the brandy behind him into the
ashes.
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then got stifly to the ground and
stamped his feet and stretched himself
as he stood holding his horses bride.
The creature dropped his head low and
steamed In the cool air.
There were two windows in the inn
itself, dimly lighted, as if by freight,
and in another window in the land
ward corner a candle fickered family.
The whole place seemed dull and
unfriendly with its stony walls and
roofs. Rogers grumbled with q plant
i've whine, his companion shouted
again with a strong, honest voice, and
presently a stable door was flung open
and two men came out. Inside, the
light of an early lantern bcamed COM
fortably, and the horses turned their
heads that way, as if eager for their
-
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INNoczNTLY DRYING HIS MUDDY CLOTHES

friends they've got above. She's fast
asleep, yell hear her snore from here,
poor thing, and will neither trouble nor
be troubled. I've drawed her curtains
tight an I've stocked the fire. You an
him can take a bit Of rest" persuasive
ly)--"an' I'll do what 1 "a for we here
The landlady's tone was percmptory
as well as persuasive; she kept casting
uneasy glances at Rogers, who seemed
to be falling together in a heap in the
settee corner. Weymouth hesitated,
but when the woman crossed the room
and opened a door, he got his compan-
ion to his feet and managed to shuttle
and drag him to the inner room and
put him on the nearest bed. Rogers
walked only enough to protest in a
weak, strange way, and then fell off to
sleep again, while his face grew very
red as If the drink and hot fire had put
him In a fever. Here there was a most
depressing chill and dreariness. Wey-
mouth fastened back to the kitchen for
his cloak and wallet, declaring him
self to need the better fire without and
ready to insist upon the rights of a
guest.
""Tis newly lighted within, it burnt
out and twas just made up new; twill
soon be too much for you an I'll hear
complaints the other way!" the land
lady answered him, good-humoredly.
You're not in a Lunnon inn, whatever
you may think. Leave me your cloak
an I'll dry an clean it. My own folks
is coming in to their supper. Mind that
poor soul ye brought, an'I1l do my best
here"
At this moment there were loud voices
In the yard and Weymouth stepped
quickly toward the door full of a trav-
eler's curiosity. "Stop!" said the wom-
an in an ~insolent tone that made him
confront her with wrath and amazc-
ment.
""Tis but some transfers, sir" she
said, her eyes falling before his un-
spoken reproach of her manners, and
going back to the ~wheedling tone she
had taken earlier. you're too heated,
sir" she explained humbly, "an' it's
wet without and blowing again. You'd
best stay under cover while you may"
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LITERARY.
4 DARK NIGHT.
1895, by Bachelor, johnson &
Bacheller.)
SARAH ORNE JEwETT.


CHAPTER l.
Many years ago NO racl were talk
u together DIX morning in the phi
ate room Of Il bank in the west o
,nr!and. The senior partner OF the
onsc. n whito-haircd. saga-loo:linq
lnancicr, was cautioning his companion.
yho evidently had their business en-
.rprisc very much at heart. There
as something eager and adventurous
4 the younger mans appearance, in
pite Of the look that betrayed the
,ountry squire and lawyer that he was.
rho bank. pcrsonilcd by tic elder man,
was making en- investment quite apart
from It's usual steady customs, to join
5hc squire who was putting a good
bit of money into a venture by sea.
This money was to be forwarded to the
port of Bristol to be shipped, and the
Two capitalists had received news from
the captain of the vessel that he was
sailing much sooner than had been
his first intention. The difficulty was
to find a proper messenger at such
short notice, and the squire, who was
something of a sportsman, had come to
say that he had fallen in unexpectedly
with a horse dealer, a very honest man,
fearless and a good rider, whom he had
known for many years, and who, fortu-
nately, was on his way to Bristol the
next day but one.
"The only defect he has is in being a
stranger to the roads ~hereabouts; I
mean between here and Bristol" said
the squire. "But Rogers, you say, can
go with him, and knows the way well.
Weymouth has an English tongue in
his head, but with SO much gold to
carry a man is sometimes glad to take
a short cut, or a different turn, espe-
cially in these days where there is SO
much tramping and thievery. You
never know whom you fall In with on
the road. l must say I never liked the
looks of Rogers"
The squire turned quickly from the
window where he stood with hands
deep in his pockets, looking out in the
street, and saw Rogers himself, who had
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Born.
HANCOCK.

