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O s r a a n s w e r e d n o t h i n g , b u t g a z e d i n q u e s t i o n i n g a t t h e p r i n c e , a n d h e , s t i l l h o l d i n g t h e l a d y ' s h a n d , b e g a n t o s p e a k i n a g e n t l e v o i c e :

" D o n o t a s k h e r n a m e , m a d a r n e . B u t f r o m t h e f i r s t h o u r t h a t w c k n e w t h e m e a n i n g of l o v e w e h a v e l o v e d o n e a n ­o t h e r . A n d h a d t h o i s s u e r e s t e d i n m y h a n d s I w o u l d h a v e t h r o w n t o t h e w i n d s a l l t h a t k e p t m e f r o m h e r . I r e ­m e m b e r w h e n f i r s t I m e t h e r — a h , m y s w e e t , d o y o n r e m e m b e r ? A n d f r o m t h a t d a y t o t h i s i n s o u l s h o h a s b e e n m i n e a n d I h e r s i n a l l m y l i fe . B u t m o r e c o u l d n o t be. M a d a m e , y o u h a v e a s k e d w h a t l o v e i s . H e r e i s l o v e . Y e t f a t e i s s t r o n g e r . T h u s I c a m e h e r e t o w o o , a n d s h e , l e f t a l o n e , r e s o l v e d t o g i v e h e r s e l f to God."

" H o w c o m e s s h e h e r o t h e n ? " w h i s ­p e r e d O s r a , a n d s h e l a i d o n e L a n d t i m ­i d l y o n t h e c o u c h , n e a r t h e l a d y , y e t so a s n o t t o t o u c h e v e n h e r g a r m e n t s .

" S h e c a m e h e - r e , " h e b e g a n , b u t s u d ­d e n l y , t o t L e i r a m a z e m e n t , t h e l a d y , w h o h a d s e e m e d d e a d , w i t h a n e f fo r t r a i s e d h e r s e l f o u h e r e l b o w a n d s p o k e i n a ciuick, e a g e r w h i s p e r , a s if s h e f e a r e d t i m e a n d s t r e n g t h w o u l d f a i l .

" H e i s a g r e a t p r i n c e , " s h e s a i d . " H e m u s t b e a g r e a t k i n g . G o d m e a n s h i m f o r g r e a t n e s s . G o d f o r b i d t h a t I s h o u l d bo h i s r u i n ! O b , w h a t a s w e e t d r e a m h e p a i n t e d ! B u t p r a i s e b e t o t h e b l e s s e d s a i n t s t h a t k e p t m e s t r o n g ! Y e t a t t h e l a s t I w a s w e a k . I c o u l d n o t l i v o w i t h o u t a n o t h e r s i g h t of h i s f a c e , a n d sc^—so I c a m e . N e x t w e e k I a m — I w a s t o t a k e t h e v e i l , a n d I c a m e h e r e t o see h i m o n c e a g a i n . G o d p a r d o n m e f o r i t . B u t I c o u l d n o t h e l p i t . A h , m a d a m e , I k n o w y o u , a n d I s ee n o w y o u r b e a u t y . H a v e y o u k n o w n l o v e ? "

"Iso," s a i d O s r a , a n d s h o m o v e d h e r h a n d n e a r to t h e l a d y ' s h a n d .

" A n d w h e n h e f o u n d m e h e r o h e p r a y e d m e a g a i n t o d o w h a t h e a s k e d , a n d I w a s h a l f k i l l e d i n d e n y i n g i t . B u t I p r e v a i l e d , a n d w e w e r e e v e n t h e n p a r t i n g w h e n y o u c a m e . W h y , w h y d i d I c o m e ? " A n d f o r a m o m e n t h e r v o i c e d i e d a w a y i n a l o w , so f t m o a n . B u t s h o m a d e one. m o r e ef for t . C l a s p i n g O s r a ' s h a n d i n h e r d e l i c a t e f i n g e r s , s h o w h i s ­p e r e d : " I acu g o i n g . B e h i s w i f e . "

