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HnAv to Shoot q Rather.

The writer saw an Indian kill
rattlesnaEe in a very peculiar man
ner recently. The rattler was about
10 feet from the Indian, who was
resting the rifle on his knee, appar-
emily taking aim.
Whenever he moved the weapon
few inches, the snake would move
around and get exactly in line with
it. Then, to show how the thing was
done, the Indian moved about the
snake in a circle, and the reptile
moved as if his tail were pivot, Al
ways keeping his head and body in
line with the gun. The Indian then
agreed to bandage his eyes and shoot
the snake in the mouth.
The writer bandaged the Indians
eyes, and, holding the gun by his
side at arms length, the latter pulled
tho trigger, and the ball entered the
snakes mouth and passed the whole
length of his body.
"How did you take ain9" was the
query.
1.-THE snake he take aim," was the
reply. -,
or on this proposition, and he claims
that a rattlesnake will always range
directly in line with gun or stick
pointed at it.-Carson Appeal.
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A Visit From the Bayleys.

The servant at No. told the serv'
ant at No. 2 that her master expected
his old friends, the Bayleys, to pay a
visit, and No. 3 told No. 8 that No. 1
expected to have the Bayleys in the
house every day, and No. 8 told No.
that it was all up with No. 1 and
that they couldn't keep the bailifs
out, whereupon No. 4 told No. s that
the officers were after No. 1, and that
it was as much as he could do to pre-
vent himself from being taken in ex.
ecution, and that it was nearly killing
his poor, dear wife, and SO 1t went on
increasing and increasing until it got
to No. 33 that the detective police
had taken up the gentleman who
lived at No. / for killing his poor,
dear wife with arsenic, and that 1t
was confidently hoped and expected
that he would be executed at Horse.
monger Lane JAIL as the facts of the
care were very clear against him.
London Tit-Bits.
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workinr Davs of the World.

"The Working Days of Different
Nations" forms the subject of some
interesting data given by Polish
statistician. Orthodox Russia, with
her numerous saints days and secu-
lar holidays, naturally stands at the
head Of the list as the least labollous
Of civilized nations.
The names of the countries enum-
Grated, with the number of their sta
tutory working days, are thus glven!
Interior Russia, 2G7; Canada, 27Sl
Scotland, 275; England, 27s, Portu.
gal, 2S3; Russian Poland, 2ss; Spain,
200; Austria and the Russian Baltic
provinces, 295; Italy, 29S; Bavaria,
Belgium, Brazil and Luxembourg.
300; Saxony, France, Finland, Wur.
temberg, Switzerland, Denmark and
Norway, 3o2; Sweden, 30i; Prussia
and Ireland, 305; United States, a06:
Holland, 3oS, and Hungary, 3l2.
If these figures be approximately
correct, they arc, to say the least Of
them, not little surprising. While
the orthodox Russian, who knows
his saints calendar by heart, is the
least laborious, the Hungarian car
ries the honors for unremitting in
dustry if he indulge in only one days
relaxation exclusive of the whole
years Sundays.-Lodz Gazette.
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The Pronunciation of Arkansas.

have travelled in Arkansas, and it
is said there that the legal pronunci'
alton is Arkansaw. In the antebel-
lum days, about the time Kansas was
admitted as free state, there was
agitation in the state legislature of
Arkansas in regard to the state name
being mistaken by its similarity to
the name of Kansas. One very zeal
GUS member of the house moved that
the legal pronunciation of the state
should be Arkansaw. The PROPOSE
ton was seconded, and passed by q
large majority.
So the story goes. To travel the
state and say Arkansas and not Ar
kansaw marks person among the
natives as being tenderfoot to their
soil. As a rule all southern people
say Arkansaw, and that, l believe, is
why the pronunciation is still kept
fresh, as know that the schools of
Kansas and the weTt teach the pro-
nunciation Arkans as - Baltimore
Slln
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Evils of Rising Prices.

