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NV cousin and | live in a little cot
taee lust large enough for two peo-
nile and a maid, with an extra 70
for an occasional visitor. The cottage
is situated in one Of the numerous
suburbs of New York.
Among other things in which we
economical were clocks. No hand
some -imepiece adorned our manteis'
| had a gilt clock, about as large
around as the watch which u great
grandfather used to carry. III cost
me Is cents: My cousin had one OF
the same make, as large as a tea
saucer, perhaps.
If we had owned watches, what
am going to tell might never have
occurred. PreocCupied as we were
with our business. and our own petty
concerns, neither of us observed the
conduct of the clocks when they were
together, although if we had looked
with all Il eyes, we probably should
not have seen anything unusual. Just
d big clock and a little clock ticking
away on the shelf.
How could we guess that they were
talking to each other and laying fOun-
dations for an intimate friendship?
After a time my cousin went away
on a vacation. | and my little clock
sailed down alone to breakfast and
were alone upstairs at night. No
friendly voice or ticking sounded
from the next room; it was quiet as
The grave.
On the fourth evening Of my soil
tude | found on retiring that my clock
had stopped. | laid it owe first on
one side, then on the other, for | re-
m~embered once having made a clock
go by turning it on its side. All to
40 purpose!
l had to so up stairs and arrange
with Nora to call me in the morning.
At the breakfast table | repeated the
shaking operation at intervals of two
or three minutes. 1t was of no avail.
There would be n or two languid
tichs, and that was all.
The next night my cousin returned.
When l told her my clock had failed
me she remarked wisely:
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THE names are st!ll missing. Please
insert them. Mr.. William Roland
Miss Florence Harr!sonl There, now
We a begin"
The magistrate had so far recovered
that he could commence the cere-
mony, which was performed very
quickly, but in strict legal form. The
usual questions were asked and an
swered, the signatures were affixed,
and in less than ten minutes the we'd
ding was over. William, deeply NOV
ed, clasped his young wife to his
heart.
Maxwell glanced toward the door,
where Ralph had appeared during the
last moment, but remained standing
motionless in order not to interrupt
the ceremony. The doctor exchanged
a few words with him in a low tone,
then turned to the young couple.
Mrs. Roland, please go to your
father. William, you can accompany
your wife. There is no fear that your
presence will disturb the sick man
don't leave her a1one now!"
A significant glance emphasized the
words. William understood that the
last moments Of Mr.. Harrison's life
were at hand, and putting his arm
around his wife he led her to her
dying father.
(To be Continued.)
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6 Those Sympathetic 1ickerS 8

ct needs cleaning, OF course. 1t
can't be worn out already"
1T is only a short time since it was
cleaned" / said. But I'll have to
take it back and find out what is the
matter"
From force of habit | took the clock
with me to breakfast the neXt morn
ing. Realizing my mistake, l gave 1t
a vicious little shake, as | set 1t in
It's usual place beside the big clock.
CHANGING up from time to time during
the meal, we saw the little thing
ticking away as %joyOusly as it ever
did.
Probably | wound it too tight, and
my shaking it SO much has finally
lossened it, so it can run again." was
my surmise.
A month or so afterward the same
thing happened again, and we laughed
about it.
The third time I did not wait for
my cousin to return, but wound up
her clock which she had left behind,
and took them both with me to break
fast. And the little clock, which re-
peated shakings had failed to set to
work. started off as joyously as ever,
and then a fourth time the same thing
occurred; only then | did not wait
until morning, but brought the big
clock into my room and set the little
one beside it on my bureau.
The susceptibility seems to be all
on the part Of the little one; the big
one is apparently Indifferent. The lit
tie one stands the separation very well
for a few days; then, apparently, the
loneliness is too much for it and the
sight Of it's big friend is necessary to
rouse it to action.
Is there a scientific reason for this
occurrence? or is it merely a coinci-
dence? Is there a process of evolution
in what we call inanimate matter and
has it just arrived at that stage when
the moral qualities are being devel-
oped and attachments are formed cor.
responding to human friendships?
My cousin and | are still asking
each other those questions.
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CHAPTER XII.