Deer Isle-Aug. 25, to the wife OF William L.
Barter, a daughter; Aug. q, to the wife OF
Edmund H.. Gross, a son.
Long Island-Aug. Is, to the wife of Samuel
Davis, a daughter.
West Brooksville-Aug. %, to the wife OF
Lewis Farnham, a daughter.
swans Island-Aug. 20, to the wife OF Mar
tin Lunt, q daughter.
OXFORD.
Rumford Falls-Aug. 81, to the wife OF
Michael Foley, a daughter; Aug. %, to the
wife of Augustus Ash, a son; u y, TO t 5S
to the wife of Geo. Miller. a daughter.
WASHINGTON.
Eastport-Aug %, to the wife of Joseph M.
ward q daughter; Aug. "A, to the wife OF Ger.
G. IoIing, a son; Aug. IL, to the wife OF well
W. Carter, o DAUGHTER:
Pembroke-Aug. 25, to the wire OF Eoeh M
Lincoln, a son. -
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supper ana warm peddIn8. There was
no sound from within Of stamping hoofs
or CRY Of crowded and biting horses.
The business was evidently at lowest
ebb.
Grub them down well and give them
good feed as soon as you dare; full oats
and scant hay. We must be on u
way again two hours from this at least;
we lost the road and were in haste at
any rate" said Weymouth. "I1I come
out and look after them in an hour.
Mind they're not IN the wind" he add
ed. Come, get down." he said in a
colder tone to his fellow-traveler, who,
through WEAKNESS or uncertainty, still
sat his horse like a dropping statue.
"Strike the mud off you; here, I'll help
you, then" as the man gave q groan
and tried to dismount. After the
first wrench you're all right Come!
you're none the worse for your cropper
into clay and mud! Queer inn they
keep here" he said angrily as they
crossed the yard toward the door
whittier one of the hostlers had pointed
them. They could hear a woman's
scolding voice inside before it was
opened.
AS the mistress flung it open wide
and stood on the threshold, she babe
her guests good evening In O civil tone,
but insisted somewhat SYSTEMATICALLY
that she desired no guests that night.
She had ceased to keep the tavern since
b travel had all gone, or been stolen
away to the lower ferry. She had some
people already whom she must make q
Shift to care for, old Welsh folk who
had been put into the only that
could be used. She was giving up her
lease to leave the place
1--WE only ask for supper and a fire,
It's but to rest our horses" said Wey-
mouth, boldly making his way into the
inner kitchen where the freight looked
cheerful. Rogers followed r~uefully,
limping and holding his shoulder as if
he were badly hurt. When he sank in
to the corner of the settee his head
dropped back as if he were i'll, and his
eyes shut as if their sight swan with
giddiness. Such distress of WEAKNESS
and squalor of mud and wet could rot
but appeal to the beholder.
weymouth stood before the fire
steaming like the horse he had just
left and regarded his companion with
pity and surprise. Then he gave him
self another stretch, and yawned com.
fortably, and taking off his short cloak
spread it carefully upon a bench.
There was q stout leather wallet at his
side which he unslung and put by the
cloak at the freside, handling 1t as
lightly as he could, but not concealing
the fact of its weight, or hat such a
broad-shouldcred man as himself was
glad to get rid of it. AS he turned
again he saw that the landlady had
stopped her work among pans and
crooks at the table and was watching
him sharply, but Rogers groancd as il
in his sleep and Weymouth repented
his contempt and harsh words on the
way. His fcllow-messenger had been
o~fficious in his pretense of knowing
every turn of road that would bring
them quick and safe to Bristol, but he
had taken the worst of his mistake
with SO bad a fall, If the color of his
face We're any sign, and it grew plain
that Weymouth must somehow or other
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BuckIen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for Cute,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re
CURED. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25
cents per box. For sale by Chas. X. Par
fridge. aug16, eod&w, u, folrm
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CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER IL
Weymouth did not leave his place by
the fire, but stood there innocently
drying his muddy clothes. The fire had
caught a fagot ard YVES cracking and
swapping bravcly; suddenly it shot up q
strange CLEAN at the side which no.
body appeared TO notice, though it
shonc full In the face OF the landlady
and showed her to be more serene
and less excited, and presently she be-
came unexpectedly talkative.
II do feel proper disgraced to be
found so shiftlcss by you gentlemen"
she apologizcd to Weymouth, whose
face was Ia q shadow. Custom is SO
poor that there was no counting on
anybody from weeks end to weeks
end. We're giving up our lease to go
to America and said that Oh Monday
we'd harbor strangers no more, and
since then I've hcA Eve companies of
travelling folk lighting down, all cry
ing for the best, and being thankful for
the worst before they got away.
you'll wait an hour, for your sup
pers at best she added; I'D no eggs
by me, but I've sem up the road a bit; l
cooked the last I had for the folks that
was just before ye. An l amt got
but the n roo to show ye; the
chimney fell as belongs to the t'other
side the house. He'd ought to
get t bed" nodding at the poor
crooked-necked figure on the settee. II
make bold to say l want my kitchen to
myself. There's a ERE in thur-therc's
somebody in there already, but she's
stone deaf and crippled; an old Welsh
body as was left wi me by her son an
darter. They'll be getting a boat across
'arly, and l promised to mind her while
they stepped along the dixie to see
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The sale at the Masonic temple shoe
store is still going on. The store Is con-
stantly crowded with customers. The
store will not be open, Wednesday, until
l P. NJ, as the stock must be straight
encd out, so that customers can be waited
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Died.


