u -1 ,Po..-.- WrUljrt 'VKl! t (HKKIA CO., PE-VSA., E"! j4r ti. IIASSvtt, Advertining Rate. Tba litn and rlia l1rralatlta of tha i aia liinti cod men 4 1 It to ta favmbl. -.nMderaiion of atTt-ttMra who, farora anil be la.rted at ti. folio in low rtlM: 1 Inch, X time .... 1 aa llDea.l tuonthi... .......... . S-M 1 iDcn, 6 months ."J."...W.." S.M 1 lacn . 1 year.. ..... . a0O 1 iDrhee. e monih. ...... 1 loch-, i j oar -a -a I1K-J.M emonthi LN . 'rhM ljr ,,. .a eolnma, month!..... l.ta Pi folnmn, mootln...... ... . 90.0a H column, I Tear M aa 1 column, months 4 M 1 column, 1 year Tt.M Kustneet item, 0rt U-rtott. Mm. m Ub. ubeequent tnter-Jona. fcc. or lin. Aaa-inittrator a and Executor HtkM..llH A ad i lor ' MoUrea Zjm trmy end elmllar Notloe...... "."....... 1M e"-eatiutKrn or praee lnc ol any corp.ru uon or oriety and oummunlcttona MtrMi to CV attention to any matter ol limited or ludl v-idnal ioteret mutt to paid lor f adTertlameaM. took and Jor. r-rtntiiu of nil kiixM oeaUy aaa eiMiouij cxecuimt at U. lom prioes. All don tyon lorget It. 1,200 0h rt.n Half- a ....10 ' "l MUll'll I1UHHUS. l."5 . , K.llOU ti UHlllltlS. "i.0 , : j i:biu U.e vear.. K ,.ut-ade or tb couuiy ,' cr' er will cnamed Jo . . . . . m r r 1 11 . he (1 ft ... ven .." -e " ''on son'0'1 14 e'r "... . ii, ;i.l-!in"J mo.'t not x 1 e l'-;;'irt'y understood Toe . a,..,, tr lfittf-r. JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor. HK IS A FREEMAN WHOM TBB TRUTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ABB SLATES BESIDE. 81. BO and postage per earln advancs. ' vuiiwi t-tnerwwe. j VOLUME XXXI. EBENSBUHG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL, 9, 1897. NTJMBEK14. i- tco snon. mm v'A.A' 1 1. r W I E VHtr' CREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM THE USE OF I (ivvnt Magaziise FOR u j-i iff t-i - i , Z1NI .."" r.i: i:v.-' AM' 1 1 i- s:.uo. FARSV1ERS! Iliivinu niiulc some extensive innrinciits in the atronairc I rcuuiiii OLD PROPRIETOR. CO. Pi LIS. s-ip.,.. . x'."1 the Byn...iL.. p-icll 8:9 I " " '' J,;'-"-'-'tw. litrxMi after ti..., Slw tn", j. " "-f--'.-ii?!air:t,whilo thryalao I: it'r" V iru:v htimulatotha ....".'''tntprirplojwtorHofWwn t.'c-. . ."".' r "lTicoiiiil;iint; biitforto ;,".;,'' .' ' -"' u 'toud hcretn-1 thoao i t,V. v.''! :" T.'!: fta'1 thew '-"tin P"l vain- ni. iiut after alitick bead .' .1 -r.r.yl.rct tt:at hnrolBWhm' r -U iat. Oar pillK cure it tul4 . I-iv-r 7;n are vry PTn..ll an4 fc ' ' f t-jr j.;Hd luanea d.ieo. : ? , ' t.il.!n an 1 do ri'-t pr;p or ' ' ' r " 'ii'.It, a-lion plo-5atl whl . .'-v ' rMM- t.vnfortl. tJolU ' " ' "e;v, or at ly mail. :CP frr-.i c w., New rone V'.ilt nr.r- emu miC CARTER'S! " . . , V I I .A. rrr niRT P.ATHERS. WASTE RULES. UfIer. 3 FOR ) f c will f!ul all tlinr t- ymi i r mu' yt':ir lr IKi or li mo. I'm- 1." 1 . .(.. : . , 1 N 11" i- t'V far t ht lwt fitinily masraziiii? piib!islii-l ; thi-iv is '. ... uliii-li :ln iM'aiiiiful ami I li uscfiil. plt-asnri- ami profit, an- i fully prciM.lfil as in 1 1,'innrfsi's. Tin-re is, in fact, tn : ; i.i ;i MiniUr i-i ami put -pose which ran oompare with it. t:(, ;i lii-f p:ilt:n t-uiipmt. . , j; y j M i "ii' lil v in a. i in' of fun. li !!! with illustrations in rari- with wit ami humor. I is rout ri liulors arr t hi' liosl of A nieriran ,: : , anot hrr l.umorou moii I hiy : t ln-rr is a laimh in -vcry line of ih i-'aiurs an- haiiilsoinrly not ten up. You should not miss ' , ... - . th.-in. , -:; h' lt a:nt I'rlliril CoUp-lll proprtly lilli'll out. ., sf ',!!!. !iinti ( ' J IV Fifth .lucii itr, ,AV?r 3 'oik. ,. i ... p;.-ai- .-n.l s.-iul )kmhi:kt's Family M.m.azink,.Ii ik.k's : M.ii. ami l'l nnv I'n i i isi-.f. for on.- year as per your otl.T. '.ir NKLE MILL w uro nowl prejiarod to turn out niSIM LA WORK on Short noiicr. Soli(itiui a portion of yonr .j J C:it:t?'tsc. ContsittMsil that's Xav :it:il " i T.v i u,.-!.i three p.t(.kt SO, l-'uii i. V J j lj trr.tcd Tlotithly Mars.ine wl-kh tcli-i i l.-nl-., 1 iow -. V ':.!.:!!'.:-, n:ul is i:; c fui-iri-. for G iiio;itit.-. !!,.. (.''iiyo and .iii-.'-l :J "J eolith. 'crscn scr.d:n an Order az a'cove Trill receive a r CO cants' worth of weeds. ,. r ,.U T ii,;, r,.iv. nn.l VP.- vill tend a parket of lmi' Klowcr sredi lre. MMES ViCK S SCHS, ROCHESTER, H. Y. FOR ARTISTIC TRY THE FREEMAN. THE- FARGOHM . ' ' -f'rV PATrvr VAfc'iABi-i; kwiction rrrr best set wor ' - SawMill&Engm. Received the Medal and Highest A wart . ... . i- . I ' C .nn at the norm s xoiumuiun .,.'" Wimintwl th marti. Shml Mill.. M-Mwf aoSininalnl A,rK.ul.ural In.w-ment. or bt y... A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd YORK. PEN N A. SMITES fisem ", in Anit-ru-a. n.kH kkMv ailvertii.! Wl four yr: known and nnil hy ev.