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r" '- T!fl5j?'- "fWKfsr 1 I i i 1 . :JGmiBm 1 IWll llf . Kcr. . ". . vm IcorauoBT. 1330. nr CHAPTER I. "For God's sake, dear Harry, como to rne at once. Brother Frank was captr tired by your people a. Lebanon ten days ago. Ho was charged with bein a spy, taken to Camp Dick Robinson, and then, after a trial that must have been a judicial farce, ho was sentenced to "loath. "Mothor is so prostratiid by the news that she can not leave her bed and I feel as if my senses were deserting1 me. "If brother had fallen in battle, fight ing for the cause so dear to him and Ut his family, the blow would have been still hard to bear, but it would have been as Heaven compared with being hanged like a dog, and this for an offense of which he is entirely innocent. "I did not think during this strugglo to ask a favor from any man wearing a blue uniform, nor should I do so under any other circumstances. I am em boldened to appeal to you when I recall that your family and mine were neigh bors, since long before wo were bora, that you and Frank woro playmates in bovhood. and that you wcro classmates itrv-ntornnllmro when the war burst upon us; nor can I forgot that there was a time when I held more than a siswir's nlace in vour heart J!y the memory of the happy past, I invoke your aid in this the hour of our sore distress." I was in command of a troop of caval ry and was on my way to join ISurnside at Knoxville. For two months wc had been hunting "Tinker Dave ISeatty" and his bushwhackers, in the Cumbcr-la-d mountains in my native state, Kentucky, and were glad of tbo n.call to a rooro congenial field. IVotxcrc encamped on the old battle field of Mill Springs, the first complete Uniun victory of tho war, when a black thi: nov was wru. mounted. boy came to my quarters with tho letter from which the foregoing is an extract. Tho boy was well mounted, and bis spattered dress and tho flanks of the animal, which were covered with crim son foam, told how hard he had ridden. Jessamine County, seventy miles to tho north, uas my old home, and on tho other side of tho Lexington piko from my father's house was tho fine blue grass farm of tho Widow Brent, the black boy's mistress and the mother of Miss Carrio lirent, whose remarkable letter I had just read. "Have you como straight from Jfich olasvillc, Ike?" I asked tho boy, after I had directed an orderly to have tho horse cared for. "I camo ovah from Nicholasvillo last nigh, sah, wid Miss -Carrie, an' I dono left herdis early mawnin' wid Massa Frank at camp Dick Robinson, whar dcy tolo her so how you was jes' 'bout ovah heah; so sho tole mo to fine you an' gib you do lettah," said tho boy. I ordered my cook to give Ike some thing to cat, and then I took a turn about tho camp to think over the situa tion. It was early November, 1863, and word had como North that Longstreet was hard pressing Burnside at Knoxville. Troops wcro being hurried South, by way of Cumberland Gap, to tho help of tho Ninth Corps, and as the rest of my regiment was in East Tennessee, my orders were to push through and join it without any unnecessary delay. If I had not received this letter I should have been riding for tho South cast within an hour; but I was suddenly reminded that we needed a larger supply of ammunition for our recently-received Spc-r ore, mud that timo would be gained by going to Camp Dick Robinson to got fresh mounts for about half my men. It ..was not a violation of orders to go by this route, and after' I had made up my mind, which did not take me many minutes, I tried to mako myself believe that tho hope of again meeting Carrio Brent had nothing to do with my change of plans; bat looking back after tho laps of these many years, I am confi dent I could have reached East Tennes see without fresh horses or more am' munition. I loved Carrio Brent as heartily as I disliked her brother, but my dis- liko for Frank was not because he was a Confederate; for many of my dearest kinsmen and friends had enrolled them selves under the same banner. Captain Brent I doubt if ho was regularly com missioned commanded, before his ar rest, an irregular troop who had given themselves the name "Partisan Rang ers." Thcso man had shown themselves to bo experts in gathering up horses. while they wcro cruel in their treat ment of tho non-combatant Union men of the State. Unfortunately such con duct was not peculiar to the Southern side. When it was found that Kentucky -must take sides and that her valleys and hills were to bo battle-fields, Frank Brent and I parted in angec, be to go South with John Morgan and his "Lex ington Rifles," and I to don the blue and yellow and fight under the old flag. Ho had been recklessly bold in his coming and his going, and, as a oonsequence. ho had brought on himself toe capture, which I regarded as inevitable from the first, and he was now threatened with a death which many believed he deserved. The following afternoon lonnd mo with my troop at camp Dick Robinson, when I. at onoe reported to the com mandant, my old friend. General Boyle. Che General' had known Frank Brent since that snroatanate young man's childhood, and I found him in sore dis tress over the execution, which was to take place before ten oViosk the follow ing morning. CHAFTHBH. "I am poweciees to help Frank,'' amid the General, after we hat bean talking a few manatee, "for tbe evidence Is all againsthhn, If Uweaanyoeherman if I had not known him atooeneweaa child and his msOher aaaoe she was a BohooHsirlIhonklr imauuat aaMa Uen fibs a riafcly deserved his be feet that asa. RNk- aSr II(s9?IIa?it?i vnfBM'r 555r&t-3S. ax-'iS PJScter.. .. S?&fV.-'. fL' i't'il fillMAiii . v.wrJi. '.!