f a routs
tW'lf U"U ran' a t'ljxr that own
(tnt f ami isn't alraid to tell tht
newt; that Mitre in pvblit
murulity, and the enforamenl of
the law against malrfactori; that
hat opinions, and isn't afraid to
express them, get TUB CARBOIC
ADVOCATE.
fyAr you a tubteriber to the
papt r you are now readinqt Jfnot.
it Kill cost you but $1 for 62 week
to become one, and t en you can
tell your ntighbor thai you will
neiUitr borrow nor tend.
$1.00 a Year in Advance.
INDEPENDENT " Live and Let Live."
$1.25 When not paid in Advance.
VOL. XIX.. No 15
Lohighton, Carbon County. Penna., Pebrtiaiy 21, 1891.
Singlo Copies 5 Cents
The best looking Dress Goods for the h art .money
are without doubt those of domestic manufacture.
Some of the most surprising effects rc shown
among the 50 cents a yard goods. Checks, Plaids,
Homespuns, Tweeds and Cheviots, closely re
rambling the $1.00 and 1.25 a yard-goods,
50 CENTS A YARD.
634 Hamilton
LIMITED)
Ecilci'r orner. North First Street.
Would Make this Special Announcement
Of the fact that they have bought the finest and most complete
line of Guns, Revolvers, Cartridges, Shells, both blank
and loaded. Gun Covers, Game Bags and all
Implpments and Tools used by the
Sporting Fraternity ever
shown in Carbon county, and that
they have marked them at prices that will df'y
competition. e extend an earnest invitation to all to
come and inspect them whether you want to buy at present or not.
Wo also have n line of Dr. Horner's Cattle and Horse Powders.
. No wonder there is quick selling. The
knife goes .into prices because we . have an
overabundance of Clothing, from the cheapest
to the very finest, in mens, boys and children's
suits, stornl overcoats, FineKeiseys, ATeltons,
Chinchillas and Fine Beaver. An accumula
tion just now, and prices almost one-half.
Never in the history of selling Clothing
have we had a more attractive stock tn offer,
and never have we offered to sell at such low
prices as now . i
Koch & Shankweiler,
Tiis Ming ani Largest ClathiM
Hotel Allen Building.
ALLEN TO
S3OPPOSITE L.
mm
FIRST STREET, - - LEHIGHTON, P
Has just opened an entire new line of
LADIES' FINE DRESS GOODS!
Comprising all the very latest styles in White Goods, Sa
teens, prints, w-inguams,
. ra .. .!.
ttuuy wioaa s: txisainti ui
ng low prices.
Groceries, Provisions,
nood ana Willowware ot
Cloths Cassimers, Hats,
made Clothing in great variety and at prices with the read
of all purchasers prices fully as
bought lor at any other general
Carpets, Oil-cloths, Lamps and Fixtures in groat
variety and of best quality at Rock Bottom Prices.
Best quality of Flour and Feed at prices lully as low as the
some articles can be purchased
A car load of coarse salt has just been received the price
y been marked down to the very lowest notch.
All goods of the very best quality and are being sold at prices
oqually as low as the same goods can bought at any general stoie
in this section. Call and bo convinced. 72espctfully,
For Brussels, Ingram and Good Bag
Carpets, Saxony, Gernianfcown and
Stocking Yarns,
Jtsrush Mats, call at
m Wo MMIJL9
Excelsior Carpet Works,
NORTH FIRS' STB SET, LEHIGHTON,
We pay ptWtWuUu attention to tha ramtii&sUiM of Raj Cssptu
St., Allentown.
Houss ia tlis Jjeliigli Valley.
Centre Spuare.
WN, PA.,
& S. DEPOT,
Marseilles, Seersuckers and
. i; t i i
uiu vuiy ucsi mutinies nt oxceea
Crockery ware, Glassware,
tlie best makes at low figures.
Boots, Shoes and Ready
low as the same goods can be
store m tins vicinity.
elsewhere.
'SKI! j SiJ snak ssaetl
of all kinds nicely executed
at this office. Prices low.
Carpet Wool, and
Froftadonal & Business Cards.
W. M. Raiiahor,
ATTORNEY asd OOUN8BILOr. AT L-Ay .
Pint door nbove tlie Mansion House,
MAUCII CHUNK. .... rKJW'A.
Renl Ifetato nnd Collection Agency. Will Buy
ititi KaII TtMl ICatAlt. (lonvftvancdni? neallv done.
Collections promptly made. Settling Hsfntes pi
ucoeuenis h siwcmiiy. juay uo i-ursuuuii 111
English and Oorman nov. !B-vl
PACKER TON HOTEL,
Midway between MMieh Chunk & Lonljhton,
Z. U. 0. HOM. Vroprletor.
PA0KBRTON, - Tunica.
I'hls well-known Hotel Is admlrnblyrefltted, and'
has the best accommodations lor permanent and
anslent boarders. Kteellent Tables Had the
ci ly best Liquors. StablesUraotied. 11an
PilAWSION HOUSE
Opposite I., ft S. Depot,
BANK STREET, - . IiEIIIOHTON,
O. It. HOM, PllOritlETOR.
his bnnse offers first-class accommodations for
transient and perniancnt boarders. It has been
newly retflttetlln all Its dprtnients, and ts locat
ed lu one ortbe most picturesque portion ot the
borough. Terms moderate. tJf The b A U l
uipplleu Willi Jie cnoicesi wines, i.iquurs una
:jgnrs. rresu ikci ou inn. uprii-ji
O. A. CLAUSS,
Office with Clauss Bros., First street, Lchlghton
Finn, Life and Accident
INSURANCE.
