flTHE GAME OF QUOITS,
CAN BE FLAYED ANY PLACE AND IS
SPLENDID EXERCISE.
It l a Very Aclet Ke;li Ta
linf, mm Ha Hefclnnl-era Are --
In the M-t of As-H Tralwtag
l or the Eje mrd las.
Thwe are some games which hare
never had their boom, and qnoits is one
of them. Stiil, as nnthin? happens t3
the unexpected, it may be that the time
is nearly ripe for qnoits to 1? taken oat
ul its nndTVcd otenritv, to lie exalt
ed t the status of a national game, to
have wtvkly pi pew tiniiW aft-er it and
to have ci.lnums ill tii spurting press
U-vU-d ti tl.; l..ins f its hampi..n
Stranger thins' have hap;-ii-d. Who.
f.,r iiisLani e. wonl.l have said v. h.-n at
the end of the bixti-s a few enerpretie
FjKirtstiM-n went TvnbhlinK alxmt on bone
l:.u.-in hi' -vi-les .vhuli it wonld have
l.i-cu far e;ii r to push than to ride
that at the i-ud of tlie century consider
ate more than 100.000 bicycles would
be iiianufjiturc-d tnnnally in Great
Erituin alone and that a prett part
t)f the initiation would adopt this
menus of xxuioti. m 1 One cannot im
agine that qnoits will over attain such
iM.pnl.-irity the bicycle, but the un
prejudiced jierson can ec no reason
why it hhonlJ not become as favorite a
jastiiue a Rolf, which a very few years
aiifo waa almost unheard of south of the
Tweed.
(j -doits is ft Tery fine game, especially
in the winter time. It is eplendid exer
cise end trains the eye and the hand to
act together in a way that few other
Fports can d . for the very essence of it
is acenracy of aim at a mark placed be
1 w the level of the hand. It has leen
objected that throwing qnoits makes
the player lopvid-d. bnt. aft-r all, that
is e:-ily remedied, for there is nothing
Ij pi even the player throwing the
quoit with his If ft hand if Le so pleases,
and such a change would make a varia
tion in the mid alo aCord an ex--.-ll-lit
methmlof liaiidicHppiii the
of ni'ipial (Jnnitsslrcntheiis the
tni!-! siiid hhoriMers. but it is nt a pas
time which primarily demands ctreu;rth.
A jrreat advautagp of the same is that
it can be played in any suill space and
that the ground need not le particular
ly leveL Any ronjrh field or waste bit
of ground is god enough for a quoits
j.iuli. and i;o rolling or cutting is re
quired to satisfy the demands of the
most exigent. For cricket yon need a
carefully prepared wicket, for lawn
tennis and croquet a piece of tnrf like
a billiard tal ie J.nd for p. .If the liest
part of a wintry all to yourself, but for
qnoits Von only need a few yards of
ioU;;h !Tro?i:;d. ur.d Ton have .m R-.xxl a
place tor thiouii. as tin o!ie cull -;-Mbly
riipiire.
I'eojdj ctrtainly mibt play qv.oiti
more thr.n they do. bat the taking up
f a pame is usually a matter of fancy,
aud jerhaps two things ttand in the
way of qnoits. First, there is an idea
that it is a "rustic" sport and can only
bo played by the ronh country lads,
and. s;cond. there is the legend that
the (,'sEie is derived from the -classical
discus throwing, a suspicion whiih it
must be confessed is enough to throw a
ular on any well regulated frame.
Xo treatise on quoits can lietrin with
out the time honored jiedisrree f the
quoit from the disens. Strntt. who lived
at the end of the last century, of course
dealt with it, and equally of course Le
lraired iu the discus even if he did Hot
invent the descent of quoits from the
sports of ancient Greece. The thing, of
course, is absurd. To make a discus,
the artisan did not, in the words of the
immortal Irishman, take a hole and put
some iron around it. The disens was
more like a flattened Dutch cheese and
was a solid missile. Moreover, it was
rait held in the same manner as a quoit,
but was bowled underhand, in which
indeed it alone differs from pulling the
weight. That quoits is now played
hieliy in the country is the fault of
those who do not play it and bring it
into fashion.
It is no doubt a very ancient Englit-h
game, aud its beginnings are lost in the
mist of ages. Ilakluyt mentions it in
bis book of "Voyages," so it was well
known in tjueen Elizabeth's time, when
it probably was one of the favorite
sjorta of Merrie England. In some
parts of the country tin rustics used to
employ liorsesluxn for want of projierly
made quoits, and there are districts in
which the quoit is called a "thoe" even
to this day. This gives ns the clew to
the most probable origin of the sport
i;nd hints that the first game of quoit
was started by throwing old horseshoes
at the hob or mark, and from this grad
ually grew up the practice of having
qnoits specially made for throwing. So
much for the disens legend. As for the
word "quoit" itself. Its etymology is
more than doubtf nL and it gives ns no
clew whatever to the origin of tha
game.
Shakespeare, who mentions every
thing except tobacco, of -onrse has a
reference to the gport. and as Hakluyt
was a contemporary of his it may be
held to show that the spacious times of
Great Elizalx th were the palmy period
of quoits. It is true that he does not
speak of the sport in very reputable
connection, for the only mention of it
occurs iu the scene in which Prince
Henry. Falstaff. Poins aud the rest
were ia the Boar's Head tavern, iu
Eastchepe, Falstaff, in giving a char
acter sketch of the young prince, ob
serves that he plays quoits welL but the
context vfry clearly shows that in
tjneeu Elizabeth's time at any rate
quoit playing was looked down upon as
the idle man's recreation, much as skit
tles is with us. That fat Jack Falstaff.
disreputable old fellow as he was.
meant to imply no gol of the prince
by his reference to quoit is very evi
dent This is the only" reference to
quoits in Shakespeare, and it is a libel,
though the sting is taken out of it by
the fact that it is put into the mouth
of Falstaff. Physical Culture.
HOW "HE GAINED COURAGE,
Oarnl Chaffer's War f !!: a
Reer it 4b1iIi aee.
