THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUUO. PA
Shopping for
His Wife
By CLARA AUGUSTA.
" I AMI'S," nuid'Mrs. Hunt, us licr
I bin-bund was Mvnllowinjr lii.s
hot coffee, preparatory to taking u
flying trip by the HtftO cur to the
city, "I wjmt you to do a few little
criunds in town for mo. My bent
hat is at the milliner' to lie fur
bished up a littlo, nnd your Aunt
Jenkino is liable to come any minute,
and Maggie is Rcalding over the pick
les, and she'll burn 'em to a cinder
if I'm not here to Bee ufter her, nnd
dear little i'ido's eyes look oh if he
might be coming' down with fits, nnd
my head aches fit to split, and really
I don't feel as if 1 could go to town
4o-day, nnd there are Rome things I
must have."
"I've, no time to look after a lot
of women's gimcraeks." Kiiid Mr.
Hunt, contemptuously, "anil I " but
bis wife did not allow him to pro
ceed. "Oh, James, you really must find
the time unless you feel that your
judgment would not be good in mat
ters of this kind. I know that not
one man in 40 knows anything about
shopping, and "
"Humph!" grunted Mr. ITunt, gulp
ing down nn extra large mouthful of
oatmeal. "Judgment, indeed! If I
couldn't do better a thousand times
at the shopping business than any
womnn, then I'd be everlastingly jig
gered! Yes, I would. I could buy
J500 worth of things while you were
jetting ten cents worth of handker
chiefs. Tah! it makes me tired to
henr so much twaddle about men not
knowing how to shop."
"Well, if you really think you
would be able to judge about these
things I wnnt. James," said Mrs.
Hunt, diplomatically, for well she
knew that the surest way to induce
'llm to do a thing was to imply that
he was not competent to do it. "if
you really think you know about
them"
"Know? Of course I know. Why
shouldn't I know? Any fool would
know about 'em. Fire off your list,
and be quick about it, Polly, for
I've got to get a move on."
"Let me write n list. I'm afraid
your memory isn't quite so good ns
i womnn's, nnd "
"Fol-de-rol! I can forget more In
dx seconds than the average womnn
an remember in a lifetime," said Mr.
'lunt, ns he wriggled into his over
eat and fumbled in the pockets.
"Where in the dickens are my gloves?
Strange that my gloves are never
where I put 'em! Whatever have you
lone with them gloves, Polly?"
"Here they are, right in your hat,
Fames, and now listen to what I tell
pit, and try and not make any mis
'akes. I wnnt five ynrds of blue
cambric for Rosa's Henrietta dress,
md a card of hooks and eyes De
bong's humps, you know, and some
"ilnck canvas, and two yards of tur
key red, medium bright, and four
,'ards of cheese cloth, and a paper
f needles sixes, and some school
thoes for Tommy, 14, and rubber
'teels nnd no nails in the toes, and
h, get me a jar of cold cream, and
.ome celery salt, nnd some stove
'lacking lilazerine, and "
"There's the ear!" shouted Mr.
'lunt, ns he dived do.n the front
iteps, followed by his wife's persist
ant cry of
"Don't forget two pairs' of black
tockings, medium weight "
"What a tom-fool mess of. stuff
vomen do have to buy," mused Mr.
lunt. as he settled himself in the
or, unfolded the morning paper, nnd
glanced over the column headed "Fi
mncinl." As Mr. Hunt issued from his place
f bus iness at n'ght, he began to try
nd recall wjint his wife had told
im, nnd nt the first dry goods store
e came to he rushed in, believing,
is most of his sex do, that a womnn
ver purchases anything except nt
v dry goods store.
He hurried up to the counter near
est the door, and began to red off
is wants to the lofty-looking young
ndy in attendance.
