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THE QUI MILL miSTEBY
By Arthur W. Marchmont, B. A.
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CHAPTER Xl-COWTIWCID
Mary wo* tho first to recover her
•elf-possession, anil rose from the
ground with a feeling of intense thank-
fulness to Uixl for the escape whloh
she hull hail from death. Ulbeon
J'rawlo was unable to rise for some
time; but Mary, whenonoo she had sat-
isfied herself that lie was unhurt, felt
that she need not stay longer with him.
"You can Ret home now, Ulbeon,
san't you?" she asked.
••Yes," he replied somewhat faintly.
"Are you (foingV
"Yes, I want to get home. Mother
trill wonder where I nm. aud this ex-
plosion will frighten her."
"Mary," he called to her, as she was
moving away, "are you going to say
anything about what you heard to-
night; or will you leave it to me?"
"Those men tried to take my life,"
exclaimed tho girl, shuddering. "I
had done them no harm, and should
have done nothing, llut now I shall
make no promises."
"Don't bring me Into it, lass," whined
the man. "Let rae be a witness to
bear out what you say. I know all
the details. I could fix It on the others
there."
Tho girl's lip curved in her scorn at
the man's cotvardiec.
"I have saved your life for you; for
tho rest, you must take your chance
with the others."
"Spare me, Mary; for God's sake
don't bring me Into'lt," he called to
her as she walked away, and when she
did not answer ho fell back on tho
ground and almost wept in Ills alarm
and anxiety.
The girl's nerves had been sorely
shaken by the events of tho night,
anil she was anxious to get home. The
path lay near the scene of the explo-
sion, and as she passed she met num-
bers of people of all classes rushing
out from tho village to learn the cause
of the commotion.
For a moment she stood amongst
them, listening to the expressions of
alarm and wonder that were freely in-
dulged in on all hands as tho people
clustered round the site of tho explo-
sion.
Presently, to her astonishment, Mary
rccognlzed Ilamcr. lie wos moving
actively about, searching everywhere
among the debris, indulging in loud ex-
clamations of astonishment and curi-
osity as to what had happened. After
awhile, Mary observed two more of the
men, whose manner and looks wero In
striking contrast to the easy indiffer-
ence of llamer. They were pale, anil
it struck the girl that they were search-
ing for what they feared to find. They
utood for a moment in conference, and
the girl judged from Hamer's gestures
that ho was endeavoring to reassure
the other two.
• When they separated, Mary moved to
a point where she could intercept them,
and then she approached them unob-
served.
Just as she reached them she over-
heard llamer say to the others:
"Nonsense, men. Go away and sink
your fears in a pot of ale, ond find some
Hutch courage if you can't manage any
of your own. How the devil can either
of them have escaped? The girl
hadn't a notion of the plant, and she
wus bound hand and foot, even if she
had; while that white-livered coward,
l'raw'- couldn't have got back his few
silly wits in time to tell her anything.
What chance do you suppose you would
have had if you'd been nursing that
machine? Why, there wouldn't have
been as much of you left clinging to-
gether as would cover a shilling. Hah!
I've no patience with skunks. Dead
tongues can't clatter, that's the long
and tho short of it."
"No, You're right, Jos llamer. Dead
(tongues can't clattcr. Hut yon're not
a murderer yet, for oil your effort
As Mary said this, she moved close to
l]*e three men ond looked steadily ot
theui. Tho two looked round us if
writhing to run away. But llamer re-
turr<ed her gaze sturdily, steadily and
.defiantly.
"Whatdo you mean? Who are you
calling murderer? Who are you? What
do you want bothering me?"
"That Indifference may do with
•others, but not with me," answered
tho girl, firmly. Then as a thought
«trnck her, site added: "All I say
■Oibcon Trawlc is ready to confirm."
"The hqnnd!" muttered tho man.
Then, sullenly: "What do you want?"
Mary now thought how best she
could serve her lover, anil framed her
conditions in that view.
"I shall say nothing If by to-morrow
«rventng all the men who were in the
r.bed lust night have left the village,
never to return. Those who stop will
find themselves in the humlr, of tho
police."
CD AFTER XII.
"TtlBT BAT THAT TOM HoTLAKCK IS A THIBF."
On tho following day Mary was un-
ablo to go to tho mill. The strain
and the excitement of tho previous
flight hod mado her ill, and she had to
keep her bed. In the evening she was
ivor.se. and for some days silo suffered
from a spccies of low fever. On tho
third day Savannah told her that the
strike was over and that several of tho
more prominent strikers had left the
-village.
"IIos Glbeon I'rawle gone with the
rest?" she asltod.
"No," answered Savannah. "I hear
that lie's been round to Gorrlnge to
bog to be taken back again. Hut, of
.•ourac, he Isn't to be."
• "I should think not," cried Mary,
■♦•after having been tho cause of all the
(trouble."
"Gorrlnge is in high spirits at having
tioatcn the men," said wavannali. "lie
AhlnkB he's done it all. That's always
the way with your masterful men."
