RIUOLEREOER I>KAI>.
The ex-Senator Expired at his Home li
Woodstock, Vu., Friday Morning.
WOODSTOCK, VA., January 24. —liar
risou licit Riddlebcrgcr, ex-Senator, diet
this morning at 2:30 o'clock, after a long
illness. Ilis deatli has been expected fin
several days. His fumiiy were prcsen
when he died.
Mr. Kiddlebcger was horn at Edhiburg.
Shenandoah county, Virginia, October 4
1844. lie had a common school educi
tion, and then studied witli a tutor ni
home for two years. I'e was seventeen
years old when the war began, and was
for three years in the Confederate army
as Lieutenant of Infantry and Captain ol
„ Cavalry. After the war he studied law
and was admitted to the bar, beginning
his practice at Woodstock, wbcie his
-. home was. For two yeurs lie was com
monwealth's attorney for his county ; he
serve four years in the House of Dele
gaie, for a similar period in the State
Senate. He was a member of the Demo
cratic State Committee until 1875. a Pres
identnl elector on the Democratic ticket
in 1870, and on Hie Readjuster ticket in
1880. In 1883 lie entered the United
States Senate as a Readjuster, and ids
term of service ended in 1881). In the
meantime he lmd several contentions with
ins colleague. Oeneral Mahone, and dur
ing the late campaign he opposed Mahone.
Siuce 1870 he bus been editor of three pa
pers—the Tenth Legion , the Shenandoah
Democrat aud the Virginian.
WHAT tVIU CALLAGHAN SAY ?
Mr. Powiloriy's Friend* Poshing Him fur
, , Hie Democratic Gubernatorial Nomina
tion.
ScKASTO.v, I'A., January 24.—Some per
" sous prominent in Lackawanna politics
think that the holding of the Democratic
convention in Serauton means the possi
ble selection of General Master Workman
T. V. Powderly as a candidate f>r the
Gubernatorial chair.
A local leader, whose relations to Mr.
Powderly are more than friendly, said in
reference to the matter that lie did not
think Air. Powdt-rly would enter into the
contest of his own course, but the friends
of the General Master Workman, not only
in Scranton, but in sonio of the other
large cities of the State, were determined
to have him stand for Governor, and if
Powderly is nominated for Governor by
the Democratic State Convention there
are a number of people who will not be
surpri-ed.
RAILROAD SHOPS liltltMU).
The Huntingdon and Ili-oad Top Company
Lose $>50,000 by Fire,
i HUNTINGDON, January 24.—The erect
ing aud repairing shops of the Hunting
don and Broad Top Railroad, located at
Baxton, Bedford county, were totally de
stroyed by fire this morning, together
with a new engine and three coal cars.
The building destroyed comprised the
paint shop, storage building for supplies
and machine shops and contents. The
tire is believed to have originated through
spontaneous combustion in the paint de
* partment. The total loss will reach $50,-
000. General Manager Gage will cum
■ mence at once the rebuilding of new
shops.
KKLKA-ED ON BAIL.
Knglueer Malioiiey Charged With Criminal
CurelcHHness.
CHICAGO, January 24.—Engineer Mll
- of the train which ran into tlie
funeral procession at Rose Hill last eveu
. mg, killing four persons, was released 011
bail this morning.
, Two charges were preferred against
him—one, ot criminal carelessness, the
other, of violating Hie city ordinances
On the former lie was held in §5,000 bad,,
on the other §2OO. Superintendent
Cuyler, on the Nor western, furnished the
security. The case against Malioney was
continued until Tuesday. The inquest
will be held to-mo:row morning.
National soldier*' Home,
WASHINGTON, January 24.—There is to
be an interesting contest in the House
over the vacancies in the Board of Man
agers of the National Soldiers' Home, oc
casioned by the deaths of Gen. John F.
Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, and ex-Gov
ernor Martin, of Kansas. These posi
tions are filled by joint resolution of the
two houses. It is the custom to keep the
board about equally divided politically.
