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who could bring a strong, healthy mind
and an unimpaired will to the task of
supervising the gradual diminution OF
doses which, as it were, marked the
'milestones along the only possible road
to cure.
The doctors letter had consisted for
the most part of precise instructions
as to the course of treatment to be pur-
sued, and If it had not been for that one
man thinking so hard the afternoon he
read it, all might have been well.
But there it was and the work that II
had begun was rapidly completed by tho
inevitable conversations which he had
with Cecil on the haschisch and its
works. He kept the drug safely in his
own care, measuring out the doses with
scrupulous exactness, and noting with
a fatally growing interest their effects
on his patient.
Cecil would come down TO breakfast
dull and languid and headachy. He
would take his three foscs-each one
ever SO little smaller than the previous
one--at ten, two, and six. At lunch he
would be well and cheerful. and at din
ner and all through the evening brilliant
in thought and expression, and then
they would sit over the fire in the library
and smoke, and Cecil would tell him of
his visions, and weave stories splendid
with all the gorgeous imagery of east,
ern lie, and then when Cecil had gone
a., haI hn txrntll1 cft nm, al . Ia
and, unconsciously TO himself. and be-
fore nm atom of the drug had passed
his lips, Che subtle poison worked, and
ct last the struggle ended, and he
yielded, almost before he knew that IL
had begun in deadly earnest.
He had been 20 tea that afternoon at
the studio, and, though nothing direct
or positive had been said, he had intui-
tnelv felt that Sylvia was fast corning
10 the belief that in Marcus Algar she
had at last nret the twin-soul, the in-
carnate ideal for which hers had been
waiting, and, from n remark or two
dropped. perhaps purposcly and with the
kindliest intentions. by sydney, that the
young genius seemed also to have found
his own ideal in Sylvia.
Nay, ne had even at the last minute
put back the publication OF his new
book. and, with few deft and master
ly touches, had recreatcd his heroine I'm
the living likeness OF Sylvia. and In n
few days more all the world would he at
her feet. drawn there by the master.
hand which had painted this other-sclf
of hers so perfectly that henccforth
she would live two lives. her own and
the greater and brighter one that
Algar's genius had given her.
twas this that had brought his strug.
gle 20 an end. His rival. as he pcrforce
regarded him. had drawn the magic
circle OF his genius round his darling.
and SO, in sense, had already made her
his own. What did IL matter then TO
him, what became Of the life that was
hepcetorth TO be desert for him?
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But when he got home there were two
letters waiting for him, which speedily
sent the lover into the background, and
brought the man of affairs to the front,
One was from Brindisi, and the other
from Calcutta, but both had come by
the same mail. The first was from his
younger brother Cecil. who had been
for the last three years in the Calcutta
branch of the great firm of which John
,Sturman was the head, to tell him that
he was coming home inyalided, and the
second was from doctor who had at
tended Cecil.
There were four large pages OF for
eign note paper closely covered, and
when nc got to the end, he turned back
and read II over again, and then he put
1t down and sat for nearly half an hour
without moving a muscle, staring
straight before him into the fire, and
conscious Of nothing but a single SEN
tence, which he could no more get out
of his brain than he could have helped
hearing 1t Il Mephistopheles himself
had been whispering it into his ear:
"Perhaps the most extraordinary
property Of the drug is the unmistak-
able power that ii has of altering either
the mental or moral character, and
sometimes both, OF its victims, and max
ing those under its influence the exact
opposite of what they are in "A normal
statel"
1t was curious and perhaps more
than usually merciless irony of fate
that Mephistopheles should come to
John Sturman in the guise of his young
er brother, and yet such was literally
the case. The plain facts, as represent
ed in the DOCTORS letter, were that
Cecil had become n victim TO the
haschisch habit, and as soon as he had
discovered this he had sent him straight
Ihome, knowing as he did that if he was
to have chance of rescue he must be
'alIsost constantly under the eye OF
some one for whom he had both affec
ton and respect.
Z He had himself suggested his elder
brother, the only near relation he had
left, as soon as the matter had been put
! plainly before him, and he had been
told that his one chance of life and
sanity depended on his placing himself
unreservedly in the hands of some ons
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The enchantment of his hopeless love.
turned all the strength of nature which
should have saved him against him; and
where a weaker man might have re-
sisted through fear. he took the fatal
step. impelled by his own perverted
strength.
The night after Cecil had gone to bed,
he went to his cabinet and took what
was, for q beginner, heavy dose OF
haschisch. Then he locked the door
and sat down in his easy chair by the
fire, to await results.
Soon delightful languor began to
steal over his physical senses. He closed
his eyes and his mind seemed TO become
detached from his body. A great un'
earthly light shown into the darkness
OF the despair which had been clouding
nil his life, and, as the darkness van.
ished, the chains that had bound his in
tellect down TO the commonplace, were
loosened, and it rose at leap into the
long-forbidden, glowing realms of ro-
nance
Then his eyes opened. and he saw a
strange vision. One of those dream
stories of Sylvia's. which she had told to
him in her halting, imperfect way, and
which she would almost have given her
life to be able to set forth in worthy
language, came to him, brilliant and
vivid, instinct with the poetry OF the
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SHERIFF'S SALE

