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Fraak Leake -New-paper.
A STRANGE COMPACT.
It was a dreary night in the winter of
17. Outside a heavy fog filled the nar
row unsavory streets of the metropolis,
and the longs and eyes of such unfortu
aates as chanced to be abroad. It even
invaded the small wooden sanctums of
the night watchman, interfering with
slumbers to which the inmates were both
by age and office entitled. Across the
river, in the dingy, ill pared lanes of the
borough, the fog seemed at its worst, a
light warmish hare being the only indi
catioa of the presence of those shops
which still remained open, and round
which small ill clad urchins with the
most unmistakable intentions persistent
ly hovered.
"A sweet night for footpads," mut
tered young Dr. Mostyn, as he disen
gaged himself from a chance rencontre
with a post, and felt his way along by
tapping with his stout stick at the house
walls, a proceeding by which he had al
ready severely damaged the legs of three
of his suffering fellow creatures, and
poked a large hole in the kitchen window
of a fourtlu "And now," he continued,
talking to himself for the sake of com
pany, "for home and supper and a fire.
All, and a patient or two, perhaps. Who
know&T
At this cheering prospect his spirits
rose, and he banged mightily at the wall
with his stick in consequence, until at
length, coming to a small street on his
right, he turned smartly down, and hav
ing made sure of his own door knocked
briskly at it.
"Who's there?" cried a shrill female
voice in response.
"Tf f Rat " aai1 hay met- l
'Open
the door, my good gut"
"Not if I knows it," was the cheering
reply. "You take yourself off, young
man, whoever you are. There, two
bulldogs and three men with loaded guns
'standing by me, to say nothing"
"Open the door, Bet!" roared her mas
ter through the keyhole. "Don't you
know roe?"
"Is it uino o'clock or is it eleven? pro
pounded the damsel; "because if it's
eleven o'clock my eyes deceive me, and
if it's nine o'clock your voice decMv-t
me; for the doctor said he'd be home us
eleven and not before, and considering
the fog I should say a good deal artef."
"Open the doorl" said the surgeon,
sharply. Ttn back already because my
patient's dead. Come; open at oncer
There was a creaking and shooting of
bolts as he finished speaking, and the
door being cautiously opened discovered
an angular woman of some five-and-thirty
years, whose nervous face cleared
directly she saw her master.
"Fm asking your pardon for keeping
you long, sir," said she; "but one never
knows who's who, and, judging by the
noises and runnings, there's been rare
doings round the corner to-night."
"Anybody been. Bet?" asked the sur
geon, as ten minutes later he sat down
to a carefully grilled chop.
"Not a soul," replied his handmaiden.
"And a nice person you would be' to
open the door if an accident had ar
rived." "Oh, I should have opened it at once,"
aid Bet, with decision. "Directly they
used the word 'accident' I should havo
opened it and chanced it"
Uer master, smiling at her devotion,
drew his chair to the fire and, having
carefully filled a long clay pipe, fell to
smoking with an air of great enjoyment
and content. Then, thinking it extreme
ly unlikely that ho would be .disturbed
at that late hour, ho dismissed his re
tainer to her quarters in a neighboring
bouse, and, being left to himself, lapsed
into a brown study.
It might have been the fog, or it might
have been the unexpected death of his
patient; whatever the cause, his thoughts
took a very gloomy direction indeed, and
lie shook his head despondingly as he
thought of his future prospects. His
mood was not made more cheerful by the
room, which was large and dark, and
paneled with oak, and ornamented with
oil portraits of dead and gone worthies,
with whom he claimed some kinship
more or less remote, who seemed to stare
at him to-night in a particularly ghostly,
not to say wooden manner. Besides all
this, he was in love; and he had no sooner
built a magnificent castle in the air
and placed her in it, than an anything
but airy landlord called for the rent, and
the dream was spoiled.
. He had been sitting thus for some
nursing is woes and sipping a
i of hot cognac which he had pre
pared, when he was disturbed by a loud,
imperative knocking at the front door,
whereat he snatched up one of the gut
tering candles and marched down the
Barrow stairs to open it. The feeble
light of the candle, when he had dono
so, showed him a tall, strongly built man
of middle age, whose naturally fine pro
portions were increased by the fog,
which dung to them and exaggerated
them The surgeon noted that he was
richly clad, and also that the embossed
hilt of a sword protruded from the skirts
of Jus coat, while his face, from some
powerful emotion, was pale and drawn.
"Are you the surgeon?" asked the new
comer abruptly.
"At your service," was the reply.
Come in."
- The stranger obeyed, and waiting until
the surgeon had secured the door 'c1
towed his up stairs.
