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Show DANCE AT THE INN. STORT, girl." aid grandma, "Why, mllingly. I've never had anything happen to me that could make a etory except once. And I'm a lmoet afraid to tell you that.aneC Oh, that - eounde charming," "We11 have that, 11 be had It in his power and everything else. 1 to slipped off a turquoise and gave it him. Ho placed it on hi third finger above a diamond, and, a the dismono flashed, I saw a tiny cro-- a cut on its surface I was not searched, and with courtly bow my knight of the real and his companions vanished as suddenly aa they had come One month later I was a.nioet worn have to coax for a week. Grandma waa allent for eeveral minutes, while we chattered and coaxed her. At laat aha gave away and began: Yeare ago, when I waa a girl, thing were so different from our way of living now that I fear my story will seem Improbable to you. I lived in a small western town, where my father had a tract of land almoat as large aa thin entire village. It waa a lonely plare for young people, but frequent visits to school friend and return visit from them relieved the dreariness somewhat. We had plenty of riding, however, as well aa an occasional dance; we really bad little time to mope. Still It waa a aad change when my sister married and went to live 110 miles away. It teemed as remote as If who bad crossed the ocean; but the glorious anticipation of visiting her kept me In a fever of excitement for a whole year. During this time I had met Paul Foster (your grandfather) and became engaged to him, and It waa arranged that be should accompany father and myself on the Journey. Stage coaches were the only conveyances then, but there waa an enchantment about travel then that no amount of luxury in a palace car can qua! now. On some Tlie drive waa glorious. pirts of the road 1 sat on top of the stage; but when I was tired, or the road rougher than usual, I crept Inside. Sometimes we would walk while the horses rested or followed slowly. Toward evening we reached some small tavern and remained all night glad by that time of the change, but Just as i flerce-lookln- 0ft NOW! GO! and waa almost falling when suddenly one of the highwaymen pushed the A qther out of the way, exclaiming: Hebe, by Jove! and with aurh a bow m few had eter given me took my hand had helped me down, j "To tell the truth, I knew very little of what took place around me after that I saw my highwayman give order to his men; then be turned to me and in the most gentlemanly manner begged me to walk with him. 1 dare not refute, and we paced back and forth till 1 felt aa If I should taint lie talked of the scenery, the mountain air, and other matter, but of his purpose there and of the operations of hit companions be kept himself carefully between me and them he said not a word. It was at a moment when ! felt I could endure no more that I caught eight of Paul's face. All the men had their hahdi tied behind them and were landing In a row, looking Into the revolver of their captors, who relieved them of everything of value. There flood, your grandfather with auch a "stare nf helpless indignation at poor sne that It was mere than I could stand, and with a sense of the ridiculous that was more than half hysterical I broke Into auch peala of laughter jthat the mountains echoed. I could not help it. I laughed and laughed till (the tears ran down my cheeks and my escort at last Joined me, while ha whispered something so flattering that gioor Paul would have died outright It be could have heard, f I Finally my highwayman placed me In the coach again, with a whispered . A Ills Remarkable Ksperteaee Heeaeie Tl 4bjeted to Hie C4or. Yes, siree," declared the rallroai man to thejsjejnphbt Scimitar reporter, 'thi.se days that are past are the paimj days I remember when I SANDFORD MAKES A NEW DEPARTURE IN HEALING METHODS. lltititi To !! Complttfl Control Ovtr Mil Hpirltt Cftfltlnff Oat Irll 11m BwiMercd th Qulot Coantrj Folk la gints that burned nothing but wool worked wwh an engineer Tim I Hj-ga- n otl A boat UurhftHt was hia n,.n.e "who was one of t'x la t on the line. I aint going to g u (h name of the road nor anything l kt Mr. Meredith wishes to be Intro- duced to you Mr. Meredith then asked me to dance with him, and not only once but many times we danced together he was an admirable dancer. Vet 1 could hardly hear what he said, so perplexed was I, wondering where I could have heard his voice before But at length, aa be extended his hand, I glanced down and aar a email cross cut on the diamond of his ring My dears, 1 almost fjinted outright But to the end he acted the part of a He led me to a window gentleman and stood talking while he shielded