NIGHTFALL.
Bwlftly the shadows of the night ft ron ml us fall,
| Come., let us kneel before our U<xl and pray,
And while on him for mercies new we call
Praise liiin whose love has kept us through the
day
Noi more of evil lurks in midnight's hour
? Than f-talks abroad at golden tide of noon ;
lu t K tli alike we need Ids keeping |ower.
I Could he forget, then ill would oome how soont
But he doth n t forget, nor doth he sleep;
i And we are safe in his all watchful care.
By day, by night lie eondescends to keep
I Those who commit themselves to him in prayer.
Tin re is a hyir where shadows never fall,
Nor sin nor danger ever euter there.
Where weariness doth ne'er to slumber call:
Alar. 1 of praise that hath 110 need of prayer.
[ Unto that li* >::, o Father, lead our way,
I And whd •we linger in this alien land,
1 In mercy hear us while to thee we pray,
! Si ill guard and guide us by thy loving hand.
- K. M. Offord in The Observer.
TIIHOICiI THE Fill! N ACE.
"Julie, the fires are coming nearer; I
wish you wouM dismiss school, and go to
town with me—l don't like to leave you
: here."
t "I 611011111 he a weak minded girl, in
deed, to shut up the school house and
send the children home for a little
smoke. I am in 110 more danger than
the others.''
Ii "But the others are not so dear to me."
"You are selfish, and—very presum
ing."'
t "Oh, very well. Then I may as well
say good-by."
• There was 110 answer, and for some
moments the two silently stood in the
hazy September sunlight, with the dull
mists and a strange quiet all about
them. The young man, dark eyed,
handsome and strong, held his horse's
bridle in bis hand, ready to leap into the
saddle, yet with an unsatisfied, troubled
air, hesitating to do so; while the young
girl, with her dimpled hands in her
dainty apron pockets, looked provokingly
indifferent and pretty.
011 the knoll behind them stood a low,
log school house—twenty years ago log
houses were 110 novelty in northwestern
Ohio—and back of flint "the erik,"
which was a creek only in wet seasons,
and at others, as now, hut a succession
of grassgrown "swales," sleeping in the
dry heat, with a "sandy desert" appear
ance. On three sides the low oak woods,
with their dead looking branches and
curled up leaves, came down to the very
school yard, and a few straggling trees
overshadowed the humble seminary of
learning itself.
The horizon was a woody circle, be
yond which rolled up dark, ominous
looking clouds—great purplish shadows
that filled the heavens, made the air
thick and oppressive, and disguised the
sun itself as a sullen, overgrown moon.
It was still early, hut there was 110
dewy freshness or hreezv coolness, noth
ing bright and invigorating, such as a
well disposed morn it. g is expected to
bring: the red glows that had shown out
against a starless sky all night had sim
ply paled as the gray light crept 011 and
turned into black, heaving piles as the
dawn whitened the skies.
One or two farmhouses, with their
small "clearings" attached, a winding
road with bushes on either side drooping
over it, and a creeping team in the dis
tance, were the only signs of civilization
discernible in the monotonous wilder
ness. destined to 1)0 more dreary before
the day was over.
"Hare you nothing more to soy to me,
Julie?"
"I do not think of anything at pres
ent." the little teacher said, wi.b aggra
vating COOItIPSS.
"Well—you will not-go to the party
to-night'?"
"1 think I shall. If you cannot trust
me by myself at an ordinary neighbor
hood gathering, I cannot be worth any
anxiety of uiind cn yotir part."
"It is not that, dear. But L know
those fellows from town too well. They
intend to come out for the sole purpose
of seeing the 'pretty little schooltna'am'
and ridiculing the natives.' us they say.
You are naturally so unsuspecting, so
sweet and kind in your disposition they
will misunderstand and lake advantage
of what they will term 'your simplicity.'
If I come, knowing I had not intended
it. they will believe I could not trust you.
