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-jj -jpr-"--v '" JgT; at - "-X?v- Notice! This sale will continue on the premises of Mrs. If. S. DRAKE & CO., Columbus, Neb. Due time of our grand opening of our magnifi cent new store on Thir teenth street, opposite the. Commercial bank will be announced later. We will carry one of the largest stocks of Dry Goods, Carpets, Upholst ery and Millinery in Nebraska. BARBER & DAYXIN. A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING. Twas the clipping from a paper TeBJag of mnt f tuny caper On the stage; So I read it every letter. Saying that T& seen no better For as age. Taea I taraeb the dipping over With bo pwpoce to discover What was there. But la gmWag contemplstloB Of the humorist's cteatka. Rich and rare. As I looked I know I started Aad. the asalle from lips departed, For I saw, FriBted therein uncut column. Notices of death, sad, solemn. Full of awe. So, I thought, come grief and pleasure, Keted out with equal measure; ;, You may laugh. For some other one is wailing. For the tear is smiles unfailing Other half. Columbus Dispatch. MUTINY ON A GOLD SHIP. I I It was our last Friday night at Castle Bluff boarding school. Most of the girls were gone, and the few who lived in or around New ,York, aad were obliged to remain until Sat urday saoming, were counting the hours of captivity. 1 It was a dismal night The rain beat a oeastlesr tattoo upon the piazza roof, while the honeysuckle scraped an accompaniment upon the panes; the wind piped shrilly, and very now and then, as it shifted, we could hear the roar of the breakers at Forlorn Hope. We were huddled together, seven girls, in the study parlor, grumbling because the evening train for New York was an ex press, and so did not stop at Castle Bluff. "I would have cut the closing exercises and taken ths 2 o'clock train if the 'General' would have let me," said Sarah Priest, frowning. . "The General" was our name for our prin cipal, Mrs. 1L, whose imposing carriage sug gested the title which Dickens bestows on one of his characters. "Our sacerdotal friend seems pensive to night," I remarked, mischievously. "What entertainment would your Reverence be pleased to countenanceP I added, turning to nana. The poor girl bad to answer to a great snany punning variations of her name. Indeed, we all bore school names. Mine was "Gaul," given me by the class in "Ctesar's Commentaries," as an improvement on "France," otherwise Frances. Minnie Walsh, the most diminutive girl in school, was "Car diff Giant," abbreviated to "Cardie;" Jennie Shepherd was known as "Shepherdess" or "Bopeep;" Bertha Heiu, who was always "willin" was "Barkis;" "Lib" Chamberlain, a high spirited, independent girl, was called "Liberty." ' I had been reading aloud from "Our Mu tual Friend," but finding my audience too restlest to listen, I closed the book and walked to the window. "No use to watch for the steamer to-night, girls," I said; "you couldn't sight the Great Eastern a boat's length away." "Oh, how nautical!" remarked Jennie. "Have you been taking lessons of Mrs. Jonesf" "Well, Fm not so sure that it wouldn't be a good idea to have a lesson from Mrs. Jones," I said. "What do you say to one of her 'sailors' yarns,' as she calls them!" "Just the thing," exclaimed Alice. "Let's get her to tell us a real live blood-aad-thnnder-yonr-money-or-yonr-life pirate story." "Ban along and prepare her, Gaul," said lib, Alice's chum. "We will follow in a pro "Cone, girls," cried Alice, "form a line. partners! 'But as for me,' seizing nrnr. "give me Liberty, or give me i!'" We found the matron sitting before a little wroed are, working a cushion for a fair. ' It was almost equal to a voyage around the world to go into Mrs. Jones' room. Ob the msntrl and shelves were foreign sheik aad different lands of corals, from the mas sive brain coral of the West Indies to the deli cate pink specimens from the Mkronesian Islands, also stuffed birds, bits of ore from Aastralia and Spanish souvenirs. Over a photograph of Windsor castle the Stars and Stripes Mingled their folds with those of the Uaioa Jack. Above the flags hung a colored IMaograph of H.M.S. Three Jolly Tars,which, although represented as scudding before a ."large" wind on a heavy sea, had all her car- Mrs. Jones was fond of young people, and glad to relax the strict rules of school disd- "U that you, MissBaiieyr said she. "Uotoe m,aad Ifks Priest, too. How many girls are there of your she asked, catching sight ef a line ia the balL I "'We are seven,'" said Alice, as we dis- tribatsd ourselves about the room. ' "I wish there were twice as many!" said the matron, with one of her genial i"g "1 suppose you are