F NELLIE'S j \ COMPETITION ; B> CIIAMPNEY WELLES / Copyright. I>> K. Whitehead ( Jefforil watched the big farm wagon rattle down the road and turned dis consolately to his eharge. It was pret ty hard that ho should hp rut out of the last picnic of the season Just because Nellie Carter's married sister chose to I'.eclare that her Bobby's life was too precious to be Jeopardized by wander ing into the woods, where as likely as i t pois >u ivy lurked and where, at the very least, there was the chance that he would climb a tree when some one's back was turned and fall through the breaking of a rotten branch. Bobby Germaine had been every one's cross that summer. I>ay after day some excursion had been proposed and some one had had to stay at home with Bobby. Jefford often wondered why hi* mother did not remain behind pj|p' f itHJ *MK. TT KNEH NEVEtt SPANK ED ME," SOIiBED TOMMY. with her pru-ious offspring, but Mrs. Germaine always had l>een one of the tirst to accept, and for the sake of her pretty sister some one had volunteered to remain behind with the six-year-old. I mally it had been Turner or Baseom, for they had I een rivals for Nellie Car ter's affections ever since the season had opened. Jeffonl had made good headway in attracting Nellie's attention, but this was the fust time he had sought to gain her favor by remaining at home with Bobby, and he would not have been left out of vhe party this time had It not been that Nellie herself had made the request. It was piaz:*a gossip that Bobby was a sort of test as to the fitness of Nel lie's suitors, and that the masterful Mrs. Germaine would throw the bal ance of her favor to the fortunate man who ha.! most successfully tilled the roie of day nurse to her young hopeful. Jefford loved Nellie sincerely, but he had avoided these tete-a-tetes with Bobby religiously. Now he watched the rest of the summer party down the road and lifted his eyes just in time to behold Bobby falling into the tiny fountain on the lawn. He had to form his small body into an almost complete circle to accomplish this result, but he was successful and a moment later was dragged forth, wet and wailing, to be sent ujntairs to his nurse to be dried out. Twenty n mtes later lie was on the ; lawn in a new linen suit, and Jefford raced aero-- the crass just in time to prevent hiui from cutting his hands on j the mower. Jefforl v. . 'it back to his book, and l Hobby cro ■ d t' • .'oad to the pasture \ beyond, wli :K-e ihere presently arose i agon! ■>! cries and Jefford arrived In time t<> hau! Bo' by over the fence be fore his ch.ur.xo ■ i venue was assisted by a goat. 1' >r a moment there was a decided inclination to lay the young ster ; iv s Lis knee, but there came the realization that he was his aunt's nephew, and beyond a mild rebuke there were no deve. .juin iits. Through the morning Bobby man aged to get tnto half a dozen scrapes, from which he was rescued by his guardian before serious complications arose, and only the ring of the dinner Dell saved him from seeking to inter view the bull In the north pasture. The meal was comparatively peace ful, for the nursegirl was In attend ance to check any demonstration, but she conveniently vanished after the meal, and Jefford sat upon the porch with his after dinner cigar and won dered Low it was that. Turner and Baseom had been Me to get through an entire H committing mur der. 11-' T a dozen times through the morn ing he hnj been moved to take decided action and had been restrained there from only by the thought of what Nel lie would T.y. JHI t when Bobby dug up from ■ 01. T here the remnants of his Fourth of .Tuly stock of flrecra kers and proe' i «*tl to set them off in the i henhouse, where a dozen hens were on their nestJ .lefford's patience gave way. With a firm grasp upon the offender's collar he led him toward the porch, while Bobby, with si reaming eyes, dei ▼eloped nn unexpected fertility of in 1 vention In explaining what he would u; t,. bis mother tud h's a not upon lheir return. What he could say lo Mrs. Germaine was a matter of « unplete indifference to JeiT 1, .hd :>: the mo;i .nt lie was riot to be moved even by the use of Nellie's name. w it."was Jefford's amiable response, "but for your soul's salva tion yon simply had to have that spank ing, and you'll get another if I catch you up to any of your tricks again." That afternoon Peace sat on the front piazza with Bobby, and for the first t! :ie since his arrival on the farm the live stock spent a quiet afternoon. Jefford enjoyed the uuiet as much as they did. but it was with a flushed face that be met the party on its return and reee! w»l an oak shingle and t»e given the grace to use It. If ever I were to catch myself being as mean and small as some men I know—and I may—l hope that I should hope, for the benefit of the world, that the angel Gabriel would toot his horn for me very soon. If ever I knowingly vote for a scoun drel because be represents my party I hope that I may have the privilege of going to a school where the elements of decency are taught. If my wife should prove to be irasci ble at times—but I don't admit It—l should hope that I would remember the sort of luck the poor girl played In when she married me.