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In spite of my blushing attempt to ridicule the idea it waspretty w?ll settled—by the youngest mem bers of imr family, at least—that our caller would prove to be a young man and neighbor supposed to be deeply iu love with me, when our dainty waiting maid announced a messenger with a telegram. Of course that unusual event in our rural and sometimes too quiet exist ence, caused a little commotion, and, ns the dispatch was addressed to me, I was watched with curious eyes while I opened the envelope and read its con tents. “Will start to-morrow to visit you,” it said; “have sent trunk to-day,’’ signed, “Mary Norton.’’ She was my very dearest girl friend on earth and had long promised to visit me. The anticipation of her coming made everyone so happy that nothing more was said about my “beau,” for which I was thankful. The next afternoon the expressman brought the expected trunk. I had it taken upstairs and placed in my room, for I insisted that my best friend should share my lovely, sunny bed chamber nnd not be poked away in the cold apartment reserved for ordinary guests. After some trouble and complain ing, for the trunk was unnsnally large and heavy, the expressman, helped by onr gardener, carried it np and aet it against the foot of my bed, there to wait for its beloved owner. As I have mentioned, our house and' grounds were large and handsome, for my father, being rich, prided himself on maintaining a home befitting a country gentleman. We also pos sessed much jewelry and other rare treasures, and, for fear of robbers, our house was well protected without by dogs sml within by bolts and bars and electric alarms at each door and window. In addition we all had large dinner bells by our bedsides to ring furiously in case of necessity, and the male portion of the family had no end of guns and handy pistols. Consequently, on the following morning when we discovered that we had been robbed during the night, we were frightened and shocked beyond measure. Almost every room had been en tered and nearly all onr jewelry was gone. Even wstches from under pil lows and pocketbooks from father's and brother’s trousers had been taken. And most puzzling and alarming of nil was the fact that not tho slightest sign of breaking in or out could be found at r. single door or window. The electrio contrivances were all un disturbed. Who could have done the robbety? We couldn’t suspect our serrantn of any share in the crime, for long years of faithful duty proved the contrary. If a burglar had secreted himself in the house before closing time, which seemed probable, how could ho have gotten out and left no trace? The more we tried to solve the riddle the ntore mysterious it became to us, though the village constable, hastily sent for, said he'd soon have a theory to work on, In the afternoon of that awfnl day another telegram came to our hbnse from Mary Norton. It read: “Moth er suddenly ill. ''aunot come. Will send for trunk. ’ease deliver to ex pressman when calls. Will write particulars.” a In an hour following that came the expressman and, glad that Mary was to be spared the unpleasantness of a visit at such n forlorn time, we again let onr man help him away with the heavy trunk from its place at the foot of my bed. For a week we did our best, assisted, too, by city detectives, to discover a clue to the robbers, bnt all in vain. And every day we sent to the post- ''Dice for my friend’s promised letter, but none came. Then anxious for fear her mother was seriously ill, I wrote to her. By return mail came an answer, saying she had sent neither trunk nor telegrams, that hsr mother was not sick, and asking what it all meant. At once I understood onr robbery. The burglar had been in the trunk when it came, he had passed the night, save when he was making the ronnd of the house, in my room when 1 was alone; then with his valuable plunder he had been shipped away in his queer hiding place. Nj wonder the trunk was heavy and big. No doubt from peepholes in it the robber had watched me until certain I was sound asleep. Then out he must have crept and—the thought made me shudder and feel taint. But, though wc admired the cunning and bold trick, we immediately set about tracing the trunk to where it went after leaving onr house. The expressman, whom we found to bo honest and unsuspicious iu the mat ter, had given it to the railroad which, on telegraphic orders, had forwarded it to an adjacent city. There it was called for and taken away by a dray man who likely was an accomplice of tho burglar, for uo one at tho station knew him and nothing further