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:m' sr u. i« •-. It I t» r. V- fa*. it. tPTKR I.—In an interview nt Genera be »--:oe:i Count Ferdinand yon Stroe'acl.the aged feeble premier of the Austrian empire, and Armltage, a Domes. He declares to Captain Claiborne &i* Interest tn Shirley, telling tilth that he is ZOILK to Washington because the girl lives Itaeie He assures DUk of his financial stand but leaves him veiy much In the dark as to trisMenty. VU—Zmal, traveling on the King idw«rri under an assumed name, tries to stsb montage at night a« he wilks on the deck with Hlvr^y. VIII—Theannouncemnntof thedeath the Austrian emperor breaka up a Washing ton leceptlon attended by Shirley. Armitage ind kiuvenet. Arniltace by a trick recovers n'.« Mvuret case from Ohauvenst. IX—Cbauva ael nukes love to Sbtrldy aud is snubbed. A. Uttl- later tbe girl Raves Armitage's llfo by cry tog jut as she sees Zmal about to stab him. X— vsttrBreuulg, ex sergeant In the Unite 1 States *rfy and informer years Armitage's Instruct or In shooting in the Austrian forest, enlists id AiciltagVs eervlee and Is sent to the lotter's es tate near Lamar Va, XI and XU—At a supper itvun by Hick Clalbourhe, Chauvenet denounces .fruitage as a false noblemau and Impostor. 0leltdemands explanation from Armltase. til j. the latter is unable to give at this time, jociarlng tbat his private affairs mast wait on Sbi larger matters in which he is involved. He (otiisUs-'ar at his Virginia bunting lodge, near which Is.the "Port of Missing Men." a clearing onoe held by some ^cntederftto soldiers who fcadxefuied to surender. The "port" la reached 'rj a dsngerous, rickety old bridge. XII]—Af •*r an letervlew. wltbtjhlrley on her father'ses tate, rear his o.wp. Armltaee runs into Chauve net at the girl's iate. XIV—Armitage accuses Uhfcuvenet of the murder of Von Siroebel and •varus him that he is playing a dangerous game in plotilne to place Francis on the Austrian ibrono. XV—Shlney rejects Chauvenet. As two talk on the roadtnwv are held up bv a *s K.nshlner, who mistakes Chauvenet for Arm* :tage. The natives are suspicious of Armitage's unexplained, presence at the hunting lodge, rtblrley saves Chauvenet's llfo by explaining {bat neither he nor Armitage is a government olllcer, XVI—Dick Claiborne learns from a Moptana senator that Armitage is not an im porter and sends this information to Shirley, he sees Armit%ge and Zmal fight at her own garden wall. The Servian escapes aftefstabb leg Armitage In the shoulder. The girl hides Armitage lo her father's otllce as Ur, aod Mrs, Jiatborne, accompanied by the Austrian am iinsstdor, Baroovon Marliof, enter the bouse, f. VII—1The ambassador Is worried by the weak a ass ,f the Lew Austrian emperor, Charles ^ou's and the danger lo his .nation Involved In die possible succession of Franols. Shirley dis plays much Interest In the perils surrounding •irm tage, XVJ Ly Oscar.* XXI—O car. meats Zutl and & S2S85ESIS rlfW THE PORT OF MISSING MEN ?fv "By Mehe-dith JVicholsojv. Avtkor of "Tb« House oi a Thousand Candles'* O I 1 0 0 7 E ,K»p the benefit of new subscribers wo print V-eTollowtngsynopsti of this story rilor to tills *-rtr ofthe Democrat) DOBRS-MERRILL young man or Kuropean birth ad Amer can education, tbe case of the Arch Karl ana bis son Frederick Augustus, miss together for several years, is discussed. Ar ."ut-fige assures von StroebeKtbat the two royal .•esuave both died In America. Armltago Is *»)so generally believed to be dead. Karl's writ Vn attack ou bis wife, denying the rltsbt of ^'ranci®, belr presumptive toihe throne, to be «aown HS lils son, has been stolen from Stroebel o? Julius Obaimnet, acting tor Francis. Von .