- alas: AIaa.alaa.ehcu! 1 aat tije t.kr -S iii The raia ana ii--w. Alas, tuat eye? are fa n Ttat : ma C;i""r " il:-s atri U.e breaatu of u i'rum t'o nutrah ut care a;h. aUs. -;: TLa e inee; 5at to hid adieu: That tbe andc in 1 line ancient J Are to swift and lew. Ali. aiaa, ciiea! Ti.at t L- heart is only trne To etibt-r, where fit: feet pass, TeUor.dn.e. ltiar. Cnwles Harcoart was one cf tiie most U-trPWd habitats of Ike ChAttt-au Eong-e !.d La Gnu.!e Chacmiere; fci fact (J. ',1 thoe choreogTaj.hic etal.lubmecta wfcii b tbe Pdriiian priette viM regu larly in oriier to lose ber hc-su t and not iiifrvqaeutiy her rosy cherts and tiie frvsiiuess of her yout h. JIarcourt ret ended to study nieUioine, nv. l it was atuK tiiese pretty p-iris 6. ;'. rs of flc-wt-rs. eiubruil. rer of linen, ar.d painters.' njoticl:- rhi.t lie managed ti. f.-rget tlit- terrors of the Losj-iial and the Mt.iies the Furgitxi aujiiitlieHter. Charles Ilarc.nrt had jast arrived at the liuiP i f I:fe iriicn a ft JuVTl th-jws tii ibe hp, whtn love knocks at tbe Lrta-t, and when tbe heart resembles lnry tree, full of visor, from w4ii h has filieii as yet ncilher leaf nor fruit. Tlie tri-iaboEes of tiie orcbetra roar, lilec tliuii.t r cu a ttrrmy tea: the vio i::.s acrti.tn like sea gulls abova the Vaves: ;";:? .;uic roils and growl like Koine hr.-j.ry beatt. All is confusion. T.'iaie sh-.-.iiuers and gold lac gleam through the heavy air. The innocent Riid ti.e giiiliy dance together ia the tame delirioiis. motion. While the Cancers tarn and whirl, advancing wiliiiy and s wiluly retreat ing, fa' in a corner its a blender girl Vitelline the dance with an air of tud ners. licr ixiourafnl yes foll w the crazy motions of the cr.- l with n;Un ishmett. aud a li-ht -is-tt moves the folds of mull on her brea.-L. Ia the midst cf this i::de.-cribi-Ue cot: fusion, this jiellmell of ficrures and voices, a; iars that of a handsome boy of twenty-two, remarkable for his vivac ity and the boMner-e of his Fjifcch and latere. Finally, win n the violins have ended their ugva'aing cries and tiie !:.n.j.s ere dying before the oncoming iayiigbt, this boy, whom Lis friends tn late as Uarcourt, leaves the bull, a new ronijne'-t rrvm hi arm it is the slender bruiiet'.e cf the coro-'r. Charl s ll:4rc.art appeared no more tt the balis of the Lutiu quarter, but t-Et Lis days at L'Lcole de Medicine, jciug his ti.-.-t c-Xiiuiinatious with dis tinction. In one of those fascinating little Loitsw sQcb are lit ranker jire t i. '.s to h;-.ve inhabited at twenty Charles ina.Io his home, guarding jeal-ou.-ly the dangerous happiness of a iini..:i coi.ii .1 wiibont the help of le naire ."ind which is called luorganatij toa.vi.i- the x of a l-s delicate phrase. iiiS tonqnst of the bail was named Mii.a. '. " x was a good and affectioiiate child, r.nd in f j i:e of the anacre.ntic qriaai illes c I the Latin quarter, she was innocent. She Lad kept her heart iu- t.::. It washer ole economy. Charles jin.i Mir.a loved one another like two cf La Fontaine's doves. But Jliua w as a c-;:siiuii)tive, and Charles read with af fright the death of his happiness in the paling face of Lis beloved. His care of her v.-as untiring; but this implacable malady never releases, and B.m in a kiss Charles received his mis tresss List eigh. Mina died iu the hos pital: her long illness Laving exhausted their feeble resources, and Charles had the cruel courage to deliver the body of Lis beloved to the investigations of the pathologist. He wished to parsne, even in tbe flesh, this rival who had killed her. He made use of a cynical usage to preserve tbe skulL This, with a plaster mask molded upon tne emaciated bodv of tiie dead girl, was all that remained to him. Mma's loss afi'.-cted Charles profound ly. Out of a character frivolous and careless, devoted only to coarse picas- tires, had grown a deep and serious love This honest cud generous affection had Ftified the ..rtus of evil. Mma l--ad. he was seized as by a vertigo, and h. plunged into the abyss. He found him s !f face to fare with evil, and threw to ti is monster the rest of Lis voutlu I:i this oxvan of ful-e pleasures the re- t tuorance of 3Ima was drowned, and i ...-tiiL.ut little grisette called Muriette t'k her plaee. One night in November Mariette and one of Ler friends, Charles, and one of Lis companions were togeth in httie hone on the Rue Gres. Ti.e l" -. 'it was cold r.nd siijisier; mar-ses of i.-eavy clouds were driven across a grav ivy, the tu'xin showed her moncful face only t .intervals, sudden thowers lx a? i-jHiii i!ie windows, and tiie wind howied a; the cracks. These four voting Ie.ple drank and i-ang. nnaff ct-d l y the Momi and th.-ir s:r:.nge environment. It was the strange i.i.-i;iey of the t-tndcut's life that showed iu the small room here i-igns of work, tnd t'nere the broken Ij-uU s of a drink ing bout. A s::.all table Lt Id a drird tiiia, a pile of m.-diV;il works, some i c.)ty wine littles m.d M.iue auicie.s of the toile t. There, too, was the plaster ta.-.t of the dead Mina. a figure slender to meagemos, the eyis cavernous and empty, the lips distn-ted into a luiuful tmile. tiie piaster di-col. .red by tb- ki-s-plced n;-u tlne-o L; in eternal fare well. Upon the chi'iit-ey wer;- a caudle, a smull Iocs and a human skull. At one side a tiny conch, on the wuil-- neks for pipes and w.iue chc;ji litli' graphs. M:;i i.-tte and Ler friend Hose lonnged :.L.-ut in nstioy disliab.'