! 1IE POBTET.
A Story of the Inner Visicn of the
Highlanders , Commonly Called
the Second Sight.
By GEORGE MACDONALD.
CIIAPTER .SII.-Coutlnued. )
" \v1I1 she listen ? " I asked.
"She dares not , " answered largaret ,
with a smile ; "she has a terrible Idea
of my powers. "
Janet obeyed without a word of reply -
ply , and we were left once more alone ,
ligbted only by the dull glow of the
fire. The night llad gathered cloudy
turd dark without , reminding me of
that night when she told me the story
of the two brothers. But this time no
storm disturbed the silence of the
night. As soon as Tanet was gone ,
Margaret said :
"lvill you take the pillow from under
Tily head , Duncan , my dear ? "
I did so , and she lay in an almost
horizontnl position. With the living
Ilaucl she lifted the powerless arm and
drew it across her chat , outside the
betlclothes. Theo she laid the other
arm over it , and , looking up at me ,
said :
"Kiss mc , my bairn ; I need strength
for what I am going to do for your
sake. "
I kissed her.
"There now ! " she said , "I am ready
Good bye. Whatever happens do not
speak to me ; and let no one come near
one but yourself. It will be wearisome
for you , but it is for your sake , my
Duncan. And don't let the fire out.
Don't leave me. "
I sat thus for a long time. I had
again replenished the fire-that is all I
know about the lapse of the time-
when , suddenly , a kind of physical repugnance -
pugnance and terror seined me , and 1
sat upright in my chair , with every
fiber of my flesh protesting against
some-shall I call it presence-m the
neighborhood. But my real self re-
11eIlerl the invading cold , and took
courage for any contest that might be
at hand. Like Macbeth , I only inlab-
ited trembling ; I did not tremble. I had
withflrawn my gaze' from the fire and
fixed it upon the little window , about
two feet square , at which the dark
night looked in. 'Vlry , or when I had
doue so I knew not
I saw two fiery eyes looking in at
the window , lingo and wide apart.
Next 1 saw the outline of a horse's
] lead , in which the eves were set ; and
behind , the dimmer online of a man's
form seated on the horse. The apparition -
tion faded and reappeared , just as if it
retreated , and rode again up close to
the window. Curiously enough , I did
.not even fancy that I heard any sound.
instinctively I felt for my sword , but
there was no sword there. And what
lvomild it have availed me. Probably
I was more in need of a soothing
draught. But the moment I put my
hand to time imagined sword-hilt , a
dim figure swept between me and the
horseman , on my side of the window-
.8 stately female form. She stood
facing the window' , in an attitude that
seemed to dare the further approach
'of a foe. How long she remained thus ,
or he confronted her , I have no idea ;
for when self-consciousness returned.
I fount ) myself still gazing at the window -
dow from which both apparitions had
vanished. Whether I had slept , or from
the relaxation of mental tension , had
only forgotten , I could not tell ; but all
fear had vanished , and I proceeded at
-once to make up the sunken fire.
'Throughout the time I am certain I
never heard the clanking shoe , for that
-I should have remembered.
The rest of the night passed without
.any disturbance ; and when the first
hays of the early morning came into
the room they awoke me from a coin-
forting sleep in the arm chair. I rose
and approached the bed softly.
Margaret lay as still as death. But
slaving been accustomed to similar con-
'ditious in my Alice , I believed I saw
signs of returning animation , and withdrew -
drew to my scat. Nor was I mistaken ;
for , in a few minutes more , she murmured -
mured my name. I hastened to her.
"Call Tanet , " she said.
I opened the door and called her. She
came in a moment , looking at once
frightened and relieved.
' 'Get me some tea. " said Margaret.
After she had drunk the tea , she
looked at me and said :
"Go home , now. Duncan , and come
back about noon. Mind you go to bed : '
She closed her eyes gnce more. I
waited till I saw her fast in an altogether -
gether different sleep from the former -
mer , if sleep that could in any
sense be called.
