. f
i
f (Mitt ' rotontai B-rst.
Xer As1erar. bad is Eriti-h
b:ii f rr !jr b.-n tbi '(taint sd
cric-- ct-.- cist. tie ori't in ex-kt-c-p
sc . bet recently rtbd f'tn
Eir. "f cY.-io-r.5l W. J--ed:
'Intrnrt.-.n. f.r Mr. Cora;!: - Van
E-v-e . CoJkci-r Jt tit Cn-v-irees in
ye C.ty it New York ly dr ' Co'.-
u;i Fraacia Ife-tce, Gveror, 'ay
S4, iC'.-.
"Yo- tjt y'r clerk zrt to be day! it
re C;ss-n! K'iW frc-rs tin in J
t.-Tlar nntili twelve at boohs. Tberw
lo r.--c.-iT ye 0?-v,7-rf hctb. i ani int
a the I!rr-haBt shall cm & ectr.
re cer'.hact is to kefre Llb. and
tixa wiib i band, wr-tinaf M
t then.. & ye Mc.e lia. Leu
yo b-i-t sa- ye arrant. one of
Ve E,oi TO 3 ate t i demand C-t-e.
ii!-r in kind etJ'rFCent inaar-1
r iuz.hU: ye vain cf its r.-t Cd in
H' :"..-.n-, i-'i L'-avfT. An J likewise -t-rsr.l?
f ri-l'.ry yo are t revive
ptvLt co.rd:nte ye valine in lV"veT.
fvr TiUf'' cr,. blf lnny Pr- poind
St.r'g ; v "ih is rae aore than ail Enz
laban de pay V- tell ye
Jtlerebiit yea are cot to give cr-dit
If a-- doe nvt like J 'r rTo;d-t..-,r..
joa ire not tojas their E;U.
"And La-t'y pray b-t: ye LV.ks be
kept ad in . and all Fctorye
anl Pa pels, t-t sin I Lave occa-.an
Ti:e Ja;.a:i stodttvat o;r c.ii-jrHi
tbt Aii;'-ri-tn m-l? ol Laa-.r an it
i- i-i;r-rrl by ibe ctbrr jtod-r.ts alnt
ti,Ka i ,'.Lk(- t, at j:r-ci:-r tbijj- bat
t .t 4t ili bird to cuJTst'ti.d. Ia tact, j
it i ,ni!e s-j'.-.j!e &td ti.u'-El'iry. A
Jnz iZ'-f X 'xri'iaan fbo Vis a Ktid-xt
a: Harvard is'.-t tti? rlat? that be
araj a-b-d by jiiie cf b; Aiatir&n f-r!-l.v?
M-jd-j.t t.j "trfich tb-ti JjJ'
t viord-u" lie bKiin Ij .-iviijf
tb-ui "ti'j'A rr.rr.ij." a Jij-i:ri-.
Tbis r.Lr-r,.--- it r-ir -a-l in J.-.jiit s
Lv a word w::ii.b in lic-Ii-b :jnii;-r.ti
tsr.r;'.t b t-i.rr (!!;r.rt'l tbaa
ly tb w..rd Obi-i." Hit b o- Te
ir.i T?? I kfcj T',siiw i to rL! br it.
ii't.rt w.rMt;?. vb'rO tii J
give biw tbe luoriiir. fciluLiti ,n in
PiOyiTatia! tuoalei cr.e el
tfcya
'KrtJTtiy!" Jrlkd ILOlbT.
"Virii.ia"' "New Haj;birtt"
Kb i i-i-td:" fctiii iitut-ti --:;-i
Lut t't cf tb-m siid "vui.:" It
sj tL: Aiiii rii an i.ira a --at .kt.
Ttif J .jtJIi? JfcJili- Uan I.j:h il e bfi- d
ar.d ijd-j a liotrj of it. hod-.u Trati
H.r:: L
r 1 Uf Hone.
A ra.-.n wv- fr.i tr.r-d bis farny hon
ccatlnd-.-x tbt it : ti -t a f rxy "uattr.
IJ (-aid: "Tb; dj-,.'.ac-iaxt of tbe
cbi:IaL, u in ..T.o:;;;.alinl by !.!b
n.. t;t f th- wbo-Je atia f r a 1.x v. b.b .
T.'i b Ti-r d'-T.bt: I'jilit es foi:,T.
7b- bir-r jT;fs at tb j.r.js:i:.a! '.id
cf tu-r v.bii.b .r j- :ts U-bxJ t.
arti'.ti ! -u wiib tbe Laiat-rai aad
form- tbe ! xy jr a;:a a f- of tbe -!-t---.'
I ! .'.. it Vvitb li e. I f- Ii ( a tb
ice ia 1?TS ar.d broke c? my Mt fr.ixy
t.'co. I: hsrt. bet I did not know v. b .t
bid baj-rnd for incntb. and then Lt
Iir.ry Fb cf Firso t - 1 nie. It
too late t ) d ) unytbing tba xcn t n--rf!.-e
to iriLg cy UiUsiics intj Cvadi
t...u. A tiev dfvelor.meat i" t ia tb'-n. ari 3
tbe lwr part ;f iy f ri-aria b-:ai:.;
w biie tbe apjr ntaH.de! d vtb ;.d.
At prtixt I can j uil or lift a UiU' b
ib tbat arm as I cor.M at any tiai?,
bet I aiiD.,t ttrike or yvn-h witb it af.d
cat;Di-t ri'Tt duwxward irt;re v.i:u
it at iiil, ofclt-w. I hvbl ay f.rin ri-i-I
aud i-ot tbe wti-bt of my bo-iy cjon it.
I ran bcarciy bold a frbp-t of I'b'T
ti;,D my d.k, atd f'.r fully 12 n.n:b
1 conM not b D-it ft arui at jh r-li.vj-t
it nai Letaa;-e I did n-t bate
m u'i j1 att'-ntion w a ( aotiij. Rto-iit-ly
1 bad a ra-ibL'raj b Liaile, anJ the
fiairrjuxt cf l.ite was clearly fcbo'Vii lv
jojr bxt-ly in tbe .itit. After tbe fr-tc-taie
two Fliaters j.rotraded froa tbe
tkin aud ti-re r-uiovcd."
be Wanted to Kb.
Of ti jiiiea wbo wear black Kriie o
t a aiv. trs have an air of rc-ct be-T-aveiuent
bieb ud-b-ads the ordinary
iLiind. At a railway Nation ia thi rt;ite
not lon a'o a tali woo,:ia roUd in
d.f p black, accon:tnied by a jonij
w..i;jan ia n red sarb. aat n-aitiu? for
n train. Tbe Mation matron boven d ia
rb vii inity, evid'.xtly with Kuietbin
u btr mind, and finally betkotied t.) tbe
yeans w m:in, wbu wett to m e wbat
a wanted.
"lid- slit- fot a t(iiit: witb b-rV ibe
httina tuatr n t.-k-d.
"I it;;-!" tbd joua woman t i
laiin 1, 1. kiiiy: over b-r t-Lonldcr in
pb-tly fright. "Who got a corj-'
witb b-r? Wbiit do yon tntan?"
"D"n't lie w.-red, lady." tbe matron
(xclaiued. "Mit cf 'era that trawls
ia deep ioonmin bag corj-ei ca tbe
traia. I jat wanted to know if your
lady bad a oortr-e witb h-r. "
"Gondnet-i, no!" -a!d tbe yonng w
tu.'in. "Hr bahtiand'a b-u dead o"
Yon onjrbt to be a-hained f'
tb.itk i.rfiiile tbat war. Don't voo ev r
tu at tnf tbt waT nioiin . " 1
Tbe rtalion tiiatron bx.ked dbsati-jioitit-d.
and tbe von tig woman went
l-ack and f-at down without even f.el
tT;:f at lilx-rty to tell the laly in bbicb
wbat bad bapptned. Indianajn.iir
Ju.irx.ab
Kvea Taoask lie llatrd Lavrrrs.
I're.-ident Dre'n r of Roanoke college
tell thin fU,ry of the late Edward An--t.
n of .ton ' "Meeting Prr-ident Eliot
.f Harvard some jeuta u;;n, be said,
with a fauiiliar:ty warrantefl ly a l:fe-l-.n?
acfjnaiatai.ee: -.t.p, (l;atl"!i
What i- tbe t.eit building yon want at
Cambridge?
"Pre, id. at El. t replied. 'The la i Id
irig we iiM-rt need now is a new build
ing for the law fcbooL'
" Oh. said Mr. Anftin, 'I bate law
yers! Pnt what do yoa fnpjioe snch a
inild:c wonld oist 1'
"The president tbonjfht a moment
and replied: 'It weald depend on tbe
material nied. An adequate buibiin
cf brick could U bnilt for from foo.ooii
t. f Tu.ouu.'
