....in : Froeman -A.dvertiRin q-JRatt t I D Tb Urr and i-alta-oacli-caiattat. at Ua mim eoBtUd.railea orMrtrtiMn . lawn will aa i I..5 f " - 1,200 , titer I .fln Katea. .,-!-!. in advance 1. ,-y.l.' "..i ur.in 3 rnonih. 1.5 o J" ii-t pn'i wiH'lo inuia". a no i j ! ,, L..t aiJ witaiu Hie ' . ..aijic outside of iDo count; t4r:--. . . .t4i ,er I .vent ino ?. ":, ..V. ""f.vi.ivt'nn m advance wi nut ea. . c-r-" ,n me -aine tooting v tiioje who j.i'' ,,e ,1-tioctly unOersuxxi rroc r i-rt- ; V. , 3s r - ' before yon stop It. If fU p ,11- U. !l'e " 100 rul,rl- f.' . . V .'A HANDFUL OF DIRT MAY BE A HOUSE FUL OF SHAME." CLEAN HOUSE WITH APOLIO The Indestructible "Maywood BICYCLE. : ..... a i ,s:.r 7 : Sob STRONGEST Vv WITH COUPON. VeeloaEar. pkOUBLC V. "' VST72, M a yvvood n v Model No. 5 XJjAVJ ...n vT. JM'.-1' ,8!" Oct. IA1,I i .l.vl.. IH'JI Jn , th-' xirnntjrxi an I KtrnfUtit hwitele CTfrmadc. Adapted for all kinds of M:.!.- f inntfrial that im ao'i.. n-i,h o.xf u-irii; simple In cotmtrurtion. : 1 i i:t n'. tin t: ikis few parts; is of ch iry conittiut-iioii that, its parts , .. :i i: a: i :nvi if.n : no li!lo-.v tr.liti; to cruli in at every coutart; a frame k. siinple tliot its adjustini; art .-rive a- Its coiinoi-t intr part x: a one-,- , i p:ir:s; always realty toitive reliable and rapid traniortation. r i !- a:: I r: ! 1 1; . 'i I..i!iil.-diani' ii !. cuaraiitn-tl . -t and str.ni;ett n-.etal for . i i : : :::: :-.k.' 1:1 5.'.J.-n :i m' itimiii i imposxitii.- to l.reaK or anv part work :v ; : ; : v . 1 ; y. MMipdeity and durabihry; tbe tro-tPft -miii:iatiou of iucennity ;-:r: k:i":i. t.hiul i a frame without brazen joints and tnbiiiir. as jou know 1 : ii : I v rr.-ikan I Iric-ture at l-razen j-M'ita. and mbts wln-u thev are buckled , r ; .:r !. U ll..r.i. J-inch: warranted wood rims, piano wire 1 amrmt Hikes Ill Larire b;rri 1 pat'ern. Tl iH-JS'-Arlinuton" Hospiie or Mor- ; :i k l;.;-i:r. or si'ine other rirwt-flaus i-rsenmatic tiie. HKA ft I Nt.S Hall .." . rv ; rt ri -l'ld'tiir whe- Is. crank axl.. sieerini: bead and pedaH. (i I's AM) , .jiti y !! sree'. carefully tem.H-red and hardened. 1 Al NS - lliuh trrade " : r- t- ir a i :u-t!iieni. CKWKS ur celebiateii one-piece crank, f ully pro : r n i ..tt -r pir.s. UK Wit Snortest. itu-h-s: oinre-t. :tT incurs. oKAK i;n r I t is K - Indent met I ble: fork crown made from .run-barrel steel. II VNDLE 4 ilf it: r-i i: K i.- I- an! adjust i'ie: easiiv anjasted to anv nosii ion dessred: ram a horn fnr :. . A llI.K P. .v- K.. tiillir.m. or some ot her hrst-vlass make I.I1.8 r ; !"H ' -(il oearina. F1MSH Knamelcd in iilack w ith all btlcht parts . I. r. i :i l;icvele complete, with tool has. pump, wrench and inler. Weight, 0 :it;. v l it-, addles, etc. to :iponnds. imlonr "ivrlil Wholesale i'rlec. Never before sold . . i, ;4 T-i j ih 'U iTiT'iilni''1 th? "H irwitoil Hicyele. we ' v.-1 l-"; i' I '"' ".'isi'' a peeial con;on ofTr. civiii2 -verv .:-r .i-: i " a chance to s-t a nrst-class wiieei at the ;. --': r n:T'rt"d. On receint of f.t-S nl cwi"'ii .. :;! ! ' i H"". the above Hicvcle. secnrelv crated, u: i irt:::-- - i:-' d- I:v?rv. Money -elun.ied it not as ,..ir."..:!v! :"--r arrival and examination. We wil ship ;.' Ki-'a : r:v.:. of examination, for .". HO and romm ! i - r;t with order as a cnarantee of , iiiiir warranty with each Hicvcle. ( i !.f : it:- an I von cannot alor 1 to let A j ir--ss all orders to CASH BUYERS' UNION. 61 West Van Buret, Street. 8l5Co!i CH!CAOO. II. I M&'cZ end X.ot- t.p,il t tonauiiifr. (ur It 1 year. :. ....: I:. em tl.j tlynlf r s pn.ni. V.'e are ttie l:iici uu.l rj v . t iu:inut-iaren in Amer- i-:.iti:Vi iiicb-r ad liarness this m ay phip ". i i'fivil-i::.' t exaruir.? before snv mnnpv Is r : '.. .". piy freiirlil loth Ttif not fat.sir.c t .- V. arrant for 2 year". Why pir an acenifli) f i t. i.ri;er fr ymi? Write rnur own onir. I rw. We take all risk of damage in ? " 'D" WHOLESALE PRICES. C-r:ns Wrsons, S3I to SSO. Oaaranteed -.I. :. -sell f re.toeii. Surreys. S65 to SIOO - as sea for ! tt t.-a. Top Buggies. C- 7. CO. as r..-.ai fur fti. Phatons.sefi i sno. Form Wapons, Wagonettes, f il'i Wagons. Delivery Wagons Road Carts, ku v lu ob bls, iiu a imuian. ? - j ifcs $23.50 Oar lb rr at Vanufi turer'a S c. t pB -ay. No. I. arm H&nMw. RIOrG . vniLE" and FLY ETS. wrirnt iT f..r cm.h vlth a-rr. Strmti -W. la akVgfc. PUT BEHflCP UUI rniULd "itUf 4ERM0T0R ri Company. r-i 4 -.l"U.; Ft. Worta. --. - --. " ... . w,iKiunacu t uew ioea in wiuamni ana W iter Supply Goods. Evervthino- the hrmr I. ln.. 1 n n.rfnl li ... nr ......n. J r i - . - . ... . . . -- and have therefore 1 .4 JYK Throoili eratitude. aSA s1 deal ... IT 7. U " . ...... bra (nh. n.M . , . -. ....... . -kk-. o l"h uuee ,altal """ rump or z i v S KJ t If) Chestn.,1 St. Philada., Pa. i-. ..