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I'.tsuiiih I .ui' v U I in. .l.iily ii- .- A. v's Hair V. .T. " In.lM.T h.il tl..' ii'l.T ('f tin- l:a:.-. this irfp:l ran.111 z s it :i las- ,W. ' - f5 tl' Ull'l I'lialK V tll.lt '- ' j. ' ' 'J i harm. Slunihl tlm -i J " 1 hail- tliilt, liarsh, Ayor's Hair Vlor M'Il1 wi" rct..n the Vly- A, colur, tiring out a (t..vMi, nn. I .!: ' : f'l.l ."""ft UU'l ihiny. l'T .: ; v'.il i h an, nvl, an. I '. ij n.i liLit.r ir'p;iruri.u " .1: 1 f:.. roii!.H tlinr. IX trial of A r . II ir i;.t 1. n roll vi tu'i'.l III.. " : . .1 .-li'l :: 1 14 !() n'.v i .- I ill.) l..i.r cf my wilo an. I ... to l..i Abundant and Glossy, i ,' i. a inv r i' in r stiinto.l tnus '.l'!' ! n"li an. I HiH'ur i.i .M.ni, OakUu.l, Olu. r k coming our. (withnut f li'"'u "ay wifo, cither), r -. II i. r Vi.i.r, sini mly ill i now li.tvo a. I. in. a my . n. r.ml.l wwli for." . i a, 1 i. W-.011, Twnn. I i . r's Il tir Vii.ir in niy i r, imiImt of yrarn, an. I re ' l-'-it hair prcpar.ttiun I ' I" til.) Ni ilLj. l l.Mll, tll( I ii.rly, an.l jiroserv.'s th. My wif. I.im uiil it for v:"i m.wt sat isf;u t.ry ru " V, ; v .. -':..' I . i l i ;.. T. "Ii ,-. . (. in M. Johnson, M. L., a:, i . l.roomin i liarsli nn.l .Ir-p. ' " - ' half ik hottlrt .if Ayct' " .'low lila. It iui.l cI.mhv. I ; ' 1 ' Hi.' j.v ni.. irrat itn.lo I ' - " ' . 1 C. ll.tr.ly. I. l.iv:in, 111. Ayer's Hair Vigor, I T. I'.r.tKlCU l!Y z'- J- r. Ayor It Co., Lowell, Mass. 6 ' 5 I'r' ,-ist.i and rtrfumors. IT J t. ii at short notice tu th. OLD RFL1ABLE "ETNA" ...i.. , llr, , 111PM,. T. W. DICK. .T I'OR THE niinwiuMiHiMT. I'MMt.Nt Eli Brsi.Nt.ss "''. Tit . J U1y v JSM; M SUTIRG PiBLOBI CENTRE AND SAMPLE STREETS EBENSBURC, PA. J. II. ''ANT. I.v..-i. - - - - ' . V . . , I'M! pi-hi ... lj- 'u,;-,,., ' 7'" "'"rfin,! u.at onr place ""'"I r.-v n ' hours. KorythliiM kept '''i i. I riH.iu naa i.een eon- "t..!,!... ,,' ' "I'er.. tli ;.utiie can Imi bc. : ,-i . .'" l'"t "r col.l Lain, ll.th lul. 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It ta tin nt Uw l UK l"N, ?rn. to- it :ni'l .:irn rat a m n lriul U.hik li t to be In tl.j sunihtat. luly, per mon'.h HO ."VO lHtly, pr vmr h Suini , pr yeir iMHy um;iy. tr yojir t I ti!v iitil Siii 1 iy. pr month .... O TO rikl Suu. una f-ir 1 WE MT riFDIlR (lurnvlvra t. kwp nhr. i.t. t ut tf k." t'ie len J uv. r nil . tl a-rs in fullinic ou l ltl'. AUS 11 1.1 ill.V ITKE. AM It Mil l. MAM lll.lt. itirr. WHIH li I IS A M Wl IS At prlr.H that trnke nil i.tl.er dealers huntte. Just ll. iiki ol It : Hvrh..t.4 t 'u' I'lirc Kye. Ove ye.ir old. Km I i'ir. tl (0. or $li'.wu per tiea. sun t.i.'fr I Kiurh' i ..i.irn V.l.linir. tea yearf oM. Kull U .rt. I -JA or l'.'.u) ..t li lea. Herter tlil ! Iventu.-ky Hoiirt'on. ten year old. full ,:i:rii nr t li "0 per .lo.-n. Andonei.f the luot ralat.le WhHkl. . on our li-l I-. 1 l.e I'ure Klaht Y--ar Ol 1 K... rt iturkenhelm er Kull qui.rM ft ... or '.0 per .Inert. f.'.ere 19 n. Wm-ky that h m h ere.- I.rcn fold tMit Iimh irr. wii in tv. r nh Hi t hl'.' rai.l.l ! a.' our i.l.l Hll rt. nn l the ;mpl.- re...i'j u tln.t It la utterly lmp.-!.i.itle to cluplicaie it. Thnre will n er l.e any lt up lu the purity a n.l Htm Hu vor in ny pa rue.. Ikf l the I'ure j t .'.ti:t l ln.. we are now telltnif at fn. crnt p.T t...nio Kull .r'i. or p.-r dox.-n. In n ainj up ynur oril.-r plre en.'l. se V. O. Mone r-l..'r or lra:t. or ! nt.-ter yuuri.rJer. J0SKP1I FLEMING & SON, WHOLESALE AND KK.TA1L I)HUG(iISTS, riTTnrnc. tl-2 M tKUKT M. or. of llix IIUinnn.1. .1.11 -.'. 1HY.I. lvr I::.:!; Ccp!cts Sect Fuliisisd. Sa pi"' AMKUIUAN FISIIKS. A popnl-ir tr-atl e np.n the iri.ne :n.t Koo.l Kl.e . t .N'. rth AniiTlni. wlir. rajit-nal reteren.'n I.. 1. .i.ii- . .1 girth ..I eipture, t-y i. lirown i.-.i!p.r . 4 'oii.Tii i-Mon.'r ot ! i U and Kilier te. V'uh Duu...r..iis tll.itri.t 'on. nn-1 a miimtl rrnl tr..iir.!..i,,. plum ot a (.rook trout in nine color. I ho w..r'.i .4 p.u.linh-.t in one volume, li..v;il Ii t:.vo. v .r &-.. p:.r4. tr...n new plates, on tin n l -..ire p . r r. hii.i elegantly hounj. Scut tree ...i r.'.-eipt .a prl.-r-. :t FAULKNER & ALLAN. 1713 Chestnut St-, Phil'a, Pa. !-.; u.-i.iir , J l.l y m, '1.1.-4.. A ll K I I 1BI.K KI1I UI lor Mrk Sliimarh, lor TorplH l.i i.r, HllioMa llra.larhe, tmlii.ae.., Tarraat's I n"rrrcrat CUrJE FOR C0HSTIFAT10H, !Sltv:r A teriiit. It l certain ir. It etliK:ti It t Krctio in lt.- actl. n. It . .I.:e.ir te the t.'te. It ran Le rrlle.t niHjii to euro, and it cures l.y .'tlt y, n t Py outrair lux. r..iti.re. lo l.ot take loleut paraativei yotir-e:v-9 or llw your chil dren t- t-ike them, aiway ue tht el.'.nt har-Mi-.cr..tl.al preuaration, which ba e-n lor more than l .rty year a pu'ill titrortre. .v.rf by drugjitf rrerytcherm iw v . v-rr1 DYSPEPSIA. KENTUCKY iYiUL Th .nl firm in P'an u a ho in jUo ii -if. i.i lt v '( K?n. lr:mht mill I'll I nA-.-t M fas I k.fri rofisj.ti.nr in thrir Rlal.Mmj cn LtiTHlrcI hia! Of Mu!t-, ;iil m ,-'.