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Knosburph Pll, Vt
Oentu : In pra!sf KemlnU's Saviu Cure I ifM
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come very lmiM tiot-k eitlnri:t airl fwMt-n. Tim
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VLD BY ALL DRaJCKTS.
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If not lor mhIo in )oar plux-r uk )ir
dealer lo scud for rufiijouee, ecnre tbe
atceney, and get I hem lor ou.
TAKkl NO M BSTITI TIuI
WHY IS THE
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE GENTLEMEN
THE BEST SHOE III THE WORLO FOR THE MONEY
It Is a fMauilfM Mh't-p, with i:t tui-kH or wax thread
to hurt the fet; nuule the bcKt Jlne calf, atvllhh
anil easy, and brnimse trt ntuhe num mhaem of thlm
xjrtttie nun nn nthrr miiT'Vr'fwrisr,4t -quaU baou
wwcfl xhtsf ewthit' from 4. to SVuu.
CC OU isrnnhir II -tiid-oewed, the finest ealf
4) J m hhiH evi-r ttATiTcd lor AT.m; efnali Krrueh
imMirti'4 MtuM-f, whUli ott f roin 9-u ' ' r.iHi.
C OU I Innd-rvrrd V1 Xioe, linn rait.
V1 1 Mtylifdi, iiniifrtalilf and duratde. The ln;-t
hUim ever offered at thin rite-; -umie Rrade an ru-tom-niate
she- rostlui; f rtrm $h.i iu Ailui.
CO )0 I'olit-r Short aT7rri itallroad Mn
VVi and JMTl'arrler-al vrmr thejir: tl no calf,
rW Aiitli-S isnioth liisidi. havy thn-e Mrlca, extn
n edf nc pair will wrar a yar.
oO fine cnll'i 110 hrrier herver offered at
U -Cn a I hi price; otitt trial -win nnJnce thoeo
wild want a shoe for comfort an! arirviro.
SO l s5-00 U orkiitumnn't Khoes
Ca-a ure vt-ry Mmot; and durlio. Thw who
h:ive fciven t-wfii a trial wJU w-raj" a0 4sther make.
BVC' mud Mr-lMMkl ahoen am
UTO worn hy the bts evrw rhere; theysell
m theTr ftteritn, n the inewaviiaif aalew nhiw.
rarl SrkfC 3.0 llan-fewrd Mioe. best
I-C1U ICD lt iie.'lu, vt-rr ay Uj:-taaij French
iuiortrd Khot itsMlnprfroTii U.tt n
I.adtew e.-IO. i.0 and 1.73 ho for
3Ilwsrthe hent fine lAmgoLa. isryllfdi ad durabaa.
4 a Ml ion. He that W. l. katriaA" luniue aud
prtc Aro atanipen on lhetRort'm of rarh Ahua.
0. T. ROBERTS,
Aajent. Fhfnnbnrff, Fa. iul-3, Soi
. a m vnr ! tv-fna? vnarle t J 4a at.
Was-tin,!"."-"-- W aa. Mnaiac,
ul insr in.. ks tMwkrls, bttf w rmm
la h aqMsakly Ihw In ram rVsa m
la a Uay mi ais1 tart, aw4 Mira aa yaa
un. bulk mrm, all iki. I mmy aanrt
mfSca. ran cwMMsnrr at swvata, f.
sfl) voar riajf siar MutissrBta oiIt
Ifco work. AU krw. liraai fat M RK fa
atrv wrlisr. W aiart ka. famUheHfr
vrrrrliitist- t: - II. Y. M'..UdL1 IraruvsL
1AKIK I l.Al.s tUKK. Ail.lrrailMi.1,
hriS43t a tO. lUKTLA.Ml, RAIN a.
ROIJER'J' EVANS,
UNDERTAKER,
AJfD MANUFAOTUBEK OP
and dealer In all kinds ol KCKNITUHE,
I A rail Una el UatkeU always en band.-V
I Bodies Embalmed
WHEJf KEtlUIKED.
Apt S3 84
NOT DEAD YET!
VALLIE LUTTRINCER,
atAacrTACTrkkB OP
TIN, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE
Kaapeetrally Invites the attention ol bis friends
and the pub! Ic I n general to the fact that b a Is still
carrying on business at the old stand opposite the
Mountain Hoist, Ebensbanr. and If prepared to
snpply from a large stock, or manufacturing to or
der, any article In his line, from the smallest to
the largest. In the best manner and at the lowest
living prices.
FtrNo penitentiary work either made or sold
at this establishment.
TIN ROOFING SPECIALTY.
Olve me a eall and satisfy yourselves as to my
work and prices V. L,UTTKXNtEK.
Ensburg. April 18. 1883-tL
''HE I'KEEM AN Is the largest paper In ISorth
JL C'asaorla. lon't lorget IU
THE WIDOW AT THE SPRINGS.
