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tlourt ol C'ambiia county, to rt iort distribution of
the fund in tho hands of Valentine Cramer, sur
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Ksl.ite of Mart An Bradlkt. dee'd.
Letters of Administration on the estate of Mrs.
Mary Ann Bradley, Info of Iorctto borough, de
ceased, having heen Issued to the nndarsigned by
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Loretto, April 21, 18S2.-t.
ADMINISTIiATION NOTICE.
Estate of Patrick Smith, dee'd.
Letters of adtnlnintatlon on the estate of Pat
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having been granted to the undersigned by the
Register Of Cambria county, all persons indebted
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livirg been appointed Administrator de bonis
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boningh. Cambria county, ip '-ea-c!, the under
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and those having claims against the same are re
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Waihington. M.J.
D01XG HIS DUTY.
It was noon and close upon the hour of 12.
Scattered over a large buildinfr In course of
erection were a number of workmen car
penters, masons and bricklayers most of
whom kept their cars upon the stretch in ex
pectation of the bell ringing to proclaim the
dinner hour, Ilard by was the river, whero
a baree was moored, and laborers bringing
planks from It to the building with the regu
lar ptep characteristic of all work with
method in it.
The laborers numbered about twenty in
all, and they were headed by one who filled
the post of "runner," that is, a man who
regulated the movements of the rest ny lead
ing to and from the works. The man em
ployed for the office In this case, was one
Robert Ryan, a steady, earnest, sober man.
Ryan was only a laborer, and It was as
much as) be conld do to read good print and
write his name occasionally when it was re
quired ; but he was a man with a strong
sense of what was right and wrong, and with
a decided loaning toward the right. It was
this feeling which prompted him to abandon
drink and join the temperance society, "I
may like beer," he 9aid, "and I may like
loafing about In a public house with my
mates ; but it is not right for me to do so
when my wife and child must be the suffer
ers." So he gave up drink, fought out, by
Divine assistance, the fitrht with temptation
until he conquered, and then settled down,
a sober, happy man.
Sobriety led to something better. As he
had not the public housi to spend his Sun
days in, he wisely sought a seat In God's
house.
Such a man could not long pass unnoticed,
and Ryan was soon selected from the mass
of laborers and appointed to the post of
"runner," for which he obtained an extra
sixpence a day. Mr. Collins, his master,
would have done something more for him,
but Ryan's education was very defective,
and the post of foreman was for the present
out of the question. Ryan, however, was
content, and worked on, receiving his week
ly wages thankfully and spending them on
domestic comforts like a prudent man.
The laborers were matching from the
barge, each with a plank upon his shoulder,
when the bell suddenly rang. The man
next to Ryau immediately threw down his
plank, but Ryan walked steadily on.
"Hold hard, Ryan," cried the thiid man ;
"did you hear the bell ?"
"I heard," said Ryan, "but we have only
a tep or two to go ; why pitch the stuff
about in the mud in that way ?"
The man who had thrown down his plank
took it np with a surly air and fell into the
ranks again. Ryan walked to the building,
put his burden on the top of the pile, and the
refct, more or less sulky, followed his exam
ple. "There," he said, "look at the clock not
quite a minute past and we have saved our
selves no end of trouble, and the master ten
minutes time by bringing our work to the
proper place."
"But time Is time," urged tho man who
had thrown down his plank ; "the master
expects us to be here at the minute, and we
like to leav9 off at the minute, too."
"Still, stretching a point in his favor now
and then does us no harm," returned Ryan,
and I think it the more manlv thing to do."
The men did not stop to discuss the sub
ject then, bnt buiried away to dinner. Many
of them were far from home, and some had
their dinners brought ; others bought some
thing at the cook shop, but nearly all went
to the public house. There in the tap room
the conduct of Ryan was discussed, and
Richard Morgan, the man who had thrown
down the plank, led the van In a tirade
against the "runner."
"It Is bad enough to be nigger-driven by
the master," he said, "bat for one of our
own lot to go against us is more than I can
stand."
"But you must go with the runner," said
one of the listeners.
"With a runner," returned Morgan, "but
not with Ryan. If I headed the gang you
should have easy times. I can tell you-"
"Until you gotthesack,"said the previous
speaker, with a laugh.
