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l;.n rutrurtrti u hi care with protnpluew
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PHYMCIAS AND WRt.EOV.
. N.tu.rM't. Pa.
oftre in Ok Brer.W Block. Siid FUa.
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R. J. E. BIESECKEK,
rUYSIiTAN AND Sl'Kl.E.'N.
SaF.KET. Pa.,
T--:v'ts btf j.mf-itml iwn'irvft t.) the citiietii' of
sm.-ret and vi. muy. I ittiee in l'usl st,i
HuiciiUtt. hart l:anioad.
S. K1MMEIX,
1, irtr. hi pn.f.i.-nal a,-rvi.sss Xu the rltlient
nf siPTsrt an.i Tu inity. I'tiNw pniteiimnlly
rikl ti an t touuu at hi otti.-e on Main M-,
ol I'tamotid.
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R.H.BUUBAKER
T -iilrrp hit t.rc.f!'r.al errir. to the ritizens
o-s-iarnet and Tii-inily. ottlee in rnodt'Weon
la:aanet tt c lnamobd.
1. M. Lid'TKER.
tt-irrmrrty .straf'rtra.)
PHYSU1AS AND SI ROEOS,
H' lo-ai.-t permanently In Simeiset for the
p.uT b prulUrti. ttiieun Main street.
!! Tvar ii Vrutt suit.
I)
R. J.
MMILI.EN,
'.;ve- wpt-jal attention t tht- prwn'atim f ;
t':1 n:i.-kl tnii. AmtUl "'if inTiL All :
r-i-mtitwii -w.uMftftrr. oftc in Ber S
i. ui-jur.
LKSTIHT.
DR. WM. i'uLMNS.
I'fcNTlST.
"ffiT inKnpper BUw k up-wtMiw. whr- h
et V foun-1 t all Um iTpn to rti all kitwi
of work nu-u a r!ll:nit. niniUtlnp. xtnu'iiiiff.
Atiftrtal H-lh of all k:n ai.i f thf best
amm. miw-nril. aU work ji.-avuiwJ.
J. K. MILLER
Ht ta-nnarmily U atrd in Berlin fr the prar
t lii pn.l.sir.n. (Wire opUiMIe Charle
li-':iif,.r , (
Somerset County liank.
Er.i jt HKD 1ST7 )
C.J HARRISON. M.J. PRITTS,
PtEMIT. CA'Hiea.
C'lUromo, ma.!, in ail part of the I nited Siaiea.
CHARGLS MODERATE.
Pn hina u. end nxmey est ran be ae-
f"cim,rtaie.i t,y ,irH 0 Ne York m anv un.
"""Um.nia.le uh pnanltmeM. I'. S. 'HolKln
n:and .ul )J..aey alei taiuahlra -sninsj
m Lnet. .;) . erlehrautl nal-n, with a ear
rw iawaiitime U k.
i-:cr::Ts sciiktee.
'Ail Lntai lloliuav Clbaerved.
CURTIS K. GROVE.
SOMERSET, PA.
K'WiHX SI.Ell.HS, CARKIAIiES,
fPKlNl, WAirflN'jS. BI CK WAWNS.
eastern asd western work
Furnished on Short Notice.
Paintmg Done on Short Time.
rlJ '"'" of n.irw.flWv nmM Wmd,
M the kth i Sul-iantially
t-JismH-,. yuiy Finished, aud
sn;,te.l Uirive SatistartHm.
S7 Ciy Hrrt Class arhnen.
I' A" Kio'i' r Line Hone oa
'. pra-a, kLAai-V AKi.E, and
AH Work Warranted.
i Eiauiine my Stork, and I-earn . Ve.
a'-"". l(1 niniHlh seivea lor Wind
"rotirr the plat, and .-all in.
CTJETISK. GROVE,
' Eat of Court H.me)
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H-U;lk HUFFMAN,
MERCHAN TAILOR.
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Lt" 'ylB. And Lown.1 Pricma.
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VOL. XXXVI . NO. 23.
! CONSTIPATION
j J- called trie ilsr of I , bwuf there !
iUlrkH -y4i-m fw tii ii.Mrrfton ol p.- ,:
mkwwj iii thr rirmm of Offnywt ario vf- i
feft mit-r tj th stiHoh and howel. It t
(Mil-! T'-rr H Liver, uM witiovh Uiie br-iutr J
fitftiifi fnun tlif tftri.1iKT N&tur1 Ma
farhftrtt. in y-nt-ni.iy ftrxnpuitp with .
vfc r-mU a
Diss OF APPETITE,
HCK HEADACHE,
BAD BREATH,
ETB.
Th tvar?nnt of OmMii.t;itn de tvil rtmi
ror-lr it; nnMuUn the bo.flA. The nMHln-ine
muia iKitHilrM-t a it ftuivftm't, Imt a tonic
w-M,ani1 at !t1ii .iWr it u mattTf-tivrm-o..
T. rnfim- a nifiilnr hlil f N1y
w ithout rhaiifruitf tl did ur dtMncanizuiie the
" Er attention, aftt- tH:lfritttf with itipa
tuii lor iwutff ll:n jr.Ttn., uiu. .aitl to Sitn
! ni l.in-r Knfiilat.. and, harlnc triwl xIukm
! ev.-rrthiiiif fm.-imir.l to try it. I Hini uk
a winrei"f.ii. and altruanlH f1tM'vd the tl'ine
j to a taNKn!!):. alter ilinkliott. Mtlrrfafh Bal.
j 1 f.Hiud lhi it tad dou tiir s. mnfh vood tliat I
l miutttin-d It Hntil t fi tuo NHtlr Sin. tb-rfl
! I Iihvv not rxi-n,.nT.i any diftVisltT. 1 ktl. it
lu niy hour and would ti.it b wit'hout k. but
! ua tio torn- fl.r it. it having e;:rvd inv " 4.K..R..K
! H . 'ii'.f.. A-t t 'lTk uH-ri.- ..'.rtirt. Bioh i. ta.
j . U. Zriim Co.
It is to Your Interest i
TO Bt'Y Yol'R !
Drugs and Medicines1
BfESECKER 4 SNYDER. :
srcTOM irs To r. s. boyd.
I
Xone but the pureM and best kept ill Mock,
and when Inip la-romc inert by Mand
in. a .ertain .d them do, we .ie
stn.r them, ratlier than im
mim' on our cu.-"t.im-p.
