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ESTABLISHED I7.
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uneret, Pa.,
j.rm-G' Suranx-t aud adjoining cvun
Drl " i ua. tmninwl or aUu aoi an
A . CfTtn. L Kvwil.
Buaacnei, Pa.
Ai: b-j.:ie rc trusted to tbeir car wiil be
K.wUi ai-U puAcliA.! ft. to. I.IUiea: ua
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MAdHt, Pa,
-t j prompt niOo icboMmi4
DEXX1S MEYERS,
ATTXiKNAV-AT-LAW,
jijtrK, Pa.
A" j'. 5iu:a entrunttd o hi tAi iu t
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JOUXO. EIMMEL,
A i' 1 J A A- -AT-IJk W,
mucwt. Pa-,
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nn. a;.j Lutu:. -'! ou cxu.
Jame:?l.jT.;h.
Ai Xun..NT-AT LAW,
nutucnart. Pa.
CSt : Minii'''Ji Biock. up tiaim. tiiimaii
u biu j.rxjaUiO utl lil.
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truu.;.v aks Sa.Luiuu.v an.-ao: vu. loiiiMu
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UtXEY. F. K'llKLL,
AlluK-Nti-Ai-LAW,
vaKrwt, Pa.
Bees? aad Ptaax AfPSA. C ua M.iamoth
Ika.
VALEXTINE HAY,
' gjnrrrt. Pa.
Ai ic Rral &. aad lo aC
uru to t tre iUi iTumpux.
ABC LC J
L-HX U. VHL,
Airok-VEy AT L.w.
aumrrwl. rA.
D-nniM'T atwnd to all twin'" ninu!
JtiHir utunm
to j Ai:.iE"il) fcAft a.
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H. IL S. K1MMELL,
TMxSrr hi rMmal mrrrit u. the mm
a? aad vi :t:iy. I P"-'-"''
r t tn i WuihI at i olct on It " -cAw
or iytaauXid.
DR. J. M. UttTHEri,
PHV?:."1AN AM) i- Kokx.iS,
fa.tir M t uftre on Kft-S airert,
ui rrai of lruc rr.
D5. J. a M MILLEN.
irr B;ai aniu to the j.rwerra;SoB of
is, Lata-ai w-r.c. Anifi'-al inKened. A!i
wvjiw r-1" :iaaory. Uft
r.i.oM H.TJt CO. aiure, euroer
kax i.Tu aud fainol ireA
DS-JoHX BILLS.
I'L-VtlFT.
cp-SAii in Cot Ueeriti Block.
DB. WXL CCiLLINS.
Co in Knert-er k cair wbere fce
ai m found ai aU tin prvjar(i u do a.. aa
wort km a a t...a. Kf.unf tiV';
A- A-.:tc:ai weia ft' A" a:u Aud ol Ine w
QHAKLES H0FTMA.X.
MERCHANT TAILOR.
(Abnre HeJEey'a Saca-a.)
L'-.t 6tylea, and Low"t I?ric.
satisfaction guaranteed.
Somerset, Pa.
AiSHNSTOWN SUFFERER S GRAT
ITUDE. IL. 0. sl MIL
-mt- R.H, Pa. ' . .
Tr.t ur luun.eie bit Jot miin
U it ,12. t an 1 It.tikK lu U imrr tif
J .u ue iKfta in Tin.ii.
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ti t ir. t;.a; i rftii ik ureoite
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I- ftt v i. i.,mirit to uii ft'ta (ri-it'.l
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f iIJa.!fcu, -ad aad I nirlilr wrvaut.
Sift ..itd wrpet.
:n my, JojuU'u. r.
t-r 'K itt . ,a-ti ibr btti-
a.: trf u.i i.r,r . , 3ua1.
CURTIS K. OROVE.
S OVERSET, FA.
-' - -Lr.l..a, CAEKIAEHi.
? y.:s. ' A- !"r. Br"K mxaost.
r-ri.v aSDETEEJ WORK
-Vsurif Dor,e on Short Tune.
..ft
i le fnrt of TWm7ft. wt ",
. hj!Aiit:aj.'y
".tro.red. Vrt-.'.y Fir.iwd- aud
a-rT:iA.3 k--e haiAtftrUuti.
t."-: of ATI K:nd i M litre ! m
-r" ri- KE AHLL. aad
AH Work Warrantecl
6d F f ii o-j ?.'a and Learn PrV
t .ta ,d fiirr;ih sure fcr W ind
' t.ftn.ff-i 4.1. afd rait is.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
Umi Mil
or
AGENCY.!
ON
A U
SOL.
UHL,
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f aftj b tt Gowert steal.
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VOL. XXXVIII.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF-
Somerset, Penn'a.
tIT BtCtlVtO IN LAMCC ANOSMAU.
AOUT. aVABLX ON DIWAWD.
ACCOUNTS MC SIC HANTS. rtRHtM.
TOCR OCALCHS. ANO OTHCNS SOLIClTCD.
- DISCOUNTS DAILY. -board
or directors:
LaRra XL Hi.iid. W. H. Millxk,
Jahks L. Pi,. Cmn. H. FiH,
Jobs K SVTT, Geo. R. fVt LL,
James E. BictrsEK.
Ec AED fxT. ix, :
Valentine IIav, :
Arkxw Pakklr,
Yh e Peemext
: : : Camiiel.
Tli fun. U and nernritios of this lck
t """-urjly jnt-i-j-d in Ar-lf lr1cd Cor
li Burgliir -.rwf fr. The only S:
ma-ie abtlui-j P-unr!ar-prw.f.
STOP! LOCK! USTU
EYEEY0NE WANTS TO KNOW
WHERE TO GET THE MOSTCF
CF THIS WORLD S COOES FOR
THE LEAST HONEY ?
WE HAVE THEM
LiDishes.-j::
WHITE, YELLOW, GLASS,
AXD ROCKIXCJHAM WARE,
IN CHEAT VABItTT.
EASKETS. IKIXG-r.LAS-US
HANGING LAM IS, TAXI LAMPS
Laa ; IV rir'liuns.
Noveltiesand CccillctirXhina
HE PLACE FOR
FANCY & STAPLE GROCERIES
H AT THE STOEE OF
ED. B. COFFROTH,
SOMERSET. T
33. te 33.
m ft m
prices:made:to: talki
We niut larwlv miuce these ftocki
before our Aciiuai lnvel:tonr, Februarr
doing iL No for tmrjrair.?, aud rvjl live
ones.
At$J.W
,Vi piece 21 inch Gainet B'.mk IresB
Siik, hich e f-l confiJent ia r-cni-uenilinea
liavin? more ice eiririg
qtiAiitiec thin r; f 1 Silk ever nr-M. We
are ilT:nir to ftani cornrL-n of it
Any II "5 quality.
