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Wil of $2O cash will give you a
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Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria :
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r ' IN THE EVENING.
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'Hi * night has come with all her silver train ,
The moonlight steeps the sea ,
The hour Is come that I can rest again
And dream of thee.
The air Is still , the western sky la gold ,
And far on lawn and lea
The shadows bring the happy thought of old
And dreams of thee.
The sweetest hour of summer day is ending ;
' The song f bird and bee , .
To the still time their influence is lendingy'
And sing of thee. . , /sS
The rest serene on earth and heaveifofingeth
No rest to me ;
No Bong to me the lonely night bird singeth.
Weary for thee.
Thy shadow haunts the balmy summer even ,
By laud and sea ;
Between me and the l ppy moonlit heaven
Rise thoughts of thee.
I ctnnd beneath the stars , whose quiet fihining
1 But brings to me
The thought of olden times , the weary pining
For thee , for theo.
The lime tree's breath comes wafted from the
river
The same old tree
Where , in the happy years gone by forever ,
I stood with thee.
0 God I to see the calm , familiar faces
' Ofskyandbca ;
To see all things unchanged in the old places ,
But only thee
To feel the longiug will , the yearning weary ,
Thy face to bee ;
To feel earth's brightest scenes grow pale and
dreary
Forwant of thee ;
And know that while the stars shine on in heaven
No sun shall bring to me
Thy presence. Only as it came this even.
In dreams of thee.
Clackwood's Magazine.
THE MISSING VALISE.
I was returning to Petersburg , after an
absence of some weeks. As our train
stopped at Twiss a young man got in ,
who , while not particularly shy looking ,
had the air of a big school boy out for a
holiday. In taking his place in the com
partment he first , with great care , put
in. the netting a leather valise , which
evidently contained something precious ,
as he scarcely took his eyes off it during
the first hour of the journey.
You know how tediously monotonous
a railway is one quickly tires looking
through the window of the coach at the
straight line of road flying past ? in the
midst of plains of a wearying sameness
of aspect and to relieve jbhe tedium of
the long , uneventful journey the passen
gers naturally began to chat and ex
change opinions and confidences ,
prompted alike by ennui and curiosity ,
and our young man would have found it
a difficult matter to escape from his
share of interrogation. His great anx
iety lest any accident should happen to
his valise was so apparent to all that
one of the passengers remarked on it to
him in a jocular way.
He reddened a little and replied : "It
is true , I do feel anxious , for I am
traveler for a large jewelry establish
ment and am held responsible for a large
sum , the value of some diamonds in that
sralise , which I am charged to deliver in
Moscow. "
This answer astonished mo not a little ,
I confess. The first principles of pru-
duce should have counseled him to con
ceal the nature of these valuable arti
cles. It seemed to me that he was de
cidedly a novice in his business , thus to
disclose before so many strangers the
fact of his having a fortune in liis pos
session. I do not know why for his
explanation was plausible but I felt a
distrust of him , and set myself to watch
his movements from that time on. There
was an affectation of too much calm in
his manner , I thought.
During the chatter and pleasantry
common among fellow travelers , when
people talk without considering what
they say , the conversation turned upon
wonderful cases of theft and diamond
robberies , and , little by little , instances
were cited wherein the skill and rapidity
of the theft were marvelous.
The young jeweler was advised to
keep a sharp lookout for his diamonds.
Was not Gen. Somaronoff recently a
victim to the cleverness of a robber , who
actually abstracted a bundle of mbles
from the inside pocket of his coat ?
"Oh. " said the young man , "I am not
uneasy ; I am used to this sort of thing"
a statement which I did not believe.
I could not help feeling he was not ac
customed to the charge of gems of such
great value ; he had the face of a child ,
with a child's soft , sweet , innocent 'ex
pression , unfamiliar with care or re
sponsibility of any kind.
