.AaT-vei-tiriinr- l-intrs. . The larue and relisWe e'rrtitaMwB oi tv Cliat pri a Fskkw a eomrres,;. it to t h. fimriola e f"1eratfrn of ajlremsers. w r favors will he In serted st tos roliovdn low rates : - -Kl HH. C, '! ' If i a a f.V TV. 1 trirri. trrc e a, IS" ao a so Aa Is en 1 ne 11 an lion i ne as ' SO Sr. TS On ,rrt drruT- 1 mort- 1 " moetSs 1 1 year J e months ? ' 1 vear S " 'months 1 rear V eol'n f fnor'hs 14 " 6 months 4 " 1 year 5 iBfir'f . ... . lyear 4- ,V psrK.T. .V - i rear. cJ1 '' 4'T 11 in' jal R 1 M -l l pn r ' ' 5 rnn'h-. " eo. ' !i . , - par.. -.' v5 ' ' ihi cMiinfv IBf ' ' fin rn I t I Fistre Heirs e-st !n?erti, ie. per Una : ee,o m I -; n -T. t Insertion &e. per tins. Alrr.lnl7rtor i and Fieentor's oti-e t so AmlOor'i PJotlees .n ftrsv aeJ elallar Notices l.M W JesO.'ufneeiS Or proof el-M7 c? C rffrsfl, .'. er sorter t J f(wi-w.'oi'-ii rfr-,c"wi to rfi n fion re c- f m&ttrr of lrmitti or v&rf iultnf erv unifr t - tc4 jen as Jr"-?:r-newI . Job PiniTiss of all kin'ls neatly and art-edr. cully executed at lowest prices . lHn't yoa orrwt - - m -. I.e 1 . e m l tn 't ' '1" tv; not i -t I r; .i- t li,- who no. ! rt,i. ,! froto JAS.C. ' ASSGN. Editor and Publisher. , to t P''" ; H IB A FRKBMAN WHOM Til TRUTH MAII9 TREE, AMD A LI. ARF SLAVES BKSTI,. 1 81. 50 and postage per vear. in advance. ff'.i I It) ii-inv for yo-ir.7 '!'' r 1 . . -top It. tf stop ... I' --ifa ir, otherwise. ate hie i too Jhort. volumi-; XXI.. EBEXSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, MARCH IS, 1SS7. t !e NUMBER 9. It. II A 1 ? 1 BOO' MS, THREE .n hooks are pahl Uhe4 in ot pamphlet form, msny of them hand.mnely llln.trated. n.1 n are trpe upon koo.1 ra;-r. mmiin tlie lit and me if yon .lo n..t rtD.i Uierp.n .ome ilit Toa ,u cloth bouoJ form U,e bor.ki would cost $1.00 each. Each book l. complrte m ilvli - of (he Rebrlllom. A rntUrtl r amom1 - - i: -I i kf . a1vcrttir- of -AQt kmc nrr.ii I . P. frmnt. By W. A. PflTBM. i. W bltllfr. I U - V. I ,Mf r llow. Moonarao afford to n. ' -! fnifion. 1 worfc ronfalna an ana (i 41 - t P l.nrt. lor nt"- n tf. A Ut r..l t-i i.tri r Attar Oia I L' '. -i'lw Pi.totutm. Otm.a, PurtlM, - . , , r-.r-lur-t i-h'-M auU prlvnta vatrrlalnmrnta nil of I I t-lt-ull urr. T- -ha tTi bt m!' P"f- ... !.Tf ul k . . . f r h..W t fiir d Mr! . . - t - 14. rji-t-. f ; .n It r tuklDC hra'.t j'-h fl..tl - ' -V ! ' ii 1 r tr. Ulttstr ! t.i SrtiM-warlt, KnltrltiK nn4 'r-hf. Tnt. ' i - ' ! ' Kir;. .- ! 1 -wrli, E nlT' tr . I i 4 Walk, knitting, 1 at tlDf, CrocUct and . J',..r. ,if-.. 1 i I i p-t ' f ,m .ii lt'tr-tl v r ttwrlam. A MHMrn nf th-tlH r ar- :. ,w:r-n ai -'!ur-, maaj of them writtnt tj actuaj , , r-a f I't rt'r!.in. afiL W It and llniaar. A ffnvt' of hnmnmna .' ar v0-"' ptarra-h, by tba Ira-linc rnay mtr ' :rfr!in p -i IT!u'r,irtt Ihf Myatrr at Klackwod Crtife. A Jlovrt. By g M. tarn. Ebrll A o-1 BT at T rL-oa. f try f a Mor am. A XovL liy Mra. JmQ. Avntv. f w 11 nX rrrH abort botby mai! potpa'd upon Tertpt of only Twelve OdU;2dt .vn for tAi.ntai try ;r for KOCeauat the eiuira litt (D boo) for WOnlij the entire li-t b..uJ in IhahIi i'. b ia. rrrni.io. Thne are tn chfapem book erer published aud guaranteed worth thn?e tmien th r " ; 'l- ir''rr rfranlj-nt or meyyunt reuiuitd. PaatAfe lUmn tajieo for f ractiont of a dollar. a .r r .A-i.t. v r ' t u nwptr publiniied lo New Tork. likewia to ib ommriitl At?tnc'e f,r-roifs f f O f f Toeerrpne tvnd.D7 for tfce mfirw Uj to! books hp above, w? wi il a-nJ . !thoti . f. O v I CTl I I I V, I i tra rhnrtre, either mxtf eenu' worth of the Imperial Tinned Pniiep Ptifmt. the M.efted by youneii from a ratalTie which will be int yoo, or The People'! Rone .JoarmaL .a.-tfe r M c lumo wuatraud hterarT paprr. for nne ytr AH orders Oiled by return maiL AjJxeae ail W;u: M. JLlPTOX, PabUihtr, No. a Pftu-iv Plaee. Hew York. 1TF WANT 5,000 WORE ROOK AGE.MSTOSELliOrjU JE W BOOK. Secret f. H. lata !U(T of ?. 0. E tUM-r C:r$t. POST-OFFICt ervice DEPARTMENT.! A Nr Book Jrrr Frrajjirra by an official of trt'J IS ymni' XT).ririco In the 8ecrt Service, in oo Mumiflcent Roral Octavo Volum of over 800 yttcve and riu;anUv iilaatralad by tac beat arUaU in L.e cunntry with 2GO SIPERn ENGR AVIXfl. A toniiiJit; record of detection in tba V. 6. Poflt f.r. I'partrent ; embracing latches of WonUr fW ip"i t of Poat-OCice In.per.tora in the IVtee ti n, Purrnit, and Captaro of Robbers of the U. 8. Vii!:i; fsthr witii a complete description of the rr.ny rrtana and complicated contrivances of the w.iy and ncsernpnlona to defraud ths public; also an termite acronnt of th FiJIOlS STAK UOCTn FRAIDS, In Tftich the Author hid entire char?e of the pro ptnition of the evidence for the government. -AGENTS WANTED.3 In tVTy town there are Postmasters, Merchant, yfthanica, Parmers, pTofwiional Wen. and hnn dr1s of people who viil be gla-i to rjtt thit thrilling bit. It new bavtcg an nnparalleci saie; it i-Un at njt to nlL Mon and Women A .rents mukm? from . to (I0 a month earily. We want an scent in iTfry tiTT.-aah!p in theTj. 8. and Canada. I'jWe .rinrtrwion so that At Pi(Bo with this ph t TiMt-d selling book, tun become a nKxttfd A(fnL Xo CbmpeHhon ithattrtr. znta are mnetin wt-h vponUUd rwxi. JAitane no hlnd- m-M. as we give 8pdal Term to pay Frfiqhti. K member, we give you the exxlnive .tie of this ly k In territory assigned yon. Write for oar large III ..trited Circalars, contalsici; fail particnlars. tciai Turns to Apents, etc., seut free to all. Ad-c-l-b Immediately the Pablianera, V"IXTER& CO.,SPRINGFIF.LD,MASS. Formerly of Hartford, Oonn. Standard Wagon f AjrrrraoTniERS or nuooins, sPiiiNO wagons, AJO TTTO AJfO THHEJ BPRIWO PHJITQIia HULHOLLAND BUCK BOARD, Ho. 21. Th Yta'.hoand ?pr!nMd9 wt!'!i FII '" E hi. 6IDK-SPRINJrt, BOHY-IX i'S r . t flRiyi BAKS;ro sutJ,M,j fori "-cr t-itjr fuctrj ruaiin, and snpr rior to !l ner rv ." Is f.-,r ijdiriijt plfjasure or ln, .' c m r,t cy deacriptior .. &enl for catc . ..ua a.i 1 jnwra. Standard "W oa Co., Cincinnati, 0. 0 L" "" ii corapoaed wholly cl n " jut w'ett:a m?raients, eaca one E3 'I w-.k, l..r!..A .rtA.I h. ttlA THAI - ?J J r.rr.f.-.in w bo lUo mo"tpotcntr ' V..T3 :1 re-Tid ts')'n to mlici jj;iL.. If. .re wuhnit f. il every caseo' . J 1 r ' . . ... . - V . , tnnl .Ill 'P)pral ind rTonj l)plillltT, "irnlglii. t hroniff Khenmn' tim, iMaboti, jStono tn thegf HUn.,l.r, Hrlght's Dipa-v, If- I Vi 1 - I ..J If fy i.itpt OTnpiHinatTri-i Diseases of the Stomach. t o-j tbi "i ii of Life." or it you are i - -r . rl an ..a. pint TT .B ti nned I aaisua. Onto. (-) pnnltlTpTy n. ana f.rrha-a. ara. Kia dt ?