But the quantity Of gold and silver in
the national coins corresponding with a
given sum cannot be mado less than
heretofore without disturbing the bal
anoe Of intrinsic value and making ev-
cry aero of land as we'll as every bushel
of wheat of actual less worth than III
time past A general revolution in prices,
though only nominally and i'll appear
anco could not fail to distract the ideas
of tho community and would bo apt to
breed discomfort as we'll among those
who live on tho income Of their money
as among poorer classes of the people,
TO whom the necessaries Of life would
scom to have become dearcr.
Among the evils attendant on such an
operatiun are these Creditors both OF
the public and of individuals would lose
a part Of their property. Public and
private debt would receive wound.
The effective revenues of the govern
ulent would be diminished. There is
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THE ILL FATED EVENING STAR.
One Of the Most Pathetic Tragedies Of the
Atlantic Coast.

One Of tho Most Pathetic Tragedies Of the
Atlantic Coast.
One Of the most terrible tragedies
Of the Atlantic coast was the loss Of
the steamship Evening Star with 260
Of her passengers and crew 24O miles
northeast Of the Matanila reef, on
Oct. 8, 1868. The Evening Star was
on her way from New York to New
Orleans and was rolled about for q
long time in a constantly increasing
storm. At o'clock on the morning
of Oct. vast mountain Of water
fell on the deck and stove in the
starboard forward gangway. A bulk.
head was hurriadly erected to keep
the water out, but it was swept
away. Four times the crew rebuilt
the bulkhead, only to see the waves
tear it away. The rudder was thrown
out of gear, and the sea made clean
breach over the ship.
Men and women alike helped to
bail the water out Of the vessel, but
the sea poured in irresistibly. The
captain told the passengers that
there was little hope left, but urged
them to be cool. Among the passen-
gers were the members Of French
opera company, and the prima donna
worked at the buckets like the rest.
Just about dawn the captain SOL
emnly addressed the crew and pas
sengers. He told them that the ship
must 90 down. Men and women
rushed about the deck yelling, tear
Ing their clothes off and plunging
into the seething sea. There were
several lifeboats, but they could not
be lowered in such waves So the
boats remained on the deck and
were loaded with people, who wait.
ed for the Evening Star to sink.
The captain wept aud babe farewell
to his companions. The crew main
tanned good discipline. In an hour
tho ship gave q lurch and plunged
down into the ocean. The crowded
ifeboats were sucked under and the
sea was full Of men and women call
ing in vain for help. Scores of them
were crushed into shapeless masses
by tho dliftwood that swirled around
the wreck. The last person to leave
the ship before she sank was an Ital-
ian prima donna, who waited calmly
until all hope was gone, and when
she felt the first convulsion Of the
vessel as it prepared to go down she
raised her hands, moved her lips as
if in prayer and plunged into the
roaring waters, never to be seen
again.
Only few were saved They
drifted around without food or
drink, half mad with fear, until they
were picked up.--New York Herald.
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7(% EHAAEFWNR pNESS 7<SSeCkRIpNle

cla. "You viii go there not earlier than
five o'clock. Tomorrow you and she
will leave this country, never to return.
Your departure will be satisfactorily &C
counted for. Such are the conditions.
Do you clearly understand and unre-
servedly accept themT'
The count bent his head. Sallie re-
entered the room with the papers. They
were placed before him, pen was put
in his hand, and he affixed his signature
to each document. Words were spoken,
but he did not comprehend them. The
objects of the material world seemed to
flow and dissolve around him like the
phantas1nagory of dream. He was
fully conscious Of nothing until he found
himself standing'on the end Of a wharf
by the river staring into the stream.
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KILLED HERSELF IN PUBLIC.
How . Bereaved Chinese Fiancee Ended
Her Days.

