11 -A. lv it-in - Knts. T). e lure rri" ri V. i 'i i r ; i ti I il r ('. 1:1 i a f ki i uin crn u rr.r f ti to II el!-;iTi.!p n.n. ilerm ion i I 1 1 ; . t I re iit)!- ll Icln- 1 ',,( !:;. - - - ri-iNNj.v. i iticii, w iluic-e .......................... l..r f.6o f.00 0 v;.o ?.-Ao 4' 0,, 1 nonth 1 rar nlli 1 " 1 yer a t montLj 'it 1 year s a uiontLa..... ... 1 year X col's C laonihr " 6 months.... J4 1 year " 9 ir.oi.tbt... ...... lyeir lViOO. 4 .-.'vrMv mm -1,. r. tn iiTii fl w i n, t yM althla S roo:h.. l.Tft i t,i,1 wilt-in 8 tn intt . TOO U.C0 II : . t !'! wltbln tha jar.. y A 9 ,1 , II " i 1 I r"Uin outt of tha county I 10-r ;'" ," ri4i .r yiar "HI cbanrti TT.' UnpiBefS tteri. f.'ft 1T prri t VvC. ;.rj ilro ; sch su:ej.iit iQk&rtion 6s. er Hue. Ai'.cnl: ir'.rr.Uir 3 n.l lJL&ruor .1 a.RO Aa1ltir' Jwti"u SCO Stray r.l Hfmilar N tlr'!' ; ..... 110 J-'i rolHlivnt in ji Oi . o : it - : t t r. i orroraiton or Mfxiftv, j.l -o..1"-,ir;t. i.t-t"- t rf.' ;'f rc i ' I fcl ft rwJU r tti iniicl r i:. ' it.U-e- it. 6I.SO and postce per yoar in tlance. B" ... i ihinir wtm 1on I JAS. H. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor. K 1 A rKKKMAM WHOM Tit THUTB MASK VH.KK., "! A 1,1. AHK eIWiTK BKfllO- !r. r Hvin in a.lvanca mum n t """" .,.,t ..n the itnr liMitlnjt At tnone who . a :o t" 1 r- jivtttictly uiiueriuol trom r l..l'' ' , .,,.iri.rt-fryou Jtop lt.1f1i tr T T" I T. "''T7' rTf" , i.ui muwuut lo otr.erwi. VvlIiUXlii AAI . EHENSHURG. PA., FRIDAY. JULY 25, 1S90. NUMHEK 25. j vtf? "-- Vf' 4 H v i s r . w HE PEOPLE'S STORE, 1 1) TI I AVENUE, PITTSBURG. PA. KEHARKABLK I ! ( t :f itioli, thinly all wool, ,.,, t pr Milil at :."i cetitr. ...!' ;'' , .-.-inrii .KAY MfIAIIH. niaikeil down tody to 25 cents. Would be 11 L,nfh K.xtra Fine HI1ILLIA NT1N 4 MK'-urr iti iiiiport'd to sell :. tnt-t. Nn'b-ilfr oariraln I list's sinl''-" lillfi all-wool 1 A ' :! 1 ,it-. ci Jinarily sell from ti 1." rfnr a rd. We bav ni.tfUrd tti-m lj ,.f iImiMh-width tiitdioiu and Daik (Iray A!p:c!, tuarfted down to-duy i , ,.,.,,1 i X'., cent. m" . :i ; ; -' ; tine KN(fLIIl SriTIXGS. tifat Utt'e ptalds tA irak a tvllh and 1 -,Ne t-ivr ir n - t. oiarkml rtown to 73 cents, renu'arly (ld at f I and $1.25 a yard. ?"i ; (KKI)y. tiluh Novelties ar.il hltfh ctst Frem-h and ('nrnian lp 'r'i P in ii'ls. we tavH slaughtered tbo rri-v to wlod up the summer scat-on'f r'vm-i ni h aii!, it larce lirm of Cream and I.'wht Cninie.1 F.3Ul('.i of ail d- ,,i. , i ir r eiie iina w tr. Als,. cllo.cj lim a in ULAC'K and I'OM.HiS 5,:ii,v i-: i ' I . I N FRI'N ut low-st prlcos. ? Vjji-'' -ii.inev by CJininjr to tMs Uren. Ci ods 1 Vturtnie nt. BII BARGAINS -IN Dress Goods. :' wliirli v. c vi-h to send every a 'u r S;iuii'k'. Write to us ami tt-U '.- v.jnr licet Is. Kifv rvics nearly all-wool Ti-v -trii"' .rditiii's, "C inlies V: 1.-, ut -i '. a y:r.tl. j A nt f iIoiiMe-wMth e;ish- j .i ir, new colwrinirs, nwule see- !'.. fur us, onl v -"'. ; vanl A'.'.-woul fancy stiipc?, in i.V.v tlfU spriniT sli:nlc, ( ; i i. !v .. vc :i y;iri. I'iiiis nil-wool 1 mixture in. wi'le, .'iOe. it ytl. :i!l- on! stride tri' A l.-t cf t.-i. '-Voice eolorincs. .'Ui inches . , 1 , i'lc, 4 Jc ;l y;iru. ' (w hu.hlrcMl pieces, everyone : t in coloring- or designs ; j 'ii ; . ;. 1, .! . .,1 .... .-M..r .....iv.-. ttu.t i m ; dinner c wciprht eloth, I rl ' - ' 1 A i l .t :ill-wool '"() in. Mile- : , - ... I ilitUl. i . U;Ulty Ut :. y;:r,l. I ( .,.fl " i -r iiu.il, itll-WUUl ' Vpnnj weight siripo suitings. In i i:. r pnxls up to tlio finest lcth, i::aic in fvrei";n v-ountries x;.r. iy Icr us, our stock Is Sau.nicr silks oT every ile-vri-t in very lurc-e varieties. Writ t, ,,ur Mail Onler De- :i 'iiiOnt . IS. '" '-! I'KX.N AVK., PiTTSBURGH, PA. AT AKS " o. inc to uvt n t. -t. Til L ... t V K laicTW. ' ..a:.:i-'.-vi urjulur (o " ' V, all,, tSu C'Oaj "' uin.it t-t rvjt. '-ADCLPHIA. MACIIINLS A SPIl 111 iv Innnmlivliii.i ...1.1 Hi! ii Nli r MUSTS"."' ",,KK C e, J 1 '" o"' nrrally. fARQUAR CO. Limited. rin"".vlHa Aurloiltural -rki, ioi.k, ii HORNE I H R ES H I H G .. 1 ' '.1 , BARGAIN'S IX STUITEO DiiES (;(H)). (titiA da Tlnn is tlm liKn-tt 12" j euis' wottti rver K MOHAIUS r eleuant shades of Ciiar at ." ci-n:. Wb l'a marked tfiein to tn America n lres W'i!. filled lJrr (ix(l. -r-llert aTylr anil oV- CAMPBELL i DICK. I 33. A'- ISliort- Advertisement ! Knbjert of We huve in pruirrens snvrial al AT tli p' iv.- f Pry (J i,iu. wf'.'h Is n niiit re iii-f an l firtt I Iru 'nt y fruited to thS hot npn'lur, Ir.rliidiin;: l"lllT O At " ; . "' . !! . I"'- . , "il'- . ! larueht and choieet a.-? tr'.tneti! (r e!rt,--tlnno. AMiPHSHN'M 4 V,h XI.ITTS iTCH IhK.SS im:h m row V '. and f.uc quatitie at i TI '... .17 '..f i'iii'v French S.ittni at 2." . .; at 15-. V."". " " " atl-."..e Kit-nieH Dimity, fat color, lor Wa.-h I)l 'e. r0'. w ii rrr. . ih J7 Ir eh ! leri-1 't died Indi.i I.'rer l'J. F i ( i, ',- ti' ) 4 r r-11 S !, Iin-r,s. R'-lV.- tie hmi C '. . t 'ft 75 V iU- Nin. i , 12V. f. to 505. nit) turk-i For I. 'de I'll ill' (iirmrntj. It u-e Ww'At, Hoj Wttint And Meo'a Vutirfe Nfcirti. A Trv h'i?" vd rlijTnt H if th'-x" f 'innl4 ftt H. i inerii.. IM. ...nil at vV t he erv ni.it quainv T'-.-hi-kHhle F ariiiel, m vry I'uht wewif fr Snmmtrr I)i-ein Shirt, eto.. Id handaome attipe and cheek. rRrn W,M.EH F'r SnitM an I M-iiritan w.'ir. ream . :rarti. : ': . W . tin-. l 7.V. I a'l .cU'l u.eiey, 5oc Funnel me . 75 . fi.oo. ' 'ri-itto frta, 5 ceti C,fHtii Tir l.!..fh. fl 00. C r,m -s A Trfti rntnprehhlv( S"ortnirit nt La oiks, MfN ' an Cmtin:KNs Fvk- ihin(.b T nnj kind and at uMHiey-T- It'K ll Vr Hf.