Ihe-s G'K'Ds Baib-.in. Ii?e 'ot
(prohahly I'.Ki piee j of eV-gant c,Uk!ily
Iuiportt-d Hai'ls. Stripe n.l Mixture
$1.00 anil fl "Sqnalitie, bow marked 50
ints far Clearam sale.
At 15 cents.
l'Jf) piece kQble widtli 'Z7 inch) Mix
ed Tnn.U cent quality.
Also .".6 inch Trico' at '23 cents, full of
mtv K-e ami LandtKHue in appearance.
100 piecea extra heavy Red-Twill Flan
nel, inches wide, at 30 cent regular
50 cent quality, pecially poitaMe for un
derwear, and ia the Flannel bargain of
the eaon.
Careful buyers will do well to write to
our Mail 1kif Ih-kthi.nt fcTfampln
of above pt ials or other I'ry tzoods val
oe. Catalogue free.
Mail UrJer Uusinf ss a SjK-c'uiljty.
Boggs & Buhl,
115, to 121,
FEDERAL STREET
AI1EGHZNY, Pa.
PUBUCSALE
Valuable Real Estate.
Ir rinueofan orfirof . imed ont of the
rjri ol t-urrm-i -uniT. la., to Uk- owleT
ind aurrTcl. I wi.iei- lo put,. uu un
Urf ptvniM. t irt So I. on
7.72JlW.l-Vr.JRr, 2i, isno,
at 1 e rt t m.. tne f-!I-rir d.nmbed raj
er4.u-.-jMr pfofnjr ol LudvH-k fnediia. A lu.
1 ei Tiain trail f land !inate ia
NOt JeWTt Toai.niip. tftunmn Co.,
pa .lr ine b.-Hf-i l-viakk tm!!:M.
.rtr'ai,il C VJ I.e-. (..r.iAD XniL
,u.,u SiLj:rt TD. m. B i f t- ht-aja.
WiJ ar.d Ja"'Km. T" ako ouiew.
oiA?iuii 1 J arTrv U'Tt . ft-. l- wi
c.rp.L aod in f"i !ie4 ru:titauoo : itxe
i:it,trei at;d e!l iet-J : at.K 1 a-J
in at adut ; AfH-e ort tiani aid tufni emina i
the tn'MM a r.b o ln"i!, bnt, ad ov
j.!ii !bere.. and moaied " uie
t-um ftrAft. chur. fi mill aiidftUffe. cai ie t.
i o A renaimrart 'f land Kiuate ta
PlOf t u T" ci'!;i .in;y. ad Mate
.Kw:'1 u-ftumna UnO" ot John fc.ironM-1. Ht-n-rt
luiulw J.-un Xiftwe. JaA. Mauri, aad cutier.
mTh . , berf.t. Wbite
lJu N-rr uk Lur of ibe fr-uui Peaa K. IL
TERMS.
' -stK f wo No. 1. aim a Ibe "ale tt
enrtrroed bf ti.eemrt ; 9;i-rfri of ameumiirt
ta? tftL "t -iirrd w f fud Ut r4 tl
liia i m-n eual aunuai :TBntt.fnredT
. .,i..f lntft. in V l-twe BA.I to
) K tjd .m wlirrnmlKa.' "ale- f'per eeul ' day
' -m ... tftl Jjt )tt1stnei-t lit ;na.
I i tiiUP H. HAIJiV'i
e
XO. 30.
TRADE
MAR
J'
ShBumatism
J IT IS THE BEST. I
G Itirfi Colambua, O, June 23. 1M
Takra wiU rtitSaia 11 jf-n aco o
Im4 tlU 6 no rnar ; wed by JmoUi
ML Na ratlin kxkx. E. K. EKYAN.
t.-rd IS Tr Cr..
Maa BUL Ku, Mareb &.1MS.
Mr. JA J. ita. EnJy. Mkhif.
Afflxwd with rianaum U tai, i
prosouaaed laeicmk: Xit t jnrlciAe. bo
vat cored by . Jaeoka Oil amd ba irAtisei
tfatn yeaa. S.M.GEAKT. Irait,
AT DBOeoirn asa Dcauba.
THE CKAKLCt A. VS4ELEI C8-. lattiaara. Ita,
m DO ROT PLEDGE
Onmelvea to keep abrea.t, Vot to keep
the lead overall others in telling yoa
rare, AWwIately Pare, aad well Xatar
ed, Ripe H kbAira aa4 W iara
At price that make all other dealers hoa
tle. Just think of it :
Orerhalt A CV Pcre Rye, five years old.
Full quarta f 1, or 110 per dose a.
Ptill better :
FiatV tialdVa Wedilar, ten years old.
Fell qoaru $l,or 12 per dozen.
retter still:
Keatarky Boarbos, ten year old. Fall
quarts ll-o, or 112 per doien.
And one of the most naleable Whiskeya
on our !it is
The Pike F.k-.wt-Yhb-lp Exikt
i (IE EMI El XLS. Full qts. 11. !0 a doc.
Ttiere is no Whiskey that has ever leen
U1 fial has trrown in favor with the
public rapidly as oar old Export,
and the Mtiiple rea(n is that it is
utterly iinpu&iible.to daplicate it.
There will never be any let op in the
j urity and fine flavor in any particular
of the Pure Calif"rnia Wines we are
now sellinc at 50 cent per l-ottle.
Full qu.rta, or f-5 per doxen.
In makirtr np your orders please enclose
rcsUftiioe Money Oder or iTaft, or
Rgiter ycur order.
JOS. FLEMING & SOX,
wanLEAALX AFB ArTAIL
DliTJGrG 1ST,
riTTSBUBGH, PA.
412 Marker t.. Ct. of Piamond.
Oils! Oils!
Tb Standard Oil Compact-, of Pittarrt. Pa,
rnaat a nec ialty of manufarturi4t fur tb
IioiaeftUc trade Ike finest braiida of
Illuminating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Casoline,
That can t male from Petroleum. We challenge
cuauuiaa .lib erry kaoara
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM.
If yoa wiab. the aaoat nnifuraly
Satisfactory Oils
IN THE
Vmerican !Market,
AAk fat aan. Trad fcr eVneraet aad Ti trinity
supplied by
CVtK A BETRTT9 A!TB
FkKAsS at KKR.
aejit.'W-!jT. aoaannT. Pa.
It is to Your Interest
TO BUT TOCw
Drugs and Medicines
or
JOHH H. SKYDER.
srcccssoR to
Biesecker k Snyder.