I%,rers-Aug. 26. sadie Minnie, daughter Of
pev and Mrs. Geo. q. Haynes, aged l year and
ID days. 30 of Mr. and
Ms israel Kilcollin; Aug. q, Ellery, the
m ~ child of MT. me Mrs. Daniel Flan-
nery, aged / year, 2 months.
pbiuips-Aug. IS, George Goodwin, aged o.
Ear %, Mrs. Betsey r.. wen
s.ar aged n years, s months. . days; Aug; ~,
Mrs Lucinda Russell, aged SO years, 3 months
rs days.
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Married.


Durham-Aug. 90. Luther w. Packard and
Miss Laura Blanche Sewell, both of Lawrence,
Mass.
HANCOCK.
Mariaville-Aug. "a, Miss Josie G. Black to
Monroe Frost. both of Mariaville; Aug. %,
Miss Euuice e. Jellison to Eugene p. Tre-
worgy, both of Mariaville..
East ~Orland-Aug. %, Miss Hannah NJ. Dun
ham to Harvey NJ. Bowden, both of Orland.
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A Rule.

'Twixt the quill and the blade
IT'S the quill, they say, rules.
'Twixt the saw and the spade
IT'S a choice Of good tools.
But 'twixt cup and the lip,
'Twixt the tool and its use,
There is many a slip.
Hence this truth we deduce:
Every mar TO his trade,
Every trade with its tools,
But no tool is of aid
To mere fumblers and fools.
w. d. Ellwangex.
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For Gretchen on the wheel.
Good health to all, good pleasure, good speed,
A favoring breeze, but not toe hi Ugh,
For the outbound spin! Who rides may read
The open secret of earth and sky.
For life is quickened and pulses bound,
Morbid questionings sink and die
As the wheel slips over the gliddery ground
And the young day wakes in q crimson sky.
the merry comradeship of the road,
With trees that nod as we pass them by,
With hurTying bird and lurking toad
Or vagabond cloud in the MONDAY sky!
Oh, the wholesome smell of the good brown
earth
When showers have fallen for suns to dry!
Oh, the westward run to the mystic birth
OF q silver moon in q golden skyl
Good health to all, good pleasure, good speed,
A f~avoring breeze, but not too high,
For the homoward spinl Who rides may read
The open secret of earth and sky.
Marguerite Merington.
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CONTINUED on page G.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-12-05
Joshua slmpIeins.

The attraction at the Opera House
next Monday night is Joshua Slmp-
kins, pleasing and interesting story
of quaint New England life, written in
the vein now so popular in both fiction
and the drama, 1t contains an easily
discernlble plot, effective incidents, and
characters entirely true to nature, and
is said to hold the attention of the aud
ience from the beginning to the end OF
the play. 1t allows the introduction of
much wholesome comedy, which fact il
not lost sight of by the members Of the
company, and of which they take every
advantage to keep their audience in al
most continuous laughter. Among the
members are some very clever singers
and dancers who are given an opportu
mity to introduce their specialties. They
band an orchestra with this company
are said to he very fine. Seats now on
sale at the City Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-12-05
NC INSURANCE roIIoY

"The largest life insurance policy ever
issued TO any one man 10y any life insur-
ance company Ia the world has just heel
issued to Col. j. 5. Carr, President of the
Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Company,
of Durham, n. c., for $500, 900, hy the
Mutual Life Insurance Company Of New
York representing O. +. Bresse u Sons,
General Agentsfo North Carolina. Nir-
ginia, District of Columbia and Mary
land. Colonel Carr has also taken $780,
600 on the life of his wife aud 100000
on the life of his brother. DIR. A. G.. Carr.
making Il total Of 500, ,000in the Mutual
Life Insurance Company Of New York.
Colonel Carr is the second heaviest in
snred man in the world, the Hon. John
Wanamaker, x-P0stmaster-Gene of
the United States, being the first.
Colonel Carr WAS examined in New
York by the Medical Directors Of the
Mutual Life, and their report was ''phy-
sically perfect There are very few
men in the world who can pass the rigid
physical and more rigid financial exami-
nation required by the Mutual Life for
such large amount of insurance.
Colonel Carr selected the Mutual Life
Insurance Company Of New York be-
cause it is the oldest life insurance COM
pany in the United stat es and the largest
in the world, having over $220, 900, 900 OF
assets, or more than double the gold re-
serve of the United States. It's assets ex-
coed the combined capital Of the national
banks of New York. Chicago, Philadel-
phia, Boston, Baltimore, Washington,
aud Cincinnati
The company has also insured num-
ler of other prominent men in Mary
land, Virginia, the District Of Column
llia, North Carolina and New York for
100000 and upward, including Mayor
Alaceus Hooper, Of Baltimore. for 500,
900, and Attorney General Poe, for $780,
600, also James A. Gary, of Baltimore,
for $4,000.
The company also has number of
prominent citizens of Annapolis among
It's policy holders. 1t is represented IN
this city by Drs. q. B. Henkel and IL.
Il. Walton, who will give any desired
information. adj"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-12-05
In Political Circles.