" N o , n o , n o , " w h i s p e r e d O s r a , h e r f a c e n o w c loso t o t h e l a d y ' s . " Y o n -m u s t l i v e — y o n m u s t l i v e a n d b e h a p ­p y . " A n d t h e n s h e k i s s e d t h e l a d y ' s l i p s . T h o l a d y p u t o u t h e r a r m s a n d claspicd t h e m r o u n d O s r a ' s n e c k , a n d a g a i n s h o w h i s p e r e d s o f t l y i n O s r a ' s e a r . N e i t h e r L u d w i g n o r t h o b i s h o p h e a r d w h a t s h o s a i d , b u t t h e y h e a r d o n l y w h a t O s r a s o b b e d . P r e s e n t l y t h e l a d y ' s a r m s r e l a x e d a l i t t l e i n t h e i r h o l d , a n d O s r a , h a v i n g k i s s e d h e r a g a i n , r o s e a n d s i g n e d t o L u d w i g t o c o m e n e a r e r , w h i l e s h e , t u r n i n g , g a v e h e r h a n d to t h e b i s h o p , a n d h e l e d h e r f r o m t h o r o o m , a n d , finding a n o t h e r " r o o m n e a r , t o o k h e r i u t h e r e , w h e r o s h e s a t s i l e n t a n d p a l e .

T h u s h a l f a n h o u r p a s s e d . T h e n t h e b i s h o p s t o l e s o f t l y o u t a n d p r e s e n t l y r e ­t u r n e d , s a y i n g :

" G o d h a s s p a r e d h e r t h e l o n g , p a i n ­f u l p a t h a n d h a s t a k e n h e r s t r a i g h t t o h i s r e s t . "

O s r a h e a r d h i m , h a l f i n a t r a n c e a n d a s i f s h e d i d n o t h e a r . S h e d i d n o t k n o w w h i t h e r h e w e n t n o r w h a t b e d i d nor a n y t h i n g t h a t p a s s e d , unt i l , , a s I t s e e m e d a f t e r a l o n g w h i l e , s h e l o o k e d n p a n d s a w P r i n c e L u d w i g s t a n d i n g b e ­f o r e h e r . H e w a s c o m p o s e d a n d c a l m , b u t i t s e e m e d a s i f h a l f t h e l i f e bad-g o n e o u t of h i s f a c e . O s r a r o s e s l o w l y , t o h e r f e e t , s u p p o r t i n g h e r s e l f o n a n a r m o f t h e c h a i r o n w h i c h s h e h a d sa t , a n d w h e n - s h e h a d s e e n h i s f a c e s h e s u d ­d e n l y t h r e w h e r s e l f o n t h e f loor a t h i a f ee t , c r y i n g :

" F o r g i v e m e ! F o r g i v e w e ! " " T h e g u i l t i s m i n e * " s a i d h e , " f o r t

d i d n o t t r u s t y o n a n d d i d b y area l th w h a t y o u r n o b i l i t y w o u l d - h a v e suf fered o p e n l y . T h e g u i l t i a j m i n e . " A n d foe of fered t o r a i s e ber . " B u t s h e r o s e u n -aidod, asking with choking voice:

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" Y o n b e a r d w h a t < h n b a l e m e d e ? " " Y e s , ffl.Khn-e, I lui»iv. h e r \ v i < b . " " A n d y i . a w o n ! 1 d o i t ? " s-he ;t«;k"iL ' ' M a d a m e , m y r i r a n - g l e v . a s f o u g h t be ­

f o r e s h e d i e d . B n t n o w yrra k n o w t h a t m y l o v e w-as n o t y n u r s , "

" T h a t a l s o I k n e w b e f o r e , s i r , " a n d a s l i g h t b i t t e r s m i l e c a m e o u h e x f a e e . B u t s h e g r e w p r a v e a g a i n a n d s a t t h e r e , s e e m i n g t o 1 e p o n d e r i n g , a n d P r i n c e L n r l w i g w a i t e d o a h i s k n e e s . T h e n s h e s u d d e n l y l e a n e d f o r w a r d a n d s a i d :

" I f I l o v e d , I w o u l d w a i t f i . r y o u t o l o v e . N o w , w h a t i s t h o l o v e t h a t I c a n ­n o t f e e l ? "

