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was before me continually, gazing at
me with sweet, reproachful eyes. Oh!
what a fool | had been to accept that
rascal's invitation! The more 1
thought of it, the angrier | became
with myself. Now, ,goodnes" aGly knew
how long l should be confined in this
wretched place, and what would hap
pen during my absence from the
world!
At last the dawn broke, and with it
a weird, sickly light penetrated the
room. l sprang from my bed and APP
preached the window, only to find that
it overlooked a small courtyard, the
latter being stone-hagged, and sur
rounded by high walls. / could see
that, even if | were able to squeeze
my way out between the bars, L
should be powerleSS to scale the walls.
At rough guess these were at least
IL feet high, and without n foot
hold of any sort or description. This
being so, l was completely at the
mercy of the men in the house. In
deed, rat caught in trap was never
more firmly laid by the heels than l.
At about half-past seven o'clock
small trap-door, which / had not no
ticed near the ground and the main
door, was opened, and a grimy hand
made its way in and placed upon the
| floor a cup of coffee and roll. Then
it was closed once more and made Sc
cure. / drank the coffee and munched
| the roll, and, if the truth must be
| confessed, poor as they were, felt the
| better for both.
At midday a bowl of miserable soup
was handed in; darkness, however,
| had fallen some considerable time be-
fore | could detect any sound in the
| hall outside that might be taken to
mean the coming of my evening meal.
| At last there was clatter of feet, the
bolts shot back, the key turned in the
| lock, and the door opened. man
carrying a lantern entered, followed
by two others, and as the light fell
upon his face l uttered cry of aston
| ishment, for he was none other than
my old friend Leglosse, while benind
him was the infallible Lepallard.
"Well, thank goodness we have
found you at last" cried Leglosse.
| 1--WE have had such hunt for you as
man never dreamed of. / called at
your apartments late last night, hop
ing to see you, on important business,
but you had not returned from dim
ner to which you had been invited. l
called again this morning, and was in
formed by the concierge that they had,
up to that moment, seen nothing OF
you. When the good Lepallard in-
formed me that you had left the res
taurant in cab with NJ. Hayle, and
that the latter had returned to his
apartments this morning in great
hurry, only to leave them a short time
after with his luggage for the rail-
way station, began to grow uneasy.
You have no idea what day have had
looking for you, but it has been well
spent, since we have the pleasure Of
seeing you again"
| ITO Be Continued
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your friend would call you daft for
you need have sent.
The weight of a barrel of anything
has more meanings than the Chinese
chow. If you ordered a barrel of gun
powder and expected TO get the same
weight as a barrel of beef, you would
be sorely disappointed, for between
the two species there is just differ
ence of 100 pounds-a barrel of gun
pounds weighs 100 pounds, and one of
beef 200 pounds.
The variations of this weight are in.
deed perplexing. Here are a few: A
barrel of soft soap weighs 256 pounds,
pork 224. -four 1876 to 22O. raisins 112,
coffee from 112 to 16S anchovies only
80, and American flour 1876 pounds.
Fish-like fish skin-has group of
sliding scales, which, to the ordinary
layman, SENS hopelessly confused. A
last of Goldfish is - barrels, but a last
of herring is 20. If you ordered bar
rel of trawled cod your merchant would
tap his forehead with his finger and
say: Poor fellow!" You can order
barrel of picked cod, but not trawled.
Order bag of cocoa and you get a
hundredweight; but bag of coffee is
16S pounds, pepper 316 rice 16s, sago
112, hops 2SO and sugar from 112 to 16S.
Bushels are just as varied. There
are 10 kinds of bushels, but you cannot
measure one Of them by given unit.
Whilst bushel of barley is AZ pounds,
bushel of wheat is 60 and of oats 40,
and so the irregularity goes on.
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ARITHMETIC GOES WRONG.
Marked Eccentricity in the weights
of Various Packages of Merchnn-
disc Handled by Merchants.

