Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 November 1886 — Page 3

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Shortly after the termination of the trial Broener desired to see mo in his room at the hotel. I wont thither. He order*! cigars and a Ixittie of choice wine. "This, also, is an important business matter wo nrs* to talk over," said lie, "and good wine and good tobacco in moderation are most ux?ful accessories for

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qualities. How does that sound to youT "1 admire you for much myself—and envy you, too," I replied.

I'll go farther then, and say that for some thing* 1 admire myself," he said, "if uiau owns a lino lion*) he has no hesitancy in admiring tho animal—his property—and tho more he admires it the more disposed i«t ho to take good we of it Now, if a man Ixjlievos— knows—that he own* a t-crtain form of genius or a td-nt, or that li jtosMMses some fine quality to a marked degree, may he not admire

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BLANCHE SEFTONI4

A Story pjjgarly Days in California.

BY rilESTJCE MULFORD.

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CFIAPTER XXI.

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one may meet on these roads." What now? I thought to myeelf. Some other startling change in the kaleidoscope, and I presume that Blanche will figure in it. "Holder," said Broener, affc"i- the tvino was poured and cigar* lighted, "fate has recently placed a woman between u* two—a jiowerful wedge I etween any two men, no matter how closely they may have been pre vioatly united by the tie* of what most people call frientl*hip. In tlr's caw the wedge i* a very powerful one. When I tir.-it saw Blanche Kef ton I made up my mind to make her my wife— don't look grave now, but hear me out. I might hoften the expression a little, but it would mean the mine thing, and poseibly tho objection blenesi of the words for you nuy be rcmovwl when 1 wiv that Blanche—ilisa befton—will never bu Mm. Broener." "She ha* refused hlin,' I thought. "She liaa not refused iu\" said Broener, with hi* irnial wtanic facility of reply to another's thought It's particularly disagreeable thus to be incloseil in a glass house, while your companion dwells in one mora opaque, though in the Ion? ran people might he xjiared a great deal of time anrl trouble if they could know immediately what they were thinking r»1hcr than hoar wliat they were aaying to each other. "I have reason," resumed Broener, "to Ixv lieve that Miss Sefton has considerable regard for me. To you 1 dare to say this, to others I would not, since they could see only vauity, egotism aud coxcombry in the romai k. 1 believe Mias Softoa nriniimi me for

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ttelf, ju-t it* he won his hoire, and won't his admiration provo a letter incentive to keep his tuhnt "i* quality from rusting than if ho depreciates himself or is indifFetvut to his gift' 1 absented, but wished that Broener would cense philosophizing and return ft the original topic. "To ret am to Miss Seftou," he said with a twinkle In hi* eve and tlio extreme of ilelilx itiou in manner as he poured out half a gill of wlue in th gkin and held it up to tho light, "I could no* marry Miss Hefton now cve?i if she offered herself to me. 1 speak tli the utnuwt resotrJ and esteem.for the lady. She in one who will always couunand a mail's res^'es, mid when one ceaies to rotpen her, 1U.it, in my opinion, will provo him no man." he paused. There nothing for me to $o except t» listen and le perpl.'xod. "II -arlK,' said Urocner. "are, as I see thmjft, iurli-jH'ttsable articles in matrimony. A wl.'c tthnuld always bring a h'firt to her liu*«t u:t I. lltulmud vice versa a he irt to tho wif,', So:no couples think differently. Home wives brln only a Hara'oga trunk to tho liu*. mid the husband bring* money to til! the trunk, and a reverend pronounces a ble Ming ovt this union of cn-!i a ul trunk. Mtvs Sefto-i i.i a remarkable girl. Tho ouo thing la king in her is she has no heart "What!" I exelaime 1. "Fo.- me, I mean,'' replied Broaner. "For heaven's sake! Broener,I said, "do utop this tuistinsr fashion of telling things, and say what yojt have to say in plain words, without going round so many barus." "You want plaimr EngHshf he said. "Well, here it is: Mis® Sefton loves another.n "Another!" "Of coursa. When another, I nieftti— another mau. Now, have pntieneo with mo for a few minutes, and let tue finish my original proposition. I can't got hold of so app"v iative a listener as you every day, and when I do I want to make the most, of him. Peop'e to-dny have various

