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CHAPTER VI—C nti ued. In passing through a wood, between his house and the farm, Squire Condit heard his name called, and came to a stop, but did not look around to see who was addressing him. Out of the shadows there came a tall

figure, straight as an arrow, with a smooth brown face, long black hair, and dressed in the picturesque costume for ; which the Montauk chiefs or kings, i as they were called, were distinguished from the days of rhe Ugal "Wyandanch, to whose sway all “Pan-man-ack-e, as Long Island was then called, was tributary. The Indian who accosted Bqu.ro Con - dit was the young chief I neas, a lineal descendant of- the great Wyandauch, and now the ruler of the Umnauts, the Montauks, and their ancient masters, the Pequots. _ “What! you, Uncas!” said the Squire with pretended surprise, and his eyes

fixed on the long rifle which tee young man held in his right hand like a spear. “Is not the season for hunting over, and has not the corn-planting moon come?” “My white brother speaks truly, but Uncas does not need to watch the cornplautcrs of his tribe,” said the young chief, drawing himseli i loudly up. “Then why are you armed—there is no game, ne.ther have we war? said the Squire, his eyes now on the leaded cross belts that supported his silver powder horn, and inlaid bullet pouch. “It has ever been the habit of our chiefs to carry arms when paying visits to other chiefs, and the white chiefs do the same. I was not asked to the feast given to your young men, when they returned from sailing over the mighty waters.

“Do not deny that you did not want me,” said-Uncas, waving his arm to restrain the Squire, who was about to speak. “You feared Ralph Denham, your adopted son, and I would quarrel . again—his heart is not good to me. ’ “I Leg to assure you that you are mistaken. Ralph Denham admires you, and I am sure he has forgotten the hot words that passed between you, when he imagine 1 you were intruding on, and alarming Lea Hedges. Come to the house to seo if I do not teil the truth; or if you will go to his ship now, he wiil give you as royal a welcome as if you were Governor of the province, said the Squire,watching the strong, expressive face, and seeing in the dark eyes a light that made him feel uneasy. “You would not tell me what you do

Ila s invited me.” When did y° u nieet Captain Fox’” asked the surprised Squire ° nG his officers sited u». They ca me to the Great F ^[ d ! ? a boat ’ a ad 1 received them with a least and games, and Dinah the priestess, rea l for the n luc^uvure ” toieto.d good sjSßpi^ that my heart is still sore, and that it is better that we should not meet again. ” Uncas turned and strode away before the squire, who was startled by his manner, could say another word.

That evening Capt. lox and his OTI- - gave an enter! ainment on board the Wanderer, and to it v ore invited all the nobles and pretty maidens for miles around, the officers of the Sea Hawk included. The decks were cleared for dancing, and awnings were stretched over the quarterde k. The r gging was hidden by fags, streamers and clouds of brilliant bunting. The cabins were put in order for the ; ladies, many of the pictures being removed, and more taste being shown in the arrangement of those that were left. ■ Great quantities of flowers were ■ brought from the shore and displayed ’ with a fine sense of effect, the great gun • amidsh ps being transformed into a bank of violets, above which birds in em- ; bossed cages sang. The crew were in their best dress, and the boats that were to transport v sitors were roofed with evergreens ; and lilacs, so that they looked like the ■ flower islands of the Aztecs. 1 here was no need to bring musicians from the shore, for among the crew of ! the Sea Hawk a band was made up that : was something of a maivel, in its ex- { cellence.to the simple-minded islanders, ' to wh >m the guitar, violin and cello,’

