VOL. XXXIII
UnoflltAii'o FALL AND WINTER SHOES
n UoCl lull 0 An La ~ fu '
WE SHOW YOU
More Stylish, Servicable. Lower Priced Footwear
Than Any Other Shoe House in Town Besides
The Greatest Variety to Chose From.
You can examine every particle that goes to make this line o. roI P T t * le
bottom up. We show them in everv style of toe—Bui Dog. Razor Net-die an< L*jn
don, Double Sole ami Extension Edge. They are up-to-date. Patent Leather,
Enamel, Cordovan, Willow Tan Calf
Besides this line our Men's Working and
Dress Shoes at SI.OO, sl*2s, f r 50, J2.00 and
(2.50 are great values and find ready sale. J
Boys and Girls J Set 001 Shoes—Made
strong, servicable, stylish, heel or spring. fi/ I
They are water and cold resisters; they will V"-,
carry a boy or girl a long road to school. St /-TV Y|.
We have them in oil grain, kangaroo, box oj,
and crack-proof calf, kip, unlined, veal calf, f V.
in butto.i and lace, at 75c, ji.oo, f 1.25, $1.40,
and 1.50.
Ladies Fine Shoes in all the newest las*.s, i
all widths,at 85c, SI.OO, $1.25, $1.50, |2.00, , £
$2.50 *3 00. See our welts, heavy soles, at \\. \v r —■ J]
12.00, *'? 50 and 13.00. * ': W
Led irs'Warm Shoes and Slippers, flannel ■ t 'j^Vl!
line«l, at 45c, 50c, 75c, ft. oo and 11.25. \ —1
They ;re Crumbs of Comfort. \ M "** ~ >J_'/
Men's and Boys' Boots and Heavy Shoes,
high or low instep, box toe or plain. Men's
at 75-. SI.OO f 1.25, ?i.50, $2.00 and 12.50.
Boys' at 75c, |i.oo, f 1.25 and $1.50. cTCc» '
If ycu war.t good, servicable Footwear ht one price and
where your dollar will buy as much as your
neighbor's dollar will, go to
-Header's Leading Shoe Housed
Opp. Hotel Lowry.
B. C. HUSELTON.
BICKEL'S 12S Sonth Main M.
We Have Moved^
into oui new store-room with a large stock of all the latest styles
in Fall and Winter Footwear, our large stock was never so large as at present. Ow
ing to the large orders which we placed with the manufacturers, we bought our
stock lower than ever before and can sell you good valuable footwear much lower
than ever before offered. Oi.r large store offers many accomodations, seven experi
enced salesmen in attendance A stock twice as large as before to select from, a
stock of all new goods fr» sh from factory including all the latest and up to date
styles.
Full Stock of
Rubber goods of all kinds. Full stock of Felt and Knit
boots with either leather or rubber overs, warm lined shoes of all kinds, leggins in
all sizes. Large stock of Ladies, Misses and Children's oil grain, Kangaroo Calf
and Kin waterproof shoes. Mens' working shoes of all kinds and at low prices.
Mens' hand made box toe boots and shoes. Boys' high cut kip shoes, warranted
waterproof. Our winter tans. Pebble grains and Dongola, Cordovans, Porpoise and
Patent calf shoes in all the new toes, no matter what style you may want we can
suit you and at lower prices.
We Have Included
in our new building a special depart
ment for making shoes to order and repairing shoes fitted up with all the latest
machinery so as to do work rjuick, neat and substantial. Four experienced shoe
makers ready to do your work while you wait.
In This Big and Handsome Shoe Store,
every day bringing
us new customers who take advantage of our large assortment and the low prices
we are offering, shows that the people appreciate a large stock to select trom and
low prices to buy re'iable footwear.
TEACHERS
We welcome you to visit our new store, whether you wish to buy or not If you
are neiding shoes we can show you a large stock to select from and special prices
will be offered to teachers during Institute week.
FOR THE LATEST STYLES IN FINE FOOT
WEAR, CALL AND SEE US.
JOHN BICKEL,
BUTLER, PA
Mrs. J E. Zimmerman
Special Announcement.
I' * ul ' entire stock of
XJ> Fall and YV inter im
/portations in Milli
? n ery (11 -ess goods
Sladies and Misses
/Jackets, Caps, Col
tM f larettes and Fur ef
j|| i | feets are now in.
We have a most complete assortment of these, .ill depart
ments filled to overflow with the most desirable and choicest
styles we have ever shown at \ery attractive prices. We
never affix our signat-ire to any statement that we are not
positively sure is true, our old friends and patrons know this
and to those who do not know us, we say j'ive us a trial
We will not disappoint you.
jVlrs. J. E. Zimmerman;
i
Successor to Ritter & Ralston.
Anf Friday, Saturday, Monday,
15, 16, 18,
SPECIAL SALE OF
FINE MILLINERY!
\ Bonnet* at $3.00, $4.00 and H5.00 Worth *5.00, f>.oo, and \
C Hati at *>>.oo *7.00 and $9.00 Worth 17 <«., and sl2 <«.. f
/ Child reus Hats * 1.50, $2.25 and $3,00 Worth *2.00, *2.75 and *3.75. /
Ladies Natural Wool Underwear at 75c
the kind you have been paying SI.OO for.
M. F. cS I M. MARKS,
'ij.toj 17 South Main Street, Butler, I'a.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
No Gripe
sTh*n you take Ilood's Pills. The big. old-fa*h
loned, sugar-coated pilia, which tear you all to
pieces, are not In it with Hood's. Easy U< take
Hood's
and easy to operate, is true
of Hood's Pills, wh'ch are 'II _
tip to date in every respect- 111
Safe, eertain and sure. All ™
druggists. 25c. C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass.
Tim only Pill* to a. in Hood's sarsaparilla.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
PENNSYLVANIA Ri s L.
Westirn "ernsylvama Division.
Schedule in Effect May 18, 1890.
South, —« Wee* Days ——
A. M. A. M A. M. P. M. P M'
Bltlkr Leave 625 Sue 11 20 245 s#".
Saxontrarg. Arrive 654 825 U43 310 82*
duller Jc't... " 727 H v OK MM BH
Builer.le t.. ..Leave 730 84* 12 12 335 553
Natrona Arriv<?73* 8?- 1221 .3 41 6u2
Tarenliini 743 903 12 26 354 COT
SprlllKdalr 752 :< 12 123* 402
Ciar.-monr -o" 925 12 53 418 627
Allegheny City 820 342 114 433 0 4.'