-ry i-ianiyi Tbol why hrcinnrr. V"'rr' '"t a . and riprrirnl Aeot doublr lbci Mle. and inromr. Now n the time lo Mart wr r-i uANGER A. BARRY. ' l.lopo Kinerlti, Koebe.ter, N. V. HOPE'S PROMISE. While the life of a man Moveth smoothly ulonir, And his walks lie apart Krom the sorrowing throng. He may coolly docry Kaith's "jnrrainlnK prayer" And assert, with a calm, I'hiloophirai .air. That the frrave is the sum Of humanity's uain? The reproach and reward Kor its pleasures and pains; Hut Philosophy flees From the presence of Woe Like an ally abashed In the face of the foe. O, parent whose eyes lathess l.mpint; revealed In that fclati- e ere hy Death They were silently sealed; O, hahe that has passed To the I'r.-sence al-ove, Art thou Rone for all lime Krom the pressure of love? Am! thou who wast more Than all mortals else dear. Art thou lost to the soul That was one w it li tin here? Ah! 'tis false; sophists turn From the lowly ih.it irrieve, F!ul the Father sends hope I'nto them that M-lieve. Ami their hearts in the years They thereafter aldde Are the sweeter because of Hope's promise inside. Frank 1 "utnani. in Chicago Times-Herald A STJiEKT CHARACTER. M)X'" Home walked into the Alfalfa KiiroK'an hotel fceliiif as if he were u returneil Ki Van Winkle. He hail leeii away from t'hirao'o only two moil t lis. and t he 1 1 eets seemed 1111 faniiliar and t-hanired as he came into the A I fill fa neitrliborhood. At one cor ner where a four-story liuildinir had stood there was now a muddy excava tion. Tin- liotcl front, loo. seemed dif ferent. There w as .oinet hi .tr IliissiniT or something added, he couldn't tell which. Perhaps the e plana t ion was that he now looked at t he old luiildin- with a refreshed interest. There were two stramr-Ts seated in the oH'ce. 1ml they lowered l!e-ir pa pers and studied "Hoe" as if he were a stranger. As usual, t here w as no our ln-hind 1 he de.k. The Alfalfa hotel usually t.wk care of itelf - the patron-; takinsr the keys from t!ie p-L'eoii -holes. settimr down "calls" on i,e slate and hunt int.' for mail out of the nssirt nient h-ft ly t he J M1 map. "I.oc" put his new fan-colored valise mi the t'oor an-' removed his new l.hick derhy hat with the swathe of crae around it. The day was damp and niucfv. and "Hoe's" 1-ald frontal wasih-wy with jht-.-pirntion. "ApxImmIv at honie?" ho a--lr-d. The tra nirers did not condescend to reply, and "Ooe" felt more than ever like a K'p Van Winkle. "Well, if it ain't '! !' " Tt was the li-rlit nine- dentist. Tie sl.-ipiied "riM-" on tin- should, r with a familiarity which would no; hate ljeen pardoned under other circumstances. "Yes. my Imv, track nfrain -Lack to the old home." "I'm mijrhty rlad to see you. MI the Jhivs have lieen askinir alwmt yon." "They're all lier.-. T sup-pO'-'P?" "Vo. haven't yon heard? Why. sny. M.m-. this has seemed like a different place since vou went awav. Let's pit down." They sint on the .side of the office where a dim daylipht fell from the street windows, and the lichtnintr den tist cave "Io:-" a lop", pale eiar with a red and cold label around it. "You heard about the banjo man, didn't yon?" asked the dentist. "I haven't heard a word. I've Ix-en very busy settlimr the affairs of my sis ter's estate. I had a lawyer and an ac countant to help nie. but all t he respon sfl.ility prart ically rested on me." "Ye heard about your sister's deat h. Was it iincccW-d .'" "Well, you fro ahead and tell me w hat's happened here and I'll frhe mv story later." "You know the banjo player?" "The one w ho w rote soitjirs?" "Yes. Well, he's married married the week after you went away. She's :ui actress, and they went on thest-ace locether. He can sine some and play the banjo, and they say she's ipiile a dancer. They act- at these rout I n nous houses." "Well, well. Isourot Iut friend drink inc as hard as ever?" "Who, the lush? Well, sir, he's try intr his hardest to quit. There was three days last week that he didn't drink a ny l hin-r but ci nirer and some new cider they've frot in at the bar. Then one ni-rht he frot with some ft -Mow, w ho was here buyinc a stock of froods, and he jri.t an aw fui skate." "Too bad. too bail. A man of g-ood in-sttuu-ts, yes. sir. It's tint bad." "'I he real e.-tate fellow is out on the road, jidvertisinc a couch medicine, or somet hinc like that. There wasn't any thinc tloi.ic in his line here. I tlnnk he owes the house a little money." "Does t he drummer ever come in any more?" "Yes; he's Ik-cii hen-tw ice a day or two at a time, l'.ut we've fjt two n-v ones, 'lKe, a bicycle man and a lnx.k acenU You want to look out, Iic. That bicycle man will sell you a w heel liefore he's known you fin hour." "I don't think o. I have a fri-nd in the niaiiufact urine business who ha.s offered to make nie a present f the finest wlieel that's manufactured." "lo you think you could learn to ride, 'IK.cr"" "Ioc" chuckled and rublM-d the ash from, his cipar afrainst the arm of the chair. "You weren't, out here that eveninfr last summer when some of the loys dared me to try to ride a wheel? I for pot who all were there, but I turned the lauch. I jiiruix'd on that wheel, rode down the street, turned around and came back w ithout a "wobble." Whv. -1rd '"ll li"rn?" "Learn! I never touched n. hicycVe until that flay. I suppose it