-. I runt funr fot t tlie !r uiul fi.l.iii' 1HH h r p. .A riilifi..t A ( 11., S-il Vvrinit. I'ittsliu-f It M iiU-s niijp- ptti lo nil purti tf Slutt on urii r. N'thii: U . i I'M hiti " i io in) nHinn in iiiirir iuiuit.a. 4 C i orrfiiiiuc soiictu-U. -HARVEST- xcursions! HALF KATI- S FOR. Tlie uor?s'ij xii. V MlMPollt. P.'iflc Tt il'w:th ...... .ml. Vf.nn. i n K....I.-. l.i i.ll point. ... ArkaaHa, Trial, kaau. and S r hrn.k n, AiiK-ii.tftlu aud Ji.th, ..(iin.b-r 1. Hi and I'.ih. .ind ti. i..lr Mh. Tl.irtT tli... limit, at..piv.-r rrivil.-ir.-4. r)ip lm. l. r..m.p.rli fornrit i I..,..-, h.r .1.- i-r. .t i ...ml pi.nir-11 li" f r-, a.lliv- H. ( ..in.....v Ak.. ,,i ,.r II . T..U .-KM, l.u lal IWUi'l A iokol A.' lit, t Louia. Jig, CURRY BUSINESS COLLEGE CURRY UNIVERSITY. M.TII STREET PITTS IUKO II, PA. Th. bet K.ut.pal and niont successful Busi ness t'ollea. In J'enn-lvaBi. Individual In struction tor .very rtudeui iroui W a. at. till 4 r. ., and lr..ui 7 till lu r. at. Actual Business i;retic. and Tracttcl Barkinit are .specialties. L ... 1 ,tvat In .Ntiorrliand and Type writ nir. 11. a h, i..., . . .i .. . 1 ... mm, tiinriri. uuil ine I niTeriiy,ai.. suniain lull regular csursea v ,tu'1 lno fWsslcal, Scientm.'. .Nemlnary. ISormal. Music and (.hwutiunary Iiepartinenta! y7'-n dei.ee .oliclt-rt snd lor eats lvue. Aiiic. IS, ': am. lrraj(. I ha KSSKXTrAL OII, WlXTEKOUEEX, I'ErPKKM ENT, PKN'- XYHOVAI,, SrEAKMINT, .c. of prime iiiialit i...uh. ... . c.. hy '"'. ccuiu.is.lun. storaMe. D0DGK & OLCOTT, lUULABY. I a .mtfn' arr.onpat m piltova, iv.ti a' .! tp ii'.i many a (iRh. "N" soiii." O !." "n t.V ro'ii:'. above mo Was a-i;iir.a' tt laliyty; 'N' I ul hear l.'.e cr. : n-rocU'n Creukety, crfiiUety. tin' tro. N" lh' woman n-i i i-.c '"llaiu t!ie Go-t aleep t . -i fro. Tber waan't a m :e rf a carpet Awn th' floor u' tl..-. r. oin. yuh bet, 'N In" re ;'lar o' tho craiUo, W'y I Hu r.Iico' luar -l j.l; N" th' sleej y coo o th' I a! Thet was Vn n' UTf to 'u' fro, T u' wond. rful mill c V "l!ah the. I i J t' .Iwp-1' .lecvt go." Yuh wouldn't "a th.uitrl.t ttet a feller Thrfa cot J.-iwa 'a low a I Would 'a (eit kn.t'.er ;ucer 'cauns a woman Wad -s.n; ii' a 1'i.lyt yi 'N' "t fi '-it j st 1 l:e nwear'n, Th. ta bot"l khuj treat me so, I'ur 1 ruiln't benr notb'n' lut ''Huah thee Cio t' sleep f aleep-e-e go." Bat " seemed! V.T arit aoft'r 'n low'r. 'N U n. I t fata '.y.-r too, Wi' th' rrnlie a-po.n' Mow'r, J''t li'ce my cr-.ulle nt trrdo. Ti!l I cu-l alrtioV f.J th' motion. i:.)ri;-u-l.yc rocSt-a-tye to 'n' fro, 'N' n. y niother a-sinp'n' "Uush thea Go t' lcep f sleep-e-e aro-" Fur she iniu't t T loTe Jesnm, J. l 'i uiy mother nsl tcr do. 'N' 't 1. 1 n: v heart ail tor ach'n', N ta' tears t.r eom'n' too; 'N' I 3'-st i' f I cud slouch back thar, N' tny mother cud act thar 'n' aew, 'N I cud hear her, Jest oncet, alng'n" "Hush thoe Go t' sleep t" sleepve ro. Klla Il pelnaon, in Harper" Weekly. TliACED BY A POTATO. Quocr Means by Which a Mur derer Was Discovered. Ills tntrlnr.me1 Nalla Left an Aceualnc; Iarlc Itel.ln.l llim Conrronte.1 -witlt the Kvl.lenco of Ilia Crliu. II. Couiuilta Suicide. Ono of the queerest cases I cvor had," s;iid an old detective, "occurred xiniethitig- over twenty years apo, when I still had much to learn In my business, and, fortunately forme, knew that I had. It was memorable a9 an i. lustration of the importance of small things and I havo pigeon-holed it in my memory as the 'affair ol the fatal ot:tOi "A red-headed servant girl, so scared that her eyes stood out like lobsters, rushed into the fetation-houe early ono morning, howling that all the police woro wanted around at Mr. Morton's. The sergeant at the detk, supposing there was probably just some row among the servants, grinned at the sight of her and asked what was tho ma tier. Sho gave a whoop of 'Murder!' that raised his hair and startled every onu in tho station. Tbe idea ol murder in tho aristocratic mansion of Mr. Sam uel Morton, on Fifth avenue, within Ave blocks of tho station, naturally rather excited us. Two detailed men a;id my self I was then ward detective ran around there as quickly as wo could. "Sure enough, there had been a murder. The cook, a sturdily-built, tniddlo-aged Englishwoman named Harriet XTardrop, lay on the kitchen f'.i.or, in tho back basement, with a CU-ty cotton handkerchief twisted and knotted about her neck, stone dead and quite cold. When 6ho had not sent up her employer's coftee, which ho wa accustomed to taking in bed, or anawered the bell, tho red-headed girl came down to seo what was the matter, and that vru tho plight 6he f 'tind her in. "Tho last soon of Harriet alive was at near ten o'clock tho night before, when tho two upstairs girla left to go to their room in tho attic Her room was in the basement, and she said that she was going to led in a few minutes. She had had no visitor, never, indeed, had any, was perfectly sober, and seamed to lie always a woman of per fectly correct habits. Really, how ever, not much was known about her, farther than she had come there from Philadelphia seven or eight months before with good