—San I>anclsco Pall. AN ODD SEA FOOD. Virtues of tlie Gigantic- Marine Snail Kionn us the Aba lone. Though the flesh of the abalone is a nutritious and wholesome article of food, highly esteemed by the Chinese and Japanese, few people in the Unit ed States know anything about the abalone except that it has a large shell with a bright, pearly interior. The aba- i lone Is a gigantic sea snail, whose nat- ! ural home is the deep water off a rocky coast. The whole coast of central and lower California, from Cape Mendo cino to Cape St. Lucas, abounds In aba lones, the supply being absolutely un limited. As fast as an area of fishing ground is depleted it is repeopied by j full grown abalones coming in from j the ocean. Three months after a piece of ground has been thoroughly cleared by the abalone fishers the siP*dy Is as abundant as ever. The contents of the large abalone shell weigh as much as two pouuds. Long ago the Chinese and Japanese j discovered the value of the meat as a wholesome and digestible food. The supply of abalones in Chinese waters | is, however, small, and the fishing grounds off the coast of Japan were so heavily drawn upon that they became exhausted. The people are forbidden by an imperial edict from taking them. The Japanese and Chinese in Califor nia dive for the abalones, which crawl about the rocks at the bottom of the sea in deep water outside the surf. Tue divers bring them ashore and spread thetn out in a sunny place to dry. This pr K-CSS reduces the abalone to about one-third of its original bulk, leaving a tough, horny product. The dried abalones are sent to the orient, where they are soaked and stewed or ground into powder and used for mak ing soup. In the pure, deep wafer of the ocean the abalone lives, and as It Is a clean feeder its flesh Is always sound and wholesome, being superior In this re spect to that of oysters and clams, which live near shore and are often contaminated by sewage and other im purities. The viscera of an abalone, U!:!ike those of the clam or oyster, which must be swallowed whole, are quite separate from the muscular or fdlb> | rt and can be detached by a single ~.ke of a knife. Chicago Vows \\ »Kiirr and Schumann. Wag""!- writing in |s4<>. said of Sch'.Ui :.nn: 1! • is a highly gifted mu sic-, n. Put an impossible man. When 1 came from I' . of that iu Germany, spoke of I c iture a.id politics, but he remained as g »->' l as for nearly an hour. One ca mot g> on talking quite alone. Aa It.. ■ issii |e map!" Schumann gave an ,unl ol this interview, which prat ticuily agrees with that of Wag ner. ' I have -ddom met Wagner," he said, "t he is a man of education and s; >ii lie talks, however, unceas ingly, ml that one caunot endure for long tozeth'?r." ' ' Astute | Mr. Phillips Hi) C. B. LEWIS 1 I opi/rigftt, IMS, by Homer Si>raguc 5 }========================■ There was no room to doubt that Mr. James Phillips was astute, lie had . been told so by his employer, by his fellow clerks in the bank and by two ' or three detectives with whom he had come in contact. In fact, he had rooms in the same house with a detective, and they were on such intimate terms that j the sleuth let him in on some of his cases and on several occasions had said 112 to him: "Phillips, you would have made a great detective. You have the natural astuteness of a Vidocq." There were times when the bank clerk really thought of resigning his position and taking up detective work as a profession. lie had almost made up his mind in earnest when a brilliant thought came to hint. | He was a young man of twenty-six, earning a salary of S2O per week. Un- L til further promotion should come he could not hope for any increase. The place he aspired to was years away, , and there was no way of adding to his income and getting married and living as h • w,i!!'i i to live. The brilliant thought that Hashed upon him one evening was to turn his ( a :i!encs - into criminal channels and reap iii.- pr.