GET THE TINS job printings Lowest Prices feissprt Business Directory. JfllUNKLlfi HOUSE, EAST VfHiaaruiii, "wn a. This house otters nrst-class accommodations to the permanent boarder and transient guest, ranto prices, only One Dollar per day. nuRT-iy Joiik llRiimo, Proprietor. Osfcar Ohristman, -wKisaponT, pa. Livery and Exchange Stahlce. jiasy riding carrlagai and sate drlvlnit horses. Bet accommodations to agents and traveller?. Mall and telegraph orders promptly attended to. Give me a trial. mnV21-ly The - Weissport - Bakory, 0. VI. LAUItY. rnorniKTOR. InthelfoOT nrtne iiounay iniuo. j,i vals snnplled at lowest prices. uc.... R. J. HONG-EN, ccOKSsort toCiiahlhs BcnwKrrzKit, Near the Canal Bridge, In IsAsT WJUiasrurvi, It prepared to do all kinds of Bla'cksmithiog and Horse-Shoeing, Reasonable Trices. TIIIE SETTING A at very BPECIAL.TY. Also, Agent for tne P. P. Mast Road Uart, the Cheapest and Best on the market. Ieb2-yl Mroterc for CARRIAGES ! Henry Ohristman Wnrf Allan TTnnc;n Weisstinrti EOTl Alien J30USL, vv Li&aiiiui., Hells the Popular and Celebrated Burlington O and O York nTMflT.T! AMD IOuBLE OAEEIqQES HIKUIjH AtlU iWUBLL uouuivw At prices that are considerably Ipjs than compe-1 tltlon. I have ail siyies ana quniun-s which I wish you would not fall to Inspect before making purchases. mayiwm APPLES AND POTATOES Received in Car Load Lots al most every week at O. J. Saeger's East Weissport, Pa. Store-keepers, Hucksters and all others can save money by mak ing purchases of him. Other! fruits in senson. Call or write for prices. Dead Men Tell No Tales WE'RE ALIVE. Our Story's Short. We have'nt got the BIOGES I STOCK of , Dry Goods, Groceries, Provis ions, Notions, Boots and hoes,Tobacco, Cigars, &c, &c, &c, In the Lehigh Valley, but we have an Elegant Attortment Just the same, and tne prices are marked way down below the great majority of our competitors, and that's what suits yon be cause QUALITX Is the BEST and tha TRIOES are always JUST RIUUT. our siock is entire ly New, Fresh, Clean, Complete and Handsome, so wo take pleasure In asking the people of Weissport and the surrounding community to call and Inspect our assortment of general store goods. Respectively, A. W. MARSH, Post-Ollico. Weissport. Pa- Over Canal Mb I Weissport. Joseph F. Rex, UNDERTAKER AND DEALER IN FURNITURE, PARLOR SUITKS, BED ROOM SUITES, ., e. Prices the very lowest. Quality of Kdi the best. Satisfaction guaranteed In every particular. QswUbta, OofllnB and Shrouds VT have a full line which we will furnish a I Ike lowest possiDie prices. Flour, Feed, &c, Of the choicest quality at very reasonable prices. uau ana oe couvinceu. JOSEPH F. REX, AprU-ly EAST VTEISSPORT AL. CAMPBELL, Jeweler anil Watctoate Bank Street, Lqhighton, ffenna. Bespectlnlly Invites the attention of bis friends anauio ciuieus kwici" j new stock of - Watches, Clocks, Silverware, Jewely, at Prices that defy competition. It will pay you o call and Inspect my stock before purchasing euennere. REPAIRING Promptly done at lowest charge, and all work guaranteed. Don't Pornet tie Place. it) ig'WUBB)) SIGN OF THE BIG WATOH, Bank St Lehigljton. Pib tr iT.oiTir $1.00 a Year in Advance. VOL. XVIII.. No 9 Brlght's Disease A Tca.Yenr.OId Child Bared After lha Vulture of Tour rhjslclant. Ur llltla (rlrl. ten yesrs of m mn buten lick In Much, 1988, with scarlet fever. When recovering the took a torero cold, which developed Bright'! Disease of tho Humeri, iter ant ion, reet ana eyes vert terribly swollen : the hid a bnrninj ferer, and til the symptoms of an Krgravatcd com of Brlght's Dlsetao, Four of our best physicians attended hor, but t thont success, and h. Life was Despaired of. But a mothe. 'ore and prtyeit surmount til difXl cullies, and I dow, -InedtotryDr. David Eenaedy'i Favorite Remedy. mto tt Bondout, N. y. Thlt vat a last resort, and LI hoped, although mr little daugh teft caae was a very eerere one, that the Farorltt Remedy wool J do for her what It had done for othcri whose condition had not boen, seemingly, as hope less. How happy I am that I dotermlned npon thli course for an improvement to at once perceptible. The ferer left her her appetltelmproredshegalnod tlx pounds in a abort time, and one by one the well known anddreaded symptoms of the disease left her. Words fkil to e t press my irraUtude, and I cannot too earnestly recommend the Favorite Itemedy. It wtt A MARVELOUS RECOVERY. and Is duo entirely tci the Favorite Tmedy, whleh was the only n.eui, iita taken after her casa was abandoned by thopbyslclaiis 5irs.ijsuraA. ncuiriun. ucsEliuiiana, Vermont, 'be diseases ' thst follow B arlet l''ever. Measlerf, glphtheria and various other complaints often leave inlndthem cenucllas of tho most dangerous chai acttr. To eitwl all traces of eueh disorders, tons np.tne ranons orican'", ana flu the reins with purs and nutritious blood, use.br. David Kennedy's Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. rreparod by DK. DAT71 KENNEDY, HONDOUT, N. Y. tlpt' wtt!e Blx forts. Uyalldrurirtatt. Lohighton Business Directory. VAL. SCHWARTZ, Bank 8t the oldest furni ture house In town. Every description of furniture always on band. Prices very low. wffiw,0 and Restaurant. Bank Latreralwavsontati. Ovs- Drop in and see U9. novl2-ly E HUANG'S SHAVING SALOON, opposite the Advocate Officr, is headquarters for tnaving anu naircuiiing. ugars st tooncco sold flOTO PRS. HODKKEU, under the Exchange fashionable hair cut. far Closed on Sunday's. Uoeder's Ilalr tonic, cures Dandruff. A RELIABLE JEWELER i D. H. BOCK, au28-88 'OPP. I'UBLlO BtJUAItE. TIIE CARBON ADVOCATE OFFICE, Bank street, plain and fancy Job printing u sped ly. Advocate one dollar per year In advance. T W. RATJOENBUSH, Bank street, wholesale J dealer In choice Dranda of whfsklea. Kin urandles, wines, fic. fir Patronage solicited. Our Churches. n,ETHOniSTEPISCOrAL.8outh Bank street. jyj Sunday services at 10 a. m., and 7.00 p. m.. snnday School 2 p.m. Rkv. Dunoan, Pastor. TRINITY LUTHERAN, Iron street, Sundas services, 10 :t. m., (German), 7.00 p. m., (Enc lish), Sunday school 2 p.m. J. 11. Kumtn. Pastor. REFORMED, Lehigh street, Sunday services at 10 a. m.. (German), 7.00 p. in., (English), Sunday school 2 p. m. J.ALViNltnuEit.rastoi-. i EVANGELICAL, South street, Sunday servlcen at 10 a.m.. (German). 