As I walked home , before I had gone
many hundred yards from the cottage ,
I suddenly came upon my old Con-
stancy. lIe was limping about , picking -
ing the hest grass he could fend among
the roots of the heather and cranberry
bushes. He gave a start when I came
: upon him , ahal then a jubilant neigh.
But he could not be so glad as I was.
When I had taken sufficient pains to
let him know this fact , I walked on ,
and he followed me like a dog , with
leis head at my heels , but as he limped
much I turned to examine him , and
found one cause of his lameness to be
that the loose shoe , which was a hind
one , was broken at the toe , and that
.one-half , held only at the toe , had
turned round and was sticking right
.out , striking his forefoot every time
ire moved. I soon remedied this and
lie walked much better.
After removing the anxiety of my
hostess and partaking of their Highland -
land breakfast , I wandered to my
ancient haunt on the hill. Thence I i
could look down on my old home ,
where it lay unchanged , though not one
human form , which had made it home
to me moved about its precincts. I
went no nearer. I no more felt that
that was home than one feels that the
form in the coffin is the departed dead.
I sat down in my aid study chamber
a u .ng the rocks , and thought that if
I could but find Alice , she would be
m v home-of the past as well as of the
future ; for inn her mind my necromau-
-tic words 'would recoil the departed ,
-and we should love them together.
Toward noon I was again at the cot
tage. Margaret was sitting up in bed ,
waiting for me. She looked weary , but
.cheerful : and a clean white mutch gave
her a certain company air. Janet left
and Margaret me-
'the room directly ,
'tioned me to a chair by her sde. ! I sat
S
down. She took my hand and said :
Duncan , my boy , I fear I can give
you but llttle help ; but I will tell you
all I know. If I were to try to put
Into words the things I had to encounter -
counter before I could come near her ,
you would not understand what I
meant. Nor do I understand the things
myself. They seem quite plain to me
at the time , but very cloudy when
I come back. But I did succeed in getting -
ting one glimpse of her. She was fast
asleep. She seemed to have suffered
much , for her face was very thin , and
as patient as it was pale. "
"But where was she ? "
"I must leave you to find out that , if
you can , from my description. But ,
alas ! It is only the places immediately
about the persons that I can see. Where
they are , or how far I have gone to get
there , I cannot tell. "
She then gave me a rather minute
description bf the chamber tin which
the lady was lying. Though most of
the particulars are unknown to me , the
conviction , or hope , at least , gradually
dawned upon me , that I knew the
room. Once or twice I had peeped into -
to the sanctuary of Lady Alice's chamber -
ber , when I knew she was not there ;
and some points In the description Margaret -
garet gave , set my heart in a tremor
with the bare suggestion that she
might now be at Hilton Hall.
" 'Tell me , Margaret , " I said , almost
panting for utterance , "was there a
mirror over the fireplace , with a broad ,
gilt frame , carved into huge representations -
tations of crabs and lobsters , and all
crawling sea-creatures with shells on
them-very ugly , and very strange ? '
She would have interrupted me before -
fore , but I would not be stopped.
"I must tell you , my dear Duncan , "
she answered , "that in none of these
trances , or whatever you please to call
them , did I ever see a mirror. It has
struck me before as a curious thing ,
that a mirror is then an absolute blank
to me-I see nothing on which I could
put a name. It does not even seem a
vacant space to me. A mirror must
have nothing in common with the state
I am then ill , for I feel a kind of repulsion -
pulsion from it ; and , indeed , it would
be rather au awful thin , to look at , for
of course I should see no reflection of
myself in it. But , " she continued , "I
have a vague recollection of seeing
sonic broad , big , gilded thing with fig
mires oe it. It height be something else ,
though , altogether. "
"I will go in hope , " I answered , rising -
ing at once.
"Not already , Duncan ? "
"Why should I stay longer ? "
"Stay over to-night. "
"What is the use ? I cannot. "
"For my sake , Duncan. "
"Yes , dear Margaret , for your sake.
