-rwrrwfi y-r - THE SORANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27. 189T. ; r1 ; ! A CASE OF CHOCOLATE CREAMS. Sir. George Wilson wns a rich man, who possessed the Rift of giving to nn unusual extent. One year, shortly be fore Christmas, his generosity took the direction of presenting diamond orna ments to several of his femnle rela tives. Ills wife did not object; she had ns many diamonds as any one woman could conveniently wear, and sense enough to think a fast tor giving hand some presents, If so'.ely confined to female relatives, very harmless In a husband who could well afford to In dulge It. The AVIlsons were a couple who had already given marriage a four years' trial, and found It a complete success. Mrs. iVIson took no credit to herself for being complaisant regarding the new phase of her husbnnd's generos ity. "I am only too glad to have George nmuso hlmBelf so Innocently," she said, in answer to a suggestion of her friend, .Miss Julia Brooke. "Think what men are! Lady upsiuro nun w "'"" -while the family diamonds arc worn cm the stage. Mrs. Klllot knows quite well where the pretty Mrs. Fane's new diamond star comes from. None of my husband's gifts cause me even a mo ment's uneasiness." "For all that, most women would ob ject to hnvlng such valuable presents given to their nieces by marriage, said Miss Hrooke. "I should have far more cause to ob ject to the present Geoige Is giving his sister." Mm, Wilson smiled placidly as phe spoke. "You don't mean to say he Is giving diamonds to Mrs. Raymond?" Mrs. Wilson nodded. "Why, 1 call that sending coals to Newcastle," exclaimed Miss Hrooke. "He is giving Maria the sweetest thing In diamond necklaces you ever suw! Hut don't you know that she lias no diamonds? Theio were none In the Raymond family, und her late bus band's principles prevented him buy ing any." Hut she could. If she cared for them, buy whole parures of diamonds for licr .self and never miss the money." "Yes. but It Is n matter of principle with her to adhere to Charles Ray mond's principles. Nothing would In duce her to buy even the tiniest piece of Jewelry for herself. George Is not satisfied that she should shine only with tho lustre of virtues; he wants her. In addition, to shine with dia monds like other women; .so he is giv ing her tills necklace, which, he says, being a present from him, she will feel herself bound to wear. 1 wish you could see It. Such a lieauty! "Ho ab solutely unique. George bought it from Smart, who warrants it to be the only one of the pattern in the Kingdom, or, possibly, in the world, so peculiar are the stones and the settings. I only saw it hv the merest accident." Mrs. Wilson explained that her hus band had a weakness for making his presents "surprises." He had sen nn opportunity for producing a great sen Mitlon and "surprise" in the family oy his gift to his ulster. Mrs. Wilson hud accidentally frustrated this Idea, as re garded herself, by going unexpectedly into her husband's study at a hit hour on the previous night. The carefully guarded secret had been revealed she had found Mr. Wilson bent over an open jewel cane, In which Hashing in the Inmp light, lay this curiously beau tiful necklace. "George got as great a start f.s if T had been a burglar, or as if he himself had been caught In felonious posses sion of the diamonds. He had thought that the whole household, Including me. were In bed, and fancied himself quite safe from Intrusion." "I wonder if Mrs. Raymond will wear the necklace," said Mrs. Hrooke. "George seems quite confident about it. She has 'views' about gifts which he puts his trust In. He pays, as a gift from him sh- will wear the neck lace, nnd, I add," laughed Mrs. Wil son, "like the necessity for so doing." In the afternoon Mrs. Wilson was anxious to accompany her husband to hlB sister's." "I would give anything to see Maria's face when the box Is opened," she said, "Do let me go with you." Hut Mr. Wilson would not hear of It, so fealful was he that anything might spoil the prepared effect of his "sur prise." "Well, mind you tell me all about the presentation this evening every detail," Mrs. Wilson said as he was set lng out. Mrs. Wilson was again disappointed, however; Mr. Wilson returned looking somewhat disconcerted, and had very little to tell. Mrs. Raymond, It ap peared, had not opened the box while he was with her. Shoitly after his ar rival other visitors had come In; they had stayed so long