Of U the women in the world, there's one
alove the r-Mt
Whom I will openly avow I heartily detest;
She's a tiny, ctiuxintf creature, a slight tender
Tine that clings
Unto all the men this widow who outwits me
at the borings.
She Is such n prudent matron Is this shy,
weet foe of mine.
She will say, with orbs uplifted. In a manner '
most divine.
That Mhe never In her girlhood went to ride
with men oh. no!
Then she'll take a drive by moonlight with my
very nicest beau.
She will wonder, too, yon haven't grown Quite
woary of ;ay life.
Because nt your aire," (sweetly) "I had been
some years a wife."
Oh, It takes jiiHt such a woman to think of the
meanest things
How I bate this little wMow who outwits me
at the springs!
She has such sweet ways t giving all one's
men friends good advice.
About the sort of woman who's particularly
nice;
Not a giddy, silly creator, tmt a woman who's
been tried
By the UeeK'St cares aad sorrows, and who now
would put asUe
All the vanities and follies, and would know
the way to soothe -
Her lord, and make his pathway more prosper
ous and smooth;
And the reason why I bate her is, in truth, be
cause she brings
AH the men to her opinions does this widow
at the spriugs.
Mamie Andrews, in Puck.
MRS. SHEERS GHOST.
A Plot Which Was Not
Suoceesful.
Entirely
Clarity by the way, she was bap
tised Clarita, only her mother chose to
Yankeefy it was a rery pretty rirL
A smart tfirl, to, and a quick one.
And that is why she was always
busy at home or in other people's
houses at the trade by which fche
earned her living, besides dressing1 her
self so prettily that no summer boarder
could outdo her. How she pot the lat
est styles out there at Cross Sticks no
one could think; but she did it
No wonder that Will Sheers, who
kept the drujf store in the village, fell
in love with her. It was for her sake
that he hired ti her mother a praise
worthy widow, fond of telling the story
of her husband's faUure to anyone
who would listen a wing of the bnild
Iiijj in which he kept his store, a snug
little affair f three rooms, for which
he had no use, being a bachelor.
The rooms directly over the store,
which were large and handsome, re
mained vacant, which led the yillaffo
to suppose that the young druggist in
tundesl to marry shortly.
When Mrs. Munn had moved into the
i'.ttlo end wing it was Imt a step from
the store 'door to the widow's flat door
stop, nnd Dr. Sheers spent much of his
time there, especially in -the evening,
and people had In'gun to say that it
was a "splendid thing for Clarity
when the two Misses Shepherd came
to board with Mrs. Finn, with whom
Dr. Sheers loardeL
Mrs. Finn advertised for summer
boarders every year, tinder the halluci
nation that Cross Sticks was "the
country," and she always caught a few
victims, who sat on the porch and
fanned away the mosquitoes, and took
walks to the post office, and. went on
picnics to the ' frog pond in the- sub
urbs, and looked at- a very distant
mountain through field glasses, and
were otherwise as rural as possible..
IJefore they left in the fall the
youngest Miss Shepherd was engaged
to Dr. Sheers.
She was older than he. She was
sharp of voice and elbows; but she had
inherited a fortune from her grand
mother, and then, as Mrs. Finn said,
"she ran after him, and would hev him
whether he-wontd or no."
Meanwhile Clarity went on dress
making and showed no signs of regret
ting her truant lover; and when Mrs.
Munn proposed giving up the rooms
forbade her to do so with the sternness
with which daughters do forbid their
.mothers to carry out their own ideas in
this nineteenth century.
"Why, ma, every one would think
we felt cut up about it!" said Clarity.
"I do." said Mrs. Munn; "I haven't
felt worse since your pa faileL"
don't" care whom he" marries, T"m
sure,." said Clarity.. "And this is the
cheapest place, to be so pretty, that we
can find." '
One day from her window she saw
the bride and groom return to take
possession of their newly-furnished
rooms. - ,
For awhile the bride and groom
seemed very comfortable. "New plate
glass windows were put into the store,
and a wonderful soda water fountain
was introduced. There was a looking-
glass between the rows of boxes and a
portiere was hung at the loor'that
. opened Into the Imck room. A. little
carriage in which Mrs. Sheers drove
her sister to pay calls on her friends
added luster to the establishment.
Suddenly a cloud arose. Mrs. Sheers
was ilL There was a consultation.
Shortly afterward there was crape on
the door. The doctor was a widower.
However, the day after the anniver
sary of his wife's funeral Dr. Sheers
assumed a light hat, had his hair cut
and his mustache waxed, put a rose in
his buttonhole and called on Clarity
Munn. Shortly afterward these two
were openly engaged to be married.
And again things seemed to be going
on well, at least "very well, consider
ing," when people began to notice that
Clarity was pale, that she was growing
thin, that she cried over her work, and
at last there was a rumor that she in
tended to "break" with Dr. Sheers.
