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ROBERT EVANS, UNDERTAKER, t I A.T!i MAM FA7TrRKK OK - anil dealer In ail kinds ot KUKMTl'kli, sT" A full Uu, k Ca.-kete alwayi on han.t.-fca Bodies Embalmed WHKN KKtll'IKEIi. A pi ti Sd NOT EE AD YET! i O VALLIG LUTTRINCER. :n, corf!i m mi-m war i" It L l gspeettu'I' tnvl'e the att.nuon nt hl tn i. ad tb put. oe .u aeuoral Ui ihefaet that he If still , "''"V ' !heoldSian.ioppt,t,the l'ue. Kt.en'f.arir. aa.i U prepare.l to .. wry:ru on 1 isualaln Mi - 'H'l,l' T.i-n it iiarue i. sr. ati n - I a. laria-t, &.ff1 nvr ir; at, ir lianufiiettirln tji a.r. n ik lui. Irtata the .mallesi tc :t bant n. a uner and at the lowen; aatVtr.." 'TiU'nu"y "or either made or sold 11 N Itoonxc, n. SI'KCI I.1Y Yvrk and i.r ii i i ii i phumiy vrriHrcaioaj . . ... ' t'niariiirif MOl'XrAIN IlDUsK parbcr :-:Sliop ! ,1V A Brit.rli.. "s-l.or SI,, l.oti ha h..n stere 1 In , i ie i'U'; 1 1 n t .r.i.frlv Lne.- ,n . , '.".D'r" -r the h.rt..rir:; ' a luturi. 1 1. flints l,n ' "l ! Ill t lie !ianil o .an i- a HI to CU.'tO ''l-t In Kis order. Yt.nr l.io DUMBER IS ADVANCING 3 iVW-.MILLS -STKAM ENGINES 1 tHl.Niil.?; 111I.I.S, HAY Easts. A. I 1, .1 a, . A- " 'Al:yrAK. (Limited;. York, Pa lo weak mi fcflerlng from U. eSacta of youthful error., early cay,Mur.Rweaknea, loat aiauhood. eto.. I wlj "' nabl. traauae (aaaiod coatainlng foil karticolaia f , r home cure. FREE of charife. A adtd tt.Ural work : shdrlad .' aa who la ncrrous and deeiutated. Address, rof- C i'OHLEB, MtxKlus, Conn. ( I m t 5- - - . . utt,j York titf J S4 W. Some tivepre like- rne more wnAvvK uur. 1 busy .wives who useSAPO L.I 2 nVr seem ro grow old.Try d.cake- f Wii t0mplet,s wrck domestic happiness has often resulted trovx v washed dishes, from an unclean kitchen, er from trifles which wif air" Bttt by thesa ttia 14 mau oflea judges of his devotion to her family, and charges her with general neglect he finds her careless la these particulars. Many a home owes SAPOl"4 f U" thriUy n"tne" ts consequent happiness to bei..-'r'"rWf"P fte" ub"" ' DPfaflt a,jk..ff a. . . . r nd bark uvh articles ordered. tJ 9 i:;X ' - ' -a" The Moat Pnccmafnl BrmeJ ererdlseor. reil. u It U oertaln in lueffcuta and li not blister. Kuad proof below : KENDALL'S SPiVirl CURE. Cklvcbikbi, Pa., Nov. 27, "SU. Dn. B. J. KrAJU. Co. : Gnt 1 would Ilk a to tnnki known to thoae who Br ulmoNt Kraiialrd to uneK-uclall bpavm Cure tlie f out that Itluiik lt.Ua tntiHteXi'ellent l.lnimeut. I have uanl I ton a Blood sp In. The ht in, went on three l-tfa for thrvt ytant when 1 cuiimu'Uced Lo owe your Kendall' Siavla i'ure. I used tu hot tlfonthe hore and liav worked biin for three ye4ira biuce vul han in it bern luine. Yours truly, WSL A. CTRL. OEaMAVrows, K. Sow. S, 1399i pa. B. J. Kexsaix 0 Knnsbursh Prdla, Vf. Oenm : In praNeof Kradall a Soaviu Cure I win aay. iluit ayeuraso I IuhI h Hltmlile voui horat-1-coiiiu very lame, itolc "uiur-te'l oii'l switili-n. Tn htntenien aMitt herew navw tio Veiertnary Sur freon here) fin liounted Ilia liimouefw lihRKl spavin Dr ThttrntKhpln. ihev nil ton tn fliere w:u m curt for ll, he lieranif nlNiiit itsflen. an.l I coik. awieretl him aimoat worthh-.m. A f . ..-nd t.-M meuf the merits of vour Keml.-iir Sij.uviti Cure, m I bouirht a Ivotile, and I ciiiil.i n very :linly pruac lixi)roTementrtlmrneiliate;v fiimliie.ui!i1 lief ore the bottle vtaa nsr I up 1 w :; .sutilUM Hint it waa doinK bun a Kre-ll de.il of iftHnl. 1 In.iiIii HHTrtrtl bot t If und lit fore It was u il up lay lioru- waa rarrd ami hu.-t en In llicMim lining heavy work all the aeaMt4i sini- lat Aoiil. Imw in nn mom aitrruioflt. I coreiliKTymir Ivetiouh's suvm cure a valuiililH nif tlt liie. and It r'i..i.l.l l.i- In every table iu the land. Uasucttfi.li urs. Et.Gi.Si; DEW ITT. Price $1 per bottle, or si x hot tU for $" All drug gist have It or can b-et it for yon, or It will be sent to any addratas on receipt of prlit by the proprie tors. DR. B. J. KENn.lLI, CO.. F-noaburich t'a I in. Vermont. SOLD BY ALL UlU'UGLSTS. CCllO lau.ly . a W TiSJ V-' nujibtT rir.9 r , eht. v ail tifleu s:ij CGir.'lEST!;,;5' z:.i. oTrr ft fiboo 'rita the ir niiioer. Tl;ci.iu.' : t::'j !.i:iil. : 1. fn!l l'-r the ir! ( i t .1 i . i!h Iik- s .:u.l jcii-iil.; .)! i h!i..,.!:: .- i i:.' " ! il' !j!-ffr" s ADHESIVE COf;niTiir?3 tadrcurai walk, run cr2"i--n; 'a thcti. fi b EL FEltlG 9IAUE OF XPANDED E3ETAL t lT reow srTEaEi. SCSZTKJHG HEW. For rE3IOENCE3. CHURCMri, CE-WaTTERICS, FRM9 GRCC43 Giita. Artwra, Window Guards, Trelliaea, ire-proof PLAi .I!.G LATH, DOOB M ATH, J-r. Wi.tc fur Illustrated CanUoajue: mailed fre. CENTRAL EXPANDED METAL CO lli Water N IMl ttburirii. Ha. (iardwars Jleu keen lu Giv uarac of this paper BY CUTTINf) TbU oat, Wiling where you saw it, ana sending J so tumps, or posttv note for sixty oents. u. the WIEaiiyy BEE Toledo, O., you will re cei ve the Weekly Bee, b. mall, portage paid, till January 1st, 1IM4. The use baa 8 large pages, a columns each. making one and odsii u a r te r mile, of rexitnf ea-h year. It la one of the best general Weeklies In theUnltedatetea; hae all the Jaewe, great Mto-li riea, itovaaenoid, JParm, Children. Hour. 1 n a clea. Riddles, Tal-I mage's sermons. Market Report., Practical Peli tloa and rnctlon.Clesut in eTerydepartment.Orand piemlnms to getters up of cJuhe. Act at one and anow your wiadom. A ridreoa plainly. No need to rr a" ia tor laUor. 