•'trbdbel desires Armitage to "do something for «t(isirla," his native conntry, Chauvenet Is In orerted in an American glri staying at a Gene va hvte). II—Armitage Is introduced to Sbi-ley 'ttairborne and Captain Dlok CUlboroo, child j^n of a famous American diolomat, Much Xyetcry surrounds Armitage's.Identity. Ill— irm'tacels greatly Interested in Shirley, who .-•oos dim buying a watcb for tbo forman of his nontaua rancb. Count von Siroebel Is mur d* red In a railway oar on his way from Geneva Vienna, and Armitage tells Shirley, who Is on oa point of returning to America, Uat he ex p?cis to iheet the assassin soon In Geneva. IV Annltage spies on Chauvenet end Ills ac osucplice, Durand. and hears tlum plana\l*lt vi /inerica to rrocuro for Franols positive oraofa of the death of Karl and Frederick Au *ui»u8. Armitage is iught by the coDspira *.ort' servant. V—Armltw?o eboxpes from Zmal, ibo Servian servant, and reoaptures the arch duke's btitemont from Chnuveuet, He loses jicsret case, marked with the initials "F. A." icu the coat of arms of the Austrian Imperial family. Tuecaso i.9 found byOhauvonei and durand, who di'cusa the pgslblllty of the loser iGlrg the son of the archduke and heir to the Auttrian throne if Karl is really de*d. VI -On soard the steamer King Edward, boond from Mvorponl to New York, Armitage meets tbe II—Oscar is attacked by Znai viid captures the Servian, Armitage send! *ml back to Chauvenet with a note warnlns lm that bis plans and tbes-) of Durand. who Is no on his way to Ao-erica are known to their itended victim. In reply Cfe'uveh't threatens bill Armitage. XIX—At tbe Austrian am dassador's request Die 10 a'bot ne is dotalled to •earn something abcut.themysterious Armitage lio plot agal' st Charles ouls Is developing lu -itnna and Hungary. XX— Shirley goes at 3!gbt to warn ArmUage that her brother Is ijr-iut to watch him. The? meet at the old bridge, and a little later he returns home send ug Armitage's horse. cb he'had lent to her. of »%*"?. A i* O A N fights with him In the rialborne sheepfold. Arming's inin s°l/.es a mrssage carried by the so vlivn and Is himself Cjuxbt-by Dick, who reads the message. Zmii rsenpes. The mes sage is a cablegram uom Chauvenet to his VI. ennauc m. resdl-s simply. "Not later than Prldav." Un*een by Claiborne, Armitage takes Ojcar'st pi? h* prisoner, Shirley tells Airn itage thoccn enw the 'tiiioogram, and the young man lenvts thei''alborne mansion hur rledly with Oaoar. lilck goes to the hills on a mission from Von Marhof we can cut around aud get ahead of them and drive them back here to my ,laud." "To the Port of Missiug Men! It was made for the busiuess," said Clai borne. "Oscar, patrol the road here and keep an eye on the bungalow, and if you hear us forcing them down charge from this side. I'll fire twioe when 1 get near the Port to warn you, and If you strike them first give the same sig nal. Do be careful, sergeant, bow you shoot. We waut prisoners, you under stand, not corpses." Armitage found a faint trail and with Claiborne struck off into the for est near the main gate of his own grounds. In less than an hour they rode out upon a low wooded ridge and drew up their panting, sweating horses —two shadowy videttes against the lustral dome of stars. A keen wind whistled across the ridge, and the horses pawed the unstable ground rest lessly. l'he men jumped down to tighten their saddle girths, and they turned up their coat collars before mounting again. "Come! We're on the verge of morn ing," said Armitage, "and there's no time to lose." Chapter XX THE ATTACK IN T1IE HOAD. (HERE'S an abandoned lumber camp down here if I'm not mistak en. and if we've made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar nud near tbe railroad." Armitage passed bis rein to Clai bopie and pluuged down the steep road to reconnoil er. "It's a strange business," Claiborne muttered, half aloud. The cool air of the