TELLING THE CHILD A STORY.
At ton-time In the ruildy light
Chrlnnnthcmutn were in their glory
My baby enmo to iy Kooil-nltfht,
And hfg for Jiwt "one little story."
I toll) her how girl like her
Cme long go, somewhere or other,
And brought her doll and made a stir,
And begged a story from her mother,
Who, tired and listless, nlso crossed
The little story-begging henuty
With news of how another glossed
Her trksotno story-telling duty. .
Still backward was the tale rfi'rrod
To weary her, but when 1 ended.
As If I had not snld a word,
With looks half-pleading, half-o(!cnded,
She claspel n.y nock her childish trust
Hud maile tho hardest hear-, compliant
"A little one," she said, "plr,so Just
About a fairy and a giant."
I klMfd her close, and off I went;
"Once on a time," low, slow and steady.
She heaved a stgh of sweet content:
My darling was asleep already.
UihhI Words.
A STRANGE "WILL
It Brought Fortuno and Happines3
to Two Lovers.
Yen, she wa dcml at last Mnrparpt
Dcmorc&t, of Stony Lodgo nnl tho
shock of her demise had shuken Hello
rue from center to circumference. Kor
years her numerous relatives, each
with an eye to the estate, had watched
her movements from a respectful dis
tance, which she herself hail interposed
between them, tind their hearts had
(frown sick with hope) deferred
Heart disease, tho doctors said, when
he was found one morning1 with a
smile of peaco frozen on her stern and
withered features. The relatives ac
cepted the verdict with due resigna
tion, following tho remains of the "dear
departed" to their final resting place,
amid an ostentatious display of crape.
But when the will was read tho excite
ment of the heirs-at-law rapidly
ascended to fever heat. Always eccen
tric In life, Miss Demorest had retained
that eccentricity to the end and woven
it into her last will and testament
With the exception of a few bequests
to her servants, tho whole of her prop
erty, landed and personal, to wit:
Stony Lodge, her present residence,
with its beautiful park, which was a
very Eden of loveliness; Rose Villa, her
winter resort on Lake Helen, Flo., to
gether with a splendid house in town
and money to the amount of five hun
dred thousand dollars, was to pass Into
the sole possession of that one among
her kinsfolk who should discover tho
hiding place of the twelve Demorest
rabies.
Should the gems remain undiscov
ered after the lapse of one year from
the date of death the estate was to be
Bold and a home for old maids founded
with the proceeds.
"The old cat!" muttered fashionable
Mrs. Meredith, viciously. "She hid
those rubies herself, the spiteful
thing!"
"It is too provoking!" pouted her
pretty daughter Maude.
"I shall contest the will," said thin
lipped Reuben Gray. "It cannot
stand."
Mrs. Meredith was Miss Dcmorest's
niece and Keuben Gray her nephew.
The two were brother and sister nnd
the nearest akin to the dead woman.
Next catno Marpio Vane, child of a
favorite nephew, who was to have been
the heir had he not displeased his ount
by marrying against her will a pirl of
obscure parentage "a pauper," Miss
Demorest called her.
Harold Vane had died some years
back, closely followed by his wife, and
the one daughter, Margaret, was left
alone in the world and utterly penni
less. . Mrs. Meredith had taken her for the
old aunt had remained obdurate and
she was now serving in the capacity of
maid to her beautiful cousin Maude.
. Margie Vane was not present at the
reading of the will. Mrs. Meredith con
sidered it unnecessary, and Margie her
self had not the faintest hope of being
remembered kindly by her father's
stern old relative. When, therefore,
they returned in anger and disappoint
ment and gave an account of the word
ing of the will Margie's hazel eyes
opened wide with wonder.
That afternoon and many ensuing
afternoons Mrs. Meredith, Maude and
Margie walked over to Stony Lodge and
wandered fruitlessly about amid tho
treasuresof bric-a-brac, statuary, books
and rare old china.
On one of these occasions Margie met
Will Demorest a cousin several times
removed of her father. He was a
frank, handsome young fellow, with
dark blue eyes and close, curling, fair
hair. His was the genuine Demorest
face, the index of a strong, noble char
acter. Ity occupation he was an artist in
glass-blowing, having learned the art
in Venice. He had done considerable
work for Miss Demorest with whom ho
wia:i a prime favorite.
"So you thought you would have a
look for tho rubies with the rest of us,"
said Mrs. Meredith, with a sneer, na
she found the young glassblower exam
ining the books in the library one
morning. "Vet I thought you abhorred
mercenary considerations."