I cannot endure that they should even
know you, to laugh and chatter about
you for weeks afterward. To please me,
dear Julie, remain away and disappoint
them."
"Yes, and create more wonderment
and expostulations than it is all worth. I
have promised my simple hearted friends
and pupils to he present, and shall go,
and I don't care for your town compan
ions, or—for you either."
"You do not mean that, surely. Come,
Julia, I have ridden five miles this morn
ing, left the store to the mercies of a
green clerk, to see you, and to speak one
word of warning. Give me a kind word
before I go, and the smile I have dreamed
of for days, to cheer and reassure me."
But Harry Seidell bent in vain to catch a
glance from the deep blue eyes, veiled so
obstinately by their long black lashes.
"I can stay 110 longer. Julia, and your
scholars are coming through the woods.
You are not treating me fairly, and will
see it yourself presently." He pressed
her passive hand, and vaulted into the
saddle.
"Good-by. If the fires come closely,
dismiss school and go home. The Cleaver
place is safe, I think, as there are fields of
plowed ground round it. Good-by, dear."
"Good-by, Harry," she said, a little
more softly; but his restless horse was
claiming his attention, and soon he was
speeding down the road like the wind.
Julia Atherton looked after him a mo
ment with a moisture gathering in her
lustrous eyes. The shouts of the chil
dren rang out nearer, and glimmers of
pink calico and blue gingham peeped
now and then through the branches.
Sentiment and self must be resolutely
put aside.
"I don't care. He had no right to
suppose I was not able to deal with those
fops from town, and lie should not at
tempt to control my actions."
Nevertheless she was very heavy heart
ed ya she turned to call her little flock
together. As the day advanced the air
grew more dense and sultry; the whole
sky vas dark, and the sun rode through
it like a dull red ball, while the smell of
burning leaves and wood overpowered
the faint marsh and forest |K'rfumes. The
"openings" tires were spreading rapidly.
At that time there were miles and miles
of unsettled land —alternate ridges cov
ered with oak and underbrush, and
marshes where the dry grass and weeds
were like tinder. Every year a few fires
were expected, but there had been a se
vere drouth this season, and already the
men in the various settlements had or
ganized into companies to fight fires, and
save homes and property. From the
"Cleaver district." as the place was
called, the men had been out all night,
and at noon none had returned.
The schoolliouse stood on the rise of
ground that, in any other part of the
country, would have been called the
bank of the stream; but here, where
streams were only lengthened mud
lioles, and the grass-tangled bottom rose
imperceptibly into oak-covered ridges,
one scarcely knew when lie was well out
of a river bed; in the spring this same
school house had stood a foot under
water. Now jt was directly in the path
of a huge natural fuse, and the fire creep
ing along it not more than a mile away.
Through sheer obstinence and pettish
ness Julia refused to dismiss her school
until the scholars, alarmed at the great
columns of smoke that the rising wind
swept over them, declared their inten
tion of going home, whether or no.
Some rail out into the middle of "the
crik," and from there fancied they could
see red flames gleaming ferociously; in
stantly the children were panic stricken,
and ran about crying, in aimless con
fusion.
Then Julia's real womanliness and
strength rose to the surface, while
the petty willfulness disappeared. She
brought order into the childish ranks,
bade them secure their books and prop
erties and file out quietly, leading them
herself through the woods, where the
winding footpath led most of them to
their homes. She saw that every one
was safe in the care of parents, then
composedly, hut quickly, made her way
to the Cleaver homestead, where she
boarded.
She found every door open and not a
soul in sight. Looking .out from the
back porch, she could see ou the right
the big barn full of hay, the sheds,
wagons and farm machinery clustered
near; on the left, the schoolliouse, still
safe; before her and across the plowed
fields, an arm of the woods, through
which the clear space of the creek could
be discerned, and a little more to the
right, and farther away, the sweeping
clouds of smoke pouring up and onward
with hurrying density.