>HN. lie did not intend inr.rdrr n n highway robbery nor bur , glary, but simp y to beat the public in so - :<* <*n -y way. As lie was a good pen man. amf as he was well acquainted with ti',- ways banks, it was natural ' Ihat lie should decide on forgery as his line. The ji-iui - Mr. I'hiliip.s did not rush into then-".v business in a day or a month; it was a whole year before he was res('y jo move. lie first called up all the cases of forgery that he had heard of in <• mnectlou with banks and went over Oiem one by one in the most methodical manner. Some had succeed ••d. and Ik satisfied himself as to why others had sent men to prison. Then he borrowed the detective's serapbook and purchased the published remiuis cenees or" two or three others and read every line connected with forgery. His deductions when he had finished were that nineteen out of every twenty men arrested for the crime were burglars. They had been careless; they had left loopholes; they had neglected the most ordinary precautions. In some cases they had lacked nerve a thing he knew he possessed to a wonderful degree; in others they had taken alarm when there was not the slightest cause for It. Forgery, lie decided after studying ev ery phase of it for a year, was the very safest game In the catalogue. When Mr Phillips had fully and tirm lv made up his mind to enter into "busi ness" he jotted down the following points in his favor: He had always borne a good reputation; he was con nected with a responsible house; he could imitate any man's chlrography; he knew scores of men who banked at institutions outside his own: he wa an adept at disguising face and voice; he was a comrade of a detective who would keep him informed of what was going on, and his friendship with the officer would serve to lull all suspicion. It was plain sailing to success. It is said that there are plenty of men who would beat a bank out of a thousand dollars and yet hesitate to take ten from any other source. Per sons of wealth will beat the customs because Uncle Sam Is considered fair game. The criminal who gets ahead of a bank or other corporation does not feel that he has broken the law as if he had robbed a private house. Mr. Pblllo j by some gum game lie would have I been highly indignant. The detective had told the bank clerk j that more criminals came to grief through confederates than in any other way. There Is honor among thieves only up to a certain point. They stand ready to sell each other out at any hour when it seems that they can per sonally benefit by It. Mr. Phillips' natural astuteness | warned him io go it alone and trust ' to no man.and therefore when he got ; ready to suit his programme In motion no living man shared his secret. There had been certain preparations to make. He was all »wed a:i hour for lunch. He j had been in the habit of going to a cer | tain place patronized by other bank j clerks. He purposely raised a row with the proprietor that he might have some ! excuse forgoing elsewhere. He would ! need to be disguised, and he had to rent a room In a convenient IOCUUOU K. j i make the changes. There must be a ! i safe place for his money, and he found 1 it by renting a second room half a mile ! from the other. To both landlords and to account for his brief stops he claim- j j ed to be a detective. Mr. Phillips was in no hurry, and he did not propose to leave any loose ends. He went over bis plans time after time and Anally atlsfled himself that they were without a flaw. He had provided j for every contingency likely to arise, and it only remained to rake In the plunder. After gobif? over his list of "avallahles" he finally selected a husi- j ness house which had formerly banked j with his petude. Their signature was ! at his disposal, and he knew the size of their account at the new bank. Tie could get s.\nno from them easily, and the chances were that the crime would remain ui.discovered for at least a I fortnight One dry t!:e astute batik clerk 'Aas quite re:*dy to start out. He was not a tilt flurried or excited He left his desk at tl. . < 'lined Ills i coat an 1 I . way and : pa wed oiil - tie- street to seek his J lodgings ... 4-.!:-c himself. He did | not oven!» i'i; lie simply donned a j false w.i t mustache, slipped on a hat and < n unlike his usual garments I and then sauntered carelessly along in t" flic Fourth National bank. The substitute teller was at the pay window, as he had figured he would I • after 12 o'clock. This man did not know him. There were three or four persons with checks to be cashed, and Phillips took his place in line. He had u 112 aged check for In his hand, | and he was certain that it would be paid with nit question. The merchants would have sworn that the signature was their own. The check was passed in, glanced at. and the teller swiftly counted out the money IP > a». about to pass it through the v\ »w. and Mr. Phillips u.