I AXDLDSAILORSTIVTIX A STORY CF HARDSHIP AND DEATH IN THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN. A Boat CrfW of Serra M lft " " Inland and Not Called Fot-Sia of Iba Vafortanatea I Inaily I-t Their Uim. Soma Idea of tha I'lace- Cajrtsin El Jridre, of the steamer Cath arine 'Yh!tii!r, is one of tb-je brwzy, cM tune tars who nsed to ftart J from fi:;;e New England port in a Failing ves i 1 wlikh would retain tuly sft.-r a voy age of two or three years. Daring thoe lcnstbvond teuiptnoiMt Imffotins with the sra Cai'tain. E'ir:d.-;e sw ranch that wa of interest. i me of this he ha told with a qnaiut marine candor worthy of laring exaot'r reproduced. He 6ays: I f aw in The World where three men were left on an island in the Arctic Thia reminds me of a boat crew that was left on nn island in the Antarctic ocean in 18T1 by the schooner Franklin, of Xcw London, Cai'tain James Holme, piaster. They were landed on Cape Sheriff to kill what seals they could while the s hooner went on a prospecting royaje that is to Bay. looking for rookeries or places where teals travel tip on the beach to rear their ytmnjr,. Well, they were to stay there until the schooner returned, which would be Jn ten days at iiiipl. So t-n days' pro visions were given them, and when ten days had expired the men did not know but the vessel was lost. So they took in their boat the car-aws of sea's and Ftarted for Potter's cove, 2 mile away, tvhere they expected to find the bark Kile, for it was ex ected fche would sail on the l"ith day of March for New Lon don. They arrived thereon the 14th, and fhehud.'aiit-d on the llh.asit apjieared. JJovr what wero lliey to do without clott.es or fiul, i:o jirovisions or shelter, and a very, cold winter of nine Ions, daik months? As it is to far south the fcuminer is short ay three months, and winter nine months and (r.nuner is us cold as car winter here, but has the ad vantage of being all day, while the win ter is all ni'ht They were in C3 des. bi'.itnde, couth. Well, the fason was so f;tr gone that the few seids. or el-p'.iants, or oilier ani mals that ji.hahil this purr. f the globe had gone into the sea for winter. Iiut, Lowever, they did manage to pt-t a few teals cud tlejihants and Kfiirel their oil, and on tl:t- they lived m.til spring. For a shelter they got an old try works which bad been left there by some fchip jind covered this with enow to keep out what cold possible, and with snow for blankets they lived the winter throngh. I.i the spring they concluded to go back to Ciipe Sheriff and kill all the seals they could before the vess-la be gau to arrive. Then they would make some bargain to take home the skins. So, without any xrovL-ious, they started back, but on going out the straits they got j.iiumed in t;:e ice a:::l had to go laik over the ice t Porter cove. They Wottld haul their i-.it froia one cake or i io-k of ice to another, and launch wh'u necessary. VV-11, thry g"t back t Ijst where t:.y -,t;:j icd from nearly dead from col 1 and exposure. Dut. bow . er, :;i:other trial. Four re fused to go, b".t ti.ree of theia took an other loat wi-.ieh had Ix-en left by some other sh:j a::d si -i; ted again without any f:KHl, for there was none to be got at to early in tiio spring. Nevertheless they arrived then at Cae Sheriff. After ward they killed seals and spread their skins on the snow to keep them from heatin;. but what bccauio of them will never be known. It was stipji-ised that they undertook to cross the straits, but could not manage the boat. How ever, they were lost. Now alout those four that stayed at the Cove I remem-lx-r two of their names, but have for gotten the others. One was an Indian f rein Long Hand, some place near Mon tauk his List name was Uarby and one y the name of James King, who was eventually the only survivor of the teven, and his tale of snffering was ter rible. He had to kill and tat the other three men. They were nothing but skir and bones anyway, and he could not have survived more thau one day more had we not found him as we did. We buried the remains of the others in the snow. King then went on board of the bark Nile, and from her he went on board of the schooner Z.P.Simons and came to New London, where he Railed from. He sued the company, but filially he gave it up and cleared out no one knows where. Now, 1 will give you all the informa tion I can as to why they were left there. It was late in the season and the winds would not jxmiit of the schooner getting liack to them. So she sailed for home. What are seven men's lives to some men? Now, I will give you some idea of the place. It is in from 01 to C3 degs. south latitude and the land is of volcanic origiu. sprung np out of blue water and hiding in the clouds with thousands of feet of snow on top. The rocks are of s capstone appearance. There is not the first sign of vegetation oa them not t ven moss will grow on the rocks. Yes, there is a sign of vegetation: what b-known as crimson snow. But if you take a handful and look at it without the aid of a microscope you wiT. see noth ing but a little red eu the snow, but with the aid of a microscope you can see the tine roots in the snow. io it is a vegeta ble. There are no shelliish on the rocks it is perfect desolation. But iu the snmmer the birds of all kinds that is. bird of high latitnde are here to breed their young. There are the sea hen, the Mother Cary's chicken, which is found all over the world, and Jfenguin, several species of theiu. And to see these jengniu a. the march from their nests to the sea and back in single file and stand so erect! They do not fly. They have jnt merely a small f.n to swim with while in the water. They just make a hole in the snow, lay two eggs and sit on them a r.r.y