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The record-union., 1898-12-16
Lord Curzon.

LONDON, Dec. 15.-Lord Curzon of
Kedleston, the new Viceroy of India,
started to-day for Marseilles overland,
to join Lady Curzon, his wife, on
board the Arabia.
The record-union., 1898-12-16
California Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-California Dried
Fruits firm. Evaporated Apples-Com-
mon, 7asc; prime wire tray. sac; choice,
909l4c: fancy, 10c. Primes 41101ac April
Peaches-Unpeeled, S1ga121ac: peeled, ISl
onc
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Carving Sets.

Stag handle knife and fork at
Csc.
Stag handle knife, fork and
steel at 9Oc.
Ivory handle knife, fork and
steel at $2.35.
Cel1uloid handle knife and
fork at 81 40.
Stag handle knife, fork and
steel, with silver mounted finish
in beautiful case at 1925.
The record-union., 1898-12-16
Fancy China.

Mush sets, 3 pieces, in beauti-
full co1ors, at 35c, soc, Use and
S1.50 per set.
Bread and butter plates, the
latest out, at 25c each.
Gard receivers in decorated
china, hand painted. very pretty,
at 75c and 9Oc each.
Salad bowls in same quality of
goods, something away up, at
Csc, $1.2O and SITS.
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Plated Knives.

Six sterling plated knives,
warranted good ware, at csc per
set. - s---.t>- 4e
Six oxydized knives, double
plated, at $1.45 per set.
Six satin finished Reed q Bar
ton 6 on. plated knives, which
are as good as solid silver, at
$2.3o per set.
Six sterling plated knives and
forks in a case at $2.lO per set
of 12.
The record-union., 1898-12-16
Silver Mugs.

A child's sterling silver plated
mug in a case at 4Oc.
Sterling silver plated child's
knife, fork and spoons in a nice
case at Csc.
Sterling silver plated pepper
and salt shakers, in a case, at
SOC.
Sterling plated napkin rings,
z in a case, at 25c per set,
, 1898-11-11
By Marion v Hollis. IVV'