"Examine meP said he, taking off lii
liced coat and standing pale and erect
before him.
"Unfasten your shirt," said the other,
f-fliagin with his strange humor and
ciO-i-ifwci-g a careful examination.
"WellT inquired the stranger, when
he had finished.
"Souadae'abellandas hard as oak."
"Mot likely to die suddenly!" suggested
Ms visitor.
"No. I should think that that would
be the last thing to happen to you," re
plied the puzzled surgeon. "Why, what
kt-eaMtterwkhyou? Do you feel ill?"
"No; I feel hale and strong, capable of
life with the best rre never
illness in my life. But for all
that, I hall die at midnight"
"Of course," said the surgeon, some
what provoked at all this mystery, "if
to kill yourself, you can
: with more authority as to the tuae
ham aayhody else."
"I have so intention of committing
i the stern rejoinder. "Nev-
,at u-Blkmytime expires.
' of my death is unknown to
I shall never seethe lifting of
blackness, which on my
i fitly interposed
i ass and the heaven I have
listening to this strange
to the table, and filling.
It to to ex-
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traordinaiy patient "It will put heart
into you," said he.
"Bat not a soul" said the other; and,
shuMeriag convulsively, drank it at a
draught; then placing theglass upoathe
table, he drew a purse from hisBesket
and looked at the surgeon. "Your fee?"
"Nothing. I know not what your
trouble is; but I wish much that I could
help you."
"I'm past all help," said the other,
sadly, moving toward the door; then
pausing, as the surgeon took up one of
the candles to light him down, he said,
in irresolute tones: "As you shall judge,
if you care to hear."
"By all means,'' said Hostyn,.hearly(
as, replacing the candle, he poked the
fire and drew up a chair for his visitor.
"Twenty years ago," said the latter,
accepting the proffered seat and leaning
toward the surgeon, "my circumstances
were very different from what they are
now. Young and strong, I liad at the
death of my parents rejected the bread
of dependence offered me by relatives,
and. full.of hope, "had come to London
to make my fortune. It proved to be
harder work than I had anticipated; and
in a very short while I was reduced to
the verge of starvation. One dreadful
night, of which this is the twentieth an
niversary, I was half crazed with pov
erty and despair. For two days 1 had
not tasted food, nor did I see the slight
est prospect of obtaining any. Added to
this I was deeply in love, though un
happily the interference of those who
should have been our best friends kept
us apart. As I crouched shivering La
the garret, which served me for a lodg
ing, I think I must have gone a little bit
mad." He broke off suddenly, as though
unwilling to continue, and stan-d gloom
ily at the fire.
"Well?" said the surgeon, who had
been listening with much interest
'.'Have you ever heard of compacts
with the evil one?" demanded the stran
ger. "I have heard of such things," replied
the surgeon, on whose spirits the occa
sion and the visitor were beginning to
telL
"I made one," said the other, hoarse
ly. "Crouched by the empty grate,
which mocked me with its cold bars and
white ashes, my thoughts turned, as
though directed by some unseen power,
to all that I had heard and read of such
compacts. As my mind dwelt upon it,
the subject lost much of its horror, until
a gentle rustling in the neighborhood of
the fire drove me with quaking heart to
my feet. My fears, however, were but
momentary, and with fierce determina
tion I called upon my unseen visitor to
lend me his awful aid. As I 6poke the
sounds suddenly ceased, and a voice
seemed to cry iu my ear: 'Write, writer
I dragged a small table into the moon
light, which struggled through the be
grime'' panes of the window, and with
my v a blood and the miserable stump
of 'a pen wrote out the terms of an
agreement with the Prince of Darkness,
possessed, as I did so, with the horrible
consciousness of something in the room
watching me. I vowed that if for twenty
years he gave mo wealth and the pos
session of her whom I loved better than
my own life, my soul should be the for
feit If the next morning brought
change of fortune, I should take it for a
sign that he had accepted my conditions.
I signed it, and swooned. When I
awoke from the sleep into which the
stupor had merged the sun was shining
brightly into my foul lodging, and be
low was a messenger who brought me
news of a large fortune which had fallen
to me through the death of an uncle.
God forbid that my rash vow should
have had aught to do with it! Since
then, everything has prospered with me.
I married the woman I loved. We have
a large family. I have kept my secret
to myself. To-night, at 13, my time ex
pires." "The change in your fortunes was a
mere coincidence," said the surgeon un
easily. "Another coincidence for you, then,"
said his visitor, whose face was now
livid. "In the morning, when I awoke,
the agreement which I had left on the
table had disappeared."
