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"INDEPENDBNT"-"LIVE AND LET LIVE."
VOL XX., No. 28.
Lohighton, Carbon Oounty, Ponna,, Juno 11, 1892.
$1.00 a Year in Advance.
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PH2lflfial & Business Cards.
V. M. Rapahor,
ATTORNEY so COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
First door above the Mansion House,
MAUril CHUNK, - - - - FENN'A.
feal Estate and Collection Agency. Will Boy
1..1 Sell Real Estate. Cooveysuelng mally uom.
ollections promptly made, settling csiaies
u,--dtnM a SDeGtal
peciaiij.
May be oonaulted In
nellsh and German
172 Main Street, Ilalb, Ta.
tT BANOOl, BaoAnwav iiotrsr, MOSOAVS.
AT BARTON, SWAH ItOTKL, TDMtJAII.
AC BKTHI.RHBMi Stjrf'HOtKIit WKUNKflDAYB.
AT AI.l.KroWM,lHANIiatNTIUI,THUlU!AY
IT BA1H, KniDAYS AMD HATURDAYII.
OMce Hours- From g a. m. to 1 p. m. Practice
United to diseases oftlis
Eye.Ear, Nose k Throat
l-AUo, Refraction ol tho Eyes or tbeadjuat
mcntof aUsses.
F. I". SMITH, D. D. S.,
ODco opposite the Opera Uonsfl
Bank Street, Leh ( ton, la.
HBNTISTRY IN AM. ITS MtANUHKS.
rilling and making artificial .tentures a special
ty. Local anesthellos used.
Has administered and Teeth l'xlracted WITH
OUT VAIN. ,
OFFICE HOURS:-Frora 8 . m., to I J 111.. from
1 p. 111 , to 6 p. m., from 7 p. ni.. to 8 p. m.
Consultations In English or Herman
Offlc. Hours at liailcton-i:erv Salurday.
Octi5-e7-lv
Seidel's Bakery,
rtrbt Street, Lehighton, ou will atwaw fld
Freshest and Kelt
BREAD AND CAKES.
Rye. Wheat and Vienna Hread
Fresh Every Hay. Our Vienna Bread cannot
be excelled. We respeellully solicit your itron
age Watch lor the Wagon.
Seidel'e Vienna Hakury,
Opp. Obert's. FIliST ST.. I.BlHflHTON, FA
Stoves,
Tinware.
Heateia and
- Ranges.
In Great Variety at
fSAMUEL Grave it's
f opular Store, Bank Street
Roofing and Spouting a specia
ty. Stove repairs furnished
on short notice
Ueasonable!
Wall Paper.
From Cheap Blanks to Fine Gilt and
Riesied-Papers. Also, Fells and Iusnlns,
wlU Handsome Frel'es.
PIOTURE UOI) AND COVK.
WINDQWIADES
ready to tianrji or put up lo order.
"Paint, OilYamisUiteJroste.
Painting and Paper Hanntni;, by com
fplant wqrkm,en,"ln any part of Hip- county.
Books, t-tatonery and Fancy Hoods,
dIuiv, Urr tlnpk &t
.Luckenbacli
61 Broadway, Mnuch Chunk.
fiO TO
w
"Coyijey Sfovo"
llranps, Lew, Bananas, Nots,
Apples, Ctilfirf, Cranlifis,
tirape, TaWe Baislas, Confec-
liais, Fancy Baskets. Qneens
W,nU Ml of "Nice
Ijowest prices, good treatment,!;
prompt deivry
Call and See Us.
Corner Skorb,
1 riiiriiTAM tiA
Heary Miller,
JjBHIGHTON,
MAN9TACTVIW V'
WlNPQW AND llOOR FkAMES,
Doors, Shutr8.
Window w6loj.
Jl,oiild,ings, BraekeU,
All Kinils of Dressed Lnintier
Shingles, Pailingj,
Hetulook Lumher, &o.,&o.
Very LcnvfiRt Pricus.
the fery Utet news will
be found in the Cab&on Avq
CATe
pi.I(flT TRE4UD 9 HH-
Kll f. HTKL mill THHIl ClfUK til
r.ili miw ..iif... KtfljifMiMii
I iixa.u.kl t b-4.a n U III
lax. ii Ul kt.ii. u . kHi Mt tuJ
CWlFlBEMlaL.
IT. H. Peters,
Merchant Tailor,
Wn are showing Bomethlnft
New, Nice, Stylish, Hcali
tlfUl and Substantial In
Ready-Made Suits
10
Boys and Children
in all the new styles and colore,
which we nro oft'oring to
the public at a Saving
of a full twenly
per cent on
what the
same stjle and quality garments
would cost you elsewhere.
Our Goods are New,
and this Season's
Styles; par
ents will
save money by calling and ex
amining these New and iNobby
Suits before purchasing else
where. The sizes are in order
for Bojs 4 to 18 years.
We ure also showing a lllg Llno.of
Seasonable:: Fabrics
which we are making up in the
latest style l'antaloonings and
Suits at Lowest Prices.
Peters, The Tailor,
EXCH4NOK HOTEL llUlLDINH,
First Street, Lehighton, Pa.
OHAK LIE LEE.
CHINESE LAUNDRY.
floner'a UultdlnK oppcslte Post Office,
FIRST ST., LF.IIiaiITOM.PA.
Ifnrk taken In everv dav of lbe week
and promntly attended to.
Family Wasblng done al very reasonable
PATKONAQE SOLICITED,
If you are contemplating a. course In
BIT&INKS3 or SHOKTHA.NTJ,
It u 111 pay ou to iPlt the
AMERICAN BUSINESS Coll,
A LLfVTou N. 1A , liefoie decldiiiir Mliere toga,
Ihntifrh inn m- lltn u llinninliii HillPI nullV. II
standi at thelieudot Conimercl-il Colleges, In Jn
eduratlonalcnarAcler, as a nieammior sunim
ins linsiiifisi men wlili trained Ami cJnaiMt; as
sistants: r a meani ot placliiR ambitious oting
men and ladles on the raid to tuiccew, ami iu
the extent, elegance and cost ot I's equipment!.. I
HlxSeaiate IiepartmePts with as many I
ot titmtv.underliip personal 8tiiemion 01 i.ibiu i
logienHlif.lioau)addreas,tree. A.wre8s,
O 13. DORNP.V, Prln.
r-I'lease tneneion ius paper.
PROF. ALEXANBER BODBROU,
DisrovEitEitor
BoodraaK Miraculous ReiUBdlcs.
Liberal flllnded I'liytlrlutii lUidorte Them
As being the (Ireatest
!)isroery ol the Age,
l'OHillte cure when used
inaecotdancetolnstrue
tlmis, In diseases heie
tolore o called Incur-
able. lUplillieila. anth
i ma bromhllK calairli,
i concesllon ol the biin,
Itheietult ot sunstroke,
apoplexy, and limbs
paralyzed rttoicd to
1 (heir natural ronditinii.
Hplne,titpand bone dt'ase cured lilieiimatKm
Bcutu-Ji. iieuraitc a. in n iiin i isea ol the k n
neya, liver miiipiauu, ujseiuerv, tinu soitiicu
hrart disease ate entirely cured by pure medi
cine ot m nun Drenaribi'.