Sone but the pureM and beM kept ia stock,
and when Drugs beoume inert by stand- -ing.
as omain of them do, we do
svjvt them, ratbey than tm
fose on our cuatocaers.
Yoa can depend on having your
PRESCPJFTIGNS & FAMILY RECEIrTS
fi'.W with care. Our price are as low as
any otiier first-class bou-e and on
many articles much lower.
The iie of tills county seera to know
this, and have given us a larpe siire of their
patronage, and we shall still continue to give
them the very beet roods ft if their money.
Do not iorget that w make a specialty of
FITTIXGr TRUSSES.
We fttarantee satisfaction, and. if yoa hare
bad trouble in tkis direction,
giTe as a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
ia gnat variety; A full set of Test Leosea.
Cume in and have your eyes examined. Ko
cliArpe tit examination, and we art confident
we raa suit you. Come and sea ua.
Re-pectfully, .
JOHN N. SNYDER.
onier
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
"MIDWAY."
Tbe-' a plaacant (uaee called Hid way,"
("Tit betweea oar youta aad Aft)
But It lakaa aa huag to fin tSiera
la our life'i t5-!jl.ked stags !
Tin: T tbe street, arc broad And anadv.
And toe rssa and Boiae Aad (1ai
Tbat we pats on Lie lone h'caway,
Nerrvrrach r enter then
Tia place of rot and quiet ;
Ti. a llace ml bli cwttpiete ;
Battb eulam laiar of eaildouod
M ini a louk atraxte Buny oo ita atreel -Ja
at Braa(T fc aouid gity pokie
W ere toey oa a sua ii k (ova.
For at Mida ay " all lc burnca
IX the liartita ar tursad kaif down.
And Uae ii&t U wA and reatnil
Totn eTea sot rry struar.
Till U ami BsccaAinx tvl icbta
To Ui 4Uiet poe ttjnt-
Tbere are won Iran bird at " Midway."
And taey aiag. aad Kng, and dc( !
Like tbe little cauiitn-i iftTOus.
Cjuallea, rai (,, they bring
Fur eack place ILat we bare paaanl throuch
On aur lutic, Ijut journey there,
Waetc tnere bula a lailigfct fraynas
Aud e;biially oo the Lair
if old laaie wtiOMikaiiunc
Linle kvorkinc tur I ne feet
That a ill tome uok in the future
Tread ;hikjuct,oid retreat ;
Were exla day Marias like the other,
Aad lktr twiiif ht Dereren-lf '.
Wnert Ibe talk are all iif c-kildnood
w lies w meet there old time fhead
W beie tn. fiXt of iitUe ciuidrea
Nt-tftr tter to aad fro :
But wnere tbrpa arc alow aa-1 measured
Aud a nere iibtt are turned down low.
ft
Often there when, I an knitting
tredia drop fnua iiAUd. and low !
Tbe red tail of yarn ca bkia..med
A. did roae liiig ajvi
( a buaa wnere all the roxw
Orew a big aa apple, red !
And mj dream it Mled abb faces
Oi the tiring aad lb dead.
But the dead are always rosy,
Whiit the living ones are pais :
For tii living lire at " liklway.''
And tb dead at - Faroff dala."
And ia dreaau I, to, am dancing
Old lime dance 1 one knew ;
But I sake a ben waeue wbipe :
" Lojw and abe a grand ma, toe V
In Ibis place of rest and quiet,
la tb place of biiat complete,
'faerr the colored lamp, of riuidnood
Would kii.k ttranjee buug on it5 atrret ;
Ia tb uitt piaee emlied - iSiJasr,"
tb, at lime, my soul dmb yearn
Fot tue rolured utifaof bildnoul
Tbat could an mtxb tcibtcr bam '.
But 1 tali iu w.tb tbe narcuea
Whb tarir nieamred to tki
In tci, pnarr !arecaiie4 " klduar."
bene be ligbu are turned down low.
Jlra HciMri.
THE TRAMP.
BY WILL ILEMB.
The slouching figure of a man moved
slowly along a dim prairie road. Ilia
pantM-nts were Ih read bare, and his gener
al appearance presented a picture of
wretchedness and wanL
A cold March wind was blowing over
the dry, dead grans, and patches of ahad
ew and sunlight were chasing each other
over an unbroken waste of prairie.
The man drew his thin cjat more close
ly about bits, and shivered as a keener
blael than uual swept around him.
" ints a perty pass yer coaie to, Jim
Skinner," said the E;rure ia the road.
Ye have been trampia all day without
a bite ter eat, and ef ye git anythins, yer
going ter have ter bag yas, bag 1
And he threw out his hand with a ges
ture of diadain, and quickened his pace,
a floj-h of shame and humiliation mount
ing bis thin, paleface.
" Who'd a-thought ye'd ever come ter
thisT he exclaimed, almost fiercely.
" What did yer ever come west fcr Ter
git land ! chtp land land fcr almost
nothin' .' ' Rich land 'that's whiat they
said" be laughed a sort of choking laugh
'"cheap land rich land buflklo wal
lers aikaly water an ager 1"
There was a look of vexation and infi
nite disgust pictured on his face as he
strode onward.
For six ruopths Jim Skinner bad been
" holding a claim, and bad battled with
all the hardships and privations that fall
to the lot of the poor who Fe?k to make a
home for themselves in the '"Great Ameri
can LVserL"
lie had lived in a dug-oat, worked
bard and half starved himself pent all
the money he had, took tbe ague, and
lived in his hut help'eas, till a; Last star
vation bad driven him forth, weak, half
sick, and afoot, to look for some kind of
work among the cattle-men to gaia his
daily bread.
Mile after mile he had trudged along,
with ik sign of habitation to break tbe
monotony, save now and then the rode
cabin ordug-out of some poor claim-bolder,
who, like hiinself, was struggling
with dire misfortunes and battling with
wanL
It was near the middle of the afternoon.
He was bow Bearing that part of the prai
rie country which was monopolized by
tbe grviil caltle-tut-n, and was called tbe
range."
A oiiie further on was a small cattle
ratch. He fclt weak and sick, and be
knew be could not continue his journey
much lurthtr w ithout rest and something
to ext.
If he could not gH work at th first
place he could not go further be not
have sonifthing to eat aould be be
compelled to beg? He bail no money
nothing to give but hi clothes. A bitter
siuile stole over his face. There weie no
rgn4 oa the racge
He quickened his pace, and harried. A
few, minutes later be paused in front of a
large frame building, surrounded by nu
merous barb- ire corrals. Lie stood for
a moment in the road, irresolute. If be
failed to get work, should be ask for a
lodging and souir'rjking to eat ? His face
flushed at the thougiiL Work? What
could he do in bis present weak condi
tion? Nothing. He turned toward the
building.
