L kul""' freeman Advevi.sing Rates. The large and rel rd. rlrcnlatloa .1 tkd'n. li 1- xaiett.s ft to tb. laTarab'.a 1 BlB.,fAA"-"- consideration far. ,-erttsers ebo. Isrors (111 t. 1 SWIISr-A a i u, 01. iLg low rates: i men, "me . .. S IN limb, 3 moL.bi. ....................... 1.8. t lcb. otol lb. .......... .( 1 loch . ! yer. ....... ....... (.00 i Inches. 6 month......... m s!t llncbes, 1 year ........... S Inches. montbs .. a laches. I year eolnm, months column. month ......... 90 a H oolaiQD. 1 year J3 M . column, 6 mootas..... ......... ...... 40.0. 1 column, I year..... ............. 1111....." 7. .00 Business Items, Brt In pert Ion, lOc. Mr lln. snbsequ.Bt Insertions, fcp. per Una Administrator's sod Iterator's Notices. . tt M A editor's Notice je ,n7 D1 similar Notice IH e-KeeolntKns or proceeelna ot anv eorpc ra tion cm- KK-lrly and commas Nation dVptnrd te ca.ll attention to any matter ot limited or indl vidoal interest maMnepald tor a adTertlsmrats. Book and Job rnntln of all kinds neatly aad ezedloesij axecatt at Uia lowest price. Aaa don tyoa loret It. ,.,1 t-,r.-iilation. - l.aco 3ir.ii , ...... ,-.t-li in advance $1 M ' i: l""'1 '"1,n 3 nimuhs. l.Ti .! tl n:lil vwniu u uioumr. aw If i; ii. l paid witiiin the year.. a-S4 S,i:pk outsulo of ttis county M'r"'"l','.''n ilV" ear wl11 cbarKBil to v-eIiK ' JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor. HI IS A VRKKMAH WHOM TBI TB8TH af AKK8 RU ABD 1U ill ILATU BBbIDK,' SI. BO and postage per earln advance. l ft a:! ' ' '".,,. helore you nop It. If stop VOLUME EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1896. NUMBER 21. it?" V .."nl. l ut icalawaii do otrjorwise. uii fi; ' . !! i. too snort. r.'t MM. r? ,xnt will the arrive terms be da- "10 n.l tm.e mbo don i aonsult tnelr :irl ,r :" .". . av!uc in advance must not e ain;"";" 'pi '-n the f footlnit as thoae wbo L-tU'l1'1 , '.. ,ittioctlv understood troc ..HE THAT WORKS SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH r- n "a af e L- ' " The Indestructible "Maywood" BICYCLE. STRONGEST WITH COUPON. ' '' ' " '' ' A VvJ' m AY WOOD V S'f'j Model No. 5 frl. 4. IH&l i Mil la. IS!H Oct. .Ian T A. ..1 i-: li-' rtmntjf xr awl xitnplr.it hirtrle ever niaile. Adapted for all kinds of . , nl- i f m:it-ri.il tli.it is .W. Infij'i tmt uiryi: simple in construction. ",j .: I i .! t o'j"'t h r: hns few iart: in of ench t iry construct ion that its parts .-i: hi an :n ! : n; : :n hollow tul inir tvi i-rusit in at every contact; a frame . .. ;i-.i: ii!i!l- t liat us .kIjii-I ini,- parts nerve as its connect intr parts; a onc- , j ... ..f n !! n p.tr:s: :ilays realty t iiivc reliable and rapid tninsport.it ion. ,' -t .1 !!! ! li:viu n-l. Kuaraiitocd .c Hirer ears. Jlaiie of -int il cold ; ,. !. .. and strongest- tnetal for its wcicht knowm: joineii tocettier with ... :v in Mieh a T.ruinir I hat it is impossible to Ineak or any part work . ? h"-.:v. simplicity ti.irriliiiity; the crt atst cimiination of ingenuity ', . - i k:. :!. t.i hiiihl .1 Innir withont lirar.en joints and tnlnnn. as you know . i ; i : i r. ik and f met nr- at brazen joint s. and 1 iibt s when t hey are buckled , , Will i.!.' j'-inch; warranted ood rims. pia:io w ire t auuent sMiken ; ,.: - in r.-Ijirii' b'rr-1 iat t ern. TIKKS "ArluiL'ton" liost rdtie or Mor- 1J. i lir. or sum- other tirst-class pneumatic tiie. IttCA K I N." Hal I ,. . . !- ; . ' i in I si.iiriir ie-eii. crank axle, steerir.n heal ami iwdals. (ITS ANI i torn stee'. t ar 1 11 : t v t empered anil lianleneti. II Al NS Hith crade , t. r tr :i.i ;!i-r?:ieiit. i KANKS inr celebrated one-idece crank, fully pro- ...t r--r pit. s. ii K 4' II Shortest. Js niches: l.intrest. iI7 inchi-s. ir:Alt l; s 1 I i: U In lestrni t ibl: fork crown made from uuu-barrel jsteel. II A N lI.K i- .in t ri'ljiist tf'le: easilv adjusteii to an v wsit iin desired; ram's horn fur- i . . !. i ! IH.I. P. iV i".. tiiiiiam. or some other first-class make. i'KHALS - n: -r: ml! b:i!l b- arinc. UN ISII Knamclcd in black, with all Uriirht parts 1 I .'i liu v. le eimipiete with tool ban. pump, wrench and oiler. Weight, ac r ,,e l.iis. saddles, etc.. -"7 to ounds. n;i'ii : I - lll" i:r ocei il Vliles! I'ri-e. Never I .. .1'! i ik! e ill! rod Hi';' t he irwomf i i n.ike a special coupon oner, civinir every &: r a hancc to T''t a tirst-cl&os wheel at t he .. r .:!. red. On receipt of . tm'l cin;m inir the aliove P.icvcle. Heenrely crated, - - i:- (I.-liverv. .Monev - -ef unded if not as : -r arrival and examination. We will ship :,vii. -ce of ex iiiiination. for t.16.00 and coupon -- n: w itii order as a guarantee of cood faith. Iirii.- warranty with each Bicycle. This is a i n-an. 1 von cannot afford to let the oppor .VMress all orders to CASH BUYERS UNION, ill! i02 West V an Puren Street. Be 300O. CHICAGO. ILL. carl liwinsrrus, PRACTICAL -AND DEALER IN- k ,u 'J J v - " -it 1 !! i . fc. J wl I'd all its Latest ani Most l J ; j !! Ii. rt pair tin-m ami r-.:iee them in tlii ir natural iisilh'ii 1 J i I iist cLi- work !irn- at t lie mrt re;i-S4iiialle ratis. CjTAll work wariimiiii. Terrns Crtfh- C Hiee -n M.' in Stre 'i:ii'.i uo.v. !m. iiMi m.illi .f M. HALL'S VeKbla Sicilian HAIR RENE WEB. Tr.f -r ..i r-o, u':ir!tv of this trer.araf ion. "':r .