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pORHWAU.rt -uEBAHOB RAILROAD
£3.
EOT EOUTK FOR ALL I'OI NTS OM THK
PENNSYLVANIA KAILKOAD.   -
ArrauKenient of Fasaeusrer Trains.
On and alter Mouday,  May 25th, lt-ni, the
passenger trains will run as follows :
Leave— AH  ax  am   pm
Lebanon     «:25 10:15 11:30   2:00
Arrive—
Lancaster	
Philadelphia..
New York	
AM   ax   T x
.   8:10 ll:*» 12:58
F X    F X
.   10:2<l   1:25
FX
..   1.20   4:00
AX
.   7:80 12:01
. 10:10 2:80
.   8:62 1:17
.11:15 3:05
. ew....
AX      AX
F X
3:a55
3:15 0:45
5:50   9.20.
FX
3:15
p x
4:45
PX
7:10
FX
8:40
6:50 10:55
A X
9:35
12:15
, 4:80
. 6:25
a    IM
5:50
2:10
8:11
A X
8:20
3:20
6:00
4:50
7*00
11:55
         AX
    »:00
7:00 8:50 11:40 11:45
9:31 10:55   2:00   2:50
3.50
PX
8:40
VOL. 44a-.NO. 2.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1891.
WHOLE NO.-2184-.
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ISSUED MVERY WEDNESDAY Rt
W. J. BURNSIDE,
Nlata street,      •     Lcbsnos, l's.
TEEMS Ot SUBSCRIPTION)!
ONE YEAR.        -        -        Sl.SO
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
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Harrisburg...
Gettysburg...
Carl Isle	
Wtllianisport
Pittsburg	
Iaaavaj—
New York....
Philadelphia.
Lancaster....
Harrisburg...
Carlisle......-
Uettysbrrg...
Williamsport.
Pittsburg	
Arrive—
Lebanoa .....
Mt. Gretna
he largely Increase 	
There will be many improvements for the
season of iSil.
R. B. GO It DON.
Gen'l. I'assenger Agent.
mkii ikish. Gen'l. Supu B
Det. 31,1 -.90
10.35 11:50
9:40 10:34
816 ....
.... 8:2".
3:20   ....
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11:50   1:10
roved Its
2:35 3:40
.... 2:13
.... 12.S0
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4:55
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3:55
9:29
3:25
6:10
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4.55
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9:00
Park p;
tea business of 1890.
popularity by
CORNWALL RAILROAD.
Lebanon & Lancaster Joint-Line.
fc* Shortest route for Lancaster and all points east aud west.ltJ
On and after May 10th. IS9I, Passenger Trains will be run as follows :
p.m.
7 15
7 26
7 29
7 36
7 41
Itt
8 25
*p.nsj
IIIlLADELPHI A AR EADING RAILROAD
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ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS
MATllpW9l.
TRAINS LEAVE LEBANON.
For New York via Philadelphia, Weeksdayr.,
7:07,8:50,10:30 a. m., 2:17, 4:40 and 6:46 p. m.;
Sunday, 2:45 and 4:49 p. in.   -;
For New York via Allentown, weekdays, 7:07,
8:50 a. m , 12:56, 2:17 p. m.   Sunday, 7:4: a. m.
For Philadelphia, Weekdays, 6:05, 7:07. 8.50,
lu:30a. m., 2:17, 4.40 and 6:46 p. m.; Sunday,
7:41 a. in., 2:45, 4.49 aad f 1:40 p. in.
For Middletown, Weekday., *.:i*2, 8:23 a. m ,
12*56, 5:15, 7o7 and 11*30 p. in. j Sunday, 9*54 and
11:18 a. ui.
For Uvadlnv, Weekdays, <*■:<», 7:07 (Fast Express) 8:50,10:30 a. m., 12:56, 2:1'., 4:40, t>:4*i 9:13
p.m.   Suuday, 7:42,9:43a. m.,2:4i, 4:19and 6:40
T"*ir'
For Allentown, Weekdays, 6:05, 7:07, 8:50 a. m.,
12:56,2:17 and 4:40 p. m.; Sunday, 7:42, 9:43 a
m., 4:49 p- m. ™
WOS Harrisburg, Weekdays, 6:02, 8:23, 10:5s a.
m„ |M6, 2:22, 5:15. 7:07, 8:4B (Fast Rzpress),
and 11*20 p. m.; Sunday, 9:64,11:48 a.  in , 6:04,
7:04, 11:20 p. m.
TUAINS FOB LEBANON.
Leave New York via Allentown, Weekdays
i:'_ and 8*45 a. in., 1:00, 3:45, and 5:45 p. m.
Sunday, 5:30 p. m.
Leave New York via Philadelphia, Weekday*,
.:16 and 11:30 a m., 1:30, 4:00, 5:00 p. m., and
12:16 midnight ■ Sunday, SiOp. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Weekdays, 4:10. 8:35, 104)0
a. in., 1:40,4:00. 6:00, 7:16 p. ua.; Sunday, 6:30
and 9:00 a. m., and 3:40, 7:15 p. m.
Leave Heading, Weekdays, 5:u0, 7:i5,10:10,11:60
a. m.. 1*47,4.20.6:00,7:51 aud 10:26 p. m.   Sundays, 8:50. 10:18 a. in , 4:00, 6:00, 10:25 p. m.
Leave Allentown. -weekdays, 5:47, 8:35 a. m ,
12:10, 4:25, 6:40, 9:05 p. in.; Sunday, Mt a. in.,
4:55 and 9:50 p. in.
Leave Harrisburg,   Weekdays, 5:10, 6 25, 7:56,
9:36 a. m., 12:00 noon, 1:25, 3:45, 5:50, and 8:lu
p. m.   Sundays, 6:50, 8:50 a. in., 2:00. 4:00, 5:45
P. m.
ATs-ANTIO CITT DIVISION.
Leave   Philadelphia   and   Chestnnt    Street
Whart, aad South Street Wharf.
F02 ATLANTIC CITY.
Weekdays—Express, 9:fki, a, m. and 2:00, 4:00,
.V0.jp. m.   Accommodation, 8:00 a. in., ten;
6:30 p. aa.—Sunday—Express. 8:00, 9*0e a. m.
Accommodation, 8:00 a. m. and 4:30 p. m.
RETURNING. LEAVE ATLANTIC CITY.
Depot corner Atlantic and Arkansas evenues'
Weekdays—Express. 7410,8:0u.9:00, a. as., 4:oo,p
as.—Accommodation, 8:10 a. m. and 4:3* p. in
Sundays—Express, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p. in.   Ac
ommodatlon 7:30 a, m. aud 5:01 ii. m.
,-  A. A. McLEOD,
President and General Manager.
C. G. Hamcock, General. Passenger -.gent.
May, 10.1891.
PEIMSfLTAHlTBAILiiAD
p.m.