-s ur t V'-rv i-eiu Wtdnlii iwr Jul! ti .T Liiiitn-eiii ror paitira'ar. or for neti'pha. r lor r. pv of oor I'lualraied Citla.uifUd and Fusil IcO Juurucl. B06GS&BUHL, IL", to 110 FcJcralSL ALLEGHENY, - - PA. A SOLID- FENCES M IS"' VtAUkS OP EXPANDED METAL cir?i!i,ini.lT"L SIHETKJNG NCW. Rriorrra. CMonrH-5. CrrTTnes. rm C-RorMS ltc Arba. U iaow buartl TfIli-, .rr-pr,f PLiT K CI 0 LtTll, HWOIt 11AT,5. A.r. U nil for JduMiaUd CMloloiruer nulled Ire CENTRAL EXPANDED METAL CO ll Water Nt.. I'itl.bnrch. Pa. Bar J Mara ilea krtilU CIvc uamc wt thia paper - CatarhH ELY'S CREAM : BALMFFAMEMKl - Clraoar the i a; b....... f'ilTkTvCl. ' , 1. a. mM....... 1 &&fi U.- . W . -l e . I v la.lri v.' sr. aa mll. uuLi Try the Curo.HAV-" ER A I urtirla l a ilir. lnt rarb nrtrC anil la areei,i.e. I'ri.'a a eTt at l;.imtf..t. s hr inaii m.irr.,1, .i cu. L1.Y HK' M WarraaSL. York. MEN WANTED O.V SALARY. T rallaMe men will le tea4v nt r'T ntefit at,.l I.IHr'KAI. SAI.AHV. j.avina tli.r traveling ait.eri.M. t rrnw our own acwk ri rloil anl IITAKA NTIK It Ut haatnatl Unl riM tn rxerr nartteular. trua u. naun a er.ier nl. tall Itiinnlimi rurulti.l. t-prtDca ntiia-mirf M'I at erea. atatinc aa. A I ImiK '. eiKkxiN t , M.ia roa ur. erte. U aferlw, N. Y' . I tali.aha4 r tt J r. Dd In.MI LUMBER IS ADVANCING. SAW-MILLS STEAM EN (J INKS, Mi I M I.C 31 1 . II A T I' ! t j& l, Ac. If tu want a It rt- l.na MAW f I l.l Mill t r aialnuua and ci.tl nct to ImrvOuca ta your r.-ti.ia t A. Ii. i A KUl" A K, (Iemllcd. , Yirk, Pa. toSCEllTSSt-rVX.f t.O. .t9Tr,rliK.i7 TEEL THE YACWEKO. Ho Id Often Wronafully Confounded with tlio Cowboy. The l.irnirT I. Hut m llrratrr ..f Wll.l IJr' While tlie lattrr. Orrn. Iilioit I. ItMllewted by Ilia xmr. A prrai many K-iti'e. cvm In tho AVisU i-.m'.'un.l i.uijU'rcs with o-.-1 . -.inn- i vcll vii 1 .! 11 r t li:it. tin' only il i iT'-at-ni-e- l-t Tcn tlv nu n known hv iiaim-K in that f lxcahty 4if tin f.iimtry in whirli they work; in mln r w . !. 1 hat a m:in working i:h ran1--attlo is a -wloy in th- North and u vaiii-ro in t!n- Sotiill. Sm-h a iuii;i,kc, !i"i'.i'Vr. is only iu;n!.' liy jM-niiif iiiki.-- ii:iini d wi;h r:in--i- work, lx-.-a.i-- a-, a nia:?i-rof fj.-i 1 l.t it- a al .iiiT. i- mv In ;woiii til.- iM't'iip.i: ions in vhi.-l. ii:( n 3:'" c-..j-.it'il. It is true t'er- v;n- ijU. ro tn'iy I itiiii- :i cn'.v! i-: ln:t i-M-rv oiw!mv cun not jHiKsildy lx i-omc a vac-'jin-nt Tin' rami' ami tho ix-.-i' pa ion it ( rnr an- l.th of Spanish r-'in. s;is hatiilira" Journal. It is .1 n alter of history that tho fir-t hor-r. oroi.lit to An.iTiiM iti fr.m'i Spain .onl the rw-poni.-? UHi-.l iii T.Ti.-iH and : l and Now Mevii-o iiru :o-lay iiionj-rrI d.x'i-ndaiils from the j 'ir.-l.rr.'t li.irl.s la;i !i .1 on t!.i shores of Dm tnlf of M 'ie over a i-iTturv -i'li-r. Tl.c vrni' i in.i- nl t'li-vacrjui-rra. for ho is n var-iibly a M--ia::. .s.j.iii-tiiiii's tho de-M-i-ndarit from a - uro fast : !ian fa-nil". : hut more often a "hri'SM-r" or half-hri-e.l. l.atinir tl.n hlood of tlio fast ilian ami Indian tnlxe.l "1:1 his veins. His oeeu a: um is hainl Hnr arij hreakinfr ii i h rses. ami while he inherit iui hwt-tcmperttl. iin n tnous tlistH.sition, t-i-i-rhr-r with the re-!;les lira', . ry of hi-, Sp:ni!sli an.-Os-t ry. In- has ! ,0 11 hi ;.i .1 with i ! t he -un-uUia ami tre;t.'h'-ry of his Indian fore fathers in as note. I a ilerei- as t he wild doseomlan ts of t hose pure-hreil Spanish palfn -ys h.i vo inherited their h ih .spir its, spe d arid i-tuli:r an.-o. In his dn-s the ni,iien L'ives th strotiL'est out . an! e iiirni-e of his an-e.-stry and m-cii pat :.n. Tlio heavy, liro,-i.l-h-ini!i!ol MiinliriTu, oriiamen le.l w iLh (.Mill it silver hr.u.1 ;unl e..r.i; the fail'-ifiilJy-iit-jorate.l and en. I.roid ri d M-Heteell j..i kl t and trousers W I' ll hi.i-k- skin shirt a:;.! ,-.-oi..r. d sa-n. ln-.-- lr-'je.l loi and h'r srmrs, 'mi invari ahly the dress uiu.pt. d hy iiiin. un mat ter how poor li' may be or how nl I and worn his jr.trmeins. In ehoosiii his outfit, his saddle and lu idle, .e is more .-ar.-fiil than the ordi nary row !oy. and j.r i v i s l.-s thon-'ht t t in' ex pen v. ; t-spo.-ia'ly sois this t ho ease with recant to t h-1 rappi n--s of his middle, whi.-h are of n f:.-ti ii. il in pl.n-e with silvr-hea.li .! rivets, the h- ad, ),. in-,r fr. Huetitlyas l.iv an a erown pi. and en:rued with in.inoj-ran.s. or brands, or any otlu-r .levi.-i' whi.-h iiuyrsiicli loa fati.-y. His l.ridle in iisiiaiiy f his own man ifa. ture, of j.liit.d le.rse-hair of ilil'i n-nt eol.. rs so eon.! .1 n.-d a In "ivi e!.Irne- of his natur..l artistio t.;st.-. It .lirT rs from f ho -nr.ltn.try hri.'.te In !in,' si roris-ru.-ted as t. to adapted for tisf w ith or without hit.. and when i.se.l In th l.t'ter shnpi' Is eall.sj 9 'hai-V-anion'." Itisin fhishpe thr- ra- pi-r invariahly uws It tho first time he saddh s and mounts a wild h.rs. 1m .ausi' thin the hits an- Useless nd imiy irrit.iU' tho animal: the first lesson the .K -1411010 desires to te.'-h it iM-illjf too ; In ad w i 1, 011 1 any regard to d i reel i. .11, : he l,air-.-.,nl, w !,i.-h iu-vs arm. :!d tlie nr.-1 en' I v s'rnn; to stop its wild rare, if sm-h jckum in eos:iry. Th h nr lariat tis.sl hr the a"UT' is, !Ko tin' ruirlmr's niado Irnni pl.iite.l ra-hidi or horsi-hair, til.out, thirty feel in length, and s heavy that Hone l.ut a ery strong wind is Me tn alter the roiire of the nooso w hen thrown at a lleein' .tnim::I. The ouifit ent ire is often w ..r;'i h un-ih-eds if dollars, and represents the tar-'ii'-ri' sti'lx in trade, h.-in ns indis ;m risaldo ai a l iwy. r"s or j.hrsi. j:,n's 11 hrary. We luve often siiti sueh unoiit lit (r:i'theil, or nine-hisl" ast they Hay, on a hor.-f not worth u.ore r.