LIFE AND Love came at dawn when all tne world | was fair, | fVhen crimsca glories, bloom and song were rife; | Love came at dawn when hope's wings | And murmured, “1 am life.” old Pitzmacher, the saloonkeeper, was at the head of them, If that's politics, I'd rather have the mumps.” “But, you Pltzmacher the member of the City Central Committee SE, is officers of the ward club. Love came at even when the day was | done, | When heart and brain were tired, and slumber pressed; | Love came at eve, shut out the sink- | ing sun, And whispered, “I am rest.” i WHEN THE SERPENT ENTERED i “My dear.” Brown, “this is the of our wedding day. forgotten it.” “Well, I haven't,” replied Hon. Thomas Brown, with a fine show of in dignation. “I'm not likely l day when I got you. [I remember every detail with perfect “What Kind bridesmaids wi “And, fully that enty of canse thankful and happy. Certa ever had a “Thank you, my dear, and early to-night, so that we sald Mrs, Thomas twelfth anniversary I bhelleve you had the to forget the clearness.” did Of dresses ar? continued Brow Mr. evading the question, “I we have nly hetter wife.” come home little celebration” After this pleasing episode the Hon, Thomas his office. wade up his mand that he irown started downtown to On his way to the train he wonld send home a basket of fruit and some roses, and later in the day he uld the jewellers the let his had admired It was strange, he reflected, tie happiness life. Here was he, the sunny side of forty, with a sufficient a devoted wife, two beautiful children and not a worry in the iis place in his profession assured, His neighbors He conld see po cloud of his hopes. He was as near complete con tentment as men get In the half a dozen recognized well known poli tician, and him what chilly nod as he of his private ro followed gation. “We've come,” “to ask you the State Senate” The Hou. Thomas Brown thanked them and said he had neither the time nor money to spare, “But it will hardly take any time and less money,” was the answer. “You can be elected without a bit of trouble, You know the situation. Now think it over and let us know to-morrow.” As a result of the succeeding excite- ment, which Mr. Brown could not con- ceal, at least from himself, he forgot the fruit, the roses and the diamonds. “Senator Thomas Brown” did have an ear filling sound, as he repeated it un- der his breath. At 5 o'clock be started to go home. | Four professional friends met him at the door. They called him “Senator” and escorted him out drink his health. It was 7 o'clock before he got out to the South Side, His wife met him at Ww stop at to look at brace. wife lit- out of how some people get still on NCO, world Was respected him on the horizon reception of his office He roam men were walling. ne as a greeted with a some- closed the door A clerk, nshered in a. and however, him the dele sald the spokesman, to be our candidate for to the door, “Why, Tom, what'se matter she sald. “1 asked you got early, and here it is after 7 o'clock and dinner half spolled™ “I've been asked to run for the Sen ate, my dear,” said the Hon. Thomas Brown, impressively. “And what did you say?’ “Told them I'd give them an answer after I had consulted my wife,” sald Mr. Brown, who had already begun to use the wiles of a politician. “{ hate to think of your going into politics, Tom, and” But the Senate {sn't exactly politics, I am assured that I can be elected without an effort on my part. If it was going to make any change in our ome life I wouldn't think of it. And, besides, it's my duty, you know, my duty to the State, ably decide me.” “{ thought you sult me.” “That's what you’ ~ the to That will prob- were going te con I'm doing now, dinner is fit to eat, afterward.” The soup was served, when there cawe a ring at the bell. The maid an- um feed a party of men to see Mr, Brown. We can talk it over sald his wife, “and ask them to sit down.” “Don’t you think I had beiter go out for a4 second and see who it 87 ine terrupted the prospective Senator. “It might be somebody from the office on important business, you know.” So quickly had the virus of political am- bition begun to do its deadly work. An hour later the Hon. Thomas Brown found the dining room desert. ed. His indignant wife was upstairs in her sitting room. “Well, If this is the way you are go- ing to the Senate you will never go with my consent,” she broke out, “I heard you telling those men you were always glad dnd proud to welcome dacy for the Senate, I couldn't less than thank them, could 17 I'll have to go over and make them a ittle speech.” “1 thought you wouldn't have to turn over your hand?’ “Well, you know, a candidate bound to get the indorsement of his home ward, Once I get that fixed up, you'll that there'll be Soe Ho An hour later Pitzmacher drove up Hon, Thomas Browne descended to welcome him, His wife gave him fair warning. uit riding around on with that man, called after him down the stairs, “1 be seen on the again. What do hbors will say?” the drown,” yon a0 streets Tom she will never street wi you you suppose i neg +1 yy iy VF \3 ¢ fie gray hours of the early morn he hack n drew and up before the od Ast and b aga Mr, and happy dwelling. house, Brown enter his once quiet hie closed a crowd of had door men VE who followed the hack from the meet it appeared for ng place cheered | udiy Me, Bar His Miying ' was 9 o'clock before own breakfast, wife re ceived with a smile, in and laid bef Morning Ee in silence to the headlines over an him I which tears anger were equally mingled. She of ‘The we him a copy ho and pointed ar y page. read “Tom Brown Out for Sens em it “Ridiculous Petti Ex of a Broken Down “Hints of to be Made.” sald Mrs. Brown to make any change in eh? Ambition fogger. Sensational POsures “There,” “Nothing fife, Elected without any effort on your our home part? Duty to the state? to that?” Mr. Brown had. He anxious he children looked up in surprise. What do you Say lost what little appetite hie read the article care, through with The “I'he doorbell began ringing o'clock this morning.” Brown. “There Then swore Iw for © ® Mrs, of went on was a procession all sorts of men neither you nor I had ever heard of. They all wanted to see frown. I that newspaper for libel” “My dear,” said the Hon, Thomas Brown, with a weak and pleading smile. “you mustn't let that bother you Public men, know, the attacks of the Before [ forget it, thing 1 you about. You buy your groceries of Hilton, not? Well, now, just as a favor to me, would you ohject to You see, posite corner, is. | of Brown Club. Don't think it would pleasanter all around if we patronized him?’ “Mr. Brown'" wife, “will you sue that paper for libel 7° “Why. certainly Swer, Senator want you lo sue sr, you are sub ject to partisan there was wanted to speak to Press, intl Ole iia do you Hicks, on the op find, the president the yon be a little persisted his got,” was the an- “but that publication makes it absolutely necessary for me to stay in fight. If | backed out now the newspapers would all say that I with- drew under fire, Then [ should be a coward, Of course | wish, for your sake, since you feel bad about it, that 1 had never begun” “Well, they can’t the sO §8Y your son is a “Why. what's the matter?” “He started for school at 8 o'clock this morning, just as he has done for the past two years. He wore a pretty little white waist and red stockings, and I thought he never looked so sweet, Half an hour later he came back, | wish you could have seen the child, He had fought with three big boys, | because they said his father was a bro. ken down pettifogger. ['ve got him in the bedroom now, with witch hazel on his eye” “Pon’'t you think, Neilie,” said Mr, Brown, as he got up from the table, “that you could strain a point and buy your groceries from Hicks?’ “I've fixed thing= so that necessary, 1 think, night won't I saw enough last to convince me that you could like this. When you came in this morn- {if you could the rest of us | Mr. Brown's physician had forbidden him to accept a nomination.” “You did?’ “Yeu. and then, a little later, the re I told them all that you had refused to be a ean didate: that the state of your health was precarious, and that you were out of politics for good. Bo you see, after all, it won't be necessary for me to buy my butter from Hicks." Cincin- nati Tribune, A Unnecessary laference, As a man entered a pictuge gallery the attendant tapped him on the shoul der and, pointing to a small cur that followed him, said: “Dogs are not admitted.” “That's not my dog,” replied the vis itor. “Bit he follows you." “So do you!" replied the old gentle man, sharply. The attendant growled, and removed the dog with entirely unnecessary vio lence, | called to interview you, —————————————————— A ——————_. ei A— a is CONCERNING LACE CURTAINS. This Country New Manufactures for Home Consumption. | “One of the Industries of which little | Is known, although it is an important the manufacture of lace cur sald a leading wholesale dealer | in such goods in New York to the writer recently. “Up to fifteen years ago | every pair of lace curtains sold in this