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WITHOUT fear
or hesitation
Annie Temple-'
tpn had prepar
ed, and at once,
to obey the sup
posed summons
of Mr. Hol
brook. If the
truth be told.
she was not displeased with the oppor
tunity of spending an hour or two in the
society of her lawyer. His companion-
sliin bad hwvnina airrfpablft- tn Vlfir. and
tliough she was far from admitting to
u i .l sjt m ;i e
for him, still the more she saw of him
was so strong, so comforting, and he
knew just what was the right thing to
drt flrtrf ha YtaA fbfl farailfnr f liftincr bor
-j - o
mother from the contemplation of her
griefs.
VliA-rt A TiTifo n TT-?irrwl o f- f Ti a AnrT rF tTiA
surrogate's office a young man of gentle-
man use appearance sieppea rorwara,
and, lifting his hat, said: ' . .
. .. "I have been waiting some time for
you, Miss Teinpleton, and quite impa
tiently." .. -
Annie drew back astonished. ,
"I am afraid I have been awkward in
my speech,", he continued. "I meant to
say that for any delay Mr. Holbrook will
blame me ' He is very exacting in busi
ness matters. , That is why I say I am
impatient." , ;
Why.it ia not yet 10 o'clock, ex
claimed Annie.
"Pardon me, I am. afraid your time
Diece is out of order It in fionsiderahlv
after 10. But here is a note I am charced
by Mr. Holbrok to deliver to you."
lie nanded it to her with a bow.
Annie took it and read:
"Surrogate's Office, )
c New York, Sept. 14, 1884. J
"My Dear Miss Templeton I rporpt
so mueh to cause yon the annoyance I
undoubtedly do this morning, but busi
ness knows no other law than , ita own.
The surrogate sits at home this' morning
. i. f i -
a lact x oniy learnea on arriving here.
r . .. ..
i nave otner ousmess as well as your
own before the Bnrroc-fttn . n-nd na Via -nrill
sit but for a short time, I must hurry off.
1 leave a clerk to escort you. 4 Your sin
cere friend,, Henry Hoibbook."
When Annie had finished reading the
note 6he looked ud with a confidine:
smile, saying:
"You are then a clerk of Mr. Hol
brook?"
- "Yes, Miss Templeton, and entirely at
your service. The surrogate is confined
to his house with a cold, and sent word
down that he would not dare to venture
out, but that he would listen to all who
had pressing business at his house. Now,
if you please, we will eo there. Her ia
a carriage I have had in waiting for
you." N
The concocters of the design against
Annie's freedom had evidently counted
upon her ignorance of the methods of
eondnr.tinfr bnsinAca fnr wViiIa -v amw4
I any one experienced in the world this
r.. ... -
wouia nave proved out a clumsy device,
yet, directed against an unsophisticated
creature like Annie, its very simplicity
and transparency made it the more skill
ful. It is true that after entering- the r.r-
"riage,.and after she had had time to
mase a iurtive examination or the vrnin v
man who had taken the seat opposite
ner, sne naa mentally concluded that she
did not like him, and that he seemed to
be everything else than a gentleman,
though he dressed like one and assumed
the speech of one. There were certain
sisrns which influenced her iudfmeTf . nn
they do that of most women. His hands f
Hails were in mournihgi, ' - ' s
A male observer, especially if slangy,
would have said that the yonns man had
been on a "bat" the night before; his
hair was harsh and tangled, though well
ofied; the inflamed rims of his eyes, his
parched lips, and the heavy puffs like
cushions under his eyes would .have
shown this,' if a plain odor of gin cock
tails, above the. breath, heavy wi.ththe
fiavorof cloves , and "roast .coffee beans,
had not told the tale.
But Annie was not experienced in such
things, and she gave little heed to one
who, after " all, was nothing to her
merely an instrument of Mr. Holbrook,
She did wonder, however, why it was
that he had gotten; a coach so close, and
one in which there were, such small win
dows. It was so stuffy.' 4 The young man
did not obtrude himself. He was appar
ently busy with memoranda and papers.
, ;: Once he lifted Jus head to say that it
was necessary for them, in order to make
a quick trip, to pass through a disagree
able portion of the town;
To this she made no reply.
' 'Finally they turned into the street, the
dirt of which passed all comprehension
upon herp-$. '
Children seemed to swarm on the side
walks; women, .of Jen drunk even at that
early hour, and clothed : in - rags, talked
and quarreled on the sidewalks and on
.the stoops of the squalid dwellings.
