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for yourself Did you ever SEQ rs
dotted Ri these arsP'
II do moi know, What is there Pecu'
liar about IhsmW
"POrhapS you have never noticed
how people generally dot them. No
one, except, perhaps, sChoolhoy over
his round hand, ever dots an II At tho
time he forms the letter; no always
waits at least HRtil he has reached tho
end Of tho word. We'll, now, u man
vino lost the HlRht OF his LOTT oye, aud
whose sight Is generally defective,
bends over his paper, and mia nose gets
in his way when h1 wants 10 dot hlg
rs. The consequence is that il 10 all
done haphaEard, Now look al tho dots
OF these 'i'ai thOy are hern, there and
everywhOrsi sometlmes-but rarely
before the letter; moro Often behind III
sometimes too. high upi sometimes too
low down, You can $50 At once that II
ia all done by faith and not BY sight
looked more carefully al the writ
ing; il was indeed as Gresham had said.
thought Mt once OF Count ShrIeyal let.
Every ono knew that no was blind Of
ths left OyO. lilo had acted aisOcr0Inry
10 tho congress. H. aa seemed certain,
il was one OF tho pl0nipOIeniarlOs who
had betrayed tho secret, Count ShrleyRl-
iietI musl DO tho man. / hasIURGd with
inv now pieCa al information to the
pTince, but had to wait I'LL the even
Ing before could SEQ HIN, as he had
lust gone back to the congress.
When we met, told him what Gre''
ham had said about w handwriting
Tho prince was no great believer IN
gEaphoogy, and said so
"SIill," | said, 'Just consider the ,Nc'
lual position Of affairs. Some one has
diyulged tho main provisions oil the
treaty. That some ono must DO one oil
tho Observation-Disclosures, for no one else
has had an opportunity OF knowing
them. And II it Is one OF them, the cut
bono question Rriiea. which OF them
has tho greatest interest in upsetIing
the thirteenth ClAuseW
"UndoubIedly," said tho prince,
"Shrieval iSif IL the man most Interested
in upselting that clause. 50 much must
bs patent To everybody. Still, l say
again, It Ia impossible that he can have
betrayed uS. He may not be Over.acrup'
ulous, but, still, he would not violate
the essential principles OF diplomacy"
"But consider again." said. "Ihe
count I, the man to whom the cui bono
test applies, and he IL aIso the man TO
whom my irienda description applies.
A man between twenty-five and sky,
that IL nothing; but also man bind OF
the left eyo-that is really significant
Is thora any other Of tho nIeuIpoien'
Llariss blind OF the loft sye2"
at is very strange" said the prince,
shaking his head mourniuiY. This
business will kill me. | can think OF
nothing else but that unlueky thirteenth
clause"
Whilst wo were thus discussing tho
affair tho post came, and from amongst
a pile Of letters and papers tue prince
picked out the London Dial His deli
cate, IeweOd hands trembled visbly as
he opened it. One glance was sufficient,
and he passed it on to mo with a dole
iul expression.
There it IT," he said. THE most
sacred oil secrets published urbl OF orb,
and all my labor thrown away II 10
moustrous."
IN M r1yrtSt'rD1
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n,roa Free rru,

RiroH Free PrdL
MADAM" he began, as no called at a
houie on High street the other lore
noon, "your husband went away in such
a hurry this morning that no forgot
something"
"oh. no did. eh?' queriOd the woman,
with good deal Of emphlSlG
"Yepm, he did, When went around
20 SEQ why he hAnn't left his suits to be
cleaned, hs said he'd forgot EN-"
~ see, And you offered to come up
and get them?'
"Ys,'m, lie wants EN- cleaned this
"Did he say what ,ul.H" asked the
woman,
Nom, he didn't; but expect lie a
fall and winter suit aud also fall over
coat. II you would be- so kind"
where did you SEQ my husband"
AT his Office, mA'Am."
GLOW long aSo%
"About half an hour You don't
doubt me, ma'am2"
"Oh, mol Irs rather odd, however.
Ny husband went 10 Europe six months
ago aud hasn't returned yet, aud how
he could DO In his office down town aud
send you up for his fall suit iS more
than eau make out. Won't you please
wait till
"No, maam-thankes mR'am-can'I
waltz replied tho man, and the way he
got oHt OF the yard and around the cor
ner IigniAsd q good deal Of mental OK
cItemenL OH his part.
