Lancaster daily intelligencer. (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, February 08, 1890, Page 6, Image 6

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iii ktlnr in iim
morning. Or If net MitT, tliey lacked
action. Working all tlie day previously,
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'S VlaML. JUL. eiirblanki
f V Ml If ? licnvllr.
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afe' anH'lx. Ja'"ir nnt te be n
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Kv-' m,im., huuiii, iiiiif tiv iiu.il j Meiimcra,
fe shouldering vt et sluices, te say nothing
Mir of the regular jiick nml shot el exercise,
ELc K ,' Iw nil ntiniit 4.....I.. n, I..,. .... t ..l.1
would niake itself felt even when tlie
limbs and bloel were younger tlian new.
Dressing was a short job. A pair of damp
......ml Im n ...!.. ..f ..nl.ua .. .... ! .. i t.
.r vKina, f...i ui cJl.n, tl fujrtll bueci., or
C" possibly the he.-u v robber ruining beets.
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rijiuiri Hiiiris we Bieia in. a moo tm-ne-blngwith
cold water in tlie tin basin
eutside and a "lick and rf (nowise" for
'the hair with tlie comb. That was about
nil for week day. Vanity or apparel
there was little for the working miner.
Who was there te dress for? Weman?
Tlie nearest was half a mile, 50 years of
age, and married. Then breakfast. The
Hre fcintlleil tn llm itinlr-firi. Itiil.. .iAi.
Br P)s8ihly it was neceAsary te attack with
an aiu iiiat uncii old Mump near by and
Implr OIT II fl'VlT f.lilliu t. rtrulf ...111. rtM..
Br . ...i'- .v. vtei, ...in. iiiu
j mmer s weed pile wan generally immll.
e gev in mei en rainy tiayn, or at the
.wl.l tl.lnr.aL . 1 ...-..1 !- .
iijffi Kiira ireni went,
'.. Yeil nilL oil Din u-iim lln lnnul l.i.. ,.
ZTV - -.-... .... iiiui i.f..i-,vil
SgMhogauze eeiered meat Kife from the
m lrev' cut a Bieaicirem tee chunk et bull
te niaiiuyiiiij wiiiiiu cauee ecel, tilling a
I dab of lard in the f r Iiik pan. nut therein
'the meat and let it Mr.j.li. Twe or three
f )ilcd iKjtatees might Ik fillm'l, fried
,''' mero or lets brown in ilm mnvi- nn.i
f this, with bread and tea, formed Ihu
"iv breakfatt. The bread was Ihu biead of
Tour own laborious li:il.!iur Hi.i l.v.f ,.f
n irregular nhaiw, the ertmt very haul
.....1 4t.t1. al 1.. f. ... . T. . .
,.u.u iui;k, me vuuir eiien "pitni, iwing
black where Itliad burned, brown v here
It lucl baked, and of a pallid whitenenn
where it had net bakel at all. Within
the leaf might be close, heavy, and in
color cither a creamy era canary j ellew,
in liropeition te tut lmnrenrr miiwihmI ,.f
S veast nnwiliT I1S...1
SL The tableia a bread bhelt ncnliiKt Ihn
iwiill. Thcreiaitii kililiv-liiili V,.,. .n.i
fe net always wash up after breakfast, for
g"...e uuiivB, u.i uiey hioei, were nil in
Bft tlace for dinner. Konu fmii 1. 1:.. ...t..
m, er8 WIW'd their dishes after each meal:
rA tnrv.t. nf iiu iHil ..i-.i 1, .....n t.... i .
., u... .... ,v ,ie luvi Milieu IO
expect of bard worked humanity. The
cabin deer ia open while you cat nml
from it you leek fuith en the claim.
Thcre lies the ImuIc of red caith us you
left it yesterday after the "cat."
There is the reservoir full of cofTee col cel col
ered ditch water which had run in dur
ing the night after lielng used for wash
ing in n dozen clalniB "up country."
Then you draw en theso damp, clammy
rubber loot, cither te the kuee or hip
14j;h, the outiide bplashed with the dried
reddU.li mud, and Kindling disagreeably
or rubber as you pulled them en and
hmelliug werse m you became healed
ami perspiring. In the.se you waddle te
the claim. I forget, BreaWiibt ever,
0110 of the most Important acts of the
UikY UOOIIOAtOn the linii'Uimmn Tlin
was the filling, lighting and smoking of
your pipe. Nothing could hurry, you
through tlds peiferinaiice. The Illling
wea cut in slivers with a careful and
solemn consideration; the weed was care-
luny oebieweu 111 tlie bowl; tlie match
was nnnlied with :i .lelilwrnilA.. t.,, ,,,:....
c of a religious act; the liibl puff rebe in
in uir as incense 10 tlie rly morn, nnd
smoking thus you waddled in jour big
beets te the claim. There you met your
Uiree lartncrs, all likewiwj Biueklng.
There they stand en the lunk, looking
Inte tlie ground sluice, iliere is no "geed
merniug" or ether gieeting; if uu thing,
grunU. There lay the tools h"he els.
picks, crowbar und bluice folk heljH
lessly about, as left last evening. A
little muddy waler trickles through the
line of bluices. Olie of us gees te the
reseneir, afew bundled yaids elf, mid
turns en the water. Anether geus te
the tall of the bluices vWlh the bluice
fork. Then Is heard the clicking of the
pick and the grating of the bhevel against
the red dirt; down comes the muddy
water ever the Iwnk nnd the day'swerk
has fairly commenced.