that Mr. Wilson was obliged to leave before them. "Did you tell Maria, or give any hint of what was in the box?" Mrs. Wil son Inquired. "To tell you the truth, I did not," Mr. Wilson acknowledge, rather shamefacedly. "It was stuold of me, I suppose; especially as I will have no opportunity of seeing her again until my return from Monte Carlo." "I cannot help you either In the way of a visit. My start northward Is only a few hours later than yours." "Oh, well. It does not matter. There Is always the post for communication." The sTifcJect of the necklace was dis missed, Mrs. Wilson being Just con scious that her husband naturally enough under the circumstances seemed a little put out about the way In which he had managed the affair. It was the Wilsons' habit to spend Christmas apart. Mr Wilson going abroad with a paity of men, nnd Mrs. Wilson to her parents in Yorkshire. Neither of them heard from Mrs. Ray- Most Torturing, Disfiguring, Humiliating Of Itching, burning, bleeding, scaly skin and scalp humors Is Instantly relieved by a warm bath with Cuticura Soap, a single application of Cuticura (oint ment), tho great skin cure, and a full dose of Cuticuua Resolvent, greatest of blood purifiers and humor oures. Kkmkdies speedily, permanently, and economically euro, whon all else falls. r-OTTii noo nn Citim. Cotr.. Snlt Prnp.. Brxtoi, J-' How to Cuit Ertry Skin d4 Illood II moor," Irtr. PIMDIV crfT" ruiii bmiimi m niYlrLl Jil., vvnuuiu sow. ' mticura mond before leaving town. A week Inter Mrs. .Ilson received a letter of Christmas greeting from her sister-in-law; but It contained not, a slnglo word about the necklace. Mr. Wilson, a few days afterward, wrote that ho also had received a letter, In which the same silence was observed. "I was evident ly wrong about Maria," he ndded. "My diamonds have wounded her feelings nnd offended her prejudices. She mcann to Teprove me by her silence on the subject of the Ill-judged present. We must accept tho reproof by remaining equally silent." Mrs. Wilson, with nn old-fashioned belief In manly wisdom, received her husband's dictum unqltestlonlngly, though It Btruck her thnt Mrs. Ray mond, In the case of such a munifi cent gift, was allowing wounded feel ings and prejudices to carry her very far. The Duke of Hroughton's ball was the great social event of the season In Yorkshire. A large party attended It from Mrs. Wilson's old home, she shining pre-eminent nmongst them In a perfect toilet nnd profusion of dia monds. As she swept from the cloak room across the great hall, a suuden cloud crossed her radiant, face. Her eyes had unexpectedly encountered those of the one woman in the world of whom she was jenlous, though she would not herself have owned to this feeling. A pretty, graceful girl still enveloped In her wraps. The Indies exchanged distant bows in passing. Gladys Spencer hnd been a friend of George Wilson all her life. The hus band's girl friends, especially when attractive, do not Invariably become those of tho wife. Mrs. Wilson's ac quaintance with. Miss Spencer had been deliberately slight since her mar riage; a fact of which George Wilson was well aware. The prick of luiiatlon without which she never saw Miss Spencer had passed away before Mrs. Wilson reached the ballroom. What matter if the irl was there, since George was not with in reach of her wiles? She hnd noon lost her. 'both from mind nnd sight, amidst the spa'ious splendors of tho ducal residence. It was nlrendy Into In tli 3 evening; Mrs. Wilson wns sit ting out after suppsr with her cousin Gllbeit Ives, when he suddenly in quired: "Have you seen Miss Gladys Spencer tonight. Edith?" T think so. What about her? You seem to think hpr a moet Intel esting sight, to Judge by the way In which you ask the question." "So she Is tonight, certainly." Mrs. Wilson raised her eye brows. ".My lear Gilbert isn't this enthusiasm something quite now on your part?" "Well, so Is Jts cause," "Mlsi Gladys Spencer! What do you mean? " "Oh! 1 say here she comes with with Lord Charles." Ives lowered his voice. "Look and see for yourself; look at the necklace." lira. Wilson, leaning Kick in h"i' chair, moved her fan and looked up with elaborate Indifference, With a sudden, sharp shock her face changed, her gaze grew fixed, all tho languor vanishing from her eyes and the color from her chocks and lips, once before she had seen such a necklace there wa3 no mistaking the unique setting nnd ar-angement of