Dniiim nine tears mrr I1..001 i.erinns liae
used these medicines nml aio lltlng witnesses
01 incir niiiiii, 1 nut nm i;o itno praiucemy
self, being Q er Ii ears of asi , v, ill nf)l my meil
lctnea onlv. 1 luva two fiiuuent nln slel.iiH con
nected with nie to attend toralllng at the ichI-
deuces ii 1110 k 11 refiuiird.
TESTIMONIALS.
N'KU TflU'N. I't'tl. IT. lSflt.
Dear Kir To those ftiitterliiir fiom Knlnul
trouble, Neuralgia. Mclatlca,. Iltit lsiases and
HhtMiniiillam. I hquI.I liiiibW tii-aiiiiiiend Trot.
I ltoudrim's remedies; I hi a suiterer ol tlifs
eompiainis ior ears ai limes, was nauuyai
to moe; could nutstralnhiennoself llifiij
and aeouy nas Inexpressible. hMtorJS
and aeouy was Inexpressible. !wtorm?Tth
seveIMl phjslcians lor years, found butfltflp
reltel. not permanent, until I was ftfJ
medicines, bh is iiinirim-wii. wuuM highly
reeoiniuend 1'rof. Knmlnt) a Uniii.fntTd soma-
cln to ai sanfrel-t.
Itt-pecltiUlyyonrs
. .1. VuuaiLla.1n.
Ni-HtoD. nnrka co., la. ,
NnrroK. Wb 17, mi.
UMr Br Allow me to writ vmiii Iratlliiinin
1 your umiwiiw. i wn say 19 an uiou vini-
wiiu aiiiRenu oi iny UMfripiiiui, wwiur
inwntl rrtrf. fk roll's Hiiuiclu!. Hd
iMtln iu my atomaeu lor a twig time.
cmii iiariii 1 iMi afsirinm nv wani
imWfin With piti tor hours al a time. Poetet'ed
ti nieiHsieeiiiiiniitiiii. womn ne mwu .
I wiui r
Willi
iiHTrrvf puysicinni; mvir menicma would
aftitiie relieve ins. but would soon uias their
ct; by using PnK. lloudrou'i remedies uve
in ewtlreiv euredi would redi nn mend his m.
im loiuuap ninwiiK vsim simMurcuiiisiiHia.
newion, uuoKa?., 11a.
(Mftce and laboratory open daily from t a. n
to b r. ni. Call or write to
ALKXAMiKI: IKlL'lHtOU,
.1T ""saaautt,
WflfflRfes. , Dlnmnnris.
'
s 1 c'
I fiWfi f V O I Vfi T Wrl Pn
ju.Yuujr, wn rui inn v ,
-i 1
Rrnn7fi (. nnks. anv-
... W. , ..J
thino, in the Jewelry!
Ling
Oc. Per Week.
Join n club in which you only
pay Ihe abuvc sinnll eum and
. yopi; tvqtcli, mined at $40 it
estimated to only cost $17.00
Cortlnofite are now heiug
Issued by
. , UltHKUAI. AQCkT,
UVistrwrt, .-fenn'a.
W. P. HOPFOnD,
Leii(htcn V
avril u. 111U4U,
OKcnr (MiviBimnn,
i i- ftipx, a
i-t(-fi( ami A'xAlMf StaMctt.
ta,) Udlug curilaat-t. ui.d m! drUlui: but
l ttUUlttodAtloiiJ t agfHUilli
Mall ud WligtapU orders proajpUv a iendoO lo I ) Q T7(ijini' '"-'""'a' ') Ii"1
uiTetMetrud. msjaiyi1 xwme, Uil, st.. i uieoeiDuia.-T
A.S.Rabenold,
BllAKCH llsvirr : Over J. llaiiilelli
Liquor Store.
HANK Bl'HKHT. I.KII Kill rnN
iientlstryln all Its hraiiches. Tet-111 1 ti
atthouiram. Us. administered when r . 1 1 .
': a
OMes lya-Wi:l.'ltl!lAYif wuli seek
l' o. adaiwa, M.LKNIllWN.
syi ILeludtcoiuiii .Pu.
Frederick G. I bach,
EVJS 8PKOIAT1IST,
OKFU'B-lIrnadwH-ay,tipi. I'resl'Ii'erlan ( Inn . h
MAUOII CHUNK. PA.
Or-stefc noDlia-fltes'rhlT and Wednesday
of each week, 1 to 1 p. in ; Monday
awl Friday by appointment only.
glasses r-nMSiiEr.
ntl II vi. plr ini
J. G. ZERN, M. D.,
PIIYSIOIA N (5 SURGEON,
(HTICE andisksidknci:.
Corner Third and Iron Streets,
Lohighton, I'a.
OFFICE HOUItS: 7 In 8 a. 111 1 la In I 11. in.,
and after 7 p. hi.
OFFICE HOUnsnt WeiMporti 8 to 9 a. 111.;
I lo 2 p. 111., ami 0 to 7 p. in.
HAVE VOUIl
Frt; BaiPEE and Parcels
llEUVEHEll AY
John F. Hottenstcin.
Careful allenllnn pa tit lo llin Dfllvprv of
Kielglil, Ilasnaga anil Parrels In all p.irta
of loun at tlio lowest prices. A share of
public pitronace l iepeclfullj- aoJIritPil.
SI.eave orders at Sirmii'i, Koeli'a
i.eiiirneniire.
To Contractors and Bite.
me niiuersisneu announces 10 uonlruclOTS
anrt i!H,K.p, umt Ile has now opened Ids stone
1'Mrry.at 1'eaver Hun. nml Is prepared losupply
Lsiiiluing Stones
I in anv quantity at tentorial' e rates. He also
1 KPt-m supiny Hf nii resitienco on MLtOISD
HAULIN'ti-of eierv iloKnlnttnn. tirr.im.llv at.
I tended to.
I A I'M), constantly on liaml a full Miilv( of Hip
FJour and Food,
which he will sell at Ixinc.t Market 1
CHARLES TRAINER.
SECOND BTIICET, LE1II011T0N, FA
-GO T0--
WILSON FRANTZ
The New Jeweler,
ot.1.,,.
lilHlk il ,
Lehighton. l'n.,
ViiMioq fMnnbo n,l I.,.l.
olevcrydest'ilptlon, at pilcespwer than else
where. I'artlcuUr attetitfcn paid to
ne,mirinB of fon.
A pratlieai expertene iuf oer teuears
enables ine hi Buuiaiitt-eaitl-irjflNlou In everj
li.uuvuidi. uiil' rui am
ourpatEuuae U rtfliJiily td
,II.!tllX I'tUNrZ. IIHHkw
Tlie Rnwr "Safety Lantern,
J. E SCHOLL, agt
1.1'hmliton, CarlH.il cuunt.
It is Relf LlKlitiiir, Npn-Kxiiluiio,
wiin a vicK iisgiiiAior.
Just f.ifiht..for Hnilrond Mon 1
Vi lee-rijln, H.6, Slekle, $.ro.
Iioit'tbuyany ofher'untll you have seen lids
pupmar laiiieru.
