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BKiA l'M eommeDat It lo tbe lavurahle
consideration f arivertmer who, uvun will ls
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cell attention to any matter ol limited or Indl
tridnal Interest niu.t le ald lor e advertmnieme.
Hook and Job rriDtlfu of ail klridi neatly and
eteolouaiy exernted at tbe lowent rloe. And
don'tyon loixet it.
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VOLUME XXVIT.
KBENSBUHG. PA., FRIDAY. JULY 14. 1S93.
NUMHEI1 27.
u.uct rsonr lut scalawni: iio i licrwie. -
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Scventli Aiimial S8 Suit Sale.
I , i tin- iat i yi'Mi- vr liavi- uivi-n
i f. ivim' I in 'iui Iii nut I iv iiiii'HinSiiii S.i If. I mt llii our SfVi'iil Ii An- 1
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n. I nun l " to im lit 1 . I ( 'u t a w ay Su 1 1, from f I Ui f . !'
i i ol l lir a I o Suil - of all tin' I. a I t Si ii-. N' i-fl SliaiU-s ami r:mi iilt : I
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ails amli.'1'l lirr iliou-i- of t In- I liv;itil I !a rtia i ti Sail" vi ui frr I i i'.I to' J
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D. GANSMAN,
L ARC EST CLOT HIEk, HaTTER AnD FURNISHER,
ins i:i.i:n:.ru a vi:.ri:, altuosa.
K. IIIAM.SiiliKMinii.
L
CARL RIVIN1US,
PliACTICAL
AND DEALER IN
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"Seeing 5s Believimr."
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f.'-; .i:u'-J must he simple; -when
fciW-ivir'Vli-no! "nr,A Ki-hl P.
iwcinis moan miirh Imt tn
.. . "
Will lmnross the trutn mnrcfnrn h v. All mr-tnl V
touj;h and seamless, and made m three pieces onIy,ijg:x;:;:
it is absolutely waml unbreakable. Like Aladdin's
r,f old, it is indeeil a "wonderful lamp." for its mar- 'isL
vt-Ious li.ht is purer and
softer than eleetric licrht and more cheerful than either.
I.riot f.r thirst irar Tiik Rck-hfstfk. If the limpdralrr h.isn't the crnnin
F r7) "u a 1 imn satVIv bv express your ctiuicc ul over 2,OUO
14 'ii i. I viintt.. s 1 1 "tu liicr .u)'i-it lM.mp i,U're tm the It at id.
'yJ lifc.vrtit la SIP CO., 42 l'itrk Place, New York City.
J&k. & "The Rochester."
fv eawV
la HAY-FPVtR
AND
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K''i Cn.ti llilm in ii--t, a Vni'iK simiT or
50c
quirk-It ohmrrlnd. J!, r't ,i ntu x the
x'trrs. fr-hl Oil it 'ruijrfixM i-r xi-nl o: nmu on rirtipi iif fttnv. kiln
ELY BROTHERS. 58 Yarren Street NEW YOB SC. 3Ub
?"l K f-J A PT CHIASE fiHD HARNESS FO. UO.
tio.1. firm Hirnes' u T mJ e"',u,n,'',wfor A'o. 113 Road ilf'iqon.
n l-iiVOj, li'-.-i-a'. I I..-...-IK in
. TieJQ f 1 n itr.'twnwrl njr way
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NJ- IVMOLEALt"
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Mountaiii Holism
Hill SHKM1HG PIBL0B1
CENTRE STREET, EBEHSEURG.
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MIIUm:. 1IAIH fl'MIMI AM'
ll'IMl.i .lo'o in ttip ti(Tlt!'t uli'l ! t
ii. ii. n. r. I'l:tii I owt'lM :l ii.i'i:ll y .
l..ootr w:iur'l on nt tliir r".itnfrs.
JAM KS M. ' A NT.
T...nti.r
CASSIDAY'S
Shaving Parlor,
EBENSBURG.
'I'll Is wHi: known SliaviuK I' irli.r y lor.itnl on
1 nitre hiiu. m-ar tin- t onuiy l:iil. I. i.i r
'lill ,;1i,,.,.i,,.)t tlllrii.rl .'it frcl.
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" Hi. in-tnwt. uealriil. i,.l l,r. r I.. ( . - in
. ' Hii.i.ria. ii lit in rnnr ol romp
'lit .
o. ii. i-n who will aive rvrry uttriitio.i l..
'"louieii-. Vuur iiatroliaK. nolu-i'ir.1
llilt.Ur(:ASIIAY.
1118
ELEVENTH AVENUE;
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Watches, Clocks
JEWKLTiV,-
ANIl
Optical Goods.
Sole Agent
kk I'll:
Celebrated Rockford
CInmli!a ai Frerfonh Watclips.
In Kfy ainl Stfin Winiti-rs.
"AKCK SKI.KCriOX op AM, KINI
of JKWKI.UV always on lian.l. j
IV" Mv liiif of Jfwolry is iinsiiriiNSf n
Oi.me arui sff for ynnrNflf lcfor pnrr-hn
tlo rUwIlrrf.
Urjl.l, WORK O I7A HANTKE1) "
CARL RIVINIIJS'
F.T'nshnre, Nov. 11. 18rf-tf.
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it is not simple it is AWm.Hsy
- tutiful iKp id'111'
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brighter than rras licrht.
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rx-trih-r. AmUrd into Vie lumlriii it (a
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lit AH.M1C1 H' !(.!