"I'm glad he's won," said Mary
Abo had noticed a change in Utvan-
nub's manner toward* her during the
days she had been shut up by bar ill-
ness and It had made her thoughtful.
"Why are you glad? Do you like
htm?" asked Savannah, quiokly, look-
ing keenly and searehingly at Mary.
"Like him? What has that to do
with the utrlke? I am glad, because If
be had not won the strike would have
had to go ou indefinitely. He would
never have given In."
"Ugh! Sometimes 1 hate him!" erled
Savannah, flashing out into sudden
rage. "lie's a devil!"
"Savannah!" exclaimed Mary, In as-
tonishment at the other's quick ve-
hemence. "Why, what has he done to
make you say that?"
"I hate him!" orled the girl agsln,
the auger Hashing out of the depths of
her dark blue eyes while hur faco
crimsoned with passion. "I hate him!
If I had a chance I'd kill him!"
"Savannah, what Is It? What has
he done to you to make you like this
to him?" said Mary, gently laying her
hand on the other's.
"What has he done? Why, he— Hut
what is It to you?" she cried, snatching
her hand from Mary's, and turning on
her with quick impetuous fury. "What
do you como sneaking and trying to
catch me tripping for, and saying that
which you think will give you a hold
over me, with your fawning touch and
jour false softness? You are all false.
You ar1 all njalnst me. Yon are all
devils together. Hut yon don't catch
me tripping—not till I had uiy way and
won m.v purpose. Ho don't you think
It;" and with a loud, mocking laugh
she hurrried out of the room, leaving
Mary full of wonderment and fear at
her strange words and stranger
ner.
Hut Mary In the days of her illness
had a greater trouble than Savannah's
eccentricity. Tom came only very sel-
dom to the cottage to ask after her;
and In all the week that she lay In bed
she did not once see him.
She saw Reuben Gorrlnge before sho
saw Tom. He had called at the cot-
tage every day when he had learnt of
her Illness, and had brought her fruit
aud flowers and delicacies.
"You have been ill, indeed," he said,
taking her hand, and looking iuto hor
eyes with a look ot grave concern on
his dark face.
"And you have been winning battles
over the men," she said, and smiled,
not very brightly, although the mun's
sympathy touched her.
"Yes, wo have won. Rut it is as
much your victory as mine," ho said.
"Why? What do you mean?" This
with a quick look.
"Thatyou took the same (ideas I.
If you had gone against me I should
not have attempted to light. You arc
all In all to mo still, Mary."
Tho girl's rather palo face flushed
under the look which accompaniod
these words.
"Mr. Gorringe"—she began.
"Stay. I forgot myself, Mary. I om
sorry. I won't offend again. I know
what yon would say. Hut the look of
you so pale and weak and feeble made
mo forget myself ond my promise—
everything but my feelings. I nm a
selfish brute. Hut there. It's past. For-
give me." And ha held out his hand.
She gave him hers for a moment, and
then withdrew it She could not bo
angry with him.
"Now tell me.are you really stronger?
I want to know that particsilarly; I
have reasons."
"Yes, I om quite strong." %
"What caused your Illness?"
"I—I scarcely know. A chill,, most
likely. Caught on the night when that
strange explosion took place. Did you
ever find out what that was?" asked
Mnry, shuddering involuntarily at tho
recollection of the time.
"Never. Hut I hove my suspicions."
"What are they?"
"I believe an attempt was Intended
to be made upon tho mill and that in
some way, how 1 know not, it tvas
frustrated."
Mary was silent.
"Rut there is another mnttcr 1 want
to speok of. As tho bother with the
people is now over, there'll be no need
to take such care where the hands
lodge. You have done well to keep
Savannah Morbyn here so long, but
now she can look for some other pluco."
"Arc you going to keep her on <-.t the
mill?" asked Mary.
"You would not have me turn away
those who 6tood by me in the time of
trouble, would you?" he asked, not
quite at his ease. "Rut there is no
reason why Blie should not got lodg-
ings elsewhere."
"I don't wish to turn her out," said
Mary. "Mother and I are used to hav-
ing her now in the house, though at
first I was a little scared at her goings
on at times. She's a bit queer."
"Eh? llow do you mean o bit queer?
What docs she do?"
"Oh, she doesn't do anything," an-
swered Mnry, with a feeblo laugh.
"Hut sho says curious things."
"Then the sooner she Is out of the
house the better," said Gorringe, and
Mary was astonished at the earnest
ness of his tone.
Gorrlnge rose directly afterwards to
e°-
"Ry tho way, will you tell Tom that
the new mule frames will be in early
to-morrow, and that the earlier he can
get at them the better?"
"I will if I see him," answered Mary
not meeting the other's eyes.
"Won't lie. be in, then, to-night?"
"I don't know," she said, with a lit-
tle hesitation. "If it's important you'd
better leave word at his cottage."
"Oh!" was nil the reply that Reuben
Gorringe made; but Mary seemed to
read in it plenty of hidden meaning.
She blushed, and then, woman-like, be-
gan to make excuses for Tom.