- . . i PS. .M ; i-ji. ") d l.ar T.r rvottl'j: n T tor l iractlons la English and Jeraii. PARKER'S HAIR C A LOAM m , t tbe poTMilcT f frtv for d'ailrg ---r j arraT. and rarenunaT Dnndrnff. It rSajr the ra:p. Stops ttij hair fa-Jii.-, and in mi ro to pLoaM. a., - -zj auicj p . w m i nirFlji. J 6. and Bi ttta Iwurrl t Cotigh Cur yon run bw, - r- t pr.nc.T Vitowi for Coruniri.aWn, It . r fa", aud .a 'llvx-drr. of tile Stopnwii'h, " f . I.iv-r. CMnfn, Trinar rin t4 r : i -.a i.jilBta. Tfc. fftiL. an4 al'4c, sfrusr ' --rt c-ijv, at J altrwly dru'tin tcrvarria . .i. in anot p-m. rcT.r thrfr bet by " -ry uie of riaam'a T'jir, bn ctel&r in Am- ' .-- It In tlnxa. Sold by aU flXBtra In KIMDERCORWS jr-t, qat-lctwt ad baM mra for Crn, 'Uooaa,A. JTladera their f ir st..paa: niTotnotrcmbla. Makea tb aKe. Hif:ir-t)ra8 ear wtva eroryliil aif U by rra at Uo. fTiaoot at(.Hx. X. Y- 'BtPr.ST and BEST. Prices Rrenred KIM'S NEW PARALLEL BIBLES ! C'L?.''"P, My lUvrtrnltt. Kf'U wantM tree. A. J. Mslnan A tP , Phlla. CENTS EACH. Oat of the A 5fl. By Claw nrT4. AcHlhn'a Ilttorr. A N !. ftv mit Bt f:rr. Thn .Vorwl.h rami Matrj. A Nvel. By Wii.t COI USt. llluitl itKd Thr I.ftai ofLhe Kathrcaa. ft 9at. Ity aflaa Uri ooa. A Drarl Ffenrt. A TfOTt. By A nihrtr of Tr Thorn. Out txTtac lK ptha. A Fj H m at. The Komantle A4vctitarr- of a Milkmiild. A ItoTal. By i h :i H ,.r. I n thi HnlMava. A EtM.iTOrii. RT. T ht II fir f j Aohtrr. A N'.ivl p , M III r VToon, Mlaa or M ra.1 A Nuvl. II . Wu inC. LUst. lurrnte&. Mure llitt p thaa lrath. A Nor, b !u .iiior of bat Thorn." arrt-tnn T!ft A Ft TTi'a rvn u fra. 1 he t'ajlH. I.illr. A H y A 'H . i . iif.rm." A biKlniv on tit.- T!irvttotd. N ' rUT. The tfw tt 4 an w. A KmvI. Py antuoi .- i- , r:i . 1 he Klauriifurd hrjiitt. A ovcl. L H. ... .jht. A Qut-en AmoBtlt Wonri. A NotI. Tv tt.e s'ttboraf Dira 1 burnt Thj KataJ Marrltrr. A vTl. Br M F Pbavdos. A Tale of Kin. A NvJ. H M a. Rimt v, j A Hrldar at l.ove. A N vr-l. L aut ,ir f Thoraa." A HaaaFve ( rime. A H. v.l. By ' Tfia l . Inflfttfir If oaa. A S. Bt aothf oi " 1..t "Piorna. The av nlchtabrlJce My at cry. A Novel. R Cuttu.it lttH Ji frf4. Wedded and farted. A fnveJ. Byaathoror"TV-aT1torn. A ortanr llanier. A Novri, By Anmir Thomi. Hi d. AwioaathliMtnt A Nol. B v Mini Crn It r. JH d. mm Laoxa, a Aorctiti. By Mra. bimit Wood. HAVE YOU BHEUrVIATISPJ? A Remedy that has been in .ucce-ef ul uee for many years in Kurne, and was only lately introduoed in Una country, la the RUSSIAN RHEUMATISM CURE Thw Remedy has the endotfenvnt of Continental I'hyaicUns and Oovarrimetit Sanitary Gommisiona, as well as tbe thoussnde of sufferers to whom it has bivinjrht relief. It ha. aaved others all who bava tnod it. It WILL CURE YOU from further atny. if you'll only snve it a chaneei I ETKRT BOX I HAS BOTH A 'r uasiA H I AMD SIOSATrRE .'HrMT1SVI CUBT Twice t hi a Si ar. nm 0Ma.wtt b'rvt thl. Sic miar. a., nnia Trmle n.rlMi. ..... rnibc S2.50 "r ' PER BOt. For eoniple'e informat-'on. Iecriprlve Pans! ntilt't. w;ih U'l&tiinoniHix. free. For sale by nil drug arista. If one or the other is not in tu.itinii to fununh it to you. do not be pwr suaded to take anythiuK ele. but apilv direct to the Cfneral Arcnts, PK.tKIV.KIt HIIOI. V I O. KJU dt t)2l .Havrket street, 1-Lilndclpliin.. g rH thio One Hundred prei'trntion of mora tbe L'r;i:d 'atea and Fore?rn vnt- triei tbe pabliahera of tna Korintifto ' wX Atsirr-en continue Oact aa tolircitora r:t:b:.i. etc.. fur t::a L'nTted State, and t nbuna ptv.)' m f ana-la, L'nginnd. Franow, Germany, ana at other oonntnot I beirexpaH ence m uuequaled and their fftoihtiea are uuiur-pai-d. It'twiDre and prec1fication prepared and fl1vl o tne Pareof Otfte on snort notir. Term a rr reannabi o rharee for examination of modela r drawinrt Advic-e b in,:! fre Pate et- fba :t"d rnrje'i M ni Oo.aranotioed Intne MTP.vrrFIC A K it I A whioh baa t h tr"n eirn'iiaiion and i" ti;i met mrlueot inJ DwtppiT-ar of itt kind pnhhiy fyj in th world. Taa n;l var.'-ogee of such a notice every patantea undaMtnnrti 1 t;ia lar(te ard FpVndid'y i!lntrrired newspaper te p-jbiifh d s r.RT-a. 11 at f 0 a year, and KKM at f JO a year, and la tn'-t iiriT dovored to arienre. -1 1 1 to be t me.-nan; cie. inveri'i other depart :neti.a li.at.d in f n v cm n :i-t if'rpfrinj worVa. and f ir. t'ttr'nl protrre, pub It -int-iinw the namea of nf e'o' invention patented f r montha for ona dollar. ail pa a vW .il patentee aud 1 1 we!t. Try it. Ho'd by all newstioalTa. If yon have an lnrention o patent write to M-J3T, fc ., publjhr of Scientitio Amenta a, il Iirradway. "ew YorS Handbook about patontc mailed fra-a. B. J. LYNCH, TJTsTD K RT A KKR, And MrufnoiurHr A Dealer in HOWE AND CITY MADE FURNITURE! mm and LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAIRS, Mattiesses, &c., 1605 ELEVENTH AVENUE, AT.TOOX A. PKXX'A. I F57Cit!7.eD8 rT C'ambria C'ounty and all othpr wiliinK to purchase lionest FUKNI- rr T - r"i T- r . . . . . i 1 Ulir.. xc.. at minfM pneep grrrrstiiuiij invited to give lis a call bpfore buying Ihp wtiPrp. as w arp roT.fji!pnt ttat wp ran mppt PTPry want and pleae pvery taste. Price the very lowest. 4-16-'80-tt.l PAT Obtained and all PATENT BUSINESS at tended to Tor MODERATE FEES. Our office, Is opposite the U. S. Patent Office and we can obtain patents In less time than thnp rpmorp from WASHINGTON. Spnd MODEL OR DRA WING. We ad vise as to pafpntabllitv f rep'of cbarpe and we molt-NO CIIARGE UNLESS PATEFT IS SECURED. We refere. herp, to the Postroastpr, the Suot. of Monpy OrdprDiv . and to the offi cials of the U S. Talent Office. For circu-lai-s, advice, terms and references to actual clients in your own State write to c. a- hxow & r?o., Opp. Patent Office Washing-ton, I. C l .N'EaUAIXKD IN Tone, Tonc!i,crlmaESlilp & M'lity. miXMM K.ABI5 A. C Nos. 304 and 808 VTft Beltiraore 8tre . ul wo. Ill Firth Avenne, New Tork. Th h with raleulatiem R manner , I):.rn between awmnmK and lrisiii( neS'-IV expllllllKl. Hllll "J mill. uv R."hrd StlirtU. Sl.nV year. aai ae-pvr I;:-- ., Sew T.rtk "B'l !ari Franetac.l irsa- Fr.liii Publishing Co., 11 ' ..." ... v. MeotwMt una rper. A LESLIE WANTED. to ranvaP9 for the sale of Nursery I Sfeady emr-losment Koarentped. Sat.art and Ex penfes Paid. Apply at once stating age. (Refer to this paper. CIIAS. BROS, Feb. 25, 2m. Rochester, N T. a?af7i Ti." f-H-. . 