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EDENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1SS9.
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lli ii'l tin -ft 'ti titfinoishiU : ;
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tit In r tioublis L'uiint'it ly torpiil liver
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POTATO BUG
EXTEKMINATOR.
1 1. n I. t i.o 1 1 1 1 y prai tfral
mai'liini'f.ir ilu.-tin4 flivtur,
I'ana tiixcn. A,r., npun k
tat, Tlue tu Uetroy tho
, - SLW " vi'iir ui-iiitriiim
h'keip tlKtu.einJ Il.u and I will .Uiu OUO U
April 5, jtn.
!7
Ail
I Tin. i.l,l"t r.d Lest I ' "itu'ji.n for olailnlns a
j Uunni-ai p . lu.-atioo. U e lavt mc-e-.t'illy pre
( .''aie-i t'a,.:..,ii,u t joun-i m -n lur the active d j-
i.ua hi hid, rwr i in-u:.i,i i,!.Tr,-.
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l Aiil , a tire o.'t-.t l irni. he.l each leiuan :
liUMrilir . i. y 1 1 V I . -n I 'A I. . .. . i . .
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inn ail. i ri-iru.-..
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M-ple Ave. IS nr. . . V r-- t n i-r, l'a.
Malawi rAi r.sJl trf.al
SALESMEN WANTED
CALL AROUND TO-MORROW.
I uiu -ii h not trTl.n tnao;
1 Itoup a little .tore
W horn lunny tule the easy plaa
tr ru-aiir.rr up irorf,
Anil any when bMnir donned for pay,
Wita luuch fturr and aorrvv:
lt" not convenient, sir, to-duy
leuoe cii.1 around to-morrow."
Tho-e people alwuy vwit tho be&l,
AuJ w.uit it Vt ry Quii k;
Thfy rrurrtii more than all the real
V ho iicvcr buy on tick.
Yet tUey, wbta Ix tiijf dunned for p.'.y,
Say with aurpris and aorrow:
"If not convenient, air, to-day
I'lcaso ci.U around to-morrow."
Those humhupra have a lofty air
And livo in royal style,
And, Judjititf t y the clothes they wear.
They own a golden pile
Vot they, when bc nif dunned for pay,
Kiclaim iu fright and sorrow:
"It a not convenient, air, to-aay
I'lea-o call around to-morrow."
The customers who buy for cash.
Have rights we should protect;
To pay for other people's dush
They certainly object
Yet, they must do it anyway
When tri-.deia-.rn call "to-morrow"
Oa bhcdny l',ik who nevrr pay
An ! lit .- cu wliat tLoy borrow.
To n:.- honest trading man
TU; .) frnuia uie a.l a bore,
Ar.J ivh'.n tfc -y, cooli-r than a fan.
Walk p'.ijly ia n store
Ti i y uUouid be treawd In their way,
A;i,l tel 1 .v th lltt'.o sorrow :
"It'.i t. it ti,nvcni.t till you pay t
l'lcaeCAil nrotinJ to-nitirrow." -a
11. C. Hoile, la Ci.iodaU's Sun.
THArrKD.'
'A
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Aa Indent In tho LIfo Of a I'ole
graph Operator.
While in ft MiKili town In Wyoming'
Territory I learned, tliftt, a lady living
there had Leon the heruino of a thrill
ing adventure with train roulx-ft-. and
i tirio.iity and lovo for the bruvu in
duced me to call on her to tell iuo tho
? lory, says n writer in tho Hartford
Time. When I went to her Louso I
was welcomed by a handsomo lady of
iibout thirty, and in rosponso to my
eiircest rcqucot for this one chapter
of her life the related tho following:
"In 1?73, whou bat a girl of eight
een, I left my homo in Omaha und
ca.no out huro to fill tho lunesomo
(losition of a nlffht operator ut a small
-.n-.tion on tho raciflc railway In this
Territory. It wus a dreary, desolato
.-put in tho midst of a deeort- Tho
only buildings et tho etatiou, apart
from tho depot, were a Boetiou house,
occupied by a track foreman and a
few C'hineso lalioren", a water tank
ar.,1 a oo.-d bhed. Tho day operator
and aireiit, a mere boy, fclept at tho
tectum hoiih-e, about two hundred
yard-i distant, so that during tho lonj,
drearj- r.inrat I was alono In the depot.
No. 4 exyires train, bound East,
win duo at 2:15 in tho morning, but It
never stopped unless tlgualed, and aa
thl was tho only train durir.i? tho
latter portion of tho nipht you can
imagine my lonely situation ujun the
i'.. -crt, wild. I hud my book, and jrultar
for ciimpnniont and passed much of
tho time read'.np;, and when tho dole
ful howlintrs of the wolves were liorno
to my cars from the distant band hills
I would pick up my pititar and en
deavor to drown their cries with,
music and Bonjf. -.y-: .-..
