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,.--;--S.-W-V ; ssr. - r." "y 'r - -s --- t,?-' ' v- t . r . " "? - , '5 'J-1-' uXi ,VVBf .- ii- . . ONE LIFE. Ob theana that heU it aC eld. tttoeelytBeaagat It assert aaa said. AataethlBkalt theatafowytwaarat IvmorboaWMtewanl Ah, wham del her ho tan away? Aai he thariCk It the aavery aaoeahght That mares it ao fata aad gray. O aefc that Hcgera aad fakers. Take coaraga aad whisper ttool-By A Mb! why.aarsaiBotaiag eate djtar. Ms er death-. dataactf ; breath? Alitor lTay.aaYelsaetBlagl dlaal i! tor thefeBy at i Om IITa la the world to hba. -O. H. is Fraak Iawae w Newspaper. FRANCISCO. From out of the sands of that aun fatrcsed desert which stretches across on southwestern country the Zilh Le Jiai, Iadian named, rises abruptly. For ssaaj miles the mountain lifts a, barrier across the plain. Its precipitous sides, scarred and broken by crevices, or ragged with fallen bowlders, render pas sage impossible to all but the naked sav ages who have found there a home. In these solitudes a fragment of the Navajo Indian tribe, tinder the leader ship of morose old Francisco, have for .a loaf while indulged their savage in stincts. And while the arm of the law k too strong for them to make open war fare, little provocation is needed to in cite them to mischief unless detection and punishment hang imminent. Here and there In the tortuous f ast iMases a spring bubbles from the rocks, and aloag the water, before it sinks into theaaad,is found luxuriant pasturage for the Herds of Indian ponies. Midway in its extent the mountain is broken by a narrow pass through which Menders an Indian trail. It was just here that several months ago an after noon sun was sccnching a party of young surveyors. They had been riding all --slay across the dusty plain and were eagerly looking now for the water at the foot of the mountain. A score of weary pack animals, with drooping heads and . knag ears flapping, were picking their way carefully over the stony trail while i rode old Hamlin, the Mormon r, wkh hie two Mexican asaJstints; followed in single file the young aten of the corps. TIm ringing crack of a driver's whip now and then came echoing back from taa cliffs along with the unintelligible jargon of a Mexican urging on the tired Hiss The tinkle-tinkle of the lead nam's bell moved slowly on; the dust rose in clouds from fourscore feet; the sun poured down between the narrow yet no sign of water had A youth named Jim impatiently pushed ahead in his eager search. He had not gone far when he sighted an Indian boy ridsng leisurely through the pass. Ah, there was one who could tell of the cov eted springs Pricking his horse he hur ried to overtake the little savage. The boy roused up at the sound of galloping hoofs, and seeing a white man following so fast, without pausing to question his Jasarnt, lashed the shaggy pony to the top of its speed. "Hold on. there! Hold onl" Jim called to him, but if his voice reached the frightened youngster he gave it no heed, unless to urge his pouy the faster. Then a freakish thought crossed the young natn'saalBd, and spurring his horse wild ly along the trail he began to utter war whoops and shrieks that might have startled old Francisco himself, had he been near. The nimble pony was making good speed, but the little savage, fearing to be caught and scalped, thought the moun tain safer than the saddle. Without topping his pony he sprang lightly to A ground, ran up the hillside and dis appeared in the bowlders at the foot of the cliff, Jim could scarcely keep his saddle with laughter for a few moments; then he rode along the trail to where the little fellow had disappeared and called to him to come down, that he was a good white Ban and wanted water. But be might as well have hailed a wild jack rabbit. The pony checked his speed when the rider left him, but still eluded the young ' efforts to turn him back in the ass. The pack train came up, and the wild animal scurried ahead of it mntfl the pass had widened into the val ley. There he was turned and sent prancing back toward the mountain. But the perverse little animal instead of returning Insisted now upon following the train. Again and again the boys . dashsd at him, and away he would go for a aaoment; but presently his heels would fly into the air and back he would const, frisking impishly, and through the rest of the afternoon followed at a A spring was found before sunset, and camp was pitched for the night by the lie of the water. The animals were turned loose to grass. The weary men dropped upon the ground, while the cook busied himself preparing supper. rVesently a shadow fell across the ground wa lay. and looking