"I want five yards of red Henriet
a for u blue cambric dress, nnd some
umpy hooks, long ones, you know,
nd two red turkeys, medium smart,
.nd a cheese in a cloth, and "
"Sir," sni.l the young woman, with
neffnhle disdain, "this is not n meat
larkct. It. is Messrs. full & Shrink
ui's dry goods emporium, ami this
the soap lady's department "
"Yes, yes. so 1' believe," said Mr.
nut. apologetically, "but I want to
:i five red Henriettas, and a pnir
f s'loep for n No. Wj boy, with rub
er heels and no toe nails "
"The shoe department is on the
econd floor, three sections from the
ront, third aisle." said the soap lady,
nd then she ndded to her next
vMghbor, the piitent-inedb-tne lady:
"What fools men lire!"
Mr. Hunt shot nwny in the. diree
ion of the elevator, only to be cot
'fronted with the. sign: "This elcva
' or. not running. Tiike the one nt the
ear of the store."
He rushed to the rear of the store,
.nd was told by the floor-walker to
fo to the left, five sections down,
.nd turn to the right. This feat sne
essfully accomplished, he got in the
-levator, and in a twinkling w.is shot
ip to the seventh fb.or.
"Furniture, rugs, carpets, uphol
stery, horse clothing and baby VUT.
riages," yelled the elevator hoy,
bringing the muchine to a btaiid.'-till.
"viuit in tne ueuce uo 1 wunr w.ia
bnhy carriages?" roared Mr. Hunt.
' I'm looking for salt cellars, and red
turkeys, nnd rubber-toed shoes with
no heels on 'em."
"Salt cellars down in the busement,
snr," said the boy, "nnd shoes on the
second floor, three sections from the
front"
"Confound you, don't I know it?"
ried Mr. Hunt, "and if you'd had
the brains of h yellow hen you'd a
let me out where I wanted to stop."
"Didn't know where you wanted
to stop, snr."
"Well. I'll walk down to where I
want to go," said Mr. Hunt, shaking
the elevator dust from his feet nnd
hurriedly going down the first flight
of stairs he encountered. He brought
up in the ladies' underwenr depart
ment, and rushing nt the dapper
young snlesman, who was flirting
with a young woman in a red waist,
he made known his wants.
"I want some medium bright tur
keys, nnd canvas nnd muzarine blue
hooks and eyes, and humps, and
some blnck ladies' stockings. So. 14,
with rubber heels. And salt cellnrs,
n doen of 'em. By Jove, I'll have
enough of 'em this time."
"This is the ladies' underwenr de
partment," said the clerk, "hhow you
some corsets for 59 cents, marked
.down from CO cents."
"What in the name of old Harry
do you suppose I want of corsets?
What do 1 care what they're marked
down from? Good Lord! what a
pack of dumb fools there Is in this
store! I'm after salt cellars, and "
"The salt cellars are In the basement
fourth section from the front take
the elevator," said the clerk, and then
he smirked at the young lady nnd re
marked. "Another fool of a husband
shopping for his wife."
"Where's the turkeys nnd the Prus
sian blue?" roared Mr. Hunt.
"We don't carry paints in stock."
snid the clerk. "(Jo to Mulligan's, on
Devon street."
Mr. Hunt rushed to the stairway,
down which he tumbled two steps at
a time, nnd landed in a corner where
apparently all things came to an end
In a large apartment filled with well
drcied ladies with very slim waists
and very red cheeks. He rushed up to
a tall, imposing specimen in a flaring
red enpe.
"(an you tell me, madam," said he.
"where I can find the cream jars, nnd
the Henriettas, nnd the stockings for
black ladies, number fourteen and
a-half, with no toe nails?"
"tiood Lord!" cried a dapper little
clerk in spectacles, "it's nn escaped
lunatic, and he's talking to a dummy!
Dear me, we shall all be murdered
and assassinated in our beds!"
"My good man." said the floor-walker,
rising to the occasion like a hero,
"come with me. Come right along
with me anything to keep him quiet,"
he said, in a whimper, aside to the
clerk, "it don't do to excite 'em come
right along with me. Xo trouble at all
right this way," and he took Mr,
Hunt by the arm and led him along to
ward the rear of the store, where two
burly policemen were standing.
