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All the new—comers, having first heard the in- ’
teresting history of the young doctor, were
drawn by curiosity, and the example of others,
to tronize him; and thus it came about that i
be ore the first Winter was over I found myself
in a position not only to take care of myself,
but to support a wife. Happy and envied fel-
low, I may well say.

Lily’s school had also flourished like a reen :
bay tree, and the only regret felt by the Villag— .
era at the announcement of our intended mar- i
riage, was that she would relinquish it. \Vhen
assured that Miss Miller had purchased her in—
terest, and would carry the school forward in
itzdplans of advancement they were well satis—
fi . This was Mi Miller’s own doing. “'9
had pleaded and argued with her to induce her
to come to our home, and share our cares and l

leasures throu h life. but she thought she saw :

or future mar ed out for her in the school,
and told us lovin 1y, but with that firmness of '
hers which somet mes looked like hardness, that
we should see enough of her if our homes were
half a mile apart.

I have boasted my own po ularity as it
seemed needless to mention that ily—who had
always, from a child, when she first rode out in
the carriage with her mother, been an object of
admiration and delight to Hampton, and whose
strange, sad cx eriences for the last two years
had touched and won all hearts—it seemed need—
less to mention that she had the tearful con-
gratulations of all.

Because she was my bride, need I hesitate in
saying that she was the fairest, and the purest,
and the best who ever stood in that old church
to receive the marriage benediction?

Oh, what a. day that had been! the crown of
life l—and now we were walking arm-in—arm, as
simply as two children, toward our home, which
our good old housekeeper had all in order for
us, and Where the simple feast of the evenino'
was spread, awaiting our arrival. For we had
repurchased Meredith Place, and it was to be
ours should success still wait on our efforts.
Wi the thousand dollars which I had sent her
that night from the laboratory when I laid in
wait for the coiner and b the sale of the brace-
let and other trinkets w ich Bertha Chateau-
briand had returned to her as the true owner,
Lily had been able to make a payment down
of two thousand dollars, and the owner was will-
ing to receive the rest in two and three years,
knowing that my profession was lucrative, and
there was no risk in mortgages.

Thus the dear old place promised to be kept
in the famil , to future generations I hoped,
though I ha not said so as yet to the happy
girl who clun to my arm, looking with eager
glance forward on the flowery road. For once
again, as on that lovely day when the apple-
blossoms showered down on the old stage—coach
which held her father and his bride, the last of
the apple-blossoms dropped about our feet, and
the first of the roses swung their offerings of
perfume before the bride, turning sweet faces of
pink and White, which were not more fresh nor
air than her own.

Boldly, out of the trees and verdure of Mere-
dith Place, arose the s uare gray tower, warm—
ed with the rich, dar green of its glistening
ivy. As we approached it, it happened that we
saw first that side of the tower which fronted
on the roof of the house, and looked toward
the north. Certainly I know not how I chanced
to observe it, and to think of it, now, for the
first time out of all the thousands in which I
had looked on it, but it flashed into my mind,
and I spoke out to Lillian:

“ There are two windows on the north side of
the tower.”

“ Certainly, Joe; is that new to you?”

“ I never thought of it before.”

“There are no real windows there, of course:
for, if you remember, in the tower room there
are but six two on the east, south and west.
These must lie imitated for symmetr .”

“Of course. How would the wal look, un-
rclioved by any break?” I said, carelessly;
but still a thought had entered my mind,
which caused the blood to rush to my face, and
gave me I fear, for a. few minutes, an air of
pi'eEm-cupation not flattering to the new-made
wi 'e.

These double windows were long and nar
row, softened by shutters painted only a shade
lighter than the rray-stone; and over the shut-
ters on the nort side, which, being made to
cover false windows, were, of course, never open—
ed, the ivy had clambered until they were
nearly concealed. As I say, I never could ac-
count for their having so particularly drawn
my attention at that time, of all others, when
one would haVe supposed the fair woman by my
side would have engrossed soul and sense.

“ How lovely the world is, Lillian,” I said,
presently; “this day was made for lovers to
wed in. How beautiful Meredith Place looks.
I never saw it so perfect in all its aspects. The
lawn is like velvet, the distant woods are man—
tled in the delicate green of half-expanded
leaves. It will not be the tea-hour yet for
some time. After we have looked through the
lower rooms and complimented Biddy on their
appointments why not ascend to the tower and
spend a half- our? I suppose it is just as Ma-
demoiselle So hie left it.’