"They're talking of it all over Cross
Sticks, Clarity," Mrs. Munn said, "and
you do look most miserable. What is
the matter?"
"It's dreadful," said Clarity. "He's
fond of me and I am of him, and 'you'd
be so comfortable. He promises every
thing, and my heart is broken, but t
dare not marry him; oh, I dare not!"
and her eyes grew solemn and . she
looked over her shoulder.
"Why?" gasped the widow.
"She haunts me his first wife, you
know," said Clarity; "and says she'll
kill me on my wedding day. Oh, I am
not crazy, ma!"
"I'm not afraid of ghosts," said Mrs.
Munn. "I thought you had more spirit
Why, before you pa failed I found a
burglar in my room robbing my jewel
box, and I collared Lim. I thought
you took after me and had some spirit.
Clarity."
"You cannot collar a ghost, sobbed
Clarity.
"You can try," said Mrs. Munn.
"Now, what I ask of you is to take my
fohling led into th parlor to-night
and let me sleep in your lted upstairs,
and if she that was Mrs. Sheers ap
pears to me I'll make her come to
terms."
That night Mrs. Munn in the little
upper room put out her lamp, hid a
dark-lantern lehind the pillow and
awaited Events.
The clock struck eleven twelve
and nothing happened. At 12:15 a curi
ous noise was heard under the Tted-
A groan followed a voice, and it
sounded very like Mrs. Sheers voice,
whispered: "Clarity Munn, you shall
not have my husband!"
For a moment Mrs. Munn felt faint.
It was all true, then!
Indeed, it was far, far worse than
seeing a burglar, even to hear that
voice! And now now! Yes! Slowly,
solemnly arose from behind the foot
board a figure all in white. Mrs. Munn
covered her head with the quilt.
"You are right to quail lefore me,"
said a voice. "I claim my husband for
my own. Marry him, and yon die!"
It was the voice of .Mrs. Sheers it
seemed to the old lady. She had al
ways disliKed it. Now it irritated her
and helped her to le brave. Making
one great effort, fhe sprang to her feet
and faced the ghost.
The gho.-,t retired. Mrs. Munn fol
lowed It struck her that she had fright
ened the spirit more than it had fright
ened her. This encouraged her. And,
stretching out her hand, she grabtM.nl
the ghost by the collar, as she had the
burglar. Her face was close to its
pallid face now, and her blood curdled
in her veins as she fancied that she
recognized the sharp nose, small mouth
and flat forehead of the late Mrs.
Sheers amid the folds of the ghostly
headdress. I5ut the thing did not van
ish. It was quite substantial.
"I believe I've materialized you."
said Mrs. Munn as she crowded the
ghost in the corner and reached f r the
dark-lantern, which she had hidden
under her pillow, and opened the slide.
In a moment more she had pulled away
the white wrappings and stood over a
sharp-featured young woman in a heliotrope-colored
gown, who crouched and
shivered in the corner Miss Selina
Shepherd, whose resemblance to her
sister vanished when one saw her red
hair, for Mrs. Sheers hair had been
ldack, either by nature or by art
Opinions varied as to that
"So it is you." said Mrs. Munn "you
that have been frightening my Clarity
out of marrying your sLster's widower?
I suppose she'd have gone on thinking
you a ghost forever. But you've got
me to deal witS now. How did you
get in?"
"Oh, Mrs. Munn, have mercy!" Selina
moaned. "Sister left everything to
him, and I'm to be turned out of house
and home. It was just life and death
to me that he shouldn't marry."
"You didn t want him yourself,
then?" asked Mrs. Munn.
"Nd," said Selina; ''no more than he
wants me. I meant to keep house and
be his sister; and I don't know how to
earn my living. Now he'll be furious
and he'll hate me."
"Miss Selina," said Mrs. Munn, "how
did you get in here?"
"A trap door in the corner opens on
a pair of stairs to the dru. store. This
used to lte a storeroom," sobbed Selina.
"It bolts on the other side."
"I'll see it is nailed up," said Mrs.
Munn. "Xow we may corue to terms.
I ll tell Clarity, but neither of us will
tell the doctor or anybody else. Stop
haunting and be friendly and Clarity
won't let the doctor send you away.
Seeing he's got your sister's money,
that will be but fair. Only, the
minute Clarity is tormented 1 tell my
story."
Miss Selina stopped sobbing and
scrambled to her feet
"Agreed," she said. "Women who
have had hard times ought to feel for
each other."
Having lighted the ghost down the
ladder and thrown her white vest
ments after her, Mrs. Munn put a
trunk over the trap door and retired
to dream of weddings.
After Clarity married Dr. Sheers
people used to say how wonderful it
wa-s that Miss Selina received her
brotheiin-law's second wife m pleas
antly, and how curious it was that she
vras so friendly with Mrs. Munn.
