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++■ By *» , Captain P* K A^lTCHCl-* Author of •K hottonootu," “Chiokumooju,” Kte. ittt OopyrtAbt. IlAryor A ■H-i"H"I"I"I-i"i-H chapter xx. A MASqUEHADE. HAT been inc of the others 1 Oi<l not aiU*mpt to discover. I ui.'ulf straight for ths 'I 4— f n blacksmith shop and found a smith at his forga, “My good mnn.’y said, *Tm fo”.owr>d hy Riierrlllas. They'll be In the town .In n few minute*. Can’t you give me your clothes and let me tak< your place at the forge V” He stood with his hand on tEe imn- <Jle Of the bellows looking nt me while- what } said was slow ly making its w ay through his skull. . “Weel, non,’’ he said at last. - - “Seoteh—I knew It. I'll bo taken l>e- fore I can make him imdmvtniHl." Then to him, “Do ym. want to save me from death by guerrillas'.*'’ - ———s- “Certaln, inon.” ^TTten take off that apron and give IF to me at oneo. Xot a OTOinent to hisri”" At this Juncture the dr*t>erote f*osi- tlon I was in entered tils brain, anil he worked quickly enough one# he real Iced what was wanted. I saw a wdol- •on shirt, well begrime*], hanging on a nail and. seizing It, put It on. Then 1 took the smith's apron, rolled tip my sleeve*, sinesnsl mv arms with cinders gone 7 along thar,” pointing to the path his men were Just dashing Into. “Th’ didn't go. that a-w.iyt” “They didn't? Which way did they go?” D’ yef a'poseJ give foe’s to’ noth in r Bhc and looked Into a bit at btokeo mirror » an4 Ts t;tng hold of his Wrblle rein, be- restlng against the wooden wall to <”•- A cold chill-rau down my back, was going t" tell for pay. “What <fS yo* want?" . “fllpiOic Talff fo' a eallker dress, an I'll put ypr ou th’ right track.” “Slio'- 1. “ttart in.” • “This ’ll git It ns easy.” He drew a ,revolver and put it to her face. She drew back. Hut this man, who was above his calling, never -could persist hi ill treating a woman, amt lowering hla weapon, he put his hand In his (locket and pulled out a bill.. ’ ^ r “That 1 * the stuff ter git fae’s^ with,’’ •aid the woman. ,r Xow, 'yoii tins git right ’h^ng yhar.’’ and she pointed the mad northward. “That won’t dti.” sahl Hie oaptata. “Wc jn -t i ame from up thar.’’ There was a. pause, at the end of which I heard the woman say lu a low tone: * “Captain!" The voice was familiar. T saw the man start, then exclaim, “Great God!” The old woman went over to him serve the effect. I was disappointed to see that my face belh-d my calling. “Your rasor!” I exclaimed to the blacksmith. He went through a door lending from the simp to his dwelling and returned with n rasor. soap ami hot water. 441 iIlHil’M 1 leaving a dark stubble: then, seizing a handful fif. coluv. rubbed out tr fined lineament. 'I .iking another look at myself. 1 was pleased to see that my own mot tier would not know me. flelx- Inn the handle of the bellow*. 1 began to blow vigorously.-• "Weel. w eel.” latigheil the hlnek- amlth. “ye utak’ a Iwtlter Ui kin smith than creutleiiMiii ’* “Ilay your own |*art wHU” I replied, “and I have something liter for you all the end of the perfonuanesb” .- It waa fully to minutes after we reached the hamlet Is*fore there were any signs of the guerriilaw and IbCfl three or four rode Into t ' I asked for our (sirty. Had they seen ua? Which way had we gone? and oth er questloua. which the few |ieOplettiey met rrspoixled to with a grunt or a ■bake of the head I put my h* ad out to ace and. msmuiaiug wue of timat drew Isn k and tK*ran to Mow my ls-t iows as If my life dt iw-itdcd uu it. And It did. Presently one qf the outlaws rod* up to the shop "Hello thar!*' lie ahotited. “Waul.’’ I •rpllcd. still blowing nod kreplug ny fire turned from him. "Hecn • Ban. two women, a Iwy an a nigger go through the town?” “Haln't aeeu do •ue.” “SboT “Hbo' nuff " He rode off. hut I knew the sturm had not yet tdown over. 1 wrnt on working the Iteilowa. and It was well I did so, for presently mors of tbs band rode Into town, and one of tbs hsrses Pres- gan to whl‘‘jut to him earnestly, entiy I beard the captain say: “I can't do It." There, was more whispering, and by the ^moan's attitude I knew she was pleading. Was she pleading for ns? If an. w ho could this good friend tie to t |3tnke so much Interest In us? ys ! so ■yu’’ frieioi. -bul pot the other one!" < ^ urn hied wttb the rein, she struk- j ed; hi* horse s neck, she Jnid hec, band .1 on Ins. nil the while talklag earnestly. 