x iiinn. . . I'KNN A I J 1 ' ' ' - Vi'. ..SlaO mr-S-r" 7 ...'.. n. nth. KM) 3 AS do " ,.ri! ...:i-t.!r tue county -IViIT'"J" .,ur W U (M "hamed tO .v ,.i.iit's! ! -"... be o'u . ., uiideratuoa from ., tuun""1 ',-. are is too atiert. I i that anybody will c;few poor hu tobacco vihe c?n get tle genuine OJJESTY m If has flOsufae riorand NO ecjual at tfe. It U wortl it. -There's f?fit ahd'jbteasurorTOU in Old honesty Tocco OILS ! OILS The Standard Oil fomp.iny, of Pittsburir, Pa., make a specialty of manufacturing fur the domes tic trade the finest brands of Illi!natins and Lubricaiins Oils, Naphtha and Gasoline Thnt can ta MIDI ROM PETROUS. i We challenge comparison rith ! every known product of petrol- I eum. If you wish the moat Most : URirarmly : Satisfactory : Oils in the market ak for ours. STANH1ED OIL COMPANY, riTTSBURO. I'A M.t-i--.jr. ST. 'cYl ARLES M D TJElEt . Cka9. 8. Gill, Frop'r. Ttbl. norp..ed. Kemodela wlti rvfflce on ! prronit n.Kr. Natural Ka an1 r ekDteaeant ' ni lo all rooms. ISew ateam lauodrr aitarbed to hgue HtM 1 tJ K per day. for. Wood St., and Third Ave., Pittsburgh., Pa- SUa SKIYIHG PiRLOR! COR. CENTRE AND SAMPLE STREETS EBENSBURG, PA. J. II. OANT, Proprietor. THFPfHM,,,,,, ,,, Bnil Biat e, ,., ol bumnasalBbmlneiia hoars. ErerytLlna kpt Or. i ,, ctJ. A L4,h room b(jl bMn saria.i wuh the the, w bare tha potilteean be ae ,u in. lud a-Hh a hot or eold bath, bath tub ami ever.inlnx connw.ad therein bejt perfectly eeao. Im.To.imarwuiTT. BLAIR HOUSE S arbor Sh.op ! treJn "viL1'' '"-neai-a tu t ewrna, on In am.L. -I V" ,non " ' naoda ot .killed a.r. i 0 "'" fy attention to ca.to nk!n. 7lhlc kt't ln a-oud order. Yonr ixlictted. FKAMKI-EKS. . fn'jirletor. aiK. A. CTT.Saw Tork City ?,nrifr is clerniinrM J . . ' ' T 'Jj s J" I S & s of id r?k o on o v j ia. a A J I u w - xi r r r v u mja. A T w -T- . vw VJ 0wUUI II IVJ O jau -irymyourncxhhouse-cletjitng and be happy -Viokiar nt om ttw many homwof thiscor ntry, w9M4tboiSio'g m.T? W,ennS aw,,y tbeir In houacholtT.tlradeary tht raif T. Z . 7 Dd by thb n of a faw cakea of SAP0L10. If an Lour ac" w. ai" U U 0a lBS8 wrinkl3 -?th" V" tho Cu iS b. a fooli.h woman vo WmiM a- ? the "P-nt. d cburlicb hiubaud , Jio u ,n i. JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and VOT.UME XXV. TT MmI 8rrwfiil UrmnlY eTordL'cow. nl, a It M entjUn In ltffT.-t an 1 ! no tllMr. od proof below : -( KENDALL'S SPAV1II CURE. Birt.xni.oK. Pa Mot. J7, "30. rm. R. J. Kmuil Co. : Jat-1 woukl lk to nukct known to thoan who ar ttlmuMt iMTHUadrd t u bl.'Udall'- hpNvlii cura Uto tart ult Iiniuk ItUanHnt e.-.-lk-o UaiimuL rm.r 1 Hun a Rloul iavln. ni hor ml tnjVM W4CM f 'r tlirvw rrnr. when 1 cwrniiM?lirt to om ynur KaadaiJ' 8pvlu Cure. I Uh-xl ua UMiaUw tir ao.1 h urtel aliu for torro faanaUtoaaad h u benliuu Youra trul. H. A. OUnl. UutAJTowJ. N. Y-, Jiur. S. l-f. ru a J. mnAix ivv. Kiioabunth FolU. Vt. IVbw: In praiMx.f K-olall' Sitvtu euro I .via in. vbAtRjrfwr ao 1 hail a njubw)tun.' r a. t eoui vary tjuna. liut-k :nlury'l tH"Uwil u. Tb lurMtn-a alxjut ticmlwr r.u Wirluarv Sur- wm turrv pnnouurrd Iti litmciMva U-1 Svvla yr TaorHlj(hptn. ttu-y all l"lu ii.o tt nf wn aa Kjr forlU b-Mn4 ut ux-lnAnnl I kWWvsJ blui alnm-i vorUiU-. A trt. t..ll niv -J Urn merlia vt our KauOi.irt Si vltj Oir. ao I awuabt a boU, o.l I-ui.t -iy ilaJ'l irr.- araiuxvemij4lmiilla: fn.mttU'-.ml lM a UMlMIUawulivnlup 1 aaltsl lbl M waa JHna him m Krvnt u-ui f J. I V'1 brxiln and l-f.T. It v I no h'-rf -a rrd Siul baa ia In ihi't. ai Vavy vr ii tar anawn ami l:tt Arri!. fvwi rnimum WnaoTtk lCiii'UWwy..iir KfU.lair. Krui OMa a valuablo mHlu-ia, and tt xix.t1 la tnrj aw m uaiuad. Wk&ftTfcnwnT. Prloa (1 par bolU,or xlx hoit-U-f.rV AUlra (lat hav It or ran s t fr yu,or it will ba aoa to nyaddiaoa retpto rUn or tHproprto tun. DU. II. J. KKND.lLl.CO.. Kaoburvh Valla. Vrraiaat. SOLD BY ALL DRCCrC.ISTS. actio wu.ly. . W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE aad other apaciaa Ua for Orattrtaro. Ladlea. c. are war ranted, and ai atamned on bottom. Addrma O. T. ROBERTS, Arrnf, Eaaaabnrt, Pa. tin'.',8m taoea. AO a vr I. Mif m..W Jlia R. iiu.hi,Tmy,NT.I work l.w u.. Itudif, fon ntny al m.k. .Kk, b.C w. ca Hra yr. 4flttV h"W If ..i-t. ivoas 4 te a la d. .i the iiat, ai4 pmn u ... ae on. H 4 h mb... all a ( . I. aj,. fiaft eT mic.. yvv ca cutaitMru.. at aoa, ghfc H( .11 vimr llnwf r. rmmthu only M M.. wurk. All I. n.v. unmt .. SlKk for .nr workar. V. .1 wt ow. ftimlaaina; ..rvibtnr. IARII . SfllKMH teanvnt. fAllTll.tLAlli KKtK Afkltai .1 .ftc icil. a to., iuurLal, auuta. ROBERT EVANS, linns: UNDERTAKER, AlfDMANrFAOTTREK OF and dealer la all ktada of FUKJVITCKK, EbenHburg, Itv. 9-A fall llns ( Cukati always en baad.-V Bodies Embalmed WHEN REUriKED. Am so as TnJ ("T OA.D fr.T? w x a. w a a A 1 VALLIE LUTTRINCER. ArTACTCm ot TIN, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE jLtrn Tijf hoofing. Kespeettally Invites tb, attention e bis frteadf and the pablleln ireneral to the fact that ba ta at I II sarrytngoa baalneas at the old stand opposite tha Monatain Home, tbenahonr, and Is prepared ta opply from a larace atoek, ormanafaetarlaa; to or der, any article In bla line, from tba aaaalteat to the larice-it. in the beat manner and at tbe lowest llTlnar prtcea. -e"No penitentiary work either stags nr sold at this asublUhDirnt. TIN UOOKINO n SPECIALTY. Olre me a eall and aatlsfy yonraelTes as to my work and prtoea V. LUTTKlNOEat. Elnaounc. Arni is, utss-ti. f-f'Ul For 2. 4 and 10 ii. P. fy&fzxz3 f ICXET MILLS pi-SaS e :ji, tnr tlume and Faetorx uoa. MARSH STEAM PUMP fo7f4a.iT,rv.ed 1 rn.