-m.s than the oi:iil u dollars. The. vanjin ro t.;ke.s iuo'-is pride in the rotMpleT. uess and I uali.y ot his outfit than thu ordinary row hoy. Ilurely do you ever see tho tarijuero ,-hane his .htui;i::i.ii; he is apparently U.rn in tho saddle, reared in tho saddle, and rmt nr.frvi!eritly fr!ls lend from tho nadJle. Ho is more ae. oin pi ish.si with tho lasso than the itittlmy, and no varmiero is nmsidcred thoroughly I'umpetriit lavHliriicr, or rop. r, unl"ss ho ran eat' h a horse running at Its utmost s e.sj l.y any one of its four fe. t. or i is two front or hind feet. Merely to 1k ahlo to throw a lasso over the horse's hetnl is n ij na lifiration for a f .nn r. !. Then, too, an etTirient vae..To u n lerst in Is thoroughly tin art of hraielinj horsehair or raw-hido and making thi-ri-fn.iu l.ri.Ues, ridiny whipaor iui'rts," and la.sso.s or lariats. Of course, tit main UiiT. renro he twevn tho var.jui ro and-i'ow in.y is that tho former is employed e rl usi ,1 y with ranf-horses, while tho lat tor's rhar-es are horned rr. ntures. le.sides this, tho thorough va.-i.ii-ro is mrtly M-t-ii in tin-North. In other r'spi-ts. Imwrvcr, his lifo and h'.il.it are very similar to thoso of tin row hoy : hti t h is hotter paid. nd iw-tually hia life is in irrrater danger; for, wuilo t h rua Ikiv may huvo o-etsionaily t-j hreaW a l.rimrlio r half-wild horse-, that is the :-iju'ro"s regular aruiation, and hi' may Im called ins to ri lo Ghi or six a lay for w irks at a time. -Artmnjj tho rurioaitif to ho fonnd in the Mitinos..ti StaT Law l.ihrary ari two volumes of tho colonial laws of M hnstts 17HO to 177-i Thy are, f cs.urse. reprints, hut 'yi olden atylc'' has bis-n faithfully n-pro.1 a red. The coii of law la vofrui in th.Mt provins'ial days astru; very rrtido. Jt was then that the whipping jne-t vii resort. -l to as a n;.l. of punishment, hut it is stipu lar .1 that "no man sh-ill In- hoat-n wtth alvf f.-fy atripe-a, nor hall any trut p. ntleman, nor any man '.nal to a (rn t'.eitian. he punisheil hy wVjppjnj. utiles his crime he very shameful and h!a .-nurso of life virion and proi'iate." Airain tho code .ays: "If any man shall lllasohi tu tho oaino of rod. th father, Sonuv or Holy ghost, wttn dirsct, x prse, j resun.pt uu ia or hitfh handed hlasphemio, or ahall cursi tod in tno like manner, hn shall h put to death." I 1 ll to I o llan.ace. ' ;ra.-iust" -v, -laiuirsl Mrs. Malaprop, "I n ad in the papers of a -f or-trn-ssman at lar-j-e. I do hiss they'll capturo Liui hefcrv he d'X- any hrui. A TRUE XENTUCKIAN. ItctrmytiMC II" Nativity by Hia lAa far M hlkT nn. I Jl.irsr-I leah. u.-e. wh.-n I w as .si' 1 rtnr a j.apiT in Cheyenne, having strajisl as usual into tho rotunda of the Inter (-. an Ilol.-l. s.s kinir to iiivini-r topics for isiitorial ' iiii ntion. I saw ilmt. iImtb waa. only one- man in Um room, says a writer in the , Taui t.lobo. Ho was an i-ld-rly gfii- 1 l.'.-iuan, in a si.it of him- ji alls and ir.i;el-hrinimi-il hat, and his muslaei.e anil ''.ali i- were as white us .-now. I . , I fi 11 easily into conversation w ilh hiui, and hi had spoken hut a few wor.I 1 when I knew lie was a rTenttn-kian Trf'- iny a Kenturkinn hivm If. Having lui-n I ruWiol airainst the hard sidi- of tho f world for many years 1 ran dixi-rn tin ( ditTi rejiri-hclwei-u diai.s-ts in uiany of j tne Nouiln-m Siati-. Af U r a at.orl cou- 1 veraliuu tin' ulJ p nlli-uau injin-t. d: ; "I e-ethcr, sah. fis.in Jo' malinah of s;s .-.-h that yo" ar" a Southern man. sah. j Kf it's a f:."r question, sah -what r- ', Lion of the Sonr.li ar' you from, sah?' 1 replied: ! am a Kentuckian. Rah." j tiri-at heavens, is that so?"' he ex- ' i laimed. "Is.k liyar. sah. I am a Kon- turki.in myself (just as if 1 hadn't : known i: 1, and this is jest aU.nt tin- time t,f day. sah. thai. I am in the hahit ; of indiilo-in' in som.-thin' in the nat ure of a stimulatin' l".erae. Won't you j walk with mo Into the o'Ju-r room. sah. j and partake of aoinc! hinr of that char- ' artaii. sah?" I i-ry prompt lv I respondiil yes," and ' wi- walked away toir-thi-r. Aa we were oinir aloitp he pla.-i-d his hand on my ) shoulder in a very fatherly sort of waj i and siii.L, innuirinjrly: " Vou like a hoss, ; s;lh'.' I "Vfs." I retdied. "mdMHly likes a tro-d ' horse Ix-ttor than I do. sah." i "That's rijrht."' he continued; "that's h'.viniui-ky. sah.'' When we had rearhed the counter lie Jkiiil U) lui' in an almost pleading tone. I as if he feared I miiit do noiuelhili to hel io my nat iv ity : What arv you j.e j in to chiM.s.' in tho way of beverage, j bah?" ' Almost iaoriiiir his ijiiestion 1 sjM.kv ' to the "ent li-man In w 1. i'e on tiro other side and said: Uivo mo a little cl'ar J w hisky. s;ih." The old ircntlcman i-aupht both my ' hands in his and mi id, with an adt-ntof j the d's -pest sal isfactioti: "Hyfrrit! You a a Kaintiirkian. sah. and I'ui la.1 to mti-t you, sah." AMUSING ADVENTURE. How Alexander li.iiua. surprUnl an Au.i nlilo C.uimt Voyarur. Ahxjiiidi-r I Mimas, tho Frenuh novelist and dramatist, was tho hero of tuatir auiiisinir ail vent ttn-s. t Mire, whenattho lv -ijrht of his popularity, ho was im portuned to iwuom.' a cnemer. i: I trr.velrr his-aiisi he was such a jollv. )S"k fellow. Tho ams-iioio, as told l y a l'aris journal, is as follows: Some years a.'o a meis-hant of Lyons was r-ttirninp- from I'aris to his na'al . ity. In tin-same compartment w ith him sat a tall f. llow. lively, talkative and full i.r irasi-nmulc. hut. on the whole, the liet and most amusimr travelinu' companion one could wish. Mi al ivrh t ins at l.yo'ti the merchant, charmed hy tho talking, niatini-r anl raycty ot uis mitiiHir. t-:-rlaimed: "l!y .lo..." .sir, I am ylad lo have made your ar.jiiaintanr... Voii are a iroo.1 fellow ! Yoti an- a charming fel low! f.tn't yo talk, though! 'ome. l.