How . Bereaved Chinese Fianceo Ended
Her Days.
Mr.. Medhurst, for many years Brit
ish consul at Shanghai, tells in the
London Million of singular card of
invitation" which he received in Chi
ma. It was from a lady, intimating
her intentioa to commit suicide on
specified date. She was very young
and attractive and belonged to
wealthy family, but the Chinese gen.
tleman to whom she had been affi-
anced from childhood having died
Just before the date fixed for their
nuptials she gave out that she deem
ed it her duty to render her widow
hood irrevocable by dying with her
betrothed. So she sent cards around
to the local gentry giving notice Of
her purpose.
No attempt was made by her rela-
tives or the local authorities to frus-
trate her design, though Mr.. Med
hurst appealed to the mandarins, the
general opinion being that she was
about to perform meritorious act.
Eventually, on the day named, the
woman did deliberately sacrifice her
life in the presence Of thousands Of
spectators. A stage was erected in
the open fields, with a tented frame
over it, from which was suspended
strip Of scarlet Grape. One end Of
this slip she fastened round her neck,
and then, embracing little boy pro-
sented by one of the bystanders, she
mounted q chair and resolutely
jumped off, her little clasped hands
saluting the assemblage as her body
twirled round with the Tightening
cord.
The woman was not bounded on by
a fanatic mob, as was tho practice at
suttees in India, but immolation ap-
peared to he an entirely voluntary
act. Sacrifices of this kind, accord.
ing to MIR. Melhurst, are not ,ncom-
mon in certain districts Of China,
and, strange to say, they are erewarded
with monuments, sometimes erected
by order Of the emperor.
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He was now within sight of the house,
and he quickened his pace, seeing in i'm
agination Olympia waiting for him there.
How sweet beyond thought would their
reunion be! For her he had surrendered
everything. Had there been more to
give he would have given it; and he
knew with blessed certainty that she
would love the poor artist as much &s
and even more than the hundredfold
millionaire. They would find their
riches in each other, and the treasure Of
a thousand worlds would be we'll ex-
changed for that.
Thus thinking he hurried forward and
crossed the lawn, which in broad ex-
panse surrounded the house. A broad
graveled drive, sweeping in a semicircle,
led to the veranda and the front en-
trance. On this he saw the marks of
carriage wheels and of horses hoofs-
evidence that Garcia had kept his COM
pact. Yes, Olympia must actually be in
the house! He realized now the alter
native which hitherto he had not per-
1nitted himself to contemplate-thatS Sal
lie, after robbing him of all, might have
omitted to fulfill her part of the agree.
ment. Had she done this he would
have had no remedy. His joy that this
crowning misery had been spared him
was so great that he could find it In his
heart to bless the enemy who had tor
mented him as seldom man had been
tormented.
He sprang lightly on the veranda, and
trod it with resounding footsteps. lie
had thought that Olympia might hear
him and come forth to meet him, but
she did not appear. No doubt she was
too weak tor any exertion, and he must
moderate the first manifestations of his
happiness lest she be overcome. But his
happiness was to last for lifetime; he
could afford to put a curb upon it at the
outset. The door stood wide open. His
pulses beat with the buoyancy of boy
hood as he crossed the threshold.
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"For three years we have never been
without Chambcrlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy in the house," says A. II.
Pattcr, with Z G. Atkins ~ Co., Indian
apolis, Ind, and my wife would rs soon
think of being without -four as a bottle of
this Remedy III the summer season. We
have used it with all three of our children
and it has never failed to cure-not simply
stop pain, but cure absolutely 1t is all right,
and anyone who tries it will find it so." For
sale nv Dr. 7 K Waters
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CHAPTER XIX.

DRAWING LOTS.
At half past four o'clock Keppel Darke
was landed on Long Island, and was
within couple of miles of the summer
cottage he had built there. It was Sum
day, and the workmen had left their
work. The house, for that matter, was
all but completed except its interior fur
nishin0s. A watchman was appointed
TO Keep guard over 1t, bus durlng rne
daytime his duties were merely nomi
nal, and at that hour he was taking q
gesta in his quarters above the stable at
the back of the building, little expect
ing that the owner of the premises was
80 neaI.
1t 80 happened that Darke was now
traversing the same region through
which he had groped his way on that
night, three years before, after his escape
from the railroad wreck The memory
now required to him, and with it the
parallel between his state then and now.
The events of the intermediate period
were to him like strange story which
he had read, and which seemed true
while he was reading it, but which he
now recognized as fabulous This expe-
rience and that other one were alone
real. Now, as then, he was penniless
and helpless fugitive, an outcast from
society, with danger dogging his foot
steps. Then, as now a treasure lay be-
fore him, but then the treasure was Of
precious stones and jewels; now it was
the woman who loved him and whom
he loved. he had lost the one, but he
had gained the other. And as he pushed
his way onward he thanked God that
the better part was left to him. The
suffering that he had undergone since
Olympia's disappearance, and especially
the agony Of the torture to which he had
just been subjected, he remembered as
a hideous nightmare or burning at the
stake. But the flames of that fire had
consumed the baser part of him; his
heart was purified, and at every step he
took it grew lighter and more hopeful
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Inherited.