all glad to be off duty and done with'that """'"g board for the j "la what country were yon born, Mrs. Joassr I asked, partly to set the ball rolling aad partly to settle a disputed point. I- a ao country," answered the lady. "Fin ths woman 'without a country.' " After en joying oar perplexity for a while she added, "I was born on the high seas." "Bat of what nationality are your I per- 1 "I can hardly tell you, my dear," rejoined Mrs. Joaea "Perhaps African, as Bach as aay, for I was born at sea off Cape of Good Mope. My father was an English sea captain, aad be saarried my mother, who was a Spaa m lady, m Madrid. I "IMred oa board ship the Three Jolly .Ttb BBtilIwaal4,soyosee that pictare a viswof my birthplace aad early home. My father was captain of that vessel for .Sweatj sfrat years. I "WhsalwMieiwnsssarriediabglaad, to hoassksepiag ia Aastralia. I ITYOJ- ha, so that mach of my life hat on shipboard. It would really ahosseHks to me than bring oa lyhasbaadaad children were aura I, Mi with me." 1 " it it dreadfully inoaotonoas the ;, day after dayF iaqaired Jessie. Dear, aol" said ths mstroa. "If you are ; a trepsassager impatient to he at yoar end, yoa eaa have as mac to To Mate this Sale Meresttug ! We quote prices never yet known in this county or its surroundings. LOT 1. Ladies', Misses' and Children's MILAN HATS 15c, worth up to 50c. LOT 2. Ladies' WOOL FELT HATS 50c, worth $1.00. LOT 3. Ladies' FUR FELT HATS $1.00, LOT 4. Boys' TRIMMED HATS and CAPS 25c, never sold less than 75c and $1.00. LOT 5. Misses' TRIMMED HATS, aborted colors, $1.00, worth up to $3.00. " LOT 6. Ladies and Misses' TRIMMED HATS, all colors and shapes, $1.25, worth up to $3.50. LOT 7. Ladies' TRIMMED HATS $1.50, actual value $4.00. Economical buyers should look forward to this Sale, as these prices cannot be duplicated. BARBER & DAYKIN. notour, the sea is the most variable tang ia 'ths world, hardly alike two days in socces ston." "Didatyoa ever meet any nice pirates or have any mutinies on board, or aaythiagof that sort, you kaowF Alios remarked per suasively. lbs. Jones leached. "Not axactlv." aht said; "but we had a hit of a scars oa oat voyage. Perhaps yoa would like to about that f" We gathered sroaad, aad she began "MvhnslMndwaa cantata of the Be a hlo ninninz between Melboaras and Liver pool, Home twenty-five years ago. I shall iMver forget the first voyage I made with vessels did not go so fast then as they do now, and I remember 'that we were just fivo months and three days from Phillips' dock, J JverpooL "Our freight was gold dust for the return trip, and the worst of it was that we could get a crew only of convict. Our own sail ors caught the gold fever, which was run sdngvery high then, and while the ship was lying at Melbourne ran away to the gold fields to prospect for themselves. These con victs were old sailors who had beea-trans-ported for crime, but who bad served out their terms and wished to return to England by working their pa wage. David that was my husband's name mid we could do no better than to take them, and he hadnt ths slightest fear that they would make any trouble; they were too anxious to get back to England. "All seemed to go well for a while, but after we had been oat to sea for some time, it seemed to my husband as if the Bonanza was a little off her bearings; so the first bright day he took aa observation. He was shut up for about an hour making the calcu lations. When he came out I saw by his face that something was wrong. He went aft aad spent some time with the helmsman. He had found that the Bonanza was off her bearings, sure enough. The man at the wheel told him that she wouldn't mind her helm that she was water logged. This got about among the passengers, and they began to be nervous; so my husband announced that be would make an examination, and invited two of the panoengers to accompany him into the bold. They went down into the lower hold, where the ballast is stowed, aad found the ship was all right. The captain sent the boatswain aloft to give out through the trumpet that the report was false. "After tms I could see that David was un easy, although I did not then understand why. "I awoke one night just before seven bells struck. When I beard the belk, I knew that it was only half past S, and was trying to get to sleep again, when my ears, which are exceptionally quick, caught a peculiar scrap ing sound under the berth. There would not teem to be anything alarming about this, for most ships are full of rats, but the fact was, that the gold tank was built into the ship Just under the captainVi berth, the only en trance being by a trap door. If this scrap ing came from the tank it could not