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TIIE S0RANT03ST TRIBUTE -THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 189T.
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I CHRISTMAS ON
FRANK CHAFFEE, In the Magazine
of Tranel. fr
tt Is tlio twlllRlit time of tli'u luminal,
gladdest, most hurried day In nil tin
yenr tlio day licforo Cht'lxtinap. The
scene Ih tlio draml Central depot, that
orhil thratiRh which. In tlio iiioniliitr.
pour tlio countless thousands who nro
ns tlio panels nf tlio shore In the midst
ot the Ri-eat city; throUKli wlilrh nt
nltrht those countless thousands depart,
unci the city Knows not that they hnvo
Kcrtio. On this evening the crowd Ih a
Blad and a merry one, and though
(here Ih much' nushlnt; and Jostllnir,
every one la good-natured, nud onrh
has n pleasant word for another: for,
indeed, la not this the ec of irlndni-ss?
that cladness which is the touch of
nature making the whole world kin. In
the waitliiK-rooin of that road which
leads to Chicago, on the edso of the
crowd forcing Its way through the nar
row gateway leading to the Limited
train, la a little ladv, who, to a keen
eyed observer, shows n notalile lack of
the holiday atmosphere. She la fault
lessly tullor-madc as to garbing, sho la
gloved and booted and hatted In the
most exactly cotrcct of the smartj
styles; and sho carries a small handbag-
which' looks as assured and as self
contained as does the little lady her
self. She waits until she cm pass tlio
gate without being crowded, then shows
her ticket, walks through, finds her
car, hands her little bag to the porter,
raying, "Section number nine," and la
presently comfortably seated facing tlio
engine. Altogether a very well-regulated
and systematic little lady, but
evidently a ilttle lady who either dot-H
not know It Is Christmas Kve. or, know
ing, Is for some reason trying to forget
Jt. As the tialn moves out of the
great depot, and the Ilttle lady watches
tlie lights Hashing inpldly by, two
great tears cieep out of her beautiful
eyes and slcnin for a moment on tho
veil that falls from the jaunty travelling-lint.
Soon dinner Is announced In
the dining car. and the little lady walks
calmly through the train, eats her din
ner, then as cnlmy returns to her place.
As the porter passes, she glances at tlio
unoccupied section opposite and ln
cjulres pleasantly, "I'orter, Is number
ten not taken'.'" "Reserved for a par
ly at Albany, miss," 4s the reply. Then
I may sit there for n. while and watch
the river," says the little lady, and sho
takes the seat by the window and looks
out across the Hudson, and watches
the lights coming out one by one along
the Palisades. After a time she re
turns to her own place, takes a novel
from her satchel and settles herself to
its perusal, but by and by sho discov
ers that it Is all about a husband and
wife who have become estranged, nnd
then make It all up and live happy
evermore, and the little lady signifies
her disapproval by closing tho book
with a vicious bang, and saying, after
a moment's thought, "Never!" Sho
then called the porter nnd had her sec
tion pivpared for the night. Ere long
sho had dilftcd to that land where
dreams take possession of us, and
whether sho would or not her dreams
were all about a tall, dark man with
merry eves, which could look severe,
nnd with a pleasant voice which called
her Kdith; and all through the dream
was a little dog, a Rkyo terrier, for
which she did not seem to care at all,
but w hich seemed to have a great deal
to do with everything and then a
pleasant voice said briskly, "I'orter, la
number ten ready?" and the volco
somehow seemed to 20 with the tall,
dark man In the dream, and she half
woke wJth a dry little sob, and mur
mured sleepily, "Never!" and went
back to her dreams until the sunshine
of Christmas morning came through
the curtains, and brought her again to
the world of real things. As sho emerg
ed from her seclusion to complete her
t lift, she discovered that the opposite
section had been mo.da.up and the oc
cupant had departed, probably to ;he
smoking compartment. A dress-suit
case and n travelling-coat were lying
on the eat; ns her eye was caught by
the Initials on tho dress-suit bos her
heart seemed to stand still: then she
lxiked hastily at the coat, and gasped",
"It Is l'hlllp;" then, becoming con
scious of her dishevelled condition, she
made a frantic rush for tho end of the
car, When she appeared again she
was as fresh and blooming as a rose.
Her section meanwhile had been made
up, and she settled herself comfortnbly
nnd gazed out nt the beautiful, snow
louclied country through which tho
train was hurrying, nnd In her eyes
was a look of expectancy. Presently
she turned, to Unci a tall, dark man
coming down the aisle towards her, and
then she heard n voice with a wealth
of love In Its tones say, "Edith," and
the voice was that of tho tall, dark
man In her dream. Then the pretty
face hardened and the bright eyes grew
cold nnd the Ilttle head lifted haughti
ly ?s she said, "Sir, vou have made a
mlHtnke."
The tall man paused a moment, look
ing down nt the averted face, and then
said, softly. "Edith, will you not come
to breakfast with me nnct talk It over?"