Only Frst-class Companies are represented
Information cheerfully furnished. 4-iy
Ex-Sheriff Rabenold. ,
SI24 N. Btll St ALL15NTOWN.
DENTISTRY,
In all Its brandies. Fresh gas always on
hand. The patronago of the people Is
solicited. Satisfaction giiaronteed.4-5 00
DR. J. P. BROWN,
Slaiington, Penna.
Special Treatment given In r)ls-aesof Women.
Specialist In Diseases of Eye, Kar, Koso and
.iiiruzu.
Catarrh Permanently Cured,
Fine l'ramelcss Eye Glasses and Spectacles nd-
itisieii my own pniem. iiusu-ij
DR. G. T. FOX,
172 Main Street, Bath, Pa.
IT BANOOB. DBOADWAV IIOUSR. MONDAYS.
vr icasto.v, Swan IIoi kl, Tuksdavs.
,vr UHTiit.KtiRM, sun Hotkl, Wednesdays.
T AU.KSTOWN, KAOLP ItOTKI., TUU11SDAY
X HATH, rillDAYS AND 9ATU1IDAYH.
Ofllce Hours From 9 a. m. to 4 p. ui. Practice
.United to diseases nftbe
Eye.Ear, Nose &. Throat
a7Also. ltofractlonof the Eyes or tho adjust
ment of glasses.
F. I.' SMITH, D. D. S.,
Of3ce opposite the Opera 1 louso.'
Bank Street, Le) t ton, Pa.
DENTISTRY IN AM. ITS I1UANC1IE8.
FllUnR and inakliiK artificial dentures a special
ty. I.nml lini'Htlit-ties used.
Oas admlulstered and Teeth Fxtracted WITH
OUT PAIN.
OFFICE HOUrtS: From 8 . in., to 12 m from
l D. ro., to a p. m., linin 1 1. in., to p. iu.
Consultations lu Eugllslior Cerm.in
Offlcb Hours at Hazleton Every Saturday.
Oct 15-87 lv
DR.W.F. DANZBIl,
No. 20 North Wyomlni; St.,U
HAZLETON, PENNA.
Specialist In Diseases of the
EYE, NOSE AND, THROAT.
Or. Danzcr will be at .the
Exchange Hotel, Lehighton,
Spectacles and Eye (.lasses accurately f.tted at
ESr-Consullatitiu lu Gurinau and Encllih. '
anustlli-noifu
Jndigestioii
IS not'only a distressini; complalntf of
Itself, but, by cuusing the blood to
become depraved and tho system en
feebled, is the parent of Innumerable
maladies. That Aycr's Sarsuparllla
is the best cure for Indigestion, oven
when complicated with Liver Complaint,
is proved by the following testimony
from Mrs. Joseph Lako, of Brockway
Centre, Mich.:
"Liver complaint nnd indlgustlon
made my life a burden and came near
ending my exlstonco. For more than
four years I suffered untold agony, vcos
reduced almost to a skeleton, ond liurdlr
had Htreugth to drag myself about. 3 All
kind of food distressed me, and only
tho most delicate could be digested ut
all. Within the time mentioned se eral
physicians treated mo without giving re
lief. Nothing tliat I took socmed to do
nny permanent gooil until I commenced
the use of Aycr's Barsaparllla, which
has produoed womlerful results, iioon
lifter commencing tn take the Sarsapa
rilla I could see an improvement In my
condition. My appetite began to return
and with It eigne the ability to i!igest
nil the food taken, my strength im
proved oach day. and after n few
months of faithful attention to your
directions, I found myself a well
woman, able to Attend to nil lions. Hold
duties. The incdiulne has ntven mo a
netv lease of life."
Hp's Sarsapariiia,
VBEPAUED BT
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
PliM 1 1 ill boUIti, $4. Worth tS a bottle.
Have yon road the Advocato.
A.. 8. Rabenold, D. D. B.
sou OrTOit : 0r J. W. R&adMttKuh'
uuor sure,
BANK STREET. LEHKJIITON.
lMntltr'ln all Hh Draneber. TatU BxtrMtml
.runout itin. iuiainiMerMwiiirequwtu.
amnti uy wcii.-vHtuAY or tjua ween, r
FRAZ
nrsr ykc twk roRi.vi
T i-wuiflgquuiba..rqnnmirpftaa.d.aaSi lty
viaBttBg' ivru of other braao. Is
LAtwUortuut. a-UET THESES CI f.
mt snirs.
J nunclied throe sliliw with a happy heart,
ntlipgi'lri ii days of routns
1 Kwanl th. Fortunate Islea I s.iw them start
I'or it nriri. nf lnvn nhil frllth.
As 1 waited there by tho dark blue sea
i droitmu I of the our bo they'd Lrlnit tome.
flat one was wrecked ere It crossed tho bar.
And I saw It sink from suht.
And one was lost on the ocean, far
From human help r might.
Tho third sailed grandly Into the west.
Ilornealoft on tho billow s crest.
Years passed, and I grew so weary.
iuiikuu in vma tor rest.
