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At this flat denial of the fplanetary system, Ned felt the impossibility of 3n explanation: he accoi'dingly requested Tim to ask the king for his opinion regarding the sun. The question having been put, the king consulted the sorcerers around him, and, after an animate discussion, Tim interpreted his reply: "De king say, Massa Ned, dere no such ting as one sun got plenty sun, ever}' morning one new sun comes UD out of de 'arth same like a pumpkin den he climb up de skv all day and die when do night come, and bury 'self in de ground." "And what does he think of the moon?" asked Ned.

After considerable discussion between the sorcerers and the king, Tim replied. "De king say, de young moon •come very thin and hungry up de sky den she swaller a lot of stars ebery night and grow a little fat den at last she swaller too many stars and swell 'self out and bust herself right oil' 'xactlv. "Tim," said Ned. solemnly, "these people are stupid creatures, but tell them that there shall be a sign in six days from this time that shall teach them the truth. Tell them that the Great Spirit who made all things shall darken the sun, and the moon shall pass u::ross its face." "Massa Ned,"replied Tim.thoughtfully, "p' raps better not tell 'em dat story now de nigger b'lieveal Massa Ned's talk, but tell 'em one lie. den upset de boat 'xaetly!"

Ned was highly amused at Tim's honest but ignorant advice, and he had some trouble in explaining to •him the nature of an eclipse but when at length he showed him the •exact hour in the "Nautical Almanac" at which the event would take place, Tim at once appreciated the importance of the phenomenon, although half incredulous of the fact. He now interpreted Ned's prophecy, that at the expiration of six days a sign should be seen that would prove the existence of the Great Creator,as the sun should be darkened at midday.

At this announcement the entire crowd raised a shout of incredulity, and the king having applied to his sorcerei's, who shook their heads in derision, turned angrily toward Ned and spoke for some minutes in great excitement. "Massa Ned," '^better not tell dat kind of talk: de king very angry look what he say! He say: 'How de white man dai-etrow de dust in de king's eye? Tell him one big lie dat rnalce •him look like one big fool 'for his people!' Den de sorcerers say: 'Try him! if he make de sun black, ail right if he not make de sun black, kill him, dat's de trick!"

At this moment loud murmurs arose among the crowd, and the king rose and retired with his sorcerers without taking the slightest notice 'Of Ned. The sorcerers had always been jealous of Ned's supremacy,and •they now seized the opportunity of prejudicing the king's mind against him. Several gave advice that he should at once be put to death for having attempted to deceive by so gross a falsehood but the king, having duly considered the matter, came to the conclusion that some great evil might befall the country should lie take Ned's life unjustly. therefore it would be wiser to await the time when the phenomenon was to take place. Should Ned's prophecy be correct, there could be no doubt that he was a wonderful sorcerer but should it fail, he would be an impostor who should be justly punished. In the mean time Ned was regarded with great suspicion.

On the morning of the promised day one of the king's cows had twin calves at sunrise and, upon the intelligence being received, he immediately arose in astonishment and beat his huge drum to summon the attendance of his sorcerers and councillors. They had hardly arrived and heard the news from the king's •own mouth, as he sat upon his leopard skins beneath the great syca.more, when a messenger rushed in haste to his presence and informed liiin

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presented him with twin boys. Loud murmurs of astonishment were raised by the assembled crowd, and the sorcerers immediately advised the king to beat the drum and sum:mon the whole population to hear the wonderful news, that the favorite cow and the favorite wife had

roduced twins almost in the same Upon this the king beat the drum, and every head man of a town quarter replied upon his drum,which general summons was almost immediately followed bv a crowd of people, who collected from all quarters and sat upon the ground, completely thronging the open space around the sycamore.

The king now addressed the multitude, and explained that he considered this unexpected blessing must be the result of magic that the white man had promised a wonderful sign upon this day when the moon should darken the face of the sun, which thev all knew must be impossible. If indeed this should take place, there could be no doubt ttyat he was the greatest sorcerer that had ever lived, but if, on the other hand, the sun should remain bright, there could bo little doubt that the birth of two sets of twins jwr&s.ft sign that must be followed by

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'CHAPTER XVI—CONTINUED. Tim put this into his native tongue .and the king made a short remark. "What does he say?" asked Ned. '•'He savs. 'Dat's a lie!'" replied Tim.