"Certainly not," wns tho renly, In
frosty tones; "I prefer to breakfast
alone," and with that she rose, and
stalked past him directly away from
the dining car. It was humiliating to
lie obliged to retrace her steps and
pass him again, but she did It bravely,
trying not to see that he sat with hla
head pressed close against tho window.
When, after breakfast, she returned to
her seat, her neighbor was not to bo
eeen.
The great train rolled on, and the
car wheels whirred and sung their
Christmas carol, but to the little lady
in section nine they brought no thought
of "peace on earth, good will toward
men." Sho had takm another book
Itching, Irritated, icaly.cruited Sclp, rir, thin,
and falling lUIr, cleanied, purified, and beautl.
fled by warm ataatnpooi with Ccjticcr, Soj,
and occasional dressings of Cuticubi, purtit of
emollient, the grcatcit ikln curn.
enra
Treatment will produce a clean, healthy scalp
with lnmrlant, lnitroui hair, when alt elie falU.
oMthrnnhnsllh vorli. roTralDll'OilD Citiu.
Ciiar,lnU Prop,., Uoilon.
or-'Mlow to pio4oct I.umrlint Uiir," miHtd fret.
SKINS ON FIRTnTcV.V'.i.illJ.'ii"1
THE LIMITED.
from her satchel, nnd appeared greatly
abForbed In It. A very dear old lady
In tho pectlon back ot her had been
wntchlng all the proceedings, and no's,
glancing over tho shoulder ot the little
lady, she noted that the leaves of the
book wero never turned, and she said
to herself, with a kindly smile, "Poor
children! a lover's quarrel." Soon the
book boy camo through the train with
hi? nrmful of books; he paused at sec
tion nine, and laid a volume ot poems
on the scat beside the little lady, as he
sold, "The gentleman in the smoker
said I wns to hand this to you, ma'um."
Edith glanced nt the 'book, then out
of the window for a moment, then
again at the book. She saw that a
leaf was turned down, and her hand
went slowly out towards the little vol
ume, and the very dear old lady In the
next seat looked on and smiled. Edith
turned to the Indicated page, and
found a verse marked, it was part of
a poem that the pleasant voice of the
tall, dark man hail many times read to
her, nnd now It oamo to her as n mes
sage, and this wns the message;
"Alns, how easily things go wrong;
A word unsung in a lover's sung,
There ciomes a mist anil a blinding rain,
And life Is never the same iiruIii.
"Alas, how herdly things go rlnlit!
A storm may come ip :v summer night,
The stars will fade hi tlio Bloom away.
And the summer's night Is a winter's
day."
She read the verse softly through, and
as tho book dropped to her lap, she
saw something wns written on the fly
leaf; turning to It. she read; "Edith,
from Philip, Merry Christmas;" wi it
ten In the strong, manly hand that had
written her so many words of love,
if Philip could have come to her then
nil would have been well; but such' Is
tho perverseness of fate, we do not
know when to "come back nnd lie for
given," and In the smoking compart
ment Philip sat, glowering out of the.
window, twisting his mustache fiercely,
and saying to himself:
"Poor little girl, sho la awfully hard
with me. and nil about a beggarly dog;
Confound the beast, anyway, I always
did lililo little dogs!"
And the ear wheels still whlired and
sung, and all their song was "Peace
on earth:"' and at every station the
passengers leaving the train, laden with
their pleasant-looking parcels, were
met nnd greeted by those who needed
them to complete their Christmas cir
cle, and the train hands were greeted
by their friends in passing, nnd every
one was h'appy, and full of holiday
cheer, save only tho little lady In sec
tion number nine, and the tall, dark
man In the smoking compartment.
Philip made another effort at luncheon
time; he came slowly down the aisle,
and said: "Edith, shall I get you some
luncheon?" The little lady, seeing him
approaching, had seized her novel, and,
in response to his question, glanced
coldly up from Its pages, just long
enough to my, with extreme frostlness.
"Thank you, no,"
l'hlllp noticed the book of poems on
the seat, apparently untouched; but ho
gained some trifling comfort from nlso
noting that the novel In Edith's hand
was upside down. He returned onco
more to the smoker, and Edith, throw
ing her novel pettishly down, sat gaz
ing out of tho window. Presently she
had the porter bring her a cup of tea,
and, just as she had finished It, she felt
a light touch on her shoulder, as a
sweet voice said: "My dear, don't you
want to come and talk to a tired old
lady?"
After they had chatted nwhlle the
very dear old lady said: "I have been
watching you all day, my little girl,
and you must l'ardon an old lady It she
ask? you some questions. Is the tall
young man your lover?"
"No," said Edith, "I am sorry to say
he Is my husband. "
"Sorry!" said the old lady, "oh, no.
my dear, not that; nnd I am sure he Is
still your lover as well as your hus
band; don't you want to, tell the old
lady all about It? I have had a lot of
experience, and perhapa I can help
you."
