Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 October 1877 — Page 7

PUT YOURSELF HIS PLACE.

A Novel of Thrilling interest About the Great Strikes in England. mM

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^BY CHARLES «tHi .V.

(Continue! from Last Issue.] CHAPTER XIX. Mr. Coventry, relieved of a great arid immediate anxiety, could now turn his whole attention to Grace Carden and she puzzled him. He expected to see her come down beaming with satisfaction at the great event ot last night. Instead of that «he appeared late, with cheeks rather pale, and signs of trouble under her fair eyes.

As the day wore on. she showed positive distress of mind irritable and deject cd by turns, and quite unable to settle to any thing.

Mr. Coventry, with all his skill, -vas quite at fault. He could understand her being in anxiety for news about Little but whv not relie\e her anxiety by sending a servant to inquire? Above all, why this irritation? this positive^suffer

A mvstery to him. tbere is no reason why it'should be one to my readers. Grace Carden, for the first time in her life, was in the clutches of a fiend, a torturing fiend called jealousy.

The thought that another woman was nursing Henry Little all this time districu her. It would have been such heaven to her to tend him, after those cruel men hurt him so but that pure joy was given to another, pnd that other lovea him, and could now indulge and show her love. Show it? Why, she had herself opened his eyes to Jael's love, and advised him to reward it.

And now she could do, nothing to defend herself. The very improvement in Henry's circumstances held her back. She could not write to him and say, 'Now I know you are Mr. Raby's neph ew, that makes all the difference.' That would only give him fresh offense, and misrepresent herself for in truth she had repented her letter long before the relationship was discovered.

No all she could do was to wait till Jael Dcnce came up, and then, charge her with some subtle message, that might make Henry Little pause it he still loved her,

She detected Coventry watching her. Bhe tied directly to her own room, and there sat on thorns, waiting for her rival tocome and give her an opportunity.

But afternoon came, and no Jael evening came, and no Jael, 'Ah!' thought Grace, bitterly, 'she is better employed than to come near me. She is not a self-sacrificing fool like me. When I had the advantage, I gavj it up now she has got it, she uses it without mercy, decency, or gratitude. And thatis the way to love. Oh! if toy turn could but come again! But it never will.'

Having arrived at this conclusion, she lav on the couch in her own room, and was thoroughly miserable.

She came down to dinner, and managed to take a share in tlie conversation, but was very languid and Coventry detected that she had been crying.

After dinner, Knight brought in a verbal message from Jael to Mr. Raby, to the effect that the young gjntleman was stiff and sore, and she had sent into Hillsborough for Doctor Amboyne. 'Quite right of her,' said the Squire. •You needn't look so alarmed, Grace there are no bones broken: and he is in capital hands: he couldn't have a tenderer nurse than that great strapping lass, nor a better doctor than my friend and a a A

Next morning, sbonT'after'* breakfast, Raby addressed his guests as follows:— 'I was obliged to go into Hillsborough yesterday, and postpone the purification of that sacred building. But I set a watch on it and this day I devote to a pious purpose I'm £oing to un-Little the church of my forefathers and you can come with me, if you duose.' This invitation, however, was given in a tone so «rloomv, and so little cordial, that Coventry, courtier like, said in reply, he felt it would a painful sight to his host, and the fewer witnesses the better. Raby nodded assent, and seemed pleased. Not &o Miss Carden. She said: 'It that is your feeling, you had better stay at home. I shall go. I have something to tell Mr. Raby when we get there and I'm vain enough to think it will not make him quite so angry about the poor dead old church.' 'Then come, by all means,' said Raby. 'for I'm angry enough at present.'

Before they,had got half way to the church, they were hailed from behind and turning round, saw the burly figure ot Dr. Amboyne coming after them.

They waited for him. and he came up with them. He had heard the whole business from Little, and wa9 warm in the praists of his patient. loadry inquiry from Raby, whether he approved of his patient desecrating a church, he said, with delicious coolness, he thought there was not much harm in thai, the church not being used for divine service.