“I should like it of all things,” responded
Lil ; and so we wandered on.

(ghee safel inside the gates, we went hand—in-
hand instea of arm-in-arm, stopping to pull a
rose here and a violet there, on to the pleasant,
s )acious portico, where the vines were weaving
light shadows, through the open, breezy hall,
the parlors, newly garnished, and with Windows
open and curtains looped with flowers up the
wide staircase, through the perfum cham-
bers, on, to the narrow passage and stairs lead—
ing up) to the tower. We climbed the steep
steps ravely, for we knew the reward which
awaited us.

Oh, beautiful! IVhen I threw wide the
closed shutters and pushed back the sash, what
a world of loveliness lay beneath us! The glim—
mering, winding brook, the level pastures, the
glorious woods, the Xleasant gardens and lawns,
the distant hills! nd here we were, alone,
together, wedded, standing, as it were, be-
tween heaven and earth, the blue other around
us, the holy heaven above, the fair landscape
beneath.

“ Lily, are we in heaven or on earth ?”

I ressed her close to my side; her bright
headp lay on my shoulder, and in that hour of
fruition I felt that all I had suffered since the
hour of my birth was compensated for.

Presently we sat down on the chintz—covered
lounge which Sophie had placed in the little
room for her comfort. The thought which had
occurred to me. on the road returned with a
power which held my heart still a. moment,
only to send it bounding wildly when it re-
gained its freedom. I looked around upon the
windows—the carpenters, in fitting them, not
supposing any particular finish would be re-

uired in this tower—room, had left their chalk
res boldly on the unpainted walnut wood.
T ecasements were numbered, one, two, etc., 11
to six. I looked at the blank wall at the nort
—there hung the map of the first survey of
Meredith Place. A sort of phrensy or inspira-
tion seized me. I rung and tore it from its
place, fiingin it to t e floor. Lily gave a cry——
no wonder. we little recesses or cupboards.
with doors, and numbered seven and eight, ap-
peared in what it had been taken for granted
was solid wall. I pulled Open the door num-
bered eight.

There stood the curious, iron-bound box,
with the steel rivets! The unnatural tension to
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mind had been strained for almost two years.
gave way, and I stag cred and sunk back 11 n
the lounge. I was ar more disturbed t an:
Lillian—perhaps because I had made the un- ;
raveling of the mystery of the figure eight the
ob 'ect of my life. i

I lay there so cold and stupefied that Lily
was alarmed,‘and was about to descend andl
call the housekee r. I motioned her back.
She sat and hel my hand, waiting for me‘
to recover in composur .. Suddenly a burst of
glory from t e setting sun filled the tower—room
with a piercing radiance.

“Be comforted, be calm, dear Joe; there 

the good omen of our future.”

. In truth, I had no cause for anything but re-
jOicmg—only, the sudden revelation overpow-
ered me.

\Vhen my strength returned I lifted down the
box, which, now that it was rtially em ty, I
could just manage to do. The octor, in p acing
it there, must have made more than one journey
up and down those steep stairs.

“ There is treasure enough here, still,” I said,
“ to last us a lifetime. ”

“ Oh, my poor father!” cried Lily, as she saw
the old.

I e both recalled that ha fly night when he
had shown us the result ofp is hard work in
California. I did not chide my darling for
long and sadly; I only felt happy to
know t at I was permitted to soothe and cherish
her. After a time, she started up and wiped
awa her tears.

“ must look in those little on boards,” she
said; “I remember them, now. lLook, Joe at
this and this—these were made by my father
when he was a be . He used to keep his pen-
cils and drawin 's iere, and his tools. This was
his worksho .' Ie often told me, when I was a
little girl, a at the happy hours he spent in
the tower; but I never saw these shelves, for
the map was hung here, for safe keeping, be—
fore I could remember. Dear papal here’s the
very broken jack—knife and the little saw and
the file—and this toy-table I dare say he whittled
out with this knife,” and she wept afresh, but
now softly.

