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''Z VALLIE LUTTRINCEn,
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TUS, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WAII'l
I J7) 2'jY ROOFING,
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-) the pnhlteln nene l to the fuct that he l Hill
j iiik uu "umupi1.!! iu phi imna opposi w me
snntala lluu-e. Et.ottiur. and Is prepared to
fl 'y from a larne aw -k, or manuiaeturiui? toor
v . in article in hl :iae. frnm the smallet to
luritet, lathe bspt, manner and at the lowest
L -it ' pi-li'e.
ar" N .'n'entlarj work either made nr sold
A tan etn:i!ri :ueut.
TIN KOOI-INC n. SPKCIAII Y.
Ola mo a call and m.lMv yolielTel a. to mw
rwk at. I price.. V 11' 1 I KIM 1 Eli. '
Crnhnr. April 13. in -tl.
JJOUNTAIN HOUSE
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A urrl-el.m Bar Ler "Shop .la' len opecad in
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lne.a in all It branches will I.. carried on in 4
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Usts who will itlve eery attention to rtmio I
I er. EverythliiK
kept in Kujd order.
Your
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IW-MILLS, STEAM ENGINES.
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SHINOLE JdlLUS. HAY PHhoSES, Ac.
I lortataluaas and peclal price to Introduce !
V ,nr ertK S tu I
A H 11 kor 1 u ir 1..11.J' v.-i. i
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TO WEAK MEN
. fcCETUig from the eSaets of youthful errors, early
y. Mim wnakoeaa, lost manhood, eta-, I id
, : end a valuabla trcatus ( sealed 1 00s ta! alas; full
. Vtiou lar for home euie. FREE of cliarvfa. A
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"avoaoucli time a cako ia usr! if
ice hiimti.. v ..... '
aajr pcturti. above terms hs a-
parted rrrnn. and lhe & 0" not c
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JlUMiKRT EVANS,
rouij hwi't t ' ' " iuuia woman wao
rouid rx ev a."1'' "P"11'. "J he a churlish h8band T7ho
Wd th few centa which it costa.
JACs. C. HASSCN, Cci.tor and
VOLUME XXV.
The Mont 8uerfnl Remedy ererdleeor.
sreU, as It i certuiu iu ltatllecU unJ does no
blister. lUMid proof below :
KEHDALL'S SPAVIN CURE.
I!Ei.vBB30!t, Pa Not. 27, "90.
DB. B. J. KctDilJ. Co. :
ienti I would like to make known to those who
are utmost ictkiu. led tonKeiidiill's Spavlu Cure
tliefat't that I think Itlna inoktexi-rllent Llnlnteut.
I have used I ton a Blood Spavin. Th hurm ent ,
thrre 1-K f'r thrM! yiars when J commenced u
o-e your Kendall's Sravlu Cure. I uml ten rx.
tleiton the horso ond have worked hiiu for Uiru
Your truly. W3L A- CTJRI.
GERMAjrrow.v, K. T, Sot. 2, 13SSL.
Da. B. J.
Ckitdaxx Co..
Enetibunrh Tallm Yfc
Oertu : In pralneof Kendall" Spavin Cnre I will
any tbat a y tar ao i imu a vjunait juuuk nw
K -rT,.,.,.. Iwk I'lilumrJ snil twull.'n. Thtt
horst-men about beif(we biive no Vuierluary iur
Keon herel ronouni-ed Ins limeiwM Hlood spavin
M TboroUKhpln. they all told ie there wao no
cure for II. ho UiamenUnit uwlea. and I con
aldvrvd him almost wortlil. A f n.-nd t...l me or
the merits of your Kendall' Spavtit tur'. o f
bought a lKttle. and I could very plainly KT.nt
lnitiroveiuenlaininiediat;y f roml wue,"d lefir
the iKittle wan used up 1 was s.,tlll.l that It wal
doing him ayreal dejj of mol. I hoiuln a wnd
bottlo and before It was U.H.-1 tip niylic.rowM
cured and ha been In thetenmdoinx IK-avy wort
all Uie ui sim-e l.it April. ni;iw no mora
Bitrns of lu
a valuable
1 eonai. ler y or iveiiiiut ' . ' ... .
nulMlll lll.l It Should lU lU VnTT
Atablti in Uie
liiatuecifitlly v..nn
Price $1 per bottle, or alx boiUes for Ai All drug
tit have it or can set It for yon, or It will be tent
to any address on receipt of price by the proprie
tors. DB. B. J. KENDAII CO.,
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UNCLE WILLIAM'S PICTURE.
Uncle William, last July,
tJad his picture touk.
" Have It lo-.!9. of course," Boys I,
" Just the way you look !"
(All drt.-s.-icd up, ho was, fur the
Uarbccuo :tt..l jubilee
Tlio Old Settlers rnjlt.) So he
Last he hud It took.
Llde she'd coaxed and beggel and plead,
Sonce her uiothcr went;
But he'd cuu.-h uad bliake his head
At all arytent;
Mcbi.y clca:' his tbro&t aud Bay:
" What's -y l.Wencas 'mount to, hey,
Now, with uiotht-r gone away
rYom Ud, like she went?"
But we'd prcvjlc-U'd round, tell wo
Got it fior .! Uown
Ilow'd we'd .t hiiu, I-ide and rn
Drivln' ii:ti t.xra:
Brairg'-d how U..-11 he looUed, and flushed
Up around the (aec, and freshed
With the mortiinrr air; and brushed
His coal txaiar down.
All bo providential ! Why,
Now he's dead and tfoue, ,"
Picture 'peuni o lifelike I
Want to start hita on
Them old tal-x ho ust to tell
And o.d tallis, so sociable.
And old boC's he nuun so vriell
'Fore hi. oioo oue 1
Face U tai to Lilt, and they'
Sorrow in thu eyes
Kisses it sometimes, and lays
It away a. id crie;
I srnootU lowu hor hair, and 'low
Hois happy, anyhow,
Beln' there w.tu mother now
SiuUe and Tt my eyes.
Jaiii'is W. Riley, In CeBtwy.
FOR 3ILTUAL LENEFIT.