replied, nor ever what the world calls
,ich. The father, Mr.. Temple, is a gentle
man; not only well educated, but a schol-
ar; HI is a lawyer by profession, and lives
in a very pretty house called Oakside."
"And the sister," said Mrs. Selwyn,
after a few minutes.
His lark face flushed.
"She is older than I thought to find
ner," he replied; and she has hair just
like poor Bertie's."
Beatrice looked up at him with a quick,
keen glance, but the flush had died away
then, and Vivian was most ~composedly
eating his dinner.
Is But when dinner was over, and they
had returned to the drawing room, he did
not seem quite so much at his ease. Bea-
trice drew an easy chair to the open win
dow, and looked out at the blooming flow
ers.
Mrs. Selwyn reclined upon a couch near
her, and Vivian sat down upon a little low
stool at his mothers feet. She laid her
hand caressingly on the dark hair.
"And now, VIVIAN" she said, what is
the surpriseY'
Again his face flushed.
"That is the very thing I was waiting to
speak Of" he replied. 81 hope you will be
pleased to listen to my story-pleased as
l am to tell it.
Il am in love at last" he continued.
Gall my life long | have wondered what
this strange passion men call love was
like. / used to believe it would pass me
by, and / should never know, but when
| went down to poor Berries home, | met
my fate"
Not a stir, not a word from Beatrice
Leigh. Mrs. Selwyn moved uneasily.
81 hope what you call your fate is wor-
thy of you," she said. Remember, you
are head of an ancient and glorious race
head of a grand old family that has never
known anything save honor. There is
no duchess in England who would not
proudly give you a daughter"
st is no duchess daughter that l have
learned to love-" he replied with a smile.
"Oh, mother, you must not be d%isappoint-
ed. You must not damp my happiness. l
love Violante Temple, and have asked her
to be my wife,"
"a lawyers daughter!" cried Mrs. Sell
wyn; "a simple country girl! Oh, Vivian,
what an end to all my dreams and plans
for your
He laughed; bowling his handsome,
stately head down to her.
Nov, mother" he cried, you are to
kiss me and wish me joy"
81 ~cannotr' she cried. 81 cannot, Wv
ian. l am most bitterly disappointed to
think, when you might have chosen from
the fairest and nobaest in the land, you
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uulhOAs
y-you have not seen my love"
Il know what country lawyers and their
daughters are like, as a rule" she replied;
i'and, Vivian, l am in despair"
There was an awkward silence which
lasted some minutes.
SIS it irreyocable?" asked Mrs. Selwyn.
,Have you really pledged your wordY'
"In all honor" he replied. Il have even
asked that my marriage may take place in
September"
Mrs. Selwyn positively groaned.
ut is useless for me to interfere" she
said. 81 cannot forbid it. You are your
own master. 1t would be nonsense for
me to say that l shall not allow it; you
will do as you like; but l must express my
stern dislike and disapproval. 1t is an al
lance quite unworthy Of you, and you
| might have aspired no matter how high"
Beatrice" he said, "help me to con-
vince my mother. You are young and
beautiful, and love will come to you some
| day, as it has come to me. Tell her-help
me to make her believe that love is the
only thing for which a man should ever
marry. Help her TO make her like my
love"
There was a world of dreary pain in the
dark eyes raised to his, a world of anguish
and untold love.
81 should not know what to say" she
replied in a strange voice unlike her own.
And then Lord Vivian Selwyn Of Sell
wyn Castle stood embarrassed and uncer-
tain what to do. He had some misgivings
as he journeyed homeward that his moth
err would not think he had done anything
to add to the family renown. All the La
dies Selwyn had been women of high
birth; he was the first to break the rule.
'.Well,' said Mrs. Selwyn, with a re-
signed smile, sit is bad news-worse could
not have come to me; but if it be %irrevoca-
BILE, l must make the best of it. l would
far rather you had chosen a wife from
your W class. l regret most deeply the
choice you have made. Yet | promise you,
having said this, l will say no more. L
| will do my best to like your wife, Vivian,
and to make her as happy as l can"
And with these cold words, the master
of Selwyn Castle was forced to be con-
tent. Long after he slept that night, the
two ladies', aunt and niece, sat up talking
in low tones Of what he had done, and
Mrs. Selwyn concluded with the words:
1T will not end happily, l fear!'
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The Circle of a Rainbow.

The earliest attempt at explaining the
phenomenon of the rainbow and its cir
cular form was made by Aristotle, who,
over twenty centuries before the birth
of modern science, gave a. correct eX-
PLANTATION. He observed that from a
glass globe filled with water and set
in the sum certain colors were always
returned at certain angles with the
course of the suns beams; and he
properly explained the circular form
of the bow, by saying that If the sun
beam passing through the observers
eye be taken as an axis, and the globe
be reyolved round this axis, and at the
same distance from it in all parts of
its course, the same colors, preserving
their angle with the direction of the
sunbeams or of the axis, would be
visible through all parts of this course;
and hence it followed that a rainbow
would result II there were globes
enough, and 50 placed as to reflect
colors at the same time from all parts
Of an arc OF such a circle" =
, 1898-11-11