(t f-rirw-! for tiih Itl.il n.rtructiuo to Short-hand. Tipe-wiriting. Correspondence. Practical Grammar. t.'k Cuisiaiitcs, ate. I in t'itjiinint; crood 9- Li. r fer.nar r C t-t 'IlC' ,'.1 . i. r VJ "f'lTHjHf Livrn Mijrr .. .' i ort.. to "isar.ds anmiallyof LivprCom ; . ; 1-: '""I'iTleS3 Ja 'lice, Uyspetv fwv'ir,,li"n' Mala.lu Jl ore Ills f ' dc.r..niaa T'nhealthy Liver thanany CrTr'Y: "''7 puffer wheayoacaa a-r-:-re , r- Sitiford's Liver InTisor i m ''', '"''raTp.l f -(timIv moirinp. l !' It:: (;,IT iv M 1. "l I'IM.Y VOC. fHE fiCC!DENTS OF LIFE Write to T. S. QINCEY. Draw m VJj, Ch'cago, Secre tary of the Star Accidesit Company, for information reiarding Accident Insur ance. Mention this paper. r.y so doing you can save Has paid over frUO.UW.OO for ip fee. -.al injuries. Be your own Agent. N 1:'--CAL EXAMINATION REQCIRED JOHN F. STRATTON'S . .at all 1.4-aIa- "". Guitars, Binjos. Accordeons. Harmoal kinds of Strinot. etc, etc. c..vw.fclo.fci7 EaitlftliSL. New York, f FJ! - :r..ty. i i; ri " .I'li.o. a7 ii": fcl'; " f.V&7:.7 ia niNDMUL BUSINESS. we believe 1 - 5 5 VV. ; r ' 'vlo- iVi.ra iow ,c,es- h,sh grades and IarKe sales. We make short :-r? i l, r'5 : ZJtv u1 Pwer stroke pomps, with best seamless. ;55 V?V"--h :H'.(r.-.NY.;. if .Ml tirtns 1 4 1 V1rwmA HVAWta.tU.i. IP j m mi - r -cr JAS. C. HASSOh, Editor nro VOLUME XXXI. THJS S7S.OO COM PLETE BICYCLE 3. JIM3 .Tan. 21. 1896 I. f5 OHipro IVnoin? i..r tlirt-f ynr-.. Made of -inch cold its weight known': joined together with ! CcL-pcn N3. 2C06 r.OOO FOR 1 SKT with ORDER FOR No. 5 Al ay wood ...Bicvcle... V 5 LEood faith. This is a the oppor- K&!g.:EsS BF8. CO. tte0 Po.727, Boad Wagon. $55 . to tS.60. peiiTHiic tirp. weld lew ELKHAHT. 'NO bv the OTllTeoricern that volontarifv rrtriiwH nri $?5 in Ko. 7S1. Surrey. Wnnwllf Inwt.hiM. tv- u - .. . .? 1 icuwieoiyrerasea to join, defeated wiadmiil combination, and have." and ban nr. trl.-. ir.oL i with, and because we are the sole originators k"u " moaern steel windmill and HA8 6IVINUS MORE THAN I pumps, wiin pest seamless i . i ' . . , . . . .v. w. uidmiuugna azxroincn at fcit ireii;ui 10 ao orancn nouses. end now for neautlfullv iHrmrrarnfi -Tnl o., .... : i vur i mi rat tors may not nave fa pians. mo one Know mo Best rrice onui no kaowi ours. FOR ARTISTIC JOS PRINTING TRY THE FREEMAN. Sci V AGENCYJnr " f A namphm of InfomuU'lon and sl- f kj?y sirct"f tD uwa,.lnwu liow to "fiiiaun -aieina. artanls, Trnrte : V-v ao" muni OL 1 " .; It j pk. a .'.mtuna,.. ' - iew rk. f' AXLE eest In the World ! Set the Genuine ! Soli Ewnwhere! WANTED BY SAM'L WELLS & CO.. 67 VINE ST., CINCINNATI, O. f BRGTST EXPORTERS OF CISSESG III THE U. S vVanted-An Idea Who mn think of torn sim pie Protect yonr Ideas: thev may tiring yon wealth. Write J6HN WfcljDEKIltJRN A CO. Patent AUor neyL Washlnirtnn. I. C. for their l.an prise offer and. UM oX two bundrod InTentiona wanted. FnAZEti GREASE CilrTJ IS 11 ma H M N I " -- Proprietor. HISTORY RCPtATiNG ITSELF. "I am lonesome." said Susie to Robbie. "Won't you ko and play with me, I have a ilay-liousc a pretty play-house down under the old oak. tree. And my toys and dolis are all down there, and oh! there are the- prtt 'oft leaves! And liobliic, I lound two fparrow's nesta too old nests that droppe-d from the eaves. And I fixed them up on some tiny shelves, and oh! everything is so nice! Won't you go down there and play with me? If you will, I'll kiss you twice. "I am lonesome by myself in the play house. And everything is so nice; I think you tiut-'nt go play with me, Koh bie. If you will, I'll kiss you twice" Then with boyish contempt he answered (she was .six and he was ci.uht). "I don't care anything for your play-house, and the siyht i, dolls I hate; And your leaves, anil bird's r.tsts are noth ing if Ui.y do look so pretty and nice; So I don't think I care to ko Willi you, even though you would kiss me twice," Then her little lips quivered with anguish and the child's heart swelled with pain. While the tears ran down the soft little cheeks. He saw it, then answered again: "Why, Susie, you know I was joking, lHn't cry, little swevtheart. Sue: Iet me get my rocky-horse and new toy pun. And I'll play all day with you." If. The years had passt-d by all swiftly with their medley of pleasure and pain. And one day 1 beard these low love words in the spot by the shaded lane: "I am loiifsome," said Kobbie to Susie, "won't you come anil play v-'Th m"- I have built us a house, a pretty new house, down under the old oak tree. And 'tis fixed all snugly and neatly, 'lis cozy and cheerful ami warm If you'll go I'll love you forever and pro tect and shield you from harm." "I am lonesome by myself In the new house. And 'tis cozy and cheerful and warm; I think you might go and live with me, Susie, And I'll love you and shield you from harm." Then with woman's perverseness she an swered the lover's plea of the man: "I don't believe I'll go to your new house; I really don't see how I can. And your neat, new rooms are nothing, if they do look so cozy and warm: So I don't thiak I care to go with you. ever though you would shield rne from harm." Then the man felt the thrill of anguish. the man's b art swelled with pain Hut she smiled as she looked toward him, then softly answered again: "Wr.y. Robbie, you know I was joking, I am always your sweetheart true; I.et us set the Wedding day. Kobbie. And I'll go and live with you." Finis Garrett, in Nashville Ranner. THE PJUCE 0 VANITY. BY M. F. UK.4.YF.S. I. Ill an oxqnisite- boudoir VciIe f'lu-t-w vinle was sitting-, one stormy winter niirlit. In ncuitlly watching- iier rich cousin's toilet. It was just such a jdaee anil svene as f'ecile loved; yet she was oi.ly lierv ;i .i;tTeruiice a joor relation, tolerated with a sort of grudgr'tnir hospitality. Aim! Mr?. Franiley, her w t-alt by cous in, was a hort. vuljjar-Iookiug' woman cross, ill-bred, ill-tempered and gaudi ly arrayed in ruby velvet. "How strangely t hinirs are ordered '. " reelle eoiiitl not. Help saving- to herself, is slie enurrlit a relk-ct ion of lit r own :inir(v!!!.e profile- .tnd sristoor.il V fig ure in an opposite mirror. "I shorn-! have been the child of wealth: she tin toiler. Hut. never mind! I will yet eonijX'l Fortune to empty her g-olden coffers at. my feet!" "Ilow lo you like the red onmellias ip my ha'r. (Voile?" Mrs. Fmm'cy Je-rv:'r:d.