1 t'J T-trZ- ? -i After Fortv years ri SiW"- MriTiVrrfh'A eiwier.ee in the S1 LUtJiLi ".1 ma i OB AW- POKER TAKING BABY'S PICTCR. fHOTOORAr-HHB. "Cards? Four dollars. Bit tot tftfa sirs. Thee will please rou host, I think I'll ho ready in a moment. And we ll take him. in a wink. Iirii.fr in bby. Will you hoi 1 hlra ' Sitt c: in yoir Inp, and No? Ah ! I s.e ! Then we'll arrange hlia In t' is little hijfh chair. So! Thero. that's easv. ' Helgho, baby, floirn,' to ta e a little ride? V'ant to see the pretty blrdy? (AVhen I'm ready step one sido.") ' MAMMA. " Now, tar Po9le, do not tvblspcp; , We must still as statues be, I If we epeak, the baby'll surely Turn his head and look at ma."l PHOTOQRAPHEB. ("Now, pood nurse, pleaee raise him rjp A little f ere!) Hear bird v singr (Little more!) "Where's the"birdy?' (Thai s riht I 'What shall nurses bring? (Try toclose his mouth.) 'Come, birdyP (Now hi h ad is up too high Easy 'h.r !) 'Chirp, cfairp teat birdy ?" Taby see hird by an' by? (Tha.s ritrht keep him 80 f) 'Good ba'y,' (Steady !) ' Baby wouldn't cry! (Now then !) 'Look! Sea! Here's) V birdy!1 Caught him, first time, on the fly r ' Tea, It's pood. I know you'll like It. I'll have proofs without delay. Can't be better. Finished? -Friday. Very tUUCh obliged. Good day. (St. Nicholas JAPANESE AET IN NEW TOEK. A Spectacle Whlrh Few Peopl TTave Krr Seen on This Side of the Water. That everything that Is worth seeing ran be seen in New York, Is not a trui9m ; but it is true that there are many things that are worth observing that are not generally seen. Bat a "limited number of persons are aware that there are two rooms In one of the Japanese manufacturing and trading companies that truly represent a miniature house, and which are finished, furnished and decorated in the tru Japanese style. The house is th work of a first-class mechanic of Tokio. An ascent of five Steps brings one to the outer door, which Is of hardwood and sliding, as indeed are ali the Japanese doora, which move with out a ereait or jar. Thia door leads to the reception or " tea " room. The ceiling U con structed of woven bamboo variegate 1, smoked and natural. Along the hard woo i wainscotting there is a border of lacquered wood and the walls are covered with paper in gold epatterwork of a soft, artistic tone. Thero U nothing nailed t- the floor, but under the feet Is matting which feel-unusually soft and springy. This ma ting is laid on a cushion or bed of straw about sis nches thick, and in closed in cloth and correspondicg In width to the matting. The size of a Japanese apartment 19 Cover given in feet or inches, but eaid to boa room of so many mattins, and a mu:ting i generally tinder-tu.ri to repr.eni a pace f throe lv ten feet. '1 ho wi:.l. w in the l ecopLion-rootn iq made of r ce paper int ad of glass, and piv s jus;, as mueh light a- though eon 6trncied of the latt- r materia', nit .tough it is of a softer tone. In Japan it ia customary for on'y the rl tie-t class to have rice-paper windows ia their dwellings. Tnis room contains a slrtA-onrd upon Whioh ther are water bottles and tea caddies, whiln underneath there is a set of lacquer ware for rice and other soft food, tmd porcclaiu ware tor ruej.t and fish. In the centre of the room there stands a bronze fire-box containing a bed of ashas of fern leaves. When it is desire 1 to have a fire some charcoal is pi.iceJ on those ahes and kiudlo i in th- open air, ami after the pnioke escapes it is returned to tbe room aud throws out a good heat. Betwp. n the ta-room and the pirlor tiro hand-paint el silk-front blidi;igdooi a, which ea n ! n opened from ei:ii r s.ue. The ccilini an i wai peot:l" of ti e par lor are f various hard wood, ti io walls end floors be n-: covered siniiUr to thoso Of the reception-room. Ilere, ofcoui.se, is fonnd an Incense burner an I broi-ze smoking f-ets. But few ornn'!'".te, are visible. On opcnii g a cup oard. however, ;n one corner of the room, various curios are found. Tii is is the pre vail in 4 : istom in nran, and the m tr.'SS of t ie hu o c.ia..m s the t-rriam nts from t me to t ine, .n ting t host) not in u e in ttio cinboai d. On st.ue oceasiors, however, sua ms pJays hr entire collect on. About the house are scattered a num ber of small windows with a pad of fret work, with i i:u!-o h hades. Then are not any chairs iathe honso, their place be'll.i; .,i;; 'iie I by cushion... Iii o; p . i t oi the parlor there is a raised ilatf. rm which is kept ,or dii tinsuisiieJ tjucsis, and the ho.-t is sup posed to kneel oeiora it to serve them. The woodwork and interior finish are very simple, the doors and window frames are without mouldings, and there are no mantel carvings. Repented dustings and rubbings have given to the natural wood a polished sutf tce and a mel ow tint. The bea iful lacquer work, formerly so expensively manufactured by this skilful j eople, and which could be pro cured at .o trifling a cost, is now becom ing rare; in fact, so valuable has this old lacquer work become, 'hat many rieces of it have been returned from 'aris. New York and other art centres to Japan to be sold. N. Y. Mail and Express. Theatre Roi Office Experiences. " There is one pleasant feature about box office life." said Treasurer Prior, "and that Is the absent-mindedness of people who purchase tickets. It not unfrequently happens that men or women select two seats, throw down a $" or $10 gold piece, and walk off with the tickets without waiting for the change. "This morning a lady purchased a mat inee ticket and gave me a $20 gold piece. I gave her the seat and $19 in change. She refused to take the money, and said I had made a mistake, "and--you may laugh, but I had to argue with hei for three or four minutes bofore I could convince her thit it was not a silver dol lar that she gave me. What stupid creatures some women are ! Later: Mr. Prior has just informed me that hi cash is $19 short. Chicago News. In(renions Economy of a Miser. Two old misers. one 70 and the other 80, fell Into a dispute as to which was the most economical. "The proof," said the former, "that you have no Idea of saving is that during the half hour that wo have been arguing a fly In your sugar bowl has been having a feast, and you have not taken the trouble to drive him away." "And the proof that I am far more saving than you, and that nothing escapes me," replied his aged opponent, "is that I leave that insect In my sugar bowl on purpose. lie acts as my spy. Whenever I come home and find the fly gone I am perfectly sure that the eook has been stealing suarl" - Vf case or rniE. aJaafele Advice to f othefia . The following letter appeared In the London Times : Will you