"Let go of my arm, you thundering
little dude you!"- cried Mr. Hunt,
wrenching himself free, "i may be
green in a blasted dry goods empori
um, but I don't need any little bantam
rooster to lend me round! I'm look
ing for Prussian blue, and fourteen and
n-hnlf needles, and some canvas-toed
shoes, and "
"Officer, you'll have to take this poor
fellow in charge," said the man who
was convoying Mr. Hunt. "He is prob
ably an escaped lunatic He has been
cavorting around this store for the
past half hour, and he's as mad as a
March hare!"
"You'd better keep your hands off
from me," said Mr. Hunt, warning!-.
"I'm a peaceful citizen looking for red
turkeys, and Henriettas with blue cam
brics, and hump-eyed hooks number
fourteen nnd a-half, and salt cellars,
and mazarine blue "
"Good Lord, Jim," said one of the
policemen to the other, "I do believe
the fellow's trying to do some shop
ping for his wife!"
"You've hit t lie nnil square on the
hend, captnin," suid Mr. Hunt, "trying
to is the very word. I haven't bought
a thing yet. And I'll be everlastingly
jiggered if I can see how it is that
women stand it, nnd how they ever
manage to find anything beats me!
Yes, I've been trying to do some shop
ping for Polly. I'm wet with perspira
tion, and I'm tired as a fox hound."
"My good man." said the policeman.
"I'm a married man. My wife's name
is Hetsy. I know just how it is, for I've
been there. No matter what you've
done, you're excusable."
"Hut what am I to tell Polly?"'nsked
Mr. Hunt, wiping his hot forehead.
"Go home and tell her that you clean
forgot all about it," said the friendly
policeman. "She'll forgive you, for
she probably knows that no man can
go shopping, und she'll eome herself.
Trust a woman for that."
Hunt wrung the man's hand, and
took the train for home, a sadder and
wiser man.
"By Jove!" said he, us he put his
latchkey in the door, "I'll never brag
about my shopping qualities ugain.
Polly, dear," and he kissed her fondly,
"I know you'll feel awful aggravated
with me, but you're little errands
slipped entirely out of my mind. Busi
ness wag unusually pressing. Here is
u little money, and you can go in your
telf in the morning."
Polly, us she crushed the $U0-blll in
kr Land, remarked:
"Oh, James, I mil so glad, after all,
thai jou didn't think of my errunds,
for you'd have been sure to have made
a mess of them. Men always do."
And though she shrewdly guested
that he had tried and failed, she was
generous enough not to &ay so, Peo
ple's. Home Journal,
BEEFTRUSTMUSTGO
Head of Live Stock Associa-'
tion Defies It.
1 MOST UNHOLY COMBINATION.
Prenlilcnt 9prlnipr Tells Inlllrmrn
They hn1,l Kill nnl Market
Their Own Product nnd He.
fuae to Sell lo the Traat.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. .Inn. ll.-Presi- '
dent John W. Springer's attack upon
the beef trust, so culled, nnd the
pussnjje of memorials to congress urg
ing that laws for the betterment of
live stock conditions be enacted wore
the features of the first day's session of
the sixth annual convention of the Na
tional Live Stock nssoclatlon. I'rcsl
Idcnt Springer, after declaring that
"the American stockman proposes to
take care of himself," served notice
thnt those interests "must receive pro
tection from the congress of the United
States Just as long as the finished prod
ucts made from our raw material are
heavily protected." The sentiments
were received with applause. Mr.
Springer said:
"Never before was such nn unholy
combination attempted. Not content
with amassing colossal fortunes in tho
past two decades from the stock rais
ers of the west, these sump packers
now blossom out ns would be dictators.
