Pittston Gazette

              Old_*st NewsDaoer in tne Wvommg Valley PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1SS9. A Weekly Local and l amilv lournal. 1 ' tion, and he could not manage them until they had guarded the women safely to the door and saw them disappear iu the crowd on the street. menu, 01 uer roooery ana no« sue nuu awoke to find herself alone In the wood, Mrs. Goodwin was more than ever Interested iu her welfare, but finding her too weak to liear any excitement, she thought it best to question her no filrther at present.The I.ami of tht- ItC aut'iful I»ruil dove under the power of the serpent's Mat u she Was like a harmless many ih luese aeteeuvt ocritical tetnperaiiee people prying around ayiug, ny A Cravedigger Passes u ISad Night A STRANGE PAIR THE GRATEFUL GOBLIN. wnen nis nana was suddenly arrested by the goblin. of the peasant whttre i charm lie's business ami we have got to look out for them lest they ilo us harm. Your honest expression assures me that a other 1 A few nights ago while a party of young men and women were walking under tho shado trees skirting the Lafayette cemetery they were startled by a numlier of wild cries issuing from the center of that bun. ing ground. The hour was about U, and although there were twenty persons nlniut, none of them at first could muster enough eourugo to go in. Then some of them, guided by tiio sound, luaile their way between the graves to a vault near the center of the cemetery. The vault top rises only a few inches aliove the ground, but there are a number of holes piercing the sides and the investigators threw themselves prone before this. A Alan and Daughter Who Itellevfl Thej nd nlj.li to the lowers of tli h Passing through the halt, they ascended a rickety old stairway and through anotli Roy hasteued away and in a short time arrived at his room again where he found a message-boy awaiting him. He received the telegram and entered the room and read the message, which was as follows: Buxcom, Ky., March 20, IS— "Roy, come home at once. Mother is supposed to be dying. Will Lite Till the Kml of the World. Hick Nickson was a woodchopper. "You are not the man who 1il#i-ated me from the oak tree!" said )he little man. C'l D• e, el «e to the,c And joy lovts tc linger a iCif'ati«-D way Alfred Do Witt and daughter Mary Ann are very peculiar people. She is 16 years of and keeps bouse for lier father. Mr. Dt Witt, when he related his history, was eating a supfK-r consisting of turnips, bread and cold water. lie believes be and his daughter will never die; that they will live forever that they are regenerated and born of God. They do tint cat anything that extinguishet life. They claiin that which is of God en dureth forever. They claim to lDe joint heirs with Jesus Christ. In regard to L peculiar religious ideas, Do Witt says "I am 58 years of age. I was born in Vigo county, lnd. When a young man 1 was bad. 1 lived in this wicked manner until 1877 1 concluded to change my wicked course. A new life came over ma. 'Come unto me all you who are heavy laden, and I will givo you rest.' lie Lad lived close to the forest for many years with his wife and children. It was seldom Nick went to town or anywhere else, because he had a great deal of work to do to keep his family alive. Wood hewing never was much of a paying business, and Nick found it no better. But he never complained. He did the best he could in the best manner, and for the rest he trusted to a kind Providence to assist liiuo and his wife and children. I.i«-a a garden of light fi He iv Here s took from her pocket a bunch of Si had disappeared, and Roy felt that, indeed he was alone; but his solitude was of A few days after her conversation with Ilettie, Mrs. Goodwin and her liusbaud were alone in the room when Mr. Goodwiu said to his wife— The tldef then had to confess that he got hold of the box because his m ighbor Nick could not read backward. W here uever a t-ar drop i- sin kevs, end, selec g one, unlocked the doot . 'Tls til - land of the beau'ifi 1 del careful survey of the surroundings convinced her that she had beeu decoyed into to say the least of it, not parttcn- Directly, a woman came in at the back door, looked around, aud then beckoned to someone on tlie outside. Two girls, look- "Have you learned anything more about that young lady?" "Well, you had no business to lDe a thief, and you certainly had no to take tlutt box which did n."»t  you." larlv a plat The ceiliug was low aud to not more t an sixteeu years of "Ola Berry." TfcrDugh the bean sobs of women a- C1 r drum*, 1 here throi is but one very small windov age, and elegantly dressed, came iu aud were cordially welcomed by some half dozen men who were loitering abont the The paper dropped from his haud and fell to the floor, and Hoy sat there for a long while unconscious. But after the first) shock he sufficiently recovered to realize what he was doing, and at once began arranging for his journey home. "No: nothing more than she is constantly talking about her brothers." The arniiy of mo tals ob y i which the sun shone in feeble "1 wish we could in some way assist her to find them. Her suspense must be dreadful." "I am sorry," replied the man; "if you will forgive me I will g.D home and tell Nickson all about this silver treasure, and he can come and get it himself." « lips Put wo know that our loved ones ar watching A face from each fireside Las tied Dr other pictures, the floor was parcovered with a faded and ragged t; a-bed stood in ouo corner, a few the woman and girls Went out again antl disappeared in the darkness. For a time they could see nothing. Then one of the watchers discovered the outlines of a moving form, and another piercing cry rent the air. Satisfied now that the thing within was a ghost, the men sprang to their feet and ran liko mad for the streets. The mystery was not explained until. Officer Smith passed that way. Just as he reached the vault in question he noticed the white face of a man who was lying on the floor inside. Ho promptly broke in the door and found James N. Clarke, one of the gravediggers, in a half unconscious condition, leaning against the side of the vault. It was some minutes before he could talk. Then he said: us now car] Hoy sat there completely bewildered. He had seen men drink at the bar in a saloon, but for a woman to do such a de He knew that he must see Mr. Gay lord, and as it was then almost midnight he feared it might be too late, but he could not go without apprising him aud he determined to do his duty, aud thither he went to the mansion of Mr. Gaylord nearly a mile away, and finding him still up and jtlone in his library, he unceremoniously entered and was greeted pleasantly but with a somewhat puzzled look from Mr. Gaylord, who saw the troubled expression on Roy's face and Inquired the cause of it. "So do I. But I know of no way to aid her iu that direction." Nick had now beeD going into the woods for twenty-five years, and as he was walking along this morning he was thinking of that fact more than once. "I have worked very hard." he muttered to himself as he stopped before a beautiful young oak tree ready to take off his jachet and start operations. "I have worked very hard," he said again, "and I tli ink ! ought to be pensioned off soon But I don't think there is much chance. Where should 1 get the money to keep tny folks at home without work? But there, it is no use growling now ou the day of my twenty-fifth anniversary in the wood chopping Line. Providence has stood by me so long, and I don't think I shall be forgotten in the future. Do your duty with all your might, with all your strength, with all your ability, and with an unwearying spirit of energy and perseverance; that is my motto, and success is bound to follow snuie time or other." "No, there is no necessity for that. Anyhow, I do not believe you would keep your word. But now that you have found this silver treasure, take it and carry it to your home; it shall be yours." Then the goblin vanished. In I he land of the beautiful dead chairs ami other articles of little conse quence, such as old dilapidated furniture "I have been thinking—" Here Mr. Goodwin ceased talking, aud sat like oue in a dream. Not a charm tl.a: » e knew ere the boun dry was completed the make-up of this home of ciossei And we st od in th» valley alone. apparent poverty grading thing was something he hail never expected to see. However, he had but little time for contemplation, when the door "Thinking of what?" interrupted Mrs. Goodwin. Not a trait that we prized tn o ir('a lia They have fairer and lovelier giown: s 'ost Hut in reality this was the hiding place of a band of thieves. They were not mur- "Before this time 1 bad Ikxti an invalid for several years. 