.. ~ , , ' " ui« LUU imv wriection of instrumental music. j In order to accommodate the lar^e ' company. Captain Denham, at the polite ' request of Captain Fox, sent his own boats, all well manned, to aid in carry- j ing ihe guests to the Wanderer. i , Many a pleasant race was indulged in by tho crews, as they dashed back j and forth between the ship and shore. ■ Not a man at oar or helm dreamt that I tin’s rivalry could ever deepen into one 1 of hate, when the crews with arms ■ bared would stand at oppos ng "uns I and hurl the iron bolts of death at ea h i other, or spring hoarding pike or cut- j lass in hand, into the rigging of the ! । rival, nor leave till valor had given the I victory to one or the other No wonder that Ca^^L^^ecame I . a y once a liuxu—iTU prvs^nceT his win- i niWß.iliueis, his evident eligibility— ; •^ahusband—his culture and his taste, i as shown in his entertainment on board ] the Wanderer, were all calculated to ‘ win the esteem and admiration of peo- , ‘ pie even less unsophisticated than the ■ i gentle-hearted islanders. i . Every arrangement was perfect. The ; i supper—served on dishes of silver and ! gold—was fit for the queen and her - \ royal household. ' : + There was not a jar from first to last i i Every young lady believed that Cap- ' , ta n Fox spoke a little more to her and , “ showed her a little more attention than | t he did any one else; and this proved i; that he was gifted in no common way 1 g

with the very rare faculty of knowing how to entertain. He »ed the dance with Lea Hedges, and ho found frequent occasions to drop a complimentary phrase into her ear afterward, but even the most observant could not construe this into partiality. Under myriads of swinging lamps, the young people danced until midnight, while in the main cabin, about a wellfilled board, the elderly gentlemen discussed wines of rare vintage, or gave their opin lons with candor, tempered by courtesy, on the political questions, which were even then causing a ripple of feeling between the colonies and the motherland. Two companion figures at the entertainment —figures that took no part in , the dancing—were Uncas and his sister . Dntilla, or “T1 e Princess,” as she was ’ generally called. Untilla was a strikingly graceful girl,

with a lighter co । plexion than her brother, for the carmine of youthful health shone thiough her rounded cheeks. Under the glow of the colored lamps, she looked more radiant than the white girls, who might be called the ( “daughters of the sun,” while she was I the t aughter of night, the more brilliant for the darkness that surrounded her. Nor was Untilla neglected by the officers, Though sho did not dance, she ; promenaded with many of them, talking । freely, and even gayly, in her simple,

■ unaffected way. | Untilla’s love for Captain Ralph Den- . ham was an old story in the settlements, j i a topic on which the gossipers were al- ! ■ ways sure to fall back when all others ■ ; were exhausted. Si e at first could see no wrong in her ! preference, and it was only when she : began to feel that her love was not re- j turned that she drew back and took on ' that reserve which distinguishes h r I I race, and which the whites, tor the want . ! of a better name, call “stoical.” To-night, Ralph Denham gave more ’ ' food to the gossips; he promenaded 11 with Untilla again and again, only yielding her arm to so ne other when ‘ i courtesy required. It was lie who took : her to suppt r; and when the time for , ’ departure came,all too s Jon, it was Ralph Denham who took the princess home in 5 i his own cutter and rowed her for six ’ miles to the little cove < n whose southt ern shore was the dwe.ling of herself and 1 rother. f Untilla bade Ralph good-night and hurried to the light that marked their

abode; and Captain Denham was about : io order the boat from the beach, when | the well-known form of Dinah sprang I rom theshadows into the moonlight, an 1 I called out: I “I &lph Denham, Ralph Denham, have “Have care of what, Dinah'.'” asked Ralph, who, since his first knowledge of the old woman, had always treated her with deference, and when, as a boy, other youths showed a disposit on to annoy her, he would become her champion, ;nd still his companions by shame, or, failing in that, by force. "Havekeerof de wolf!” croaked the old woman. “Os what wolf, Dinah?” “Os de wolf ez comes in de skin of de sheep. ” a one here? ”

and tink it s on’y a flock. Keep a ‘witch W*? 5? j'""’ “ ee P; De wolves is wife on red ken ear em ’owlin’ aw.iv fah off But dey 11 <ome nigher en nigher; <>c won t owl- dey’ll I>.. gciHu’ ri?K3v f T to spring, yxi io fasterTrto-:™\ol<m r," skin J* VTns th..- old wmn in sprang into the shadows from which she । hail come. "Rather an indefinite warning,” ; laughed Ralph Denham, as he took the ' tiller and guided the boat from the cove : into the bay, where his ship was swung at anchor.

