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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1893-10-18, Page 3ought star' cit1189,gnu PO' disco* fon VIVIAV or, It does, though -At there'§ any trolabin a#ter eating—take P. Piercers i'leasaut e/let% ',Therm a perfect and cenVeUiealt vest. jacket reuletly. One of these they, sugar-coated, anti -bilious granules et ft dose regulates and corrects the cntire system. Slek or Bilious Ui ndaobes, Cone stlppation, Indigestion, Bilious At nolo, azul ail derangements of the lav- er, stomach, and bowels are prevented, lftlileved, and permanently cured. 'hey're the smallest, easiest to take, •Claea.pcst, and best. They're guaranteed Tegive eatlefaetlon, or money is returned. ,1 of clue. is perfectly, permanently, positively cured by Doctor Sage's Catarrh Remedy. The proprietors of this med- icine prove that by th it offer. It's $500 cash fee a case of Catarrh which they By all druggists, 60 cents. The iluro News -Record LAO a Year -41,85 in Advance. Wednesday, Oct. title 1893. A PROFESSION AL OPINION. • Rev. 1?. Gunner. M. D , c f Listowel, Out. Rays regarding lt. 13. 13.: "1 nave used your excellent Burdock Cementind in tree- - '-'Lice and ie My family since 1SS4, and hold fit I', 3o. 1 on my list of sanative remedies. Your three busy B's never s g, weaken, or Worry, Do 1BARDMENT OF 1. ALIFAX, TWO MEN WOUNDED IN TILE ENG IT WAS 1111110 WARFARE, BUT THE SOLDIERS FOUND IT EEniO 1OEMENT. TWO O F US. • The sound of war was heard el Tuesdai°y in Halifax, ' Five thous men under arms manoeuvred in a about the eight forte at the entrance the harbor and on the warships of 11 British fleet. The regular forces were augmented by all the militia at this point. The object of the operations was to teat the ability of the lend forces and fortifications to lariat a possible attack either by land or on sea. On the occasion of the 144 nt etiu:avres York redoubt, the meet effective fortificatiou in Canada Led ay, was found to bo unable to cover a ship that might steal upon the harbor under its guns. %..n immense sura has since been spent to remedy the effect. Early in the morning the Blake and Tartar went to sea, and rnilitary were stationed in all the forte. The first movement was the landing by a torpedo boat- of a party of s•tilers at Herring Cove. They stole along the road two miles to York redoubt and eurprised the garrison there. An alarm was given and hostilities began. In the engagement a sailor had one arm blown off and the other hand split ho wrist. In the hurry of tiering, field gun was improperly apunged Mit, and the new charge prematurely exploded. last and ud to •t A BOMBARDMENT. Following the attack on York re• doubt by the land forces was a bom• bardment by the Blake and Tartar. Then the cannonade became general from all the forts and•ships. Mettle time another lauding party of 250 sailors was tusking its way along the road towards the head of the north• west arm to reach the city. It was met by the 6Gth, and another engagement took place. Another casualty occur• red here, a private of tate 6 6t having his ear blown off by a comrade's rills. The progress of the invaders was stopped, and the interest was again centred in the firing between ships and fo>:ts. The official announcement of the re- sult of the tactics and mauceuvres has not yet been made. Tai slay's engage• went is understood to he more favorable to the defending forces than at former operations. York redoubt was more effective than before. A prominent officer in the Loyal Artillery told your correspondent that the ships were well within range of the guns at the redoubt and McNabb's island, and that they could never have stood the fire from the forts; that at tithes the other forts would have been very destructive. It was 9 o'clock when the regulars and militia arrived home, tired and footsore most of then, and they realized that even mimic warfare is not all tun. AN OPPORTUNiTY NOT TO BF LOAT.