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cry of assent from some thousand voices followed the king's address, and a messenger was immediately sent to summon the attendance of Ned and Tim. Upon their arrival the decision of the king was at once made known to them. "Dis a very bad job. Massa Ned, said Tim "a foolish bus'ness 'xaetly if de sun not turn black, dese black niggers kill Massa Ned. What can do to change dis bus'ness, Massa Ned "Don't be afraid, Tim," replied Ned, "the eclitfse must take place between noon and one o'clock we shall triumph if you translate what 1 tell you without flinching. Tell the king, continued Ned, as he rose and fixed a lance perpendicularly in the ground, that before the shadow shall reach this line (which he marked in the dust with his foot) the sun will be darkened and, if my words are untrue, he may drive that lance through my body.

With much reluctance Tim interpreted the ominous sentence, which was received by the king and the crowd in deep silence.

With much tavt Ned then demanded of the king that twenty oxen should immediately be slaughtered and distributed to the multitude to celebrate the occasion. A loud cheer burst from the crowd at this demand, and the king having assented, the oxen were shortly brought to the spot and slaughtered at the same time a huge tire was lighted, and long strips of flesh were thrown into the blaze and divided when haltcooked among the thousands present.

This savage feasting consumed the interval, and twelve o'clock arrived by the time that the remnants were cleared away and the feast was over.

Ned now arose from the ground and drove the people from the spot in which he had placed the lance, while lie deepened the line with burnt stick that was to mark the limit of the shadow. The king and his sorcerers now anxiously watched his proceedings, but none more eagerly than Tim, who dreaded the result of failure.

At first the lance threw no shadow as the sun was vertical: but slowly the dark line began to lengthen toward the east. Many of the crowd now stood up in their excitement to watch the gradually increasing shadow, while some attempted to gaze on the glaring sun that shone in a spotless sky with a power that appeared unquenchable,

The time passed on, and. the shadow of the lance grew longer, and stretched nearer and near to the fatal limit. Tim's heart beat quick, and he fixed his eyes upon Ned in despair, as at length the dark line extended within a few inches of the mark The crowd began to murmur and the sorcerers whispered to the king and shook their heads in derision of Ned's presumption. The king's features assumed an expression of angry discontent as he lent forward to see whether the shadow had reached the defined limit, at the same time he beckoned to a huge black whom Ned knew to be his principal executioner. This brutal looking fellow anvanced with a rope wound round his waist, with which he was accustomed to tie the arms of his victims, and he smiled grimly at Ned, as though he considered him already in his power.

Ned himself began to fear that he had made some error in the calculation of the hour, as the shadow of the lance almost reached the line when a sudden gloom, as though a passing cloud, caused the shadow to disappear. Ned sprang to the ground and raising his extended arm toward the heavens, he invoked the protection of the Almighty in a loud clear voice that produced a startling effect upon the king. The gloom increased. and. shortly a black shadow veiled a portion of the sun, and adark sphere crept slowly but surely over its disk. It was like the dim twilight of evening gradually increasing toward darkness, aud the round black object could now be seen creeping across the sun, until merely a thin crescent of its light remained.

With a loud cry, the king and all his people threw themselves upon the ground and hid their faces in their hands Ned and Tim alone remained standing amidst the crowd of prostrate savages. "Cry out, Tim, in your loudest voice." said Ned "This is the work of the Great Spirit that the white man serves! this is the hand of his God!"

Tim repeated these words with great energy in the native tongue the whole crowd groaned with terror. "Cry out again, Tim," said Ned: "Rise up and the sun will regain its light!"

At these words the king arose trembling, together with some of his people, but the greater number still remained prostrate upon the earth. Ned then approached the king and directed his attention to the sun, which slowly resumed its brilliant proportions as the eclipse passed away.

Turning to his chief executioner the king gave some directions, and before Ned could interfere, the sorcerers who had advised his death were seized and strangled upon the spot, and their bodies were dragged outside the town to be devoured by the hyenas that prowled around the entrance during the night.

The king and all his .people were now convinced that the birth of the double twins was the work of Ned's magic, aad *ras

looked upon as the most wonderful sorcerer that had ever been known thus from that day he had the highest position in the state, and he was hourly tormented by applicants of both sexes for charms' and talismans against every imaginable evil.

With all this evil he had been unable to inculcate the true idea of religion into the savage minds. Some few, indeed professed to believe ia the Great Spirit that had darkened the sun but the death of a goat or a cow was in all cases sufficient to dispel their belief in a god who allowed their cattle to die.

Prisoners in this land of heathens, and apparently cut off from the rest of the world forever, and from his loved home and Edith, we must leave Ned aud return toother scenes.