A. M. A. M. P. 11. T. M. P. M.
St.'SDAY TRAINS - Leave Butl<-r ior Alle
fclu uy City and principal lutern.edlate staHons
7:40 A. M., 9:30 and 500 I'. M.
Nortb. . WMk Days —■ —
A. M. A. M. A. »1. P. M. P. -M.
Allegheny City.. Lv. 700 900 1125 300 530
Sliarp.-bur? 711 912 1137
daren.ont. 9la ills
Spnnffdale 930 11 59 557
Tarentuni 732 939 '2 os 330 607
Natrona 737 943 12 13 334 fell
Butler Jet Ar 7« 050 1223 340 GSo
Butler.let I.v 745 9SO 12 34 345 0 2..
Saxonburg 810 lo 15 1219 409 *.44
liCTLEK Ar 835 lo 38 125 435 710
A. M A. M P. M, P. M. P .M.
SUN DA V TRAINS Leave Allegheny Ity for
Butler and principal Intermediate "'atlou* 72i
A. M., J230 and 7: 15 I'. M-
Week Days For ihu E*rt Week Days.
[*. m a. m. a HI p. NI.
245 625 Lv BCTLKR. .. At 10 02 )2 jfi
335 727 Ar Butler Jc't Lv 953 12 4J
340 745 Lv Butler Jc't Ar 940 12 34
340 749 Ar Preeport.. Ev 9 3<j 12 3U
350 753 " Allejf'y Jc't " 933 12 2?
400 804 '• LeecnbDTit. " 920 12 1'
419 821 "i'*ullt.!i(Api»tlo" 905 11 55
445 851 " naitsburg •• 837 11 32
518 922 •• B!airsviile •• 805 11 00
527 930 "Blairsville lis'n"7 45 1L» I"»
850 11 35' Altmma -3 40 80"
100 310 '• E'«tri»bu (:..."11 ao 31'
430 C 23 " ?-lladelpMa. "8 50 11 2(
a. n' p in. p. m |> iii
Through trains for the east leave Hti
tn~jf (Union Station) a:; lo'tous:—
Atlantic Expr«si*tf, daily .3 10 A. .V.
PennjyJvaiia Limited " .7 15 "
Day Express, " 7 30
Muiu Line Express •' ... .8 00
' biladelphin Exjjrßf " ... .4 30 P \
Eastern Express " .7 'is
Fast Liue " 810 "
For detailed infnrni&tiou adore s Tli
F. Watt, Aft" WeM' .'li 10' n c
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/a.
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pITTSHUKG & WhSTiiKN
■- Kailwaj. Allegheny Short
Line. Schedule in eflect, July i'j,
1896.
utler Time, Depart. Arrive
Allegheny Aeconiinodaf ior. r. 2ft am >25 am
Allegheny Flyer h \~, m lOUO'iri
\ krofi Mitll « 15 am 7.; urn
Newcastle Aecorn ' s <:> mui \) £, mi.
Allegheny Aecoino U» »>5 mi t/. pm
Allegheny Kxprens ' 256 pin; * r ».'i pm
Chicago Express ... .i |'iu u pm
Allegheny Mull « 0.1 pfli 7 .0 |l|||
Kliwootl Aeeomo *; ■ pm 7 .> pm
CMt'itgo Kxp/ess 6 0T» pin U •£* am
Allegheny Kxpress , h no pm
Kane ancl Hmdtord !«• 05 am :» 20 pn
* larlon Accomo f» 1 im! 9.10*111
Poxburg Accomo ' in h as .»».
SUNDAY THAINH.
1)*-Forest Jc t. Aecoino * \-> am 7 ;jn pm
illegbeny Aecotno ■ 10 U> an.
< lih ago Bxpresk n :tr, pm l v. pm
Allegheny AC* orno or> pin| 1 .v> pin
KtlliliMlJ KUfTei rtlrrplM « .1 r m r •« i
'lav roaenes Mill Mir»»j/*i nelv.• ♦ • H'Hl< t
') life ago flail v
For Mir ...gli tlcheto to point' i|i» v—.l
Northwest or apply to
A n ( f.y.fi
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Tralos leave the h r: () aepot In
»or Ihe Kasl aHrollc'/H.
/or Washington l> « . 1... it .more nil •»
pli|<t, i) Nt - York, 7 < ui 1 11
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«ti, >*iid 5,31-p. in Mi,* I' ->♦* t »' 1 .
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Irai 'I line (90 h Vleriit'rtU
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4 ss, 10 % 510 . HranciiiOa. ... s of;|• 254 7 i«
500 . .1 sitj iv Itranchton ur 7loi? 10
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1 " I'ltUbu -if.lMio. 11 in p. in'. ""
NOTK Train No. 1 starts troin Exposi
tion I'ark at. 5:45 a m Mondays only. N..
2 runs tu Exposition Haturilays only
Trains 15 and !<» will run Sunday only
bntwnun Hutlwr and Exposition I'ar. .mak
inif all Stops Ev Uniler at 7:30 a in. It.-
turning li-avo Exposition I'aik (j p.m.
J. r. It I.AI It. (ii'iicral Muua|(iir Orcriivlli.- i-.
W.O. lAHUKANT U V A. M... .lv I'l.. {■!'
HUNDREDS
of paporH in rliflnrcnt,
HtylfH, for corrf<Hpondonc«. Ilox pa
per, tahlotn m-ti (tnvnlopoH to mutch
i'aper by tbt> pound or ream.
AT
DOUGLASS'
Near I'. O 241 S. Main St
BUTLER, FA
BTTTLER, PA., THURSDAY, 3S OYEMBER 5, 1890.
TO SWALLOWS.
Thrice welcome, swallows swift upon the
win g.
Fleet heralds of bright days and coming
mirth.
When lavish summer from her lap shall fling
Red rain of roses on the grateful earth!
In days bygone men held your ccming dear
And deemed you children's spirits from the
dead.
Come back beloved-and lo*Tng year by year
Unto the homes wfeonai first your souls had
fled.
knd as ye hovers A
Fond «-ars did listen to your twittertng
sweet—
Earb that had yearned—ah. many a time—to
catch
The well known patter of departed feet.
