Onmbrin : Freeman Is lnblih)llWrrklj' nl yur..SKi Ki, r.iniiBH t o., pexs., 15 V J t .MK K. IIAU, Un irantec.l Cliculatl.-n, Snlixr rillnii Kalri. line cpy. 1 e:i.-,cnli inttiivanre io to it not l wliliin :J rnntlia. I.7;i ,1,1 u l' not i.i.i.l Kiti iii in. ii.thf. y to 1. do II ln.t aid Hi.hui ie ear.. a-leo 'rtrr.in tesMtMj oiit-Me of the county iu cetits a.t.litiooal .er e.ir will clianseu to pay potae. -in no event win tn iXeve terms he de- ar:e-t 'mm. ami inn'e ito ltm i consult tneir I it n uce- to :! n Hivance uiuai nut ei pact to t .1 'nn t tie tee looll oic as thoi-e who fj-. i.eit.:-- ':-'t i' iltaiinctly uimorsLuoJ .roc; tno. t : ti e . ,i- w. ,i. ror vour uai-er he'ore jnu stop It. I Stop It t-----. tits l-iit scaiat-'i-.is ili- ml.erw se. i tfon t r-e a ..Palawan lite m too snort. 7 1 0 5 AT GANSMAN'S. We an- s.-liinu' 1 1 r Larue Stock of shum. 1:Mt. 1 .. ami l- OVERCOATS nnd ULSTERS A i ili.- KTi: KM i:i.Y l.iHV 1 I: H l: T v. l.ich is th- irrT:tl-st of ull ;n-:it Itar- js.iin- . v, i ..Ji'. i.-.l i..ll,.- I -i - -1 AIi.m.m.-i iiml vi. iiiiiv. I)..ii i mi tins ii.i..rliihity in -.1 :iti Ov.-n .t;il M 1 Ni. i n-'.inll.-v- t.l li im r .rn .-. a lin y nin-l all for lln- "m !' N '"' iVr'VsV; M I i; lS S TITS. 1 :..v" iml 'liillrcirs v-ri oal. I'Nl. i s a n'.l stiii's :u.- to'i-.-'sol.l iii i'i.iIIv low .i i.--- In la. i Vi'iy iini.-li- in our .Maiiimoili Eiiii.!is, in will It.- -.!! ai iri -:i 1 1 i I'll ui'.-.l pn.-.-s. hunt i n:i;i:r Tin: I'I.ack. 3D- C3- -A- INT S IsL 1ST , br.'i si nilti.T. l!:i!I.T ami l iirdivlicr, 1 1 IS Fl. ti atli lu.. IW n .k. i:i.i,fifmii. i : t WANT A V.' lnu' w.i ,r-iH, p!!-.;!--i.s, r-.!i',.s. I'i-i i;ri',' : n-; s! !: i ..'::.'! M. a iviuiii-i'lv t-T. :ti i;.,-.'.' t-J ir. i:;,ii :. ; i:: o ;:i pr. -iii.v. f:..; i -u !' :i--l" ivji. t I' c:N.''ll':;tV. 1' " 'y is nt:r p V- ; pr--i;ipt t r Y.V .i:n t. k.- v- WriJo u-;. (.". :.:.- y. u I: r y.y K.ui t. I - umiu - . - I ' - '!.. i. i.i I., ovi'ry 11. :,:,!! !!!-,:., : . : i . i i.i; 1 li BUILT LOR Read $1.50 per Year. "Seeing- Is Believing;. Vf:: "Ul Pn0!1. Jtimftr, Jcaut:jul, Croat these ' feT4 wt.rtls mean miirh. Imr to ii f " Tl-i knrKpci1' 13 w ill imiirc tKrt tn.tt, , . ... r.w.. lllv. Hum uiuic - ..-. ai.a;iin.ss, iiuu made in inree pieces oniy,.v?7.-'j S it is 7, .y.Vv j,7,v an 1 unbreakable. Like Aladdin's uui, u is lniiecu a "wontlenul lamp," for its mar- - 'SV vclous light is purer and brighter than gas liht, SSi softer than electric light and r--f- " , "' '"' want. M-nd to us for our new iliu-Hate-i buotj i.r.f lit varieties Itoiu t:.c f.iveit I: V ,r, A- ii-.. ' ovtr -www f H Sll.sxs.u Uar CO., 44 I'ark Place, New VorR City. 1 "The Rochester." TH p fe' te? HAY- AND J! S i. i t n,.m i.ar.m i i,.-t a l,f,-ir,, fnvjr or i,r,Ur. Jpp'i'rd into Vw. nmiriit it is 5 qwrt-'t .W6.7. Ji,-r..in.s the . 7,'Ary ii.fl.immntfrn. hr.d UG ELY BROTHERS, 55 Warren Strest NEW VCHK. 3uG s- .. os ; t.. .v. J. l( .-fc". hwT.MH.ISHKtll-.7J. A . M.UiA-. Johnston, Buck it C(,.7 JiANiiKKS, Ei:knm:ii:;. . I'K.wa. . HI li, nkhlrr. l. l'.l I11.ISH Kll 1SH. Carrolltown Bank, t:.l;i;ui.i,;'(w ., T. Ml KII j, ,llrr. General Miiu Busies Transacted. " Tlie tiill.iwlrin are thn .rlo.-H al loaturel ol atierAl lai.alUif hu.-inc-rt : it IK1MSITS kf-.-tve,' .:iyat-l.-i.n 1.-tuun.l. an,l Interest t.ear w-rf c.-rt iii.-utt's issuo. t.) tttiio il.-iMisitira. I.O4 Eten !.-. t.i ra4ifrs n (aTornt.e teimi. anil i l-r.ivt,; ;.! r -'l-,-..untt-.l at nil tliues. 2 Ul.l.rf'TlOKN W t i- In tl.c I---; -u-. In It...- Knit.!' State. I 't',,4rite8 rao.l.irat. )' anil u-ni all the bunklnw la- IIIIIITS nev.,tll.le m nil .:.r ,r the Intte.l Hi .it in.) li-retn en-hatiife luo,i on ill l.arts 1 Kurin e. AH.TS Ol inen-hant. f:ir,,.er an, ,hpr, ,,r.,r)ti , -".".I- : ntiin.iiiti.in wiilt-e cvtci-le-l Hatr-.rn are :.-.lr...i ,,. i, ,, ' , ; Hn-I-e.-tlllily, jtiii vsrov. iix k a . .'P W. Dlt K. ATTOHN KY-AT-I. w hm-N-iii . ... i'KBN.A. .-oVHo'un',':' V,?n"" ,0 JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and VOLUME XX VII. WAGON?" ns i'v n-ul lv. S.-ini f- r i ur .- 1 r-M-.:.-r i-t vua p.sj-v-r. uinj;- . -11. i. I. BUSINESS.' i Vs. i the And a good lamp l.. ah i viL"S- V.Ej i.jiuui, vix irieiai, vtrhr-iiOT more cheerful than either. 5 .'.T-., 5.' FEVER LILLY BANKING : CO., LILLY, PA., JM. K. 1I..K, I'VMIIKK. A CHNKliAI, l'.ANKIXt, HUSINESS TUA.NSAI TKI. riKi:. Liri:, and accidext ixsun A n ( i ; . Ai.r. tub pirixTTrTvL stkamship LINKS UKl-ni-SKNTKi) KY US A ii m ii t s .if ii n . i , 1 1 ;i t r.i '!-. in ti.-Mly solim,-,i,asMiriiis.M.ur i;itrons ' 1 1. -it a!, I,iiiiii-ss i.iinisti-d to us will r 1 i-' tvi- promt, t ami i-ar.-f;i at t.-nt ion. jmil U ni.l sim iiy oiiiiil.m Cu..tom.-rs will ; I.'- t!-.-ii!.-. :,s lihnuity as fr.MKl Umki'iy 1 riii.-.s w il lK-rinit I-1I.1.V I'.AXKIXlfrn., " Lilly. IVima FEES &l MILLER'S Shaving Parlor, Mam Street, Near Tost Office fa.The nnier.!L"ie. ile,rM to Inrnrm the t,nh l.e i.nai H.-y t:ve ...en.). , i.h-.vln.t par or on Mum mrret. near iho p-.t otrlee where harherlmr In a:l It.. lT3ii(-!:e nul i.c earrie.1 on In ttie lut-ire. Kvervt hunt neat am: clean. Yuur jia'rotiUKO guhcite-l. r hKS a. IM I I.I.Kit. DOyouni-e.1 Job Priming II o, lTeB kKKMan a trial order. $7.85 fci. v 'M Proprietor. "LOVt IS li'.OUGH," ' I will pivo you." lie murmured, "a warrior's iiiiiiH-." She t-i'licil anil sb.xik her hcail. " I will nii ve it alolt on the iiillnrs of fame, Iu 1-liKHl-ri .l l. ti. rs, i-n.scr.illi'd in Haine." " Hut love cannot read it," she said. " I will make you," lie pleaded, "a statesman's bride." She listened, and turned her head. " I will .sit in the liiiliM where tliepn at abide; W.