&&?: n tcnsix-is coj sido as well as on that ot tno soutn nftrn had to dl&truiso themselves in or der to get through to sec thoir friends when on leave or furlough, I said: "Under the circumstances, it seems pretty hard to chargo a Kcntuckian with being a spy." "Do you know the circumstances?' asked tbe General. "Only in a general way," I replied. "He was captured in citizen's dress near Lebanon," explained General Boyle; "but wc might overlook that were it not for the fact that on the trial it was proved conclusively that Frank Brent, a few weeks beforo his arrest, wantonly murdered an old and re spected Union citizen over on Chaplin creek, near Perryvillc. no had a fair trial, and there is no getting away from tho evidence." "And has ho offered no defense?" I asked. "Ho made a statement, but there was nothing to confirm it.". "Then there is no hope for him?" "I fear not," said tho General, com pressing his lips and shaking his head. "But," he added, after a pause, "lam making an effort to get tho date of tho sentence postponed." "What ha o you done?" "Ihavc telegraphed tho President and am expecting a reply at any moment." "And if a favorable answer does not como by to-morrow morning?" "Then," said the General solemnly. "I must do my duty as a soldier; in deed, I am powerless to stay the execu tion." "And Miss Brent is here?" "Yes, poor girl. I have given her my private quarters. You will find her there or at the prison, replied tho Gen eral. Feeling my helplessness more than ever, and dicading tho meeting, which I had recently been so anxious to bring about, I went to tho General's quarters, whither tho boy, lko, had preceded me. I will confess to having trembled and felt nervous when in tho past I heard tho irregular rattlo of rifles along the skirmish line, that always impressed mo like a prelude to the opera of death; but such experiences wcro calmness itself compared with my sensations on once more standing in the presence of tho girl, who, from tho hour of our cruel parting under the locust and tulip trees before her mother i house, had ncv- been out of my heart It is not loe that leads me to extol Carrie Brent; for in a land famed for tho beauty of its women she was an ac knowledged lellc. Two years had passed since last we met, years of march and battle, that had solaced and aged me, and changed my character from a light-hearted boy to that of a bronzed and bearded man whose soul was aflame w ith a sense of duty and a desiro to bring about peace with Union that or an eternity of war. I had made up my mind to stand on my dignity. I recalled the last words I had heard from bor lips, words that cut me and pained me more cruelly than the shell, which subsequently at Bcnton ville toro off my right arm; "Go, Harry Watts, and join tho Lincoln hirelings if you will, but after you have taken that step I wish never to seo your face again." I repeated these words to myself, as 1 neared tho place where I knew I should find Carrie, for she was beckoning to mo as 1 approached, nut when i saw tho beautiful, pale face and the expres sion of unutterable woo in her eyes, I forgot tho dignity I had promised my self, forgot tho indignity with which sho had dismissed me, and feeling only that on my sido at least, the lovo of our early association had survived the parting, I reached out both hands and said, huskily: "I got your letter, Carrio, and I have come." She gave mo her right hand, and I could seo in tho half-averted, face the strugglo between pride and feel ing. She made an effort to speak, but, i i : - i a a overcome by her emotions, sho dropped into a chair and covered her face with her hands. I heard her low moaning, while her slender form swa,cd as if she would rock her agony forest; this and tho tears pouring through her littlo white fingers and falling on her heaving breast un nerved mo more than tho unexpected appearance of all Bragg's army could havo done. A man never appreciates his want of power or realizes how utterly helpless it is possible for him to become so much as when he tries to check the flow of a beautiful woman's tears. By an effort of will, rather than because of my well meant attempt to pacify her, Carrio Brent brushed the tears from herchecks, and, springing to her feet, cried out in a voice full of pleading and passion: "Oh, Captain Watts, save my brother! Do not let your people become his mur derers!" Feeling that it would be cruel to re peat to her what General Boyle had told me or to assure her of my own ina bility to assist her, I said, vaguely: "For your sake and your mother's, as well as in tbe interest of humanity, you may depend on my doing every thing in my power for your brother. But I should like to ask what you know about his case." "I can tell yon Frank's story as he told it to me, and I never knew him to lie," she replied. "Is it not true that Frank was in cit izen's dress when captured?" I asked. "It is; but you should know how dif ficult how even impossible it is for Confederate soldiers to secure proper uniforms. Go to camp Chase, or look at the prisoners recently brought here, and yon will see that, although captured in battle, not one-half of tbem are in uni form," she said. I was forced to confess that if I had been on the court-martial I should not have paid much heed to the dress worn by tho prisoner at the time of his capt ure; and although I did not tell her so, I was very sure that the officers who tried Frank Brent were not influenced in their verdict by tho fact of his not being in uniform. "Bis command," I said, "is reported to be down near Cumberland Gap. How does he explain his being two hundred miles away from it and within oar lines when captured?" "I will concede that he was rash in coming into this part of the State as he did," she answered promptly; "but his parpose was not to play the spy." "What then was his parpose?" "Ton know Kiss Hattte vfemoa and her family at Versailles?" "Yes, very welL" "And you may have heard that since even before the trouble Frank has been devoted to her?" I had heard something of this, but I also knew that Miss Vernon and her fasaOr wasala tnvscof the Union and that it was generally believed that she was enraged to Howard Scott, a youngi Kpntur.kian then on General Carter's i staff; so I simply nodded in iwncase to Carrie's queltion. "Learning that Mattio Vernon was very ill," sho continued "Frank, in the hope of seeing her, was making his way through to Versailles when he was capt ured; then, to make sure of convicting! him, they charged him with a murder that was committed