-tioo Enyifiea. AU tlrst-laa Htandnr-I iiiu b'naa B.C. MACHINERY CO. 301 Ll btreet, llat'le (rU, .IIUTa. Whea Vltltlsg the Plttsburoh Exposition, eall o tha KENRICKS MUSIC CO., Ltd. Per Cash sr Tlnvs Priest on Pianos and Organs, 79 Fifth Av, PITTSBURGH. PA. Qood revenue. ; a-aw as Ji ear 'kt. c?r,,;, e, rL. S L 4nnT. i-t Tie. a lw 1 I i , I Lilffl Proprietor. THE OlD FARMER'S ALMANAC Now, nannrr. 'ta:n't do um to toll what them ncwa.mpors suy About the stormn and wtods and floods that' a oomln' rttrht away. TUoootd mvci tbnt they barp a boot tbat'a bru in' In the west. An' movln' euat 'bout Just so faat. I hain't no confidence In anything of that ere klml; Jfa the new- fani;lcd way Of ruanin' thiu.-v aa tf tha Lord He wooldnt hcv' Hi.s say About the weather any mora. I ain't ao tarsal As t be tuU la by weather that's (round out of a ciarUlnel An' I look wionj I'll find it atr&lbt, for anow. an rain, an' ball. In the pood o.d Farmer's Almanao that haaga Licro ou tho naiL, Them prohorbllltlea don't count; I want to know for sure An aartla when the win tori 1 wtw, the real alinon purr I The kind of weather that we had ao plenty in my day. When moicUin' In Noretnber eomn, an aonaav tlici bvul till Muy I la than tlra''. lauir, bllxzanla wus a thlnif wo iliuu't kuow; A anowtttorm wux a anowatorm, and a high wind wuz a blow ; An' when It cleared away we didn't harrer up our bouI-i A-worrj lu' about tho storm that wut hatcLm at the poles; An' when w. wanted wearther oows, 'bout which tbor wux no fall. We lonk'-d in D.o old almanae that hung there on th naiL Wa trusted tne to Vna. you know, as bjuW th! Wild ;Tit?T UW A-soln' south, an' how the hu-ks upon the field corn trrrw. An' how t'uo bravi-rs built thMr atn whether th' ' Utah or low. An' if tn- roat bone of the g-ooae was white, c k out for anow; Hut whoa my iuoUmt wanted for to set broody hrn She'd havo to ha-e the sign all rtjht for a good batch; an' when My father wanted to find out If there'd be a riuay May. So' a he c-vu'.l raita his eal-rea, an' kuow he'd hare a crj of hay Why th:i t!i'y looked where weather ealculav tlot.a 1. a not fall. In the o.d Kumar's Almanac that hue; there on the ciul. The calrn.lar may Toe all right for them a tli'.tlUn CIO f Hut they ilon't V U tha farmer when bis gra.4S la fit to mow. I like to know utvut the time the new tnooo will be he iv. An' about tho expected tantrums of the planers tUror.tfu tlif yvar. An what limn the 'cilpeoe rlalble will be alone thla w ay. An' If thi-rr 11 b' anmo thunder ahowers about eacnta-tin' day. I like to soo tu plotera that Tre aeen for many a yi-ar ; Thoy briL. mo baek to youth again aa though aonie ii-.ay think 'tis quowr. Them Jok-t In the last part -la nerer old or flat or tal, la the old farmer's Almanac that hangs there on tho ualL So, riannor, 'tala't ao ute to try to beat It Into me TUnt them -foTecastV la the newspapers that every day we aee Is of auy irt'f i-jneuence ; why, there hain't no kind of doubt Hut wh:.t a man that undortaks to plan the weather out Must know trie bearenly bodies, an' conjunc tion, juM aa t Know all uiy row s an' hordes, an pigs that's in tho -ty ! lie can't truit to thero thermometers with fig (rers ot by rule Like the nuuih upon tho Markboard when I went to district achooL An' when I want to know about the rain, aa' snow, an' hall. "11 look in rhe Farmer's Almanac that hangs there on the nail. Clara Augusta, in S. E. Maratlne. COLOR-BLINDNESS. It Does Bxlst, and That Very Lttrtfoly. Some Intereatlnc Facta In I?rar4 to It Why I'eraoua rinrrnrlna; wtth This Da feet Sborld IVe Kept from Railway aad 4teambaat Bet .too. That color-l)llninv. do.a, cxlfi, no one with any knowleHLfp- of the civil oTvic and jfowrn mental or railway reports will deny; aad tino so much importance L attached to th ability to . di;-tinniifh and rrad intelligently tho tacaliinff ot langiiiiife fflren br color sipi, it Li wdl that siino attention sliytiM he devotenl to the ftnhjoct. This will be all th; more appnra-nt when we think ot the Rrcat steamers crotviing' the ocean, or the railway trains travel ing over the le-ngth and brcntltli of the land; one mistake reparxliri the color of a light or the appearance of a sema phore miffht lc, and has been, the means of many diater attending1 both life and property. Younff and Ilelmholtz tell us that the threo primary colorti, red. prten and violet, have special nerve fiWrs in each point of the retina of tbo eye; but very often those fibers are wnntine; or de fective, and so arics the dilTdculty of distinguishing between the various colors. To such persons the world must appear quite differently colored from what it appears to u. There are a great many person almost one la twenty who are incapable of dUtin (rabhin red colors distinctly. Th.y know from ordinary conversation that a certain color L called red, and by ex perience only arc enabled to us this expression. trorcrnraents. and railway compa nies have taken up the subject; and ex aminations nro periodically held in oi-der to ascertain the powers of mon to dL.tinfruish the different colors. That tho examination la indispensable alike to enffine drivers and sailors admits of no caviL And it is always a highly commendable plan to stop n man on the threshold of a business w hich ba by na ture is unfit to occupy, to the safety of others aa well as to himself. People affected with color-blindness seldom deelar a white color to be black, but oftener tho reverse. Pink and