You can dcpeii.i .in having your
DnrPBlDTinMQ f null V DrrnDTC
rRLOlirllr ilU.W i rAIlLI nLLLiriO i
tilled with cure. Uur ori.-e are as low as !
any other fimt-cia house and on j
many articles much lower. j
The iieoplc of this county nwm to know i
this, and have iriven a larye share of their !
(Mttronase. and we ha!l still continue togive ;
them tiie very hi-d gianls for their money.
IHi not forget that we make a sjieciuity of
FITTIXC1 TRUSSES, j
We jruamntv witNftuiif n, ami, if you have
ha. intuhU in thin (lirei-titia,
pvc nj a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in grat variety; A full set of Test Lenses.
I ome in and have your ej'es examined. No
charge f r examination, and we arecontidtnt
w e can stiit voti. t 'ome and sec me.
iesi1 fully.
JIESECKER & SNYDER.
EHELSIOR
COOK STOVE
Uim SATISFACTCBY.
EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS.
UI Pnrcliasers cai
MAS' fA'Tt RED Br
L i flOIM k II. Mil I,
.V FR SALE JSP
la. 15.
ort-S-'ST lyr.
Schell fc Co.,
WtMKRSET. FA.
AlbkhtA. HoRXK. J. wtWa.
Visitors to
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i lllSDUrijn j
ARE INVITED TO CALL AT OUR
New kd Elaeged Store
NO. 41 FIFTH AVENUE,
Iittslmrfj:li, Penn'a,
(JuM 6 Al Imr (d ftand.)
We have aV"it four limes the nsira tre had at
our Ibnoer pia.-e t Imsiiiesa, better liaht. the hesl
ventilation, and a niiKh more comfortable place
In every way to transact .sir lanre and growinc
tiusinen.. spe-ialtitw in tne following Linea of
i.Hslk : .
GENTLEMEN AND LADIES'
FURNISHING GOODS,
LACES.
WHITE COODS,
EMBROIDERIES.
DRESS & CLOAK TRIMMiCS,
YARNS.
ZEPHYRS.
ART EMBROIDDRY
MATERIALS
or all xixtw. rtc. etc.
m-t Orders tijr Hall Promptly All ended ta.'
HORNE fc AVVRD,
FIFTH AVE.. PITTs Bl'R.iH. fk-
PITTSBTJEGH
Female College
.AND
PITTSBURGH CONSERVATORY OF RUSIC
IOO Full Music Lesaona S20.
tMstinet Srhwdasif Lilierai Art. M ima. FJoro
Oon. Fine Arts. o. feturai. Healiomi. Twen
ty teacher. M.witfale rharrea, W inter term be
liw November 1.41. heture makiaa encacv.
aaents ebvw here, .end fr new raiaJoaue to
REV. A. H. K HtfSS.. I).
Pirrsat iu.H, Pa.
Washington and Jcferscn
COLELGE,
WASHINGTON PA.
The 7th eear tx-aina September 14lh. Clasalfal,
firieutili.' and PeeparauiTT beuartmenla. .
For information mnrrraina; freparatnrr T
part merit af.pl y t Prof. J. A.tolps Schauta. Prui
rtbai. for Catawweor other int.rfriiaiH.a tn
PKfrillifcMT MOFFAT.
j WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE
! PUMPKIN.
Whra the ftiiat ( on the pumpkin and the foddefa
to the nhork.
And jm utar th kyuuck and gotble uf the luut-
tin' turkey ca t
And the ravklin' of the guineya and the rlwkln'
of the bras,
j And UieroaMvr'i hallj looler aa he tiptoe on the
i O. ba tfaeathe tine a feUerto afeeUn'at his
; beat,
! With the rinin aun to greet him from a night of
peaceful re.
An be leaven the houae bareheaded and goe out
to feed the stork.
When the front to oa the pumpkin and the fod-
der'a In tbe hock.
They'll aometbing kiudo' bearty-like about the
ataMiapbere
W'bea tbe beat of aummer'i orer and the eoolin'
(aU f ber
Ofrmine, ae bum the flower aud tbe blmaiimi
on tbe treea,
Aud the mumhle of the hummin'-birda and bua
zin' uf the beea ;
B.it the alr'i bo appetixin', and tbe Undarape
throuah the hale
Of a i rixp and atiauy morninir of tbe early ao
tuinn days
In a pk-tur' that no painter haa tbe rolurin' to
tuufk
When the fnt in on the pumpkin and tbe (od
der ilo the nhock.
The hiwky. ruMle of the tataeL" of the corn,
and the rat-pin' of Ihe'tanKled teavea. aa artlden
an the morn ?
The MuM.Ie in tbe ftirriec kind o kmeiAme like
but still
A-pnwhin' aermoiu. to UK of the barus they
anm'd to till ;
The straw-stark in tbe meddez and the reaper In
the abed :
The hoton in tbe atall below the elover over
bea.1 . it set my heart a-tlirkin' like tbe tirkln of a
riork,
H heu tbe frm4 la on th pumpkin and tbe (ud
der in the aburk.
Jamf Whiityrmb Kilty.
THE FORTUNES OF WAR.
OR
T11K EEl'D or THE CALLAHAJi-O OK.0Y.
Bridget Callahan and Norah )'irady
met at a fish-stall in the Sixteenth Street
Market and, as luck would have it, each
fixed her fancy upon a particularly large
and handsome flounder w hich lay upon
the slimy marble slab. The two women
had come up to the stall at about the
same moment. It was not Bndget lalia-
niin fault that the dealer, adrkskiiine.l
Italian with sleepy black eyes, happened
to see her first, but the O'Grady chose to
think so and abused her roandly, while
i. f..i:.. .... t. ; ..iu. .xr
wwtrse brown paper, counted out his cus-
liie AUlllrtU 1.11.11 il lj hit: o.-ti 1U .onvr VI j
tomer's change, and bowed his thanks.
The tide of ineffectual w rath w hich is-
sued from Mrs. O'Grady 's lips surprised j
no one accustomed to the place. It seem- j
ed rather to delight iU object. Xoruh j
O'Grady was a small woman, stout and 1
firm set as an ale bottle, with a rather
long neck and a small bead, whieh was
on this occasion crowned with a sailor
hat belonging to her little daughter, pre
sumably snatched up by mistake in her
haste to get out for her daily marketing.
Mrs. Callahan, on the other hand, was of
generous proportions, with a large, fat
face, and serene blue eyes that could be
savage enough upon occasion. Aud she
w as gorgeously arrayed, wearing a bril
liant Paisley shawl with a fiery red cen
tre, a vauut of social superiority which
she had waved before Mrs. O'Grady for
years.
