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THE SEBENAWJB. r I hear him 'neath my window sill His ardent serenade begin. , khl heart ad brain of mine, be.stillt Nor lat him guess the thoughts within. And if the moon be not too bright ni ope my wtnd6w wide and high, And in the soft and silvery light His lithe and agile form may spy. How often in the days of yore He's breathed those old, familiar themes ; And now to-night he comes once more To waken me from happy dreams. 1 would he were so near to me .' ' That I might reach and make him feel. The thought that I with joyous glee Would but too happily reveal. . But ah! I dare not b so bold, ' ' ' For he would startled be thereat ; Yet if his form I once behold 111 quickly shootfthat yowling cat , ; IE DIAMOND BUTTON FHOK THE PIABY OF A LAWTKK AND THB KOTE BOOS OF A KKPORTEH. V By BAE0LAT E0ETH. (CSopvriRhted, 183 by O. M. Dunham. Published bj special arrangement through The American Press Association.) . , 4. Hotice; I have this day qualified as executor of the will Lucy S. KWer, late of the County of ' - - - . oi or?n Carolina, ana tiereby l itons having claims against the I'.tekUtiix to exhibit the tame to -t'9 the 25th day of April A. D. , i-ia notice will be pleadl iu bar of irj-y. All persons indebted to said !yji-cii.".'tJv. CHAPTER XXXI. THE SENSATIONS ACCUMULATE. Oil knew that the cry of "joy Holbrook had ut tered meant that news of Annie had been receiv ed. Just what he didn't know, but that therniea 6enger who had brought the in formation would be valuable tc them he quickly appreciated. He hastened af ter the lad, and as he readied the head of the eta Irs he heard the pattering, ol bare feet several flights below, going al a rapid rate of speed. . He called to him, but the owner of the pattering feet took no heed of his call, and, perceiving the usclessness of at tempting to follow him, he desisted and returned to Holbrook's office. As he passed the door of the elevatoi shaft, it opened to discharge a carload oi passengers, and among them Tom recog nized the man who had watched them in Lexington avenue. He made no sign of his discovery. . ' In the same carload was the Shadow, and to him Tom gave a sign to follow. As he entered the office again he met Holbrook going out. "Where are you going?" he asked. "Going? To help Annie. To rescue her, of course. Where else would I be going?" - -.. ... This reply was made in a tone of the supremest contempt. "Wait a moment. . I want to have a moment's conversation with you." "Don't stop me, Tom. You've been particularly irritattig today, and I am hardly in a condition to bo responsible for my acts." -" "That's the truth," renlied Tom, calm ly, "or else you have" a desire to make the rescue of that girl impossible." "What do you mean?" cried Holbrook beside himself. "Have a care. I am in no mood to be trifled with." "Perhaps," said Tom, looking him steadily in the eyes. "But you are in a mood to make an eternal ass of yourself. By heaven, Holbrook, if you leave that door in the frame of mind you are in this minute, I predict you will regret it to the very last hour of your life." Holbrook looked at him angrily, but, nevertheless, he was somewhat stag gered by Tom's sudden exhibition of energy. Seeing that he had made an impres sion, Tom continued: "You want to rescue the girl, but you are going about it in a way to make it an impossibility you have taken leave of your usual good common sense." Now give me five minutes and I'll convince you." . He laid his hand upon Holbrook's arm. The lawyer sullenly submitted to being led into hl3 private office. Tom closed the door after them. ' "I do not know but the damage is done- already The man I suspected of watching us in Lexington avenue is in the halTnow." If he was within earshot he has heard your injudicious talk." "Point him out to me," said Holbrook, springing to the door, "and he'll never watch any one again." Tom placed himself between Holbrook and the door, crying: "In the name of heaven how can you be such a lunatic?" . . Holbrook glared at him. Tom turned the key in the door, took it out and put it in his pocket, saying: "I am positively ashamed of you, Hol brook; you act and have acted in this matter like a madman. I tell you, man, this is a case where the lion skin will not do; the fox's skin is the one we want Let me see that note." Holbrook . handed it to him with bad grace. -? '.'Of coursel . Where were you going? T6 Mott street,-three;-doors from Bay ard." ' '.-'--. ; "An Idiot would know that." renlied Holbrook. -- - - - - : , ; "But which house? "' There are four of them in Mott street, three doors from Bayardr ' - V - ! i .