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cOPYR/, QT G 89. B? A$$ELL pUB12119NC co7 SNDPUBLfHFrOý Y SPcf/L 4RIq JNGIWlENF WTUHE "The legends differ, even in our fain 1y tales; some tell of two who survived in their canoe, others on the back of the turtle; but the common Atzlan tale, the one we tell the children, is nearer the truth. It says that the people first canme from a cave in a mountain, where they were entombed when they fled. with cat tle and other animals. There was but a dim light, lasting only a few hours each day, but there were two blind men who cheered the dull hours with fiute play ing. "One of these struck the roof by chance with his flute, bringing out a hollow sound, upon which the elders of the tribe determined to bore in that di rection. The flute was set up against the roof, and the raccoon sent up the tube to dig a way out, bhut he could not. 'hen the earthworm mounted and bored mntil be found himself on the outside of the mountain surrounded by water; this water soon flowed off, leaving only mud. The worm returned to the cave, and the raccoon went up into the mud, sinking into it midleg deep, as the marks on his fur show to this day. "The mud dried away, and the animals began coming up from the cave. This took several days; then came the men. When they were under ground they spoke one tongue, but when they came forth they had many languages. The earth was then very small; the light was as scanty as it had been below; there was no heaven, no sun, no stars. So a council was held and a committee appointed to make these. They made the heavens and set the stars in patterns of bears, birds and such things, but a wolf rushed in and sean tered them ab out as they now lie. This is the legend," said Iklapel, "and it conceals the truth in its mythichtl language. "As I have said, mankindl took refuge in caverns, but they were all, accordinga to our records, destroyed with tihe ex ception of two. Some lived to see sts earth swept with water and covered many feet deep with inud and then with ice. They had no food, and they de voured each other until they were exter minated. "1ut far, far in the eoutht, where the fire and stony rain land thle ftlods were less severe, there survived two people, the progenitors of the Atzlan race-a white manl anal a read wanllial. In a calsnoet they came here from the sea, and they built new cities and populated the cart hI. But it took many ages to do this, and the people have forgotten their origin, but as they had existed in dlarkness for so long, when the sun returned they wor shiped it and have continued t do o so ever since, and have mtade the serpent their god of evil since that day whets, filled with terror, they saw lthe sun swal lowed up." "Not only a single kingdoltm wats de stroyed, bat half the world," contilsed the priest. "All mankind was beli,.ved to have been swept away in the dire catastrophe, and although we know tlhat some were spared they were left desti tute and wretched, becotiilng savages and cannibals ere they rose to their for mer state. "However," continued Iklapel, "the destruction of the city of Atlantis oc curred at a period when mankind had arrived at a state of great learning and civilization, for we know that thie most wondrous cities then stood on the shores of the western ocean, to which canr e great ships from far away toward the setting sun, from distant islands, taking many months for their voyages, and bringing rare and curious treasures from another race. It was the people of the far south who were spared, and they gradually canme northward, extend ing their settlements along the great rivers, building mounds in imitation of the sacred city" "I've seen them," interrupted Gilbert, "and they are the source of much dis cussion among our learned men." "They still exist then?" inquired Ikla pel, and continued: "These people went far to the north and dug deep in the earth for copper on the borders of the north sea. We have none of this cop per left. It long ago vanished, but the memory of it lingers with us. 'Twas a rare aiid valuable metal. After a long time the cities of the great country of Xibaba, which had sunk in the sea where a strip of land had been, slowly rose again and were rebuilt. All this was long ago, long ago, before the sea had left these deserts above us, but after a time a wild and savage race overflowed the land from the north, strange in speech and dark, fearful and blood thirsty. They drove our people back until they were obliged to dwell in the inaccessible cliff houses and build them selves walled towers for defense, for they were not a warlike race. "Since the people lived in the caves and cliff houses, the rivers have cut their way deep into the earth, leaving the dwellings of our forefathers high upon the cliffs, so you may know that many ages have passed since then. "There were seven great cities in the Atzlan country ages ago, but they have vanished, and we know not even where they stood; but we know they were rich and beautiful. Atzlan is a very old city, but it is in truth the youngest of them all and stands upon the site of a city far more ancient. Beneath the buildings of this old city are under ground passages of wonderful extent, and more splendid than anything we have above ground, for our forefathers were more skilled in the art of masonry than we are. "In these passages are huge arches which we cannot build now, and in themn we have stored our treasures, vast sums of gold and silver which the priests of the sun for centuries have collected. "Our people built great roadways and a'iueducts in those days which have passed away, which were the wonder of all the.nations, who came to us to learn our arts of building, mining, sculpture, painting and writing-the study of th.