\s I'eelii ;■ a son of con tempt f'or his ea.-y ways when he paus ed, laid down the bills and took an other i >.ik HI tin* check on tile. There were ten seconds of puzzled hesitation, and then he said: '"There is a bit of irregularity hero, j This check i- dated for tomorrow, j Sew?" The astute Mr. Phillips saw. For a year he had been slowly and carefully ! preparing for tin* day. For a year he ! had been telling himself that there ( could be 110 failure. lie had written I out the check with the utmost care and t had scanned it over and over again, and i yet he had date 1 it a day ahead and made a most egregrious blunder! The thing came up m him with sledge ham mer force, and in spite of his assurance he exhibited some confusion. This i j might have passed with the teller as a natural result had not a man with a , cheek to be cashed exhibited undue cu- i I riosity and had not Mr. Phillips' com- I rade detective come strolling in. lie ' was known to the officers of the bank ! and at once became interested in the ' Incident. "It was an oversight that I will have corrected in twenty minutes," remark- ! ed Mr. Phillips as he took the check j 1 and started out. But the detective i ' would not have it that way, and five ! minutes later h • hail penetrated the | • disguise of his friend. Perhaps their ' friendship might have stood the strain ' or an explanation been possible, but the 112 teller would not have it so. An at tempt had been made to "do" and ruin ! him, and he proposed to see it through. ■ The result came two months later, ' when the careful and deliberate and painstaking as well as extraordinarily > astute Mr. I'hillips was sentenced to j state prison for seven years. "Sorry for you, my boy—very sorry," j ' said the detective as he left him at the ■ prison, "but you see there is a differ- j ence. Astuteness in business brings a sure reward, but astuteness in crime t | leads most of 'em here." A Terrible Scene. Strohschneiik r. the famous aeronaut, astonished the uatives of Stoekerau, near Vienna, by carrying a young bar i rister on hi. back along a tight rope > eighty meters in length fixed to tbe church sieeple A few days later flam ; ing poster.! appeared on the walls an , nouncing that Strohselineider would ef fect a balloon ascent in the company of 1 Herr Pramper, the popular landlord of ] the White Hose. Notwithstanding the fact that the po lice had forbidden the landlord, who i lias a large fat: I.'y. from taking part in the performance r.ine host entered the imio-nre at the appointed time, to the no small deli-ht of the assembled mul titude. At a given signal tlie balloon rose in iin ;i!'. Stroll Schneider and the landlord sit ling on the trapeze beneath. Some of the spectators declare that the j latter turned as pale a • a sheet during his upward llighi. though he did not ! fail t i wave hat to the crowd. Aft ; er reaching a dizzy height the two bal loonists were observed to quarrel aud actually came to blows. All at once the landlord plunged heutil>ng into space. A shout of horror arose from the spec tators. W'IO ran to the spot where they expected to tind l'ramper lying with broken limbs What was their aston ishment at discovering not a corpse, but a lay figure dressed in one of the landlord's ts The manikin was | conveyed to Stoekerau in triumph. LINCOLN'S DISPOSITION. Ortlinn«*ll y < tit»o»rful. It !!«»!«•«•!! >l«»litn<*lioly. llopeful and ■ le ■ i iul as he ordinarily seemed, then w.i - ivi Mr Lincoln's dis position :i strain of deep melancholy. I'll is \\a-> not peculiar to him alone, for the pioneers as a race were somber rather than gay. Their lives had been passed for generations under the most trying physical conditions, near malaria infesu I • ir< ains and where they breath ed the prison of decaying vegetation. Insufficient shelter, storms, the cold of winter, savage enemies and the cruel labor that killed off all but the hardiest of them had at the same time killed the happy-go-lucky gayety of an easier form of life They were thoughtful, watchful, wary; capable, Indeed, of wild merriment, but it has been said ! that although a pioneer might laugh he could not easily be made to smile. Lincoln's mind was unusually sound aud sane and normal. He had a cheer ful. wholesome, sunny nature, yet he had inherited the strongest traits of the | pioneers, and there was in him. more | over, much of tho poet, with a poet's