cajne a.sy to me, because I'm naturally cool headed, and then I learned to preserve u:y eipiirbrium when 1 w as walking-the ticht rope." "Why, I never knew that you walked the ticht roiie." "Well, I never did follow it tor any lenirth of time, but I used to practice it a. fjooxl deal iu a g-ynniasium at Cin- ciiuiati. That was about tiie time 1 wt.it out wit h the circus. You've heard of I'.lon.lin, the -rrcat rojie-walker '." "1 believe I hav yes." "Why, you know, the fellow who walked a li-rhtrojie across Niagara falls with a man ridiniron his back?" "Oh. yes; certainly." The lifrht iiiiifr dentist expected that "loe" would claim to be the r ..u who -s-ihIcoii Illoudiu's back, b-.it he lid n't. "Well, one day I'.loinlin was in ("in cinnati, and he came down to t he frym ncisium ami watche.1 me practice. I didn't know who he was until 1 came down off the rope, and then some of the Imvs introduced him to me. lie said to me: 'llorne, if you keep at it tin. I prac tice, you'll make a ln-tter rope-walker than I am.' Well, I lauirl.ed. and, of course, 1 appreciated the compliment, but I w asu't t hinkinc of wa Ikiitc rope. in those days. That was the time I was interested with some eastern cap italists in establishing a southern branch for a bijr implement iartory. If I remember correctly 1 cleared up about ten thousand on that deal." "Why don't you try some time now to see if you can walk a rope?" asked the dentist. "Oh, 1 haven't thouchtof it for years. I suposemy feet arc tender, too. When I used to work in those thin rym nasium shoes the sides of my feet were so hard vou couldn't drive a tack in thcui." "IVoc" smiled reminiscent ly, nnd the dent ist, who did not vv Tsh V: tax "Doc's" powers on the very first day, chanced the topic of conversation. "So you lot your sister?" said he. "Yes; xor Louise. I hadn't seen her very often in late years, but when she was IMl years old she w as admitted to 1h- the most beauiful girl in eastern Ohio. She was a very well-preserved woman up to a few months si fro. w hen her health Ireiraii to fail. 1 didn't tell you. did I. that she left some of her property to me?" "No. 'Doc, you didn't; but I am cl-l to hear it." "She was a w idow, had no children, and she left her property to he divided between my brother. Col. Mortimer Home, of Palermo, and me. Did you ever hear of Col. 1 1 or ne V" "1 -believe I have." "lie's a very prominent nieti-bcr of t he lar in Ohio. It is i-tippled that Molt irive tien. 1 1 rant the outline of t he i. ksburc caii.paifrii. I have a clippiuc somewhere iii my trunk in which h tells about it. Wonderfully interest inc. ma ii. Mort is," "I I'd the estate amount to much?" asked the dentist, who could liot run . cal his curiosit v. "We can't tell yet. until we fret, mat ters st raichtcned out. Most of the proM-rty is in land and lots. My share may amount to--oh. I don't know $IL', ix ii. may be $1.".immi." "Well, creat Scott! 'Doe,' let mi- cin crat ulate you. That's a Cleat pick-up." and the licht nine dent ist Ik-:iiih-iI as he .--hook "Doc's" hand. "Yes. Ihat helrs," said "Doc." t luuicht fully, as he huC'Tc'l his tuft of chin whiskers. "Still, it doesn't look s hie to a man who has Urn accus tomed to deislinc with larcc sums all .is life. It isn't much compared i- v hat 1 mad. -..ii that C. 11. , D ileal: yci .it 1 Ije present juiirtiire, a.s I sav, ii helps." Tiie lichtninc dentist knew that, for two years "Doc" had been li v intr f I .ill hand to mouth, relyinc on a "snap" job in the city hall. Therefore the piet u re of "Doc" hoIdir.fr $ 1.j.(hhi bet w cell thumb and toretincer and smiline at it Indif feiently was by far the most pietiir csoue performance ever civi'ii by the remarkable oid cent ieman. "1 suppose you'll c hack there and stttle down?" ventured the dentist, "No. sir! No. I'll do not 'nine of t he kind. I've cot a cousin dow n 1 here w ho offered to cive me one w hole end of his house, but I couldn't stand it. It vva t.o i:iet. They went to Im-.I at sun dow n and cot up in the middle t the nichf. The street ears ran two mile: apart, and when I'd look down the street I'd see about four jx-ople. I'll tell you I -rot uneasy before I left. I wanted to lxv back ainonc vou loys, where f could see people passitiff m front anil hear an elevated t rain once m awhile. May 1m-, when I'm older, I'll want to c,J "t on a side, street in a country town and sit down and vece taic, but. up to this time I'm as much of a city man as 1 ever was. No. sir: you can't fret rid of me. I'm here to stay." Chicaco IZecord. RENOUNCE CHRISTMAS. 