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H^8*3" K?'(l Wclsted,
e hud been
aim by <>f our party. "Well,
ju that she wasn't
. lirirtened so. 1 hiring the first three
years of her career I wasn't very well
acquainted with her- in fact, never
luid eyes on her. Hut untij tho end
w or Hint pcuoil slio was Known as wr
M-?, dio; so .rill informed. Bmlie Ti-edloo
wus her mil name. I'll tell you how
she camo to be called 'Baby Balloon.
\ "
Tho young nersou to whom ho referred
was a lovely girl of 18. with
dark lmir, serious eyes, fresh healthy
color in her cheeks,''and a lithe figure,
so graceful and bouyant that you
might easily have expected her to
lloat away if a particularly strong
brcezo should happen to blow across
tho seaward looking veranda < f the
hotel at liccfer's Point, where we sat
talking. The idea that she might he
wafted off l>y a breeze would bo cs
pecially ant to occur to you when vou
saw her mincing in tho great parlor,
as she frequently did of evenings.
And I rather thought that handsomo
Joo Terrill (one of our younger
friends), who danced with her a great
deal, would not havo objected to her
k floating away if ho could havo been
K allowed to lloat. with her. To be
K plain, Joo was in love with Miss TrcdK
Joe, or, as tho colonel called her,
9 "Baby Biflloon." Joo Terrill had
ft plenty of money, but ho was not satisA
lied with that; ho wanted Miss Trad*
Bf 1 nc xv-nll l.? <lw1 llw.
B honor to conflclo this to mo one day, I
said to liini, ""Wliy in the world, then,
jsT don't you usk her to marry you'f"
F "Well," ho replied, "I don't feel nt
all suro that she cares enough for uie
to tako mo just for myself. I don't imagino
she would want mo just for my
money either. Th? long and tlx# short
of it is, I don't amount to enough.
My money came to mo by inheritance,
so that's nothing to my credit Ann
I haven't dono anything of importance
in the world except just to he horn and
to jnhorit this wealth. Now if 1 ha<]
only dono somo great action or made
a name for myself, I might possibly
expect to win her. My notion is she
wants a hero. Oh, by Jovo!?that's a
good idea. If I could rescuo her from
.^a mad dog or an angry bull, or savo
her- from drowning, then sho'd bo
suro to havo me." < .
gfeft f~ TZ 1-T q-t
enough fb bo just, at a moment when
we oro not prepared to copo with them'
So, not being" ablo to impress these
animals into ms serwioe, Tcrrill peH
sistently took MissTrodloo out cailin'gj
as if with a view to soma- opportune
marine disaster. It.-xvfld .positively
amusing to notico how lvo dogged hei<
footsteps with a design on'her life?
not tlio design of destroying it, but of
preserving it, so that she nbglit share
it with him. !
But to return to Col. Welstpd. His
declaration that he had not known the
young lady for the first three ycafrs <jf?
her existcneo seemed rather strange,
considering that sho looked upon him
as a father, and that wo all considered
him in that light, notwithstanding the
ditferenco in their names,, vile cxnlnino/1
<l?io ? *
, itiiO, IIUUV.:\V.I, 1X1 mg^ CUlirbU
of tlio storv which he proceeded to
narrate. That Story is tho one I am
going to tell hero.
Col. Jack Welstotl was a tall, siuewy
man with gaunt checks, and had a
long reel mustache that drooped and
slanted over tho cornel's of his mouth
like a pennant hanging idly from the
staff on windless day. lie was also celebrated
as a crack rifle .shot, lie could
. bring down almost anything on the
wing, and could hit all sortsof marks,
at all ranges.^ But his certainty of aim
with tho rifle*did not seem to help him
when ho oamo to lovo matters, lie
failed to come anywhere near touching
tho heart of the iady whom he loved.
Evelyn Carter rejected him, and married
another man, who was a great
deal handsomer than tho colonel, but,
X regret to say, not nearly so good.
Then Col. Jack went oil" on his
travels, carrying his.liro arms with
him. 1 le made innumerable hunting
trips, and shot endless numbers of
df'i'f rjlliliil-: I-?n#?lrv TVIntinlnin rr,\nia
wild cats, ducks, prairie liens and even
alligators. For a long time it seemed
as it lie was trying to wreak on these
unfortunato creatures tlio disappointment
of his affections. Put nil to no
purpose. Ho could not forget Evelyn -r
and so far as ho could see ho was as
much in lovo with her as ever. Thus
it was that about four years after her
marriage ho caino wandering down to
this popular self shore resort of
Reefer's Point, where wo were now
otaying, and wlicro lio now told us
the story. Lots of other people canio
there for their health or for amusement.