could be learned regarding the trunk, at least tor the time being. Now comes the strangest and almost incredible part of my story. Home months after our robbery I wen on a week’s visit at my uncle's house iu a distant town. Like mr father's, it was spacious, and showed evidence of the wealth it contained. One evening after supper and while we wete all gathered in tho parlor a telegram was brought in nnd handed to my Cousin Alice. Of course my detective curiosity was aroused at the similarity of the event and when It inrned out to bo almost identical in Its reading with tho one sent to mo the night before our burglar* I in stantly knew what was coming. So did the rest, for they, as you may guess, were not ignorant of tho nf- tnir. For some mrmc-ats wo gazed at each other in speechless astonishment. Then Uncle John, bound to joke, no matter what happened, asked me with' mock seriousness if I would like the! expected trank set in my room, which, being the guest chamber, was the' right place for it. ’ My Ihok of terror made him smile in spite of his straight face. “NoI No!” I gasped. “I should die at the sight of it. Oh, Uncle John, do send for the police at once. I’m sure we’ll all bo murdered in our sleep. ” “Yes, but we want to trap your bur glar friend,” he laughed, “and maybe recover your jewels. However, if you are so unhospitable, perhaps Alice will take the stranger in. ” But Alice, with a face more soared than mine, declared positively that she wouldn’t. “Well, then, I will do the honors,” said uncle, glancing mischievously at his frightened wife. “John! you shall do no such thing,” spoke up auntie, with a trembling voice, “I’ll have the trunk thrown down the well as soon as it arrives. No burglar, dead or alive, comes into my room. The idea!" Finally we settled down to business and fixed on a plan to catch the com ing burglar red-handed and without any danger to ourselves. Early next morning I moved from the guest’s chamber to my room with cousin Alice. Then my deserted apart ment had its windows securely barred,' so that our expected guest could not escape through them should he feel so inclined, and its door was fixed to be strongly bolted from outside, iu the hall. Some old watches and jewelry of small value were carelessly left on the dressing case to tempt the rascal and keep him in innocence of our crafty scheme. Several well-armed men were to be stationed quietly in and about the house, to do whatever fighting might be necessary, though our plau was to let the burglar rest iu fancied peace, if possible. Then,-after his departure iu the trunk, we were to follow and capture his puls in the city, and so re cover the previously stolen articles. ’Tis needless to mention our excite ment, of waitiug all the next day for the trunk, or our scarcely concealed agitation when, toward evening, it arrived. Uncle John himself, loudly proclaim ing his gladness at the pleasure of tho visit it promised, helped the unsus pecting expressman np the broad stair case and carefully left it in the guest chamber, right side up and where it could be observed from the hall by peeping through the key-hole of the well-fastened door. Before dark I mustered courage enough to steal in stockinged feet to the key-hole and peek in. Yes, the trunk was the very one I had entertained and even sat on in my room at home, with never a thought of iti horrid occupant. Ugh! The sight of it sent chills through me and aroused a feeling on my scalp, as if my hair was trying to erect itself. Hastily I ran away from that worse than Blue Beard chamber, nnd never stopped shivering till sdpper was over. You may be sure no eyes were closed in the house that uight. The men guarding the hall heard the knob of the prison-room door softly tried, bnt, of course, it didn’t open, which was lucky for the rascal within. At lost daylight came and relieved us of somo of our awful suspense. After breakfast Uncle John noiselessly unbolted the door and, carelessly hum ming a tune and coucealing a handy weapoo, entered the room The trunk stood just as it was left the evening before. But the jewelry and stuff had disappeared from the dressing-case. When brave Uncle John returned to us to report his eyes shone with a hunter's delight. His game was trapped and ready to be bagged when the time came. Just before dinner the other tele gram, almost a duplicate of miue, arrived, and after it the expressmau for the trunk. Again uncle and the still unsuspicious man lifted the burglar’s receptacle and placed it on the wagon to go to the railroad sta tion. Then, as we watched it driven away with uncle and a pair of constables following