"The superintendent of tho division,
a buoyant, high-ppirited younjj gentle
man, came over tho road at frequent
intervals and cheered mo up with
promises of a better position when
a vacancy - should occur. lie
ofwn found me on the very brick
of dec-pair, almott on the point
of resigning1 my position and
returning? to my humble home and
tho mother who depended on my
salary for the necessaries of life;
but his promises, his genial con
versation and words of encouragement
drove away the ploom. ad I came to
look for his visits with a Sense of the
keenest pleasure. I beran to regard
him with a sisterly aJoeUon, ho ttae
so kind and tender, and so solicitous,
for my weifaj-e aud comfortT w
" Ono niht oiiortly atter midiij;ht,
as I sat at my table rending' a late
novel, I thought I heard a shuSling
footstep on tie depot piriform; but as
!, was not rcpv.at.ej I concluded it was
-i.t a wolf raoro darlr.jj than his cow
ardly follows, and I rosuuiod my booit
A few moments later I honrdalow
knocking at tho door, which I always
lci.pt looked, ai.d a, f-trango feeling
oamo over mo. During my several
weeks' stay ct the station I had never
had a visitor, and tLo sudden knock,
so low, yot so fctartiiutfly clear in the
-tlllnoss of tho night, caused my forra
lo treniblo and my cheek to blanch, "r.
"Jly first thought was of Indians,
jnd thea I reasoned that It mirht be
some tramps desiring shelter. While
1 sat thero in affright tho knock was
rejieated louder than before, and mus
tering all my courage I approached
the door and asked:
Who's there? --
" Agruil voice replied: '
" A traveler who desires to take the
K.tst-bound train.' -- --
It was my plain and unmistakable
duty to admit him, and, with trembling
i.iiers, I drew the bolt.
"In.stantly the door was pushed vio
lently ojien, and I sprang back 'to the
table and sank into my chair in terror,
when seven burly men, wearing cloth
masks on their faces nnd annc-d to the
teeth, entered tho oHioe. One oi them,
evidently tho loader, walkod up tome,
pnd, pointing a large rovolver to my
head, said in a low, firm voico: . ..
Gal, wo don't want to hurt yon,
but if you make a suspicious move, or
scream, or giro any alarm, so that
nny o' tho men in tho eoc:on-house
kin hear you. I'll spile tho looks
o' that pretty f;tco with a bullet. 15o
ijuiet :.r.d sensible, and behave your
self, ami ycr shan't bo hurt. Whar'a
yer red signal lamp?'
'What would you do?' I gapod.
' 'None o' your business. We don't
want to hear any uc necessary back
talk, nor no impertinent questions.
Whar's tho rod lamp?' .
"A thrill of horror swept over me
when tho truth, burst upon mo that I
was in tho hands of a band of des
perate train robbers, whose evident
Intention it was to signal the train and
ifbthe express car at my station.
What could I do? It was yet three
hours until the train was duo, but I
could rot elude my captors to roue
the section men, Jtr.d I know by the
urly fleam in fho leader's eyes,
through the hole In his masl-:, that If
I made tho least outcry he would not
hesitate to carry out his threat and
murder me. I knew thoy could find tho
lamp easily by searching for it, and in
a trembling voice I told him !t was
hanging just inside the door of tho
freight room. One of the men got it,
and, after examining it to 6eo that it
was in order, tho rough band took
seats to await tho incoming of the
train. - , '.. .
The leader lit his pipe, and looking
at me for a few minutes steadily, said:
" 'Young gal. when that ar train
toots her whistle we've got some work
for you. An official duty, as you
might caii " it. You must go out thar
on the platform and signal the train
to stop and take on some first-class
passengers. An' lookee here, if you
make a n-us; ieious move or do:; t swing J
tho red lamp in tho proper way we'll
iust vent:l.-te thit fr.nceful body with
bullets t;i' j-mr en oar h.jres tnd
frit. Do you understand? ' -
A d'-spu.-ulo ivrsolvo had been tak
ing ii.tco in my bewildered brain. I
replied that 1 luUy understood him,
anil with a piteous cry. "UO, J'ou
will make a murderer of mc!" I threw
my arms and tiy head down upon the
tubloaad began to cry aiid sob as if
my heart were breaking. Had he seen
my face ho might have noticed a totiJ
absence of tears. I was crying fur a
purpose. . .