-. c. jninv jears, should be an f." ; ''' ' " ' v"' ,!" tuo-t f.ketical. that ''''... i.ieritorioiis. Those wbo have Hi i s IUik Kknkwkk kaow that tt 41 U.al ii r'.aiined. It eau,,-, i-...w growth of hair on lald '-a .. -;.r.,ii, the hair follicles are not -" t. w ,.. !, i4 vlilotu th case: restore "uri; ,,,;,,r ,,, pjjy fr fajed hair; pre--r.s p .. (.a( iajthf,,! an.l olear of i tnir!: i rm ntathe hair falling off or f-n--i!i- coinr; keeps tt Boft, pliant, lus Jf''". ind tmwi it to grow long and JIaM.'s Hai TtrvrwFR nroduces 1t ! ti I t llf. I,f.iihfiil influence tt ltS ( am' ions. Buckingham' Dy ron tki WHISKERS r''P ,ilf m brown or black, as desired, J0'! I- !hi t,et dve. because it Is harmless ; r"'Uniiiu!PDtiiiilurl color; and, 'tig a 'iriie i.renaration. Is more oon "tct of application than any other. raspAuo st P. HALL & CO, NMhst, H. K. by aU Daaien La KadietMft.; tC JE EXTS uhlM?rM n iiiL'rr-dieiitii, which invUrorate "' f;-.:"venat. It is not a dve, and is ''''-:itful article for toilet use. t'onp ;"; '" aicoliol. it does not evap-.,r-;" yr.-Hv ami dry up tho natural oiL r"1"1-' u"- h:ir har'nh and brittle, as da I l--rirM ara-ion-. I EASILY, WORKS THIS S7S.OO COM PLETE BICYCLE 3. 1S13 .lan. 21. lfH; other IVfuliiij; I. 1H!5 before sold Hieycle, we Coupon No. 2006 GOOD FOR IF SENT WITH ORDER FOR No. 5 Al ay wood ...Bicycle... PATCHES, CLOCKS,! JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, 2 MUSICAL llSTRDMEBTS: A K I l 0PTICALG0ODS. Z SOLE AC EXT FOR TIIE ! CELEBRATED ROCKFORDj WATCHES. i Colcmlim aaAFietlimia Watclesi . In Key and Stem Winders. J LAHflE SELECTION OF ALL X KINI.S OF JEWELUY AL-4 WAYS ON HAND. t?"My line of JpwHi y Isunsnr- ii;is-d. Coini! and se;e for your- 4 sif Iwfore purt-hasinp elsew here t.AII work rruaranteed. $ CARL ElTINIOS.: U .a. i Improyed Methods. Tet-ili extracteil without :iin ly usinr l'nf. May's E. 11. Ar-tii'.i-iiil iifih ii. ut tihitejiLS; like tlit-natural leetli. I extract E. Chnrth. n. A. LA I NO, GALLITZIN4 PA. Steel Picket Fence. CHEAPER I I 1 1 U M M A '.--i. . .... .. ,-. V -lii'M! j( -- b it f. TTl ahorv exit mhrwt PtrVffi F trltfc Gat. fThta f mot Mticj r u bf af4 ot I rut or H od roU. Whro writtnt; fur jtrrs c yulitT. KurnM of 0t-, loat,le aa4 Kn.rlea U W u mOifa.-rnr hfy I rim Ywng. 'rtine Stab; Flttinca. ir hotts-r &n4 FIkE KSTaKS. C-llir rvMr n-i K-itini. Br- n l In Orllis. W1KR lMtOftAJIi IVlIOtV MCUKt-.VS. mud M kinds of Wilt K WOtUU TAYLOR St DFAN. 01. 203 A 203 Market SU Pittsburgh, Pa. BirliH 96 iT. You Can't AIake Money unless you sell the hest. We have it and offer liberal terms to salesmen, loeal and traveling. C'llA-K I!kTIIKKS fdMI'AXV. New EiiL'bind lioihester. N. Y. Nureries. aprJSt. RIOTED AGENTS to rrnnwnt the ! l'..mi-ie Niirwrlea i a , sii.-lr wblelv Mil VeTtlH"! liflV- foiir'yi-ar.i: known and wuiiied y every nlniiier. That U n hr Ih-5'1""-" lr -oereed .ll W ii. and rivrrirBrrd Aaeat donblr their :ulr ml income. ow l the l.n.e to Man. wn- ELLWANGER A. BARRY, Alt. il.pe Naraerica, Kachcaler, N. V. t WOOD r? TV TT iia 1 '''' 13 CHARLEY WIRURN'S LUCK. Charley Wiburn and I are tousins. but, somehow, I seaxvelj seem to belong- to the family ut ail. We had no end of relat.ions, and lie was a ,tm?ral favorite with all, even souie he bail never seen, for they would die and leave him legacies, lie was uoustani'v Pt tiufj some little "wiiidfall" ol this kind, till at length Charley Wiourn's luek" liecame' a peneral catchword ainonj' tin a synonym for all th.it was lucky and fortunate. One mornino- at breakfast wo were artists and shared the same rooms and studio he received a black-edged let ter, which, iiku oiicnitig' and r adiufr. lie cast down it h a tllsimteritetl look. "Another funeral to ffo to," he grum bled, "and here are my pictures unfin shetl ami next wek is sending-in day!" 'Who is it now?" I aked. "Another lefjacy, I suppose, eh?" "Very likely," he returned, indiffer ently he was so used to these things he scarcely took any notic of them now. "It's I'ncle Alexander Stephen. Did you know him?" I shook my head. "Have heard of him; never saw him," I said. "I hardly knew him myself," Charley explained "at'least, not since I was a boy. It's a rare lother, this, coming' just now. Suj.'h a lonif journey into the country. I say, .lack, you have dune y our pictures aud setit them in and have notliiug- to do forasH-ll couldn't you po dow n for me?" "What, in your name?" I exclaimed. "Yes, why not? It's years since 1 was among- any of the set. Th'a letter is from a. Mr. l'archly. the sol tor to the will, I supiiose; he doesn't know me. ' You are .Tack Wiburn it's only a differ- m-e of a Christian name, and it's all in the. family, you know." To cut the matter short, I had to consent as I generally did where t barley was concerned. I took the lawyer's letter, aa a sort of credential, and et out, grumbling u pood desil at w hat I considered Charley's "check" in thus making use of me. If I had finished up my work before he had it wati only liecause 1 had v.orked at it more constantly, and now, instead of reaping the ail vantage in tht shape of a few days rest, lie made it an ex cuse for sending me off on a lugi brious mission like this; and Charley would, no doubt, have a good legacy, too, out or it. "I don't suppose, it's much," he said to me. "IVrhajm a bundled or two hardly worth going down for, you know!" So I had to go with no legacy in view at aJI, small or large' However, as I have said, I set out for the place it was Devonshire- and in due course T arrived at the little town, and put up at a hotel for