-l. "No. Fnnehoii. not t'io dia p'os'ils. you poose! The rubier, to ri VM." The tr'm little French maid tr'ppod airily to the jewel casket to fct out the trreat orimson rulries. that flashed in the rrae-'lifht like drops of blood: an! (V-oile. lon;pfr biiok In her sip l!-s!-a;i d ohair. 1 hoiii'lit seorolly that hor('ousi:i T':rlara wtmld look I'ke a soar'cl nr?mir.rr(.:n lur int'-nelv-oolorcd velvet and jewels, and complexion to match. And so Mrs. Frnmlev roil oil away to the ball in her soft !y-oushioned car riage, well oontent with .herself, and (Voile started out of her reverie. "You may fro, now, Fanohon," she -said, "and you needn't sit up. I have letters to write, and I will attend to Mr?. Framley's toilet -when she re turns." Fanohon lifted her dovelike eyes to Miss Chetwyndes imperially beautiful faoe. '"Shall T not remain to arranrre the room, mademoiselle?" she inquired. "Xo, no. no!" Ceeile. answered, im patiently. "The room is well onoiig-h, and I would ratherlie alone." And not until Fanohon had vanished did sh lift the scarlet Indian scarf which had fallen over the. casket of dia monds, with a smile of triumph mant linff her exquisite coral lips. "I will wear them this onoe." she murmured, to herself. "Harold D;s:irt shall e that I can praoe his wealth like any prinoess. How they flit tor! how they sparkle! Oh. will the time ever come when I. too, shall wear dia monds of my own?" Swiftly ami silently she hurried to her own room, carrying1 the precious casket of white velvet, lined with snow pure satin, in lietr hands, ami dress-e,, herself in tarletan and clematie blos soms. And while Mrs, F ram Icy fondly imnrrinod her yoiine cousin was sleeping eaoefullv at home, and poor Farrlmn supjKised lior to le writinrr letters. Ce eile Chetwynde was frlidinrj throuirh the mazes of the redowa at a stately mansion in Tlelrrra via. with JTamld Pisart's ndmirincr eyes drinking in her TTele-like lovol;ness. while on hor brow anil throat and marbh molded arms t he diamonds shone and cintillatel like threads and lines of fire. II. "Rut. Fanohon. it most have been you? Who el.se should it 1? Confess rjuioklv. and tell me what yon have done with it? iYhy. child, the stones in that eardrop were worth L'SitO." l'oor Irttlc Fanchou stMwl pale and trembling; before Lor indignant mis t ress. "Olu madame, ma dame! Fray le lieve that I never liohehl th-m!" siie faltered, wringing her hands and look ing; wildly around her, as if apprehen sive that the emitosaries of the law mipht HK IS A FKKEMAN WHOM THE TBCTH MAKES FREK AMD ALL ABB ELATES BK8IDK." EBENSJBU11G. PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY already be upon tier. "What nonsense!" cried Mrs. Fram ley, anrrrily. "Here's Cecile, who can boar witness tliat they were all heire last nifrht, when you bronjrht them in, and no out" but yourself has- had access to them since! Of course it is you, and you only, who has stolen my diamond, rins. I was a fool ever to employ a French maid I've always hoard that they are dishonest! (Voile, ring the boll! Send dames for a iolioenian at once!" Cecile Chetwynde. herself very iiale, yet lanp-iiidly self-Ksse.i-sed, pulled the silken roe. Fa notion; de Lisle clasped her hands and fell at the iortly lady's feet. "Oh, madame, spare me! l)o not brinj; this disgrace this unmerited shame on me. and mine! Oh, madame, 1 am as innocent as yourself!" dio cried. Mrs. Framloy jerked tier skirts from the French irirl's cla.sp. "You shall prove that in a court of justice," she said, harshly. "A jiolioe maii! Why tloes not some one bring1 it pol iceman ?" The words tiad scarcely pn-ssed tier lips when Fanohon de Lisle fell, white and lifeless, to the floor, her luxurious jet black hair escaping1 from its bands, and failing1, like a veil, over tier ashen pale face. "She is fainting," said Ceeile, with a quiver in her voice. "She is dead, ma'am." said Mrs. Hoyle, the motherly old housekeeper. "It's the heart she was always complaining of pains round I he heart. You've f Tight ened her to death, ma'am!" "Don't 1h- a fool. Hoyle!" cried Mrs. Framloy, clutching nervously at her throat. "It's only a swoon, (jot some camphor, someliody. Oh, here conies t he otiioer!" Rut it was no gTUlT-voicod policeman w ho was usher-d. into Mrs. Framley's lMiudoir only Harold Disart, who looked around him with a puzzled coun tt nance. "Fray pardon me," he said, with a courteous bow in Mrs. Framley's din e tion. "I fear I am intruding; but I will detain you only fur an instant. I have come to return the. diamond oarri:i: Miss Chetwynde lost last u'ght at Mrs. Fontaine's jgirty. It was found in the conservatory, close to the big palm win re I brought you that last ice. Mis.; Chetwynde." Co. ilo grow scarlet, then pale, as Mr. Ikisart laid the glittering ornament bo side heron the fable. She shrank from tier cousin's eve oven while she stroie to itmtUT Milne faint Oil intila o Iliai.I.s. "The diamond that (Voile Choi wynde lost!" Mrs. Framloy shrilly oj;:cuIate:, beginning to comprehend