bird, right in the snow. But nature provides a way out of all these scrapes, as it were. Their eggs are a good snbsti tutc for hen's egjs. New York World. A troublesome Katne In Chicago. The many variations as to the pronun ciation of the name Goethe street cause some queer misunderstandings and lu dicrous situations. A jH;iicenian who was standing on the comer of Wei is street and Chicago avenue was asked if be knew where a man lived. "Shure, an he's afther livin on Goatee sthrett," he replied. "Where?' "Goatee sthreet." "How do yon spell i:7" "I'f why, 1 a'pe like g-o-a-t-y, same as a goau" But the man was still in the dark, so he stepped into a corner drug store and iked the question he had put to the po liceman. "Mr. J lives on Geety street." "Where is that place?" "Just eleven blocks north of here." A Wells street car boon covered the eleven blocks and Goetho street wa reached. After the interview had been attended to a number of inquiries were made of various persons in regard to the name of the street, thciting at least a Lzn different pronunciations. Chi cai'O Mail. B:Ilii.gs Wilson is a very smart man. Withertou What makes you think Billings He knows as much as lij be IX. Withertou (with euiotxn How old is his Son? Billings Just twenty-one. Withertou (removing his hat r What a uiragou of wisdoin ir..t that parent be! Kate Field's Washington. rawped II im Dry. A barrister tormented a ioor German witutss so inavji with questions that the old man decUr d he si so exhausted that he must Lave a di:::k of water be fore be could sty another word. Upon. Ihis the judge remarked, "I think, sir, j on must have done with the witnea now, for you have pumi d Luu dr." E4aP2! A "TRUE GENTLEMAN. George William CnrtU' Treatment af am Ambition Vonng Reporter. Some sixteen or seventeen years ago I was a rertorter on on? of the Chicago paX?ri I had only lcn a little while in the business, and I was both green and ambitions. Now it happened that a art of my work was to visit the varions fcotels every evening in the search for personal items, the arrival cf will known people and the l:ke. It was not work of the highest order, but I put my heart in it and really think that I did it welL One evening I was standing in the office of a certain hotel, which for the purposes of this story need not be pre cisely identified, when I observed a Lamisome, distinguished looking gentle man enter, walk up to the desk and register. As he turned to say a word or two to the clerk I stepped np behind him and saw what be bad written on the register. It was "George William Curtis, New York." I knew that Mr. Curtis was advertised to lecture on the following evening, and it occurred to me that it would be a good thing if I could get aa interview for my taper with such a dis tinguished man. You see what an ardent beginner in newspaper work I was. In fact, I was full of western en thusiasm, and I was cot lacking in check. So when Mr. Curtis turned away from the dcik I summoned cp all my courage and it did require consider able and accosted him. "Mr. Curtis," sail I, "I am a reporter for The .and I thought that perhaps you might have something to say that would be of interest to the people of Chicago." He turned and looked at me in the kindliest way. I shall never forget the geniality and good nature that beamed upon me from his eyes and his whole face nor the answer which he made to my suggestion. "Ah," said he with the most beauti ful smile that I ever saw, "then you and I belong to the same profession." What could have Ixvn more thought ful and considerate to the raw young re porter? It has always seemed to me that there could not have been anything said better calculated to relieve my embar rassment and make me feel at home. At the same time I never could get rid of the impression that my answer wad al ni'jst as good as his renrirk. Yes," said I, "Mr. Curtis, you are at one end of it and I am at the other." Of course he laughed right heartily at my sally, and instantly we seemed on the best of terms. Well, all he had to tell me was that be was on a lecture t ur ad that he would speak in Chicago the next evening. He was very willing to tell me where he. was going I sup pose he saw no objection to advertising himself in that way and after a few minutes' pleasant chat I took n:y leave, Mr. Curtis givinz me a most gracious "good niglit." The result was about a stickful in The the next morning. That was the only time I ever saw George William Curtis in my life. It is a matter of deep regret to me, now that he is gone, that I never went to hear him lectnre. New York Tribune. The Origin of the ISrant Goom. Cambrensus, who wrote a great work n the "Topogniliv t f Ireland," tells what he knows about the wonderful barnacle or brant goose, as follows: "They are like marsh gi-ese, but some what smaller, and are produced from lir timber tossed along the seashore. At first they are like gum; afterward they hang down by their beaks as from a sea weed attached to the timber. Having in the course of time leu clothed with a goodly coat of feathers, they either fall into the water or fly freely away into the air. I have frequently seen with my own eyes more than a thousand of those email bodies of birds hanging down on the seashore froin a piece of timlx-r, each inclosed in shells already formed. They do not breed and lay eggs like other birds do, nor do they ever hatch any eggs, nor do they build nests iu any corner of the earth. For this reason foisting bishops and priests eat them be cause they are not flesh nor born of flesh." Taken ail in all the above is one of the most remarkable ornithological opinions ever entertained. St. Louis liepnhiic. It a Place Like 11 one. Tv been abnud since last Novem ber," said a