the night. The f-jiieral wa.s fixed for the following day, and on inquiry I learned tiiat the lions' I had to go to w as only a short distance away. The next dny, therefore, sow- roe among the assembled guests. I found out Mr. Parcbly and silently showed him his own letter. "Ah," sn;d he, 'ou are Mr. Wiburu. Very good, (dad to si-e you." I did not r"ply, so be concluded that I was Charley Wi burn, without having said anything one way or the other. Rut, when, after the funeral, the will came to 1m; read. I found Charley was down for ,5,imh. That made me think it harder lines than ever that I should have had to come down iu his place. The weather was atrociously cold; the March winds strong and blustering, with showers of sleet aud snow, and I felt, cold and miserable. At the end of the reading of the will I was mak ing my way out to get back to the hotel, w hen some one said: "Mr. Wilburn, I leliee?" I looked around and saw a stiff, military-looking oh! boy re garding me with a smile throtigu his spectacles. "Charley," said he, "don't you rememlier me?" I thought to my self: "Oh. now I'm in for it. Here's a nice mess all through trying to serve ( barley. Just my bad luck." This feeling did not grow less when he said: "Milly wants to speak to you. She has been looking at you, anil says she can hardly recognize you for her old playfellow." ("No wonder," I thought. "It would lie strange if she did.") She came up and shook hands, and the moment I looked at her I simply fell helpless over head and ears in love then and there. She seemed to be the Liveliest, most adorable creature I hal ever seen. A sudden resolve came into my mind. Kather than run the risk of losing the chance I now had of sjieaking to her I would say nothing alxtut my not being "Charley," let the consequences be what they might. "Don't you rememlier your 'ittle playmate, Milly?" said she, with a bluslr and an entrancing look of her lieautiful eyes. "Well, it's not so sur prising, for I should never have known you, either, if Mr. Parchly had not pointed you out to me." Lief ore I exactly realized what I was doing I was whisked off to Maj. JJain field's house as I found the name of Milly's father to lie to dine, calling at the hotel for my eening "togs" on the way. 1 found the major's house a neat, nuiet-looking little place on the out skirts of the town. He lived alone with his daughter (bis wile being dead), a housekecer and one servant. Though everything was comfortable, there was that indescribable air that gave one the impression that they were not too well off as regards this world's goods. Since I was not too well off, either. this would not have troubled me, but for that legacy of 5,000 I was sup posed to have come in for. "Was that the secret cause of this sudden friend liness?" I asked myself. Rut when I looked at Milly, and saw the frank giance of her truthful, honest-looking eyes, I felt ashamed of myself; nor. when I regarded the major, and noted the open, manly look the fine old sol dier gave tKick to me, could I bring my ;xlf to think of him as a scheming old fortune-hunter. , Such good friends did we three be come that 1 lingered ou in the place for a week, during which time I grew daily more uncomfortable at the part I was 1 laving. .At last I sought out Milly one day, alone, and confessed the truth to her. -1 .t "I am not surprised, she said; 1 thought you were not much like the Charley I used to know. But I am fcorry for you sorry to think your cousin should have got that 5.0O0, while you were not even so much as mentioned." ' "Ah!" I said, with a sigh, "that is Charley's luck and mine. It Is al ways the same always has been, and always will be, I suppose." I was thinking what I dared not say that, if that 5,000 had but been mine, I could have asked her to be mine, too; whereas, now, with my oor pros pects well, of course, it was folly even to dream of such a thing. I watched her narrowly after that, but could see no difference in her treat ment of me. I had w ritten to Charley, telling him of his good fortune, and that I was go ing to stay ou down here for a few days; but beyond a brief note expressing won der at whatever attraction 1 could see there at that time of the year, he had said nothing aud writteu no further; not a word of thanks or of reference to his JL 5,MK) legacy. Another week slipped by, and I still stayed on. At the end of that time I was in such a state of mind that, one day, fimjang myself alone with Milly, I blurted out my hojieless love for her, and said 1 should go away al once, for I felt that I could not possibly stay on there any longer. Milly, always quiet and self-possessed, remained silent awhile, and then said, looking down: "1 think you had better speak to pafa. "What!" I rapturously exclaimed; "do you really bid me hope, Miffy? Do you really think there is a possibility of your father " I stopjied and shook my head. "Alas, no!" I ,aid, "such a thing could not happen to me. It would be Charley's luck, that not mine." "Well," 'said Milly composedly, "they say you never know your luck till you try; but if you are too faint-hearted to try, why, of course " "I'll go off and find the major and have it out at once," I burst out. And I saw him accordingly, aud told him the whole story, humbling apolo gizing for daring to ask :'or his daugh ter's hand, when, as I was bound to tell him, I was not Charlej', but Jack Wi burn, and I had no 5,00 J legacy, and no prospects in particular, and "no luck!" "H'm," said the major, "how 13 it Master Charley comes iu for all the luck in this way?" "I don't know, sir," I answered, dole fully, "lie goes alout more and makes himself more liked, I think, while 1 " I hesitated. "While you stick at home and work. Is that it?"' he asked. "Well," I returned, "I try my bfst. Y'ou see, I have nothing else to rely on- -or hope for like Charley. It's his luck aud mine!" "However," said the major, "I have been told you get your pictures hung, and sell them, which is more than he does. Is that luck, too?" To this I made no reply. I could not see its relevancy. "Now, look here. Jack Wiburn, the major went on. "I knew you were net Charley Wiburn."