t he t no sir ation of u .fairs. "Cecile Chetw; nde at Mrs. Fontaine's parly last night! Rase p-rl! Ilow dared ton deceive mo thus? You have leoii llauntinir in my dia monds! You have lx-en systematically acting a. false part! Wreloh. vier! I will no lonirer ha.e yo'.i in my Louse'" Mr. Hisart IrH.kod from the infuriated mat ron to t ho shrinking girl, in surprise find perplexity; but there wore half a score of voices ready to enlighten him or. the. matter. Ceeile buried her face in her hands. "I I meant no harm," she faltered. "It was only for once." "Ami you would have let this poor child suffer for your fault?" Harold Disart exclaimed, reproachfully. "Oh, Miss Chetwynde! how completely you have l-lind.il me up to this time!" Anl he turned away, in cold anger and ill-concealed disgust. At that instant the experienced oid physician w hom the servants had sum moned glanced up from his examina tion. "It w ill matter little to this girl," he said, quietly, "what the world may say of her henceforth. She has gone to a greater tribunal to plead her poor Iittlo eaii-e!" He spoke t rnly. Fanohon tie Lisle was dead. The burial certificate called it "heart disease," and t hoy buried her in a lonely cemetery in a strange land, where n'i tender ha nd con hi hang gai lands on her tombstone. Rut Cecile Chetwynde. al beit she bears a brave front before the world, feels t hat she walks ever with t he crimson stain of murder on her slender white hand! Anil sometimes she wishes it were shr iving under the daisies where Fanohon sleeps. N. Y. Weekly. Cost of at Cardinal's Hal. The rod hat of a cardinal costs him more mency th.iii kings pay for any i x- 0. -pt I heir very host orowt.s. Re fore accepting it the grateful pn late i::iisl 1. :ake oiferiiigs to the the ropagauda and lo his titular church at Knme. ::i.d pay f.-es to a long list of of-'eials. rang ing Troiii chamberlains- at the Vatican l::vv'ti lo the cooks and swer-jwrs and On soldiers of the Kw iss guards. Ind"d. the new cardinal has to ay foes at cv ! y stop from the moment of his cro.iiioi; to the occasion of his reoeiv ing t !n- ti hat in public consistory, and when jdi is over and done finds himself o.ii'. o! po.-ket to the extent of $L'.r(M at icasl If the cnidinal is without means to de fray the cost of his elevation. ai:d if hi is t; reside in Rome, the Vatican is ready' to make him a loan to be repaid in in stallments out of his oa rl v ailovva-.ccs. lva'lin the ltnle. One of I iie regulations at the new Congressional library in Washington .'s that visit rs must carry no paroi Is into lib-- 1 uildiiig. So saystlw Fost, of i h.i? city, and then gives on to rt Lat.-an amus i?;;1 ooeurreiiee: A rat h r tail, broa ! f houidorod outig woman arrived at I h" door of the lil rary, having in h-r ham! a neat In-own paper package. "Xo bun dles are alowed inside, tiie buHding." sa'd t.ir".- attendant. "You must leave it here till you eiaiite out," TIk young v-.oii-.-in oiijootoil. The man taiid it vva the rule. The young woman said it wa--alistml. The num was firm. He. must okcy oi-.lr-rs. The vein woman hes'-tK-lJl; then she in d'd t he p:iroi I. hi.ng several p:iirs of black hose over her urn. handed the nmia the j-ojht. ami said: , "There, you may keep that, until I come out," Not Thrvt. Kind. A gentleman at dinner ordered cham pagne. Ry accident an empty liottlewas placed vqion the tabic by the waiter. After examining it carefully, turnin-1 it round and round nnd upside i!o n, the diner returnt d it to the wa iter and calm ly remarked: "I didn't order it extra dry." DUCK SHOOTING MADE EASY. How sv Millionaire Itags the lianw With out Firing It a Can. There is a mau in this city who has the wealth of a millionaire and the in stincts of a sporting man. Reing able to gratify the instincts, he hail liouglit a patch of river land in the neighborhood of a duck colony, and t here established an exclusive shtHJting ground. Now, everybody does not know this. People generally believe that Mr. Mil lioiuiire is as mighty a hunter as Mr. Nimrod of Riblical fame. Rut here is the secret of this fortu nate sport, as related by an eye-witness. An old French hunter is em ployed on the islaud, and what I 'ere Pirault doesn't know about duck shoot ing isn't worth knowing. He lias an unerring eye and a dilapidate 1 old gun that will bring down more birds at a shot than the best shotgun in the hands tf a sportsman, for that gun cf Fere's never missed a bird in its career. The usual form of dialogue let ween M r. Mil lionaire and his hunter is here repro d need : "IV re eez one duck, Meester M." "I don't see it. Fere." "Non? You no zee dat duck? Hat is so. I Fit. make not varry plain. My sef, I show h'it, Meester M.." and Pore gets Ik Ii ihI the elegant now sijotgun and the amateur sportsman. Rang, bang! Only one gun goes ofT, but that- is Pere'a, and more- than one duck falls inert. "Yon shoot dom duck, Meester XL," says Pore, innocently. "H'it was a great shoot -weir vous." The sarcasm r.f a foreign tongue is lost on Mr. Millionaire. IV re loads up and gives his old gun her head again, and more birds are slaughtered. Ai:d it is confidently believed that Mr. XL's pew Hiotgun has never been fired wit hit! the nieinorv of man. Chicago Times-IIer-akl. THE RUNAWAY STAR. Traveling Tlironch Spare at the Kate of Two llu dreil Miles a! Second. The greatest velocity tha. has been recognized among the siars is found ii the motion -of n st;ir known as 1s:m roombridge. or the runaway star, as it is sometimes called, w hieii is 1 clieve-l to be nishii.g through spaoe at iho rate of "'tl miles per second. This star ap pears to be. moving in a perfect l straight line through the sky. aid it may lo visiting .ur star sys-etu f,ir tiiw first time, but w henee. it ot:i-os or whilher it is goirg i ooiseo::n tell and it is a great enigma t'ltlu-astr mrniers. It.s v (inilerful velocity caim.t b.