Fireside Companion.
THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
If you are praying for a revival don't
do it on a back seat
It is not the longest bermons that
awaken the most sinners.
A rKK.K HKR with the big head is a
man the devil loves to look at
lr you are praying for a revival don't
go to church with your gloves on.
I'KKACiiFft and churches who please
everylwxly are the kind who never have
revivals.
It doesn't do much good for the man
to pray for a revival who will not pay
his debts.
The man who goes to church much
hears a great deal of preaching that
hits other people.
The reason that some of our churches
are so dark spiritually is lccause the
people themselves want to do the shin
ing. If preachers would bear continually
in mind that they are working for tlod
there wouldn't be so much anxiety
alMiut wages.
A tn many preachers try so hard to
feed a few giraffes in their flocks that
they let the sheep and lambs starve to
death. Kant's Horn.
Jews la I'oland. .
In the town of Warsaw the Jews now
number 40 per cent. f the population,
,ind the average in all the other towns
ot I'oland is 50 per cent while in the
illages it falls to 7 per cent, and
n the rest of the country to nil. Ac
jording to the London Daily News,
Consul (irant says the trades and indus
tries in the city of Warsaw are almost
entirely in the hands of the Hebrew
population. In the higher branches of
commerce the ratio is lrt Jews to 3
Christians, in the lower branches 19
Jews to -2 Christians, and in the agency
anil brokerage business 4:i Jews to 1
Christian. Of the large industrial en
terprises of the city, M per cent are in
the hand "of Jews and only 11 per cent
In-long to native Christians. As com
mon workmen and as domestics the pro
Iortion is the other way, only 11,000
Jews, or 8 per cent of the total Jewish
population being so employed, against
I.looo Christians, or -JO per cent of the
total Christian population. .
HER SUMMER BOARDERS.
i
Gone! Yes; they be. I'm glad enough. I i
never thought th'-y would
Glt cleared riht out, 'n that I d see the last
of 'em for good.
But, my! the time we had to git 'em bundled
off that day !
I was so mortal skeered they'd take another
streak, 'n' stay!
N gracious lands! the way they turned this
ol' house upsid' down ;
I can't find nothin' In Its place the things Is
layin' roun
Jes' where they didn't ought to be, all bilter
nkilter. Well,
How them "ere city folks keeps bouse when
they're to hum do tell!
It beats me how they ever see their way to
work they got
No kind o' thoughts on savin time 'n' bavin
hours not.
You'd think the clock weren't made for nothin'
on'y )' to tick.
N whether It run fast or slow, they didn't car
a lick.
.
Them girls went prankln round the farm as
wild as c Its. about
'K flying up 'a down the stairs 'n' rscin' In an
out;
But them younx men! The laziest lot! My
patience, me! All day
A-amokin' in the hammock or a loungln' In the
- hay.
Jfcatin'! Why. you'd really think the people
had b'n starved
Poor Zekicl sex his riht hand's lame the way
be carved "n' carved.
There warn't no end to it. 'N' mrt As fer the
cakes 'n' bread
J' ples'n' garden sass, I thought rd peter
out jes' dead !
Yes; dear me. suz ! I'm glad they're gone. I
mlci 'em. though, a sight
Twas "Mrs. Hrown" 'n' -Aunt Mlrandy,
mornin. noon n night.
I'm mighty glad they're gone; but. Tit, the
bouse mm ms awful atilL
They say they'll conn next year; n", law! I
kinder hope they wIlL
Madeline S. Bridges, in Puck.
A SPLENDID SENSATION.
Story of a Trunk Mystery and
What Game of It
Tha Owner of the OhAStly I to Neatly
Slabbed and Compelled to Kval
Its Contents It Wna the
Sheriff. TrwL
A number of years ago, when rail
roads were but few in this country,
traveling was a very slow and tedious
undertaking; fifteen or twenty miles
an hour was considered a rapid and by
some people a dangerous speed.
At an early day in his eventful his
tory, and when he had but commenced
his professional career, the popular
Ethiopian comedian, Eph Horn, was
traveling with a band of minstrels in
the western part of Ohio. In those
days six performers were considered
an adequate number to form a lirst
class troupe, which nowadays com
prises at least forty.
The band Itcing small, their expenses
were very light which enabled them
to stop at all the small town and vil
lages, as well as at the large cities.
Their usual mode of travel was by
wagon, anil they had very little trouble
in securing from tho different farmers
a vehicle large enough to accommodate
the manager, performers, and an ad
vertising agent, as well as trunks,
wardrobo baskets, fiddle -boxes, wash
pails, and numerous other articles, the
inevitable concomitants of a traveling
troupe.
Horn and his companions were now
about to make a trip by rail over one
of the three roads which were all that
bad been built at this time in the
lluckeye state.