be rats, for no rat who bad any respect for his teeth would be likely to experiment on the zinc lining. A few nights afterward I heard the noise again, and felt sure it was some sharp instrument working on a-metallic surface. I awakened David, but be could not hear anything, and said that it must be my im agination. "Soon after this, I noticed that a curious change had come over Arnie, our cabin boy. His whole name was Arnold Mclntyre. He was really very young for the place, but I bad been pleased with his appearance and in duced my husband to take him. This was the boy's first trip. His father had been a pros perous squatter in Australia, aScotehmanby birth, and a fine man. "One night the father was awakened by the harking of the dogs, and on going to the door found a gang of bush rangers surround ing the-house. They evidently knew that he had been selling cattle that day and had brought home a large sum of money. It is not likely that they intended to harm him, for it was only the money that they were after, bat he'showed fight and knocked two of them down. "Well, the end of it was that the poor Scotchman got a bullet through his bead, and the bushrangers rode away with every thing valuable. Mrs. Mclatyre was never the same again. She lost her wits, let the baby fall on its head (ia ooaseqaeace of which it died not'long afterward), and she took no not j of Arnie. Hewasa bright, clever led, and it seemed a pity that he should go to de struction, so we took care of aim. He was rery f ond of us, aad I took great pleasare ia teaching him, for he was very gratefal and a quick scholar. "AH at once, as I said, a great change seemed to have come over him. He came into the cabia one moraing as white as a piece of canvas, aad I noticed mat his arm shook so that he had to carry the eapasiaa coffee cap with both heads. He declared he I was well, and seemed to he startled spoke suddenly to him; bat Ioftnaotkedthathewasgasiagataswith an indescribable expression. I have seea something like It in the face of adumbani- itU trying invaia to make itself i by a human beiac "I was sitting oa deck with my work, pleasant moraing sooa after, when, happea- tag to need a book which was below, I seat Arnie down to get it. When he handed it to aw there was a folded slip of naner the leaves; a single word was scrawlsd it the word 'Mutiny.' "Thatdaywhea wehadaakhed oar dia aer, the captain rose in hk piece and made a short speech. He said something tike this: "'Ladies and gentlemen, I wish to have a few straight words with you. IdRaotwfch to cause alarm, and hope there is no occasion for any, but I think it best that there should be a fair understanding between as, as to bow matters stand. I have reason to believe that all is not right oa board that there Is Busemef brewiagamoae; the crew. HI have the support of the paesaagers I feel ta I can manage the men. There must be aopaaicamoag yon. It is absolutely aeces sary that all be calm, watchful and self con trolled. I believe that yoa will be. I think I can trust yoa aad shall expect yoa to sas temme. We will look Ism itsa. t ia the Ibglahmen can be cowed by a gang of "The speech had ths effect my husband sired. The issssaia fete that he traatst theirhoaoracd courage, and the aU promised to be ready tostaad by him any smsrgsacy. no captain had panel on deck aad we followed. a hard looking set of fallows, wita roaga, m and they glowered at .wttdJ worth up to $1.75. r k At cost and "Jty husband wafaot mucn or an orator, bat when amends blood hi up he can talk, if he ever can; aadlassore yoa be laid down the law to those men ia words they could un derstand. "There is not a man of you, he said, who j dares look me ia the eye and say that be has received aaythiag bat fair play from me, or the sabordmate officers, since he shipped on the Bonanza. Your past lives have not been such as would lead a man to pat confidence la yoa. The world has not been the better for your living in it, but I have treated yoa; as If yoa bad been the most honorable men In "gla "" Yoa have had a chance to show that there was something of true man hood left in yon, yet Now, how have you returned this! I will tell youl You mean mischiefl 1 understand this as well as yoa do. Your plot is known to me, and the time has come for yoa to give an account of it. Yon will find that I am not a man to be mail nils I am master of this ship, and I legend toresoaia so. The Bonanza is freighted Iwm gold dust, aad I shall defend her with Wy life! I itrmni""1 you all, as true British aafkn, to btiag forward your crra3 and laj mm oaths capstan r "Yon may not know that it is 4;aiust:h fames: articles for sailors to car:.