3lohannielaii4. Itruli iniiiH and ItuddhintA liriiy llm HoHiicH of f'lirist. Therti are millions upon millions of i-ople in the world w ho w ill not cele brate Christinas, and there are other millions to wh'.uii Christmas is objec tionable, says the New York Herald. Take, the followers of Mohammed, for instance. They are divided into in or "o different sects, amonc which are the Nousay-rie-y oh. There are about ."il.oiMl of tlu-in, and they believe in t ransmicra-t i-n of t he soul. They 1-olU ve that men's souls pass after deatJi into the b.nlies of animals. For 1 1.4-m the sbury of the birth and life of Christ has n charms. Then. tJiere are the Druses, who pro fess to have knowlcdc. that t!nl has v isit.al the world 2.U timis, but t.hcj lo not believe in Christ. For tlieio Chi-ist in. is h:us no sifruilicstiiee. It is iHju-illy disrefra rded by Huil tihists, Japanese. Cliin-se. 1'ni.hiiiiiis and Molianimedaiis. "There is no (iod but Allah," suiys the Mohammedans, 'and Mohammed is His prophet." Mo hammed's fololwcrs also have curioii-i notions in rce.ird to tJie fate of t.lie tm believen'" children. Some; believe that ihso -.liihireii act as tiie srvaaits of the faithful in Paradise, :ul Mohaiu-In.-il is reconled as sayiuc on one oc casion to his wife: "If tJuou dc-sircst I run nvake I Itee hear vheir cries in hades." Other Moli.imiucdaji authorities, however, dissent from this view, and .ne of them lA.iiliy says: "I know tjial Allah will I...I torment those w ho have not comiuitN-d ajiy sin." Hilly Warm'! til. 'Johnny." alled his mother, "stop tisinc that bad laneuaee." "Why," replied thelHiy,"Shakesi are s-w'd what I just diil." "Well." replietl the nwither, frrowin.' infi.-n-iatrd, "you should stop coinc v.ith him he's no fit coruiianion for you." Tit-Bits. WONDERFUL SEED. A Georgia Farmer's Strange Crop of Cctton. The Seel of It Worth More to llr Ie- troyvtl Than for I'laiitiiiK Keeauae, 1'aradoxL-al art It May See in. It In Too I'rtrlilie. An Atlanta farmer nas cretit.d a sen sation in acricultural circles by bem waited on by a committee of south (ieorciai.s appointed by the farmers .,f that section of the state to buy from him the seed from a crop of cotton. The price to be jraid for the seed is JiS.iMiu. The man who raised and im .r. the valuable cotton seed is Mr. .lacksoli. a well-known farmer, w ho lives ol- and cultivates the farm of Tax Collector Stewart. The citizens of south (lenriii are not the only persons w ho a anxious to occome owners of the cot ton seed. Other men throughout the state have made offers almost as llat t critic, all of which have lreen rtfuseil by Jackson. The mi natural part of the offer to 1m- made Jackson by the committee fri.in south tiro rca is t he fact that the men w lio w ill buy the seed do not wish to plan them. On the contrary, if they Cet possession of the seed they will destroy them as iiichly as jrossiblc. takiuc care that not a sincle seed, es capes. Such a price as that for cotton seed was neter heard of lie fore. Ja-k-sui has received hundreds of offers for his seed, but even he was surprise, when he heard that a committee wouhi wait on him for the puro.sc of offei i ii ii- him as hich as $ls.(Ki(i for his crop. The seed has a history of a kind t hat is unusually intcrcstiuc. Several years airo Mr. .lad, son was presented with them by a .lew who had broucht them from the int.-rior of Africa, from a part tf the dark continent on which the firot of white men seldom treads. The Jew had joined an explorihc party which had started to the center of Africa. He was weaHlv, and went on 1 he trip simply for the novelty of the experience. When in the very middle of Africa the party came across some cotton, the stalks of whicl. were over L'.l feet in heicht. The cov eminent lrot anist who was alone with the party took the measure of one of the t-talhs, and it was from this stalk that t he t'.rst seed came. The .lew cut off alrout Is inches of the stalk with a view to hrihciiic it to America. On the stalk were bolls, the larcest and finest ever seen. The it'.ls were Well preserved by their original owner. -Mid weir broucht safely to America. While on a trip through the south the man w ho Lad brouclit the seed from Africa told of them, and stated that he would cive 1 1., m to some farmer who would tala-ran- of them. Jackson w as m.-nt ioi.e.l I . r h i ui. a ad t In- Jew t II rued 1 he seed over lo hill.. .lac! son pla rite.) the sed and w at died its i' rout It with fond eyes. Jle had heard how hich the stalks from which the soil were taken had been, and he lieleriuiiicd to croxv stalks equally as hich. 11 is ti rst crop w as a success. TIk stalks of the cotton crew to an enor mous lu icht. This year when the time for pla.itint c otton came .Mr. Jackson l I i l:.im .' to cive the seed a severe test to sc. if it would stand it. He planted ever sect I in the prorest f round on hisentir !:rm on the west side of a hill. As i: well known to farmers, the west si.h upland fr,,,n,l is always very p-.o-Thoufrh the land was iitimnaiiy and the year one of live woi.