The stockmen of the United States
hnvc over !M,I)hi,(hmi.nm working capi
tal. If forced to do so, you can build
packing plants of your own, kill your
own stock, market the product nnd un- I
dersell nny packing house trust. I
"We have men outside this 'charmed
circle' who hnve money, brains und en
ergy, nnd with these three they nlso
have hearts left In their physical mint
omy. Let us pronounce sentence that
If this merger Is consummated It can
operate Its f.ViO.fioo.uno merger with
out cattle, without sheep and with
out hogs, for we own the raw material,
and we will refuse to sell to nny pack
ing house combine." !
Mr. Springer strongly advocated the
proposed bill to give the Interstate com
merce commission power to enforce Its
decrees, so that overcharges at stock
yards or terminal charges on excessive
railway shipping rate or unjust dis
crimination for or against u live stock
market may be prevented..
C'onl I'nmlne In K mi an a.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 13.-The fuel
situation grows alarming in Topekn.
Two of the largest coal companies lu
the city report that they have not a
pound of coal on hand with which to
supply their orders nnd do not know
when they will be uble to get nny.
Packing houses nnd other Institutions
will have to close In two days unless
tho situation is relieved. The local
gas company may have to close 'this
week, ns the works cannot secure coul
to make gns. The street railway com
pany has only a small supply of coal
on hand. Other Kansas towns report i
pructicnlly the same situation.
Iniiiiriiflp Coal Onlint.
HEADING, Pa., Jan. 12. The Penn
sylvania and Beading railroad officials
claim that for the week just ended
more anthracite coul was taken down
the main line thnn for any previous
week in years. The total is 10,200 of all
classes of curs, or nn average of 1,700
cars for each working day of the week,
equal to nearly 225,000 tons. This was
distributed in the Vompnny's territory
ns far as New York and along Its
brunch In this state and elsewhere.
Clienp C'onl For Xerv York Poor.
NEW YORK. Jan. H.-As n result of
the conference between Mayor Low
nnd the heads of coal carrying roads nn
agreement wus reached which will do
away with the charging of extortionate
prices for coul In small quantities to
tin) poor. At the maycy's suggestion
the operators agreed to supply coal ut
$." a ton ut tidewater to all retailers
who would guarantee to sell to the poor
at the rate of 10 cents ii pull.
Prnjern Did Not Snvo Her.
ITHACA, N. Y., .Tun. 10. .Mrs. Louis
Hanson of Spencer street is lead uflei ,
having been treated by prayers of sc j
called elders In n society which has ob- I
tained a firm foothold in Hhaca known
us the "Church of the Living God," j
or "Holy Ghost and Us society." She
was n devoted member of the sect, and
despite the entreaties of her husband
and daughters she refused to be treated
by u physician.
f;lrns Full Whiiih to He a City.
GLENS FALLS, N. V., Jim. 0 A
meeting of representative citizens was
held here lfist evening lo take steps to
secure u city charter. Glens Falls Is
now the largest village lu the state,
with a population of 14,000. By ren
sun of the town's rapid growth tho
present charter Is entirely Inadequate
for the municipal government. '
C'onsrreiNiiiuii Tiiiik'uv Iliea Suddenly.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Ropro- .
sentutlve Thomas H. Tongue of the
First Congressional district of Oregon
died suddenly nt his residence in this
city yesterday ufternoou of heart fail
ure following nn attack of indigestion.
I'lKhllnor the IMuuuc nl Mttcatlan.
MAZATLAN, Mexico, Jan. lO.-Thir-ty-seven
people ure In the lazarcntcij,
und six deaths have occurred, one eu
tlre family having died of the plague.
Many people huve left the city and
gone to live on the Islands nearby.
The I'lnituo gnrruiK.
HERMOSILLO, Mexico. Jan. 12.
Two denths have occurred here said to
be due to bubonic plague. Tim people
are greatly ulanr.iTl, and all possible ,
efforts are being made to put the tity
In perfect sanitary condition.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Rvrni of the 'Week llrlrdy
nnd Temely Told.