— Our refuters will see from advertise- ment in our columns that Professor Dorenwend, the well known manu- facturer of hair and hair goocls,is about to revisit Clinton with his many styles • of coverings for both ladies and gentle - ..men who are bald or who front any other cause require to use theist. He ,has invented and is now manufactur- ing some styles on an entirely new principle—securing better ventilation and stronger and more natural looking goods, besides being lighter in weight. ]Ladies wigs of wavy, curly or straight 'hair. Ladies plain fronts. Switches of all lengths and shades. For gentle- }nen, he has wigs and toupees for bald - these so natural in appearance, so light in weight, and of great benefit as a preventative of cold, etc., that now more than 12,000 are using thein. Why don't you? The Prof. will also give full information to all ladies regarding the care and treatment of the coni- ` lection. This will positively be his eerily visit this season as he must re - left Manitoba and British Columbia. t Rattenbu y House on Thursday, 26th October. A BALD HEAD IS VERY UNsIONTI.Y. ' —Those gentlemen who ha.ve been so Unfortunate as to lose their hair should see Prof. Dorenwend's fine toupees end wigs. Over 12,010 in use. He will be at Rattenhury House on Thursday, 26th October. At wait 1 bn 'trtrtrt„ get tete ti6rsty et tent soon 14arn to levee '"GFia tttoioterelesa troth et the keen'sheet; "ileal vet a sheen of the pompeutt Least W ij re t e newest puree is the hieheat privet wee eiganirea Olathe, porltuped and heed, Its the name of anutioua, statistical Obese The sutlle restralneol, the reswetebet cant, When melted in need Ina trlend in went;. Where the only ale; is to keep afloat, Anda brother may drown with a cry in iia throat, -John heyee privy. EAGLE'S CRAG, Throe o'clock on a December after- noon, among the wild bills and moor- lands of Glen Lee. There had been but little snow as yet, but for at fortnight a blaok and bitter frost hada made the tracks like irou and held the river in its grip. Over these lonely ' miles of heather, beyond whore the deep, dark loch lies with inountaiva on two sides, rising sheer from its brink, grim and steeper than any prison walls, cause a young girl. When the wind whistled round her with a sharper, keener bust than usual. she hid her face in her rough, homespun shawl ; when the hand that held a basket nipped and ached with the searching cold, site breathed on it and chafed it with ;the other, and now and then she kept lifting her oyes to the sky souiewhat auxie'usly, Per the early com- ing darlttleee seomea even too early, and these were surely snow clouds over Craig- ma•skellie, That little cottage, the very farthest that could be seen standing lone- ly and remote away up on the far off hillside, was her destination, and it was a good two hours' walk. ••Tho snaw'll keep aff for awhile yet," alae thought, "an if I shouldn;t wru haute afore dark utitber'll lute the lamp lit in the witida, an I'll no feel lune - wine." There is no place in the world more solitary than those mountain glens in the dead of winter, but this girl was not nervous, and site knew every step of the way. lietveeu her and her itonw there was only oue other dwelling. 'Vliat was a cozy enough building of gray stone, with' a tidy bit of arouud about it, just where the inch rlaud road began to slope upward and become a hill track. 'Lizzie Lowdeu had long ago made up her mend that she would take the other side of the moor rattler than pass close by the door of Alan Grant, the gamekeeper. There used to Le two brothers at Moorfoot-- Alan, the gamekeeper, and Kindle, the younger, ti shepherd. Now .the re was but oue, for Sandie, the "blytltest lad an the brawest in a' the glen," "the dainty chiel" of the "unlit folk," and the "se- cret ane" in more than one maiden's heart, had disappeared. Disappeared suddenly and strangely, and yet after the first talk hod died down there seemed little mystery in it after all Sandie had too much push and spirit, some said, to remain long what he wag—a shepherd in aquietglen. He had been heard to shy that he would be "aff some tine day, and they would need to find anither to dance .'Chilli() Callum' at the gathering in rwamer and sing a sang by the winter tire." And one fine spring morning his dog wandered,with drooped head aitd melan- choly eyes, around the house and over the well known track, and alt Alan said was that Sandie "hadna caul' hame last nicht, and as his money has game, too, he supposed he was spendin it some- where." "An nae wonder, he was fair sick o' the likes of him," was the ooutntoneet comment when his words were reported, for the elder brother was a favorite. lain and strongly made, with a dark face and silent taciturn ways, he was no sympa- thetic companion for his light dteart. d brother. It was a year ago coarse April, and people had ceased to surmise or even to think much, but Lizzie Lowden thought of little else, though she had spoken less than any, and to -night her heart was full of it. Sbe came to a paling and put down her basket to climb. She had been run - ding for some distance before