Edith looked into the very dear old
face for a moment, and then said:
"Oh, thank you so much; yes, I will
tell you; but It Is too late to help us;
I can never forgive Philip."
And then sho told to this sympa
thetic listener the whole story: of her
marriage six months before, of her dear
little home In New York, of her happy
life with Philip until and hero sho
paused, with a slightly shamefaced
expression--well, until she had one day
spent an absurd sum for a fancy ter
rier. Philip had objected, half laugh
ingly, half seriously; then things com
menced to go awry; the little dog car
lied off Philip's slippers, chewed up his
razor strap, knocked his sill; hat about
the floor, and had done a thousand
other nnnoying little things; and every
time anything happened Philip was
disagreeable, and Edith had retorted,
and so the lit tie rift In the lute wid
ened. Then there camo a day and
here tho eyes of the little lady flashed
when Philip, In a burst of temper,
had said: "Edith, either that dog
leaves this house, or I do;" and Edith
had In a line temper, nlso answered:
"Do ns you please; D'andy shall not
go;" and Philip had packed a satchel
nnd left, and all that was a week ago.
Edith had waited two days, becoming
more alarmed and less bad-tempered
all the time, and had then paid a visit
to a cousin In Hrooklyn, where she re
mained until deciding to go, on the
day before Christmas, to her mother,
In Chicago. What Edith could not tell,
because sho did not know It. was thut
Philip, after three miserable days at a
hotel, had returned, penitent nnd lov
ing, to tho little apartment, to find
Edith gone, Ihn servant gone, oven the
wretched ilttle cnuse of all the trouble
gone, and not a word of any sort for
him. lie had gono back to the hotel;
ho spent several days arranging busi
ness matters, then went to Albany to
consult his married sister, who said:
"Edith har probably gone homo to Chi
cago; 1 would go there at once." And
that was how both Edith and Philip
happened to bo pns-sengsrs on the Lim
ited of Christmas Eve.
Tlio very dear old lady listened with
out comment, nntll Edith had finished,
then she laughed a merry little laugh
ns she h'eld, "And so It was all about ft
little dog; what avery Inadequate causo
for so much trouble! Hy the wny, my
dear, what djd you do with tho dog?"
Tho corners of the pretty mouth
twitched a little as Edith said, "I gavo
It to my cousin In Urooklyn." Edith
nnd tho very dear old lady looked at
each other a moment, then they laugh
ed together, until the tears Blood in
their eyes, and Edith hastened to say,
"You see, It wasn't tho dog entirely, It
wns tins principle I wns thinking of."
"Nonsense," said tho old lady, "you
thought of nothing but having your
own way: and, from my point of view,
you will be a very lucky young person
If that fine-looking, manly Philip will
take you back nt nny price. Think of
weighing n miserable little dog in tho
balnnce against tho love of such a man!
why, my dear, I could shake you."
"Hut," faltered Edith, "do you think
a woman should give up everything to
her husband'."'
"Certainly not," said the old lady,
"nnd no true man will nsk h'cr to. You
give up much, of coutse. nnd you ought
to. Sacrifice Is tho essence of true love,
and it Is the essence of selfishness ns
well, because you are far happier In
sacrificing to one you love than you
are In withholding. Now, my ndvlco
la, make It up with your Philip as soon
ns ever you can, nnd live hnppy ever
after, ami nlw-tya remember how nenr
your hnpplnesa mm? to going to the
dogs. And now, do you realize thnt It
Is dusk? Let us go to dinner together."
Aa they were coming out of tho din
ing car they passed a. tall, dark man
nt one of the tnblos; the little lady,
leading the way, passed him with her
eyes straight nhead, but ns tho very
dear old lady reached him she paused
for a moment, as she whispered:
"Do not worry, It Is coming out nil
right."
Philip looked his thanks, then turned
to his dinner with more hopefulness
than he had felt In many days.
A little later Edith and her new
friend still say side by side, talking,
unrl tho wheels were singing and hum
ming In merry metre, for the train was
making up time.
"We shall soon be in Chicago now,"
said the very denr old lady; will you
speak to him before you leave the
train'"
"Oh, I think not," said Edith: nnd
then added, with n little return of tho
haughty manner, "ho must come to
me."
Tho old lady looked at Edith a mo
ment, Indulgently, and said, "Don't
wait too long."
Soon they were gathering up their
smnll traps, and the train was running
Into the city. The wheels seemed now
to have ended th'elr song, nnd to ho
saying, "Well, If you've not had a Mer
ry Christinas It's not our fault; we've
sung to you all day long."