my agitation from the room now filled with whirling couples "Nothing was said for several minutes. In my foolish heart I wag trying to think of some romantic reason that would account for hi mode of life. His face, from whlth the beard and moustache were gone, looked like that of some boyish Sir Galahad, not like that of a criminal. His kindly brown eyes shown on me with a world of laughter In them 'Well?' he aald, smilingly. At the same moment I caught sight of Paul In the doorway talking to a man whom I did not know and with earnest gesture pointing to my partner. Paul too, had recognised hitn. Though my heart was beating so hard that I could, I motioned to Mr Meredith to finish the dance, and when we reached the side nearest the opposite door I stopped. 'Bend down your head, '.I whispered, faintly. " Some one has recognized you, saw them. You must go. - My voice trembled. 1 am sure. " Must, hs aald slowly, still smiling. Then he frowned. But the' smile came back Instantly as he glanced at me, aa 1 stool pale and trembling. Poor little girl! he said. So divided between a sense of duty and pity for a poor wretch like me. Come a bargain, child! One more dance all around the room and back here, and 1 will go. You ought to go nowT-- 4 faltered. Not until we finish the dance, ho aald, firmly. He supported me almost entirety as we whirled around the room, or I believe that I should have slipped on the Go! Hogan might flay. was to be one morrTtance, probably the last, were to siart homeward the first or Paul bad been the following wee visiting relatives add had Just returned In time to take part. A the wagon drove up at the door of the inn, where the dance was to be held I heard a young lady, a friend of my sister's, call out. Why. where has Mr Meredith gone?' But I thought nothing of It then. The dancing had been going on for only a short time when this young lady came up to roe and with tones suggestive of pique said N MAINE has appeared a new heal- - y in wntrftirer- - y faith and trouble at this 'In them days the engines had a draft through the smokestack whuh beat the world, and the engine Hogeu ran had the strongest draft of any engine on the road. Many'a the time Hogan has had to stop hie engine when ehe was puffling hard going Uphill until I got out and put a pleee of sheet-iro- n over the stack What for? Why, to keep the fiie under the boiler, q tu draft would draw it all out. "Well, about the time I speak of the roal wanted to introduce niggers an Of course we kicked, but it fltemen didnt do niuh good. Hogan kicked harder than anybody and swore he would kill any nigger the road ppt in his cab and, not only that, he would tnrow his lifeless body in the firebox One day Hogan comes to me Just out on our run before we was goln and said 'Jim they've1 put a nigger in with me for this run, but I want yon to go out with me, anyway. 'What s the use' says I. 'Well, you come on and dont ak no questions. says Hogan. HogJi was a powerful and determined sort of a ntan and I didn't want no trouble with him, so I climbed in'o the rah 'loneide of the nigger when the train polled out "Well, sir, I never forgot that run Hogan was mad and sulky and he iin 'hat old eng.no with all the car be-- i ind her Just like he was way beh nd 'in.e. The mgg r heaved wood into the firebox and Hogan kept cussla hJ' and tellin him to keep er hot. Fir-- ' th'ng 1 snowed we'd struck the bottom of the l'.ng'st and heaviest grade on the line. Hogans engine was draw ng great chunks of wood from the firebox and the stack looked like a volcano Finally, when the nigger waa leaning over to lift a piece of wood, Hogan hit him on the head with a monkey wrench and he fell over Just like he was dead. I was so scared I couldnt move, but Hogan got off his seat and chucked the nigger feet first Into the y, To Fxptoro llibv. Sir Martin Conway, head of the expedition to Spitzbergeu, which left England on June 1, said to an Interviewer just before he stRrted: Our Idea is to explore Spltzbergen, e to cross the Island In two or three lions If possible, to make collections and a map, and, generally speaking, to bring back an account of a country the nature of which is entirely unknown. Spltzbergen is the only piece of polar land, thanks to the gulf stream, easily accessible to explorer. The wonder la that it has not been explored before. The only explanation of this is that the land haa been visited by sailor, fishermen and yachtsmen who had no object in penetrating Into the Interior The topographical results will, of course, be of prime Importance. coupled with the geographical and aoologlcal data. The point of interest to geologists is the existence of a bed of foraii plants whlh are unrepresented