(I looked up in sut prise.) "Milly told me; and I have made certain inquiries of my own, and I have something to tell you. The late Alex ander Stephen Wiburn was a, very old and intimate friend of mine, and had long ago set his heart upon Milly's mar rying Charley" (here I junied up ex citedly, but he waved his hand to me. as a sigu to lie quiet). "But he was de termined that, if it came aliout at all. it should be spontaneous, and not through any compulsion or unworthy motive. But in. that will you heard rend the other day there was something you did not hear it was mixed up in another matter; but it eomesj to this: That if Milly married 'his nephew," he and she were to have a certain sum between them to begin housekeeping. I have consulted Mr. Parchly upon this matter, and he agrees wit h me that, as Charley's name is not expressly men tioned, and as he would not take the trouble to come down himself, even to tlie funeral of his poor old uncle, who had been so kindly disposed to him, if Milly likes you well enough to have you. you and she will be just as much en titled to the sum set aside as if Master Charley had married her, and I am sure I shall not object to the situat ion. In the will the only condition is that Milly shall marry 'his nephew, and, of course, you are as much his nephew as Charley is. Therefore I leave it with Milly; if she says 'yes, I say the same, and you will both have something to set up housekeeping with." No need to tell the joy with which I heard the unexpected news, or the heartiness with which I thanked the kind-hearted major. "I'll go off and tell Milly at once," I said; but I had not gone fax when he called me back. "You don't ask how much you will have to start housekeeping upon," hc said. "What matter, sir, since you think it enough? I answered. "H'm; but you may as well know. You might not think it enough." "How much is it, then?" I asked. "Fifty thousand pounds," said the major. And this is what Charley lost and I gained by that journey Milly (worth more than all) and 50,000 And now Charley won't speak to me or to my wife for Milly and I are mar ried and he says I merely took ad vantage of him; but I say, as I used to say before, it is all his luck and mine. Lientleworaan. An Unhealthy Bualueta. In a recent medical rejioft of Prof. Celli it is stated fhat in the rice fields around Ravenna, Italy, the workers, mostly females, are bowed nearly double, emaciated, with ashen-gray complexions. all to gain 12 cents a day, and their children are anaemic, tym panitic and under-sized. St. Louis G lobe-Democrat. Not Sclantlne. A song with the title: "There's a Sigh in the Heart." was sent by a young man to his sweetheart; but the paper fell into the hands of the girl's father, a very unsentimental physician, who exclaimed: . "What wretched, unscientific rubbish Is this? Who ever heard of such a case?" He wrote on the outside: "Mistaken diagnosis; no sigh in the heart possible. Sighs relate almost en tirely to the lungs and diaphragm!" SCENE AT THE HOSPITAL. Kxperlence ot m Man Who Said Doctors Wen Hcartleaa, An opinion was expressed by a pro fessional man the other day that doe tors were a heartless lot of people, and the man who expressed it bucked it up, says the New York Sun, with an in cident he had witnessed in a hospital. A patient was suffering from hy drophobia, and the professional man, who was looking at the sufferer, asked the doctor: "Does the sight of water throw him into a spasm?" "You can see for yourself, replied the doctor, and he produced a glass of water, the sight of which brought on a spasm horrible to witness. Some time later, when the ward where the sufferer was lying was vis ited by two physicians, oue of them asked the attending doctor: "What is his condition? Has be got any chance of getting well?" "He is very low," was the reply "He's likely to die any minute. You'll be at the autopsy to-morrow, won't you ?" "That shocked me." said the profes sional man. "It was all right, I know. The )atient didn't understand, but the idea was shocking. It was cold-blooded. It doesn't seem to me that a hu man Wing should ever permit himself to become sq callous. But they do. I want to say right now that if 1 am ever sick I" shall protest against going to a hospital so long as there is breath in my body. I'll die at home or in the fetreet, but no hospital ever gets me, remember tliat." OUTGROWN FRIENDSHIPS. Sad Change. In the Nuoojr Fields of Con radeahip. Is there anything more distressing in life than a friendship outgrown? This doesn't mean one that has been broken off through some difference of opinion, some misunderstanding that