We btand in a row, allowing sufficient
room between each for swinging the
tick. We arc llnilprniinimr (1,, l,i,lr
Ri rbe water runnlni nt rmr f.t nml I....
i, tweeuusand the bottom of the bank.
laicli cJiunlc of reil dirt dislodged by the
Vic laus into 1110 running water, and
j ii u ue nare and win uei readily Ulssolve
It it m.itl lui I.vl.n.. . I... ..:nl. -. .1... 1
a..u..iuv "iu uji u iii;u or biievei
lte keep the stream clear and unimpeded.
tif-i, Tnn Inrnn ltmliInH, .... . .t..1....1 . 1
Wiy Mtv injntuvte UiU jUUCU UIU U)
W" u uireun icnuiu us net in dis-
W" .w..t ..v.v. wi tn iiiu
ijVctlt lit Ki!nrp nml imict lu uintiii.tVA.1 u,
R4'10 ever accumulatiug bewlder jiile is
r'fneed up" with a nat wall, laid with-
fcjriii iuiuirt uui wjui bome care and
A7JviU. UlieliCfl Kick is under our feet.
rtftWenre uudiTiniuInir tlie bank and keei-
tfefS IllT tllO f.frrVUll flirtuul (ti no itty.l. ..
.possible te the pait uudermlned. The
IL ts 1 tfVVk t-kl fm k f -.. . pw !..!.. I.- ji
$. i,...vi iui u iwi w mx incnes is pretty
' liard. and Ibn nlnnnn lirn, urn linr.1.. n.t.i
g,f!,rc)eer packed than these nearer the sur-
Bid tantt T1...a ,I.A . I I.. l!l-i.. v.
v. ...viw urn ki.hu ia iignier, jiiauy
f jf-m-eiM eu(ii.-e ure Usui aim reiien; a mew
frwith the pick dailies thorn te pieces. This
ystit?jik just abote tholedgeand for a few
T ln.tl.ed I.. ,1... , ,-r . .1 .
I wviim in iiiu ciuvicea 01 1110 leuge IS Olir
jJtv'pay btrcak," wheie ages en ages age
tw fireaui ran, uepebiting, as all
T;Wrms de, the heavier gravel pu the
.tlwif I'll.. f.,..1 ll.n 1T,.I. 1 .-. ,
. i..,. ., , iijjmvi uwvf, wccasion wccasien wccasion
tVwlythe pick strikes a ilrmly imbcddeil
Huwieer uaru anu square en its point, in
ritecU- along the Iren, up the liandle
ww muf cses ann ecu "crazy lKne."
wiii W4.Vf lrAt 1 ii'r.mi aln'nl f....i I..
fctight. A few inches of the top is a
4aNrk meld, below that are three or four
UnV et "hard pan," below the "haul
Mil" Unlit Handv L'rnvel nml rnt(..n l,..l
4HO, wwiuur tlie ledg9 Js, the pnjr
stteaK, In is eriter, u tot hint ion na
varied an we have worked up nnd into
the' bank. At first, near the rlver'ii edge,
utore was eniy meid en a vrry light allu
vial sand, Tills was readily washed off
and palJ ft or $5 per day. A little far
ther hack we struck the edge of the red
gravel streak. This for a time paid bet
ter. Farther still came the dcelt of
light sandy grin el, and lastly came in
the accursed "hard pan.'
Our claim, en being first prospected,
was rejierted te pay three cents te the
pan from the top down. We believed it
nt first, net having learned that "three
cents te the pan from the top down"
means the biggest kind of luck. If you
get an aernge of half a cent a pan front
the lop down, and the dirt' would" wnah
f5i!y, we should inake money. It was
hard even for an "honest miner" te glve
nsn icsult of a prospect anything less
than "three cents te the pan." Out
"hard pan" Is our fee. "Hard pan" is
the essence of brickhaU. Its consistency
Is about that of chalk. It scorns the
finest kind of sand cemented nnd pressed
together. It can Ikj carved into any
form with n knife. It takes as much
time te work off a square feet of hard
pan as ten square feet of soft gravel.
When, after half a day's labor, we suc
ceed In getting down a cave, It gees into
the ground sluice in a few great lumps,
vthlclitmist l)e battered te pieces with
our picks befere the water will slowly
dlsH)lve them into mud. And It doesn't
held a "color" or geld. The work in
the ground sluice gees en hour nrter
hour. Tick and shovel and sernpe,
scrape and shovel and pick, the water
meant line tumbling and rearing ever
the hank and making it difficult for us
te hear ene anethere' voices. Tlie sun
climbs higher and gets hotter, The
water pail is frequently vislted. The
backs of the gray shirts are wet with
jienipiratlen. In an easy, companion cempanion companien
ablo claim, where the partners are all
geed fellows nnd en geed terms nnd net
tee insane in the matter of getting an
enormous quantity of dirt through the
bluices each day, there may be mero or
less brief sitienflleiis from the work,
when all hands lean en tliclr shovels
and talk politics, or horses, or last night's
IKiker game, or have a short service of
tobacco smoke, with tlie usual solemn
preliminaries or cutting the plug uud
illling pipes. Iiut if the majority or the
"company" are a mean, crablted, close
fisted let, the misery gees en without
cessation.
A queerly asserted group are we thus
laboring together. .laekO win's Impelling
hepe nnd lire's idea Is te earn enough te
ly his passage home te Philadelphia
and buy him a suit of clothes. A decent
suit he has Det earned thehe flve years.
He Would be the terror and (listless of
his relatives if ever he get back, for with
him 5 in his iKickel ever cxitenscH and
sobriety nre an impossibility. McFnddcn
dreams of a cabin, a cow, home grcsq
and goats, a herse mid a wife, and is in
a fair way of realizing them all. He
saves meKt or his earnings, gets drunk
wisely only en holidays, pajs his debts
regularly, hates the English, lives in that
little black, brownish cabin up jeuder,
does all hiscoel.ingin twetiu K!H,Blecpn
in ene pair of ancient blankets and a
most disieputnble bed quilt, and ?!1 will
cover the cost of all his domestic fittings
and utensils. 1)111 Furnea, a Fmncli Ca
nadian, lias drifted here Inte this hele In
the foothills very much us he drifted into
tlie world without aim or object in iifu
wive present enjoyment. Ue Is a geed
Vterkeraud works hecausohew as bieiighl
up te it and can't help it. He is a geed
boatman, a geed logger, a skilled wood weed
cutler, a dovct'ie et poker and generally
a Riicccsbful one, an entertaining scamp,
full of wit nnd originality, quick te take
in the peculiarities and eccentricities et
ethers, something Of a dandy, as far as
dandyism can be indulged in this out of
the way place, and a born bcnmp, glib of
tongue, unruliiible, and socially the best
man of the crowd.