It did seem most marvelous that neither
So hie, in her renovations, nor Lillian or Miss
M' ler, in their investigations, had chanced to

ush aside that yellow old map. But thus it

(1 been. It hung there, apparently, on the
blank Wall, and, further than a dusting at the
Egg,de Sophie’s servant, had never been dis—

We heard the old housekeeper calling us down
tothe little feast she had prepared, and which
we were to enjoy, alone, together. Lillian’s
afflictions had been such that no one ex ected a
merry-makinglat her wedding, and after the
ceremony at t e church, and cake and wine at
the cottage, we had been left to take possession
of our home in quiet.

W'e locked the door leading up to the tower,
locking up with it, as far as possible, all excit-
ing memories of our discovery. We wished to
think only of each other during this, our first
home-feast, to which not even our honored and
loved friend, Miss Miller, would consent to be
present.

The next day we sent for her, and together
we Went up, and counted the contents of the
precious box, ascertaining that not over a third
of the gold had been abstracted. It was a ter-
rible duty to the sister of the dead robber, but
she went through with it bravely.

I thought much, for some time thereafter
upon the probable manner in which Arthur had
discovered the box. It was hardly credible
that he could have been in the house at the
time, and followed the Doctor to the tower; it
must have been, that, walking along the road,
his attention was attracted by the limmering
of alight in the tower, which woul naturally
excite his curiosity; also, one or more of the
windows may have been open, enabling him to
make out some of the movements of the master
of the house, perhaps to see the ma removed
and replaced. He may have thougl t nothing
of it until after the mysterious deat of Doctor
Meredith, and the excitement over the missing
gold. Then, he had at once the key to the hid-
ing-place. Yielding to temptation, instead of
making his knowledge public, he kept it for his
own benefit—doubtless, (for “ hell is aved with
good intentions ”) excusin himsel With the
resolution to marry one or t ie other of the right—
ful owners, and thus, in a. manner, flatter him—
self that he was not really a robber. Lillian re-
fused him. Sayin nothing about his having
offered himself to er, he then turned his atten-
tions to Inez, who was only too er to accept
them. Fora time he fully inten ed to marry
her; but the temptation of Bertha’s family and
fortune were too powerful for one of his week
principles to resist.

The investigations of the authorities were so
searching that he had never ventured to convey
away the box nor the bullion in the bars in
which he found it. If it should become known
that he sold ingots, or was seen with them in
his possession suspicion would at once settle
upon him. He hau the caution which would
have made a ver successful scoundrel. With
much difficulty e succeeded in obtaining the
dies, and thereafter took advantage of the ex—
istence of the laboratory to coin money as he
had opportunity, and of carrying it away with
him in small quantities.

Miss Miller, whose determination to sift the
matter had been as fixed as mine, learned
enough to suspect her own brother, and was
upon his track, though still not positive of his
grillilt, the night in which I broke her arm. How

2 also detected him we never knew, but sup-
osed that her burning jealousy had prom ted
her to an observation of his movements, w ich
led to a discovery which she herself did not ex-
pect. Whether she or he had been cognizant of
the somnambulist’s visit, at the time s e carried
the in ots to her room, and had afterward
enter and taken them from the bureau, was
never definitely ascertained, but his sister in-
clined to the belief that it was Arthur.

The'reader will easil infer that the posses-
sion of the box made sti more sur: 0 ir worldly
prostgrity; the claims were swept from Mere-
dith lace, the world smiled, and we, being hap-

y in mm own hearts, had not a cloud in our
heaven save the memory of our dear father’s
untimely death.

The following winter we received cards for
the wedding of Sophie and Don Miguel. Lillian
could not think of attending; the dark tra-
gedies of the past were yet too recent to be thus
vividly recalled; but I took the opportunity to
see the Don, not only to show him that we bore
him no ill—will on account of his infamous
cousin, but to acquaint him with the fact that
such portion of the recovered property as be-
longed to her by law, he could claim in her
name if he saw fit.

He bade us keep what was ours, by every
right, merely saying that Inez had escaped from
her convent and married an unfortunate sugar-
planter, whose safety he, Don Miguel, had in-
sured by a quiet threat to the wife to be pru-
dent if she did not wish to draw down the ven-
geance of her relatives upon her head. How far
that beautiful and unprincipled woman may
have been a murderer at heart, her Maker only
knows. We, who suffered most by her, always
believed that she had no intention of kilhng
her husband—at least not so suddenly—but was
trying those same arts upon him which she
afterward tried upon Arthur Miller—not, how—
ever, to enchant. but to disenchant him. We
never sought or heard tidings of her, after in
interview with her cousin at the time of his
marriage.