3 4ii
3 51
3 58
4 iii
4 22
504
5 06
p.m.
p.m. p.m 'a.m.
t 10 12 35!II OS
3 21.12 4H|11 IK
3 24;12 49111 19
3 31,12 Stt 11 26
    1 00
.....    1 16
....    1 55
    3 00
p.m.Vm
12*1
12 42
12 45
a m.
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9 21
9 94
9 31
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a.m
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7 J7
7 80
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7 9.
7 5*
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9 22
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6 51
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6 50
a.m.
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7 55
8 10
8 IS
I .eave.
Leave. Arrive.
 Lebanon	
  ..Cornwall	
 Miners' Village	
  .Penryn	
 Mt. Hope.	
^«*.-«... Manheim	
•.. King Street, Lancaster...
 Columbia..........
Arrive. Leave.
Arrive.
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SUNDAIS.
.... Lebanon....
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Miners' Village..	
 .I'enryn	
■ S    ........Mt Hope.......	
8 39     __,... Manheim... „.
8 SN    King Street, Lancaster.......;
»»    Columba „u,_-,_,
mm.   |   Arrive. Leave.
North aod South-bound trains jionnect at Lebanon with trains on
a.in fa m p nt p.m. p.m p.m
■ 8 111 0 25 12 20 2 03 4 35 6 30
7 59110 13 12 OS! 1 51 4 23 6 19
7 5KJI0 '0 12 0>  1 48  4 .0' 8 IS
- 7 Si [10 0112 OO 1 42 4 14, 8 Hi
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Railroad to and from Harrisburg, Reading; Pottsvllle, Philadelphia and New Yoik '
South-bound trains connect at Manhem with tra'ns on ths Reading & Co urnbia Railroad
for points between Reading and Columbia.
Philadelphia! 9 Heading Kailroad Company mileage books-rill be accepted on the Cornwall
Railroad.
FINE toIS.Pl. AT Ol*
Stationery Goods!
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EMBRACING a large and varied  asssortmenl of  Books,  Bibles,
Testaments, Hymn Books, Books io board, clotb and flue bindings, for all ages; from Toy Books witb oolored illustrations tar
tbe little ones, to board  covers—b >oks  for j outb  and
standard works lor adult?.
miss,  ap to
FASCY OOODS.
Ia Leatbe
ber, Plush aud Persian Silver Cases sucb as Albums,
Boxes,  Toilet Cases,  Shaving Sets,' Writing   Desks, Cigar
Mauicure Sets,  Ink  Standr    **
Lap Tablets, Pocket
Frames, Dressing
Work
Cases,
.   .-^ansss. »   v.iaa»i    a.sases,
ok  Stands,   Paper Weights, Calendars, Card Cases,
ket Books, Wall Pockets, Cards, Portfolios, Picture
Cases, &c, &a.
OOLD PENS and HOLDERS.
Styl.i
_ lograpbic aad Fountain Pens and Pencils in Oold, Silver, Rub.
ber and Celluloid Cases.
P0CKE1 BOOKS and PURSES.
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A larte and varied assortment.
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No advance ia Prices.
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Dec. 10, »«0—3m
Holiday Goods sold at as Low
Prices as otbers.
Oh and after Nov. tid, 1890, trains will leave
Lebanon as follows, connecting at Conewago
lor all points on the Pennsylvania Railroad;
I eave Lebanon at 6.25 a. m. And ve st uone-
*kbo 7.06 a. m., Lancaster 8.10 a. in , Philadelphia 10.20 a. m., New York 1.20 p. m., Harrisburg 7.30 a. m., Altoona 1.45 p m., Pittsburg
8.50p. ra. This train makes close connectloi
at Harrisburg lor points on tha Northern central and P__-.dolphia._a Erie Railroad.
Leave Lebanon 10.15 a. m. Arrive at Conewago 10.55a. m., Harrisburg 12.01 p. m. Arrive
at Lancaster 11.86a.m„ Philadelphia 1.25 *i. IB.
New York 4.00 p.m. This train makes close
connection at Harrisburg for points on the
Northern Central and P. * E. K. H.
Leave Lebanon 11.30 a. m. Arrive at Conewago 12.15 p. as., Lancaster 12.58 p. m., Philadelphia 3.15 p. m., New York 5.50 p. m.
Leave Lebanon 2.00 p. m., arrive at Conewago 2.45 p. va., Lancaster 4.55 p. m. Philadel- I
Shin 6.50 p. m.. New York 9.3S p. in.. Harris-1
urg3.20p. m., Altoona 7.50 p. in., Pittsburg
11.55 p.m., Baltimore 7.00 p. Bu, Washington
8.50 p. m.
Leave Lebanon 3.15 p. m. Arrive at Cone
wago 4.00 p. m., Lancaster, 4.45 p. m., Philadelphia 6.50 p. m.. Hew York 9.35 p. m.
Leave Lebanon US p.m.   Arrive at Cone
wago7.56 p.m., Lancaster 8.40 p. m., Philadelphia 10.55 p. m., Harrisburg 8.45 p. m
CHAS. S. PUOa. 9.'V_*wi'OOIi,
Oeneral Manager. Oenl. Pas-r. Aat.
Dec. 3. 1890.
C®lTl
GOATS
OUR preparations for the Holiday Trade are cm a
Larger and -Grander Scale than ever before.
Now tbat tbo cold weather has actually set in
ladies will see the necessity of an immediate purchase of
a WEAP or COAT of some kind. We have bought
tke entire stock of a large Cloak Manufacturer at prices
wbich enable us to place them within the reach ot all.
THE HEAVY STOCK
Of Coats and Cloaks we cany makes us Headquarters for
these goods, but as we prepared for a very cold winter,
and it is here, we are prepared to furnish 3*00 with a
Good, Warm and Stylish Garment at a Very Low Figure.
DRESS
GOODS  DEPARTMENT.
This   department never was so full of  Choice   Goods
Suitable for
H0LIDAY=PRESENTS^
O. SHENK,
Lebanon's Leading Clothier,
816 Cumberland St.,        LEBANON. PA.
S. SEIBERT, President.
_ BHRHOR.N', Manager
GROCERIES! GROCERIES!
WHOLESALE AMD 11ETAIL.
-*->•(	
FISB, 0YS7ERS, BANANAS,
GARDEN VEGETABLES,
BUTTER and EQG8.
—y.—
No stale or old stock on hand. Fresh
supplies receiver*! daily from Philadelphia and Mew Yoi k markets, ana from
tte country.
•Uoods delivered promptly and in
prime oondition.
Everything the housekeeper can desire, rf the best quality and at reasonable prices.
LORENZO SHUGAR,
N. W Cm*. Seventh and Cumberland Sts
A oral a. 1n. Ltcranon. P
8. U. REINOEHL.   M. W. REINOEHL.
H. A. REIN0E4L.
REIHOEHL LUMBER Cl.
Successors to Reinoehl ft Meily.
OFFICE
PLANING MILL
AND YARDS
EIGHTH t WATER STBEITS.
