X f ruumuii
p.blUbxl Weekly mt
U.iniii"'i ---
1,200
b.rrlp But".
- i. in ji.ti-anre ,
... .f UN-
it
el'T. - -
;ei ' i' n.t leM t" 3 months. 1.74
''" it in-t i'il witbtn 6 uiutilti. U ut,
it u..t "lUiio l" ' ' 'A
J .1.
' - .1.
... renidioK oauide of the count
M-"rT,mn. lr r ..II He cnemed to
pi nt will the above term be de
. tD1.e wno don i oonso.li toel
"l.f. t ,.fin m advance must not e
Irt to 1,1 ,t',.t fe ilu-tioetlv understood froir
r ittni! ' .
" ,"" . .mr i.ai.T .-elore you stop It. If sto
,- Mr JNl ,ne t.ut do otherwlne.-
.. ion i""1 ,,-le i too short.
..at
br'n
HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS
SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH
APOLtO
REQUISITE OPHICjH
C0Ai5TRyCTi0j
THE WfflTJZ 3mM MACffML &,
CLVZAtf.
FARMERS!
TAK
msulc soino
in the
provi-iiM-iit?"
OLD SHEiMKLE MILL
we are now prepared to turn out
FHIST-CIjASS WOI5K on Short
aVoficr. Nolieitiiii; a
a(r(umi', I remain
s.
PROPRIETOR.
" HO MORE DOCTORS FOR ME t
I rotitimiitir. Bent m t
'or.iia, t.ilj u. tn keep quiet, no excitfw
rt, i,l IIO t,t9. jllt tliink of it
I f-.un.l alutli book calleJ MJuide
""- .!, by Mri. I'iukliam, aul in it I
ut w,.t ai..l me. So I wrote to
if V rei.lv Ini.i inr nst what t
o. and I
am :n ;.i,.li.l health now."
LYDUEPIKKHAM'S.
Veeetabl
i Compound
'TwilltitKe wnkns (ml ailment
J iit wttli the ki, and restorea ir-
'' t:i.
br )t a standard rtl
, " "t i t mil. in form ol
.fes. on r. ir.t of
the r,.e of Ki.lnry Complaint.
' t' e Conioouud lia no rival.
PirAi.am freely a. swern letters of
1--T. Enui-j. tlamp for reply.
ra of
5
iti-niil lor Mrs. Plnknin
U1 liiutlralee boek. enhtlto
ESllM -0 EIIOUEIIE."
me ot aluahl4 Ir.lormatiae.
ss and ma tear.
E, ,,ACREAT DISCOVERY.
Cfeat Interest to the Fair Se.
iiiiAunt reiiitival of unsli;lttly
' 'i lip. ! i;m nrwi for thousands
"1 it ! t!n, umiAturat growth. With
pU-ilK treatlnelit there
"f 'l urn ami uitiTely no in.
1 'luiKtit. It may I applied by m
"IT"- With llr. Htlnert's reinetly
' 'r a few moment, with a small
It
u ,T
' Wi..:1.
o r,!? '-i'-'.et Injury to the uit drlhale
ti., ' '"' !,unil"S or Itching senaiifi and
lu. . T "', ' l'""'' 'f any kind lvrsoiis at
f"'u-""'S the otre. tionv ran eftert
" ""r,"ul ex-ne of vl-iituiK the
,r ' J' " direrti.,i, r given wl'h fit' ii
.tel;.r "' " onre for clr. ulr t.r r:ill on
-weri, m tterauia Avenue, lIUshui r.
"""Jtlnl
I SulOE 10 H
A J' la.eo tl
I . . . . . I
JAS. C. HASSON, Editor ond
VOLUME XXXI.
OffO.
extensive mi-
portion of your
LUDWO
9
DENTISTRY !
Dun't y on know that you cin liavt- tliosf
rl.'. ;iv-'l ami nlT.-nivr Ifi-lli restorril to a
healthy fomlition at a
Very Moderate Cost ?
poii't ou know that I can do your den
tal work a L'n-at deal cheaixT than you ran
y-t it doiif i-lscw hiTf?
Don't vim know thai it i a very danirer
ous ihinir to take t hloiofortii. Ether or
l,.ini-'liinir las?
If yon don't know, efime to my (illice ami
1 will ilt inonstrale to vou the truth of the
atmve.
Odontunder !
This i the only afe anaesthetic known
to-.iav lo I he dental profession. 1 ''
the exclusive rieht of Eheiishiirtf. leelh
extraeled .osilively w il liout pain.
Teeth tilled with gold. I and up.
Teeth tilled with alloy, -." eenls and .l
C Tee'tli filled with Silver, tents and .Hi
rents.
Teeth t-leaned. -J.li-enls and . rents.
Teeth extra. ted. r l enl".
IIOLIH KOW.NS AS l.oU AS...f.
Gold Fillini, Crown and
Feelinc ronlident that hoih prires and
woik will prove satisfactory, I solicit your
patronage.
Dr. Richards,
M K.. IIESTI1I,
Julian St., Ebensburg.
Ma
EARLY TO Iini"
is a welcome call when
the bed is made of
CORK
SHAVINGS.
Comfortable.
Dl'kaiile.
Your dealer sells them.
llllllll
7
Proprietor.
WHEN MOTHER
TUCKED US IN.
Our little hedrnnm, "way
upstairs," was
iiiHWil l,y the sun.
That diil its .luty KrinlKtnKly
when sum-
im-r dys wer- dniu-;
Yet mmttrrn rooms steam-heated ne'er will
le s,i i-ozy. iiiit.
As ours was. w lir mother came and tucked
us in at niKht!
How lonn the w inter evenings were tiefore
the open lire.