- r Holbrook winced under this, but he replied doggedlyS ' ' '? i'T4 go to each one of them." "That answer proves how absurd you are, Do you realize that as -she is con fined in one only, there are three in which she-is not? ,ThaX the chance of your striking the right one first is as three against one? Do you imagine the people ' who abducted her, and whohav carried out their plans so skillfully so far, are born idiots, and that you would not be recognized the moment you set your foot in Mott street? That the, girl would hot be spirited away before you could say Jack Robinson? I know something of that part f. town. Why, man alive, from the moment you left this spot you would be followed, and when you turned your steps in the direction of Mott street the alarm would be given.- Your own common sense, If you will only give it a chance, must tell you this." - - Holbrook was forced to acknowledge the justice of Tom's remarks. Well, thb :t u-oul'I you do? ten to me. The course to pursue seems to me plain enough." The Shadow Is here now, in the other room! I will send him up to Mott street to take observations, and to determine, as nearly aa he can, in which of the four houses Miss Temple ton is confined. This he can probably do exactly, for he is excellent at that sort of thing. ' While he has gone about this business, you and X will go to a friend of mine the head of a private detective agency, and we will get from him a force of trusty men to assist us. But the first thing we must do will be to get out of this building unobserved by the spy outside." . . - '. "Seize him-and tie him up," said Hol brook. , ; .. ; .:...":. .;.. "No," laughed Tom, "that won't da We want him to remain here under the Impression that we are still in this of fice." , , , r. Holbrook, who had cooled down con siderably, thought a moment. ' : "These offices are connected aH the way through to the rear. The janitor has keys to them all, and he can carry us tnrougn to tne rear nau witnous u being necessary to go out on the one we ordinarily use." The very thing," said Tom. Til send word to him at once." "Hold on a moment," interposed Tom. "Send out a trusty clerk to him, and let the janitor come to us from the rear hall, unlocking the doors as he comes, so that when we do leave we can go quickly." - This was agreed and acted upon. In the meantime two other clerks went out into the hall, and in the pres ence of the spy had this conversation: ' "By George, it's hard lines, isn't it?" What's hard lines?" "Why, I promised my best girl to take her to Coney Island to-night, and here comes Mr. Holbrook in at a late hour and tells me not to go away, for he will have some copying for me to do." "Well, he'll be through by six." . "Not he. Mr. Bryan and he have business that will keep them here, until eight. I heard them say so. That means nine." So the poor spy settled himself for a two hours' watch. v Though Holbrook had yielded, he Btfll chafed. ' , When Tom told him that he did not think they ought to make the attempt at rescue until after dark say about 9 o'clock he rebelled. Tom argued with him, and convinced him again. "I suppose you're right, Tom," he said, "but this suspense is frightful. She is a young, lovely girl, Tom. Think what may happen to her." "Close your mind to all such thoughts replied Tom, "and open it only to con siderations of the most practical thing how best to rescue her? That's the first thought, and wait patiently." - : "Oh, but, Tcfcn; it is very hard to wait." - " ?l ' "All things come to him who knows how to wait. Come, you are in a rea sonable franief mind now,. and here is the janitor." In a few minutes they had passed through all the adjoining offices, and reached the passageway which ran paral lel with the rear streets To descend quickly by a corner staircase was but a moment's work, and the three were soon rapidly treading their way through crowded Nassau street. . At Printing House square the Shadow parted from them, turning to the east. Tom and Holbrook turned to the west and crossed the City Hall park. Reach ing Broadway, Tom led the way to the second floor of a building which faced upon the post office. Entering an office in the rear, a well built man, whose frame- was suggestive of great strength, about forty-five years old, arose and greeted Tom effusively. This was the chief of the private de tective agency. Tom presented Hol brook and said: "A word or two in private with you, chief." "This way then, Tom." They entered a small room in which there were a few chairs and a table. . r . "I want a force of