"When my arms dropped upon tho
table I ullowed my hands to fall upon
tho armature of tho telegraph instru
ment, to that I could prevent it from
ticking, while my right hand rested
ujiOn tho key. Sobbing, so that any
slight clicking the key miht make
would imt reach the robliers, I opened
it and slowly made the , telegraphic
characters:
"i i - ' e - l ; p
'These I repented several times,
hoping they might reach the -ar of
strne operator on tho line. I then
slowly and distinctly wrote these
words, still sobbing violently: .
'Who hears this for Heav
en's sake report to train dis
patcher at Laramie (yiick that
I -aa In the hands of seven
robbers who will compel mo to
flag No. 4 Send help quick.'
Then I signed name and office
call- . .
r. I released tho armature and tho
instrument clicked out:
Ih ;ico up
it'ie
girl I hear
you II.' , . --:-:;.v i .
'IV was the train dis-patcher's call.
With a fie-rce shout tlo leader sprang
forward and rudely snatched me away
from the table, and asked:
GtU, what's that?' -
Only a distant ofT.ce asking for
orders for a freight train,' I responded-
- - -
'None of yer lyln, you little imp,'
ho roared. 'Yer up to some trick.'
. 'No,' I replied, I am not. If I
were doing that my fingers would be
on the instrument. Don't you see I
am not touching it, and yet it works.
It is only an order for a freight train
away down at Medicine Bow.' .
Keep awsy from that table,' he
said, savagely. 'An' if I k- tch you
at any tricks I'll choke the life out of
you.' - - .'- . - '-.,.
Oh. how eagerly my eNrs drank in
every word the instrument clicked
out. I heard a telegram to the sher
iff Green River, twenty miles west,
asking him to arm a posse of men at
once and get on board a special train
which would be ready for him. Then
another to the young superintendent,
who was at Green ltiver, telling him
how my 6lowly-written words had
been heard by the dispatcher, and ask
ing him to supervise the preparations
to fly to my relUif. Then a third dis
patch to the master mechanic instruuA
ing him to fire up his fastest passen
ger cngino and coipleon to a carriage
and await frho superintendent's orders.
My heart bout so violently that it al
most took my breath away. It
seemed an p. .re ere I heard the Green
River cpcrntor ci.ll the dispatcher und
soy: - -. -
. 'TLo superintendent. Trith FherlfJ
nnd twenty armed men are aboard, and
tr&ia ready for orders.' .. ...;
JT. "'The order came flying. It told tho
engineer he had a clear track and to
run at his very highest speed to with
in a half mile of my sJatioa, and with
his party to alight. Tiieu calico tho
welcome report from tio Green River
office: -
"'Special east departed 1:15.'
"Oh, how ray poor heart beat, and
how my overy nerve tiugled with ex
citement, 1:13 I mentally figured that
the train on such a desperate errand
should mako nearly a mile a minute,
and reach the stopping point at 1:3d. .
"The robber chief gave his men
their instructions. I was to be sent
alone to signal the train, and when it
halted tho band would make a rush and
board the train. - ..
" 'Bill, you jump on tho engino as
soon as she stops and hold the engi
neer and fireman under your gun.
Jack, you pile into the mail car an'
make tho clerk give up his registered
letters, an' Yank an' Alock'll work the
express car, while Tom an' Shorty
hold the conductor and brakeman back.
Do your work quick an' bold, an' don't
be afeard to burn powder if necessary.
Thar's a big haul on that train, an'
we've got to have if ,.'-
How eagerly I watched tho clock,
and how slowly, how very, very slowly
the hands seemed to move 1:21, 1:23
and 1:30 were ticked off; 1:33! Would
they never come?
? "The men sat on the bench along
tho west side of tho room, facing along
the two windows on tho cast. I tried
to figure how long It would require
for tho men to walk to the depot from
the stopping place. Perhaps even
then they were surrounding the sta
tion, and I might hear a knock at the
door any instant Would thero bo a
fight? 0a. horrible thou;
few moments I might see men shot
down before my face, and I might my
self If killed. I almost fainted wuh
fright. The blood seemed to freeze iu
my veins, and 1 grasped the chair or
1 would havo fallen to tho floor 1:40!
Thoro came a tjarful crash of glass,
and the black muzzles of a perfect
cioud of rilles were thrust through
tho windows and pointed directly at
the robbers. Then a voice cried out: .
"Molt, throw up your hands! I am
the sheriJ. and in the name of the law
demand your surrender. Mako but a
move, and I'll order my men to fire!'