( sun, morn and stars: and our religion. "I can show you," continued Iklapel, "many things which came from At ages ago, when the sea, now dried up, reached nearly to this city of Atzlan." "Whatl" cried Eric in amazement. "Have you traditions of the time when the sea was tear this place?" "Oh, yes; there was a great sea to the north," said the priest, "and a chain of large salt lakes in a great circle to the east. - All this desert was at one time under water, and it Was near our city. But it dried away, and the land was white with salt. In the underground room of the temple is a canoe, which has been kept sacredly, that journeyed often to At and returned laden with much treasure. Itis the boat, they say, -that brought Quetzal to this land." "I must see itt" cried Eric. "You shall this very day. I shall pro :cure torches at once." 2t)Ievqr miuf lsm.m." said Eric. "I have a lantern that will oull:ihine all your torches. But what else is there among your sacred relics from the van ished city?" "Many things. Images of gold and silver, pottery, carved stones, earrings, bracelets, stone axes and knives. The sacred white knife which your light ning shattered in Kulcan's hand came from At." "Alas!" cried Eric, with a sense of real injury at the loss of such a treas ure. "1 regret the deed now. I should have hesitated had I known the worth of the weapon." IHe was trembling with eagerness to see the relics. Almost feverishly he hurried the old man along, and reach ing the temple he ran up to his room and brought down his electric light ap paratus, long unused, but neceting only ia few touches to be in worling order. Meanwhile Iklalpel had brushed away a covering of sticks, grasses and earth from the ground floor of the temple, re vealing a large trapdoor, and when Eric arrived he told him to lift it up. It was not easily moved, however, and took several minutes of effort, but it yielded at last, and they descended a ladder into a room about forty-five feet wide, in the masonry of which was ilbedded nimany decorated yellow slabs, with a glazing similar to common modern earthen ware. In an instant tile light had flooded every crevice with a dazzling brilliancy and showed to Eric's eves ai sight that made his heart beat withl a new emo tion. He stood by a boat so ancient that beside it the pyramids were young. It was about thirty-seven feet it: length and twelve feet wide. The bow was high and termninatedi itl a swan.si head and neck, well carved and curving gracefully. The bow was decked oves for about foulr feet, and the lines of the vessel, although soimewhat clmnsily de signed, showed much nautical knowl. edge. She had eight wide thiwarts, aidi had evidently carried a mast inserted in the center of the boat, as there was a roulnd aperture in one thwart. There were deep, round notches inl the outer edge of the gunwale, evidently made by the abrasion of paddles, for thus sihe must have been propelled, as there was no evidence of oars or any other appli ance for their use. The wood of which she was built wan. as hard as iron and as black. G-reat studs of pure gold occurred at intersv;s just underer r gunwale, evidstlly formi illg at uone tiie prominentt features of p h pointed decoratstitve Lst'dslr sh]lich list been obl.iterated its the blackneas a i years. On her bottoms he found biarun cles, blackl ani brittle., provin that sht had once voyaged at ste for a long pu - riod. It was with a creeping feeling-- a shudder of invlnntary- awe-thiat Eric gazed upon this wosndrouse relic, and it was several slisuites lbeforlee he situlnloned I comlposure to exaumine it mniintely. In the bottom of thle boat lay several large water urns elnd a bunidle of spelars, each with its shaft split and a flint spearhesdi I inserted in it. No vestige of the !bssh ings of gut remained. Tihey had long ago decayed.. On the stern thwart rest ed an oblosng block. Eric pitched it up and knew at once that it was inetal. "Canl it be copplerF' he tllought, and taking his knife he sliced ai small piece from it. Lo, it was bronze, rudely ell- I graved with characters slightly resem bling Phuetnician writing! A blab of bronze! What was it doing here? Tkla pel did not know what it was, but he said that there was once a knife made of the same metal in Atzlan, but it had been lost for many years. It was stolen from the temple ages ago by ia man swho went into the desert and never returned. In At there were many such knives, he said, but they were very precious, and but one, which Quetzal had brought, was ever seen in the west. He had heard of arrows and spearhleads and axes of the same metal, but had never seen them. The slab had been preserved sacredly, yet he had thought more that once of trying to convert it into axes but knew of no way to do it. At this moment Eric glanced up and, beheld the evil face of Cllhalpa, his eyes lighted with malice, peering down upon them. As Eric's eyes met his he drew his head back and disappeared, but there was an unpleasing suggestion in