Mostyn rose and, taking great care not
to extinguish the names, snuffed the can
dles. "As I supposed my death would be a
strictly natural one," continued the
stranger, "I thought I would consult a
surgeon, in order to see whether my
heart was sound, or whether I was to
die as I have said, in a perfectly natural
manner owing to its disease. A watch
man whom I met directed me to your
door."
"Do you live in the neighborhood?''
"No, at Westminster," was the reply.
"But having put all my affairs in order,
and wishing my dear ones should be no
witnesses of my death, I have been
roaming about the streets to meet it
there."
"Alone?" queried the wondering sur
geon. "I hope so," said the other, shud
dering. "Be guided by me," said the surgeon
earnestly. "Return to your home and
forget all about this mysterious compact
you fancy you have made."
His companion shook his head and
turned to the door.
"Are you going to roam about in the
fog again?" asked Mostyn.
"Unless you will let me stay here,"
said the other, glancing at him wist
fully. "You are not nervous? you do
not think I shall dieT
"You will die of fright if you die at
all," said the surgeon sturdily. "But
stay, and welcome, if yon will." And
to avoid the thanks of his guest he poked
the fire until the resulting blaze almost
caused the candles to snuff themselves
out with envy.
For some time they sat silent The
streets were now entirely deserted, and
no sound save the flickering of the fire
disturbed the silence of the room. Then
the sm con arose and, upon hospitable
thouguts intent, busied himself with the
... Je spirit case which stood on the side
board; and after sundry most musical
gurglings from the bottle as it confided
its contents to the glasses, appeared in
his place again with two steaming pota
tions and a sugar bowL "Cognac," said
he, "with all its fiery nature subdued,
now in its tranquil old age."
"Thanks," said his visitor, taking the
proffered glass. "The last toast I shall
drink: Long life to you." He tossed off
the contents, and again lapsed into
silence, while the surgeon slowly smoked
his long pipe, removing it at intervals in
favor of the spirit he had so highly com
mended. Half an hour passed, and a neighbor
ing church clock slowly boomed the hour
of 11. One hour more. The surgeon,
glancing at his companion to see what
effect the sound had upon him, saw that
hia lyaa w ! flul ptl hTOStht ill
heavily. Ruing cautiously to his feet be
f felt the pulse of the strong sinewy wrist
wnicn mag over tne side of the chair,
sad, then, returning to bis seat, sat
closely regarding hha, not without cast
ing certain uneasy glances into the dark
corners of the room. His pips went oat;
the firs burnt low, and, seen through
the bass of fog and smoke, the aotio
less figure in the chair seemed suddenly
to loom large in front of him and thea to
lro sl-inst nhsmmfl frr rtirrnc
For a few seconds it seessed his eyes
When he opened thm the Ire
out, slid the figare in front of aua
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many others to mention.
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A COMPLETE LINE OF MEN'S AND BOYS' BOOTS AND SHOES, at the very lowest prices, and everything is warranted or mouev will he cheerfully re fun .let I. I intend to make
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THE BOSTON,
now fallen on its breast Full of a nor-1
rible fear, he glanced hurriedly at the j
clock and saw that it was just upon the
stroke of 4, then he sprang to the side of j
his guest ana seuea me wrist nearest to
him,
As he did so, he started back with
a wild cry of horror, for some slippery
thing, darting swiftly between his feet,
vanished in the gloom of a neighboring
corner.
Ere he could recover himself, the man
in front of him stirred uneasily, and ris
ing unsteadily to his feet, gased stupidly
at him. "What's the matter?' he asked
at length in dazed tones.
"Matter!" shouted the still trembling
surgeon. "Why, it's four hours past
midnight and you are alive and welL"
With a violent start, as he remember
ed his position, the stranger glanced at
the mantel shelf. "Four o'clockl" said
he "4 o'clockl Thank God, there was
no compact! Thenanother fear possess
ed him: "Is it is the clock right?"
"To the minute," said the surgeon,
standing gravely by with averted head,
as his visitor, heed-ess of his presence,
fell upon his knees and buried his face
in his hands.
As he rose to his feet the old church
clock slowly struck the hour of 4, ap
pearing to both the listeners to do so
with an emphasis asunusualasit was
welcome. As the last stroke sounded
the stranger, who could even now hardly
realize his position, threw np the window
and extended his head. The fog had
disappeared, the air was crisp and clear
and the distant rumbling of the early
market carts betokened the beginning
of another day.
"How came I to sleep?" he inquired,
closing the window and turning to the
surgeon.
"I drugged your drink. It was the
only thing I could do. You were in such
a strange state of alarm that you would
either have died or gone mad if I had
not done so."