up we ob- soutary Indian approaching, a blanket thrown over his shoulders and a rMUonhisarm. It was so usual an oc .enrrence that little heed was given him; far everywhere .they frequent our camps, ' hogging incessantly for whisky, tobacco nil feed. But when be drew near and inane ne request, nor even acknowledged eur salutation of "How," we knew that his was another object, and that be was illdasposed. Drawing Ids blanket round him, he paused a little way off and stood assilent as a specter. He was very tall and straight, with flnely chiseled features in stead of the brutal face so common to the Indian. As he posed there in the twUighMus picturesque garment draping about hiss, with rifle in hand "and the long shadows around, 1 could almost fancy the spirit of Hiawatha had risen. By this time supper wasready,anda cup of coffee was poured and offered to uss Indian. He neither accepted nor re fussd,bnt remained as motionless 1 if he had been cast in bronae. Tuning nrassntly and walking a few steps away, ha uttered the long, tremulous call of the - - amaiMMaka ii j J j. --aBBB. m dMVVML dmll aVaaSWWUflT I10C6 CaasM nOBal thehOlsnesr by and soon other Indians by ones and twos and joined about the fire. They continued to in untu thirty had gathered ins, and all wen armed. Food i offered them, but not one accepted; hey were not disposed to be friendly. Night had come and with it the cold from the mountains. The camp -cheerily, and around it tha -gathered, squatting upon their wtta out their blankets their baggage Noother trouble was if the stock , for a body of troops Javat the fart, three days journey from the aeons- thei i had lain down tha Indi- the ire, now and Wkh b-bbobb each aalaate WaataMtttra Oaatracaaaadtaaaar BwamyHde, andmfterthe BBBBBBBBBB BBrBrBBBBBW " 4bWBBbV sam lay down about them, Jaiay on the ground-in the shadow, but against the darkness the swarthy figures of the Navajos were thrown in bold relief by tha flralight, and they were not eo far away but that their voices oasse to na. ' What a dreamy picture it seemed a wa fell asleep! The coppery figures drawn about the fire, half concealed by their gaudy blankets, the gleam of rifles, the sleeping men, the dusky animal forms outlined in shadow, while off on the hills a coyote barked at die moon, which was tinting the east and the waste of desert. The picture was soon forgotten by the boys, but the Mormon, as was his duty, lay watching. Presently the Indians formed in a half circle about him that had first come to us, and made ready for a powwow. Hamlin knew then that our visitor was tha noted and dangerous Francisco. The chief began to speak to his warriors in Piute. It so happened that Hamlin had been raised among the Piutes and un derstood the language even better than the Navajos. He heard Francisco re counting the wrongs of his people; how often their pastures had been wrested" from them, their horses and cattle stolen. And now they were being followed into the desert. Only one moon before two comrades had been murdered on the plain, and by whom but these men? To day a pony had been driven from the mountains; to-morrow what outrage might be expected? What should be done? They were thirty braves, the white men numbered seven. Horses were here, food, rifles and powder; one bold stroke and all would be theirs. . The boys had been sleeping some hours, when Hamlin wakened the nearest one with a touch. "S-h-h-h!" he whispered. "DangerP In an instant every nerve was strung, and he would have risen but the Mormon pressed him down. The Mexicans were already whispering to gether, and soon the entire party was on the alert We were still in the shadow, though ton moon was shining now. My first glance was toward the fire. All the In dians had vanished but two. who were squatting before the smoldering embers as they had been earlier in the night "The Navajos have gone behind the ridge," we were presently told, "and these two remain lest we should suspect something wrong, and be on our guard or get away." Then the Mormon told us what he had overheard. Francisco had planned to attack us just before day, when most likely the entire party would be sleeping. They had withdrawn the more surely to take us unawares, and had crossed the ridge in order to conceal their fire. He had heard more; news had most probably reached the fort of the murder of the two Indians, and a squad of sol diers been dispatched to investigate the matter, for a detachment was in camp at the Chez-a-kla spring, only ten miles away. It was then 11 o'clock; a man must start off at once to notify the lieu tenant Even if the troops did not arrive before the Indians returned we might be able to defend