the sus picious, vindictive look its his face that left a feeling in Eric's iind that Chalpa would be a good matn to malte a target of before very long. Iklapel had seen nothing, but when Eric explained the occurrence he angrily ealled to Chalpa, but received no answer. The nian had slipped out stealthily, and tlis added to Eric's unpleasant feeling. That Chalpa hated as well as feared himn he knew full well from the evil glances lhe cast upon him, and there seemed something omi nous in his stealthy hovering and spying. Still, as he had disappeared, neither Eric nor Iklapel allowed it to rest long upon their minds, and they continued their examinations of the relics undis turbed. Each of the glazed tiles inserted in the -walls, Iklapel asserted, had been brought in the very earliest times from At. They were covered with rude pic ture writing, among which Eric found representations of elephants, lions and camels, distinctly and carefully drawn, animals of which Iklapel had no con ception whatever beyond these rude out lines. There were boats delineated there somewhat resembling tile one be fore them, and figures in costumes re sembling those in the early Toltec manuscripts. Temple fronts and houses, war chariots with prancing horses, and, most wonderful of all, a battle scene, in which clouds of rolling smoke and curiously carved tubes belching flames, mowing down whole rows of men, were depicted with rare skill. It would have stood for a rude picture of a modern field of war. It was with wonder and amazement that Gilbert studied the strange pic tures, undoubtedly relics of a long past age, for he was convinced that the priest had no knowledge of their import and meaning; in fact the characters in which the records were written upon them were with few exceptions unfa miliar to him, they having been super seded by a more convenient if less pic turesqe method in later times. In these characters he found many resembling those of the Maya alphabet, but more in the nature of pictorial representation. These were similar to the characters upon the slab of bronze, and there flashed across his mind a memory of Plato's statement-that the people of Atlantis engraved their laws upon col numns and plates of bronze and gold. Could it be that this was one of those tablets? While he was occupied witl these thounghts the old priest brought a quaint ly carved cedar box, and removing its cover disclosed a double handful of roughly cut gems, the great value of which Eric discerned at a glance. He examined thetm with appreciative eyes, finding among them several diamonds of the si.ze of hazel nuts and many fine rubies and emeralds. "These," said Iklapel, "came from the far south; they are the seeds of the ser pent. Before he came and covered the world with clay and stones and water there was none of these on the earth: no man had seen them before. Such i the tradition. The people of Atlantis had no such shining stones, but they had stones such as this," handing Eric an oval of caruelian, with flattened sides. Carved on one face was an intaglio, finely executed, representing a pyr antidal mountain, with a city surround ing its base, evidently a picture of the fated city. Around the edge was a border of small characters in the ancient writing. On the reverse side was cut the Crux Anusata, the mystic Tau, the sacred symbol of the Phallic god of the old world, which has puzzled the savants for ages. "What a treasure," thought Eric, "to lay before the scientists of the country and what a deal of discussion it would arouse!" There was nothing more to be seen, and with a glance around the room he took up his light and followed Iklapel up the ladder. They had spent several hours in the vaultlike place and found IKulcan above waiting for them. He looked anxious and moody, and catching Gilbert's eye motioned to himhn to follow him. The young priest led the way silently, yet casting quick, cautious glances about him, to the large gate, and when they were outside, almost; into the pinon orchards, he turned to Eric, and f;:er a moment's nervous hesitation he began, "Did Iny brother ever gamble?" "Well," replied Eric, with a smile, "I've played the game my people call poker many times, 'min sorry to say too many times in fact-and I've tried faro also once or twice, with poor re sults" "But." interrupted Kulcan, "did yout ever allow yourself to be so carried away with the excitement of these games that you forgot your duty to your sisters and brothers?" "No," answered Eric, "but 1 have seen many men lose their heads and gamble away all they owned." "Then," said the priest, "you will un derstand. I must confess to you, my brother, and burden you with a miser able tale-a tale of grief and shame. 1 casnnot look you in the face. but I must tell you. We have, as you have seen, a game called titlacm-mlneaning the un known, nuknowable--a game of numn bers. Ah, how can I tell you? You will despise lme!" "Go on," said Eric, who ssurmised what was comilng, although lihe did not guess its full meaning, "The younger priests," resmned iKul can, .,have always played this gamnes among tlhemselves, as dt, all our people, but I had always, by Iklapc!'s advice, savoided it, and knew not even how it was played until a your ago. Then in an evil hour 1 ventured ai wager against Chalpa's game, ud 1 I won sixty silver taos. Elatid by my succ'ess ande inuig inittg myself to be blessedl by fort'tune, 1 tried again and won. But tihe next even ing I lost all that I had won, and in the endeavor to reclaim it 1 parted with as much more. 1 dlid not feel willing to stop then, but was eager to get my own money back. Then I soid I would never ganble again, b'ut before I had succeed ed I had become a victim to the habit which dominates all the people of iLz "This was before nly father, the gov ernuor, died, and .