A Roadingr-Room Plan That Was
a Croat Suooe6s.
'0"h dear:" exclaimed Mrs. Perkins,
tlropiiirtjj dnwn into a chair, after
lmi,lurl her week's ironiajj; "I do
vi.Ji I h;ul a littlo tiinc t read! Not
tiiut T onipliiia. but it doe seem o if a
'wi.iuuu's work was never done.' "
Her cousin Gertrude? ltokeJ up from
the block house which she was luilJinr
for the amusement of ci-rhtex'n-mor.thf-old
baby May. and two brmpaUietic
lim-s showed theiiit;lve between ber
bnrwa.
"Poor Nannie! You do haye a bxij
life and you are only two yean older
than I! Uut if I were you, I nhould not
iron those cvery-day bheeta and pillow
eases and towels so conscientiously;
and 1 hhouUln't wear so many white
hkirts, nor dreas the baby in white
every day."
"Oh! yes you wouM. sighed Mrs.
Xamie. "I u-.ed to think just tho;
thouirht.H. I knew tn-fore we were
married that Itarry'n salary would not
be larfre eiU't.rh f jr us to keep a hou.se
niakl. aal I tlfotijht our housekeepir.p;
vuld Iks a sort of play affair. I did
make so mnny prood resolutitinn about
lettincf thi'tin. o, ;nul fiimi.Ahir.if our
hotie sii'iply ami Ircsirur simply, but
011 dear! Then is just aliout so much
ti !, r.c mutter v. lielher you think you
will z nio'ii": easily or not- Monday
is waslii'ijr d;iy; Tuesday, iroiiingr;
Wedne-" lay, bakiiiif; Thursday, sweep
ing: Kriikiy. tncmlin? and sewinj, and
Jsatuvday . b.ikinp; cy-ain!"
'Yes, Xa'inlo." lp'itiitel Oertrudf,
but t';en t.'ie v"'it bravely on. "In
the llt-t place, your lVMhinif is larirer
t:i;in it need In hush! you vno..r listen
it i:. Your starched clothes fn..I the
btiby's. May would le jtmt ns sweet if
she were dessed in colored ifinirhsms.
and slio wonld have a -reat deal better
time, and be healthier, too. I don't
wonder that you do not want her to
play in the sand, the way j-ou dross her
so that is reform No. I."
Mrs. Nannie looked fas if slie wanted
to be convinced of this, but that ft
would take too much heroism and in
(ii ;i-nil.Ticc, bo I0112 a Mri Fuller, op
posite, and Mrs. T.amson. next door, id-
wnys kept their little ones so daintily
dressed. Hut Gertrude kept on:
"So. if your washings were sranller.
your ironiDjrs would lx o much easier,
too. Harry ou'ht to hare his linen
sent to the laundry. It is enough to
break your back to bend over that table
so lon;j. Then comes Wednesday's
work. 1 ou cook too much yes you
p. tannic: mat ls, you couiu set a
simpler table. You have too many
pies and cookies and douprhnuts. You
know it takes an awfully lony time to
roll out all those things; and there are
so many dessert-i that are more whole
some and easier made cold puddings,
jellies with cream, custards, and you
always have fruit in the summer. Why,
my dear Kirk you arc! just f jmilir.-r your
complexion by staying iu the house so
much, and fatandiuj' over that hot
stove."
"Hut I have to, really," interrupted
Mrs. Nan.
"No. you must listen. I have saved
you at least two hours each day, and
now comes Thursday. Nannie, you
know that you sweep when it is not
nt:es.sary. And when you furnished
your house you ouirht to have used more
straw mattinp. Hut then, I suppose It
did not seem handsome noujrh; yet if
you would only wait for a little dirt to
show itself! Oh. I have been so exas
pcrat.'d to see you sweep, sweep, rtm-p:
and now I am g-oino; to say all I want
to, havinff begnn so fluently," she
laughed a little, but continued earnest
ly, "it always yives you a nervous head
ache after sweeping, for you are not
content with stirrinfr up one room, but
you gr thromk all Uie rooms that you
use."
"Hut Aunt Martha looked as if she
thought I was a very shif tlesa house
keeper." 'oh. Aunt If trtKa.' ye, she is one of
that kind of women who polish their
stoves until ytm can free your face in it.
I don't believe in the old-fashioned way
of housekeeping, neither do you, but
you haven't quite the moral courage to
defy -osiip. And your sew inir, Nannie!
A train, you dress the baby as if it were a
little princess, and it in not in food taste.
Children oupht to wear very simple
frocks instead of tucks and flounces and
insertion. And your own gowns mig-ht
be made with fsiwer stitches; anil instead
of hemming your sheets and pillow
cases by hand, you miht use your ma
chine" "Oh, 7vS" protested Mrs. Nannie, in
dismay.
en, ir you keep on this way, by
the time you are ton years oldcr and
you ouirht to Ik a younir, fresli, healthy
woman at thirty-five, instead of which
you will K thin and tir.sl nnd sallow,
w ith a chronic head and backache, al
ways staying in the house, unable to
walk or enjoy any thin-jr out of doors;
ii- er reailinr. but t ntrros d and wor
ried for fear you are 11. t as good a
housekeeper as Mrs. Wln'ov; your
h'.'ri.oii lK.uniel by a ' .l.-,"tii. a
'HE IS A FBEEMAN VTGOU TUB TlilTH
EI3ENSBUBG. PA..
hnsiiu and a nvedle! Oh, Nannie! yn
are to) good and sweet and clover to
become :i mere macliine!"
There was a little silence; then !rs
Nannie spoke, and her voice was a little
husky, yet there was a new ring in
it, a if .he would look beyond her
world that w-as Errowinjj so narrow.
"What would yon have mt do? There
is no library in town thia is only a
little Nvw England villaare and I don't
beliero there are women enough here
who would take interest enough to
form a magaziae club."
"Have you ever tried?" a&ked Ger
trtide. "So " Mr. Nannie hodtated.
Well, I have a plan. At the end of
the week I w ill tell it to you, if it due
ceeds, and J"ou must agree to the con
dition.?" And so the matter was left
When Haturday night came and the
work had all been dona, and baby May
was sound asleep, Gertrude drew Mrs.