Both of the deceased members were Re
publicans and the surviving members
comprise three Republicans and five
Democrats. It Is altogether probable
that even were the House Democratic the
the successors of Governors Martin and'
Hartranft wop Id be Republicans. And
v there can be no doubt that they will be
Republicans, as the Congress is Republi
can in both brunches. Several jointreso
lutionsjiave already been introduced in
the House naming men for the vacancies.
The most prominent man on the list of
candidates is General Russell A. Alger,
of Michigan, who is the beneficiary of a
joint resolution introduced by his old
army associate and political lieutenant,
General Cutchcon, who is chairman of I
the house committee on military affairs, !
to which the resolutions were referred, j
Another well-known aspirant is Major
Geo. W. Steele, an ex-array officer and a
member of the last three Congresses, i
Owen, of Indiana, has introduced u joint
resolution providing for Steele's selection.
Other candidates in whose behalf resolu- !
tions have been introduced are General
Gregg, of Philadelphia, and General A.
L. Pearson, of Pittsburgh who naturally
claim the succession to Hartranft. It is
said that half a dozen other noted ex
soldiers will lie favored by their friends.
The only candidacy in any way political 1
in its character is that of General Alger, '
who. it is figured, wants to get one more
string to his already well strung bow as
soldier candidate for President in 1892.
DREAMS.
hi dreains I walk in pleasant ways,
By limpid streams In sunny dells,
Where peace abides aud beauty dwells,
(1 And splendors glow through happy days.
H I dream of friends whose faith is fast,
,!• I dream of love that cannot fail,
Of joys that never tire nor pale,
11 Of hopes that beckon till tho last
In dreams 1 hear the songs of birds,
I see the shores of happy lauds,
[ I feel the clasp of loving hand-;.
I catch the drift of tender words
t-
They are hut dreams, aud t.*.
Awake to weep my vaniahad s'
d Awako to feel the truth o. l
9 That dreams can never can. • t > p us
y I sometime wish 1 ne'er had u: earned
,f About the things I long for so,
For then tny heart might never know
v How dear their sweet fulfillment seamed
Still let me dream, for oftentimes
s The path is drear, the day is bl ak,
j. My soul so sad, uiy heart so weak,
I fain would hoar the happy chimes.
e
The happy chimer. that fancy rings
Across the dreary moors of life;
C I fain would see umld tny strife
The peaceful visions fancy brings.
—Eva Donaldson in Boston Courier.
i
! MAKTHA.
[i
s ' She's a good gal an' deserves to he
c happy ef anybody does!"
Old John Compton gave the wheel of
- his wagon an emphatic twirl around the
• axle which he had been greasing. His
■- brow was troubled, his voice betrayed
'' emotion. Removing his funnel shaped
bat, lie wiped the moisture front ins
wrinkled face.
Behind him was his cabin, and in its
r entry his wife was at work. In front of
- him lay his crops exulting in the sun
shine. He took the prop from the axle;
• then he joined ins wife.
i "Mother," lie said, in the same dis
■ quieted tone that had characterized hia
. soliloquy a moment before, "mother,
you think Martha's made up her mind
about Berry Bradley an' 'twouldn't do
no good to reason furder with her?"
The woman turned from tho churn,
■ and drew near to him. Her movement
' was slipshop, her face as grave as his;
! sighing, she said;
. "Do any good? Not a particle. I've
j been agin it, John, the Lord's my wit
ness. I've suffered torments; not a
naclierl night's rest in a month have I
had. But what's to bo done? It's the
Lord's will, I reckon. You don't know
notliin' about a mother's feelin's—a man
cayn't, it nint natur'; but I've gotsome'n
to tell vuu; you're her father an' orter
know, though seeli matters kin pass bet
ter betwixt women folks, kase they un
derstand one another.
"Last night I couldn't rest. You was
sound asleep. I thought I heerd som 11'
a-stirrin' in the child's room. I got out
o' bed and crept 'cross the entry, an',
a-standin' tliar at that crack, I heerd her
a-cryin' an' a-prayin' in thar to herse'f,
'thout a sign of a light.