references, had be haved herst-Vf well and made no con fidants. Hut she must hare admitted to tho house tho man who chokod her. "There wero no signs of any strug gle and there had been no robbery. Her gold watch was on the kitchen tablo, two months wages in her pock et, and no attempt aeemc-d to have been mado at plunder in tho still richer field upstairs. Why had 6ho been killed? It was mysterious. Ono .f tho 'cops with me was so puzzled that ho declared it must bo a case of suicide. I saw that sho had lerl strangled and I wondered what a strong fellow tho murderer must have been to havo twisted, with fatal effect, so soft a band as a handkerchief about so big and solid a nock, and to do it so deftly and powerfully as to prevent an outcry or oven a strugglo. It takes a good deal of pressure to squeeze in a wholo neck so tightlv as to cause death. .- "Hut when I came to examino more closely I found that a novel and inge nious device had been employed to make tho job easier. Folded into tho handkerchief and placed so that it would press directly upon tho wind pipe, was a potato about the size of a hen's egg. While turning the tuber over in my hand, I noticed that there wero two deep curving cuts in its smooth, creamy skin, such as would bo made by finger nails clutching it, and each showed a thin line of blue color. At first I thought nothing of that, for I knew that some potatoes, such as the Noshannocks, have a delicate skin of violet tint nnder the white outside. Rut when 1 looked moro carefully I saw that this potato was not aNeshan nock, but an Early Rote, which as I noon proved by scratching it had no such colored second skin, and I ob- I served that tho blue color seemed to go deeper than merely tho sur face. , "Who, I aked myself, would bc likely to habitually carry under his finger-nails such an abundance of color as would lenvo deposits liko those? Well, a dyer, for one. Yes of course, a dyer; but thero wero moro dyers in tho city, for aught I know, than one could shako a stick at, and it wouia Doriiiieuioustoscckabinohand- ed dyer, since hands that wero blue one day might be rod or green tho next. "The newspapers tho next day in their sensational treatment of the inci dent characterized it as a profound mystery, and 6aid that the police had 'absolutely no ciew to the murderer. As I had hopoti, that encouraged fome persons who had known Harriet Wardrop to come forward. A small, neatly-dressed, respectable - looking, midd'.e-aged man. with keen, furtivf eyes and an habitua'.ly deprecatory manner, presented himself nt the in quest, lie camo to see if the woman, whose death he had read of in the morning paier, was his wife, (mm whom he had separated in Philadel phia a year before, and had not seen or hoard from since. His name? John Wnrdrop. His occupation? Dyer. Where did ho work? With Henri Ietaille & Co.. Parisian dyers, on Iileecker street. Yes, tho dead woman was his wife. IIo recogni.t d her per fectly, and tho sight made him weep. Poor woman, she was hard to get along with, but she had a good heart. 'I made an excuse of his signing a formal recognition to g't him to tako off ono of his gloves. His hand was of a brilliant orange tint. While tho coroner kept him in attendance at tho inqueat 1 hurried to Detaille & Co.'s dye house to ak somo questions. "Yes, John Wardrop worked there. IIo waj a quiet, steady man and an ex cellent workman. They had employed him about ten months. Did they know any thing moro alout him? No, ex cept that they fancied there was likely to be a match between him and Jane Rlair, a good-looking, plump woman, about thirty years old who had been their cashier for several year9. Had they done any dark blue dyeing lately? Yes, only tho day before yesterday. Who did tho work? John Wardrop. 'I saw Jano Blair. With a good deal of hesitancy she admitted that 6he and John Wardrop wero engaged to be married as soon as he pot a divorce from a bad wife who had left him, and expected that he would soon be free. Was she well informed as to his habits? Perfectly. They hoarded in tho samo house, on West Washing ton place, and ho very seldom went out in the evening. Did he go out the night before last? No; they parted on the stairs going to their respective rooms at twenty minutes before ten o'clock, their usual hour for retiring. Ho could have gone out afterward, without her knowing it? Yes, but of course ho didn't. "When I got back to tho inquest the coroner's jury had just returned a verdict that the deceased had come to her death by violence at tho hand or hands of some person unknown. I had mado up my mind to arrest John Wardrop on suspicion, but was in no hurry about it. As I had not been on the stand I did not have to tell any thing of my suspicions and the potato could not give any thing away, for I had it safe in my pocket, wrapped in tissue paper. Tho reporters went away to write tho case up as a pro founder mystery than before. John Wardrop went to draw some money from his employers to give his poor wifo a decent