Nannie -down on the sofa be-siue. her,
took a paper from her pocket and suid:
How would you like a reading-room?"
Mrs. Nannie's eyes grew bright
"Wll, you may have one. I have hired
that room over Mr. lirotvn's ihtore. It
used to be Mrs. Jackson's dresa-muking
rooms. Well, I have hired it for a year
tbitt ia my share. Oh, never mind, it
wasn't much. Well, here are .nearly
fifty ntuaes; they represent twenty
famili, and each person pledges only
use dollar ieec which makn fifty
dollar, fr,r papers and leriodical.
You can select what you wish prob
ably a daily or two; the leading maga
zine an art magazine, look rvview,
juveniles for the young, and whatever
;ls you wish, for there will bo a few
more dollars added yet I have been to
Dr. Moore, and he has kindly olTered to
have the floor painted. Mrs. Williams
has given her old drugget for a large
rug; Mr. Harnea has sent over several
pictures, and some of the young peopl
are going to put up red Canton flannel
draperies at the windows, and others
are to donate chairs and tables. The
room will l.e very cozy and attractive.
Kvery thing will be in workiiig order
by the first of October."
"This is like a fairy story! You are
a witch, I believe. No one else could
have ever opened these purse.
"People seemed Tory willing, after
the first hesitation, of course. It ail
w ill not cost them more than two dol
lars apiece for the year wood and
lights, you know, LiiciiuicL Any way.
it is a good experiment to try. I should
advise you to form a club, and meet at
least once a week; then the library can
! kept open two or three hours each
afternoon a-nl evening. You can all
take turns, you know, if It is necessary
to have leiiie one there."
'lt is perfectly lovely!" exclaimed
ills. Nannie, unablo to say more.
The next summer Gertrude came to
visit her cousin, and though, of course,
she had heard about the success of h r
little literary undertaking, she was
fflrvl to see for herself how much good
had been done.
"We could not get along without it!"
said Mrs. Nannie. "Why, we have
something to think about besides our
selves and each other. We know what
is going on in the world, and it has
given us a new interest in life. Then,
tix, we grow more social; I think you
will see that the people are very much
improved. Everybody is fo kind. We
have had books given us. We found we
needed a cyclopedia for reference, and
when Mr. Simms, the clergyman,
bought a new Hritannlca, he gave us
his old set And he is such a help to
us. We have a regular cltni in Uni
versal Literature, and Political Science,
too; Mr. 5imms teaches us. We women
are learning a great deal about our
country, and I think the voters are
growing a little wiser. The boys are
better tehaved and more polished, and
the girls more cultivated. We iuarriod
people do what we can: then it Ls so
pleasant to get out together. We have
something to talk alout besides bon
nets. pies and the baby's last tcoth,"
laughed Mrs. Nannie.
"And you can 'slight' housework a
little?" questioned Gertrude mischiev
ously, then added: "Why, you look as
young as you did when you were first
married handsomer, too!"
"So Harry tells me," blushed Mrs.
Nanuio. "1 manage to walk a little
every day, b to. I agree with you. there
is nothing like fresh air and sunlight
Harry has me use dumb-bolls and In
dian clubs, and -uow is jfoing- to put up
some chest-weights. I iiacd to say that
I had all the gymnar-tics 1 wauled with
a broom and wah-loard but books
broaden one so!"
Gertrude refraincsl from saying: 'I
told you so!"
"1 thiuk the men like it immensely.
Instead of getting off by themselves
anil smoking in some store, they always
find companionship at the club-room,
and we are not irUriieet nal enough yet to
frighten them. How narrow we were
growing, until you came here, like a
good Samaritan, and led us in the right
direction."
"It is deplorable," admitted Gertrude,
"to know how provincial villagers often
become, an 1 it is so unnecessary. I
know that individuals can not always
buy hooks nor sulscribe for magazines,
but 011 this mutual lcuefit plan a great
deal can le accomplished with very lit
tle expense."
"I am going to write about It!" ex
claimed Mrs. Nannie. "I presume there
are hundreds of villagers just as be
nighted as we were. Why, we could
not lite w ithout our realinf-room; and
more thari that, we have learned how to
work without becoming slaves, or jaded,
faded old women." Mrs. Merry, in
Good Housekeeping.
An frixarople of ratlencn.
As a man of patience Job was siniply a
weak imitation of lue real thing, sav
the Western Joumnlibt. If you want an
t'AauipIo of bona fido patience and long
suffering behold ye gf-nilo and worthy
scribe who hath just i;ik n unto hiinsHf
a weakling newspaper to build up. lio
fet Jet'a je sl..t, so to put it, nnoensing
ly, and U-twccn his rising and his lyinsr
down he lsliorwth indue'tiiouply to in
flate his nurs. ling with a good! v growth.
H- toileth, far into thu Highland burn
t th iiiin ii oil. or tallow, according to his
means, but for all his pains and labor
he accomplishcih naught He lookotb
an! longeth for ye wherewith all to
uurfiro his weakling and it comcth not,
yet he posM'ssoiu himself with angelic
patience, hoping against hopo tho while,
iiutil the foei.lo ppark goeth out an! ye
nurstling yieldoth op its life. Then
bieth he hinis..f unto a tannery, orsonm
other light and genteel employ men t
Cllld st eketif a sunt 'ftst- of his woe.
MAKES FItFE AND ALL AlE fLA7lfi BESIDE-'
FRIDAY. -MARCH (.
one of coo's little; heroes.
A Truj JuclJcat.
Tea patter oi feet was on the stair.
As tho editor ltrti.d iu sa?.c;utu chair.
And sr.id for uoary the day iiad been:
1 jxm't let another mu-udrv in."
JFTdt acareo had tic utti the wr.rfli, before
A face peered la at the half-closed door,
And a child sobbed ott : "Sir, mother said
1 should ccme and tcU you that Dau ndcad."
"And pray who is 'Oan!" The streuininii
eyes
Looked Questlaaiu4 up, with, a straiiKC sur
prise: "Not know hinit Why. air. all day he sold
Tho papurs you print, through wet end cold.
