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7 i f 0 Mil Qaatermain : Uy H, UIDEIl JIAGGAKD. jcaa" Tnii vitcu' ueah, era. as regards thoir religion) 1G is ft natural one for imaginative pcojilo, wlio know no Letter, ami might therefore be expected to turn to the sun and worship him as tho ull fathor, Lut it cunnot Justly bo culled olovating or spiritual, it is truo that they do sometimes kj alt of the un C3 tho "garment of tho nplrit;" but it is a vaguo torru, and whut ll:ey really adore L tho ilory orb himself. They ulso call him the "hono of fctornity;" but here again tho mean ing Is vague, and I doubt if tho pbraso coa- veyo .any rery clear impression to their mincu. C-iome oi Uiem do indeed bellove in a future llfo for the gool I know that Nylep- tba does firmly but ft is a privato faith. arising from the promptings of tho nplrit, not an essential of their creed. So, on tho whole. I cannot Bay that I consider this sun worship oa a religion indicativo of a clvilizod people, however magnificent und imposing its ritual. or however moral and high sounding the maxima of its priests, many of whom, I am euro, have their own opinions on tho whole Bublcct; though of courso they have nothing but praise for a system which provide them 'with so many of tho good things of thla world. Thero are now only two more matters to which I need allude, namely, the language and ' the system of caligruphy. As for tho former, it is soft sounding, and very rich and flexible. Sir Henry 6uys that it sounds some thing like modern Greek, but of course it hna no connection with it. It is easy to acquire, being slmplo m its construction, ana a lie Culiar quality about it is its euphony, und the way in which tho sound of tho words adapts Itself to the meaning to bo expressed. iOg before we mustered tho language we could frequently make out what was meant by the ring of the sentence. It is on this account that the language lends itself so well to poet ical declamation, of which these remarkable peoplcjare very fond. Tho Zu-Vendl alphabet seoms, Sir Henry says, to be derived, like every other known system of letters, from a Phoenician source, and thereforo more re motely still from tho ancient Egyptian hie ratic writing. Whether or no this is a fact I cannot say, not being learned in such mat ters. All I know about it is that their alphabet consist of eighteen hieroglyphics, each of which la, to my mind, more puzzlinjj and cumbersome than tho last But a tho people of Zu-Vondis oro not given to tho writinffof novels, or of anvthinsr except busi ness documents and records of tho briefest character, it answers their purrose well enough. CHAPTER XIV. TUB FLOWER TElirUi It was half past eight by my watch when I woke on the morning following our arrival at Milosis, having slept almost exactly twelve hours, and I must say that I did indeed feel better. Ah, what a ble&sod thing is sleep I ana wnac a amerenco twelve nours or it or 60 makes to us after days and nights of toil and danger. It is like going to bed one man and getting Tip another. 1 6at up upon my silken couch never had I slept upon such a bod beforo and tho first thing that I saw was Good's eyeglass fixed on me from the recesses of hia silken couch There was nothing elso of him to Ijo seen ex cept his eyeglass, but I know from tho look cf it that he was awako, and waiting till I woke up to bogln. "I say, Quateimain," ho commenced, sure enough, "did you observe her skin? It is as smooth as the back of an ivorv hair bmah " "Now, look here, Good," f remonstrated, when thore cams a kfiocklng at fho door, which, on bing opened, admitted a function ary, who sfgninad by signs that he was there to lead ui to tb bath. VV e gladly consented, and were conducted to a delightful marble cham dot, with a pool of ' running crystal waiar in toe center or It, Into wtncti we gayly plunged. When wo had bathed we re turned to our apartment and dressed, and then went into the central room t, here wo Lad sapped on the previous evening, to find a xaot'&ing meal already prepared for us, and n capiW meal it was, tbo-igh I should be puz- rled to daacribo tho dishes. After breakfast we lounged round and