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and nobody cared to visit the queer wo-
man, who appeared to rather enjoy her iso-
lation than otherwise.
The second year after Nancy showed up,
the farmers along the Pequest river COM
planned that there apple orchards were
being frequently robbed, and it was sup
posed that the thieves were boys. The
farmers kept watch in their orchards,
and laid all sorts of traps to catch the
thief or thieves, but they failed TO corner
him, and for two years the apple steal
ing went on.
The detectives name was Finch, and
his first undertaking was TO get acquaint-
ed with Nancy, but he made no Roadway,
for the woman had apparently no desire
to become acquainted with any one for
any other purpose than to sell them some
thing. Betting thwarted in this, Finch de-
habitation. This was a difficult thing for
him to do without rousing the curiosity
of his employer, but nights when he was
supposed to be in bed or at the village
store, he was watching Nancy's house
from the cover of clump of bushes
nearby.
nights got so cold that Finch began to
think that he would be obliged to give
up his vigil, when one night his long
watch was rewarded. He saw a man
approach the house with a heavy sack
thrown over his shoulder and quickly
enter. The mystery of the missing APP
pies was at once clear to Finch, and he
had no doubt that they were taken to
Nancys house to be converted into APPLE
tack He had not suspected that the
woman had male allies. and he began to
have some doubts about IL being safe to
follow the case up single handed, but he
was a courageous fellow and decided to
win all the honors for himself If there
were any to be had.
For a week he kept the house under sur
veillance at night, but he never saw the
mysterious man again. He at last decid-
ed on bold move, and arming himself
one day when he saw Nancy pass down
the road by the farm in the direction of
Danville, he hurried to the woman's
house, and being something of an expert
at lock- picking, he managed to open the
door and after patient work succeeded
in locking 1t again.
There was nothing about the interior of
Nancy's home TO create suspicion against
the woman. A few strings of dried apples
hung over the fireplace pumpkin or two
lay on the floor and there was no furni-
ture but couple of chairs, table and a
A ladder led into the loft through an
open hatch, and UP this ladder Finch
climbed. With the exception of a rickety
tant corner close under the caves, there
was no article in the loft. The boards
were shrunken, and through the cracks
the detective could get full view of the
room below.
Finch decided to conceal himself be-
hind the barrel and await developments
He had lain in wait about two hours
when Nancy entered the room and went
about preparing a meal. 1t took her an
hour TO get through with this, and might
had fallen.
Finally Nancy took a lighted candle. and
after locking the door, assembled the lad
der. She moved through the loft to the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
MERCER CROSSED THE TRACK.
An Incident of n COngrcssman's
Travels in Japan.