A this, Ruby uttered an inarticulate but savage growl and' Grace, to avert a hot discussion, begged the Doctor not to go into that question, but to tell her how Mr. Little was. 'Oh, he has received some severe contusions, but there is nothing serious. He is in good hands, I assure you. I met him out walking with his nurse and I must say I never 6aw a hahdsomer couple. He i9 dark she is fen. She is like the ancient atalues of Venus, massive and grand, but notclumsy he it lean and sinewy, as a man ought to be.' 'Oh, Doctor, this irom you?, said Grace, with undisguised spite. 'Well, it was a concession. He was leaning on her shoulder, and her face and downcast ees were turned towards him so sweetly—said I to myself—Ham!' 'What!' said Raby. 'Would you marry him to a farmer's daughter?' 'No I'd let him marry who he likes: only, having seen him and his nurse together, it struck me that, between two such fine creatures ot the same age, the tender relation of patient and nurse, sanctioned, as I hear it is, by a benevolent uncle—' 'Confound your impudence!' '—Would hardly stop there. What do you think, Miss Carden?' 'I'll tell vou, if you will promise, on your honor, never to repeat what I say.' And she slackened he/pace, and lingered behind

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And her eves flashed blue fire at him, and startled him. Then she darted forward, and took Mr. Raby's arm, with a scarlet tace, and a piteous deprecating glance shot. back at the sagacious personage she had defied

Dr, Amboyne proceeded instantly to pat himself ia this young lady's place, and so divine what was the matter. The familiar process soon brought a knowing smile to his sly lip.

They entered the church, and went straight to the forge. Raby stood with folded arms, arid contemplated the various acts of sacrilege with a silent distress that was really touch ing-

Amboyne took more interest in the traces of the combat., "Ah!" said he, this is where he threw the coals into their faces—he has told me all about it. And look at this pool of blood on the ftoor! Here he felled one of them with his shovel. What is this?—traces of blood leading up to this chest!'

He opened the chest, and found plain proofs inside that the wounded man had hid himself in it for some time, He pointed this out to Raby and gave it as his opinion that the man's confederates had come back for him, and carried him away. 'These fellows are very true to one anothtfr. I have olten admired them for that.'

Raby examined the blood-stained interior of the chest, and could not help agreeing with the sagacious doctor. 'Yes,'said he, sadly 'if we had been sharp, we might have caught the blackguard. But I was in a hurry to leave the scene of sacrilege. Look here the tomb of a good knight defiled into an,oven,and, the pews mutilated—and all for the base uses ot trade.' And in this Btrain he con tinued for a long time so eloquently thatat last, he roused Grace Carden's ire. 'Mr. Raby,' said she, firmly, 'please add to those base uses one more. One dismal night, two poor creatures, a man and a woman, lost their way in the snow and, after many a hard struggle, the cold and the snow overpowered thefn, and death was upon them. Bbt, just at her last gasp, the girl saw a light, and heard the tinkling of a hammer She tottered towards it and it was a church. She just managed to strike the door with her benumbed' hands, and then fell \nsensible. When she came to herself, gentle hands had laid her before two glorious fires in that cold tomb there. Then the same gentle hands gave her food and wine, and wards of comfort, and did every thing for her that brave fnen do for poor weak suffering women. Yes, sir, it was my live he saved, and Mr. Coventry's too and'I can't bear to hear a word against him, especially while I stand and look-at his 'poor forge, and his grates, that you abuse but I adore them, and bless them and so would you, if they had 6'aved your life, a9 they did mine. You don't love me one bit and it is very cru*?l.'

