SSSs vurtiKinc: I Civttiw. The lare aad reliable ctreulatiuo oi Uie Caw nnt a Fk!ai eommends It to tha fa-roranla n n-(t'lrraiu-n of advertisers. u,.re taror will bin ferted at tha following- low rate : I Iweh, II time S1..V) 1 - 3 month......................... ...... j jy) 1 a mont hs... .......... ........... ...... . I 1 year .(- 1 " 8 months ....................... ...... 6" " 1 year loioo I months. t.on X I yoar iv.no K eol'n months ........ ln.ov X, a months...... ...... ........ -jo. a H 1 year m.oq " S woo lbs... .................. ........ e.(xi " 1 year 73 On Koiener items, first Insertion Me. per Una ; each satvseqarnt ioertlnn te. per Iim. Administrator and txecator's Nf J;ci..... I Au.nior oties ..... ..... no Stray and similar Notion 1 bo fc RrtohilionM er s-oi-eetftne ot any corporation or foriefy, .J commmmemtum 4cttmd to raw mitrrt turn Im 00 murttrr o iiraarra or witoialua lufrrr ata.f bt paiti yon at afierft.emeiif. Job riTiii of all kinds neatly and exned' onaly ex.cutaJ al lewert prices. Uon'iyoa fortr In t''jSii.-!ied Wcfkl ' jn"l'"w' rvi'rjsfii toi.vrr. 3 i , M M m mi feS,-, .63 :5i N .,-f (Vrvwtiilon, - - IjeiW !7 E2 iE ia- , 7;;''.'" Kt 7" .- . - . :l .'1 m advance f l.art ' it i t i -t wlihin .". uiiiti" 1.7 f ra.t uM within fi nvntl.s. -i.i;0 II E' t paid within tho yrar.. ' it mi rfMlT.ir out-!!!" ef tt'.i rminfy i...i.l l'"i" ar will be charged to li..- I SJ V .-.rnt will t!ii above term" he de- In.ir uu.l these who una t counuii incir JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and Publisher. 'IK 18 A FHIIHiS WHOM TSI TRUTH MAXES VUEK. AKU ALL AEI SLATES BK6IDB-' SI.5Q and postage per year in invsnco. i ? .. :i :inv:ini-e rnuyi nni 111 V.. bs "."is -ed en tha ! 1'alnic A thus Who I M I ' l'' - ''"'t distinctly understood Irom . 'r our paper pel. ire yen itnn It. If atop VOLUME XXTII. EBENSHURG, PA.. FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1SS9. NUMBER 17. - rss i-i .met.. Ask For Ayer's 'til'.rt, an. I m snro you got it, on want tlio l'ost Mi.l-iuiitliT. i iiu itn ( .rty ri-urn of liiii'xainiilnl sur- J CrsH ill ti.x rlirtl 'f I Itl.Miil li..i-ux s, you onn mako no iui-- I u ..r. f... ,-,. r Ay.r s Sarsaparilla ; to nnv mlior. Tin forn-niiin. r t.( imiI. U Avit'i Kti.tt';'i:ila i.l still till" tll.'il '!- llUr, l i in tfn n- fc.-,-1 r iU ni.ui! tii:m a I t - ot!n is ruiiiluucit. " c'a SriTHnpariU.i i- si-l'.in f.i.t r T ill IT I". I IK'M'T Ili'-Mt,' to i, ti iu"ii'l it." ;. .'r.'i" V. r i .i.m , 1 . Allauy, 1 tii. " ( itttt miff la . in. tint vv sal.s ,f A; .ai -til' n ii'.k t.ir I tli"i i f ii i '. '.i r. .mil it ;;i r t In ir, ,ii,.'li s.itNf i.--tioii - L. It. lu.ili, l'i M I.nvit. " v., '. Sm.-ai'iriil.t an-l A it's Til! I.. i' Im'sI M'lliu ri mm I H in. in my i ir. I can rfv " ri 1 1 ii. I !li-tii nn i t t i ." '. H., k !i iu, l'luit iiLi' itt, , , il l, 1 v. liavw ".. I Ayi't'n S-r.ina-;!ii 1-, ., : , r n r thiity ir:i n i t .ihv.in 1 , . , . ill 'fill If V 111-1 1 U-kr,l t, ll.llt'C t llit I i ;,,ol-;juri:i r." V. T. M l.raa, l'i i. Autii9i.t, Ohio. ' : .v h.iM V'lir uioilii -Jin- f r t'.i.i 1 . .nil ru jcurs. ami always p i in M rk, jus tUi'V an' M.ij.ii's. ' I . u tu'tuin so ixt f,,r tin- yniitU T ' .il a Ayi'r'.i Sar-iU'tii'ilia." 1.. i. i'urkiT, I.nk", . "A..i' H.irsapurill.-i t;i' t1:fi tret ti' - 1,-noii of miy iiM 'lirini: I li.ivc in :. I reconuin-n.l ir, or. :n th 1: , r sav, I r-jn-rilr it over tlm i r. H HfM-r fuiN tu meet ttio fur wtiii h I reeoiimu'iui it, c -n v i i.'ii t ho iliMjtori' jire-. until n huvo 1 i ii of no avail." C. Jr. t ullioun, M -uuii mtli, K.ais-ni. Ayer's Sarsaparilla, rRIPARKD PT r-.' J. C. Ayer i. Co Lowell, Mass. i . 1 ; u t ottlco, JS. VirJ ii a l-ut-;. CARTERS fITTLE IVER PILLS. vt nil :iif ii-.'fi U" Inl .( , .1 .,. -rit.'M :a i -1 tit 1 1 ' r ,i I f r . .:ija, V .-I-, r. A '. !ilU (ti- in. I.i-:i . f '!. t.u l.irn r I ,vrn Vtr.i. m . -t ... 'K .-. 1 irii t- in 1 'i i ' ' 1 1 h i ! , turitn .l .f Ii tl.k.' 1 i in m 1t -l HtC 'I 'I I - lit Iff . tu l t if hImm'-'I rn nM tl i-.' i .1 rs ( ,f .iutit , iiu'iii.' t i i liv-r util rt;ulato iliu 1juv. 1' t'lev w xii.l ( nlii "--' pn.-el.-sa t fh w .... -.uiT-r tr.'tu lliu i istresvm.- i-omt-luti.t ' I .t : .-i.tn .f..iv lh,-ir "hIm. ss .1. ii, t eii, l I,, Ii', Mll.tl-'-S- WllfJ ..IliS I-!' tti-'lll Hi Illl'l II . Ii! ; l,' ills .-liii.il.le III ft. lino. v. allial t',- i LI i,.,i I.,- .i:in to Uo -a a)aii C.r-iu. t ui iftcr 'iii nek lie-lit is I i 1 -m.- of so many livs ti.at h.-re Is v. lu-r. W" " s,t ir ere-.; lM.ic,t i n.r pi,'!., mre ,i I . r-. !.. ii. .t o ; - ii . I j--ri I .IT1B l'i 1.1 -s ills, wr-l" -..'lil ll'i ' - . . , 1 iki- i 'Me i.r luo 1,1,1- I. .-Heft 1 T tev ur str-i.-Hv e.'i f ul -le a n, I ,!o fc- i is- i.r pm-but In tli.-rir.MI.' m-ti.-u 1 ' , - Hi ,i. . c t tjiem ii :. ill . , ent . Ii., r Mot I -mli-w. or a-iit by binil :.'.:rr2 vr:::u:s ;.r. .- T.-rt MliHI IM 4Mi aV--! IMM4 ii..v,'riit. c i. c i M;r-T- U I Kll m ,.ve'rr"t..w'. Prl.s . r-4 V.L.T CWAZV, .4. V. O TJT T 2 S " H(SE AN CATTLE POWDERS 1' M - . . - . r.e "" Li!. n. ' ' I ,s .1. -. . V ' "" 1 1,1 ' --'s I' ..,. . "' ,"" ' -"HI U.SH-M.O II,. ' -i-rn,,,. " ,' l-r-vn.i t;r. " n uir- i , , ",,rr-' '' lU-.mitTol a.- "w "-t r l" " I iimho; Ui Uiir-sr Urui c -v.vnt 'wt askkr '-Itur , ...vi ATirii-iu,j -t. -a. Freprtator, I II THIOkl, MD. r-.r .