" 'Are yon sure,' a.-ked Mr. An-tin.
that would be enf njfh to pro-
Tide a thoroughly good bnildinxi
" 'Y,' replied the president.
" 'I'm your man,' said Mr. Austin."
Tomatoes aad ( aartr.
A few years ago an eminent London
physician, on nsy mentioning to biia
tomatoes as an article cf dutf-irmy-vlf.
said, "Why do voo eat tomatoes?"
1 i-aid, "Why not?"' Heaaid: "Well. I
think that there are grave reason for
t tiinkin it possible that eating t.ma
t incTtatai. if it does not produce,
tbe liability to cancer. I do uot say pos
itively tbat it does so."
It ftrike a laytaaa as a fact tbat
the con-iumption cf tomatoes has :n--!eaed
as taach in England cf late
years as Las cancer. Pall Mall Gazette.
White I lea.
Johnny Pa, Mr. Urownlow said tV.t j
for obvious rea,n be aboald 1 nnl ...
to be at the meeting at the schoolbonhe
tonight. What does be mean by "cb
vioua" rea-Hinn?
Father Why, roy son, when a man 1
Las any reasons that be can't think f
t.r has rea-.ns that be does not cere to !
name ha says his reasons are obvious.
Button Transcript.
Sporting- spirit.
Grogan Billy has got the true sport
ing spirit in bini.
Kilkey What'a the matter with
Billy, now?
GroztD He ran agHint an oen door
and blacked his eye. aud he tells ivery
IWy be gut the black tve ia a fibt--EvtuB
Truisrint
Tt takrt Ye WWl,
Tcrtg Mr. -i Mr. Scsi b vera
t:;Ej lo lijk s t; iri&d f'.r a
f?r Ax Tb-;r tky arannr-Ty 2 epxtba
t!!. sii iu:j"Si:nt ir.-ir rr f
tb fj-iny ji-t th m. Mr. Si-.tii
ri rj- 'jjir an-1 Sir, f-'cjilb 4
'a'r?. pit;o ob l!-r lii:x.zi kid ?;t-i-ai.T
twart. "Htibf-y' rfrili
Cr?t to b'T bsrttw La'f 3 thf fi.T ir-T.
"I 'trT': irizg Hi ldj pr .-" ! Tby are
!; it- tb- 'i.-r. Acd I rivz ia lay
i.v-r-v aa-i vi' ac 1 tiit hat;.ic W.iiz
f. Vy:.t V-Z cti.tvSM-r fctd fw cf
thf! ar.'Ans) ui'l'T fir bsly, ar.3
d p't ? rsr-t th ImVt'b t.vc'i?m-h."
I'i,r b ;'!'? t-a-1 a hr& tiae fcndir
trfcrvti.ir.2 Li wife watted. II was
lts t.l? icifcii.? Li spp'iaratce aii J
LTli L:e wife c.Id t tiia, -V.'Ut
i- b-j JiJi' y a. dri ?"
'O.o. !u.'!l c.J.f-5t; 1-d U'tbirn-b i X
Lji r! I bave -vr; tbir. t.-at tbaU"
?lin Jirt. Sn.i'b U3lil. "Yon ii"!y
dntt," taid bi, "did you r.r-t ku"W
tb-t I v:i !t k:c?T The Uey.
L-i' ir d?r little bars. ba--?a't Wta
to br r..-iiie."
Tbat tr why Laoby pot o laad l 1
tb-cs" a Le as rfinjilig dra-a
-tair. A i:an r.tT(-rik- tobi-.rea i:e
;,'.j5Td x Lim ly bis wii. Pitt-i urg
Ileal BtlBlr Tit.
Frtr iil-td are iLy wbo bav jm
tratcd t-i Ibe icnrixiot rw - of Wii-fjvs-
to the grat rotctida wb-re
thj iry v8tr cf the "bi rjria?" tak.
a Ir-iip ir.?o th ti'iti,'bt bbriiif f f
t.-.- tx ttoi:.b-? Jit." Tb- m trance V
the cav st the taiaiirit f a biii i-f-ar
Vrji.. Ib
Kid-r H;;?t;arl ia Lis inia?:nary j.ie
tnTcf r,tjd..-rr'5in.I iw-rror. Las t. !d
t' J'ulti,' that wt:".d -q;al the tr?ie Kt.ory
v.bi-Sa ;rl' i! :r?-r "aouid fcroh
n V.'i;;r cart A f.fr-m of vat-r
j.rr fr.;ui Ih? rck. atd prsr'nir. a
r;. us tin b-ruT( "nd rharitif-i f r a
;';::; r ' f a Hi:!'-. -v.it-T?rr iflto a Virt
l.ai.i--r ::b a flaii'.sn?. ;i; I'ty r
iri. ;:!-: t- a -i ric hoi in toe ct r.
iJ-iun tbis b' i- tb ftrtara juj'jrs afc l i-2
I ri f..r.-vt-r. tt ib-jm of r-Tra au-5
wii'b! the !t:k boi; has bD .i:nid-d
., a d.-jtj .f 4 f'-t. asl's-t;.! t;i"
)yt;..M .; t "t b r-a b'd. Tb-r. ;;
i- -r,,-.uM ly a liarrow b-d-" f
r k. -n "Si h daring ;!l.rTS havt
jid: a fini.5'-t ritcajt. On ideji Jf
i tb ! c: a tti t-.in'ery njr w.jm
n-au blu-.'l iu-tat dath ia tbe b-.t-t.i.d'-
j. it.
( oaairii(loa and Frfnh Air.
It U a iiiitN-r of iJi.uion knowl-d'e.
rat ? tu Kij-.'h-b eicbane. tbat tbe late
.-;r An-'iew t.laike care-J bimw If cf
.r;--i!.:;itiiX ly liviz. a math as
il.ie in tlif? o;n air. Tbe :r:aci; le in
volved ba nu:e i--u -neraiiy rtco--
i. 7-A by tbe m'-'lical rof-h-ion. with
ibe r.-it tbat the oH h4 j-ractire f
k'; ir;' coii-Timi tives in warm. ftnJTy
r..!i' b'ia be'-n abutst entirely aban
d. r.-i. It s. fr-b air which i-t icaiaSy
re-;...ri-iM? f.r tbe tni4 worke-1 at fneb
J.lac- f Iv.s nbtr tbe Titb XtS
ho i.i ! i Lor.ru a d.y cat cf door.
I reiibii'U' foM, Iri-'ing taoactain air,
wi,::e ii:. y sre e:b;laraed by bright
rr.L-l.:w. Tbe result i tbat each di--;t-d
;"t in tbe lnr.ri? i- t ot.ofl fra
tbe beal'.by ti--ae LyariCcTof rtretcbw
co'..-. acrjj which di.-ea genu.- ctc
v t f aad so tbe zaa'ady is arrest -d
rr,tii the FTrergrthered bedy can over
corae it.
Worse Tfcaa ot StopaiBK.
An Cngli'btr.fta trarellr.g in Mary
iaad had ccasion to inTertiate the
rni.iiiai? time cf :be traitis tbat pas-i-d
;br.a-h tae iriail place bete be was
Ttcfpin- Careoily tearcbicg 8 t:i:.e
tal.le be f.cd enjarently tbat there
wor.id be an express train doe at 4
o tiixk tbat aftera.ir.n. Tbe Et-u'ii-l:-man
m on tin.e with hie grip, et-.,
and to was tbe exprt -s train. Tbs in-t-adirii
j.' i n'.'er v.ati b-d It aprroirb
ii. J tb.iad- r I t the station attopn-ed
Tbt! travel, r was annoyed. ar.d. tcra
ia to a coloitd laan who fctood n uz,
rviirstk'.-d : L
"TbLt train didn't rtor.r"
"No. t-ir. " replied tbe colored citizen
cbeeifi.ilv ; "dida't ev'u betate."
Sweet.
"I bad n.-y picture taken today, " fa id
little Chi".-t!i;e. "I crossed my arms
and lea n.--d on a chair, and tbe pittnre
man pnt i. y bead in t-me tongH."
"V'by. jou IIlnt have looked like a
lamp cf a.-ur in f agar ton ;;," lausbtd
j-apa.
"Why. fo I mart have." said Chris
tine delightedly. " 'caa.e tbe man kept
KTin-. 'What a FWeet little girl!' "
Wisat to Hat.
A Larkf 1'rosa.