1 and l< Jug up Into liKeyes. I fancied |h'S<-«*< her. fa while loo er at on her ton-k au was Jn<i lingly. t bough ■e. for her l*a< the Iikiu's he lowif.r II. atu) I k •I cpuld not see was toward me. .1 waft drooping bonnet fell tisek < w. tlia old worn "Van said bn The - within his foe I 'o' o y< le to littk n itj' IRfl roll I h«r dow ti-ars: < reward ft. ndl »utl> It Lust I was i aelf t lu pro id I*, the w tbrougl Ih-aum. yo* reflBg ihl ellotlgli I man wnw him was pi At la-d h Tnansr ok hi* white i on It, U *1 ran gt vapti mg TWuh • lit it* *1 ills lu Wttluler jcrrrthet at six to t to draw hole a.hi t i he iusaii Hill. It K Oil III for me silent. » Ssk Itr she to ts ar The StrUKKle i ercry line of •njy TTI do IT ."* - wo han.1 In •nt her head I up thningh t r. tie. In he had struck a troop of ConfedMwte sohllerk. tu;t\ed nuti-lled. All this Imp- pene.1 so quickly vhfit no one but H.*an- mout and the thre.> huudlts had an op portunity to take a hnud In tlie fight. When there were no m<t£e guerrillas for the captain to kill, lie .vent Hhyly back to Jack, who had witnessed his feat. looking like a schoolboy who had done penance for a fault and wanted for- flvenesa. But Jack turned her hack on him. When ths firing began, with oM bound, disguised and begrimed afcl Wns, 1 cleared my window. When Rfngold fell, I was Joined by the other members of our pprty from the houses. Buck had blackened himself for a ne gro, and It was he who-had answered Rlngold’s questions. Helen and Ginger had hidden without disguise. The peo ple of the town, one man and eight wo men, besides children, rushed Into the road. I knew well that the absence of as that It was one ifllle to Decheril. “One mile to their two. Can we not do It. driver?” 1 asked quickly. The only answer was another oop!” and renewed hammering on ths horse's rump. The eyes of all war* strained to the rear, watching to see Just what chance theru waa fiNhn time to time between life aftfi pPR* *hU e I examined the carbines, which we had taken care to bring with us, to discov er If they were In good condition. At rise we could see either one or more mdn coming like the wind. They the guerrillas was but temporary; that they would soon come down on us In a body. • .. “We have no time to lose,” I cried. “We must get away at once." “Where?” "Anywliere.” -— Turning to the townspeople. I asked If they could furnish a conveyance. “I've a horse and wagon lu my shed,” said the smith. “Out with It, quick!” Every one of us took a band In har nessing the team, and In three minutes by the clock we had finished. Then* We all tumbled In. except Jack, Who declared she would never leave her Fiend. Captain Itingold. There "was no tiia| to bandy words, so 1 took her up yfa tossed her into the* wagon, where she fell In a heap. Rising on ber knees, she shook her clinched list at me and cried to the wounded guer rilla that she would come back to him as soon as she could get away. Mean while the blacksmith was driving us down the mad. belaboring bis horse with the stump of au old whip. I wagon, to r part Id not *k a b. ib-ar III III* 11- at. *s Cl 1 H Kt ■ dtl er- id. ht. , rllhis rode Into town, be waa sitting by havlng lort a shoe. Its rider *Vimlow Sipping a glass of Tenn In front of tbe sbep and tuld me to put It on. This was aometlilng 1 had not count ed on. I knew no more aU.ut. horse shoeing thap about knitting, but,I put * huidfact Ufl Uta-maUiir and ^ work. man. “Air yo’ goln ter put that sbou on with nary trlmmln?” "Don’t yo’ s'pose 1 know my busi ness?” I cried, bristling. “I was only flttlD IL”’ ‘ With that I seized a knife and began to cut. But I was too excited to pare the boof even tt 1 bad been an ex|H'rt. and In another moment tbe man yelled again, “Kf yo’ cut that critter’s hoof off. I’ll brain yo’!” “Here, Sandy,*’ I cried to the black smith within,-“coinc shoo UiU man's critter. He thinks he knows tnore’u I do ktout sboeiu.” The blacksmith finished (lu* Job, while I, pretending to be greatly Irrl tated, was glad to escape Into his dwelling house. Going to a front win dow and dropping a curtain so that l could look into the road without being seen, 1 took a view of the situation. Tbe guerrillas were scattered about the town, some riding around tlie Houses hunting for us, others sitting on