when ho was away, with his command in East Tennessee." This, of course, was her brother's story, and she, at least, believed it as if it w cro Holy Writ. Asking her to remain whero she was fcr the present, I secured a pass from the provost marshal and went down to SITB OATK ME RKB EIGHT HASH. the inclosuro within which was the loj? house in which tho condemned man was confined. I must confess to having often felt an intenso desire to capture Frank Brent, and on his part ho had boasted, with something of an Indian's ferocity, that he would wear my scalp at his belt be fore tho war was over. But tho joy I had anticipated in his humiliation was not mine when in the dusk of that stormy evening we stood face to face. CHAPTER IIL When I last saw Frank Brent ho was as handsome a youth as could be found in all the Bluo Grass country, but tho two yeara of strife and privation had told on him this and tho terrible or deal he was then undergoing. His fine, tall form was btill erect, and bis bearing half defiant, but tho ashy pallor of lits checks, the haunted expression in his dark eyes, and tho nervous twitching of tho lips told how keenly ho felt tho sit uation. I gave him my hand, and said, as 1 led him to a seat: "Frank, I am mighty sorry to find you in this fir." "I have no fault to find with my be ing a prisoner, for that is tho fortune ol war," ho said, with a nonchalant air. "As good or oven better men than my self havo bad to submit to capture. But I do object to being convicted of a crime which I am incapablo of committing." "But thcro must have been evidence against you?" I said, quietly. "So there was!" ho exclaimed, "but from first to last tbo condemnatory part was perjured." "You refer to tho murder of John narding, near Perryville?" "Yes, that's it. Captain, narding was killed, how or by whom 1 know not, but I do know that at the date of the mur der I was still with my command, two hundred miles away," said Frank, with a fierce earnestness that convinced me he was telling tho truth. "But could you not prove your where abouts at the time?"' I asked. "Prove my whereabouts at the time!" he ropcatcd. "Why, .how could I bring any of my men beforo a Yankee court martial to prove an alibi?" "But, aro there no Union troops who might have been aware of your vicinity? It-rs your custom to Jet your where abouts be known," I said. Frank Brent Tose and began pacing the floor, whilo he stroked his soft, brown beard in a perplexed way. Sud denly coming to a halt before me, ho fixed his eyes on the floor and said: "There is one of your men, an old friend of yours, who is now in Libby prison, who, if he wero here, .could prove that on the very day John Hard ing was killed I was in Powell's valley, near Cumberland Gap." "Who is the man?" I asked. "Howard Scott." . "Howard Scott a prisoner?" I ex claimed. "Yes. captured by mo on tho tenth I day of October tho day of tho murder, TniTid -win rantured bv mo two" hun- 'mind vou caDtured by me two hun dred miles from the place where Hard ing's body was found. I am usually well-mounted, but no horse could mako tbatdistanco in a few hours," said Frank Brent, with a nervous laugh. "I shall not deny what you state," I said, "but as you can not corroborate it, it does not help your case. As we are not exchanging prisoners now. Lieutenant Scott's presence is out of tho question, though I will confess that his evidence would save you." He had evidently been thinking ower every chance to avert his sentence, for he said quietly: "General Boyle believes he can get your President to postpone the date. IX that is done, Scott can be paroled, spe cially exchanged, or his evidence, taken in Richmond can be sent through under a flag of truce. Ho does not like me, and there is no love lost between us, but he is a brave man and he would not lio, not even to get square with me for tho trick that led to his capture." to be co.vn.Num. HOW BALLS ARE MADE, AntomaMo Machine For Their Contrac tion In tloee afnl Operation. Automatic machines for making base balls have been so successfully con. trived that their introduction is likely to constitute a practical industry. Each machine winds two balls at one time, in the following way: A little Para rubber ball, weighing three-quarters of an ounce, around which one turn has been made with tho end of a skein of an old-fashioned gray stocking yarn, is slipped into the ma chine, then another, after which tho boy in charge touches a lever, tho ma chine starts and the winding begins. The rubber ball is thus hidden in a few seconds, and in its place appears a littlo gray yarn ball that rapidly grows larger and larger. When it appears to be about half the size of the regulation base ball there is a click, the machine stops, the yarn is cut, the boy picks out the ball and tosses it into tbe basket. When this basket is full it is passed along to an other boy, who runs a similar machine, where a half-ounce layer of worsted yarn is pnt on. Tho next machine adds a layer ot strong, white cotton thread, a coating ot rubber cement is next applied and a half-ounco layer of tho very best fine worsted completes the ball, with the ex ception of the cover. Could Recommend It. Customer I believe 111 try a bottle of your half vigor. Will I be running any risk if I use it on my hair? Barber Ob, don't let that trouble you; it will come out all right. Detroit Free Press. Aix men aro created equal, Bat that newer of void heat onwtian. KlMESrn6 CONCERNS. A hew thing in penwipers is a stiver Ig whose back is thickly covered with natural bristles. To prevent tin pans from rostlagi rub fresh lard on them, and set in a hot pven until thoroughly heated. Soak clothes that fade over night with water In which has been dissolved one ounce of sugar of lead to a pailful ot rain water. Macaroni In Veal Broth: Break tho macaroni into bits, put into plenty or well-seasonow veal b-oth and boil till tender. Add bitter, aid servo. Good Housekeeping. Marlborough Pudding: One pint croam or rich milk, ono egg, one-half cup butter, one-half cup sugar, six tart apples, grated; one lemon; halt the juice and grated peel. Stir butter