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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18
NORFOLK pEANuT MARKET.

NORFOLK. VA. Dec. 1.-THE price Of
ranging from 1G2hc.. having dropped
from 2Lc. Nuts are coming I'm freely. and
indications are that the crop is larger
than anticipated The percentage OF
black nuts Is about 20 per cent, which
kceps the price down.
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wheat to-day from the advance yesterday,
Nav closing w. lower and December 1c:
lower. Big seaboard clearances sustained
the market for while, Other markets
were easier. Corn and others declined
about nc. each. and provisions CLOSED 54
7jtc. lower.
-. OMEN High. LOW Clnsa
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Cash quotations were ~ follows; floui
easy; No 2 yellow corn, 26t42Gl.e.; NO. 2
spring wheat. s7ssqSsl4c; No; spring
wheat. siao4c.: No. red. 9ehc.; No. 2
corn. 28Nc; No. 2 oats 22Ro.'. No:
white. f. o. b.. 23hd2ihc.; NO white;
(. o. b.. 23i.G24c.: No. 2 rye. 4Gc.: No. 2
barley. 2GT35c.: No. | fax seed. S1.1pzn
LOG: prime timothy seed, 81 G2is; mess
pork. per barrel. S7.57izaIG2is; lard, per
100 pounds. 81. JOlf4 53ia; short rib sides
Ooose). SfJOfIGJ: dry salted shoulders
(boxed,. "a e2IIG475: short clear sides
(boxedl. s457i5Q4 77B: whisky. distillers
finished goods, per gallon, s119; sugars
unchanged: butter steady: creamery. la
22c.; dairy. I2d19c.; cheese quiet at SN
SIC: eggs steady: fresh. zoe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

VENABLE STREET y A T. II 1
CHURCH Corner Nenable and Twenty
first street,. Rev. J. ). DILL, -: -, pas
tor.-Preaching at II \. NJ. ana 20 /. VI,
sunday school at $3.50 \. vi. Subject OF
morning sermon: "a Secret OF success,
Nilnt sermon. Christmas Temptation.
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cnAc,r,- -, - RAPTIsT CHURCH.

Afl'-SIREEI BAL llS vi ~ -
Rev WILLIAM T.. HATCHER, ID, D..
pastor Services at the tabernacle. Grace
street between Belvidere ana Iihe S.ree AZ
PREACHING at II A. VI. and at =. VI; by
the pastor. Young Peoples Union sun
dlv afternoon at O'Clock. Prayer meet
in,s Wednesday night al ) o'clock. Young
mems prayer meeting SATURDAY hlshI at
5 o'clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18
NAVAL STORES.

SAVANNAH. GA, Dec. 17.-SPIRITS
OF TIIRPENTINE-F at SIC; sales,
l5G casks; receipts. 753 casks
ROSIN-Firm at the advance: sales,
4 400 barrels: receipts. 5Gll barrels: quote
A. Il. G. ID. S12O; r, +. NL25; G. S1.30q
80: II. 81. 4O01.4J; ]. SLIGO; X, S1.75; NJ,
81 %; y. $3.50. window glass, S2.550265 ;
water white, S3.OJa31j.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. Dec. 17.-TUR-
PENTINE-Firm al zoe. bid; sales, none.
ROSIN-Firm and unchanged; sales,
none.
WILMINGTON. n. c.. Dec. 17.-SPIR-
IT'S OF TURPENTINE-Firm at 3Ol@f
Sic: receipts. 50 casks.
ROSGN-Quiet at Sl.1jq120; receipts, Gl9
barrels.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-S Steady at $40
al 30: receipts, 80 barrels.
TAR-Firm at S105; receipts, 3l4 bar
rels.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. DECEMBER. Il.
ARRIVALS