1 suffered intensely with rheumatic (wins ami was bent crooked as a bow I had to walk with a cans. The same year I was healed and received the gift of sanctification. From that time to the present day I have never been sick-an hour, nor have 1 ever taken a dose of medicine. 1 have never felt pain except when 1 met with accidents. Once 1 accidentally cut off my big toe, the wound healed in one day without the application of anything but cold water. 1 wrapped it in a rag, and on the second day 1 wore my boot. Oil the eighth day it was entirely healed." rs, but a qu thieving gaug, wliosi again opened and a woman anil two men came iu. This woman was, from ail appearance, a leader in society. She was attired in the most fashionable and gorgeous style, ami might have been taken for a lady had she been seen iu a place where ladies go. "Why, I have been thinking that there is somet hing in her appearance that makes me tliiuk of the two young mou who were killed In that railroad wreck below Toronto last summer." The man at once began to fill his pockets with silver. When they were filled he took his cap, then liu handkerchief, then he took off his coat and used it as a bag. But when all were filled ImD could not carry the load; it was too heavy. So he had to leave some behind. lie hurried home and gave the silver to his wife, then he took a wheelbarrow and returned to the work by the brook. He loaded the wheelbarrow to its utmost capacity before ho left for home. On his way to his cottage, however, he had to cross a small bridge which led over u stream, and when he was in the center of this bridge the boards broke under him, and tho wheelbarrow, the silver and the man fell down into the deep. The V Dad had been too heavy. The man was too greedy; he wanted too much, and now ho was drowned and he had nothing at all. It was fortunate for his wife and children that he had brought pome of the treasure home, and they i-crc saved from starvation. As the 1 lies burst forth when the shadows of nigh t was iecoy i Into bo at daybreak are led, s D they bask in the glow of the pill ir r various pretenses, mt-of-the-way auil theu in some way manage to rob them of whatever mouey or valuables they might have. There were a number of them iu the guise of apple peddlers, rag-pickers anil professional street beggars. They were principally wealthy, miserly people, aud had carried on this kind of business for a number of years without successful ex- O ' the dead, our deid. our beautiful de d In tbe land of the beautiful dCad "You don't say! Could it be possible that they were her brothers?" Art- clos C to the heart of eternity weC When ihe last t.eed is done and tlie 'a ttairt. Those iu the room passed tho usual compliments of the evening, and the woman stepped up to the bar aud ordered the drinks for all in tho room. Having drank a couple of glasses each, the men returned Koy answered by handing him the telegram. He read it, and in turn a troubled look came over him. "That is just what I was coming to. After the wreck was cleared away the dead were all recognized and claimed by their friends except two young men, whom the trainmen said had traveled a long way and carried with them a good deal of baggage and had a largo amount of money in their possession, and in looking through their valises with the hope of tiudiug something by which they might be Ideatilled'the only thiug found was the uicture of what was supposed to be a family "I came into the vault yesterday afternoon to do some work. There are seventeen bodies here. As I entered, the door closed with u bang and I saw that I was caught. The lock is a spring lock and opens only the outside. At first 1 laughed, but as no one came to my relief I soon quit that. When night came I was thoroughly frightened. There was no fun in the prospect of passing a whole night in a narrow vault with seventeen corpses. Then I shrieked for help, but no one came. I must have fainted, for when I awoke the sun was shining. I knew no more until you came. I'm going into some other business now." — Philadelphia Exchange.ill meet In the 1 Dnd of the beau ul de.v ROY BERRY. At length Mr. Gaylord broke the silence by saying: posure. The woman who had introduced herself as Mrs. LatTerty, pointed to a chair and to til respective games, and tlio woman, "Well, Hoy, this has come unexpectedly, and I don't know how I can snare vou just now, but perhaps your mother needs you more than I do. Go to her at once, and I hope you may not be too late." crossing the room, opened « door and eutered an adjoining room, which Roy could see was lighted and elegantly furnished. A half dozen women had preceded her and were enjoying themselves only as degraded women of the drinking class can. Shortly afterward a number of other wo- Reliable people In Rosedale attested the truth fulness of this statement. BY GEO. W. WOOLSEY. asked Hettie to sit down and then drew a cliair up near beside her and seated herself."1 employ no eafthly doctor," continued Mr. Do Witt; "1 take the Bible as my docto—the book of the Great Physician. God says to his people: 'If ye keep my commandments and judgments and do them, 1 will take away from you all sickuess, and will lay on you none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which ye know; but lay them upon all those who hate you."'—Deut. vii. [Copyright, 1SS9, by the AuthorJ "Now, miss, you will tell me something more of your history," said Mrs. LafTerty, "and after awhile we will something "I am grieved to leave you," soblDed Roy, "but duty now calls me home and I must go." CnAPTK.IS XL—HETTIE IS A STKAN'GK LAND, group." By tliis time Nick had tabm Lis top coat off and laid it and his hat down In the long grass. Then ho took his ax in his hands, and after looking at the tre® from its base to its crown he gave the first blow. Thick splinters flew in all directions, and Nick dropped his as aiid jumped back from the tree. less negro woman caused great eXcitemeut in the neighborhood; aud Ujicle .Mo.se was ho completely prostrated with grief that it was many days before he rallied sufficiently to fully comprehend his lonely and helpless cond.tiou. The brutal murder of the poor old harm men came in, some of wuom were accompanied by men, and in a few minutes the room was comfortably tilled with meu and women, who were enjoying them- "But your money is in the bank, how are you to get it if you leave to-morrow? I am also owing you a considerable amount which I will now pay you." "How many persons were there represented lu the picture?" llettie shuddered with fear as she looked the woman squarely in the face and thought she saw pictured there her true character; and she breathed a silent prayer to Almighty God for protection. to eat "Five. An elderly lady and geutleman, selves in var Soia3 were drinking, some-were playing cards mid other games, while others wera waltzing to piano music. Tlie room win so adroitly arranged thC* merriment on the iusidt could not be heard by pasfcers-by on the After a few moments deliberation, Mr. Gaylord took a book from his desk and hastily filled a check and handed it to Roy. A most remarkable story comes from Aspen, Colo., regarding an unexpected find in one of the principal mines on the Aspen mountains. Last Thursday, as the story goes, the night shift in the Minnie mine put in S2-inch holes in the breast of the 500-foot level and fired the blast just before leaving for the surface. -On returning to the mine it was found that the two shots hail broken into a cave, the extent of which they proceeded to explore. Petri fled ISodies. Mr. De \Yitt claims that%ll those who live in strict obedience to the laws of God will have perfect health. He has mauy strange ideas, which lie claims he got from the Bible, as to what he shall eat and what he shall not eat, and conforms strictly to tais very strange and rather frugal bill of fare. "I do not eat hog meat, bt cause it is unclean and hurtful to health and understanding (see Deut. xiv). In fact, 1 don't eat meat of any kind, because Paul says it is neither good to eat flesh nor to drink wine. 