- c- laiiM-d. us it is far gretit.-r than ei.uld prishn-cd by the ijifluciici-' of all known orbs in the universe, ami. on the other hand, the combin-d attrac tion of all the other stars catirnt stop thus, wanderer in its solitary fl'gh through s-vaeo. until it has rn h d on to tilie remoter dist a nirs. In-yon I vvVo'i the la-rg-st 1eh-scojxs have n ver ere t rated. It has lieen mathematically ?emon Ftmtod that a lrsly a proeu-hing the center of our system fr-ni an hifin te disto.noe eti.niiol. move with a grt :n-r velocity than C.1 miles a second, 'f in 11 nr. need by the attraction if the nurses in our universe alone, but hero we have l-en considering a star moving with eight, times that velocity arid si ill, nol vrlhstandiiig tlae fact t.Iiat it has the grearta-st. motion known among the stars, it. would require ISomni years for this remarkable star to com plot t an en tire, circuit around the heavens. Chi-oag-o Xews. SHOTS AT FAIR WOMEN. Convict "I'm in here for having; five v-.'-ves." Visitor "How are yuu enjoy ii g your lilx-rty?" IxhhIoii F gn. A girl's idea of a pretty wetldingdress is one that cannot possibly be of any use to a -woman after she has married. Washington. Post. "Was the brute who struck his wife punished by the court?" "Xo, when it . aino to the trial the woman would nol it-knowledge herself lx-aten." Tit Dits. "Fvery nia.ii has his price." "Cer tainly. Rut- if .he wants woman toeon sidcr it he. ought to knock otT two cont-s nam the even dollar." Cincinnati En i;iror. Mrs. Wick wire "These clairvoyants" advertisements are so ridiculous. Here if one that biffins, -Mine. X tolls everything." The idea," Xlr. Wickwire --""Tells everything? Any woman can do that." Indianapolis .lounial. There is nothing on earth that gives the average male mortal more sal isfae 1 it'll than to see a thin man arise ami ii"er his seat, in a si root car to a fat v-'omau. especially if he has been silting : I ween two other women. X. Y. Com mercial. "How did j our w ife catch that terr? Me cohl?" "Sh! A new family moved nti the house next d.Kr on one of he coldest days last week. If y.iuor I had stood beside an opoii; wiudovv all ritrnix.ii we'd simply be d-a.L--; 'lovelantl Loader. "I've missed more fun this summer 'ili: n you could shake your tail at." i-in-ed the bull. "How ?"aasked the family horse. "To-day for thescvontu t'uie I lot one of these new women pvt. almost- across tha- field licfore I realized she wasn't a, man." Pearson's Weekly. Ixwrat Lying Land In Fnglnnd. Tlie marshy district calletl "Tiie Fens," which occupies- the nortliern half of Cambridgeshire, the southeast ern corner of Lincolnshire, and parts of Norfolk. SulTolk. Huntington ami Xorl hampton. extending 5(1 miles f.ror.i north to south anil 30 miles in its great est breadth, ami covering an area of T.Vi.noo acres, is the lowest land iu this country. The surface of "The Fen" is on the. average, eight feet below the 1 vol of the North sea. varying from four feet -to 16 feet below the level ef high-water maxk. Tit-Rits. Tht. Oneen's I'rearher. Etiquette is to lie ol-served in preach ing licfore the queen. No personal ref erence to her majesty is ertuissible, a pure (Jos pel discourse leing the rule, delivered as though she was not pres ent. XIany have tried to evade these titles. The quee.n likes and enjoys a plain, practical discourse, selected from the lessons or Gospel of the da v. to occupy about 21) minutes in delivery. Quest ions of the day, and, aliove all, poi it.'cs, must be entirely excluded. Cin cinnati Thiquirer. 8I.BO and 29, 1897. HOW POLLY PROPOSED. "Hi! Jli! All right! All right! Now we sliaiit be long!" taid the gray par rot. I regret to say that the. irrepressible young man that brings the daily milk is the tutor of my arrot in the latest up-to-date slang of the day. 1 am an old sea-oapta-in-at teort, not old. perhajM, the word slipped out un awares. I am t he right side of 50, any how; but being in receipt of a pension and a small private income to boot, 1 have cast anchor in my present abode in the expectation of weathering many a winter's storm yet, Reing without a known relation in the world, I willingly fell in with the suggestion that I should pick up my moorings alongside my old friend aud messmate, Capt. Travers, late 11. N., who, having left one of 'his legs on the west coast of Africa while capturing a slaver, was jiensioned olT at an even earlier age than myself, and now live. with his sister a most comfortable party, fat, fair and 40 or therealiouts in the adjoining house to mine in the neighborhood of London. We had al ways got on well together, our tastes and dispositions were similar, and we had often iuet during our nuval careers. His sister 1 had not previously been ac quainted with, but, lieing in many re spects like her brother, we were soon firm friends. Capt. Travers and myself had each a favorite parrot his the eommon Afri can gray, with si red-tipped tail, and mine the purer variety, without a trace of color, but otherwise similar. I had not long settled down in my new quarters, and got everything; shi--shaiie. or what seemed so to me a very inqK-rtant difference, as I know to-day when, almost, uncoiwoioirsly at first. I began to feel w hat a lonely old bache lor 1 was, and what a set-olT to all my other belongings the figure of Xl'iss Rachel Travers would lie by my fire side. Rut jus-t here the curse of my life liegan to make it.