.. She became interested in the scene,
novel to her, and leaned forward to look
from the window. She did not notice
.that the young man had drawn the cur
tain over , the window on the opposite
side of the coach. ' " '
He broke the silence ihat had con
tinued for some time: ; ; -1 . v j j
'I beg you will excuse me,. Miss
Templeton.: I know it is not the proper
thing to do, but I am, suffering greatly
with my eyes this morning. Have I
your - permission to apply a lotion to
them? . "' - -y-n
- Wondering at the strangeness of the
request, she nevertheless murmured her
permission, and turned again to the
street - ' -!....-:' -
He drew his handkerchief from his
pocket and then a bottle, with the con
tents of which he plentifully, saturated
the handkerchief.
.Ref ore she could realize whrtt was be-
fag done the young man snapped a spring,
the curtain shot up over the window in
front of her, she was forced back on the
cushions with a vigorous push on her
shoulder, the handkerchief1 was closely
pressed1 on her nose and mouth, and,
though she struggled ineffectually for a
tune, unaDie to make a
lost all consciousness. ' '-
noise, she soon
CHAPTER XXX.
AHKIB MAKES AH ACQUAINTANCE.
mmm ' M externa
7'
conscious
Annie
was
of
1
things, she
was lying
upon a
- rone-h bed.
Sham pains were Bhootmsr through her
neaa ana an intoieraDie thirst consumed
her. . " ;
"Water." she murmured. j.
"She's cominz to.f said a voice, seem
ingly from a great distance, which nev
ertheless fell, upon her ear with a
straneelv familiar sound.
A cup was pressed to her lips, and she
-1 " i
oranK eagerly, -
"She'Udonow.and Til go," said the
same voice. . A moment later she heard
a few steps, and a door open and close.
She opened her eyes. A man of rough
exterior stood over her. She closed
them again in : fright, and nearly
swooned.- i.-i - ' - . '.
When next she opened them she was
alone.
tfpable to collect her thoughts, she
lay still a few moments. Bv and bv the
experiences of the morning rushed over
ner.
"For heaven's sake, where am I?" she
cried. Then she sprang from her couch,
forgetful of her sufferings.
- She was dazed. The room she found
herself in was evidentlv an attic room.
The roof sloped down low and close, to
me noor on one side, '.mere was neither
ceiling nor walls; the rafters and stud
ding were bare .pf plaster. The floor
was uncaroetecL A dormer window
broke through the roof and gave light
to the room., She flew to it, buf could
not reach it; a strong iron grating set in
the timbers and floor barred her way.
She shook it in the desperation of de
spair. As well might she have tried ta
move one of the Brooklvn bride-e towers
She flew to the door at "the foot of tha
bed; it was locked and bolted from the
outside. -
There was a strong board partition
running up to the roof, and in it was a
door; she new to that. It opened, and
she entered a similar room. A nnfhor
dormer window, and another iron grat
ing, and another door leading to the
stairs; that also was locked and bolted
on the outside. ;
She was like a frightened bird, with
throDDing Dreast, beating the bars of a
cage.
Then for the first time she realized
that her dress appeared strange.
She examined it. It was a coarse cal
ico garment of vulgar figure.
She was bewildered. Then sha found
it had been slipped over the other dress.
How? She could not comprehend.
Her head began to whirl, and before
she could reach the other room darkness
overcame her. '
When she awoke to consciousness
again she was lying upon the floor. She
staggered to her feet.
How long she had lain there she could
not teu. at was still bright day, but
wnetner it had been hve minutes or five
hours, she was unable to determine.
Her eyes fell again upon the calico dress
which covered her. She stripped it off
with hurried action.
She stood a moment, her senses numbed
utterly confused. . .
By and by the events of the day begair
copass oeiore her vividly. She traced
them one by one, to the final scene in the
coach.
"It was chloroform," she said aloud.
Then she thought of her mother, of her
alarm because Annie had not returned,
and of the mother's distress over the new
calamity, falling so closely on the mur
der of her brother.
This thought touched a tender chord,
and she wept violently.
The storm of tears acted like a storm
on a sultry day; it cleared the atmos
phere. ;, .... .' . . ,: . !
When she recovered herself she began
to think. j
, She made a close examination of the
room; hXwas similar in size and appear
ance to the one she had first found her
self in. . .--
A mattress lay in the corner with a
pillow and a horse blanket tumbled on
it, as if some one had slept there. Two
chairs stood near the dormer window.