The Prince ,f Wab- rx.-eses a
tro-swhiib fuj i-fsed to always brinir
X'iii luvk to iu t ttuer. It wui formetly
tiie j ri.-rty i f the king of Denmark,
liavii; l-eii discovered year ago in the
trrave , f the beantifal ynei-n Dninar.
J--i.l"T its Miper-titions intere-t, it is
a fine work .f srt, and was pivtn by
tbe tin;; to tbe priace-sca Ltr mar
f iaj-'e day.
lfrj. Ilanaa.
Tej,. her Once upon a time there
weie tv.o rich men, one cf whom made
L fortune ly honest iadoetry. while
the .ther made bis by fraud. Now,
which of tbee two niea would yon pre
.x to U?
Tiiiiimy Caftr a moment's hesitation)
Vbi h tajide tbe inot-t?-
Jakl W here lie W aa Wise.
S.l'.mon is repf:rted to have been a
iiiisn t zz'hI wi-dorn, bat we have no
in old i ( his ever having lieen ()ai
ti'.ncd ly a ft-tear-old child. St. Loui-iv.-.T.
New formed lake, cunals, etc., of
ten bt on.e mysteriously p.pul:it-l with
b-b. ThU is U lieved to be rffected by
i.ird- vbiih. having len feeding on
a-h fjawn el. laere, alight in the new
waters cad dr p loiue cf the t; aD
Ji-u tbi.r bilbs.
trorsr'a Teeth.
The American dermal ci D.?nLi! f'ci
ence for lM'J btat-a tbat George Wn.-h-ii:j;ton
Uct ta tt cf bis natural teeth at
an early aje. rtlying njxin the art aLd
fkiil if one Mr. John Greenwood, a
dUtiugnit-hed dentist cf New York, to
make good the deficiency.
Wai-binjrtou's artificial teeth were
manufactured froia the ivory of the
tack of tbe tit i bant, tbe only materi;.!
at tbat tiise employed for tb" ptrpci---.
A a Cpisrcpal Joke.
The I.-is tells a r-h.ry about ti c bi-i
tf Oxford. The bi.-hop was al a : .i
t-nsa'.'ed in auditing the at cor : . ; .
sectarian 1m oh Anions tb- it, ..r v.
one cf L'tii fcran "uccafi'..ul iia. r
'ae of tbe ptrsol; prejent : .'
bii..'p what an "cocst-ion:.! a.- ni:
Was. He ir T'tKrtcd Ut bate i.n.-u.- ;
"I fUppose that is the n! c:i.i
l ui. science. "
I Uost Advaataee.
Hicks There's llr.lity. Vb.M a j
tbat so fine a Ix.king ft lb. w cL.r.-i 1
deaf aud dumb!
Wicks Tbe dumb is all right, i : t v
Le wat-n't deaf, wbat an nj.rrei.1.!.' per
sou be wonld le to coavi :e w:;li :
Boston Traasctipt
He who wonld pa his decliniri
years with boir a,ad comfort !:. Id.
when young, rememlxrtLat be Lr li..
day become eld and remember bm be
is eld tbat he has been once jonng.
Addison.
A scr.lptor who is singularly saccess
fal is Princess Loaise. marchioness cf
Ijrne. who atadied with the late Sir
Edgar Boebui, and who has worked
j I:ard at ber profession, to which she is
. devoted, fc-he b:u produced many lifc
j like bai-U and sfata.s of the qaeen,
. notably that in Eensinjton gardens,
near to the Lsiaca.
ECiLED IT COWN
It Apvrei.
A 'nrc!yuiati httr. a rr-itrjoio
rf Ir r;n.i.) n. irj! a:orjt td np ;a
bi-ii--ji f-. LiitiK-if and i!2?d U iiav
au a; rf r:at! ia t pnt c-vr Lj
i H ct-i:tx-d oa that tre th fol
iDnrt;'-n: "Jcba Tbomrvn.
Hatter. Mak- s&d Sr'l Hatfi Ecady
X' zh-j." FoKovi iE ti,i vu a ictnTe
cf a bt nt b w tft qnite certain
-f !b riat4;;tTcf bii risTi, ai.d be if-
d i t- sibrr.-t it to fc:a frit-cia f r
t in :r rritin-ra.
Tb ri-t thst fc .'-bo-w it tol j-rt--I
t tbe word "batttr," bscaosa it
ii fi:owd by tbr wordi "cikr
L?. " miU.U saficiectiy rtt,li&td tbst
br Hii Lat'.cT. To word a timet
cat.
lit Dit.idtbx1t tbework'mak-'
a c fjnws tbe cn'tciccr
w!d t(t rarf wli.) mado tb? bats f
hg as !by yrere atitfartcry and tbe
I rice was rot tco Ligb. He atmck tbat
CCt i!"J.
Tb third rransii that tb wcrcg
"f. r readv wwr" xi-igbt e wtll
a i it wa D,t lb cO!t.-.ru to bats cu ;
r-d;t; eTfry cd? vm botigbt erpwtd I
t i jar. Tux ord takfB oat. axd tbe
i-.-rTi; ti'jn rd. "Joba Tbotapeon .Slb
liatf."
i II cit fH"did 4,Ibi" might as
v-;i cm? cit. i)erao tKVdy erf tied .
biia to f;;ve tbeiu away. Wbat, tba,
van tbe tie cf tbe vord? "SLU" s i
: :fd:E2lT 'track oct and "baU" was !
i that rrtuaiiifrd. fHowiEsr "Jobn
1 fcr.
Lrn tLi. rhrt as it w. wai for
th -r d::,.:ti:rhd. aud tbe aiirn finally
t'.yi. "John Tb riipson." with tbo C'
cr.f the bat folic vic it- Earptr'a
l:trr. 1 Tab". J.
HIS THREE VIVES.
'ihry Wr Alt la Oat Plet are, kat
Hid t Utrnj Tkrrr.
Allan C'cnninghatn. in bi "Lives e.f
l;titi-b Painter-." tells a etory if Ccp-1-y.
tbe fa'beicf Itd Chancellor Lycd-l.nt-t.
wbiih rTeab whet a pci trait
jaijtiT er:dnre from tbe vanity and
t ci 'ntri; ity cf hii fitter.
A certain man had bitDelf. bi wife
end wen children trainted by Copley
in a (zn.i'y .i-n.
'It w!s Int cne thin?." gaid tbe
taan. on teeing tbe Cnibed pictare,
"and tbat is the j- rtrait cf my it
wife tbi one i try ttf,nl."
"Cat." replied tbo arti't. "tie i?
d-ad. What tan I do? She tans't come
in a- an ateL"
"ji:. cu: no anela for me. Khe
lun-t eoine in as wousan."
Tbe p;: trait Mat added, bat fcvcte!
ii.- oiiia tiaj; J i:ore tbe man again
t ailed Rt Cor Vy' rtndio. and when be
did, a strange lady btld cn to hi arm.
"I ninr-t have another eketch from
year hai-d. Copley." (lid be. "An ac-
i ient rief'll iuy te-on l wife; tbis lady
bi my third, cad abe baa come to have
her likeness includ'-d ia the family pic
tcie. "
Tbe painter introdared the likecewt
t,l wife No. 3. and tho man' eipreed
bini.-elf tatirled with tbe portrait of
bi three i'.,nFes. Dat the. lady remorj
dtriited. Never was each a thing bea-d
cf. Ilr i'redecei.wrs matt go. The
artist painted them at; then tbe tnn
Cisfated the price. Copley saed bi:n.
tTii Lit on. tbe fatnre Lord Lyndhnrrt.
tiaalized bis call to the bar by gaining
b. father's caas.
Toa Cam Bull Anrtalac.
A f nccerifal e-.perimtnt was made at
CoIan:b:a anivf r?i:y it boiling away a
Kilvtr diu.e. Tbe d;ia3 was trot in Etiipt
.ad laid :a tbe cap cf one of the car
1 cf lie arc light The pointed car
l.u f the arc was placed above thin
an l a ftrixir ccrrtat tamed on. Undtr
tbe iLtcnn; heat the dime melted, eiai
mered cd then Udled like water. In
i two miuut.n it bad boiled away into
vapor. PrefeHwT Pnpin, who condncted
tbe experiment, declared any eabtacce
on earth, even granite rock, may I
boiled away in similar fashion if only
nafilcieut beat in brocght to bear cn it.
lie also htat d that any gas or Ibinid
woaid fr"ezs if it could be eubiaitted to
Eafiiriiat coM
eewplimrali of a Corpse.
