The Syracuse Register, Volume 7, Number 32, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 18 June 1896 — Page 3

HEART OF the WORLD. BY H- RIDER HAGGARD. * A ttraac* Man, Ttkra From • XuMerlpt Ba. «arathnl by M Old Meilraa ladUa to Hit Ulead aad (omrade. U E**Uak. ma Mamed Jeaaa, ■ i ’ i. a--Copyrighted. 18»i by a Kider Haggard. • CHAPTER X. HOW MOLXB DIED. For some few minutes we rested to recover our breath, then we started forward again. In front went the girl, Maya, our guide. whom the senor led by the hand, while In-hind followed Zibalbay, supported by Molas and myself. At first these two hhd run as quickly ns the rest of us, but flow all tne fatigues and terrors that they_ bad undergone took hold of them, so that from time to time they were forced to strip, rind rest, which is little to be Wondered nt ■ .ceusg that for five dayA they find eaten no solid food, for it was Don l’c«lro’s purpose -to starve their secret put <>f them. Slowly at'-'j with mtbch toil we forced a path through the triopi-al forests. This forest that s.-rated so destitute of life was peopled by insects, all of them venomous. Garraj?tas. tiny gray flies, wood " asps, and ants black and-red, -tormented us with their bitea and stings.till we groaned aloud in <>ur misery, .Jhen remembering our danger pushedi on again. Thus two hours and more passel till reaching a little stream that ran through h ravine in the forest., we paused to drink anti cool our fevered feet and hands. Zibalbay sank exhausted' upon the bank, where 1 brought him water in my sombrero, while his daughter sat herself down on a stone in the st ream, suffering it to flow over her feet ami ankles that by now were swpllcn with ant bites and bleeding from cuts of ■ thorns and grasses. Presently she looked up and seeing the senor standing on the bank talking to me, invited him w ith a motion of her hand to scat himself beside her. * "What is your name, white man?** rihe asked. . j ‘‘James Strickland.*' ; "James Strickland,'* she repeated, with soine djfticulty. "I thana yon. James Strickland, for rescuing my father from torment and inc from in-sult.-and ls-eau.se of that deed I. Maya iof the Heart, whom many have served, 'am your servant forever. ' “You should thank my friend, Don Ignatio," he said, pointing to me. For a few moment* she looked at me searchingly, then replied: "1 thank him also, but I thank you the moat, for your hand rid me of that hateful man and save<l us." • "It |s early to return thanks, lady." he said; “we are not out of danger yet.*' “1 have little fear now that we have escaped from that dreadful hpuse,” she unawerad. almost Indifferently, “since ’our hiding place is hear. And how can They find us in this forest? Hark’, what waathat?” As she spoke a faint and distant sound fell upon our ears, such a sound -as might have been made by a bell struck far away at night, . "That is how they will find us," he said, springing to his feet. "Do you hear. Ignatio? Thedogs have bit our trail. Which way floes our ro«:d run I now, lady?" . > "Along the l>unks of the stream." ■ "Then we must go forward in the water," said the sepor; “it * our only chance, for the hounds cannot track us there." . Not more than three hundred .paces fisun she Imnks of the little stream we came upon a high mound densely overgrown with tree*, between the boles of which appeared masses of cut stone, "This is the place," gasped Zill«albay. "Look, yonder above ua are the walisof the temple, and here is the ancient stairway that led to it." Arid he pointed to a long flight of crumbling stone steps almost hidden in ferns and bushes. I p , these steps we went with caution, Mol as carrying Zilbalbay upon his ■ broad back. j The staircase was in three flights, the ■ top flight, now almost entirely broken away, emerging on what once bad Is-eii a broad and splendid terrace, but to-day was a chaos of stonework, in the crev- * ices of which grew bushes and even large trees. Over the head of the stair- 1 wav stood a colossal arch sculptured with the figure® of gods and beast*. j Thsi arch was in the last stage of decay: indeed. the crownof it, a mass of ■ masonry that must have weighed be- . tween one hundred and two hundred ' tons, had been nearly separated from it*support* by Ihe action of time and rain, aided, perhaps, by a shock of earthquake, and hung threatening oyer,! the top of the stair, In truth. so slight * were the attachment* which remained | between it ami it* supporting side columns and buttresses, that at first sight it seemed as though it must fall at once. ' A closer examination showed, how- | ever, that it was held tn place by three or four great roots, trees that grew | upon the crown of the arch, beyond the arch, on the further side of the terrace, rose the ruined temple, a single-storied building with a j flat roof, whereon grew many torn tvs and palm*. Bossing into the temple, Maya led u* into a chamber.