Voices in quick, broken shouts fell on
her ear, and grasping her straw hat she
hastened out iu that direction. She
found mother, sister, daughter and
younger children eagerly flinging down
the fences, scattering the rails widely
over the bare ground.
"We must get the fences down before
the fire comes," cried Mary Cleaver, the
eldest daughter, as she saw Julia ap
proaching. "I'm glad you've come, and
it's lucky your dress is woolen. The (ire
is raging so that the little space of
burned ground around the fences won't
stay it at all. an' if it once gets to rnn
nin' through them, barn, horses, hay,
home and everything must go."
"Where are the men?"
"Over at John-oil's settlement, fight
ing like heavers and dead tired out. Three
houses and barns hare gone up a'ready."
The hearty, rosy i hceked girl, in short
worsted skirts and a man's coat and hat,
tossed a huge knotty rail over her shoul
der and looked at the little schooluia'ani
with a superior air. "Are you equal to
that sort of tiling for an hour or two?"
Julia fancied she could hear the roar of
the 011 coining flames, and already the
air was stilling: but, for answer, grasped
a rail in her lithe young arms, and flung
it out as lightly as the stouter girl hat 1
done.
How she worked! Her sleeves were
soon torn from the round, white amis,
and they were quickly rasped and
scratched until tiny red streams ran down
to her wrists. In her excitement she
Hung rails about that she could not have
lifted in ordinary moments; even the
Cleaver girl looked at her admiringly, and
suggested that "she take it easier." But
there was little time for rest. A red
flame leaped over the tops of the trees,
here and there, and burning cinders were
falling around tlieui; one more line of
(ence must he, at least, partly scattered
before there was safety. It was farther
out and directly in the way of the thick
est rain of flying cinders. But the two
girls, one so slender, willowy and quick,
the other strong and steady, attacked it
with undaunted spirit, and just as the
hot breath of the devouring monster
stirred the hair on their brows the fire
bait was rendered harmless.
Julia was panting with exhaustion and
wondering if she was going to faint,
when Mrs. Cleaver came up with the
frantic cry of;
"Where is little Jeanette? Where in
the world is the girl? Have you seen
lier?"
Jakie, the slow, old fashioned 12-year
old, made his mother understand after
a while that Jeanie had gone in the di
rection of the fire—"'cause she wanted
to see it burn,"
"That darin' child! She ain't afraid of
nothin'.. She'll be burned alive!" And
the woman tried to run and find her
youngest born; hut weariness and emo
tion overcame her eagerness and she fell
helpless to the ground.
Mary hastened to her mother's side,
and no other wsman or child dared ven
ture nearer toward the surging storm of
flames and smoke that was bearing down
upon them.
Only Julia. She looked forward in
dread hut for one moment, then calling
up every reserve of strength and cour
age, she paused like a bird ready for
flight, thinking which was the best
course, and with the grace and speed of
a deer sprang through the bushes, call
ing Jeanette's name. Toward the right
the fire was not so near, and in that di
rection Julia flew, peering under every
bush and behind every ldg for the miss
(ng girl. On and on, through the dense
smoke, with the agonizing fear in her
heart that the child had already met her
terrible fate lending her a false strength,
on and on she [Kissed, as long as a possi
ble pathway opened before her. But
suddenly she came upon a wall of fire; to
turn aside was but to face another, until
she realized with appalling force that she
was hemmed in on every side.
It seemed to her the fire fiend had sud
denly encircled her, hv some skillful
trick, and was mocking her despair.
The sun refused to shine and the sky
was blotted out in darkness; this was not
the world, the bright, beautiful earth she
had loved so well, hut some chaotic spacs
out in the universe, where the elements
were lighting for mastery. The quiet
morning when she and Harry had stood"
together making believe they did not love
each other and were not happy must
have been far away in some other life.