' "I am not in quest of the gems," Will
replied, as his eyes rested in unmistak
able admiration on Margie's fair, sweet
face.
"Humph! I hope you don't take me
for a lunatic or a fool, Will Demorest,"
was the scathing rejoinder.
"For neither, I assure you," said Will,
with a bow. "Only at present I lira
more interested in pearls than rubies.
Cousin Margie, may I show you the
house? I believe 1 know it moro thor
oughly than most people,"
Margie shyly acquiesced, and the two
went off together, leaving Mrs. Mere
dith and Maude to continue their search.
"Are you anxious to find the rubies
also?" asked Will, as they paused in the
china closet to admire the cut glass.
"I have not even looked for them,"
answered Margie, with a bright smile.
"They are magnificent gems," said
'.VilL "and were never set I saw them
.v.fct once, and they nearly took my
...th away."
"I should like to soe them," Margie
said, musingly; "but oh, Will, wero
they more beautiful than these exquis
ite cups? Surely' that is Impossible"
The cups In question wero, indeed,
exquisite. Mown of the costliest Vene
tian glass, lily-shaped, with curled
leaves for saucers, and glowing with
rainbow tints, they resembled nothing
so much as & bed of gorgeous tropical
flowers.
Margie's eyes sparkled as she looked
at them.
"How lovely! How dainty! How
falry-llke!" she exclaimed, breathless
ly. "See, Will; this ono is exactly lilto
un opal with a touch of fire, and here
is an amethyst and here a glowing
emerald. Oh, Will, do look! Sue how
that strange glow, os of hidden fire,
flashes from each! This ono Is jacinth,
this beryl, and Will Demorest, hero is
a ruby! Oh, tho beauty! The real
gems cannot bo more superb!"
As she spoko alio took the ruby cup
into her hand. Will half started for
ward us If to prevent her, but drew
buck again with a palo, startled face.
He fore ho could frame a reply Mrs.
Meredith and Maude appeared upon the
scene.
"Margie," cried tho former, "put
down that cup and come, along. I
should think you would have moro
pride than to dawdle here oil day talk
ing with Will Demorest"
Margie's soft hazel eyes filled with
tears as Lawyer I'ay entered tho room,
and from under his bushy brows
glanced sharply utcach of the group.
"Hunting for rubles eh?" ho said,
sarcastically. "Hut Miss Margio seemed
to be the only successful one of tho
pnrty. This is a rare bit of glass, Miss
Margie, and was blown by our friend
here," with a motion of his hand to
ward W11L
Margie's hand tightened on tho cup
in her surprise; her rosy forefinger
pressed a raised stamen In tho calyx of
the lily bell, when, presto! change! it
sank beneath her touch, and her
startled eyes gazed straight into a
small cavity where glowed a ruby of
inestimable value, like a drop of rosy
fire.
"Solved!" shouted Lawyer Fay, as
his eyes also beheld the gems.
Will, very white, shrank back against
the wall, while Mrs. Meredith and her
daughter pressed closer to Margio and
tho lawyer.
"Tho rubles!" gasped tho avaricious
woman, making a Uivo for the other
cup.
Hut her lawyer placed himself in her
way.
"I beg your pardon," he said. "Tho
discovery is Miss Margie's, and, in ac
cordance with the terras of the will of
my deceased client she is solo heiress
to the Demorest estate."
Mrs. Meredith grew palo with cha
grin. Maude burst into tears, and
I'.eubcu Gray, who had heard all from
;lii? door, announced his intention of
breaking such an unjust wilL
"You may try it" was all Lawyer
Fay said to tho threat
Will came slowly forward and con
gratulated Margie on her good fortune.
"And my congratulations are uono
the less sincere that with them I re
sign the sweetest hope of my life," he
said.
"Resign a fiddlestick!" muttered the
old lawyer. "Margio, that boy refused
tube made Miss Dcmorest's heir in
idsted that it would be un injustice to
those nearer of kin. Then she made
him blow these cups of tinted glass,
with tho central cavity and spring. She
inserted a ruby in each cup, which,
combined with the different tints gave
them their rich coloring. Ho watched
her hide the rubies and ho has kept the
secret Does he not merit some re
ward?" Margio flushod and glanced timidly
at WilL Then she looked around for
her aunt und cousin. Both had disap
peared. "Take her, Will," said the old law
yer, with twinkling eyes, "and bless
ye, my children."
With a melodramatic gesture he, too,
vanished, and I think tho young people
were not long in coming to an under
standing, for cards are now out for the
wedding. Leeds Mercury.
How He Uaugad It.