country was imported from England, To-day there are a dozen large mills and 175 lace-making machines In the | United States. These machines repre | gent an Invested capital of nearly $35, 000,000, and turn out annually 4.500, 000 pairs of curtains, valued at $20,000, 000, in | tains,” one, “The principal American lace curtain millls are located at Tariffville, N. J. | Patchogue, Long Island; Philadelphia, Wilkesbarre, Pa.; Co- tumbla. Pa. and Nottingham, Tex. The first mill was built in Fordham, N. Y., in 1885, and lace-making machines of this pioneer plant started the English declared that only the cheaper grades of curtaing could be of climatic Seranton, Pa: when the were experts manufactured here on account conditions lack of As a matter of fact, the mills and the skilled labor. American are now turning out which be excelled by any of the foreign mills grades of lace curtains cannot “Few people understand the difficul of triefly ied risks Ince fies manufacturing curtains deseribed, the pro which the enrtain made is rst of all, ¢ mits several designs, and these designs an be the draughtsmen, whe, iD turn, must adapt them to the gauge of cess by 8% are as follows IF in artist sub are only valuable when they « treated by the lace machine and draught them so This work and uncertain, for after the draughtsman has spent a week over may find them worth satisfied with a design to the who adjusts and adapts the to the as to bring the best results, is both costly he the designs if he must fess he is ‘reader,’ pattern’ ‘he complete pattern and costs A years supply of patterns for the average mill from $8.00) pass it on machine weighs about 108) poun is, anywhere from £75 to $100 ook s o S000 and the replenished. patterns are & fitted 106 stock must Paar “When the upon the often once decided linen the grooves and the machine is started, of hands,’ lace The work ma and leaves the who are in called Week men charge these chines are earn £25 a “twist The machine in pieces, and then goes to the mending skilled hands, y With the ald of needles and darning ma i chines After lace is cut room, where mend any rip or imperfection leay mending room the table lengths for cur ng the into sui tains, which are then placed In cases holding from six to twelve dozen pairs The cheaper grades of curtains are worth £1 10 £5 per pair, while finest quality bring from $7 to $25 and more per pair.” Wash Nia or from ff those of he ington Wedding Reform and Romance. Indians of the Standing Rock Reser North Dakota had a great celebration at the agency on Memorial Day, when the first Indian wedding celebrated in American fashion oc- curred, The loving couple are full blooded Indians, Samuel Eartheater, a young Indian ranchman, was 10 marry Emma Weaselbear, who lived with her father and mother sixty miles from the agency. There is a romantic story in connec tion with the union. Samuel Eartheat- er was betbrothed to Emma Weasel bear when both of them were children, and they grew up with the idea that they were some day to live as man and wife. Miss Weaselbear fell in love a white schoolmaster, =a | blonde youth of Norwegian extraction, who did know the estimation in which be was held by his pupil Sam- wel went to the schoolmaster and told him how matters stood, asking him whether he loved the young woman. The fair young man replied that he certainly did not. “Then,” sald Sam- wel, “if you are a good man you will | Jeave this place, for when my girl sees | you her eyes are blind to me” The schoolmaster took the hint, packed up his things and went to Minneapolis, while Miss Weaselbear, after pining fot a short time, concluded that the blonde type of man wasn't much good after all and consented to marry Eartheater las moon ax he conld arrange the pre | liminaries, The Chicago Inter-Ocean, vation in with not Conveniences for Women in a Bank. A Boston bank has installed a spe. | ¢lal department for worhen customers. | There are two distinct sets of clerks, | one to attend to women doing business | there, the number of whom has grown {to be of large proportion, while the | other side cares for the men, The de- partment set aside for women is espe cially attractive and quiet, without publicity or annoyance, and with every convenience at hand women patrons and depositors may transact their busi. ness matters most satisfactorily. There are convenient little writing desks sup- plied with stationery, and there is a small reception room where women may walt for friends or rest awhile if they feel so inclined. Magazines and the best periodicals are