and. sugar together as for cake; add other in gradients and bake in rich pH paste.'1 Detroit Free Press. -Roast Lamb: Rub a nice leg of lamb with salt and pepper, lay in a baking pan with a littlo water and a few slices of onion; when done, in about two hours' steady cooking, take the meat out and thicken tbo drippings (after taking off tho most of the grease) with flour, to bo used as a sauce. Boston Globe. Spiced Grapes: Ttn pounds ot grapes, eight pound3 of sugar, four tablespoontuls of clovos, four table spoonfuls cinnamon, one quart of vinm gar. Boil slowly until tho fruit is ten der. Remove from the fire and rub through a colander; put in ttimblcrsand cover closely. Chortles, gooseberries and currants aro nice spiced; tho two last need not bo strained. Boston Bud got Chicken with Tomato Sauce: Cut a nice chicken into neat joints, flour them and fry them with a fow slices niton also floured. Servo with sVaCe over it alL Fry an onlott, tt carrot and two or three tomatoes, with a bunch of barbs (bay leaf, thyme, pastry, etc.) and a few pepper-corns for a quarter of ait hour in butter; then stir into it a tabler spoonful of vinegar and a blt pint ot brown sauce, biramcr it all together half an hour, then strain and use. N. Y. World. Clam Soup: For one quart of clams allow two good slices of salt pork; cut it into small bits and fry it out and add half a teacupful of chopped onions; fry then a delicate brown in tho fat, using great caro that they do hot fecorch; in another kettlo put tho brotli of tho clams, with sufficient water to mako one quart, and add to it tho hard part ot tho clams, which must be separated from tho bodies and chopped fine; let them boil about fifteen minutes, then add the pork and onion and a teaspoon ful of sugar, a little salt and tho bodies of tho clams; let all boil up well to gother, then add a littlo rolled cracker, half a pint of milk and a littlo cayenne, and servo at onco with small cracker? crisped. Boston Herald. HOME DRESS-MAKING. Hint Far Ladle Accustomed to Doing the Family Sewing. Home dress-making has been of lato years reduced to a comparatively easy task by the number of articles or parts of tbo dress tbat can be bought of the shops all ready to be sewn on. This facilitates the task, so tbat all that Is required Is to fit the dress, sew up tho seams, and drape it. All the minutiae of the work, the covering of whale bones, the making of yoke or bands to the skirt, and numerous other "putter ing" small work is done away with, as all these parts ot the dress can be bought in "the shop as cheaply as tticy can be made. The single covered steels, which are sold to take tho place of whalebones, are not to bo recommended. It is no trouble to cut tho wbalebono up, however, and put them into the convenient cases ot silk, which come by the yard or piece. It is considerable trouble to fit a skirt yoke, and those sold in tho shop are a great convenience. More desirable than the plaited skirt-braid is tho cord ot braid that is ready to be put on tho skirt with ono row of stitching. Skirts are so plain this season that they can be easily made at home. It is tbe uni versal practice now to make a founda tion skirt of silk, alpaca or cotton to all dresses. This Is tbe lining, but It Is never sewed down to tho upper part at the bottom, but left to hang free. This lining, or foundation skirt Is faced upon theoutsldethe distance of ten or twelve inches with some of the dross goods, and bound with a braid at tho bottom, and faced up on the Inside with founda tion muslin and alpaca or some other strong, durable facing. Tbo skirt prop er, which is now without drapery, is hung over this skirt from the waist band and tacked to tbo foundation skirt at intervals to hold it in proper place. The bodice or waist of all drosses Is finished at the belt, which is concealed by a soft folded girdle of silk, a plain pointed girdle of cloth like the dress or some similar contrivance. Basques are seldom seen. There aro a great many dresses made now on Princess style. There Is little trimming used, on wool dress skirts, unless as a border near or at tho bottom, or In tho shape of a narrow panel at the left side. All skirts for the house lay on tho ground, and only barely es cape tho ground In the street. The waist of tho dress is often elaborately trim med, however. Sleeves are always very largo and high, and reach far down over tho waist, instead ot being short at the waist, as they wore formerly. It is a rule. If tbe waist Is of elaborate make, tbat the hugo sleeve should be plain or the reverse. Be careful to set these full sleeves very high on the shoulder, in order to give a slender appearance to tho figure, not a broad one. N. Y. Tribune. CHANGES IN THE WEATHER. Precautionary Measures to Bo Adopted la Antnmn and Winter. The skin of tbe face which is inured from infancy to take careot itsellhas Its circulation educated so that it does not mind even quite severe exposures. Tbo Indians on the plains who wear littlo or no clothing have the skin of their whole bodies educated in the same way. The artificial skin whi:h wo wear in tbe shape of clothing has no power thus to regulate it self, and many injure themselves se verely by inattention to the changes which are required in the thickness of this artificial skin to correspond with the changes in the temperature of tho atmosphere. A man needs a light over coat as weU as a heavy one. This will provide for three changes, for in mild days be will need none, in moderately cold weather the light overcoat will be needed while the heavy one can be re served for the most severe weather. Nature adapts the skin to very slight changes of temperature which can hard ly he approximated artificially. If wo adopt habits of civilization, one of tho penalties attached is the care necessary to regulate our clothing to the changes of tbe weather. We must regulate by effort of tbe will and constant watch fulness our artificial skin so that wo shall not take cold. Ono of tho best means as concerns the skin itself is a cool bath daily, which acts as both tonic and purifier. For men who must he out in the cold much of the time, the hair on the back of the neck should not he cut too closely. J. H. Kellogr. J. IX. ia a Baaftarinm Lecture. A VALUABLE RELIC. KUsaketk. K J., Baa m Ooanlaa CuHcift? 