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marriag.?. Some look at it in one way, some another but all come to it at last—or want to. As an cx|erien.'e with a iargo proportion, 1 don't think, when it's tried on, that it justifies the anticipations mt forth before tho honeymoon. That miy not lie tho fault of the institution. 1 1 relieve that to bo a solid affair. The fault may lie in this: that tho parties may not be solid who enter into it— solid, say, as to health, adaptability of temperament, comnuuvi over thent«ehn*i. and a common purpose in life. If they com© together without tiiese, you see, they may bo as an unmatched pair of hinges, or a pair of hingra with broken joints. Result: tiie matrimonial door does not swing well, creaks, groans, slams, Ivangs, aw! lets iu all manner of stormy weather. doubt, sometimes, if there be a pair of really matched hinges In tho world "Miss Seftoa lores another.,s These were Brtietiier's words that mado the strongest imprt^sion uoon mo. "Had Mixs BoTtoti's heart Wn fnxr'* said he, "I should have devoted mv*elf V.er. But when I find any woman having a ciercmv for aaoth«r man. I always retire Into the ha kgroumt About the last sitnatioa in this world I cam to figure in is that known in common porlauw* as 'tryint to cot aaot&sr folltvv oat' and for nws, aboat the nw -.«t maxim of nwdkm times is thU 'All's In lov®H I exfppi the last two word* 'and war,' though ft wsems a lit ending to ths phra^? after all, that, anvthtajg which mar he justified In the tra«i» of killing is ecpialiy applicable to the winning

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you want to know whom Mis* Sefton lovm Wdl, well «nd th« stswa with a short benediction. It is yourself t* "ir "Yes. yon. I discovered thai the xcornln I foumi Spfum at iVattV house. You see the ekuw&ta hi the affislr ware too near to.• her to {-ftkveot thit di«^loKum When* wutiMinV f~nrt is in the house next door, no nutter !:n« her body is, its ahaenco wilt bo soon felt I gwiWttJ at the secret* and. to get rid of stwpc«se, asked Miss Seftw If it

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motive in doing and, instead of siinperii^ *vw it% or doing tho Indignant lo tiling mo it noon of my builm—. or dotal th* half and half boiiia— wtylng natthor yea nor nay direct, sho Mid and that cadsd tho

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Some minutes elapsed before spoken. I have to a«k your jtardon for my manner toward you of late," 1 said. "That was jealousy." "J knaw that," he rc Iiri, "so snon as yon let out your secret You know when. Jealousy is simply a disease— run« in the blooi, and ma-it come out like measles and whooping congh, though much harder to gat rid of, and ous attack wont bar tlio door to others with must of tu. But you suffered more than I." "Can you !e jealous, thenf I asked. "Oh. yes! Don't take me for a demigod, aul above al. thesj emotions, because I spout phiUwopby." "How do you get rid of itf I inquired. "Partly by doing the magnanimous, when there's nothing but ihe mag lefs to da Virtue out of noccsh, you know." *1 !ou*t think I'm worthy of Blanche Seftou, any way. I said. "Well, as to that," replied, "it may not be so much a ques.io:i of worth as of destiny."

This made me winct». Half accusers after all don't fancy much outside backing in self condemnation. ••There's a tradition, theory, coll it what you please," he said, "(hit's been out a long time, to the effect that there is some one particular woman iu tho world, here or elsewhere—where, I don't altogether know—for each particular man—mind whit I say. 'man*—I 'an 'man,' not an animal—aud that she will meet him here or hereafter, or e'sewhure, and love him. partly becauo sho cau't help it, and partly becauso shu sees something worthy of love in him—that is to say, something now that may turn out much more hereafter. The man, her man, when first met, may I*'—well, nunpe, green fruit, bad to taste, ivrhip« but tho woman, bis woman, sees th fruit a it will le when ripened, though his present unripeness may c.iuyc her many ]Ktng. 8o sho may love him, marry him, stick to him, ani get littl comfort aud a good deal of misery out of him."