By virtue OF an execution No S5ss, issued
from the common pleas division OF the su.
preme Court. holden n Providence In the
county Of Providence and State of Rhode
Island. on the 10Th day of April A. D.. 1890,
Jared p. Whitcomb of North Reading, in the
county. of Middlesex, in the commonwealth
or MASSACHUSETTS,. recovered judgement OF
said court against Jared y. Whitcomb Jr.,
and Jesse NJ. Whsloy both OF Johnston in tho
said county of Providence and State OF Rhode
Island execution dated May %, 1890, rnd
returnabls to said court November ~, 1885,
Willsbe sold at public auction in my barn
yaro, l70 Alverson avenue. near corner OF
Hartford road in said town OF Johnston on
Monday. the Sth day of June. A. D., 1896. a.:
~ o'clock noon, the following described per-
sonal property that was attached by me upon
an original writ upon which the above named
execution was obtained viz; 10 kegs Of horse
shoes, 3 boxes partly filled with horse sbce
nails, . boxes partly filled with shoe corks, I
small bundle of straight iron, saw. 2 tire
settlers. l shoe wise, lot of blacksmitbs'
tools. anvil, machine drill, clinch vises, 1
carriage, / bellows, 2 gasoline lights, long
tire callipir, and large bon fall Of bolts,
tools. topgs. etc. used In the blacksmith
trade. Levied on this 25th day Of May, A. D.,
1890. at o'clock p. M, and will be sold TO
satisfy said execution n sufficient
JOHN y. RABBIT
Deputy Sheriff.
m2e7
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on rne Rnocker sounded as ne spoke,
and few moments later the door OF the
studio opened. AS Sturman rose he
saw Sydney go forward with out
stretched hand to greet tall, slightly
built, perfectly-dressed young fellow
fair-haired and dark-eyed, with the COM
plexion of boy and the face of a wom.
an--at least it would have been a wom'
ans face, he thought, but for certain
strength of brow and chin and two
little perpendicular lines between the
eyebrows, which would not have quite
become woman.
This was Marcus Agar, lie success de
Theure, as they would have called him
in France-the writer, unknown the
day before yesterday, whose first book
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at his from under the straight, dark,
finely-drawn eyebrows. Her brother
saved her from the awlwardness of re-
plying to such speech from man she
had only lately refused, albeit in the
friendliest fashion, TO marry, by say
ing:
''That's not at all badly put for you,
Sturman, though il seems to sound
btqueer from man who defines poetry
as the pearl of literature because it is
the result of disease"
sim quite consistent" said Sturman,
half smiling and half serious. "What
ought not to have said just now was the
result of disease-heart disease"
snow you've made IL worse" said Syl-
Via. gravely.
What? The disease? That couldnt
be worse"
suppose we change the subject--or
get back 10 our muttons," said Sylvia,
looking more serious than her words.
snow, tell me, have you ever heard q
satisfactory definition of this soDie-
thing that Sydney and | seem TO want
so badly; this mysterious gift of the
gods that people call genius without
knowing what they are talking about?"
'No, / haven't; and il did hear one
IL would probably be so far above my
head that should not understand it,"
"That's only your vanity, .Sturman."
said March. 81 think I've Told YOU be-
fore that these aggressive assertions OF
rcdiocrity SAVIOR somewhat strongly OF
fbe pride that apes humility. But. to
come 20 the concrete, / think there's
something very like genius in this new
book of Marcus Algar's that I'm illus.
trating. That fellow has great fu.
ture before him II his twenty pounds n
thousand words doesn't make him
greedy and start him of writing him.
self out. as IL has done with one or two
others one could name"
"Or IL he doesn't get the notion that
be has a mission in literature and take
10 climbing hills" said Sylvia. demure.
~. "By the way. / suppose you haven't
forgotten, Sydney. that the new genius
Is coming TO Tea this afternoon TO dis,
ctz5 those last sketches OF yours"
40. haven't forgotten. gon't GO,
f;nr7nnn. No. you rcally mustn't Ipar.
fiouiariy want vou 10 meet Agar. Svl.
"a tell him 10 sir down and behave
hjn self. Ahl there he is. Talk OF an
sEsel, etc" y
q rinx ADD \ Esll-composed fantssis
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Layout, Widening and Extend.
ing Of Mount Pleasant

