The Somerset Herald. ESTABLISHED l27. rpcrI1is of Publication. jmt.lHied every Vedniday morning at fci 80 ,r iiinin. if t"iJ ln advance : ollierwite ft; 50 mii.vria).!ybecbrKwl. VoM1;wl.rij,liim w ill he diwontintu-d nntil all are id up. ItwunaMen neglvrting j n,i!V whcii-it"rilK'rBlH lake oat their ,!.,- will be rw.lonmbie lor the mirwcnp- ioh)irIilrB rvmmiiiR from one posloflir to an ,i,Hr h.ll Kiv " l,M! nlku-'of tue r,,rmer rrll ai- ll l"",ul ,,Bloe- Addrti The Somekket Herald, Somerset, Pa. I I ' ATTiiK.NKYS-ATl.Aw, r ft Somerset eralc ESTABLISHED 1827. VOL. XXXY1. NO. 1. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 5, 1887. WHOLE NO. 1874. feaucr-4'l. l"a.. hiii! on I- ranklin atrpet. oil" the i'lr-tonice, Juuiuouwn, J1. F (dice in I:n.W.BlESKCh.K, Mam-net, r. Cook & IV-riU' Block, uj Maim. YkoKGE R. sculi., -f ATT 1KN KY-AT-..A W . fcomerwt, Pa. nil IV U. St-oTT, 0 ATH..KSEY-AT LAW. Somemot, Pa. 1 J KOOSBE, ATTukXEY-AT-LAw. - Somerset, 1'a. II S.KXDSLEY. ATT tKNEY-AT-LA W, Soinemct. 1t- 'V.TKEXT, ATluKXEY-.T-LAW, Simi-m-t, Pa. M.I. PKITTS. ATTUllXEY-: LAW. - Somerset, ,1-l.Y in S'tiierw-t County Bank. Pa. nL.HA EH. ATTORXKY-AT-LAW. SillHTWl, la., u ill jinctii in SooiiTw-t and adj. litiitipr ooim Al! hii'ims i-ntnistcd lo jim will rwvive j.'r.nul'i aiu-nnou. , i , ( nn-ii'iTH. 't nrcii .t buppei W. 1L Kl PI'EL. ATTOKXKYS-AT LAW. Somerset, ra. will .n -Titmt-d to tlicir carv hii.I ).iiiii-limllv attended to. HI ice on jl!u '. suvit. iKite MunuuotU Block. VTM. H. KooXTZ, 1 ATToKXEY-AT-LAW. ' Minicrwt, Ta., (rive proiniit attention tolmsinww entrusted ,r. iHir in Momcrset Mini adjoining eoumioa. ,,Jmviii i'rintiiiK House Kow, .iKii; the Court 1MX'. DKNN1S MKYEKS, ATTuHXtl-AT-LAW. Somerset, Pa. I' l. cal nisiii enlrusu-d to his rare will lie ir-'nli-d to iih ironiitni and lidolKy. H!i' Niain ( p fuwt, nixl door to J. B. tinyder ii lt.M"lV. (iHN . KIMMEI,. ATiX'KXEY-AT LAW, honiumo, t a. ili utU'iiil lo all hiiNiiMw enlnisti'd to h 're In n.iik t-'I d adjoin'mt council., with iinmipl-ut-w hikI li.lt iity. tllif on Wain t Mrect, i.-f l iUlT'S iiook SUilV. Hows Your Liver? Is the Oriental twlutation, knowing that (pxxl health cannot exit without a healthy Liver. When the Liver is torpid the Bowels are slu.'giKhanii omi-tijitHj, the food lit in the stomach unflijresteil, njisonin the Mood ; frequent headache HHneg; a feeling of lassi tude, denjiondeiicy and ner vousness indicate how the whole PVKtein in deranged. Simmons Liver Regulator has been the means of re storing more jieople to health and hajijiiness hy giv ing them a healthy ' Liver than any agency known on earth. It acts with extraor dinary tower and ellicaey. NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED. A a general family remedy f.r Pysoiisia. Torpid Liver. ( onstiilioti, etc., 1 hardly ever tiie any thing ele, and have never Un-n disitj.jHiiiiled in the rffivt pntiliui-J : it m'!iis to he almost a jn'i-fwi cure for all diNcav of llic Stomm li and liowels. W. .F. McKi.kov, .Mucin. 3a. PIKE'S PEAK. I tdood UNtn the tieak amid the air t I ISelow me lay tlie otleil, luify earth ; Life, life and life again mar everywhere. And everywhere were melody and mirth, Save on that teak. and silence hnHtded then;. T vaunted then nivulf, and half aloud , I gloried in t lie journey I had done ; Eschewing earth, and earth's seductive crowd I'd scaled this rteep, despite the rock and nun ; Of sui li a teat might Buy man he proud ! Hut, a 1 hoatcd Uiuk, my hurro brayed ; I tunusl and, lo ! a tear was in his eye; And as I gazed, methonght the burro stid: . " Prithee, who brought you np this moun tain high ? Was it yourlegsor mine the journey made?' Then moriilcd I : The sturdiest eak is fume'4 And there be many on its very height. Who stmt in prido and vaunt their empty claims, While those poor human asses whodeliglit To place them there, have imremelnlicred names ! A GIRL'S FIGHT. It is to Your Interest TO lit Y YOCR J J Mi-:sL.m;ii, ATT" il'.N EY-AT-LA W, piomt-rsct. Pa. c'Ti v in Vamniolli BlcK k. u- Muir. Eutrauce on Nam 'r" Mr-et. Collts-tioiic liiadf. eMales Miiiil. til cxRitiiiM-d, and all Uta) l-u-siue-.s at t. mliii to itli ironijitiiew a:id tid. lity. A. J. CoLHORN. L. C. (IlLBOBK. '(m i.r.i:N .v .xM.r(tRN, I ATTiiUXEYtvAT I AW. N.nnTset. Pa All Iwsiiicss entnist.-d to our care will tie p-,,iii.!lv and fnitliftilly attended to. v.llwtiont ii uii in' SiiniTM-t. lksll'otd and adiliiiut( -ouu-tii- Sun-yttijr and etmveyaucuiK done on ro- tmUMt' lt'rUl.'. II KNKY. F. SCI 1 ELL. ATTXiKXEY-ATLAW. Sotnernet, Pa. ii..untv and lviiKion Apetit. tffice lit Mammoth lti.K-k. ' . VALENTINE II AY, ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW, tioiueraet, Ta. A!t tV aler in Real Estate. Mill att.nd to all liiuio .mniso.-d lo bis care with pnttiKa ami Iiiirlity. Jons h. rim ATTOKXEY-AT LAW. Siieri't, Pa. Win prmuitlT attend to all liu-lness entrusted tohiin. Moiw y Bdvuneed on colloctinua, Asa Of &y in M hiii id nil liluek. DR. F. A. 1UIOADS. 1HY.-U1AN AND titKUEOX. tkiner't. Pa. ORict' in Cook & Beerlts' Block, Seeoud Ehsir. I) K. J. E. BIESECKEK, PHYSIt lAX AND Sl'R'iEON, SiiKRM-r. P., Ti ndi n- li tirof-sionftl wrvice ut tlie citUeit of S.m.-n-t and vicinity. iffice iu Poet tfitice BuiMiUK. ha-t of liiauioud. D R. II. S.IsKIHMELL, Drugs and Medicines ur BlESECKER k SNYDER. "t (Ttsn To c. x. in iv ii. None but the purest anil Iw-st !;cpt in stK'k, and when I Inigs become inert by stand ing, ascertain of tliein do, we de stiny them, rather than im .' on our customers. You -,u iI.-jk n.l on having your PRESCRIPTIONS I FAMILY RECEIPTS tilled with care. Our prut are as low as any other ):rst-class houe and on manv articles much lower. The j oojile of this county seem to know this, and have given us a large share of their patronage, and we .shall .still continue to give them the very last giIs for their money. Io not forget that we make a sjs'cialty of FITTINO- TI'KSSES. We guanuitee satistaclioti, and, if you liave had trouble in this direction, give us a i all. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety; A full set if Test Lenses. OiHue in nnd have your cje examined. No charge for examination, and we are confident we can suit you. Come and see me. Hesiieetflilly, BlESECKER L SNYDER. T'-nden. liif professional serv ices t the citians of S.imer-1 and virinitv. I'nli- professionally enpuivd he can b found at bis ottice on Main 1st., Last ol Iiiaiuond. D R. H. BRUBAKEK T.'iiderp hlf profcsioiia! services to the citizens of Nairrwi and vii inity. Oflic-e iu rtnidenrt-on Miu strwrt aest of Inanioud. I) R. WM. RACC1I T ,'idcrs his professional services to the cltiwna of sm. nst and vii inity. tiflice in Post Oflice Hii;iUni;. I) M. E. W. BUR't.H, HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND FfRGEOS. Tfii.l. rf hif M'n inn U the pcopW of Somerset and VKiiiitv. t 'alli. iu louu ami country pnnnpe Iv nut'inti-d to. Can le found at oitice tisht. uiilc lrt-of-sstonally eiiKmred. day or Mlice on amtli.sst corner of liiauioud. over Kucpper's sit-n- Store. DR. J. M. IHTKER. Hmnrrlii of Mnjvr'afinra.) PHYSICIAN AXD HI JWEON, 1U lis ut.