Tbe newsboys say that tioy could cot bU
The r aaon !:is atock wviit eu" so K ail :
I knew : A iiii his voles o kf't axd low.
Could any one boar to say Liu Noi"
" And the ruonev he made, whatever it te.
Ho arrieu siraijht koine to mother and mo:
No niallor Im,'i1 hi, rai'.s, he 4mIJ,
If oniy he Itept us clothed and f 3-
"And he dlS it, sir trudging ttroush raia
ard o.W,
Nor s,;oj,irl till tho last of nts ahoetii was
Kid:
But he's dead no's dead! and wo ma hiin
AcJ racfher-liO thoufrht you taiirht like to
kmx."
Ii tlv: paper, next morulas, as "loader,'"
raa
A ra-nraiih ttns: 'The newsbpy, Daa
Oa of Ciuu'a l.tt'.t brosi. who
Did noLiy tLe 1 j'.y h-j hivi todo
Kor ciLur kr.d Jjter earni 1 real,
ly rati-t-t er.-araui ao! U.l 1 - -a'.
-Alnrjart J. Vrr .-.ton, la Vitji-Va Ciitupai-aa.
LAWYEILS EMERGENCIES.
Some Instanoos Whnn Vhsy Havo
to Be Quick-Wltted.
Althotiph the processes of law are
proverbially slow, there are many occa
sion when laivyers must act with
promptness where a lack of promptitu le
or knowledge of the law may result d
AsUrously to the interests of their
clients. This is notably the cane ia thu
drawing of w ills. It often happens that
alawyr is rousud out of Led late at
night to go to the beibdde of a dy'j'.g
person avud perfect a will, dispotin of
lrge atrounta of property. To do LL;3
with expeslition, complying with ail the
requisite firra) whils death Ls literally
waiting at the door, ls a task that re
quires a man of cool head and self-possession.
Surrogates" courts bear testi
mony to the frequency with which the
wishes of testators have failed to le
carr;.d out lccause of the failure to
comply with some almost trifliag detalL
In one caae the lawyer was s.) slow iu
making out the paper that the testator
died 1-efore the requisite formalities
were complied with- In ar;oth-r case a
quick-wittd lawyer, who saw that
there was r.ot time to complete a will ia
a cams w here the property consisted of
money in bank, adopted the expedient
of making out checks for tho heirs
which were duly signed and acknow 1
edged, and the heirs got their money
the next day, without being obliged to
wait a year for executors.
In commercial crises lawyers have to
do a good deal of quick work in putting
bu-siuos all airs in shape to meet au
eiiier;rency. The bankrupt generally
desires to save parts of the wreck f or
this or that creditor, or for relatives, r
for himirfd;, and the papers must be
drawn in due form to clud- the vig
ilance of the unfortunate creditors who
get left Hankruptcy has become a
special branch of law, and there are
o:ue lawyers who have Income very
expert at it so that rpoV sl-..-rt not tie
jind with brief time in whidi to w ork
they can arrange the affairs of a bank
rupt firm so as to dispose cf the assets
according to the wishes of their clients.
There is room and need for quick wit
in the actual trial of cases in court It
is one thing to prepare a case with care
ful consideration of the facts and duo
application of the law to thrse facts.
It is quite another thing to be able to
handle a case in open court under the
spur of competition with sharp oppos
ing counsel or a teeity court In eery
large law firm the work is divided like
that in a factory, and to each is a
signcd a particular part of the -..
The orse who tries it must be a man of
rapid judgment and resources. lie Euit
be able to meet surprises, ty discern
men, to divine hiddon motives, to snap
at the prejudices of jurors or judges
and to seize the advantages of tho mo
ment There is no end of need f.jr
quick wit ia questions of identity. In
an extradition case, which depended
entirely upon identity, the defendant
bad been fully identified. The defend
ant's counsel slyly got his client to
change his coat in court with another
man of similar appearance, and within
a few minutes tho witness was led
easily to identify tha w rong man.
A quick-wittod and daring Western
lawyer once saved a guilty client from
sure conviction on a charge of poison
ing. It was proved that the poisoning
had been done by means of certain
cakes, a portion of which was produced
in court When the counsel for the
prisoner had finished his speech he said:
"And thejse, gentlemen of the jury,
are some of the alleged poisoned cake.
We declare to you, gentlemen of the
jury, that these are not poisoned cakes.
They are as harmless cakes as ever were
made, and in order, gentlemen of the
jury, to show you that these cake are
not poisoned, I will eat one of them
right here in your presence.'
And he did eat one. Ho took good
care, however, to leave the room at the
earliest opportunity and to make a bee
line for au udjoinia?' room, where ho
had an emetic in readiness and an anti
dote. Hut the jury never heard abont
the emetic or the antidote until the law
yer's client had bc.-n acquitted.
On another occasion a witness had
been detailing with great minuteness
certain conversations which had oc
curred several years before. Again and
again the witness testified to names and
dau-s, and precise words, and it became
necesAry for his crof-s-exammer to
break him up. This was done by a very
simple device. While the . itucss was
glibly rattling off his testimony the
cross-esaiiner handed him a law book
and said:
"Head aloud a paragraph from that
book."
"What for?" inquired the witness.
"I will tell you after you have read
it," said the lawyer, and the witness ac
cordingly read aloud a paragraph of
most iw Interesting matter about lands,
appurtenances and hereditaments.
Then the lawyer went fin and risked hira
a few more questions alxmt his memo
ry, ami the witness was nositive that
r
I his memory was very good. Suddenly
j the lawyer said:
I . ''Hy the way, will you please repeat
y I A:V rX&sr' M El isy l-VvV
51. PO and
that paragraph you just read about
lands avpurtenances, and heredita
ments?" "Why, of course I could not do that"
replied the witness.
"You must htive a queer memory," re
torted the lawyer, "since you can re
peat things that you say occurred years
ago, and you can not repeat what you
reud a moment ago."
The witness was nonplused, Rnd the
jury was obviously amused at his dis
comfit ure.