On reaching Kiln we all got out to
stretch our legs by a stroll on the plat
form , and the young jeweler , evidently
not wishing to make himself remarka
ble , followed our example , taking his
valise in hand as though unwilling to
part with it for an instant. As the passen
gers crowded toward the door he was
pushed violently forward by some one in
the throng. At the same moment the
conductor appeared and refused to allow
us to leave the carriage. The train was
behind tinie , he said , and instead of the
usual stoppage at Kiln a halt of merely
a minute's limit was made. While he
spoke the locomotive whistled for the
train to proceed.
As we regained our compartment in
somewhat straggling order the young
jeweler uttered a cry of fright , which ,
notwithstanding all effort at control ,
was one of agony.
"I have been robbed I" he cried.
It was true. Some bold operator , who
from an adjoing compartment had over
heard our conversation and been allured
by what he thus learned , had attempted ,
with success , the robbery of the jewels.
They were gone the thing was done !
The young man still held in his grasp
the handles of his valise , which had been
adroitly cut , and in the pressure of the
crowd he had not felt the loss of weight.
He gazed around with an indescribable
expression of terror. His despair was
truly pitiable , and it was as much
through sincere sympathy for the unfort
unate youth as the excitement of an in
cident thus breaking the tiresome jour
ney that the passengers surrounded him
with extreme interest and curiosity.
The theft , had been accomplished with
surprising skill and rapidity , and each
one had something to wyonthe subject.
"It is incredible. "
"We had only time to leave our seats
and return to them again. "
"It Eeems like.magic. "
One man declared that the conductor
must be notified at once.
"No no. " stammered the young jew
eler.
eler."Why
"Why not ? ' queried the other ; "here
you are with valuable diamonds stolen
from you , and you do not wish it to
be known. No one left the train at
Kiln , therefore it is impossible that the
thief has disappeared. Your valise is
still in one of the carriages ; no doubt
hidden beneath one of the seats. "
"No , no : do nothing , " implored the
unhappy youth. But the other did not
stop to listen : he had already started to
inform the conductor , and in a moment
returned with that functionary , to whom
he offered a string of suggestions as to
the best means of recovering the lost
jewels.
The conductor hesitated to take action
in the matter , but upon reaching the
next station secured the assistance of
two police officers , whom he put in
charge.
"The baggage of thepassengers should
be searched , " said the man who had
constituted himself the leader in the
affair , and so the officers ordered.
At once a vigorous search began as the
train rolled onward. The news spread
quickly from the locomotive to the bag
gage wagon , and every one yielded with
good grace .to the examination. The
young jeweler alone betrayed an uneasi
ness : his face became livid , and ho swayed
back and forth as though on the verge of
fainting.
The search was unsuccessful , and the
officers shook their heads in a doubtful
manner.
Suddenly our obliging neighbor , who
had shown decided instincts as a detect
ive , and who entered into the work with
ardor , caught sight of a passenger who ,
wrapped in a voluminous cloak , had
seemed to sleep during the turmoil. Approaching
preaching him , ho threw aside the cloak ,
and disclosed to view the missing valise !
"Ah , " said he , with a triumphant air ,
"I knew well it was not far off. "
The passenger thus disturbed did not ,
however , appear put out by the discovery.
"Leave me alone , " said he ; "the valise
is mine. "
"Yours ! " cried the man ; "why , the
handles are missingl You are too cool
by far. What do you think of the im
pudence of your thief , my young sir ? "
turning to the jeweler , proud of the role
he had so successfully played "you rec
ognize your valise , do you not ? '
The poor young fellow lost his head.
Be should have thanked the man for his
zeal , taken back his property and thus
terminated the affair ; but he obstinately
replied , "No ; it is not mine. "
The thief breathed again , the perilous
noment passed. "You see , " said he ,
ivith a superb disdain.