The ColehrntPil
(J,v)rcss Shiiift'lQ,.
tluarauteed full Ing(h.
JiWW'Mfct Shlngto iu the Market,
f tT7 Tflr.iifJ..fir...l
' . 4 "
Dlf'tCDT OMVP-TD
R I b l U IX I 06O IN T U L M ,
w
UlMremout, YlntfHla.
MR BALE IN WBlBSFOItT BY
U. Ill Ulk sfjpJl l
UKALKR IK
All Kinds of Buying l.iirnbur
Directory.
1 mit a minnYii
IT I.MADS THUSl
T, . ir .
1 BABY - SllAVIS.
AI4. IS MBW '
AM.
,Ttie . '-adVoatFi'
STTI.Iall IlAlH OtTi;,
OU I
imtntin.
C I.KAN
INDCI'KKDUNT
-lie! It!
- JfMllNAHHKH,
OtrrlheOanalBrlilye.
mmmux hovsk,
lIAirt' WEltWI'OKT. I'KKN'A.
ll,u "' anu&ua HMwutiuuMluaa lo
tu KrHMln boanw and inuHent vM.
ranie price., only one Ikuur ir dav.
johk bkhhig. cruwtowr.
&Ofie K003tlSf
I.ehlghton "a
UKALEK IV
Pine Pennsyivanm .
uounciy area noa
Krom-to to i pound. iiiiit7
Lower than Hie I.nsmi Thei
not lluffalo stork, and aie gnarau-
tew!. Of over .UNi sold last
seantn oulv (lire1 died
Callanlsoe iheiu.lfiH' linyln,ql mr.'hert
Sn
tar"
mm
r 'w i
THE GREAT
German Remedy.
m TRUTHS FOR THE SICK.n
i I lib aiUI.m
1.0110 W lTuCMtH7II I
nrncannwherosi r. I
lilt R ItiTrriti will I
mt n-slut orcurc. Ii J
it'ver fallf. j
rir th.-i' dc uhK
nill.ntBpeUmti'iM-nil
on Lriiuiiltiiy eiip
it vlllruro nn.
3 n fiiiltT n til):
inniurrnjiuuniigoin
lei'Hnir; If u''!
st-inirn Itnrais;
It will n, rnn.
thjojjjrien yon we
la Juii'trlilei luirft
tig through the nkln
n rlmpU Hlotrhe
iud 8rt a. lteh or
Ifpviuttwrtnliouni
rillia mills
TM'itrn Him pa
mil health Will lul E
not procure FUtHricntl
oien-lw, nnd all wlio
Kiw.
iremnnned indoor
81 I.PHIIll ItllTKK
ahonM use m i.nim
Hittfh. a hey will
not then be weak anil
(Till ure I.hrrCnm
iium Don't io 4U8
miragcd. U Will cure
KlfltlT.
MM.rnrit It in-En
'erfromllhmim
111 tiiillii voo n n nnri
atlxm, iiMi n 1 Kittle of
svi.nini ltiTTEiis;
tnal.n you'stronganil
it inner rail ten
MrLriiirit lliTTKit
J Km t Ikj wllhuut Pi
iwui mnkti your oiomim
home. Trv It: you
will not rejrrct it.
inire, nen and Mrone,!!
indyotir nosh hard.
1. ml it's In lU'iii-jit
'Jiy urlIK Hit
rr,ns tn-ntRht, nnd
ou will ulcep well
iml feel lielter fnrlt
health, who are nil:
run i town, cumin i net
rimi-ii UtTTPR.
Hoyouwaut tlio ln'Pt Medical ork puhlUhed?
Pond 3 2-rcnt Etamps to A, T, OitmVAT A Co
tottont Mas., nnd rceclra a copy, free.
The Cure For
Ecrefula was once supposed to be tha
touch ot royally. To-day, many grateful
lenplo know that tlio "sovereign remedy" Is
Ajer's Hamp.trllla. This powerful altera
the exllrpatr "(he efr hy thoroughly
clliiihintine all the strumous poison from tho
Moo.1. Consumption, catarrh, and various
ether plijulcal us well as mental tnaladlM,
hac their origin in
SCROFULA
When hereditary, tills disease manifests It
aclf In cldhlhood by glandular swelling,
runnlnfl; sojpt, swollen joints, and general
fi.eMent?ssof body. Administer Ayer'aSarsa
parilK on npprarance of tlio mat ajmptomf.
" My little Bill was troubled with a painful
scrofulous swelling under one of her arms.
The plij stclau being imablo lo oLTcct a cure,
I gave her one bottle cj
AyeVs
Barsipai III., and iho welling disappeared."
W. 1'. Ken... ,ly, Mcrarland's, Va,
"I was cured ol scrorula by the use of Ayer
Saisaparllla." J. c. Herry, UccrfleM, SIo.
" I was tionhled niih n sore haiul for over
two yira. neliiB assured Iho case v,ai
Eerofula, 1 took six t.ottlci of Ayer'a -
Skrsaparilla
uiulw:isLured.',-IMIhiUins( 11 Ivor ton, Neb.
rnitPAnrn r.r
Dr. J. C. AYEIl & CO., Lowell, Mass..
8oU ly.UD.ujifiHi. frui'tli eU U.lll.i,$l '
ELY'S
Cream Balm
Cleanses I be
Xaial raaipgn
Allaya I'.iln and
rnflamnut Inn,
Heihtljo S:rc:,
Itfalor&rjho
Senses of Tle
TRY Til 3 CTJR. fif.AY-F.EVER
A iwrllele is applied Into rarli noftrll anil
avIuwCJltf JUan. reelalrred, COc v . .
ELY nitOS,, RO Warn&i St.. New York
Conlral )ru Store,
OIT. THK l'llllSr SgliAUl!
Bank Street, lehighton, Pit.,
IfcflE'AI)TiUA!TEnS I'Ol!
. Pure nrngs nntl 'Mrdicines,
.Fine Soaps, llrnshes, &c, Ac,
cltoicfKAJ'inotiil Liquors,
U'nll Vaper nnd Jircnrntionn !
""
Spectacles'
Whfft oi Imy a iUr of Kimnj
ood fit.
Out If you ttted
iooeh more twi
notiaal
apMnnwdatoii with a
!ut row
llhaoiTM
iMUof frame wbMi wilt
ramy mm mswiisii
H'ffucrit
cnrernlly com-
"I'll VI
poniiili'tl
Ar murktiitf tb iiyliwaoii all ourxooMl
nt ltok bottom tlmirM. booaubo we
vruut lo liave your euatom. We don't
Ixiltre lu Dig Priotw so e
AB
cjuuMluirti.ellgureaoii our
of Dry Qocda, ClotliiuLr, 11
I lata, Uepa, Oarpota, Oil CI
filuuuiluif tl.e tlKiireaon our whole t took
liootu, MUooa,
(Mutba. Wn.nl
autl Willow Ware, Oueiiaviaie, lirocDi'
I, notiotu-, io. nits we tutu
RIGHT
Ml tplly iT9Qibd the Jeopl
obvwv eur i.uy ia qpy ops ne
I lio uuol auutU ojuMitUiw, kt our Jow
prioc We MiNLlMtoir t&ll
parti, nt Towu. Pokrtoji or WeGwport.