On one was a newspaper. She picked it
up. It was of the 'date- of the 14th pf
September. That was the day she was
last at home. It must still be that day.
The newspaper was new and fresh; it
had not been opened. - ,
A small, round table stood in the cen
ter of the room, a plain,' wooden top
table, not particularly clean. ; A plate, a
.cup,, both dirty, . and some crumbs,
showed that not long before some one
had eaten there. ! . . j
A stump of a lead pencil lay on the
table. , ,. - ,- -., - .
She went into the other room. -, '- 4
.-' It was bare of everything save a chair
and the bed on which she had lain. . ? '
Apparently there was no hope of es
cape. She listened. . She could hear no
sounds in the house. Only the noises
from the street the cries of hawkers,
thg shouts of children at play, the roll of
vehicles all these came to her deadened
by the distance. . -
: What was the meaning of her seizure
and confinement, 6he asked herself.
Who was the enemy of her family who
first killed her brother and then abducted
her? Why were these calamities so sud
denly precipitated upon them, who had
always lived suchquiet and uneventful
lives
A 11 was a probleni too deep for her to
solve; 6he was not even .aware cT an
enemy. , . :.
Her thoughts instinctively turned to
Holbrook; He would assist - her if - he
knew of her distress, and he would know
because of her failure to meet him as re-
Ah. a thought! She had been trapped
by forged notes from him. She grew the
more frightened by the thought.
Oh. if Ehe could hut eommnniata
with Holbrook I She prayed heaven to
open a way.
: "Hi. missy, hir
A voice startled her. - She looked , in
every direction but the right one.
v "Hi. missv. look nn." i
She did. In the roof there was a skv
light' Through a broken pane the very
dirty face of a boy looked down upon
her. - -.""
If it had been the face of an angel it
could not have appeared more beautiful
to her. ' '.-- .
"I seed them when they brung you
np here, was you stckr"
"Yea. Ouit Ton nniM rlnwn horp?"
"No, de winder is nailed tight ' 'Sides,
he d trash me. , tie lacked me down'
stairs onct" .
"Who's he?"
"De feller 'wot's got yer locked up.
on, ne'aatuai" , ,
"He's, a had man?"
"He's an orful bad man, I'm tellin'
yer,.missy. -"Do
you want to help me?"
"You'd tell on me."
"No, indeed I won't If you would
only help me, I could get a bad man pun
ished." "What, trashed? What, walloped right
np and down, his eyes blackened and his
teeth knocked out say, missy, would
yer if I'd help yer?" - :
His eyes danced with glee at the pros
pect
"Indeed, I would," said Annie; and
she was quite sincere.
"I golly! dat would be good. Yer
wouldn't tell on me, sure?" .
"No, indeed."
"Den I will if I kin."
. ' "I want you to go to Mr. Holbrook"
and she cava him the addrfw- "and ten
him where I am, that I am locked up
here."
"Write it down, missy."
. "I have np paper.. Wait," ehe said, as
she ran hastilv into the othpr room. Sh
snatched up the paper and tore a strip
from the margin, and catching up the
J. AT . 11 , .
pencil on me taoie sne wrote nurnedjy:
"Help. I am locked up on the top floor
01 a nouse
But where?
She looked up at the boy
"Where am I?"
The boy snickered. "Why, right down
aere, missy.
"No. no. but ia what street?"
"Oh, in Mott street, tree doors from
liayard.
She wrote:
"In Mott street, three doors from Bay
ard street. Come quickly and help me
"Annie Templeton."
She folded it up. But how to get it to
the boy?
He put his arm through the broken
pane and sne tried to throw it to him
Several ineffectual attempts showed her
me iutiaty or this effort
he thought a moment
Wait "she cried. She ran Intathp
other room and dragged the table after
ner ana put it directly under the sky
light, and then climbed to its ton and
reached up. '
She was still too far awav. stretching
as she did on her tiptoes.
bho clambered down and broutrht in a
cnair, which she placed on the table.
umiDmy np -oa it at the risk of a
tumble, she found her face on a level
with the downstretched hand of the
gamin.
She nut the naner in Mn banrt nrl
noiaing it gave ham directions how toga
The touch of the softest hand lie had
ever felt moved the little vatrahnnd.
Ihen she kissed the dirtv naw of tliA
j L -
youngster as he promised to be fleet of
A
root.