In tli6 British national Dr. Gregorys main business will be to supply that lack. Mr. will look after the zoological and botanical part of the expedition. The botanical point of interest is in the plant that grow on the Mila or nunataks, rising above the glacial covering of the high region I shall look after the map work The expedition. part of the expenses of which are contributed by the Royal Geographical society, Is due to return to England about the end of September. London Times. dl-t- I whispered, in per- j containing a diamond ring, with a cross cut in Its surface. -- a -- i lent-f- or The girls-we- re few moments and then began with exclamations of delight at the story, romance beyond anything they had expected. Thes aald saucy Irene, with a twinkle In her eyts Grandmother, darling. 111 wager anything that you never told grandfather all thla atory." The pink blush spread over grandmother's face, but the dear old soul would not lie, even to point a moral. A ftrhomss No, my dear girls, she said, slow A Paris Journal says that a French ly. It was very wrong, no doubt, but I never did," Louisville Courier scientist trying to make beeipjantr-facur- e medicated honey in a variety Journal. of flavor for toe cure of various diseases He keep the bee under glass, Hallway' qater Defect. so that they can get honey oa!y from A curloua defect has been discoverflowers especially chosen By tie difed la Buda Pestha, underground rail- ferent kinds of honey thu preduced. way. Thera are not enough ventilat- Influenza, coughs and colds, iz.jige-tioing aperture In the tunnel and the asthma and many other Rig are trains rushing through It compress the said to be readily if indirectly reachair In It like that In the tube of a ed and while the palate of thetghen pneumatic gun. On some occa- ed Invalid and the stubborn Add 1 sion the cars have beeen lifted from tickled he la being surrptiUo03ly the track and the passenger have been cured. almost suffocated. One stretch of tunnel two miles long has only a single Harea Waa a Maot ventilating aperture, making It almost That indefatigable Detroit Rjvr 0f conan alr-tlgcompartment Any things Baconian has discovery that structing engineer ought to have the author of Mr. Shakespeare' known what would be the result of playa.wa a Mason, and that he such pneumatic conditions- who read between the llne- to speak of the words and letters of A 6o4 Variety, Hdmlet. Othello and all the may Mrs. Keedlek It Is quite the style at find the ritual of that order rj it n us fullness. Boston Transcript wedding celebrations to have"subdued organ music. Mr. Keedlek That la a The most enviable of n step In the right direction.' I wonder If thf, piano music cannot be subdued to some character of aa honest manure lngtoa. ", way. New York World. 1 n, kt ht well-kno- STUBBORN FIGHTERS (or tho Ripodltloa l tbo Rltor. There is trouble ahead for the expedition up the Nile if the dervishes have become good riflemen, aa a cable dispatch from London reports on the authority of a correbpondent . of the Army and Navy Gazette. According to this correspondent the dervishes can B8wr deliver a deadly rifle fire which will enable ibeua Weooibiw European, , tactics with formidable onsets of cavalry and xspearsmen la tbs did style, says the Boston Herald. He adds that the British tactics of forming squares and awaiting the shock of battle will not longer 'answer against the Mah-diuand, if persisted in, will result In rout and ruin. In the stubborn fighting between the British and Mahdists during the expeditions of 1884 and 1885 the square was a favorite formation with the British, who met in this way the fiery charges of the dervishes at Tatnal and Abou Klea. Such tactics were sound enough under the military conditions then existing, as the tribes had few rifles and little skill with this weapon. Thus solid formations, which would have crumbled to pieces under fire, offered the beat means of meeting the desperate rushes of the Soudanese How formidable these spearsmen charges were was shown at the battle of Tamai, where the liadfndowaa crushed la the face of a British square, captured several gatling guns and forced the Black WdLh, one of the toughest fighting regime nts in the British eervlce, to give ground. We said at the time that if the Arabs ever attained skill aa marksmen, so that their rifle file would match the excellence of their bpear work, the British would have to give up the luea of lign'tng in squares and face the barges of the tribesmen in open order If, as the'Toi rcbixindent of tho tuny and Navy Gazette asserts, the dervishes aie now able to combine firearms effectively with the cold steel, the Anglo-Ug- y plin troops have a far n.oie formidable