'Prove all things. Hold fast to all thi'igs that are goofl. To him who knowetli to do good and doeth it not, to him it is a sin.' Now, since I do this for conscience sake, it would be a sin for me to eat flesh, although others, may eat it without sinning. We know, also, that those who eat meat are not as healthy as those who abstain. My daughter and 1 do not eat anything that grows on a vine, uor the fruit of herbs, nor the seed of trees (see Gen. ii, 22). We eat fruit which has seed within it, but will not eat any kind of seed grown on bushes." iw Mrs. Hines persuaded liim-to abandon the cabin aud gave him a comfortable room in her own house where .he might, be cared for by herself aud Hettie. Mrs. Lafferty, seeing her agitation aud divining her suspicion, continued— TF Now wo will return to Nick Nickson, the w6odchopper. He never missed the little black lDox at all. Nest morning lie returned to the forest and worked away at chopping down trees as hard as ever. Sometimes he would think about the goblin, and then Niek would murmur: "The world is very ungrateful. The next goblin I find in a tree has to stay there for all I care." Roy read the check and handed it batk to Mr. Gaylord, with the remark— '•What is the matter?" ho *aid; "did 1 not hear a noise somewhere liku the whining of a child?" "You are too fatigued from your long walk to talk now, and we will have something to strengthen us, being as I am also outside 'sMr. Gaylord, you have made a mistake, You do not owe me that much.'' iD v The only cause for the niurde could be accounted for was that that Aunt Roy watched them through the partially open door for a long while when his observation was intercepted'by a colored waiter-boy who came out of a room opening to thi rear of the bar. He came out leaving the door open behind him, and, crossing the hall, "went into the room where the men and women were and closed the door when he had got on the in* side, and Roy turned his attention to the room out of which the negro came. This place had the appearance of a sick room. A number of cots, a few chairs, aud a table were all the furniture that could be Ho stood and listened for a few moments, but all seemed to bo quiet. Then he resumed his task. But he had only made one more blow at the tree when be was stopped again. This time he heard these words: "Get me out! Get me out!" Dorcas was known to have had sC :ind went into an adjoining sed the door after her. In a few minutes she returned with a pitcher of beer and two glasses. Filling a gluss, she handed it to Ilettie, saying: "Mo, it is not a mistake. You may sign over your batik account to me, and that check will cover it and the aiuouut I owe you, too." money which she hud earned and sax e iShe an since her emancipation. This was conceded to lie the only possible excuse for the horrible crime, since it was known that the iunocentold woiyan had no enemies in all that Country. "But this check calls for $ , and that is considerably more money than I have altogether." Going iu a few feet, they found the walls covered with crystallized lime and lead that glittered like diamonds. Here and there little stalactites hung from the ceiling. The limo formation resembled lace and frieze work of wondrous beauty. The cave has a descent of about twenty degrees, aud then formed rooms and chambers grand beyond descrip- :it and you wi eel' butter and "Who is it that calls there?" Nick asked, who was not in the least afraid. After he had chopped down one tree he was astonished to find again a little black box at the roots. He picked it up again, and on the top these words could be read again: "Open me." But thitime the writing was straight, and not backward; 60 Nick read it atonce, and. of course, understood. d;ret 11 have a enp oktea "No difference what is yours aud what is not. That amount is yours! I owe you a great deal for your faithfulness since you have been with me, aud with this money you go into business for yourself if circumstances are such that you caunot come-back here again." It was suooosed that the drnnki'o ruffians had planned to compel Uncle Mose to leave the cabin on some pretense or other, and while he was away get possession of-the little amount of money in some way, and that Jim GofT had been selected to get I am obliged to you f your kindness, and you will please "It is I, the goblin of Blinkingd&tel" a thin voice replied. f I re to drink with you, "But where are you to be found?" er drink beer tion. "I am in tho oak you have been hewing at, and I hallooed out liecaune I was afraid you might kill me." iier eyes sparkled with indignation as she shrugged her shoulders and snapped out: I reckon ye're a foine lady and belong stocratic family who drink foine Well, 1 am glad enough to get I woman locked at Hettio and seen The men had entered about two hundred feet when they found a flint ax. A little further was a pool of fresh water and a current of air was felt. Further on a chamber was discovered covered with a brownish muck that was sticky. A man who was in the lead suddenly stopped and said: "There sits a boy." Suro enough, there sat a human form. Tho head was resting on the knoes and tlio arms were drawn around the legs, Indian fashion. A stone bowl and ax were found beside tho figure. The body was well preserved, but in trying to lift it one arm broko off. Other bodies in different attitudes were found in the chamber, but when disturbed they crumbled. One body of a man was brought out with the loss of arms and feet. The discovery has caused great excitement in Aspen, as the bodies do not seem to lDo those of Indians.—Denver Times. the money in any way he could. He was nerved by a plentiful supply of whisky, and wlieu he found that murder was the only alternative by which he might accomplish his purpose, he was so'Completely overpowered with the demon of strong drink that he unhesitatingly committed the deed, and when he realized what he had doue, was afraid to trust his companions, and before they returned he disappeared in the darkness and was not again A dim liglit was burning in tho room n*id Roy could see two or three persons lyirtg around 011 cots, and apparently in great agony. They probably were respectable drinkers sobering up from a prolonged drunken spree. The man at the bar noticed the open door and hurriedly closed it, and then cast an uneasy look at Roy, who had been gazing intently into tlie room. Koy expressed his gratitude as best he could under the circumstances, and then hastened back to his room to complete his arrangements so that he might leave for home early the following morning. "You both eat potatoes, do you not?" "Well, tell mo where I ought to strike In order to extricate you without doing you any bodily harm." replied Nick Nickson. "Open yur! All right, that is easily done." He put the box on the ground, took his ax, hit it one stroke and the box was smashed. Inside Nick found a piece of paper wound around a beautiful golden key of the finest workmanship. Nick took the paper and, looking at it close, he saw that it contained the following verse: to an a Here tho daughter, who had been att attentive listener, said: "We do not eat sweet potatoes, because they grow on a vine. But wo do eat Irish potatoes, because they grow under the earth, bear seed, have no vines, no 'holders' to cling to anything. Tho top of them is an herb, which bears seed. Potatoes are not fruit, but herbs." wines beer," :inCl thus concluding she took the glass proffered to Hettie and drank the contents, and then refilled and emptied it She turned her attention to Mrs. Goodwin. CHAPTER XIII.