From the moment they discovered
the identity Of the two strangers all
hostility was at an end. They be-
longed to the ranks of the "libera-
tors" Besides, they loved their young
mistress as much as they feared in
Edward the stern master. The last
few months, during which he had had
the reins of government, had shown
the whole household what was to be
expected from the new master. Now
he had mysteriously vanished. Per-
haps he might even be dead. But not
a hand stirred to seek or aid him.
Besides, practical John, who never
lost sight Of any possibility, had TAX
en- care to prevent danger from the
few white men who were acting as
overseers in the fields. He had sum-
moned the whole establishment, and
briefly stated that the Union army was
marching in that direction; hat one
regiment would arrive that evening
and hold every human being in
Springfield to a strict account, il a
hair of his head or Lieutenant Ro-
lands was harmed. The composure
with which he related this fairy tale
made a strong impression, and the
rapidity Of all these incidents bewil-
dered them. No one ventured to raise
an objection when Maxwell ordered
the fastest horses to be harnessed and
the carriage brought round; but all
fastened to obey, while the doctor
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she must be ready to be married at
once.
He had at last entered with the ut
most zeal into Maxwell's bold plan,
which had at first seemed out of the
question. 1t was really the only way
to secure his bride and prevent any
later intrigues Of Edward. He had
an inviolate right to claim his wife.
Happen what might in Springfield, she
belonged to him alone. The brief de-
lay which would be caused by the cere-
mony was really not so dangerous as
it seemed. Captain Wilson could hard
ly have reached the city, and the es-
cort would not arrive before evening.
The doctors were not expected for
several hours; and as for the servants,
Maxwell's judgment Of them proved
correct.
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goat meself.' An so | got down me
ovid gun and took the goat out into
the corner of the yard and tied him
TO the fence and stood f%orninst him
to shoot him. And he gave me a kind
OF a knowing look like, and | minded
the time when he was a little goat
and played wild the children, and |
couldn't kill him looking like that. So
l took him down to the railroad tract
and hitched him between the rails
and went up behind the wall until the
express train came along. Presently
heard the train coming and | saws
TO meself: ole man, ye're gone now.
fe was a good goat in yer day. but
ye're gone now An wild that | heard
the whistle a-blowin' and the brakes
a grinding and the men hollering.
and says: What's that goat done
now" / ran to the track, and what
do you think? That old goat had
coushed up Finnegan's shirt and
tagged the train!'
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Boys Struck a Bonanza.

A Boston druggist who ven to
Maine two years ago told the farmers
and lumbermen in Tilden he would
give from 20 to so cents for every
skin of the Down East water snake
they could send him. He had a great
demand for them from customers who
made them into belts and wore them
around their waists next the skin as
g relief for rheumatism. Owing to
the retiring dispositions of water
snakes few were captured and the
druggist increased his offer to rs
cents for whole skins which were four
feet in length. Even this did not
bring as many as he wished. Then
the state of Maine placed a bounty
of IS cents a head on hedgehogs, and
all the hunters forgot the premium on
snake skins in the zeal for the new
way of earning money.
Last week while three boys were
building fires at the mouth of the
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Obeyed tho Orders.

New York Evening Sun: The story
OF the green servant girl who boiled a
watermelon is more than rivaled by
the story of the experienced girl, who
boiled the plum pudding. She was the
sort OF young person who more than
anticipated any directions with the as
surance OF her knowledge on the SUBJ
ject, SO that the woman OF the house.
hold gave her but one important hint
about the Christmas pudding. BE
careful not to let it boil down." she
said; put plenty Of water in tho ko&-
tie, and keep putting more in a. 1t
boils out" "Yes'm," was the response.
There was no doubt but that she
obeyed that injunction to the very let
ter. She had put in plenty OF water
and she had added more from time to
time. But another little item she had
neglected-she had not put the pud-
ding into a bag.
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LEAVING BOTH DIGNITY AND DINNER

proceeded to exchange the courtesies
already mentioned with his esteemed
friend, MIR. Thompson.
Florence was sitting on a sofa, with
William standing beside her-both in
the greatest agitation and excitement
when the gentlemen entered. Doc
tor Maxwell, however, was calmness
itself, when he made the necessary in
Productions
Lieutenant R~oland-the bridegroom
you already know the bride, Miss
Harrison. William, l have the pleas
ure OF presenting to you the justice
OF the peace, Mr.. Thompson, who, with
the Utmost readiness to oblige, in
stantly consented to crafty your
wish"
William looked at the magistrate,
whose pale face and shaking knees
distinctly showed how he had been
induced to show, this Wanted oblig-
ingness. The affair, which afforded
his friend a malicious satisfaction, was
extremely painful to him.
Calm yourself, SIR" he said, ap-
preaching him. you are perfectly
safe. Neither you nor your compan-
ion needs fear. l deeply regret that
we were forced to put the request in
such a form, but the circumstances
compelled 1t. AS soon as the wedding
Is over, you can return to the city"
The old gentleman again breathed
freely. He had imagined the lieuten-
ant a far more terrible parsonage than
the doctor, and now he proved to be
the more humane of the two. But Mr..
Thompson preferred to place himself
close to Miss Harrison as quickly as
possible. II he stood close by her
side, no n could fire at him.
Meanwhile, Maxwell had given the
marriage contract, which had been
handed to him, a brief, yet thorough
scrutiny, and now again laid 1t on
the table.
Everything is correct!" he said.
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For the MoneyIess Man.