Dave Foster, the owner of the cattle
ranch, came out of tbe building and aaw
the slouching figure standing still Ln the
road.
What are yoa prowling around here
for?" be demanded, casting a look of dis
trust on tne forlorn looking object before
him.
" 1 I'm lookin' fcr work," stammered
Jim Skinner, hardly knowing bow to an
awer tbe Larsh question.
" A likely story," was the answer. " I
guess yoa are ooe of those fellows that
lock tor work in the day time, and other
people's cattle by night. CVar oat I I've
had enough of such as yon already.'
A hot flar-h mantled Jim Skinner's face
for an instant, and then disappeared,
leaving him as pate as death. He tried
to speak, but the words stock in his j
throat. He mastered his emotions with 1
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
a great eaSr. He tamed opon the speak
er. bis breath eotniog in gasps.
" At? ye oaf ter say that ter me ter
meT bespoke with a great effort. "Some
time not nof I'll make yoa repent
this "
The words Ai on his lips.
"Move on!" eommanded the cattle
man, gruffly ; land mind how yoa threat
en me, or I may put a bullet through yoa
now." i -
Jin Skinnar turned eway, s:ck and
diary a tumult of anger and mortifica
tion surging tlirrragb. his breast
" An' this is Ibe way I'm treated, is it,"
he mutu-red. fA tramp an outcast
br nd.-d a i tjief i thief!"
His eyes Hashed, hi bom heaved,
his breathing became heavy and kbored.
Hi shut bis tiaails tightly, and trudged
on. i
Dave Footer stool for several moments
watching the igure of the stranger mov
ing dow n the snad.
"Blast me.'Mie muttered, "if I don't
believA I made a mistake in that fcllow,
after alL Bat be looks seedy enongh,
though, for anything: ; and how's a fcllow
to tell the genttine from tbe boirus? I've
had so many cattle stolen of late, that
I've began to sJpaot every stringer I
see."
He turned and re-entered the house.
Nearly a mile further on, Jim Skinner
came to a small frame bouie. He felt
that be could not go much further. He
most stop somewhere soon, or fj.ll by
the roadside. He would make one more
effort one more trial and if be should
tail
His face paled look of despair came
into his eyes. "He approached the door
of the hou, and knocked. A man
came to the door with a book in bis
band.
"I am weak and and hungry," be
faltered. I must stop somewhere. 1 have
no money
This is a school-boose," answered the
man at the door, shortly, and then closed
the door in Jim's C tee. He turned away,
a look of despair on his thin, white face.
All the world seemed to grow dark about
bim. Where would he go next? He
hardly knew. He blood iu the road, the
cold March wiud blowing about hiiu,
fluttering bis tattered gwu.ei.ls aul
sweeping through the locg grass with a
sharp, biasing svand.
He turned and walked slowly down
the road, just as a score of children, re
knaswd from school, i&ued from the school
house door and scattered', going in differ
ent directions to their home, where
bright fires and happy smiles awaited
them.
Why should be struggle againt fate ?
What did the world huid fjr him? Noth
ing ! Why not die by the ro4uide and
be done with it? No one would uiisn
bim
A sound of harrying fcet behind Lim
interrupted his reverie.
He turned, aiid saw a liule girl, with a
cloud of Bafirilrittti m "bright," tw eel
face, out ot w hich looked a pair of large,
blue eyee, running after him.
Piease wait, won't you?" she cried,
almost out of breath. I beard yoa say
you were hungry, and and " she psu-J
ed and looked at him tiini isy if you'll
take this" opening a tin pail which she
carried in her hand " uuuie dices of
bread and a piece of cake. I wanted one
of the girls to come w iih tae, but she
said you were an old tramp, and would
hurt me But you won't though ail!
yoo r
He gazed at ber a moment, unable to
speak.
Hurt you ? Heaven bless you, child r
he exclaimed. Who would hurt an
augeir
His voice trembled. Tears came into
bis eyes. He sank down into the grai
by tbe roadside, and covered his tce
with his bands and wepL
She stood looking at him, wonder and
sympathy pictured iu her large, beautiful
eyes, bhe approached and laid her hand
gently on his shoulder, aud put the piec
es of bread and cake in bis lap.
- " I'm sorry if 1 made you cry,', she
said, a touch of tetidernt si in her voice.
fche bent dawn quickly and biased him.
" Taere 1" s.'itj said. l'ui not afraid
of you, am. I T
The next moment she was gjne and
hurrying op the road to overtake her
comnong.
He aat there for some time, trying to
eat the pieces of bread and cake sue Had
dropped in his lap, out despair bad de
prived bim or any desire for food.
He walked on stoaly, barjiy knoaicg
or caring a hat be did.
The wind was utcrcWiag ia its fury,
aad sweeping through tJe Ijug graces
with a weird, diaiual aouud. Kink of
tawoey, purple clouds lay along the riui
of the horizjn, out of w hich siiuitea tiians
of flaming yellow ligtil Jroui tue makii.g
bua beyuiid. i'reseiitly a veil ofsuijke
ssept over bis head, and a diower of
black cinders coiuuienctl to fall about
biui, while the air, ail of a j iieu, w as
laden with fames of amrumg veUlion.
He lamed. Jin awful siglit met his gaie.
Tue prairie was on Sirs '.
Great columns of black smoke were
rolling across the prairie ; and the red
flames, leaping and. roaring in tbe gale,
were rushing down toward where be
stood, not a quarter of a mile away !
Several school-children came running
down the road and pa-J, crying with
fright as they ran.
Far behiod.them, her hat oft, ber loce,
yellow hair flying in the wind, came the
little girl who bad left bim a fsw mo
menta before, the roaring flames rapidly
gaining opon her.
He altered a groan, and ran toward ber
as fast as bis weak and tottering limbs
could carry bitu.
Every breath of wind was now Lidea
with dense clouds of smoke and heat,
and black with flying cinders. He saw
ber stagger as she ran then torn partly
around and sink down in the road, just
as be reached her side.
He lifted her hurriedly in his arms,
desperation giving bim strength, and
turned and ran with her as fast as he
could, staggering as be went.'
Oh, God r If I should lose my lite,"
ke gasfisd ; " help me to save her .'"
A dense cloud of smoke enveloped bis
form : tbe beat grew intense ; great ton
gues of crimson flame leaped high in the
air, and roared behind bim, and mingled
their sound with tbe rushing w ind.
Dave Foster, the catUe-man, stood near
one of the corrals, engaged in conversa
JANUARY 22. 1800
tion with torn cowboys who bad jost
ridden op.
" We've rode all day," one of the cow
boys was saying, but can't get sight nv
any uv the the pesky cattle-thieves."