Besting upon his scythe, the toil worn swain
Would pause awhile to mark your wheeling
flight.
And mem'ry's ear was quick to catch auain
Your merry, mingling shouts of mad delight.
The mother's eyes grew moist as round caoh
spot
Endeared by tender ties ye circling flew,
[t soothed her grief to think ye ne'er forgot
The once familiar scenes your childhood
knew.
M 'Twas there," she mused, 44 their tiny hands
did weave
The fragrant cowslip hall, the daisy chain.
Twas there they wondering watched at silent
eve
The glowworm light his lantern in the lane."
Each night they sought their rest, well pleased
to know
Their darlings 'naath the thatch were nes
tling near.
Fond love their lot did ease of half its woe.
And sympathy aye sweetened sorrow's tear
Then welcome, swallows, to my homely walLs!
Tidings of comfort to our sires ye told,
Aud still to ine your coming now recalls
Like memories to those it brought of old.
For many a well loved child my dreams have
bred,
Whom young ambition did of hope beget.
And some are dying now. Some long since
dead,
With you, sweet birds, return and greet me
yet.
—Will Hill in Chambers' Journal.
DUVAL'S ESCAPE.
It was a red letter day in my life
when I was first put in charge of a
"passenger." I'd worked my way up
by successive stages from the post of
cleaner in the sheds, and, being always
a steady going young fellow, had reach
ed the topmost rung of the ladder sooner
than most. There was perhaps an extra
incentive in my case, as I was courting
a little girl who was, she had told me,
only waiting till I earned enough to
make me the happiest of men.
To be sure, I had a rival, Ernest Du
val by name, who was "something in
the city" and possessed the showy at
tractiveness and the art of insidious
flattery which sometimes iuro fickle
minded women to forsake the true metal
for the glittering dross. I must own he
occasioned me some slight cause for jeal
ousy. Still, secure in the knowledge of
our mutual love and knowing Alice to
be u sensible little girl, I was, on the
whole, as happy as most chaps who seo
their sweethearts but once or twieo a
week.
She had told him on more than one
occasion wanted nothing to do
with him, tint in spite of her obvious
dislike he persisted in persecuting her
with his attentions, and only tho day
before tho incidents happened which I
am about to relate I liad found it neces
sary myself to display tho linger of
Alice to him with my ring upon it, to
his ill concealed chagrin aud evident
mortification.
On the next night I was, as usual, or
dered to take out tho sleeping saloon ex
premi to the north. My mate had won rod
the couplings, the old engine was pant
ing and snorting like a thing of life, as
if eager for tho coming journey, and tho
bustle on the platform had subsided.
The signals were right, and I had my
hand on tho throttlo, only waiting for
the "Right away!" when, just as tho
green light was displayed, a call rattled
into the station, from which an excited
man hastily jumped. Flinging some
money to the driver, ho rushed along
the platform anil sprang into tho first
compartment of the train, the one next
to tho engine, just as 1 pressed the lever
and my fireman had loosened the brake.
Wo had hardly begun to move when
another man, who had been waiting on
the station, in the shadow of u pillar,
and whom I knew as Detective Jobson
of Scotland Yard, sprang to tho carriage,
and ejaculating, "Thought I should nab
you here, my beauty!" endeavored to
enter. I was busy getting under way,
but my mate told mo that the man in
the carriage struck tho detective in the
face and thrust him off the footboard.
His hat flew off in the struggle and fell
between the platform and tho moving
train, but the officer, determined not to
lose his quarry, was up again in an in
stant, and, though tho carriages were
flying past him, he had sprung upon the
footboard of tho last coach, heeding not
the cries of tho excited porters and ter
rified onlookers, and just as tho train
lleared the platform we saw the guard
lean forward from the open door, and,
grasping the man by tho arms, assist
him into the van. Tho fugitive in the
first coach saw the detective's disap
pearance also, and his bloodless faco
blanched u shade paler.
"Great snakes!" exclaimed luy fire
man, drawing in his breath with a
sharp his* ' 'That was a narrow shave.
Jobson means to have that chap some
how, and have him he will. I wonder
what he's wanted for. He'll never reach
the landing stage this journey, that's a
dead cert!"
"No," said I. "They'llhove him at
C'rewo right enough. Poor beggar! He
mi*l" a desperate tight for it, anyhow I"
The "sleeper," as we called it, was
timed straight through to 'jji wn with
out a stop, doing the 158 miles in 1)
hours and 6 minutes. There we left it
to atmt\er engine which would be
waiting to take it 011, but we should re
turn with the "up" express later in the
morning. I knew t.. las soon as we
reached Crewe ther< would be a crowd
of policemen waiting to search the train
from end to end. Jobsou was up to his
work, and tho telegraph would bo click
ing its warning message a moment or
two after wo bad passed through the
first station.
it, was not the only capture by any
means I had witnessed this astute officer
make, and tin despairing faces of the
men, rohi>'d • f the la 1 hope of escape,
the shallow i.l tli" eriminal II already
up'.n them. ' a;..e mi., my mind as we
rushed p.i 1 Willesd. 11, and, looking
backward lor a moitu nt through the
fitful light, I saw the fateful piece of
paper fiuttir from the del'-ctivo's hand.
The officials would understand the
vigu 1 licaiic.' of that scribbled message,
and unless Providence miraculously in
terposed the man was doomed. To leave
the train as it. flew through the night at
the rate of 50 miles an hour was impos
sible. One man had done so once, but
his lusly was found, mangled Isyond
recognition, lying on the track in the
morning. There was no cscapo, aud
with such passing thoughts 1 dismissed
the matter and concent rated my atten
tion on the work in hand.
Huddenly 1 was startled by an ejacu
lation of horror from my mate.
"Book, Ben," he shouted, his eyes
starting from his head as he gaxcr] into
tli- dim whu'b surrounded tho
i- lik' a haze. "Tho fool will kill
T turned, and, though I prided mys=elf
on my steely nerves, the sight that met
my eyes sent a cold thrill dewn my back
and made me lean a "'n> \?he brake for
support-
The man had swung himself out of
tho end carriage and was endeavoring
to work his way in face of the terrible
back draft toward ns. Every moment
I expected to see him torn from his pre
carious hold and dashed to pieces on the
lines, but with the tenacity of a leech
he clung to the handle of the door, while
he leaned forward to grasp some new
support. Suddenly a distant roar burst
on our terrified ears. My mate turned,
his face as white as milk and the per
spiration standing on liis forehead.