Yes , surely. "
" 'Thank you , " she answered. "I will
not keep you longer now. But if I send
Tanet to you come at once. And , Duncan -
can , wear this for niy sake. "
She put into my hand an ancient gold
cross , much worn. To my amazement
I recognized the counterpart of one
Lady Alice had always worn. I pressed -
ed it to my heart.
"I am a Catholic ; you are a Protestant -
ant , Duncan ; but never mind ; that's
the same sign to both of us. You won't
part with it ? It has been in our family
for many long years. "
"Not while I live , " I answered , and
went out , half wild with hope , into the
keen mounain air. How deliciously it
breathed upon me ! * * * *
Margaret sat , propped with pillows. I
saw some change had passed upon her.
She held out her hand to me. I took
it. She smiled feebly , closed her eyes ,
and went with the sun down the hill
of night. But down the hill of night
is up the hill of morning in other lands ,
and no doubt Margaret soon found that
slip was more at home there than here.
I sat holding the dead hand , as if
therein lay some communion still with
the departed. Perhaps she who saw
more than others while yet alive , could
see when dead that I held her cold
hand in my wram grasp ? Had I not
good cause to love her ? She had exhausted -
hausted the last remnants of her life
in that effort to find for me my lost
Alice. Whether she had succeeded I
had yet to discover. Perhaps she knew
now.
I hastened the funeral a little , that
I might follow my quest I had her
grave dug amidst her own people and
mine ; for they lay side by side. The
whole neighborhood for twenty miles
round followed Margaret to the grave.
Such was her character and reputation ,
that the belief in her supernatural powers -
ers had only heightened the notion of
her venerableness.
When I had seen the last sod placed
on her grave , I turned and went , with
a desolate but hopeful heart. I had
a kind of feeling that her death had
sealed the truth of her last vision. 1
mounted old Constancy at the church
yard gate , and set out for Hilton Hall.
; HAPTER 1IIL
HILTON.
It was a dark , drizzling night when 1
arrived at the little village of Hilton.
within a mile of the Hall. I knew a
respectable second-rate inn on the side
next the Hall , to which the garderwr
and other servants had been in the habit -
it of repairing of an evening ; and I
thought I might there stumble upon
some Information , especially as
the old fashioned place had a
large kitchen in which all sorts of
guests met. When I reflected on the
utter change which time , weather , and
a great scar must have made upon me ,
I feared no recognition. But what
was my surprise when , by one of those
coincidences which have often happened -
ed to me , I found in the hostler one
of my own troop at Waterloo ! His
countenance and salute convinced nee
that he recognized me , I said to ) min :
"I know you perfectly , Wood ; but
you must not know me. I will go with
} 'ou to the stable. "
He led the way instantly.
"wood. " I said , when we had reached -
ed the shelter of the stable , "I don't
want to be known here , for reasons
which I will explain to you another
time. "
"Very well , sir. You can depend on
me , sir. "
"I know I may , and I shall. Do you ,
know anybody about the hall ? "
"Yes , sir. The gardenercomes here
sometimes , sir. I believe he's in the
house now. Shall I ask him to step
this way , sir ? "
"No. All I want is , to learn who is
at the hall now. Will you get him to
talk ? I shall be by , having something
to drink. "
I went in , and , with my condition for
an excuse , ordered something hot by
the kitchen Several country pee-
pie were sitting about it They made
room for me , and I took my place by
a table on one side. I soon discovered
the gardener , although time had done
what lie could to disguise him. Wood
came In presently , and , loitering about ,
began to talk to him.
"What's the last news at the Hail ,
William ? " he said.