the brilliants, it was on the night wh:n she had sur prised her h'usband In his study. Just ns It had flashed before her eyes In his hauls, so was It now flashing at the girl's throat. A confusion of thoughts rushed through Mrs. Wilson's brain, beginning with the remem'branc of her husband's) assurace that ml other necklace '?xlsto:l in the kingdom like the ono then In his possession. Her slumbering jealousy leaped Into a sudden flame. It cost her n. strong effort to conceal her emotion from Gilbert Ives. She managed to say, with apparent Indifference, when Miss Spencer had passed on. "The necklace is Indeed very remark able. What is its history?" ''Well, It was never seen before to. night. That's Just what everyone Is talking about. It must have a hist ory an engagement, of course only no one has heard of it yjt. There must be a lover In the case." "A lover? You think so yes, of course, I understand." Ives did not re mark the queer catch In tho breath with which these queer Incoherent words were spoken. "Everything thnt Is most correct, of course, where the Irreproachable Miss Spencer Is concerned. But we want to know who he Is and when It Is to be." "Not quite yet, I should think," Mrs. Wilson said, with a sudden sharp laugh. "Let's go back to the ball room," she added, hastily Jumping up. her cousin's eyes being fixed on her In surprise. No sleep visited Mrs. Wilson's burn ing eyes all that night. Over and over again she told heiself It was madness to Jump at desperate conclusions; ov er and over again she recklessly Jumped at them. It was quite possible, notwithstanding Smart's assurance to tho contrary, that another necklace, exactly like the one sold to Mr. Wil son, did exist, but yet what a curious coincidence to find it in possession of Miss Spencer, of all women in the world! And then she had ne r been known to possess It until that night. These, however, were not the worst thoughts that haunted Mrs. Wilson's sleepless pillow. Certain dreadful memories would nssert tnemselves of her husband's looks nnd mnnner on the night when she had surprised him In his study; of the determined way In which he had refused to allow her to accompany him to Mrs. Raymond's, nnd the nwkwardness of his descrip tion of the visit and the presentation of the box containing the necklace. And, again, his letter from Monte Car lo enjoining silence with regard to the present. The terrible meaning which all these actions might possibly have was appalling. No wonder Mis. Wilson could not rest quiet with a mind dis traught by such direful suspicions. Pleading Important and unforeseen business, she left Yorkshire next morn ing. On arriving In town she at once sought out Mls3 Hrooke. The lady heard with sorrowful surprise Mrs, Wilson's explanation of her unexpect ed appearance. "I will explain more fully afterward. I want you at onco to do something for me, Julia. I cannot, for obvious reasons, do It myself. Will you go to Maria and find out diplomatically If she did get the necklace from George?" "I am confident that she did," Miss Hrooke said, soothingly, "You are ex citing yourself needlessly. Your eyes have deceived you; there Is a mistake somewhere," "Ob! If you can only prove that I urn mistaken,'.',, Mrs. , Wilson sold with a "I hope to do so very shortly, dear." Miss Hrooke embraced her friend, "Go homo now. I shall be with you im mediately nf ter seeing Mrs. Raymond." More thnn an hourof suspense pnssed by. Mrs. Wilson wns anxiously pacing up and down her room when Miss Hrooke came In. "Weill" Mrs. Wilson exclnlmed breathlessly, "have you seen Maria?" "Yes, I have had a long talk with Mrs. Raymond." "And you have bad news. I sec It In your face. Tell me at once, anything Is hotter than suspense. Has she the diamond necklace?" Miss Hrooke shook her head sadly. "She knew nothing about It. And though 1 was ever so diplomatic In ap proaching the subject, she was quite annoyed Insulted, even nt the merest suggestion of diamonds In connection with her." "I knew It! I was sure of It!" cried Mrs. Wilson, throwing herself on a sofa which stood near, and bursting Into a nnsslon of tears. It was some time before she could tell the story of the occurrence at the Hroughton ball to Miss Hrooke. At last It was told, with many fnlterlngs and emotional Interruptions, followed by the terrible narration of all the cir cumstances In connection with the necklace which seemed to tell against Mr, Wilson 4n such a deadly