The merchant orders Iirllin of but
ter, or a frkin of soap, or tirkin of
raisins, as though frkin meant one and
the same thing in weight.
As matter of fact while firIin of
butter weighs Sc pounds, and tirkin
of soap Ga, tirkin of raisins weighs no
less than 112 pounds, though the tables
tell you that a firkin is one measure of
certain weight, says the Boston
Globe.
That is a marked eccentricity, but it
pales into insignifcance beside the
weight which governs straw and hay.
You cannot weigh straw as you would
hay, or you would be cheating your
customer. When the latter orders
load of straw he wants 2,196 pounds,
but a load of old hay means 2,0l6
pounds, and new hay 2,16O pounds.
Cheese, glass, iron, hemp and flax
all these products are sold by the
"stone; :" but if you were to weigh them,
allowing IA pounds for each stone, you
would revoIutionize the whole system
of reckoning as recognized by the va
rious trades whose species we have
Just referred to. a stone of any of the
latter means different weight entire
". A stone of cheese, for instance, is
16 pounds, of glass 5 pounds, of beef
pounds, of iron IA pounds, of hemp
80 pounds, of fax 16M pounds in Bel
fast. and "a pounds in Downpatrick.
Wool growers and wool staplers sell
their products at IA pounds to the
= ,,.;+h
other the weight is increased to Is
pounds.
Licensed victuallers buy their wines.
among other measures. by the pipe,
and pipes in the wine trade are as varied
as firkins or stones in others.
A pipe of port is 1O3 gallons. of mar
sala 90 gallons, of Madeira %, of bu-
cellas III, of teneriffe 100, and so on,
throughout a long list of wines, so
that it is important for ''mine host" to
be well up in the various pipe meas
ures, so as to get in the right quanti-
ties.
Even pork is weighed out by means
quite different from the ordinary meth
ods of reading a weight according to
the rules of simple arithmetic. If you
were in the pork business in Belfast,
and YOU received an order for one hun
dred weight of pork, and you sent only
112 pounds 49, which, according to
weights and measures tables, is l cwt.
| YOU would get an indignant letter
| from your customer for cheating him
of eight pounds. You must send 120
pounds-that's a hundredweight of
pork.
If. on the other hand, you were in
Cork. and sent your customer 12O
pounds of pork for one hundredweight,
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temptation to self-indulgence. I
there was a cooking stove, a heat
ing stove, a telegraph, a mile of
railroad, a kerosene lamp, or
cylinder press. Look at your su-
preme court and Marshall was on
the bench; at your treasury, and
Hamilton established your credit;
at your senate, and John Quincy
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I WAS ABOUT TO ARISE FROM MY
SEAT AND OPISN THE DOOR,
BUT HE STOPPED. ME.

wise you to be quiet. / might tell you
once for all that you can't get out.
The door is stout one, and the win
dows are exceptionally well barred.
The men to whom | have assigned the
duty of looking after you are in their
way honest, though a little rough
Moreover, they are aware that their
own safety depends to a very great
extent upon your not getting out. Be
lieye me, if you do not know already,
there is nothing like fear for making
a good watchdog. Farewell, friend
Fairfax! You have been instrumental
in sending a good many men into dur
ance vile; you can tell me later how
you like being there yourself"
With that he went out, shutting the
door behind him. | heard the key
turn in the lock, and a bolt shot at
top and bottom. l thereupon went to
the window and examined it, only to
discover that it was made secure on
the outside by large iron bars. So far
as ! could see, there was no other way
of escape from the room.
Though l laid down on the bed did
not sleep; my Thoughts would not
permit of that, The face of the wom-
an who had trusted me so profoundly
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In our day there is a strong
hink of the stern, hard DAYS before
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ably thinks if he gives us longer
ride he will be able to charge a pro
portionately larger fee at the end.
The Partisan cabby is very like his
London brother"
He then proceeded to describe to
me an exceedingly funny adventure
that had befallen him once in Chi
cago. The recital lasted some min
utes. and all the time we were still
pursuing our way in direction eN-
actlv opposite to that which | knew
we should be following. At last |
could stand it no longer.
THE mans obviously an IDIOT" |
said, "and ! am going to tell him So"
81 shouldn't do that, Mr.. Fairfax"
said Hayle, in different voice to that
which he had previously addressed
me. 81 had my own reasons for not
telling you before, but the matter has
already been arranged. The man is
only carrying out my instructions"
What do you mean by already ar
ranged?" l asked, not without some
alarm.
II mean that you are my prisoner,
Mr.. Fairfax" he said. "You see, you
are rather a difficult person to deal
with, if ! may pay you such com
pliment, and one has to adopt heroic
measures in order to cope with you.
"Then you have been humbugging
me all this time" ! cried; "but you've
| let the cat out of the bag a little too
soon. / think I'll bid you good-by."
| was about to rise from my seat
and open the door, but he stopped me
In his hand he held a revolver, the muz'
zle of which was in unpleasant proxim-
ity to my head.
81 must ask you to be good enough
to sit down." he said. you had bet
ter do so, for you cannot help your
! self If YOU attempt to make fuss
| pledge you my word l shall shoot
you, let the consequences to myself
be what they may. You know me
and YOU can see that | am desperate
| Ny offer to those men was only bluff
l wanted to quiet any suspicious yol
might have in order that / might get
you into my hands. AS you can SEE
for yourself, l could not have sue
ceeded better than l have done. Igivt
you my word that you shall not b'
hurt, provided that you do not attemp
to escape or call for help. If you do
then you know exactly what to eX
pect, and you will have only yourself
to blame. BE a sensible man, and giv'
in to the inevitable"
He held too many cards for me.
could see at a glance that l was out
maneuvered, and that there was moth
ing to be gained by struggle.
Ten minutes later the cab came to
standstill, there was the sound of open
ing gates, and a moment later we droy
into stone-paved courtyard.
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LITTLE SLED IN THE ATTIC.

