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| to throw the boy to him. She bends
toward him. Lord have mercy"
And at that moment we were sucked
down into the sea. With the last
words he spoke, the ship had reached
the water line, and sank In wild whirl
of waters A prayer passed through
my mind, and believed my time had
come. But the mast which had held me
fastened to the deck now proved to be
my salvation. Immediately the deck
was below the water the mast floated
off, leaving me free, and with the in
stinct OF self-preseryation | struck out
Justify. / am a good swimmer, and
shortly after rose to the surface Of the
water my hands came upon a small
piece Of rock jutting up from the sea.
Not knowing its size or extent, l OBJ
tanned a risky foothold upon it, and,
dashing the waters from my eyes,
looked eagerly forward. Surely 1t was
by special act of Providence that,
amidst the struggling heads and limbs
of the hapless drowning persons around
me, saw but one face, which rose like
an apparition from the water. 1t was
Mabel's face, turned toward the rock
to which chung, and in that awful mo-
ment we recognized each other. A
look of convulsed joy, amazement, and
terror-terror, as though she were gaz-
ing upon a being from another world
flashed into her eyes. Her arms were
raised aloft, 5nd in them was a child
my child, Bob! What was to be done
in that dread moment of my life? II
/ plunged into the sea it would be fatal
to all Of us, for the drowning persons
would inevitably clutch at me and
carry me down with them, l decided
instantly upon my plan. With one
arm round the sharp rock, which cut
into my flesh-but did not feel it,
partially lowered myself into the water,
and held out my other arm, which I
judged would just reach Mabel, in the
expectation that she would seize my
hand and that should be able to draw
her to my rock of refuge. But as l
laid my hand upon my boy, Mabel fell
from me, or was torn from me by
fierce wave, and sunk before my eyes,
With my boy pressed close to my bos-
ON, l dashed forward in desperation
to rescue her; but 1 was swept away
by rush Of whirling spars from the
wrecked ship, and, without knowing
how 1t happened, found myself being
drawn into boat which was lying off
near the caves mouth.
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asked, dreamily; who, dear love?"
and she used the very name, though
she knew 1t not, that the little mate
had Just called his bride, for love is al
ways the same.
"The robins" answered the child.
"You are too high, mamma! Be soft!
Right here, do you see? The dearest
husband and wife, and he has the red
dest breast, and they have been talk
ing so! Listen, mamma, just heart!
In her excitement she spoke so fast
that the mate-robin heard, and stop
ped short, with a long straw in his
bill. which was to serve as founda-
ton for the house. He rolled his
round eyes awhile, then turned and
looked at his wife, but she was hop
ping about with the utmost unconcern;
so after some reflection, he, too, went
to work. "Oh!" breathed the little
girl, with long sigh of relief, "he is
going to stay, after all. l thought l
had scared him away"
/ Tho robins did not go, however, am
in some mysterious way it came to
be an understood thing that they
should build their nest below the win
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Safe Course.

An excellent reply was that once
made by Yankee pilot TO the owner
of a Mississippi river steamboat. The
boat was at New Orleans, and the Yam
kee applied for the vacant post of pilot,
saying that he thought he could give
satisfaction, provided they were look
in for man about his size and build"
Your size and build will do we'll
enough" said the owner, surveying the
lank form and rugged face of the ap-
plicant with some amusement, "but do
you know about the river, where the
snags are, and so on?' well, I'm
pretty well acquainted with the river"
drawled the Yankee, with his eyes
fixed on a stick he was whiting, but
when you come to talkin' about the
snags, I don't know exactly where they
are, must say"
Don't know where the snags are"
said the boat owner, in tone Of dis
gust; "then how do you expect to get
a position as pilot on this river?"
"Well, sir" said the Yankee, raising
a pair of keen eyes from his whiting
and meeting his questioner's stern gaze
with whimsical smile, Il may not
know just where the snags are, but
you can depend upon me for KNOWN
where they amt, and that's where I
calculate to do my sailin'.
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WOMEN SMOKERS.
A Writer Who Approves OF the Fair
Sex Using Tobacco.