Raby stood astonished and silent. At last he said, in a verv altered tone, quite mild and appreciating, 'Why did you not teil me this before 'Because lie made us promise not. Would vou have had nje betray my benefactor?' 'No. Vou are a brave girl, an honest gi:l. I love you more than a bit, and, .'or yo.ir sake, I forgive him the whole I will never call it sacrilege ag tin, since its If.*ct was to save a angel's life. Come, no.v, you have shown a proper spirit, and stood up for the absent, and brought me-to submission by your impetuosity, so don spoil it all by crying.' 'No, I won't,' said Grace, with a gulp. But her tears would not cease all in a moment. She had evoked that tender scene, which words and tears of true and passionate love had rained upon her. They were an era in her life had swept forever out of her heart all the puny voices that had prattled what they called love to her and that divine music, should she ever hear it again? She had resigned it, had bidden it shine upon another. For this, in reality, her tears were trickling.

Mr. Raby took a milch lighter view of it, and, to divert attention from her, he said,'Hallo! why this inscription has become legible. I used to be only legible in parts. Is that his doing?' 'Not a doubt of it," said Amboyne. Set that against his sacrilege." 'Miss Carden and I are both agreed it was not sacrilege. What ia here in this pew? A brass! Why this is the brass we could none of us decipher. Hang me it he has not read it, and restoied it!' 'So he has And where's the wonder? We live in a glorious' age (Raby 'smiled) 'that has read the written mountains of the East,and the Abyssinian monuments: and he is a man of the age, and your mediaeval brasses are no more to him than cuniform letters to Rawlinson. Let me read this resuscitated record. 'Edith Little, daughter of Robert Raby, by Leah Dence his wife:' why here's a hodgepodge! What! have the noble Rabys intermarried with the humble Dences?' 'So it seems. A younger son.' 'And a Rabyi daughter of Dence, Carried a Little three hun.lred years ago?' 'So it seems.' 'Then wh.it a pity this brass was not deciphered thirty years ago. But never mind that. All I demand is tardy justice to my piotege. Is not tfiis a markable man? By day he carves wood, and carries out a philanthropic scheme (which I mean to communicate this very day, together with this young man's report at night.he forges tools that all tiillsbo'ough can't rival in an interval of his work he saves a valuable life or two in another odd moment he fights like a lion, one to four even in his moment of downright leisure, when he is neither saving life nor taking it, he praetices honorable arts, restores the fading letters of a charitable bequest, and deciphers brasses, and vastly improves his uncle's genealogical knowledge, who,' nevertheless, passed for an authority, till my Crichton stepped upon the 6cene 'Raby bore all this admirably, 'You may add,' said he, 'that he nevertheless finds time to correspond with his friends.

Here is a letter, addressed to .|iiM Carden, I declare!' 'A letter to me!' said Grace, faintly.

Raby handed it over the pew to her, and turned the address, so that she could judge for herself.

She took it very slowly and feebly, and her color came and went. Vou seemed surprised and BO am I, It must have been written two days ago.' •Yes,' •Why, what on earth could he have to say to you?' 'I suppose it is the reply to mine,'stammered Grace

Mr. Raby looked amazement, and something more. Grace faltered out an explanation •When he had saved my life, I was so

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I wanted to make him a return.

believed injaei Dence and he—I have so high an opinion of her—I ventured to give him a hint that he m»ght find happiness there.'

Raby bit his lip. 'A most singular interference on the part of a young ladv,' said he, stiffly. 'You are right, Doctor this age resembles no other, I suppose you meant it kindly: but I am very sorry you felt called upon, at your age, to put any such idea into the young man's head.' 'So am I,' said poor Grace. 'Oh, pray forgive me. I am so unhappy.' And she hid her tace in her hands. 'Of course I forgive you,' said Raby. 'But, unfortunately, I know nothing of all this, and went and put him under her charge and here he has foun a precedent for marrying a Dence—found it on this confounded brass! Weil, no matter. Life is one long disappointment. What does he say? Where is the letter gone to? It has vanished,' 'I have got it safe,' said Grace, eprecatingly. 'Then please let me know what he 6ays.' 'What, read this letter to you?' 'Why not, pray? I'm his uncle. He is my heir-at. law. I agree with Amboyne, he has some fine qualities. It is foolish of me, no doubt, but I am very anxious to know what he says about marrying my tenant's daughter.' Then, with amazing dignity, 'Can I be mistaken in thinging I have a right to know who my nephew intends to marry?' And he began to get. very red.