Dou't buy until yaw aaf trat we have.
will I u ilfu-ui- f'i tt- tuwadt uu jou
GEO- H. ENZIAN,
niegel'e Old Stand,
K' .l t-i- . o. . v u- l..
North Firit Stieet, Lehighton
Dr. C. T. HORN,
AT 1HI! : '
1, roil w ant a
Ue BTI-: should h
leAflWand 11 proper
bryiff the lenses di
Drn.uari.iJi u i.
Utfme. II oiibuy
lojOTjTou win mm t lie
' scar .
HrfiTig
THREE DOVES.
Beaward at morn mr dores flow free;
At ere ht? ctrclMl Mck to m.
Tbe flnt wm Faith, the aeooml Ho,
Tbo tldrd-the whitest Clinrity.
Above the plmiKiuu ertrtfe-'n play
Dreamlikn they hoicred day by day.
At iMt the tin tied nnd bore to me
Oreenslirnaof prm etltnuinh ulirhttallcrftr
No nhoT forlorn, no lovvlieet UdiI
TLHr frentle ej en had left unacantieil,
'.MM huee of twilight hetiotrote
Or day tircftlt flrt's h hcavenbreath fanned.
Quick vUlrtUR of t eliattlrtl pace
lilttwr they waft from eartlTa broad afaee,
!nd thou Kbt e of nil humanltr.
They shine with radiance fromtfod'a faee.
Ah, ainca my liwrt thev chome for borne,
Why looe them forlh again to rmtnt
Yet look) the)- rfee! Willi Joflitr aeopo
They wheel in ttlght toward Heaven's pure
dome.
fly, ineaeengera that find uoruat
Saro In auclx toil as mnkea man blealt
Your home la God's Immenslt)-;
We liold you but at hi (wheat.
-George TareoM 1ftthropin New York Inde
rendent. EVEN UP TO DATE.
"I cnu't help how much ycr love me,
Van; I can't marry ycr, nnd you'd jnst
ns well look nt matte in n rensonablo
way."
"But why, JInndyf There ain't no
other feller yer thinkin' more ot than
yer nir of mo, is there?"
"I in tnlkin fair and Bnnar' to ycr,
Van Jonee. I've ahvaya liked yer as a
fricud, but if yer want to keep friendly
with mo yer'll havo to stop this talk
tight here. I've told, ycr that I didn't
love yer, and, moro'n that, I never coulj,
an as to lovin or thinkin tnoro of some
body else that'a eoniethin 1 don't think
consams yo in the least."
Oh, come now, Aland', don t put me
off in this here way. It yer a friend to
mo it won't take ycr long to lovo mo.
rvo been mighty nigh crazy fer yo fer
tho last threo year. I've got so I can't
work fer thinkin of yer in the day ner
sleep fer thinkin of yer in tho night.
There's lots o' other girls in Clilncapin
Holler, but yer tnKos the slilno out ot all
of 'cm They're no more liko yer than
a dishrag's liko ii silk hamlkcrcher. In
my eye yer as far abovo 'cm as Pilot
knobs uliove Cowsuin Flat. Id givo
my mansion in the New Jerusalem fer
jest ono kiss o' them purty Iittlo red
lips o' yer's." So saying, Van tried to
draw JIandy toward himself, hut Handy
with Hashing oyes arose' to her feet, and
as she did so gave him n smart slap in
tho faco and said:
"Van Jones, yer a fooll l'o tako yer
self right oft from here or I'll call pa.
I've been n-tryiu to reason with ycr as a
menu, hut i see yer nm t cot no sense.
Thar's the door, nnd don't ycr never
como back hero again.
"But, JIandy"
"Don't Mandy tne pal"
Van did not stop to meet "pa," but
took up his li.it and, with a scowl oh his
face and an oath in his heart, left tho
house. IIo was an ill vlsnged fellow.
Ills features woro tho unmistakable
marks of cruelty, cunning and sensual
ity, Ills faco was dark naturally, hut it
was colored a deeper dyo by tlio smoke
ot his forge, for van was the black
smith of Clilncapin Hollow. Ills burly
btacK neau was set upon a thick neck
and tnus fastened to a herculean trunk.
He had all the characteristics of a cruel
and ferocious being. He wended his
way slowly up tho Iiollow, muttering
curses as he went.
"I know who she's stuck oni its that
darn Sam Gray, but by thunder I'll get
even with 'cm," he hissed between his
teeth. "She wouldn t own to to it, but
1'vo had my eyo on him, confound him.
It was a lovely Sunday evening in the
month of September, in that part of Ar
kansas called the Boston mountains.
Tho sides of tho mountains were covered
with luxuriant chincapins, scrubby oaks
anil trailing, Heavy laden tnuscadinos,
The scenery in Chincapin Hollow was
delightful to ono in a framo of mind to
enjoy it, but Van Jones saw nono of its
beauties, iu fact it is doubtful if ho over
was conscious of them.
If ho took any further notice of them
at all it was as rock, water and brush,
lie soon reached his shop, which stood
somo distance np tho hollow, It was
an old log building, whoso cavlug roof
bore a striking resemblance to a Bway
back horse. The tottering chimney vis
ible above the gable had the rakish air
of a battered silk tile on a drunken
sailor. The door, hung on n single
hinge, nnd being partly open, exposed
tho interior ot tne building to view,
The tools were lying promiscuously
around, nnd it was evident that Van was
not a neat shopkeeper. He entered tho
building, still bitterly enrsing Ids luck
and swearing vengeance against his
rival.
"I'll get even with him if it takes fifty
years," he snarled. "He shan't marry
Mandy Piggln because he's got a good
farm and a horse or two more'n I've
got, I'll get even with him if I'vo got
to burn his barn or pizen his well I'll
let htm know that tne man he s buokin
agin in this business ain't no slouch,'
and a diabolical scowl settled over Ids
features as he ceased muttering and
drew trow his pocket a large clasp
Knife, wincn he proceeded to sharpen
upon a grindstone.
Whilo Van was thus ocoupied the sun
was slowly sinking Long shadows fell
across the Hollow. Uradually the dis
tant mountain tops were wrapped i"
roseate mists, and over the valleys Moat
ed purple vapors. The shadows beiri:
to deepen in the Hollow, and finally the
last ray ot light vanishes from the moun
tain's peak. First one bright star and
then another rises In tbe east, peering
clown into tne shadows below. Slowly
the heavens become decked with the
myriads of bright scintillating gems of
night. It is a calm, delightful night in
early inituum; the thus mountain sir,
like on ethereal elUIr, exhilarates and
cheers both man and beast.
In the starlit night a man on borve-
back la seen slowly riding toward Jef
ferson Ilggin's house. lie seems to be
in no hurry, for he allows tbe splendid
mare he is riding to choose her own
gait. He rides up to the front ot the
picket fence surrounding the hoUM,
throws tUe bridle over out ot the i tickets,
and knocking gAlly at tbe door is met
by the blushing Mandy und bashfully
Invited lu.