PORT OF RICHMOND, DECEMBER. T.
ARRIVALS
Steamer Richmond. Glover. Merchandise
and Passenger. Old Domonion steamship
Company from Norfolk
Schooner r. w. H. White. Crowley,
Feriinzer. Virginia Caroline Chemical
Company, from New York.
SAILING.
Steamer Richmond Glover. Merchan-
disc and Passenger. Old Dominion Steam
ship Company. New York
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves. Morchan-
disc and Passenger. Virginia Navigation
Company. for Norfolk.
Steamer Yemassee. O'Neil. merchon-
disc and passengers. Clyde Line, Phila-
delphia.
PORT NEWPORT NEWS. DEC. II. 1897.
ARRIVED.
Schooner 5. Z. Palmer Bangor.
Schooner Three Marys. Boston.
Schooner Eva h. Douglass. Portsmouth.
Schooner George Bailey. Providence.
Barge Rondout. New Haven.
Steamer Arara, Galveston.
Barge Marion. New London.
Barge Wasp, New London.
Schooner Mary T.. Morse. Washington.
Steamer James a. Carney, Mobile.
SAILED.
Schooner F. w Sprague, Havana.
Barge West Point. Providence.
steamer Chickahominy, London.
Steamer Arara. Liverpool.
Steamer James A. Carney, New York.
PORT OF WEST POINT. DEC II, 1897.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Baltimore, Murphy. Baltl-
more. passengers and general cargo.
steamship Elm city. Haynes. Mattapon,
river landings. general cargo ana pas.
sengers.
SAILED.
Steamship Baltimore. Murphy. Balt-
more. passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Elm City. Haynes, Mattaponi
DIVER landings, passengers and general
cargo.
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CIII-ECH NOTICES.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. CORNER
Of twelfth ard Broad streets.-Rev
GEORGE COOPER. ID. D., pastor.--At II
4 M and r.. NJ preaching by pastor
Bible-sch0ol al 9:30 4. NJ; Young People
Union nj 4. VI. Welcome 20 AL.
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH COR
NER sixth and Main streets).-Rev. W..
X. l.. SMITH, -. d.. pastor.-Sunosy
school M 9:l5 4. NJ Preaching al il A. VI.
and : L. NJ by the pastor. seats iiee' n
cordial welcome 90 all.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-COTTON-Quie .
middling. SIS net receipts, 1858 bales;
gross. 800 bales: exports 10 the Cont
uont. l.45T bales: forwarded. 1883 bales;
sales. 81 bales-all spinners stock, 9S,eG9
bales
Weekly-Net receipts. SPA bales: gross
$3.50 bales: exports TO Great Britain.
5000 bales: To France. .0S4 bales: 10 the
Continent, 5.47O bales; forwarded, is, s3S
bales. sales 1,l28 bales-all spinners.
Total tO-day-Net receipts. G2. ass bales
exports TO Great Britain. 32.s74 bales; 10
France. 0.7gO bales; TO the Continent,
33.447 bales. stock 11OOO63 bales.
Consolidated-Nct receipts. $500 bales:
to France. 32,O70 bales 20 the Continent,
las G69 bales.
Total since September lst-Net receipts.
4.S4f. 2S7 bales: exports 10 Great Britain.
1856 323 bales; TO France. 4i2. AS bales .
to toho Continent. 1.25j,036 bales.
Futures opened steady: sales, 1900
bales: January. 56I: February. 80:
March. 5.74: April. 80; May. 5.s4: June.
5.SS. July. $50. August. 5.9O. September,
19G: October 600; December, 56j.
Futures closed quiet and steady: sales.
March. "a: April. $40: May. 5.Sf: June.
5.Ss: July. J02: August. 5.g7; September.
5.97: October. 500: December. go.
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling up,
lands. 5's; middling gulf. 67s; sales. 81
bales.
The following are the total net receipts
OF cotton at al ports since September
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18
JOHN [. WILLIAMS & SON,
BANKERS.
1000 EAST MAIN STREET.