grant me space to explain briefly what, I think, should be the first thing to be done by a girl or woman whose dre-s has ca ight fire, and simi larly the first duty of any one who goes to her rescue? A girl or woman who meets with this accident should immediately lie down on the floor, and so any one who goes to her assistance should instantly, if she 6tlll be erect, make her He down, or If needful, throw her down In a horizontal position, and kpep her in it. Sparks fly upward, and flames ascend. Ignition from below mounts with fearful rapidity; and, as a result, well known to experts, the fatality or disfigurements In these lamentable cases is due to the burns inflicted about the body, neck, face and head, and Dot injuries to the lower limbs. Now, the very moment that the person Whose clothes are on fire Is la a hori zontal post' ion on a flat surf ice, the flames still ascend, but only into the air, and not encircling their victim. Time is thus gained for further action, and ia such a cr sis in a fight against fire a few seconds are precious, nay, priceless. Once in the prone position, the person afflicted may crawl to a bell-pull or to a door, so as to clutch at the one or open the other to obtain help. The draught from an open door into the room would serve to blow the flames, IX any, away Irom the body. Or again, still crawling, the sufferer may be able to secure a rug or table cover, or other article at hand, to smoth er any remaining flames. I say remaining flames, for as soon as the horizontal position is assumed they have no longer much to feed upon, and may either do out, aa the phrase is, or may be accidentally or intentionally ex tinguished as the person rolls or moves upon the floor. In any case, not only Is time pained, but the injury inflicted is minimiRed. In the event of the conditions not being those of telf help, but of wssistanoe from enother, if it be a man who comes to the rescue, having first and Instantly thrown the girl or woman down, it is easy to take off his coat and 6o stifle the dimin ished flames with this or some other suitable covering, tne flames playing now upward from the lower limbs or lower part of the body ot UiQ prostrate lei low-creature. If it be a woman who rn6hes to plve aid, this last-named condition suggests that the sa'er mode of rendering it is to approach the sufferer by the head, and fling something thence over the lower part of tho body, for fear ot eotting tiro to h rself. If, in thece fearful accidents, the hori zontal position be assumed or enforced, ther v ould be, in short, comparative immunity and Hmit-d injury. If not, what must happen? The lire will mount; the flames (and it i3 thee which- do tho i; jury) will envelop t e body insi ie and outside tho clothes, arid wiil rea'-h. the rock and he".d, and then, indeed, they may be smothered by a coat or wrapper, or rug, while the victim is frightfully disfigured or is doomed to perish. l or many years I have urged the;e views whi e lecturing on i-Juries from burns; and once I had an occasion to iilus'vnte them practically, ti ough ia a Comrmaiiv ly trivial accident. Some dressings of a ver inflammable Character caught fire at the bedside of a patient fn one of my surgical wards ; they were promptly Felzed by a student, who threw :hem into the middle of the ward, and endeavored to stamp out the flaming material. Hut this containing paraffin and resin adhered to his boots, and his legs as he danced about were getting uncomfortably hot. To his astonishment, and to the un doubted surprise of everyone Insight, I caught him nytho Collar of his coat, and tripped up h;s legs. Instantly tho flames became harmless, and were ex tinguished i,y a nurse throwing a jug of wa er on them. I have often thought that on the ap pronc'i of theWtnt r season theresh uli be at every school, whether board, vol untary, or private, whether for girl or boys, an ud..ress, if not an actual demon stration by means of suitable ni dels, pointing out what should be done ia Ities - pec ill ealnm. ties. It two upright models were prepared alike, and simultaneously seton fire, one being thrown down aft-r two sec nds and one after thirty seconds, or at any other two d:ffero :t times, the memories of chi.dren would receive a lusting, and it might be a serviceable, impression. Cores On the Train. Mr. Daves, of the Coast Line, who Is a bundle of nerves and talent, told us some apt stories. He said that one of the officers of a road was much annoyed at the impor tunate curiosity of an old Boston lady, with indescribable bangs upon her forehead and gigantic spectacles upon her nose. Every time the train stopped for fuel this formidable female wanted to know what caused the detention. Tired of this monotonous interroga tion, the persecuted man determined to put a vindictive stop to It. When the dragon of virtue assailed him again with the old question, he replied : " My dear madam, the brakeman is very sick at the stomach." "Good heavens, sir !" ejaculated the woman, " is he extremely ill?" The man nodded in solemn affirma tion. " now do you know?" shrieked Boston. " Because," wickedly retorted her victim, " he is throwing up wood." That silenced her questions, but she made an angry memorandum and threatened to report him to the company. Tho prohibition question having been started Mr. Daves said the most ludi crous sight he had ever seen was a drunken musician, who, after striking a few inharmonious notes upon the keys, crawled tip on top of the piano, and w. : t to sleep before his astouudod and amused audience! Mr. Daves also stated that he once had a friend who periodically swore off." One day Daves met this man of many broken promises, and said : " John, have you sworn off again?" There was an emphatic negative response, and then a candid declaration that he " had not sworn off, but stopped lying about it V Augusta, Chronicle. Trtt1n mT fens rashiona. It would be much easier to write about men's fashions, for all that I would have to say then would be that the boss tailors of Paris appoint a committee each season, and that to this committee is intrusted the getting out of a fashion plate, in which is indicated the modifi cations to be introduced Into the various bifurcated, round-buttoned and split tailed garments which compose mas culine toilets. Members of the corporation In Tans follow this fashion plate, and the pro vincial tailors copy after their fellows in the capital. All this Is very simple even If we take Into consideration the fact that tallori