The stranger extended his hand and
caught the young surgeon's in a mighty
grasp. You ran a fearful risk. Suppose
that I had died. My death would have
been attributed to the drug, and you
would have teen accused of murder."
"I chanced it," said Mostyn simply.
"There was no time for consideration."
"It has been a strange business," said
the other. "What could it have been
that was in my garret that night, and
what could have taken the agreement!"
"Bats," said Mostyn, smiling. "One
of them frightened me terribly just now;
but it would not have done so if I had
not been in a very excited condition.
The same state of mind perhaps, though
in a milder form, that you were in on
the night you wrote your agreement."
"There were rats in the room, I re-
rnemoer, sua we stranger; "out 1
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never once inoagni 01 mem. ion nave
saved my reason, if not my life," and Jie ,
again grasped him by the hand. "You ,
shall not find me ungrateful." ,
No did he; for, aided by his influence,
the young surgeon rose rapidly to fame '
and fortune, which he shared in the
most liberal manner with the girl for,
,!,-- h,- -..,-(-- h.l lo-..- tr, i;m
waiting. Chambers' Journal
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running down street yesterday with Bill
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Bounce after you, wantuf to lick you?
sn,vl-Y -. jvu.
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What did you run forF
"II was only running so as to get ,
him away from home, so his mother 1
couldnt see him fightin'; but by the time
we was out of sight of his house we got
in sight of our house; and then, as my
mother would see me if I stopped to hit
him, I went in, so as to be out o' tempta
tion." New York Weekly.
Never Warred with Hia.
"Grandsire Caswell" was one of
the early settlers of Harrison, an
cestor of four or five generations of
hardy families, some soil residing on
the original homestead. He was a
revolutionary veteran, a strong mind
ed gentleman of the old continental
school of patriots, and his modes of
thinking were generally in natural
and rational lines. I think he was
not noted for any special veneration
for original New England orthodoxy,
but possessed a bigheart full of hope
for all our race. He knew what was
meant by experience, and had lived a
long life under the old flag in the en
joyment of peace and its blessings.
When the venerable man, in his
eighties, was feeble of body and fail
ing, but with mental faculties still
clear, be was visited by a pious
neighbor who felt a call to exhort the
old soldier regarding his relations to
the future life.
"Have you made your peace with
God?" impaired the ezhorter.
The veteran pondered the question a
moment and responded:
"Peace, peace with God? Why. I
haint ever been to war with him!"
Lewistou Journal.
toBKta At
Metropolitan Manager. So you
want to join tha theatre and learn to
act something, eh?
George Hayseed, from Tarrytown
Yes. sir.
ML M Well, George, before we
take you oa, rtmll nave to act aa
though yom ewl leant something.
Burdette ia Brooklyn Eagle
BOSTON,
now offrcr to the neoole of Columbus and vicinity. Not a dollar's worth of old clothine can
sold at the very lowest prices.
IS
MY MOnO
business here I take measures for men's
THE IRON CAGE.
m Icaed by the Blabop of Verdun, Who
Vm It Flrt Occupant.
For Louis XI of France whom Sir
VirHMAM 3s ) U I -ri
. mSjAQ family,: to the English
public the iron cage had a great at-
traction, and he seems to have equip -
ped with it nearly every one of his
state prisons. When the Due de Ne
mours, previous to his trial, was trans
ferred to the Bastile, he was put in a
cage of iron; and the king, learning
that some indulgence had been shown
to so illustrious a prisoner, wrote in the
most uncompromising terms to the
Sire de Saint Pierre, one of the com
missaries appointed to try the unfor
tunate prince. He was not pleased, he
said, to learn that the fetters had been
removed from the duke's limbs, that
he had been allowed to leave his cage,
and that he had attended mass when
women were present And he charged
him to take care that the prince never
left his cage, except to be put to the
Question that is, to be tortured and
uiet this should take placo in his own
apartment
Other important personages in the
reign of Louis made acquaintance
wiiii uiese iron cages oi nis;
fi, w;n:-.-rT? I :-t.
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of verdun, and the Cardinal de la
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Balue. According to an eminent
French antiquary, each cage was
about nine feet long, eight feet broad
and seven feet high, and consisted of
a ponderous frame work of timber,
strengthened by solid iron clasps and
fenced in with stout iron bars,
weighing altogether a couple of hun
dred pounds, and costing about 3G7
livres, at the then value of money.
Philippe de Commines, the historian,
makes some characteristic comments
unon Einr Louis XI and his c-
"It is quite true" he says "that
the king our master ordered the con -
struction of somii rieorous nrisons'
-cages of iron ad of wood, covered
with plates of iron outwardly and in-
ternally; and with terrible iron bars,
each about eight feet wide and about
tho height of a man, or one foot more.
