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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-23
BAPTIST ANNIYERsARIEs.
An Elaboration to Increased ACtictty ira
Missionary Work.

Missionary York.
ASBURY PARK, n. j., May 22.-The
second of the Baptist anniversaries, that
OF the American Baptist Missionary In
ion, was held to-day. The president of
the union, Henry F. Colby, DID,. of Day
ton, Ohio, called the session to order. His
address was an exhortation 10 increased
activity in missionary work. At the close
OF his remarks the usual committees were
appointed, and the report of the executive
committee was presented by s. w. Dun
can, the foreign secretary.
Mr.. Duncan's report shows that the debt
has been reduced more than $26, 129, leav-
ing Sl63, 828 still unpaid. During the year
hfty-seven men and women have gone to
the foreign field, but there is peremptory
demand for twenty more.
L. P. Coleman, treasurer of the union
reported the total receipts for the year
to be $685., 954 and the total appropriations
$500, S25.
The Rev. w. F. Thomas, lately re-
turned missionary from Burmah, gave a
glowing account of mission work in the
East, and Professor Gilmore of the
Rangoon College spoke of the Importance
OF educational work in Burmah.
The following members were elected to
the board of managers: w. 7. Scott,
Franklin, Ind; II. NJ. King, Providence.
r. l.; w. L. Chase, Philadelphia; George
.. Lorrimer, Boston; Il. Nj. Boteat, New
Haven, Conn.,; Wayland Hoyt, Phila-
delphia; John Humpstone, Brooklyn, N.
Y; b. L. Whitman, Washington; Edward
Judson, New York; C. III. Hobart, Oak
land, CAL; w. P. Walter Huntington, w.
va, and Us. Holmes, Terre Haute, Ind.
Pittsburg was namsd as the place OF next
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PROTESTANT ME1HODIsTS.
Seuenteenth QmadrenntaI session of tn
General Con ference.

Seuehteenh UuGdrenntdI Weston of the
General Con ference.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 22.-The
seventeenth quadrennial session of the
Methodist Protestant General Conference
OF the United States will adjourn sine die
tomorrow. This mornings session was
devoted to discussion of the report of the
committee on home missions, providing
that the board could not assume any new
obligations until its present once were
liquidated. No decisive action was taken.
The committee on educational institutions
made its report on the work of the Adrian
(Mich.) College and the Western Mary
land Seminary for the last four years,
complimented the management of the in
stitutions and nominated trustees.
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Treas.ru Gold Reserre,

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 22.-The
treasury gold reserve at the close of bust
ness to-day stood at Sill, ITO, 736. To-day's
Withdrawals were 81, lis, 600.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-23
Arironn,s F,.ndtnn Ant.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 22.-The
Senate Committee on Territories to-day
ordered favorable report on the bill, ap-
proving with amendments the funding act
of the Territory of Arizona so as to au-
thorize the funding of all outstanding OBJ
legations of the Territory. The purpose of
the law is to effect an annual saving in in
terest and place the Territory on cash
basis.
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Increased Bount,es on SUGAR.

BERLIN, GERMANY, May %. - The
Bundesrath has accepted the Goverpmen t. 8
bill increasing the bounties on sugar as
amended in the Reichstag.
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Prices: 10 cents and 25 cents per bottle:
OF AL DRUGGISTS AND MINERAL WATER DEALERS
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12
THE END.
A Terrible Strain.

Son-r you think l can be a newspa.
per writer like you, what is the use OF
my taking up so many studies On sub
Jects mat newspapers never talk about:
Father "a dramatic critic)-They are
simply for mental discipline and the
cultivation Of the powers of memory,
analysis, etc.
Son-What good will that do?
father-lf you do not acquire great
powers Of concentration. combined with
wonderful penetration, backed by enor-
nous retention, you will never lie able
TO get the hang Of the family history
outlined by the servants in the first act
of new play.-London Answers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12
CHAPTER NNyIV.