-t us- mako a traile. will you?" "Well, what kind of a trade?" Como and dino with mi-: at dessert we will s;vek ahout iu I have an idea. Will you come?" "Very well, hut 1 will pay my sharo. I insist npou it." "As you please. What an amain fellow yo.i are! Ah. hut I like you!" Accordingly they t..k dinner to. th r. dnrine which the merchant olTered the tall felhi'.v ft tosit!n as commen'ial traveler or drummer for his house; that was his idea. "You havo just tho qualities re quired." said th merchant. "You will make your way." "Hut, my dear sir -" rotne. now, how do you live?" "I'iN.h! on very little." 'Well, how much do you make in your I I ranch'." "From twenty thousand to thirty thousand frnne.s. "tloo-lin-ss bakes alive! lint whaldo you do?" asked tho other, disapjioiut- dly. "Oh. I scriM.loon shectsof papi-r w ith .t pen." HOW IT HAPPENED. tine of Tlins Tourt.es of Nature That MHbe the Vt l.ote WnrH Kin. ' Ti it cclo-k in th hnihllntr of tho bi? city pr.por. The eh-ctrio liirhts uro hum in L' and the whirl of prt'ssesand click of types nirko a hny scene, lilitors, r p-nters, proof-read. -rs an- husy pre , paring the day's uoinps for tin' morrow. The door of tho chiefs office. t.ays tho Iietrolt Fret' Iross. Is pushi-d rarofully open, and a lltn--i-yi"d. flaTon-nrlod niaidi-n of sir summers and as many wintiTH onti-rs. Nolmdy know a how sho pot thorn. Nohody saw her climh thf stair or walk through tho hail. Sho is r.-vin d. dirty and has ! cryinp. "Is rou tho islitor-man?" "Yes, littlo one; what can I do for yon?" "Knbo l.s dead, an I th..apht may be you'd liko to tell ahout if." "Who is liube?" "Why, didn't you s-vnr hear of IluleV "You soe, th-ro arc so many pooplo that I can't know them alL" Tho hi--lwardisl man wa- actually ashamisl of his ijmoram-o. 'I'ut Rulo wasn't piiiplo he was m r hrother. U sold papi-rs an t.laotod In..fs and all that. He wasn't very rich an" ma said tho city man- would bury him Tint ho vras pood to mo. 'Tid you soil papers, too?" ; "No. I stayi-d home, hut Kul .0 hroupht me candy dos an' candy roosters and lickisl had I.ys t hat made, me ery. An if you'd ti-U folks how pnod ho was, ttiaylm thoy'd Jhink ln-ttcr of him. "What do you want" mo to say, littlo one? "Why, that ho wis IwkItk rears old an' was hvlpin" mothor and oh. I don't know hut 'rueinhor he was always g-ood t'-r nif." Itcfooo tho littlo mourner loft tho office sha ii tho nsripientof a handful of coins donated l.y "tho hoya" of tao otli.-o and tho Lig- editor ordered tho janitor to accompany Lor home. Thus it happened that tho readers of tho prcat paper woro mililly astonishod to read on tho morninp's local page; Died Ycttnlay, KuN-, the rtm tvy, aired twelve years. He m as the nutnirt of hla wld-o".-d mi'tht-r and InveJ his little si.sttr better than life almost. If -a as buried in tb-r puller's Ctrl J lat n:-tit. WOMAN'S KMEIiPUISE. How Many Ladla3 Make a Liviir; for Themselves. I A latrc Itoaineaa Built I In tlio Making of Minrr-Mrat mil I'lum roii llut s. lluuir-.HiUa Kreail an Artlclo Al waj . lu ifruuuil. Tlic hosts of women who flock to tlio cities without i m ploy till nt or tho d'-tinite promise of positions, hopirc t i a.-hiovo at onco fam and fortuno in tho husy whirl, should talco warning hr tho almost hopi-lcs-s srujTle of thousands of their prelisKSsors, says tiic New York Mail and Ki.pre, aaid look for ux amplo Tather to auch instances of auo-ci-ss at home as an- aifordiil hy workers liko Mrs. Thotiias S. Taylor, of I'lain neld. N. J., who has Taunt tp a larpe husim-ss in the making of minfe-meat and plum puddings. The d--tails of ?drs. Taylo'-'s sue. -ess are not commonly known. SI..- is a .lauhtor-in-law of the popular Dr. Taylu", lale of ;rare fhun-h, and as In ihe case of s.i maiiy wotih T-. t tien- was a family hoi. is hut not sunii-'i iu i.ti'ome. Ih-f 1 'M lvsir n i-,rh-lsr was ih. lat.' Mrs. IIi l---. scl, l" t-t-r lviiow-ii l.y her imm ih plu-ue of "f at horine I en," who pave her the si-nsihic a l ire t hat eh" put her cnlinary skill to some account in money rr.ak'inir. "I'll tfivi' you a famous .liKn-ni:ddinr ns'lpo.-' sjii.i Mrs. Nitsch. "and you have youro.cn ti.incf-im-at formula: tho mar ket, if the t hings are good, won't lie lon j in appearing." Mrs. Taylr.r went anion; her old fri.-n.ls iu tJra.-o parish i-xpiainin her project. Tho holidays were coming, and she tiok $10 worth of orders as a re sult of her iir.-t day's expedition. All days, of course, wire not as prosperous, hut auioiig- tho n-i;rhhors and towr.s pi . ijile her wares gri-w i;i demand. Ily and hy tho I'lainflehl ri-iT 1 fan to ke p thcin, and. now tii tu are .scvi-ral oroi t ri.-s in IJ.-w- York whisro th-y arc a 1 i !! still -. Mrs. Taylor has as much as who ran attend to, and all w ithoilt the ms'i ssity of leuvinc; h-r home. Oi't.-n il needs hut the, tourao to try, and n-suila are wow iu somt: similar tii id. The women ail over the country who are asking th.-nisi-lvi s almost hojHf li ssly: " l.at can 1 do that will int take mo away from my little ones?" tnipht take courage if tle-y 1. new of the itorts of other home workers whose successes are real if i.ol larts or s-(ei'-taculur snoiiL'h to nst-i-i vo much liah'.i,! mention. Hero is an instance which has come under my notice it Prooklrn: A woman, much of whose t t " s oc.-u-pi. d in the care of a nnmin-rot -'.ihU-crt, -was lookini; ultout in .jji'tt f suaii thin that might brlnp in money. A neighbor ur"d her to make bread, her Joavi s lciii famous in the circle which had tasted their swiftness and lightness, ti add a- syllable to ;i phrase. Tliis neihlmr aH-csl to talte a loaf every day. and thr " or four other ftintil ies were found n-a iy to i-nt'-r 'nto tlio srraijrenienu With a market for pirhap-. half a dozen l.ia v.