task bi fore them in their piebcnt invabion of the Soudan than fair Get aid Giaham and Sir Herbert Stewa-- t had to deal with in the exje'diticns of 1884 and 1S85. thud Trouble tr"fJ" her ' hiuband !n ' Ohtabnsfitfit the new faith, which he call The Worlds ' Evangelization Crusade on Apostolic Principle Sandford appeared in Durham only recently, and so earnest and convincing was he in his arguments that he not only" converted the members of tne local churches to bis faith, but one oi tbeir pastors as well. He has baptized them all, and he says big power comes from preaching the simple word of God as God has expounded it to him His is a unlveisal church, and every one is welcome who believes. Sandford makes bis home in Durham, where he is teaching his disciples. They are young men full of zeal for the cause Sandford is himself a young man. He has amqng his disciples actors, a young mechanic and two others, one a laborer, and one who is called the "Hallelujah Fiddler. HOLY GHOST AND US. On the door of the house in which SandfonJ lives, and in which he has established The Holy Ghost and Us1 Bible School, is the invitation: faith- OF NILE. alone. He haa appeared in Durham, and his name ia Sandford the Rev. F. V. Sandford. Sandford and his wife are the -- pasties of the old faith They believe in and Sandhe preaches divine healing. made ford has many already cute in and about the town of Durham, come of which he is not averse to talking about. There is one case in particular to wlj.th he refer, that of a woman who was thrown from a carriage and had four Tibs broken. She suffered Intensely, and until Sand-fer- d prayed for her, when she declared her pains ail gone and said she was heated completely In Durham thiy say that many cases of the kind have occurred. More than that, they cast out devils In Durham. Sandford cast a devil out of his mothers limb. He say so himself. and he described the singular COME IN: FATHER LOVES in a way that is vivid. YOU. His mother, he said. In an interview with a Lewiston (Me ) Journal reporter, One rart of the house is set apart for was suffering with sciatica. She was the object of much solicitude on the public worship and the Bible School. rt of her neighbors, and they combined to ftee her of her ailment. They Kikltno Stick Throwing. offered special prayers and anointed In the firbt place a throwing stick, her, and there was a laying-o- n of hands, "throwing board. or spear thrower," but she was not delivered from pain. as it is sometimes called, is a contrivSandford was then appealed to to use ance for a javelin or harpoon, casting his power to cast out devils. which is employed by various savage As he tells it, his mother told him races, such as the Australians, some v hen he arrived at her home that she South American tribes and especially felt she was healed on the day wlten by the Ebkimos, among whom its use she was anointed. Yet the pains had is almost universal Roughly speaking eturned each night, and during the it is a narrow grooved board a foot or two or three nights preceding hi arso long, with one end cut into a handle rival she had endured fearful agony. Mother told me," said he. that she and the other provided with a stud or for the butt of the spear to Test ATMOSPHERE OF MARS. could bear it no longer. Why!" ahe spur said, it seems as If the very fangs of against. It is used thus: Grasping the The with Fer Planet the devil are fastened into my limb handle as he would a sword the man Floe Ueather. ennlalljr fits the the shaft the of into I spear cant express it in any other nights' Let us now remark that the Martian It seems something groove, with the butt resting against meteorology is less complicated and way, she said. more than sickness. The pain seems j the stud, steadying the spear with the more pleasant than that of the eaith, says the North American Review. There the weather is. almost always fine, especially during summer. Very seldom are there clouds, even In winter. Generally when we are unable to distinguish through the telescope the details of the geographical configuration upon the planet, the fault is In our own atmosphere and not in that of Mare. It is very rarely the case that, when our atmospheric conditions are good, we are unable to see these details. During the last period of observance of Mars In 1894, I, to speak for myself, encountered only fifteen days (from Oct. 10 to 25) when the surface of the planet was veiled by Its own atmosphere. Clouds are excessively rare on the surface of Mars, and perhaps exist at all only as fogs or light cirrus; they are not clouds of rain or storm. These veils are very Infrequent there, while they are perpetual upon the earth Probably there Is not a