IT CANNOT BE. The drtnir lips ot a dear friend At partine upoke to nie. Earing: " WbnwwVr your path may tread iiit-re ever I shall be. "Oo walk whore orer Egrrt' sand The l r.rnmR simnomi How, Or in Alaska sunk-w land. Toor aake my wing shall know. Wh-n wir.t r' nicht are rpf and dark, I'll lial yoa be tie hand, And ninth ware b-at on your bark Vul beacon you to land." He d-d. I watched his spirit c: Acrutt; di-utU'i oarkfninc a.. E" came cot 1 ec, and now I kaow Of thmp' thnt cannot be. i"y Winr.an in New York Eon. PLACE NAMES. Some Odd and C arlona Karoca tit riacra In Mamarho Hta. In the Middlesex foils torue pood old colonial uamts are preserved, like Jin glrjerry hill aud Shillyshally brook. pit pond was named by Governor Wiuthrop, who discovered it in the win ter, because of the many rocks that rijc'wed through the ice and spotted the surface. Powdwhorn bill in Chelsea is 8aid to have been bought from the In dians for a horaful of powder. The fact of misfortune to divers na kuown persons whether trivial or great dexs not appear finds a record in Bad Lurk Lrook aud swamp in Renoboth, Bad Luck mountain in Granville and Bad Luck pond in Douglas. There may le gome association bet worn Burueoat brook and pond in Leicester and Spencer and DurrisLirt river, likewise in Worces ter county. Drinkwatrr river is a felicitous name for a Ftream of good witer. It is in Hanover, and possibly there may have been a family of that name in the neigh borhood. Strong Water brock in Tewks bury has quite different associations, fcotigut For pond, in Westford, (suggests a long and baffled quest for the spot through the. wilderness in the olden days. One of the least euphonious of names is kug river in Essex and Mid dlesex counties. It is worthy a place mixing such English names as Worm wood Scrubs, a park in London. The legend about the names of the group of islands on the sooth coast pre sents an instance cf how fancied resem blances give rise to stories. It is related that these islands once belonged ta a man with four daughters. To Xaucy, the oldest, the father pave the first rhoire, and the fact that 'antook it" is recorded iu the name of Nantucket, the island she selected. Nantucket, of course, is in reality an Indian name. Martha's Vineyard aud the Elizabeth islands went to Martha and Elizabeth, respectively, while for the fourth daugh ter, whose name has been lost to mem ory, there was nothing left but the most rctuete and undesirable of the group, which was called No Man's Land, be cause its owner was a woman. The Elizabeth islands, in fact, were named for Queen Elizabeth by Bartholomew Gosnold, their discoverer, whose name Las been given to the town that com prises tbem. Boston Transcript. Mailing Candy Abroad. A young man who apparently knows a girl in London came into the office the ethtr c: 7 aud asked whether caudy could I wilt abroad through the mails. So he was taken over to tb postulate aud the state of affairs was laid before an official, who instigated an investiga tion. After a bng time be returned and reported as follows: "I am very glail'faid be, "that yoa asked that question. Its answer shows a curious state of affairs. In this coun try you can st ud candy up to 4 pounds as merchandise for 1 cent for each ounce. If you want to send candy abroad you only have to pay 1 cent for every 2 ounces, but you can only send 12 ounces in each package. If it weighs more than 12 ounces yoa have to pay letter rates, or 10 cents an onnce for the whole thing. "That is to say, you can send 10 ounces to Loudon for 5 cents, but it would cost you 10 cents to send it to Brooklvn. So if you are thinking of sending a pound it will cost you $1.60. 1 he stamp department is right over there." "Thank you vfry much," said the young man. "I just happen to remem ber that tbo doctor has forbidden the pirl to eat candy. i New York Mail aud Express. ... Toiled. Senator Wilson of Washington and his brother, Harry Wilson, look very much alike. One day in Spokane, where the two brothers live. Senator Wilson, whe bad just returned from his legisla tive duties, was stopped on the street by a man who bad known him for years. "Harrv," said the man, "when will yonr brother John be here?" "In a day or two," said John with out a smile. leii mm l want to Gee mm on an important matter." "Certainly," said John. "Aud you will not forget it?" "I'll try not," promised John, and thus another office seeker was foiled. Washington Post SI m. Heanst'a Motive. Mrs. Phopbe Ilcarst cf California has given $'.'00,000 to found a mining school i:i connection with the state university sit Berkeley as a memorial to her hus band. She gives largely to the free kin dergartens, supports several colle-ge set tlemeuts and contributed (1,000 to the recent campaign for the woman suffrage amendment. She has also given f iOO, 000 to establish a fine gymnasium for girls at the state university. She said to Miss Anthony, "I am doing all this to make girls fit to vote." The present bead of the Swiss con fed eration is President Joseph Zemp, whose term began Dec, 15, 1S04. The Swiss confederation of Aug. 1, 1291, is re garded as the foundation of the Swiss republic In Berne crowns cf the leaves of vari ons trees were given to the actors in the circus and theater in various sports. triea of I'rrntiec George D. Prentice wa a remarkably candid man, illustration of which is given in the anecdotes which follow; but theso are only a few of the hundreds to be told: Once when coming out of a public building in Louisville he was about to pass through a double door which open ed both ways. Like the sensible man he was he started to push at the door half on his right. A young man coming from the opposite direction wa pushing at the same door, being his own left. Prentice lost patience, and