their horses, questioning the inhabitants as to our whereabouts. Captain Ringold Was In command. A* negro boy was- playing “hopscotch” on tbe slfitwalk. The captain called to him: “Yo’ boy thar, didn’t yo’ see anybody go this way awhile ago?" “Two women an a boy ’boul big 's me?' ! "Yes.” "An a white man an a colorefi man?” "Yes. Which way did they go?” 1 “Dey’s gwlne right ’long dar.” And be pointed to a path leading acmes the road westward. “Here; you.” cried the captain to two taen who were watering their horses at a wooden trough In front of the ■bop,- “strike out on that path.” The men darted, away, leaving the captain alone In the road. A little old woman came out of a bouse opposite and began to guy him in a cracked voice, poking fun at blm for not being •ble to catch a party of women. She talked ao familiarly with him that I began to suspect she knew blm. I trembled for fear she would betray us. "Ybu tins ain’t wo’th a persimmon,’' ■he said. "With them critters’ legs uu- tfar yer, yer orter ketch wfcpmen folks he re Iter fore hr »(range si atutallng toy ed the man's off bla force when ntage was spoiled jealousy of Captain uia that the captain had-disdained to hide with th« rest. Indeed he had no ori-aslou to bide. The guerrillas did not know that be waa with our party, and lie waa In no more danger from them than any other man would be. lie bad, however, yielded fo Jack’s |N‘r»ua*lou to go Into a house smt keep out of sight When tbe guer- wblat i', and at t&e moment Itingold Impriatefi yn klsa on Jack’s forehead, as UI locljfBQuM have It. he'happened to look aot dt the window. In anotbel moment be Baa in the road discharging CHAPTER XXL A ST1RV CHASE. A STRAIGHT road-lay before ns to Decberd. a few miles dis tant. The place was of tow great Importance for the guer rillas to dare enter, and If we could teach tt before they could catch ua we should he safe. “flow much Is your bona worth?” 1 asked the blacksmith. “A matter & saxty doHar».” “If you kill him by bard driving. I'll give you a hundred, and If you get us to Jierherd before the outlaws ran patch us I’ll make tt a hundred more ” “H eel, non. I don't want to be hard on a mon Ilyin for bis life and wlmmen folk too. I’ll do tbe best I can and ask no money.” With that be belabored the poor horse's flanks with the atump of bla whip and sent him galloping onward. There were no aprlngs to the MH we Valued our live* t«o draw rein at rut or atone. At of the mad I feared that If wi check our {•ace we would wheel and be left with no means to get on save our legs. 1 cautioned tbe driver to slacken bis pace; bat, bearing or fancying be foard the clattering of horaea’ hoofs behind, without a word I from me tie apidled tbe (ash. Now we I hounded Into tbe air ami now we were | tossed together like dice Id a box. “Git oop. ye critter!” cried tbe black smith. mingling Scotch and Tennessee. I "iH.n’t ye knew ye’re graggln bonny i Ij-ddles 0ylD for their Uvea?” And | down came tbe butt of the whip. It was harrowing to see a horse furred to giro bla life to save oura. but our altn- atlon waa too critical to uamat any slackening of speed. Jack, wlio of all our force was usually muM frightened at danger ahead and would fight It most vigorously when face to face with It, for once acted In reverse at seeing the poor brute making h-atM that were killing him. p * “Stop Itenilng that horse, you brute.” •she cried, "or I’ll beat you!” And abe sprang forward to.seize tbe whip I Anugiit Jivt.jn-my amis. She Looked up ' fafiBBaa* ~~ We could $cc either one or more men com ing like the wind. . — had evidently fauglit sight of ns and wero atralning every nerve to catch us before we reached Decberd. I told the bhtcksmlth to lay ft on hard, wefl knowing that between us and our pur suers was only the Ilfs of bis horse. He was raising Ida whip when the horse stumbled and frTI,'pitching most of us out of tbe wagon, fortunately ou aoft ground. Getting up and running to tbe prostrate animal, I found blm xjone dead. ¥ We were still a quarter of k mile froip tbe town, and tbe guerrilla-* would be on us In ■ CaHtafc to tlie otben to help, 1 .turned tbe wagon across tbe road and directed aU to Mke position behind It Distributing tbe guns, we waited tbe coming at tbe ad vance of .our enemies. Three Ben. pret ty near together, catching eight of us' drew rein and waited for their cum rades. others soon rtroe up. and 1 counted seven men preparing to charge us. I was about to give an prder aa to the firing when 1 beard an exclamation from Ginger: "Bresa de Lawd!” Turning. 