CD TO A MODERN SHIP. Cbildnf thdima1 ir.'ne, . . Cunrvt of ch;ii M-L . Tboo ranrt not mnly fcxi That iffi1 divine WLi h. urired by tail slt.i1 ar. 1 1.- 6 ! ok'f "f of I'untic i:ae. TbB every seasoned piank That taiied t!ie f-c H softly, softly ank. Hiding tiiew are? ia buoyant majesty. And fair hi: ku. Tall fins with Mrao-rs il ked, I ut to tli risit.ff trales. TLm crisp fumoi Uj Leaving ocean Cccked. Bat th-e tie ramrai'rhwsf. Tu ruari.-.jr i:m r Llat Tuat bo, tti tr.-.-. More cot; tbou afeamcst ist la spile of these. ot as in day? of oiil: J"or in t be mltry hold. Wuh auileo uLeeae, Thy furnace fit-rce is coaled. And (rnmyLandn t'nypub-me plon create. . II. l.wn Wa'son in Tecple liar. KEEPS OUT OF SIGHT. YET THE WORK Cr THE STAGE CARPENTER IS IMPORTANT. fcext tm tha Map t tb Stapa Carpenter la Probably the Tenon with . the Xl Authority ISehiod the Scene of a Theater HU Dotiea. As fun public icut know, every well irdered themer Las rnectel with it a 2y of officials vli" are iit-vt r wen en !hefUt;re eic ;it lv acciJtat, This ni uanical sU3 difft r in t-ize and abilily, bnt a fair number fur a Kod hoase will tomiiri.se a etase carpenter and his as lUtant, a jirojH-rty man, a flayman, two art-men und a painaa. We still call lim a '"gasman," tli'-u-u the closet fall j.f knobs and k-versanJ buttons inauipu it tlectrkity instead of gas in lat ii.Kl-rn h.n-. The new mode of lighting is more exj-eusive than gas, but it is easier to manage and there is much k-ss danger of fire fn.m it. By the way, jakinp; of fires, the iwakenins- of the authority in most titks to a cousciouMiess of the danger from fires in theaters inak-s no einl of trouble for the stage carjx-nter, as t'J M vat inroads on the rockets of the manager. In addition to the electric lights, Mr. Albania has lately added to lis theater a new aestn curtain and a freat j.iiie f'-r water, which runs along in the f.ies and can be made to drench Instantly every part of the staso. should I lire break out among the inflammable inajisof scenery and properties which must be always at hand. Even ia these days, when many com t'iuations travel with carloads of special icenery, tiie theater wut have a fair Itock of its own. Drawing room scenes, Wood scenes, cottages, kitchens and even tarns must be in stork. These can 1 thanged indefinitely by a few small 6et peccs to be Used iu front, thus affording a variety to time traveling companies who are willing to use the scenery be I mjring to the house. This is always fiesirable from the manager's joint of k w, as the cost of getting special scene ry in and out of the theater is consider able and is i.iwayg at Lis exjiense. On the other hand, it is less trotible lome than you would snpi.e to fit spe cial scenery, when it is used, to the re quirements of different houses. The tmly difficulty arises In the case of a very small theater, when the scene some times lias to be cut and lapped. There ia a great deal of diffeience in Ihe ease with which scenery may be hnndled. Take, for instance, the storm tcene in "Cleojiatra." The one used by Mmc. Bernhardt w-as male in France, and was so heavy and massive that it pave no end of trouble wherever it went. Fanny Davenport's was much lighter and more easily handled, although the tffect was more elaborate. We could prepare it in a very short time and with out the slightest hitch. Some actors and stage managers are mnch more fiistidi ous than others. Mr. ilans field is the most exacting person in this respect that I know. More things have to be hired for a Mans field engagement than for any othei three companies. Another very trying leasnn for the stage carjieuter is when grand oj-ra comes to town for a week and the bill is changed every night, bevea performances each one with dif ferent scenery and properties, involve a liit of troublesome detail for some one. Even- theater has its own paint frame and paint bridge, and when new scenery H required the scene painter usually r jines and d'es the work on the spot. Everything concerned with Magesctlii.g is short lived, and soon becomc-s very ehabby on near view. In drawing room scenes the upholstered furniture is cared for as well as possible, but the constant Lasty handling soon makes it battered and worn. In fact, the best materials for mantels, cabinets, bric-a-brac of large size, even for chairs, is the papier lnache, with which a clever property luun can work stu-U wonders. It is light and easily handled, and stands hard knocks remarkably well. The stage carjnter usually gets his plan of the scenes required for a com ing attraction some time in advance of the engagement He must meet as many of the needs as he can out of his Hock in hand, and then arrange for the manufacture or rental of the rest, lie must be on hand at every performance to see about the actual work of chang ing the scenes, and be ready to set itraight any accident which may occur. His business is a regular trade, as in fact is that of every jierson on the me tlianical staff of the house. The car T.ter must even accompany the fly man in his perilous duties aloft if occa sion requires. By the way, I once had a flyman who V-;is an old sailor, and found that a nau tical career was the best rssille train ing for the business. He was the handi est man at getting aronud I ever saw, tnd if a rope broke he could splice it with marvelous speed. Besides all the tluties the stage carpenter attends to re pairs in other parts of the house, and makes improvements wherever he can. I have just come this morning from the ikylight, where we need larger openings i'or the escape of smoke, warm air, etc. The ventilation aro iud a stage must be ijuick and thorough, bo that when iw der is used in volleys all smoke and odor will pass