CHAPTER VII. A STRANGER VISIT! SQVIRE COXIUT. “What are you thinking about Captain?” asked Valentine Dayton, as he a. d Ralph Denham sat in Dr. Hedges’ I comfortable front parlor the day after the ball on board the Wanderer. “Well, upon my word,” said the Capta’n, tea ing to stroke his forehead, I whose whiteness was in striking eon- ; trast with the rest of his face, “my mind has been to sea. The fact of it is I was looking out at th ■ Wanderer and that set me to wandering.” “I am not a bit surprised at that,” ! said First Lieutenant Hedges, who was ' smoking in the gallery outside, but who ; was within sight and hearing through the open windows. “I’ve been to sea, i man and boy, for nigh on to thirty year’ ! but may I be swung from a yard ‘arm’ if I ever came up with a cra‘’t and crew like that out -nder. Now, I’ve seen merchantmen and war-ships from every . land that flies a flag from a masthead, i I and I’ve come up with not a few pirates,’ j I and help sink ’em, too, but that Wan- . । derer, and them officers, and those crew ; —well, by Neptune, they do puzzle me.” : i After this, for him, very long speecii, Lieut. Hedges knocked the ashes out of i his pipe, looked in ^7

i satisfied that it was good for a few’nulls ! n.ore, he was about to resume his smokmg, when Capt. Denham asked: Dh?w a \ Stri! V, 8 you as strange about tho n anderer? |r,"Hang me, Cap’n, if I can tell, i Everything seems taut and shipshape i don’t feel satisfied, even though her papers and commissions of I her officers seem to be straight from stem to stern. Why, confound it, I’ve , heard of Cap’n Fox ever since I was a : boy, and I’m two score and five next j Guy Fawkes day, and, lo and behold, I here comes Cap’n Fox a ciuising into I these waters, and he don’t look to be a day over five ami thirty.” “But you know, Uncle George,” said ■ Valentine Dayton, “that in the regular ■ navy it is not at all uncommi n for fathers to be succeeded by their sons; I and then Capt. lox may be oldi r than he looks: it is always so with men who ■ bays dght eyes and fair hair.” “That is tine,” added Capt. Denham. ’ And another thing, Fox is not a rare I ) amo; for aight we know there may be a dozen officers named Fox in her , majesty’s service.” J here is not a dozen men in any service—no matter what the r names are—that lives in the style this Cap’n Fox does, said Lieutenant Geo ge Hedges, putting away his extinguished pipe, ; d hy, his ship is a palace, a floating : treasure house. If he was a pirate chief instead of an officer in the service of good Queen Anne, whom may heaven ! ,

preserve, he could not live in grander style than he does. I’ve noticed tho uniforms, the material of the men’s dr' is, the furniture of the ship, and may I be swung from the nearest yard if I don’t think it excels in richness any vessel afloat, or any vessel that ever

floated, and I won’t except the crack galley in which Queen — Queen — Queen —” “Cleopatra,” prompted the Captain. "Yes, that’s the woman; the crack galley in which Queen Cleopatrick took them Homing imp-roars of on frolics, and got ’em into a sight of trouble. Oh. you may both laugh and shake your heads; and this here Wanderer may be all straight, and so on and so forth, but I can’t see through it and I won’t, onless there’s a little more light thrown down on her from aloft.” With this emphatic opinion, Lieutenant Hedges replenished and refit his pipe, and taking up his hat strolled down io the shore, for the hour for his watch was approaching, and the boat w„s waiting for him on the beach. “Uncle George is usually right,” said , Valentine Dayton, after Lieutenant Hedges had gone out of hearing, "but I think he is mistaken here.” “I think so too, you see, some of these English sailors are very rich, and can affor I this kind of thing; th y do not