They met again at the door of he mar
ket, and assailed each other w ith a mutu-4
al storm of invective, for which the fish
acted as an excuse.
Both knew that there would be no
"making up" or ''taking back." The
day for reconciliation was long gone by.
Just when this crisis had passed it would
lie difiicult to say. Whether it occurred
on the day, some ten years gone by, that
the two families first took up their abode
in cottages side by side, and Mrs. Calla
han's Tim threw a dead cat at Mrs.
O'tirady.and Mrs. O'Grady retaliated by
cms! ling a pane of glass in the Callahan
domicile in her efforts to tmnish the cul
prit, and Mrs. Callahan appeared Uxm !
the scene hot and red, and covered w ith i
.lust from beating caroets, and essayed to !
take the carpet stick to Mrs. O'Grady, to ;
her own discomfiture; whether these j
small beginnings, which were liable to !
occur in any families of the Callahan and '
O'Grady circle, formed the animus and j
incentive to after h.xrtilities, who can say? 1
Certain it is that the war ha.! been kept i
up with unabated vigoreversince. There (
. : ..... 1: :
is H .eriaill convenient? 10 .jirarrcini ;
over a back fence, which people who i
i have had to nurse their wrath at a dis-
1
j tance w ill readily appreciate. Anger has
i no chance to oxl, as w hen time and dis
I tan.-e intervene. Over the coot stove, '
at tbe wash tub, inning, sweeping.scrub- j
! bing, rocking their babies, the voices of j
j each could penetrate the other's domi- j
! eile. It is needless to sav that thev made
1 free use of their opportunities. If there ;
i was an opprobrious epithet in the vocab-
j ulary of billingsgate practiced in tioats' j
Hollow that choice quarter of San Fran
cisco where both had the honor to claim
a resilience which they had not at some
time flung at each other during their in
tercourse together, both would have
thanked you to make it known that they
might at on. atone for the deficiency.
They bad resorted to every expedient to
prove their genuine neighborly feeling.
When Mrs. Callalutn hung her washing
over the back fence, Mrs. O'Grady sprin-
! kled it liberally with dish water. The
soil in both back van Is was generally
mulched with broken crockery, old bot
tles, bustles, corset steels, battered tin
cans, and other neighborly courtesies
which had been exchanged over this
convenient back fence.
In some ways this feud had been of
great benefit to both families. It had
served as a sort of a safety valve for the
conflicting emotions which often disturb
the .eaee of a household. How ranch
bodily fatigue and parental irritation the
two mother had worked offonach other
will prolwbly never be known. With
youngsters a proximate estimate of the
exact amount of vicionsness spared their
own flesh and bhxxi might easily be
made. When Tim Callalutn was spank
ed by his mother, he immediately cuffed
a yoangO'Grady. When Annie O'Grady
was denied a new frock, she made faces
at Tim Callahan. The little Callahans
and OTiradvs sparred and scratched and
bit and stoned each other with promiscu
ous zeal.
For a tim . the heads of the two fami
lies abstained front any active participa
tion in the general scrimmage, looking
with dignified indulgence npon the
clashing of the two weaker vessels. Lit
tle by little they were drawn into the
conflict. Some depredation of more
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA.,
than uxtuti atnR-ity had fireI O'Gra.ly'u
V.I.wkI ; Callahan hal lien wrought to a
frenzy by the combined effecta of an in
Halting taunt and an nnu-soally iffnerutM
evening dram, and ttitt two men bad
forthwith indulred in a knwkdown fight
and having once aired their grievance.
within the arena of the police court, reg
ularly contributed to the swelling of its
anna In.
At the time which I write an intern-
rng bit of litigation u pending between
the two familyg. The CGradya kept
poultry, and a sorry lot of fowls they
were, maimed and crippled by the perse
cution of the Callahan. Nevertheless a
feeble tribe of ducks and geese and hens
wandered about the back yard or scoured
the odorous precincts of -UottU' Hollow,
contriving to pick lip a precarious living.
Situetiuies tiiey ventured on the premi--xes
of neighbors, and were driven away
with uiany a loud "shoo," shower of dirt
or waving of dish towela Now, the Cal
lahans had a flower gunlen which was at
once -their glory and their pride, being
gorgeous with showy geraniums, prickly
cactus and redolent with herbs. The
O'iiruily fowls, sharing the family ani
mosity, spied out this humble paradise,
and besieged it with a persistence that
was positively ghoulish. By d ty and by j
night, through chink and crevice, and
gates left carelessly ajar, they invaded
the Callahan garden and uprooted the
choicest plants. When the Callahans
walled them out they burrowed under ;
when they laid a coping of rocks around
the entire lot, they still contrived to make
periodical marauds. It was privately
whisiered that the O'Gradys used to set i
up a step-ladder in their yard to assist ;
the fowls in their depredations. Be this i
as it may, the Callahans at length got a
do, a fierce, yellow, whiskered canine,
with a stub tail and an evil eye, war
ranted to be death on fowls. Thereafter,
when a chicken, or duck or goose stole
into the Callahan grounds, its mangled I
bixly was promptly Hung- back over the
fence. The O'Gradys could not stand
this long. One day Mr. O'Grady paid a
visit to a neighboring druggist, and the
next morning the Callahan dog was stiff
and stark. That day at noon Mr. Calla
han swore out a warrant for the arrest of
Mr. ( I'Grady, and the trial of the latter
w as set for a w eek from the day on which
our story begins. Both families were to
be out in force, and the suit promised to
the occasion for airing a long list of
grievances on both sides.
As the feminine heads of these two
warring factions continued their home
ward walk, it must not lie imagine.! that
they took opposite sides of the street.
Had they belonged to a different grade of
society they would doubtless have con
tented themselves with icy stares when
they met, and gone their way swelling
with horrible things they would have
liked to say. Being the women they
w ere, they had the comfort of giving full
vent to their feelinus, and walked along
side by side, in a neighborly fashion,
punctuating each step with angry words,
tart ejaculations and venomous sneers.
When they had progressed a block or so
a slight distraction, of a not entirely
agreeable nature, occurred. A youthful
Callahan w.s discovered in the act of be
Ulsiring a young O'Grady with a five
gallon oil can, while a bio sly nose anda
scratch on the assailant's face attested the
ability of the O'Grady to give as good as
the Callahan sent.