- In the corner lay a i little pile of articles covered over with a scrap*- that Maya hastened to remove, revealing among other thing* an | earthen cooking pot. a copper axe of ; Similar workmanship to the machetej with which the senor had killed I\>n I Jose, two curiously fashioned blowpipes. with a supply of poisoned darts, and lastly, bags containing dried flesh, beans and cues -paste. "All is safe." she said; "now let u* eat, that we may be strong to meet i danger." While we were fillingourselves thankfully with the dried meat the senor,J spoke to tne. saving he hoped our pur- ■ suit had been abandoued. " You can know little of these men to speak thus." he answered. “Don Pedro will certainly seek to avenge the blood I of hi* son.’’ "Then what do. you propose to do?" i he asked. "Start on again, or stop I here?" "Senor. we must stop here because we cannot travel farther, unless you 1 would abandon the old man and hi* > daughter. Moreover, in the forest it j would be easy to overwhelm us, but this . place is hard'to climb, and here at least we may die fighting. n* make ready tor the worst, senor." “How are we to make ready." he asked. ‘ "when we have nothing to fight ■ with except machetes and Indian blowpipes. The powder In the pistol flask* U damp and. the caps Will miss fire, so | that If they come our death is certain." "It seems so." 1 answered, ‘“and yet if it pleases God we may live. Yonder He stones in plenty;.let us pile them up beneat h the archway; perhaps we may kill some of our foes by rolling them down the steps." This we did then, while Maya watched ns. At length the task was finished, and as we turned to leave the heaps of atones we beard a dog baying down by the river, followed by a sound of men and horses forcing a path through the bush. “IxMik, here they come." said the senor, and Sa lie spoke a party of seven or eight men, three of them riding cm mules, appeared st the foot of the mound, and, dismounting, picketed their rnimais to trees, >

"Now for it," Aaid the senor, rising and shaking himself like n dog that leaves the water. "1 wonder bow many of us will be left allve when this sun f sets?" ' As he spoke one of the men advanced to the foot of the stairway holding a great hound in ft leash. For a moment the dog sniffed tne stories, then, lifting his head, he bdyed aloud, whereat the \ band shouted, fol- they knew that they had trapped us. Still for a while they did not advance} but, gathering themselves in a knot, consulted together at the-fcstt-oMhe stairway. “Can we bargain with them, Ignatio?” said the senor. "Imj>os*ible,” ' I answered, “what have we to give that they cannot take?" "Then there is! nothing for It except to die as brayJly H* we can.” he answered. “Thjis is the end of our search for the Golden City. The quest i | has not been a Ideky one, Ignatio. ’ i Now the bld lindian, Zlbdlbay, who ! was erouchbd upi>ri the ground beside us. spoke for th<‘,first saying: “Frii-mls, w hy fly? Doubtless you, can finffTT path down the . further side of the pyramid, and in the forest you inay hikle from these men." "It is too late to talk of tight., "said Molas, "for looklithev are coming up the stajr, the eiglijt or them, w-ith Don Pedro rind the Amcricanoat their head.” 1 kKikedrit was true. Already they had climbed half [the steps <rf the first flight. "Oh, for --vtne rifles!'" groaned the senor. "It is useless to-cry for what we have not," I answered.! “God en.n help lisif lie w ishes.- ami if j. He dex-s not w<- must bow to liis will."? |- Then there wris a silence, broken only by the. voice of ZibaDuiy, who. Ktaridirig behind its, lifted bis hands to heaven and prayed aloud to his gods to .bring afvengeaiieq upon our fdes. Now -we could M-e through the trees and bushes that the men were beginning tri climb the second flight. j "Conic, let us <l>l something."said the fK-uor. and. runniqgto the pilei of stones i w hich we had prepared, he called to us to mil the heaviest upfln the enemy. This wc did. but without effect, for the tree trunks turned the stoneis; morei over, thoiie aguinst whom they were diI rented, taking cover at the sides of the stairway, opened so sharp a fire on us with their rifle* that in a f»-w minutes we were driven from the pile*; of stopes and forced to retreat behind the shelter of the arch. Now- they came on again, till present- ' Iv they reached the foot of the third i- flight arid paused, to take breath. Then I it was that. Molau, seizing ope of the | I. Indian blowpipes, ran out ontjo the. ter- ! race follow ed by the senor - though ' why the senor went 1 do not know-, for i he could not use the weapon. Before the men below were aware of their presence Mola* had *et the blowpipe to nis lip* and discharged the poisoned dart among them. It struck Don Smith, the American, full in the throat. Watch- , ing around the corner of the arch 1 saw ' him lift his hand to pull it out. then of I a Midden he fell to the ground, and at j I that instant a storm of bullet* swept | through the arehwaj- aimed at Molas tand the senor as they fled' back to ' shelter. I Saw Molas fail and the senor stop to lift him to bis feet, and as he was in the very act a patch of red appeared upon his face. Another moment they w ere Imck under cover. ( ? i "Are you hurt?” I asked the senor. j "XuM" be answered; "my I face was ' grazed by ti bullet, that was all. Look '! to Molas’; he is shot in the side," •‘Leave me." said Molas; "it is nothing ' ' . 