of Paris have been for years Influenced by John Ehrendall, formerly of Boston and New York, now the fash ionable tailor of this great caplUL (Boston Herald. CLEVER FEMALE DETECTITES Some Cases In Which Their Fmartnasa Was Rewarded with Success. A New York reporter found a woman's detective agency, located downtown. It Is managed by a woman who has been in the detective business for about twelve years. She Is well known to many lawyers and her reputation for first-class work is excellent. She is of middle age, of rather stout build, and has a pleasant, attractive face. She was dressed In black. " I called o get a reply from you to the intimation that women de not amount to much as detectives," said the reporter to her. " I have no reply to make," she said. " I do not seek notoriety of any kind. I do my work as well and as careful ly as I know how, and my customers appear to be satisfied." " De I employ women to act as detec tives? Yes, several; though as a rule I do the. most of It myself. When you want work done most to your own satisfaction you must do it your self. " To-day there was a man in court who was arrested through the work of this office, and I have an important case on hand of which I shall be glad to give you particulars at the proper time, but more than this I do not care to tell you about my work or myself. "The woman whom I will speak of had an important case that involved the finding of a mother and her child who had gone West. The parties who wanted to And the woman and child employed her to discover their where abouts. It was very nececsary to learn this in a suit that was pending. " The opponents to the suit knew where they had gone to and had as their counsel two of the leading lawyers of Brooklyn. The woman detective decided to take the bull by the horns, as the saying is. She arrayed herself in deep mourning and called on one of thest lawyers, representing herself as the widowed sister of the woman who had left for parts unknown. . " She told them that she had Im portant papers to send her sister, and talked so plausibly to the counsellor that he gave the whole thing away, telling her the place to which the woman and child had gone and all about his side of the case. " No sooner had our detective got out of the sight of this lawver's office th en she started in all haste to find the woman, not even going home to change her apparel. She sent a telegram to her husband that she wis obliged to go out of town and started for Indiana (I believe that was the State) on the very next train. " She found the woman and child in the place she went to and thus ac complished her task most success fully. " Another bright operation of hers was in obtaining information from or about a household which could only be ob tained by a person inside the house. She affected the Irish brogue and made application at the house to be engaged as cook. " Her services as such were accepted and she remained in the household several days, long enough to obtain all the information that was desired. Then she quit, telling the people that she found the work too hard for her." The Artef Conversation. The art of agreeable conversation Is one all men admiro, and most men are anxious to learn. There are few ?uh jects upon which young people often or seek advice from those whose greater experience enables them to givo wise counsel. It is frequently said of many kinds of teaching that example is better than precept, but this is not so in re gard to the art of conversation. You may hear a man talk with wonderful brilliancy, and yet talk no better your self than you did before. You must have rules to- observe rather than persons to imitate. Boswell accounts for the extraordinary accuracy and flow of language of Dr. Johnson by saying that "he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his beet on every occasion, and In every com pany; to impart whatever he knew in the most forcible language he could put it in ; and that, by constant practice, and nevor suffering any careless expres sions to escape him, or attempting to deliver his thoughts without arranging them In the clearest manner, it became habitual to him." The course which was pursued by so eminent a scholar, whose conversat ional powers alone sufficed to make him cele brated, may well be followed by the youth of our day who want to learn the much coveted art of conversation. New York Ledger. A Pretty Legend About the Camellia. ' Though the camellia is odorless, thero Is no flower that blooms comparable to It for size and rich coloring. This darling of the winter will always be a favorite. There is a pretty legend connected with the camellia and how this beautiful white flower obtained its name. Ferdinand VI. of Spain, whi!;-) suffering under the hereditary melancholy "from which he subsequently died, was pacing to and fro one December day in the year 1733 'n his bedroom in the Palace Royal of Madrid. He was interrupted by tho entranco of Maria Theresa, his Queen, who bounded gayly into the room. In her hand she held a flower of dazzling whiteness, which she presented to her husband. " A beautiful flower, but sonntlews," exclaimed the King, folding In his arms the wife whom ho passionately loved. " It Is the new flower of'the Philip pines," said the Queen. I have kept the best for you." The flower which Maria Theresa brought to her husband a century and a half ago had been presented to her the previous day by a Jesuit missionary just returned from the Indies. Craving an audience from his sover eign, he brought his offering, a small shrub with glossy greon leaves on which blossomed two magnificent white flowers, which he had brought from the Island of Luzon, one of the Philippine group. It was about three feet in height and grew in a vase of mother-of-pearl. The Jesuit donor was named Camellia. Cuttings from the rare shrub were carefully cultivated in the hot-house of El Buen Retiro at Madrid. Though it was introduced into Spain toward the end of 17:V., the new flower of Father Camellia remained for a long time in a state of semi-obscurity, as the possessors jealously guarded it lest it should become common. The monopoly was gradually relaxed, and the camel lia now blooms newrly as universally as other beautiful ornaments of the flower garden. New Orleans States. Home rut for Congrressroen. The life of a Congressman Is not an altogether happy one., judging from the experiences recounted by many of them. According to the Washington Star, a member from Indiana was complaining