"He lias been so busy at the mill
lately that ho has not had much time
to be here." she said.
"Nay, not at the mill." answered
Gorringe, his heart beating high at tho
knowledge that Tom seemed to bo
neglccting hor. "I have not kept him
late onco. Ho must have some other
reason: somo work at homo, perhaps,"
ho said.
Hut she understood the look he gave
her when shaking hands, and she felt
humiliated at finding herself in such a
position.
When her mother came Into the
room she found Mary lost In her
dreurns.
"Why don't you marry him, Mary?"
sho aslted, after awhile, when she
heard that Gorringe had been In.
"Why don't you marry him?"
"Why should I prefer him to Tom,
mother?" was her roply. "If you think
Reuben Gorringe is tho better man,
you're t he only body in Walkden Rridge
that thinks so."
"He's a man that knows his mind,
whether he'B better or worse In other
things," answered her mother sharply,
"and that's more than some other
folks seem to do. If ho gets a bite, ho
holds on. Look at his money, too."
"Whot of his money? He's only
manager at tho mill."
"Ah, maybe, lint he's got a shed on
his ora account, and, I warrant me,
he's got a tidy sized stocking ond that
It's pretty full."
"Very likely. Rut I don't want his
money I can earn enough to keep me,
and I'd rather die a weaver lass and
naught else than wed a man I couldn't
love."
"Well, then, set to work and love
Reuben Gorringe If you
preolous obstinate, jrou'd have done It
long since, Instead of maundering on
with that Tom Roylance; Addling and
fuddling about and doing naught else.
I've no patience witb you."
Mary made no reply to this, rihe bad
had more than one dispute with ber
mother on the same subject, aud there
had been high words between them oc-
casionally.
"Why don't you do as I tell you,
Mary, lass?" continued Mrs. A hworth,
after a pause lu whloh she bad waited
volnly for a reply.
"I don't want to talk about It now;
I'm not well enough," said Mary.
Rut her mother did not mean to give
up her efforts to induce Mary to take
what ahe regarded as the proper course
In regard to marriage. Moreover, she
had turned against Savannah, and
when Mary told her what Reuben Gor-
rlnge hud said about the girl seeking
some other lodging Mrs. Ashworth
was pleased.
"I'm glad of it, that I am. I'll tell
Savannah this very night whbt lie's
said, and the sooner she packs the bet-
ter. And there's no reason now why
we should keep her. Where Is she
*"s ' -muHew. Mm .
•*/>-
"I don't know. Maybe with Tom's
father."
"More likely with Tom himself," said
Mrs. Ashworth, speaking at random in
her Irritation, and having no particu-
lar meunlng for the words.
"Mother!" cried Mary.
"Mary," answered the mother, Imi-
tating her tone.
"If you don't wont to drive me outof
the room you won't say such things aa
that," said Mary, quietly. "They pain
me."
"All right, my lass, I won't say any-
thing more."
She was fond of the girl, and had no
wish to hurt her feelings. Rut she
was very anxious to see her married to
Reuben Gorringe, and was^thus very
often a most Injudicious advocate of
the lotUv's cause.
She went now to the girl's side and
bent over her and kissed her.
"I'm sorry I grieved you, my lass,"
she said.
"It's ull right, mother," answered
Mury, looking up, and smiling. "I
know what you wish, but it can't be. I
eau't marry a man without coring for
him. It goes against nature. Try not
to wish It or speak of It again."
She went out of tho kitchen then,
and thus the discussion ended, as all
the tulle on that subject did, by each
kecpiug hor own opinion.
The next two or three days were a
time of great trouble to the girl. She
recovered her strength quickly, though
ahe was not able to go to the mill, and
Indeed was compelled to irtop In the
house. Hut what perplexed and wor-
ried her most was tho fact that Tom
Roylance only came once to see her,
and then only for a short time, during
the whole of which he seemed U1 at
ease mid quite unlike himself.
Muvunnuh Morbyn left the Ash-
worths' cot tage on the day after Reuben
Gorringe had spoken about It. She
went away with scarcely o word,
simply telling Msry that she was going,
anil where she hud found lodgings.
Then came dreadful news.
Savannah had lieen to sit with Mary
two evenings, and on the evening of
the (lay before Mary intended to go
back to work she came in a state of
great excitement.
"What's tho matter, Savannah?"
asked Mary.
"Have you heard any news?" asked
the other.
"News? IIow should I hear news?
I have not been out."
"Has no one been to see you?"
"No."
"Have you seen Tom—Tom Iloy-
lancc?" asked Savannah.
"No. What of him?"
"Nay. Thut's what I would ask
yon."
"Is anything wrong. Savannah?
What ti it? Tell me quick. Don't
keep me in suspense. What is it?"
Mary spoke rapidly and eagerly.
"I don't know whot It is," answered
the other girl, not meeting Mary's
eyes, which were fixed upon her faco.
"llut I have heard."
"Then what Is it? Tell me. You
hovo come to toll mc; why don't you
do so at oncc? If he is not ill, and
nothing lias happened to hurt him, it
cannot be anything very serious. Is
he having tho mill, or lias ho quar-
reled with Reuben Gorringe?"