green arc very puzzling colors to the candidates; pink is over and over strain described as white: preen, yel low; and green gets every other oolor but its own. Drab and yellow also ap pear to be puzzling1. Yellow is often said to be red, and one-third aa often to be green. Neutrals ar made partic ulars, and pale blue is often called green. Dot the most remarkable fact of all is that a green color, shown in a darkened room, was called ' red one hundred and seven times out of one hundred and eighty-nino. Mr. Jabez Hogg, the consulting sur geon to tbe Royal Westminister ophthalmic hospital of England, re cently took a prominent part in bring ing to light many facta connected with color blind sxms, and has been instru mental In getting laid before the Eng lish public the Board of Trade Report, lie says: "In a family of aeren children, four sons and three daughters, the eldest and the yotmgx-st of the sons are color blind. JThe defect is inherited from tho HE IS A llliiMAM VBOM 1BE TULTH EBENSBURG, PA.. trrandfuthor through th mother; but neither the mother nor any other mem Ikt of the family is color-blind. In a family of five, three sons and two daughters, the three aons inherit oolor-blindnesa through their father and grandfather; while the two daugh ters, aad indeed the whole of the fe males of this family, are free from color defect." Tho question may be fairly asked: Does color-blindness increase with in creasing ae? There are some physical defect which can be outgrown and lx,t forever; but Mr. JaUz Hogg says of this very thing: 'A few carefully recorded cases lead me to think that ogedoea aggravate the defect of color-bliudness, as it does cer tain other defects of vLsion. It un doubtedly becomes more pronounced as the near point of vision recedes. In the casonf Mr. IX B. C , who at tha early age of fourteen went to sea, and who, five or six years afterward, con sulted me before he applied for his cer tificate as third mate, 1 pronounced him red-colr blind; nevertheless, afterward he obtained his certificate; aad subse quently those of second and first mate. Hut when, at the age of twenty-six, he applied for his master's certificate, h was unable to pass the color teat. A' this date I once more tested him tea color, and on referring back to nij notes of an earlier date, I came to the conclusion that hi color-blindness have sensibly inerca-sod. Another waa as follows: Capt. V consulted me for a disturbed fctate of vision tobacco amaurosis. Hi color sense was also very im perfect; but as he soon recovered I saw no more of him for nine or ten years, whon he one morning called upon me, complaining of defective sight and an inability to distinguish the ship's light. He was then very uncertain about hi greens: lark-greens h i called black and dark-red. were (imply warmer colors than gTeens. In short, he was color blind. Soon afterward he retired from the service. 'The next case Is more strikingly corroborative. II. J , a lad aged sixteen, myopic before going Vo sea, was examined at an ophthalmic fcaapi tal end pro nouiio.nl free from color blnv!neSH. On his return home, he passed the color-test examination and obtained his certificate. Four years afterward hi father brought him to rus. lie wus then complaining of his inability t" distinguish tho color of the ship's signal lights, and he often missed the ropes. This ho attributed to his short sight. He was unable to select or sort the skeins of colored wool; in short, he was completely color-blind. I recommended him not to go up for his second examination. His friends thought otherwise. lie was rejected, and his certificate was indorsed color blind. This, of course, put a stop to his further career in the service. The father of this patient was not color blind: but he was unable to say whether his father or grandfather had suffered from any defect of vision. The myopia must have been transmitted." The statistics we have just presented to our readers plainly prove that the utmost caution must be exercised by parents, railway oflicials and marine in spectors before they allow their chil dren or their candidates to enter upon a line of occupation for which by na ture they are wholly unfitted. And the public itself ought to lay to heart tho many facts revealed by Mr. Jabez Hogg. A large percentage of the pub lic is every day traveling either by sea or rail, and it is absolutely necessary that the utmost precaution should be exercised in ascertaining the compe tency of the men in charge for reading aright the colored signs and signals which in their vurious and silent ways predict safety, caution or danger. N. Y. Ledger. COSTLY RELICS. Trrc speech of Claudius, engraved on plates of bronze, is yet preserved in the town hall of Lyons, France. It was dis covered in 1 .'' on the heights of tU Sebastian above the town. Thk Kiblical Society of London an nounces that it has in its possession a papyrus maniwript which is in the handwriting of the great apostle St. Peter. They claim that one hundred thousand dollars offered for the manu script by another KritLsh society was refused. The only authentic portrait of Cleo patra that is known to archieologista is a bust which appears on a series of coins. It is on the reverse, and bears the inscription in Greek: "Queen Cleo patra, the Divine, the Younger,' while on the obverse Li a portrait of 'An tony, Dictator for the Third Time, Tri umvir." Among historic rings is one said to be Shakespeare's signet. Upon the seal, entwined with a true lover's knot, are the