A Devonshire farmer went to London
to see the sights. While walking down
the Strand he saw a card in a tavern
window bearing the inscription: "Dev
onshire cider sold here," The old man's
heart warming towards his native bev
erage, he entered the publio house and
called for "a pint o' zl(Lr." The liquor
being drawn, he placed it to his lips and
half-emptied the measure, putting It on
tho counter with the remark that it was
"very poor stuff."
A cockney standing by, thinking he
could raise a joke at tho farmer's ex
pense, said: "I say, mister, do yon
know how that cider was made?"
"N'o," said tho farmer.
"Well, I'll tell you. They stuck up a
barrel of water at one end of a shed,
and stood buck at the other end and
threw apples at it"
"Did they?" said the farmer, slowly
hipping tho cider. "Then they didn't
hit that barrel mor'n once." Tit-lilta.
Stab Ends of Thought.
Wo shape our own fate quite as much
as fate shapes us.
I'retenso may not bo of long con
tinuance but it goes while it lasts.
A woman may bo no moro vain than
a man is, but she will do more for van
ity's sake than a man wilL
Prudence is tho muzzle for zeaL
Avarice is so close that ho who has It
denies its possession.
A woman who can love oneo can love
twice.
As soon as two people begin to think
alike they disagree.
Theologians give finite interpreta
tions to infinite truths and condemn
Infinite souls for refusing to accept
them.
True religion takes care of the body
first
Conservatism la a mild form of
sowardice. Detroit Free Press.
Best states, contentless, have a dis
tracted and most wretched being, worse
than worst content Shakespeare.
' Women and Weaf tier.
In some parts of Xow England, and
perhaps elsewhere, when Rome com
mon Impulse seems to havo led all tho
women to go shopping or visiting, it
is eustomnry for old people to say:
"Well, well, I guess it will rain to
morrow." At sea, as might bo expected, tho
same rule does not hold. Thus nn ex
change reports a nervous lady pn-wrii-ger
as saying to a deck-hand:
"Have you ever seen any worse
weather than this, Mr. Sailor?"
"Take a word from nn old salt,
mnm," says the deck-hand; "the weath
er's never very bud while there's uny
females on deck a-makin' henquiries
about it"
On the Sstita Maria.
Don Alonzo I'enzon And your father
was a wool-comber, Christopher?
Christopher Columbus Yes, and my
mother was nlso a wool-comber, Don
Alonzo.
Don Alonzo I'enzon Indeed? I never
heard that.
Christopher Columbus Yes, she fre
quently combed my father's wool.
And because Don Alonzo did not
laugh, a coolness sprang up between
these two distinguished mariners,
which lusted until a sudden lurch of
tho caravels threw them once moro
into each other's arms. Brooklyn Life.
Accounted For.
"Why, yes, I have seen a great deal
of Tom Robinson recently. Fact is,
he's one of the most entertaining men
I ever met. Heally. 1 didn't know there
was so much in him. He's positively
brilliant when you get him talking.
Most delightful companion, and so hos
pitable and "
"I see. Which of Robinson's sisters
is it the little ono with the block hair
or the tall blonde one?"
"It's the little ono with the blaclr
liuir." Boston Globe.
Never Out of It.
"I'upa says she did it out of curios
ity." "Must be a mistake."
"How's that?"
"Know'd her fur forty years an'
never heard o' her bein' onto" curiosity
u minute durin' tho hull time." Buf
falo Courier.
Very I'artlrnliir.
Lnily Are your antiques nil genu
ine? Clerk Yes, madam, and we so guar
antee them.
Lady Well, nil our furniture is an
tique, and I wish to get a genuine an
tique Louis XIV. carpet-sweeper. N.
Y. Weekly.
I'ortituiln.
"Thnt." said the nervous citizen, "is
one of the most remarkable cases of
fortitude I ever saw."
"What is?"
"The manner in which that man
listens to his own practicing on tho
clarionet." Detroit Free I'ress.
Not Worth Saving.
Mike fining down a ladder) IlnitM
on. l'nt. Don't yez come on the ladder
till o'im down. It's ould und cracked.
Fat 'ge'.'iiig on) Arm. be ai-y. It
wi.nl.l iiv the boss ri;rlit to have to
lutv a now one. X. Y. Weekly.
Troof.
"Are the Farvenues as fond of dis
play as people say?"
"Yes, indeed. V.'hv, they serve gold
fish nt lunch instead of sardines."
Harper's Bazar.
Doubly Pint rsttfal.
His berrowlmj has caused a loss
To him as well as n'.o;
For I have lost the money leaned,
And be his memory.