-s assijrr-1 The experiment was'uickly under way. with no very s..niune expectations ot sic-"i-ss, but in default of any better p'an. This was about el-ht or t'-n u;'i rttlis ajx1, and without any Vv.;-y i'.r. nuous e:Torts to jjitsh tii" business, it has prown to ala.,:t the limits prescri! ed i y tho piuvl y I -ikcr'n time and the capacities of an or Unary ramie oven. Twenty-five loaven is about the kic: ago daily b iking and soim-limcs tuesi' are Uki few t supply the iluai id. Ti... bread is mixed in several batches, and tlto oven is kept hot until all ate out of tho way. Two sizes u? loavis-a.ro sup plied. Belling at six. and ten cents re spite lively. Tho bi-ead is weighed to kisr-p the Joaf of standard iueu.si.re, ac cordinp to tho usual custom at bakeries. Monday has provisi tho poorest day in tho week for bread selliii;?. but trood sales aro to be counter! 011 for Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The avt race profit is about foar dollars per week clear. No fortune certainly, but there, are thousands of women ho would b brlpbter if they could see a way to add that amount rcgulaiiy to their inoonie.s. Two other young married women make candles for sale in a oortn try v ii'agc! They lepan during tho holiday feasort a year ago and found it an easy matter to got their wares placed on sale ;n the village drug store. They asked sixty cents a pound, b'tt tho randy" shrank materially in weight through evaporation if not disposed of immedi ately, and they had not learned the art of making it as tempting to the eye as to tho palate, ltnt they renewed te experiment, packing their sweets now as dainty as heart could desire in small fancy boxes holding perhaps half a pound. Karh box sells for twenty-five cents, and the candy is made only to order. Thore have been far tuore oiders than they could fill. One Viuuiaa in Brooklyn, assisted hy a half-fc-rown daughter, pick Us vegc 'tables for bala and puts up present.-. Sho does a very (food business. Another woman has a very practical iui-a. Many housewives llioroughly appr-ciato soup, but aro debarred from having iton their tables Irfs-auso they tuiji'it that to make soup stock is very tedious and timo-con-suminp. This womats-lKis lof liones, boils them slown, bottles and seals tho stork and otters it for salo. Mho flnds a good market among neighboring fam ilies. Sand IUr for llea.lth. The sand lag is invaluable In sick-roiim. tlet tome rleait. fine sand., dry it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove. Make a bag alioi.t eight inches square of flannel, rill Jt with dry sand, ew the opening carefully together and cover the bag w iih cotton or linen. This will prevent tho band from sifting out and will also enable you lo heat the bag iuici.ly by placing in the oven or even on lop of ihe itove. After once using this you will never again attempt to arm the feet or hands of a aick. iern with a bitTlo of hot water or brick. Tho sand holds the heat a long time, and tho bag can bo tucked up lo the back with-, out hurting the invalid. Ik is a good plan to make two or three of tho Lags and keep them on hand, ready for iu,G at any time when needed. ,- ' Henry." cried Mrs. Smytherv, "there are burglars in the house! Get right up and po down-stairs. "No, my dear, returned tho rererend gentle man, "I hoar them in tho study now. I'erhapa they will get away wirh a few of those dressing ipowns and pieces of knitted brie-a-brae. we havo received. I don't know what else to do with them." HCW TO GO TO SLEEP. Soma Interest mp KineIiea for Slcioplena neaa ouctfeaf el. I'lorrrspondents havo been supplying this journal wilh various remedies for slecph-ssnes.i. A curate in London is all'icted in direct proriorcion to tao men tal -vv.irry .-v;id ribseiiro of air and exer ciso ho has to ndure, and tiads that "to walk even one t iilo a day is a prcat fling" in the v.y of P. rr im-dy. At the I-,.vmorit. In snys. ttie K-st thin one can co is to get uri. tirink half a glass of v. titer, and walk mun l 11 o room. Tho iiiglt alioraiion of cold an4 warmth has e scioritlr efTeet. "or ; tN'rtri-r"',,t re sult: "I.iv healthily. A void Too little and too T-ic.'-'ti enoreiso, foo.1. particular ly win. . I")ie. M-iitly. ontin? very lit tle moat. 1!:: he an hour before dinm-r, n't hefo-o going to b"d. I'o something i.i the ovetiing that "lees notercite you, siirt'Othln? like, whist, that does itself r....rhttr5"nlV,-. liecide how much sleep .11:! i:ii-;'t to have say right hours aid get t:p sternly when yet have been in ti.-a i-t h-.vc 1- ' ;id c-M-l A jour-ovor-e.M't in coi.-t rht ltonrs. howi vf-r lor.g von n awake. Increase your air se gradually." i'.ist, when sufTering from an 1 lir.-iin, and finding his eyes .tit meverccr.t, although the Is'.s :i"e . i-cl, i-.'o ute'y ::es the i;azu K. . ,.v.ui 1 - suy to tho foot of the bed wLiio il. 1 - lidii are kept clos. d If his .ii. e'"r.ssic ss isca from f.alulcncc, he talc- a rt-.-.-dy for that. "A most v.Tot.'kc-d licl -awake" of thii-ty-Ute years' standing, wlio had for tea years thought hiu.s4-if happy if ho could get twenty miiiuti:s t.le p in the twenty four hii.-s, took hot waur "a pint, cm urrai.ly hot, on'! good hour before e..cii of tr.-y three meals, aul one tho last thing al night naturally unmixed wi'.h any thing else, Tho very first nirht I idept for three hours on end. tsrucd louiid. and siepi. again till morn ing. I havo faithfully and regularly c Tilinuel tlio hoi water, and havo ii-.ver had ono "had night' sinco. 1 ain gri.di.aliy l.-s.s utd and went, the shut-"n-re.1 nerves Ih oaino calm and fetrong, arid i'.uud ot eiuh ushl i. ing- one loi;g n.inery beiit in wearyiiig for the ti'Oririri;7, ti.ey aro all too short for tho s..e-t, rtlteahing sleep 1 now enjoy " Spectator. TRICKS OF CONVICTS. .V Hank llot.