-soon Chalpa l:d woin all the mioney anld cttle i hii 1 ou po - sessed. Theon began to be iindel:.;dl to himt, and ill my nowi frantic eslllelvourl tii wilt enoligh to free mlyself-for debtors are slaves here-1 became reckless, and when my father died Chalpa laid claimi to all ms)y property. Buct I had no sus picion of his iiethdis and bllieved himi honest. Chalpa chai:'n'l .d his plans, or rather broaudened them, for 1 thiink his object at irt first was only to win my puis sessions. tHe cast his evil eve upillu Ainee, my betrothed, aud although she despised him lie wished to wed her. "In this he was unsuccessful, but that very month she was selected for the sac rifice, and he is the one who rast the lots. I dare not say-1 scarce dare think him so treacherous, so villainous as to do such a deed! Nor do 1 think he dare, for the decision is mlalde in tihe presence of three other,-priests in high standing. But she was chosen and you, lily brother, saved her and restored her to me. Then my fortune altered for a time, and I recovered somte of miy money, but yesterday a horrible thing haplpened. I went again to his house and lost all all; worse than that, alas! "Seeing me feverish, blind, despairing, he offered to wager all that he had won froem me-everything-against mily sis ter, my Lela. You know that under our laws she is mine to be given aiway, soldl, bartered or wagered-as the head of the family I possess hler--and perhaps you may not know that such debts as these are legal. Flushed with the aitsi which he provides, and dazzled at the chance to recover all my possessions, I accepted the offer. The next moment I regretted and tried to recall mys hasty words, bust it was too late. I had lostl I staggered forth and roamed about for hIours, crazed with shame and terror. I thought of self destruction, but what would thlat avail me? Then I sought you, my broth or, who know all things." Gilbert reflected for a moment. To him, apart in thought and feeling from Kulcan and his people, the case seemed almost trivial. He could not realize that by the young priest's indiscretion he might lose the very light of his life. He viewed the transaction in a semsiludi crous light, and attemlpted to lay tistt part of it aside and consider only Kul can's financial condition, but the priest soon convinced him that his terrible wager was a reality-a most serious and momentous reality-and showed hlim the difficulty of an attempt to defeat Chal pa's desires, in view of the fact that the entire priesthood and populace would stand by him in exacting his just dues. Kulcan reiterated his statement of the legality of the wager, and said that Chailpa had offered him his revwnge in affording him an opportunity to recoupl by wagering a thousand taos of silver, well knowing that he could by no possi bility obtain that sum. Herein, how ever, GilBert saw a vague chance to es cape as he reflected upon Iklapel's ac count of thie fabulous sums of gold and silver in the underground vaults of the temple. In his character of a god he might, without doubt, convert some of thus idle hoard in the endeavor to save his darling, and he resolved to do so. But the difficulty was, even after the moneyhad been obtained, to play the game to prevent Chalpa's winning again. Although convinced that the evil eyed villain had grossly cheated Kulcan, he had no knowledge of the game and knew of no means of detecting his fraudulent practices. Underlying all his meditations was a stern resolve to settle the affair, as well as Chalpa's existence, as a last resort, by the argument of the pistol bullet, but be determined to try all other chan nels before availing himself of that source, uriously enougih, upon his suggesting Chalpa's swindling, iulcan, whose na tmno was utterly unsuspicious, himself showed how hethought it could be done, and with a wild gleam in his eyes as the trluthl.seeled for the first time not merely to dawn upon him, but to burst upon his mind in noontime glory, in a crushing, blinding flash of conviction, started up as though to seek the de stroyer of his happiness and face him with his accusations. But Eric restrained him, and after he had grown calmer he told him that he would endeavor to help him. "But," he inquired, "does Iklapel or Lela know of tiis.?" "Not ta word," said Kulcan, "and how shall I tell them? What will they think of me?" "They must be told," replied Gilbert, and he then bound Kulcan to forswear gambling forever by an oath which he devised upon the spot-an oath that chilled the superstitionus priest's heart as he repeated it, for he feared Gilbert's wondrous powers with a childlike ter ror. It was plain to the latter that he meant to keep his promise. Sending him to Iklapel with instruc tions to relate his story to the old pziest, Gilbert went to Lela with Inmch reluc tance, for he knew that her love for her only brother hung largely upon her re spect for his purity of character and lofty thoughts. His