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PRICES.
in S.. inxmnt! wm
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PoitriBK written at .hort noice tn the
OLD RELIABLE 1 ETNA"
.nl iilli.r I irsl liana 'tnian lew.
T W. DICK,
jrT rK tiif.
OLD FTARTFOUn
FlltBIXSUIMNCRCIIMT.
t :i IM M KM'KH HITS1N KSS
1704.
Khenntnr..laiy "Jl.IISi.
FEES BROS.'
Shaving Parlor,
Mam Street. Near Post OUicfi
. i
oa.'l hr unilerlicnel ilr-ire to Inform the pur- (
Iii- thai (heir tjavn iMiri i atiAvinif iar r on t
KUin Mrpri, nrar iIih MM-t titncr where tArhrrlnir .
tn ll t lrwn'lie will tie mrrietl u& In the '
luture. Kvrrvl tiinif l.r:il am! clean.
Your imlrooe ulu'ittl. I
t'Et HUOH. 1
COLUMBIA'S lml;llM.
Hlaon I'oltitnlaa's niiMem.
Tlio tt.'.iiH.'.ius. jiu..-u ciru'
Hons ur.i. or itio irvat sau's plow
Ami Hi.- j of tli.' earth, 'twas born.
From Sui ri.n '. shor- to t'luli.
l''riiiu Hi.' o-t an i.f .1 lAn lo the went,
Willi Its luniifrs of rh'rn an I lassi-led he-n,
1 1 Htir.itit.' ut it.o Kun'd iK-hi st:
An. I l.y .Ii uiitl li.m.T, from its natal hour
With luMiey ami unit 'Us f.'.t.
Till the K.xl.s v.it.' fa. n to share w ith turn
T;i' in-ri.vl f.u-il milSjiroaU.
I'nr t!if rarest !mii t. the l.m.l they lovi-d
Was the eoni so rirh unit fair.
Nor star nor lireeze o'er the fartlmt waa
CouliI liu.l Its like elsewhere.
Ill their holiest teilljiles the Incas
trTer.l the hi'aV.'ll-si'llt Hl.ti.e
tirains roii:-lil of 'iilil. i:i u silver folj,
1'iir tli.' sun's eiirailtire.l p"aze;
Ami lis harvest e.ime to the u iii.lerin.' IriU'S
As the i.'.kIs' own t'lft ami seal,
An.l Meiil'-xmna's festal Iir'atl
Was maile ol lis s tere.l meal.
Narrow their eherishetl liehls: hut our
Are lir. ..el as the e.iiiliiu ut's hreasl.
Ami, lavish as leaves uml tlow.Ts, the sheave,
Hriiu; ileiity ami j.y ami rest.
For tlu-y strew the jilaitis an.l erowU the wains
When the reajors rn.-et at luorii.
Till Millie eheers run,' an.l west iu.ls slug
A Mui tor the arucreil cum
The rose may Mimtn for F.nlaucl,
The lily for France unfolJ; .
lr. ian.l may honor th" shamroek, i
Seotlaml her thistle holtl:
lli;t the shiehl of the rreat rejiuMtc, -
J lie t;hry of the west.
Shall liear a at.ill; of the tasselej corn,
t f all our wealth the best
1'he nrhutiis an.l the j.'ol.letiroil
The in-art of Hie north may cheer.
I
Ami the mountain laurel for Marvlaud
lis royal clusters rear:
Ami jasmine ami ma 'imlia
The crest i.f the souilt adorn;
Hut the iJe r.'.iuMie's emhlem
Is the bounteous, 'olilen coru!
KJua U an I'riK-lor, In Century.
JEL'KMIAII II0LT0X.
Two Opinions of Him as ExprossocT
by Hiram Stitrins.
"Is there a person livinpr in this vil-lai-
tlie name nf 1 :,. I ton. Jiremkih
l!iltMii?" :isUeil the stranger f lliruia
St ir,'iits. vlu was sittinp; on the t rail
it" 1 he feniv.
"Mi- tl.H-sn't live liens" sai.l Iiirain,
a ir h! e;il of eiiqiliasis on the v in I.
"I have a letter i'roiii hi:r ainl he .'ave
this jilaei' as his address."
"I h, it's his address all riirht en-uij.r!t.
We don't fall .Jerry's fistenee living',
y. ui I; now. lie vegetates. And if y-u
want to i.loi t any money from him
let mo 1,'ivc you a Miintcr or two that'll
savo you somu troiiliht. You just rt
lia.-U wluTcynii eaiue from siud wait
t'!l .Jerry sends it. You'll "vt th.: fash
j'ist us (piielc that way as ly laitheriiiu
him alauit it. Jerry's the alliiredct
loafer in tho lmll fount ry, ami that't.
sayin-r a 0-.H1.1 deal, for I know mo.st oi
the l'.i!l;s in the nciylH irln mI. I've
livfl here myself rToiti on twenty-four
year. Some of "em aru splefiiy cimuli.
and these times a man has to 1 up and
doin' i f he wants to p;iy his dhts, let.
alone pit tin' t Tivlit for inaldu' more.
Times ain't what they used to 1k. 1
rvnif ralM-r nineteen far ar itliis liilo
whon "
"What is Mr. ISolton's business? He
i1 .iiiiii.i'tiu pu.( i jooj tntin v t.Mts
nu ni, ltij "tn., Jfip puu n oil noA"
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t, .ia imn is.Ajnt
jsrj fifn jro.C iio.-ixis j.-Mtu.iiu.u 1 "ii
;vi .until ti ,iii:ih jiHin'i -m.ni pt!.