Ambassador Powell Ckytnn Is 111 at
City of Mexico with bronchitis.
French parliament reopened. M. Bour
geois wur re-elected president of the
chamber.
Tho people of Tuscola. III., confiscated
ten carloads of coal nt the Illinois Cen
tral yards.
A woman cnshler was robbed of
$.1,000 while going to n bank nt Osh
kosh, Wis.
Crown Princess Stephanie denied thnt
she had been deserted by l.er husband.
Count Lonyny,
Tnemlny, Jnn, 1.1,
The Cminrd linn has ordered two new
steamships.
The mayor of Stamford, Conn., pro
hibited mice catching at the eat show
there.
Sheriff Reese of Bibb county, Ala.,
was murdered by n negro whom he had
arrested.
Count de Lonyny Is said to hnve de
serted his wife, the Crown Princess
Stephanie.
The American Academy of Political
and Social Sclenco meets in Philadel
phia tonight.
New Yolk city assessors have In
creased real estate valuations over $1,
400,000.000. Andrew Cnrnegio heads
the list for personal property taxed.
A disastrous fire in the eight story
building nt the corner of Allen and East
Houston streets, New York city, did
over $1,000,000 damage and threw over
GOO men out of work.
Monilny, Jan. 12.
Bend Or, tho famous race horse, who
won tho London Derby In 1H.S0, dropped
dead while exercising.
A heavy fall of snow was reported
In northern nnd western New York.
The storm reached blizzard proportions
In Michigan.
Fire destroyed the older portion of
tho W. Dewees wood plant of tho
American Sheet Steel company nt Mc
Koosport, Pa.
Because throe men were discharged
nil the motormen nnd conductors have
struck and tied up the trolley system
of Waterbury, Conn.
Edward Powers, n Philadelphia procT
uoo merchnnt, was killed and robbed
by an unknown highwayman on the
street a few blocks from his home.
Snlurdny, Jan. lo.
Daniel II. Hustings,, former governor
of Pennsylvania, died at Bellefonte.
Russia and China have failed to agree
on the Manehurian customs question.
Tho Equitable building nnnex in Bos
ton was gutted by fire. Loss, $."0,000.
Another violent earthquake has oc
curred nt Andijan, but without loss of
life.
Alfred Beit, a Soutli African finan
cier, was stricken with apoplexy nt
Johannesburg.
Cracks have been discovered In the
arches of the palace on the north side
of the piazza of St. Mark, lu Yenlce.
The famous old colonial house, grist
mill and barn on the Curzon estate,
near Newburyport. Mws., was burned.
The profit sharing plan started some
years ago by the American Window
Glass company of Pittsburg has proved
a failure.
Tne twenty-fifth unniversary of tho
death of Victor Emmanuel II. was com
memorated nt Rome by a great proces
Blou to his tomb.
Friday, Jnn. 9.
Bandits In Chicago robbed two su
loons, killing the proprietor of one of
them.
Thirteen deaths In one day from
Asiatic plague occurred at Muzatlnn,
Mexico.
Rev. Dr. Davidson, bishop of Win
chester, has been appointed archbishop
of Canterbury,
The appellate court In Chicago hns
decided in the board of trade case thut
corners ure illegal.
Over 12,000 employees of the United
States Steel corporation have sub
scribed for shares under the profit shar
ing plan.
Baron Speck von Sternberg is to rep
resent Germany nt Washington during
the absence on leave of Ambassador
von llolleben.
ThnrxUny, Jan. 8.
Heavy snowstorms were reported In
northern New York.
In response to the demands of its
men the Northern Pacific has offered
u 10 per cent increase lu wages.
The Norwegian bark Prince Arthur
was wrecked on the const of Washing
ton nnd eighteen of the crew drowned.
Albert King, a former coachman for
John Finley in Mount Vernon. N. Y.,
cut the throat of Mr. Finley's fotir-yetir-old
daughter and then shot him
self dead.