Tlio colonel canio becauso ho
did not know what clso to do; and although
there was not much shooting
to bo lmd at Reefer's, ho was constantly
seen carrying his rillo about
with liim, in Iho crowds about tho
hotel, or uloug (ho lonely beaches, or
in the boat which ho hired Den Pivcr
topsail for liim up and down und
across thointet, or sometimes well out
hi. i
to sea. Fleoplo laughed at liim a little,
good' naturally, for Jugging tho gun
with him on all occasions. But ho
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WiMWlAXM-?jr WVIU^IIUU IV It. 11U VVUrt U
lonwy niafl, and the riflo washisprincipaXdompanibn.
When ho was in a
romantic mood ho would pat Iho stock
or tho fin? "twist" barrel of tho gun
affectionately with his hand, remarking,
"This riflo, sir, is my brido, and
Jiho nover talks except when I want
her to." At that remark his friends
would nrivately laugh more than over.
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SCK)ll UlSfOVClHHl, US 1 SIUUtM c
^HTy demonstrate, that his roinan- { c,
^HFTachmcnl to the gun wasn very |
Vly/lhing, which rendered him and I j:
Pw-t:;in other ]iersotis on unexpected p
lndf importance Scrvico. rt
jLitlle Birdie Trodloe, Uicn a bright,
brown iiuired child of 8, was a great c
favorite umCng tho visitors at the"
Reefer's Point hotel, whither sho had n
been brought by her widowed mother ^
U? recover from the effects of a severo .<
illness that had lasted several weeks, f
All the old tallies and old gentlemen j
atxVit the place, ami even souio of the
young ones, wore fond of talking with (
her and jictting her. But Col. Juck s
Welstcd, if he had seen her at nil. did
not appear to have notieed lier. He |
was much given to solitude, and did |
not s[ r.d much of his time o.i the
hotel i !:i7.7.n. Moreover, although fond ,
of children, he could not-help rciufiti- ,
hering l'.is disappointment n> i;ui L .,
ii'.g able to marry lSvelyn Carter, and j
the sight'of"a pretty child frequently
made him melancholy by reminding (
liitn l'.o lnul nunn of liis own .
Besides, ho had been at tho hotel only
two or three days when the important '
event connected with Birdie took |
place. It is certain that he had not ,
once seen her with her mother, and (
did not even know her name.
One afternoon when a brisk wind 't
was blowing otF shore, tho colonel
had gone out in his boat with lien j
Pivcr, hiking his gun as usual, and |
promising himself a shotatsonio stray ,
sen gull if lie could flnd 110 bettor j
game. Some of the visitors were bathing
on tho beach, others wcro sitting |
on tho steamboat wharf, and some j
were promenading in front of the <
hotel; whilo n group of children at tho ]
Indian teyt, not far away. were buy-,
ing bead moccasins ontl birch bark
baskets. Tho veranda was crowded,
and Mrs. Trcdloo was sitting there ]
with little Birdie, when benevolent ^
old Dr. Haygood hanpened along, and
asked tho widow if lio might take the
child down to tho tent to buy something
for her. Mrs. Trcdloo consented,
and tho old gentleman and his little
companion descended tho steps together.
Beforo they had reached the
tent, and as they were walking along
the high ground close abovo the
water, they met an Italian peddler
who had a couple of dozen toy balloons
for sale, all fastened by long
strings to u stick, and bobbing merrily
in tho air above his head.
"Oh, beautiful big apples!" exclaimed
Birdie, rapturously, her
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spurivimg fji's t>n inu lurgu uiuatic
crimson globes, which sho seemed
to mistake for fruit. "Givo Birdie
one?"
Dr. Ilaygood liegan to bargain with
the Italian, and took tho stick from
him to select u balloon from the bunchy
llis small friend was delighted, imag^
ining sho was to have tho entire
bunch.
"All?all for me!" sho cried, and
clapping her hands, slio- stretched
them out toward tho coveted treasure
of the dancing air globes.
This so amused tho kind hearted
doctor that ho resolved to humor her,
for a moment at any rate. So gathering
tho long strings together, ho tied
them around Birdie's waist, then lot
go, and tho balloons ull lloatcd up
around nnd abovo her head and shoulders,
making a gay spcctaclo of her.
The doctorand the Italian both stood
by, smiling at her satisfaction, when
suddenly to their amazement, a strong
gust of wind caused all the balloons to
swav to ono side, sweeping Birdio olf
' i --A.H ? *
-- -lappcncd SO Ui.iu.\ji*:olcu]y {hat,
before they could do anything to prevent,
tho light little creature was
borno away by tho cluster of fantastic
looking crimson balls, up and oil" over
tho water. And ns the wind was otf
shore, it seemed inevitable that sho
would bo carried by it across tho
mouth of tho inlet straight out to sea.
"Great heavens!" shouted the doctor
in helpless horror.
T1 10 Itali an, smitten with despair at
tho loss of his balloons, began a frenzied
dance, at tho same time exclaiming
to the unhappy old gentleman,
"\ou payee rne-a for all-athose-a! you
payco alf-a!"