In a moment more she heard the natter
01 nis Dare feet on the slate roof.
She Climbed down and restored tha
table and chair to the places where she
iouna mem.
" ShA Bat llnwn rm Kns4 n
cut she was too much disturbed to
think or to sit
She be tran pacins no and down tVi
uoor. - . -1 . t.-
She had taken but a few turns when
sue heard a bolt drawn back and a key
inserted in a lock.
The door opened. "
It was the one opening into the other
room."
A step or two on the floor. .,
A man stood before her. Ho
dressed in shabby black clothes. A bat
tered black derby hat was on hia hpad.
.under which showed the straggling and
A A . 1 . . . .
mattea iocks or his brown hair. His
face Was covered with a tsnnnu. hnahir
brown beard and mustache, above whio.h
glowed a prominent hooked nose, the
end of which was inflamed. Two pierc
ing, fiery eyes peered out on her.
"So," he said, "ver've found ver wnv
into this here room, have yer, my lady?"
one maae no reply.
"Tryin to find a wav out. ehl WaIK T
don't blame yer for that It's what I ex
pected yer to do. so I fixed it that ver
couldn't." . !
ni3 eye fell noon the discarded clin
dress, and he laughed.
"Oh, ho. ver didn't like thr niA nnrtr
dress yer friend persented yer with, eh?"
w ny am 1 connned here?" she asked.
"Who brought me here?" j
ANot know in can't sav." th man i-a.
plied. ' "Why be yer confined here? Not
knowin'-I couldn't say."
Why do you keeD me here. thAn?
Oh. sir. I crav von. let m cm t mil
pay you handsomely if you will let me,"
yju, no, my iaayoird, 1 couldn't do
that, yer know. Tm onlv ohevin'
and so you will have to. Let yer go?
Oh, no, that wouldn't do at all; but I
wish they'd take ver awav from hunt
for I don't want yer." - ;
Annie saw the useles-mAKo of fnrfliAi
words, and she trusted to the boy.
ine man continued: f
"Here, there's somethin oat fnr
and some beer" pointing to the table.
He walked over to it and took awav t.bo
plate and cup that Annie had just seen
nB.BQTeu me chair on which
lay the paper to thajable. As he lifted
euested.
the paper be said: 'And here's, some
reaanv tor yer." - - .
His attention was atfmfAl t- t,A
tilated margin. He looked quickly to
me table and saw the pencil was gone. ;
"What have ver bn
fiercely, going to her. As he did he saw
the pencil on the floor. v- .
no, ho! YerVe been a-trvin' to kom-
muniercate, hev ye?" -
" Yesi-sho replied, boldly.
"Well. "did ve?" eaid he. lwHnr of h
keenly and suspiciously." . .
The idea swept over AnniVa min fliot
it would be wjsa to conceal her attempt.
wnni use was lVT' shu anifl r-
ily. Women are born actrsir. "TT f
was I to send a letter from herer '
- "True for ye. Where's wot ye writ?"
"I didn't write anything. I tore the
paper up. '
He looked upon the floor, and saw
pieces of paper which v Annie had idly
torn into bits.
This did not satisfy him. He looked
at her suspiciously a moment, and then
said:
"I don't believe ye. .Not that ye saw
anybody, but yerVe throw somethin
out for a chance. I ll see to that at once.
"Yerd better eat," he said, as he turned
away, "for yer've a long ride before yer
to-night" "
With that he strode hastily out of the
room, locking, bolting and barring the
door after Mm. Her heart failed as she
heard the bolts shoot
She saw bolts and bars on the inside.
With a quick impulse she put up,, the
bars and shot the bolt. She flew to tha
other door and bolted and barred that
She was safe from unwelcome intru
sion.
Then she sat down to wait for Hol
brook.
TO BE COKTINtrKD.
LEAN DOWN AND DISS ME.
BT OEOSOX HEWELI, LOVXJOT.
Lean down and kiss me, O my love, my own
The day is near when thy fond heart wflj
miss me: '
When o'er myjow, green bed, with bitter
' moan,
Thou wQt lean down, but canst not clasp
or kiss me.
How strange it is that I. so lovine thea
And knowing we must part, perchance to
morrow.
Can comfort find, thinking how great will be
Thy lonely desolation and thy sorrow.
And then, and then, O mine own other part.
Why should I grudge thee some surcease
or weeping?
iriiy can I not rejoice that in thv heart
Sweet love will bloom again when I am
sleeping?