Sex Using Tobacco.
A recent writer on the subject Of
women Smokers" has something to
say that may prove interesting reading
to dramatists, stage managers and
theater-goers generally, says the New
York Telegram. Here 1t is:
when in play well-dressed wom-
an produces cigarette case and begins
to light up you know at once she Is
the adventures Of the piece. The
dramatist would never dare to endow
her with any moral qualities after that.
She may possibly be a Divorce; at the
very least she has designs on the hero's
purse and on his general happiness.
Who ever saw virtuous stage heroine
smoking? The very idea would be re-
voting to all conventional notions Of
propriety and the men would flercely
discuss this horrifylng lapse on the
part Of the dramatist over their own
cigarettes between the acts. The sup
posed degrading effect OF tobacco on
women is purely bourgeois notion.
1t affects middle-class women only.
The highest and the lowest do as they
please in the matter. Now and then
there arises some strong and indeA
pendent woman who follows her own
course and is perfectly Indifferent to
outside opinion. Such character was
the late Miss Emily Faithful, a most
noble, admirable and withal womanly
minded woman, who soothed her
nerves after her work was done by
smoking full-havored cigars.
The peasant women, especially in Ire
land and Scotland, enjoy their whiffs
from short pipes filled with strong to-
bacco. No! Pm not advocat-
ing the use Of short clays among the
wide class covered by the word ladies'
but for the life of me cannot see what
harm is done to these peasant women
by the process of putting of their
cares in their own way. In the best
houses nowadays when cigars are
handed around to the gentlemen ciga-
rettes are offered to the ladies. The
hostess, as a rule, sets the necessary
example to her lady guests. The ranks
of the regular cigarette smokers in
clude the dowager empress Of Russia,
the Princess of Wales, Princess Beat
rice, Princess Charles Of Denmark, tho
Queen Of Italy, the Queen Of Roumania
and the Queen Regent Of Spain. I
have no space for list of prominent
members Of the English aristocracy
who indulge in the fragrant weed.
1t is only the middle-class
person of wOuld-be intensely respect
able manners who raises all this rack
ct against the feminine consumption
OF cigarettes"
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a chance remained to save that of my
dear Mabel. But the men held me fast,
and, when I was in the boat, began to
pull away from the cave into the
brighter light.
cts no use struggling, mate" one
said. "If you've spark Of reason in
you, your see that there's no hope Of
saving another life"
They continued to pull doggedly
away, and kept their hands upon me
to prevent me from throwing myself
into the water. Binding tears came
to my eyes and flowed over. l knew
that it was vain to resist, and l knew
besides that the few minutes that had
interviewed were fatal minutes, and car
ried death with them to the bright and
beautiful girl who had become my wife,
alas! how many Christmases ago! The
mystery that had parted us would
never now be made clear to me; but If
anything could have comforted me at
that awful period of my life, it was the
belief that | still cherished in her faith
and purity. Yet 1 looked sullenly on
the cruel waters, repining, l do believe,
because miracle did not occur.
Some comfort did come to me after
while. l had my boy, my darling
son, In my arms. Was 1t not almost
by a miracle that he had been given to
me, after searching for him the wide
world over for seven long years? "You
have still something to live for" a
voice whispered to me; "be grateful,
then" But I could not put by my
sorrow so easily, and 1t was with min
gled Joy and grief that Rugged my boy
closer to me, to keep him warm; for 1t
was bitterly cold, and mist had be-
gun to fall, and was thickening every
moment. No sign Of life was on the
sea; in the distance we saw the ter
rible coast-line, consisting of straight
rocks of a tremendous height, afford
ing not the remotest chance Of effectlng
a landing. l scarcely remember how
that day passed. l was in stupor, ly-
ing at the bottom of the boat, whisper
ing incoherent endearments into my
little boys ears. That he did not an
swer me did not surprise or hurt me; it
pleased me that he should sleep SO
calmly during these cold and cherries
hours. To awaken him would have
only aroused him to misery. Toward
evening l became conscious that the
men in the boat were directing strange
glances toward me and my precious
bundle.
Come, mate" said one, put aside
that. We've enough weight in the boat
without carrying the dead"
who did you say is dead?" I asked
vacantly, not understanding him.
Their significant looks answered me
and one man placed his hand on M
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somethIng for Nothing.