-air at l, i i .. r m '' -A a! YOU CAN FlNn TKia PAPER ACHE mm 1 5s3 -.r,rV Tfcs Criglr.al OOXo.S PILLS. IKir.lKB Of IW1TATIOX. AT.W.tTS ASK tXHt 1K. ritlit trs J f.Lf T8, OB LITTLE SLUAn-VOACVI riLLS. llrlnz titlrlr irjrtnklf, thvy pp riHti without, iliitt;rliui t- tii" fvst.'nt, t-t, cr ,. ml : iii. I'ut ui ill irliisf mis. In nui ti rullv M-ulfil. Alwuv fr.'ii uil n-iiitl-K. A A luaii c. Bid ml i c, or purtfulitCt itic-i,. iil. IVIliU jrle tao Uicet ptTicvt ltit:lit inn. SM KMMM. It 1 1 ion llni.1nrtir, llAi uo, ntlin lli.ll, I :l 1 I K r I i oil. Iti I lull III urks nil'! nil ii. -rai'i.'.'tii' ni of tlie Mom- Hell .HI. I I OWi-Im. lire JTOUIi't. Iv n In veil un, peril ii'ivnf.y eur. I I v tlio ii-.- of Ir. I'lcrft 't :ea.tii l'lirtrntlve Irllet. l.i i i i iii.it. .in t i Me r :ut i in l power r( thme J elleis ovi r (.-n ut u viiriety of d. a. s, it nicy ti-iitlifully lv suinl that their netion iim.ii t:.i hsii;ui i- uinvei'sul. it.,t n ifluu! or tirim ei-n .i!iK tlieir i.;inal:e iT'tluenee. Sol, I .y 'riifir it J. cents it ml. Mnnlifaet UTv. at t!n I heinieiit I.al oiiii.ii y of Wiuh.d'h KisfcNjluy UCMl'AI. AsfDClAlKJN, Ullffalo, N. V. "k la otTere.l by thr munufiietiir- rs oi ir. Mit' Catarrh Keiiirttt, ..r a on- or t'liroiuc .Nasui CnturrU wlikU tin y cannot curv. svni'Ton or :.TAiiiiif.-ruii, he:iy lieielaelie, olif-frllef 1. n ut tin.- lluf.il iii-tmre, .iiu hni V' S lalhU'r from rlie 1.. i: t into Iiu. tliruaf. F.,,im'tiuid iti.it.v aterva nn.l neri'L at oti.crt. thick, tetiaei.ni.-., tan. nun, ui uieiit. l.l.o.iy mnl putri.1: t io - i n-.i i jk, will, r;, mi l mil nil- . 1 : tlien- is Vini-unr iti tin c'irs. ileal ue-'s, l-ae'ii'ir or o -iitf luiirf to el. ur the thi.at, i pectoral ion of otT.iii-in mutter, tor"-tlicr wub ivnl -a fiom utit-ri; th voice is cli.mui .1 nn 1 hus u n.isal twuii,'; tlio lirontli in ot,-iiplvi: em. 'I ami tnf ur? lm IMiire,!; t!i..-n is a tieii-Ml...n or li 'iia-.s, w ith mental Icprcf.-.ioii, u riueknr ct.uiru ami pun oral ilel.it it y. liniy a f iv ri I '.e a! m , e-iia::u .i Bniptonn lire likely to t.e r nt in nn v i,i. case. Ttn.ujNan.ls i,f v;ims imni.'.iily , wit'u.iut Inaiiifotitif.'' half !' tlm alniM ay luptorns, : uk in cm-tin, ption, ami oii'l in the trim. No li-M'Ms(- is mo common, umn ilcr-eptix e nml ilanuer. his, or n-s nn.h r-t..ol p,i .ei:n,s. Ily Hi mil.l. s. I him.-, ua.l liLiuiui; pr..p. rt.e. Dr. ai.p' I nfarrii K m-,!y rum tli'- w..r-t .!-. of CHarrh, "rol.t In llir- lieail," ( iiryi, Bil l I iiurrlmi llcutlailie. biilU ly clruKtraata every where; io ccuts TntoU Agony from Calarrli." Trof. W. HacsxKii, the fummn nieimen: t, of Itlhici, A. l" wrilea: --Some ti-n yenrsi.o I utTi t-eii iirtohl otiy from rlirnnic na.-al cutarih. My family plislcain (rave me up liiciiral le, ami (Mi t I must die. My ens.- wna audi a hn.l on, that every ltiy, tnwapls aiin ect. my voa-o wen 1,1 t-siiie go linarw 1 i-mihl liarelv upt-uli a'nivif a w Imspcr. In tin- murmiiK my i-oiiir hinir ami cleuriinf of my thnxit woutl almost Hiramrle me. Ilytlie uo i.f I r. -suite a .ntarrh Kemeily, in thr. motitha. I una u it-.11 tiiun, uu.l the cure lau bvcu pd muui ut." oii.luitlly Ilnwkiiiit and Split! iic.' Tmovi-1 .?. 1't--im(1, Fi t; Pin S'r'.-t. St. ...iii, M .. writes: 1 was a (rrcut autlrr. r tr-.m cai.il i n for threw year. At times I eoiiM f-.ar.liv t.re;ithe, unj was coiiHtantly hauknitr in. I ni-ittniir, nil. i lor the hust i-'-ht ii.ontli-i colli,! nt lreii,he thr,,iiL-ti the n-atrils. I thoiiirht not!im- coiihl Is- i!..ne for me. Luck ily, 1 was ii l i-. .1 to try lr. lll;C'' f afairh KetiiiHly, an.! I am now a wWl man. I b lieve it to I .' the only sure rcmcly for catarrh now iuirnif -. iiirc.l, an,! ore i: ih only to (rivf it a tair trial to o pcricticu osiuuudu:)i rtsulU iut a -VI'Ul.UK'bt CL.IC." Tlirtto ISottlca Cure Catarrh. FLI Hoihiins fi'ici P. O., O-iu m.tit A), To., sns: "lv j!iiiirh"er Iiu 1 cuiarrli when iihi- was nvt .-iim iM, very tu!!y. 1 hlr lr. S:tl. . 'n I atarrti ltelile.ly u lert.ps..!, tltl.l f.r-eic-1 a l it tie f.r her, an. I Mm uw that it hcipe-1 her: u tinr l bottle iiect. .1 a perma- llel.t cure. Mie IS IlljW Cl'LtCCU ytUT uivl ttud tuuuJ u.u-1 Lciuty," - . vs - CatarrH CREAM : BAlHggSay al lrw.MccfA(,HEJ AUryw !,! ami V JmLVEr? S3 - I n II a m m.tiloti llrali tor Surr Rrwlurrw lli-a S-t urll. If'iaTiT tlU. tk v rii7:t i kk.JAY"; A p.irru l. t apt-lli-1 Intn ri-ri no-trll ami Iw aareral-l.-. I r:,-o i' ci-nt at 1:ruio.ts : hv mll rt-ai.-i-rr., M cU. KL.Y UKi ;i arrea SU, w Yum. ST. CHARLES aL. Charles S- Cilf, Proprietor. Table unsnrpasietl. RemoJel ttl witli otlice on ground Iloor. Natural gas and incanJesctnt llilit in all rooms. Now stoaiu laundry attui hed to liouse. Cor. Wood St. it Third Ave. littsburirli. Pa: NATURE'S CURE FOR CONSTIPATION, muiKir mi k d l ar Mr a Maaiarli. f or Tarpbl Llr. Blllaaa lUadaraa. i oaliTraesH. Tarraat'a i.fTrrTrraat Sltv.r Arit. It In rrrtaln In IU rfTeft. It i itrntlr Id Ita action. It ti piUt.thle t. tha tisfa. It ran ba rcllc.l inn tn ciirr, anl It rurea l.y aii.fini7, net hy oatrair Inar. natare. Im aot taka (tmant punrMvef y.ior olvi or alluw your chll itran t t.ika thm, always una thin r Irion I .bar-ins.-f-uttr.l preparation, whlrh haa h-n lor mora than forty Tr a puhllo lavontc. SoW ay fry;i rrrrtrKrra. Si:o-!!22dacfi5t Jt NI ST. FRANCIS' COLLEGE, i.oiu:iTo.rA. IS CHXHIIE o FUANCISCAX BKOTIIKKS. Board and Tuition for the Schol.tstic Year, $200. March -.Mta, llsrt. if. T- 'nrwrf Murk. I'rottthl era- jil'j-..irt to hiin.t. nirnirt-i- rara. All i!en o pa.. I ; a nna outnt lurnih..l rm uloaiii : )? i-uiiie.-. aanln ljrrl. 'a have llw larics r,1"'1'" 1't I'cuaryU-anlA. Vrli M tiruii. KiMilrf a i"i an.l rt-trrnv. I' 'IS, WHO. A 1 HUM IN. Mup: Ave. .Nur-rn:i, Won better. I'x M in i L, lu'.i, -Jino. 4 t KTIsrilH by a,1.lr.iilr ;. p. il KaarlUta., losj-ruca .Su. N.w Vara i'rlc,i"'n cot of anr pripoa-l lino o AO I HlhlNil inAmrri'-an Niwvporf, M I'aMto Pautplilat H. 