4 ' Then we were silent, only Maya sobbed a little a* she strove to stanch ! the blood which flowed from the senor'* wound with cobwebs that she gathered from among the stones. Looking out cautiously we saw that the men had dragged Don- Smith to the side of the stairway, while some of them | supporteil him while he died of poison. : and others watched for a chance to I iihoot us should we show ourselves upon the terrace. Presently he was dead, and cursing pi* aloud- his companions commenced to mount the third, flight j with great caution, for they fearvii a I snare. ■ ' ■ "I* there nothing to l>e done to save > our “lives?” asked the senon in a heavy 1 voice. - ' - . There was no answer, but of a sudden Molas, who was standing with one , I hand pressed fi]x>n the woiinii In his ' side an.l the other before his eyes, turned and ran swiftly into the chain- ’ lx-r behind us, whence he appeared carrying the copper axe Then, without speaking, he climbed | the masonry of the archway with great i swiftness, till he stood with his feet in ’ the crack beneath the crown of the arch, which you will remember was I held in place only by the tough tree roots that grew from it into the stonework of the buttress. Supporting himself by a creeper with I his left hand, with bis right he struck blow after blow at the biggest of these rxxrts. severing them.one by one. Now we, saw Iris purpose—to send two hundred tons of stonework thundering I down the stairway- upon the beads of the murderers. “By heavens' That I* an answer to ! my question," said the senor; then he mused and added: "t'ome down. Molas, if the arch falls you will fall with it and be erushed." "It matters little,” he answered, "this i* my doom day. That bullet has cut i me inside, and 1 bleed t<> depth, and on ; this spot, asr I have long feared, it is i fated that' I should die. Pray for my ! tout and farewell." I Now three of the ropte were severed, , but the fourth and largest, w hich was | thicker than a man's leg, remained, and | I at this M< -'*s began to hew de*pairI ‘ugly "Arc they near’" he gasped. Wc peeped round the corner of the arch and saw that some fifty feet below j us the band bad halted on the slippery face of the pyramid, fearing they knew • not what, for they heard the dull sound I of the axe blows, but could not guess wbat it portendedj One of their number was talking to I Don Pedro, apparently urging some-i ; thing upon him to which lie did not agree, and in this Way they wasted two minute* before the order was finally | i given to rush up the remaining steps i and take the temple by storm. j Two minute*, it was but a short time. . \ yet it meant much,, for how only a I I third of the root remained unsevered, and the bark cracking and peeling i showed how great was the strain upon it. , "Quick," whispered the senor, “they I ' come;” and as he spoke the hands of the axe broke and its head fell on the < ground. ’ "Now if the root holds we are lost,” I said. .} But it was not so, for Molas still had his heavy hunting knife, and with this he hewed frantically at the wood. At .the .third cut it began to .part, torn s slowly asunder as though by the ■ strength of a giant. "t ome down, Molas. come down!" I cried the senor. But Molas would not. He struck one more blow, severing the root, then, with a shout of farewell, either through faintness or by design, he cast ; himself forward with outstretched arms against the face of the wall. His weight was little indeed, yet it seemed that it sufficed to turn the balance, for again the trembling mass moved perceptibly. It slid forward faster ami faster, while sharp sounds like pistol shots came from toe heart of it. and the trees bent like a rod beneath the rush of a fish. Now, also, for the first time the villains on th* slope below perceived

; the doom that threatened them sad ni | tered such a yell as 1 had nevi licard. I Some stood still, and some flung theinri I selves down the stair. One only, Doit: ’> Pedro himself, rushed forward. x ‘ It was too late; the inass of stoneb work, fifty feet long by twenty in I breadth, was falling. It fell, taking Molas with it. With a,roar like that of thunder 11 struck ilpon the stairway, and, bursting into fragments, swept it from end to end. J i In less than a minute it was done, ths sounds had died away, and nothing was left to tell of what had happened except a little dust and some remains that hail been men. Os all those who stood upon the stairway only one survived. Don Pedro, who had niri j forward. But he waa too late, for though the mass had missed him a single stone struck him across the raidI die. breaking his bones and sweeping ■ him to the foot of the first flight, but leaving him alive. i When all was finished and the dust had fallen to the earth again, the senor spoke, saying: "Let us go and search' for the body of our deliverer,” ! 