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The Yale expositor., 1897-12-03
An ACCIDENTAL Gold Find.

Apropos of the recently reported rich
gold finds in Alaska the accidental
strike on the Payette river in Idaho,
seventy-five miles from Boise City,
may be recalled. Two men named
George Bell and Dick Fraser were
grub staked" to go out on a pros
pecting tour. They skirmised around
for some time without striking any
thing. One day Fraser went out hunt
ing and chased a bear and a cub up
a mountain side through heavy brush.
The game escaped, and Fraser sat
down to enjoy brief siesta before re-
turning to camp. He pushed the brush
aside, and was digging thoughtfully in
the dirt with his fingers when he
picked up piece of rich float. He did
not know what it was, but it was a
nice specimen of something, and he
put it in his pocket. He stuck his pick
into the ground and encountered an
obstruction in the shape of lead. Go
ing to camp, he showed the piece of
quartz to Bell, and further investiga-
tion showed the latter that it was
worth looking into. A small quantity
of rock was taken out and brought to
Boise to be assayed. 1t went $13S a
ton gold.-Exchange.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-03
It Brings Ravishing pream. Of Bliss.

From the San Francisco Call: In
Southern Arizona the Jail and prison
officials have their hands full in try
ing to prevent the smuggling into their
institutions of the seductive mari
guiana. This is a kind of loco weed
more powerful than opium. 1t is a
dangerous thing for the uninitiated to
handle, but those who know its uses
say II produces more ravishing dreams
than opium. The Mexicans mix it
with tobacco and smoke 1t with cigar
cites, inhaling the smoke. When used
in this way 1t produces a hilarious
spirit in the smoker that cannot be
equalled by any other form OF dis
sipation. When smuggled inside the
prison walls the Mexicans readily pay
81 an ounce for it, but free men buy
It on the outside for fifty cents.
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port, and be expecting you to enter the
house every moment"
Captain, something is wrong. for
she never removes the light until set
foot in the cottage, after it has once
been placed in the window"
Are you sure that you are in sight
of the cottage?"
"Yes; for | can see 1t, although in
distinctly, in the moons rays"
well, we will land you, and you
can soon learn what is the matter"
1t required but a few moments to
set Frank Ludlow upon shore, and
with heavy heart, he bent his steps
toward the home of his youth.
Frank had reached a little grove
which adjoined his youthful home; bat
here he paused and stood for some
time in silence. Tears started into his
eyes, and he repeated the name of his
mother in a low tone. Then, as IL
afraid to go forward ana satisfy him
self. he called in a louder voice, and
still louder, but only an echo came
back to greet his ears.
A faintness came over the lad, and
he sank back upon the ground. But
he started to his feet again as II he
had been stung by a serpent. He had
seated himself upon freshly turned
earth. and its dampness chilled him.
He turned to look upon the spot, but
the tears blinded his vision. He brush
ed them away, however, and then
gazes upon the scrth where he had
eunk.
A fresh mound met his gaze. Il was
a new made grave: and, with a cry OF
sgorv. the boy fell upon II. He call
cd -3un his mother to come back. on
~ tnr a moment, to bid him farewell
BIZ silence. deathly silence. was
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(The most atrocious fiend on earth.)
anyway; he was sure of that. The
drowned daughter had come out Of the
muddy water Of the Missouri river and
become the final witness in her faith
er's guilt. Little Belle had won. "I
might as we'll own up" he said. trem-
ulously. 81 might as we'll own up. for
you'll hang me anyway. You're Just
bound to hang me; you and the peo-
pie" Then Carr said that he would
tell the whole truth without reserva-
ton, if only he might be allowed to
see his wife before he was hanged.
This promise was given him. Carr was
so weak that he had to be assisted TO
the leather covered couch in the Office
of the chief of police, where he lay
down, his face in his hands, trembling
and shaking with weakness and fear
His face was purple between his fin
gers, the Adams apple" on his throat
throbbed and something in his throat
made sound like death rattle. The
officers, men accustomed to crime and
criminals, say they never saw a man
in so terrible state. He then told all
the details of his crime readily and
with little hesitation, as If anxious To
get through with 1t all. He told II
calmly with the utmost Indifference TO
any remorse or other emotions. He
was beyond all emotion except the
emotion of fear. There was no feel
ing for the child in his recital. There
was no pity for anyone except himself
and the wife who must suffer. He was
anxious to shield his wife. and sew
eral times stopped to assure the Off
GERS that she did not know of his
crime. The officers disbelieve this.
MY wife told me-" he began slowly
and deliberately. ''that 1 had to get rid
of Belle. She was all time fightin' with
the other child, and we couldn't get
'em to live peaceable together. She
was Of mean nature, Belle was. So
my wife told me to get rid of her: to
take her to town and give her away"
did she tell you to drown her?" ask
ed Prosecutor Martin. 'No, she didn't. p
answered Carr quickly, his whole body
trembling. Let me go on. left Lib
erty at about 4 O'clock. I walked all
the way, fifteen miles, with Belle
sometimes in my arms, sometimes
walking by my side with her hand in
mine. C"Her little hand in her fathers
hand" some one muttered) On the
road 1 found a piece of rope and |
picked 1t up and put 1t in my inside
vest pocket" Had you made up your
mind what to do with the baby? When
did you make up your mind?" "Well,
I sort of made 1t up ON the road. After
4 crossed the Hannibal tracks | came
to the river Then walked along the
bank back in the direction OF Liberty.
Pretty soon l came to a dry creek bed
that opened into the river / wanted
to drown her there, but the water was
shallow and sluggish. There were sand
banks and the place was no good &"
Carr had become perfectly calm. He
.old his story now without effort. with
a sort OF cheerfulness even. He SEEM
ed to grow stronger as the burden
passed. He even smiled at times at
the still faces of the men listening to
him. Then l walked up the river"
he continued, looking around for the
right place. II wasn't long till l came
to where the water was deep and the
current ran swift. ] laid Belle down
and got out the rope and tied Bellies
arms around her. There were -"
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have belonged to William Carr, good
for-nothing, who was at once arrested
and charged with murder. Just how
much Of a fiend this man Carr is can
readily be imagined after reading his
confession, which was, made soon after
arrest, A correspondent tells about it
in the following words: Carr's con-
fession is just the evidence the officers
needed to convict the guilty man. They
knew it would come, that 1t had TO
come sooner or later. The murder it
self, most inhuman, cold-blooded and
atrocious, murder not Of an enemy,
but of little trusting child, a MUIR
der not Of stranger, but Of daugh-
ter-the murder itself was the truest
witness against William Carr. The
murder cried out to be known, 1t
would not be silenced, 1t gnawed at
the heart of the brute, it played not
on his gympathies and his remorse,
for he had none, but upon his fears,
until at last he announced that he had
given in, that the guilt was more than
he could bear, and that he would shift
the burden from him. He would hang
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ONE MANS SUFFERING.
The Trials and Tribulations of Bat
tie Greek titizen-How lie
Comes to Tell This Story.
CFrom the Battle Creek Noon. J