initials W. S. It was lost before his death and found many years after by a laborer's wife near Stratford church yard. This Ls the only authentic piece of his personal property known, to be in existence. Tile most famous gems extant are perhaps the Uemma Augustea in Vien na, a sardonyx nearly a quarter of a yard long, on which the triumph of Au gustus is cut in the rarest workmanship by Discorides, of Rome. There are mag nificently cut antique amethysts, though rock crystal was and is mainly used for vases and cups. A Mammoth Wbeel. TVhat is believed to be the largest wheel in the world was recently made at the Seranton (Pa.) works of the Dickson Manufacturing Company , for the Calumet A. Ueela Mining Company of Michigan. It Li a cog-wheel, 54 feet La diameter, with an 13-inch face, and is built in the exact form of a bicycle, with its extensions and spokes. The capacity of the wheel, at a velocity of 10 feet a second at the inner edge of the buckets, is SO.000,000 gallons of water and 2,000 tons of sand in twenty four hours. Its weight is 400,000 pounds. The journals are 23 inches in diameter and 3 feet 4 Inches long. The total length of the shaft is 23 feet A inches. ' Cnrlans Census Facts. It is a curious fact, revealed by the figures of the recent census, that, while there are in the United States three cities of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants each, one of between 800,000 and 00,000, three of between 400,000 and 500,000 each, and nin of between 200,000 and 000,000 each, there is not a sintrle one having between 300,001 and 400,000 in habitants. In ISflO we had but nine cities with a population of over 100,000 eacb MAkCS KIk ASU 1U iI SLATES ItFElbK. FRIDAY. MAY 15, IS91. A PROPHECY. Coasts Aorelis, b-udins; over I Her 'broidery frame through the Ions; still ' hour-, StiicLinsT Ual!-les and purple clover. And spikes ol gorgeous cardinal Howen; AU tho sweet briput auramer nnhvedlna;. Save whan her floss by the wind is stirred. She chide the rover, her work lmpedinff. By lifting eyes with weariness blurred. What will it profit my little eonslnT Will she pain wl doo. or wealth, or fame. In days that run into months a dozen. Whllo she txnds over hor 'b -oidery frame t Will ahe be paid when friends ahail praise horl Will she rer'et when thue less kind With tclr superior skill amiM her. Hiding at faults ahe cannot Itadr What does she dream will be the puerdont Forward and backward ber noedle slips; Her work, her dreams are sure no burdou. To guess by the curve of her rose-red lips. What does ahe d-eam? that born of plenty Her maic fingers will soon complete; Cousin Aurella, fair and twenty. Your work I label: -Sweets from the sweet." What do ahe dream, while so demurely Isillcbiuir that tuft of tangled grass? She will not WU I'll guess now surely, S nnethin- like this shall come to pass. Far in the future dim, uncertain. A (rtrl of tho time will yawn, some day: "My preat-xra"dmotber mado this curtain And ruined her hndosne eyes, tbey say." Margaret Holmes, in Youth's Companion. FJiET AND WORRY. The Most Subtla Enemlea of Suc cess In This World. The most subtle enemy to success is fretting. At the same time it is the most plausible. Not the idle, ill tempered indulgence which we call 'scolding," but the vague worry that finds a ready excuse in fatigue or ill health or in anxiety about "the meat which perisheth;" for not even the genius is above substantial necessities. 1 1 is not possible to do one's best work while discontent is sapping the vigor of the mind. Preoccupation Li fatal to honest thinking. What sort of mental work can we expect of a man who is engaged in taking account of the stock of his own grievances? And yet there are plenty of men and women who begin each day's task under just such conditions and wonder why they fuiL Sighing over things that have Wen left undone and shrinking from the host of duties advancing upon them they 'stand in pause where they shall first !egin, and Ixith neglect." Untrammeled by worry, fretting, borrowing trouble whatever you choose to call it life would Tbe re lieved of half its friction. It is like the dust in the' wheel or dust in the watch. From whatever cause, however ex cusable, it is a weariness and a snare. Hands stiffened with eold are not deft. The voice roughened with weeping is incapable of pleasant tones. In either case the remedy suggests itself. A so ciety woman noted for her kind and charitable temper was asked how she managed to be so amiable under all circumstances in this gossiping, naughty world. 'It is too much trouble to find fault," she made answer. "I should always le unhappy if I thought ill of my friends, and life is too short for that." Another woman who lived by the use of her facile pen was heard to say that although she had taken many lessons in poverty and dis appointment, she could not afford to be ill-natured or despondent, because she would be unfitted to earn her own living if she were unhappy. The farmer puts in Ins crops "come wind or come weather," and he who lives by the "sweat of his brow" mrst inure himself to every variety of change. "A merry heart goes all the day. Your sad t:rts in a mile." It takes sunshine to print a photo graph. Chetriness will bring out the belt that is in a man. More. It will permeate his work. Did you ever notice the difference in the sound of the same message delivered by two persons? The writings of the prophet Jeremiah have so fctrong a flavor of melancholy that his very name is the synonym of despondency. We