way. Miss Hrooke could not but admit that the evidence wns very damning. It might have astonished her, ns nn experienced woman of the world, to discover a saint amongst the husbands of her friends, but no so tho contrary case. Her at tempts at consolation were very feeble: unconvinced nnd unconvincing. Mrs. Wilson cut them short. "There Is no good In pretence, Julia. The whole thing is clear as day. I was a fool, but I am not going to be one any longer. Oh! tho horrible ingenuity of the scheme! I was! And to think that George did all. How I fell Into every trap set for me! Why did not the let ter from Monte Carlo, enjoining silence about the necklace, make me suspect nothing! Fool, fool, fool that this to deceive me! Oh, Julia, my heart is broken." After a fresh outburst of despairing sobs n revulsion of feeling came. Mrs. Wilson's tiars were checked; Indigna tion and anger began to rise within her. The nineteenth century produces few wives of the patient Giiseldn type perhaps no century did, but only the poet's Imagination. Mrs. Wilson was not disposed to bow her head meekly before her husbnnd's ill treatment of her. Miss Hrooke found her powers taxed to 'he utmost in moderating the outraged wife's desire to separate from her husband at once, not to remain an other night under his roof. "I don't, care If every one knows," she cried, recklessly. "1 want every one to know. The sooner that shame less woman Is exposed the better. The irreproachable Miss Spencer!" Tho wicked hyproerlto! She shall soon be unmnsked before thu whole world'.' Finally, after great persuasion. Mrs. Wilson ngrred to talk the matter over with Mrs. Raymond, and to write anil ask Mr. Wilson for an explanation be fore doing anything. She forthwith snt down nnd dashed oft a hasty and ve hement letter to her husband; the visit to Mrs. Raymond sh" nut off to an early hour tho next morning. Tho change in Mrs. Wilson's iipptur ance, the distressed state In which she pre tented herself to her sister-in-law, after another night of misery, shocked nnd surprised that lady. On hearing the story she was appalled. "He did visit mo that afternoon," she exclaimed. "And now I know the meaning of that box of chocolate creams!" , "Chocolate creams?" "Yes, ho gave me a box of .swvets, although he knew, or ought to have known, thnt Sir Gordon Jones had strictly forbidden all saccharine In my diet." The memory of the Insult, to her sensibility as an invalid oik a diet, moused fresh Indignation In Mrs. Ray monds breast, "Could, -Ire lia.ve made a mistake? Did ho confuse the packages and mean to give tile bonbons to that glti?" The sudden hope which hnd seized Mrs. Wilson wns soon dispelled by Mrs. Raymond. "I'nfortunntely. there was no mis take. He told me himself that they were chocolate creams. I was greatly wounded, even ungry, with George; but I had no opportunity of express ing my feelings, as several visitors came In Just at the moment. I did not seo him alone afterwards. You nre quite certain that the girl has the necklace you saw with George that it is the same?" Absolutely certain. Had you ever scon It you would know that thero could lx no mistake. Reside, is it not a perfect certainty that you have not got It? Mrs. Ituymoiul 'shook her head sadly. "It Is dreadful business! And I al ways thought that gill so superior; so nice and good." "I never did," said Mrs. Wilson vicious ly. "I always knew well what she really was. Kvery one else will soon know a'.-".'' . " Srs. Wilson's letter to her husband was promptly answered by a telegram "Yours Just received. Quite unalita to understand It. Am leaving by next train, l'vpeet me tomorrow night." Tho Interview between the husband and wlfo took place In the latter's bou doir. Mr. Wilson, on ruthlng into tho room, still In his traveling dress, had been motioned back ns he advanced toward His wife. "What hos happened? What Is It?" he exclaimed, in deep alarm. "Edith, dar ling, tell me at once?" "There Is no longer any need for act ing." Mrs. Wilson's voice was cold and hard, like herpa'.e face. "I saw the neck luce, as I told you, on thai woman." "Your letter was Incomprehensible. I am utterly In the dark. What necklace? What woman? "The 'surprise' necklace you gave Ma ria." Mrs. Wilson smiled scornfully. 