A dog bowled at la the dari:,
A toad came from Ids liole to croak,
And the devil cat in anger spat
At. mo beneath the druid oak;
And, as it never creaked before,
Creaks yonder swinging daily door.
There is a death's head in the flre,
An hour ago I broke a glass;
And down the lane I see a train
Of shadowing, mummering phantoms paw;
1 seo those ghostly shadows go
Where broods the growsome carrion crow.
The flax I strewed outside the door
Some evil sprite huth whisked away;
The candle burns awry and turns
Its flames where boucs of men decay.
The pieturo iu my cup portends
The loss of riches, health, and friends!
INVOCATION.
I put these poncg upon this plate
And these sweet curds upon this shelf,
I set them down for Bawsybrown,
My own familiar little elf;
Take pence, eat curds, dear fay, and he
Protector of this house and me:
—Eugene field.
RALPH, THE HOVEII.
"Here, Ralph! Ralph! lit, you scamp!
Gome back here, sir! There, he's gone!
Off for a two or three days' tramp again.
Beg pardon, sir! I didn't see you. I was
that busy callin' the dog I reckon I nearly
walked over you. The matter, sir?
Well, it's that dog, Ralph. You heard
me call him, I dare say. A grander old
fellow you couldn't And in a day's travel,
but he has one bad habit. Most liumaus
have more than that, and I ain't sure in
my own mind that he ain't human.
" ' The habit ?' Well, it's just this; he
will follow every blessed old tramp as
passes here, and keep folio win' 'em,
sometimes, for two or three days. He's
a queer one. Did you notice him jusl
now ? Didn't see him ? Well, he keeps
just far enough behind the fellows so
they won't drive him back, sniflin',
sniilin' along, and kind of castiu' his eye
back to let me know he's hearin' me but
not heedin' me. Just the same way he
acts every time he goes off. He'll be
back all right, when he does come ; and
he's been actin' that way ever sjnee I've
had him. 'Stolen?' Why, sir, I don't
believe the one's livin' could steal him,
or fasten him up ever so tight he couldn't
get back, ever since—an' a right queer
way I got him, too.
" 'ls he mine?' Well, yes, in one way;
an' then r.o, in another. It was a queer
story, anyway.
" 'Tell it,' sir? Well, if I had time I
might. Ah, thank you, sir! A line gen
tleman like you can afford to he gener
ous.
"Now, let me see? As near as I remem
ber, it was June, two years ago, as 1
come down stairs rather early one morn
ing to light the tire for my old woman.
She warn't very strong then; the young
ster there was only a couple of months
old, an' I was gettin' the things all handy
for her to get breakfast. -When she come
down the lire was liglitin' an' the kettle
singin'—for joy of seein' her, I'm
thinkin'.
"'Mollie was always a great one foi
fresh air, so as soon as she saw that
Jvcrythin' was goin' right in the kitchen
she walks to the front door, turns the
key an' opens it.
"Well, quick as a flash she came run
nin' hack to me with her face kind of
white an' scared.
" 'Oh, Jim! come out here to the door,
says she. *
"An' when 1 followed her, blessed if 1
Jon't see the rummest sight I ever did:
an' there I stood, statin' like an ape.
"You see, these seats on the porch are
rather comfor'blo to sit on, an' with the
vines haugin' over this way, makes it
'most as shut in an'quiet like as a bed
room; then the posts here an' at the cor
ners form good rests for the hack. Well,
anyhow, good or bad, right here, a lean
in' back in the most uncomf'hlest way,
was the trampiest lookin' tramp I ever
saw, sound asleep. An' on the seat be
side him, with his head on the man's lap,
was the dandiest setter I ever expect to
tee. A vallyble dog. sir. too, as I knew's
soon as I set eyes on him. I always know
a good dog, bein' rather in the sportin'
Jinc myself: an' this was a genuine Gor
don setter.
"Well, sir, 1 suppose I must have said
somelhin', with surprise, for to wake
them both up. The dog turned the sol
em'est eyes 'round at me. askin' me uot
to make so much noise; an' the man, all
rags an' tatters, yawned an' set up. An'
then, seein' Mollie right behind me, I'll
be shot, sir, if he didn't stand up, take
• >ff his piece of a hat to lier, an' hegin to
appolergisc for settin' on our doorstep.