Morgan had a certain power of speech
"gift of the gab" his mates called it and
until it was time to return to work he held
forth on Ryan's base conduct, and found
many villing ears.
From that time Ryan became a marked
man ; the men followed hini as of old, but
they did all they could to annoy him. He
was a powerful man and conld easily have
beaten any one of his assailants; but he
steadily refused to fight, and bade them go
home and think, and then return to their
work wiser men.
After a time Ryan's patience bore fruit
and many of the men ceased to annoy him ;
but Morgan, with theraneorof a little mind,
only grew more furious as he saw the chance
of ruining Ryan slipping away. Day and
night, in work and out of work, he kept his
tongue going, calling his fellow laborers
"slaves," and was very great on the subject
of "division of property," which would ena
ble every man to live in peace and comfort
"without work."
The men often laughed at his extravagant
assertions ; but some of his ideas took root,
and a feeling of discontent gradually be
came general. Misunderstandings were de
veloped into deliberate assaults upon the
liberty and comfort of the men, hasty words
magnified into studied insults, and the train
was laid for one of those suicidal movements
called "a strike."
While this was impending, Ryan was call
ed to account before a committee of the men,
who held their meeting in a field close to the
work.
Morgan attended as an accuser, with the
majority of the men employed as audience.
Ryan's answer was as follows :
"I've heard Morgan," said he, looking
that man boldly and honestly in the face ;
"and I can only 3ay that it isn't true in the
main, and, although I can't exactly point out
where, it Is untrue. Morgan's got a good
head, and I've got jost sense enough to know
what's right, and that's all. According to
my notion of things, I only do my dnty, and
as I am paid for it I shall do it while I have
the health and strength to keep at my work.
I don't say that the masters are always right,
because they are not," continued Ryan ;
"but when a man undertake! to do his work
he ought to do It, and if he dees some times
cairy a plank half a dozen yards when the
bell is ringing what's the odds ? Look here,
mates, we are always talking about the mas
ters showing us consideration, and it comes
to this, if we take we must give too. I'll
not stand up against those as works with
me, and I'll not say a word behind your
backs. The masters must fight their own
battles, and they are able to do it, but I must
speak to you as mates. I take my stand on
right, and no man can be right unless he
does his duty,"
Ryan's notions were not particularly pop
ular, bnt his words carried weight with them.
More than one listener felt that he only act
ed as an honest roan ; but Morgan and his
followers were the stronger party, and at a
private meeting in the evening it was deci
ded that a round robin should be sent in
against the 'runner, demanding his dismis
sal. It was drawn up, signed by the com
mittee and put before the men on the mor
row. The! majority signed easily enough ;
but a few did it partly against their will.
Mr. Collins received the message from his
men and said he would consider it. He laid
it before bis partner, a gentleman who had
money In the business, but no practical
knowledge of It, and the pair weighed over
the consequence of refusing the unseemly
request. Mr. Collins knew the character of
Ryan and liked him. In his branch he was
the best man upon the works, and it was
much against his desire to part with him.
"If we give way this time," he said "we
shall soon have another request one Impossi
ble to comply with, perhaps. I have seen
the feeling growing among the men ; we
have too many talkers, and a strike is Inevi
table ; it may as well come now as a month
honce."
And so it was decided. The answer was
sent to the men, and it was "NO."
This brought the storm down. A hurried
and angry meeting was held, with Morgan
and others fr speakers, and they al! advo
cated one thing "Strike and bring the mas
ters to their senses." Notice of the strike
was given, and on Saturday the works were
closed.
Then followed the nsnal state of things.
Rickets were posted in every avenue leading
to the works to stop men from coming, and
the men not so employed stood about in
groups talking over the strike or lounged
abont in the. bar of the public house discuss
ing the same thine. There was little or no
violence at first ; the men were for the most
part disposed to be peaceable, and were im
bued with a firm conviction that they were
in the right ; nr.d Ryan, who was still kept
on at the works doing odd jobs, went to and
fro without molestation. This did not suit
Morgan, who, being a thriftless man, soon
began to feel the want of the nsual watres.
lie had an allowance from tho society, but
that speedily went, for people like him who
talk all day cannot do without drink, and
Morgan had a most decided weakness for
beer, nis rancor increased with his penury,
ard it was not long before he persuaded
himself that all his deprivations were the
work of Ryan.