sad story, he felt, would shatter that respect, for he could not realize, he did not even imagine, that she shared the tolerant view that all Atzlan held of the gambling habit. Viewing it in the light of modern ideas, he thought she would be stricken with horror at the discovery of his folly and shame. He framed a plan of gently imparting it to her, but it was driven out of his mind when a umoment later he encoun tered Lela hurrying with quick, grace ful strides in search of him. She held in her hand one of the comical Atzlan dolls made of red clay, whose hideously painted face, surmnonted by a shock of black bristles, added to her own look of fright, drove his mission instantly from his imiod. "Oh, darlingl" she cried, seizing his arm, "como quickly. Poor Listah, the hermit priest, has fallen from a ladder and broken his leg. Hoe lies there moan ing so piteously, and I know you can cure him!" "Is that all?" said Eric, smiling with true professional unconcern. "I feared that it was something serious. And this?" pointing to the doll in her hand. She looked down, blushed ai little, and smnil ingly explained that she had been dress ing the horrible effigy for little Eltza when the old priest tell, andi she had hurried inl search of him without notic ing that she held it. lie took it from her, and, looking at its face said: "No wonder thie old man fell. That would frighltt' almost anyholdy," "Why," shle retorted, "1 think it the nicest dull in Atzlatn; it is so hideous," cuddling it to her. "Bllt conte; we siutst go to hint:" Others ctlie running. with eagercallk, to tuil, anld he -twent w\ilth tihelitu to\tIhr., the old man hly groanleg witl pain and exclaiming that it wa. ai,. jdgtiment upon him for breaking his vow of isolaticn and coling into ilte city before his litnt had expired. But wolesn Eric arrived and began to ,.'xmlini' his b:otken limb he bore tdo pain with savawg staiei--n, and uttered not a otuind, It was ait sill pie frac ture of the left leg. which Gil bert easily set, and applyin ' ,Ilintsandl bandages hal tihe old inub carried to his own dwelliing. whlre lie could mitteld to his nilel s. Li tah s il t s at- 't rclotlle tt it gratitude, and declared that im f,.lt thl, leg healing already, all hough lte wlnc' d re thilin once Ili bearers moved't along. Whtn Eric saw hin 'eslioo easily it had igrown lidark, landl the lnunll;filr was pouring down into Itrh can-.wyu. takini'I tihe wails of the city gle,'an I t, marble palaces; the air was stil] mnait and filled with the soundtl of the river as it eg'tetr sandi spltolsdover ' tt shaillow ftr'l. Lela sat just outide his dour wt,;i a',i her chellek upon h-r latd ant her t air shining in the mellow hoilt liite ntled gold. As he came outside and leaned over her she looked utip andit reached her bolr arms upl to him, folding ths-m slowly about his neck with ai lingering, clinsg ing, creeping movement that showed ho'w fondly she loved, aind sent a warm thrill through hintu. wiclilte, overpower ing. She drew hilts down and held his face against hers for a long time, with closed eyes; then slowly their lips crept nearer, arer,nearer, until they cclne totgether ill one long drawnl kiss. It wias lllmore it was a marriage-- a hlending of two hearts made for each other, a reunion of two souls that in all the economy of the universe had been formed to be one that had been seeking each other for ages per hbas and had met at last. Such at least was Eric's belief, and it was with a rev erential feeling that he kissed the noble forehead of this beautiful, angelic crea ture who so wondrously found it possile to love him, a rough, tlunt, homely, ungraceful man. He said as much in fact, and she answered: "Oh, my darling, don't you know you are the noblest, most perfect of all God's creatures - the handsomest, bravest, tenderest, wisest of all men on earth?" and much lmore to the samte effect, adtld ing that the wonder was that he could find anything to love, to admire in her, a savage thing, etc. All this was so new to them, so rare and wonderful, that they imagined it had never occurred before. "Did others ever love as we do?" was their constant query. But it was delightful, delicious and would have reconciled a Illanl to endure any existence whatsoever to dwell in such bliss. No wonder that for a long time he forgot all about KInlcan's diffi culties and his darling's imminent dan ger. When he did remember it was with a sudden start that caused her to look up iito his face in alarm nud whis per, "What is it, my owne?" in tendtler solicitude. Her eyes wero on his face constantly, and she had grown to read each change of feeling, each mood, al most each thought, as it left its scarcely perceptible imnprint on his countenance or shone in his dark eyes. She read there his reluctance to tell the tale of her brother's misdoings. In truth he hardly knew how to begin it. When he did he found to his surprise that shite was not nearly ais shocked as he had expected. She was, in commono with all Atzlans, so used to tales of sud den risings and failings in the fortunes of gamnesters that her brother's losses seemed unworthy of much anxiety, for when his luck turned would he not win it all back? But when Eric, somewhat piqued at her indifference-the Ipaissivenless of a woman resting in her lover's arms told her of Kulcan's last and most dtes perate wager the color fled fromn