A quick-witted lawyer thinks on full
gallop. Many successful cross-examiners
have been men who could keep up a
running fire of jokes and comments and
never lose sight of the main point, who
could lead a witness along by suavitv
and politeness and acquiescence and ap
parent obsequious deference into pit
falls of contradiction. .Such men will
let a 6ouiTt witness talk on until he
drops some unfortunate expression that
subjects him to being pounced upon
aud demolished at one fell swoop.
A leading counsel for the defend
ant in an accident damage case, where
the injury hail been occasioned 1 y a jet
of steam scalding the comph.inict's
back and neck as ho was driving p:it
the defendant's place, argued to the
jury that the plainliT was guilty of
contributory negligvnee and should
have looked up to avoid the accident.
The quick-witted counsel for the com
plainant retorted: "Oil, no! if he had
looked up, instead of suing for damage
to the back of our head w e should have
had to charge you for the loss of loth
eyes."
In a trial for murder, where the
killing was done by shooting, the
counsel for defendant made a good deal
of fuss and intr.uueed a quantity of
medical testimony to show that the
woimd-d man hail been unskiH fully
treated. - At the close of a confusing
CTOss-examinati' u by defendant's coun
sel on the length of tin probe used to
find tho balh the direction of the wound
and the danger of probing, the district
attorney put the question very tersely
by asking: Doctor, was it the j. rob
ing or the shooting that caused dea'h?"
In the trial for burglary the people's
witness showed that he wrrs on watch
in the hall when he heard some one
fumbling with the lock of the door, and
that he then blyiy turned the knob so
that the thief could come in easily.
The glih-tongucd lawyer for the
prisoner at ones said: Why, your
honor, this witness was the real
burglar, for it was he and not my
elicLt that really opened the door."
The result cf this timely remark was
.that the prisoner got off with a light
sentence for an attempt at burglary.
A good deal cf quick work is often re
quired of lawyers jn the filing of liens
un real estate or other property, in
crises wbcrts ttie obligations are matnv
and the asset-, few, aud the lir-t comer
is the only cue w ho gets served. A (rood
ileal of w it is often displayed in the
method of making a levy. Henjamin
r. l-jth-r,whc-nhe wr,s a young lawyer,
get a wide reputation for sagacity by
at lachitig the w ut.r wheel of a mill in
au actii 11 for d .-l t. I i used Vj be a com.
mon thing f .r l-..v; v-r-. obtaining judg
tnents acalnst t'iw- 1 it y t iittach the
pictures in the Governor's rooin of the
city hall.
A g'wd de:d of qy.ick wit was dis
played by the iut.- Mmiad .T. Ti'.dcn
anil his cvlalon-rs, who traced the
frauds of William M. Tweed and his
followers so as to put the evidence iu
cletir shape before a jury. Such work
could hastily" Le done by any but great
corporation lawyers in the habit of
graspinvr subjects comprehensively and
of handling great interests involving
ltirgc amounts of money and intricate
details id business. N. Y. Sun.
GYRATING
DUMMIES.
some of the
Drawbacks to
Higa-Tolied
M 3Ai;uurades.
New York ia distinguished every sea
son for its monster masquerades and
fan--y balls. I a spite of gas mu-ic,
flowers and gay costumes, these gather
ings if y" we to K-lievc tho r ports of
many who ":.-sl-,t" at them, are at once
dreary and disgusting. The m-ult it:des
of mock Kings Knights I u .'bosses.
Scaramouches, l'ickw icl.s Cardinals,
Indians, Clowns Columbines, l'nnta
1 00 11s, Hidalgos Sailors Punchinellos,
riov.vr-Girls, and w hat not. who meet
itpca a common level upon these occa
sions, are nothing more than promenad
irg and gyrating dumnies. The world
may be a stage, but these ladies and
gentlemen show very clearly- that all
the men and women are not uiyrt
not one in five hundred of them having
the slightest idea of personating Uie
character whose outer husk he or she
assumes.
These monster balls are said to be
principally remarkable for three impos
sibilities viz: the impossibility of danc
ing, on accoant of the crowd; the im
possibility of petting any refreshments
without fighting for them: and the im
possibility of obtaining access to the
dressing-rooms except by force of arms.
Fifteen dollars for a ticket and a hun
dred dollars for a costume may not te
too much to pay for six hours discomfort;
but by riding in the city railroad or ele
vated cars for the same length of time,
you can get shoved, jammed and hus
tled about almost as thoroughly for
much less money, and you needn't pay
any thing extra for costume, either.
N. Y. Ledger.
NEW YORK'S HOTEL HERMIT.
I a tlio MId.t of Thousands of His Fel
lows. Yet He "fever Speaks.
The census brought out tho fact that
a man can live in a New York hotel for
ten years and never speak to any man
or enter into any communication with
anyone except as to the commonplace af-air-j
of c-ating and drinking. This cham
pion hermit lives at the Grand Union
Hotel and is known as.Hailey. Thatis all
that is known about him. There was
a ta-rment printed that tho census man
had skipped that hotel, and in writing
to the supervisor to say that the story
was untrue ar.d that tho enumer
ator, with the assistance of the clerks,
had made every effort to secure the
proper information as to all permanent
residents in th house, the proprietor,
Mr. Garrison, added that there was one
can Called Hailey, who, to the best of
his knowltnlge, had not gpoken a word
to a living soul since he first came to
live at the hotel, ton years ago, and
from whom It- Lad been impossible to
obtain any answers to tho questions.
There has been a story told of another
similar hermit who used to live at a
largo down-town hotel, but that one did
talk occasionally.
postage per year in acJvanco.
NUMBER 9.
THE OLD CLOCK IN THE CORNER.
Of the morn of life lout,' years aro
We ve raeaorics aweet and loader.
In days Ka youthful h-'c's were l.rif'at,
And nioaas w. rv cnail skiiu-r;
Wh'.-a suuik.t' L.-at a..d . later .- coid
Were met and pa.-std by li.rliUy,
Wnenfriend.ii.s Uunr Iu-olI Lome cheer,
When ev-iiii. lamps s-a. !;- l.r: tutly,
When at the fading hours ciai'ii day
The old c1ih-1; in tli corner ti i.i d u.iy
When the old cl ck ticked in Uie corner.