1U beb, Tolajdo. O. aS'a.a- l-aril Iwarkle RlnrL 1 HALr XMKi OsTof hoisting sared to Morekeei .r. Hutel em. Farmers, larl.lnef t,. Hui:.rr,.t ontraetoraand tl II t.HS. AOuiltied ro thegr.at-1 t iui;.r. yein.nis EVER ma-, in t .rkle r..4 Ere gbt prepaid. w frr fur tt;:ii(iiri:c. ri'L'ION St fc.NdlXEWKS a.- . . , ,u Kr"--'' M.. l'e'rott. Mich! t. t i l ! e.l liW. ms30.1ft).ly .;- v. . . F or i. 12, 4 r, 1 o r'-. P. t r a-a : iaLJ lr ii'iaj a.-ul axtirj oau, MARSH STEAM PUMPrws;y!,rd iracliua Loirintaa. All tin-t-rln s Standard ilcaiua a. , B:F- MACHINERY CO. 801 LctI Street. Kettle Creek, Mien. T W. DICK. ATTOkiKEY-AT-I.A W to. a.un.y. etc " r""" ?2. 1 -C x sno ehs-aper rood. ir kapui.io. to make ana lnft pn bavin- juttf what M. . . ..4 - a t J E! i t II " These are some of the things that a boy can do He can whistle so loud the uir turns blac; He can make all sounds of beast and bird. And a thousand noises never heard. He can crow or cackle, or he can cluck As well as a roo6ter, hen or duck. He can bark like a Uofj. he can lco like a cow. And a tat itself can't beat his "me-ow." He has sound, that ar. ruffled, striped ani plain; He cun thunder by as a railway train. Slop at the stations a breuili und then Apply the steam and be off afairu He has all of his powers in such command Has can turn rlht Into a lull brass band. With all of the ii.sirumenn every played. As he makes of himself a street tirade. You can tell that a boy is very ill If he's wide awake and keeping siiil. Hut earth wonld be GJ blesj their noise : A dull old place if there were no boys. Chicago Post. BRADLEY'S FAILURE Why He Did Not Perform Task Assigned Him. the "If I only had tbs courage," sail Eradley, as he looked over the store parapJt of the embankment at the dark waters of the Thames as they fashed foa-a moment under the glitter of tho paslijht and then disappeared in the Llae-k niht to flash apaiu further dow n. "Very likely I would struggle, to pet out again tho moment I went over.' fce mutttered to himself. "I3ut if no help came it w ould all be done in a minute. Two minutes, perhaps. I'll warrant those two minutfs would seem aa eter nity. I would see a hundred ways -of making a living if I could only get out aain. Why can't I see ono now while I am out? My father committed suicide; w hy shouldn't I? I suppose it runs in the family. There seems to come a time when it is the only way out. 1 wonder if he hesitated? I'm a coward, that's the trouble." After a moment's hesitation itho man slowly climbed on the top of the stone wiill and then paused cfain. Hr looked with a shudder at the trloomy river. "111 do it," he cried aloud, amd was about to slide down when a hand grasped Li-i ;irm and a voice said: "Wfiat will you do?" In the light of the pas-lamp Uradley saw a man whose face seemed familiar, and although he thought rapidly: "Where have I seen that man before?" ho could not place him. "Nothing," answered Uridley, sul lenly. "That's right" was the answer. "I'd uo nothing of that kind if 1 were you." "Of course you wouldn't. You have every thinirthatl haven't food, cloU.es. , -iu lter. Certainly you wouldn't. WLy oh'uld you?" "Why should you, if it oottjos to that?" M.eeause ten shillings sfttnd i Let wren mr ai.d a j, U That's why. if you w.ml to know. There's eight sbillititrs rail v.:.y far-, ,-i shilling for so an.-thing to :H to-night and a shilling for s-oim-ti'.ii g in the iiiornirg. l.ut 1 haven't lUe ten shillings an 1 so that's w ii v." "If I giv you th- t-n -hKlin?; tvh.tt ir;.nce h.!Vo I that you wiU i.ot i:ltl g.t di'tlltk on it?" 'rson'' at all. I have not askivl you ft r tt-n shillings, nor for one. I have simply r.nswered your jur3:ioB." "That is true. I will giva- you a found if you will take it so if unfortun ately you spent half of it in cheering yourself up, you will still get that joU What is the job?" "I am a carpenter." "Vtu are welcome to the pound." "' w ill take it gladly. Utit. mind you, I am not a beggar. I will take it if you give me your address, so that 1 may send it back to you when I earn it" lly this time Bradle3' had come dow n on the pavement. Tho other man laughed slightly. "I can not agree to that You are welt ocie to tho money. More if you like. I merely doubled the sum you mentioned to provide for any thing un seen." "L'nless you let mo return it, I will not take tho money." "I have perfect confidence in your honesty. If I had not I would not offer tho money. I can not give you mv ad dress, or, rather, I will not If you will p:iy the pound to some charity or will give it to some ono who is in need I will be satisfied. If you give it to tbo ngbt man and tell hnu to do the same, tho pound will do more good than ever it will in my pocketor in my usual way of spending it" "Dut how are you to know I will do that?" "I am considered rather a good judge of men. I am certain you will do what you say." "I will take the money. I doubt if there is any one in London to-night who needs it much worse than I do." Uradley looked after the disappearing figure of the man who had befriended him. "I have seen