. "Yer littlo cat!" hissed the leader,
glaring at mo savagely, as the band
suddenly held aloft their hand. Then
tho sheriff and three men entered and
disarmed and handcuffed tho robbers,
and I saw the superintendent looking
at me and heard him say: 'What a
debt 1 owe you, my brave girl, aud
then I fell fainting into his arms.
"Whon I regained consciousness I
was lyiitg i:i my room at Green River,
with Foverul ladies around me, and
was Vld that seven days had elapsed
ei:;co tli.i e-.pl r. re of tho robbers. I
vr:is stiff, ring f rem br:un fever, brought
on by tk'j l -i rible strain 1 had pass.-d
thru:! ar.d Lad been uneoT.-elous
for thai lvng period. For many J lys
thereof ter I hovered on tho border be
twoeii life und death, and the superin
tendent wad at my bedside sevecid
titii'ii every day, cheering me up with
words of encouragement and doing
all in his power to alleviate my suf
ferings. "1 Anally recovered and was called
into court to testify against the des
Iernto gang. I shall never forget
their Cerco glances toward mo as I
told how 1 entrapped them, or how, in
spito o tho judge and court oQicers to
suppress it, tho crowd cheered mo as
1 left the stand. The men were Sent
for long terms to an Eastern prison
and I have r. ivr heard of them since."
. "And did the company reward you
for sat ing tho train?" I asked.
, "Weil, o:dy slightly. Corporations
have no souls, you know. lut I re
venged myself on the superintendent,
in a manner."
: "In what way?"
t "I married him." sho replied, with
a charming smile. " .
A MUMMY INTERVIEWED.
lie
Patiently IJatona to m l ew Old Jokes
anil Drops Off to Sdcep Again.
Good morning, Mr. Mummy. Woke
tip at last, havo you? Any objection
to being Interviewed?
Don't see that I can htilp myself very
welL
What is your age? -
. Three thousand years. - -
You 6eem to be pretty well preserved
lor so old a man. Ever drink?
I'd like to, for I'm awf Jl dry.
? Did you belong to the royal family
of Egypt? - -
Yes; ono of the Ptolemh
I thought so.
Why? , .
You're so kind o stuck up.
Yes, I've been stuck up la this niche
for a long time.
Hadn't you bettor lay off your
wraps? You wont feel them when you
go out if you don't. -
You must take me for a medium.
Why? . -
. You speak about laying off my raps.
1 fee. Aro you In the original pack
age in whirti you were put up?
I am. It's a mixture of myrrh
The myrrhJaVerers! -1
Sulphate of soda. Bait peter
Did they salt Peter for It?
Cinnamon, resin --.- .
Ejccuso me. . Were you a beau In
your day?
. Well, rather. -t
Then they wanted to PeoLn the htmf
but go on.
Asphalt and bitimen.
Bit-tu-menl No w-onder they
bound you over to keep the peace.
But what Is your outer covering, your
ulster, as it were? ---
About a thousand yards of papyrus.
It must havo mnde your papyrus-tie
'round pretty lively to accumulate ail
of that.
Ue wus aFtokomi, sir (proudly).
. Well? v.'- .. ..
Would you c-xp -ct him Ftolenii with
out suitable embalming? .r.v v.
Of course uot- No Egypt: an'Vould
do It in your day. According to report,
thero waa nothing that would make
nn Esrypt-6hin" around equal to the
necessity of preparing, a family mum
my so that it would keep.-- Any of the
little jokes of mine strike you as
novel r - ... v.. .-.
No. I heard them all when 1 was a
kid.
Mummy sighs wearily and drops off
to sleep again. Texas Sif tings.
How to Clean Engravings.
It frequently happens that fine en
gravings, despite the care taken of
them, will in 6ome unaccountable
way become stained and soiled to
such an extent as to seriously impair
their beauty. To those of our read
ers who own engravings that have
be;n Injured in this way, a recipe for
cleaning them will prove of value.
Put tho enirraving on a smooth board,
aad cover it with a thin layer of com
mon salt, finely pulverized; then
squeeze lemon juice upon the salt un
til a considerable portion of it is dis
solved. After every part of tho pict
ure has been subjected to this treat
ment, elevate one end of tho board so
that it will form an angle of about
forty-five decrees with tho horizon.
From any suitable vessel, pour on the
engraving boiling water, until the
salt and lemon juice are all washed
off. It will then bo perfectly free
from stain. It must bo dried on tho
board, or on some smooth surface.
rrraduallv. If dried bv the hre or
sun. It will be tinged with a dingy,
yellowish color. Woman's Work.
Our happiness depends on little
things, says a philosopher. This is
true. A man who comes into posses
sion of a plugged quarter can never
know true happiness till ho succeeds
in parsing it oil on Soaio one. Doston
Courier. ...