Avenue.
The undsrsispsd. appointed By the ae.srs
prsms Court st tts September session, A. D.
ment. under aud according 10 the pIovisiops
OF the act Of che General Assembly. entitled.
IAN act In relation TO the laying out. enlnrs-
ssrsots IN the CITY Of Psoyidsnss." and tbs
acts In amendment thereof, and in addition
thereto. npon application Of the City Council
and necessary TO lay out. widen and extend
. certain street. In said city Of Providsroe
10 wit: Mount Pleasant avenue from Chalk
ths sssssriy line thsrsOf. Is Improved, a lin.
beginning At point In the southerly line OF
Chalkstone avenue. and running thence south.
avenue. as plated on "Msp OF villa lots -
Aonnt Pleasant belonging to Gsorgs W.;
Cnapin ano Abiel Sampson" etc, . copy OF
OF Recorder OF Deeds) to the southerly line Of
Dover street; thence running southeriy lin
the esstsrly line OF Morns Pleasant ave.
portion Of Mount Pleasant" ETC., copy
of which Ia TO he found on card 3l8 In
ssid Recorders oficel to,the southsrly line Of
said plat: thence DETECTING slightly westward
and running soutberly (ranging 70 point in
the southeriy line OF Atwclls avenue. 2l0 feet
easterly, from the aastsrly corner OF stspbsn
street and said Atwells avenuel to the north.
erly line OF Atwells avenue And making the
width OF said Mount Pleasant avenue. as I'm.
proved, 10 De OU fect IRON. ChMEStone avenue
TO the southerly line OF Dover street and 80
feet from said Dover street TO Atwells ave-
nue.. and that certain real estate will bo re.
quired for that purpose, and requesting the
appointment OF i've commissioners OF estimate
and assessment under and according 10 said
acts of the General Assembly. hereby give
notice to all persons interested In their pro.
ceedipps. under and by virtue OF their said
appointment. that they have appointed
FRIDAY. the 9Th day Of June. A. ID. lso6. at 2
o'clock p M. Ms the time and room b. in the
City Hall. In said city. as the place OF said
meeting, 10 make the estimates and asoess-
ments to be by them made under and by
virtue Of their commission by said act.
And the undersigned further give notice
that, according to their present opinion. tho
lands. tsnements. bercditnmenis and premises
situate and living between the following lines
and boundaries are benefited within the In
tent and meaning of said act By such lay out,
widening and extending Of Mount Pleasant
avenue. viz:
A certain area, bounded northerIy by line
parallel with and 600 feet nortberly from
Gladstone avenue. essterly by q line parallel
with and eco feet easterly from said Mount
Pleasant avenue as widened and extended.
southerly by a line parallel with and 600 feet
southerly from Atwells avenue and westerly
by a lins parallel with and COO feet westerly,
from Mount Pleasant Avenue ss aforesaid.
Plat OF the aforesaid layout and extension
and of the assessment area may be seen at the
Office OF William A. Morgan. No. 81 Wey bosset
street, In said Providence.
CHARLES f. HARRIS,
WILLIAM A. MORGAN.
GEORGE y. HOLROYD.
THOMAS II. LEONARD,
WILLIAM II. WOOD.
Providsnos. May 15. 1890. NILS is,
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Bachellerl
PART 1.