'lrn v ,u ii,-p( jK,eri prlotJ ciU t tblf r SALESMEN WANTED OUR LITTLE PET. Our little pot Is a Lruucttci, ll.-r ba rof Jet la fine ant c:t a K.iMimer. Her ringlets short Shaiie lines of thonR-bt, An.l they have caught In lasso a ph.iusupher. The llfrht that Ilea In ber il.irk eyes No evening k-..- Cnn outshine la the.r s-tarry splrndor. Oh, I have oft S'-ru Klauc s soft As 1 Kht alort, " w Ilut hera art- pure ami sweet and lender. laps nmlr-Ele-1 K;-eJ llus etchilJ, Ami natnr: amiie1 t loveliness S' tnJei-beartei. Her wonla iliii los A face that lowg As thou -h a ro IVciilJ utter apecrh witU petals partcJ. i) r-'t a-vin-. iiri.ht iet uf mine, A smile of tamo WonlJ cheer ni la u.y saildcst sorrow; An.l lirht th heart As raya that Uart Krom Im Is that p irt. With beams that pronn la.t t.vmorro". fJeonjo W. 11-icgav. In I'hrem.lojjleal Journal. ,401I! I SAY, BILLY Ilomanco of the Old Mian nod Hie Pretty Editress. The old m:tn h:ul jrone to his lunch. Ho wasn't nn old man. but that is what every body in t!..it vast estab lishment, from thii sonior oditor down to th printer'' devil, cnilexl him b hind his back. In point of fact, ho was :t youii? m:tn. not tnorc t!i:tn three-and-thirty, t!ioiifli in conserjiionoo of his dini:;cd betirinjj and exioedinply Crave, rjiiict demeanor be raiht havo bien, nr.d usually t-;vs, taken for five years older at leaL IIo w:ii i tall, -low-movinjy, jrood-lookin,? man with anairof suppressed power about him the sort of n man it was hard to think of aa once having been a small boy in knickerbockers, lot nlono a baby in lon clothe. II.; had dark blue, rather near-sij'hte'd eyes but woo to him who tri.-d to take advan tage of their near-sihtodncs.s straight, dark hair, a linn, well formed mouth and stroii. decide chin. And whi-ti he spoke, which was, in business hour, at lenv-t, as seldom as po.-siblo, it w:us in a slow, iiie.istjrsj way that nt timos bH-:iine drawL Jud'in,; Air. M'iKium Kuderby by his manner of .spejikin and moving, one would have come to the conclusion that time was with him a minor con sideration altogether. But was it? I should rather think not. Next to the old man the clock reigned supremo in that prent publishing house. Hut, whatever feeling' every body entertained toward the despotic clock, it Is ccrtaia that every body, though more or less in fear of Lira, re.-pectod. yes, and liked the old inaa. IIo was sij thoroughly honest and honorable meant what ho paid did what ho thought fiht, and exacb-d from no one in hi employ a jot more- than ho thought It his or her duty to do. In proof of the latter assertion he did not exact from some of them as much no ho did himself. Well, the old man's carriage had rolled nwny, with the old man and the sei.Ior editor in it to the hotol where, they both bein; bachelors, they took their midday meal, and. a It rolled away, the doora of the . editorial rooms, that had been shut, opened, and those that had been open, opened still wider. " Th.'s-e cubby holes, or, ad IL IUder (pronounced Keeder) llag-pird crills tlivtn. rabbit hutches," formed a semi-circle around the main olHco and were directly opposite the sanctum wiiii-toi-um of the old man. At the large table in the main office McGregor I KuK'tas, picker up of considered lit erary triue and writer of crisp pnra graph. Lad Lis place.-; -What' the news, Douglas,?" called a voice from one of the cubby holes or rabbit hutches. injuria, a long-lotrrj-ed, - bright faced young fellow, threw down the exchange ho was perusing with lightning glanco and replied cheerily: "News aa is news. We're to have a funny department exclusively . for women. Nothing to be admitted In it but the queer thoughts, sayings and doings of the unfair sex." This announcement was followed by questions and exclamations in voices from ail the cubby-holes or rabbit hutches. . " Great heavens! It will take up the w hole papr." - . Oh! come; ar'n't you fooling?;' "Whose idea is it?'' -How do you know?" ' . "Who is to havo charge of it?" "Give me time and I'll tell you." said Douglas. "It's the old man's idea. I heard him talking to tho senior about it. In fact I deliberately listened when I should havo been minding my own business. (Cries of Shame! ehame!" from all tho cubby holes or rabbit hutchos.) "The old man,"DougIas goes on. "thinks it will take. SodoL" ' "That settles it." . How much space Lj It to occupy?" "Aro we to bo enlarged?" r "Doubled, you mean; no, less will "No, Indeed, for 'rum erectors is women, as tho dirty-faced man In Ilckwick observed." "Goon, Douglas, Douglas,' tender and true." -r "I'll goon if you'll "stop yoTir"" in fernal racket." 6ays the "tender and true." "Two columns is tho limit and it's to bo edited by a woman, and she is to havo a seat at my table. 'V "ily dear boy. cut your throat "at onca with your scissors." ' V- "Our funniest artist loelra HW Hamlet wonder what she'll 'look like." f " Sharp as to bones as well as wit- i "Of ui.eertaia HtfC." -v k "(hio of thoso clever, xxgly txce."' - "Why don't tho old man put her over in tho corner with tha faahlon editor." - - . Vl'cau'cJ I suppoae." answers Doug!, it. Is Intended Ithi I iLouIJ , aid her by handing over all the queer, odd. funny, purely feminine items I come across to her. And she'll be here to-morrow." "So soon, puir, bonny Soot." "Won't it bo funny, though, to fee the old man bending gravely over her, looking as though ho were about to del ivc r av funeral oration, and bid ding Jn-r in s-l-o-w m-e-a s-u-r-o-d tones to bo funny?" Ten chances to ono he'll frighten all the fun out of her. We're used to him, and don't exactly tremble with fear at his frown. Hen Bolt," said Douglas. "But to a stranger and a womnn it f-lrikes mi; he'll seem well, rather iee-liergey." The next morning, at nine o'clock precisely, the editor-to-be of "The Womau's Funny Department" arrived. She was not- sharp us to bonos. Ott the contrary, s-he was plump enough to make you forget she had bones. She was not of an uncertain age. On the contrary, she was not more than two-and-twenty. She had tint a clever, ugly face. She had a clever, pretty one, with the sauciest of tii-tiU..