Among the moulders at the works OF
the Michigan foundry company can be
found Mr. Amos Maynard he has lived
in Battle Creek for over ten years, is
honored and respected by all who know
him; such is the man who makes this
statement he says: a. have had kidney
trouble for years, and il has made my
lite miserable The heavy lifting, neces-
sary in my business, made me worse. l
have been compelled TO lie in bed in a help
less condition for as long as nine days at n y
time: the greatest pain was from my back,
which sometimes felt rs though a bayoneD
was being run through me in the region
of my Kidneys; many citizens OF Battle
Creek knew how bad was. l could not
move without the greatest caution, for
as soon as attempted to stoop over, bend
to one side, OF even turn in bed, the pain
was simply unbearable. wore porous
plasters constantly for the little tenn
porary relief they brought me. When
ever / caught the slightest cold it went
straight to my kidneys and made me
worse. / was advised TO try Doans Kid
ney Pills, and got some. | have taken in'
all four boxes of them, and l now feel as
active as ever. A few months ago l would
have ridiculcd the idea of being cured SO
quickly, and being able to work as can
now. All the long standing pains are
gone, and the former traces of kidney dis
orders found in my urine have disap-
peared have recommended Doan's Kid
ney Pills to many friends who were trou-
blcd as l was, and in every case | have
learned they proved as beneficial as with
me. Doans Kidney Pills would be cheap
to me at almost any price.
For sale by all dealers, price so cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the u s. Remember the name,
DOan's, and take no other.
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ALurubrlons Prediction.