Said he'd been 'overcome with fateek.'
My eye! for the manners of him I could
hardly believe he weren't a swell cove,
dressed in the latest fashion, with a full
blooded stepper at the gate waitin' for
him.
"I know I must have stared at him
considerable, but, bless you, Mollie didn't
spend no time a starin' till she'd asked
him into the kitchen, an' when the
breakfast was ready she gave him, an'
his dog too, a good one.
"His feet were blistered with walkin'
in shoes that left half of his feet outdoors
an' half in: an' as he could scarcely take
a step we mude him stay with us a day
or so till they got better; hut he couldn't
hear it, an' the only reason, I think, was
that he was afraid of burdeniu' us. But,
Lord! he did as much for us as we did
for him, I'll he bound. He fil'ed the
yard with kindlin's, an' I believe he'd 'a'
chopped all the wood in the village if
Mollie hadn't seen his hands all blistered
an' bleedin'. That give him away, sure.
•A gentleman born,' says I to myself
when I see those hands.
"Then nothin' would do but Mollie
must doctor an' bandage them up for
him. AjT while she was doin' it she
heard a •am i like a child trying not to
cry, an' In just bends down an' kisses
her hand, an' then Ho says, kind of low
mi' choked like, more like a groan than
words, 'Oh, mother!'
"All' the way the little kid took to him
was a caution. A mite like lie was—no
sense at all; only puckered up his face
and cried when I went near him. He'd
Hp-iHjllobert'H face (that was what
he told us to call him; an'liold on to his
finger like he was his nurse.
■ " be sure, sir, three days don't
■oei. •') in n life, an' you'll maybe
,ir." >lisli tlio store wo set by both
mat. don before that time was
passed. Ralph would lay down beside
the V. - cradle, an' nothtn' would move
him Ids master left the room; then
he'd up and shake himself, as if it
was time to no, an' he was goin'.
"Mollie said he was human; an' if a
soul ever gets into an animal's body—l
hear there's folks as thinks so—there
was a good soul inside of Ralph.
"Yes, we all liked Ralph, an' Robert
even more. The fact is lie was a real
gentleman that was plain enough;
brought down as low as lie was by Lord
only knows what. But a true gentle
man, an' I know the right kind when 1
see them. lie never let on for one mo
ment, though, a single word about him
self but once, an' that was the last even
in' he was here.
"The dog was gitlin' beside him, with
his head restin' on Robert's knee, when
I says, kind of sudden like:
" 'I bet Ralph's a very vallyblo dog,
Robert.'
" Yes, yes,'he says, sort of slow. 'Too
valiyble,' stroking Ralph's head with a
lovin' hand, while the dog looked at him
with just as much love. 'Twas the hu
nianest eyes you would ever see, sir.
" 'He is worth a great deal of money,'
he said again, after a moment's think
ing. 'I am very sorry for it sometimes.
I've been in many hard straits at times,
an' I've been afraid—aye, afraid of my
self—that I'd he tempted to sell him.
Not while I was myself, old fellow, you
nil icrstand, but when I was the brute I
sometimes am.'
"By George, sir! you wouldn't believe
it, I dare say, but I'd take my affydavy
that dog looked up, sort of sad like, and
shook his head.
"To make the story short—though, all
told, it was not so very long—when we
came down stairs the next morning
Ralph lay on the floor, guardin' his mas
ter's stick, but his master wasn't no
where 'round.
"Tell me the dog didn't know! He
knew as well as we did why it was done;
that the master he loved, an' who loved
lira, had left him; hut he had been told
to watch the stick, an' with the saddest
eyes, an' droopin', lie lay there all day
long. An' I truly believe if we hadn't
got the stick away from him an' burned
it he'd been watchin' it yet.
' \n' his master?' Yes, sir; gone,
c.'.'i-. one. An' we've never heard a
wtciof him since. 'Ungrateful?' No
sir; I don't take it so. I think he couldn't
trust himself with the dog he loved,
when ho was himself, you see, an' so he
'-ft him where he knew he'd be well
i ken care of. Yes, that's the way I see
i'. anyhow. An' then lie got so far
av. ay before the dog would quit watchin'
(hut the scent was lost for poor Ralpl.