Just as Edith was pulling down her
veil nnd drawing on her gloves Philip
hurried in, threw his coat over his arm,
picked up his satchel, and without a
glance nt her left the car. Edith looked
startled, then turned towards the old
lady who, having made a shrewd guess
as to Philip's plana, said, "Well, my
dear, good-by, and God bless you! I
think you may have a Merry Christmas
after all; now run along and get your
cab," and the very dear old lady watch
ed her tenderly as she hurried out Into
tho busy station. Just as Edith found
a desirable-looking cab, she noticed
Philip almost at her side, and in her
agitation she got Into tho cab without
giving any orders to the driver. Philip
stepped quickly up, handed his satchel
to the man, saying, "Drive to the Audi
torium Hotel," and turned towards the
cab.
"Hut, Philip, my trunks," gasped
Edith.
"You darling," said Philip, as ho
jumped in and slammed the door. And
the cab rolled away into the night.
A MALAY'S DEADLY CHEESE.
Pile .Hen Killed nnd Two IJndly Hurt
in Ten .Minutes When lie linn
Amuck.
Krom tho Sun.
"In four voyages to the East Indies,
two of them to Malay ports, I huvo
seen but one Instance of that native
performance called running nmuck.
Fortunately I saw It from a position'
of perfect safety, but the sight wns
enough to make me steer clear of all
Malays afterward, and any vessel that
has them on board," .said Erdlx Deer
Ing. who as boy and man sailed many
seas In deep-water ships. "It was In
ISC", when I was a boy, on my first
voyage, on the ship Hnrry Warren,
which sailed from Uoston to India with
a cargo of Ice. We were lying nt
anchor In the roads off Madras, un
loading our middle-deck cargo Into
lighters, and a hundred vesels of nil
nations were anchored about us, dis
charging or taking on board their car
goes. The ship nearest us, about two
cable lengths away, was the Ilrltlsh
.ship Mahratta, which had come from
Singapore in ballast with a crew of
Malay Lascars. Jt was one day at
noon that, as our e'rew lay round under
the awning in the forecastle waiting
for the order to turn to, one of tho
sailors sitting on the capstan sung out:
" 'HI, mates! Just look over to the
llme-julcer! They're having pome kind
of a rumpus there! See 'em going! I
believe it's one of those Malays run
ning amuck!'
"We all jumped to our feet and looked
at the Mahratta, and some of us ran
up into the rigging to get a hotter
view. From the topsail ynrd I could
see all that was going on on the deck
of the Ilrltlsh ship. Amidships a La.s
car, naked to the waist, was slashing
and stabbing at a European officer who
had tried to grapple with him, while
everybody else In sight on the ship wns
running fore or aft or taking to the
rigging. On tho quarterdeck the cap
tain was hurrying two ladles down the
companlonway Into the cabin, support
ing In his arms one of them who had
fainted. As tho olllcer fell lifeless to
the deck, the Malay bounded past him
following three sailors who had run
aft, along the port gangway, upon the
poop. As he ran he swung before him
a long, slender knife, its crooked blade
curving In and out like the writhing
of a snake. He overtook the rearmost
man on the poop and cut and stabbed
him, us he had done with the olllcer,
until the man fell. Meantime tho sec
ond man leaped overboard, preferring
to take his chances with the sharks
unci water serpents to remaining on
board, and the third man ran across
the quarter deck and up Into the mlz
zen rigging like a cat. The man in
the water mvam for our ship, and some
natives In a lighter picked hltu up
nhead of the sharks.
"The Malay left tho man he had
killed nnd looked around as If for fresh
victims, hut he himself wns tho only
living person In view on tho decks. Ho
ran fore and aft, searching, but found
no one, nnd he tried the cabin door,
but It was closed fast. Then he went
to the mlzzen tigging nnd started up
tho ratlines after the man who had
taken refuge there. When tho Malay
had got ns far up as the mlzzen top
the man ho was after took to the top
gallant fore-and-aft stay and began to
go down It, hand over hand, toward
the mainmast. The Malay kept on up
to the topgallant cross-trees, and be
gan to follow the man down the stay.
"There wasi somtfthlng frightful In
tho relentleasnews of IiIh pursuit. He
had got about ten feet down, tho stay
when the captain nppenred on the poop
with a revolver and began firing at
him. One, two, .three shots ho fired
and tho Makay kept on down the stay.