-d noses, the most mischievous of fpark linir gray eves, the w ickixlest of tiny white teeth, and tho darkest of dark auburn liuir, arranged in pulTs and IlulTs. and curls and whirls in the most lK-wild. ring and lewitching fa-hion. A profound silence reignod ln-hind tho doors, or rather tho half-open doors of the i-ubby holes or rabbit hutches when shs made her appenrancc. As for the puir, bouny Scot, ho arose hastily, upsetting the mucilage bottle as ho did so, and lifting a pile of pa lers and magazines from the chair siie was to occupy deitly deposited them on the crown of his brand-now hat which lay on tho table before him. In a few moments tho old man came in, bowed to the funny woman in a cold and formal way. introduced her to Douglas jis Miss Margery Burr, pa vo her a few directions in his timc-isn't-worth-any -thing voice and disappeared in his n actum. . . ... - Miss Margery Burr proved a jret acquisition to tho paper on which t-ho was engaged. Her witty articles were quoted far aud w ide, and she edited the witty articles of other in such a t-kill-ful manner that they were twice as pood when they left her hands nsw l.cn they oauiu into iL .' The Woman's Funny Department" was h success a grand success. Miss Burr knew it w"s, and she knew she had made it one. No one appreciated her more than she appreciated her self. Her own joices amused her im mensely, and she had a way, when she had written something that struck her as irresi-tibly droll, of hu;--ty:g into the jolliest of musical laughs and then reading it in a clear, musical voice to McGregor Douglas. And the moment that laugh was heard, there was nothing heard in that semi-circle of cubby holes or rabbit hutches until the point of the joke was reached. Then various sounds of morriiaeiit et cnjed from them. ..Ha! ha! ha!" He-bhe." t "Haw-haw!"' ' . "Good," etc., etc.. t-te. The fourth time this performance took place tho sanctum door opened slowly and the old man carao quietly out. but not so quietly, however, but that five or six pairs ot ears caught the sound of his footsteps and drowned them at once in tho loud scratching of pens, al tho same moment that Douglas seized an illustration designed for a transfer and snipped it in two with a great appearance of interest in his work. But did Miss Margery Burr bend quickly over her writing? No, sir. No, ma'am. She looked directly at tho old man, her long silken lashes well uplifted from her mischief-full gray eyes, and said: "Oh. Mr. Euder by. would you like to hear it, too?" "I shall bo content to enjoy it at the proper time, when it appears in prinL" said that gentleman, w ith more than usual 6ternness, and again with drew, y " ' But the very next day the excessive comicality of another joko struck Miss Burr w ith such force that another peal of laughter responded to the blow. And again Douglas, forgetting tho re proof of tho day before, threw himself back in his chair and prepared to listen, and again silence reigned in the cubby holes or rabbit hutches, and again tho witticism was read and again it was greeted with sounds of approbation, much subdued it may bo confessed, from tho semicircle of un seen hearer. Lo! the resulL A notice printed In largo letters and placed where it could not fail to bo seen by all parties inter ested: "Residing of matter intended for publication In the" no matter what I never intended to give tho name, "during; office hours strictly forbidden. " . : ; . "Horrid old thing!" said Miss Mar gery Burr when she beheld iL -. T don't know what I'm going to do.-' It will be impossible for mo to keep all tho funny things that pop into my head to myself- Something dreadful will happen tome, lknow, if I'm compelled to. Something that won't Ct into the woman's funny department' at alL Oh, I shan't bo ablo to do it! I know I shan't! I shall bo obliged to break that rulo, even though I'm discharged without a recommendation tho mo ment after." . '. . - But s ho managed to keep it for two days. On tho third, Douglas, feeling the tablo that was between them be gin to shake, looked up to see her In a paroxysm of silent laughter. In rain ho shook an admouishing finger at her. In vain sho struggled to obey the admonishing finger. Open flew her roy little mouth, and out gurgled the not-to-bo imprisoned laugh. Then she bgan to read, but Douglas scissored away as though his life de pended on the number of interesting items he secured from Lis exchanges during tho next five minuten, and scratch, scratch, scratch went tho pens in tho cubby holes or rabbit hutches, as though the lives of the holders depended upon the Eumlcrof words they scratched off in tho same amount of time. The door of the sanctum opened. Mr. William Enderby appeared on the threshold. Slowly ho advanced toward tho dolinrjueiiL Slowly she raised her eyes to his fa-o, and then, as he looked at her with something very like a frown, she burst out with: "Oli! I say, Billy, don't be so outrageously cros." For once the old man's equan imity was shaken. And no wonder, for never before, in all the years 6? his I!fe, had any ono dared to reply to him with even a suspicion of disre specL A strange look rami) into his face, and for an instant ho reg.