Nay, make no promise; I would place no ban
Upon thy future, even wouldst thou let
me;
Thou hast most truly loved me, like a man.
And, like a man, thou wilt, indeed, forget
me.
VYhy should I care so near the infinite
Why should I care that thou wilt cease to
miss me?
Ah me! these earthly ties ore knit so tight!
Quick, quick, lean lower, O my loVe, and
kiss me? 3
New York Ledger.
Deceptive Truth.
Youth's Companion. .
There aro circumstances under
which the most truthful aud credita
ble statements may be both mislead
ing and unwelcome. During a certain
voyage. of a Down East vessel, the
mate, who usually kept the log, be
came intoxicated 'one day, and was
unable to attend to his duty. As the
man very rarely committed the of
fence, the captain excused him, and
attended to the log himself, conclud
ing with this: "The mate has beeu
drunk all dtiy."
Next day the mate was on deck,
and resumed his duties. Looking at
the log, he discovered the entry the
captain had made, and ventured to
remonstrate with his superior.
"What was the need, sir," lie aek
ed, "of putting that down on the
logi"
"YVaen't it true?" asked the Jcap-
tain.
"Yes, sir, but it doesn't seem nec
essary to enter it on the log,"
"Well," said the captain, "since it
was true, it had better stand; it had
better stand." I
The next day the captain had occa
sion to look at the log, and at the end
of the entry which the mate -had
made be found this item :
".The captain .has been sober all
day." -
The captain summoned the mate,
and thundered:
"What do you mean by putting
down that entry! What was" the
need, I say? Am I not sober every
day?"
"Yes, sir, but wasn't it true?"
"Why, pf course it was truel"
"Well, then, sir," said the mate,
since it was true, I think it had bet
ter stand, it had better stand,"
The mate then took his departure
hastily, dodging the marliuspike as
he went.
Mnst Have Beeu a Beautiful Sight.
Morganton Herald. -
Morgan ton enjoyed a spectacle
Monday night that few if any of the
towns in North Carolina could com
mand. It was a mountain forest lire
stretching for ten milos or more along
the face of the Table Rock and Short
Off mountains, and appearing in the
j , ... . t
uarsness as . the distance of .twelve
miles like an immense fiery serpent
suspended in the air. Hundreds of
people gazed on the glorious spectacle,
me like of which the oldest inhabi
tant has never seen. The effect was
heightened by the darkness of tho
night which rendered the outlines oi
the mountains , invisible, and the
illusion was rendered all Che more
striking from the fact that the band
of fire for all its miles of length was
i . 1 ....
auous me same wiatn, except ou the
southern end; where it assumed the
shape of a serpent's head, v Extensive
nres were raging in the mountains
all day Sunday and Sunday night.
for
T - VinVA had n had ivinirh
four years. It got bo bad I could
over
not
me. - I
ler and
eaiu-
a
felt better in my life. ; ,
A "Campbell. No. 4 MpirinAiii.n
Fnr Bala hr.T. I rTimtU ,f-o..
Druggists. v . ' 1
If-rou-t:t rip 1-liU'cm, and nre troubled
with a hack - c.Uirh, vnUr. JVIL M.-Ln'3
Tar I) I.r.n B'm,
IHE BRAVE TEXAN
Who Gave His Life In Defenne of a
Woman The Grave of a Hero.
Atlanta Constitution. '
' A little mound near the cotton mills
in Newberry, S. C, covers the re
mains of one who has left an eternal
monument to the sooth's chivalry
His name is unknown. Immediately
after the close of the war Ihe negro
troop9 belonging to Shermau's army
were marched by different routes to
Port Royal and Charleston, there to
be disbanded. The night of which I
speak, a regiment of negro troops
were encamped in Newberry, near
the railroad depot. .