-hre unibitiou feasts, and is siitistied." " Hut loveiamiot share it," she said. " I w ill sins you a sonir stu-h as pex'ts prize." She I lushed and she .lropiMtl her head. " I will woo suit chords from the muse, whose eyes I'.lumine the portals of love's paradise." ltut love cannot sinK them," she said ' I will jrive you my love, then 'tis all I can do." Low .Irxiiped her womanly bend " I love you. oh, love, with a love so true. Tin re is nothintr else in my life fur you." "Hut love is enough," she ninl Hramion Banner. A FAMOUS HY3IX. 'The. Swoot Ey and By," Which Millions Havo Sung. The writer of one immortal ixxmii re verses the estaliltsheil axiom ati.l reaehes tlie haven tf aiTiNitioit 13' a.sia-o-le In mil. 1. There have been a jjohli-ii nitmher tints signally fortunate. Tlie aut Imr of t'nrfew Sliall Not Iiintr To il w lit" sealoil at one lounil the steep heio-lits of immortality. She vlm wrote with pathetic jK-a tlie story of "A Sol dier of the Lejrion" iascriiietl her nam,; on the scroll of fame in letters of li-j'ht. The a.tthor of the "Kattle Hymn of the llepnlil ic" will live with the nation, ami he who was inspin-.l with patriotic ar.loi- tosin '"The Star Spanyleil Ian nei" w ill be remembered by his words while that banner continues to wave. These are heroic poems struck to tri umphal or majestic notes. IJut there is another poem tvhich, like those of the sweet sinu'er of Isr:iel, is attuned to chords that live forever in tlie soul. Of these tire the sonjes, poems, hymns they are till these and more known in the literature of son.? as ""Nearer, my (Iml, to Thee" and "Tlie Sweet Ily and I!y." Tlie first was written by a wom an, the last by a man, and it is this aut hor the present paper concerns, anil the simple history of the words ami music that have been suno- in every quarter of the plolie, in church, in con cert hall, at home, by the deathbed and at the jrrave. Never can I forget the sweet and comforting words as I first heard them sun on the occasion of ii o-reat calamity, when many jieo ple walked in the valley of the shadow of death. It was a woman's voice not that of a fjrreat sinirer, but one who sent forth sympathetic notes from iiti overcharged heart. The soujj was new then. As her voice fell on the silence that was broken only by the waiis of the moui ncrs, there fell upon tlie "-roup that peace of (Sod which piisseth all understanding. She san every word in a distinct recitative and the awful tension of unavailing grief Wiis broken. There was a human need of c-i mif.irt; every one wanted a copy .f the words, the music, and in loss than a week murmuring lips were framed to sin;,': "l-'or the Father waits over the way." The tide of jrrief was diverted by the wonderful inspiration of the song. S. l"ill;ii..re llennett, tlie author of "The Sweet Uy and ly," lives in the town of Ilichmond, I1L At the time of writing the poem, however, lr. llen nett was a resident of the village of Klhhorn. Wis., and was enraged in the pul -1 :- a! i- n f sacj ed music. He w as i-ssii.-i it.-d with a musical cimoser vho hii.l tils of Melancholy and ilcj.i-cr-,-sion. In one of these dark outlooks became into their place of business silent and de jecteit. "What is II.- matter now, Webster?" asked his partner. "Oh., nothing- it isof no consequence it'll be all right by aud by," answered Mr. Webster. "Then," says Ir. I'.ennctt, "the idea came to me like a llasli of sunlight, and I restv.n.led instantly: 'Tlie Sweet l!y and iy; wliy wouldn't that le u good subject for a song' " -Perhaps," he answered, indiffer ent I y. "Hut I was not to lie discourage.!. I turned to my desk and wrote the orig inal form of the poem: SWKliT l!Y AMI D7." " Tli. -re's a l.i::-l th.it is fairer than day. An. I 1 liLll.e an w-i-tular, l'..r tlie K.iii. r w a. l.-, I'M-r lh-way. To prepare us a duelling' place there. " In fie S.vi it 11.- arid Hy, We st .l in.-, t .-ii Hint beautiful shore lu Hi-- s-. i Ity mi-l My, We sl.a.i meet na that beautiful shore. " We shall situ; on that beautiful shore. The ui( -1. ! .. ms s.iiil-s of lhe ol.-st, Anu our sp.rtts sli ,11 s.-rro-v no in. .re Not a sth lor lue l.lessiut; of rest! tCliorus. ) ' To our bountiful Father almve. We willo.Ier th..- irit.uteof praise. For the glorious ifiof His love. And the LiesBiijs that hallow our days. (Chorus.) "When I had it completed I handed it to Webster. As he read it he lost his in. I inference anil his face brightened with enthusiasm. Then he usked a friend who had stepped in to hand him his violin and he improvised the mel ody. In a few moments he hail writ ten out the notes for the four parts of the chorus, and in thirty minutes from the time I had taken my pen to write the words, four of us were singing the hymn. Within two weeks we heard the children singing it on the streets." '1 here are only two of those who as sisted at the birth of this inspirational song who are now living Dr. lk'nnett and S. Ii Ilright, of Fort Atkinson, Wis. These two have leen many times witnesses of its wonderful popu larity, and everywhere the notes of its plaintive music was to