But our amateur detective was not
jonvinced he would not give up the
Battle. "I recognize it myself , " he cried ;
'I am not blindpfor the matter of that ,
t is easily determined if , this be the miss
ing valise or no. We know that the one
we seek contains diamonds here will be
incontestable proof. Hand me your key ,
sir ; we shall soon arrive at the truth of
this matter. I cannot comprehend youfe
doubts on the subject. "
But at this moment a terrible cry was
heard. The young man rushed madly
to the platform of the coach and threw
himself headlong under the wheels of
the train , which crushed him into a
bleeding mass.
As you willhave divined , theyoungman
who passed as a traveling jeweler was.
in reality , an agent of the Nihilists , and
the valise he guarded with so much care
and anxiety contained , not diamonds ,
but models of newly invented explosive ?
which were to be tested for the first
time by a committee in Moscow , whither
he was taking them. The wretches who
had given him this abominable commis
sion had evidently chosen a young stu
dent fresh from college.
At the next station the valise was
opened and found to contain the infernal
machine , which explained the resistance
offered by the unfortunate youth to the
discovery. He had no doubt come to the
conclusion that all was lost. In his
stupefaction he did not consider that he
could have prevented the opening of the
valise by acknowleding the property ; he
possibly saw in a vision the result of
finding its contents. He feared ar
rest , and that it would force him to
break vows implicating others , and be
ing unable to cope with it he rushed to
his-destruction. True Flag.
Strange Telephone "Wire.
Whether we shall ever be able to see
our friends at a distance , as we now talk
with them , is something for the science
of the future to determine , but if we
ever do so it will doubtless be through
the mysterious connection between light ,
electricity and the element selenium.
Selenium belongs to what is known as
the sulphur group of elements. It is
remarkable for the wonderful property
by which its electrical conductivity va
ries according to the amount of light
falling upon it , just as the chemical re
lations of silver are altered by the same
means.
By this singular property of selenium
Professor Bell was enabled to construct
an optical telephone , and actually trans
mitted words and sentences between
two distant points which were not con
nected in any way except by a beam of
light , which faithfully carried the vibra
tions of his voice to a selenium disk , by
which they were transformed into elec
tric energy and reproduced in an ordi
nary telephone. Youth's Companion.
How to Eat Cheese.
Whether or not to eat cheese with the
knife and fork is a somewhat vexed ques
tion , but the best authorities on eti
quette proclaim this as inadmissible , ex
cepting in the case of the soft , creamy
cheeses , such as Brie and Neufchatel.
Rochefort , Gorgonzola and other cheeses
of a similar consistency do not necessi
tate the interference of the knife or fork ,
but may be safely taken in the fingers.
Jenness-Miller Magazine.
IM a
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W of *
It is the Part of Wisdom
In making purchases o appropriate gifts for the approaching
holiday season that the idea of usefulness be kept in view.
It is to this end that NOBLE so early calls special attention
to the variety and richness of his stock of articles both
USEFUL & BEAUTIFUL
which will delight the heart of anyone and be ever useful in
the home as well as ornamental. We have but to mention a
few articles to fully arouse the reader's interest and centre
*
his or her attention. As a starter , how would a : : :
"We have an assortment of plain and fancy sets that are rea
sonable in price , excellent in quality , pretty and stylish in
decoration and design. We can show you a large variety of
From the hanr'nely decorated and more expensive to the
Ijjiiffi
plain and cheaper sorts. And best of alMihey are being sold
at figures within the reach of the most modest pocket book.
Besides we have an endless assortment of smaller articles , as
Decorated Cups and Saucers
And many pieces of toy ware for the children. In connection
with our queensware and crockery we have a large stock of
LASSWARE
Comprising many articles which would be very acceptable at
this season. But we have not exhausted our list of attrac
tions by any means. Our display of- : : : : : : :
'MGING BSD STHND IMPS
has no equal in this section. You should make your choice
early and thus secure the most attractive bargains. .Our
supply for the holidays , this season , of fresh : : : : :
will be all the markets afford and this insures a variety and
quality and quantity sufficient to meet every demand.
c. NOBLE.
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