'1 he bathers in tho water ohser-rerl
tho extraordinary sight of a liltlo girl
cheerfully sailing through tho air
with her improvised llying machine,
and stood guniug upward in amazement.
Everybody on shoro became
awaro of tho catastropho iT> an instant,
and began* running to and fro in a
hubbub. Mrs. Tredloc, ou tho voranda,'
fainted, and Dr. Ilaygood
was called up to restoro her, while
tho Italian vainly tried to keep one
eyo on him for security of payment,
and to follow with his other eye tho
Hight of the balloons in tho opposite
direction.
A dozen men hurried to tho water's
edge, launching row boats and sail
I boats, with which they tried to chaso
th.c shadow of Birdio and the balloons,
so as to be on hand at tho right spot
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hucijuvu oiiu miuuui urop into llic
water. But it was p. hopeless pursuit, i
"?ho don't show any si^n of dropping1,"
shouted Mr. Middleby, who was i
steering tho foremost boat. "She (
moves through tho nir faster than wo j
can get over tho water; and unless i
thoso air bags cxplodo or fall olf sho
will be swept so far from land that wo
never shall get her."
All at onoo help camo from an un- ,
foreseen quarter, and ono at least of t
tho balloons did cxplodo. It happened '
in this way: Col. Wclstcd's big cat- i
boat was seen rounding tho point,
with tho wind on her beam, preparing 1
to tack into tho harbor. Ben Piver at
tho helm uttered n startled cvy. ,
"That's tho queerest gomo "bird that ^
I ever sec," ho declared, pointing up
in tho air with a big yellow thumb, j
<
"It's got shoes and a shirt and about ]
twenty-flvo heads, I should judge, but <
no wings." I
Tho colonel was on tho alert, hut '
tho strango object in tho air was somo t
distanco uwny, and so unlike any fly- '
ing thing they had ever seen Ixjforo (
that it took both men two or threo <
minutes to comprehend what It wus. i
Even then tlicy could not account for 1
it. They did not fully understand rj
wimt imu Happened. nut Uol. Jack t
mado up his mind that, whoovcr the t
girl was or however alio had got into
that situation, she was not in tno right
place for a child of her age. And thero
was only one way to get her out of it. t
Ho raised his rifle and let fly. But r
tlio motion of his catboat and tho r
progress of tho balloons through tho t
air mado it vory difllcult for him to c
tako a suro aim. Tho first shot had 1
noelTect. Bon Piver gave a short dis- c
gustcd laugh. Tlien tno colonel g.ew o
"mad." Ho perceived now that tho t
harbor was full of boats coming out t
towurd him. uud that there was a bur r
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ruwu on tnc Miore wuicinug r.ie projodings
"If i don't hit this timo,r said lio to
ton, r,s ho | I-afresh cartridge into *"
lie brooch, "my - renutAliont gono. ,
lid I leave Reefer's Point to-night."
Crack! went the second shot. The ' w
rowd and Ben hoard its mournful
'wlioo" as it sjied through the bright
ir; uud almost instantly one of the *w
>allooii3 collapsed .and shriveled up. ^
Ui audible cliccr camo blowing out
Yom the iieople on blioro and in the
louts, and Col. Jack loaded again. * V
But-just imagine how Mrs. Trcdloo ?
vlt when she saw that pull' of gun f*
moke from the oat boat, und realized
hat some one was liringat Birdie I Bhe J"
md Windy rocovoml from her minting
il when this happened. "Belter to ,
ct Iter drown or blow away boyoiul
ccovery than do that," she gas(>cd in P
ingutsh. "Why, it is tnurdcrl Can't
my one stop that man from shoot- ?
"iff" ' i
Dr. Ilaygood and her friends tried ^
o explain the matter to hor, but she
a in ted again lieforo they could do ;,o, . j,
md it was lucky for her that sho bc ame
unconscious, because tho gal- ant
colonel was blazing away again
(Villi his ritlo at closer range. An;ther
of the balloons was punctured, j
md seemed to vanish. Col. Jack's r
:atboat all the time drew nearer to a
>pot 011 the water just below tho hov- 8
ring baby, who n^ifejiung susjiended. c
fortunately very close to a long sand
ipit that jutted out into the inlet just (
beyond the harbor's mouth. t
Une nioi-c shot finished off a third (
balloon, an there wero not enough left '
in tho bunch new to hold Birdie up. (
Slowly steadily, softly, she began to j
descend, precisely as if she Wero being j
let downward by <#\>air of arms ruov- .
injf gently, ami in a fow minutes Ool. j
Jack bad the satisfaction of seeing her (
sink quietly and comfortably down
on the sand heap, with tho remaining ,
balloons still fluttering around her
like so many Hugo bubbles of gor- ,
gcous color. .