A".H1 '.UIAIS jmpl -op t1 !l .-J.1 (Joav
.uotn .H(i iiunj v n Vtl .vv .Cj.-iiii(.
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,iiiiiii -f iiut:j "ami 1 is.iaji;i ls-i:j
'C'l.W .uns pu. tin 01 .niinio nt pt a
(Joa Ot L J-11JB J,..)A T'-'"
-Jijiiif .Ml J-J 1110 J,oo( no.C 'jjjo.w isviuotj
;.ii:i noiH Xjj.vj ;.s no.C ".HAY
.'.'. '".W 'J!s 'A Cjj.ij' 4j.ji:'i iuoi
putiiuX w:il Isju nijl tu joj ,iii:tn .uu
II. Hit IJ.IIIS IKIJAV ftlll S1U.JI MAIJ 1 Ss'.lll
(Sim OIl'loTJ S,.-ll tllll( p.l I -ptllj J.IA.IU
SNnuismi ou jn l.nin rf .Cjj.-c
,,ou 1 usi .mti:u.iiii u i
the Holton family-.' Then she up and
eries, and my wife she says: 'W ell, that's
neither here nor there.' Some women
don't know w hen they're well off, and
other women ean't Vn-ar to hear the
truth. 1 went down to Jerry's and
oivf him a pioeeof my mind. Had to
lo it to somei-xly or bust, for my wife's
a plain-siH.ken woman, and then a man
shouldu t lie a tyrant in his own fam
ily. Well. Jerry he jst looks at me
a 11 says notion. 1 lielieve the man's
era:y. lie didn't seem to hear a word
I said, but jift looked past a person as
if s. tme one had hit hiu with a flub.
He'll o-o to a insane hospital yet. and Ik
kept at the futility's exeiis his fam
ily, too. 1 1 an "Till -f I can Mt the si'iisi
of lettin' a man liVie that have a fam
ily. I reine mWr y-ars ajro win-11 yi-s,
th- lirst notisrt you eome to. rijjht .n the
i-dtfeof the village. Xo. it ain't inuehof a
house; more of a shanty, as you say, but
it's a mighty siht biir'fr'u any rent I
ever jjrft fur it. iood-by, stranger."
TEX YEARS I.ATF.K.
Iliram holds forth to a emwd of
listeners on the veranda of the village
tavern.
"Know Mr. Itolton? W-ll, I should
rather say I did. I ean reineinlw r the
time when Jeremiah Koltoit didn't have
a sffond shirt, had ilotibts about tlie
first shirt, to his back. Job's turkey
wasn't in it with Jerry I alius used to
eall him Jerry an' he used to call me
Hiram. There warn't no misters te
tween us them days. Some of you
boys think yourselves smart. but there's
none of you eould hold a candle to Jere
miah Kolton. No, sir. Iast 'lection,
when there was talk of runiiinr Jerry
for fruvnor, I knowisl Jerry wouldn't
take no nomination. What did he
i-are aUmt Im-'iii' jruviinr? W hy, Jerry
Kolton could buy the hull state of he
wanted to."
"Most of the p-overnors have to do
that," said a bystander.
''Well, Jerry ain't t hat kind of man.
Fact is. they don't build men like Mr.
Kolton nowadays. Why, 1 n-memlH-r
eleven years afro, Ix-fore Jerry took out
his patent, an' he was feelin' kind o'
diseoiira.'.rcd, 1 says to him: 'Never you
mind. Jerry, your time's a-eomin.
You'll Ik- able to buy out the count v
some of these days.' Why, there wasn't
a man in this town lielieved in Jcrrj
but me. There was old Deacon Swipes,
him that's dead and jfinc lie usisl to
say to me: 'Iliram. 1 ean't imagine what
the devil you see in that wuthless coot.
Jerry 1 Sol ton.' The deacon usitl to
swear just a little, 'cause he'd been a
ltiuiherinaii once, and a man has to
swear when he's brin-riii' down a raft,
but he never knew he swore, and lio
lxnly liked tot. -11 him. and him a dea
con. Why. tin- preacher, he u:,c.l t.i "
"What di.l you say to the deacon
alH.ttt Pulton?"
"h. I says to him: !caeon. you're
all riirht at .seeiu" anything- that's; riu'ht
under your no:,.-, but you're 11. o;o,k! at
ilcalin" with liie future." "
"The preacher attended to futurity,
.Upx:,e."
1
"Jc:,S s.i. jess so. Put the deacon
eoulil nevi-r r..-c wny 1 tin U sin-li t mil lile
w it li Jerry, but I knowed he wasn't no
common l.in.l of a tnaii. He had a way
of lookin' p:e.t y.m and 01 not heariu'
what a periiou was savin' lo him
that-"
"I.ii.-b-y man:"
"Kxaetly. lie was always a-sttidvin'
and a-:. In-kin' in his mind. We 11 hsI t
talk alx.iit his patent, and. llioii:'!i It.
nev.'r'.l tell what he was li'.iri u' oil.
you coul. 1 tell which w ay his mind wa .
ti; riled. " 'Iliram." he u:u-.l t s.iy to me,
';rreat iiivenliotis. like the air brake and
the tel.-o-raph and the standard oil com
pany, they "s only thought out once in a
life lime. It takes a li; man to invent
them sort of thing's, and I'm only a
small man, Iliram.' He vras always a
modest man, was Jerrv."
"That was lieeausc he was so much
in 3'otir company."