The two mothers watched the battle
with pri.lein the prowess of her offspring.
Neither attempted to interfere. This was
a consistent result of years of industrious
training, a valiant rally to the support of
the family traditions. It was more than
that ; it was salve for a secret grievance
that each nourished in her heart. For
upward of a year their two eldest had sus
pended hostilities. Nay, more, Tim and
Annie exchanged shy glances of sympa
thy and affection whenever thev met.
They had been seen walking together
across the Hollow at night. Annie, a
pretty, blue-eyed little creature, w ho was
really modest and ladylike, and alto-
gcther a very exceptional product of a
public school education working upon
raw Ililwrnian material, had lifted up
her vo'n-e in defence of the Callahans, in
her mother's house. Tim, a sturdy young
fellow, w ho bad s(x'nt the best days of
his youth d.xlging the police authorities
1 ti.. .. :.i ij .1 t u... 1 1 . 1
auu limustriai ii.xii, um. nai lurnr.i
out a very decent machinest after all, had
left the paternal mansion the night be
fore, slamming the door behind him, in
resentment of some slighting allusion to
the O'Grady's. The neighbors were be
ginning to say that it was a pity such a
likely young conple should be kept apart
by family differences ; but the parents
preserved an uncompromising front.
Sabsorlxd were Ix.th women in wa ch-
ing the outcome of the combat that they
did not at first oliserve a crowd that had
gathered further down the street, nor
the people running thither from all quar
ters. Evidently something of interest
was transpiring ; possibly a fire. The
Callahan's and O'Gradys, young and old
never missed a fire if they could help it.
With one accord the two women started
for the scene of excitement, and as Mrs.
O'Grady's short limbs were somewhat
more agile than Mrs. Callahan's longer
ones they kept well abreast, and never
paused until they had reached the out
skirts of the ever increasing crowd. Then
Mrs. Callahan stopped with prophetic
instinct, one hand pressed closely to her
panting breast.
" It's tbe sewer. Something's happen
ed in the sewer ; an' my Bill a-goin' to
work here the mornin'."
North O'Grady gave an exclamation
of disgust. The idea of one of the Calla
han crowd being singled out fiw any spe
cial disaster was so absurd on the face of
it that the very suggestion awoke in her
a sense of impatience.
" An' w hat's happened 7" she aaid, in a
debative tone, accenting the second word,
addressing a man w ho stood at her el
bow. .
m Bank caved in. Men under it,"
" No, some men fell into an old cesspool
that they uncovered.
Bridget Callahan did not wait to hear
more, but pushed her way through the
crowd. Xorah O'Grady, without waiting
to think, or reason that it was none of
ber concern, followed in her enemy'
wake. In spite of oaths, and resistance,
and angry words, they threaded their
way to the margin of a narrow circle,
where banks of loosely heaped earth sur
rounded a yawning black bole. There
they Warned the details of what had hap
pened. In extending the ay stem of sew-
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WEDNESDAY, XOYEMBER 16, 1887.
erage along the' street, an old twpoo!
ha! been nncivered, and three men had
been rent down to examine it ; two of
them hail .ieaten quick retr.at, bnt the
third had aucctirabed to the foal gaes
g'nerate! there. Two aotresBive, at
tempts had been mad by other work
, men to rewuehitn,bat neither of the men
j who went down after him returned. Three
j men lay dead or dying at the foot of the
( ladder, and no workman could be found
foolhardy enough to venture down.
"An' who were tbe men that wint
down V asked Bridget Callahan.
"Walsh and William was the men
that went last. Bill Callahan was the
firxt."
Me huslmnd and the father of seven
children. A man th it is honest as the
dny is long ; that niver lost a day's work
in nis lite. .May tne Lr.i ana all the holy
saints have pity on me r cried Bridget
Callahan.
Even in her first wild cry of grief she
managed to sting the woman who stood
silently by her side, and N'orah O'Grady
felt the thrust and winced under it. No
one had ever accused Patrick O'Gra ly of
being honest, and as for doing a tlay's
work since the day some eight or ten
years ago, when O'Grady had abandon-
ed the calling of hostler and taken op
' the profession of a ward politician, he
j had never condescemled to soil his hands
S with a day's manual labor. Yet, strange-
: ly enough, Xorah O'Grady felt no incli-
n dion to triumph over her enemy, but i
new and tender feeling crept into her
heart.
Meantime Bridget Callahan filled the
air with the sound of her lamentations.
now subbing, now pleading, now railing
at those about her.
"An' are ye men, an' stand there idle
with three poor fellows perishin' so near
an' not a band that lifts to save thim ?
Shame on ye for weak-hearted cowards !
! For the love of heaven, bovs ! Oh, ye lazv
vagabonds . Let a woman show ye your
dutv P
And quick as a flash, before any one
amid anticipate her movement, in spite
1 of her corpulent and clumsy figure, she!
had swung herself over upon the ladder t
ami was preparing to go down.
In the first excitement of their appear
ance on the scene neither of the women
had noticed a big, muscular fellow, wear
ing a flashy checked suit with an air
of awkwatd rakish ness, who stood on
the bank of fresh earth but a few paces
away, smoking a short pipe and gazing j
stieculativelv into the black pit below, j
As the woman's shrill cry of denuncia- j
tion reached his ears he might have been
seen to remove the pipe from his lips for ;
:i moment and smile grimly to himself !
like one who hears a compliment intend- '
ed for himjin'l hastened to acknowledge it. !
But Mrs. Callahan bad no sooner set foot !
on the ladder than a heavy hand fell on ,
her shoulder, and a grutf voice sounded j
in her ears. I
" Back !"
She looked up and recognized him, and
her face grew red as a lobster with con
tending emotions.
"Oh, it's you, Patrick O'Grady, is it?"
she cried out in a shrill voice. "Let go
of me. Oh, you worthless loafer! You
good-for-nothing, do-nothing, dog-poisoning
r-rascai ; Let me go to save my man !
My man, whose little finger is worth more
than your whole lazy body. Oh, Bill,
Bill!"
And she broke out into a fresh storm of
sobs ; but she suffered herseli to be lei!
back without further protest.
Manwhile, the man whom she bad so
bitterly denounced, but to whom she had
nevertheless yielded an unwilling obedi
ence, felt a light touch upon his shoulder
and turned to lace bis wife. His eyes
asked a question, and her eyes answer
ed it.
" All right, if you say so, my girl."