White Pine, Yellow Pine anil YeUow
Poplar, Hemlock, Laths, Pickets, Shingles,
Hard Woods, and manufacturers of Doors
Sash,  Blinds,   Carvings,    Moulding
Flooring, Turning, Scroll Sawing.
Persons in want of anything in oar line
will find it to their interest to examine
our stoek. Jan. 15-ly
FEE mm BREWIG COMPANY.
The Leoanon Brewing Company is prepared to famish tbeir ez'-ellei.t
WIENER-MAERTZEN, EXPORT
—AND-
Salvator Lager Beer
IN ANY QUANTITY DESIRED.
BOTTLED   B BER.
Orders fbr oar Bottled Beer left at the Brewery, or with J. F. b-i.
the prominent bottler, at the Exchange Hotel, Ind. Diet., will be filled.
Oar Wiener Beer, which is bottled, is especially recommended for
LADIES  NURSING CHILDREN by  the most prominent physician?
in the City.   J9-TELEPH0NE CONNECTION'.   Apply to
LEBANON BREWING CO.,
Dec. 3, 1887. Independent  District. Lebanon. Pa.
KAUFFMAN'S
Summer millinery!
Oor Stock is as foil and fresh as at any time -.luring the season.     We are buying Hats and making Huts
every day.   We offer
Special Bargains This Week:
Choice Straw Hats at 12,15,19, 23, 25 and 50 cents each.
Ladies' Fine Hats at 85, 75 and 98 cents; worth $1.00 to $1.75.
FLOWERS atKone-half the former priee.
Ribbons, Nets and Laces very cheap.
TRIMMED HATS aud BONNETS.
Fine Hats, 95 eents; worth $2.00.
SO HATS, Finely Trimmed,  at  $1.50; worth  $3.00—SO
100 Trimmed Hats at $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00; less than half priee.
KAUFFMAN'S
813 Cumberland Street,
LEBANON, PA.
April 1, %
THE HAIR
When not properly cared for, loses
its lustre, becomes crisp, harsh, and
dry, and foils ont freely witb every
combing. To prevent this, the best
and most popular dressing in the
market is Ayer's Hair Vigor, it
removes dandruff, heals troublesome
humors of the scalp, restores faded
and gray hair to its original color,
and imparts to it a silky texture
and a lasting fragrance. By using
this preparation, the poorest head
of hair soon
Becomes Luxuriant
and beautiful. All who bave once tried
Ayer's Hair Vigor, want no otber dressing.
Galbraith & Starks, Druggists, Sharon
Grove, Ky., write: "We believe Ayer's
Hair Vigor to be tbe best preparation of the
kind in tiie market, and sell more of it than
of all others. No drug store is complete
without a supply of it."
441 have used 'Ayer's Hair Vigor witb
great benefit and kaow several other persons, between 40 and 50 yean tX mee. wbo _
have experienced similar good results front
the use of this preparation. It restores gray
hair to its original color, promotes a new
growth, gives lustre to the hair, ami cleanses
ite scalp of dandruff." — Bernardo Ocboa,
Madrid, Spain.  '
After Using
A number of other preparations withont
any satisfactory result, I find tbat Ayer's
Hair Vigor is causing my bair to grow."—
A. JT. Osment, Oeneral Merchant, Indian
Head,N. W.T.
"Ayer's Hair Vigor is the only preparation I could ever flnd to remove dandruff,
cure itching hnmors, and prevent loss of
hair. I can confidently -recommend it.".—
3. C. Butler, Spencer, Mass.
"My wife believes that the money spent
for Ayer's Hair Vigor was the best investment she ever made, it bas given ber so
mnch satisfaction."—James A. Adams, St.
Augustine, Texas.
Ayer's Hair Vigor
PEEPAEED BT •
Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers.
THE   INSTRUCTOR.
Not till we meet with Love in all his beantT,
In all his solemn majesty and worth.
Can we translate the meaning of life's duty.
Which God oft writes in cipher at onr birth.
Not tUl Love comes in all his strength and terror.
Can we read others' hearts;  not tiU then
know
A wide compassion for all human error.
Or sound the quivering depths of mortal woe.
Not tiU we sail with him o'er stormy oceans
Have we seen tempests: hidden in bis hand
He holds the keys to all the great emotions;
Till he unlocks them none can understand.
Not tUl we walk with him on lofty mountains
Can we quite measure heights.   And, oh, sad
truth 1
When once we drink from his immortal fount,
ains.
We bid farewell to ths light heart of youth.
Thereafter our most perfect day will borrow
A dimming shadow from some dreaded night.
So great (lows joy It merges into sorrow,
And evermore pain tinctures onr delight.
—tElla Wheeler Wilcox.
OLD MABK HAVMLY,
\J * Ite JNTEBITAI and EZTE2UAL v*r**/f
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Eaiarif RI iff e, rat _• s**ms\ nheumattan, Sci-
Very OUIierei atlca, NeuraWfia, Ker*
vous Headache, Diphtheria, Coughs, catarrh. Bronchitis,
Asthma, Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea, Lameness, Soreness
In Body or Limbs, Stiff Joints or Strains, will flnd in
thia old Anodyne relief and speedy cure. Pamphlet
free.   Sold everywhere.   Price 35 cts., by mall, 6 bottler.
Express paid, 152.
8ep!y-R3Bi.
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When I txf Curb X da not mean merely to
■top them for a time, and then bave them ra*
torn again.   I mean A RADICAL CURE.
\ I have made the disease of
FITS, EPILEPSY or
FALLING SICKNESS,
a life-long study. I *WA*RiU3arr my remedy to
Cube the worst oases. Because otbers havo
failed is no reason for not now receiving acure.
Send at once for a treatise and a Free boot lb
of my Infallible Kemedy. Give Express
and Post Office. It costs yoa nothing for 9
trial, and it will cnre yra.  Address
W.CROOT.«i^e^ ..3PLW.ST..NEWY0--K
.Inns 4. Itis*
I took Cold,
I took Sick,
I TOOK
SCOTTS
EMULSION
result:
I take My Meals,
I take My Rest,
AND I AM VIGOROUS ENOUGH TO TAKE  (
ANYTHING I CAN LAY MT BANDS
getting fitttoo, Po-t.Scott's
*mn.\
m _«.       __ Jtt'sJ
Emulsion of rare Cod Li ver Oil (
and H vpophosphites of Lime and
Soda no'1" 0N'LY cured my Incipient Consumption but built
MK UP, AND IS NOW PUTTING
FLESH ON MY BONES
at tiie rate of a pound a dat. i
take it just as easily as i do milk."
such testimony is nothing new.
scott's emulsion gt doing wonders
daily.    Take no other.
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DR. Humphreys* Specifics are scientifically and
carefully prepared prescriptions; used for many
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UST OP PRINCIPAL NOS. CURES. PRICES.