But lie ain't never give up! Not a day,
•' Do/' Well, there's nota tramp cornea
past here—an' the worse lookin' they are
the wilder lie is to get after them, sniilin'
at their tracks; an' then his tail will droop
so disappointed like; yet he'll keep on an'
follow 'em for a day, or maybe three
days, t ill ho gets sure he ain't coinin' to
his master,when he'll come hack. Seems
tome as if he kind of thought they might
know him. 'How does lie find out they
don't?' Bless you, sir, don't ask me, hut
dogs know a heap more than people
'link.
"He ought'a* been named Rover, for
e's been in more different places 'round ,
uere than I have, an' always turns up all
right when he's settled the matter.
"Why! ain't that him now, a-sniffin'
along the other road? Course it is. Well
now, liow'd he get over there, I wonder;
'seems as if he was seentin' soraethin',
don't it?
"Hi, Ralph! Ralph! Ah! there he
comes. a-boutulin' along towards us
just us, he used to go l'or his master.
Looks as if he thought he could find
him, sure. See now! Ain't lie a beauty?
"Here. Ralph! Good old fellow! Come
here, sir! Mb! What! Straight for you,
sir, lie ;■.<• . without a look for me. All
over you ••• a minute! A fine gentleman
like What! you! you, sir! Robert!
Or. .! An' Ralph knew you!
Well, v. 11, 1 give in. Dogs is human!"
—M. Warren Hale in Belford's Maga
zinc.
Freak* f tli? Atmonpero.
The atmospheric conditions of the des
erts anil high plateaus at certain seasons
of the year produce strange phenomena.
The dry weather ill Nevada has produced
a host of giant dancers in Lyon county.
These appearances are puzzlers to all sci
entist-;. How they brace up and hold
together so long is li mystery. On a
quiet, sunny day you see a little handful
of sagehtisli soar aloft on a light breeze.
Some .more joins it, until it is as big as
your hat. and then your body, and then
sand and rocks anil soil by the bushel
begin to roll into the mass from the
ground, ascending upward like a col
umn. It is soon as big as a telegraph I
pole and all the time gaining, and ere
long its toji may he reaches 1.000. may
be 5,000 feet. While you are watching
tills one probably three or four others
will spring up, or half a dozen will come
waltziii down from the upper end of
the vallei, having traveled probably I
twenty-live miles and torn up the soil 1
like a steam plow in their waltzing and j
zigzagging. They tear np the hill sides, |
smash houses and suck up men like
waterspouts. They go to pieces in as !
strange away as they are formed.—San j
Francisco Examiner.
Tlio I .oil IN L*inyr mi II IK Arm.
"We And strange mementoes on some ■
of our bodies," .-aid an undertaker of J
Detroit. "The other day wo were pre-!
paring the body of an unknown man for '
burial, lie had met a violent death, but !
there was the most serene expression on
his face that I ever saw on anyone. '
When we dressed him for the grave we
found tin Lord's prayer beautifully writ- j
ten in India ink on his forearm. It was
as fine a piece of tattooing as I ever saw, j
and it set me to thinking that perhaps ;
.that was what lie depended on for com- '
fort and that gave the peaceful look to
his face."—Montreal Star.
FIVE MONTHS IN PERU.
THE STRUGGLE OF STANLEY'S MEN
THROUGH AN AFRICAN FOREST.
One Ifniulred and Sixty Dayn Spent in
Cutting a ratli. Fighting Fierce Dwarf*
and Enduring the Panga of Starvation.
A Marrh Uncqualed.
The march of Stanley's relief column
across the African continent is now a
matter of history. The purpose of the
expedition was accomplished by the res
cue of Emin Pasha, and the European
survivors of the wonderful journey are
again safe a( home.
THE MARCH THROUGH THE FOREST.
