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JuNcLEs AND JEsTs'

,Sillicus-"No man is really
until he Is dead. = Cynieus =
reading tombstone nscfiptions KS
eEfie Jack and I fished sfor3l
hours yesterday. Elsie+
thingg' Efae tcoyIy) @o 4
Town Topics. s. sss!, ttssE' y s;'E S x 5}!!3| 3
+ Patient "po you believe 6
doctorg' Dortor y 70, nH
could / go 3n pract ticing Sc
Brooklyn Life. stss & x. A2Ss3
! SBobbs lis. Eobbs Is dressed
kill this evening" DobbsT T..a ess
bought the outfit at & Slaughter SO
Baltimore Herald. !;l${||
i One tokepof q failing mind
,N5s s You u find this is a fact II
Il sSs to DISCERN that all your Kind *
81. Is getting someWhat crrcKed
8 The Deacon-''Do ron kn6y 4 ~ y y Il
happens to boys whot NJ lies 81 gs sE,i;i
Youth "Yessir. They gifts on
times; if they tells good ones:
ieluI 1ulS. u. HI, sfyt}&S
i Dera-"I have my photo taken
three years. I think It is so iptere6
ing" Oracle &c Gracious Whafe
do you do with them all rs,
Evening Times. ,'tss lsis s. y
'fYou see Clarence told me Ai ls
told you because I'm his eoadde
friend" "No; you usmean he told ,
because he thinks ayou are hlst gc0E
Dental friend. ndIanspo Ills 5gpxr }
Sir Cynic merits no applause SSs
:, ~ He is a selfish elf, ;iS IA
He wants to stop all joj because Is rs ~
He has no fun himself. Sl
=, &. Washing Ton
I.ena-"I didn't think you let aSfinl43l
kiss you on such short acquainta
Maude-"W he thoroughls
.vinced ME that 1t was all my Ssssf1f
fault that I hadn't met him sooner 3 gs'
Smart Set. I. s, iS5. I: s3
He kissed her in The, han Is 5 -
& The clock was there, as well lliss ti 5 AZ
'eYou mustn't, Joels she cried & fgS S
They say that time sFill tell!g ss s,t3 t1
~ f Philadslph hias Record 4
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Accepted the Insult.

At the close of q performance given
as q benefit to John Brougham, the
actor and dramatist, one Of the au-
dience threw upon the stage purse Of
gold. Brougham picked it up, and,
after examining it, said: Ladies' and
gentlemen, circumstances compel nae
to pocket the ii lit, but docking grim)f
Ishould like to see the nan who would
dsre to repeat it,"-Argo4aut. 81
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Owls Nest in Church organ.

For some time past efforts to locate
a squeaking noise in the pipe organ at
Bethlehem Church, at Sheboygan,
Wis, had proved fruitless.- A few
days ago, when the organ was over
hauled, in one of the large pipes live
owl was found, which5is now in pos.
session Of the organists How the owl
got into the organ 10 yet to be ex-
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FAMOUS; 81 / a55HEAurY.'
Lady 3Mait tishds who u 80 Said to Resemble
Z, "a; y Good 0ueen Eleanor. & AssS q

Good lueen EIeanor. = 3
Sghe viscount aitland Is one Of.
the artist sof English society
belonging ia t6es M set5 IS That includes the
rehi6nsss of Granny. Lady Poyn,.
ter ana others who make friends Of
the great artists and are more ;or less;
,skilifnI With their own brushes and
coiors. Lady Msstland is slim, blonde
y6hng Scot tch WOMAN. the daughter OF
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al Woodstock, Va. III 1910 the
lSeers of the West broug ght it north,
al in 1850 it had moved south again.
vas had come into the Union. The
n,of the great West Dad switched
the North in 1sdo, and it was,
Lathe, Ohio. War reduced
the South in the de.
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e~ MAURICE THOMPSON.