"I peeped in at tho door, an' saw tho
pore gal's face in tho moonshine. In all
ray born days I hain't seed secli misery
on a human countenance. She was as
dead white as a corpse, a-settin' 011 tiie
side o' tho bed with lipr arms crossed,
bendin' for'ard an' back'ard, a-nioanin'
an' a-prayiu' in whispers.
"I knoived 'twas kase we'd been a
talkin' agin' Berry, an' 1 went to her an'
tuk her up in my lap—she's a pore frail
little tiling anyway; she never was
overly stout.
"After awhile site told me all about it
from beginnin' to end. Berry uster tote
her dinner basket an' jino lior on the
road to school mighty nigh every day—
three year ago 'fore he tuk to drinkin*.
She begun to love him then. She never
opened her mouth about it, an' you
know lie didn't come to the house even
as often as Clem Craig, so how's we to
know?
"She don't dispute that lie's triiliu'.
He's al'ays been kind an' lovin' to her,
she says; an' lias promised time an' agin
. to stop drinkin'. She thinks she can get
'im to give it up. He proved to her, at
meetin', yesterday, by Budd Logan, 'at
lie haint teclied a drop o' anything in
toxicatin' in over three weeks, lie says
he never will agin; but the's 110 tellin'
'bout them that's tied to liquor. He
rnout start agin, an' what ud come o'
her?"
The huskiness in the woman's voice got
the mastery of her articulation, and she
went silently back to tho churn. She
continued her work, but the dasher in her
unsteady hand struck against the sides of
the churn with unwonted force. She
was wiping her eyes on the skirt of her
bonnet.
The subject of the conversation just
reported was the only living child of the
old couple; their other children had died
before they had passed the period of in
fancy. Martha was the pet, tho joy of
the humble household. More than once
the neighbors had expressed themselves
against what they considered to be dot
ing over indulgence of the girl on the
part of the father and mother.
, "She'll be eternally sp'iled," quoth
one.
"She's the only gal in the hollow 'at
kin afford to wear shoes in summer
time; next thing you'll hear o' her
a-havin' a boss an' buggy," said another.
"They put tier to school six months
last year. The most 'at common folks
gits fur tli'r children is a month 'twixt
layin'-by time an' Christmas." com
plained an old crone with a ragged
brood of ten children dependent on her.
His wife's graphic recital of the girl's
unhappiness touched tho old farmer
deeply. He could frame no reply. Walk
ing restlessly across tho puncheon floor
he shaded his eyes from the glare of the
afternoon sun and gazed westward,
whero lie descried a couple udvancing
along the road through the fields. It
was Martha and her lover—a slight, girl
ish form in a homespun gown, a burly
young countryman with a slouching
walk.
They came to the cabin together, both
silent. The girl's features were regular
and pleasing, her face deep and serious;
fehe was about 18 years of age, the young
Man 25.
"Won't you come in an' rest?" she 1
I asked. . ..! rained tone, with a dubi
| ous r." i glance at her parents.
H< !l d. manifestly abashed, gave
, the occi-p i sof tho entry a gawky bow
and ana.ml led "Ilowdy," and took a
j sent < n an empty soda keg against the
| wall, which, in his immediate vicinity,
was frescoed elaborately with strings of
red p'pper pods hung up to dry.
The titillating dust and odor from this
vegetable made him long to sneeze. His
excessive timidity or baslifulness, how
ever, Unvaried such an outbreak.
As a rule, young men in this region
when they go "a-sparkin' " have little to
say. Berry Bradley, while different in
I many re-meets from the average "Sprout
Hollow" sv. aiti, was no exception to this
rule. If you had seen him, as he sat
there, you would have taken him for an
immutable mute. The pepper pods had
incited his eyes to tears, yet he did not
have the courage to alter his position,
hut sat looking through the blur as pa
tient ns a :.itue in n fog.
B; ides, no other seat invited oc.u
piuir - : vi- a dismantled candle box near
Mrs. Con-pton's churn. The discomforts
arising from the pepper pods were pref
erable to a nearer approach to bis mo
ther-in-law in prospect.