—HETTIE LOST AND ROBBED. "Tho ax is too big and too sharp altogether," now said the voice from the tree; "take your pocket knife and start cutting the bark about two feet from the ground. But lDe ve-rv careful or you will hurt me." It was dark when Hettie awoko, and, instead of being seated in the arm-chair where she had fallen asleep, she found herself in a lone wood and lying upon the dew-moistened grass, and no light to be seen anywhere. aud two boys, almost growu to manhood, »nd one girl." ure in ken, madam." said Ilet "Did you see the picture?" I do uot belong to nu aristocratic Hoy remained there only a few minutes longer, and then went into the (rout room "again. Shortly afterward Si came in and coming up to Iioy whispered something in his ear. They sat down near the middle of the room and kept their eyes fixed on the door leading to the street. •'Yes. While attending the I saw it, aud I have been impressed ever since first looking upon the face of the sick girl that there is a most remarkable resemblance." seen by them family to a wealthy and hapr now alone in the worl syou su pose family, but I am I oue belonged "Well, then, why do you not eat toma- toes'?" "Because they are the fruit of an herb,' said tho father. At the castle on the mount Is a golden treasure. Where golden rod is often found Waiting for your measure. The slip of paper was signed: "The Grateful Goblin." Nick looked at the writing long and intently. "Well," he said, at last, "I will at once go and find out whether that goblin has played an other trick on me. I might as well bt fooled twice as once." It was never positively known who the men were that forced Uncle Mose away from his cabin, but there was uo doubt of the guilt of Jim GofT. She arose to her feet and looked about her in the darkness, but could see no living object. Nick now took liis knife and be began cutting the bark. Piece by piece flew out. until at last he got to a hollow space, when tlie voice in tho tree let out a shriek that was so loud and terrible all tho tree* in tho wood seemed to bo shaken by it. Wh again becoming "Do you kuow what became of the plc- cited," said Mrs. Lafferty; "dou't be fright- ened, but—c to be here a Hettfe the iow you happened "Where is my purse and my watch?" she spoke aloud as she searched her pockets iu vain for them. ture?" "Mr. Do Witt, do you eat eggs?" "No, sir; because an egg conies from flest and produces flesh." Mrs. H-ines had been for a long while rapidly siuking under her great burden of grief, and when George and Harry's financial wreck was made known to her it was a great shock, and when it was told her that they were accused of murder, she was se completely prostrated that she never rallied again, and within a fc-w weeks followed h«r husband across ttie (lark, river; aud she, too, was numbered with the dead. "Yes. The picture was taken with other thiugs belonging to the dead meu to the general office of the railroad and there safely stored away." it even though one At about ten o'clock wlieu the room was full of men and boys, someone ran in, and crowding his way up to the bar, told the proprietor that the crusaders were coming down the street, and that they had been praying and singing in all the sa- "But I notice that you eat butter. Is that not from a cow, which is flesh?" t be u tril- lion's dt difficult cpectedly thrown into a the best way out of the Then kneeling down in the grass where she had so recently lain unconscious of her surroundings, she breathed a fervent prayer to God for His protecting care and for strength to bear her great troubles in her utter helplessness. "I am robbed!" she cried, "No, sir; it is only the strength of the food, grass and herbs, which the cow eats. Therefore we are allowed to drink milk also. Daughter and I," he continued, "expect to be among thoso who aro left on the land when the holy Scripture is fulfilled. 'In that day shall a man cherish a cow and two sheep, and from the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter and honey; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the laud.' (Isaiah)." "Now you have cut my lieard, you o!4 villain of a woodchopper," cried the goblin. "Oh, I wDl) kill you if voo ar# not careful." was to make an open confession "And do you suppose there would now be any chance of getting the picture?" Nkw York, Sept. 0.—While Father Lavelle was celebrating children's mass at St. Patrick's cathedral, ami burning incense, James Corkery, of South Amboy, rushed up, scatter.*! the altar boys and attendants right aud left and struck the censor a violent blow with his clinched hand. He was seized by three special officers, one of whom was Mr Joseph Rutledgu, and nfteradesiDeratestruj:» gle was dragged from the cathedra] and taken to the Fifty-first street police station He is considered insane and was committed t D the care of the commissioners of charities. A Sensational Scene at St. Patrick's. aud consequently she commenced away back in her early childhood days and related nearly everything that had befallen herself and familv. "Yes; I have it," and as he took it from his pocket aud handed it to Mrs. Goodwin, he continued: "Surely that is the picture of her face, though she looks to be several years older now." loons, Poor Nick trembled with Cfnj, because ho had often heard of goblins and their cruelty to people. But he soon realized that lie was yet master of the situation, and lie need not be afraid of the goblin. He immediately ran toward the mountain, which stood not far into the forest Arrived there he climbed up the 6tee] ascent, and when he got to the walls ol the castle he walked ail around until hC found the yellow golden rod grow in; everywhere. Then he examined th wall. In a moment he noticed a small "'Just let 'em come iu here if they think It Is at ull safe, and I'll teach 'em a lesson that will do 'em a d d sight more good than all their singing and praying!" said the burly proprietor. Mrs. J.ifferty was a willing listener, aud appeared to be greatly interested iu Hettie's narration of her father's downfall, tracing it truthfully, as she did, to his manufacture and sale of liquor; the sad story of her brothers' career, and her As she bowed there alone and her prayers ascended to the throne of God her faith grew stronger and she took a firmer hold on the promise: "I will never leave nor forsake thee." And as she again rose to her feet these words fell from her lips as the promptings of her heart: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." Thus a noble mother's life was crushed out by the shipwreck of her worthless sons, who were made so by the strange acquired appetite for whisky. Alas! "at the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder." Mrs. Goodwin looked long and earnestly at the picture, and a sad expression came over her face, and her eyes filled with tears as she answered her husband's anxious look. "Look here, Mr. Goblin," said Nick, "if you mean to kill me when you get out, I think I will leave you where yon are and go home. Good-by." He then commanded George, a colored servant, to bring in the dogfe. Mr. Do Witt and Mary Ann are happy. They are very poor, and live in asmali rented house. Ho is a day laborer, and earns a dollar a day. Since the death of his wife Mary Ann has kept house for him. She is a slender girl, pretty and intelligent, and is remarkably well versed iu Scripture.—Rosedale Letter to IndianaiDolk Journal. mother's untimely death from a crushed aud broken heart. She then told how her brothers had left for Canada, aud since which time she had never heard from them. "Mr. Geyser, shoah you's bo'n, dem'er dogs '11 tar' up every liviu' puson in dis ha'r room, shoah's (lev get loose." said lieorge, excitedly. "Thay's pow'ful vicious shoah's you're bo'n." hole in the wall, which seemed to liavt been made for his golden key. Puttin it in the hole and turning round wa done in a second. Nick already belielC Hettie was left alone among friends, but still she felt that they were strangers since there were none of her kin. She knew that George and Harry had gone to Canada, aud she determined to go there In search of them, but without the remot- "Yes; it is her picture, and those are her brothers whom she has well nigh sacrificed her own life to find." "For gracious sake, don't do thui, lay good man, so hallooed the goblin; "I did not mean what I said then, but you did hurt me, and no mistake. But be careful of my beard; it is very long, and it hurts very much if you. pull only one of the hairs out. Now I will tell you something else. If you get me out without doing mo any more harm I will givo you a great reward, and make you the richest man in the world." Looking to the east she saw a faint ray of light and then she knew day was approaching. In the distance