admired tho tapestries and carpets and some pieces of statuary that wre placad about, wondering the whilo what was going to happan next. Indeed, by this time our minds were in such a state of com plete bswildermfnt that we were, as a matter of fact, rady for anything that might ar rive. As for ocr souse of astonishment, it was pretty wall obliterated. Whilo we were till thus r.jjitjred, our friend the captain of the gvard preseatKl himself, and with many obeisances tinifitd that we wero to follow him, which we did, not without doubts and heart ssarchings for wo guessed that the time had come when wo should have to settle the bill for thoso confounded hippopotami with pur cold eyed friend Agon, the high priest. However, thore was no help for it, and per sonally I took great comfort in the promies of tho protection of the sister queens, know ing that if ladies havo a will they can gener ally find a way; so of wo started as though we liked it. A minute's walk through a pas cage and mi enter court brought ua to the great double gates of the palace that open on to the wide highway which runs up hill through the heart of ililosis to the Temple of the Sun, a mile away, and thence down the lope on the farther sido of the templo to tho outer wall of the city. . These gates are very lerge and massive, and an extraordinarily beautiful work in metaL Between thftn for one set is placed at the en trance to an interior, and one at that of tho exterior wall is a fosse, forty-five feet in width. This fosso is filled with water aud spanned by a. drawbridge, which, when lifted, makes the palace nearly impregnable to any thing except siege guns. As we came ono half of the wide gates were flung open, and we pass3d over tho drawbrirlgo, and presently 6tooilazing up one of the most imposing, if not the most imposing, roadways in the world. It is 1(10 feet from curb to curb, and on either side, not cramped and crowded to gether, as Is our European fashion, but each standing in its own grounds, and built equi distant from and in similar style to the rest, are a series cf splendid single storied man sions, all of red granite. These are the town houses of the noLlns of the court, and stretch away in unbroken lines for a mile or more till the eye is arrested by the glorious vision of the Temple of tho Sun that crowns the hill and heads the roadway. Aa we stood gazing at this splendid sight, of which more anon, there suddenly dashed tip to the gateway four chariot, each drawn by two white horses. The first and last of these chariots were occupied by guards, but tho center two were empty, except for the driver, and to these we were conducted. Al phonse and I sot nto the first, and Sir Henry, Good and Umslopogaas into the one behind, and then suddenly off wo went, and we did go. Among the Zu-Vendi it is not usual to trot horses either riding or driving especially when the journey to be made is a Krk nna thev co at full gallop. As soon as wo were sealed the driver called out, tho ! horses sprang forward, and wo were whirlc? j away at a irped fnfflelont to takj one's breath, mid which, till I got accustomed to it, kept n m in momentary four of on ujiset. As for the wretched Alphons, ho clung with a despairing face to tho Hide of what ho called this "devil of a fiacre," thinking that ovtry moment, wu his lust. l're: ently it occurred to hliu to uk where we wure going, and I told him thut, so far as I could ascertain, wo wero coinir to bo bttcriflc d by burning. You should have seen his face as lie grasped tho side of thu vehicle and cried out in his terror. But tho wilil looking charioteer only leaned forward over his Hying steeds and shouted; and tho air, ns it went singing past, bore away tho sound of Alphonso's lamentations. And now before ua, in nil its marvelous splendor and dazzling loveliness, shone out tho Templo of tho Sun tho peculiar pride of tho Zu-Vendi, to whom it was w hat Solomon's, or rather Herod's, Templo was to the Jews. Tho wealth and skill and labor of generations had leen given to tho building of this won derful place, which had been only finally completed within tho last fifty years. Tho building itself is of puro and polished