PART 1.
sits no use Sturman, I shall never get
It finished--at least, to my liking and
Sylyia's. It's five years now since /
made the first sketch for it, and there ii
is, complete in every detail ms far as
manual skill and technical knowledge
can make it, and yet it's not picture.
There's something wanting that only
genius can give it. The figures are cor
rect, but they're not alive. There's no
sight in their eyes, no movement in
their limbs. No; it's not a picture, and
I'm not an artist-only a successful
illustrator, and that's all there is to be
said about it,"
Except that Carlisle's definition of
genius would hardly fit your case, for il
ever mortal man had an infinite capaci-
ty for taking pains you have, March"
"Yes, Sydney would certainly be a
genius if Carlyle had been right. i
thing the fates have made most aggra-
waiting division of the talents between
us. They have given him the faculty of
recreation and almost perfect skill in
execution, while they have given me
the tormenting gift of dreams and de-
MED me utterly the power of reproduc-
tion. Now, if, instead of being brother
and sister, we could just be rolled into
one, either Sydney would be great
artist, or / should be-well, able to
write as well 'as dream, and then
should live in heaven of my own crea-
ton"
I'm which you would yourself be the
brightest angel!"
The words slipped out almost before
John Sturman knew that he had spoken
them. His lips had of there own mere
motion echoed what he was saying in
his soul at the moment. They brought
= just perceptibly deeper color into Syl-
via March's cheeks and faint fash into
the deep gray eyes that were looking
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seld BY al; drsgTists.
uPPkAN BROS. Apothessries. ssIs prep'rs.
uppnsns block, Savannah. as.
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thing but n pleasant one, for, do what
he would, he couldn't keep his thoughts
from wandering back TO March's studio,
and picturing Sylvia and Agar wander
ing together in that magical Garden OF
Romance, wsich he could only look at
over the fast-closed gate that only the
key of Genius could unlock.
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summit. For a time the priest was,
stationed there, who found it too lone
ly for endurance, and it was abandoned,
save on the festival days, when clergy
men from surrounding parishes gather
to aid the services.
On these occasions pilgrims from
hundreds of miles distant, the lame,
the sick, the halt and the blind, wind
their weary way from the priestly abode
at the foot of the hill to the summit,
stopping at each of the IA praying sta
tions, placed at regular intervals on
the winding ascent, to petition their
patron saint for cure of mental or bod
lily ailments.
These IA stations of prayer, built at
on expense of $1,1OO, represent the
path traversed by the Redeemer, laden
with the cross, from the house of Pom
thus Plate to Mount Cavalry and the
holy sepulcher. The expense of their
building was furnished from excursion
lists to the hill ON feast days and from
private benevolence.
Among the diseases mentioned in a
published record cured by visiting this
hill are st. Vitus dance, epilepsy, OPP
thalmania, paralysis, rheumatism, mel
apcholy, cancer, stiffness of joints and
insanity. e
Many pilgrim visitors to the shrine
of ST. Mary make the ascent on their
knees, .others place pebbles, buckshot,
beans and peas in their shoes in emu
lation of martyrs.
Instances are related of people in
good health visiting st. Mary's to pray
for the recovery of their sick unable to
come, who were healed at the moment
of the prnYer
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
|. & G. n. RAILROAD.

North bound trains leave for Aus
tin at a M, 500 a. m. and $50 p.
m.,; and arrives from Laredo at 1880
p. m.
South bound trains arrive at 8 a. m,
7:15 p. m, and 9:55 p. M; and leave
for Laredo at 9:45 a. m.
NJ. K. &. T. FROM l. & G. n DEPOT
Trains leave for Waco, st. Louis
and Kansas City at $50 p. M; and
arrive at $50 a. m.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
East bound trains arrive from Mex
leo and Eagle Pass at 11.30 a. M;
and leave at 11.50 a. m. and 10 p. IN.
for Houston, Galveston and New Or
leans.
West bound trains arrive from New
Orleans, Houston and Galveston at
7:25 a. m. and 4:25 p. NJ; and leave
for Eagle Pass and Mexico at 4 As p.
m.
S. A. & A. omission ROUTE.
Trains leave daily for Cuero, Hous-
ton and Galveston at 8 a. M; for Bee
vile, Corpus Christi and Rockport at
2:25 p. m; and arrive daily from the
former places at 7:05 p. M; and from
the latter at 1:40 p. m.
Trains leave daily except Saturday
for Kerrville at $50 a. M; and arrive
at $50 p. m.
Trains leave Saturday only at p.
m. for Kerrville; and arrive at $50
p. m.
S. A. &.GULF SHORE.
Train leaves San Antonio for Mar
tinez, Sanders, Atkins, Lavernia and
Sutherland Springs at 8 a. m, daily
except Sunday.
Arrives at San Antonio at p. M,
daily except Sunday.
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Water Veil In Tampa, Fla.