ridge sobered him, but he reviewed tbe events of the night without regret. Every young officer In the service would envy him this adven ture. He was so intent with the thought tbat he hummed' reveille and was about to rebuke himself for unsol dlerly behavior on duty when Armi tage whistled for him to advance. "It's all right they haven't passed yet I met a railroad track walker down there, and lie said he had seen no one between here and Lamar. Now they're handicapped by the big country horse they had to take for that Servian devil, and we. can push them as hard as we like. We must get them beyond Lamar before wc crowd them, *nd don't forget th{it we want to drive them into my land for the round up. I'm afraid we're going to have a wet When YOJ OuiO Supply of Feedstuff* consists of Bran. Shorts, Oil Meal, Coil on- Sfled Meal, Red DOIF, Cracked Corn. ^gseattSMtaMiagi Order Ctii.ent. "m a- lory-1 that we car .• tuJl ?tock of Uui orsnl'Piiithuid, nnd all kinds lo'piired by build !«s. Our ormunt is of romnilruM*-* line qna!itv and is part oularlv es tciMtied by. .builders ev- Wh l.» Corn and Oat (JIIOJIH, i.* a *£. Telephone 113 s-3 r/t 4 -t£(l morning." They rode Abreast beside the railroad through the narrow gap. A long freight train rumbled and rattled by, and a lit tle later they passed a coal shaft, where a begrimed night shift loaded cars under flaring torelics. "Their message to Wltikclriod Is slill on this side bf 'the Atlantic,'^ said Ar mitage, "but Winkolried is in a strong room by this time if the oxlstip^ pow ers at Vienna ale what they ought to be: I've done my best to get-him tlu»n\ The message would ouly help the case against him if they sent it" Claiborne groaned mockingly. "1 suppose I'll know what it's all about when I read It in the morning papers. 1 like tbe game well enough, but it might be more amusing to know what I'm fighting for." You enlisted without reading the ar ticles of war. and you've got to take the consequences. You've done what you set out to do, you've found me, and you're traveling with me over the Vir ginia mountains to report my capture to Baron von Marhof. On the way you are going to assist lu another affair that will be equally to your credit, and then if all goes well with us I'm going to give 'myself the pleasure of allow ing M. Chauvenet to tell you exactly who 1 am. T^ie incident appeals to my seuse of humor. I assume you I have one. Of course if 1 were not a person of 'very-*great distinction Clrau venet and his' friend Duraud would not have crossed the oceau and brought with them a professioual' as sassin, skilled 4u the use of smothetlng and knlliug, to do away with me. vou arc lu luck to be alive. We arc dan gerously near the same size and build and In the dark, on horseback"— •That was funny. 1 knew tbat If I ran for It they'd plug tue for sure and that if 1 waited until they saw their mistake they would be afraid to kill me. Ugh! I stilt taste the red soil of the Old Dominion." "Come, captain, let us give the horses a chauce to prove their blood. These roads will be paste in a few hours." The dawn was breaking sullenly, nud out of a gray, low hanging mist a light rain fell In the soft, monotonous fashion of mountaiu rain. Much of the time it was necessary -to maintain sin gle file, and Armitage rode ahead. The fog grew thicker as they advanced, but tbey did not lessen their pace, which had now dropped to a steady trot. Suddenly, as they swept on lieyond Lamar, they hear the bent of hoofs and halted. "Bully for us! We've cut In ahead of them! Can you count them. Clai borne?" "There are three horses all. right enough, and they're forcing tbe beasts. What's the word?" "Drive them back! Heady—here we go!" roared Armitage in a voice in tended to be beard. They yelled at tbe top of their voices as they charged, plunging into the ad vancing trio after a forty yard gallop. 