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He glanced at the window again. only
o+ioned AWAY by Lucie.


10 ho motioned away by Lucie.
Nothino was left to him but to jump
into his carriage and order the driver to
taEo him back to the hotel. He tore the
note open with some impatience ano
read in French: :,
~DrAR MARTIN: Do not be rash. My
father is not guilty. He is an honorable
man. hut his brother has drawn him in
to fhis thing unawares. Father fancies
that Won nave a special desire to impli-
cate and ruin him. Since the panther
doatb he seems to have shifted his
monomania to the subject OF being i'm
prisoned and he imagines that you are
working to incarcerate him. If l could
see YOU I could tell you great deal
which I cannot put upon paper; but they
will not let me see you, and have
foolishIv thought TO eva1e you by thSlr
silly story of our fight to Europe, be
natient and prudent, and ever believe
me your loving hoOih
1t did not take Lawrence long to ar
rive at the meaning of this. nor was MS
slow in setting Col. de Vignys mlnd
right, as nearly as that could be done,
on the subject of arrest and imprlson'
ment Two or three stolen interviews
with Lucie gave him the fullest
knowledge Of the situation, and showed
him how TO steer her father out OF the
complication. .o,u,,
Descendants Of the Lawrence family
but. of course, that is not the real
name-still live in New Orleans, where
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WORK AND WORKERS.

The journeymen horsehoers Of Buffalo
vent on strike for uniform scale OF wages
and ten-hour day.
The Miners Union at Cripple Greek
Colorado, ordered strike, to compel the
mine owners to employ none but union
men.
1t is nd that 1,919 900 out of total OF
2,5OO,OO cotton spindles in the South have
agreed to shut down 331s per cent of the
time between July and October.
The strikers at the Brown Hoistiog
Works in Cleveland, Ohio, resumed rioting,
and militia had to be sent to the scene.
number of non-union men were hunted
down by the strikers and beaten with clubs,
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VIRGINIA STATE ITEMS