.It is near 11 o'clock. There stands in
a cool corner of the claim and cmefully
shielded from any stray Hying pebble, a
black bottle. It Is nearly full of whisky
very common corn whisky. It Is meat
welceme at this hour. Poison it may
be, but a draught from the tin cup
' brightens up nnd makes all things new.
The suusliinu is mero cheerful. All nat nat
ure smiles. The picks descend with in
creased ferce and a host Of new day
dicauis start Inte being. It revives hope.
It quenches despair. It gilds the monot
ony or our lives. It was ever thus, mid
K)ssibly ever shall Je, world without
end. It is high neon. Tlie him is ever
our heads and the shadows aie at their
bliertest length. One or our number
trudges wearily up te the icserveir te
bhut oil the water. Se seen as its Hew
uwciib we trudge off in wet everalU or
heavy rubbers te our respectlve cabins.
We aie new ground Blulcing at or about
the year 1800, when millers generally
had abandoned "cabining" in squads and
each man kept heuse by himself. Cause
general incompatibility or temper, tem
perament, disposition, and habit. The
sober miner feuud it Uisagrecable te llve
permanently with the sproelng miner,
and the miner nice in his domcbtie econ
omy and particular about his feed toen
hecame tired of a companion who never
aired his blankets and didn't caie wheth
er his bread was light or heavy, sweet or
sour. Trudging te our cabins, we pick
up the dried twigs in our path. ThcbO
are te kiudle the dinner tire. Dinner is
very much like breakfast, lieef or bacon,
bread, tea, dried apple sauce. Thy IkmjIh
are kicked elf and thumped into a cor
ner. The teitqieralure is up te tint
notch that induces perspiration without
uny exertion at all, and the ugly little
steve makes it hotter still.
We sit down te the neon meal in a
melting condition, nnd rise fiem it in
the same state. Dinner is eaten, the
"noening" is ever, back again te the
claim, turn en the water, pick, shovel,
bcrape, pry, toss bark bewlders nnd prep
up bluices slipped from their biipperls.
Uetween 2 and 3 o'clock a snowy white
cloud rises ever a distant peak te the
eastward. It seems like a great bank of
snow against the blue sky, and the
longer we leek nt it tliu farther we seem
te peer into its translucent, clear-white
depths. It rises ever that peak at almost
the same hour every afternoon, and is
almost of the same shape. It is the con
densed wqer of the snow melting en
the higher Sierra summits, eighty-six
miles distant. It Is imposing In Its
silent imperceptible rising, its ueudciful
whiteness, its majesty, its distance. It
Meiusnfit leil of snowy splendor for
fniries or some sort of ethereal beings te
bask nnd revel in. It bcems te Iw look
ing down, half in scorn, half in pity, at
us four weary, miserable worms of the
dust, feebly pecking at a bit of mother
earth, muddy, wet, and feebly squirm
ing in and nbeut this bank of dirt.
At 4 o'clock there are longer pauses in
our labors. There is meiu leaning en
sheu-ls ami mero fiequent glances nt
our timepiece, the sun, fis he sinks In
the western heavens. The shadow of
tlie hill opposite creeps slowly down its
side. It is a cool, welceme shadow. The
strongest worker secretly welcomes it.
Though he lw a "herse of a man," his
iiuibcles ull feel the effects of the long
day's labor. It is mero his strong will
than his body which keeps him swing
ing the pick. We are in duty bound
te work till 0 o'clock. Everyliedy works
till 0 o'clock. Everybody is mero or
Jobs tired at 4 o'clock, but it is net the
TTO LANCASTER DAILY mTBLLIGEOEK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
lHHM Of. . tM4j MtVl., Mil., .,.
the time. It li custom, stupid cus
tom. The gauge h the limit of physical
strength, net for the weakest, but the
strongest. The great, brawny armed,
big liened Herculeii of our company
doesn't feci It much. Ue may walk
three miles after supier te the bar store,
play cards and drink whiskey till U
o'clock, and then walk liack ngaln nnd
Ikj up fresh for work next morning by
0:30 o'clock. Tills is 1800.
In 1870 he showed it, however, and In
the marks of age was ten years ahead of
his time. Yeu can't keep up this pert of
thing digging, tugging, lining, wet te
the skin day after day, summer nnd win
ter, with no Interval of rest, butiiHte.n(!y
drag-twelve iiionthsef the year without
pa) lug for it. There's dissipation in the
use or muscle as well as in the tise of
whisky, Every old miner knows it new
nnd feels It. Don't J en? Hew docs the
muscle of 45 years in 18S3 compure with
thatef 3.1 years in 1803? Of course, man
must II vu by the nwcatef his brew or the
sweat of his brain, but many of you
sweat tee long in theso days, and I hear
you all saying, "That's sol" Start nnew
thoflre in tlie little stove; thump tliu
wet beets in the corner; drag yourself
down te the spring n few hundred yards
distant for a (tail or fresh water; hack a
few mero chilis from the dried stump;
mix nome lleur, water nnd yeast iewder
for the day's baking; sit down a mimite
en your flour barrel chair and leek en
your earthly possessions. The worn and
bcarrcd trunk you brought years nge
from the states; it holds your best suit of
a forgotten fashion, two or three white
shirts, n bundle of letters from home, a
few photographs, a Ulhle net worn out
with uee, a quartz crystal, a few geld
"ppeclmeiis," a tarantula's nest, the tail
of a rattlesnake and six vests. De you
remember hew vests would accumulate
In the mines? Pants, coat, everything
ulse would wear out vests never.
PltCNTlCK MULFOUb,
THE B. A. A. MEETINO.
Largmt Imloer Athletic Onmr Em flliw
In Till Country, with Twe Ktrrplleni.