a few words could have set right, or an estrangement the result of a hasty tenier that prompted ugly words and untruthful, bitter sentiments; no, a friendship outgrown is the unhappy product of too much worldlinesu on one side or the other. Perhaps educa tion would le the better word, or a knowledge of the world a more comely phruse. but w hichever pleases most the outcome of the same never varies. Take two girls at school, says the Philadelphia Times, chums they have been through all the years of study and fun they have, passed together, they separate at graduation swearing eternal friendship, letters fly back aud forth for a time, and then one his the other a visit. Ah, how many illusions have lieen diste!led in that reunion? Life has changed one, perhais. from the girl of a year ago into a woman, while it has left the other where she was. After the first good talk over old tiuies they cannot help seeing that there is something different in the at mosphere that was once so thorough ly congenial. The visit over, a few more letters, then silence and another friend ship lost in that great labyrinth of change that has grown upon the sunny fields of comradeship. THE MARINE BAND. Formerly Made More MoIko Than Musle The lloom-Fab Horn. "The Marine band, now the pride of the nation's caiMtal," said an old mu sician to the Star writer, "had but few brass instruments except bugles when it was organized. Indeed, there were but few brass instruments in use in those days, for cornets, alto horns and tubas are comparatively new. I re member to have ncen the Marine band marching through the streets of this city, led by six violinists, with two or three violas, a fiddle in size lietween the ordinary violin and the violoncello. Nearly all t 1m other instruments were reed, flageolets and clarionets, with an occasional French horn. The big at traction of tlie Imiid for street parades was a chime of bells, which were carried on a big stick above the player's head. He shook them as the band marched along, and made a great deal of noise if not. music. Cymbals, drums, bass anil snares, were more in evideucc as feature! than they are now. The Ma rine, band had the honor and credit of inventing what was coiled the hoom lah horn. It was a horn of immense size. It was not intended so much for musical purposes as it was to carry off plunder. . Whenever the band ofti ciated at receptions, lionqueta and the like the bandsmen aeked it full of good things for the children at home." HIS RETORT COURTEOUS. Would Chun the Ntory So aa to Give Doe Credit. Dr. Chalmers, the eminent divine, was fond of tellingthe following story: Lady Betty Cunningham, having hail some difference of opinion with the parish minister, instead of putting her usual contribution in the collection plate, merely gave a stately bow. This having occurred several Sundays in succession, the elder in charge of the plate at last lost patience, and blurted out: "We cud dae wi less o ver man ners, an mair o yer siller, ma ieddy.' Dining on one occasion at the house of a nobleman he happened to repeat the anecdote, whereujion the host, in a not over-well pleased tone, said: "Are you aware. Dr. Chalmers, that Lady Betty is a relative of mine?" "I was not aware, my lord," leplied the doctor; "but, with your permission, 1 shall mention the fact the next time I tell the story." Volcano, and Icebergs. In recent years the size and number of icebergs seen in the south Atlantic and south Pacific oceans have both been enormous, and various suggestions have beeu made to account for the phenome non. Evidently something unusual has been going on in the unknown regions surrounding the south pole. The latest suggestion bearing on this subject comes from Mr. II. C. Russell, who has presented it before the Koyal Society of New South Wales. His idea, in brief, is that there has been an extraordinary outburst of the great volcanoes known to exist within the Antarctic circle, and that the consequent shaking of the ice clothed shores of the Antarctic conti nent has resulted in the breaking off of immense fragments of ice, which hare afterward been driven northward by winds and currents. Youth's Com panion. HANDLES MILLIONS. The Man Who Ships the Gold of the Government. Petar Shay, of Washington, TPneka the Preclona Metal In Kp-H( Una Heen In the Beninese Thirty Tt'enra. A sturdy old man whose office is in a dingy- little building down town is an important factor iu the gold ship ments that are made from this coun try. James Shay is the man's name, and he supervises the handling of near ly all the gold coin and bullion that is shipped abroad. Shay is a cooper by trade, and at his little shop at 13 Fletcher street are made nearly all the kegs and bt-xes in which the pre cious yellow tuetal is shipped. It is needless to say that the cooper of Fleu?her street has been a very busy man these last lew years, and conserv ative estimates of the gold which he and his assistant have handled during the last 12 months would be $15o, 000,000. When it is added that Mr. Shay has been in the business over Do j ears, the enormous fortunes which have passed thrcugh his hands without the loss of a siugle dollar can best bw appreciated. When a banker or some large export ing house finds it necessary to make a shipment to Kurope, about the first thing that is done is. to send for Mr. Shay, who nas a virtual monojoly of this part