in a buggy, we dared ipeak above a whispei The rest of the story uncle told us on the following day, when he came home safely from his hazardous trip. “At the station," be said, “we found a nice looking, respectable chap waiting. When the trunk appeared he paid the expressman and checked the trunk through to New York, to which place I bought ray ticket, and, also, telegraphed on for city police detectives to meet me on arrival of the train. "When the trunk was placed in the baggage part of the smoking car its owner got on board and took his mat among tho smokers. As innocent as a babe I plumped down beside him and in a right friendly way offered him a cigar, which, like a gentleman, he accepted. Then, pulling our cigars together as chummy as you please, we soon got acquainted and had a truly delightful chat—principally about the weather, though, for the fellow was mighty careful to avoid other topics. “When we reached New York I found it necessary to attend U „ une business, which concerned him rather more than he thought, so shaking hands ‘good-bye,’ and expressing a hope to become better acquainted, I loft bim watched by ray town con stables while 1 sought my smarter city detectives aud put them ‘onto him.’ “His drayman was on hand waiting near the baggago-room. As soon as he got the trunk on his cart and drove off a ways ray amoking friend was neatly "collared nnd cuffed” and marched iu an opposite direction bc- tweuu i'Vo valiant policeman. Iheu the detectives and my self took a cab end started after the trunk. “Through streets becoming dirtier and wickeder we followed, without at tracting suspicion from the drayman, nntil he stopped before an apparently unoccupied house and prepared to un load. Ere he could do so one deteo tive jumped on his cart, and without speaking started his horse ahead ags iu. The other, aided by me, grabbed the fellow and prevented him from mak ing an outcry to alarm his pal in the trunk. Immediately several police men who I didn’t kuow were following behind suddenly appeared and burst into the house which turned oat to be a fence’ for the thieves. “Leaving onr surprised drayman in charge of somo of the officers we seated ourselves iu the cab and again followed the trunk to a police station- house, into which it was carried and placed iu front of tho captain’s desk on the door. “Then silently wc awaited results, ft was dusk, nail as no Iigbts were yet burning to let onr game see where he was we rightly supposed ho would tbiul; himself safe at home and act ac cordingly. Prepared to turn on the gas full blaze when ho did. so, we watched tho trunk. For perhaps fif teen anxious minutes it seemed life less. Then we heard a movement in side, heard a bolt drawn and saw the lid slowly rise and a head cautiously appear. Up went the gas and over went the trunk’s lid. pulled by an armed office. At first the head, or its face rather, wore a happy, tri umphant, broad grin; then as things didn’t look familiar its eyes opened wider iu an effort to understand mat ters. while the grin faded away like a rainbow. Then, ns the facts of the case forced themselves on the bur glar’s startled brain the poor fellow’s hair straightened, his eyes bulged out -like a lobster’s and the astonishment and terror depicted on his youthful, but evil featuresbeat acting all hollow. “‘Come out of that, yon scamp!’ shouted the police captain as soon as he could talk for laughing, ‘and give au account of yourself. What's the name of this particular racket any how ?’ “The burglar tried to laugh also, but it was a dismal failure. ‘Ob, that’s all right,’ he grinned, ‘I took yez for the conductor. That’s why I was scared. Yer sea, I’ve been beatiug the railroad, boss. Taiut every chap kin git ahead of old Vanderbilt and Chanuccy Dee-pue. But don’t tell ’em, kors they’ll be a-opening all the trunks on the line and the wimmin might object. Ha, ha, ha! Say.purty slick trick, wasn’t it?’ “The burglar’s bluff was good, but it didn’t work for a cent. “ ‘What yer doing with those watches in the trunk?’ asked a police man as bo fished them out after the fellow had painfully managed to crawl out himself. “ ‘Beein’ if tho road runs on time, boas. The blamed train was ten min utes late and I’m goin’ to report it. Say, yer hain't got aswallerof whisky yer could lend a tired traveler, hey? Couldn’t get at the water cooler, yer know.’ “ ‘Well, you’ll have no trouble gel- ting at the ‘cooler’ now. Look him np, Sergeant. We’ll give him another free trip to-morrow.’ “Off to the cell they took the wretch, and then we exami led his trunk. It was padded inside so that being tossed about by baggage- smashers couldn’t hurt. There were pockets made to button in the lining, but only a couple were filled with his plunder. Some empty flasks and crumbs of food we found. In the bot tom and sides were ventilating and ■peepholes. A man might live a weelc in that trunk, I think,if his provisions held out.'’ In a week or so I received a notice to appear in a New York court to give my testimony and identify the things stolen at my own home, most of whiou wo recovered. I saw the trunk again, and its occupant, but I guess he knew mo better than I did him. —Detroit Free Press. The Feaeock at the Feast. Brchm informs ns that tho flesh of the young peacock is very delicate, and has “a wild odor” which is very agree able. He thinks an old bird fit only for stewing. The Greeks must- have found it marvelous costly feeding, if it be true, as Aelian says, that a single bird was worth a thousand drachmas —nearly #300. The esteem in which it was held in the last days of the Ho man itepublio did not diminish under the imperial regime. Viteliius and Heliogabalus served up to their boon companions enormous dishes o^peacocks’ tongues and brains, seasoned with the rarest Indian spices. In medueval days it was still held in favor, particularly as a Christmas dish, and minstrels sang of it as “food for lovers and meat for lords. ” To fit it for tho table was no ordi nary culinary operation. After the akin—aud plumage—had been car.ful- ly stripped off, the bird was roasted; then served up again in its feathers, with gilded beak. No, I have forgot ten that it was first stuffed with spices and aweet herbs and basted with yolk of egg. It floated in a sea of gravy, as many as three fat wethers some times supplying the unctuous liquor for a single peacock. No vulgar hands carried it to the table, but the fairest and most illus trious of the dames and damsels pres ent at the feast, aud its arrival was an nounced by strains of triumphal music. Had the bird known the honors re served for its obsequies, surely it would, like Keats, have fallen “half iu lo'e with easeful death.” “By cock and pie!” exclaims Justice Shallow—little knowing that his every day ejaculation referred to the old chivalrous usage of swearing over this lordly bird to undertake any grim en terprise worthy of a gallant Knight. Did not the royal Edward take oath on the peacock before be entered upon his invasion of France?—All the Year Bound. Strange Avenue ot 'irees. A strange avenue of trees is owned by the Duke of Argyll, aud it is year by year growing longer. Each of the trees has been planted by some nota ble person, and a brass plate is fast ened to the iron fencing surrounding the tree, signifying by whom it was planted,—St. Louis Bepnblio. ! i £«conomy requires that in all receipts calling for baking powder, Royal Baking Powder shall be used. It will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor and more wholesome. i HOYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WAU ST., NEW-YORK. j The Elephant a Cowan!. “The elephant is an arrant cow ard,” said John L. Perkins, as he re counted his experiences in a circus to a group of friends. “I had charge of an elephant once that had a vicious disposition, but be would do anything that I wanted him to. I used to prod him with sharp steel aud otherwise impress upon him thnt I was master and intended to remain so. An uii- derkeeper went ou the kindness the ory and treated the big animal as well as if he was a member of his own family. “After we had been together about a year I was awakeued one uight iu a little Nebraska town by human shrieks in the elephant’s quarters. Bushing to the place, I found the underkeeper being crushed to death. As soon as the cowardly pachyderm saw me he trembled in every muscle, dropped tho man and tried to ruu, but I gave him a lesson with my steel prod that he never forgot. Then I picked up the man, who, I supposed, of course, wa? dead, and I found thnt he had re ceived only n broken arm and a broken rib as a result of his kindness to the elephant. Ho got well iu a few weeks, weut to the elephaut and punc tured him with a steel prod until the fellow bellowed for mercy. After that we were all together four years, but the elephant never again attempted to injure either of us.”