five picked men," said Tom. "All rights Tom," replied the chief. "Anything you want I'm bound to sup ply if I can. I owe you too much to disregard any request of yours. What's the job?" . : , ... i Tom rapidly sketched the fact of the abduction, saying nothing, however, of the events, which had preceded it. "You will see," said Tom, finishing his recital, "that we want your best men. - Why can't you head the force yourself?" "I can and will," replied the chief. "Have you made any plans of attack?" :- -""No, very few. 1 have sent my Sha dow, he's one of your old men, up to, lo cate the house if he can. He Is to meet us here as soon as he has done bis work. Then 1 thought we would be governed somewhat' by' what he reports. u We ought not to go up there before 0 o'clock, I think." . , , . To this Holbrook demurred as an un necessary delay. But Tom was now sup ported by the chiefs judgment, and Holbrook was compelled to yield. "We can lay our plans and arrange the details when we hear what the Sha dow has to report," said Tom. "In the meantime, Holbrook, Mrs. Templeton'B anxiety should be relieved. It would be a humane action to let her know." In this Holbrook acquiesced, and pro posed to go there forthwith, v r: Tom said" laughing: "I'll go up with you. You are not in a fit frame of mind yet, and may commit an act of indis cretion which would ruin us." . ; Holbrook was annoyed, but at bottom he felt that Tom was right So descending to the street they found a cab and drove off. 1 j When they reached the boarding house of "the Templetons, Holbrook entered, and Tom remained in the cab. A news boy passed, and Tom purchased a paper, with which he busied himself, ne had hardly interested himself in the first tele- graphfo itinjwhen Holbrook dashed down the steps, his face pale, and greatly agitated. . . . - "What's the matter- now?" exclaimed Toot! I flj JUcZOf Ci'1! "Mrs. Templeton has gone. - -The old lady?CCtone? Where?" , "Annie . sent for her; the messenger said she had broken her leg, having fallen while out" - ; . ' "It's another part of the plot, cried Torn, "How could the old lady have been so foolkli as to go after she . knew Annie had been enticed away out of the house by a forgery." "Do you think it's a part of the plot?" "I am 6ure cf it. Cut tUs la ottir;j brook. r ' ""' - ' ::;-':' "No," said Tom, "the scoundrels would never dare two abductions In the. open daylight in the Bame neighborhood. ' I tell you, Holbrook, these are no common scoundrels. They win on their boldness. Who was the messenger?" "A woman a respectable looking woman.- ii n v-' ; ' . r ' "If 8 a deep laid plot. All of the legiti mate . heirs are gone now the brother killed and the mother and sister ab ducted." " ' ' "What shall we do now? This com plicates the matter." '. - "No., Well do just what we were go ing tok. ..Find the girl first, and the finding of the mother will not be diffi cult Find the girl, and you will find the mother and the murderer. Get into the cab and let us drive right back to Hanford." CHAPTER XXXIL MOVIKQ ON THB ENEMY. N arriving at Hanford's they found the Shad ow awaiting them. -He had satis fied himself as to the house in which Annie was confined by satis fy ing himself that in three of them, at least, there was no possible chance for her con finement He had succeeded in making an examination eo conclusive that there could be no possible doubt of it 1 I It was then, for the first time; that the thought crossed Tom's mind that the note received might possibly be a ruse to mislead them, and so expressing himself he asked to see the slip of paper again. To Holbrook the thought was torture itself. He had in his possession a brief note from Annie concerning the author ship of which there could be no doubt He made a comparison, and the penman ship was quite evidently dissimilar. Hanford, the chief, pointed out that the comparison would be of little valua In the one instance the note was written on fine paper, with excellent pen and ink, at leisure and under no excitement, while in the other it was written on coarse paper, witli a common lead pen cil, and evidently under the greatest ag itation, hurriedly and perhaps covertly. Holbrook, whose high hopes had fallen on failing to distinguish t,ny resem blance, brightened on hearing the chiefs words. Tho chief pointed out further that all the probabilities were iu favor of the authenticity of the .note; that it was quite unlikely, however able the con spirators were, that they would have written a note so brief, so hurried, and which bore such evident traces of agita tion. On the contrary, had it been the