Although the great Arago calculated
that there was but one chance out of
2S1 100000 that the earth could be
struck by comet, and although scien-
tific men think the collision would be
as bad for the comet as for Steven
sons "coo," Vienna professor is
thoroughly convinced that on the 18th
OF November, 1899, this mundane
sphere is to draw the one chance in
the celestial lottery, and it only re-
mains for him now to figure out wheth-
er our planet is to be reduced by the
shock to impalpable dust or form other
comets and wreck other worlds, or
whether the mortal race is to be ter
minated by asphyxiation. Both alter
natives have their disadvantages, but
the world will breathe easier when
fully acquainted with the exact details
OF its coming demise.
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"Was she awalSe?" Yes" said William
Carr. There were stones around
there. lots of them, and Ii" Did
she seem to realize what you were
about to do with her?" mo; she
didn't. l picked up stone that weigh
ed four or fivo pounds. l tied 1t good
and fast around her. Then i was ready.
] lifted her up and" "She was not
asleep? You are sure of that?" mo;
she was awake ! lifted her up and
and threw her in, far out, with all
my might" Like drowning cat,
eh'?" said an officer "She made big
splash said Carr meditativeiy. "She
made big splash, and watched and
watched, but she never came up. The
river was dark. 1t was after sun
down."
No one said word. The story was
out. Carr lay upon the lounge, his
head still on his hand, while the ofll-
GERS pushed their chairs in. a close cir
Gle around him. 1t was dusk in the
chiefs office and the electric lamps
made long shadows on the carpet. Out
and the people In the street below ell
bowed their way along the walks, un-
mindful of the little group in the office
and the tragedy being disclosed there.
Carr moved comfortably on the soft,
leather cushioned lounge. The con-
fession had put new life into him, had
relieved him immensely. Suddenly he
burst into laugh, more dreadful,
more atrocious than anything he had
said yet. IL was sound that made
the men start back in their chairs and
look in one another's faces; 1t came
in the midst Of the silence that follow
ed the recital. 1t sounded as If the
soul of the man had gone out, leaving
the brute with power of speech, and
the brute had laughed!
J Officers say that no man like Carr
has come within their experience, and
that they have heard no sound so
blood-curdlng as Czrr's laugh when he
lay back on his couch after he had
ended his story. He laughed again and
again, little chuckling sounds Of relief
such as some animal might make when
Il Is being satisfied. His nose and
heavy reddish mustache went up to
meet his eyebrows, his eyebrows went
down to meet his nose, his whole face
twitched spasmodically and righted it.
self in a second. His story over, he
was all animation and eagerness. He
wanted to go to the spot where he had
drowned the baby. he wanted to verify
his recital. He would go over the
whole road with the officers, he would
point out every place. He would star
right away, though it was dark anC
he had not yet had his supper. HI
was told that he might sometime have
chance. This fiend now sits cover
ing in his cell shaking with fear tha
he will be lynched. There is no tell
ing what would happen IL he were con
fined in jail not SO well guarded a.
is Kansas Citys.
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Monster searchIights and Geiatsne
Screens to illuminate the Gorge.