A n d t h e n s h e s a t a g a i n s i l e n t , b u t a t l a s t r a i s e d h e r e y e s a g a i n t o b i s , r a y i n g i n a v o i c e t h a t e v e n i n t h e s t i l l n e s s of t h e r o o m h e h a r d l y h e a r d :

1 " N o w , I d o d e a r l y l o v o y o u , f o r I h a v e s e e n y o u r l o v o a n d k n o w t h a t y o u c a n l o v e , a u d I t h i n k t h a t l o v e m n s t b r e e d l o v e , so t h a t s h e w h o l o v e s m u s t i n G o d ' s t i m e b e l o v e d . Y e t " — S h e p a u s e d h e r e , a n d fo r a n i o m e n f i i i d h e r f a c e w i t h b e r h a n d . " Y e t I c a n n o t , " s h e w e n t ou . " I s i t o a r L o r d C h r i s t w h o b i d s u s t a k e t h e l o w e r p l a c e ? I c a n ­n o t t a k e i t . "

T h e p r i n c e , t h o u g h i n t h a t h o u r b e c o u l d n o t t h i n k of l o v e , w a s y e t v e r y m u c h m o v e d by h e r n e w t e n d e r n e s s a n d f e l t t h a t w h a t h a d p a s s e d r a t h e r drewT t h e m t o g e t h e r t h a n m a d e a n y s e p ­a r a t i o n b e t w e e n t h e m . A n d i t s e e m e d t o h i m t h a t t h e d e a d l a d y ' s b l e s s i n g w a s o n b i s s u i t , so h e s a i d :

" M a d a m e , I w o u l d m o s t f a i t h f u l l y s e r v o y o u , a n d y o u w o u l d In the. n e a r e s t a n d d e a r e s t t o meoi a l l l i v i n g w o m e n . "

S h o w a i t e d a w h i l e ; t h e n s h e s i g h e d h e a v i l y a n d l o o k e d i u h i s f a c e w i t h a n a i r of w i s t f u l l o n g i n g , a n d s h e k n i t b e r b r o w s a s t h o u g h s h o w e r e p u z z l e d . B u t a t l a s t , s h a k i n g h e r b e a d , s h e F a i d :

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b y t h o h a n d , a n d t h e y t w o w e n t b a c k t o g e t h e r t o w h e r o t h e b i s h o p of M o d e n ­s t e i n p r a y e d b e s i d e t h e b o d y of t h e l a d y .

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t h a t , m a d a m e , " s a i d h e , a n d s t i l l b o k e p t h i s e y e s t u r n e d a w a y . Y e t p r e s ­e n t l y -a f a i n t s m i l e c u r v e d h e r l i p s , a n d s h o s a i d :

" I t m a y b o ;s-on m i g h t f e e l i t i f y o u w e r e n o t a c h u r c h m a n . B n t I d o n o t . M a n y m e n h a v e s a i d t h e y l o v e d m e , a n d I h a v e f e l t s o m e t h i n g i n m y h e a r t — b u t n o t t h i s . "

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w a s f o r a l o n g t i m o v e r y s o r r o w f u l fe--t h c f a t e of t h e l a d y w h o m t h e P r i n c e of G l o t t e n b e r g h a d l o v e d , b u t s i n c e s h e s a w L u d w i g n o m o r e a n d t h e j o y of y o u t h c o n q u e r e d h e r s a d n e s s s h e c e a s e d t o m o u r n , a n d a s s h e w a l k e d a l o n g s h e w o u l d w o n d e r m o r o a n d m o r e w h a t i t m i g h t be , t h i s g r e a t l o v e t h a t s h e d i d n o t f ee l .

" F o r n o n o w i l l t e l l m e , n o t e v e n t h e b i s h o p of M o d e n s t e i n , " s a i d s h e .

THE ESD.

GOOD ROADS ESSENTIALS.

P a n A m e r i c a n . E x p o s i t i o n .

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S i a g u x a F a l l s .