.ic. Tumiest made a preten-e of t-tndy, whiii-Chailes. (iulh-d ly the warm ;.nd i : avy air of the room, leaned on the L : g table i;i fi'cuce, lt ts a grcr-.p w ..rti y of tiie Lru-h tf Cailot. -What is the mr.it er wiih Charier ried Em-st, uimiiig bis K.ik noiaiiy; is its sober a a i:.cr. h;u-L "He is thinking of iliua.eaid ilari tte. bitterly. -When a mistress is buried, that ought to end the afTair." t-i 1 il.)se, decidedly. -But often, even when I am here. I Cnd him sitting before that plaster cast,"" eaid ilariette, isnilenly. "Oh, it s perfectly platonic," laughed Ernest. -Bahrsaid Rose; '-you don't object to a plaster rival, do you:"" "To the health of Mina," cried Ernest. Charles ljoked rp quickly. Thece jibes cr.t him to the 1: v.r:. Mius w as x g.xd girl," he said. "That remains to be seen," criol Mari- ette; -I am a g.od girl, too, am I no;:'' "Von will be whn yoa are dead," mocked Ernest. Charles." sai I Mariette, "f5nfe.s that y.m love Mina stilly "Xo; I do notr -More than you love lGtl'" 'No, no" I love you." -Vcry w ell, then" prove it. There is that horrid skull that yon keep as a a-red reic Tve seen it grinning tip i tnere Ion? enoi-gh. Let cs make the punch m itT j Ah, that's an original idear cried 1 Ernest. -Mariette, yon have the imag ination of a poet," ! "N be it then," said Charles, and rNing he placed the fckull ia the middle ef the table. "l an tue one to light it," said Mari ette triumphantly, pouring the liquor into this ghastly cup. Suddenly the punc"i was afire, the : tongues of blue flame miriiigamorotisly with the smoke cf the cigrirs. An odor deadly and mephitic f ihaled from the tkulL Phosphorescent flames rose and fell in strange colors of decay, and the emoke rose in purple spirals iilto the air. Charles felt a bhiver clutch Lira in its : ccld lingers from head to foot, Mariette ! tnowea her teeth ia the horrible j ir of eeenred vengeance, Tne ram f.il heavily ontside, the windows fch0..k. Little by little druckenness ovcroan.e thee ribald beings who jested wita ta nacr.'fl tr.TFterles ot death. Then Mariette b-gaa to sing a song composed by Cliarles for Mina, mockingly begging him net to weep. As Charles lieard the words of fte eocg chanted ia ber pitiless voice, his heart beat fast, something rose in hi? throat, his voir failed and Lis head fell heavily forward upon the table, ITU sudden movement overturned the skull, and the burning brajvly touched the thin folds ef Mariette's dress. Her awful cry of terror was lost in the flames which enveloped her. Charles remained in a delirious con dition. Miotic cries burst from LL; lips. 1 and in fpit of himself, Le rest-d hU eves upon the masK of plaster, whose I eyes remained fixed tipon Lis with a steady persistence taat neia his own. He began to repeat the words of Lis early love fcnd those of Mica when he was happy with Lim, and finally those that she had nttered when she felt the end of all their happiness approaching: "I love yon so dearly, my beloved one. I cannot give you up. I shall come back 6onietimes at night to speak to yon." Feverith and trembling he drank greed ily the last glass cf punch at his tlliow. Suddenly the cast detached itself from the wall and came forward through the clonds of noke. He felt the sweat start from every pore. A sigh fell upon the air; he felt it pass Lis cheek, moist and terrible: a breath from the tomb. A cry struggled to his lips, but died there. His voice choked in his throat. The figure approached, and the Fudent recognized tbe beloved of Lis youth. Silent tears were Cowing from the hollow sockets of the eyes, and as she bent toward Lim Charles felt her Lps njon his forehead lips as hard and cold as marble. Then the phantom raised her Land, pointing with her skeleton finger to the clock, which was at the stroke of 3. As Charies fdt Lis heart fail in Lis breast and Lis veins turn to ice the vision faded. Day was just beginning; the first rays of a bright sun lit tip the windows of the little room in the Kue Gres. Charles awoke from a profound sLv-p. He looked about sleepily upon the coiifu-doifc which surrounded him and endeavored to recall the events of the past night. "These glasses and empty bottle?; that is natural," Le mattered, "and I have fclept here on the table, but what time is ifr" He walked dizzily to tli9 chimney. The Lands were at the Lour of 3, and tiie clock had stopped. He remem 1 f red the frightful vision of the night and the accident to Mariette, and Le Lurri.-d to the adjoining room. 'Mariette, Mariette:" ho cried. No body answered. Charles opened the door violently. Ernest and Rose were upon their knees beside the bed. "Mariette:"' cried Charles. "She is dead," replied Ernest. "Dead:" "Yes, at 3 o'clock." "Mina is avenged:" said Charles sink ing njion Lis knees, Adapted for Ar gonaut from the French of Frederic ue HeiiTenberir. Distilling Uoae IVrfumea. ' "" " We stopped before a Lahn to look at a distillery and rose field and were w el comed by the proprietor, who was also landlord of the inn. Seats were put for lis l hind the brazier, where it was not a lillia warm, and soon miniature cups li coffee were presented to us by hU rosy cheeked wife. In front of a long shed six.large chal drons stood over the brazier, end into these vessels about a HK) worth of roses were put w ith warm water. The iron tubes through which the vapor es capes passed through a long tin recep tacle fciiaped like a trough, which was filled with e ld water, and below which large glass bottles stood to receive the first distillation. Three distillations are necessary before the oil of the rose ap pears. YVe were shewn a small Uittle into which theeseiice just distilled had been poured. The color is a rich, deep gold, and the smell is strong, subtle and pene trating pleasant for the first instant, but soon producing a sense of giddiness and oppression in the bend. It affects everything near it, and the perfume clings tenaciously even in the 0cn air. The proprietors are secured from be ing cheated, as the peasants cannot en dure the perfume they themselves manu facture and make no use of it what ever. It is sealed up iu leaden botties and sent to the great perfume empori ums in London and Taris. and a thou sand different scents each have as their essence a few drops of this rich, thick oiL Blackwood's Magazine. Hat in an Hnlih School. In the summer holidays of lSoS the floor of Long chamber iu Eton school was removed, and two large cartloads cf bones, chiefly of recks of mutton, were taken from b-tw-.