suit for g.. 900 has been instituted a9"'ns'
,ho Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
IN the Circuit Court OF HALIFAX county "
Mr. James r. Lacks In the deeiar"'io"
filed the plaintiff claims that sever"i lnon."s
ago he was approaching a crossing y. .no
r'.ohhrrg and Durham Division OF inc
NortolL and Western Railroad wnen niS
horse became frightened by passing ',"'n'
ua dismounted to hold the amman auu 10
tba shufIle his leg was broken. lhe O'o"N
,uoa % su.h a character that amputauon
was necessary Mr.. Lacks claims tha' do
wbistle was blown t apprise him oil the aP-
proach OF the trail.
A. willie Hart draughtsman In the con-
struction department, was overcome w 'n0
heat while near the iron-platlng ) 'eu I'D '"0
Norfolk Navy Yard.
The Norfolk Evening News, whlch mas 'oi
oome time been run as cooperative sneo''
hos becn pur chased by Mr.. Hart, OF Cha'
tanoooa. Tenn Mr.. Hart proposes 10 re-
move the Evening News plant to nore
prominent locality.
Cont.in Albert B. Woodbridge died at his
home in Roanoke after long illness OF
Briyhts disease. Deceased was porh III
Hammond in 1s41 and was the son OF Daniei
soencer Woodbridge. He was IN the ar'h-
rv service of the @ nfederay during the
war and was gallant soldier. He leaves
wife and Fix children-four Daughters anu
.vo sons-and had many friends in Roanoke
as we'll as in Eastern Virginia.
Planters from the line OF NortolS county
and North Carolina say their crops ol Gov
ton corn and potatoes are probably all gone
for this season. caused by the continues
heavy and serious rains. In tbs seeuoh 'no
grass is killing the corn and the grounu l.
an soft that the stalks are falling 10 'lne
ground. The whole oat crop Is destroyer
Altogether the damage to crops OF oil SORTS
will be large. including the large cltron anu
watermelon crops, which for tho wan' oi SUI
are tasteless and unmarketable. Nansehonu
and Isle of Wight counties are shipping po-
tatoes.
Many cattle roaming IN the Dismal swamp
have been drowned by the HOODS, anu tho
streams are go high that considerable u"u'-
age has resulted to county bridges ana otn-
er property. In the upper counties tno pea
nut crop prospect is very gloomy ana iarin-
ers are discouraged. Several crops OF pe"-
nuts have already been turned out, the con-
tlnued rainy weather making 1t impos'.o'e
to cultivate them. The army worm mas
Drnn ~
made its appearance on the western Dfun'"
in Norfolk county, and the hay ana o'her
grass crops are destroyed.
There is no more peanut trust The WIN
drawal of the Columbian Peanut Company.
Of Norfolk, and tho approaching shcr1 cfop
led so many other concerns to declare ih1m-
selves in favor Of individual operation tha'
at a meeting of the association twas decided
that tha trust should dissolve. Hereaitei
the large peanut business formerly hanuleo
by the trust will be transacted by the COM
panies separately.
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normal limit OF life as it usually comes
to men, that he scarcely felt that no
could expect the final outcome TO be
ANYTHING but unusual. No doubt the
condition of his health had much to do
with the state of his imagination; more
over. q man In love Is apt TO take dis
torted view of small matters when they
cornect themselves with the SUBJECT
affecting his heart.
Lawrence toiled patiently through
some intricate notarlal affairs, ana
when everything necessary had been
signed, sealed, and delivered nc
.heaved sigh of relief, went to his room,
dressed himself with care, and calling
carriage ordered himself driven to the
number given him by Lucie.
1t was a solid and stately looking resi-
dence before which the carriage drew
up. He thumped the door with It's
ponderous brass knocker, tritle ner-
vouslv.. it must be said, and stood walt
inc. Strange that man heart should
be so hard to control at such a time!
Stranger still that his fancy should
weave in spite of him a web OF fantastic
expectations! w.
A servant opened the door. Was
Mile. de Vigny inP
No, she was not in.
Where was she?
The servant did not know. She ana
her father had gone away, it was on
long iourney-on a ship-to France,
probably. The servant looked indlf-
ferent. his voice was inhospitable, but
Lawrence pushed past him and went IN;
Tell your mistress, he sald' tnaC
wish to see her"
A minute later tall, serene-looKln2
lady met him graciousy, and informed
him that Mile. de Vigny and her father
had sailed for France that very morn
ing.
Lawrence caught ray Of subtle ma.
lignity darting from the narrow placio
eyes which were scanning him between
their straight, moveless lashes.
Madame" said he, are you quite
sure that they are gomez?
She lifted her brows a trlile, mao'
some movement with her lips indicative
of surprise mingled with polite con
tempt. When she spoke the cfect o
Hnaity was perfectly conveyed by hel
voice.
al am quito sure, monsieur; good
day.
The young man stood alone for a mo
ment before going. Hat in hand, NJ
looked down at the carpet and arount
the silent room, while his thoughts
crushed themselves like confused
blur. A delicate watt of heliotrop'
touched his nostrils as it had on ina
day at tho mountain hotel in Switzer
land, and he felt as one might wh'
should suddenly find himself left th'
sole inhabitant Of the earth. A sens
of enchantment, so to speak, gave ab
solute strangeness to the experience:
He turned and walked past the tidy
formal man servant out into the street
where his carriage was waiting. AL IN
point of mounting into the vehicle n
turned and cast his eyes over the state
lv facade of the house. At an uppe
window something white CLEANED. l
was vision of beauty that followed
an apparition seen as if
Through leagues Of shimmering water iik
star
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How CYRUS Laid the Cable.