His boat was tho first to i-each tho J
point of sand. Ben Piver leaped out. |
ran to the child, and turping, waved j
his hat as lie shouted to tho assembled
fleet, "Gent lemon, sho's alive and kick* ,
ing!". whereat another cheer arose,
lon? and loud. ,j
Col. Jack all but wept over tho (
child as ho caught her up and kissed (
her. But Birdie, on landing amid tlip ,
sand, had calmly and unconcernedly
begun playing with it. Her hands
wero full of little shells. "Deso for
momma," sho remarked, cheerfully.
Ho hurried her iuto his boat, antL
sailed oack to mo wnari, accompanied
by tlio rest of tho fleet. There was a
tremendous press of men and women
on tho wharf. Mr. Middleby, who received
Birdio as sho was handed up,
started to rush with her to her mother.
But, strangely enough, in the crush
and confusion of tho crowd, ho missed
his way, and stepping accidentally over
tho side, fell with a plungo into tho
water, carryingBirdioaloug with him.
The colonel and Ben Piver were overbourd
in a moment, and soon had
her safe ashore; so that before tlioy
brought her to Mrs. Tredloo she
had been rescued twice. Some
0110 had run . ahead to tell
tho poor mother that Birdio was
all right. With Dr. Haygood's help
sho rose up 011 her couch to welcome
tho littlo maiden back; and us the colonel
entered with Birdio in his arms
thcro was a cry of recognition on both
sides.
"Jack Wclstcdl" exclaimed tho .
as Tor uoi. Jack, fid sioou
irom liirdio to her mother, in whom
he beheld his lost .love, formerly Evolyn
Carter. Her husband, Mr. Tredloo,
had died not long after Birdio was
born: but Col. Jack had known nothing
about this, having heard no news
of them for three years or moro.
Tlio cud of it was that CoL Jack
Wclsted and Mrs Tredloo were married
boforo tho season at Reefer's Point
was over, and that was how lie came
to bo tho stepfather of "Baby Balloon."
All this happened soino fifteen years
umuiu uur uuuversauon Willi tlio col- I
oncl that evening on the* piazza. The
day after ho hau recited the circumstances
to us, Joo Tcrrill came to him
and said: "Colonel, 1 was very much
interested in tho story y ju told us last
night, but it spoiled a little plan* of
nnno. I have been intending to savo
Miss Birdie's lifo myself as soon as I
could get a good chance to do so, proeiratory
to usking her to marry mo.
ut as I found you had already saved i
her lifo twieo, fifteen years ago, tho t
wind seemed to have been taken clean
out of piy sails. It occurcd to mo that .
if I wero to attempt saving her again I
might bo overdoing matters. Bo I i
havo spoken to her today, and 6ho i
agrees with me. Slio says it's no use
my waiting around to rescue her. bo
causotho opportunity -might not occur
in a long wliile, and sho lias consented
to marry mo if you'll givo your approval.
Will you?'" i
Col. Jack gavo it "I'm glad I I
saved you tho troublo, Joo," said Ihc. ?
"It's bard enough to win a good wo- <
man's lovo anyway, and if you've ]
lone that much, you'vo dono enough '
lo suit ino."?Gcorg) Parsous Latbrtjp
in Harper's Bazar. 1
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Curious if True.
Mr. A. D. King, a well known law- ^
per of Orillia, lost his lifeon tho Grand
CVunk railway. Ho had been away .
>n business; and on returning got off ;
,lie train while it was in motion. Initead
of getting oif at tho station side .
no took the wrong side of the train
uid had hardly touched tho ground
when ho slipped and fell so that his c
two legs wcro run over by tho Pull- r
man car. Ho died in twenty-threo
hours. Tho accident took ulaco at 2
>'clock in tho morning, and at day- 0
light a brother of tho dying man r
Irovo a few miles out from the station
to tell his father of tho sad business. I'
To his surprise ho found his father up
uid dressed awaiting for him. ?
'Whcro's Daniel ?" eagerly asked the
)ld gentleman. "I saw him about 2
j'clock or a little after. IJo came to f
ny window and rapped at it. I saw {
urn tnreo times and spoko to him 1" ?
Cho grief of tlio father on learning of ?
ho sad affair was very great.?Mon- ^
real Witness.
Tbe nnnchbaok'i Fortune.