quickly off. B. F. Morrison in Kate Field's Washington. i M. Keaan'a Regard for Anlmata. M. Re nan has known any num!T of instances of sujierior sagacity in brood Lens. He felt that he did not go too far in regarding cats :tuJ dogs tiut he had known as humble relatives. When a child he had for a neighbor a dog that, disliking the Friday's dinner of fish and potaUes, nsed regularly ou Thursday to i: looking about for bones to hide them for his uH-als next day. How did he know that Thursday preceded Friday? Another dog a-ssociated Sunday with Jerson&l cleanliness, and used as regu .ir!y as it c me around to go and take a lath, unless the weather was very cold, when he gave himself absolution, liis nauui wa Uocko. London Truth. Married by Telerraih. William Hirdie, of Fort Bowie, and Miss Ilattie (juftin were married by tele jrraph a few days ago. The would lie bride arrived at Bowie, and naturally being anxious to have the knot tied at the time set the ctoi tract ing parties went forth to secure the services of some one authorized to ierforai snch a ceremony. They were startled to find that there was no one at the post who could act. Their minds were soon relieved by the telegraph operator telling them they could be married by telegraph and offer ing to jierfect the arrangements, which offer of course was accepted. The Rev. Brant C Hammond, poet chaplain of Fort Apache, 75 miles away, jierformed tho ceremony. The jn-rators at San Carlos, 23 miles, and Cooiiey's ranch SoO miles away, acted as witnesses. A.1I the customary questions were asked and answered over the wire. Tombstone Prospector. a Coaanaon Malady. -I cam itto a little money a few m-jntlis ago," said the sad man, "and as I Lad been working for others all my Lfe I thought I would go into busineas for myself. I took a k at about fifty etores that were advertised for sale, and by the time I got through inve.-tivain:g Ikuewitall and flattered myself that the man wasn't living who could get the better of me. Nearly all the places offered for bale Lad a run down lock about them that told only too plainly whv their owners were anxious to get out of business. Cn the other haul, eome of the stores had that unmistakable evidence of newness about them that I was quick to see that they were merely got up to sell by sharpe rs and Lad no es tablished trade at a!L "At last I bought out a cigar store. It was sold on account of sickness, and no one could doubt the owner s word who saw him. He was the sickest look ing man I ever saw, and 1 didn't ques tion him very closely because I felt that a man who was as near dead aa he was wouldn't be apt to lie. But I couldut have bought a worse business if I had tried. During the three mouths I was there I don't think there was a single tlav when I didn't smoke more cig-crs myself than 1 sold. At last the man next d.xtr asked me how I was making out, and when I tol 1 Lim Le wanted to kuow what excuse the other man had given for 6elling. " 'It was on account of sickness 1 said. " 'Did he tell you bow he got sick? the man asked. ' 'No I replied. " 'Well he rejoined in a low and sym pathetic voice, 'the poor fellow pot sick trying to make the place pay.' "New York Evening Sun. Whj Rata Are Dangeron Taaaencera. A most remarkable instance of tlie mischief which the rat is capable of do ing came to light during the proceedings of a naval court of inquiry held in Au gust, 1S73, for the purpose of investigat ing the cause cf the loss of the bark Commodore of HartlepooL The vessel, which was burned at sea, had leen loaded with a cargo of timber, and the fire broke out in the hold in a most mys terious manner. It was eventually proved, on the evidence of the entire crew, that beyond a shadow c f doubt the outbreak was originated by a r;t carrying off a lighted candle, which had f tood in the forecastle and was presently missed by the sailors, and dropping it among the dry and re.sinous pine stowed below. The Shipping Gazette, in commenting upon this extraordinary case at the time. and speaking of the danger generally of rats on chipboard, said that "they have caused the fonndering of many ships by gnawing holes in the planking or so eat ing away the inner sides of the wood as to leave Tery little for the training of the hull to do in completing the ajier ture; they have been known to nibble the timber at the waterways until the wood was so thin as to admit rainwater through it; they will attack tho bungs' cf casks and create leakage; find out the soft parts of the knees or lining, and make a passage for themselves front one art to another." So fully has the dan ger cf this now c. .me to !o recognized that snch contingencies are generally provided for in the insurance of wooden built ships. Chamtjers Journal. An Observing- IlaLer. During a war lietween Austria and Turkey a baker ia his cellar kneading bread noticed a blight noiso rising and falling at intervals, which seemed to come from a distant comer of his cellar. He ttopjied his work, and tracing the sounds discovered that they were caused by a few marbles dancing up and down on the head of a l.tlio drum Lis child had left there. The majority of persons wonld Lave been satisfied to attribute the motion of the marbles to the rumbling in the street, or to the occasional firing of guns, but this man was an observer. Surprised at the jierfect regularity with which the marbles jumped from the drum head, l.e jut his ear to the ground and noticed a distant tapping. He recalled how as a boy ho had heard from one end of a long log a comjianion scratching with a j'iu upon tho other end, and he judg' d that tho earth was justsuch a conductor of bound as the log had been. Suddenly it Cashed upon Lira that what he heard was the sound