a cock crew, at the sound of which her heart leaped for joy, for theu she realized that she must not be far from a farm house. K»tal Fire In the Horn Country, "Too bad I too bud! She has found them. But alas! they are iu the grave!" Cheyenne, Wy. T„ S. pi. 9. —A ranch man from the Big Horn country in northern Wyoming has just arrived here. He i eports that the Big Horn mountains are ablaze, and that the fire has crept down to the valleys, burning everything. Dr. Hall's ranch and that of Capt. Houston wero both burned, tho latter gentleman barely escaping with his life. Every ranch on the mountains is burned. Two lives have been lost—one a man named Robinson, the other an unknown camper. Fully $500,000 worth of timber has boon consumed, besides all the property on the improved lands. the glittering mass of shining gold befon him when the goblin appeared. "And yon have come all the way here alone, aud expect to find your brothers without even knowing their address? Impossible! They may be hundreds of miles from here now." "D n the difference; get them ready and when I whistle take off their muzzles aud let them come in, and I reckon they will break up a crusade party on short "She must not kuow the worst now. The shock would be too great for her now until she is stronger." "So here you are, then," he said t D Nick; "so you did not give the box away this time. Why did you not keep the other?" est idea of where the would And them when she got there, for they had not made their whereabouts known to anyone. As the day began to dawn the eastern horizon was lighted up by the brightness of the sun not yet visible, and Hettie saw in the dim light a house not far away and the smoke coming froui its chimneys assured her that someone lived there. The Counterfeiters. "I bad but little idea where I was going when I left my home and friends. My only thought was to llud my brothers, and In my desperation I dared to venture anywhere with the hope of once more being And when I came here it was The negro went out to obey the orders as lie well knew further argument would avail nothing. notice "Three months later Mrs. Goodwin and Hettie were out walking together as they had been accustomed to ever since Hettie had sufficiently recovered to be out afternoons, when their conversation turned from surrounding scenes to events of the past. The woods are full of workers in the silver field, principally Italians, For some reason or other tho Italia is appear to take kindly to the making of b. Dgus silver dollars with plaster molds. They are tho meanest people in tho business—mean to catch and mean to handle after detection. In New York there is quite a nest of these fellows, and though we get after them once in a while and put a lot of them in jail, it is impossible to clean them out. They are satisfied with making and passing a few dollars a week. Her friends, Mrs. Berry and Ola, seriously objected to her undertaking what they endeavored to persuade her would be a foolish undertaking and a fruitless search. Hut she was resolute and any amount of persuasion failed to change her plans. Nick explained to the goblin that 1 did not know what the box contained. "Why did you not open it?" "I don't know." In a small out-building to the rear of the saloon Geyser kept two large and very vicious dogs, and had repeatedly boasted that if the women crusaders ever came into his saloon that he would turn the dogs loose among them and let them bear the "How did you get into that tree?" asked Nick of the goblin. them, She resolved to go to the house aud perchance she might find frieudly persons who would inform her where she was, for she had no idea of her own whereabouts, how she had gotten there nor how long since she had fallen asleep iu the armchair at Mrs. Lafferty's. She walked toward the house, but to her astonishment found her strength nearly all gone. "Well, your neighbor did, though, and he got a silver treasure. But I punislu. 1 him before ho was able to enjoy it. and he is now dead in the stream. Nov , look here, Nick, you fancied that I did not mean to give you your reward n- not with the slightest knowledge of what great difficulties I should encounter, and now that I am here in this great city surrounded by more than seventy-flve thousand strangers and not one who 1 can look to ;is a friend to aid me, I am resolvod to "Hettie, do you still have hope of finding your brothers?" asked Mrs. Goodwin. "Not alive," calmly answered Hettie. •'Why not alive?" "To tell ycu that would be a very long story to relate. Be it sufficient for you to know that I have been in that tree twenty-five years today. You have got mo out of my long imprisonment, and I will give you a reward when the time comes." "I will search all over Canada," said she, "and when I have found George and Harry I will theu write to you and in time I will return again to my home." consequences, ODDS AND ENDS. Presently the negro came into the back room with the dogs. "A few nights ago I dreamed that I had found George and Harry, and that they were both dead. The dream was too real not to be true, and I shall find it so sometime."With a plaster mold, a bar of antimony and a little bell metal put in to make the coin ring the Italian counterfeiter has no difficulty in turning out a passable sort of a silver dollar at a cost of four cents. The Italians have almost a monopoly of the silver business, for the regular, skillful counterfeiters will not touch that line of work. They say it does not pay. On the other hand, there are no Italian engravers. Every Italian koniacker has a string of passers who work for hhn, and it is an actual fact that among these manufacturers there is a good deal of competition and jealousy. They have a regular scale of prices to the middlemen who stand between them and the public, and if a man is caught cutting the prices he stands a good chance of being nabbed by ouf men. His envious rivals contrive to give him away.  Interview with a Secret Service Man. With a heavy heart, but determined purpose, rteme lerc ner nome to go where she know not. She was indeed as a stranger in a strange land. She was a devout abandon all hope of success aud return to The dogs growled aud bayed savagely, and George found It difficult to control them. Wood pavement lasts about seven years in streets where tho traffic is heavy. promised." my home alon Once at the gate, a few steps from the house, she leaned against the fence to rest herself, and while there made a careful study of that home of wealth, and as she looked upon the beautiful grounds and magnificeut house, she thought that if the people residing there were in keeping with the surroundings they might be too aristocratic to notice her or give her a word of kindness. But as she stood there debating with herself what to do, the gentle yoice of a woman rang out clear and sweet on the morning air as she sang an old-time familiar hymn, as follows— Whilo the east has bfDen drenched and soaked and flooded, the "dry spell of 1889" will go down in the history of the far west. With the last word the goblin had vanished. "Well, it looked like it, did it not?" "And it's wise ye are indeed, miss. But it must cost you a great deal to travel so far. Do you carry very much money with you? 1 reckon that's none of my business though." Stroug men shuddered as they listened to the vicious brutes, and one by one they went out until the saloon was nearly emptied. "Looked like it has nothing to do with it. You should have trusted uic, and have a little patience. However, you aro a pretty good and now here is your treasyrfe. Enjoy it with your wife and livelong and t e happy; good-by, and Nmjjieuiber 8omD times the Grateful Goblin/*"^ Christian, and her hourly prayer was'that she might ilnd her brothers and again be uuited with them. But, alas! her fond hope would never be realized. "Aud would you be surprised to find them alive?" "Well, but where is my reward?" cried Nick. "It is all very well to say,I shall have it when the time comes, but when will that be? Oh, you mean little scamp of a goblin, to get me first to extricate you from an oak tree, where you were buried for twenty-fivo years, and then to run away from me because you aro too stingy to thank me for it Ah! this is an ungrateful, cruel world. Just when I thought that I