throwing himself with all his might against the door it flew open and the young man went sprawling on the mosaic floor. Assistiug the youth to arise. Prentice remarked : "Take my adr ic8. my son. Keep to the right iu your way through life, and you'll never run against any body but a blamed fool, and yoa needn't apologize to him." Will S. Have, the farrccs Kentucky song writer, was in the latter days cf the old Journal river reporter for Tbo Democrat Hays was a very sadden young man, good hearted, jolly, witty, but lacking somewhat in reverence, and he had a habit cf calliug persons, even old enough to be his grandf j: urr, by their given names. Visiting PreiUue one day as a fellow poet, after some des ultory talk. Hays said: "I 6uppok, George, yon have seen my last song. ' Prentice looked up at Bays, who was pea ted crosa legged on Prentice's table, and with a twinkle in his expressive eyes quietly replied : "Ihcpeso. BilL" Bill looked around for a second cr two, a it something had tapped him, and then slid down the baluster rail to the front door. Chicago Timea-Herald. The goldenrod, which was aavocatea ome time ago as tbe national flower of the Cnited States, is emblematic of encouragement " THE DOCTOR'S STORY. Ac Experience That Followed Call at JfiRht. Tour or five physicians were talking up town the other evening at the homo cf one, and the conversation later turned lo shop One of them bad recently moved bis office down tow n, and there Tyas some discussion as to t'je advisabil ity of separating house and ofiicc . "Well," said the separatist, "I can't eo any ;ini rcuce so long as I am at Hi"- 'Hire during cflice hours." 1 t n:c tell you a stcry," remarked the olcktt man in tbe party. "Thirty years :.go, when I began practice, I lived in Virginia, and for a year or two I slept in my ofiice. Then I marrird, and my wife owned a nice h(.use, and I went to it to live. It sat back from the street about 60 feet, and we decided that it would be much nicer if we had my office out on the street in the far corner of tho lot Only 50 feet away, yoa will ob serve, but still it was enocgh. In order to see such callers as came during the night I had a night bell and a speaking tube connecting the front door of the office with my bedroom. You see, I did not want a patient to escape onder any circumstances. " Well, everything went nice ly enough for three years or so, when one night a ring came to my bell. It was then about 8 o'clock in the mcrnir.g, and tho ring was a hot one, I asked who it was, and tbe answer came from a friend of mine to the effect thut be was a mighty sick man and wanted to see me at once. I told him to come uroend to tbo bouse and I would meet him at the door and take care of bim. Then I got up, and, putting on my dressing gown aud slip pers, I proceeded to the front door. But there was no one there and no one in sight on the way between the gate and the house. "That was odd, and I went back and called through the tube to know what ra? wrong. I received no answer, and, being quite unable to account for it, I took my lamp it was a very dark and still night and started to go out and investigate. Just as I was about to step off tbe poreh I lowered my lamp to get a better light on the step, and there at the foot of the porch lay a body. I turned it over at ouce, aud as the light fell on tho face I saw it was my friend who had only a minute before spoken to me. He was quite dead. And when an examination was mado.it was discovered that he had died of heart disease, and so tear to me that I could almost have touched him. Possibly I could not have been cf any service to him if I bad seen bim when be first rang tbo bell, but tbe possibility that I might so affected nie that from that day to this I have had my office as near my bed as I could get it" Exchange. HE LOST A FORTUNE. Or, "There Are Momenta When One Wants to lie A lone." A middle sized man, with a gray mustache and a red tie hitched upon his collar, walked through the restau rant, nodding to acquaintances here and there. As be stopped at the casbit r's desk a man who was Feated at a table iioiicil him, and, leaning acros to his vis-a-vis, said, "Captain S , United States postal inspector and grand official catcher of green go ds men. " "Yes?" with interest from the man acruss the table. "Sure. I have always regarded bim with a peculiar affect ion. He came, very near making me a rich man once in fact, almist made a wealthy citizen of me so well to do that I would never have had to work again." "How was that?" with a shade of incredulity. "This way: About a year ago the captain superintended a grand haul of green goods men. Tbe firm which he raided was the largest, perhaps, in the country and bad unlimited capital. They had packages of good money to catch suckers with, and this money, amounting to over 1150,000, was cap tured aud placed iu a Lig satchel by the captain. I called cn him for details of the story that afternoon. He was alone in the office. There were three of ns the captain, myself and the satchel. He opened the satchel end showed me wealth beyond my wildest dreams. I hated to leave the beautiful vision." And the uarrutor sighed deeply. "Well," said his friend, "I don't see how that was anything like making yoa a rich man." "Yoa don't? Well, let me tell yoa this: If the captain had turned his back for just six seconds I would have been a rich man immediately. But he never turned, and I had to go away again as poor as when I came. " Aud with another bitter, heartrending sigh he watched tbe inspector stroll out into the street Chicago News. The riaoaible Lie. We resent calumny, hypocrisy and treachery because they harm us, not be tause they are untrue. Take the detrac tion and the mischitf from the untruth, atd we are little effeuded by