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ITo BE Continued
One Price.

The late William G. Twombly, OF
Portland, long unique figure in the
piano trade, had a fixed price for each
of his pianos, and he would not lower
it for any customer, no matter how i'm.
Fortunate. early in my business Ca
reer," said Mr.. Twombly, not long ago,
81 would occasionally ask more than
a piano YVES worth, and then, when the
customer tried to beat me down, /
would take off what ! had added to
the regular price. The way was
cured of that was this: A lady came in
one day and inquired the price of a
piano which had always sold for four
hundred dollars. Expecting her to
ask for reduction, told her the price
was four hundred and fifty dollars.
8 Very WE'LL said she, Il like the piano
and You may send it up this afternoon.
My husband will give you check for
the amount tomorrow Twas puzzled
what to do" said Mr.. Twombly, "but
I finally told her that the piano would
cost her only four hundred dollars.
Since that time l have never asked
more than piano was worth, and ]
have never allowed myself to be beaten
down. ,'-Lawiston Journal.
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CHAPTER xIv.-CoNr1NuED.

CHAPTER XlV.-CONTINUED.
The director appears to have been a
pragmatic Englishman, without the
tact of prudence. There was, at the
time, million dollars in specie on
temporary deposit in the ST. Mary's
bank, be:ug the two payments made
by the government for large contract
for copper gun-barrels. This money
should never have reached st. Mary's
in cG!z. But there had been loud
outeEy from different parts of the coun-
try shat all the profits of the company
wsnt to England, and the disaffected
Esen of 1.-THE Junta" had reechoed it
bitterly. This director, therefore,
whose name was Matlock, had advised
the company to use the money at st.
Mary's in paying off the Indebtedness
on the improvement scheme. He APP
pcarcd to think it would have good
effect. On the night after the strike
three of the new houses built by the
company were burned. The striking
workrnen were charged with the in
cendiarism, but denied it. The next
day there were three or four thousand
men out of work in the town and q
very angry feeling.
Director Matlock injudiciously ex.
pressed an opinion about the origin of
tho fire which made the better class of
striking workmen indignant, and they
seat delegation to the Office Of the
weeks to get statement from him di-
reatly, and they encountered at the
door of the Office six men, armed with
clubs and pistols, who ordered them
away. An alteration ensued. Two
of che delegation were knocked down
apl one had his skull fractured. The
remainder of the men went back for
achievements and in an hour thepe
was a mob of five hundred men before
She, office. They demanded that the
perpetrators of the outrage should be
ha2ded over or they would enter the
building by force and take them. Mat
lock refused to give them up. The
mob then broke into the Office, seized
the men and took them into the street,
where they were beaten to death. The
director then sent for the sheriff at
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While this was going on nn hour was
lost and it was three o'cloclr. At half
past three o'clock the regiment wac
moved from the bank to the vicinity OF
the corpany's works. It proceeded in
fine open order and was chcered along
the route by the people. A strong
guard was left at the bank and no one
allowed to enter.
On the company's com, ION it was
again drawn up-a strong encircling
line of piclxets thrown out and the fol-
lowing note sent about five o'clock to
the director:
ssSir:-The first battalion of the
workingmen's advance guard will pro-
tect property until the state takes pos
session. shall cncamp my men on
the outskirts until tomorrow. Let the
citizens retire to their homes till that
time"
After several attempts to see the
colonel, the sheriff sent a communion
ton to him:
'sSir:-Will you inform the authori-
ties of this county by what right you
invade this state. AS the legally con-
stituted officer of the county, / demand
that you appear before me and explain
your conduct under penalty of arrest"
To this the colonel made no answer.
It was six o'clock in the evening
when the regiment was marched to an
open tract on .he southwest terrace
overlooking the town; strong guards
were thrown out in all directions and
apparent preparations made for going
into camp. AS there was nothing for
the town to do but wait the arrival of
the governor in the morning, it slowly
quieted down. The camp fires of the
military burned in long row on the
far terrace. The regular beat of the
drum was heard far into the night,
which was an unusually dark one, and
at twelve o'clock all was still.
But as soon as it was light the
streets were thronged. There were
the fires on the terrace smoking as if
with preparations for breakfast and
the white tent of the colonel could be
plainly seen. The early train brought
in crowd of idle men, but the rail-
road officials denied having seen any
regiment.
As soon as the day was fairly arrived.
crowds began to make their way to
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a SAD CASE.
atilda Belinda Lucinda MacGoycrr