The man who designed them was the
Bishop of Verdun and in the very
first that was made he was inconti
nently immured, and lay therein for
fourteen years. Many of us since
have poured our curses upon him, and
I forone, having had an eight months'
taste of this kind of captivity. For
merly, too, the king caused the Ger
mans to make for him some heavy
1 and terrible fetters to fasten upon
prisoners' feet and an iron ring to
clasp around the ankle, with a solid I
A h dftl- - fe wl - - -- l-h I
vuuiu aiuivucu, ,iiu u. grciib iruu uuu
at the end of the chaiu. These instru
ments of torture were known as ies
fillettes du roy,' or the king's maid-
; ens. These, nevertheless, I have
seen on tho feetof uiany prisoners of
rank? who have since risen into honor
and great joy and have received many
faVors from the king." All the Year
Round.
:
A Thr,ftr farmer.
grasping though not miserlv
uaiure 01 me nauve icw raigianu
, farfner is somewhat proverbial. It is
, hard to get the better of him in a.
"dicker," and he very seldom gives
uuyuiuiK r iiowuiig. xiis Kueuuess
- ,
iu -his respect was well illustrated bv
. nf ,,,, ifnil mo
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wjj recentiy spent a week 111 New
Hampshire. The young man wanted
to hire a boat for the day, and the
fanner owned one which was moored
tn the hank of tin riwi. "fn von
fet me have your boat for the day?" he
asked of the owner. "WelL let me
see," was the cautious reply. "I don't
know as I can. Tou see, tbar's a
man over here, Mr. So-and So, that
other feller, yer know. He said
t'other day he wanted my booj and
he may be 'raound this morning."
"WelL Fm sorry, as I should like it
today very much. You don't think
you can let me have it?" "No; cum
ter think of it, I feel purty sartin that
other feUerll he 'raound after it to
day. And if he wants it, he orter
have it" "That settles it then, I sup
pose," said the young man. "But can
you tell me of any place near here
where you think I can hire a boat?"
"Oh, you want to hire a boat, do yer?"
"Yes." "Wall, naow, seein' yer want
to hire a boat so bad come to think
on it, it's gittin' kinder late, and I do
not believe that other feller will be
'raound, this morning it's mos' 0
o'clock. You want to hire it. you
say?" "Yes. How much will you
charge me for the day?" "The last
time I let her I charged thirty cents
for her; but I kinder thinks that's a
leetle might high. I guess I'll let you
have it for twenty-five cents." Bos
ton Times.
Bettlac Bato.
A writer in The Times of India de
scribes a system of gambling in Cal
cutta ou rain. It is carried on in a
"compound" off the Burra bazar,
where, when a rain cloud crosses the
sky, a crowd collects of eager, excited
men; some rush about frantically,
others perch themselves high on ad
joining roofs and gesticulate wildly to
friends below, while all gase anxiously
at the sky. There are the suita, or
rain speculators, and the system, as
explained by the leasee of the com
pound in which it is carried on, is ex
tremely simple. On the roof of his
office there is a ditch which will hold
eight suisof .water. . If a rajodood
TALKING ABOUT GENTS FURNISHING GOODS, you can hnd any style tor less money than was ever ottered to you before. lou can buy a good undershirt lor ;0 cents, cheap at
RBMBHBE-t OJR PXMCBE TO AXJ.
0IE - PEIC1 6L0THOG HOUSE.
13 -aajoror E5ead.3r fox .B-a3L33.-- -
At the beginning of the fell season,
IS: QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS,
suits for the LARGEST HOUSE
ONE-PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE,
inifets ana tiic lull exceeds this
amount, tho overflow is discharged
into the compound by a spout This
decides all tho bets, those who wager
ed it would rain winning. The bets
are entered by tho proprietor in a
book, the commission beiujj one pice
per runsc. anu me iransacuons Deiug
, " tetlicd at IU ocloct the following
. morning. A defaulter is hardly ever
I Kiiov.ii; in. ftuiuuiera tiro uiuon
itiouey lenders, men of substance and
well I.110WI1 to each other. They are
aclss hy themselves, and the stakes
are usually inconsiderable, whereas
in Bombay it is not unusual to have
- .
b? loaded like dice, or "faked" like
homes; there are no haudicappers, no
starters, no owners aud no jockeys.
Loudon Globe.
Heaven' ArtlUaiy.
The Twenty-seventh Massachusetts '
regiment was in camp on Bachelors
creek. North Carolina, near the edre
of a wooded marsh, out of which came
the fragrance of magnolia blossoms
and the music of numberless mocking
birds. Here the men foraged more or ,
less upon the "guerilla farmers' in the
neighborhood. The regimental his-
- -. . . ' ...