-Well, anyhow he used to say that
Mh.it he wanted to invent would be
laimc little t hill" that everybody would
want to have and couldn't do w ilhout
once they had it, and that wouldn't
cisi much, and wouldn't last lony-, and
yet would pay lifty per cent, to the
maker of it. -Hiram,' he used to say to
me, "if soap wasn't invented, that's
what 1 would like to invent and irvt a
patent on.' lie never eoul.l have lived,
ef it hadn't leon f.r inc. Lived in a
house I owned at that time, an.l most
they jrot to eat come off my farm. I
never I it here. 1 him iiImiiI no rent nor
pay, and when he was troubled a I mut it
1 used to slap hitn 011 the hack and say:
'You wait till your ship eonu-s in. "
"Hidn't he pay the mort trajre on your
farm, Hiram?"
"Well, that's neither here nor there.
That's a private matter 'twixt him and
me. lSc.sides, it was like this: I put
that inort"-a"-e on, to fret the money for
his patents "
"Why. it was in the papers that the
man from New York put up the cash."
"Xniv youn" man, you Keep your
shirt on, and don't Ik too smart. I
didn't need to use no money for that,
1 ecause I brought Jerry the man from
New York, "l'was me lntnsluccd 'em.
Tin man from New York made a "ool
riiiin.'li thin;? out of it, and he can
.Thank me fur it, not that he's ever done
it."
"ISnt Jerry was grateful."
"You bet he was. And he didn't
want to hurt my folinrs nuther. His
wife she came lo my wife with the pa
pers that Jerry had lxiuo-ht up and she
says to my wife: 'Iliram was jood to us
when we was poor, and so you jrive him
these Vn pajH-rs fur a present,' Then
Jerry's wife, thinkin of the hard times,
I suppose, she breaks down a 'id eries.
and my wife she keeps her company,
and them two women had a ";ood cry
tojfether."
"Over your gmnlness, Iliram, I sup
pose." " ell, that's neither here nor there.
Jerry knows who backed him up when
it was hard sleddin fur him, and now,
by trum, he's rich cnouo-h to buy us all
out and never feel it, and has a bur
house in New Y'ork. I alius sai.l that's
what he would come to, anil of the dea
con was alive, he'd tell 3-011 the same
thin":." Luke Sharp, in Detroit Free
I Yess.
ALL-AROUND FARM TALKS.
A Bn.ir.p, brijrht plow turns a clean
furrow and saves oats and horseflesh.
MAXlTiE from well-fed animals, the
manure lioinfr kept under cover, should
contain all the elements of plant food.
A FARMER plainly shows he dKs not
care to improve his practices or lietter
his condition when he claims he has no
time to read.
Not only should an account tie kept
with the farm, but with each crop.
You will then Know whore 3-0U derived
the largest profit.
Wuii.k the milk Is warmer than the
siirroundiii" air it should le left un
eoven'd, but when colder it may with
advantage be covered-
JUS JiOOJLMATE.
How Ho Ruined an Honest Young
Lawyer's Reputation.
I am a plain, honest lawyer, and, be
fore a certain youno; man moved into
1113- double office, my reputation was
spotless. He moved in for the ostensi
ble pur osc of sharing the expense of
rent- lie was a nice-lookinr 3-oun(j
man and had a fair exterior. The day
follow h.o- his arrangement with me he
moved in. That is, he appeared in
icrsoii. Otherwise he did not have
inuch to move. ltut poverty is no
crime and 1 took a fancy to him on ac
count of his principles. It is so pleas
ant to meet someone nowadays with
principles. He had plent- of them and
it did me jr,MH to listen to hitn. "A
lawyer," he would say, "has no rig-lit to
defend a criminal when he is "ruilt-,"
and, although I did not tufree with
him, 1 n-speoted his extreme virtues,
and congratulated m3-solf upon having
ueh a righteous roommate. There
was a marked peculiarity alxtut our lie
ing in the same office together. I'eo
ple said that we resembled each other
in personal appearance, which I con
strued as a compliment to me.
He worked up a good business at
once, for 01113- a week after ho entered
the oiliee he had a case. Other eases
followed, and at the same time singular-
enough 1113' practice decreased.
When the first month's rent was due he
liit me on the back in his heart-, famil
iar fashion and said: "You pa3" this
month, old man, and I will next." As
that was fair I did so. One day when
alone in theotlii-e I was pondering upon
the vicissitudes of fate and the s-an-it-of
f-cj. w hen a man rushed into the of
liee in an unceremonious manner and
stood glaring at me. Rejoiced over
what seemed to Ik the immediate preis
pect of a client in pursuit of a dishon
est partner or a wife who had eloped. I
assumed a soft, insinuating smile and
jmliti-lj' waved him to a chair. My oour
tct. is invitation was declined and Hu
man, taking a step ueanr. exclaimed:
"Scoundrel:"
I presiinusl that he was referring to
someone w ho had injured him and from
whom he desired redress in the courts,
an.l s laughed in aeoneiliutory manner.
Tome, come, my dear sir, you must
not give va" in this maimer," I said.
"Calm yourself, I lg of 3-011."
"Ah. .vou dare jest?" he cried. "ISnt
you shall settle with me, sir. Do J'ou
know Maggie Klieir"
It chanced that I did know the young
woman, who liv.sl in our neighlhir
hood. 1 rcspnidisl in the affirmative,
and added something alx.ut h.-r teing
a very charming girl. "And now, sir,"
I said tartly, "w ill 3-ou tell me who 3-ou
are?"
He drew himself up as though about
to impaft starllinginforuiati.m. '"I am
Maggie's, ln-st fellow, .t at least I was
tic fore 3'iui came along and alienate!
her affections from me."