whito marble, which shows out in marvelous contrast to tho red granite of tho frowning city, on whoso brow it glistens indeed like an imperial diadem upon the forehead of a dusky queen. Tho outor surf aco of the doino and of the twelve petal courts is covered entirely with thin sheets of beaten gold; and from the extreme point of the roof of each of these petals a glorious golden form with a trumpet in its hand aud wide spread wings is figured in tho very act of soaring into space. I really must leavo whoever reads this to imagine the surpassing glory of these golden roofs flash ing when tho sun strikes flushing like a thou sand fires aflame on a mountain of polished marble so fiercely that tho reflection can bo clearly seen from the great peaks of the range a hundred miles away. It is a marvelous sight, this golden flower upborne, upon the cool white marble walla, and I doubt if the world can show such an other. W unt makes the wliole cnect even more gorgeou3is that a belt of 150 feet around tho marblo wall of the templo planted with mi indigenous species or sun flower, which wero at the time when we first Baw them a sheet of golden bloom, Tho main entrance to this wonderful place Is between tho two northernmost of the raj-s or petal courts, and is protected first by the usual bronzo gatc3, and then by doors made of solid marble, beautifully carved with alle gorical subjects and overlaid with gold. When thtso aro passed thero is only tho thick ness of the wall, which is, however, twenty- five feet (for the Zu-Vendi build for all time) and another slight door, also of white marble introduced in order to avoid causing a visible gap in the inner skin of the wall, and you stand in tho circular hall under tho great dome. Advancing to tue central altar yoiH look upon as beautiful a sight as the Imagina tion of man can conceive. You are in the middle of the holy place, and above you the great whito marble dome (for the inner skin, like tho outer, is of polished marble through out) arches away in graceful curves some thing like that of St. Paul's in London, only at a slighter angle, and from the funnel like opening at tho exact apex a bright beam of light pours down upon the golden altar. At the east and tho west are other altars, and other beams of lisrht stab the sacred twilight to tho heart. In every direction, white, mystic, wonderful, open out the ray like courts, each, pierced through by a single arrow of light that serves to illumine its lofty silence and dimly to revoal the monu ments of tho mighty dead, Overcome nt so awe inspiring a sight, the vast loveliness of which thrills the nerves like a glance from beauty's eyes, you turn to the central golden altar, in the midst of which though you cannot bee it now, thore burns a pale but steady flame crowned with curls of faint blue smoke. It is of marble overlaid with pure gold, in shape round like tho sun, four feet in height and tlnrty-slx m circumference. Here also, hinged to the foundations of the altar, are twelve petals of beaten gold. All night and, except at one hour, all day also, these petals aro closed over the altar Itself ex actly a3 the petals of a water lily close over the yellow crown in stormy weather, but when tho sun at midday pierces through the funnel in tho dome aud lights upon tho golden flower, the petals open and reveal the hidden mystery, only to close again when the ray has Dassed. Nor is this all. Standing in semicircles, at equal distances from each other on tho north and south of the sacred place, are ten golden angels, or female winged forms, exquisitely shaped and draped. These figures, which are slightly larger than life size, stand with bent heads in an attitude of adoration, their faces 6hadowed by their wings, and are most im posing and of exceeding beauty. There is but one thing further that calb for description in this altar, which is, that to the east the flooring ia front of it is not of pure white marble, as elsewhere throughout the building, but of solid brass; and this is also the case in front of the other two altars. At tho temple gates our party was received by a guard of soldiers, who appeared to be under the orders