'Not later than Friday'—back you go!" shouted Armitage and laughed aloud at the enemy's rout. One of the horses—'It seemed from its rider's yells to be Chauvenet's—turned and bolted, and the others followed back tbe way they had come. Sopn they dropped their pace to a 1 rot, but the trio continued to fly be fore them. "They're rattled," said Claiborne, "and the fog isn'(,lielp!ng them any." "We're getting close to-my place," said. Armitage and as he spoke two Shots fired in rapid succession cracked faintly through the fog, and they jerk* ed up their horses. "It's Oscar! He's a good way ahead if I judge the shots right." "If he turns them back, we ought to hear their horses in a moment," ob- -FLOUR j.. i. Our Roofing aild Roofing Paint j' In this department we handle the Eclipse Hoofing, manufactured txpressly for Fair banks, Morse & Co., and the Granite and Alcyium brands of Roofing paint. jtilljl H. MtWMtiKff femes. On* of th« ma Is turued and tried to' bolt, and bis rider, struggling to control him, added to the confusion. The fog shut them In with each other, and Armitage and Claiborne, baring flung barfc their own' horses at the onset, had an instant's glimpse.of Chauvenet trying to swing his horse Iqto the road, of Zmal half turning us bis horse reared to llsteu for the foe behind and of Durand's im passive wblte face as be steadied his horse with bis left hand and leveled a revolver nt Armitage with Ills right. With a cry Claiborne put spurs to his horse and drove him forward upon Du rand. His hand knocked the leveled revolver flying Into the fog. Then Zmal flred twice, aud Chauvenet's frightened horse, panic stricken at tbe shots, reared, swung round and dashed back the way he had come, and Du rand and Zmal followed. The three disappeared into the mist, and Armitage and Claiborne shook themselves together and quieted their horses. "That was too close for fun. Are you all there?" asked Armitage. •'Still in it, but Chauvenet's friend won't miss every time. There's mur der lu his eye. The big fellow seemed to be trying to shoot his own horse." "Oh, he's a knife and sack man and clumsy with the gun." They moved slowiy forward now. and Armitage sent his horse across the rough ditch nt the roadside to get his bearings. Tbe fog seemed at thc" point of breaking, and the mass about them shifted and drifted lii the growing light "This is my land, sure enough. Lord, man, I wish you'd get out of this and go home. You see, they're an ugly lot and don't use toy pistols." •"Remember the potato sack! That's my watchword," laughed Claiborne. They rode with their eyes straight ahead, peering through tbe breaking, floating mist. It was now so clear and light that they could see the wood at either baud, though -iifty yards ahead served Claiborne. "The fog muffles sounds. The road's pretty level in here." "Wo must let thein out of It anil Into my territory for safety. We're within a mile of the gate, and we ought to be able to crowd them Into that long open strip where the fences are down. Hang the fog!" The agreed signal" of ^two shots reached them again, but clearer,- like drum taps, and was Immediately an swered by scattering shots. A moment later, as tbe two riders moved forward at a walk, a sharp volley rang out quite clearly, and they heai*d Pilots and tbe crack of revolvers agaUi. "By George, they're coming! Here we go!" They put their horses to the gallop and rode swiftly through the fog. The beat of hoofs was now perfectly audi ble ahead of them, and they heard quite distinctly a single revolver snap twice. "Oscar has them on the ran. Bully for Oscarl They're getting close. Thank the Lord for this level stretch! Xovt liowl and let 'er go!" They "weflt'Torward, with yell that broke