The small boy who applied to the
Chicago physician to be vaccinated
was so bright faced the doctor asked
him who he was.
"I'm Johnny Smith, he said, land
my pops detective"
"Oh," exclaimed the doctor, run
along, little boy! There's no need
to vaccinate you. You'll never catch
anything "--Detroit Free Pr.sS.
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Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at
s26 and 10 40 a m, and 3 81 and "a p nj.
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro, Cham
bersburg Shippensburg and intermediate sta
tions at Z 05 and IL 45 m and 734 IN.
Leaye Hagerstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at 05
IN and 10 IS and s 05pm.
Leave Bruceville for Frederick at s 3S, 8 40
aud 10 10 a m and 5 "a and 25 p m, and for
Littlestown, Taneytown, Wrightsville and
Columbia at "a a m and 3 As pm.
Daily-all other daily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers from Baltimore.
NJ. HOOP. B Fl. GRIswoLD.
cenl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agen
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No Q

Hundreds of thousands have been induced
to try Chamberlains Cough Remedy, by
reading what it has done for others, and
having tested its merits for themselves are
to day its warmest friends. For sale by Dr.
j. K. Waters. ..- .-
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Willie Thought 1t Was jam

"a door bias two .jambs. Write thai
on the blackboard, Willie" And Will
lie wrote. "A daw has two jambes,'
and his teacher lad 10 admit that hl
was right. Harpefs 6azar.
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Western Maryland Railroad.

6. -E-ss z.ss..s saSsa
Cchcdule in effect October 2, 1896.
TRAINS GOING WEST.
The herald., 1897-07-15
MISSING PEOPLE
Letters Of Inquiry Received by the
Mayor

Mayor Snyder yesterday received
three letters from eastern correspond
ents asking for informa ton about people
who had disappeared, and are supposed
to be in this city or vicinity.
The first was from Lavonia E. Cam
pau, of No. 431 Sherman street, Detroit,
asking for information about James H.
Campau, formerly of Detroit but later
of Redfern, Neb. He was last heard
from at Omaha in May. 1888. Campau
has fallen heir to some property through
the death of his father, and reward is
offered concerning him, dead or alive.
M. McCurdy of Webb City, Jasper
county, Missouri, wants information
concerning Alvin E. Best, who was liv-
ing at No. 500 West Eighth street, this
city. when last heard from.
F. F. Brotherton of No. 493 County
street, New Bedford, Mass, wants to
know about am elderly man calling him
self DR.. Charles ]. Carroll, and who
claims to have come from Los Angeles.
The correspondent says that Carroll Is
BROKE" and is trying to get money to
return to California. He claims to have
property valued at $4,000 in this city,
and gives the names of a number of al
legged Los Angeles business men as ref
erences, none of whom appear in the
directory. Carroll also claimed to have
had dealings with "the First National
bank of Los Angeles, run by Hillman
Bros" The clerk was instructed to notify
the inquirer that nothing was known of
Carroll or his references. The other
cases will be handed over to the police
department to look up.
The herald., 1897-07-15
ACROSS THE RIVER
Little Johnny and His Dog-East
Side Personal Notes

Little Johnny Malone, a six-year-old
boy, while trying to drown his dog in a
reservoir at the rear of GRANDPA street
last evening lost his balance and fell in
himself. Had it not been for the timely
aid of neighbors little Johnny would
have drowned instead of the dog. After
sinking twice he was dragged out in IN
exhausted condition. The dog escaped
uninjured and Johnny won't do it again.
Thomas Humphreys Of Prescott, Ariz.,
Is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Turner of
Griffin avenue. Mr.. Humphreys Is ex-
tensively engaged in the cattle business.
owning large stock ranch near Pres
cott
Miss Richardson, who has been stop
ping with Mr.. and Mrs. Poor of DAILY
street, left yesterday morning for Chi
cago.
Mrs. Acker of 17s Hamilton street
started for Cripple Creek yesterday,
where she goes to visit friends.
Promotion from second to first-class
carriers and a raise of 5000 year has
been given the following east side mail
carriers: A. H. Follin, j. B. Reddick o.
L. Robertson, E. ]. Dyer.
The Ladies' Aid society OF the Chris
tian church will meet in the parlors Of
the church this afternoon.
Elmer Hayes of 140 South Hamilton
street. whose left arm was fractured by
falling from his wheel last evening while
riding on Bellevue avenue, is recovering.
The herald., 1897-07-15
Wells Plan to Reorganize
the Department
TO BE ON A FULL PAID BASIS
WILL COST NO MORE THAN AT
PRESENT
Estimates Of the Expenses for the
Coming Year-Provision Made
for Additional Apparatus