ourselves for awhile till succor should come. One of the boys was selected as mes senger. None of us had yet risen from the ground; the Navajos thought us sleep ing. The lad began to slide off in- the grass, and presently reached the edge of a UtUo gulch undiscovered. There he dropped over and under shelter of the rocks made good his escape. It is need less to say we did not sleep again. Every eye and ear was on the alert and every rule in hand. Now and then a coyote slunk near, and the uncertain shadow gave our nerves a thrill, or if his mate called we fancied the Navajos were sig naling. The suspense eo wrought upon the nerves of the party that they would gladly have followed Hamlin to surprise the Indians in their camp; but the watch ers were near. A suspicious movement on our part, and they would have van ished like phantoms; or the crack of a rifle the whole band would be upon us. Hamlin, too, grew restless as we lay there, and presently crept near to us. He had been considering the chances of the troops arriving in time to be of serv ice. The Chez-a-kla was ten miles away, and even were the detachment still there they could not reach us before 8 o'clock. It was the day before when the Indiana had seen them, but had they remained? It was doubtful if the lad could follow the trail aright, and, besides, the Nava jos might attack us at any moment Hamlin had nerves lute the rest of us; perhaps he had more. He was a gaunt, muscular man, who had been reared among the Piutes, where his father had been sent a Mormon missionary. Hav ing enjoined us strictly to lie quiet, he raised up and yawned, as though but just wakened from sleep. "Hello, there! If you are going to sit by my fire, why dont you keep it burn ing?' he called out to the pair who were yet -iquatting about the embers. "Ton trilling, lazy buck, now you keen that ere up tin day , or 111 take my cowhide and drive you off I Tha blaze crackled and the sparks flew up as he piled the fuel on, while the two moved back somewhat Drawing his blanket about his shoulders, Hamlin squatted near them, shivering and pre tending to be cold. Presently he spoke, inquiring after some Mormon friends who had been among the Navajos. "Are you Mormon man?" one of them asked. It was just the question he wanted. Certainly he was a Mormon, and knew so and so, and his father was old Hamlin, whom all the Navajos knew. Then you ought to be ashamed, a Mormon man, to work for Pellicanoesr aaid one. "Pellicanoes are thieves; they steal IrMJIla" ponies.'' With this, conversation began in Na vajo fashion, and as they talked, Hamlin moved slowly nearer, untfl they were face to face. Tha bright fire threw them in high light, and beyond were the un certain shadows. From the dsrVnw came the long, wavering call of the coy ote, and ever and anon we were startled sa some browsing pony clinked the peb bles in his way. The suspense grew in tolerable as the moments slipped past and the time drew near when the Navajos would return. And what could Hamlin mean? Was he seeking favor on his own account? Was he about to desert us? A comrade touched me, and pointed to the place of the two drivers a little way off in the shadow. Their blankets were on the ground, but peering intently, I saw them to be empty. TheMexkanshad slipped off in the rtiTrnpas undiscovered. Hamlin must be informed at once, and I raised on my elbow to call Perhaps he heard me move, for tha next moment he sprang at a Navajo's throat like a wildcat His companion uttered a single "Yip!" and leaped to his feet, but before his weapon could be used was pinioned by the two Mexicans. Hamlin had seized the larger, and as we ran up they were clenched and struggling. The two were quickly gagged and bound. The Mexicans wished to dis patch them at once, but Tiiilirr rriiiaanTi availed, .We were uncertain if the camp be yond the ridge had heard the warning note, and with all haste threw the sad dles and mora valuable packs upon tha animals, sprang to our places and hur ried along the obscure and difficult trail. We rode with whip and spur through and ssiuls mii. over stones and faOan tiamber; a saad, wild race, aa fast beasts could lrag gla. After tha intenae night of watch ing action was relief ; we could nave .Tr --' csv ur tuwKMa taBesrejantf On and on wa urged taaf train; mile passed, two, then three; by that time we were she ken with tha perilous ride, the animals were paatfag.aBsdour ILWM sawtwOaUBsaWski. AaKJtssBBaTeT aaWW waaWam SaV call was heard. Wa psnssd to awaan. Were the Navajos foatoriaav or wan St a friend? AnMsnent and saMthi came ringing, and there wi galloping hoofs. Tha voice and we sent an the plain. In a few minutes wa The lad had reached