With rosy tipples roasting there and sput-
terinc in their ire;
The popcorn siuiiiih tjithesomely above
the ruddy 1-e I
Of coals, that flowed riyht furiously, with
Kooil ro k niiiiU- feil;
While father read the mper tlirouKh. or,
when our nimhlmr i nine,
liscours-d ut 1 heTili of church and state,
disix-iiMiui; praise or Plame
Impartially; aiol mother sat, with needles
difkiiiK fast
That hliKil the staid old clin-k to count
the momi'tits us they passed;
While titful tirelieht flashes fell U(ion her
itcntlc fae
That .shoi.e wilh steady 1 iM lit the outward
sin of inward Krace.
And si the h:i y moments ran till hrands
In (.an to tall;
The m iuhlinr il.iiined his well-worn coat,
and tramped out through the hall;
Then father hroutht the ltil.le worn, and
read, with reverent voice.
Some "poition" of the Sacred Word, to
hasten or rejoiee
Our hearts oh, while w ith him we knelt.
how liiuui his fare
s his petition htiniNy rose up to the
throne of fcracc.
The slow soniirous stroke of nine made
I .ion lift his head
From sliaL'L'y paws; and mother said:
'm. t hihlreti. now to led!"
We left our sturdy "Vopper-toes" the shin
ing lo arili t fore.
our "daytime clutnes" In tumbled heaps
beside them on the Moor.
And, hohliiiK up our trailing frowns, we
S4-aiiii i e 1 up the stairs;
Pasl the l:c ehiuinev. w h re, we made be-
liev-. lurked polar b ars;
Across the lluor th.i: erejtked with cold
then Into lied We lli,.,i.l.
lirawiii: the homesiuii blankets close
alKiut ea'h h-ad closely croped;
And there we listened, still
as mice, for
tuo! her s .-eh ilo t n-ad ;
Hlht well we knew that she would come
tot in k us up in beil
Was ever such a tender "knack" for mak
ing lile all rosy?
A touch no deft, a lo Iiik pat. and we were,
oh. cozy !
The wind miirht rack the rattling sash and
twist I he 1 ii i trees tall.
The storm raci- al the pane to ua it mat
lend not at all.
It seemed a shame to to sleep and lose
I he il, ar delight
We hail when mother came upatairs and
lucked us in at ni:hl!
Minnie Leona I'pton. in Good Housekeeping-
tfifsirisifiiirisrcsiffiiifisif.iVffVfVtVffV!
f A Brush With Apaches, f:
a e J
BY P. VAILBIR SHOOP. s
T
HE lonir strinir of pack mules
woiiml o ii through the dark.
1..11 row ravine of tin- 1 las.'i vampae riv-r
:h;iii. anil irossitif' the dry lel of
the stream disappeared behind n letle
if rocks jtittinj.' out from tin over
liaiitriiijr clilT. It was a lonely spot.
I ii miles in-low a ijuatl. mill had been
reeteil, ami live miles 1141 the river was
a sheep ranch. I'.tit here no sifj'ii of life
::ppiarel. save the sinuous line of
mules wending their way across a
t-! retch of alkali plain to the foothills
just lieyonil. The alkali dust, dry :s
tinder, crushed under the feet-of the
animals and was wafted away in little
I ulTs at each successive step.
The straps fastening the load to the
back of one of the animals became
loosened, and I stil to fix them.
'I he other mules tiled past and left me
about a quarter of a mile In-hind. As I
vv as tujo-ino- away at the striips, with
.the mule occasionally looking back at
me with aijuiviial expression show in'
plainly 011 its lace. I heard a sound as o;
some one sli ppi 11 ov or t lie nw ks above.
The mule looked up. snilTeil the air,
crave a sudden lurch, w ri ncliino- the
straps from my hands, and dashed
madly off toward the animals in the
l"ad, probably now a mile ahead, and
already on the summit of the nearest
foothill. The tin buckets, provisions,
etc., that formeil the contents of its
load, were strew n o er the ground quite
promiscuously.
The other animals in the train, who
previously had been walking alonje in
a sleepy, mechanical way, and only
I w itchincf their ears and sw ine;iiij their
tails to vary the monotony, seemed to
he infcctcil w ith the terror of the ani
mal that had broken away from me.
and joined it ill a mad disorder. I
sli pped back under the ov el liaii'inr
ledf'c of rock, ami grazed af tcr t he ani
mals, wondering as to the cause of their
sudden fright. Just then a sharp re
port rantf out. 1 felt a stinj.'iiio- sen
sation in my ri'lit ear, and could hear
: distinct ".pin).'." I clapped my hand
to my ear; it w as l.dcedi Uf. Then the
reason for the mad fear of the mules;
came to me. A mule that has been used
w here Indians are around soon learns
to tell by intuition.it seems, w henever
one is near and, as they have an inhoru
antipathy toward them, never lose any
time in frettiiij out of the reach of their
lilies. Ill is one had tired at me
through a crevice in the rocks, but hail
done no damage save to clip off the
lip of my ear.
We were not then expecting an out
break. A few months before tieii. Cook
had frathereil in the hostile Apache!
and placet! them tinder military con
trol. The former horrors were for-e-otten.
ami we were at case and off our
iruanl. The only weaMn I carried was
a navy revolver, a oor instrument to
cope with a ritle in the hands of a
bloodthirsty savage.
1 trlanceil up throuph the break in the
rocks and saw an Apache, in full war
dress, peering ilovvn to ascertain the
result of his shot. As I kept still, he
llioujrht lie liad finislieil me. ami so.
losing his caution in liis cupidity for
scalps, lie ventured out from behind the
lin ks ami befran climbing dow 11. This
v. as my opMi t unity, ami I drew my
nvoivcr :.nd f:reil tit him. ami had the
somewh.i ."rni'scnir satisfaction of sce
inp him fall across a rock, ills ritle
ilroppinp; from his hands. Ixiun lcil
down the rocks anil fell at my feet. I
picketl it up. I hud prcvioush sup
n,si il him to Ih- alone, hut now a dozen
it 11. ore jells burst from annul;' the
rocks, and I knew that 1 was in for it.