And I'watched, though the days were woary,
l.V n,.- cl.l.. !,l ...ll1 (I..
J waited long by the dark blue sea,
1 ut never a ship oame back to me.
At lcnsth when tho sunset's glow was past.
I raw my snip In the bar.
Tossed aud torn by many a blast,
'iueroat nuclior It larl
And tho enro I'd walled for many a year
wasonivtne Heart tuat you lent nie,aear.
KICE PEOPLE.
IL C DUNKEIt.
Thoy certainly are nice people, "'1 ns-
eeuled to my wife's observation, using
the colloquial phrase with a conscious
ness that it whs nnytliing but "ulce"
English, "nud I'll bet that their three
clii.dnm nro butter brought up ttian
most of "
"Two children, " corrocted my wifo.
Three, tie told me."
"My iloar, site said thero yrevo two. "
"He eaid thlvo. "
"Yuti'vo simply forgotten. I'm suro
alio tohl me tbey had outy two a boy
nnd n girL-"
Well, I didn t enter into particu-
lnt-H. "
"N , dear, nnd you couldn't hare
uuderatorxl lilm. Two childreu. "
All right." I said; but 1 did not think
il wns all right As u near sighted man
urns by enfuroed observation to recog
nize persons nt a distance wheu tho face
is not vi-ile to the normal eye, bo the
man with a bad memory learns, almost
unconsciously, to listen carefully and
report nccimitely. My memory U bail;
ut I had nut hud timo to forget that
Brewster Brcdo hud told mo Hint after
noon 1 lint ho had lliioo children, nt
present left iu the enro of hi) mother in
nw, wlnle he nnd Mrs. lireuo wok their
summer vacation.
"Two chi Iron," repeated my wife;
nnd they are stayiug with hU Aunt
Jenny. "
Ho told mo with tils mothor in law.
I put iu. My wife looked tit mo with a
Mrioii3 expression. Men may not re-
member lnticii of what thoy are told
about children; hut any limit knows tho
ditTerence between an uuutoud a mother
in law.
But don't you think thoy are ntca
people" nsk"d rny wife.
Oh. crtiiinly, I reiilied. "Only
they seem to be a little nilxod up about
the childiRiL
'Unit isn't a nice thing to say. "re
turned my ife.
I could not deny it. r
And yet, the next morning, when the
edes c'iniu down aud seutod tlicm-
sclves opposito us at tho table, beaming
and smiling iu their natural, pleasant,
well bred fashion, I know, to a social
certainty, that thoy wero "nice" people.
Ho was a lino looMug fellow iu his neat
tenuis flannels, vlim, graceful, 28 or SO
years old, with a Frenchy poiutud beard.
She was "nico" in ull tier pretty clothes,
and she herself was pretty witli that
typo of protttucss which outwears most
other types tho prettiness that lies iu a
rounded iigure, n dusky elan, plump,
ny cheeks, white teeth, and black eyes.
io might have been 20; you guessed
that site was prettier than alio was at 20,
and that elm would be prettier still at 40.
I was not surprised when, nftor break
fast, my wifo invited tho Bredes to walk
wit i us to "our viow. " The Hoogan-
camp-Biggies-Tubb-Unlldt cnntiugent
never stirred oil Jacobus's vcrandn, hut
we both felt that the Bredes would not
profane that sncred scene. We strolled
across the lirlds, passed through a littlo
belt of woods, and ns I lieurd Mrs.
Brode's little cry of startled rapture, I
motioned to Brcdo to look up.
By Jove! ho cried, "heavenlvl
"And so that is your view?" asked
Mrs. Brede, after a moment; "you are
very generous to mnko it ohm too."
All, how much better was this tart of
talk than tho chatter nnd gossip of the
Tnbb nud tho Hoogoncnnip tlian the
majors dissertations upon ins everlast
ing circuhus! My wife and I exchanged
glances.
Isow, wheu I went up tlie Mattor-
liorn, " Mr. Bredo began.
"Why, dear," interrupted his wife, "I
didn't know you ever went up tlie Mat-
terhoru.
"It It was Ave years ago," said Mr.
Bredo huuiedly. "I didn't toll you
wheu I was on tho other side, you know-
it was rather dangerous woll, ns I
was faying, it looked oh, it didn't look
at all like this. "
A cloud floated overhead, throwing
its great shadow over the field here
we lay. The shadow passed over tno
mountain s brow, and reappeared far be
low, a rapidly decreasing blot, flying
eastward over tho goldeu green. My
wife and I exchanged glances once
mora
Somehow, the shadow lingered over
us alL As wo went home, tlie Bredes
went side by side aloug tlie nurrow
path, and my wifo and I walked to
gether. "Should you think," she asked me,
that a man would climb the Matterhorn
tho first year tie was mnrrled?"
"1 dou't know, my dear, " I answered
evasively; "this isn't the first year I have
been married, not by a good many, aud
I wouldn't climb it not for a farm. "
"You kuow what I mean, " she said.
Idid." 0
When we reached the boarding house
Mr. Jaoihus took nie aside.
"You know," he began Ills discourse
"my wife she until to lire iu York I
1 didn't kuow, but 1 said yes.
"She says tho number on the streets
run cribs oross, like. Thirty-four's o i
one side o' the street and U5 on t'other.
How's that?"
"That is the invariable rule, I be
lieve."