-bcr V. l;o herv.-a hwp to Se cure a I'anloift. Henry Southpalo was one of the men engaged in robbing the Indiana Nation al l:ank some years ago in what was known as the "oral. sje-box roblM-ry," the lx.: b.-ing Used to stand upon while the thief reached over the glares framework upon the count :-r and lifted out several thousand doll iu batil; r.oljs it wt.s, I tiiii.k, jSiJ.OUO or ti-ViMJ. S jutligale's fri(.-:ids press d an app'i-c.-i'ion for paidjn on the ground tlial he wns dying of cunauutption. (Jovernor kiiUiicks bsli.-vca the atory and par doned hi in. 'la a very shoi't l.i...o alter hia ri iiiaai- Southgalo was as lively tind 'i ilthy au evil-doi r a.-, there uaaiulho St.t'." tid a. prison oilicial. 'iij ha'l simply h--en playiug the soap trick." "V ;iai'.- uiai?" . IlaJng sop. The elTect was to bleach hn skin by producing a.J-uith ot 11100.1, or nnui-r cr.ani.ing toe corpi soles, increasing .. e white nud diminishing the red- t ; re aro no se rious consequences foi -owing the use of S"ap and when discoit" i rm.-d tho man Rapidly rrots well. "tjov. rnor llendi i'.'ks, of course, was much cha?rined over this dieopt ion, and MEil1) an entry in this orliij to ' the o:I.s;t that il was n-.-ver sale to pardon a man merely l- -.. ise h" iool ed sick. 'en in prison will -lo other things to excito sympatny and mnke it appear that they are. dying of consumption. "Now and then a fellow will strike himself in iho throat, or even cut him-s--If within tho throat or under the t .r.gi.e. Then ho will spit blood in tho presence of tho physiciar, walk feebly, talk in a whisper. Sometimes they oat iiit, which stops digestion, and this is followed by a f.dling off in llesh. "A short time asro a reouvst was made for tho pardon of a notorious criminal in tho southern prison, on the groitnd that ho v;.s dyimr. Ho was, u-Kirt that showing, placed in the hospital, ft. .in w hich ho cse.apj d. but wa-i raptured four days later. Indianapolis Journal. HIS FAITH RETURNED. Iluw a Young liri.leirroora Moved Sta ti.ia orticer'a lieart. "Look -a -here," he saiil, es ho ap proached f'fliccr lliit'.on at the Third street depot tho other day, "havo you any faith left in human nature?" "Very little, blr," was iho prompt reply. You look. upon most people as dead beata and sharpei-a'."" . -I do." "lisat you if they can?" 'They will. They'd steal my teeth il they weren't solid in the jaw."' "You havo lent money onco or twice, I presume?" "I havo, sir." "And never pox It back?' "Never." "WeiL I've got to taeklo you. jast the same,"' continued tho tnam "Ik) you sea that woman with the red low?' "Yes." --Xr-.:" ' "She's my bride; married last week; came in on our bridal toar. Wo toured too lOng for tho size of . my wallet, nnl now I lack just four rents of enough to buyortr ticket. home." 'Only four cents?" "That's all. If any feller in "Michigan ran plan a bridal tour closer than that I'd like to moot him." "So would 1. Here's a quarter, sir, and that will giro you twenty-one cents forpoa-nutu and ajiplos on tl.e'trtin. Car is nowr ready, sir. and there's tho ticket office. (So homo and lie good and happy." Detroit Free Press. A HrhoaLMa'aiat I-awault. Miss K:.t Kcniw- Jy, who has teacher In the pehlio sehitols leen a of San r rannaro lor mom than twenty years. as just gone ttirough a year's fl-ht with the lioard of education, and ettT. lished tret principle that iho b-urd ran ' no di.tr harro teachers without cause. Miss Kennedy, having obtainc i a ofabm-nce, made a visit East, ani w:is surprised upon her rv. m to find that her place had Leo a given to her substi tute, T ho board of odu-aUon roollv in formed her that &Lo was not wanted, whereupon Sho brought suit to test the legality of her d is. barge, meanwhile, ' making formal application every month U h..r salary. .Sho wou her case in the lower courts;, audi now tho Supremo Court su.tains theso divisions, and or ders that sh,o bo reett-rcd and receive ht f back salary. - - THE AGENT'S DEFEAT. tie Striio-n a I.r. tly v l.o Knew AH About J-l.otoi;r.l.. Score: Suburban re.-iUi.neo. A gen tlemanly person aw-.it the coming' of the la ly cf tne house, who pi-ct-iit!j ap- Ilr Mrrlstn. I havo tnken tho lilicrty 'f railing upon you to explain our j.evT s' st.-m o( i iul pii ti.ri s and to show you a few t pec: mens of our work. She My d.-ar sir, I lie- (lui;.' so. You were a' oi t to ob serve tht you were re.-v busy ti is morn ing. a:.U besides you did r.otctire for any )iio.ogr:ip'iS at prt-sent. Your tu x t-d 001 iu igti'' t' itiid the sa;iie thing, hut, ti' v 1 : ti.. 1. -s, when she had s-i n the T'f-r.ii-tiful pi--, u.-es which I s'.all lp p!.-:...od TO show yo-.i '-.o .... -.-iiled at oriee tf. fafcr a tii ket for one dozen of these ( juui it. w'oi i.s of :,r' Sin-, f fi-i-ul.y I What my rtext-dK.i neighlxir d-ws is nothing to mc, Kir, and 1 don't v. am-- He--IloaWy. madam, it's no tr'.-nble. I assure you. 1 know you were about to id-serve that yoti.lid not want to trouble me to show y.'i the .- ch .tri:". ; ri'j (p-ci- mens, but 1 i-tn ' : ut-.ued t! voii will ! In-delighted with them. And then they are so rea.--.or. able in price, w In n you take into 1 on.-ederatioii t:.o l.ih g.-ade of work, that It is positi vcly lik--gi i ri r them away. Sho (impati.-ntly) Sir, I have no time No lime to sit for pictures jasi now y-.u v. ere aimitl to ay..but I ca'i as sure you there is no time limit tilxnii. thissysu-m. You merely give ine fifty -en us iu exchange lor the coupon, and call at Iho gallery whenever it suits your convenience, pay five dollars Lion-, and have your sitting. Yi.ii are then en titled to orto.lozon elegant imperials and one copy of this now and beautiful dis covery of the art, called S1." S. e here. 30.1, sir, I want you to ur'Urs:ir.l th ui If I hud u.y way I wouid put os fry photograp'ii-r in the country" in i:;t'. Iictur'-s, indc-ed! I j "U s"r t he siains ail ovt-r my carpet? 