Don Miguel appeared so hap )y and so well:
mated with his pretty and styli wife, that it
my dear Lily had a shadow on her conscmnce
with regard to him, she might thereafter dis-
perse it. .

I told her so, on my return, and she smiled
and said she had drawn such an inference long
ago, from a general observation of mankm .
But whether other Women have more than one
true love, or other men can choose and choose
again, it is a grave and certain truth that Lil—
lian and I have never even fancied she but one
man, I but one woman.

THE END.

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MARY GRACE HALPINE.

One of this charming writer’s most powerful
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ty—of woman‘s inconceivable baseness and of
man’s unbounded villain ——of the honor of a
noble soul and the beaut' ul trust of a beautiful
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Adventures in the North-west.

BY MAJOR MAX MARTINE,
merly of the Hudson Bay Conmany‘s Semice.

JV.
OUT or THE JAWS or DEATH.

I HAVE always claimed that when one tells
the truth for the truth, it will seem more im—
probable than if he called it fiction. This is
especially true of the experiences of those who
have passed any considerable portion of their
lives upon the frontier.

The sketch which I am about to give will
well illustrate the question; and I beg to as—
sure my readers that the adventure to which
it relates was a thrilling one to the principal
actor, and hope they may read it in the same
spirit in which it is given.

lt was during the first year of my service
with the Hudson Bay Fur Company, and while
stationed at a post in the far north, so that I
was not so much to blame as was my inexpe-
rience.

Upon entering the service I was presented
by an old friend with a dog team—or rather
three dogs and a wolf, as the leader was a full-
blooded gray wolf—and also a fine sled.

It was my practice to harness them up in the
morning and drive off ten or fifteen miles for
a hunt, returning before dark. But on this oc-
casion I did not return quite as soon as I ex-
pected, as the sequel will show.

My team was in good order, and I let them
run for about two hours, when suddenly I
heard a loud cry from the other side of the
range of hills along which I was riding, which
resembled that of a human being in distress.

Not stopping to consider what the nature of
the danger might be, .I jumped from the sled,
at the same time telling the dogs to “lie down
and watch.” I had done the same thing a
dozen times before, and my bidding had al—
ways been as good as a hitching-post—I was
sure to find my team waiting.

On climbing to the top of the snow-covered
hill I was rewarded by seeing a panther enter
the grove of cedars at the foot of the hill, and
I knew that the cry which I had mistaken for
that of a human being, came from his throat.

Mentally cursing my luck, I turned to re-
trace my steps, when I was greeted with a
sight not “ in the bills.” My team was nearly
out of sight on the dreary plain, and the pros—
pect of a twenty—mile walk was not calculated
to improve my temper. And I had left my
gun on the sled!

Mechanically I took the trail, in the hopes of
finding my rifle, if not.the team, but I soon
found that instead of taking the “ back track,”
they had turned to the left, at right angles
with the trail I had made in coming.

What should I do? I could not afford to
lose my gun, for upon that I must depend for
subsistence; so I followed after the dogs.

It was, I think, the most difl'icult trailing I
ever did, for the smooth bottom of the sled
left no scratch upon the hard snow; and even
the sharp claws of the dogs failed to leave their
impress upon the cruut, exoept at long inter—
vais.

I managed to follow them up for nearly an
hour, when they again turned to the left. Still
no sight of the dogs. And thus they ran, turn-
ing first one way and then the other, as the
notion pleased the leader, until I began to get
pretty tired, and I sat down to rest.

What was that!

A tiny snow-flake fell upon the sleeve of my
hunting-shirt, f0110wed by another, and an-
other, and almost before I knew it they were
coming down in a perfect flood of feathery
white.

When I again attempted to follow the trail
it was gone. The white messengers—emblems
of the purity of that Heaven from whence they
came—had completely obliterated all traces of
footprints, and I stood horror-struck. I did
not know where I was. Still I had no fear of
an unfavorable result after I once began to re—
alize the actual peril of my condition.

I sat down again, and tried to recall the
changes I had made while in pursuit of my
team; but to no effect. I had no means of
building a fire, and if I had, there was not a
stick in sight. To wander around in the snow-
storm I knew would avail me nothing, and I
resolved to stay just where I was.

