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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1901)
, of The Old Grudge. By J. H. CONNELLY. 'v * i & 0 l > rrlhl , lltl d IMS , br Knlmrt Him er' 8on . [ All llMi rwortrd.l CHAI'TKIt I. Notably strange formation , atnoiiK the sccnln beauties of Western IVnniylvnnln , IB the walMiko hill locally known AH the DpvI | > JJni'kbone , wblc-li is thrown hnlf acrnRR the llaccoon Creek Valley. Though It * plcvatlon la hardly inontlniti live hun dred fret , the abruptness with which It rlhos out of tlie incitduw Inndfl , the Btrnlchtncs.V nnd length of the lofty line Its xnmmlt make * iiRiilnt the ttky and the nbsonce of near rival eminences catiKe It to neoin , when viewed from the Yullr , a real mountain. Itu top , for u length of about two mllex , In level nnd fftnilght , nnd 1 * trHVpriwl by n rood , one of the inoit charming driven lni < iKlnnblc > , and not by any incanit so difficult of ae- rens ns nilsht he expected , slnco the ( dope at the end of the hill IM ho gradual thnt tpmnii , drnwlnp loaded wngons , aticcml It with little difficulty. Through nn alley of toll trees It runi , their hoitgliN nrchlng overhead and tliclr dead leaven carpeting It. Bmaller trees nnd shrubs 1111 the. paces between their great trunks , and nmke n wall ot foliage on cither Hide , through rlfta In which , hero and there , glimpse * nro afforded of bine Hky nnd Hooey-white clondw drifting Hcrosn it. No where Is the summit more than four or fire rods In width. One flnnk of the hill Is steep , but not beyond u Rklllfnl nnd dnrlng climber's cnllnR. The other , however. In like a tupendoits wall. Denuded of KB mask f foliage , thnt rocky fnce would be Keen acarred , sentned nnd wrinkled by nges of pnHsivo resistance to the destroying forces of nntnro. Huhi , frost , Hiinsblne and wind hnvp grnred deeply their truce * npon It. But , while the niimmer InHtn nt leant , It Is fresh nnd fair. During nil the MOIIHOII of foliage and' blrxun , one looking up from the valley can dei-cry nothing of that time-furrow d fnce , but onl.r Its vivid tnnMt from the summit down to the bnse ; where1 the crys tal creek has undermined It nnd where fishes , alarmed by the cnttlo pbitdilnR among the gravel on the further Hide of1 the pool , dart across the reflected sky and fhrongh the Inverted forest to find refuge among the never-lifting black shadows far beni-nth this rocks. All the nooks and crnnnles In that rntrgBil wnll are full of life Foxes have their hiding plnces In the cnves ; birds build their nests in unfo- ty in spot * accessible only to things with wing * ; chipmunks nnd squirrels frolic and hark > among the branches ; snnkes nn themselves on exposed point * of rocks ; owls blink and ponder in the deep- nt shadows ; bees store their goldiMi wcots secure from all despollers ; myri ads of Nature's wild children here find nomw , iinfe from each other nnd from the common enemy , mnn Late In the afternoon of n short niitnm- nnl tiny , Jonn Cameron , returning homo- warJ from hunting In the distant hills , strode along the Devil's Backbone toward the valley. A big bunch of gray squlr- r ln upon his right shoulder showed thnt he hnd hnd good SIICCCHH ; but .evidently bin hunt was not yet over. lie moved almost noiselessly , hU rille Iny ready on bis left forenrm , and he wns keenly nlcrt for any sight or sound betokening the presence of game. To hU ears cnme the Igh ot the forest , thnt Is never hushed , and , through It the Impudent barking of foolish squirrel thnt , having cnnght night of him , must needs proclaim the fnct to the universe , Instend of prudently scnm- perlnc awnv in sllenrn to n nin n nt c. , < . , . , . ty. The crack of John's rille Rounding trangcly small and sharp away up there whore there was nothing to echo It , put an abrupt stop to the burking , nnd n lit tle grny , furry lump tumbled from tin- top of n hickory tree to the ground , nt the ery brink of the precipice , and lay mo- tionlesH. In the very net of stooping to pick up his game , John's keen eye caught sight of a thin , dirty-white , cotton string , tied to a little bush , close to the ground ! It hnd boon covered by loaves , nnd wonlii fcave remained unseen , hnd not the squlr- rel'fc body knocked thorn away 'and ox- poaod It. Wy should anybody have tied n string hero ? Ho laid down his gun and pro ceeded to investigate hauling , in two or irpe yards of the slack of the string which dangled over the face of the cliff Then it broke. "What the mischief Is at the 'other end ttc It ? " muttered John to himself. He laid down , nnd , thrusting his | ,0iv out perilously fnr over the edge of the precipice , tried in vain to gee , among the rocks nnd bushes below , what held the other end of the string. Fifty fcot be0w ] a largo hickory tree seemed to be firmh rooted in n ledge of earth ninong the rocks , nnd one of its strong brunches wan only a few foot beyond Idx reach' HP calculated that If he could get hold of thnt branch he might Hafolj swing down by it to a dogwood tree of smaller size on the ledge ho wished to rtach. Of course , if his hold gave way , or the branch broke , he would go on down to the bottom of the. preclploe , nnd probnblv break everything frangible in his ntiat- oniy. But if he did not take that risk , lie could not learn whnt waji nt the other nd of the string. That settled the ques tion of his making the attempt. Having In view a possible shot nt a fox or rat- tlesnnko when he got down there , ho low ered his rifle by the Btrlng , to the ledge be purposed reaching. Then , by means of a long forked stick , he drew In to him the hickory branch , clutched It , swung off. and made the descent ho had planned In safety. But the elucidation of the mys tery had not yet boon attained. The tring continued on , still farther down , pacing through a crevic * In the rock , In to whiph it had doubtless been blown by the wind when dangling free and ho hnd to mak * second descent , even moro perilous than the first , to roach a still lower ledge. This , too , he effected safe- , , , " * , first $ enl hl > " down > > > ,1 of him , as before , and at length he found thewhrr end of the string- It was tlcd-to a small but heavy parcel , closely wrapped In a cloth that , as ho tm- dto hw blootf atalu. ilver sphons and A gold T watch were In thu uackuee , Carefully wound around the watch , to protect It from dnmpni'Mit , wns u strip of oiled Ilk. two feet long mid tininInuhui wide , upoil whluh he iinido out thu Initials , " \V. S.'f scratched as If by u pln polut. The wutch wan well worn , but hud no innrkH by which It might bu Identified , excepting , perlmps , UN nimilti-r. I ngruvud upun the spouno , In llorid , InU-i'luceil Iliu'n , WHS n monogrnm that might hnvu buon "It. U , W. " or any othur iioNiilblr combinutioti of thoHi1 three lutturi. "Mighty ! " oxi-liilmud John. "If 'llnds Is ki-ups , ' us the bo > ii say , It wns worth while climbinu duwn hero. " Thrustini ; liU prl/.e In his puokwt , and seeing nu sign of a fox or nny other gnme , lie begun casting about for menns to u--t back to tin- top of the ulllT. It Is generally etisloi , in hill climbing , to ns * cend tlmu to descwul snfc-l.s , nnd , know ing this , he hnd not until now troubled himself about bow be should return ; but all rules lune their exceptions , nnd ho quickly ri'iili/.oil thnt this WHS tin excep tional case. 1'lvtMi if lie could hnvo got back to the llrst lodge , \vhlch was doubt ful , the dogwood anil hickory tro s would no longer servo him. He could not swing upward. A shlmmur of Itaccoon Cm-It wns visible so far below him that h thought ho wns just about half way be tween It and the moon. "Consarn the string and all belonging to It , and the mini who put it there ! ' he muttered. The lodge upon which he stood wns hnrdly ton feet lone nnd not more than n ynrd in width. He sat down and cogi tated. "So long us I keen , still I'm safe enough ; and If I yell long cnouKh , somebody on' the road will hoar mo nnd help uio but of this scrape , but Unit may not be for two or three days , so few go by this wnyJ When the sun goes down , It's going tn be colder than