winter again; and l turn once more
To my childhood's home for holiday.
And lift the latch of the attic door
And climb its rickety, worn stairway.
Ancient umbrellas, rent and torn,
Lanterns, saddles, and horseshoes old
Trenchers and cradles, and samplers worn'
Trinkets of silver, and bits OF gold
Garments so quantity out of style,
Books and parchments, yellow ana dlm'
Tools that no workman's art begule,
And dishes no house-mother conjures In;
Through all the rubbish find my way
To my dear little brothers cherished sled;
1t has made us happy for many day.
And its sight wakes memories long since
dead
Handsome carriages built for ease,
Railway palaCe-cars, rich and grand
Steamships plowing the mighty seas
Jeweled treasures from every land
Al! from my vision pass away!
Rarest melodies cease to flow!
And the sweetest chimes that hear to-day
Are the bells of a little sled over the snow.
Never a song of the vanished years,
Full of the rhythmic notes of joy,
Car thrill my spirit or free my tears
Like the musical laugh of a happy boy.
do you not hear it--so silvery and clear,
Have you heard any other ring out Ike
his?
He Is laughing aloud in glory now,
Through thorny pathway he trod TO
bliss.
Cali me weakly, ye women white,
Laugh as ye will, stout-hearted men!
I'd give for one hour of the old delight,
All l have sought or known since then.
Q, the years! o, my brother! miss him
sore,
Who rides over pavements the angels
tread,
In the City where nobody sorrows more,
And they laugh and shine who were sad
and dead.
And VOW once more TO be pure as snow,
To tighten the burdens that others feel,
To smile when the selfish tears would flow,
And when proud and bitter TO humbly
kneel.
with my face to the morning I'll travel on;
with my brow to the stars, If l fall I'll
lie:
will so to him who will not return,
In the Land of the Holy, some by and by.
And through the grace of the One Divine,
Who bade us live as little child,
will keep my trust, l will bide my time,
Till l laugh with my brother-the unde-
filed
REV. Frances E. Townsley, in Union Sig
nal
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Walnut Catsup.

This is a nice addition to your rel
ishes. Gather the nuts while tender
enough to pierce with a large needle,
chop them up and pound in a NOR
tar; then put in a porcelain-lined ket-
tie, cover with water and cook slow
ly for two or three hours. Strain
and return to kettle and add a tea
spoonful each of ground cloves and
mace and boil down to one-third the
quantity. Fill bottles with equal
parts of the walnut mixture and
strong vinegar and seal at once. Add
a Glove of garlic with the spices and
YOU have a delicious sauce for meats.
-MashingtOn Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-07-24
Ny Strangest Case
BY GUY BOOTHBY.
Author of "Dr. KikoIa," "The Beautiful
White Devil" Pharos, The
Egyptian" Etc.
Copyrighted, 1901, by Ward. Lock & Col
CHAPTER IX.-CoNTINUED.