7.00 n. m.. (Knirllsh'' Sunday school 2 p.m. J.S.Newiiaut, Pastoi. CATHOLIC, corner Northampton and Coal streets, services every Sunday morning anil 'venrnu. Rnv. Hammackr Pastor Horse Doctor, (Honorary Graduate of Ontario Vet. College.) 3fllce: GarM House Bant su LenigMoi OASTRATION. DENTISTRY Diseases of Horse and Cattle SUCCESSEULLY TREATED. Special and Particular' Attention paid to LAMENES - :-: SPAVINS. Splints, Ringbone, Hoofbound nd all diseases prevalent among Domeet'cati'" Anliiials. lis dorse and Cattle Powders sold b hlu. elf and stores generally. uMiltailun Free Charges Moderate. Ca Is bytelcgraph and telephone promptly at- att n ,eu to Operations Skillfully Performed New Liver, li-'e id Store AT PAOVEB CON. LEOPOLD MEVEItS repe tiluhV Informs th. people of Packerton and iclnity that he has Jit opened a LIVERY STAULE on BEAVER St. where persons can be supplied with Good, Saf Teams either for Funeial, Wedding or for Haul ng Pui poses at very Lowest Rates. In coniiet ton therewith he has also In stock the verv ben- brands ot FLOUll and FEED, which he wll sel' at Lowest Prices. Attention, Builders! The undersigned Is stl iworklng the DOLOI STONE (JUARltY, and l prepared to supply, u ihortest notice and. at Lowest Prices, person who desire with GOOD a iONE for BUlLDlNt I'UltPOSES. Call and In.. pec t the Stones aiv learn Prices tefore purchasing elsewhere. LEOPOLD MEYERS, feb.C-ly Packerton, Pa. KISTLER Itesectfully announces to the nubile that he ha ipened aNKW LIVEHY STABLE, and that he mv oreuared to furnish Teams for Funeral Weddngs or Business Trips on the shortest ! I -e and most 1 bernl terms. -Ordprs nrt nt th CarDou House" will receive prompt attention. STABLES ON NORTH 8TREET, next the Hotel, Lehlghton. an22tA- SHOEMAKER'S Horse aattlejlowiler. Joshua Shoemaker, Proprietor CHEMRYVILLE, P. O., Northampton oo., IIREOTIONS-Foraborse.l tables poonful,tw or three times a week; when sick, 2 table spoonsful a day. For a Cow, 1 teaspoontul t wice a waek i when sick, twice a day. The same tor Hoks. For Poultry mix with teed. tST.us powder Is prepared atterthe recipe ot the late Dr. 11. 0. Wiison, and Is the gorulue article. Owners t above named animals should write hi oom. Stoves, Tinware, Heaters and ClUllgaS, In Great Variety at U A TiTTTWr . i -J-T ATTTOTJ'a I K7XlOLUi v I Popular Store, Bank Street. RoonntZ and DPOUtinf' a Opecial tV. StOVe repairs iUiniShed ' t- l Qii niiori. Huutjc. iveusonttuioi i D. J. "Don't wash In that pall," said the hotel proprietor. "That's thinking water." Well." answorcd the euest, "If It Is drinking water, I guess It Is clean enough for ma to wash In. I am not very partic ular." What wo lack In natural abilities may usually he made up br Industry: a dwarf may keep peace with a giant If he will onl move his less fast cnoneh. Pressing business Ironlnc. If anybody gives you ill-language rather pity him than bo moved to anger. You will find that silence or OJr gentle words are the very best revenge. 100 Ladles Wanted. And 100 men to coll at druggists, for a free package of Lane's tnmily Medicine, ins great root anu neru remcuy, uiscoveeru by Ir Silas Lane while in the Rocky moun tnnins. For diseases of the blood, liver and kidneys it is n positive cure. For constipa tion and clearing up the complexion it does wonders. Children like it. Everyone praises 11. Large-size package, ou cents. At all druggists' Tho hardest thing Is to keep cheerful under the little stings that come from un congenial surroundings, tho verv Insignifi cance of which add to their power to an noy, because) the) cannot be wrestled" with and overcome as In the case of larger hurts. "Mv lad," remarked Judge Spencer to tho little boy who bad just taken the wit ness stand, "do jou understand the nature of an oath?" "Yes, sir; I was In pap's nlllce yesterday when his coal bill was pre sented." "Mr. Hark, enroll the witness." IMS UODYTliltlClllLY MANGLED. A shocking accident occured at the TJnl n Kmttlntr Mills, wherebr Isaac (lox was horribly mutilated. lied Flau Oil the Famous Pain Cum waa aulckiy aiwlled and recovery tdon followed you can try mis great remeuy lor eenit. If you want to drive away Dyspepsia. Illlllona- I ness, i onttlpatlon. Poor Appetite, and all evils arising iroin a ai.oraercd ljiver use 11 r. J-.ee t iim-r ueguiator. t rial Domes tree at 1. 