Greenland's Icy mountains' ' up bore , nnd If I move around In my sleep , as I'm pretty sure to do If I'm cold , I'll fnll fnr enough to bu'st a hole in the solid crust of the enrth. It be hooves me to yrll. " Standing up and bracing himself for n stentorian effort , ho shouted , at the top of his voice : "Ilello-o-o-o-o ! Hollo-o-o-o ! " A feeble echo , thnt seemed to come upi from thp meadow , was his only answer. ( "Dern the mnn who tied that string nnd dern mo for spvon kinds of a fool ! " he ejaculated , again 'sitting down , with his back ngalnst the rock. About once In live minutes , bo consid ered , would be often enough for him to let off a sliout like that. No casual way farer on the road could get by In the In tervals without honring it. Just In front of him , nn opening among the branches oniiblod n view of the vnllcy , and he thought It had never before opined so fnlr , possibly because it wns for the present , nt least so Impossible of attain ment. Hoyond the green , low-lying meadow land on the farther side of thu crock stretched brond fields , irregularly niter- nntlng golden russet stubble with the black , fat loam , upturned for winter whont sowing. Amid thu gray Indefiniteness - ness of nn orchard , awny ncross the vnl- loy , ho could just make out n roof nnd chimneys , from which smoke curled , and knew the spot ns home homo that he might , perhaps , never see again. Still farther off , the Indian summer haze deen- ened Into an nniuthystino veil , in whluh the elevated horizon line of foiest melted by oxquUite gradations of tint Into the evening sky. CHAPTER II. "Dorn all strings ! " groaned John , bitterly - torly , ns ho strnightonod himself up for another shout. Burhelp"\vas nearer tha.n ho Imagined. * His Brslt "Hollo-o-o-o ! " wns responded to by a shrill , boyish tre ble : "HI-1- ! " from the summit of'the hill , and the same voice , u moment later , In quired : "Where are you ? " s "Down hero on the face of the bluff ! " "Thunder ! How ' " d'yo get there ? "No matter about that. I want to get awny. " "No matter about that ! Stay where you arc ! " "Go nnd got n rope nnd tie It about a tree for mo to climb up by. " "Who wns your nigger afore T took the job ? " "Ain't you Danny Mulvoll , up there ? " "Maybe , and maybe not. Who are you down there ? " "John Cameron. " The boy omitted a prolonged whistle ex- prosslvo of his surprise. "Gosh ! " ho exclaimed. " . "I want to see you where you can't help yourself nor get at a feller ! " In his eagerness to enjoy that specta cle bo throw himself dowu and crawled to the edge of the cliff , onielessly dislodg ing , in his haste , a shower of loose smnll stones and earth Jhat , rattling down about John's onrs. caused him tp utter a loud , npprelienslvo shout of : "Hi ! " Look out what you're doing up there , or you'll be down on top of mo ! " The boy chuckled , A brilliantly mis chievous Idea suggested itself to his mind whore its kind were always welcome. "Say ! " ho demanded. "Ain't you mighty sorry now that you over walloped n boy for h'nllin * a watermelon In your , pntch ? " "Aha ! , Now I know It's you , Danny. 'No ' | I ought to luvo given you twice as 'much' ' ' ns I did. It wbnd | hnvo done you good. HI , there ! Stop thnt ! You young limb of Satan , stop It ! " he cried , as nn- other shower of Moni > Biu > d earth , heavier than before , foil upon him. Dnnuj rolled amoiig the dead leaves nnd kicked up his heels In an ecstasy of delight. "Say ! " he resumed , gathering another pile of small fnlssllos In readiness. "If R bpy wns tp sot his dog on your dog , would you larrup him like Sam Hill for It again ? " 'It doesn't ma.ko any odds to you rliether I would'or not. Touvgo arid' Meh a rope or get somebody to help me. Ill , there ! tiiit Hint : Onl dorn yel" The frocklo-fiu'i'd , rod-headed little Imp , laughing with mii'li abandon thnt hlH learn blinded him. WHS digging earth from the od i of the cliff with a stick nnd tumbling It down. "I'll break your back the first time I catch you ! " yelled the wngry mnn down below. "Oho ! You will ? Then I'd