'I had tho pleasure of seeing it on Miss Spencer. The brazen creature dared to flaunt it before my eyes at the Hrough ton ball. Now, are you still in the dark?" "Absolutely! I'ttorly!" "What hcartlessness! What acting! Hut you will never again succeed In, deceiv ing me." "You will succeed in driving me mad," Mr. Wilton exclaimed. "If Murla gavo away tho necklace what d l bad tatte but what have I to do with the matter?" Mrs. Wilson's oyea flashed. "I have told you how useless it is to talk !lke that any more," sho cried. "You know very well that Maria could not have given away the necklace, because sho never got It. Do you suppose thnt I have not been with Maria? Do you think I have been foolish enouh to maintain the bilenco you recommended?" Mr. Wilson uttered a shurp exclamation. "Maria said that sho never got tho neck lace? You asked the question plainly?" "Yes," answered Mrs. Wilson with de fiant wrath "And Bhe replied plainly also. You cannot pretend to misunderstand any longer." "Idiot that I was." Mr. Wilson clapped his hand to his forehead, a tudden change jxassed over ms rate. After a moment s pause, without another word, he turned ubruptly and left the room. Mrs. Wilson In the confusion of her emotions was hardly awaro of what had happened un til she hoard the hall door slammed. Then sho understood that 'he wu gone. The dark hour had come; his Might was the ac knowledgment of guilt, The Cycle World I mi CoefP-sIoini Over the Birth dtf-tlie Colombia Chataless iiicyde aed Its Priee$ogo Now on ExtoiMtirat at 243 Wyoming Avenue. The 1S9S Columbia Chalnless Hlcyclo made Its first appearance In Scranton on the evening of Oct. 22, and since thnt time it has been examined nnd In spected by thousands of bicycle riders nnd mechanical experts. Messrs. Kcllum & Conrad, who rep resent the Columbia In this city, have given the wheel a very thorough test Laud nre more than pleased with Its ap pearance nnd mechanical construction. Several prominent riders of the city have ridden the machine and all pro nounce It a marvelous wheel. For sev eral years the Hope Manufacturing company have been experimenting with chalnless bicycles and have spent nearly a half million dollars to bring Mr. Wilson's Might, however, had ex tended no further than to his sister's house, where he precipitated himself Into her presence, .ind began Impetuously, without greeting of any kind: "What ilM you do with the chocolate creams that I gave you at Christmas, Maria 7" "Good gracious, Geornc!" she gasped in amazimctit, "how you ha.ve alarmed me! What do you mean? Where have you rorao from? I did not know y(oti were In town. Have you si en Edith? "Yes, yes. Hut that box?" What did you do with It?" "It matters very little what I have done with It," Mrs. Raymond said, collecting herself, and speaking wltn much severity. "It matters a great deal. Did you give away my present to you?" "Present to mi. Indeed! C'hocolalo creams! Arc you trying to create a diver sion from your own misconduct through means of thee silly bonbons?" "They wero nut silly. 1 wa. Hut you did give them away?" ".Most iirtalnly!" Mrs. Raymond said, sternly. "I am on a strict diet, ns you might have known, had jou taken any in terest In me as I thought ou did know. Why should I have kept chocolate cream? You gave them from no good motive." "I did not glvo them at all. They wero not choculote creams not sweets of any kind." groaned Mr. Wilson. Mrs. Raymond atari it at him lit sur prise. Had his mind gone? Why wns he looking so strange, so loullsh? "They were diamonds," lie went on. "The necklace was In that box." "Good gracious!" exclaimed Mrs. Ray mond, with a start. "I took out the benbons and put in tho necklace instead. In older to gie you , surprise," explained Mr. Wilson. Again Mrs. Raymond uttered an excla mation of amazement. "And you never told me!" she went on when the surrlse allowed her to speak. "And I gave away tho box! 1 did not even remember to whom, such a crowd of young people visited me that evening. Only now does It como back to my mind that it was to Gladys Spencer I chanced to give it. I wi.s v?ry sore on the subject nt the time; I charged her not to thunk me, and never again to allude to the box or its contents. You were idiotic, Gcoige," she ended, with emphatic candor. Mr. Wilson Old not dls-puto tho point. He never again gave u. "surprise" present, London Truth. ON TO VICTORY. Every Indication points to a rousing Republican victory for tho entire ticket next Tuesday. The party's lighting blood Is up at last and that portends a Waterloo for tho enemy. Hut no Individual Republican should relax his