A youth of IS who was in the trench
es at El Cauey carrying a pan was so
l.adly frightened under fire that he
went flat on bis face and was roundly
Licked by his companions. General
Chaffee came along and called to him,
"Well, you're a fine soldier!" Then he
looked at the boyish face of the kid,
and bis face softened. "I seppose jou
can't help it," be. said. "It ain't so
much your fault. I'd like to set bold
of the fellow that took yon iuto the ar
my." By and by he put his baud ou
the boy's shoulder. "There isn't so
much danger as you thinlt for, ''said
the genera L "Xow. yoa get cp and
take your gnu and tight, ami I'll stand
litre by yoa."
' The toy got up. sh&kiiig like a lei-f
aud fired Lis liist shot pretty near
straight into the air.
"That's pretty high,' sui.'. the geu
eral. "Keep cool aud try it a'aiu. "
In three minutes that Lid was fight
ing like a veteran and e ol uj a t acuui
Ur, and when l.e saw it the neutral
started on.
"You're all right now, my boy," he
said. "You'll make a pood sol :, r "
"God bless yoo. sir, "taid tba jLt g
ster. IT on saved me from ncrss tUau
death. And be was pretty close to err
ing when he said it.
After a while the order csne to re
tire front the trench, and soirtitre had
to collar that kid and haul him wt
by the nock to get him to retreat witu
li:s oompany. And at that he'd got a
bullet through the fie by part of his
shoulder an hour before. Iu the rest of
the fights there wasn't better soldier
ia the comcaoT. Chicago Journal.
First Member Musical Committee
Does the new soprano't voice fill th
church1
Second Member Hardly. The nshers
tell me there are always vacant seats Id
the gallery. Detroit Journal.
HZ FACED 6RSAT DAN 0E Ft,
fiat, ot Knon -u It, H r.ced Be
las Cuuaiderni Brl,
I noticed a couple of reminiscences
as to my old branch of service. " said
an ex-naval ofiicial to the writer,
which reminded me of au incident in
tny own career. . I was an assistant en
piner on a cruiser bound from Kerf oik
to South American ports, and our ship
was telling off 14 or 13 knots an hour
one day, when a crank pin came out,
and the nest instant the crank was
thrashing aronnd in a most recklessly
unsystematic fashion. Everybody in the
engine room and there were some men
t,f considerable rank there just then, as
it ha planed made a dash for the deck.
Meauwhile I quietly took fonr or five
steps and shut off the stam. Of course
tile engines stopped, and then followed
the delay caused by making the neces
sary rejiairs.
"It didn't occur to me that I had per
formd any act of an especial character
until the chief engineer informed -me
that I was a confounded fooL 'Don't
yon know your place under such cir
cumstances, sir?' he asked, and when I
answered that I thought I had taken
my projier position he continued: "No,
sir; yonr duty was to make your way
as sxn as possible to the deck. With
that piece of steel whirling and crash
ing about it was one chance in a thou
sand that a single soul Wvuld escape an
instantaneous cooking, because if that
thing had carried away the steam con
nections yonr life would have ended
right then. '
"'Well, I took the chance,' I an
swered. " 'Yes, sir, you did, but you didn't
know it, therefore it is not at all to
yonr credit,' was the chief's answer,
and it was so absolutely true that I
couldn't for the life of me make any re
ply. "Detroit Free Press.
THE POWER OF WILL,
lie AVnnied to Live Fonr IMjr. and
llf Sarrrrdrd.
It wc.Ttld l-e vain to attempt to d
s rilie the sympathy for the poor and
suffering which William Stokes conld
throw into his voice, says bis biogra-,
pher. One of the stories he used to tell
is of peculiar interest, not only for its
revelation of human kindness, but as a
proof of the power of the will in pro
longing life.
An old pensioner was a patient of
Stokes iu the Meath hospital. His life
was despaired of, and. in fact, his death
was hourly expected. One morning,
having many iatients to care for and
lielievirgthat the pensioner was uncon
scious and past help, IV. Stokes passed
his I nil without stopping. The patient
was greatly distressed and cried out:
"IVn't puss m by. docther; you
iniist keep me alive for four days."
We will keep yin as long as we
can. my ior fellow," answered Stokes,
"but why for four days particularly I"
"Because, " was the reply, "my ten
sion will be due then, and I want the
money for my wife and children. Don't
give me anything to make me sleep, for
if I l.- p I shall die."
Ou the third day after this, to the
amazement of Stok-s and others, the
patient was still breathing. On the
morning of the fourth day he was alive
and couscious, and on entering the
waid Stokes saw him holding in his
hand the certificate which required sig
nature. As the doctor drew near the
dying man gasped:
Sign, sign!"
The doctor quickly complied, and the
man sank back exhausted and within a
few minutes crossed his hands over his
breast and said, "The Lord have mercy
on uiv soul," aud quietly breathed Lis
last. '
Wkrrr lie Rred It.
When illicit distilling was common
in the highlands, ther J was an old man
who wei.t alxut the country repairing
whisky pots.
The ganger met him one day and,
surmising that lie bad been doing re
pairs at no great distance, asked what
he would take to inform him (the gang
ir) where he repaired the last whisky
jot.
"Och," said the old man. "she'll
shust tak" hauf a croon."
Done!" retorted the ganger. "Here
is your mi.noy, but be careful to tell
me correctly."
"Och. she'll no Ml the gentleman a
loe."
Getting the money, the old mau
qnietlv remarked :
"I shust mended the last whisky pot
i where the hole was." London Spare
Moment.
Inxmloii.
"My wife is the most ingenious wom
an who ever ftved. " said Kipper.
"I believe vou," returned Nipper po
litely. "But you don't know why yoa be
lieve me." intimated Kipper.
"To Ml the truth, I don't." replied
Nipper, hiking bored.
"Well. I'll Ml yon. We've been
. married 1 2 years and lived in the same
i house all the time, and this morning
! the found a new place in which to hide
I ly slippers." London Standard.
u YVoadrr Ryuii la iKnoraal!
Russia, with her j Herniation of 129,
000,000, has only 743 newspajiers, but
j little more than half the number pub
lished in the state of Pennsylvania,
which is 1,430. Of the 74U there are
5 si) printed in Russian. 6V in Polish,
44 iu German. 8 in French. 5 in Ar
menian end C in Hebrew. No English
newspaper appears iu the list
The earliest known mention of the
pianoforte was in a playbill dated May
lfi. 17C7. The principal attraction was
given thus: "Miss Buckler will sing a
song from 'Jndith.' accompanied by a
new instrument called pianoforte."
Alout l.TiOd tons of iroir and brass
wire are yearly manufactured in Drit
tin iuto !:!..