The docks at Port Tampa, Fla, it is
claimed, have the best fire protection
of any place in the country. The scheme,
which has been in use for two years,
was planned by Chief A. J. Harris of the
Tampa fire department 1t is known
as the "water veil" A large main from
the water works plant at Port Tampa
City runs all over the docks, and then
on top of the buildings runs line OF
perforated pipes. Water can be turned
through these pipes instantly, and the
water runs out upon the roof, com
pletely enveloping the building, thus
shutting out all possibility of its catch
ng fire from any outside source.
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POUND NOTICE.

Taken up, and in city pound. on M8ta-
moras street, on or about the 27th day Of
October, 1896:
gray jack, brand not plain.
bay horse, brand not plain.
bay horse, branded b on neck, hides
cribable brand on shoulder.
mouse colored horse, brand not plain.
dun horse, branded G w.
dun horse, indescribable brand.
brown heller, no brand.
red heifer calf, no brand.
black and white bull calf, no brand.
Which will, II not redeemed before sale,
be sold at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash. at said pound, at the
hour Of II o'clock a. m. on the end day OF
November, 1896. w. d. DRUsE,
1O2l5t Marshal.
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LEES HEADQUARTERS.

Burning of the Gettysburg Cottage Oc-
cupied by the Southern Leader.
Gen. Robert E, Lees headquarters
during the three days battle at Gettys-
burg, reported TO have been destroyed
by fire, was stone cottage. tstood on
an eminence opposite Culp's Hill, and
was occupied by him during the contest
in which he was worsted. Built of stone,
the house contained four rooms and an
attic, and was embowered with trellis-
trained grape vines. 1t was from this
little cottage, built in colonial times,
with high roof and diamond-shaped
window panes, that Gen. Lee directed
his repeated assaults upon Cemetery
Hill.
Col. Freeman Conner, who command
ed the Forty-frst New York volunteers,
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FOR COUNTY JUDGE.

Being satisfied that at each recur-
ring election the people are more and
more outspoken in favor OF non-par-
tizan judiciary, and that the judicial
officers should not come in contact
with the strife and contention of polit-
ical parties, we hereby submit our
name to the voters OF Bexar county,
Texas, irrespective Of party nominal
lions and make our announcement as a
candidate for the office of county Judge
at the ensuing November election.
JOHN T. LEWIS.
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healthy, Vigorous Constitution.
A mother who wants to bequeath her baby
a good .st6re of strength and hardihood
ought to Keep herself in the best physical
condition during the time her little one is
expected. Dr. pierce's Favorjte Prescrip
ton has bees a wonderful blessing to moth
ers and their children. II gives strength to
the special organism concerned in mateTn-
ity; II puihes the system and impart'
healthful vitality to the nerve-centres. It
makes the coming of baby safe and COM
parapvely painless.
1t Is the only medicine in the world de
signed by regularly graduated physician
and skilled specialist to cure all weaknesses
and diseases of the feminine organism.
wR. Malcolm, ESQ., of Knobel, Clay Co., Ark,
writes MY wife for perhaps four months pre-
vious to the birth OF our child took the Faverite
Prescription This strengthened her entire sys-
tenn and birth, to her, was very easy be-
ing attended with little pain. Our baby Ruth Is
"a months old and she had never been sick a day,
stout, and pretty as picture-pretty because she
is healthy and we very much blame Dr. Pierce S
family medicines for 1t.
We keep Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
ery, the 'Favorite Prescription and the Pleas
ant Pellets in our home and use them. We have
been married most three years and have called
a physician into my family but one time-at
birth of our baby"
If all the maladies due to constipation
were taken out of medical books, there
would be little left but the covers. Con-
gtipation is positively, permanently cured
oy DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Never
grippe. Druggists sell them. Nothing Is
lust as good"
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MscoNsIN.s HoLY HlLL.
A Famous Place of Pilgrimage for Thou
sands of Believers.


Twenty thousand or more pilgrims
from the United States visit Holy Hill,
Wis, yearly. Although the miraculous
results OF these pilgrimages are not
youched for by the Catholic church,
yet many of these pilgrims go away,
declaring themselves cured of their in
firmities, leaving behind them their
crutches as silent witnesses.
The fame of the place dates back to
the days of Father Marquette, who is
said to have chosen it as early as 1878
from all other Wisconsin wilds as a
place of fasting and prayer.
When he first assembled the peak he
placed a rude wooden cross, built o
simple altar, and dedicated the place
to his tutelary saint-Mary. Since that
time 166 festivals have been celebrated.
At the foot of the hill there is a
priests house, built in 1861, at the same
time the first church was erected on the