"What?"
"Alienated her affections."
"1?"
"You: The corner o-rooer told me all
atiout it; how 3-0U used to meet Maggie
every night near his store and take her
to the theater and other places. Mag
jrie was contented enough until 3-011
came along, and then I began to see
a change that I couldn't account for
until the grocer told me alxtut 3-011, and
now I am going to w ipe the floor with
you."
I started to argue the matter with
him in 1113- most persuasive pnifossioiial
st vie, but he resorted to the tactics of
the ring and pniceeded to cany out literally-
his last statement. M3- scusa
tioiis the next few moments wore those
of a man falling from a lialloon or go
ing through a thrashing machine.
Wheu I recovered he had departed; my
coat was torn; a chair was broken; pons,
pajHTs and liooks wore scattered here
and there, and the oflice looked as
though it had Kvn struck w ith a 03--tloiie.
"Upon my word," I thought,
raising myself on niy ollaiw in the cor
ner of the nxiin, "a strange visitor:"
When iny niommate came in he ex
pressed the greatest s3-mpatli3-, and so
genuine were his words of consolation
that I seized his hand grateful- and
said: "Thanks, dear Uy, thanks! You
ire ? friend indeed."
After that mishaps came thick and
fast. I scorned to be a sjiecial mark for
the cruel shafts of fate. One day a gen
tleman whom I had never seen before
came into the oflice aud accused me of
having cheated him at a game of poker.
His claim was that I had two aces in
1113- sleeve. Now, as I never pla3 poker,
nor gambled in m3' life, this was re
markably strange. I told him that the
festive game had no attractions for me,
and he stared at me in amazement. He
admitted that he was rather "under the
shadow of the vine" the night before,
but that his pon-epiions were perfectly
clear, and that I hail be3-ond a doubt
sw nulled him in a gentleman's gameout
of one bundnsl and fifty-seven dollars,
w nich 1 hal liottor return at once. I
retorted that I did not know a flush
from a full and I had never, sat in a
jack-pot in 1113- life, at which he looked
unutterable scorn.
"Then 3-ou refuse to return your ill
gotten gains?" he asked.
"1 certainly do."
"Very well; you will hear from me."
And I did. The story got around that
I played a enoked game of poker, and,
although I carried ui3-self with the
In-aring of a man who is innoocnt. I
eould see that I was regarded with sus
picion. Even the 3iung lady whose
company I w as keeping at the time ap
parent' Knew something, for one night
she said w ith a twinkle in her 03 0: "Do
you pla3 poker, Tom?" Of oourse I de
nied that I did, at which she looked
grave, and added: "Ishawt What's the
usA in dt iiying it? Why, do you know,
I 1 play sometimes uiyself."
Naturally I expressed IU3- horror at
this confession and told her that 1 hoped
she would reform and that I did not ap
prove of 3'oung girls pla3-ing cards.
'1 hen she actual I3- w inked. "Oh, 3'ou
are too good." she remarked. "Sa3-,
how do you do it?"
"What?"
"Keep those canls up your sleeve?
Please tell me. The girls have been
winning all 1113' sieiiding 11101103- iawy
and 1 want revenge. Show me the
trick, Tom, and I'll marry you next
June." I responded indignantly and
told her that I was a member of the
Anti-l'oker society. She said "liosh,
and when I got up to leave she refused
to permit me to cull from her sweet
lips the customary parting salute. The
misguided 3'ouoig woman actually
thought that I was tr3'ing to conceal
my iniquities fnira her. ISut there was
worse to follow. A few nights later
when I called she greeted me with
marked coolness. This I attributed to
more feminine caprice and so chatted
away in a happ3 manner about various
matters to which she listened with a
san-astic smile ujion her adorable face.
IJut I was accustomed to doing most of
the talking and she the listening, so
that her jiersistent silenoe did not seem
at all remarkable. Among other topi-s
I bniachod was a description of a tem
perance meeting I had attended a few
nights before. I am a teetotaler in
ovor3' sense of tin' word and I stated
pmuJl3' that I hail lieen elected soon
tary of the new organization. Then
her prott3' mouth assumed an expn's
sion of scorn.
"Oil, 3-ou hypocrite:" she cried.
"My darling'." I cried, in amazement.
"Don't call me 3-our darlingl" fche re
torted, with flashing eyes. "I've had a
talk with papa and he says evor3-thing
must be off."
"Everything oft?"
"Yes, our engagement. He saw you
last night. He said that 3-ou" soli
"were standing on the street corner"
soli "w ith 3'our hat in your liaiul"
soli "holding tho lamp post w ith the
other" soli "and singing alxiut" sob
' 'We won't go home till morning'"
sob.
I started in amazement. "My dear
Lucinda, there is some horrid mistake.
Last night I attended a meeting at our
Sunday school and "
Here she wiped away the tears and
assumed her indignant attitude once
more. "IVm't make me bate you," she
said. "Wli3- don't you confess and
well, I know lioys will Ik Ixiys, and, if
3-011 said 3-011 would never do it again,
why, perhaps, I might overlook this
one fault and and forgive yo u "
1 sprang to my feet in anger. "I have
lu'en slandered and "
"Is that 3our repl3'?" she asked,
frigidly.
"It is."
"Then there is nothing mora to i
said." With that she took the ring fnm her
prett3- finger and handed it to me.
TJood evening, sir."