At noon today an informal conference
of the Republican State Senators and
Senators-elect was held at the Carroll
ton Hotel, Baltimore. The meeting was
suggested by SenatOr-elect J. Writ Ran
dali, of Anne Arundel, who, it is said,
would like to be president of the Upper
House. Among the Senators who were
present were Senator Sloan, OF Allegany;
Senator Scott. of Washington; Senator
dem Of Somerset er et Senator @ r. DaT If How.
ard, and Senator Westcott, OF Kent.
None of them knew exactly what the
conference would consider, the general
opinion being that all that could be ac-
complished at present would to make
each member acquainted with the other,
if they do not know each other already.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-12-05

The popularity of Chamberlain s Cough
Remedy and the high esteem in which
it is held leads us to believe it to be an
article of great worth and merit. We
have the pleasure of giving the expert.
ence of these prominent citizens of Re
dondo Beach, Cal, in the use of the
remedy. Mr.. A. v. Trudell says: 81
have always received prompt relief when
fused Chamberlain 8 Cough Remedy. ?
Mr.. James Orchard says: 81 am salts.
fed that Chamberlain 5 Cough remedy
cured nv cold.'' Mr.. J. NJ. Hatcher
says: . For three years have used Cham.
berlain 8 Cough Remedy in my family
and its results have always been salts.
factOry.n y
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-12-05
win Meet on New YEAR. pay.

BY constitutional provision the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland convenes at
high noon on the first "Wednesday in jan
uary. This date in 1896 is also the first
day of the year and is legal holiday by
enactment. Despite this fact, however,
the Legislature must assemble and the
two houses organize and send a message
to the Governor that they are prepared
to receive any communication which he
may have to make. 1t is not probable
that Governor Brown will send in his
message on New Years Day, but will
recognize the fact that the Legislators
will be anxious to do on that day only
such work as is absolutely necessary. -
They are compelled to meet, because no
law can override the provisions of the
Constitution on the subject, but after
the preliminary organization is effected
adjournment will probable lie had until
Thurtday.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-12-05
NAVAL ACADEMY.
Homing Pigeons Bring NJ, ssages ApPro
priation to be Asked.

Messages were received at the Naval
academy yesterday by Superintendent
Cooper and Others ann aouncing the move
ment OF the ironclad Amphitrite aud
the practice cruisers Bancroft and Mo.
nongahela, which left the Naval Aeade-
my Monday morning
Capt. Wise, commanding the Amphi-
trite, sent message stating "We AM
chored yesterday at Yorktown for small
arm firing. Passed Bancroft towing the
Monongahela, at York Spit light a.
IN, going well, with strong north wind. =
The homiug-pigeon service at the Ma
val Academy was started by Prof. Henri
Marion, who, with other officers OF the
academy, took great interest in the en-
terpIise.
The Bancroft and Monongahela reach
ed Norfolk at 8 o'clock yesterday, ae-
c0rding To message received by 4
homing pigeon at the Naval Academy
loft. Assistant Engineer ii. O.Suckney,
United States Navy, sent the following
message from the Bancroft, which was
posted at the Naval Academy Club:
The eaTrier-plgeOn service Is an un-
doubted success, and is Invaluable for
ships. particularly eoasting war vessels
The small sum of money necessary to
maintain such service could not be
expended in a better way.
These pigeons have been used at the
Nuval Academy with great success,
having proved useful on many occasians
where telegraphic communications
could not be had. A strong pressure
viii he made, it is said, to make the
homing pigeon service permanent
institution for naval service. 1t is said
only small appropriation will be asked
10y CangIess to carry out its ends.
The contest over the gold medal Of
fered by the Naval Academy Auxiliary
Association at the Naval Academy for
the best football kicking yesterday af-
ternoon, Naval Cadet Robt. w. Hen
derson, of Ohio, of the second class, won
the long-distance kick, by AZ yards and
inches. Naval Cadet James Buchan-
an Henry, Jr., of New York, first class,
won the drop ball goal kicking. Place
kicking had to be postponed on account
of darkness.