There is no form of deceit more like
ly to occur than self-deception, and of
all kinds of self-deception none are
more tempting than the things which
happen when man endeavors to get
something for nothing. Nor is II more
reprehensible to get money in this
way than it is to get reputation
without giving an equivalent-in fact,
there is more damage in the latter
than in the former proceeding. All
sorts of gambling arise from the desire
to get something for nothing without
rendering adequate recompense, stock
gambling and the bucket shops and its
fruits. The world is twisted and torn
by its tremendous tendency.-Rev. w.
/. Chase.
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WORTH READING.

At the end Of each hair Of a cats
whiskers is bulb Of nerve fiber which
makes that particular hair very
delicate "feeler."
1t is proposed in Finland to abolish
the press censorship, on the ground
that it is needless, and only fosters hy-
pocrisy and deception.
The oldest, and, perhaps, the heav-
lest cyclist for his age, is j. W. Ar
mold, Of Providence, now in his eighty
sixth year, weight 1876 pounds.
Nearly 100000 women, or 1S per
cent of all women in the United States,
were in 1890 engaged in earning their
own living In some trade or employ
ment.
Some OF the lumber trade journals
are writing in favor of soft elm for
the finish of buildings, and assert that
wherever it has been used in western
cities 1t has proved very satisfactory.
The poor laborers in the Sicilian sui
phur mines compel their naked chill
dren from the tenth year to assist
them in their hard work, their only
food being coarse bread dipped into
oil.
George Peabody's donation of ST.
100000 for London workingmen's
houses has increased to $6,0O0,OOO in
the twenty-four years since his death.
Last year the trustees Of the fund pro-
vided 1857 rooms, besides bath rooms,
lavatories and laundries; 1884 per-
sons occupied them. The death rate
Of infants in the buildings is per
cent below the average for London.
Horses are valuable In Alaska. They
are driven up over the divide from
the Canadian plains, and then have to
be transported eight to sixteen miles
by watey. The freight on them for this
distance is 40 cents pound, so that
a 1,OOO-pound horse gets to be worth
81 pound by the time he nears a
place where he can be Of good service.
A good strong dog is valued at SIS.
A Polish chemist named Eisenberg
is said to have invented an anaesthetiO
which volatilizes rapidly on exposure
to the air, rendering the persons nesE
unconscious for long time. A pellet
broken under a mans nose put him
to sleep for four hours. 1t is asserted
that in warfare bombs charged with
this material will make large bodies
Of sn eEemy incapable Of resistance,
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day--leavlng a void In the old white
house that nothing on earth could NIL
The one who was left stood very still
at the window, and looked through
the apple boughs with eyes that saw
them not. There was no need now
that love should hide the pain. AS
Hhe turned away her glance fell on the
robins nest. 10! 1t was empty-only
broken she'll lay where Ave birdlings
had nestled beneath the mothers
wings. Then the tears came to eyes
that had not wept, and great thanks
giving to an aching heart-for her
darling, who had Weakened early"
and for the robins, who had waited to
fly with her.
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little boys heart. pushed him aside
fretfully.
This is my son." / said, "for whom
I've been searching these seven years
past. have only Just found him.
No, am not mad; l am in my right
senses. But this is not the time to tell
you my story. My wife lies there
pointed to the cave. II might have had
her but for you. Let me be, then.
suppose some Of you can understand
what fathers love, what a husbands
grief, is In such trial as this"
But don't you see?" the same man
asked, and many Of them looked at me
with sad eyes. Come, be reasonable.
We are dead beat. You are as strong
as we are. Lend a hand to an oar.
Nay, then, II you'll not believe, look for
yourself"
l allowed him to uncover the face Of
my boy, and the truth dawned upon
me.
Bob" l whispered. Speak to me,
my SOM
l shook him gently; he made no
movement. White and still, he lay in
my arms. l put my ear to his mouth
to his heart; not pulse replied to
me. And then l saw that his limbs
must have been cold and stiff for hours,
and that l had been nursing a corpse.
my boy Is dead, mates" l said, with
a strange calmness upon me. Forgive
me. l didn't know it before, you see.
My poor little Bob"
They turned their faces from me as l
stopped and kissed BOb's white lips.
Then l cried quietly over him bit, and
laid him at the bottom Of the boat,