I Ixiwed myself out in di-spair. So all
was over? Thtise visions of a neat lit
tle home were lost forever. The next
morning w hen 1113- roommate presented
himself I fancied that h looked tired
l.nd sleep3'. He explained this by say
ing that he bail leeu up all night with
i. bad headache- lie noticed 1113- mclan
holy apiH-arance, and, when I told him
i.ll about it, he ugaiu offered his sympa
thy aud remarked in a jocular ir.aunor:
Never mind, my boy. There are just
l-.s good lish in the -vaas have ever liooil
caught." 1 told him them was only him
Lucinda, but he shruggod Lis -.boulders.
He then went out to attend a ease in
court, and I seated myself in a discon
solate maniiwr in my easy chair in the
inner office. I had slept little to spoak
of the night before and nature assorted
itself in spile of my hwartache. I dozud
off. After a time I was aroused In
voices iu the outer oflice and heard a
woman ask for me.
"lie is not in." was the reply of my
ntommato, and I was alxiut to step out
when a few words that followed arrostwJ
103- attention and I remained whore I
was, listening: "If 3-ou havs come on
legal business, nial;:m, I will answer
3'our purpofco just as v. dl. I am author
ized to act f r him. 1 am his partner
as you see by ciy iiai-ie on the door."
11U words tilled mc with amazement,
'lie seated, ta:;daui, and state 3-011 r
ease." Tho visitordid so aud he listened
with the greatest complacency, offering
a suggestion here and there and oeca
sionally asking a question. When she
had linished, he remarked: "I think 3-ou
have a got h1 case." In this 1 knew he
was wrong. The case was a bad one
and no conscientious lawyer would have
touched it.
"Then would you advise me to take
the matter to the courts?" she asked.
"I would. It would be foolish to
settle."
When she was aliout to leave she
asked: "What arc 3'our charges?"
"Twent3--tive dollars retainer fee and
lifty more if we win."
She t. a k out her purse and pave him
the money. "You are reall3' to lie con
gratulated, madam, that you found
me in instead of 1113- partner," he con
tinued, "lie is one of those scrupulous
lawyers who always lose their eases.
Now I always win lccause I am full of n
sources. Ha, ha: I am just smart enough
to dodge all technicalities. That part
ner of mine is such a conscientious
idiot that I think 1 shall have to break
with him. I hate to do it, for the poor
fellow would not make a living if I "
Here I bnke in upon them. The
scene that followed beggared descrip
tion, as writers say, and so I w ill not
describe it. Now I understixxl why my
practice had deceased. It also flashed
ai'rifcs my' mind that all 1113-trouble
lately was in some way connected with
him. We looked alike and I saw- every
thing: For a month I had been pa-ing
the penalty of his misdeeds. I had
boon vigomusly handled by Maggie's
liest follow on his account; it was he
whom the father of my Lucinda had
seen holding up the lamp ist; the
principal figure in the "-eiitlcmanly
game of poker had leen this exemplary
young man. I rusheti into the outer
office, and, after a vigomus scone, this
young man took his departure and I
have never heard of him since. It was
six months, however, liefore I again
won the regards of Lucinda. I have an
office all to m3-self. Even now people
are running there with bills contracted
Ly him and somehow they look upon
me as his partner iu crime. Omaha
liee.
" A Lend Trayer.
A good man who lives in a thinly set
tled locality has the misfortune) to Ik"
cxtn'Uioly deaf. His voice is remarka
bly loud in his devotions, and it i re
ported that his morning prayer can be
ho-a.nl for half a mile. A neighlmr, not
long since, having occasion to visit his
house in the morning, found its owner
at pra3-or. and, not wishing to interrupt,
he waited outside. The tones of the
voice within grew louder and louder.
Each sentence was spoKcn w ith more
vchomvnoo than the preceding, until the
pra3-er ended w ith a prolonged shout of
"Allien!" The visitor was alxiut to
Kikm-K, when the sound of the wife's
voice arrested him. W ith a skill Ix.rn
of practice, she almost rivaled the tones
of her spouse as she shouted: "Well, I
gneris you've drove all the rabbits out o"
the swamp tbi morning!"
THE OUTDOORS GIRL.
The belle of tbi tral'.r.xiiu captiv: tea
'1 he youths v. ho cluster round.
Kranle aud luir and jiale la t.hc.
Too daitty to tou. h the ground.
Sl.e 11 Jancc for hours a ilhout a rest
lu the baUr.Miut'H dizzy w hirl,
llul she's far tv Ira -lie and fair for me.
Ill rrah lor the Outdoors Girl!
l!rr skin Is browned and the blood ahoae
tljr.m.-n
In a heultb.-. plo in(iT flush.
She docsu'tcare lor the fiale dellrht"
Of the lir.lHi'.ut tia.lrtxitn'a crusti.
She loves the II. Mi the tliiwern, the woods.
And the joyous soukk of bird
To her the j iy of hvin? seems
A pa-iisure loo deep for Word.
Sr feniin. ridin on horse or wheel.
l'luvs tenuis and walks and drive.
She lives as uvach In a week an the belle
I if tin- ball iu a do.cn lives.
Her head doesn't a.rne iu the afternoon.
And hi r ajiiietite never fails:
She's brirht and cheery anJ full of life,
And a btrauj.'. r to aches and ails.
She's .lump and ro-iy and nii't and round,
A picture of ix rfis l health:
Sho Intasts a frei-dom .row achea and paius
That is iK-ti r far th tu wealth.
Her eyes are ch ar auJ her sUhi Is fair,
Thom'h hi r crimim do pet out of curl.
And she is the ho;x- of tho world to-day.
Hurrah for the Outdoor-. Ctrl.