-d pimianeiilly in Somerset for the .riuiiii- of liin pn.i.-ssion. (.tfliee ou Main street, iu rear ol lini: Stort. DR.J.S. MM1LLEX. (irtmtmtit in iJrututry,') iiiM ial attention to the preservation of tin' natural t.s'h. Artitical sets iinrtsl. All "i-'rittioii,. miaraiittsd salisfai'Uiry. tiftioe iu Baer lJ.i. k. uiuiirs. DR. JoIIX BILES UENTIST. np-Hairs in Cook i BeeriUi Rlia k. DU. WM. COLLIN. IEXTisT. oflnv in KiH-pis-r's Block ii-slH!rs. h-re h mi Im- fiMinil at ail tiiiu pr pared to do all kindf m Mnrk.su, , tilliiiK. retulatiiiK. extracliiiir. Artilii-ial lei-Ill of all kiitdr ami l" lint bet Siaterjil inx-rUsl. All ork truaraiite.-d. D R.J. K. MILLER lla TinaiMMitly liM-ated in lii-rllil for the prae t''i ol liis prodsiiioii. Office opi:te I'tiarles kri!iu(ri-r's More. .niH-rset County liank. (HTAitUSHKO 1S77.) C J. HARRISON. M. J. PRITTS, PlUltiKT. C'ASBIKK. "lltion made in all .arts of the I'uiu-d Slalea. CHARGES MODERATE. I"iirtli aisliinp to send monev West can 1 ae i.in..iai.i t.v draft on New York fn any sum. ii-.'liiii. made ith enmintttess. t . S. Boinis H'lit and ild. Mori.-v and valuables sereJ ihh-oI Itieiiiilil'a n.,.',ratvl tafes, with a Sax P tit a. Yak- tfi time U.-k. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. Ail Ij-iral Holidavs (ilrsTved. CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, PA. wm.iks. MiEB.iis. :arria;es. M'KtXi; WAOOXS. Bl "K WAtiOXfi. AM) EASTEKX ANU WWTF.KX WORK FiirnMuiI on SUort Notice. Painting Done on Short Time. aorkisiuadeotitof VftrvtHiUf SmmmM M ind, nd the hot Inm i Hubsuutially oustruiil. Neatly Fiutshed, and Warranusl to (five Palisfaction. &plc7 Only First Class Workmen. pairlun of All Kind In My Lin Done on fbort Xotie. riwa Is EA SOX ABLE, and -Ml Work Warranted. ''all and F.iamiite my ock, and I-cani - .''rW a, Wam -work; and furnish Stive for Wind WilU. Ittinemtier the puu-e, and call in. CURTIS K. GROVE, (East of Court Histse) OMEJiET. pa B. & B. SPRING DRESS GOODS THE TOPIC Whttt .bll I pf t l(r tut new Spniitf nl Sum mrr Miit 1 Write mr MiVnlvr lH-ajiiiHut tor (utmplfs, ttul they ill htlp ytru aiif u cr the juc ti 'ii. irurlmsinc In Iwsn (;hm!s lH jMn:miit thitu m-.wT, btw airt'iy tn Mnriini:, ltit with the lay arrivttof new km1s. the Kot k mul w-lev-tin if quite & in! n ever. U'e make this nutt ier of MriMirtrm-iii hik. -eleeliim a featun of our hiiMiiew. amlwitlilhe au ranee that jrifes are rijfhi, ibe ciiorrif r, althiHieh living at a fIiwtitiHe ami iiUHdie lo 4ti:ne in" H-rxnto U all the nur-eliH-n:if, ha tvt!iinK to risk, in onh-rine by mail. The nwet and inovt desirable i Will Im wii: upon reqiH't, and Nativfuetion .''"irmniHl. Try a ctmfle onler. You will fin-1 this " -ii((.L-inr hy maii,' n ith a repiiiabb-hotiMe, a KTvat nueet-t. A fe Keialtiet ojlrntl thih month, viz-. Ounph-tc Line All-Uool 'lord fahinere trife lirhl ueiht, but nivlium to dark colon. 4o lin ing. 4ti rent!. l-enre h4 all fancy Imported Irer CnHMiK, 40 inrh vhitii, ets , koh1s reriuee1 from 7-'e. Ail. aiin-nl Hair Mixijin- in Light treys ami Browns s in, :f7 inu. All wm1 M in. invi-ihh- or fin lb ad 'berk Id Spring ami Summer Mia-b al 7.V. ; fofiuvrpriee flat which they were thought K"1 value and (in tip New Printed C halli's tillin in lhrhl Sinn mer lor nnd u eiKbt. l.V in. Just pluel ti t-aie, iarxe Mnniem of Kntrlih 1illi' or Aialie t!ieli tit witith for 5.'. eenis entirely uea and all Uie rae utu er wear 4iii KKAM a!l Mi! anva 4'loib at i' eu p r yard the etieaMt lliititt in l;rew mkhU line ever oflered. For Street and Traveling eotume wf have plaeed on wJe shadeof(trey Kmrlih Moliain 'ZL in-bet- in w idlh ul per yttni ; ld faltioucd irooiU revm-d but vry desirable. 1 he oMiriiiLf in Kiir!ih. Kreneh and iierman Novelty Suitinir art Inu ild.nn); iu extent and variety tw many to attempt even mention or oewnptioii. I wml Silk hanrains in Itlaek and t'olorvd Silks and malty new one. Kvery liiinjr in Moire or U a terei rtdxls i the (NfiT-H-i tbttii?. To meet the de mand iu ilii? direction, we oiler A iefiaf Lanre l ine of "oIred Moire SilkK every jtbade, al .VtefurlMu width : thee are e fieeially eiieap. Abo. olotvd Moireii at M, Jl tl 'rfiand up tof i, very tleirable. Odonii KhadMUiea1 ah all silk, 20 in., not of fered elnew hen- below $1 and li'i. Irei Triuiitiinir. Buttons, IIandkerehief; Cloves NotMtnt KitdHim. Huehiufrs Jewelry. Ve, Heud for l'ri"e I 1 aod Juwriplion of ourfler inpiol ParajtolK and Kid doveK. BOGGS & BUHL, 115. tir. 119 & 121 FEDERAL ST BEET, t'blsEGJHENY, PA. M rite for SamfJrn. lec.t5,87..1jr. EXCELSIOR COOK STOATE Aims umnniiT. EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS. ill Pnrdmsen! caa lie Suites ! Ii MASITACTVKED BY ash mrt ialk by R. 13. Sehell & Co., aiili-'i-lyr. SOMERSET. PA. YOUli llv at home, and make more riHHH-y at a ork for u than I auytlilii li4 in Uie won a. apiial not u(d. You ara BUirusl free, both cin ; all aiwa. Any one rau do ihe work. Lanrc earnings wire from th atari. Jletuir not or lay The a J venture of Hattit; lU'nton, a jrirl of 10, with a jwntj of oiitlawK on the Ar kansas river, proved litT bravery to le equal to that ot any man living. Soon after the war, wliilo everything was yet in confusion in the South, ami estterially in the Southwest, Benton moved front Missouri to Arkansas, and settled upon the Arkansas river at ajKiint midway le tween 1'ine ClufTs and Arkansas Tost, The country was then full of outlaws of all sorts, and robliery, assassination and nmrder were rife in the lonely sections, lienton lived on the bank of the river, and furnished wood to the steamboats. Iiattie was his only child, and had been accustomed to the wild life of the west since liabyhood. The mother was an in valid, who could scarcely leave the house or wait lion herself. The father was a man of fiery tenijicr, and ieople soon learned that to attempt any love-making with the girl would le pretty certain to end in somebody's death. The three or four pillantavho came si'hiii", about were made to walk the plank, and in time it came to lie known alon; the riv er that the old man Benton looked upon his daughter as too ;ood a match for any one in tho- parts. Then it was that an outlaw named Jack Ctimmerford sent the old man a message that he was coming to make JIattie his wife. The fellow was proprietor of a floating whisky blianty and had two or three hard cases constant ly with him. While there was no ques tion that this crew were guilty of stealing and robbinn and even worse, the victims hesitated to complain, and the luw to ar rest. Cuinmerford heard of the girl long enough before he saw her, and the first Benton heard of the outlaw was by way tf a ines&ige iu which t'ummerford