State Bonds. City Bonds. Bank Stockss'
and other high-grade Investment Se0u'i-
IETTERs or CREDIT furnished avail
able in all parts OF the world SEQ
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

CHURCH OF THE COVENANT;.REV
T CALVIN STEWART, pastor; Preach
ing at II A. VI. and i. NJ; by the pastor
Mld-week service "Wednesday az +, NJ, J
Christian EndeavOr meeting at t.lo =: NJ.
Sunday: Sabbath school meets at s-5O n.
NJ Free seats and a cordial welcome "a
nj to worship with us. Communion ser
vice at Il o'clock a. NJ.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

THE MONUMENTAL episcopal,
-Rev WILLIAM ALEX. BARR. rector
Services Sunday a u 4: NJ. and =. NJ,
sunday school and Bible classes at s:ij
a. VI. Holy Communion on the hrst sun
dav in the month ~ III \. NJ, ana the
third sunday at $50 A. VI.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

TRrNITY METHODlsT GU KCH-
l.aInor twentieth and Broad streets
w.. n MASTIN, Pastor. Preaching
~, M and Z. NJ. Sunday-schooi
az O'clock. Epworth League sunday
s 80 4.3O O'Clock; Wednesday night
se,y,ices at 5 o'clock; prayer-meetngs
FRIDAY nights at o'clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

THE THIRD CHRISTIAN CHURCH
fT',gel,fv-sixth and Marshall streets.-Rev.
/ NJ OMER, pastOr.-Preachlng every
lords Day at n a. VI. and 4. NJ; sun
dav school meets at q:30 A. ~ Prayer
meeting every Wednesday night at !
O'clock p. NJ. A cordial welcome to all.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

CHICAGO MARKET.
CHICAGO, Dec. i7.-There was what
might be termed natoural reaction In
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

~ W 49, ~, ana Niuder streets)-Rey. J..
W w 9G;ITiAyER' pastor.-sunday-school az
OK Preaching at II 4. NJ and at. az nisHBt
By the Patqr. Ted BrayeF m Ts9f satur
A. A.. yi oJb7 nj p. VI. a cordial welcome 10
all.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

GRACE sTRETr PhESBYTERiAN
church.-Sunday. preaching az II O'Clock
1,PE WTTHTRSPOON, ID. r.. pastor
elect. Sunday school services at 800
O'Clock 4. NJ. Wednesday night services
81 ) O'Clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

Steamship Baltimore. Murphy. Balt-
more. passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Elm City. Haynes, MattapOni
DIVER landings, passengers and general
furCO.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

UNION GOSPEL MIssION.-NO.
north Seventh street, near Main stree.-
The regular services viii be hela AZ tno
Union Gospci Mission on sunday AFTER
noon ~ = O'clock and s az night. also each
nigh, during the week. An Interpretation
al The ssbhath-school lesson Is given
every Saturday night at o'clock oy MIS-
Charles s Mlckle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18
cRoyE-AvENUE BAPTIST CHURCH

WEST VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH
(ccrIer Cary and Meadow St5.l; les .. ~
day: Sunday school, $50 i. NJ, Preacn-
inS al III A. NJ. and 8 p. NJ. Boys' meet
ing al 3 +. NJ. Young Peoples Union az
4P NJ. Prayer meeting wednesday AT
3 y NJ Seats 1ree. Visitors welcome.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

WESTMINSTER Z r r s BYTERIAN
church CORNER Sycamore and Cary
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18
fRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

Quotations are for bonds maturing in
lot less than ten years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

PARK-PLACE NJ. T.. CHURCH COR
r,er west Franklin and Pine stre"ti), Rev.
THOMAS n. POTTS. D. j., pastor
Services az II A. NJ. and +. NJ conuu.ct-
"a nv the pastor Subject Of morning
sermon: Moral Contractors ana Their
Work" At p. NJ, subject Of sermon;
..rin Horns, Firecrackers. Whlskey ana
Christmas" 4 cordial invitation 10 all
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
DIR. HOCE will preach al II a. NJ. and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

UNION STATION METHODIST
ot'nrch lcorler Twenty-fourth and Nell
Sn,, sireets1. Rev. GEORGE G. WANDER
SLICE pastor. Services at II \. NJ and
"a - N. by pastor. sunday school at
s15 a. ~; morning class at same same hour.
s.so y NJ EpwOrth League. Usual SER
49, 49, Monday wednesday and Thursday
nights Oficial Board meeting TUESDAY,
night, Subject at IL a. Nj 'Gladaess,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

SEVENTH-STREET Q TT Il I > L II
Seventh and Grace streets).-ffedchina
VI n A NJ and u. NJ. by Rev. l.. A.
CUTLER. Seats free and the public cor
daily invited.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

Union GOSPEL MISSION. MRS. G.
7. PIAMER will speak az the Twenty
first street Union Gospel Mission, sunny
night. al 100. Meetings every night
through tho week.
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PORT NEWPORT NEWS. DEC. II. Is
ARRIVED.
PORT OF WEST POINT. DEC. II, 1897.
ARRIVED.