S. ia Leavening, Power.
"Then I my thpe here new folk
that you V your wife seem so mighty
tnkfii wilh-l'ye know anything about
einf "
"1 know nothing about the oharnoter
irf your b aiders, Mr. Jacobus," I re
'bed, conscious of sotno irritability.
"If 1 chooao to njKoctato with any of
them " '
"Jew so jess so, " broke in Jacobus.
"I linin't no bin' lo ny ng'tnst yer so
slmrbil'ty. But do ye know them f "
"Why, oni'tnlnly not, " I replied.
"Welt that wn's all I wuz ask In' ro.
Yo.seo, when ho came here to take the
rooms you wasn't hero then he told
my wire that lie lived nt number 31 in
his street. An' yistlddy ho told tier that
ho lirod nt number 35. He said he lived
n an apartment house. Now, there can
bo no npai tinoiit house on two sides of
the saniu street, kiu thoy?"
"vuiut street was it?" I inquired
wonrilyi
"Hiindrod 'n Twenty-first street "
"May bo," I replied, still nioro wear-
ly, "that's Hniloni, Nobody knows
u hut. people will do iu Harlem. "
I went to my wife's room.
"Don't you think it's queor?" she
atKed me.
I think I'll have to talk with thai
young man to-night," I said, "and soe if
no cnn give some account of himself. "
'But my dear, " n.y wife sntd gravely.
"she doesn't know whether they've had
the measles or not "
"Why, great Scottl" I pxclaimod,
(hey must have had them when thoy
were children. "
"Please don't be stupid, "said my wife.
I itieant their children. "
When 1 went up stars that evening I
found my wife putting her linir to bed
I don't know how I can "bettor describe
nn operation familiar to ovcry married
man. I waited until tho last tress was
coiled up aud then I snoke. .
"I've talked with Brede," I said, "and
I didn't have to catechize him. He
oemed to foel that some sort of an ex
planation was looked for, and ho was
very outspoken. You woro right about
tlie children that is, I must have mis
understood Jiim. Thore are only two.
But tliu Miittorlioru opisode was simple
eiiouglk He didn't I enliz 3 how danger
ous it was until tie had gut so fur into it
that ho couldn't back out; and ho didn't
tell her because he'd left tier here, you
see, and under the circumstancos "
"Lal't her here," cried my wifo, "I've
been sitting with tier the whole after
noon, sowing, and she told me that he
loft her at Geneva, nud came back and
took tier to Bas'o, and tho ba!-y was
born thero now I'm sure, dear, Lecause
I askod her. "
"Perhaps I was mistaken when I
thought he said she was on this t.ldo," I
suggested, with hitter, 'biting irony.
You poor dear, did I abuso you?
said my wife "But do you know, Mrs.
Tnbb .said that sho didn't know how
many lumps of sugar he took iu his
coltee. Now that seems queer, doesn't
it?"
It diil It was a queor thing. But it
looked queer. Very queer.
The next morning it was clear that
war was declared against tho Ijredes.
Thoy camo down to bienkiust bqiiio-
wlint late, and as booh ns they had ar
rived the Bigglests swooped fp the
last fragments tluit'romafned o:t their
plates, aud made a stalely march out of
tlie dining room llien Miss Hoogon
cnnip arose nnd departed, leaving a
whole fishbull on her pinto, lv. en 03
Atalnnla might liavo dropped nn apple
behind her to tempt tier pursuer to
check his speed, so Miss Hooget'cainp
left tho tishball behind her, u.id be
tween her maiden self aud contami
nation. Wo had finished our breakfast, my
wife and I, before the Bredes npi eared.
Wo talked it over, and agreed that wo
weio glad that wo had not been obliged
to take sides upon such insuflicieut
testimony.
After breakfast it was tho custom of
the male littlf of the Jacobus hou.eliold
to go nrotiud the corner of tlie building
nnd smoke their pipes and cigars wlioro
they would not annoy tlie ladies Wo
sal uudt t a trellis covered with u ;trape.
vine that had borne no grapes m the
memory of mnii. Tills vino, however,
bore lcavo-i, and these, on that pi asant
summer morning, shielded us froi.t two
persons who weie in earnest c uver
satiou in tho struggling, half dead
flower garden at the side of the Ii"U6e.
"I don't wnnt, " we heard Mr. J. cobus
say, "to cnlor iuto no man's pry-vacy;
but I do want to know who It m..y be,
like, that I liev in my Imuso. Now,
what I ask you, nud I don't want you
to tnko it iu no ways parsonnl, is havo
you your marriage llconso with joi?"
"No," wo heard the voice or Mr.
Ereijo reply. "Have you yours?"
I think it was a cluiuco shot; I ut it
told all tho same Tho major (he was a
widower) and Mr. Biggies aud I looked
at oaoli othor; and Mr. Jacobus, o i the
other side of tho grape trellis, looked at
I donV know what and was as illeut
as we were.
Where ig your marriage license, inor
ried reader? Do you know? Four men.
not including Mr. Brede stood or tat on
one side or the other of (lint grape trel
lis, and not one of them knew where his
marriage licenso was. Each of u had
had one the mnjor had had three. But
where were they? Whoro U yi-urs?
Tucked in your best man's pocket; de
posited In his desk, or wasjied to a pulp
in tits white waistcoat (ff white waist
coats be tlie fashion of the hour), washed
out of exigence can you toll where it
is? Can you unless you aro one of
those peoplo who frame that interesting
document and hang It up on their draw
ing room wall?