All the foreign ministers nt Peking
except Mr. Conger hnve signed a Joint
note to Chlim threatening grave conse
quences of the fuilure to pay indemnity
on a gold basis.
Trent? llnUftciillon Heeoinineiidetl,
HAVANA, Jan. 11. Domingo Men
dez Capote, president of tho senate
nnd member of the foreign relations
committee, has completed his report on
the reciprocity treaty. He says that his
report recommends the ratification of
the treaty In toto und without amend
niont. The report will be submitted Im
mediately to the full committee, which
Is expected to report to the senate this
week. Senor Capote believes there will
ot be much discussion of the mutter,
cither by tho committee or by the sen
ate. Our PropoxHIonx Hejeeted,
SANTO DOMINGO,' Jan. 14,-The
Dominican government has Informed
United States Mlnlstut Powell that It
cannot accept 'nny of the propositions
submitted by him looking to a settle
ment of the several mutters now pend
ing between tlM two grMnmut.
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California potatoes have arrived
in the eastern markets. They are
of very hue quality and are sold
slightly lower than the price of
liome-crown tubers.
PERMANENT SITUATION.
Cash puld weekly for artrvlcea tit Imr on salary
anil expanses paid, or commission, to lake or l
f is tor our Harden Seeds; also Kr ulm and Flow
ers. Wo carry a lull line (or tho l-'urm aud
Market Gardners, no ttiat, a llvrituanenmiot linlp
but Hiiweed, as li lias llio fiiollll lex toenmreto
lor nil kliidK uf trade and Willi different classes
of eustome is W rile ut ouee for terms to
Hcrr'.clt Seed Company, Rochester, N. 7,
13-1H Sill
Ket'p on Yonr Owa Side-
Because fl Siumokh clergyman
visited an invalid in a family attached
to a congregation not his own and in
gratiated himself by many attentions,
so that when the invalid died he pre
sided over the funeral, while the tegu
lar family jator was not made ec
quaintcd with the death, the Shamokin
Ministerial Association adopted strong
resolutions against the rresbytery.
The document concludes:
"We consider it not courteous to
visit, as pastors, members of other
churches without first consulting the
pastor ol such members, and we here
by earnestly request the members of
the various churches, when, on ac
count of sickness or otherwise they
desire a minister's presence and offices,
to call at once their own pastor."
What (Jignrettes Bid For Him.
George Miller, of Shenandoah, a
young man 19 years of age, has beea
reduced to a physical and mental
wreck by the excessive use of ciga
rettes. A few days ago while visiting
his sister at Shamokin, he had several
fits, during which his every muscle be
came perfectly rigid, and on his re
covery lie was wild with fienzy. Dr.
S. M. Enterline cared for him, and
anticipates his complete mental col
lapse if he does not give up the use
of cigarettes at once. He used from
ten to twelve boxes t day.
The New York Sun says that the
coal production for December was
the greatest in the history of the
anthracite trade. The production,
big as it is, is not sufficient to supply
the demand. The strike caused a
shortage of about 23,000,000 tons
of coal this year.
GRAND JUR0E8-
lOH FKIIKITAKY TKKM.
IU00111--J. S. Grimes.
lieu vor Miles Smith.
Itcnton lloro, J. II. McHonry.
CntuwI.Msa Horo. Frnnk Gnblo.
Ciitnwissu Twp. Frank Miller, W.
II. HobirlH.
(ViiUt-W. H. Stahl.
CVtitralin AVillium (Jerri ty, John A.
Mornn.
Cleveland Henry 15. Knorr.
Coiiyinrluim Charles Heaver, George
George, Edward Itooney, John Wilson.
Fisltlngereek A. 11. Kvelniul, Adam
Hummel, V. 15. Hess, V. I. HeKs.
JiieUson-Z. A. Hutt,
Maine Harvey Low.
Milllin Freeman Harter, Henry
N ums.
Seott M. L. Keller, A. V. Terwilli
er. PKTIT JUKOKS KIKST WKKK.
