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SO.AIE REASONS
Wnnv tlilnirs t-omliini' tlurinir tliis nxmth
of Juuuary to thniw all inc immipiii i"
; of lli- I.tiv.-r. (KM Low Itroki-n Assiirt
, nu-iits. 'l'oo niiii-U of on.' thing, loo Ht
' tie of anotlicr.
v Preparation k Annual IflTeatory,
End of one season, hi ttinniniz of another,
General olearinir up. aru soin
reasons for this
SACRIFICE SALE
A reekles sncritielnir of priees.li villi ni?
All douMe with impoi:t1:i nool
DltF.SS FAIUMI S now at
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1.25 AXU 1.50 yUALITIKS NOW 7.1C.
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Plai.ls stripes, eheeks. mixtures, ltouelo
ami Atraean elTet ts. The.-- 7.V. and h:
liai irain tahles of lress (iooiis. we eonMil-
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t hem in most ease-
ferml.
A Itarcain Tahlo also of
Colored Silks at 50cts.
liii-liiiliiiK In the as..rtm. nt l'laiU ami
Cheek Cheviot Silks. :ia I l'etsiaii anl
.str;pel Surahs, that were ifUU until this
week.
Our Importations of
Hamburg, Swiss and Nainsook
KMUKOIDKKIKS
Now in sale. All new patt rn3 and all ro
markahl" values.
SPKCIAL.
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'rrylnu on lu."lne- at the old Starr! opostte the
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iler. any article la h lino. Ir- ;u tnn riu ilicot to
the lament, ic. the le.'t manner an'l at the lowest
! llvln r:co.-.
I IfSn ponltTtlary orl either made nr mid
f at liii eilaUlinbuient.
i TIN KOOl'INd n Hl'KCIALTV.
i ttire tue a ca!1 and sat:aiy yuurM'lvc h. t my
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VOLUME V.
The Moat r?acccfol Remedy erer discov
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blister. Bead proof below :
Brookltw, Conn Slay 3, 90L
Dr. B. J. KEICDau. Co.:
Rlra: Ijust Summer I cured aCnrniipon mTtiorM
with your celebrated Kendalls b pa via Cure and U
was the Ih'AC Jibleveraaw done. I have a dea
empty Ivotttea. having usetl It with perfect suoomh,
curlojrevery thinK tried It on. ify nelKtilMr had
a hore with a very bad Spavlu that mwlenim lanwx
He asked nte buw to cure IC I recommended
Kendull'a Spavin Cure. Bo cured tne Spavin ill
Just ttirco weeks.
Yours respectfally.
ViuLCOTt WrmtH.
Coixkbts, Ohio, April 4, "90.
Da. B. J. Ksitdau. Co.: .
Dvttr sirs .I bave been selllmrmoreor Kendall's
Spavin Cure and Flint's Condition Powders than
ever before. One man said to me. It was the bet
Puwilur I ever kept and t be beat he ever used.
Respectfully,
Otto l HoFraait
CrrrrrESATCO, S. May 19, "90.
Da. B. J. KbitdaU. Co..
Dear 8ln I bave used several bottles of yrmr
Kendall's Spavin Cure with perfect success, on s
valuable and bloodeil mare that was quite lame
with a Bone Spavin. The mare la now entirely free
from lameness and uttnwg no hufica on thejuint.
Respectfully, F. 11. HuTcuua.
KENOHLL'S SPAVIN CUBE.
Mo!ceo, Tjv, May 8, "90.
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no nod. I purchased a bottle of your Kendall's
Bpavm Curo which ci:red her in four days.
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THE QUARTETTE'S ANTHEM.
Oh, yes ; I heerd the anthem sang by thact big
church quartette;
, My w ifc Hhe raved about It but I kup' my own
cioutn suet ;
"No sweeter song," she Bed, '1 song by any
angel's !ip"
An I sot btlll an' heerd bcr talk an' never
raised a yip.
They nan?: "We Shall Be Changed;" that's all ;
that a all. or party nigh;
"We shall be changed we Khali be changed
we Bhr.ll be chantred." Sez I:
"If you perposo all day an' night just them same
words to stnfr.
W'y I should think a change would be a very
proper thing."
The tenor pang "We shall be changed;" an'
then struck In the base,
Wio sang "We shall, we hhall be changed,"
from the bottom of his face.
The alto and soprano then both tried their vocal
rarnre.
An' bo'.a en-.paatically expressed the certainty
of "change."
Tho obsenee of idees wuz drowned In plente-
ousness of voice.
What strict economy of words an' extravagance
of noise!
For they wen; stiniry cf their words and gen
erous of their st mitis.
An' they were spendthrifts of their lungs an'
misers of their brains.
An' they call this mighty music ; 'taint for me
to say it's not;
But I think music's tetter w'en it's slightly
mixed with t'.iought.
I think yer luncs give forth to men a more in-
spirin' strain
If they first have made connection with the
inglne of yer brain.
Wen Maria rocked our boy to sleep an sung
her baby song
That quiet Sabbath evenin with the shadders
growin' long,
"The music of that baby song," sez I to her,
pez I,
"It beats yer quartette anthem out an' knocks
the thing sky-high :"
S. W. Foss, In Yankee Blade.
BATTLING AVITII A BEAK.