Monster Searchlights and Geiatsne
Screens to illuminate the Gorge.
An experiment in lighting the gorge
OF the Niagara river, which was tried
In connection with the convention of
electricians, is likely to bear import
ant results and has furnished a spec
tacle OF extraordinary magnifcence,
says the Rochester Post and Express.
The illumination was arranged under
the personal direction OF Luther Site
ringer, the man who designed and OPP
Grated the illuminations and electric
fountains at the Worlds Fair. On the
platform car, between two open cars,
he took six monster electric search
lights and a number of colored gela-
tine screens. At 10 o'clock in the even
ing the start was made down the
Gorge road. The search lights took
their electricity from the trolley wire
and when they were directed upon the
shores and tumbling river, and the
lights in the open cars were turned off,
the scene was rarely beautiful. 1t
looked as though such (moon) Tight
as never was, on land or sea" had
transformed the scene. But as the cars
moved on and Mr.. Stierihger changed
the screens, far more magical, wonder
ful and startling effects were secured.
Now 1t looked as though one were see
ing with Dante eyes, so red and fierce
was the scene, and so darkly red the
rla1 lou fnh hA
river tossed waves of blood. Further
down, beneath the new steel arch
bridge, where the furious rapids were
tossing the spray fifty feet or more
in the air, red and green lights were
used. Then the plain lights were
shown again and then, where the
rapids are strongest and widest, the
red screens were used with an effect
whose wierdness the contrast vastly
heightened. So impressive was the
spectacle that for several minutes there
was absolute silence in the cars and
then cheer Of admiration broke out.
From that point to the end of the road
the colors were changed rapidly, with
beautiful effect, and at midnight the
party returned to the falls. 1t Is said
that the success of the experiment in
sEres the illumination of the gorge by
searchlights next season and that
means the addition to the attractions
of Niagara of a wonderfully thrilling
night spectacle and one which, once
seen, will not be forgotten.
Former visitors to Niagara will re-
call that when the state reservation
was private property there was for the
last season or two successful illum-
ination of the upper rapids and of the
falls themselves and heightening oi
their wildness and weirdness and
beauty by a similar use of colored
screens. The scene was one to re
member and Niagara visitors have rea
son to congratulate themselves tha
private enterprise again proposes thus
to enhance the night wonder of Mia
CARA. For you may croak as you pleas
about natural beauty, nature is toe
prone to veil her beauty at night; ant
III esthetes be shocked at an artifiia
coloring of the water and find no com
pensation for loss of naturalness II
such bewildering riotousness of colo
and grotesqueness as one can hardl!
dream of, even they must approve tn
lights which make visible the natura
beauty when darkness would other
wise veil the scene.
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There are 1.50O people upon the Ger
man emperor's list OF employees, in
cluding $50 female servants. who are
engaged in looking after the twenty
two royal palaces and castles that be-
long to the crown. Their wages are
email. The women receive not more
than s12 a month. and the men serv-
ants, who number over 500. from SIS
10 $25 a month.
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line under the scathing denunciatlons
of the prophecies. Notwithstanding
all this. real estate continues to change
hands, the cattle trade receives due at
tention, and marriage ceremonies are
solemnized in due form among them.
Battle Creek is the headquarters of the
Seventh Day Adventists' church in
America. The town of $4,000 people
has over 5000 residents of that faith,
and the great sanitarium. which has
made Battle Creek known all over the
world. is conducted by the church.
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Cruelty to Tortolses.

The humanitarians of England say
that the method of taking the shell
from the tortoise is cruel. On being
caught the tortoise is semi-broiled
over a fire of red embers until the
flesh that retains the coveted shell 10
its body is softened. The animal Is
then shelled clean, and though the
suffering must be intense It rarely dies,
but In a few months grows another
shell, of which IT is deprived in the
game msiner.
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window"
Il do not exactly understand you,
Frank"
"Then I will explain to you, sir.
You know that / have been with you
seven years. In entering your service,
MY mother gave me her blessing, ana
committed me to the care OF heaven
ami yourself. l was seven years OF
age the day first sailed with you, and
/ am fourteen now. Have / ever given
you any cause for complaint, sir?'
Never, Frank. But what OF the
light in the window"
"Haye you, never heard me speak OF
it bofore?"
Il have heard you speak of your
signals as you rounded this point;
but l supposed you referred to your
mott er's cottage or the lights burn
ing in it,"
1T was to light which burned in
one particular window at this dis
tance ."
II will tell you, and then you may
judge for yourself. When l left home
my mother said to me: Frank, you are
win lie made from New York to New
Orleans, and return. When you are
homcward bound, you will pass that
point If /; be in daylight, you can
see our cottage; and if l am alive and
We'll cur fag will be waving over 1t.
II it should be dark when you come
In sight. you will see a light in the
window, for l shall know about the
time to lock for you, and as soon as
ways he waiting"
And you have always seen that
light as you passed this point?"
Always. This is the twenty-third
trip We have made and never but once
have we passed that cottage in day
light. The signal is always there; and
tell you. captain, It always makes
my heart bound with joy as | gaze up
on it. l shall see it again in a mo-
ment."
Nv ould you not like to be set ashore
opposite your home, Frank"
If could be spared sir"
yes. We are from a southern port,
and though our ship is perfectly heal
thy we will probably be obliged to re-
E.air at quarantine for time. as the
yellow fever is raging below. You
will have to join us before we go into
New York
Il would like to land, sir said
Frank. his face becoming very pale.
You can do so. But what is the
matter?"
Look ycnder, sir"
I see nothing in particular"
''That is it sir. cannot see it my.
self"
"Tle signal?"
Yes, sir; the light is not there"
Are you sure?"
Yes; ard it should be, for we ar,
several days behind our usual time.
Perhaps that is the reason of it
Your mother may think that we are il
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Try GraIn-O.