1 ' Bowe went T the three of us, leaving ZUbalbav in the temple, but we could not find it; doubtless to this day it lies buried beneath some of the larger blocks of masonry. There were other bodies, indeed, from which’we did not scruple to take the rifles and whatever else was likely to be of value to u*. Better still, tied among tome trees near the foot of the pyramid we found four good mules, one of them laden with ’ ammunition and provisions, for Don Pedro had come out determined to hunt us down'even if he must follow us for davs. ! Having picketed the mule* where* they could graze, wc returned to the temple, bearing with us food and drink; of which we stood in sore need. On our war up the stens Don Pedro called to us from'where he lay broken and bleeding against an uprooted tree. "Water." he crinl, "give me water," and the senor gave him some mixed ■with brandy, which we had found upon the sumpter.mule. "I am dying,” moaned the Wretch; “my .presentiment turn come true. Mil death finds me among ruins.” “Give me absolution,” he went on. “For the love of God give me absolution.*’ . "I cannot." said the senor. “I have no authority. Pray to heaven to shrive, you. for your time is short." ■■ Then he turned and went, but for a long time we were troubled with the I cries and blasnliiemies of this most evil j man. Irideem they did not cease until ! sunset, when the devil came to claim ■ his own. .-I -. . CHAPTEB XI. ZtBALBA'V TBI.IS HIS MISSIOM. When we reached the ruins of the temple we ate and drank, then, knowing thht we could travel no further, that I night, I spoke, saying: I --'Some two months since. Zibalbay, j you sent a message by that man who died to save us this day, to him who, among the lndians. is known as Lord of the Heart. Your messenger traveled fast and far, by sea and by land, till he found him an ! delivered the messageX* ■ "To whom did he deliver it?" asked Zibalbay. I "l o me, for I am the man you seekk and with my companion I have jour-/ ririyed hereto find you; suffering manv/ dangers and evils on the path.” "Prove that you are the man,” and he asked meix-rtain secret questions, to all of wfiich I returned answers. "You are instructed,” he said at length, and turning to Maya "t'ome hither, daughter, and give me that which is hidden in your hair." Mava put her hands to her head.' and, drawing forth some small thing from i the’dense masses of her hair, passed it to her father. "Is this what you would see?" he asked, holding the object in the light of the setting sun. I looked, arid lo! there before me was : the very counterpart of that which had ’ descended to me from my forefathers, and which 1 wore about ruy neck. "It would seem so. unless my ayes deceive me,” I answered. "*\nd Is this what you have come so far to seek, Zibalbay?” and I drew forth the ancient symbol of the-Broken Heart. Now he leaned forward and examined I first the one half and then the other, i searching them with his eyes. Then he turned to me and said: "Now have day and .night come together and soon shall the new sun > arise, the sun of glory, for already tho ; dawn is breaking. Take that which is in your keeping und I will take which is mine, for not here must they be joineil, but far away. "Listen, brethren, to my tale: Perchance, my brethren, you have heart legends of that ancient undiscovered I city, the last home of our race, which Is undcfileil by the foot of the white Conqueror.” ■ "We have beard of it and greatly desire to see it," I answered. "If this lie so," went on Zilbalbay, "in us you have found those who can guide you to that citv. of which I am the cacique and hereditary high priest, and my only child here is the lady. You wonder how foeomes. then, that we, l»eingof t]i are found un-guar<l<-d apd alone, wandering 1 ike beg- | gars in the lands of the Vhite man. Listen: , ■ ' ) ' The City of the Heart, as ift is called, : is of all cities the most Iseazitiful and I ancient, and once in thejfar past she i ruled these lands from sria to sea. ‘ So gi' in the early day* that all/the <mH| whose ruins I may be found! buried in these foresta were her tributaries; but as the year* went by hordeiCxff t>arl»arians Hilled down upon her-frontier towns, so that they-were lost to her. Still no enemies came near her gates, and she remaini-d the richest and most jxiwerful of the ; cities of the world. "Now, the City of the Heart is built upon an Island in the .center of a lake, but many thousands of her children upon the mainland, where they cultivated fields and dug in the earth for r gold and gems. ** ■ "So she flourished and her children * with her. till twelve generations since, when there came tidings to the king of that day that a nation of white men . had taken ;xx»ses*ion of the empire* near the sea, putting their inhabitant* to the sword and possessing-themselves of their wealth. Tidings came also that I these white men, having learned the tale of the Chy of the Heart arid of the measureless treasures of gold with which it is adorned, purposed to seek it j out and sack it . "AV hen the cacique was sure that these things were true, he took counsel with his wise meh and with the oracle of the god, and issued a decree that all those who lived upon the mainland should be brought within the walls of the city, so I that the/white ine.n might find none to I guide them thither. This was done I then, and the spoilers tought vain : for many years, till it was reported among them that this legend of a town filled with gold was but a fable. “Now. however, great sickness took hold of those who lived in the City of the Heart, because it was over fall of men; so great a sickness, indeed, that toon there was space and to spare for all who remained within its walls. The sickness went away, but as the generations passed a new and worse trouble fell upon pur forefathers. The blood of the people grew old, and but few children were born to them. pro** loxTixcsii I Scandal i« the dread of foolsand th* contempt of the wine.-—Clulow.