that man somewheres before." ho said to himself. Uutin that ho was wrong. Ho hadn't Wealth is most unevenly and most unfairly divided. All of us admit that, but few of us agree as to what should be tho remedy. Some of the best minds of the century have Leon in doubt as to what is the true remedy. "The poor ye have always with you" is as true to-day as it was eighteen hundred years ago. here so many are in doubt it is per haps a comfort to meet men who have no uncertainty as to the cause and tho remedy. Such a body of men met in a back room off Soho Square. "We are waiting for vnn i!e,n n sain! tV, vt . . . J took his -. vuaii uinri. aa lue carnen ree Place and tio . ... - . - uwvaa were locked. He looked better than he had done a year before on the Thames em bankment "I know I'm late, but I couldn't help li ?, 7 r0 rushinrf things at the ex hibition grounds. The time is short now, and they are beginning to bo anxiou, for fear every thing will not be ready In timej "That's if said one of the small group, "we are slaves and must be late choose M tb SaUod w'0hI.lherei9extr pa" Baid Brad ley, with a smile, as he took a scat "Geatlemen," said the chairman, rap ping os the desk, "we will now proceed to business. The secret committee has met and made a resolution. After the lots are drawn it will be my task to in form the mat chosen what the job is. It Lj desirable that as few as possible, even among ourselves, should know vho the man is who has drawn the marked paper. J'erUps it may bo my own good fortune to be the chosen man. One of the papers is marked ith a cross. Whoever draws that paper is to communicate with me at my room with in two days. lie is to come alone. It is commanded by the committee that no man ia to look at his paper until be leave this room and then to examine it in secret. He is bound by his oath, to tell no one at any time whether or not he is the chtwjcn man." The papers were put Into a hat and each man in the room drew ono. The chairman put his in his pocket as did the oihers. The doors were unlocked and each man made his way to Lis home. Next evening; Bradley called at the room of the chairman and said: "There is the marked paper which 3 drew last night." The exposition buildine- mo w it "bunting and was sonorous with the sounds of a band. The machinery that would not stop for six months was still motionless, for it was to bo started in an hour's time by his Highness. His Higtness and suite bad not yet arrived, but the building was crowded by a well-dressed throng f Invited guests the best in the land as far as fame and money went L'nderneatn tho grand stand where his Highness and the dis tinguished guesta were to make speeches and where the finger of nobili ty was to press the electric button, dlradley walked anxiously about with tho same haggard look on his face that was there tno nrght he thought of slip ping into the Thames. The place un.lerneath was a wilderness of beams and braces. Bradley's wooden tool chest stood on the ground against ono of tho timbers. Tho foreman came through and struck a beam or a braco here and there. "Every thing is all riht" he said to Bradley. "There will bo no trouble, even if it i put up in a hurry and in spiie of the strain that will be on it to day." Bradley was not so sure of that bus he said nothing. When tho foreman left him alone bo cautiou-.lv opened the lid of his tool chect and removed th carpen tor's apron which covered some thing in tho bottom. This something was a small box with a clock work arrangement and a small miniature up lifted hammer thit hi.ng like the sword oi iiaiijocles over a littlu con r cap. strain. no threw the apron over it tioaea tne ua of tho che3t, leaned against ono oi tho timbers, folded anus and waned. his I'resently thero was a tremendous che, r and tho band struck tin. "He is coming," said Braiiey to hiniself and closed his lips tighter. "Carpenter." crii d the policeman, putting ia his head through the little wooden door at the foot of the stage; "come hert quick. You can get a splendid .'ight'of his Higuness as he comes up ttie pas sage." Bradley walked to tho opening and gazed at tuo distinguished proces sion coming toward him. Suddenly he grasped tho arm of the policoman like j. Visi. "Who is that man in the robes at the head of the procession?" "Don't you know? That is his High ness." Bradley gazed for breath. Ho recog nized his Highness as the man aa ho had met on the embankment "Thank you," ho said to tho police man, who looked at him curiously. Then he went under the grand stai.d among tho beams and braces and leaned up against one of the timbers with knitted brows. After a few moments ho stepped to his chest, pulled out the apron and carefully lifted out the ma.-hine. With a quick jerk he wrench oil tho little hammer and flung it from him. Tho machinery inside whirred for a moment with a soft purr like a cjock running down. He opened the box 'and shock out into his apron a substance liko damp sawdust Ho seemed puzzled for awhile what to do with it Finally ho took it out and scattered it alopg' the grasVgrow n slope of a railway cuui.;r. Then he returned to his tool chest, took out a chi,el and grimly felt iu Jgu with his thumb. It was admitted on all hands that his Highness never made a better firie.