of a priest; and by them we were conducted into one of the ray or "petal" courts, as tho priests call them, and there left for at least half an hour. Here we conferred together, and realizing that we stood in great danger of our lives, determined if any attempt should be made upon us, to sell thorn as dearly as wo could Umslopogaas announcing his fixed intention cf committing sacrilege on tho person of Agon, tho high priest, by split ting his venerable head with Inkosi-kaas. From where we stood we could perceive that an immenso multitude were pouring into the templo, evidently in expectation of some un usual event, and I could not help fearing that we had to do with it. And here I may ex plain that every day, when tho sunlight falls upon the central altar, and the trumpets sound, a burnt sacrifice i3 offered to the sun, consisting generallyof the carcass of a sheep or an ox, or sometimes of fruit or corn. This event comes off about midday; not always exactly at that hour, but as Zu-Vendis is sit uated not far from the line, although being so high above the sea it is very temperate- midday and the falling of the sunlight on the altar were generally simultaneous. Today the sacrifice was to take place at about eight minutes past twelve. Just at 12 o'clock a priest appeared, and made a sign, aud the officer of tho guard sig nified to us that we were expected to ad vance, which we did with the best grace that we could muster, all except Alphonso, whose irrepressible teeth instantly began to chatter. In a few seconds wo were out of the court and looking at a vast see of human faces stretch ing away to the farthest limits of the great circle, all straining to catch a glimpse of the mysterious strangers who had committed sacrilege; the first strangers, mind you, who, to the knowledge of the multitude, had ever set foot in Zu-Vendis since such time that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. As we appeared there was a murmur throughout the vast crowd that went echoing away up the great dome, and we saw a visible blush of excitement grow on the thousands of faces, like a pink light on a stretch of pale cloud, and a very curious effect it was. On we passed down a lane cut through the hear! of the human mass, till presently we stood upon tho brazen patch of flooring to tho east of tho central altar, and immediately facing it. For somo thirty feet around the golder winged figures tho space was roped off, and the multitudes stood outside tho ropea PLATTSMOUTll WEEKLV HE I ALT), Within were a circle of white robed gold i-ini-turd prlca'-a, holding long golden truiii x.ts in their hands, and immediately in front i'f us was our friend Agon, tho high priest, with hia curious cap upon his lieud. Ilia was the only covered head in thut vast assem blage. Wo took our stand upon tho brazen npnce, little knowing what was prepared for us beneath, but I noticed a curious hiding sound iirocetMlinLr anuaruntlv from the floor j for which I could not account. Then camo a pause, and I lookod round to see If thero was any sign of tho two queens, Nyleptha and Sorals, but they wero not thero. To tho right of us, however, was a boro epaco that I guessed was reserved for them. We waited, und presently a far oft trurn jvt blew, apparently high up Li tho dome. Then came another murmur from the multi tude, and up a long lane, leading to tho open space to our right, wo saw tho two queens walking side by side. Behind them were somo nobles of the court, among whom I roc ognized tho great lord Nasta, and behind them aguin a body of about fifty guards. These last I was very glad to 6eo. Presently they had all arrived and taken their stand, the two queens in front, the nobles to tho right and left, and the guards hi a doublo semicircle behind them. Then came another silence, and Nyleptha looked up and caught my eye; it seemed to me that thero w;is meaning in her glanco, and I watched it narrowly. From my eye it trav eled down to tho brazen flooring, on the outor edge of which we stood. Then followed a slight and almost imperceptible sidelong movement of tho head. I did not understand it, aud it was repeated. Then I guessed thut siio meant