told him that he would be on band in almt 10 days to look the girl over, and if she suited him he would take her away. The father boiled over at the impudence of the mage, and he arranged to kill the outlaw on sieht. Had it been known just how he would comb, Cuinmerford would have lfn welcomed with a bullet, but the messenger did not state that part of it, and after lieing on his guard several days the father began to relax bis vigi lance and believe the message to lie nothing more than an idle lioast. One morning be went down to his wood piles to find a shanty-boat moored at the bank and a rough looking fellow just coining ashore. Jack Cuinmerford and his gang had arrived, and the villain intended to make his word gijod. Benton was not armed ; the outlaw bad a rifie in bis hand. Suspecting some evil, the pioneer itarted to retreat, but was shot in the back before he had gone 30 feet, and be was dead almost as soon as the outlaw reached him. The three men then pro-i-ecded to the house together. The moth er and daughter were preparing brakfast, and were ordered to make provision for their visitors. They bad heard the rule shot, but ticfore they could voice their suspicions of what had liappened, the leader of t he gang brutally said : " (Vime, now, hnrry tip. I've come to take the gu away, and, as I thought the old man might object I laid him out on the start. Xo snivelling now, but git breakfast ready, and then prejtar' to go with nie." . The mother was so overcome that she dropped into a chair and Itegan moaning and weeping. It was a terrible shock to the girl, but she realized from the first moment that if she was to Ik wived from the fate planinl for her she must save herself. She therefore went ahead w";th the preparations for the meal, and ulxjut the time the men were told to sit doi n to the table the mother liobbled out and s;it down beside the dead ImkI v of her husband, so daicd and terrified that she could not shed a tenr. A (lor the first shock the girl la-gan to plan against the gang, and every move made by the men was narrowly watched, As the place was isolated they hail im fear of beingdisturb ed and took matters very leisurely. They talked of the shooting of Benton as cool ly as if they had only fired upon a do, and as they drew up to the table Cum iiierford observed : " Ought to have hit him about two in ches lower, but it wasn't so bad for a snap shot. Kinder sorry for the old wo man, but she'll feel Itetter after we fling the body into the river. Say, gal, how d'ye like me, anyway? You orter be proud of such a man as Jack Cum iiier ford!" " Come, Jack, 1m- a bit easy on her un til we git afloat," remarked one of the others. "Oh, sartin," chuckled the outlaw. " She's kinder 'fraid of me now, but she'll soon be proud of her husband. J tat her pooty girl, Iiattie is. Sorry I didn't come last week, but my motto is to attend to bizness fust. Say, gal, dou't be afeard to lauuh if you feel like it 1 " Ctimmerford had brought bis rifle or carbine to the house, while the others had left their firearms alioard the boat. The carbine leaned against the wall in the rear of the men, and just as they got fairly to eating the girl examined it mitti ciently to note that the chamber contain ed four or five bullets. Xo sooner was ghe certain of this than she snatched it up and sprang ont of doors, and as she ran for her mother, who was in the direct line of the Iwat, she called to her to leave the body and hasten aboard the craft. Dazed as ghe was, the toother did not hesitate a secohiTabout complying, and tit find the girl with the carbine at un aim, coverintr the mother's retreat, and walking slowly backward herself. The mtiiuns were all njiset for the moment Then Cuinmerford sprang into the cabin after the dead man's rifle, and when he reappeared he brought it to his face and commanded the girl, who was by that time on board the shanty boat and try- She Had Not Half Used The Checks. A ( liicago bank man who has a lovely wife told a pretty good story at his club The Charge at Chickamauga. Strategy, Nerve and Liberty. One of the splendid battles of the war Some time later we were transferred to was that of Chattanooga. In the Cnitury Point Lookout prison, Maryland. Among tien. Fullerton tells the storv of the firinir our numlier was a younir man named the other day by way of illustrating the of the signal guns to take the rifle pits at Hunter, of Washington, I. C. During proverbial ways of women. She had the base of the ride occupied by Bragg, his imprisonment he had been furnished said to him : "Dear, now I'm not going and the rush of 20,0ii0 men. The general with a complete wardrobe, far more com to ask you for an allowance ; that is vul- says : " The enemy were thrown into con- plete than any Confederate soldier dared gar. on put a couple of tbousan.is in fusion, and took precipitate flight up the dream of. On the eve of departure he ridge." He adds : " Many prisoners and was dressed in a nobbv " business suit, ing to cast of the line, to come ashore. She naid hiin not t.h le:ot attention, an.l the to ""X crelit. Pv m he coolly fired at her head. The bullet took an1 1,1 ran tl,e nouset clothe my- a large number of small arms were cup- looking as unlike a soldier of any kind as drew blood from the edge of her right ear, HelI P8? lne 8PmnIS relieve you of tured." And now follows a clear state could lie. The prisoners were gathered and in retaliation she picked up the car bine and fired an ofT-hand shot, which killed the man who stood on the right of Cumtnerford. The recoil of the heavy piece kniHvked her down, but before they could rush upon her the mother seized an ax and cut the line, and the boat floated away in the current. Cuinmerford ran back into the cabin after ammunition, but lefore he found it the lioat was half so much care " 1 The gentleman was struck with the idea. "After all," he Said to himself. ' this marriage scrape I've got myself in to promises to pan out. Dear, good little woman! How thoughtful of her. Whv, incnt of what the soldiers did tor them- i together in the quadrangle of the prison selves a most instructive and brilliant and as each name was called the man passage: I passed through the olliceout to the pave- ' The order of the commanding geneml ment and formed in column between the had now been fully and most successfully lines of guards. When Hunter's name carried out. But it did not go far enough was willed he came out envel iped in his of course!" Hedrew a check on his bank, to satisfy these brave men, who thought blanket, his hat knocked awry and car deposited it in another bank to his wife's the time ha.l come to finish the battle of rying his valise. Those who had see'n individual credit and gave her a separate Chickamauga. There was a halt of but a how jauntily he looked in the yard hard bank, and check-hook. Womanlike she few minute, to bike breath and to