The prr-pent is ours, with h :.l'li -.d f.-Viidn.
With blessing Lew euea ii oiui.:;.
With br ad and nu-at cu ii il. y t- t .it,
And for comfort and nii irriin.
Apparel to wear, ciiouol: i;l.d to ;ar'
In cold or Hui'.ry weals- r.
And whether it raws, or rains, or t-'.owa,
'lLi:t itiattv.-o ': u c c:.tl.' r
VTacr-; lamps troc'u trlinnieu turn cear a:'l
bnjrat.
While the pendulura wibtr l-i le.'t and nitht
And The cid clock tickr iu tbe nonn-r.
Then let us f..rwurd IrK-a with faith
In plaLinia Iutur, duties;
Let's ei k out plcsatit walks and way,
New li.'i:. ntv. l--ves. i.ev. u- a'tti. s; .
F'.li l.etirt ar.d .-oui vith no'eie ttiujLt,
Sv.U. v. K-.; :'!i j .;, iu i;.or,t.
Wa'itin ui.- ud -.- ilh ?'t-r.Jy st.'p,
Aiorg the way l f .-ro u-;
Ti en, no- a:.U !e-n .-, Land fc-hb&a
While the clock t;cni o3 T.nic's hour glass
i-aul
While the ol-J cioclt ticks Ta tbe com.-r.
. Orxid ilousi.itccpla.
WITH THE DKmiMEKS.
Talea They Tell of Lif3 on the
Road.
A day C1i1cmc;o lJriiei-:u-r V. ho Kit Imaged
One of lU.t'M ii "X. t tii !..ru Ii.ly's
How It Ch.anK.-d 11 is Ta.it s
Other AisiH-iui Jui iJents.
"Well, yes, I might rt lute- something
that is rather extraordinary." mid a
drummer for a f'l.i. ago b- ot aud shoe
house to a Chicago Herald reporter, "if
you will pardon me for narrati'i a
story which chieiiy conccru.-. myself. I
was down in a Central Iliiniis t v:i
drtnain'mr up tr::Ie ore- :.:. wh.-ix 1
was alt a hed with the toothai b.e. I had
;m ui.souad tooth ti.at h:ul trovi i -l-'d i.ie
for quite awhile and 1 detenained t
have done with it then i.i.J there. I
sought a dentist's chair and t-0 1 ! im to
pull it out. !( tried to e civiio-c me
that several dollars w orth of goM til
ing would m:i!;e it good as i.ew, btit my
ire was roUs-i r.tnl I was bent 0:1 h-ir-ing
rcvenc. 1 would not Iw ..'ir-fled
until I had convinced thf.t tooth thai 1
could do wjh.-ul it. ; -j I C4i;aiaa:ide.t
hiiti to pull it oi.t. ari 1 with prot. 5ta-tir-rts
be r ittet.tnlly ili 1 so. It ocei;i:d
the jdaee that t!is l.-oth ''es." Mill the
traveling uiun, tapping one of hi j ineis
.rs. "ai.d v. l.en it w.s once out I sa-.y
that I l-k.-l -,o rlrati.'.d;.- that n.e
thing else must lake its p'. :." l.s soon
fis pjs.;ible. 1 asked the dentist if he
bad nothing else he could pr.t in the
p'a- e of it Irs I di l not like u.y ai)".ar
arre at all. He was th--iugbtf.il f r a
moment, when a light seemed 1o d:..-u
on his mind, lie took from a cabinet ;i
loUle in which was a to. ,th i.uiui rv.'d
in a liir.t 1 of Some ki'td. '1 1 :.vc b.'-je.'
he rei::::rl:e-.l. "a g s! s- ttn-1. .. 11: r
tooth that will t:lii.ot i'M tlv irv.Uli
tl.e.re-t of y our .that I can j i.-id : .1 ti.e
one Jast extr.tet- 1 ml it will g. o-.v : ;
t'.ot:;-!i not hi n r 1:::.! lappem-.!. 01 r
atifided me. wit hot:, ini'-'i ";-;, osiii'Vt .u
! iy p; rt, that it wot 1 Id be In tu r than a
i'iv.- tooth, and it v. asthe vork of . .i,!y
a w mom at s f. .r 1 im t- put it in place.
Il w:is sore for a rhort tl:.:e but s.kc;
crrew firm and solid, and to- kiy it is a-.
g..KKl a t-oth a I have.
"out lu.v firth. stranger part if tV:
ht-.iry. II- 1" the .i r': I opr-:i.ti i
f-peuk of v. as perf-mied 1 had ! ti ad
diet '1 t- the .tse of tobacco. 1 (
and chew.- l ahao t to ( sec
1":
the day I got my new t Kith !uV i m- f r
tobacco began to d-ere:!-e. atiii i y t'.e
titav the to;th had b -come firm 1
s li.l I couldn't use the weed at :.ll. A
chew of tobacco 01
.1,
mg a e:gar
ma le me very sick. Li fact I lK'e:ii.:e
oppose d to tho use of tobacco generally
find have remained t.o till the present
day. liut as my love ( r tobacco w r.t.ed
my love for chewing gam i:icnascd, r.r.d
l':a Ei-tir without it nor.-. I became
pa-sionaU ly fo-.i.l of ice-cream also, and
(".tiring th.? summer season I cm scarce
ly get enough of it, and a strange feat
ure of the case is I want some other
man to pay for it Th--re seems to be
something alout that tool!; that L.akes
me crave for iee-cTi-cnu It is v-ith great
dilliculty 1 1 an ptiss a miilinory i-tore
without going in and pricing all the
goods in stock. Sometimes, when I'tn
in a preut hurry to catch a train, I find
myself s-toppiir.g in front of some millin
er's window to inspect the laU-t style
t f hats. W hen I pass a lady wearing
tai attractive gown or hat n the ttre-u
it wouldn't matter if there were a mad
dog after me, I'd btop and lock around
to see if her dress and hat were lecom
iiig. It didn't take me long to surmise
that the new tooth was in some way to
Llarae for my strange antics and when
I visited the dentist's town again I went
to him find told him every thing. "Oh,
said he. "it is even worse than I feared
it would m. That tooth used to In. -long
to a young lady.' "
a coxiiTioxAt, Mitrtrcvrrit.