"I rpent one fuainier at an clwcnre
place in tbe Virginia njonntains." said
tiie bn-icers woman to me, "and I took
witb me a n:aid whose home was some
where near. One day she came tome
and atked for a day's leave. Issked ber
nbere she was going, and ahe very
proodly drew from ber pocket a sheet
of patr on which was written, witb a
tuperabandance of flourishes:
" Mis hidiaa Jackscn respectfully
rrtjnc st tbe Loner t.f your company at
the faii. r.-.l cf Mis Amanda Juliana
Jai:bw,u. Ftiday morning at 10 a. ni.
Com j liiiiintu cf tbectjrpee. " Wsmj
ingtoti Pit.
A Hare Test.
The r hoolmaster pnt tc bis clafs tbe
queftion: "Two jars cf gas, one con
taining nitrogen and one carbon di
oiide. are given. How may the gases
be ci.-crirninat' d ?"
One eaaer little pupil said: "Get a
n.;.!). and let him take a deep breath cf
b tb. When be gets the carbon dioxide.
l.e'11 die. That's tbe way to te!L"
The Trrssarc Care.
Dr. Nerro cf Turin has succeeded in
inrin 10i) cut of 113 caries cf sciatica
1 y Uii;it.-il prej-frre over the paicfcl
! part. The prrwnre is applied with ali
j-or-sihle f'.rce for 13 cr 0 seconds and
is teje2tcd f.T fame length cf time
after an interval of a few minate-s. In
iui.ny (awn nix treatments are all that
is l:ecc-!-aiy.
)alte a ide Ikgw.
Mi.-Mnri is said to be tbe beat circas
ftate in tbe Union. Tbis may account
for tbe pl a.-'ing tradition that a J.'ls
t'.nrian lias to be shewn. St Lonia
Glebe-Democrat
ttridea aad Wet Weather.
A Brte.n bride rather likes to hav? a
wet wedding; it b held to signify that
ail ber tears are cow shed and that she
will therefore have a bappy married
life. I know cf co similar belief in the
Britich isle
The Erza of Simbirsk call the day
before the wedding tbe weeping day.
and tbe bride and ber girl friends weep
all they can. with the idea, it would
seem, cf getting the mourning cf life
over so that enly joy may remain.
The Dadag.is cf the Neilgherries at
tain the same end by sensing the bride
wi;h water. Some Greek tribes have a
; similar belief in tbe virtue cf a drench
ing bringing good fortnne.
Took tho Same.
Lawyer You say that yon were in
the saloon at the time of the assault re
ferred to in the complaint T
Witness I was, sir.
Lawyer Did you take cognizance cf
the barkeeper at the time?
Witness I don't knew what be called
it bat I took wbat the rest did. Bos
ton Courier.
Cood l For Them.
Jhe (singing softly) "Wonld that I
bad the wings of a bird."
He Wbat earthly nse would they 1 e
to von. niT desir?
! .She I was jut planning the trini
' ruing for my spring bat Detroit Fne
Ire.s.
- Jnftice of the Peace (to bride's mother
i as the bridegroom btfitates with bis
"Yes"-Step a little farther lack,
madam. Toledo Bee.
j Belgian workmen are fond of cock
CTowicg competitions. The ether day
one well trained bird crowed no less
' than 4CS times in tbe course of an boar.
In rncient times many of the moun
tains cf Palertine were ttrrated. tad
i some cf these terraces still remain.
Ear rrtTt restk
Tie woji8 tcrriil alcg Adaras
rtrt-it fzxAA the Art itrtitttu on tbeir
wsv ti tbe Wcinan'i Encbre dai at
Handel ha'd.
"Jnt rtin in with me b re a n.in
n." said cce. "I've g .t to a
ptnrL"
Tie c!-rk tbcwe.1 a evliccti n cf
Iiancbes that raade Lolea cf varitns
hap-s.
"No." id tbe fhopper. "I wart
jaft a simple, round paacs thUsiieC"
Ar-d ?be ct-?ractfrl a card"jrd from
brr j.zikit that ahew! tit aiae cf tbe
jerf'-rati'-.-v
"tHo very wrU'" fai l the cl'tk. 4 Wc
have it Bat it's net railed for very cf
ten for private gan-t." Ar.d the far-ch
was troagbt cat and nod i-rcmptly.
The send w.man wondered bat
her friend wanteil cf that patticnlar
peneb. 1nt k-pt ber enrkcity to berelf.
Tbe game was exciting, and, as tb
friend is a good player, she w..n eirf.t
garnet. The second woman not.ced this
particclar'y. Bet wh-n tb see re card
were exhibit i-d tbe frien.1 bad 11 crf'it
mark punched in b;r scjre car.b The
ether woman saw then the wherefore
r.f the partit nlar pench they bad bocght.
Tbe friad lied won eight gacoes. an-1
tbn bad done a little punching -iin a
private pinch.
The prizes at those c!ab contents are
cjnite valaable. and the spirit cf gtn.;
blicg has leceine so pronounced arnon,'
some cf the t liyets tbat tb:y sre tot
atove res-orting to unfair means to caj -tnte
tb. xi. Chicago Inter Ocean.
ller Ktriiax C.owa.
It is nndeniable that foreign diplo
mats in Washington freejoently c 1
tbetij-Ive at a loes owing to the nov
elties pre-rtted to them by Arueriean
customs. Even the language c2e-rs d:l
cnltie. Ou'y tbe either day the Guatemalan
ni.'niftcT was ff-eakicg to S'.iiif Wa?b
inrt' n ladies cf whoit be regarded a
reinarfcable social experience met with
here at tbecapitih He had been invit
ed to an eftornecn ret-ej-tion.
"And d.) yoa know," be snii "the
hote-s received the gacrts in a night
gown!" '(Jfiod b-av n.1" replied the lad:-
to v. bom this information wa- a-'.-dr...d.
"Sart-ly yoa are joking. Mr.
Minister!"
"Not at all. I aenre vera." reit"rat.-l
th diplomat. "It was in ber nightdrt.--.
that we were received low neck ir.d
bare arms!"
"Oh. y..o mean evening drs, do yoa
ii.,t. Mr. Minivter?" tuggrtcd cne f
the ladies.
"Yea. that is what I mean," admit
ted Sec Ariiaga; "low neck and tire
anas. jnt like tbe coe-taiiie f. r tb
opera or llL"
A" may 1 imagined, the birch vr.s
at the niinirte-r's espnw. In Wai-bin r
tou ladies qcite commonly wear evcu
ing drees when giving afternoon recep
tions. Boston Herald.
Fendallsm la Ilaaaary.
lae.nc iva'.le as tb anachronism
may seera to the western mind, the
agrarian fyftem cf Hnn'ary has not y-t
issaed from tbe feadal form. The Hun
garian farmer cf tiday is virtually u
serf, botind to Lisma-ter, the hereditary
owner cf the soil which the jta-aat
fiiL-, isr the tangible tie of j-rie.i::.i
liability. Tlie Hnngnrian fen.lal I rd ct
today ia entitled to JW days' labor from
eacb dale adnlt who dwells cn bis land.
Tho seignior is at liberty to demand
this feadal contribution at whatever
time may seen best to him. with the
freqaent resclt that tbe tenant farmer
is employed in gathering bis master's
harvests while bis own crops ere rot
ting after a rainfall cr are being con
sumed by an early frost or suffer dam
age from cne cr more cf tbe many ri
sible causes which render dertrcctite
the slightest delay cn the part cf the
barvester in gathering the ft nits cf a
year's labor. S. Iran Tonjoro5 ia
Arena.
"Asbrs of Ana-els" tLf.
I onre knew an t?.tiiLatle lady who
in tbe absence cf ber cook undertook to
make a certain kind of cake. She took
"some" of one kind of ingredient, " lit
tle" cf another and "a small quantity"
cf something tl-e. To her delijrht ar.d
surp rise, the result was a cake of which
ueitl.T the nor any one els" had ever
hefcrd. It was an entirely new rake aad
an extremely delicious one. Prond cf
her achievement, tbe lady gave the cake
the beautiful and poetic name of "a.-hes
cf angel.-." and cn the very next occa
sion when tbe absence cf her cook made
it possible for her to ventnre into ber
kitchen she tried to repeat her success.
This event happened ia the year 1 S"-3.
and ever since that date tbe nnfortunat ?
lady has Ken vainly trying to reprc
dncehir w, .nderfnl cskf". She has nevr
on s:iccefcd-i. rlthongh fbe ha- made
at lea-t 2 MO dilTerent varieties of cske
and pndding, each one cf which bus
been more deadly than tbe other. She
is f till boj ing that one of these diiys
she may bit npen ber "ashes; of angebs"
again, bnt as that cake was purely the
result tf chance the prosiect tbat she
will le abb; to make it a second time is
not bright W. L. AHen-in Peirson's
Magazine.