Grace hung her head, and, trembling a little, drew the letter very slowly out of her bosom, tm

It just flashed thi ough her mind how cruel it was to make her read out the deathwarrant of her heart before two men but she summoned all a woman's fortitude and self-defense, prepared to hide her anguish under a marble demeanor, and quietly opened the letter.

•biwi., CHAPTER XX. 'You advise me to marry one, when I love another and this, you think, is the way to be happy. It ha6 seldom proved so, and I should despise happiness, if I could only get it in that way. 'Yours, sadly but devotedly, H. LITTLB. 'VVill you wait two years?' faff,,-

Grace, being on her defense, rea3 this letter very slowly, and as if she had to decipher it. That gave her time to say, 'Yours, et cetera,'instead of "sadly and devotedly.' (Why be needlessly precise?) As for the postscript, she didn't trouble them with that at all. «s?

She then hurried the letter into her pocket, that it might not be asked for, and said, with all the nonchalance she could manage to assume^ 'Oh, if he loves somebody else!' 'No that is worse still,' said Mr. Raby. 'In his own rank of life, it is tea to one if he finds any thing as modest, as good, and as loyal as Dente's daughter. It some factory-girl, I suppose.' 'Let us hope noi,' said Grace, demurely: b.ut Amboyne noticed that her cheek was now iushed, and her eyes sparkling' like diamonds.

Soon afterwards she strolied apart, and took a wonderful interest in the monuments and things, until she found an opporluuLv to slip out into the churchyard. There she t..ok the letter out, and kissed it again and again, as if she would devour it and all the way home she was as gay as a lark,. Amboyne put himself in her place.

When the^y got home, he said to her, My dear Miss Carden, I have a favor to ask you. I want an hour's conversation with Mr Raby. Will you be so very kind as to see that I am not interrupted?' 'Oh yes. No you must tell me, first, what you are going to talk about. I can't have gentlemen talking nonseme, together, uninterruptedly.' 'You ladies claim to monopolize nonsense, eh? Well, I am going to talk about my friend, Mr. Little. Is he nonsense?' "'That depends, What are you going to say about him?' 'Going to advance his interests—and my own hobby. Such is man,' •Never mind what is man what is your hobby?' 'Saying idiotic ruffians' lives.'

'Well, thatis a hobby. But, if Mr. Little is to profit by it, never mind you shall not be interrupted, if I can keep des tacbeux' away.'

Accordingly she got her work, and sat in the hall. Here, as she cxpccted, 6he was soon joined by Mr. Coventry, and he founa her in a gracious mood, and in ex cellent spirits.

After some very pleasant conversation, she told him she waj' keeping sentinel over Dr. Amboyne and his hobby, 'What is that?' 'Saving idiotic ruffians'lives. Ha! haJ ha!'

Her merry laugh rang through the hall like a peal of bells. Coventry stared, and then gaye up try ing to understand her ancT her eternal changes. He just set himself to please her, and he never found it easier than that afternoon.

Meantime Dr. Amboyne :ot Raby alone, and begged leave, in the xifst place, to premise trial his (ILaby's) nephew was a emaikableman To prove it, he re iated Little's whole battle with the Hillsborough Trades and then produced a Report the young man had handed him that very day. It was actually in His pocket that during the fight, mute protest against that barbarous act.

The Report was entitled—'LIFE, LABOR, AND CAPITAL IN HILLSBOROUGH,'and was divided into two parts.

Part I was entitled—'PECULIARITIES OF CUTLERY HUBTFUL TO LIFE AND HEALTH.'

And part 2 was entitled—'THE REMEDIES TO THE ABOVE.' Part was divided thus:—

A. What the masters could do. B. What the Workmen could do. C. What the Legislature could do. Part dealt first with the deoeases of the giinders but instead of quoting it, 1 ask leave to refer to Chapte/ VIII., where the main fact lies recorded.