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my route and in due course found my
seli again in the capital where tho con,
grass was sitting. MY first visit was, Of
course, to tho prince, | found him
greatly ugiIRt0h,
"llow good OF YOU" he said, taking
both my hands in his, ito pat yeHFssIf
10 all this trouble on my account, And
90 you havo really recovered tho docu,
menl. will not ask you how you
managed IL, Iu Whatever way il wis
done, II was righteous act, for 10
Grand could have obtained it only by
fraud oil some kind. but tho modui
opsrandi Is utterly beyond me. Az |
said before, 10 Grand must be the devil, I"
ldrew out the envelope and handed
him tho paper on which the draII'treaty
was written,
Perhaps" ! said, this will help you
to daIeGI the traitor"
Tho priuce took the paper, and ran
his pracIicsd eye over tho several para
graphs.
ut is, as | feared" be said at last,
with something very like groAn,
"Soma OF it is, no doubt, mere
clever guoS.work, but much is
evidently amplihsd from signil.
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ANNFV'V'Nl 'N's'l
No doubt lie Grand saw at onco that
il would be impossible for him to main
tain hi, incogHitO, so he made a virtue
OF necessity aud satdi
"Nhatl are YOU running away, tooT'
"Only for day rso," said,
"ThaI is just my case, | want a little
change, aud really thsro is nothing TO
no gained dancing attendance on the
congress, Never was there such coll
lection OF dumb dogs"
II / had still doublnl that le Grand
had obtained some valuable ipIorma'
ton, could have doubted no longer
Nothing else would have justified this
turning OF his back upon the congress
whilsI IL was still in the middle OF its
sittings, Idalerminrd TO stick to him
in tho hope that might gain some DO
finite information. However, during
our long journey ha was VO7y TeIicenl,
aud il was not until va were actually
aboard the steamer which was to con-
vey us to Dover that he allowed his
hab,ual boaNiulneiI to overcome his
caution in oyNn tho smallest degree.
then, idH:ins himself, no doubt 70 b.
beyond tho reach ui any possible dan
gor, Inc drew from his pocket tho blue
official envelope which l had once be-
fore caught sight OF, and said with q
triumphant smilo; =.
"lhis ia ono OF my surprise packages "
Indeed" said, and what Is the
value inside"
"perhapS a crown" no answered
crAndiloquenIlY.
lhon he returned Il TO the pocket, but
not before had noticGl two thlnrs
about II, The frat that II was iasIeued
the second that Ehere was no writing
upon ii.
! had now to devise some plan to got
possession Of this envelope, aud it was
not long before hit upon II,
LOT. I.n Grand aud went into another
cabin. Here opened my valIie and
took out precisely similar envelope
Then folded sheet OF ;OolscRp prnNr
aud placing it made fastened tho en-.
velope. / nov hal dummy package
not TO be distinguished externally FROM
the one in lie Grand's pocket
All this was simple enough. The
difficulty was how to elect tho OK
change-hut had my own scheme.
The custom house officers were, as
usual, on board, and went up to the
chief OF them and told him in con-
ildsnce that there was passenger on
board whom it might be well for them
to search for cigars or tobacco. "Oi
course" added, ~ DO not wish to be
mixed mp with tho business, just give
YOU tho hint ior whGtit is worth, You
cannot mistake the passenger In que''
ton, he is so Immense, aud | can
hardly believe that all his bulk is
genuine"
The official was much obliged to me
for the hint. aud It was arranged be.
tween US that tho search should not
take place till Just as We were
reaching Dover and that | should
then place mv'al' cln'" to tho
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cant hints given bv Aoms one who
is familiar with our proceedings And
the thirteenth olNuse-ths most i'm.
porlnnt Of all--is almost word for word
as we finally agreed that II should
stand. This makes it certain tina; we
have been betrayed And II It once gots
into the papers. Rs you think II will,
there will be such an cutlery that wo
shall have to modify it, Itisa terrible
blow, especially for mo, as 1t will DO
impossible for me now TO secure any.
thing like such favorable terma for my
sovereign. No misfortune 30 great has
ever beiallan me Ia the whole course Of
my official career. And all through
tina. unIcrupuIous lie Grand"
SympRlhiEinR with thsp prince, did my
best to soothe aud eomiott him, but his
chagrin was too profound for my efforts
to have much success.