Morgan did not want for men whose
thoughts coincided with his own, and a
threatening letter anonymous, of course;
your threatening letter fellews are always
cowards was sent to Ryan, warning him
not to go near the works. Ryan treated it
with contempt, and went as u?nal. Four
days later he was struck from behind on the
road home and fell Insensible. Mr. Collins
himself discovered him there and had him
taken to his own home and an eminent sur
geon was sent for.
lie was pronounced by the surgeon to be
severely hurt, but not dangerously so, and
the next day he was removed to his home.
His master, who entered it then for the first
time, was astonished at its neatness and
comfort ; but he was still more astonished
when, on asking Mrs. Ryan if she wanted
money, she answered qnietly :
"No, thank yon, sir ; we have nearly sixty
pounds in the saving bank. It's a bad job
for Robert, but we can, with God's blessing,
pull through."
Ay, sir," said Ryan, turning his pale
face toward his master, "we shall, I believe,
pull through ; but we thank you all the
same."
As Mr. Collins walked home that night he
tried to think of some plan by which he
could benefit Ryan without breaking in
upon his independence. Pecuniary help
was not what he wanted, but surely there
were other ways to put him up the ladder of
life. The problem puzzled him all the even
ing, but he hit upon the solution before go
ing to rest
On the morrow he visited Ryan again and
found him much better, sitting by the fire,
with his child upon his knee. After a few
remarks about the injured man's health, Mr.
Collins said, "Would you like to be better
educated, Ryan ?"
"I should like it very much, sir. 1 have
tried to Improve myself, but I am very slow."
"Self teaching Is very slow work," return
ed Mr. Collins ; "you want somebody to help
you. Now my son Is a smart young fellow,
and would give you a few lessons with pleas
ure. What do you say to his coming here an
hour or so every day while the works are
closed ? I shall not let you work while
things are in the present loose condition ;
but when we go on again you can still have
your lessons in the evening."
Ryan was highly pleased with the offer,
and so was Mrs. Ryan, and even the littlo
one laughed and crowed as if it understood
all about it ; and it was settled that the less
ons should begin in two days from that time.
Mr. Collins, Jr., found that he had rather
an apt pupil than otherwise, and the way
Ryan got through the rudiments of reading,
writing and arithmetic was equally astonish
ing to both teacher and pupil ; and when
Mrs. Ryan, "with her own eyes," as she re
majked to a neighbor, "saw Robert work
out a rule of three sum, she thought she
must be dreaming ;" and as for his writing,
she declared that it "might be a little large,
but It was almost as good as print." Ryan
himself was so amazed at his progress that
he could think of little else, and a piece of
chalk In his hand was all he required to be
set to work upon the nearest board, working
out all sorts of arithmetical questions.
The fact was that Robert had, to use a
homely phrase, "a turn for figures," and his
latent talent was now being developed the
foundation of his future fortune was being
laid. All this, of conrse, took up time, and
all that time the strike bad been going on
with the inevitable consequences men de
moralized, homes ruined, wives and families
made miserable, and the public houses the
only gainers.
So several weeks passed, and then atern
necessity took many of the men away.
Morgan was the last to go and then the
works of Collins & Co. were opened again.
Ryan went to work, but not as a "runner ;"
Mr. Collins put biin into the office to work
out "quantities" that is, to calculate the
quantity of material required for certain
work so as to enable the firm to send in esti
mates for contracts. He did little things at
first, bat he proved to be so correct that he
was soon intrusted with more important
matters. Ryan'a heart was in his work and
he did his duty like tbe good, honest fellow
he surely was.
"Ryan Is a wonderful fellow," said Mr.
Collins to his partner, abont a year after his
first entering the office. "I seldom look
over hia figures now, for he never passes
them to me until he feels certain that he Is
correct. I have only discovered one mistake
In four months, and that was an unimportant
one."