the other day of the variety of subjects his constituents wrote to him about. He had Just received a letter from a woman In his district, saying that her husband had left her seven years ago and asking the Congressman to go to the census office and find his present address. Another, from a fellow-citizen, asked hlra to write to the American minister at Rome and get him an Italian oueen bee. From which It would seem that there are some uses for Congressmen after all. BAW HIS FREEDOM. facie Randsom at last Recovers His Sights Old Randsom had been blind during many years. He had heard the guns of war, had heard the shouts of his em inei pated brethren, but had never seen his freedom. He continued to live in his cabin, Pur rounded by his wife and children, who supported him. His wife died, and his heartless children, one by ne, d serted fcim. Afr this he contrived to make a living by bottoming chairs. Several months ago he became too feeble to work. About that time a young man whom the old negro had nursed, came home. "You needn't try to work anymore, Uncle Randsom." said the young man. 'I have bought the plantation, and a part of what I make shall be yours." "Thankee. Mars Bob, thankee, sah. "Twon't be fur long, sah. fur de ole man is got tin' putty close to de eend o' de row." - It was not for long. One night, after a storm, when the wind was sinking to rest, the young man stood by the bedside of 1 he old negro. "Are you suffering much pain. Uncle Bapdsom?" "No. honey, nothln' hu'ts me ertall; de diffikilty is dat my bref is sorter wraung." " You are dying, old man." " Yas. sah, an' thank de Lawd fur It. Use be n in de dark er laung time. Mars Bob, er mighty laung time, an' now I'so gwine out inter de light. Dese ole eyes o' de body aln' no 'count, but de eyes o de soul ken look at de glories o'de udder worl'." " Do you wish to leave any word for your children, in the event that I should ever see any of them?" ' No, sah. nothln' In purtie'ler. only dat I for-'ibs 'em. Sorter pr ip me up, ef yer plase, sah. Dar. dat'll do." " You are happy In the belief of a f u ture life, are you not?" " Oh. yas, sah ; oh, yes. Ef dar wan't no life arter dis de orl' would be er failure. De Lawd wouldn' wan'er cre ate me ter be er slabe ha'f my life an' blin' de udder ha'f if it wa'nt ter teach me er cre't lesson. ( " Wnar dat light come from?" he said, raising his hands. "Mars Bob, Mars Bob, I ken se I ken see ! Look at de light. Tildy," referring to his wife, long since dead, " yer's fotc-ii a lamp to li.'ht de ole man er way. I'se gw-ir.e I'se gwine ! De light gits br:ght-r an' bright er. Hoi' it i;p, hoi' it up. Thank de Lawd dar ain' no mo' night. Thank " The young mar. eased him down. At let the old man Lad setn his freedom,, Arkanaaw Traveler. The First Cirar. The first smoke don't last as long as a ease of sea sickness, but while it does lat it is oriiinal and unique. The new smoker is no j :dge of cigars. He Invariably takes a strong one. He goes a good deal by the box in which he finds the cigars. If acinar has a fancy paper ring about It he will take it at any price. If he lives he will know better. Out on the shady side of the barn he take.-! hlmseif aDd his cigar. He is afraid that some ore will molest him. He lights the cigar, and holding It la the most awk.K ard manner between his fingers puffs and expectorates. It se-ms manlv to smoke, and he picture.-, himself narrat;:.g to ids chums how wel. t.e han dled himself, and his tirbt cigar. The sensation Is not at all pleaatir.t. He allows longer time to elapse between his puffs, and wishes- t hat the cigar would burn up more rapi-dy. The mini h has a peejliar taste, which frequent expecto rations will not remove. The old famil iar fence is turning green. He s-ees every tiling cir. l" around hi:n. He is better after a wnilo. Flat on his back on the green s.vard, he looks .p nt the t.lue heavens overhead and wa'ches the fleecy white clouds float in many di rections. Dinner has no attractions for him. Candy would not tempt him to get up. H hears hia name called by an elder brother. It sounds way off, as if in a dream. Nearer and nearer it comes, and finally the owner of tfie voice comes around the corner of the barn. He guesses the cause, for be sees the half-smoked cigar. If he is a real good boy with a box full of Sunday-school tickets, he will tell his moiher, and the young smoker will l-e taken to the house and lectured for the rest of his boyhood! days. If he is a real bad boy, one whoso bad ness insures his living to manhood's estate, he will get his sick brother up on the hay in the old barn, and will tell a fib at the table to excuse his abs- nco. His kindness will cost the inexperi enced smoker later on many marries, much candy, and the best of everything. He will threaten to inform their parents many times of the first smoke, and will scare the smoker into many scrapes and much trouble. St, Taul Globe. Another Earth. Mars Is almost universally accepted as being a kind vf duplicate earth. It is endowed with land, water, clouds, and air, and snow accumulating around its poles in their respective'wintT sea pens. The atmosphero of the planet Is, how ver, obviou.-ly much more rare than that of the earth, so that H only exerts at th-i planet's surface a pressure of about two pounds and a quarter to the square inch. The dim te of Mars 1? conceived, from the small amount or snow that accumu lates at the poles of the planet, to be comparatively mild. The water is distributed into a very curious series of long parallel canals which run out from the ocean basins to an extent in some places of throe and four thousand miles. Two moons have ' e"n discovered since 1S77, presenting a diameter ot not more than six or seven miles, and one of them completing a revolution round the planet in a little moro thac seven hours. Edinburgh Review. Modest Tnnni America. A business man advertised for an er rand boy recently, and among theeurioua replies received the following, interest ing as an index of the solf-appreolatlon peculiar to Y'oung America: " I am a strong well educated young man of eighteen good family best of ret ference can be given." Another is no lees curious : " I think I could fill your want n of to-day to a T. Drop me a r te A I will call and you can form an opi: ion as to my imagination." Philadelphia Bul letin. ' Obllsjlns; the Preacher. The Rev. Dr. S., who Is a prominent divine in a city not far from New York, had beon spending a few days not In this weather on an Island on the Maine coast, and, intending to depart on a certain morning, he started for the boat in company with a friend. A porter followed with the doctor's valise. Arriving at the wharf, they found that to take advantage of the wdnd or tide the boat had gone before the advertised time. Not aware ot the clerical character ot the company, the porter swore several shocking oaths in quick succession. " What do you think of that, doctor?" asked his friend. Wrell," said the doctor, plowly and Impressively, "there are times when th cervices oi a layman are Indispensable." NEW YORE'S FOOD SUPPLY. Ptartllac Fljrnrcs cthowlna; What a Good Appetite The Metropolis Ifas. New Yorters eat, at a low estimate, about i!l,t0,xio pounds of 'd mutton and veal in a wt-ok, say 3,0i"i."00 punds every day In the year. The;.