Having thus curtailed the Report, I print the remainder in an appendix,, for the use of those tew readers who can endure useful knowledge in works of this class.

Raby read the report without moving a muscle. 'Well, what do you think of him?'asked Amboyne. 'I think he is a fool to trouble his head whether these animals live or die.' 'Oh, that is my folly -not his. At bottom, he cares no more than you do.' 'Then I retract my observation.' 'As 10 its being folly, or as to Little being the fool?' •Whichever vou iiko best.' 'Thank you. Weil, but to be serious.

this yoaug man is very anxious to be a master, instead of a man. What do you say? Will vou help his ambition, and my sacred hobby?' 'What, plunge you deeper in folly, and him in trade! Not I. I don't approve folly I hate trade. But I tell you what I'll do. If he and his mother can see my conduct in its proper light, and aay so, they can come to Raby, and he can turn gentlcihan, take the name of Raby, as he has got the face, and be my heir. 'Are you serious, Raby?' j5: •Perfectly.' •Then you had better write it, and I'll take it to him.' •Certainly.' Hesnt down and wrote as follows:— 'SIR,—What has recently occurred appears calculated to soften one of those animosities which, between persons allied in blood, are always to be regretted.\l I take the opportunity to say, that it ^tfur mother, under your advice, will now reconsider the duties of a trustee, and my conduct in that character, and her remarks on that conduct, I think she will do me justice, and honor me once more with her esteem. Should this be the result, I further hope that vou and herself will come to Raby, and that you will change that way of lite which you have found so full of thorns, and prepare yourself to succeed to my name and place1 I am, your obedient servant, "GUY RABY." 'There, resfd that.'

Amboyne read it, and approved it. Then he gave a sigh, and said. 'And so down goes my poor hobby.' 'Oh, never mind,' said Raby 'you've got one or two left in your stable.'

Doctor Amboyne went out, and passed through the hall. There he found Mr. Coventry and Miss Carden the latter asked him, rather keenly, if the conference was over. 'Yes, and not without a result I'll read it to you.' He did 9o, and Grace's cheek was dyed with blushes, and her eyes beamed with joy. 'Oh, how nable he is, and how good you are. Run! Fly 1' 'Such movements are undignified, and unsuited to my figure. Shall I roll down the hill That would be my quickest way.'

This dicussion was cut short by a servant, who came to tell the Doctor that a carriage was ordered tor him, and would be round in a minute.

Doctor Amboyne drove off, and Miss Carden now avoided Coventry she retired to her room. But, it seems, she was on the watch tor, on the Doctor's return, she was the person who met him in the hall.

Well said -she, eagerly. 'Well, would you believe it he declines. He objects to leave his war" of life, and to wait for dead men's shoes.' 'Oh, Doctor Amboyne And you were there to advise him 'I did not venture to advise him. There was so much to be said on both sides." Then he went off to Raby, with the pote but, as he went, he heard Grace say, inv a low voice, 'Ah, you never thought of me.'

Little's note ran thuaii' 'SIR,—I thank you for your proposal, and as to the first part of it, I quite agree, and should be glad to see my mother and you friends again. But, as to my way of lite, I have chosen my path, and mean to stick to it. I hope soon to be a master, instead of a workman and I shall try and behave like a gentleman, so that you may not have to blush for me, Should blush for myself if 1 were to give up industry, aud independence, and take to waiting for dead men's shoes that is a baser occupation than any trade in Hillsbbrough, I think. This is not as politely written as I could wish but I am .a blunt fellow, and I hope you will excuse it. I am not ungrateful to you for shooting those vermin, nor for your offer, though I can not accept it. Yours respectfully, "HENRY LITTLE."

Raoy read this, and turned white with rage. He locked the letter up along with poor Mrs. Little's letters, and merely said, '1 have only one request to make. Never mention the name of Little again.'