burial. And I, having taken time to get a warrant for his nr. rest, followed him- "Ho paled slightly and showed somo embarrassment when I entered the dye-room, whore he was doing some work that had to bo dono by him and could not wait until the morrow. Still ho controlled himself, and sought to cover his nervousness by talking. I said little, and let him talk on. which was the worst thing ho could have done, for thinking up 60 many words led him away now and then from the btraight story he had made up. At last, when I deemed tho time ripe for it, I slipped the potato out of my pock et and suddenly holding it ud beforo him, said: " 'Tou should have washed your hands before you grabbed this potato out of tho dish-pan on the table.' Ho threw up his hands with a fhriek and sank down on a bench, all limp and broken up. Before ho could rocover himself ho confessed. Ho and Harriot had quarreled for years and finally separated. Then after a time 6he had made up her mind to get pos session of him again, found where he was and sent him word that he must meet her lato at night, w hen sho would bo alone, to discuss the situation. He went, but tho sight of her and thoughts of Jano Blair, w ith whom he had fall en in love in the meantime since part ing with his wife, made him desperate. I asked him how ho had managed to strangle her so quietly and without any struggle, when sho seemed to havo double his strength. He explained that he possessed sufficient mesmeric force to render her passive and had em ployed it on that occasion. Havintr renuerea ner completely unconscious by mesmerizing her, the rest was easy. I could not help feeling somo sympathy for him when ho said sho was a tar tar,' still, business was business, and when 1 had heard him through I told him: " 'Now, John, ret your coat on and come along. 'In a moment, sir. Let mo wash off some of this dye first. 'I assented, no washed, pouring somo stuff over his hands from a bot tle to tako the color out, as I supposed. "Suddenly he turned tho bottle up to his lips and took a big swallow of its con tents before I could jump to him and grab him. As I seized him tho bottle dropped to the floor and smashed, while he dropped into my arms as dead as a mauL Cyanide of potassium, as I sub sequently learned, was his final nip, but it was the fatal potato that killed him." Cincinnati Post. "Is your wife very busy with her household affairs?" "Yes. busier than ever." "Too bad sho will Insist in doing her own work, isn't it?' "Sho doesn't any longer. She's got a serv ant girl to look after now."LoWcu Citizen. ., Philadelphia is to have a church for colored Catholics new MISS LOUISA PARSONS. I A riucky N u rse. N-w to Johai Hopkins ilo.pim. at Ilialtluiore. Miss Louisa Parson, head nurse of a ward iu Johns Hopkins Hospital, has an interesting history. Miss Parsons is one of the Nursing Sisters, a Nightingale nurse, trained in 17'J at St. Thomas' Hospital. London. Florence Nightingale, after the Crimean war, started this field of in struction under the name of St. Thomas Training School for Nurses. For service in Egypt during the Soudan war Miss Parsons has been highly commended and handsomely decorated. Sho received from Queen Victoria the Royal Red Cross, which the Queen, tho Princess of Wales and other members of tho royal family of England wear; a silver modal from tho English War Oltice, and a bronze modal from the Khedive of Miss Tarsons is an Englishwoman of medium stature and active movement. She sailed from London for tho Soudan March 3, 18S6, and landed at Suez, from which place sho had a two and a half days trip to Suakim. Sho was stationed on the steam transjKrt Ganges, fitted up as a hospital. The boat received its complement of pa tients from the seat of war, wound.il and fever-stricken. There wero about four hundred sick on the (Janges when Miss Parsons was assigned to that pot. During her stay on tho steamer the ship was cleared off of ail who could be moved. They wero transferred to tho Iberia and sent to London. Suakim is 6aid to be the hottest place in th' w-Qrld so hot that flies can't live there. Tho last popular belief, Miss Parsons says, is a mistake, for she saw and fought millions of flies there and all tho plagues of Israel. Miss Tarsons, w ith two other sisters, took back to England four hundred patients on tho Iberia and only lost four on the way. She returned over land to Brindisi and crossed the Medi terranean to Alexandria, whence sho went to Suez by rail, passing the bat tleficld of Tel-el-KeHer, whero tho Arabs in 1883 lost five thousand in killed. The journey is described as terrible, on account of the heat- With three other sisters sho was stationed at Suez, and received all sick for warded from Suakim. As soon as con valescent they wero put aboard home bound ships. It was intensely not at :"tiez, andMis9 Parsons had a thermometer, from ox cess of heat, to burst in her pocket. The hospital yara was gorgeous with beautiful flowers, but they had to bo gathered beforo four o'clock in tho