it Turn it into praise, and we may be pleased with it And yet it is not calumny aud treachery that do the largest sum of mischief in the world. They are contin ually crushed and are felt only in be ing conquered. But it is the glistening and softly spoken lie, the amiable fallacy, the patriotic lie of the historian, tbo provident lie of tbe politician, tbe zeal cms lie cf the partisan, the merciful lio if tbe friebd and the careless lie cf each an to himself that cast that black mystery ever humauity through which we thank any man who pierces, as we would thank one who dug a well in a desert Happy that the thirst for truth remains with us, even when we have willfully left the fountains of it John Raskin. The Measnre of the Man. WLcn a man s-;-.ys he is satisfied with bis lot, yon may be sure of one of two things- tiiher he is a veiy enterprising ii'l cuuuii.'g specimen cf humanity or b is a liar. Up to Date- Proved Ilia Love They were two wcrkiug girls, and they happened to ineet the other day at the restaurant where they eat luncheon. The brunette ordered baked beans and lemonade, and the blond selected fruit cake aud coffee. "Tomorrow is pay day, yoa know," she said iu reply to the inquiring look of tbe other. "Oh! Well, have you heard the news about Mary? She's resigned. " "I know," said the blond. "I was in hopes I'd be tbe first to uJl you. She's going to be married." "Yes; iu a lovely blue silk. I forget the name of tbe man she's going to Marry. He isn't very good looking, they say, but Mary says he's intellectual. She says" "Oh, pshaw! Ton can't tell from arv." "..Ti.; but Sadie's seen his photo graph, and sho says he wears glasses." "Does bet Well, Mary's lucky, if she is redheaded. Why, he would just do anything in the world for that girl." "Humph! 'said the brunette, "That's the wr.y she talks now, but voa can't tell a thing about it until after they're married." "You can tell it easy cnouch in this case. He's proved it already, ' said the blond warmly. 'Said he'd dio fcr her, I suppose," returned the brunette scornfully. "Lots of 'em talk thst way before they have to pay the butcher." "This isn't talk anyhow. He's Droved his love, I tell you. " How? Did he save her life, or tell her that her hair is golden?" Neither. He sold his bicycle to buy her an engagement rsuc." Chicago Tribune. London lirtoge. London br.dge is constructed cf gran ge aui is Considered nnir.no tho ;.. pecimensof triduo architect.. t,a present structure was commenced iu 1S24 and co:onleted a cost of ov. r 1250, 00U. FRANKED FOR THEM. . SOLDIER'S STORY OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND BOYS IN BLUE. 4a KnTelope That I More Valuable Ttiaa the lleat Stamp la Any Collection Tha iioldirr Who Wouldn't Tell ancolm a Li. "Let this go. A. Lincoln." Unless it has ben destroyed there is in a home in Fond da Lac county, Wis., a soldier letter in an envelope bearing tbe above words sigued by the great war president Frank King was a Lamartino boy, fresh from the farm, and a character our whole company took to kindly from the first. When tho army was camped in Vir ginia, near Washington, the winter of lbGl-2, it was a common pncUcewitn tbe soldier, when they got a pass, to visit tbe city to buy a package of en velopes and call at the capitol, send in for their senator or representative and get him to frank them. One of our boys came back to camp j in high feather. He had two packages ' of envelopes one franked by Scuator James R. Doolittle, now a Chicago law yer, the other by the late Senator T. O. Howe, who succeeded Captain James aa postmaster general in President Arthur's cabinet For 20 years senators and mem bers have been giving a good deal of their time to helping the soldiers with their pension claims. If they have done it aa willingly and pleasantly as they used to frank envelopes for the beys, they must be pretty nearly angels. "You fellows, there, are making a big blast over getting a couple of sena tors to frank your envelopes," said Frank King. "Just yon wait till yon see me come back from Washington with the president's name on some letter cov ers." Within a few days Frank King and Harry Dnnn, who for years after the war was a Chicago business man. went to the city. They called at tbe White Bouse. It was easier to see the president then than it is now. At certain hours of the day a soldier could reach the chief executive with fully as much case as a senate can in these later years. Kii.g was the ringleader. Approach ing the guard, be said: "We want to see Mr. Lincoln. Please stand aside and kt us pass. " " Who arc yon, aud what is your busi n s?" "Yoa tell old Abe wo have charge of a regiment over cn, Arlington Heights and want to see him on an important matter. He'll let us in." "Where are your shoulder straps?" "W8 came over in our everyday clothes. Come, we are in a hurry. Let us go in and see Mr. Lincoln. " The parley had attracted the attention of the president. The door swung open and the good uatured chief of tbe nation smiled npou the cheeky young fellows and liada them step right in. What can I do for yoa, my men?" "Mr. Lincoln, I want yoa to frank theso envelopes," said King. "Better get your congressman to do that." "I'd much rather have yon do it, Mr. Lincoln. The folks at home would like to see your name on my letters." "1 11 fix cue cf them. Take the rest to your congressman. Who is he?" "I don't know." "Where is your home?" "Lamartino, Fond du Lao county, Wis." "That is my friend Scott Sloan's dis trict Yon go to Mr. Sloan. He will fix the rest of them." The president shook hands with the two privates, asked them to be brave soldiers and wished them a safo return to their western homes. Frank couldn't make his tentmates believe that tbe president had written : "Let this go. A. Lincoln." But