But she chung to him with weeping eyes!
If you are not" he continued, gravely,
always remember, Violante, while | live
there is a home and the dearest of well
comes for you here; always remember
you come back to me whenever you will;
and if this gay, new, bright world frowns
upon you, you have a home here"
But she shook her head gIavely.
you are all that is kind, papa" she
said; but there is no going back; what
is lone is done forever; there is no going
back. l shall be happy, | am sure; but
who could say farewell to such a pleasant,
happy, sunshiny life as mine has been
without tears?
She kissed him, leaving her warm tears
wet upon his face, and then passed out
Of the pretty, white, fragrant room, where
the happy hours of her innocent child
hood had been spent.
The dream Of her wedding day finished
by a crowd of smiling faces, a chorus of
good wishes, her husbands animated fare
wells. Another minute and she was in
the travelling carriage; Oakside had disap-
peared, and Lord Vivian Selwyn had
clasped her to his heart, saying:
"All mine at last! Violante-my wife!
To the Scotch lakes they went. And
amid such glorious loveliness of sea and
sky as Violante had never ever dreamed
of she finished the lesson of love she had
begun to learn at WooGeayes.
There, alone in the sweetest solitude
under heaven, Lord Vivian grew almost
to worship his beautiful young wife. He
could see no fault, no shadow Of imper-
lection in her. There were no envious
eyes near to note when she did not feel
quite at her ease, and he thought her shy,
blushing, timid mannr more winning,
more charming than anything he had ever
seen.
When the chill days of November came
and they went home to Selwyn Castle,
Lord Vivian was more deeply in love than
ever with his fair young V~iolante.
10 be continued.O
, 1898-11-11
HAP V.

They talk about it now in the pretty,
picturesque town of Woodeaves-that
wonderful wedding, the like of which was
never seen there before or since. The
wedding of the young earl with Lawyer
Temples daughter. They tell you of the
bright morning, the blue sky, that had
no cloud; the golden sun, that seemed to
rain down blessings; of the western wind,
that might have blown straight from the
spice lands, it was so fragrant; of the
birds that sang as though the wedding had
been in the garden of Paradise; of flow
ers that bloomed so fresh and fair, as
though in honor of the golden-haired bride
herself, the fairest flower of all.
Dim eyes are reading my pages now
eyes that look back through the long vista
of years-eyes dimmed and dulled with
heavy tears; and they took back through
weary years of trouble, of toll, and of
wrong upon the wedding day. The day
that they believed was to be the last of
sorrow. the first opening into a golden life
Of hope and promise.
There were grand friends Of the young
, 1898-11-11
CHAPTER III.

Selwyn Castle crowns the summit of a
tall hill, whose sides, covered with trees
and flowers, slope down to the sea. No
park surrounds it, but the pleasure
grounds are extensive and magnificent.
There is, too, a deep, clear lake of vast
extent, bordered by dropping trees whose
branches touch the water. Though there
is no park, the Thornleigh woods are close
and the River Thorne runs at the foot of
the hill.
On this morning, a fair one in June, the
windows of the breakfast room at the
Castle were thrown wide open; the wind
came in, in great perfumed gusts; the
flowers outside seemed as though they
bowed their heads in greeting; lilies and
roses were at their ~fairest; the sunbeams
swept through the flower shaded windows,
and they fell upon a quiet, pretty scene
that spoke of home, aflluence and ele-
gance.
They fell first upon the proud, imperi-
Gus face of an elderly lady, the mother of
the earl, the Honorable Mrs. Gerald Sell
wyn, a lady who sits calm and erect.
There is not a bend in her figure, not a
wrinkle in her calm, patrician face; one
can see that she is proud to a fault, scru-
pulous, ambitious, worldly and fond of
life.
The sunbeams fall on something else
on the proud, high-bred face of a young
girl, who is arranging some lilies so as to
form a bouquet-on a beautiful oval face,
with a short upper lip and a fresh, ripe
under one, with clear, calm, proud eyes,
and straight brows-a girl with a long,
graceful, white throat and small white
hands, with every mark of race about her
a thorough patrician; no smiling, dim
pied beauty, full of wild, fresh impulse,
such as Violante Temple. A court beau
ty, this-an aristocrat, with all the haugh-
ty loneliness and dignity of a queen. And
this young lady, who moves with such
calm, serene, proud grace, is called Bea-
trice Leigh. She is the niece of Mrs. Sell
wyn, and cousin of Lord Vivian.
Next to her own son, Mrs. Selwyn loved
Beatrice Leigh better than any one else
In the world, and from the first moment
the child entered her house, she had one
wish, and it was that her proud, beauti-
full niece should marry her son.
As children, Vivian and Beatrice spent
much of their time together. When he
finally went to Oxford, and then into the
army, they were separated, Vivian re-
tanning for his beautiful little playfellow
a warm, kindly, brotherly affection. She,
fed by his mothers continual praises Of
him, and constant reiteration of her
wishes, gradually came to love the brave
young captain. better than all the world
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Correct Enough.