"A very valuable man," replied his part
ner ; "he belongs to the class of men who
are sure to make their way in the world.
Some even rise to be partners in greatfirms."
num 1" said Mr. Collins, thoughtfully ;
"there is no telling what time will do for
such a man."
Time has ticked on ten years since the
events above recorded, and we beg to Intro
duce our readers to the final scene of this
simple story a room In a well-built, sub
stantial villa in a suburb in the south of Lon
don. The room is well and substantially f or
nished ; all that comfort could demand is
there, but no useless ornament or attempt at
display. By the fire sits a matron dressed
in dark gray, and a cap upon her head made
of excellent materials, quiet, neat and nice.
A little girl about 12 sits by sewing ; a boy of
10 is busy at the tahle with a slate full af fig
ures ; and a younger child, a boy also, is ly
ing upon the hearth rug, talking to a wooden
horse.
Soon a footstep Is heard upon the doorstep,
and a latchkey ratties in the lock ; then by
one Impulse they all dash out into the hall,
where a hale, hearty man, with just a sprink
ling of gray hair to show that he is past his
youth, is divesting himself of his great-coat.
' nold off a minute," he says ; "now, then
one at a time."
nis coat being off he kisses them all round,
beginning with his wife, and then goes into
the room, where he exchanges his boots for
slipper,, and sits down by the fire. There
is an evident curiosity on the part of the
mother and childron to hear something he has
to impart ; but he Is in no hurry about it, and
sits there with a quiet smile upon his face.
"Why don't you tell us the news, Robert?"
says the matron, "yes or no?"
"Well, then, it's yes," replied Robert,
wbose other name was Ryan, "and I'm a
member of the firm of Collins A Co."
Upon this there is a great commotion, the
children cheer as lustily as their little lungs
will permit, and the matron gees np and fid
gets about for a moment in an undecided
manner; then sits down and begins to cry.
"Come, Tolly, thi9 won't do," says Rob't,
"yon ought to be pleased."
"So I am, R "rert, and these are the tears
of joy. Who, ten years ago, would have be
lieved this?"
"If I had never been made a partner I
should have rested content," Robert replies.
"Collins & Co. have treated me very hand
somely ; for many years they have treated
me well ; but as such good fortune has fallen
to my lot, I say God be thankful for all his
past and present mercies."
"Amen," responds his wife, and then there
Is a minute's silence.
"It's rather odd," continued Robert, "that
I should to-night meet the man to whom I
owe all this."
"Who is he ?" asked his wife wonderlngly.
"Morgan it was his attempt to ruin me
that by God's merciful providence was over
ruled to bring about this prosperity to us. 1
met bim down the street by the works, stand
ing close to the wall to keep off the wind and
snow ne had scarcely a rag to his back,
and for all the good the bits of boots upon
his feet were he might as well have been
without them, ne did not know me, but I
knew him at once, and hailed him. He could
scarcely believe that I was the Ryan he once
knew, and when he did credit it he wanted
to sheer off at once, but I stopped him. ne
was tired, hungry and penniless, 30 I took
him into a coffee shop, and while he had some
bread and butter and coffee, we had a long
chat together. I don't want to spin a long
yarn about it, but the upshot was that he
confessed to me that It was his hand which
struck me down ten years ago."
"It was always my opinion that he did it,"
said the wife.
"And mine too," continued Ryan, "but
there was no proof, so I held my tongue. He
was so penitent and broken down that I
could offer him no reproof, even if I had been
inclined to. ne worked nobody's ruin so
surely as his own, for he never did any good
by his prating ; he was ju.st clever enough to
make mischief, but had not the brains to
work himself into any position in the trade
societies, so he lost his work again and again
nntil he became what I saw to-night. Poor
fellow I he must have suffered much. He Is
coming to the yard to-morrow."
"Will you give bim work, Robert ?"
"Why not, Polly ? I think the man is not
too bad to mend. There are the materials of
a decent man in him if he will only give up
drinking. At all events I will give him a
chance ; I think it is only doing my duty to
do so."
Just like Ryan always thinking of his
duty, and acting according to his notions of
what is right ; and this conscientious mode
of life has met its reward. Prosperous in his
business, happy In his domestic life, and
above all blessed with the peace which pass,
eth all understanding, he is a man whose ex
ample men would do well to follow. British
Workman.