The good woman finished lu-r work at
the chui ii, and, without a glance at the
visitor, went moodily into one of the
roc;us t arrange tho table for the even
ing meal; whereupon Berry moved
slightly, got his feet and hands into a
less tense posture, and wiped his eyes on
iiis coat fjec-ve. The farmer picked up
his basket, and went out io feed his
horses; the visitor sneezed with a kind
of bray, and left the pods.
"I'd b iter be a-goin'." he remarked to
the girl standing near the steps.
"What's your hurry?" sho asked, with
a quick, troubled expression in her eyes.
"Do you think a man orter wait tell
ole Gabe blows liis horn in his year 'fore
he takes a hint? My room's wutli inore'n
my company in this shebang," lie re
plied angrily.
"I cayn't he'p it, Berry," she answer
ed, willi a sigh. "I've done all I kin.
You oughtn't to blame me fur it."
"Well, it makes no odds. I'll meet
you at meetin' to-morrow night, an'll
fetcli you home. No, I'm to,blame fur't
nil, but you'll see. You've said you'd
try me, an' you shan't be sorry."
His tone was very serious, and lie
walked away without another word.
It is no small wonder that such a man
as Berry Bradley could have won the
maiden—the most eligible in every re
spect in Sprout Hollow. Reckless and
improvident ns this man was, void of
physical attractiveness or educational
advantages, he held the girl in his power
by her heart cords, and through her lie
held her parents.
Reluctantly the old people consented
to the marriage. Berry renewed his
promises to reform with doubled earnest
ness, and the wedding day drew to hand.
People for miles around gathered at
the Compton cabin that bright summer
afternoon. The cabin wus not largo
enough to accommodate the guests, so
the space under the trees in front of the
house was utilized for their accommoda
tion. Neighbors brought chairs and
stools; planks and rails were laid across
stones to make benches, and various
other articles of household furniture and
outdoor rubbish adapted to the purpose
were brought into use for seating the
crowd. Many of the men stood up; some
sat on the rail fence of the cow lot near
by.
Everything became so still when the
parson stepped from among the crowd
into the entry that the drone of the bees
around the hives at the end of the cabin
could lie heard. Berry led his bride from
one of the rooms, and they stood before
the preacher. Her gown was of plain
white muslin. A mass of glossy brown
hair fell in waves over lier shoulders.
A few smiles, such as touch faces at
fashionable weddings, even though void
of sincerity, would not have been out of
place, now that the girl's step was irre
vocable; but the simple minds of the
spectators were unlearned in such subtle
arts, and tho upturned countenances
mutely and firmly spoke disapprobation
of tho match, and sympathy for the
parents, for the bridegroom's character
was well and unfavorably known by
them all.
At tho feet of the bride sat her parents,
their gray heads uncovered in the spray
of dancing sunshine which fell through
the tree branches. Truly pitiful was the
feeble semblance of approval which they
strove to keep in their care worn faces.
The ceremony was over. The most
friendly of the neighbors shook hands
with the newly married pair; then the
throng melted away. Intense and em
barrassing silence canie to the household
with the departure of the guests. Martha
was to go forthwith to the cabin that her
husband had made ready for lier on
some land a few miles distant, which lie
had rented for the next year.
Berry brought out Martha's box and a
bundle of new quilts—her dowry—and
put them in a buggy. The young bride
kissed lier speechless mother, and twined
her arms tightly around 'the wrinkled
neck. With eyes brimful of tears she
went to her father, as ho leaned over the
fence looking fixedly at nothing.
He turned when her hands touched his
arm and put his rough, sun browned
hand against the side of lier face. He
did not kiss lier; she did not intend to
kiss him. Such a mark of affection had
never passed between them, hut a deep
feeling was evinced in his dispirited de
meanor, and revealed in the dimmed orbs
benoifth the shaggy gray eyebrows, that
more than suificed.
"You'll be over soon, you an' your—
you an' Berry, I reckon," ho said dis
connectedly,with twitching lips. "You're
ally's welcome as long as me'n your mo
ther has a roof above us. I'll have Tobo
Sanders drive your cow over early in the
mornin'. You'd better take Sook, I
reckon: she seems to ho your favorite.