Keeping close to the rocky clilT ami
iliMlrinir 1 rom l-ow lder to Imiw Idcr, 1 ran
for some distance up the dricil-up bed
ol the liver unjierccived. 1 hid as best
"UK 18 A PRKKMAD WHOM THE TRUTH M1IKR FRKB AMU ALL ABE LAVES BESIDE.
EBENSBUKG, PA., Fill DAY, AUGUST
1 lotilil. and looked l.iack. I here weic
So or more warriors, it seemed to me,
eXi'.-Miiniiifr the place where I hud lieeii
when the shot was tired.
Apparently there was no time to b
lost, anil taking advantage of their
scarchiups, I ran as rapidly as the
n.cky riound would permit me. 1
pained the shelter of a ravine that ran
down the river. 1 clambered up the
sides. I w as not now more t lian 11 quar
ter of a mile away from where I shot
tin Indian, and I could easily hear
their yells when they realized their
prey had escaped. To my iclicf. their
c-iies prcw fainter and fainter, and in a
few minutes they ceased al topet her.
They were looking in the w rone; direc
tion for me, and had passed down in
stead of up the river. This pave me
some lelief, but I was still in a itanpcr
oiis locality. For aupht I knew, other
bands were in the v i inity and anxious
for the scalp of an..ie who mipht ap
pear. Aci ordiuply I carefully and cau
tiously picked m way aloup: cii-cpinp
most of the lime and always kecp
inp clos.' to the protection of u rock
or l.irpc tree. Secinp 110 sipns of In
dians. I lost much of my fear and ran
I'penly across the hills. 1 ran oil ful
some distance, and was finally broupht
up sharp i.v lairl v 1 iimiiiip into a camp
of tjic . Vouches. They had built a small
fire and were ilevouiiiip the provisions
that our excited pack of mules hail
spilled. All weir so busily enpaped in
catiup, however, that 1 was imper
ii ivi-d. I re I rented i-arcf ully. hut a sen
tinel Ilia! they had posted saw me, and
si nt a ril'e ball whizzinp in my direc
tion, much too close for comfort, I can
assure you. 1 ran madly alonp, sliini
blinp over lops and rotten slumps. I
had a pood start, ami kept in advance of
them, quite out of pitlishot. Several
shots wen- sent after me, but nil ap
parently fell short. I C'intiiiiied rnn
iiinp, scarcely knowinp how or where,
and at leiiptli came out iioii theajkali
plain. I had run in a circle of nlxuit
six miles in circumference, and hail
arrived at the place where the mules
had stampeded. I was so exhausted I
(oiild scarcely move.
1 was now in ilesierate straits, in
deed. 1 could still hear the yells of the
Indians, allhouph their cries were Ik.
coiuinp wea'ver. I looked over toward
1 he foothills. exiectiup to see some one
coiuinp, and to my intense relief I saw,
partly obscured by the ti inp dust, a
troop of cav.ilry from the fort. I could
make out the tint-s of their uniforms,
and nothiiip I have seen, lie fore or since,
was as plea-i ii.,' as t hat army '.l ue. The
fort was only alxuit "(I mili-ei aw ay, and
word had Imi-ii received I ha t a f ternoon
that a portion of the Apache trilte hail
escaped and were 011 the warpath, and
this troop had Imcii sent to intercept
them. I puideil the soldiers to the lu
ll ia 11 camp, where the Apaches had all
returned, haviup piven up their search
for me.
hen they saw they were surrounded
by the soldiers, they submitted without
a striiL'ple. Their arms were taken
away from them, and they were forced
to return to their reservation, very
sullen, it is true, but without further
host i Ii t ics.
I hus ended my first experience with
I he relink in warriors, und I am perfect
ly wiliinp to let it In- the last. At that
time 1 was so much so, in fact, that I re
signed my position as pilot of a paek
l'Hile train and returned to a civilized
rcpion.-- Peterson's Mapazine.
MR. BIFFLEBY GOES YACHTING.
An lnevienalve Trip, the Only Actual
Outlay llelntc for st Mottle of Tmr.
" "A life on I he ocean wave.
And a home on the rolling deep.
Where the scattered waters rave
And the wauls tiieir vikTil keep.'
"I don't know that 1 have the quota
tion exactly ripht," said Mr. P.illleliy,
accordinp to the New York Sun, "but
it will serve as an introduction to what
1 want to say.
'I am very fond of yacht inp, but I
don't po as much as I wouhl likti to,
011 account of the excn.se. Hut 1 am
not without the enjoyments of yacht
inp; for when the desire for water
comes over me, as it does every slim
mer, I manape to po yachtinp at home.
"Every sprinp 1 buy alxuit a pound
of tar, which I keep in a liot t Ie t ipht ly
corked. When it comes alonp some
drowsy summer day, and I fin-1 that
I would like to Ik' ly inp on deck bakinp
in the sun. with the yacht noddinp
alonp lazily in the summer breeze, then
I take a trip at home.
"That nipht I eat fish for dinner,
or clam chowder, ami I po to lied early.
Ilcfore poinp to bed I start, the water
rtnininp in the bathroom; the sound
of it makes the waves, lappinp apainst
the bow of the boat. I clew up the
awninps only partly; the startinp of
the awninps when the wind pets in
their folds i1im-i for the svvayinp sails.
I brinp out. the bottle of tar ami un
cork it. and set it on a chair up by
the head of the lied. I douse the plim
and tumble into bed, 'Kocked in the
cradle of the deep.' "
u I iirorlunnle llunl Family.
The Duchess il'Alencon. whose watch
and betrothal rinp were found in the
ruins of the burned Paris bazar, was a
member of a royal house which has had
more than its share of misfortune in
recent years. She w as t he datiphter of
i)uke Maximilian of I'avaria and a
oiiuper sister of the empress of Aus
!ria and the ex-queen of Naples, and
-die had a pood deal of the hiph spirit
vhicli dist inpiiNhcil those two brilliant
ladies before public and private sorrows
had dimmed their vivacity. The cm
press has h.st her only son under pe
culiarly painful and melancholy cir
ciinislaui t's. The queen, the dashinp
horsew omaii of theT-O's. has loup lived
tin exile fiom the kinpdom which her
lim ...mil's weakness did a pood deal to
forfeit, und now the third sister has
come to a trapic and untimely death.