"Merciful powers," he screamed in a
harsh, discordant voice, "the up mail!
Heaven have mercy on him!" And he
hid his face with his hands as with a
deafening shriek we flew toward each
other and crashed past in the darkness.
But above the din I fancied I heard the
wild scream of terror as the wretched
man realized his horrible peril. It was
a full minute before I could turn my
throbbing head to look behind.
With a feeling of sickness that was
new to me I peered through the gloom.
"Thank God!" I ejaculated fervently
as the blood rushed through my veins
once more. There, with his body pressed
flat against the oscillating surface, still
stood the man who had been so near to
an awful death. Slowly he moved his
head in our direction, and with an ex
pression of grim resolution he pulled
himself together. With bated breath we
wondered what he would do next. As
far as we could see his way was stopped,
but, undeterred, he steadied himself,
and reaching forward felt round the cor
ner of the coach. Unexpectedly his hand
encountered one of the steps by which
the men mount to the roof, and, though
we could not see his face distinctly, we
fancied he set his lips in a terrible smile
of accomplished purpose as he clutched
it and with a despairing effort pulled
himself to tho end of the footboard and
round into comparative safety on to tho
couplings between the tender and the
coach.
"By Jove!" Bill exclaimed when at
last, the tension removed from his
nerves, he could speak. "He's a good
plucked 'un and no mistake. But what's
his game, I wonder?"
"The madman is comiug on to tho
engine," I hurst out excitedly, divining
his intention as I saw his head appear
for a brief instant above the coal.
"Anyhow, we can't see him commit
suicide without raising a hand to stop
him," he returned and began to scram
ble over the coal, where I saw him
presently stoop down and grasp tho
man, dragging him with an almost su
perhuman effort on to the tender, where
he Sank down utterly exhausted.
Coming forward, my mate threw open
the stokehole, with the intention of re
plenishing the fire, and the ruddy glow
from the raging furnace within lit up
tho tender from end to end.
"Good heavens!" I ejaculated as my
gaze met the haggard faco of the rescued
delinquent. "Ernest Duval!" And my
nerveless hand fell from the polished
lover.
"Ben!" he gasp.(l wonderingly, his
wild eyes encountering mine as he
struggled toward us.
My lips refused to frame tho questions
that tumuitunnsly arose to them, and
my mate silently handed me his can.
"Take a drink," he said curtly, "and
pull yourself together."
I complied readily. The cool draft
brought me round somewhat, and I re
sumed control of the engine.
"NOW. Mr. Du'. 'tl," 1
"perhaps yoti will be g ->u' enough to
explain the meaning of the little game
j'ou'vo been playing tonight. But let me
tell you, if you think you've furthered
your chances of escape, you're wroug. "
"Yes, mate," Bill sternly remarked,
"you haven't done a lot for yourself by
coming here."
"Hen!" he at last jerked forth, gasp
ing for breath, his bloodshot eyes wan
dering round the cab and into tho dark
ness as we flew along. "Ben—l've been
a fool. You saw tho detective on my
track—he's in the train now. I've been
betting—and, you know—the books at
the office—found out this morning—I've
fled for my life—but you'll help nw to
give them the slip, Ben?" And the shiv
ering wretch fell down helplessly and
cliisptd my knees.
"Don't talk nonsonse, man," I an
liwered roughly. "What you ask is an
impossibility. My duty as a servant of
tho company is to hand you over to the
authorities, who will bo waiting for you
at Crowe. Besides your own sense
sin HI Id tell you there is no place to hide
a child here."
"Oh, yes," added my mate grimly,
"you're every bit us bad oIT as if you
was sitting on them comfortable cush
ions in tho carriage there! I wouldn't
give much for your chance."
"But you can help mo if you like,"
hti screamed, his eager face upturned,
and tho hunted expression of a wild
animal at bay in his even. "Blow up
the train a little. You can do it. I've
money—l will give you £6O, £'1(10
anything you like!" And he pulled out
iv handful of glittering golp
"It can't be done, 1 tell you," I re
plied, shaking myself free from his
grasp. "Get up and be a man. You've
made your bed and jou Will have to
lie 011 it. No man nn this earth could
get you out of this scrape. Ho make the
best of it.''
Heeing that I was immovable, lie
turned his attention to Bill, and 1 saw
him proffer a handful of gold. My (Ire
man turned Ms back and busied himself
with ills duties. "Its no use, matey," I
heard him say. "If Ben says it can't bo
(lone, it oau't, and that's the end on it.
I'm sorry for you, for you're a rattling
goisl plucked un."
The despairing creature detected the
tone of commiseration in Bill's voice
uml redoubled his wild entreaties.
"If it could be done, I'd tlo it," Bill
murmured. "I've got a wife and six
kids to look after at home, aud that
brass would crane in useful, but theerl"
Ami he cast his eyes around the tender.
Buddenly they lit up with a peculiar
light, and, turning to me, he said apol
ogetically: "Ben, I don't ask you to
have any hand iu this at all. You
knows nothing about it. If the worst
comes to the worst, we forced you to
silence, but all I says is this—will you
five me a chance to g. t the beggar off?
think I can do it without danger to
you or me. All I asks you to do is to
know nothing about it. What say now?"
"Well, Bill," I remarked, "I bear
the fellow no love, as you can see, but
if by keeping silent 1 can do you a gnod
turn to the tune of JL'SO you can depend
on me, though I must say I don't see
how you can possibly do the trick."
"You put yotir money 011 me," In.
returned smilingly as ho griped my
hand and retired to the end of tho ten
dor with Duval.
Wo had left Stafford behind some
time since, and, if nothing happened,
should run into Crewe in another 26
minutes or so. Having lodo Bill's work
as well as control tho engine, I hail my
hands pretty full, and during the next
ten minutes I was fully occupied. At
the end of that time Mill rejoined mo
and threw open the furnace doors once
more. I looked round the engine. Duval
had disappeared! Not a vestige or sign
"* ' ' remained, but Bill's pocket
bulged considerably ana his grimy race
was expanded in a broad grin.