bent break yours first , while I huve the chance. " And he recklessly let full hatful of stones that John had no little dlftlculty In dodging , and which excited him to Mitch a vocitl tempest that the hearing of It tilled Danny's cup of happiness to thu brim. " 1 don't suppose , " cried the thoroughly exasperated young man , "that It would be possible to kill you with a bullet , for you were born to bu hanged ; but I'm a gout if I dou't try to win * you with a miup shot , oni'U for luck , auywr.y. " Danny lauuuud more heartily than ever at hU tur.v , and xuht down another lot of stoni' < , emu of which xtruck John and bruised him severely. Oouded to seri ously attempting what he threatened , to save hlmsulf from beliiK brained , young Cumeion siirttched up a lint atone and hastily Hxed It In the fork of H small tre rising In front of the ledge upon which he stood , xo that u bullet tired ngiiinst It would ricochet to where Danny was op erating. Then he ciiuglM up hit riHe , cocked it and wnited , sujlng to himself between his net teeth : "I'll pop him the first time he chlrpn. " Hut he wnltnl and listened In vain for the Imp's "chirp. " Danny , Inspired by u new idea of mUchlef , had suddenly de camped , callipering swiftly up the roud , he met his ulster Hetty- tall , graceful , handsome girl \\ln . with an ax upon her shoulder , was Iclsurcb approaching. The Inil wns not at all bad-liMiirU-d. He simply wanted fun. Unfortunately , that which commeiidH Itself ax fun to the mind of a vigorous lively boy U generally char- ae.tfrir.ed DM deviltry bj older persons , nnd Danny hud M wldeNprcud reputation as on Incorrigible Imp. Hut he really meant no harm. He had n little spite ugnlnHt John Cameron , who had hud oc casion to switch him n few time * aw al most every man In the township hud , more or less but his Hpito was not. enough to prompt a desire to do any real injury. U demanded nothing moro than -exquisite fun of Hearing John nnd getting him wild with cog.- . That enjoy ment achieved , Danny woidd cheerfully have gone H long way , | f nccexunry , for help 16 rescue him. Hut In the midst of hl mischief , he conceived the Idea for H sprightly vnrlatlon upon It : nothing Ic4 than putting his sister In hla place , and diverting John's wrathful objurgation ! ) to h > r Innocent bend , to the rnntnnl confu sion of the pair. Ho lie rnn to her , and with n good Nlmlilntldn of excited horror , cried : ' 'Oil , Hetty ! John Cameron has fallen over ( he edge of the cliff ! " "John Cameron ? " exclaimed the girl , hoarsely , turning very pale and catching the boy's shoulder to support herself , . "Are you sure ? " "Yes ; if you crawl to the edge and look over yon may Nee him on , rock a good ways down. " Hotty with dlllleulty repressed a femi nine desire to shriek. She wan trembling , and her teeth chattered as if with cold. " \Vhere is he ? Show me ! " she gasped. "Just beyond that little red oak. Watch where I pitch this stone. There ! " .She watched the ( light of the little ' ston , marking whore it dropped just be yond the edge of the hill , and did not notice how Danny , behind her , hugged hlniHo.lt' and grinned in enjoyment of the rellcction that , small as the missile was , It would be certain.lo keep John lively. "You unit lind him , easy. I'm going for helt ) , " and the lad was off like u shot. shot.Hetty Htood hesitating , wishing to go forward , yet so filled with dread nnd horror ror that her limbs seemed to weaken and become powerless to obey her will. Of all the men In the world , must it be John Cameron to whom this dreadful thing should happen ! John Cameron , so strong and handsome ! John Cameron , who would never know now how t > he would grieve for him ! How willingly she would have offered herself to fate In his stead ! Her great brown eyes , wide staring in anticipation of the horror they were to KO.O , had no tears In them , for her tears were In her heart , swelling It to burst ing , but a low imtrtn that ended In a .sob welled from her lips. Near the brink of the abyss , she dropped upon her hands and knees , and crawled forward to look pvrr tb > edge. , , . . John Cameron's keen hearing caught the rustllnir ' ( it her movements iiniong ' the leaves , and naturally supposing'the sound made by his tormentor , preliminary to another bombardment , hastily aimed at the stone in the tree nnd fired , exclaim ing as he did so : "There ! Got dern you ! " A woman's shriek answered the report of his ritle. Then succeeded silence only silence. He stood ns if petrified by astonish ment , holding his breath to listen , while gradually a white horror overnproad his face. T/hp / voice wj\s surely n woman's , He huskily shotied : , . "Hello , up there ! Are you hurt ? " , v There wai no answer , nqt a sound of any kind but the violent beating of his own heart. The suspense quickly be came unbearable. At one end of the ledge upon which he was perched grew a large tree , rooted among the rocks , but so jn- securely , ns it appeared , that its own weight threatened to tear It loose and precipitate It Info , , the valley. I'ts upper branches were on n level with the hill top , but several yardt , awuy from the cliff , owing to the angle at which the- trunk projected. Under ordinary cir cumstances , John whuld , . as soon huve thought of jumping down to the creek as of climbing thnt tree , fyir the enormous leverage of his weight , among those up per branches might very well prove too much for Its scant hold upon the earth to bear. Hut In his present state of anx ious excitement , approaching desperation , he , did npt , qvu think' twice of the danger. lie rooognlrd It , but that wns nllt Up , the trunk he went , almost ns nimbly as a squirrel could , feeling U quiver and crack , but caring nothing for those dan ger signals , so long as he might reach a point high enough to sec what his bullet had done. Ills climbing was necessarily done with hl back toward the cliff. When he felt that he had attained a suttl- dent altitude , he stopped ; but then a sud- dan dread of what he wan about to see suddenly overpowered him that for n minute he could not nerve himself to turn his head OJfUook * At length .ho did so , and almost fell from his perch. Hls'worat , fours were realized. Ksce downward among the leaves , lay the body of n worn- nn motionless scant doubt , dead killed by his bullet. Who she wan he could not tell : but that did not mutter. His deed wns a murder , anyway ; mid lie felt that the best thing he could do would be to lot go nil holds and drop. Bettor do that than be bunged. ( To be continued. ! HIS COURTSHIP WAS BRIEF Keiil-Kctntc Mnn Tried Uuiinenn Meth od * and Met with u KcliufT. One day Ia t week a little South Sltlc widow milled upou a real-estate man who lius charge of some of her proper ty. Thuy uiiKugcd hi Home earliest con- vcrstitlou relating to business matters. The wldow'a telephone rang the next morning , and the real-estate man nald that another call at his ottlcc would In ; necessary. In the course ol' the second vlult a Jest or two Intomipted the talk on renlulu and taxon. The widow has n KI : > little lunch , and It sounded like inu.slc to the weary earn of the ni.in. He nuked If he might not brlnj ; f > ita.n facts which he would K'I'MII ' dm nx tlii' next twenty-four hours to IUT in rs ni ally. In other words , lie wanted to cal. and , belli ) : a Kood-niitured liod.i , t.n widow said he might. He went , h saw , and he proposed. "And this Is how he did It , " the widow explained afterward. "I certainly am In love with yon , " lie said. "Whon jou came Into the oHlce I snld to myself , ' .My , but hhe's a line piece of furniture. Klu > would be an ornaineut to my house. ' Now I ,1111 Kohl ? to go ut this matter right , and what I've got to h > I'U say ( | iilck. You suit me. Your eluhs a lid societies must K I. for I mimt be all. 1 want to marry you to-morrow. Any time after 10 a. in. will suit me. What do you say ? Here's my bund. IK It a B V" The astonished woman rt'p'.li'd : "Why , I don't know you. " "Oh , that's all right ; don't let a lltt'.e thine Hke that stand In the way , " the man said. "You Just come down