Not So Bad.
Dottv Tiiimble nifhed np the stairs
to Lac y Cleary'sroom and burst through
the dnr.
"He i.n't each a fooL after ell!" the
exclaimed.
"Who isn't?" asked Lucy wondcr
ingly. "lhat Gra!J Thoinp.,n. "
Lncy's lipcurl.L "What makes yoa
think so?" rdie asked.
" 'Caae he kept ns all gneseing for
three hour? at Maria Eveson's library
party last night."
"1 id be! How?"
"Ik came in with a bicycle lock tied
cn bis hhoe. "
"What did tbat mean?"
"That's what noae cf ns could make
oat nntil it was time to go, and then
Le told ns and it was so simple he made
usfcl! feel like fools."
"What book was it that be represent
ed?" "Locke (n the Unman Understand
ing.' He's coming over tocail tomorrow
night" Detroit Free Press.
A Bel I (rose Yonth.
Tie boy is still father to the man. A
certain imminent political bugler,
who. lil;e the British tar in "Pinafore."
is evT reaiy with his C-ts. showed bis
pnirillstic- tate at an early eg".
The r-t c5:iy be went to school the
family were, of conrse, anxious to know
bis ir. predion of the new occupation.
"Well Sammy." said bis father,
"what did yoa learn on your first day at
school i"
Straighteuing , np and a-.snming a
liel.icsjse attitude. Sam replied, "Father,
I learned I can lick every boy in my
clat-s."
A few clays later his love cf pngilism
and fri-qa.-.nt battles led to bis expul
sion. He tame home tbat day and sur
prised Lis goisJ mother with the remark,
"Y.'ell. not ber. thank the Lord, I have
been tnravd oat!" Cleveland Plain
Deiler.
Archery la a Cltr'a Streets,
The military ttndents of Tnng-Chon
are a cc-nspicoocs nuisance. They have
a way cf using on of the main streets
in tbe city as a convenient spot for
practicing archery, and we have been
repeatedly obliged to edge np to the ex
treme edge of the footpath to avoid
posil le eccentric flights of arrows.
Characteristic-ally it never occurs to
theai to suspend operations for others'
safety :r convenience, and minor acci
tleritmcst not be uncommon.
A lad was brought to the hospital tie
other day who bad been struck by an
if" jnst below the eye as be was edg
ing t.b)ng tho highway. He was net
badly bnrt and probably regarded Lis
injiry as incidental to tbe ordinary
h-L-scf travel oa citr streets. Not :b
Chin Herald,
Cask CkeTers.
It i gectrali suppwi-J last tbe ser
.?nts exhibited I y nke ehixiers b.v
Ixea deprived of ti. :r fangs, and thu
isd. at-tW e-ften the cae. wbi one
B'tarjce tt 1-a't is r-r-ietl in which
tbe tfc.arh of the osake bad It-b eewe-1
U c-lyr to prevt at it from lititg.
Tb wti'cr BTtici et the Ceyi a n
h:b::i :3. gitea rom- ysr? ago :n Lt.n
d fi. tbat ..-atf cf tba fccVa charmers
fialxg tbeo lTa be was ex'ci'f itln; l
c taing too lively and agre.-tve, -iiel
tb; z:i Uli hv tbe Ee-k and tbrort it
Li--.!y in V-ibe trts'A rvnl li.-k-tia
v.hiih it ws-carri-d. at tbe Mae time
pr.-bing it with a Toltn-itKs white
cloth atLkh it lit saag-!y. Having
aimt i loses! tbe lid f tbe Usk.-t. the
an drew awsy ths clol'a violently,
tba? dv.ntti drawing out the fans
wbi. t. were fa-tru-d in it. He then se
caredtae lisk-t an-1 rarri-d itaay.
This, t-f course, te.iaiie.1 a Uiz-- aao-r.at
cf cool courage as well n great ;aicfc-i--
i f h.-nd txd eye, all f-f which quali
ties rau.-t b doubly neceR-Ary in cap-tnrir-g
end taming these deadly r-rt:W
Bnt if we ar- a3t:ni.-hed tt tbe sill
and deiteTity di.-pdayed 1-y Indian stik
charmer, slill more toa.-t we mirvel at
tbe bard:b' J cf the American Iadiats.
w'u.j. in their nak dance, n t tniy
handle tbe deadly rattlesnake with im
punity, bat abs-jlatejy tarry it abont in
their nsenths. Westminster Review.
Theater Tieteta.
Tbi? f-ct tbat a ticket Lniilt for a
th-ater and not nsed on tbe date stamp
ed cii it is always gexl f..r an admit
tance i- not geceraliy known aud prob
thlv theater managers wonld uke very
litti- trocble to fj.read knowledge of
I- the fact, bat it is nevertheless; trne.
"A n.En who bays a reserved seat fur
a theater, "said a theater treasurer who
I Land! nx.re ti krts every as u than
any e.tbtr in New York, "may aot nsa
it en th- evening for which be boagbt
it- 'G-1 f. r tbis date only' mar be
t..ni-d i t. tbe pasteljird. That wcall
festa to mean that the ticket cctld ba
u-ed at no ether time. Prolally nxs-t
f tbe pr.biio accept that as proviag tbe
impes-;' ility of irakitg n-e t.f the tick
et, i.r..i tbeif f. re few n.ake any attempt
to ret the worth t-f their mony whn
thr tre jrevecte-J ly any can from
n-ir tbe ticket cn the date marked on
it Bat it eonld be prrs-xttd at ar.y
time and would bo g.-d for an adxii:
sion. "Any theater mansg-r would have
to r-tognize the b-Jd-r's right t eiifr
tbe theater, although that wocld. of
conrse, earty with it no right t tbe
seat. It is tbat right which i- limited
ly the printed date. For all other pcr
tbe t'uket i qaitj as good a- if
nsel cn tbe date it bears." New York
fon.
Reckless CKrai asanrr.
S rator H..r is tot a ftirsy mn.
bnt hp Lioks cat f .r the pennies. He
wss rioitg i n a street car one dny, re
lates n Warhington cirre-ritind"nt, pr:d
bad ja-t (;mpi.'ted a transaction with
the rondnttor luvedving the payment cf
a cjnarter cf a dollar f.r six car tickets
4 on!.- a ticket when n ac
qaaintatice got cn i-.'ird and to :V tl.e
s-at next Ij him. The acquaintance
ban.l. d the conductor a nickel and
tar:., d to ,peu np a tonver-ation with
tbe ?d.-' -fac linx-tti senatiir. Tbe ser..'tr
fidg'-t.-d in Lis te-at a minute 8nd thi-a
brck" ia with tbe remark, "I au gla 1
to see tbat yon are prosperous. "
"Pr:--perocs:" exiilairaed the ctii'r
man. "Why. I am pocr as a chcrch
n:03?e ;
"Exca.se me; I thcr.ght yon rauft be
rich. I am comfortably well off myself,
but I have never felt that I conld afford
t. pay 5 cents for a ride in a street ear
when I ecu Id get six rides for a quar
ter." Mast Be Barbers and Mastrlaaa.
There is a barber shop in an np town
avenue in New Ycrk where music g" s
with every tha v?. Never a barber i hired
there who cannot twinkle tbe sweet
mandolin cr plank the dreamy gnitar.
Tbe gentleman who can play on no in
strument but the razer and the shears
has no welcome in this tentorial parlor,
f.r tbe bossj batbe-r is musical and loves
tJ mingle celestial strains witb the tor
tare of thelarcxr chair. Whenever a
chair is vacant the attendant genins
tits him dewn and performs on bis fj
torite imtruinent.
Had t l oritollea It.
The ward heelrr. with whom the am
bitions pc litieisn bad been in consulta
tion an hour or more, shock Lis Lead
slow ly.
"I don't know bow it will tarn oat,"
he said. "Bnt I'll do the best I can f. r
yoa. How about the liquor qne-tiou?"
"I was al-nt to ask it," replied th;
ambitions js.litieian. "Wbat'll jo'i
taket" Chicago Tribune.
The lafiMltr of Space.
"Among tbe photographs yoa Lave
seen." said Sir Bolert Balb "there are
stars so far distant from this earth that
if the glad tidings cf that first Christ
mas years ago had been dispatch
ed then ly an electric current which
could tpeed seve n times round oar glols?
between every two ticks cf the clock
they would not ye t have received them."
Forrthoaeht.
"Amanda." said tbe husband cf the
soon to be widowed young wife, "my
last request ia thst yon will not lei any
body know there is a large insurance
cn my life. 1 want yoa to live in cn
(jis.tuibcd enjoy ir.ent of it for a few
yeais it hast." Chicago Tribune.