Doctor Amboyne went home very thpughiful. That same day Mr. Carden wrote fr*m London to his daughter, informing her he should be at Hillsborough next day at dinner. She got the letter next morning, and showed it to Mr. Raby. He ordered his carriage after breakfast for Hillsborough.

This was a blow to Grace. She had been hoping all this time a fair opportunity might occur for saying something to young Little.

She longed to write to him, and 9et his heart, and her own, at rest. But a great shyness and timidity paralyzed her, and she gave up the idea of writing, and had hitherto been hoping they might meet, and she might reinstate herseh by some one cunning word. And now the end of it all was, that she was driven away from Raby Hall without doing anything but wish, and sigh, and resolve, and give up her resolutions with a blush.

Tne carriage passed the farm on its way to Hillsborough. This was Grace's last chance.

Little was standing at the porch, A thrill ot deliglii traversed Grace's bosom.

It was followed, however, by a keen pang. Jael Dence sat beside him., sew ing: and Grace saw, in a moment, she was sewing complacently. It was more than Grace c6uld bear. She pulled the check-string, and the carnage stopped.

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"THE young man who would take the most girls to the Grand Rapids fair was to oe.awarded a suit of clothes. Edward Cox took seventy five girls and won the suit." We printed the foregoing item the other day, and now comes another young Michigander saying that he took only one girl, and won suit, too.—Chicago Jourual.

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accompanied by a variety of ennobling sensations. Not eyery man can attord it.—Danbury News.

The exact sciences may demonstrate the precise* distance of the most remote star, and make the phases of the surrounding worlds as familiar as household words, but no amount ot figuring will ever be able to indicate where the stone that a woman throws 'is going to strike.

''TIME flies,'suggested she. 'Yes,' he answered sadly, taking a dark object out of the cream, •ii ne flies w:re gone.'—N. Y. Telegram.

ROBERT HOUDIN.

SOME OF Tin: WONDERFUL FEATS OF THS GREAT FRENCH WIZARD.

The most famous of magicians waa the late Robert Houdin. He was nerer excelled, and seldom equalled, miscalling. He was well declared to be the prince of conjurers, for he elevated his profession, and was an able, mathematician and mechanician.

His ingenuity was unlimited, and it was absolutely impossible to detect the secret of his innumerable tricks and performances. Without the least assistance he woald hold an audience in delight and amazement for hours, everything bring done with a graceful felicity which showed that Houdin absolutely enjoyed his business. He taught his own son many of his original tricks, but never imparted them to others, while the secret ot

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most remarkable performances has died with their master, and no one can ever hope to reproduce.

Probably the first instance in which a conjuror has been called upon to exercise his profession in Government employ was that of Robert Houdin. He was sent to Algeria by the French Minister .of Foreign Affairs to exercise the black art in that benighted country, hoping thus to destroy the influence exercised among the Arabs by the Marabouts—an influence which was often mischievously applied. By a few cunning, yet clumsy tricks, these Marabouts passed themselves off as sorcerers, and were held in fear and veneration by the ignorant tribes. The French Government desired to show the Arabs that these wouldbe leaders among them were mere imposters, and that their pretended supernatural powers were without the least foundation in truth. The best way to do this, it was thought, would be to send one among them who should eclipse their skill, and thus discredit their science and pretended powers. It was resolved to send Robert Houdin, and the wizard was ordered to appear at the Government office in Paris forthwith.

Houdin was a little puzzled to know what the minister could want with him. The plan and purpose ot the Government were made known to him, and lie en'ered with spirit into the idea and its successful application With every facility and all needed protection, Houdin sailed lor Algeria to astonish the natives.

Arriving under favorable auspices, he went at once to work upon the object of his mission, and gaping crowds followed him everywhere, thinking him inspired. He succeeded in showing the people that he could vanquish the famous prophets, who had obtained such control over the' ignorant masses of the population, and thus threw them into such decredit that he succeeded ir. disarming them almost entirely of their influence.