was to be made rich, too. Ah, well! never mind; let me continue at my work of wood chopping, but I will be careful not to have any more to do with goblins." "Yes; for I know them now only as the dead, and I am resigued to my fate." A society has been started In London to promote the development of tho science of mesmerism and of the application of hypnotism to practical medicine. Roy whispered to Si, and told him that he intended to stay, and, if possible, aid the ladies if they should need protection. Hope of ultimate success is the lever that pushes many frail barques put upon the billowy tide of fame or some other cherished result. But too often one nnde takes impossibilities for human ag I have enough to take me back to my Taking the picture from her pocket Mrs. Goodwin handed it to her without saying a word. At hearing this, Mrs. Lafferty suddenly arose to her feet as she remarked— It is said that Paris, rhen full, cau accommodate nearly four millions of jieople. "Good enongh, and I will stay with you," answered Si. Hettie looked at the picture a few moments in silence, nud her eyes filled with tears as she exclaimed, "Mother!" And then, growing calm, she turned her attention to Mrs. Goodwin, and asked her where she got the picture. A littlo boy came to this sentence in his reading lesson: "There is a worm; do not tread on him." He read it thus, to his teacher's great surprise; "There is a warm doughnut; tread on him." Nick was now alone with his treasui . He took a good lot home with him, and he and his dear ones lived in the future as happy as liappy can be.—Globe-Dei.i-ocratncie "Well, 1 reckon it is about time we were having a cup o' tea," and leading the way they went into another adjoining room, and which was fitted up for a kitchen and dining-room combined, and had the appearance of being well supplied with all the necessaries of life. In a few minutes the door opened and five ladies came in. and going up to the bar, spoke pleasantly to Mr. Geyser, and told him that they had not come to do him any harm, but that their mission was to persuade men to lead a better life; and, looking around the room congratulated him on his quiet surroundings. and builds upon sandy foundations. One short week after Hettie had left her home in the sunny south she found herself in the great city of Toronto, aud not a familiar face to look upon nor a friend to "Come to-day, while you may, Come, and welcome bo." She told her all that she had learned from lier husband; how he had gotteu the picture, and all she knew of the affair. Stow says that Richard Mathews, on the Fleet bridge, Londou, was the first Englishman who made fine knives, etc.; and that he obtained a prohibition of foreign ones in 15C3. speak to. As the singing continued Hettie's courage increased, and she walked bravely up toward the house, and as she turned the corner in the direction where sho heard the singing she caine face to face with the singer. The woman looked amazed when she saw Hettie approaching, aud ceased her song to give the frightened and fainting irirl a cordial welcome. But Jfclettie was so weaK ana ratiguea that she could only greet the kind lady with "good morning," and she sank to the ground exhausted and unconscious." The Woman Martyr of Molokul. Miss Nellie Flavin, a Liverpool girl, is tlio only woman who has yet volunteered to labor in the dreaded spot at Kalawao, consecrated by the work of "the apostle of the lepers " She passed through New York several weeks ago, and her presence beca-:.v known through the action of the cust..::i house authorities, who seized tho vestme:it.« she had brought for the use of Father LDamien. She refused to speak about hers U", She had walked the streets for several hours, and in the busy throng had looked iu t lie faces of thousands of strangers in u vain hope of seeing her brothers. A pot of tea had been prepared by a young girl who appeared to be acting in the capacity of a domestic. They sat down to a neatly prepared dinner, and both ate with a relish. Mrs. La! particular cup of tea 1 "Yes," said he, "pretty d—-11 quiet just now, but it will not be very long if you commence any of your religionsdoings in here." And then, in a tantalizing manner, said to them: "If you want something to drink step right np here like ladies and I'll treat every one of you, but I don't want any of your d n singing and praying in here, and don't you attempt it." Hettie appeared calm and perfectly re signed, since of late her troubles had coine so unexpected and so severe that, she had given up to almost everything that might Visitors in Paris comment upon the great amouut of buildings and restoration now iu progress in all parts of the city. Some of the new structures are exceedingly handsome and of a style of architecture quite new in the city. Submarine torpedo boats are engaging n good deal of attention among naval men, both in this country and in Europe. Some French experiments have been made with a boat of spindle shape, six feet in diameter by fifty-six feet in length,-provided with torpedo tubes aud driven by electricity, the power being furnished by storage batteries, while the submersion of the boat is regulated by means of water tanks. These experiments have been carried out with a good deal of secrecy, but are said to have been very successful Submarine Torpedo Boats. Nick now worked away with his ax in a mad humor. He struck the trunk of tho oak with terrific force. It seemed to satisfy his anger, because he imagined every time the ax hit the tree ho was hurting the little goblin. In a few moments the roots of the tree Lr«y bare, and behold! what did Nick find? At the very base of the oak he saw a little black ebony box. He picked it up and he noticed there was no lock to it. At last, tired and weary, she sat ■ down upon a seat near the stand of an old apple vepder. She had not remained there but to see that Hettie drank a full 1 her to take She was assisted by Mr. Goodwin in finding the railroad officials aud from them learned the sad particulars of George and Harry's terrible death. She got considerable money left by them, and ovei their graves slie erected a handsome marble monument, upon which, as a warning to others, she had these words engraved In bold letters- occur. meal over they went into another and ilettie was seated iu a large ■air, while the old woman busied f with some household duty, and The attraction for visitors abroad in 1890 will be an exhibition of food aud comestible delicacies at Berlin, for which preparations are already being made. a few minutes when the old woman noticed her and approaching within a few room and many were of the opinion that her stC rD was a subterfuge to obtain free admission to the vestments. They were shipped to Km Francisco to 1* given to her at her departure from that port, and her English friends had a brief sketch of her life published as an answer to the charge of the custom Ik use authorities.occasionally stopping to say something to Hett ie, apparently being greatly interested in her.. After receiving this rather uncomplimentary welcome, the ladies formed a circle, and kneeling on -the floor, com- The woman called assistance and had Hettie removed to a comfortable room in the house, and applied restoratives; but all In vain, for her condition remained unchanged. The family physician was called in, and everything known to medical skill was done to restore her, but for many days her recovery was considered very doubtful. Her life seemed to hang by a single thread, and her reason was entirely dethroned. The physician would shake liis head uneasily when asked if there was hope. In her most exciting paroxysms she talked of home, of her mother, her brothers and called piteously for Roy aud plead with him, in her delirium, to come to her. In France they now use Tor steam and water pipo joints, gaskets made of wood_pulp, which are boiled iu linseed od. They give satisfactory results, and ore not subject to decomposition at high temperature. /C" 1a \ '♦/j #r ■ «• Welti soon became drowsy, and in a menced singing The French government is also experimenting with a smaller boat of a similar shape, but fifteen feet long and carrying but two men. The boat is intended as a detector of submarine torpedoes and mines and a destroyer of the wires and cables by which they are connected. For our own navy a submarine boat has been designed, the motive power of which is steam generated by burning petroleum while the boat is running on the surface, and stored up in the boilers when she is submerged. She is to be submerged automatically by means of rudders on either side, which are to be so arranged as to plunge her beneath the water. Even when running on the surfaco she will be invisible at a comparatively short distance, and would bo able to use her dynamite gun very effectively at close range.