In an instant his attitude had chang
ed. New life seemed infused into him.
His huge, brawny frame, but the moment
lxfore a torpid, inert mass, became the
emtxxliment of activity and force. The
sluggish blood bounded through his
veins. Kecol lections of old times, w hen
he had been a miner on the Comstock,
and had fought the miner's battle with j e(fe(.t o'Gradv stormed and s tore, and
foul air and fire-damp, came buck to j wpnt anKri,v off wi,hout breakfast, put
lum. He flung offhis coat and unbutton- tin in hi appearance at the police court
ed his collar, bareing his huge, muscular j a ful, minuta, U fore his antagon
throat. j jst
Jsome rope ! he shouted. j
A coil of rope fell at bis feet. He i
caught up a hose, hanging over a led of '
mortar close by, and turneda spray of
water into the tlark pit, at the same time
saturating his handkerchief with the wa
ter and bin ling it tightly about bis mouth
and nostrils. Then, with the rope knot
ted around him, a word to the men w ho
were to pay it out, and a parting kiss to
his w ife, he stepped upon the ladder and
commenced the descent.
Xorah O'Grady, her heart wrung with
terror, stood on the brink and saw him
go. To his death, she thought, and tried
to frame some prayer for him, but her
white lips refused to move. Standing
there, on the threshold of what she felt
must be the tragedy of her life, she be
came suddenly aware of the curious eyea
bent wpon her, and of the absurd specta
cle she presented in her calico wrapper
and with the child's hat on her head.
She kiew that she had gent her husband
to his doom, and she must not leave the
place where she could seee hisdead body
w hen the men pulled it up ; but she tried
to settle the jaunty hat into' some ex
pression of propriety, and fumbling with
her belt, strove to arrange the folds of
her wrapper.
In the midst of ber awkward struggle
a mantle seemed to descend upon her
from the heavens. Gazing in astonish
ment over one shoulder, she found her
self arrayed in all the glory of the Pais
ley shawl. Looking up, she saw her ene
my awed into silence by the strange turn
events had taken. Looking down upon
ber with quite a new expression, and she
realized that it was no chance impulse
that had prompted her to divest herself
of the garment, bnt tender womanly con
sideration. "I don't need it," whispered Mrs. Cal
lahan.. Then she broke quite down.
" Oh, Norah Ct irady ! Catching the Ut
ters little nervous hand between her
large, strong ones, she sobbed over her
in penitence and compassion.
There was a err from those who stood
about tbe ladder.
Here he comes !" .
An instant later OGrady's herculean
figure appeared, bearing in his arms a
lender yoamj fellow who tried o stand,
and would have fallen had not strong
anus come to his aid.
A shout went np.
"It's Williams r
A gray-haired woman came forward,
an.l half-led, half-supported her son
away.
The next time O'Grady appeared he
stumbled and fell, as he was relieved of
his inanimate burden. A whisper ran
around.
" It s Walsh r
They laid him on the ground.
A girl stole timidly oot from the crowd
and wept over her dead lover. AU eyes
turned ouestioningiy upon O'Grady, who
was leaning np against a box, pale and t ry m , con(.nient method of getting riil
shaky, making a weak grestnre of pro- j f troublesome doubts and wearisome in
test as the swaying of the curious crowd j quiry into hidden causes. A p.or solu-
tnreateneU tc shut off the air trom uim.
j inen He arose, and raltere.1 WfwaM the
mortar dox wnere me nose was playing.
He had loosed the handkerchief from
nis month and nose, ami now untied it
with trembling hands.
" He's going to give it np," someone
said.
O'Grady heard the words, and was re
minded that he had already done
all that culd be expected of any man;
that if he stopped now, he would still be
i a hero in the eyes of those who were
j looking on ; th:it neither duty nor reason
j demanded his return to the poisonous
j den from which he had escaped, but he
looked toward the quarter from which
, wie worus nau come, and replied witn
the words had come, and replied with
a savage sneer : " Not much."
He stopped long enough to take a cool.
invigorating draught from the noizel of
j tbe hose and to saturate the handker-
cnier again, neiore oinomg re across nts
face. He called for another length of
rope and, as he instructed the men to
haul up at a given signal, they knew that
his strength was giving out. Then he
leaped upon the ladder and descended,
hand over hand, with the swiftness of
one who is almt to take a desperate
! "sk. No one in the pure, wholesome air
I ahove could guess what it was to plunge
' into this noisome hole, the reeking re-
pository of filth and corruption, from
w hich poisonous gases exhaled,
blotting j
out the light of day that essayed to creep 1
through the narrow opening above, mak- j
ing it impossible for so much as the j
tiame of a candle to survive. Xor did
O'Grady find any comfort in the reflec
tion that be was doing a magnanimous
and gallant deed, risking his life to save
his enemy. To him, Callahan had from
the first lost peisouality and identity.
He was simply a fellow-being, suffering, j
failing, dying.
As O'Grady reached the lower rung of
the ladder and stoopped to the foul ooxe
lelow. the horrible vapors seemed to
rise like spectral forms, clutching at him,
(tripping his throat, crushing his chest in j
a vice like embrace. His eyes were j
blinded, something roared inhisearslike j
the thunder of incoming breakers. '
Sightless deafened, choking, he groped
about him and found what be sought.
The men above felt a faint pull on the
rope O't ira.lv had carried in his hands,
and hauled it in with a wi!L A moment
later Callahan, unconscious, but with his
chest heaving in slow, convulsive move
ments, lay stretched upon the ground
beside them. Everybody looked to see
O'Grady's resolute face and broad shoul
ders appear at the opening. Cheers were
on their lips, praise in their hearts.
Somebody pulled gently upon the rope
he had tied about his waist hen he
first went down. Heavy, inanimate
weight was the only response. Two of
the workmen swung themselves down
the ladder until their beads and shoul
ders were visible, and gripping the rope
brought the heavy burden into position
to lie rasied.
"Now, boys!"
Slowly and more carefully than before
they palled upon the rope. When Xorah
I'l irady saw the lifeless form she sprang
fir ward with a little cry.
A week later two convalescents sat up
in bed. and demanded to fie dressed.
Bridget Callahan hastened to obey her
husband's behest with a willine heart !
I and trembling hands. Nonth O'Grady
) scolded unci exnodnhited. but to n,i
He had actually got in a savage plea
of " Guilty, an' it plaxe ..ur iionor!"
when the plaintiff ap x-ared on the scent.