to my ofllce to-morrow morningI'll take you over to the bank , then I'll Introduce you to some of my friends. That's no trou ble. Will you be there ? " "Why , the very idea ! " snld she. "No. " men lie was very muifinnnt mm reit he wasn't appreciated. "That's like n woman , " be growled. "Never knows when site's got a good thing. " Chicago Inter Ocean. with ( tin Choir. When Lord Alverstonc , the new Lord Chief Justice of Knglaud , was Sir Richard Webster , Attorney General" and Tory member for the Isle of Wight , lie uwed to sing pretty regularly In the surpllced choir of KoiiKlnglon parish church. One of his constituents , who did not know him Ity sight , thought he would like to Bee his mem ber In this uncommon position for a great lawyer. So , when next in Lou- don , he attended morning service ont > Sunday , and asked a verger which of the choir was Sir Richard Webster. "Well , " replied the otllclal , "that's the vicar , those are the curates , and I'm lite verger ; and so long as the choir gives batlsfactlou 11 is not my business to Inquire Into the anteced ents of any of them , man or boy. " London M , A. I' . Victims of ScaulckripHS Confer. This Is the day of specializing and the last note of speclall/atlon In jour nalism takes the form of a Journal for the Seasick , says a London newspaiwr. Naturally enough , It was a Parisian who conceived this sprightly ido , which has tor Its main purpose to dis cover a speclllc for seasickness. All the travelers of the universe are In- vltod to write all they know about ev ery symptom , remedy , alleviation or aggravation of se-ahci ! io-- , and the reading thereof should contribute teen on HO the depression which usually ac companies that terror of the. landsman afloat. l'r the man who discovers the "specltlo. " there Is a prize of $20,000. Katnillrft in Hoi-ltn. The Municipal Year Hook of Berlin , Just published , shows that one woman in that city , 41 years old , is the mother of twenty children. In 18Hi ! there were live families with nineteen children , sixteen with eighteen , seventeen with seventeen , thirty-two with sixteen , six ty-three with llftoen. eighty-three will fourteen , and 12(5 ( with thirteen. Two hundred pairs of Berlin parents count ed a do/on children each , the mother In one case being only 11(5 ( years old. A piothcr of eighteen offspring was 85 years old , wluV women of 2.1 and 20 iiad borne eight and live children , re- speetlyHy. u Nown Two-Hours' . fourncy. In this rapid transit period ! few people ple can appreciate tjie- fact that within the memory of many old Inhabitants It required a day and n half to nmkp a Journey from New York to Philadel phia. A Tonocl-Dovm Declination. Clinton And'so' you finally got up courage to ask Miss Pelton to have you ? And did she say no ? numlelgh-No , she didn't go so far " as that. She merely said the Idea was absurd. Boston Transcript. ExperinuMit tiy S\vlnn. The city of Berne. Switzerland , Is making the socialistic experiment of lAilldlng free or practically free- workshops for artisans. Our Cotton Kxport It was only 100 yearn ago that we be gun exporting cotton In quantities to the demands of England. It Is said that u Texas murderer ask * od that his execution l > postponed be cause of his poor health. Admit one absurdity andi a Hoten others will demaad'an entrance. FARMS CAN BE MADE TO PAY. Mny Ue 1'rolonEecl and Comfort Secured Though Money ! I * t > A professor In Cornell University ha * been discussing In print the question whether a farm can be made to pay. He ihtnks It can , but wll.h HO me mental res- jrvatlons on the subject of what It means to have a farm "pay. " He snys 3f one of hls'early experiences with hli farm : "Half of country life IB In the living , ( t Is In the point of rlcw. It Is In the n-ay in which we look at things. L'horcnu rejoiced when It rained be cause he knew that his beans were happy. One day my man was agitated because the woodchucks were eating the beans. He would go to town at once and buy a gun. 1 asked him how many bonus the woodchucks would probably destroy. He thought