"News ? " answered the old man ,
somewhat querulously. "There's never
nothing but news up there , and very
new fmngled news , too. What do you
think now , John ? They do talk of
turning all them greenhouses into
hothouses ; for , to be sure , there's notle-
lug the new missus cares about but
just the finest grapes in the country ;
and the flowers , party creatures , may
go to the devil for hL'r. There's a lady
for ye ! "
"But you'll be glad to have her at
home , and see what she's like , won't
you ? It's rather dull up there now ,
isn't it ? "
"I don't know what you call dull , "
replied the old man , as if half offended
at the suggestion. "I don't believe a
soul missed his lordship when he died ;
and there's always Mrs. Blakesley and
me , as is the best friends in the world ,
besides three maids and the stableman ,
who helps me in the garden , now there
is no horses. And then there's Jacob ,
anti"
"But you don't mean , " said Wood ,
interrupting him , "that there's none o'
the family at home now ? "
"No. Who should there be ? Leastways -
ways , only the poor lady. And she
hardly counts now-bless her sweet
face. "
"Do you ever see her ? " interposed
one of the by-sitters.
"Sometimes. "
"Is she quite crazy ? "
"Altogether ; but that quiet and gen-
tie , you would think she was an angel
instead of a mad woman. But not a
notion has she in her hcted , no more
than the babe unborn. "
It was a dreadful shock to me. Was
this to be the end of all ? Were it not
better she had died ? For me , life was
worthless now. And there were no
wars , with the chance of losing it
honestly.
I rose , and went to my own room.
As I sat in dull misery by the fire , it
struck me that it might not have been
Lady Alice after all that the old man
spoke about. That moment a tap
came to my door , and Wood entered.
After a few words , I asked him who
was the lady the gardener had said
was crazy.
"Lady Alice , " he answered , and added -
ed : "A love story , that came to a bad
end up at the Hall , years ago. A tutor
was in it , they say. But I don't know
the rights of it"
CHAPTER ZIV.
It was a lovely morning in autumn ,
I walked to the Hall. I entered at the
same gate by which I lead entered
first , so many years ago. But it was
not Mes. Blakesley that opened it. I
inquired after her , and the woman
told me that she lived at the Hall now ,
to take care of Lady Alice. So far ,
this was Ilopeful news.
I was shown to a room. None of
the sensations I had had on first crossing -
ing the threshold were revived. I remembered -
membered themn all ; I felt none of
them. Mrs. Blakesley came. She did
not recognize ire. I told her who I
was..She stared at me for a moment ,
seemed to see the same face she had
known still glimmering through all
the changes that had crowded upon it ,
belch out both her hands , and burst
into tears.
"Mr. Campbell , " she said , "you are
changed ! But not like her. She's the
same one to look at ; but oh , dear ! "
We were both silent for some time.
At length she resumed-
"Come to my room. I have been mistress -
tress here for some time now. "
I followed her to the room dirs. Wilson -
son used to occupy. She put wine on
the table. I told her ) ny story. My
labors , and my wounds , and my illness -
ness , slightly touched as I trust they
were in the course of the tale , yet
moved all her womanly sympathies. ,
"What can I do for you , Mr. Camp.
bell ? " she said.
"Let me see her , " I replied.
She hesitated for a moment.
"I dare not , sir. I don't know whaL
it might do to her. It might send her
raving ; and she is so quiet"
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
TheTDon't Talk Politics.
ow'here in Russia do politics enter
into the life of the people. Politics in
Russia is the czar , and watever he
floes is right You cannot induce a
Russian , at least an archangel , to touch
on politics even in friendly conversa-
tion. When the czar's "name-day"
conics round , as it did the other day ,
tike houses are decorated for the event.
But even this is controlled by the au-
thorities. "Two flags for this house ,
three for yours , bang there out of the
window , " and it is done.
They worship the late czar-they
have made him a saint , as they have
grade a messiah of Alexander III. Ask
them when the St. Petersburg railway
is to be mal } e , when the poor are to be
better paid , when the children are to
play in the stulshieee instead of slaving
in gangs in 'tile ships-"When the czar
conies , " is always what they say. Time
czar will never come. I think they
might take that as established if they
would , though the other czars have
come , passing up that way on their pilgrimage -
grimage to the Holy Isles.-Longman'
Magazine.