"Now, boys, l have a few questions
In fractions to ask" said the teacher
suppose 1 have a piece of beefsteak
and cut it into sixteen pieces, what
would those pieces be called?"
"S~ixteenths," answered one boy, af
ter meditating a moment.
VERY good. And when the sixteenths
we're cut in half, what would they beT'
There was silence in the class; but pres
emily a little boy at the foot put up his
hand. do you know, Johnny"
"Hash!" answered Johnny, confident
ly.-Current Literature.
, 1898-11-11
CHAPTER ".

The clock on the Castle tower had
struck seven, the cook had sent more than
one messake to say that dinner was ready,
and the Honorable Mrs. Selwyn, who had
expected her son at six, began to grow
anxious.
Suddenly carriage wheels sounded,
~stopped-there was a confused noise, the
hurrying Of servants; then the drawing
room door opened, and Vivian entered.
He looked very handsome in his travelling
dress. He went up to Mrs. Selwyn and
kissed her.
81 am late" he said; "but there was a
delay in the Thornleigh train. How well
you look, mother!"
Then he turned to Beatrice, and as he
looked at her he started in surprise.
Beatrice" he said, "it would be an old
fashioned compliment 10 say that every
time | see you you have improved, but ii
Is the truth"
Her beautiful eyes grew bright with
pleasure.
"You shall pay us as many compliments
as you like after dinner" interrupted
Mrs. Selwyn; NOW go to your dressing
IN - must be famished."
No word was said of himself during
dinner; but they talked of the young hero,
BERTHE Temple, and of his early home.
1T must have been a comfort to his
father to have seen you" said Mrs. Sci
wyn. with the proud, quiet complacency
Of patronage. '"They are people quite in
humble circumstances, ! SUPPOSE
The young earl's face flushed; a quick
word rose TO his lips, then he checked
himself. What need to feel angry? If
they were in humble circumstances, he
could soon remedy that.
They are not millionaires. mother" nc
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General Sports.