She's a good miich cow, an'll give more'n
enough milk for you two."
For a few moments after the bride
and bridegroom had driven away Farmer
Compton remained where she had left
him. Mrs. Compton sat in the entry
alone. She rose finely and went to kin
dle a fire in the chimney. Her husband
approachi il her a3 she knelt in the ashes
on the wide hearth.
"Never uiirid, mother," he said, plain
tively, •'I haint hungry. Le's make out
with a cold snack this time. It's been
many a year sence we've gone 'thout
warm supper, but I don't feel much like
eatin', an' 1 reckon you don't nuther."
Nothing reluctant she consented. They
sat in the door and watched the sinking
sun draw away his gold from the
clouds, and saw the gloaming darken
the low lands and drape the hills in
j gray. They sat closer together than they
had sat for years before,
j Berry began his married life in a much
more exemplary manner than was gen
j erally expected of him. His cabin was
j well equipped for occupany. tie straight
j way went to work to bring his soil into
j lit condition for the planting of crops.
I Winter passed; spring rolled brightly
| on. Martha was happy. Hor husband
; was, indeed, very kind and attentive,
! and she loved ldm more than ever, and
: secretly enjoyed the knowledge that her
friends were now finding out the errors
of their prophesies concerning her wel
fare.
But, aias! this happy time wa3 short.
Berry had gone to the village to poll his
vote in a local election, lie did not re
turn as early as had been ids wont when
he went to the village. Martha stood in
the door, anxiously awaiting him until
night had fallen. She heard the clatter
of horse hoofs, and he rode up, Ids horse
foaming with perspiration. lie alighted,
leading the animal bunglingly to the
stall.
The young wife shrunk with instinct
ive dread into the cabin. Once before
her marriage she had seen precisely that
unsteady walk, that languid drooping of
head and shoulders. She knew well
what it betokened. She made haste to
place the supper ou the table. She could
not go to him as she had been accus
tomed to do. This he noted with quick
ened sensitiveness on his entrance.
Throwing himself clumsily in a chair,
he glowered at her as she shrunk before
him. The consciousness that he had
broken Ids promise of total abstinence
was uppermost in his ndnd.
"A man cay n't tech a drap 'thout you
a-thiiikiu' "at he's gwine to take to it
reg'lar." he said, with a thick tongue.
"The's reason in everything. A man
haint v.utli that"—tryiug to snap his
fingers -"that cayn't drink on a partic
ular 'c >-inn like this 'thout making a
hog o' hi f."
With the table between her and him,
she stoo l, pale and quivering in every
fiber, unable to answer him.
"Lost vore tongue, 'tseems. 'Lection's
over. Pete Grogan's our next sheriff;
stayed fill votes counted out. You kin
jest Stan" lbar like a post till it thunders
ef you want to. I won't make you be
lieve what I'm a-tellin' you."
"Berry," she said desperately, moving
a chair to Ids place nt the table, "supper
is reaily. Come before it's cold."
"Don't want no supper," ho said, tes
tily; "ain't gwine to eat at no table wliar
I'm looked on like a brute. Cayn't tech
a drop with ole friends I wuz fotch up
with 'thout the whole world lie-In' up
set."
He rose angrily and staggered out of
doors. She heard the gurgle of a bottle,
and when lie came in she noted the
bulge of a capacious whisky flask in his
pocket, lie resumed his chair without
speaking.
Hours passed by; ho wa3 becoming
more deeply inebriated. Ho sat, an
inert human mass, with lolling head
waggling, now and then, ou his breast,
and was in gieat danger of tumbling to
the floor. The lust pine knot was flick
ering in the chimney. When it expired
darkness would fall. Slio shuddered at
the situation. Something must be done;
she must get him upon the bed.
She touched his feverish head with her
cold hands. lie paid uo heed to her,
breathing very heavily. She pulled at
his arms;
"Berry!" she called gently; "Berry, git
oil the bed!"
He raised his head with inflamed eyes
and a bestial growl. She tried to raise
him again, praying inwardly. lie got
to his feet and plunged toward the door.