of the business. Gold for shipment abroad is packed in kegs and boxes, just as the fancy of the shipper may dictate. For amounts ex ceeding $500,000 kegs are generally used, as they a re easier to handle, and contain $50,000 each. The empty kegs are made of well-seasoned oak, aud banded with hoops of steel. When packed and sealed each keg weiglis nearly 20O pounds. The boxes used by the cooper are made of basswood or oak, neatly dovetailed. These are also bound with strips of steel. When Cooper Shay receives an order from a banker to pack a quantity of gold, the boxes or kegs aie sent from his shop to the bank. There, with the help of a few trusted assistants, the packing is done in a room used for that purpose. After the gold has been put in stout canvas bags, containing $5,000 to $10, 000 each, and caiefully sealed, they are put in the boxes or kegs, which, in turn, are sealed with tape and wax in three or four places. They are then placed on a truck and conveyed to the steauuihip pier. Not once has anyone ever tried to molest the truckman, but this may be through ignorance of the precious load he u driving. Another teason, too, is that the truck is always guarded by several armed men. It is no exaggeration to say that the amount handled by Mr. Shay, if con verted into double eagles, would make a pathway 100 feet wide around the globe. Certain it is thit if ihe money were all his, Mr. Shay's wealth would be greater than that of the Rothschilds. Vaoderbilts, Rockefellers, Goulds and Astors put together. "Are you not sometimes possessed of a strong deaiie to run away with & portion of the many millions which you handle?" asked the reporter. "Never," said the cooper, with a smile. "The metal weighs too much, and I don't think 1 could carry it very far before I got caught myself." The olJ cooper has been engaged at bis trade for upward of 35 years. lie has amassed a modest competence, atkd lives with his family of grown-up children in a neat little house in Brooklyn. When he goes home at night he forgets all about the fortunes which passthrough hi hauds. end is probably more contented than any of the rnillionairs of Wall street. Washington Star. HOME-THRUST. Lord Mansfield's Scotch Blood Loses Ulna nn 1 important Case. It is said that the saying: "Much may be done with a Scotchman if he be caught young," which has passed into an historical w iticlsni. was first spoken by Dr. Johnson in reference to Ixrd Mansfield. An amusing little incident is said to have giv-n rise to the re mark. Lord Mansfield, having received his education entirely in England, always considered himself an Englishman, but the fact that he was born in Scotlan.l was once referred to w ith great effect. Gen. Sabine, governor of Gibraltar at the time, having failed in his attempts to extort money from a Jew, sent him back by force to Tetuan, in Morocco, from whence he had come to Gibraltar. The Jew afterward went to England, and sued the governor for damages. Lord Mansfield, who was then known as Mr. Murray, was, counsel for the gov ernor. In the course 6f his defense be fore the jury, he said: "True, the Jew was banished; but where? Why, to Ihe place of his na tivity! Where is the cruelty, w here the hardship, where the injustice of banish ing a man to his owfc country?" Mr. Now ell, counsellor the Jew, re tortedc "Since my learned friend thinks so lightly of the matter, I ask him to suppose the case his own; would he like to be banished to his native land?" . The court rang with peals of laugh ter, in which Murray himself joined with a right good will. Youth's Com panion. He Wrote on Ilia Cuffs. An amusing little story is told in connection with a French journalist, who, in his early days as a reporter, hail a deep-rooted aversion to the regu lation note book of his order, and hit. upon a method of taking notes which afforded him great satisfaction. He wore large, white linen cuffs and upon, them, by the aid of a tiny pencil, he took down his notes and impressions, in all sorts of places, unobwe rved by those around him. At first the laun dress was greatly puzzled by these pe culiar ornamentations, but as time went on she learned to decipher many of them, and gathered the news of the week from her patron's cuffs, much to her delight. One night when she took home the washing the ' journalist chanced to be coming out of his room as she entered. "Ah, monsieur," she said, dropping a curtsy, "your last washing was very interesting, but we had lees political news than the week, before, is it not so?" BLIGHTED HOPES. Toons; Woman's Efforts to t'aptnre a Man's Heart Did Not Have ltnlred ItnalU "You have a careworn look w hkh is new to me," remarked the girl w ith the Of-1 rich feather boa. "Can It ie that you are helping to get up a charitable entertainment?" "No, I am not." replied the girl with the lorgnette; "I have woes enough of my own w it hout that. I've leen having my photograph taken." "I don't see anything awful in that, save the fact that you have to pay the photographer," said the girl with the ostrich feather lxa. "All you hae to do is to sit still for a moment, and it "I can manage the sitting Mill well enough," said the girl with the lorg nette; "I once stayed in the house with a female suffragist until my own voice sounded strange to me. I never did like to be photographed, but, you see, I promised Charley Toker ages ago that I would send him