the next day he wrote a letter to his father. The name of Lincoln was personally exam ined by all of tbe neighbors. Iu January, 1864, onr regiment was in Washington on the way home, having re-cnlisted "veteranized," as they t ailed it In company with two ethers I went to the White House, Tbe presi dent shook hands with us, thanked us for swearing iu for three years more and expressed tbe hope that we would have a nice visit on our veteran furlough. "Mr. President," said Jones Ed Jones "you franked a letter for one of the boys in our company, Frank King. I wish you would fruuk one for me, " "Odd as it may seem, yoa are tbe second soldier to make such a request So both are of tbe same company? Very welL" On Jones' envelope he wrote "A. Lincoln, President," and as he banded it back be asked what had beconw? of that other man who had asked him to pass a letter. "He was killed at Gettysburg." I shall never forget tba look cf sad ness iu tbe president's face when the answer w as given, and it had not disap peared when we left the room. "Jones, what did you tell him about King for? Did yoa see how it pained him?" "What did he ak about him for? Do yon suppose I was going to lio to a man I would die for:" was Jones' indignant reply. Chicago Times-Herald. The Conrt'a Decision. " Yoa remember Howforth, who mar ried the woman who kept house for him so long?" "Yep." "Well, the court granted her a di vorce last week." "Alimony?" "Not in cash. The decision was that she could keep the house." Cincinnati Enquirer. A hornets nest usually contains from 100 to 400 perfect males and females S id an indefinite number cf workers. Tbe earliest nsc cf weights is attrib uted to Pheidon, king of Argos, 985 b. a A St rail go N ornery. On the slopes cf tho Himalayas the native women have a rrost curious plan tf disposing of their babies and keeping them quie t while they are engaged at work in the fields during tbe greater part of the day. Before the mot tiers set out to work iu the morning they wrap their babies in swaddling bauds, leav ing nothing but tbeir littlo faces ex p(d. Then the babies are taken and laid under a ledge of rock from which water is fallfng. and by means of a bamboo the water is made to drip gen tly on each baby's forehead. The effect of tbo dripping water is most soothing, and soon the little ones are all asleep and remain motionless till taken np by their mothers on their return from their work, when they are carried off to be unwrapped, dried and fed. The Wonderful Marching: Ant Paul Da Chaillu tells cf the doings of aque;r Africun Ffccics of ant, which the natives call the bashikonay, which marches through the forests iu a regular liue This line usually averages about two inch, s in Lreadth and is often sev eral miles long, with not a break in the column. "All along tho line," says tho great traveler, "large and fieico looking ants act as officers, keeping the singular army in ordear. " In tbe south of Franco the handiner cf a ewect pea by a ycung lady to a young gentleman is a polito way of stating that she is tired of his company, j An ordinary tablespoouf ol of common salt, dry, vrcigbs almost exactly ens ounce. The name of the helotrnne rnmoa from two Greek win Is sicnifviui 'twining toward the sun. '' It has innir been a belief that the flower of the he- litrtrcpe tarns, with tbe advancing day. ' TO as to fare the Sun. Ia some sneriea of this plant this curious practice ia noticed. i THE MISTAKE SHE MADE. Railroad Traveler Who at La Under stood Each Other. Sho sat by tho car window, gazing Dot upon tbe unrolling 6cencry aud pos sibly dreaming cf home and things like that About six feet away from her, across tbe aisle, was an empty scat, which at the next station was filled by a man With a sample case. He was 50 years of age or thereabout and was qnite as dap per looking as if he were SO and still tbe knight to please every fair dame who set her eoft eyes upon bim. Tho lady was young and pretty, with perhaps a Ehade too much display in her makeup, but still ono could hardly say that, for all is not gold that glitters in 6nch cases or words to that effect When tbe man had sat down in the vacant seat and composed himself for tbe journey before him, be began to look about to familiarize himself with his environments, and in tbe coarse of his visual wanderings his eyes fell upon tho young lady. He gave a slight start; as people do when they think they see somebody they know, and looked again. The lady wasn't looking, of course. Bet she wasu't asleep. Not iu tbe slightest After a minute or two or three or four of hesitating investigation the trav eling man, for it was he, arose and very politely and deferentially approached tbe young lady. It was done as if be had been practic ing that sort of thing ever since he had picked up the first sample cast;. Either that cr he was to tbe manner born. "I beg your pardon, " ho said as she turned from tbe window to meet him with a half startled, fawnlike move ment not altogether unusual on such occasions, "aren't yon Miss Morton of Philadelphia?" She gave him a glassy stare with raw edge on it "Yoa don't look like a man," she re plied with an insolent air, "who would try to work as old a racket as that on me. Do I look so green as that:" It was now bis turn to gaze at her in startled wonder. "Oh, that's all right," she langhed mowing over to make room besitfe her, "aud I'll forgrve you, YoukuowAani not Miss Morton ef PtekideJphia or any wbVre else, and so do I know it But sit down. I'm lonesome, and I'd just as soon have a pleasant little talk with yoa as not I'm to meet mamma at tbe sta tion where we take dinner." "I beg your pardon," said tbe travel ing man, backing away. "I am sure if yea are not Mies Mrrton I have no de sire whatever to talk witfi yoa." then ho went