Tn Harpel's Weekly of Sept II,
1858. there appeared the following
canital ballad from the pen OF John
G.. SAKE, the Green Mountain poet,
and it is worthy Of reproduction at
this time:
UOw CYRUS LAID THE CABLE.
Come listen unto my song
1t is no silly fable;
Ills all about the mighty cord
They call the Atlantic cable
Bcld Cyrus Field he said, says he'
81 have pretty notion,
That can lay telegraph
Across the Atlantic ocean"
Then all tho people laughed and said
THEY'D like to see him do 1t;
He might get half-s seas over, but
He never could go through IT.
To carry out his foolish plan
He never would be able;
He might as well go hang himself
With his Atlantic cablo.
But Cyrus was valiant man,
A fellow of decision;
And needed not their mocklnS woroh
Their laughter and'derision
Twice did his travest efforts fall,
And yet hi, mind was stable;
He Want tue man to break his hearI
Because lie broke his cable.
@Once more, my gallant boys" he crieu;
uThree times you know the taOle"-
(uI'U make it thirty" muttered n,
"But will lay the cable"
Once more they trie el-hurrah. hurrahl
What means this great commoilon!
The Lord he praised! the cables lald
Across the Atlantic ocean,
Loud rang the bells-for flashing through
Six hundred leagues OF water,
cd Mother England's benson
Salute; her eldest daughter
Ger all the land the tldings speed,
And soon I'm every nation
THEY'LL hear about the cable with
Profoundest admirationl
Now long live James and long live Vic,
And long live gallant Cyrus;
And may his courage. faith ana zeal
With emulation fire u.s.
And may we honor evermore
The manly bold and stable,
And tell our sons, to make them oraVo'
How Cyrus laid the ca0e
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lain almost like one dead. He was
bruised and cut from head to foot; out
he had saved Lucie, whose courage ana
self-forgetfulnes under all the terrible
circumstances were wonderful. She
had seen her mother buried after being
rescued in a dying condition from the
wreck of the mansion, and had gone on
without faltering in the care OF her
lover, with the thought OF her father all
the time in her mind.
Lawrence cOnvaleSoed very fast, but
no sooner was lie out OF danger th%n
Lucie's strength gave way and she 1cil
ill.
Meantime one evening up rode Col. de
Vigny, with Star still in fair condition,
though trife lame. The Colonel had
made the Journey to New Orleans and
ack. He was indescribably grieved
and broken up by the calamity that had
befallen his household. Such pain as
he must have suffered is best left un-
told. even if words could do it justice.
When he arrived he carried q small
lealhern sad llebag at the hora Of his
| saddle-Lawrence's saddle, in fact
and in this he had brought gold and
scrip to pay the PHILADELPHIA claim.
He found Lawrence, pale and haggard,
watching by Luc:e's bedside, and bust
ness was forgotten in the awful grle1 OF
the hour.
1t wos the oversccr who thought of
skinning tie panther and dressing us
hide to be kept as proof positive that
the Teche Terror was no longer TO be
dreaded. The rug made of this skin
may be seen to day in certain prlncely
home on Rampant street in New Orleans
Meantime, something had come TO
pass that must make dlsagreeable
srot in the surface of our story. 1t must
be told, however, with but one value at
taching TO it, the value of truth. 1t
comes in as O. touch OF genuine old
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A bottle was picked up recently near Blrk
enhead. England, containing slip OF paper
unon which vas written statement that the
steamship Naronic struck an iceberg and
was sinking In midocean. The NaroniC
sailed from Liverpool for New York, Feb
ruary II, 1898, and was never seen again.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-07-24
THROUGH A TORNADO.
A Tale of Adventure on Louisiana
Plantation.
nv MAURICE THOMPSON.

not move. Then, with the activity OF a
squirrel and the muscular force of giant,
ne lifted the bludGeon once more ana
leapcd forward. The blow that he de-
livered echocd heavily around, and was
followed by many more:
Take dat, yo' ole villyan! Take DAT
TO what yo' ben er dOn' all dis time!
He did not Stop pounding away TILL
every trace of life had left the huge
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time color. It was discovered alter inc
storm was over that the negro boy Tom
had run away just before it, and III that
way only was he on hand to aid In Lu-
cie's and / awrence's rescue. So with
ont reconsideration for the succor he rem
dered the Oversecr tied him up ana
gave him a severe flogging. VI course
Tom begged and hOwled and SAID that
he would never run away again, Dut lhe
conscientious overseer abated not one
lash of all the allotted number. Tom
was on old offender one that the phleg-
matte functionary had marked down to
be made memorable example Of for the
bene it of the other negroes.
But we are slipping away from cur
story. Let us get back to the thread
OF it,
When Lucie was sufficiently recover
cd TO bear the fatigue Of travel, Co. dc
Vigney chartered q small VesseI ny
which he transported his daughter ana
his household slaves to New orleans.
The plantation hands he sent through
Inv land in the care Of the oyerseer.
Lawrence was permitted to ship himself
and Star as a part Of the vessels cargo,
but he saw that Col. de Vigny was hot
over hearty in according him that favor.
The saddle-bag of money had been duly
turned over to him. and the Colonel
seemed more than willing to make TINS
consummation the end of their famll-
iarity, if not of their friendship; 2 or
Immediately on reaching New Or-
leans Lawrence and the de Vlgnys
feparated, and no quicker was she out
of sight than the feeling stole into Law
rence's heart that he had lost her again.
/ lIc tried TO chaff at himself for giving
room 10 such an idle fancy. but some
how it would not be pulled away. 30
unreal, in fact, seemed the experiences
Of Ci' tbe ' mast few weeks, so out Of the
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up to about the beginning of the war O.
the rebellion Martin Lawrence was e
distinguished lawyer and politician,
and where in the city's famous cemetery
n noble tomb marks the resting place o.
him and his always lovely and loving
wife.
THE END.
Copyright by the Authors Alliance all
RIGHTS reserycd.)
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The Reasen Why.