been all this time deceiving him and
roistering in gaming-houses and other
places of iniquity at his expense,
simply paying him interest on the
amounts squandered. He now saw to
what his years of illegal operations
had brought him, and he reviewed
with a sickening at heart the whole
dark, hidden life that he had bee4
living; but what was all this to an:
other thought which since his several
interviews with old man Burns had
shaped itself to such proportions,
that now it filled the whole vault OF
consciousness as with nebulous hor-
ror?': This Colonel Loring, this mys-
terious Pierre Rameau, this man
whom all the world of the southwest
knew of and trembled at but had
never been able to see, had suddenly
become to him the embodiment OF
conscience and retribution.
And what was to be the end? Mr..
Vernon heard this question echoing
about in his inmost heart where ne
kept his wife and daughter shrined?
What was to be the endp Would they
soon know what he knew? Must his
whole past life be unmasked to them?
But they? They were in danger this
momentl In danger! Had not the
scout said that they were carried away
by a British detachment? He could
not realize the situation: nothing came
to his mind with distiactness, 80 blur
ring was the cloud Of his distress, :
Ballanche and his mensfoiiowed Mr..
Vernon as fast as they could ride, but
did not overtake him I'LL the planta:
tionjwas reached. There they found
it Just as lPeeyy had said d The house
was empty and silent. Abody OF the
enemy had been there, both horse and
foot. as they could seeS:by the prints
in the sandy soiEall around. Most OF
the negroes were hiding in the swamp
or in the tall grass Of the salt marsh
to the eastward. ~. .=a.
Mr.. Vernon leaped from his hor2
and ran into the building; but
was nothing to- greet him saw
sound Of his own heavy footfal1 :
When Lieutenant Ballancl
up, he too rushed into II y
ygazed eagerly around al
Ssm room to: room.
IA old negro Il
39i.ya; 81 corner . .
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CHAPTER Xxx.
CONTINUED.

CONTINUED.
Mr.. Vernon did not try to hinder
him. The whole thing seemed un-
real, and the old mans going had no
Significance beyond its connection
with that sense of inevitable doom
which impended shapeless. vague ana
altogether terrible, somewhere IN the
cloud on Mr.. Vernon's life.
And so, as they went riding down
through the solemn woods in the 1ne'
gray rain that began to fall, Mr.. Ver-
non. scarcely spoke or lifted his gaze
from the ground until they came near
to the bank of Bayou Bienvenu; and,
even then, 1t was the young man who
broke the silence. T..
They were side by side, short way
in advance of their little troop, and
the rain was blowing in their faces,
when q man stepped into the road i'll
front of them, not fifty PAGES distant.
Ballanche drew up, his horse, at the
same time touching Mr.. Vernon's
arm. GIT =.
"Holdp' he exclaimed, in low
voice, as he reached for his pistol.
.sWhom have we here!"
The man held up his hand and made
q friendly sign, -. ,,'., -
i'Oh, it's Peevy,'" said the lieuten-,
ant; zone of our special scouts! The
English are not far away, I Judge,
else he would not be here. We will
, tide on and see what he is up to. (
Mr..Vernon'was all attention now;
the suggestion of proximity TO the
British army made him think at once
Xof his wife and daughter. The house
was still two miles farther on.
..How now, Peevy9" called Bali
lanehe, as soon as they came mp to
the scount. 'tWhat do you know by
this time?' =.
Peeyy saluted awkwardly and gazed
off into the woods as il, with utmost
concern, chewing, his quid meantime.
Il hev' seod snne sign o. the enemy,
down var pin" he said. =
. tsSome signt What like? Nhere?"
demanded By zahche. ..
- atafaa assl nigh onter two hun.
y daylight this morn
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with one hahdssna,sTinging Mary