I heir cousin, e.x Kinp Louis of Pavaria,
committed suicide 11 ytars apo. X. V.
World.
Knatly I'leaufd.
Dependence on superfluities is one
kind of helplessness. In one of his
ntiphlH'iiy hats with a lady who lived
near him at Sunnysi.le. Washinpton
Irvinp rently reproved her complaint
alx.ut the demands her children made
n.n her. "I have to teach them so
many thinps!" she said. "Too many.
pei-h"nps." replied Irvinp. "Pepin with
one thir p. Teach them to be easily
l leased." Youth's Companion.
JLULWAV JiOliUEKY.
Not So Many Trains Hold Up ae
There Used to Bo.
Eitra rrrraatliias Are Taken by Ex.
Vreea Companies and Laws Are
iielnw ::aue V. Lie 1a liaie
Their KtTeet.
In the year 1SU3 there were .13 rail
road trains held up in this country by
imitators of the James ami Youuptr
kranps. The next year the number was
Ji. II was VJ in Isi5, und last yar
dropped to LM. In the last scv 1 .1 years
there have been lsj trains hchl oj or
wrecked for the purjiose of roblteiy.
The number of pcisons kiilcd in the
perpetration of this t rain-w 1 ecki up or
holdinp up crime was 73, the iinmber
woiiihIiiI The smalliiess of t hi' lit
ord for lMai may lie partially ai-couuteil
for by the fact that passcnpcis ami
crews have recently fallen into the way
of fiphtinp train wreckers and train
robbers. 'Ihcie were several instances
in ivjii of ilcliberate jduns haviup been
made by railroad oilicials to trap train
robbers and kill them, und the plan:;
were successfully carried out, a fact
which proved decidedly ilisi ourapinp
to the train-rohhinp profession. The
mortality in ls'jii was four aiuonp pas
seupers anil amoiip trainmen.
So f ret pi --.il soilesperale have been
many of these efforts at traiii-robbiiip
that the idea has become more or less
popular in Europe that railway travel
in the I'liited Stales is about asih.npiT
ous as is traveled by private coiive ance
iu the bripaiid districts of Italy and
-iieily, and it cannot be denied that
there is considerable justification for
the prevalence of this idea. It is not
many mouths since three or four heartl
ess I toys were sent to the penitc i.tiury
from Koine, N. Y., for the crime of
train wrii-kinp. Put terms in the pen
itentiary are not reparded as an ade
quate punishment for t his inonst runs
crime, and so the penal code of the Em
pire state has recently been revised,
piai-inp train w rei kinp anionp t lie cap
ital cl inics. Hereafter any man in New
York state found puilty of train wreck
inp will sutTer the same punishment as
does any man found puilty of murder
in the first depree.
An idea of the mapnittide of the ilan
per to railroad travel in the I'nitetl
Stales is prevalent on this side of the
Atlantic, ami it tinds voice in the elab
orate arranpeuieiits for defense made
by the several express companies of the
country in their curs devoted to the
transmutation of valuables.
The il.teriois of some of the express
cars have the appearance of veritable
arsenals. In fact, some of thecals ate
-ailed arsenal cars. They have a hul-Icl-proof
room located in their center.
They are built of steel im-li in
thickness. The doors leadinp into
rilher end of these cotnpai tments arc
punctured with eepholes, throuph
which a pun can be raupeil and tiled.
On either side is a steel projection a
f.Mit wide cxtctiilinp from the level of
the window sill to the roof. At each
end at the side of this nrranp. incut a
port-hole is provided so that a ritle n.ny
Ik used to sweep the side of the train,
front or rear, or to hoot 1 rom a sidi
hole in any direction from this lxml
priKif. These are only some of t In
itially features of the idea! arsi ual cai
that has come into use on account of
the frequency of train-wrei kinp and
t rai u-robbi iilt. These precautions have
been thouoht necessary by the astute
iiianapcrs of the e.xprt ss 1 ompauii s.
Meantime the I nitrtl :. tales po, em
inent that is eiipa-.fd in 1 1 ans port inp
valuables in mail cars has taken i:.
stu-h precautions to protect the prop
erly in trusted to its care. To be sure,
the recently constructed mail cars have
no iloor at each end accessible to tin
train-robber, but they have ilooi s ut.
the sides, to which an expert ri h'-ci
can find acct ss and w here the lailway
mail clerk could answer and dai s an
swer frequently a summons to open.
Millions and millions of dollars nn
every week sent throuph the I'tiibi'
States mail in these nnprotei ted mail
ears. If 1 he t rain is held up. if t he n-b-lK-r
sncceeiVs in fii.dinp his ent ram e li
the railway car and the valu:il.!-s 'Vol
'he I'niti-il States mail baps are licil.
the ow neis have no recourse. Tl.r pov
erumetit refuses to be responsible. Il
is probable that to this !a-k of iopon
sibility the povernmcnt's laxity ir
takinp necessary precautions apaii'si
train-robl.inp may be atti ilutt d. Tin
exprv'KS companii-s recopuie their re
sMnsibility and prepare themselves ac
cordingly. The povcrnmer.t seen s sat
isfied to trust to luck ami. tin fort ttr at. -iy.
in many ii stam es the patrors als
of the I'nited States mail service trust
to luck. The fact that the wnrni am!
fatal reception piven robbers hi; I yctir
reduced the number of train-robberies
ami train-w iecl,ii:p. it would f--ciii.
oupht to be aeeeided as a reasi-n why
the poveriiment should take as radical
precautions as have the express coin
'anics. A knowlcilpe that 11 ail i-:fs,
like express cars, were lit lie else than
movinp arsenals, topether with such
drastic measures as have hi-cn just
adopted in New York state, would po
1 I. mp way toward makinp tram-roh-binp
in America an almost iinlieaid-of
cri me. Ci ncin nat i Ti mes-Sl a r.