-u-dod Miss Margery Burr so keenly and steadily that that impertinent young woman almost 6uccumbd under his pae. Then ho turned away and desrnded the stairway that led to tho street. Immediately upon his departure, and it was well that ho did so as soon us he did, for if ho had not thero would havo been a mnu in convulsions in each one of tho semi-circled cubby holes. Immediately upon his departure Miss Burr arose, donned her hat. jacket and gloves, shook hands In the gravest manner with Douglas, and also departed. Two months pased away, during which McGregor Douglas took charge of tho Woman's Funny Department," thereby subjecting himself to endless gibes and jests on the part of his com patriots. Kut ho consoled hi nisei f with the thought that the old man had told him that it was only to bo a tem porary charge. , It was a bright Juno noon. As usual, tho old man and the senior edit or had gone to lunch.' and also, as usual, when his carriage had rolled awny a chorus o.f "What's tho news, Douglas?" from the doors of the rab bit hutches greeted that estimable young man. For a moment ho did not answer. His eyes were fixed in wlde-opon-d surprise on a society item in a paier ho held in his hand. 'The news?" at length he exclaimed. "Well, braoo yourselves. Aro you braced? One two three "Tho formal announcement has been made of the engagement of the lovely and talented Miss Margory Burr to Mr. William Enderby, managing editor of the . Margaret Ey tinge, iu Detroit Frc-o Press. . DIGNITY OF LABOR. Why There Cnn ll Nn If.Hie.t Ijfc In tbe Wori.l Ullii.Mit Work. There is no doubt that as jieople prow wiser anil older they have more re gard for matters of use and learn more respect for any useful tasks, however humble. It is only the par ene.e who looks with to.-n-n on those whoso rank in life has made them -ervitors instead ol served. It is a failure to recognize tho true meaning of liberty confound ing of lawlessness with liberty which has engendered in this country the -'Corn of work too often found among ignorant ieoplo. The Scripture is even quoted to provo wo are rill branches of ono vino, and to draw from honoo conclusions anarchical to tho existing laws of society. " tlio branches c! vino are u-efuL Sotne Iv-ar fruit and inako brilliant showing, while others simply servo to bear the sap to theo higher brunches, carrying out the symbolism of servitor and set-veil. There is too much work done in this country in a grudging way, us if tho worker wero offering a jH-rpi tual BTKilogj- to the world for so demeaning herself. Any work done with regard to tho fee only is de meaning, slavish work, but any work done with regard for tho work in obedience to the immutable laws of God's uuiversc, is ennobling to tho in dividual and should be respected liespect for tho honest workman, hon or for lino craftsmanship, should be taught thoj-oun2T. that the Nation may leable to raise up in future generations a race of men and women skilled in handiwork such as wo now aro sadly in need of. The British matrons havo met this problem frankly.. Tho de terioration of hand labor in England has not been as marked as in this coun try, but tho royal ladies of tho lueen's own household havo joined cooking schools and sewing elassef and inter ested themselves In skilled handiwork of various kinds in order to make such wo:-k popular with tho vulgar or or dinary classes of women who must everywhere compose tho majority of the land. . In this country it is begin ning to bo an excoptiontofind a work man who was born in this country. Our craftsmen and craftswomen are generally foreigners, who work for their fee only, and yield a grudging, slavish obodienco to orders as though they wero in -continual rebellion against the law of Heaven that by the sweat of their brow they should earn their broad. . Tho great clamor for education in a certain class of persons is moro be cause they believe that by some mys terious way education will overturn tho laws of Heaven, and they can by this means reap without sowing. It is a royal way to wealth. They do not caro for education for itself, because it elevates them, makes them wiser and capable of being better, but be cause they think that by this means they can achieve a lifo without work. Thoro is no honest lifo in tho world without work. This is tho reason why so many collego-bred men may bo pointod out as failures. Education, instead of widening their field of work, has narrowed iL They aro ashamed of craftsmanship, and scorn the task for w hich they aro best fitted, and in which as educated men they might make noblo headway. "Educa tion," says Kuskin, in its deepest sense, is not tho equalizer, but the dis coverer of men." N. Y. Tribune. fustin Junes, the storv-writer. who died recently, was accustomed at times, to step to his case and set a 6tory in typo without having first written it out, composing tho'entiro narrative to the click of the tyje as they rattled into Lis stick. SAVED. Ah. w hat a story she coubl have told : Seated there, with cleinns cf gold On ber finders, and milk-whiw wrist Under tho inoiry, tllmy mist Of laces a priceless a orient pearls - Loveliest of all the beauulul girla. Memories ! bow they would Rhoat-like. n)Un Llito ahadows that darken the grcett hill side. Close to the kiss of the sun, and so Fade in lis fervent, solrton Rlriw; Her life's ahndows hart