woman who landed in New York a few days ago, "an 1 my experi ence has been one of perversities. To liegin with in sunny Italy List winter we almost froze to di-ath. I shall never forget the desolation and chilly discom fort of those Roman and Florentine lodgings. In May we went to London, tecanse that is the mnth we were told to enjoy that metropolis. It raiued all the time that it was not to cold we were perishing. We did the cathedral towns in uninterrupted rain and mist. My idea of English cathedrals is set in a cloud of gray moisture. ! "We drove out to Rosalind castle from Edinburgh in the most pitiless rainstorm I ever experienced, so that historic place has also a wet blanket thrown over it for all time in my mind. Go to Devonshire in Jnlv for cool weather,' we were told. We did and sweltered. The traditional 'greeu' English lanes were brown and dry. It wasn't much better on the continent. At one place after 4 in the afternoon a chill mist alwiys settled that pene trated one's very bones; at others sud den drenching showers were daily oc currences. "1 should think Europeans who come over here must marvel at onr monot ony of glorious sunny days, with our charming summer twilights fading slow ly into radiant starlit nights, when one can be abroad till midnight without risk. As we sailed np the bay last week under a sky more brilliantly blue than any 1 saw in Italy and through an at mosphere that would have made a Lon doner think the millennium had come, if he should ever see one so clear, and 1 realized that this was just a common New York day, that noldy noticed ex cept rejoicing prodigals like ourselves, my heart swelled with delight that 1 was American born and Lome again." Her Point of View iu New York Times. Aa Experience I.Ike norh Arden'a. Seventeen years ago a sailor in Provi dence named Charles Whitten left his wife and child for a sta voyage, since which time the ouly report heard of him was that he had died and was buried at sea. The report was confirmed by the sailor's trunk, which was sent to Mrs. Whitten, and which contained all his ptrsonal effe -ts. Years after Mrs. Whit ten married Elmer F. Dearliorn, an em ployee of the Old Colony Ilailroad com !aiiy, ind removed to Dedham, where she now resides. Last Wednesday a man whom she at once recognized as her first husband called to see her, but when he found that she was happily si mated said that he should go away and never return. Boston Transcript. Killed by Lightning While PraTing. Mr. John Kearney, a well to do farmer, whose farm is a few miles south of Hast ings, Ont., was struck by lighting and killed recently. Sir. Kearney aud Ls family were kneeling at their evening prayers when the crash came. The elec tric Cuid came in throngh an open win dow up stairs, passed down through the floor and struck Mr. Kearney, who was kneeling below. The shock extinguished the light, and by the next flash Mrs. Kear ney saw her husband lying dead across the chair at which he was kneeling. The lightning did not leave the slightest mark on iu victim. Cor. Toronto Em pire. ' Haifa Ton FooL ; Poor Billy, the town fool of Hull, ties up the gate's of the village cemetery with odd bits of n pe and string and blocks the eutrances with stones to keep his mother from going out. The village story is that she died after having taken care of Billy for nearly sixty years. nd that the poor fellow, feeling his joss and yet cot unde: standing its sig- I ninmce. ht lieve-s tb.it v. i:h Holies and i strings he can prevent her from going farther from him. Boo ton JouxnuL " The Dinner Honr la HUtory. It is believed by some that the word fiir.ner Fprings from a corruption of th word dixheures, indicating the time at which in the old Norman days this meal was taken. The more i lea of hav ing dinner at the barbarous b nr of 10 o'clock iu the moruin? would, in all probability, send a modern chef into a fit, yet it was at this early time that per sons of quality, both in this country nd France, partook cf the meaL Froi-ssart mentions waiting upon the Dukeof Lao caster at 6 in the afternoon, after he had ruppc-d. and during the reigns cf Francis I and Louis XII of France fashionablo people dined from 10:iWand supped at the latest at 6 in the evening. And again, from a Northumberland household book, bearing date 1512, we learn that the family rose at 6, breakfasted at 7, dined at 10, supped at 4, and shut the gates at 3 p. m. Speaking generally, though the dinner hour then, aa now, was litter ia thia country than in France, Louis XIV did not dine till 12, while his contempora ries. Cromwell and Charles II, took the meal at 1. In 1700 tho hour was ad vanced to 2, and in 1731 we find that the Duchess of Somerset ' dinner time was 3. In 1760 Cowper speaks of 4 o'clock as the then fashionable time. After the battle of Waterloo C p. in. was the time at which the beau monde took their sub stantial meal, while at the present day many of the nobility do not dine until or f, so we see through 460 years the dinner hour has gradually moved through twelve hours of tho day from S a. m. to 9 p. m. When the dinner hour was 60 early often no previous meal was Liken. Chambers Journal, A Skeleton Storjr. Dr. W. S. Howell, brother of the editor of the Vienna Progress, had a rkelcton in a box. One day be pulled out the ugly, ghastly, grinning skull end began to handle it. Fiually ho de cided that he wanted that skull opened so that be could study tho inside struc ture. There being several seams in the rknll be decided to til the skull with j-eas and soak them in water, thinking that they would force the seams apart. He aked the editor to help Lira, and the latter poured peas and water into the hollow bone and corked up the eye and nose holes to keep