her cheeks, leaving them ashet in the itoon. light, and with terror in her eyes she threw her arms wildly about his neck. crying: "1 am lostl I am lost" Not for an instant did she discredit the legality of the transaction; its full meaning and horror were plain to her, and for a moment she 1, rgot her lover's power, seeing only the awful, unavoida ble fate before her-to be torn from his arms, a victim to the lust of a depraved man-not even a wife-for the fatal wager,.so hastily made, gave her to him a a cahattel -i A convulsive shudder shook her frame, and her clasp upon Eric's neck was like the clutch of a drowning woman as she clung to him in her fear. But only for a moment. MThen, like Kulcan, she turned to him for help and strength. "You will save me. my darling, I know; but, oh, I was so frightened that I forgot you for a moment. Yes, I was frightened, but now I'm' not. It has gone-all my terror-and my noble love will keep his own unharmed." And in a moment more it really seemef as if she had dismissed the matter from her mind, for she said: "Now take me home, dear, for it growing late, and my eyes are heav with sleep." And Eric did, and then lay awake un til far into the night trying to solve the problem. Lco1 emTINuim. j Taking a Tuml in the Clontry. SI --Truth. Strange!l "I wonder where the fellow that de signed that piece of furniture ever got his idea "-Life. H.ealrt Beats. Oh.dont juL a 5h his rouss! A alater of S tience. L i l ii i.-",, i, _____ time! 1's , what are ton loine to doit about it? He-Oh, I'm all hist right; but whai t ware a they going to do about it?-Life. Shey going to hdoiawout irl--ife. A (le.lstion of i'rivilege. Papa Iicks-Why didn't you stay in Sunday school? Dick--Could't stand the new teacher. She said I looked like yo~.-Once a Week. IWlelwrd of Mcrit. ai s i The Deacon--Do you know what hap pens to boys who tell lies? Shlall Youth-Yessir. They gits off most times if they tells good ones.-Life. How His Excellency Puts on HIlis Skates. I saw Governor Russell at Fresh Poend Saturday, and he was one of the most graceful of the big crowd of skaters pres ent. The governor drove up to the pond from his Cambridge home with Dr. Swan, and went upon the ice at BlaCk Nook, a part of the pond where there were com paratively few skaters. Notwithstand ing the governor's graceful nlovelments in skimming over the ice hlie has a rather awkward way of putting on his skates. He put the skate on his right foot stand ing squarely on both feet and bending forward. When it caise to the left foot he stooped down, put his left foot out be hind him and then reached around and fastened it with a comblined stoop and twist that would have done credit to a contortionist.-Boston Record. The latest clock is described by the ad vertisements in the jewelers' windows: "We have got you at hist. This clock keeps on ringing its alarm until you get out of bed and remove the pin." A Brighll Christmas. Christmasl V! 1 t a flood of memories the word revives! 'I' tell of the happi est Christmas 1 over sxcpriencied is al most an intpi.ssiility--there were so many happy ones w!.o- ny ifather was alive to teach me how to en'joy them. The first Christmas that I iremncier seems now liko a scune from a long for gotten comedy. I was Ia very little boy then, but t iholy i in impressed upon my memory by a misll:p never to be forgot ten. Whtio is n1ot s .11o tLillm been given a drum by his deare*1 friend and closest confidant-his fath( r? ',Le 'nm that I received then was .lemost .a l. 'o ais 1, and the very firoi, uutt " which i pub it was that of' a Ecpi I dticr. My ambition at that momeul wa:' tl reach the lolly 1it. : of at, rulr. The drumhead, how11 v,r ri fused to suIs tain me and I fell thirough wi l a banug. How long 1 might tive lremlainild 111ere it is impossible to say, for I niever coc have extricated mysa-lf alone. The he1ari v laugh in which Iny father indulled when he rescued mue from y predicamentn is still a bright spot in my reeolleetion. George B. McClellan in New York tIer aid. Here are a few s5lleimns of Bulrns' happy phrases: "The lbest laid selmnies of mice and men gang aft agley;" "The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip, to hand the wretch in order;" "But :lcas ures are like poppies spread; yon seizo the flower, its blloom is shod;" "Oh, wad some power the gif li gi' us to see our solves as ithers see us;" '-~1nl's inhu manity to llitan maill:s conutless thou sands mourn;" " 'Nursing her wrath to keep it warm;" "T ile mirth and fun grew fast and furions; "Vlilt's dlone we partly inlny colllilte, b.ut know not what's resisted; l" 'Princes and lords are but the brusts of kings;" "-The rank is but the guinea sial-p'. a man's a man for a' that."