back to his place, and the flip young woman was rather in clined to tbe opinion that there was at least one man on tbe road who could be mistaken honestly. All of which oecnrrod between Wash ington and New York within tho last two weeks. Washington Star. KILLING VOLVES. Some of the Slethods I'aed to Oct Rid of the I'eata. Whole families cf the animals are some times asphyxiated in their dens. A wolf cf the gray variety generally makes its home by getting on the side cf a dirt gulch aud burrowing straight inward until a safe distance from the surface is reacheeL There her ycung are born aud raised to sturdy cub estate. hen a cowboy locates a tien m which he believes tbe eutire family to be gathered, a composite mass of cotton. saturated with damp flour sulphur aud other noxious smelling substances, is thrust into the den and set on fire. Tbe mouth of the hole is tben filled with clay tamped down solidly, and the im prisoned wolves are speedily suffocated within. In this way from 6 to 10 and 11 wolves, young and old, are wiped out at one stroke. Another effective method is to bore four or more holes in a flat piece of board and plug them up with bee f fat soaked in strychnine. The odor of tbe fat attracts any wolves that may be in the vicinity, and they Hck the fat vora ciously until the leavening ot poison does it work open them aud they drop dead. ery often as many as a dozen wolves are killed off by this process be fore the fat in the hole-s is exhausted. Strychnine inclosed in capsules is also used. Tbe capsule is thrust into n slit cut in a chunk of Leef, and the wolf. bolting tbe meat whole, talis an easy victim. Steel traps, baited with raw beef, are also tried with fair success. Denver Republican. Reading Women Organize. The women voters of Beading, Pa., met recently at the home of Mr Wil liam Carter, Woburn street, and forrm d' an organization. Mrs. S. G. B. Pearson was chosen temporary chairman. Oia cers for the ensuing year were balloted for, aud the following were elected : Mrs. George Bosson, permanent chairman ; Mrs. Warren E. Eaton, clerk; Mrs. S. G. B. Pearson, treasurer. The society then nominated Mrs. Ellen M. Bancroft for member of the school committee and recommended that Mrs. (icrtrjide Hcssey be nominated as a trnsto cf the public library. Mrs. Warren Eaton was chosen a committee cf one to confer with the proper authorities in regard to having a wcm.jiu an the txard cf over seers t f the poor. In conclusion, the so ciety earnestly rcccnimend that every woman in town qualified to vote should register and cast her vote at the coming town election. A Conf I e d JodgT. An English la iyer who had a habit cf ilreipping his h's was cue day prose cuting before Mr. Justice Lawrance a man fcr stealing, aincng other things, a halter. Constantly and consistently he spoke of " 'alter," aud after an hour or so cf this the judge summoned tbe clerk of assize and seriemsly asked him, "Is this tbe crown court?" "Vi, my lord, I believe so," was the answer cf the wondering -fS iaL "Thauk yoa. I urn relieved. I thought I bad fouud my way into an ecclesiastical tribunal." IIow Iieca Gather Honey. Bees gather honey by tho aid cf their "trunk," "lower lip" or "tongue," which is used as an instrument for ex tracting the nectar from flowers. The "tongue" of a bco is not, as was ouce thought to bo the case, a tube through which tho juice is sucked, but is built more after the fashion of a fine broom. With this broom tho bee brushes or laps the honey or honey material from the flowers, leaves, etc., aud passes it down a groove in tbe nrprr surface of the tongue to tbe mouth proper. From that point the juice is conveyed through a minute orifice into the "first stomach," vulgarly called tbe "honey bag." The "honey bag" is a real chemical labora tory, where, by some mysterious procesa whirl, ha i nfr of Kfi.... , . 1 ....1 I-.., science, the juices are converted into pure honey. When the chemical process ! of transforming their nectar into viscid honey has been completed, the bee dis- : gorge s it into oue of tho cells mado for the purpose of a receptacle. j For years the microsropista and tha ' entomologists havo been studying the bco's laboratory, but its workings are at present among the uuesplaiued mys teries. St Louis Republic, . CiUea Barled by Sand Storaia. j Svtn Hcdiu, tho Norwegian traveler, 1 has discovered on tbe north side cf tbe ' Kuen Lun mountains, and iu the edge ' of the great desert cf Gobi, tho ruins of towns which he thinks were buried by sand ttorms about 1,000 years ago. The largest town was nearly 2 1 miles long, and a canal connected it and tbe sur rounding country with the Kerija river. Tbe houses had walls cf plaited reeds, covered with mod and tben coated with white plaster, awl cn these plaster walls were well executed paintings of men, auin.als and flowers. Poplars, apricot i and plum trees had evidently flourished thefti before tbe invasion of the sand. an Francisco Chronicle. BARMAIDS IX LONDON SOME VERY CHOOSE RESPECTABLE C1RL3 THIS VOCATION. One of Them, a rVantifa! Irlxli La, Ez plaica Why Many of Them I So They Are Looking- For (iood "iJirimonLJ Catchea Titlea Wanted l"ul!y. Ur.eler the title "Feminine Types in London" Jtscw Francis Shcpparel gives in Le Nouvrllo Revue an account of the London baruiiaiiia. "They are recruited," hn jaj-s, "among tho bourgeoise&swcllasaiWug the lower classes. Senun of the most in teresting type-s can be found iu tbe bars r publio bouses cf the west end, clee to tbe fashionable theaters. Among them are very many perfectly respecta ble B'fls, who have chosen tho career of a barmaid in order to make a living and, especially if they are pretty, to get a chance to catch a rich husband. "A public house, situated at the angle of oue of tbe principal