intention to throw any one off the scent, the latter, would have tried to do more that this hurried scrawl had done, and, further, that It 'must not be forgotten that these hounds would scarcely seek to inform the friend who could give the most efficient help of her abduction be fore he was likely to find it out, as would be the case if they took that view of it, since tho boy had evidently been waiting at the office from a time very close to that of their departure to Mrs. Temple ton's house, where they first learned the news. On the other side fliey had only the expression of Tom's shrewd fears that it might be so to lead them to sup pose that it was a ruse. The argument of the chief could not be answered, and so they fell to arrang ing the details. Tho Shadow submitted that the danger of an open attack upon the attio in ques tion was, that the inmates with their prize could take to the roof and make their escape through adjoining buildings. He had penetrated far enough into the fourth house without detection, to find that the stairs leading to tho attio floor were inclosed and the door locked. He suggested, therefore, that some of the party ought to fovea their way into the attio of an adjoining house whether the inmates liked it or not, and thus take possession of the roof,- while the rest should storm the apartment in the other house. The chief strongly favored thi3 plan as the only one which insured success. There were eight in the party, and, so as not to attract attention, it was deter mined that they should rendezvous at a neighboring saloon, known to the chief, proceeding thither in couples. All were to be well armed, for' resistance was to be expected On arriving, three, with Tom leading, were to enter the adjoining house near est the corner and. rushing up, take pos session of the attic, and after a signal had been received from Tom's party, the others led by the chief, well supplied with "jimmies," were to make an as sault on the house where Annie was con fined. Holbrook was to be with the lat ter party. , r , : Holbrook and Tom went up together, and taking a cab across town were on the ground earlier than the rest They left the cab, after having given instructions to the cabman - to station himself in Bayard street half way down the block, and there await orders. - Guarding themselves as much as pos sible from observation, they strolled into the street and. located the house in ques tion. They were slightly disguised, and thought they risked nothing. . They had passed the house but a few paces when Holbrook felt a tug on the 6kirts of his '.coat He looked down and saw a ragged little boy whom he took for a beggar, and was about to,tdrlve him away when the lad said: ' "Be you goin' to trash him now? He ain't np dere." : 1 . -' Holbrook would have spoken harshly to him, so as to rid himself of the an noyance, when Tom whispered: - "Itjs the boy who brought the note to you." .. - Then, speaking to-the boy, he said: : "Come hero with mo," and led the way into a neighboring passage, where they could partially conceal themselves by tho door. 'V.". .: you'd black his eyes and waDop 'im." , "What woman?" asked Holbrook "Do wan I brung .de paper from to you. She promised, ehe did." -"Where is she?" : "In de nex' house. She's upstairs on de top flare. De man ain't dere. He went away just afore you come. Yer a-goin to lick 'im, ain't yer?" .. 6 'You just bet we are," said Tom, "You want us to, don't you?" , , "Oh, my eye, don't 12" . 'Why?" .-'.. ., . ..... , . "Cos he's kicked me off en and off en." "What is he to yo?" "Nothin'. He cuffs me over de head wenever he gits de chance." "Why does he do that?" . "I dunno. Cos he's ugly. Cos I won't keep out'en his hallway." "Ah," said Tom. "How did you see the lady?" "I got on de roof and talked to her tro' de Bkylight." - "Can you take us up there?" "Ov course I kin. We live up in da attic, right here. Me mither is gone away and me fader is drunk over dere in the sayloon. Dere's nobody up dere now." - "Stay here a moment with the boy, Holbrook," said Tom. He sought the chief and found him. Hurriedly telling him what he had learned from the boy, he told him to 'send the Shadow and two men to follow Holbrook and himself, and asked him to guard the passage to the house in "which Annie was confined. Hurrying back, the five were con voyed by the boy to the attic. The youngster showed them how he mounted to the roof, and in a moment they were on it The passage over the roof was perilous, for it was an old fashioned high roof, sloping at a precipitous angle from a peak in the middle, both ways. The