Steamship Baltimore Murphy, Baltl.
more. passengers and general cargo.
steamship Elm City. Haynes. Mattapon,
river landings. general cargo ana pas.
sengers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

MAPSHALL-STREET CHRIST1AS
ohurrh marshall street, bet Graham and
HancOck). Rev. II. {. GARRISON. pas
tor.-Prcachlng at II o'clock A.. NJ,
and s p. VI Sunday school az 9:S0 A, NJ
Praver-meeting. s p NJ Wednesday,
seats free. Public cordially invited.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

srvENTEENTH- STREET MISSION
no gIg north Seventeenth streep.-sun.
~ school every Sunday afternoon al
OK y M and preaching on Thursday
night al s O'Clock =. NJ by some city
nastor Special music on Sunday after
rocn. All are cordially invited 10 attend
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-18

THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
,.or1er Twenty-sfxth and Broad streets
Rev. CHARLES r. HYDE, pastor.-Scr-
vices al II a. NJ. and si5 p. NJ by the
pastor. Sunday school at $3.50 A; NJ;
Westminster League AZ 1880 +, NJ. We'd
nesday evening service at b.l1. All arc
cordially invited to these services.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-28
A Desk with n History.

If the thousands who have occasion
to sit in the Presidents reception
room waiting their turns for audiences
only knew it, they might make the
time seem less monotonous by con-
templating the chief article of furni-
ture. Many of these visitors are
anxious to go to foreign parts. The
massive desk which occupies the cen
tire of the room has travelled further
than any of the candidates will 1t
has circumnavigated the globe by a
route which no human being has fol-
lowed. The President Sits behind il
and writes his message to Congress.
with its massiveness and wealth of
carving the desk gives no indication of
Its historical origin. Schoolboys know
that Sir John Franklin went to dis
cover the North Pole and never came
back. The good ship Resolute drifted
and drifted in the Arctic Ocean cur
rents, spared from destruction in some
mysterious manner, until she reached
the waters of the adventurous Ameri-
can whalers off the shores of Alaska.
She was boarded and claimed bythose
who found her. When the Resolute
reached San Francisco the United
States bought her, repaired and re-
fitted her, manned her with an Ameri-
can crew and sent her to England with
international compliments. Twenty
years ago the old ship was broken up.
From the soundest of the timbers was
made handsome desk by direction
OF the Queen, to be presented to the
then President of the United States.
That is the desk which stands in the
reception room at the White House.
and upon which the State papers OF
six administrations have been written.
Few of the Presidents visitors know
it.-New York Mail and Express.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-28
SoyeI surgical operatIon.

Report is made Of a most interesting
surgical operation performed at Parma,
Italy, by Professor Camille Verdelli,
in the presence of all the physicians
of the Parmese Hospital and with very
satisfactory results The operation
was nothing less than the washing of
youths heart-the first of the kind,
the washing apparatus employed be-
ing one lately invented by Professor
Riva. After making the necessary in
cision, Professor Verdelli first cleaned
the pericardium of the patient, a
twelve-year-old boy, of the pus which
hal there accumulated, and then pro-
ceeded TO wash the heart with a strong
solution Of soda biborate -borax. The
attendant success was indicated by the
fact that no further complication arose,
the boy doing well aud ut once adj
vancing TO complete recovery, and IL
is stated that the eminent professor
has received numerous appreciative
communication relating to his skill
from surgeons all over Europe.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-28
by Balloon Co KIondike.