" A suspicious character passed here
about an hour ago," answered Dave
" and I wouldn't lie sure but he may be
one of them."
" I guesa h'it won't le very healthy for
him if we run across him," eaid one of the
cowlioys.
" You bet h'.t won't," sanctioned an-
(Ifor.
" Goeas we'd rope bim inter a leetie j
partLership with a tree," replied the oth
er, with a harsh Laugh.
What's that erooke coming from?"
asked Dave, pointing toward tne school
house. " A tire a tire !" he exclaimed.
' My God, boys: the frairie is on fire .'
and my Ltlle Knnie my child ' my
child 1 be will be burned Heaven help
her."
He half dragged one of the cowboys
front his horse as he spoke, and spring
ing into the saddle, dashed away in l!m
direction of the fire, Allowed by a half
dozen cowboys.
J'very moment the fire was spreading
and great tongues of red flame were leap
ing w idely against a sable background Oii
rolling smoke.
"Heaven help ber I my child! my
child !" moaned Uie father as he spurred
on his burae.
A iins of tire was burning slowly against
the ind.Onard tbey swept toward thie,
their horses rearing wildly as they ap
proached, then leaed through it, aud
dashed into the black, smoking track of
the lire that was sweeping onward with
tbe wind.
The school -bouse was in flames, but no
one near iL They galloped widely about
hardly knowing what cuurte to take.
"Here !" called out Dave ; "tbey have
gone for tbe patch of newly broken U
yonder. 1 see some one there now."
Tbey all tl&died off in tbe direction of
lLe strip of sod that lay a little way to the
north. They reached Uie place, and found
a little suitd of school-cu.ljren who hau
made their eecaie to the place.
"Where is my child?" the father scream
ed, hoar!. Bu. no one knew.
ue was coming down tbe road over
there where we passed," answered one
of the children.
"My tiod ! she is dead dead!" moan
ed the grief-stricken father, and gailod
back over tbe road be had jast traversed.
On every aide Lay a black desolate waste
of smoking, ash-evtrewnprairie.
Siddeuly one of tbe cow boys altered a
shout, and tbey all hurried to tne spoL
In a little ravine by the road-aide Lay
tbe fjriu of a man. and near bim. on a
patch of hard sand, stood little Annie,
unharmed.
-Thank God ! my child is alive V ex
clai ued Dave Fouler, leaping from his
horse and clasping her in his anus. Her
hair was burnt, her face blackened with
CyTr.g3rr3cTw aa J ashes, tout otherwise
she as uuharoied.
Tne cowboys were bending over the
provtrate mail near by.
"l'oor fellow I'm afraid he's dying,
said one of them, in a low voice.
' Little Annie began to cry. Jti, papa,',
she sobbed, "don't let hiindie he was f
good ; w hen they had all left tue w here I
fell down in the road, he came and car
ried me here." And then she told how
he had run with ber, while she, was only
half conscious, to the lit tie ravine, and
then taken elf his coat and wet it is a pool
of water and placed it over her; how he
had stood between ber and the flames a
they had swept down upon lliem, baUiing
with them till it was over, then suns,
down by her side.
Water had been brouzht, and the
parched face and hands were bathed.
He seemed to revive, and made an effort
to peak.
Dave Foster knelt by his side, and rais
ed bis head opon his lap, and held bis
ear close to the dying man's lips.
"I she safe ' he whispered faintly.
"Yes,'' aa.wered Foster, his voice
huky with emotion. "Heaven bless your
noble scu! !" Then he looked at the face
of tbe stranger closer, and started bac k.
Ob, my God! my GL'" he exclaimed :
"It is the man I drove from my door to
day as a thief God help me iHe rturt
not die he shall not die."
He threw his arms about the dy ing man
and wept bitterly.
"Speak to me V be cried, choakingly :
"tell me that that oh. Heaven ! he is
dead ."
Tbe cowboys UooJ about with ooc-ov-ered
beads, their cheeks wet with tears.
He w as dead.
isjong hands lifted him tenderly, and
bore hiiu a'-ross the black desolate prai
i ie. Eyes, w hich a short time before look
ed upon him with distrust, now filled
with tears as they beheld his c&lm, stiil
fai-e.
" if-' fl dianr all jnalSce rca rA tbe !ave
T uk ia re wonnr i i bi. ma?.- eve.
An iva lo tbe uil bat.,! act ft. tlx? trval
A power loal euTKAl life to Ihciu denied.
We Point with Pride"
To t'ae "Good name at home," won by
Hood's SarsapariHa. Iu Lowell, Mass..
where it is prcpireJ, there is more of
Hood's .Sarsapariila told than of all other
medicines, and it has given the best of
aat isfiftCtioa since its introduction ten
yearvCago. This could not be if tbe medi
cine did not possess uieriL If you suffer
from impure blond, try Hood's Sarsapar
iila and realize its peculiar curative pow
er. Cheerfulness is essential to tbe sick
room. For this reason a sunny room, or
one with a south or east ouMook, is to be
preferred to all others. Even in cases
where it is essential to darken the room
it is better to use a senny room, because
tbe light can be shut out readily with
opaque shades, and a sunshiny room is
more easily aired than a room where tbe
sun does not shine, the sunshine being
itself a powerful disinfectant Where
there is no objection, it is vastly better
f ir tbe patient to enjoy the presence of
sunshine. The old-time theory that a
sickroom should be partially darkened
in order to present a suitably solemn as
pect has given way to exactly tbe oppo
site method. Everything bright, pleas
ant, and cheerful, from the glowing grate
fire on the hearth to tbe pots cf bright,
blooming plants in the windows, may
form a part of ita furniture. Cheerful
ni.Cnm that ar vrTOriaH v -hanstt if ;
: . : '
possible, ana bright, pleasant I urn it are I
are desirable in such a room. '
He
To"
One Way of Doing; Good.
Ttere are a great tcaay ways of do'rg
good. Ooe may give money to promote
benevolent enterwisea : one may give
time and labor to helping along work J ing. The physician lire m a very mt
araong the needy : one may give orzAn- j ern establishment. N 4 only ia there a
ixing talent, stimulating word, valtjable j special night-hell, be; a speaking tube
suggestions. Many who cannot bflp in i connects the tWrstep. with the bead of
any of thse ways may do good by simp- j his bed. Tbe practiial joker has bad
It bavin? a cWrfu). wil ir.?, happv ' fun i".h this. lie has been coming
j spirit in bim. With this spirit, all who
a .a 1
" near la or ,cw"r
j within six feet of them are mfecte.1.