re-form lv recognized this fiiure that shuttled. , . rf o r a mile below the house, and when he Uys the bank-book into a drawer, but the lines ; then, with a sudden impulse, with its shambling gait, out to the pave- opened fire the women sheltered them selves in the cabin. As fast as he could load and fire he fired upon the boat, hoping that a stray shot might wound or kill. The girl made no n'ply until the current curried the boat into a tree top on the opiosite side of the stream. Then, when the outlaws began to prepare to s.vitn or HoatotTto it sheojiened fire from the three or four loaded revolvers hang ing in the cabin, and did stu-h gixd shoot ing as to force them to abandon the at tempt. Had it been coming on durk the two men would doubt less have found means to recover the boat and recapture the women, but the craft had not been de tained more than an hour in the tree-top when a government survey party came along and were soon in jioKscssion of all the particulars. The women were taken ofr, the ltoat was stripped of its plunder, anil then the structure was given over to the flames. During this time two men were landed to hunt for the wretches, but like the cowards they were they left the locality with all possible sjieed, and Cuiu- mert'ord was not heard of again until killed in a fight at Arkansas Post. --at- But for the Little Tricks. held religiously to the check-book. Long In-tore the month had expired she got a notice from the bank that her account was exhausted, and the hist check had over drawn it $1 m. "Would she kindly make a new deposit all started up the ride of the ridge. Xot ment, nor did they understand why he a commanding officer had given the or- hud made such a guy of himself. The der to advance. The men who carried prisoners talked and laughed gaily among the muskets had taken the matter into themselves. their own hands, had moved of their own I Xo one noticed Hunter lay aside his accord. Orliivrs, catching their spirit, i blanket and "spruce" himself up. Ask- The lady was in a furious fume. There first followed, then led. There was no ing a comrade to look after his blanket must be something wrong, she knew. She pored over her check-laxtk, counted the stubs and the blank checks, and then she knew that the bank had made a blunder. She donned her new Easter ked in a voice quivering with passion. It means that vour account is over drawn, uiadaiiie, that is all." " It is not, sir. My husband gave me a a "charge bayonets, remarking : " It's tgainst orders, sir, for any one to come on this side of the street." Hunter coolly said, while pulling his It is said, and has liecn believed by the credulous, that our train make marks upon the gate posts of homes where they ask alms, which are mysterious to all but the fraternity of beggars, and to these are signs of the hospitality or niggardli ness of the inmates. Whether this free masonry exists among a class which has lieen voted a nuisance, or not, there are marks which have a secret nieuning made by beggars and by menials who jiass out from the homes of our land, and from hich the reputation of their owners is read. Among sewing women, servant girls thought of protecting flanks, though the and valise, and to make no remark on enemy's line could be seen stretching be- I anything! he might see. Hunter moved to youd on eitherside; there was no thought the curbstone side of the column, t'n- of sup)ort or reserves. noticed by the guards he stepped beyond " As soon as this movement was seen 1 the curbing and faced around, looking bonnet and spring wrap and full of spirit from Orchard Knob Grant quickly turn- nonchalantly at the prisoners while leis- ofthe occasion and the outrage of the ed to Thomas, who stood by his side.and urely lighting a cigar. One of the guards bank's insult sailed into the cashier at I 1 heard him angrilv sav : ' Thomas, who I noticed the distinguished looking indi his window. ordered those men upthe ridge? Thomas vidua! and brought his musket dow n to What does this notice mean V she as- replied in his usual slow, ouiet manner : 'I don't know; I did not.' Then, address ing Gen. Gordon Granger, he said : ' Did you order them up, Granger?" ' Xo,'said Granger :' they started up without or- I cigar check-book, and you see yourself that der. When-those fellows getstarted, all " Oh, I'd like to get a good look at these out of the hundred checks in it I havn t hell can't stop them.' Gen. Grant said d d rebels. used fifty. There is the book, sir; see Uomething to the effect that 'somebody The guard repeated : for yourself. Of course you 11 have to would suffer if it did not turn out well, " It's against orders, sir, and you'll have explain this to M. . I never was so in- a,i then, turning round, stoically watch- to cross the street." suited.' I ed the rid-ti. He crave no further or-I "All right." haid Hunter, not wishing " But my dear tnadanie, don t you see ders. to prolong the conversation, and saunter- you have drawn out all the money to " As soon a.s Granger had replied to ed across the street turning oceasinuailv your credit and $1 (10 besides." Thomas he turned to me, his chief of to look at the prisoners when-, leaning staff, and said : ' Bide at once to Wood, against a tree lnix.be watched the 'John and tjen to Sheridan and ask them if I nies' with as much curiosity as any one they orderedltheir men up the ridge and there. When the column moved off the tell them,, if they can take it, to push cheer that went up from the Coiifedi r- ahead.' As I w:ismountingGrangeradd- ates was thought by the lookers-on to tie " I just dou't care anything about that. My husband gave me a check-book, and here less than one half of them are used 1V you mean to say I am going to lose all of those ch-cks? Well I'll go and see my husband about it. Hell settle you, el :' It is hot over there, and you may the escape of pent-up feelings of prisoners sir, and if I have any influence with him not get through. 