But although a matter of history, the
tale of trials and triumphs is still to be
put on paper. As yet only the main
facts have been presented to the public,
and the full details of the long battle with
disease, with nature and with natives are
yet to be told. It is the object of this
article to throw a little light on a portion
of the march inland, which will live in
the annals of heroic adventure, not only
as practically unparalleled, but as the
magnificent victory of a trained brain
and indomitable will over the most stu
pendous obstacles.
March 18, 1887, Stanley's column, con
sisting of 700 Africans, mostly Zanzi
baris, and a few whites, left the moutl
of the Congo .river bound inland. At
midsummer they plunged into the great
forest, and thereafter their lives were
worn and spent with toils, perils and
disaster.
"We were," said Mr. .Stanley iu a re
cent conversation, published in an extra
number of The London illustrated News,
from which the accompanying cuts arc
taken. "TOO days in the forest—one
continuous, unbroken, compact forest.
* * * While in England, consider
-ing the best routes open to the Al
bert Nyanza, I tbought 1 was very lib
eral in allowing myself two weeks'
march to cross the forest region lying
between the Congo and the grass land,
but you may imagine our feelings when
month after month saw us marching,
tearing, plowing, cutting through that
same continuous forest. It took 100 days
before we could say, 'Thank God, we are
out of the darkness at last!" * * *
Try and imagine some of the inconven
iences. Take a thick Scottisii ttop.se drip
ping with rain. Imagine this copse to
be a mere undergrowth nourished under
the impenetrable shade of ancient trees
H" :
WOUNhXNG OF LIEUT. STAIRS,
ranging from 100 feet to 180 feet high;
briars and thorns abundant: lazy creeks
meandering through the depths of the
jungle, and sometimes a deep affluent of
a great river.
"Imagine this forest and jungle in all
stages of decay and growth—old trees fall
ing, leaning perilously over, fallen pros
trate; ants and insects of ;dl kinds, sizes
and colors murmuring around; monkeys
and chimpanzees above, queer noises of
birds and animals, crashes in the jungle
as troops of elephants rush away; dwarfs
with poisoned arrows, securely hidden
behind some buttress or in some dark re
cess; strong, brown bodied aborigines
with terribly sharp spears, standing
poised, still as dead stumps; rain patter
ing down on you every other day in the
year: an impure atmosphere with its
dread consequences—fever and dysen
tery; gloom throughout the day, and
darkness almost palpable throughout the
night; and then * * * you will have
sonio idea of the inconveniences endured
by us.
"Until we set foot on the grass land,
something like fifty miles west of the
Albert Nyanza, we were never greeted
among the natives with a smile, or any
sign of a kind thought or a moral sensa
tion. The aborigines are wild, utterly
savage and incorrigibly vindictive. The
dwarfs called Wambutti are still
worse, far worse. The gloom of the
forest is perpetual. The face of the
river, reflecting its black walls of vege
tation, is dark and somber. The sky one
half the time everyday resembles a win
try sky in England; the face of nature
and life is fixed and joyless. If the sun
charges through the black clouds envel
oping it, and a kindly wind brushes the
masses of vapor below the horizon, and
the bright light reveals our surround
ings, it is only to tantalize us with a
short lived vision of brilliancy and
beauty of verdure."
Until Stanley's column penetrated ami
inarched through it this region was en
tlrely unexplored and untrodden by
either white or Arab. At the outset the
force had been divided and.it was the
advance guard that made the appalling
journey. The rear guard, by the way, was
rescued long months after at Banalya,
71 being alive out of an original com
plement of 257. "We bore." says an
officer of the advance guard, "a sectional
steel boat, 28 feet by 0 feet in size when
put together, with us, about three tons
of ammunition and a couple of tons of
provisions and sundries. With all these
goods and baggage we had a reserve
force of about 180 supernumeraries.
Half of them carried, besides their Win
chesters, billhooks to pierce the bush and
cut down obstructions. This band
formed the pioneers."
The first serious conflict took place
Aug. 13, ISB7. On this day the expedi
tion had crossed a small river and
camped in a village on the other side.