single DEVIL. THE FAKIRS METHOD OF CASTING day In the jear when the entire surface of the earth is uncovered so that Well, mother, I said, for finger. Then, extending his arm and it could be satisfactorily observed from devilish. I know God heard our prayers. He dont bending back his hand until the spear space. The planets have two meteoro- lie, and we laid hands on you in His lies horizontal, he aims at the marlT logical systems that are absolutely anname. I will go upstairs and pray, and and propels the weapon by a quick for- tlthetical. Furthermore, in the rareyou do so here, and we will ask God to ward jerk of the stick." In this way I fied atmosphere of Mars there cn be reveal the reason you are not dellv-- et have seen the Eskimo boys casting no powerful winds, like the trade winds their forked Javeltns at wetnided water-fo- and the ed. predominant atmospherical L There la a very large number of "I had scarcely dropped upon my currents which rule terrestrial cliknee In the chamber above before Eskimos throwing sticks in the Na- mates. Occasionally, however, obIt Is the dev II. tional museum at Washington, col- servers have God said to me plainly: noted long streaks of Within one minute from the time I lected from all the different branches snow which appear to have beeen prome of the race. These have been carefully duced by currents in a tranquil atleft her I said: Mother, God tells that It Is the devil.1 Well, Frank, she studied by Prof. Otis T. Mason, one of mosphere. Shlaptrelli, for instance, said, I feel the game. I believe It Is the curators of the museum, and he has observed such streaks (trainees) in the devil rather than disease. I thank found that these Implements differ November and December, 1881, around God for- - anointed jpyea with which to greatly from each other in their details, the northern pole and extending a conperceive, as well as anointed ears with while all are made on the same general siderable distance from it. But such which to hear. plan. For instance, one kind will have are exceptions. The normal Though I have never been taught a praln handle, while another will have things is fine weather. Mars of condition the Great Teacher, the this by man, yet projecting pegs, er hole or sockets, to Holy Ghost, had shown n$ that, while give a firmer hold for the fingers and Torpedo for Grove r.honlt. the prayer of faith would save the sick, so on. Popular Science Monthly. The coffin torpedo is the latest devieo out cast must of faith command the to foil the! grave robber. devils (Mark, xrt, 16). Accordingly, in R Of latfc' years the practice of despoilAbout Whit Kmw It 11 to His name, I commanded the dev Have you seen Mathildes ing graves has become so widespread Some Umb. may mothers leave my that every effort has been put forth to dress? asked Mrs. Cumrox. smile at this, bat two weeks of fearful No, I havent seen Matildas new find some means to end It It is beand almost unendurable agony ended was the not very genial re- lieved the present invention will when that command was given. My dress, what is more, 1 dont want to achieve that purpose. "and. ply, that Infant an night, mother slept like This new contrivance is a regulation see it. and the agony ha never returned. bomb, as deadly as any ever invented should "I new would In think the you believers have to the According by anarchistic genius. It is placed fn doctrine established by Sandford there enough of the sentiments of a father the casket just previous to Interment, 1 considerable agttation on the port of about you to take an interest In what and after it Is placed In position, the subMathilde to wears. their to power devil owing the lid of the casket screwed down, It wl'l I can find out all I want to know the country about Durdue him.-I- n nr-vtabout Matildas dresses," he rejoined, be an exceedingly dangerous undertakham, where the evangelist holds to attempt to force the casket at tegular intervals, there are persisting in his own pronunciation, ing The lid of the closed coffla open v lilch manifestations remarkable without seeing them. tome a spring. Raising th-f- lid, down presses to the workings "Oh, indeed! Then perhaps you can even in the faithful attribute slight degree, releases the evil of the spirit. describe material this one. the of to strike a perensston it spring, causing g a a and holds I can; not minutely, but none the Sandford The cap. resulting explosion of the cap ail about the less accurately. The most conspicuous series of also explodes the bomb, and, while tho fer the at these and power country, thing about the material Is a large concussion would wrench the casket, both good and evil develops rnanyje- - check. I feel eure about that, because