Savannah bent her dark eyes on the
others' face. At the look Mary seemed
to feel a strange fear chill her heart,
but she would not,show,it, and smiled.
"What I have to tell you will be a
shock to yon," said Savannah, deliber-
ately. "Can you bear it?"
"I can bear ft better than your mys-
terious silencc. What is it they say,
and who ate 'they?'"
"They cay that Tom Roylance is a
thief," said Savannah, in the same de-
liberate and Impressive tone.
Mary Ashworth burst into a lough.
"Then they arc fools, whatever they
are," sho said. "Tom a thief! The idea!
why it's preposterous!" Then her in-
dignation roae fast. "Rut who are
tlie.v who daro to take away his char-
acter? And what is it they daro to say
he has stolen?"
"Jloney," answered Savannah. "The
money of the sick fund of which he is
secretary, and his accusers are the
trustees. Tho money is missing."
"Uhauio on tlieni!" cried Mary, fum-
lug with indignant anger. "It's a
cock and bull story at the best Where
is he?"
Savannah did not notice the ques-
tion.
"They ay tho books have been ex-
amined and :.re found to be wrong,
and that there is a considerable sum
of money which ought to bo in hand,
and that they can't get it. Ilo hasn't
it."
".Silence, Savannah!" caied Mary,
with sudden, llercc energy. "Ill hear
no more against him from anybody.
It's all u puck of lies from beginning to
end, anil I won't have it even spoken of
before me. Where is he?"
Without waiting for a reply tho girl
rose from tho easy chair in which sho
had been sitting, and taking down her
hut and jacket from behind the door
begun to put them on, her hands
trembling and quivering with sup-
pressed excitement.
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DOWN THE POTOMAC.
Instructive Account of a Charm-
ing Oanoo Voyage.
A Trip Which Ifuet I'rove llevelatlnn to
the lM\ r ul Nature - Some line
Maniple* ot I.Nomenclature
-The Aqula yimrrle..
(Special Waabiagton Letter ]
The Washington t'unoc awwwiotlon la
an orgoiilnutiiiii of which any chief of
the old Analostans, l'uwlowiuncka. Ao-
ciunties, or Susquehsnnns w.mlil huve
been very proud. In the days of tho
nlKirlglnc* the placid Potomac was
plowed by tho dug-out. bircli-liark
and rufted handicraft of ambitious cop-
per-oolored sportsmen ond worrlors.
Thoy went u-lishing in those duys, but
they did not go guuuing. They had
bows and arrows anil crude traps; but
«uch as they had they used for captur-
ing or killing tho reed-birds, ortolans,
ducks, deer and other guuie. They In-
vaded the flats and marshes, and
tramped over the islands for mere wan-
tonness. 'i'hey hud tribal fleets, too,
and went to war as heroically and fero-
ciously as did their white brethren be-
yond the trackless Atlantic wuste. Rut
they had no Armada, noruny pauoplled
flotilla such asthot in which Cleopatra
led Marc Antony to disgrace and In-
fomy
Tho modern fleet of canoes has its
headquartors ncur the spot on which
the greatest battle was ever fought In
prc-hlstorio times. Tho Analostans.
Accomucs und Powtowmacks formed a
confederacy; a sort of til-partite agree-
ment for their mutuul protection
against the Invading hordes of the
north, colled Susquehnnnas. Tho lnt-
ter tribe cuino down like wolves on the
fold. Their ranks were as tho sands of
the seashore in numlier. Rut, u[>on one
occasion, when they came by laud ond
by water, the southern confederacy of
copper-colored warriors entrenched
themselves upon an eminence (now-
known as Observation hill), repulsed
them, drove them back, followed and
smote them hip and thigh; so thut they
never ognin approached the Potomac
region. Kven until this day the bones
of those slain in that greut battle on
the river, as well as on the land, nnd
thut on Analostan island, midway bc-
VWccn tho river banks, ore occasionally
exhumed, when buildings arc erected
on tho spot where thousunds of dusky
warriors battled for supremacy. It is
neor 1 his battleground thut the modern
fleet casts and weighs onehor to-day.
Hut tho complete crafts of the pleas-
ure-seekers are models of cuse and com-
fort. In such a safe vessel as the lit-
tle Mariner, it is a greut pleasure to
explore the l>ays ond shores of the
iower river. .For several days prcceed-
lng the cruise, octlve preporations liud
been going on to Insure a complete out-
fit, and the tent, cooking utensils,
blankets and provisions wero now
snugly stowed under the deck 111 such
a manner as to ballost tho cruiser for
her best sailing. Rapidly the familiar
shores of the river near the city were
passed, and onco under the long bridge
we felt that our cruise had reully be-
gun. The temptation to stop fur a
brief visit to tho wooded bluffs of tho
Four Mile run, a favorite rendezvous
of the Potomac canoeists, was resisted
by a desire to make eainp as far down
the river as possible the first night, so
we kept our course in mldohanucl
past Alexandria the former homo of
Lord Fairfax, and Jones' Point just be-
low, where on April 15,1701, the initial
corner stone of the preseut District of
Columblu was loid by a notable gather-
ing of distinguished ofllcials, in ac-
cordance with President Washington's
proclamation of March 30, 1TU1, an-
nouncing the bounds of the new feder-
al territory afterwards named the lMs-
trlct of Columbia. The preseut light-
house at Jones' Point stands on the
site of the interesting ceremonies, and
In the beginning of this century it was
proposed to erect a strong fort there to
be called "Columbla'incommemoration
of the event.