Tim largest Indoor athletic games held In
tlie United Status slnce tlie two glveu in New
Yerk city, Jnnunry nnd March, 1889, by tlie
Anmtcur Atliletla union nnd Natlenul Asso
ciation et AuinU'ur Atlilctns reflectively,
will lw tlifme nldch tlie Uoiten Atlilotle nsso nsse nsso
cintleu has Itcen making great preparations
for holding en Feb. IB nt Mechanics' hall,
bViten, Tlie great fenture e( tlie Itosten
games will I mi tlie haiiilsoine prizes which nre
nircred te atlrnrt tlie best ntlilotes In tlie
country te the ecciifcien. Tlie prizes consist
et solid silver cu about ten inches high te
first, ccend and third men, except in the tug
of wnr, whm tlie prlze te each member of
tlie teiitn taking third place will be n geld
die mcilnl. Tliu int'iiilierK of tlie tennis taking
first nnd Nxxmd plnce will receive silver ciiM
of n illlTen nt design from these oifcred In the
ether events.
Ihese games will liothe first attempt en the
part of the llosten Atlilotle association at
holding an eH'ii ntliletic meeting. Tlie club
is a little ever two years old ami It has been
hi Its beautiful club
heuse ei Kxoter
street eniy n little
ever n jenr. llos lles llos
len's best ivople are
represented en tlie iiimn
ImrMilp roll, inul It is in
uicry way a roprusenta reprusenta roprusenta
tire organization. Olie
advantnge it has nliich
kheMsita'lf occasionally
U tlie many collegu athletes In its ranks, and
tliochairnmiief tlie games committee, OcerRO
It, Mei rlseti, U a liars ard graduate and otice
was u celebrated running high juuqier, hold
ing a t'oeertl Of 9 feet 7Jf Inches nt that pilllie,
wliirlt even In theso days Is considered a capi
tal Jump.
The pi ogrnniine for the games will be notico netico notice
ubloforits great variety of events. It will
inchiile sprinting, middle dUtauce running,
walking, hurdling, running higli Jumping,
pole vaulting, weight threning and tug of
war. Games held in doers are, as n rule,
limited In events, hut the 1!. A. A. has maila
arrangements for the successful holding of
eventnvtlile.il heretofore havu lieeu most un
satisfactory vt lien competed hi en a beard
fleer. Any kind of running, walking, hur
dling and tug of vtar can be taken art in en
a tieard fleer almost us well ns en turf or n
cinder path, hut jumping and weight throw
ing are dilTcrcnt, The treuble with these
eveut.t is that the landing place for the athlete
hi the jumps and the weights in weight tin ow
ing en a lieard fleer generally tan mattress.
It can readily be seen that te mark vthere a
Height Iniuts en a uiuttiess needs much ex-h-i
Ic'iice, for no break hi the ground, as It is
called out of doers, if made, and the weight
rolls nwuy without leaving any perceptible
trace where it struck tlie mat. Judges have
te lie very quick In determining where the
missile, lands and many disputes have arisen.
Athletes in jumping e cuts also complain of
a lack of eoiilldeuce hi landing en a uinttress
from a great height hi high jumping or pole
vaulting, although some say tliey can dens
ell under these conditions as If they were
computing out of doers and landing en soft
dirt,
The games committee of the II. A A. has
e ereonie the great olisbicle in vt eight throw
ing en u Ixiard Doer, mid in both putting the
1l!-Kiiuid shot and threning the Ce-pound
Height the uiisslle will land hi a box IS feet
sipiaie tilled te a depth of 6 inches with
dirt. This will bring the ceiiqu'titiuii down
te a eint as flne as when can led en out of
lira's, This will hotheflrbt time that tlie
pi. in has lieeu tried en a large scale, and the
place assigned for the weights te land In is
fully large enough te en.ttile even Inoxpert
weight throwers te eouite without running
the i Mi of damaging the fleer by an Inao Inae
curato threw.
The pregramme for the games will be na
follews: fiO yards run, ON janls run, 410
yards rim, bM) yards I un and 1 nule run, I
inile milk, SSO yards hurdle ree 'J feet 6
Inches high, running high jump, jiole tault,
putting 10ieimd shot, throwing W-pound
weight, tug of war teams of four men.
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III addition te the beautiful sliver cups
which will be given te the first three men In
well event, a handsome silk banner will he
picecuted te the club scoring the greatest
iiumhtTef jieliils. The jwfiiU will buseerul
as follews: First man in each event will count
llve points for the organization he represents,
the second man w ill scere three and the third
man ene. This makes the club rivalry very
luU'iise, mid the many large athletic organ
izations u this country are gathering to
gether tin ir best men w Ith the hoies of cap
turing the banner, which will mnkea hand hand hand
seme club heuse hiturler adornment. AH of
thu e euU are handicap, which renders the
picking of the winners most uncertain. It
would be ldle te say what organization will
win the bntiutr, although the chances are
greatly In favor of tlm.New Yerk und Man
hsltnn AfJi!Htinii)ul,'- jlnrvnnl fllvi !
jrttTsTywljfe
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Uig m near tne kciis et action, may maM
better shoeing than Is exiectel, and recent
word from there Is that they Intend mutter
ing forty athlete te struggle for point,
The large majority et entries will rcpr
riit athletic organizations In the vicinity of
New Yerk city, nnd a tpecial train will b
put en for the athletes and friends te Imra
llosten nt I!) midnight nnd arrive In New
Verk having only mined a little ever half a
day from business en Saturday. The games
committee lias arranged ether little details
for the big affair, and If their efforts de net
runult in nil ntbletla meeting second te none
energy nnd enterprise shall have counted for
nethiinr. Malcolm W. Ker.
THE HEW YORK FASIIIONS.
OLIVE HARPER 5AY8 LARGE "HOOPS"
ARE COMING IN.
he Baa Been Informed ea Uoed Auther
Itjr Thai the Direful Day of Their Ad
vent la Net naif a Tear Away, Toe Bat
Oeneral Oewlp en Weman' Drcaa,
(Special OorretpotKlcnca
New Yeuk, Feb. 6. I was told today,
en high authority, that in less than six
months large hoops would be "in," and
that instead of the present elegant sim
plicity in the making of dresses, the mera
trimming you can pile en them the mere
fashionable they will be. It was also pre
dicted that lleunces, puffs and festoem
would be en all the skirt, and that It was
going te rcquire twenty-seven yards of
material te make a gown. I don't bcliove
it, nnd I don't want te Ixdiove it (or sev
eral reasons; the first being that Ufa quite
hard enough new te get a dress when It
only needs twelve yards or se, and the
second being tliat Loep costumes are hor
rible, without any possibility of grace or
beauty.