the Chea-svkla and roused the caasp, then laoaatsJ ahorse and was guiding tha bhstcoats back to our aid. The next day Francisco was followed into the naountains and shortly after ward captured; but instead of taking him to the fort for trial wa called his people together and held a grand pow wow. Hamlin explained how the pony had followed us, and the lieutenant de clared that ha had bean sent to seek and punish the murderers of tha two Nava jos. Then a present of tobacco was given, we each whiffed from Francisco's dirty pipe, and, as the story hooks say, all lived happily together ever after, for aa long aa we worked in that region they were our friends. John Willis Hays in Youth's Companion. They Oat SB H Speaking of the toll gate' near tha 'pool, which was the last on the old Bos ton and Albany line to be torn down, re calls to memory an amusing incident which old Dr. Shaw, its keeper, used to relate. Shaw used to travel with an old van truoquist by the name of Potter some years before he began to tend the gate, and he was a ptett tie vat magician, the doctor was so the two hitched up well together. Well, the story goes that Potter and Shaw were riding in 'Reub' Underwood's coach over the Monson and Southbridga line, and the vehicle was crowded with psosongers who considered themselves pretty high toned folks, and I guess they really were. Atany rate when the stage arrived at Southbridge they all got out and went into the tavern there to get dinner. The parry sat down at the table and Potter, the ventriloquist, who was a stranger to all excepting Shaw, came in after taking a sip of "toddy" and sat down also at the same table. A roast pig was brought in on a platter by the servant and set upon the table, and just after one member of the party had finished saying grace and began carving the pig, it squealed ter rifically, and the majority of the mem bers of the party not knowing that Potter was a ventriloquist, as I said, thought for a moment that the pig was alive, and after screeching and scream ing, the carver simultaneously throwing his knife and fork across the dining room, got up and left the table, leaving Potter and Shaw to finish the pig. Boston Globe. n sun uvea. Ho stood on tha steps of the City Hall yesterday and blew bis nose and wiped his eyes and steadied himself by one of the stone columns, and when he was asked if he were ill he replied; "You bet Tm ill! Taint in the body, but right here right here in the heart!" "Are you subject to heart trouble?' "You bet! Heart's alius been troubled. That's why I drink.' "Have you been drinking?' "'Course I have. Pm three drinks high. That's why I cry. When 1 get about half drunk I feel so sad and lone some that I wouldn't give a frozen ba nana to live another day." "Do you feel .that way now?" "I do. I don't care to live another minute. I'd welcome death' with out stretched arms!" n'Poorman!" Don't! Sympathy alius breaks me down. Three drinks and a few kind words make a child of me. Please go away and let me stand here and freese to death. Tm no good on earth. I want to die." The. policeman on duty in the lower corridor was Informed of the case, and he went out and gavelheman the col lar. Presto change! He had scarcely got hold of him when the sorrowful hearted began to resist in the most vig orous manner, and as he was finally landed in the patrol wagon he called out: "Old fel, I'.ve got my eye on you, and I want to live a thousand years to get even!" Detroit Free Press. A "Falatar let O. Every sailor has his story of the mis takes which ''landlubbers" make over the names of things at sea, which always seem to be exactly tha opposite of what they are on land. A sheet, for instance, instead of being something broad, like a sheet of cloth or a sheet of water, is noth ing but a rope. A new boy had come on board a West India ship, upon which a painter had aiso been empkyed to paint the shlp'sslde. The painter was at work upon astaging suspended under the ship's stern. The captain, who had just got into a boat alongside, called out to the new boy, who stood leaning over the rail: "Let go the painter!" Everybody should know that a boat s painter is the rope which makes it fast, but this boy did not know it Ha ran aft and let go the ropes by which tha painter's stage was held. Meantime the captain wearied with waiting to be cast off. "You rascal!" he called; "why don't yon let go the painter?" "He's gone, rir," said tha hoy, briskly; "he's gone, pots, brushes and all!" Youth's Companion. TfcfeOaaaas John Lewis, one of tha pioneers of Calaveras county, CaL, tellsof aremark able shot that be once made. Ifsatrue story, too. For many months a fox had been playing havoc