-L dodon Tit-Bits. DB. L. L, OABEBMER Stricken Down with Heart Diseasc, Do. Miles Medical Co., Etlkhart, Iesd. GEsNeEMirN: I feel it my duty. is t;li +, r pleasure, top blish, unsolicited tb the io,r;v benefit received from D. MILES' SE-r. ,a-.iS REM5OIEs. I was stricken down ehe iwith.i'.r Disease and itseomplicalions, anlpid ieL:c vicu ln friom 9o to 140 beats lper minute, a ehol:i n"z. bi'alng sensation in the wind pipe, oplnrsilou THOUSANDStie-, glen of the heart and below lower rib, pain in tile anes, shortness ef breath, sleeplessness, wieaknsu and general debility.l The areries in my ne( would throb vriolently, the throbbing of msi hemtr could be heard across a large room and rwould shake my whole body. I was so nervous that I could not hold my hand steady. I have been tnder the treatnment of matnen plhysicisans antd have takes gauloMs of Paenm Medieiae tei.tl.ot the Iea lnes boeflt. A friend recome moended your remedies. She was cured by Dr. iles' recmedies. Ihavetiken E three bottles of your New heart Cure and two bottles hNielne. My pulse is normal, I have no more violent throbbing of the heart, I A MA WiLL. eaN. I sincerely recommend every one with symptoms of leart Disease to take DI. Miles' Ilretora. lorn It.etndied aned b ,seed. (yplum City, Kans. L. L. CaRereI. GOLD ON A POSITIVE GUARANTEE. I1Y DR. MILES' PILLS, 50 DOSES 25 CTS tFor v 'a I,) ,,.,", Fi,,,l.:,. I , i ,,. tr "A oe, ep rsai it , t'', o n-woti~t 0 16iv003 .1 \ , ,., D . *. C. oes of l~nlton, Ark., saysof e :' t te years ago I corn e.l- tcted a severe case of blood pion. Leading physicians prescribed m.micine after medicine, which I took I .ful results, bht which brought on an ack of mercuri-1 r eumatism that _made my life one of agony. After suf ring four years I gave up all remedies and commenced using S. S. S. After taking several bottles, I was entirely cured and able to resumo work. i isn the greatest medicine for blod poisonesg to-day on the market." hlTeatiso life oln of a ibony. After saed freiu four y.s I geC up allta, remedies Y/ u Think and Y commec usi SEEDS. taing several bot.les, I was enlirYCO. DETROIT, lood poisng to Buyning to-day on TrA Crand Family Educator. The Standard Authority. S th,,eo antentl "na SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. \ s;ot boyf eptso osl ete i., h I t .los .? 1. A C. ERIAMRY CO. Pbisrs Springl, to Buy. . A. Grand Family Educator. ""NlNNN-. - i-iH ·; DEER LODGE] County Seat of IDeer Lodge County, Montana A ND one of the oldest towns in the State, lihi to nsilte hvling been s urv y-e I in 184;. The towni has an altit.lde of 4,500 f.eit abo.v sea level. It is incoa'pt rated tand hais approximately 1,10(1i0 populaitiloni. A n.ihless collurt Hiiouse soq:.tre, beutifu|l lawns, wide and level streets, lined on olil er shil with lrg0e slhadle I res, dhwr gardens and good sidewalks, well-light:ed thor(ug"fua res and wise local -gm, er10.t are m itis of sho eilnzims' especiali pride. The West Sile olub, aW sotcio organizttion, has eleg'atly furnished apartments. It was recel{ ly established, not alone i'or the colfort anld pleasur(i of .Deer Lodge ieoile, but as a place to enter tail their guests as well. D)eer Lodgei is situated in thie midst of a vast agriculltural and milinlg section, and is reached from tlhe south by the Montana Union railway, i branch of the Union Pacific system, which forms a junction with the Northern Pacific at Garrison, nine siles north. To the south andi west are the great mines of Butte, Granite and Philipsburg, where are also located unumerous snelters and stalnp mills. Deer Lodge river flows through tho edge of the townsite. s land obuers to manufacturing interests an excellent wlter power. er spo l. ools o ir t far above the average, line and ample buildings being Irovided as well as first-class professional talentt. Fi\e church edii(:es, all abov the t e verage, with the usul number of par soalltigs, rectorie-s, det., sipeak volumlls for the town. I)er lodge's lo'atlion is such as to command trade from the mining, agricult l ral mlld palsto iratl hetions mbolnlraced in t large atrea, a.tId n111.st eventually bCcomlle it place of great imnlortae. Watter for irrigating purposes is supplied by ieans of ditches fruoit idj-eti streOntis, while for domnlestic purposes an xe llellent system of a\ttii wrks provl es a. plenteious supply fro thi e mli n iti a ini streamls. The sysotll has sIlillici-nt pre~losa s -e for niit ini enaste of ll l altl a g ollit lteer0 fire coln pyll., rovided swith mll)] i itvt, hooks, Ildders iad hose tarts, looks out for confla grati iti s. A modoi system iof electric lights illumitnates hie business houses and streets, ttand t ittntsr avilion a[nd pleasure grounds have been pirovided by the citizens for liniis n:ud parties from nlt igi.. i ."-li towns that in lie sum.nor months frequently.13 aeopt her hoittiality. Among the secret orders are lodge.s of Ma:tsons. lnights of PyChins ia ldd Fellhws, [United Workinet and a Grand Army Post. The lotationu in Doer lodge of thei College of Mllontana, St. .tary's Academy and splendid public schools anld ehurhehs, togetoher with equable climate and healthful enIlru t, ilislob ino ItaLe- it the IioSt desirable pltace of resildencue in The i distance ft.t I ]leer Lodge to the. following points is: T o t I . ................i...... . . . .. i le T o i ii r -i e -i . .. . ... i S 0r ttl et'la ........................... .... .4t w; iiles. rio P'iolnaee ".........-...................... 18 lnaih' '.11Wllill( r i(P:i~f l WA I.- "IN:CL i:II 1I b ll ingl" '2tlilliP lolil litin lll t ati' li(+ llts a itllo;l. Il)Pl. I oil ril" 11t ll il+ l jl :. (lll(. ' .i )(:. I.'(+l 111 \*'ll iT1wr1111('ii ll in+ tloll l- ll lt\' t gi l ti ',o ai h'. 'IH I~ J + i' l, lc +i io*+ .Ilr illV "I i' I ,I~iH+ . b111 i+ (l,; !r't l.l+ U lt ;l r il' ),leliitl o(l it fs)l d "vlllt li'm'. ha¢ i 't'. .k + I IIP * Io '. tni,. I"hr, e," Io,,H- 1+a'+ ,-, -o! 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T'll\ *i, h tie l t!H, ;;inr~4Ia I f loIs.':l on' li. l. ~\ied'l i, 'ia( 1.5551 u, r'Iit to i na, ontllr!