Where Mm Hare the Advaatace.
Interesting Lady Patient Doctor,
wbat do jou do when yoa lutu yocr
month with hot ccflee?
I-r. Finj;trfec Swear. P.oxbnry
Gazette.
Promotion.
"Miss Mary, are yen sorry that yonr
sister Evelyn is married t"
"No. it advances me one number. "
Chicago Record.
Para's Fcarfal Wrltlaa.
James P?yn'a chirography is some
thing fearful to contemplate. It is sim
ply execrable. The Academy tells a nice
story about Payn'g "bewildering band
writing.' Miss Jane Barlow sent a
poem as a first contribution to The
(lornbill when Patn was its editor.
Think cf the lady receiving a brief l.r?
which she interpreted as follows: "1
bate no use for silly vetse."
Of course Miss Barlow indulged in
copioas tears. There never was aneh cn
ill mannered snnrc Then she com
menced to study the scrawL Now came
a kbaui of light for ahe dimly made
i.nt wbat it realiy was. "I hope to nae
yocr putty verses."
Alas, when yon ere, as a poet, "de
clined with thanks." there is today no
possibility f error, for the fatal missive
is always typewritten.
. I'rnialae Feat a res.
"While woman may have her face cn
the dollar. " said the corufud philoso
pher, looting thoughtfully at the coin,
"yet. to tell tbe truth, she is more apt
to have her eye on tbe 38 cents." In
dianunoliit Jonrtisl
Yratared So Opinion.
"What's the matter with yon?" ask
ed the friend.
"I haven't the least idea." answered
the very cynical invalid. "The sr.i
geons are going to operate for appendi
citis" Washington Star.
. .o Mora Credit.
Mrs. Pprndall Yon look worried. Li
It because yon are so deeply in debt ?
.t. Sp.et.dall (shmmily; No. It 's be
cnase I crrn't get any dee pvr. New
York- Wcfklt.
That's All.
. Bill Did yoa ever fhoot at clay pi-
KeoilB ?
G.ll Oh. yes. I've shot at thva
YcLadtl Fl.lte-.!..il..
ne Want Poat.
Op-Ie23 teZi a f:cy rrcrr ef
c-.lreJ a. a wh aid toaivei ti-e I--
tiaiLe c-ukl tr t a p. a-i,.n frm the
gc-vemriient H- went t- P-t..
ag-nt tol-r.m wb.t -t-i-i itw...nl! M
tB-cessfarT f -r h:m V? tke t-lnr:gal.at
liie d.-ire-l result
VeT- j ti really in tbe aray. fvtai ?'
a.-.k-itbiar-x.
"Yas. t-ai. I.oi! I wx- sah- I w"
in de arii.y f - r more a a year. t:,h."
"Wht rei-iaen; were yon its. J.m ?"
"Waab n. I d. n t jart thjs ailnr.t
t--. trirvare-r. bnt I'zo r1-' tlrlsg
y-a ail it r:"- i l dt tjr" lr'in
3e matter."
Bat v..i sarely re'if -ml- r wh-.m y-n
were with, Sam?"'
"Oh. ye -2i! I iwerutacaleT dit
at! riri.t I WS Vri 1 aT TvU2 naStCT. "
"Oh. then yoa were ia tae Cnfed-.r-It
army, were yoa Z " j
"Yw sah. yaA tuh." i
"Yi'ere ym ev-.T woande-x Sim ?"
"Ya- sch; indeed I w a-. Se lat
arar. sab ? I g t cat sear ia tie army,
sab. "
"Whiit w it bit yoa. Sam?"
"Wa-L sili. it kh a skillet, sah. In
dce.1 it was. A big iron skillet 5.h-"
"Now see here. S-im. what ci-axee
can voa have to sr-t a p-'r-don? Ia the
fimplff yoa v-ere in the Coaf--ra?
army. and"tb-n tbe only woac l 7r'r T
ceive.1 anyway waa frra a skill t
What in the world has oar government
g-jt to 1 with yir ca-?"
"Wat!, siilt. it tvas a governnient
siUIct. salt " CLirigo Tiiuc-Il r.iil
A Womaa's War.
"Hre is m-thing tlat I w-.aM liLe
to approa-'u very gently." said Mr.
StoggbUck. "so a n ,-t to rive any cf-fea-e.
"The new woman wanti b-r rights
and her privileges, too. and as a matter
t-f fact I tin very cad she doe- cling t
her privilfg.-. and I b.-pe sh? always
will v. Licit means tbat I hope? h- U
stay a v.-otun. B -.t tb- way in wbi- h
she" mixs Ler riirl ts and priviie-s up
is sometime a ht'Je cca'asing. For in
stance: "Wb. n waiirg zl eg tb sidewalk
woman holds b -r conr- and V-t-s the
nan tarn oat and she doe this jt.-t
the s.n;e d-.wa t-.tm in th ba-:st
ftr-ets as she wonld in a cala end qr.irt
r'-sid- nce hm t Yoa might think tlat
a bn.-ineso woman working among bnsi
nesa an in a bn-lnes part ef tbe town
t t.',.t,t n,:-iet r!:eth.,l- in fViTV-
thing. and trust when yon net her ia j
the street sh would Tarn to the right
as yon do and as all an d. cat st.. ;
d-esn't. She holds her c .ar-e, whieh is
very likely t benh ng tbe inner side of
the walk, and ex; ,-ts yoa to t-.m .r.t ,
f ,x her. even if it carries yoa to tbe? left ,
instead tt to the right She d--n't -care
alout that I
"No matt.-r who she may 1 or where
yoa meet her wo-j'.aa erjects man to
tam cat for mis' td I ho;e she always
wilL" NV; York Sam
lasaaltr'a lcbt to Medical Sctcacc.
Inati!' is now recuguizcl as a d.s
eae wbi "h is the r.-salt of some fna
tional or organic d:starln.nce of the
l-ainor-f s.iae injiryor ma'.f'.nna'i. n
cf trat crsan. Be it said 1 the ever
lasting credit of mesiical wien." tlat it
has rex-aed the whole sabject ct the .lis
ea-se-of tbe brain and n rvoas f ysteia
from tber..g:c n of myth and sx petition
and pbjce.1 it en a scientific pane along
with the other di-ea-es and injuries U
srLich human flh is heir.
Thetld lunatic asylnrns and the filthy
ie!ls of the county jail with all their
borrnrs where the victims cf dethroned
reason rsed to be conSnel and tortured
Lave bce-n alioiished and in their place
we now have the modern ho.ital for
the insane, and it stands on the same
footing in every respect & a hospital
for disea-'' of the eye and ear or cny
other medical specialty. It was not the
chnrches. bat medical sc-ience. inspired
by a dc-sire to leenefit maukin b which
taught tbe World tbat tbe insane ar
enr brothers still and that to them is
dac- tbe same Christian charity and catv
as to any others in distress. TJr. Jba
Girdner in North American Review.
A Bit of Ribboa.
A London paper tells this ste.ry of the
final signing of the Spe.nish-American
I-ace treaty : "Every diptamatic ia-tra
ment lars a seal from which depends a
ribbeia. ar.d when the seal was about to
t a5ixed U the treaty the ce-maiiion-ers,
loth of Spain and America, ex
pressed a d-.ire. in graceful acknowl
elgment of the coartesy shown by
France, tlat tiie dependent ribbon
fhonld be triculored. Search was forth
with made high and low in the Qoai
d'Orsay. with the result that in the for
eign office of the French republic not a
bit of ribbon cf the French colors coal 1
be foun.L
"At this c ritical jane-tare a brilliant
inspiration flashed acrocra one of the
heads of the dejiarti.u nt Go. " ho said
to a messenger, 'to M. X . the con
fectioner, in tbe Rne St Honore, for a
pound cf chocolate cakes and be sare
yon ask Lim to tie them np with a tri
color ribbon. With thi'.t bit of conf.-c-tiont?r's
ribiion the treaty cf peace be-twea-n
Spain and the United States was
fcialed."
llamora of Speech.
"Cooia ont o' tlat !" thouted an irate
bnt zeaioas churchwarden in a rural
district to some urchins who were play
ing marbles against the church door.
"I'll let passon know how ye dessieate
the holy place. " This word forms a
common stnnibling block. A grocer once
informed n that people from qnite the
respectable causes not infre-qneutl;
asked Lim for desecrated soup. Corn
Liil Magazine
"The Hoot of Datcroaomy."