a picture. I heard ten days ago that he has made quite a fortune in the far west, niel my conscience began to prick me re garding my broken promise. It would lie so sad if he lost his faith in woman just now; I really felt it my duty, however unpleasant it might be, to liaie that photograph taken at once." "Quite right, too. "Rut after all, you might as well have sent him a copy of the photograph you :md I had taken t gether last summer. I shouldn't hae minded at all if you had. "Thank you, dear, but that one is much better of you than of nie; it might have caused him to think that I had d velojied a tiair of cross-eyes iu his ab sence. No, as I say, I really felt it my duty to sit. I lay awake for two nights deciding whether it should be a full face or three-quarter view." "And which did you decideon?" "That made no difference, dear; the photographer merely glanced at me and said: 'Profile.'" "Humph! He couldn't have been more despotic had he lieen a dresmaker." "No. I wanted to wear my new evening gown, but he decidtd on the old silk w aist I wore under my jacket. He wouldn't let me have the negative I wanted, either." "Good gracious! Y'ou surely can't 1-c well, dear. Was there anyoni on whom you wanted to make a good impression in the next room?" "Not a soul. The truth is that those negatives showed me two wrinkles 1 did not know that I iossessed. and wh.n the wrinkles begin to come it is time to be amiable to evwrylmdy." "H'm. Perhaiw you are quite rifrbf. But how did you like the photographs when they were finished?" "Very well; they had a yielding, anVa ble look, calculated to produi-e a great effect upon a man w ho has just made a fort une." "Pshaw! Any girl would look amiable at such a man, unless "She was already engaged to one w ho had made a fortune some time ago; 1 know. Well, I sent the photograph to Charley, w hen I finally got it. What do you think he wrote me in reply?" "Is it possible that he didn't like it?" "Oh, no; he liked it very much. Said that his wife thought that my style of hair-dressing perfectly lovely, and " "Rut I didn't know that he had a wife!" "Neither did I," said the girl with the lorgnette. "Do you think I'd have taken all that trouble if I had known it?" N. Y. Journal. OBLIGING COL. WRIGHT. They Made a His; Mistake, Bnt That Didn't Count. There wasn't any particular excite ment over the hanging of the mar. pointed out and arrested at Rig Bend as the chap who stole a ack mule froi: CoL White's camp, over on Fish river. One of White's men. who was over after bacon, happened to meet tho stranger, and he went to Jim R-dfern. president of the vigilance committee, and said: "Jim, is it a good dav fur a hang in?" "Wall, tolerably far," replied Jim. "The kuss who stole our pack mewl is down in the tin-frout saloon." "I see. And you want him hung?" "I don't keer no great shakes alout it myself, but I reckon the kurnel w ould b pleased." "I'm willin to obleege Kurnel While, as he's a good friend of mine, but do you think the critter down thar has any objeckshuns to bcin hung?" "He don't look like a man who'd kick about it. 'Pears more like a critter who'd be glad to be off the airth." "Wall, we'll take chances on him." said Jim, and he went to his shant and got a rope and asked eight or ten of the boys to go along. When the crowd reached the tin-front saloon the stranger w as just comin' out. "Say, we want you, remarked Red fern. "What fur?" . Mt "(Join to hang you! "Cause why?" "Fur stealin Kurnel White's pack mewl." "Wall, fire away!" He was escorted to a tree whereon a dozen or more men had lieen duly hanged, ami lifted uon an emp'y w hisky barrel and the noose placed over bis neck. "W"ant to say anything?" asked Jirr. as all was ready. "Nothin tall." "Thin let er go!" An hour later White's man, w ho hod started for home, returned to hunt up Mr. Red fern and say: "Look-a-yere, Jim, that feller didn't steal our mewl." "No!" "They got the feller and the mewl over at Clay City aud hung him thit morn in. I thought this was the feller, but I must hev bin mistook." "I see. Wall, he's bin hung and buried and we can't help him any. We'll jest let the next one off to even up things. My complimeuts to the kurnel. and tell him I shall always stand ready to obleege." Detroit Free Press. Rattle Won After Denth. The Iwtttle won by a king after his death was the victory achieved by peo ple of the Cid. in Sain. Three days after the death of the Cid his capital was attacked by the Moors in great force. His eople waslaed and dreSMeil the body, clad it in a suit of the finest mill, tied it ou a horse and, surround ing it by a brilliant cavalcade of officer and attendant?, went forth to little. TThe Moors were panic-stricken ami fled la .dismay. AMBULANCE ON WATER. Steam TUtunrh Added to the London Hos pital Kerr Ice. The: managers of the Metropolitan asylums board. London, have just ascd upon plans for an ambulance launch for river soriee. Her dimen sions, says the Philadelphia Record, are as follows: length lietween jierjien Uiculars, t0 feet; breadth. 12 feet inches; depth, fo?ir feet; draught of water when fully equipped, two feet eight inches. The hull is built of Siemens-Martin niild steel throughout- to Imanl of trade requirement;: for passen ger certificate. She is built in tie com partment,. I tl,. fre jiait of the ves sel is a cabin ftr the accommodation of the stall am f.r visitors proccediuir to visit p.'itiiiit-i in the hospital ships in Ing Reach. Ih-.r! ford, and is capable of accommodating alxtut L'O iersoijs. In. the after iart there is a c.