CHAPTER XVII.

Five years had passed away since the memorable day when the body of the brave Dick Stone had been committed to the waves and the dismasted Polly had been towed into Falmouth by the British cruiser. The gallant defense of the lugger against a superior force, and the dexterous escape of the crew from a French prison through the intervention of Leon tine, had made a great sensation at a time when hardly a week passed in England without some deed of daring that claimed the admiration of the world. Leontine, upon her arrival at Falmouth, had found herself in the position of a heroine rather than a prisoner, and upon her devotion and brave conduct being made known to the authorities she was rewarded by the freedom of her brother Victor, who was in the Falmouth jail. It was a happy day for Leontine when the order for his release arrived and she was permitted to visit the prison and throw herself in her brother's arms as his unexpected deliverer. She had been kindly received by the mayoress of the town, who had supplied her with clothes, and after a few week's delay both she and her brother, with other French prisoners, were forwarded to France in exchange for the British sailors who had been captured in merchant vessels.

In the meantime, while Leontine had been rendered happy, a cloud of miser}'' had shrouded the cottage on the cliff at Sandy Cove. The few men who had remained among the Polly's crew after the fatal engagement returned to the Cove from Falmouth, and the wailing of women in the little village for husbands and sons lost in the action was the first sound that had struck upon Polly Grey's ears a few minutes before Joe Smart arrived and gently broke the dreadful intelligence. Paul Grey had been seen to fall in the heat of the fight, and there could be no doubt of his death.

Polly was stunned by the shock of this overwhelming affliction her heart -was withered by the blow, as all the fond hopes with which she had comforted herself in her husband's absence were thus crushed forever. It was long before she could weep, and for days she sat upon the terrace wall and gazed at the barren sea as though she still hoped that the well known sail would reappear, and that she might once more clasp her arms around Paul's neck. She would then retire to her cottage and open the drawers and look at the clothes in which she had so often seen him everything that he had worn had become dear to her, and all that had been his was now sacred there was thfe red woolen comforter that she had knitted for him, and this she took in her hands, and letting it fall upon the ground, she fell upon her knees, and burying her face upon the bed she sobbed bitterlv "O God! I am a widow, and my boy Ned is also gone!" she cried, as she appealed in the agony of her grief to Him for comfort.

In this hour of deep affliction she was not alone: she had a devoted friend and comforter in Edith, who loved her fondly, and who strove with affectionate care to soothe her distress. Mr. Jones, who had gone through a similar bitter trial, showed her the greatest kindness, and it was resolved that the cottage at Sandy Cove should be sold, as the scene of the old home only served to awaken painful recollections.

When a few weeks had passed and the first burst of grief was over, Polly mournfully turned her thoughts to her late husband's affairs. She was in debt to Captain Smart, as he had advanced considerable sums to liquidate various claims. She therefore proposed that all the effects, together with the cottage, be sold, and that the Polly should be put up at auction at Falmouth, as it would be useless to enter upon the expense of the necessary repairs.

It went to Polly's heart to part with Paul's old lugger but as Joe Smart was her counselor, and he declared it to be positively necessary she at length decided, and it was sold at Falmouth for £160.

The cottage remained and this, together with the furniture and the nets, etc., was shortly advertised for auction, and upon the appointed day the people assembled at the sale. Joe Smart was not only the active manager of the whole affair, but he had determined to become the purchaser of the cottage, which would thus relieve him from the unpleasantness of receiving money from the widow of his friend Paul for sums that he advanced. He therefore outbid the highest offer, and therefore became the proprietor, not only of the cottage, but of the principal articles-of furniture.

When all the little property was realized, through the care and industry of Joe Smart, Polly found herself possessed of about £300. Although the interest of this small

sum was only £15 a year, it was sufficient for her simple wants, as she resided with Mrs, Jones and Edith at the rectory as one of their family, -while Captain Smart called twice a week to arrange the accounts of the estate. -'(TO BE CONTINUED.)

THE ARIZONA KICKER.

The Editor's Criticisms Caused Trouble and the Departure of the Horse Reporter.