With all her strength she endeavored to
pilot him to the bed. Maddened by the
restraint lier hands put upon him, he
threw back his arm with brutal force
and struck her in the temple. Then lie
plunged into the darkness without and
sho fell to the floor.
The grayish light of dawn stealing
over the hill tops into the cabin fell on
the face of a dead woman. A few hours
after sunrise a neighbor chanced to look
in at the door and discovered her.
Immediately he summoned his wife
and daughters, and sent a bearer of the
tidings to the Comptons. Before the
mother and father arrived, Berry Brad
ley's body was found in the river, not far
from the cabin. In his blind wander
ings ho had fallen into the stream, and
drowned helplessly. In consideration of
the circumstances attending his death,
and the death of his wife, it was deter
mined that his remains should not be
brought to his cabin.
There are few things in human nature
more sublime than tho patient fortitude
of the simple people in tho region in
which these events occurred. The dead
girl's parents drove up to the cabin about
noon. While tho old man, with trem
bling hands, unhitched his mules, liis
wife stood waiting for him, with her
back to tho cabin. Tears had not
dampened her cheeks that day. Tho
women standing around the rough coffin
retired as the old couple entered tho
cabin.
Neither of the two shed tears even
then, though their aged frames trembled
violently as their eyes fell upon tho
dead. Slowly and gently, as if Martha
was sleeping, Mrs. Compton raised the
brown hair from the bruised spot at tho
temple and softly stroked the pallid
cheek.
"She loved him moro'n she did us.
Poor little Mattie!" She retied the lit
tle bow of blue ribbon around tho palo
neck and went outside the door and sat
down amongst the old women, and a
few moments later they bore the body of
the daughter she loved to its lonely
grave on tho hill side.—Will N. liarbon
in Youth's Companion.
Turning tliu Puma.
Mr. William Lant Carpenter gives in
Nature an account of a tame puma which
was exhibited in Montana. Mr. Wittich,
tlio owner of the puma, had devoted
eighteen months to tho training of the
animal. Proofs of this training were
given one evening at the store of the
owner.
The beast not having been fed for
twenty-four hours, its master trailed
pieces of raw meat over her nose and
mouth, wkich the puma did not attempt
local until the word was given, as to u
dog. Occasional attempts were made,
but n twist of the ear by Mr. Wittich
was enough to control her.
When meat was placed a few yardt
away, the puma fetched it by word of
minimal::!. and permitted the meat to
be taken from her mouth by her master,
who fondl -d her a3 lie would a cat.
A veri fine dog. a cross between a
pure setter and a pure St. Bernard, 5
years old, named Bruce, is on inti
mate and even aff.-clioriate terms with
the ptl iia, wiio allowed liirn to remove
meat placed upon her jaws, and to eat
It. On one occasion tho puma, who is
often Allow.-! to range tho house, the
dug and Mi- Wittich slept together in
the same b.-<!, un I tli • master was Wak
ened hy the puma alia: king some one
who cam- to roltao him in tho early
When the puma i 3 tied up, tho dog
goes to sleep alongside her, and kisses
her, and the puma responds with a
short, sharp bark of greeting. The
puma follows her master through the
streets of the town, hut has torn to
pieces several strange clogs when unac
companied by her friend Bruce.
Mr. Wittich believes that this is the
only puma known to bo in captivity and
comparatively tame. In training her
ho has chiefly used tho whip. Lier
memory is short, and three weeks' in
termission of the performance necessi
tates much extra training and trouble.
Some Facts About "Itellcs."
Charley Howard was talking to Burke,
the old book store, man a few evenings
ago, when a stranger fresh from New
Orleans slipped up, saying to Mr. Burke:
"What will you give for a big lock of
Jefferson Davis' hair?"
"All! I have plenty of it," answered
Mr. Burke. "Quite a quantity."
Then as tho stranger walked away
surprised that any one should have the
treasure he thought go valuable, Mr.
Burke said:
"The truth is 1 have everything a relic
hunter wants. I have hair from the
head of many distinguished men dead or
alive. Maybe you wouldn't believe it,
but one-quarter tho money I put into my
house came from the sale of hair off
George Washington's head."