1 saw a troop of cavalry carrying tbe star* and stripes ridfkg leiati'-ely from tbe town I fired a shot to attract their attention. Bttddeidy they seemed to take In tbe situation. I beard tbe sharp word of command and saw them coming at a gallop Glancing at the guerrillas, I saw them TSntshtrrg tn the dtawioeev — “Raved!*' I erted. “IV hrv«aed lot wd be t'anked[” about e.l < . -flfer " “Gol darn It.” « bad a sbot I'd ' “By Jove.” n tug at tbe n|qi a prisoner T' • P kl Buck link, d n .•si lira i bitig lr«i . “ef I’d ’• fie of 'em!” nit.out, star sipefS. “I*B There wa* a puff of suteke an tone tbe ret real lug gu< prrlllaa. the rri< rk of a carbine, aud Jack fell luto IlHeu’s arms. Net er a aff l lie p'tm-tKV uf ha rd earn ed aucec moment ** iu of t i tied) daabefl at llw these fl.-iiUa off iqth. fur \> .' had fought days, we had •** ca|H*«| from them to a ravetrd |>rotec tlon, and now. at the last moment. Ihr) | had struck ua severely. Jaqueliiu- lay on the grass, her bea.r and aboulders resting on Helen’s arm. who stanched tbe blood which (lowed from a wound In ber aide. I I •cut over ber wltb a gruau. Capt&iB Beaumont for a mo ment seemed tire.I to chase th* man who bad sbot her, then Joined tboae about- the wounded girl, muttering Im precations ou tbe guerrillas and In coherently begging ua to sav* bla little JaUMulW - - re. A fusnuinollow^r'srngol'a re ceiving a wound that put blm bora de combat. Huaytoglb'hls saddle, he fell fainting to tbe ground .1 in I in-line turned upon Beaumont like a fury. 1 have seen lluipJack In many a towering passion, but Outer anything like this. Her face was lltld. ber eyes llaming. She tried to mt&k, but ber Ire choked her. At last one word ex pressive of her pent up feelings came out like a pistol sbot: ’Tig!” Uavltifr thus relieved herMlf fto Cap tain Beaumont, she turned tOTOe pros- Suaglng in hl» saddle, he tell fainting tc id. croon the grount Irate Ringold, knelt beside hit Ifig over jiim nx-lf he I to her than all the work! tieslde. At tliis moment a guerrilla, who had doubtless l>?eu attracted by the firing dashed down the road. Beatn caught sight of him just as Ji hurled her opprobrious epithet an expression indicating that be wddlu prefer death to-anotber such woid fron the girl .wlio had enthralled blu.. bt riarfed to meet, tbe lovadj^^™^ were exchanged, and tbe guel frourtbe saddle. Ue waa f« anotbdr, who shared the etnrr It w?is w t oily sympathy or overstraided nerves I did not know; probably hntli. At any rate. I prqfect- »-d her from the Jolting by k<*cping her iu my arms, w hile site bid her face ho that she ,could, not see tbe suffering horse. • • „ •• “Jack.” said Buck, “you’re nothin but a baby.” “Shut up. yo’ little nigger!" she cried I could not repress a smile at-the re tort seeing which. Jack realized tbe absurdity of It all and hfoke into' a laugh, while the tears continued to ruu down her cl eeks “Won’t yo' let me support yo' against tbe jolting?” asked Captain Beaumont ruefully. “Yo’?” Do yo* suppose I’d let yo’ touch me? Yo’ shot my b»st friend.” “IV yo’ dislike me fo’ sboovlng—a robber?" asked ber admirer sadly. ' “I bate yo'," .Beaumont settled down In a'corner of the wagon in despondency. After awhile Jack slid down beside him, whereupon be suddenly lighted up and took as much Interest.,in our flight aa any oue of the party. We were a wild looking load to tbe few people who passed us. Whenever we saw a farm wagon coming or going we would shout to Its driver to get out of tbe way. They must have supposed our horse to be a runaway,.for everx one quickly turned aside. There are pictures of that ride which I can see today, so vividly were they stamped on my memory. An old man wltb hi hands on the handle of bis plow gape through Iron rimmed spectacles, a wo man In a check gown and sunbonnet stopped trimming plants in ber gar den and stood with tlie shears In ber hand to gape at us as if we ware party of witches who had lit on tbe earth from tbe moon and were making ready to take to tbe sky again. Ne groes, children, country lads, faced the oad as w« passed and stood wonder stricken till we were out of sight. * . Coming to a rise, in the ground where we could look to our rear for perhaps a. mile, we were terror stricken to see • man shoot around a tiend In (lie road at a gallop. In a moment another follow ed. Wa could not see If there were pny more, for we passed over the sum- Si* tar below a who were sitting ou their bones look ing on. “Some one go for a surgeon.” “Ride quick.”