A Baadl of Vtrifi,
Volumes iu disconnected essays, ser
mouettes and club papas Law tntu
written ou the average American wom
an's inability to keep still. he is usu
ally a chatterbox if not of the ram
bling, vague, wearisome sort, of the
alert, chipper, pepperbox variety Let
even wheu she is not a talker she is a
fuss, a bundle of nerves, fnergy and
restlessness, and this ia the era of Del
sarte, outdoor qcrts and iced shower
baths! Her idea of restiug is character
istic She exploits it nucouscioutly iu
the pretty parlors aud wri.iug rooms
fitted np for customers iu the big shops.
Perhaps she is elegantly diessed, lorg
iieltecC veiled, faultlessly gloved and
shod, arand with a card case for her af
ternoon round of visits. She has proru-i7-l
to meet Mrs. Blank at this shop at
.chick, and she glides with a swish
a;:d f.oj frou of silken skirts to wait
i:i the empire parlor. She has been iu
tijis empire parlor dozens of times be
fore. She knows every picture ou the
wall, and the i perfectly familiar with
the trescoes ou those mantel vases and
the desigu of the chandelier, bat she
finds it impossible to sit still. She wan
ders around the room, gazing iuteutly
at the pictures, anxiously examining
v. .).,..'., u - i j
uciaiis ui i ud uiejiacc auu even
opening the little writing desk to see j
( lid ninAnnknL, i . -. I. 1 1 . - I
and down, her skirts brushing the ends
of the rug np as she goes. Wbeu she
walks back, she stands for a second t j
push the rolled np eud in place with the
tip of her patent leather boot. She sinks
into a big chair aud watches the women
who pass iu aud out of the room. She
riba. gets up agaiu. looks toward the
elevator, aud when the sees Mrs. Elank
coming does not wait for her, bat sweeps
off to niett her. New York Commer
cial Advertiser.
Persons who don't know enough to
come in out of the wet are not likelr to
be the salt of the earth for any lerigxh
of tima Detroit Journal
1 TRAPPED BURGLAR
THE NICELY PREPARED BAIT WAS
EAGEF.LV TAKEN.
It Cent the Insealoaa Mtl Wbo Bf
vlpri tlie trhrmr JM T fVMI, and
It et the I'oritlar Fear tun'
Time.
"Of cotirse'eaid the retired burglar,
"a man iu my business is always on
the lookout for traps and most of 'em
he can circumvent without much trou
ble. But men go b a lot of trouble and
expense to lay trajM, and sometimes
they get up something that is new and
effective. I snpi-i that any man go
ing into a dwelling house would be sure
to l. ov. r the bureaus and dressing
tables in the sleeping rooms. It was
this well known professional habit no
doubt that had suggested the idea of a
trap I came across once, which a man
had had built with a view to catching
anybody that might stand in front of
the bureau iu his room.
"I imagine that this man mt.8t have
been visited before and leen very much
irritated by it, because he never could
have gone to all the trouble and ex
pense he did jast for mere protection
there wns clearly some feeling in it. It
was a handsome room, promising look
ing from its richness, and when I turned
my light on the bureau, where I went,
naturally enough, to begin, I was not
disappointed. There was a glitter of
glass and silver in the bullseye, and as
I swept the light along it struck a
pocketbook that didn't glitter much,
but that looked fat and comfortable,
aud a watch that did shine, and, take it
altogether, it made Die think that bere
was the Lome of a man that didn't
have to work nihts to make both ends
meet. And so I set my lamp down on
one end of the bureau it made me
laugh, actually, to think that thre was
so much good stuff there that I had t
shove something one side to make room
for it and put my bag down on a chair
that was there and began cleaning the
things off.
"I'd just pnt the silver hairbrushes
in the bag and had turned around to
the bnreau again to pick Tip the pocket
IxHik and the watch when 1 heard, or it
seemed as though I felt, a little click,
and just the faintest touch of a jarring
or yielding under my feet, and the
next instnnt, a long time before I could
jump or do anything whatever, a piece
of the floor under my feet about three
feet square dropjed out from under me,
and down I went.
"Rut I didn't give up. by a long
shot. I was an ahlchodied man, and
my hands were free my lamp being
then n the corner of the bureau and
l iv lig on the chair and I wasn't go
ing to givo it up yet. if I was going
down a trai. The trapdoor was htmg
on hinges on the side farthest from
the bnreau. and I laughed to myself as
I put up my bands and thought how
easy it was to frrah on to the edge of
the solid floor running along just in
front of tho bnreau and haul myself up.
Truly it seeuied like a waste of money,
all the expense this man had been to to
put in the trap without guarding
against the chance of escape from it by
just this means, and I already imagines
myself climbing out as I threw up my
hands, which I did before I'd dropped
much laore'n half of my length below
the level of the floor, gripping that firm
edge very tightly. I was going to make
sure of that.
"And 1 got it airri;;ht. but in about
a millionth part tf a second I became
conscious of thd f;:ct that it wasn't
stopping mo at :11; I was carrying it
down with me. It was the front edge
of iinoth 'i iiap cut in the floor under
the bureau, hinged at the back and held
up in place by a spring just strong
enough to keep it in position. I held on
as hard as I could, but if I had had iron
fingers and steel muscles I couldn't have
hehl on after the trap had swung down
straight I went down like a ton of
lead, and tho next minute I found my
self sliding through a smooth board
tunnel not much bigger'n enough to
let me slide comfortably, and the next
minute I'd been shot into a box or room
alsiut seveu feet square through an
other trap in the top of it that closed
flush after I came through.
'Now, there was a situation for you.
Me iu a square box of hard pine, ap
parently in the cellar of the house, no
opening in it anywhere and my hag
with all my tools in it up there on the
chair by the bureau and me down
therewith nothing, not a blessed thing,
to work with. But while there's life
there's hope, aud I never should have
thought of such a thing as giving np if
I could have had a chance. But I didn't.
i hadn't been iu the box two minutes
before there was a slide pushed hack up
pear the top ou one side, and a man
Irxiked in. It was the boss of the shanty.
And in five minutes the xdice were
there, and then I found they had a dooi
in this box big enough to get a man ont
of.