Fortunately I had my hunting—knife, and
with this I cut out block after block of the hard
snow until I had reached the ground. I had
no blankets—everything had been left on the
sled. But the wind could not reach me there,
and after piling the blocks of snow so as to
form an arch over my head, I sat down.

The night pamed away, slowly indeed, and
morning found me stiff, sore, chilled to the
bone, and hungry enough to have eaten the lea-
der of my team.

I dug my way out, in the expectation of see—
ing some familiar landmark. My disappoint—
ment was overwhelming, and with it came a
terrible sense of destitution.

Nothing to eat; no fire, and no way of pro—
curing either: alone in the snow-bound plains
of the north, at least fifty miles from any hu—
man being. But somehOW, with the knowl—
edge of the calamity which had befallen me,
came the resolution not to give up.

I "walked until nearly noon, in the hope that
I was going the right way. I did not feel
hungry now, but was so tired that lfelt I could
go no further. I would sit down and think
over the probable chances of starvation, or
death in some more terrible form; but as some
writer has said, “ There is implanted by Provi-
dence in every man a principle of self-preser—
vation equal to any emergency which did not
destroy his reason. ,

That was my experience, and, in such thoughts
there was life.

The short polar day passed without my hav-
ing found a single thing I could eat. I had
tried snow to ease the horrid fever which I felt
was parching my tongue, but it had only added
to the intensity of my sufferings. As dark-
ness at last settled over the plain, I set about
digging another hole which was to serve as my
bed, with a chilling thought that it might be
my grave.

I could not sleep, and every moment now
seemed like an hour. I cut the fringe from my
buck-skin leggings, thinking there might be
some nourishment in them; but, alas! the in-
gredients used in tanning it had a bitter, sting-
ing taste that about strangled me.

Another day and another night passed; how,
I could not tell, except that I had wandered
around—in proof of which, my moccasins had
worn through at the bottoms, and my feet
were both bitten by the frost.

Strange as it may seem, I lost all sense of
fear of danger from wild animals, and I may
add, all sense of time. I would have given the
whole world, if possible, for a fire. I no lon-
ger felt hunger; and experienced but little pain
from the blisters that rose upon my feet after
I had rubbed them back to life; yet I knew
that I was all the time growing weaker‘ _

Hope had nearly fled, when a flock of snow-
birds flew over my “ hole," and one fell in. I

seized it, and ate it down without even pluck-
ing the feathers. It was the sweetest morsel I
ever tasted! A flash—momentary but vivid—
came over me that I should be saved.

Quivering with excitement, I tried to climb
out of the pit I had dug, but could not raise
my knee above the brink. I held on with my
hands and looked around upon the plain. Away
in the distance I could discern moving figures,
and again hope became stronger.

The still air of the plain was broken by the
bowl of a wolf. Could it be they had already
scented me? Again I was impressed with the
conviction that death was near; my limbs re-
fused me further service; and I sunk back upon
the cold ground, hopeless and overwhelmed
with terror.

I seemed to sleep, and was awakened by the
bowl of a wolf in my very ears. Looking up,
through half-closed eyes, four shaggy but kind—
ly faces met my gaze. It was my team, and
sorry looking steeds they were. I imagined
they looked on me in very much the same light.

Again I rose to my feet and essayed to get
out. I was too weak. The dogs started up,
and as the sled came within mach I grasped
the “ running—rope ” at the end, as a drowning
man would grasp at a straw. I shouted to my
team, and they pulled me slowly out! I crawl-
ed on the sled, and, wrapping myself in the
robes which were still there, I told them to go
home.

Those noble dogs snatched me from the very
brink of that lethean stream which divides the
known from the unknown, and dragged me out
of the jaws of death.

The Octopus.

THAT Victor Hugo‘s “Devil Fish ” (Octopus)
is no myth, and Capt. Whittaker‘s “ Sea Cat”
(in his romance of that name published some
time since in the SATURDAY JOURNAL) is not
all a fiction, we have ocular proof in the crea-
ture lately caught, stranded and half-dead, on
the Newfoundland coast, and brought in safety
to the New York Aquarium. It is truly a
monster of hideous mien—a hideous sea-spider
whose actual measurement is forty feet and
six inches between extremities, or from the
point of its longest teiitecle to the point of the
tail.