-- an nitlivoi
tonan enlivens his pages
with the
storv of one such occasion
Just beyond our outposts was a fam-
jk. ,i-mMi rw? wlirt -... Kvn-
w -a-vu - -- - - -. - w
willing to furnish reiresnmeiits for a
consideration; and one day when
Lieut Hunt was in charge of the out
posts, he placed Sergt Peck on picket
very near the Davis plantation.
The sergeant was very considerate
of the wants of the inner man, and
when Lieut Hunt returned to this
part of the line, he found that Peck
had been to Davis' house and ordered
what he called a "stomach distender"
for two.
" V1S UOUSe ana oraerea
what he called a "stomach distender
- lw"- . i i:w iw
Sergt Peck's appetite and liberality
. 'Jcol,.4CV""ri"iU,g',nu Vw"r
f 8. the better or ay scruples he might
9. " fJ ." " "JS??
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W-i.teiflSfililiSiS"!
viutuuii luafa vtus irviupijf ;u,
The two men were eating with the
best of appetites when they heard a
sudden roar aud rattle, as of heavy ;
guns aud musketry. The enemy was ,
upon mem. insianuy mey seizeu
their arms and equipments, which
had been laid aside for the occasion,
and rushed unceremoniously out of
the door.
Waiting for nothing, they cleared
the fence, expecting every moment
another volley, or a demand to sur
render. Ou reaching the post, in any
thing but good order, they were hailed
by one of the pickets:
""Hullo, there! What's your hurry? ,
Why didn't you stay till after the (
shower?" '
Sure enough, while they had been
busy at the table a sudden thunder
cloud had come up, and what they
had mistaken for an attack of the eu-
emy was only a peal of thunder. ,
The two soldiers were often remind
ed of their famous dinner, and "old;
thousands of rupees on tiic rum. rue carry u 10 me iooi oi Bunrar mil Hoped that tins n i will long con
system has one advantage raiiiclouds , monument on each succeeding anni- tinuo to hold tliechituipionshipuucon
cannot be manipulated; they cannot versaryof the battle, at sunrise, and tested on this record.
ri .SwnliS,I! oi- " l "J "!
to "the attack on the pickets.
j Youth's Companion.
German matron in whose family I boaro
The Ink of Antiquity. , ,,-wm,.- :(i .i, ..:- - ,,1,1 Op-.
According to the Roman naturalist
PJinv and other authors, the basis of
the ink used by ancient writers was
formed of lampblack or the black
taken from burnt ivory and soot from
furnaces and baths. Some also have
supposed that the black liquor which
the cuttlefish yields was frequently
employed. One thing is certain, that
whatever were the component ingre
dients, from the blackness and solidity
in the most ancient manuscripts, from
an inkstand found at Herculaneum,
in which the iuk appears as thick as
oil, and from chemical analysis, the
ink of antiquity was much more
opaquej as well as encaustic, than that
which is used in modern times. Inks
of different colors were much in vogue.
Bed, purple, blue and gold and silver
inks were the principal varieties.
The red was made from vermillion,
cinnabar and carmine j the purple
from the nurex, one land of which,
called the purple encaustic, was appro
priated to the exclusive use of the em
perors. Golden ink was much more
popular among the Greeks than among
the Romans. During the middle or
dark ages the manufacture both of it
and of silver ink was an extensive and
lucrative branch of trade, and the
illuminated manuscripts which re
main are a striking proof of the high
degree of perfection to which the art
was carried. The maldncr of the inks
.themselves was a distinct business,
and another connected with it, and to
which it owed its origin, was that of
inscribing the titles, capitals as well as
emphatic words, in colored .and gold
and silver inks. Exchange.'
A PatrioUa ClUae.
Often quoted is the remarkable will
of Solomon Sanborn of Medford, Mass.,
who died about fifteen years ago.
Sanborn was a great patriot and spe
cially gloried in the part Massachusetts
took in the Revolutionary struggle.
In his will he left his body to Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes and Professor
Agassis, not, however, without impos
ing; some of the most unheard of pro
visions and conditions. His skeleton
he desired prepared in the moat artistic
manner known to the profession, and
placed with the many othert. in the
an entirely new and elegant stock of
Youth
IN CHICAGO and guarantee perfect
anatomical department of Harvard
college. While preliminary prepara
tions were being made in carrying out
this extraordinary request he desired
tho surgeons to be very careful with j
the skin so that it could be tanned in '
pieces of sufficient size to make a pair.
of drum heads. Upon one of these
the "Declaration of Independence"
was to be written and upon the other
I .jie's "Uuiversal Prayer." Fitted iu
its proper wooden frame this ghast-
ly relic was to be preseuted to a local
drummer, whom the testator desig-
nates a "distinguished friend," upon
condition that he would promise to
. - . t "
beat upon it the invigorating si
of "Yankee Doodle." John
strains
W.