"Howdy do, Miss Mandy? llow air ye
this eveatnT
"Party well, 1 thank ye, Mr. Uray
Uaw air ye aud how air yer folk"
"I'm putty wall, I thank ye, and the
folks fir about as common, liesu enjy
Isk yttwlf. today, Mia MatalyT
"No. I luven't, Mr. Gray. It's bsu
an uwontniMHi dull day to use. You
hMR rsihrbw yorxlf today, Mr. ChuT
"K, I caa't say that I hev, Mis
UsjutU. J was dawn at a ahootln
nUtciiat Cowakin Plat, but there wui
no good shootiu done, and I came home.
But look like a purty gal like you
shouldn't feel lonesome hey, M
Mandy?"
"Why not. Mr. Uray? Don't yer thtttk
vale sit lone-orne sometittMa?"
Highest of all In Leavening Tower. Latest U . Gov't Report
a. v
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Well, 1 thought, Mis Mandy. voU
inve plenty cumn'ny, snesh'ly on Sun
day,"
"Oh, yes, Tve had cumn'ny. but it
wam't a bit aereeable. I'd ruther lie
alone at cny time than to hev It."
"If it's a fair question, who's been ycr
cumn'ny today, Miss Mandyr
a.uwu iu ircriiu ier nt lease mais
wlmt I think of Van Jones."
"Why, scemi to mo, Miss Mandy, that
Van ought lo bo nurtv e-ood oninfLinv!
he's a right smart feller, I alius
thought."
"Well, 1 don't like him, Mr. Uray,
and hope he'll never cull ng'in."
" v hy, .Miss Mainly, did you nnd him
hev any troublef
A Iittlo, not much."
Would yo mind tcllln mo what it
was nbont, Miss Mandy'i" and Sam bash-
tuny ultcued his chair a Tow inches
nearer tho blushing Mandy.
"I'd rather not, Sam," sho replied,
hanging her head iu modesty nt calling
hira for tho first time by his given name.
"Of course, Mandy, if it's secret 1
don't want to hear it; it's nono of my
bizness nohow, I reckon, Is it, Mandy?'
and Sam's arm began a cautions jour
ney around Miss M.iudy's apron strings.
Mandy (unconsciously, no doubt) help
ed Sam's arm along n Iittlo by leaning
toward him, as sho answered:
"Well, Sam, I guess you won't tell
anybody If I tell you. Van Jones's ben
tryin his best to get mo to have him,
and I jest p'intedly told him ho couldn't.
Ho then wanted to know if 1 thought
more of soino one clso, nnd I told him it
didn't consuvn him. I had tcr threaten
to call pa before ho'd leave. Ho were
powerfully disap'intod when 1 give him
no for on answer. I'vo alius thought
purty well of Van ns n friend, but I'm
afraid if his dander's np hd'll do somo
thin mean."
'And what did you refuso Van fer.
Mandy?" tnid Sam as ho gavo tho girl n
sly 6queczo.
"liow kin ycr ask, Sam? Didn t ycr
know knio why? Kin n woman marry a
man she don't Iuv?"
"Then yer didn't luv Van, Mandy. is
that a fno', an couldn't yer If ho'd mar
riod ycr?"
"No, Sum, 1 never could," and Mandy
looked nt the floor ns she spoko.
"Mandy, IT ycr don t ami can t luv
Van, and yor ain't luvin anybody clso,
how,crnner humph! would ycr liko
ter"
'Liko ter what?" softly uskod Mandy.
'As I wus goin on ter say, Mandy,"
and ho took ono of her hands in his ns
ho continuod, "as I wus goin on tor say
if ycr don't lnv Van, and ycr have told
him to go, how'd it bo if cr I cr wus
ter ax" Hero Sam stopped stock still,
as if ho was unable to proceed nny for
thcr. Mandy beamed encouragingly on him
and smiling one of her sweetest smiles,
said:
"What wus ycr coin tcr say, Sam?
Yer ueedn't ter bo a bit uneasy, Sam,
for I won't say a word about it tor any
body, if it's n secret."
"Well, as 1 wus a-sayin, Mandy, it
yer don't like any other feller better
than yer do mo would er er yer mind
o' havin me?" and Sam broko down com
pletely. Mandy turned as red as a hollyhock,
and it seemed to Sam that the weight of
her shoulder increased as it rested heavi
ly against him. Whether ho feared
that ho could not thus support her
weight or that sho would fall, he sud
denly clasped her in his arms. She
threw her arms around his neck and
sweetly whisiiered in his oar, "I lnv ycr,
Sam, and I'll havo yer."
A pair of wicked eyes gleamed through
tho slnglo, uncurtained window at tlio
picture. Tlio eyes wero thoso oi Van
Jones.
Ahl yer there, are yer, blast yer!'
te ground between his teeth. "Well,
Pd liko ter kill ycr both, but I'll not do
it tonight. But 1 know what I can do;
1 can spile the beauty of this ycr fine
inaro o his n. lie 11 never know who
dun it," nnd walking to whero Sam's
maro stood paticntly'awaitiug her mas
ter's return, ho whipped his kjiifo from
his pocket and in another instant cut off
both of tho iwor animal's oars closo to
her head.
"Thero now," ho growled to liimself.
Sam Gray, I know that'll almost kill
yer when yo seo it. I wish to God it
would," nml tho brute slunk off In the
darkness to his don.
When Sum Gray on tho following
moniing discovered tho disfigurement of
his best horse by tho loss of both her
ears ho was tho uinddcet man in "seven
states." Yet ho held his touguo. Sam
was not n man to mako threats. Ho was
a reticent fellow aud kept his troubles
to himself. But ho was mad, and in Ids
heart ho swore to be rovenged on tho one
who had perpetrated the outrage The
first penn whom he suspected was Van
Jones. He knew his rival's dastardly
uaturo full well.
Ho took out his claspknifo and care
fully oxatniued its odge. It seemed to
be satisfactory. Without saying a word
to any ono lie leisurely walked into
Van's shop. The Utter was pumping
away at Ins liellows.
"Van," he began, "ye've cut oft my
mare's ears, and I'vo come hero to settle
with yer."
"I didu't do anything of the kind, Sam
Uray, ud yer know it, snarled Van.
"I didn't come ter nrgy With yer,
Van. Git down on yer knees," and as
he siwke Ham threw the cold muzilo of
lite pistol in Van's face.
"Uood (iodl yer not goin to kill me,
air )er, hum; piteoiuly cried the cring
ing coward as he sank to his knees.
Lord, Sam, don't kill me! Fer rneroy
sake, take tltat pistol away from my
head!"
"Yer didn't havo any mercy on my
mare, Vau. But yer needn't ter be
afraid. 1 aiu't ter goin to kill yer, but
I've a great raiud ter. I'm Jnst goin to
trim them ears o yers like yer trimmed
the mare s."
With the idtol still leveled at Van's
head, Bam drew his kuife from his
pocket, oiieuetl it with hUt teeth, and
with two rapid strokes the man's ears
lay upon the ground. Turning to the
liorrified wretch, who seemed hardly
conscious of his toudition, Sam said,
"Tlutt makes il even up ter date, Van,"
and left the ebop. Arkansaw Traveler.
Admiration Anions Indittu..