morning or the hot atmosphere robbed them of their fragrance. In some of the marches tho men, suffering with dreadful thirst, would drink water that had been laying in the 6un for days in the skin bags. The result was always a largely increased number for tho hospitals. Sho was herself at tacked with typhoid fever at Suez, suf fered a relapso on the homeward voy age on tho steamer Ganges, and had a second relapso after sho reached her homo. Miss Parsons sent her resignation to the War office before coming to this country. She came to tho United States on a visit, but circumstances caused her to remain longer than sho expected, and finally to accept a place in tho Johns Hopkins Hospital. Sho has never served in any other hospital In tho United States. N. Y. Express. A POET'S PUNCTUATION. j How Kaalmpsan Mans Hull Readers) Catch It la Own Inspiration. Shakespeare, as I have all but veri fied to my own satisfaction, at least, punctuated with tho decision which wo now look for not vainly in a Tennyson, a Ruskin or a Kinglake, I havo here named three perfect punctu ator. My verification, or almost veri lieation of Shakespeare's own decisive pointing has been attained through the careful study of many passages in a no less authentic edition than "the fa mous folio of 1G23." Hero wo get back near enough to tho original hand and tho master-mind to form a fair judg ment on the subject It is a firmly pronounced, articulate punctuation, 6uch as no editor, however "ju dicious," could easily havo supplied. For let no one imagine a printer's law of punctuation that is adequate to the demands of a poet. IIo surely must know his own meaning best, and ho alone feels, as well as means, what he 6ays. It is this feeling and this true sig- nihcanco which ho who makes tho lan guage can bost Impart by mod ulations of his own. My view is that tho various forms of punctua tion accompanying rhetorical com position are like tho notes of music, w hich none so well as tho com poser himself can properly value. He hears, as ho pens, every point. So it must seem to every appreciative read er, say, of "The Life of Henry V." Take especially three speeches ot the King. First, the warmly-pulsating ad dress to his friends: "Once more unto tho breach," concluding with the line: "Cry. God for Harry. England, and St. George!" Next, tho rebuke to West moreland, who had wished for ten thousand idle men from England, with the spirited continuation of tho 6peech: "This day is called the feast of Crispian;" and thirdly, the passion ate outburst: I was not an pry alnee I camo to France Vntil this Instant. Talis a Trumpet, Herald; Ride thou vnto the Horsemen on yond bill: If tl.ey will firht w.ta ts bid them come downs. Or Toydo the Hold; they do offend our sarht. If they'll do neither, ws will come to them. -And make them akcr away as awift as stones Enforced Irom the old Aasynaa slings. Not only Is every point in those speeches adjusted to tho maintenance of a true balance, being in no one In stance too strong or t weak, but the actual breaks and pauses cf the voice are so nicely Indicated especially in the "Crispian" speech, though scarcely less in tho compelling earnestness of the invocation: "Onco more unto tho breach!" that ho must indeed bo dull of ear who fails to catch tho pKt's own inspiration. Casscll's Magazine. THE CALENDAR OF GEMS. JANUAKY. Dy her who In this month is born No gem save (Jjrr.cU, should be worn; They w.ll mburo her constancy. True friendship and fidelity. FEBHC ART. The February bnrn shall Bnd Sincerity and peace ol mind. Frtcdom from paaion and from care. If they the AmeiLyst will wear. MABcn. Who on tbls world of ours the.r eyes In March first open sh.iil be w ise. In days of (;eril Brm and b: av. Aud wear a Bloodstone to their grave. AP11IU She who from A;-ri! :ates her years IJiamcnds suou d ir, 1.-st bitter tears For va n rent-Mance now: tli.s stone, Emblem of innocvr.ee, is known. MAT. Who first behold- the li.-l.t of J iy In sprir.g'g sweet flowery month of May And wears aa Enn ra.4 all ner l.fe, fehaU be a loveu uu uappy wile. JCMR. Who comes -with su minor this ertrth. And owes to June la-r tiour of oirlh. With r.i.g of Agate on h :r hand Can health, wcaatn and ion li!o command. JTl V. The glowing Rubv ar.al) adorn Those who in waim Ja.y ure oorn; Then w.U they bc exempt .nd free From love's douois and anxiety. AU'jUPT. Wear a Sardonyx, or, forthea No conjugal felic.ty; Tho AdUt born without this stone, 'Tig sa'd, must live unloved and lone. SEn-EMPF.lt. A maiden born when a-i'utnn leaves Are rustling in September's breeze A Sapphire on her braw should bind; 'Twill cure diseases of the m.nd. OCTCHER. October's child is born for woo. And life's vicissitudes must Know; llut lay an Opal on her Dreast Anil hope will lull Uiosc words to KOVEMIIEO. Who first carries to this world below With drear November's ton and snow Should prize the Topaz' amber hue. Emblem ol friends and lovers true. IiBCEMtl-n. If cold December save you birth. The month of snow and 're