thoroughfares, is both a gilded palace and a mine of gold. It exercises a strange fascination upon the prior country bnmpkins who have just enough to pay for a drink, bat tho dado cowing out cf a theater, tbe coun try greenhorn, the fashion-able snob mid the frequenter cf tho music halls are al ways to bo found there. It is among these that tl-.e barmaids hunt for a hus band. If there is ono class of London society more stcpid than auothcr, it is that one which includes tbe frequenters of the publio houses. With a pipe in his mouth and a glass cf beer or whisky in front of bim the young Englishman, dressed in fashionable style, with a slight and elegant figure and regular features, remains standing for more than an hour paj ing pretty little compliments to one or several cf these ladies. "The barmaid judges her customers by tbe cut of tbeir clothes. If yoa want to attract her attention, yoa must pre sent yourself with a silk hat and a handsomo cane in yonr hand aud a suit cut in tbe latest fashion. Tho high hat is do rigneur. Without that thero is no possible chance of auccess. "It was not without difficulty that I managed taget an interview with one of tla'se young Ktdies, whose intelligence was equiN triher beauty. At first I WW astonished ttt finding so nuich intelli gcucet in an English girl, but I learned that showas Irish, and that explained the bj.' -U'ry. He r firtber was dead aud her uitither was left without resoorcos. So she was detcruiiocd to come to Lon don aud look for a busmtud by posing behind a bar ia Piccadilly. " 'I was hardly more than nhree days here,' she said with an amiable aud roguinh air, 'when I understood why it was that so many pretty English girls don't get husbands. ' When they are beautiful, tbey are generally stupid When they are intelligent, they are cold, masculine and ugly. Englishmen travel a great deal and meet in their rambliugs through (be world very many sprightly women, and they do not care for pretty girls who don't know bow to chat with them. ' " 'But in this mixture that comes he-ra to d.ink and chat,' I said, 'how do yc.u distinguish the men of the world from the others?' " 'I retvgniza them by threo things,' she said boldly, 'by their figure, by their clothes anil by their complexion. Feir the most part they are tall and thin, dresseel in tbe latest fashion and havo a complexion more or Je-ss bronzed. This last trait is the surest sign. ' Seeing that I looked astonished, she added: 'Noth ing cau be more simple. An English gcut toman, if he has a fortune, passes three-fourths of his time hunting and iu other cpe n air exercise. Tbe chaps who reuicin always in London have a paler and moro delicate complexion, and, moreover, tho expression of their fae-es is quite different from that of the others. ' "Noticing with what attention I was listening to her, she continued: 'The gentlemen that I refer to have nothing elegant about tbem except tbeir clothes, fer their cunwrrarron lacks novelty. How cau a man who understands noth ing but hunting and cricket interest an intelligent woman? Tbe conversation that gees on here iu the name of wit makes me tired, but theso gentlemen aro the easie'st of all to deceive. They aro great big children iu everything except sport and politics.' "'Bat yoa aro always eugaged. I said, 'and it is difficult to get an oppor tunity to chat with you, Yoa mast al ready have bad several offers tf mar riage? " 'I have been only ono mouth here, and I havo already had three. Two were fremi very rich sportsmen, but riches alone won't eio for me. What I am after,' she added, laughing, 'is a title. Yoa kuow, I mnst have a title.' "At this m'oment the play in oue of the neighboring theaters was over, and the publio honse was invadeel by a irowd of men, mejre cr less stylish. The tcautiful Irish girl kept berstflf some what aloof and only served customer? that had the appearance cf p'ntlemeu. "Well, I left Loudon. A few mouths after-ward, on returning theje, I wauted to see ouce mere rry beautiful tilth bar maieL She was gone. Another lady jras in her place, and sho told me that Miss Clara bad left to marry tho second son cf a prominent noble-man." Growth of English. The growth cf the English language! during tbe present century has been without parallel in the history of any eu:gae. Tbe commercial associations of the English aud American people with uil the nations of tbe earth have brought contributions from every clime to enrich our mother tongue, and the result is that there uk words in coaimou use iu tbo English language from every known language on tbe face cf the earth. DOCTORS OFTEN FAIL To cure disease because they attack the disease itself without thin-king of the cause. Back ache, lame back, stomach troubles, dizziness, for instance. are all every-day symptoms of kidney troubles can't be cured except by bringing the kidneys back to health and vigor. DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS frequently cure diseases of these delicate organs after all else has failed. They are the natural enemy of every form of kidney disease. One? ntt.hnr5T who ha heen blewd by them w e:wrj;c F. Christ, of the limi cf Christ Se-tiaiTi-r. Butler irvt. He mlTcred Iron tiilneT trouble forsii rear. "Therainj In mjr hark were very aererc at tlnm," he ail a f.'W unj-j a-n. "W bile utoopinjr orer try work tlie-r would rau-a rao to severely anmctfmw that I wonld aimort drop. The pains wrre alnvet mutant I never fcemed to rrt rctc-1. M , urine waj La1!y aflVetid. I ned lnTM of to-railed re-mcdie. but cM no relief until I n D.n, Kidney 1 ill ad vert! d and r li at Fleming Hm; Ktore. The fir few dwe mve mo rvlk-f, a ii in a horttime I wa comjik-lclr eiirvd. The re r.e.t wa iimn!r wonderful. V v csi'.itin dy j irrwify lienliiifuL I am refoimm-ud-liS Deau-f kidney I'Uls lo all my uiesnOa." Dwan'i Kidney Pills Cost SO tcata at any Uragjtorc Fcster-ftiiiburn Ci, Sole Affsnts. Bu.'faia, N. V All Cleaning i THE DEACON'S DONATION. And Why It Waa Not Accepted by tha To a Committee. It had been decided at a rublio meet ing of thecitizviis they that would have combination library, reading rexun aud social club in Waiptou. Tho commit tee, made up of cuUstantial members cf the community authorized to act upon their owu judgmeut, was in ne-ssiou at Deacon Close's, he having a site that bo wanted to sell for the proposed building. "I regard this movement n de serving of popular approval and aid," aaid tho miui.