- amis 'one of the first questions aske-.l wiie.i a t:r ships before the mast Is, 'Have you any weapons!' "There was silence among the men when the captain ceased. We could hear the soft aappmg of the sails overhead, and the occa stonal scraping of a heel, as some one eased hk muscles by shifting his weight from one foot to the other. Iwasstandingbythemain shrouds and remember counting the ratlines over and over, to help keep my self control It Bwsmwd a brief lifetime to me, but I sup pose it was hardly thirty seconds before f our men came forward and hdd down horse pistols. Not another man stirred. I saw my husband's face redden and. his eyes flash an grily. " 'Is no one else truer he shouted. "I began to tremble lest he should lose his self control. "He called for some chalk. Chalk is al ways kept on board for whitening spots when a ship 'comes into port. He stooped down and began to draw two lines across the deck in front of him. Suddenly there was a sharp click. My husband had drawn a pistol and cocked it! An instant after -he rose to his feet and cried in a voice like thunder, 'Yoa may walk np to that first line and lay down your arms, bat if any man crosses the second line Pa shoot himdeadr "I closed my eyas, bat when I looked again I could hardly see the top of the cap stan for the bowie knives and pistols that covered it! "The captain called the safimaker and whispered a word in his ear. He went be low and came up with the irons. The pas sengers lent a hand, and in a few minutes we had the ringleaders provided for. "Then the captain thought of Arnie. He said, 'I understand you have got Arnie In tow. Bring him up.' He was brought up, pale as death. "'Now,' says the cantata, 'you've got to tell all yoa know about tfak basjnass.' "The child lips quivered. 'If I do they will kiU me,' be mid. " 'Yoa shut be touched.'said the captain. Still Arnold was afraid to speak. He was trembling in every limb. He was such a little fellow hk bead did not reach up to my shoulder. It was the hsTiVat work to make him tell what ha knew. David had to prom ise that be should stay in the cabin all the way, and at lest he told the whole story and we found everything to be Just as be said. He bad beard it ell while lying in hk bunk, and the men bound him by a dreadful oath to secrecy, and swore they would murder him and throw hk body overboard if be should betray them. He believed they would, buthefeltthat he must warn us. He tried to let the captain know in some way without breaking hk oath, bat could not make him understand, and had given me the scrap of paper as a last resort, "The convicte had a large supply of weap ons, and had bribed the steersman to turn the ship from her course little by little, in tending to mutiny and take possession of her. They wished to take her to some strange port and then scuttle her, going ashore in the boats and leaving us to our fate. "Arnold torn which men bad wejponsin then-lockers and where the keys were, and the captaia sent and seised the arms. He told us, also, that the ship's cutlasses, which had seemed in good condition at the last in spection, bad been deprived of their blades, so that, as we found, only the sheaths and emeiaerl, and we could not have i for our decease. "The boy also told ns that two or three at tempts had been made tot through ths gold tank, and, on examming, we discovered several places at the sidewheresome sharp instrument had been used. This explained the filing sound I had heard twice. "Arnie saved oar Uvea, aad yoa may be sere we did not forget It "We reached Bagland In eafety.aad be fore landing the pesseagersmede op a hand some puree for the boy. He was sent toe good school aad well educated, and today Arnold Mclntyre k aaomceria the royal aavyandoneof tbeanest men In her ma jesty's sanrfce."-Fraaces 8toaghton Bailey Hk little "Do yoa get all the work you can do?" asked a gntkxnnn of a negro whom he had hired to do some outdoor jobs for him, "Yes, sah, 'boot all; en I needs hit t keep my little famly s-gotn, sab." "How much of s family have your" "Well, Iemme see. Dare me en my ole wtmun, dat's two; en Iizy en Itarthy en Berthena en Andy en Sidney en Jimmy en Billyen Saily en Minty, dat's nine single ones; en den dar's de twins, Ad'naram en Eb'nezer leben in alL Yof see dat's quite a considerable few. sah." - The gentleman thought it was. Youths Companion at One Make Fsytom declares that he k the bow anake kilter. He kilted six rattle snakes a week ago ia going from the Marguerite mine to the Northern Belle. One of them measured four feet and ten inches. He says that Keystone ravine is chuck full of them. Charles Castagua lul Kttln hoflM- than ftha H killotl eighteen not long since with one shot. ' Sierra City Triemne. CONTINUATION SALE OF THE v MRS. M. S. DRAKE & COMP'Y. As the time is now drawing nearer our grand opening day, we have MARKED DOWN EVERY ARTICLE BAHBEB i 13th St., Opp. CMMrcial many at less THAN HALF PRICE. Extra efforts made to close out the entire Stock before TEJMTBBR 14tH. All who are in need of MILLINERY, NECKWEAR, NOTIONS, YARNS, HANKF'S, Glows i Mitts, MTSHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SALE.