Supposed Ago of Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls are about 31,000 years
old , according to the conclusions of
Prof. Spencer and other geologists.
Surveys made at different times during -
ing the last fifty years are taken as
the basis of Prof. Spencer's calculations -
tions , and lead him to conclude that
for about 11,000 years a small stream ,
falling about 200 feet , made a fall
nearly like the present American fall ,
but not so high. Then the height was
slowly increased and the stream enlarged - I
larged , and the three cascades that formerly -
merly followed each other in the river
became merged into one great cataract
much greater than the present one.
The second process took about 17,000
years , and for the last 3,000 years or so
the falls have been reaching their
present condition.-Springfield Repub'
lican.
A New Jersey justice of the peace
has just administered a dose of "Jer-
sey justice" to two judges of the siI-
preme court of the state who were
caught illegally huntfna ducks. '
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GRAND OLD PARTY.
DEMOCRATS WANT HELP FROM
THE REPUBLICANS.
Sltting IIelploas In the Wreck and Ruin
They Ilavo Created-Shrinkage In
Farm Value-A Democratic Impos-
stbility-Jerry's Pitiful Plight.
still Whlnlug. .
"Republicans block the way , but
propose nothing. They show how bad
every measure is that Democrats attempt -
tempt to pass , but suggest nothing
better. " Such is the babyish complaint -
plaint of some journals and of incompetents -
potents at Washington. But it is
false. The Republicans have shown
for thirty years how the treasury can
be pro'ected from danger , how the
currency can be made sound , and how
industry can be made prosperous.
Nothing is necessary except to leave
Republican laws alone , says the New
York Tribune. The men who insist
upon repealing or altering those laws ,
to suit their own ignorant notions or
malignant prejudices , must thorn-
solves face the responsibility of
making changes , destructive or other-
wise. They do not know how , to be
sure. But why need they try.
Here is a monetary system which
has stood unshaken through all the
financial storms of many years , and
has been growing safer and stronger
every year except as it has been moai-
fled or threatened by Democratic op-
position. The men who propose to
change it ought , in common decency ,
to be required to submit something
radically better and at leas ; equally
safe. But instead they insist on
smashing the system which Benubli-
cans have framed , and which many
years of experience have justified , and
then whine because Republicans will
not show them how to do that thing
safely.
Here is a tariff system which has
helped tree country to the greatest
development over known in any lander
or any age. Modified a little in the
direction of Democratic theories in
1883 , it worked less wholesomely.
Modified again in 1390 , in the direction -
tion of more vigorous protection , it
realized benefits quite unprecedented.
The men who overturned it were ,
with perfect justice , compelled by Republicans -
publicans to take the entire responsibility -
bility of providing a better system.
They tried , and with the aid of sugar
speculation and a corruption fund
made a new tariff , and now they
whine because Republicans are not
ready to help them doctor it.
Get out , Messrs. Democrats , or else
do your work yourselves ! The country -
try has told you that you are disgracefully -
gracefully- incapable , and must get out
in any case after March 4. If you insist -
sist upon running things until that
time in defiance of the declared wishes
of the people , do not have the impudence -
dence to ask Republican help. Botch
and muddle , if you must , but take the
blame and the consequences. A grain
of common sense would enable you to
avoid further disastrous experiments
in finance or taxation by putting the
responsibility upon the people , where
it belongs , and leaving the party they
have chosen to determine what measures -
ures if any , shall be passed at this
session. Democrats who have not
sense enough for that course will naturally -
ally continue to curse the country by
legislative attempts as childish as the
passionate endeavor of the infant to
pluck the moon from the sky. Bait
the country Ilas to stand it , for it
elected them.
Shrinkage In ' arm Values.
It seems to be inexplicable to certain -
tain political essayists that farm
values should share in the general
suffering from hard times. A recent
official statement shows that in the
sale of a million acres of land in
sixty-two counties in Ohio last year
there was a shrinkage of S3 per acre.
as compared with the values of the
previous year. If the data were at
hand to show the results in other
states there can be no doubt a similar
decrease in farm values would appear.