Wright in St Louis Republic.
Tha Laaap'a Struggles.
Of recent years there has been a re
action in favor of lamps us against
gas. w nen gas lureaicncu to Kill lue
, .W.. trad. manufacturers grasped
the situation and introduced so many
improvements that many people pre
fer a good reading lamp to gas. Then,
too, every time a man is robbed by a
gas company aud made to pay for
what he knows he has not consumed,
he turns his attention to some other
of Uluminatioii and bays an
oumi oi lamps, wnen gas is nrsx
.
introduced in a town, or when the
price per 1,000 feet is reduced to any
extent lamps are largely discarded,
and for a time the very existence of
the trade sterns iu jeopardy. But there
is always a revival, and there is an
much money in the business as there
ever was. Interview in St Lonfc
Globe-Democrat
Pellrltle. of Water Cu
It should be understood that water gas
by itself possesses no illuminatmg power,
but gives a non-luminous flame or a
Jfeht biae c To water ,3,0
' illuminating agent, advantage is t?ken
of tho fact that its name is 2,772 degs.
Fahrenheit hotter than the hottest flame
of coal gas. Over the almost non-luminous
flame is inserted a comb, consisting
of calcined magnesia (not magnesium, as
lias been erroneously stated). This is
rendered incandescent, and emits a bril
liant white light, almost as intense as an
electric incandescent lamp, but far more
agreeable, as the illuminating surface is
much larger, and consequently there is
less irritation to the retina. These
"combs" must be clianged every 100
hours (they cost one and one-half pence
each), as it is found that they gradually
diminish in their power of incandescence.
-New York Telegram.
a c-m Famii- KeMedjr.
I was traveling with a circus once m
England and got laid up with a cough,
-old and sore throat that I thought was
going to lay me on the shelf for the rest
of tue season, but a French sailor came
aions aml o,- me. iIe took a ra-.
heni m it wrappe it in a cioth
u saturating the whole thing with
neck. 1 was well in two days, w nen J
came here I told about the remedy to a
man familv remedy, and has been used
. ..j., .. .,..-, ---
by my people ever since I can re-
member. It's infallible." Interview in
G lobe-Democrat.
An latMortelle.
Dull Did you see the handsome com
pliment paid us by Cuff of The Dailj
Gusher?
Guff No; what was it? i
Duff Oh, be calls our paper "one of
the immortelles of journalism."
Guff H-m-m! He is more than half
right. Dryness is a leading characteris
tic of immortelles. Drake's Magazine.
Her HM-cy a Taari
At Vernon is buried Mrs.
Jemima,
Tute, whose history is thus told on her
tombstone:
Mi-JwnlmiTwe,
8ucareljr relict at Mtm.
WLub FUpps, Caleb Have, aad
A-MSltt
The two ant were kffiM tj the ladtaaa
FMpps July a a. i. me
Haw Juaear, CSS.
Whoa Haw was kflled the sad ber cbfldrea.
Were carried iatoCaptfrfcy.
Aad was sunlad to a French a-wtawa :
The yooaceat waa torn froee her sreaet
And pet-bed witb haacer.
By tha aid of mbi teaer otet t Qeatle 'a
She recovered the
She had two by
OotttvedboUhlra
Aad died March 7th. VM,
ivkHettades
Thaaaayc
Koaorecaa roeacaojr.
Koreat-ther
Feme tKroj.
New York Sun.
Ma WeaMat Salt.
Fond Mother Tour other qualifica
tions seem satisfactory. Now what is
your voice?
Nurse Maid (surprised) Contralto,
ma'am.
Food Mother rm so sorry. Yarn wfll
notdoatalL It will take a very strong
sofcaaoto carry the heir. Harper's Ba-
Clark BnH is writjag a life of Lord
Nahm.
Boys I Children,
fit or no pay.
i
.
f the hills aud removed from each all
the tubers with the exception of a few
, straggling ones. This left the top
flourishing apparently as vigorously
as ever. At the tacial digging" the
widow was sadly disappointed at the
paucity of tho crop, anil when the jo-
tatoes were divided her portion was a.
"mite" iudecd. 3 turelv is to be
....