She would never get bat k to that life
again, never see llarry, never receive
bis forgiveness, never let him know how
dear he was. How sweet that faraway
life and love now seemed to her!
One chance remained. As yet nearly
two acres of ground, comparatively bar
ren of trees, was free from fire. She ran
ami seized a fallen fagot, lighted the dead
leaves where they were thickest and
drvest, and before a square rod had
burned and left the hare sod her kindled
fire met the advancing column; she
threw herself face downward on the
smoldering ground, and awaited the
sweep of the fiery tempest. Not a draught
of air was there that was not also heat,
smoke and ashes; and above and around,
the hot sea roared and crackled, aR though
it had conspired with all its forces to
crush the life out of one weak little wo-'
man.
"This is death!"' was Julia's last
thought, then came unconsciousness.
It was 9 o'clock, and a soft rain was
falling. Over the miles of desolated for
ests still smoldered, in sullen defiance,
spots of lire, but the fury of the elements
had spent itself. Harry Seidell stood
before a long, low log house, tying the
panting horse that had brought him
there on as fierce a gallop as ever steed
was made to run. He was gazing eagerly
now through open doors and windows
even while engaged with earing for his
horse, but no graceful form, with its
piquant face, met his gaze. For this he
was both glad and sorry. She had not
come, she had obeyed his wishes, but
was she safe after this terrible day? It
was not a scene of merrymaking that he
looked in upon, though several strangers
were present, among them the two
young men from town, standing a little
apart from the others.
The people seemed to he discussing
something seriously, in little groups of
two and three. The fiddler sat idly with
his instrument at his feet, and the pans
of apples and popcorn on the table re
mained undisturbed; evidently the party
was a failure.
Harry stopped into the open door with
out knocking; a silence fell upon the
company, and none dared meet his gaze.
"Mi-s Atherton is not here?" lie asked
of the good woman of the house.
"Alaekadayl she is not, sir; no more
do any of us know where she is. They
be"
"What! Isn't she at home—at her
boarding place, I mean?"
"Not without she's come there within
the last quarter of an hour. A parcel o'
men has gone to look for her, though I
they was that tired and worn out"
Harry waited to hear no more, hut
darted out, mounted his horse, and flew
away to the (.'leaver place.
She was not there, and Marv and the
younger children were crying bitterly.
"Ob, she can't be alive yet, I HUI very
much illraid, "Mrs. Cleaver said choking
ly. "and it's all m i.c omit of these mis
chievous young Tin", that I should ever
have it to say o' tli -ui. Jeanette she
went olf among the corn stalks, all safe
and sound, and .Jakie must betliinkin'
be saw her goitT far (lie woods, to see the
fire burn. They lie hero all safe, while
the poor dear lady who went to lonk fur
'em be we none o' us knows where. Oh,
but these 'uns 'll catch it when their
father comes," at which the crying
children set up a fresh hoivl.
Pale and stern, Harry made theiii tell
all they knew, then set out himself,
knowing that, alive or dead, he should
find his darling.
Had the men not been so nearly worn
out, they would have found her sooner,
for it was not far, and there was no
brushwood to hide the view. But the
night was dark, their rude lanterns
threw hut little light, and the men stum
bled about half asleep. I .ova was more
alert, in half an hour Harry wns bend
ing over the poor unconscious form, in
its wet and half burned dress, moaning
over the blistered cheeks and arms, nnd
calling wildly on her name.
.She moved, as his arms enfolded her,
and whispered his name, and this
"I did not go to the party, you see; it's
all right, isn't it, Harry?"
Harry would never agree that it was
"all right," until she could declare with
a smooth and blooming face, many
weeks after, that she was as well as
ever, and would come to town to be his
little wife and housekeeper, instead of
remaining the "Cleaver district school
ma'am."
"Indeed," lie said, "as your seliool
liouse is burned to the ground and the
directors will not build another until
they are able to put up a fine brick one,
your occupation is gone, and there is no
alternative."