But it is the cause for this falling off
that is worrying the foolscap economists -
mists , whether it is overproduction ;
underconsumption or poor cultivation-
There is really no mystery in it ,
however , for the influences that ar
responsible for the shrinkage of all
other values are legitimately chargeable -
able with the distressed condition of
the farming industry. Time prices of
farms are down because the 'profits of
farm products are down. The prices
of farm products are down because the
profits of all other callings are down.
Who can name a product of American -
ican soil or American labor that has
not shrunk at least three per cent in
value during the last year ? Local influences -
fluences or peculiar conditions may
have sustained or oven advanced values -
ues of certain commodities , but tile
downward tendency of all has been
in and about the same degree as that
of farm values.
The trouble is not so much with
the commodity itself , however. as with
the measure by which the shrinkage
is determined. It is the measure that
has really changed. And that measure -
ure is the real standard of values that
has been forced upon the country and
which is to be made permanent if it
is within the power of the money lords
of the world to do it.
Nobody ever talks about fluctuations
in the value of gold , says the Kansas
City Journal , because people are
taught from their ear'liyst school days
that gold never changes in value. But
it does change. The products of the
soil and of labor are the source of all
wealth and the true measure of all
property values.
Gauged by this standard the value
of gold has appreciated in the last
twenty years by an averae rate of
9 per cent per year. Various in
fluences kept farm values in Ohio and
elsewhere from the natural resultant
effect of this appreciating measure 01
values. rho shrinkage which was
sure to come sooner or later was
merely postponed. It has come now ,
however , because the evil results of
the appreciation of the , gold value
have become so general as to be almost -
most universally felt wherever gold
reigns as the sole measure of property
values.
Bavarian Annotation.
The revival of annexation talk
promises to again bring the Hawaiian
question to the attention of the government -
ernment at Washington. The cap _
tious course adopted by the present
administration in the withdrawal
from 'congr'ess of the proposition of
President IIarrison , had nothing whatever -
ever to do with the main question at
issue , and the trumped up objections
to the further consideration of the
subject having been settled past recall -
call the way is open to the discussion
of the question on its merits whenever -
ever it shall be officially presented.
It will remain to be seen how much of
sincerity there was in the assumed indignation -
dignation with which Cleveland and
Gresham refused their countenance to
the appeal then made.
The question will come up , if at all ,
on the same ground that was then
presented. The only difference is
that it has been clearly demonstrated
that the rotten royal government of
the islands was not only repudiated ,
but that the people there had the
power to overthrow it and that it was
in fact overthrown.
It has also been shown that the intelligent -
telligent classes of the islands are
capable of self government and are
fully competent to cope with all domestic -
mestic problems.
If protected from the plots of foreign -
eign schemers they can answer for the
peace and prosperity of the people ,
but recent developments have confirmed -
firmed the fears wl1icll first prompted
the appeal made to the United States.
To be continually harrassed b" lots .
from without would perhaps disastrously -
trously curtail the possibilities for advancement -
vancement and keep the country in a
continual state of unrest and uncer-
tainty.
President Cleveland tyill have no
other excuse for refusing his countenance -
nanco to any advances that may now
be made , however much he may be
averse to annexation. But if it comes
to a question of a minion of these
islands with this country , says tile
Kansas City Journal , that is a subject
that is not for executive decision and
it will have to be left with congress ,
where it should have been determined
when it was first proposed.
President Cleveland to IIL tmo.
Great though llr. Carlisle's blunders -
ders have been it is absurd to hold him
responsible and acquit Mr. Cleveland
for all the flnancia folly of this ad-
ministration. Mr. Cleveland domain-
ates his cabinet and the men who are
trying to cast the whole burden of this
blundering administration upon
cabinet otiicers know that this is true.
Mr. Cleveland is primarily to blame.