1 Fevers* Congestion, Inflammation...   .18$
2 Worms, Worm Fever, Worm (Julio..   .aS
3 t'ryinc: Colic, or Teething of Infants   .*2«&
4 Dinrrnea, ofChlldrenorAdults    .25
5 Dysentery. Orlping^BlliousColic...   ,2a
8 Cholera Morbus, vomiting. *2a
7 Coughs, Cold. Bronchitis  ,2-5
8 Ni .ralgia, Toothache, Faceache  •*___¥
9 Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo .23
10 Dyspepsia, Bilious Stomach......... ,2a
___. _____^_j    per|0<|y,       #<2X
__ _. ,     eriods    .25
13 Croup, Cough, Difficult Breathing...   ,25
14 Halt Rheum, Erysipelas,Eruptions.   .25
15 Rheumatism, Kheuraatlc Pains    .25
Itt Fever and Ague, Chills, Malaria...   .50
17 Piles, Blind or Bleeding 50
19 Catarrh, Influenza, Cold In the Head   .50
20 Whooping Cough, Violent Coughs.   ,50
24 General Debility,PhysicalWeaknera   .50
•87 Kidney Disease 50
}8 Nervous Debility ....»*19ft..«lu...l.if
JO I rinary Weakness, WettingBtd.   .50
32 Diseases of Ihelleurt,Palpitation 1.00
11 Suppressed or Painful
lti Whites, too Profuse Perie
Sold by Druggists, or sent postpaid on receipt
of price. De. Humphreys' Manual, (144 pages)
richly bound In cloth and gold, mailed  free.
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Oor. William wad John Streets, New York.
SPECIFICS.
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fi-of._F._c._FOtVLEB, ______e,J09tm.
-♦..a/.! V>.-.y
He was an engineer working fu the
Belcher. He wjas-noleil f. r his t/gfaJLt-
teutiou to business, anal superstitious.
One day a comrade was passing, antl
Mark called him up with: "Jack, do you
hear that noise—a sort of a grinding
sound that comes and goes? Hark!
can't yoa hear it now?
"It's just like any machinery makes. "
"No, no, Jack; it don't belong to the
machinery; iffe a voice, I tell you, from
the other wor hi I've heard that sou, d
for two days now, and tt means death,
death close at hand "
"Oil the engine, old hoy, and it* 11 be
all righ t, *
de other passed on and weut dowu
the shaft Mark, meanwhile, bent his
ear to the machinery, and out of the indistinguishable diu of a dozen sounds
caught this strange noise whicli had
such an influence upon Min, heard it
constantly above tlie dank of levers,
tlie roar of wheels, aad the hiss of
steam. - Presently a bell sounded at his
side. It was the signal from tire 2,000
level to host the cage. He pressed the'
lever, and the great reel began to whirl
the cable from the lower depths. Hie
eye followed the long finger of tto indicator as it slowly pointed out the stations passed, Tlie cage had almost
reached the top when the horrible grind;
ing noise, like a moan from the grave,
came from the machinery at his' stale.
The sound made his veins melt. He
turned his head toward the spot shuddering, while his hand aa it-clasped the
lever was like a child's. ' The cage shot'
up from the shaft's mouth; he grasped
the lever and threw his weight upon tile
brake. Too late; the cage rushed into *
the "sheaves. "
Tlie floor of the cage became vertical
as it struck the wheel. Tlie cable
stretched under the fearful' strain, and
then snapped like a thread, and the cage
fell brack to the shaft's mouth. Three
of its occupan's had leaped upon the
timbers and hung suspended; the other
two had made the same leap, but tbeir
fingers slipped from the slimy timbers,
made so by the long contact with tbe
vapors from the mine, and they fell one
after the other headlong down the shaft
Meanwhile Mark had stopped his en*
Stine, resumed his coat, and staggered
out of tbe. works. On such occasions
an engineer is considered discharged
without notice. He actually ceases to
be in the employ of the company when
the cage strikes tbe "sheaves," and
such an accident n akes his discharge
perpetual with every mine on the Comstock.
For the next week or two he wandered
about tiie town like a man barely hi his
senses, He finally got work under
ground, but was oftener found somewhere about tlie hoisting works, near
the machinery. He would at times sit
for hours watching tbe work of those
metallic giants, occasionally turning
toward the mouth of the shaft with a
shudder, and again bending his head to
catch what he called the "death moan."
His comrades said he was "a littie off. "
One day the writer entered into a
conversation with him. His superstition had not left him. "I tell you." said
he, "I've studied everything about a
mine, above ground and below. You
brutes who write for the press take 9
sneering view of everything. You
laugh wben I say an engine gives warning of death. You call this piece of a
machinery a thing inanimate. I teU
you that it has a construction in all respects like a man. It has luugs and
sinews, and a big heart that throbs and
pulsates It has its fatigues from overwork. At times it whirls merrily, and
work seems nothing; then it groaus and
labors as if exhausted. We treat it as
we do the sick. Wben its lungs get
clogged with "scale" we feed it a composition that makes it well again. It
has a voice, and roars, sings, groans,
laughs, and sobs, in turn. When I
touch a lever I feel a magnetism such
as flows from flesh and blood.
"The dark levels below us are full of
mysteries. I learn more and more of
its secrets every year. You remember
bow Jack Henly died. He fainted on
the Ophir cage, and went down tbe
shaft A few days before it I noticed
as I worked beside him how the flame
of his candle pointed directly toward
him like a mariner's needle. Wherever
he moved the flame followed. He didn't
notice it, bot I did, and it had a wavy,
uncertain motion for a day or sa One
day it became steady, as steady as if
carved in stone. I knew the crisis was
not far off. We came up on
tbe cage; as we passed the first
station the flame burned low, and
at the 25th station it was almost gone.
Suddenly it went out; Jack reeled back
against the timbers, and was twisted
under the cage at once. It was but a
moment. I heard his dreadful cry ring
out as his bones were crushed between
tlie stage floor and the timbers, and hie
body shot down the shaft
"Hawkins, who used to work for Joe
Cowan, had the same kind of a warning.
Wherever be worked a shadow kept
close to him on the rock. His lantern
made one shadow, bat this was a deeper
and darker one, and had separate motions, and it seemed to get blacker every
shift he worked till a blast tore away
his chest I have seen a man's light
blow out, and, in a sort of will o' Uie
wisp, keep right over his head Such a
man had better leave the mines at onee.
"When I worked in the Savage I used
to see a shift of specters working; most
generally gt tbe toot of' the incline, but
sometimes in the east drift of the seventy-fifty, there was about half a
dozen of 'em at work as a rule, I ut
sometimes mora .Ihey would {Arc
away iii the faoe of tiie drift and make
no sound, and pale lights burned at tiieir
sides. When the 5 o'clock whistle blew
in the morning they would vanish.
"Once I saw a man sitting down on
the steps of the incline; be was in my
way, and I touched him on tbe shoulder.
Heavens! how I sprang heek; for there-
was no flesh and tones there—only •>
shadow as it were. He turned round,
and liis face was half gone and hi«
shoulder torn away, from a blast. Bloo I
was streaming from tbe wound**. Hn
then walked down tiie incline, and
melted iuto tbe vapors tliat rise from
the waters of the sum|*i Tire next day
John Owens slipped at that very spot*,
unable to hold on to the slimy ti i ber .
and fell into the water. He was cooked
like a lobster.