-h in his lifn than on tho occa-ion of the opening or that exhibition. He touched lightly o:i the country's unexanipW prosperity, of which the marvelous col lection within those walls was an indi cation. He alluded to tue general con tentment that reigned among tho class es to whose handiwork was duo tht marvelous collections thero exhibited. His Highness was thankful that tho un fortunate state of affairs that was un happily prevalent in other countries could hardly be said to affect our own land. Then there was a good many light touches of humor in tho discourse that is so pleasing when they coaa from people in high places. In fact, the chairman said at the club after wards (confidentially, of course) that the man who wrote his Highness speeches bad in that case quite outdone liimseli. The papers had very full accounts of the opening of the show next Paorning, and perhaps because they occupied so much space there was such little room for the announcement about the man who committed suicide. The papers did not say where the body w as found, exept that it was near tho exhibition buildings, and his Highness never knew that ho mado that excellent speech directly over the body of a dead a an. Luko Sharp, in Detroit Free Press. The Height of Clouds. Prof. Moller, of Carlsruhe. has made some interesting observations on clouds. 'Ihe highest clouds, cirrus and cirro stratus, rise on an average to a height of nearly 30,000 feet The middle clouds keep at from about 10,000 feet to 2.ooo feet in heicht whii i - clouds reach to between 3.000 feet and ..wo reet. Tho cumulus clouds float with their lower surf;ie from 4.000 to 5.000 feet while their suia mits rise to 10,000 foot The tops of the Alps are often hidden by clouds of tho third class, but tho bottom o , . the thunder clouds, often enfold them. The vertical dimensions of a cloud ot served by Prof. Moller on tho Netleberg at a height of about 5,700 foot and hhrb. moUntaln cloud, ot the middle class, while vails of mist lay clouds were growing thicker, ThiloX lower ones wr ?ta0..i..t . . " , . A . ana soon It Wan to rain and wow-London mn- AVJnS. - " A MISUXDERSTAXDIXC.. Why Sylvia Tola Her Escort Sh.o Loved Another. "Going to the literary to-night?" Bob lienhain nodded. "V.'ho are you taking?" "Sylvia Merigold." " "Oh!" isaid Beaben Bassett . The single word was uttered so de spondently that Benhain looked up ar, his cousin in a manner half question ing, half quizzical. Blushing like a girl Reuben met the glance. "You seem to have ail the lack. Bob!" I don't think it's so much luck as pluck," averred young Benhain with a laugh. The mirth of Christmas was over. Tho milder exhilaration of Sew Year's Day w as also a thing of the past. January was contemplating aldi':ition in favor of Fnfortiary. The day was bitter ani brilliant. The glitter of the frozen snow and tho in tens- and cloudless blue of the sky made tone's eyes ache. It was Saturday, and the main strea-t of the littlo country town was crowded wi-uh teams, saddle-horses and ponder ous farm wagons J ust outside tl post-office which w-j.s also a general store Benham and Bassett hud met. They were typical young Western farmers. bigh-lHot?d, slouch-hatted, roughly-clad- But theii attire belied their prospa. rity. They were singularly alike in app arance. Both were tall and heavily built Both we;-e beardless, and had the same reg ular, if rather heavy features. And both spoke in the same dea-p, qui;.-! voice. But w hile Benham's w hole man ner and expression indicated jaunty si lf-confidene?. Bassett's were gtntlo to the verire of timiditv. "Lo.ik here, Bob," said the latter, sud denly, "are you in earnest in that quar ter?" "Why?" Only this: I had an idea you were engaged to Lallie LUx, that pretty littlj R'iioolmsrii) back in Illinois." "Yes," answered Bob, simply and squarely. "I am." "Then why," demanded Keuben, in quick exasperation, "are you taking Sylvia Mer'gold around?" ' For S'.vt ral reasons." avowed Bcn Lam, promptly. "In the first place she is a nice little girl: in lha? wicoiid, tho Merigolds are our nearest neighbors: ia tho third, she has no one but me to take her anywhere. Her folks don't want her to go out with tho Correy boys, and sh likes amusement. So I take her. But I'ui mt in love with her and she's not in love with me." Reuben looked relieved, but not con vinced. "Does sh know about I.illie?" "Xo, but I'd just as soon she did. I'm to he married in the spring." "That so?" cried Keulien, with a de lighted rimile. They shook hands heartily. "So you needn't trouble yourself t be jealous of me!" declared Bob, milling pleasantly. "Why in the world don't you ask her to go to meeting and to the literary with you? I shan't stand in your way." "Oh, she wouldn't!" "How do you know?" 'She never has a word to say to me." "As far as I've seen, you never have a word to say to her! You are dumb as an oyster when you meet her. And I notice you hardly ever ak her to dance. What you need, llube, is uerve!" lteuben laughed, thrusting his hands deep down ia his overcoat pockets. "Perhaps so!" 