Antoine Laroquc, arriving in due
course ut Land Abbey, found the house
hold III some disorder, as the master cf
II had been smittcu early that morning
with Sudden illness and now lay I'M
conscious on the bed to which he had
boon carried in the gray dawn.
No reason could be ascribed for the
stroke or fit that had seized him, for his
housckcepor kept her month shut and
no other person there was aware of the
events of the night, but u messenger
was dispatched to Castle Cassilis when
the doctor was summoned, and Will had
at once returned, full of grief and alarm
at the condition Of the man who had
used him so nobly and i'll the most cru
cial hour of his life had risen above the
baser part of his nature and mastered
it signally.
But Will could do nothing, and the
doctor very little, for Blake remained
without sign of consciousness, and so il
happened that it was Cassilis who re-
ceived Laroque when the latter arrived.
pleading urgent business with Trelawny.
The interview between the two men
was 1oAiS' tiIc iAllbTIllallou ilup..Tteu Uy
Laroque of an astounding character and
neccssitated their proceeding TO the cot
tage, there to confront Hagar, who saw
them enter the house and knew that her
hour had come. Locking III her mirror
rs she turued round and round On her
finger "a seal ring she always wore, it
grimly occurred 10 her what "a loss such
beauty rs hers would be to Il mostly I'M.
beautiful world of humans, and she
wondered idly if the blue of her ewes
would 20 back to the sea, the glory of
her skin to the heart Of flower. the in.
destructible spirit Of her to the God who
had made it good till her fathers dew.
ilish training had turned it to evil.
Soon the key turned in the lock and
Lady Lirriper entered.
II am ready" said Hagar, and the
old heather looked ut her approyinyly.
Faults Lady Lirriper might have, bat
the cowardly instinct. SO deeply i'm.
planted i'll most breasts to kicl, the
fallen. TO add one more store to the
cairn that crushes them. was not in her,
and bad as Hagar was she had been as
much sinned against rs SHINING.
In silence they passed out Of the
!: room, but on the stairs Lady Lirriper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12