An Intrepid Hunter's Conflict -with
a Giant Grizzly
Tho carcass of a huge grizzly lxar
was brought into town a few days ao
by Henry Robertson, who had killed tho
animal tho day previous in one of tho
gorges of tho I'inaleno mountains, lying
to the northeast of this place. The
body weighed over twelve "hundred
pounds, measuring five feet five inehes
in height, while its claws are fully
four inches long and curved almost into
fish-hooks. Robertson himself was in
need of niedieal attention, for his legs
and shoulder were badly torn and his
countenance decorated with numberless
scratches, indicating that the grizzly
had considered her life worth fighting
for. The hunter was accompanied by
his two dogs, which, while only curs of
mongrel breed, had. their proud owner
declared, undoubtedly saved his life in
the fight with the big bear, conducting
themselves with a courage and intelli
gence that would have put to the blush
many of their pedigrec-d and high-bred
brethren. Tho dogs, Nip and Tuck,
each exhibited severe wounds on the
head and bodj", and listened with evi
dent comprehension of the story to
their master as he related it to the
crowd gathered round the dead grizzly,
betraying at any mention of themsel
a pleased ai:d proud excitement, and
corroborating the narrative at intervals
with many short barks and wagrrinirs of
their stumpy, yellow tails. Robertson
tells his story as follows:
I was looking for no particular game,
and had started out toward the mount
ains more from idleness than any
thing else, and only from force of habit
had taken my rifle and belt, containing
a revolver, hunting-knife and toma
hawk. And, speaking of tomahawks.
111 say right here that for a fight at
close quarters with man or beast it is
the handiest weapon that was ever in
vented by white man or savage. Tho
Indians, who patented it, as you might
say, seeing that they had been hob
nobbing with them for hundreds of
years while the white man was follow
ing his plow's tail, knew more about
wild animals and fighting than that
white man, and he has never brought
out any thing to equal the tomahawk in
a hand-to-hand fight, for all his big
blowing.
Well, I was sitting down to rest on
tho top of a little ridge after jogging
along an hour or so when I heard tho
dogs that had gone on ahead and gotten
out of sight barkinjr as if they had gone
mad. I knew they had found something
worth having, so 1 went running down
into tho little dip below the ridge, and
there I found them tearing round and
round an opening in a heap of rocks
sort of piled up till they made a good
sized cave, and acting like they had
taken leave of their senses. Rut, ex
cited as they were, it was easy to see
they thought it better to bo pretty
cautious, too, for they would go rush
ing up to the mouth of the cavern and
then come tearing back in a big hurry,
as if they would almost make np their
minds to tackle whatever it was and
then on second thought give it up. I
could not think what it was, for it never
occurred to me that it might be a
grizzly bear, for 1 had not seen or heard
of one in these parts for ten years and
over.
So I stepped over a big log that lay
between me and the hole and looked in,
when I heard a tremendous growl and a
rustling of dry leaves that told mo there
was some largo animal down there,
though I still could not place it. I stuck
my head nearer to the hole, and such
another growling and gnashing of teeth
was surely never heard. This time I
saw pretty plainly two big eyes glaring
at me out of the darkness like red-hot
coals. I cocked my rifle, but found the
log was too close for me to draw a sight
on the animal; so J got on my knees,
and, leaning back on the fallen tree,
leveled my gun as well as I could, the
bear all this time tearing up the ground
and making the gorge fairly ring with
his furious cries.
The dogs stopped barking, though,
from pure excitement, and stood by mo
with their very hair bristling up like a
porcupine's, and their tails as stiff as a
ramrod. The big shining eyes of the
beast seemed to get closer to the open
ing in the rocks, so 1 fired, aiming to Lit
between tho eyes, but, as I found after
wards, the shot only passed through the
muzzle about an Inch below them, and
seemed rather to make her as mad a
fury than to disable her. Anyhow she
fetched a yell to make a man's blood
turn cold, and came bouncing through
the smoke, rushing straight at me. I
jumped to my feet, and having no time
to aim and fire, made a push at her with
my rifle, but she knocked the gun fifty
feet into the air with one stroke of her
paw, and with another slap knocked me
rji :rax?i-r- ?& Miisi tc: vVw
"HE IS 1 FBKZMAN WHOM TBI TRCTH
EliENSBURG. PA.,
down as easily as I could a child in arms,
tearing my shoulders pretty badly by
the blow.
I fell with my back across the log,
and beforo I could draw a weapon from
my bolt tho bear was upon me, crushing
and nearly suffocating me with tho
weight of her big, hairy body. "With
her forepaws the hugged me round tho
shoulders in a clasp a little too lovinj?
to be altogether comfortable, and, pin
ning my arms to my side, would draw
up her hind feet again and again, trying
to rip me open it seemed. Ry tho luck
iest chance in the world I had on one
of these oilskin jackets such as sailors
wear and a pair of buckskin overalls,
reaching to my knees, where my thick
boots met them, and it was only my
dress that saved wo from being torn to
pieces, for tho bear's claws, as often as
she tried to rip it, would slip over the
smooth surface of the oilskin jacket and
spend its force on my overalls and boots,
which protected my legs to a great ex
tent, though the flesh was badly torn
even through them.