coarsing to it and stopped a moment to take breath. The moor rose immediately beyond, and then dipped into a sort of hoiluw. Beside the paling. a little below where she was, lay w biggish stone. The ground was white, though it Was but a sprinkling of snow that covered it, but just beside the stone something drew her attention. She came nearer. The color rushed into her face and left it pale. The snow there was red dyed, crimsoned with blood, but that was not all. There were marks be- yond, terrible ghastly traces. . Here the impress of—eh, could it be a hand! There, as if some heavy body had dragged itself or been dragged up the Bleep, and all the way that horrible ghastly track. Whatever it was—man or beast—it lay just out. of sight, hidden in the hol- low. Her breath came and went in little gasps. Must she pass it? She would hide her eyes and fly past. never looking, hardly stopping till she was near home, but for a moment her limbs refused to move. Then, long and low on the frightful silence caste—a moan? She was a woman and pity was stronger than fear. It was anguish unto death that called her and see almost flew in the directiun of,the sound. Her foot stumbled on something. Almost before she looked , with a sick, shudder- ing apprehension, she knew what it was —Alan Grant, the gamekeeper's, gun, and—he had moaned. The man lay on ea bank of heather, His hands clutched the, twigs, the snow hardly whiter than his face. his eyes staring at the sky. In a moment, the girl realized what had happened. • He must have slipped on the icy stone on leaping the fence, and in the fall his gun has exploded. He was now bleeding to death. "Alan!" she said, and lie turned his dim eyes on her. Tho life was almost out of him, but the expression of some great mental agony, some . terrible emo- tion, sprang into his face. She overcame her strong aversion to the man, and put- ting one hand an his wrist with she other she loosened his coat and then vainly tried with her shawl to stanch the dread- ful wound on his chest. The snow had begun to fall; at first she hardly knew it, but it was lying in heavy flakes on his head now. It was wet on her own face. It was coming heavily and fast. A little distance from them, only a few steps, was a sheepfold with one corner roughly roofed in with bracken and branches. She put her strong, young arms around the wounded man, an with a God given strength, half lifted, half dragged hint to the shelter. She made a bundle of some dry feriae and put his head on it. Then she put her mouth close to his ears: "Alan," site said, "can 'ee hear me?- l'tn to rin as fast as ever I can battle, an mither an I wull tak' ye hatne to your sin house." He shook his head and pointed to his breast pocket. She took out a small brandy flask and poured some of the liquid down his throat. There was very little and he drained it dry, Then, hot ipo>41P.- ueltf ly,, to gni" gats int $ eaths, {" 'l# a a deld matt nits ye ceryls back Bide, Wei I bee lain here for cora, Yell gang au.ua eneuclt an YO hear what f lens to tell ye. pilula eturt, ltrs ie ; it's nae Mair wurde o' love I hate tae vex ye wi', I kept that was nae use fang gyne. Ye're mountain for Sandie, tlunkin aye on hien—an the bonnie lad's lying dead and still at'thebottom o' Loch F,liuck." The girl seared at hese wildly --then started to her feet,shudderiug and trem- bling. The dying man olutubed at her dress with one last effort. "I killed him." he hall eobbed. "We had words. I told hliti he needna fash hiausel' tryin to win ye, for I wid had ye for any wife, fair means or foul. An he loukit in my face wi' that lauch o' his. It was on the Eagle's crag. I struck -thine pushed hitn ower. He went doon, doon, ye ken whaur." Ho was choking. Once' he tried to open his lips. His eyes sought the girl's bidden face with a piteous, bunted look. When she lifted her head from her hands, Ite was dead ! Deadtu the walled sheepfold by her side, and the show was falling, whirl- ing, driving in the gathering darkness. Lizzie used to wo:ideer afterward whether she sat there hours or only a few tnl::utes. It seemed to be black night all at once. To venture out into that [Haze of' blinding drift would be worse than madness. She crept out of the shelter through deep snow and feel- ing 1'n• the wall strained over it with a vague, desperate hope of seeing her mother's light. Darkness unbroken ! Only one of two tlti::gs remained to be done -.