About 4 in the afternoon some of the
men were shot at by the natives who
lined the opposite bank, not showiug
themselves, but crouching in the dense
bush and discharging clouds of poisoned
arrows. The white men, hearing the rifle
fire of the Zanzibaris, rushed down to the
river, and Lieut. Stairs at once headed a
party of men in the boat and was cross
ing to the other side to dislodge the ene
my, when, about half way across the
river, he, the only one standing up in the
boat, was dangerously wounded by a poi
soned wooden arrow just below the
heart. Six or seven Zanzibaris were also
wounded, and most of them died of teta
nus, but Lieut. Stairs recovered, although
the piece of arrow that had broken off
short in the wound was not extracted
until fourteen months had elapsed.
Day by day the fierce denizens of the
great forest hung on the flank of the
sorely tried column. Disease added to
the horror of the situation, and in Octo
ber it became necessary to leave eighty
disabled men behind in a small camp on
the banks of a sluggish stream. After
days it was possible for the
i ■;
OUT OF THE FOREST,
main body to send them succor. The re
lief party found five of the eighty alive.
The rest had perished, arid their bodies
had been consigned to the waters of the
river.
Still the awful march continued. The
only hope was to reach the grass lands,
and on the glorious day when the last
barrier was burst and they saw the
boundless stretch of plain the surviving
Zanzibaris simply went mad with joy.
Hut more perils were yet to come. One
of Stanley's lieutenants says:
"A few days after the expedition
moved out from the forest to the plains
it entered the country belonging to a
chief called Majamboni. The natives,
instead of running away, began to col
lect on the hillsides near the line of
march, evidently with the idea of at
tacking us. It soon became necessary
for us to tako up some strong position
and inclose ourselves in a zareba. Ac
cordingly we selected a hilltop, and built
a strong zareba of mimosa bushes, and
then felt able to sally out and punish the
natives. * * * After some feints on
the part of Majaniboni's warriors on our
position two parties were sent out under
Mr. Jephson and Lieut. Stairs. The
party under Stairs went toward the
north, across the valley to the villages
north of the stream, and while actually
crossing it were fired upon by crowds of
natives hidden among the bananas.
However, the stream was crossed, the
natives dislodged and the villages burnt.
"The party under Mr. Jephson had
taken a northeast direction, and, return
ing home hy a different route, had burnt
every hut to the east and northeast of
our position. This had the desired
effect. We could see large bodies of
natives retiring behind the hills to the
north, and next clay we were permitted
to march onward to the lake without
further molestation."
'^.T~
FIGHT IN ,\IA JA M BON IS COUNTRY.
Here closes the epic period of the
great march, the anabasis of the Zanzi
baris. The time from December, 1887,
until April 10.1889, was employed in the
rescue of Emiu and the collection of the
fugitives from the Soudan. Then fol
lowed the journey to Bagamoya, and
the end of the expedition at Zanzibar,
where the surviving natives received
from their monarch the honors due
them as brave and much enduring men.
"Gen. Greely, I thought you promised
us a cold wave."
"So I did; but 1 had to postpone it on
account of the weather."—New York
Sun.
MUSICAL ACCENT ILLUSTRATED.
j
A WitiiMH Explain* the Term to the Satis
faction of the Court.
At a trial in the court of king's bench
as to an alleged piracy of the "Old Eng
lish Gentleman," one of the first wit
nesses put into the box was Cooke.
"Now, sir," said Sir James Scarlett in
his cross-examination of Cooke, "you say
that the two melodies are identical, but
different. What am Ito understand by
| that, sir?"
"What 1 said," replied Cooke, "was
that the notes in the two arrangements
are the same but with a different accent
—the one being in common while the
Other is in triple time; consequently the
position of the accented notes is different
in the two copies."
"What is a musical accent?" Sir James
flippantly inquired.
"My terms for teaching music area
guinea a lesson," said Cooke, much to
the merriment of the court.
"I do not want to know your terms for
teaching," said the counsel, "I want you
to explain to his lordship and the jury
what is musical accent." Sir James
waxed wroth. "Can you see it?" he
continued.
"No," was the answer.
"Can you feel it?"
"Well," Cooke drawled out, "a mu
sician can." After an appeal to the
judge the examining counsel again put
the question. "Will you explain to his
lordship and the jury—who are supposed
to know nothing about music—themean
of what you call accent!"