He is the chief blunderer , and he cannot -
not be excused for mistakes that he
personally has made by saying that he
blundered in the first instance when
he selected his cabinet. Of course he
did that , but since then lie has not
ceased to blunder.-Denver hepubli- '
can.
3 Eock'oss .Jerry on lIi3 Lippert.
Congressman Jerry Simpson has
been living too high. He says he will
leave congress a bankrupt ; that he
has spent every dollar lie had , and all
he has made , even going so far as to
mortgage his home. Jerry never in
his life received so much money for
his labor and there is no CSel1SC for
such extravagance. His daily salary
would have paid all his weekly expenses -
penses for comfort in Washington.
Jerry gets $13.60 per day for the entire -
tire 3G5 days of the year.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Its Grea'ec' :
"The administration. " says a Washington -
ington correspondent , "undoubtedly
holds its management of affairs relating -
ing to the Nicaraguan controversy to
be its greatest diplomatic : uccess. "
Its greatest ? If it was any success at
all it was unquestionably its greatest.
The utter failure of the administra-
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tion's whole foreign a policy could not
be announced with distiuet r emphasis
than to point to the outcome of the
little Blleuields affair as its leading
diplomatic triumph.
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This Meru Co azrett.
This here con res , be tt t 'cm. alt-
Take it in .in out
Most folks that do some tatldn'
Know what they're tarflu 'boit.
But them tharchap In conroes ,
They're mt mhty hard to beat
An' every time they take a drink
The country bas to treat :
They don't know they re a livia'
Nor what they're thar to do
It's talk an' talk , aa' t Lke a walk ,
An' the devil take care o' your
Sun Does Not itettl the 1'tpa rs.
Queen Ranavalona III. of Madagascar -
car has , it is reported , appealed to
President Cleveland to protect her
island from the encroachments of
France. Queen Ran. might learn of
something to her advantage by ad-
dm'essinga note of inquiry to es-Queen
Lii. , late of Hawaii.-'t'imes-Star. II I I
A Dernocrntic intpo4 Ability.
It will occur to many persons that
"our national dignity" would suffer
less if our ambassadors would live -
within their incomes-which better
men in the same positions have done
-and mane a less palpable and pitiful -
ful efor t to shake down their L n le
Sam.-Ncw York Advertiser. i
l'ur Fxten3ivo : .rket . 1
The present administration started
out boastfully "to extend American
markets. " A curious extension that ,
which has close ) every [ Art of continental -
nental Europe to much of the stuff we
lvish to market.
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Purify Your hog d
Strengthen and Invigorate your nerves
and muscles , tone porn stomach and
digestive organs , and build up your whole '
system by the use of Hoods Sarsaparilla , a
If you would avoid the grip , pneumonia , ' , l 1. f
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parillci .
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diphtheria and tires
typhoid fever. These , t ,
diseases seek for lb4lV j
their most ready victims , persons who are I , .
weak , tired , debilitated and all run down ,
owing to impure and impoverished blood. '
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Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies and vitalizes
the blood and thus wards off disease. .
FIOOd'S PII1S curd museaslot headache. , t
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Oneoftnychildrenhad ' $
a v bad discharge AU .
from the nose. Physi9gRyoRfs tOID : } i
clans prescribed toith-
cut benefit. After using , ,1
Ely's Cream Balm a o o ,
short time the disease ;
toss cured. d.0. Cary ,
Corning , lY. Y.
CATARRH i
' CREAM BALM opens and cleanses the
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tlw Sores , protects the Membrane from Colds , no. l
storesthe Scnsesot Taste and Smell. The Balmds 1
quickly absorbed and gives relief at once , j
A particle h applied Into each nostrf and i a , ec-
able. l'rlce 50 cents at Druggists or by mall.
ELY BROTHERS , 56 Warren St , , NewYork I
WLDOUCLAS
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FIT FOR A KINQ.
$5. CORDOVAN t
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Over One Million Peopia wear the i
WI L. Dou g1as 3 & ' 4 Shoes
All ourshoes are equally satisfactory
They give the best value for the money.