-t cotto: ycars in the history of the south, ti. cotton lioiirislicd. Mr. Jackson use.i tiothiuc to ei.lich the soil in which tiie seed was planted. The 1es was. a severe one, lut. not v. ithstaiidinc that fact, some frf the stalks are as hich a.: seven feet. The cotton produced by this seed i: of the very finest tprditv. and i even as line as lone staph-cot ton. Jacl -son Las been otfered ten cent - per poui.o lor w hat he has raised t his y car. but h has refused to iim, I it and bclievt; he will be able to fet 14 cents for i'. tine of the jrcculiarit ies this col ton is th- fact that it is le.mess. Whci: tiie stalk crt-'w"s up leaves becin t: sprout cut on it, and after they have Crown out for some distance the frmt (Mini's out from the stem of the hal After 1 he fruit Ills partially matuicd 1 lie leaf drops off. lcav ire t lie stalk p. i -fectly Icallcss. This is the only cot tin, of this kind ever heard of :n this coin: try. and is causing no end of comnu r. : amonc the farmers throiichout th. r-Ull Ik. The farmers of south ticnrcin have sent thc-r committee t Atlanta to buy t he sc: tl f i . m M r. Jackson. K-caus.-1 he;, believe that if the cotton is plant. throiichout the solilli they will L.i i niiicil beyond repair. They are of th- vj.ii. 'on that if cotton will i!j so w i ni.d: r so severe a test, w hen lai.ti I a:u cull. rated it will j rodutv so mu.-h t liat c-otton will be so ht-up that tin re Will be no money in it for the farmer. Ja.-ksou says that if the cotton is cultivated it will rod uce at hast two l ah s to the acre, ai.il joss.i-.ly as r-.u.-h as four. He I .-els sure that he will li able to convince the committer from south (.'-orcia of the lai't that the cotton will be tiie creat est thiL.e the south has ever seen or hcar.l of lie says that with this cotton in u; all over tiie south the fanner can r -dtiee his aert-ap-e by over oi.e-h"!f at'1 ra'se more cotton then than he i-; tai." iiC now. The land that hcdoi s i.-ot lire for co! Ion eaa l o lit toa rcfiiaLI.'iiro. a::d the income of the faimer will le l.ii!.h-d as compared with the amount of lalror employed in the raising-of cot ton. Jackson does not much like the idea of having, the seed tie;! roved, but will sell it to the. south tleoreia committee if they ;.vill pay him a larpv enr.uHi j.riee frr it. If he refuses, the offer of Sis.coo he will have the ronwlation of knowinrr that, lie Iras K-cn offered the hifhestt price ever 1-efore offered cotton scetl. Atlanta Const it ution- fiave 1 1 cruel r way. Lady (in pursuit of a cook) Why did yon leave your place? Cook I couldn't stand the dreadful way the master and mistress used to fjunrrel. mum. "What did they used to quarrel alrout? "The way the dinner was cooked, mum." Cincinnati Encpjirer, A SISTER. 11 V U EMIOLEX OVEHTOS. iVrmy wives generally have uiunar- I led sisters. These sisters. aJ w aysconie out to v isit them.aiK) tne rest gwrs by it self. Mrs. Lorrilard had an unnwirriwl sis ter. She wets very att raetive. She was lar nmre attractivt than Mrs. Lorrilard ever could have been. The cirl's name was Sjreneer May Spencer. She was 1" years old, if you trok her word for it; ami she was blond and pink and white and plumji. She came from i:omc place in Ohio, and she visited the I.orrilards at Stanton w hich is in New Mexico, UM miles from the .railroad, across Dead Mail's valley (there is al ways a Dead Man's valley) and some steep hills and a lava lied a mile wide. II you have never seen a iava l.ed. ytu eannot-a jiprcoiate that. Ytiu micht try to kiiiacine the. ocean lashetl into fury by a simoon, then fancy its preat waves and billows and swells chanced sud denly to tlark gray-brown stone at the height of the storm, and you may form n vague idea of what the lava Ired le-tv'-eeu Fort Stanton and the railroad is like. It frichtened Mis.s Sjiencer badly. The ambulance went slijipinc. antl slid ing, and coastinc. ami t humping, ami b-mnding over the tine j:iss:.bie pa.rt. in a way that only an ambulai.ee con ducted by a driver vv ho has sj nt his life on Arizona ami New Mexico roads could jrossibly stantl. It put all the laws of cctitrietal fore and of c.piilil.i ium at iiamg-ht. It and the four muies were laws unto themselves. Muss Silencer was not accustomed to Ihat :-ortof thing. She stood it as long a.s she could, and then she told Maj. Kochc in w hose chare-' she w as t ra vel i"ic t hat she meant to cet out ami walk. She had lxrthered the ma jor a firod ileal already, ami he was evtline tirei. so he did not sav anythinc. but sirndy told the driver to "slow up" and let Misrs SjH-ncer get out by herself. She fell Itchind after a moment, and the ambulance went relentlessly on. reakinc. flapping its eanva--. clankinc Is chains, its brake soreeeliitic shrilly. And as it dlsapt a red. sxm-tim-s lost ti sicht in a great hollow . soiuet imes toil i:ig uji a .-in. rot Ii face of I i va. M is Sjren ter felt herself airandontMl. indeed, in a New Mexico desert und-T that terrible iiiidsuuiiner sun. The heat was ti. ry. st rehinsr, irclnnc. The sky was like hot blue class. She wondered w hy. when the lava was hot enmich tr bin n her f.