-elf felt. Inherent shyness in the presence of the opjiosite sex has clogged my footstejw from my earliest recollections. (live me a gale of w ind in the Ray of Riscay, a tornado in the tropics, or UO hours duty on deck, wet through to the skin, and Capt. Xlan ley. late of the P. anil O. service, will t hank you for it. and consider life well worth living; but as distieuscr oT delioate attentions to the fair -ex. in tensely as he inwardly admires their pretty ways. Capt. Mauley does not, no, I e certainly does not, show up to ad vantage. Although fond of jiets generally. I have an antipathy to cats, especially at night. I am not aware that our neigh borhood was particularly beneficial in its asiect or other qualifications to feline constitution, but I know that un til I was inhuman enough to start an air-guu cannonade on my numerous nocturnal visitors, I was frequently un able to get a reaqieetable night's rest, line infernal black and white Tom de fied my finest efforts. If average eats Lave nine lives, I am sure this one must Lave had 19. and I began to wonder what sort of uncanny being this was that had no objection to lettingmy bul lets pass apparently through its body without suirering any inconvenience. Rut after all it must have lieen my bad marksmanship, for one afternoon I saw my enemy quietly walking up the low fence that divided my liaek garden from Capt. Travers. The opportunity was too good to lie lost, ami quietly getting my air-gun. 1 look a steady aim and lired. There was no mistake this time, apd without a sound poor puss dropped on to my flower-lied as dead as the proverbial door nail. Xly exultation, hoWever, was of short duration, for to my hirror and dis may, on proceeding to pick tip his tin fortunate carcass and give it decent burial, I saw that my shot had Ki.-sel right through the unlucky animal and killed my neighbor's parrot, which had lieen put out to sun itself in a little summer-house that stood at the liottom of the gartlen. I was staggered at my position; 1 knew the parrot was a supreme favorite w ith Xliss Travers, and how- I could evci explain my carelessness I could not Imagine. Suddenly a way out of my dilemma presented itself to my mind, and I hastened to put it into execution. 1 knew that the Travers were out. and would not be back for some little time, so hurrying indoors and taking my ov v. parrot from its cage, I carefully painted the end of its tall with red ink in imita tion of its deceased comrade, and find ing no one was about, I stepped lightly over the fence and substituted the liv ing for the dead bird, which I buried, together with the cat, in my owu gar den. I knew that my parrot would not readily talk 1-efore strangers, ami I hoped that by the time it had got used to its new surroundings, it would have forgotten its former accomplishments; at any rate, I must risk it. Alas! "I'neasy lies the head that v. ears a crown," sang some K--t. who. I expect, never wore, anything harder than a nightcap, but, true ar it may lie. compared to the tor.ure of my mind, now launched on a course of duplicity, it would lie a ln-d of roses. It was towards the end of the follow ing week that I happened to lie. out in the garden and saw my old friend come stumping down the path of his own garden in his dot-and-carry-one style, and. seeing me on the fence. heori-d: "Holloa! captain, you're quite a stranger! "What's been up? Rachel has lieen talking-about coming in to in quire aliout your health, us she was afraid something must lie wrong." "Yes, I have lieen a bit poorly," said I. Oh! how easily the wordsslippod out, although I had been as right as nineienoe why that particular sum should le endued with more rectitude than its fellows I have never lieen able to discover this by the way. "A bit of cold, perhaps,," said Capt. Ti avers. "Well, come over the fence ard have a rlish of tea ."n the summer house, and Rachel Bhall come in after wards and make you a good glass ot? something stiff for a night-cap." Punctually at live o'clock I donned my sprucest attire, and with a is mart flower in my button-hole gay dog that I was slipped over the fence. Mts- Rachelwas there, looking as fresh as a spring cabliage with the dew on it. which I eousider a very pretty simile. postage per earln advance. NUMBER 4. and she bade me welcome w.tli one of Iier beaming smiles. There, too. was the unlucky j-arrot in its cage, and sti-ndlng just outside the summer house. I had noticed that it had been set out to sun itself us usual on all fine days, and as far jis I could see nothing had transpired to make me think thev had any cause to suspect my iuq-osit ion. I purjiosely sat with my back to it. aud avoided taking notice of it in anv way whatever. Tea went off all right; my old friend was very cheery and Miss Rachel showed me great attention. I could hear Polly rubbing her l-cak up and down the wires of the eage. and swing ing backwards and forwards in the metal ring. After the meat Capt. Travers went indoors to get his supply of necessaries for the evening, and. turning to me, Xliss Travers commenved: "Ry-tbe-by. Capt. XIanley, how is your parrot? I have not seen it out in the garden lately." 