FARM AND GARDEN. A WORD ABOUT HIVES. Those Mnde at home Art as Good as More BipenMrt Ones. For the ordinary bee-keeper, and for most bee-keepers, for that matter, no hive is better than a plain,simple Langstroth hive. It is simply a pinin box without top or bottom, with rabbets cut upon the upper inside edges of opposite ends for hanging the frames. To the hive there must lx- added, of course, a bottom board and a cover, but these are not nailed fast as a,rule. Sometimes the bottom board is nailed fast. If this is the case the board composing the front end is three-eighths of an inch narrower than the other boards com posing the sides. I bis give* an entrance the whole width of the front of the hive. If the bottom board is loose a rin. three-eighths of an inch high is hailed around its outer edges on the upper side, except in front. The leaving off of the ritn in front makes an entrance In either case, small blocks are Ifsed, when necessary, for contracting the entrance. If the bottom is nailed fast a cleat will be needed on the front end of the bottom board to keep it from warping. If it is loose a cleat will be needed at each end on the under side. Arin; of wood nailed around the hive near its upper edge helps to keep the hive in shape and is very convenient tor handling it. The cover is simply n plain., flat Ixtard with a cleat nailed on each end. frames are 9>/ s inches deep and 17% inches long, and the hive should be of such a size that there i* a space of three-eighths of an inch between the frames and the bottom, top and sides of the hive. In this climate there is no necessity for halving, mitering, or dovetailing the corners. Jfist a plain lap-joint well nailed U sufficient. The frames nre made of seven-eighths lumber, pieces of l»oard« of the right length being cut off and then three-eighths-inch strips being sawed off the edges. The top bar is nailed on with 1% inch wire nails, and seven-eighths will answer for the other joints. Ail these parts can be cut out at any planing mill, or if the bee-keeper has a footpower buzzsaw he can cut them out himself. After the hive is made give it two gootl coat* of white paint. White I* preferable becau.w this color does not absorb the heat as is w ith dark colors, and such hives can usually be used iu the sun with no shade boards over them, and there will be no danger of the combs melting doxyn. Such hives enn be made by anyone who is at all handy with the hammer, and they answer every purpose for which a hive is needed. With such a hive as this extracted honey can be produced by sim.ply setting one hive on top of the other, or. they may be tiered tip three high if necessary. In producing comb honey a super will be neetled. This ;s made of half-inch lumber and is just about the saine size as the hive except that it is not so tall, it being three-eighths of an inch deejn-r than the size of the sections used. The usual size of section is 4%.by 4\. and the super should, in that case, by 4% deep." There will need to be three partitions crosswise of the super, and to the bottoms of these partitions and to the bottoms of the end pieces must be tacked some strip* of tin of such a w idth that they w ill project beyond the partitions about one-eighth of an inch, thus forming a sort of ledge that will support the sections when they are slipped down between the partitions. The ordinary hive cover will also cover the super.—W. Z. Hutchinson, in Prairie Farmer. . FUMIGATING BOX. Aa Kxcelleut »ud Simple Device for Rids. din* Heu« ot I.ice. In making a fumigating box for ridding hens of lice 1 did not take the pains to provide it wish all the conveniences at times described. Mine was a temporary affair, made, out of a cracker box, but it answered the purpose perfectly, and such a fumigating box anyone can fix up in half an hour. Take any fairly tight box of suitable size, say about 21 inches high, nnd remove a portion of end I • L_ P board (one epd only) a* shown at A :u. the cut. Put in a slat pletform about light inches above the bottom, as show n nt B B. Next remove part of the top. and hinge (leather straps tacked on will answer) as shown at C. At D trim out a bole of suitable size to tit snugly around the hen's neck. Stand the hen in on the slat platform, and shut the lid down tight, leaving her head protruding. Nowr take a pan with a shovelfui-pf live coals in it, sprinkle on the latter a tablespoonful, of sulphur, slip it under al A. and let the hen remain (if not hot. it need not be directly under her feet) until the sub, phur has burned away, and the work i* done. If the hen is well fumigated in the evening, the sulphurous acid will not only kill the lice on her own body, but the feathers will be so saturated as to also drive them from the little chicks, as she cover* them. Try it. —G. W. Waters, in Journal of Agriculture. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Prof. Shaw, of the Minnesota experiment. station, cautions farmers to grow peas on land that has a clay subsoil, and states that they will not thrive on sandy soil. The Vermont station k ills potato bugs with a mixture of one pound Paris green to 100 pounds land piaster, all tosting >.3 cents, while 100 pounds patent bug remedies cost five dollars and up. Divide the day up to ns to have plenty of time- to rest and recreate. There is no sense in working 12 hours a day on the farm. It is the beat way in the world to disgust the boys with farm life. - Bulletin 25. of the Wyoming station, gives results of six years experiments in growing wheat by irrigation. The average cost was $7.75 per acre; average profit, $10.16 per acre, which is ten per cent, on a valuation of SIOO per acre, 20 per eent. on SSO. or 40 per eent. on $25 per acre. The advantages of irrigation are an assured crop; a heavier yield, a better grain, and increasing fi rtillty of toe soil.—Journal of Agriculture.

BOND SALES. Secretary Carlisle Tells Why They Were Made, Washington, June 10, —Secretary Carlisle’s reply to the subcommittee of the senate finance committee charged with the investigation of the sale of United States bonds during the years 1894, 1895 and 1896 was made public Tuesday. The statement is dated iune 1. Review* ing the conditions whjZh led to the bond issue, the see^t£Ey z says: "Largely on account of apprehensions tn this country and abroad as to the ability of the government to continue the current redemption of its notes In gold coin and maintain the parity of the two metals, the exports of gold during the fiscal year 1893 reached the unprecedented amount of 3108,680,844. nearly all of which was withdrawn from the public treasury by the presentation of notes of redemption. Notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts by the department to maintain the 3100,900,000 reserve intact, on the 22d day of April, 1893. it became necessary to use a part of It for redemption purposes. Very tittle gold was being received on account of dues«to the government, and it was. therefore, impossible to increase the reserve without resorting to the issue and sale of bonds, under the authority conferred by the resumption act”’ The secretary then refers to the bond call of January if, 1894, which netted the government 358.669.61 t. From that date to November 14. 1894, when the free gold tn the treasury was 361,878,374, the amount varied Uttlb. The secretary then continues: I "In the meantime, the frequent presents* tlon of notes for redemption in gold by Individuals and Institutions not desiring for export clearly Indicated the existence of uneasiness in the public mind, while for- ! elgn exchange was constantly at or near a rate which made it necessary to export gold to puy bills at their maturity, and coni seqUently withdrawals tor shipment were dally threatened." ' ~ The terms and result of the second bond issue are then stated, and Secretary Carlisle says: "It soon became evident that the transaction had not been effectual to stop withdrawals of gold. These large withdrawals were due almost entirely, so far as could be ascertained, to a feeling of apprehension in the public mind, especially among the holders of our securities abroad, which Increased In intensity from day 5 to day, that the government would be compelled within a few days to suspend gold paymentsand to drop to a silver and paper standard. The_ situation was so grave that the attention of congress was called to the subject on, January 28. 1895." After freely quoting from this message, the secretary says that congress having failed to pass any measure for the relief of the treasury, or to take any action calculated to allay the serious apprehensions then existing In the public mind, a contract was entered into on February 8. 1885, with August Helmont & Co., of New York; N. M. Rothschild & Sons, of London, and J P. Morgan & Co., for the purchase of” 8,500.000 ounces of standard gold at thejirlce of 17.80441 per ounce, to be paid for inj United States per cent, bongs, Not less than one-half of the gold Was to be procured abroad, and the parties agreed so far as lay in their power to exert any financial Influence and’make all legitimate efforts to protect the treasury against the withdrawal, pending, the complete performance ol the contract The secretary quotes from the president's message, sent to congress immediately on the execution cf the contract, in which he again calls attention to the financial condltlon of the treasury. The agieeinmt to .protect the treasury gold the secretary says, was faithfully carried but, and he adus: "After a large part of the gold had been furnished from abroad, the secretary, In order to prevent disturbance in the rates of foreign exchange at a critical period and create a condition which could force gold exports a*-d consequent withdrawals acquiesced in a departure from the contract requiring one-half of the coin to