of a pick, and that the Turks were doing what had so long been feared, undermining the city. The news was carried to the Aus trian general, examination made, p counter mine jin pared and exploded, and the Turks j.ut to flight. Youth's Com panion. Too Frank Kxpreaaioua. In an Irish daily there recently cp pea red this advertisement: '"Wanted A gentleman to undertake the sale of a j)atent medicine; the advertiser guaran tees it will jirufitabie to the under taker." This is even an mihappier mode of expression than that adopted in a local j)apr, when the editor "regretted to Lave to announce the death of Mr. So-and-so, but was cot astonished to hear of the Fad event, as deceased Lai been attended for totno time by Dr. Smith. Woman. The S-ie of Great Ilritain. Great Britain and Ireland have about the same number of square miles as Arizona not so "great" after all. Mad agascar is about as large as New Hamp shire, Massachusetts. Vermont, Cvii necrie.ut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and North Carolina combined. The area of England jiroju-r and that of the state of Iowa are almost identical. Philadelphia Press. A Giant with Sixty Teeth. The Chevalier Scrog, in Lis narrative of his journey to Teueriffe, bays that in one of the burial caverns on the peak he found the head of a Lninan being, supposed to Lave been a Gunich, as large as a bushel, the jaws containing exactly sixty teeth thirty abovy and the same number below. Million. An Knglioli Custom. June 7 is famous in the annals of Dun rnore, an English town, as the day on which a flitch of bacon is awjfded an nually by a jury of spinsters or bach elors to any married couple that can jrove that they have been marmd a year and a day or longer without a quar rel of any kind. This year there were five sets of claimants for the prize, one of whom Lad been married long enough to Lave a golden wedding, for in the old days it wts a rare occurrence for any couple to claim the reward from the se vere jury, the oath requiring not only that they Lad liad no quarrels, but also that they had never regretted theirmar riage and if open to engagement would make tha same again. The custom is one of buch great antiquity that its date is lost in obscurity. Exchange. I'oor Eeonomy. The cowhorn fly, or buffalo Lorn fly as it is sometimes called, Las lieeu very annoying this season in some northern states and ia Canada. It is so called be cause it attaches itself to the roots of the horns at night. Cows so tormented lose their appetite and give little milk. Tho apjdication of lard to the jiarts af fected is t-aid to be a remedy, but farm c rs generally consider it too t-xjiensive. There are a great many shortsighted farmers who persist ia feeding worth less flies with costly cows in order to avoid a little outlay. Hoard's Dairy man. Valuable btalliona in a Fight. Two valuable stallions beloiiirin? to A. (j. Pratt, a horseman of Springfield. u., got together in the barn one morn ing receutiv. Thev fouirht viciorss.lv for three hours before they could be sejia- rateu. ana are both badiv used no. Oue of them is Mohawk, with a jacing rec ord of 2:2-1; the other, by Blue Bell. 2:13. Both are well known to the turfmen of Ohio. The animals were covered with blood and almost exhausted m-ii.n jiarteiL Cor. Boston Journal, EMINENT SUICIDES. CIItc nod Caatlereach Killed TheaaaelTa and Xapoleon Attempted To. The history of suicides presents a long array of eminent victims. The suicides of antiquity are not considered, for men were educated ia those days to embrace suicide when all w as lost We do not find many conspicuous instances of sui tido iu the Middle A-t-s. Outdoor ac tivity and an intensely jiractical life was the rule with men of sensibility outside of convent walls, and suicide was not common until the Eighteenth century, when men of sedentary lives began to multiply. The Nineteenth century is conspicuous for suicides compared with the Eighteenth, and the most studious nation iu the world, Germany, furnishes the largest list of suicides. Next to Germany. France furnishes the largest list of suicides among civil ized jieoples. The English are not prone to suicide. Their love of outdoor sports keeps them free froia dysphasia and dis orders of the liver, and their native courage and endurance prompts them to cling to live even when life is but one long, ceaseless round of pain. Three eminent Englishmen committed suicide, Lord Clive, the founder of England's Indian etujnre; Sir Samuel Romilly, a great jurist and j'hilanthropist. and Lord Castlereagh. a famous statesman, England's representative in the congress of Vienna after the fall of Napoleon. Clive was a hypochrondriac from youth, and used ojinm in his last years; ilomilly was desjondent over the death of Lis wife, and bitterly rejiented his act with his dying breath. The self de struction cf Caatlereagh was never clearly explained. Napoleon attempted suicide. Frederick the Great prepared for it by carrying poison in his clothes during his dreadful fight for his crown. No eminent American has ever commit ted suicide, although suicide is more common in America than in England, owing doubtless to the intensity of our stmggle for wealth and fame. Insane men are frequently suicides, but it can hardly be said that all sui cides are insane. The paralysis cf the instinct of self preservation may result f n 'in severe niental and . bodily suffer ing, and the delilieration and seeming sanity of tho suicide's preparation for death, the calmness of Lis last Words, would often seem to forbid the theory of insanity. The hopeless consumptive. the victim of cancer, not seldom com mits suicide to secure that sudden stop to suffering that we call humanity when extended