A n rvor.s enrate the ether day nn
uon need from the reading desk. "Here
beginneth tbe i;econd chapter cf the
dake cf liocteroncmy." His vicr
looked severely at biui. and the young
man blu-hed. toughtd and repcatt-d.
"The boct of Dnkerouomy. "
Tbero nmst have been germs of inis-proaanci.-'.tiou
larking in the air. for at
a later ppriod iu tbe eervic-e the vicar
read oat. "I pnbli.-h the manns cf bar
riae." etc.
The curate beamed with sati-.-faction
in spite of the solemnity cf the occa
sion. Household Words.
Exile Xeeeaaarr.
Doctor Yonr husband most Lave
complete rest.
Wife I know it I talk to Lim seven
or eight hours every day so as to keep
his mind off business.
Doctor On second thought madam.
I conclude tbat the one chance for yonr
bn.hand i- to take him to the hospital
with instructions that no cne bat the
trained nnrse and myself be admitted.
-Detroit Free Press.
Arab Masle.
Arab music has been described as the
singing of a prima donna who has rup
tured ber voice in trying to sing a dnct
with herself. Each ncte starts from
i .mewbere between a sharp and a Cat
Lot does not stop even there, and splits
np into four or more portions, of which
no person can be? expected to catch more
than one at a time.
Wasted (.raiteai,
"Men are so stupid."
"Why do yoa say that?"
"We paid 300 for our parlor furni
ture, and my bnsbnnd wants me to keep
the window shaded pulled down at
night 'Chicago Record.
Aa I'ndeslraMe Dlatlactlon.
Mae Why did yen let him kiss yon?
Ethel I didn't want lo be the only
girl be bad never kUatd. New York
! JoarnaL
Ai-a u s-
E:km:.okaii, Au , Nov. 9. A solid
Demwrsf.c vongr. a-ional del. gauon
was elected fnaii Alabama, Geaerau
Joseph V. be I t was unanimously
elected in tho Liht i, not a vot; being
c&a; a0atns; h.a.
TESTS PATIENCE.
Patlcr.t Pcrp!
Mas!
Ar r.oyincc at Tiro.
" k .
p"tV;r.j leli tl-.' - f" 'r'zf
A.I -ji ' ' yea s .;-' -
A t sc.: i' k-.- ' i-e.
.c 1 cs. V-ra '. -:ef.
I..:'-::!:: I
i. x. r.r ', i-'.'-i :' ', st-
tr-.-.
S:.!. -W.--T - if ":f i
l'f.p'e ,-e-,.5 t'T ,
i ,.;-.' S tt -e- -A - '- -st
f--o ol ,"-f -i-'- i'-B ' Ofirc-rt
m-a kit f u:t.e.t !
ttc a.
Mr I. 'J cfS:?Co.x-cereer.
Ca-a". '-" , ' J.. dca'tr ' ,
and tr.J-.C-1 :.:t:iuea:?, - "'
C i-ir tui ti ' .fr.'.:.',9 cr i rsik-o-'
c' ! .e ( :;. ailed 7 !f"er
.. i .-..i iV.ki Loar.'j 'i.:T.eiJt
-.dcsno .r .'g 'a it er.
: d ii ia i!.ible
.r. Lad used It
wl, soach r-'.ri rl h.sfcN of r
Cj;a-.: Si-.-. Prov irxj a boa. an p'i
eat:oc or too stopped tie f.cfc'r- a .d f.o..
ctiri op 'he ir.:Uie.J t'.icrs. It hz-i
U'.len u;t rs i.t aoi or. wj ,
bet eol a U-C! of it ren..r.-i. Iwa i
O a'xen! c-i ot 6?',r.ii cf.rfi, fcf it
ti'fl ire if r twerT-.a'.j eie is.'.d."
Ioir.'s O .stmii. by s'.i d?a':e-s.
I',;.. cr:e per box. Ma.ri or. rect.D'.
,,fy.. f .j i r.-t: M .aira Co . B.?o. N.
Y.' Sole a;e-.-: er , IJ. S kruakei
tie oane L.-.a9' ie to ottet.
Assart Lltlls Cirl.
A little sriawho La j---t ent reei
achool j ibiian-ly an- acc--l tih r fa
ther tlat she Lid I- ai-.n all thi
al-.veb -riu tb.? a-.rbaetic cha axd
gt.ee to the t p.
"TL.t vjs chrv.rtf y.'a," said be
rnconryauigiy. "Ho' wis it?"
Well. Tv-t s-e. the t-j.-be-r a.-k' 1 the
fi:! at the h -a i h.'jv atch was ? ar. 1
5. cad tb ili la t know cnl sai l 12.
rxd the a r.: girl f-id 9. and the nut
int? s;;i ! II. aol the n -it one -J.:d 1L
Sach silly ansv.rrs! Then tb- U-a:b. r
asieJ ia-. and I said 13. and she t-ld
ae to g t-'L 'Coarse jj ws 1Z. "
"Tbat wm nice." s.iid tbe fatlie-r. "I
didn't think y n covll a ! J s-j well
How did y.'i kn.j-x it ws 13?"
"Why. 1 gjea.-.-! it NoCjdy feid
13." Pudr-on's WV-'kly.
The l.lb-rioas -Tlic- Say."
Tbe one tvrui "they s.;y" b rp-.n-ti!.
l f r cite- tent as e.f tbe lie-.: which
r--pe-t:ti..n and familiarity finally con
vert into so- ingiy b,na aJ-j evidence.
("ne1 n.-ia!ly hears an exciting bit of
aslp L-achjd fotth wi:a the Words,
whiie at the saae time the s-aker
a-iroit.y shieLIs bti self by decaringthat
jH-rconaiiy she ei.xse not know it to !
tree. Th man or woa.-.a wh. thus
scrc-e-ns Liaseif cr Ler-c-if is nothing
short .f a coward. J-sephine Ilili iu
Wcaan's Ilat; Coapanioa
rurrral Litcratarc.
"Yon are pr-. paring a new edition ti
your j -polar novel." sid the callt-r.
"I a:.u" replied the novrli.-t
"Weil. I have a proposition by which
we may Lotl; taake rae.-ne-y. Wb-.-re yon
Any. 'r-be filled ber lips to Li-i.' why
tot pAX a-:ng Stycker's celebrated
glue?' " Phibi-lelpbii North Ameri
can. "De trouble wif sr.me men iat knows
a bean." sj:d Vncle Eben. "Ls dat dev
b.ib se h a pusitive way o' tellin it dat
j dey nakes fclks too mad to Lsten. "
Washington star.
"Many a man," encs raid Phillips
Erects, "can say, 'I did the things my
father t..l 1 me, bnt the man I am my
aotKr made Et' "
Tbe rt da 1 kao-.vn to have tak. n
f.'ace np'n Aa.e-rie-an soil occurred in
ISoO. whenEdard Doty and EJwatd
Leister, servants cf a New Era-land
colonist nan:ed Hopkins, fongbt ovtr
is-me trifling taitter with s words. Nei
ther was serioua.'y injnre.j, br.t l..:b
wtTe severely punished by the prcvin
tial anthoriti.-s.
TD EX N Y L V A 1 A RAlLP.OAI
rsareaa itahikkd Tistc
IN EFFECT JUNE 27, I8S8.
00!DXeKB scHKacna.
Trains arrive in4 depart frocu l&otalloa
i.iciiieuiwo a fuijows :
WTTAD.
Wesierr Kipre-s.
S vreule,-Kx ir-iu
lhDstown Af5c-ij.Tjin:s!.it:in..
Jortrirtwi, Ac-ooiiiifKiaUau
I'n.rlrle xpreM
Wjjy PYe-iir........,
1 'l I c-L.U rv KiiirKn.. .
Wil
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t am Line..
n -
JuliiMlucii Aci-oiaiotidauon . r.:ii
Atlantic .Tnr.
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p.
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7:1 1 "
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Aitooua Ac , ui:iM.1.nLion
. y Express .
'aia m
cxialiou
Kipress
Joaasu.wn Aceotan.islatioa
Phii.-MlelptlUt Elpiv
Fast Lim ....
SOMEnsFTT market p.i?ar
COaKECTCa WtttLI BY
Cook & Beerits,
(pel bu
Anplese dnej, X.
(vaporated t
Apple liu'ier.rr sa
j rll. per k .
Bctler.V frer-i: -,; p-r ft ..