'J have seen other traps aselaliorate.
but none more costly. He had to cn
his cirpet, to begin with, around the
traps in this room. Of course that didn't
cost anything much, but it spoiled his
carpet, and then the cost of the traps
Mid the -time contrivance, whatever if
was, that was attached to the main
trap that let me stand on it for a min
ute or two In-fore it dropped, and then
the shoot and the box and the whole
business couldn't have cost a cept less
than ?4J0 or $300. It cost me four
years' time." New Voik Sup.
The lloaeyiuooa,
Ap early Anglo-Saxon custom, strict
ly followed l y newly married couples,
was that of drinking diluted honey for
SO days after marriage. From this ens
tom comes the word honeymoon or hop
ey mouth.
ae Straek It la Klondike.
Mrs. J. A. Nelson of Hailey, Ida.,
went to the Klondike last spring and
opened a bakery, which pays her a profit
of (75 to $100 a day. She bought a
claim which is paying well. Mrs. Ne
sou is au euergetic woman who emi
grated to Maho some ten years ago,
married, and hs helped her husband
develop miuiug property there.
In Missouri a young woman who iu
tends t ) raise bees for a living began
with a single hive last summer. During
the wiuter she removed it to the bouee,
aud, as her family did not care for the
society of bees, she established them iq
her bedroom. She cays that tbey aie
quiet, orderly, gentle companions, and
that tiny all cciue to her baud as tame
ly us so niauy doves.
Many wotaen who heretofore ordered
drpw made for them, because of the
inviolability of getting a custom made
gowu to fit and please, are buying
j sidy made oretses this fall. The news
that a "boss" recently kicked from his
shop a nonunion cutter who bad ruined
SO women's coats has alarmed the tailor
made woman.
AH who have "colds in the bead"
ibould know that such attacks are often
caused by germs, consequently are con
tagious. They should therefore quaran
tine themselves as much as possible,
avoid contact, and be very careful not
to touch towels, etc., that are used by
others. The danger lies iu the nasal
discharge.
Ia London the women are blamed fcr
tho proposed increase in the premiums
ou the insurance policies of cyclists. It
is said that women are much more reck
less riders than men, and though they
may not "scovch" so much, they dodge
around corners and fly under the noses
of horses la a reckless fashion.
Jt is to be hoped that shawl shaped
capes will be woru tmly by women wbo
remain seated. As a walking garment
thy suggest the scarecrow variety of
deformity.
first to orow oranges,
Jeatta laaco4 Theia, Into Ike
I'elicaa, Stale.
The orange of Louisiana is an excep
tionally tine variety of thai; fruit, and
commands a good price in the market.
The orauge was first introduced into
colonial Ixmisiana by th Jusuits. hav
ing ben first grow n by the meinVrs of
tho society on their grounds, which
formerly comprised that part of the city
if New Orleans which constitutes the
lower part of the first district, down to
Common street.
While St. Bernard and Plaquemines
jsarishes are the chief centers of the
orange culture of Louisiana, the fruit
tlso grows well in the parishes of Or
leans, Jefferson, St. James, St. John
Baptist, St Charles, Assumption. St.
Mary, Terrelionr.e, Lflfonrclm. Vermil
ion, CauK-ron, Iberia and Sabine. The
orange tree begins to bear at alxtnt the
seventh year, although it is not reck
oned to have reached its full growth
until its twelfth or fifteenth year.
The orange culture in Louisiana is
probably the "most profitable industry of
the state under favorable conditions, a
full grown tree producing from 3,000
to 5,000 oranges, the fruit on the tree
generally selling for $10 a thousand,
and aa sonie of the largest orchards in
the state yield as many as S.uOO.OoO
oranges their market value gives a
prircely income to the owners of the
trees. Comparatively a very small acre
age of the state is devoted to the growth
of orange possibly -Jiot more than
2.000 acres.
The sweetness, delicacy and juiciness
of the Louisiana orange, the best of
which are regarded in the markets out
side of Louisiana as suix-rior to even the
oranges of Cuba, to which ishtnd the
fruit is indigenous, render the Louisi
ana oranges highly prized in the north
and west of the United States, so much
so that the supply is not by any means
equal to the demand. New Orleans
Picayune.
ABSORBED IN WHIST.
A Game That foot General Donble
tla a Kortnne.
Not many years ago a famons whist
game was played at Sudbury, Vt. two
of the sitters in being General Double
day and Henry Da r of the well known
firm of Dater, Thompson & Co. It was
something like 5 or 10 cents a corner;
so yoa see it was easy for a roan to lose
as much as $1.90 in an afternoon. Play
began after the Sudbury dinner hour,
half past 1. and lasted until teatime.
The old roosters became so wrapped up
in the game that nothing short of an
earthquake could have disturbed them.
Brokers in New York could do nothing
to shake th interest
The gome was played at the time of
the historic Hannibal and St. .Tint cor
ner, engineered by Keiiuedy, Hutchin
son & Co., in the interest of their client.
John Duff of Boston. Doubleday was
selling the stock short through Van
Schaick & Co., and at a quarter to 8 cn
the eventfni day he received a telegram
from his brokers advising him of the
situation. The game was stopied just
long enough for him t read it aud lay
it aside. In 20 minutes a second dis
patch arrived, was read and cast aside.
Doubleday was winning at the rate of
35 cents an honr. What did he care
alKiut Hanjiibal and St Joe! Later in
the afternoon a third summons came
from Van Schaick & Co., and at 5
o'clock a fourth. Then Doubleday arose
and remarked: "Gentlemen, I have en
joyed the game. My winnings are ex
actly $1.65. 1 must say good afternoon,
as it is necessary for me to take the first
train for New York." The next morn
ing his brokers informed him that he
could settle for flOO.000. At the time
the first telegram was sent he conld
have settled for $25, 000, at the time of
the second for $50,000, the third for
$75,000. He had ample warning, but
in the thick of the Sudbury game of
whist he believed the rise was only a
threatening flurry. New York Press.
SCOTCH SIMPLICITY.
The Maaon, the Bualdlaa: Arehlteet
and a t'ori gtrirkea Lad.
The Scotch are fond of telling stories
which illustrate the peculiar simplicity
of mind of their country people. This
simplicity at hoist saves them from
wicked guile.
One of these stories relates that an
honest mason once had a contract to
build a small house of stone. He came
early and liegan from the inside to luy
the stone, working very fast At noon
his young son brought him his dinner,
peeping over the wall as he handed the
basket to his father. With honest pride
in his eye, the mason looked over to the
boy.