The proprietors of SANTA ABIE havo
authorized. Dowty Jk Becher to refund
your money if, after giving this Califor
nia King of Cough Cures a fair trial as
directed, it fails to give satisfaction for
the cure of Coughs, Croup, Whooping
Cough and all Throat and Lung troubles.
When the disease affects the head, and
assumes the form of Catarrh, nothing is
so effective as CALIFORNIA CAT-B-CUBE.
These preparations are with
out equals as household remedies. SohT
at $1.00 a package. Three for $250.
Simplicity, of all things, is the hardest
to be copied.
vF.. ,, ---..
To
th -.DrroR Please inform your
readers that I have a positive remedy
for the above named disease. By its
timely use thousands of hopeless eases
have been permanently cured. I shall
be glad to send two bottles of my reme
dy ran to any of your readers who have
consumption if they will send me their
express and post office address. Beeped-
fully, T. A. Slocuv, M. C, 181 Pearl .
street, New York. 30y ,
Silence does notalways mark wisdom.
Th Wrdict 1'aanimoB.
W. I. Suit, druggist, Bippn. Iud.,
testifies: "I can recommend Elect tic
Bitters as ths very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every
vmmc. vu- uiuu umj i wimra, iiuu
was cured of Bheumutisiu of 111 y.-trs
standing." Abraham Hare,
uniisi,
,
Bellevle,Obio,aftlrin8: "The liest sell-
ing medicine I have ever handled in my
20 years' experience, is Eleetrir Bitters.'
Thousands of others have mlded their :
testimony, so that the venhVt in hiihiii- ,
mons that Electric Bitters do fare nil
diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Hioml.
Only a half dollar a liottle at David
Dowty drug store.
He that stndieth revenge keep his own
wounds green.
Aa Abmlate Care.
The ORIGINAL ABIETTNE OIN'x
MENT is only put up in large two-ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cre for
old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands
and all kinds of skin eruptions. Will
positively cure all kinds of piles. Aak for
i the ORIGINAL ABITTNE OINTMENT
i Sold by Dowty 4 Becher at 25 cents per
box by mail 30 cents. mar7y
He hath riches sufficient who hath
i-nough to be charitable.
A Woawa'n Divrovery.
"Another wonderful discovery :
oeen made and that too by a woman 111
this county. Disease fastened its clutch
es upon her and for seven years she
withstood its severest tests, but her
vital organs were undermined and dc;ith
seemed imminent. For three months
Be coughed incessantly and could nut
sleep. She bought of us a bottlu of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption
and was so much relieved on taking first
dose that she slept all niylit and with
ne bottle has been miraculously cured
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Tint.
rite W. C. Hamrick & Co-, ot Shelby
N. C get a free trial bottle at David
Dowty 'a dru; store.
Bespect is better procured by exacting
it than soliciting it.
BurklnTn Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
braises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all Kin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by David Dowty. '.I
PATENTS.JPgSS.
-..- . ri, :-,.! .n1 mil l. lfllllT111llai
Caveota aad Trade Mark- obtained. iuxI all Pat.
eatbaataeeeeoadartad for MODKKATK FK.
OOB OfflCK 18 OPPOSITK U. 8. PATKNT
OFFICK. We harp an miImm?cis nil baniui
(timet, hence w can tran-a-t pa'-f boain"- in
keetiaaeaatlat LESS COST thaa tltoev rnnotw
frme neabtaatoB.
del. drawing, or photo, with (tfecrip-
adriae if pateata ie or aot," free of
tiea.
We adriae if patentable or aot, free, of
c"?. . . n.:. . ,: f I
Oar fee aot tae tin patent is aecareu.
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to aetaal elieata is Tour rtate. coantyor )
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SCOTTS
MULSION
OFPnCCNUVEROiL
j HYPOPHOwOPHITES
, AltTIOSt
ftfatabtoas Milk.
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torn gala rajWJj fe Ulkg It. .
SCOTTS EMULSION L-j acknowledged by
Physicians to bo the Finest and Best prepa
ration in the world for the relkf and cure of .
CONaUMPTIOM, SCROFULA,
CCNCRAL DEBILITY. WASTING
DISEASES, EMACIATION,
COLDS and CMRONIO COUGHS.
TV. rf-vnt rrmrJy for Consumption, and''
Wcslhiij tV CJtiltireiu Sohl by all LruggitU.
CATARRH
Try the Cure
Ely's Cream Bal m
CIea-isc3 tiio Nasal Passages. Al
lays Inflammation. Heals tho Sores.
Bestores tho Senses of Tasto, Smell
and Hearing.
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PRINCIPAL POINTS
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NORTH and SOUTH
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Umartf
boo. of 100 nazes.
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adverttoer to coe
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seed or 1 1-r w Ute.
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