1 Una Old Bell. A carious beft that has doubtless had Sn eventful history hat been recently ug up In Elisabeth, N. J. Workmen were digging a vault in a lot near tbe "Old Landing," on Elizabeth creek, and boat throe feet below tho surface found this bell, mouth down. The mea sold it to Henry Miller for a trifle, and 'he now has it in his possession. Mr. Miller filed into the bell, and was in duced to believe tbat It contained geld by Its yellow appearance. So he had some fragments tested by several jowol ers In Elizabeth, and much to hto He- light they all Said tho hid til containod a large pertenlajje of gold. If tho tes timony of these men can be relied upon Mr. Miller has a 'treasure', for the bell weighs about forVJ pounds. MK Miller is a day laborer with a largo family, and such an unexpected fortune, would be peculiarly acceptable. Tho bell Is 33 inches In circumference at the base and tapers in long, graceful curves to the top, which Is fourteen inches high. To this top is affixed the crown by which the bell was swung-. Tfen crown is about tur lnen across, two l5Ch.es hlgfei tA luree-fourths of an inch in IhiCkness. In shape It Is a coro net, with three apertures for fastening It to a beam. About three inch? aboVf) tho rim of the boll runs this inscription, in halMnoli relief letters': .".. ..,.'.:..'..!. .';.. feCtt b RAncK6 &ARTIAGA. : 4.'.. ..t ...................... the inscription does not quite make tuo circuit of the bell, and the space be twoen the two ends Is ornamented with littlo diagonal figures, which to Mr. Miller suggested the Jfevr rf lit bt France, but they teemed. the regular W shape for this Hesign. A plain part of tho Mi IS ornamented In the same man ner. There Is no date, but the bell is' discolored and seems to bo eaten by its, long burial. Tbe scholarship of Blira- bath liu been unable tr decipher tho' inscription and as lucro "was never a convent S feimilar institution situated, near the place whero tho rolic was un earthed It Is a natural conclusion of tho. iwnor that in case it contains precinup metals it is part of a buried trodsufa. It seoms probable tbat tho boll once bolcngod U a Portuguese monastery. Tho scholar Is oncouragod In tnls 00 lief by tho fart lhab bbvcral hundred, dollars worth of Sanlsh doubloons wero several years ago found In tho Sound near the mouth of tho creek on whoso bank the bell was discovered. Mr. Miller was first persuaded that thern was precious metal in tho bell by his friend Joseph Me tuner, who Is a moldor in tho foundry of Moore litothqrt and. has some knowledge of tuolaliUrgy. The property Oh which tho boll was dis covered belongs to a Mr. Forsyth. N. Y. Times. TRAPPING AN ELEPHANT. A Stirring Hunftng' Adventure In the Wllrf or Africa. Silent and motltmleSs, quite hidden in tbe darkhes's, stood the hugo form of an old bull elephant, ono of whose tusks had been damaged in his youth and had' become totally decayed. His bead WM bent forward in order to rest nis ono monster tusk Upon ine ground, his trunk loosely colled between his fore legs, was also resting on tho ground, and his great ragged ears flapped, spasmodically In vain endeavor to shake off tho myriads of mosqultoos tbnt per sistently hovered around his head. Sud denly the forest was lit up by a most vivid flash ot lightning, followed an In stant afterward by a crashing peal of, thunder. The elephant raised his head' with a startled jerk, bis huge limbs shaking with fear. Almost before the rumbling echoes of tbe thunder had died away, tbe rain, that had been threatening for so wany hours, fell in torrent. Flash os ot lightning succeeded each other so rapid ly that tbe attendant peals of thunder were converted into one continuous roar, and the violence ot tho wind soon increased to a veritable tornado a tropical hurricane. Trees were blown down and uprooted on ail sides. The terrified elephant re mained for some time motionless witb fear, but as the tempest continued, the monster became suddenly panic-stricken, and charged madly through the dense forest, stumbling and falling over tho tru nks of uprooted trees in his endeav: ors to gain some open patch where there' wculd be no dangor ot Doing crushed by tho falling timber. Suddenly, in the midst of a mad rush, tbe elephant sank to the ground with a sharp squeal of pain. The poor bruto had severed the vines that supported one of tbe traps that had been arranged tho previous day, and a heavily-weighted spear was plunged between his shoul ders. For some moments he remained motionless, tben the great body rolled slowly from side to side in vain en deavor to free himself from tho spear, but tho weapon was barbed and tho points had ponetrated too deeply to be rhaken off. Here he remained, ex hausted, until daybreak, his hido cov ered with patches of mud and deep red smears of blood. Herbert Ward, in Scribnor's. "Jane, what is the baby playing with?" "With the flatlron, mum." "Goodness gracious! Tako It away at once. She might get it ia her moutb and swallow It." Tin: authorities of the Louvre arr "talking of buying in a collection of Carthagenian antiquities. The collec tion includes fifteen heads of gods and Roman Emperors, thirty Greek and Latin inscriptions and fifty-two pillars bearing words or phrases in tbe Punio language. Mil W. J. Stiluian warns collect ors of Greek vases tbat a Greek dealer In antiquities Is buying up the vases tbat have been found in Italy, at Nola, (and other sites of Graeco-Italian cities. I Ho infers that they will bo sold from .Athens as the product of excavations In Inld Greece. THE GENERAL MARKETS. KANSAS CTTT. Dec. 10. CATTLE ShlpplnRsteera....S 3 2S a 42S Butchers' steers... 2 SO a Native cows loo HOGS Good to choice h-avy 1 SO a WHEAT Xo. 2 red 86 a No. 2 hard H'-a COKX Xo. 2 'sa OATS Xo.2 44 a ttVE Xo. 2 65 a KLOCE ratenU.persack.... 2 30 a Fancy- 2 10 a HAT Baled 7 50 a BUTTER Choice creamery.. 