from one-eighth to one-qunrter of an acre. No'w , one-quarter of an acre of Held beans should bring me a net cash IT turn of ? a or ? l. I told him that he could not buy a gun for that money. It he hnd a gun ho would waste more Unit killing the woodchucks than the bean1 would be worth. But the worst part ol It would be that he would kill the wood chuckfl , and at daylight morning aflci morning I had watched the animals n they Mole from the bushes , sniffed til. Kofi morning air and nibbled the crlsi young leaves. Many a time I had speni twice $1 for much loss entertainment My neighbor thought that I ought to cut out the briers In the fence comer I told him that 1 liked to see the brier * there. Ho remarked that some folks ure fools. I roplle'd that It Is fun to be a. fool. " Beautiful Maclnine IjO Vert. "To no other woman of the South were there accorded so often the trib utes of poetic and romantic fancy that clustered around the name of Octavla Walton , or Madame Le Vert as she was known after her marriage , " writes Wllllnm Porrlno , in the Ladles' Home Journal. "As a little child she charm- t'd Lafayette with her brilliant conver sation fdio spoke the purest of French and later she was the friend of Clay , Cnlhoun , Washington Irving , and , in fact , of nearly all the prominent people ple of her day. Nor was her clever ness unrecognized in Europe when she made the first 'grand tour. ' It was there at a State ball In Buckingham Palace , whither she was escorted by Joseph H. Ingorsoll , the American min ister at IxHuIun , that she was presented to Quroii Vilctora. Presentations on the occasion of a State ball were not frequent , and the Southern beauty was delighted over the unexpected compli ment. When the dances were over , nnd the Queen was again seated , the Lord Chninbcrlaiii waved his hand nnd the company moved back , leaving a vacant place around the royal chair. Madame Le Vert , with all eyes upon her. approached and was presented. Victoria advanced and graciously gave greeting , smiling sweetly as the Ameri can courtenled low before her. and then passed to the group that encircled the throne. About 2 o'clock In the morning the Queen hade adieu to her guests. Then one of the noblemen escorted Madame Lo Vert around the picture and sculpture galleries and presented nor to many eminent persons. " Stopped Cnttlc-StcnlftiK. For a long time the ranches along the Little Missouri suffered a great deal from the depredations of cattle thieves. Finally the sheriff called the ranch- owners in consultation. Among thorn was Theodore Hoosovolt. The sheriff severely denounced the thloves , asking for the opinions of the ranchers , and Mr. Uoosovolt boldly icplled : "There ought to bo no great dilllculty In carrying out your suggestions Mr. Sheriff , but I bavo a strong impression that you will not be the one to carry them out , for I am convinced , and I think every nthor man in this loom Is , that you have hnd more to do with the cattle stealing than any other man In the county. " The sheriff resigned Ids ofllco the next day and left the country. And the cattle stealing stopped. Ladles Home Journal. Cornl Rent's in To the minds of most readers the mention of coral reefs wills up a pic ture of palm-dotted Islets girt with with white sands In a tropical .sea , but geologists find coral reefs In the midst of great continents. These , of course , belong to a past age of the earth's his tory , but on that very account they are extremely Interesting. During the past year several remarkable reefs of fossil coral have boon explored near Bainbridge - bridge , on the Flint Ulver. in Georgia. In one case a very largo portion of the reef exposed consists of coral heads , some of which are moro than a foot In diameter. Between twenty-five and thirty spooles of coral have boon recog nized In these roofs by T. W. Vaughan. They are ascribed to the tertiary age. Anulont CI-OHH Found in Canada. A solid silver cross was recently re ceived In Montreal from Michael Clt Col , an Indian , who had found It while digging In the Lake Lemargarnlngue