it ia almost Impossible for the pereon culiarltlea. I wrote the check myself. Washingwho t trying to open the casket to esIt haa got so that the faithful be- ton Star. instant death. New York Journal. cape are that proof they lieve absolutely against all machinations of his Satanic Bank-Rat- e Pmpt. Matrimonial Dlfllrnlty In Maine. Majesty, and, as they tell onethey get for printing Bank of EngThe paper now waa not a very pretty home wed-flincomer a In It every tight the devil land note is dampened with water In the one that didnt come off at and again, because they can actually the exhausted receiver of an air pump. Old Orchard the other hear him yelp. The cries uttered by The Ink need in the night It would plate printing Is have been a Wedding, those who are wrestling with the evil though. If the Is which made of the composed the saint to referred by clergtinan hadnt asked the man If he gptrlt' are of charcoal the and of tendrlllg husks drank, and on being answered in the as the yelping of the devil." the German grape ground with linseed refused to perform the cereFor all are saints who embrace the oil. affirmative, The ink has a peculiar and deep mony. While the new faith a taught by the Schlatter coapia were pleading Common black inks be- with the of the East There ia na distinction as shade of black, good mas to reverse that blue or with tinted either brown. to creed, and any one who sincerely ing righteous decision, an officer of tho Jew believes may Join the hand of the faith- Economist. appeared and stopped all further proful. for the time at least. the ' To know man one what haa don la ceeding. Sandford haa not always been inwould-b- e bride being a pauper, Lewisto know what all men may do. ton Journal. spired. He U a graduate of Bate Col- ts y fitebox. I looked out of the window. I didnt want to see such a shocking sight I happened to look at the smokestnek, and i tee the niggers boots come out of it, then bia socks, then his pants and then he come feet first. When he roie Mr. from the stack he yella: Good-bHogan. "We saw him light on the ground and Jump up and run. I have never seen him since, nor neither has Hogan, but you cant get a nigger into Hogan's cab and that's a fact." I be said earnestly. never shall forget you. Think of me aa kindly aa you can. He had vanished in the darkness, A few minutes and none too soon. later the sheriff and two of his men appeared, fully armed; but Mr. Meredith waa nowhere to be found nor did any one discover how he escaped." Cradma sighed softly. I have always been glad to know he escaped, she added. Is that all? Yes, except that after the notice of my marriage had been Inserted in the papers, I received an express package Good-b- jgt t lege, and was a Free Baptist clergyman until within three years ago. At that time he became convinced that he was not preaching religion as Christ taught it. He gave up his charge and telary, and went back to the primitive methods of Apostolic times. For three years he hag been sparing himself for the work, and his wife has stuck by him alf through it. Her faith Is as great as his own. She is a young woman- of good family and highly educated, and has done much FAKIR OF MAINE. out Lh the fcuJexutsweaii furnished that itr rtmirT8Tftrirtarer''ciu.e by my sister in her efforts to make eager to start attain the next morning i Thd second, day. Just as we were tarting, TTyoung man came up and hurriedly whispered to Silas, the 1 remember still my lively driver. curiostity as to what It waa all about, when 1 saw Sllaa lean forward and g redraw two Urge, volvers. Ha examined them carefully, meanwhile holding the lines a peculiar jw ay, partly between bia knees with (he end turned about hie am. 1 found out the meaning of the whisper and the pistols, too, when earty In the afternoon' we Entered a By (narrow pass between the hills. khla time I was cowering Inside the iswnck, tilough t could ev (wanting to, the rugged mountains, the pteep cliff, the narrow roadway along which Sllaa peered carefully, but even Ite was taken by surprise when half a foxes men suddenly sprang up, apparently from nowhert. I can not express the rapidity with which the whole thing was done. Two etood at the horses' heads, two quickly disarmed the driver and the men on top of the conch, while two other at the same natant threw open the door and with eveied pistol ordered ut to step out. Two elderly ladles, a middle-age- d one, land old leitleman. and myaelf obeyed floor. "Now! a quickly as we could, I assure you. trembled ao that I could hardly eland fect terror. f A my visit pleasant. There we HOGANS FIREMAN. request for some remembrance a ring or anything to take ring w ce camp-meetin- tent-meetin- g" k |