1 felt my heart beating a bit faster, but with every semblance of outward calm, I said: "-'o the fact is. it's not lieen at. all well; in fact, it's dead." "Dead!" she exclaimed. "Well, I never. What did it die of?" "I really don't know," I replied, "ft died quite suddenly about a week ago." "I ho-.e our Polly isn't going to fol low suit." she continued. "She has been very dull and quiet the last few days, but seems a bit more lively this cven it'g. I don't think she has spoken a word all the week." "Thank goodness!"I inwardly ejacu lated. Things were beginning to look a bit awkward, ainl I cast alx-ut for some thing to change the. course of conversa tion. 1 cm not a quick thinker, how ever, ai d 1 ofore I could collect my wits, Xliss '.havers continued: "Ih-ar.iL-ar,to think your poor Polly's dead! V. ell. I am sorry! I sould lie sorry to lose u. Polly dear," she said, ad dressing the parrot. "Hut really. Capt. XIanley." looking me straight in the face, "I can't make, our Pollyout. Sometimes I could almost lx-lieve she was a different bird. She hasu't once seemed pleatsed to see me all the week." I felt the blood rapidly rising to n:v cheeks aud forehead, but I trusted t' my tanned complexion for it not to show. I feebly replied: "Perhaps she's noulting." It was an unlucky slip. "Well, now I come to think," said M iss Travers. "1 noticed that its tail looked much paler after its 1-ath the other morning, ami the water was quite red. Is that a sign of moulting?" "Yes, I often used to not ice it aliout my own parrot." "Rut I thought your bird had no red aln.ut it," she pursued. "Confound the woman's jwrsistenee." I thought, but I stammered: "1 mean that is to say you see Fvenotieed it in all rod parrots I have ever come across. They shouldn't le bathed at all. it injures their constitution." "Oh! I thought you recommended it. the said. So I had, dozens of times. "Only for the gray ones,"I said, forming a con venient distinction on the spur of the moment, XI iss Travers did not seem inclined to pursue the subject further, much tu my satisfaction, ind then there was a dead pause. During the whole of our conversa tion the subject of it had not ceased to continue its antics in the wire cage. Whether it was the sound of my voice that caused it to be thus excited I do not know, but at this opjiortunity it burst iu with "Hi, hi!" I was getting desperate, and could think of f.ot hiug to change the subject : and yet if I didn't say something I was terribly afraid the parrot- would. A bicycle liell sounded down the road. "Are you thinking of gel ting a bi c. cle, Xliss Travers?" I said. "No, certainly not," she replied: "how can you ask such a question?" Another awful pause, during which I mopped the perspiration from my brow. "Ra Ra Rachel. I love you!" came in clear tones from behind my back. The wretched bird had caught the ex act tone of my voice. "Capt, XIanley! Sir!" said Xliss Trav ers, raising herself to her full five feel one and ooe-balf i no hots. "Ditl you ad dress that remark to me. sir?" I had. however, utterly collapsed, and burying my bead in ray hands, I leaned down on the little round table. Wheth er the sight of the poor old ship in dis tress touched her tender heart I lon"t know, but she added, in softer tones: "This Ls very unextiected, Capt. XIan ley." I could hold out no longer. "Miss Rachel." I cried. "Fm a thun dering old hpyoerite. Xly parrot isn't dead at all; there it is in that cage; it's yours that's dead; I shot it. I didu'l mean to. Can you forgive me for all the lies I told you?" "All right! All right!" said the sol emn voice of the parrot lw-hind me. "It was Polly that marie that remark just now, not I; but. lieliove me, she speaks the truth, if I don't. . Rachel, I do really love you." I ventured to look up. Tears were standing in her eyes, and the expression on her face made me hope that I ditl not look rpiite such a big Imoby in. her eye as I felt I did in my own. Xloving nearer, I clasped her hand, ami as it was not withdrawn. I put one arm gently round her amle waist. "Now we shan't be long." said the gray parrot. Tit-Rits. M on ruing for a Chlneae It tiler. When a Chinese enjieror dies the in telligence is announced by dispatches to the several provinces, written with purple ink. the mourning color. All p r sons of rank are required to take led silk ornaments from their cais. with the liall or button of rank; all subjects of China, without exception, are calhd u.on to forlesr shaving their head? for 100 dtys. within which jierlotl none may marry, play upon musical instruments or perform any sacrifice. Mourning Color In Itrmall. At the funeral of an mnarried wom an in Rrazil scarlet Ls the monrnir.g hue. The coftin, the hoarse, the trap pings of the horses and the livery of the, driver must be Ecarlet, l,"'?mmtJbt loot eg. 1 Jw M.aa Inches, monUil . laches. I year ntl 74 hwi, Kiuzitha , Mu 4 oolBmii. Bonlttf sJ column, l yo-r leo Bnn, monun 1 eolamn, I year.. TLM Itin, Dm In-ertHM, KM. -c. per ne AaaiB.ntrator-ail Kxecular.l AnltUM"( NoUcea .... ira- aod alBllar ISoUeea M Aa- Khl.. . Uoa or asriety and eomaaBlctloai daalvacd te i "i10"00 to any niaUer of United or radl Tidaal int-ren Bin b paid for ar adrarUsaiaMa, T an1 Job PrlnM"U ' B.I1 lBd aU- al i cmwq a& u lowest aneas. don tjoa forget ft. FOR PUZZLED HOUSEKEEPERS. SharHn all kinds of fish sauce with lemon juice. When using vanilla for flavoring adj. half a teasiMjoiifuI of -each extract. A dash of black iepper greatly im proves vanilla ice exeam. Put plenty of salt pork into veal loaf, for it is one of the l-st seasonings. Put sugar in water used for basting meats of all kinds it adds a flavor, es pecially to Veal. Roston ltakcd lieans can be greatly improved by adding a cup of sweet cream the. last hour of baking. Add a cup of good ci-k-r vinegar to the water in which you boil fisJi, especially if it is a salt fish. XIake snowcake with arrowroot flour and you w ill le surprised at the differ ence. When baking fish place on top thin slices of salt ork; it hastes the fish Ami improves the flavor. When making crai-apple jelly put in some sticks of cinnamon and' a little lemon. To give an appetizing flavor to a broiled l.cefsteak rub a cut onion over the hot platter with the butter. Throe tablespoonfuls of freshly-made laitan t a with a pinch of nutmeg im parts an iudeseriliable flavor to appla pie. To improve sweetbreads and give them a line flavor soak them in mikl lemon juice water an hour and then I oil t!0 minutes in tieef stock. Chocolate is greatly improved by add ing a teacupful of strong cofTee.just be fore serving; a teaspoonf ul of sherry r.lso helps. FADS AND FANCIES. f' Xloire lTects apjM-ar in silk, wool and velvet. The smaller dress skirts bring; trim mings in their wake. All sorts of collars, pelerines and. small shoulder capes of fur are worn. Attractive toilet sets come in canary yellow opaque glass set in silver. Heavy Knglish brocades anil rich em broidered velvets are used for evening drosses. A novelty in muffs is long and flat, with sable on one side and chineilla ona the ot her. The tiny empire fan dangling from a chain puts the finishing touch on art evening toilet. Among modern table requisites a-r high chocolate cups, of peculiar fchape ami decorated rococo style. The new photograph frames in Ye-iK-tian glass afford exquisite effects ill delicately tinted flowers and foliage. No one style of hairdre.-sins- prevails, but tlie pom; ailour effect in front and a soft kisit at the back seems to lead. Souvenir floral and calendar stx-ons, always in demand, assume increased iiutkortanee as the liolidays draw near. Silver tableware this season is char acterized by elegance of form, chaste ornamentation ami skillful workman ship. Silver-plated pudding and pie dishes an standard articles in mdern homes. The same may lie said for baking1 cups in Dresden ware. The latest novelty in w-edding eako boxes takes the snape of a heart and is of silver, w ith the combined monograms of bride ami bridegroom in gold letters. ANIMALS AND BIRDS. An all-w hite coon lias Ix-cn shot near Rollin. Xlieh. At XIarlow, N. TL. a snow owl with live-ftKit. spread of wing was shot re cently. An Indianapolis physician, after an hour's lively cliase. caught a "possum in his lmokyard. Chilt.wood, Ore., has a rooster which came there on the pilot of a railroad en gine, and since his arrival has liehaved properly, but lefore his advent there had made two prolonged stojis in hii progress along the line of the rail roa.l and had run with a flock of sheep and then w ith a herd of cattle. Kdwin F. Soule. who builds store bridges for the XIaine Central railroad, has a et cat which often goes over the road with him. and one day when he went away without it the cat e'imbed upon a truck of the dining car and rode fiO miles after him from F-eeoher Falls, Yt to Fabyans. LITTLE NOTHINGS. Little by little the child learns; the horse, too. by bits. A close shave is not necessarily a-hair-breadth escape; if you have th price. The man who was. a pood liver, but wanted to be a Iwtter liver, aud par took too copiously of bacon and fried liver well, now as no sort of a liver, he is out of sight. When the little angel woman with the love-lit eyes says: ".Matrimony is a ten der, cordial relation." up bolw tlie old synie w ith: "Cordial? Yes, it's the he-lioks-her of life!" Occasionally a man who lays claim to horse sense establishes his claim by a superhuman effort, but it is always pre carious for the horse, for the man in lia ble to make an ass of liinis.-lfs.iid there by sadly humiliate the other animal. I'p-to-liate. THE FAST HORSES. ' Forest Hoy, 2:16', has lieen sent to Kuroie. Idol Wilkes now has two pacers in tlie 2:1(1 list, Chan. 2:17'i, was sold at auction lately for $165. A n offer of $5,000 has been refused for tJuinette. Wilburn. 2:27. by Wilton, has been sold for export to Germany. Two sons of Nelson. 2:09. are now nembered among the sires of speed. John Reamer U going to sell Xlinnie It, 2: U' i, and all the rest of his horses. i:if. 2:22;, trotting, will be rata--aigned as a pacer in 1SJ7. She has ceii a mile in 2:12. More Thsa lie Wished. Suitor How much dowry will yon five your daughter? Father A thousand for every year of hor age. "And what is that?" "TVirty-cvight." "I'm afraid that's more dowry than I care for." Fliegecde Rjaetter. ttct
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