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IN TERROR OF A DRAFT.
The Extraordinary Failing of an
Otherwise Thoroughly HUI
man Person.
ITO BE Continued

Lord Blessington, the husband of the
celebrated countess of Blessing. ton, had
horror of a draft. He was able
Count d'Orsay used to declare-to de-
tect current of air caused by the key
being left crossways in the keyhole of
the door. He and his wife and youth
were one day walking on the banks of
the Thames. The boy, skipping back
ward and forward, went several times
dangerously close to the edge of ,ne
bank.
Take care! Take care!" cried Lord
Blessington, exhibiting degree of So
hcitude most unusual where another
person was concerned.
For heavens sake, mind what you
are about, boy, or you'll certainly fall
into the river!''
After two or three repetitions of his
alarm in this fashion for the lad, Lady
Blessington, losing patience, said: "Oh,
let the boy alone; if he does fall into
the water he swims like fish,
Eyes, yes" said his lordship, in in
jured tones, that's all very well; but
what about me? shall catch my death
Of cold driving home in the carriage
with him. San Francisco Argonaut.
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TRADE WITH MEXICO.

The United States bought sse,62s
pounds of Mexican coffee in Septe,n-
Der, paying for it $s2,e2e.
Mexico's purchases Of lumber in Sep
TENDER were over $100, o0O-three times
what they were in September, 1898.
Mexico bought s25, 4s4 worth of furni-
ture from Uncle Sam-a so per cent. in
crease over September, 1898.
Over $4,000 worth of United States
boots and shoes were sold in Mexico in
September. against s7,13s in September
Of 1898.
Mexico's purchases of United States
agricultural implements in September
were $2s,335. against $17,390 the pre-.
vious September.
In builders hardware the United
States sales to Mexico in September
were $36.056, an increase of so per cent.
over the previous September.
About $4,000 worth of Mexican
oranges were purchased by the United
States in September, says Modern Mex
leo in resume of September business
between the two countries.
Mexico is one of the United States
best customers in the sewing machine
line. September's sales, SIS, 200. and the
total for the first nine months of 1899
over $2O0, 900.
Nearly 1000 tons of sisal grass were
exported from Mexico to the United
States in September, its value being
ss77.762. This shows an increase Of 400
per cent. over the same month in 1898.
Scientific and electrical apparatus
sold by the United States manufactur-
ers in Mexico in September amounted
to S31.32s. Mexico buys more extern
sively in this line of goods in the Unit
ed States than does any other country
in the western hemisphere.
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CHAPTER XIV.
AN UNHoLY COMPACT.

When Hank Bowers read the derisive
message which he had found in one of
the dummy bags of gold his rage was
frightful. Dashing his clenched fist
against his head like a mailman, he
fairly screamed:
TOO smart for me! Well see! I'll
have my revenge if 1 live! Your gold
isn't safe in Dyea yet, my beauties, an
you needn't crow"
Then he relapsed into sullen silence
and scarcely spoke to Rider again that
night. In the morning he made no ref
erence to the events Of the night be-
fore, but led the way toward Dyea as
rapidly as his horse could carry him,
his head dropped, while Rider was in
wardly vowing to part company with
him as. soon as they reached the mining
camp.
They met no one on the way, and
without accident reached Dyea late one,
evening. Then Rider remembered that
he had no funds. He could not leave his
companion on. that account. and while
he was hesitating how to extricate him
self from the dilemma Bowers invited
Hill W uT1uh dt lllt uISp DdI.
That settled it. The strong liquor
wrought a marvellous change in his
cowardly heart, and soon both he and
his companion were oblivious to every
thing but the fact that they had money
and liquor was to be had for the price.
Knowing his own. weakness, however,
Bowers had taken care to place his
dust in safe, keeping, retaining only
enough for the enjoyment of his favor
lite dissipation.
From one resort to another they made
their way, drinking, fighting. maudlin
and quarrelsome by turns, until they
both were unceremoniously showed in a
bare room back of one of the bars,
utterly unconscious of their surround
ings.
The next day they continued their de-
bauch, but Bowers was careful to carry
only enough dust to pay his way from
day to day. After the first night he
kept his head marvelously, considering
the amount of fiery liquor he absorbed,
while Rider was no sooner sober than
he overdrank again.
Their days were a repetition of each
other, and several times they narrow
ly escaped arrest by the vigilance com
mittee. Then something happened which
might have been expected among such
a collection of adventures.
A reckless character, who had been at
the camp long enough to spend his last
dollar and dispose of his outfit for
drink had taken notice of our two ras-
Gals as they lounged about in the, drink
ing places, paying their way with gold
dust. AS they were apparently drunk
most of the time, he determined to re-
lieve them of some of the wealth they
were spending so recklessly.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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WINE FROM APPLES.