There are ten tentacles and eight shorter ones,
measuring each about eleven feet in length by
an average of eighteen inches in circumference;
the portions near the head being at least five
or six times larger than at the other extremi-
ty. The eight shorter arms radiate from the
head of the animal—four from either side—and
near the posterior extremity spring two enor-
mously long feelers of about thirty feet six
inches each, varying from about six to twelve
inches in circumference. The extremities of
the feelers or arms, as well as the entire length
of the short ones, are thickly studded with
suckers or round disks of about an inch in dis-
meter. These suckers are calculated to attach
themselves very firmly if not inseparany to
any body with which they might come in con-
tact, and which may then be transferred to the
animal’s mouth. The disks are barely an inch
apart along the entire length of the tentacula,
and are armed with a circular bony flange or
rim, closely serrated with fine saw-like teeth,
which could be used with terrific force.

The head is about two feet and a half in cir-
cumference; the eye-sockets measuring eight
inches. The mass of the body, including the
tail, is about ten feet in length and three in
breadth, with an average thickness of about
tWelve inches. The neck shows a capacity for
revolution in almost any direction. The body
tapers very gradually toward the tail, the
latter appendage being an extension of the
dorsal vertebra, and is evidently worked like
a propeller. The tail is about two feet nine
inches across by about the same measurement
in length.

This specimen is quite evidence enough that
the stories of the supposed-to be fabulous
“ Kraken ” are wholly possible. Such a crea-
ture might easily scale the side of a ship and
sweep men from the deck with its awful teti-
tacles or its thirty-foot~long feelers.

It is to be regretted that this specimen has
died since its capture. When taken out of the
hogshead in which it came ddivn from New-
foundland, it was dead. It is, however, in
perfect condition for preservation, and will be
skinned and mounted, so that all can see What
monsters the sea may hold in its recesses.

The real sea-serpent is now in order. That
he lives, and is not a creature of the imagina-
tion, is now conceded; so look out for a
“catch,” some of these days, that will give us
a good hundred-foot-long specimen of the rep-
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imp. no psnnune. CONTRACT
U. 3 TBA IMPORTXNG C0., 155 West Punk Sheet, Cm‘l, OHIO
398-2“

 

This Is No Humbug.

BY sending 35 cents and stamp with age, night,

soloro eyes and hair, you will receive by re-
turn mail a correct picture 0 our future husband
or wife, with name and date 0 marriage. Address
W. FOX, P. 0. Box No. 88, Fultonville. N. Y. 359 1 y

a Week in our own town. Terms and 85 outfit-

$66free H. HALLETT & 00., Portland, Maine
355-1v
Salary. Salesman wanted to sell our
Staple Goods todeslers. No peddling.
Expenses paid. Permanent emphy-
n.an address S. A. GRANT A: C .,
‘2, i, G & a Home St., Cincinnati. 0.
391-1yr. r c
A HOME d It will be (I I
$9 men in each?th «035311.: cell good-pd 1:. 
England Mmuf‘g house. No upi —No “ ' "-
.Vo n'ck. Addreu. Snurm Msm‘o 00., Bonn, I.
395 131‘.
40 EXTRA Fine Mixed Cards, with name, 10 eta,
post-paid. L. JONES & 00., Nassau, N. Y.
39S4t.r
to ll to .- . . '
E; m pntnt‘xaf’ékm“.2§f:3‘..£2
l 1 $85 a month. canal?“
~— Quux Cm Gun & LII? Won“, Cinollnlti. 0th
390—13t. f*
no YOU WANT  “he Chm
. Pens, 9min. in, Stationery, Ruck-l ‘ . '
' Noulnu of new. dour-mien! Baum or unlelilbh dn‘en—
I ' ' ——Iend only In the old. on no! and only "
amass." Emmm. 1560. fr
395 lat

30 Mixed Cards, with name, 10 cts. Samples for
3 ct. stamp. J. MINKLER & 00., Nassa‘ N. Y.

 

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m! poor, aim. Ind u In".—
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go pnper, crumb-d " x charming Tlle‘,
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KNEE," every Swindler,
III-k, Humbug. In“. rum! in fully. freely. I
No one can b" lwindlcd who
no "HANNER." loo,ooc pavle rend
” Ind rely upon this NJIIOUII Pnper. TRY l ONCE
Only 7. r , r with Pr-mium of SIX
mung Chromm, or I an. bimonm. r'nih. 2"! pages. only 81. Trial Trip.
lhr-e months, 15 con". Smimrm ‘REE. Don'l pnt iiofl‘ but SEND
now. Adan-u, "STAR SPANGLED BANNER," Hiudalo. N. H.