When they arrived at the platform,
whieh was elevated about three feet
from the ground by the side of the
track, and used for a depot a wagon
drove briskly up, containing the bag
gage of the company. The men who
had charge of the luggage quickly
hustled it into the baggage car. while
the minstrel boys sprang into the one
apppropriated to passengers, and took
possession of the beat seats they could
find.
The steam whistle now gave forth a
loud and startling sound, and with a
jerk which temporarily frightened the
passengers, the train commenced to
move with an ox-like speed over the
flat rails of the road.
Eph could not long remain quiet: fun
was the elixir of life to him, and he
was soon at his tricks. Many wonder
ful and soul-stirring stories were told
by him to his companions, which were
simply intended for the ears of the in
experienced country people, who were
gathered around, gaping and listening
w ith intense interest to every word that i
fell from his lips.
The stM-ics were so romantic and ter
rible that the auditors were entirely at
a loss to coo lecture what sort of com
pany they had unexpectedly fallen
among. They had not seen any of the in
struments or baggage, and had not the
slightest idea that the garrulous nar
rator of wonderful events was none
other than the celebrated negro min
strel, Eph Horn.
Finally there appeared to be some
thing of a mysterious nature going on
among those who had been listening as
one by one they cast a look of glaring
wildness upon Horn and his companion,
and stealthily left the car.
For once the great jester was taken
by surprise.
What's up? What in thunder is the
matter with those gillies?" he asked,
as. with a look of wonder and amaze
ment, be gazed around among the de
serted seats.
'I can't say," replied one of his com
panions. "AH 1 know is I saw a man
enter that door with the conductor,
point toward ns with his cane, then
whisper something in the other's ear.
The conductor shook bis head and dis
appeared, and very soon after the
passengers got up and left the car.
casting their eyes over toward our
party, and looking very much fright
ened." At this point the train came to a sud
den stop, and a moment after, to the
surprise and consternation of the fest
ive Eph and his jolly comrades, a sher
iff, wearing a rosette upon his hat and
followed by two of the town consta
bles, the engineer, the conductor, the
passengers, and all the attaches en-"
gaged upon the train, entered the car
in whieh they-were. and with exores
a ions of the wildest excitement upon
their pale faces entirely surrounded
the "mysterious six."
The sheriff laid hold of Eph's arm,
while the other officers "and trainmen
secured the persons of the remainder
of the band.
Leading the way in aa excited man
ner, and still holding Horn by the arm,
the all important and officious sheriff,
followed by the . motley crowd, soon
entered the baggage car. The'oflieer
pointed with a trembling finger to a
large trunk which hail been taken
from the pile of baggage and placed in
the middle of the car, upon the floor.
"Which of you persons own tha
box?" demanded the officer, in a tone
of authority.
"Well, to the best of my knowledge
and belie t that ere Noah's Ark be
longs tome," replied Horn.
"1 demand to know what is in it?"
said the officer.
"That's more than I can tell exactly.
You see things are somewhat mixed in
that herring-lox, owing to 'long
jumps' and 'shot stops.' "
With an expression of horror upon
bis pallid countenance, bis eyes nearly
blinded by an unusual glare, the sher
iff grasped the trunk with lxith hands
and suddenly turning it about exhibi
ted the end, upon which were painted
the initials, "E. IL," and where, hang
ing from beneath the lid, were long,
gray locks of human hair.
"Keep your eyes on the other prison
ers," said the sheriff; "and if you." he
continued, addressing Eph, "have the
key, I want you to unlock and open
that box."
"All right my covey," replied Horn,
who now perfectly understood the
situation. "I'll open it, but mind you,
I won't be responsible for the conse
quences of such a rash act"
With these words he drew the key
from his pantaloons pocket and insert
ed it in the lock of the trunk, while
the terror-stricken spectators gazed
upon the operator with looks of hor
ror; some of them even held handker
chiefs to their noses as a preventive
against the terrible stench which they
were sure would arise from the hu
man decomposition which the box con
tained. The key was turned, the slender bolt
flew back, and the lid of the trunk was
raised. The sheriff approached hesi
tatingly, and stretching forth his hand
lifted the object of terrible suspicion
and held it up to the gaze of the crowd,
who gave utterance to shouts of laugh
ter as they gazed upon the long-haired
gray wig which the comedian usually
wore in his impersonations of old men.
The last seen of Horn and the sheriff
they were entering a small country
store bearing the sign of "groceries,
beer and other refreshments." G. W.
H. Griffin, in N. Y. Weekly.
EARLY RISING.
How to Kajoy Kstsrs In Her Brightest
Aspect.
Every circumstance contributes to
render early rising advisable to those
who are in the enjoyment of health.
There is no time equal in beauty and
freshness to the morning, when nature
has iust parted with the gloomy mantl
which night had flung over her, and
stands lefore us like a young bride,
from whose aspect the veil which cov
ered her loveliness has been withdrawn.