A FAMILY OROUT.
I was shown three licautiful imported
gowns, and let each had a lining or
horsehair crinoline witli two reeds urn
clear around just nbeut the knees. Of
ceursu llicse new only serve te held the
skill out te a moderate degree et fullness
uud might even pass unnoticed, but if
straws show which way the wind blows
se also de Ixmt reeds show that hoops
moon their way. In some respects this
will Iki a blessing, for it will give the
p.irngraphers something te talk about.
They have been pretty dull since bustles
collapsed. A geed many English Indies
have never abandoned them, and would
feel as if they were really immedcbt if
they went without them.
The new materials for spring and Hum
mer are coming iu se fast that it is al
most iiiiKssible te keep them all in your
mind's eye. There are also several cpilte
new colors which will undoubtedly have
n "run." One of them is flax blue, just
the color of the blue llax (lowers, and it
has the double merit or being nn abso
lutely fast color, no matter in what ma
terial it is produced, and very becoming
te young people or theso of fuir com
plexions, us it has the rare quality in
blue Of showing up all the delicate tlesli
tints instead of making them leek leaden
ei yellow. This dainty color is seen iu
foulard and all the summer silks, as well
as in lawns and cotton fabric
The ether blue is called Mandarin,
though it is ditlicult te understand what
gave rise te the name. It is a true sky
blue, with a sort et a frosty bloom ever it,
which give-in silvery metallic luster very
pretty and becoming.
Challies will be used very much for
children's dresses, us it is soft, pretty,
cheap and keeps clean. The pretty fam
ily gieup will give thrifty little mother
u geed idea of what te make for the ba
bies. The plainer children's garments
are the easier they are te keep clean, and
cleanliness Is the greatest charm of a
child's diess. Ornamentation should
come scceud,
DAINTY NEdMClEE.
I saw a pretty and useful negligee for
0img matrons, and I thought it would
Ih.' a very easy garni Jut te copy, se pro pre
sent it. Tlie model was of old rese cash
mere with hands of bias velvet of a sort
of bluish dark gray, and witli the loose
front of fiinged China silk iu gray and
old rose. It could, however, be inade in
any ether becoming color or material.
The hack is tight fitting, princess shape.
It needs six yards of cashmcre, two of
India silk and ene of velvet te make this,
and any pattern that has a priuccsse back
will sullice a lady of avernge intelligence
te make oue like it. Uvea I have serious
thoughts of trying. Olivh 1I.mii mt.
Slew Suicide.
Tlie ingenuity.pf the weuld-be suicide
is constantly taxed te accomplish Ids
purpose outblde the laateu paths of self
destruction. Jonathan Williams, of Da Da
videon county, N. C, delilvrately starved
himself te death. Insisting that Ids ap
petite had failed, he refused feed, put
ting aside the tempting dishes prepared
by an anxious wife. Twenty-flve days
served te finish the job, and while the
average healthy mind sees the superior
udvantages'ef a pistol or chloroform, the
gentleinandii question piebably derived n
geed de.il of solid enieyjimntiu tliuiuw.
nMvh
Mi
wfeffi
tt?gf7TCMiilliiiiiiiiii y. 1 tl
Wit rfifill ' M
rat of tits hunger, and the HBpleiunt
but novel sensations of the experiment.
Washington Peet.
ABOUT OUR TABLES.
ate laUrNllii ntl(M
I'en of Helen Andonen.
The New Yerk Decorator and FurnUfcer,
In an excellent article by Helen Andersen,
hat the following te say "About Our Ta
blet:" Once upon a time we were wfjl content
with one stiff awl shiny table in the center of
our beat room, a table that made net the
tllghteat pretense te drapery, net even a
carf. But today such a table In ear modern
home would leek like a desolate island in
the son, for almost every house abounds In
lltth) tables scatteml In every possible nook
and corner. Many of these are rery dainty
and artistic, a great many copied from el4
tables, and still a great mauy mero purely
American In make and design; and there are
any amount of them made e heavily gor
geous, se overloaded with ornamentation
that one feels under great obligations te the
maker for giving entirely tee much for the
money.
Before furniture was turned out of factories
by thousands and tens et thousands, the work
being made by hand was, of course, mere ex
penflve, much mere careful In form and exe
cution, and It was utterly Impeeiible te In
dulge In the cheap and gaudy style of decora
tion which is the mlstake of the modern
makers.
Many people fall te realize or are Indiffer
ent te the fact that n table costing thirty
dollars cannot le duplicated for three. Al
though ambitious dcalers In cheap furniture
will make and advertise the attempt, the re
sult is seldom satisfactory. In fact, after all
the dainty form and finish has been lest, peer
materials subalituted, the imitation is 10 peer
that it hardly justlfjes the term imitation at
all. It is se hard for the majority te realize
that ene can mero than get their money's
worth, and as the demand is for this style of
work, It becomes quite a difficult matter te
find a simple and goal article that will net
put Its owner te shame by IU unmistakable
uir of trying te be flne. Of ceurse there is 110
trouble in finding geed nrtlcles in first cleu
concerns, but unhappily It is just the plain
A LOUIS XV TABLK.
style of w erk that Is lioyend the means of many
who would nppreciate It, Be that although
ene may be able te find charming, pictur
esque little tea tables for thirty, twenty-live
or even sixteen dollars, It is qulte nnother
matter when one starts out te find 0110 for
live or fix dollars.