Country Paieks is-the Citt. Every
established local newspaper receives occa
sional subscriptions from large cities which
puzzle tbe publishers to account for, but
which the New York Times recently threw
some light upon in the following : A whole
sale grocer in the city, who has become rich
in the business, says his rule is that when he
sells a bill of goods on credit to immediately
subscribe for the local paper of his debtor.
So long as his customer advertised liberally
and vigorously he rested ; but as soon as he
began to contract the space he took it as an
evidence that trouble was ahead, and inva
riably went for his debtor. The man who is
too poor to make his business known Is too
poor to do business. The withdrawal of an
advertisement Is an evidence of weakness
that business men are not slow to act upon.
It is pleasant to remember that not an
hour passes In the increasing march of time
that there is not a half-dressed man some
where on earth calling for a clean shirt.
Otjr Johnny had been given up to die
(diphtheria), when we Rave him Per us A ;
he Is welL At James' drag store.
SPOILED MARIUAUES.
SOME HITCHES AT THE ALTAR.
The question how near a couple can come
to being married without actually becoming
husband and wife was answered in a very
extraordinary case reported not long ago
from Lyons, in France. All the prelimina
ries, including the marriage contract the
bride being an heiress had been arranged
with the utmost harmony, and the day had
arrived for the civil marriage which, under
the law of the Republic is the binding one
on the morning, and for the blessing of the
priest at the cathedral altar in the afternoon.
The parties were before the Mayor, and what
a Chicago lawyer, addressing a divorce jury,
called the "fatal question" had been asked
of each, and duly answered ; whereupon the
Mayor had tendered his personal a9 well as
official congratulations, and placed before
them the attesting document whieb, when
signed, made them lawfully man and wife.
At this critical moment the proceedings were
interrupted by the entrance of a telegraphic
messenger. The couple paused, pens in
hand, the witnesses stared in surprise, and
the Mayor dropped his spectacles in a ner
vous fit as he handed the message to the
bride's father. The telegram ran as follows:
"Monsieur (the bridegroom) has al
ready been married in Germany, and his wife
lives. Vouchers are on their way to 3'ou by
post"
The Mayor, as he Is bound to do under the
civil code when a warning conies, postponed
the authentication for a week. The week
passed, but no vouchers came. Everybody
agreed the telegram was a malicious trick,
perpetrated by some revengeful rival--every
body except the bride, who had been brood
ing over the telegram, and, to the surprise of
everybody, believed It She sent back the
diamond ring, the silver candlestick, the
gold-mounted prie-dien, the breviary of the
lady who was almost her mother-in-law, and
annulled the settlement. The Jude de Paix
of Lyons and the Mayor had a consultation
with the lawyers and the notary, and it was
unanimously agreed that the couple, as the
English peasantry put it, were still a couple
and not a pair. All inquiries instituted by
the bridegroom with regard to the sender of
the telegram proved fruitless the only Infor
mation ever obtained being that it was paid
for by a "veiled woman in black."
A still more recent hitch at the altar oc
curred at a fashionable English watering
place. A large party had assembled in one
of the churches there to witness the nuptials
of the niece of a prominent citizen, when it
was discovered, at the last moment, that the
Registrar, who had the license in his pocket,
had not arrived- At the suggestion of the
officiating clergyman, the ceremony was de
layed for a 6hort time, while one of the party
went in search of tbe errant Registrar, nis
office was the first place visited ; but he had
gone out, and nothing was known of his
whereabouts. Thence the messenger re
paired in hot haste to his residence, which
happened to be some distance out of town ;
and meanwhile, the party at the chapel be
coming impatient, other scouts were dis
patched in various directions. At length it
was ascertained that the worthy Registrar
had left town by an early train, and as it was
Impossible that he could return In time, the
wedding had to be postponed until the fol
lowing day. The hitch, it appeared, had oc
curred through the Registrar having received
no Intimation of the day and hour of the in
tended marriage.
One morning. In the depth of last winter,
a lady reached Inverness, Scotland, from the
south, in one of the morning trains, intend
ing to proceed to Wick in the 9:40 a. m. train.