"Man lives by admiration," and the
Indian can admire. His favorite tale,
listened to with ever fresh interest, is of
a hero who would not enter heaven if
his dog woro excluded- lie has placed
among bis god an English general wlto
was buth true aud brave, anil I heard
(rout East Indiana of differing views
how, oiuipariug European races, they
placed the British highest. They ad
mired their dtvotiou to principle. "The
British arc the only foreiguers who die
for what suetiw right, " Un the aauie
men, cridcistug tvht Huy iwluitied for
it want uf tatajntti'-a and syiwwlhy,
often of dud, "The, British, ant espe
cially teV wanien, keep thetasel res aloof
and alienate the admiration they might
bold." Nineteenth Century.
1 Baking
rowtier
WAITINO TO BE ROBBED.
Tho
I'as.eneer. AVero All llrtulv for the
HaiiillU, but They Came Kol.
A gentleman from Kansns tells a
rather Interwtlng story of h sensation to
which lis nnd his fellow passengers wero
treated u short distance Irom Vlcksburg.
Tho train was flagged at Cleveland, a
small station in n comparatively unin
habited section, at which passenger
trains nre not scheduled to stop. The
ttntioii oflloinls boarded tho train with n
badly frightened negro, who informed
Conductor Clark that ns ho was walking
along the track about two miles below
the edition he had seen six masked men
working at the track with n crowbar,
evidently bent on displacing tho rails
and diti-ulng tho train. They had their
ponies tied to trees near tho track and
every saddle hail u Winchester rille
slung acroe:i it. The darky did not care
to disturb them, but ns he was trying to
steal n way unobserved one of the would
be trainwreckers called out to him, com
manding him to halt. Tills was just
what the negro did not wish to do, nnd
plnngiug into the thicket he scrambled
through the thick underbrush nnd over
fallen logs as rapidly us his legs
would carry him. Ho had jnst reached
Cleveland In timo to warn tho station
agent to ilag tho dowm oxpretw.
This was startling news, and Con
ductor Chirk at onco luado preparations
to guard his train against attack. Every
light, oven to tlio headlight of the loco
motive, was extinguished and Winches
ter rifles wero placed in tho hands of
tho train ollU'lal, while tho negro porter
was armed with revolver and placed
in tho baggage car-to guard its con
tents. Before tho lights could bo extinguished
lu tho passenger coaches it was neces
sary to Inform tho pnss-ongcrs of the
reason why such an extraordinary pre
caution had K'cn rendered necessary,
nnd then it was that somo curious scenes
wero enacted. Somo put their money in
their boots; others, pulling off their
coats, stowed away small rolln of bills
iu their shirt sleeves. Others appeared
to think that the lining of a man's hat
made a snug little pocket in which to
stow away small snnis of paper money.
Uut tlio illsiiosal ot their vuluablcs did
not nppeur to tho passengers ii matter of
such vital importance as the defense of
tho train and tho lives of thoso upon it.
Money, jewelry and watches woro quick
ly hidden away, but when it came to
lishing their pistols out of valises, "grip
sacks" and hip iwckcts tho business of
hiding away valuables was "not in it."
'Iho Kansas man who told tho story
said that iu his day ho had seen a great
deal of rough lifo on tho frontier, but he
had never seen anything approachinc
such n show of firearms as was sudden
ly displayed on that passenger train in
peaceful and prosperous Mississippi.
All the money, he said, on tho train
would not servo to make tho first pay
ment on that grim array of firearms,
even on tho weekly installment plan.
One man had no weapon, but ho was
promptly supplied by a Mississippian
who had threo ll-caliber Colts In his va
lise, The stranger accepted the loan
rather timidly and walked to the door
of tho car with it in his hand. Ho put
his head out into tho darkness and tho
first object that met his eyes wero three
solemn looking men with Winchesters.
It was dark aud ho took them for rob
bers. Fortunstely he did not open fire.
and running livk to tho middlo of the
car tried to crawl under a scat.
In tho meantime, all being ready, tho
darkened train ran slowly down tho
track to within HW yards of the spot in
dicated by tho negro and stopped. No
robbers appeared and then lanterns wero
lighted and a party of armed men went
ahead to bcurch for them, but they had
made their encaiK). Tho advance guard
found tho hoof prints ot their horses in
tho thicket whero tho negro had seen
them tied to tho sappliugs, -and tho
truck, though left in good order, gave
evidence of having been tampeied with.
Something had evidently disturbed tho
wreckers possibly tho escnpo of tho
negro, whom they knew to have seen
them but at all events tho train
reached Vickeburg in safety. New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
Wludnilll. In tho Ilarbndoe.
Stiiini power is being craduallv intro
duced Into the sugar nulls, but tho
islaud ot Barbadoes is still well studded
with windmills, which pleasingly diver
sify tlio monotonous uspect of the over-
cultivated country. Indeed, with so
constant a power as tho trade wind.
most of tho work of this favored land
can bo perf ormod almost f reo of cost. If
you need water yon have only to sink a
well and erect n windmill over it, which
will keep your reservoirs full. The
coral rock Is so porous that thero is no
such thing ns a river iu the whole
island. Tho whole rainfall sinks through
tlio sou to turui umtergrouna streams,
which discharge their copious floods be
low the surface of the sea. Well mak
ing nresents easy conditions here. All
the .car Hound.
lhr L'.e of buperlatlrc..
Absolute perfection is Indeed rare,
and exaggeration plays a great imrt in
modern life. We think too much of our
own importance or talk too much of
ourselves. We dwell too much upon
family or society, and lend n fictitious
value to absolutely empty things. The
use of superlative words often tends to
destroy tho impression tliat we wish to
convey, simply because we overdo
things. A light curb, a little thought
regarding things of this life, seems to
accomplish the end much better than
going to nny extreme, however strongly
you may feel. Harper s Bazar.
In Hie OH 11.11.
"When 1 landed in this section," said
a man who has spent a year or more in
the Ohio oil fields, "I hadn't a scent to
lay name,"
. "And now?" queried 'V porter who
was interrogating him.
"Well, now," concluded the oil pro
lucwr, "you can smell uu lulf a mile
iff." Detroit I ree 1'rnw.
I'clt rUIUrr.1,
Englaud is laughing ut the story told
in Henry Norman's "Real Japan" ot the
American minister at Tokio.who tliought
the Japanese, "darned clever" people be
cause the- greeted him with cries of
"Ohavo." "How did they know that I
was from Ohio?" be asked.
"The tenement hoaee," said a speaker
at a resent public meeting, "is the enemy
of philanthropy of the present day."
He meant that whatever Is done to
ameliorate the condition of the inamo
of the poor in the great cities U, to a
groat extent, neutralised by the condi
tion under which they live.
The vaipe of the product ol the fac
tories awl mill west of the Mississippi
during the year 1U1 i computed st
tiaa.Omj.ttlU, and tbe product ot the
states west ot the Missouri alone is com
puted at t lM.liM.aiW.
llarmlM. l'wxl .-
Dr. White, of Harvard university, de
clares tomatoes aud oatmeal to be harm
less and valuable fcnls, and point at
tbe simple fact that the only danger iu
eating buckwheat li i ilio fait that it
I likely to be r, : .t iu the form
of improperly iw.knl . ., -. These may,
and are very likel to upset the diges
tion. Pittsburg Uulletiu.