with Mr. Lewis' hens, and do what ha would ha could not catch or shoot the fellow. There wsa a big tree, about 100 feet long, that had fallen just above bis cabin, and v hen he tried to shoot the fox tha sly beast would dodge around the upturned roots, sneak along the further side of the tree until it reached the top and then make a bolt and escape. One nxtonlight night Lewis heard a commotion among tha nans, and running out with his gun aaw the fox, as usual, slip around the root end of the tree. He raised his gun and with tha muzzle followed along the tree at about tho rate he thought the fox would travel, and when the muzzle cleared the upper end of the tree he fired into the shadow. Then he went back to bed. The next morning he went out to the tree top, and there lay the dead fox, riddled with buckshot San Francisco Call "Mr. Barker, do yoa thiak we will go aakedthe power behind tha throne.es tha family sat about the evening lamp. "Mrs. a, answered her husband, "I have not paid the bill for the Chifafaa present you gave ma yet," and dull Peace reigned. The Epoch. Sam" Carpenter, the well known railroadman, does not care for theatres or social affairs, but be hBaweeiness for studying up and inflicting upon- his friends the queerest and most unexpect ed jokes. SHE KNEW. Ob the fieas raw we sat, rlaifjei to teB Tel Btaptaki Where taei t lane and of aeaaarr a lot ' "Now.wBattWakyouriaaM, AaUMBMMc&taBOBareS ToBt eaaaala ia taa, ia it aetr As I spoke cbbm a have Tfteai tha unaitra tare; I the hnai horas wan pat to tha Ahl ao Boatoa cbi aha, With her -talBnaar of -tho" from tha tar Oa tha mat ballet wad: ThaTarasjanitlydwaaBd,Bo aw Bat thetww tar, far too anich of tha toot" -Omaha WorM. THE CHOICE. awecaBed three kaJcoMDafbraherl Ah: fair waaaha, I waaa. And thara shore then stood aloaa Tfaetr rightful Uegw aad qeeea; Aadthaaqoothaha: "A caek-babold-. To each a choice beloors; One laada mj wars, oaa guards mj gold. I aug my aoBga." i forth there stepped the goodhaat kahtfct That ever couched a iaaoa; Dark waa hie ere, sad darkly bright Thesoal wtthla hla glance; Ha waa the bravest of the three. The idol of the thraaga, MOh,qaeear be cried, "thto choice to aa That I but aug thy songs.' THE JUGGLER. During the first term of his oonsulsaips when Napoleon was unlimited master of the state which yet bore the name of republic, Josephine lived at her Castle faiTnatyHij where every evening Napo leon came to visit her. ' One day she was dining quite alono at Malmaisou, and while the dessert was being served a man was admitted. He was about 60 years old. While jugglers and magicians have a lively appearance, this man's features were deeply earnest. He carried a little table, which he placed before Josephine, and covered it with a worn cloth. After these preparations he drew out three tin cups, with which he executed all kinds of jugglery. The balls quadrupled themselves under, his fingers and formed all kinds of figures and grotesque forms, only to disappear again in a twinkling. Like the musical composers, the magician also has his overture before he unfolds the panorama to the eyes of the audience. After this he touched the magic cups with a stick of ebony and said: "Madame, you may express any wish and it shall be fulfilled. I regret very much that you have fin ished your meal, else I could have brought you dishes which were wanting on your table today the red feather of the Mediterranean, sardines of Royan or the little silver fish caught in the vicinity in which madam was borne for the great welfare of France. Madame, you may order whatever your heart wishes. Do you wish a spotless diamond or a grass fly on the heather, an Oriental ruby or a nightingale?" This man, who placed all the wealth of nature at Josephine's dis posal, seemed to wish that she might de cide upon the nightingale, for he put his ear to the cup and it almost seemed as if he heard the melting tones of the singer of spring. Josephine, whose desires, however, were modest, and who pre ferred a bunch of flowers to a diamond, selected neither a diamond nor a ruby nor a nightingale, but a rose. She had scarcely spoken tho word when the jug gler upset the cup and showed theaston ished lookers on a rose, which bent gracefully on its stem and filled the room with sweet fragrance. "My goodness," said Josephine, "you have cut the prettiest rose in our conser vatory, the rose which I intended giving Bonaparte to-morrow. It would have unfolded during the night." "Beg pardon, madaxne," replied the juggler politely, "this rose belongs to me and I have the honor to present it to the wife of the first consul; I would never dare to touch her flowers and 1 have never been in her