Welt, is that the relation in which I stand with you regarding Blanchef' 1 askod. "My dear boy, you must decide that for yourself. I'm only eitin a dream, perhi a fibl 3—one which I like to believe in, however, since have a notion that believin in one's day dreamt mikes them come to pa«.' "Com.' to jiass!" I said. "That is, you infer the misory I shall bring Blanche by mar rying her." "No. I dn't mean that," he said. "Indeed, I never thought of it in that way bofore but now, siuco you've put the clause in yourself, you might let it remain, just' as a warning, you kuow. But don't thiuk I a lecturing you, or sotting myself up as your hiiporior. I, William Broener,. have, about all 1 can do in looking after William Broener. That individual manages to givo me a great deal of trouble and though am quick, perhaps, at spying out fault in others, I caa generally, on arriving hom-\ find similar »leehncHs in my own garden." 'One other matter." said he, nftor moment's hesitat on. "We are friends but here we part.' You nuvv recollect what 1 told you some time ago. 'lhcre are times wheii

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ple's mutual interests may bind tlmm together, und there are times wheu some agen'"may come along which shall cause th»m to separate. That time seems to have come for us two—-and sooner than 1 anticipate 1. You retiin your interest in the 'Bank' and all thai may develop out of it in the future: but ij that future we are apart Uood-byl" took his hand—for tho last. time. Then Will Bre.-ner went his way. I went mine.

As he had pre.liete 1. tho pres«Mit quartz furore over .Scrub mountain soon died awny but tho feeder, our "Bank," oveutually led to

I took his hand for the last time. tho tapping of one of tho richest and most permanent veins in the state.

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CHAPTER XXIL RECOXcrUATIOX.

Some mcjles had fallen from my eyes. I saw clearly that if a woman loves a man. as I had now good reason for supposing that Blanche loved me, it Is not her place that sheshouki be always giving evidence of it without something In return. My inherent dislike to tho nam by pamby interpretation of love peculiar to Eastport had led me unconsciously to suppress all external methods of evincing affection. Something now whispered to me: B» more confident In your thoufrf* toward hor, A woman ne«dn to be t*ry of the love of the man she would ehoo«s and the greater her love, the greater »w tV 'i-.mM at IN reSon froai you, w.:c.« s«-i, r. :i rn U- wn cteai iy, unmte^ takably. ihe v&t dir. th,- :si my c%.- fjr«« it jr»5 h«f%t)iM»*vni«d in tte Vjrhtiajt Bp of h.*r tc*,*"?-* a reo --r'Atton nf r... tnaitay o(X nil lvT:-d a irriV, win »i SBjila. utdanotK-ntisiof aan ir wh. *b said mo •Km h.^ve d.*a W are v" Ul-'-? CI av th mi -lit. a.-xl not always th ctrot^sli. sitK1 I u% tvtxtru to the Bar as soon as po»*ii still anxious on her uncles

We trarviod on h^scback The moon was at its fall as we rode back to the Bar together.

But sty trials were not yat over. I had the greatest of all to ant was hardened with a nwe of over-orach ofcttgattea to a woman. Three times had this girt steppe*! in aad nmd moat a crisis first in loaning me money second hi rescuing am from tho high-hinders thirdly la oooflrming my story at tho triaL She had performed aU

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TEERE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

I was silent. Possibly slio felt my depression. Moods may travel from mind to mind close rapport as well as words.

What are yon thinking of, Johnf* said she... '.'i. A month previous I should have evaded the que-lion. and said: "Of nothing in ]articalar." Latterly I had come to the couclnsion that between some individuals, at ieist, the fewer secrets of aav sort the better the ••some'' being limited in this case to two. /ji

It was hard work to speak my thought. It seemed to resist my attempt to drag it out It would bury itself deeper than ever within my breast. Aud when I hesitated it conjured up immediately a series of evasions, with plausible reason* for using them.