There Is chance for the Los Angeles
fire department being put on full paid
basis after all. Ever since he has been
member of the board, Commissioner
Wells has been an ardent advocate of
doing away with the present unsatisfac-
tory call service, and has lost no OPP
portunity of urging the necessity for a
change at the earliest possible moment.
Mr.. Wellshasreceived the hearty support
of his colleagues, and the chief was in
etructed to make his estimates on a
paid basis. But when the matter was laid
before the finance cornmitte of the coun-
Gil it was suggested that in view of the
absolute necessity for additional appa-
ratus, any increase that might be al
lowed the department had better be de-
voted to that purpose, as the proposed is
sue Of bonds has been Indefinitely "hung
up" and the paid department deferred.
The chief so reported, and there the
matter ended for the time being. But
Mr.. Wells did not propose to give UP so
easily. He believed that the department
could be put on full paid basis at very
little if any additional expense over the
present call system, and proceeded to
formulate his plan. At the meeting of
the fire commissioners yesterday morn
ing at which. however, only Mayor
Snyder, with Commissioner Wells and
Sinsabaugh were in attendance, he pre-
scented his plan and moved that the same
be referred to a committee to go further
into the details and present a full report
to the board, together with a detailed
plan for putting the department under
civil service regulations. The motion
prevailed, and the mayor appointed the
following as the COMMITTEES: Messrs.
Wells, Sinsabaugh and Kuhrts. Follow
ing is Mr.. Wells plan in its entirety:
Estimate showing how it is possible
to change the present call system to
full paid force without additional cost
to the city. and without reducing the
wages paid to the men now on the force:
This is possible through three factors,
as follows:
First-A reduction in the number of
employees. Three paid men at the engine
house have greater efficiency than five
callmen.
Second-An initial low rate for be-
ginners, a moderate reduction in each
grade for promotions and an advance in
each grade for time of service to maxi
mum prices now paid. This is possible
only through the adoption of civil SER
vice regulations that will positively in
sure to worthy men permanency, pro-
motion and ultimate ample remunera-
ton.
Third-The saving to be effected in the
wages Of the six new companies as pro-
posed through the adoption of the new
scale.
Following show effect on present force:
The herald., 1897-07-15
The Navel Orange

We are glad to see that the London
people are finding out how valuable a
fruit the naval orange is. The following
is taken from the London Fruit Grower:
1.-The arrival of the famous giant seed
less oranges from California this season
has created an extraordinary sensation
in fruit trade circles, not only on account
Of the malformation, which induced the
growers to christen it the naval orange,
but because of its mammoth proportions,
luscious flesh and exquisite flavor. The
giant seedless orange has come to stay.
In fact we question if it will not head the
list by a great lead, and rank in the whole
sale fruit markets of Britain as the finest
orange in the trade. Unlike the majority
Of new arrivals which from time to time
reach us from beyond the sea, it entered
our markets without any flourish Of
trumpets, and directly it came under the
notice OF auction buyers its reputation
was made at the first bid.
"There has been nothing like it in the
history of the fruit trade Of the United
Kingdom; and we speak with expe-
rience, dating from the time when we
sold the first shipment of refrigerated
fruit which came from Italy to Covent
garden. The reception of the latter ship
ment was nothing compared with the
sensation created at the first sale of the
giant California oranges in London.
They are now on show in the windows
Of the retail fruiterer who is selling them
at the rate of IS and As per Dozen and pos
sibly before a few weeks they will be
worth IS, as the last arrivals of the sea-
son have already come to hand"