20 a CHEESE Full cream 9 a EGGS Choice. YAiG BACON Ham 10 a Shoulders 5 a Sides 7 a LARD i9 POTATOES- 75 a ST. LOUIS. CATTtE Shipping steers 4 00 a Butchers' steers'... 2 00 a HOGS racking 3 60 a SHEEP Fair to choice 4 00 a FLOUB Choice 3 50 a WHEAT Xo. 2 red. S2t- CORN Xo.2 51ii OAT8-X0. 1 4tja BTE Xo. 2 68 a BUTTER Creamery 21 a 3 40 :- 3 65 ss 64 49 441 6514 245 2 15 950 22 &"i 20 11 6I 8 6 SO 475 370 350 530 375 93 sm 45 69 26 PORK 10 25 a lOCTi CHICAGO. CATTLE Shlpplna-ateers.... 4 00 a 4 80 HOGS Packing-and shipping 3 75 a 3 75 SHEEP Fair to choice 4 00 a 5 25 FLOUB Winter wheat 4 40 a S 00 WHEAT No. 2 red Wia 80 COBX-No. 2 51 a 5Hi OATS-Xo.2 42ti8 43 BTE No. 2 68 a 6614 BCTTEB Creamery 22 a 26 PORK. 8 00 8 8 12tt XEWTOBK. CATTLE Common to prime. 3 50 a S 00 HOGS Good to choice 4 00 a 4 00 FLOUB Good to choice 4 40 5 10 WHEAT-No. 2 red 1 01a 1 0M4 OOKX Xo.2. 62Ua SMt OATS Weatern mixed 48 a at BCTTEB Creamery 1S 5W FOBS. - 10 75 12 HANltOrJA ARD THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST. OsMal Crop Betnrns Show Splendid Field. The wonderful productiveness of the great wheat lands of Manitoba and the Canadian Northwest Territories re ceives a splendid indorsation in the crop of 180. That these Canadian lands aro peculiarly adapted to the growth ef tho very finest grades of wheat and other cereals in already well known-, and, In addition .tney produce what aro un questionably the, greatest creps of pota toes; foots and 111 sorts ot garden veg feteDies grown on tho American conti nent. N Small wendeh h&H; considering thi mHx advantages ,posscssod by tho Can flocking thither eager to secure farms in a well-governed, peaceable country, where the cllmato is most healthful anJ tho soil does not wear out, but yields a rich return year after year for the laboi bestowed Updn ilv,. The following dispatch in this con nection will no doubt be read with in terest. It refers to tho province ot Manitoba: "WisxirEo, Nov. 27. Tbe local eiy?. "orntnenl haS just Jsldod inothor bul J'Jelinn'cVi gives tho followingcompar "isons with 1SS9 in average yield- and "products of wheat, oats, barley and po "tato crops, based on tho returns of "acreage and average yields for the re "spectivo years! "Rstimated average yield in wheat "12.4 bushels In '89; 21.1 bushels In '90. "Oats, 10.3 In '89-. 3 In '90. ijatley. uJ3.iit'$$, 32.1 in '90. PoUtoos. 119 '"in '89, 230 in '90. Producjtof wheat, 7,201,579 for '89. 14,605. 709 for '90. Oats, "3,41',t0ifor'S9,9.513.4'!3 for '90. Barloy, "1,031,531 for89, 2,009,115 for '00. Pota "toos, 1,333,335 for '89, 2,540,820 for'90. "Littlo Information Is given about "flax, but field. roots aro spoken of as "being more than usually productive) "thli yeaf. "Largo quantities of hay wero put up "this year, compared with last. During "taft harvesting season thero was a great "scvirclty of farm laborers. "Three persons from Hamilton,, Dako "ta, have Been irttliofcitysinco Monday, "aill to-day loft for tho West. Their "expanses here aro paid by tho Doinin- "iou Govornmont, and their mission is "to pick out sufficient good farm land on which to lote throe hundred Oa 'ket families nnoso names aro in their possession, and who will remove to "Manitoba early in tho spring." Great Truth. Dry books cannot be expected te satisfy a thirst for knowledge-. A genius is a person whom nature lets it on the ground Moor, and whom circum stances force to live in an attic. It uever does to poso as a cynic unless you are very sure that yoi wouldn't make a fool of yourself In the gojiety you sati rize. This world is like a rrrft basket The big and attractive oh top, while the little ones are crushed out of sight In the bot tom. Men are a good deal like cheap bed steads; the smoothly varnished side ic for public view; but thj nugh unplaned splinters rob up against the household WalL-Puck. The vrice paid for the McAlister book by the publishers is the only amusing thing in it; and that isn't half as amusing as it is sad. Judge. When a man's wife tells him to bring homo a new stoye-pibe-, tie may rest as sured that there is a put up job on him. Munsey's Weekly. We sat there in the moon ight. On the sweetest night in June, Ana across her golden tresses Fell the silver of the moon. Her durk eyes shone like sapphires, Her lips were sweet as w ine; How 1 longed ar.d urIiciI to kiss them As they trembled close to mine! Till she, bending closer closer My unspoken thought ha-l stca Whispered, "What's the use of sighing, Jack? I know just what you mean!" Mr. Lincerlaight 1 believe, Mies Nora, that in the profession I u 43 si caking of I eeuld achieve great results. Miss Nora But, my dear friend, you have had no experience, have you? Mr. L. Very true, but a man never knows what he can do until he lets him self out Voice from Hallway The proper thing to do when he lets himself out is to make tracks for home. Boston Courier. BJV8SS the use of Prickly Ash Bitters becamo general throughout tho South nnd West, it was a fearful dose of "Blue Man," and daily doses of quinine, that was forced down tho throats of sufferers from all ma larial troubles. In place of Jiich obnoxious, harrowing curatives. Prickly Ash Hitler?, with its mild, soothing action now holds supreme sway, nnd after one trial, its tiso when necessary, is forever established. You who havo sick-headaches, sour stom achs, diseased liver or kidneys, can do no better than to give it a trial. Mrs. Oazxam (to Sadie Bloobumper) Where's your mama, Sadie? Sadie Sho went over to Mrs.Gargoyle's two hours ago to stay five minutes. New York Snn. How He Won Her Jack (who has pop pedIt takes yon a long time to decide Sallie I know. And I've about conclud ed to wear a demi-train of white chiffon over white silk, and have no bridessu'ds. Judge. He Will yon marry me? She fplay tally) Ah, dearest, what a risk you are running. He I know it, hut X wasal ways a reckless dog. Epoch. The thermometer is one of those luckj things that can keep taking a drop with ont getting drunk. fit Joseph Sews. So your Jaw was broken Dy the kick ol a mole. Uncle Ebem 7" "Yas. dat's it. I ax walkin 'n hf straiten out bititlf Didn't know nufSn ferer little bit" "That was bad." "Yaa, bat