I shook them off and said: "Blanche, the trouble is now that you've played the mail's part a 1 through and I the woman's, aud now that it's all over I want to go and hide myself somewhere.'' "You feel then, under too much obligation to a woman "Well, that's about what I mean," I replied. ••Suppose,"' she asked. "o*ir situations were Teverso l, an 1 you had bt*?u of the service to me that you siy I havj to you, how would it be proper for to fed t* "Oh. well,"1 1 replied,

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very night where one of these standing revel, was in full blast and quit»open to our inspection, from tho street. 1 tunic I my head away. "It does not seem so interesting to you as formerly,' she remarked. it's not fair to hit a man wheu he's down,* I replied. "Well, John, y$u know tho way of the transgressor is hard. I shall not pu ash you ten ny thesa reminders—say once a year, when your memory needs reviving.'' 3 CHAPTER XXIrt.

BACK AGAIN.

All Eastport was shaken from center '.o circumference. People buzziKl tho news on tha street It was the tir.it item dealt that morn iug by Vanity, th»gosupy storekeeper, to his customers over the counter. Deacon Hodgos, who kept the grocery at tho corner, was so full of it that he filled Miss Pelter's pail with vinegar instead of tho molasses she asked for. Miss Peltcr was fn full of it that sho did not di.^over the mistake uutil reaching home. I:i the pail's bot'oui were discernible a pair of spocdaclei Tlry were the deacon's. Ho had dropped tlrmi there in his abstraction and the obscurity of the store cellar.

What was it? Mrs. Pelter was telling Mrs. Ann Hedges over her backyard fence in an interval taken from the preparation of breakfast She was on her way from the pump to the kitchen with a pail of water. Sausages were frying in the kitchen. You could hear tliein sizzling and spluttering, and their savor was in the morning air. "Blanche Sefton and John Holder came back together last night! Lord knows where they've bin. Some say he's bin to Californv and some say she has, and he's made a fortune, and some say they're married, and some—Gracious! them sausages are burnin'f'

Mrs. Hedges told it over the back yard fence to Mm Lugar. Mrs. Lugar said simply: "Well, of all thing*'." Mrs. Lu&ar told it over her pig pen, which adjoined the back yard fence to Mrs. Obed Smith.

Smith puton her bonnetdirectlyafter breakfast, and told it distracted 1)- wherever she went "To think," said one of her listener*, "John Holder to make forty thousand dollars inside of a year, and ray husband has been out there two and hasn't sent home a shilling. I tell you, Mrs. Smith, John Holder never came rightly by so much money "She's brought a French maid with herF" said

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"They're going to Europe next month. Well, at that rate. Mr. John Holder will soon have to go back to Californy for mora money. She always was an extravagant stack-up thing!" said Mrs. Smith, next door neighbor but one.

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generally expo-ted of the mau in the^a nut tent*" "KxpeHed by whom?"* she aske I. "By the world—people, everybody.*' "Aud what right

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everybody—to e.vpec'! What! That the man should 1 ir otF all th.i houois of knigh ly service, whi.e the womin stays at home and doei fancy work/ Has the world any particular busiuesi in ihes? matters, which concern Blanche Sefton and John Holder! Listen, John: th re is a side to your ca^e. Pardou me if I tako tL liberty of arguing it for

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argus my own. It is not, I a lmit, easy or pleasant for nun or woman to act- in opposition to the world's verdict or opinion in any matter. Nor may it always be wise, certainly uot pi-ofitaulo, so to do. The world docs expect the man to act the man's part in all that concerns tho woman. Tho world is right also iu this respect, though tho masculine half does not always fully carry its sentiments. But wheu a woman sees an opportunity to serve th^ man she loves, will she refuse to so serve him if the opportunity does not take the shape she desires? Certainly, my womanly instincts recoiled from facing the crowd that night in Ihe hollow. Certainly, I had rathor not have faced that court room full of men, and in this country, where now a woman is a show, stared at and stared through with a sentiment far more objectionable than mere curiosity. But wa? there any one else to act at tho time? Was I not com pelled to do as did quite as much for my own sake as j*ours, for had I not so done would not my responsibility in the matter, bad harm eamo to you, have hnunted and harassed

circumstance, after all, that reversed the situation, aud would you not do tho same for me? Of course you would. I should expect it of you. I mcau by "expect" that I know you have it in you so to do. Be assured, John, that if you wish to stand well with me, you will not luck for opportunities to act like a man. And now is there any othor grie\ ancef "There is that affair of tha fandango house." "Do yon wish to exchange your present company for what yon may find there tonight she asked, archly.