boy, who ran over the roof like a cat, and with the agility and confidence of one familiar with the feat, showed them the skylight Tom put Ids mouth to the broken pane and made a sound. "Hist! hist!" He heard a movement beneath. "Hist Miss Templeton?" "Who's that?" was the answer In a fe male voice. "Be quiet; help is near," he said. A cry of joy was heard. "Are you alone?" asked Torn. "Yes, quite alona." "Stand fast, then; you'll be quickly freed." He pulled at the frame of the skylight It was fast Two of the men drew "jimmies" frfm their pockets, fitted them together, and inserted them under one side. "Crick, crack 1" in a twinkling it was pried off. "Eh, eh, oh, golly!" laughed the boy. The moment the skylight flew off, a light flashed up from below. Annie had lit a candla Holbrook attempted to descend. "Wait" she criod. "Tho distance is too great to jump." They heard a noise of 'something being dragged. "Now you can jump," she said. Holbrook let himself drop, and he fell on the bed Annie had dragged under the .skylight .J '-' He caught the girl, who was trembling with excitement, in lu3 arms and cov ered her face with kisses. He mur mured and moaned over her; he laughed and cried and embraced her again and again. In the meantime the others were tum bling down one after the other. It was not until long after, when Tom was in his bed the next morning, that he realized that no one, not even Annie herself, seemed to think it strange that Holbrook should have hugged and kissed her in the frantic manner he did. At the time he was too busy. His mind was working with abnormal ac tivity. "We must get the girl out at once," he said. "Here, Holbrook, stop that nonsense and take the girl away." "How?" asked Holbrook, ready for action, now that the first excitement was over. "Up through the 6kylight Quick, now." "But how can we get her up there?" asked the Shadow. "I know," broke In Annie. "Take that bed away." The bed was tossed on one side, while Annie ran into the next room and began to drag the table toward the room. One of the men took it from her and carried it in, and as she directed placed it under the skylight "There's a chair In there," she said; "bring that" , They comprehended her purpose, and it was placed on the table. "Up you go, Holbrook," cried Tom. MQuickr Holbrook climbed like a cat and was on the roof In a twinkling. Tom lifted Annie by main force to the top of the table and then on to the chair, springing up on the table after her. He lifted the girl up by the waist so that Holbrook could get a firm grasp of her arms. She was then drawn up on the roof. "Now, Holbrook," cried Tom, "away with you. Quick! Get the girl out of harm's way as soon as you can. One of you," he continued, turning to the chiefs men, "go with them to protect them. Shadow, run down to the chief and tell him to come up here the way we came with the rest of his men. I have an idea." ' The Shadow disappeared. . - Tom was the general commanding the forces, and he'did have an idea a great idea., , He seized the candle and made a rapid examination of the rooms. He satisfied himself as to how those who came would enter, and he quickly determined how to dispose of his forces. Finding the doors bolted and barred from the inside, he un barred and unbolted them. , , By this time the others had arrived. "Have you found her?" asked the chief. "Yes, and Holbrook ha3 carried her off.". . . - . .. . , , ; "Then the job Is over?",, , V 1 . ; "Not by a long shot" - "What now?". "I've set a trap here, and well catch a bird." "The man who abducted the girl?" "Yes. . Have you bull's eyes with you?" - "Yes, and shooters and handcuffs." "Good. J Then we can put out this light Hold on." They were startled by a noise above fcheir he-oda.- - (.TO E2 CONTINUED. ; absent-minded: ess. A Few Stories Abont -This Very Pro- voting Trait. New York Tribune. - "Never was absent minded in my life," said, the little man, who tugged nervously at his bristling moustache. "But my father had one of the worst cases I ever heard of. lie -was a man who used the good old fashioned birch generously. To add to. the good effect of the punishment he used to send ua out to cut the switch. If it waa not a good one he sent us back f r another. Once he sent me on one of these melancholy errands and as my offense had been playing 'hookey' from school for three days I was in o hurry to return for my punish ment. When I came in the room he was pacing thoughtfully up and down the room. " 'James,' he said, 'I am glad you have come, I wanted you for some thing, but it has slipped my mind. I will recall it in a moment,' And I dis creetly backed out of the room with my .birch behind me and tossed it over the fence. That was the last I heard of that switching." "Case of suspended judgment," said some one softly. "My brother," continued the first speaker, " was as bad as my father. He lives in a New England town and he went to Boston once to transact some business which would occupy two days. At the end of four days he had not returned. His wife's anx iety was relieved on that day by a telegram, which read: 'What did I come to Boston for! Have been try ing to remember for three days.' 