A few minutes later we slowed up at
our destination for tho night. There
they were, just as I had expected—one
policeman at the station gates and five
or six stationed along the platform. Be
fore we had quite stopped out jumps
Jobson and rushes up to the train. As
the sergeant threw open tho door of the
compartment Duval had occupied we
saw an expression of consternation cross
the face of the bewildered detective,
but, quickly regaining his composure,
he superintended the examination with
practiced eye. My mate had unfastened
the couplings, and we were just off to
the sheds, when Jobson approached tho
engine.
"Ben," he queried anxiously, "did
you see anything extraordinary on the
way down? I've been sold nicely and
no mistake."
"I don't have time to see anything
except signals ahead when I'm in charge
of an express," I returned unceremoni
ously. "Did you see anything, Bill?"
"Can't say as I did," Bill answered
artlessly. "Have you lost your man,
Mr. Jobson?"
"I have so, replied tho officer. "I ex
pect he dropped off somewhere."
"If he did, he's agoucr. for certain,"
said Bill. "We were never under 60
since we left Willosden. "
"I'll look along the track for him
going back," I remarked. "Are you
going on or back with the morning
mail?"
"I hardly know," he returned disap
pointedly. "Well, thank you, anyhow.
Goodnight, or rather good morning!"
And he made his way to the telegraph
office.
We returned his salutation and
steamed off to tho sheds.
"What did I tell you?" said Bill joy
ously. "We drop him outside and let
him take his chance."
"Then he is on tlio engine?" I asked
as wo pulled up.
For answer Bill got off and went to
see if the coast was clear. Returning in
five minutes, he proceeded to the rear of
the tender and carefully lifted up n
large piece of coal. Underneath was the
head of Duval! Bill had artfully walled
him in against the side, and in such a
manner as to defy suspicion, little bits
being scattered about In the niorft natu
ral manner possible. Quickly he was
rescued from his uncomfortable position
and stood up as black as a sweep. Bill
gave him a drink from his pannikin,
and then conducted him off the engine
and round the back of the sheds.
Did I ever hear of him again? Oh,
yes! About two years afterward a letter
reached uin one morning from Colom
bia, inclosing a Bank of England note
for £IOO. It was from Duval, and in it
he told how he had succeeded in dou
bling on his tracks to Birmingham, and
thence had worked down to Southamp
ton in disguise and got cloar away.
Ho expressed the hope that Alice and
myself were happily wedded and begged
us to keep the note and give it as a
present to our firstborn child.—London
Tit-Bits.
COLORS IN'BATTLE.
Why the SoldlerH In »h«. Kiigliuli Army
Are Array«*fl In Scarlet.
The scarlet uniform of the British in
fantry has been greatly criticised in re
cent years, chiefly on the ground that
it exposes the men to needless danger by
disclosing their whereabouts to the en
emy. The objection taken to the scarlet,
however, is groundless, and scientific
leasons are given why the prevailing
rolor is for all purposes the most suit
■tVrlu that couiil lit! HfU'CtCfl.
In tho first place, scarlet affords the
best attainable protection against tho
extremes of heat and cold to which sol
diers are liable to be exposed. The darker
the color protecting a warm hotly the
more rapidly radiation proceeds. White
would be the best color to reduce radia
tion to a minimum, but white is barred
by other considerations, as are also all
the grays. Scarlet or red comes midway
between white and black or other dark
colors, while with reference to protec
tion from tho sun scarlet takes a far
higher place thun any of tho blues,
greens or drabs and other shades often
used for military clothing.
Yellow and orange are excluded be
cause these colors are particularly con
spicuous at a long distance. Although
scarlet or red iB more conspicuous than
gray, when the sun shines directly on
! the troops it blurs on the sight and is
j consequently more difficult to hit.
With existing rifles the actual result
of a fight is usually decided at a dis
, tanoo just outside tho effective range of
i the weapons. This distance lies between
j 600 and 800 yards. Nearer than that it
| is impossible to close without replying
to the enemy's fire, and as soon as tho
return lire whistles about the defend
ers' head#the possibility of uimiiig rap
idly and accurately decreases.
Therefore, from this point of view,
it is unimportant whether tho object to
be hit is conspicuous or not, but from a
moral point of view it is a serious con
sideration. Within 700 yards each sub
sequent advance is conditioned by lire
superiority already achieved, tho de
fenders are shaken, tho tiino for count
ing heads is past, and tho mental im
-1 pression conveyed by tho sight of tho
assuulting troops bdt-omcs tho muin
j point.
It is u distinct advantage that our
I men should bulk largo in the decisive
i stuges of an encounter, and there is no
{ color which enables them to do this so
j effectively as scarlet. On tho whole,
| therefore, every scientific consideration
' justifies the retention of scarlet as tho
j best uniform for our troops.—Strand
Magazine.
The CitUßo of Italnfull,
Kain is, as we all know, the moisture
of the atmosphere condensed into drops
large enough to fall with perceptiblo
velocity to tho earth. Tho variation in
tho sizes of the drops is dependent upon
the difference in the height, from which
they have fallen and to the umouut of
atmospheric disturbance present at the
time. If they fall from great heights,
the drops suffer gradual division into
smaller and smaller parts until they are
at last converted into mists. In calm
wcuther, with t ho clouds near the earth's
surface, tho drops am apt to be large
and heavy. The formation of rain is in
general a continuation or an enlarge
ment of tho processes by which clouds
and fogs are formed. Tho deposition of
moisture depends upon tho cooling of
tho atmosphere, but concerning tho pre
cise process by which the cooling is ef
fected various opinions are entertained
oven among those who have made me
teorology u life study. In considering
the mutter wo have deduced our reck
onings from wiiat is considered the best
authority on tho subject. From (his it
appears that the temperature of a given
mass of warm air is lowered HI tho or
dinary course of atmospheric ph. noun uu
by one or tho other of tho processes
mentioned hi tin; following: ISy radia
tion lo the cold sky, by radiation to Iho
neighboring masses of clouds or tho
cold ground, by mixture with cool air
or by the absorption of heat in tho ex
pansion of ascending columns of air.
Whatever the process may be, one thing
is sun—the cooling must take place he
fore the moisture will collect into drops
of sufficient si/., to - -in so I hem to fall
from the ma i of vapor m which tho
constituent . have t>ecu floating.— |
Loni" *
A LITTLE DUTCH GARDEN.
I passed by a gardt-n. a little Dutch tardea,
Whero useful and pretty things srew
Heartsease and tomatoes.
And pinks and potatoes.