THE PERSUASIVE PEDDLER.
II.; drilled in la a quuit way.
And h5 solfiy tiid v h:it t. had to tay.
And e all nit still.
For his manner w as bland uud Ln voice wm
ml'.; .
lie seemod like an Innocent, trusting child.
liow could wc k 11
A visiter v.iiti rnR.e .n Iilte that,
lu didu't forest to tiike off bis rufif
Or w ipe h.s kj.-t;
tVfco talked in a Kent!", lnnil-st way.
And solliy said Rhul be unj to suy
In a tone discreet? '
He told of tho wares he had to fiIl,
lli.t i-o gently bo t id hut ho bad to tell
That we st-U sat still.
For he was so quiet, and so pol'io
That none of us, somehow, couli make It seom
right
TotrytoOtl
The otrcumamb.ent air with him.
Or to Uiiot;iie hun limb Irom limb.
As we used to do
When atronts c.-i!d and lothen-d us so
That we reatly scmetinios d.dn't know
Just what we had done UU it was all o-
Vcr and e'U aot through.
So he mildly sold us scissor aud knives.
And matches, and hair-oil, neck-ties, and kves
OI the Prcdciita,
EIiist.es, and buttons, and ncedlos, aad tliraaiV.
And ?ho..-t;nr.;, and pencils with ciovaLlc
lead
il'cr tblrty i".it)
And whoa L i went out, . u his qiuot wny,
A:tor biad.i us Lll u s.:i "G..o..-dy :"'
W.li- n l,i.:l;'.r.ucd l'ud,
AVo ail pviltod 1 luukly ;it what woM tci'.iijtit.
Aud we ail f-zclanaiit. with a cotniaon thoufc'hf
Won, I'll bo blotted: '
'Souictv.Uo Jouri4A.
THE KETUJiX YLSIT.
How Mr. Moadowland Kept Sum
mer Boarders.
I have received the following lettir
from Mr. Elijah IL Meadowland, who
last senson c.trried on a summer board-ing-house
in a quiet way. This letter,
as someone has said, explains itself:
My Deak Slit: Your letter, in which
you say you aro going to write a book
on "Summer Hoard and Other Nox
ious Institutions," arid want some fads
about the business, is received. It wili
makrt me feel flrst-rato it I can help you
any. and I will tell you what I learned
about the business while running my
house, which 1 might say right bre 1
have just entirely refitte-d for next sea
son, having painted the front door and
moved the hen-coop. -
1 opened my house tho first of last
June, putting smtli notices in tho Now
York pnpers that quiet country board
with cow on the premises and fresh air
and marked absence of muskeeters
could be had by nddrcssing "J. X., this
ofliee." "J. X." stood for me. you un
derstand. While I was waiting for
people to begin corresponding with "J.
X." my wife's con-in happened to find
out here her dear old friend was liv
ing, ana came tip rrom trio city fn a
visit, bringing her husband nnd her
fire children with her, 'cause she
reckoned they would enjoy tho cow fa
cilities, and so forth. Wo was glad to
'see 'em and givo 'cm the front rooms.
and was reviviug old memories and
milking the cow three tlmos a day so
the children would have enough, when
along comes an uncle of mine, and
brings his wife and three children, and
all of them was tickled to death to
learn that wo had a cow; and they set
tled down in tho back rooms. Before
tho publie began to correspond to
amount to any thing with "J.
X.," two second cousins of my
wife's aunt, and a man who brought
along a family tree with a black frame
around it under his arm, to prove to
mo that he was a cousin of a nephew of
mine, dropped in and took the small,
scattering rooms around hero and
there, and most of them mentioned
that they was fond of milk. About a
week after I had a letter from one
man, and ho came up to see mo. I told
him that if he could figure it out that
he was any relation, ho might just tm
well stay all summer and it wouldn't
cost him a cent; but he said he guessed
he couldn't do it. I told him I thought
probably my nephew's cousin could
get him up a tree in a little while, but
he 6aid no, ho expected to pay for hU
board; so wo set up a bed for him in
the garret. Sometimes he talked about
going back to town but the others
wasn't heard makingr any such re
marks. I had several other cLwino.es
to take cash boarders, who couldn't
traoe no relationship, but I had to turn
them a way, as the house was f ull. The
second cousin of my wife's auut eou;
plainfid some because tho boarder took
up so much room, and I lward 'em
saying that if it wasn't for him they
could havo their father and mother
corao and make a pleasant little family
party. But we all got rid of him along
in tho middle of the summer because
the lightning "truck him one night as
he was sleeping up in hla room dose
to tho lightning-rod. and tore his bed
stead all to pieoos, and the next morn
ing he said he guessed ho would ao
back to the city. " s'
. Tho summer passed middling 60on
after all, as the young ones they
had brought with them got into 60
much mischief that it made it very
lively for mo. About tho 1st of Oeto
ber they began to drop off, and by the
middle the family reunion was over.