Ask your grocer today to show you
a package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without
injury as we'll as the adult. All who
try it like it. GRAlN,O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. a the price of coffee.
10 cents and 20 cents per package
Sold by all grocers. Tastes like coffee
Looks like coffee.
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eff taken into the head by the nos
trils two or three times week,
Eclectrc Oil win positively
relieve the most offensive case OF
Rev. Z. f. Crane, Dun
kirk, n. Y.
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NO FIEND LIKE THIS.
LAUGHED AS HE TOLD OF HIS
" DREADFUL QUILT.
rhe Victim Was Only Three Years Old
Tiled Stone to Her Neck and Cast
Her Into the swIrling waters-Telis
His story with Cheer.

SHORT time ago
the body of a B.
year+old girl, that
was weighed down
with a stone, was
found in the Mis-
souri, river at Kan
sas City. For some
days the identity
of the child was a
mystery, but final
T., a. urac chOwn IN
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Anyone who suffers from that terrible
plague, Itching Piles, will appreciate
the immediate relief and permanent
cure that comes through the use OF
Doan's Ointment 1t never fails.
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MICHIGAN PROPHECIES.
Adventists Pray on Street Corners.
and Iavade Saloons.


The Advent people of Battle Creek,
Mich, are greatly excited again. They
have received a special communication
from Mrs. White. the prophecies, Z"
that the time for the application of the
parable of Luke IA, 1928 is now due
and are commanded to go out into the
highways and hedges and give the
last call of the last call to supper"
Under this impulse the principal street
corners are occupied, and saloons in
vaded by enthusiastic gospelers every
night In the immense tabernacle
great crowds continue to assemble un-
der the leadership Of Rev. Jones and
Rev. Ballenger, expecting the Holy
Ghost to come down with fire from
heaven. To this end all are exhorted
to unconditionally accept the visions
of the prophecies, and to conform TO
her precepts, which command them to
pay tithes and to abstain from all flesh
meats, butter, etc. Il Tim, 4, 1-3). Hav-
ing ascertained that some 500 members
are remiss in the matter of paying
tithes, they have been repeatedly
branded as thieves from the pulpit,
and scores have ,heen whipped into
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Hoods Pills are the favorite eathartic. ssc.

Who feels no ills should therefore
fear them, and whenfortune smiles be
doubly cautious, lest destruction come
remorseless on him, and he fall, pn-
pitied.
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in some parts OF South Africa. much
damage Is done by balloons. which go
In largo maraudiDg parties to rob gar
dens
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The soothing, healing effects of DIR.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup is felt al
most instantly. There is no cough other
medicine that combines so many vir-
tues. Sold by all dealers.
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Many a face we consider homely
would be radiant with beauty, if we
could see it without looking through
darkened windows.
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For that matter, all first boy babies
are princes, and princes of walls as q
general thing, too.
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There is a remedy for every wrong, and a
satisfaction for every souL-Emerson.
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= The further back a man can trace
his descent the longer he has been on
the downward path.
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They that will not be counseled cannot be
helped Benjamin Franklin.
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The way to gain a good reputatiou
is TO endeavor to be what you desire to
appear.
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The first step to knowledge is to
know that we are ignorant.
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A MOTHERS BLESSING
BY 1. ].

OOh nome is gust
beyond that point,
is it not, Frank?"
"Yes, captain"
"It is too dark
for you to see It."
"Yes; but l shall
be able to see the
signal" tA
wv h a t S & nal,
Frank?"
"The light in the
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Star Tobacco is the leading brand OF
the world, because tits the best.
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Educate Your Bowels with Casoarets.

Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
1Oc. 25c. II c. G. G. fail. druggists refund money