And lilies and onions and mo.
I &aw in that garden, that little Dutch garden,
A chubby Dutch man with a spade.
And a rosy Dutch frau
With a shoe like a scow,
Ai vl - " ~«n haired little Dutch maid.
There grt.c in ... r . that little Dutch
i garden.
Blue flag flower®, lovely
And early blush roses
And little pink posies—
But Oretchen was fairer than all.
My heart's in that garden, that little Dutch
i garden.
It tumbled right in as I passed,
'Mid 'wildering mazes
Of spinach and daisies,
; And Oretchen is holding it fast.
—Hattio Whitney in Boston Budget.
< BIG CALIFORNIA FORTUNES.
llalf of Thixw Who luh<Tit<'<l Tliein Are
Penniless.
California has long had a reputation
as the home of the bonanza king, and a
recently issued document, based on the
records of the San Francisco probate
court, tells an interesting story of the
contests and entanglements which have
massed about the last testament of many
famous millionaires aud the final dispo
sition of the vast sums they left behind
them. The document gives the history
of 58 wills, disposing of $ 175,000,000.
About 400 lioiis divided that vast sum,
and today nearly half of that number
are penniless again, and only p. few
have succeeded in adding to their in
heritance.
The average number of persons pro
vided for in each will was ten, though
in a number of instances, the most not
able of which was tho case of Florence
Blythe, the entire estates passed into
the hands of single lieirs. The compar
atively small ostate of Kate Johnson,
which was appraised at #1,250,000,
reached more hoirs than any other, tho
number on the list being '25, while tho
#4,000,000 of Thomas Blythe went to
tho onochild, Florence, after a celebrat
ed trial. Tho estate of Maria Coleman
was valued at #1,757,000, and it went
equally to three heirs. Charles Crock
er's #22,000,000 reached six persons,
while Mary Ann Crocker's #11,888,657
went share and share aliko to four of
the six who got Charles Crocker's larger
fortune.
Peter Donahue's #3,708,312 went in
equal parts to three heirs. Mrs. Theresa
Fair's #4,003,250 went to three persons
—Charles L. Fair, Miss Virginia Fair
and Mrs. Herman Oelriehs—while Wil
liam P. Fuller distributed his #1,771,-
2ti2 to seven persons of his name.
Emanuel Goldstein's #1,000,000 went
to six heirs. George Hearst's #8,788,137
went in equal parts to his wife and son,
while Walter S. Hobart's #5,273,860
went in thirds to his three children—
Walter Hobart, Miss Ella Hobart and
Mrs. Winthrop Lester. Mary Hopkins'
#20,094,702 went to two persons. Rob
ert C. Johnson's $1,910,550 went to 11
persons in almost equal portions.
There are a few exceptions to the
general course of estates, as in the case
of Lick and Stanford. Tho #5,000,000
of the Lick estato went chiefly to one
heir and to a number of trusts of a pub
lic nature created before James Lick's
death. Charles McLaughlin left his
#2,476,000 to his widow, while Alexan
der Montgomery's #2,356,845 went to
three heirs. Daniel T. Murphy's #2,-
041,670 went to six heirs. William S.
O'Brien's #9,655,450 reached eight per
sons. James Plielan left nn oum mil.
lion, which reached four persons in
shares and a number of small bequests.
A. J. Pope's #1,660,000 reached four
heirs. Washington Kyer left #1,376,398
to 15 persons. Lei and Stanford's #17,-
688,319 went to four persons and the
trust for tho university.—Denver Field
and Farm.
HaxnplcN.
Careful inquiry at tho leading dry
goods stores ill this city shows that but
few of them give Hamples indiscrimi
nately nowadays. All of them prefer to
send samples by mail. Tho average cus
tomer who asks for samples is requested
to leave her name aud address anil the
goods will ho forwarded to her. This is
especially tho case if she wants what is
called a "line of samples"—that is,
pattern upon pattern of the same style
and species. Every big shop employs its
fifties of persons whoso duty it is to nt
tend to nothing save the cutting mid
sending of samples "We never spend
less than #2,500 u year in goods to lit
cut up for samples," said the mail de
partment manager of one firm, "and
sothetimes tho sum is much larger." It
is generally understtxxl among dry goods
houses that all samples sent are to be
returned. Of course dressmakers are al
ways favored with samples, which they
are not requested to return nor pass
along to their next door neighbor. They
are a privileged because remunerative
class. Tho new order of things in tho
sample line is duo to the crazy qttilt
fad, which cost many merchants a lot
of money aud no end of annoyance.—
New York Letter.
Uarn lllui Aw,;.
Sophy (who had accepted Mr. Charles
Fleetwood the night before) —Does Mr.
Fleetwood strike you as biting a sensi
tive man, Pauline?
Paulino (who doesn't know of the en
gagement)— Gracious, no! A man who
has been rejected by 14 girls within six
months and gets fat on it cannot b"
sensitive. Why, Sophie, what's the
matter?— Strand Magazine.
Colors of African Children.
Tho children of the blackest Africans
are born whitish. In a month they bo
como pale yellow, in a year brown, at
4 dirty black, at 0 or 7 glossy black.
Tho change is in the mucous membrane
below tho cuticle.
The great tire of New York took place
iii 1835. The value of property destroy
ed on this occasion was #15,000,000.
Tobacco was first grown for e*p<>rt in
this country in 1616.
A Wnll Lighted Htrnrt.
Fifth avenue is probably now the best
lighted long street in the world. The
magnificent new lamps are now in j»o
--sition and add to the beauty of the thor
oughfare. The lauips are a foot square,
of bronze and gold, while the face is of
white ground glass, with the street
names in letters eight inches high in a
deep reil or maroon.—New York Letter.
Missed It.
"Hands up!" said the footpads as
they closed in on Jerkins.
"Ha, ha!" shrieked tho victim.
"What do you expect to find? My wife
ri'paiis iny clothes every night after 1
retire." And he laughed so fiendishly
that tho footpads fled.—Detroit Free
Press.
Edward I of England was Long
shanks on account of his extraordinary
height. He is said to have Iseu nearly
seven feet in stature. Philippe Vof
France bore the snni" title.
In Kansas thrashing an acre of wheat
ia estimated to cost. #l.lß, while the
housing, after the thrashing is com
pleted, costs :io cents.
A DOCTOR'S EXPERIENCE.