be procured abroad and accepted deposits of gold then held in this country to comideto the delivery." Withdrawals of gold again set in, and on December 2, 1895, the president again sent a special message to congress asking remedial legislation, but none was enacted, and on January C, IKSk a circular was iMued asking for subscriptions for TW0,000.000 four,, per cents, of the sime character as the others. Continuing, the secretary says: "My opinion is that the prices received by the government for the bonds sold in 1894, 1895 and 18?6 were as high as It was possible s obtain under the circumstances existing at the times when the sales were made. The fact that bonds are offered for sale by the government only at times when the financial affairs of the country are greatly disturbed and the market more or less depressed on account of the business situation, and the feeling of insecurity which always prevails at such periods among investors, necessarily prevents the realisation of as good prices as might be procured If advantage could be tkken of the most favorable opportunities sot effecting the sales. The same conditions which make the issue of bonds necessary also depress the price of such securities in all the markets of the world and consequently the government is compelled to make its sales ■ under the most unfavorable circumstances." "In relation tv that part of the resp'utlon which directs the committee to investigate and report 'what effect the bond sales had on the credit and business of the people of the United States.' I have the honor to say that, in my opinion, the sales Were necessary for the preservation of the credit of the government and the security of the business Interests of the people, and that they, in fact, accomplished those results. In. general, the effect of each sale was to restore confidence, for the time being, at hast. In tne power and purpose of the government to maintain Its own credit, to preserve the parity of our coins, and the value of our currency, and to check the return of our securities in large amounts from other countries for salt in the market here." ’ . • ■ A BRUTAL FATHER. Shoots Ills Daaghiera Because They Kofused to Buy Beer. Chicago. June 11.—Wiiliiiu Otter, of 419 McLean avenue, rhot bis two stepdaughters Wednesday night while under il.e influence of ,'iquor. Otter fame home drunk and walked into a room where were •sitting his two stepdaughters and their mother. He asked the eldest girl, who is 17 years old, to go after it can of beer for him. This refused to do, and ‘.he father becoming enraged, and drawing a revolver. began a promiscuous shooting. The elder girl was hit in the breast and tof younger one. aged seven, received a bullet in the abdomen. Mrs. Otter was not struck Both girls Were sent to the hospital, where it is said the young lady will recover, but the little girl died. The father wns arrested. CYCLONE IN ALABAMA. Wyeth City Destroyed - Two Uvea Lost— Many Injured. Montgomery, Ala., .June I&<—The littic town of Wyeth City, in Marshall county, some 30 miles west of Gadsden, with a population of about 300 souls, was completely wrecked at 11 o’clock Tuesday: mornitig by a cyclone. Eighteen houses w ere destroyed. The cyclone lasted fully five rninqtes and then passed in a northeasterly direction. Fifteen persons are wounded, six fatally. Mrs. Picketts and a man named Bundby were badly hurt and will die. Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Brown and several children will prob ably die.’ The path of the cyclone was about 100 yards wide. Several persons are missing, and it is probable that they nil! be found dead. Ed Long and an unknown woman wete killed by lightning. Big Clothing Firm Falls. Milwaukee, June 10.—Barling. VVaiubold & Co., clothiers and dealers hi men's furnishing goods, made an assignment Tuesday morning. Their seis are about $75,000, the liabilities being about two-thirds of this sum. The firm suffered seriously in » fire soma time ago,

One Thousand Farmers Wanted To settle on one thousand choice farms on the- line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Hail way in Dakota. ■ , < \ These lands are located in twenty different connties, and are to be had now at prices ranging from $7 to sl6 per acre: a row mouths hence their value will be doubled. For a home or for investment no luckier chance in the West has ever before been offered. Now is the time to invest. No better farming land exists anywhere. No .greater results can be obtained anywhere. Schools and churches abound every where. Nearby markets for all farm products. South and North Dakota are the banner diversified farming and stock-raising states’ of the West. Everything grows in Dakota except ignorance arid intemperance. Anew boom is on. Take advantage of the tide which leads to Dakota and to fortune. For further information address or call upon W. E. Powklu General Immigration .Agent, 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago, ills. , There is a third silent party to all o"ur bargains. The nature and soul of things takes upon itself the guaranty of the fulfillment of every’contract, so that honest service cannot come to loss—Emerson.