-et t hroueh Jlie stiles tif her .ht-s. it did not melt or crow soft. She kej.t on walkinc Iiecjiise he was afraid to st.?. Tw ice slip slijiped and fell ami cut her hantls. I'nder the porous. pil".l-U rock, rabbits and owls and tji.ail were hidden: there were snake?. to:. and lizards. At first site was frightened when they scurried by her. but soon, with her head rincine and her eyes dazed with concested MlmI -Mi l her mouth oiw-i: and a dry a llour. the did not even notice them. She reached the entl of the huee mx-k tiver at last, ami found the ambulance waiting. The driver was asleep, and the major was dritikinc lreer. lie" of rert tl her some, and when she had drunk t she he'd out her broad little foot. "My shoes are ail cut to pieces, antl hey were new and awfully heavy." "You slionld have kej.t still." he an sw eretl. Now , Miss Sjrenoer wantetl sy mjrathy. ind when she didn't get it she tmk a dis ike to the major; antl Irecause she dis liked him, she eventually made him -orry. For t he first fortnieht. of her v isit she was not pretty. She was sunburned from her iass.rre of the lava sea. Her face was red ami swollen, then blotchy, and lastly jreely. After that she re turned to the normal pink and white Shrt was tho only girl at the post, antl there was a bachelor, a brevet Ivacheilor. a you tip contract surgeon, and Maj. Koche's son. The. bachelor officer was studious thekind that havemuch faith and think that the preat fathers in iYH.shinetoni will reward lieutenants who pass hich exams, and have ideas on Indians. He had no time for vounc women. He iid his one call ami re tired. The brevet bachelor is jecular to the service. IIIb wife is back east, visiting her family. He differs from the real article only in that. he is in-licible. lie was devoted to Miss Sjiencer. but he did not count. There was also the contract sureeon. Of course, he was only a contract surgeon. Still, he was tall and blond and had a ticpuiliup soutlierii drawl. He fell in love with Miss Spencer. I tut. the excitinp xirt of the story hinees on Maj. lCoche's son. He was 20. but he was of no use on earth. He was just a Iroy. and never would lie tuiythinp more. He hail failed in every t hinc he Ifcad ever undertaken. lie couldn't even dance, and he w as afraid of a three-foot aeetpii.i. when he rode. 11 f. dejiended on his papa for everything, antl he thought he kuevv women t hroueh and through. Provideuce sent Miss Sjh-ii-tt-r to show him that he didn't but tlu- ways of Prov idciicc are inscrut-al-Je, and I can't lie sure. Well, the con traot surgeon fell in love with Miss Srencer. but, like Yiola, he inever told his love. Now, as the bach elor was hidden. Miss Spencer couldn't fall in love with him. and no one could have fallen in love with Totldy IJoebe. so she reciprocated the contract sur freon's passion. "His name was Randolph Curtis Kaiidolj.h. to iimtch his nice blue eyes antl his charminp draw 1. Hiscourt-ship was of the ebrnsi!l v -tin-hand sort. The life of a garrison offers even preater ad vantages for this than that of a south ern town. He was with Miss SjwncT from guard mount inc until long after tajrs. Hut Miss Sjienjcer pined to see more of him. "Mr. Ilaixloljih. I I relieve you're laiy !" "Ol.. now Miss May why? That isn't kind." He enzed at the Hap on the; il:r staff tenderly, antl dw elt musically on each worth "l'recause." "It is the privilepe of a lady to pive that reason."' His eyea soupht the tenuis court in teiiihr, blue abstractedness." "Well, I k now you am" "Won't you have pity on nie, and tell me why?" "lJecause you never are up until al nurst guard in-ruiit." "Oh! deah, yes I am. I po over to the hospital at sick call, you know." "Why don't I ever see you. Then?" "Perhaps you haveu't risen yourself." "I'm always ujiat reveille." "No! (ommIiicss; why on eurth tki you do t hat ?" "I Irelieve you po over to the h.-sjiital the liack way aud aren't half awake and don't even have a collar on." "Now, Miss May ht.vv unkind." "Isn't it true?" "1 always have my collar tm." He told a future truth. After this he woukl wear a collar. "I hate lazy people." "Oh, Miss NLiy how unkind. You don't hate me. I hoie?" His -es vveire on the pink ribUm that Mutter.-. I form her licit; he took hold tif it and wound it around his fincer, petting pra.biallv .learer to her. "I th), if you are lazv." "How can I prove to vou that I am not?" "'Hint's easy enouph. "Do tell me how." "Just prove it." 'T.y rising earlv and lettinp v.u see nie?" "Well -yes." "I shall th so to-morrow." "Hut I always co ft.r a ri.le Ircforc breakfast." "May I not join you?" "If you I ke. I tlon't care." Which is feminine for carine ve-y much iinh .l. So Dr. nandoljih ro.levvitli Mis, S ii cr the next niorr.ire. ami he break fa si etl at the Irrrrilanls". antl he sat on the I.orrilards j.n-h. to watch guard mount inp. and then he plaved tennis with Miss Sjn-neer. and when it was too hot to do that any longer they sat on the j-.rch aeaiti. sh.ule.l by tiie t rovv-sfKt and moriiinc elory v ines. an.l read aloud by turns. They part--d f,,r luncheon, but immediately afi.-rvv.ir.l they went acain in the Ixirrilards' sit-tine-rooi-i to rat-tie.' the mand.-liu ami puitar. Kurd dph dined with the I..r-riI.ir.K-. a" ' 'hen he aol Miss Sp.