conservatory." Josephine sent a servant to investigate the truth of this assertion and was told that the rose which was destined for the first consul was unhurt. Incredulous as a Creole she could not hide her ad miration, and, in fact, it was impossible to embarrass the man who was so enter taining and wonder creating. He mag ically drew out of his pocket aswarmof singing birds which picked up the crumbs; then he filled a tumbler with water and as quickly as he would upset it numberless flowers flowed upon the persons around, and Josephine imagined herself in her conservatory. When the wonders had reached their' highest degree Josephine reached for the pompadour, which was hanging on her armchair, in order to give some gold pieces to the juggler. When the juggler noticed tlus he fell down at her feet, say ing:N "Madame, you can reward me a hundred times for this little pleasure that I have given you, but not in money a mercy, madame, a mercy." "Which?" she asked. The wonderful man begged her then to eat one of the apples which were on her table. Josephine stretched out her hand for one and placed her knife on it with the determination of a woman pre pared for a surprise. Mother Eve surely did not reach for the apple with such longing which caused such misery to her descendants as Josephine. She cut through the apple and found inside a pe tition to the first consuL "Madame," said the juggler, "before you is an unlucky one, who has mixed in the quarrels of the kings, and has taken part in the wars against the repub lic. I have fought in the Vendee with a Cocarde, which is no more that of my country, and when the party which I served was defeated I took flight; to live in a strange land. My country drovo me out as a traitor. Branded like Cain, I wandered about; my name is crossed from the list of citizens and put on the emigrant roll A word from your lips, madame, can make a Frenchman of me again and give me back to my own. You, tha adored wife of the first consul, have the power to give me back to my country and to my own." "Sir," she said to the emigrant, "I will do as you wish. The consul shall read your petition and I assure you that I will do everything I can in your favor." Tha juggler arose, put his cups into his pocket, his table under his arm, bowed deeply and disappeared. Josephine, inclined to be superstitious, could not sse the enemy of her husband inthfa juggler. She believed in his Tnt power, which would be of use to the emperor, and made up her mind to use all influence in her power with Napoleon to intercede for this man. The following rjooniingatOo'cIock Bonaparte brasTrfsatBd in the dining room of the Palace Malmaison; they were getting his carriage ready in the courtyard of the palace when Josephine entered. "What did you do yesterday, dear Josephine?" asked Bonaparte. "Who has visited you?" "I have been well entertained; if you wiE dine with me today I have a pleaa ant surprise in store for you. Which re ntmttt Baa, do have this name crossed tha aatkraat list." With words ana iiauoeu nun tne petition or tne "A Chonan!" said Napoleon after he had read the petition. "One of tha fanat ical followers of Ch&rente'sand Larochc Jaqualin's; one of the people who but a slMifft time ago followed tho armies of th republic to murder the scattered soldiers aod finish the dying. Marec! Marecl who comes from England, who .secretly landed on our coast, probably to fulfill Pitt's shameless plan, brandishing their torch lights over the still weltering battle fields of France. Fox, my friend, has written me to be on my guard for this evil one. And how do you know him? Where havo you seen him?" At this Josephine burst into tears. "Oh, do not cry," he said, "but answer me; your charity has been abused. The traitors imagined a petition which you should propose could not be denied, and then they would in Paris, under my very eyes, have begun their wretched play. Fouche is right: these people are irre deemable." - "I do not know him," replied Jose phine; "do not get angry. Tear up the petition and we will speak no more of it: if you knew how it came to me." Josephine related how the petitioner came to her and the wonders ho produced. "And you open the door to such peo ple? Jugglers and magicians, who try to strew sand in the eyes of the first consul, becausetheycouldnotdeceivehim! How childish you are. Josephine, to be blinded by msgiciansr With these words he approached the sideboard and took an apple from a bas ket "See, in bucIi an apple I found the peti tion. These are on my table every day and accident led me to it." s, Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders and cut the apple. It concealed a similar pe