back were broken, he would ride 1t on.
~ the end, and then-what then?
Those two babies ado.e each other,
went On Lady Lirriper, but that Gre
gorias devil hus come between them,
and If. when she ran of to you, you
had done what ~ o man Ct honor you
oa2h. to have done (the old lady locked
at hun very straisht). tied her ha, On
and trotted her home again. - great
deal Of unpleasantness would have been
avei;ed, and / should not have sat on
your doorstep catching my death for the
last two hours this morning, though,
thanks to your servants sleeping like
TIE dead, there won't be any scandal.
You brought her il here after they were
III ted last night" she added sharply.
lie nodded.
Then it's all plain sailing. I shall
swear l brought her, not found her,
here; that Cassilis was with her
thoIo's no need to mention the doorstep
and that when I returned home 60
did she-and her husband
And the Gregorias:" said Trelawny,
who WAS leaning against a black cak
cabinet, voice and eyes singularly life
icss. how sre you going to explain
sway that eiopement?"
viii Cassilis had an accident in the
g bod. and she narsed him. said Lady
LirriEcr stCutly. THE man was I'LL
conscious the whole time, and I'll un.
derraEe TO explain away more than
that" she said, with formidable air
that made good her boast.
You'll probably hear something
abort her scon." said Trclawny negli-
gently. The advertisements inquiring
Is 70 her anteccdents appear in the pa
pCrs this morning. And now," he added
Is calmly rs if no We're not signing the
death warrant Of his happiness. you
will like to 90 to Mamie. And he led
The way with unfaltering steps.
The girl sprarg up as the key turned
in the lock, but her hungry gaze went
past them, seeking her beloved.
"Willic," she said piteously, II want
Willie" and without u look or word
for the man 20 whom she had offered
her love SO lavishly few short hours
before.
"And you shall have him" said Ire
iawny, ana strobe out to find Cassilis
i'll 80 deep Il slumbcr that only ca being
vioic nily shaken did lie awaken.
Mamie wants you," said TTclawny
as Ec turned on his heel, but as Will
stumbled mp, Mamie, who could not
wait, flow to his arms, and there i'll the
chill dawn they chung together, heart
beating against heart, lips to lips. care
less Of the whole world so they had
found one another.
Trelawny staggered slightly as he
cross the hall, hut he entered the
study with . firm step. Come, bun
de" he said 10 Lady Lir-ipcr, helping
her somewhat roughly to rise. 'Thcy
are outside And he half led. half
pustcd her out of the room and toward
the open door where the lovers stood
locked i'll u close embrace, from which
they parted as the othcIs drew near.
'Trelawny" said Will ar,lcntly and
put out his hand, but Blake dashed ii
away, his face terrible beyond express
sion, Changing the door to in their fac $,
but jus: i'll time, fer rs 4 smitten oal;
falls crashing to the ground SO, berefft
Of his senses, fell he.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS
CHAPTER AT Chudleigh Sal
terton, in Devonshire, England. Lord
Stranbenzee and his daughter Mamie
become interested in stra"ge
couple. father and daughter. the
father being called the Wharf. IL
The Wizard is murdered. and the
murderer il unknown. Lord Strsu-
benzec In pity takes the Wizards
daughter Hagar home to 1--we with
him. III and Iv-Will Cassalis,
Nannie's lover, is warned against
Iagar. and Will warns Mamie. V,
vi. VII and VIf-Hagar goes TO
school with Mamie. and Will Casa
lis is ordered by Lord S,raubenzee
~ go abroad for one year n order to
test the strength OF the affection he
tween Will and Mamie. lX and y
Mamie and Hagar return from
school, where Blake Trclawney, Cas-
sails rival. has an opportunity 10
try 10 win Mamie. lie declares that
he will gain her by hook or by crook.
III and XIl-Cassalis returns. IRE
lawney tries TO force Hagar to use u
malign influence she possesses to
compel Mamie to marry him in pref
etence to Cassalis. Nil, XIV and
NN-Nannie feels Mrelawuey's power
over her, and 10 escape it she con-
sents to marry Cassalis sndestinel,.
NJ to NXVI-Hagar exercises her
diabolical charm OF s C-ssslis aud
his wife. makes them commit many
Involuntary acts calculated to forfeit
each Others respect. until she drsgs
th M 10 the lowest depths Of mighty
NAVll to NNlN-Nannie elopes with
Ire 'awney. Cassalis follows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12
Electric BItterS.

Electric Bitters is a medicine suit
ed for any season, but perhaps more
generally when the languid ex-
hausted feeling prevails, when the
liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need of tonic and alternative is felt.
A prompt use of this medicine has
often averted long and perhaps fatal
bilious fevers. No medicine will act
more surely in counteracting and
freeing the system from the malarial
poison. Headache, indigestion, con-
stipation. dizziness yield to Electric
bitters. SOC and 81 per bottle at
Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store.
What came near being a double
tragedy was the climax Of drunken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12

enough dtTCddg.'
to be made despicable. grotesgue, to be
placed i'll this attitude, i'll that, cat on
all fours one moment, a drunkard the
next, or a devotional idiot. He caused
pictures to be taken of me-me, his
child, and brought strange men to look
at me in my degradation. He inflicted
on me every agony and shame that a
woman can suffer, and for what? For
science, the science that killed my
mother, that would have killed me but
that l would not die. would not, and
rs he had killed her inch by inch / re.
solved that some day would slay him,
but more mercifully, and did,
She drew q deep breath. then went on ::
81 was rapidly becoming what he
had made my mother when you came,
Antoine, TO Chudleigh Salterton, and
Mortified at the change III me, though
you knew all l had suffered i'll Paris
and elsewhere, quarreled with him cn
my behalf, but he met you with jeers,
and, maddeued, you rushed away. !,
too, was mad at that moment, for two
lovers, whom l met constantly in my
walks, had opened my eyes to the posi-
bilitics of life, and when you left and
saw no help from God or man anywhere
stole in from the kitchen and seized
him as he sat in his chair, and he choked
and died before l realized that my wish
had become accomplished fact.
She paused again, and Lady Lirriper
remarked in an aside to her soul that if
she had been in Hagar's position she
would have done exactly the same thing
as HaSar did, only sooner.
Il fled from my work, and by some
extraordinary chance-partly because 1t
was their dinner hour-the ncighbors
did not see me leave the house. l went
into the wood, thence to the shore, and
sat down, waiting to be arrested. l
heard Lord StraubenZee's valet bring
the news ard that you were suspected.
had simply to hold my tongue. and
could not; the damned up life in me
rushed forth, and l shrieked aloud my
joy at being free. They were kind to
me, these rich Samaritans; they took
me to their home: but one man mis-
trusted, disliked me- She turned and
faced Will. "You.''
And I had reason" he said lacon-
ically.
Hagar shrank visibly beneath his look
and words, and for the first time STUN
blcd i'll her narrative.
"I-where was /: They had sheltered
me, but l knew that if they became
aware how intimately acquainted I was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12