-en the floor and the ceiling of the rooms below. How they came there was explained by Mr. Car ter, then vice provoet. He told the pres ent writer that when the sixth form boys took their ruppcr in "chain ber" the rats v. ei e wont to come ont of holes in the L-x-r and wainscot " feed on the bones which were flung to them. When these animals from time to time became a nnisance by their numbers, a fag was sent round while tho rats were feeding to insert long stockings in their holes, with the apertures carefully ojieued. The modern sock was then uuknown. When this was done an til ana was riven. The rats on rushing to their h les were trapped in the stockings, which were theu drawn out, and the rats were baifged to death against the leds. "And yon went into school next morning iu the same stockings, sir?" "Of course, of course," was tbe reply; "we could not pet eleau stockings w hen we pleased." Nineteenth Century. Fran th Iicxuanm. "Put your right foot foremost" is a piece of advice that lias been offered tc most folk, young end old, in the course of their livts. It is irenerailv eouiva- leut to saying, "Now's your chance; do your very K-st and thow what you ate capable of." Like a great many com mon phrases tiiis expression has an cid origin. Ia tho cay tf ancient Rome, when people were usually the slaves of mmc auj.crsiii.ioii or tuner, li was thought to be unlucky to cross the threshold of a Lciie with the left foot Lr-t. Conseqaeutly a boy was placed at the door of the mansion to remind vis itors that they were to rut their right f. )Ot foremost Tli. rA nf iVn TiJimiw in tiie wid. r fo'i:e i-oou became obvious. Le wist on Journal. Iat:rr of f.alUln; to Big Hirer. Few p o;.)e are aare of the danger of baUni!,' ia tne Mississippi. Aside from the p.-riis of t'e treacherous currents and eddies, v.! i; h will draw a man un der bfore ha knows he is in any danger, there .-.re tl-ii in the river big enough to Ute cU a i.iaus leg at one snap. St. Louis Glob-sDe-xocraU -: c i:iCt.t Mh. Papa Denr me! Mv watch Las run down, and I t: n't make it go again. V. nJie-Div it to me. I'll div it to cvk. sin k!v",I div it to the watchman When Le tuu.s. Harper's Bazar. Cikitdna and loans Ammaia. The Iiiavfulness that is eharnetri,-.-. oi cuiiuren u no less so of kitten?, nor is their imitativeue: more typical than that from which the word "to ape" has been derived. Curiosity, inventiveness, dislike of ridicule, love of being fondled, craving for attention, with the resulting jealousy and anger when such attention is refused, are type of more complex emotions common to intelligent animals and children. Indeed the terms of fa miliarity so often found and so easily established between children and their pets cannot but be based, in part at least, npon a deep sympathy and community of emotional life. Joseph Jastrow in Popular Science Monthly. A resident of Jewel City, Kan., lost his watch and seppoetd that it had Wen stolen. He was agreeably surprised re cently when a chicken scratching in his bam unearthed the watch. BEHIND 1TJS0X BARS. WHAT MAY BE SEEN IN ANY GREAT HOME OF CRIMINALS. k Tl.lt to Sloj Sin. New Tork State's Tuiou liecrptarle for Convleia Tbe PrUo Odor The Apparent Lark of Strength la TUibla CvvernmenU A prison interior has a strange, mor bid fascination for the average freeman. There is such a general atmosphere of weird unreality about it all, accentuated by the sternest realities of an iron disci pline. From the burly, hard faced guard, who leans npon Lis shining; Win cheater in the sentry box on the walls, to the pale consumptive murderer, whose backing congh is the only sonnd that breaks the stillness of the prison hos pital, everybody and thing is strangely ciierent from the outer world. Hun dreds of silent, striped suited convicts bending ever their workbenches, walk ing about the yard with arms folded or marching in lockstep with eyes averted, surround the visitor on every side. There is a peculiar odor born both by the prison apartments and by the prison inmates which is as marked and dis tinctive as the odor of the hospital or of the steerage. It tells of a life of torpid ity, barren of sunshine and of change. It tells of utensils and cells made stale and foul with constant usage in spite of endless scrubbing and rinsing. The prison is one great hive of yellow, close cropped, hangdog looking humanity, speaking to their keepers or to their companion laborers at rare intervals and in subdued tones, but iossessed of some secret freemasonry and means of com munication with one another and with the outside world that baffles tbe most rigid discipline and searching inquisi tion. Tbe thing that strikes the visitorfroin tho cuter world most is the sp-arent weakness of the governing power. A hundred convicts armed with knives two feet long and sharp as razors are cutting ont great piles of clothing in a room guarded by half a dozen apparently un armed keepers. Another company ol surly malefactors are plying the hammei and chisel in a stone yard, mingling