them from run ting out. Sotne time after tho editor was startled to see that peas had sprouted in the skull and the vines were of most wonderful growth. Out of tho hole where tho backUtne is joined to the neck an army of little vines had grown, and by some unknown instinctive power they Lad twined iu and throngh all the bones of that l ly. The young tendrils had wrapped around the stovepipe and table legs and the whole skeleton had been reared up ward in the middle of the room. From the nostrils and eyes vines were stream ing that had clustered around and upon the presses, stands and tables, and from ach joint hung a pod in likeness of a small skull, the exact counterpart of the large one. It is rumored that when the editor beheld these things he left the offico by the window route, and the skeleton is still in full editorial control. Chicago News. The American Ax Helve. All tho world admires and wonders at the American ax helve. The American ax fitted with that ingeniously curved and gracefully fashioned handle Is a marvelously effective weapon, vastly more apt for its purposes than the straight bandied headsman's ax with which the Italian fells trees, or tho broad faced hatchet used for the same purpose in France. Tho American ax helve is just what might have been ex pected of an inventive peoplo laden with the duty of conquering and civilizing a forest clad continent. The world had liecn using the ax since prehistoric times, but it remained for the American pioneer to fashion the ideal ax handle, at once light, strong and elastic. The ax such as is familiar to all Americans is rare iu Europe, and it sells in all the British colonies as the American ax. New York Sun. French "Cnuedneta. I was too young to understand the temper of the French where their rulers were concerned, and though at the time of my writing these notes I had lived for fifty years among them, I doubt whether I coul 1 give a successful psy chological account of their mental at titude toward their succeeding regimes, except by borrowing the words of one of their cleverest couutry women. Mme. Emile do (rirardin: "When Marshal Soult is in the opjiosition he is acknowl edged to llave won the battle of Tou louse; when he belongs to the govern ment he is accused of having lost it." Since then the Americans have coined a word for that state of mind "cussed nebs." "An Englishman in Paris." Cylinder and Choked Rarrel. I am acquainted with a gentleman who has conceived the idea that the best all around gun is one weighing seven and a half pounds, with right bar rel a perfect cylinder and left barrel full choked. So convinced was he that such a gun was the best for general game shooting that he ordered a Colt gun built thus for the present season's shoot, in p. This gentleman claimed that by the use of the cylinder barrel he could shoot woodcock in the brush, also ruffed grouse, and have the left barrel for long shot, such as plover, snipe or duck. It is now several weeks since the shore bird season ojiened, aud considerable shooting has been done with thia gun. Almost every day this gun has been used a long shot letweeu forty and sixty yards has been taken and a bird killed. "AhT the gunner would exclaim, "there is nothing like a full choked gun to reach a bird at long range."" Then, as he opened the gun to insert a fresh car tridge, would be heard these words: "Great Scott! Tve shot the cylinder in stead of the choked barrel!" The sports man still argues that tho full choked gun is the projer gun for shots beyond twenty-live yards, but almost daily when shooting he accidentally fires th'r wrong barrel and kills birds clean at forty yards and sometimes at a longer distance. Shooting and Fishing. Burned Bit Kara to Kill a Snake. Some time ago, when Choulcfs men agerie passed throngh Crawford county, a boa constrictor of medium size escaped from its cage. As time passed the inci dent was forgotten. Early on Wednes day J. D. Doolittle entered his barn and saw the monster in the hayloft. Bvxilit tle had lost several shoats, of which be could find no clew. Their disappearance was explained by the preseue-e of the snake. Seeing the reptile Mr. Doolittla retreated, and after releasing his horses from the bam he applied a match and burned the structure and contents to the ground. The mow was full of new hay. After the fire had spent its force the ribs of the reptile were found in the ashs. and they were nearly as large as the ribs of a 100-pound hog. Mr. Doo little says that he feels worse from the effect which the snake's vicious eyes had upon him than bo does over the loss of his barn and contents. The contents of tho bam were the principal loss, as the structure was an old one and was soon to be replaced. Milwaukee Wisconsin. A youth in one of the Sunday schools connected with one of the city missions, without meaning to bo sacrilegious, but with visions of his own misdoings that had received deserved punishment, to the qnestion, "Why was our Saviour sent to this earth?" answer,. "To save sinners" answered, "Oh! I suppose we acted so bad they had to send him." New York Tribune, Welcomed by the Old Man. Sue Dee ring I am afraid papa was angry when you asked him for me, wasn't he. Jack, love? Jack Hilow Not at all. He asked if I knew any more respectable young men who would be likely to marry your five j sisters if properly coaxed. Harper's I Bazar. . ' ' ' Taking Iickena Down. 