to a wretched brute. Suicide Is rare among savage triles. probably because they are so ocenjtied with jure ly material matters that they have no time for sir.ntual agony or severe men tal strain, or a costlv round of various vices. Kausaa City Journal. hated by a Vild Car. I was chased once by a box car," said Harry G. Moore, an ex-railroad man. "It was out in Col" rado, the land of steep grades and sharp curves. We were sliding down the mountains one dav with a luggage car and two coaches. I was (in the rear jilatform 1 joking at the road when I descried a box car coming down the grade at a rate of speed that was appalling. If it struck us we were gone sure, for it would smash the entire train into kindling wood and t ile i: up in one of the gorges. Our only h -je was either to citron or wreck it. The engineer caught sight of it at the same instant that I did and put the lever down among the tallow pots. It appeared impossible that we could hold the track on the sharp curves while moving more than a mile a minute, but we did, aud the box car continued to saw wood. "If we could once get to the foot of the grade we would he safe, but that was soon seen to be impossible. Rapidly as we were going tho box car continued to gain upon ns, and now we could see that it was loaded with iron. Some thing must be done and that quickly. All the passengers Lad fled into the for ward coach and were hanging on to the seats. I signaled the engineer to shut off, set a brake hard on the rear coach, pulled the jdn and the engineer jened the throttle. We had not gone 1H) yards before the box car ran into the coach and sent splinters flying a quarter of a mile high. Both went jdunging over into a chasm." St. Louis Globe -Democrat. Two Facta About a King. Am impressionable young gentleman in a certain country town recently met a charming girl whose grace and beauty took his heart by storm. While con versing with Li r Le made a discovery which ho fondly Lojjed would enable Lim to make at one brilliant stroke an elegant j roof of Lis ready wit aud Lis bonndless pffection. Glancing ut a modest band cf gold that encircled Ler fair finger, he remarked, "Sweet dam sel, I pray you present me with the ring you wear, for I assure you it exactly resembles inv love for you it has no end." "Indeed, sir," prcmitly rej.lied the maiden; "you must excuse me if I keep the ring, for it exactly resembles also my lovo for you it Las no beginning." London Tit-Bits. - Theories About Ltrowned Itodiea. It was a popular theory in days gone by that the body of a drowned man would float the ninth day, a notion which, Mr. Henderson informs us, jre vails in the county of Durham. Sir Thomas Browne alludes to it as believed in Lis time, and in Lis "Pseudo-doxia Epidemic'' there is a disenssion on this fanciful notion. It was also believed that the spirits (if those drowned at sea were doomed to wander for 100 years, owing to the rites of burial having never been projierly bestowed ujkju their bodies. Notes and Queries. Contented Where He Was. Miss De Bonaire And how do you like jirogressive Lammocking, Mr. De Witz? Mr. De Witz (at Lis first hammock) I should think it jierfect. Miss De Bonaire, if er if it were not progressive. De troit Free Preas. Why Men Defer Marriagea. The habits of modern young men are antagonistic to that iirudence and I'rep aratiou which make it jiossible for them to marry at twenty-five. There are many exceitions of course, but it may be safely said that a vast number of the young men who live in onr time fill their rpare hours with expensive luxuries. It costs theia a great deal to dress, and still more to keep up their social engage ments. In a score of ways they accus tom themselves to ways of life that leave no margin between income and outgo. This having gone on until they are twenty-five it then calls for more resolution than many of them command to begin the sacrifices which accompany the saving of money. Without money they cannot marry. Not a few greatly exaggerate what it should take two sensible young people to begin life on, aud hastily conclude that it wonld be iinMs.sible. on an income of $1,000, to start in comfort. So they put off marriage until after thirty, or do not marry at nil; and it is well that such men should remain single. We do not Deed any snch weak fi!T in the coming generation. John L. Payne iu Ladies' Hume Journal. A Good 1'reaeriratire. The body of Mrs. Charles Block was buried eight years ago in Hazeland cemetery, near Montezuma, Ia. A few days ago tho coffin was opened and it wis discovered that the remains had turned to stone. A bunch of roses held in the hand of the deceased was also petrified. Yankee Blade, The shortest will on record has been filed iu Luzerne county. Pa. The will is on a piece of jiaper six inches square, and is as follows: "Mr. Bankers: Give all my money to Mike Walkie," After fifteen vears of fnilnro tha rimu at Egg Harbor City, N. J., are heavily laden with traDes. and a r-oi our r wuienittkmg Li expected. HOW A WOMAN CAUGHT A THIEF. It Was on Shipboard, and Mo Nearly Seratehrd Ilia F.jea Out. When you can't set a thief to catch a thief the next best thing to put on bis trail is a woman. A woman who has recently returned from Rio Janeiro tells with great glee how during the voyage to this port she canght a tuicf who had Leen pilfering all the passengers cabins, and until she took bim in band bad suc cessfully eluded the detective tactics of the entire crew, from the captain down to the cabin boy. "We bad about thirtv passengers on board when we left Rio," said this ama teur detective, "and a very nice lot of people they were too. For the first two or three days out everybody was so busy getting seasick that we hadn't time