always at hand on the tables, with comfortable chairs, mirrors and sewing materials where a stitch may be taken If necessary or a lost button replaced. Providence Jour: nal, The mortality from puenmonia is still quite high in the German army. Every soldier convalescent from it bas a fur tough of four weeks, i i FEATHER FARMS, sirich Cultivation as It is Carried on io South Africa. of POSSEERCH, The ostrich is the treasures South Africa But perhaps je ix at his best in the north of the dark ontinent: for a Barbary bird is an edi tion de luxe compared with the Cape variety one Also he is less valuable than see he was, when the incubator was an unknown resource and hatching out undertaking the old for a LTH Dileks nn more hazardous than it is £0 in fien Of first rate pair of birds, which now now. Though lays S00 passed hands will purchase, and a “pincking” will go for 87.50 that in palmy times would have fetched $125, not a played out profession farming i% No stock disappointment oxtrich farm can be a and voted greater anxiety ts owner than one de fo fay ostriches—1 most extraor birds hier dinarily the stinate snernickety” imagin ’ ’ most willful and the most O Als be fhe such able, one who fancies tha Calise Creatures oan $e 1 : : 1 vir fii gins atid RiOVES, 8 ities ug as Ov and in are be, sufley child and in Consequence #Argues hardy brutes they may appear indeed The rious ills in extreme them off by flocks, 80 quarrelsome of LE FER EL gamation them when herd hey are ready to go ont of doors, and elders are a One of helr lazy by nature as tu to the farmers sore trouble their vagaries Is to neglect their another to kill them because are troublesome When speedily es, the do, thelr chicks grown up revenge They they take the upon whilom guardians gteal thelr food, they scare them. vad would maim and kill them if the hail dren did not carefully keep way, and wield the ‘“tackey” they encounter the is a weapon without valiant ostrich that is “quel it is simply a with the prickles left it. When t the “tackey” Lils face: he shuts his eyes to avoid the long prickles, and tacked victim promptly dodges him he proceeds on his beadlong and io furisted rush. Tender-hearted women Who are ing stamp the destruction rare and beautiful birds, the sacrifice of their lives for the sake of their feathers, do not object To 0% trich plumes because the life of bird is not forfeited; neither, they persuaded, Is the process of a severely painful one. right, Though the birds when they are driv. en Into the box that cabins them while they are deprived of their feathers ex- hibits Intense snd foolish alarm, and would wreak no end of vengeance on one another and the “hands” engaged in plucking them if they had the op- portunity, no sooner are they out of the box than they dance off, apparently much more frightened than burl They behave, indeed, precisely like sheep bought to the shearing shed. Like sheep, too, they are branded. After the plucking the feathers have gli to be sorted and tied up, a piece of work ordinarily performed by pro fessional sorters, Again the services of the farmer's wife, who plays an ac tive part in an ostrich farm, may be called into requisition to wash those plumes that are badly soiled. In each wing there are a couple of dozen long white handsome feathers. The ostrich is on such a big scale all round that he Is a most formidable creature to deal with in peace of “quel.” Twenty-four hens’ eggs go to the one that incloses him as a chick, so that before he is hatched he is a handful. His height is huge: with his two toed feeet he can stamp and kick with tremendous force: he runs as swiftly as a horse, and his stupidity is colossal, 3 out of thelr when 3% 1 rate DHirds nis which the most man is as a babe before an words in other vicious branch Mimoss head of samuck ostrich runs n vely lye is brandished instinct the at an iry- to out of r f because o the are plucking They ¢ are A Nevel Care ft may seem an odd prescription that of “good clothes” —but since it has been known to work wonders in cer tain Instances, its value wil probably become better appreciated in the near future. “One of the things that helped my 1%: covery,” sald a woinan recently, who bas just regained her health after a gevere illness, “was a pretty bed jack- et which my sister brought me one day in lieu of jellies and fruit, It was be. coming, and 1 enjoyed it. The doctor, when he first saw me in it, said I look- ed 20 per cent. better than the day be fore: man lke, he didn’t appreciate the reason and my spirits, and conse quently, my condition