them as a breath of their native air. This is the brief and simple story of the inception of the song which was consistent with the life and sentiments of its author, w ho, when an attack w as made on his religious belief, thus for cibly nnd modestly defeuded himself and his friend: "While 1 claim that every man's re ligion is some thing sacred to his own soul, and something no man has a right U personally question, 1 feel compelled to say that the hope and longing of every immortal soul, as expressed in 'The Sweet Ity anil Iiy, was not to us a 'painted lie,' but the firm conviction and faith of both of us, and to llh creation would have seemed a farce unless associated with & lielicf in a Supreme 1'i-ing of infinite love, and an immortal existence for man beyond 11. e grave." "HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ABE ELATES BESIDE." EBENS13UKG. PA., FRIDAY. MAECH 17. 1S93. Dr. Itennett, in a very Interesting pri vate letter, says: "When a boy my dream was to de vote my life to my pen. but an educa tion was the first object, a hard thing for one to gain unaided. lJefore I knew enough to teach I began teach ing. I was about eighteen, and sensi tive as a girL My book qualifications were meager. I had plenty of pupils much older than myself. I had never looked in the algebra to study it. 'Could I teach algebra?' came the ques tion from these. Oh, j-esl IJut let us wait a week before we organize a class.' That night I. walked eight miles to the nearest village and bought an algebra. Thereafter four o'clock of the winter mornings I was at the lonely country schoolhouse studying algebra by the light of a 'tallow dip,' kerosene not having then b?en in vented. 1 took my class through the book and they never knew the secret. That is about the way I have woVked all my life. When I was younger I de sired to publish a volume of p tears, but never had the money to do it. Thus I escaped the critics and probably con served my reputation. "You inquire alxiut 'The Sweet I5y and I!y. As to how it was liorn, I only know the externals, as given here with. There are phases of the life of the soul that are profoundly, sweetly real, but unseen like the scent of a rose. We may watch the unfolding of a rosebud, but we cannot know not 3'et the primal fact behind the visible miracle nor the alchemy of (iod that works in the fact- I have often been drawn from lied by a dear demon who cried: 'Write! Write!' I have on one occasion written nine hymns in a sin gle night, but never came anything to me just as did 'Sweet Dy and I5y. es, 1 have heard it sung iu many place.-, and under many circumstances but someway, under no circumstances that were inappropriate. It oftenest gives comfort at the grave. It is the funeral hymn of free masonry the higher orders in America. I have received many a letter from the mourning that made my heart very tender and hum ble. Well, the universal heart of hu manity loves to think of anil sing of a sweet, blessed reunion with those who have laid down the burden of earth life whether it can demonstrate it or not It is the atavism of the soul to the type of its primal innoeencc and com munion with (.iod. "Would you like to hear how the lit tle hymn sounds in Chinese? A New Vork journal published it in the Chi nese characters and an interlineal translation, whieh, I supiose, is authentic. I w ill transcribe the first verse: There's a land that is fairer than day, Joy bin w.,ck you- y-.it jaw wuh me shaw. And by faith v.e can see it afar, Yow s;:n iloi k wa chi nonir yin bone geeo. For th-- I-'u'.lu r wuiu over the way, Foo t he yioi hoy hen l-oon poiij.' jib paw. To prepare i;s a dwelling place there. Uwy hoi chocy pin die juck we ou pot-y. -Iu the sweet by and by IKiw how l-y .locU wmir ponp. We slia'l i.ieel oa that ln-autiful shore, (lo chi U.m bit joy chop wah me Shaw. In t.'-e sw.-et by aiid by, l).w bow l,.y iluik wutig conjr. We shall mi et on that bcnutiful shore. (Jo chidati bit joy chop wah me shaw." The author of "The Sweet I:y and I!y" nays this lieautiful tribute to his excellent wife: "The oniy home hours a doctor has are the evenings and lie is not sure of them. The sweet silence of solitude, when fancy or feeling would find ex pression in rhythm, is not for him, leastways I never find it. Only my Sweetheart' knows when to le gra cious, and if she observes that when I r.m writing I do not carry the lines to the right-hand verge of the sheet and leave lines blank by fours and by eights then all is silent, as if each were occupying a position at the nadir and zenith of interstellar space, and that is solitude enough, in all con science! Yet I know that all the time an occasional glance, love lit, comes me-wa.