district. A Josult has recognized the cross , which has two bars , as one of the fifty silver crosses presented to- the Huron Indians In the early part of the sixteenth century to bribe them to tight for France against the Iroquois In dians , who were then friendly to Eng land. Welding Aluminum. A Unit of llauau , Germany , lias suc ceeded In welding aluminum without the use of any metal , solder , or acid. No seam can be dctectoti , and the weld ed pieces can resist blows and tempera- trire variations as well as If there were no Joint The process Is a secret one. A fountain works when It plays and plays when It work * . If ar 8U can only he known by tholi schools then the greatest ruonif them cannot be known. , Umbrellas were unknown In tills country until a few years b fore the Revolutionary War. Mrs. JamesII. Smith , of Matlnsyllle , Va. , is the mother of eighteen olill- dren. She lately gave birth to a Bet of twins. , We admire the clilldlHh candor of a St. Louis tobacconist who advertises "Imported Havana cigars of my own manufacture. " Statt of Ohio , OUy ofToledo.l Lucas County. 1 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he la the senior partner of the llrm of T. J. Cheney A. Co. , doing business in th city , of Toledo , county nnd slate aforesaid , and that said firm will pay ths sntu ot ONBi HUNDRED DOLLAltB for each Ht)4 ) every ) CMC of Catarrh that cannot b anrvd by the use of Hull's Catarrh Cnre. -FIIAHK. J. OHKXEY. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In m pr enethii Oth day of December , A.D.U A. W. OLKA ON , Notary 1'ubllo. Hall's Ontarrh Cure is taken intrrnally and aets directly on the blood nnd mucous aur < faces of the system. Send for to-timonlals free. F. J. OHKNKY A OO. . Sold by Druggists 76c. Toledo , O. AV titf l liar rnllrd Tlirnncli. The glib falslHer of a North Missouri paper pretends to have heard of the followlng call for professlonel service sent by a local resident to a doctor In a nelRhdorlng town : "Dear Doctor My wife's mother Is at death's door. Please come at oncoi and see If you can't pull her throng. " From nn Author' * Notebook. The following is an extract irom an author's diary : "Rase at live and had asonnctand a plass of cold water for break [ rat. L retired early In the evening , as I fear ed the neighbors would be annoyed by the rattling of the knives and forks. " A Doctor Thii Time. Portland , May Oth. Dr. E. A. Rote , . practicing physician , formerly of Yates Center , KOJIB. , wns on what everyone supposed w&s his death bed. H had Diabetes , and six of hln brother doctors were In attendance and consul tation at hit bedside. They hnd done everything that medical skill could BUJ-- geet to save his life , but they were at last rpluctautly forced to tell him that he must prepare for death. His aunt had beem summoned to his dying bedilde. After the doctors had given her nephew up , she Insisted thai BK a last retort , he be given a treatment of Dortd's Kidney Pllln. From the very first dose the tldo ' turned In hit ; favor. His life wan saved , and he Is hale and hearty to-day. Thle ease and Its cure has amazed the physicians , and Is the sensation of the hour. It la Interesting to note that while many others are beins : cured by tbls great discovery In medicine , the physicians themselves are among the frrst to benefit , and that while the sim pler and more prevalent forms , auch as Rheumatism , Kclntlcn , Bladder nnd Urinary Trouble and Female Weakness disappear before It , the more mnllgnant forms , such an Brlght's Disease , Dla- bote and Dropsy , which have always hoen regarded as Incurable , are yielding - ing Juot as easily. Dodd's Kidney P1I1 are fast superceding - ceding all other treatments for Kidney Dlaense , and as nearly all human sick ness and suffering has Itu origin In tha Kidneys , the use of this wonderful medicine Is becoming almost universal I 1 i 1f COME AND GO Iu many forms Rheumatism Neuralgia | f Lumbago ' * Sciatica ; lr l % r * i makeup a larfie port of Imman sufferlne. 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