+l , m I",t': olU +, ,lH[ ,\ ll;et te )t+; lrl Il tll iel0i~. ale, '10h1,0,1 ill lJlte l" hon ro~tlmP her ,,, , ' II l itlrl'& A'lgl ;1loll ..olti +tsl` s i o" Ilitefr ill +Ul ;LIre 10:;01,1¢ /,~( ;I~' I :I (I if*It l o,J o ! ;411'J('is. t. hih aire , q ~'el, iloll sle llr " - . ul n t.o ihl'-.font ihl'lm:. , ta lihlt,* ll snIo ItI of 10,'11 I,oi..t':i+J1hd. 'l'?oiu'l, 11rly roml+v iv. !I'511 ++'I ,li.,!I'I .L l;IV," -hlI ) ) ,I I}Ihoo.;l0, .t~'11( 1i t ip; ,11 silv+'!'-Ie;1td (ores.a tlili,.h Ih.. 1 .; h ~Il to Hi t r i' - i'+;uII; Di eetr l~o:Imo. *h i l, l t h m po {' vlll ol l li - lJli fv t lr (lt I:+i111til ,i~ lh Io ;'t flove wo it sh;I- aoI!I ii.i] hý.r!!tel how(. 1;o,',IiI+. o11 iore I'I'oli fhirh tloh.e i ,, : h ~n, ' Iy r \ t " '. +* two !;t;1J,)[.+b t I)+I+.' .I +(1 'hel by dally slai:.,lhtrs: ill fio-1 lil*ex ","10.'I lll l) ' t.t, ' i,+lls l. llll ll'l, e l 'i,, 'll seo**' 'y ;tld m l l a','l mt '11i ]hI**ilH. I),v,ti a.'eOtllliish-.l l'or L'o ', Ino ,, t l' I )" 111,1 by , Jlil",1,;. t:.* t, TI\1 .1. +i 1 I)i' IxII IN/:.. Ili°to the ;Verl';,. lvedl ;Ind 'woln-ot~u Ishattl,+P. , •ll its\ %V` 11 is to the (qigill ill .ootl h,"tlth. hart lilI.g "lll ||tshill. alrv sp irts t4 hatl lll+Vrt ,.r' o I1. The la it'. .tltl hills. lva l eell J. I' oldgelllh(tlllt 11 ;III , of lllt ki i n,?.,ltt. T o' ai( rt s Ml' ontll* or tlolRk,a, ff,(+l,'t,, Ylt+., lit lilt', hlakes wl,1, I, th !11- . il] l b ' rolund |)e'i,., de r, l.. tq , .JOlls(. I'll., ill !)Lltlly'. :l'|lt 1,i,+ Ilhlmek oot rivelr l( Its nllPJ+h])Orlqtlake I.[ oe 'I InishI Lht Iill e~t ioIr tt Iisllfou ll4 tl e K|.,+est, ;1, 1 tl ;l[I'( vl~sled (llJ'rl.s t11e sum] e ari ral seaon " b yU4 14 hnlrllll,1+s or tol im?,,I ;!nil 11,t,.ie l'e-..ert.,,l' 1'r'(n a ll over tlhe coutllryl. Not onllyl hatL, lial wihinl lthe Ih Ini~a' ,i ke; ! 1 1 )L r' ii h I I'i i I P,'- , it I,., rh Ihe .saidl \\'hq', il')t iad( ofs)r t .l't.l.+li t'rolli otlyi a11;\;lltl tw lautnlhnl of th r I' he Madeil thet ii'+lh'+l'iu lt'a e t fivP... :i Rood~l atnid :tlllinn1;1iil Ihail I lead |(i till.,. . .<oigniial',a I,;tl'+ lin,+. Mion W ' I iI1'go, niior ot :11 Ihillk,% t~. tou lthl'with d l I+.'eroli Vaillelhes of I~t, leathered~i Iril~t,, aii', ?Beih~ i ftl. It is it ver~iy itl~lu llr resortiil andl tin, sceol,'ry ;granidl II1 the xtrelntqll ll,':11l2 l.//l1(:l1 T1II 1'. ('Ol'N'r\+' 51.1.'r'. PI,.' yea having. oslll esil+< nIli t,(lnilyorlkijiil, v.il1 reali/.e 111,, Jlil)oi'ititre. ll iving at ihe (. m~tyl v ,, Whe~re+ Inl+iil,+++ say be tranriaehl ewlithooll hlo;; 01 fleilndv i 'iit w, 'v~l. il! irtnlv lhlg, 'P~(,ilenam hri'hE e(mtiil hloie>:11 I'm'w L~~ll, Wi. buli~lt a11 Ii t~.i! orl nlll'.iver Ra1.011t, ani tlhe coily \'liiae ar. ilt,'t aIlini modelitrni stl.x , Deer Lodge Can Justly Claim: The best lo ioni on i1 Montana; the mu.i t even temperinelt he; ti eS sehwols anti ch thes; a lisent-.-chiss eltetric light plant- -streets lighted by 2ii00-tunttile-ntwee mplllls, wilh 1 l(itCllln --powl\ er i tll(:l( ict s i r illtelrior iuse; the best siystlnl of \water -Vworl's in thei t1.al; fre't'(d l I'r(1I1 i tli iZ.alI.rli, It.rnadlltets ltn l : . :.tones; great 'irb`t:ly mining l nters; a n li watier suppilyl he; hrie hudred hart dayl s ini (tory eal.; tie best roads to mIlining tanps: the shortest iroutes to life l.giv ing ht springs anl Smmer resorts)l; Ithe grete. t trlibti y gl illn nin a lltny to\\wn west of the range; the most sheltered spot in )eer Lodge valley and the linest climnnte in the world. COME AND SEEE DEEI LODGE. NO BLIZZAI)DS, T'OltNAItiES Otilt CY(CLONES Will be met wilth iutl)elr Ld.(tlge vlley. There is n I such thing as a dlotlll, w\ater being suppllied by irrigat.ion, and is sure overy year. No failuire of trps. N E W NORTHWEST, 4 , 'Montana's Leading Weekly. $3.00 PER, YEARI IN ADVA E $3.00 - . DR TAT'S 1 " "mg ",:. IeR te, f - lif ( the d ar gasp !u, D1,- 1.sit each oe we J 1: ventu I L.t,you bare Ni only toti i:e- n few doses Aethmal no when the spasm s hbrnoken,thle breathing becomnes easy and yeti feel as if an na.vcet of mercy had un!nnsend the irn grasp io the fing ers of de.Thi o.The hlipi.nt ,nmeat if y our l 'il be aii ee vw t hav . se.itw iilttie of Dr Taft's ASTHMAI.ENE and it has ciurecd aou of - ani iii Asthma: "e. mail to an, Asthma sti7.?rera trial boattle FI ' a rthet ai dots Sold by druggits. OP. rft f osti,. Ct.., .uChBeterr,NY LoLa 7,I. . TH. A ILK ITS4. .1 so0e( the tlst thiugs ti sloekel 'r ti l e o 1r n tr[ il 4{ iJs, .' ,ilet'eal I [o .0.] Illy i oi (l' oiler Iet llt ll, rlttt llts1 te sl th. '' v IIl syio lIlt iIII a IllsIlIe isel alter th r ieh ()ll.l1(5 slillld III ttlta t it is lt'1 1 ('e lto vlu 11Ist Il Iteelthue trtslstl s el l at. St eh , 1(s. 7.s ) u ntueu"Otte I ltle," I. one of t ut ;el' "/ll lel Reatl- rt0t .tl s 11( li tIi5 Onl II illr tiches of raI n ne roI t i tt l8ct0 100t e 1d 1 .1; I unprov, , 12, nwe ,te: l.el hal. . ...................... . .. 15 usl (+at[s. lJ vvct .... .. ...... .. . 1 511 ,'hi tlE . I ,ll . . . ...................... i....... 1 5 lilt A'iri N 1111 A, Ll. s 'lSU lr llI G r;tlclt wilt rilt t I'II1I.!e, I'lulSt ( u-i- 1. ..... I')...... . ,u.... he 1'11.011( 11 l 1lt I5I~rtls iit the 1 n11 w h et, 11 01111 si ..t g e t ti 1011 "1 "ill fi," l +11.. . il. . .tl nlyt( :'lit i t l , .o I 11)1 . 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