1. ihomas. Young doctor IKe"ll, I've got a case at last. Young lawyer Glad to hear it, When you get to the point where he warns a will drawn, telephone over. - A SENSIBLE MAN Would use Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs. It is curing more casesof lough, Uiius. Asthma, iironciiills, Uroup and all Throat and Lungs Troubles, than an other medicine. The proprietor has authorize am druggist to give you a sample Bottle Free to convince you oi tno merit ot this ereat rem- eay. .Large uottle sue anil $1. Iflrst Lobster Well, what are you going to do now? Second Lobster Get dressed for dinner. A Scrap of Tnper Saves IIcrLifo. It was Just, an ordinary scrip of wrapping' paper, but it saved her life. Sho was in the last stages ot consumption, told by physicians that the was incurable and could live only a short nine; sho weighed less than seventy pounds. nil a piece ot wrapping paper she read of Dr. it helped her, she bought a large bottle. It helped net uiuic. uuiigiii. uiiuuiui aim kicw ucuer iitst. continued Its use and Is now stronger, healthy rosy, plump, weighing 140 pounds. For fullei luriicumrH senu suiniu la v. 11. uoip. iiriipfngt.. t'ortoiniiu. iriai Domes ot tins wonaenui uiv mvejy iree at, jtunisit a arug store. "Samson" ought to be a good play for t trapedlah who wants to "bring down tbe uouse." Iteinarkable Nerve. The early history of America is full in .stances of men having great nerve. But .o are rapidly becoming the most neryoi.t eople on earth. The resent increase of in finity, epileptic fits, headache, backache. MHiraigia, sleeplessness, nervousness, op- .icpsia, uutlering ot tne heart, etc., point ii an early decay of the race, unless ti i; .ndencv is checked. Kothing wilt cure heee diseaseti like Dr. Miles' Neruine, .varranteu to contain neither opium nor iiorphine. Sample bottles free at Biery or i nomas' drug stores JJon t (all to try it Car crowded. All fat people, very fat Car stops, veiy thin man gets In. lias ureat difficulty In squeezing himself Into a bit of a seat, lie gets angry and says "People ought to pay fares according to weight." Fat neighbor answprs, "If the did, the car wouldn't stop for you." KINGING NOISKS In the ears, sometimes a roaring buzzim.- souud are caused by catarrh, that exceed ingly disagreeable and very com'non dls ease. Ass of smell or hearing also result I mm catarrh. Hood s harsanarilla. th ,Tent blood purifier; is a peculiarly succese- lul remeuy lor this disease, winch It euro by purifying the blood. If you sutler fron .-atnrrli. try llood s barsapanlla, the pc unar mepicine. Elizabeth Conkernous, who resides near IKaverly, O., died the other day. She was 45 years old and weighed 700 pounds A JUSTICIi OF XII IS PEACH SAYS. Hon. John Nealy, justice of the peac md ex-mem r of the House of Itepresen atiqes from Meredith, N. II., us foi welve years a terrible sufferer wieh rheum iiisra. lie says: l cannot obtain any neaicins which uojs me so much good a iiurbulpnur Hitters, and I think it Is th est medicine m iue. Quills are said to hna been first used I fur rx-ns A. D. S53, although soma'a'Hhoi itles give the year 035 as '.he date of tliel introduction. You have often seen women with market V1 ilnnOQD nt nnliiriAfln nf iiisk snttlataJ annn "IIIWHVUB Jt IUIVUVOO W tHVVl ItUAVCU U'J. dies, and a craving for unwholesome food ' hese are signs of a disordered liver, anu he troulile must be corrected or worse re -nils are sure to follow. Husbands and lathers cannot afford to (rest thie mattei ightly. Dr. Kennedy's "Favorite Rem edy,'1 which dispels liver disease, costs lea ihsnsick wives and daughters. You uii. nnil It a very profitable mvestme it. India raises one bushel of wheat per head of her population, the United States seven bushels per bead, and South Americi nineteen bushels. The mild powers eure. If a cathartle It needed to rid the blood of Imparity and to stimulate the action of the liver use Laxador. Price 16 cents. If thsre were a eslled meeting? of baMis Too eg- children and the question put to vole "who was thrlr icreateit benefactor" the load irA nr..lnna. ...... w. 1 . 1 , k. . T (-.. II r . . I u m wonoeriui "uBy oyrap." In a reTlvtl meetiDK at waiia Walls. uregon, a man coniessea mat ne was a i . ..... mMr,. r murderer and asked for forgiveness, refused to reveal the circumstance. He IFben a clergyman at Pennsburg, ra., handed his wife the envelope whlth con i'neo.ineousiouirvprMennromaRroom 1 the found It contained only six cents. The mlnlsur hd ben called out of b4 to pr- torra th ceremony Cat huii INDEPENDENT " Lohighton, Carbon County, Ponna. January 11, TWO ANGELS. Oh I restless heart I abode of storm and passion, Thou art the home of angel sitters two That came from heaven In angello fashion To decs our uvea with peace ana joy anew. The elder, Love, a bright-eyed fiery maiden, unruly as a tempest In her might; The other, Friendship, Is with beauty laden, And peaceful as a balmy summer night. Love Is a rugged, swelling mountain torrent. Hushing, plashing onward to the soa: While Friendship Is a brooklet's gentle current, Reflecting heaven's azure canopy. True Love announces her Inspiring presetac Like lightning's flash undaunted, bold and proud Dut Friendship gleams like ocean's phosphores cence. Or like a moonbeam from behind a cloud. Then blessed, yea, thrice blessed Is the bosom That ror those angels finds abiding room. Where, like a blushing rose, true Love may blos som. And Friendship, Ilka a snow-white Illy, bloom. Milton Goldsmith. ALIAS TIIE PARSON. Even in '60, so long ago 03 that, when fow western towns could boast a street lamp or a postofUce to say nothing of churches and school houses Four Hole City was generally classed as a "desprlt hard place." It was the toughest of the tough. Though a comparatively young town at tho date of the incident about to be re corded, its notorious wickedness had ad vertised it far and wide, and Four Hole City was an accepted synonym for the unique and superlative in western wretchedness. Its population varied according to the distance and direction of the latest gold find. A clear spring of wator had made the spot a favorite camping place for miners, and a contraband