fade.;, till. In the bright sua ot thU festival. ... Sixteen birth-lays, nnd six of them fled tJte w hite-winire.1 anrei over her bead. Siortly she ttiros. with her h-art ns-low Where was she only a'x years arro? Turns to the u ojnan who iilaud by ber aide, VVTiose eyes meet In rs with tender pride. Oh, you took nio from haunts of deutu. You. sweet lady, wiiose fragrant breath Stirs the ringlets that touch my cheek, I lim.t die tf I do nnt mrf-nk Vou, O an:r-l. so pure r.nd whit-. Do you remember tlmt terrible nipbtt " Somo oao had struck tie a cruel blow. Turned me with curses out In the snow. And of the millions of hearts there be. It seems not ono of them pitied mc You in your carriaK- topicd to aee What that ii-uibliiucc of death might be. " For I was bo dumb In my amruih; I Had uevor a thought but to bland nnd die. And the tho know, more pitiful than the ! nifht. Covered me slow ly wr th garments whiti. Then, God bless you ! ah, twars will come You spoko to ma gently, and took me borne. "When I woko in the mornln-r's lh:bt. All my pa-t se(,mi-d a dream of the night. My soul was Mccped in a glad surprise, A ill had risen m Paradise; And since that day you have been to mo All that the. fondest mother could bu. "lean not bless you. for words nro weak. And tho tears -irotilJ come if I tried to speak; Hut Uod lie knows iu His Ileaveu to-dar. The grateful thanks that all words out ei.th An 1 In Haaulise whe re the angels will see, lid will aay: 'Inasmuch' and yo did it lo Me.' " Mrs. M. A. IXnlson, In Deruorcst'a Monthly. THE COLONEL'S STOKY. A War Incident That Taught Him a Lesson. - "A man was wilU Solomon one day when A7rael pa-sed by he Kiln? in a visible nhape. Frli-htene.l by tho look cist u;kd bim by the terrible stranger, he asked who be was; mi l upon Solomon a oc-iiuuinting L.m that It was th; an;r 1 of death: -lie seems to want me," said he, 'wherefore order the w ind lo carry mo hence to India.' Wh eh. Ix-ini? i"ne, ths nngnl a,d to Solomon: 'I looked so carnotly at this man out of wonder, because I was oininifmd.id to take bis soul in India and found lnra with thee in Palestine.' "A L-yond irotn the Tal mud. In tho latts r part of the summer of ld:5 I w ent up into Northern Ohio, re cruiting. I had heard of a town where quite a number of young fellows were njiidy to enlist and I thought I mi-l.t as weil have them as another. They ea .nc Hocking in, as soon as the news that I was in tho place pot out. Fine, stal wart men, full of enthusiasm, lonping to lay down their lives for their coun try. Mor-t of them wero unmarried, with no home ties to break, but among them was a man named Jackson, much older than tho others. He was mar ried, had several children and owned a little farm not far from tho center of the town. ' ' "Jackson," said I, as ho presented himself, you let this business alone. There aro plenty of young fellows to go to war, your p'ace is with your family." - . Tho man's faco fell, evidently he was bound to be a soldier. "O, that will be all right," ho said. "Wo can't go without Jackson, anyway,' said one of the boys. "The neighbors are going to havo a bee and get in his crops," 6aid an other. ' ; There didn't seem much good in my objecting. Jackson passed a good ex amination, and was speedily enrolled in Company K, th Ohio. I confess it worried me. I hated to take that man away from his family, and I sup pose 1 thought more about it than was really worth my while. Well, tho day canio when 1 must take the lxys away. I had engaged somo wagons to carry them a few miles across tho country, to a point where wo would strike tho railroad. As wo would pass by Jackson's place on our w hj wo agreed to take him up from there. When we stopped for him it was a brighL beautiful morning I remember, tho children were hang ing about tho door, crying nnd taking on like a pack of loons. Mrs. Jack son clung to her husband's neck nnd sobbtsl aloud, and when tho babies saw tho wagons coming they caught him by tho legs and cried out that he should not go. Some of tho neighbors, half a dozen women or so, who had como to sec tho thing through, after the manner of neighbors in the rural districts, fell to crying, too, and I can tell you it was an uncommonly un pleasant placo to be in. : Jackson made several attempts to get away, and each time tho wife and babies clung tho closer and tho crying went on louder than ever. Suddenly ho made a break, ran across tho gar den, leaped over tho fence and into the nearest wagon and was off without a final pood-bye. Tho wife fell down, all in a heap, on tho doorstep, the children cried and shrieked, tho friendly women pressed up to sympathizo and console while the band struck up a martial air and tho w agons moved on. I dismounted and tied my ' norso. Somehow I couldn't bear to go on without a word of comfort to that poor woman. Tho children camo crowding around mo to look at my uniform and ono littlo white-haired chap hit me with his chubby fist, calling mo "a bad man to take his 'paw' off." - ; ' Tho women had gotten Mrs. Jackson Into tho Louso nnd presently ono of them camo to the door nnd called sharply to tho children to "Como away and leave tho gentleman alone." Now was ray time. I stepped up and ac costing the woman aked if 1 could see Mrs. Jackson for a raoment Sho "thought not," sho said, 60urly. "Mrs. Jackson was in groat trouble. Sho would not feel like seeing strangors." ' I urged it a little; said I thought she vould feel bettor if sho. wero to sets me, so, finally, after much whispering and consulting and running in and out, they concluded that I might see