"At times one hears strange voices.
Ghostly voices call to each other from
drift to drift; there nre w UisperiBge ty
the rocks, and terrible groans in the
sides of the cross cute In the Belcher
I once heard a fearful shriek come from
the winze. It echoed from drift to drift,
and startled everybody. I rushed to
where the sound was, but there was
nothing. Bill Sharon don't dare to go
down the YeUow Jacket Tlie last time
he did a troop of miners sheeted ia flame
followed him along the drifts to the foot
of the shaft. He rushed to the cage like
a madman, and rang ior the quick hoist
"Wben the cage reached the top he
lay on tiie floor insensible. He never
told what it was; br 11 know. "
Thus the poor fellow would spend
bours telling of tbe mysterious sights
and sounds he had encountered in tbe
depths of the great lode. Sometimes
lie worked under ground, but he always
seemed discontented, even morose, because it was no longer permitted to him
to grasp the lever of an engine. He felt
a stain upon his reputation, and looked
hopefully forward to the time wben he
oould wipe it out
The opportunity cama One night be
came iato the South Consolidated works
and sat watching the machinery. Suddenly he turned to tbe engineer and
■aid: "I hear the death moan ou tbe
wheels, Tom,"
Had the engineer looked at Mark's
face, masked in a horrible pallor, he
would hare indeed thought the man had
heard a sob from the grave. Mark
bent his head a littie lower and waited.
Out of the roar and rumble he heard
only the "death moan," as he called U.
Suddenly the bell raug out so quick and
sharp that both men were startled. It
wss tbe .signal of danger and the quick
loist. The wheel began to whirl until
the spokes mingled in a maze. A
moment later, a puff of smoke drifted
from the shaft's mouth, and then 9
shower of sparks. The mine was on
fira
Tlie cage came whizzing to the sur*
face, and a crowd ot half naked m»n
reeled off, blistered. and half suffocated into tlie dressing rooms. The
whistle of the mine sent forth a cry for
help, and, hi a few seconds more, other
whistles took up the cry and bellowed
forth their hoarse notes from the North
Consolidated to tlie Belcher. Scarcely
was the cage emptied when those
below signalled sharply for it to come
down. It shot back into tbe depths almost as fast as il it had been dropped.
Tito cable touched a piece of iron near
the sheaves, and from the point of' contact streamed a line of spar us. Another
burst of smoke came up the shaft, and
a sheet of flame followed for an instant
The timbers became a mass of fira The
hoisting works went like a tiuder box.
The engineer must not only bring the
cage to the surface, but must stop it
there. Tlie machinery was growing hot
to tire touch. The cage reached tbe
bottom; then came the signal to hoist
Just as he reversed the lever a falling
timber knocked bin senseless.
A drzen men sprang to tbe unmanned
engine; but Hark was there first, and,
picking up' tlie body at his feet, he
handed it to the nearest two men as if ft
had been a child, and merely said, "Take
him away."
A mau close at his side leaned forward
to grasp the lever, but he flung l.im back
into tire crowd A flare of flames sent
them all staggering away. Mark laid
his hand upon tbe lever—the flrst time
in five years—and giasped it with his
old energy. The breath of hell was in
Ids face. It woold he 'a long minute and
a half before the cage reached the sur*
face, where he must prevent its dread*
fnl ascent into the "sheaves. " His hand
held the lives of a dozen men. He faced
tlie fire like a salamander. A cheer
went up, and tben the folds of red smoke
covered him from sight
the cage reached the shaft's mouth
full of men, most of them insensible a-j
they were dragged out As Mark
threw the lever back to ite place, and
stopped the engine tlie flames closed
about him. The superintendent called
eut:
"One thousand dollars to the man
who saves him,"
A dozen brave men had already
started. It was too late; Hte flames
had overwhelmed him. Three days
later the men whose lives he had saved
dug among the ruins. Lying by the
engine they found his charred remains,
and stood by them awhile with uncovered heads, They bore away the
remains of Mark Haverly ia a box, and
the next day 3,000 mourners walked behind the coffin. As they pressed down
the earth over his grave, and threw the
last sprig of green down upon it, oae of
the pall bearers remarked: "There waa
good leather in that man." — [Sam
Davis.
Bill Snort at Syndicate Cottage.
BY ALEX. K. SWEET.
Only One Tiling Lacking.
Friend—Gogson, how is your airship
getting along?
In ven tor—It is complete, with the exception of one littie detail 1 have not
yet perfected I shall take tbat np
next
"What is itS"
"A mere trifle that I eaa think ont at
any time. The principal feature of my
invention is a safety net that will travel
along under the airship to prevent fatal
accidents. It will make navigating the
air absolutely free from danger. In the
making of that net I have revolutionized
the entire business."
'"Bat how is the net itself to be kept
from falling to tiie ground when anything happens to yonr airship?"
"That b the littie detail I haven't
worked out yet"—.Chicago Tribune.
Tlie Banker—Where is het The
Banker's Daughter—Papa, Haw orth
Daingerfield is at least manly. When
he heard yoar terrible invectives as you
came down stairs, he strode out haughtily with the remark that lie loved me
too much to make a scene.—[Judge.
Whit Is "Style».'•
The difference in appearance between
one woman and another, said Dr. Louise
Fiske Bryson recently, is more than anything else an affair of style; that beauty
of beauties so bard to define and easy to
recognize, which makes the girl of na
colored hair, features of indifferent turn,
and lines none too perfect, infinitely more
attractive than other maids of faultless
curves and innumerable strong points not
cemented by this magic quality. Style
may be defined, for want of something
better to express it, as an attractive manner of holding the body, a firm, graceful
way of doing things and of moving
about. It is the visible sign of inherent
power and reserve force. It is the oat-
come of long, deep breaths and the use of
many muscles. The prayer of the New
York child, " Lord, make us very stylish, *
when viewed aright, is recognized as an
aspiration based on sound scientific principle and worthy of universal commendation.—Philadelphia Press.
Brick* From Glass.
Plate glass bricks are made from the
sand formed in the grinding of the glass.
The great expense in the manufacture of
plate glass is in the lengthy process of
grinding, the grinding being doue by a
forward and backward movement et
damp quartz sand over its surface. The
sand rests upon iron plates having an oscillating movement Tlie quartz cuts
into the glass and iron and becomes
mixed with both, and when sharp edges
of the particles of sand are worn away,
it is piled up as worthless. The sand is
said to contain about 15 per cent of pulverized glass and two per cent iron particles. Experiments in the manufacture
of brick from this material have beeo
ttteined with most satisfactory result*,  .
Syndicate Cottage by the Sea,
July 13, 1891.
To Major Dan Mc Gary, Houston, Tte.:
My Deab Major :—I would have answered your letter in regard to yonr being
postmaster at Houston, bat I have really
been too busy. Besides, the President
bas not yet made up bis mind about'your
fitness for tbe position. Moreover, there
is a colored applicant in the field, and you
kaow bow Harrison is stuck on nuarer..