with a handful of guards whose skulls could be split in five seconds after the giving ol a preconcerted bignal. It is the vast but unseen slumbering power of the state that holds them; the knowledge of the keen sighted, iron nerved marksmen on the outer walks, whose repeating riflet carry seventeen Lves apiece, and tht hopelessness of flight to a world whert every man's hand would be against them, and even teinjxirary success could only end in death or lengthened punishmout. Principal Keeper Connanghton, of Sing Sing prison. Las spent seventeen years ol hU life among convicts and never car ried a pistoL Dozens of- times he hat been assaulted by desperate convicts, but his brawny arm and heavy stick have carried him through safely. "What was the narrowest escape yon ever Ladr"a wondering visitor asked him once. "When a fellow jumped on me with a knife as I was sitting in my office," said the keeper. "What did you do:" "Sent him to the hospital when I fin Hied," was the laconic but expressive answer. "They have no heart," continued this eteelv eyed convict driver with the sqtiale, massive jaw. "In the days when we worked them in the quarries 1 Lave seen three hundred of them break away iu a body and go running down tlirough the yard to the railway track. Only two guards with Winchesters stood between this rushing mob and freedom. Tbe first three shots dropped the first three convicts, and the rest turned and ran for their lives back to quarters." Among the curiosities of every prison are the famous convicts, notorious mur derers, fallen bank presidents, clever swindlers and romantic desperadoes of every type. The oldest prisoner is also trotted out for inspection by the spe cially favored: some old, white haired, pale faced man, who for twoscore years Ierhaps has not looked beyond the prisou walls, stands blinking before the visitors. When be left the world the civil war was nnfonght, France was an empire, Germany a mass of disorgan ized states. Outside tbe shining river still draws its water from the purple bill, and busy life flows on, but all is dead to him. As the visitor stands in the little green courtyard at sundown and see company after company of sickly look ing prisoners issue from shops and store rooms ar.d wind aruend tbe walks like so mauy huge centipeds, with the un dulations cf the lockstep, each man with a slop pail on Lis arm and a loaf of bread in his hand; as he views them dis appearing into the cryptiike dining room, whose floor is wet with the slops from a thousand tin coffee cups, ot watches them filing into the tier after tier of galleries that lead to their nar row, stuffy little cells where the night is passed under lock and key; as Le comes through the low arched entrance on LU way to freedom and catches a glimpse of the waiting room, where a prisoner stau.is with a look of agony in Lis dull face beside the sob shaken form of a visiting sister or mother; as be hears the great iron gate 6hut w ith a Larsh, jangling sound behind Lim and slowly shakes off the horror and dis grace that steep the very atmosphere of the place, he realizes as he never did be fore that tho way of tbe transgressor is hard. New York Tribune. Tbe Amuf the 3!oon. Recent astronomical calculations have caused the '"star gazers" to announce that the surface of the moon U about as great as that of Africa and Australia combined, or about equal to tbe area of rortu and South America without the it lands. Exchan gc. An apple gTovrn ne::r Portersville, Oil., ii reported to weigh almost two p miK.s and Measure fifteen inches in Circumference. Sleight of Hand I'uiMinlns. A very curious item in toxicological lore 1 chanced to light upon may be coded the feat of poisoning by sleight of hand. Yon were jealous of a lady and yoa wished to kill her. Well, you asked her to lunch, aud you caused a very nice peach to be served at dessert. You cut the fruit with a golden knife, one aide of the blade of which was endued with a deadly ixiison. You presented the poisoned half of the peach to the lady, who ate it with much relish and then dropped down dead. Tiie wholesome half yon ate yourself, and laughed in yonr sleeve, and went on slicing more peaches for the Ladies of whom you were jealous till you were found out and broken on the wheeL Aye, there's tho rub! What high old times we might have, to I sure, but for that plaguey contingency of being found out Ci. A. Sal a ia London Sunday Times. A How try Sign. A Bowery sign which has added to the guyety cf tLe travelers on the Third avenue elevated fr some weeks has re cently disappeared. Men forgot busi ness and poiiiics for a brief moment while contemplating it, and careworn women eased their burdens long enough to smile as they were whirled rnst it. lt was large and lurid, telling in big letters that within the first convention of "Lady Pie Eaters" was in session, three gayiy dressed females, nearly life size, with abbreviated skirts and French gaiters and each holding a huge triangle of pie. illustrating the type of members. Fur ther than this their identity was not established. New York Times. KImIii Silrer Dollars. According to the record tS ti tntnt 19.570 silver dollars were coinpd in tho year l&iL Of thU number but eight are known, aud they are valued at from tocO to tJ.OoO each. Whwf vm f the remaining is one of the great est nnmismatical mysteries. St. LouU Kenuiiuc egetnale lion ConeU-fcUf.