Professor Rufus G.. Wells, physi-
clan and scientist has decided to 90 to
Alaska by balloon. The professor is
an enthusiastic aeronaut and adm1rer
of Professor Andree. He believes that
Andree will solve the north pole prob
lem, and he thinks that it will be inst
as easy to reach the famous Klondike
region by balloon.
cit is the best ani quickest way to
reach the gold fields of Alaska" said
Professor Wells, ''and / propose to
construct a balloon that can be pro-
PEELED at a great rate of speed and
can be utilized to live in after the gold
fields have been reached. The bal
loon will cost, fully equipped, from
S15,0 to 100000, The start will be
made from St. Louis if the winds ara
favorable, but il not the balloon car
be transported to Seattle or ovon Jun
eau, Sitka or st. Michael's.
Professor Wells is the st. Louisian
who offered TO carry war supplies to
the Cubans by balloon. He has had
a varied experience I'm ballouning, and
says that he has made many ascensious
more dangerous than would be trip
to the gold fields of Alaska. He e7-
poets to be ready to start on the 5000
mile journey in time for next seasons
mining st. Louis Globe Democrat
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-28
POPULAR SCIENCE,


Sweet potatoes are unequal to pea
nuts In palatability and as fat and
flesh formers OF atock.
The latest discovery of scientific
medical men is that the human eve
may be tattooed any color.
In meat there is only one-half of
one per cent. of caffeine, though il
has 2O.SS per cent. of caffeo-tannic
acid.
Nj. Bertinot. of Paris, who has made
special study of the best method of
executing criminals, has pronounced
IN favor of n lethal chamber filed with
ordinary coal gas.
Mathematical calculations show that
an iron ship weighs twenty-seven per
cent. less than a wooden one. and will
carry ll5 tons of cargo for every 100
tons carried by wooden ship of the
same dimensions, and both loaded to
the same draught of water.
The earliest estimations of the dis
lance of clouds from the earth were
made by the Jesuits Riccioli and
Grimaidi, at Bologna, says Prone
theus. They used the trigonometric
calculation from observations at two
points, which is still the favorite
method.
Bed bugs, unlike the house f,y. are
found fossil, proving them to be an
old insect. -Four species are now
known. These species are parasitic
respectively upon the swallow, the
pigeon, the bat and man. The old
notion that bats bring bed bugs is not
entirely unfounded
A curious industry, to which the at
tention of the United States Fish
Commission has just been directed, is
that of the artificial propagation of al.
hSators to supply the trade in Florida
curiosities. The Matching is effected
IN a very simple incubator. The eggs,
about the size of those of the goose,
are covered in sand in boxes which
are exposed on n roof TO the rays of
n tropical sun, the young reptiles ap.
pearing in n few days.
The influence of dust on rainfall
was noticed on a trip to Greenland
last summer by Professor w. Il Brewer.
of the Sheffield Scientific School. The
fogs progressively thinned toward the
north; and, owing to the small amount
of dust in the air, the rain, even when
falling in such quantities as quickly to
drench one, was extremely fine, ap-
pearing like thin fog Another effeo.
was the absence of that blush haze
which so softens and beauties dis
tant view in lower attitudes.
Experiments show that light of
one candle power is plainly visible at
one mile, and one of three candle
power at two miles. a ten candle
power light was seen with binocular
at four miles, one of twenty nine at
five miles, though family, and one OF
thirty-three candles at the same dis
lance without difficulty. On an ex-
ceptionally clear night white light of
30 candle power can be distinguished
at three miles, one of 5. 6 at four and
and of twelve at five miles.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-28
STALKING THE OSTRICH.
How the Patient Bushman Gets Within
Arrow Shot OF Him.