"WeeL Jock, boo d'ye think I'm
gettin ont" he asked.
"Ye're getting on famous, feyther,"
answered Jock, looking at tho solid
wall in which there was no break.
"But hoo d'ye get ootV'
The mason looked around. It was
true. He had provided the house with
no door at nil, and he was on thj inside.
He looked kindly and very admiringly
at the boy.
"Mon, Jock, ye've a grand heid on
ye!" he exclaimed. "Yc'll be an archi
tect yet, as sure as yer feyther' a ma
son !"
Another story shows how unsuccess
ful as a thief the rustic Scot may be.
Two yonng plowmen went into a gar
den at night to steal gooseberries. The
bushes surrounded a plot of potatoes,
and as one of the lads groped about he
got a handful of potato plums, which
he quickly pnt into his mouth. Th'.'n he
gusied to his comrade:
"Oh, Jock, I'm poisoned! For ony
sake, shove me through the hedge again,
for I w audna like to dee i' tho auld
man's gairden!" Youth's Companion.
Ttliafoo la Casjaad, ISIS.
When I was a hid, fully half the pop
ulation of lth sexes, rich as well as
poor, the lianker equally with the work
ingmr.ri, were snufftakers. My first
schoolmaster always carried his snuff
loose in his waistcoat pocket, and in
numerable were his dips into it with
two fingers and a thumb in the course
of the day, while the big gauffered frill
which protruded from the bosom of his
shirt was always thickly sprinkled with
it We used to notice that he never
seemed to relish one of his huge j iuches
so much as immediately after having
administered a sound castigation to
some r.ijcitront pupiL
On the other h::nd, there was little or
no open air smoking, except in the case
of laboring men going to or from their
work. In this resjiect lucifer matches
have something to answer for; but for
them the practice of outdoor smoking
wonld never have grown to its present
enoimons proportions. Chambers'
JunrnuL
.m t or Xpert r fait,
"Yon are just going ont, I see"
Yes, on important engagement
What was it you wanted T"
. "It was about that little debt I owe
you."
"Ah. yes! Take a seat."
"I was goiu to ask yon for a little
delay"
"Oh excuse me, bnt I'm already
late."
"I say. I was going to ask yon for a
little delay when I met a fellow who
paid up what he owed me. and''
"Why on earth dou't yon rit down?
Will yon take a glass of wine?" Paris
Figaro.
Faith la Aarthlaff.
"Aunt Josephine is a thorough skep
tic." "She is
"Yes; she ruts mucilage on the back
of every postage stamp she uses."
Chicago Record.
F.lephanta Teeth.
Elephants have only eight teeth two
above and two below on each side. All
elephants' "baby teeth" fall out when
the animal is about 14 years old, and a
pew aut fcTCWS.
A SON 3.
.k, v,at a better than t!jl. T 1J.
fc&at la better tiiau tncf
The ihouiihl hi, B has M
Between tomorrow H't yttrrdar ;
The full of tli tid nt h HT " "
And a euil that eircU-ih eutllelr;
The Lreuth troia a uJ winch biutn 7l.;
A icit thiit hasteih iitvr x-rts to tell;
If nui!I i he'ier thn this, rrr dear.
J f-.i It net hT. I ta.i it rot lirre.
-b'sn-H Tri: i ' Tb Lsnri cf S u-thire.
JUST A CURTAIN FIRE.
It 1aa la a Glrla noardlaa Sehaal
and Did Coatallented Damage.
A fire in a skyscraper may be thrill
ing, but for dramatic episodes and un
expected complications a fire in a girls
boarding school surpasses it. The board
ing school fire is usually what is known
among insnraace men as a curtain tire,
but a curtain fire in a girls' school is
more exciting and causes more casual
ties than au ordinary blaze anywhere
One evening last week two girls, who
ccupv a microscopic hall bedroom in a
swell "np town school took tlie globes
off the gas fixtures for hair curling pur
poses and left them off, because it was
easier to do that than to pnt them on
rain. Then the irirls raised the window
a trifle in order to cool the room and
dntifr.l'.v sat down to write home let
ters. The inevitable happened, snd
when girl number one poised her pen
in the air and glanced around the room
in search of inspiration she saw the
curtains in a blaze. She screamed. Girl
number two looked aronnd and echoeil
the scream. Then, with promptitude
and disci etion. both girls fainted. The
screams had attracted the attention of
the other girls, who rushed to the seue
and then did various and snndry stunts,
according to their several dispositions.
One fuinted. several wept a few ran
out of the house, and the rest shouted
for the one man on the premises.
When he arrived, things looked rather
hopeless. Cnrtains and woodwork wexe
blazing finely. The floor was littered
with prostrate forms, and when three
gills have fainted on the floor of a hall
lxxlroom there isn't much space in the
room for promenading. The man picked
his way across the prostrate forms and
ordered all the girls who were not in a
dead faint to leave the room, but they
didn't go until he lost bis temper and
spoke with a force which isn't common
in boarding school circles. Then they
fled: but. unluckily, there was an ene
my in the rear. A vigorous nnd practi
cal woman from Texas had been insyiir-
ed to go after some water. Returning
in mad haste with a large pitcherful
of water borne triumphantly aloft, she
collided with the retreating forces at
the door. Tho pitcher struck the leader
of tho retreat squarely in the face and
knocked out two of her front teetli.
whereniKn the injured girl made the
fainting trio a qnartet and the water
carrier dropped her pitcher and went
iuto vioh-nt hysterics.
Hvsteria, as boarding school teachers
know to their sorrow, is contagions,
pnd the one c.ise touched off the crowd.
By the time teachers arrived upon the
scene the fire was out. bnt tho survivors
were in a bad way. It was necessary to
put nine-teiithsof the school to lied and
order wind-Hale doses of bromide. Even
now the girls insist that they haven't
recovered frcm the shock sufficiently to
do hard studying, and the victims of
the water pitcher are both under the
care of trained nurses. As for the man,
he gave up his place the next day and
courtled to the cook that he waa going
to look for a job in a lunatic asylum,
where his boarding school exierience
wonld be of valae to him. New York
Snn.
TAYLOURS AND SMYTHS.
Ther Were the Commoaeat Tradra
la the Thirteenth teatary.