-. Portions of the South Pacific ocrin produce a wonderful tpeciea of the se Weed called the vegetable boa constric tor." They are Lkely to be m t with at any point between the lower point of fouthcrn California and the Sandwich Islands on the one side and between Chili end Australia on the other. These vine like strangltrs are frequently found tightly entwined about the body of a dead whale, shark or porpoise, but wheth er they had fattened upon the bodies of these -dead sea animals before Life bad become extinct or had only ventured to attack the remains after the vital spark had fled are conumdrums which of course cannbt be answered. Experiments made with this curious vine and the car cass of a porpoise washed ashore in the harbor at Apia tend to prove that the vine, like that of our common bean, will not entwine itself around anything dead, whether that thing be of vegetable or animal creation. Dr. Chad bourne, in his "Annals of the Caroline Islands," says: "1 have often seen monster specimens of macri cystU (the giant seaweed) with every vest age of Life squeezed out of them by that ocean demon, the constrictor vine, which is itself a species of seaweed, llacricysistia often grows to be from 20 to SO inches in diameter and 1,500 to 2,000 feet in length, while the constrictor Tine seldom exceeds 100 feet in length and is never larger in diameter than a pound and a half salmon can. It is the squeeze 6nake" of the ocean, however, and woe to the unlucky man, animal or plant that comes within its reach." S Louis Republican. The MahdL The mahdi's outward appearance was strangely fascinating: he was a man of strong constitution, very dark complex ion and bis face always wore a pleasant smile, to which he had, by long practice, accustomed himself. Under this smile gleamed a set of singularly white teeth, and between the two upper middle ones was a V shaped space, which in the Sou dan is considered a sign that the owner will be lncky. The mahdi was well versed ia the art of winning over people. His unruffled smile, pleasant manners, generosity and equable temperament, though at times somewhat severe, all tended to enhance the jnipular idea of him. He attributed the execution of Said Pasha and Ali Bey Sherif (the vali ant defenders of El Obeid) to the Khalifa Abdullah, and when the two bttle sob of the bitter were brought to him the smiling hypocrite wept for their father's fate. The popular belief in him and his cause almost amounted to worship. Women especially raved about him and thought him the most handsome of men. HU virtues were extolled in poems, and constant reference was made to his good looks, wisdom, stature and to his re peated victories over the Turks. The beggars used to learn off by heart special laudatory verses, and by reciting them from houso to house tbey were sure to be given alms. "Ten Years" Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp." Re Threw Away the Clear. "George," she said softly, as she looked trustingly into hU eyes. "What is it, dearest?" be asked ten derly. "Don't you think, George," she said slowly, "that you had better throw away that cigar':" "Do you object to smoke, pet?" he asked. "Oh, no, George, dear George; not at all," she replied quickly. "I rather bike the smell of a good cigar, but but" Does your mother object to cigar smoke in the house?" "Oh, no; papa smokes here all the time, but but" "But what, dearest?" "But you are so forgetful, George, and and if you should forget to taka the cigar out of your mouth you migh' even a slight buru on my cheek, you know, would cause comment." The cigar went into the grate, and a minute later there was nothing but a blush on a fair cheek to indicate that George would take a broad hint. De troit Free Press. Longevity In England. The death rate in the Peak of Derby shire is so low that the district rivals in salubrity the American village which was so extraordinarily healthy that the inhabitants who wished to "shuffle OH thU mortal coil" had to migrate into a neighboring town. The mortality at Burton is nine per 1,000; at the adjacent hamlet of Flash it is said that death takes only the very young and very old, the infant and the patriarch. The sexton can almost tell whose grave he will next dig. In a similar manner at Edale, un der the shadow of Kiuderscont, death goes by seniority. At Tideswell, also in the "Peake Conn trie," there was, quite recently, the fu neral of a man sixty-four years of age. whose father and mother were still liv ing in the pjirish, having been married sixty-seven years. Sala 8 JournaL Not lie Outdone. Governor Turney, of Tennessee, tells a good story and has a keen appreciation of fun. Once while hU regiment was in winter quarters with a Georgia regiment a religious revival was started in camp. An officer told him one day that twelve of the Georgians had been converted. "How many of our men professed Christianity: be asked. "None, sir." "What! whatr he said, "none of my men converted? It will never do for Georgia to get ahead of Tennessee. Ser geant, detail eighteen of my men for bap- ti8m at once, New i ork orld. Merely a I1 1 ivothrkl. One remarkable thing in Japr.n is the number of small children and liabies which are strapped to the backs of other children. Heaven only knows where they come from. In Germany there is a logend to the effect that storks bring babies. Perhaps the great number of storks in J .