"In point of fact he said, Il may
say that / have travelled from Dan
TO Beersheba, and, until 1 struck
this present vein of good fortune.
had found all barren. Some day, if
/ can summon up sufficient courage,
I shall fit out an expedition and re-
turn to the place whence the stones
came, and get some more, but not
Just at present. Events have been
a little too exciting there of late to
let us consider it healthy country.
BY the way, have you heard from
our friend, Kitwater, yet?"
Il have" 1 answered, land his re-
ply is by no means satisfactory"
81 understand you to mean that he
will not entertain my offer?"
l nodded my head.
"He must have all or nothing he
declares. That is the wording of the
telegram / received"
"Well he knows his own affairs
best. The difference is a large one,
and will materially affect his in
come. VIII you take creme de minthe-
kummel or cognac?"
"Cognac, thank you," l replied, and
that was the end of the matter.
During the remainder of the even
fng not another word was said upon
the subject. We chatted upon vari-
ETY. of topics, but neither the mat
Ter of the precious stones nor even
Kitwater's name was once men
toned. l could not help fancying,
however, that the man was consider.
ably disappointed at the non-ac.
ceptancc of his preposterous offer
He had made a move on the board
and had lost it. l knew him well
enough, however, by this time to fee
sure that he had by no means de
SPARED yet of winning the game
Men of Gideon Hayle's stamp are
hard to beat.
Now" he said, when we haG
smoked our cigarettes, and after he
had consulted his watch, "tht
night is still young. What do you say
If we pay visit to a theater-thC
Hippodrome, for instance. We nigh
while away an hour there very pleas
antly, if you feel so disposed"
/ willingly consented, and we ac
cordingly left the restaurant. Once
we were in the street Hayle called {
cab, gave the man his instructions
and we entered it. Chatting pleas
antly, and still smoking, we passed
along the brilliantly illuminated
boulevards. l bestowed little, if any
attention on the direction in whicl
I'VE were proceeding. Indeed, it woulC
have been difficult to have done so
for never during the evening Aat
Hayle been so agreeable. a NOR
charming companion no man coult
have desired. 1t was only on chanc
Eng to look out the window that
discovered we were no longer in tn
gayly-lighted thoroughfares, bu
were entering another and dingie
part of the town.
"What is the matter with tn
(rivcr?" / asked. Doesn't he knoN
what he is about? This is not tn
way to the Hippodrome! He mus
have misunderstood what you said t
him. Shall l hail him and point ou
his mistaken"
"No, l don't think it is necessar
Tor you to do that" he replied
"Doubtless he will be on the righ
track ia q few Mi0utes. lie prol
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A Sidewalk Prescription.

The busy doctor was hurrying down
the street when he was stopped by
man noted for his ability to get "side-
walk" advice.
81 am thoroughly worn out, and sick
and tired. What ought L to take ?"
asked the man.
"Take a cab" replied the unfeeling
doctor.-N. Y. TimeA
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orntory Versus stenography.

"Will you please explain this pas
sage?" asked the stenographer of the
great orator. 1T does not seem to
mean anything, but l am sure l got
your words right"
THAT means, young man." said the
great orator, that you do not know
oratory when you hear it."-Indian-
apOlis News.
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EncOura ginE.

"My heart" he said, lis in this
work.
"Good," she replied. "Now if some
body would put some brains in it we
might look for results. Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
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The Sin Of
Self du19enee G
Rev. Frederick E. Hopkins,
Pastor Pilgrim con9re9 ational
Church, Chicago.

there colleges and they graduated eerson and
Websters your pulpit and Lyman Beecher there.
your homes big families OF which Franklin and
and both the Shermans and Henry
Beccher, of eight, and every genius.
WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE AMERICAN HOME AND
FAMILY? largely already children strangers
nssess They families They
hard work biggest farms these prairies
them The who draws the largest salary this country
distnctively American in sound,
sneak things prejudice the foreign
tr children believe the former days
chan m times Saviour saith
70 itself: Thou goods laid for many days.
case" is n danger of deaf"
INSTEAD OF SITTING DOWN IN OUR FURNACE
ATED, AS-LIG HTE D. TELEPHONECONNECTED
HOMES AND BEING TTIEREWITH CONTENT, TT IS FOR US
TO SEE TO IT THAT SPIRITUAL STRENGTH KEEPS PACE
WITH MATERIAL. PROGRESS
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Die srOBts Gatoefmng bes 3eitaIters
Gingetragene 9anbelsmarfe.
MOTHER SUPERIOR Wlntter Oberin)
Sober um0 Wierenz Slice.

0os grDBe 3eilmittel fir aQe 9eiben
6es Blutes, bes Magens, Der Mieren, Der
2eber, fir 8erbauungsfbnahe, @ania.
teit, Misrdne, &beumatismus, 8erfto>
pfung unb Srauenleiben. Sc tuirb aus
f~eltenen unb tbemren &rdutern bergeitent,
Iotpie aus Wur5eln unb 8lumen, tpelhe
aus Grabien, Nesbpten unb 8aldftina
importirt tuerben mii1en. Sas Mittel
piro empfoblen 6urb bic electromagnetic
! fen Ner5te Der Welt uno pirb nit Grfola
in alien &l6ftern uno BON ben Borrnher>
aieen Sbueitern %aneetpenbet.
Man beahte bic breifarbige. ROTH, tpetb
un6 crime Dber gelbe Gillette. Mon
nebme nidts anoeres.
8u baben in alien Ipptbeten. 8reis
Is Gents oas 8adet
SuedWesuiche0ffice: 443 0st-commerce.St
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.0oro : Gormalin'. (Gimer &
Mmeno). lit als antiieptiides 8abns
unb GRANDDAUGHTER uniibertrpHen. 6.
S. Shmiot, 6uuftpn, Ger, Mgent.
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MnkIi6e Mmfffdrmna