The whole material world has a vivify
ing appearance. The farmer is up at
his lalxir; the forest leaves sparkle
with drops of crystal dew; the flowers
raise lheir rejoicing heads towards the
sun; the birds pour forth their anthems
of gladness, and the wide face of
citation itself seems as if awakened
and refreshed by a mighty slumber.
All these things, however, are hid
from the eyes of the sluggard; nature
in her moat glorious aspect is to him a
sealed Ixiok, and. while every scene
around him is full of beauty, interest
and animation, he alone is passionless
and uninspired, ltehold him stretched
upon his couch of rest! In vain does
the cock proclaim that the reign of day
has commenced! In vain does the
morning light stream fiercely in by the
chinks of the window! He hears not
he sees not for blindness and deafness
rule over him with desperate sway and
lay a deadening spell upon his facul
ties. And when at length he does
awake, far on in the day. from
the torpor of his benumbing
sleep, he is not refreshed. He
docs not start at once into
new life an altered man, with joy in
his mind and vigor in his frame. On the
contrary, he is dull, languid and stupid,
as if half-recovered from a paroxysm of
drunkenness. He yawns stretches
himself and stalks into the breakfast
parlor to partake, in solitude and with
out appetite, of his unrefreshing meal,
while his eyes are reiL his beard un
shorn and his clothes disorderly and ill
put on. I'neleanliness and sluggishness
generally go hand in hand, for the ob
tuseness of mind which disposes a man
to waste the most precious hours of bis
existence in debasing sleep will nat
urally make him neglect his person.
N. Y. Ledger
WHAT MEN SAY AND DO.
"Axi she rejected you? "She did.
"Hy Jupiter! And yet they say tha
women have no sense." ITniladelphi.
lress.
til'f "Did yon hear of the joke
Chollie played on his fiancee yesterday?"
Hol "No; what was it?" Gus "He
married her." Truth.
"SfVKKAl. important steps quickly
taken," murmured the young man when
the girl's father helped him over the
front dw-r-sill. Washington Post
Fair Maiif.x "What is the saddest
thing you ever learned'."" Itlase Youth
"That every pretty girl has leen some
other fellow's sweetheart." N. Y.
Journal.
Miss Olkcirl "Did the gentlemen
seem much grieved to find me out?"
llutler (nin-committal) "I don't know,
mum. They shook hands and said:
Iet"s take a drink. " Yale Kccord.
Hk "Then you reject me?" She
"I'm sorry, very sorry, but I must."
He (desperately) "Then there is only
one thing left for me to do, that's alL"
She (anxiously) "O. what do you in
tend to do?" He "lVopose to some
body else." N. Y. lress.
FAIR AND BUSY MAIDENS.
A girls baseball club has recently
been organized in Georgia.
A Colorado girl broke her arm while
trying to ride a calf bareback.
Two deaf mute sisters in Texas edit
a paper called the Sunny Clime.
A i.ikl at Morenci, Mich., picked one
hundred quarts of strawberries in one
day recently.
Isr Pittsburgh a young lady makes a
living by manufacturing pottery. She
has had an oven erected in her house,
and makes, finishes and decorates her
own work. .
Whex an Addison (Me.) woman called
recently on relatives living only a mile
away whom she hadn't visited for
twenty jears, they thought tha murld
mubt be coming to an end.
"IF WE MIGHT-"
If we might, O if we might
Turn back the wheels of time, my friend, to
night; If to tlo vale of childhood we could go
And climb aaia from those warm depths be
low To this steep hillside; live from day to day.
The past. Just as we lived it once. aay
Would you b - glad to tread the pathway o'er.
The same old steps again, no less, no moret
It we might, yea. It we might
Turn back the whirling wheels, my friend, to
night. And xlowly wind from ymith ti middle age
The taupied road; if every biottcd page
We coul l omit aud let the gooUavmain;
In life's brief book fckip all the grief and
p:iin;
Would you be willing then to live them o'er.
The backward years that can return no more?
If I might, O If I mlht.
I'erhups I would. i rhars I should to-night ;
I sm not wise. Old frtendxUip were uo true.
Old loves so rwe-'t. and. even If l kiiew,
I mu-t have all the sorr.'W. tli;- puin.
For love's d -r ake I mi.-ul ro li:iclc again.
The thorny pathway to cy willing feet
Would not be hard, I think it would be
sweet.
But. if the spring, ah ! if the spring
Lead on to summer: If the autumn bring
The winter snowflakes; If the r,yous chime
Of wlntrr bells ring in the blossom time.
Why would you live again the same old year.
Knowing another spring a ill kooii be beret
The dead May violets rather should you kiss.
And say: "Next year they will be sweet as
this."
And if the life. ah. if the life
We live on earth, so full of restless strife.