-n.-t r walker' n down the line until tajts. and after taps they su on the irreli one it -oi e -! talketl in underioti.-s. Occasioiially the Roche Iroy made a third, an.l. thoueh he w ;is far frt-m welcome, he never pn.-ssed it. N.w. it may seem incmbble. but it is true. Ihat thoueh this went on vv ith oiit a pause for ten solid months. Ran dolph st'Jl modestly doubted if lie were loved, antl dared not voice his m Mrs. Lorrilard trepan To think thai she hr.d d.me rjuite all that the fam'-lv ihl exjieet of her, and she grew ho-l.-s and weary, moreover, of liardinc fre two hi! inert" .VOU lip JreOJile. She tol.l Miss Siencer as eentlv as possible that she micht Co the next time the aniiui lauee went over toCarthape. which was the railroad station. Miss Sjhmic-t tol l Rand-il.h she vv,k po"inc-tn.l wet.t. And Rand.. I nh ertjsoe.l her from afar, and actually thought she was w eepinc at leaving her little nephew ami nie-e and her sister. There are men like that. The ambulance went a week later to carry Maj. Roche and Teddy Ro- he to t le railroc.d. Teddy was offered a pisi t it in at Tuestm. ami w as poine to lake it : the major hal pov errment biisiness.it Carlhace. Th' Carthage road is a branch; it joins the main line of the A. T. A S. F. at a station c.tlle.1 San Antonio. The major would chaperon the youne woman tof"arth:ice; thence she would po to the main line and cast, and Teddy to the main line antl west. Only Teddy and May comprmnise.1. They lroth went to s;tK.(rro which i on the main line, a very little northeast of San Antonio. The contract doctor antl Miss Sjrcn cer had a harrow iirp part inp. The lat ter lost her teuijierover his prtreriisi-iiui-tion. antl burst into tears. It nearly broke his heart and entirely sileiwed hLs tonpue. After slie was pone, tvupelessly pone, he detenninctl to reveal the secret ..f his heart, by letter. Hut. Ireinp ii:uiied Custis Randolph, he put lTthinc it. ln stesid, he swunp on his kammM-k all day, and thoupht of her blue eyes and pretty face and puileless smile, anil re pretted his erst w hile constant eoinp ni ion. Th archnlatin-e would return, empty of its lovely load, in five duys. He knew that. He would write vv hen it returned. So, tin the afternt.n of the fifth day , he sat, still swineii.p in the !tammrck ami smoking a pie. the ashes w hereof liesj.rinkleti his coat, when the four mules ami the atnbuktnce rattled into the jrost. They stojijK-tl at 1 lie major's tpiarters. in a cltnxl of tlust. antl two men ami a woman aliphted. There was iro doubt alrout who the wouwin was. In his delight, Raixiolph hvst his head. He strtnle tltwn the brtuul walk to the Rtxhes. Miss Sjrenoer was still slajidinpby the ambulance, hvintinp with the tlriver's helji for strmethiup under one of the sesit. The major ami Teddy liad pone indoors. "Win. M isMav!" said Randol j.h. antl this time there was no draw I "bow tle Ikrhtful! Wliat brinps you liack?" "Oh! my lnisliiiiid. Tetldy and I p..t married in Socorro, and joimsl tlnnd.-ar okl nxijor apain in Carthape the s:une tlay." "How delightful," Raod.rlph rejieat etl. weakly. "Well. Teddy seemed to think so, but the tlear, sweet old major didn't. Any way, you kuow, he was so horrid alrout my shoes on the batl lands that .lay." She smiled demurely. And that was all anyone ever Itnew atrout it. tiWemKrlen Overton, in San Francisco Areonaut. A fwrrrt Worth Knowing- When one observes the ill-tlressetl nomrii to Ire seen on tire streets daily a rcrsou is led to think that their most common fault is carelessnt ss in in. .Sell ing shades. Hetter take acoutiasi if you cannot pet an exact match, but in I-ondou. at .east, jsitience will always secure what is wanted; if one shop titles not have it, another will. Har monics in dress are more effective at ail times an.l iu IrctL-r tu-ste than con trasts; thus, if you have a pink even ing dress try ratlier to pet plovcsof just the same pink than, of white kill :rof tan. Apaiti. if you have a hat with a red or a blue llower, antl are buy inc a dress that you are likely to wear with it pet somcthinp with a spray or line repcat inp that very tone of red or blue; this aj.pl res tt every color. Strike a note in each costume, however, s.mjile. and keej to it. The chc:iest gown, if all the details are studied, will cost no more and will surrasts in effert s..iiie thiug; a.t thrice the price. FAILED TO KEEP HIS PROMISE." A Irammtir Traced, la WhlrR th. II .a baod UH the- Heavy VUlain. "Harry." said Mrs. Hartleiph, tbe it her moriiinp. with a serious look ujioii her face; "are you sure, that you love lne the sajne its you did before marriage?" "y, you little simpleton," ex claimed Mr. Hartleiph, gently pinchinp Ins l.-it.r hair s i- vv itchiiip little, chin; "what a .piestion! Of course 1 do." "And you will keeji aJl prom Uei you make to lire?" "RelieitrlLsly." "And whatever I ask of vou, vou will do?" "es; that is to ay, darling, every thinc in re.