with one hama a.swSiinging Mary
Ann free in the other.
A rafting volley and a chorus of
shouts greeted them as they got we'll
under ay,and the bullets whistled
about their ears.
Mr.. Vernon's horse was the feetest
of all, and so he at once became their
leader. He dashed upon and almost
over O group of three red-coats in the
middle of the froad. One of them,
after firing unsuccessfuly at him,
seized the horse's bride and was
dragged down for his pains. =.
Ballanche, encumbered with the
scout, was lot so successfully. Mr.
Vernon looked back and saw him try.
ing to use his sword, while his horse
was rearing and plunging. Wheeling
about and drawing long heavy
knife, his only weapon besides his
holsters. he dashed to the young
officers rescue. -, 80 .. IS
"Punch 'is etarnal eye out!" Peevy
was screeching "Whack i'm on the
nose! Jag i'm inter the ribsr'
One of the English, stalwart fell
low, who was unaware of Mr.. Vernon's
approach, turned justin tine to have
his neck almost severed by a slash Of
that terrible Southern knife. 7, And
just then the rest of the little detach-
ment reached the spot and all broke
through together without the loss OF
man. ~ so ~; Il
! "Golly, mussyp' cried Peevy, 'Ehis
yar's> no decent way o. fghtin'I j
can't do nothin' wi Mary Ann an
hol' on ter this var kiokin'A an cally-
vortin' annymil at the same timel:
Blame sich eternal foolishnessl Lee g.
90 back an, try lem over sg'in asian
in onter the solid yarth.' - Ss
But Lieutenant Balianohe gave no
heed to his grumbling. He know that
Jaekson's army was moving and that
his place was in. the van. His mil
itary experience told him that the
English detachment through which
they had broken was party of recon-
/ Nuisance apd that sEthe lonemy's
army was moving up the bayo'aa in IN
force. IA y, - ~ 1, ~:
| "Ye can't shoots of'na hoss re
how" Peevey cpntMnsd to
E.'How kin ye squirt thro roggaE1S
I 4 II, sS.I
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Tie New Es'iltE,s I.
,nfi Population lIl.i il j IN
ths IJnittsd StatlssS
,ef.oona0o a0oDocooocooC


The census bureau has declaTed 3 Goli1 4 IL
umnibus, Ind, the centre .of popullaas
ton Of the Unite ID: States. Il olumb,uss
is IL Barth tho1omew County 81 tile east
fork of White River, sns "a the stInest
farming land in Indiana. The cltyshas mas
s1So inhabitants, an inerease Of 1889 S
since 1890. d. 4 tf s5s q
i. Since 1890 the q centre sof popila-.
III iof.4he United States has shifted q "a q
? eles III the. north and q q, tttis TO- p the the
.@ssesE @ tits still in the State ofs n.
5sana not far from Columbus, tiie :lie,
tai esg bartholomew County ID the
tsAIif &c trai part Of the State On
pivotal point arises o mono 18th iti
eN erected There May 40, 1881,
hieago Herald On lSones of
the column iss the follow
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Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. is.-
Charters were issued to-day to The
American Goat Skin Company. for the
purpose of tanning and finishing goat,
kangaroo, or any other variety of skins
into leather, principal office to be at
Boston. Authorized capital $i,Ooo'Ooo.
The American Vehicle Company. for
the purpose OF applying air and other
motive power for the operation Of vshi-
Giles. Principal Office TO be at New York
city. Authorized capital 31.OOO,OOO.
The Para Rubber Betting and Pack
ing cOmpsny, with principal Office at
wnkesbarre, Pa, subscribed capital
500. with the right to Increase It to
500. 900. The incorporators are Roscoe
c. King, Bowen NJ. Cullen, Charles Il.
vincent Marcus ]. Brock, all Of Phlla-
delphla, and Charles V. quick, of Ash
bourne, Pa,
The South Branch Extract Company
was also incorporated. Principal office
Romney, W. Va, with a capital of Si4.-
900. The sfares OF 800 each are hnid By
w. b. stump, L. p. Pugh. II. NJ. Wash
lngton and j. C. Buchanan, of Romney;
D. a. DouEherty. OF Augusta; George
L. Leathermnn, Of Old Field, and David
Fox, Of wappacana.
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MOST BEYOND RELIEF.