capacity for joy and pain. It is not strange that as he developed into man hood. especially when his deeper nature began to feel the stirrings of ambition and of love, that these seasons of de : press ion and gloom came upon him with overwhelming force. Helen Nico i lay iti St. Nicholas. THE BARK OF TREES. Xnture** Provision I'or the of Ihe (iHiwint; Plant. I The practical cultivator understands I that nature makes provision for getting rid of the bark of trees as the trunk ln | creases in size. On the growth of the past season may be seen small olive spots. These are formations of cork, i From year to year, in subsequent de | velopment, these little patches spread, 1 really eating their way through the 1 bark. This is the provision which na- ' j ture makes for finally rifting the bark ; In each species of plant. These cork ' j cells have their own special lines of de j velopment, and this is the reason why , each kind of tree has its own particular bark. The characteristics are so prom inent that clever observers can select different kinds of trees by their bark even at midnight. As It is the evident intention of nature to get rid of old hark, it is a great help to the tree to as sist nature in this respect, and any wash or treatment which aids the plant in getting rid of it is a prac tical advantage. Soapy water wash or lye water is useful, and even scraping has been found of great advantage. In a rough sort of way lime wash is frequently used, the only objection be ing the white and glaring color. It Is. however, the cheapest and the best of all bark treatment. THE USEFUL YAWN. L TiiU L.uni; \ ent ilnt in« RROCI'INM SITTI** ■ n l)nul»l«» I'urpoiie. The act of yawning is distinctly bene ficial in two ways. In the first place it serves the purpose of lung ventila tion The lungs are not filled or ex- I hausted by ordinary respiration. There is a certain quantity of air which phys iologists call "residual air" left in the recedes of the lungs after the ordinary I respiration. This in time becomes vlti at- I ai d affects the blood and. through it, the nervous centers. The result is a yawn which is really a stretching of the respiratory chamber | t> its I- t capacity and the filling j oft < inspired air which i •' • 1 e \ ; t« I air out Yawning is I -i 1: • ii' tieial in so far as it opens, " streicbes . nd ventilates the vocal, ua - I Mil auditory chain Iters in immedi ate < tnvrti'ii wit'i the mouth. g social often heard when J ' l:;e to the stretching and j opening of the eustachian tubes, which form a communication between the middle ear and the back of the throat | The deafrtcss which often accompanies a cold is due to the congestion of these | ♦'ihos.— London Hospital. LINCOLN Th, I HLETE. i How flic Voulli'n Rodily \ i;;or Stood Him In Uuixl Stead. Young Lincoln's bodily vigor 6tood ' foitn In good stead in many ways. In frontier life strength and athletic Bklll ; nerved as we i for popular amusement us for prosaic toil, and at times, Indeed, they were nee bnl for personal defense. Every community Lad its champion wrestler, a 1 11 of considerable local ! Importance, i i whose success tlio I neighbors tonic a becoming interest. I There was not far from New Salem a j settlement ••ailed Clary's Crove, where ' lived a set o( restless, rollicking young | back woodsmen with a strong liking for frontier athletics and rough practical jokes. Jack Armstrong was the leader of these and until Lincoln's arrival had been the champion wrestler of both '• Clary's Grove and New Salem. He and j bis friend 3 had not the slightest per ) son'il grudge against Lincoln, but, ! hearing tho neighborhood talk about ! the newcomer and especially Otlut's extravagant praise of his clerk, who, according to Offut's statement, knew more than any one else in the United States and could beat the whole coun- I try at running, jumping or "wras- I tling," they decided that the time had come to assert themselves and strove j to bring about a trial of strength be tween Armstrong and Lincoln. Liu- I coin, who disapproved of ail this "wool | lng and pulling," as he called it, and bad no desire to come to blows with bis neighbors, put off the encounter as j long as passible. At length even his good temper was powerless to avert it, | and the wrestling match took place, i Jack Armstrong soon found that he j had tackled a man as strong and skill ' ful as himself, and his friends, seeing him likely to get the worst of it, swarmed to his assistance, almost suc ceeding. by tripping and kicking, in getting Lincoln down. At the unfair ness of this Lincoln became suddenly and furiously angry, put forth