Mr. Brede's voice arose, after nn awful
stlllneso of what seemed five minutes,
and was probably 80 seconds;
"Mr. Jacobus, will you make out your
bill at once, and let me pay It? I ahull
leave by the G o'cldck train. And will
you nlsosend the wagon for my trunks?"
"I tiain' .said I wanted to hev ye
leave" began Mr. Jacobus, but Brede
out him short.
"Bring me your bllL "
"But, " remonstrated Jacobus, "ef ye
ain't "
"Bring me your bill!" said Mr. Brede.
TJ. S. Gov't Report, Autt. 17. 1889.
. . m
My wife aud I wont out for our morn
ing's walk. But it seemed tn us, when
we looked at "our view," as If wo could
only see those Invisible villages of which
Brede had told us that other side ot the
ridges and rises of which wo catch no
glimpse from lofty hills or from the
heights of tiuman self esteem. We
meant to stay out until tho Bredes had
tnkeu their departure, but we returned
just in time to see Pete, tho Jacobus
darky, the blacker of boots, the brusher
of coats, the geiiernl'liandy man ot the
house, loading the Bredo trunks on the
Jacobus wagon.
Aud as we stepped upon the veranda,
down came Mrs.. Bredo, leaning on Mr.
Brede's arm, as though she wore ill; and
it was clear that she had boon crying.
There were heavy rings about her pretty
blnck eyes.
My wife took a stop toward tier.
"Look at that dress, dear," sho whis
pered, "she novcr thought anything like
this was going to happen when she put
tliat on. "
It was a pretty, delicate, dainty dress,
a graceful, narrow striped aifair. Her
hat was trimmed with a narrow striped
silk of the samo colors mnroon and
w hlte aud in tier hand she hold a para
sol that matched her dress.
"Sho had n now dress on twice a day, '
said my wife; "but that's tho prettiest
yet Oh, somehow Pin awfully sorrj
they're goingl"
But going they were. They moved
toward the steps. Mrs, Brede looked
toward my wife, and my wifo moved
townid Mrs. Brede. But the ostracised
woman, us though sho felt the deep hu
miliation of tier position, turned sharply
away, aud opened her parasol to shield
hor eyes from the sun. A nhower of
rice a half pound shower of rice
fell down over her pretty hat and pretty
dress, and fell in a spattering circle 011
the floor, outlining her skirts and therr
it lay in a broad, uneven bund, bright in
the morning sun,
Mrs. Brode was in my wife's arms,
sobbing as If her young henrt would
break. tt
"Oh, you poor, dear, silly children!"
my wife ciiod, aa lira. Biede sobbed on
her shoulder, "why didn't you tell us?'
"W-W-AV-Wo didn't want lo be
t-t-taken for a b-b-b-bridal couple. ''
sobbed Mrs. Brode; "and wo d-d-didn't
dream what awful lies we'd have to toll,
and all the aw-aw-awful mixed-up-noss
of itl Oil, dear, dear, dear!"
"Pete!" commanded Mr. J. cobus,
"put back them trunks. These folks
stays here's long's they wants ter. Mr.
Brede" lie held out a Inrgo hard hand
"I'd orter'vo known better," ho said.
And my 'ast doubt of Mr. Bredo van
ished as ho shook that grimy liiind in
manly fashion.
Tho two women wero walking off
toward Our View, each with an arm
about tho other's waist touched by a
sudden sisterhood of sympathy.
"Geutloiuen, "said Mr. Brede, address
ing Jacobus, Biggies, the major, and
me, "thero is a hostelry down the street
where thoy soil honest New Jersey beer.
I recognize tho obligation of the situa
tion." Wo five men filed down the street.
Tlie two women went toward the pleas
ant slops where the sunlight gilded the
forehead of the great hill -On Mr.
Jacobus's veranda lay aspattored circle
of shining grains of rice. Two of Mr.
Jacolui's pigeons flew dowii nutl picked
up the Bhlning grains, makiug grateful
noises far down iu their throata.
A WOJIAN'.M DAU1NO.
Mrs. Mary Fronoli Miatilnn IVIU Ex
plore A f lion on Itar Own II00U.
Mi's, Mary French Siieldon announced
that she would stir in February uext
for Zanzibar, and from there go to M zam
bique nud thence make a journey iuto
Central Africa. Hor idea of going to
Africa practically alone, or at least not
accompanied but only attended, is to do
soinelhiug that no othor woman has
done and to bring back something that
has never yet been broughtout of Africa.
"Men," says Mrs. Sheldon, "lose sight
of a great many things in going into a
new country. They get the geography
and topography of tho country and of
course something about the people. I
shall go Into now fields. I will loam of
the homo life of the savages. I shall
bring back folk lore and legend and ro
mance, I expect to take a phonograph
and bring back some real African
voices, "
Iu telling of her proposed travels in
her enthusiastic, earnest manner, Mrs.