weirdly nnd chokingly 011 the gray cloak of fog, tliejr horses' hoofs pouudlng dully on the earthen road. The rain had almost censed, but enough bad fallen to soften the ground. "They're terribly brave or horribly scared, from their speed!" shouted £ttalbornc. "Now for.it!" They rose In their, stirrups and charged, gelling lustily, riding neck Oven Right, Tempera ture Right, Flour Ditto. got I 1 *rea I cake and pi«. Shoit story to tell abi 1rnth. The flour to be frank, inter es ns iflost, as we are the jobbers of the we'l Hkeu iblmrds Superla tive brand. But with out it im a basis, oven ^ud temperature all righ jour hiking may he all rong, ran no risk- get Hiibhnrils Superlative flour. and neck toward tho- unseen foe, and,! mist and rapid I posite the Court House, w|sce I will jcpntinue the feed and coal businsss, handling a complete, up-to-date stock ittii 'illSfcf in wrr dtvwtton tb» teg itUl iny itk* a barricade. "I should value a change of rai ment," observed Armitage. "There was at* advantage in armor—your duds might get rusty on a damp excursion, but your shirt wouldn't stick to your hide." "Who cares? Those devils are pret ty quiet, and the little sergenni Is about due to bump into them again." They had come to a gradual turn in the road at a point where a steep wood ed incline swept up ton the left. On the right lay the old hunting preserve aud Armitage's bungalow. As they drew into the curve they heard a re volver crack twice, as before, followed ^y answering shots nnd cries nnd the thump of hoofs. "Obee! Oscar has struck them agaiu. Steady now! Watch your horse!" And Armitage raised his arm high above his head aud fired twice as a warniug to Oscar. The distance between the contending parties was shorter now than at the lirst meet Ing, and Armitage and Clai borne bent forward in tbelr saddles, talking softly to their horses, that had danced wildly at Armitage's shots. "Lord, if we c:ui crowd them in here now and back to the Port!" "There!" Exclamations died on their lips at the instant. Ahead of 'them lay the fog. rising and breaking iu soft folds, and behind it men yelled and several shots Knapped spitefully on the heavy air. Then a curious picture disclosed itself "just at the edge of the vapor as though it were a curtain through which actors in a drama emerged upon a stage. Zmal and Chauvenet Hashed iuto view suddenly, and close behind them Oscar, yelling like mad. Me drove his horse between the two men. threw himself tlat as Zmal fired at him and turned and waved his hat and laughed at them then just before his horse reach ed Claiborne and Armitage he checked its speed abruptly, flung it about and then charged buck, still yelling, upon the amazed fee. "He's crazy: he's gone clean out of Ills head!" muttered Claiborne, re straining his horse with' dilliculty. "What do yon make of ItV" "He's having fun with them. He's just rattling them to warm himself up, the little beggar. 1 didn't know it was in him." Back went Oscar' toward the two horsemen he h:ul passed less than a minute before, still yelling, and tills time he discharged Ills revolver with seeming unconcern for the value of ammunition, and as he agaiu dashed Durand was out of sight, and Chau venet turned and looked behind him uneasily theu he spoke sharply to Zmal. Oscar's wild ri'de back and forth had demoralized the horses, which were snorting and plunging wildly. As Armitage and Claiborne advanced Chauvenet spoke again to Zmai and drew his own revolver. "Ob, for a saber now!" growled Clai borne. E~t It was not a moment for spe?nla iion or regret. Roth side* were perfect ly silent as Claiborne, leading slightly, with Armitage pressing close at his left, galloped toward the two .men who faced them at the gray wall of mist. They bore to the left with a view of crowding the two