find there no lack of strength or symmetry or gentleness, but tho healthy mind would vastly rather read the same message in the prophecy of Isaiah. There is the ring of promise in it. Isaiah seemed to take for granted that his expostulation would not be in vain. Jeremiah, on the other hand, scarcely appeared to hope that his admonition would be heeded. It is simply the man that sliintts out in his work. M iss Alcott is one of the few women who could so divest herself of all irrita tion and discontent as to be able to write healthily and brightly under the most trying circumstances. Through out her books even in her pathetic journal there is a vein of cheery cour age which certainly was not the natur al result of her early life. Borrowed trouble is as hard to bear in anticipation as real trouble. A little girl was given a cart and pony and taught to drive. The first time she went ont by herself her eye ran down the wide village street, busy with all sorts of vehicles, and the sight overcame her with alarm. How could she ever got safely through such a tangle? she asked herself, and dropping the reins she screamed with fright. A passing neighbor went to her relief and sought to quiet her fears. "I am so afraid to drive through the crowd," she answered. 'Hut there is no crowd, the friend urged. "These wagons are a long way off and they will only come to meet yon a few at a time. Besides, some of them are going the other way." Thus en couraged, the child drove on in confidence unharmed. So we, see ing all that lies before as fancy it already here, and. cowardlike, refuse to be comforted. Much of this may be endured, much can be cured. Indeed, I am inclined to think that after all our apprehensions are fictitious. We gauge our obligations and responsi bilities rather by our own estimate of our own value than by the positive, ex pressed demands which others make upon our time and service. There is an insidious gratification in the feeling that on one's self depends the machinery of an important undertaking. Suppose it were true. Suppose we are necessary to society to-day; it is a humiliating thought that were we to drop out to morrow another would speedily be found just aa competent to fill the va cant place. In fretting over our care are we not underestimating the value of the life which places its commands upon us? Fancy what that would be were the necessity for ourselves but re moved I Did no one claim one kindly office at our hands I Did no pressing engagement vie with each other for our time! Perhaps th novice j, j0v4 likely to 8I.50 and falliaHothehal.it of fretting than he who has already proved his power and chafes at the little duties and inter ruptions which fritter away his time. In this progressive and elective" age it would not be amiss if the great uni versities were to institute a crarsc of training in the art of bearing inter ruption with equanimity and without waste of mental force. Perhaps it would be called the chair of "mental concentration." It takes so small a thing to intercept the thought hovering midway between brain and jjen. but how great the struggle to recall it! So far as the interruption itself goes it matters little whether it be "just for one minute" that sounds so plausiblel or whether the break be final. It is the knot in the thread of thought that mars it, Happy the man who can write a sermon with a child on his knee or draw up a 'brief" in the din of the crowded court-room! It was said of Kev. Horatio was in the habit of preparing his sermons with his children about him. answering their questions and attending to their wants. Discouragement is another element which enters into the success or failure which depends upon purely mental work. It is far more than in its literal sense that "nothing succeeds like suc cess." It has the power of transmu tation. It is like yeast, pervading with subtile influence every function of the mind. Starving men thrive on it. Yet, knowing that, and how small a meas ure of praise would infuse new life into some disheartened soul, we with hold our commendation until perfec- I T . 1..T1 V .. V.. ....a t . WViv visit offer a word of encouragement to him who is striving upward by any road' It will help him the sooner to reach the top. There is plenty of room up there. The army that set out is dwin dled to a forlorn hope long before it reaches the final struggle for the summit. It needs a stout heart and a strong arm to carry the stand ard and plant it there. But all honor to those who try and faiL Even though I one never get there himself, it is some thing to have helped another up. A little patience, a little willingness to ! be bored? Yes, if you will -have it so; ! for not every one can be as interesting J as we are, to ourselves. A clever artist j once painted the sea. Under his brush 1 it moaned and tossed its white foam as I it advanced and retreated across the glistening sand. One could almost I smell the salt. Beside his white um brella, from day to day, was placed an other; and a patient, painstaking lad also painted the sea. To be sure, it was not so restless, nor so wet, nor so salt; but every night his canvas bore away a letter picture for the kindly hint and encouraging word which the older man did not grudge. There is no table by which we can calculate the value of ipspiration to the humble "pren tice in any craft. "The reward of one day's work is the power to achieve another." What though letters accumulate, engage ments thicken, "wants" multiply, pub lishers become