depend on their official salaries. But while I am aware of this, I must confess that there are certain things about ■ the Wanderer that impress me as irregular, according to my ideas of th^ ^erv- ! ice. lam willing to concede, hou^-cr, that I am only a volunteer and i so cannot claim to know c thing about the regular service," the ! captain, rising and glancing whe room, as if ho were expecting some

one. , , . „ "One th’ng we can say, Captain, said Valentine, “Captain Fox appears to be a thorough sailor.” i “ There can be no doubt about thait. “And lie acts as frankly as anypnan that ever sailed into these waters.™ “Yi u are right again.” 1 “He is in the same service aslourselves?” I "So why speculat' about h’s we^h?" “I don’t speculate about his wealth, Valentine,” said Captain Denham, who, when off duty, always calle I thelieutenant by the name he had u-od when they were boys together. “But I hold that any stranger who makes himself conspicuous among us becomes an objc tof legitima e inquiry. 1 like Fox, an I don’t like him.” “Jealou-y,‘ aptain. jealousy,” laugnel Valentine Dayton. “Fox has been paying too much attention to my fair cousin Lea and it has not escaped your notice. Ah, my dear folio v, I fear she is a bit of a coquette; but, depend upon it, she cares more for one curl of your hair than she does for this man and all his wealth. Lea is da-hing, but she is j steady; she ripple > over with fun, but

; she is not shallow— ’ "See here, Valentine," said Ralph i Denham, with some sternm ss. “I hope I have not offended you, Cap- ■ tain?” “Not at all; but Lea Hedges is not a ; subiect for our light or serous conyr- ' sation. She and I are simply gfo 1 friends, and she is free to receive j,he attentions of Captain Fox, or W AMp other man, without cause of conpmmt i on my part ” j I “Ralph Denham!” said Valentine, rising and laying his hands on the shoulders of his friend and commander, “you and 1 have never kept our hearts locked • *vui eacH oElier. ” ’Never, Valentine.” I--■ “When I first felt that I ( ondit, to whom did I come au D illl I ; si, ee

- Wshe wM give volmS^'S. \ “..’iS”" Sa,<l iryj^w' r. 'd “And you a brave sailor?” \ “A light would follow with the k i , who dared to doubt mycourage,-yV 1 11^ 1 between us, I would rather attempt i cut out a pirate single-handed thamA*j ! tell Ellen how I feel toward her. Here we are steering away from the quesI tion.” “And I am gla i of it. for the other tack is in the teeth of the wind.” ’ ^ u , Captain, lam sure you love Lea : Hedges, and, so far as I can see the chart of her heart, ail its safe sailing ■ sound ngs are in your direction. See,” said A auntme, leading the Capta’n 1o the window, "she and Ellen are down there by tho shore, talking to that cracked old Dinah; let us go out and join tvem. ” Captain Denham put on his hat and permitted himself to be led out by his lieutenant.

( |TO BE CONTINUED] Better-Carriers Must Not Talk. the man nowadays who wants to leain the a Idress ot a fr,end need never ask tl e letter-carrier who serves his friend’s mail. If he does he will receive scant satisfaction, for the letter-carrier is not allowed to tell, even should he be , inclined to obl'ge. "Do you know John Blank?” asked a I stranger out in Tacony one day last week, as he met one of Uncle Sam’s custolians of the mail. The lettercat rier replied that he did. . Ai rrvw ? HeVL aske T the jsTranger. I cannot tell you,” said the lettercarrier, as he moved on. “It’s against . orders.” The stranger looked incredulous ; sw re a little at what he considered a a lack of couriesy, and, after considerable trouble and inquiry, reached his i destina ion. But the letter-carrier was only fol- ; lowing out his instructions. Inquiry at । the postefflee yesterday disclosed the fact that such an order really does exist.

