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TINS
job printings
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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.