- TWO LOVES. wonder a a So bappfiy k faring; As when my first love, KDea Jane, There took her daffy atriag. My toUIpopsIsharedwKhher, Aea,daiauestot For every sweet wshoot demur. She paid me off with kkses. My latest lore k Besaor, The Jane k quite derided, And though I still divide with her. My pay k undecided. Sometimes when sweets and flowers most rare, I on her shrine am showering, Her smiles with sunshine an the air. But ah! too oft she's lowering. No matter bow I strive sad woo. No more for me such bhss k To see her as she used to do Put up her mouth for kisses. Sweet Eleanor, though grown are we. My lore bring more of psia Than when your summers aumbered three And you were KDea Jane. Core Stuart Wheeler la Century. TIT FOR TAT. In the days when all the world was romantic, and no one was ashamed of it, two gentlemen of England conceived the preposterous, but at the same time rather fashionable, idea that, because they were friends, their son and daugh ter, then infants ia their cradles, must We each other when they grew to be man and woman; and, having compared notes and found that they quite agreed on this point, set-to work with a zeal worthy of a better cause to arrange mat ters so that they must turn out exactly as they desired. Consequently, each made a will and matters were so arranged that if either of the young people declined the hand of the other, the young person would be penniless, and his or her estate would go to the other young person who was will ing. After some years the gentleman whose child was a daughter left his native Eng land for America, while the other, who was a widower, his wife having given her life for that son, remained in Eng land, so that the ocean rolled between the romantic friends. The English resident was named Ed mund Harrington; the American, Charles Seabright. Both were wealthy and brought their children up carefully. As they grew older they permitted them to correspond with each other, but each detested the task so that the letters were written by the elders themselves. Once, at the age of 14, when news came that little Harold Harrington had fallen from a tree and broken his leg, Elsie Seabright was desired to reply that she felt great regret and sent her best love and wishes for his speedy recovery, but the girl, who could never listen to the boy's name with anything like pa tience, refused to write one word of this amiable epistle. "Iwish he had broken his neck, so that I might never hear any more about him,' she said, with a 6taoMfIuilip peredfoot,''andlwon'twrmt "J? So again mamma wrote the letter, hav ing first locked Elsie up in a dark pantry by way of punishment "And I am sorry to find a child of mine so unfeeling," she said. "A broken leg causes great pain and may make one lame for life." "A nice thing for me that would be if I am to marry him," said Elsie. Indeed, if she had been as sympathetic as her mother desired, Elsie would have had opportunity enough toexercise these feelings, for her young betrothed was always in some pickle, and had nearly drowned and nearly shot bimeplf a dozen times, to say nothing of ordinary troubles. It was tit for tat, at all events, for when Elsie had the measles Master Har old had received the information with a contemptuous indifference amounting to heartlessness, and had indeed said that he did not care. Vi-- He hated girls, and this one the worst of themalL So, with the ocean between them, the young people grew to maturity, and the year approached in which they were to meet But meanwhile all sorts of sad things happened. Elsie lost both her father and mother, and, away in England, Mr. Harrington died suddenly of apoplexy. So the two men, who had looked for ward for so many years to meeting when their children were married, never met MrT Harrington would not bring his son to America to see his lovely EUie, as he had proposed, and but for these obsti nate wills the matter would have been dropped, for the last thing the young people desired was to meet each other. But the young man was of age and the young lady also, and the property must be settled, and could not until the match was either on or off. The old lawyers in whose hands the affair rested knew the feelings of their wards, but