Tlio Mon to Cristojtreasurcs left by
hejluto William Keane, the hunchback '
lewsboy, have about reached their "
naximum. Sinco the discovery of *
ho $2,050 in his room and the box "
ontainintr bonds and stocks worth at ?
cast $18,000, his brotliers have been y
n tbo alert for the development of v
jiothcr mino of wealth. Another w
>ox belonging to the deceased was P
ound, but it contained nothing but P
apere.?6t. Louis Republic, 01
of llto Fellow* Who y
"Sw Ortnl It nofor?." I
It is dificull to dwell iu love and .
nlty win the men who inevitably j
ms yourf.JboHt story with the rcmarlL ,
Yes,* I w hoard that before" antl |
ho lnvsjKnbly has seen hi thp paper ,
ha(e veiwoj >inlon you have to offer ,
pon any |of ttfe momentous questions :
r the oat \ i
UpstirJmt| one of this kidney, lie ,
ad exm>";wailed Fogg repeatedly, until
)rbearunc<>(\tud ceased lo bo a virtue;
ut Fbffg \Vns pretty hard 011 Upstir
rhoh no did strike buck?though, to
3II the truth,' U|?stir hadn't souse
nougK to Utiow what'a rough linn*
ling ho was getting. But -wo antidote/
Fogg?It is u remarkable fact that
attle, when oXjioscd to tho weather,
tivariaoly fore-tho wind,- which if
hoy turned "their backs to* it would
>low under their hair and chill them.
Upstir? Yes, 1 saw tliul in tho puiier
ast evening.
After un. interval Fogg has some
hing to say about tho turilF. _
"pay what you will, no system of
mpost duties run be |>eniiunent which
Iocs not recognize tlid. rights of tho .
nosscs."
Upstir?That's just what Blcnkin
op says In his tivatiso .on "Coinmoriial
Equities."
Fogg (with ovil in his heart) ?
iVhen Georcro "WasUintrton arrived on
he field of Waterloo tlio First Michigan
cavalry, which was nearly dccinated,
reformed spontaneously at the
tight of their beloved chief, and in an
ncrediblv tvoWHimo they had drivon
ho Paynuh host into diro confusion
ind took several thousand prisonors,
ncluding the rcpowncd cavalier Kosdusko.
Upstir?Yes, that is word for wprd
svhat Bancroft says in his history.Fogfl^?And
sneaking of ce??v.r#minds
mo that it is tho custom otftlfo
plains for the mon to ride with th?r
[aces to the horses1 tails, in ordenrftat
the enemy may not advance too closely
to their rem*.
Upstii^?f saw that in tho paper the
ather day.
Fogg?It is n very interesting fact
that on the plains tho men frequently
beoomo lost in tlio thick for-*
csts which everywhere abound; a
squadron of horso has been known to
wander for years, withoqt food or
water, vainly endeavoring to extricate
themselves. The trees ou tho plains,
you must know, grow to an immense
height and are so close together that
it is impo^ibje for a snako to pass between
tpom. . it will therefore ho seen
that tho men; as thoy wandered
through these impassable giant
?;royvtns, must suffer untold agony
rora the sun, whicli beats down upon
them unmercifully.
Upstir?What a memory you have,
Mr.- Fogg! You quote from Parkbom's
"Great West almost verbatim,
Fogg had his revenge and tho rest
of the company wero scarlot with
merriment; out Upstir was quite unconscious
of the fool he was making
of himself. On tho contrarv. lie crow
prouder of himsolf every moment.
What is the use of trying to stab n
rhinoceros to death with a toothpick?
?Boston Transcript
, The Adjutant Dlnl.
Talking of*adjutant birds, I heard
a good story from Mr. Richards of the
Baptist mission at Lujcolola. It seems
^ a l'l trtahfail^teto
^5r '.viLa?u) alnuuii, which roamed
about the station, with clipped wings,
in company with monkeys, parrots
and other- pets, among them a kitten
belonging ;lo Mr. Comber. One day
this kitten' was heard mowing pitoously,
thotigh it was nowhere to be
seen. At last, noticing that the sounds
appeared to he proceeding from the
adjutant who was standing with his
beak wide dpen, as though on gaged in
swallowing something, with an effort,
Mr. Comber walked up to him,
and looking down his throat saw the
end of the Kitten's tail about to disappear.
Thereupon bo grasped tho tail
and hauled tho kitten out still alive.
Mr. Richards told mo that the truth
of this story had been doubted in England
: for my part I see no reason to
disbelieve it, and would recommond
those who do to pay a visit to tho Zoo
and insneot tho adinfant*
1 have seen on" the Congo held their
heads ad high as- a tall man and had
beaks and throats of enormous capacity,
adapted?like those of pelicans
and other birds which lead a similar
life?to the catching and swallowing
wholo of large fish. The Luteto adjutant,
I am told, on another occasion
swallowed a small dead monkey entire..
As for the kitten?it is a well
known fact that cats have nine lives 1
?Blackwood's Magazine.
Mistaken About the Boric.
The other day one ot the customers
in a Lewis ton, Me., dry goods store
failed to get her purchases, and she
appeared at the store next morning in
i ferment. "Here, Guy," said the
proprietor, "take this lady's bundle
right home with her."