to think of anything else. "But after that, when we were com meucing to revive a bit, first one woman and then another would come on deck with a face as long as your arm and re port that some one had been in her cabm during the night aud had stolen some of her jewelry. For a day or two the cap tain jxioh jioohed the idea, but finally the complaints became so frequent that there was no gainsaying them. The thief, whoever he was, seemed to have a tiassion for rings. "By the end of the first week there was scarcely a woman on board except myself who wasn't mourning the loss of at least one. A watch was set and every possible precaution taken, but without the slightest effect. Every morning at least one passenger would report another loss. The men fared scarcely better than the women. At last things reached such a pass that every woman on board used to go to bed at night with all her jew elry on. "One fat old Spanish woman, whose husband owned a gold mine somewhere. used to go to bed in a regular blaze of glory. Her fingers and arms, almost up to her elbows, were covered with gems, and she used to put on Ler diamond cor onet and then w-ind a towel aliout Ler brow, so that tho robber couldn't possi bly drag the coronet off without takin her head as welL I used to hear the joor old tiling groaning all through the night. She roust have been dreadfully uncomfortable. Well, finallv one night inv turn came. I Lad a cabin to mvself and had taken the ujper lierth from choice. One night I awoke and felt cer tain I beard some one moving about the room. 'My right arm was banging over the side of tho berth when I woke up, and by this time I was in such a stage of fright that I didn't care to move it. don't believe I moved a muscle. And all this time, mind j"ou, I felt instinc tively that this man, or whoever it was that was in the room, was gradually drawing nearer and nearer. Suddenly I felt a hand touch my hand and jmll gcntlr at one of mv rings. For about an instant I thought I'd die. Tiien all of sudden Boinelhing inside of me seemed to say, 'Scream and scratch! Jnst then the man let go of my band for a mo ment. "The rings,- Lo evidently saw, were a pretty tight lit, and it would take some time and skill to get them off without wakiug me. I waited breathlessly, say ing my jirayers to myself over and over. It must have been fully five minutes be fore lie toucbeJ. my hand again, and during that time, in spite of my fright, Ihadsenso enough left to comprehend that if I wanted to catch the thief I must scratch first and scream afterward. And that's just what I did. I waited until he bad got bis operation well nndei way again. Then I nerved myself. "I knew the direction in which Lis face was, liecause I conld feel Lis breath on my hand as Le leaned over it. I drew a long breath, and letting my hand fly out I scratched Lim with all my might acroea the face, and then shrieked with all my lungs. The next instant every body came tumbling into my room, but the thief had vanished. We could not find so much as a trace of him. After the excitement bad suicided I took the captain aside aud told him to look out for a man with scratches on Lis face the next morning. At breakfast everybody turned up except ono very engaging young man, who had been quite the lion of tho ship. He bad been suddeul v taken ill, the steward said. "The steward also reported that he lay in his berth with his face turned toward the wall. " 'Ah, Lar said thecajitain, tipjnng me the wink, "I'm something of a doctor. I think I'll go and have a look at this young man.' "Well, he went, and there on his face, sure enough, were the scratches, fonr of them, aud fine long, deep ones tho cap tain tail they were too. Sulseqnently the young fellow broke down and made a confession, and restored all the articles he had stolen. lie was put in irons and handed over to the jolico as soon as we arrived here. By this time I sujipose the jioor fellow is in Sing Sing. New York Evening Sun. How Two Painters llccanie Acquainted. When in naarlem, Vandyke called ujkmi Frank Hals, and without making Limself known said that he was anxious to Lave Lis jtortrait jiainted, bnt as he was in a great Lurry Lo could spare but two hours, at the end of which the jxr- trait must be done. Hals went to work and finished it, and Vandyke was much pleased. But jortrait jainting seemed a very little thing, said Vandyke, and he asked Hals to change places with bim. Hals did so, aud as Vandyke fin Hied Lis work Hals Lugged Lim enthu siastically, saying: "You are Vandyke. No one but ho can do what you have done." Ainl so the two great masters became acquainted. Harjier's Young People. Electric Swing. Brighton, the English watering jilace, has a decided novelty in the way of an electric swing. The to ard fro motion is jirodnced by means of jxjwerful mag nets, the current being three-quarters of an ampere at 100 volts. The motion of the swing is said to be peculiarly smooth and bleasant. EicLiuu-?. One Way of Telling the Time. "I can always tell the time by looking at the jieople who jass my store door." asserts a Chestnut stree t merchant. "In the early morning the workingmen go down; about 8:.10 the clerks and tyjie--.ers form the crowd. From 9:30 to 1:30 the solid merchants, bankers and millionaires appear, and then up to 3 or 4 o'clock the shopping army of women are in the majority, mingled with the dudes and men of leisure. The solid men next appear on their way home; the clerks and office jtcople follow at 5 o'cli-k, and from C to 1 the workingmen and girls walk up the thoroaglifare." Philadelphia Press. A l'lauaible Kxplanation. "Ethel jilted that magnificent crea ture Pousouby, aud now she is tho cen ter of attraction for about twenty-five