they judged that a meeting might mend matters. At least it was necessary that they should meet. Harold, as in duty bound, wag to cross the ocean to meet his betrothed and give her an opportunity to refuse him. The news of his arrival brought into full activity those feelings of repug nance that Elsie had conceived for Har old in her childhood. She had for a while resolved to yield to her dead father's wishes, but now she felt that it was impossible. , Yet there was enough of worldly wis dom in her head to teach her how much better it was to be rich than it was to be poor. STOCK OF- DM1B. task, Cstarim, Mraska. It ne refused her, her fortune, and his also, would be her own by law. She would force him to refuse her, and then she would return him his fortune, and all would be as it should be. But bow could sho do this? The girl sat for a while in deep reverie, and then arose and clasped her hands to gether. A thought had struck her. There was in the house s seamstress, whh us much conceit as any young i iMt:iy vaa -ver blessed with. Her rough mannera and ways of synch had become proverbial axaoshr her own olass, the other servanta spsmkutg other generally as Crusty Betsy. And this girl had of late bean occupied in the room of her young niistress over some new dresses. Straight to thk apartment Ekaenew, and, locking ths door, sat down opposite Betsy and said: "I have somethingfor you to do, Betsy, and I'll pay you well for it" "Just name it then," said Betsy. "When I was a little girl, Betsy," said Elsie, "poor papa promised that I should marry a young gentleman who lives In England when I was grown, and that if I did not I should lose my fortune. Now the time is come, and he is coming; and I can't marry him. Betsy, I want him to refuse me. Do you understand?" " i understand,'' said Betsy, "and if 1 were yw I'd huff him off quick enough, and make him glad to go, that I would. "And 1 can't think how to do it, Betsy," said Elsie, "and if you can, you must do it for ma While he stays you must pretend that you are Miss 8ea brigltt; you must wear my clothes, and take all the airs you possibly can, and make him as unhappy as possible, so that he'll have to refuse you that Is, me, you know. Be sharp as you can with him, Betsy never the least bit kind or nice. You'll try, wont you, Betsy?" Then the two girls left all other work to examine Elsie's wardrobe, and soon Betsy was dressed in the most elegant attire. "And I," said Ekle Iwill be your poor companion, and you must call me Miss Smith, and snub me and order me about." Thus it was all arranged when the little letter Elsie had so long been ex pecting arrived, and breaking its blue seal she read that Mr. Harrington would pay his respects to Miss Seabright in the course of an hour. How Miss Seabright laughed as she sat waiting in the drawing room, watching Betsy sail up and down with all the new assumption of dignity. Betsy, with the most amiable intentions, would have been sure of offending; but Betsy, bent on being unpleasant,, would be a grand success. Just then Betsy herself leaned from the window. "Oh, miss!" she cried, "there's a car riage at the door, and there's a gentle man coming out of it Bless us! if that is him I don't wonder you want to be off your match. Deary, ohl deary me!" But before she could explain a servant had brought Elsie a card bearing the name of Harold Harrington, and as she arose the most extraordinary figure en tered the room. It was a very tall young man, between whose shoulders, nevertheless, grew a hump. He also, though he seemed to move actively enough, walked on crutches. On his head, from which he had re moved bis cap, was a black silk skull cap, such as entirely bald old gentlemen then wore. His nose was certainly well shaped, but it was much the color of red flannel: and about his throat was a muffler. This was Harold Harrington. Elsie's surprise was so great that she sank into a chair and forgot to prompt Betsy as she intended. But Betsy needed no prompting. She was not in the least embarrassed. She advanced to meet Mr. Harrington with a grin of supreme insolence upon her face, and burst into a loud laugh. "Well," she said, "you are my young man, are you? I must say, whoever picked you out showed no mighty great taste; twasnt for your beauty, thaf s plain." "No, madam," said the arrival, "it was not for my beauty. Do I address MisBSeeArightT "Why, who else should I be?" cried Betsy. "Twas not for your clevernesi, neither, you were chosen. But now vou've come, sit down. Been in ths wars, haven't you? . "My infirmities,", sighed ths young man, "are the result of my rockle o as a boy. I had a most sympathizing letter from you upon the faU