1 shall send Capt. Avery at being let out into the open air, when and I think I have, both his account and to Sheridan, and other others after both in r-ulity it was the farewell outburst of mine shall go out of this bank !" Cfiuti'jo of you.' As fast as my horse could carry I admiration for their comrade left standing Dora's Housekeeping. fine morning f Jura 'a mother wan going away to the next town. She was going to bring grandma on a visit. The car riage was waiting before idie was quite ready. "tow I shall not have time t finish my work," she sa'.d. "I will let vou sweep the sitting-r-ann, Iora. You did it very nicely last week, and I know you want to help me." Dora was pouting Iss-jiuse she co'ild not go in the carriage with her mother. She thought it very cruel that she must stay at home when she wanted to go so much. So she did not answer, but sat by the window pouting till the carriage was gone. Then she said to herself : don't feel like sweeping, and don't care how I do it. I think it's too bad that can't go out to ride." So site swept the sitting-room in a very heedless manner. She did not get the dust-pan and take up the Liter; she only brushed it together and left it under the hearth-rug. When mother came home she praised her for making the room so n-at. Grand ma praised her too. She said, " I like to see children do their wurk well. Then I know they wiil do their work well when they grow up. I am glad if our little girl is going to be a good housekecjier." Oh, how Dom felt ! She was so asham ed of what she had done. She felt worse because they praiied her. She kept thinking of the litter under the hearth rug. She was afraid some one would move the nig and see it. She wa unhappy all the rest of the day. When she went to sleep at night she dreamed that she could not find the dust-pan. She woke very early the next morning and went down stairs alone. She fond the dust pan and brushed the litter npas carefully as she could. It seemed easy enough now. She wished she hid done it at first: thee the would have deserved praise form her mother and grandmoth er. Dira reiiieuibensj this for a long time. I am not shtire she forgot it; it taught her a good lesson. She found that wrong doing uiaiie her unhappy. When she grew older she learned to lie a good housekeeper. (hr Little iuk. Trihnnr, . . A Great Cattle Range. The great plateau between the liocky Mountains and the Sierras, comprising the territory of Utah and the state of Xe vada, is apparently destined to become and washerwomen, there are ways of tn grata .'cattle range in the country. learning of the desirableness of certain situations which make the words of the wise man in the Proverlts, "A bird i-f the air w ill tell it," peculiarly significant. In recommending a situation to a needy girl at one time, the answer was returned with a look of decision : " Oh, no, ma'am I do not care to try the place, she never keejis a girl long." Trying to help an other we were told, " Oh, no, she can't lie deiended ujatn. She has fits ; awful fits, and says such things!" When . we in quired of this physical disability which we supposed the "fits" belonged to, we were told, "Oh, they're not that sort, they're temper fits ; she don't seem to le able to help getting mad, at least the girls ul I say the same thing, and shecau'4 keep servant, so she has to do the work her self half the time." When the working girls have not been so Toluble as these, how often have we noticed the peculiar signs which tell us there is secret knowledge of the charac ter of certain mistresses of homes, a knowledge not gained by jiersonal exe rience but by the mark which some de parting bin-ling has put iiion the gate post, which has resulted in a " reputation which has made it difficult f ir her to keep a servant in the future. Ladies to whom a reputation is precious will often unknowingly risk it by very small acts of meanness, and w ill w inder why they find it so difficult to find and keep help in their homes. One such ex ample of trickery, for it can lie called by no ltetter name, came to the notice of the neighborhood, and gave a new brand to the character of a lady who otheiw ise could have borne a reputation for up rightness. . If the suspicion of her friends was aroused by her constant changing of washerwomen, their confidence in her remained w ithout material change until a revelation came through the statement of a washerwoman whose honesty, faithful ness, and elliciency, had made her service so desirable that she could refuse whom she would. She went to work for this particular lady, where the kitchen con veniences were beyond the ordinary ; but she soon refused to work there, because, as she told a lady, " She tried by little re lands. The pressure of set- you V At once two guns the I.ady Breck- they thought lhat sufficient to hold wish to engage in agriculture t-nridge and the Lady Buckner in front fancy little "blockade runner," therefoi Already immense trui.1&. of land, some embracing nearly two hundred and fifty thousand acres, have been purchased, and owners of large herds in Texas and other southwestern states are look ing for ranges in this wide section of nat nral pasture tiers who and found homes upon the lands in the great fertile plains of the west and south has been to crowd out the cattle kings who have for many years monopolized the largest part of the states which are by nature ls?tter fitted for the raising of crops than for the pasturage of herds. Thus there has begun a hegira of cattle men towards the west, which bids fair to aid materially in the development of those great sections of country that have Litherto Isjen left almost exclusively in the hands of Indians and peripatetic gold hunters. This movement of Btoek men toward the west is of great iinior tance to the people of this coast, for the region that will be appropriated by them me I rode first to Jen. Wood and deliver. I there, who by his strategy and nerve htw! ed the message. ' I didn't order them I won for himself freer air than they up,' said Wood ; 'they started npon their j breathed. own account, and they are going up, too. I Hunter spent several days m A ashing- Tell Granger, if we are supported, we will ton, then started for Dixie, but was cap take and hold the ridge!' As soon as I tured at Bowling Green, Va., nat as an reached Gen. Wood Capt. Avery got to escaped prisoner, but as one w ho couldn't Gen. Sheridan and delivered his mestiage. I give a clear account of himself. His cap ' 1 didn't order them up,' said Sheridan, tors halted for the night on the way to 'but we are going to take the ridge.' He Washington, taking retuge in an old then asked Avery for bis flask, and wav- ariandoned bouse, with one of thoe large ed it at a group of Confederate officers stont chimneys so common in Virginia, standing just in front of Bragg's head- The windows being all boarde 1 up, and quarters, with the salutation, ' Here's at one of the guards lying against the door. a of Bragg's headquarters were fired at relaxed tlnar vigilance so much as to Sheridan and the group of officers about j sleep. A little fire, smoke and soot w ere him. One shell struck io near as to slight impediments to a man like the throw dirt over Sheridan and Avery. 