1t now seems certain that athletic
sports, as far as his country is con-
cerned, will be well represented at the
Paris Exposition in 1900.
Samuel M. Taylor, United States
Consul at Glasgow, Scotland, reports
that there are prospects of an appreci-
able decline in the bicycle industry
of Great Britain. He says there is
every probability of a decrease in the
price of the British wheel, the best
grade to range from $55 to SIS, and
reliable wheels to sell for from $35 to
s45.
Pedlar Palmer, the English feather
weight boxer, has challenged Oscar
Gardner to fight before the National
Sporting Club of London and Gardner
has expressed a willingness to accept
at any time after his fight with George
Dixon
Jack Daily and George Kerwin, of
Chicago, have been matched to box
six rounds at Chicago about the mid
die of next month.
Fred Schineer, winner of C~hicago's
last six-day race, has started in train
Ing for the 142-hour event scheduled
for Madison Square Garden December
5-10. t%as =. * ~ez eE
Eugene Carter has issued a chal-
lenge for a three cornered billiard
match between himself, Jacob Schaefer
and George Sutton. He want a sweep
GlCLh CT (1A OA4A0 kAS $3.50
to be played in Chicago.
= The strong support accorded the
Aqueduct track by the public at the
meeting now under way will, no doubt,
induce the management to open a num-
Der of stakes and handicaps for next
year. President Reilly is a strong
believer in long-distance racing and
says he will do all in his power to
foster it if assured of support by horse
men. -@S *
If reports are true, Ormonde, the
o. B. McDonough gave $3.50, 900 a few
years ago., will soon be back on his way
to England. It is said the Duke Of
Westminster his former owner, has Of
| fered $500, 900 for the famous thorough
bred stallion, and hat Mr.. McDonough
is likely to accept the offer. It is
known that the Duke of Westminster
has been trying for some tim past
to regain possession of h horse. He
offered $500, 900, but this was refused
as too low a sum for the famous stall
lion. =.
The cross-country run between the
University of Pennsylvania and Cor
nell will be held at Ithaca on Novem-
Der 10. This is the second time that
a Pennsylvania cam will have run AT
ithaca. The first race was in 1895 and
was won by Cornell.
Jim Corbett is the favorite in the
coming match with Tom Sharkev,
which takes place at the Lenox Ath-
ietic Club on November %.
Oscar Gardner and George Dixon
have been matched to box at the Len
OK Athletic Club early in December al
l22 pounds for so per cent OF the re-
ceipts.
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dfrc uIcsss III nu-f, uhIh anu Shining
like the wing of a rare bird, is braided
round her beautiful head, after the fash
ion of a Grecian statue, leaving the two
pretty, pearly ears to be seen.
"Letters!'' cried Beatrice, as the foot
man entered. Il wonder if Vivian has
written; if he is still lingering at that
wonderful ~place-what is it-Woodeaves,
in Leicestershire? What possible attrac'
ton can he find there? All! this is his
handwriting, / am sure"
From a number of envelopes she select.
ed the one having his writing upon it
Mrs. Selwyn smiled as she did so.
"How quickly you have found out, Bea-
trice!' she cried. NOW, what does he
sayY'
She read the letter hastily.
HE is coming tonight she went on
"and, Beatrice, he says he has a surprise
for us. What can it be?'
"a surprised" she cried, a sudden CLEAN
Of light making her face still more love
ly; perhaps he has brought you some
thing, auntie."
But Mrs. Selwyn shook her head.
1T do not fancy that is it," she replied
81 fancy, Beatrice, it is something about
himself. What has he been staying al
this place for? Listen to what he says
4 hope to be with you on Tuesday night
prepare yourself, dear mother, for a sur
prise that will, l hope, be a pleasant one.
What can this surprise be, Beatrice 2" con
tinued Mrs. Selwyn; "he has lone some
thing that be thinks will please me, rely
on it."
Beatrice had regained all her calm.
1--WE shall know tonight, aunt SHE
said quietly; land the day is too warn
for c~onjectures."
, 1898-11-11
Farm Notes.

For experimenting to determine trA
benefits of charcoal feeding, If any,,
four turkeys were confined in a pen
and fed on meal, boiled potatoes and
oats, and four others of the same brood
were at the same time confined in
another pen and fed daily on the same
articles, but with one pint of very fine
ly pulverized charcoal mixed with their
food. These had also a plentiful sup
ply of broken charcoal in their pen.
The eight were killed the same day,
and there was a difference of n and
a half pounds each in favor of those
supplied with charcoal. They were the
latest, and the meat was superior in
point of tenderness and flavor.
1t is astonishing how much better a
man Knows how to do a thing after hs
has learned the reason why he does it.
It pays to get right down into the first
principles of agriculture, and to learn
how plants grow, what the soil is
made of and how the animals are built.
A man who has some knowledge Of
his kind is not likely to get carried
aNray by hasty theories which look
ridiculous at once to one who has gone
below the surface of things. Farming
is ike a great building in that it ought
to- rest on a rock foundation of facts
that are facts.
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= IHg DOCI0Ts UtSdyT66U.
81 became seriously ill three years ago.
The doctor gave ma medicine for indiges-
ton, but 1 contiaueA to become worse. l
had several physieiaRs at intervals who
gave me some relief, but the disease would
return with all it's accustomed severity.
81 read in the newspapers articles re-
garding the wonderful curative powers of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
and finally concluded to try the pills. Five
months ago [ bought six boxes. The first
box gave me much relief, and after using
four boxes | was cured.o
These pills are recognized everywhere az
a specific for diseases of the blood and
nerves. For paralysis, locomotor ataxia,
and other diseases long supposed incur
able, they have proved their efficacy in
thousands of cases.
, 1898-11-11