covering him with my shirt, which /
took off for the purpose.
LET me keep him." 1 pleaded; "if
we land, we can bury him ashore"
"Ay, ay, mate" they said, softly.
l answered them with grateful looks,
and, taking an oar, pulled with the
strength of a giant, drinking the salt
tears which ran down my face.
worked mechanically, and had no
thought for anything but the body of
my poor little Bob.
Through the long hours Of the night
we pulled, and when the sun rose we
found ourselves in the same dismal
plight. The wind was dead in our
teeth, and the rocks doomed black and
shadowy in the distance. Having
aboard only sufficient provisions for
two days, 1t behooved us to find a ref
uge soon; and many breath OF thank
fulness was drawn when, on the even
ing of the second day, we discovered a
neck Of land where we reckoned we
could put safely ashore. Some part of
the beach was sand, but yer ytreacher-
Gus, as we presently learned, and some
was rock We rowed toward the
sandy beach, and one man jumped out
too soon for his life, for he sunk be-
fore our eyes. The quicksands had
swallowed him. With feelings Of awe
we pulled toward the rocks, and after
some difficulty we effected a landing,
saving, too, at the risk of our lives,
what little provisions we had left. But
in the landing, our boat was dashed to
spllnters. And there, rescued from
the sea, we stood upon the rocks in
safety, with my little Bob in my arms,
wrapped in my serge shirt.
Now for fire." said one of the par
ty; 81 am perishing with cold. Let us
collect some dry wood"
ITO ms CoNTENUED.D
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the wind carry the fragrance so far.
On one of the sweetest mornings IN
all the May came two birds to the tree
two robins, In their honeymoon, VINO
were out in search Of house. They
put their heads first on this side, then
on that; wished, perhaps, 1t had been
q cherry tree; calculated the probable
number Of small boys in the neigh
5orhood who were making collections
Of eggs; the angle-worm crop in the
fields below; in short, all those minor
details Of house-hunting less interest
ing to an outsider than to parties con-
;erned
Robin Red Breast bent lis head very
near his wife, and they talked 1t all
over with a great deal Of twittering
and Pany tender glance!
$50 sweet a spot, dear love! Shall
1t be here?" Nobody heard what the
little bride-bird said. II she spoke at
all it was very low-there was need
that but one should hear-perhaps it
was only look. Be that as 1t may,
the mate stretched his brown wings
twice, thrice for the Joy of it, and
darted off and away, down over the
meadow, his red breast twinkling above
the green. Home! home! home" he
sang over and over; home! home"
His heart was overlooking, and he
could not keep 1t to himself.
All this while his wee wife was TAX
Ing account of her surroundings. She
hoped on one twig, then on another,
twisted her head, ard turned her
bright eyes, until one might justly con-
clude she had viewed the matter from
every side. She saw one thing, too,
that neither had noticed before.
Through the open window, framed in
with apple boughs, some one was
watching them-a child with great
dark eyes and halo Of golden hair.
So sweet face-but, oh, so thin and
white! If the little bird had been on
the bough just above she might have
seen that the child sat in large wheel
chair-sat without moving, her hands
clasped in her lap, and hardly daring
to breathe for fear of frightening the
robins away.
The little bride-bird stood still, too,
looked her all over, and waited. By
The time her mate had finished his tour
Of the fields, however, for reasons best
known to herself, she was ready to
eegin.
Should it be the crotch at the cor
ner, or the one right under the win
dow between the two big boughs? The
crotch at the corner was wider, ino
breezy locality, but the other was so
sheltered, no one could possibly peep
from without. Some foolish people,
you know, always will take to "iove in
cottage" They wasted very few
words over the matter-there is little
argument when both argue ON one side
it was all taken out in hopping and
chirping.
Mamma, mamma" whispered the
little girl at the window; come soft
ly! think they are building nest"
She turned her head by inches in her
fear Of making a stir. There was
light step, rustic Of silken skirts,
and lady stood by the chair--a lady
who had eyes like the child's, dear
eyes! in which the love almost covered
the paln-quite hiding it when the lit
tie girl raised hers to look into them!
Her hands played as by habit with the
curly hair. She, too, looked out, not
at the birds, but way beyond through
the apple-boughs. "They? she
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-05-06
Had Lots Of Them.