As soon as I know anything definite jTwili
wire yoa. Ia the meantime, quit afsoci
ating, for tbe present at least, with Col.
Andy Faulkner, of the Thus Central.
Tonr enemies here are giving your, inti-
micy with tim as evidence of your uc.t*
ness for the position. Tbe President
questioned me oa this point, and I told
htm tbat you merely pretended to be
friendly with Col. Faulkner in order to
beat him outof free passes over tbe Tex '"•
Central, whioh explanation seemed to be
satisfactory to the Executive. He has
been there himself to some extent.
Of course, I don't expect you to pay loi
railroad rides any moie thaa.yon paift tea
your' beer, or your clolber", or aDythiug
else, bat do not be seea publicly witb
Faulkner in tbe saloons or poker parlors
until you have been appointed P. M.
By the way, Major, you must cake into
consideration that if you aie appoin'ed
postmaster, you will not bave very long to
make hay, for the Republican sun of lu-
drana is not going to do mucb shining al
ter the expiration of his term. It l.-ok*.
now aa if the next President would b.* a
Democrat, and unless yon are very go.»d ai
flopping over to the otber side your uppoi-
ennities for licking the postage sta rrp>
will be curtailed. You will have to u»_k.
hay awful fast.
I'bat reminds me of a talk I bad »i.b
Hariison tbe otber day. Blaine's growing
popularity is worrying Harrison mightily
He thinks aud talks of nothing else. It
seems tbat be even dreams of the coming
campaign. He was telling me aboat a
dream be had, and asked me to interpret
it for him. I eonsented to take tba ivle
of Joseph, and then HarrisoD gave me the
details of bis dream.
Tbe President dreamt that he was ibr
brigbt orb of day that shines resplendent
in tbe blue vault above. He was as happy
as a big sunflower in tbe secoud ta-iui
heaven. While he was beaming with bap
piness and radiant with joy, a daik
shadow came into perihelion with tke
penumbral fringe of Harrison's whiskers.
Tbis dark sunspot was the shadow ca i bj
Blaine's noes. It was not long before ihe
Harrison sun was totally eclipses) by the
profile of Blaine's bead, aod Harrison'*
snn of sovereignty was totally eclipsed.
I was about to remark that the dr* am
was a reflection on tbe present admiui-ua
tion, but 1 restrained myself and jokingly
told Harrison that by a singular coincidence I had a dream oa the same subj ct.
My dream began wbere Harrison's leit ..fl
It MS that the darkness caused by tbe
black shadow wbicb Blaine cast over lbs-
Harrison sun was dispelled by still aunt he-
sun, wbich bore a startling resemblance io
tbe rotund face of Grover Cleveland
This means, Mr. President, that y..ur
archenemy, Blaine, »ill not be suco.--.-sui
in bis fiendish effort to polish tbe P e.i-
dential tbrone with tbe voluptuous bix.n.
ol his pants. That should comfort and
cop sole yoa."
"Bats" asked Harrison, nervously,
"wbere do I oome io S"'
"Ton don't eome iu at atl; you only go
eat on March fourth."
I reminded Harrison tbat dreams al wa*, g
went by contraries, and tbat cheered turn
up considerably.
Tbe truth is. Major, that I am beginning
to realize tbat when I promised to >u e.
tbis administration iuto a second tei m I
bit off more tban I can conveniently in .s-
ticate. Tbere is sucb a unanimous aba n e
of a Harrison boom this year that I i>a _ in
to feel discouraged. A really euthusiaM tu
man of anv prominence is as bard to li .<!
presents from bim, and tben suddenly
married anotier follow. About a year
after sbe was mirried she walked into tbe
store wbere tbat o'erk was employed and
asked Lim to show her some baby carriages. How, Mr. President, if after Ruf s
Harrison baa caricatured Blaine la tbe
comic papers, after you bave snubbed
Blaine time aad again, and Mrs. Harrison
bas turned up ber nose at Mrs. Blaine—I
say after all thia—if yoa appeal to Blaine
to help you oot again, yoa will break the
reoord for ebeek of tbat lady wbo asked to
see tbe baby carriages. After tbat, yoo
should rdopt as a coat of arms a brass eje
ramp: n* fat a torny cheek.
Yonrs for refr rm,
Bill Snort.
tW The above rata Includes payment
of postage by aa. Salarrlytions ran
commence anv time during the year
A NYMPH OF FIRE.
as a needle in two haystacks. We should
be caning a few anchors to tbe wiodwani
right now, bat we haven't got the anchors,
now tbe treasury is empty. 1 dou't say so,
of course, bat it looks to me as if that
man in the New York dime museum who
cao be flattened oat like a pancake and
rolled op like a carpet will have a rival n
1892 in 9 gentleman from Indiana by the
name of Harrison.
Tbe Democrats are making lots of poi it
ical capital nut ot that vacant treasury.
Oue Democratic editor suggests tbat tlie
vacant vaults ia tbe treasury might be
rented oat for oold storage. It has also
been suggested that tba National Mai tue
Band should play, "Empty is the Treas
ury, Surplus Gone."
A local Democratic paper asks:
Whai's the cause ot all the raw
•a e bear ot all aronnd ?
It Is that oar national surplus now
Looms up like a hole lu the ground.
Knowing as much aa I do abo.t tie
stealing tbat is going on, it seems lika- a
miracle to me tl at tbe treasury is left.
Tbe man who stole a well bucket and cs ma-
back next nigbt i nd tried to steal tbe well
was not as greedy as are the plunderers ol
tbe treasury.
Tbe howl about tbe emptied teasiti)
disturbs Harrison very asucb. Yestirda>
he told me to consult with the Secretary oI
the Treasury aud see if something oou d
uot be done to fool tbe publie. I had aa
bear's talk with Secretary Foster. Unsaid to me :
"Col. Snort, tail President Harrieon not
to worry about tue treasury. I have ea
gaged several lightning calculators, who
will demonstrate that tbe treasury is raa
ning over with money."
baid I: "Foster, tbis sleight of-haud
bookkeeping and juggling of figures can
not wipe out the stubborn fact tbat there
is a deficit. Tbe feeling of the publie •> i.l
be like that of aa old darkey I kaaw.
Some of the niggers ate up a fat 'possum
while old Mote was asleep, but tbey rubbed
bis lips witb some of tbe 'possum fat, aud
wben he woke up tbey tried to make him
believe tbat he had eaten the entire 'pos
sum, calling attention to hia greasy lips.
Uncle Mose, smacking bia lips, said :
"-according to de taste ia my motif I
moot hab eaten dat 'possum, bat my
empty stomach tells me onmistakably dat
dara a lie out somewbars."
"Just so, Mr. Secretary," I continued,
"with yoar robbing the fat en Une a
Sam's lips. Bis stomach tells him that Le
has not par'.aken of the lat treasury 'possum. Moreover he can see all tbe pension
sharks and other friends of the adiuiaia-
tration going around witb tbeir stomachs
painfully distended, so he has got a pretty
correct idea ef wbat became ot the mout y
misappropriated by tbe Billion Dollar
Congress."