'Ah,' said the General, 'that Ls ungener ous ; 1 shall lane those guns lor that, and he did, and a good many more, too." Names of Southern Negroes. pnsoner. He craw lea up the chimney. dropped down on the outside, and the prisons knew him no more. rhiiiul, ljliia Several Versions of an Old Yarn. A well-known capitalist sat down to play a game of cards with the president A Yankee friend of mine in speaking of the limekiln club, savs : "It ix ininiir-ihle. onlv that the names of a railroad company. After the game of the members are so exaggerated." was finished the president unfolded care When I wnte her a list of the queer fully a piece of brov. n paper, wrapped up names that have become so familiar to the cards and returned them to his pock me from much hearing she declared that et. " A person of so economical a turn of is hy nature tributary to California, she would retract her opinion ot the Lime- minu musi nuuiage nia mnnmu sagacioun which should be benefited by the estab- kiln names !eing exaggerated. The ne- ly ," thought the capitalist, and the same lisbmentof t'reat lnoneved interest in a Umm ovnerallv take their names either day he bought a thousand shares of the locality from which up to this time li. tie from their surroundings or obtain them benefit compared . w ith the extent of from the white people, often mixing up country has been derived. The cattle- names in the most incongmous style. men are also the precursors of the bus-1 Lilly is the favorite name for the blackest baudman, who, when a country has I pickaninny among them. Our old wash liecome to some extent settled, would erwoman named her only child Mary readily seek in it opportunities for agri- Mandy Selina Pleasant Delightful. A cnltnre ; and it may be confidently ex- bow-legged young descendant of Ham re- tected that there will tie, liefore many joices in the name of Shadraeh Meshaeh yearsare passed be more agricultural lands Abednego though he is generally known diswered in Utah and Xevada than has I as Shad been ltelieved to exist there. .Sim T-'iun-cixco liiilh tin. Birds That Help the Farmer. The material is largely iu hand in the newly organized division of economic or nithology of the department of agricul ture for a series of bulletins npon the relations of several common sjieciesof birds in this country to agriculture. Ir. C. H. Merriam, the head of the division, places the English sparrow as chief of the pests which threaten destruction to the valuable branches .r agriculture. This bird, which was iiiqiorted f(,r the tricks to get more than a day s orK out j,n,tection of shade trees from caterpil ofuie, and always managed to keep me j.ir8) 4.u..t h..,s multiplied to such an ex- l.alf an hour or so over my time, not ot- t4!llt u, he.nie a ga-ater scourge than .. . . f - l.. l 1 t I . lenng me an exira .-eiu ior u. m.iccu ; the om. it was expP(.teI to counteract. I wouldn't haggle with a lady, ma am, Tj,e luw territory which it invades is arid so I left. I am not the only one," estimated at more than I:),(XHI square she added, zealous for her own rcputa- m annually, and its destniction of turn, " I am not the only one who is treat- fruit ;8 ttIIMlBt incomputable. The bobo- ed that way. I heard alsiut her In-fore I ijk f tnu nort js four,d to be helpful went, but 1 said it may not lie quite fair to grain growers, as it lives upon field in to her not to try for myself, and so 1 1 ried, anl found it all true. It's a pity; she m. ghl be such a lady, but for the little tricks." Ah ! but for the little tricks, how spot ted reputations might show themselves A fond young mother could not decide what to call her first son, so in her dilem ma applied to a young lady, who told her to call him Willipus Wallapus. The name tickled her fancy, and now Willipus Wallapus is added to the list. The Kiine negro has since become the mother of a daughter, and in speaking of her a short time ago, said : " I ain't sot on no name for her yit, but I'll either call her Queen Victoria or Mrs. Cleve land." She also has a stepson, nn over grown fellow of 17 or IS, w ho bears the sweet name of Rosebud Tab. But per haps the most ridiculous names are found in those of the children of a half-witted negro in Alabama. There are three of them, named respectively Heaven, Hell and Moses Smote the Water. A party of picnicers were very much startled in pass ing her bouse one day to bear the follow ing command : " Look hyar, Heaven, you niggah, you go down to Hell and git dat ar dip'icr wot dey got dow n dere." It was only after a thorough investiga tion that she could be understood. Cor. Ihiruil Free Perm. she was aboard before anvof the outlaws sects and the seeds of destnictivc weeds, tmt in the south its ravages in the rice fields are estimated to cost the planters The Hard Lot of Russian Re- from g:i,0ti0,(KX) to 24,0(10,000 annually. cruits. Dr. Merriam says that ornithologists are convinced that the services of hawks and I occasion to-day to jiass through fair, and yet when w e seriously think of owH are (,f grettt vaie to farmers. Xot suburban park w here a large number of it the character is radically unsound ,ore than three out of upward of thirty young consenpts were tiemg put through when it is marked by these little exatn- different sit-ies prey Usn domestic the goose-step, the driiimaster was a pies of trickery ; for a principle is involv- fwl, and even these more than rernu- big man. He thought -nothing of step- ed, a principle which recognizes the sig- nenite the farmer by killing field mice. P'K UP the end of the line and dealing nificantscf the golden rule, and a woman ti, other Hiwciea live entire! v noon field two or three resounding blows ou the who practices these tricks may hold her mil grawthoppers, beetles and other faces of eight or ten of the unfortunate place in a certain kind of society, but vermin which are great destrovers of squad. At the next word of command grain. The crow has received considera- the result was Btill unsatisfactory, and the ble attention from the doctor anil his cor- corporal expressed his displeasure by at- respondent, but the evidence in hand is tacking a sickly, consumptive-looking not sufficient to warrant a verdict. So Jewish recruit, striking him with clench- far as it goes it creates impressions in its ed fist full ill the ribs. The unfortunate favor. It is a corn thief to be sure, but 'a1 doubled up, and was dragged to the itapilferinvs may be guarded against, a little beyond, where the corporal while on the other hand it destroys some of another squad was slowly and deliber railroad stock. The investment proved very profitable, for the stock has been rising ever since. llnriu r nerkia. Our own information is that i7-r Weekly has gut this story slightly wrong. As we understand it, the well-known cap italist, meeting the railroad president on the cars, a.sked him if he would tike a hand at whist. The railroad pn-sident burst into tears, protested that he didn't know one card from another, and liegged that he might not Ins taught. The well known capitalist promptly apologiail, and at the next station got out and tele graphed an order for the thousand shares in question. This actxiiint of the trans action c- inies to us from an uncle by mar riage of the first wife of a man whose brother is an intimate friend of a brake man on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It is only fair to state, however, that in western, railroad circles still another ver sion of