—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. More thou 100,000 lives were saved In China during the recent famine, by the Famine Belief Fund, provided by Christian people and distributed.large- ly by the missionaries. It is said that 1000 persons were converted, whose ittention was lirst drawn to the Gos pel 1-y seeing this good work. Tfac Skill nnd Knnwlrdzn Essential to the production of the most perfect and popular laxative remedy known have en abled the California Eig Syrup Co.to achieve a great success in the reputation of Its remedy. Syrup of Figs, as it Is conceded to be the uni versal laxative. For sale by all druggists. Toxio, Japan, has niaoty-two Cbristl in churches. Deafness Cannm be Cared by local application-, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the car. There is only one way to cure Deafness, aud that Is by constitu tional remedies. Ueafne-s is caused by au in flamed enndilion of the mucous lining of tho Eustachian Tr*-*. When this tube gets In- flamed you have. rumhiing sound or iinper- f-ct hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam mation cun be token out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will he destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the murocs surfaces. Wc will give One Hundred D dlars for anc case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) I hat can not. be cure i by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. ('hknkv Se Co., To!edo, O. H^Sold by Drugg.sis. 75c. Daocaa bas transformed the one* ferttla and prosperous Rio Grande ▼alley into a sale of desolation j Shiloh'* Core Is sold on n guarant-c. It cures Incipient t'on- sumption;itisthc B tst Cough Cure; Zac., fitk.*., $1 Kbailt three hundred Freeidentlal p< ot- offlees are yet to be filled. Your wife can buv several article* for $1, you need $‘1 wortli of mailable article* in the drug line; you mail the order to K. A. Hall, Charleston, S. ('., and save $1. Your wife is happy, your are, and so will Hall be. Free catalogue. Tcbibcvlosis among cattle In New York amounts almost to epizootic. S'I'J.IOft ■» Farm Wagon, Tho best wagon ill the world can he had for it;. 50; a barrel curt for $0.50. If you wii.l cut mis our and sbnd it wjth De to the John A. falser Seed Co., La Crosse. Wls., you will receive thsir mammoth catalogue, where you cap read about lb s wagon. A Fixancial conditions were never better (or the borrower. The Best .Vtrn Wanted. “tee, sir; we want some good men. men el first-class character and ability to represent us Among onr representatives tire many of lit* noblest and best men in America, and parties of that stamp can always And a splendid busi ness opportunity at our establishment,* That is the way Mr. It. F. Johnson, of the firm B. K. Johnson & Co.. Richmond, Va.. stated the case tu reference to their advertisement in lhis pa- per. Florida oranges are being shipped to Europe, where hitherto the Italian fruit has reigned supreme. Danger m me nain. Some of the facts recently bronght to light ou the philosophy, of bathing are as interesting as they are import ant, au’.l special mention may be male of the investigation in this line by M. Wertheimer, of I’aris, aud now com municated hv him to the public. Ho shown that a sensation of cold on the rkiu acts as a circulation of the lower part of the trunk, that is to say, on the veins, and also on the brain, in the same way as a mechanical or electrical stimulus of the sensitive nerves of the skin. This observation, it is declared, affords nu explanation of the fact that a sudden immersion of the body in cold water after a meal, and while the process of digestion is going on, may be attended with dan ger ; at such a time the abdominal system is the seat of intense physio logical congestion, and the accumula tion of blood in it is suddenly thrown back toward the nervous centres, and the consequence may be a disorder rti- sultijg iu death.—New York Tele gram, The houses of Borne are valued at }225 per inliabitant- -". A Lesson in Saving. Mrs. Mary Hallen, of Portland, Me., has in her savings bank book an inter esting proof of the value of putting money iu bank aud leaving it there. In 1861 she receive 1 #303, for which she had no immediate use, so she de posited it and has not since disturbed the account. It now stands at almost #1300.—St. Louis Bepnblic. JAPANESE TOOTH :ry mailed for 10c. Ia|>p Drug Co., Phil | POWDKK.tim- . _ A large bo* Philadelphia, Pa. ennui II011 *tamplnzOutflt t 2A1phab#*,n HU UP II LUUH doHigns,Powder Pad *adoa|>j*C Home Beautiful, a monthly on Needlework, Stamp ing, etc. post i-atil. Wc. Karmiam's. 19 W. Hth St..N. V.. jSATENTS 1 tin •• * fit* n «• —THO.UAS I*. SMireiON, Y\a »d Kt< c, J\ r. ,\o a ly’s tec lii.ti od.wr '"i Inventor’*Guido AtivtJ .gfl. W. I.. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE ^ 0y^w-“fi6i3fc|rqtiql«; custom work, costing from rGfMTTiiftV® 1 $4 io $ >, best value for the money Iu the world. Numc and nric« •....otm .stamped on the bottom. Evtyy Va.. 1.1* VaA pair wurrr.ntcd. Takcnosubsti- v/ru€<iKlC5$ "%L. lute. See local papers for full llftvw .. 