bis en tire strength, lifted the pride of < lary's Grove in his arms like a child and, holding him high in the air, almost choked the life out of him. It seemed for a moment as though a general light must follow: but even while Lincoln's fierce rage compelled their respect bis quickly returning self control won their admiration, and the crisis was safely passed. Instead of becoming enemies and j leaders in a neighborhood feud, as might lime been expected, the two grew to be warm friends, the affection j thus strangely begun lasting through life. They proved useful to each other In various ways, and years afterward Lincoln made ample amends for his rough treatment of the other's throat by saving the neck of .lack Armstrong's son from the baiter in a memorable trial for tnurder The Clary's Grove "boys" voted Lincoln "the cleverest fel low that ever broke into the settle ment." and then-after took as much pride in his pcaceableness and book learning as they did in the rougher and more questionable accomplishments of their c'scomfited leader.—Helen Nicolay In St. .Nicholas THE VALUABLE MOOSE. It In ili«- Stiifl of l.lfc In ih«» (.rent >ortli«-rn YV i lilerut'MN. What the Null tl > was to the plains, ttu» white tail deer to the southern woods and the caribou to the barrens the moose is to the great northern belt of sv.amp and timber land of British America. ll is the creature that enables the na tives to live at all Assisted in warm | weather by various iisb. it bears prac tical!;' the burden of their support. Its deb "ions -teaks nre their staple food, but its nose or is a delicacy. Its hide furni-lies the best clothing and moccasin leather or provides snow shoes that e; :li|e the bunt* r to kill more mouse, its back sinew is the sew ing thread o tin., country, its horns and bones mak • tools, its h >ofs can be con verted into rattles, and its coarse, bris tly mane. \ inches 'otig and white ex cept the tip<. furnishes raw material for ernbr > dery. When dyed with na tive dye- ind skillfully worked into leather and birch bark, these bristles are as eV■ ■<-t:•. «» as porcupine quills and are, indeed, often mistaken for them by the i:i■ -! 'lied. Ernest Thompson Se ton in Scribih-r's. Il«* KI?• «2 l»«M k n There. The clergyman was holding a chil dren's s<>rv>c at a continental resort. During the ie>son he had occasion to catechise hi- heaters on the parable o? the unjust steward. "What is a sievnrd?" tie asked. A little boy, who had arrived from ihtgland a few days be;';»r.\ bel l lip bis hand, "lie Is the man sir," !: re; lied, with a reminis cent look 011 bis face, "who brings you a basin."—London Globe. Conllrilil y. Cordiality Is the least expensive and farthest point,' of all commodities, and its practitioners represent our best suc cesses. it is the key which unlocks the social and business doors, bringing men closer together, helping them to better work together, lightening their bur dens and changing the twilight of trou ble into the sunlight of happiness.— "TcslT AND JDURE HE LUNGSJ /Consumption Price I FOR S WIJGHS and 50c&$I.OOB ISOLDS Free Tria'. g Surest and Quickest Cure for all I THROAT and L'JNO TROUB- H LES, or MONEY BACK. HOG EV! A Reliable TO SHOP ror all kind of Tin Roofing Spoutlne and Ceneral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters. Ranges, Furnaces. «to- PRICES THE LOWEST! QUALITY THE BEST! JOHN IIIXSOM NO. 116 E- FRONT BT. CHINESE ART IN STONE. It* llfst i;\:i-.11 {){«■» »n;•- \vi.iiil s of t!ie present dynasty. 'i i " mr«• composed of euormou? : !•! ><*ks * ■- nit brought with infinite labor i i! ; s!ant quarries over roads i II• r <- wliivh are hardly capable' in.: ordinary cart traffic and I; vc id way.i lo be specially prepared t • i < t t e treat weights causing tit ;r 'l'i <• ..hi,' admiration for the employ-1 .. r .1 i.f h u—* * blocks of stone is seen ! in the <■; of tin* bridges over tiie riv i :iI >mr tl <• <'o:ist of South Fukien. v. l:cre tiie no slabs used in e con .;- n-ii>- «»< aslonally measur. sixty t iii leu; h anil are estimated to v.oi' h !' -arl.v 120 tons, an! the bridges t' • !.' . '•cs Irive a length of 1.000 to J )0 y> rtls. ' i almost all cases where the build is are ne of solid construction the wi'ght <>f 11 blocks employed has !!. a str.a in upon the supports which (' <• architects s':i 11 was not competent t > provide against, and witli the lapse r r ih»e the melancholy spectacle i.s sec:. • 112 sl.il.s fallen from their places and of noble and costly structures approaching ruin. In some cases the interdei, a deuce of tlie arches leads to tie same result, tine notable Instance of this