-.pan are engaged in the same pursuit. Baltimore American. lVhrn the rrtsce Called on Tn,n There is one story that will be historic or a cau wnicn tne Prince of W ales once made upon Tennyson. He bad a new page boy, who knew not the prince, and who had been warned against admitting strangers to tho bouse on sny pretext. Ono day the prince walked over from Osborne to see the poet He gained the entrance, which was of itself no easy t;isk, and knocked at the door. "Mas ter's not in." he was tol-L The prince detecting that thU was a promiscuous answer, which it was the page boy's in structions to give to ail comers, said, "Will yon kindly tell Lim the Prince of Wales wi-hea to fee Lim?"" The boy eyed the visitor with an irri tatingly knowing look, and replied Walker." which was equivalent to sav ing, "Do yon see anything green in my eye;" Tt.U rude remark umnsed the prince very much, but the boy would certainly Lave slammed tho door in Lis face if Tennyson himself, who bad been listening to the conversation, bad not pat in an appearance and vrelcomed tbe prince to bu Freshwater homo. New York Tribune. Fuhu liable. The lanrest rnbv known 14 rtrm men. tioned by Chardin as having been en- gravea witn tne name of Sheik Sephy. Another noble rubv is in rtrMSAinn r.t the shah of Persia. Iu weight is put at In carats. A third, belonging to the king of Usapar, was cut into a hemi spherical form and in 1653 was bought for 13.KC3. A ruby possessed by Gus tavus Adolphus and presented to tbe czarina at the time cf bis innmoT tn sr Petersburg was the size of a small hen's egg. Jewelers' Review. A well known French Dhvsician as serts that the bilious fever so character istic of tropical countries is dne to a special bacterium, which, though mo tionless itself, is accompanied by nuia- oeriess moving spores. irfightstoiill. -jrvwrnip Fifty Yeara Ago Uncle Sam was not so bard worked as to dty. Tbe mail carriers were few. the post age npon a sine's letter was 25 cents. When one was received, the family all gathered around the father to bear the news On a memorahie occasion tbe letter resd as fol ows: Toe d-mj bn of "Prince Beeinf' is empy, (.lease aend me another. Our friend Danie Websier was with us when it came, and cormiaVrs it ihe finest be has ever lasied. We are happy to know the 25 ceot postage is pne. Siill hapoitr to know the whiskrj Webster praised is to be bad at McC'uI lougn's Half Century House. 5.3 Libery street, ftiot of Fifth svrnue, Pittsburgh, Pa. aid ngistered letter or pestofl; reorder Ut the medical wonder. Prince Begent." Sermons Wear Out. "It is a very long time since I preach ed a written sermon on the pulpit," says tbe bishop of London, according to tbe Timet of thM city, "but wbtuldid preach written sermons, bicb I did for a considerable number of j ears, 1 alaays Used to find that if 1 bad preached tbe sau.e sermon in different places, say, five times, I bad bad enough of it whether other people had had enough of it or not, 1 beccme thoroughly tired of the whole tbio, and was obliged to turn my mind to something altogether different, and 1 have always advised preachers, af ter Laving preached a discourse a c r Uin number of times, without laying down how long tbey might have been in doing it, to burn such sermons. 1 am convinced myself that 'he best way al ways is to write your sermon three times over and then to barn it and preach bat you remember of it. But even that will not do when yon give np writing sermons, and wi.en you come to speak ing, not without previous preparation, but without any previous writing of it. It will not do simply to burn what notest y a have written, because then tbe words stay in your mind, and if you have to speak out, they come whether you want them or not. They are ready an1 the occasion seems to present itself, and the words seem as if they had a sort of independent action of their own, and tbey say : 'Here's my place,' and out come. " Sweet tkimmed milk will brighten up stained floors and oilcloths. Rub well first with a soft cloth wet with the milk, then with a drv flannel. ELY'S Cream Balm Cleanses the Naal Paastge, Allr Pain and IoCammatioa. Henla Sores, Restores the Bete of 1 afte and Smell. Catarrh Tftr.TioMM Try lh Curs. HAY-FEVER A particle i applied into earn nostril anil li agreeable. Price in) cenu al ImiggiMS j by mail, rejii-terel 60 cents. iXY UKuThkR-1, 56 Warren New Yor. It is to Yo. Interest TO BUY YOUR Drugs and Medicines JOHH H. SHYDEB. srcrrmoK to k Snyder! None but tbe purest and best kept in stork, and wheu Drugs beuome 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 yoru PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Our prion are as low as any other first-class bouse 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 tegive them the very best goods tut their money. Do not forget that we make a specialty of FITTING TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you have bad 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 charfse for examination, and we are confident we can suit you. Come and see us. Respectfully, JOHN N. SNYDER. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. CofHuH, Caskets and Rebe Or ALL GRADES ON HAND. A. GOOD HEAJRSE and everything pertaining to fiuirala furnished onaoon noucs. South Tcrketfoot Strwt Somerset, Pan's Jacob D. Swank, Wntchmaker and Jeweler, Kelt door west of Urtheran Chorcn Somerest, Pa. I am now prepared to sup ply the public with clocks, watches and jewelry of all descriptions, as cheap as the cheapest. REPAIRINS A. 8 PECIALTV, All work guaranteed. Look at mj stock before making your pmr- chases. dIESECKER L ii. in 'OiStheworT) ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. HARRY M. BENSHOFF, II AN U FACTUM HQ STATIONER AJTD BLANK BOOK JIAKEK. HANNAH BLOCK. JOHNSTOWN. PA. Ueo.H. TI.oiiia.,5: Co. 12 Clinton Street, JOHNSTOWN, PA. GENERAL MERCHANDISE Ali Department! of oar Store are well storked with tne bt- gond we can bur and we are oBVrioc (nods which d.fy Cunipeliiwn. Our Store is Hesdqusrters for the Choicest Country Produce. The stork of Maple and Kanrj Grurerlc ban nev er been more complete, and is being "old at price Excrptionanj Low. (all aud examine our gooda and be roariuc sd that Ourt b a Bargain Store. WE SELL CROWN BAKIN3 POWDER. Johnstown's New (arocerv. Having opened a new GROCERY STORE, Southeast Corner of Market & Loctct Street. JOHNSTOWN, I am prepared to furnish buyers from diuVrvnt points mi'h all kiu.i of freth (rrocerie at loeft priew. Country prcxlare, Rich m but ter, ecKS etc taken in ex change for goods. JAM E D. RUTLEDGE. a. C. JORDAN. JOSEPH MINCHMAN. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. Cunomera will And a at tbe Mme o'd rtn.l. wiiha larger mpply of our own manuiitciered goods, men a than ever. At bolesale dealer in CRACKERS, CANDIES, NL'TS AND FRUIT, we hare increawl farlliiies for Ci'.lng order promptly and MtLsfartoriW. Jordan fc Ilinehman, 270 and 272, Uaia Street, J0HX3TWX. PA. HOW TO SAVE MONEY. BUY YOUR T3oots and Shoes AT 84 FRANKLIN STREET, Johnstown, PA. Lowest Prices Guaranteed GOOD LIQUORS and Chsap Liqiwrs ! By calling at the O'.d Reliable Liquor SU-re, 5. 309 Sain St, and 106 Clinton St, Johns town, I?a. , all kinda of the Choicest Liquors in market ran lehad. To my o'd en-t im-m thU i a well known fact, and to ail Hhen convincing proof will be given. I.:n't forget that I keep oo band ihe greatest variety of Liquors the choiceM brands and at the lowest prices. P. S. FISHER. T HARDWARE i I icq now prepired toa"Comn,odat the pub He with any an-1 everytnin in the Hardware tine by tne ad 1 1 lion r--t-ot!v m i-le u my former large I ke a'.l kia-ts ot aniHe m mr line and my price eKaU-nge eomiMMiiiii. If too want a gun, a revolver, a knife, a saw. a inmkrt, an autrer. a bicyie, a pair of- hinr es, arrew, aaiU. ho- shoe, b ire blanket, or anything elae iu hardware al lowest prices call on me. Herman Bantley, Clinton St, Johnstown, Pa. CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore And Ohio Railroad. Somerset and Cambria XORTHWARD. Branch Jo0W Jfa F-nrm. Rorkwood 3 " a. m , Somerset 4 10. rtiorestown to-', HuuTererilie hSK, Johnstown, .10. Jotourowa Xi Ezprm. Rnckwood 1LS a. tn.. tVmen-t 11AM. Wimtown 1-i Jtf, HmiTentTiue UUR, Jobastown 1 Jo p. m. Jua4tHra Arrmtwuxinhm Rorkwood 5-40 p. tn , tVmiersel 6MI p. m., l v:U p. m., Houvenrilie (:ti p. m., Johnston 7:6 p. in. SntJaw Armmmrin!wn Rocxwood 11:35 a. m. Somerset, 1US8. SOUTHWARD. Jfoff Johnstown 7:45 a. m., Hooversvllle 8 31 gtnrestown &4S, EuKMt :1&, Kockwood tax Sxprtm Johnstown 1:30 p. tn.. Hnoverville 4.15, Ktoyestown 4.J0, riomerael 6 01. Ruck wood 5.25. iaiVi Osir Johnsiown .i0 a. n , HonveTrrille 9 IS a. rn., hior s'on n V .) a. aumerwrt 10:1 a m, Kockwood 10 ia m. Simntty Anmmmttiiiim Soinaroet 5:01 p. m. kockwood iij p m.. -Daily. P EXNSYLAXIA RAILROAD. BCHEDEDE IS EFFECT DEC. 30, 1S9L CASTCHN TlOAHO TIM C DISTANCE AND FARE. Viles. Fare. Johnstown to Altorma 31 II M " Harris' urg 17t.'-i 5 11 " Philwlelphia. - 27 2 Blar.Till lnt 24? 7 (irveniuJirg, 47 1 41 " PitiMiargh T 2 S4 " Baltimore 2V3-s 7 " - Washington 27 7 75 COXDKSXED SCHIDCLg. Yrrfn arrive and depart from the station at d a follows : WESrrWARD. rsiW tisir". wtwera 4la press JqSjk ms Accommodation faprm. Faert Ca-pe - - . y js a in . t 4.S a. m . :J5 a. m . 33 a. ra War fawiayu.- Mad Jobnswwn FsMLise .V 1 p m s- .l p a M p. m. EA3T ARD. Atlantic rprs 5 a. m. i a. m. 9-''i a. n. 1" i s a. m. ).'1 n. m. 41! p. m 7 OA p. m. 7 16 p.m. 10 JO p. m. Sea Pnnre fex prei. Ilarrt-borg AecKiricdstiJB- Day txptws . A toons Raprtf-. Mail Ksprei . IJohnstosro Anrvr-r-.- .- Philadelphia iu v-nt. fast 1 ine M CURTIS K. GROVE, SOMERSET, PA. arWIE3 8LKIG3B, CARRIAGES. .I'RiSQ WAGONS. BITI WiiWSI JD EASTERN ASD WE8TKKH WORE furnished so ?bort Node. Painting Done o?. Short Time. ttj work is made om it Vfrohiy .asowd TCaod, aud the Mm from efi SUri. mibstau'iaUy Co.ucnute.1, Neatly FiuHhed. and WamaUd ugii satisacUoa. Repairing nf An Kinds tn My Line Don oa ihart NoOc Priors KRA)S'4Bl.I and ll Work Wanantd. Call and Examine my stock, and Learn Prvea I do Wagon-work, aud furnish fieirs nr wind wills Remember tbe plar-e and rail in CURTIS K. GROVE. 'East nf llonrt House) OMgRflFT F. Scientilia American 0 7 aS CAVEATS. TRADE MARKS. DESICN PATENTS. CCPVKICHTS. tcJ For rrtformaficn aid fre IlTndhoi write tn MI NN a tu. J.l BuosiyWAr. Nsw koi:r. Oi.lert rru fr eeur:'tr psteDts tn ArrrKW. Krery potent tasen out t f n. 1. hm.w!il Nforo Uie puiuic tjaooucegiTui rzuebl urgoinUMt frienlific American Larrst erreolatlut of sry srtratiDe paper to the world, hpleudidiy l!!'itrsuM. .No u.t:!leo4 man sVuid bs with-u ... Weekir, . !( a iesrt IJ.l'ix nnc-hi A-Wref. Ali'W A CU. "I MLixiiniLi, Sol ruaajr. Atw loia Utj. FOUTZ'S HORSE AMO CATTLe. PCWCERS r.v. . K - -i ' f '- ; ' : :r i,-,-; n-. t ",. vw9 F.v: (nr : rr" r ' r" - Idi: .i a I'.i.v ir f "i :.' ; .' -h h i i v.-l T'-n iwss'jtv rr ff-ni- Kti ir .n, ;i. h-it:r una K..t Wrs.-t. i"nitT Vr,w T 'T .i r-fi -t ' ""T FTaET f W rior l.'i't i r-'l'-- : .t. KrT J'nnrt'ti iu tiTt. jiAT:rt rif.s. oid evrrr where. DAVID X. FOUT3, Froprlfor, BALTIliOKE. xa WE TELL YOU nothing new wiien we .tare tl.at it psy to encage iu a permanent, most liesllliy ud p'.ea.it 6ui ne, that return a prorii for every i:xi i woric. Sneli Is the bu-m. - we T-r the working eiass. We tench tliein h..w to m.ike money rapidly, aud guarantee every one who l.olo i our iu.tructk.lis faithfully the makiiig of kk a month. r.very one who tuk.- hold now ii worm will surrlv aud "ire.iily im:ri n-e their ea.-nius; tilers ran le no iitie:ion Mmiui it: others now at work are doin; it, and ou, remivr. can do tne snnie. ThU i the in-t t'iding bu-iue tlwit ?ou ha. e e.er h.