Mrs. Jackson and I was ushered" into her presence. Jbho jras ia her bedroom. sitting on the side of her 1-d, upon which fhe had evidently l-eti lying. Herdress was much disordered, h-'i- j hair had fallen down and her faco was red and swollen with weeping. I took her hand, which was cold and limp, and tried to say something to comfort her. She turned her head away end remained sullenly silent. At last I said, in a kind of desperation: "Mrs. Jackson, I promiso you that I will bring your husband safely hack to j-ou. I will make him my esjieeial charge. I will watch over him and protect hiu. lie shall not go into bat tle. 1 will keep him out of harm's way." She looked at mo now for tho first time and seemed a trifle mollilied. "You'U forget," sho said, presently. "No, madame, I will not forget." I answered. "If I die I can not answer for your husband, but if 1 live I will bring him safely back to you. Now let us shake hands upon it, and then I must go." I rode away, dimly conscious that I had made a fool of myself, but still glad to have given the woman a little consolation. Well, the regiment was soon full nnd wo had marching orders. We were sent down into tho border to a point where wo were not likely to see manv battles, but where thero would be plenty of skirmishing. One of tho first things to be done was to throw up n sort of embankment, on which some largo guns wore to be mounted, com manding one of the principal thorough fares leading to tho interior. I de tailed Jackson at once to take charge of this work. Not that ho was partic ularly well fitted for it. but I thought it would keep him out of danger, and he did as well as another, for all I knov to the contrary. e had not been in camp many weeks when orders camo for me to intercept a rail way train, which would pass w ithin a few miles, loaded with supplies for the Confederacy. It wa.s not a very dangerous expedition, .but 1 did not choose that Jackson should bo in it, and when ho found that he was not to go with us ho showed considerable disappointment. Of course ho knew better than to be in suborbinate, but it was easy to see how he felt and, indeed. 1 overheard him grumbling to one of his com rades. That night as wo lay on tho ground, waiting for the approach of the train, I thought a good deal about Jackson. I had him safe for this time, but :t was very evident that ho was caper for ac tion r.nd I might find it a hard matter to always keep him back. I abused myself roundly for meddling with the matter, but at the same time 1 re solved that, come what might, I would keep my promise to his w ife, I would take Jackson homo safe and sound. Well, we captured our train without losing a man aud got back to camp in safety. - ' Next time, Colonel, you'll take me. won't you?" pleaded Jackson, the next day. I had been looking at their embankment andpiving some direc tions about the mounting of the guns. 1 walked away without making any answer. ."Confound you," I said to myself. ' " About an hour later, I was quito on the other side of the ground, when I saw one of tho men running toward me. JIo was laboring under grout ex citement and I raw ut once that some thing had happened. I waited for him to come up. Well, what is it, my man?" I said as he came near. Jackson's dead." he panted out. Impossible," I cried; "1 saw him not an hour ago." ' Yes, sir; but just after you left the embankment gave way, right where Jacksun was standing, aud ono of those heavy guns Jell over upon him and crushed him. We've just got him out and he's stono dead. Tho surgeon says so." Well, sir, I was dumbfounded. Here was this man. whom I had taken into the very hollow of my hand. whoo safety I had vouched for, whom I had undertaken to guard as if I were the Almighty, dead, Tho first man in the regimeut to die. I couldn't say a word. I had the body embalmed and sent to his wife at my own expense. I promised her I would bring him safely home, and that was tho w ay I kept my promise. The very means I had taken to save him proved his death. I tried to, write to her, but I hadn't tho heart to do it, and I gave it up. A few weeks later one of the men told me that her barn had been struck by lightning and the crops, which her neighbors had harvested for her, burned. After that I heard that she was in an insane asylum. 1 It whs a lesson to me. I had tried to play tho part of an overruling Prov idence and had failed. I never tried it again. Jubo A. Sabine, in Spring field (Mass.) Republican. Don't Fret or Worry. Of course lifo is full of cares; every one knows that, and every one has causo to worry about something. If the children aro ill, or tho husband has failed in business, these are things one naturally worries abouL These aro the big things of life that must bo borno aud about w hich ono can not help worrying. But it is the little things of lifo over which people worry most and which aro not worth worry ing abouL A careful housekeeper will fret about tho way her servant enters tho room before company, or passes a dish at the tabic-, and frowns will settle down upon her face that are 6cen by their guests who have not seen tho causes. Tho woman will worry iucessantly about her health. If she has the smallest ache in any part of her body, or tho slightest languor, the w holo household is upset, and for a few hours every thing is in tho wildest stato of confusion, while tho victim for sho certainly is a victim to her worrying disposition imagines her self a hundred times moro ill than she is, and dies many times before she really die once. Minueapohs Trib une. J L-i AN INTERESTING STUDY. Tbc striiKRlt. of