The Mariner is so different in every
way from the original craft colled
"eanoe"~ that it seems to be a greot
misnomer. In the first place uo
ore required for its propulsion, for it
has two large, light but strong sails
which make it leap through and over
disupiKiurs from view Juat us the his-
toric mansion st Mount Vernon to
. one und three-fourths iniluJ
away. Allsullls now crowded ou and
our lioat hooded for this hospitable
shore, where we know a hearty wel-
come awaits us. After a short call
here and n 11 appetizing lunch undef
the spreading trees we arc away again,
passing l oug creek, just below Mount
Vernon, where. It Is said. lien. Woah-
lugton used to go duck hunting, ond h«
also made a careful survey of thto
reck and gavo it soundings on soma of
his charts.
HulGoorga Washington never wout
gunning in such u craft as this. He
hud yawls and skiffs.propelled by ourt
In the hands of sons of Hum. whe
worshiped him as their master. Ilo
used a llint-lock gun. too; uud they d<:
say thut wlion powder aud flint failed
to work satisfactorily that greot and
good man sometimes said things which
have found uo place in history. Ills
favorite explosive was an anglicism of
ly knows right prlnA
il to him who love*
MISCELLANEOUS.
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Bias la not eqi
them.—Con fuel
■The bodies of
with a thick down because these insects
By by night and need protection from
KNQLISM ROYALTY.
a niHC'll ilauk affair.
Martial Aatronoeay.
Men may bo good Boldiers without
being scholars, ond it is also true that
men may be amusing when they aro
weighed down by the gravest responsi-
bilities.
On the evening before a solar eclipse
not long ago tho colonel of a regiment
of German infantry sent for all his
sergeants and Hold to them:
"There will bo an eclipse of the sun
to-morrow. The regiment will meet
on the parade ground in undress. I
will come and explain the eclipse be-
fore the drill. If the day is cloudy the
men will meet in the 1 drill shed as
The sergconts thereupon drew up the
following order of the day:
"To-morrow morning, by order of
tho colonel, there will be an eclipse of
tho sun. Tho regiment wUl assemble
on the parade grounds, where the
colonel will come and superintend the
eclipse In person. If the day is cloudy
tho eclipse will take place in the drill
shed."— Youth". Companion.
Relow Doug creek the river widens
nnd l>ogHns to turn gradually south-
ward, and, after passing Marshall hall,
the course is laid for the steep wooded
luff on the Virginia shore, nt the lmse
f which the well-known Virginia
white house nestles cosily among the
great trees. This point, now complete-
ly abandoned, was once a. famous sum-
mer resort, and us early as 1813 several
Hvcly skirmishes occurred between tho
colonial batteries on the shores of
White House cliffs and Indian Head
and the fur superior Rritlsh force, con-
sisting of ten vessels, carrying 173
guns, which were then retreating
down the Potomac after the Rritisli In-
vasion of Washington. Juat below
White House Is Gunston cove, on the
south shore of which is Gunston hall.
f tho famous mansions of Vir-
ginia. On Pohlck creek, too. a tribu-
tary of Gunston cove, is old Pohlck
church, erected in 17B5, of which Wash-
ington was a vestryman; nnd among
those who also worshiped there were
the Masons onil Fairfaxes. It Is a
good day's sail to Mottawoman creek,
nnd a good place to camp for the night
is nt Deep Point. Md.. nearly opposite
Quantico, Vu. Rut those creatures of
Divine providence, the mosquitos, en-
joy feasting npon the tender dermis of
a city-bred canoeist fully as well as
their ancestors enjoyed copper-colored
flesh nnd blood. After a well-nigh
sleepless night it is always pleasant to
get out upon tho water again. The
pleasure-seeker who has a good guldo
with him can learn a great deal of
local nomenclature, o greater portion
of which is nhorigtoiol. There are Tar
Kiln Point, Stump Neck, Possum Nose
nnd Chicamttxen creek, which were
famous resorts of the blockade run-
ners during the war of the rebellion.
At Rudd's Ferry, a shady point just
below Chtcamuxen creek and thirty
miles below Washington, we had our
lunch beneath a hugcxtree. and a mile
further down the beach we decided to
make camp, as two copious springs
were found nnd n high bluff gave us a
most desirable camping spot. Just
across the river the entrance to Chapo-
wamsie creek, a mile below Potomac
city, could be seen, and eight miles
away, on the Virginia shore, the broad
surface of Aqnla creek glistening in
the sunlight. The famous quarries on
tho shores of this creek, which wero
purchased by the government In 1702,
provided the freestone from which tho
executive mansion and the older por-
tions of the eapitol were built. During
tho war of 1881-65 a groat supply depot
of the United States army was located
there.