barrol or two of whisky had established a bar and made the spring place a "city. It could hardly be said that the growth of Four Hole City was phenomenal that It was a magic city or anything of that sort. But it grow. Trade was lively at tho Red Finger bar, and the cemetery spread like a green bay tree. In due course of time there was another barroom and another burying ground. Then I Jttle Jug Nancy came, the first woman, and lortnwlth anotber grave yard was added to the list three of them in seven months. So alluring was the opportunity, in fact, that a speculative undertaker was tempted across the mountains from 'Frisco with a wagon load of coffins. The market was all right, but it's a part of the record that the "Frisco under taker was the first mnn over buried in a coffin at Four Holo City. Little Jug Nanoy officiated. But In spite of ail that tho town grew. And as it grew thero became manifest, at irregularly long intervals, a natural tendenoy towards something like reform. At even rarer intervals this usually vague manifestation took definite shape and proportions. The first effort of the sort was when Shoestring Miko and that gang had an election. Mike set himself up for mayor, and the rest of the boys were council- men. Long Dicky Bass was the marshal. It was all right while it lasted. They buried tho mayor and the marshal In one grave and two of tho council in another. Another one of the councilmen reformed, and was hung six months later for horse stealing. The others escaped. Then the law and order fever struck Four Hole City. They hung Jimmy Doolan, of the Red Finger bar. Little Jug Nancy followed suit, same day, same limb. Three or four of -the opposition lights snuffed out in amazingly rapid succession and then the law and order gang caved. This was when tlie'trisco undertaker saw his opportunity. Then Nigger-Foot Jim tried to run It. This reform was pre-eminently success ful, it must bo acknowledged, so far as it went. Jim was a dead shot, and as quick as n cat. Ills government terminated very ab ruptly, however, a few hours after It started, just as Jim stepped out of the door of the Red Finger bar. It was done In the dark, and they never did find out who did it. They made him a grave besido Little Jug Nancy, and Four Holo City dropped back into the old rut. It relapsed, in other words. Then a United States man came along: Poor fellow they were looking for him. They had his grave dug twenty-four hours in advance of his arrival. .They bad his tombstone fixed and the epitaph, and ono of those 'Frisco coffins marked for his private use. Those brass buttons six big ones and nine little ones made elegant chips. These were by no means the only ef forts at reform, nor by any means the only failures. Suffice it to say that there had been precisely as many failures as there were efforts, and exactly as many efforts as failures, when Parson Josh came in that bright, breezy, beautiful day in autumn, 1850. Tho parson didn t make any bones about it. He called out the boys and told them what to look for. "Ef the Lord don't hinder," said the parson, "1 H preocn hero twice a week an pray the same, tf you don t like it, don't come. This yer's business, and business is business. All invited, Smokin allowed, but I'll lick -the fust man as laughs in meetm'. I ain t er seekin' no fuss. I'm er peaceable man, but busi ness is business. I'm yer ter save souls an' they must bo order in meetin'. Ail I want is a square deal. He had come in on horseback, and without taldug his feet from the stirrups he pronounced the benediction, nodded pleasantly to the crowd, and galloped off in the direction from which he had come. It was done absolutely before a man in the crowd could realize it. The idea- preaching in Four Hols City! Benedic tion I Prayer! The strangest part of it all waa that the parson had corn polled an unmistak able feeling of respect He had left them impressed with the idea that ba was a superior somebody, amply able to take care of himself, and not too sancti fied to tight. Three days later lio came again. This time they were ready for him. Slippery Sam Digger was the spokesman for the crowd. "This yer town," said Sam, "is Four Hole City. We are the gang as lives yer in Four Hole City. V7e don't want no preachin', and we won't have none of itl" - The parson was thoughtful for a few seconds, weighing tho matter delibe rately, and then quietly announced that there would ba meeting, and that if Sam didn't like It he d have to move, Then they hitched. It didn't last long. Sam was jarrUd o on one of the AIM Live and Let Live." benches, and tno parson took fils pmb- tldn at tho outdoor pulpit as quietly as if nothing had happened. "Owln'ter the racket," said tho par son, "they won't bo nothln' this ovonin' but tho benediction, Hcroafter they won't bo no racket, an' reg'lar services will bo held." Then he pronounced the benediction upon as orderly and appreciative a con gregation as ever faced a preacher. ilien ho rodo oil leisuroly. lust as he did before, without over onco looking behind him. After that, as tho parson had predict ed, thero was no disturbance at the meet ings, Tho parson soon became an estab lished and very important institution. Ho knew that country Hko a book, and every mine in it, and his advico was re liable. Hla influence had on more than ono occasion prevented bloodshed. In many ways the parson mado himself popular and a power for good. Some how or other they had learned that his name was Josh, but even this informa tion was rarely mado uso of, and he was simply "the parson." tour Holo City was slowly but