occurred during Colonel Gor don's e;;mp lign against the Taipings, when to allow of tlie passage of his small steamers it was necessary to make a gap in a bridge of over twenty arches, and arch after arch collapsed immediately after the passage of his small flotilla. London Saturday lie . view AVERAGE HUMANITY. Jlo*t IVi;|»lc \ r«» \ot Very re we good sous or dutiful daughters? We have both honored and ! dishonored our parents, who in their turn had done the same by theirs. Do jve melt at the sight of misery? Indeed we do. Do we forget all about it when I we Lave turned the corner? Frequently ! that is so. Do we expect to be put to open sbaine at the great day of .ludg- i nieut? We should be terriblj frighten ed of this did we not ding to the hope that amid the shocking revelations then for the tirst time made public our little 1 affairs may fail to attract much notice, i Judged by the standards of humani ty, few people are either good or bad. j "I have not been a great sinner," said the dying .Nelson; nor had he—he had only been made a great fool of by a woman. Mankind is all tarred with the -.line brush, though some who chance to be op, rated upon when the brush is fre-.li from the barrel get more than j iln ir sh ire of the tar. The biography I of a celebrated man usually reminds j me «.f • outside of a coast guards-j man's < >i< ige all tar and whitewash, j -10 says of A :g:tsthie liirrell. M'lyal c;n«iil>lern. Tin- r ; is.»iintion which games of I chanc hi ve exercised over gentle and I simp! ' \-ell illustrated in the de- | set*'.-it iv 1 Stow of the entertainment j given b\ il iry i'icanl. mayor of Lon- ! don. in when the kings of France i and Scotia a!, being prisoners in Eng- ; lan I.and t'ie king of Cyprus on a visit to E-iwarii ill., the mayor "kept his j hall aglinst all comers that were will- ' ing t . p'av at dice and hazard. The I.ady Margaret. his wife, did keepe her j chamber to the same intent." The ! mayor, having won r.o marks from the i. ,g • 112 Cypru ret'inicd him tl:e mon ey. sayi l My lord anil ' a, '■> not aggrieve !. >'»r 1 • • •! >!d, but your pi \ ■ - il JjgaOteg. , I of Danville. I j i i i j OF COURSE YOU READ j j I I ill jjl J THE NEOPLE'S KOPULAR I APER. Everybody Reads It. j j! i : ! Published Every Morning Except - Sunday a » i ' No. II E. Mcfhr ng St. ' ; i Subscription o cei . r Week. THE GOLDFINCH. ■ CbaogCK In I'ltiiniiKe That Are Pni- j dilute to ilit* Xovlce. Most every one in America is ac ; qfiuinted with the goldfinch, but many j people know the bird by the name of i lettuce bird, on account of its bright yellow color. Goldfinch is a very appro priate name, as the bright yellow of I ili<' male, when in broking plumage, la j '.ike burnished gold. The female gold jlin -i is more modestly dressed than i lier mate. The changes in plumage of j the male are very interesting and to the novice somewhat puzzling. Until the stiHeut becomes acquainted with | the bird he may wonder why he sees ! n > males during the winter. The truth j is. at this season the (locks of supposed : female goldfinches are really of both j sexe;. the male bird having assumed i in tlie previous fall, usually by the end of October, a plumage closely resem bling that of the female and young bird of tli - year. The male retains this iii'- t' the coal heaver In his and ! gave a he: rty handshake to the man who wash s equal in height.—'Thomas ■ TT Tibbies in Success* Magazine. TIMIKII t'.atliiK. Those who have partaken of peacock 1 declare that gorgeous bird to be decid edly tough eating, while it Is said of ; the swan that the fact of its ever hav | ing been a familiar dish speaks highly in favor of ancient English cutlery. Moreover, it should not be forgotten that when bustards' and boars' heads were as common as sirloins and sad dles now are there were scarcely any ! vegetables to eat with them. \ pry Different. Merchant—l thought you told me he ; was a man of very good character? 1 Qulbbel Von must have misunder j stood me. I said he was a man of j good reputation. Exchange. The attachments of mere mirth are but the shadows of that true friendship of which ihe sincere affections of the heart are the substance.—Burton. [ ■IJI'L ffa want to i all Ms of Prating A I IA n i LL'S M. |II ill MR 1 ! li s Ml. 112 | A well pi 1 tasty, Bill t.-i \\ l ter Head, A/Z Ticket, v»Y Program, Stn-. ment or Car l \y / an advertisetnen for your busings, satisfaction to yor Mew Typo, ■lew Presses, ~ Besl Paper, * W Wort Promjtness ■ All you can ask • == T A trial will make you our customer We respect full" as! that trial. I 111 11 No. ii 17..I 7 .. Mahoning St , all PL.