A lienutiful little tea table in the style of
Leuis XV ,'of which the sUetch en this page
gives a very geed idea, has the top in onyx
ami the rest of the table In gilt. This neuld
necessarily Iw very expensive, uud only ap
preciate! for a certulu style et room, but the
same design might be used in mahogany or
cherry, or amy ether kind of weed that
misht 1 preferred. The use of such little
tablet, when the stvle Is really geed, is In
valuahlu in helping out the decoration of a
room; they break the monotony of nn other
wise still looking room and form centers
nremid which people naturally group them
selves. A pretty leaf or bit of drapery in of
course en improvement te almost every
Uible. 801110 very hnndnome tables or stands
are made by the Japanese of teak weed with
inarble teH. Iu desigu they are straight and
square, the legs beautifully carved; the only
objection is they nre very heavy looking and
se distinctly Japanese that they would lie
out of place in a room Hint did net in some
uny suggest the Japanese style in decoration.
Kome of theso tables sell as low as 10, and,
considering their woikinenship, seem very
cheap.
A very inexpensive little table might be
made for a library or sitting room of almost
any weed ene might fancy, and it might al
most serve for n lioekcase, as it hasnmple room
for books or uier8. In construction it is some
thing like 11 very high olllce steel, execjit that
the top and shelves are square and It has four
legs instead of three. At about a feet from
the top a Second shelf Is placed, ami this is
followed by three or four shelves the same
sliai) ns the lop; of course the natural spread
of the legs would make the liottem shelf con
siderably larger tlian the first, and these
AN INKXrKSStVB TAII1.K.
shelves nre net only very odd and pretty, but
are alvi very useful, with n few bits of pretty
china en the top and the rest of the shelves
used for iHHiks and iKi;ers', this makes a nice
little tea table for n library or general sitting
room, and alineat any carjienter could make
oue.
Many fanciful Ideas are carried out hi the
way of tables new seme heart shaped, some
called kidney shaied and ethers where both
the heart and kidney shapes are combined,
the ene for the upjier, the ether for the lower
shelf. They could hardly be called tea tables,
hut, as they nre small, they make a nice rust
ing place, for hric-adirac aud are very appro
priate for small rooms.
Iu the dining room et a prominent New
Yerk ui tlst is a dining table that might lie
used vtith geed cITcct in many houses, and
the cxjicumi of making such a table could, if
0110 were handy, be said te be literally noth
ing, und the result, if only half ns geed as
the original, would still Ihi u very unique
and artistic thing iu the way of tables.
In the ilrst ploce a jiojref ordinary wooden
horses hail been taken, painted white, then
rubbed down te 11 line enameled surface;
uikiii thuse horses was placed a large piece of
tquaie weed, very much like an enlarged
drawing beard, which had been previously
treated hi the same manner as the horses.
This beard was then fastened te the horses
by uieaus of large brass headed nails. Of
ceurse the only art of this table which
would be at all ditlicult te make would le the
enameling, as it generally takes fiem fie te
six coats of paint befere it Is rubbed dew II
w Ith puinicostene and oil. It might be made
ou the sumo plan, stained black and then fin
ished with the brass beaded nails. This would
be very much easier te construct, and would
net require pa en the aid of a carpenter.
Few cities hi the world have such perfect
iestl arrangements as Berlin, nnd it was the
fame of the "Steph-m system" which recent
jly induced the Italian government te scud
bems men te licilln te study it, with a view
te its introduction in Italy.
1'r.ictlcal.
Aeroiditigte the philosophers inery
thing hus two uses, a lower ami a higher.
Seme very common people find this out
for themselves, se far, at least, us the
practical application of it is concerned.
The daughter of the rector of a parish
in East Londen ever the lierder taught
the choir boys a new tunc at a Monday
evening'a rehearsal, te be sung en the
following Sunday. Sunday morning
came.
"Well, Johnny," said Miss X , "I
Iiek) j en haven't forgotten the new tune,
for we depend much cm you."
"Naw, muni, net a bit. I've beeu
a-skeering tliu crews with it all the
week." Youth's t'omnanlen.
An old nnd well jested goat who was
kept by a secret society for tise in initia
tions, was chewing the leg of a beet,
when a young kid came along and asked;
"Say, don't it make you awful tired te
have these duffers in the ledge ride you
se much?"
"Ne, net much. Yeu see, I get used
te it by degrees." Tc.as Sittings.
in k wl
ti 113 B -
11 II a n S
If ll'2pSi!L'S'
8. 18ft0.
H'
OOD-S SARSArAMLLA.
HOOD! SAMAPAJULLA
Is caremlly prepared from Sarraparllla, Dande
lion, Mandrake, Deck, Plpsliweira, Jnnlper Ber
rlea and ether well known and valuable vegeta
ble remedies, by J peculiar combination, pro
portion and process, giving te Ifoed's Hanapa
rllla curative properties net pemeaied by ether
medicine. IteffecU remarkable cures where
ethers fall.
HOOD'S SABSAPAULLA
In the best blend purifier befere the public. It
eradicates every Impurity, and cures Scrofula,
Halt Ilheum, Bells, t'lmples, all Humors, Dys
pepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Indiges
tion, General Debility, Catarrh, Rheumatism,
Kidney and Liver Complaints, overcomes that
tired feeling, creates an appetite und builds up
the system.
HOOD'S SABSAPAULLA
Has " n geed name at home." Huch has become
IU popularity In Lewell, Mass., where It is
made, that whole neighborhood are taking It
at the same time, Lewell drugglsU say they
sell mere of Heed's Hnrsaparllla than of all
ether sarsaparlllas or bleed purifiers. The same
success I extending all ever the country, as IU
real merit becomes known.
HOOD'S SAK8APABILLA
In peculiar In the confidence it gains among all
dome or people. Where It Is once used It be
comes a favorite remedy, and Is often adopted
n the standard medicine. De net be Induced te
buy ether preparations. Be sure te get Heed's
Hamapnrllla. Beld by all drugglsU. fl; six for
IS. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD A CO., Lewell,
Mass.
100 DOMES ONE DOLLATt (3)
lethttt0.
M
AHT1N Bitet.
That's the character we
maintain In every article
we sell. Prices will tell you
this story In a visit and we
allow no discount ns te qual
ity. We make "cheap "nnd
Geed
But Net
Dear.