N e w York , J u n e 25 .—The boa rd of direc-• to r s of t h e JPan-American E x p o s i t i o n com­pany, which has j u s t tiled i t s p a p e r s of incor ­pora t ion a t A lbany , he ld a m e e t i n g t o d a y in M a n h a t t a n Ho te l , a full r ep r e sen t a t i on b e i n g p re sen t . The following otiicers w e r e e l ec t ed :

P r e s i d e n t , J . M. B r i n k e r of Buf la lo ; first v ice-pres ident , Eoswel l P . F l o w e r of N e w Y o r k ; second v ice-pres ident , Chauncey 41. Depew of N e w Y o r k ; th i rd v ice-pres ident , B . B . T h o m a s of N e w Y o r k : t reasure r , F . C. 31. L a n t z of Buffalo. A n e x e c u t i v e com mi t t ee w a s selected a n d composed of J . M. Br inker , Dan O'Day, W. F . Shueran , E d g a r V a n B t l e n , F . C. J I . L a u t z , C. R. H u n t l e y a n d H e r b e r t P . Bissell , w h o w e r e g iven au ­thor i ty to a r r a n g e for compe t i t i ve p l ans and to m a k e such con t r ac t s a s n i av bo d e e m e d necessary for t h e preliminary"' w o r k of the p roposed exhib i t ion .

The P a n - A m e r i c a n E x p o s i t i o n company , a s s t a t e d in t h e a r t i c les of incorpora t ion , " i s formed for the .purpose of p r o m o t i n g a n d conduc t ing an exposi t ion to i l lus t ra te t h e ma te r i a l p rog res s of t h e n e w wor ld d u r i n g t h e n i n e t e e n t h century , t he expos i t ion to b e held a t some su i t ab l e loca t ion on t h e N i a g a r a frontier i n t h e S t a t e of N e w T o r t , a n d for o t h e r p u r p o s e s . "

I t h a s been d e c i d e d to ho ld t h e exposi t ion, in 1S99, c o m m e n c i n g May 1, t o run a p e r i o d of s ix mou ths . T h e s i te s e l e c t e d is L a Sal le , on t h e N i a g a r a r ive r a t the l i ne of t h e ci ty of N i a g a r a Fa l l s .

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They c o n t e n d t h a t th* .fAp.rm'-e f i r , t went to Hawa i i on aeeo tmt of t h e d e m a n d fer l a b ir o a the i s l and a n d a t tlv» solleilaU'Mi ef Ihe H a w a i i a n g o v e r n m e n t They call a' .ieiiti .m t o t h e faet th-at t h e J a p a n e s e .government h.is b e e n a v e r s e t o h a v i n g the i r p . : <p: •• g . . u V . i j i a s "coo l i e s" a n 1 t h a t t he Ji.iverr.ment 1<OA a l w a y s s t r iven to p r e v e n t such i m m i g r a t ^ n .

A s a consequence t h e H a w a i i a n f, a ty w . u so w o r d e d a s to p r e v e n t even the suspicion of a n y t h i n g l ike cool ie l a b - c . T h e : i , t - res t* of all p a r t i e s were , they say , pre-teeled an . l a s a consequence the H a w a i i a n p l a n t e r s s e ­cured a h igh class of agr icu l tu ra l l a b o r u p m fair t e r m s a n d u n d e r cb-cnnHtancv1* tha t did not g i v e t h e leas t occasion for t h e dis l ike a n d o p p ro b r i u m which K^nernllv p t ' a e h i e con­t rac t l abo r .

T h k t r ea ty , they say, worked a d m i r a b l v for y e a r s a n d unt i l t he p l an t e r s l n v a m e res t ­ive u n d e r t h e condi t ions i m p e n d b y t h e t rea ty , t h ink ing , t he J a p a n e s e hold, t h a U h e y cons ide r l a b o r m o r e cheaplv w i t h t h e re s t r i c ­t ions r e m o v e d .

_ A t the s a m e tim.> the q n i s i l p n nf t .nnexa-tion c a m e u p and the a d l i T e n t s of un ion wi th the Un i t ed S t a t e s though t i t would tie neces ­sary to m a k e c h a n g e s in the m e t h o d of o b ­ta in ing l abo r abso lu te ly neces sa ry to the p rospe r i ty of the s u g a r indus t ry of the i s l ands . This was, they cla im, the or igin of t h e s o -called "voluntary ' - sys t em of i m m i g r a t i o n to H a w a i i .