- eat more In the Fall and W'inter of beef, veal and mutton than in the Spring and Summer, but. and particularly In holiday times, poultry fills up the noks. cracks and crevices and there is not so much room for the more solid foods. About one-third of the beeT that New Yorkers get out-side of every day is dressed beef, dressed in Chicago, shipped in refrigerator cars and packed In New York in bie;. feed storehouses. The other two-thirds comprise un dress.,. beeves, extra steers, prime steers, good se. rs. fair steers, medium steers, Colorado steers. Texas steers, all with nothing but their hides jind lnpr ou. Every day 2.i mi or ::.t'-.- r.f the 1 ..-eves, each weighing 700 pounds when it pets dressed, are devoured as porterhouse, tirloin and steak and roast beef. Calves weigh, on the average, when they are hung up on the butcher's hooks. l'X) pounds. The ralves that weigh much less than that are young; thev are "bob veal " and tho New York Board of Hea'th seizes on to them when its Inspectors see them for saie. When the inspectors do not see them, the "bob veal " Is served In swell restaurants, white and tender at double prices. Sheep and limbs each weih about 43 pounds. A million pounds of ealves and sheep and lambs are st owed away every day in New York where they wiii do the mot good. Hogs from lO pounds to 100 pounds are "hos;" hogs from 100 pounds to 0 are "pigs," technically. Fifty thou sand of hogs and pigs are dailv sacri IcM to the Moloch of Manhattan Island appetite. Tor s of pork chops, thous ands of pounds of honey -com bed tripe, miles of sattsages and square furlongs of crackle r,r put bepw. Some peook.'s bread is bnttered, thon others spread it on thick. Tocet h.-r they use iti.ijod and odd pounds of butte"r everyday, r- butler, not oleomargarine. It is cfdculaVd that the force expended by pretty dairy ma:ds on churnintr that "inch butter would raise the Post Office 1 im) feet I: to the air and hold it there for three Icr. One hundred million pounds of choose STived in New York in Ism. and mo t of it t- .is .':- mid there. T! e number of We .h rnrvbits in that much cheese is ahno-t incalculable; a rough estimate is '2X).i'.-:7.o v. In one we-k, about Christmas time, the peop'e f.f S'( York have eaten l.jl p:- kng"S r,f rirvijsed poultry, run ning up i::o millions of pounds. One bu i '.red ar.i thirty-p'ght thousand nino hundred an ! sixty-five barrels of cran berries mnde i'lto sauce wore tw allowed w'-'i the i ' -i i r v . In that s.im week ther v. ve i in G.o-hsm -!s.r,4'.J barrels id apples, 3:;s,V." b-irre's of rx-tto'. 2,701 barrels of ord-ms, 1.SM barrels of beans, 1.:175 barrels of peas. l:l." osncs of canned meats. 3.l.'(5 packages of dried fruits, 8,471 packages of e vapor orated goo. is and 4,'.i.'4 bags of peauuLs. A Wonderful Wnlking; Stick. Robert Yale, of Norwich. N. Y., has a historical cane, which probably Is the oddest walk in s stick ever built in this or any other country. It contains 'i.O-J) pieces of wood, and each i-dj.i 1 piece is given an artistic and symbolic form, so that tho cane by its vrrious colored woo-'s Is given a most artistic look. a!:hou-h : e,,;,.r i- u-id upon t. He planned a id i' i :.;r : -i- i il. and tl e cane i .-,ree I . n. u.th - ah r. Sixty of the 2.--t i.' -i.f -.. . .... r relies of great vai-j- t- 1 Sie r.-b -. hunt -r. and comprise a piece of wood from the oldest tenaiita'dc i ou- - in America, the Fairbanks rdderice. bui.; in VC . and EOW occupied by the seventh generation. The h--(id of the can" is from tbe tre at Crown Point to which Gemu-al Putnam was tied after being condemned to death by burnlnc by the Indians. Set in the cane is a wreath of hair from the had of Rebe-ea IU'.o.", one of the he roines whose strategy drove the p.r tish to their shipping after landing to atXack Scituate. Mass. There is a piece of wood from the Char ter Oak ; another from the House of Han cock, the first signer, of the ! Uiratioii of Independence: another from the bou-.) where witchcraft originated in Sab m. and another from the budding where the victims of that craze were tried. Sot in the cane is a small pieew of Ply mouth Rock, and aKo a pice of wood from the. Mayflower; also wotd-i from, five different forts on I.ake Champbiin, from Hawthorne's residence at Salem, from tho church whore Ro.-r Wii.iams preached, and from the tre. beneath which Jonathan Edwards prea. ln-d to the Indians at Stock bridge. Corn.; alro a piece from the curbing of the well com memorated bv Woodworth in his poem, "The Old Onken Hu.-k-t." The only foreign relic in t he collection is a piece of wood from the Tns-o oak. The care K a unique and attractive piece of work, and is valued at S 00 by its owner. Norwich Bulletin. 8weet-Mlnded Women. So preat is the influence of a ewot mlnded woman on those around her that it is almost boundless. It is to her that friends coroo In seasons of sorrow and ickness for help and comfort. One smoothing touch of her kindly ha'ds works wonders in the feveil-h chi.d; a few words lot fail from hr lips In the ear of a sorrowing f-istor do much to raise the load of g; ief that Is towing its victim down to the dust in anguish. The husband eom-s home worn out with the pressure of business and feel ing imtabio with the world in general, but wiien h- enters the cozy sitiirg ru m, and see the Ma7" of th" brig t fire and meets hisw'fe's smiling face, ne succumbs in a moment to tho sootiiing influences, wiiic'a act as the balm f GHp.d to his v.ourdei si.irit. The rou -h school oy fl'e in a rag"1 from the t.mrts of bis ton; anions to find solace i i ins mother's Kinile; the lttle ore, full of grief with its own large troublo. f nds a haven of rest in its rr-th r's b-east; and so one