Our poet Holmes sav s everr loveiv
woman has an atmospberea-at her six men ne sfm; icrmor anu ru g ie
feet in diameter of grace, mercy, and night N.-11 and bowl up the speaking tuhe
peace. Mere contiguity to t.ech a woman j a if a whole resim.'r.t of niXhers-in-ia
a bh-kinift In her atroosi here tbe ! Iaw on the ct-xt U.x k had ten-mincte
sun shines, the flowers bloom and send
forth frscrance. and noxious things hide
themselves. The mosquito of p.
the serpent c.f siander, the ghoul of de-
traction shoo her presence. She does
good sinipiy by being.
We have jars of prt i-.-urri in our rooms j
to make thetn delightful to tbe oifjtctory !
sense.'' Every ingredient in each jar :
lends itself totbeeiTect produced. We j
add one sweot cxior and sn'ther and ;
another to heighten tbe richness and ;
delicacy of the fragrance.
Each individual is a Hr of t-f imrri.
Every fatuity, capacity, quality in him
lends itelf to the toUl effect he product-
upon bis fellows. His gcol q-uiitie-
manifest themselves to the spiritual ol-
factories; tbe evil ones likewise. How
we rejoice when we perceive a pood man,
pure and true; a gracious woman, sin -
rannlno V mv m-ipr know-
their names or their histories, but they
photograph themselves opon our minds
and hearts, and we think the better of
ourselves and more kindly to our fellnw
roen for having seen and felt their influ
ence.
"I love to visit Mrs. G "said a lady
the other day; "he lives in a liule two-
rx.med-flat. she economies c!e!y, for
she has to,bat she is so cheerful, so con-
tented, so happy, that I come away feel
inz tbankful for every thini I do thiiik
she c;iu trump np more b'eir.g- to the
s juare inch than any jersn I know."
A r-nt!e, liieerfu, kiniiy spirit in
whosesoever found is a ben fai-tion to
every one w ho cottie in conta'.-t with it.
( JinVmn A'Uvcxtf.
Taking Care of the Sick.
Being one of two giris, and our mother
beins quite ill, says a writer in the Bos
ton Miji, it was our duty as well as
oitr pleasure to wait upon her. My sis
ter being away ia daytime, she waited
on mother at night and I in the daytime.
I bad not very great eurcrss in making
ber comfortable, but a soon a-? filter
came home and bad been with her a
short time mother would feel very touch
better. I began to think cut what cooid
cause the difference. For one thing it
was loving attention and forethought. I
have jiutaa much affection for our mot ti
er, but hal not thought enoueh to bo
my affection when ill. One can wait on
a sick person and thiuk she is doing ail
she can, yet there will be soiiiethin;:
Lacking. If hot cloths are to I applied
and replaced they should be bandied as
though the patient hail not some infec
tious disease. Liirty cliches, spoons, etc.,
need not be left in the room, but can be
quietly removed without being as-ked to
do so. Anything that can be done with
out referring t tbe sick one should be
djne. If it is the mother who.U sick,
no family discussions should 1-e referred
to her, as is asuai when she is well.
This is a good time fjr children to
practice relying on them:lvs, and not
run to mother witb ever small trouble.
If there is pain or distress in head, chet
or shoulders, cold feet, etc., the hair can j
1 ent;v brushed, which ia verr sooth- i
ing o the nerves. Back or chest can be
rubbed with the hand and maie n.uch
more comfortable. A hot water bottle
can be applied to the feet. The hands
and Lice can be bathed w ith warm water
once or twice a day an 1 the hair brc-h-ed
and made smooth, and it is remark
able how much brighter and fre?i.er a
person jll look and feel after this atten- I
tion. A sick person should cot be left
alone for any length of lime, bat should
be sat with and read to if desired, as j
though one liked to be there ith the
sick person. In serving a meal to a sick
person, whatever it is, it should be serv
ed up in a dainty manner, not much in I
quantity, and prepared with love. We
may have love in our hearts, but it is the
outward expression that tells the story
and the sick one will lee! it, loo.
What He Discovered.
A handsorcely-Jresse'l yourg woman
entered a crowded street-j:r. A 3ocg
whiskered old fcllow, wearing a diny
slouc h hat and a suitof homespun cl'Xlies.
g t up and said :
"Mi, take my seaL I d..n't look hi
well as these here jrentieinen" noddirg
at several men "but I'vedisl.i'ere-1 that
I've got more poorness.1
The young woman sat doan wiilioot
thankir.g the old fcll jw ; and slyly w ink-
ing at a woman whom sae knew, whis-
pered:
How do you like my gallant con r try
boosier? Don't yoa think that he would
cot quite a figure in a dime museum?
"Miss, said the old fcllo v, with a sinile
which clearly bespoke his un-oriri'ius-
ness of tbe unlaJyl.ke ridii-ule, "I bleve
I left rcy pocket-book tbar on that eat.
Will you please get op a minit ?
The youg woman got up. The old fel-
low sat down, and stroking his wLLkers,
remarked :
"B'leve I'll just keep on a seltin' here
Miss. I stood up so lunch at the dime
museum jist now that I'm sorter tired.
I've g da leetie more politeness than these
here gentlemen, but I have diskivered
that 1 ain't got nigh sj much sense."
Jtrltrhtr TraTtlcr.
How are Your Eyes'.'
When the average man or woman
come to 1 fitted with the first pair of !
glasses some curious discoveries are made. !
Seven out of ten have stronger sight in
one eye than theother'. In twocases out
of Sve one eye is out of line. Near one
half the people are color-blind to some
extent, and only one pair of eyaa out of '
every 15 are all right ia all respects.
troii Frt I'".
Keep your tongue in your month if
yoa dont want chapped lips, is a doctor's
aaviCe.
Bars to raatrioaon tbe fiont gate.
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WHOLE XO. 2009.
Evened !t Up.
If a prominent phvr.ician over la the
northwest hasn't got e'en wiih oneprao
tii-a! jker, then it doesn't lie in the tell-
j "V-cg about 1-V a. m .and standing on
I t,A A n ,u w, ; 4 a aa..a.nAs at a .1 1 .a r f H i ft 1 Sin f 51
V ; 'C . ' n. h
; his sides ached thinking how funny be
i was sn-i wnat a oi t me ae was nanu.
j cholera and were dy nz by the ma.jon
! And the poor, "ire.! doctor would
! r"u'' out cf ll fir,,: ?'t "nJ
j "hello" down the tube. Then the fanny
! ntan woui.i say :
"Dots Dr. J live here?"
-Yes."
"Have you lived hire long?"
"For twenty year?. Who are yoa?
What the Ma r do you want V
"Jest want To know why yoa don't
move ; that's a I. Ta ! U !"
And then the fijinv man boances
j down into the street and scoots borne.
i here he laughs for half an hour
I straight.