This poem was written by Henry
Stanton, born in Alexan-
drla, Va, in 1884, and a resident at
the time the poem was written of
Maysville, Ky.
Is there no secret place on the face of
the earth
Where charity dwelleth, where virtue
Where b9soms in mercy and kindness
And the poor and the w9etched shall ask
and receive?
Is there no place at all where a knock
from the. poor
VIII bring, an angel to open the door?
Oh! search the wide world, wherever
you can,
There is no open door for a moneyless
Go look in yon hall where the chande-
lier's light
Drives off with it's splendor the dark
ness of night;
Where the rich hanging velvet, in shad-
owy fold,
Sweeps ming gracefully of 1dd down with its trim
And the mirrors of silver take up and
renew
In long lighted vistas the 'wildering
view;
Go there at the banquet and find if you
can
A welcoming smile for the moneyiess
Go look In yon church Of the cloud
reaching spire,
Which gives back to the sun his same
look of fire,
Where the arches and columns are gorg-
eous within,
And the walls seem as pure as a soul
without sin;
Walk down the long aisle-see the rich
and the great.
In the pomp and the pride Of their
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LIKED HIS "NlP.'


Not a Whiskey, but a Conee
Give coffee half a chance and WIZ
some people it sets its grip nalu
fast. up to a couple OF Yeas
says a business man of Brooklyn,
Y, 81 was as constant a coffee u'.n
err as it was possible to be, inoeeu' a -
craving for coffee was equai "snin
Of a drunkard for his regular Wy
and the effect Of the coffee ufus
my system was indeed deploraU .o,o
my skin lacked it's natural y,
my features were pinched auu -
nerves we're shattered to such o.. /
tent as to render me very irrl'S0." =.
also suffered from palpitation OF ~
heart. -ead
1T was while in this condition ol l
an article about Postum Food ~
and concluded to try it. IL A.
longe before Postu mhad eh.i oose4
stroyed my raging passion 10. ..ire,
and in a short time | had e's.,,u,
given up coffee for delicious Us 80
"The change that followed "scrjbs
extraordinary l am unable 10 tint
it: Suffice it to say, hoWe'o.d
all my troubles have disappe a,n .sd
am my original happy sci asa n,eas
on the whole the soothing anu .,n d
ant effects produced by my enah
Postum make me feel 1.otion,
have been landed at another - m,
mot long ago | converted one sow 4
friends to Postum and he mi
loud in it's praise IS am. N Czech
nished by Postum Co., ba''i'
Mich. ,orv o
Look in each package lor noad d
the famous little book. Inc
Wellville."
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cave at the end Of Beech Hill pond
and trying to cmoke out a O Of
h~edgehogs which were inside. thew
noticed that water snakes were swim.
ming down the brook which energies
from the cave. 1t was then that thay
remembered the price paid for snake
skins. and for two hours they piled
green brush on the fire and killed
snakes. paying no heed to the choking
~nedsehogs which ran by them to gain
fresh air. The smoke filed the cav.
ern SO thoroughly that the snakes
abandoned their den to fall under tho
Clubs or their slayers.
In two days more than four hmm.
dred snakes were slain and their
SKINS sent to Boston by express. Three
days later the druggist who cvred
rheumatism wired the shipper that he
mad all the snake skins he could rse
ior a year, and asked that no more be
sent as he would not pay for them.
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CHAPTER X.-(Continued.)
SS:SSSSSSS