The lady preceded the boy out of
he store, and wallang along to tho
curbing stopped into the wagon standng
there. The boy took the blanket
>tr the home,' unhitched him and
umped in. At the watering trough.
m nna rvf A V.?.1- - *
... vuwwi wiu iwib?m hjo nurse Beemeu
o want to drink. and the clerk said:
'Shall I give the horse a drinkt"
"Yes," said the lady, "give the old
lorse a drink," and tho hor?? drank.
Arriving at the lady's house, the
.lerk looked for the stable and said:
"What 'toholl I do with tho horseT
Jhall I tie him ut>?"
"Sure," was the reply. "I don't
aro what you do with nun. He's not
ny horse. Aini he yours?"
To say that the boy was astonished
s to .tell only half the truth. Ho was
rightcned. Talking a philosophic
iow of it, he rei^oned that very likely
ho police were on his track. Instead
>f returning by a direct road to the
tore, he tome a roundabout way. In
ho meantime the owner had notified
he police and had made a thorough
earch for the animal, only lo find it
rhero he had left it?Lewiston Jourml.
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TflMbv ftUoaortefc
On tlve ovo of my marriage I mode
arco men t&l~ vows. They were?never
> aggravate him, never to have a I
scretfrom him, nor .by'any selfish or
tioughlless act of Mine to lead him
nw step toward bankruptcy. Fifteen cam
afterward I told htm of these
own, and although 1 have been a
idow for ton years, I should blot this
ttpcr with my tears if I attempted to
ut in writing the love and tenderness
r his reply.?Good Housekeeping.
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THE LEADING
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The best and .cheapest Hosier
The best and cheapest lot of
A nice line of Ladies' and M
' All to be found," with nam
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Emporium tf
HARRY:
April 10 * 1(
GUNS AND ~A
*
W E have a liirjje s(? ok <>r Im; orfe I awri A
Mu/.zlo and llrei ob-Lo tdtnjr, wli'oh wo aro
Prophetic Visions.
Ono day in the spring of 1861 I sat
ivith a lady friend conversing pleasintly,
when 1 saw on my left knc6 a
pile of bank notes; the top ono was a
e3 bill. 1 strw .it distinctly, and
?o told uny friend; she could not
ieo it. It quickly disappeared, and wo
speculated over the matter a littlo and
soon forgot it. This happened in the
forenoon. In the afternoon of the
same day a man come in uncjcpeatodly
and paid tno rent money. He was not
in the habit of paying at stated times.
After ho had gone 1 took a bank
note detector to cxamioo the bills to
Bee if they wore all good. I laid them
in* u nilo on the left of my lap. and,
with tno detector in tho right hand,
proceeded. A $3 bill lay on the top,
and 1 instantly recalled tho vision of
the forenoon, und drow n?y friend's
attention to the situation.
At another time 1 saw two $20 bills
in the air. I was suro some opo would
pay me liionov. I "could think 6f no
ono unless It was my mother, who
owed me that much or nioro, and was
to pay it when she pleased. 1*1 bought
slie would send it in a letter, but days
J tossed and no letter or money catno.
felt puzzled, for 1 could not remember
any mistakes in these experiences.
It might have been a week artef- tho
vision when mv two children cuino in
on tho stage, 'i'hev lmil been staying
at my mother's anil 1 hud_not expected
them homo. The girl was 11 years
old and somewhat careless. She had
been homo three days, and wo had
seemingly talked over everything
about grandma's -affairs, when she
spoko-up loudly nnd quickly, 6aying:
"Oh I ma, 1 forgot to "tell you:
grandma cent you some money, and
it is sewed up in tho bosom of my
dress." Wo got her traveling dress
and found tho money, just two notes
of the amount I bad seen.?RcligioPhilosophicnl
Journal.
Forty-nlno Vcnrs In PrUon.
Tho Franklin County nhnshouso at
present affords shelter to a man who
has a remarkablo record in the criminal
annals of this part of tho state.
His name i3 William Pierce, and ho
was released from Auburn prison a
few days ago, ufter serving a term of
imprisonment amounting to fortynino
years, four'months and six days.
Tho crimo for which Pierce suffered
this terrible punishment was for tho
murder of his o^rn father on Jan. 10,
1889. Pierce, who was then about 16
years old, was working in the woods
with his parent- when a dispute arose
over tho uso of n liorso which lio desired
to drive in tho evening to attend
a party or spelling school in tho neighborhood.
Tho father, unable to stand tho abusive
languago of his son, attempted to
chostiso him. In return, William
seized his ax and with two or threo
Wows killed him. Tho parricido was
arrested and tried in this villago in
July, and sentenced to bo liauged
on Sept. 2 of tho saino year. On
account of his youth Governor Seward
commuted tno sentence to imprisonment
for life.