From the Washington Post.
The true story of how Congressman
Mercer of Omaha caught the train at
TOXIC, Japan, last summer has never been
told. 1t was like this:
In the first place there is a law in Japan
against crossing a railway track. If the
train you want to take is on the other
side Of the platform, you cross the via
ouct which lands you on another plat
form next to your train. To cross the
rack, a la American, is not only unlaw-
1ul but sacrilege, in the eyes of the Jap
ahese. To see a man swing himself
upon a moving train stamps him with
tendency to paresis.
Mercer had been delayed in making
change to pay fare for himself and party
~ lhe next station, fifty miles distant,
and the ladies' had crossed the viaduct
and taken their seats. Just as the Ne
nIaskan came running out of the waiting
4tpoih the train was pulling out. In Japan
tle train always moves faster when
tsley start than when they are under full
neadWay. To the religious dismay of the
NIoWd Of Japs on the platform Mercer
+laae dash for 1t. right across the in
evening track, and landed on the plat
fUl bound
III. IN a moment-panie and pandemonium
were rampant among the crowd of Off
tG5als and onlookers, and some say the
;tlperlal guard of Japan as well as a reg
tntehI Of sharpshooters were called out.
q. 81 81 events the excitement produced
~ +heIcer daring feat was as great as
t = NE chinese had thrown a company OF
to rdllleurs into the flank of the specta-
s Gi.S, MERCER saw that there was violent
signaling with a red flag from the engine
Ia e" ana answering signals with red flags
1Tain me switchman ahead. And then the
raciiia Slowly came to a stop. He was
ana Icy ~ conscious that all the confusion
SrII,,e HSeltement was about him, but bliss
SepSs. ignorant of the cause of the great
sfr l'5a t5on n ne had produced. He had never
fbe -, ,,.tihe revised statutes of Japan and
ara,,it lIuhlclpal laws of the city, and the
10y OF his offense never occurred to
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further end, and setting down the candle,
began to cautiously remove some OF the
boards. When she had taken enough, of
them away to admit of the passage of her
body she picked up the candle and, step
ping through, bent over and made her way
through a narrow hallway running into
the hill to a door, which She pulled open
and stepped beyond, shutting 1t after her.
Considerably astonlshed at his discov-
cry, Finch remained in hiding, keeping his
eye on the door. In the course OF a half
hour II swung open and q man stepped
through and came into the loft. When he
was standing in the full light of the can
die the detective saw that II was Nancy
IN mans attire. Carefully replacing the
boards, the woman went down stairs, and,
taking sack from closet, extinguished
the candle and went out
Finch concluded that the woman was on
an apple-stealing expedition, and when she
had been absent some time he descended
to the room below lit the candle and re-
turned 1t to the loft. He found it an easy
matter to remove the boards, and eau
tously he walked into the passage. When
he arrived at the door it opened easily and
Finch found himself looking into large
apartment that had been dug in the hill.
In 1t was still, a half hundred large
plete "moonshiner's' outfit. on the door
lay Nancy's female apparel.
Finch's suspicious of the presence OF a
male ally of Nancy were allayed, and af-
ter taking a careful survey of his sur
roundings he returned to the house. He
decided 10 lay in wait for Nancy, and
when she returned, capture her. He went
into the kitchen and crawled upon the Ia
BILE Along after midnight the woman came
in and dropped bag of apples on the floor
then she lit the candle, and, going over to
the fireplace, poked the ashes. Her back
was toward Finch and he crawled from
under the table. Leveling his revolver at
Nancy he shouted:
Hold up your handsr
The woman swung around like flash
and instantly blew out the candle. Finch
pulled the trigger, but the bullet must
have failed to reach the mark, for the
next instant the detective was felled by
a blow in the face from the stool and
before he could pull himself together the
door was thrown open and Nancy was
gone.
Next day the premises were searched,
and slowed away in jugs and holes under
the floor and in the cavern in the hill were
found about 500 gallons of apple Jack.
Nancy disappeared from Warren cOun-
ty and no clue to her identify was ever
discovered. Her method of getting the
apple jack to market was supposed to be
by concealing the jugs in barrels of chest
nuts, walnuts and hides, which she had
hauled to the railroad and shipped to
Philadelphia and New York. During
those weeks that she was absent she was
probably selling the product of her Illicit
still.
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LEMON ELIXIR.

Pleasant Lemon Drink-ReguIates
the Liver, Stomach, Bowels and
Kidneys.
For biliousness. Constipation and Ma
laria.
For Indigestion. Sick and Nervous
Headache.
For sleeplessness, Nervousness and
Heart Failure.
For Fever, Chills, Debility and Kidney
Diseases, take Lemon Elixir
For Blotches and Pimples on the Face.
take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies, for natural and thorough or
ganic regulation, take Lemon Elixir.
Fifty cents and 81 bottles at druggists.
Prepared only by DR.. II. Motley At
lanta, Ga.
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a Wvstery of Figures.

From the Boston transcript.
can some one explain this? Write down
Shn s,1n under III, in pounds, shillings
alS ne1ee taking care that the pence be
fIg than the pounds, and underneath
mt the same figures in reverse order Sub
y aSeder write those figures reversed, and
add This sum to remainder. Whatever be
80 originaI number the result of this adj
dition will be 80 Is shillings and IL pence.
abe" Buzzard. the notorious Penn
.,,11,ania outlaw. now serving a term in
rsrison, has become totally bind.
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"A gentleman made the following re-
turn to the income tax commissioners;
For the last three years my income has
been somewhat under $50 In future it
will be more precarious, as the man is
dead Of whom l borrowed the money
Tit-Bits.
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Lemon HOT nrnnn.

Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness.
Sore Throat Bronchitis, Hemorrhage
and all throat and lung diseases. Ele-
giant, reliable.
Twenty-Five cents at druggists. Pre-
pared only by DR.. II. Motley, Atlanta,
Ga.-ad.
Proving Her Need.--He-I thought
Mrs. Brown seemed quite cold towards
her husband
she--Yes; she wants him to get her a
sealskin cape.-Puck.
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cause you did so we'll l shall make you
straight again and make you feel as young
as ever you did" So saying, he gave him
a slap on the back and disappeared.
Paddy Murphy jumped to his feet, and
was greatly surprised to find his hump
gone intirely," and that he felt as If he
were about 15.
Dancing for JOY he drove his cattle
home, astonishing the good people as he
went : his having been changed so sud
denly into a fine straight young man.
OF course be had to tell over and over
again the wonderful story of how 1t had
all happened.
Now there was a certain old mlser by
the name OF Jack Madden living near by
whom no one liked. and he had an enor-
nous hump on his back, too. After he
heard of Paddy Murphy's good luck he
resolved TO pay him visit and to see for
himself if the wonderful news were true.
Mr.. Murphy kindly gave him all the
particulars, even TO the very blackthorn
bush under which he lay.
"Well, Mr.. Murphy" said he, "Pll give
ye f5 note if yell let me be after herdin'
the cattle for wake. Perhaps |, too, may
be lucky"
1t is needless to say that Paddy jumped
at the offer and prepared TO have ''rale
/ good time" so dear 10 the heart of all old
English soldiers. Accordingly, bright
/ and early the next Monday morning Mr..
| Jack Madden drove out the herd and
/ planted himself under the blackthorn in
/ dicated by Paddy.
Sure enough he had not been there long
when he heard voices as it were of thous
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ands, singing Saturday Sunday, Satur-
day Sunday; aye, and Monday, too"
AYE, and Tuesday, three sang Jack.
Scarcely were the words out of his
mouth when the little man appeared
with fire in his eyes and terrible express
sion of rage on his face.
His golden crown was pushed on the
back of his head and he was carrying a
large bundle under his mantle.
He demanded, in q deep, stern voice,
'who it was who had spoiled our song, for
ever and ever"
MY name is Jack Madden" said the
miser. II did not intend to spoil your
song, but to make it more beautiful"
''Jack Madden, Jack Madden" said the
little man, ''your days | shall sadden
Henceforth you shall wear two humps.
Jack Madden"
Then, taking the bundle, which proved
to be Paddy Murphy's hump, he clapped
it quickly on Jacks back and disappeared
Greatly to the amusement of the people
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tress have a doll as large as this before,
and have real curly hair, so he did not
know what 10 make of it. First he thought
he would take a nap, but he could not
with that image before him. He ley look
ing at Betty for long time, but finally
got up and barked at her, to see if she
would move.
But Betty did not move, so he pulled
her to the floor and shook her wrathfully,
and, sorry to say, tore big hole in her
dress. He was lust going for her hair when
Luc, skipped into the room, holding a
piece of cake.
"Whvl What have you done? Oh,
dear =" and Lucy burst into tears, running
TO mamma.
When Max had heard Lucy coming he
ran away in the corner, looking sheepish,
for he knew he had been naughty dog.
Mamma came in and rescued Betty, say
ing to her little daughter, II can fix dolly
all right, darling"
"Ohl can YOU? You dear good mamma I!
But" she said, presently, do you think
Max ought to have his cake? He has been
awful naughty TO tear Betty's dress. l
guess he will be very sorry if he can't
have it."
MAX certainly has been very bad
dog. bnt | am quite sure he would say he
was sorry if he could talk
Her words were true, for though Max
could not speak, he felt sorry IN his own
dumb way, and came running into the
room licking little Lucy's hands and face,
Just as if he was saying he was sorry and
would never do it again.
Max did not get his cake that time, and
I think it taught him lesson, for he
never attempted 10 do such thing again.
Nevertheless, Betty and her brothers
and sisters were kept out of his way after
that. ETHEL FERGUSON, II years.
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she ought to have done, and while she was
gone that mischievous little pup of hers
got hold OF poor grandma and tugged and
pulled at her till her silvery hair was all
tangled and large crack in her head,
and, worst of all, he pulled one of her
arms off and her pretty dress he tore all to
tatters. When Winnie came home she
was so surprised to find grandma torn to
pieces that she did not know what to do.
At last she saw Max-tbat little pup-sit-
ting in one corner watching her. She
went straight up to him and scolded and
accused him of the mischief and said,
Naughty Max to tear poor grandma all
to pieces" Max looked away and put his
tail down as much as to say, winnie, l
am very sorry"
CARL II. F. SPERBER, age years.
Hollister Cal
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miller said. "I have two dog rand you
may have this one" So she sbought it
home and it soon became great pet of
hers.
Max would get into good deal of mis-
chief, but no one would whip him for it.
One very hot day May took her favorite
doll and went out under the shade of an
apple tree.
Max followed her, and when they
reached the apple tree he laid down for
sleep.
May soon got tired of playing with her
doll and longed for an apple that hung
over her head. But she could not take
any for her mother had said they were not
ripe yet.
Looking up she saw large apple that
looked ripper than the rest and she said to
herself, 'iNo one is looking, think will
get that apple"
But some one was looking. Max had
his eye on her doll and he meant to get it.
So May let her doll drop and started up
the tree for the apple.
She was about to pluck it when she saw
Max grab her doll. She jumped from the
tree and started after him.
Round and round the garden Max ran
and May after him till at last he stopped.
May pulled her doll out of his teeth and
gave him a good whipping, the first time
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who had at one time been a soldier in the
English army, but was now pensioned cf
on account of fail he had received while
out in Egypt. This fall had caused large
hump to grow on his back.
AS his pension was only about what was
equal to 25 cents per day for life, he en-
deayored to better his condition by herd
ing cattle for rich farmer who lived in
the neigh borhood.
Now in many parts of Ireland, as is well
known, there are certain s1ots or Danes
Forts" which are supposed to be the bid
called fairies, ana it SO happened that
there was one OF these forts in the middle
OF the field where Paddy herded the
cattle.
He was in the habit of lying under the
blackthorns (Which abound in these places)
smoking his pipe, and thinking about his
soldier life OF former days.
On bright Monday morning, while he
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Naughty Max.