-bm fitted up as a hospital, with four lerths two lie inp fixed ami two p-.rtable and w ith all the necessary requirements for carrv ifig four nt'iiniK'Ut imtientn. Roth of these cabins are ln-autl with steam and are provided with suitable skylights and all the necessary fittings for a boat of its class. The machinery is fixed amidships and isof the trip!"-epat!sion type, w ith sur-fa-e condenser, and -aable of driving the vessel at a Sioed of t-ti knots. A water-tight trimming tank is built at the fore eud of the vessel of sufficient catwcity that when tilled with water it w ill bring the vessel to an even keel ot two feet eiirht inches. SAVED THE OWNER TROUBLE. Burglar Opened a Safe When the Combi nation W a. Lost. The proprietor of a large store on High street went to his place of busi ness at an unusually early hour one rj'orning; in fact, the uu had not yet risen when he turned the key in the door. On entering he was surprised to find a man trying to ojien the door of his safe, lie s-tm.il and watched him lor some time, aptare:itly deeply in terested in the proceedings, says the West Bedford ( Mass.) Windmill, when finally the burglar swung open the floor of the safe with a delighted chuckle, but hapjiening to t urn he saw that he was discovered, and lccanie very much alarmed. He jumjied up aud was aliout to make his escaiie through a back w indow-, w lit n the merchant called to him: "Ion"t be in a hurry, my friend; come laek and sit down awhile and f moke acigar. w hile I straighten things up a bit, and then come to breakfast with me. You have done, me a great favor." "Why. how's that?" asked the bur glar, in great surprise. "Well, you see. I bad the combina tion of the safe on a bit of apcr. and last night I accidentally locked it in the safe and forgot how to work i. I spent most of the night trying to get the thing ojen, and came in early this morning to have aunt her try at it." A DETECTIVE MYSTERY. Was the Noted Stent h Himself n Soww fol Bank Cracksman. "The nx-t mysterious affair I ever knew in detective circles." said a well known sleuth to a Washington Star writer, "was a -a--- in the west. A detective had le-oue fatuous by reason of his success in ferretinc out hcavy rolilKTics. It seemed that none of 1 he rofc!sionaIs could cticape when he mce stancl ujion their trails. After a time aJI such cases were placed in his hands. The first one that he could not discover the thief was a big lank robta-ry, then after a year or two knottier, then another; his reputation was suffering, but it was till good, as during the same period he was suc cessful in other difficult eases. He was taken sick with fever, and while de lirious tild how he himself hail r etrated the robberies, describing every movement in Oeta.it. hen he reeov ered.. it was claimed that his failure to unravel the mystener had caused the raving confessions, but other men were put. uon them, and they failed to find any clew w hatever. The detec tive retired and lives in elegant style, but w hether or not he was as siiccess f nl in eluding law- as in enforcing it will probably never really be know n." Enropr l.renia lirrrn. It appears that the island of Heligo land still continues under the German rule to maintain its character as a sort of EuroiH-aii Gretna (lieen. The Heligo land clergy are Lutheran, and are elected by the iieople. after the ancient Frisian custom. But most of their 5rvi-cs as ministers of holy .i.atrimonr ar- not rNjuired by the nemlers of their ow n flock, but l y outsiders w bo cross the sfas to the island for the sake of getting married. Herr 1- rndt. the organist and music teacher of the Hand, has officiated foi several years as the "father" of iiuiiic rous brides, and h is accepted his ie a yeur-e" no lrs tin n ". times. When he gi-es away a la lv whom he has n.er s-h-ii lie fore to a gentleiiifii alvout whom he 1 mvs nothing at all. Iierr Rerndt a.it pts a fixed "honorarium" of K' marls so at least the IVrlin l:is F.choe tells us in a notice of the organist's recent jubi lee as a matrimonial proxy -fat her. The Sense of Direct Ion. If there be. hs some supjse. a sixth sense, by which animals, birds and in sects know in w hat direction to move toward a given sot, bow many strange things it explains! The late Prof. Riley once hatched some Japanese aiJanthu silkworms in Chicago. He confined h female moth iu a small cage; he car ried a male of the family by nighl to another art of the city, a mile and a half away, and Iilerat-d it, havinsr first, attached a silk threud to its alxlomen. In the morning the male moth was hov ering around the cage of his imprisoned sister. Youth's Companion. Cannon Hall's Wonderful Flight. The most careful ex jn-riments ever made on the flight of a cannon I mi 11 were those conducted by the English author ities in the jubilee year. The experi ment was made with a 22-ton gun, and it wa.s found that a lvall fired from th.; monster made a flight of 12Vj feet over 12 miles I ie fore it struck the ground. Careful timing with an improved chronometer proved that the liall was f'9'x seconds making the 12-mile journey and that the highest point it attained was 17,OoO feet above the earth's surface. . . ir
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