square and thirty feet high. From
hexagonal walls above the square
springs the great dome, forty feet to
the crescent terminal. The interior is
rudely ornamented. A wooden sar-
~cophagus with glass panels stands in
the center beneath the arched roof. The
illustration is from the London Dali
Graphic.
, 1898-11-11

teen years there has been a daerease Of
fully 46 per cent. in the number of our
native birds. Surely this is appalling
when we consider the vast increase in
the number of injurious insects. Strin-
gent measures should be adopted to
prevent the wanten destruction of our
feathered friends"
Bring your hogs to 200 pounds on
clover, and it is then an easy matter
to finish them off quickly on corn in
the fall, without the expense of feeding
long through the cold weather. Feed
ing corn in order to, keep up the ami
NAL heat, while putting on fat, does not
pay. Although you may not nave
quite such heavy weights in the
end as by other methods, there will be
more money in the purse
Nut growing is profitable, but it re-
Quires years to bring a nut tree to a
stage of growth where it will a well,
hence only young farmers are induced
to devote land in that direction. Wal
nuts, chestnuts and butternuts would
improve with cultivation. In a few
years walnut trees will be so scarce
that the farmer who has a grove will
ecure his own price therefor, the tim
Der being valuable.
When does the farmer a a profit?
There are hundreds of farmers who
have become wealthy, yet they have
handled very little money and have
had difficulty in meeting their bill
cations. There is one bank account
which they do not draw upon, and the
deposits accumulate for years., and
that is the soil. A farmer takes a poor
farm, works it, adds manure, and re-
ceives out little over expenses, but ev-
cry year his farm has become more
fertile and also increased in value. In
fen or more wears the farm NAV be
worth five times the original cost, and
it represents just as much profit as
though the farmer had received money.
All farms are, to a certain extent,
banks of deposit, where the profits OF
the farm slowly accumulate. ~ -
inexperienced persons who undertake
the management of bees will find much
to learn before they can succeed. The
winter care is important, for the bees
must not be kept too warm, and if ex-
posed they may perish. A special
house should be provided, which should
be kept at a uniform temperature.
When foods are fed on the, farm and
sold in some other form the valuable
elements of fertility are retained at
home, and as long as this is done the
farm may be cultivated to it's highest
limit of capacity, and becomes more
valuable every year.
Long articles nave been written on,
the Importance of feeding literally, but
farmers are progressive and are. dis
posed to go to extremes. 1t may be
safely claimed that at the present day
most farmers overfeed instead of cur
failing the supply, which accounts
largely for milk fever in cows, weak
filters of pigs and diseases of the
bowels.
, 1898-11-11

Willie-I once knew a girl who nearly
died from ice cream poisoning.
Nellie-Tke very idea! 1 would never
have dreamed Of such a thing happen.
ing to a girl of your acquaintance
indianapolis Journal.
, 1898-11-11

Contentment is a good thing until
it reaches the point where it sits in
the shade and lets the weeds grow.
Life is a short day, out it is a work.
ing day. Activity may lead to evil,
but inactivity cannot be led to good.
HI glory of love is that it takes
delight in doing gratuitously that
which nobody else would do if paid
for it. ,e
Be not merely good; be good for
something.
Judge of a man by his questions
rather thar by his
The world judges of men according
to the distance they can jump.