'Real estate,' telegraphed his wife. " 'Of course,' carno back the an swer' "That reminds me," said one of the party, "of a friend of mine. He was a lawyer in a small town, and fre quently after working late at night at his office would 6leep on a comfort able lounge which he bad iu a back room. When he was married there was a wedding breakfast at the bride's home and the couple were to start on an evening train for a wedding trip. H had to run around to bia office for a few moments, having forgotten some little thing which had to be at tended to. The hours went on and H failed to return to his bride. When train time came aud no bride groom appeared everyone was thrown into a panic. The bride fainted and the news spread like a wildfire in the little town that H had abandoned his bride and fled the town. Theonly one who seemed not to suspect him was the bride. She, however, only shed tears, refusing to listen to any condemnation of her missing hus band, but declining to offer any sug gestions. Finally jshe could stund the strain no longer and posted her father to H ' office. H had gotten deeper into his work and was just on the point of going to sleep on his lounge, lie was so 'broken tip' over his cruel blunder that hejras asham ed to face anyone but his v ife and extended his two months' wedding trip over a year. They made one of the happiest couples in the world, but to tbis day his wife has to find his hat for him and remind him what he wants to do when he leaves the house." - "A similar case, but one which could hardly be called absent-mindedness," said another, of the little group, "is that of C- , -the stock broker. On the morning on which his first baby was born he came on the floor with a radiant face. Catch iog eight of me, he rushed up and said, with a beaming smile and joy ouseye: '"Congratulate me, old man; I'm the happiest father in New York city. There never was such a hahdsomo baby born before. " I do congratulate you, Harry, old man,' I auawered, as he squeezed my hand Varmly. 'Boy or a girl?' He looked at me for a moment and then a wave of blank despair went over his face. .j-y hanged if I know,' he said. "C - disappeared from the floor, but in a couple of hours I felt some one nearly jerk my arm from its socket. . : " 'It's a boy,' cried C gleefully. I went home to find out.' " He Wants to Add his Name. Permit mo to add mine to your many other certificates in commen dation of the great curative properties contained in Swift'a Specific (S. S. S.) It is certainly one of tho best touics I bave ever used. John W. Daniels, Anderson, S. C. PIMPLES AND BLOTCHES. - Having for the past four or five years been troubled with pimples and. blotches on my face and body, and finding-no relief in any of the chem ically prepared soaps and medicines prescribed' for me by physicans, I concluded to try your S. S. 8. remedy, aud bave found great relief iu the same, four bottles ' clearing my skin entirely. I cheerfully recommend your nsedicine to all wbo are in the position that 1 have been in. You can use this letter and my name as a testimonial to the merits of the S. B S. remedy. ' Alfred P. Robinson. " S20Sanom St., San Fraucieco. Treatise ou Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. . - - bwiFT Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.' Facts for the Boys. Youth's Companion. - " The chief official in a railway office in one of our largest seaboard citias recently advertised for . a copying clerk at a salary of $30 a month. Ha received over 500 answerer to his ap plication, the large majority of which were from married men. graduates of colleges, sons, in many cases, of workingmen, but young men whoso dress, habits and tastes were those of the wealthy and leisurely class. At the same time, in the samocity, "boss" builders were advertising in vain for carpenters, masons and painters to finish work for which they had contraced. Those workmen when found, were paid from $3 to$I a day. Even the skilled cooks, chefs in the hotels and wealthy priva'e families of the same