I “No letter-carrier,” said an official of । the department, “is permitted to give anv information it hatever about any person upon his route, either as to the i place of residence, business, or anv other nmtter The rule is very strictly j cn orced, and probably has some con- । nection with the law prohibiting the dunning of a creditor by mail. The let-ter-carriers are not permitted to disI n, OSe n hO , roß!deneo or a man any more than the Hoiks n tne office are allowed t > tell who rents the various boxes.”— I hiladelphia Record. I mportiiiit, if True. A confectioner, being curious as to the weight of -J.O pennies, placed them in a papei bag on a confectioner’s scales and found that they weighed three pounds five and a quarter ounces. ‘ Briggs a good business man’” “j should say he was. He was born with a fortune, you know.” “Well?” “He’s got it yet. —New York Recorder.

TROOPS CALLED OFF. : I KANSAS MILITIA WITHDRAWN FROM THE STATE-HOUSE. Republicans Submit a Plan of Compromise to Gov. Eewelling—They Agree to Submit Test Cases to the Court—The Governor Takes the Case Under Advisement. The Strife at Topeka. It seems now quite probable that the Kansas legislators’ unrivaled specialty performance of burlesque legislation

is not to terminate in red and horrent war. The comedy feature will be kept up to the close. It predominatel on Thursday. The Governor, in his capacity a- first officer of .the State, ordered his militiamen out to protect the Populist cause, but the militiamen, though

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speaker DOUGLASS t p e y did appear on the scene, gently but firmly declined to protect. They would go home first. Later the Governor was politely requested by the Sheriff of Shawnee County to keep his bands off. “I wsh to inform you," said the Sheriff to tho Governor, "that your action is without my consent. 1 hiding that his soldiers wouldn’t obey him, and that the Shawnee Sheriff simply bade him get hence and be hanged to him, the Governor has called his fore s away from the House of Representatives, where they had been laying siege to a group of Republicans, bereft of light, heat and food. Wherefore the Populists will content themselves with hiring a hall down town and hold their legislative sessions apart from rude and interfering foes. It would seem now that, with two houses of representatives in full blast, several armed farmers, a few troops,

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and the Sheriff of Shawnee, Kansas ought to be able to take care of herself. And then she has a Governor, too, albeit hi s subjects are mani-, festly disinclined to be governed. It is not likely that blood will be shed by any 1 general collision,]. • whatever may hap-

i pen between hot-headed individuals. A correspondent says: “The spectacle t exhibited at Topeka is disgrac fill. The J Populist party has defied the peace aur thorities of the county and resisted ar- * rest. The Republicans have thrown 9 themselves into ar. active and open de-

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k al j>nlnnritv Or the ^msmore said that the ^iidst House would continue to hold ‘il th e tßate i ‘MiHail alld later ’ if the lroll ble is not . s»ttled soon, another hall would be hired. He said the House had n> lounger anj thing to do with the scheme I^capture tho hall; that was now wholly in tho hands of the Govern.u-, and what he proposed to do nolody Jtaew or could know. The serious portion oi the controversy may be regarded fan ended for the next twenty-four hours kt least. The Governor has gone home 50 sleep and so has the Sheriff The I | commander of the militia being no I ’.longer “in it” and being even without a | ■, base-ball bat, has nothing more to say I By to-morrow the cruel war will all be over.

The Populist House, in its session in the basement, formally resolved against ti.e letter-carriers carrying provisions to the Republicans upstairs. Tim whole letter-carrier force of Topeka was employed in the work. The men, with well-filled bags, would appear in their giai uniforms and deman 1 admittance to the state-house. United States District Attorney Ady and the United States Marshal were I oth on hand to see that they were not molested in their duties. They were not, of course, but it is no secret that their bags contained piovender. In fact, the letter-carriers make no seciet of what they were doiim Attorney General Little said that no attempt would bo made to remove the Republicans from Representative Hall by the Governor. “The Sheriff has organized a mo’q” sail he, “and threatens to pounce down upon the militiamen in the State House. The men in the Capii 10l are trembling with fear for the consequences of an attack of this kind, and ve will do nothing to precipitate it.’ The Sheriff’s mob is armed with guns and clubs, and there is no telling what they vm! do if they should assault the mili‘ary The Populists will do business in pother hall, an i the military will be used,to protect them there; if any at- ' tem® is made to disturb them the । Governor will defend them at all I ha<arls.”