The d e v e l o p m e n t of this s i tua t ion led to the f raming by t h e J a p a n e s e g o v e r n m e n t of i ts immigra t ion law. This l aw is ve ry s t r i c t i n p roh ib i t ing t h e e x p o r t a t i o n or J a p a n e s e e x c e p t w h e r e e m p l o y m e n t is insured . Th i s they hold, cou ld no t b e s e c u r e d in v iew of t h e pol icy of J a p a n a g a i n s t t h e e x p o r t a t i o n of coolie l abo r a u d in view of t h e r e p e a t e d de­nials of J a p a n of a n y des igns upon H a w a i i .

T h e y a s s e r t t h a t H a w a i i took n o s t e p s t o res t r ic t immig ra t i on from J a p a n unt i l l a s t F e b r u a r y , when a sudden a n d suspic ious ele-m a n d w a s m a d e upon J a p a n to th i s end . This, t hey claim, is ev idence sufficient t h a t t he re was no Hooding of t ho i s land . T h e y r e ­g a r d this d e m a n d from t h e i s l and g o v e r n ­m e n t a s capr ic ious a n d conc lude t h a t i t w a s m a d e for the pu rpose of inc reas ing the a g i t a ­tion iu favor of a n n e x a t i o n .

T h e J a p a n e s e cons ider t h a t m a n y sub j ec t s of J a p a n a r e en t i t l ed to d a m a g e s on a c c o u n t of H a w a i i ' s s u m m a r y refusal to p e r m i t t h e m to land, a u d t h a t they a r e t lepr ived of t h e i r r e m e d y by the c o n s u m m a t i o n of this t r e a t y . On this a ccoun t they a r e inc l ined to r e g a r d the act ion a s unjus t a n d a r b i t r a r y . T h e / a l s o hold t h a t J a p a n h a s r i g h t s t i n d e r t r e a t i e s with H a w a i i o the r t h a n t h o s e de ta i l ed wh ich may n o t b e r e n e w e d if a n n e x a t i o n t a k e s p lace . T h e y ho ld t h a t while J a p a n h a s n o purpose of a s s e r t i n g a n y a u t h o r i t y in H a w a i i , the J a p a n e s e g o v e r n m e n t h a s t h e r i g h t t o r e m o n s t r a t e in t h e in t e re s t of he r sub jec t s a n d eleuiand the i r r i g h t s b e r e s p e c t e d .

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M R S . B E R T H A I / n i o n t A X , N o . 1 E r i e S t . , 2 7 t h W a r d , P i t t s b u r g , P a . , w r i t e s t o M r s . P i n k l i a m : " I c a n h a r d l y find w o r d s w i t h w h i c h t o t h a n k y m i f o r w h a t y o u h a v e d o n e f o r m e . I s u f f e r e d n e a r l y s e v e n y e a r s w i t h b a c k a c h e a n d s i d e a c h e , l e u c o r r l n x a , a n d t h e w o r s t f o r m s o f w o m b t r o u b l e s .

" D o c t o r s f a i l e d t o d o m e a n y g o o d . I h a v e l a l u n f o u r b o t t l e s o f L y d i a E P i n k h a m ' s V e g e t a b l e C o m p o u n d a n d o n e b o x o f L i v e r P i l l s , a n d \ i ^ e d o n e p a c k a g e o f S a n a t i v e W a s h , a n t l n o w c a n s a y I a m w e l l a n d h a v e b e e n s t e a d ­i l y g a i n i n g f l e s h ; a m s t o u t e r a n d h e a r t i e r n o w t h a n I h a v e b e e n f o r y e a r s , I a m r e c o m m e n d i n g y o u r V e g e t a b l e C o m p o u n d t o m y f r i e n d s . A g a i n I t h a n k y o u f o r t h e g o o d h e a l t h I a m e n j o y i n g . "

Effect of t l ie W a r o n A m e r i c a n C o m m e r c e W i t h Cul>a.