All this, though it takes some time to
tell it, happened so quick that all I had
been able to do before the lear grabbed
me was to yell to Xip and Tuck. They
actually seemed to be taken so aback at
first by the sight of me lying on the
ground with the bear on top that they
could only stand still and look, with
their eyes popping out of their heads;
but when they did fairly take in the sit
uation they made for that bear with no
more ado than if she had been a pussy
cat. One took her by the ear and the
other laid hold of her hind ieg.
Now, bears have a trick of always
letting go any thing they have their
clutches on for tho next thing that
bothers them, and it was to this way of
theirs that I owe being here to tell the
tale, for if she had held on to me much
longer 1 would have been suffocated, as
sure as death. Rut when the dogs
grabbed her she let go of me and turm-d
on them, snapping her jaws and snarl
ing liko a devil gone mad. Away they
went, tumbling over the rocks and
crashing through the thick under
growth as if it had been dried grass
the dogs too cute to get in the face of
the bear and only worrying her from
behind whenever they could, and t!i
liear too big and clumsy to get a good
chance at them. v.;. ..-.--"""""
While this scramble was going on I
got on my feet and ran to get my gun.
but I found the muzzle full of snow and
the ramrod gone, so I drew my pistol
and rushed back to help the dogs. I
fired when I thought I could hit tho
bear without "hurting the dogs, but a.
chance would have it the pistol snipped.
Just at that moment the In-ar made a
sudden rush at Tuck, and tho two,
struggling and yelping and growling,
rolled over a ledge of rock and disap
peared. .
Though I was still dizzy and sore f rom
my full, with the blood running down
my legs and face, I could not leave my
f;ithfi! friends to fight it out alone, so
I dropped the blamed .pistol, and, draw
ing my tomahawk, I jumped ver the
ledge right in the thick of the shindy.
The grizzly now dropped the dog and
turned to me again, but I jumped to one
side and caught her by the nape of the
neck, striking at tier forehead. She
turned to bite my arm as I brought my
arm down and the weapon glanced,
nearly cutting off one of her ears, which
made her turn her head to that side,
so giving me a chance to strike her
again. J took good aim that time and
succeeded in burying the tomahawk in
her brain, so that she fell at my feet
without a struggle or a groan.- St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
PATIENT WORSHIPERS.
A I'renrhfr Whose Aodlenes Hid Hot De
pend on His Eloquence.
A clergyman, says the Pittsburgh Dis
patch, was lamenting tho fact that his
congregation appeared to be restless
during his sermons, and declared that
many of tho members of his flock would
get up right at a timo when he fancied
himself most impressive, and would
leave the house.
''That's bad," answered a young
preacher, "but I must say that I do not
experience any such annoyance. Not a
single member of my congregation pets
up and goes out during services."
"You don't say so?" the first speaker
exclaimed. TIow do you manage it?"
"I don't manage It at all seems to
manage itself."
"Don't they complain when you
preach a long sermon?"'
"No. I've never heard a word of com
plaint." "That is indeed singular. Your peo
ple must have been exceptionally well
brought up."
"No, I think not."
"Then you must be ono of the most
eloquent of men. What is tho style of
your preaching?"'
'O, rather dry, I am compelled to ad
mit. I do not possess the faculty of
drawing an interesting illustration or of
throwing out a bright idea."
"Well, well! I have never heard of
any thing so wonderful. And you tell
mo that no one ever gets up and goes
out."
Yes; that's what I tell you.
"Well, I don't understand it at all."
"O, it is easy enough to explain. I
am chaplain at the penitentiary."1
UNPLEASANT WOMEN TO MEET.
Women who wear diamonds with cal
ico dresses.
STI'T? wnmPTi wbrt tnan of rnnr
.. , - 1- j
clothes, yonr family and your friends.
x Womfx ttlin talk bhv talk In iuh
other and kiss each other on all occa
sions. fail to tell you disagreeable thintrs said
of you.
SlM PFnixn. bnliT?tri TVrtmon wKr,
haven't brains enough to know when
A 1 ,
mey re jiungry.
l"l O.VEX Who WMr rain Wvtic fr,vrra r
the street and a whole millinery store
on their heads.
WoMFX With VfticH n CYVMhV a a n 4,,w
tie dove's coo in soeietr nnd lilr
saw in the family.
llYTF.KICAL Women, who Thni-ct i-ntn
floods of tears if vou crnKs t bm In ,
nnjjuiesi particular.
l'KArnrui. women, who think their
beauty entitles them to all of the earth
and a good share of the planets.
Women who lug dogs around in their
arms when there are millions of moth
erless, homeless children in the world.
Extraordinary Suicide.
Y?en,na 8uicido ot genius painted
his iniuals and three crosses on
J sar an then drowaed himTOl,
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VAIH FREE iSD ALL AUK tUAVtS BESIDK.'
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 0.
Of all the treasures I possess
I have not one so fair
Or one of half the worth to me
As mother's rocking chair.
They say It's old and worthless now.
Its rockers useless, worn.
With leaning back and broken arms.
AJid cushion sadly torn.
I love It for Its priceless wealth
Of memories sweet and dear;
I love it for the loved and lost
Who eft have rested, here.
My dearest earthly friend bas sat
And rested In that chair;
And when I look upon it now
1 seem to see him there.
I ever found him true and kind,
Unselfish to the end;
Ko other one has ntlcd his place
My father was that friend.