n &c Were Not FoF Wheeling IndoESe.
meat People 8IIGht Be sksPticaL
No wonder pSopls doubt.
% many statements are made,
stateneats indoESea BY Strangers,
From people Iiviug IN distant towns.
Don't know them, and can't sen
thsm.
Such Endorsement has q haxy aspect
Wheoilng people want local proof.
ThGt'o what we have here.
Its not beyond belief, because It can
b proven.
Read q local citizens testimony.
Mn. Robert Liebert, OF No. 11b Four
teenth street, says with the exception
Of kidney trouble, was always strong
and healthy until pain in my lolns, back
and head prevented me from doing any
thing by day or resting well 81 night
! was obliged TO sleep with my hands on
my back, u hurt me 90. I used dther-
ent remedies and pIaSiers, but even the
lRtter IN time failed to afford me any
relief saw D0an'g Kidney Pills ad-
vertISsd, and came TO the conclusion
they would help me. so got box at
the Logan Drug Company'S store, ana
took them. was not dioappointetd, a.
they helped me right away. and / felt
better and stronger than for years"
Doan'8 Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers. Price. Is cents. Mailed by
Foster MIlbuTn Co, Buffalo. N. Y, sole
agents fol. the United States. Remem-
her the name-Doan's-and take no
other.
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WAS FROM WEST VIRGINIA.

August, the Artilleryman Who Sui
cidsd at Newport News, Served in
Company n, Second West Virginia
volunteers, in spanish-AmOrican
war.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligeneer.
MARTrNsBURG. W. Va, Jan. IS
Louis August the artilleryman who
committed suicide In jail at Newport
News. Va, Monday, served as a Drl-
waite in Company n. Second Regiment
West Virginia Volunteers during the
spaniaA-A American war. an officer OF
that company who lives here, says that
August was In the hnbit OF getting
drunk after each pay day, but at other
times he was a model Of good conduct
After the muster out Of the regiment.
he enlisted In the regular army and
was assigned to the artillery branch of
the service. He was recently tried and
convicted for the murder Of a woman
near Newport News, and was sentenced
to eighteen years In the penltentlary.
He took his own life in preference to
serving the sentence. He was a miner,
and was from Raymond City, W. Va.
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trade. we are co-hslrs IN the greatest
iclVHlsAtlen which the world has ever
seen. We nfe the same In blood in
rnce. in Cody traditions. Together " c
have hlnsed out tina bruadest path In
the worlds civilization Together we
have builded a government more glor-
ious than any ever touched BY human
hands, or Inspired BY human thought.
Together We have stood In the ranks In
defense OF rs eternal principles. Then.
sir. a. people united. not alone by the
bonds Of mere governmental mas
ures but BY the better and dearer ties
Of a people necessary to each other,
appreclatinE understanding, and min
lstering to each other
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story of a Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains OF disease is the worst
form Of slavery. George D. Williams,
OF Manchester. Mich. tells how such n
slaye was made free. lie says: My
wife has been so helpless for i've years
that she could not turn over In bed
alone. After using two bottles OF Elec-
trlc Bltters, she lB wonderfully Inn
proved and able to do her own WORK"
This supreme remedy for female dis
euEes quickly cures nervousness, sleep
lessneSs. melancholy. headache. back
nche. falntlng and dizzy spells. This
miracle working medicine Is n godsend
10 weak, slckly. run down people. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only 20 cents. Sold
BY Logan Drug Co.'S drug stores
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RTO7HERHS
FRIEND

q the one and the only preparation
that is safe to use. It Is q Imminent
that penetrates from the Outside.
External applications are eternally
right. Internal medicines are radi-
cSiiy wrong. They are more than
hurnbuEs-they endanSeT lie.
Mothers Friend helps the muscles
10 relax and expand naturally--re-
iieves morning sickness-removes
the cause Of nervousness and head
ache prevents hard and rising
breasts--Shortens labor and lessons
the painS-and helps the patient to
rapid recovery.
From letter bya Shreveport, La,
woman: al have been using your
wonderful remedy, Mothers Friend.
for the last two months, and and u
Just IS recommended.
DnEEiHs S'utntSi p'rbOtti'.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR GO.
ATLANTA, "a.
GS,A fsf or free Illustrated book
HBofsfo Baby Y Bofn."
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PREPARING REPORTS,
Majority and Minority, on the Rob
erts Case.