Pierco became hopelessly insane a
fow years ago, and a second commutation
was granted, which allowed his
rcleaso. Every ono of his relatives in
this county has boen dead many
years, and tho story of his crimo was
almost completely forgotten?Malone
(N. Y.) Special to New York Sun.
t WHIIo ongagedTrTft hunt I tried tc
iCtUri so induing 4 rum iho hair breed
about these strange animals, but, al
though ho had killed scores of thecj,
I10 was so uiieomniunicativo that J
was given precious littlo information.
ju-uwevur, i icarncu enough to know
that tlio rnco is nearly extinct, having
beca hunted with great vigor on account
of the hides by thoso who didn't
caro for tlio sport, and also having
boon pursued so hard by genuine
sportsmen, who were carried away
with tlio delights of tho chaso. I had
formerly thought that they had these
big curving horns you havo seen in
fiictures, 011 wliich they alighted unlarmcd
after springing from some
lofty height; but that's all nonsense,
for their horns aro small and sharp
pointed.
They uro. fearless, however, iu racing
over tho mountains, and make
! somo astonishing leaps and climb up
to seemingly inaccessible heights.
I taking n suro foothold wliero it would
I seem almost au impossibility for them
to stick. Altogether, I don't wonder
that thero is so much of an effort to
canturo them.
By tho way, I learned that in tho
Sawtooth ltange another animal could
bo found which is unknown except in
Europe?tho ibex. At least thero is a
tradition to that effect, but I saw
nono, and couldn't ascertain that any
had been killed; so after all it may l>o
a fablo.?Chicago Tribune.
Jnlifuin Mozart.
Joliann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus
MoZart, ono of tho greatest of
musical composers, was born at
Salzburg on tho 27th of January,
1756. When but 6 years
old ho composed 6hort pieces,
which ho performed with great applause
before tho court at Munich.
The next year he astonished Paris by
his performances on the organ and his
powers of improvisation. Mozart comlffiscd
numerous operas which still
hold their place on the stago, and excelled
in all departments or composition
and in the universality of his
genius. lie died at tho ago of 05.?
Philadelphia Times.
"Sptke Teams."
llQ^IrA I? - ' "
uuit^u icuuis aro an institution
peculiar to the south. The Georgia
team consists of a mulo or a jenpy and
un ox; theso are geared, to an old
rickety wagon to naul guano and
watermelons in. Tlio Florida team is
less complicated and more economical.
An ox is harnessed to a pair of shafts
fitting to a yoke on the animal's neck
and connecting with a pair of wheels
in which a box is placed, a ropo attached
to the crenturo's herns answering
for reins. The box generally
contains a man and a woman of a type
that can be found nowhere but in
Dixie.?Chicago Times.
A Valuable llorae.
America is not tho only country
whose what looks liko extravagant*
valuations are sometimes put upon
horseflesh. It is said that \V. Burdett-Coutts
is tho possessor of a famous
hackney stallion?Trifill's Firoaway?that
represents in bis stock a
monoy value of ?250,000. Ho. is 80
years old, and his get sell readily at
800 to 400 guineas a pair in London.?
Soil Francisco Chroniclo.
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Al-r, Powder, ?lio'( lllank nnd I, >a led Sh II
anything in this lino, it wi 1 pay you to cull a
THE BEST SEWING
WOR
only E$19.5C
THE CELEBRATED ' DEMORI
BOLD ON
, FOSTER, W
Jan 4
Great Clearing 1
AUCTION ON S
See the Prices
7G0 ynrds Colico ai 3} o worth 5 o.
8it0 " ? at 4jc worth GJo.
400 yards Wool ft led Kentucky Jeans, lit
2-JJe.
Ticking, nt GJ an I 8o.
Fcntlicr Ticking, at lljc and 13 o worth 15
nnd 18c
All-wool red Flannel at 13Jc.
Wrmens soli.t leather Shoes at f?5c.
Chi'drens copper tip Shoes, nt 86c.
Children* Bolt ahoes at lQe.
Mens Brogans at 75o.
High priiceB are dead. FLYNN has kit
A fresh lot of Clothing rooeived last mo
prices :
$8 Suits for $1 85.
$10 Suits for $C 25
Black Cork Screws, $8 75, $10 and $12 50.
Tins, Hairpins, Buttons and Thread (hi
CLEARANCE SALE of
LEADER AND CI
May 27
Stop af
WE will ask you to drop in and
lecled Stock-***' New Good* that are not
n p "Pi a a
t JUS XV XJ KJf
Our Stock of Dress Fabrics is com
Henriettas, Cashmeres, Mohairs. Plaidi
Wc wish to'call the Ladies' specia
Inteft styles.
BOO T S A I
Our Hoot and Shoe department Co
to the Public. Our largo Shoe trado is
wo rcprcseut theut to bo.
CLOTHING! ClOT]
i In this department we have purch
now ready t?? supply tl\e demands of ev
suit to tlie.old man in his sober suit of
HATS AT
We psk you to examine our Lrgt
Caps, of every shupe, quality and style,
anco" Hat.