The manufacture of leather in the
thirteenth century seems to have been
important, showing that leather jerkins
and breeches were commonly worn. We
have 19 skynners, 40 barkars, 6 sad
delers, 3 cordeweners, 167 son ters,
(shoemakers) and 8 glovers. The snr
nanie feuster is a trade name denoting
a maker of pack saddles.
The commonest trades are taylonr and
smyth, since one lived in almost every
village. The taylours number 407, of
whom 140 are called by the Latin name
of cissor. In addition to 261 smyths.
several are sixvialized. There are two
arusmyths, three lokesmyths, three
goldsmyths, five flVrours (shoeing
smiths) and six marshalls (farriers).
The wryght wrought both iu wood
and metaL The nuintier catalogued is
Ifc'B. of whom t-1 are called by tho Latin
name faber (French favre). one of the
few cases in which the Latin transla
tion of a trade name has loome a com
mon surname. The wryghts' trade, like
that of the smyths, was specialized.
The arkwryght made the great arks or
chests in which the clothes or meal
were stored, and we find a plow wryght
a wheelwryght, two shippewryghts, 1 1
cartwryghts and two glasswryghts (gla
ziers), " who were probably concerned
with the windows of churches. Glass
windows in houses were rare, as ia still
tho case in Sicily cr Egypt
The bakesters are few (15), suggesting
that families baked their own bread
There are 20 butchers ( HesheweT. bocher
or carnifex), whence Labonchere. while
the surname potter shows that this
trade was in existence. Tho fysshers
(43 ), were opulent, being taxed la times
as much as laborers. Notes and Que
ries. The Tiaa.
My introduction to this prince of the
Pacific was on this wise: My brother
and I were trolling for yellowtail off the
island of Santa. Catalina. Suddenly out
of the summer sea a flying fish the
humming bird of ocean flashed
athwart our bows and then, not a dou-u
yards distant, tho waters parted and a
huge tuna, in its resplendent livery of
blue and silver, swooied with indescrib
able strength and rapidity npon its
fuarry, catching it. mirabile dictn, in
midair. Iu n fraction of a second the
deed was dot. The ocean, recording
the splash of the leviathan, rippled ap?
planse, and our questions pattered like
fiail upon the somewhat hard under
standing of onr boatman, a son of Al
sace. "Yes," he said, his white teeth in
curious contrast to a lean, bronzed face
"yes. messieurs, that is a tuna, a 200
jounder. at least !" Pall Mall Gazette.
Smoke One With Me.
'Do yon smoke T" asked the middle
aged man. "Yon didn't two months
ago. Yon oughtn't to smoke, my boy;
you're too young and pot strong look
ing. ' Then the elderly adviser started
to light a cigar. "Have a cigar ?" he
said absentmindedly, as he scratched a
match. The young man took the cigar
pnd bit off the end.
'These are very mild," ended the
.leaker, presumably fur the benefit of
his conscience "very mild, and won't
hurt yoa any." New York Commer
cial Advertiser.
( a par It r of St. Pant's.
As many a. 3G.0O;) reonle have been
accommodated in St Paul's cathedral,
but that has lieen with teinnorarv trai
ler ies. etc.. ervcted. On festivals only
between 8.000 and ",000 people find
seats. At an ordinary service abont
4,000 ieorlo will make the cathedral
look quite full.
Two rolata of View.
"My "children," said tho poor man
ladly. "are erring for bread."
"Which shows, " replied the rich man
Idly, "how much you have to be
t lankful for. Now, mine are crying for
bonbons." Brooklyn Life.
Japan was original! v civilized br wav
of China. Today Jaiian sends scholars
cc t nieu ol science to instruct the Chi-
riesa
CroTM lr that n,pf r.t
. .. ------ t.. jx irj;ruiuua
which always get too much or too little
iaau- Silica go rtecora
" Th CIS W4" c'
A good ctc-r7 U told amoug the Piod'
ical men of CWUX
was started by the victim himse.f. M
i, a physician of considerable repot,
and some im Ued attend
a p-ent!eman of advanced years who
was suffering from a riih complica
tion of disorder The doctor wen to
work with a will, and rr,-ently had the
patient on th road to rM-overv. In
f.v f two weeks from the fisss he toe
tho case hs had him carci
As ho l"ft the house. aftr annonrc
in" that further visits would be unnec
essary, the daughter of the restored
man "accompanied him to the dT.
Doctor." she sai- somewhat
tremulous tones. ' I want to tell you"
The doctor, who supposed she was
anxious to express her gratitude for his
skilled attention, waved her thanks
aside.
Don't mention it madari. be
affably said We ulways try t do our
duty." . .
"Bnt. d.ctor." she persisted, "it is
something that will interest yoo. I feel
that" .
"Say no more, madam I cried the
doctor, much moved by '.he woman's
agitation.
"It is something I ronst tell you.
doctor. " she continued. "Please listen. "
The doctor halted with his hand on
the knob.
"Yesterdiiy." said the woman. "I
was down town ami met Mrs. Pugsley.
the Christian Scientist, and she told mo
she had been giving father 'absent
treatments' for two weeks. Isn't it just
too wonderful?"
"Good morning!" said the doctor
dryly. Clc-vehind Plain Dealer.
Fjrjptlan Uaaelnar In Kcjrpt.
The genuine native dancing girls per
forin in the little cafes that abound in
the Arabian quarter. These places are
usually small nnd alx.ut 30 men squat
ted around the seats that line the walls
make a full boose.
Here tho Arabs come to smoke and
drink coffee and hear the music, while
in the center of tha cafe the dancing
girls perform. The places are filh-d with
the smoke of the nargile and ciga
rettes, and the dreamy natives who
lounge along the walls puff everlasting
ly on, barely noticing the girls who are
weaving aud swaying in the sinuous
undulations of the dance to the time of
a groggy tomtom and the mellow drone
of a reed whittle. The dance is about
the same as the one seen at the World's
fair in Chicago, divested of most of its
offensive trimmings. There it was do
signed to startle and shock and come up
to western notions of oriental depravity,
while here on its native heath it is sim
ply a' dance that is ns old as the coun
try itself, and to those who have been
accustomed to it through generations of
familiarity it is probably as tame i;s the
quadrille. It is only the dance rrepared
for the tourist that disgnsts yon and
makes yoa think tlmt the orient should
be raided. Chicago Record.
He ConlJn't Inderatand It.