"L'p in a little town in Wisconsin,"
remarked a trade seeker v.lu'M' sample
case bears the name of a Chicago
grocery house, "there used to bo two
merchants who hated each other as
they hated poison. They were both re
tired farmers who had gone into busi
ness to while their time away as i.-m'-h
as to make money. Their stores were
directly across a little open square
from each other, and, trade Is-ing very
slow, they had plenty of time to wr.tch
each other. They were opposed to
each other in business religion and pol
itics. They avoided met ting on the
street, and when they did meet they
never spoke. Aside from the hatred
they bore euch other they were genial,
friendly men. Their friends used to try
to get them to patch up their troubles
and differences but each was firmly de
termined that the other must take the
first step toward a reconciliation and
all efforts to amicably adjust matters
failed. Finally one of the men ln-eume
very ilL When told that death might
come at any moment he expressed de
sire that he be permitted to make peace
with Lis enemy. He sent for Lh Co
eGm, and presently the two men who
had hated each other for so long were
brought face to face. 'We have In-en
enemies for a long time, said the sick
man, 'but they tell me now that I am
going to die, and if I do War in mind
that I forgive you every thing you have
ever said or done ngalnst me, but if I
should by chance recover rememls r 111
keep up the Cht just as bitterly as
heretofore, and don't you f. .rrret It.'"
-A lVCl-1 jri)J liltll te.
TLe llHf till KlKr niilll:..i i ! II f (',,.
KBIA tillKAX nuililH ft I' 111 'IlilHIr
PO l: Ids r t l" H f lot. 1 1 t lur :MI":lllt.
mjiertpd at it ft. i' .1 k 1 w :!:
1 In ii. it 'n u T.f r
1 :i.rl: a u ntl .fo
1 mil, 6 D l id' S 60
1 II. rh 1 '' R
3 i.rhei 6 to. lol.i- ' ri
J Inonr 1 jrar 10
1 li.chf (I wombs o
InrbPS. I year It ou
if eoiotnn. 8 month ... 1000
column. 6 montbt ou
j" rd-jinn. 1 yer !ii.l
1 column, 6 montii?.... 4.i0
1 ci.lumn, 1 yeir 75 01
Htuf ". Item. fln"t. inrctt n. or. rr
lulKfiiHnt Jurttons. 6. psr I n?
Aim n'n'nt ir'i n j !".rrnt'ir' Notices fi 60
Au iitur'ii NDtli XUO
jt.-ii n I flmilar N Jtici-" I .bt
-Kwlf ioih or r rrpiliiii ol cy c.riorm-
tion or ic'iriy hut u. n.iiij ."ikt: rift oHiJCd to
c'ill rlicr.lu.D 1" n Di :r it mi m1 it mdl
visual Inlercf t mut j !' t r i i!!ui L- r I
Hi.k and Job rrtnl'ti of O.H kind ncxV.j end
tle.l;i.unr tlmu'.cil t lit kiot Jlntp. Ak4
don't JlU lori t It.
vrvTtNO av FVM:ot:"-fT.
"A rather peculiar incident occurred
on a car in hich I wtis ri. ling out in
lo-.vti a f -v.' d mvs ago,' said one of Chi
cago's commercial torri-ts. "On the
ear was a lu iy and her f .ur-ye.ir-o'.d
ly. He was u sweet, attnutive
little (eilow i::;d at one- became the f.i
vorlt e of :"! the pa-sc-i; vr-.. w ho be
stowed a grejtt deal of alt. ntion upon
him. lie w re a neat Utile far-trimmed
t.vereo :t. from which it lotttoii bad be
come d. ta. h d. As a n. titter of course
the butt n fitjnd its way to th. child's
u.oi-th. Suddenly the mother utt-r-'d a
w i' 1 s r.t.l'l s:r: t t !i - pa ... : g- s were
all i reatlv excited, 'i 1- e!.i! I s face'
g,- . : p ile" It had swallowed t!::tt but
ton, ilie m-itlur iNcli-.iueil tin t lo r
child w us ly i.-ag. There w as no u- n tor
on the tral:i. What was to be .'one'.'
I this eincr" env. ns in mo-.t nil others,
there v:ts souie one c;tp:i 'ie of lueetiag
it. 1. lie 1 1 ry b. y else v. 1 re W ritig-i:r,-tic
ir 1 a: ils in helj.!-. ss ;i" my. one
lii:!'i. who utidertirdinary ircuaist -inces
would l.- .t sittra-t sp cial attention,
v.as fool uiid collected. Vihile the
othi.r jvj,--'ii.'i-rs tolJ the mother to
pottie! the chi! 1 on the back, shake it,
star.d it on its heal. a:td otlier ivti-s.-rjsieal
thii'.-s, he t dd her toca'mly
w ait a minute arid ull world la rigbt.
Ti.kii.g a jiiece of string from his left
hand vi st pocket he utt.iehe.i it t a bitt-t'.-n-h'
de, w iiich he inserted in the child's
mouth and induced it to swallow it.
Tin-re wa.s a co:uvsc l look on the
man's f-ice that seemed to ussure the
re.-tof us that he knew , hat lie was
r.bettt. snd he certainly did, for when
he pulled the strincr and brought that
button-hide to our view ag:ou tin re was
the button iu it. sure er.ou 'h. In a few
minutes every bsly was laughing and
chatt iug i":ain. but the calm, qu''t man
w as I Kil.ed up. in as a hero for the rest
of the j 'u:ney."
witv it. mi:i:s wixtkr.