-.l from just across the writing ta ble, and from the same locality there vibrates into my being the tender mag netism of a sympathetic heart, and I am within the area of an appreciative, helpful intellect- She is my lest helper, Ix-cause of her sympathy and liecause she is my lest ci ilie." Perhaps the thousands who have sung, prayed or chanted the melody of the hymn-song will take a new pleas ure in its sweet strains through learn ing something of the home and life history of its author. A copy of the verses in my possession, penned for me by the author, reveal a ehirography as dainty as the Italian hand of a past era, and quite consistent with the ideal character of a poet. Mrs. M. Iiayne, in Detroit Tree Press. JAPANESE GOODS. They Are l'arke.1 In So!tantll and Work manlike Manner. Of the various foreign countries whose shipments of exhibits have passed through t he Jackson park custom house the packing cases from Japan have U'l-n the most substantia! and have preserved their contents in the best shape. Two or thrH? car loads of these exhili it;s now piied in the north end of the manufactures' building show the gen eral workmanlike mannerof the Japan ese, livery case is made of tirst-cla.ss yellow pine, joined in a perfect manner anil strongly 1miuii1 with iron bands. A model of a pleasure boat three feet long recently received serves as an ex ample of the precautions of these peo ple. The outside case was of yellow pine, one and one-half inches thick and planed on Isith sides. Around this outer ease were broad bands of steel, held in place by screws. Inside was a tin lx soldered together and held from rolling alxiu t by layers of rice straw. Inside of the tin case was another wooden cast', finely finished, and inside of this m-sthtl in cotton batting the model of a boat. The figure-head at the prow w;is a gaudy Japanese pheasant, and the whole craft was: lacquered and finished as the Japanese know so well how to do. This model was released by the customs otlicers and was taken to the Japanese headquarters at Sixty seventh place. She Knew. "Maria," called out Mr. liillns in an agitated voice, "I have lost my pocket lux ik! I can't find it anywhere!" "It Ls exactly where you left it last night, John," replied Mrs. Hillus from the top of the stairway. "It's in the left hip-pocket of the stripHl trousers you hung up on the hist hook in the closet- JJut it hasn't anything- in it now." Chicago Tribune. I FOR PUBLIC C031F0TtT. Plans Being Made for World's Fair Visitors. iood Aerammodatiiiot Will Be Provided Daring- the ExpoUion at lleaaou able I la tea Excellent Man. In answer to the many inquiries from boards of trade and similar bodies con cerning the alleged plan to demand ex tortionate prices for accommodations in Chicago next hummer, Maj. W. Marsh Ivasson has prepared the following re port from the bureau of public comfort: "This bureau has lat-n established by the World's Columbian expsition to co npcrate through its hotel and rooming department, to the liest of its ability, with the citizens of Chicago for the comfort and protection of visitor;; to se cure for them suitable and desirable lodgings at fair and reasonable rates. "The management is keenly alive to the fact that thousands of visitors will le deterred from visiting thecity unless they can le fully assured on this point, hence every effort is ln-ing made to rea lize satisfactory results in this direct ion. "Inquiries were sent out some time ago to householders having furnished rooms to let, to learn as far as possible prices that would be expected thcref. ir, and the following statement gives the general average quotations received in reply, to cover the accommodations for over Irt.ntio people in the liest part of the vity lying Wtwecn North avenue and Seventy-ninth stree-t- " I "rice of rooms per day without Ixiard: "Sin gle ix tun, single bed, one tH-rson, i.r,r. '"Double rot. m. double lied, one per son, t'.'.l; two iK-rsons, $-2.70. "Doublo-lM'd.icd room, two double beds, two persons, f:i.50. "Doubie-lieiMcd room, two double IhiIs, three persons, $4.15. "Double-liedded room, two double IhiIs, four jH-rsons, ?5.50. "There certainly docs not seem ac cording to these figures to lie any indi cation that citizens of Chicago w ill de mand excessive rates for the accommo dation of visitors to the exposition, and they can lie relied upon" to sustain the good reputation of Chicago for fair and lils-ral treatment of its guests. One publishing bouse ha.s a pamphlet now in press containing a list of over ten thousand places in the city of Chicago where furnished rooms can be had at moderate rates. The prices given alxive do not include large first-class hotels nor prominent new buildings in course of erection in the vicinity of Jackson park. Many mischievous rumors al leging the likelih.xxl of high prices and extortion generally have In-c-n origi nated ley persons interested in outside 'x ar.liiig-house schemes, some of them apparently irresponsible and even fraudulent. The great mass of visitors v.iil doubtless prefer the quiet and econ. my of furnished r. x-ms such as al ludcd to, and apartment hotels, ar ranging to take their meals from day to day wherever it may suit their con venience. It is estimated that from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand people can be served daily with meals v. ilhiii the exposition grounds alone, while the numln-r of hotels and restau rants is constantly increasing," THE CHINESE EXHIBIT. It Will lie Made by m Wealthy Mere bant of Canton. Mr. Chun is a merchant of Canton. He is said to lie one of the richest men i:i China. The Chinese government was very wroth w hen the act excluding its citizens from landing on American sh res was passed by congress and in reply to President Harrison's invitution t- take part in the fair sent lmck a curt refu.-.a!. Mr. Chun heard about this and w:us grieved to think that his coun try would not Ih? represented in any v-ay at the fair. He called on Charles Seymour, the Ajncriean consul at Can ton, and talked the situation over, and finally do -: -led to shoulder the burden of making China's exhibit him: A-if. Mr. Chun convinced Consul Sej-mour that he would rcpr.