-tight her way out and perish in Artificial Marble. • The manufacture of marble is usually left to nature. and h rnan beings have no reason to be dissatisfied with the re- sults of this arrangement, but the enthu- siasm of the modern scientist leads him continually to compete with natural forees aud often with success. The latest achievement of science is the arti- ficial production of marbl from pure calcium carbonate. M. H. e Chatelier, a French chemist, takes the calcium in tbe form of an impalpable powder, and compresses it in a steel cyl'nder. be- tween two pistons, with a pressure of 2000 pounds to the square inch. While in this condition a platinum spiral, pre- viously etnbedded in the powder, is heat- ed by an electric ourrent, with the result that the powder in the neighborhood of the wire was rendered crystalline and translucent. Sections of the resulting substance when examined underneath a inicroseope, exhibited the characterietics of certain specimens of slightly maoled marble. This remarkable work of tl e electric curreet may prove the steppin stone to greater achievements in the production of artificial stone of all kinds. Mr. W. K. Vantlerbat's Yecht, the by Messrs. Laird Bros., Birkenhead Iron Works, will eatt for the, Uuited States ill a few days, says the New York* Sun. She es the lorgest yatiltt Amt. 'belie.; 012 feet lotig, 8t feet bleed. of 2400 tonnage. and driven by twit' taTeWS with engines des -divine X0g0ecile.wee power. She is also full brig - There aro ha all ubout 80 stitteroome, a uttigititieeut salt on. and a library. both having been fitted up by Meters. Cuttel, (if Peas, who have hitt' uerte blanche in carrying out the work. T119 611:0011 itt feet in length and 84 iu width, the whole breatitn ef the fettp. 'the general design of Loe saloon is Louis rze, but that is not too las ishly adhered to. The wood ..is fine-graintel Freuch pine, eethling English roplareett, of cower, the original grain and color of the wood id hidden beneath the tine white enantel with its golden embellishments. The carving, which is out of the solid wood, F.,..1113thillg to be wondered at. 1 t eeteeltng being );c11 biglt relief carv- ing, beautifully done, dad shiaine out LS added lAayseur po:fltt:tte:Le.:dzI:z7. Leaving tle. saloon, a 100 foot pnssage, arched and beautifully diecoratuil, rind eeittl—as are both the seinen and the rary—leads to this latter apartment, where again the hand of the °weer has had free play. This apartment is of rich dark waleitit, unpolished; the panels and pilasters rich with the most beautiful carving, which, indeed. embellishes the whole apartment. The settees, side- board, aud general fittings are all of dark walnut, and overhead beautiful panels of the same wood, climb nxi with soft -tinted paintings, loo't down on the name The fireplece and innntelpiece are one of the thirst bits of wore in the ship, being massive and exquisitely carved. 'The fireplace Is of gliSzed brick, 111131 in the grate is set a black Lou cal- dron to receive the lire. AIRS. VANDERBILT'S APARTMENTS. Mrs. Vanderbilt's state/seen is rich. but chaste in style. which 14 Sheraton, enameled whit.° and picked out with golia the ceiling being of rich &trout; piaster, also enameled ivory white. All the furniture and equipments are thus tinteei, and as the trail paneling and draperies are of an old rose color, rich flowered siik; the effect wenn and bedstead is :similarly enameled and draped, fuel the carpet is a bettutifel gray Saxony. as are all the after cabine and passages. Out of the bedroom is a neat bathreom, but with veveral wooden paaels in place of draperies. The bath the bath itself enameled copper. ti.'oing up front the main to the upper .deck, este tintle Mrs. Vanderbilt's sitting. room, a beautiful apartmept in the old Adams' style, the furniture, frainings and casings. tieing of dark mahogany. tind the upholstering:: and hangings of a Pectiliar,. green -floe ered silk, between apple and gage green in tint. Mit VANDERBILT'S STATEROOM. Mr, Vanderbilt's stateroom is fitted up in a particularly luxurious style. the furniture being of ricitly ta..