Food Law a In Franee.
France knows how to protect the
riphts of her Kople Anybody who
doubts the penuineiiess of an article
of food that he has purchased from a.
Parisian tradesman may take it to the
municipal lalairatory for anay lsis. It
wilt cost him uothinp to have it ana
lyzed and the fact determined whether
it is unadulterated or adulterated, and
if the latter the law deals with the
offender without further action 011 the
part of the purchaser. The shopkeeper
is liable to be heavily fined and im
prisoned, anil has to display con
spicuously in his shop window- or on
his dimr for a year a larpe placard
bearinp the words: "Convicted of
Ad ulteration."
ulrlilrs In Furotie.
On an averape altout 100 persons
commit suicide in the River Thame
annually. Of these some 30 jump f rom
the parajets of Westminster bridpe.
The averape number of suicides in Lon
don is 87 per annum er 1.iki,(i(hi in
habitants. The ratio of Paris is 4i.'2.
The lowest fipure is in Naples, 34.
.L.njji""j
tisiti
9i.no and
27. 1897.
f A BUNCH
I . OF LILACS.
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BY CAROLINE LEROV.
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:Tin K NORTUKIIHIE was dis
courapiil. Sittinp 011 the top of 0
bl oken-ilow 11 stone wall, he loeikcd ovet
the rotiph pasture laud to the little,
weather-beaten house lieyoiiil, and de-
i.Ied that he had never been quite s
much ilisiNiurapcd in all his lite.
It had not Ik-ci a very lonp life, it is
true only 14 years but he felt that
iiioriniip as if he hail lived a pri nt while,
and to very little purjKise. lie wanted
so many thinps, und had so few ! More
than ull else, he loiiped for an educa
tion, or, coiu ludinp that that word ex
pressed too much for luni, for a few
lxokk,at least. He could read, and think
over w hat he read even, w itln.ut ji teach
er; but he certainly could not read
without Looks. As for buyinp any,
that was un absurd idea, under present
circumstances.
Arthur and his mother could hardly
buy enoiiph to eat, and had to iay in
terest, too, on the mortpnpe placed on
the little house a pir piece of prot
erty, but all Mr. Northrulpe had lett
when he died, six mouths h. fore. Mrs.
Norlhriilpe took in sevvinp for awhile,
but the rheumatism ill her hands was
piowinp worse every day.
Arthur had worked at very smalt
wapes 1. calls all winter for a machinist
in the villape; but the machine shop
hail bin iicd i!ow ti and the machinist had
moved away. To tell the ti uth. Arthur
could not feel sorry almut either of
those occiii rciiccs, even thouph he tried
from a sense of duty.
He positive-ly loathed machinery. He
loved birds and flowers as much as In
haled wheels and lathes and pcarinp.
Still, when the machinery stopped the
money stopn-i also that wum the
worst of it and apparently no way in
which he could earn more. He wished
the words from one of the pieces in
his old rcadinp Ixiok would not keep
poinp throuph his head in that monot
onous manner:
"I'll find a way or make it!
I'll tii.d a way or make It!"
He could do neither, he w as sure. And
so. what was to become of him and his
mother?
"Oh. Morton! Morton! Inik at that!"
Arthur pave a start, cominp back in
an instant from a visit to tlie frrcat
trees of California, and saw a carriage
rolling- by, which, in accordance with
the wish of tlu.' lady who occupied it,
drove to the stone wall.
She was not look inp at Arthur,
thouph he-r ey es were shininp. and her
lips parted in a sort of ddipht. So:ue
lliinp on the proiliul had attracted her
attention. Arthur looked in the satin:
direction. A bunch of liltics. which he
had been holdinp in his hands iluiinp
his lonp reverie, had fallen unawares,
and Hie lady hail se?n it. He spranp
down, picked it up and offered it to
her.
"They're a pood deal wilted," he said.
"If you'll wait a minute I'll run home
and pet some fresh ones."
"No, indeed!" the ladv replied, quick
v. She pressed the withered flowers
apainst her cheek. There were tears
(11 her eyes, thouph only a moment be
fore she had certainly been smiliup.
Her husband was smiliup then as he
liMikeil at her, sccminp to understand
her mood. lie put his hand into his
xh-kct, looked more closely at Arthur,
hesitated, and withdiew it.
"My wife is not well," he explained,
"and the lilacs remind her of her old
home. She is very fond of them, and
tl cy'II help her more than medicine.
It's the first time she's Inrn aide to
drive out from the e-ity. We are very
much oblipeil to you."
Arthur only Imwed. He was a little
ov ercome by such a display of -motion
over a simple bunch of lilac -half-wilted,
too and watched the carriape with
interest as it drove away.
A moment later a sudden idea k
curreil to him, in so perfect and prac
ticable a shape that he did not even
stop to consider it. 1 le started off on a
run to a house which stood near by,
in u till 11 of the road.
Farmer Sanford was busy buildiup a
st rip of fence.
"Will you please lend me your edd
Kate and th red wapou for the rest of
the d:iy. Ml. Sanford?"
"What?"
The old uiuii could hardly lielieve his
ears, w hie-li. perhaps, was not so st ranpe
after all, considerinp that he was prad
ually prow inp tleaf.
"I'd like to hire it if I had any money."
he went on loldly. "I'm poinp to try
to make some, and if I do I'll pay you
as soon as I pet liack. If not, I'll werk
it out on the fence. Will that do?"
Farmer Sanford heard plainly enouph
this time.
"That sounds more like busiue-ss," he
said, in his H-culiar raspinp voice. "I
don't keep horses to lend, and old Kate
isn't so yonnp as she once was. Mind
that when you're u-driviti her."
Arthur's next trip was to his own
home, a little f urt her on.
"Mother, I've iKirrowed Mr. Kan ford's
horse and wapon, and I'm poit p to take
a load of lilacs up to the e-ity and try
to sell them."