ANhS 81 NSoiNahoSN.y
Il hope, sir, that you are not ven
turing upon a Jest with me, the JUS
tice of the peace! How does it hap
pen that you have anything to do with
such matters? Who is this Roland,
and what does Mr.. Harrison say to
the AFFAIR.""
Nothing at all, because for the
moment he is in a very uncomforta-
BILE situation, which prevents any pro-
test. But, as to my authority, allow
me to show it to you"
The barrel Of a revolver was sud-
denly presented to the old gentleman,
who. with a cry of terror, fed to the
recess of the window, leaving both
dignity and dinner in the lurch. The
clerk, on the contrary, who had lis
tened with mouth wide open, sat as if
paralyzed with terror.
Help! Murder. Robbers!" shouted
Mr.. Thompson; but terror so stifed
him that the cry sounded a piteous
wbimper.
Don't scream, sir" said Maxwell,
quietly. 1--WE can come to a friendly
agreement. AS | said, the point in
question is merely a wedding. The
bridegroom is my friend, Lieutenant
William Roland. | have the pleasure
of presenting myself to you as Doc
tor John Maxwell, both of the Union
army, which will arrive here in a few
hours"
THE whole Union army" exclaim-
ed Thompson, with a fresh outburst of
horror.
No: not the whole ~army-there
would scarcely be room for it on the
plantation-but our regiment. l told
you during our drive that the troops
were marching in this direction. But
We desire, for certain reasons, to. have
the ceremony performed first. The
bride and groom are ready, and I hope
you will be, too. I place myself at
your disposal as a witness, your clerk
will be the second witness, and / sup
pose you brought the marriage con-
tract with you. We can use it at
once."
unprecedented Impossible !"
groaned the justice, who now came
forward again. His clerk had recov-
cred from his stupor so far as to fly
from the range of the revolver. He,
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worldly estate;
Walk down in your patches and find II
you can,
Who opens a pew for a moneyless man.
Go look to your judge in his dark fow-
ing gown,
With the scales wherein law weigheth
equity down;
Where he frowns on the weak and smiles
on the strong,
And Furnishes right while he justifes
wrong:
Where jurors their lips to the Bible have
laid
To render a verdict they've already
made;
Go there in the courtroom and find II
Any law for the cause OF a moneyless
man.
Co., look in the banks, where Mammon
and gold;
Where, safe from the hands of the starv.
Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore;
Walk up to their COunters-ah, there you
may stay
TIL your limbs shall grow old and YOU,
hair shall turn gray,
And you'll find at the bank not one Of
the clan
With money to lend to a moneyless man.
Then go to your hovel-no raven has fed
The wife who has suffered too long for
her bread;
Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the
death frost
From the lips of the angel your poverty
lost;
Then turn in you agony upward to God
And bless while it smites YOU the chas-
tening rod;
And you'll find at the end Of your life's
little span
There's a welcome above for a money.
less man.
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The Teacher Won

Hinton, KY, Nov. For ov..
years two Of the best pbvsici...
this part of the State have bas, :.
ing Mr.. e. J. Thompson, a NAVY
local school teacher, for D.h.
They told him that but little cons
done to help him. He made nv
mind to try a new remedy I'll
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and saws. i
They saved me when the do,]
held out no hope. | took in all N
ten boxes. | will always praise NM,
Kidney Pills for the great goOd 4
have done for me-"
Many people, and some pbysid,,
still persist in the belief that Di.hu
is an incurable disease. Our te,A
Mr.. Thompson, says it is curabe
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured him a
two good physicians had treated i
for two years without success.
A remedy that will cure Diabs
will surely cure any case Of Kid,
Trouble.
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Goat Deserved to Live.

Mike Nolan was smoking comfor-
tably in his yard in East Burlington
n evening and a friend of his was
leaning rel the fence talking to him.
AS his eyes ranged over the yard he
caught sight of the old billy goat.
Mike" says he, 81 see you have
the goat yet"
oh. yes" says Mike.
Il thought you said you'd kill the
goat"
Sure, and I did, but I will tell you
how it was" answered Mike. IL came
home the other night from me work
and me wife say to me: What do
you think the goats done now?' L
dunno says l. He's chewed up Fin
negan's red shirt that his wife had
hung On the line to dry, and Finne-
gan says he'll kill the goat if you
don't do it wourself.' I Y I'll
not have Finnagan or any other man
lay hands on that goat; I'll kill the
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RIDDLES AND HORSE HAIR.
Material for Bows Comes Mostly Frt
Germany and Russia.