•'Musical accent," rejoined Cooke, "is
emphasis laid on a certain note just in
the some manner as you would lay stress
on'.in; word when speaking in order to
make yourself better understood. I will
give you an illustration, Sir James. If I
were to say 'you are a donkey,' the ac
cent rests on donkey; but if instead I
said 'you are a donkey,' it rests on you,
Sir James, and I have no doubt that the
gentlemen of the jury will corroborate
mo in this." The story is more personal
than polite—nevertheless, it is well
worth telling as an instance of forcible
illustration. It is useful, too, since it may
serve to impress upon the minds of that
very large circle of people who plume
themselves on being musical some faint
notion of what accent in music really is.
It is the outcome of that wonderful in
vention, the division of music into bars,
but for which music might still be only
the magical accomplishment of a few.
Gentleman's Magazine.
Draughty Places.
It is one of the oddities of human mi
turo that people arc always looking as
far away as possible from the ground
they stand upon, not only for their best
chance for distinction, but for the dan
gors which they believe are most be
setting.
A lion tamer ventured into the cage ol
the most ferocious beasts, apparently
In .ving no fear of them, although lie
was often quite badly bitten. But lie
had a dreadful fear of taking bronchitis.
One day, after he had entered, witii
perfect composure, a cage containing
two half-starved bears and a panther,
lie shook bis head gravely as he came
out.
"Well, well, sir," lie said to a gentle
man who stood near, "this is going to
end badly for mo some day."
"You are afraid those ferocious ani
mals will devour you, then?"
"The animals? Pshaw! You don't
think I'm afraid of them, sir! Not at
all; but these cages, sir, are such a
dreadful place for draughts!"— Youth's
Companion.
About linyin's; Cigar*.
If, by chance, I happen to go into a
strange cigar shop and the man at tin
case asks me if I want an importedcigat
I make lip my mind that he doesn't know
bis business or tiiat lie takes mo for a
fool. A man is supposed to know what
sort of a cigar lie wants and ought to say
so at the start. Ail imported cigar, at
the average cigar stand, at the common
price, is a delusion and a snare. If Igo
into a place where I am not known ant'
buy a cigar I am always particular t<
notice the box. If the cigar does not lit
the box I know the seller has practiced
some deception. He has put a different
cigar in the box than the one called for
by the brand, ft lie is mean enough to
do this he is mean enough to palm off a
poor cigar. lam not a cynic in any
thing; but I have noticed one thing in
my travels—it is easier for n man to be
swindled on cigars than anything that
grows, runs or stands still. If the cigar
man doesn't know you you get the worst
of it. —Chicago Tribune.
Tinted Paper.
Mrs. East, the wife of an English pa
per maker, happens to drop a bluing bag
which she holds in her hands into a vat
of pulp. She is frightened and says
nothing about the accident; her husband
storms when he finds that the paper has
a peculiar tinge, but the astonished
workman can throw no light upon the
matter. Thereupon he sends the paper
to London with instructions that it be
closed out at any price. The public,
however, accept it asa purposed novelty.
It becomes the rage; orders pour in for
more of the same sort. The wife con
fesses. the husband forgives her—and
well ho may, for his fortune is made.
This is Ihe very simple origin of tinted
paper.—lllustrated American.
For Lettering on Glass.
In order to fasten glass letters, figures,
etc., on glass (show windows) so that
even when submerged in water for sev
eral days, they will not become detached,
use an india rubber cement. The best
for this purpose consists of one part india
rubber, three parts mastic and lifty parts
chloroform. Let stand for several days
at a low temperature to dissolve the ce
ment. It must lie applied very rapidly,
as it becomes thick very soon. When
spread with a camel's hair brush over a
crack in glass or porcelain vessels this
cement effectually closes it, and the ves
sels may bo made serviceable for holding
water, though, of course, they will not
bear l'v application of heat.—New York
Telegram.
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fully submit samples hy mail, and you
order will be tilled at the lowest prices
and as satisfactorily as though you were
here to do your shopping in person. Have
you tried it ?
Special mention is made of a few items
only.