(cfvarnery," per fc...
ceeswaz per s . ir
.country hum, pet lb to a-
Bacon.-' :;'Pr5a.r'"i' ' -i
. ilu., p-r t ft to v.-
ti..ulJer. per lb ..I a se
n... fwbiup inkjr. per bus am-
1 Luca, p--r v
f- 5 s-r-etl. per
I rRlslcl, pel
t-er . . a to i-
rt ! 1 un.V-rUoJ, per bbi 51.0.1 to l.j'
ce m v j lliT,uai m-rCw to .i 1o a ,
C'ommeal, ier t
p-i du I'JC
rtb. lake bemntt. H h', .- ;:':
Honey, white clover,'
Ijenl, per S T Ki
IJi:ie,perbbl . ..1..
Moleii, N.O., per rl . Mk
tinlons. per ! 7 to '.
f"utloea. per ba. ..
reticlies. evr.porIel, per B ji to
Praues. per . k lo lir
IN. Y..nerbbl , .f,. ;
I PUtsbur. per bbl m.
8fc.lt, J itniry, i bus Lu kj 2V
1 " S " " 0.JC
I " t '- &. - a
irroond alum. Iso t sueks
maple, per to Ttose
imported yeiiow, per a. ... .v
Husar. -j white, A. per 5,l-t'1r
fr-nuUted. per ft
uiie. or puiverizeU, per s.
Htonewsn;. jfj.iloa ..
T.I low. per . 3 to
Vine-gar. per '. in or
f linaotliy.per bus . fj.-jO
! clover, per bus ..... ...)
J cr:nin, per bu 4
aitMl,pr l.ua ,
" alsyke, per bus 7.,
erraan, per bus 1 n,
I -artry, wtille beanliesa , per bus. 1 :V.
I bucka-beat, per ba. ti
Uraln 1 corn ahelled, per bus r Ut t v
i occta. per bu ;i to r&s-
t rye, per bus
A Feed I a best, per bus tisc
I brao. f-r lit tm h .
corn and oats chop, per LO . n
flour, roller process. per btil 3 n,
p.,,.. I spniic paced and unev
Floor. , (ch .rd. t(
(flour, lover rrads per lsO.l;iit,j
MiddiliJa- J whlia, r r lou s. h
Mma 1 red, per 1U0
l ...
IV
CONDENSED TIME TABLES.
Baltimore and Ohio Ba,i)ro
Somersat and C-mbria Srsnch.
"tawiKi
Jobnsloarn Mail Eirtres-. RVwo1 1! !0 a,
m Somerset U :, iso5e:iwri fil, Hooe
ersville l.-ui, Jobnolown l.-uo p. m.
.Iobntoa Aeeoinm'x1'.lan. Rock wood V15
p. tn., Soniero-t iiil S!oys.t.wi o? Uoeiv.
ravlllfo la, John-too-n Vvi.
jorTUWikii.
Mall. Johnstown SsiOa.tn..HooTerT.l!e a-l
iU''U,WU ,'""a, t4om":fel iv oc-'XhI
Exp- Johr.xtowo I 20 p. m., Honverarl'le
ai. tovsslown ioa. .Somerset , K.--wroj
fcli.
Iliy.
F. I). CX&FRWiiOn.
D. B. MAItTIN lM-neal MaD-icer
PaM.-i.zerTn.ffie M.iua(er.
ISnyders Pharmacyj;
S it re.-nires a goo-J wlecletl slock ac-1 a near! arr--t ;
ad room to do a brLik bajiaeia. -I
B WE HAVE BOTH OF TI1EM. I
i it:
T Uiv jAvw
Sa" fresh and V'Md cocdltioa.
g Prescription
wc ga.re to Lave it. Yoa
JT
0pLlC3.I GOOdS Call asd have your e;: tJ ?
H Treses Filled. All of tbe 1t and mo.-t approve ! T- ;T
kept ia stot k. Satisfaction guaranteci
JOHN N. SNYDER, ";
Dru?ist. . SOXIKIKT.Pa. ij
iUU-iliiiiiUWUiiiai-iiiiii
Louthefs
Main Street, Somerset, Pa.
Th H:dsi lizg St:rcis Karidiv 2:::c i&
FEESH . AHD . PURE . DRUGS
ITfdicincs, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, In
Supporters, Toihi Articles.
Perf umes. &c
tb n.Tox c-:v rcscAS. attttiot To tei copvr--.N or
Loate's PrescriptelFasil! lm
eacAT caa aii.tcj tak-ji to
PFCTArVFS
n 4 Full L-,iie of Opti-fci Goods alwajs on fcan-1 t-V -
larjre a-ortent all can be rui:el.
TBE FIEEST BBilHBS 0? CIGAES
lway on hand It ia always a pleatire 'c di.plny cur
vjtncliig purcbasera, whfth?r h rir"
froia H9 or elsewher-.
J. M. LOUTHER V3. O
N!A1N STREET SOMERSET.
Somerset
LVi
ELIAS CTJNnInGIJAM.
htirur Acrrara ass riaai-ra ask Vholiu ad Ritai: ii or
Lumber and Building Tilatenals
Hard and Soit Wood?,
Oak, Poplar, Sidings, Pickett, Ma-!"''
M hIuiiI, Yellow Pine, Flooring, Ksu,h, MsrKiA
Cherry, fehlngie. Doors, Balniter. ( bestna,
l-attt, , hllPlBe Blinds, Xeweirosts, l ie.
A general Uneof all gT te cf Loir. ber and Balljln, ateris) and Roo -''. 'P
atock. Also. cD furnish aayUiir. In the Uneof our buniae-a toor.lr. . ui rt.
bl prompuieaa, auch.aA Brackets, odd-died, work,e'.c.
Elias Cunningham,
Offlce and Tar. Opposite S. k C K.
NEARLY
Fiftv-eight
SSc,t
acknowledged tha cMintry over as tho leadin National Family Ne-FfI'r-
ReenBnij!njr its vala.- to tb.e who desire all the news of tbe Sate n-l
publishers of Tn K SoMrnsrr IIehald, (your own favorite home j'ir"r '"'''"'j
into an ahi.-ince with "The New-York Tribune?" w hi -h eiiabies tbeiu f..rL llv
paners a! the trirlinj e-t of if) per yeiir. g.
Every fanner and every iliaer e to hitiisolf. to bis fmiiily, '" tb'
mur.ity in which he lives a ce rdiai support eif hi.s local nepa; er. 'is it ''r,,
Htantly and untiring! for bis intreita ia every way, bring to bis ll0nl , . ,
news end happening or bi neiirhlxirhc-vi. the doing-t of h: friend-. ,
and prepeeu for dilfereut ero. the prices in home markets, and, m b'
weekly visiu.r which ahoulJ t found in every -tide awake, pr. re-i fa"" -'
Jut think of it! B.h f these pi)er- for only $Z CO a yer.
sud ail orders to THEHE3ALO, sovcm.ct. p.
IT WILL PAY YOU
TO BUT TOCB
Uemorial Work
WM. F. SHAFFER,
8e)MER-ET. PESyA.
Manula.ua rvr of and Dealer In
Eastern Work FttraUn-i oa gkort NoUc
WA 113 HiHU III
Also. Acent tor the WHITE BllONZJE I
,PirV? .n ?', of Monument Wori r
tl it l lr;lr la-.-rei tj oU at irw sho
"l' Proper clutin, will be r-veu tUsrn
ae . v 1 1 t ii iilh w . 9 na
IbV" ''"r- '""iV'i-i'.iii'.iwl
Whlta 8rn, Or Pur Zlrm Monuwact,.
o-.l it'I ir Ht. V. 4. fti ax. a
I ti r, .-.i a th- pl-t 0f Ht-n..l aa
C i-.r loti-n, in 1 which isdi.usd a be
'Oi'ns'ab ',r ir ""-
Vm. F. Shaffer,
J
tartf tine; ct viz lu , p. y.
In the wij cf
a noUueriSj? n
axe always sure of ge::; e
asia'i
Drug Sta
rsz ot rs-a x9 rem AST:;-rc
KTE-HT-ASSES
K. SUtioa,
Year Old!!!
l:'s a lone life, but dev. a n :
intAre.t.4 sn.l nretrteritr of ,e A.'
i.'J
People ha wou fr i: ne ir.i-u-' '
yn rolled by and the original nieniW-'
ita family passed lo their r -!. 'j8
a.lmirers are loyal and slea.i
with faith in it- t-bnt.s. and ''"tX'i'wt,
the icfttnatt.'.n hich it 1 tirs- 10 !'"
homes acdTiresi les. .
As a natural corsfqiif r e il f'.'"'
old ax all tbe vitality ar.d t r "' ,
flrengtbened and ripened 1 tueft;-1'"
of over half a century.
It bus lived ou its H.erits. a:: 1 oa
dial support of propres.-ive Aner:-'; .
It ia "Th New-York Weekly Tr:W-
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