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Bat where and when and how did they get the Tcxr.ns fought as never men fought bemarried? On this jvrint Mr.\ Mr..

Mrs. 0. did so. After much preliminarlxing Mrs. O. asked for the particulars of the marriage.

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riage certificate?" she asked. "It is not yet fraxuevi and hang up in the parlor to satisfy visitors."

Mix Obed felt tliat something like a hint had been given. Conversationally, she felt chilled, shortly took her leave, returned to the senate, and surmisi-d more fruitfully and frightfully tliau ever. llic next Sunday Iter. Harmon Sayre was suipriscd at th1 fullness of his congregation, and regretted that he had reserved his strongest effort for the eveniu But the lookedfor liride and gs-oom were not there. The congregation return?«l home disappointed. Some wore angeinxL Many went out of their way to pas-. Mother SefUni's house. But the Sefton front door was not loquacious Tho front blinds were all close I: th? half-opened ga*n. tlioii it swung idly

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fceeme I to keeping its own counsel the old (lo .rs!"| was as silent as any other stone and when tho little dog that trotted along wilh Mrs. Smith and had accompanied berto church intrude himself on Mo! _*r Sefton"s ca *, as she surveyed tho passers-by from her seat oa the front yard fence, slwtrput at him apiece of her feline mind and sentiment and administered such a scratch on his nose as he carried many a day afterward.

Over thirty years liavc elapsed since that time. As I write, a woman sits near me, whose clear complexion, bright, sparkling eye, hair in which a thread of silver is here and there visible, and general contour of figure as syinmetri -al as ever, proves that the ripened beauty of maturity lu iy last, even though, as to age, four years have passe 1 the turning point of half a century.

It Blanche! "Thcu I may say with truth that love can last, and even 'weather' without shipwreck that dangerous cape—Matrimony

"Say nitlier," said slr.\ "that true love never di »s." THE ESD.

THE ALAMO MASSACKK,

LSIZS-D TEX NS FOUGHT

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MZN FOUGHT BEFORE.

Burling ISnt-k tho ISraliil Uosts of Santa Anna—Muz'/.lo to Huzzltt and lland to Hand—Ucatli of i:owic» Travis and

Crockett. Tho advance guard of Santa .Ann's nriny m-ivetl on the 22d of February, 183(, and the aext day Santa Aua came bearing tho l'ed flag, which ho displayed from tho tower of the catiielir.l l«. tweeu the main and military plazas, in plain sight of the Alamo. He then sent: a summons to the Texans to surrender, but was answered bv a eannou shot. This day Col. Travis secured eighty bushels of corn aud twenty or thirty beeves. On the Second day tho Mexicans lombarded the Alamo, without offect. Col. Travis sent out couriers to Goliad ami Washington, Tex., for ro-enforcv-ments. In his dispatch he said: "I shall never surrender or retreat" On the third day Santa Ana moved his headquurttrs across the river and mado a penwual reconnoisanec. The Texans ojxmed

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Eoitcring party with their (latteries, killing two of tho party and wounding si others. Late at ni ^tt some of tho Texans sallied out and burned some wooden buildings, behind which the Mexicans hod taken a po: itifn. On the fourth day the Mexicans made an unsuccessful attempt to divert tho water from tho ditches which supplied tho Alamo with wuter. That night the Texans burned some wooden buildings north of the Alamo. On the fifth day tho bombardment was continued withont effect

On tho sixth day Col. Travis sent John N. Seguin and a cor, oral to hurry np ltwnforcolnents from C'oliad. hi tho seventh day thi bombardment was continued without effect. On the eighth day thirty-two citizen soldiers from Gonzales re-enforced tho liesicgixl Toxaus. In the nfteraoou a twclve-i»ur.d shot from the Alamo struck tho house occupied by Santa Ana.

the ninth day tho bomlwrd-

meut was igorously contJiuicmI, but with no casualties for the Texans. On tho tenth day CoL Benham. who had liecn sent to Goliad for i"e-cnforcrments, iT-entei,ed the Alamo, bearing word that no aid might bo expected from that quarter. Tho bombarbment was continued. Col. Travis now mado his last, appeal for idd, this time to the convention, and sent it to S. W. Smith, the guide who had conducted tho Gonzales jarty to the Alamo. Smith left the Alamo at midnight and crawled stealthily upon lite band# and knees until safely beyond 1 ho Mexican lines. As he dejiartpd Col. Travis said to him: "Every morning at daybreak I will Gre a cannon as a sign that we stOl hold the fort, but when that -nnnon is lH*ird no more its silence will tell that the Alamo is fallen.''