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I took six bottle* of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre scription, and was entirely cured of both in sis months ; it is four years this month, since 1 'fas entirely well of both those dis cuses and have never hadnoy signs of their ap pearance since and I am satisfied tho ‘ Favor ite Prescription’saved my life, for I could hardly walk around when I rommenced taking that medicine and 1 think it is a God’s blessing to mo that I took it. I was pronounced incurable by the best doctors hero in tho West. I gave up all hopes and mado up my mind that I was to be taken away from my husband and baby of two years old. 1 was sick all of the time —could not cat. anything at all. In one wteok, after beginning tho use of tho ‘ Favorite Pre scription’ tny stomach was so much better that I could eat anything : I could see that I was gaining all over, and my husband then went, nnd got me six bottles ; I took three of them nnd my stomach did not bother me any more. Wo sent to you nnd got the People's Com mon Sense Medical Advisor, and found my case descritied just as I was; wo did what the book told us, in every way ; in cne nonth’s time I could see I was much better t ban I had been ; we still kept on just as the book told us, and in three months 1 stopped l iking medicine, and to day, I can proudly ray I am a well women, yes, am well, strong and healthy. When I began to take your medicine my face was poor and eyes looked dead. I could not enjoy myself anywhere. I was tired and tick aii tho time. I could hardly do my bocso-work, but now 1 do that and tend a big garden, help my husband and take in tewing.” Tho following will prove interesting to fooblo women generally, nnd especially so to those about to hecomo mothers. Mrs. Dora A. Gut brio, of Oakley, Overton Co., TegtS., writes ; “I never can thank you enough lor what your treatment has done fop mo t .I ass stronger now than I have been for sjx yews., When I began your treatment I was not able to do anything. I could not stand oh Yhy fsM long enough to wash my dishes without suf fering almost death ; now I do all my hOuStb work, washing, cooking, sewing aim-bvt*ry» thing for my family of eight. Dr. Pipsees Favorite Prescription is the best medicine tp* take before eonmiement that crin be found ; or at least it proved So with’me. never suffered so littln with any of my children ak I did with my lust nnd she is the healthiest wo have. I recommend yotrr medicines to all of my neighbors and especially ' Favorite Prescription ’ to nil women whocrcsutfcrlhg. Have induced rcveral to try it, and. it-has nrnvrH trnmi tor t.honi ” Vonrs tr„lv Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a pos itive cure for the most complicated and obstinate leucorrhca, excessive flowing, painful menstruation, unnatural, suppres sions and irregularities, prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak back, ” female weakness,- nnteversion, retroversion, bearing-down sen sations, chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness of the ovaries, nCcvippemqd with ‘ internal beat.” f Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prcscriptidn tv a scientific medicine, cnrefully Compoifnded hy an experienced and skillful, physician, and adapted to woman’s delicate organization.' It is purely vegetable iri its composition and perfectly harmless in its'effects in anu cvifti- tion of (he s(/stem. Fpr morning sickness’or nausea, due to pregnancy, weak kttimach, in digestion. dyspepsia and’ kindred symptoms, its use will prove very beneficial. Dr. Pierce’s Book, “ Woman and Her Dis eases.” (IPS pages, illustrated I. giving suc cessful means of homo treatment, eau pe had [sealed in plain enielojK) by etieiosing 10 cts., in one cent stamps, to pay' pusfgze, to the Doctor, at bis address, as given at the beginning of this article. Skin. Eruptions and similar annoyances are caused by impure blood, which will result in a more dreaded disease. Unless removed, slight impurities will develop into serious maladies. SC R0FULA, ECZEMA, SALT RHEUM I hftYff for gome time bfen a sufferer >rom a severe blood trouble, for which I took many remedies that did me no good. I have now taken four bottles of with tho moat wonderful results. Am enjoying the best health I over knew, Mtvo gained twenty pounds and my friends say t hey nerer saw me os well. I am feeling quite like u new man. ~ J0HN ^ bdbun, Government PrfjUing Office, Washington, D. 0. 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