horsemen off tho road and Into the preserve, aild as they (neared them they heard cries through v» with their horses-»t their highest pace. Durand's horse leaped the dik-li at the they broke upon the mounted trio that' roadside just l:t'fnre it reiH-Ii ':I'Cliau now rode upon them grayly out of the *enrt and Znini. a:i.l rn:i :nv::y through mlgk the rough Liii:!ii•'i i:i tin. wood. There wa» a mad snorting and Oscar close behliul '::i:»l now. have removed from my former location into the building formerly ot&upied by the Manchester Auto Company on Main Street, op- Feed, Flour, Lime Cement, Plaster, Hard and Soft Coal, Roofing, Roofing Paint and Lubricating Oil My-Motto:—Full Weight Full Measure Reasonable Prices Our Chicken 5 A. comprises Corno hen feed, the ingredients of which are wheat, cracked corn, kaffir corn and sunflower' seed mixed wheat liarley, cracked com, clam shells and Gritt A Fairbanks-Morse, Five-ton Scales, with Compound Beam, has been installed at our new location, upon which we will be pleased to weigh your produce. In our new quarters we will be glad to meet and serve all our old customers and all new ones who may favor us with their patronage We aim tocarry a complete stock of the best goods in our line, at reasonable prices, extending to each and every customer fair and courteous treatment. v-.v!- .it.-J IIOAMC heats, und Underground Work.,-,': results in fires for con fort and fires for manu facturing nv, vs. But underhand work can bring satisfaction no ic. We try 1). hon est with you, and proni isa jthing Tor our co.il t'.iat weeannofrrarrv out Our Cement and Plaster Stock includes the Northwestern States Portland und the Universal Portland cement 00111 pauiea high class goods, iu plaster, we factored by the Plymouth Gypsum com pany of Ft. Dodge. yirtivriy intent on his bupinena. Tbe revolvers of Zmai and Chauve net cracked together, and they, too. turned their horses into the vood. and away they all went, leaving tbe road clear. "My horse got It that time!" shouted ,Claiborne. "So did 1," replied Armlbigc. "Put never you mind, old man, we've got them corncrod now.*' Claiborne glanced at Armitage and saw bis right hand, still holding ills revolver, go to his shoulder. "Much damage?" "it stt uck a lutrd place, but,J am slill fit." The blood streamed from the neck of Claiborne's horse, which threw up its head aud Snorted in pain, but kept bravely on at the trot in which Armi tage had set the pace. "Poor devil! We'll have a reckoning pretty soon," cried Annltage cheerily. "Xo kingdom is worth a good horse." They advanced at a trot toward the Port. "You'll be afoot any minute now, but we're in good shape and on our own* soil, with those carrion between us A Cluibtunc jumped ju*t 'tlx (he iroiuidcif miiwul rolled otvf and a gap they wuii care to drop Into. I'm oft for the gate. Yon wait here, and if Oscar fires the signal givt? the answer." Armitage galloped off lo the right and 'laIbo:*nc Jumped from his hoive ju*t a.*, tl:- wtfitudcd animal trembled for a moment, sank to its knees rolled over dead., I TO «B '•ONTIM'KD.L between (hem aud back through the gray curffiln Armitage gave the word,! Was Entitled to Trouble. and he and Claiborne swept on at a Lord Pnliiierston and Sir .!. l'MKet. gallop. who told the story, were walking-down iii.i it fiinna till tltlil Bond street. A man came up and saluted the statesman. "How do you do. Lord Palmerston?" •*Ah. how do*? C.iri.l lo see you. How's the tfld complaintV" The stranger's face clouded over.Hfsd* he shook hiS|bcad. "Xo better." "Dear me! So sorry! Glad to have met you. Goodby." "Who's your friend?" asked Sir James when tbe stranger had "Xo idea." "Why. you asked him about his old complaint." "Pooh, pooh!" replied the other un concernedly. "The old Tellow's- well over sixty: bound to have something the matter with him."