Experts have been deceived in sherry,
madeira and sauterne which came from
apple juice instead OF grapes.
Science has lately made it possible
to obtain good wine from the apple,
which has always been devoted to spark
ling cider.
As the quality Of wine depends on
these fungi wipemakezs have usually
left to chance the kind Of wine thsy
produce. depending on the organisms
which float in the air and attach them
se]7es to the grapes. These yeasts are
obtained from the sediment in the watts
OF Europe. They are easily propagated,
and the only difficulty is to separate the
different kinds. The yeasts are sold bot
tied. and are much in demand.
Juice from the apple is fermented
with yeasts Of different kinds brought
from the grape-growing districts of
Europe to this country. For instance,
the flavor Of sherry is due not to the
grape, bot to the infinitesimal fungus
germs that cause its fermentation
The American companies import those
germs from the district In Spain where
they flourish. innoculate the apple juice
and obtain Hue wine. The same proc
ess is followed with other varieties of
wine.
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Result of a Marriage.

York house, which is one of the SUI
perb residences in England, which had
been rebuilt by the elder Buckingham,
was bestowed by Cromwell on Fairfax,
one of his most faithful followers Fair
fax had daughter, Mary, a little brown
body, with but a small treasure of per-
sonal attractions. But her father pos
sessed York house. The wandering
duke wanted his own again, and he de-
cided to try to recover it by offering his
hand-we can say little about his heart
to Mary Fairfax. He had every con-
fidence in his own powers of attraction,
and the result proved that his conf
dence was well founded. He sought
England in disguise, presented himself
to the girl, won her love and the favor
of her father, and was married to her
on September 6, 1867. This marriage
exasperated Cromwell, who, as some
say, designed Buckingham for one OF
his own daughters. He had the new
made groom arrested and committed
to the tower, where he remained till the
death of the protector and the abdica-
ton of his son.-C Chicago Evening
News.
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fire and followed it up. That party OH
there probably has been following their
smoke, and so it goes. When one crow
finds anything to eat, you know, others
soon follow. The only wonder is that
we have kept the place to ourselves so
long. There'll be a hundred men here
in a fortnight and a thousand in a
month"
About shutdown that night party of
four miners appeared from the woods,
and after a few words with the latest
corners staked off claims and went into
camp.
Day by day they continued to arrive,
but as yet there was room for all. There
was no rush, because all who came
found gold so plenty that they remained,
and at the end of three weeks there
were not over threescore men on the
ground.
1t was now time for Dick Taylor to
return, and our friends began to be
anxious about him. Their fears were
groundless, however, for one afternoon
he made his appearance, mounted on
horse and leading half dozen Others.
With him were two well-dressed stran-
gers, who looked keenly about them as.
they rode down the valley.
After greeting his friends, he intro
duced the strangers to the party and
said:
81 have brought these gentlemen out
to look at our claims. They represent
syndicate of rich capitalists"
He then pointed out the exact location
of the claims, after which he took the
| men to the cave and showed them the
bags of gold.
I'VE want TO sell out the whole bust
ness" he said, bluntly. There's what
we have taken out. We haven't begun
| to dig one-quarter of the claims. Take
look round and make US an. Offer"
'Wait moment" said Avery, step
ping forward with the piece of quartz
they had split open. "See here, Dick.
we took this out of that ledge the day
you went away. Let them look at it
before they make any offer"
Let me see that!" exclaimed one of
the men, quickly, extending his land.
you found that here?"
Come and I'll show you the spot"
| They followed him in silence and the
L
younger man produced a small ham
mer with which he Clipped off piece
of the rock and examined it closely.
Then he gave the other look which
was not lost on our friends and said
with an affectation of carelessness:
There may be paying quartz here
and may not. 1t would cost fortune
to get machinery here and find out"
But he was not dealing with ignorant
men, as he soon found out, for Taylor
remarked, quietly:
That specimen doesn't lie. That
ledge of quartz is where all this gold
we've been digging came from. It's
worth a million to-day. Now, gentle
men, / have no time to waste haggling
over the matter. We are no hogs, but
you mustn't take us for greenhoxns
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MUNICIPALITIES.