us to move back off the brazen floor. Ono more glance and I was sure of it there was danger in standing on tho floor. Sir Henry was placed on one side of mo, Um slopogaas on tho other. Keeping my eyes fixed straight before me I whispered to them, first in Zulu and then in English, to draw slowly back inch by inch till half their feet were resting on the marble llooring wnere too brass ceased. Sir Henry whispered on to Good and Alphonse, and slowly, very, very slowlv. we shifted backward; so slowly, in deed, that nobody except Nyleptha and So-1-nis. who saw evervthintr. seemed to notice the movement. Then I glanced again at Ny leptha and saw that, by an almost impercep tible nod, she indicated approval. Ail tho while Aeon's oves wore fixed upon tho altar beforo him, apparently in an ecstasy of con tpnmlation. and mine were fixed upon the small cf his back in another sort of ecstasy, Then suddenly ho flung up his long arms, and in a solemn and resounding voice commenced a chant, of w hich for oonvenionco' sake I ap pend a rousrh. a vory rough translation here, though, of course, I did not then comprehend it3 meaning. I was an invocation to tho sun, and ran somewhat as follows: "There is silence upon the face of tho Earth and the waters thereof! Yea. the silence doth brood on tho waters like a nestinpr bird: rho sileticts sieepeaU also upon tho bosom of the profound darkness. Only high up in thj great spaces star doth speak uuto star. The Earth is faint with longing and wet with tho teara of her desire; rhe star girdled night doth embrace her, but she is not comforted. She lies enshrouded In ml3ts like a corpse In the grave clothes, And stretches her pale hands to the east. "When Thou art wroth then Thou dest hide Thy face: Tliou drawest around Thee a thick curtain of shadows. Then the Earth grows cold and the Heavens are dismayed; They tromble, and tho sound thereof is the sound of thunder; Xhoy weep, and their tears are outpoured In the rain 1 Tliev sitch. and the wild winds are the voice of their sighing; The flowers diu. the fruitfid fields languish and turn pale; The old men j.nd the Uttlo children go unto their appointed pl.'ce When Thou witlidrawest Thy liht, O Sun 1 Say, what art Thou, O Thou matchless Splen dor? Who set Thee on high, O Thou flaming Terror 1 When didst Thou begin and when is the day of thy ending? Thou art tho raiment of the living Spirit. None did place Thee on high, for Thou wast the Beginning. Thou shalt not be ended when Thy children are forgotten: Nay, Thou shalt never end, for Thy hours are eternal. Thou sittest on hif,-h within Thy golden house and measurest out the centuries. O Father of Lifo! O dark dispelling Sun!" He ceased thi3 solemn chant, which, though it seams a poor enough thing after going through my mill, is really beautiful and im pressive in the original; and then, after a moment's pause, ho glanced up toward the funnel sloped opening in the dome and added: "O Sun, descend upon Thine Altar." A3 ho spoko a wonderful and beautiful thing happened. Down from on high flashed a splendid living ray of light, cleaving tho twilight like a sword of fire. Full upon the closed petals it fell and ran shimmering down their golden sides, and- then the glorious flower opened as though beneath tho bright Influence. Slowly It opened, and as the great petals fell wide and revealed the golden altar on which the fire ever burns, the priests blew a blast upon the trumpets, and from all the people there rose a shout of praise that beat against the domod roof and came echoing down the marble walls. And now the Cower altar was opgn, and the sunlight fell full upon the tongue of sacred flame and beat it down, so that it wavered, sank, and vanished into the hollow recesses whence it ros3. As it vanished, the mellow notes of tho trumpets rolled out once more. Again the old priest flung up his hands and called aloud: "We sacrifloe to Thee, O Sun." Once more I caught Nyleptha's eye; it was fixed upon the brazen flooring. "Look out, I said aloud; and as I said it, 1 saw Agon bend forward and touch something on the altar. As he did so, tho great white sea of faces around us turned red and then white