Julia did not look as though the alter
native was very distasteful.—May Hunt
lev in Yankee Blade.
Light. unit Dark Cigars.
In reference to the distinction between
light and dark cigars, smokers nearly al
ways express a preference for one or the
other, but they get practically the same
thing. The difference lies only in the
wrapper, although the general impres
sion is that a dark colored cigar is much
stronger. Nearly all brands of cigars
have two shades, but the filling is the
same in both. 1 have told my customers
so time and time again, but 1 can't make
tliem believe wc.— Cincinnati Times Star.
WATERS OF MYSTERY.
STRANGE LAKES AND LAKE REGIONS
IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
THE YUGITRIEIT OF TITICACTT ANIL THE LEGEMLS
(JltiMtetiiig About Its Shores —Where the
MORMON* CLIITHE THEIR HUME —DEVIL'S
I.UKE VIEWED WITH AWE.
When mystery and history go hand in
band the combination assumes an inter
est entirely foreign to that attaching to
the accepted phases of physical sur
roundings or the development of a peo
ple. The Mississippi overflows its banks
and carries widespread desolation to fer-
LAKE TITICACA
tile fields, but there is nothing strange
about that, for the veriest school boy can
reason from the cause to the effect of the
flood. The thirteen colonies of the last
century are the United States of today,
but the progress from provinces to a re
public was along lines that, while indi
cating gigantic development under great
trials, show nothing miraculous in the
outcome. But the occurrence of strange
events in strange localities is a matter
that can never fail to attract the atten
tion as well of the busy citizen as the
contemplative philosopher.
On the islands of Lake Titicaca the re
ligion of Manco Capac and the long suc
cession of the Incas had their origin. By
the shores of the great Salt Lake of Utah
Brigham Young founded a colony and
perfected a creed. Each body of water
in its way is as peculiar as Iho people
who lived and planned and struggled
along its banks.
Lake Titicaca lies in Peru at a height
of nearly 19,000 feet above the level of
the sea. Yet despite this unusual eleva
tion and the cold of the surrounding
country, the large oval of water —120
miles at its greatest length and 00 miles
wide —never freezes and diffuses over
the islands within its circumference, and
the land coming immediately under the
influence of its moisture, a warmth
which renders the soil capable of pro
ducing crops naturally indigenous to a
much lower level. Enormous springs at
intervals bubble up in steaming clouds
through the ordinarily placid waters,
and sometimes, while skies are clear and
no wind blows, vast waves roll from
shore to shore with mighty wrath.
SALT LAKE. UTAH.
To this mysterious land, in the days
when the world was young, came Manco
Capac, the child of the sun. He looked
about him and saw the world buried in
ignorance and savage brutishuess. He
founded the long line of Ineas, made
Peru the treasure bouse of the western
world, ami established a unique civiliza
tion which gave way, after the lapse of
centuries, before the blows of the Span
ish conqueror. But to this hour the peon
remnant of the once ruling race looks to
the mysterious waters of the sacred lake
for the appearance of a deliverer, and
views with expectant awe the unex*
plainahle convulsions that agitate their
bosom.
Over trackless plains and through
uncounted perils the Mormons of a
past generation made their way to
the territory now known as Utah, and
pitched their tents in a barren land by
the shores of the great Salt lake. Their
environment was as singular as their be
lief. Before them lay a body of water
clear and green, in whose depths life be
came death, and whose shores glittered
not with the varied hues of vegetation,
but with the white brilliance of innumer
able crystals. Within the limit of the
lake's influence boiled and bubbled un
counted pools; here one scalding hot,
and there one icy cold, and again an
other seething with carbonic acid gas.
Strange streams ran into the saline reser
voir, whose waters were clear and taste
less, but which stained with brown
everything* they touched. Yet in this
locality, apparently cursed by nature
with barrenness and desolation, the pil
grims from the east set to work. How
they caused the desert to blossom like
the rose, and how they perfected the de
tails of a spiritual despotism are matters
too well known to demand anything fur
ther than a passing reference.