He Trlla Why lie Wm Induced to Aban
don Hi* ProffMlon.
A well known business man from
Teisv was in Washington not long ago,
on his way to New York, when a re
porter met him and had a long talk
with him. Instead of being either judge
or major he was a doctor, and the re- !
porter asked him how he happened 011
that title,
"I used to be a physician," was the j
reply.
"What did yoa quit it for, if that's a ,
fair question?"
The gentleman from Texas hesitated, j
and the hotel clerk joined the reporter
in coaxing him to tell the story of his
life.
"I suppose I might as well," conced
ed the gentleman, "and here goes.
When I was 22 years old, I left Ken
tucky for a town in Arkansas, and there
I hung out my shingle and continued
the practice of medicine. I had such
good luck that I became quit« confident
of my ability, and I felt quite able to
tackle any sort of a case that came my
way. I had been practicing about three
years, and had saved up nearly $1,500,
when one day a young fellow led his
father into iny office, and the old gen
tleman wanted me to remove his eye, as
it pained him so he couldn't stand it."
"I had never had much experience
with eyes, and of course I shouldn't
have undertaken his ease, but I thought
I was equal to anything, and at once
began making my prepartions for the
operation. I understood from what the
son said that the pain from the bad eye
affected the other, and as it had been
blind for ten years the family thought
the best thing to do was to remove it In
a very short time I had my patient under
the influence of ether, and without call
ing in any assistance further than the
sou I went to work and soon had the eye
out. Then as I began to put it in shape
I noticed, to my horror, that I had tak
en out the wrong eye. The thought of
what I had done startled and frightened
me so that I at once hurried through
my work and sent the old man home in
a carriage.
"Then I drow out what money I had
in the bank, packed up my belongings,
and, after settling all my bills quietly,
I took a night train and left the town
for Mexico. Deing extremely sensitive
anyway, the thought of the terrible in
jury I had*inflicted upon this man so
wrought upon my feelings that I could
not stay in one placv, and I wandered
about Mexico for three months. At the
same time I was afraid that I might be
identified by some person and be arrest
ed and carried back for the punishment
I so richly deserved. Af ton four months
I came over to Texas, and in a remote
town I opened an office again aud
changed my name. I managed to make
a living aud staid there for five years,
worrying so over the man that I had
made blind and perhaps had loft to dio
that I became gray and wrinkled.
"I presume I would have died there,
but one day I happened into San An
tonio and met a man I had known in
tho Arkansas town. At first I thought
of trying to get away, but I concluded I
tliat the time had come for mo to tako 1
my punishment, for I couldn't stand it ;
any longer, and I went up to him aud 1
asked him if ho drtn't oomo from
Blankvillc and did ho know Mr. X.
and the doctor who had got out of town
so disgracefully. I was relieved to find
that ho didn't know mo at all, and he
at once proceeded to tell mo that the
disappear \A the dooio* itw still iui
unsettled mystery, and that Mr. X. was
in good health. I told him 1 had hoard
that the doctor had takeu out tho wrong
I eye and that tho old man had becomo
stone blind in consequence. Ho assured
mo that the old man had not suffered
any inconvenience at all, because he was
blind, anyway, in both eyes and had
been for years, and another physician
had finished tho job quito satisfactorily,
and tho patient's general health had
greatly improved.
"You have no idea," concluded tho
gentleman from Texas, "how this news
relieved me, and in my enthusiasm I
gave up the practice of medicine forever
and put my money into a manufactur
ing establishment that lias almost made j
ino rich in the past BO years. I nover
went back to the remote Texas town
again; neither did I over go to tho
Arkansas town, nor toll my informant
who 1 was. As it happened I was all
right, but the suffering I had endured
was euougli to cause me to put that part
of my past clear behind mo and keep it
there."—Washington Star.
Historic I'owderhorns.
Between the years 1755 and 17(10
about 1,800 uriny powderhorus were
used in the Knglish and American ar
mies engaged with the Fronoh, and
probably the samo number existed in
the American army during the Revolu
tion. Each horn used in the continental
army was marked with the initials or
name of tho soldier who carried it. Tho
spirit tho times is shown by the s"ii
timents engraved on the horns, and
daily read by tho owner and his com
panions, such as theso:
I .tlx-rty or death -
111 d"fonou of liberty.
My liberty I'll bavo or my death.
Liberty no slavsry
Death before dishonor.
Now Is the ttin«\ ye hoartH of oak,
To klvii our f<n fatal Htrokiv
Horns went last used in tho war with
Mexico in 1848. After that they rapid
ly disappeared. Many were shortened to
make them more convenient for hunt
ing purposes. Home of them were clean
ed, the valuable records and engravings
ujsin them being scraped off and thus
lost.—J. L. Sticbt, C. 8. N., in st.
Nicholas.
Church I'iilm.
A Maine man who hiwiftudiod ohnroh
fairs pretty carefully thus defines them:
"Church fairs are places whore we
spend more money than wo can afford
for tilings we do not want in order to
please people whom we do not like and
to help the heathen, who are happier
than wo are." —Now York TribunO.
Wood of the Cross.
Tho people of the different countries
have their various traditions concerning
tho wood of which the cross was made. ,
In England tho peasants say that it
was of cldnrwood, and that lightning 1
never strikes that tree. Dean French,
in a note to his "Sacred Latin Poetry," j
declares that it was made of the wood |
of the aspen, and that since the day of (
the crucifixion the loaves of tfiat trie ,
have never ceased to shudder.—St. ,
Louis He pub lie. ]
A I'rotluccr.
"My misguided friend," said the fat j
man with the puffs under his eyes, "I ,
will admit that lam a capitalist. That (
part of your assertion can go unohal- ,
longed. Hut when you say that I am |
not a producer you are wrong. I have )
been backing a com in opera company '
for two mouths."—lndianapolis Jour
nal.
,nU- , I
In the first chapter of Dickens j
"lileak House," which was published ,
in 1852, the phrase is to Is* found, and
is inclosed 111 quotation marks, too, as
follows, "Kvery chancellor was 'in it' j
for somebody or other, when he was (
counsel at the bar.'Boston Tran-
*>ripfc x
No, 44
A RUSSIAN BEDEOOMf
THE TRAVELER FINOS IT HAS 80MQ
UNFAMILIAR FEATURES.