mlht g on with instances of tho Influence;, that a 8weet-niipded woman has in tho social life wi;h which she is connected. Leauty is an insigtiificieni power wheo Compared wtth hers. A Valuable Wood. ' In aenuirlnc Bnrmnh. Copland hasffot possession of vast forests of teak, which, never plentiful in India, was becoming, commercially very rare-. Ot all the woods rrown in the East this is tbe most valuable. It is neither too heavy nor too hard ; It does not warp or split under cxnosure to heat and dampness; it contains an essential oil which prevents its rotting under wet cond it ions, and at the same time acts as a preservative to iron and repels the destructive white ants; it is. withal, a handsome wood of several varieties of color and grain, and takes a good polish. nnfrera Before Forks. The Malay said : "Such a dirty practice. We pay tr ourselves, "What do I know of the histon of this fork? It has ben In a hundred", perhaps a thousand mouths; perhap in the mouth of my worst enemy. This thought Is very repulsive to us. r ATFLTIZIE3. Dolly Tanien Ilasters. An ,itr,cvi.c incid rt occurre! reoectlj at a Sei;ec;---i rc t :rug store. A man had made several purchases, and to the clerk s inquiry if he wactd anything el- he re- bed : 'Yes. t was something else my wife wanted me to get. Let me see), what was it? Oh, yes; some Dolly Var den planters." -What kind of plasters?" asked the clerk with a laugh. " Dolly V..rdvii ! Dr ily Vardun !" waa the answer, fcjven with some show f ir ritation. " Well, we've had some, but they're ail pone. I guess you mean lliador.a plasters." "Yes, that's It. I knew It was some thing like that," and the customer's p- r ploxed countenance lighted up with a smile of satisfaction. (Buffalo Courier. Well "anaed. Balston, the procer. calls upon Jucklas, and, while in the draw ing room, Jucklua' little toy co nes in and says : ' You ain't pot a bird like we have," (jK-iuting at a cage). Paistun: "1 hat's a fact, rny littla man." Fov ; "nis name ust'r be Jim till we pur ire trade w ith you. an' since then pa Las been cadiin' him PaJston." Balaton: "Ah, and why does he d that?" Boy : Ta says be calls the bird Ba.ls ton because he's a'ways got Euch a big bill. Funny, ain t il?" Pals' 11 ?-a"-s that it is very fancy, but he knows tha.t, when the text monthly account is made out sometdy is goii-jf to EuCer. Arkausaw Traveler. Art In Austin. Miss Dauber, an Austin artist, ha-wrnj finished a picture of a Texan sunset, which looked verymuch like an espl Vermillion factory. t-xk the ,'em under her arm and proceeded to Mr. siluUi ' book-store. " Sir. Smith, I d-ir to f-ml-h th Austin public an arcUtic treat. I will leave my iicture hereon exhibition. I wish you would pv a card on it inform ing the pul iic that it is not Tor sale." "Do vuii really think tli.it in neces sary. Sins- t-nul-r, " replied Smith, after he had examined t.. picture cr'-dully. Texas Si'tiugs. Not Wanted. Little Thil had alv ays mentioned eaoa member of the fau.iy in his evening praver. but tlie other night he left out the'baby. Why, Thil you forgot your uetx lit tle brot her !" His black eyes f.Eshed with the an swer : ' There's no room n my prayers i0r rny li'Me brother; there's no ro. 'u i Lis house for him; and "hats mvr", th'-re never Las been '." Newton Graphic. An Rye to the I utore. "You will come to dar John's fi moral, sron t vou'r" said the weeping widow to a lady 'r-iend. " Y-, I il try tc come." Ye-- d . J--T. Your pr.-s!-"e will Toiffort in - iil n,y uni-1 :. :: ; .'!..-iit. And I d take it i s a pal t ni. .1 v if fou'd a-k Mr. old boy to ,1. . '- . Try slid urge him to -.-MiLie. He isi:. ! jut, and used to be very 1- t f me 1 -.- I was mnrri-i to dear !' a." l iaind?! I hia Herald. What She Wante,;. Mhs Currie : " Papa, I want fifty dole Iars. in small bills. "' P.. pa : " Preposterous, my child ; what Can you want of fifty d.-l ar--'' ili-s Carrie: "Th doctor 'aid that I mur-t have it and I want it." Papa : "The iio-'er said you iuusj hae that amount'? in small tills?" Miss Carrie: "He didn't say hova much, but he said that I must 1 arg change." Life. The One Thine; rdftil. ' When Ethalinda DoW-cgs visited her cousins In the country last week, one ot them sa-.d : "Linda, don't you want to help raj pick p"AS this mor -i; -.-.-'' " I'd like to. dear. " 'replied r.t r.lii: la, "but I am not properly dressed f-r pick ing : "is." " Why, how is that?" "I forgot to bring a pea-'a ket with me." PitU-burg Chron,ole-Tdegrar-h. The lJittcrcnce. "Say, Dai. I have a conundrum. What's the difference between th rela tion you sustain to me and that tf causa and effect'?" "Oive it up. Bobby, unless it has some thing to do w;th ti.-lleeis." "No, not this time.. One. is an appar ent relation, and the other the relation of a parent." Her Utile Rom. She had a prr tty hat. And she had a little couirh. And her little cough, it is uo harcj to mention. When in the church she sat. Shook the p lumes up n her I at. And toits many beauties caiied attention. Bc9t.n U'on.r. Wanted Plenty of Playmates. A litt'e chap told by his mother t. -ay his prayers and to ask for what h- v tr.t ed prayed for "one hundred brotners and fifty sisters." The mother was so disgusted with the petition that she hurried the little r-ir.neT off to bed before he could ay, Ameu. Brunswick iMa.) Telegraph. " What Every Married Man Ought to Pave. What every married man in this coun try wants is a trained, fierce-looking i:t tle mouse that will aptear whether called. It will stampede a family quarrel in Iocs, time than it takes to provoke i-ne Macon Telegraph. A Nat To Crack. The fellow who forgets a g o i deal that has happened doesn't worry n- hs.lt as much as the fellow who rem.-ni' -u- a pood deal that never happened. l Liia deli hia Call. Such a Pity. It soems a hard t h i c that so ma-, dudes should b? walking i!-.'ut th nothing to do. when the h.ij. !-, n i..aa has to pay $40 for a monk-.. . -ji a.ti more Herald. 1 Old love letters. CM lova letters are much like coll 50up. , . A lv l"'tp- that f'e-TM he a c.v lightt-il tin. 1- to t'.e t r. h - of bngors and toes, ma e- 1 ;e b- i: ' ' P .. ,v..n w.-.rm t:r the si-- .fieri when first written, if rnd a 'ter 1 l-t::e wnloh In-pi rvi H bad uicd. .- the fintn. -s, st- i-m- aid 1. . ' 1 qu di v that ar in a poiky e.m tr-ta that has laid in the Icl. ei..;.- ve-ter.! iv. " s..np Uis this dvarit.?e?t crn bo warmed over w h;le loe ttei t.. :.uot. LewWtoo iMe.) Jou-ihi, v 014'. v 1
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