—London (Jlobe. Diverging, Husbandr-I'm afraid I'm -becoming cross eyed.-my dear. Wife—The idea! Why do you tjiink thatV Husband— This tiling of trying to look at my In come nud our expenses at the same time is slowly Jhut surely getting its work in.—Chicago'' News "v, 9 ••uth Whiskers Trade, ^In the south seas whiskers is a rari ty," said a sailor. "Most of ther.i tliero Maoris has hairless faces, like a girl's. When a young Maori, at the age cC sis teen or so. tinds himself endowed with whiskers he blesses the day wheu he was born, for now, by tar. he know: his whiskers will keep him from want iu hfs old age. "Pusszlln*. ain't II? I'll explain It out to you. "The Maori chiefs down 'Tahiti way wears a complicated headdreSs. ami a necessary part of this liere hoaddrer.^ is a lot of stiff tufts of white whiskers. The headdress makers pays for white whiskers their weight In gold. "So. you see, old fellers with suowy spinach is iu demaud lu the south seas. Contractors keeps herds of these old fellers, the same as drovers keeps sheep, and reg'lar in June and Decem ber tbe scmlnuuual shearin* comes off. „"Tbe curly whjtc harvest Is loaded on to pirogues, and the contractors puts out over the roarln* coral reefs, aud from Istaud to Islaud sells to the chiefs big handfuls of that there suowy .fluff for Its weight In French gold"—New Orleans Times-Democrat. The Bottle at Ship Launches. Down to Charles II.'s time It was customary to name and baptize a ship after she was launched, sometimes a week or two after. The old Tudor method used for men-of-war was still In use. Pcpys* "Diary" shows that. The ship was safely got .afloat, after which some high personage went on board with a speclnl silver 'Standing cup" or "llaggon" of wine, out of which he drauk, naming the ship, and poured a llbntlon on the quarter deck. The cQp was then generally glfen to the dockyard master shipwright as a .me rneuto. When did the present usage of naming and baptizing a ship before she is scut afloat come in? I trace tbe last explicit mention of the old method to 100-1, when the Royal Katherlne was launched (see Pepys). The first men tion of smashing a bottle of wine ou the bo\vs of a British man-of-war that have fouud Is in a contemporary newspaper cutting of May, 1780. de scribing the christenlug of 11. M. S Maguanlme at Deptford, but nothing is hinted tliat.it was then a new custom —Loudon Notes and Queries. London In 1784. In 1734 M. La Combe published a book entitled "A Picture of London," in which, inter alia, he says, "The highroads thirty or forty miles round Londou are tilled with armed highway men and footpads." This, was then pretty true, though the. expression "filled" Is somewhat of an exaggera tlon. The medical student of fifty or more years ago seems to have been tm. tic I pated in 1784. for M. La Combe tells us that "the brass knockers of doors, which cost from 12:shillings to.15 slill lings, arc stolen at night If the mal forgets to unscrew them." a pivcautioi which seems to ha ye gone tint of fash Ion. nlHl M. La Combe lu another part of hh book exclaims: "How are you changed Londoners! Your,women are becoui bold, Imperious aud expensive. Hank rupts aud beggays, coluers. spies an informers, robbers nud pickpocket abound. The baker mixes alum In hi bread. The btkiwer puts opium copper tilling lu his beer. The n: woman spoils her milk with snails. Caught Him, Mrs. Hoyle—I've found out where my husbaud spends his evenings. Mrs. Doyle—Where? Mrs. Hoyle—At home. You sec, I had fo stay in myself last night.—Harper's Weekly. That is every man's country where he lives best.—Aristophanes. Something* to Crow Over (Dnr iv.