town, were paid $100 a month. These are significant facts. What do they prove! Not that the work of a man with an educated brain is less valuable and more poorly paid in this country than that of one with skilled fingers, but that the market is overstocked with the first class af laborers and not supplied with the last. The chief reason for this is, as we all know, the action of the trades unions -in barring 'out apprentices from their shops. The great indus trial schools which have been, or are about to be, established in meat of our cities, will soon, it is hoped re move this difficulty. But the second difficulty will not bo so easily disposed of. It is the silly prejudice among boys against labor with their hand as being "un genteel." The clerk wbo copies let ters for a dollar a day, with no pos sibility of ever rising to higher work, is nearer the ideas of a "gentleman" than the mechanic who designs and originates work, who controls other men, and for whom a wide path to i setulur S3 and success is always open, or the farmer or ranchman whose work demands all the forces of his mind and body, and' brings him into contact with nature and his fellow men. Among more thoughtful people this silly prejudice against manual labor is fastdiseppearing. Hundreds of thoroughly educated men are now herding sheep or growing wheat in Texas and Dakota. The sons of ez Presidents, bishop s and the foremoet professional men in the country, having finished their college course, are now working at forges or iu mines, side by side withday laborers, fitting themselves to be practical electricians and mining at.d mechan ical engineers. It will be long, we fear, before all the boys of republican America rec ognize the f&ct that it is not his oc cupation which gives a man his true place in life, but something for which the occupation is but an outer gar ment. The real nobleman is never denied his rank, no matter how coarse his coat may be. You will rv: Tobacco. The Price Current. The ' amount of tobacco annually consumed in the United States is es timated by an apparently competent authority at 310,000,000 pounds. Seventy million pounds are utilized in the production of domestic cigurs: 223,000,000 pounds of chewisg and somking tobacco are consumed 8,000 000 pounds are usod in the manufac tur of snuff ; 6.000,000 pounds are re quired in the production ef cigarettes; and 4,000,000 - pounds of cigars are imported. This would make an average annual consumption of five pounds for every person in the coun try. But as not more than one-fifth of our population use tobacco, it fol lows that those who do,' consume, on an average, twenty five pcunds each per annum. Opinions differ as to whether this article should be des ignated a luxury or a necessity. In speaking of the cost of the tobacco habit, an exchange eay s : - 11 the tobacco users of the United States would abstain for a period of two years from the chew ing, smoking and snuff-taking habit, and place the money they would epeni for tobacco in that period in a common fund, there would be enough in the fund to almost wipe out the entire national debt, and live years abstaining would give the head of each family- in the United States enough mony to invest n an eighty acre homestead farm in the far Western States and Territories or it would give us a navy of fifty first class war vessels, fully equipped, and create a fund that would man and maintain them and the Navy Department for a period of at least twenty-five years, It can thus be seen what is the magnitude of the tobacco trade of the United States, and wh it a multitude of devotees are willing to pay an nually for a habit which give them en much consolation and comfort, if nothing else. ' " . Dear Sin: I have been suffering with lung difficulties for seven years; three month ago quite seriously.; I learned of the .Microbe Killer, and gave it a trial. I wa alao quite deaf in my right ear. I have improved in my betiring and pained at least te pounds in flesh, and atu f- ling like a 1 v man. I hnve th rfntet fori - AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEAUS. What an Ex-ConCe4eraU Ofllcsr Fotrad " - Lronjr eaxs ATier. 