The Bushman divests himself of all
his membranes; water vessels food,
cloak, assegai, and sandals are all left
behind. Armed only with his bow,
arrows, and knife, he sets forth. The
nearest ostrich is feeding more than a
mile away, and there is no covert but
the long, sun-dried, yellow grass, but
that is enough for the Bushman.
Worming himself over the ground with
the greatest caution, he crawls toward
the bird. No serpent could traverse
the grass with less disturbance In
the space of an hour and half he hes
approached within 100 yards of the
tall bird. Nearer he dare not creep
on the bare plain, and at more than
twenty-five PAGES he cannot trust his
reed arrows. He lies patiently hidden
In the grass, his bow and arrow ready
in front of him, trusting that the ostrich
may draw nearer
1t is long wait under the blazing
sun, close on two hours, but his instinct
serves him, and at last, as the sun
shifts little, the great ostrich feeds
that way. 1t is n magnificent male
bird, jet black ms to his body plumage.
and adorned with magnificent white
feathers upon wings and tail Kwaneet's
eyes glisten, but he moves not mus
Gle. Closer and closer the ostrich APP
proaches. Thirty PAGES, twenty-five,
twenty. There is light musical twang
upon the hot air, and tiny yellowish
arrow sticks we'll into the breast of the
gigantic bird. The ostrich feels u
sharp pang and turns at once. In that
same instant n second arrow is lodged
in its side just under the wing feathers.
Now the stricken bird raises its wings
from the body aud speeds forth into
the plain. But Kwaneet is quite con
tent. The poison of those two arrows
will do the work effectually. He gets
up, follows the ostrich, tracking it,
after it has disappeared from sight, by
: IS spoor, and in two hours the game
lies there before him amid the grass,
dead as stone. --Longman's Maya
zine
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scented closet, and one by one exam
ined the pockets of the dresses she
herself had hung there and left I'M
touched At last in one her search
was rewarded. Paper cracked under
her touch, and, drawing forth an en-
velope yellow with age, she saw. in
the handwriting she knew so we'll. her
maiden name.
The evening found her still sitting
with wide-open eyes, yet seeing moth
ing, and the letter on her lap.
Forgive me, Marjorie. You know, dear.
did not mean 1t. / will trust you darling
and you, with your gentle ways, must tea
me patience. Write me just one little word
OF love In answer; or, II you can't do that
put light In the east window for mo. |
will see 1t and l shall know you have for
given me, little "a L deserve 1t. Yours till
death, JONI HAnp1yo."
''Till death-till DEATH" the white
lips moaned, aud so they found her,
only idly muttering those words. with
the fever burning aud ravaging her
tender flesh. 1t was fierce struggle.
and when it left her, wan and wasted,
she thought OF the dreary future ahead
with wild wish at her heart that she
had not been spared. But one morn
ing, sitting in her own room by her
open desk, the old letter spread ont
before her, familiar tread sounded
on the gravel path, and, looking up,
she fell back fainting, for she thought
she had seen John Harding's ghost.
But it was no ghost, but living
flesh and blood reality which bent so
tenderly over her and waited till the
blood came back to the wasted cheek.
and saw the glad light of recognition
leap into the open eyes.
Then Marjorie knew that God was
good, and, with great cry of thanks
giving that her wicked prayer for
death had gone UNPUBLISHED, she c!ung
to his breast, and, clasping her close
to his beating heart, John Harding
felt the past was wiped out, and that
at last, after long years, he held his
wife.-The Ledger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-28
Queer Mail Matter.

The efficiency of the employees of
the Jacksonville Postoflice was put to
a severe test recently, when the dis
tributing clerk came across a photo
graph with postage stamp attached,
and the only direction on it as follows,
says the Florida Times Union:
"Deliyer to -, Jacksonville,
Fla"
Several of the employees were shown
the picture, which was taken with a
small camera, and which did not show
the face of the person photographed
very distinctly. One of the carriers
named Walter G.. Coleman, the gener-
al travelling agent of the F., G. and p.
Railway, as the person. Several Of
the clerks and carriers did not think
that it was intended for Mr.. Coleman.
while others sided with the Bay street
carrier Finally n wager of 81 was
made, and the carrier started out TO
deliver it,
When he reached Mr.. Coleman's Of
flee that gentleman nj once claimed
the photog aph as one Of himself. A
week ago or more, while walking
along Bay street, he met n young lady
with kodak, who took SNAP shot
at him in front Of the Gardner build
ing She said that if the picture was
n good one she would send it TO him.
1t also appears that the young lady
won q wager made with her father on
the delivery OF the photograph TO Mr..
Coleman with only the directions
above.