'I am a great admirer of the work of Charles Dickens, but I liad a very poor opinion of the man," said L. C Court ney, now stopping at the Laclede. "Dickens was a crank of -very offen sive class. Many jecii!:arirh-s may properly be excused in a man of genius, but boundless egotism and bad taste are rot of the number. When the author of the 'Pickwick Papers visited America he succeeded, by his boorish manners, in disenthralling thousands of his wor shipers on this side of the Atlantic, He dressed 'loud,' and his manners were even more stunning than Lis dress. He was a great pedestrian, aud took long tramps every morning. When he was in Washington I met him one morning on the steps of the CapitoL With me was a young congressman from Te-nnes-eee, whom the great uovelist had offended by his boorishness. "That morning Dickens was in great good humor and full of talk. 'I have, said he, 'found an almost exact countcr Iart of Little Nell.' 'Little Nell who? queried the Tenneseeean. Dickens looked him over from head to foot and from foot to head before he snorted out, 'My Little Nell.' 'Oh,' said the Tennesseeau, 'I didn't know you had your daughter with you.' 'I am speaking of the Little Nell of my fiction, sir,' retorted Dick ens flushing. 'Oh,' said the imperturb able Tennesseean, you write novels, do you? Don't you consider that a rather trifling occupation for a grown up man? Dickens snorted liko a quarter horse and went down the avenue like Colonel Bill Sterrctt on his bicycle." St Louis Globe Democrat ' Given Ton Many Opportunities. "I tell yon," be said emphatically, 'something has got to be doue, or the so called business men of this age will wreck tke country. It's an outrage, sir, an ontrago nion honest men that the scamps should be given the opportunity that they are given under the present system." ' "What's the matter now?" the excited man was asked. "Matter, sir, matt err he exclaimed. "Why, you cau't tell whom you can tru.-t. You find a man in a responsible position, re.iected and looked tip to by society, and liefore you have time to say to yourself, 'He's all right,' he's heated you in a horse trade or skipped out with some trust funds. You cau't trust any one, sir. They're all looking for a chauce to get the l st of yon, and they don't care how they do it. Look r.t the case of the Steenth Street bank. Solid as a rock yesterday and today its doors are closed. It's a swindle, sir a down right swindle, and I'll wjrger that if the truth were known it would be found that the ef2cers have been speculating with the funds or something of that sort." 'Did you have any money in the lank?" "Well, I should say I did! Every cent that I put in my wife's name before I failed the last time was in that bank." Detroit Free Press. Itaahfulueft and It Caase. The first chief cause of bashfulness consists in a man's attention being di rected to himself. Tho man who is quite at eaie in his office bashfnluess is most often an attribute of the malo sex becomes self conscious iu the draw ing room and very shy. Although ca pable of joining in the conversation, his witty remark is forestalled b-cause he is too slow in giving utterance to it or too timid to hear his own voice. Tho ordinary action of his brain is inhibited by his self consciousness. The se-cond cause is emotion. The extreme bash fulness of many men when they are iu love is proverbial, and the surprisingly few married men who suffer from bash fulness is noteworthy. These causes are, however, usually in sufficient to pro-luce hushfuluess, but there must ie some further necessary conditiou. Many conditions predispose to it e. g., a highly nervous tempera ment, deficient moral courage, with which is associated lack of self assertion. These may be regarded as constitutional causes. Another predisposing cause is defect ive education. The general education may have been neglected, or the want of opportunities of acquiring self confi dence in society may have been experi enced. Cassell's. Live It Io u. The young dork's eyes flashed as he read an article in the morning paiK-rs. It was an outrageous attack upon the gentleman at the head of his department for a course of action which was repre sented as both base and cowardly. All the correspondence relating to the affair had passed through the young man's hands, so he knew that the published statements were false and most damag ing to the reputation of his beloved chief. Carrying the paper to the gentleman assailed he a&ked if ho might write a re ply. The elder man read the paragraphs calmly, smiled and shook his head. "What will you do':" the clerk a.-ked. "Live it down," was the reply, "as I have done so many other calumnies. Talking back is the most futile and un dignified exertion in the world. If you succeed in cutting up one falsehood each part will begin to wriggle against you. Let it alone anil it will die of itarvation." Youth's Comjanion. No Chance fur Iohna. "I know he isn't handsome, Caroline," urged the mother, "but he is a worthy man, and I wish yon could look ujxm his suit with a little more favor, for your father's sake and miue. Joshua Thoruhuckle once saved your father from bankruptcy. And a friend in need is a friend indeed." "Yes, mamma," answered Mi-s Caro line listlessly, "but ho isn't inknecd. He's bowlegged." Chicago Tribune. Soma Men Never Cwn Ite Serious. Dunn-Brown I should like to feel when I die I leave the world better thau I found it. Jackson My dear fell.w, I am quite sure the werld will be butter when you are gone. Exchange. A Bright Scotch Lad. Some year or two ago I was staying near Critff, and visited the viliago school, where I saw a lad poring over Homer. The schoolmaster told me that in the course of the last shooting season he carried the game bags for a party over the moors. This he tiid with other odd jobs to enable hint to continue his education. Ia the party were a nobleman (whose name was given me, but which I have now forgotten) and an Oxford tutor. Ia the course of luncla-jn one day there was a dispute between these as to the exact wording of 6omo phrase