Secretary Foster, however, is hopeful.
He says the cox populi are aa easy set to
fool. Besides explaining away the empty
treasury, Harrison has requested me to
whitewash the Postmaster General, wbo,
if be is not actually one of the Ke>nioua-
Bank polecats, bas been so intimate w ith
them that people bold tbeir noses w hen bt
passes along tbe street. Ia addition to
this I bave to see that ltuss makes uo bad
breaks and disgraces us all witb bis mouth.
I wish Russ Harrison had a porous pi uNe>
over his mouth and was obliged to do lib-
talking through the boles.
The Republican party bas materially decayed during tbe last decade, and it i» uphill work restoring it to its original cot.di
tion. And tben the Democrat-*are liii..*.
ing out silly jibes about tbis Syndieaia
Cottage. It occurs to me that wheu Hat
rison accepted this cottage be imiiate.lr.it
youug man who la stooping dowu to pick
up a copper rained half a dollar's w oi tli
of suspenders, besides exposing himsell la
tbe derision of the spectators. However
perhaps Harrison is riuht in freezin ■ rata
the cottage. It ia a surer thing thai, ibe
-second term.
Tba oiber day wben I explained to Par
rison tbe necessity of something ba ug
doue he said he thought Blaine would he p
him Oat if he (Harrison) asked Itiru  to co
ao.
"Mr. Praaident," aaid I, "if after ti a
way Blaine bas been treated by tbia ... •
ministration yon ask him to belp joj o. t
in the next campaign, yoa will havr n-oie
cheek thaa an) body I ever knew < xcept
one person."
•'Who was that oue persoBs1'"
"That person was a young  lady.   St.
flirted with a olerk iu a store, let bim pay
lot  carriage  lideH, ice cream, aocp.el
Many years ago, before the Turk—msy
the earth S-*. allow Iiini and oblivion his
tieinory—cuiie into our fair country,
when all oar pjuple worshiped the
blessed Christ, there stood npon tba
lopes of Ararat, apart from ill oth.*r
habitations, a little cottage nestling hi
llowers acd embowered by the treee of
tlie forest
Its inhabitants were SB eld maa of
Persian face and priestly dress and a
young girl of whose appearance little
waa known, for although most un maidenly she roamed the wooded slope* of
the mountains, she nevertheless fled
from the presence of oar young Armenian hunters more swiftly than the deer
which they there pursued. Tha women
of onr country, bow ever, tf they do differ ia reserve from tiieir western kinswomen, still have titer full share of
curiosity, and are as artful aa any in
satisfying it Thus they soon reported,
with unconscious malice, lhat the girl
shunned comparison with out* dark eyed
country maidens with their ripened color
and raven bair, because her face possessed no beauty, but was pale as marble,
and that Ihe wave of gold wliich tiie
hunters described as follow ing her flight
was a mass of unbound hair of the reddest sort I
S.x)n whispers spread the rumor that
this old maa and his daughter were
heathen "Gragabnshd *—as iu our tongue
we call those whom you more pleas-:
ingly denominate Guebers or Fire Worshipers,
Why he had chosen Ararat for his
home remained a mystery, yet tbere ia
the shadow of that holy mount he lived
and practiced his dark rite-*. Surely ao
man but a stony hearted Gueber o. uld
1 well in so favored a spot aud remain in-
filel. Above him, far in the blue deep of
heaven, pointing with its snowy fl iger
higher aad still higher, until it would
seem that the strongest eye must fail to
follow ila glitteriug index, and lhat Uie
stiffest ueek mast bow in awe of -tba
Creator, rose the grand old peak of
Ararat Down through the green of
the tree tops its white splendor gl'amed
niton tiie c ittage of Uie Persian. Yet he
I inked aot up, save to salute the sua ia
tii-t meridian glory.
Hera fo the very center of tlie world,
perchance oa the very spot where tba
awoke of the first sacrifice of a purified
world arose to Noah's God, he made his
unholy adorations to the same false
aleity whom tlie wicked worshiped before the avenging deluge swept them
away. Even when his god of a day
waa passiug away la the evening and
the shadows of the sacred mountain,
immutable, eternal, fell upon hie home
—even then unholy prayers and chaut-
iug.-a were heard by the cltaucj passerby,
who crossed hi.iiielf and hurried ea ia
(error. None dare 1 put themselves in
reach of liis conjurations, and all
shunned the neighborhood.
Then the n ar with our Persian oppressors caine on, and tiie righteously indignant Armenians wonfd have risen aad
put hint and his daughter to death aad
si.orificed hia cottage to his god of fire,
had they not lieen restrained by the only
frieud the old Persian could count in all
tbe valley, young Vahnii, tlie bravest
vouthof tiie realm, the son of our leader
Vartan.
I said that Prince Vahan waa a Mend
of the Persian: He was, more truthfully,
the lover of his daughter, Oue day before the outbreak of the war he had
been hunting on the slopea of Ararat.
His thoughts had wandered from the
chase, and, pluuged ia revery, he had
allowed his horse to drop into a slow
and noiseless walk over the thick carpet
:>f fallen leaves, the'work of all the
centuries since the flood. Suddenly he
heard a voice:
"What shall 1 suffer to rid my fatber
nf his terrible curse?" Turning toward
I lie place whence came the voice lie beheld, standing underneath a pine oa a
brook's side, with hands uplifted to a
ray of sunlight which streamed down
through tlie green roof above, a being
who seemed to Vahan's deluded eyes the
ideal of all beauty, purity, and troth.
"Oh spirit of the earth, or air, or light,
or water, foe thou seemest to be tbe
soul of all," he cried; "Oh dryad of the
pine, or naiad of the brook, or sylph of
tbe sunbeam, what can Vahan do to
reverence, ar. tf thou perchauce be
mortal, to aid thee?"
Perhaps tt waa his noble face and
.artiest mien as well as poetic language
—for lie had beeu reared in Athens—that
assured her tbat he was not of the rough
peasant lads from whom she had often
fled, or perchance tbe beautiful .witch
had already begun to practice ber evil
.nchantments; ba this aa it may, she
listened to his words and told Iter name
and condition.
Thenceforth Vahan spent his days ia
hunting and bis nights in dreaming of
tiie maiden wbom he daily met by tiie
brook under the great pine on the mount-
tin side. His dreams were of a maiden
fair and holy featured as the Virgin,
tnd rich in a flood of hair, fine as though
spun of sunbeams and soft as Magdalen's
locks tliat wiped the feet of oar Lord.
Ofa, the craft of a wicked woman!