'Tell you what." said Bob, suddenly struck with au inspiration, ''pnu go to tho lifcerary to-night and take Sylvia!" "I."" with a gap. "You! We can fix it in this way: I'll call and tell her that I have to go to Orossland to-night, and that you will take her in my stead. How's that?" Reuln had grown radiant. "Grand for rue. But she," stammer ing isadly, "sbo wouldn't liko it" "Try," suggested Benham. dryly. Some further conversation they had on tho subject Then they separated. And Keuben's heart was lighter and more hopeful than it had been for many a day. Tho crowd melted away. The town strt wt was deserted. Dark and cold the night closed in. When capped, xated and muffled Iieuben Bassett jumped into his cutter and drove off in the di rection of the Merigolds his pulses were beating rapidly. How would she re ceive him! Would she be angry and re fuse lo go? But Sylvia, calmly dressing in herown little nest of a room up under the eaves f tho old farm-house, had no thought of being angry and no intention of refus ing to go. Jingle! jangle! jingle! She was just completing her toilet when she heard the cheery sound. She stood on tip-toe and glanced at herself ia the mirror, a black-bound and ancient piece of furniture, which, truth to tell, gave back a rather distorted reflection of the pretty young face consulting it But Sylvia was acquainted with its peculiarities and never unreservedly ac cepted it verdict Now she nodded gayly to the wavy countenance confront ing her. "You look very nice, Sylvia," she said. She was trim and slim and dark haired, with short curls clustering around the white forehead, and a bright, sweet, fcrtrne- little face. And in her .aress of crimson cashmere, all trimmed with silver braid, she certainly lid look quite picturesque and charm ing. "Sylvia!" called her mother "CViniingI" she crird. She pulled on her jacket tied on her white zephyr hood, and catching up her uiittens ran down the steep stairway to tho kitchen. Ten minutes later she was out beide the sleigh, whera, in an agony of diflldenee and delight Keuben Bassett waited.. He sprang out helped h r iiu Then the team trotted briskly .lingle! jangle! jingle There was no other sound for awhile. K.'uW felt himself relapsing Into his usual nervous silence. He made a h roic attempt at conversation. "It is a beautiful night" he said Ins voice soundt?d huskv and fe to himself. This wa.a flea - ---. . ...a. ay, nrst real teto-a-frt witn v loved. "Is It?" she cried, with a silvery laugh. I think It's Mt,. -wvVs j ,1 i.wi vaita ani " 1 tv I This was rather discouraging. What, dejectedly. would Bob havo said next? "The moon w ill be up pretty oton," he murmured. How horribly fast the horses were going. He felt tremendously grateful to Bob for giving him this opportunity. If he only had enough oourage to profit by it! "1X you know," ho said, "I was afraid you'd be ofVnded at my coming." "Olfendodl" nho ochtK-d. "Why, I was glad you thought of bringing me." "It's very good of you to say so." She w as a trifle puzzled by his cm-b-rrasstnont. We ao going to have a fine night after all," she remarked; "the stars are coming out." The littl face in the white zephyr hood was upturned to the kindling sky. And thn. very suddenly, he did an ex traordinarily strange thing for a bashful man to do. He never afterward could comprehend how he had been valorous s-nou-rh for such an act. He bent and kissavd the girl beside him. She drew back trembling. "You have no right to do that!" sh cried. Give mo the right" he ph-aded, grown bold all at once. "I'm aw fully in love with you, Sylvia. Give me "the right" "I can not," she whispered "Why not?" She was silent. Distinctly sounded the clatter of the horses hoofs on the hard, white road. Onward the sleigh srf-d, by farms and fences and a few red-e-old ! window panes. "Is there," he asked, "any ono else?" She hesitated. "Yes." His heart sank like lead. There was no hope for him, then. In silence they drove on. The moon had risen and was swinging up the sky, a globe of pearl. Evidently they were late. When they reached tho small wooden school-house where the reunions were held they saw several teams hitched without. From tho windows of tho structure the liht atreamed. They ajould cateli a pK-asant murmur of voices. Brighter the moonlight had grown. As Bassett assisted Sylvia to alisht sl.e started, cried out. "What is it?" he askfd. His face was pale, and, she fancied, rather stem. "Is it yiuf she panted, "Heuben Bas sett?" Who." he asked, a quiver In his grave voice, "did you think it was?" She bad not withdrawn the hand she had given him whi n about to descend. Now it fluttered in his like a captured bird. "I thought," she faltered, "I was with your cousin!" "Bob Benham?" "Yes." He went a step nearer. "Sylvia," he questioned, a queer, wild hope tugging at his sorrowful soul and making him desperately brave, "did you mean 'uu' to him?" He could hardly hear her low assent. "And the tho man you cared for " lie broke o.T. Mie loaned towards him. bi.o held nut her littlo mittened hands to him. Blushing and tearful in the radiant winter mtxmiight her ten der young face smiled down upon Lim. Never a word she said. Ho ueeda-d none. "Darling!" he staid, and sprang into tho sleigh. "You don't care to go in?" "No-oh. no!" Just then the door of the school-house was opened. Light billowed mellowly forth. Those within called to them to hurry, that a debate was in progress. But ReuV n snatched up the r?ins, shouted out a laughing refusal and turned bis horses honieivard. He was not at all timid now. Iudted, it was as tonishing how assertive and masterful he had suddenly become. "Why did you ignore me so? You never were civil to me, dearest."' 