Washing ton , J u n e 18.—-A signif icant r e p o r t on our t r a d e with C u b a from 1SSS to 1897, p r e p a r e d by Chief H i t c h c o c k of t h e foreign r c a r k e t s sect ion of t h e ag r i cu l t u r a l d e p a r t ­men t , h a s b e e n p r o m u l g a t e d b y S e c r e t a r y of Agr i cu l tu r e Wilson. Tlie s ta t i s t i cs s h o w c lear ­ly the effect of p r e s e n t host i l i t ies in C u b a up­on the c o m m e r c i a l in te rcourse of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s with t h a t i s land .

D u r i n g t h e l a s t finance year , 1S9G, t h e to ta l va lue of our C u b a n t r a d e a m o u n t e d t o only §A7,5'.t8,610 a s c o m p a r e d wi th §102..S6±,20-i in 1S93, t h e y e a r p r e c e d i n g t h e b r e a k i n g ou t of the war . Tbi3 w a s a fall ing off of m o r e than 50 p e r cent , i n t h r e e yea r s . R e t u r n s a l r eady ava i l ab le for t l ie c u r r e n t fiscal y e a r ind ica te a s t i l l fu r ther decl ine, t h e r e c o r d s for the. n ine m o n t h s e n d i n g M a r c h 31 , 1897, p lac ing t h e to ta l v a l u e of t h a t t r a d e for t h a t p e r i o d a s low as §14,926,817. A t th i s r a t e the figures for t h e fiscal y e a r 1897 wi l l ha rd lv reach §20,0000,000 o r less t h a n one-fifth t h e va lue r eco rded for 1S93.

Dur ing the ear ly -years of t h e p r e s e n t de^ c a d e o u r Cuban t r a d e h a d r ece ived a ma te r i a l impe tus , t h e y e a r s 1SS7 t o ^1893 inclusive, s h o w i n g u n i n t e r r u p t e d g a i n s a u d b u t for the o p e n i n g of the war, a still g r e a t e r expans ion , i t is p red i c t ed , p r o b a b l y would h a v e followed.. A s i t is, however , commerc ia l i n t e rcour se b e ­tween the Uni ted S ta tes a n d C u b a h a s b e e n largely a b r i d g e d .

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Real Estate For Sale. BUILDING XOTS on Lafavetfce, Champlain,

Elm. Maple and Ash Streets, ranging in price 8l25toS275.

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ranging hi pr ice from S1500 to S3000. • Residence and lot on South P i a t t and El izabeth

streets, price §1350. Two building lots on Johnson street , price S300

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T h e o t h e r e s s e n t i a l of a s o l i d r o a d b e d w i t h a s m o o t h s u r f a c e s h o u l d n o t b e v e r y d i f f icu l t o f r e a l i z a t i o n . T h e s t e a m s t o n e c r u s h e r a n d t h e s t e a m ro l l e r h a v e w r o u g h t a r e v o l u t i o n i n t h e art of, g o o d r o a d b u i l d i n g a s w e l l a s a g r e a t r e d u c ­t i o n i n c o s t .

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COLBY PKDCE BACOS, HAM AND MINCE MEAT,

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q u a r t o f w a r m w a t e r . W h e n . co ld , s t i r i n flour e n o u g h t o g i v e i t t h e c o n s i s t ­e n c e o f t h i c k c r e a m , b e i n g c a r e f u l t o b e a t n p a l l t h e l a m p s . T h r o w i n h a l f a d o z e n c l o v e s a n d s t i r i n a s m u c h p o w ­d e r e d rosin;, a s w i l l s t a n d p a a p e n n y , P o o r t h e f l oor m i x t u r e i n t o a t e a c u p f u ) o f b o i l i n g w a t e r , s t i r r i n g w e l l a l l t h e t i n e . L e t i t r e m a i n o n t h e s t o v e a f e w m i n u t e * a n d i t w i l l be o f t h e c o n s i i t e n o o o f m a s h . P o o r i t i n t o a s e a r t h e n o r chinatesnl. LetitoooL Coreri|aod ;pat in • oool plaoe. When needed for pise, soften • portion with warm water. I t wW las* • ;rear, and is better than gam, as rt does ategloM the- paper and flan be wiiUem