The two men met for the first time since The world knows little of the inner
the day Callahan had been drawn back iives of even the m.iet conspicuous men.
from the jaws of a frightful death by his j The late Francis Palm was generally re
enemy O'Grady would not hx.k towarl j sari,.,i a supereiitively close. Many
him now, bnt repeated his plea, rather J thought him hard, miserly, pitiless his
more loudly and decidedly than be- ,e object in life aecmnlation of money
,ore; !
" Guilty, your honor."
Callahan held a hasty consolation with
an official of the court.
"Nolle prosequi," announced the latter
in 9 careless tone.
"Case dismissed. Call the next," said
the Judge.
)'( irady had to beta ice informed before
he comprehended the turn affairs had
taken. Then he left reluctantly, unhap
py and dissatisfied. The fact that he j
had laid his enemy nnder the heaviest j
obligations to himself had only served J
to whet his zest in the role of injured in- !
nocence, which he had been ready to
enact. He had been making ready his
po vers of oratory all the way down tow n
rehearsing the pedigree of the game
cocks Callahan's dog had slain, counting j
his decimated flock of ducks, ntking up a
score of old injuries which he meant to
rehearse if an opportunity was presented.
He went out of court crestfallen. Some
body awaited him outside the door.
"O'Grady!' said Callahan, in a voice
at once conciliatory, pleading, argument
ative, holding out his band at the same
time.
If O'Grady bad been the man who
had lain at the bottom of the cesspool
and Callahan the man who had saved
him, he would have struck aside tbe
proffered band. But all at once it came
to him that one who confers a favor has
obligations far more binding than those
of the recipient. The man who has
once done a noble and unselfish act has
a character to maintain. It is the princi
ple of nobless oblige, among high and
low, rich and poor the world over.
They w ilked down the stairs together
and out into the street. For a long time
they did not speak. Then Callahan,
timdily ;
" They do say as oar Tim be eoortia i
av your Annw." i
era
O'frrady smoked his pipe for some
woods without replying. Then he took
it deliberately from his mouth.
" Tim's a loikly lad," he mid.
That evening Tim Callahan walked up
to the front door of the O'Grady cottage.
Annie O'tSrady, her face a genuine April
of smiles and tears, was there to receive
j him. Flora Hmiut 1vtjh?nl i th Aryo-
. juntt.
Pleasures of Superstition.
There is, after all, a good deal of satis
faction in being super-stitious. To be able
to charge all puzziing or inexplicable oc
currences to invisible, sutieraatiira! ag'n-
ti.m ., .titfi..n!tv i..v n. t,. a i.n.fun.l i
j thinker, be better than none, but it is
; infinit,.T lre comforting to ordinarr
j haman beings. Men feel, moreover, that
in acknowledging that there may be
truth in astrology, charlatanism and all
the rest, they have been in a manner
brought into a mystic brother iood ; and
most people have a certain secret notion
that the very confession of faith is in
some way a sort of propitiatory oifering to
unseen powers. Mystery has always a
fascination (or man, and almo-n anv
of dettfction can succeed if it can
v,j jtseif j a perni-obscuriTr and
;,,, the awestruck curiositv of the is?no-
j rant A verr small btisis of truth
serves
anmcient basis uim which to erect
a very substantial structure of delusion,
as the histurv of innumerable uuacks
j an,j iillr,.toi has testified thr nigh all
j tlle centuries since civilization began.
j It not mucn that mva ,ike to
deceived as that they enjoy deceiving
themselves under the pretence that they
rt ind in the presence of some inscrutable
mystery, before which, since human rea
son is sure to prove unavailing.it is f.xd
ish to attempt to be reasonable or logical
at all. To be freed from thinking is,
after all, the delight which ensnares
more of mankind than any other temp
tation. Buxton i'miritr.
WaSps in the Ministers Pocket.
Everybody has hear! Thmie! Webster's
story ofaN'ew Hampshire parson who put
on a pair of trousers in which the wasps
had built a nest, and did not make the
discovery until he was in the pulpit. He
had just announced the beginning of the
text. "The spirit of the Lord is in my
mouth " when the pesky little fellows
got in their work, and the senten.-e van
concluded with the exclamation, "and
the devil in my breeches,"
t .j. t 1 t. 1 - : ir:
.1 1 aui iiriaiuMii umiii'i uiiiitii iu
-'. r..r.i,n 00s, "
New Hamshire parson when last Similar
he appeared in the pulpit, wearing a pair
of fall trousers w hich had been banging
in the wardrobe during the long summer
vacation. The wasps had not found him
out, but a motherly old mouse had." She
had spread a ni.v, warm coiii'h .of seal
skin plucking, in the right hand pocket
of the tro sers, into which an even half
dozen of one-day-.ld micvlets had been
tucked away. It is a favorite gesture of
the clergyman in question, when about
to approach a climax in the sermon, to
thrust his right hand in his trouxer pock
et and elevate the left with the forefinger
extended.
It so happened on this part icul.tr day
that Elijah's translation was the theme.
The good profit hail wen followed by the
eloquent preacher until the climax of the
ascension in a chariot of fire had been
reached, when the clergyman thrust his
fight hand int.) his trouxer pocket.
The audience, who had been hanging on
the burning words of the orator, were no
little startled by the sudden collapse of
the tinlifted left hand, the index finger
of which was in the act of pointing to
the gates that were being lifted up to let
the prophet in. The ex prexsion of a
momentary pang sli4 across tiie jireach
er's tt.re as with a convulsive jerit the
other hand was brought up frjui the
rsx'ket. A glance at its contentes, a
quick squeezing together f the hand,
the light thud of something dripping be
hind the pulpit, an amused smile on the
lace for a second and then the glowing
theme was resumed. Only taose who
sat on the front row in the amen corner
hear! what the preacher said when he
discovered the mice in his hand. u Well,
I'll be doggoned ! " was sufficient.
Francis Palms's Gratitude.
and bis recreation the inventing of meth
ods whereby to lesson the cost of living.
Unquestionably he was anything but a
riotous liver, and there is n..ne to dispute
his willingness to see his millions multi
ply; bx9 that he was heartless, cruel,
grasping and relentlesx is not true. The
relation of one inei.lent in his money
getting life will show that beneath his
glittering and cold exterior beat a re
sponsive and greatful heart.
When he rami to Ih'trnif, a young
man in quest of employement, he found
a friend in one of Iefroit's m.wt promi-
nent inhabitants. Mr. Palms became a
bookkeeper. On quitting that employ
ment he drifted into a pine land deal.