from a Greek drama and the author. Seeing some intelligence in the lad's face, they were led to ask hiia if he knew any thing about the matter, when the lad was able to tell tliem they were both r.Tong, quotiug the phrase aright aud living the name of the author. Cor. Pall Mall Gazette, A Mletaka at the Church. A Lovejoy young man started home from church the other night with a beauty who had come to preaching with another fellow. The mistake was not discovered until the young man 1 gan fcia courting where he had left off with the other girl, and when she said, "I don't understand you, sir," it dawned upon them both that they had exchanged partners while coming out of the church door. The other couple were nearby enjoying the joke, and in order to re lieve the embarrassment then existing camo to the rescue, and each young lady armed her original esceirt and the court ing proceeded, being thoroughly under stood this time br all parties. Coving ton (Ky.) Enterprise. A yonnir man named 5L W Sm: arrived at the miuing town cf Crinttle t'rei-k, Colo., with thirty-three dollars iu Lis jiocket. He commenced peddling tx anuts and pcjKrorn and iu sixty days cleared fcJ.OvO, . New Spring Goods AT S. E. PHILLIPS, 103 Clinton Street, IVmthwr Ar Green's Hlock, JOIINSTOWX, PA. DUESS GOODS. Consisting of Black and Colored Shaliie Silks, Surah P'.lis, Velvet an 1 Velveteens in all colors, Black and Colored Henriettas at f,!1, 75, $1 00 and f I - I-eryard. We have a full line of all the New Weave, sm h as Bedford Cord", Cheveron Barrs and Cheques. ec. Cotton DruM Voeds. Foi'.e-da-uord Oulicg Cloth, I anion Cloth, Chintzes and Salines. Ladira' fcprinjr Jacket. A full line of Domestic. We guarantte all our Kid Gloves. Call and sec us. S. E. PHILLIPS. It is to You) Interest TO BUY YOUR Drugs and Medicines JOHH H. SHYDEB. rOCBWOB TO Biesecker k Snyder. None bnt the purest and best kept in stock, and when Drugs become inert by stacd ing, as certain of them do, wa de stroy them, rather than im pose on our customers. You can depend on having yonr PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Our prices are as low aa any other first-class bouse and on many articles much lower. The people of this oounty seem to know this, and have given us a large share of their patronage, and we shall still continue to give them the very best goods for their money. Do not forget that we make a specialty of FITTING TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you have had trouble in this direction, give us a c&lL SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety ; A full set of Test Lenses. Come in and have your eyes examined. Ho charge for examination, and we are confident we can suit you. Come and see us. Ksspecilly. JOHN N. SNYDER. Sotliinff On Earth TOll a Mi LIKE Sheridan's Condition Fowder ! KEEPS YOUR CHICKENS Strong and Healthy ; Prevent all Disease. Good for Moulting lima. Tt NhjtejT jmr. Hltr roncntr4l Tn inl tt ru UTMi A a rent a iy- N. oUwrwv4nb m c-tiajr SlrWir n-:t.-inft "nwUipcMaTHtiw SW; ni ki to pixrvrtl hoop." oiif nMwsnf. If yon can't set It -nd to ua. Wem.il on- p"fk tje Kttefl A 1 1 4 111 can tl SO. Six OfJUU. $6 00, Xpr- M!(! iHtltrv AatiMy HmhU. prirt & (vnl. fn with $1 otonlrr. or monk Baaj4 eup ul Tl.B HEST l'"l 1 T I t-AIWRrM fiv. LS. Jofl.NMJ.S ev.:Aai Htxiw tft.. Boetaa, Mam. nittsuurKh Fmale Colietre and I coNsEKVATOKY OK mCilC. Httf burg, J-a to teacher rn-Mirpanaed advamaKea. Superior home xmrorw ana rare, attn year begins sepu In ena lur catalogue to ine rrwieni. luir-it- A- H. NOfccKOriS. D.D. a Txoaoucil COMMERCIAL SHORTHAND ZJJ TtfLM IT HA A Svp Cnw T Sew A TWmI Pinky. TW " 0M ssMa.-J 1 tfbalUfc Williams 4 AoutRS. ItOCHtSTtft. N. . The Modern Canoe. ! Canoes are now bnilt for fpocial pur poses, and one canoe is not expected to fill every need. The op-n Canadian style is nred for pleasure p.iddliujj eiiher with the f inale or double blnd, and even the sailing men brins these boats to camp, in addition to their rac ing canoes, for general nse and "girl ing." Open canoes, built liprht and ehiirp, are al.so n&cd in the paddling races the trophy, tandem, single blade event, and tho club f.mr.s. The sujw'ri ority of the double blade paddle over the tsinle was clrarly shown in the race of club fours. The Springfield and Xew York crews cair.e ia first and recolij with double blades, and the Pointe Claire (Canadian) and Puritan (Boston) crews were third and fourth with ainglc blades. This event gave a fine exhibition of paddlinjr, the Springfield crew winning easily simply because it had trained to gether and kept perfect time. The others were somewhat ragged. The puddling events wero well contested and showed a renewed interest in this class of racing, but the sailing men do not paddle, nor do the paddling men sail. Harper's Weekly. AttarLed by Itird. Bailey Hoover, a young man employed on the Curtis ranch, reports a strange experience with birds. He was driving a single horse bnggy from the Fair ranch, when about two miles from Knights Landing he was suddenly startled out of a doze by myriads of birds, which swarmed down upon him, screaming cngrily and flying at him. The air was literally black with them, and they viciously attacked the horse, which was frightened into a frantic effort to run away. The young man was scared beyond his powers of description. lie fought the birds off with his whip, and direct ing the horse as liest he could wa3 soon beyond their pursuit. ' Hoover entertains s superstitious fear that the incident portends evil for him, and is sure something bad is going to happen to him before long. He said they were nearly all blackbirds, al though there appeared to be other species among the army of his winged enemies. Woodland Mail