unreasonable, editors I unappreciative, critics harrowing and hardest of ail interruption breaks the thread of the very first argu ' ments. Acknowledge yourself bank '. rupt of time and strength and capitaL But do not mourn over iL Get out of your rut. If you have friends, seek '. them. If you have none, make them. 1 It will put yellow glass into your own I windows to take a glance through j your neighbor's. The best tonic in the world is change of air. Home never seems so dear as when one has been away from it- Association was not given ns to be abused, but to be used to the health and profit of both soul and body. Do not think the same thoughts from day to day. All the better that we do not all cherish the same opinions. We shall have an opportunity to test our ow n standards if there is a fair exchange. But when you have anything to say, say it. IV begin cheerily. Whistle, if you are a man; if you are a woman, hum in the face of anxiety. Laugh at interruption, snub discouragement. Do not wait to file your letters or oil your typewriter. There will be time enough for that when you are intellectually tired. To-morrow you may have no message. Never mind the past. You cannot help it now. Let the future take care of itself. The present moment is your concern. There will never be another like it, While it may not be possible to make one's surroundings ideal, it is possible to fit one's self for the place designed for him. The Ba tavian wore an iron ring around his neck until he had slain an enemy. That was voluntary. The goading ring which discontent forges about our necks must be worn with many a tear till we have vanquished the enemy and set our selves free. C Emma Cheney, in Chi cago Post. THE CAR TRACER. A Kallroavd Employe Who Ieai da Vary liUMJ Life. The car tracer is a man en. . ' by a railroad company to hnm .up "st freight cars, lie travels a great dec', but the Wauties of the country through which he passes are lost upon him, for he has no ere except for lt;t freight cars. If he takes a little snack in a railroad restaurant, his eye is turned to the window constantly, especially when a freight train goes rumbling by. He has been known to lfave his cofTee half drank, rush out and mount the caboose with an air of triumph, which proclaimed that he had recognized the initials aud number for which be waa searching. Studying freight ears as he does renders him oblivious to the beauty of the most elaborate Pullman or Wag ner pulace car. and he looks upon the latest improved vestibule limited with supreme indifference. In fact he dreams cf nothing but lost freight cars, strayed or stolen, and initials and num. ' bers dance before his sleeping vision continually. He doesn't confine his search to the main lines by any means, but wanders off on obscure roads, branches and cutoffs, and is sometimes rewarded by finding the lost car in some gravel pit, or switched off at a stone quarry and used as an office or perhaps residence for a sub-boss. Ureal is his joy then to drag it out to light and start the truant on its way home. Verily, there is more joy in the freight master's office over one lost car that i recovered than over ninety and nine that went not astray. Texae Sifting. "Before we were married," said she, "his displays of affection were pos itively overdone." "And now?" "They are very rare."- Indianapolis Journal. postage per year In advance. NUMBER 19. HIS PROFESSION. My boy and I rod In the train One moruinz brlyht and clear. 'When I'm a groa t, -up muii," salu he, "I'll b) an chriner." But soon tufcdust tie in hla eye And heavy gn.'w hl beati. "I wouldn't be an englnm-r For all the world." he aUd. My boy was at a senport to a And u the rolling sea. Mamma." he raid, ou-" waning, -A sailor I ahAll be :" We took him to a yaeht race Ho hal to (.-o to bed ' "I wouiuu'tbo a eaiior. now. For all the a orld "' ho said. We read him stlrrins si-.rlu Of soldiers nml tlieir fame. "I'll ill: J Ciilit." eru-1 Kr-J ile, "And put them all to i:nif '" We told him of a o'.dier's life; lie Kiiouk hit little h oi. 1 wouldn't be a so'.d.cr, now. For all the world :" he said. And thus X3 each .Twfs1.n lie liret aaid "yea," '.ben "no." -To make a choice is hard." he said, -At b-a-st. f.nd it so " 'Hut what, then, lil you 15" I asked. "When ou ire sttgh u up. Fred" I reall thluk I'll only be A g nil" ii.ar.," he Mild. Ir. Malcolm McLeod. In St. Nicholas. A BAG OF DIAMONDS. The Tragredy That Was Enactexl in the Old Miser's Bedroom. Many times he had thought of it, and finally had screwed hL courage to the sticking point After all, what good to the old man was that bag of gems? What' R-ood ex cept to count over, mark their twink ling facets, gloat over their value, and laugh at those who might covet them. Palsied fingers would shake as the strings of the chamois-ekin treasury were rapturously untied, and a mo ment's life and energy flash into pinched cheek and fruh-d eye, as every evening the revelation of untold wealth woke in a withered heart its only sur viving passion. But what good to the world or to the man wai that brief minute of ecstasy? Was it not paid for a hundredfold by nights of fear and forbodings of robliery that made life a perpetual horror? How often had Paul hoard his unele wake from his noontide nap with a dreaming cry: "My dia monds, my diamonds! Is that you, Paul? I thought it was a roblter." His thoughts were to come true to night. Paul tried to persuade himself j that the treasure he had set hi heart J on belonged to him as much as if they had been lying in a mine, the prize of the first finder. Then came another thought. His own poverty and his great love. His uncle's ward was as poor as himself poor, proud and beautiful. Such flowers only grow in hard and solitary places, in the nipping air, and unerowded even by the unobtrusiveness of love. Straight, slender and full-hned as a rose, with a big soul beaming in her f.