And still another more than friend
In days long, long gone by.
Eas rocked to sleep, upon her breast.
With low, sweet lullaby
Eer little helpless, darling babe.
Whom fondly she caressed ;
And on ner check, her Hp and brow
Her kisses Hoftly pressed.
And yet another, dearly loved.
Has pressed that cushion old.
And, seated here, a blushing mal-t,
I heard the story told.
The same old story, old as love.
And yet so sweet to hear.
With ford caress on lip and cheek
From lips we hold most dear.
You heard my childhood's griefs and Joy
And saw my girlhood pride ;
Tou saw me learn to fondly love,
Tou held me next, a bride.
And then yon saw my mother love.
My wifely griefs and cares;
You lulled my child as you had mo.
And heard my low-breathed prayers.
Cnstfc'htly thing to other eyes.
To mine thou art most dear.
A lifetime's sorrows to thee cling.
Its joys are centered here.
Then wonder not because I love
My mother's rocking choir;
For all I ever loved on earth
Hath left a memory there.
Farm and Tlome.
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A QUESTION 0F POLICY.
The Ways of an Ineuranoe Agont
Are Indeed. "Myaterioua.
How 01T, I tola a Was Induced to Take On
st Follcy Throuch the Machinations
of Two Sharp- Wit ted Ins or-
sate Fiends.
Milton J. Tonteen was a young Insur
ance agent who w as naturally very anx
ious to get business for his ccmpany.
That in fact was what he was there for.
lie looked on all humanity, individually
and collectively, as risks. Every man
who walked the streets was to him a
risk, good or bad. lie Luttoned-holed
people on the street and whispered a
few words to them about tho necessity
of insuring while it was yet time, and
he followed people into their offices un
til many a man was worried into taking
a policy that he felt he did not need, but
he had to do it in self-dtfense if he ex
pected to get any more work done dur
ing the rest of Lis natural life. . .. ,
There was one man that vounar Ton
teen wanted very much to get, and that
was old Dolus, the millionaire. lie felt
that if he could rake in the old man, who
was not so very old after all, it would be
a good name with which to get others,
because every thing that Rolus touched
seemed to turn to gold, and people were
very much in tho habit of trying to get
into the schemes in which the old man
Ilolus was interested. Tonteen had
tried and tried again to get Mr. Bolus
interested in life insurance, but Lis ef
forts had all been without avail. IIo
was talking ono time about this million
aire to a friend of his, a young physician,
when the latter said: . ,.--
"Look here, Tonteen, ono good turn
deserves another. Now, if you make me
one of the examiners for your company
I'll agree to help you rake in old man
Bolus." "-'-'-V--.M"
"It's a bargain," 6aid Tonteen, and
forthwith the young physician was ap
pointed. "Now," said that gentleman to Ton
teen, "you go to Bolus and offer him
ten thousand dollars insurance for noth
ing." "Oh, but I can't do that," said Ton
teen; the company would never sanc
tion such a proceeding."
"That's all right," replied the doctor,
"you go and offer him that and see how
quick he will jump at it."
"Why, if you offered old Bolus a cent
he would take it quicker than wink."
"You offer him the insurance and tell
him there will be nothing to pa; and
send him to me to be examinod."
So the next time that Tonteen went
into the office of Mr. Bolus he said to
him, notwithstanding that gentleman's
frown and wave of the hand: "Look
here, Mr. Bolus, business is business. I
will not conceal from you the fact that
if I got you on our list it would be a
very good thing for our company. Our
company recognizes that, and so they
authorize me to offer you ?10,000 insur
ance on your life for nothing. We will
take the risk for the advantage it will
give us to carry you. Of course you un
derstand that this thing has to be kept
quiet; we wouldn't care to have any
body else know it."
"That's all right," said Bolus, genial
ly. "Now, young man, you are talking
sense. I will accept that proposition,
and some time perhaps I will take a lit
tle more In your company."
"I am sure," said Tonteen, "when
you see the advantages of carrying lifo
insurance that you will have more of it.
Now, if you can call around on our ex
aminer. Dr. Bones, corner First and
Blank streets, be will examine you."
"See here," said Bolus, "I haven't
time to go fooling round a doctor's of
fice; can't you send him up here?"
"All right," said tho insurance agent,
"I'll see about it. What timo would
suit you best?"
"Oh, I don't know; any time In the
forenoon," and so it was arranged.
Young Dr. Bones was kept waiting
some time for Mr. Bolus, but at last he
was asked to step into the private office,
and the door closed behind him. He
stood the old man up and made him
breathe long breaths, and then thun-ped
him on the shoulders and listened to his
heart, and rj laced bis ear back of him
front of him in different positions,
and finally stood up and looked at the
"Ever been rejected by any Insurance i
company7-" said the doctor.
"Certainly not, sir," answered Bolus,
hotly; "never applied lor a cent of In
surance in my lifo."
"Well, I am sorry to say, Mr. Bolus,
that I can not recommend onr company
to take you as a risk. Thcro is some
lf!illl''i1l'
- v . sr . sr l m a ii. . r s . I - s a
SI.50 and
1S91.
thing the matter with your heart. Yon
may drop dead at any moment, sir."
Old Bolus turned pale and then sank
into his office chair again.
"Oh, it may Ik- nothing serious," said
tho doctor, "only our company is very
careful about 6uch matters, and of
course I have a great responsibility.