't - Greensboro Patriot. . " Twenty-five years ago. just after Lee surrendered and the bonny blue i flag was furled forever, a party of young Confederate officers, dishearU eued and sad, 'tis true, but unwhrp- H ped, turned their faces Southward, fi after escaping from Grant's men at Appomatox, intending to make their ;jj way to Maximillian s army m Mexico Ju and enlist under h:3 banner. They, ; j 1 crossed Haw River, and resting un- , der the trees on this side, removed j i every insignia of their rank. Here , . one of them sank under exhaustion and wounds and died. Reverently his comrades buried him, and two of them, one his brother and the other the hero of this tale, hid his watch, a roll of Confederate ' money and a number of trinkets, in tho hollow of one of three trees which formed, a triangle at the foot of a rocky bluff. - Resuming their journey, the party reached here on the morning that President Davis and his party 3tarted on their way South. They resolved to escort their fallen chieftain to a -place of safety or perish with him. They acted as videttes and acconv panied Mr. Davis until he was cap tured in Georgia, where our hero was wounded and lay for weeks hovering between life and death. Recovering his health, he made hia way to Europe and fought under der various banners for several years, but tiring of war, he turned hujmind -to scientific researches and study. He returned to this country and re cently made a scientific discovery which has already enriched him and promises to crown his life with im m n;e wealth. Some weeks ago he had occasion to return to this place and visit various points in the vicinity. On one of . these 3XMirsion3 in the neighborhood of Haw River, he. came upon a rocky bluff which seemed Btrangely fami liar. After thinking intently for some minutes he remembered a group of tired, worn out, wounded soldiers, who stood uncovered around a shal-. low grave; how, reverently and sad ly, the body of a dead comrade wag placed in it; and with no funeral pomp or church rite, it was kud to. rest. ' He also remembered how with this dead comrade's brother he had sought a hiding place for. his little property. Tho 6pot had changed.. The tall oasks kad fallen, and forest fires had burned them up and all, that was left was three charred and blackened stumps, ' . He began to search and at the foot . of one of these stumps he found a blackened, half melted mass of metal, w hich proved to be the watph of the dead soldier hidden there twenty-five years ago, and during all these years forgotten. That he prizes this old watch above all price, we know. Ha has lost all trace of those who formed this party of desperate ycung sol- diers and has not seen or heard of oua of them since. - i 1 Government Agricultural Warehouse. Washington Cor. N. Y. Herald, 23rd ult . Colonel L. L. Polk, president of the National Farmers' Alliance, read , a long argument today before the Sen ate committee on agriculture and for estry in favor of Sanator Vance's bill to provide for a system of warehouses for farm produce throughout the country, to be operated by the gov- -eminent, which is to issue its notes upon deposits of grain therein. Ho . sketched the decliue in agricultural values in the face of marvellous pro gress and development of other in dustries and interests duriug the past two decades and insisted that some thing should be done for the farmer. He charged the fault upon the finan cial system of the government, which, had resulted in high priced money and low priced products. The remedy CoL Polk suggested was threefold: 1. Restore silver to it3 dignity and place as a money metal, with all the rights of coinage add all the qualities of legal tender which gold possesses. 2. Issue sufficient amount of cur rency direct to, the people, at a low rate of interest, to meet the legitimate demands of the business of the coun try, and which shall be legal tender for all debt, public and private.. 3. Secure to such issue equal dignity with the money metals, by basing it on real tangible, substantial values. CoL - Polk waa followed by Dr. X W. McCune, chairman of the national committee on legislation of the Alli ance, who addressed himself more particularly to the merits and details of the eystom of warehouses as out lined in the bill. H asserted that the merchandise thus stored would not deteriorate below market stand ard, and that the system had proved feasible and practicable, in California, where the Grangers' Bank, in 1353, loaned $3,000,000 on certificates issued to farmers on wheat deposited iu warehouses owaed aud controlled by them. ."-:;V. ' ti,leic in r air.monan'g tti-i r. .... t-v- U- I tookr William Radam'a HUrobo Killer for general diluptJlkui. From the first dose 1 felt be;!H and aU vi!;, improvement until thito gallons Ct No. 2 were consumo-i, in . I . i eurmaraiive!" a yo 1-ovo that it, h r.U i It, ill J ku 'a' t t ; "
The Messenger and Intelligencer and Ansonian (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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