tli- M-irii In Various I'or tUu of tbc t'liited s-tMtea. In 1-vSij thero wero SO.000,000 of x;oplo in this country, nnd about HH2. OOO moro males than females. That was only because more males wero born; tho females live the longer. Of the centenarians 1,-lU'J were men nnd 2,(1' '7 were women. . Tho boys start out nearly a million ahead and aro In the majority until, the 10th year, when the girls aro a little moro numerous. Sweet 16 is a numerous ago, anyhow. After that, first ono and then the other is in .ho majority, the girls gradually gain ing after 8'i and leaving the men far behind after 75. To balaneo this longevity of the females, in almost every Stato a few more boys arc born; not many more?, but .almost always a few. It Is astonishing to see where the census give thousands and hun dreds of thousands of boys and girls under one year old; thero arc, with one or two exceptions, always a few hundred more boys, and only a few hundred more. In only six of tho forty-nine States and Territories aro more girls born, and in these States they are slightKy in excess from eleven to eighty. These exceptions aro Arl.onia, 1V1 aware, Florida, Louisiana. Montana and North Carolina. . Tho fact that the females are In the majority in all tho original thirteen Statos but Delaware and North Carolina, especially in Massachusetts and New England, has created the. impression that thero is something in the climate or in tho people that pro duced moro women than men. This s a popular but egregious error. In Massachusetts there wero in ls) four hundred and thirty-soven more boys than girls under ono year of sigo. The males aro in the minority in almost all the Eastern States because many of the young men go West. All over thi.' We-t there is an excess of man, and those who are not foreigners have been withdrawn from the States farther Eat- In the new States and Territories this is most noticeable. In Idaho, lor in.-tanco, there are twice as many males as females, but tho male infants arc ouly a littlo in excess of tho females. ' ' . Tho West is drawing heavily on tho manhood of tho East. From this all -the oid States havo suffered. Massa chusetts seems to havo lost moro than any. There are parts of Northern Ohio which are portions of New England removed. Massachusetts shows tho loss and Ohio shows the gain. Another curious fact is that while all over tho country moro boys than girls rro born, in cities and towns thero are more girls. Between the ages of 5 and 17, in elusive, there are 4,00 more girls than boys in New York County, 1.70 moro in Kings County, 2,725 moro in the city of Baltimore, 1,013 more in Suffolk County. Massachusetts (Bos ton), 2.0n'J moro in Cook County (Chi ejipo), Illinois; 2,131 moro in tho city of St. Louis, 1J71 mere in Philadel phia County, and 2,033 moro in the Parish of Orleans. All these cities except New Orleans nro in States where moro Ikivs than girls aro born. In Georgia there aro 1"7 counties, and iu all but L'O of th.-iu thero aro more boys than girls. These 20 comp lies include Iho 11 large towns and cities. Strange that not one of the cities should be left out. Stranger still, the excess of girls is about in proportion to population. Savannah leads oil with .")2S more girls than bovs; Atlanta, .S-so; August:!. :0l; Macon, 151; Columbus, 1:11; Cartersville, 12:1; Home, 60; Athens. ;0; Albany, 1G; Griffin. 11. anil Americus, 7. Savannah, though she has a some what smaller population than Atlanta, has a larger excess of girls. This seems to Iks peculiar to old cities. It is so with Baltimore, New Orleans and New York. The excess is greater in New Orleans than any whero else?. Is this a peculiarity of the French? The fticts present a question worth studying. Are thero fewer men in the cities than in tho country? Philadel phia Timer.. NEAR-SIGHTED CHILDREN. What an Oculist Has to Say ata This Ini lortt.nt Snliject. '-According to my observations, aljout ono pupil in every ten in the public schools wears glasses." SHys au oculist, "and that is a pretty big jer centage. Day after day fathers and mothers come here and want to have their children fitted with glasses. When asked what has affected the eyes, the answer is almost invariably Too much studying.' " By reason of constantly coming into contact with tho parents of school children, I am in a position to under stand that the young people aro now obliged to study very hard in order to keep up with tho constant increase of studios piled upon them. "It is a commendable idea that exists among the parents of this city that of educating their children- to the highest possible standard- but it is an idea an-.! a practice that will have a marked effect on tho future genera tions of tho people hereabouts. Weak ness of tho eyes is an hereditary ail mt ut, and if the future wives and hus bands, now growing up, aro to have tlu-ir eyes strained to such a great ex tent, it must follow in the natural couivo of things that tho second or third generation will bo one of eye glass wearers. " Thero aro somo pooplo upon whom glasses look well, and relievo in a man ner tho harsh lines of their features;, but as a rule I rogard them as a dis figurement, and tho necessity of wear ing them can bo avoided by tho judi cious selection for children of hours for studying. "Tho best time for a child to study is early in tho morning. Let tho littlo ono go to bed at dusk, and arise with the lark in tho morning and study. Then thero will never be any necessity for wearing glasses unless weakness of the eyes is hereditary."
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