N. Y. Sun. A SURPRISE PART V.—Last week Major Cowan, the owner of Sunset Ranch, over in Chinch Valley, invited us over to eat Sunday dinner with him and look over his grounds and buildings. As editor of the Kicker we have been very frank in our criticisms of the Clinch Valley cowboys. As Mayor of this town we have wounded three of them and kept the crowd on their good behavior when they have come into the city. It was, therefore, with a feeling of hesitancy that we saddled our mule last Sunday morning and set out for the Major's. We had proceeded as far as Turkey Bend, and were communing with the spirit of nature and loading our guns for business when about thirty cowboys, led by Bill "Wheeler, who has a standing offer of $100 for either of our ears, suddenly broke cover from the scrub half a mile away. We were not looking for subscriptions among that crowd, neither did we care to go into any extended argument on the political situation on the Lord's day. We decided to return to town by the shortest route. For about a mile the crowd was within shooting range. We counted seventy-six bullets which passed within speaking distance of us. We finally began to gain, and a mile out of town we were a rnile ahead of the gang. All stopped at the city limits, while we came into town on a gentle center, and attended church service as usual. We haven't the slightest complaint to make against the action of the cowboys. It is their business to kill us off if they can, and on the other hand we shall pepper every one who shows his head in town. It was rather a surprise on us, but we think we did the right thing in the right place.

A DISAPPOINTMENT.—The Kicker no longer has a horse reporter. When the young man who has been sporting that title came along here four months ago, fresh from the femine East, he assured us that he felt himself equal to any emergency. We could offer him only $7 a week, but he did not hesitate a moment. All he wanted was a chance to work up. We have always been rather doubtful of him. He didn't have the genuine Western motion to his right arm in reaching Jback for his gun^ He practiced two hours a day for weeks and weeks, but while he visibly improved on the motion there was always a certain stiffness about the shoulder muscles. Ho was an agreeable fellow, however, and his department was interesting to all readers, and we kept him along and hoped that he might somehow get through.

On Tuesday morning what we had feared came to pass. Our horse reporter started for Lone Tree to look at some fancy stock. On the way over he met half breed Joe Briff, whom we once flung through the alley window of this office. Joe rightly looked upon him as our representative and stopped him on the highway. We should have perforated Joseph's carcass six times before he had uttei*ed two whoops, but our representative hadn't got his hand back before he was covered. He was then made to dismount, and that leather-faced half-breed, who hasn't got two inches of spinal column, disarmed him, spat in his face, rubbed sand in his hair and made him sing and dance until he fell exhausted. He graciously permitted our representative to return to town at the end of an hour, but we did not know him when he walked into the oifice. As soon as he had told his story we mounted our mule and flew out to the spot, hoping to find the half breed lingering about. We beat up the country for two miles around, but he was not to be found.

As stated above, we have no horse reporter now. Upon returning to the office we told the young man he must go. He seemed to fully realize the situation himself and was already packing up. He was badly broken up and we felt sorry for him, and we hereby wish to recommend him to any paper east of Kansas or Nebraska which has a situation open. He is a capital writer, but too slow on the draw for this section. In a community where the horse reporter defends himself with a club or brass knuckles he'd be invaluable. We shall wipe out the stain as far as possible by shooting the half breed at the first opportunity.

The underground railroad in Glasgow, begun three years ago, is now almost completed. The total length of the road, which extends into the suburbs,is seven and a quarter miles, but not all of this is underground. The greatest distance below the surface is 100 feet, the average distance being twenty feet flu re are a great many grades, some quite steep, and some sharp curves. The contract price of the road was something over $5,000,000.

Few relics of antiquity are so curiously interesting as the chart, employed by ancient mariners, which have portraved upon them ever so many extraordinary monsters, horrible drajons and terrific giants scattered here and uere.

SURROUNDED BY SNAKES.

Frightful Experience of a Kentucky Farmer.

It Turned His Hair White and Made His Wife Hysterical—Scores of

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Them Killed.

Timothy Gates, of Gates Station, was J-n Greenup, Ky., on the 11th, to relate his horrible experience of the previous night, and to obtain the services of a physician to attend his wife, who lies in a deathly stupor, brought on through fright or by breathing the sickening fumes arising from the mass of deadly rattlers that surrounded them during the night. Gates's cabin is occupied only by himself and wife, and is elevated some two feet off the ground. His three dogs aroused him from his slumbers about 11 o'clock at night. He and his wife listened intently and thought tliey discerned the sound of many rattlers above the baying of the dogs. Soon the dogs ran under the house, and the hissing and rattling that was now heard fully convinced them that rattlesnakes in great numbers were beneath their cabin. Soon the barking of the dogs ceased, and they were satisfied that their defenders were laid low in death. Great were their fears, and Mrs. Gates soon bo came unconscious. They were afraid to get out of bed, as there were large holes in the floor that the snakes could crawl through, and in their imagination the snakes were in the room all around.