Bilkins and his wife occupied seats
in the dress circle. The curtain had
just gone np for the second act. the first
scene showing the heroine in street cos
tume. As Bilkins rested his gaze upon
the woman his face wore a puzzled ex
pression. Several times he took hurried
glances at the programme he had ia his
hand Ho became so deeply iuttrested
that he attracted the attention of his
wife.
"What do yoa see that interests yon
sot" inquired his wife. "She isn't
pretty."
"May. i -n't that the same hat that
woman wore in the last act?" exclaim
ed Bilkins. seemingly ignoring his
wife's question.
Mrs. Bilkins glanced in the direction
of the staga
"I think she is. " she replied, "but
what of it?"
"Oh. nothing, only it seems so odd!"
"What does?"
"Why. that she should still be wear
ing the same hat. " explained Bilkins.
"The programme says there is a lapse
of two years between the first and sec
ond acta. " Ohio State Journal
Oar Florida Alligator,
An illigator is not an attractive
creature. He has not a single virtue
that can lie named. He is cowardly,
treacherous, hideous. He is neither
graceful nor even respectable in apicar
a nee. Ho is not even amusing or
grotesque in his ungainliness, for as a
brute a brute unqualified he is al
ways so intensely real that one shrinks
from him with loathing and a laugh at
his expense while in his presence would
seem curiously out of place.
His personality, too, is strong. Onco
catch the steadfast gaze of a free, adult
alligator's wicked eyes, with their odd
vertical pnpils fixed full upon your own.
and tho significance of the expression
"evil eye." and the mysteries of snake
charming, hypnotism aud hotxlooism
will be readily understood, for his bru
tish, merciless, unflinching stare is sim
ply blood chilling. L W Blake in
Popular Science Monthly.
flusters and Cata,
Although court plaster is useful iq
protecting small scratches or abrasions
of the skin from harm, it should nut bo
nsed over any considerable cnt or woomj
in process f healing. These will heal
finch fastc-r if simply covered with a.
bit of soft linen held iu place at the
ends with strips of surgeon's plaster.
Xo Liking- For Aaaala,
A little girl whose mother left her
alone at night after telling her tiie room
was full of angels was heard saying to
her doll: "Now. dollie. yon mustn't be
afraid. The room is all full of angels.
It beats the dovil bow afraid I am vf
angels. " Trained Motherhood
Xatnralljr.
"And yon say you ate horse steak in
Paris? How was it served?"
"A la cr.rt. of course." Cleveland
Plain Cvaler
Enirllah Penny Nat eta,
Penny novelettes differ from on an
other in externals rather than in in?
teraals. The get up of tho better ort is
peat and attractive. The type is clear,
and the covers might even l called,
'artistic" in the cath.dip setise of the
term. Tho inferior kinds are indiffer
ently printed "on gray paper with blnnl
type, "and there are many degrees of
excellence between, tho two extremes,
AH except one have illustrations rang
jpg from the rudest cf woodcuts to the
smudgiest of "process" plates. Of
course the artist selects the most sensa
tional incidents for his pencil to adorn.
The stabbing of the heroine's father by
the villain disguised as the hero, the
kidnaping of the beroiue by Black
Tow and his gang of gypsies at the in
stigation of her jealous rival, tho horse
whipping of the villain by the heio in
faultless" evining dress these and
their like natural'y present themselves
as thoroughly smtable and congenial
subjects. Blackwood's Magazine.
Mallelona laterfrreaee.
"I'll get even with that printer,"
said the editor cf the Plnnkville Bugle
"if it takes me the rest of my life."
"What printer?" asked his friend.
"That tramp I took on while my wife
was visiting her mother. I got a (10
writA tin on r. of rM YTiV.r vKs. 1..
ing his pipes for the senatorship, and I
said that some day his little son would
make as big a mark as his father, and
uiai vuiam bxea it that the young 'an
would 'be' as bi a msrk. tr " In
dianapolis Journal.
A laeleaa Wlik
"Oh." sighed the poetic lady, "had
i ine wings ol a Lira:
"Don't!" protested her husband.
"Don't wish for the wings of a bird. If
yoa had them, some other woman
would probably be wearing them on her
hat before the season is over." Wash
ington Star.
Reyeri'.tle SeUa:ei
The puzzle ed.Mr of lie r.o?i.!.n
Truth oll'entl a prize for sentences
making are whether read forward or
bacfcuxr l and here aw some results:
Scandalous society and life make
gossips frantic.
This reads backward:
Frantic g5ip.iuake life and society
scandalous.
Apply the same rule to the others
given below:
I ilea slowijr fadlntf day; winds mournful
Igh:
Briht stars are aakii); :
Flies owlet, bootiajc LoKling revel lilicli,
N!,'".t .leure holding.
Solomon bad vast treasure silver
and gold things precious. Hsppy and
rich and wise waa be. Faithful serv
ed he God.
She sits lamenting sadly often too
much alone.
Dear Harry: Devotedly yours re
main I. Have you forgotten f JO check?
Heply i uuiediattly, please, and band
to yours Grace Darling.
Man is noble acd generous often, but
sometimes vain and cowardly.
Carefully boiled eggs are good and
palatable.
Love is heaven and heaven is love,
youth says. All beware! sas age,
Trying is poverty, and tleetirg Is love.
Badly governed and fearfully troub-
ed now Is Ireland.
Exercise take, excess beware.
Rise early and breath free air.
Eat slowly, trouble drive away;
Feet warmish keep; blend work, with
play.
Adieu, darling! Time flies fast; sails
are set, boats are ready. Farewell !
Matter aud mind are mysteries;
nevermind. What is matter? Matter
is Dever mind. What is mind? Mind
is never matter.
Honesty aud truth are good acd ad-
miratle qualities as sympathy aud love
are endearing traits.
Politics acd religion avoid arguing
ia.
litre is good and sound advice.
Yonr Best Interests
Will be served by making sure of
health. It will be a loss of time and
money to be stricken with serious ill
i) ess. Take Hood's Sarsapnrilhi and
purify your blood. In this way all
germs of disease w ill le expelled, sick
ness and su tiering will be avoided, and
your health will bi preserved Isu't
this a wise course?
Hood's Pills are the only pills to take
with Hood's Sarsaj arillu. Price iii
rents.
American Butter Sing.