' He didn't Liugh w much the other
j night. The d.artor was loaded for him.
j He knew that laah aul that yell, and
j he stuck a fjnnel in the tn?iean i i-oare-l
j ia two q'UM if is fortis, Sufford's
1 indelible ink. liouM irlue. lye, and a few
chemi al whitlkof u. ruienL It gurgled
and gurg'.ed f -r one tecond, then struck
Djfuony in the ina yx as be opened
his mouth for another bowl. It came
with a thirty foot. fail and a ten pound
presftire to the sq-iare inch. He swal
lowed a pint betur-i be could get his
j mouth shut, and the impromptu hose
j played away al! over bis ftce and si'k
j hat and shirt front, and dress suiL It
was a roof-raiser, anu cur!ei him np like
a cockroach on a hot shovel.
It wilt cr t the deenr f for plumb
ing, but he gr r.s ei ery time he thinks of
it.
Mrs. Ah Lee's Philosophy
A Chinese tea ru-rv!ant in xsmall town
in Cdlif-irnia came h 'ne from San Fran
ciscooneday w i. his new w ife. for whom,
according U cu.-toni. be had paid a great
amonnt. It s on sprx-ared that she was
as pr ad of the tratle as he was.
Ah Lee permitted the wifc and daugh
ter of h s chief cato Tier, 'Squire Hadley,
I to pay Lis young wife a visit of courtesy
an unusual privilege.
-II jw do yu like our Little city, Mrs.
Ah Leer asked Mr. Hadley. "It must
seem very qiiet Lt-re after noisy San
r'rancisco."
"Me no bear heap noise down Sa' Fan-"sc-V
replied Mrs. Ail Lee. with dignity.
"I suppose not,"" said Dora Hadeiy.
"Your women an. girls are not a'.lowd
toco about in the way we do. I should
think you'd j t-t burger and thirst to go
shopping and boy tt ings ; den't you ever?
You buv. no sb"f pee ?"
There w as a light of pride in the dark,
almond eves, a haug ity turn to the queer
shaped head, aa 1 .Mr. Lee replied
with the feniaiae emphasis:
"Melican U-ly wa k, walk, walk ; buy
heap drives; peni heap dollars. Chi
carnon lady cjst h.ai heap dollar?, for
whv Chinamon la lv tav bv she."
A Tradition cf the Harpers.
A constant fign e around Franklin
Square i that of J. Thorn Harper of tbe
great publishing hoise of that name. He
is a tail, hindsonie. blonde gentleman,
wiih the uiUftclesat.d gait of a profession
al atii'ete. Althc irU the possessor of a
great fortune, he i as aasiJuoos in his
attentions to busiieas a any clerk in
that vast establi-hr.ient- He is very pnp-
ular aiuong Lis mj!'yes. A curious
feai lire about him an i the other mem-
l lers of his family is that they are al! ad
! dressed by their middle names rather
than by their first or last.
On account of a tradition in the house
hold, neatly every male child is given a
first naaie beginning with a J. and in
order to distinguish themselves among
one another they isi? the first initial and
the middle came. The habit started in
Uie early family, and has extended all
along the line. A stranger calling there
and af-king for Mr. J. Harper would
j probably be mt by a blank look of
j astoniahaient. Only by knowing the
j ruiddie name and asking for the person
who 1-ore it, coul 1 he easily find out tbe
gentleman he wished to see. Xm I'sri
.S'-ir.
Move cn. or Quit-
Fsnuicg i t:iore progrsivs than al
most any other brine h of in-bistry. If a
1 faru.r ! n-' keep step wiih the ad-
vancing progress o the ago, be had bet
ter seek .me nth'-r employmenL It is
j no use to se'I out ind seek some richer
j soil or more pipitioas climate. Work,
constant and iu!e ligent. is required is
j all climes and lam's. Cultivate habits of
j grater economy, but do not skimp
! pourself or family. Stop the leeks and
j the wastes. Cim;etition is more pres-
! sing and more inteiiigent than in the
j daysjnst paL Hive better iiu piemen ts
j and take letter ca-e of thetn. Breed and
! keep only the m ist profitable class of
stixk, make their stable warmer, and
j prepare their food w ith more rare and
feed it to them luore regularly. Have
arrangements mi'ie for work for rainy or
storm v dais. Arrange the farm and
stock) that suiamer will not be one
grand rush and winter a season of idle
ness!. Move out of the old ruts bat not
out of tbe sute or neighborhood. Make
everything count anil carefully count
everything. Oa a farm, as elsewhere, a
man seldom rises higher than his aim.
If a farmer g-ts ahead and wins, it is be
cause be is a busimi man. and directs
bis farm oa business principles. va
j
A "Sovereign" that Cost $1.
I. David Ken nedy's Favorite Reme-
! dr, of Rn!cut. N. Y is known to be a
i
certain cure fcr Nervousness, lability,
. and the ills peculiar to women. This
; sovereign remedy stimulates the stomach
i Kidneys and liver to a healthy action.
: For all trotbies of the blood and urinary
: organs it has no equal, and a bottle,
; which costs only one dollar, should be
' in every bouse ,
Good Roads and RjjJnakir-.jf.
There a bo q"ti-Hj before ;h pe..-'e
of the United ute to .Lit, j-erha;".
wiich h S! h a pnert-s! l.eriiig
which reaches the i"ten?M ari l j .-;
cf so soany j-eopl a g'l r-ia.'s. V.
have be n wr-.4'.lng w ith thi- r- l 'ri
here in this c ?y tin.e .Kit of n.in !, h 1
in the country cbcricts it has I m a
most inportnt i.-aije evr sin- the
road was legally Laid out. Lery -i-ca'tora!
S.niety in thi SiteiiA iwn
d lift twit ng ;tbe road qTi-!rtr:.!a-l-! f-i
every on tin jfiue' U)Xpri:r,,t jir.-:
the roads we not hate and a aincei
prayer for something bt:er. R l?a;; s
are high, aa all ksaw, while roai
well known to be slmost uoitervi y
bad. Poor roads areroatly in the u,a'Vr
of torse fiewh aa waiiiasvrLicie.
pay tbr good roads and get bad m.
Foil of chuck holes and cotereel w '.U
breaks from end to end, they are an ob
ject of dread to ail wbo hare t ::
the oa. Agricultural and ol'ser j ors a
in vain protest ain all th.s. !;:
rjaU are no better t'riau lfre, u i
there is no reasonable esperiA:i..n ti-.r-
will be afhacge f--r the be. ter -n ta
near future.