'The idea of reproaching rae, when you used hardly to ioticc me!" 'That was because I loved you so!" "Well, perhaps I was afraid you would think that 1 iikcj you!" And then they both laughed out hap pily like tho blissful and ridiculous yorng people they were. .Such a splendid ride as that was! Surely neve r the stars shone so superb ly, or was the air so sweet! The following day lleuben went to see his cousin. Hello," he cried. "Why didn't you tell Sylvia that you couldn't go last night?" "Had no chance. Got stuck in a snow drift and didn't get home till nine. What's up?" For lteuben was beaming. "Congratulato me!" II k held out his ban "You don't mean." cried Bob, thunder struck, "that you're engaged to Sylvia?" "Oh, yes, I do." "Well," declared Bob, with a vigorous handshake and a friendly grin, "1 must say that you have done famously for a baahfui man!" Kate M. Cleary, in Detroit Free Press. Score Ua-tter Than Ioren. Any person who will lie at the trouble of a little observation, ran hardly fail of being surprised at the amount "of de lay, and often the positive inconven ience, arising from the adherence to the use of the dozen and the lutli-dozen in small transactions as though people were restrained ly high and occult rea sons from buying four, five, eight or ten of any thing. Plainly, therefore, the dozen ;houhl have taken its depart ure long ago w ith the old sliilling-and-penee system of which it was a con stituent part, and of which at present it is only a relic. Now, a proper unit of count is a convenience in some kinds of retail trade; and, fortunatelv, we have such a unit in the score of twenty, a measure which is as old as the English language. The score possesses, for us Americans, certain obvious advantages over the dozen, for easy reckoning, bo cause, like the dollar, it has a half, a quarter, a fifth and a tenth, in whole numbers. Boston Transcript The Ufa? of Trees. Recent information gathered by the the German Forestry Commission as signs to the pine tree 500 and 700 years as the maximum, 4i5 years to the silver fir, 275 years to the larch. 24.1 mm the red beech. 210 to the aspen, 200 to -ue Dircn, no to the ash, 143 to the alder and 130 to the ei:n. The heart cf the oak begins to rot at about the age 300 years. The holly oak alone escapes this law, it is said, and there is a r-peci-men of this aged 410 years in existence near Aschaffenburg in Germany Chi cago Times. lecbrn wondered rather CLERK. As he bends o'er the jer that shining oid Li-ad, Which reflects every noo-J of the fcVy, While he a-teaithiiy blade"! a Vif l, -ues in red iTht; tlsti'.; of cn uk: t.el:rj:.:f ' t . Ot: I v.c'.iOit h'w ti:ne v.i!I eiTv.t i.is rclua.-:c. What ht-'il do when v. e vultj h.m 'too slow ;" 'Twcen tli- d..ys that his useaiid his heart beat ings cea. Wlii re will the old c'.crl: po" On con lcatra cf the ten:) critic day that uro From ti o ron!nr-p!r. rule an i quill pen; And li.i a:..A.?rs Ui "'l . ," :-' Tl As h - answered to "Ta.i.;-" " 11 From lis first hilaut etras'-ts, to credit ani wealth. lie !.a i watf h"4 trn f-reat enterprise rrT: But hi-, hai.d trt-'iiPic-h now he is hiuka.-a hcia is ; Yet where can the old clerk got If each pound of success had but V ft Lim a prain What a i.u . -. t , f r-.t ho it.il t . w:. ; But a ! i.'j'.y e! I heart rr.il a v. T.- o i brain Ar.- l.i., ui'i-1 i r tl'. . j tL.it :. a. llc'.in. 11 rry t,:a he loved iti the i- if l.f J Ia been with .-red and he- i , - - -1 1 1; t l.e r.o-t" : And e'en i-eim ry's barred Jrxti tu.-- L.. i : ui.d hint,.- Then where should the o'.l cl' .-1; f' That the world has a h rt none will scc'.i to de uy. And it s .f!'T.i, 't!s raM. : r It -""ar; AT l:i' ca 1 ijf lui! ni it . a . .1, lti.di.li pi 'j.is : el ii-...!(i, l : TLe.-.i'- a i-v.-e'-t lltt'.e t-.. r'il i.. i " li't -rs poor. old Jac To u "iiirji r" uhrri- str:i: . c-'a Dut Viiicii air -i-s fi 11- la-,1 tiu.o ti:e oi. i : - ruck Thore ran the old t !rrk po? p Thouits Frt. ia N. Y. HeraiO. LUCY'S roCKET. What Its Contont3 Disclosed, and tiio Vow Eae Made. "Now, Lucy," aduoiii-hei a sweet faced woman, sitting idlj- by tho w in dow and watching her daughter as slit; put tho finishing touches to a mo.t be witching toil.. t. "I tru.-tyou will -it.T heed to my ca. tinsel, ari l not e-xcitr1 j'-al-ousy in the hearts of your companions to-tiAy. Bo cii 'Ca.uiapea.-t; and don't, 1 pray, give any et.co.;ragt mcrtt lo Bt,b Lester, unless you ne-au to marry l.im. Your flirting proclivities, 1 a:.i sorry ti, say, aro alarmingly developed. 1 wish" "Yes, yes. mamma," broke in the girl, impatiently, adjusting the ro.-e-colo. t d knot of ribbon more satisfactorily at l.ur white throat; "1 kr.otv vha;yo': wish, so don't draw such a Ic.; ai.-.:; breath, f'.r 1 prviTaiso I'll attend to your advice j.'.i l be-hato as circumspectly as ever Ih si Martin, tho ugliest gui in Bosoua!.'