Matilda Belinda Lucinda MacGovcrr
was very untldy-you might say sloveni
Towards brushes and brooms she had no sort
OF leaning
It fact it was said that the sight OF duster,
upstairs or downstairs, would simply disgust
her;
AND broom to the room OF this sad Miss Mac
Govern
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3. About mile ont there is an old

ing. About mile ont there is an old
house standing half hidden III the gum
trees and brush near the one road. It
was built ten years before by man
who manufactured potash and tannin
from the oak stumps and is said to
have done quite business there in o
drudging way. About six weeks be-
fore the troubles broke out at ST.
Mary's the place was hired from an old
negro into whose possession it had
fallen by man who gave out that he
was going to fit it up for the manufac-
ture of emery paper, great deal of
which was used at ST. Mary's and ma
terial for which had been found in a
crude state somewhere in the neigh
borhood. He had been receiving his
stock of machinery and implements
over the Paducah road.
On the morning to which reference
very demoralized condition. The news
had gone out over the country and
hundreds of strangers had poured in
across the Ohio and from Louisville
and Cairo. 1t was expected by every
body that collision would take place
between the workmen and the colony
which the English company had
planted on the bank of the river. The
sheriff of the county had arrived, but
the governor had declined to interfere
at the present state of affairs.
Such was the condition of matters
when at nine o'clock, to the astonish-
ment of everybody, a regiment of in
fantry, one thousand strong, in full
marching order and armed with maya
zine guns, made its appearance at the
edge of the town on the Paducah rail-
road, and came down the main street
as far as the bank in fine order, pre-
ceded by drum corps of four pieces.
The establishment and excitement at
this sudden invasion were increased ten
fold by the banner which spread out to
the morning breeze, and which had
inscribed on it legibly: First Battal-
ion American Workingmen. No Tyr
amy of Money. No Coercion of Capt.
ital.'
Where the regiment had come from,
how far it had marched or what
were it's intentions, no one knew. But
it did not take long for the rumor to
form. and fly that it was a working
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TEE MILD POWER ouREs.
LIST or NUMBERS.