when I cum to I knowed a mons'us sight mo dam I knowed befo,' boss." Light. Kind Lady If yon need clothing lean supply yon with an old suit of my hus band's, but they'll be about four sizes tc big for yon. Tramp Never miae, mum; I'll wear 'em. I'd rather be mistook for an Anglo--nanlaetkaa freer. New York Weekly. Mrs. Bluffer (suddenly awakening in the small hears) George, did you hear the deep bay of that dog? Mr. Binder (crossly What of it? Nat ural, ain't it? Tk only taiags that do bay, ain't they ? Mrs. Bluffer (sweetly) I tkiak, George. I've heard of Boirard's bay. Sua. "Papa, wedem'teaul aa elevator a lift, dewe?" "No,WflUe;nuTtlm Bngliam and Anglo-maniacs call it that" Tken what made aUtkelsUwws snicker when I asked the) aelHsmsiU bswemid'l elevator me ever taw maidy wraBsligT" lfersa aaian country, ana tnomuuoiuoi acres t ta'tjands" jldn- offered Id Manitoba, AMmlScii and Alberta, that settlers ar6 Tea, Hiss Lucy," said Mr. Dnday, "I rtm't suppose that our college cenld have 1 race unlets I wero there to act as itarter." "Oh. yon are a starter, are 70a 7" replied Hiss Lucy, looking at the clock; 'let me ree yotx start" West Shore. TTnmehodr Sow did ton SDend TOUT ime while in Europe? "Returned Tour- st I spent most of it hunting through, my lockets for tips: New York Weekly. "IMs the nnexpect'ed which always hap- n" -Yes, (hat is to. I've got so rthat I - sect only the unexpected." J&ew iotk sun. "Is Hawkinva bricht etadeBtr' j "Na-" ha co'-lldn t pass an examination n the college jell.' Judge. Father Is that stranger who calls to e you a man of regular habits? Daughter Yes, indeed, pa. He arrives ivery night promptly at eicnt. bireei a Smith's Good N"ev.. In he hreatlvest " What'll vou Charge k move my house from its present site iver to the county seat?" "Five hundred dollars a mil" . . "Phew! Gile55 I'll have to wait for a lyciohe." New Tbrk Tribune. t Bad Memory-r-'XJapUin," said a grocery teeperi addressing a well known gentle nan, "do vou remember that sack of flour rou ordered some time ago?" 'Oh, yes, I remember it" "I suppose so, but I don't remember that rou ever paid for it." . . , "My dear sir; 1 m. hbt reSpbipiblo for font ba'd memory. I have remembered my part of it Memory is a peculiar fac ilty ami is susceptible ot great cultiva tion. Some of the Grecians could repeat rolumes of poeiry. Well, good morning." -Arkinsw TrateTeP. A man who has practiced medicine for 40 rears ought to know salt from sugar; read iruainosays: ioledo, u., Jan. iv, ixsi. Messrs. F. J. CuEXsr At Co Gentlemen? I hove been In the general iiractico of med icine for most 40 ears, and would say that in ail my practice ami experience nave Sever seen a j lon. thati.bould prc- icribo with us AiecU confidence of success U I can Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured Dy you. Have prescribed it a great many times and its effect is wonderful, and would lay in conclusion that I havo jet to find a taso of Catarrh that it would not cure, if Ihey would take it according to directions. Sours Truly, L. L. Goijsccn, M. p.. uuicu, ai. sum inn st W will niiro SIlYt fnr rth v rams nf Catarrh that can not bo cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Taken internal!!-., . -- v. 3 f. y. Chpsft K Co . Props., Toledo; 0. bid by Druggists, 75c First tramp So jou want me to go tnd ring the doo oorbell while vou sit hero tnd rest? Second Tramp Yes. Clarence; tou press the button and I do tho rest. merica. . ABoo&tQ iIdt. VVebster's International Dictionary. This new book is tho authentic "Unabridjred" thoroughly revised and en larged under the supervision of Imoaii Pou ieh, D. D., LL. 1)., of Y.1I0 UuiversitjV. Editorial work onjtlie revision hit Keen in tctivo .prngrtS't for oor ten years, and pore than a hundred paid litemry workers l.avo been engaged upon it The sum ex pended in Its preparation Dcrore we nrss topywas printed exceeded JSPO.OOO. This work, well used in a family, will be of moro value to tho members thereof than many limes its cost Uirt up in money, .!nhnnv-"ilv iob is richer5!! yhbr pop." FjeddJ- "Mebb4 lie is, but he'll never cct back the money he loaned pop." Harper's Weekly. We valuo everything In this world by :omparisoii. Water and air have no Utrxn- iJc value, and yet Jay Uuuli, if famishin? in thadeeert, would give till bis wealth for h pint of tho former, and think it Wiei;; hence, life and health are , the5 standard ( all values ., If your system is full of Mala ria jou will bo very miserable; a few doses si ouauenuerger Aiiuufim win uiukc juu well and happy. Is one dollar a high price to pay? "Is this old latch-key a .relic of your itch-key 5?" & jram!father days?" 'No; 01 his nights." maianapons journal. Sjrup of Figs, J Produced from the laxative and nutritious juicoof California tigs, combined with tho medicinal virtues ot plants known to be most beneficial to tho human By stem, acts gently, on the kidneys, liver and bowels, effectually cleaning thp System; atrthnc folds and headaches, and curing habitual rohstiiiutiOh. Walter Do you object to cigars, Miss Perte? Miss Pertc Netcr, unless they ire lighted. Somervlllc Journal. JohxYouk, 777,770, Tsl 9. Halstcd Bt , Chl--ago, does aofobusinest, and it is as satisfac tory as large. He advertises in this paper a 'ret Dry Goods and Holiday Catalogue. Customer "Hate you anythine to euro icold?" Dm 'gist "Heavens! Have you lo friends '!" Puck. Best, easiest to use and cheapest Bemcdy for Catarrh. By druggists. PIso's Kc No wonder hearts are so pften wouaded; ihey're subject to so much beating. Bing tampton Bepubhcari. yjAcoBs or Iw THE BEST. -M Rheumatism. Neuralgia. Hsg!stownalt&4 April 21, U90L T, and others of my fkinilr, have used Et Jacobs Oil for neu ralgia snd found It a speedy, effective cure." Mbs. Agsb Kruxn KOgdcn, Mich, May 17, ISM. "A half bottle of yonr Invaluable medicine, St Jacobs OIL cured me of rheu matism and rheu matic swelling of the knee. Itisthebcstta the universe.' J.1I.L.POBTTJL IT HAS NO EQUAL. INFORMATION! m I ARKANSAS Oeod Land Inr Prices, Xur Term. KM Cumate. Variety of Crop. Mftlrrmitrtm. M THOMAS ESSEX, Lad CorMHKloaer, Jill A JUK. JKHJlte - run xsa urn My HAVE YOU ILilES be Pennai tbndamei Dor, . mm Tnvifl ! wsriftTESfCE. Pleasant to the tute. but not a boveraae. Caret BlHnr esa, Onwral Debllltr. Ialln1JTr L'onDlnlnt. Fever snd Ae. etc. ewask Tock Kk'-goist roBrr. ManafaetnrKI br MePIKE A FOX. ATCHISON. KANSAS. tun van ririanr rn PENinNSyH!H I rL.lluiuillJiri55CT. wumbtk- 1 and fathers ara ea- UUed to S13 a mo. Fee tio wn.n Tom ret your moner. Kanka free. JOMTS H. MCSTCB. aujWnlfcatli, B. C. ruunariniMKaian, Zv&kCiUZL My wife and child having a severe attze'r of lVhooping Cougb, we thought that we would try I'iso'a Caro for Con sumption, and found It at perfect success. The first bottle broke up the Conyrfa, and four bottles completely cured tbem. H. Sranraam, 1147 Superior St, Chicago, Illinois. Dill I A DaTVOCTOMI,MMBack'Irtmbeo'Poi,OBillg 0lMsmalsM 9&om Poiaca Ivy aad Poison Shoemake, SNOW UIMEIT ee tftjiay --jf CtlCABO a.asliaafJ 1 Hi mure i-H.onuind.fntiBfii,!. zxiZtZZi.zzzw aart. 48c McCerkle Is CbL Webber an officer In the regular army or in the militia? McCraekle Neither; he Isn't a military man at SlL We call him "kernel" because he Is a hard nut West Shore Amy Jack Kichleigh is coming to call kere to-night Clara is thai so? Thin fetch his phdj tograph out of ths botioci of the closet and put it on the mantel. Eight .. r Dentist One moment! Steady, nowl There. It's out Patient Holy smokel Why, you'vt pulled out a perfectly good tooth. 1 Dentist So I have. But never mind, there'll be no chsxse.for It America. ich Banker (lo fature soa-In-lawj 1 hope you appreciate, sir, that in marrying my daughter yon are marrying a young girl full of heart and generosity. Poor Young Man Yes, indeed, sr, and I hope she gets these qualities from her father. Harper's Baar. In tbo Sf.me Boat Cleverton 'Hie oth er day when 1 went into Furling's to buy a hat, and sent around to jou for a voucw er to establish my credit, why in thunder didn't you mswf r? . Travers My dear boy, I could do noth ing for you. I trade thero myself. New Tork Sun. 1 1 ; ,1 1 ' Lawyer Pullman is an Austin lawyer who has a great reputation for collecting bad debts. If tbe money can be got out of a man he will ect It. It was to this law yer that Bob Hinckley referred when he was requested to run quick for a doctof as a neighbor's ChlldbrtdStvaliawed acdiri", "Doctor be blowed! I'll run for Lawyer Pullman; he'll get the monoy out of the kid quicker than a dozen doctors," said Bob Texas Sittings. She,(after a loet's quarrel "Tou may return my letters." He (editor) Did you inclose stamps. Harper's Bazar. The people at the World's Dispensary of Buffalo, N. Y,, have a stock-taking time once a, year, antiwar do you thjnK they do? Count the r.ur..jcF of bottles that've been re turned by the men and womei? who say that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery pt Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescript tion didn't do what they said it would do: And how many do you think they have to count. One in ten ? Not one in Jive hundred 1 Here arc two remedies -one the Golden. Medical D; cbvery, for regulating afla in vigorating the"Jivv.r and purify ing the blood; the other, the hope of weakly womanhood, and thev've been sold for yeafsj sold by the million boo ties; sold under a positive guarantee, and not one in five hundred can say : "It was not the medicine for me!" And is there any reason why you should be the one? And supposing you are wnt ricj Tdu lose ? Absolutely notiing A pocket full of money amount to HUM alter health I qme. lo nijoy life, av good appetite, omnllit;etl nnd riant lo llubsl MiiiTuU'sl'ill. 'Xlien.it jou ure poor, yott will bo happy; If ricli.joH can enjoy your money. Ihcy dispel low apirita and giro buoyancy to niiZLtl &nl body. Hecommenda.tion. VT. J. Blair. Danville, Vaaays: "IhaTJ Ions; os'ered frwm Torpor of tho Mvcr and ityspepala, lind Kate tried almost every tiling, but never derived halfthe benrllt that I hme had from Tntt'a Pill. I recommend them to all that are jtlMtcted with l)ieyaai (tnd SlcK ireotLielle." Tutt's Liver Pills GIVE GOOD IJICiT10X. P RIGKLY ASH SITTERS One of the most important organs ot ttw human body is the LIVER. When it fails fct properly perform its functions the entire system becomes deranged. The BRAIN, KIDNEYS, STOMACH, BOWELS, all refuM to perform their work. DYSPEPSIA, CON STIPATI0N, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY DIS EASE, etc., are the results, unless soma thing is dene to assist Kaluro in throwing off the impurities caused by tho inaction t a TORPID LIVER. This assistance so necessary wiH bo found in Prickly Ash Bittsrs ! It acts directly on the UVER, STOMACH and KIDNEYS, and by its mild and cathartic elect and general tonic qualities restores these organs is a sound, healthy caaditian, aad cures aH diseases arising from these causes. It PURIFIES THE BLOOD, tents a the system, and restores periect health. II your druggist does cct keep it ask him It order it lor you. Send 2c stamp for copy ol "THE HORSE TRAINER," published by us HNCKLY ASH BITTERS CO., Sole Proprietor, ST. I.OUIS, MO. FRE Write at once for our IIOLinATf and 1'AIX SKY GDOOa CATALOGUE. Send roar name and ad Ires J now. .IOIIV "l'OKK, 7K, TZSaad 1K1N. Ilal.ted Mtreet. ( blcuiw. III. SAMPLES OFDRY G000SSEMT UFQN REQUEST. rxutl T1U3 rArrjt m; lb. jh tcm. A. N. K. H. 1321. When writing to AdvertI era ppe lat that ym saw the AdTertiacrraiit In thu papar. yialnan "'') Bweui&ga, xrauaaena, CoarincsedXaaclee, Lame Back, Paralysis, Tetter, aKiff Joint, Croup, Sick Headache VXXYOTJBHZADACZ. ItwiUcaza that dead dall ache between the shoulder. xbtjx. paiag, BO CESTB ASH $1.00. 1 Cl I mTt flw; rric 5 oar prl f or -iwhflt a uai.. far asLO. Wac nief mil a I real DMwau"i rt, vjj irviaue, iwi.miu 7-tadi best hr. fat cntJ. ftPCClAl Via TaJ knlf b4 7-lnei !. p n postpaid, SL.M. t,L. bet wtrop aad. Mr. IIXtTaV tiuua w irrtmna ruar. bu . TRATLMTf-mtJt errBitaf,M. ji.av.i.a - -.." i j -UWm TO CBE M JLAXOJtV Maiiri mi, ISSStreeL y l trrTS Qkg i. -VzJM. CVS .j ?. -- M. - 5.a&- ,SjJ?S&<ZZ gjh"-"' -" n- fr-SKS-A-.. - - ,A?"-yc-,tfiu-Y. . in ififlBM a , -. ,tj "! Tf.Jt -