Then tried TO call his attention to
the document as possible means Of
Identifying the criminal
"Do you know tho handwriting" |
asked.
Not in the least; 1t seems to me to
DO q disguised hand"
$50 l thought. And there 10 nothing
about the document to suggest TO you
any one in particular as the Writsr?"
Nothing"
We had little further conversation,
and then left him. taking the docu.
ment with me. Ihad an idea that pos.
Iibly Gresham might help me, At any
rate tt was a good opportunity Of put.
ting his boosted science to tho test.
When | brought tho subject before
him, he smiled a. little scientifically.
80 the CcOGer has come to pray" he
said.
Then he carefully ScrutiniEed the
writing, at frat, with the naked eye,
and afterwards with pocket.lenIo. At
last ha said:
"Now think have mastered 1t.
Pray ask mo any questions you like, l
will not undertake TO answer them all,
but, II l do no. know, l will say 60
frankly"
Very we'll. then, lsf.-IS this hand.
writing natural or disguised p
Undoubtedly disguised"
"9ndly.-Is it mans hand, or 4 Wo'
man's7'
"a mans"
"3rdly.--Is tho writer educated, or
unsduca,cd"
"llighly educated"
"CRn you fix approximately the age
Of the wriLer2'
"Only In tho toughest way. IiO Ia
certainly not n Chlld--not even u youth
for tho hand il perfectly formed.
And no cannot DO very old, for the
writing Is quite firm. But ho might DO
Ruy ago between, say, twenty-five aud
tiity or even sixtV.'
could think Of only ono moro quos.
ton. As yet Gresham's science had
done but little to holm us.
as there any popularity about the
writing which enables you 70 give any
further information regarding tho
writer"
"Ah," no said; "thore is a crucial
question; tho rest was moro child's
play, answer 1t by saving that there
IL something very peculiar about tho
writing whicn docs enable mo to give a
piece OF information about tho wrltOr.
Only, you will not believe me when !
toll you what II lis"
"Isll mo, nOycr,holoW," said.
"fhd writer IL blind Of one eye.
"lIow can you possibly know thatY'
"Oh, 1t is easy enough, II YOU only
take lho trouble to observe know,
too, that II IL tho loft eve Of which no
is blind and that the Slght Of tho right
eye il not good"
ut IL very remarkable, II true"
at 10 perfectly truo. You can judge
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SuspOCted passenger In order to avoid
the possibility Of u mistake
All came oil rs We hal arranged.
AZ tho steamer was on tho point ct en'
tOring tho larbur, wont IN to lie
Grand to lclCh my valsO which ! had
previously placed beside him. Then
the revenue officers came up aud asked
him II no had anything to declare.
Nothing" said 10 GrRndim patlentlY.
"Pleass 10 open your pHckng0s."
Thee wnrc duly examined, hut moth.
ing ContrIband WA discovered.
"And nov, sir" said the chiol Off.
cial, 81 mnat trouble You to turn out
your pockets"
"Whatw exclaimed 10 Grand, swell.
ing with Indignation.
"Duty, sir"
"Butit is unhCard Of. Do you know
who am?'
"lhat doesn't mattor. air; We have
the right to search any Passenger"
"Yon will hear more Of this" said
| 10 Grand.
but ho had to submit. and no laid a
motley collection OF articles on the
table. Amongst them was tho blue on.
volope. This was my opportunity. |
felt very nervous, but in reality tho
risk Of detection was slight, rs every
ones eyes wOrO rivOtcd on La Grand. Ia
tino made tho exchange without din.
Guilty ThOn | quietly Withdrew and
wont on deck. Tho gang.plAnk had al.
feady been placed Ia position. Az was
crossing 1t, 10 Grand, ioRming with i'm.
potent anger, came up behind me.
"Dld you ever hOAr Of such inso.
lencc?" ITO said. "a shall have tho mat.
tor brought forward In Parliament"
lot him pass whom wc got on aliorO,
and thOn made my way, not to tho Lord
Warden, but 10 a much smaller holOl
whore know ] should DO unmolOslsd
by onomiBs or iriOnds. llOFO | opened
tho packet. True enough, II contained
tho drnitFOaty In FrOnch with tho
thirteenth clause obtruSivoly marked
with rcd Ink
80 tho prince was right In his sna.
picionS," said 10 myself. "But how
on Oarih did 10 Grand manage to gOt
hold OF H."
knew that, though | had secured
tho draft, which might bB ua0Iul Tor
tho detection Of tho traitor, whooVor Ito
might bO, l., Grand was much too
aagaCou' TO allow himself To ba do.
pendent on any document did mt
doubt llnt 10 md learnt of Tho prln.