. could do. You ueeun't appro!. t u i ary thing unpleasant I di-Lke i) , o L -stt r intensely, and I only cur. .or.'.- 1 to ac coinpany him Ij the. pje:.i? Irt-cau-e he is the son cf the richest "man in ti..-. town cr county, t.o, for ti.at :::atter. B-'sides. I Lave- a pe-nc! an, f ,; " She paused ubrur-.ly, tvi.h the name of some one warm u;on her lips, aul a blush mantled her piquant blonde faca. She was a lovely girl, sh-nder. pe". ito and graceful as one cf tl.-'; --. t-Lrier branches that clambered o.cr the- gar den wall. She had r-.isoi.1. vou-i gray oy.-s, a .-cr rnbitr, ".r.i:i-i ,f r.-i-.-oid nair, allowed to ' I: ; . . t - ie .t.-i.nj, to-day, a rosebud of a mouth, aini t .yunningest hands and feet imaginable. As her mother regarded her intently, she lit hc-r lip and turned aside, as if in quest e f something. "What aro you searching for now. Lue.-?" ir quired Mr?. Sherwood. "Your toiia scf.-ns cumpli-tp." "Not qui to, mauiuia; you forget My eh. r:::i:i;- p ,cet- All -.he p:., va;.; w.'-arc-!i'' to-.l--y. a-...e t0 '.ti.ig i.c. our trop':i 3 in it, rr t. . v.." i .- i -onsen--e, l.uc;. . i v.o1'! ! r..t v.t it if I v.ero you. It i.. ah- u;.i f. lady to hute one e-f tl. - us- :,"ss : a peiiaages u..ngiir.g a l in-r :a'. But Lucy p.-r-Nt.-n:);,- shook h rhe.td "."sorry, but I ri-a'.!y can't rc-linqui.sh the cha.i.i'i.g ace-e.--.orj to my tualet, ma-.ui., . Wiiy. it t-, out cf the q;:. stion altogether. Each of the girls is to we-ar cue. I toll vou." Mr-. tLcr.vood 6aid no more, and Lucy began to fasten her pocket by in tastel. d cord to the r.se-co!ored belt rt her waist Just cow the girls rt Bosedale had a maida for wearing pocket cf the most fancITul dc-sc. iption, r.ot to deposit ny thing the-rei-i, but n.croly as a it.atter of show. Lucy"3 was heart-ehaped, of wine-hutd vi-U.t, i.d artistically a-Oiiied with goid cord, lying ugnnst tho soft bat-kgreutid of her dress, it had a very pretty effect, and Lucy regarded it admiringly as she turned away from the loug mirror. At this Juncture a man reined ia two spirite l black stieli ia fr nt , "Ti; Maples," as Wide w Sh. rwoed'i cozy place was appropriately calic-i. "There is Mr. Losier now, mamma," cried Lucy, who was slylv pc ping at the showy turnout from behind the lace drapery at the window. "My! won't I be tho envy of everv girl at the picnic? What lovely horses! Their tails nearly sweep tho grounaL and just look at tho silver-plated harness! Dear mo! if Bob Lester didn't have such lie Ty-red. hair and was a bit more pol ished, and Yes, y03i I;;an;ma, I -m ready, and will not kerp my -cavalier wailing. There g. s Jane, with the bi -frosted cake aad tho basket of sand wiches. Oh, I anticipate a splendid And. putting on her wide gypsy, tho girl tripped merrily down the step, was assisted into the carriage by Mr. Lester, and away they sped in tho di rection of the pine woods, some two or thrce miles away. Bob Lester, a man of twenty-eight compactly built with flaming red hair and beard, did his best to make himself agreeable, Lucy laughed at his rough sallies, and flashed back witty repar tees; but all tho while f-ho was wonder ing what girl htvi been brought thereby lioss Wilde a strikingly intelligent out rattier impecunious young lawyer whoso offer to escort her to tho picnic out of caprice or a desire, perhaps, to try her power over him, sho had coollv rejected. J Tho pine woods were alivo with hap py people when Bob and Lucy arrived much merriment was going on. and a string band was discoursing a most jubi lant air. J' Lucy closely scanned tho motley crowd. There, underneath ono of the million-flnjcrcd pines, sho beheld tho man who had solicited the favor of be iigher escort assiduously paying his tkro.r to a gazelle-eyed brunette ia a costume of crimson and gold. Yes, she might have known ho would Lrin" Squire Rogers' daughter. lid would bo sure to be entangled in tho mesbes of the web sho was weaving to insnare blni. ani propose, for her father was a moneyed man, and Weil, MuI.'imc Humor did assert that he cau-d a very ere.-.; Jt-Til for i.n.ney. The girl was uu que tiitnr.bly lovely, an 1 No matter; sft' would t,bow R.nt Wii le that his ::t ten ions were disagreeable to her. So she fu-got her mother's warning and flirted t utrage . ii' ly v. ith Bob Lester, and f:i!.iereifu!lv ritj',!;:l the p'or law yer wiu n ht a hlrcK.'scJ her, and felt wr- 1..-'., ed all thai wh.l.s. It v,.:., l..t" in the afternoon, whr-n, lotiing to 1j: abne, shr broke away from the groups sea t-'.-e l her' an 1 there unlir th'j funereal pine-plumes, ar.l f .:' 1 a seel u la. i spot on t!i h-.iu'i of a in ..!''. that woun 1 its w.ty r.-i-ily t.,r .ii a cha'i:i of jae.-d. f lmrp ttH)!ht d r.R'lis. and sat dow n on a mcsss co ;cd b.-.. i.ler Ut rest TL i lay t.f t:.e cool water, the sigh-i-i.r f the :-'.n i .".rti-jtig th janrrl'-s t t a 1 1 brakes, K'-: he 1 her. Mie pirtiaBy tit el i.t re'.es. when t t.e siatt. ,1 to her feet, a startle I ex cl.ii.. .:i..ii dro; j.itig frt.ui h-r lips. She l.ul j pot ia. t.lll' i 1. :i s ii isrovf : t d that the rul.y vr-lvi t hat had .-waved from her b ! t a i. ' before w r.s missing. Where -i.i- le.