surely undergoing a change. It was becoming civilized. The first step was taken, Tho parson bad led them. One afternoon, a year or so after the parson appeared first in Four Hole City, eighteen or twenty men, coveted with dust and riding jaded horses, rode into town with a prisoner. That prisoner was tho parson. "Mistake! Mistakel Mistake!" said the citizens. No, it wasn't a mistake That was Rod Murphyf murderer and horse thief. "Proof I" demanded tho citizens. Plenty of proof. The horse he was tied to was ono he had stolen. The citizens wero obliged to believo it. The parson said nothing iu answer to questions, and seemed as indifferent of danger as the horso ho was riding. His legs were unstrapped, and ho was taken from the horse. Tho rope was put around his neck and thrown over n limb. "VVanter pray?"' ho was asked. He looked doubtful for a moment. "Unbind my hands," said he, "There are enough of you to eat me. Lot me pray with my hands loose." Iu consideration of the good ho had done, the request was granted, though there was some objection. His own un concern was another consideration in granting the request. He seemed re signed to his fate, they noticed. It couldn't do any harm. - The parson raised his hands, Ills face turned upward. "I havo dono some good," ho said, slowly, "an1 somo bad. I have Btole some horses, but I never took the last 'un from a po' man. I have killed some men, but I done it fa'r. All I want, O Lord, is a squar' deal in this. I kin lick eny two in this crowd eny three. They know It" The parson stopped suddenly, a knife in his hands. . In another instant the rope around his knees was loosed, and then at his feet, and he. was fairly in tho saddle and started'beforo'n shot was fired. The parson was off pursuit was out of the question. They fired recklessly, and he escaped unhurt. They watched him then until he ond his horse were a speck on the horizon. "Red Murphy's luck," growled one of the men, as he turned to his horse. "Good fer our parson," grinned Slip'ry Sam. Glen Waters in Atlanta Constitu tion, Origin of Misfits. The Listener was told tho other day about a curious old custom which a good many citizens may recall. In the old days in Boston, it appears, there were tailors who made a practice of clothing customers by the year for a fixed price, taking back the old suits as fast as new ones wero supplied. That is to say, the tailor agreed for (say) the sum of $50 Year to furnish the customer with three suits of clothes annually. Upon the ar rival of the second new suit the customer sent back the first, and upon tho receipt of the third he sent back the second and in each case the tailor furbished up the suit and sold it through his back door, so to speak, to somo dealer in second hand' clothing, or to some one wlib wanted a cheap suit. rrobably the tailor made a good deal more money through this arrangement than lie would if he had sold the goods outright, and the customer, with a very moderate expenditure, not only had the reputation of being a very well dressed man, but enjoyed the luxury of wearing his best clothes all the time. Out of this custom, it is supposed, arose tho business of the manufacture of misfits, which has since grown to such immense propor tions. Probably theso second hand suits of clothes, not badly worn and neatly refurbished, came to bo known as misfits and also to bo much sought after on ac count of their comparative cheapness. And tho next step in the profci'fiion was to make the "misfits" outright. Boston Transcript. Haw He Satisfied Hint. Small Boy Say, dad, I wish you'd get me a bicycle. uia Man uan't afford it, my son, Rent too high, coal too dear. Besides don't want you to break your neck. "Well, then, a trioycle." "Can't do it. But I'll tell you what you can have. When winter comes Pll try and get you a nice long Icicle," The youngster Is pacifledv Toronto urip. News Item, A writer says: "Laziness grows on people." This information will surprise those persons who supposed that It grew on trees, Norristown Herald. rami! lUsoureet. Jeanette Do you go to school? VI vianne No, I have a private teaoher. Do you go to school? JtftnftUe No, I have a private mother. Time. $1.26 when 1890. THE KING'S DIARY. JULY 14, 17S0. Wen," he wrote, because It chanced that day- There was no hunt of fawn or stag or boar. All else was nothing to the man who wore Tho crown which onco the brows of Hugh Capet Had ached beneath, eight centuries away. Btace then what well beloved and hated mora Had worn it lightly, or with anguish sore. Some strong to rule and many- but to slay. nothing!" And, while be wrote the senseless word. The tocsin rang In Paris; the human flood Poured onward ractnz till It came where stood The Hostile. Boon the foolish king had heard How prone It lay. Deltoid his aimless wit: He and his kingdom were as he had writ. John W. Chadwlck In Century. A SAILOR'S LOYE. Tho Gray Eagle went on her course, parting tho waves of the Indlnn ocean. Sho was a packet steamer in the employ of a great English company, and carried many passengers. Among thoso, stand ing outhe promonado deck, forward, and looking out across tho broad expanse of water before her, was a beautiful girl in the flush of her youth and beauty. In the wheelhouse stood a young man. second mate of tho ship, looking at Mabel Vane. Ho was young, with a bold, manly face, curling brown hair and beard and speaking gray eyes a mnn, in graco or person, monly beauty and pure heart a "man worthy of the name. Ho was only a sailor, and had risen to his present rank from cabin boy, but yet he dared to love the daughter