ar.d mirth. Place on your hand a Turquo si blue. Success will bless whatu'er you do. Notes aud Queries. IIYMfiX'S HIGH PKIEST. A Minister of Much. Experience In Matrimony. He lias Keen Ituay L'nitlna; Tender Voune Losers for a Quarter of a Cent ury Merely an I'nnimanlic ISusfuess Transaction. "I hare married so many giris that the ceremony no longer causes mo the slightest emotion." said the gen tleman, suavely. Thero was nothing abno mal in tho statement. He had merely married so many girls to an equal number of male bipeds. In fact, he was one of the most popular minis tors in Chicago. "For tho last twenty-five years." continued the minister, gravely, watch ing th fantastic wreaths of smo'aC curling1 upward from his cigar, "I have been marrying co-UIc? in my drawing-room down-stairs until the carpet has become threadbare under bridal feet, and the books have grown brown with age with tho finger-marks of couples eagerly waiting my advent. Is there a week that passes without my uniting a couple? Never. I am eternally tying poor humanity into knots that only our free-and-easy divorce courts or death can 6ever. Several times each week I am visited by those who, for reasons of their own, can not marry at home, or decline to do so on the ground of objecting to what they consider the old style, com monplace, milk-and-water nuptial celebrations I have married all classes of people, from tho children of the wealthiest parents to tho off spring of tho indigent. Well, sir, after two years practice I will call it practice, as there was something legal about it I decided that the Adams and ves were all alike on their wedding day; tlidt I could adopt one method of treatment for" the rich and poor; that I need only use 0110 formula of small talk for the occasions. Thus I have saved myself a heap of trouble, and now get through each ceremony with the samo nonchalance that the surgeon shows in probiuc a trivial wound. . "Now, I'll tell you my method, which as nearly as possible is always tho same. Suppose I am sitting in my library reading afcer dinner, and that I have enjoyed my repast so much that I begin to doze. I don't say that it is invariably tho case. But sup pose iL Then suppose I awake at the sound of voices beneath my window, and hear some such conversation as this: 'Ring tho bell, dear,' from a man. "'Oh, John, I don't like to. He! he! You ring it, love, he! he! Oh, I'm getting so nervous I feel as though I should faint. Needless to say this comes from the bride. "Well, don't let us stand out hero all night catching cold. I'll ring it' from another man, very matter-of-fact tone. 'Now, he's rung it. We're in for it. He! he!' from the bride again. 'Well, this docs not cause mo the least worriment- I am so completely accustomed to it that 1 can not remem ber tho timo such talk was a novelty to me. I try to resume my doze while awaiting developments. They come very rapidly. The housemaid, a vet eran in the business herself she has been with me for the past five years appears and, parrot-like, repeats the formula in a subdued whisper: Please, 6ir, a couple of folks is down-stairs waiting to seo you. They says if you will kindly come down as 60on as you can, as they aro In a par ticular hurry.' I sigh, not because I am annoyed, but in sympathy with the pathos Maggie manages always to imbuo her timo-worn commu nication with. After I get through sighing I tell Maggio to tako tho visitors to tho drawing-room, and say to them that I shall bo down in a few moments. Then I go on with tho read ing of my book. You see I liko them to get just a triflo impatient, for I think it extremely important tliat the your.g people taking such a serious step should become nervous enough to appreciate its significance- If not fita:ing tho oxect-.tion.-r. they await him. knowing he is near; the waiting also gives the pursuing parent 'a chance for his white alley,' ns I used to say when I was a boy. At the end of, say ten minutes, I descend tho stairway to tho tuno cf an ominous creaking, and enter with all iho f igid dignity 1 can call to my assistance. I nearly always find tho bri.le in my arm-chair away from the rest, with her eyes fastened on Die carp.-t. The i bridegroom is trying to look iis though ho had bf-en marred daily for the j past twenty years, and is fore I ing a strained, jocular cotiv.rui'inii with the witnesses. Everybody i looks relieved when they lco 1 at onco drop my dignified lock - that j is, to an extent ai.d retiioi'i:. .v'th an I air of soleum jollity: AV..-!!. I think I I can guess to what I am indebted for i the honor of this visit." The bride blushes and coyly focuses her eyes on I another fi-.ruro in the carpel, tlie wil j nesses look at each other and titter, and bridegroom rises arid gulps out: j W well, er er tho fact is, doctor I er that is to say this lady oh, I meant both of us together, of course want er er -.