pillseu anu fuCCeu 0er nose lrrltGGly.
Why didn't you make puppet of
me?" she inquired. ''Too much in the
same line, Ell: But draw the line at
clipping with married men and-mur-
DER
She shuddered little rs she preceded
Hagar into the morning room, where
the two mci:, grave and il all essertials
total opposites TO each other, were stand.
ing.
"Nannie:" said Lady Lirriper inter-
negatively.
BEST not said Will; ''she has
borne enough al~eady." And Hagar smil-
ed little wintry smile, for Il feathers
weight is more than tine woman man
loves may bear while he sees with in
difference the whole earth fall ON the
woman he does not fancy.
She came close to LarCque and looked
him lii the face SO earnestly and sweetly
with her blue eyes that he could not
bear it and turned his eyes away
Poor Antoine" she said, lit is not
your fault. l have not played the game.
When l begged and prayed you for that
one chance, rs l had begged and prom
ised God before, l meant to be good,
but love came between. and love has
been my ruin. You know my youth, Z"
she went on in her beautiful voice, the
curious background of green, vivid
woodwork framing her head; "how
loved my mother and how she died, the
instrument, the tool of my father hyp-
motto experiments. He only came out Of
his laboratory to marry her, and he
went back to it with "a slave who De-
came skilled in waiting upon and as
sisting him and to whom the accident
Of motherhood made 10 sort of differ
ence i'll her life. She was young. and
lovely when l first Remember hel. bu:
] only saw her at long intervals and
Cal trace the change III Ecr best by the
photographs that have of her-a fresh
girl with roses on her brow and i'll her
cheeks, with hope III her eyes: gale
woman with wan face, who tad done
with grieving since from her crushed
heart no tears had power to spring, and
a happy, beautiful dead face. into which
had come the peace that passcth all un
lerstanding.
''If only she had taken me with her
Mother, mother! was away when she
died, and they gave me letter she hat!
left later. If l had ever doubted that
she had loved me, her child. | knew
better then. But size loved him best,
and with her dying breath she charged
me to he, as far rs possible, the help
and assistant that she had been and to
place obedience and duty to my father
before every ctker object i'll life, when
he shoIld consider me old enough &c
take her place. l was only child then,
and kissed the letter and swore sol
emmy upon it that l would obey heI
bidding, and sealed it with my tears,
and / sold myself to devil. Perhaps
| nothing is so awful rs tie feeling OF
lost Independence. The mailman feels
it, the captive bird knows it, the life
| mate bound 10y withes of hate, of afTcc.
ton and duty knows it, but what are
these to the thing l became? Oh, the
shame, the ignominy. to be tNcncd int,
brute instrument to be played upon,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12
The EnytoCs Ono.

She--Oh, look do at Mr.. Wright, the
poet. What rapt expression he hasl
He must be thinking Of some sublime
stanZa or sonnet.
He (anothcr poet)-Thinking Of him
eelf. reckon. Enquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12

A foreign applicant for patent in
the United states must make the neces.
sary oaths and afidavits before a min
ister, consul or commercial agent Of the
United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12
Dang s,oas Drinking Water.