Inst or NUMBERS CURES
1-Fevcrs, COMPOSITIONS determinations. .9J
2-WOrms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic... .25
S-Teeshings Collie Crying. WakefulnesS 80
4-Dinrrhen, OF Children or Adults. .2S
S-Dysentery,G Gripping. Bilious Collie. .25
6-Cholera M0rbns, vomiting.-....... I'D
y-COughs, Colds. Eronchitis...... I'D
S-Neuralgin, Toothache, Faceache. I'D
S-Hen dachcS, Sick Headache. Vertigo. Ia
lO-Dyspepsia, Biliousncss, Constipation .S5
ll-Suppresscd or Painful Periods. .2a
l2-Whites, Too Profuse Periods. ......-. .25
13-Croup, LnryRgitis,y Roarseness. e. .25
14-Sait RhenEl, Erysipelas. Eruptions. 80
1S-I2heumutism.o or Rheumatic Palms. I'D
16-Mnlaria, Chills. Fever and Ague,... .2S
1S-Piles, Blind or Bleeding. ...,.....-"... sd
1S-Ophthalniy, Soreo Weak Eyes,: I'D
l9-Cntarrh, Influenza, Gold In the Head .2A
QO-Whoopin~ Cough. ...........,....... .2S
1i-Asfhma, Oppressed Breathing. -. rs
22-Ear Discharges. Impaired Hearing 80
2S-ScrOfuln, Enlarged Glands. Swelling y ,
24-Generaf Debility, Physical Weakness 30
25-Dropsy, and Scanty Secretlons sd
26-Sea-Sickness,S Sickness from Riding 20
2S-Kidney Disca sea ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .G.l
2S-NeFvons Debility. ..-............-.1.UA
l9-S0ro Mouth, or Canker. -.....,...:. ga
3O-Uriunry Weakness, Wetting Bed. .&S
S1-pninftiI Periods. .&S
So-Disca scs fthc Heart. Palpitation 90
S3-Epsiepsy, Spasrns, st. Vitus' Dance. Loo
34-Diphtherin, liberated Sore Throat. .Sa
3S-Chronic COMPOSITIONS 3 Eruptions. ga
NEW SPECIFIC FOR 6h!F, 20 .
Put up IN small bottles OF pleasant pellets 1uss
fits your vest pocket
Sold Druggists, sent postpaid on receipt OK prtso
Dr. HunruRsYs' MANUAL t,4s pages NAILED FsEE.A
NUNpuRRYs' M D. CO., n fIa William st.. New Tors.
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the edge of the camp. The guard had
been withdrawn from the bank in the
night and at seven o'clock Matlock re-
ceived word that the regiment had dis
appeared. He went Immediately to
the bank with the sheriff. At the same
time the news of the disappearance
spread like wildfre. Crowds over-ran
the camping ground, but not a sign of
the soldiers could be found except the
smouldering fires, the remaining tent
and the strong smell of the trodden
grass, with here and there dropped
fragment of clothing-a cartridge or a
piece of food.
Then it was that the director dis
covered that all the specie had been re-
moved from the bank. great crowd
had gathered round the entrance. He
got upon chair and in an excited
manner conveyed the information. 1t
was received with incredulous jeers,
cries of ''Served you right. We don't
believe it. You brought the soldiers,
etc." and the widest excitement
ensued.
The sheriff was paralyzed and lost
his head. He sent kilograms to Louis
vile and Cairo calling on the author
tiles to arrest all soldiers in blue shirts
and duck trousers armed with Spencer
rifles. He arrested the agents at the
Paducah railroad and held them for
collision. Armed parties were sent
out on the highways and discovered
nothing but struggling men drawn to
the town by the news.
Every other subject was now
swallowed up in the robbery of the
bank. and upon the arrival of the gov
ernor and his adjutant in the after
noon, there ensued scene Of in
credulous indignation and fussy of
ficialism. The adjutant, an old-time
veteran with purely Kentucky pref
udices and Kentucky dignity, immedi-
ately framed a theory that there had
been raid from southern Indiana,
and was for calling upon the governor
Of that state to make good the loss and
to return the raiders for punishment.
In Louisville, Cairo and Cincinnati,
the most extraordinary accounts were
PuOAAohOA IL CAO lldpcIo. Ouc u CIc
sheets announced in it's head lines:
1.-THE English syndicate ut St. Mary's
makes away with million and half
of money belonging to the working
men,"
\ paper in Louisville announced that
Kentucky had beer invaded by an army
of Indiana free-booters, and it's head
lines were startling. Are we to have
another civil warp" they asked.
"Sha1l an invading army desolate
Kentucky while our a2athetic officials
are diclzering with the bloated barons?
Let there be q call to arms
One fact alone was clear to the
people of st, Mary's. The money and
the regiment had disappeared together
That the astonishing circumstance
did not at tie time betray to the coun-
try soae of the real facts was owing
to the middle which the incompetent
Mr.. Matlock and the pig headed sheriff
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mans regiment, and would not take
the side of the employers.
When it had reached the little
square where the bank stood it was
drawn up. A slzirmish line wa:
thrown out, pickets stationed and the
crowd forced back.
The colonel and his staff then wen,
into the bank. The disposition of the
men in the street was such that access
to the bank was impossible, and as the
doorway was on level with the street
it was impossible for the crowd to see
what was going on, save that there
was constant fuctuation in the
ranks of the men.
The regiment stood there quite two
hours and a half. In the meantime
there was great commotion at the
company's works. The sheriff set Off
in carriage with Mr.. Matlock, fol.
lowed by half score of deputies to
reach the bank, but were stopped by
the pickets. The officer protested and
threatened, but in vain. When asked
if the governor had sent them, the
soldiers replied: '.You must talk to
the colonel, but you cannot pass the
lines at present"
"If the colonel desires to protect the
bank, he will confer with me-" said
Mr.. Matlock.
81 don't know what his orders are, -
said the soldier. "Better wait till he
calls on you at the works.
The sheriff, in high dudgeon, then
rushed to the telegraph office. 1t is an
hour before he gets an answer from
the governor at Lexington and it is:
"Have not authorized use of troops
must be mistake about regiment. What
do you mean?"
Then followed several of the absurd
est Of dispatches.
''No mistake, says the sheriff. Greg
iment, one thousand strong, armed
with repeating rifles"
Impossible" says the governor
''Your fears or your condition has
made you wild. There is not such a
regimental formation in the state. If
you cannot preserve the peace will
send the Louisville Lightguards--
ninety-four men. The law must be
upheld"
Thea Matlocl corroborated the
sheriff.
Regiment of armed men in posses
sion of the bank. Must have the pro-
lection of the state at once. The sher-
if is helpless"
To this the governor still incredu-
lousy replies: Regiment must have
transportation. How did it come? An
swer at once if it invaded the state
from Ohio
Impossible to tel was the answer.
No one knows how it got here. 1t
is drawn up on Main street at present.
Have failed to communicate with
officers"
After some delay, the governor sent
this word:
''Wiil arrive In the morning with
Adjt. Gen. Luscomb. Do Nothing till
get there."
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Paducah and telegraphed to the gov
property was in danger and he de-
manded the protection of the state.
At tsis juncture a large number of
the remaining workmen who had
taken 10 part in the strike protested
against the action of the director and
went out with the others.
The whole town was now in a fer
ment of excitement, and that night
Mr.. Matlock began to take measures
20 have his gold transferred.
The next day an event occurred
which is unprecedented in the history
of strikes. In order to understand it
In It's extraordinary details, it is neces-
sary to explain the topography of st.
Mary's.
The town is built on the first and
second of the natural terraces and COW
ers in scattered way an area of per-
haps three square miles. To the south
west and overlooking the town is
what looks like portion Of third
and inrger terrace, but which is the
level of long stretch of tableland
that extends south and west with a
steady fnll for fifteen or twenty miles.
1t is q poor and sparsely inhabited
country covered with scrub oak and
gum trees and answers in many re-
spects to the southwestern land of
Kentucky which is still called the
"Barrens. There are few roads and
these are very bad. All local travel
slsirting this region follows the
Clark river on the line of the Paducah
railway. It is not at oil inaccessible
nonn ST. Mary's. II Is simply uninvtt-
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CHAPTER Ky.