If you should drop off threo months
after I have made thisexamination then
I would bo in trouble. I wish you good
morning, sir."
Old llolus sat for some time looking
inio space and paid no attention to t'ue
knocks at his door. Finally he called
up his boy and told him to telephone
to Mr. Tonteen. Wnen thutgentlt man
came he found the millionaire in a state
of mind. - -r . .
"See here," he said, "what do you
mean by offering me 510,000 insurance
and then having your physician reject
me? What do you expect to tuako by
thai sort of conduct, sir?"'
"Really," said Tonteen, "has he re
jected you? Why, I wouldn't have
thought it. You look to me as healthy
a man as walks the streets."
"And so I am, sir; and so I am."
"Well, see here," said Tonteen, confi
dentially, "thi3 is rather serious, you
know. Perhaps Bones is mistaken."
"Of course he's mistaken," cried tho
millionaire, smiting his fiston the desk.
"Well, the trouble will bo that if you
apply for insurance anywhere else you
will bave to tell them that you have
been rejected by our company."
"But, sir, I haven't been rejected. I
never made application to your com
pany and I refuse to have it considered
so."
"I am sorry to say," said Tonteen, "that
your application has alrcaJy gone in;
you remember you signed it? Now, I'll
tell you what we had better do, Mr.
liolus; you come around with me to oil
Squills. He's not half so particular as
uor other man. Perhaps ho will pass
you all right." -
"Very well, Mr. Tonteen, I will do
so," said the millionaire, with a sigh of
relief.
"But, of course, you understand it can
not bo on tho first arrangement? You
see, I took you for being as sound a man,
as I sciiiL as any that walks the streets.
It seems that you aro not so, and if you
get into an insurance company at all
now, let mo tell you you are mighty lucky
and making a very good speculation of
it. I only do this now because I have
offered you the free insurance, and be
cause if your application were rejected
by our company you would not be ac
cepted by any other company. I may
get Into trouble on account of this as it
is, but we had better go and see what
Dr. Squills says." -.- .
Dr. Sq-jills did not make nearly so
thorough an examination as Dr. 1! r.es,
and ho had no hesitation in passing tho
subject all right. -
Mr. Tonteen is now a very successful
insurance agent, but bo neter cares to
tell how he landed oid man ltolus into
the insurance net. Luke Sharp, in De
troit Free Press.
.. LOVE IN A FLAT.
The Thin Young Man and the Shapely
Yoitiij; Woman.
If history simply repeats itself one
en : . ' "i.vi;v- a fv.ti .'..:.i.",.-u.n
th ;t the oi l T.v'iTvl-divellers are having
st-'.:ie sort o: icetition in the bltc';s of
m -lern New York fat houses, of tho
ty; e which is r-.r.sltiplying so rapidly in
tho hitherto empty and rock bound
str.-ets of upper New York. Two series
t.fliox-like rooms constitute two Cats
for each lloor, and thus a block of ten
houses witl.in their five stories shelters
one Luiiln-l families. To watch for a
few minutes tlaily from an opposite
window the curious characteristics of
such a throng of neighbors grows to be a
fascinating occupation. A Tribune re
porter has been studying incidents
through open windows lately, and hero
Are so. no of t'.ic results.
The young woman on the top floor
pposite seemed extremely agitated,
shohu.iga largo portion of her rather
ihapely form dangerously far out of the
A-indow, until the on-lookers would
aave been alarmed had they not been
convinced that somewhere within the
room a pair of pedal anchors were se
2urtly holding fast. She looking anx
iously up the street and down in a way
siirnilicant of some one's coming, a
waiting and watching that was soon re
warded by the appearance of a tall, thin
young man on the horizon. The mar
velous occurrences that followed tho
advent of the tall, thin youngman in the
parlor of the top flat, beginning with a
series of torpedo-like kisses aud the sud
den disappearance of gas-light, defy de
scription. In about three minutes the tall, thin
young man and his hostess appeared at
the window. They thoughtfully pro
vided against wear and tear on tho fur
niture by using only ne chair.
"Awfully glad to see you," he said,
giving the other occupant of the chair
an athletic hug.
"You sassy thing!" she screamed.
The thin young man disregarded this
remark by administering another large
hug, followed by a series of little tremor
hugs and ten or a dozen pop kisses.
"(Jo 'wayr
"I won't."
Four toy-pistol kisses.
"I like your sass."
"I know you do."
At this juncture there was a dive and
a jump, the external symptoms of a
pinching match.
"O-o-ch!"
"Never do it again?"
"Never!" Bang, bang, depreciating
into the long rattle of kissing musketry.
The opportune arrival of a thunder
storm at this point compelled the shut
ting of windows, and incidents in the
parlor of the top-floor flat no longer en
grossed the attention of the opposite
community.
Compressed Air Torpedo.
Still another torpedo, this one the in
vention of an Austrian Count, Buona
corsi by name, has made Its appearance
in tho European naval and military
world. According to official and private
reports of the trial of this instrument
they were eminently successful, giving
results superior even to those obtained
from the Whitehead The motive power
Is compressed air, acting directly from
a reservoir upon the propeller without
any assistance or intervention from ma
chinery. The propulsion is effected by
twin screws working inversely and giv
ing a velocity greater and mure contin
uous, it is contended, than any obtained
in other torpedoes. Ono remarkable
feature of this invention is the faculty
f automatic guidance, which enables it
to avoid protective nets and shields, and
to dive any distance before rising to
give its blow.
i ik.-w i r-m i it" m - n is?.. i r i 2
postage per Year In advance.