Death turks in impure water. 1t
breeds diseases, often in epidemic
form.
The first symptom is looseness OF
the bowels. These diseases are
checked by taking Foley's Collie Cure
Sold by NJ. F. Bahnsen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12

When Baby Was sick, We gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-12
Probably Not

Il see that the Brown Jones-Thom-
SON Potters are going to give party"
H m. Will there be any outside in
vitations:''-Detroit Free Press
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-24
The Fish Of Florida.

When the dweller in the North wants
10 90 fishing In the winter or spring he
comes to Florida as the Mecca Of nh
lovers Of the sport. and he is never dis
appointed in his success in angling.
Fish Of every variety are I ODE had for
the simple trouble of dropping into the
water a hook and line provided with
the proper bait, and the man who cam
not make a success of Il fishing trip has
not sense enough TO carry on any other
mission in life.
But the people Of Florida do not
seem TO realize the Importance OF the
opportunity in this particular industry
that lies before them. In no waters
on earth can the pompano be sectIreb
in such quantity and such perfcctIoB
Is ON the Florida coast. and the same
may be said of the trout. and many
other varieties OF table fish that are
commo food 10 our people. bu rare
delicacies TO other sections or the:
country. With the growth of refrig-
Grating facilities in transportation,
which proves itself day by day, EloRi-
da fisheries must become institutions
Of national Observation-Disclosures
TiMcs-U Union.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-24
About the adaase

DeiIi8l coverings are excellent for
nurserg floors, as eney are easily
brushed. and rugs look well upon them.
Double carpet lining should be used
under the denim To give the proper
warmeh for cold weather.
A medium-sized paper pad with a
lead pencil attached hung over n
Kitchen table will be found sGf great
convenience. II articles needed are
written down upon this pad they will
not be overlooked. Whan the house
Tife starts for market the outside slip
can be pulled OF and taken with her
instead OF her trusting 10 her memory,
with the danger OF forgetting some
simple hut Rost important article.
Do nor pat fruit jars int Il closet
where the silver is kept. The rabber
bands upon the jars will Affect the sill
YER and make il tarnish quickly.
A little kerosene oil is excellent for
cleaning a zine bath tub. Rub the oil
on with q woclen cloth, then wasf ii
off with hot water and polish with
powdered bath brick. The result is
very satisfactory.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-24
ON A LARK.
Pnrty Of T~wenty-Oae From the West
Goes Through st. Paul.

Party of Twenty-Oae From the West
Goes Through st. Paul.
st. Paul. Sept. 22.-A party of TWEEN
ty-one college students on their way
TO Eastern colleges passed through st.
Paul Yesterday. They were from the
far West and were gathered by the
agents of the Great Northern TO bring
them East together. OF the twenty
one students not more than w are
hound for the same college. They go
70 Ann Arbor, Harvard, Cornell.
Princeton. Yale and almost every 9th
or leading institution in the East. In
spite of the fact that most OF them
were when they left the
West they are now friends, and TO
saw that they enjoyed the trip east
does not half express the good time
they had. They travelled TO st. Paul in
a specitl tourist sleeper and it was
lucky for the other passengers that
they were By themselves. There was
one unlucky man in the party, how
over and he was a divinity student.
The other twenty were hardly his kind.
He STAYED in the special a one day
and one night and then asked 10 be
transferred to another car.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-24

During the visit Of the members or
parliament TO Portsmouth a naval Off
Ger told an amusing story of last years.
naval maneuyer While the warslipS
were stationed in Tough Eoyle. there
was an alarm of a torpedo. attack az
night. Instantly the guns opened tire
and blazed away at the torpedo beat!
The next morning the admiral request
Ell each captain 10 send in a report OF
the number of torpedo boats he had
seen and the quantity Of ammunition
he had expended. The reports werc. i'm
~tercsting Some officers had seen six
torpedo boats, some four, others three.
and others two. Only one captain de-
ctared that he had seen no torpedo
boat and had fired no shot. The others,
however. had used an enormous guam
yity OF ammunition. Ii turned out that
there had not been q torpedo boat
within thirty miles of the Tough, and
the torpedo boats seen from the ships
were in truth u single coal barge-Lon-
don World.