tition. Bonaparte showed Josephine the ingenuity with which tho kernels were taken out and the space filled out with a rolled up paper, "The man could not but succeed," he said, "you may have wislied as you would. He was in league with the fruit erer, who shall serve you no longer. I shall recommend your magician to Fouche aad At the mention of this name Josephine trembled. The name of this blood thirsty person sufficed to arouse horror in an innocent person. Josephine knew now that her charge was irrevocably lost. "Ait! Bonaparte, I pray you, do not have him taken here and do not soil the innocence of my house." "With you? He is here then?" "No, but he will come again; I hoped to entertain you with his artful tricks this evening." "Fouche will find him." Without listening any more he tramp ed on the apple and its contents, which were on the floor, to hurry back to Paris. Josephine's sorrow was indescribable. For the first time she felt that there was a place in Napoleon's heart to which she had no access. She instituted search in the vicinity of Malmaison and went to all imaginable trouble to find him. She wished to give him money and have him taken over the boundary line by one of her own people, but all her trouble was fruitless. Dinner time arrived and Jo sephine, worried with unpleasant thoughts, left the victuals untouched. But when dessert was served both fold ing doors opened and George Marec ap peared with his little table, his fine ebony sticks and tin cups. "Fly, sir, fly!" Josephino addressed him, "or you are lost You have mur dered French soldiers and deserve death. I can protect you no longer iu my house. The consul lias probably given you up to Fouehe and you are helplessly lost" The magician, on whose features were cast such a dismal look yesterday, looked quietly at Josephine and begged her to give him a quarter of an hour of her time. He 6et the table down and brought forth the cup from Itis pocket. This time he offered neither rubies nor dia monds, and neither did ho let flowers rain, but there tumbled out little soldiers, footmen and riders. - "These," said he, "are the Austrians, these Prussians and these Russians, and they all unfold on a level. Do you see their battalions, their squadrons, divis ions? Do you see Melas on a horse? He is their leader, and the horse on which he is mounted promised the holyNico laus the guns of the French. There is the French army. Do you see the gen eral with a flying plume? He stretches forth his hand and all the armies attack each other. Do you hear the thunder of the cannons and the sound of the trum pets? Do you see the tri-colored flag? Do you hear the enthusiastic shout of the rejoicing multitude: "Long live the re public! Long live Gen. Bonaparte!" And all the soldiers seemed to tumble out of the cups and go in order ready for the battle on the table, where they per formed the movements which George Marec commanded. When the battle was won victorious and defeated re turned to his pocket and the magician offered to show the wife of the first con sul still more wonderful things, the Egyptian expedition and the battle of the pyramids. Josephine could not enjoy the treat Believing the man exposed to danger, she said to him: "Take this money and go away." Marec, who was more quiet and col lected than yesterday, said: "I would not sell my art for gold yesterday, much less will I today. Show me a favor; open one of these apples." Josephine did so and found tho follow ing letter: "MADAME: I have just delivered proof unto the first consul that this Marec, who has the honor to appear before you, is not tho murderer who has deserved the punishment of law. The one you protect is an honest man, who has taken part in the expedition of Amberon and fought bravely, but emigrated after the defeat of the Royalists. He did not, however, go to England, but to Germany, and from there has brought with him the marionette plays, which will prob ably amuse you very much. The other Mareo fa not George, but Joes, and is in TRngland, where his actions are watched. I am glad to announce that your protege is crossed from the list of emigrants. "FOTJCHK." A few days later Josephine again im portuned the first consul, with the result that the name of tha magician was ex punged from the emigrant list Trane Isted from the French for The Philadel phia Times. a OreaS Ceaai George Frederick Handel, although a native of Germany, being born in Haifa, Saxony, on Feb. 24, J685, passed tha greater part of his life in England. Evan in childhood he sacrificed his hours of play and his meals for tha study of music, and at 10 years of age composed a set of sonatas that were not without value. As a