-vee and eyes with .njii k, silent ways, and Waring unflinchingly the blows of an old man's brutal tongue, this girl had presented to the poet's mind the image of power, of profound passion, of untiring con stancy, such as had enchanted him and transformed his life. She had been first to shy him, then wistfully tender as she pitied him. It was in the arbor at the fiKt of the garden where he was seated now, behind the hedge of clipped yew. that she nestled close in his arms, and they had known the first moment of happiness in their deserted live. 'We must be patient, Paul." Patient did she say? They had U-cn so long enough. His plans wen ripe now, and he was watching the light in his uncle's window. The old man would sleep well he had taken care of that to-night If he awoke? Well, that was provided for. Old men are not hard to smother. The night, dark and damp, suited dark thoughts. And thehtingof long oppression, the blind feeling after revenge for years of cruel slights and insults, had long engendered such thoughts. And now came a vision of an earthly heaven, the hope of a new life beyond the seas. "Yes, I will fly with you at any time you ask," the girl had said, resolutely. "We shall be happy, rich or poor." No, not poor. He would provide against that The lights in the windows of the mansion had gone out Lvcn the win dows on the ground floor, which open on the piazza, are dark. This is his uncle's room. I'aul rises from his seat The dripping jasmine spray that strikes his cheek as he leaves the little summer house makes his heart stop for a mo ment He fears even the faint crunch of his footsteps on the gravel. There is a dog baying in the distance, a, if conscious that thieves are alut. He steals past the big pear tree at the corner of the piazza, and tr.impling in the soft mold of the flower gu rdeu.where her jonquils and tulips grew, he creeps breathlessly to the back porch. The . outer door is quickly opened. He thrusts out hLi hand to find the knob of the house door, and, taking a latch key from his vest pocket, he opens it too. At the end of the hall is his uncle's room. The house is silent But hark! did he hear a footfall? It must be a heavy footfall that is heard on the thick carpet and t-tcady floor of oak. He had never Ivefore explored this old rambling dwelling in darkness. It was always to lam a sad and dreary place; a place of faded hangings, old-f aihionexl and tasteless bric-a-brac, paintings in sivid in their tarnished frames, and 'nxiks that echoed the fancy and opin Ion of a dead generation flavorless as y-stcrday's news. He has reached his nncle's door. There he produces a dark lantern from under his cloak. Drawing up the slide for a momant ho flashes the cone of light over the hall and up the staircase. It lights up for a moment oaken wains coting, crowded hat-rack, the antlers overhead, -and the statue of Cupid, pallid is n ghost, and then falls on the stair .use. As it does so he snaps down the alidc, and all is darkness again. Yes, all is dark and quiet There is o witness to his crime. What would she say or think if she aw him cowering and crouching at his ancle's door? The thought of her rise like a phantom in his mind; she is a'l in white, yet calm, resolute, and beautiful an angel in contrast with the inferno of his own troubled thoughts and yet it deepens his reso lution. He is the martyr seeing the martyr's crown, the soldier with the re ward of his valor before bla eyes. In her purity, her strength, her peace, it seems to him he would find an escape The lance srd rrj sMe rirenlitn m. law lbja ItMuit ottsSBenAs as to tale Wihd muialderatka U.ilmtlKri wtiuaa resu will fa ta.ertre' at the IU,wlLg low rvu: 1 snca. t ao 1 IDC S OMlU (' 1 laeei, owtb IK I lnd . 1 jrtar ft dj (Duties, muuiha..... f Inches. 1 ear )0im Inches s mouths - V) a Inches. I year la as Kt ooloina. 6 inonthi.... ........... M VJ oolamo. 6 ro-ntUi oa eilniaa. 1 year i rolamo, 4 nootbf CM I ooluaiB. 1 yaar. ...... ......... ............ aa Hi!nf1 l(ni. Unit Inwlnq, h V Ilaa, obqneot lnrtloa. per laa A iiaiotiirt'r' ud tUauutur a W ot9 . a-. fia Aatllor'a Notloei t; Stray aoi ulioHar Njtlr ' a-koilut ions or procwdln Pi any mpw ttoa wr xieiy aait ooniBiuntcatlon riHtfij' J to rail attention to ny mutrrr of !imi'l cr H-JI Tidaa tntrrt mnn txt J.ld for at advrrttrr &.tBt Bx k and Jib I'rintln of all kind! neat'r . d iiTtoari.T rxM-ated at tba loweet jl And doo'l you luritct It. i even from the torture atid shame o, n.s guilty mind. He would bathe l,i::i ,'f in her presence as in a !Vod of clc;r. :, ing Hiit.T, a second bapthm. ITcr smile, ber trustf ulness. the music i her voi.H? would 1 a heaven In v.hkh he might bask and rest, and forg '. h.'s fraud yes. even his bl.iodguiKincs.-t. lie tarns the handle of the uocr qui.'tly, gradually, ur.d ci t rs. A d.-lie:ite See tit. as from the folds of silkt-it garments, strikes his sen .cs. j;ut he docs not h.