In the Find Flare the lied Is Daniel*
ously Narrow—Carets, Eve* at the B«t
Hotel*. Must Furnish Their Own Bad?
clothes —There Is >0 Privacy.
Much has been written about the Ger
man bed. But how much might not be
written about the Russian bed? Nay,'
how much has not been written already?
Even in decent country booses in Rus
sia the sleeping place is often merely a
i couch or the top of a chest of drawere
covered with a rug. But in the towns
there are bods, and such beds! The Ger
man bed, as most people are aware, U
not from personal experience from Me
Jerome K. Jerome's description of it, is
placed in a deep box, into which yoa
climb and then pull the bed on top of
you. Tho whole contrivanoe is so de
. .«ned as to keep one half of the body
perspiringly hot and the other half shiv
ering cold aud to suffocate yon if yoo
are not constantly on the ale:!-. Its
grand redeeming feature is t* .t you
cannot tumble out of it how we much
you toss about. The Russian bed, . 11 tho
contrary, is an affair out of whkh, or
rather off which, you ca.inot pi isibly
help tumbling however still you lie. It
is an iron or wooden frame, perfectly
destitute of rails aud about the width of
an ordinary coffin. Upon this is placed
a mattress, and the entire arrangement
is deposited in the middle of the room.
To get on to it is easy enough, for it is
quito low. But to fail asleep on it is in
evitably to fall on the floor. It is too
narrow to turn in, and there is nobody
who docs not turn in his sleep unless
he is a Russian, who, one may assume,
has been weaned from the habit by
countless flops in the days of his youth,
when ho didn't mind that sort of thing.
He has brought himself into harmony
with his environment, as the evolution
ists say, aud is comfortable. The stran
ger has not, aud suffers accordingly.
Most people before they enter the land
of Nod are apt to dream that they have
fallen over a precipice and are going
down, down, down. Just as they are
about to touch the bottom they wako
with a start and heave a sigh of relief
as they realize that they aro on nothing
harder than feathers. In Russia thai
dream lias a terribly actual termination.
Tho visionary wakes with a start to find
that ho lias "gone over" in a very liter
al sense aud is wallowing among his
trunks. A cunning man will shift his
bed from tho center of the room to the
wall. That saves him on one side. But
ho is still open to disaster on the other,
nnd a companion of mine at
Moscow used to fall out of bed three
times regularly every night, and after
the third tinio lio talking in his sleep
until daylight, dreaming, I fancy, that
ho was about to break tho record by fall
ing out again. The narrow bed is gen
eral whew beds are employed at aIL
Even the imperial rosidenoea are fur
nished with them, and the oouch upon
which the murdered Alexander breathed
1 his last, still shown to visitors to tho
j Winter palace, is of the same type. The
Russians, like their Teutonic
have u good deal to learn about Bed
-1 fcrdshire.
"But what about tho bedclothes?" it
will be asked. Well, they aro muoh
more easily described than tho bed, tho
/act being that they aro invariably oon
k'picuous by their absenoe. It is not tho
xtwaia, to supply bodolotning,
oven in tho best hotels. Th« traveler is
expected to bring his sheets and blankets
witii him if ho requires them, and the
same is the case in private houses. A
Russian would no moro think of offer
ing you secondhand bedclothes than
J'ou would of offering him a second
laiul toothbrush. Tho railway officials
now supply ono pillow, ono shoot and
ouo blanket to each lirst class passenger.
Elsewhere, however, as stated, tho
stranger, lot him bo invited guost or
paying lodger, is understood to provido
his own bedding. Th ro arc considera
tions which render this system highly
desirable. But it is not without its
drawbacks, and when we remomber
that the moan annual temperature of
northern Russia is below freezing pointy
it will be admitted that 110 one should
bo left in ignorance of tho custom. It»
discovery created no small consterna
tion among the Knglish tourists, who
Were quito unprepared for it and who
arrived at Moscow at midnight, tired
to death, and found themselves with
nothing to sloop in and with next to
nothing to sleep upon. How did thoy
manage? Ono slept for eight days in his
topcoat, another wrapped hitnsolf up in
his dignity aud his dressing gown, whilo
a third reposod in a borrowed railway
rug.
Guests at a Russian hotel, or in a pri
vate house, for that matter, ought, if
they aro particular, to fasten their bod
room doors before engaging in serious
ablutions. Russian servants and waiters,
malo and female, give no warning of
their approach. It is 110 moro tho cua
tom to knock at a door than it is to sup
ply bedclothes, and a boots or u cham
bermaid will invariably enter a room
without any intimation, "bb if," as one
writer has expressed it, "intentionally
ignoring such obstacles to movement as
doors." The fact that the room is a bed
room makes no difference whatevor.
This free aud easy stylo may not annoy
a Slav, but it is apt to provoke embar
rassing situations among Englishmen,
whose morning toilet is a very oxtensive
affair, embracing every part of tho man
from the crown of his head to tho soles
of Itis foot.—Cor. Newcastle (England)
Chronicle.
Reprisals.
The following is told of an English
army officer long since dead. Mooting
a lady who much disliked him, ho saidt
"Good evening, Miss ——. Yon are
looking very handsome tonight."
"I wish I could saytliesamo, major."
"Oh, but yon could if yon were to
toll 11 lie, as I did," was his quickTO
tort.
The Ilorlng of (iltn.
Strong glass plates aro bored through
by means of rotating brass tubes of the
necessary diameter, which aro filled
with water during boring. To tho water
there is added finely pulverized emery.
It is said that thinner glass can bo per
forated with holes in an easier manner
by pressing a disk of wet clay upon tho
glass and making a hole through tho
clay of the width desired, so that at that
spot tli* 1 glass is laid bare. Then molten
lead is poured into the hole, and load
ami glass drop down at ouoe. This
method is based upon the quick local
heating of (he glass, whereby it obtains
a circular crack, the outline of which
corresponds to tho outline of tho holo
made iu the clay. The cutting of glass
tubes, cylinders, etc., in factories is
based upon tho samo principle.—Now
York Ledger.
Horry 110
lie—l'd like to know what enjoy
ment yoti can find in going from store
to store, looking at things yon haven't
the least idea of buying.
She—l know I can't buy thom, bnt
there is a sort of melancholy pleasure
in thinking that I could havo bought
tin-in if I had married George Scads
when 1 had tho chance. instead of tak
ing you.—Cincinnati Cttqqltm