He was two-thirds of the way to the
foot when, at the fourth shot, the arm
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thnt held tho creese fell helpless- by
his aide, through his hand still clutcher
the wunpon. Ho clung to the stuy by
one nnd and ills feet and kept on down
It almost ns fast as before. A fifth
nnd sixth shot, nnd nt the last the
Malay stopped still, then fell like 11
lump of putty to the deck, full forty
feet below. Whether he was dead
when ho struck th deck I do not know,
but tho mntc, who must have been
wntchlng from his room, ran out from
the cabin to where the Malay was
with a handspike nnd made sure work
of the fellow before he could rise. Th n
the Lascars came running from the
forecnstle and down .the rigging, nnd
with capstan bars, belaying pins, nnd
knives struck and thrust nt the dead
Malay until If he had had a. dozen
lives In him they would haw been
hammered out of hla body before tho
ofllcers could restrain the excited soll
ors. "Our captain got the full story of
the affair from tho captain en the
Mnhrntta the next day. Tlio Malay
had been brooding and sullen for days
before, though no one knew what his
grievance wns. On this day as tho
men weie piped to dinner he had gono
Into the forecastle, got the crease from
some place where he had it concealed,
and had furiously attacked his mates
without a word. They raised the cry
'Amuck! 'Amuck!' nnd scattered, but
not until thro,- of them had been killed
or mortally wounded, nnd two more of
them seriously cut by the creese. Run
ning forward, he had encountered the
second mate, and the rest of the affair
I saw. Five nvn dead and two badly
hurt by the Malay, and himself killed
at the end, wns the record of ten min
utes' business in running amuck. Ma
laya In mine after this? No, thank
you."
LOVE AND AURRIAGE.
She Could Not Sponk.
"Marie," said the young man in
pleading tones, "I love you."
She could not speak.
"Marie," he continued, "you know I
am ouo of the Stypsters. I have
standing, wealth, everything to make
you happy. Will you be mine?"
She could not speak, but looked nt
him with a frightened fawn look.
"Marie, why this strange silence?
You havo led me to hope. Ha3 your
love grown cold?"
She could not speak.
"Once more I nsk you, will you bo
mine? Give me one little ray of hope
anything but this henrt-breaklng si
lence." She could not speak, and Clarence,
with a "farewell forever" on his lips,
dashed madly from the room.
The trouble with Marie was this:
She liked Clarence nil right In fact,
had been trying to capture him all
season, but Just before he called she
had been taking her afternoon nap
and had fallen asleep with her lips
partly open. As a result of this the
spiuce gum which she had In her
mouth had hardened and held her teeth
together with a vice-like grip.
Sho could not speak. New York
World.
What Ho Did.
One of the leading banking firms In
Paris, on the recommendation ot a
London correspondent, engaged an
English clerk of tho name of S ,
For about three years the mans puno
tuallty was altogether unprecendented.
He came to his work at ! In the morn
ing und did not leave the ofllco before
the last stroke of fi. Ueslde. dining
the whole time he never asked for a
holiday.
One fine morning, however, to tha
great suprlse of his superior, S
blushlngly craved permission to ab
sent himself fur an hour on the follow
ing day.
Next day at 12 he left the ofllco. It
waa observed that a carriage stood
waiting for him at the door. At 1
o'clock he drove up again In the same
carriage, and resumed his calcula
tions, as cool and self-possessed as if
nothing hud happened.
This nhort absence puzzled the brains
of all the employes In the bank. The
principal himself, eager to obtain the
solution of the enigma, invited his
paragon of clerks to dinner. Hetweeu
two glasses of claret the banker said:
"You will not think mo Indiscreet If
I nsk you what you did with yourself
in that hour's leave of absence you ap
plied for lant Tuesday?"
"Oh, dear, no!" replied S . "The
fact of the matter Is, I went and got
married. "London Figaro.
Her Lucky Windfall.
"What Is the most cm Ions transac
tlon I ever h'ad?" said a well known
postage stamp dealer.
"Some years ago nu old lady called
upon me, asking whether I could give
her anything for n few old stamps sho
hail had by her slnco sho wns postmis
tress In a certain small country town
about half a century ago.
On examination they proved to bo
some of the very rarest of the old un
used Hrltlsh stamps, nnd as I had a
customer for them, I told her that I
would gladly glvo her 30 pounds for
them.
" 'Hut what am I to do with all that
money?' qulerled the old lady In appar
ent dismay at the sudden possibility of
so much wealth.
" 'If you Jlko to i-end for It, I shall bo
glad to hand It over to any one whom
you caro to provide with a written au
thority for tho iayment,' sold I, nnd to
this sho agreed with evident relief.
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"Accordingly, the next day a man
called for the money. Shortly after I
heard thnt ho had ninrrtcd tho old lady.
I wonder whether her lucky windfall
had unythlng to do with It?" Cassel's
Journal.
She Win Prepared.
A certnln minister nlwaya felt It to
bo his duty to give each young couple a
Ilttle serious ndvlce before he per
formed the marriage ceremony, and for
this purpose he usually took them aside,
one at a time, nnd talked very soberly
to each' of them regarding the great Im
portance of the step they were to take,
nnd the new responsibilities they wero
to nssume. One day he talked In hla
most earnest mnnncr for several min
utes to a young woman, who hnd come
to be mnrrlod to a bright-looking young
man.
"And now," he said, In closing, "I
hope you will fully realize the extremes
Importance ot the step you are taking,
nnd that you arc prepared for It."