A man living in suburban hamlet
recently went to the general store to
buy some potatoes
"How is this?" he asked the store
keeper you're asking almost double
the regular price for potatoes. Haven't
yoxl made a mistaken"
"Oh, mol" cheerfully replied the
storekeeper. "You see, ] bought them
potatoes when they was much dearer
than they is now, and Of course
can't afford to sell them at the pres
ent price.
The Young Abstainers' Union ir
London has NOW over 5000 members.
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BX-GOV. RUSSELL DEAD.
The Noted Leader of New England DemocrasI
Passes Away

Ex-Governor Russell, OF Massachusetts,
WAS found dead In his fishing camp at Ade'
laide. near Grand Pabos, Quebec. He passed
through Montreal In the best OF health, ana
was then on his way to tho salmon grounds
In Gaspe. Grand Pabos, the nearest tcie
graph station to St Adelaide, is little fish
.ng place OF only three hundred inhabitants
Mr.. Russels companions were his brother
and Colonel Francis Peabody, Jr., OF Boston
They had been fishing all day, when the ex'
Governor seemed In very best Of health. The
tent in which they slept was divided into two
compartments, and, as the Ex-Governor
slept alone, the others never knew that he
was dead till late In the morning. when they
thought it was time to wake him. Heart
disease was the cause Of death.
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CHATTER III.

When Lawrence returned to con-
seriousness he was resting on a low bed
in one of the cabins of the negro quar-
ter. and Lucie was bending over him.
Many days had passed since the hurrl,
cane and meantime the young man hal
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JOHN NJ. PALMER,
CHARLES L. EWING,
JAMES H EcKLEs,
FRANKLIN NCYEAGH,
BEN. I. CABLE,
VIM. S. FOREMAN,
THOMAS A. MORAN,
JOHN P HOPKINS,
HENRY S. ROBBINS,
A. A. GooDRICH.
JAMES T. HoBLITT,
ADoL PHI KRAUs,
JAMES NJ. SHEEHAN,
CHARLES H. WILLIAMSON,
LYNDEN EVANS,
R. E. SPANGLER,
tive Committee Of the Honest-Monf
aocracy of Illinois.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-06-18
business meeting held Friday morning

business meeting held Friday morning
and afternoon when permanent
sangerbund was formed. President
Dimling presided. A constitution was
adopted. It leaves the name unchanged
and gives the object of the organization
to be the PRONUNCIATION OF German song.
speech and sociability. All singing So
cieties to be eligible must have a men,
bership of at least 40; must pay an ini-
tiation fee Of ten dollars, and each men,
her is taxed Is cents per year. The dele
gates to the sangerbund elect from their
number central board for the sanger
fest, consisting of Is members. This
board elects musical director. and sees
to having the, programme made out one
year before the fest. The constitution
also provides for a paper to be published
as the organ CT the bund. Cincinnati,
having petition signed by over 5000
citizens, was unanimously selected as
the city for the next fest.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-06-18
A BRUTAL FATHER.