DEVIL'S LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA.
In North Dakota may be found a
noted body of water around which lin
ger weird traditions, and which is even
at present the scene of supernatural visi
tations. Before the advent of the white
man no Indian could bo induced to ven
ture his canoe on the smiling surface of
Devil's lake or bathe within its cool em
brace. Wakantanka, the spirit of evil,
held sway there, and Wakantanka re
sented auy disturbance of bis wicked
meditations. Long since he bad vented
his wrath on a party of braves who haC
essayed to cross the waters. He had
called the god of the north wind to his
aid and engulfed the venturesome red
men by means of a tierce storm. From
that on the Indian Lucifer had things his
own way until the arrival of the pale
face, who laughed his [tower toscorn and
set afloat a small steamer.
As the vessel met with no disaster, the
awe of the Sioux was finally changed to
contempt for his satanic majesty, and
they now paddle about the islands 01
swim at will in the shallows along the
beach. Yet the charm of mystery still
lingers, and even white residents tell
strange stories of spectral boats that go
gliding by at night from nowhere unto
nowhere, and assert that when the ice
breaks up in the spring it sinks at once
to the bottom. Devil's lake is gradually
growing smaller in size, and its waters
are becoming slightly saline. The shores
are strewn with bowlders, agates and
various sorts of rocks, which, either be
cause of glacial action or some convul
sion of nature, display curious shapes.
The lake has no visible outlet, and bul
small apparent supply.
Pend d'Oreille lake in Montana shows
near its center a point of rock which no
Indian, even to this day, can be induced
to pass, fearing that the Great Spirit in
such an event will create a commotion
and cause him to lie swallowed up by
the waves. Near Pend d'Oreille the
aborigines say there is a never freezing
body of water surrounded by high and
precipitous rocks which no one has ever
been able to descend. Peering over the
cliffs one may see countless buffalo,
deer, elk and other game disporting
themselves in the depths of the trans
parent waters. It is hardly necessary to
add that no white man has ever viewed
this remarkable phenomenon.
MIRROR LAKE, YOSEMITE.
Speakiv..- of transparent lakes, how
ever, there is one—not mythical, but ac
tual —which is among the world's most
famous lieauty spots. It is that dainty
gem in the Yosemite valley called Mirror
lake. Only a mile in circumference, it
seems to have been placed there for the
encircling mountains to see their forms
and faces in. The remarkable clearness
of the water and of the surrounding at
mosphere makes the reflected images of
the rocks and trees almost as distinct
and sharply defined as the actual objects.
Around the most hideous tiling that
receives the geographical name of lake
cluster the horrible traditions of the vilest
superstition that ever distorted the brain
of even barbarian man. The sheet of
water, so called, is Pitch lake, thirty-six
miles from Port of Spain, in Trinidad,
and its gloomy offensiveness has made
it a fit place lor the celebration of
the awful rites of voudoo. This
famous cesspool, for it can hardly
deserve a better name, covers a space of
99 acres, and contains millions of tons
of bitumen, which pervades the air with
its smell. On approaching the spot the
evil odors grow oppressive and sicken
ing. It is a veritable Stygian pool, and
presents a most singular appearance as
it glares and glitters in the sun. Narrow
channels of water divide the black mass
into hundreds of isolated patches. Small
islands struggle along thecenter, covered
with thick low scrub. Hereabouts the
PITCH LAKE, TIUNIDAD.
pitch is yellow and white with sulphur
foam, and loathsome bubbles of gas
arise to taint still further the already
heavily burdened air. In secluded nooks
near this lake of pitch the negroes for
merly met by stealth and night to make
their sacrifices to Voudoo, and dread
traditions still exist of children devoted
to death in honor of the insatiate demon.