On the eleventh dav tho Mexicans continued tho Iwrabai'dmeiu. I rat tho Texans, being short of ammunition, seldom fired. Col. Travis now despaired of succor, and, accoiding to one account, he proposed to surrender to Santa Ana with a pledge of rnorey but Santa Ana's answer was: "You must wirrender at discretion, withont any guarantee even of life, which traitors do not deserve." Santa Ana's excuse for this course was that it accorded with the will of the Mexican congress. According to an account published in i860 by a Mr. Rose, CoL Travis now announced to his companions their desperate situation, and, after declaring his determination to sell his life as dearly as possible, drew a line with hii sword and asked all who were willing to fight with him to form on the line. With am cxccptkm they all fell into the ranks, and even CoL Bowie, wb© was dying, had his cot- carried to the line.

Duri rr the night tho Mexican army forti£ied ind ct tho first light of dawn on thotoemoraMa Sunday morning its bogles sounded the fatal peak With & rash like tigers springing en their prey the men dashed forward, but the hemic Texans, raised to their last duty by the so of tho terrible dcqoclo (t he Mexican bugk? cali for "Death, no (parter/) ringing in their ears, every one was at his post, and too well did tbey da th

doty that twfeo the brutal hosts of Santa Am were buried back defeated, only to again forced forward by the sabers of the Mexican cavalry.

Then Sasia Ana himself urged forward hi* troops. Gen. Costillioa^ division, after half an hour's desperate fighting, and after re* aod unheard of Jones, saccocded In effecting an entraaee in tho upper part of tho Alamo, In a sort of oatwork. Tho fighting had only begun. The doors and windows o( the Alamo chnrch www barricaded ad gaardbd by bags of sand heaped op high as a man's shoulder, and even on tha roof, were rows of nS ba^ bshtad which

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Hedges and Mrs. Olnvl Smith resolve! them- Texsn rifloshot exhmtsfcvd^ force aiul spc-ni selves into a back kitchen senate, and dis- itself in successive bodies of packed cussed the question for many days. Mrs. together like a wall of tloJi. Muskets und Obed Smith was infornuillv d?pntir._»d to call lifics were clubbed, and bayonet* bowie on MothenSefton and talk round the matter knives never Wore wrought su.-h fearful with tho view of beating this bird out of tho hUsh.

hand to hand.

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carnage. The ccaselcss crash'\£ fhvarms, the shots of tho bclenguei-ed, despi-rate and defiant Texans, and the shiieks of the dyinr. made tho din infernal and tlie scene indescribable in its sublime temrs. Each room in the building was the m.xc:ip of desperate struggle with fearless men, driven to desperation and conscious that cseapc was imptussible,

A piece of artillery, supposed to bo that which Crockett had used daring the siege, was shotted with grape and canister and turned upon tho desperate occupants of the apartment. -After tho cxploi-ion tho Mex» cans entenxl and iornid the emaciated bodies of fourteen men, torn and mangled and blackened and bloody. Forty-two Mexicans lay at tho door. Col. James Bowie, whoso naino tells of his fearful knife aud deeds, lay stark and stiff on a cot in this room. Ho was lielpless and in lied when the Alamo was invested twelve days before, but tho bodies of the victims of his unerring rim and invincible courage attested that his death was not accomplished without tenfold loss to the enemy. There are several accounts of tho death of Col. Travis, one of which is derived from a l.*»xienn soldier in the army of Santa Ana, is that '*Col. Travis and David Crockett were found lying among tho Texan dead, utterly worn out by sleepless night.s 01 watching and long-continued lighting. When discovered, Col Travis gave a Mexienn soldier some gold, «:id while conversing with him Gen. Cos, with whom Col. Travis had dealt very generously when San Antonio v.n: ca|/(ured by tho Americans, api*aml. Cos v.arm'y embi-accxl Travis, and induwl other Mexicans —among ihen I en. Castillion—to join with him in al:ing Santa Ana to simre Travis' life. Theu David Crockett 1