—New York lVlegngp. On the top was written the two words: "Open me!" But the words were spelled backward, and when Nick looked at them it read'in his mind: "em nepO!" Nick never had been very sharp in book learning, and it never struck him to try and make 6omo sense out of the words "em nepO." He saw that he did not know what it meant and he did not trouble any more. When ho went home he took the box along with him, thinking it would make a toy for one of hia children. 'rn" " short t e was sleeping soundly and was ?o lit her. ' Hock of aj;es. cleft for m•D Let n e hide myself in TUcc "Beware of strong drink!" uneoti: Mrs. I lus of everyth !«t Wll saw her Geyser stood us mute us a statue during the singing of the hymn, but when the Hettie remained several week9 longer With Mrs. Goodwin, to whom she had be come so greatly attached that it was hard to part with her forever. But she longed to be at her old home again, aud when her arrangements were about completed to leave for home she wrote a brief note as follows, and posted it to her friend, Ola Berry: A party of fossil huuters are having good luck in the North Fork country of Oregon. They have found the bones of small horses, with three toes ou each foot; rhinoceros skulls and other bones that show, as they think, that Oregon had a tropical climate before the glaciers caino down from the north and covered the laud miles deep with ice. The Liverpool Catholic Times, just to han 1, tells who she is: "Nellie Flavin i» highly accomplished, well educated and very well known in well informed Catholic circles in Liverpool. Thoroughly taught at the hoarding school of the Faithful Companions iD: Jesus, Deo house, Chester, she lDecaine a daii\ governess, some time after leaving school, to Mr. Pierce, Beaver house, Linnet lane, Setton park, Liverpool, and remained in th:it family until lS8tj, when she left for Lond i to undergo there a course of hospital training. Miss Nellie Flavin is a brilliant pianist, and is of an amiable, energetic and resolute disposition. She has broken many strong tics to devote her life to the service of God's wo*t afflicted creatures, and has left behind her a mother, sister and brother, as well as mai . friends, holding her in their Heart of heart.- " —Donahoe'n Magazine. id quickly left the K ceased and the ladies had closed room to call in assistant to proceed suit! their t' t'S, and with uplifted hands were *■* CJ * with their outrageous work of robbery engage in fervent devotio aid' their CIIAI'TER XII.—A SCENE IK A SALOON, n nnhla PhHAUun vi-'itii'in watt praying aloud, Geyser whistled, and the doss raved and growled viciously. f found thor company, beinj; njrsi Ives surro the saloou Hoy and SI !C1 by a piy well d 1 ftnd apparent! Si took from his pocket a revolver, and held it, cocked, by his side. Deak Oi,A.—When I left yon I promised to write when I had found George and Harry. I have, after so long a time, found them, and I am now prepariug to return home. I shall leave here on next Monday. Best wishes to all. Hope to be with you soon. 1 feel a horror for the lake voyage, but of course it is folly to think of danger. Siucerely your friend, Now enterprises, to the number of 3,615, were organized in tho south during the first six months of this year, representing a capital of $108,933,000, as against 2,033 new enterprises, investing $81,508,000 during the first six months of 1888. liu in t The Clo«3 rushed into the room, growl■ud snapping at everything iu their The bar-roo:u was fa stvl i'tor iiud shed Arrived at his little cottage he found one of his neighbors sitting on the doorstep. Nick showed him the little black box, told him where he found It and re lated to him his adventure with the goblin. The neighbor was a orettv shrewd old man, and no aooner had he looked at the handwriting on the bo* when he knew what it meant. He had read it backward. But he never said so to Nick. When he went home he quietly put the box in his pocket. Nick did not notice it. He was too honest himself to suppose any one else a thief. bar keepers were in every particular perfect gentlemen in outward appearance. e prt way Tlie ladies, undaunted, continued In earnest prayer. Mrs. Goodwin, the good lady of the house, was untiring iu her kindness and attention in the sick-room, and often at listening to llettie's pitiful waitings was moved to tears of sympathy as she tried in every way possible to soothe the suff- At last, after many days of bitter anguish, the critical moment came. The doctor told them that there would be a change in her condition within a very few hours; that she would show signs of recovery or instantly grow hopelessly worse, and that the latter was the most likely result, as she had been gradually growing weaker. Yonug men, middle-aged men, android gray-headed men came in, drank at the bar and went out quietly or remained to join in conversation with some friend or encase in a game of pool or cards. The place had tlie appearance of being quite respect- It looks as though France was the greatest country for horse racing In the world. For Sunday three weeks ago twenty-five meetings were advertised, and for the following Sunday twenty. It should be remembered, though, for comparison, that the French concentrate their racing on Sunday, while England ami America run during the week. •jj?r -err Si raised his revolver and was ready to fire a deadly shot at the first attack. The dogs came on to where the ladies were kneeling, but instead of tearing them to pieces as was intended, the first one came up and licked the face of the lady who was praying aloud and then came close to her side and laid down upon her Hettie Hikes. feet of her, and eyeing her very closely, she said: "111xx, I 'spect you be tired In all the twelve months Hettie had been in Canada she had never heard from Hoy. Her letters had all been returned and marked "not found." She did not know that Hoy had left the north and returned to his southern home, and when her letters were sent back she was grieved lest some misfortune had befallen him, but still she had hope of one day finding hiin, and this hope was her anchor, both sure and steadfast, and she lived on day by day with a confiding assurance of some time being re-united with him. nr. lurtie Held On. George Gardner and Ed Bernatehe were fishing at the north end of Community lake last Saturday, attending to their eel lines, which had been set the night before. Their luck was poor, line after line being pulled up and found bare of both bait and fish. Approaching the last line they found, on beginning to reel it up, that they had a monster. The line was out for seventy-five feet and it took some time to reel it up. The struggles of the eel were muscularly strong, but they saw at last only a pound wriggler -on the line. Drawing the eel nearer to the boat, they nearly fell overboard in their astonishment at seeing on the end of the eel a snapping turtle weighing thirty-two pounds. A polo with a strong iron hook in the end, made for turtlo fishing, was thrust under the monster's shell, and he was landed in tho boat. Ho had swallowed about six inchcs of the eel, and preferred to be captured rather than give up his prey.