Pill Clothes. The good pill has a good coat. The pill coat serves two purposes; it protects the pill, enabling it to retain all its remedial value, and it disguises the taste for the palate. Some pill coats are too heavy; they will not dissolve in the stomach, and the pills they cover pass through the system as harmless as a bread pellet. Other coats are too light, and permit the speedy deterioration of the pill. After 30 years exposure, Ayer’s Sugar Coated Pills have been found as effective as if just fresh from the laboratory. It’s a good pill with a good coat. Ask your druggist for Ayer’s Cathartic Pills. More pill particulars in Ayer’s Curebook, reo pages. Sent free. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.

I “A Bicycle Built for Two.” " Five cents' worth of “BATTLE AX 1 ' will serve two< chewers just about as long as 5 cents' worth of other brands will serve one ' man. This is because a 5 cent piece of “BATTLE AX" is almost as | large as the 10 cent piece of other high grade brands.

RECEIVERS’ SALE ElZßiyLEllE;i 830,000 ACRES FARM LANOB; 4,000,000 AOREB GRAZING LANDB IN i i KiNSAS, NEBRASKA, COLORADO, WYDNING, UTAH. ;: i EXCX'KSIOX KATM for Hoateseekeraj FAII KEFVJfDED to Purchasers. REDUCED PRICES-IO YEARS TIME—ONE-TENTH DOWN. , CT, A.T.T. A. OTF;,, r LAND COMMISSIONER, OMAHA.. NUB. NEARLY 2,000,000 ACRES Os Government Lands Now Open to Settlement IN NORTHERN ssbysct to homMUed ntrj of 160acre*.ach- Now I, th. Um. to gst a lx®*. .J”, f '*” h ’ r J???™*" “*° ■ewr of lands. manssr nt asteria* then., ta what rountire located. with map. of tbs district, address ’ 4 E. V. M. POWKLL, Immigration Agent. Harrison, Ark. VT Inclose One Dollar. .Remit by Money Order or Registered Letters SWHatara to Banhof Harrnoi: and Booss Cceatr Baah. Harrises, Ark.

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Grand Excursion to BdfhGp July Sth and 6th. v The National Educational Association will hold its next annual meeting in Buffalo, and the Michigan Central, “The Niagara Falla Route,’’ has made rate of one fare for ttttf round trip plus 82.00, association member* ship fee. Send stamp for “Notea for Teachers,” containing valuable Information relative to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and IQ cents for a “Summer Note Book” fully descriptive and profusely Illustrated of the Bummer Resorts of the North and East, City Ticket, Office 119-Adams Street. O. W. Ruggles, Gen’l Pass’r & Tk’t Ag’t “They say the jewelers are down ou bicycles.” “Yes, it has got so that a fellow who rides a wheel doesn’t care whether ne owns a diamond pin or not.”—Chicago Keo ord. AU About Western Farm Lands. The “Corn Belt” Is the name of au illue. trated monthly newspaper published bv the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R. R. It aims to give information in an interesting way about the farm lands of the west. Sena 35 cents in postage stamps to the Con Belt. 209 Adams St, Chicago, and the paper will be sent to your‘address for one year.

The coolness is refreshing; the roots and herbs invigorI ating; the two together animating. Yau get the right combination tn HIRES \ Rootbeer. , ■ . Mad. eoly by Th. Chute, S Hire. Co., Phlisdriphla. A to. packasetoakss 4 (aUoaa. Bsht nuy where. OPIUM araaas n» rarssi.wi re. warn HAVE YOU TRIED YUCATAN? A. N. K.-A - , - 1600 WHEN WKITINO TO ADVIBTISEBS please state that yea aaw the advertise* meat la thia paper. rfMN’j kUlkßajl j Q Beat Cough Syrup. TsmS Good. Vae gj Cri in time. Sold by druggix*. El lytffirii'iriiatrh’Jgli