Mr. Gates, well known to the citizens of Greenup as a stalwart man of raven locks, was scarcely recognizable owing to his whitened hair, it having turned gray in a single night from fright. Dr. Howard reports his wife in a critical condition and having the appearance of having aged ten years during the night. Mr. Gate reports that upon the light, penetrating his cabin so ho could see he cautiously peered around, and, seeing no signs of snakes in the room, he got up, dressed and looked out in tho yard, when his eyes beheld a sight which was enough to strike terror to the stoutest heart. Therein the yard were hundreds of snakes lying lazily about, apparently unconcerned. In tho course of an hour a neighbor approached on horseback, and. nearing the cabin, his horse stopped as if paralyzed and would not respond to whip or spur. The man heard Gates calling him and at the same time first, noticed the danger that beset his path. Seeing the number of the monsters and knowing that it would be useless to attempt to cope with them single handed and unarmed, he turned about and gathered the neighbors in a posse, armed with clubs and shotguns, to go to the rescue of the unfortunate Gates. This they did and engaged in a war of extermination th?t lasted for ono hour before Gates was released from his cabin. Eleven dogs suffered death during the fight, and numerous others will die from the effects of the bites of tho snakes.

After the battle was over an inventory was taken and it was found that 141 snakes were killed, some of them monsters, measuring over six feot in length and having forty-three rattles and a button. Several persons wore made faint from the peculiar odor arising from the bodies of the poisonous reptiles. Hundreds of the snakes escaped to their dens in a cleft of rocks in a'l old quarry near by. Huckleberry pickers had reported that the hills in that vicinity, which are covered witli bushes bearing this succulent berry, were overrun with rattlesnakes to such an extent that it was dangerous to engage in gathering tho berries.

A REIGN OF TERROR.

Inaugurated In Buffalo By the Striking Switchmen.

Buildings aad Cars Set on Fire—Many Xciv Men Afisuulted, and a Train Derailed.

The switchmen in tho .Erie Lehigh Valley at Hnffalo went out on a strike Friday. Dispatches from lufi'alo on the 15th say:

There had been' more or less trouble Saturday between the strikers and their sympathizers and tho men who were doing the strikers' work and a few desultrv assaults had occurred. Things began to put on a more serious aspect at o'clock Sunday morning, when a serious of incendiary fires broke out simultaneously in the Lehigh Valley yards. Eighteen or twenty freight oars filled with wool, cotton, hay and various other merchandise two passenger coaches and two watchman houses were burned. Tho fires occurred at places where the firemen could riot successfully stay the flames on ac count of an absence of water besides tho difficulty of access to the fires.

The water tank adjacent to the coal trestles was smashed and an engine that was taking water there wrecked by a string of ten runaway cars that had been turned loose from tho trestle.

Fire was first discovered in tho eastbound yards east of Dingens street. Here a little office building and two or threo freight cars were destroyed. At tiiis time Yard-Master Mead discovered flames in two passenger coaches used for tho conveyance of workmen, and. turned in an alarm from William and Dingens streets.

In the yards east of Dingens street fire raged among the cars of merchandise. It took the hose from thiee carts to reach the flames from the nearest hydrant. The firemen, however, prevented the destruction of a great number of cars, and tho loss of perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property. The cars destroyed wcro in the midst of a groat number of other cars. The firemen uncoupled a number of cars and removed them from danger. A dozen or so of cars were thrown from the Lehigh tracks through a misplaced switch.

The first intimation of anything wrong was when the coal cars were set loose and demolished the water tank. Then the fire9 broke out simultaneously.

That, briefly, was what happened up to daylight Sunday morning. But that was only the beginning. The strikers, or their sympathizers, have pulled pins, turned

switches and driven off crews. Three men are at the hospital badly hurt. One was assaulted at 3 o'clock Sunday morning, two others at 11 and another at 3 in the afternoon.

The man who was assaulted at the Western, New York & Pennsylvania crossing was on his way for the wreck at the time and was turning a switch. The strikers had turned switches and thrown six cars from his train before that. He was struck on the head. When taken to the hospital he was completely dazed and did not know what had occurred. One of the men was assaulted at the passenger station and two at William street.

One of the most cowardly things done was the throwing of switches under passenger train No. 17 at William street at 7:30 o'clockSunday night. Two passenger coaches were thrown from the track, but the conductor does not think anybody was hurt, though many were badly frightened*

Fifty men boarded passenger train No. 3 at'll o'clock in the morning and molested the employes, driving them off. The crew finally succeeded in getting the train to the station. Then tho mob took pos-* session of the Senrea switches three or four times during the day and drove off the signal men.