Hlooin A. O.-lIrlfTRs. William Ha
sert, 11. W. Hajronbuch, Harry Kleim,
John Kneisn. Ot.to A. Wolf, Thomas
Webb.
Heaver Simon Hons.
Henton Horo. I in Hens, D. IL
Steadiimii.
Henton Twp.-W. C. Coleniau, T.
K. Edward, Emanuel Snydei.
Hervviek Lewis Heifililine, I. O.
Clewell, Thomas Croft.
Briurcreek Wilmot Funnan, W. A.
Hughes, Samuel Houek.
Catawissa Horo.J. I). IJodine, Joho
Mart..
Cleveland Banslow George.
Coiiyngliain George Michael, Will
iam Price.
Greenwood-Johnson H. Reece, Clyde
VanHorn.
Jackson William Klinger, John Ii.
Derr.
Locust Hetijamin Heaver, Josiak
Hernimrcr, William JI. Belli)?, Jere
miah Hoyer, Albert (J. Cleese, Jeremiah
Khodes.
Madison Wilson Kitchen.
Maine Theodore Fox, Charles Rei
ch art.
Milllin G. M. Purling, Samuel J.
Keller, G. E. Zimmerman.
Millville Harvey Henry, Uriah1 Me
Henry, Montour Jonot ban Itishel.
Orange Harry Seesholtz.
Pino H. H. Getty, I mum V. Lyons.
Scott William Bobbins, E. A.
Huhneidinuu.
SIX'OND WKKK. j
Hlootu B. B. Freas. J. H. Mercer.
i Arthur Smith, Robert Watklns.
JJenton Horo. James Conner, E. O.
Little.
Benton Twp. John Ruckle. '.
Berwick W. H. Cntemll. Geonre
I Owen, Otto J. Smith, J. C. SjKnen-
oerg.
Briarcreek L. J. Adams, Abraham
Lockard. ,
Cutiiwlsna Boro. John Kline, Josiah
Yeager.
('enter -Elian Wertinan.
Centrulia James Levan, E. J. Trout
man. Clevelond John Mowrer,
Coiiyngliata John Grant, James
Grant, Martin Malatiey, Jr.
Fishingoreek Dayid Alegar, C. H.
Iliinyoii.
Frunklin Geo. W. Getty.
Greenwood G. B. Appleuian.
Locust William Adams, Charle
Hughes, Aaron Voder.
Madison Warren Mausteller, Har
vey Shultz, Roy Workliiser.
Milllin A. B. Creasy, A. W. Snyder
Horace Sweppenlieiser.
Montour-Hurry Delley.
A STEADY INCOME.
Salary or commlstdnn paid weokly. Our 1200
aero nursery requires local and tra voting ttgouui
every wliore to dispose ot its product. Also
I hocci nun. will arrange tor wlinlo or part tlmu.
0111 ii, in-o. Wn (,'uarrtiitn- prolUablo and p!.ut-
aui, emplnynwiir. tho your 'rouud. Wrlio Unlay
1 for spejtut terms.
j Brown Erotlors Compi, SJcfcestsr.iT. Y,
ja-isam.
WANTKD -KA1T1I VVL PEKSON TOTKAVKI.
for well esiitiaisliHii timiso lu it r -w cuunilex,
eiilltnir on ivtnll morWmiits arid loreuls. Local
tmrluuy. SuWiry tiojl a year mid expnniMB,
payiibli) jlu 7 1 a week In easli and expenses ad
vanced. I'oHtilnn permanunr. Hus'uesssucoes
ful and MoiirlHiiintf. Uiaudard llouae, H'M lti-nr-boru
tilled, C'tileugo. . 1-1H mt
PATENTS a
PltOTECT XOVU IUUAS
Consultation freo. Fee
dependent on Huccess.
Entublllied IKiH Mil. ho U. bl'KVKNft ll Co., KM
14lu street, Wanaliitfton, 14-18 U