efforts. This is tho chance of u llfo tlmo to rivet and clinch Re publican supremacy 1n onco Demo cratic Lackawanna. iiotiils in cunr.cK. Not (Julie As Simple us tho Tub of tho liiilc Diogenes. In Greece, writes Professor Glider sleeve In tho Atlantic Monthly, the ho tels of the Interior follow one general type the Italian. There Is no common sitting room. Why should thero be? There Is no ofllce, but that does not seem to Interfere with the presentation of the bills. The ground floor is given up to a cafe or restaurant. If the Inn keeper goes Into that line of business. Very often, however, the master of tho Apollo has only rooms to let. Tho sleeping apartments on the floor above nre often approached by an outside stairway, and, as Is to bo expected In a southern climate, they are scantily furnished. Overfurnlshlng Is a vice anywhere. Under a southern sky It Is a crime of which the Greeks are not guilty. There Is usually a mirror, though that tribute of human vanity Is some times lacking, and, like the Turk, the solitary Turkish towel bears no brother near his throne. The bedstead Is in variably of Iron. As In primitive United States within my memory, single rooms are rare. Two, three, four, Ave beds are put In ono room, or strung along the corridors, A fastid ious person who desires to occupy a room nlone has to pay for all the beds therein. In some places special charges are made for sleeping In the daytime, and there Is a fixed rate for sleeping on i the floor. ' to STORIES OF THE DAY. Finally round n Place lie Could Snfely V.it. He was n stranger In Washington, maybe an otllce-seeker, but evidently a stranger. A good friend had him in tow and was showing him all the sights of the town. Thev were on Pennsyl vania n.venuo, snys the Post, just across from the White House, and the kind friend was using his umbrella very much as the village school-master uses a pointer to denote the figures In an example upon the blackboard. The umbrella turned In tho air like a weather vane, and was indicating the White House when tho friend said: "Now, that Is the White House, where President McKlnley lives." "So that's the White House, Is It?" That's where McKlnley lives, eh?" "That's the very place." "Well, I swan!" The umbrella swayed around to the north. "See that church over there? That's where the big people worship." "Does McKlnley go there?" "No." "Well, I don't want to see It then." The umbrella swerved around to the north ;ast. "See that big building there? That's one of the finest theatres In Washing ton." "Does McKlnley go there?" "Can't say that he does." "Well. I don't believe I care to, nuther." "Now that hotel up there has one of the finest bars you ever saw. Like to go there?" "Docs " "Nup." "Well, I don't believe I'd like to Hold on a minute didn't you ask mo to go there with you?" "I did." "On second thought I accept your In vitation. Hut as for these other places," with a comprehensive sweep of his hand, "I hope they won't insist upon my patronage, for I shall feel en jolnel to refuse It." McKlnley on Horso Hack. President McKlnley Is now riding a white horse, and If he would wear a cocked hat he would look very much tike Napoleon, says Curtis In the Chi cago Record, but he insists upon wear ing n silk hat and a frock coat made of black broadcloth, which glvo him a clerical Instead of a military appear ance. Ho sits a horse well and handles his bridle gracefully, but everybody who pretends to know vh'at Is what thinks ho ought to change his cos tume. General Miles, who goes out with him every day, wears what the English call a hunting coat, with a black slouch hat, and rides a handsome black charger, very suitable to the gen eral of the army. No man in tho world looks better on horsebaok than General Miles. When he went out yesterday afternoon the president nnd General Miles rode side by side, while behind them came Secretary Porter, Captain Mlchlar of General Miles' Htaff, and "Cousin" Osborne, who seemed to be having a pretty good time. Why Ho Tit on Iloth Sides. "I met a number of queer charac ters whllo in North Carolina a few years since," said a lady who h'ad trav eled to a writer for tho New Orleans Times-Democrat, "but I think of them all, an aged woman, osslbly of XO win ters and summers, who lived In the country bvways, exceeded the rest In point of Interest. I was nsklng her one day about the war, and during the con versation Inquired as to tho side lur sympathies had led her support. 