395 13t
‘ a 5
$5 To  per day at home. bam Ls worth 5

free. STINSON &Co., ortland, M .
355-ly

 

in the known world. Sample Watch Free to
Agents. Address. A. CoUL'rnn &Co.. Chicago

391—1yr. r

$ 3GOLD PLATED “241‘: I! ES. Cheapest

TR U E   Aalisgfililyh'fl Swim "Ignekic COM-
. s . ' A .
‘nME A wife-16E“ forihe pocln‘ Tl M 
'of every "Mellon under, boyJIrmer. and fur EVERY~
BODY desiring I vol-3:514 TimyKeeper Ind Ilw I any-rim Con-
. UIuIl Inch Illa, Iteel wvka. Ill-fl cranl. III in I nu!
UliOlDB can. Perfuflan yuan-food. WAKEANTED lo denote
eurv c I m and to keepin udcr—ll‘ I'I-rly med—for [In yous.
Nothing (uh it I The perfect triumph of mechanism will be “at
in . nu! um, yr Hi to Iny addm, for onl}.l.m; a for too. Cirrulul lent from
BEWARE u! I 'tgu‘" article ofl'ond u I "yYOIny‘I... ‘dd (I: Hist—Ouch.
Guanine. Send a old-tn :u the ole A'Wll. J. J. If“! BrIulebow’.V\-

395 13f

 

A Special Offer
TO THE READERS

or THIS PAPER.

A Genulne Swiss Magnetic Tlme-
Keeperri perfect Gem foreverybody-dcsiring

areliable 'qu'J'iecc, and also a superior Com--

pass, usual watch size, steel works, g ass crystal,
‘ all in a superb Oroide llunling-(nse, warranted
_ to denote correct film-c. and keep in order for two
; years—I‘eljeclion guaranteed—will be Given

away to every patron of this paper as a Free
, Gift.

Cvr our 'rms Corrox AND MAIL rr.

COUPON.

On receipt of this Coupon Ind 50 cents to
pay for packing, toxin" and mailing charges.
we promise to send each pntron oHliis paper a
GENUINE Siviss MAGNETIC Tms-Kzsrzn.

Address. Magnetic Watch 00.,
ASHLANI). MASS.

This is your ONLY OI’I’ORTI‘NITY to ob-
tain this beautiful remium, so order AT ONCE.
This offer will ho! good for 30 days.

 

 

40 PIECES EXTRA
SILVER-ligATED WARE!
GOLD - PLATED JEWELRY l

Assotmsnv ran or 4:" Cruse: WHATIVIB.

l   Caske‘s of GoYd-Plnted Jewel-
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pareil measurem nt.
A new Medical Treatise. “ THE SCI-

ENCE OF LIFE, on SELF-PRESERVA-

TION.” a book for everybody. Price
 $1, sent by mail. Fifty original pre-

scriptions, either one of which is
worth ten times the price of the book. Gold Medal
awarded the author. The Boston Herald says:
“The Science of Lite is, beyond all comparision,
the most extraordinary work on 
Physiology ever published.” An 11— v
lustrated Pamphet sent FREE. Ad-
dress DR. w. H. HARKER, No. 4 Bul- 
finch Street, Beston, Mass.

398.13t. D.

5 LARGE MIXED CARDS, with name. 13c. or 40

in case 13c. Outfit 100. Dowd & 00., Bristol. Con.
379é2t.

 

 

YOUR NAME on 50 Cards, 25 white, 25 no two alike.
10 cent and 3 cent stamp. W. C. Cannon, Boston,
Mass. 395-13t

WONDER UPON WONDER.