Nonte-"Oh, look at Count Mako
ronni and the number of orders he is
wearing. They say he has magnif-
cent collection"
Laura-"He ought to, for before no
got his patrimony he was waiter in
a cheap restaurant. "-Pittsburg News
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Purity.

1t would be easier to put the scales
back again ON the wing of the butter
fly than to restore the purity that has
been stained by vice. Samson was the
strongest man of his age, but he could
not break the cords of his own lusts.
Rev. DR.. Gumbart
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THE ROBINS NEST.
ICatharlne Young Glen In Leslle's
Popular Monthly.)

HE apple tree,
nesting against
the cid white house,
had put on It's new
spring gown. New
er before did the
leaves come out SO
green, nor the shy
buds blush 30 deep
a pink; never be-
fore did the bees
hum so loudly, or
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CHAPTER XVI.

WAS told after
ward that 1 strug-
gled like a mailman
with those who
were saving me;
and l know it must
have been because
of the thought up
permost in my
mind that | had no
right to consider
my own life while
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-05-06

No matter from what class Of society
a man springs he can be great, for,
after all, greatness is but goodness
Rev. Lyman Abbott.
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CHAPTER XIV.

Ah uhTh MUM
passed like a dis
turbed dream. Cries
and sobs and pray
ers / heard, but in
distinctly,as though
/ we're in no way
connected with
them; they scarcely
seemed to form
part of the tragedy
which was then be-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-05-20
oLyDBsDHLB sTHLLlON.

The Clydesdale stallion, St. Joseph,
owned by Louis Fortney, will make the
following stands during this season:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights
at Langdon, P. McH ugh's stable; Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday nights at N.
Perius' MT. Carmel. Monday noon at
Chas Kohmstedt's, seven miles north OF
Langdon, Tuesday noon at Andrew
Zetteps, Wednesday noon at Louis Rose;
Thursday noon at John Church4lls OF
Dresden, Friday noon at John HelPs, OF
Mt. Carmel, Saturday Doon at Joseph
Sadlo's, near Ambro post office. For
breeding, terms of service, ETC., see certl'
ticates posted at all stopping places on
the route.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-05-20
Notice to Destroy Noxious Weeds.

Pursuant to section 1858 Revised Codes
of 1895 and amendments thereto notice
is hereby given to each and every person
owning or occupying lands within the
County of Cavalier, to destroy upon all
lands owned or occupied by him within
said county. All weeds of the kind known
as Canada thistle, cookie burr, mustard,
wild oats, French weed and Russian cac-
tus, by pulling the same or plowing the
land on which they are growing, such
pulling or plowing to be done at such
time as shall effectually prevent the re-
seeding of said noxious weeds. That in
any case the destruction of said noxious
weeds must be made at such time as will
absolutely prevent the reseeding of the
same. All such persons aforesaid are
hereby required to commence the des-
truction of said noxious weeds not later
than the 18th day of June 1897 and
thenceforth to continue to destroy from
time to time throughout the entire season
of 1897 all noxions weeds of the kinds
above named at such time as will prevent
the possibility of ,eseeding. All persons
are hereby further notified not to deposit
or cause to be deposited on the highway
or in or along the banks of any natural
watercourse any of the noxious weeds
above described under penalty of the law
A.
By order of the Board of County Com
missioners.
Dated April 9th 1897,
RoBT Work, Co. Auditor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-05-20

The Westfeld <Ind.) News prints the
following in regard to an old resident Of
that place: Crank McAvoy, for many
years in the employ of the LIN. A. & @.
BY here, says: 4 have used Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhma Re-
medy for ten years or longer-am never
without it in my family. I consider it the
best remedy of the kind manufactured.
take pleasure in recommending it. I"
It is specific for all bowel disorders.
For sale by N. E. McGruer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-05-20
Notice from Grand Forks Nurseries.

We will call and see our customers
again this season and if you desire
Northern grown trees that will grow here
and give satisfaction it will pay you we'll
to figure with us. Any mistakes in pre-
vious orders we have filed gladly recti-
fed. BY fair prices and straight dealing,
furnishing good trees we hope to obtain
your further patronage and aid you in
avoiding the doubtful experience of buy.
ing stock from tree -peddlers selling the
product of sections lying south and east.