Oipal clau0ca by heart, and that va
should, In spitc oi his loss, 800 tho pro.
visions Of tho treaty In next DAYS Dial
30 | sonl tho following telegram to tho
ptincoi
~ have rocnyorNd tho missing parcel,
and | nn pretty surO that most Of TIA
contgnts have bcnn forwarded 10 Lon.
dom"
~
1ItAvOi n Dover only until tho next
boat left Tor Calais. Then | foltacod
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Dr. Mllcn' Palm rIllsN atop lIcadNchO

Ira Just ~ easy To Try ono Minute
Cough Curu A. anything olso. ia
oaplOr to euro a severe cough or cold
with H. Lot your nckl purchase for a
cough bc One Minute Cough Cure. lot.
tor moloinoi better tcsulu, botlor
Try H. Logan Drug Co., Wheeling, W.
Va, Il, r. Peabody, Bcnwood, aud llowtO
400, Bridgeport, o 4
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SEVERAL years ago was tNkon with n
severe attack OF lux. was sick In bod
about ton days aud could got nothing
10 relieve mo until | used Chamber.
lAin'a Colic, OholOra and DlarrhoOA
Remedy, which curOd mo anu hRa bOsn
n household remedy With ~ over since,
]. q. NARROW, DOrNinrvilo, Mo.
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u, & o. Special Excursion 10 the Pitts.
buFEl EEpOaltlnn,

September 10. "a and 20, October 0, 5,
10. 10 aud II, tue baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company will soil oXourGion
tcknta to Pittsburgh aud return at ratio
Of s., which includes admission to tho
exposition. Tickets good to return on
all regular trains two days from date oil
Anlo,
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THERE arc many good reasons why
you should use One Minute Cough
Cure. There are no reasons why you
should not, II IN mood Of help. Tho only
harmless remedy that producoI immo.
diatO results. Logan Drug Co., Wheel.
ing, W. Va, II, +. Peabody, Benwood,
aud Bowie & Co., bridgeport D. u
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Octobsr . aud 3 tho baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company will soil excursion
ticket, TO Fairmont aud return al cato
Of 81 10, good returning until October
3. inclusive,
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cnNAr MNrMs snurn.


Tickets now on sale at various ticket
oilicus Of Pennsylvania Lines Rates
from Wheeling to Atlanta and return,
twenty days limit, S2S 40. Rate from
Wheeling to Atlanta aud return, limit.
cd to January I, 1895, ST. 80, For special
information call upon ]. e., lomlinson
or Juhu Baltic, ticket agents, Wheeling,
". Va. MwdF
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"The use OF 'caaoriA Is 30 universal ard
its merits 30 well known that IL seems work
Of EupererogatIon to endorse It. Few are tho
intelligent families who do not keep cGStoHA
within easy reach"
cARlnS AAETrA D. D,
New York CITY.
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1iLayOd In Dover only until tho next
boat left Tor Calais. Then / rolracod
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Castoria.

"CAStoria isso well adapted toehIldrnthAt
recommend 1t as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A, ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Ill 81. oxford ST., Brooklyn, MY.
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Nr CnrArn c0,prsr q murray s1RrEr, NV YoRE en-
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Dress Goods at SOC.
FINANCIAL.

q, hAER. President jos gEy78SB CHaIfs
IA JWTEEinS AWuuln: Cl,Nidt
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CastoriA cures Cole, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, piaThpA, Eruct4tion,
Kills Worms gives Eleep, and promotes o
Gustlon,
Without injurious medication.
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"For several years hAvo recommends
your 'Castoria and shall ALWAYS continue u
do SO as 1t has invariably produced bcneae.l
EpWn F. PARDEE, N. D.,
e. - o.
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Stock Raising IN the South.