And while he spoke he cut away larpe
clusters of them, puttinp them into a
couple of pails of water he had placed
in the wapon.
"Why, that's a crazy idea. Arthur!"
his mother leplied. "Payinp money
for lilacs! What made ytiu think of
such a thinp?"
"I'll tell you when I pet home, moth
er after you've helped me count the
money I'm v'nP to brinp with me."
And he lanphed for the first time
that day. He was too busy and too ex
cited to explain just then.
Arthur's eaperness, ctmbined with
tdd Kate's infirmities, made the trip
seem lonp to him; but heat last reached
that part of the city where he had men
tally decided to po into business.
Kate halted in a dejected attitude at
the coi ner of one of the principal busi
ness streets. It was a street in which
nothiiip was lmupht or sold but money.
tJreat crowds of men sniped in all di
rections over the sidewalks. W upoi.s
and cuba tilled uo the space be-lwce-n
vgr-.T
postage per ear In advance.
NUMBElt:-:-'.
It was all roar and riiv.i an,; rail
In the In art of it stood Arthni
Northridpe. in the old wapon with th
lilacs. 1
"Holloa! My wife would l.i.e some ol
those. How- much, y onnp:t r?"
And a hurry inp man st.. st,rt
aml haiuhil Arthura HmmI. ,1;.,,- bill.
"That's a whiff from inv mother's
front yard." exclaim.il another ma. 1 lie
fore Arthur had time to replv to th,
first one. "Hive us a bunch, l-.y . I i-an't
wait for the chaiipc."
And. llinpiiip ilowu a quarter, he
.seiz.il a cluster of the Mowers and
rushed on apaiu.
"I'm in a hurry, too." the first cus
tomer explain. il. "Don't keen nie w ait
inp." And he held cult his hand im;..-it :.-i.t 1 v.
"Put I can't t hai, re it. sir." An hut
1 plied. "I've just p..i- into business
Plenty of stiK-k. but no ready inonev.'
The peiitleman hiuph.il at the words,
and look.il at Arthur appreciative!-. .
"Ami I have nothinp in tl. world but
this one bill." he said. i tu,n.
"Plenty of money once. Made it ail -
easy on this street. Lost it all ,;,sv.
too in the same place. K.-.p .-ut ..fit.
lny, liiiliss you cot:-e oti this s rt ol
'.Hisiness. Put my wife shall have some
lilacs, anyway."
He fuiiibl.il in his ji- ki ts, found a
tcn-.-cnt piece, pave it to Arthur, and
passed on.
Py this time qii'Tc a prouji surround
d the w upon.
"Lilacs, five and ten cents!" This was
the formula which Arthur had thought
out for himself as he drove- add Ka-e
alonp. wonderinp if it could possibly i
considered extortion to charpa- so much
for what was to him so v a tu-l.-ss. lint
In- did led lui'd to adopt this plan of
aallinp att rition to his wares. The
sil:ht a.f thcl.l Was i-lmllli - mi -u;'e-tlva
of I ha ollt Hale and sweet iia-ss a.f
the a-o. 1. ia tha- crowded, ilu-tv.
waatyi. p it. strea-t.
V lia-'i :!.a- !ast llow cr had in-eti ilis
J misc. I a f .::..! .dl Kate was haadii:p for
home. Ailhi.i had ample leisure i.i
vhiih to r.-a l.oii up his profits- three
i. . liars and lifty-live cents.
11a a-aiul.l haj-dly ln-lieve it. and
loiintnl tha money apaiu and aain till
he proveal the ua--urucy atf the.alcuh.
tioii. "What am I to pay you for the horse
and wupou?" w as his first sal 11l.1i n .11 to
Parmer Sanford. as he drove into the
yard. "I liava-n't fed her, for 1 had no
chance.
"Had any dinner yourself?"
"Not a mouthful. I've Ihi-ii too busy
Nothiiip eoiil.l have so inspiml a.. 1
Farmer Sjinford with resail and j.d
miratiou fi the I --t -is h:s v. ill.i - a. s
to po hull, .' 1. . .- ; .:ke of ni.il.iiip
a little iiioi.. In Ins vcrna.-ulai, thut
was "su'thin like."
"We'll. COUsiaia-I in" as old Kata
wouldn't have Ik'cii doin' iiothin to
elay. I suppose 5o cents woul.l i-ova-r tin
ciamape's." Without volunteering any explana
tion, Arthur enpaped the- lioise aiu!
wapon for the next day, un-1 wei.t
home. Ha' had a lonp story to tell his
mother that iiipht; and the m-xt i.iorn
inp, takiup al! tha- lil.ie-s that wen- oi-.
the place, he .-.tartcd edT on his second
trp to the e-ity, saleitii.p anothar
coiner this time, but 011 an equally
busy street.
Fortune sca-mcil as ready to favor
him as on the pra-i-dinp day . and sales
wa-re brisk for half an hour. At tha
end of that time. Arthur felt a hand 011
his shoulder, and looked up to sea-tha-peiitleman
who had ina-t him by the
roadside two days before.
"tiona into btisiiia-ss. have you, my
Iniy? How did this happen'.'"
He asked the-question with preat in
terest. "Oh. sir!" Arthur answered, with
animation, "it all came from the bunch
aif lilacs. 1 thouph t il" tha- i.idy eaiaii
so much, other eily folks nopht eaic,
tiK. a little. At any rate. I thoupht
IM try and sea what came of it."
"Was it necessary that is, did you
lid you"
"We are v ry m m ir, my mot her and I.""
Arthur replied, w it limit w ait inp for t h
completion of T lie- qucstiain. "I don't
know what will lK-a-ome of us w hen the
lilai' money is all pone, for I can't p t
any thinp to do. If we lived in thca-ity
it mioht la different, but "
Arthur was oblipeil to turn his at
tention to a customer.
"Coma around to my ollii-e before you
po home to-nipht."
Anal the penth-man. handinp him a
card, wall.cd away down the street.