*, said the captain In command, turning to tbe man nearest blm. “and bring a doctor and a con veyance from the town.” Then to an otlicer: “Lieutenant, follow those men, and don’t come back till you have cap tured every one of them. Take Sulnen wltb tbe best bones. Wltb fresh mounts yon can run them all down.” A man dashed off toward tbe town and 20 more after tbe retreating guer rillas. Jack lay wltb her .bead on Helen’s shoulder, ber eyes closed, ber face white as a cloth, we all about her, dreading every moment that tbe life blood would run out. Presently she opened ber eyes, looked about ber, then fainted away. "Oh, my God!” cried Beaumont “she’s gone!” “Keep off,” cried Helen, “and give ber air.” "Jack” cried Buck, terrlfl^ at fief ghastly appearance, “wake upP* 1, with a soldier’s knowledge of tbe thirst of a wounded person, - dashed sway In a bunt for water. I found a well In a yard on the outskirts of the ttrwn and. drawing the staple to the chain that held a tin cup, brought a plentiful supply. Helen was still sup porting her cousin. Buck was striding about nervously, wltb his bands thrust down Into bis pockets, while Captain Beaumont was kneeling, his eyes peer ing Into Jack’s as though by his gaze he would bold the life that he dreaded was ebbing away. I sprinkled water lu her face, and she opuded her eyes, looking about her ns If jiuable to under stand her surroundings. “What's the matter?*! nsly enough, the words were thc- ■ame as those I had-first heard her ut- on’t, surely, Jack.” . use if I do 1 can’t dance any io’ fo* tbe colored people. Who’ll look >ut fo’ ’em, Helen? Papa's away, and no one elae cares ‘fo* ’em as be and I do.” ' “They’ll have you with them for many a year, Jack.” An open wagon appeared In the road and. drove up beside us. A doctor with a satchel In his band got down and ap proached Jaquellne. Making a hasty examination of the wound, he ban daged It, then told us to lift her into the vehicle. The seata, except the front one, had been removed and their cush ions placed on the bottom. Some of tbe cavalrymen tossed in their blan kets, and I smoothed them over the cushions, making a comparatively com fortable" bed. We placed little Jack up on It Helen got in with her, and, the rest of us walking beside, the cavalry acting as escort, we bore her to the town and lodged her In a room In the main hotel of the place. We found the town agog with news of’ the first day’s battle at Pittsburg Landing, and I knew that my general would bold himself ready to co-operate. determined to Join my«command at once. Having been assured that Jack’s wound would not prove > fatal, I ar ranged for the transportation of the party ns soon as she could be moved, then gathered my little force in her room and announced my Intended de parture. "I must now bid Tare well,” 1 said, “to my little army, every -one of Vhom has become dearer to me than life.” Like General .George Washington,” vaid Bnrk. “sayin farewell to his ossi- fers. There Is a picture of it In my Anriricnn school history.” “Goodby, Buck. Remember to get a book and pencil and break yonrself of the habit of sayUtff bad- words.” “1 will, by thunder!” “Goodby. little girt,” I sahl to Jack, bending down and kissing her on the forehead. “Where yd’ going?” “I? Oh. I'm going away.” Heleo's eyes wf-re gleaming. “Where are you going?” she asked, repeating Jack's .question, though lu a different tone. I had DianagtM to k<«p my connection with the Union arm* (bus far a secret. Now 1 knew there wn* do need to keep it tougvr “To the Kedernt army, where I fie- iJng." • ^ Tbe mute aguny on Helen’s face tuld what my dlM'losun* bad coat her. Ex tending my aruia. 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RaUder’e “lUn* "Hein ade!” six dear lov< England is iaitattog the pea*toQ*v*- { uf Uia Lmtodjiftoa. ~~ bill in 1‘arlismenl providing a scheme ] for pensioning the widows aod orphans I'if soldiers who have died id the South African war, Thu measure ta hastened bv officials of the war other in order to stimulate tnlulfmtrs in the army, which are now very alow. FLOORING. SIDING, CEILING AND INSIDE FINISHING LUMBER 1* flESfWffA PfSB - < urrMpondance given i roaspt at ten k ui**>n me ny bn Yank< ad In a tu a little Hhe turn.il lie sw.