-sent his country cnilit ai.ly, and the consul cabled to Chief I 'earn to save s-pa--e for Mr. Chun. He assured the oiiieials that the Chinese miliioiiiiire would spare no money to I.uve the industries of his country prop erly sluun. 11 i-, expected that the Chinese exhibit will be con lined almost exclusively to manufactures hall. Mr. Chun intends to concentrate his efforts to show what lhe manufacturing industries of that country are doing. Ivory carving, silk fabrics and numerous decorative arti cles will form the principal exhibition which Mr. Chun exriects to spend thou .san.ls of dollars. The rich Chinaman is not prompted by patriotic motives alone in making thin lavish outlay at the fair, lie is the senior partner and financier of one of the largest mercantile houses in Canton and by means of the exhibit expects to draw the attention of the American buyers to his house. Mr. Chun is something of a tourist and when he gixs abroad travels in royal style. His face is familiar in some of the largest mercantile establishments in l'aris. A New t'oa-it-FInder. An ingeniously constructed coast finder for coastlines is among the re cently invented novelties. The device requires a solid foundation as close to the shore line as possible. The semi circular lied plate is eleven feet long and eight feet wide, most accurately planned, and an arm pointed at the center and moved by a hand wheel, car ries a telescope, horizontal and depres sion verniers, pencil and various appli ances. A chart of the harbor is accu rately adjusted under the aria, and as the teles.;, vpe Ls m:ule to follow a fixed point on the hull of an approaching i-hip the movement and position of the latter are trac.sd by the pencil on the chart, on a s.ale of l-l.OJU inch to one foot. It is stated that tests made upon buoys some four or five miles distant in dicated their true distance within the brief siuice of a few inches. Ijtrce .uil-.Halting Ma-blne-The largest wire-nail machine ever built in the United States was finished recently by a Ureeuioint (L. I.) firm and shipped to a nail concern at Lvcrett, state of Washington. The total weight of the machine was twenty and a half tons and it is capable of making nails weighing1 half a pound each at the rate of one a second. Nails of any desired j length can, however, be manufactured i by simply adjusting the feed. House Furnishing Ucrie w . it -iiiiiEiii.fiiia i t i 's0 SI. BO and MAKING THE SUNSHINE GROW. " Mother, what makes the sunshine grow?" My darling Raid one day. As o'er the hills the heavenly glow Came spM-ding on Its aay, HrcakinR the slumbers of the night, Floodiw? the earth with golden lltrbt. And clothing mountains, dome and spire With the baptismal robe of Ore. From a kind Father's hand, my love. The precious gift is poured. In the vast treusure-house above The glorious light is stored. It shines for us it shines for all, in lowly cot. or princely hall: And many a sorrow doth beguile. With the rare sweetness of its smile." ' If I rould make the sunshine grow. How happy I should be. No cruel bias us. no wintry woe, Our fair green earth should see. All the Ion? year should summer s reign Make gld the lields of ripening gram: All the Ion-; yi-ar should flowers blow. If I could make the sunsiiine grow." G.xl ruli s andg'i!- :- s the heavenly light. With wisdom more than ours; Hut we can make dark places bright. And deserts bloom with flower. Atd cheerful Liurt, kind words sind deeds. True sympathy for others' needs. Pure thoughts that from pure fountains flow. These make the blcssd sunshine grow." Inter Ocean. A PRACTICAL .JOKE. it Taught Miss Isabel Islay Needed Lesson, The yellow narcissus was in bloom in the neat little j-ard that fronted the village post office, the mapie trees had dropped their red stars long ago, and here and there one found pink clusters of honeysweet trailing arbutus in the wikhIs. IsaWl Islay had a bunch in the front of her jacket as she sauntered up to see if there were any letters for her. A little group of men and womeu had fathered there for the same purpose. The women eyed Isabel and wondered how it was that her dresses always fitted her so stylishly; the men looked admiringly at her big blue eyes and rosy complexion. Two or three other mill girls joined Isabel; they laughed and talked gayly 'tis the spectacled old postmaster sorted the mail. At last the unpainted pine partition slid back, the spectacles aptx-ared in the aperture, and the postmaster cried briskly: "Xuow, then, who wants their mail?" Isalxil stepiK-d forward. "Anything for me, Mr. Rider?" she asked. '"Islay, Miss I, Isabel Islay, Miss Isa lel Islay?" read out the old man. "Three lor you. Who next!" "Isael got all the letters!" giggled the mill girls, as Isabel received her treasures. "She might divide with us. Here comes Miss Seaman. Now- for some fun." A pallid, pinched, old young lady here advanced with a smirk on her coun tenance, wearing a faded bhawi, whose folds scarcely covered the flat basket she carried. 