miserable dudes." "That's all right She siinjdy turned her first love into small change. It lakes about twenty-five dudes to make man." Harper's Bazar. The late Samuel McDonald Richard son, president of a savings bank in Bal timore, had a wonderful memory of faces. He personally knew, and could call by name, over 46.000 detsitors. most of them Jieople of small ineans In the lottery of life there are mora prizes drawn than blanks, and to one misfortune there are fifty advantages. Despondency is the most unprofitable f;ling a man can indulge in. lie v. Dr. Talmage. Pliny tells us that any plant jrath- ered by a river before Buurise by a per son, if unseen, tied on the left arm of an ague patient, without bis knowing what it is, will cure the disease. In the executive mansion at RaJeiir'- is a carl table presented to Governo Barringtoa by King Gborge II about the year New Spring Goods AT S. E. PHILLIPS, 103 Cliiton Street, Louther Green's Ulock. JOHNSTOW.V, PA. DUELS COOIS. Consisting of Black and Colored SLallie Silks, Surah Silks, Velvet an 1 Velveteens in all colors, Black and Colored Henriettas at , .. oO, 1 1 00 and 1 1 - peryard We have a full line of all the New Weave, such as Bedford Cords. Chereron Bans and Cheques, etc. Cottou Dreaa Govds. Foile-du-nord Outing Cloth, Canton Clotb, Chintzes and Satines. I-ndieV Spring Jacket A full line of Domestic. We gnarantte all our Kid Gloves. Call and sec us. S. E. PHILLIPS. It is to Youi Interest TO BUY YOUR Drugs and Medicines JOHH N. SHYDEB. SCCTBSOB TO Biesegker & Snyder. None but the purest and best kppt in stock, and when Drugs become inert by stand ing, as certain of them do, we de stroy them, rather than im pose on our customers. You can depend on having your PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Our prices are as low as any other nrst-clasa house and on many articles much lower. The people of this county seem to know this, and have given us a large share of their patronage, and we shall still continue tgive them the very best goods for their money. Do not forget that we make a sjiecialty of FITTIXO TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you hare had trouble in this direction, give us a call. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety ; A full set of Test Lenses. Come in and have your eyes examined. No charge for examination, and we are confident we can suit you. Come and see us. Respectfully, JOHN N. SNYDER. Nothinj? On Earth Will K LIKE Sheridan's Condition Towdcr! KEEPS YOUR CHICKENS Strong and Health? ; Prevents all Disease. GodfT Mouttimt Hens. It if avbrlatWT pnr. Hljrhry roorrrrtrtL In q ruts tit y eja5 tcrtn of & c-e-nt a davj. No thY oo-ft-urih M t rtnyr Strict a ml. e. hr tary Ctui amvtrO aam f0 ; K-r.i nil to pr.-VfM Kmirv' kxt m- ruM-cOMCT. If tou eatft't set It send la ua Wfimi. fn rK ' 1 A I 1-4 ib can hi A SI I ramv. a"- W. rrr-s. ftki. ft mltry Haimtng ;! i. prrc Si omiL. fi"-- wiih 61 ' irler or r txu Smijic cl-u of 1 I'd ftrsT I'M I tut I'-rUK -Mi! frf. L S. JoiiNMJN tl.C ut rn H. St.. RtvtnB. Via, Pittsburgh Female College and OiN.fcttVATOKY Dr niTVic. i itir-lmrr. I'a totesclien &l:nuriutfetl s-ivautsirtsi. Suix-rior h'jmt con i fort and care, 3mU ye-ar Uiu sept. Sentl for (autioinie lo the lrei1rnt. luly-Vtrta. A H. NOiii'KOS, D-D. W. S. Bell & Co. 4 U Wood St rilt.tmrx- l.AllRS IN Photographic supplies. v irw cncas. ttCTCCTIVC Ct S au l the riaoui ooc. . ia seven ttflra. tkni f..r C'liil..Kue, tnr TMoaoudl COMMERCIAL 1 Iff -JS SHORTHAND 7 ' Viiiaa It NKixa mniua. mrrt SCa-Ms riaarri. 11 . a Williams 4 no&tHS. rochcstxr. n. r. Tlie Difference. "Whoa there, I say: win i, you brut! The ui.m jerked his horse navaiMv, pulling him riht and left for the cimiila refill that when he had left the lxr tjiimal a moment it had moved toward t, n t of (Trays, which it bean to nibble, when it waa reiucd by its angry t jaster. At the same nioiuout another man who had 6to;iTHd his team otiiite was Iiftm;' a dozen lullv bows and cirls from his truck and dropping theiu gently on the (Trass. "Thank yon, mi.ster," thev chorused as, f-niilin'jT, he drove away. Out of the (fulness of his heart he had treated them to a ride. His neigh bor vented his bad temper on his horse. The conditions of the wen were paral lels, bnt their souls were, as far apart as the poh-s. Smiles and K-owls indicate tlie moral temperature. Detroit Free Press. Aa Error In the Lord's Prayer. A party of gentlemen were tho other evening discussing literary subjects when one asked another to point out the grammatical blunder in the Lord's Prayer. Half a dozen tried; some thought it lay in the words, "which art in heaven;" others placed it elsewhere, bnt not one detected it in the expression, "For thine is the kingdvnn, the power and the glory." To be perfectly correct the word '"is should be "are, but tieople have used it in the present form o long that they never think cf regarding it aa a blunder. There are teachers who say euch an expression is right, because it founds right, bnt reverse it and 6ay, '"The kingdom, the power and the glory is thine," and the fault is soon perceivei St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Rammer Without Ntghta. To the emrumer visitor in Sweden there is nothing more striking than the almost total alnenco cf night. At Stockholm, the Swedish capital, tho sun goes down a few minutes before 10 o'clock and rises again four hours later during a greater tart of the month of June. But the four Lours the sun lies hidden in the frozen Uorth are not hours of darkness the re fraction of his rays as he passes around the north pole makes midnight as liirht ts a cloudy midday, and enables one to read the finest print without artificial igbt at anr time during tho "uiirht." Bt. Louis Republic. A Cood Rraaoa. First Boy Why do they call all goats illygoats and nannvgoats? Why don't they call 'em Georgia goats an Johnny goats and Jimmy goats, an so ou? Second Boy Why, goats looks so much alike yon can't tell 'em apart, so wot's the nse of havin diiTrent warn;? Good Jfews, . 