wearily nroso

to his feet from among tho (i:-ji-es. The brutal Ran hi Ana was terribly enraged it tho disobedience of his orders, saying: "i want no pri -oneiv- nud, turning to a fdecf soldiers, ordered them to shoot tbo heroes. Col. Travis was first shot in tho back. He folded his arms stiffly aTross his breast and stood ci-cct until laillet piemd his neck, when he fell headlong among th" dead. David Crockett fell at. tlie first fin his body being completely riddted v.ith bulle •. i^ven a cat that was soon after seen ruiuing thi-ougli the fort was shot, tho soldi v, e.\claimitrg: "It is not a cat. but an A::ie. it an." Maj. Kcans was shot whibintho net of applying a torch to tho magazine, in un to prevent an explosion.—Magazine of Aiik*+ ran History.

... The Hero of the Alma.

G011. de Faillv, the hero of tho Ainui and thoGnx'n Mound in tho Crimea and of Traktir, in Algi'ria, and who acted a decisive part in winning the battles of Magenta and Solferino. is now living in titUr obscurity in (he chateau of Chenayc, Minn'.ed in the midst of a great forest. Tim majority oE his count rymen believed him ileal liil a 1'aris jounudist visitc-vl and inierviem Mm recently. The cause of Do FuiJly's downfall was "the surprise of IVnmnont" dtirt:)^ th- Frnneo-Prus-si nr. De Fa|llyund lii:t stall were dining with tho mayor when a .Sister of Charity brcujht tho news that tho Prussians were coming. The sintinels would not allow her to entsr, hut she at last succeeded in attracting tho attention of tho general by flinging a stone through the window of tho dining room. Tho enemy arrived a few nii::i:tes later and put ail end to the banquet. Do 1'aillyii yca -s of age, and has never «npearal i.i society since his disgrace, which lie frankly acknowledged to bo deserved.-Chi-cago Times.

A I reiicli Cemetery.

Members of thu leading French Jewish families aro buried' on the right of the entrance to Fere Laehuise. The Rothschild monument. the largest, and in much the style o£ that of the great actress, Kaelic). Adah .Menken lies in tho saiuo quarter, beneath a plain tomb, on which are inscrilted only the words ''Thou Knowcst.'' Tho monument of the Hob e? family is 0110 of the most striking in the cemetery. Its chief feature is a death mask in bronze of life size, with open eyes, the forefinger of tho right hand resting

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the closed lips, signifying eternal silcnco. But. on tho whole, the famous cemetery is hideous, its extreme stiffness and artiflciality seeming like a satire 011 the (lead. Even the Parisians arc beginning to perecive this, and may iu lime evince sonio tasto in their places of interment.- ?lew York Commercial Advertiser. ,:.L C*.

Candles for the Tnnnel.

One would have thought that the electric light, or iierhnjw the more modest gas, or even oil, would have liecn used for tho jmrposo of lighting the Mersey tunnel extension works at. Liverpool, but the contractors aro advertising for tenders -for tho supply of 32,0(w piflui'is of candles.—Boston Transcript,

For eight years Col. I). J. Williamson, Quarter-Master. U. S. A. and ex-l'. H. Consul at Callao, wax crippled with rheumatism. IIo got no relief until he used St. Jacobs Oil, which cured him. No remedy on earth eqnal« it for pain. Prico, lifty cont* a ixittie.

Itch and scratches of every kind cured in 15 minntfcs by Wool ford'« Sanitary Lotion. I so no other. This never fails. Sold by Armstrong's Union Depot I'har-

Warranted.

macy. 50c. tf.