-pt out of the “I like yo’ ef y cried after me. 1 left tbe hotel Coming up tlie i uf troopers autr whom they had ed. A few b«>u cried out with dt no more to me than If 1 saw U dream ** and Ja. k Coleman-W a#ener Hardware Company rcaaori to < ulilliC Ik 1 down ago I hL No' tod tl foomirvKD.] PHENOMENON OP A CENTURY An Interesting Heavens That serve. Display in Should the Ob- CoMidermble interest ta manifested in the novel and beautiful view of the planets now displayed in (ha evening skj, add which will grow more and more interesting tietween now and th latter part of the loonlh. Judge George UiL’yer, who is re garded as an authority on Itaaitfra as tronomical, has furuiUied the Atlanta Conntitution with the following stale meut regarding lb* unusual display: V If, just before, dark, the obeerver will stand with hie tight hand to the west and thus looking toward to the south to Ihe right of the meridian, a 1 . . Mi zenith and the horizon, he will W*run-use it fur rwftun A—se*»wwSsS*a um 7- see ter when, wounded, I reclined on a sofa at her home. "You're hurt. Jack,” said Helen. “Am I going to die?" “Oh. no, dear. I hope not” “Don’t die,” said Beaumont In a bro ken voice. “Don’t leave me I couldn't bear It” • She looked up into Ida face sadly. “1 ha vs'been a had girl to yo’, captain. Forgive me." « “Forgive you? Hot* Venus, itbpiler and Saturn in. a line diagonal to the meridian and pointing toward the sunset Venus Tp-nearest to the stiu aod much the brighter of the three. Next to Venus, iu the liue to the left and above Venus, ie Jupiter, and then Saturn iu the same line to the left and above Jupiter. <• Venus is at this time about 90,- 000,000 miles from us; Jupiter, say 500,000,000 miles away, aud Saluru nearly twice as far as Jupiter. Either of them ia immensely—near a thous andfsld—larger than Venus. . The reaaou Venus shines so much hrightei than the other two is that she is much nearer to us; and also being so much neare^the sun than they she is iu the glow of the sun’s more brilliant ami in tense light, which is reflected to us. “ They are all traveling in their or bits in the same direction eastward; but tbe apparent motion-of Jupiter, as projected on the vault of tbe heavens, is ni u re rapid than that of Saluru; and such motion of Venus much more rapid than either of the two, so that both Venus and Jupiter are night after night shortening the distance between them and taturn, and both of them will nearly, or quite, overtake Saturn within the next two weeks—say about the 2fith of November—when they will be nearer together, as visible in a c nvemeni period of the twenty-four horn*, than they have been in hun dreds of years. “ Between now and the 26>h instant the moon will pass by tbe same place in the heavens. .This will occur about the half moon; and the most interest ing display of all is, or will be, whec we shall h ive these four most brilliant aud interesting—aud two of them by great odds the largest .of the number of our planetary system—grouped so □ear together.. Mars is on nearly the same line, but nearer the sun, as seen in the sky, than either of the others; but Mars, though distinguished by his steady red light, is so lar off at this time on the opposite side of its orbit not to compare with either of tbe others named in belanocy. When I wrote a abort Uaa ago Um ’planet Mercury waa atoe ou the same general line, w4 nuifrt hM* Your Hair "Two years ago my hair was falling out badly. I purchased a bottle ef Ayer’s Hair Vigor, and soon my bsir stopped coming out.** Miss Minnie Hoover, Peris, III. NT hi ••A.I- .11. 1 Pofiwnbet* Heelers In Arms, tut Ammunition, Agficul- al Implements aoJ H«rJware IN nr ki Perhaps your mother had thin hair, but that is no reason why you must go through life with half- starved hair. If you want long, thick hair, feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor, and make it rich, dark, and heavy. SI.SS a If 7»>UT drocfMt eaaant •awlv y od a* one d»TW sad »# wi U. I *S|>ra IV* ■or- aad rir* the ru. - of jimu. 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