Elgin, 111., claims to I the residence
of the American butter king, iu the
person of John Newinau, who was re
cently elected president of the Board of
Trade in that city. In all the world
Le is probably the largest producer of
that bovine gold which gilds the stalf
of life. Every day he drives up from
the pusture herds of .VS.OdO cows, and
every morning he skims the cream
from fxRl.Di JO ij'.wrts of milk, enough
tlu id to sail a yacht in.
"I suffered for months from sore
throat, Ecltctrie Oil cured me in
twenty four hours." M. S. (list,
Hawesville, Ky.
Scribble "My new book will be ou
soon. I hope you will lose no tima in
reading U."
Misa Cutting "Indeed I won't. 1
lost several hours reading your other
one." Wheellug II -gister.
SOMERSET MARKET KSPOttr
..COKKECrEO WKKKLT Ul
Cook & Beerits,
TH'tdnexday, Jun. JS,t-!).
(per tu
..50-7V
AddIcs
i urieii
I evauoriio.! R
Apple Uuu-er, p -r
I roll, in r fc
Butter. -( rresli per .
(cmwu.-ry, per fi
Beeswax, per n ..
Cooutry tum, rw l
Raeon J "tareiirwl tuuc, per ))...
" j iU, per !
shoulder,
. to so
10 to c
v
?
Der B
I u" vy. per oua -.
l-lilis, per St
Coffee.
green, t .
IV
ruasied, per ....
.lie
i Ji!norrmna, per bbl. . ri.tm to i.-.ii
-em u Portlnud, perLbl iJ to t.iu
Cortimes.1, per lb . 1 1,.
per a. ."0,-
FUh, lake herr!nB. $ b P" T0,n' '
I btl per Jo IM
Honey, white dover.per t I5-l'c
LarU, per B. 7 to lOr
I .one, per hbl .., j
MoluMea, N. tl per tfl nr
onions, per hu , 7'. to $1.00
Potatoes, per bus ....:9)-sc
l'ea ntj, evuporuuxl, per B S to Uic
Prunes, per B s M lor
.. peruui ,.fl..t
PltUlwr. pti bul 1 e
Dairy, J- bus sa.iks '
" 1J - ;,h
4 bui seek... T '"k
Rait,
anmrtil alussi. 1st) a ack.
iuapie,per a gtoUt
imported y.-llotr, pr E . ji
wtiius, A. pr B SVV
jsmnuloied, per Ik V ,
"uhe. or pulvertasrt, per B '
!-r Kal s.v
maple, per irl o t,i ti
Sugar.
Syrup.
Stoneware, trillion ..
Ti I low, per it ,,, . 3 to
megar. per wit' to-
f Umothy.per bus . i q
i clover. ier bus j
Seeds, i crimson, per bus "
I " alfalfa, p.ir bus S50
I " alyo, per bus 7 5,
Millet, Oenr-an, per bus 1
I hurley, wtlte beardless, per hiiL 1 ffl
I buokwhKt. uer bus
Grain i corn shelled, per bus '" i'i , js
uta.pK!rb4 ii t jh.
rye, per but
wheat, per bn. .... fvS
bran, per l'O t .".7 SOe
corn and uau chop, per MO tis-T. V
3. Mir, roller procesx.per til.l "3 xn
M spring paleut and fi.ncy
hlrfh irrude 11 a h --
A Feed
Flour.
I flour, lower ennle tr 11 a 11 a.i j),
CONDENSEDTIME TABLES.
Baltimore and Ohio fiailroad.
Somerset and Cambria Branch.
"OBTHTHD.
Johnstown Mall Express. Rorkwood tl 10 a.
m., Somerset U:.h4, u,vn,u.wn 12-tU. Uoot
eravllle la, Johnstown l.uu p, a.
Johnstown Accommodation. Rorkwood
p. m., Komerw-t suyetoa ut,.v7. Hoov
erville8:ls, Johnstown 7:06.
aou-rawAait.
Mafl.-Iohnitowa 8:30 a.m.,Hooverine!rl9
uSa""00 Bomerel Kockwood
El,77IOhr'rtOW.r m- HooT,rvll!.
S.i, Mtoyestown Somerset 3uii. Kock
wood 4:li
Uaily.
F. d. c.vbERwonn.
D B. MARTIN
PuHwiiger Traffic Manager.
iienejal Manager.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT JUNE 27, l8
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Trains arrlTe and depart from the station
ohnstowu aa follows -
at
wwnrA.
Western i!inM
Honihwestern Kxprens ZZZ
fnhnstown Aeeonuuo Jstlon .. "
Jolmtown AoenmnMjdaUou.Z
Pacific Kx press
Way Paioierier..., '".'.
Plttxburff Kxp.-ess
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Johnstown Accommodation..
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Louther's Drug
Main Street, Somerset, Pa.
This Model Drug Store is Rapidly Esccnkjj
Favorite Trith People in Search cf
FRESH . AUD . PURE . DBEi
Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, in.1
Supporters, Toilet Articles,
Perfumes, &c.
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J. F.I. LOUTHER M. D.
SJAIN STREET - SOMERSET.?,
Somerset Lumber Ya:
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MAXCrACTCKXa AND DUUU AID WHOIUBALS AMD RcTAX-ISaT
Lumber and Bunding Materials.
Hard and Soft Wood
Oak, Poplar. Sidings.
Waliiut, Yellow Plne Flooring.
Cberry( Shingles, IoorH,
l-atlii lVhlte Pine Blind.
A .oneral line of all frs Jes of Lumber and Building ateria.1 and Rood;
took. Also, can furnish anything In the line of our business to ordrr with r"
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Elias Cunningham,
Office and Yard Opposite S. ft C. B. R. SUUoF
TheN.Y.WeeklyTribuE
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tncruirtive and eDUfrtaiutug to every member of every funnily.
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WM. F. SHAFFER,
SOJaEHSET, PEJUTA.
Ma-antotarerof and Dnaler In
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Alao, Agent for the WHITE BRONZE !
Persons In nrd of Vnnnn..nt Wnrk m,l
Bnd It to thair inU-mt to call at my tho
where a proper showing will be given them
tisiM:t ion guaranteed IntulTflx a
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Whits Bnt, Or Pur Zinc Monuments,
produced by HT. W. A. Slie. a d-l.!
, liiiprovement la t poiut of Material so
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Optical Goods Call acd have your eyes tee ;
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