1 ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. HARRY M. BENSHOFF, MANUFACTURING STATIONER AND BLANK BOOK MAKER. HANNAM BLOCK, JOHNSTOWN. PA. Johnstown's New Grocery. " Having opeucii a new GROCER V STORE, Sontheaft Comer of Market A Ix-u-t Slreitx, JOHNSTOWN, I am irepared to furnish buyers from dilT.Trnt points with ail kinds of freih groceries at lowest prices. Country produce, eu-h as lut ter, ey.etc, taken in ex change for goods. JAMES D. RUTLEDGE. G. C. JORDAN. JOSEPH HINCHMAN. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. C'i4tiiTxin mil! find it At the .m rll sinr..? rwith a !i.rx?r nuj-fiy of our uwu ititiuufi.cU-n-4 urn than ever. As wholesale dcali-rs iu CRACKERS, CANDIES, NUTS AND FRUIT, we have iocrea-ieil fai-ililii-4 for filling oMiTi proiniitiy and ufui-tinly. Joixlan Sc Iliiicliman, 270 and 7T1, Main Street, JOUXSTWX. I'A. HOW TO SAVE MONEY. BUY YOUR Boots and Shoes AT 84 FRANKLIN STREET, Johnstown, PA. Lowest Prices Guaranteed. CJco. M. Thomas, & ;Co. ir- Clinton Street, JOHN". -TOW X, PA. GENERAL MERCHANDISE. . All r j-artmints of our ?tnre are rc!l Mocked with the bet gixi- we can liny, and we areorTi-rlrifr giL whk-h dtfy cuiuiKtition. Our Store is Headquarter! for the Choicest Country Produce. The stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries ha? nev er been more complete, and is rieing so'.d at prit3 Exi-p(ionai!y Low. ( all and examine our goods and be convinc ed that Ours L-a Barvain swre. WE SELL CROWN BAKING POWDER. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. Colli m. Caskets nutl Kobe OF ALL G RALES OX II A XI). A. GOOD HEiUSE aul evcryjhin? pertaining tnf'mtnala fimiLLel 011 iuon notice. South Turkfoct St"W?. So Tenet, PennV I KNNS YLVAN I A KA I IM A I. EtHLIin-.IiK IX EKFeVT IT.C. 3J, l-.'U EASTERN STANDARD TIME. LIsfAXcE AND FARE. !!!!. Fsr. JolinMownto A'toonn ...... i le Hamihinr ', 5 11 " " IMniade'phia "JT'i " HUir.vU:i' Int ".'i1; 7- l.r.enViri.' 47 I -II " I'lClillricil 7-4 2 ."I " Isaltiimxv ".''; 7 t.i " Witohiutftoii -SJl "7.:. ci;nhenei s 1IKDI le. Trains arrive and ik-part from the station at jonusiou u tu- luiiows : WESTWARD. Oyster Eipro. W.tern Kx press. Jolinslowu Aii-mnnnr tat ion. ....... " Kxi-rom Parifl Expriw Way l'.tii-!!i.Tr S Ma. ra b.x: a 6 r-a . 'J . a. m 9 c: a :;:.! p. m y. nil .. ., ;uln p. ill .:Ji p. ra Johnson a Ei pre ...... Fast Lme V:M p. m EASTWARD. Atlantic Exnrew.... V - a. ra. Sea-chore fcxpri- .VWa. i ir: i-ti'lrjr Accouimoduitoii .'4 a. in. Liay Exm-as I'M . a. m. Atloona Express". ..... l-'rul p. m. Mail fcxpre 1 II x m JofiiiMou-Q Ar-oinmiitiiI.Rn . :ap.in. Philadelphia LxureM 7:16 p.m. Fast Line 10-jU p. m. CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Somerset and Cambria BraDcb. northward. uArtVrtw-a Jf'i( Fli'i-.. R.ekwood n:5i) a. m Somerw-t 41ft. rtoy-towu -k'ri, ilooversrille airi. junnaiowa, u.iul Jvhiutvm ' Mtiil Eriirrx'.lini tvrnd 11.. IS a. m., Nin-PH-t ll-..V ff!ny.iun ljn, Huortrsrii.e 1 Jiftuutloarn 1 Jo p. m. oA iwrf'wra Arri"nia"l'iti"l Rorkwood Vtil p. m , .-.in7.-rn.-i i.:im p. ra., blnyeM-mn t:.;i p. nu. uovii-roviiie fc.l.' p. in., Jul, u town . ui. 5wi''! 'v.-wi.i.'vf.iiioii Rotkwood 11:35 a. m. buiuen;t, 11:53. SOLTHWARD. Mail Johninnwii 7S a. m.. HooverTilIe 8.11 soywowQ s:ti, bom.-el :16, Kixawuod rprn-J.ihnitown p. m.. llonverTt!le 4.K moresown i.m, Somerset 5.01 , Kocawood .). J. i. Sumriit Ox! Johnstoan :: 0a. m., Hootvt:!1" f lu a. ra., :oyHnii .) a. oomcrset 10.1 a. m., Ro kwood lo.ia. m. AiaiMjr iirmwili'wi-Souier-et 5:01 p. m. Daily. FOUTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS a. !l :w l.m.frr vf ir--l !r. I. r )-iit7-, I'. w,,'--iri- .n.t pr. - .-; I li i ' liny 4. J.ni I mnr- prr.nn i.i-,. t.,niK f.m-j Pivv.u 11 , . rn. ..-ir.rir 1.1 n.- t af'l ! '-'"' prr ret .jl n.n.(i trir Uilitr Una Tonrrw Powili-ri win r-ir ..rf-rpnt '.!nt !. ... to wi,,. l-r,, v,,, , ,rt Sow terrviH-re. zA via . rotrrss. Pro.rietar. aXTIatORX, KB. CURTI K. GROVE, SOMERSET, PA. BCWilEd. SLEIUH3, CARRIAGES, WtlS'J WA0OX3. BCCK WAt-OXi AXD EASTERN ASP WEsTLKX WORK furnUtied ua Short Xtic. Painting Done on Ehort Time. Ul w" l mail "t rVnasVy Sratovri ai the b'M I' m 'tutt H'rL juil.t:ij Cortroit;-. Sa''.y Finished, aud Vi armilul u give suucacuua. ErplT CSI7 rarst-Caa Vrtrss. Reriafrinr of All Klndu In My IJn Done on ehort Koucc priaREAoNABIJt.n4 AU Work Warranted. CaJl and Examine jay Stock, and Lfarn PrVrc I do Wagon-work, and ftraisa S-iT for Wind Hills. Remember the place, and call In. CURTIS K. GROVE, (Xaat Of Uxut Bouw) SOM tk'ZT. FA Jacob D. Swank, lTaU'ltuiaker and Jeweler, Next dir wi-jt of Lutheran Cb.in h. Somerset, Pa. Having opcncJ up a !ip in tlin place, I am prepared t 'jj ply tlie public wnli clock?, watc'ics and jcwelrv of all tle-ei iptior.?. as cheap as the cheapest. KKPAIIUNO SPKCIAIl'V. All work giiar:;ritcc-J. Look at mv toe's before niakint? your p:nr - A MKHl CAN II OT I 1 OwutJ ami Operated bj S. P. SWEITZER, C'-KnUrinh yu. Tli! hull ' N lirt-" l-4.- in a'.; il. ai-ii:.lnvTiT;s rvn!-:"l and tni'ii:-ht.d. an-! ilif Si'-M '" ' Him in ihiMliy. aMlic ln-ad of I'-i::::j. rt- tn- stn-.-t car iwt..s ;:.i.i..rs v-rv k mmiurr..-. FirM-t-'.i: 'i'.i -i" n-'-''l a'.i tr.:ti. Liu-.n.'-- to the Hotel lwf riiar;:.'. Iiir-.-i-.l tk ol tae llou-i la a tirl--;j.-j Iavery INaIliIimen!, li-r of n'M" -.TiK'-tn" ran I- h t-1 at mil emtc mt'-s. i ; i .ir r ;:i. il.-it-i .