'Anj-thing for me, Mr. Postmaster?"' she demanded, with ill assumed indif ference. "No. mum," carelessly answered th postmaster. Are you sure?" "Yes, mum." A blank exprcsdon crept over her f ace. 0, but it really doesn't signify. I thought I'd just inquire, as 1 chanced to be passing." Then she withdrew amid the very audible laugh of t!ii mill girls. "There ain't a mail eoaies in but Miss tienny Seaman's here a-watchin for it," said the postmaster, oracularly. 'And she never gets a letter not so much as a postal ctir.L I should think she'd get tired of coming." "Miss (Jenevieve Seaman," said the careworn woman of the house where tke girls boarded. "O, that all hap pened years ago! She had a V an or something and he went away no'xidy just knew where. Reckon she didn't know In-rself. And it sort of upset her brain and she ain't fairly been herself since. She's a very grxxl dressmaker and she trims a bonnet quite scrum p tiously, and so she earns a decent liv ing. Hut she's been expecting a letter these twenty odd j-ears aud it's never come." "tlirls," said Isabel Islay, as they sat at the round table that evening, laugh ing and talking, "let's write a letter to that rxxrir old thing from her lover in the cast." "Was he really her lover, Isabel?" iske.l Lucy Pelton. "Well, from the man she imagined to be her lover. Let's make it fervent as fire and sweet as sugar. Let's lay it on thick." "In short, let's play a joke on Miss tienny Seaman," said Mary Crane, who was retrimming an old straw hat with lilac ribbons and a bunch of violets. "Just that," said Isabel. 'Iut you don't know even the fel low's name, Isabel." "I can find that out. Mrs. Webb knows, and I can easily coax it out of her. It will lie such fun!" It was morning a blue skyed, breezy da3, with the air full of growing scents and blue-bird whistles and soon after the cumbrous old four-horse stage had crashed through the village the usual crowd ln;gan to assemble in the little post office. Isabel Islay was there, and Lucy Felton and black-eyed Marj' Crane, and presently Miss Genevieve Seaman, tripping in with the peculiar gate which the irreverent village chil dren compared to a cat walking upon walnut shells. "Two for Miss Islay." said the old man, scrutinizing each letter with pro voking slowness. "One for Squire Zurubbable Jenkins; one for Widder Hopper, and one for Miss Genevieve Sean; an!" Isabel flashed a merry glance at her companions as the poor little dress maker tiptoed up to the counter, her color changing from saffron to scarlet, her faded blue eyes full of intent rapture. "Is it true? A letter for me me! And I've waited for it all these years! All these years!" She hid it under her shawl, cast a de fiant look around at the neighbors' faces, aud hurried away like a startled wild animal to its cover. She could not open that letter with other eyes npon her. She felt that she must treasure it to herself, like one who has discovered a precious jewel. On her way home from the mill that evening Isalcl Islay stopped at the little house where the tin sign: "Mil linery and Dressmaking," swung postage per year In advance. NUMBER 11 creaking in the wind. The window blinds were fastened back, the parlor was opened and dusted. Miss Gene vieve was moving to and fro in her best India silk gown, with a flower pinned fantastically in her hair. A round red sjHit glowed on each cheek; her bony fingers trembled with excitement as she laid down her sjicc tacles. "Can you press over my leghorn hat. Miss Seaman'." asked the leauty. "Oit, my dear, I'm afraid not!" said the little woman, with a hysterical laugli. "Haven't j-ou heard? I I'm to be married very s.xin! ('apt. LM ward Gleason you may jH-rhaps have heard of him he used to be a resident of Milltown he has made a fortune, it seems in New York, and he is coming back almost directly to to claim an old promise I made him twenty years ago. My dear, he has loved me twenty years!" Her eyes shone, her voice faltered with the ecstasy of her soul. "And to-morrow he is coming back to uie. Oh. Miss Islay, it seems almost like a dream!" She laughed again, but her eyes were full of tears. Isabel moved uneasily; she was alnio?t f lightened at what she had done. The joke did not see in half sojoco.se as it had at first, since pxr Miss Genevieve accepted it in such dead earnest. She Ux.k advantage of the entrance of a customer to slip out of the little shop. "Girls," said she to her conspirators, "we must tell her that it is only a joke." "Tell her!" echoed Lucy Felton. "What for? She'll find it out sxin enough. She needn't have been such a silly, anyhow!" "It w ill kill her!" pleaded Isabel. "No it won't. People don't die so easily," laughed Lucy. . "Heard the news about Miss Genny Seaman?" said Mrs. Webb at the boarding-house breakfast table the next morning as she injured the coffee and helped the et'gs and bacon around. Isabel looked guiltily up. "No," said she. "What is it?" "Fouud d-;a i in her cheer," said Mrs. Webb. "A smilin' as happy as a child. Some heart trouble, tlie dictor says." Isabel drew a long breath. So she had died and never knew how cruelly she had In-en deceived. She drew Mary Crane and Miss Felton aside. "Girls." said she, "you must never breathe a syllable of this to anybody. Let the secret die with this poor little woman." "Hut she died happy at last," said Mary, with the tears running down her cheeks, "liclieving that her old sweet heart was coming back to h.