again, and a deep breath went up like a universal sifcb. Nyleptha leaned forward and with an involuntary movement covered her eyes with her hand. Sorais turned and whispered to the officer of the royal body guard, and then with a rending sound the whole of tho braaen flooring slid from before our feet, and there in its place was suddenly revealed a smooth marble shaft terminating in a most awful raging furnace beneath the altar, big enough and hot snough to heat the iron stern post of a man of war. With a cry of terror we sprang backward, all except the wretched Alphonse, who was paralyzed with fear and would have fallen into the fiery furnace which had been pre pared for us, Lad not Sir Henry caught him in his strong hand as he was vanishing and dragged him back. Instantly there arose the most rearful Hub bub, and wo four got back to back, Alphonse dodging frantically round our little circle in attempt to take shelter under our legi We all had our revolvers on for though we had been politely disarmed of our guns on leav ing the palace, of course these people did not know what a revolver was. Umslopogaas, too, had his ax, of which no effort had been made to deprive him, and now he whirled it round his head and sent his piercing Zulu war shout echoing up the marble walls in fine defiant fashion. Next second tho priests, 1 THURSDAY, OOTOBKU 6, 1887. baffled of their prey, had drawn ewrJs from beneuth their whito roben and were leuping on us like hounds upon a ntag it bay. 1 saw that, dangerous as net ion inifcht bo, we must act or Ijo l')tt; so, us tha first man came bounding along and a great tall fellow he wa3 I sent a heavy revolver ball through Lim, and down ho fell at the mouth of tho t-hnft, and slid, shrieking frantically, Into the fiery gulf that had been prepared for un. I sent a heavy nrrolvcr ball throvjh hhn. Whether it was his cries, or the to them awful sound and effect of the pistol shot, or what, I know not, but tiio other priests halted paralyzed and dismayed, ami beforo they could coma on ngam horan had called ou something, and wo, together with the two queens and moc;t of tho courtiers, were being surrounded with a wall of armed men. In a moment it was done, and still the priests hesi tated, and tho peoplo hung In tho balunce like a hA'd of startled buck, as it were making no sign one way or tho other. The last yell of the burning priest had died away, the fire had finished him, and a great silence fell upon the placo. Then tho high priest Agon turned, and his faco was as tho faco of a dovil. "Let tho sac riflco be sacrificed," ho cried to tho queens. "Has not sacrilege- enough been done by these strangers, and would ye, as queen?, throw tho cloak of your rnajesty over evil doers Aro not the creatures sacred to tho Sun dead and is not a priest of tho Sun also dead, but- now slain by the magic of these strangers. who como as the winds out of heaven, whence we know not, and who aro what wo know not? Beware, O queens, how ye tamper with the great majesty of the God, even before his high altar. There is a power that is more than your power; there is a justice that is higher than your Justice. Beware how ye lift an impious hand against it. Let the sac rifico be sacrificed, O queens." Then Sorais made answer, in her deep, quiet tones, that always seemed to mo to have a suspicion of mockery about them, however serious the theme: "Oh, Agon, thou hast 6poken according to thy desire, and thou hast spoken truth. But it i3 thou who wouldst lift an impious hand against tho justice of thy God. Bethink thee the mid day sacrifice is accomplished; the Sun hath claimed his priest as a sacrifloe." This wns a novel idea, and the people ap plauded it. "Bethink thco, what are theso men? They are strangers found Coating on the bosom of a lake. Who brought them here? How camo they there? How know yo that they also are not servants of the Sun? Is this the hospitality that ye would havo our nation show to those whom chance brings to tbem, to throw them to tho flames? Shanio on ye! shame on j'ot AVhat U hospitality? To re ceive the stranger ami show kiui lfi.vor. io bind up his wounds, find find a pillow for his head