-ar a singlf ru-tle frcr.i his uncle's ln-d. The oi l man sleep-, sourully indeed. Theii he draws up the slide of his lantern. So violently, with such treirbtli g agitation d.s:s he close it figaii. V. -instant after, that the whole thinir V' clattering to the ground ami Pad turui'. and rushes through the r.ta. What has ho seen to overcome hi:' so? A woninn, tall and mpple :is a "r.'k, stern eyed as a Clyteuiiict-.tria an 1 t'.Vcn ty ti:un as fair, with blat k ha .' 1 marble urms, eyes of ft !n"-.'l v " :. bosom of ivory how often hj t ? . doted on them! How often i:;:i '--' " his heart swell with pity, with a lr.'" tion, with unspeakable love, .- . t:ie .' .i. voice tremulously remonstrated :'.. him: "We must le patient, Paul." And now this saint of his life, tVl: virgin flower of woiunn, this o.i v'.;o was to be the salt and salve t " wounded, outraged and rcbeli iors : ' there she stands, her right hand : - the pillow of the unconscious s'- her left arm to btrike him dow n if he awake! Paul passed stealthily into the gniJ again. He want with bounds :n-i.si the parterre, fiercely t.-an.i oi:,T flowers and borders, curs'.:-. ;r ' -while, in his heart", with bitter ; : ' execration, the angel, forsooth, t. l.o was thief and murderess. Then he laughed a wild. trr-rr.'Mii TT laugh, such ns only grief that bordei s on frenzy finds utterance. That night f.she f.:it I'll dftwn r'.' r the moaning poplars and over urd -e. again repeated to his mind tb: i':e " incident that be hnlf believed to 'n r dream, love turned to h;.tc, as fuel 'i ashes, as a flower tD the blooi-ril poi son. 'It was for love of me!" he murmv.rc "for love of me ah! that is Oei-ic-.v that cuts deepest; for vtliy? 1 hat lose of hers is loathsome to me." "That was forty years ago." said Mi, rerry, "and it seems only yctcrl iy ' She looked from the gray ur a of tl ? casino ut Nurragaiiii-tt out over IV blue, dimpling sea. where a yacht was just coming to anchor. The wrinkled old gi'ncral, who L. reef ed the taste of the wealthy Nc.v Y-.r'c spinster in the fitting of her hir;". a: t gallery, wiped a tear from h r j I..: eye- it was a telling gesture. thor.Th the tear was not a t ar of sensibility. "Put how ili.l i iiml mu thj. il . : he?" he inquired, si-ltiy. "Hand me tluit fc. I v. i' t. !'. ; . .. I had com;' downstair . hari:i;.' re. -e. and thinking of bur'urs. 1 . .. . ; e in th'.ise days, and scicd a Iumv, ; :. .. 5 scissors, which I carried .1 agger- . . I went to my uncle's room, felt utui -r pillow, and was relieved to find I.i.t i. of diamonds safe. Then there v. u momentary flash of light, the t-li.t r i a lantern ttropped in he.':-' , :tl:i l"e sound of iveeilintr fo-.tst- 'I never saw I'aul aig.;:n V this .:7. The lantern was i.iciit:!i.'l jis l.is. I 1 r. Il.-v.-dat his flight :,t t!;' : -' T-K.t :.:. gi'iicrai. you :m.l 1 ar- .! I : and i my part 1 can 1 ve . m.' itiid you :nut ii"t speak to nie ;-c7-i . .i vou have d ne tie-dnv." Lis-ch. KISSED THE POET. How Iom lVilro M.i.le YVI.ifi. lil Ut4 Like a Huiiiful Muli'cu. The poet W hitt'u r. v. ho t ro i:i ; old age is as bashful as a o'u-i. once embraced and kissed by u i,u. a crow tied Boston parlor. TLc i:.i. ' r is told by Iter. Carles Mart; :i ii. 1.' : of Wendell Phillips. Dinn i'e ... . liray.il, on his viit t- P'- .ton i.j i , expressed a wish to meet Mr. '';. i with whom he ha'i a'oiTrs-fj. . : many years concerning i.-;.'J . . . tdaYery. A notable lto-oiiiu:i j.;; . u reception to the emperor ni w iii lK.-t promised to be present. The emperor was converging v. " Wendell Fhiilips when tli' vcm.;si c poet entered, but he immediately :.. . threw his arms about XI.-. U. Quaker, and kissed him on bot'i .! .. Then seating him on a sfa he j.i:. -himself at the pott's side and i .i with him for halt an hor. When the conversation Kvrim: . r eral the emperor told of his Or..' s ;; ovi r to Churlcstow n to sec B:.j1;t V. ' .'. moauaiMit It was six o'cl-xrk n morning, and the keeper was i:i o .1. hen aroused he refused ti let ii:-.- . peror in until he paid the entranc i r, half a dollar. Dom Pedro, having left his p'e.rr.' :.t home, was obliged to borrow t':e. c.j;.; from the Icokman. Tiie c-.s.p.iriy laughed aDd Mr. Phillips suil: "The stcry does not cud w:t h the t.zt ment of the entrance fee. I w.. ; U your majesty the rest of it. Two W it.-" later a well-known leader cf Uo.i.'i society entered the visitors' room at :uc base of the monument (iliinclr.g r.'.r the book in which every vi . it .:- iv;-liters he saw your Majesty's bigriat'irv. "'Why,' said he to the keeper, 'ecu have had the emperor o' Bravzil here this morning. How did he look?' 'The keeper, putting on his glasses, examined the handwriting and scorn fully muttered: " 'Kmperor? That's a dodge; tVat fel low was a scapegrace w ithout a cent in his pockttr " N. Y. Journal. . Wonderful Insects. The fly-spider lays an egg as Ion? as Itself. There are 4.CJ1 muscles in tha caterpillar. Hook discovered 14 )) mirrors in the eye cf a drone, aiii 1 1 effect the respiration of a cur;- . vj arteries, vessels, veins, boi.es, etc , necessary. The body of every spi .'.:: contains four little musics pierced v. r a multitude cf imperceptible hole-., cz bole permitting the passage of a i - -thread, all the threads, to the am of 1,000 to each mass join t "'. ' where they come out and m- ' single thread with which the -;..: spins ita web; so that what wc ci-i t h -spider's thread consists more tiian of 4,000 united. United Presbyterian, "What do you know about the solution of parliament?" the iua.i:.g i ' editor asked of the new man at tho for eign desk. "Nothing," he said Luuo cently; "I didn't know it was dissolute ut all." -Washington Stiir.
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