"Do you know," Mr. Burke went on,
"that tho relic hunter ij the biggest fool
on earth. Any relic lie may want has
no value. It is siuiply a question of how
much lie is able to pay. 1 can always
size a man up as ho conies in and am
therefore able to hit him just right.
"Take a battlefield relic," said Mr.
Burke after a pause. "1 go home, say,
and get my wife to mark a half dozen
pieces of ribbon as I want it. Then 1
pound I .vo bullet-, together and fasten to
the ribbon. They are bullets, you know,
which met in mid air on the Kenesaw
field. 1 iat one in the showcase with
the card and the others in a drawer. A
relic hunter buys the only one, but as
soon as lie is gone the drawer is opened
and auoth r takes its place. They cost
about a dime und bring in a live."—At
lanta C'eti ;t Ration.
To K*-i i Troufiert in Simp?.
A will ih >1 man recently entered a
leading men - furnishers store and asked
to b.r showll i: ipenders. Presently after
due inv --si n ho selected a certain
style audi. 'red of the salesman how
many pah . ho had in stock. Eight was
the ntim! r and he look the lot, the
clerk i.:. m l looking at the custom
er with a sit ; ioiou as to iiis sanity.
There M IS method in the man's mad
ness. 'You srp," said lie, "when one
has a pair of suspenders for each pair of
trousers and one hangs the trousers by
the sus[ienders froui the closet nail, the
dependant weight keeps the trousers in
shape and the 'bag' out of the knees.
Moreover," continued this practical lat
ter day Beau Brummell, "think of the
waste of the tiuio involved in the chang
ing of one's suspenders every time one
changes one's trousers, let alone the
bother,
"And then consider in such a case the
wear and tear in both suspenders and
trousers. Besides, one pair of trousers
may be longer or shorter than another,
and the suspenders, if they have not to
be changed, once adjusted properly, the
process of hoisting up or down, which
causes an expenditure of time and pa
tience, is done away with. It is in
finitely pleasantcr and decidedly cheaper
itt the end to have a dozen pair of braces
on hand," exclaimed the- argumentative
toff in a tone of conviction, as lie picked
up his package and strode out of the
doorway.—Clothier and Furnisher
Feeding tlio Chicken* by Cltu-'avork.
Fred Leach, of Ansonia, has some lino
poultry, and lio believes in feeding them
as regularly its he eats his own meals.
110 is unable to be at home at night be
fore the chickens go to roost, and in
order that they may l>e fed without fail
ho has rigged up an apparatus which
works like a charm. The usual quantity
of corn is placed in a tin can, which is
suspended from a string and weighted.
An alarm clock in the outer coop releases
the string at a certain hour, the can
turns bottom side up and tho corn is
scattered. There are four coops and
oach has its can, all working at the same
time.—New Haven Palladium.
Very Frigid.
"Been having trouble?" asked one
traveling man of another.
"Some."
"Girl gono back on you?"
"No, but her father has."
"Dismissed vou in a summary manner.
Eh?
"No. In a wintry manner."—Mer
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Good morning .lack 1 wliv I 1 uveo't
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■' Well Phil, I have. Don't you remem
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looking far too happy and hearty."
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day Isnw you last, when you recommend
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t remember it perfectly, and yon
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" Well, how did you like it?"
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' I believe it is; in fact, I have heard
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AUDITOR'S NOTICE.—In the
Orphans' court of Cambria county. In
reaccount of i'eter s. fisher, atlmtnlstraior of
Hugh MoMonlcle, deceased. Having been, on
motion or Jacob Zimmerman. KSI . appointed
Auditor to report the distribution or funds Lit
hands of snlif accountant to and among those
legally entitled thereto. Notice Is hereby given
that I will sit at my oftlce, No. % franklin
street, In Johnstown, for the purpose aforesaid,
ON 'i'lll'KSDAY, THE A'lrd OF JANUARY,
181*1, at 10 o'clock A. M., when and where all
parties interested may appear, or be forevor de
barred from coming In on said fund.
F. P. MARTIN,
Johnstown, January 4,1890. Auuitor.