ItSl Lomd. of r.
tint lioyjFlavin any fan?
Second ro-HV. he! Dead load.
We've got Been u' nitroglycerin under
ule hat, au we're waitin fer somebody
lu oume 'lung ajo kyik it (jood News.
STATUE OF CHARLES THE FIRST.
Cotuely ami eahu he rides
Hani by bis own WblLh.ll:
Only tl night ulnd-KlidMt
No crowd, tmr rebel. brawL
Done, ton, bis enurt, and yet.
The .lara bta eonrtlers,
Star. In tbetr .tnlloii.
Ami every wandering star.
A lono he Hdes, alone.
The fair and fatal king:
Dark night I. all ht. own,
TTint .trango and solemn tblng.
Whleh are more full of fate,
Tho stars, or those sad eyeuP
Which are moro etlll and great,
Thowo brons, or tho dark skies?
Lionel Johnson.
Hyiiih1. t,f IIia Thunderbolt.
The dllTereiit nations of tho world.
both ancient and modern, have employed
various symbols to represent the hres
mat uasu irom the thundercloud. Tho
Choldeans symbolized it with a trident;
tho learned Babylonians used a human
arm for tho same purposo. Tlio bas-reliefs
of Nimrnd and tlalthia, tho work
of later and more refined Assyrian
artists, show tho (rident doubled or
transformed into a trifid fascicle. This
triumph of the classic art secured for
tho ancient Meeopotamian symbol tho
ndvantago over all other representations
of Iho thunderbolt.
Tho Greeks represented tho storm firo
with the features of a bird of prey.
Later on, when they had begun the use
of tho Asiatic form of tho symbol, they
put It in tho claws of an caglo and mado
it tho scepter of Zous. Gaul received
tho symbol from Italy, but soon nltered
It to tho familiar two headed hammer
seen on tho Gnllo-Ttouian monuments.
Tlio same symbol la seen on amulets
round in Ueniiany, Scandinavia and
Brittany. St. Louis Republic
The Color of Hie Completion,
If Mrs. Emily Crawford's deductions
uro true, beauty and such a hitherto dif
ficult achievement us u complexion are
nicro matters of determination. Mrs.
Crawford says that Frenchwomen used
to bo brown as a berry; but of lato years
they are conspicuous for their marble
charm. Tho expression is Mrs. Craw
ford's. This, sho says, is slmnlv the re
sult of their intenso desiro for beauty in
pauor; it is altogether a matter of will
power. It is elsewhere admitted that
tho Parisian has been giving a groat deal
of consideration to her diet, and has
found that poultry and milk are better
allies, so far us her skin is concerned,
than butcher's meat and wine, San
Francisco Argonaut.
rerfunie. the llor.e Likes.
Thero aro Bomo nerf uuics that are very
grateful to horses, however Iittlo credit
a horso may commonly receive for pos
sessing delicacy of scent. Horso train
ers aro awaro of tho fact and mako use
of their knowlcdgo in training stubborn
and apparently intractablo animals.
Many trainers havo favorite perfumes,
tno composition of which thoy keep a
secret, and it is tho possession of this
means of appealing to tho horse's
tcethcticism that enables so many of
them to accomplish such wonderful re
sults. St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
An Kl.ctrlo Hell Call.
Ono of tho patents for electrical con
trivances issued from the patent office
Is for an automatic guest call for use in
hotels. It consists of a combination ot
a clock connected through a scries of
relays ana contacts with an annuncia
tor bell system. A guest wishing a call
at a certain timo has his bell connected
to this time strip on the clock circuit; at
tho designated hour tho bell in his room
rings for a certain period, or until ho
slops it. New York World.
Ilnrpcr. Uio Little Wax Nun,
Says a barber: "A thing that isn't
used much these days is grease. This
Btore consumed threo pounds of it a day
ten years ago, and wo don't get away
with a solitary pound now. 1 onco cal
culated that 100,000 New York men car
ried around ISO pounds of wax in their
mustaches. This was at tho rata of one
ounce of wax to forty mustaches." New
York Herald.
IZucmle. of the Salmon Fl.herle.
Seals ami sea lions are great mil
sanco to the salmon fishermen. At tho
mouth of the Columbia river they watch
tho gill nets and grab the caught salmon
by tlio throats, devouring thoso parts
which they regard espoclaUy as tidbits.
Bears are very fond of salmon and catch
a great many of them iu tho streams,
They cat only tho heads. Washington
Star.
A Iltioll Acaln.t Tradition.
"The two greatest American delu-
lions," said an observer of what is going
on, "is cranberry sauce and pumpkin
pie.
"Iu all recitals ot turkey feasts we
hear groat stress laid on the cranberry
sauce. For years I ate It out of regard
for the customs of my ancestors. I pre
tended to liko it, but I havo come oat as
a rank rebel. I will have no more of It."
"Pumpkin pie is quite as big a fraud,
At tho beet a pumpkin hasn't any more
taste to it than a turnip, and why it
should be made into pie and treated as a
dessert I dou't know. I have talked
about this thing confidentially among
my most Intimate friends, and many of
them have confessed to mo under a sol
emn pledge of secrecy that they don't
like pumpkin pie or cranberry sauce
either, and there Is now a little coterie
ot us drawn very closely together, I can
tell you, by this joint antipathy.
"I don't know what the New Englaud
club is going to do about it, but this
rank treason is flourishing in their very
midst, and before long there will bo aq
Anti-Pumpkin Pie and Cranberry Sauce
association that will make its influence
fslt."
A caterer said: "Tbe gentleman you
quote has never tasted the real nrtiele.
He must have got his dislike to tin)
dishes by devouring them at cheap table
d'hote, whjke they are rarely very pal
atable." Nw Vork Herald.
lloorplate. Out of Fa.hlon. 1
How completely the doorplate has;
gone out ot fashion. When I cam to
New Y'ork to work for a living, a door
plate was as Essential aninslgnta of gen
tility as a bank account, and shops
where they were sold were to be found
everywhere. On the residence streets
of the better class, at a certain hour
every morning, you would ate a servant
on every stoop, polishing the plate up
before its owner had hi breakfast. Tbe
doorplate was with us what the marble
front step is to a Philadelphlan. Phila
delphia's front steps are there yet.
Our doorplate have become things
of the ast, found only on old fashioned
bouses without pretensions to style.
Their places have probably been taken
by tbe coat of ana which fashionable
New York now pays a Frenclunsi to
invent or borrow for it, and which make
tbe titled visiting foreigner rub bis eyes
when he and hi own crest over the
door of a Wall street loan ot unknown
origin or a railroad magnate of no ori
gin at all. -New York Cor. PitUborg
Bulletin.
Tho Cow Tr.c.
Tho cow tree, the sap of which close
ly resembles milk, is a native of bouth
aud Central America It in a species ut
evergreen and grows only in mountain
regions A bole bored into the wood, or
oven a wound made iu the bark of this
remarkable trn , is almost immediately
tilled with a Um u-ul Uke flnid, which cou-
naoes so bow uuiu it cumuuw. a. saw
mouth ut the wound, soon healing the
abrsaiuu Tlu curious fluid i both pal-
atabt aud nourishing Philadelphia
POET RILEY'S FIRST LECTURE.