-fj'oso of busi •95-s ak -s UK feel good Thotv's a read -n for. it. NTor is 'ho cause far to •»ejk. We handle best va i« ties of grain and feed, ,M :ranteo everything to SJO just as represented, fiwl s.'lafc lowest possi ble I 'ricco. We keep on hand always a larg£ and o.i.-(ltte stock, study the wants of our custom ers, aud Hill orders with promptness and reliabili ty. Our Stock of Coal includ .s Scranton nud ]^ehigh authriicit or hard coal and in" the bitumenous we car ry the Centerville lump, Tolnca Chunks, Washed Egg, or cook stove coql. Winifred Splint, Suuday, Hockiug Valley, Black hawk, Decatur also Solvay Coke. Manchester I Iowa Jr 3. W r-A? T- I DELAWARE OOUNTt Abstract CD AfiSH RACTh. LOANS an CO^VK YAftO 'NO* 1 Office In First Najy^ Bank Building r-% Ord'm hy 1 r-ti -:t rit or, Wt» huve COUlpfol* CopffH Of 4il •»J I 'pJdw-tre ENfii'8 BOO&Si Foley's Honey and Tar clea air pusses, stops the Irritation-si the throat, sooches the Inflamed branes, and the most obstinate coii disappears. Sore and inflamed lufl? are healed and strengthened and tin cold-Is expelled from the system. U'l fuse any but the genuine in the ye low package.—Anders & Phillips. Compound Vaoor, Tub Shampoo Baths. Baths gi nt nant ijettT bftthr,, it* eoU ntific tv.tj Yitt«d: ir cowed venting ciT IngdleebFf. Vapcr •Tub, and Shampoo. Ladies' Departmcrg LADIES' DEPART MENT. Better Equipt Than Ever Before. My lfdli. pfertrceiit is charge of Kf Nellie lluwj an expert it* 'art of tiatbi and poolog. Oflioeand bath rooms on^Fran •treet, opposite Glohe Motel. Q. D. GATI Winter blasts, causing pneuin pleurisy and consumption will be here. Cure your cough? now, I): 1 strengthen your lungs with Fole] Honey arid Tar. Do" not risk sty the winter with weak lungs, wh ey's Honey and Tar will ctsuV most obstinate coughs and colds,' prevent serious results.—-Anders^ Phillips. f»» tai ttrumble, ny tfcke tumble, 4 m's Plcnlpjewij,.-- il »ti y* ti t?«»* Bpfrcrm Tt»f»v yourJUi ntfem seeeoti. All draggiaU Raw Lungs. When the lungs are sore n! flamed, the germs of- pneumotij consumption find lodgement ail tiply. Foley's Honey and Tary the cough germs, ccures the 'most stinate racking cough, heats the and prevents serious results. Th* uine is in the yellow package.: ders Philipps. A IN IN All kinds of exterior and intej painting, A specialty madexif riage painting. Prices reaaop ma satisfaction guaranteed.^ S. •}. Over Alk'neon'r BIfirfcfH)i4h.i If You Are Over Fifty Read Most people past middle age Huj from kidney and bladder diaoi) which Foley's Kidney Remedy cure. Stop,- he drain pn the yj and restore nedd strength* an| Commence taking Foley's Kldijtt edy today.—Anders & Piiiiiipsjey Hexamethylenetetramine. Tl.e above is tho name of man chemical, which is one cf many ingredients of Foley's KiM Remedy. Hexamethylenetetratt| ••ecognized by medical text book iithoritl^s as a uric acid solve) antiseptic for the urine. Take lie ..edy as saon as"you )y irrejuiiritias, anil avcid a serj malady. HOL'.ISTEH'S '-ckv Tea a Unsy ir ror Busy People. Brings QuiJou flr •. tnd Rentved Vigi A for Atlon, IndlgeUlonJ, r'I Kl«hu»y Trouble? ,'imples. EczemvlS wood, Du«l Broath. l&cish Bowels, Mid UACKUcbo. It*s m#— forn», B5 ct»Qts oky Mountain box. Qenulae w' Nadlapn, Wl iDLOEf .JliflGEY H-S' •ANY, P0R SALLOW E. E. COWI.ES, Tropic or ,| A IN Am prepared to do tU kinds'kj ay line. Moving tn mtoU lustra od boufiettold roods *ui he^r artiolei Hfuldoone rtione So SI6&. If you suffer from constipation a] liver trouble Foley's Orino LaxaU will ccure you permanently by stia lating the digestive organB so th will act naturally. Foley's Orino Lj ative will cure you permanently stimulating the digestive organs they will act naturally. Foley's Or_ Laxative does not gripe, is pieqsafl to take and you do not Irave to tak| laxatives continually after taking no. Why eontinue to be the slat of pills and tablets.— Anders & Phn lpps. \r -u Vf