Still, there was one of the Marabouts whom he had not yet met, a.id who scoffed at the reported powers of this Frcnch wizard. A day was therefore appointed when the two should appear before the people, and each give evidence of his own peculiar powers

One of the great pretensions of the Marabout was to invulnerability. At the moment a loaded musk*i was pointed at him and the trigger pulled he pronouneed a tew cabalistic words and the weapon would not go nff. Houdin instantly detected the trick, and showed that the touch-hole of the musket was carnally plugged. This rendered the Arab conjurer furious, and he of course abused his French rival without mercy. Houdin was perfectly cool, and turning to him, said

You are angry with me." 'I am,' said the Marabout. 't .'.i, 'And would be avenged?' •Yes,' he replied, regarding Houdin with eyes gleaming with feiocity. 'It is very easy.' ', 'Show me the way.' 'I will show you,' said Houdin, quietly, while the Arab was alt attention. 'Take a pistol load it yourself. Here are bulleU. Put one in the barrel. But stop—' 'For what?' said the Arab. 'Mark the bullet with your knife, that .you may know it.' The Arab did as he 'wastold. 'You aire quite certain now,' said

Houdin, 'that the pistol is properly loaded.' 'Yes.' •1 ell me, do you feel no remorse in killing me thus, even though I consent?' 'No!' and the eyes of the savage grew darker with an awful expression of cru elty. 'It is strange,' said Houdin, almost sadly. 'You are my enemy, and I will kill you,' he replied. 'Wait but a moment.'

Houdin then stuck an apple on the point of a knife, and calmly gave the word, as he held the fruit raised in one hand, 'Fire!'

The pistol was discharged, the apple flew far away, and there appeared in its place, stuck on the point of the knife, the bullet which the Marabout had marked. The spectators, though aroused to intense excitment of feeling, remained mute with stupefaction, while the Marabout bowed before his superior. 6aying: '•God is great! I am vanquished."

Great was the triumph of the French wizard. Hqudin then called for an empty bowl which he kept constantly full of boiling coffee, though but few of the Arabs would taste it, tor they were ture that it was the evil one's coffee pot from whence it came. He told them that it was within his power to deprive them of all strength and to restore it to them at will, and he produced in illustration a small box, so light that a child could lift it with the fingers.

And now came their astonishment. This box suddenly became so heavy that the strongest man could not raise it, aud the Arabs, who prize physical strength above everything, looked with terror upon the magician, who, they doubted ot, could annihilate them by the mere exertion ot his will.

The people expressed this belief, in which the wizard, of course, confirmed them, and promised that, at a day appointed, he would convert one of them into smoke. The day came and the throng was prodigious. A fanatical Marabout had agreed to give himself up to the French sorcerer for the experiment.

The preparations were on a grand scale. The Marabout wa# made to stand upon a table, and was covered with transparent gauze. Then Houdin and another person lifted the table by the ends, when the Arab disapneared in a profuse cloud ot sraoko. The terror of the spectators was indescribable. Ttiey rushed out of the place and ran a long distance

before the boldest could make up th£i# minds to return and look ior the boat. They found him near the where he had so mvsteriously disappear-^ ed, but he could not answer their quca* lions he could tell them nothing at aft. and only gazed wildly at them like Aa bereft of his senses. He was entirety ignorant of what had happened to him.

This was Houdin's closing exhibirfojnp Arabia, The mtnds of the people MKU been filled with weader, and h» was erated by all, whilt the pretentious Marabouts were in utter disgrace.

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ant originated uv Dn 8andtot*J, placed thta preparation in abtuM merit so fur aHead A anything before comundod that a«turitustandlng tka most hitter opposition from tbe tra4e^ its sales in New £iu|tand now exceed in( of the others oumoined. The secofld year of us man ufa*ture its sale exceeded the previous year by oyer fifty tboiuall bott ea. It is maoofac urcd on a seaie simply enormoaa. Pwo tnousandgalloaa are always kept matfo long in advance *f censnmpt 1 n, try which it acquired uoucious flavor aud brilliant transparency. Itvery improvement in lhbor saviag apparatus ia adopfcil, so as to permit the uae of costly materiaia nnd yetretaiu apruflt.