Sheldon said: "The expedition shall be
entirely my own; the honors, if there
ba nny, shall not bo divided and the
criticisms and of courso there may be
many must bo aimod at me alone. I
shall take my stenographer only to the
starting polut in Africa and from there
on I shall be tho only wjiito woman in
the pnrty. I shall bo attendod, of
courr-e, by several black women. I will
also have several Arab attendants and
suoli military protection as I think
necessary. I shall have special pass
ports from Secretary of State Blaine,
and also letters from Stanley. Stanley's'
name is like magic 111 Africa, nnd al
together 1 have littlo fear but that my
littlo venture will be a comparatively
safe one. I shall bo in Africa three
months. " Mrs, Sheldon is a Now York
lady by birtli. She is best known to
fame as the authoress of the popular
book, "Herbert Severance. "
A Much Human Family.
There is a family living near tlie Fair
Grounds lu Atheus( consisting ot seten
children. Hie parents seem to like a
supeiflulty of names.
The first child is named Mary Maga
Una Mandy Mectum Elizabeth Btsy
Polly Mack Barrett.
Tie second child is named Alice
Georgia Ann Yorena Barrett
The third child is named Mattie Fran
ces Anna Tranna Barrett
Tlie fourth child is named Emory
Seper Walker Buster Barrett.
'I he fifth child ia named Tlla Cory
Coston Batella liniment Ettie Isiduler
Barrett
Tho sixth child is named Montine
Cinicar Barrett
The seventh child is uaiuetl Efllco
Boztna Mondenay Virginia Barrett
Athens (Go.) Ledger,
Death Valley.
Probably tlie most remarkable spot on
this continent la Death Valley, in the
southeastern part ot California. Many
a pioneer on his way to tho Golden State
has entered this valley iu the hops of
finding water and perished miserably;
and parties tliat have explored it have
suffered terribly from the Interne heat.
A Government expedition is making a
00m plate topographical survey of the
district and a study of its animal and
vegetable life. Tlie danger and romance
attached to the expedition will oaue its
rulu to be augwtj awaited.
WlllIN TIM It IS HONK. .
" Hereafter, In n Vet ter world than this,
I shall daaire mora lore and knowledge of
you." -1 As You Uko It.
Now nnd again, amid the throntlne street,
As hastening through our dally round wo (to,
Our iml-ei to unwonted measures beat,
To see some face of light
Seen and then lost to slslit,
Whereat we musei "Uow fair a soul to
know I"
Now and again, In quiet peaceful hours.
Some precious page will steal our hearts
away.
The while we read we feel life's dormant
powers 1
"To touch that robo of white,
Lire In that presence bright I
Why dwolt wo not near that sweotsalnt?" we
say.
Now and again the patient waiting faces
Of aged folk whose days are nearly run,
Oentlo manhood, children's tender graces,
tiring wistful joy like pain.
Could these with us remain.
How different were life beneath our sunt
Onoe ond forever, from beyond the snn,
Bhall come the light to show all longing
hearts
Their never-found, their loved and lost, each
one 1
And thus great promise give,
That all on earth who live,
Shall love aud knowledge have when time Is
, don".
-fW. Henry Wlnslow.
JUST TOO LATE.
I walked over to tho postofHce, two
miles nway, to see if there was any
letter from Bert Phillips, n young New
Yorker, whom I expected some day to
marry. It was very slow in Boone
mountain, nud I don't know what I
should havo done for society if it had
not been for Ed. Parsons, tho handsome
son of a farmer. It was so dark when
I was half way home that I missed my
road, aud with visions of bears io my
mind I climbed a tree to see whoro I
was.
From my breezy statton I could look
down through a moving network of
boughs and sprays and see something
dark pausing nt the foot of thetrco, and
presently it settled down among tlie
dead leaves thero, as if with tho full in
tention of placing mo in a stito of siege.
My heart stood still How long was
this to last? How far could I calculate
on my own strength and persistence? I
closed my eyes and a feclingof dizziness
camo over me. I opened tliom again and
thero was tho horrible thing still crouch
ing stealthily at the foot of the tioe. I
had never fainted in my life, but now I
comprehended how people might feel
when sense and consciousness deserted
them and left them at the mercy of the
Great Beyond.
Hush! A clear, sweet whistle! Surely
that was Ned Parsons whistling his fav
orite air of "My Aiu Countroo" down
tho mountain side. I summoned up all
my courage and shouted aloud:
"Help! "Help! Help!"
A loud hallo answered me; there was
tho sound of footstep) plunging through
brambles, springing over fallen logs.
"Ncllyl Where ore you, Nelly? In
tho name ot nil possessed, what are you
doing up thore?" cried Ned, co ning to a
standstill half a dozen yards or so from
my haven of refuge.
"Oh, bo careful, Ned!" I shrieked.
"Tlie bear! the bear!"
"What boar? Whero?"
"CIoso to tjio foot of the tree. Don't
you seel him?" I gaeped.
"But it isn't a bear," said Ned, after a
few iMconds of careful investigation.
"Do you suppose a bear will stand still
like this when ho soes a man and a rifle
approachiug him? It's Nick, the dog; I
missed him fivo minutes ago. Ho is
waiting for me here. "
To this day I am not prepared to an
swer, on oath, as to. how I came down
out of that treo whether I fell out of
it, whether I jumped, or whethor I
climbed down after the regulation fash
ion; hut I certainly came down and in
another second I wns clasping old Nick
about his shaggy neck, and laughing in a
wild way that was nearly akin to tears.
"To think, " I cried out, "that I've taken
old Nick for a bear! To think that he
frightened mo so!"
I walked home, leaning on Ned Par
sons's arm. He had never seemed so
manly a man to mo before. Ho did not
laugh nt me, us ho might have done. He
did not malto fun of my ridiculous
blunder; but ho was as tender aud gun
tlo to me as if I had been a f rightoucd
child.