%'ured Pollard oak, and ceneista of a spacious wardrobe titted up with every conceivable accom- modation.. In one corte•r the seats are upholstered in rieh cream ground and floral design Freuelt silk, and above hav- tg cupboard and bookcases ittekee be thews paneled and tined with beveled glase. Under and between the ports are seen a specially designed, very effec- tive Pollard oak cabinet or sideboard. The bestead itt• am important • feature here, made of Pollard oak %vial conveni- eled and carved and having cattuoy headboard, presenting the ectne or ele- gance and comfort. The avail spaces, w Itich are eery limited owing to the fitments covering almost all, are panel- ed with the sante silk as is used in the upholstery, and Bee. ceiling frieze and beams are covered with Tyitecas• le tapestry decorated itt tone of ivory witite. Adjoining this room and tip - launched through a pair of handsomely paneled and .carve 1 doors is the bath- rourn and lavatory. fitted up and decor- ated in the most approved an elueaut ma niter. QUARTERS OF 'ME OF'FICTIti. The captaines room ia another very apixtinted room, fitted up in ma- hogany and containing wartirobos fitted into two corners. All the crew's f piar- tent and servant's apartmenes are most comfortably and even flegantly gotten up; in fact, the whole ship, from stein to stern, and from keelson to truck, is com- fortable, pretty and strong. SuVeretlett rive Acres. This man succeeded by fnrining with fertilizers. Hie name is J. II. George, and he began in 1S73 on five acres of sprout land in Eastern Messaclousette that folks said wouldn't even grow birches. He keeps five head of stock on the feed gruwn en las five acres, besides selling two tons of hay a year, in addi- tion to the int ney crops nisei for mar- ket, principallY onions and pole om. Ile lias grown two • onion crops of 1100 Int. per acre, and 500 bu. per acre of pota- toes is his average in good years. He- Qt1i.e11 are his favme uses 1000 to 2000 lbs. of spe•• cial potato fertilizer per acre (cost- ing $85 to 840), two-thirds broad- casted. the rest in the drille, which are 8 feet apart with seed cut to nee eye dropped every 15 inclitts covered with a horse hoe, cultivates once and earths up, cost of production being under 25 cents per bushel. Hr. George went in debt for his place 20 years ago, has paid for it. get a niue set of buildings, a snug bit of money in bank, has raised and edu- cated six children, end doesn't owe a dollar to-day—all from that five acres. buildings included. He has done it by good farming, sound business judgment and Unflagging industry, yet imen'e made a mere machine of himself, hav- ing been a prize winner at fairs. elected to town offices by both parties, and is a typo of the citizen -farmer. Ile is a mighty instructive example for farmers Tea . %he dodo et* gae with teemed teem, muse ewe Oulu:Ogee; tente And through Dm tnead0W 4:0771944 leer flattops terebee Elii hely she Apes : "New ell sweet lays, Wife dwell in flowery cover. Ite libel la ins awl taloW1bu wayti Arbon: lades the four•leavell Goer." The Wee are blue above her head, The summers& le Wien With tweet la of wild rose and of Worn - Not the.e 1101V stay the inaktee, "0 wook.1,411 shoring on the hill, Your music imlitunteth over, But 1 Inv wed ;rah whom! will It 1 tied lour -leaved clover!" Deep In the wood the dove low nteant SwIttl Phyllis keeps her merry (first, Toronto) the cool trrasses "Vor hill or dale, Sy land or se1, My love now ho a rover, But he will wbi his way to we The coastline steeps wIth go!il her 1. • 'the breeLe her vheek 11310.4,1".e. Anil 10 the NI1111,11er beauty latis Alysit her "13" way he near, he may Int far, lie toy own t roe lover liotwoon our hear, he tio tar -Lucy Ltandolpit l'Io:nit g. MY COUSIN IISA. My cousin Elsa had, I am sorry to bay. gruel! eau a provocente woman. tc 0.; insidlicient evidence, that the Men *Leon) she met were in levy was jeet pretty enough to make 1.er s:ory probable, anti this was exasperue- 1 pointed out to teeni flint Elsa was the kind of girl that had to flu some- thing to Make her ioothFa• hotror, that one elm keew her well having taken her seriously, and that it we; best to bent. quietly with the ways of weinen. 'I el id whet I could. I told her it Ives vulgar to pose its tie. Car ot Juggernaut. but although she is quite vulgar enough to conseitaktly avoel vulgarity. she would 11013 caraenteiLupon her late one night at one of her inothere4 turdie, when nearly every one hail go tee Silli was wearing the most affected clothes, liquid 1.