"Prepared," sho said, i nnocently,
"Well, if I ain't prepared I don't know
who Is. I've got four common quilts,
and two nice ones, and four brand now
feather beds, ten sheets and 12 pairs of
pillow slip, four nll-lincu table cloth's,
a dozen spoons nnd a good slx-qunrt
tea kettle. If I ain't prepared no girl
In this country ever was." Dundee
Times.
Cnrrjing Out Instruction.
There was a young man whoso social
education had been somewhat neglect
ed, and It chanced that he received an
Invitation to a church wedding.
The morning of the ceremony found
him quite excited, nnd he started for
the church S"me time liefore, ns he
would have said, "the show was billed
to come off."
T'nder his arm he carried a smnll
bundle, and before ho had proceeded
far he met a friend.
"Hello!" said the friend, "and where
nro you going all dressed up at this
time In the morning?"
"Wedding," nnswered the young man,
brlelly und proudly.
"Indeed? doing to do some errands
on tho wny?"
"Certainly not."
"Hut you nro not going to a wedding
with a bundle under your arm?"
"Of course I am. That's my pres
ent." "Present! Hut you don't take your
present with you, man. You send it
beforehand."
"That's all you know about It. I've
got a card tight here In my pocket, and
the card says, 'Present at tho church.' "
Uoston Budget.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
If tho scat has vanished from a
strong-framed chair worth retaining,
make a "cozy" chair out of It. Saw
tho legs a little shorter, then take a
small cotton rope, and put It buck
nnd forth over the front and back
round ot the seat, then across .the same
way on the sides. Draw very, very
tight, and fasten by tying on the
under side. Then made a pretty cush
ion of ellk or velvet, with a deep frill
of silk, or of close long fringe, to fall
over all sides ot the seat from the
cushion. Make a separate cushion for
.the back, nnd fasten each cushlin at
the corners with pretty ribbon bows.
It will be the chair that everybody
but your long-legged brother or hus
band will want to sit in.
If company comes unexpectedly for
lunch, and you are short on dessert,
try this: Take the little baking pow
der biscuits left from 'breakfast and
dip them In cold water; then put in a
buttered pie pan, with another over
them, In a hot oven. In ten minutes
take the biscuits out, spread with but
ter after splitting them open, and,
viillo they nro hot lay on a pretty china
plate, and heap each half biscuit with
strawberries, over which sprinkle pow
dered sugar plentifully. Make a syrup
of a dozen or two of the berries mashed
with sugar and a .tablespoonful or two
of water, and pour over the "straw
berry biscuit;" serve with cream, nnd
they are delicious. The butter must
not be that vile thing known as "cook
ing butter," but the very best, and
the biscuit must be thin.
Always remember to hang your gas
oline cleansed garments in tho sun for
nn hour or two and the odor will all
evaporate. It will hang round them,
however, If you put them away with
out sunning.
You can restore the gloss on moroc
cc by vnrnlshlng with white of an
egg.
Try borax where you have been using
Pc-sian powder. It Is said to be quite
as effectlve.and Its odor Is unobjection
able, "because It has none. Huy the
powdered article, and use exactly as
you would the Petslan powder.
The oil in your lamps gels rancid
with little use this very warm weather,
and smells to high heaven. There is
no way to overcome It except to throw
the oil out. You can have a. can for the
old oil, nnd use It for cleaning purposes.
There Is nothing nicer for nn oiled
floor than a rubbing with a well-kero-sened
rag, nfter the mopping In clear,
cold water has taken up all tho dust.
Furniture oiled or varnished always
comes up shining and blight after a
vigorous rubbing with a flannel cloth
dampened with soft coal oil. There
are a dozen uses you can put the old oil
to. Keep your burners dean also, it
you would have a bright light and one
free from smoke.
Of course, you got soot all over the
l'oor when you took down the stoves.
Next time you spill the horrid stuff
put a lot of common table salt over
tho soot nnd brush gently into a dust
pan. You can do It with but little
trouble then.
ON TO VICTORY.
Every Indication points to a rousing
Republican victory for the entire
ticket next Tuesday. The party's
lighting blood is up nt last and that
portends a Waterloo for tho enemy.
Hut no Individual Republican should
relax his efforts. This Is the clinnco
of a life time to rivet nnd clinch Ito
publlcan supremacy In once Demo
cratic Lackawanna.
.11 11 do Mini Snd.
Weary Watklns What you lookln' so
Bore ubout?
Dismal Dawson I met a guy today 'at
tolo mo I was rpally workln' harder
bummin' around the country than It I
was actually lioldln' a Job. It may be
true, too, fer all I know. Indluunpolis
Journal.
m
In tlio Shelter of Ills family Tree,
Mrs. Fleccem So your client was ac
quitted of murder. On what ground?
Fleecem lnisanlty. We proved that his
father-in-law onco spent two years In an
asylum,
"Hut ho didn't, did ho?"
"Ves, ho wub superintendent, but wo
didn't have time to bring thut fuel out.
New York Journal,
A Xr.W TYPK OF 8Titi:rr CAlt.