Aud then and thero. I made up my
mlud that Nod Parsons was nioro wor
thy of a woman's lovo thau Borlio
"Phillips, down iu New York. I re
solved lo play the coquette no longer.
I determined to abandon my role of a
modern Lady Clara Vera de Vere.
No, I would not
Break a country heart
For pastime, ere I went to town.
"How oau lever thank you?" I wliij
pered as wo ported at the foot of the
binding woodon stairway.'
"I am' already thanked, " he said cour
teously. ,
Mrs. Parsons was much edified wheu
she heard ot my adventures, for I told
her the whole story as I sat warming my
chilled feet before the lire, while she
was frying tho chickens for supper.
"Well, I do declare!" said Bha. "To
think that E l ward should happen nloug
so handy. And tie don't generally get
back so early from Black Valley. But
she ain't to hum just 'now. She's, gone
to Now York to get tier weddin' fixlu'a. "
"Who isn't at home?" said L "Who
has gone to New York?"
"Why, Fanny Bolton, tobe sure. The
minister's seoond darter. "
"But who is Fanny Bolton?"
"Don't you know? Tlie girl our Ed
ward is engaged to!"
Eugagedl My eyelids fell; a sudden
rush of crimson suffused my facv.
"Oh," said I "I I hope they'll be
very happy, I'm sure. "
And so it happens that Bert Phillip
is yet without a rival in my list of suit
ors, I had not been in any danger ot
becoralug a Lady Clara Vere d Vere.
Soap Voir Made From Corn.
Tlie latest article to lie manufactured
from corn is soap. Experiments havo
shown that a bushel of oorn, wljh the
proper amount of alkali, will make 900
pounds ot soap.
Ilarnlng Wet Sawdust.
In sawmills where the cypress and
redwood sawdust U too wet to burn the
mills have been at a great disadvantage
owing to their being oorapellad lo use a
more expensive fuel than their competi
tors that could utilize sawdust Re
cently, however, a grate has been in
vented whloli, by the aid of an air blast,
burns the wet sawdust with entirely
satUfaotory results. The heat produoed
is as great as that from pine shavings.
The invention is certain to hare a
marked influenoe in the gnu'h. where
oyyreas sawdust is an abundant and
Wthwto VfjlH product ;
Don't Feel WeU,
And yet von nre not steh enough to eon
suit a doc'or, or you refrain Irom so doing
for tear von will alarm yonrself and friends
we will tell yon Just what yon need. It is
Hood's BatMparllla, which will lift jou ont
of I bat unoertsin, uncomfortable, dangerous
condition, Into a state of god health, con
fidence &U4 -ohsetfuloees. Yon'vo no idea
how patent this peculiar medlolua is in esse
tike yours.
A Maiden ip-ncn, -"Ask papa.'
He who frowns often, through ha may
not be the best of companions, is yet mors
desirable than lie who continually smiles at
nothing.
ISverr Homo Should Hove It.
It Is not always convenient to call a physician
for every little ailment. Having HeoT Flag oil
Li 'e.fl0fl!? XSf '" a l'liysfolsn always at
band; It kills Rheumatism, Keurajgla, Uiirnv
Bruises and all Aches and rains, rrlco Met.
There aio few tilings In life of which we may
bo certain, but this Is one of them, Pan-Tina
J7?n 5.ni1 Consumption Cure has no equal for
COl is, Coughs and tlonsumptlon. Price 25 and
i00 llts at Thomas' OnurHiore.
I tbe raau.uionui luuikut some chooaa
tho aan without the riches, and others the
tlo .efT without tbemun. In after lifo the
for ier live In a flower-garden, and the lat
ter in a hot-bouse.
Oh, What a Cough.
Will you heed the warning. The signal
perhaps of the sure approach of that mora
terrible disease, Consumption. AsKQyour
selves if you can afford for tho sake of say
ing 60 cents, to run the risk and do noth
ing for it. We know from experience that
Sin I0I1 'g Cure will euro your cough. It
never fails. This explains why more than
a Million BottUs wore eold the past year.
It relieves croup nnd whooping cough at
once. Mothers do not be without it. For
lame back, side, or chest, use Rliiloh'a
Porous Plaster. Sold at Biery's or Thomas'
drug store.
A man's better half lays down the rules
iu tbe honse, bat at this fatou she usually
allows hor husband to lay down tbo ojrpou.
Rome Voollah People
Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They often say,
" Oh, it will wear away, but in most cases
it wears them away. Could they be in
duced to try the successful medicine called
Kemp's Balsam, which is sold on a positive
guaranteo to enre, tlicy would immediately
see Ihe excellent effect after taking the 6rst
dose. Price OOo aud $1.00. Triafsiia free.
At all druggists.
' Shall I play you this littlo Bpanish fan
dango?" Bh asked sneetlv. "I beg yonr
pardon." be said, turning red, "but tbo faot
is I don't understand Spanish."
If Suflcrera from Consumption
rVltfr!, nirf Cr1Aa ...til . ft ri . -
r.n.."...,rS n " .'. "-A'V'V V?! su ana
v,v..m.,.iiU j-uio, ,viu aim quicKreuoi
and permanent benefit. The medical profession
It. V. It. ...n.l Kit Ann, a .,t.. .1, -
A largo proportion of the diseases which causa
stomach, bowels and liver. l')r. Lee's Liver
iieg uaior removes all theso troubles. Trial
bottles free at Thomas' Drug Store.