My wife's cousin, the ono with a hus
band and five children that had come
first and popularized the movement, as
I may say, give us a very urgent invi
tation to como down and seo them this
winter. I remarked to Matilda that it
wouldn't be no bad plan. - -
Just after the hollerdays we begun
to rig up for the trip and get the six
children ready. I thought, to make
the thin? just right, we ouarht to havo
a few others along, so 1 sent up to my
uncle's and got him and his wife and
twochildren to go with us. His wife had
a distant cousin that hsvd seven chil
dren and a husband that worked in a
saw-mill; and the oldest girl was
growed up and was married and hrd a
baby-. They all agreed to the trip
k'oon as I mentioned it to them, and I
fixed them up a family tree- When
we got to the depot in New York we
judged wo hadn't better go all at once.
so 1 and my family started ahead, and
my uncle's folks were to start in fif
teen minutes, and the saw-mill cousin
crowd in half an hour. -
Wo found tho place by tho help of a
policeman who went ahead, and when
we knock-'-i on the door aril' they let
us. in, they 'pearod some surpr2si3.I,
but said they was glad to see ut. Wo
sat down around on tho chairs and
sor.ie of our children weuit out in the
hall and began to light with their chil
dren and pound them up pretty btid.
and I . -as pleasant and told them I
hoped they had a cow and sahi I
s'posed they didn't havo no board'-rs
up in the attic, 'cause wo wantel
jilenty of room. IVetty Boon l'ncl
Jolin and his folks dropped in, nnd
r.ft'ir a few minutes tho rest of the
procession; and tho town children
being all cleaned out the new ones be
gun lighting with o irs.
"Quite a pleasant little family re
union." says I. "Yes, very pleas
ant," says my wife's cousin's husband,
looking round sort of fierce; "any
more c-'mLn1?"' I K!u him I thought
the family was now all together, and
we settled down and bc'iran making
oiir-ielv-s at home, and the man whose
buslne.-" to-k l.isn so much into the
saw-m'K to-k a 1;'k o:t of hi pocket
and beg; in whittling.
Wo ?rett
no more tii:
v.'iiil lii'.e'! tho but
l tlie' had uiled luiae, fci
I diiln
re and we enjoyed O irivil ves
fnf a c. .'.:;)!..
we, t.ji. i,i-i:t,
but so:;:., t:
sight :i-."i.i o
apiece iii'oi
man aire to
of weeks,
they didn't
re. b'-in-y :
Tho fii i-L iae-ui
el iu.y thUg
thing l 1.-,; ill
.f ;p. a' I ii i ii
, thon-ll I did
i -v fs eviu
;e
i::d Cf tl
get a ti'LiL Then they
cleared every thing off tho table, but
didn't get up and go v.-r.y, so I stayed,
too, and I begun to think int.bby they
wa going to hang on till it was time
for tho next meal; and the saw-mill
relative had got out hi. stick and be
gun whittling again, when they
brought us s .mothir.g more, and I seen
they wasn't going to try to k'-ep us on
soup alone. Tho moai was broke up
thtt way several times, ioo-t of the
dishes rushed o'.T nnd a clothes-brush
run over the table-cloth, and it began
to look once :'s if the saw-mill end of
tin; fiii illy v. nulil liiivo to gut f-.uother
sticU; but they wound the thin up :-.t
lust. All their meals were spasmodic
that .way and Lad periods of great !.--pression,
as 1 might put it. 1 never
scon any thing look lonesomer than
their table when they cleaned it oil
Dost to the last time.
Most every day some of them used
to ark us if wo s'powed the stock and
every thing was nil right out home,
and I told them wo arranged every
tiling hofore we came away, so that
we could stuy a couple of weeks just
tts well as not. When that time was
up, though, wo came back home. ...
Air Mixidowland concludes:
This is all of my experience with
summer boarders so far, or making
retsu-n visits. As I said, my lion-c Is
thoroughly renovated and refur
nished, and I think if our relatives
keep away rext summer that I miiy
Iks able to make some money. I think,
mebbe., they won't lxither us much, as
they didn't say any thing about com
ing out after wo had been there a day
or two." Fred IL Carruth, in N. Y.
Tribune. . . -
STREET-CAR ETIQUETTE.
$KKe.tltn Onuild f. ,r rtus lioiielit
Thoughtless Men anil M nmoii.