There is a vast amount OF hors
hair annually used in the Unlteq
States for making and repairing No
lin, violincello and bass vial bows
said a dealer in such materials to tn
writer recently. "All OF the nan
comes from Germany and Russia, y
which countries the tails of horses IN
generally allowed to grow much long
er than here. The foreign mar
also coarser in texture and tougher
than that which grows on the Amer
lea nhorse, and these qualities MAKE
the imported article more VaNlaosI
than the domestic product is Tor tsI
purpose.
There are only two kinds OF nos.|
hair suitable for making bows, ANU
they are Of the white and black 'ale
ties. The former is used for mahas|
violin bows, and the latter, winch y
heavier and stronger, is the BEST nav
rial for making bows for cello Sua|
bass viols, because it bites the ialsa
strings better. The imported naf y
put up in hanks, thirty-six inches lons
which is five or six inches longer w..
the standard violin bow. A nam .
sufficient for a violin bow, WINE ".
hanks are required to hair a ceiD
bass vial bow. There are aoou. w
and one-half ounces Of hair IN a nal'
which is worth from 20 10 oV '"''
Ne WORK Mail and Express
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too, took refuge in the window recess,
where he We'd with his employer in
trembling.
MAY / request you to let me see
the document?" asked Maxwell.
But it contains the name Of Ed
ward Harrison" said the magistrate,
desperately.
We'll erase it and put William Ro-
land In its place."
But that won't do"
ut must do! l most %ceurteously
beg you fer It,"
A movement OF the revolver gave
this courtesy the necessary emphasis.
Mr.. Thompson tried to hide behind his
clerk, and the latter, with a trembling
hand, drew out a paper which he held
like q shield toward the oppressor.
Space for the names has been left"
he stamnered. They were to be fill
cd In at Springfield"
Excellent! Then there is nothing
to be erased. Calm yourself, Mr..
Thompson. I assure you that 1 have
the highest regard for you, and have
told my friend SO much about you that
he, too. holds you in great esteem.
Permit me again to apologize for dis
turbing you, but there is nothing to
prevent your continuing your meal as
soon as the ceremony 10 over. So. II
rou please"
The gentlemen did not look as II
they were inclined to follow. They
left the window with evident reluc-
tance. but they did. leave it and, I'M
der Maxwell's escort. went to the
drawing-TOem.
Here they found William with Flor
ence. the latter alf-bewildered by the
rapidity with which events had fol-
lowed each other. While waiting in
terrible anxiety for news, her imag-
ination conjuring UP the most terri
bic possibilities, Roland suddenly
stood before her, free and unframed,
and in harried words told her that
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NEW HIGH SPEED epAv.
QUICK WORK Or ;,
A Train Running Eighty MIL.
Was Stopped in a.oao
Brake Men Give Som. ,,,''
Figures. "ea1

At a recent convention =,
men an interesting report as
scented, showing how the A.. sa
quired for the stopping a. .'saaal
been reduced by the new Ga'
brake. ulsa y
A train running eighty :,
hour was stopped in 2,24O ,a m !
high speed brake at 10 nonnss y
ordinary pressure of 70 mus q
exactly half a mile to b rauaa
stand. Other train speeds ss
tions in stopping djstaroaa y
these: Fifty miles an bour
to 700 feet; ffty-fve miles AOa :
l,O95 to $50 feet; sixty miles .. !, !. :
1000 feet; sixty-ive milas 10y
1880 feet; seventy-five mila. - : "
l,S4O feet.-Elmira Gazette =
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Repair Shop Persiflaae.

81 lead a hard life" said the eusd
wheel.
so do l." said the file. 81 am d
against it all the time"
Poverty Expresses me-" said q
tire pump. Il never can blow n.
self"
Quit your growing" said the /
jured sprocket. You put my teeth 3
edge"
What a bore" said the drill.
And the seance closed with a spi
level. 1t was on the square.-Auton
bile Magazine.
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Grymes-"Why do you always go to
that particular barber?" Ukerdek-
II is bald an egg" Grymes-"What
OF that?" Ukerdek-"He cannot ad-
wise me to use a hair ~restorer,"
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WHS'
les en- art Il
Ion How VIC &c
b to Man ian
lore or ate !;
|, thinking
/ little spo'
OF u
Nc mo v
until after
doubt he -
|old thing
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Does yo1
Der your
h@e ard
tSt
me- If
he cure
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|, Cstarrh cure cure
I ysendfor tcS'
! w. i. ,
.vall DrqgSils .
Family Pills I
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