"poed" run together like tbst Geed goods
sold cheap, Just new great reductions 011 Win
ter Hulls and OvercenU, all-wool and geed. (6 60,
17 80, IS nnd f 10. Men's Handsome Dress Over
coat, Cape Coats nnd Hterm Ceat, f 13, (IS, 118.
Heys' Overcoats, S3 and geed $3 50 all-wool at
$3. A Inrge choice and many styles. These
prices nre a third less tlian ceaU are worth.
Priced te sell nnd win buyers best expresses
what a geed Hull will cost you new.
Prince Albert Hulls, all-wool worsted, $15.
Geed business Hulls, (7, I and 0.
Heys' and Children's H11IU. a geed pick yet
and prices leaning your way, 12, U 50, 35, $0 50.
Percale Shirts and Waists
AT CUT I'ltlCES.
Men's BblrU, f 1 te 75c ; II 25 te tl ; tl 50 and
tl75tn12.'i.
Heys' l'ercnle WalsU, 00c te 42e ; 86c te 03e
II te Me.
These nre the " Htnr " make, and you knew
the" Htnr " trade-mark means character in the
get hIs.
The Custom Tailoring Department Is actively
making best fitting Trousers and handsome,
15, W, 57.
MARTIN BROS,
26 and 28 N. Queen St.
TMMENHE ItEDUCTIONH.
L. GANSMAN & BR0.
Great Annual
Trouser Sale.
UEAUT1FUL BTYI.K8 OK THOUHEHINOS
TO MEA8UHE.
A ClIlEAT DKAb LESH THAN tl A.I.F PIIICE.
This In without exception the Cheapest l.lne
of (IihmIs In the Piece we have ever known te he
ettered. All ileslrablekludsnf goedsand makes,
and although we call them half .price, many of
them have been marked down U less than one ene
tlilnt tl.clr original value.
TKOUNKKS TO OltUElt, ?.'l.e0.
TKOUSKIIS TO OltDKIt, f 1.00.
TKOUHKltS TO OKDKH, W.50.
TUOUSKKS TO OKDKH, fi.00.
Kle Hiindre Pairs of Treuserings, no two of
a kind Jeselect from.
Men's, Hey's nnd Children's HTORM OVKR
OOATHntHacrlllcliig Prices. They must mid
will go, ns unreasonable eiler will be infused.
Cull and sce them.
s
L. Gansman & Bre.,
Tailors and Manufacturers of Men's, Hey's aud
Children's Clothing (Exclusive.)
68 and 68 NORTH QUEEN BT
8. W. CORNER OF ORANOB. LANCASTER, FA.
O-Net connected with any ether Clothing
Heusuln the city.
i-Ile cautious and make no mistake se that
you tot te the rluht place.
fqriHHH A IIKOTIIKK.
TJie Tail End of Winter,
Which Is New Here, (serves as a (lentle H.
mlntlcr te Ven that We Have Yet Heme
HEAVY-WEIGHT
SUITS
-AND-
At prices which are se Interesting te every
one Unit they cannot titlerd te let tliu ilmiicu se
hyandniKs the yreut inducement which we
held out te them.
JIB-The I'ltlCES MAIUCEI) ill our ELEVEN
LA ltd K WlNDOWHnre n beim-llcv itu.iruiitce
teiiu of the Lew l'rlws which we utter. Yeu
will llml tlie same LOW 1'HICIM
IN
U.NDEHWKAll, GLOVES, HOSIERY,
HIIIKTH OK ALL KINDS, KNIT JACKETS
AND JERSEYS.
WORKING PANTS.
ONU PKICE
CLOTHING AND IT'KNISIUNU
HOUrtli,
North Qneen Street and Centre Square
LANCASTER. 1'A.
SUteviu'ua.
T UT1IEH H. KAUKFMAN,
ATTORN KY-AT-LAW.
Second fleer lCuhleman Law Building, Ne, 41
North Duke HUeeL aprt-lydftw
HSU & BROTHER,
'bear
-JWlfBTWAKB.
"fiBrW'"- "
Way.tJeSfcir:
Ph buMphta. tfSSmim,
llap.m. la.m.
4J9a.cn. tSauM.
!
JMallTimtr"
Nhvcara Kaprai
&noerAceem...T
ra Llnef.... "
vtebelsmbui
Tn a
Ml a.
j b
vaua. m.
via Columbia
11:0 a. bu
Via Celnmbla
M6a.
110 a.
M0 p. ta.
kivb. am,
! p. m.
IMp. M.
swp. m.
Jgp. aa.
:. m
Western ferSifT."
Umcaiter Aoeo!Il ZZ
4:50 p. aa.
t-JOp. m.
lWJp..
A?cUS'
Arrlva
. Leavf)
Laneaster..
SdBa. m.
litSswaa.
a.M
MO a. as.
J5,m.
MB a. aa.
Iba6a.ni.
liMp.ni.
8:36 p. m.
8 p. aa.
4:16 p. fa.
6:5p. m.
8)6 p. ra.
miia
ifneMterAece.
Uarrtsburg Bxpreaa
JcMtcrAccemZ
Atlantle Kxprel....
lUdelphlaAeeia,":
Henday Mall
JrKjpret Z
H""JburrAceote.M
Mall Ttataf.....,.
Frederick Accem..t
tftp.BB.
uswp. m.
JThe only trains which run daily.
chaS: asSBfg-a S-s-sr--
TU1LADEIJHIA A RKADINURAlLROAi.
RKADINQ A COLUMBIA DIVISION.
Ou and after Hnaday, Ner 10. am, tralM
ltVre Vf nawter (King street), aa follews:
Fer Beading and Intermedial points, wef
day;, TOO a. m 12J6, 3:48 p. m.; 8nnday,8a.
im, 3:&e p. m.
Fer Philadelphia, week days, 70 a. as., LM6.
3:48 p. m.j HunSayT 8:65 aSI '
FerNew Yerk via Philadelphia, week daya,
7:30 a. m., 13-JS, 8:48 p. m.
uFer New Yerk via Allentown, weak daya.