the matter is current. They af firm that the w ell-know n capitalist join ed the railroad president in a parlor-car en route for Chicago. The well-known capitalist suggested progressive euchre. An expression of paiu pa.ssed over the face of the railroad president as he re plied : " I'll give you a thousand shares of railroad stock if you'll excuse me." He was excused on those terms. We present these several versions as they come to us, in the interestof the truth of history. .V. Y. Trilnu. The Saxon's Simple Ways. The av,thorof " Li ft-and Society in East ern Kurojie" gives a lively picture of th primitive customs still kept up among the Saxon settlers in Hungary. The reader who is acquainted with the "log rollers," the "hu.sking," nnd the "apple liees," whiih are realy soci ty matters in the new settlement of this country, w:ll lie inU'tested in these eastern occasions as perhafis the originals of similar institu tions here. The author's Saxon host, after speaking of gyiies and the Wal lacks as common farm liands, gix's on to explain how the Saxons contrive to make themselves independent of such help: They do the drudgery for us; but pl-jing, sow ing, mow ing and reaping, be ing honorable aDd manly labor, we do our selves by mutually assisting one anoth er throughout the bury season of the year. As soon as the service is over in the church of a Sunday our "honorable," niuvor adilresse" the "honorable neigh bors," assembled in the church porch on rainy weather and under one of the trees in the church inclos.ire when fine. He tells them, for instance, that, as it is the seasf n of the year when this or that sort ol" work ought to lie done, Wid ow Breitlachner's fields must lie attend ed to first, or whatever other widows' ;.nd orphans' fields have to lie plowed, sowed, or mowed, and then it is decided among as " honorable neighbors " that so many i f us shall attend to the willows' and orphans' crops on the morrow. By dint of mutually assisting one an other, oil the outdoor fLrm work which we cannot inttust to the Wallacks is got through, for all Saxons are good neigh bors, and the interests of all are studied just as though they were brothers. The hay ruakirg seasons are the busiest of the whole yeai. We are out in the fields all day, and on moonlight lJghts al! night too, and only sleep during few hours in the hottest part of the day, or In-fore the rising of the moon. The old men of the village remain over night to i;k after the safe ty of our wives and chilren, and a dozen or more or them are told off to wan der about the streets throughout the bight to keep a sharp lookout ajainst the breaking out of tire or the attack of rul bers. Some of the iu are mounted when on parol, and they all carry horns with them, which they blow at stated inter vals, in order that we, away in the mead ows, mowirg, may know that they are keeping viligant watch, and that all at home are safe. Theae is the alarm horn blown from the church tower in case of anything happening, and on hearing that we all rush home to the rescue. It is an old custom which has hven in vogue among us for centuries, but it is an excel lent one for all that. Ymith'i C;r- Welsh Wisdom. How a Villago War Arose. I heard a strange story yesterday. It seems that a foully living in a suburban town, bcin-i about to go away for a month and winning to put their silver where it would be secure from bnrglarx, obtained permission to store it in a closet adjoin ing the library of a neighbor's house. The neighlior's family consisted of himiK'lf, several children, including one son w ho had the reputation of lieing a fast youth, and three or four servants. In due time the owner of the silver re turned, and, sending for the box contain ing it, prepared the table. for supper, and found to their surprise and horror that a small tea service was missing. The situation was a delicate one, and the matter was broken gently to the cus todian of the silver. Inquiries were set on fiwit, qin-sfions were asked of the ser vants in the neighbor' house, iiK-aetioiH remarks were made by the ow ners of the silver ; it seemed clear that it had been stolen, and suspicion was cast upon al most everytiody in the house whence it hal been taken. Finally the servants became incensed at what they assert! to be insulting in vestigations, and they left the house in a txvly. Very shortly after it began to lie whis pered around that the diiipated son was the guilty person. This coming to the ears of the farher led to violent words and the suspension of all intercourse be tween the two families. The gossips in the town talked of nothing else. Every body took sides. The mattes got into the church which both parties attended, and, in short, the entire community was on the verge of civil war, when, in a fortunatne moment, the missing silver was discovered in a drawer, where it bad ls-en put away with great care some months before by the mistress of the house. The affair was thus explained, but wounds that will require years to heal have lieen inflicted. fi'tm I'it. -- - - An Implacable Father. Around Kazeroon an; many beautiful orange gardens, and in one of these a short time before my visit, occurred a tragedy which will bring home to my readers the state of the criminal law of Persia. Two villagers quarreled, and one of them, in the heat of the moment, smote the other on the head with his siade. There was no homicidal inten tion, but the injured man died. The Koran claims an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, and the Koran is the penal code as well as the Bible of an or thodox Moslem State; but blood money may be, and almost always is accepted as satisfaction by the relations of the de ceased. The father of this villager, bow- ever, declined to receive money, and in sist ed on the offender's death. The gov ernor, in doubt, referred the case to his nperior at Shiraz. who, after the usual reference to the Mollahs (or high priests) replied that the law of God must be car ried into effect. This somewhat oracular answer left matter, a was doubtless the intention, still in the hands of the gov ernor, and be, to get out of the difficulty, ga-e his executioners a holiday, and told the father of the deceased that in their absence he could not carry the law into effect. The father replied that this was no obstacle, for he himself would carry out the law. He had thrice refused treble the legal blood money, and should his son's murderer go free? After this there was nothing more to be saiL The unfortunate homicide, with the fatalism of a Mussulman, sat down be neath an orange tree and smoked his last pipe, while his enemy brought two farrashes of the governor to dig his grave. On their arrival the victim put away his pipe, and sat still while the fa ther of the man he slew in the heat of passion judicially cut his throat A horrible story that I would not be lieve, but that I