of tho East Indian millionaire, Arthur Vane. Ho loved her and lie had no hope loved her as wo worship a star which is far be yond our reach. Nothing was further from his thoughts than to insult her by telling her that ho loved her; but to be near her, to see her often, perhaps to do somo service which would win a smile from her that was reward enough for Will Clay. Sho never dreamed of his adoration; and ho had heard her say to hor friends that she liked him better than any other olliccr on board the Gray Eagle, She said it in the careless way of girlhood, and yet ho treasured it in his heart. Standing thero, watching the course of the ship, and ready to give a word of warning to the wheelman if it wero needed, he never took his eyes from her long. "Mr, Clay," said tho man at the wheel, as he gave it a half turn and rested there, don t you smell smoke? "It comes from the galley." "Perhaps so, but what are they burn ing rosin in tho galley for?" 'Rosin," cried Will, raising his head quickly and snuffing the air. He caught tho peculiar smell himself and leaped down from the wheel house. "Keep steady," he whispered to tho man at tho wheel. "Thero may bo danger, but if there is, for God s sake, keep it quiet." Trio man nodded quietly and took a firmer hold on tho wheel. "Will Clay crossed the deck without apparent haste and yet with a terrible fear tugging at his heart. He caught sight of tho cap tain coming out of tho gentlemen's cabin and hurried up to him. "There is something wrong, he whis pered. "Don't you smell burning rosin, captain?" The old sea captain suppressed a cry of horror. With fifty passengers on board, in the midst of the Indian ocean, far from land, a fire was one of the most' horrible things which could como upon' a ship. "Go forward and investigate," ho said, in a low tone. "If you find that it is a fire, you will know what to do. How are tho boats?" "All right, sir ; you may trust to them." They had good cause for fear. The entiro forehold was filled with rosin, in boxes and casks, and if a fire started there it might as well bo in a nest of fat pino. Will ran down to tho lower deck, where ho was met by a crowd of excited firemen and coal passers, who were rushing madly on deck. Quick as thought he seized tho foremost and hurled him back. Get- back, you fools!" ho cried. "Where are you running to?" "Fire! whispered the man, hoarsely, "Fire in the forehold I" Suppose thero is. Is it jtur duty to rush on deck and alarm the passengers or get buckets and try to put out the fire? Back, there, all of you, for i will brain the man who dares to flinch a hair now. Stand back, I say!" The men cowed before his superior will and saw that they might yet do something to save the steamer. A guard was placed at tho hatch, so that no one oould come down, and the scuttle which led into the forehold was opened. No soonor was this done than a dense volume of black smoko rolled out, and the scuttle was closed again, for Will saw that nothing could be done in that way. The men ran forward with axes, but had scarcely gone a dozen steps when they folt the deck tremble under their feet and saw email jets oi dame shooting up through the planks. A moment more and there was a sort of explosion, and the red flames leaped up suddenly and caught the planus above, There was no hope of concealing the danger from the passengers now, for tho steamer was full of smoke, and wild cries from tho deck announced that the danger was known. They must face the most terrible danger known to the sea, the danger of all others the most feared the danger of fire! Women shrieked and fainted, strong men trem bled and could not move hand or foot, and others ran wildly about the decks, rendering no assistance. Mabel Vane, utterly bowildered by the sudden horror. felt a strong hand clutch her arm. and saw Will Clay, blackened by smoke and shicred by flame. "Go aft," he said, hoarsely. "Stand on the port quarter and wait for me, and I .will save you or die trying, uney me, trlrl: I am Your master now." She looked at him in mute wonder and obeyed him in silence. He sprang away and" began to fight the fire as ho could, aided by the officers and crew and some few of the passengers who kept their heads. Among these was Arthur Vane, a handsome old gentleman, with an en gaging face. "You are a man, 'Villiam Clay," he said, as the two hurled tho contents of a great water cask down 'tho open hatch. "If we ever escape, the company shall know that they have got a man in their employment. If wo don't, it is all the same. Have you seen my daughter?" "I sent her aft just now, and told her that I would save her or lose my life. And I'll do it, too, because I love her." "Love her, you!" "Just now you said I was a man," said Will, quietly. "Lay hold on that cask, you. What are you shirking for; oan't we talk ami work, too?" A at rangu-smile came over the face of the old merchant, and they hurled the lut i tlra waior. and audited the not paid in Advance. Single Copies 5 Cents men working nt tho fall iu.raislhff. it, Lion t think im a iooi, jsir, vane, said Will. "If I lived 1,000 years and saw her every day, I wouldn't tell hor aa much as I've told you. And what s more you wouldn't havo heard mo say it it it had not como out before I thought." Mr. Vane sold not n word and Will Clay was silent. They worked hard to save tho steamer, but tho flames gained upon them inch by inch and drove them aft. . . Give it up, captain," whispered Will. Get out tho boats and provision them. Tako tinio for all you want, and we will fight the fire." Tho sailors worked with a will until they saw the boats drawing up to tho gangway dnd the passengers taking places, when they - left their work and sprang for the boats. Tho passengers mado a rush at the samo moment, but as they neared the gangway they met Will Clay, a pistol in each hand, and his eyes Hashing lire. "Stand hack there! ' ho criod. "Do you call yourselves men? Do you want to swamp the boats and spoil our only chance?" 