%yes alto a small pout -Poer little me !" she said, in her have J done? I feel posit' v. 11 certain twit Mr. NVysloup will kid me." would utke ine in to supper : ever he • has sa nolo' at trio in a positively muri fermis way." "Elsa.' I said, "I will give you six lessuns tn the art of implication for one le is emelt), lett I haat to see you doing things me rthe lc illy. lt ie right with rue, of course. but I fence. that you I tad tea better tell other people that Wyslotip la in love with you." “I nester :mei he was. And why She did and Wysleap leserd of it. He ss connected with elle preprietor of the ...Wysl up :Multiplex Soak." Toe multi- plex sock 1., if one mow trust the adv.:. tisernent, an added luxury to life aria aannot wear out. le has certainly con • the nephew of the broprietor. If in stoup if he is connected vieth the multi- plex sock he tell you frankly that he is its nephew. But 'when once he knows you are aware of the etioneetion Ile does not permit any further reference to it. I was curioue to see how Ile Would take my cousin Elsa's audacity. See had belted at Wysloupas devotion in conversation with young Cote! Banks. Batiks is a repeater. Ilk) told Wysloup all about it and further,. he told me that he had told Wysloup. Nese I thouele, Wysloup will cut her dead, mid make no secret why he does its or 110 will set some scandal afloat about 130i.. fie did nothing of the kite!. Ife trieteel her with the most delicete fuel restwct rut at- tention. He took every c-hance of meet - hag her. seemed at first to desire nothing more than to be forerer her humble and silent wor One- or twice as she stepped front t itt carrieee up the strip of carpet, to some p toy to which Wysloup hal not been inset!), she SaW 111111 standing in tie. crowd littlf in shadow, cloaked, would've her with raptured eyes and a romantie air, as im- pressive US the advire-enteet of tee Multiplex Sou k. ' On the oceasii .0 witen he. did meet her it was by 110 metiii4 wee of monopo- lizing her. Ile tt•ttk with Int nl,le grat i• vouchsafed to It•in Ire reetontletr-d, and showed her tit tt he rem full) wed. every word she mai I art 1 every Kerte.- mete she expreesed: ' Ire woi reverent.. and chivalroue with her. Hie tweeter was perfect. He was spled lid.. 11 te do not think Eliza bad' been treated vvith abnormal reverence hefore. She waft fond of her, yet slie talked Walt! deal of him. Site told nte fete that he was the only roan sito kn WhO had a really noble nature. I teed: "Aal right, brit lot it step et teat. Do .'t said that I Itnil never tried. Teen rite told me that I was vulgar, whieh was intim+ to me with a letter in her hand. ft You know," she heentn, -tied past. dear martini» ibie4 not like Mr. Wy- stoup : she nsks him to thing's some- times. because I melte her, but she hates ereat trnuble. Treat writ- ten me a proposal anti I have nceepted I'm not worthy, and I never called any - von to breitk it to Ill:141111M am( tell her ilint it's all right." "Yoe wen't like it. He's going Massed to look after the colertial inter- ests of the alnitip'ex Sack. You had bet• ter write and say you've changed your mind. What's that letter you've got, th(°71PiTs' his. It's the letter. I can't hear to let it go out of my bands." "The address on the envelope," I said, "is not in Wysloup's writing.' . "Well. it's the same es the writing in- side and the same at the nereptances he wrote to our invitatiens. I wish we had not destroyed them." I went to a drawer and pulled out a sheet of note paper. "There." said, "I saw Wysloup write end sign it. Compare it with the letter ler yeent." too4 me tune to_ conyinee her„ but.„T She sa'd that Wvsloup ought to 041k:tilled' of bitneelf. met diet it ubVi0tiftt- iy 33 as aot he 'who 'tad played her tba. trick, wail that I was mins to blame tor iziumiti,ing him to ber—whicle by sue way. never did. She al40 said that • would kill her. but it (Wel. This Is the reply elle received to her writing : "Drew MISS BADDING : 1 gather from your leiter that 57/1110 'Jenson has been wt.) 1114 to you a. propose' in my name, and that you must have b.een the victim you for the very warns and flattering ex. preeiions that you used about me, and to them. But I shall hope to be alwaye a brother to you. "It came to my knowledge some mon• Its ago that you had coupled my name with yours in a very unjuetifiable way. I shall, therefere, retain your letter as a hostage. As long as you '- refrain front taking such liberties in future, no one will see that letter but myself. Again apologizing for iny iu- ability to be to you all that you could wish. I remain, yours, respectfully. Elsa, spent a vast amount of g Lep°, tears and torn liandkerCefs Over Oda "How dare a man say that he will be my brothere" she exclaimed. Then she once more referred to the probability- of her immediate decease. Wysloup left England a few days afterward-, aud we never fotind out whom lie had got to write the lettere for him. For all we knew he rnay have disguised his own handwriting. When Elsa married Sir Peter a year afterward, Wysloup sent her as a wed- ding present a gold bonLonniere, with her love letter folded small inside it. He once More showed the relies of a con- science. A few weeks afterward I caught Elsa speaking of Wyeloup to a dear "Yes," said Elsa, sweetly, "there was something between us, but it could never be. lie left England, you kuow, directly afterward. I do hope that his life is not quite spoiled." So Elsa struck the last blow: but then she was never hampered even by the relics of a conseience.