Bepksentatives Rawson and Gruble members-of the Populist House, attended the afternoon’s session. They said that sixty-four members, one more than a quorum, were present. Doth of them vere asked what would they do in casf* Hie Supreme Court decided the Douglass House to be a legal organization, and both replied that they would abide the decision of the court. Thev insisted, however, that the court had no ri ght to interfere. In the present Legislature of Kai sas the Senate consists of twenty-five Popmists and fifteen Republicans. It is claimed that the House consists of sixty-four Republicans, fifty-nine Populists and two Democrats. On joint ballot, it is claimed, there are eightyfeur Populists, seventy-nine Republicans and two Democrats. The Republicans have a majority and a quorum in the House. But the Populists allege that four Republicans who were defeated at the polls procured certificates of election through fraud and hold seats on the Republican side of Representative hall.

The Populist “House” declared these Republican usurjers not entitled to seats, and seated the contestants on their own side of the hall. This action^ gave the Populists sixty-three member^ on their side, with only sixty on tho Republican side. But the Republicans, in dispute still sit with their side and' vote. So each wing has an alleged quorum. The rival houses have been making faces at each other ever since their organization, but up to Tuesday no blows were struck. It was announced that thousands of Republicans from various parts of the State were rushing to Topeka and will be in the ranks defending the Republican House. Along with this came the information that train loads of Populists were expected. Another report is to the effect tha* the Republicans challenged ihe Governor to submit the legal points at issue to the Stale Supreme

orn / GOV. LEWELLIN& Court, and that he replied,.in substance, that ho would submit nothing to a Republican court. On the other hand, it is reported that he challenged the Republicans to await the passage of an appropriation act, and then test its validity in the courts. This was declined. In the meantime the Populist Legislature appropriated money for current expenses and the Republicans enjoined the State»Treasurer from making payments. He is a Populist, and said he should disobey the injunction. Stil’, he and his I ondsmen did not like to assume the responsibility, and he has not yet let any of the money go. Tho county treasurers are taking advantage of the confusion, and may refuse to pay tax collections to the Stute Treasurer. Pester Says “Starve the Rebels.” Governor Towelling has been deluged with telegrams from Populists in all parts of the State tendering assistance in the way either of money or men. Among the dispatches leceived were the following:

44ii-i.nl the Stnte safely. S. 7T ; ” iiuaia ri. m',? l rve the rebeli a mri FEB, Rn^tVi SlsUr!? ls rea<, X with l,wo men tc sustain you in standing up for Kansas. t Citizens* Committee an read" Je " eH Count ( ^ MR™" ° r CiPuntv wm f eX ßequire, ^lomgo^ery sr furnish a regiment of j. on men tc sustain you in enforcement of law and order. Miami County is with you; stay withVhem, u. 1. Smith, Chairman. Brieflets.

Gasidling houses at Little Tock Ark., have been closed by the police, r, gas has been discovered at Brinkley, Tenn. The find is thought to be rich Newton, Kan., damaged the Richardson general merchandise stock A(’,o J ( >. Col. Davila, who captured Nulla has committed suicide in Comaya° , ua Honduras. ° ’ Dick Tolman, a negro desperado was shot to death by a posse near Grenada, Miss.