'that"' w here i..y hsbati'l. who is an ii.ttit. ur I hotogr-'pi.cr, spilt s-ome of hia . b u.i ;als. Iloyot: n o tl e h ,'n b'iMit inth.'.t piano rover? That's wh'-re he ruined it Ly trying to take a flash light picture ami ciuct near setting the hoi.se H-fire. to say nothir.g cf frightriing the into convulsions. There's scarcely a decent piece of croc!. cry in thr hou,.' that has escaped br ing utilized as a de veloping dish, or for some ether such purpose. He Hut, my dear madam She Don't dear me. 1 know 3-0111 tile tricks, sir. If it ha in't been f..r your miserable art art. i'. It" ! ! nt v .muse vvouid nol resemble a pi-pen. Look, at my Uiatittl-pi.-.-o.s, closets, taleos and bath-room, and. in fart, look at the whole house! H is filled from top to liottom with some c-, iderv-e of your rile tra-io. l ive dollars a d. t.'-n: I would not give you fi vo cents f..r alt the Uasii you can make. J' . in, 1 pi.. tgraphy for breakfast, dit.i:".' ami .- r.p pi r till I'm sir's- of it, and if you Oi t. t get, out of t li i-- bof.se f.is thti ;'e I'll call the hired man to set the doer on 3 ou. lie Ili-ally, madam, I'm sol ry Srte No. you re not- That s what you always say iha'.'s what ni3' luisban'l bays when he has ruined some fresh thing with his nasty cot, p. tirtus. Tint's what ho said when be fpilt muriatic acid over t,t e front bn-s-j ' h of my new evening dres.s. So: ry! Nuw, 1 teli j-ou what, if you don't r t, outside tbr.t, dxie in something less than no time you will havo causo to lie' sorry in earnesL And just 3011 reinrmlier to tell at the next house 3'ou (iu to up thi road that tiii ir net neighbor di.ln'l decide at onco lo take a t icket. Jentlemar.ly person beats.:, hasty re treat. N. Y. sun. FOR THE SCRAP-EOCK. How to Kin. I the lintea of Ner loo.ia In Any Vrar .t I hi Century. The Goldf i: NumU-i- i s the pla -e of a given j-car in the lunr cycb', ".vhich is H year;: thai is, every l' years the new moon corr.o around on the same dates. To find iho 'lold.-n Number; Add 1 to tho dale, and divide tho same l.y 3; the remainder .is tlio 'i.ddin N,ir:,.:r for hat year. When th.-ro is no remainder the year is the la'.t of the 1 unar cycle, aod of course its doiden Nnmln-r is I'.t. Examplo; To find ihe (.olden Num lr for Isi'i;-.. Add 1, and we have lst'l; divide by tind lite remainder is 10. Ilonee 10 ia the t! olden Number for 1 .'O. To use tho table: Find tho Golden Number for the given year; then when ever it occurs in tho table it gives the date of a new moon. Tho first column is the days of the month. Each of tho other 12 columns is headed by tho name of ono of the months. TADLE TO FlSO THE SEW MOONS I KOil 1S01 TO 1 LO. I -'! 1 ' 'ri 1 r ; v. 1 .. 2.. S. . 4.. 5.. .. 7.. 8.. V . lo.. II.. It.'. . !:.. IS.. IS.. Irt . IT. . IS.. t.. . Ji. . si . . ... a. '. a.. . I', I W.17.17: C I i 'll . 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 . .- 'J 1 f.,i. n! 3 ! e ;io IH) I : -VII tl'I'.'l f? 'pt; j Sll ll 10 ! F I'V 1 .J :i . ,i' t-, s'lo. 5 cda: lhiy ll !.; ! ! ri, . j iv. s 10 :r,, :, n 1 o ,., I W a ! lfll 5 I j 10; IS 111 I 1 : iiij 1.; . mi p 1 i", r. 10. v I I 2 10 is is 7 i 5'lt! IT ? I 1 I 7 15 M, f I '-' in 1' is 7 1;, fh '- n' il I tls 7 151 4 1 i ;is. . ' I ' ' I !! W I '' I ,.' 7, 7 15i 4 i U" " - "' i-S)t" IS; I ... J 1 ;!' is, '., 7 I.", lit-.' i It) - , 115 4 4 ll'l 1 1, V . I 7,15! I "' lii I , H 17 17 I I 4 4 ll'l I I' J; i j tS 1-V 4' I s I J ! -7 1: ! .11 4 !'.' .1 I j . u .' 1-' 11 ti. IT. C1 14 l- 'w ! y 1:, 11 u 14' s .1 I jr... 1 Sv. - b .IV lO ! - I I I 17 rtl r. 1 . .Tl . . ! V. l- For instance, suppose 3-ou wiU to find tho date of the new moon in November, ls-S. Using the rule above, we find the Golden Numlior for lsss was 8. Look in tho column headed "Xci-omlor." anl the H it found opposite the :d day of the monih. lIi:ico the November new 1110011 in lss.s wis on tho ed. Ily this table we can find t Tie dates of all the new moons for any year. Toledo ISlado. A St. Louis woman lliinka that mar ried men ought to wear rings on their fingers, as tho ladles do. indicating their social statusl She says if they did there would uot bo so many wounded hearts lyin around. When a gentleman ap proaches a lady she could readily de termine whether or not he is in or out of the matrimonial market, and dt.n tan herself acccrdinely. . HUMOROUS. "Y .t.rg ti.an." swid t! e theatrical n :;.::!. -, "w.,.:l I you li'e to join u.y eoir.pany?' "A ii y i r. 1 '.'.men t '!'' "Would you try a star p.-i-t? ' "Any t i 1 i :t g ' . u t i:ir- a 1 i o n. " 1 1 ! . u n t Tr a v i ler. Ml-liss (aii-jrily) '-ll-i.'ge:, are you rm! liuuie I to wear in y 1:1.'" liri.iget " 1 1 '. ; ;i :n. to t. ' I 1 hi r truth, 1 lw, f ir it's '.. il a bit I l::.ow. d it tva.i hist 3 efs s Joy Jo till Mary O'Connor told me." ?.i unsey's eekly. Inquisitive Citizen- - "Whafs the ma'-ti r wi. ii iho ii.titi'.' I'.ci ... run over by a railroad train?" Amhulanco Sur geon "Worse than t lie. was :-aui-ht Dioot'.g the v.'omen in a bargain rush at Seller's." ri.ib.de'phia In quirer. Mrs. Toto fst.itly teiri;vr::lo) "Why, you know. Mr. Lttnher. that I r-.m -.0 I'ur si-ii n t t'-u s in i::y '.' tr.per? :..-.' pr iri-ciph-.s thai I iv vt r a I '.u;v mv c il: to put bftirel y in l.:e tiittic.-' pies." I.u.i'er "It dee-; you err si: 'w) '.-'..";. gl-e.' l l-fe 1 jt. I rio-reo with ynt. It do.-" iu-. 1 liVe u wastij 1 o.) i ii it or to put it i:il') j ies. " lios'HJil i :"1I!.' rri - it . 