Arthur Northbridpe was hap-.ia-r
when he went home that nipht than
ha had bi'e'ii since his father alied. II
had another lonp story to ta-11 his
mother, and evi-n more iiila-ii-sl inp
than the first one.
"It seems that Mr. Emery's son. his
only child, ilia-d six mouths apo. It al
most killed Mrs. Emery, so they pave
up tha-ir home in the country ;:i.d vent
to the e-ity to live. Their front yatd
was full of lilacs, just as ours is. Their
iKiy was very fond of tliem. I la' was
alMiut my size, and when she saw i:e
siltinp ou the wall, and saw tha- !i!:ics.
tM well, you sec. it sort of upset her.
Mr. Emery says they ka-ep two sa-rv-ants.
anal if y am po tlure tai Keep house
fair them you'll only have to oversa-e
thinps. I know I shall like to wa.rk in
his oflia'e, it's so pleasant. Mrs. Emery
is cominp; to see you to-morrow. Isn't
it slranpe what preat thinps have hap
pened just from a bunch cf lll.ia s and
half-w iltcal ones at that? I sent Mis.
Emery a lot of fresh ones tha last I
had left. I'm never poinp to worry
apain. mother, as lonp as 1 live!"
(olden Davs.
Illalnfecf Ins the I'-nva-e.
When his e-xa-a-lla'tia-y . Xi r. ( hunp. the
spea-ial envoy from the emperor of
China to Oua-a-n Yii-toria's li:,' 10ml ju
bilee, arrived at Port Yia toria. P. C.
it was found that then- had been small
kx on iHiard. r.n.l the aut liorit ies at
once' orala-ra'.l the ship to q uaraiit ine for
24 alays, and all tha passenpa ts to Ik
inniipated. Mr. Chunp ri-fusa-d to sub
mit to such insult inp treatment, lie
said to fuinipate the envoy was prac
tically the f uuiif at inir of tlia' emjieror
of Chic a, ai.d the most awful crime
that any mortal could commit. Tha
Canadian poe-rnmcnt. tha Pritish pov
riinieiit and the Chinese minister in
Ixindoti were all appa-ahil to. a!id the
unf umipateil envoy was allowcal to po
free and entry infection e-va-n to the
diamond iubdee. Detroit Free l'rcss.
Advertiuin qr XI at.
Tt larjre and rel'aniecirroUtloaet tfceUaa--
a aM-maeoet It to the favorable
ounsidcrawun or a. imiwri toae lavers will tie
Bserveal at tbe tullca log low rate:
I incb. S'lmea i m
linen. X DjonLht. Lea)
1 Incb, luutufeB .... .". J". ..Y.. ..".. ."7 a
1 incn 1 jer .""-f. og
J I Denes, e months.....".. . ".""" jte
Incties. . )u ."......" !.
inches, e month- . (.
tnebes. I jr
'4 euiDinn, e months. ....... ............. !.
ja, coiuinn.6 Butuu ......... tiA
1 year .J.I......... M-M
1 column, 6 buoUii. ....... ...... ...... ee.sa
1 column, I year ..1111"""" Tele'
Haiti( items, cist mierUn. Wo. Mr line
it)utiit Ini-rrviuos. c. jr Kne
Aaiamisirator sand LirroUir i Notice.. WM
Anuitur's Notice ................. Z-Se
tray and similar Notice ....... we
r hesidutious or piMcxins ol any nif)n
uon r surirty and cuaiaiDruiuii deeitB4 te
i-aJI aite itiun anj aiucr i iintlted or iMl
ridual miercwt m .i aid tur as adverusmeate
K"'k ana Jul. r-riDHQ ut acl kinds Bra-Uy aa4
imiumhj exeruie.1 t Lta luwast i.rtca. Aa
ion tyou loiyet it.
UUNNINU Ur- 1 Mt Ltr I HAND.
he twlililrilruaa.
Aitibidextroiis men and women, or
those who can use a-ilhir ripht eir lett
han.Ls with aipial faaility . are- nait Iia-ar-ly
s.. fr....eiit I y mat with as mifht at
first i- sup.,il; ii, i;l.-t, they are
quit.-rara-. This double faculty is. ha.w-a-vt-r.
mm h more fraiUa-ntly met with
atiioi o buteb. rs and sailors than in anv
other walks of lire. 1 ft handed buta li
ars are un in. r s. as a walk throuph
any .f ...:r !,r-.- market housa-s will
t. I l !. 1:1. .nst rate, but it is a va-rv
. ra-."-.- stii.lv to watch any a.f them
v! o will , ,,t. eh..;.. s.iw .m. hamlle his
m.-itswith - .t-a-haii!'i?ipitfreiiiioiie
-nt. t.. tl- ..il,. , ., the l.l.-a-k ora hanjr
11 ir ovv u j siii.ui.
In view i f Jl i,,:.y advantapes le-
. I- e.l from IV :..;, ty f. Il-l- U.il, hands
apta'lv well. 11 any 11. pie have often
cv; r. -cl , ,.,;,, ,.f ,
I la ;. ...;:1 t:T 1,. -I i; i.v in ii.sistippou the
n-e ..f , ,,h t . baud, instead a.f
try! :,o t , ,..,..o.. aqnai .k.h j,, t)lt.
"'her. 'I Let all -lick tothe ri:'ht-h:ind-a-d
id. a. ?...vvcv.-r. and an add r.-i.lent of
Frat:l.loi-.l. noted f..r !,",s :, mbida-xt rous-i.cs-.
iv s 1 1 H .,, nini' the l.e-s of a prize
::" s-1 1 throui'!, tl.e i,.-,. ,,f i,;s i,.ft
ha -.d in w 1 iti.,o.allh..in.-h he was equal
ly -V lilf i;I as a p. i:maii w ith his ripht.