became better in proportion. “Too often invalids are wrapped in any old thing that is bandy. I remem- ber laughing once when a friend in ro- bust health showed me a dainty lace. trimmed sick gown, ‘for me, she ex- claimed, ‘if 1 ever need it! The notion struck me as absurd, when she was never il. But after my experience with that bed jacket 1 appreciate better the value of attractive environment under depressing circumstances, Philadel: phia Becord. ANA IS AAR Munster, Germany, bas a high school which has been in existence 1 DEFECTIVE SIGHT. Waralog to Those Who Need Glasses snd Will Not Use Them. The three defects of eyesight which are most commonly encountered In otherwise healthy persons, and which can be more or less perfectly over come by means of glasses, are near sighteduess, far-sightedness and astig- matism, These are all important, for besides the discomfort and annoyance of imperfect sight, the involuntary ef. forts which the sufferer makes to see better strain the eyes, and not only reflex action, ous nervous headaches and vari disturbances, Near-sightedness, sbort-sightedness, to a condition of lengthening —in the of light focus in front of the retina, object is blurred the eyeball—usually 1 consequence rays are brought but result of too of the i usually the 1154 eyes, as the of men who do fine sewing, and so forth. CARE students, engravers, wo 10 tae kindergarten and work at Of some exercises, such as perforating drawing, is in a double sense a ghort sighted prog edure Many i near-sighted people refuse to wear glasses, preferring to deprive 1 i themselves of & t i yond t ww ‘» ri tl thar t pther 148 i Bose in 0 their personal This policy, for besides losing much of the joy which from seeing the beautiful things abeut and above us, such persons are very liable to suffer from inflammation of eyes, produced by constant strain. appearance Bs y think. is another of existence, Com s A less common defect is long or fot This is eyeball and the sightedness, or hypermetropia. the opposite of myopia, the flattened rays of light or shortened, not tigre they reach the being consequently to a focus by the retina In the this case, the ofien defect eye more or less of the sufferer’s nervous force, and so headaches. indigestion, and even seri ons nervous affections. fittting of suitable convex glasses. The third and most common defect is astigmatism. In this condition there of the lens, by means which the image as it reaches tina is distorted. the eye or RTI At Law Over a Cat A curious suit to determine the own ership of a cat has just been ended at Bluffton, Ind, Mrs, Mike Daily, of that place, was the owner of a large Thomas which was regaded as a great family pet. Without Mrs, Dally alleges, the cat strayed to the house of Morris Sawyer, and took up his quarters there, forsaking Mrs. Daily. Demand was made Mrs Sawyer for the surrender of the oat, and she peremptorily refused. Then re plevin proceedings were begun, and as an expense of $20 Mrs. Daily got a writ, and a constable went after wayward Thomas and carried him back to the Daily domicile in triumph. Mrs Sawyer carry the Iitiga tion to determine the ownership of the Wells Clreuit i). CAURe, sO a1 the threatens to cat to the Court {ip t cinpatl Enougirer Wealih is an Essential Belgra and Eaton squares are the of London, southern portion af the wesi and { some and extensiy there | tioned, Is liter people « these quarters and onl) 1 ple de. ent 1 | erty us ally richest of title aud lon Many persons « des y liave pot money fpougx i them to thelr own hus decade by cleoty in losin London society is losing ts old { for exclus and the cls VONess money Many { indeed, hs from active parti fairs. » {hore are of the super ling of birth. English families, ive DOW retired pation in soc and rich nobility, Parvenus bobnob the gpsiaris sold { with | intermarry and not Jit with them as well, Half a Mile of Babies. “Raby boulevard’ is the populs of long walk which skirts Lincoln Park, from Center street, in Ch the gtreteh of broad +3 ae North vit od re West « iz avenue An passed t CARO Ose i vYant man ty-six baby buggies and met thirty-two walking south wen in two buggies were howling twins, A Lincoln park policeman "wr the that trundled over other length He sald in up 124 fond fathers, purse maids and small brothers and sis ters shoving baby buggies, go- | wheeled chairs and perambulators over i= authority f statement there are more ha this walk than over | bien any { City of sidewalk in the one day be checked doting mothers arte, the cement slabs, “And that was only | ive hours during the whole day. That was on a Saturday On Sundays they come in droves” Weary of “ Tippieg.” and other nervous disturbances The at least while reading, riting, or whenever near objects are looked at.