s.tsdlt bag gsOisssne Ssati@s yer, per RE-.
bielen lebrtei1en Sauitrationsn, nebIt elmer Gb.
banblnu8 iiber fniberlcfs Gben. lpsIGes bon Haantt
uno 1rdu eeleieu ,peroen ioate. llnenfbebrlid,
ftr iunge 2eute, bic fb perebeIiden molsr, posr
Hnsiiidtid, perDeirdtbet iino.
81 isi@t oerEdsbIiher gseife III ansefHbrt, tpie
man sefurne &infer aeust nno GefdisdDfsfrsss.
ME 1d,rpdd,e, merppffdt. Smpcfen,, NouuH.
pnef, llmfrrd,tbarseft. 9rabiiHn, tdma1es sc.
e1HtniB. GnersssyofT sfeit uno IranipfaeerbriIdh.
pbne fds6tlid,en WeSi,inen bdiiernb beilen tarn.
Gin tyeuer Greuno uro ipetfer sfatbeeber lift oiefes
nnib:rtretfiHe beutihe Sud. tpeISss nab En-.
plana bon Is Gts. @ofnlar1es' in ~einfahen Inns
fHlag fo-siam oerpe6t, srei 5uaeididt niro.
DEuTSCHEG HEIl-sNSTiTUT,
fa EAS1 8. STREET,
5-aDef7l CLINTON @iaee. sittc sorr. q. a.
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Nas ct. 8etersbura miro iest
tuieoer einmal berihtet. baB @raf
Tolitoi i'm Sterben lieee ober bereits
gefturben lei. DaS @eriidt BON iei<
mem 2ube erregte unaebeure Nufre.
gung inter ben ct. 8eterSbnrger
Stuoenten.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08
YACHT CLUB is HOME
manbers of the Fulton Yachting C'uo
Had Jolly Voyage-Persona'.

The Brownies play in petersburg he@'
Saturday. caorpa
1,,siand. OF Nicholson Street, is quite III
The Fulton tentins party VIII ieaSe
next Tuesday for their annual outing
a, Buckroe Beach. Rev j. l. r'ou1S'
ans n.ife of Newport News, Will CHAP
erone the party. ~,
- poi,+ are visiting relatives in Full
ton. 49,, o.+
,,.a,,,,ran+ citizens of Henrico, is quite
iii with typhoid fever 1-,o.
r5dia the little son of Mr.. Charles
1,idvell. of Denny Street, who has oeeh
III with typhoid fever. is Improving:
rho E,ilders' League of DennE-STeet
M. E. Church will meet Wednesday az
,arnoon with Mrs. Virgie England.
prosjden1 LYON G. Tyler, OF William
o,d Narv College. williamsburg, va.
tae offered Superintendent John X F'us-
coll Of the Henrico county schools, 1ou1
rraa scholarships in the historic collese.
M, russell also has the offer OF loui
scholarships at the Virginia POLYTECHNIC
Institute. at Blacksburg
The Fulton Yachting Club has returned
from the annual cruise, ano lor tie ileS.
Twelve months will give "reminiscences
IN tho instalnent plan Of the voyage.
-rhev have already perpetrated several
that are being disputed by those prone
not TO break the truth
Mrs. Captain Frank Thompson ana emil
d,an who have been visiting IN North
Carolina. have returned to their nome
on Nicholson Street.
ms. Fred L. Rice and children leave
to-day on a visit to her parents. IN
C;a,es county, North Carolina, near Nag
Head.
i,.:rlin NJ Gill, of Newport News, tor
raerlv a well known merchant OF thls
city. is visiting his daughter, Mrs. ;. "
Meredith, on williamsburg Avenue
!. w. Turner. Of Philadelphia, ana ms
| son DIR. Irwin Turner. of Titusville y.
+. are visiting John w. Turner, on Mar
| ION Hill.
| Albert Bushel and W. E. Reams nave
returned from a vacation spent in Han
| over county.
John Boulware. manager Of the Fulton
| She Company, who has been on yacht
| inc and fishing trip in Mobjack ana Ches-
apeale BAYS. returned home Friday night
lanes Walters, chief engineer OF the
| Virginia oyster steamer Accomac. is or
| a visit to his wife. on Louisiana Street.
Miss Sallie Manoley. who has been III
| is improving.
Mrs. Vince Jordan is very Ill at hei
| home on Louisiana Street
| Mrs. Rosa Jessie is i'll at the residence
| Of her daughter, Mrs. John Austin or
! Nicholson Street.