GmtUaom-ilU&M too

Swift'* Spedflc. I

Don't. £xpprimeutv

You cannot afford to wasic time in experimenting when your lungs are in danger. Consumption always seems at tirst, only a cold. lo not permit any dealer to impose upon you with some: cheap imitation of Dr. Kimr's New liscovcrv for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, but be sure you get the genuine, llecanse he can make more pro lit he may tell you

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lists something just as

good, or just the same. Don't be deceived, but insist upon getting 1 r. King's New Discovery, which is guaranteed to give relief in all Throat, l.ungaml Chest affections. Trial bottles free at Cook, Hell A- I.onry Drugstore. d»)

S tv» (1 Mi* Lire.

Mr. 1. I. Wilcoson, of Horse Cave, Ky., saya he was, for many years, lwully afllicted wltli I Phthisic, also Diabetes the pa lug were almost unendurable and would sometimes nl« most throw him into convulsions. Ho tried Electric Ilittei-s and ot relief from first bottle and after taking six lottl« s,l was entirely cured and had gained in tlesh clshteen iHiunds. Says- he positively Itelicves he would have died, had it not

Ptso's

for the relief af-'

fortlcd ly Ele-trle Hittei"s. Sold tit fifty cents a Ixrttle li.v

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llncklen's Ai-ntca Salve.

The llest Sal vein the world for Cuts. Uralses, Sores, ricers, Salt Kheuin, Kever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, ChllHatus, Corns, and all skin eruptions, ami positively cures Piles, or no pay required, it Is guaranteed to givo perfect satIsfjieti«jii. or money l-efniulcd. "iiie. per Im»X. i'tjl" sale liv t.

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Mental and*Pbysical Exhaustion,

Nervonsness, Weakened Energy,

INDKTESTION,

Etc.

ACID PHOSPHATE

A liquid preparation of the phosphates mid phosphoric a id ccommended b\' j)hysicians. "i5 It maKes a dclicious drin

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Kasy Enoagb.

A correspondent asks: ''Would you please tell me what I can do to make callous skin soft and whiter "Whj*, of cmirae, Violet. Let your mother do tho wrestling with the woshlKXird and take good, strong doses of piano daily before and after eating.

A r»-ycar-idd at Huppor.

A Watei !ur- year-old at thesup »er table kste\-ening ^it down cup of milk, which ho bad raised to hi^ lips, with the tvmark, •'Mamma. 1 lieliovo Uie milkman has a sour cow. "—Hartford Times.

ECZEMA ERADICATED.

Invigorating and strengthcping... Pamphlet free. For sale by all dealers.

Iliuiifortl Clniiiiriil Works, l'rovhh nce. H.

m-AV.UCK OF I.MITATIONR

ton Coxsr.Mi'Tiov

J» free from opium In nny furiu, and thcn-Joro ut rft.'ctJy xaU-. It oinnot lo ncft'ithot every rimenf t'onsumptloii tuny 1o cured by this limilk'iiio. luit It la true thm thousnmlrt of llvex will h( suvue! If iluy do not do'ay too )oun.

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tinvo a Con (ill without 11*-

(•1180 Of tll! IllMttK, HO llllll'll tll llM-O-r. A ft-w (Iokck nre ull you need. Hut If you nryliTt thlw

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of enfety tin? iltirht cout-'li mny iceoiuo KcrloUK ninitcr. nnd nevcrnl liottlcx will Im roijulrcd to ciirc you.

J*rlc«, 2o oontJ«. By drujwliils.

CONSUMPTION

PETRDLINE

trial will convince the most skeptical that they aro the be»t. Thor are medicated with capsicum and tho active principle of petroleum, being far more powerful in tuelr action than other plasters. Do not bo induced tt take other piasters which are inferior, but be sure and get tho genuine "Petroline," which is always endosed in an envelope with the signature of the proprietors. The P.W.P. Co., also above seal, in green and gold, on each plaster. Sold by aU druggists, at 25 oents each, aad our Agent*.

J. J. BAl'R&SON, Torre Hauto, Ind.

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W«lkharrSeTOa^ WOkO, U0L K*v. JAMBS V. ¥. KORKU. aad Site Sfseweotaaf Wl free.

Tm Swtrr Srscrrn Co.. Drawer 9, Atlanta. Qs