that broke my limb. You remember it? You also condoled with me upon the careless shot which cost me my eye, though you did not know how serious was the result. "It was while I was on a trip to Switzerland that I injured my back, and while endeavoring to drink some boiling tea the housekeeper had -left carelessly on the table I scalded all the hair from my head. This scar upon my cheek fa the result of having attempted to shave myself with my poor father's razor. It was injudicious of him not to tell you the result of my injuries, but now yoc see them for yourself, I will not go into further particulars. You remember all my accidents." "Yes," said Betsy, "and a fins figure of a man they're made you; you'd do to scare the crows from an orchard, I must aay, and you're sent to me, that Insight have my pick and offers to assrry. Its enough to make one die of laughing.'' "Then yc refuse me" aaidtlw young A RARE OCCASION ! vVRnWEt. WSMBJ WSmnSj MM' vbstSJ HPflHSWs LADIES' SILK GLOVES all colors 25c, always sold at 75c. LADIES' BLACK and COLORED PURE SILK MITTS 30c, cheap at 50c. LADIES' aad MISSES' LISLE THREAD MITTS 12ic all colon aad worth 25c. LADIES' LACE GLOVES and MITTS odd sizes, choice 10c pair, worth up to 50c LADIES' JERSEY GLOVES 20c worth 50c MISSES and CHILDREN'S BERLIN GLOVES embroidered backs and improved finger ends 15c worth 35c t A mnis, moths, wniis. LOT1. 25c per doz. all kinds worth up to $1.00. LOT 2. Choice for 10c per doz., sold as high as 50c LOT 3. Choice for 50c, worth up to $1.25. are being All our FEATHERS, TIPS and GARNITURESof all descriptions going at less than half price. BARBER & DAYKIN. "Oh, no," said Betsy. "Uh.Bo.lOon't; there's ths fortune, you know. Money is money, and even an object liks you is betterthanpovsrty. rnhavsyouatisough how folks will laugh to ass us paired of together! Onscornrort,titogh;wbrolnsi as you must bs yom cant last lonf.N "On the contrary,Ixpct tours tobs eighty," said ths young saan. "Expectations dontgo for much," sahl Betsy. "Look how the old folks went." "We were deprived of their affections very suddenly,'' said the young man sighing. "My father loved yours dearly. Miss Seabright.' "Folks will take queer notions,' said Betsy. "Well, I must aay you are an object 1 cant help laughing whenever 1 look at you." "We shall have a very merry life to gether." said Harold, "if your disposi tion continues." "Oh. I shant see much of you." said Betsy, "I can promise you. after the ring m on. What possesed you to smash yt:r.-If up so? But I slian't refuw you 'It's money makes the) stars go,' says ths old song." "It may be," said Harold. "Bat 1st the mars sUndstM for sie, then, I quite decline to fulfill ths snasgemfat So, madam, you have ties any incumbrance in my "And a good riddsnoe of bad rubbish, say I," cried Betsy. "There are bettor fish in the sea than you, or women would be poorly off. You're going, ah? Wall, the sooner the better. Miss Smith, ring thebelL" Elsie arose and touched the belL But now ths deed was dons and her ob ject attained, she felt dreadfully ashamed of herself. Certainly a mors unhappy and singu lar object than this before her could not well be imagined. Indeed, compassionate as was her heart, she felt that his appearance was not only painful, but almost ludicrous but all the more should he have been tenderly used. Why had she played this childish prank, and allowed a vulgar woman to Insult him in her presence? And this gentleman for hideous ashs was, he was a gentleman by breeding as well as by birth how would he hence forth think of her? He would always believe that she had uttered those rude words she, and none other. And as he left the room she followed him, and the servant. who had answered ths ben retired at her nod and left the two together in the long hall, where they could hear the long and violent ex plosions of laughter with which Betsy was now filling the drawing room. "Mr. Harrington," said Ehse, her face crimson as she spoke, "I cannot let you go without a word of explanation. I I have been so grieved that you should bs insulted. I never meant" "My dear young lady, you have noth ing to do with it, and my f eatings are not in ths least hurn replied the young man. Who would care for anything a person like the woman we have just left could say? But I am amazed that she should be Miss Seabright I know she is a lady by birth. I understood that she was beautiful and gentle. I" "Oh, Mr. Harrington," cried Elate, "I have been such a foolish girl! She is not MiesSeabright I am Miss Seabright. I I it was a ridiculous stratagem of mine. I hate the idea of a betrothal to , and I desired that you should take the initiative mbresidnje off ths