-.t it'.' And. oh, w hat if it had n into si,;.:e one's hands, i-spealaily Lester's or I'o-s Wilde's? fall Bob Si e reuietnlaered that her little l luo-a:i'l-olJ diary r lio-ed iit its depths, a::d r.o h: d been foolish enoui'l) to jot '..'. :t some thoughts oemcerr.ing the riv..:-. never le-lievin it would fall into ti.e posse-sion of either. Wnat if Boh or Uc,s had picked it up. "1 No, ft'-; both of tho gont!ei!ji n ivt re liunorable. a..d wo-.:!d not try to pry in'.-j another's ailairs. Still, reason as ti e would, she did Tiot fet 1 quite e-,..y n bout Mr. Lester. 1!'.- might not, but A I.e. ivy fofit ;tr p rruni-bing the pino cones lhat l.t ;.- d the cr.ejnd fell u; t.n her ear, und rai.-ing her a'VOs she n e nr. -.red the malignant glance f Bob L sM. What br.d brougl-.t that an-zry frown to his face? Had he found the pocke t extracted fn ia its depth,-, the diary, whi h ho had ut t bt. n wise eti ;i.h to reuiove, and gb-aued the truth of lier f. -e'ing.s for him? lie had, indet d. Some perverse fate hr.d 1c I hiiij to tho f-pot where it lay g1. iu im: i-i its I row n lt d like sotne h:.lli...T!y tint"l bird of paradise. Ho :e.ca giiii-' l it at once, ai.d, sto.ipmg df'v.i;, tie pickf-J it uj., with the intcn- the. fit in be t.U '. :i:.g it to its ewner. when meet', ti.e tiny blue-and-gold I! i : ' cl eeit. diary, 1 y Jove!" he iaell- 1 11 t,e v. hat she has jotted a. no eompunrtioti whatever he opertr- I it, aiti ired the Italian, spidery lilte caligrar by, and then re-ad the ltttr.s it ft.:, tr.i. -jed. Hi i brow- -rcv.' dark n a ihitr. -t r uU; furious feeling-! raged a:, d seethed within him. lie t:iie-.v t!,at i-he dep:.-n d h.'tii arid loved his rital. He f -It lik.- rt r ling the tell-tab- !;-' .- in pieors bat he contr-dle l binisa ,f, and thrusting the diary back in its recep':. cle -the pocke t he had rt cently tho:. -! t so pretty t f hur'ed it in'o tie- t.cst f ui; ia-.-hrush r.-..,in -., ' i.-l, 1 ! . m:!c- -i it. "Let th'- uecui -. i I'jing lie ti. ere," ht hissed; "I'll confront my lady and ue-cus. her of hir treachery." Lucy's f.i blanched whit- as deatii as Bob Lester, like some raging demon, I;-! le.l .a her path. Gi i : hit., faint if vein f.- rt, yu tr-' ache.otM ?rt:-r.tur.-!" ... "hi -'-xl. v.:.: i 11 tho v i-.oni e,f a si rprnt. "1 1 ::., loui.iiyouc.il. Yon f.;t it-.l v. ith me ! ! 1 i. 1 . .. r tl r.t y the t it I .. .-. t ll., . yet Vo. S.i ::n :, t . 1: -t "...a . t:.i i..,-e ,,' x ,. ia net mt.rrv n,e. Mere e Wt 1 h'V. d Boss V.il I re, I v( :;i ye.i.1 1 hae . - r. :i mi i.d to f.,-s vie; dowi: M.ar)-toothed ranks! Y ..i v....! Fw ': among l Lo dt serve fc-.--.-li i You need cut oi l Lie; I'll nut. lay baud, on b.:- 1 si..; t ry to r urn tin. I,. .rt ,-r mt 1 1 val against vou." li t v. a . gt.nr, and Lucy sank shift r to the earth. in: "U hy did I ev r fi: t v. ith bin:'."' wailed. "It was heurtl. sa, 1 know, hut I r..-ve-i- tii4-ant I lia : :. v l .-.r.-n. I'-.. ill nevi r c. (,uetle ag..ia with at.y iz.uk." SI.. covered l,.r faco v.iih'her hands and w. i t bitt'Tly. '-i'i.;s Saervvood Lucy!"' At the sound of a familiar voice sho rais.,d h. r tear-wet fat e. This time I'tos Wild'- stool b fore her. and in his 5. are! sho saw tho ruby pocket She becan to bate it. Ho exteab 1 it toward her. "Your property, 1 believe? r found it probably win re- you lost it" She tt.ok it and drawing forth tho iir.ry. srai 1; "Aud a-, as there Paul Bry cr.o-.U about yo.: to make jour..,-if masterof Ihf cor. ti sits of this jotirnal?" Ho n-gatded h.-r haughtily. "You aro unjust. Mm.-; Sherwood; I am an honorable man. But" lowering his voice, "let rue Congiatuiate you. 1 met Mr. Lester, who informed me tuaiyou i;aa jut consented to bo his wife, a yon all lossihle Vat.ni. neps. I trust lie w iil be as kind to you should have been h..d you given mo as I the rig.it Oh, Li: :f-,-, vo;i know re ... crc-t 'ihink of mo as kir.dly as yoa can." He started to leave, but Lucy called him back. "Mr. Lester spoke falsely, Ross. If you had read the diary, as he was moan enough to do. jou would have learned that I love you only you." It matters not what followed; sufiloe it to say that Lucy was blissfully hap--ry, and vowed that sho would never again wear that pocket keep a diary, or f.irt with any man. John A. Peters, In N. Y. Weekly. llow th. Spider I udre.aes. Did you ever f ee a spider chango his skin? It, is an interesting Tight, e-no that will well repay any or.e for tho time lost in waiting for tho novel event to take place. W hen preparing for tho change tho 6pidcr stoj s eating for sev eral days and makes his preliminary arrangements by fastening himsf lf by a short thread of web to one of the main lines of his6nare; this to hold him firm ly while ho proceeds to undress. First the skin cracks all around tho thorax, being held only by the fore part Next tho abdomen is uncovered, and then comes the struggle to frco the leg.. Ho works and kicks igcri'usly. seeming to have a very hard time of it Fifteen minutes cf continued perseverance, however, brings him out of his old dress, the struggle causing hiui to ap pear limp and lifeless for sonio time after it is finished. Gradually ho comes back to life, brighter and more beauti ful than before tho trying ordeal was Itg-m St Louis Republic. V ... . - y
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