"I'm fiad winter is hero," remarked
ahull-headed eoiufliere'al ZIiiMi. "You
can't iauigim- liow the liies bother me
tlurit;? lhi' muiiiiir. if it were Hot for
the fact that my Lusii.cs keeps me
hire I belj.-ve I d move tj Lai rador,
where the fly season is not so r-orious
antiilair. 1 a:n so c.iistiiuu-d that I
111 11 t kei j my head cool, iitnl in warm
w :-'. r 1
i. -l as juueh as
ei:d -f taiiie said
po- i p.. . 11 artist
). ou'd paint 11 spider on my bald tt
ti.i.r. would look s. natural tlio Hies
'.d :. t hire to com. near it. At
fir 1 laegheil at the i.lea. but its th
s. a-.o'i f.clv:: rr-od ::i.d tlte f.i-. s becatne
ittore troubleisome I got d. t perate 0.1c
day and told hici to poitit il. lie did
Co. ai.d y. ti can 1 . Keve it or :iot jn-t as
you lib., but it i h i th. !1; -s eery
t ii.ie. The r.v rri '.t 1 vo-ald r move iriy
lint every l'y iri the ti- init t- v.ou'.d i-tart
for inv le ad, but i :: t t,- thcx w. re
.about to settle il :v.-n they woti'd':. -e the
-pt '. r :.r-d dart away in the w il-i -t
tihtrin. Hut for all 1 hat the sebme wns
n-.t a Mt-fiss. for while it. f.. . led the
ti's it ::1 -o I lol d other j-oj-h. livery
ti.:.e Id nrao-.e j.iy liat i-n tvImIv
w- n'vl be 'lapping mv le-ad willi ;:11
I'-.-ir sn'ght 1-;. 'r-' t. ki'l t! a ac-f;:l
fpider befo-e it had. t'm 1 bite : :e.
'o ht 11 i d lilt f.lV hat to ladies on tii ;
. t j' .-. 1 th.;,- Would See the ill.'el
t :tln r - ii .tit murder' or f :i, t a v.-; v.
And s. 1 bad t- !rt'-e it :--n ! and
li giit tic :I:es as bef. re. la.i I . jj
1 tnjoy winter v.'. uiur a'-d hope it
will last to the mi-Ma .-f August."
UNCL1 FA:.T3 TOAD.
A -diilta.-;. i:invi:-" 1 .. t t.y f.arlr ViV.I
f" -1 ' . it l.-r..
'Phi- :r.i!i'..-ry r- : we: cor. -tniet d
io- the I . : .1 , l.oTi"-: :n. i:t to
e neet th ' . ti': ' p ) t - . ! '. ' 1.1 fir
'o o--1 '.- 1 ' ..; l. r. I! 'glt-ning at
1'ort 1. -.i. .01 n. en tin Me'-ouri
riv. r. it p :s:-. ,; t', rough l'ort llih-v ft
tiie 31: .. 1 : .:i f th 1'i-i-ics of the Kaw,
;.t -1 th. 0, i ti.i i.. -. ; ug up the north
si le of the K. pu' ii' a:i f rl;. W ent ( 11 to
l'ort K rime'-, st ill farther v.-est t" en
ti I ort Laramie, which in those days
was so far on the front :cr f our coun
try that few people cvig 1 a'.v it except
military i: 11 ;::d t'.e :! t. -i' - l . ''aii
f. mia. At tit- ti.ae of wl-i.-h i tu.i writ-ie.,-.
ther -ha I been a very h.evy 'mt
gr.it ioti to California, and con:; antes of
1 iu! rT.-.i'-. 1 . tn.l to the Ih-i'i.ti Land,
r.t'tli o-'t ai ! .nally pa.-sed ah-cg the great
milititry road.
liite hieing this highway were in
miuu iabh trails aud agon-t racks, the
traces of the fr eat :i.i Tali ui 1 the 111
dv.r.ldo f the Pa, il'e; ;m l here an 1
there were tie narrow trails made bv
Indians 011 their hunting expeditions'
and warlike exeitr -ions. IPv,! ..- -... h as
our 1 it.l -rant s ha b--. n : "i t: t -i:; ! to
iti lliin .'s. there v re n :t:e. 1 :r-t cmue
the faint traces of h.iirv u feet and of
unshod I.. ! si's and iH.ni.s; tlieii t!ie
w ell-. l a;..-, 1 trail f hunt, r.-., tr:::iprs
an I Ii .ila'i : then the w- s di-1 r.i ic -f
the military trains, which, in e-":r"e of
tinte. wi i-s.'io I'.l'. '.l and forrti.! into
tl.e n:i!,i::t-v v-:x kepi in repair by the
I'nltcd lt.l:s Government. Noah
HrooiiS in st. I.. lolas.
DEFCojH 1800.
Ix IT'.' not a l:,n:--c in Maine had a
pane of glass jn it.
PF.NN-M V.M V e.stahlis'ued the f r.-t
hospital in America in lbM.
OJ.IM ft Cl:ouv. j.i.i.'s bedstead has
been s-jlj by auction for fifty guiruas.
A hank kiioo ti as the I'r.iied Stales
Panic was established at Philadelphia
in 17.1, together with the National
mint, which issued its Erst oin in IT'.'i.
Ti.'E first book of any kind published
in Philadelphia was Atkin's Almanack
for the year 10-5. It was ati utii a gel
pamphlet of twenty pages, only two
copiesof which are now known to e:.ist,
each Wing worth more than its-weight,
in twenty-dollar notes.
Stowkh away in one of the rooms at
the Capitol in Montpeher, Yt, arc tho
remains of the first printing press
brought to this country. I'pjii it was
printed tho freeman's oath for Massa
chusetts the first tiling printed iu
Hriti.-h North America.
A i:i:-n.i.r of lli.-'unioi 1. Ya . has
come into possession of a r. vol a r ' . nry
relic ia tho shape of G ncral Ii.tniel
Morgan's mess-che-t, which i.s : itiia'e 1
ai being one hundred and t wen y-lie
tettrsohL The chest is m.. Jo of pine,
heavily ribbeil with iron, and .s closed
by an old-time ponderous lock.
Mi:. 1'. Ilr.AP, keeper of tho GienJale
National (Ytni'tcry. m ar Kiehmoiid. has
a desk, made in Kb', which ha bfH'U
in jKissession of tho Heap family of !In-?-land.
It is said to hae been used by
Oliver Cromwell in l'vT-'-s, when light
ing Charles I. It is of antique oak.
beautifully carved ftn'l highly polished.