composer, Handel was great in every style. Inhis choral works, ha throws at an immeasurable dfVrmf all who preceded and followed him. Verysoonafter his arrival in London, in 1710, Handel attracted the attention of Queen Anne. A Te Deum and Jubi late, compceed to cekbrato the treaty of Utrecht gained him a penrionof 200. Handel died on Good Friday, April IS, 1759, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Tha composer gave a perform ance of hfa own compositions in 1749, by which 800 were realized for the Foundling hospital, which institution re ceived 7,000 from the annual repetition. of tnai performance daring thetenfol- jemej Very Did I know Jeffrey? Onoof his quali ties was to be always 'in love. S,duey Smith used to talk about J..cs seventy-two loves, and at that tixj put ma at the top of the list. He was cer tainly very adoring for a time,, bat ha felloff-in consequence of my taste for Germany aad German literature, which (being completely ignorant of it) he could not bear. He wrote absurd criti cisms oa Goethe, whose betreetedas le dernier des ahsurdes. But Jeffrey waa kind, generous, an excellent friend and bad great talents. Saray Austin to Guizot. Whea It rsaiaia (Xa. "It is curious," remarks William Phil pot, "to observe how much mora enor mous and outrageous we are apt to ac count a piece of dishonesty if we our selves are pinched by it I thought i; sad, and a heinous thing in the land, when, the other day, a man in my neigh borhood was dishonest about an insur ance business. But when I discovered, afterwards, that thi3 same man had taken a premium out of my own pocket and not paid it over, my indignation knew no bounds. Then 1 felt what a crime dishonesty was!" St Louis Republic. We Flac ' Trace. A young man of Hawkinsville. Ga., and his "best girl" quarreled some days ago, and remained "at outs" with each other until the young man relented and began to devise some plan to "makeup." Ho finally decided to try the effects of a flag of truce, and cutting a delicate piece of wliite ribbon into the shape of a mini ature flag, he sealed it in a sweetly per fumed envelope and forwarded it to his tair enemy. It had the desired effect and she at once gave 'him permission to cross tha line and be happy again. De troit Free Press. Metala ia the Saw. Of the metals discovered in the sun tin most important are sodium, magnesium, barium, acalsium, zinc, copper, alumi num, nickel, chromium and iron. Many or the rarer and less known metals would abo appear to be there in some abund ance, judging by the facility with which their presence may be detected, al though heavier metals, such as pfcuinuui and gold, have not been seen, it by no means follows that they are absent Their weight would prevent them being easily found by the spectroscope. New York Telegram. ('onBBiptioB Sarely Cared. To the Editor Please inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my reme dy fbee to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send me their express and post office address. Respect fully, T. A. Slocusi, M. CL, 181 Pearl street New York. 30y The more one speaks of himself the less he likes to hear another talked of. An AbsoUte Care. The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OIN'x MENT is only put up in large two-ounce tin boxes, and is an abeItc tue tor old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and all kinds of skin eruptions. Will positively cure all kinds of piles. Aak for the ORIGINAL ABITINE OINTMENT Sold by Dowty k Becher at 25 cents per box by mail 30 cents. mar7y Unless your cask is clean, whatever you pour into it turns sour. Barklcn' Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, braises, sores, nlcors, salt rheuni, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guranteed to give perfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. 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Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our ad vertised druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affection of the throat, lungs or chest, such as consump tion, inflammation of tho lungs, bron chitis, asthma, whooping cough, croup, etc., etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can always be depended upon. Trial bottle free at David Dowty's drug store. A docile disposition will, with applica tion, surmount every difficulty. Make no Mistake. By dispcllini; the symptoms so often rn'otakun for Consumption. SANTA itJIE has brought gladness to runny a household. By its prompt use for break irg up the cold that tor often develops into that fatal disease, thouaands can be caved from an nnlinn.ly grave. 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