Compelled lo Trlnt 111. Own Po.Lr. and
to Admit the Audl.neo Fr...
"James Whitroinh Riley never will
forget his first ri-rii'nco as a platform
lecturer," remarked an old Hoosier at the
Grand l'acillc the other day. "It was a
good many years ago. Jimmy was eking
out an existence as a lmluter at that
time, and when tiuies were dull and he
was out of a job he spent his leisure mo
ments In stringing together verses. Some
nf thoso were so good, in his own esti
mation nt least, that he sometimes re
cited them nt little gatherings about the
neighborhood,
"But, unknown even lo his friends,
Iho embryo poet had rather lofty aspira
tions and burned to launch out as a pub
lio entertainer. So ho began quietly
casting for mi eligible opportunity to
'try it on the dog.'
"Ho was poor then poor Is no nam
for it. Iu fact, he was generally In
debt, and though ho worked hard never
Rocuied to havo any money or a fair pros
pect of getting any. It will readily be
seen that it was not an cosy matter for
Riley to realize Ids hopes under Buch
circumstances. At last, however; he
raised n Iittlo money on n job of paint
ing and with it Invaded n neighboring
hamlet, where his fame had not preceded
him.
After considerable red tape he se
cured tho privllcgo of using the school
house for his entertainment. In fact,
the school honno was the only available
placo in tho villngo for such a gathering.
Then ho hung up n lot of posters an
nouncing that James Whltcomb Riley,
tho Hoosier oct, would give one of his
unlquo and inimitable entertainments at
tho namtown school house on the fol
lowing Saturday night. These posters
wero blank paper, decorated with char
coal instead of printers' ink, and Riley
spent ono whole day iu printing them.
'At tho last moment, however, a per
fect deluge of cold water was thrown
over tho young poet's aspirations by an
unexpected announcement from the
Hnmtown school board. On the after
noon of tho eventful day the president
of tho Ixiurd waited on Riley, who was
nervously pacing his room at the little
excuse for n hotel, and informed him
that by an agreement entered into when
tho school building was erected no en
tertainments wero to bo given In it un
less they were of n public character.
'Hut mine Is to be it publio enter.
tainmcnt, insisted Mr. Riley. ,
"Oh, no, it Ian t,' asserted the town
dignitary. 'You aro going to cliarge an
admission fee. That doet-n't look like a
public affair does it?
" lt isn t a frco entertainment, to be
sure; but It is certainly to lie public,'
maintained tho poet.
1 Tiot as wo understand the term
said tho official, 'In short, the only
way you can go on with the show is to
tlirow the doors open.'
Hero was a pretty stato of affairs.
but tho question mustlw settled at once,
and Riley promptly accepted the horn
of tho dilemma nearest him, and sold
that tho entertainment should bo given
ut all hazards und that no ndmissiou fee
would lie charged." Chicago Mail,
The Monkey l'nxzle Tree.
At a meeting of tho Royal Botanio so
ciety Dr. R. C. A. Prior presented ripe
seeds of Araucaria imbricnta, the mon
key puzzle tree of Chili, collected from a
largo trco growing Iu tho oiion air at
Corsham, Wilts, Ho mentioned that In
England tho plant, though common, sel
dom ripens its heeds. It was first intro
duced hero 100 years ago by Mr. Men
zice, a Scotch botanist, who accompa
nied Vancouver's expedition in search
of a passugo between tho Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. In returning Irom their
attempt they put in at Valparaiso and
were hospitably entertained by the vice
roy of Chili.
Whilo dessert wus on the table Men-
zies observed somo nuts ho hail not seen
before. Instead of eating his share ho
saved them, and taking a box of soil
back with him on board ship succeeded
in raising live plants, which ho brought
to England, aud these formed a stock
from which most of tho largo trees now
growing in various parts of England
huvo origiuuted. Philadelphia Ledger
ricuty of Water ce..ary lu Health.
As the waste lu nnim.il food iu those
wlio lead Indolent lives Is carried off by
the kidneys, it is Tcry desirable that
they should lw kept well flushed with
plenty of water, for puro water is to the
kidneys what fresh air is to the lungs,
and taken lu tho early morning, prefer
ably as hot as it can be sipped, it washes
away tho unhealthy secretions that have
accumulated ill tho stomach during the
night, and stimulates it to healthy ac
tion, and then, passing on through the
system till it readies the kidneys, carries
away by their aid the uric acid, gout pel
sou aud other impurities that should
have no fixed habitation In the body at
all, and would not havo if tho sufferer
were properly dieted for even two or
threo weeks each year. Gentleman's
Magazine.
llow the Hoy Knew.
Here Is n telephone leply which may
or may not havo pleased one of the
speakers:
"Is Mr. K in?" asked u man after
he had "got" tho other man only it was
an office lwy.
"No, ho isn't in, Mr. W ," was the
unswer in a thin but clear voice.
"How do you know it Is Mr. W V
ssked the other, who may have been
pleased to think flutt he liad such a good
"telephone voice" that even an office
boy could recognise it.
" 'Cause you're the on,, what no one
;cau ever understand." i-rfiue back tbe
prompt reply. New York Tribune.
Valuable AuIiiimI..
The high state official and tbe rich
teople ot Egypt have a (leculiar aversion
to riding the horse, their favorite mount
being n species of white u, which Is
hehl as being a srmlascrcd animal
Fine siiecimens of these snow white
creatures are seldom sold for what
wonld be lee than 1 1,001 In United
ttutes currency. St. Louis Republic.
A 1'arls ltacplfkers1 Colony.
In the Rim Mercndet, near the out
skirts of Paris, i a vast open tx&ae sur
rounded by a ragged stone wall. The
ground Is littered with rubbiah, a few
stunted trees and shrubs, a long, strag
gling line of low, rickety dwellings
this is the "Cite Maupy," a famous col
ony of ragpickers. They have been
their owu architect and builders, and
the hovel are curiosities; they have
utilised paving stones, the sheet iron
sign of insurance companies, aud even
sardine cans: but there is a picturesque
quality to these humble dwellings, and
they surely do not lack i-olurand neither
do tbe inhabitants; there i a real count
ess, for one; ut least she says she Is. A
poor cripple baa sold his body to the
Academie de Medicln, while they cheat
themselves of their prey by giving linn
a pension to help him live. Pull Mail
Gasstte.
When Aalmala Ar. 111.
tisid a prominent veteriuaruui "Am
mals when sick are the most helpless
and appreciative ot all creatures, aud
the way ot administering relief and
medicine la many Instances is as novel
as It is effect i vi The most savage and
revengeful animals during spelb, uf se
vers pain ar u dx lb and tractable as
a child. ii),rinn-i nit irom a ka
being t.i.,1
me ,11.1. kly, aud they
seem t an " ir 1 h. most icious
htirMA win n nailing Willi nsin waul1
ta mni. child to aullunUWr relief
' w4 mmi ..f the wild annuel when m
afe-kneea Wiu to furget their savogo ,u
, .tuiCu,' Philadelphia Pre.