-u-ou." "Ah, Harry, in tnir courtship days you never il.oucl.i rf reason." "No. probably not." saul Harry with a smile that Irore ,,n the border of cynicism. "N, dear. ..f omrse not." "Tlr-ii why do you now? Alas! I fear that you do not care so much for tour Mamie as y,,ii used totlo." "Nor. s.-nse. tiarlinc! I meant any thinc that it is jrossible for nie to do." "And you are sur--, Harry, that I am never out of your mind? That you are alvvavfi, always thinking of vtiur i-tr " on are tiev.-r out of my mind an in stant while I am nvv ay . and w hen I ara asl.-ep you are always with me in my dreaiiiS." "And. Harry -1-ar. can I trust you?" " Alway s. darlinc. and w ith anythinc. Of whom .; . think or care except your Mllvl self?" "I'.ut then, nu n are so changeful." "Some men. .hirliTip: but not your lovinc hiisbatid. Ytru will ever find me the sain.-, always true to you, always kecj.ine you in my- thouehts, always Irctit iijvn pleasing you. always ready to r.-sp..;,.! to your ll-sit,!" "Are you sure, Harry?" "Sure." "I have a great fctvor to ask of vou, Harry." "Oh. that's it: well, it is granted Ire fore it is risked." "Harry, mv love. Ire careful how you promise rcckless-ly. It is no common tl.ir.C I am coinc to ask of y ou." "It makes no dirTerenee what it is, larlii.c. you have my promise." "Yt.ti may think me firt.lish. Harry, but this is isiich an awful thing to ask of y-.ii." "Awful? an it I..-? Why. what in the world You arouse mv curiosity. Come. dear, out with it." "We!!. !;, r. you lire sure you won't think m. iiiir.-asonabie "Not a bit." "or act inc?" "N ' ." "Iv.n't tr'tb-. Ilrry : this is a serious matter." "S.-ruis? Y.oi don't mean that you have l-e.-n e.Mikinc something?" "What an idea! No." "Or that, your mother is coming to lit w ith Us?" "Harry , you k now t-et ter t lian that ! "Tl..-ti. far heaven', sake, tell Die what ii is." "I will. Hut don't starts and don't r fuse me. Here is a letter, tlear, that I want vou to mail. It- its important. Now. you won't forget it. will you?" "You silly little p. osc! And it i-i only tJiis? Why didn't you tell me at nine? Of course I w ill do it. I'll put it in the la.x at the comer as I po by." "And vou will i.ot forpet to do it?" "Forcet ? ImjMrssit.ie." "t H irry. you don't know what a load you have taken t.ff my mind. Here it is. now U sure!" They embrace and kiss, and Mr. Hart leieh C''-s off with tin- letter in his h-n.d. so : t Ire sure not to forget to mail it. and his little wife p.es t-incing alrout the house happy in the assur ance that she has a husband whom she can trust. In lire evch'me. Mr. ILirtlrieh. after he customary creetinc. discovers dust on her hicd-and's coat. Prtrceed iec to dust it off with her hand, slrrt pcreciver- that there is something :n h:s breast pocket. "What have you there?" she asks. "Nothine. that I know of," Harry re r!ies. I'.ut mechanically he thrust his tian l into the jM-ket and draws some thing' tlrente with the exclamation: "Hy Jove!" It is that letter which he promised to mail. His liflle wife hurst- into tears. O Harry!" site cries; "mother told the truth. Tire men are all alike. My dream of happim-s i over. My husliand has irie.l false. Oh. why was I ever Irorn?" Mrs. Hartl.-ipli did not po home To her mother, but in a few days she ap jrcared on the street in a new seal saequ- and a j-erfect love of a Imnrtct. liostou Transcript. A FAVORITE TINT. With lnl In the Air .olden Hrowa Im the True Autuorn tutor. Soft shades t.f to own always sprinp into favor at the first fiost; Jj rhaj lreeause it is liann .iiious with the lad ing leaves, and -t-rhaps In-causc there is so niucti warmth in the eoior. A lovely pow II trt this color IMX-Jrared for a well-know n leader of favliion at l'.ryn Mavvr has the skirt mad - of a soft can vas cloth in the most Ireautiful. warm shade t.f polden brown, over crimson satin, show inp beautifully through tiie meshes. A narrow rojre or cord t.f crimson velvet outlined every seam of the gracefully-pored skirt. The lndice had a liotly of polden loown mousseline de stric. tl raw ii in st.ft ftillnessover a iiuinp trf the crimson siitiu. and brought into a licit trf twist.-d crimson, finished with a knot directly iu front. An odd collarette of appliqued tan fi cures on a groundwork of puldeu brtrw n mousseline de soie sets over the l-.ust and the ttrjis of tiie sleeves, then down the front into the Irelt, It is a, most efftH-tive finish to the I rod ice. A thick ruche of poiden brown mull setA tiff t he neck. The sleeves are narrow-topjied lep-o'-muttons. finished in a point at the hand. Ooiden brown and white eoru bine tlaiutily. A smart pow n with this combi nal ion shows a ttox-plaited skirt and iKrx-j.lait. d blouse. The entire under side of the plaits is of white taffeta. The effect is wonderfullT pretty when the skirt opens like a fan. revealing the strijres of white. Short jackets of brown velvet are worn with tailor-made skirts of a lighter tout of brown, with striking effect. A. KXITT.lm Tot 0 V -oner
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