Col. Resseltine told the Loyal Legion
at meeting in Boston the other even
ing that il his opinion lie Chant des
Marseillaise" was the grandest and most
powerful war song ever written.
Queen Victoria never reads any doc
uments or letters, except from her inn
mediate family, until they have first
been looked over by her secretary, who
has charge of the royal correspond
ence.
Senator Plat, of New York, once
sang in church choir, and at a repub-
licen cinper in New York not long ago,
in spirit of fun. he sang "The Battle
Hymn of the Republic" The song was
given in place of q toast, and he be-
came the hero of the occasion.
Col. E. f. Fleming, who was appointed
under eX-Presidept Cleveland as clock
masrer of the treasury department,
still holds that position. He has over
500 clocks in his care, and is known as
Father Time" He starts on his round
of winding his eight-day clocks Cd
Monday and gets around to the last one
on Saturday night.
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We've done well here and want 70 get
out. Make us an offer tomorrow. We
will give you until tomorrow night to
look around and see what you are buy
ing"
His friends gave prompt assent to
this proposition, and the two capitalists
had no choice but to acquiesce as grace
fully as possible.
The following noon they came to
Dick Tayor and offered him $50, 900 for
the five claims. He laughed and re-
piled:
do you think we are foolish? They
are worth five times that amount"
An hour later they offered $75 600 and
were refused.
Seeing that he was determined, the
elder man said:
eve are only authorized to expend
$780, 900. Will you take that?"
After short consultation the offer
was accepted and preparations were at
once commenced for the journey to
Dyea, where the formal transfer was to
be made.
The younger of the buyers was to re-
main. at the spot to look after the claims
while the other would go to Dyed with
them.
The following morning they loaded
their wealth on the horses and started
for civilization.
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ALL WORK AND NO PLAY.

Nearly one-third of the paper pro.
duced in the United States during the
first six months of 1898 was newspa-
per in rolls and sheets.
A large trade is done in Germany in
artificial sponges, which are produced
by patented process depending prin-
cipally On the action of zinc chloride
solution on pure cellulose.
A series of experiments made at Kiel
during the last two years have shown
tSsat of all metals used in shipbuilding
an amalgam of iron and zinc is least
subject to deterioration from the in
fiuence of sea water.
Manufacturers of structural iron say
that within a short time all the more
costly private houses, at least in the
cities. will abandon wood, excepting
for the most trivial use, and will make
use of structural iron for the frame
work and the beams that support the
flooring.
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"Saw your smoke last night before
dark. We thought it must be somebody
out prospecting, and SO we took look
over this way this morning. Struck it
rich ?'
Eyes; we've been here all winter. You
see where our claims are staked out.
Dick Taylor has gone to register them.
Better stake out before anyone else
comes. 1 guess you'll find plenty of
room above us. I don't mind telling you
we've made our pile here, Bill. We've
just found that this quartz ledge is
mine of wealth. See that your claims
take in slice of it,
Before the words were fairly out of
his mouth the two men were tearing up
the valley like madmen, and beforelong
were hard at work, bent on the one all
absorbing quest for which they had
braved the rigors of an artic winter,
thus far without success.
Half an hour later they had scraped
away the soil and moss, and sampled
the rich gravel just above the lightly
covered bed rock. The first pan of
gravel was washed out, and a moment
later the man TarboX had accosted as
Bill came running up, with a beaming
face, crying:
"God bless you, Tarbox, for giving us
a straight tip! Look at this! Well be
rich in no time! Look!"
The perspiration was dripping from
his face, his clothes were torn and full
of mud, but what rocked he of such
things? In the pan he held joyously
forth was little heap of coarse gold,
which was worth fully 5000.
Then, as if remembering that he was
wasting time, he turned on his heel and
dashed back again like schoolboy,
throwing his arms about his partner
and hugging him in the excess of his
joy.
Then, actuated by one common i'm
pulse, the two men gave wolfish yell
of exultation, and fell to work once
more, tearing out the moss and. soil with
desperate energy. They had reached
the goal for which they had left home
and dear ones, and, with superhuman
strength, they went at the work of dig
ging and washing, unmindful of all else.
Meanwhile Tom and his friends had
returned to their digging. With their
crude implements it would be a waste
of time to attack the ledge, and they
determined to stick to the gravel until
Taylor returned. They had only dug
up very small part of their claims as
yet.
The following day Tarbox saw thin
column of smoke several miles away,
and said to Avery:
"There's more of them coming"
''They may not be coming here" re-
piled the old miner.
eyes, they are was the confide emit
rejoinder. These two men saw our
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He In Tanned Now.