-ter. "It aims to secure n wider intelligence aud a better t ine of morali ty among onr petiple. Every one ahould give according to his means." After tho editor, tho doctor and the banker had talked iu the tamo veiir, tbo lawyer proposed that tbey get dowu to buaiuem. "Deacon Close," he contin ued, "has a desirable lot for which he aska $2,000. It strikes me as a pretty stiff price, but I have no doubt that he will make ns a donation of $.j00 and make a deed of the site for f 1,500." There wr.s applau.se, in which tho deacon did not participates, but rising reluctantly he delivered himself as fol lows: "I' must say tiait I agree with what has been said in praise of this en terprise. Our town ncciis it ao4 there lno placo for it more desirable tiwn the fotyl have offcrTd. Of cowse I want to bear my tail kharo of iti tipeiwfl. "Since 1' offered jou this lot," tht deacon weiit on, "there has bee-u a great improvement in" tiroes, ilone-y ia easie r, ths ar better anel realty gU an in biTnced value because of tho ge-ueral proKpr-ity. I will let yoa bajC'e the lot for $2,500 and throw off fftOO aa a do nation." The minister muttered some thing ho was glad tbo rest did not hear. Tbo doctor laughed, the banker scowled aud tbe lawyer moved to adjourn in a voice tbat told the deuoon he would have to tteek some other market for the lot tbat had taken such a long and sudden jump in value. Detroit Free Prcta. THEY DO NOT SIT. Coma Birds Tliat Ilatrh Tbeir Egc by ejuecr Ix-vice. It is well known that the Austrajian megapod is a bird that is acca.-tomed to sit on its eggs. Iu certain parts cf Aus tralia are found numerous raecnds of considerable mzo and height which the j first t xplorers took t j be burial grounds, j These were in ado by tho Megnpodius tumulus, which uses them for hatching j its egg! They have sometimes coiisid- ; t-rablo dimensions. A ne st that is 14 feet high aud io feet in circumference may bo regarded as large. Each nie'gapeid bulds its own nest with material which it gathers from all sides, und these are exactly what tbe gardener uses iu the mouth of March to make his forcing beds namely, leaves and decomposing vegetable) matter, which, by their fermentation, give off an appreciable amount of beat. In tbe forcing beds this beat hastens the sprout ing cf the seeds. Iu the nest it suffices for tbe developme-nt and batching of tho young birds, and tho mother cau go where sho likes and occupy her-clf r.s sho wishes without being troubled by tbo duties of sitting. In the small island of Niuafou, iu tbo Pacific, another Lird has a some what similar hubit, iu so far a it alio abandons its eggs, but iu plar-e cf ib tainiug tbo necessary heat ffvui fer meutatiou it gets it from warm sand. The leipoa, or native pheasant cf Aus tralia, acts like tho megapel aud watch es the temperature cf its mound very closely, cove-nag and uncevering the eggs several times a day to cool tbem or heat thciu as becomes necessary. Aft er hatching, the young bird remains in tbe mound several hours. It leaves cu tbe fsccouel day, but returns fjr tha night, and not nutil the third day is it able to leave fcr good the paternal abode. Revue Scientirique. An Embarraaaing Gift. Lotd Lcigbtou's house is ta be pre sented to the nation, which iu turn is to maintain it in its present condition as an artistic monument cf its late own er. ItisuugrAcifius to uiscuss Fuch mat ters to closely, and every one will rec oguie tho good iuteutie ns cf the ladies who make the generous gift, but some day it will le necessary serieiusly to dis cuss this business, now so lunch iu fash iejn, cf keeping cp the hous-.s that are associate d with tho memory of our great men. One day it is Carlyle, another it is Turne r, and soou. There is a littlo "boom," a few cf the faithful ocr in on the ope ning day and examine the hat stand, and tbe walking stick, and tbe diuing room ta ble, and then they go away aud straight way forget all about it For a year or so stray Americans and provincials keep up a show of interest, und then the thing becomes anere white eltphant, of in terest or of use to nobody. Lord Leigh tou's house is out beyouel Holland Park, und, as it is nut to be either a school, r. museum cr a home, who is likely after tho fr st fu'.v weeks to tako tbe trouble to go J?.iee or four miles ta visit it? St. James Gazette. Krcnklng Thine. Eotert We bad ejoite au cxperk-uce at Steele r's lust evening. Richard Yrs? Robert Yes. Wo were Bitting there like so many mnmchauces, when to der'8 daughter suddenly broke iutosong. Richard Hoi And what did tbo rest of you do? Robert Oh, tho rct of us broke away as soon as possible. Boston Transcript. Tbe prcseut king of Servia, Alexander L was elevated to the throne ia tbe place of his disreputable father in 1SS9. Ho was bora iu 1&70 and is now a stur dy youth, who, it is said, gives promise of bclug cEito as disreputable as ex King Milan ever was. It is stated by Brewer I bat Pope Ilor misdaa, in CS3. was the fhtt to wear a cap or tiara f stalp. Toothfol Interrogator. "Mother," eaiel a thoaghtful Conton child to bin maternal relative "What ia it. Walilo?" "la Philadelphia older thun Boston, mother:-" "Of conr&c not, my son. The first aet tleair tit whs made in Charleetown in 1630. M-hilo William Pe un did not ar rive on the Kite of Philadelphia until 63 years later." "That was always my impression, mother, bnt how is it that Philadelphia is inemtioced in tho Bible, while Beistcn is Kot?" Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. The red carnation is regarded in Epaiu as an emblem cf despair. There is a tradition in Andalusia that the fiower ppraug from the blood of the Vir gin Mary. The distance between Cope Town, South Afiica, and Washington is C.HJS4 uica. abort t the house, paint, floors, pots and pans, dishes and glassware, silver and tinware, can be done better, quieter and cheaper with Washing PoWoSt than with any other cleansing compound. Largest package greatest economy. T32 U. r. FU13UX COX? AST, Chicago, St. LouU, Sam York, Button, Pnliadalnala. KLY'S CREAM BAt.M hiponltlwrnrK. Apply Into the noatn!. It Is qti k!y aliened. cent at Irn-.-!rtn or br mail : rimuM-a l"r. bf nisiL IXY 1SKOTULUS. 66 Warn-n 5?L. New York fitv. PENNSYLVANIA liAILROAD. IASTIRN STAtOARD TIME. In Effect.November 15, 1896. COSDk.NSkD MirDCLI. Train arrive and d. piirt from the station at JohifUwD as follows: WESTWAKO W'nn Kxpr-. . . 4:l a. no. Smitbw-ejHeru Kpns' " Jotiliton u .v.iii,iiu1. tlon. B:S7 A(.HiiumHlatUn. . lelO l-iclfc ExrmM tr.'l " Wv lawi;er 44 Mnil .VII Fat I.ine tern p. m. JoUustuwn Acoiinino1.-ttion " BAsTWAKK. Atlantic Kxprrs tiliore Kxpnua Altoona Aei-emi rmMlalioii lHy Kxpna-M Main Une Kxprcs ... A I t'X Tlii A cell 1 1: leula t U l) Muil Kxpre JotiiiKinwn An-oininoalution. I'liiladelphia Kx press... Kant line.- .. . a. m. fr.w " - llfcl-l " I2:'tl p. 4.11 eiT.Vj " 7:11 " l(h:0 " For rtite, man, dr., ewll on Ticket Aeen toor atdresk Tho. r Watt, I". A. W. una Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. J. 14. IIiiI.-bii.M.n. J. K. Wood. Uen. Manager. Uvu'l Paaa. A CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Eailroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch. JiORTH WAUO. Jolii'Mown Mail Kxprvs. llork wimd 111., .mi-rs-l .m, s.JoyeMown :, rsille li'm. Jolmto u ll:iu. II uov- Johi'.atown M.eil t'.s .r.'s. INx-k wood l!:i) a in.. Nm. !- t 1 ' :.', stoj, totrn !-':!:'., lloov ersville Johnstown 1:! 'p. in. Johnstown AceornnHsNtion. flevk wod 4..".' p. m.. sKner i i: J) xioyiMotrn its lioov- SOt TH WARD. Mall. Johnntaiwn S..ia.niUooverviIle 9.19, Wiiye-slowu Hill, SouierMrl Kuckwoud Expresa. Johnstown 2:10 p. m., Hoovervllle ':., storKiown S.H, tsoineix t 3:1J, Itock wood l;Ur. j The 0. 1 C. LIME COMPANY, SUCCESSOR'S Ti THE MEYERSDALE IIHE COMPANY, have just eompie-'ed tlnir mw fldiiit :in! are j now (.rvpansi to ship l.y -.ir-l..l l-.!s :. any em oi iiie eoiinirv. 1 1, is lime l rii:riil: t-ur.-.I from the I. I.nit. 1 Sjjler Hi!l L n.ifon and is e-pn-hilfy rieh in li ih- lem. nis r- i;ir.-d to invigorate the soil. X IS WHAT ALL FARMERS NEED! m1 sioek on h.m.t u t j ir. time I'nei-s low ns the lovrest. Address a.'l cuiumuni-alieu to I C. LIME COMPANY Kred.Rowe. MEYERSDALE Proprietor SOMERSET MARKET REPORT, CORRKt'TEu WEKKI.Y BV Cook & Beerits, f per in 15 to 2T, Apples.-.dried. t te ' t evanr:itl B.. .I...1.-C Apple Luti. r, ) r 4tr I mil. per tt ; Butter., fnsli keir, n-r !f j,. I rriimif ry, per ... ii- l' iwas. t-r It- , country hum, per B s to 1 Ha con ! s:.-ur cured liaui, per lb 11 to 1." e i si.ie, ier K A. h'ui'ler. per tt Ceiffce i J-'"""- l" r - conn;, j lH T m . . ( Jl0 WI J llIHlTInu. per Vlll.. 1 I ore land, per htj per bed . 4.H' IV I - Sj.Tji stotie jl.lK "e- 1 lo ISO 10 lo I V 10 to I V l.lj. "eat. per lb rjS. pe-r elo . rT-sh. lake herring ,' ll.j "- Iloney, white clover, per . I -int. is-r .. . I.iim-, per till. Molasses, K.O.. per gnl J e tnioim, per bus PoUitieK. pi-r beis. Peaches, evaporated, per lb Pruues. per . ., fNT IIH ... Iltlshlirt;, per bid . l'ry, 't bus mirk Salt, -I lu seeks. f EroilIKI mum. iso site Kg . si- I maple, p-r lb .. :.6 toSc tmiu.rled Vellow. n.-r Bs . Sugar. while. A. i r lb jrr.tn.iiattsi. per ! I'tilw.nr rniiverhtcd. nvr ib -..... ' 1 I liuipl-. per if a 1 -. 1 1 , sionewu.e, km I Ion j. T..I low. per ft . ZZIZ J Ui'.e liiefe'iir, per m-l . ...oi to : timothy, per hei.... $ 7.-, clover, per bus fu"to u rritnuu. per bus 4.i. " nltilfa, p. r bus aluvke. ls-r hn r -j Seed. 'Millet, tie-rnuin, sr bus 1 wiriey. a nit,- Isirdl-ss, p.-r bu 1 huckwlK at. s r bus corn. e-.ir. is-r bus Grain I fhelitsl. rs-r bua :ii 1.. jiw OBts, p. r bus 5 to;.. rye, per bus Vic wheat, per bus.. " "ti- bnin. per III) Bw -y. corn and oat chop, per I(fs f flour, roller process, per bbl. Ji 75 - spring pubiit and E.ncy liieh (trade Hour, lower grade, per 110 lbs 11 ai A Feed Flour. Middlings, i w"',' l":r ''' fr - 1 reel, per i.v Bm BO YEARS KXPERIENCC TRADE MARKS. rYJir DESICNS, An-rnn fMtns a fkHrh and darrtntinn mar qu.nly awta. frees, wheeler an UTent;...i r.H lentLU OMist aaeu.-, f.sUnn 7, in America. We hsve a Wahinuton nio SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, OS I TKjrrg aent Irea. AAlreai MUNN CO., 361 Uraaaway, New Yark. Wanted-fln ld( WTio can think cf mm aimpw aa4 UM of lao bira lurenuoiu Wanieit IMPORTANT TO ADTKRTIsfrn- Tho cream of the country papers is Ibrmd Itt Eemincton'g Courtr Scat List. 1 advesnLsers avad theirtsalv-es of Uh lirit, a ?3r Coxcxffc :i THE BEST iIs None Too Good When Yc -:MEDCINE3.: It in Junt n Iiu jxjrtaiit U .-:rt. FRESH. PURE DRUGS An ii I To Have VisnflUnre in the Vhy'inn f, AT SNYDER'S You are always sure of getting the Carefully TRUSSES FITTEn All of the Beat and Most Approved Tru Kn.t t Satisfaction Guaranteed. . OPTICAL GOODS GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE EYES. CALL AM k SIGHT TESTED. JOHN N. 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