All this is the mote aggravating ;.r:l
we hear how excellent the Lighasta i f
Earope are. During the past wju.u-i-rw
eral traveler have borue aai pie :-si.iu .r y
in thee coiuainstj the sii.r: -r es ti
lecce of the rua.ls of Great B.-.t.iu a;;i
CoutineDttl Europe. Tuey Lve i: r i
breaks at all, no ruts, no uiu 1 !."-, I .t
a hard, well lirained rl be-.l. f n -rao'.-to
men and aciuials, an ! wiriij'r. !
universal cuuiuiendation cf a.! who st-e
them.
Mr. Joseph Pennell, who i :!i i. is ,
traveled over a great deal c f W,-:. rra
Europe on bicycles, has written a:i .m
teresling account of the r ja ut. i t
road-making that he saw f .r a t. . :
nnuilr of ili-jvr' li.
"The roa-lway is wide enough I t t.. i
or three teauis to puss. l-r- .1 a
swtep of beautifully ke gra-s- a-, i
yond again two great, ilcep gutlers.
Side of which i a bahk of earth :. .' r
than the fields which it b-i'u U, k-ei-:ii;
all the water, if there sho-i 1 W a:.,
I ick in the tidis an ! c if t.ie r.-
Every hundred feet or so. cit in ; e '..
by taking turf out, is a s it.,' z
through which any wter wl.'nt, n-.
fail in the ro-l is drained into ti e 1 i -er
gutier. As yon ri.le along V'-u .1
see that the road is diviied ly cio!-i-tin
signs with cantonniers tin them. V-ar
these signs, which are usually al.-it a
mile apart, yoa will find a man bteak.r.g
stones small enough to go thr.-ugh a - -inch
ricg, piling the bn.ken ' ..;;e c:- !'!
symmetrical mass like a h :. r . ,.
wnich niust exact'y fit into a srV"ii
fraaie whic'a the cactunriier -, -r
iL Tiese Stone-breaer- at- y r
spring, summer an 1 autun.s. 1 1 i.- .- a
will 1 picking np the tiro: ping. :i . . -road,
paiting them ia a he.- ..:r. . : n
another part of which is f.-es.'i :. 1 to
sprinkle over the p'ia.-e, a: 1 they , a-ry
rakes and brooms to to icli up a:.y
perfectijcs on the surface, f r U a
thing as a lxe stone or a iua.p -f .l;t
is almost unknown. Havirg o'l.o. 1
up anything which n:ay Lave fji en ; . ..
pacing carts or wagjtis for t-ie l.-.r.--s'
hoofs do not kick tip the surface f t -road,
nor do the wheels gr;n l i.-.t . i'
each goes over the whole -f his a:lo'.',t-i
space with a broom about ten fc-t 1' ' .'.
sweeping off the sand, which ii taT- i
away and stored fjr future u-e. r -. i.
This ia kept up daily front Api.i i. -tober,
and so thoroughly liiat, t;-...i;g:; 1
have traveled over the roads of 1
in both tbe driest and wet;e-l sj :mi,r-
and autaois. I have never fo-.n-i h.i a-i
inch of mod or dast on trie .rani-s
Routes.
"With the beginciag of IK :.'.-r ar. i
the rainy season an inspector o-i.hs f-t
though for that matter he is aire t
always traveling up and down f . -irl
by a large gtng of men. one or -a. r
stearo rollers, which, if the di.n.-t t
far from a tjn, p'lil sfier ih- tri s.o;-y
vans in which the men live. The pt ;.
erly broken stone is then .'rad evenly
over the road and interiices filed ;..
with smaller stones an-1 pebb'es. the
refuses from the s nailer st-:ff : over t!
is spread a Layer of rhalky or c:ayt y
earth, which had beencarte-1 ar. i i ej; . i
there in neat piles "luring the su::iier.
Wliat we would call marh-iiH ily is rva
out of the whole mess wiih vaVr '.a t. .
gutter, which the engiDe pumj s ti.o.ngli
tbe hose. Thesteaiu riler then pjra-ies
op and down the so face for a !.iy -r s...
trtls and guards p"t up to '.!;
passers by fnnu driviiigon the g--.-s.
by the middle of iri'er ti.e wl.-ve-:r-face
is so perfect that in a ri le t'ir
the Voeges in the early r r'..':g. a;:i..,'.::i
there were high snow be i. its on t :;.
sides, the road having !-en cl- a:-o. in 1
although frost was coming ip .r.il t.t" :: e
ground, it was corujiaraiiveiy ea-y '.
ride on a light bicycle, itiste 1 f -,hg
obliged to drag it through a c f no, ;.
This is a description of ti.e act iai
in wbicu French roa Is are kept ;;i rejlr
by the department of ponts et tiia i'.
The same system is more oi less carried
out in Germany and Italy."
Every person who ha ever ! in
Europe confirms this report cf the .v.-;
roads there. Tney are ail g"--i , 1 . o-r
are no bad ones. Will any one ; r- r 1
to say that we can't do io-re :.jr ir.- y
bave tt-en loing fr a hun -i
over there? Hari'y. ..-ner r '.j'-t
we shall porie the saine c-ri'-e i . rj.
We rcight as well l-egin c.;a. acd :
throwing money away. W;.ta H;i
where shall the new iii-p r.-il . n 1
ushered ia ?
A Case of Abd jction.
A coopie w ho appeare-1 to have W a "
ed a long distance over a conMrr J.'gn
way. and to be mia an! ti.e '
wrangling on the nwrth por' co - i' il -
City Hall, yesterday, when a p i.iv.i. n
approached and asked what is ?i;e
matter.
"She's kicking up a rucpus '" iepi.e i
the man.
"Weil, what is it ?
"Why, we've been inarrie-1 ai - ir a
year," said the man, "a-n! e c'oj't t
along togetlier. I sai l we' 1 U tr .. -vorce,
and she said she'd take arv:
me eo."
""vren, Jim I sai 1 sevea."
"You said five."
"Where were you goin,; to ?t 1
vorce?" asked the o;'i-er.
"In here. That's wha we cai.e i t.
Soon's we eit it, I'm io!n to f aca-U."
"I said seven dolla-, Jim," rat ir '": e
wife.
"Yoa said five."
"even."
"Five."
"ts-ven, or I won't sigi."
"You've gotte- fur fcve."
Tbe officer protee.Je.1 biero:g"'.vn i' e
couple a little on thedivnee q-iesti-,r.
and when he g"t throogh lie hhs'. ai, I
said:
"If I cant gel a di.-r rre then I'll si
dart myself."
"Then I'll sbdoc'. fter you," r; I.-l
the wife, ard as he started down tl-.e
stree' the trotted along at his heels, ai l
wag prepared for aay design he i:,-.-;;t
make.
Chops can be tnade a beaa'.iftii n Itr
t olor by cookizig them in piper.
'Ami