Max, Helen and Marguerite were very
good friends.
Marguerite was only doll and Max a
dos, but they were Helen's only play
mates. Helen would get her dolI-buggy
and hitch Max up to it and make him
take Miss Marguerite driving.
One day they were playing IN the grass,
when Helen's mother called her. She left
Max and Marguerite in the grass; but,
alas! when she came back they were both
gone. She hunted for long time. and
was just giving up when she saw the tall
grass waving. She ran to the place and
saw Max rolling over and over with Mar
guerite in his mouth.
Helen rescued her doll, but poor Mar
euerite's silk dress, just made the day
before, was all torn. Helen scolded Max.
He put his head to one side and seemed to
say, ~ will never do it again." Helen
put her arms around Max's neck and Max
licked her face; so, you see, they are still
friends. ALICE PERRY,
Delano, Cal. Age IL years.
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was thus taking it easy, he suddenly
heard multitude of voices singing close
by where he lay, and the refrain OF their
song was Saturday Sunday, Saturday
Sunday, Saturday Sunday" "tAye, and
had the words out of his mouth, when a
little man, about feet high, wearing a
red mantle and a golden crown on his
head and pleasing smile on his face, ap-
peared before him. asking in the most
courteous manner "who it was that had
made their song so much more beautiful
by the addition of the words Aye, and
Monday, too
"Sure, my name is Paddy Murphy, and
it's glad am that ye loikes me singin'."
Now" answered the little man, "be-
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then had none left. How did she do this with
out breaking egg?
". Name a country in the north OF Europe
whose name shows the nature of its climate.
LIZZIE JACOBS.
V. Transpose the letters in name OF boys
famous school and obtain a sound. Again, and
have q missive.
VI. Word hunting. Make fifty words out of
the name of Gladstone. Use the letters for each
word as often as they appear in the name.
Correct answers for May 10.
l. Words for blanks as follows: Levi, live
veil, vile, evil.
II Because he wears coat and pants.
I'LL To-day.
". Dough, bosgh, rough, cough, tough.
V. (d) Star, rats
(6) Trap, rapt.
(c) Evil, vile.
Answers TO all or majority of puzzles re-
ceiyed from following:
April 26-Susie Hogan.
May 3-Casimir Etchebarne, Ethel Z. C.
Wright, Alice Bell, Annie Branagan, Hilda
Lippi, Harry Johnston.
May 10-Hilda Bjornstad.
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1888 REGENT STREET,
onO