There wero many more historic
places seen on the cruise, for tho
Potomac Is becoming a very interest-
ing historic stream. All along its
banks history has lieen mode and is
being made. Rut. after all. whut we
started out to talk about was tho
canoe. I have not yet been convinced
thut the Mariner is properly classed.
It Is not an "honest Injun" canoe. The
Inventors of the ernft would resent tlio
use of the name for such a speedy ond
luxurious sailer. Rut the modern
ennoeist says thnt tho same argument
might be used to prove thnt a modera
stool man-o'-wor is not n battleship on
account of its improvements, or that
a cannon firing u projectile eleven
miles is not o gun. However that may
be, we hod a nice trip down the
Potomac and returned on n steel
cruiser. Smith D. Fry.
Hlglint nnd t.onrnt Blali*.
Every schoolboy lenowa which is the
largest state In the union, but how
many know which is the lowest and
which is tho highest? According to
the recently announced results of
measurements and calculations made
by the United States geological sur-
vey, Delaware is the lowest state, its
olevntion over sea level averaging only
GO feet. Colorado is tho highest, aver-
aging' 6,800 feet above the sea. while
Wyoming is a close, second, only 100
feet lower than Colorado. In mini- I
mum elevation Florida and Louisiana
dispute over second place after Dela-
ware. their average elevation being,
for onch, 100 feet. Taking the United
—David was colled the Artist of the
Revolution because a large number of
hta paintings relate to the > nea of the
French revolution.
—Oh! many a shaft, at random neat,
finds inork tho archer little meant: und
many a word, at random spoken, may
eootha or wound a heart that's broken
Scott.
—Cowley, the Kngllsh poet, epent his
boyhood in a grocer's shop. He often
waited on customers, who, in later
fcara, reminded him of tho fact, to liir
ao small disgust.
Masullno's works have almost all
neon recovered by removing the coat-
ings of whitewash whleh covered them
in tho church of Ciistlglione dl Olonu,
not far from Milan.
—1"Pursuit waa In Volu."—"('holly
pnrsi'ed a number of studies at college,
ildn't he?' "Vee. lie pursue! 'em,
tint I don't think he ever caught up
with anv."—Chicago Record.
—The Pullman Palace Cor Company
have sent to the internal revenue c >1-
lector 912,MK) In payment of the S'.'l
annual revenue tax for each of Its WK)
buffet cars on which liquor la sold.
The BonHMton attalnod won W«
ful perfection In the ballet oh >ut tho
time of Augustas, and ballet dancing
waa popular down to the lust day k of
ihc empire. It was only ill tho latter
and more degenerate doya that women
appeared on tho stagj, and one of tho
Host famous ballet dnnccra was Tlico-
1oro, afterward* the empress of tha
treat Justinian.
The waltz la claimed by both the
,'rench and Germans. The former de-
lve it from a Provence danco called l<a
Voltu; the latter from on old Oerman
Joncc named the Drelitanz or turning
lance. This was introduced into
Franco by Louis XIV. ufter the con-
jucat of Alaace. During the lust ccn
1 ury it became popular in both France
.nd Germany, and was forbidden in the
attcr country by church and state,
•cveral Imperial edicts being issued
Against it in Austria.
—Chicago's new directory places the
(opulation of the city at l.iiS.I.OOO, beins
an increase of about 40,000 during the
nst year. The difference between this
estimate and that made by the school
board census la explained by Mr. Don-
nelley, of the directory company, 1>j
the statement that the school board
collects the names of all actual resi-
dents In the city, while the directory
company cnrolla oil persons who live
In Ciilcogo or do business there pcrina
nently.
—Nothing ia more amusing than to
watch on a winter's day the mnrvclou-
Intelligence with whicli the pigeons ol
8t Mark's in Venice can discriminate be-
tween residents and visitors in the
grand square ef that city, the l'liizz-i
of St. Mark. Tho mom.-nt a foreigner
ehowa his faco in the piazza the pigeons
set upon him in crowds, hoping to bs
fed. They do not trouble the natives,
who may be sunning themselves by the
hundred in the square.
—Vermont merino sheep imported to
Australia are proving very successful.
The Pastoral ist'a Review states that tho
Coonong flock of improved Vermont
merinos, exhibited at the Wagga show
secured twelve first, twosccond, and two
third prizes outof apossible sixteen first
prizes, besides two champion prizes,
and the national prize for the best
three combing ewes, and closely press-
ing the grand champion ewe of tho
yard, which, It la worthy of mention,
was bred on the same lln3S as the Coo-
nong flock, being also a Vermont
merino.