So full of Joyful love, or blessed peace
la beaut it uL why bbouM you wl-h to cease
The onward journey T Do not wih again
To live life over, even without the pair.
For O. my friend, wlr a life's last sun is set
The bright next day is Heaven, do not forget.
Julia IL Iay, in i lon toa Journal.
WIIAT FJIED SAW.
It Was Enough to Brina ft Mur
derer to Justice.
The day was very pleasant but I
could not enjoy it
Long, weary months I had been in
the darkened room, and still they kept
me there, allowing no breath of the
pure, cool air to reach my feverish
head.
I tried to open the window, but I
was not strong enough, and I fell back
in my chair, breathing the stifling air,
which every moment became more op
pressive, I thought I could not endure it yet
how could I avoid it? There was only
one way without danger of discovery;
a step into the hall, and those spiral
stairs would take me to the housetop
to the observatory.
Waiting until I was sure the way
was clear, I stepped softly into the
hall, and ascending the stairs, though
with muh difficulty, I was soon en
joying the forbidden pleasure of
breathing the air, untainted with the
fumes of the nauseous drugs that had
been dealt out to me with an unspar
ing hand all through the long, cold
winter.
How exhilarating! I wondered that
I had leen housed so long. I looked
down upon the group of young ladies
who were sporting on the lawn.
Jenny Magrair was there, the daugh
ter of my host the only woman I had
ever loved. Hut I was nothing to her.
She knew not how I worshiped her.
and I should keep my secret well, for
she was the betrothed of Gerald Mac
burn. How I envied him, and perhaps hated
him a little, for I knew that he had not
won her love. She had pledged her
hand to save her old father from pov
erty. She had consented to the sacrifice,
and Macburn was satisfied.
Turning away, I tried to ban ish the
painful, hopeless thoughts that had
been awa&cncd.
Adjusting the telescope, I took a sur
vey of the farming and wood land that
6trctched far away to the east for many
miles.
I caught sight of two men whom I
recognized as Gerald Macburn and
John I, ay ton.
They were evidently in search of
game. The glass was small, yet a very
superior instrument and I could sec
them very plainly, notwithstanding the
distance,
I presume I should have thought no
more about them, had I not known
that but a few months before, they
were bitter enemies. I wondered how
the reconciliation had been effected.
While puzzling my brains with these
thoughts, I had unconsciously moved
the glass to keep them within range.
I saw them stop, and I knew by their
motions that they were angry.
I became, interested. I could st-e
them so distinctly that I found myself
listening to catch their words,
l could see their lips move, and I saw
John Layton's clenched hands. He wa
evidently much excited, but he did not
offer to strike; and if one can judge by
sight alone, he was inclined to avoid
any altercation, while Macburn ap
peared to seek a quarrel.
For full five minutes they stood there,
gesticulating vehemently. They were
some distance apart Layton all the
whil endeavoring to widen the space,
and Macburn following him up.
At last Layton, goaded beyond all
endurance, wheeled attout aud shook
his fist menacingly at his tormentor.
Macburn was so exasperated at this
that he raised his rifle and shot him.
I saw the poor man fall out of sight in
Jie bushes and I saw Macburn calmly
reload his rifle and walk toward the
pot where his victim was lying.
Then I staggered and fell to the
3oor. and all was a blank.
When I awoke to consciousness I
was in bed. Clothes were all about my
head, and in the dim lamplight I saw a
watcher sitting by" my bedside. It was
my old chum, Harry Wilmot
"How is this?" said I, when I realized
the situation.
"Thank God, you are coming around
again," said Harry; "but it has been a
hard case, Fred; you have been as
crazy as a 'loon for a whole week. I
advise you not to try the observatory
again till you are strong enough to
crawl back."
At these words, what I had seen
from the housetop flashed upon my
mind; but had my life depended upon
it I could not then have told that it was
not a: I a dream. To convince myself I
inquired for John Layton.
"He is no one knows where," re
plied Harry; "but yon are too weak to
either talk or listen."
"No, I'm not, Harry; tell me about
it"
He yet hesitated, but I urged him.
and he yielded.
"John Layton disappeared a week
ago." he naid. "Absconded is the bct-
tr word, for he took with him quite
an amount of money In-longing to his
father. The old gentleman is very
wroth, and has used every means to
find him. but has not succeeded. Fan
ny Morton they were to be married
soon, vou know is almost crazy alout
it.-and will not llicve that John in
tended to do anything wrong. This i
all that is known alout it Hut speak
ing of marriage, did yon know that
Gerald Macburn and Jenny Magrair
are to le married to-morrow?"
"John Layton is dead." said I, with
out answering his question, though it
sent a pain through my heart that was
agony to me. "lie is dead, Harry Wil
mot" Harry gazed at me pityingly.
"Then-, Fred, I wouldn't talk any
more," said he. "You are very weak
yet- Try and sleep."