We havo a polite corps of Salesuiet
. through our Stock. All Goods sold at I
March 29
the banner it
We have our banners hung out on the outw
high prices. Wc have piices down flat and <
Our immense stock uf Ltry Goods, Boots,
tirely new and fresh from the Faotories.
THE PASS-WORD IS
Brognn Shoes for 90 cents.
Uents Congress and Lace Shoes, $1 25
an>l up.
Tlx best 8cotch bottom Soot for $2 50.
Chddrens Shoes from 15 sents to 50 oents.
A Lady's good Button Shoe for $1.
A good heavy Boot for f 1 60i
Can give Man or Boy a Hat for 20 cents.
Heavy all wool Jeans for 25 cents.
40 yards Celioo for415 cents.
6 papers Hair Pios for 5 cents
Oil Cloth for Table Covers, 20 oents per
yard.
We cannot and will
We have the best line of Gejits and Boys (
We can fit tho largest man or smallest boy in
Clothing, so don't forget to call and examine
Please remember that all of our inimeuse i
and fresh, and we have no shelf worn or infe
Be sure and call at the BANNER STORK o
RO:
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NEW JEWEL]
1 \JLj1L
JUST RECEIVED at F. O. TREFZ
and most choice selection of Jewelry to b<
WATCHES, CLOCK8,
EAH RINGS, . FINGER Rl
8ILVER AND SIEVE
all Rinds of fi
which he intends to eell lower than ever.
After eighteen years experience in the
manner of work in his line with skill
Sept 6 36
en's Underwear.
erous other bargains at the^^^H
NL. COHEN &B^O.
l riMU nition^B
in ricnn Guns Single an I I>ouVe Barret,
selling at pi ices (b it cannot be b atCQ."
Is, Uu i iinplemrnlft, etc. I( jou
t POST! R, BILtlNS k 00. | B
MACHINE IN THE?
) AnD FREIGHT, . ^1
3ST" STILL IN THE LEAD * A
ILKINS & 0^T|
[ sue at
.ATORDAY 9TH?
Quoted Here : ^
Mens heaxy Hoots, *11 sizes, fl 80 fl
Ma*ch those- prices and yon will ?trik? oil. -9
Ilemminis Corlio >. 2o per yard.
Kemnanis Dress Goods 4o per yard.
8o Dio-s Goods 5o por yard.
lt)o Dress Goods, CJc per yard.
16c Dross Goods, 10c por jud. *
4()o black llenr etta for 21c.
G6o " Cashmere for 42c. V,v '<S\' r
75o " " ?' GOo. '
80p " " " 68c. ' ?'
led them.
iith now offered a' the following ridiculous'
$t> Overcoats for $3 65. -.>
$8 Overcoats for ?5 60. / ' g
$12 60 Overcoats for $8 50.
own in to any person buying at the QBE AT.
1>. O. FIjYIVN. Ill
IAMPION OF LOW PRICES.
jd Look. 1
give a look at tbe?large and well-sc*
w arriving daily. djtartft
n. A A T\ rSH
^ v U JL/ u ,
plcte in every particular, consisting of
?, Farm Cloth, &c.
I attention to our Dress Patterns of the
< D SHOES.
ufibts of Goods that we can liouimend
proof enough that our Goods are what
aiNG ! CLOTHING! ill
n?cd a larger stock than usual, and are C
ery one?from tho little boy in his first - ^
blaok.
V I> CAPS.
i and well-selected Stook of Hats and
Wo oall speoial attention to our "Alii ,
i whq, will tako pleasure in showing you
the lowest prices for GASH.
RICE & MCLTJRE.
: ?_:k 1
3Y GOODS STORE. 1
?rd wall and the war cry is down, down with*
will keep tbem down.
Shoo*, Ha'e, Trunks, Clothing, Ac., are eo> v.-^9
LIVE AND LET LIVE^ ? rj
8 Papers Pinft for 6 cents.
20 Balls Sewing thread for 80 cents. :
12 Doxen.Buttons for 6 cents.
Suspenders for 10 oents.
A 10-4 Blanket for $1.
A full-grown Quilt for 00 cents. ,
A beautiful Counterpane for 75 oents.
Oents Undershirts, "for 25 penfS. '
Gents Collars, all sisee.'.for 10 OSOtt.
Beautiful Lace Curtains cheaper than ever - "
before, and only a few pair left. . *
I not be undersold* 3
Hotbing, that has ever been shown in Uniong
the county. We have the insiile track on
our stook.
Hook in every department is entirely new
rior goods to get rid of.
DGER & PURCELL. M
36 .. ly M
RY!
g JEWELRY !
IEIt'S Model Jewelry Store, the lergts
e fouud io tbe upcouotry ; consisting o
BRBAST PTN8,
NG8, CUFF BUTTONS,
IR PLATED WARE. !$
NE STATIONERY.
business, he is fully pri Vto do sit
rod do^jateh. All gOdtW ?tyod work
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