.tinny New nud Desirable Features ot
Convenience n ml Comlort.
From the Springfield ltepubllcnn.
The new car for use 011 the green lino
to Chlcopee, which the Wnson Manu
facturing company Is making for the
street rnlhvny company, Is nearly
done, nnd will probably bo finished the
20th, when It will be turned over 10
the street rnlhvny, who will fit It out
with Its electrical equipment. The car
represents about the latest nnd best
Ideas In the construction for purposes
of street transportation. It departs,
from older styles In two Important
points, in Its length, nnd In the eleep
windows, which If opened with make
the car a very pleasant means of sum
mer travel. The body Is thirty feet
long, and each vestibule Is five feet
In nddltlon, making n total length of
forty feet. The body la five feet long
er than .that of the last green cars
which were built by the company for
the Chlcopee line, nnd the vestibules
are each one foot longer. Tho doors
are nt one side ot tho vestibule, In
stead of nt the center, as is generally
the case, nnd the.e doors nre thirty
nix Inches wide, Instead of twenty
two Inches, a more ordlnnry width.
The seats are of the reversible type.
There are on each side eight seats
running lengthwise of the car, two of
these seats to accommodate three peo
ple each, and two to nccommodnto it.wo
each. There nro two seats In each
vestibule, made of slnts like those of
an qren car. Thus the total seating
capacity of tho car will he forty-six.
The car will give a better accommo
dation for smokers with Its bigger ves
tibules with seats. The seats inside
will be covered with crimson plush.
The Interior of the car will be hand
somely finished. The celling will be
decorated a dork brown on a hand
some selection of white birch. The
windows nre eight Inches deeper than
was tho case on the new green curs
above referred to. This will ninke
them very light nnd airy In summer.
Tho coining will have five panels. In
itho middle one will be a. group of five
electric lights. In the two next groups
of three, nnd In the end panels groups
of two. Each lamp Is sixteen candle
power, and thus the lighting capacity
of the car will be 240 candle power.
The exterior will be nalnled, the low
er part green and .the posts and the
upper part old Ivory, a shadf of crenm,
nnd there will be gold decorations.
There will be no lettering, and the des
tination will bo indicated by signs. The
car will be numbered 202. '.lucre will
bo four thirty-horse power motors,
which will glvo twenty more horse
power than tho new green cars re
ferred to above. There will be hand
and nlr brakes, nnd the car will be
heated by the consolidated system of
electric ,heat, the heaters attached to
the truss plank at the bottom and
grated so that there will be no danger
nf burning clothing. The lights will
be of 3-1G plate and In two sashes.
The deck lights will be of embossed
green. This car Is made as a sample,
nnd If it Is satisfactory to the com
pany others will be ordered like it.
A POLITICAL POINTER-
If you Indorse the free trade nnd Sreo
sliver Chicago platform as the Lacka
wanna Democracy docs, "fully and
without reserve," then work and vote
for Schndt, Horn, ot. al. If you be
lieve In McKInley.protectlon and pros
perity, turn these agents of Bryan
down.
THE 1'IIESIDENT'S ANCESTOltS.
Some of McKinley'.s Progenitors
Were Natives of York County.
Some of President McKlnley's an
cestors -wero Pennsylvanlans, accord
ing to the York correspondent of ,tho
Baltimore Sun. The president was In
vited to visit the fair now being held
at York, but pressing business engage
ments prevented his attending, though
he expressed a desire to be present,
especially ns some of his ancestors
were natives of York county. He
promised, however, that he would visit
York at some future time. In 1743
David McKlnley, an ancestor of the
president, entered the latitude of Low
t Hallam and selected for his home
stead 316 acres on the very highest
land In all that wilderness, the summit
of which overlooks Chnnceford and
Lower Chnnceford townships, with
their grand succession ot ridges lying
east and west, jutting on the deep
grooved Susquehanna Valley. David
McKlnley was a weaver. Like all who
came with him to the Darrens of York
county, ho had .to struggle courage
ously against the stern opposition of
natural disadvantage. Tho slctle was
his champion reaper, nnd the flail his
steam thresher and the palms of hit,
hands his patent corn sheller. He was
a man of energy nnd public spirit, and
the necessity for "big roads" at once
claimed his uttentlon. Even before' the
organization of York county he was
engaged In this Important movement.
He died In tho year 17(10. John Mc
Klnley, was the great-grandfather of
President McKlnley. H was well
known throughout the lower end of
York county. He wns also a weaver,
and to this he ndded blacksmlthlng
nnd distilling. He made frequent ex
cursions to Baltimore, Lancaster and
York. John McKlnley died in 1779.
leaving one son, David McKlnley. Da
vid was born on the ancestral home
stead, 011 Otter Creek, Chanceford
township, York county. James Mc
Klnley, grandfather of the president,
was a son of John McKlnley. Dr. Wil
liam F. Uacon, a well-known physician
of York, Pa., Is a relative of Presi
dent McKlnley.