"You think I am still crazy, Harry!"
"Don't, Fred, don't! If you ever ex
pect to get off this sick bed, you must
le more reasonable."
My question was answered. I turned
my face to the wall and tried to deter
mine in my own mind whether I was
ane or not.
1 went to sleep thinking of it; and
when I awoke the sun was going down.
Harry, who hail been out during
my sleep, had just returned, and his en
trance had probably waked me,
'How do you feel now, Fred?" said
he. drawing a chair to the In-dside.
"M-.ich In-ttr and stronger, Harry. I
have had a most refreshing sleep."
We talked awhile, and then I ab
ruptly asked him if he would grant me
one favor on the morrow.
Certainly, Fred, if it isn't asking too
much."
"It will le quite easy, though none
the less important Will you promise to
carry out my directions faithfully?"
"If reasonable, yes. Hut couldn't
you postpone it for a day? You know
the wedding comes off to-morrow."
"Not an hour, Harry, after sunrise
in the morning; and it should be done
to-night if it were not too late,"
Well, go on, Fred, and let us bear
what it is."
I did not tell him what I had seen
from the housetop, for I did not con
sider myself competent to make an ac
cusation against anyone, but I de
scribed the spot where I firmly liclieved
that I saw Gerald Macburn murder
John Layton, and I requested him to
take three or more companions with
him men that could lie trusted and
explore the spot thoroughly.
"Will you promise, Harry? Now,
don't say you will and then forget it
thinking I do not know what I am
talking alout, for I tell you I am not
insane now."
"Well. Fred. I promise."
I knew that Harry could 1 depend
ed upon, and I felt mucn relieved, pass
ing a very quiet night
Gerald Macburn was to 1 married at
nine o'clock, and at ten they, were to
start on their wedding tour.
This was why I was in such Inste. If
he was guilty, as I firmly In-lieved. I
wished to prevent the marriage, or at
least to arrest him before he stepped
aboard the train.
I hardly know how I passed the time
till Harry's return. I was so impatient
I heard the carriage's of the guests
drive up to the door, and I could fuint
ly hear the busy hum of preparation
below; and then the old town clock,
striking the hour of eight startled me.
Only one Hour longer, and Harry had
not returned. What if he had missed
the spot?
1 watched the hands of the little
clock, and for once they went too fast
I could almost see them move. Twenty
twenty-five thirty minutes past
eight and would he never come! Yes,
thank God! I heard the galloping of a
horse on the gravelled road, and in &
moment more Harry entered the room
flushed with excitement
"What did you find, Harrv? Qnickt
Quick!"
'The Imtly of John Layton!"
"I knew it Harry! I saw the deed
I saw the murderer. Hut there is no
time to lose. The wrcteit must Ik? se
cured In-fore it is too late. Hring a
magistrate and an officer as quick as
you can."
He was not long away, and he
brought with him the old doctor, who
was also a justice, while an officer en
tered by the back door and adroitly
made his way to my room, unobserved.
I made my deposition, the warrant
was issued and handed to the officer,
and he went softly down the stairs to
make the arrest
He was not a moment too soon, nur
too late, and he laid his hand upon
Gerald Macburn's shoulder just in time
to prevent Jenny Magrair from becom
ing the wife of a murderer.
Macburn was tried, convicted and ex
ecuted. My testimony was sufficient for the
power of the U-lescope was tcste.1,
proving leyond doubt that I had Ik-cu
an eye-witness to the murder, though
miles away from the spot
Jenny quickly recovered from the
shock, and I from my sickness and
we are married. Hoston Globe.
Iiidiuu J'rarl IMvera.
One of the largest pearl fishing"
grounds in the world is in the gulf of
California. "The pearls" says a cor
respondent "arc not generally regular
in shape or very pure in color, but
some are of large size, and many of the
rare black pearls are found. The
divers are nearly all Indians and their
equipment is of the simplest kind, con
sisting only of a basket hung around
the neck, in whieh to collect the
oysters i knife to detach them from
the rocks and a stone with a cord at
tached. When the diver goes down he
takes the cord between his toes the
weight of the stone carrying him at.
once to the bottom. He gathers oysters
as long as his breath holds out and
then rises to the surface, to descend
again in fifteen minutes. Some of the
divers are wonderfully expert, and can
remain under water for as much as two
minutes tfore rising to the surface.
The mortality among them is fearful,
for the gulf f California is Infested
with huge man-eating sharks which
carry off score, of men every year."
Chicago Herald.
Abraklon of hold Coin.
' Gold while in -circulation is handled1
less than any other medium. It is
usually kept in vanlts of banks for de
mand rarely made, and for this reason
the loss by abrasion is but M of 1
per cent in twenty years. la a
S0 gold piece, the standard weight
of whjt-h is 516 grains the government
allowance for lo&s by abrasion is .
irrains.