and food for hira to eat. liut thy pillow is the fiery furnace, and thy foxl tho hot savor of the I say!" She paused a little to watch the effect of her speech upon th3 multitudo, and seeing that it was favorable, changed her tone from one of remonstrance to one of command. liol place there," sue cried, "place, i say$ make way for tho queens, and those whom tho queens cover with tuc-ir 'haP (mantle)." "And if I refuse, O queen?" said Agon be tween his teeth. "Then will I cut a pr.th with my guards, was the proud answer ; ' ay, evon in the pres ence of the sanctuary, and through tho bodies of thy priests." Agon turned livid with bnfUcd fury. He glanced at the people as though meditating rm appeal to them, but saw clearly tnat thou symoathie.s were all tho other wav. The Zu- Vendi are a very curious and scciablo people, and great as was their sense of the enormity that we had committed in shooting the sacred hippopotami, they did not like tho idea of the only real live strangers they had seen or heard of being consigned to a fiery furnace, thereby putting an end forever to their chance of extracting knowledge and information from and gossiping about us. Agon saw this and hesitated, and then for the first time Nyleptha spoke in her soft sweet voice. "Bethink thee, Ag.on," she said, "as my sister queen bath said, these n:cn may also bo servants of the Sun. For themselves they cannot speak, for their tongues aro tied. Let the matter be adjourned till such time aa they have learned our language. Who can be con demned without a bearing? When these men can plead for themselves, then it will bo time to put them to the proof." Here was a clever loophole of escape, and the vindictive old priest took it, little as he liked it. "So bo it, O queens," he said. "Let tho men go in peace, and when they have learned our tongue thon let them speak. And I, even I, will make humble supplication at tho altar lest pestilence fall on the land by causa of tho sacrilege." These word3 were received with a murmur of applause, and in another minute we were marching out of the temple surrounded by tho royal guards. But it was not till long afterward that we learned the exact substance of what had passed, and how hardly our lives had been wrung out of the cruol gripo of the Zu-v endi priesthood, in tho face of which even the queens wero practically powerless. Had it not been for their strenuous efforts to protect us we should have been slain even before we set foot in the Temple of the Sun. The attempt to drop us bodily into the fiery pit as an of fering was a last artifice to attain this end when several others quite unsuspected by us had already failed. CHAPTER XV. BORAJS' SOXG. After our escape from Agon and his pious crew wo returned to our quarters in tho pal ace and had a very good time. The two queens, the nobles and the people vied with each other in doing ua honor and showering gifts upon us. As for that painful little inci dent of the hippopotami it sank into obliv ion, where we wero quite content to leave it Every day deputations and individuals waited on us to examine our guns and cloth ing, our chain shirts and our instruments, es pecially our watches, wiLh which they were much delighted. In short, we became qut the rage, so much so that some of the fash ionable young swells among the Zu-Vendi fx bofcan to rry the cut of noma of our clothes, notably B!r Henry's shooting jacket. Ono day, indd, a deputation waited on us and, as usual, Good donned his full dress uniform for the oecaaion. This deputation nftiiieJ somehow o be of a different clas to those who iceaerally camo to villi us. They were littla, insifnlflcant looking mon of fin execs ilvely pelifce, not to iy servile, demeanor, and their attention appeared to bo chiefly taken up with observing the detail of Good"s 'nil mmam Biviform. of Whlcjl. tliCMT topk eoolr Purity of Natural Gas. The nMurnl g-s Imnia nlisolutily with out smoke, dust pr odor. licauti fully decorated tiles used in tho construction of a fireplace an: not stsincd or noilcd after a whole year, althouli tljcy nifiy liavo lieen in contact with the ll.nnes of tho burning .13 for month. Tho most delicate furniture