match. But believe me, I had no knowl edge of your infirmities, which could only be a subject for sympathy to me, and I beg you to forgive me for placing that coarse woman in a position in which she could insult you. Prove it by re maining with me until I can offer you some refreshments after your journey.'' - Ths young man bowed, looked at her a moment and then replied frankly: "Madam, I quite appreciate your mo tives and entirely forgive you. I am pleased to accept your mvitetiott.'' ' It was the custom ia w arranged houses at that day to send the guests to their room a white before dinner. Accordingly, MIm Seabright ordered a servant to show Mr. Harrmgton to. an apartment on ths upper Moor sad retired to her own room to drees for dinner. Tea minutes after, her entrance iato this apartment the servant brought her a large bundle and a small note a few inches square. She opened the note first and read these words: Is matt I, ska, before I met you, bed' resolved that yoa shoots be the oaetodeeseetee onadi- bob of seraimsrs' waHksaeems; alsstweid to gtreyoueaekyoarstisreef the stupn. I set eeeeft an wag a seeesM ttoeeurreato At Jrst Elate was unreasonably angry. but hat anger did not last long. They mat at dinner, and before they parted it was quite concJuded that they should carry out the wishes of tbeir pa rents by agreeing to dins together al ways. If it were not forthsMbte aad bob prayer book In tns vainer wacouM m " -TT' TT-. if anything that was written w that ao one ever west tareegh so smay seeUssss that few wesaes wonld choose to sssrry a very Masons ama; oosaMeatryIeoseetseaeeke which I fancy womll saaaesserif sgsisrtotae ABewsmtolayasyoerfeetsvwetcBes,waieh I have sever seeded, thank heaves; my hems, wake was a tamer smew; the skas eaa, which eM saMeaseM sere, sad eanyssssawi set esteem. TaeisrsmlnawBleh sismst ssysmw oMeked ssyssrhsHoB toiMseii mtwwkspxi tomes. I hag to be aaowert tossy my lespsetsto yoa m srepsr persoa. sad to apologise far say trkJwakssftsrsdmyissssBemeakftk tar During the melon season in Persia a few years ago a soklier picked a ntelon and devoured it without paying the pea sant ths stipulated price. The peasant want to complain to Massoud Mirza, the shah s oldest son, whose ear m always open to the lowest. After listening to his plaint he said: "Well, you shall have justice. I wUl test this matter to the core. Bring in the soldier." The gor mandizing soldier was brought in. "Cut this man's beUy open," he said to the executioner. "If there is a melon inside," he added to the peasant, "you will get your money: if not, off goes your head." Ths soldier was cut open, the melon found and the peasant paid. San Fran cisco Argonaut. a Safety Vault. Highwayman (halting lady in car riage) Stop, madam! Your money or your life! Lady My money is in my pocket, sir. and as neither you nor I can find it in side of ten minutes, and there is a largo party of brethren tourists coming up the hill, I would advise you to let me pass. Highwayman Thanks, madam, your advice is worth heeding. Good day. Burlington Free Press. AM AsmwmwmtA CsaYwr The ORIGINAL ABIETINE Oim MENT is only put up in large two-ounce tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and aU kinds of skin eruptions. Will positively curs all kinds of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIT1NE OINTMENT Sold hv TOowtv A Berber at 25 cento ner : r j 1 m- box oy mail au cents. many They love least that let men know their lore. Merit Wis. We dteire to ssy to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Tr. King's New Discovery for consumption, Dr. King's New Life Pilte, Buoklen . Arnica 8alve and Electric Bitters, and hare never handled remedies that sell so well, or that have given such uni versal satisfaction. 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On thin 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 the lungs, bron chitis, asthma, whooping cough, croup, eta, etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to teste, perfectly safe, and can always be depended upon. Trial bottle free at David Dowty's drug store. There's beggary in the love that can be reekon'd. CeBsamstlea Sarely Cared. To rax Editob Please inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for ths above named disease. By its 4nulv nmn thnnunila nt fwmiiln fill have been permanently cured. I shall bs glad to send two bottles of myreme- Am www In in nt vnnr readers who have consumption if they wfll send me their express and post cssce aaareee. Aeepect- IUlly, T. A. BLOCUST, St. I, lox jrewn street. New York. 3Qjr Jesionsy has caused many a murder Baeklea's Araks Salve. 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