NUMBER 5.
I rwf a lad dierteJ by his mates.
Hecause his ways were little, to tin ir mind.
Turn sick at Leart, f-hed tears to make him
blind;
So sad, 'uu never have the after-fates
Drought r ain that pitched taoie close, a day
more dark.
Though maty tlnce have sullen been and
stark;
And yet we call our childhood soft and kind !
Again I see him, stretched alon? tho fl Kr,
lteadtng wi'.n bated breath and blue eyes
keen.
Of her the mystic maiden called Undine:
Of how she w.m a k:iii'l:t lcMd- the j-hore.
With looks that fctirred his heart to nuiailen
fears.
The reader burst Into a storm of tears
That day she sank beneath the waters green.
Now, older grown, but still a very lad.
He stands beside -a woman, Mrokes her
hair.
And touches, timidly, the love lorl.s there.
Laying hi.-, w ul before l.er U-rmly pliel.
Though she ho twice Lis years, lie draws his
breath.
More worauipfully than to his hour of death
He will utjam-a lad's Crtt love is fair:
One night, he lies cbed In wckefu'ness
The vihile his mother iins nrvt Mr:rs tx.iow
Some dim sweet melody of lorii.' u-o.
And sad withal, bt yend hi.-, snldeM fucms;
I'ntil the rhilJinh heart we!:ts I It with pain.
ThroUf h ail the years it h-mcds for him a'ain,
That mother's voice, that music sobbing sol
And last, one day stands out fretn those gone
by,
And those that followed, us a single tree
Fta&ds out, a creature loiui-ouie utterly,
U;-oa a desert "p::inst a i:uniii.g ky.
"f vas when his father died; l.e uiaile no sound,
Rut in a si.cn. t lh.ce u;on the grtmud
They found him dazed aud dumb that such
could be.
Ah. recollection, how ye throng and set
Time's d'al b;ick. ur til th" by-irones teem
With potent doings ! How the child days
seem
As dewy as a spring timo violet.
Sad as the flower, too, when iii,:bt tide comes.
Yet sweet with all the sweets her biieto
Furas;
Yea, bitter-1-weet a rres nnd a !r-am :
liichard K. llurton, inX. Y. JuuVr.LniicMl.
DON'T BOB THE -MAIL.
Post-OfBco Inspectors Rotate
teresting Anecdotoa.
In-
As a rule, tho secret servico of tho
Post-OiMco Department contains some of
the hardest-worked employes of tho
Government. Very few persons outside
of tho mail service know of the duties
of a post-office inspector, but suffice it
to say that a day's duty of an inspector
contains half a dozen thrilling romances.
When one becomes statistical and
glances at tho vast amount of mail mat
ter which annually passes through the
post-o!Tco of the country, he can not
for the life of l.im even imapirie how a
mere har.iful of insjiectors can trace at
all tie many petty robberies of the
mail and M-ruro evidence enough to
convict th'.' j erpf.trators.
Thcro is a wonderful system about an
inspector's daily woik, but even with
this system ho is worked liko a Trojan
in the battlements from early marring
until late at night. IIo hns no regular
hours, lie may lie found on duty any
timc from one n.idnight to the next.
No one except his superior and himself
kno'.vs J)!.? bu-siness. jt --PI r ; lily
I'll that Oi'io ill tile greatest n ijui..'
to make a good inspector is a lovo
silence.
Arour.l the walls of the Government
buiidii;?, if ono will look closely, ho
v ill observe what appears as registers,
hiph uy near the ceiling. They aro in
nocent looking enough to distract the
suspicions of the most wily thief. But
every day, behind one of those iron
g. atings, there may be feunl a p.i t
cflkv inspector, intently wutcLing tho
actions of the clerks, either in the main
distributing room or in the register or
money orJer departments.
Should there happen to bo any com
plaints of missing mail there is a scur
rying In the inspection department, and
every man o: the staff is put on to test
bis niCttle with tho case which con
fronts the department. And the won
der is that nine t mes out of ten the
cao is worked to a successful conclu
sion and the guilty person convicted of
tho heinous crime of tampering with
Uurle Sam's mail.
"We get some pretty tough cases,"
said an old Inspector recently, "but it
has been my fortune to run down every
case on which I was set to work."
"What was tho most difficult case you
ever handled?" asked a reporter.
"It happened while I was stationed
at Utica, N. Y., aliout seven years ago,"
replied tho inspector. "Many letters
containing valuables had been missed,
and by dint of hard work we managed
to trace tho job down to one clerk, a
shaved-faced young fellow of about
twenty-two years. lie was a clerk who
distributed the letters into tho boxes of
the carriers.
"As I said, we managed to get this
far on tho case and then I set my trap.
1 had a decoy letter containing a twenty-dollar
gold piece mailed from a
country town in Connecticut to a prom
inent stove dealer in Utica. The let
ter failed to reach the carrier promptly,
and I felt we had our man solid at last.