-.d the ehaiK-e to se,Tire. t oo will n.ake a frave lm-::le ii iou (ail to give it a trial a! oure. f you grap the (i:ualion, and ai't quk-kly, ou iil directly rind otir-eli in a mo?t pro-n buiues. at wliipli v.Hi cmii surely make ami sa.e lafje uii- ol mom" y. Ine result of ouiy a few h.ur" work will oiteu eiUiU a week wuse. W hether von are old or .oun. man or wouisu. it Miak:' ll'.'.li:trelice, do as we tell you, al.'i .et ce ill meet yoa at tl yery :irt. NeiilH-r esperier.re or raj.if al ne.'e.-ary. TIkhc who wo: k for u are reaani.1. Wiiy not write today f full pjrucuiars, free ? K. f. A I.LKN A ., tlox o iiO, Augusta, Ms, 'iS f i-llrtr ,nQEVi tr,.,, niiti r-1 . . . - as ! a 4 . Sag II LLL- ..r;cKiT:s.ca,jsa, KJ3F5ENT K'JMFT:.. J'JTr'-Fr. '.STKi'-'A. ETC- Cxci,:dr T.tt .Vt:t:;.-' V'i""oT C-m----r cr. Gi'E YOUR BOYS A USEFUL FSFSEST. i.T5, f -oo, S;.oo '7 CO. C10.00, . . . . M:-X v-oo. sv,f :"4 sW ic : r Cm'. Ifotliins: On Earth Will Sheridan's Condition Powder! KEEPS YOUR CHICKENS Strocg and Healthy ; Preveuta ail Diseasa. Good for 3Tmltimf Miens. Tt IssHmI itely p. niclfy ewi...itnisM. Tn qnsA Jt -rt' ? a .-nt v. t'in- oiirh as ffrvntf. stntt.j w-.l 111 larye em svl mm Itt. cv1 T. t imt.n m "rn ciMCucbcr. if a cau l wet it send lo us. Westti u-L tr l...l ..111 b n. ' ft Sis CSA. ex - r.'rr; hatvj pns of Till. P I' iLTsy f.ra tr-r. L H. j-'d.-u.S XLXl.t: ' urV m U m-.St. Exsccs. Ssss. HEHCH&CnGiaoiG'S ' I rA& t F?i 1". P" 4 $ SAVRi!LLD,GiMES A wociV-rful improvement In Frirtlaa Feeds sad 4iix-bark. Bici root..u of ( rn.-, three limes es t si any o;,er n t-e 'H. I rieii,a C'totcli Feed, n.uslitr all the f-.l mnn to it 4 till while tw tmc; area 1 mitim. iH mvsirr aad wear. rite f.ir cir.-u.ars cihI pnee : lurn -it free upon anp'inair.n. As. MpHif Tawth liar, roas. liar Uakea, Cal.iyators. I.r. Plaat. era, .hellers, etc Ji'ftnM IAn paper. REKCH & OHCIIGCLD, Ulifrs., TOE!, f 1. YOU CAN FIND ,T."p'?n hurt "riEZIIIKGTOl' BEOS. 4 iii- f :v- x sC SCHMIDT The Largest and Most Comp!et9 Wine, Liquor and Cigar Il0li, IFJ THE UNITED STATES. DISTILLER Fino Vhiskics. IMPORTER OF XOS. ttS jyD 1 Fit TII A YE ML, tlTTSLIl.r. All orJers reoeivnl I5 maii wi't rrttite p d 1 : , ., Cinderella Stoves and Kan Their 'OcT)fi)i Their Clean!.- ness UsVf Lessens Myi Labor. T will pay you to examine the QUEEN CIXPITEI.La R..'.r f., .,.r It nil the latest iinoroveuicr.ts. una is .:! - I lljt WI J - k ' tccJ to" be a good baker. It has the direct draR damir. 1 s : can Lave a fire in one-half the time required with the r-j;!.arrl This ii a valuable feature w lien you w anr. a iiu -k i.re i r cariv i..,. IT has an extra larrre Ligh oven, tlioroughly vcntihited. t:.-i of inflowing and outflowin.ii; air can Le regulated at will; t!w-i.-. a perfect baker, and no burning on the top. It has the Tri; kx "Tate, U lllCn IS IOC pcriecilim U irainuLin.i ....au:i;.t pecially durable, having three separate si !es. or tLe advanx 0.'. grates in one, and not eaiily warped by the action of the f.re. Jlanufwrturvd by DtHAYES o CO, Umiicd, fi'.Uburgh. &.1-J tod g-:a.-aui. ed i.y JAilES B. H0LDERBAUM, Somerset I Kridsinger k Kurtz, Berlin, Ta and P. J. Corer h Son., McvenKLi RE M EM BEK "Things doiw well and with a care, exempt thtioariv.aSsa IT WILL PAY YOU to mvr Tor Itlcuiorinl Work WM. F. SHAFFER, eOMKRSET, PKNN'A, M annft "torer of an4 Deaier ia if:Werw Wort fur ntih d urn abort Notice, ra o3 Cub" mu m ran m Alto, Agent forlAe WHITE BKOSZS' Persous In need of MONTMFNT WORK will Had it to their intern.! toeail at inr shop where a proper showint iil b". given them. -1 fi:rtum GnanmUr'l t A'yrjf and yUI:E LH Y LO W. I invite special attention to the whita Bronze, Or Pur Zine Monument Introdured by REV. W. A. RIVr. as a Derided I in nr. .semen t in the point of MATKRIAL AND foS'TRI'C TIOS. ami which is destined to be tbe Popnlar Monument for our Changeable Cli mate. W-GIVE Ut A CAU. WM. F. SHAFFEK. Louther's Drug Start Main Street, Somerset, Pa. ThisMcdsl Drug Stars is Rapidly Ecccnhg a5r. Favorite with People in Ssarcli cf FRESH AND PURE DRUGS, Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Tru Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. THK DOCTOR GIVES PESSOSAL ATTIvnOS TO TE5 COitxOrSDiSe ot Lontliar's PresGriptins I Family Mi SRXJTCA&S BEiy TAKIX TO CSX O.ViT HLEjS A.VD HUE A&7XLZS SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, And a Full Lin? ; Optical 6uca L ... j assortment all can be suited. THE FIKE3T BBMDS OF CIGABS lways on hand. It is always to intending purchasers, whether they buj from us or elsewhere. J. M. LOUTHER, M. D. MAIN STREET .... SOMERSET. Fi Somerset Lumber Yarj ELI AS CUNNINGHAM. )f-airrscrmaa aao Dkslu axr woiasL s KrrsiLts o. LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS Hard and Soil, Wood? OAK. POPLAE. SIDISGa. PiCKETS, atOClDIN'... A3H. WALXTT. FLOORING. S.4-1H. STAIR RAIi-3- CHE3TKTT. WHITS PINE. I ATH. BLINLH. St A General Uneofal sjaJea of Lumber and Buildin Material and Uonr. ' Also, can famish anrthine in the line of rsir tw.vne to rr.!r w'.tb n.nari promptnuss, fucb as Brackets. lA'vl-slted work. etc. ELJLA.S C mSTNTTG IT A L Ofilce and Yard Opposite S. &C. R. R. Station. Somerset J.J. SPECK. Tmi Wmolcsalc Winc and Liauo- T"XJT? T" A r TT Distillers of "Holmes' Dcst VTRK IIYF WnMiY. All the leadini; Rvc and DourlK)n Whiskies iu ror.J or U- P1 Importers of fine Braridief, Girid and Wines. SFMFi TOR PRTPF T 'ST. Telephon- N. 305. - 123 Water W W A. 1 4e- A. e . BUILD TXrPx v, j AND JOBBER OF Saves 5 e'l ST era j marii Ma V- 7 jWW4A toa.As.k Over 500 Beautiful Designs. V Vis'T-n-r, my MONUMENTAL BH0ZZC. IiUWa?U-i,:Sj. Goods always on aL a pleasure to display our WM. M. 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