- u L-I -i-'i tu iZ" "I V -si-, W aii'l ik'trr--. A AM I Vai il-U-i at 'g'' ii-L -C Ol" Imporlcd Cigars. tlivir tri'ii-- ni' I ""v r.-.l".'-l i t J.Li: i-y fuf'iijir hi t ti'.U i. v-J..ru ii-:.t am y rurvil it!:i;it c: . i ,:ar,-f. In n I ta ti i:: .;, ;Tt.i hat kJin. li.t ii-.ri.xt to ihc The r.mlt r-.irit J hits oa hrr-I a larp" :-ck of SOMERSET COUNTY WHISKY. tye, Wh;.-h mialilii:-." . '" at Wh-.'--ai- a:i I ia hiiia'.i it ti- fi.i;.i. ii. ; r:i- : Two xr old ut f ! . r- r s''.on. Three " " "' ;i " i jar " " t ; uo A-1'lri s n'll m.l' i to N'- 1 timort: jl, i.uuiyKrrl.ii, M-l. '? ami 101 Eal- S. P. SWEITZKII. I-niprii-tof. Want WorkERS Salary or Cucimi:on t; po 1 men. Yt seliiny; iairiortcv.1 Sii iitllie ; a'? f Li .1 L 'aat ;rAU.VNTKi:t Xflrr-T.RV STUCK. Stock failir.p; to live nj !.n-r-i rutr. K. I. LnrtcIifor J A To.. r.c-J.i-T. X. .fci- - ' "" Agency for TC-'."-"-- TPOE MUMS, C0PtK!f:HT, etc. T-r'.r.fnr.afm and -. Il;i.r;.-r;tt y i . . c -l n...:.w..v. .Ni r. Oi.li-.-t t.nn-.u f-.-.-.u"!tf !. m A r -. Kvtrvja: it I ;k.-:i i...i . ,-- ' . 'i . ;") ll.c ia;.i.c u; a :. -t v .".n n u v i-- . ( -.- -: t -o Scientific amcticau Ij-et J.Tfw .if :-n of a.r i-T::ir'' T" In t w.-r-.i. ,.,- .i n i.v ,.!-,-:r..- S ' " :-.i."' m.ip MUii.-: .- v .''' W.Vr'T. .' 4 t-ar .4' t n ,-i t'c. A.' - Vl.s.'i & GIYE YOUR BUYS A USEFCL FRESE5T. Pr:ssasiCat2L fi.75. $3.00, 55.00 67-5 5:o.oo, $21.00 to $31.00. V. A. Plinth.:, "I" j ara 1. . .. V, !. Full jw-rf - u ,n frrr. Ant. u ,n..r Ii r l i.rih- t. m iit. rt Uiw .1- 1 SMELI VL- RCKCKIT5.arJGKSL KCREKT CCIMPTK. IW-FEVER; STKWfl. ETC- Crtuers Frtr By PETER Y0GEL, Soaerset.PA: YOU CAN FIND E3 a or a a fii: in l'tTTant-a..H t ti. A 'i-r-..;. : !j ur author- TTH fTi"P"1 At! ... . 7 ; ; TARlKilRt! U U1 eouuatA lur aUTartiaiui at U.am ,t Fine Whiskies. IMPORTER OF X0S. 95 AXD 87 FIFTH AYES IE, 7JT;;r.' All ortk-rs receiteU by mail will rm ivc j.rcn:j-t Cinderella Their Cleanli ness Lessens Labor. TT will pay you t oxan.i:! the Ql'KIIX CIN'I'!'.I;i:i..A rwv ' A lor you buy. It ha- all the lat-t in:prof .!i.rr.;. : . , tec, t0 ,0 a oo'l IuLt. can Lave a Cre in one-half ihe time r'1'::.-)--! w ith Tiiin i.s a valuable f-atuic when you wai-ta-i-ii k !l: T 1 ha- an extra I T ha-' an extra larL'e hira oven, tiiornuui.iy ve:. A of hi'lowir.ir ai:-l outt!wii-i-jr a cj.u be ici;:.hitfl a perfect baker. anl no burning on t.he t--j. It ' a trrul. which is the perfection of conveLience atni t! iM-ciallv durable, having three separate sides, or ;!. LTates in one. and noteas;I' warned by U Manufa-.tared tv I tHAVEX A Co., Li:. JAMES B. II0LDEI1BAUM, Krl.-slr:i:er it Kurt. Dcrliu, Viu and P. J. CVcr r,v;-. . nr.Mr.ML'.Iin "Thlr.irs Joae well and itli aoare.exi-i:;;-! ! .-: IT WirL PAY YOU TO Vt Vol It Jfmorial Work WM. F. SHAFFER, SOMKUSKT. PKXX'A.. UauSct i-'er of acd Peait-r ia Eatttr Work F:trns-UJon 5V- Vif, in s2 ''Jr ims m elms m A m, Aral or 'Jie WUiTE BROSZE! Persnr.a In ne-d of MONTMFN'T WORK w;n find it to ttiuir iii,er-st to call at r:T muji win ' a pr.iin-r n.nw.L.a iiit- K.veu iLeiiU t- r-..n 6'ini- :W'-1 lit t.-'-y 1 ILiiii Vi.H Y L: ''. 1 i2Tiie kpM'ial atitn a to ite hits Bronze, Or Pare Zinc Monument Ii'trod-irwl KtRKV. W. A. KIN'-., a tM Iir.rov m.-nr in the ii! t 1 MAT KKI AL ANi ruS'l kt'i TIi.'.n'. a.id wl-it.li i -'.ti.:...! u l tli vp'.:ar V.T-,''T..-r.t fi-r nur t ha::.etiie Cli mate. aa-CIVE ME A CALL. WM. F. SIIAFFE1J. Louther s Drug Ste Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Tr' J THE FINEST BBMD3 OF CIMI A I 1 .1 it .1 . . t ... i .inaja ua iiuuu. it 13 always a pleasure to mspi.iTc-r MAIN STREET - . OU 'Mb Kb hi EL.1AS CUNNINGHAM, LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIA- Hard anci;Solt Wood OAK. POPLAR, PIDIS-JR, PiCKSTS. orLCIT.. ASH, VVAL5CT. FLOORINO, SA.-n, ?rA:KSt:TJ CHK&ar. YELLOW HXE. fHISGLE.' DOORS BAL . H&Tsrr wa.-TE pisf, lath. blinda '' A General Liaeofall gnlet of Ltsrober aad BtuMinit M".tr:al K,IE.ii:; fc:' "io rn finiLsh nr.Hn In the line of our br.-.in.-'w to or it r :".i r'".-'- Office and Yard Opposite S. &C. R. R. Station, Somc:!;; J.J. SPECK. WM. M. HO'1. The Leading Wholesale Wine and Liqjo House of Ws3ter Penns'' TI-IE WM. H. PIOr,MKS O Distillers of "Holmes Dcst " an.I Holmes OM Kcr.e?.' f P I' R K R Y i: W II I S K Y. All the leaJing Rrc aivl I.'oml.oii Wlii.-kio.s ia YcvA cr t.iv- ; i Importers of fiae Uramlios, Gins and Wiav. ; SEND FOR PRICE LIST. J Telepho.ia Hi. 333, - 123 Watr St iJ I33rir3t As PITTS 3- SCHMIDT BlTfLftixl 1 . The Largest and Most Complete Wine, Liquor and Cigar II0;! IN THE UNITED STATES. : t3-- "W. SO - DISTILLER AND JOBBER OF ) - 1; j. '! ' - ' .i. Stoves and Kar. Their G Saves i er. :-'.7T It has the ilii-i-t -'ra:'l Tr action o: i.!, I.:i.un-h. S.-1 1 a:;-! , coincr.M'i.: , : : 0.. l.ii.l lil.il IHlCTiClLLI i Over 500 Beautiful Designs. fflMJS. 1 ""J Pi- -- Vi''F - - v fcCy.VET' C'-cy i i. t t -S" - .ti ZLY l:.u ; J.;:.S. Li V.irrcn Hrw Tork. It:c-j W ' -Z4 m. t . 1 to 1 Yil'l Main Street, Somerset, Pa. J This Model Dmg Stcrsis Rapidly Esccnita-' W 4a'S W a aTwwa ill IC.Z4aai Wl 31 FRESH AHD PURE DRUGS 9. 4t. Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. at i.j THg DOC. OK 'SlXZi I L2.'S"AI. ATTENTION TO TU2 CC-MiVi." N'l - :? T Lomner s rressrpms Family mti 1 rtt. QUEST CAKE BEISa TJSES TO VSE OSLY FRE-S ASD Pl&K J?:.'"-- SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES Lj Ami a Full Line of Optical Goods always on r.ail t such a latere assortment all caa be suite-.L 0 1 to ntenilinjj purchasers, whether they buy Irom us or elsewhere. i J. M. LOUTHER, T. D. SOMEP.iib. ' PIC I i t LUM V'-' BER 1 j J31I ptinpuiL- .uch as hrai CKia iitij n 1. . eu.-. " P i s: t Ah ,.! li 4 i - J L
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