11 ran. ion lianner.
IX LATE If YEAItS
Ethel liarcourt's Story and the
Reward It Brought.
Ethel Hareourt sat on a sunny south
veranda, idly l.x.kiug out on a typical
southern California lanilscajie in oarl3'
spring. The Cuyamaoa w as still w hite
with the lately fallen snow, nil rugged
El Cajon showed to advantage in the
forogToiiiiiL The lower slopes and the
valleys were green, occasional patches
of yellow showing where the violet,
now past its prim, or the poppy, in all
its richness, found a congenial home.
Miss Ilan-ourt listened to the wild
songs of the birds, and underneath the
gay melody there ran a minor strain,
like some half forgotten song w hich is
recalled by an old assiK-iatioii.
Her mind glanced svviftlj- over the
last ten years in her California home.
Her mother's illness and death. luT
father's loss, not 011I3- of wife, but of
fortune. Their retirement to this lone
ly ranch among the hills. "Yes," she
said to herself, "the gay, unreflecting
gir!hoKl in New Lnj.'laiil seemed like
something in another age. Not a fin-ling,
not a hope, not a desire in common
with that 3'oung creature." she
thought with a smile, as one a-iioht
think of another, that in those -cars
si i? was fair to lixk upon. The clear,
bright eyes, the softly rounded chocks,
the mass of retielliou hair which t in
gled and curled in spite of her plaits.
Why did those 3-ears, os,x-oiaIy those
mouths spent at the Atlantic View,
come back with such vividness? Sud
denly she was seized with au overpow
ering desire to writc Not the lauty
of the IandscajM not the nameless pro
duct iois of the soil, not the present,
but tlx past made her jen fly swiftly.
She felt as if impelled by a jxiwer from
without, and deserilHtl the lirst ro
mance, with its sad little ending,
v. hieh she experienced that summer at
Atlantic View.
The 3'ears rolled back on either side
and she saw clearly as a woman what
she failed to understand as a child-like
girl. As she wrote she found herself
making Arthur Lindlej-onc of the main
figures and herself the other. The tall,
impetuous young follow, free, rich,
handsome, lie was courted by many,
and admired by all. How, then, did it
happen that he should have shown such
eager delight in her s.x-ioty. flushing
with pleasure when she appeared and
attending her like her shadow? The
young Ethel was led to Wlieve in the
sin.'erit3' of the lad. when he told her
frankly that there was no girl to be
compared with her, nt one. No one
was so true, so honest, so unaf-fei-teiL
What a series of scrapes the
lxy did get into, t Ik- sure, and how
he confided them all hi lu r and askd
her advice, for he had no mother and no
sisters. "Hut I don't want you for my
sister," be had said, with a twinkle in
his blue 03-0.
Those long mornings on the la-ach,
when the bathers made merry and the
hvikers-on lined the sands, those aftor
no r,s of idle swinging in a hamiinx k
till the long shailows made a game of
tennis a possiliilit v; those soft evenings,
when the cottages hxikod like fair3'
p.rjes and the band played dreamy
music in the park; they all floated
through the halls of memory.
Ethel Hareourt wrote simultaneously.
She saw, with the iKTccptioti of mature
years the tangled web in which her
girlish foot wore caught, she reiuem-iK-red
the days when there crept into
and lx'twecn the comradeship an alien
note, llow or w hen it lK-gan she eould
not tell, but her instinct warned her of
the approacliing danger. Arthur Lind
h'3 no longer came with his outbursts
and confidences. He seemed to lie
watching her, to W weighing and eoui
paring her words, holding her at a
hostile distance. There was nothing
which could have lKin told, no one
word or sentence which separated them,
only a growing atmosphere of distrust
on one side, and mai.ien shyness and
reserve on the other. At last there
came an outbreak from him: bitter.
Unkind words and mysterious allusions.
Ethel tried to have him explain himself,
but it had no effect. She had treated
him shabbily, he, who had Wen her
Wst friend. No one eould lKar such
things, and he would not War them
11113-longer. There eould Ik- no exjila
nation: no, ho would not hear one
word, but would bid her "gixxj morn
ing." After this they would meet as
strangers.
Ethel w as a girl who hold her head
very high, and she would not for a mo
ment hare yuuiif Idndloj- think that
she missed his fait hf ulni-ss It was
very easy b accept Mrs- Hearst's view
of the matter, and drift into intimate
companionship with her nephew. Al
Hearst, a young man whom Ethel had
al ways shrank fniiu. tint who was now
a gift fnun fate. She saw now bow
ca.sil3' she was entangled, how the ajx-jx-aranees
wore against her, and how
she lent herself bi her own misery For
it was misery for a few la3's. She eould
War her own bitterness and rogict, uut
to se Arthur grow careless in dress, to
bear him talk aud laugh loudly, to Ik
told of his f -antic attentions to some of
the leaders of the fast set. all these
. made her heart ache. And the season
came to its end with 1 glitter of tin
works and the cmwds parted, each
family to its own home. The Harvourts
came to California the fol lowing winter
. and the little pla3- w as never finished.
All this, and more, went to make up
the story. She touched it here and
there with her artist lingers, and the
pathetic little tale was written in words
which went to the heart- At the end
she stopped, pen in hand, and listened
to the chatter of the gay-breasted
blackbird w hich was M-rched on a Ix-p-per
tree near.
Thia was life; not tlmse feverish, far
off days, but this quiet growth and un-
folding of her true nature. A widening
of the sympathies, a deeper insight, an
humbler estimate of her pow ers and a
greater j:xssibilit3- of eiijiymciit.