—An absent-minded landlord called
on a tenant to condole with him on the
death of a valuable cciw. The cause of
its decease hod been enveloped In
mystery, and while explaining it, the
landlord, though a kind and sympathy
izlng person, went off into the clouds.1
The last words of the narrative were:)
"And can you believe it, my lord, when
we opened her we found sha had been
slioked by a large turnip th-.* was
•ticking in her guUet." Here the land-
icrd woke up, and, in a congratulatory
tone of voice, observed: "Ah, yes, and
to you got your turnip?"
—A young lady was spending some
weeks ot a Scottish country house; and
Just before dinner, one evening, two
cousins of tfio host—one of them tho
great man of the family—arrived un-
expectedly. Shortly before dinner waa
announced, the butler sought the young
lady, and said to her, confidentially:
"We're puttiu' on yesterday's soup; and
If there sliouldna be eneuch, you maun
decline." "Decline soup!" exclaimed
the young lady, much amused, "llut,
you know, John, that wouldn't be
manners." "No," said John, coolly
"but thev'll think ve ken nae better.™
tha duke of Edinburgh 1
Sib Rr>«m Aaaotn aaldthe other day
that be Indoraed a remark once mads
by Cbouneey M. Depew: "Fame de-
pends on being civil to Interviewera."
Tiik duke of York has never oon-
que red his tendency toaeasickncas, and
although ho doea a greot deol of yacht-
ing with hie father it Is not all plaia
aailing for him.
Lorii A nxRfiri.s first met hia wife 00
Guisachun, her father's estate, when
lie was a lad, and, having lost himself
on tho hills, Itegged shelter at the lodge
for himself and his pony.
ilkrf. la a good atory which Is told
of Sir Arthur Hulllvon: It was at din-
ner, nnd a young lady Inquired of Sir
I Arthur whether llach was composing
anything at present. "No," he roplledi
•at present he Is deeompoaing."
Tiik duke of York, who ia an onthuafr-
natke
to tlie agent gene
specimens of the Issues of their coun-
tries. In roply stampa have been sent
to him by the sheet, and in some case*
issue-, withdrawn have been reprinted
for bim.
WHY AND WHEREFORE.
C1.0UM that movo In a direction o^
duke or tom.wno imn onuiiw . - - - * .
I 3
*d t>t\niS the world'a b- .t products 10
(iio needs of physical being, will a I teat
the value to health o' the pun liquid
laxative principle* embraced Ik tha
remedy, Hvrup of Fig*.
Its excellence is due to ita presenting
In tho form most ecceptablo and pleat-
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
poaite to that of the" surface current j beneficial proper tioa of a perfect la*,
indicate a of weather, tx enufio effectual!/ CMUilng the irnm,
they prove the existence of two uir dUpelling cold* headech™ aud teyew
currents, one warm and the other cold, "'"I permanently curing conatipatlon.
It lias given ai.ti'fnction to millions and
met with the approval of thu medical
profession, beeaiM it net* on the Kid-
ney.j, Liver and Bowels without weak-
ening them and it is jierfcelly free from
every i:bjectionablc sulistanee.
Syrup of Figs is for sal# by nil drug-
gists lu 50c and ti bottles, but it it man-
ufactit.ed by the California Fig Byrup
Co. only, whose name is printed cn every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
end being well informed, you will not
accept uuy substitute if offered
currents, 1
and the mingling of those often causes
rain.
Tne strongest muscle Is In tho calf of
the leg. bccausc locomotion is one of
the most necessary functions. The
great muscle of the calf haabccn found,
by actual experiment, to be capable of
sustaining seven times tho weight of
the body.
Mint persons lay a poker across the
top of a grate to muke the lire barn,
is-causo of a popular supcrstltiou, once
credited, thut a stublsirn fire was due
to the devil. Two pokers were used,
and were laid across the Ire In the
form of a cross.
The human systom can endure a heat
of two hundred and twelve degrees,
the boiling point of water, because tho
skin is a bad conductor and bccause
the perspiration cools the body. Men
have withstood without Injury a heat
of three hundred degrees for several
minutes.
ETIQUETTE FOR GIRLS.
At'WAVB rise for an older person.
In entering a room the gentleman al-
ways follows the young lady.
Tuk young lady always scots herself
first before any gentleman will do so.
In making introductions tho young
man is always presented to the girl,
never the other way round.
It la a lady's place to recognize a
gentleman first, as It depends on her
whether the acquaintance contiaues or
not.
Nkvkr introduce ony young mon to
your girl frienda without first asking
tbelr permission, and then say: "Miss
D., I want to present (or introduce)
Mr. A. to you."
Are Von Game Abroad
Por health, pleasure or business, and
Would not huve your voyage marred by sea-
sickness! Then take along with you Hos-
tetter'a Stomach Hitters, and when you fed
the nausea try a wincglassful. It will effect
a magical change for the better In your In-
terior, and a continuance of It will save you
from further uttucks. As a means of over-
coming malarial, kidney, dyspeptic, nervous
and rheumatic troubles the Bitters is ua-
equalled.
Ix the Adlrondacks—"If you should loae
your way in these woods. Jack, what would
you dor "Walk straight abend," said Jack.