During the night, however, there had been a
heavy snow fall, and it was found that the
line to Wick was blocked. On being told
that she could not proceed, the young lady
appeared to be greatly disconcerted, and im
mediately inquired for the station master.
Ts there no possibility of getting to Wick
to night?" she asked.
"None," was the answer.
"Not by coach ?"
"No ; not even by coach."
"Nor by boat?"
"No ; nor by boat"
"Nor by"
"No ; it is impossible ; you cannot get
there this week."
"Well," said tbe lady, "this is awkward."
"I'm sorry," said the official. "Will you
be greatly inconvenienced ?"
"Inconvenienced ! Yes, i was to have
been married in Wick to-night."
We will conclude with a case in which a
somewhat serionsjobstacle to the celebration
of a marriage was removed at the eleventh
hour by the intervention of a beneficent flash
of clerical jealousy. In a western Scottish
town, one evening, there were so many mar
riages that an unfortunate couple who had
arranged to be united at the minister's house
were unable to procure a cab to convey them
thither till long past the hour appointed, and
when at last they stood at the door of the
manse and rar.g the bell it was approaching
midnight. A loud and somewhat indiguanl
voice presently responded from a bedroom
window up stairs demanding to know who
was there. The situation was briefly ex
plained, but the voice, that of the Rev. Mr.
W., minister of the first charge of the Abbey
Church, proved inexorable.
"I can't help it," was the ultimatum re
ceived. "You must just go home, and come
back to-morrow."
"O, Mr. W., ye ken we canna gang hame
without being mairied," struck in a female
voice.
"But what would you have me do ? Call
up the whole house because of your bungling?"-
"Could ye not dae't ower the window,
sir?"
"Nonsense. It is impossible."
"O, ye micht, sir. Ye ken we attend the
Abbey on your day, and no on Mr. B.'s."
This final stroke of policy proved irresist
able, for between Mr. W. and Mr. B., minis
ter of the second charge of the same church,
there existed a good deal of professional
Jealousy. ThQ window was put down, the
gas lighted, the door opened, and the mar
riage of the triumphant diplomatists duly
solemnized.
Examine for j'ourselves
Dow the goods upon the shelves
Disappear;
And gaze upon the throng
That all the hours long
Persevere
In crowding In the door
But ere we tell you more
Let us say,
'Tis because the firm is wise
And with us advertise,
And thus they realize
It will pay.
A FAITHFUL HOKKMA.
Several years ago a large number of men
were employed, not far from Boston, to fill
some unsightly salt water flats and raise
them above the tide water. One day it was
eleven o'clock in the forenoon the contract
or went out to where a separate gang were
at work building a sea wall, ahd v. on bo
reached the spot he found a sollv-.y man
busy on the face of the wall. L had a
bucket of eemebt and a trowel, ami was en
gaged In "porting" the said wall-that is
neatly filling In the seams and Irl itires
with bits of stone and cement It w.s nice
work and required a competent workman.
But why was this man here alone?
"Where are the rest of the workmen ?"
"It's eleven o'clock, sir, and they've gone
over to old Caffcrty's after their beer."
"Don't yon ever go with them ?"
"No, sir. In the first place, I don't want
the beer ; I'm better off w ithont it. And in
the next place, I can't make it seem quite
right to take time that Is not mine."
"You are right, young man perfect'y
right." And then the contractor looked the
workman over more critically, ne was
young not more than two or three and
twenty ; a strong, well knit, handsome youth,
with an intelligent face and an eye as bright
as a sapphire.
"Tell me, my friend," the contractor pur
sued, after his survey, "if you have fixed
upon this course from any principle that Is,
if you have a reason for it.
The workman looked for a few moments a
little puzzled. He did not at first catch the
contractor's meaning. But presently his
face biightened, and he seemed to gTow tell
er as he answered :
"Ah, I see. You mean to ask me if I do
this because I think it is right?"
The gentleman nodded, whereupon Uie
other went on :
"Why, no, sir I can't say it's exactly that.
I'd do right, anyhow, simply because it is
right; but I do this because I want one of
these days to be somebody to succeed in
business to do something better than work
ing on the street with a gang of navvie3."