Without large capital he xn found him
self between the upper and nether mill-
stones, where he was like to he gronnd
fine. Then his friend caught him, so to
say, by the hair of his head and snatched
him from financial destruction cheated
the millstones of their grist and sent the
young speculator spinning tip the hill of
fortune.
Years afterward, when Francis Palms
had become known far and wide as tbe
richest man in Michigan and his friemp-
had drifted from his anchorage into the
whirlpool of commercial danger the
former found his opportunity and his
heart and " went on" the old merchant's
paper for $200,000.
An acquaintance of Palms's met him
one day, warned him that tbe maker of
that paper was in a shaky condition
and ctsanselled hint to get from nnder
with all possible baste.
As near as I ran figure it," said the
acquaintance, " yon are in for about ?!00,
000." . " Well, said Palms, calmly disdaining j
to corret the misapprehension as to tiie I
sum of his indorsemenls, " my name is i
good, I suppose ? '
" Why oh, certainly, Mr. Palms, by
c
O- o
1HIOLE NO. 1800.
all means. I merely wanted to give yoo
a friendly hint,"
Palms made no reply, but the deep
down kindly heart of the man to say
nothing of his commercial sagacity and
his practictl seu.se in dealing with money
problems was shown by developments.
The friend died with Francis Palms
still htseii 1 .rr for j-3. ,!. Theesute
of the once apparently invincible old
merchant tottered on the brink of rain.
The executors held a serious consultation
with the creditor whom they, in common
with the general community, looked
tin as a Shylork whom nothing could
move from his firm purpose to have his
pound of fl.'sh. They said to him in
sulwtunce. " Mr. Pa'ms, you practically
own his estate. On what terms shall we
tarn it over to yon ? "
" Hold on. gent'emen," n the response
t io slow and let us see what i the
best thins ti le done. Ah. to be sure.
Go back, gentlemen ; go back to the
widow of my old friend and asuure her
that I shall not pren my claim. You
are sensible men. business men, honest
men, I'm sure, anil want tdo everything
for the -Jood of your trust. Dispose of I
y.mr assets on the most advantageous i
tenns von can. That done and vou '
must take plenty time, mind, gentlemen,
plenty time yon can not only pay me,
but leave the widow very comfortable
indeed.
Thus encouraged, the"c faithful execn
tors sat to work with new zeal. In time
they steered the hark into a harbor, paid
off everv dollar that st'xwl against the
estate and left tin? w idow, as Palms de- )
clared thev could. " verv comfortable '
indeed."
Elephants
in the Lumber Bus
iness. Lt.yand i!uiu.y-lixking as the ele
phant appears in our menageries, where
it is merely an obj.s-t of curiosity, in Asia
it is as useful an animal asthe horse, and
is, indeed, employed in a greater variety
.if ways.
There are few tasks, which a horse
c-.in be trusted to perform without care -
fill and constant guidance : whereas the
elephant is frpvntly given as much in
dependeme of action as a man would
have for the same work. Tiiis is notably
tbe case in the lumber yanis of Rangoon
and Malmein, where the entire operation
of moving and piling the heavy timber
is perform.! by nut'e elephants without
any special sut-rvi 'ion by the keepers.
The Legs to lie moved are teakw.xx!,
which is very heavy. They are cut into
lengths of twentv feet, with a diameter
or perhaps a square of about a f.sit. An
.ii,.,n( 1, l
r thrust his tusk under the middle of it.
ciirl his trunk over it, test it to see that
it is evenly balanced, and then rise with
and easily carry it to the pile w hich is
being made. Placing the log carefully
on tiie pile in its proper place, the saga
cious animal w ill stop back a few paces
andm-jsure w ith his eye tod'termine
whether or not the log needs pushing
one w:iy or another. It will then make
any necessary alteration of position. In
this way, without a word of command
from its mahout, or driver, it will go on
with its work.
To do any special task, it must, of
oonrse, be directed by a mahout; but it is
marvelous to see how readily this great
creature comprehends its instrjctions,
and how ingeniously it makes use of its
strength. If a lxg t.w heavy to carry is
to be move. I a short distance, the ele
phant w ill bend low, place his great head
against the end of the log and then with
a sudden exertion of strength and weight
thrw his fxxly forward and fairly push
tiie log along; or. to move the log
any great distance, he will encircle it
with a chain and drag his load behind
him.
As a rule, however, the work of drag
ging is done by the female elephants,
siii.-e having no tusk, they cannot carry
logs as tiie male elephants do. A man
could hardly display more judgment in
the adjustment of the rop or chain
around a log. nor could a man with his
two hands tie and untie knots more skill
fully than do they with their trunks.
From " EUjJi'inti nt (Fort," tnj John thr
tW, i;t .V. .Vcei.M.
Courtship In Greenland.
The preacher is invariably resorted to
by both y.Ming men and maidens, as
the matrimonial ;igent. A young man
comes to the tuissi .nary house and says
to him ; " I what to marry."
" Whom ?" asks the missionary. "Have
you any one in mini T'
" Yes," answered the I ver, " but she
will not have me. I want yoj to speak
to her."
" Have you not ro.,ken fur yourself?"
" Many times but she always answer
ed ' No.' "
"T.iat is nothing," says the pastor,
"you know the way of maidens. Does
she like you T'
ill
" it Is ditiicult to find out. She
tell vou."
ine pastor accordingly sends tor the ; tate is a sort of unwritten law, so bind
girl, who comes willing enough, knowing j in thai they are seldom sent awav ,x.
what the message means. j rept f()r ery ou cause. Thev regard
"Well, my .iauL-hter, it is time yon ! mu!e, and imnlimenta of th- ,.!.'..., ,.
should think of marriage."
I never mean to marry.'
!
is the inva- ,
riable and conventional answer.
"That is a pity." says the nifkister.
hecaiL-e I have a goal husband for
thee."
" Who is hcT she ask.