"I waited for him until the dinner
hour, and as ho was leaving the office
accosted him. He came with me, and
look as closely as I might I failed to
detect any signs of uneasiness in his
features; they wero perfectly immobile.
He walked with me into the ofilce of
the postmaster and submitted to a thor
ough search, but no trace of tho letter
or twenty-dollar gold piece was found
on his person.
"To say I was dumfounded is draw
ing it mildly. He appeared to bo very
indignant Cut whether I was right or
wrong at tho time, tho petty robberies
came to a sudden stop. No moro com
plaints were heard for a month. Then
they began again. This time I was
bound I would not fail, so I set a closo
watch on my man.
"One day when I was about to give up
tho case in despair, I noticed the fellow
tearing up an envelope and dropping it
to the floor. When ho had pone I picked
up tho scraps of paper, and after a hard
job managed to pieco it. I was dis
heartened when I saw that the envelope
had been addressed to himself. I was
about to walk away when a sudden idea
struck me.
"I came down the next morning be
fore the young clerk came to work, and
tioned myself behind a letter
rack, free from observation, but in such
a position that I could see t he fellow's
every action. I saw him take several
stampe.1 and addressed envelopes from
Lis rocket and walk over to tho stamp
ing table and cancel tho stamps. Dur
ing the course of the morning I saw tho
fellow slip four letters insido of as
many cnvclores and seal tho envelopes.
Then I knew my suspicions were cor
rect. I wcut to the carrier who carried
.Arivei'lihiini' IfnlcH.
The i rpc s rd rt I i ! nrculvllrp of tl 'AW
BBIA ltmM n nun.'ii It to H e lavnra.e
ooiiHlrrslxn iIhmiii'mh I oie Ifcw la will to
isnerlid t ti e jrlnwwp liw mim:
I Inch. 3 "ice? i 0
1 Inch , a merit.... ',(
1 tucli, e u i.ti,t bo
1 torn I i ..... a o
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31 iiwlr umi tl poo
t liirhr. I -iir I2u0
'4'ruiQina 6 m-jatni 1(1 0 0
V. ffolauia. ft m icttii 2" vu
CjC'iumo 1 year S3 DO
! to!unni, 0 uiotitliii 400
1 column, 1 year 74.(0
Kui"lof lie n. hf luert.i'n, U--. per liuaj
si briaect l!j-rtinriK, f. cr l'no
Atfu.njiMruir'i nu .xccuior NutlCfif . . $2 0
Aulit rF Nciicm K
viray rfl mni:ar Njttcca .' 160
1 !-" .1 .i i uvm or itmo olaiiol any Tinii-
4D frui'ii'tv itt4l c ii.n.iiui'-nti'.rj ile.-'jrfr, u .o
uu mii'Liii'ii nj'i;;. ri i i.fui'-a i t .r.iii
rilul ui.-r-t titutt In iwil l'r ;iti':tl;rTii4ta
I !!. k uu. I Jut. rnnl.ii- ) l kni'! nmlly siij
' dun't i u l.irct ll.
the lctl'-r to ti e young man's home and
secured the four letters aidrcssod to tiiO
fellow himself.
" 'Have you carried many letters liko
this?' I asked him.
" "Yes. sir," the carrier fcaid; T carry
four t r live a day.
"1 then called the fellow into my of
fice and told l.im we had determined to
have the f all clerks delivered at
the clliee to lighten tho duties ;f th;
carriers. I then told him that I had
four letters f jr him and ha'.:i"d him tin'
missives I l.a 1 received from the yosl
man. The fellow turned pale and wa
on the verge of fainting when 1 ashes,
him to open and read tho letters in i::y
presence.
"With trembling hands he did so, -..rid
insido tho envelopes, addressed to b:;.i
se!f, I fouiid 'our valuable letfrs al
ilrosscd to a 1 i;' wholesale bouse. lie
broke down and confessed that he bad
been stealing for n bout six mor.t'i-s, and
that during that period he ha I ab .t.-i.ct-ed
nearly fifteen hundred dollars from
business letters. lie had spent ibo
money in gambling."
"The hardest case I ever had to v or'.t
on," broke in another inspector, "turne i
out to bo no case at all. It was in a
small town in Ohio a few mouth-; a.' i.
From this town had come nu mui-.n; s
complaints of missing mail, v-:lu;'bio-and
valueless pieces clisaj peaiiii;' r pu
larly. I was sent down to woriv tl;o
matter up. I worked as hard as 1 coi.li
and faile d to detect any guilty person
amongst tho several employed in thj
cilice.
"As a dern ier resort I determined to
spend one night in the-office. It proved
to bo a very successful night. Si. i'.!y
beforo midnight I heard a sera! -hi..,.' in
the lower letter boxes an l ear. f iliy
gan to investigate. I opened a t'.rav. .
and out jumped a big rat. I v,;.t .: 1
him disappear through a hole and t;ie.i
went home.
"Next day the floor was torn up ar. 1
in that rat's hob? we found s-rar.i f a
per, cheeks and turn ncy, nil u- i a .i
eoft.do-A'ny bed for the- family oi I'mlen .s.
It was a bies:,i tig for tho town, as a iie'.v
post-olllee was secured at once."