E A E T DISEASE i s e n r a b i e . I t Is h o t s u r p r i s i n g t h a t al l c a s e s a r e n o t c u r e d , s i nce n o p h y s i c i a n h a s m a d e

t h e h e a r t a, spec i a l s t u d y - t o r a q u a r t e r of a c e n t u r y a s Dr . Miles h a s d o n e . T h e follow­i n g t r i b u t e f rom a phys i c i an wi l l b e r e a d w i t h i n t e r e s t . " F o r s ix y e a r s p r i o r t o t a k i n g Dr . Miles ' N e w H e a r t C u r e m y wi le -vvas a t e r r i b l e sufferer f rom h e a r t d i sease . She

h a d a c o n s t a n t f l u t t e r ­i n g o l t h e h e a r t and : s e v e r e p a l p i t a t i o n and-f a i n in t h e lef t s ide . S h e t o o k - three bo t t l e s , of Dr. Miles ' New H e a r t C u r e and w a s comple t e ­l y r e s t o r e d t o h e a l t h , a n d h a s n o t - - t a k e n a

drop of m e d i c i n e d u r i n g t h e p a s t t w o y e a r s . Under these c i r c u m s t a n c e s I c a n n o t do otherwise t h a n r e c o m m e n d i t t o o t h e r s . "

Friendship, N. Y . W. H. S C O T T , M. p . Dr. Miles ' Bemed ie* are sold by a l l d r u g -

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ALSO, A General Line of Merchandise. Dry Goods,

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Ba t te r . Eggs and F a r m Produce, bought and oid a t m a r k e t prices.

F . M , P T J E B Y ,

M o r r i s o n v i l l e , N . Y .

FLOUR,

MISS E. R MoILWAINE, TEACHER OF MU8I0.

LeasoasKiven in Piano, Organ & Harmony.

ml attention given to beginners »e well aa to advanced pupils '

for terms and hours apply at or address » Couch Street,

PiaTHmnan, N. T.

THOMAS KILBY, Piano Tuner and Repairer. Bm B M t o t v e a t y sears of aaaoaaafiU axMrt-

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F l o o r P a i n t s . All Colors .

WALL PAPER, Fanning Tools of All Eindi,

Barbed and. Plain Fence Wire, Nails and Build­

ing Paper, alto Agenti for the

Trojan, Mohawk and Adams Bicycle.

GENERAL MERCHANDISE Low Prices prevail li every depart*

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j . M. C0RKIUS & CO., Mooers Forks , H. Y .

Parkhurst i Taylor, INSURANCE AGENCT,

S u c c e s s o r s t o A . M . P I A T T & C o .

General Insurance, Marion Block, Clinton Street,

PLATTSBU11GH, N. Y.

Prompt PaymsBt of Losses. I-o-west Ra tes ,

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O r d e r s b y M a i l o r T e l e p h o n e p r o m p t l y a t t e n d e d t o .

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C o m p a n y . A l s o for t h e A n c h o r L i n e of

S t e a m e r s .

M . F . P A R K H U R S T . 8 . T A T L O R .

A M. WARREN7 Bookseller, Stationer and

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Forc-igD, a t r - u b l i s h e r s ' p r i c e s .

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I n k s of a l l k i n d s .

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D t u n i s o n ' s C r e p e a n d T i s s u e p a p e r s .

F i n e G u t G l a s s of A m e r i c a n M a n u ­

f a c t u r e r s .

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t h e W h i t i n g M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o .

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A. M. WARREN, 70 Margaret Street.

GEO. N. WEBB, Nos. i 5 & 17 Bridge St., . PLATTSBUB&H, IT, Y,

Stoves, Tin and Hollow Ware,

Steam and Gas Fitting, Plumbing, etc.

ThelBeit line of

and Ranges, For both Wood and Goal,

S T S C shown In Northern New Tor*.

Washing Machines .

Dannemora, N. Y,

N e w S p r i n g G o o d s A r r i v i n g Dai ly .

An Assortment of the Latest Styles

Hats k Cans n i Ml fear A r e TVbrthy of I n s p e c t i o n .

Perfect F i t t ing , Plain and F a n c y Bosom,

Negligee Shi r t s .

Perfect Fitting and Stylish Suits MADE TO ORDER.

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READY-MADE CLOTHING. " W a l l 3 ? a p e r ,

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Platlsburgh, X. Y.

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