- The town had Been plundered, and
her -citizens" subjected to all the in
dignities that a drunken negro mob
could offer. A government train
was then running from a point twen
ty five miles north of Columbia to
Greenville to carry soldiers and ref u
gees as near their homes as possible,
This night as the train slowed up at
the depot, it was immediately sur
rounded by a drunken, howling crowd
of negro soldiers. On board "the train
were two ladies. The negroes swarm
ei through tbe cars like a set cf de
mons set free from the infernal re
gions, while white soldiers on board
were helpless and at their mercy
What a place for two helpless women
without friends or protectors. -
In tbe coach with the ladies was a
soldier, and from his dress and de
meanor, one would judge him to be
from Texas. He was tall and state
ly, piercing black eyes, while hi9
massive head of hair, well became
his brawny face. He plainly showed
that he had been a determined fol
lower of the lost cause. In their
wild carouse, one of the drunken ne
groes came to where the ladies sat.
and commenced to offer insults and
indignities to the younger, too revolt
ing in its nature for rehearsal ' In
trying to release herself from his
loathsome embrace, she cried out in
despair, "My God, have I no friend;
will no one protect me?" In a mo
menta voice was heard in the rear
end of the coach: "Yes, I will pr
tect you if I die for it." Tbe tall
form of the unknown Texan wus
seen rapidly approaching along the
aisle. His eyes shone in the dim
light like those of tbe wild beast
ready to spring upon its prey. The
keen blade of a knife was seen to glit
ter above his head and with a mighty
blow was buried to its hilt in the
breast of the black ruffin. With a
wild yell he leaped from the car and
fell dead upon the side-track.
The stranger quietly walked out of
the conch at the other end, and
stepped a few paces away, under
cover of the darkness, and waited
developments. He bad not long to
wait. All the imps of dakuefs turn
ed loose, could not have equaled the
uproar and tumult this deed created
Word flew to camp that one of their
comrades had bten murdered by a
confederate soldier. A wild. rush
was made for the train, and for a
few moments" it looked as if all on
board would be put to death. Search
was made for the murderer, declaring
that if found, he should, bet eljot at
once. Ihe stranger 6tood but a few
feet away, quietly listening' to hia
death sentence, as the soldiers madly
rushed by. At last one declared he
had found the man ; he seized one of
the officials of the railroad, and others
coming up, with equal poeitiveness
swore to his identity. Violent hands
were lain upon the innocent man,
while the drunken mass that crowded
around bim seemed as if they would
crush htm to death. His vain plead
ings of lunoceuce were drowned by
the wild yells of tho surging crowd.
He was being carriedaway for execu
tion. Wbere was the unknown
Texan? He had shown his courage,
now would he waver in the face of
immediate death? With his hand he
had protected tbe person of defence-
ess women, by dyeing it in tbe blood
of her assailants, would he stand by
and see an innocent man die in his
stead? With calm deliberation, with
out any emotien whatever, he made
his way to the maddening crowd.and
with a loud voice, said : "Turn this
man loose, he is innocent. I am the
one who did it now do your worstp
This gave new impetus to the drunk
en crowd, and he was hurried away
to camp. A drumhead courtmartial
was convened, and he was condemn-
ed to be immediately shots While
he was being tried, word flaw like
lightning over the town that a white
man was to be shot, and every negro
that could possibly go, came rushing
into camp aud surrounded the brave
Texan, offering him every insult and
ndignity that their wicked souls
could invent. The negro women
outdid the men in rejoicing over the
fate of tlie prisoner. Even the blood
thirsty and cruel Queen Esther could
not have rejoiced more over her
captives.
At half-pat twelve a ennda was
given the condemned and ordered to
dig his grave. Selecting a spot near
the brow of the bill, he commencfed
the heartrending task of digging bis
own grave. Spadeful after spadeful
waa mrown up. mi three feel is
reached. Then, standintr erect and
stretching out his arrau. he said : "I
am ready." "A breathless stillness
lor - a moment prevailed. The com- ;
mau l fire was given avolloy rings
out, and the brave Texan falls dead 1
n hia grave, amid the deafening
houtsof the multitude, leaving be
hind him "the grandest" tribute, to
Kouthern chivalry that no other land
under the 'sun rear men who give
their lives tn protect the houtr of un-
8 AS FRANCISCO SCAIIKD.
Plastering Shaken Down, and People
Awakened From Sleep by an Earth-
- qnaka Shock. , '
Washingtos', April 24 The signal
corp3 observer at San Francisco,
California, reports that heavy earth
quake shocks occurred this morning
at 3:37. The vibrations were north
and south.
Chicago, April 24. A private des
patch received here says that at the
earthquake at San : Francisco this
morning, houses swayed four inches.
San Francisco, April 24. One o
the most severe shocks of earthquake
experienced here for a long time was
felt in this city and neighboring lo
calities a little after 3:30 o'clock this
morning. Buildings were shaken
perceptibly, and persons aroused
from Bleep. Plasteridg fell from tho
walla in places, but do serious dam
age reported yet.