'Wall now,' she said, 'there's my son Rellley. He was Just 'bout like all tho balance. Ho went Into the war and fit and lit, until his cloth ss were worn out; he starved most of the time, and when he got paid it wuz In money that wouldn't but nothln'. So Rellley got tired of that, and so ho Jlned the other party, and when ho got plenty to eat nnd wear and 17 a month In money that wuz I about tho desired results, and ns In j former years no Columbia bicycle waB (placed on exhibition until nit parts were thoroughly tested nnd Inspected nnd thnt In purchasing one of the 1898 Co i lumbla. Chalnless Hlcycles no rider needs to fear as to the result, and that In the Columbia Chalnless tho Pope Manufacturing Company have pro duaed a practically perfect wheel.. Tho Columbia Chalnless Is the last and highest form of bicycle development. It marks the utmost possibility of ex cellence nnd completeness under pres ent conditions that nre likely' to arise. Some o Its points of superiority over a chain driven wheel: It will go faster nnd further with less affort. It Is much easier to keep clean Kvery motion is good nnrwhar, he kinder concluded to stay thar, and thnr he stayed until tho lighting wuz all over.' " The Kicliapoo's Compliment. Cornelius N. Hlls.i, our portly secre tary of the Interior, the other day gave an audience to a band of Klckano In dians. He rerelved the aborigines, says the New York Sun correspondent, as If he were presiding at a meeting of tho New York Chamber of Commerce, After tho Interview the boss Indian held up his right hand horizontally on an exact level with Mr. PUss's stature. "Heap little high," he grunted, him self towering a head above the secre tary. Then the Indian place both' of his ouen hands nt a distance of about half a foot from tho 'ddes of his head: "Hut hi vu skookum heap big hero!" he finished, pointing to his head. The scretaiy of the Interior positively blushed at the bnrlxuian's compliment. Little Champ Clark. Little Charm Clark, of Missouri, Is a chip of the old block. He Is a beauti ful child, about 5 years old, as bright as a dollar, and almost as quick at re partee, says the New York Sun, as hla noted father. "What are you Democrats going to do now?" asked one of tho clerks yes terday, when little Champ came In. ".McKlnley is running things, and you folks will have to put up with It, wheth er you like Jt or not." The little fellow Jumped upon a chair and swung his arms aloft In the nttl tuda which his father assumes when most In earnest. "Wo Democrats," piped up his llttlo voice, "will not be responsible for any of McKlnley's acts," Spender Keed Knew Hotter. W. K Curtis tells the following In his Washington letter to the Chicago Record: Representative Fleming, of Georgia, made an e'fort on the floor yesterday to show that an appeal from tho speakers decision was a debatable question. Mr. Reed said that it was not. After the adjournment. Mr. Flem ing went to the sneaker with a little book. It was entitled, "Reed's Parlia mentary Rules." In It was a paragraph which showed that the appeal could be debated. "What do you say to that." asked Mr. Fleming, triumphantly "I see it," drawled Mr Reed, ns he cast his eje over the paragraph in his book, "but. Mr. Fleming, that book Is wrong." Carlisle on tho Road to Riches. William E. Curtis, In his Washington letter to the Chicago Record, says: "Ex-Secretary Carlisle has returned tho retainer he accepted from the 'ship pers' In the Chicago lake front case, and thus surrendered a fee of J10.000. He has. examined the case, and has de decided that ho does not care to have anything to do with It. This is n great disappointment to his clients, who ex pected him to be the star performer In future litigation. The fea they offered him was $?.00O more than he ever re ceived for a year'n labor, and Involved comparatively llttlo time and work, but, from what Mr. Carlisle's friends say, $10,000 fees are a common thing with him now. They relate most as loiiishlng stories about the extent of his professional engagements, nnd say thnt they will brlmr lilm In at least $100,000 during the present year. Ho has accepted a large fee from J, Pler pont Morgan, and will look after all the legal business of tho house of Mor gan & Co , In tho southern states. He has made an engagement with the Southern Railway company to serve It In a similar capacity, and his friends inform me that ho will be compelled to employ several