The missionarv loan tells her his name
although he km
wsit as wen as tie
ami tauncnex out 11110 tne lovers ian,i experts in cane Culture; knows
praise. He is strong, good looking, kind- j the strong and the weak pointa in the
ly; heran.'httwo fine whales when his I character of every man in his emplor
eom pan ions t.x.k none, or whatever else j U)eaL Indeed his rule so mild that"
can fx? said to Ins repute. After the cat-
alogueof bis merits has been recited, the j
girl replit- :
"But I think hi m .1 gxid.f r-n.thing
fellow." ;
"Ah well," ssy.x t he missionary, " thou ,
art not wise. There is no lad who can !
fling a harp-n as he can. I shall soon j
find him a wife." j
He then wishes the girl a good day, af- i
fecting l believe that the interview is j
over. But she is xtire to linger, and alter ;
a blush and sigh, she whispers : "It is j
particularly your w h. Herr Pastor? I j
do not quite like him," with a deep sigh,
14 but if yon " At this point she vir-
tually hands over the business to the
minister, w bo has to tell her tbatiht
knows she loves the lad ; that she would j
not have co;.ie if she had not thought of '
a. - cepting him, an i that nothing is wan- 1
I ting but to aak the blessing uf God upon !
; their anion. j
The nmrrimfe, uriot;sTi ettoneh. ttsrj
alh take place njon the rrrj d:iy on
which th rilt .iithattc:!9T pr'..-'d
thai she wiil never have th "i i;in
. The Public School in England.
It was turf until Is7 that any jibl.e
provision for education was made in Eng
land, and then the aid ol the State was
extended to elementary education only.
This ai.i. too in only partial, for the pub
lic schools are not wholly maintained, as.
in the United Htotew, by general taxation
of commnitie. bnt oot nf asrhonl fund
obtained from frew paid by th puptla.
taxation or Parliamentary grantsv In t!i:a
sen of the Education act of l!7l more
over, every elementarv sch.xj is a public
school, provided that it is conducted ac
cording to .he condition of the act.
which especially require that there shall
be no aiisolute exactions in the matter of
the religittu observance and instruction.
The fee of the pup.il varies between 2
and 1 cents a week, and if he is in ac
tual destitution the sura must be paid by
the I iuardian of the Poor of the district ;
but the principal support of the Bari
sch.xl. as distinguished from the volun
tary schools entitled to the benefits of
the school fund, comes froru taxation, at
whose increase last year there was mu. h
growling among the rate payers. Finally
the education of the children between
the agew of 5 and 14, in reading, writing
and arithmetic, is made compulsory,
though, because of the fee exerted and
the desire to use the wages of children,
the requirement is very extensively eva
ded. The number of pupils enrolled Iat
year was about 4,."s),()i)i) and the average
attendance about 3,.Vl,iH The average
salary of a master in a school is fTOO. and
of a school mistresn $;75, with a higher
stipend for London. Corporal punish
ment can be administered, but only
by the bead teacher, and aa with us, the
girls are quicker than the boys in learn
ing. In the matter of penmanship both
the English and the Irish are very much
be something wrong tn tne instruction
in the art provide.! in our sch!s, for the
j chirography of the average American,
' whatever his age or oerupstion be, is
I bad.
So far as the method of supporting the
I schools is concerned, we have nothing to
1 learo from England ; but its theory that
the State should give support to elemen
tary ed'ication only is un.pjestionai.lv
sound. It is for the intrm-tion alone
that the taxation for schmls can be justi
fied. In England, where tbe suffrage is
now greatly extended, and in this coun
I try, where it is universal, the well being
I of the State demanos that children shall
' he taught to read, write and cipher but it
lis not justifiable to tax the people for
any education beyond that. .Vr York
S'in.
! The Late Henry Ward Beecher
j as a Humorist.
" Rejoice in the Lord always." I will
defy anylxxly to do it, if he were such
(rod as was taught tue when I was a
small boy.
The man that has live.! for himself
has the privilege of being his own mour
ner. Whether Ireland ever will be quiet de
pends on how many Irishmen emigrate.
They are like whiskey not to be taken
straight, bnt in mixture.
The opinion of Solomon is not shared
by men very generally. Conceit in very
much in repute. People who are con
ceited by no means think that they are
f.xils thev think that Solomon was a
fool.
There are those that are instructed in
the necessity of cross bearing who, that
they would not be without a cross, make
up little crosw-s, and are careful that they
are made not only small, but of light tim
ber. Their crosses are the hermit's shell,
like the old pilgrim's scallop which was
! worn out on theNhouIder.
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man
I looks through his telescope, then he sees
I worlds beyond: bnt if he looks at his
j telescope, then he does not see anything
but that.
The old Greeks said that a man had
two ears and one mouth, that he might
hear twice and speak once, and there is
a great deal of gxxl sense in it. Yon will
find that, if you will simply hold your
peace, you will pass over nine out of ten
of the provocations of life.
It hits been supposed that we sprang
from monkeys, and there has been an
inqu.sition to see if there has not been a
caudal appendage rubbed off. Nations
have been explored to find a man who
had a tail as a monkey has, or some tra
ces of one. You are looking in the
wrong :ilace. Look inside and you will
find some resemhiani-e of the monkey,
the lion, the bear and the hog al! of
them.
Some justify the obscurity of their
style, saying that it is a gixxi practice for
men to be obliged to dig for the ideas)
which they get. But I submit to you that
working on Sunday is not proper for or
dinary people in church, and obliging
your parishoners to dig and delve for
ideas in your aermon in making them
do the very work vou are paid a salarv
i to do fr them.
On a Sugar Plantation.
From a profusely illustrated article in
the November Onhiry, by E. V. Sinalley
on " Sugar-Making in Loiisiana," we
quote the following a illustrating the re
lations between employer an I employed:
"The relations between the employer
and the employees on.tsujrar estate are
unique. They are the nearest approach
: in America to the feudal system. Xot a
fix of Ltnd do the laborers own. Yet
t.ieir right to homes and labor on the
to some extent their own, using th.-m to
cultivate their gardens and to haul their
fieL In directing the plantation work
be seldom uses any harsh words of com-
man.! ; talks rather in kindly tones,
scoels a little if needs be, but in a rather
parental fashion ; uses opinions at times.
irom swartnv oiu uncles wno nae a
standing on the place as faithful
men
i stranger to plantation life wonders ho
the uncouth mass of black laborers i
held t.igether and disciplined so as !
produce favorable industrial results.
That Hacking Cough can be s oaiclrt
cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guarantee it.
Sold by G. W. Benford A Son.
It is worth mentioning that all good
siiotx believe in the center-bore, too.
Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure
is sold by ns ot a guarantee. IteuresCon
atimtition. Sold by Geo. W. Ben ford 4 Son
It th W2 o twin, w
kim in D,;... -rv;
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0
If the moon is made of greet cheese
then the man in th mooa
skipper.
moat be
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