'Yes, yes," nodded the contractor. T
think we now umWsitand one another. Do
you know who I am ?"
"No, sir."
"Well, I think I once hired the man that
hired you. However, you know where the
contractor's office where the paymaster's
office is?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then, my man, do you call there this
evening, half an hour after you have quit
work here."
At the appointed time our young work
man presented himself at the office, where
he found, first, that it was his employer who
had spoken with hint that afternoon ; and
second, he found that said employer, or con
tractor, was In want of a trusty agent. Into
whose hands he could consign the entire
charge of overlooking the workmen and the
work. In less than a year the young man
owned stock in the enterprise, and In ten
years from that day he was one of the load
ing citizens of New England's metropolis.
Ireland. We knrw. of course, that Ire
land is called the "Emerald Isle," and the
color of the emerald is green, but never had
it entered Into our imagination that there
was anywhere in this world to be seen such
verdure as it charmed our eyes to look upon
in the rural districts of Ireland. The slopes,
the knolls, the dells, fields of young grain
over which the breeze? creep like the plvful
spirits of the beantif nl ; the pastures dotted
over with sheep of the purest wool ; the hill
sides, rising up Into the ini-.t-shrou.led moun
tain, are all covered with tKrk carpets of
smooth, velvet green. But Ire'and should
be also called Flowery Isle. There is not a
spot in Ireland, I believe, where blessed na
ture can find an excuse for putting a flower
but what she has put one not only in the
gardens and in the meadows, but upon the
very walls and the crags of the sea, from the
great blooming rhododendrons down to the
smallest flowret that m.-xlestly peeps forth
from its grassy cover. The Irish furze, so
richly yellow, covers all places that might
otherwise be bare or barren ; the silkworm
delights everywhere, from thousands of
tiees, to "drop its web of gold ;" the bloom
ing hawthorn, with the sweet-scented pinks,
and especially the white variety, adorns the
landscape and the gardens ; wall flowers or
every hue and variety, clamber to hide the
harshness of the moral supports ; the beetled
cliffs of the North sea are fringed and soft
ened with lovely flowers ; and if you kneel
anywhere almost on the yielding, velvety
carpet, you will find little, well nigh-Invisl-ble,
flowetcts, red, white, blue and yellow,
wrought into the very woof and texture.
Ireland ought to be called the Beautiful Isle.
The spirit of the Beautiful hovers over and
touches to living loveliness every point.
An Editor's Strange Experience.
naving read the story of James Rowe, the
miner who was pearly killed In an explosion
at Virginia City, and who every night since
the accident has dreamed of dying, the editor
of the Nevada Transcript relates a much
more curious experience of his own. When
a boy, ten years ago, a gun accidentally dis
charged, sent a load of small shot tearing
into his richt arm. The wounds were sev
eral months in healing and ugly scars were
left A longtime afterwards he was describ
ing the accident to a party of friends when
one of them picking up an empty pun and
capping it. snapped the cap. To the ear? of
the narrftor the sound was like that of a
small cannon exploding In the room. no.
saw the bright flash and felt the horrible sen
sation of being shot to atoms. lie fainted
and on recovering consciousness found a
physician bending over him. ne felt severe
pain in his right arm. Examination showed
that the new skin had broken and the
wounds were bleeding as freely as at the
time of the accident About a year after
ward he underwent a similar experience. As
be was walking along the street he heard the
report of a pistol shot. Instantly he felt
what seemed to be a ball crashing into hia
forehead, norror stricken he placed his
hand to the supposed wound. Though he
could find no mark upon his head, blood was
dripping from his fingers. He looked at the
scars and found that they were bleeding
afresh. Since then he has dreamed repeat
edly that he was a target for riflemen prac
ticing at short rant'e.
It is well known that the most virulent
diseases, small pox, scarlet fever, diphther
ia, etc. are contagions. If you have sickness
of this sort in vour house, "the ue of Phenol
Sodloue as a disinfectant will preserve the
health of the rest of the family. For sale I. ,-
dmoeists and general storekeepers, bee ad
vertisement, ir 5.-t.j
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