He: "wero yon ever in love?" She: I
thought I was once, but since I have road a
f6w of the modern society novels. I hava
concluded that I wasn't" .
The Pulpit and the Stage,
KeV: F. M. ShraUt. Po.tnr TTnltnH flrMfirM
Church. Blue Mound, Kan., save: "I feel it my
duty to tell nhatwondeis nr. King's Now Ills,
covery has dons for mo. My lungr were badly
distilled, and my parishioners thouj)it I oonld
iiveuui . ibw wets,, i iook are Domes or iir.
King's New llbcovery and am sound and well,
gaining 29 lbi. In weight.
Arthur Love, Manager Love's Funny Folks
Combination, writes; "Alter a thorough trial
and convincing evlntnce, 1 am confluent Dr.
King's New Discovery lor Consumption, beats
'em all, and cures when everything else fails.
The greatest kindness I cnn do my inunv thous
and Irlends Is to urgo them to try It." Free
trial bottles at HEllEH'S Drug Store. Regular
lies Ke, and 81.00.
"How I do like to look through a teles-
Nin. ntfthlm.il a , m . w. T,.l , 1. ...... 1.
a teltsoope?" si eeron her sonr-tempered
old aunt; ''through a Ulesoope? Humph
Give me a lteyhole."
Bucklen'a Arnica Halve.
Tha I1T7UT U..ln In . -I j .
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter.
lu"HI .i"U'.,, VIII1UIA11IS UU1II3 HIU Ull BK1U
ei upturns, and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. It Is guaranteed to givo perfect satis
taction, or money refunded. I'rlco 23 centspor
box. For sale by ltlillRlt druggist.
Whenever an enthusiastic fi.herman
speaks of choice trout aa"speckied beauties"
all tbe freckled-faced girls within hearing,
simper, blush, and murmur: "Ob, the in
sincere niuu."
What la the Use
Of buying worthless medicines, and spend
ing money on quaCK doctors whose only
Idea is to gull llio public? Is it not better
to buy reliable medicine liko Sulphur Bit
ters? I think so, as they cured mo 'of ca
tarrh ufler suffering three years. F. P.
Clark, Manchester.
Candid. Tbe felli.wing notice is at the
door ofa ready-mode clothing establishment
ts one of the poorrst qu:ters of New York :
' Do not go somewbi ro else to be robbed:
vralk iu tiers."
The Worlds Tolr.
The excitement caused bv this jrest event
is scarcely equalled by that produced by Ihe
i;reat discovery of Dr. Miles ihe It es torn
live Nervine. It speedily cures nervous
proetratiun, change of hie, pain, dullness
and oonfunou in head, Gts. tleeplessness,tha
the blues, neuralgia, palpitation, monthly
pains, etc. C W. 8iiow & Co., of Syracuse,
K. Y., Talbott snd Moss, of (ireonsburg,
1ml., and A. W. Uinrkburn, of Woosier, O.,
ay that "TI.e N. rvine sells better than any
thing we evt i scld.aud gives universal satfs
f.iclion." Pi Miii-e' new illustrated treatise
on the Nera mid ilturt and trial bottle
free at T. I. Thouts and W. F. Blerv,
Drug Store.
Young Ifiir: "Ani I your treasure, drl
mgV" Youi.t Hiitkuuui: 'Yju nr. Indeed,
I don't se b.- 1 h,.il tbe good lack to get
yon.1 YonugWfr: On, woll, you know,
msmrna atttu J. J to lb a. It wasn't look."
Hold It to the Light.
Tbe man who tells you confidentially lust
what will cure our cold Is prescribing Kemp's
Balaam this nr lu the preparation ot tbls
remarkable mrn tnn for maths and colds no
expense It spaivd to combine nulv the best and
purest ingredient-. Hold a Iwu'le at Hemp's
Balaaia to the light snd lnok tluoiuih It, nolle
the bright, cleai look, then i ompaie with other
remedies. Larue boulea at all druguuts, M
eut and (1. thuaole boitlt- free
Mis- Giditingu "Ob, papal Wbttoan ba
more brilliant tlian a diamond?" Mr Gldd
uifcs: "A girl's uU wh-p she wants one."
ll. lls, pimple and skin diseii.ss of all
kinds ppoedlly dianppenr when the blood is
purifWd bythoase of aver's 8arapaiiII. It
has no equal i a tame alterative.the rttolu
being immediate and satisfactory. Ask tour
drtiajlat for it mtl take no otnfr.
Edith. I's 'b little thn.Rs (hat tell In
1 1 ID. ..I''. .. v.a, J"u " - w . , JUU
bad two smuil there, aa T have."
l.rA .It... VV-ll t.nMlhlnb ..ll.u
Whatever truv to dimi.h strength should
be rraov.d from tbe system. For tuoas
weakening disease of babyhood colic, dir-
rbce.. etc .ass lfr.uuirs baby Hi run wbleu
always eoraa.
"Don't send s eat to fetch rot Ik :" but send
for a psctago of Old Saul's Catarrh Core If
jou'm soffi-ring from oaurrb, that tna&B
disease. It will cur vou. Pnci 21 osats.
At all daulere,