-t married.' It's out and the poor fellow feels bet ter. I then sternly eye both of them, as though 1 would read their inmost secrets. Then I eae tho strain by affably sayinc: 'So that's it. is it WvH, you might do worse, young people.' I then assure them that marriages (that is, vi.-.: ones) are mado in beriven. This erti-mc-nt "-ems a a rule, to have the un qualified indorsement of the contract ing parties. Then turning to tho bridegroom: 'Now, sir, n word with you. Let us step into the next room.' The bride pouts at this and asks if she can not accompany us. I rehire and sho goes on p Muting. I obtain th.j usual details from the young fellow and we return. Then the ceremony proper begins. 'Now, Miss Smith,' I begin, 'what is your father's name?' She always answers Mr. Smith Nine out of ten women consider initials superfluous. When I ask her mother's name she generally t-heds a tear. I am at a loss to know why, but it is a fact. I always crack a little joke when I ask h'.r ;t?. 'llo x cid ai'O yo.i. Miss omith? No heritmion, now. You should havo no secrets from your doctor, lawyer or minister.' If 1 ha.-o made that joko once I have let mo see; twenty-five times fifty-two. ought and carry five; 12o 1,300 times, multiplied by four, tho average num ber per week 5,200 times. Well, of those 5,20 brides I could almo.-t af firm that o.OoO laughed at the joke. Another thing, they nearly all givo their age last birthday, and look an noyed when I make, it next birthday in tho certificate. When tho dec'.ara , tion is at an end I say to the bride: Now, Miss Smith, please z;7. maiden name for tho last time.' That makes her so nervous that in the ma jority of cases 6ho spatters the ink all over the table. It's pretty nearly as bad with tho bridegroom; but tho witnesses enjoy it. It's human nat ure to put our names on rec ord when it doesn't cost any thing. Then the ceremony proper and the fun commences. 'John, please tell him to bo as quick as he can.' If the lady knew that I am as anxious to return to my study as she is to start on her bridal trip, she would not make tho injunction. Tho awkwardness of bride and bridegroom is phenomenal. When I say 'Let the lady stand at the gentleman's left, it usually takes them ft minute to deter mine which is their rioht and ieft hand, and I have literally to push them to their proper places. When I have finished and 6ay to the man: Tako your bride,' he continues to stupidly gaze ahead with a fixedly strained look, holding her hand w ith ridiculous energy. I havo to break the spell by gently remarking: 'That is all, my young friends. You aro now man and wife.' "1 then turn to the hrido and say: 'Now I suppose, Mrs. Snooks ' " 'Mrs. Snooks?' sho says. 'How funny. Am I Mrs. Snooks, John, dear?' " 'Of course you arc,' he tenderly answers. ' 'Well, excuse roe, doctor,' sho sweetly resumes. 4You were about to say something when I interrupted you.' "Tho fact of tho matter is that I had nothing to say except what 1 had ac complished calling the girl by her married name, and knowing the inter ruption would come, I am armed with some original remark about the weather. After that they relapso into bashful sileneo, and would remain in my 6tudy for two hours becauso of batrhfulncss did I not come to tho res cue with, 'Well, Mr. Snooks, if I can ever do any thing for you in the future in a similar capacity I shall bo do lighted.' Every body appreciates the joke but tho bride. It 6erves its pur pose. Under her leadership they de part and I return to my study, wonder ing why I can not feel cither amused or distressed." a Tho reverend gentleman was inter rupted by tho appearance of a portly farm in the doorway: "Please, sir, a couplo of folks is down-stairs a-wait-lngto soe you. They says if you wil. come down as soon as you can, as they are in a hurry." Tho doctor wearily looked up and noddod. There was no need to ask whether ho was amused or distressed. He clearly looked dis tressed. Chicago Journal. A mother should be able to teach her children, and lead them in all 1 hey ought to learn, especially in their earliest years. A few j-ears of home training in the first years of life ii worth more than all tho preaching they may listen to in after years St. Louis Magazine. What this country needs is maple sugar that will pass a thorough Civil Scrwco exutnination.- DEVOL'S CATCH WATCH. A nefbrtnei! Oambler TelU How lie Made If u.i.lre.ls of liollara. Ono trick, though a small one, that I used to play years ago on the, un suspecting has caused me many panf of conscience while in a rt;peutir.'