and faloieM nrr: not in jured by being kept in fi room boated by it. In fact, tlicy retain their original freshness and beauty ti3 though tlicy had been can fully protected by covering. The naturnl gas requires no attention. Lighted at t!io beginning of the sii'im in a furnnnee,, stove, grate or fireplace, and tho proper amount turned on to give the required degree of heat, tlie latter will not very so much as two degrees in mouths. But, since with the varying temperature of the outer atmosphere, varying degrees of artificial heat are re quired to preserve uniformity in an apart ment or house, aitilieial regulators are supplied by which the amount of heat of each room can lie governed so accurately that the variations of temperature will never be greater than two degrees, ex cept during the heat of summer. Z. L. White, in Tht AniTrnin Mujazhi"- for October. "Wheeling Stogu. a 3 for o c. the best in the city at Warrick's, dCt-w-lt Dr. C. A. Marsh all Preservation of natural teeth a specialty. Teeth ertraeUil without irj il- of Lrtwjhiug (inn. All work warranted. Prices reasonable. Fitzgerald 15 lock. Pr.A'rTSMoirxir.NEis. can live nt !iotnf and malce more money at work for u than ;it any thing else in this vvorhl. .'ajital not needed ; you are started free, i'.of h scsrs : all .''-ces. Any one Can do t.'if work. L.-vrire ermiiiiL' sure f rem first f t ;urt . Costly outfits and terms free. Hetter not delay. Cilsyoii uutli iny to pend u year address and i!:i l out ; and if von ivre you v iil do so a' once. Address IIHallhtt ti O.. Portland, Maine. solv Ilave anything you vtmt from aj.vo ms.-;cny;er CARRIAG FOR SHORT are always kept ready. Cabs or fey - - and everything iur iuncrals itirn:i.cd on shrt notice. J ernie cah. if I U '? 1" 7T a. X Y tfilUU 5 AVE CAN NOW OFFER. SOME Ui! i C3 ll J 2 is I S.i GzQQLtly IXod'acod 7?rion. Ladies' Kj.d Button Shoes, formerly $3.00, now 2.00. Ladies' Kid Button Shoes, formerly Z2.'2o, now 51. 2o. Ladies' Peb. Go.it Shoe?, formerly 52.75, i:ow f 1.73. Ladies' A Calf Shoe?, formerly $2.-jo, now $2.00. Ladies. Kid Opera Slippers, formerly $l.f;0, homt 75c. Men's "Working Shoes, formerly 51. 75, now $1.10. Choice Box of few old Goods Manufacturing and Promptly done. CALL -A-T THE &mk Cass Qotiaty Corner ?.fdln ami flKtli f rff e. ' . a. II. 1M liMFI V i'l-i'V.r.f, I 1J. M. IVAViiUiit l.'i. C.iti.lM. J Travels a ae-cra! Mmis jiioiiEnT cash rnicus raid or County cud City Vfarrcutt nd pr..i;:ptly roM'.UeJ f"r. JjiiMfX-ruK.1? : C. 11. 1'nT-rr J. M. retters, Tro.l liuu.:r, A. it. Kr-lth. It. H. Wlr.Olit in. M. Morriney, James Patterson. Jr. THE CITIZENS PhATTS'IObTil. CAPITAL. ST00K PAID IN, - S5O.CC0 Authorized Capitnl, 100,000. or rieuiis .'IMNK OAKP.fil!. J') Pp. W. If. CVMIIINtV . A. C-..NNOn-, VI-PrcsltIost. C.i'.v. U-r. 1 l"r -.rk Ciimitli, .1. .-1 J. W. .f ) :l li , I.'i W. 1). MiTii.nn I'. ! :.C Till!.) . t'o.-'tii-r, i". K. (inthinsrn, ;: i;e-k,.J'hn tPAoef, V; 'ii. V'.-if !.ca.irq, V7. ii; hnv. Xi'Wi:c?rt a ):.ni! re'!!:'iir H"1nrf!. All Win) !.:iYi ;;nv bn.-ia.f-.w I Iraurnct iwe inviti-if to cV. Ss mat !r hw lui. i- or ii:i!l l iiy !'"!.-. It Mill ree ivc oi:r imp o.i .tt i.citf lMt, a:id w: pruiii:'!- ;d -. ;i cour t.eet: tiv.-ti-ient. I--pi;e Certificates ftf !. vut-t lxarlt.f Ifr4st Uuynaiid '!- l-'oi- :;;n tryei.e.n,;, Cartcly and CI? v ; ir-t s. rreslder.t. O'l.kr A OF PLAT COM O UXI I , M'TlXSn A, OfT&rUhe very bc.t c:':t!i fcrtfct frpt transact! mi of Icn't'.'.rMit banking Jiimmma t,oc!'.3, Bends, Oold. Government ted !.vs Securltlwe liouprlit and flnffl, lFcr.itr?lr ed i.ixl interest allowed en tlma Ccrti3 oatf, lirp.fi f d: ?v,v r.t;tvnl l- t !o In rvj part of tii t i'IN-m .tr.U-s r.v.A all the ii Ineli n towns of r.v.TCua. Colltotiont made c'i provwtly rruittfi niftiest market price; r:hi f-r County TTar Btats ami County Koadi. DIUKCTOHS i John VU7'f.TMi jo'iv. V.. Clnrfc, l. Ti hrrai. m. v;.ih. jr. r. wtsi;. -4 Ejg& t - vlioel - d go cart (o a tvrontj-four waron . PLEASURE ARB DRIVES. tint carriages, pull-Learcr wagorj rtVj V IT (T orn -uooas, FilHSIT AND 6CPEKIOH GOODS IN ft 5 ii zi P S3 W tJ? left at loss than h!f Cost Repairing Neatly and OLD OF STAND 'I , V