How Did Be KnowT This from one of our San Francisco telephone girls: '"I don't think that I am any more Tain than other girls, bat I sin good looking and know it, and take a good deal of pride in my beauty. One llay I was called to the telephone, and being angry over something that had happened in the office I snapped back at the party at the other end of the wire, Well, what is it? in a very short man ner, ne replied with a low drawn whis tle, Whe 0 e o-w, but yon must bo good l.ioking. I can remember yet bow my face burned." San Francisco Areonaut. It is not unusual for colds contracted in the fall to hang on all winter. In snch cases catarrh or chronic bronchitis are almost sure to result. A fifty-cent bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy jll cure any cold. Can you afford to rik so ranch for so small aa amount? This remedy is intended especially fur bad colds and croup and can always be depended upon. For sale by J. X. Sstbeh, Druggist, V H 4 ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. HARRY M. BENSHOFF, . UAKUFACIURIHG STATIONER AND BLANK LOOK MAKER. HANNAH BLOCK, JOHNSTOWN. PA. Johnstown's New Grocery. Having opened a new GROCKKY STORK, Sout'iwt Curlier of Market A I-oriH Ein-eLi, JOHNSTOWN, I am prepared to furnish buyers from different points uilh ail kin. Is of freth groceries at lowest prices. Country produce, cich as but ter, esn. etc., taken in ex change for piods. JAMES D. RUTLEDGE. G.C.JORDAN. JOSEPH HINCHMAN. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. Customer; f rut iw at t'ic wuno oM P!ti'l, m-iih a liiprrr tm;iijr of our owu itu:iu:'i-i U-rvd good. mk-U a T iwa, than ever. As ahok-aIe ilealers iu CRACKERS, CANDIES, NUTS AND FRUIT, we have hvrvawl faeiiitieg fir fitting' orders promptly anil nutlai ioriiy. Joixlaii fc Iliiicliman, 270 and 272, Main Street, JOHXjTWS, r.t. HOW TO SAVE MONEY. BUY YOUR ."Boots and SI iocs AT 81 FRANKLIN STREET, Johnstown. PA. LowMt Price; Guaranteed ( j ft co. 31. Thoniai, !fc Co- ir. Cliutun Street, JOUNiToWS, FA. GENERAL MERCHANDIS E. All IVpartmr-ntB of our tnr are wt'tl to keJ with the bet U we can buy. arid wa areofleritiir gooN which defy cui.ipeiition. Our Store it Headquarters for the Choicest Country Produce. The stork of Staple and Fancy (Jrueerixs has nev er hen more complete, and i being sold at price Exceptionally Low. Call and eiamiue otir sools and be convinc ed that Ours L a Bargain Store. WE SELL CROWN BAKING POWDER. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. t'oliiuft, C'axUeU and Hobea OF ALL GP.AtiESOX 1IAXD. G OOD IIEA.IISE and evcryihiiigp-.rtiiinlr.g to fuiurabi furnl-Iied uu short notice. South Tiirkfjfaot Street. Sarosrset, Penn'i- fKXXSYL ASIA RAILROAD. B.'HEPltI.E IS i-i KKiT IW. Z lMd. EASTESN 6T4NCABO Tl M C. INSTANCE ASli FAKR. :!:!. Far". Johnnw n to A'Tnnn : tl ltf ' Hairi-lmri: l;'''j " 1 1 " l-h il.ia -lr.ii a . S. " H:an.rd.r lui 7i - " i.r.e;i'.i:rit, -i: 1 41 Pitthanrh ") " rltirrKtrv 'i'- 'i 7 ' VVaMilntou JvT 7 " 1NI1KNEI Wliritt'LE. Trains arrive and dt iaxt frum th station at Johiksluirn a followi : WESTWARD. Orer Enprw S:)a m Srlcrn irss. a. m Johitatown Ai't!urjiovlatioa. t 4' a. ru hxiirLa. l a. m Farirl Exprfw a-.:! a m w t fasM-nvr :;; r p. m Mti p. Ill n-ji p. m . . V -I p. uu Johmiowu Eipri-aa. . rat i.ine,. .... EASTWARD. Atlantic Exprew , , . . a. m. . r.:na. . :i a. in. l.i.'.a.ni. li 1 p. in. , 4 11 p. m ' " p. m. 7 1ip.ro. 10 M p. m. Soa-SNore Fxnrf liarn-hurf At-iominodatiim liay X 'r-s .. A Mi. in; Kxjr.s Mail Ksi.r J..hnnwn Ait-ttnm!:ition J'lura h lpl ia k.xtF . Fal Line .. CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch NORTHWARD. Johnmn lfir7 rri-M.R,a.-krnod S:."l a. m Siirarnipt t it), Moyestuwn ;0J, tlouvmviile o.up, junosuiwii, o. io. Johmtnn Jf.ii Einmt. IV-k wood U.S. a. m. Homei H is. i-wj.-iU.wn HuureniTilia U., JuDllMOWU I SO p. IU. Juhn&n Amxr.m'xli-.t'im Rnrkwnnd 5 40 o. m rwniM-nn-i n n. m.. ei'ivetiWB l..tl n. m liouveraTille 0 1.' p. m., JolmMow n 7:.4i p. m. Staa'fny Ammmrt'ationRorkiraod 11:35 a. m. bumensei, ii:u.. SOITHWARD. Jfai7 Johnstown 7:15 a. m.. Hoorenrriae 8 31 SNiyestowu :V, Sotnerl :16, Kmkwoud Eiprn Johnstown S.-r) p. m.. H.iover-Tille 4.16, Moytsuowa soiuwnel S.ul, Ku.iirood Sawfny Oa.'y Jnhnton ::t)a. m . HonTcrsvllIe H:ln a. m., S'wf.nn : a. m, tmntml iv. i a. ui., ftorswooa io i a. m. Sunflnti jrrommW'if'a--Sment 5:td p. Rirkaood o i. t:i Daily. JPOUTZ'S MORGt AND CATTLE POWDERS m. KsS xlitn --d '"u ' . li.ri.t. f.nlia ;, a.,t ,,.- . f.,tv n.iu . I'n. i-r. ,; , r ,r..,T , IT! w' l"r"'r r'"'- ,", "' W'Uer aria Klll rnw-V- til tr or . rrt ,'n.1t ITkKT Il... . ,..., ,... , . rri-TI . Pn r-lt ,!.! r.ATI-Tlo. tju. C'.crTirr. DAVID fc rovTZ. Proprl.tor. BAHXHOBK. KB. CURTIS K. GROVE, sc?.'nsT, pa. vc-vma. blinks, car-.ugea PFBINU WiiC N. !. VTaGO.N'3. ASI EAST EES A Si) W 311X5 WOKZ .F"iiwied on ffh'rt Scti-. Painting; Done on Short Tinio. jfy work Umoo.t ..fT-.: , ' VrailrJ U. t-Vt -utt- Zrpby C7 First Czz Tr All Work Warranted. Call and Examine my Stock, and Prtx I do Waon-work, ard furnlh fk-irea for Wind Mllla. Kemember the p'.ace. and call in. CTJRTI3K. GROVE, (last of Court Houe) SOU ER?IT. P Jacob D. Swank.. lVnicbiiialaer and Jewelor, Scat door l of Lutbtran ( tun s. Somerest, Pe. Having opened" pa slop in tins place, I am now prepare;! to sup ply tie public vi ith doc!-;.-', vatole and jewelry of all description?, a? clieap as t!:c cheapest. liKiviiiixo- v ssiyj-:ci.YirY. All work guaranU-cd. Look at my slock before making your pmr cliases. AMKRICAN" IIOTKI. Owned ud Cperated hj S. P. SWEJTZER, CamU-rlaad. Md. TM h'tv. i. first -! !:i a'.! i:- ; j.oi:U-nj-n'. rvimKivi.-d and retjiru-ai-d. r-d t;.- iitwt loca tion in ilie. iiv. a! the Lt-ad .f lla.tunore "-. !'r.