They equal custom shoes in style and tit.
Tli it wearing qualities arc unsurpassed.
The prices are unlformstamped on scie.
From $ t to $3 saved over other tn kes.
If your dealer cannot supply you we can. ' '
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BEST IN 1yEAitLY ( }
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The oaterortap solo ez
' 44 r tends tliu whole length
# i ; -T 4i duwn t" the heel , pro-
dtectingthe boot in dig-
r' giug and In other hard
f work. 1
yi + l _ ASK YOUR DEALER
FOR THEM 1J
. . and. doti t Lo put off
--with inferior goods.
COLCHESTER RUBBER CO.
1IATEI BAKER & CO 9 )
The Largest Manufacturers of
tie PURE , HCCH GRADE
_ COC0AS AEaD CHOCOLATES I
- On this Contincnthave received
- * HIGHEST AWARDS
from the grent
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EXPOSITIONS
Oka Of0 ad 111
k "i' ' i tlnhketheDatchrroceta.noAlka- .
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u.ed In any of their preparations.
Theirdeliciou. BREAKFAST COCOA a3 abaolutalr
pare and aolubb , and coats ku t/an one cent a cup.
SOLD B't GROCERS EVERYWHERE.
WALTER BAKER a CO. DORCHESTER , PnASS
BG6II1dII'STHE Ollifi ,
THE PERFECTION OF
CHEWING GUM.
A Delicious Remedy
Fora1LFrniSof
ITIOZ--cetha the I
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its , , _ i.srapner.
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Td. a : ; rI nun , .ctsin. If the
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, . k fro .a ceal rs. S ad 5 e.att
In stamps for sample pecka 'i t ,
L'EESA \ Cii.MICAL Cn . 1
. ( than' Mt. . Cievelaatl,0. t
Criginatorsof Pepsin ChewmngGum.
UNCLE SAM'S
OOED9T ONOWE ,
Is the best media ine tor horses , Cattle , Ho
and Sheep. It purities the Llood , prevents disease -
ease and cures Coughs , Colds ColicIlidebound ,
Worms. Distemper , etc. Nothing equals it for I
Hog Cholera. Honest and reliable , in honest 2.5
and 50 cent packages : used and warranted forever
over twenty years. Every one otvntng a horse
or cattle should give it a trial. Made by Eim nit-r
PnOPIiIETAiLr CO. , Chicago , Ill.
Uncle Sam's Nerve and Hone Liniment
for Sprains , Bruises. Rheumatism , Stir Joints.
etc. Goes right to the spot of pain. Nothing
else so good for Man and Animal Try It.
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ACRE APPLES , $ l1493 write AiD oRcl.Altuy NiRSERIF4
Loulelana. 3Io , for free sample copy telling about It.
A practical Frnlt and Farm parer , publtthed by
Stark Bros. , 4Oc a year ; drentatlon. 460.OCOcopies.
The "Cream of the Cream"-givev the busy Fruit
Grower orTarmer , who hasn't the time or the money
to buy and read a great mass of papers , what Is bent
from them nil. what be wants to know ,
what world take h m days to tearch out for hlmiL ,
Paientsa Trade-Marksire
Examination and Advice as to Patentability of I
Invrntion. Send for' Inventors' Guide. or How to Get
araent. " P1 wI = CTd37LL , ; 7l."afcl' , D. C.
THOSE WHO HAVE ,
aainsttheGovernment AIMS
will write to NATHAN
ICKFORD , I'enslon.L 1'atentStt'y , al4 P St. ,
VashingonD.O.they will receiteaprciaptreply -
A p"s'tive Cure and. rroventive. Sam dr
F'hEE for 10 cant3 to pay postags. iv. C.
A I1T0' CO. , ski S. tth St. . Omaha. +
6DEllTS oW A.u n otlonsCCan matet.ou I t
SCmtn $ Ore-wek Gnd ta'opforearaved-beet ,
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