How she seemed ta love hiiul Theu the
Persian war began. How her tenderness increased! The youth of Armenia
liH>teHed witb ardor to the frontier, bat
Vahan still wasted his days ia the chas >
>f lava His parents upbraided him,
his companions entreated, tbe old men
re nitnled him of his former deeds snd
the preseut need of his valor to lead the
Arn emails to victory; but still he would
not ga Often he said: "I will go to-
niorr >w;" but to-morrow found him
still d 'laying by the brook, and again
to-morrow found him on his steed prick*
t g fast to the mountain c ittage,
•arnestlv resolved to take that farewell
embrace which another tomorrow
again renewed. Perhaps at that time
the uirl realty loved Vidian, and wished
id in safe from the dangers of war; yet
the outer me seems to indicate tliat love
f ir her fellow countrymen, the Persian
Gtebeis, prompted her allurements to
delay the departure of the young Armenian hero, the flower of the army.
Entreaties of parents and friends at
I.lining evidence of the moat diabolical
treachery, the revelation of all of Vahan's millitary plans, which, in his confidence and enthusiasm, he must have
revealed to the old man. Last of all
there was a pl>>t for luriug the priuce
iuto auibusli.
'Hie courier was slain at once, and
the old mau and bis daughter dragged
before the court of Armenia. The
father confessed everything, and with
erect farm and flashing eyes even
• masted of the partial success of bia
plana But he begged piteously for the
life of bia daughter, aud said that she
knew nothing of the plan for Vahan'i
lietrajrftl, am) that ovet) )i« }ove4 thm
laat prevailed, and Vahan departed to
the waa Before hie coming tba Persians had been almost uniformly vie*
torious, but now the bravery and
generalship of Uie new leader aroused
ihe despairing Armenians to renewed
courage, and tbe tide of victory waa
turned.
Meanwhile spies had discovered in the
mountain   cottage   the   cause   of   tba
prince's long delay.    Thenceforth it waa
continually watched.    One night a man
was captured while stealthily departing
from the place.    His speech and brave
attempt to outrun the horsemen prove.1*
him to ba one of the swift footed Persian
couriers.    He carried  a message from
the old Persian Fire  Worshiper,  con
young man so well that he had planned
capture where death  wonld have been
more easily  accomplished.      So great
was the people's love for tiieir prince
that their rage knew no bounds,    Tlie
aid man  was condemned to death by
■ire,   He stood   ia   the   midst  cf  the
flames more like a martyr than tlie accursed sorcerer that he Was; and cried
aa the fire raged about him, "Oh Sphrit   .
of  lire!   I   thank   thee   that   asy  sin
against thee ia  purified   ia thine embraces!"
Such was the force of the father's entreaties, and such was the saintly
beauty of her own pure face, that some
would bave freed tba maiden. But
many a beauty among the court ladies
oa whom Vahan had ever looked with
disdain could scarce restrain their
nails from ploughing that face whose
crime ia their eyes waa not that it had
caused Armenia Ihe loss of many
victories, but tbat it had woa the love
of Vahan. She waa condemned to the
milder deaUl by tbe sword, though
many*thought her a viler magician than
her father, so wickedly fair was her enchantment of beauty, for oar priests
tell us ia tba words of the holy book,
that the devil often appears aa aa angel
of light.
While she lay in prison, awaiting execution, Vahan heard of ber condition.
Cursing Iter judges aad betrayers, he
took horse for the capital He rode like
the wind, night and day, and even hia
Koordish mare, that, under a forayer,
had journeyed for three days without
food or rest, whose limbs were like
marble tn their firmness, dropped dead
on tie second morning. Four horses
•Med beneath the furious rider, and still
lie came too lata
(bt tbe morning of. his arrival the
maiden had been brought iato tiie public square and taken upon tbe platform
constructed ia its center. None of the
spectators had ever seen so beautiful a
being. Down from her queenly head,
about tba fairest of faces and loveliest
of forms, rippling even to her feet, fell
the richness of her hair, soft and silken
as the spider's thread, and golden as tbe
sunlight
This glorious witchery the executioner ""•
severed first, to allow the free sweep of
his sword. The vindictive queen,
Vahan's mother, was by her side, and
gathered np the locks aa they fell
Then she scattered them to tbe winds,
aad laid a curse upon them, saying:
"Oh gleaming locks of the Flre Witch,
that like a marsh light would liave
lured my son to destruction, be ye scattered to tiie four corners of tlie world,
to be a witness to Armenian aad to
Persian, to Christian and to Unbeliever,
of the wickedness of this euchnntress!
A curse be ou you, that ye reat not forever, either upon {he earth or sea or ia
the heavens, that the memory of her
treachery may ever remain!"
As she ended, down the valley in the
distance came Vahan, urging a wearied
steed and crying: "InnocentI iuno-
ceut!" But tiie executioner was deaf
to all commands save the queeu's, and
blind to all beauty, even that of a saint,
for setat tba maiden surely seemed,
wilh the shorn locks of gold surrounding Iter sorrowful face as the halo
hovers over the weepiug Mother Mary.
The great two handed sword whistled
through tlie air. and the enchantress
waa ao more. Tlie queen ai d all tliat
were there fled like cowards from the
frantic euraee ef Vahan. Alt alone did
he mourn over her body, aad then departed to throw away his life iu desperate battle with Uie Persians. He
and Vartan, hia father, perished oa the
day va hen Armenia waa freed.
Still, over the hills and valleys, forests
and streams, float the silken hairs on
which the curse was laid They rest
not, neither oa the earth below nor in
the heaven above, but float forever between them, a memorial to all the world
of the saint like enchantress; and tbe
little Armenian children say, as they see
the long golden threads stretching over
the mentlon*s in motionless suspens*,
" There fluata tbi Vuki Vosdein, tha
spirit spider thread that would have
caught Vahan in ita nieslie.1"
But in Persia they revere the old man
and his daughter as patriots aud martyrs,
and look on tbe gossamer as a memorial
of that virtue wh ch triumphs over love
and death itself
Tet, however that may be, whether
sl.e was angel or fiendish enchantress,
the Armenians to this day can not abide
red hair.—[A Legend of Armenia, by
Mali in M M.Iler.
To tlie untrue mm the whole univeis i
is false, and he himself, in so far as he
shows himself in a false light, becomes
a shadow, or indeed ceases to exist. —
[Hawthorna
At a coming ball in Bangor the prompter will b_* suspended from the oil ling in
a basket.
Ptinct tiat Iran-
It is strange that the use of points for
purposes of punctuation should lie suoh
a comparatively modern invention. Of
the four generally used points only the
period (.) dates earlier than the fifteenth
century. The colon (:) is said to havo
been first introduced about 1485. tlie
comma (.) some K years later, aad ttie
sen i-colon (;) about 1570. It is difficult
to understand how tfae literary world
dispensed for so many <-< nturles with the
useful points, and their lack must have
added to tba tod of the decipherer of
written document*. When we remember what curious inversions of meaning
may be caused by tho misplacing of a
comma, we marvel bow early authors
contrived to escape strange misreading
of their works, in which no points -raided
the student.—[London Star'dud.
Prophet Wiggins believes in the transmigration of souk. But somehow nothing that Wiggins believes ia seems to
materialize. -. i
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