1 1 was morning in a hotel office in
San Diego. The stout clerk was Wild
ing lalxiriotisly over the register, put
ting in a fancy heading at the top of a
new page. The black porter and his
aids wore hurrying alxuit. gathering up
valises, wraps, kixlaks and umbrellas,
and trying to get off those unfortunates
who were to leave 011 the early train.
The few business men who Warded in
the house came out from the breakfast
nximw ith a mild air of iuixrtai.ce. as
Wtits the well when surrounded by the
sick. One 113- one the invalids, in all
stages of lung and throat trouble, made
their way across the great sun veranda.
Most of them wore attended by a uiein
Wr fif the family, but a solitary man
occasionally stalked or sauntered on his
wa3' toward breakfast. Two men, who
happened to Ik sitting near each other,
laid down their pajM-rs at the same mo
ment, and the elder remarked:
"It's a fine day."
"Yes vcr3' nice weather," assented
the other.
"JSeeii here long?"
"Nearly two months."
"Don t get tired of it?"
"Yes. a little, sometimes."
"Hoard us gixxl us this most of the
time?"
I think so."
"S'jxise 3-ou're here for your health?'
"Yes. iy lungs are weak. Excusr
mc, I see the Biail is in," and the tall
Warded man walked slowly tow. I tin
desk.
"Here's 3-0 ur mail, Mr. Lindlev," sai
the clerk, handing him several letters
a pa per and a magazine. He retreat'
to a pi iet corner in tlie oflice, gluueeu
(uiekl3' through his letters, road the
pajx-r and txik up the masrazinu. Hts
Weamc absorlxsl. he bxikcd around for
a moment to assure himself that he was
not d roaming, and hw read on again.
Was he losing his senses'.' Surely, Lu
knew that seaside resort, those tiny
cottages and what would come next?
II is own words his foolish, pig-headed
obstinacy! And how she. that prmi.l
little creature, understixxl it nil. Could
she ever forjrive him? Was it too much
to cxpi-ct, txi much tii.up fur? IIu
laid it down with a long r.igh and gave
himself up to the memories of those
sweet and Wttcr days. What a schemer
that Al Hearst was! IIu was aidiamd
to confess how easily he became a prey
to the wily fellow that is he was
ashamed u dozen years ago, but not
now. Whore could Ethel Hareourt W?
Were they not in the state, t he whole
family? Would she forgive him if he
found her? He would write to 1'othcr
gill and get the address of the author
of "In Summer Days" What a waste
of time in the vears since they met!
"And to think that while I was writ
ing it you were only twenty miles
away," said Miss Hareourt. her ijui.-t
face lighted by a liajipy smile. "I was
compelled to take a chapter fnun my
own life just at that moment, and it
would have lxen almost imxi.sible
either to have checked the impulse to
write or to have altered IU3- incidents in
any way."
"Miss Hareourt Ethel I can never
undo the past, those words, those un
worthy suspicions, but if I may I will
make amends for them iu the future.
May I try?"
Ethel Hareourt found it difficult to
raise her eyes to meet the earnest gaze
of her old friend. She felt the mounting
color flush her usualH' pale cheeks, but
as simply as a child she laid her hands
in his 'After a long conversation, more
interesting to themselves than to any
one else, Ethel said:
"You will pmmise me never to let
coldness or doubt part us again. Come
tome when my words or my actions
cannot W explained, tell me frankly,
instead of Waring it in silence."
"M3 darling," said Lindley. "I give
3-011 1113 solemn promise that it shall W
as 3-ou have said And in the coining
3-cars there shall fall no shallow W
tween us, for Wtwoeu two who are truly
made one then is no nx.ni for shad
ows" Mary lValxxl- Sawyer, in Hus
ton Hudget.
THE MUSICAL WORLD.
Amiivo the world's greatest flute
players is the duke of ijxirto, brother
of the king1 of I'ortugal.
A hktioxakv of ISritish musicians is
now Wing compiled w hich the editors
are finding a hard matter to keep with
in two thousand pages.
Saint-Sak.vh has put the finishing
touches on his new opera. "I'hrvne."
which is immediately to W placed in
rehearsal at the Paris ojx-ra comitpie.
Thk sounding Ward of pianos, the
most important part of the ino rnni. nt,
is made of American spruce and is as
oarcfull3- chosen as the wood for a
violin.
lUxs vox Hi-row. the great pianist,
w ho has always Ui-n very eccentric,
is now insane, and it is feared that he
w ill never recover his reason. He is a
tine ; reck scholar as well as a remark
able musician.
Tuk UK will tie no Wagnerian jx-r-formanocs
at I'.airouth this year. A
Wagner festival on a grand scale w ill
W held there in JsUt. however, w hen
"1'arsifal." "Tannhaeusor" and "Lo
hengrin" w ill W given.
A Wonderful I'lrs- of Carving-.
One of the greatest works of Henry
Yorbrtiggcii is the carved pulpit of the
grand parochial church at Hrusscls.
The whole design is an allegorical
scene. At the base are Adam and Eve,
life size, expelling the angel, while
grim death himself ma3' Ik seen hover
ing in the rear. The first pair War
ujxin their shoulders a hollow ploW,
the cavit3" Wing the place whore the
preacher stands while delivering his
sermons. From the gloW rises a tree
sustaining a canopy, which in turn
supjxirtstwo figures, one of au angel
and the other a female representing
Truth. Alxive all this is the Virgin
and the infant Jesus crushing the ser
pent's head with a cross