WICK AND WITTY.
Lord Young is talil to bo one of the
ublest Scotchmen on tho Ucnoh or at
tho Har. At leaat, he has a ready tongue
One day In September, says Youth's Com
panion, lie was driving Into town from his
plueo In tho country when ho met un ue
qualntance, "Hallo!" aald tho latter, "what are you
doing hero? 1 thought all respectable peo
plo were out of town."
"WelS," yalel tho other, "havo you seen
anything to make you alter your opinion?
I haven't."
At tlio time of tho general election In
1S9J ho won visiting nt Dalmeny House,
and tho ropoit camo that Lord Wolmer,
now tho Earl of Selbourne, had been re
turned for the Wosteru division by a ma
jority of three, over Mr. T. n. Uuchanan.
Soon the majority was threo hundred. He
added that Lord and Lord had
voted for Wolmer.
"Ah!" said Young, "that accounts for
tho two ciphers."
MADE ME A MAN
AJAX TABLUTS POSITIVELY CORE
prr.ImpoteQc. Hleejiletsa&if.eto.. cauid
Lj Abuts or other Eicetus nnd Indli
cretioni. They yulcKlit and turtle
nwtora Lott Vltnluy la oldooouim.und
fit a man t or eiudjr. bu'lnesiior marrlaco.
PruVHnt Inminit Ant rVminmntlnn it
Niea iu utno. TbelruM thovt la. mod Tato Improte
nnntol effects a IIUIIE Ktitra all other lull In.
Ut upon listing tha cennln Aiaz TeMett. Tber
hare cured thousand and will core yon. Waclroapo
ltlie written unarantsa to affect a euro CI 1 fTC la
eacboaaoor refund tha monar PrioeOUU I wirer
radusei or all kgaa (full treatment! for t2.C4. H
mall, in plain wrwr. uion receipt of rrire. Circular
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WHAT DOTHE CHILDREN DRINKS
Don't glvo them ten or roll'ee. IIav you
tried the new lood drink culled rirnln-O? It
I clcllclotiM nnd iinurlfllilug und takes the
pliicoofroiree. Tho more Urnln-O you lv
the children tho more health you ulntrlmita
tlirongli their syntems. einitn-O ti 'miulo of
pure grill nn, unit when properly prepared
tiiKtrs llko tho choice grades of colIVo but
coMNiUmut i.in much. All grocer sell It
Iftcnftc.tid 2
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Stetson - Hats
Havo Brains in Them
Yes, there are brains In Stetson
Hats brains in making them and
brains in wearing them.
New Fall Styles in' Stiff arid Sort
Hats on sale. It's' a wise head
that wears a Stetson Hat.,, . .
Tlicso nud Other flood rftylMSolrl by '
CONRAD, 305 Lackawanna Avenin'
PUT YOURSELF IN OUR PLACE
And you will reallzo how cay It 1 to fur
nlh your homo luxurluiiMly with w tilllltit;
outlay, u little at u time, und you don't
miss it.
BARBOUR'S HOME GREDITH0US5
425 LACKAWANNA AVE.
Steam and
Hct Water
HEATING
Hot Air Furnaces,
Sanitary Plumbing,
Gas and Electric
Light Fixtures.
ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRING.
THI
HI H CONNELL CO.,
434 Lackawanna Ave.
National Supply and Metal Co.,
Dealers In Xew and Second-Hand
MUIIY, BOILERS 01 ENGINES
TELEPHONE NUMBER 3954.
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M.E. KEELEY, Manager, Scranton, Pa.'
NEW YORK HOTELS.
An tttabllihM hotel under caw manataaent
isd thoroughly abrtaet o( tha tlmti. Vlatt9rt ta
New York will Dad tne Hrerett In the Tary Ixirt
sf the hopptni district, conrenlena Is plaree o(
amuaement ana rradljr accaaalblM from all ptrta
al tba cltr. EUKOl'EAN PLAN.
Cor. Sixteenth St. and Irving Place,
NEW VORK.
AMERICAN PLAN, S3.50 Pel
l)aj' and Upwards.
EUROPEAN PLAN, SI. 50 Pel
Day and Upwards.
GEO, MURRAY, Proprietor.
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WM. H. BATES. ,Wa?frV B-L.".ATK
2u&5l5fto2l?
The St. Denis
Broadway anj Eleventh St.. New York.
Opp. Orace Church. -European Plan.
Rooms $1.00 a Day and Upward.
In n moiloit ami unocitriistra way there ara
law better conducted notela In tba metropolli
tban tho Ht. Uenia.
Tlio great popularity it baa nequlrefl cn
readily bo tracocl to its unique location, IU
bomoliko atmoapbere. tho paoullar uxcellanoa
of Uh cuialuo ana sarrlcd, and lla rery mo Jar
ate prices.
WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SON,