. mood. It was quite simple. I had a "catch" watch; and it caught 'cm. too. The case was made of pure gold, tho metal actually being hammered into tho proper shapo. The works were not worth seventy-five cent; thy were us cheap as could bo found. Hut the caso was very fine, and I had to carry the watch in a chamois skin pocket to prevent tho soft gold from wearing away. In those days tyis was. befo' tho v.ah brass candle sticks wero in common use. I would tako the tallow dripping that ran down on tho outside of a brass candlestick and rub it on the case of tho "catch" atch. This gave tho caso tho ap pearance and smell of brass. As I dressed generally in the stylo, when a gentleman saw mo pull out that watch -- and I always managed to pull it out In a way tu attract attention ho would give me the laugh, and say, "Well, I m sur prised to seo a man of your appear ance csirry ing an old brass walch like that." "I'll lK-t you $100 to Ifl'J that my watch has a finer caso than yours, sir," 1 would probably reply. The man would examine my watch, and when ho opened it end saw the cheap works, he was then more than ever confirmed in the belief that it was a snido watch, and that I was just giv ing hira a biuH. "IT bet you," he would way, "and wo'll leave me decis ion to a jeweler." Wo would repair to a jeweler, aud after the test was made, of course my watch was found to have a case made of pure geld 24 carats fine something not known as to any walch made of pure gold. While I raked in the poor fellow's ijlonthat he had put up, I then gave him the laugh and left him to ponder tver the manner he had been taken in as a "sucker." In all niy travels 1 never found but one man who got even with ino on this trick, aud lie was a St. Iouis jeweler's c'.erk in those times, but is now running a handsome store hero of his own. 1 had ,nad; a bet with a man that my waicli h-.:i a Unvr caso than his. and we stepped into a St. Louis j'."-reic:: s establishment to havo the two watches tested. One of the young clerks who is now in businosK for himself, looked at the watches and said: "I'll bet you ten dollars that the other gentleman's watch caso is liner than yours, De vol." "See here, young man, I would advise you rot to bet," 1 replied, "for this gentleman and myself have just stepped in to settle a little dispute H to tlie number of carats of gold in the watch car.es, and it is an affair of our own." But the young clerk thoughthe had a sure .i ! ..out, una was anxious to bet, and I took him up. Ho went up stairs with the watches to test them, and soon learned that my watch was a "catch." and that I had won my friend's money and also Lis ten dollar bet The young clerk camo down with a broad smile on his face, and said my watch case was tho finer of the two, but that he guessed ho would just charge mo ten dollars for making the test. That clerk was the only man whoever got even with me on that trick, and he was simply even that was alL St. Louis Glo bo-Democrat. SPEED OF STEAMSHIPS. It Is AtlaliK-l hr Driving VctwcW More he lucss lieefcI--;v Just when tho five-day mark may bo reached by the transatlantic race-scan not b.j fo:-e-een, and m view of the Miirlling ;ir...'r.e, mrtde very v-ently i-jhi-rh st..,..U it w,,-U,3 n v..UJj,UOjM to predict vti.it record will be made iu any r-i", n fi;tu,.0 ,lM.i0j. ;ut WQ imagine that tho limit will bo set rather by he passengers tha i by tho steamship companies, naval designers or cng -no builders. It th-J traveling I'lib'.ic continue to dim and excessive spe.-d and are willing to pay for tho r-av:i; g of a few hours' time, together will, loo ittu-zidant racing exct mont -at.-l ::--; -it;. Me risks tho com ii-tnies v. iil b-j forced to keep up the compe tition and to cater to that demand. The length of vessels, docking facili ties, power of engines and all details will be forced to the greatest pos sible development, and the ships will bo driven t:, their utmost. Tlie legiti mate gain iu .-pe.j daring late years has b..-. u due to increased si.o of ves SeLs twin t crews and boilers capable of standing prcssu-es not dreamed possible a giMieruf ion ago. Relative, though not actual, fuel economy lias been secured mainly by the introduc tion of triple and now quadruple ex pansion engines. What may be. called illegitimate gains in speed have been reai-hed by carrying initial pressures to aa extreme and driving the ships more or L-ss recklessly. Possibly there may bo a re.icl ion ugai nst tho de-ire lor great .sjieed, or nt least against S)ieed attained only by taking una. ee.-;-ai-y risks. Jf no, 1),., steam ship 1 hu-s v. ill devote attention rather tnin.'ivan-ii economy, safety, regular ity of passage and c.-imfort than to spoird; and if this a ss-umpiion should tern ot't t be? curort it is q-.il'. .i pos sible tha t a f; -r 1 h presen' era.-k racers aid those, now undo contract have settled their rivalries n further in crease in speed may be look -d for dur ing a considerable p.s-iol, oreven that a ret rog res.-ion of record might set infer a time, though v.e confess wo have little expectation of seeing it. Engineering arid Mining Journal. Some modest New Haven man, who will not permit his name to be known, has given to the Yale College library a complete set of tho publica tions of Priuco Lucien Honaparto on the dialects of Europe, and particular ly of the Rasque language, numbering some ;V0 volumes. These books wero printed in small numbers, some in editions of 2C0 copies and some of 20 only, and it is now said to be a liopcless task to get a set at any price. (
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