About two years ago a fairly well-known
young man of this town who, in the days of
his bachelorhood, was addicted to the habit
of conversing through his head-covering,
was delivering himself oracularly on the sub
who'll wheel baby carriage, he perforated,
loftily, ais tripleplated, acknowledgements
sion ass" One Sunday afternoon lately he
was Observed-all of the customary ear
marks of sartorial economy distinguishing
his make-up-placidly trundling perambu-
lator through Lafayette park. A huge, fat
baby goo gooed in the perambulator, and q
little lady with buIgy, homemade bonnet
walked at his side. Silence is ready money.
and there's lot of pathos in the spectacle
of tanned manl-W ashington Post.
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WHERE THEY ORIGINATED.
A "clown" was only a farmer.

A clown" was only farmer.
Fairfax means fair of face"
1t was the custom to call an industri-
Gus peasant villain" and a "knave''
was simply boy.
Years ago the word Idiot" meant sim
ply a private person as distinguished
from public official.
We get bogus" from the noble Ital-
ian family, the Borghese, whose swind-
ling operations were extensive.
"Silly" meant blessed in old German
and the old SaXons meant nothing out
of the way when they called a man a
"churl."
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tinced that he is being cheated on all hands
during his European travels that he occa-
sionally oversteps the bounds of prudence.
What is the price of this pin?" asked
young man in Paris shop, handling small
silver brooch of exquisite workmanship.
That's altogether too much," said the
young American. cts for present to my
sister. I'll give you five francs for it," zen
it would be ] Eat gave re present to your sig
ter" said the Frenchman, with depreca-
tory shrug, ''and | do not know re young
mademoiselle. Chicago Chronicle.
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In Appear to Hum.nIty Generally.

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will Immediately give your order attention.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the nu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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New Cable I.ine.

France Is absolutely dependent mon Enc.
land for news of the Transvaal war, because
the cables are under her control, and ehe q
ready to spend a vast sum Of money to free
herself. This is like many people, who, after
allowing dyspepsiato settle upon them, spend
money and try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
the medicine which never fails to cure dys-
pepsia, constipation, biliousness, malaria.
fever and ague
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-17
Largest Seed Growers In the World.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, recently shipped Twenty thousand
bushels of seed potatoes to Alabama, Flori-
da, Texas and other southern points. This
firm is the largest grower of seed potatoes
as also farm seeds in the world.
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For the Holiday Trade.

WHAT" she exclaimed, you want $3.50
Tor this? Why, when | priced the same
thing here a month ago it was only SO 20"
man. ''That was before we began our
markeddown sale for the holidays. Chi
cago Post.
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what Was Lacking.

THAT waiter Of yours is the slowest ever
struck" said fat customer.
We'll, If you had a wagon, and the wheels
didn't work to suit you, what would you dor
asked the restaurant proprietor.
why, I'd grease EN-"
"Well, why don't you grease thu
Waiter?,-Yonkers Statesman,
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AhnOrmaI.

Mammy-I wouldn't want no gal OBJ mine
to marry dat Sam johnson.
Dinah-Yo' wouldn't
mo. Why, dat fellah am jes' as crazy
bout dress as q sensible niggah nd be bout
watahmiliions!"-Pu
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The HILTON DolIar Pofato.

Most talked-of potato on earth; the next
y Sunlight; which is fit to eat in IS DAYS.
Send this notice and Sc to John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.,, for their great
cataaog. ri
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can recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption to sufferers from Asthma E. D.
Townsend. FIT. Howard. Wis, May 4, '94.
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A man can't make his home brighter by
making light of his wife's trouble. Chicago
Dispatch.
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Energy n EncfOr.

All things come to him who waits. but
the fellow who hustles does not have to wait
so long.-St Louis Star
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-17

Popularity often makes man believe
what he knows isn't true.-Chicago Daily
News.
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Tne Best PrescrIptlon Tor ChIys.

and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic 1t Is simply iron and 9uinine in
tasteiess form No cure-no pay. Price soc.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-17
To Cure a Cold In Que Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money fit fails to cure. 25c.
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