Three stalwart policemen were stationed at the landing and in the hallway leading to tho offices of Superintendent Brunn. and his associates. The strikers say they are determined to win the light, and they assert the roads are losing heavily by not. having men to perform the work of the strikers.

Two trains of freight cars standing on sidings in Chcektowaga, the railroad suburb of Buffalo, were burned to-night. Tho Lehigh has called on the sheriff for protection. He sent six deputies to the scene and will swear in fifty moro. The police have yards in seven out of eleven prccincts in the city to guard and all the reserves are called out.

At 1 o'clock Monday morning fire has broken out in three places in the Lehigh yards again simultaneously. The fire department seem to be unable to quench it Tho Now York express, .No. 100 (Erie), is held two miles out because it cannot pass. New York express, Iso. 4. has not been sent out for the same reason.

Word is received that a train of fortytwo cars on the Erie road. filled with fine merchandise, a mile west of William st. is now burning fiercely with no protection

At the same time the switcli lights on the Erie between Smith st. and the West-., ern New York fc Pennsylvania target wcro stolen. It is impossible to tell howy| the switches were set.

MILITIA CALLED OUT-

Initiation of Troops Sent to the Scene of Trouble at HuBalo.

3 BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 10.—1:50 A. M.. The first battalion of the Sixty-fifth reglnicnt left at 1 o'clock for the Chcektowega freight yards to guard the property of the Lehigh Valley and the Erie roads. They will be followed in the morning by the socond battalion and both battalions of tho Seventy-fourth regiment. At 2 o'clock this morning the strikers were still in secret session at Gammel's Hall, but it was learned that no more strikes were ordered at this mooting.

At a late hour last night Sheriff Beck--was notified by tho officials of the New

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they would expect liiip to protect theirproperty in the event, of a strike on their lines. There is not the slightest doubt iu the minds of those posted in railroad matters but that tho New York Central and West Shoro switchmen at this point will' quit work unless tho difficulty between tho man now on a strike and their em-s® ployos is adjusted.

IS THIS THE OHOLERA?

Ilelniita, a manufacturing village n^ar:,S

He Laughed at His Heroes. In the recently published book entitled An Englishman in Paris," and attributed to Sir Richard \Val--lace, there is an interesting anecdote of the cider Dumas, illusti.it-.-ing the famous author's perennial How of fine spirits. Sir Richard has gone to call on the creator of l'Mou-r. te Cristo," and had oeen ushered into a room adjoining the host's studio, the servant telling him to go in, as iVl. Dumas was alone. At that moment, relates Sir Richard, "J heard aloud burst of laughter from the inner apartment, so I said, 'I would rather wait until Monsieur's visitor's are gone.' Mousiur has no visitors he is working, replied,/the servant with a smile.

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New Brunswick. N. J., is alarmed over the fact that within a week twenty deaths?*. ,* have occurred from a disease which seems to bo epidemic. Moro than fifty people have been stricken, and the p!:ysicians, seem to bo puzzled as to the proper way to treat the disease. Tho alllicted havo most of tho symptoms of cholera. One of tho physicians thinks it is a violent form of dysentei-y. though many fear it is cholera, as there are many Russians and Poles employed in that section, Tho disease has spread to Spottswood, a village a few miles from llelmita, and several people there are ill. though none has died. A number of people who work in llelinita%^ apparently carried !he di^ea«." there.

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Dumas often laughs like this while at work. It was true enough, the novelist was alone, or rather in company with one of his charactors, at whose sallies he was simply roaring."

UTAH.

The land of sunsline and flowers—rich also in mineral and agricultural resources —is best reached by the Rio Grande Western Kail way. See that your excursion tickets read both ways via that road, which offers choice of three distinct routes and the most magnificent railroad scenery in the world. Send 25c to J. H. Bennett, Salt Lake City, for a copy of illustrated book, "Utah a Peep into tho Garden Walled Treasury of the Gods."

THRKE GRAND EXCURSIONS.

To Kansas City and Return and to St, Kioaia and Return,

From August 19th to 22nd, inclusive,the Vandalia Line will sell excursion tickets to Kansas City and return at rate of $6.00, and to St. Louis and return at rat* of $5.00. Tickets good returning until Sept. 15th. Call at the nearest Ticket Offico Vandalia Line, or address W. F. Brunner, District Pasigr. Agent, Indian* apolls, Ind.