erts Case.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-chaIrman
Tayler. Of the Roberts committee. and
Representative Lltheheld. OF Maine, are
busy preparing the majority and NIL
norlty reports respectively In the Rob
'erts case. They viii be fled together
on Saturday. 1t is not expected that
the case win be called up in the house
until Tuesday or Wednesday OF next
week. The debate is expected TO oceu-
by two or three days Mr.. Roberts win
be given an opportunity to be heard
upon the a6or In his OWN defense. Mr..
I.lttleaeld end Mr.. De Almond, OF Mis-
souri, who win sign the minority report
are hopeful that the mode of procedure
which they favor-to allow Mr.. Roberts
to be sworn in and then expel him-wiIl
be followed. The majority of the com
mittee. on the other hand, are confident
their report will be adopted and that
Mr.. Roberts will be excluded without
being sworn in.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. ia olsln-
suished gathering Of public ofieials' IN
Guiding President Mckinley ana MS en-
tire cabinet. Representatives Of the SEN
ate and house % representatives Inc
judiciary OF the United STATES supreme
court and other branches OF public NE,
participated to-day in the exercises at
tending the unwilling Of the colossal
bronze statue OF Daniel Webster exc
cuted by the italian SCULPTOR Irenta-'
move and presented to the United states
by Mr.. sdlsOn Hutehtnia. OF this city.
The statue occupies position on Scott
circle, but PROV TO the actual uuyelhng
the ceremnnies Of presentation and ae-'
ceptance were held at the Lafayette
opera house. Tha President occupied
a seat at the front OF the stage ana
back OF him sat seeretarys Hay Gage
Root, Long, Hitchcock Postmaster
General Emory Smith, Attorney Cen
eral Grlggs, Secretary Wilson ana fri-
vate Secretary Porter. Others on the
stage were Governor Crane OF Massa-
chusetts, accompanied by his aalntAAt
general and aides; Chief Justice Fuller
Justices Harlan, While and Gray; SEN
ators Hour. Lodge, Chandler. Allison.
Bacon. Fairbanks. Proctor, TllImani
Representatives Lowering. Cousins
Clarke, and others identified win the
exercises and with the states which
share the honors clustering about the
Illustrlous Webster. Major SeneTai
Miles and other representative OF the
army. OF the navy and diplomatic CORPS
added to an assembIage OF unusual dis
tiuctEon. The Marine band occupied
the orchestra. AS the President ana
cabinet came upon the stage the entire
audience rose while the band played
Hail to the Chief"
After an eloquent prayer by the blind
chaplain Of the senate. Rev. Dr. Mil
burn, Senator Chandler. In behalf OF the
two branches OF Congress, read Mr..
Hutchins' presentation letter and added
brief but glowing tribute to the
craftsmanship, the oratory and the pa
triotism Of Webster.
Secretary Long then accepted the
statue In behalf Of the United States
ITO George Washington and mis- as
soclates in 1881, who framed the federal
constitution, we owe that great paper.
1t bound the thirteen Independent colo
MES into union and created the United
States OF America. In It they gave US
the ample letter and frame Of govern
ment.
ITO the overwhelming arguments
nearly half century later, OF Daniel
Webster in the senate and the iumi-
nous judgments Of John Marshall on
the bench, we owe its development by
Interpretation and construction into the
great charter of powers which now con-
stitute the national authority. They
Illuminated It's letter with the national
spirit. They breathed into It's frame
the life of national sovereignty. In the
momentous debate In which ut that
time they participated over the meas
ure OF It's grant Of power-a debate OF
gIants-the issue was between llmita-
ton on the one hand which would have
narrowed the growth OF the young re-
public and endangered the union, and
on the other an expansion which In
sured the indestructIblllty OF the union
and let free the republic to It's largest
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Was the result OF his splendid health
Indomltable VIII aud tremendous
energy are not found where stomach
liver, Kidneys and bowels are out OF or,
der. II you want these qualltles ana
the success they bring, use Or. Nlngs
New Life pills. They develop every
mower OF brain and body. Only 25c, ut
LoEun Drug Co.'S drug slore.-6
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Il ths Pnbn q outtlnr Teeth