1t Is necessary now t. keep in mind
two orders Of events. Cne is the slow
focusing of public suspicion about the
operations at Laran. The other is the
extraordinary relationship Ut the prin-
cipal personages at the headquarters
OF the conspiracy
A week passes and men arc strag-
Cling back to the Laran FROM al over
the country. They come III through
the woods at night singly W in little
groups. They arrive at thu Wash
bayou, coming down from st. Louis
and crossing at night from the Ar
kansas shore; they come up from
Memphis looking for work and some
of them ride in from the mountains OF
East Tennessee.
Hendricks watches the reassembling
with cool calculation and appears to
have been satisfied of the main re-
suits. About fifteen per cent. of the
men never reappeared. This was &C
cording to his calculations. But the
rest, actuated by the fear of individual
peril, the esprit de corps of military
organization, or the desire to go on
with the war which master-spirit
had planned, had, in great part, re-
turned at the end of the week. At that
time there were by count five hundred
and fifty men of the regiment back In
the cave.
Hendricks sat up all one night read
ing the papers that had been brought
him from Memphis. He went over all
the accounts carefully. There was not
in any of them surmise as to the
truth. The regiment had got away
and it had accomplished its purpose,
but the further away from the scene
the newspapers regarded the occur
renee. In New York there was some
kind of enormous western practical
joke suspected. How" said one jour-
nal, "a regiment of thousand men
can come and go without observation,
can dismantle bank and then depart
with million dollars in specie without
being detected or interfered with or
tracked, remains for the imaginative
west to explain. 1t looks very much
at this distance as if the English
company had been operating in phan-
toms to bear it's own market"
An angry official correspondence had
taken place between the governor of
Tennessee and the governor Of Indiana.
The town of St. Mary's and the city Of
Paducah swarmed with newspaper
men and detectives. But it was plain
TO Hendricks that fresh troubles at st.
Mary's between the director and the
men threatened to draw attention
from the search for the holders.
ITO RE CONTJNTTEn.7
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And Running Away from 1t.


ton?
Dusty Roades-LoolSin' fur work
Chicago Record.
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Daily Through Trains.