Shoots His Daughters Because They Re-
: fused to Buy Beer.
Chicago, June William Otter, of
419 Mclean avenue, shot bis two step
daughters Wednesday night while un-
der the influence of liquor. Otter came
home drunk and walked into a room
where were sitting his two step
daughters and their mother. He asked
the eldest girl, who is II years old, to
60 after can of beer for him. This
she refused to do, and the father be-
coming enraged, and drawing revolt
yer, began a promiscuous shooting.
The elder girl was hit in the breast
and the younger one, aged seven, re-
ceivcd bullet in the abdomen. Mrs.
Otter was not struck. Both girls were
sent to the hospital, where it is said
the young lady will recover, but the
little girl died. The father was arrest
cd
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-06-18
THIS SAENGERFEST.
Hundreds unable to Gain Admission to
s the Closing Concert.

Hundreds Unable to Gain Admission to
the Closing Concert.
Pittsburgh, Pa, June 11.-An i'm
mense audience, exceeding the accred-
tied capacity Of spacious Saengerfest
hall, were delighted with the fourth
concert Of the Saengerfest, rendered
Wednesday afternoon. The special
feature and attraction was the appear
ance Of Frau K.afsky, the great Ger
man prima donna, and A. Z. Guile,
both Of whom Tuesday night gained
new 'aurels. and by special request.
consent ted to appear in solo work
Their reception amounted almost to
an grafton. Almost all tie great art
lists appeared in the grand closing con-
cert Wednesday, and attracted perhaps
the largest audience Pittsburgh has
ever had at a concert. Feors had been
expressed that the hall would prove
too large for the occasion, but had it's
capacity%been increased by one-half, it.
wouli only have comfortably seated
the music-loving throng which sought
entrance. Many hundreds were turned
away after all the aisles and available
standing places were filed. Not a
few received Injuries in the crush, and
many a fine toilet was ruined
The first number on thu programme,
a composition of Fest Director Zoell-
ner, entitled Midnight a. Sedan" was
musical picture. Its four distinctly
different motives-the stiffness of the
night, the dead raising from the graves,
hate and warlike fury, and the lament
.-: he the assemblage almost spell
bound. Other prominent features were
Fran Klafsky's rendition of the aria
20 Honored Halls" from Tannhaeuser,
and "Brunnhildes Self-Immclation,,"
from the Notwithstanding" Hans
Sachs address and quintet, from ''The
Mastcrsingers," by Mr.. Brockett, and
Miss Lillian Blavelt, Miss Gertrude Stein,
hlr. Carl Naeser and.Mr. Emil Fischer;
and number of German and Dutch
folk songs by the combined chorus.
Pittsburgh, Pa, June 13.-The closing
eature Of International sangerfestwas the
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-06-18
THE SESSION ENDS.
Both Branches of Congress Adj
journ Sine Die.
Vice President Stevenson and Speaker
Reed Receive Votes of Thanks
Their Remarks on Clos
Ing the Session.

Washington, June 12.-If the first ses-
sion of the Fifty-fourth congress has
been a 'do.nothing session. as had
been predicted, the closing day of the
senate furnished fitting elimination
to the session. twas day of inactive
drifting, a laborious effort to kill time
by doing nothing until four o'clock,
when, according to the concurrent res
olution agreed to Wednesday, The two
houses were to adjourn. The senate
was called to order at II O'clock, when
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill was received ). and Immediately
signed by the vice president, thus dis
posing of the last of the general
appropriation bills, so far as the iegisla-
tive branch was concerned. A bill was
passed granting pension to the widow
of Gen. w. H. Gibson. of Ohio.
The Adjournment.
At 1870 a recess was taken until three
o'clock, when the usual resolutions of
thanks to the vice president and presi-
dent pro-tempore were offered by Sen
ator, Allison, of Iowa, and Harris, Of
Tennessee, respectively, and unani-
mously agreed to. Promptly at four
o'clock the vice president arose and
slowly and clearly delivered the follow
ing valedictory, at the close Of which
the gavel fell and the senate stood adj
journed sine die:
SENATORS: am deeply touched by the
resolutions personal to myself adopted by
the senate. It has been my earnest en-
deavor impartially to execute the rules pre-
ecribed for the guidance OF this body. For
the aid you have SO generously given me
in the discharge Of the duties that pertain
to this Office, as well as for the courtesy
uniformly shown me, am profoundly
grateful. And now wishing each Of you q