FOR LAII.S. .'-
Always speak in a loul Vorio of
voic in ;i horse-cur. It attract
'wiiiti'iii. . --Vs.-;i- - - '"-'" '
jr,s- tell tuo cor.tnict'if wnero you
wish gwt off. lie is supposed to
knows !.." '. '. -'-" -.
v NoTT thank tho nwm who fflvos you
UN sent. ILj might Uiink you wanted
to flirt with him. .
If you havo three or four bundles
lay this in on the seat beside yon,
especially if tho ear is crowded. . Yon
will not Iki so crowded yourself.
Always try to : top the car on the
near side of the crossing. You will
have to wak to the other side, and
this makes a good excuse for jawing
tho conductor. " '- -
If the conductor carries you a block
or so beyond your destination, look
d.apgers at him and turuupyour nose.
This will haveatondency to mako him
iiood. - .-. - " '- - --
Da net wait f rr tho car to stop be
fore e-ottlng oil, but alight with your
face to tV.o rear of t':
ear.
liu re
sult will be unp!oa.-ai.t, but you will
have shown your ii.dorieiidenoiv
If you havo it iady friend in the" car
always kias Iter and tell her to "be
6i.ro and call" befuio getting oiT. This
gives ti e horses a chance to rc.-t and
pleases tho condiictur. This urbane
oJlcial will be particularly pleased if
you stop to add a choice bit of gossip
to your parting admonition.
I OK r.NTLMEJf.
Never give your seat to a lady un
less she is young and pretty.
Mako a practice of spitting on the
floor. Do not omit It if a lady is sit
ting opposite j-ou, '
It is a good plan to read a news
paper in the street-car. It gives you
an excuse for not noticing that a lady
wants a seat-
If there aro any pretty girls on the
car stare at them hard and persistent
ly. This Las a tendency to make them
feel comfortable.
.Make a practice of whistling in the
cars. Your traveling companions will
be obliged to hoar it, and they may
possibly delight in listening. -'
dross your lgs so that thoy will
occupy the full width of the aisle. This
will afford additional exercise to the
conductor, vrho is badly in need of it.
N. Y. Evening Sun.
CONTRASTS IN COUIST.
Tli Irfinp; anil the Short of th Matter.
There is a story about old Peter Kuu-ct-tt.theNew
Sotitli WalesSiipreine Court
.Tudi;e, who lately ret i red. lie was some
what sborf-ibteil, and oue day n, very
diminutive, barrister iipiieared before him
to move something or other.
Win-n the slioit man stood up alongside
".Tumbo," a very tall barrister, who wan
sitting down, their heads were about on a
level, aud as soou as the small man
Levant
"If yonr Honor please, I '
"Ye must stand up when y' add res the
Coort." interri'.Tited old l'trter irascibly.
"I at a .t.-tiiuinsup,"saidthcsuiull man,
with di --'iii ty.
,-The-u tell th" gentleman alongo.de yd
to sit duwn." New Zealand Tituco.
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WHEN PEOPLE
DIE.
I"h -avian llmir S.iik IJ-Iit
on a Very
I if.-fcs." SiltUer-t.
: For many years rwdio-xtl science Iwi
been tendering whhor there is any
part Lcii-nr hour in th-e twentv-four at
which TTre de.r.th ounur than at ajjy
other tlt.tii .if d:y,. auii while e&itistics
havo beiw ciHnpild and the Cguros
sulijivted Jo exhaustive inverigaf ioos.
but. little, if any, lijrht h.-ts ben thrown
upon tho stvbject. H-M-e ia thicity the
jihysic'.r.ns at the difTertT-t hospitals
ure almost entirely of tho opinion that
thero is no nnson tv.-Viicrij that peo
ple die at mw particular botfr any
more than thoco is to !eiieva that peo
ple are taken sick at a certain. Lour,'
raid, as no tntisti as- to tho
hours at which palilalia died, haver
Iwen kept, it i inipcwsiblo to state
(f.ii if Uiero arc rtinrc; deaths at oa&
litjuo oi tluj day than at another.
Dr. Wulla. tho chief physician at th
Alr-houso HospiHil', said lie did. not
belli .; ther. could In tiuy thing in tUo
lu 'd. (f con ,' rsi.l h.t, "thero
!TC.Vr!r:in Msfsr)a rrhieh HT0 JittOlld
ed l y f jver during the niht, t'nd as a
r;.t ir;,4 v -suit tiie prlleiit will die of
i lii'..: 'lion aftvr the l -ation upon tha
i.ervc.us system iiicii: .t to t!ie fever
hris ivlaKcii. The re'f..tati'iu occurs
with tho C'dulng of tlaylight, but the
atlcLit doe j ii .t i;ec"jssui-i!y die at that
time, tLie hour of death depending en
tircly upon his or her evinsutution. "
"If tliey bo strong and hat dy pa
tients, whoso apMonts arc attended by
fever, they rl,l ia-t iiiui-i longer than
patients who-e" constit ntions aro run
down, and who re phrk;'J wrecks.