ALAMEDA, Cal, May 10, 1895.
Dear Editor: Ny papa takes THE CALL. read
the Childhood's Realm every Sunday.
This is the first letter have ever written to
THE CALL, hope it will be published, owl.
Flora Saw When in Search OF the Falries,"
Donald" and many other stories. think the
little girls write nice stories.
/ go to the Porter School and am in the A
Good-by. Your little friend.
ALICE NJ. HOWE, 8 years old.
ErNA MILLS, Cal, May 3, 1896.
Dear Editor: My papa takes the DAILY CALL.
live in the northern part of the State, near
the foot of the Salmon Mountains. There was
five feet of new snow the first OF May on the
This is the first letter have written to THE
CALI. Our school is out now, but my grandpa
is reading the Omitted States History to me.
hope to see this letter in the SUNDAY CALL
Your friend, ALTA ADAMS.
OAKLAND. May 8, 1896
Dear Editor: I have chum. His name is
Alfred Parson. We have fine fun. have
fireman's suit, a hat, q hatchet and horn.
we play fireman and have lots of fun. We
have another friend named James Siiby. He
Alfred is the driver. We pull him all over.
Alfred is 9, James is and am years old.
hope to see my letter In the paper, Your
friend, uEok1E DAVIS
SANTA Rosa, CAL, May 10, 1896.
Dear Editor: have read some of the stories
in this Sundays CALL and thought 1 would
write one TO be put in next Sundays CALL.
The story is:
SOME OF MY MIsFoRTUNEs.
When was boy about seven years old my
father died did not feel the loss OF him at
the time but after / was old enough to work
and nv mother had spent. all but little
money and / had to work for a living, felt
the loss of him very much. My mother did
not like to let any one know she was getting
poor. SO She tried to keep up the fashion. 1t
was rather hard for her to do SO when big
spend SO much money in buying six yards for
each sleeve, beside the other part of the
dress. After awhile she told me / would
have 10 get a job where could make more
money, because she wanted to get bicycle
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Max.

May was the only child of the Brown
family.
You might think she was lonesome, but
she was not, for she had pony, dog, cat
and canary bird.
OF all her pets she liked her dog the
best. He was large black dog, with long
hair and white feet.
May thought long time before she
could get him good name. At last she
called him Max.
Max was given to her by miller, who
was a good friend of her fathers. The
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Naughty Max,

One day Edna Brown was playing in the
nursery with her best doll, Victoria. She
went downstairs to get Victoria's hat to
take her for walk. Her dog, Max. hap
pened to 60 into the nursery while she
was away, and, on seeing Victoria, he
thought he would have a romp with her.
shoe off, and tore her blue silk dress.
When Edna came upstairs what sight
it was. She scolded him and called him
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Jack Madden is wearing two humps to
this very day. J. c., Angel Island.
THE DEATH OF RAGS.

A Pathetic Story Of q Warm-Hearted
"Nobody's Dog"
Rags belonged to a sawyer, who one
day got caught in the machinery of the
sawmili and met his death bsfore any one
could reach him. Rags saw the cruel
teeth coming nearer and nearer, but could
not drag his master away, though he tried
with all his loving might.
These two had lived their simple lives
together, and when the sawyer was laid
under the churchyard daisies Rags was
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A May Blessing.

Eight years ago to-day,
On the sixteenth day of May,
I'm sure that was the date
In eighteen ninety eight,
There came TO me complete
little boy so sweet.
He was Roses babe and mammals boy,
H was his papa's own sweet joy.
In eighteen ninety, wasn't II strange?
On the second OF March there came change;
A little girl was left TO me
To keep that brother company.
Now don't you think have my share
With such lovely little pair?
SO II not wish for any more
To be left out at my front door,
For ii Is all that can do
To bring these two up with my shoe. s.
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Now the hawthorns blossom,
Now the daisies spring. -PoPK.
Who first beholds the light of day
In springs sweet howery month of May
And wears an emerald all her life
Shall be a loved and happy wife.

n N WHAT a beautiful spring
N ~ 7 time this isl How glad and
WV joyous the world seems !
Y Y Beauty and love, light and
song all around.
What has been the matter with my little
puzzle-solvers this week? 1 have Just re-
ceiyed a single answer to last Sunday S
questions. You'll have to put your think
ing caps on.
Pleasant letters have been received this
week from Louise Brewer, Mary McKin-
ney, Flora O'Berg, Robah Goodman. Paul
inc Wirtner, Raymond Roby, Edna Mae
Osborne, Blanche Goodwin, Julia Weber,
Hazel Bell, Lorena MacIntyre, Caroline
Lee, Minnie Culver, John Dirks, Julia
Brieger, Cleva Body, Lucy Rice, Jessie
Batchelder, Carlton Panzer, Pearl Moore
Elizabeth Holmberg, Carrie a., Rose and
Sadie Drinkwater, c. F. Kibbe and Miss
Felicia Mahoney.
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A T airy Story.

In the western part of the county of
Kilkenny, Ireland, there lived certain
man by the name of Paddy Murphy"