"The world is rounded, and I'd be aure to
k home that way aooner or later."-
A Nawjnhi
" Knickertxtckif
Special, V-fS,
ST. LOUIS,
CINCINNATI,
New York "Boston.
Lr. T. LOUIS, 12: 0 Ho®*.
Ar. INDIANAPOLIS, 0:(10 p. m.
Ar. CINCINNATI, 10:4.1 p. ■>.
Ar. CI.KVKLAND, 8:20 a. m.
Ar. HIFKALO, ■tBOa.aa.
Ar. NEW YORK. «:30 p. >"•
Ar. BOSTON, B:Ofl P- ■.
SUPERB EQUIPMENT,
Wagner Sleeping Cars and Dining Can,
WIIO. BI INAUGURATED
SEPTEMBER 30.
—VIA
BIG FOUR ROUTE
lake shore fc hew yom cewtml
ILHKilU llftCOMMl UWTH
^ fcrfir.artigk
TI.
get b
Uari
■er'a Young People.
Cm your couph with Hale's Honey of
Horehnund nnd Tar.
Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
Hat—"Jack and Carrie were riding on 0
tandem bicycle when ho proposed to her."
Kdlth—"I wonder whut she did." May—
••Tumbled."—Town Topics.
Bkmht people don't spend all
j reflecting.—Syracuse Courier.
the modern canoe.
the water like a thing of life. In the
next place It has a keel, and one does
not have to maintain un absolute
equilibrium, as In the aboriginal canoe
I know how It Is myself, for once upon
a time a duff-out canoe, without a mo-
ment's warning, dumped tne In the
middle of the Mississippi river on the
Pes Moines rapids, and tried to ride ine
over the rocks. That canoe had no
deck. The Mariner has n substantial
deck and requires ballast. It is really
more fun for a young fellow to go
canoeing In a dug-out or birch-bark
affair. Hut a few years later the mod-
ern canoe is much more enjoyable.
Off Hunting crock our croft sails
through a large flock of anchored de-
coys, which from a distance appear so
lifelike as they float on the gllsteninj-
woves. Forts Foote und Washington
the scenes of many Jolly camping par-
ties, are lert behind, and rouudlng
Sheridan point, where fhe river make I States, as a whole, our country lie*
Its first bend below the city, the tnll slightly above the average elevation of
ahaft of the Washington monument | the land of the globe.
TAKE STEPS
in time, if you arc a suf-
ferer from that scourge
of humanity known as
consumption, and you
can be cured. There
the evidence of
hundreds of liv-
ing witnesses to
the fact that, in
all its early
stages, consump-
tion ia a curable
disease. Not
every case, but a
la IXC percentage 0/
cases, and we believe,
fully pi per cent, are
cured by Dr. Pierce'*
Golden Mcdlcal Dis-
covery. even after the disease lias pro-
gressed so far as to Induce repeated bleed-
ings from the lungs, severe lingering cough
wilii copious expectoration (including tu-
bercular matter), great loss of flesh and ex-
treme emaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to us as cured by " Golden Med-
ical Discovery " were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease f You need not take
our word for it. They have, in nearly every
instance, been ao pronounced by the
and most experienced home physic: .
who have no interest whatever in mis-
representing them, and who were often
strongly prejudiced and advised a
a trial of "Golden Medical Discovery,"
but who have been forced to confess that
it surpasses, in curative power over
fatal malady, sll other medicines
.which they are acquainted. Nasty cod-
liver oil and Its filthy "emnlaious"
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had either utterly failed to bene-
fit, or had ouly seemed to benefit a little for
a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypo-
phosphites had also been faithfully tried
In vain.
The photographs of a large number of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred maladies, have bceu
skillfully reproduced iu a book of 160
pages which will be mailed to you, on
receipt of address and six cents in
ataraps. Yon can then write to those who
Save been cured and profit by their e*-
perience.
Address for Book, Wonto's Disiw
ttSMCAL Association, BtffiUo, N. T.
Health, comfort and happiness abound
homes whero "Garland" Stoves and
Ranges are used.
A man's domestic relations do not trouble
him as inu.-h as the relations of bis dc
tic.—Truth.
Two Stepping Stones
to consumption are ailments we
often deem trivial—a cold and
a cough. Consumption thus ac-
quired is rightly termed " Con-
sumption from neglect"
Scott's Emulsion
not only stops a cold but it is re-
markably successful where the
cough has become deep seated.
Scott's Emulsion is the
richest of fat-foods yet
the easiest faifood _ to
take. It arrests waste
and builds up healthy
flesh.
Sura Ourt for Sprats, Bruits sr Hart!
sST.JACOBSOIL
VWIIIullllsmtaaUb
No Other Soap Does IrsWbim SoVAu.
One TrialVAll Prove This.
THERK JA1RBANK COMPANY. SrXmai
THE POT INSULTED THE KETTLE BECAUSE
THE COOK HAD NOT USED
SAPOLIO
*
GOOD COOKING DEMANDS CLEANLINESS.
SAPOLIO SHOULD BE USED IN every KITCHEN.
isao.
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