LATEST TIME CARD.
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and governor had prvouceo in shs
minds of the people. There was
widespread suspicion among the work.
ingmen that tYe superintendent was In
some way implicated in the removal
of the gold, and nothing could eradi-
cate from tina governors head the mo-
ton hat TIL. regiment was an oxag-
Grated ruse which had been brought
about by descen, of invading villaina
from southern Indiana.
Hendricks had colnted ON this very
result. His motto was: ''Audncity
that bewilders-and then, energy that
discrepancies"
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On Direrent Business.

Binlzs-Jimson seems to have beer
PLAYING in hard luck. He says he seer
nothing ahead but the poor house.
Minks-He told me he was making
money hand over fist. Do you buy
your goods of Jimson?
Binks-No; called to collect o bill
IN. Y. Weekly.
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Intensely Happy.

Husband-And are you happy, daz
ling?
Wife-Yes, indeed; as happy 40 u
had never been na@xistA HALO.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-07
When WI Democracy pIeg

When the lion cats grass like an OK.
And the ash worm swallows the whale
When the robins knit wooden socks,
And the hare is outrun by tho snail.
When serpenta walk upright Ike men.
And doodle bugs travel like frogs.
When grasshoppers feed on the hen,
And feathers are found on hogs;
When Thomas cats swim In the air.
And elephants roost on trees.
when insects In summer are rare,
And snun never makes people sneeze'
When fish creep over dry land,
And mules on velocipcdes ride,
When foxes lay eggs In the sand.
And women IN dress take no pride.
when Dutchmcn no longer drink beer,
And the girls get TO preaching on time,
When Billy goats butt from the rear
And treason no longer IS crime;
When humnng birds bray like an ass
And lImburger smells Ike cologne,
When piowshares are made out OF glass.
And the hearts OF true Texans OF stone
when ideas grow in populssts' heads,
And the wool on the hydraulic ram.
Then the Democratic party will be dead.
And this country won't b. worth a -.
TEXAS Poet.
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MERRY MAIDENS THERE
SENTIMENTAL COUPLES SEEKING
SECLUDED SPOTS NOW
The Income-Tsx Gather Among the Guests
at nygcia-rho Plainest-Appenr'"s
Guests the Richest Always

OLD POINT COMFORT, VA, April g.
Speclal.-Travolers from the South are
altting homeward, and, as usual, drop IN
at old Point Comfort. for the gay Easter
festivities. Another week viii hnd the
Yalo Giee and Banjo Clubs at the Hygela.
where they will give their annual grand
concert.
,Tis then that scores OF merry maidefs
in fresh spring COSTUMES are at mana !"
receive the college fellows Roses Nio-
lots. and the chlnkety-clink OF the pahJoH
are everywhere. sentimental couples
steal or into secluded hooks ana tank the
usual nonsense. 49,, ,,o,,rg
hearts. and even the old folks slt ABOUT
with an extra tingle OF good cheer In
their sluggish reins.
A NEW YonK BEAUTY.
A tall. slender beauty, Miss Lee, OF New
York. lis a recently arrived belle az the
HyKoia. Her gowns are marvels OF taste
and elegance. ...,,to,,,
Of DAYTON. Ohio. arrived on Wednesday.
Miss Brown. of New York. viii chaperone
n number OF her young lady pupils NJ
ola Point during the Easter gaieties.
Miss Kellogg OF National PARK SEMI
nary. near Washington. Will also bring
down a party OF young girls next WetN'
Zimmerman. the champion hicyclist, ~
nj tho Hygeia He enjoyed several spins
mon his wheel with Mrs. Blakeley Han
INCOMES or THESE nADiTugs
The lncome-tax law has laid bare the
incomes OF several guests at Old Point
The amount OF wealth here represented
Is marvellous. As usual. tho most unoD-
tr,isiyc and plaincst people seem 10 nave
the largest bank accounts.
The University OF pennsylvania Glee
Club may arrive at old Point next week.
Afternoon teas at the Hygeia are the
rage, several ladies having brought their
outfits with them. The dance In the AFTER
noon over "a cup OF tea with stimulating
accessories seems the thing most TO DO
desired.
A salute was rendered the Scrgeon-Gen-
erat this morning. ON Sunday general
muster and inspection took place IN the
garrison. The afternoon drill attracts
hundreds OF people to Fort Monroe when
the weather Is pleasant.