Apart from this there are n thousand
and ono rea-ons which could bo ad
vanced in denial of any existing theory
as to the hour ut which mc-t deaths
occur. The. time of a person's death
dependj entirely upon the ure, the
sex, the phy-iottl condition and numer
ous other things, without considering
tho disease, - V-1
'The Idea of a parson dying at a
piven hour is made ridiculous by tho
fact that one physician might Ihj abla
to prolong a patient's dissolution sev
eral days by a treatment unknown to
another physician, who, perhaps,
might hasten death. Even if sick,
jvoplo were allowed to go without
medical treatment, the physical and
other conditions which I havo named
would still exist and havo their influ
ence upon the time of expirntion and
refute nil theories as to a 6ot hour for
dying."
At the Presbyterian and Pennsyl
vania hospitals tho doctors to whom
the 6amo questions were projiounded
could not seo how thero could be any
basis for the idea, advancing tho same
arguments practically a-s given by Dr.
Wells. S--.-
Dr. Pere, nn eminent French spec
ialist, some twenty years ago became
imbued with the idea that the vary
ing atmospheric conditions that exist
ed during tho progrers of tvcnty-four
hours had a great deal to do with tho
extinguishing or prolonging of tha
vital spark in human naturo, and ho
began to mnko a special study of the
subject. As ho was connected with
one of the largest hospitals in Tarls.
where tho rate of mortality among tho
patients was from ten to fifty per
sons per day, ho was given ample ma
terial upon which to base his invcMi
gtttions and make deductions.
A.'tr studying from all possible,
vluws tho figures collnted in tho first
ten years, he has la'oly announced
that thero are no marked poeuliat itis
In tho hour of death of all the patients,
with, tho exception that the fewest
occurred between tho hours of seven
and eleven o'clock at riiyht. and tho
most between four and six in tin
morning, lie arcounte for these pecu
liarities, however, by tho statement
that the people who died during the)
morning hours wore mostly sufferers
from u43oaes and Injuries that pro
duced a high fever at night, causing;
exiiAustioii and death in the early mora-
ing hours. '-' "
Thotimoof the year nnd the condi
tion of the weather, ho says, havd
much t do with Ihe death of fever
pa H Dissolution or prolonging of
life is, in a measnre. controlled by tha
air currents, upon which depend tho
amount of humidity in the nir or its.
cieo-rneas. I "h i la Jei phia Record.
HUMOROUS.
: late Oliver
the foundir.
Ditsoil left $1.),-
of a home for
tho sum is rp-
hu) for
;'. .or .
kv.rers.
But
iy inadequate. Fii't sai inill
oulun't house half of them.
Ul'it.
KasVi n Young Lady (to Western
yenrtg r:: n) "Is not tultivatioti cx-lemlin-f
very rapidly in the West, Mr.
:ri'c7.?"' Mr. liruc.y "'OX yes,
mn'nm; I havo 2C" acres under culti
vation, agin about half tliat htstyear.'
"A tribe in the palm region of
Ilij Amazon cradles th young Ir
palm leave-." In this country a pain
also enter.- largely Into the work ol"
bringing up tho young, but it is used
more in thrashing than in cradling.
Nori istown Herald.
A good story is told about a
man on tho cast side who has twelve
acres of land to soil. lie asked lf30
per acre, and finally found a pur
chaser at that figure. His wife, how
ever, refused to sin the deed, and the
sale was off. Then ho offered tho
Mrs. Parson Joues "J'here'syour
shirt, it's mended. You've shown &
prcttv tcmoer about a broken button
hole, haven't you:
But" "Oh.
I'd seoid some moro if I wore in your
place" "Well, I " "A sermon on
patience us a domestic virtue! Umph!
I hope your congregation will enjoy
iU" Chicago Herald.
Iiildnd "Why don't you buy r.
typewriter, Ornisby?". Ormsby " My
wife dih-'sn't understand type-writing,
and if sho did a fwllow doesn't
cai-o to have his wife around his ofliee
all tho time," Bi'.Jau " Your wife
wouldn't have to run it- You could
hire a girl for a small salary."
Orti.s'oy ' As I said before. I don't
want my wife around the oflleo alltha
line." Terro Haute Express.
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