-r." "Yes, but that doesn't justify our cruelty,"' whispered Isaltel. And then and there the th-ce girls entered into a compact of secrecy. Miss Genevieve was buried in a shady corner of the village cemetery, and on the very day of the funeral lsalcl Islay met a tall, bearded stranger walking along the street, scanning the houses with keen, troubled eyes. "t an 3-0U tell me," said he, "where Miss Seaman lives Miss Genevieve Seaman?" Isabel started. "Miss Seaman was buried this morn ing," said she- "Oh, I'm so sorry! Was she a friend of yours?" They had stopped opposite the little gate where the wheel tracks of the hearse were yet visible. The sign "Milliner and Dres maker" yet creaked in the w iml, the red sun was siuking behind the low eaves, and M i.-s Gcnny's cat rublx-sl itself against tlie door sill as if Ix-'gging to Ik- let in. "A friend !" repeated the stranger, as he drew an old-fashioned miniature from his jiockct. "See, here is her picture! I've waited all these years to make a home for her aud now she is dead!" Isabel l.Kiked at the picture. Good heavens! had Genevieve Seaman looked as fair and dimpled and smiling as that? And the thought Hashed across her mind that it was well that ('apt- Glea son had not been undeceived. "Yes," she repeated softly, "she Ls dead." "Aud were you her friend?" "Yes, 1 was her friend at least as much as anyone here." falteringly owned Isabel, feeling like an impostor. "Then perhaps you can tell me some thing of her. 1 wanted to surprise her and now " His voice was chokeiL, he turned his face away. Isabel told him, in alow, sweet voice, all that she could all that was good and cheering and hopeful and (apt. Gleason went back to the village hotel, walking with his bauds behind his buck, and his head drooping on his breast- For the time he truly mourned the sweetheart of his youth, but no one can grieve forever. Moss grows over the fallen tree; violets bloom over the new made grave. Poor Miss Genevieve was dead and buried, and when the next summer blossomed over the land Capt. Gleason was married to Isabel Islay. "If death was really so near her, I'm glad I wrote the letter that made her happy," thought Isabel. "And Edward will always think of her as young and beautiful! Hut I never, never will play another practical joke." Helen Hurst, in Kansas City Times. A Wonderful Coincidence. A remarkable story, if true, is told in the Jeweler's Weekly. A servant biy was sent to town with a valuable ring, lie tx.k it from its box to admire it, and passing over a bridge let it fall on a muddy bank. Unable to find it he ran away, went to sea, finally settled in a colony, made a large fortune, came buck after many years and bought the estate on which he bad ln-cn a servant. One day, while walking over Lis lar?d with a friend, he came to the bridge and there told his story. "I could swear," said he, pushing his stick into the mud, "to the very spot on which the ring dropped." When he withdrew his stick the ring was on the end of it. An A ne lent Footprint. Near Lineolnton, (lu., on a stream known as "Fishing creek." in a shelv ing, projecting nck. just above lhe wa ter, there is the TH-rfo.-tly .i. Uu.-d im print of a man's bare i.x.t- All the toes are perfect, and iu e very re-sjnvt the toarkL. o.s plain as if made in plastic clay or putty. The stone U as hard as adamant, aud lias Ih-cu ever since the first white inhabitant laxuh-d in Lin coln county, now over one hundred and eighty ye'ars'ago. Uy whom and when tlie track wait wade in tux Latexes Ling query. - .. . AdvertiKing IlatCN. The Unit and rebaole rtrrtilatloD ol (lie ('aw- kia Km ki ma h eouinieni It to the lavorable eontde ration f a1vertier whoe lavure will l a inserted at the following low rate : 1 Inch, S Hue.... .....I I 60 1 Inch, month. 1 Inch, auonlba 1 lorn l J-at Ron 2 Incite. inontua e " i Incbes. I year 1" S inches. month H.oo a I none. I year - '-00 eolninn, 8 month lo.ut V eoluino.0 month.. ' " W column 1 year H.V00 1 column, 6 month J0"0 1 oolamn, I year.......... 76.00 BuIdmi Item. Brut insertion, l(c, per line utineuent Inwrtiona. be. er line Aumini.trator'a and, kieeutor Notice. .W 60 Audi tor ' Notice - 2-M Stray and Blnitlar Notice 3.00 v-Kerulutiona or .roeeeUn-f ol any eorix-ra-tlon or aociety and communication delturd to call attention to any matter ol limited or indl vidual Interest mtn-l le paid lor advertimiienl. Hook and Job Printing of all kind neatly and eiedlouiiy executed at tie lowwl ricc. And don'tyon lorxet It. WHAT LOVt ONCE DID. It IH-ove TbU Man from the l'omt ll;lit to a WoodchoNrr a Shanty. Eove made a r"e-luise of a man w ho is now three-quarters of a century old, and who has avoided hLs fellows for nearly thirty years. He calls himself John Smith, and his hermitage is in the mountai-.s not far from Erving, Mass., says th- Hratidon Rumor. "lie was an actor and she was an actress. They were cngagi-d, quarreled, and separated. The lover's mind le came unbalanci-d, and while yet in .tlie prime of life he abandoned his pro fession and so-.ght the semi-solitude which has now grown to Ik a habit with him. It may Ik- remarked that no one know his real, name. That of John Smith is an alias, and he frankly ac knowledges that he lias taken every precaution to conceal his identity, lie visits nolxxly, but during the past few years many Jieople have Ix-cn to see lii 111. He is a sort of local fad and the folks thoroalx nits almost love him. The old man's hair and loard are white as snow. He delights to