assistants and main tain oillces both at Washington and New York." Providing n Cure, "I've cured our next-door neighbor of borrowing our lawn mower." "How did you urrange It?" "Every time he did it I sent over and borrowed his bicycle." Chicago Record. positive no back lash. It has no links or teeth to catch things. Its driving mechanism Is nlwnys thoroughly lubri cated. Its motive parts are not nf fected by the weather by rain, sleet, mud or dust. Its bevel gear Improves with use.whllo a chain deteriorates from tho first. It paves repair money, work anil worry nnd Increases tho safety nnd delight of cycling. It removes tho one serious source of danger that every bicycler realizes, nnd substitutes confidence for dread, Tho weak part of a chain and sprocket bicycle Is the chain. Tho bevel gear of a Columbia Chalnlcs.i will outlast any Important part of tho" machine. WE MUST APOLOGIZE. Owing to tho Great Rush Hundreds ot People Turned Awny--An Extru Force of Experienced Salesmen Put to Work nt thd Chicago Combina tion Clothing Snlc, 211 Washington Avenuc--Tho Largest Snlo ou Record. Wo must niologizo and ask the publlo to ho Indulgent with us as there wero hundreds of people we could not wait on owing to the big rush. Wo havo hired additional experienced salesmen to our already large force nnd are now rendy to meet the demands with prompt service. We exceedingly vegret that so many who have visited .this side could not bo waited on but wo will more than make up for It again with our high grade clothing and these ruinously low prices. Union Casslmere, Single and Double Breasted Sack, regular price $9.00, now" $2.00. Roys' Knee Pants at 9c, slzea 3 to 14 years. Men's Serviceable Spring and Fall Overcoats, worth $11.00, for $3.10. Fino Silk and Satin Lined Fall and Winter Overcoats, worth S1S.00 to $3S.OO, for 6.20 and $12.35. Storm Overcoats fop from $3.00 to $8.00. They are .vorth $9.00 at least. Men's Medium Weight Over coats, in Meltons and Kerseys, all shades, worth from $12.00 to $26.00. now $.'.20 to $9.70. Prince Albert Suits in Clay, Worsted and Corkscrew, wcrth, $23.00, now $9.75. All the iipw nnd nob by Patterns, Single nnd Double-breasted. Good School Suits, worth $2.00, now 87 cents. Nobby Dress Suits, worth! $3.00, now $1.18. Fine Dress Suits In Funcy Cassimeres and Worsteds, worth) from $4.00 to $9.S0, now $1.S5 to $3.25. Odd Coats, Odd Pants and Odd Vests will tie almost given away. Children's Blue Pilot and Chlnchllll Reofers.worth from $400 to $6.00, now from $1.75 to $2.75. Children's Cape Overcoats, worth from $2.00 to $6.00, now during this sala from C9c. to $2.50. Hats worth $3.50, now 75c. Hoys' Hats worth $1.50, now 15c. Bicycle Hose, worth $1.00, now 25c. Collars.Cuffs, Driving Gloves, Neckties, Handkerchiefs, all kinds of Shirts and Underwear. Silk Suspenders, worth 50c. and 75c, now 9c. Overalls, worth) 75c, now 37c. Chicago Combination Clothing Co., 211 Washington avnue. A WITTY CONGRESSMAN. Dr. William Everett, of Mnssachu setts, Is Somewhat ol a Humorist. Dr. William Everett, the Natlonnl Democratic candidate for Governor oC Massachusetts, Is somewhat of a wit. While In Congress Everett was noted for his witty and somewhat pedantic speeches, snys the Chicago Record. IC was he who used the expression "do posit In a cavity," Instead of tho slang "put in hole," which has become a current Jest. Ho prided himself on his grammar and pronunciation, and created much nmusement one day by rising and excitedly demanding that the Journal of the house be corrected, where It quoted him as using an un prammatical sentence. He was really Indignant, and the House smiled broad ly, but niado the correction. It is also related of him that he pronounced the word "octopus" on tho second syllable In ono of his Congressional speeches nnd was called to order a few minuted later by a mischievous Republican who wanted cither Dr. Everltt or tho dictionary corrected. Everltt was at first disposed to resent the correction, but at length gave in, remarking that the correct pronunciation of the WQrd was really "devil fish," In which nil agreed. A POLITICAL POINTER- If you Indorso the free trnde and troo silver Chicago platform aa the Lacka wanna Democracy does, "fully and without reserve," then work and voth for Bchadt, Horn, et. al. It you be lieve In McIUnley.prottotton nnd pros' perlty, turn these agents of Hryau down. y . r" s ,
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