—Barry Pain. LARIAT BETTER THAN PISTOL. A Nevada Duel In Which Ono Combatant Wits Dragged to Death. A unique and terrible duel was fought recently on Dunphy's cattle ranch, near Carlin, Nev., says The Sau Francisco Eeeminer. George Rice and Westly Hickerson, two cowboys, were the prin. cipals,both having been friends for some time. During the evening Rice and Elickerson began playing pranks on one another. Hickerson went to Rice's bunk, took his pistol,and threw it into a stream running close by. Thereupon Race swung his lasso and caught Hickerson. declaring he vroul I drag him into the oreek and hold him there until he found the pistol. He was prevailed upon by his companions. however, to release Hickerson. He then said he would eettit work and leave the ranch. He and Hickerson sat down together to figure up ho* much znoney they had borrovved from or loaned to each other at different titnes and to settle up. This matter was "adjusted amicably and they agreed to call it all square, and Ric mounted his horse to ride into town for the pur- pose of seeing the foreman and to notify him of his intention to leave his service and receive what was due him. He had covered perhaps half the dis- tance to town, when, for some reason. he wheeled his horse aud started back towards the camp. It is preiumed he had thought the matter over and con- cluded not to quit work. Hickersoa saw hint cotning, when. without a word to his companions, lie nieuitted his horse end started out to meet Rice. They ad- vanced until within about fifty yards of each other, when Hickeeron piffled his revolver and commenced filen ;. Rice leaned over on the opposite side of his home, Indiau fashion. , and began cir- cling around Hickersou, at the same time undoing hist lasso, and kept gracile - illy drawing nearer to Hickerson. Hicks erson had fired three times at his oppo- aent, but owing to Rice's manceuvrest lied failed to bit either horse or rider. In the meantime Rice had drawn close snough to his assailant. He straighten- sd up in his saddle, whirled his lariat eround his head, and in a second the lariat had settled around his vintim's body, and Rice was wildly dashing to- ward the camp, dragging his now help- less man over the rocks and through the sagebrush. The mea in the camp were horror-stricken at the sight. and before they could rush to - the assistance of the poor fel- low Rice had reached the camp. It was but elle work of a moment to undo the lasso, and it took but a glance at the bruised aud battered face of the unfor- 'lunate young man to tell that life was extinct. Rice, however, could not be- lieve that his victim Was dead. and wanted to ride into the town for a doc- tor, but one of the cowboys said the best thing to do was to send for the foreman and the sheriff. ° Rice said : "If you are going to Fend for that gang I think I will be meking myself scarce around these parts."' He immediately put spurs to les hone and shouted as he started : "I ain going to the Red House, boys, and you can tind me there." As soon as the news of the tragedy was received deputy eheriffe started for the scene of 'the killing and the Red House ranch. They returned saying Rice had not been near the Red House and that no trace of him could be found, The jury returned a verdict that Hickerson's death was caused by being dragged by a lariat in the hands of George Rice. They neither exonerated uor blamed Rice. ' 1101.1dit'A Mod of a mete. The Jacksonville Btreet railway com- pany has a big gray mule of which it is IS proud as a lien with one chicken. Flits mule has a very mild and benevo- lent countenance, aud is not afraid of a, bushel of oats. It is upto a trick or two also, and has a very melodious voice that can rattle off "White Wings" until you are dissolved in tears. When it wants * drirk it goes to the hydrant at the stables, turns the faucet with its leak, and envelops itself with a barrel or so of good, cool water. Best of all, when its thirst is quenched it carefully turns off the water and goes to its stall satisfied atid happy. Such a , mule is certainly worth Its weight in banamis.—Florida