I he b.-ae'itv il.-rivail f r. in the use
of 1- :h !,a ids wa re- excellently illus
irata'd in tl,. ax M-ria-nce ad two -ar-;
cut. is who I v.-d in Frankfor.l sa.tne
-. : rs aro. " i,. ir names wa-ra-Cr.iss and
V. ; Ito... an.! 1 h.-f. riii. rw ;is rieht hand-
d. the latter left hand.-.l. As one was
a!s.. v.-.y ta!! and ll.ea.th. r Very short,
they made a .111 ions couple, but thyv
-;!' a.s vnrl .il 1. o.-tha r layii.p- lhnrs
1: 1 puttii.p n;i joiners" work in bud.l
i hi' v.
Tha-y could take ja ibs (.f t his a h araa-t er
cheai-a-r than any other. Ii ause tha-v
eonld work from a--:ha-r etui toward
ach other so hamlilv. Cross woi.ld
square a t'oor l.ar 1 at one end and
;.t. n w...;ld "s- ril.e" and cut it off
to t.t at the a.'ha-r a-nd and then nail
low 11. w orkinir ti.p.-t her from opjnisite
ends.
1 a f t -ha 1d.1l ii;u hinists are aWvavs
at a .! v.-ph ; ut .;.. as ma. hiiu-ry is in-v:-.ii:;i
!y adapta-d to pa-ople who work
1 i" h t - ha i-al.il. but tha- aiubid-xtnms
mail or .-i:.an iv always at home in
wh.-a-va-r wml, is utidertakeu. l'l.ila
delphia l..i-oil.
WOMEN ON FARMS.
i:tent il,e llel. hi. h Xr w Ka
Inn.l V iva-ai t.lte.
The women are trtia- li. lj.iu.its. Not
ml. !. the. l i tlu'ir nHii work, but
tie y aia- able and willini; to milk the
-ov-.s a ill .-.svivt with tha- hay -pa-ltnip
.1111! in other ways lend a hand out of
I.K.rs in a liierpeiicia-s. Soma- 1 .f ihltjl
i-ii a ko .ut t In family income bv lit tie
venttir. s of their own. such as raiaii.p
ha-ns and li and pat heri op and mar
katii.p spruce puin. l-a-chiiut.s and bli.e
fernes. 1 ha-re is im scrvant-pirl pr.b
i.iii. I .a causa- there ate no sarvai.t.s.
VMia-u sickness or some ad her real dia
in'ity mi i ssitati s fa-male he lp i!i the
io.usa'hold a na iplitors dautrhta-r is
call.d in. Sin- is. of amirsc. ra-irarala-d,
an-1 in every minutest particular treit-a-.l.
as a iiieinli. r of t he family; it a-ouhl
not be otherwise. The children are
t rained 1.1 ln nr the ir share of the family
burden, so far as it can Ik alone with
out interferinp with their sa-hoadim''.
and the va ry school ta-rtns are arraiiped
with a via-w to coiitlia-tinp as little as
.i.ssii.le with farm work. When the
children prow up many of them po
...it int. tin world to sa-e-k their for
tunes (that, within reasonable limits,
is a law of itat lire I. but t here is na.t hi up
lit e an cxiilii., ..f ihc risinp petn-ratioii.
.10 approach to .1 depletion. Plenty of
ambitious, v iporotis younp tueii st.iv
iichiiid to arranpe 1 lu-nisa-laes in life
is their fathi-rs did Iw-forc t!ie-m. eh p-i.in"-
in the w.els winta-rs ami till! ip
tha- fa-vv acres they hava' In-a-n aid. to
Mircliast with tha-ir winta-rs" savings
uniiiiers. Furthermore, there are
hn iy ail" desira ble v 401 1117 w ouia'ii ha p jv
.1 ud pi hi : I t o a-ast their lot s in with the
vaiiinp men and do their share of tha-iiud-cry
itai-i-ssary to establishing a
hoiiia. l!i.-- new farms are a lea led
ut a.f the -.viMxHand ami the old farms
ale kept up.- A t hint ic.
HINTS TO
HOUSEKEEPERS.
Much -oal is wasteal by
keepinp
draught on uiiiu'ci-ssarily.
St.-riliz'il milk is safer for infants
than is 1 -ilk simply wanned.
All cold i pet ables left over should
Ik saved for future use in seiups or
salaals.
People of small means can live well,
if care is taken that there is no w aste in
tin kitchen.
Wealt h v jieople spend double as much
as is iicccss-iry from lack of e-are ia
doii.i-st ic matters.
Cold water put into plasses or dishes
frami which epps have leen eaten will
soften the epp and make washinp
-asy.
A piKa! ja-lly may be maala from rhu-b.-irb
by 1m iili up to a pulp, strain inp. and
after addinp a a.inul e.f cut supar to
each pint of juia-a iKiililip. skilliininp
oftan. until it jellies em the skimmer.
If tinii-d willow furniture is ve-ry
ahisty. wash in -Ia-ar water, usinp a
brush in the e-re-viee-s and airy in the
sliaih'. Willow or rattan furniture in
n.t oral color may Ik" thorouphly
sa-rubiKil with a stiff brush, warm wa
ter ami white soap. Dry in the sun and
wind.
Often very rich cream will not whip
tip ra-a.lilv; it should have a little milk
added to it. ("rerun should Ik very
cad. 1 to whip e-asdy anil ajuia-klv. If it
is well a hillnl there is not the danper
of the cream wluppitip to butter as
hoiisekea'pers freepueiitly e-omplain it
does.
Mahiisi:n) It&llroad t an.
A new train for the queen of six
earriaires is now in a-ourse of construe
lion at Swindon. Fnplanal. ami its elab
orate internal ami external alm.rat ion
is enprossinp ihe attention of the most
exjK-rt artists employe.! l,v the Cra-at
Wa-sta-rn railway. The only wimmI used
is mahopany. and the doors of the
queen's carriape are so contrived as
to allow of the entrance of two attend
ants. o'ie at either side of her majesty.
It is also arrant-eil that the approaa'h
to the raival salon is ta Ik on level
j with the platform, so as to alispense
j with any mi-e-ssity for steps. SU Louis
I ilol-e-lH-iuoeraU