1 "No. !.i.":iti'," f..ii.l the y.u.ng girl, sadly. '-I an not be your wife. W are too compatible." "Compatible!" h . ex claimed. "Isn't that the very reason why'' "Not in ou.- cti.s. I should probably insist from motives of econ omy on t3i.spensjngv.ith a servant and ib i v? toy own li'i i -ework. r-r.dyoa wj'.iM P id t.hly let me do it, liimtri." Chicago 'i'l'i b'itte. Friend "Well, how is John doiii? at Ilarvar !? It is h is fir t tt r-n, 1 boiii -vo." Frond Mother--"! h! be t.avs he is gt t tttig on f-plendilly and is bo'ind to Sucre.-. 1. Hf-bas been proitiot'-.! already." I-'rien-J "Indeed! I ui.t glad to le ar it." i'roud Mother "Yes, he bet a inr.de a member of th'- fr shmr.n crew. I al ways knew John would mal.c his mark in col !egv."' He "And so you're really going to marry that professor! You, tne. In roino of tt Ihiiit'rr. ! eugrigi m, nt-.! ilov.' did 31 "i iur i.n.i'j to a :t l.im?" His Cit:s;n (from J'.o --ton 1 - " "n , you sei-, be proposed i;i l.rei-k, and v.'iit. I re-fusc-ii hi ri I got mixed on ;: y iiet'ati ves and Mi hi-njui" accep hit.:, arid now I'm too proud to ackrio-.-ied:ro 1113' blunder. Oh, I'ni his f.,r Hi"- '." Lif. An English scientist s:;3's thai if we weretovisit the moon we shi.iuld finl the daya and nights a fortnight in length, an-l if we "si.rv ived the soot -hi eg dt. I'itig '. ue day, we shotil I re-t.ai::iy bt ft'..'-ti l j ii. utli di.ri :lg I!." ::..5'if iiii-'ht." VV.at sottl.-s it. We -l,:i'.'. t'ot visit t ho miMn. The rlimat.- is etitin ly .UTer. nl f.'o'o any of tins :'.u tv-v-y. 11 vaili-'-c- vv s.:.iv 1: in 1 x ; - 1 i i ;i ; j her-; il. t .v i-r : --fo;i 1- iio.tr . .-.ti l it wreil I l"l :.gf.-.- v.'ith t.s. 'I he Kuflish Si i. "Tit i-t. dr.. -S We!' to t-'ll the ' t t ii aliiiut it, in.-tett'i of l inyr to be. cm n lots OU Ih'J i tee... - No.'i i-t l- il ......ruil. ACVAilTACSS C. A U:a Tt" use il iron. Th tt -.. :i. l-.ii- si ' linr. I. .'hir.es i .n" u . "e ;. hts gr.-et t..r-'. ;i ur : . i ! 1.. prt- 'i ir. i ;. , ; I1 1 '. I aoiictii, :.ri..i inoso v. :.o v .-.e 1 - o 0 0 ' J'l C ' tl !. '.ii at through It will im truotion in l:ti!i-.i-ti.i'-tl .o a ban b 11 i.n writit'-.: hnnd.-i down to ti. so long a line of ancestors, made the medium -of i:r science .and !- vi-ry siii..bl .li- fir b.'cj'.ii t'.iuii.s for all i.i'n st'.t-'.er.ts to ' 1 ;t. i t: t ing so. 1 hoy Irtve rotit their chai'tic ! ers which i u-i no', trouble ther.i..cl'..'s to the u.se of which, iti f.'..v q..:-. ninese to In 1 omu si. on hand .-rs of fpeechr-s in their own largihtge. Tl-.ry do not, pra'-ilfo spe.-ch-iuaking. but if they did and if the native news papers formed a staff . f shorthand r. -poi-tci i, ilu-y would not need to it.rn any foreign s. steal, 'i'hey can repor t 'iuite fast entutgh ..liurj-iej vt-s v ii-i a. little practir-e. and tliey writ'' the ren ti an t.n.s with wo.iilerful iaU-kai ss. Their hand muscles are pliable, their fingers tmali, and '.he vriiir-.g brush they t-mploy is an iuatruraent supifior in sp.-ed to tho steel pea or quill. The scribes ;it an imperial iiudicnc'. probably write all or nearl3' all that it: sui 1. S. rilx-s who are paid by the pivH'O gel throne h, a large amount of c-oyiying iu a very short time. Ye t let nv one expect a teacher who is paid by the month to write ffst. He has every reason to bo slow. F.ut copy ists, paid so much, for a thoii'.nd character-, try naturally to transcribe as many thousand in a week as they can. The rapid work of such copyists spceiall3' if they aro ailowi-d to use contractions, favors the conclu sion thai by Using Chinese characters sps cialists could easily write all that a good sjeaker says. As to wheth. r they could compete with the quickest Eu ropean stenographers may perhaps soon hi brought to trial in Japan, where many thousands are now learning to write in the Roman character. The new achool w ill f oon pwid to udd shorthand to Ilonia:.;..'.'.!. ti, and thi"! ir. will soon bo dccidisl wlilch i-t tin b. ;', r adapted for sv.ift and accurato lepoil ing. North China Herald. A MORSE'S f.'iEiV.ORY. "Jl "'"'"'''re.l the Trick Me Hail I -lave. I J"" ""---. Two VrT f.t-fore. "S;iy friend, yoii are yn U13- horse," said i.'.ie gen: h man C anotiur as be. reined bis Lo.s.- before the door. r."Yoitr horse! Oh. no! Why, 1 bought this h :se two years ago." "You did V" autiwt ted the other. "Y 11. 1 lost my hoi-so. It was suileu jtist two yiats iigo.' . ...... Tho eoiivt rsation took place iiiid"i' (. . . . , - . . 1 . . . . iai-sp4.-au.iiy oahs 01 an ola- .( n pi.1.1- tatioii i.oiuo. -:13s the St. l.ohi.s (. K - IeniM-rat. A planter was s.::-..;-.s. ' see his hor.se return home af 'rr tv.-. years, end ridden hy a g' e 1 io -. , r.t .-bu evidi :itly had bought lio- 1.,,,-,.. ........ ! faith. Af .!..( con '. e'-st;-. it. . ; jwner . ,1" the horse, wi.li itrucb . ness, s.i.J: "Well, sie, if yon 11 i mount, unsaddle the horse, -. loi-sn't go to the fence, take t h down, walk to fnc in iJ. ami if J..- . . find w ater io the bucket l.-t it w...-. :. .no well, and then walk o!f to his ,.id ,.,-,;,., I will give up. and that h.u-o isn'f mine." "Atyour word: the horse is yot.'-s if he does all that," cried tho tisi'.or, and b-apiitg from the horse, misaddied it. What was his astonishment v.i ea the hot. so went straight to the ri tier, iet down the bars, crossed over, wi nt t j the well, Htnl iindilig tio water, h i the bucket .-own, and then, as though he had left homo but yesterday, walked to the old stable. The animal rrnu-i.ibt .. d the trick and tho owner rt covered . rt'i r uoi M-. 1 iht" aro inoso iu iiv v. o cm: ti attt: to th.M mth uf tlti-j &ioryt iLvn.gl;
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