. A May field dispatch states that the
shock was very severe there. The
railroad bridge was rendered impas
sable, as the piers, which are 60 feet
high, settled a few inches, and the
rails spread about a foot. Tbe ground
in places settled six to twelve inches.
Railroad travel will be delayed sever
al hours.
Ice-Making.
Youth's Companion. -
As the general knowledge of chem.
istry has increased, inventions have
arisen for producing cold by artificia
means, and there is-consequently no
longer any necessity for carrying ice
from cold to warm climates. Almost
eyery Southern town now has its ice
factory, and the product of artificial
freezing is superior to any but the
clearest natural ice, frozen In the
Northern tier of States or in Canada,
while its substance is pure as the dis
tilled water from whjch it is made.
Harper's Weekly.frora which the fol
lowing facts are taken, eays that the
apparatus required for making artific
ial ice includes a powerful engine, to
drive the pumps, great iron retorts, for
holding the aqua ammonia, a long
system of pipe coils, and extensive
vats, to contain the ice cans.
The process depends upon the ca
pacity of a substance- which is ex
panding, after great condensation, to
absorb heat. The substance used in
this case is ammonia. Mixed with
water, it is placed in one or more of
the great cylinders or retorts, which
contain coils of pipe. Into these pipes
steam is sent, healing the contents of
the retort until the ammonia is eep
arated from the water, and sent into
another retort, where it is subjected
to great pressure, under which it
liquefies.
In another room, provided with
double doors and walls like those of
a refrigerator, are several vats, in
which are suspended cans of galvan
ized iron. Some of these cans are
calculated to bold two hundred pounds
of ice, and others are still larger. Be
tween these cans pass lines of iron
pipes, connected with the retorts out
side, and the entire vat, in which cans
and pipes are coutained, is filled w nh
brine.
In the great condensation to which
the ammonia gas has been subjected
to liquefy it, it has parted with all its
heat, and the large pipes which carry
it to the vat, are so cold as to be cov
ered with frost.
When ice is to b9 made, the cans
are filled with distilled water, and
covered with thick caps. The am
monia is then admitted to the coils
running through the brine of the vat.
As soon as the tremendous pressure
is relieved, by turning the stop cocks,
the ammonia expands into gas, re
sumes the amount of heat with which
it parted, when undergoing condensa
tion, - and of course extracts it from
the surrounding brine. This, in turn.
extracts heat from the distilled water.
which freezes, as Ihe brine itself
would do, were it not saline and kept
in motion by means of pumps. ' -
In a few hours, each can contains
a mass of solid ice, and is theu hoist
ed from the vat, dropped, for a mo
ment, in warm water to loosen the
ice, and upset. The block of ice
slides out, and is either stored, or
placed in front of a circular saw, and
divided into smaller blocks. " .
After tbe ammonia gas has done its
work, it is returned to a retort, con
ducted to its starling place, and reab
sorbed by water. It can be used
over again, and this process goes on
continuously, with some slight
waste.
llixed Weather.
Ted, a little fellow" of four years.
makes a great pretence of reading the
morning newspaper.
Well, Teddy, what kind of weath
er are we to have today?' asked his
father. - ' v -
Ted kept his oyes fixed on " the
paper, - ;
Let me see I he answered. 'It's to
bo fa-r and cloudy, with norf wind
and rain, also wanner, and subw by
high wind aud sleet when it clears
up. . '.
This is to certify that afrnf tlrin
two juin of Microbe Ktl W I
of a severe atlack if bronchitis and
nasal catarrh. Indeed the Microbe
Killer dotal more than in claimed for
it, and 1 cheerfullv
suffering humanity.
. T J Nasamore. D. D S.,
l Vila r street, N:4shvU?f, 'fenn.
ir by JL,. J. Uu.alo'y oc 'So.
SEBTS 3QTFA
Japanese chickens with tails from
eleven to thirteen feet long are being
imported into tbi3 country.
- A Mormon with two wives and four
teen children was fonnd in Provo,
Utah, recently, living in a hut with
one room. - . " '
Governor Campbell, the Demo
cratio leader in Ohio has refused
pension from the government on the.
ground that his circumstances place
a . mm a
mm aoove ine need lor sucn neip. -
The coetlest horse barn in tho world
belongs to 1). K. Crouse and is locat
ed at Syracuse, Nl Y. It . has now
cost the owner.. a millionaire horse
man, something like $700,000. " In
cidental expenses will " make the
stable cost little short of a round
million.