Be sure and use that old and well.trlcd
remedy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup. for children teethlng. IL soothes
The child, softens the gum. ailays all
main. cures wind collie and Is the hest
remedy for diGrrhoea. Twenty-Five
cents a bottle. mw&t
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Eu,n nnd Nos, am Water.

Arcner. u Brewer. Maine, says: II have
had Catarrh for several years. Water
would run from my eyes and nose for
days at time, About four months ago
] was Induced TO try Dr. Agnew's Ca
tnrrhal Powder, and since using the
remedy I have not had an at-
tack. would not be without IT," II
relieves In ten minutes. Sold by Charles
Il. GOetze. Twelfth and Market streetA
q
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ON. MC0RKLE
Gives Sound and cogont Reasons for
The Faith That Is IN Hin.
THE "OPFN DOOR" TO CHINA

Aud the General Subject Of Expan-
sion Of American Trade With r.
lGtion to the philippines, Rlo-
qusntly Treated By the EE-eoVol-
nor In an Address Before the Board
Of Trade Of Newark, n. ].
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IT'S folly 10 suffer from that horrible
plague OF the night, Itching piles;
Doan's Ointment cures, quickly ana
permanently. Al any drug. store, 90
renta-f
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CAN'T be perfect health without pure
blood. Burdock's BLOOD Bltters makes
pure blood. Tones and lnylEurates the
whole system.-1
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Be Careful

No woman can be too careful OF
her condition during the period be-
fore her little ones are born. Neglect
or improper treatment then enaan-
gofS her fiie and that Of the child. II
ies with her whether she shall suffer
unnecessarily. or whether the ordeal
SHAH b made comparatively easy.
She had better do nothing than do
something wrong.
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WEBSTER SIAIUE,
The GIFT Of M. stiison HutehinS,
Accepted By Secretary Long.
MASSACHUSETTS STATESMAN,

Whose ouratory IN Defense Of the
Constitution WIN Ever Adorn the
brightest Pages Of American His
tory, Stands Facing the Capitol and
the Chief Justice.
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NOW READY.
Daughter of the Elm.
A Tale of the Virginia Border
Before the War.
By GRANVILLE DAWSON HALL.

A powerful story, recalling forgotten
tragedies. A love story threads a
stirring recital Of crime and de-
tective work. Scene in the valley
Of the upper MonongahelA, con-
Meeting with Pittsburgh, Clarks'
burg and Fairmont.
The book is something more than
an ordinary bit Of fiction. It has 2
substratuIn CT historical fact, and
some real people figure in Its
pages. There Is a vivid glimpse OF
American life as found In that valley
forty years ago. The book critic O.
q great metropolitan western daily
who read the manuscript, says tins
author has clipped his pen in tho
very pigments Of life" The head OF
a leading Chicago publishing house
said Of Il: 1--WE have been much IN.
tercsted;" "ths plot is clever" and
details "ingenious." 1.-THE story itself
is interesting and there are some
capital situations"
MAYER & MILLER, CHICAGO,
Cloth, $50 p, $500. sela by
Frank Stanton, or sent postpaid on
receipt Of price. Address, A. Q. Hail.
Glencoe, nj.