Puck.
UOINO OrF WITH A I1AN1,"
Fishing.
We went out Ashing yesterday,
And fished with care and though U
By night we had a splendid mens
Which some one eSe had caught
Kansas City Journal
A Fair Offer.
"What will you give me to fast thir
ty days in your bhow?" said a profes
sional faster to the proprietor of a
dime museum.
"I'll givo you fiftot-n dollars a
week."
"Make it fifteen dollars a week and
board und I'll go you." Judge.
A Logical Iuferanoe.
In the restaurant;
"The last time I ordered spring
chicken hero they brought me a thor
oughly matured hen. How do you sup
pose I can get a real spring chicken?"
"Order a fresh egg." Chicago Rec
ord. In the t'onntry.
"I wonder," thought Frank, as he
awakened early in tho morning,
"whether that rooster tells the sun
when to get up, or the sun tells the
rooster? I wish they'd both wait un
til I was ready." Harper's Young Peo
ple. How to iln Perennial Youth,
Gertie How old Is Maud?
Ethel She has been twenty-three
ever since a fire in her house burned up
the family Biblo six years ago. Chica
go Herald.
Ou th Ferry,
Jones Smith, whBt made the bout so
late?
Smith Wind blowing the wrong di
rection for the summer girl's sleeves.
Town Topics.
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B F. SiiARPt.ESR, Trcs.
X. U.
LOOMSBUR
LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
Capital Stock, $30,0O0.
Plotted property ia in the coming business centre of the
town. It includes also pnrt of the factory district, and linn no
equal in desirability for residence purposes.
CHOICE LOTS are offered at values that will be doubled
in a short time.
No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to make money.
Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS-
Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap
plication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Sales
Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors.
D0A11D OF DIRECTORS.
13. F. Siiakplkps; J. L. Diu.ox.
C. W. Nf.ab A. G. Rrkjgs, Dr. I. W. Willits,
Dn. II. W. McReyxolds, N. I). FUNK.
5-12 6 mos.
ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
DEALERS IS
Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Nuts
' SOLE AGENTS FOR
Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week.
2Lici--r Gooes -a. Specialty.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
F .F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco
; sole ftjjents for the
H2.1-7 Clay, Lcr.ircs, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver Asb
Bloomsburg Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CARPET, H1ATTBKG,
or I Ij CLOTH,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. M. EEDWEB'S
2nd Door aoovo Court Iloime.
A Jare lot of Window Curtains in stock.
Shoes for a family cost more than any other article. Mv
experience of over 20 years in handling shoes enables me to
select my stock in such a maimer as to "ive you the most torn-
lori aim service iur ine least money, uome and see me ami I
win save you money on your
My lines of Dry Goods, Notions, Gents' Furnishing Goods,
urocenes, cic, are complete.
W.
The Pot called
because the
didn't
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Do you want au kind
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STSIUMKNT?
Do you want SIIHET
MUSIC?
If so, do not send your mon
ey away from home, but deal
with a reliable dealer right
here, who will make things
right, if there is anything
vron.
For anything in this line
the place to go is to
3. Ballzers,
Ware-rooms, Main Street- be
low Market.
THE MARKETS.
LLOOMSLUKG MARKETS.
COKKRCTBD WBIKLT. HKTAIL PKICE9.
Butter per lb $
.j6
.20
.14
.16
to .08
to .08
8S
5
.80
4.2S
16.00
7
S
1. 00
to .35
.13
.08
.14
.14
.08
s
.18
.18
oj
hggs per dozen
Lard per lb
Ham per pound
Fork, whole, per pound 07
Beef, quarter, per pound, . . . 06
Wheat per bushel
Oats "
Rye " "
Wheat flour per bbl
Hay per ton
Potatoes per bushel
Turnips "
Onions " "
Sweet potatoes per peck 25
Cranberries per qt ,
Tallow per lb ,
Shoulder " " 7.7...
Side meat" " 77...
Vinegar, per qt
Dried apples per lb
Dried cherries, pitted
Raspberries 7
Cow Hides per lb
Steer " "
Calf Skin 40
Sheep pelts
to
5
.90
6S
2.00
I.2S
1.25
1.25
.12
.14
.10
.10
Shelled corn per bus
Corn meal, cwt.
Bran, "
Choi) "
Middlings
Chickens per lb
1 urkeys
Geese
Ducks
k 11
Coal.
No. 6, delivered
3.50
3 5
2.25
35
" 4 and 5 "
" 6 at yard '.
" 4 and 5 at yard...
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3J3n' W iver 10 Bttra Ory
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