An old bachelor who died at New
ton, Conn., recently, said ou hisf"
death bed that there was one thing
that woull make him contented.
That was that he might be able to
swallow every dollar of the $100,000
he had amassed by bis life of slaving
and saving. ' ,
The recent persecution of the Jews
in Vienna became so dangerous to all
shop-keepers that the city recently
appeared covered with such signs as
"I: am a Christain Tradesman;".
"Christain Brandy Shon:" "Chrw-
tain Cheese monger' "Christain Old
Clothes Shop." ..
a pair 01 oamam cinceens were
sold at the London crystal Palace
for $500, which was almost 1 exactly
twico their- weight in gold. Tbia is
believed to be the highest price ever
paid for a single pair "of fowls since
the days of extravagant and luxu
rious Rome.
A merchant at Randolph, A la., de
clared Sunday night that he would
die suddenly at 4 o'clock on Monday
afternoon. On Monday morning he "
selected a coffin, made his will and
spent the day in prayer. At 4 o'clock
he seated himself in a locking chair
and in three minutes was dead. The '
doctors say death was caused by
heart failure. -
James Hines took un a eauat claim
in Arkansas. He was warned off,
bnt decided not to go, and held out .
for three years. During that timo
Via t r n .1 n . ft K I . . 1 . T
uo nuo duuv ttb uui lures urueg.
wounaea tour times, bad bis cabin
set on fire twice, hia wife was driven.
to suicide and bis boy ran away, and
at last the man grew weary and
hanged Iumseif. . v
-- -
The experiment of treating typhoid
r .
tever oy prolonged immersion of the
patients iu water has been tried in a
Liverpool hospital with gratifying
success, jrour cases were recently
reported, one of which involved six
days, immersion: two others eleven.
days each, and the fourth sixteen"
days. They were all "severe case. .
and every one of the patients recover
ed. Ex.
Lom Sing ia a Chinaman in hard
luck. He is at present on the Sus
pension Bridge at Niagara Fails, and
neither the United Statoanor Canada
will allow bim to enter their territorv.-
He was caught trying to smuggle
himselt into this country and was
fired back, and now he hasn't tbe 50
necessary to pay bis own import duty
into Canada. Therefore he now
stands on tbe dridge looking wistfully
at the whirlpool rapids. ...
A school-boy in EJinburg-Scalded
his left leg and foot from knee to toes
so badly that the skin peeled off. and -
riesh ulcerated. There beiner no signs
of healing, the Burgeon obtained a
grayhound puppy, seven days old.
chloroformed it to death, shaved ita
body closely, skinned it and with the
skin crafted the . skin of (he bov so
i to cover all i tha ulcerated spots.
The result was euprisiug. The leg"
rapidly healed, and when the. patient
was discharged, "the color of the
grafted skin was uniform. .and very-
similar to thai of the normal skin."
EX,' ' .."'" "'. ' ; . . . -
. Reasonable Pride.
People who have seen better days
are naturally enough fond of refer-J
ring to the fact, especially when in
the presence of new acquaintances.
The traiv ia not unamiable. "We all
like to6tand well with our fellows.
One of our exchangee tells asiorv
of a school-mis tress who had gone to
teach in a; rural town wbere lm
boarded round, according to the old
custom.
On thesecond Mondsy ehe went to
k 'new place, and ftV nooa 6at Jown
with the family at a small nine table
on which was -a dinner of , brown
bread, fat fried jork . and baked po
tatoes. , V e are not told whether she
enjoyed the meal or not. but just a
tbe chairs were pushed back, one of
the chndren. a little girl of perhaps
tenyear8, suddenly exclaimed:
1 know what rood victuals is.
Yea. ma'am. I know what 'lis. ,
'Do Tou. iudeedl' answered the
emtarraeed . teacher, al a loaa what
to say, but ashamed to Fay nothing
"ies. uiaam. I kuow what good
victuals is. I've been away fron
home several times, and eaten lota ou
eai. Exchange.
In case of Fever aud Aj-w. the bl -xvi
effectually, though not iut,t'ixasi' ,N.
i I'y mo enuviumoi toe iu; , ... ;is ,
eoutd b by Uw dtmUlWt , .
MoL.auV Chili and '.v,i- v. i ...... .
i1.!" t!u poiatm t'tvia ti. m ..,