Fer Allentown, week days, 7J0 a. m., 8.-4
mj Bnnday, tM p. m.
Fer Pettayllle, week days, 7a. aa., IM p.
Bundav, 85 p. m. '
Fer Lebanon, week daya. 7.iM a. m., 1ZJ6, fcS
p.m.; Holiday, 8.06a. m, 8:65p.m.
535 p. m. ; Hunday, 8:05 a, m.
Fer liuarryvllle, week days, OaS a, BL, MO.
8.00p.m.; Hanflay, 5:10p.m.
TRAINS FOR LANCASTER.
Leave Rending, week days, 730, Ua. aa.,
V55 p. m. : Sunday. 730 a. m.j 8:10 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, week days, felt, IM6a
in., 4.-W p. m.
licave New Yerk via Philadelphia, weekday.
7:45 a.m.. 1SW, p. m. U!:i5 nlgliL
Leave New Yerk via Allentown, week daya
4.00 a. m.. 1:00 p. in.
Leave Allentown, week days, 8:63 a.m.; Ui
p.m.
Leave PetUvllle, week daya, 6:50 a. m., Ui
p.m.
Leave Lebanon, eek days, 7:13 a. m., UM
7:15 p. m. : Hunday, 75 a. m., 8:46 p. m.
Lea ve Uarrisburg, week days, 3B a, m. ; Bea
day, 6:50 a.m.
Leave Uuarry vllle, week days, 6:40, U:46 a. at..
3K ; Sunday, 7:10 a. m.
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut street wharf,
aud Seuth street w harf.
Fer Atlantic city, week days, expraaa,
va a. m. and 4KB p. m.; AoeeuunodaUoB,
70 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. ; Sunday, Express!
9.-00 a. m., Accommodation, 8.-00 a. m., kW
p.m.
Returning leave Atlantle City, depot earner,
Atlantic and Arkansas Avenues. Week days.
Express 7:30 a. m. and 4 p. m. Accom
modation, 8:05 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. Sunday
Exprees, 4 p. ra. Accommodation, 7:39 a, ra.
and 4:30 p. in.
Detailed time tables can be obtained at tick
etflces.
A.A.MCLEOD, C.Q.HANCOCK.
Vice Pres. A Oen'l M'gr. Oen'l Paaa'r AgU
LEBANON A LANCASTER JOINT LINE
RAILROAD.
Arrangement of Passenger Trains en and altar
BONttAY, Ne ember 10, 188V.
.jiia. ail
lajlbtar.
t:p.aa.
SS&S:
NORTHWARD. Bnnday.
ICaVO A. M, V. M. P. M. A. M, P. M.
King Street, Lane. 7.-O0 12:35 635 8-. 8:55
Jjincaster.... 7:07 12:4:1 6UI3 8:18 4KH
Columbia 12.35
Miinhetin 7:3.1 1:20 8.-01 8:46 4:38
Cornwall 7:S 1:48 8:28 8:17 6.-01
Arrive at
Lebanon 8:11 1:58 6:40 9:83 6:16
SOUTHWARD.
Leave a. m. r. m. p. m. a. m. p. m.
Ibanen 7:13 12:30 7.-15 7:55 8:tf
Cornwall 7:27 12:45 738 8:10 4.CO
Manhelm'. 7:58 1:16 7:53 8:40 4J0
Lancaster 837 1:53 8:18 9:13 te
Arrlve nt
Celumblu :27 2KB
King Street, Lnnc. 8i 2.00 835 90 HO
A. M. WI I.HON, Hunt. K. A C. Railroad.
B. W. NEFK. Supt, 0. K. R.
fjavbtttave.
H
ARDWARE I
HARD WAR El
If you wnnt te buy a
Heuse-Stire
OOTO
Marshall & Rengier's,
)AU BOUTll QUEEN E.T.
There you can get STOVES, TINWARE,
CEDARWARE, CUTLERY,
And a full line of
Heusefurnishing Goods.
Alse, a Full Stock of GENERAL HARD
WARE, and
PRIME NEW CL0VERSEED.
MARSHAIL&REU&IER
NOS. 9 A 11 SOUTH QUEEN STREET.
febS-lvd
JtfincB.
JUST RECEIVED
50 Cases Mere
OF-
29 East King Street,
H. E. SLAYMAKER, Agt.
ffiellcflca.
EIHCK COLLEGE.
OF BUSINESS
Short-Hand.
Recerd Uulldliig,
- 1117-018
CHESTNUT STREET,
I IMilladelphla, Pu.
Second, Third and
Fourth Floers.
Morning and Afternoon KoMdens every week
ll-c(Vl'lbuncliiy. Nlplit SeMlen, Monday,
1 "e-d.iy aud ThuriMlay Kvenlngn till April 1.
iilve buiulriMl nnii hlMy-iilnediJJjhtudenU
biktycr. lJirlv nii.lif-.illin neeeniiiry. Send
for enrolment blank.
Technical kneuliilge quulllylng for biulnesn
cuiMgviiici in. Kull lnslructleu for reunnerclul
and genenit hunlueKN vocations. AImj Hhort Hhert
llauduiidT))M).Wrllliig. A faculty of mere lliun a see ire of practical
men who lmy iiractlced whet they teach.
lloekkc-ciM-rmuitof ceiiutlug hnusenteuchliig
lHKikkecilug; Uweri tcuchlm; luwaud ljit..
nchs fenu : HiuveMfiil hlgli (.cIiikiI principal
teaching LnslUb hninches ; law reporters
U-actilng htiert-hutin ud tyH-wrillng, etc., etc.
' TliU Institution liiikim..,, exceptionally for fer
tu into In Ihehucci'Miif lu, kturtfuU wheliave
grailuiittil therefrem."
(dllce eiwii every week day during hiulneM
hi.un nnd nle en Monday, Tucsany (u ii,ur
day Evculngs for the Enrollment of St.itenU.
Announcements, etc., scut when rctttcd,
VUlters nlwnys welcome. Address,
THOMAS MAY PEIRCE, M. A.,
aueliMimMit Principal andFeuuder
Special Great
Western Wine Extra Dry
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