A very large of£AUJ Wuel t
Imported Suitings, 38 to 40 inches in width
n large assortment of stripes, plaids and
mixtures, at 50 cents. This the most
comprehensive offering of 50 cent Dress
Goods ever made by any mercantile
house. '
100 pieces 40 inch Imported Plaids, 40
cents.
Also, at 50 cents, large assortment of
111 Wool, 50 inch Scotch Cheviots.
New and stylish Cloth Bourettes, 38
inches wide, at 50 cents.
A75 cent offering—the most for the
money ever offered—lmported Tailor
Suitings, in large variety of stylish
stripes, 38 inches wide, elegant quality.
At 33 cents, 36 inch Wool Suitings, new
stripes and plaids.
500 pieces extra fine Satiues, 15 cents.
35 cent quality.
New Zephyr Ginghams, 15c, 20c, 25.
Anderson's Ginghams, 40c. 45c.
Challis—largest variety in all qualities
up to the Imported All Wool Goods at 50
cents.
Our Large spring and Slimmer FASH
ION JOUKNAI. AND CATALOGUE will be
ready April 1. It costs nothing but your
name on a postal card to get it.
HOGGS & BUHL,
!,; In Federal St.,
ALLEGHENY, PA
SILKS.
If you want a handsome, wearable
Silk Dress for Spring and Summer, buy
the material of us. Samples cheerfully
furnished upon request.
SURAHS.
COLORED:
19 inch at 50c a yard.
19 inch at 65c a yard.
20 ineh at 75c a yard.
24 inch Standard at SI.OO.
24 inch at $1.20.
BLACK :
19 inch at 50 cents.
21 inch at 75 cents.
26 inch at 75 cents.
25 inch at 85 cents.
23 inch at SI.OO.
25 inch nt SI.OO.
24 inch at $1.20.
These arc leaders—selected from dozens
of grades of Surahs, also Gros Grains,
Failles, Armures, etc., etc., colored and
black, the best values we ever offered.
Dress Goods.
Our complete new Spring stock is now
complete. This means the grandest array
of beautiful goods shown in this country.
Goods and prices are all on the buyer's
9ide of the bargain.
Send for samples.
CURTAINS.
Complete new Spring stock. Write for
Curtain Circular.
Our 1890 Spring Catalogue will be ready
in March. Send your name and you wiM
receive it.
.JOS. HORNE & CO.,
(105)-621 Penn Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Q a ItUi'Vipc obtained formecnanl alde
r JtX 1 fill A u vices, medical or other com
pounds, ornamental designs, trade-marks and
labels. Caveats, Assignments, Interferences
Appeals,suits for Infringement, and all cases
arising under the PAT&NT LAWS, promp
ly attended to.
INVENTIONS TKAT HAVE BEEN
DC I CfPCD ,)V the Patent onico may
IkfilJfit# 1 fiu stlll.ln most cases, be pat
ented by us. Being opposite the Patent Office,
we can make closer searches, and secure Patents
mere promptly, and with broader claims, than
I hose who are remote from Washington.
THItFCMfODO send us a model or
111 V fill 1 Ullu sketch of your device :
we make examlnatlOns/Vep of charge, and advise
as to patentability. All correspondence strictly
contldentln). Prices low, and NO CHARGE UN
LESS PATENT IS BECUKET).
We refer to officials In the patent omce,to our
clients In every Statu of the Union, and to your
senator and Representative In Congress, spccla I
references given when desired. Address,
C. A. SNOW /t CO.,
opposite Patent offlce, Washington, I), c.
/COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE—
\J Notice Is hereby given that having been
appointed by the court of common Pleas or
Cambria county, Commissioner to take testi
mony and report a decree In tUe case of Cath
arine Statler vs. sanford statler, No. 311 De
cember Term, 1887. I will sit at my ofllcc No. in
Franklin street. Johnstown, county or Cambria,
PA, OU TUESDAY, THE SOT 11 DAY OF MAY, A.
1)., 1800, tor the purpose of attending to the du
ties of my said appointment, when and where
all parties Interested may attend.
U. E. CREBSWEI.I.. commissioner.
Johnstown, Pa., April at, 1800.