Given away—A strange, mysterious and most ex—
traordinary Book, entitled " THE BOOK OF WON—
DERS." Containing, with numerous curious pic-
torial illustrations, the mysteries of the Heavens
and Earth, Natural and Supernatural, Oddities,
Whimsical, Strange Curiosities, Wit hes and Witch-
craft, Dreams, Superstitions, Absurdities, Fabu-
lous. Enchantment, etc. In order that :11 may see
this curious book. the publishers have resolved to
give it away to all that desire to see it. Address
by postal card, F. GLEASON & 00., 788 Washington

Street, Boston, Mass. 399 4t. c
To Agents selling my 10 neu‘ arti-

  cles, Chromos, Watches,_ Jewel , etc.
and for catalogue. R. MORRIS, Chicago, I .
399-13t. f

DETEC'I‘IYES.——A few men in each

 State for the detective service. Pa
liberal, position permanent. Send stamp for part -
culars. U. 8. Secret Service Co., 230 Walnut St...
Cincinnati, 0. 399-4t. f

§0 Fine Cards, no 2alike, with name, 10c. post-

 

 

 

 

paid. Outfit 10c. Omicron 8303., Clintonville,
onn. 380-52t.h

 

TRUTH is mom;
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ry, containing 20 Pieces,
G I V E N A W A Y i
In order to compete with the worthless ware foisted
upon the public these days. by so-cslled premiums to

newspapers, by so-called Companies,
Messrs. LITTLETON 6’: C 0.
letters in Silver-Ware Ind iewehy, Ashlud, in".

Pro 030 todistribufe. as Introductory samples
of t eir goods, 100,000 Caskets ofdewel-
ry, each Casket lo coma n 20 pieces of J< wclr nail
warranted Heavy Gold-Plated. among‘the peop e of
the United States and Cannons. upon me terms stated
in the Contract below. We propose thereby to
secure their trade and custom for our low-prlced
but exceedingly beautify“ Jewelry,
Table-Spoons, Forks. Isuivel, ’Aea-
Sets, and general Table Goods.

CONTRACT.

WE AGREE, upon receipt of One Dollar to
send to anv person in th» United Stiles and Genuine,
a Cnsketcontlining 20 pieces of Jewelry,
Isfoliuws:

1 pair Gold-Stone Sleeve Buttons, 1
pair Engraved Sleeve liuttons, 1 set
Amethyst Studs. 1 H envy \Vcddinz

‘ rraved Rand Finger .l{ing,
‘ ‘rlendship.n l Amethyst
Finger Ring, inlaid will: gold, 1 Fancy
stone Scarf King. 1 splendid Silvered
Flat Pin lset Ends)! inal- Brown, 1 set
Mlsaes’ Jet and Gold 1 Lady's Orna-
mented Jet Broucil,i set Handsome
"one Bud Ea: Drosz Cardinal Red
Bead Necklace 1 Gent‘s Bose Bud
Scarf Pin, 1 dent’s Lle‘gunt Lake
George Diamond Stud, 1 l' ancy Scarf
Ring, 1 Watch Chain latest st 'le. 1
Collin- Stud. 1 Superb hogvyood ‘rosn,
1 pair Elega at Amethyst Sleeve But-
tons, lnluid with gold.

Now is your chance to make money. The-e goods
can easily be reluiled at $10.00 anywhere.
And we agree to sy all packing, boxing. mini and
express, or any of ier and all other charges in full
thereon : itbeing fully underntood that the goods In

troductory samples of our wares. And.

STILL MORE IMPORTANT!

WE MAKE A PRESENT FOR NOTHING. We
send. absolutely free ofsll cps}. Twent let-es
of Silver Ware. consisting of one utter
Knife.six 'l‘ea 8 0011:, Six Four-Tined
Silver Forks, six eav‘y Table Spoons,
Ind Superb oyster or Soup Ladle, length

11 "mm" ads are made 0’ Star Steel, plated wuh‘
lbuta M etal. ill-l our all I
HEAVY SILVER PLATE. The-e
code are the regular colnmexciul brand known as
xtra Plated. To In person who Will get up
3 Clubof ten order! It .1. each for our Caskets.
they will receive the above goods freetof all ex.
pense. All I nturnedxf not satisfactory,nnd
money cheerfully refunded. Persons orderin Within
80 days will be appointed AGENTS. ifdeslre . Send
all money I) registered letters or money orders, at our
risk. In 0 erinz,alenyagive Express oficeu well
In Post Office address, in full.

Order at once, and Addreu

LITTLETUN & (10., ASlllfllll. Mass.

m 030: willhold good for Sizty diyi.