'Get out of tho way I" hissed n gigantio Swede, raising his heavy hand, "Out of the way or I will crush you with a Ingle blow! A pistol cracked and tho man fell back, shot through the shoulder. The crowd recoiled before this determined young man, for even in an hour like this men fear sudden death. "Keep back, I sayl" repeated the young mate. J,Pass along those ladies first, for they go in the first boat." Tho order was promptly obeyed, and then six of the crew, called out by namo, went into tho boats and pulled away Jrom tho gangway, under command of ft n a i . t, i , . i , , ,iu ursi, mate, uoui uiter uont puuea up w'tho gangway, received its load and pulled away. There was no moro rush ing, for there was death in tho eyes of tho young mate and tho captain, who had taken his place by his sldo. "My daughter is not In tho boats, young man," said Arthur Vane, hoarsely. "Miss Vane," said Will, "you can come now." Mabel, who had been standing apart, hurried forward. Mr. Vane stepped into the boat and the last of tho crew fol lowed. Then a panio seemed to seize them and they pushed off, leaving the captain and mate upon the doomed steamer, asjfhng tongues of ilame leaped out toward the boat. Through this fiery barrier tho two meii dashed and were seen striking out for the boat. "otopr cried Jir, vane. "You nave left tho captain and Mr. Clay." Tho men looked at him fiercely, but the steady eye of tho old man awed them and tho two wero helped into tho boat, the captain supported by tho strong arm of Iiib gallant mate. The boats pulled away together, while the column of flame which shot into the air announced the fate of the Gray Eagle. They reached the Islands safely after a week had passed. Thero is a young man who sails a steamer from London to Alexandria whoso name is Will Clay, and he is mar ried. Tho nnme of his wife is Mabel, for Arthur Vane, having "found a mnn,1 know how to make hitn all his own. J. B. in Boston Globe. Teaching Old Oreek to Modern Greeks, Tho most interesting part of our con versation with tho head master of the Chalki school was on the subject of the classes and the course of education pur sued. It was amusing to investigate how a Greok teaches Greek and how a Greek boy learns the first elements of that com merce in which he will doubtless become so expert in after lifo. Thero nro eight separate classes at Chalki, of which the most elementary, for boys of 8, teaches only modern Greek, prose and poetry, besides the elements of mathematics, French, geography and the fine arts. Tho second class Introduces some simple phrases in ancient Greek for parsing, commences natural science and teaches Roman and Byzantine history. Tho third class aspires to Xenophon and the fourth brings Into the course of stu dies elementary Latin phrases and Greek history. On reaching the fifth class the pupil is introduced to Plato, and com mences his commercial education witn bookkeeping, and also adds Turkish to the list of liia studies. The sixth class learns Demosthenes, Thuoydldes, Herod otus and Homer, also logarithms and shorthand. The seventh class composes Greok verses in the ancient tonguo, and adds to tho other abtruse subjects phys ical scienoe, dynamics and modern his tory with special reference to the eastern Question. I was beginning to wonder what could possibly be left for the top class to learn when the head master abruptly con cluded by stating that his finished schol ars aimed at perfection in tho foregoing subjects, and only added to the list logic and political economy. 1 expreasod sur prise at the little attontion given to modern languages, except French and Turkish, in the course which professes to be commercial, but the master told me that tho young Greeks of Constant! nonle uro born polyglots. English and German may be learned as extras, but French was the only language thoy cared to teach classically and accurately, Macmillan s Magazine. Don't Be Too Chic. "Sand is a great thing in business." "That's so. But a house founded on the sand doesn't stay up long." Har per s Bazar. Lemons weighing a pound each are common in Florida, and along the banks of the Caloosahatchle there is a single tree which bears 6,000 lemons, many of which weigh a pound each. But, except for show, such large lemons are of uttii value, as they are coarse grained and pulpy. An organ formerly belonging to Marie Antoinette was reopened recently in one of the chapels of St. Sulplce. It had long stood in one of tho other olmpels, and has just been restored, Gluok, Marie An toinette's musio master, and Mozart .arc known to have played on it at Ver sailles, Out of the 880,000,000 of which tha population of China is, agoarding to the latest official statistics, composed, about 1 in 10 is engaged in agrioulture, 1 in 100 is a bricklayer or mason, 1 in 130 is a tailor, 1 in 140 a blacksmith and l in a washerman, while about 1 in 100 is carpenter. Tho Chinese have a curious mode ot taking their census. Every year the old est master of every ten houses lias to count the families and to make a list, which is sent to the imperial tax house. Last year the whole number amounted to 879.888.600 inhabitanU, which is the highest figure ever reached. Cat bon