Boston capitalists have formed a $lO - । 000,GOO company to control the gas in- । terests in New York. I A grand jury at Bangor, Me., has in- । dieted I etw. en LOO and 300 persons foi , illegal sale of liquor. j A general snowstorm prevailed in : Me-tem Texas, Southern New Mexico j and Northern Mexico. . It is stated that Mgr. Satolli will ; make New York his headquarters instead of Washington. The Supreme Court of Mississippi has affirmed tho death sentences of Ben McCoy and J. Terry, of the Copiah County gang of negro robbers and murderers. Several firms were burned out at Fort Smith, Ark., by the destruction of the Wyman Block. The total loss is $75,0G0. An engine and seven cars on the 1 South Atlantic Road plunged down an I embankment 1 0 feet high, at Walter’s I Mountain, Tenn. Engineer Allen was i killed. The accident was caused by a I wash-out.

Tom O’Connor was sentenced to prison for life eight years ago at Stillwater, Minn. He was subsequently released on condition that he leave the country. He failed to meet the condition and has been reincarcerated.

Children playing near the village of Ciane Hill, Ala., found a skeleton, the skull of which had been crushed, showing murder. It develops that the bones are those of Janies Knight, a school teacher, who disappeared ten years ago. Father Thomas Adams, of Brooklyn, the suspended priest who achieved consideiable celebrity by alleged cures of sick people which he claimed to effect by the use of holy relics, has been restored to the priesthco Iby Bishop McDonnell, of Brooklyn.

A hm.-iioom frame cottage at Indianapolis was torn to i-ieces by an explosion of natural gas. The four walls were thrown outward and ] options ol the debris were hurled 300 yards. The cottage was oc upied > y Mrs. Francis Perrigo, widow, who was slightly injured.

Antiquity of the Pump. The common water pump of to-day is aut an improvement on the Grecian invention which first came into general use during the reign of the Ptolemies, Philadelphes and Energetes, 281 to 221 B. C. The name, which is very similar in all languages, is derived from the Greek word “pempo,’ to send or throw. The most ancient description we have of the water pump is by Hero of Alexander. There is no authentic account of its general use outside of Egypt previous to its introduction into the German provinces at about the opening of the sixteenth centmy. Tumps with plungers and pistons were invented by Morland, an Englishman, in 1674; the double acting pump by De la Hire, the French academician, some twenty years later. Pif-< o s for Messengers. Experiments with cyclers and carriei pigeons for transmitting messages are being made by the Gymnastic Society of Rome in the interest of the Italian army. The rider carries a small cage attached to his machine in which are several well-trained pigeons. When imI portant observations have been taken j and jotted down they are placed in envelopes and affixed to the birds, which are liberated. In every instance thus far the birds have flown promptly and in a straight line back to headquarters. Ought to Keep a Boarding House. Mra. 'Emroa. V- Ewing, of a Sew York sanitarium claims that she has fed fifty studients at the rate of 9 cents a meal, and furthermore avers that the meals were good and that the students gretv fat on them. Saxon ladies never appeared in public without the hood, which covered the hair and a large part of the face.

ww Hr. Harvey Heed Laceyville. O. Catarrh, Heart Failure, Paralysis of the Throat “I Thank God and Hood's Sarsaparilla for Perfect Health.” “Gentlemen: For the benefit of suffering hunianitv I wish to state a few facts. For several years I have suffered from catarrh and heart failure, getting so bad I could not work and Could Scarcely Walk I had a very bad spell of paralysis of the throat some time ago My throat seemed closed and I could not swallow. The doctors said it was caused bv heart failure, and gave medicine, wh'ch I took according to directions, but it did’ not seem to do me any good. My wife urged me to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla, telling me of Mr. Joseph C. Smith, who had been At Death's Door but was entirely cured by Hood's SarsgpariU After talking with Mn Smith.Jconclud^ji two bottles I felt very much better. I continued taking it. and am now feeling excellent. I thank God, and UT Hood’s Sarsaparilla and my wife for my restoration to perfect health. Harvey Heed, Laceyville, O.

HOOD’S PILLS do not purge, pain or gripe, but act promptly, easily and efficiently 25c. Syßup®G S KNJOYS

■ Both the method and results when ■ Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gentiy yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headI I aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50q i and §1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist vfho I may not have it on hand will pro- | cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any , substitute.

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