—Wallingford Cor. Now York Sun. "Miss, I 'speck you be tired; you look weak. Are you a stranger here?" Yes," answered Hettie; "I am here looking for my brothers, George and Harry Hlnes, and I hive walked until I am almost tired to death." able lioy was closely watched, as all strangers are who do not drink or in some other wav take part with those who are regular customers.The green two cent pottage stamp is t C "go." Its place will be taken by a stamp either carmine or metallic red in color. skirts. A Waterloo veteran began his 101st year lately in tho province of Paroua, Brazil. The Germans in tho neighborhood assembled to do him honor, and put a crown of laurels on his head, which, by the way, is not yet bald. The other dog made a circuit of the group of devout worshippers and then emulated the example of his companion by lying dowu on the opposite side of the lady from the position occupied by the first dog. Another great caual is suggested, one frt: Lake Erie to Pittsburg. The "Smoky City' Is ambitious of being virtually a seaport ai. of having vessels of from 500 to 1,000 ton' come from Lake Erie to the city's wh?irve». The transportation of Luke Su|»'n. r iron ti Pittsburg would be greatly cheaiDeueCl In such a canal. And whare moit ye live, miss?" The evening was rapidly passing away and uothlng unusual or startling had occurred, and Roy became an uninterested spectator and was tempted to leave the place and return to his home, when in looking about among the crowd for Si he noticed that there was some attraction at the rear end of the room, and as others were coming and going without restraint, ho concluded to go behind the screen parlition and see what was going ou there. From that part of the room one could seen from the front entrance, and a s so arranged that persons who like to be seen going in tlio front o street coul£ enter and dek alley and thus evade pub- When the neighbor got into his cottage ho immediately got a chisel and a hammer and smashed the box open. Inside be found a piece of paper, which was wrapped around a tiny little silver key. On the paper he read these lines: "My home is in the United States and in southern Kentucky. My father and mother are dead, aud my only two brothers are somewhere in this country, and the hope of finding thein has brought me here." As the hour of midnight drew nigh the faithful watchers were almost breathlessly silent in their attention when they saw her gasp and then her breathing became more natural. She lay as one in a deep sleep and a peaceful smile came over her face. At last she opened her eyes and looked strangely into the faces of those about her bedside, as she asked— The California papers say that the brig Natalia, which foundered in the harbor of Monterey in l&H, is to be raised, or at least what is left of her copper sheathing is to bo brought to the surface. It is said that this is the same vessel that brought Napoleon back to Franca from the Isle of Elba in 1815. They remained calm and did not stir from their position until the women ceased praying and arose to their feet. She hastily completed her arrangements and at the appointed time bid her friends and protectors a long farewell, and left them with sorrowful hearts as she journeyed homeward. Geyser was too greatly surprised to utter a word, but stood there looking at them and upon that solemn scene like one in a dream. He indistinctly remembered of hearing his mother read to him, when he was a small boy, something about a man who was put into a den of lions, but the lions did not harm him; and again of some one who had been cast into a fiery furnace and were not injured by the heat. These and many other things passed rapidly through this wicked man's mind and he exclaimed alond— In the forest by the brook, Where the silver maple grows. You will And a little nook That with solid silver flows. An ingenious contrivance has been invented in England whereby the strigs of red and black currants are "picked" by mechanical Angers. The curronts are distributed upon a band which is ever passing upwards; at the top of this is a revolving brush, which takes the strigs from the currants, loavin- the entrants to roll down to the bottom iato a receiver."Poor flarlint, yon are too yonng handsome to be In this wicked city alone come home with me und get a cui» o' tea and it will strengthen ye." She tumbled the fruit promiscuously Into a large basket, which she took on h" arm, and beckoned to Hettie to fo' and Two ounces of pulverized boras, two ounces of gum camphor, broken in small pieces, one quart of boiling water, is said to be efficacious in removing and preventing dandruff. Bottle and cork tightly. Before each time of using strain a small quantity and dilute with an equal portion of water. Apply to the head with a flannel cloth or with the hands. Wash the head and hair afterward with soft water. These lines were signed, "Your Grateful Goblin." "With friends," was Mrs. Godwin's an- "Where am If" (TO BE COSTIMLED.) swer. Mr. A.-C. White, superintendent of the famous King grove, uear Wild wood, unearthed some rare treasures on the grove last week. Tho most curious thing found was an ancient coin of the reign of Alexander the Great. The coin is silver, atDout the size of a fifty cent piece. On one side is the embossed likeness of Alexander, on the other three Greek mottoes and the nude likeness of a Greek warrior armed with sword, helmet and shield. Buried with this coin was found a vessel of antiqua design—perhaps a Greek wiue jar—and a curious knife, and something like a common hoe—perhaps a specie of battle ax.—Sumterville (Fla.) Cor. Jacksonville The man at once understood all. He knew where the box came from, and he knew that Iho goblin who had been in the oak had intended this for Nick. "Nick is a fool," the man said to himself. "I am going to lift the treasure. Why did he not keep the box for himself?" "I don't know you. Oh, where am If" Miss, tins is my home. It is a dreadful ir one but better tliau to bo iu the way from tin part by n bac lie 1 Mrs. Goodwin kindly smoothed back the hair from the forehead of the almost lifeless girl, and soothingly begged her to keep quiet nntil she should regain strength sufficiently to talk. Thibet is the only known country on e.irth not open to missions. It has an area of 000 square miles. The greatest length from east to west is 1,500miles, and the population is estimated at 8,000,000. It is the str^i: Careine's favorite dish was bullock's liver and onions. Dr. Johnson's favorite dishes were a leg of "pork boiled till it dropped from the bone, a veal pie with plums and sugar, and tho outside cut of a salt buttock of beef. These were somewhat course, but many of us would have joined issue with the great bear when, during tho second course, he called for tho butter boat of lobster sauce and poured its contents over his plum pudding.II't tie then fur the llrst time fully realized her surroundings. She hail lived to trust everybody, and little did she know of the evil lurking in the old woman's ofauom^., wicked heart when she so easily fell a prey "No, 1 am not, si to her scheme. She was the llrst person tor and came in h who had spoken a kind word to her in spend the evening.' that strange city, and with her innocent, "I ben your pardon all the time WllC had been there only a few minutes 11 man came up, and looking him t in the f It was many long weary days before she was able to sit up, but finally the doctor pronounced her out of danger. A New York policeman recently arrested a Greek who peddled flowers in the street in his native costume of a flowing jacket and plaited baggy white trousers. He was followed by a crowd of boys. The policeman charged that he was but "half dressed." He was permitted to depart from court after putting on a pair of American trousers. »(let . Ip tive or some other kind •'Surely there is a God whom these women serve." Ho accordingly went into the forest, lie found the little nook, just as he was UDld, beside the silver maple tree. Examining the ground, ho noticed a tiny keyhole, lie had already put the key Into the hole; he turned it around, and he saw the shining silver in the nook, hold of Buddhism. Lhassa, the capit.,1, i=. the "Rome" of the Buddhists, and the Dalai Lama is the Buddhist pope. lit* is supremo in both temporal and spiritual things. One monastery has about Ave thousand Buddhist priests, and there are about six thousand in the country. Thibet is virgin soil for missions, The country is tributary to China. She was then questioned, and when she had told the story of her life and wound up by relating her adventure with the old apple woman whom she had trusted as a I am only a spectawith a friend to Then calling his Bervant, he told him to muzzlo the dogs and take them oilt. As soon as George came near them the does acain showed their vicious disoosi- Thefe are a ureat