CRAMPS PAINS,

SEASICKNESS,

COLDS & CHILLS,

CHILLS & FEVER,

FEVERISH

S O S

NEURALGIC

AND

RHEUMATIC

S O N S

DYSPEPSIA,

INDIGESTION,

A E N

5 RISING

O O O

The bottling machine is alone able to till two thousand foar hundi-e bottles ucr hour. From this, brict statement It will be seen that Messrs. Wee** A l'et~ tcr have entered upan the manufacture If Sandfurd'a Jaina'jua Ginger In a maanflr .hut must in time «ecute ior them the ou rnions trade ba this article. Itf-a elegant flavor, groat merit, and tow prioa 'should ba teste! ouaa by those in need ota family nrediclne before allownx themselves to ba in duoet, by misrepresentation, to buy oihcafc Insist upon haviv whox you call fo»— Stindford'o Jamale*' Ginger.

6 I N E E A

MAKES

9)00 reward will be paid for a bottle »f any othor extract or essence o( Jumulea Ginger if found to equal it In line fliivue, purity and prompt ineillcil effect, Soldbj all wholesale and retail druggists, grocers, tod de tiers in medicine. Price, 60 cents. Sainp.es free. Dealers should purchase original oackagcs of one dozen to obtain

rial battles tor free distribution. Weeks tb Potter, Geuernl Agents and WholestAe Druggists, Boston.

COLLINS' Voltaic Piasters.

An electric-galvanic cattery comotaM with the Celebrated Medicated Porooa Strengthening Piaster, forming the be* Piaster lor pains and aches in the World Medicine, and utterly surpassing all othar Piasters heretoforeiu use. They a-cumpliBi more in one week than 11i *. old Piastoi* ia i^wholeycar. They do not paliate, thev

COLLINS' Voltaic Piasters.

For local patns, lameness,» iw»e JS, weakness, numbness, and lnil.tmatiOM of tfca lur'gs,liver, kidneys, splewii, tMwc's, addw. ueart, aud muscles, aro equal to au army mC doctois, and acres of piauci una su/u s.

Prico 25 «euts. sold by ur gg:sto# Mailed on receipt of pribo, ceius /f oa% $1.25 for six, or #i.25 .lit twciVe, carefully. tvarrunted, by WEhtts dt P\JX l'blt, i'roplietors, Bostou, Mass.

is not easily earned tusaa. times, b't it caa be ia three months Oy any one

0 furnish

ither sex, in any part of taa country who Is willing to woafc -. steadily at the emg.oyinent that S66 per week In your own tewaL

You need not be away from home over nigkt* You can give your whole time to the worty or only your spare momenta. We ha agents he are making over SJo per daf^j /Ui who engage at once caa make moneT fast. At the present time money cannot ka o^ads so easily and rapid.y at any uther, bnsttoss. It co» ts nothing to try the business^, irmsandtS Outilt tree. A-tdress atoneew

II. llatxvrr A G». Portland, il.ua

SO, IOO.

500.

The reliable botue of .Uexao'ler frothing* ham Jt Co, So Wall street.

Sew Yor*,

pub

lish a han lsomu eight page Weekly Paper called the Weekly financial Keport, wfrafc they semi free to any addre»s* lu addltioa, to a large number of editorials on flnaitcw and other topics, it contains very f«"l accurate reports of the sales and standing ar every stock, bond ana security riealt in at tbe stock occbange. Messrs. FrothingbMi A Co- are extensive brokers of large experience and tried Integrity. In audition to their stock brokerage business, they -sell what are

termed "Privileges'" ot "I utt and

Calls'

now one of the favorite uietbou* of legittmate speculation. Tueir advice is valuable aui by following It many bave made tnnes —(New York Metropolis

flULMAN & COX,:

Wholesale Grocery and Llquar Dealers. Main street corner of 11-. t.v

Tsrre i-Luitf, fnst"