Advocate 11 the Nf)wa 52 WEEKS Sl.OO. HER MISTAKE. Tlis ratal Krror Made bjr a Maiden of the Garden Oltj-. "Seems to me, Mlts Jimburg, you aro rather cool this evening. Shall I stir up tho fire?" Lemuel Gagstatter turned sidoways in his chair, crossed one leg over tho othor, and smiled a slow, laborious, poorly- lubricated omllo. You needn't trouble yoursolf, Mr. Gagstattor, (Pause.) Unless" you are cold yoursolf, of course." "Thitnks. I won't." There was another pause, during which tho cat on the hearth got up, Btrotched herself, and walked solemnly out of the room, Tho two young persons were now un restrained by the presence of a third party, but still they did not warm toward each other. "You have some reason, of courso, Miss Jimburg, for the frosty way you aro acting this evening. If it isn't too much trouble and you feel equal to tho ob, I should take it as a sort of favor if you would open up an explanation of somo kind," "You wero a caudidato for a county office, I believe, Mr, Gagstatter?" "I was. What has that to do" "And you were not elected, if I am cor rectly Informed?" I was not. Tho ofilco was one I didn't care a snap for, anyhow." And you let that thick skulled, cring ing, crawling, bow legged snipe of a Pete Morcllcan beat you and carry your own precinct against you by seventy- three majority," "Miss Jimburg," said the young man, rising, "if my defeat for a little one horse office worth $000 a year has turned you against me, it would hardly bo worth while, I suppose, to mention the fact that I made $3,700 out of the election. I had a few friends out quietly scooping in all tho bets that my other friends wero making on me. I cleaned 'em out, young woman; got all thoy had. This doesn't niako any difference, of course, I only mention it to" "Why, I don't know," said Miss Jim burg hesitatingly. "If you didn't really care for the office, Lo Mr. Gagstatter, why" "No," Interrupted the young man as he moved toward the door; "it doesn't make any difference. I might say, if it was worth while, that I am going to start a first class oyster houso, a thunder ing sight finer than Pete McPelicaa's, in about two weeks" "Don't go, Lemuel!" "With a pastry and confectionery de partment" "Lemuel, dear" "Good evening, Miss Jimburg," He was gone, and tho sound of histbot- steps as ho left tho houso seemed to smlto upon her bar with tho melancholy plunk, plunk of a girlish young life's fondest liopes dropping swiftly one after another Into the soup of adversity. Chicago Tri bune. The Cat's Exclusive Property. A teacher was giving a natural history lesson, "Children," Bhe said, "you all havo seen tno paw ot a cat, it is as boh as velvot, isn't it?" 'Yes, mum." 'And you have seen the paw of a dog?" "Yes, mum," "Well, although the cat's paw seems like velvet, thero is, nevertheless, con cealed in it something that hurts. What Is it?" No answer. "The dog bites," said the toaclier, "when ho is in anger, but what does the cat do?" "Scratches," replied the boy. "Quite rieht," said the teacher, nod ding her head approvingly; "now what has the cat got that the dog hasn't?" "Kittens!" exclaimed the boy In the back row. Philadelphia Times. Looking ou the Bright Ride. Kitty So George has jilted youl Why, the wretchl But will you get over it, dear? Minnie Oh, I!m almost reconciled al ready. I rather like it. "Why, what do you mean?" "I can eat all the onions I want, now." Lowell Citizen. Whr He Was l'nnlshed. 'Hans, you got punished today; what for?" 'Because, papa, Edward Lang had been fighting." "And with whom had Edward been fighting?" "With me, papa.' Miogende liiaet- ter. A Distinction with n Difference. "Did you say your son was ono of the directors in a newspaper corporation?" "Yes; he directs all the wrappers ror the city subscribers." Life. CRISP CONDENSATIONS. Tho accumulations of superfluous ejorea at tho various United Slates naval sta tions aro estimated by Secretary Tracy at $15,000,000. No fewer than 1,810 patients bitten by dogs were treated In the Pasteur insti tute in the year ending Oct. 81. There wero thirteen deaths. Of the 400,000,000 population of coun tries recognized as belonging to theoivil Ized world, about 160,000,000 are now under republican forms of government. Brazil is so vast and yet so poorly equipped a country that in remote sec tions the people do not yet know of Dom Pedro's deposition nnd the establishment of the republic. The elephant skeleton set up in tho front hall of the Madras museum is ten feet six inches high, and it has been stated tliat this is the skeleton of the largest elephant everkilled in India. In the recently issued directory for the oity of New York there aro 180,148 names. Assuming that thore 1b an aver age of Ave represented by this t.o eacli name, there would be a responsive pop ulation of About 080,000 in the oity. Builders of French war ships do not lack euoouragemwit. The new cruiser Cecile lias just been launched at Toulon, If she can develop a speed of twenty knots the builders will receiro from the government a prise of 1,000,000 franca. Among a lot of unclaimed artioles sold recently at the New York custom house were a number of photographs of the Duke of Marlborough and various rooms in Blenheim castle, which the duke had sent to Mrs. Hammerslcv from England. A Frankfort mathfimatii-ian Dr. Bein, calculates that two men pluMng domi noes ten hours a dnv, and malting four moves a uiiuut, uoulU cuiitiuu. 1 18,000, 000 years without exlutusting all tho oombinationK of the gane, the tutal num ber of which U 884,3S'..M1,S40.
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