American Agriculturis.. A

The advisability IT raising horses
cattle and sheep in large numbers in
the west and south has of late wears
been questionable. Prices are low
and apparently are not going to adj
vance rapidly. The former large
areas OF pasture have been devoted 70
the raising of grain which is more pro-
titabIe. The price ofland has adyauc-
ed making it necessary to get larger
returns than formerly. But if stock
raising "na large scale isa doubtful
problem there certainly can be no mis-
take III every farmer keeping some
good animals Of all kinds. Tie pro-
duction each year Of tirst-class colt
or two on the average farm, ranch or
plantation will yield profit. Bear il
mind they must be good ones which
are no harder to raise than scrubs.
Then some cattle, blooded or good
grades, will pay if not in the produc-
ton Of meat by keeping up the iertili-
ty OF the soil. Dairy farming il prob
ably now more profitable than any
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other KIND. and in localities adapted
to 1t shonl? always be considered.
Although the sheep industry is not
now popular it is certainly true that
most films of 160 acres can with profit
keep q ilocll of from 30 to so. They
can I'VE largely on what other stock
refuse "r cannot get at. Mutton will
always sell and the price of wool NAV
go mp. Hogs are now good invest
ment and can usually be depended
upon. Our southern farmers have a
great advantage in their mild climate.
ana can compete with any part of the
country in stock breeding and raising.
"ls he Il criminal lawyer ?" "Not
quite ; he stops just short of it,
Judge.
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OFFTCIA L DIRECIOh}.
STATE OFFICERS

STATE OFFICERS
r,o- Murphy J. Foster of st. Mary
Lle"s: ss,+e, IT. S Adams of E. Feliciana
oc0 ~, Acct's.. w. w Heard of lnlan
a.u4. Aau. T~a,snrer. John Pickett of Ross'er
n.a: .. Con- ". ]. Cunningham Natrh'toch's
s.ut a.. Prb. Ed A. Lafargue Asove'l $.
oup' q. s. SENATORS.
r. D. White - ~
Don 49, STATE SENATORS.
... '.--...' - '----
iohn D, oiatfer teffenofhf
JUDGES SUPREME CoU"T
.c,;sfJrs-ice: F T. Nichols of Orleanss
a;.t, .,J A. Break. of Iherla
eD'oe'' = Chas Pariange Of Orleans.
q SD. McEnery, of Onachi'a
90. LIB. Watkins. Red RI er.
CIRCUIT CoU-,r OF APPEALS, Flt"h ''rc"','
R.T. Beayregsra- -. .of 81: :,ernar"
= n sr,.th --...of st. Mary.
y coscRgssMas, :, 3rd. Congressional Dist.
on''S 18th. Judicial District.
y,aca .....L l.. L. CalllOuet
Dist. Attorney D. T. " 'nono''7'
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
wora II, Clement. 2nd Ward.-.--
ls' Ramon r. Bake 3rd Ward. Eqa-
.;.ts Re;nayd. 4th Ward, f B 40 9th
word. Arthur A. 5"ndreanN. 18th ware
SrIvestIe Martinez, 7th ward John r.
p!t,mar7. sth ward Louis Faisout. 9th
word r Penouilh, 10th ward Augusle
Cretin.
;,.a Mnry.nt ond ward.
1st wari. Evar,ste Morvaht' Snu n.', ,nard wa,d'
q Emile Dngas, Alberto befger,on' 3rd ward
y Edwin Br,lsall, 4th ward Albert Savole,
4 eth war5, .lyrtile kerne, 9th ward. WI
yan ysn p.a.renhack, Is. 7ih ward, Wellington
AeoeIs, . VAN ,ot,, v,rd Tay1or Adam.
. Henry ie-ht, nrv1cups
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/, Represeao naIsl,t..
4 g -...... IA. Deiaho''e.
Coroner. .-.--. ..Dr. W. +. narahs'
clark IF fcourt. C. J. Parker.
Shar;f Jas Bearry
Traasn-e, a. J. Brand.
pr,ntar A. JOLIET Jr. 4 Co
AsSeSso-..- ". az .""'o
Rsturn,nr Officer. ... I. } johnson.
poLICE JURORS.
President, T. D. Keut; F.. U. Morvant,
H.W,Tabor, Chas. E. Gande. Ellis foret'
|. Emile Letlet, Louis LollL- i" ~
ten, El:e Ducos. Clerk foilce Jury IL
N. Coulca. Sergeant at arms, L. Dusas.
j. Galliaae Oyster Inspector.
DRAINAGE CoMMlssioN.fs., :, .t
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