chat with visitors, and on pleasant Sundays of summer and autumn the grounds around his little cottage are covered with scores of teams and hundreds of visit. rs. For the time being the grounds are converted into a picnic grove, and the old man shares the hospitality of his visitors, tells them quaint slor'u-s, and in return they give him the remnants of their feasts and little gratuities, and purchase the photographs of himself and his e ats. In the winter the old man isa genuine hermit, so far as human lx-mirs are con cerned, but in and around his cabin he has no less than a dozen eats, to say nothing of the wild -ats that every lit tle while are killed on the surrounding hills, and he is as proud of "Jim l'isk" and "Lady Ann" as ever a fond mother was of her first-lx.rn twins. The- house which he occupies was for merly a w.x xk hopM-r's shanty, and it is little- lK.-tt-r now. The Ixiards inside the living nx. iu ar' covered willv playbills and pictorial printing. RAISES RATS FOR A LIVING. A Kanaa ity Man l.o I'.irnUbea Un dent for SM-rtliij l'urMN4a. Rat culture is something of which one-tenth of the world knows little and the other iiine-te-ntfis knows nothing. Yet right in the center of Kansas City there flourishes a "rat farm." Down in a dingy base-mentof a house- on Twelfth street, there- is a wixxlcn Ixix alxuit twelve-feet square and four feet deep, lined w ith zinc. '.'ie lhx.r of this Ixix is cove-ri-d with straw. Loaves of bread with the i-dges nibbled off and with hoh-s in the- crust litter the straw, to-gcthe-r with a pan of water nnd piin-cs of chee-se certainly old enough to Ik ranked prime. There are rats in this Ixix. plenty of them. The r.xh-nts had nestled all close together when t la outer jjortal to the ir domain was noisily unlxiltod the other night and the proprietor of the "rat farm" cautiously iescended the stee-p stairway to the- col lar, conducting a Times reporter and several friends. Those visitors, too, were- cautious, very, for a misstep would have se-nt a man headlong into tin- .inc lined Ixix to me-et in close quarters two hundred rats of various dispositions, sizes and ewilor. A light was struck arid in an instant the- flixir of straw was un dulating in a manner to make- the poet ical "angry sea'' asham.-dof itself. The horde of r.xle-uts, in tln-ir hurry to get the farthe-st they could from the light, crowded over each other aud squcali-d and squirmed themselves out from under their c-ove-ring to a bare eoriu-r. Here wa a pyramid ef nearly two hun dred wriggling rats that gave one the cld chills to l.xik upon. There vro nnleuts of all classes, elistine-tions and descriptions. Gray rats, black rats, dun rats, yellow rats, young rats and old rats, fat rats and rats with trans parent hides. The pied pijKr never saw- a lietter eaille-e-tion. It is not hard to maintain a rat farm, so the ke-e-jK-r said. First a fi-w of the despise-d animals are procurc-d and put in the pit- They attract olhers, w ho crawl up the rough sides of the outside walls of the pit and slide down to e-all on their friends. They -an't get out. Then they multiply quickly. WEALTH OF A PRINCE. Crown I'n rice of Uuumaiila to Keet-lve & 120,000 a Year as His Allowance. The crown prince of Roumania is to have an allowance from his country of i.'l-.l,000 a year, and his uncle-, King Charle-s, is to give him 12,000 a year, according to London Truth. In the event of the crown prince's death. Prin cess Marie would have a jointure of 12.000 a year, half coming from Rou mania and the remainder from King Charles. The prince eif Hohenzollern is to make a settlement n his son. and the duke and duchess of Edinburgh are to give their daughter an allowance, but she will not rceive any dot until after the death of her parents. It is no secret that there hits been a prolonged, and not altogether amicable, negotiation respecting the settlements which are to be signed at Sigmaringen on the day before the wedding. It is understood that the prince of lloheii zeillern proposes to allow 4.000 a year to Prince Ferdinand with an ultimate sum of 100,000. Princess Marie is to get 2,000 a year from her parents dur ing their lives with a sum of ioo.ooo after they have de-ceased. This ar rangement will pe rmit eif a settlement of 150,000 upon the younger children of the marriage. (agantlc llridge Scheme. Various startling projects have ln-en mix.Ud for enabling travelers to cross the English channel without underg.v ing the troubles eif the short sea pas sage. An extraordinary project is the chalixiel bridge scheme, w hich is of French devising. The proposed bridge would le something like thirty-four niile-s long, and a moderate estimate gives its probable cost at 34,400,000. From 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 tons e.f metal would be required for its construction, w hich would ne-e-d alxmt ten years .to complete. As projK-sed, the platform of the bridge would lie 150 fectalx.ve high water le-ve-1, supported m piles distant from each other 500 tir 000 j-ards. It would contain rexuu for four railway lines, w ith a road for carriages, Ik-sLU-s foot paths, while place-s for refuge-, watch houses and alarm Ik IIs, with a powerful light wenild be placed at each pile. A harlxir in the middle of the channel is included in some accounts of tlie bc-kcuie.
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