— Youth's Companion, sap Fiddled inte Office. If history be true, Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, Is not the only man who fiddled himself into office. Lossing re N. Y.. Major Cochran, then Dearly 80 years old, a son-in¥iaw of General ministration of the elder Adams, vessel was to be launched on one of the lakes in interior New York, and to have a dance at nignt fiddle, but no fiddler. was an amateur performer and his ser vices were demanded. He gratified the joyous company, and at the supper ta ble one of the gentlemen remarked, in was “fit for Congress.’ and elected a Representative in Con- the whole of New York west of fche- pectady. whddled himself into Congress.” It seems that history repeals itself ac cording to the proverb. mensity of Krupps. The total number of people employed “Ihe bumility of the British shop | man to his patrons is amazing,” re marked a tourist the other day. “His | customers says ‘Please do this,” and ‘U'll | thank you that, this pokte | ness does not conceal the arrogance of | the tone. Also, from the moment I set | foot in England to moment 1 left {I was contipualy “tipping’ people of all classes.” The latter part of this complaint re minds one of the American who stood in the stern of the steamer as she swung out of Liverpool, and, holding aloft a smiling face, cried out: “if there's a man, woman or child on this blessed islasd I've not ‘tipped.’ | come forward now, for this is your last and only chance!” for but the A Lawseit Over Chickens As a result of a quarrel over some | chickens which refused to lay eggs, two residents of Coffeyville, Kan, have | become involved in a remarkable law- suit. Jason Brophy, the plaintiff, avers that his neighbor, Needham Weeks, presented him ten bens and two roost ers in February last and assured him | that the hens wonld lay upward of | sixty egge a week. Brophy fed and { cared for the chickens for ten weeks, | “devoting most of his time to them, to | the detriment of other interests,” but | the hens failed to lay any eggs. The | plaintiff alleges that be was unlaw- ful deceived by the defendant and seeks to recover $100 damages for his wasted labor and for his expenditures | for chicken feed, Gruson steel works at Magdeburg. at Kiel and 10.344 in various smelting establishments and coal mines owned by Krupp. The foundation of these gi- gantic works was laid in 1810 Ly the grandfather of the head of the present firm. Kesen was then a small town of 4.000 inhabitants; it now has 105. 528 inhabitants, The firm owns a farge number of iron mines, including the great Bilbao mine in Spain. The ore from the latter is taken to the sea. coast by a railroad owned by the firm, and from there it i= conveyed to Rot terdam by four of their own steamers, The testing ground for guns ls at Mep- pen, and it has a target range of 72. 000 feet. In 1802 the great Gruson steel works at Buckau were purchased and three years ago shipbuilding yards wore started at Kiel. When they are completed 7.000 men will be employed at this place.” SRA OU A Match Trick. By he simple trick of cutling the wood across the grain, or of cutting at such an angle that As Bagle Flew Off With fis Hat. Solomon Raup, a farmer of Kast Point, was attacked by a large eagle while crossing a large area that had recently been burned over. The eagle flew from behind him and sunk its tal ons into the back of his neck before he had time to defend himself. A heavy cloth hat protected his head and eyes, but the bird pecked so violently that it pulled a whisp of hair from his head and carried his hat away. It is thought the eagle's nestlings were burned by the forest fire and that the parent bird took revenge on Farmer Raup when he sauntered in the neighborhood wheee the nest formerly was Philadelphia Record, AAO AN A Literal Boer, One of the British officers. now tem. porarily stationed at Pretoria, wrote home a short time ago to his sister. “It i= awfully slow.” he said. “1 have read every book in the prison library, and there ix not a thing left to do.” The Boer censor who read the letter put a big blue mark against the pas- sage and a foot-note below: “Now you shall see what lies your prisoners tell in their letters. The prison library contains ten thousand seven hundred and fortyv-ane volumes"
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