"Onetime,"' said another inspect it,
"I was fooled by a pair of h i U-u ',
boots. Many letters had bi en rsi-'-ir:.:
from the mail trains running b t'.vt- u
Cincinnati and New York. J!y t-. :'.
of decoy letters I traced the i-.e.iie ;
down to a railway luail cleric hst
unable to eaten him in a thelt for
lon time.
"After many letters hr,d r1 isap'-oaj -o 1
I got mad ono wet night. a:.d j : -t
tho clerk stepped from his a: I pi 1
him tinder arret. Tho truth of the
matter was ti.al I really bad no ,!-:
which to arrest 1 itn, so I took ni:n to
l and rcuiei ono room for hia f
A nico grate f!ro was sit. l- in tho
room, and 1 to"K elf my shoes t 'ry n,y
feet in the grateful t an:.: Ii. I ' j
prisoner reuaiin d ouietiy in i.i ci.a.r
until I t'ejuestea him to t li:.e i t;
big boots and feel mc-rn romfoi lthh..
"Then ho brgan to f.dg t ;.;:..-: iy,
and I pre w u-picioua. Vi:h 'i.-h
an 1 ;i j. rl; T puilu.l o:f or.e of , I.e....
and out dropped three letters to the
floor. The oilier beet yii I h i t.: i...lf a
do7on. Never until that moment " :d I
had the least suspicion of tlio-.e ei- - y,
big boots, and were it not fur tlial
lucky grate lire I should probably Lave
never been able to convict my man."'
"What is tho most wearing task v ' "u-h,
you are compelled to perform ?" in i. l
Ihe scribe,
''e'i.ec;. lug up tl.e accuuiit : fi .ier
ant country po-tm istTs," i , ,';;
inspector. "I woul I awm r c i to
unrated the tougbct ca-r v . h " l.ich
tho department is .com pel ' t .eal
than to square tho accounts of me
poslrnastcrs I know of." (. i ncin uali
Times-Star.
WOMAN'S PAINTED FACt .
It Vt'na Seen In inev-li, sum! ll o Is a
I'iIi In America 'Jo-day.
The art of beautifying theeeu,; : :.' :i
by artificial means is very oi l. '1 ho
women of gray anti ji.ity 1 o 1. . o
give their cheeks th- rosy hue v'. u li
nature had denied them. In NiTi"h
the practice of enameling was (iiii'c
common. Tho skin was made m:k. .ii
an 1 clean with pumic stone and iL-n
covered with a layer of white -het::cal
preparations. A toilet cast found i n t he
ruins of Thebes contained a wii i e i.r
senal of little lxt'h ..; f'.illof perf ,it-,i rh s
and complexion medicines. The w..;:n n
of Athens painted them-'eb es with
white lead ad vermilion. The poet of
Ovid describ-d various paints which
were used by tho Roman mat run-, iM.d
complained that tho women tiled to
imitate with couk Ucs the rosy com
plexion which health alone could
give. He also s ke of the de
ceitful pallor len to their ch'-eka
by white l-ad, and of carious
methods they had of lieautifyir.g i: oir
eyes. Again he mentions that a pale
face was a necessity for every von, .11
who a.-pircl to bo "gu-l f-.rnj."' ("lay
speaks of a conco'-t ion of flour f ;. :'S
and barley, eggs, '.ar t-.iioi n. etc.. . ieh
fashionable women in Rune v. ore on
their faces all night and pari, of ti e day
for the p,u rpose of cleaKie; thi ir ; ' : ss.
The CLsuuii of paii i iug ll.er.e v as
brought tJ Gaul a;ei Germany by the
Romans. A few eeniurtes lat : ono
hundred different sjlves f.r the com
plexion was soli in th. G.'-rnn.n tea ket.
lu modern limes I'ru-co ; N-e:i tUo
great manuf.i. t.:: . r and fiT.Suii'.i'f of
cosmetics. Jn Ii.:-l-r.J, too, the u. -i,f
them ha.- In-t n g. n- ial. In 1 77'.i t':e jl ,
glish 1'urlianu nt f en.l it epe.H, ;,.
consider a hill to i!.. ('. c. :il
women, without di-1 Ire". 'on it , .i :.; or
rank, maidens as well as vil...-, v. ho
should deoeive the h,le sal '.-. ,sul hi
Majesty and t.-tisl.-ad then: ;.. t i.ir
riago by means of paint, s.il.e. bt-i.ty
water, false t-elh, hiv hair, sjt
wool, corsets or padded Lip. -o :hl !.
punished under the j.rovi- i,".:, i.f il. ,
law against sorcery, and the mai Hugo
should bo declat'i d null."
A German s'.a.U.s! iei.in. who ii is ac
curate data coiic,-: iii i:g ;li u-e ." c .s
metics throughout the cuili.-vi vwrld,
estimates that the money ut'ch Ameri
can women pay lor c,o,-,mi tics wo.i!i j i:y
lor the painting of :T,im houses at an
expense of -j n r house
At Ten and at fifty.
"I was cross to-day," wrote louisa Al
COtt, when she was ten yeais oid, "ur'l
cried when I went to l d. I u.ad" pol
resolutions and felt Ik iter in my hi u:l.
If I only kept all 1 make I bhoc'.d bo
the lnsst girl in the world. But 1 don't,
and am so vet y bad." "l'oor little biu
mr!" is Miss Aleott's later comment,
"tho avs the same at lilt v."
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