bad it from sources that left no doubt of its truth. In the terri tories of the great Mussulman power such r.n occurrence would be impossible. A more reforming and less fanatical spirit has largely modified the criminal law of the Koran in the Ottoman Empire, while the civil law, as therein administered, is as complex and procrastinating a system as civilization can devise. M'trmilUm An Admirable Ruse. will surely lose her standing among gen tlewomen. Cliridian al Wurk. There never was a rose, howe'er so blooming, without its thorn. There nev er yet was a , woman whose hair and clothes were not full of pins. This has become a fossiled fact iu the minds of the engaged young men of our day. ' The kind of field vermin in treat numbers. tely dressing the line by savagely kick deal, sweet, girlie and her darnation pins,' to say nothing of its work as a scavenger, ing the legs and stamping his iron-shod is often the burden of the young man's heels on the toes of the itoor recruits. The thoughts as, covertly mopping the gore Will yon suffer with Dyspepsia and tha 1 of the blows and kicks, and thecries from his lacerated fingers, he breathes Liver Complaint? ShiknYs Vitalizer is and the groans of the less hardy of the honied nothings in to her little pink ear. guaranteed to cure you. Sold by Geo. W. unfortunate youths, were horrible to ' Benford & Son. hear. Odesm Letter. wanly VULI1I aim iniw t.t-r. , , cnA vou oothiiiK to eod ua your add rem ami llui!iMrnl, ul dacUSS-." n,e When they did Plr H wm - Geo. W. Benford A Son. For lame back, side or chest, use Shiloh'g Porous Plaster. Price 25 cents. Sold by He who would gather roses must not I Why are fixed stars like pens, ink and fear thorns. paper? Because they are stationary. He Showed the Wrong Card. AJ story is told iu regard to a christen ing in the lower end of the city. Mother, father and infant were on hand. Also the godfather. The pd old priest pro ceeded with the ceremony until it was necessary to name the child. The gial father, as usual in such cases, had written the name on a can!, and when the cere mony had reached this point he dived into his vest pocket and handed out one. The priest took it, glanced over it, and a look of horror came over his face. The god father turned as nil as the gills of a turkey gobbler, went down into his pock ei again reached out another card, hand ed it to the priest, and received in return the one he had given the goisl mar and the ceremony pnx-eeded without lurther interruption. The one he had first hand ed the priest read : " I am so mewhat ofa liar myself." Pir'ri Tnuwcriiit. Mr. Stanley, the explorer, says that the greatest difficulty encountered in build ing railroads in Africa is that the ostrich es eat up the rails as fast as they are laid. That Hacking Cough can tie so quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. Weguarantee it. Sold bv G. W. Benford fc Son. Three things of short contmaunce a ladv's love, a chip fire, and a brook 11. Kid. Thn-e miseries of a man's house a siiiokey chimney, a dripping roof and a scolding wife. Three things that ought never to lie from home the cat, the chimney and the housewife. Three essentials to a false story teller a good memory, a Isild face, and fools for an audience. Three things that are as good as the best brown bread in famine, well water in thirst, and a great cout in cold. Three things that are seen in a pea cockthe garb of an angel, the walk of a thief, and the voice of the devil. Three warnings from the grave "Thou knowest what I was ; thou seest what I am, remember what thou art to be." Three things that never become rusty the money of the benevolent, the shoes of the butcher's horse, and a woman's tongue. Three tilings not easily done to allay thirst with fire, to dry wet with water, and to please all in everything that is done. Three things as good as their better dirty water to extinguish the fire, an ugly wife to blind a man, and a wooden sword to a cow ara. i The man of the world w ith whom I was strolling stopped before an up town cafe. " A very good restaurant," he sai l : "come in and dine with me." Thanking him for his courtesy, I ventured to say : " I have bv-en in here once or twice, and while the provender is good and the place cleanly and quiet, I have been annoyed by tha poor attendance very poor, in deed." "Oh. that is easily remedied," he said. " We shall have no trouble on that score ; come on." As we entered and un covered I observed that the waiters were, as jsu.,1, slow-coaches and indifferent. But when we sr.t down at our table the man of the world drew a half dollar from his pocket, laid it before him. and beck oned to the nenrest Ethiopian. The waiter took in the situation at once. "Two gemmen and half a dollar. Dut's business, suah ! There was no need of complaint after that. The attendance of that waiter was a model all through the repast, During his temjHirary alwence from us I said : " All right now, but Ls it not rather expensive?" "Xot very," he replied, a-; the waiter ranged again be tween us ; " good attendance is worth all it ensts." This remark was for the bene fit of the waiter, whosruiled an alterna tive conspicuously. Everything passed oil admirably. Check were furnished, and as we left the tabie the man of the world colly pocketed the half-dollar, in stead of feeing the waiter. Poor fellow ! He looked "paralyzed" dumbfounded and chagrined beyond description. and as we confronted the cashier we heard him yelling a compound order down the hall and the ages for " Sam-hand wish and dapple-umpling for one !" " They never get the start of me," said the man of the world, as he gathered up his change. " I like good attendance, and irill have it. To lie sure, I can't play that tw ice running in the same cafe this week, but I can cir cumvent 'em somewhere else, you bet !" An Ant Eater. A live ant eater has recently In-en add ed to the Philadelphia Zoological gard ens. This specimen is covered with quills like the porcupine, in this respwt differing fivm the great ant eater, which has long hair in place of quills, and, where the ground is soft, can bury him self below the surface in an incredibly short time. Unlike most burrowing ani mals, be uses all four feet at the same time, and sinks into the ground in much the same fashion as the harlequin at the pantomine disapr-rs through the stage on a descending trap. He is slow and awkward of gait, and as his claws turn inward, he cannot bear the weight of his body on the soles of his feet, but must needs walk on the callous pads formed on the back of the claws. One young one is brought forth by the ant eater at long intervals. It attaches itself to its inoth- er.s back, ami does not quit this position for more than a year. To soften the hardest old boots or shoes apply the- fat from roast fowls with a cloth or brush.
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