-.-t rarsi iui-- it!.n t-v-rr iVw nviwr.1-.. Fir-t-t-la-f ixirten. alt'-nd ail trair.s. Lu.'i:ace tu hell-.ii.l in-i-f i-uare'.:. l irtiily J:aa wi the Hoit-1 is sl ii;t ci-i-- JAvery lusUihllshmriit, where r!exofn i!vs.--:r.ii'-n r:):i r l:i I at tih.'. erat mtr. The bar of t''i- !!!! - ! 1 -th llif iint-t irmd.-s ul V tii-ki- , Wi-.iesaiiJ Btvr. AL-O uu hand a of Imported Cigars. Fer.n at:t'e?;:ir.ST mstrinwnr ran rw th-MT t-iuH &:"i 'i:cs r -:'.:tv.i to uml:'!W 1 :.'.i-fii't ii- ll'-t !. v. ;.-re 11 vrif i ! i-uA.l without cxir -ii.r-i. t , :ivii :n V ii.;..n d hat aia.-.i, i-'.t u.i.ic ili'tcl U ihi H'utel. The 1111.!. r-ij,-r:t-l ha o'l hau l a h'.-g ? '"t of SOMERSET CQUm WHISKY, m Ky-, WbVh he i.:T' r. :MoV'h and in ui:-i! q-uiitiiiv, al :i.' f.:l.owi.. i.rn-ts; Tvrr Year old ft t: r rr "uc TJ:ree " Four - ' ' ii jo Addn-M al'l or-.'r ti 1"". 1" liiuore &t., t umhtrUfsd. Mi. , and ia T.al- S. P. SWEITZER. rroJtfa-K. Y$Want Work ERS ctiling imported fynrialiiM ; aixi mil lint' Gl'AKAXTEEI) M'KSKlvY STOCK. Stock failing to live nplaci-1 T-Ft. R. I. I.uelci.f r J .t Co., loheer. X. Agency tor mfm -H V.-.f copi H ears, " a ' . :'l.:-...i. av, f- ' l.t :m:;i ,r A.-.-tr.iV 1 rtT'H' - r' .'.r-r .. .vrT !'i;t!'l ta 'ri 1-t i . i.. t ; k t f-1. 'i l-uLlic Uf u i -t :Cin'n ;.rc.: N U.I.JO GIYS ICUS BOYS A USEFUL FSrSEST. vrir j $1-75. fx.co, Cz.oo A"?'-'?! 1 ''.. 7-:o,Jio.oo, $a.o to Sjx.co. r ;oil nlt-sl " - ' " 1 V-.-. .:. U A. - ... r .'.I .nr.. I..: .rti.. ,. f,rr. A.i-r ...k., . . ,1 ,X t-n. .i. r . r t nu v. n. :;. t.,tu ,. a - '. 4.s-l.l... Uoa iiu, Au;n.u, Un. I PatarfkI U fx c. r ASTHMA. ETC- Crctlars rVee Zt PETER VOGEh. Sznzn. r,v YOU CAN FIND .- n l in I'm .b ii - u,r A l.-ri .,n I t.. !j our anther- Tt TTTmmn tf tt ka mul nuiuiKi lt aaiubuu at luara n - l- .. . ...t ct i,r -. s - " - & w. nut. The Largest and Most Complete Wine, Liquor and Cigar olL;. JH TUS UNITED STATES. Fine Whiskies. AO.i 95 AD 97 FIFTH AYES UE, riITS::il Ail orlr re-ieJ ly mail wi'l n-. Live pn w. ! n - Cinderella Their Cleanli- ness Lessens Labor. TT w I pav you to examine t!:e QUKKX CIXF-I'.I; I fr vou buT. It has all the latent improvt i.i' . .!-. i; tocl to be a trJod balcvr. It the direct Jvz'.i cdiihavc a lire in oue-I.ulf the time lvimntl u .ii. i. This is a valuable feature when vou wanta'i -k tire IT lias an extra larire !:ir:i oven, n. r,f infowirt" and m.tf'owin air can V T lias an extra larire hvzh oven. tuorou-'!.;y ven..: a p.crfect baker, and no luruincr on the t"j. it has ti - Tr:;.;. v . orate, which is the perfection of convenience and iv a!,,,. '; . Jecially durable, Inving three separate ndes. or the a !.-,:.t..-.. ,:: crates hi one, and notea-ily warped by tue action oi t;...- " MaiiufacUtrcd bv I'tilAVtS & CO., I.ii.iilrd. fltbhurgh. S. i i and s':.,::.- . : !r JAMES B. HOLDEMUUM, SomcrsoU Kriisiucer & Kurtz, Kcrlin, Pa., and V. J. Co -or A ?on.. Mjy.r-L." T:rMr.inr.K 'Thir.ir June well and with a w.exi-t 1 1: - . rV it wiltj pav vox; to err to', a WTJ. F. SHAFFER, SOMKU3KX. PKXX'A.. Maiif'.turcr of and a.cr la HJM m vm m AUo. Ant J-rrlhe WHITE BF.0S2E! Pcrvfiis tn nved of M0NTMENT wr.7:K will S::d it to tL'i'ir inL-r.'-t iocaii ai my stoT h.--e a 'rzt Nhow.Tip vl t'.vrn tht-in. - : (:'. tin C irk A-vv t-.. A'' YR V tU H". I uivi'.t ncai aitr'":on vo Itin white Bronze, Or Pure Zino M3nuine.1t Tntrwlrt'd br RET. W. A. RTN'.. rwM-J -n;.r...n-r. In ti.e .'nt "t MATKf.I.tL AXl I S 1 K ' . 1 I ' ' N . Ki a.-. ib ltI.Iittl u 1 li:r IV.pii'.ir !..:!'!"!-M't i r or.r tbaii- Mt'.ts Ca maie. 4a IVa MS k CALL. V,'2I. F. SHAFFER. T si 1 rt-' f- Tijti a Ofnr I MM I i M I U v 1 1 U i A l.aL K l. s vsa V J m m. I ft. ft. 1 A Main Streat, Somerset, ?a. K? m 9 mm mm. m j m ia m a wa w au n ifc. mm sj 'i ii( ft aia t h IT a (Jaaaa, w Vawwa a fiVi iviiM a iii W.aa Wi FRESH AHD PURE DRUGS, Jlcdt'cuics, Dtje Stuffs, Sponges, Trm Sttiwortcrs, Toilet Articles. Pei-fmncs, &c. HIE DOCTOR GIVE.-! fEHjCN'AL ATTENTION TO THE C05:roC:.'Mv f'7 T ml IV a w a n . w r jk w m w A A ttJUM q J, U.UJLIJ xawwv-- ShEiTCJLS Btrx-i TAXKX TO l?g CSLT FSSX J.'-D PL.iK liiVX'i SP ECTACL ES, E YE-G LASS E And a Full Line oi Optical Goods always cn nasi " such a large assortment all can be suited. 1 u .1 1 1 11 1 tl 1 uu 11 1 1 11 1 1 1111 iii iii 1 1 .11 ib TEE FIEEST BHIKDS OF CICfiES Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to t!i I :' " to '"ntending purchasers, whether they tuy from us or elst where. J. M. LOUTHER, r1. D. MAIN STREET - - SOMERSET. F-; Somerset Lumber Yah: EL1AS CUNNINGHAM, Majtrran es 0 PlALXB AJIft Wholwali ud RiraiLrs or LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL-5 Hard and Solt Wood- OAK, rOFLAJL PinrVf; v, AL-VrT- FLOORING, SASH, STAISRA'IA YELLOW PINE. SHINGLES. POOKJ BALl--:1 . ACatl. ""EfNlT- WHITE PINE, LATH, BUNK Oenwal Llneorall rra.lof Lumber and BuilJlr Material in,IW:i Aimt- faR,w "-nhin in tbe Un of our ha.in to or.!, r w.ih f . proini-uiuw, jui h as bracken. CKlixiwd .'. etc. Offlce and Yard Opposite S. & C. It. R. Station, Somerset J. J. SPECK. WM.M. HOLME w, ... The Lcaoeng ..r,Llsi.t wine ano Liquor House or Westcrn Pennsl" TIIID "WAT. TT. TTOT ATRaS CO- Pitillors of -Holmes' Best " an.l - Holmes' 0M PVHK RYE IV II I SKY. u. K-aain- uve ami Coarboa VThl.klus iu lond or us V ImrortCH of fine DranJios. Cius and Wine.-. ' SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Tel.pho,, N. 333. . 123 Wj!jp 1 3 1 ; -t A P.TfSB', scmrrnT buildup nioTiiiro Mn noctD nr "ft. IMPORTER OF . - , . a. v mm st v Stoves and a l - QJJEEN3 T. . Saves r.i.A e re::':ura i ;i -j - , s t r - r- "" I " f l ' " r. 9 L. Lu.i ) it i i j Hi r ' . a. . 1 . . Over 500 Ceautlful Designs. 1 ' ' BBKIIIIX W ft. a I I
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