These are a few among the many in
land bodies of water that have gained
peculiar fame by reason of natural sing
ularity or association with the strange
doings of various portions of the human
race. FRED C. DAYTON.
The McKinley bill lately passed by the
house of representatives, which is being
attacked so fiercely before the senate
committee, contains three important
features. One is the simplification of
methods of collecting revenue, and to
that there is comparatively little objec
tion. Another makes important distinc
tions between goods sold by sample and
those sold in actuality, and to this there
is a great deal of objection, especially in
New York. The third settles some dis
putes as to the rates of duty to be charged
on goods liable to different classifications,
generally fixing the higher rate, and de
prives the importer of the right to a jury
trial of such issues, and to these provis
ions there is very heated opposition.
Recent discussions on the Blair bill
to extend Federal aid to education in the
states have made prominent the facts
that there are now about 1,100,000 col
ored children in the common schools of
the south and nearly 100,000 more in
private schools, academies and colleges.
Of the colored schools to which the lat
ter title is given, at least thirty rank as
high as the average college in the north.
Thirty colleges for colored students and
1,200,000 colored children in school is
certainly a marvelouß exhibit for a re
gion so lately prostrated by war.
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At 75 cents
100 pieces Colored I'egence Silks, the
new and most popular weave in all the
new Spring colors. We claim the in
trinsic value of this special bargain is
$1 25 per yard. Get a sample of it also.
Colored Silk Wrap Cashmors, 40 inches
wide, in large range of colors, at 75 cents
—dollar quality.
100 pieces 40 inch Colored Mohairs, the
most desirable fabric at present, 50 cents
a yard. All colors, and grey and brown
mixtures. None better sold anywhere at
05 cents.
It interested at all in Silks, write for a
sample of our special value 24 inch Black
Surahs at 75 cents. We had to buy a very
large lot to get them to sell at this price,
but will sell you as many or few yard? as
you like.
Catalogue free. Mail order business
given very best attention.
HOGGS & BUHL,
11-*> to 11! JA'deral St.,
ALLEGHENY, PI.
OUR
H&ailOrder
Department,
Has the very best facilities for handling
great quantities of Dry Goods. It reaches
every State and most counties of the
Union Its pa ticu ir field is the western
half of Pennsylvania all of West Virginia,
Ohio, and a constantly growing teriitory
South and West in all states.
Our stock of Dry Goods of every de
scription is complete, and our prices are
•he lowest possible. Other large stores
do not (if thev can) and small stares can
net (if they would) sell goods at as low
prices.
SLACK SILKS.
Of every sort at very low prices. Every
piece was bought betore the advance in
the price of silk. The same qualities
where anything like a complete variety is
found will cost 25 per cent, more than
our silks cost y HI. Where will you buy ?
Black Surahs 45 cents a yard, 50 cents,
05 cents and upward. A sp< ciul 24 inch
Suitdi ut SI.OO a yard, worth $1.25.
Gros GiainsatOO ceuts and upward.
A24 inch Gros Grain at 95 ecus a yar ),
that canuot possibly be sold, if perfect, for
a cent less, except at a loss. It is worth
every penny of one dollar and fifteen
cents. Equally good bargain in Black
Gros Grain Silks at $1 00 and $1 25.
Black Faille Fraucaisse at B~> cents and
upwind, and the best 24 inch Faille ever
sold at SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.50 a yard.
27 ii.ch Black India Silks at 75 cents,
SI.OO, $1.15 to $1.50 a yard.
All other Silks and Dress Goods in
largest quantities at lowest prices-
Samples cheerfully sent upon request to
any address.
JOS. HoRNE & CO.,
009-(>2l Peun Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
DA'PUU'PC obtained formecuanl alae
ial fill 1 w vices, medical or other com
pounds, ornamental designs, trade-marks" and
labels, caveats, Assignments, Interferences
Appeals, Suits for Infringement, and nil eases
arising under the PATEtNT LAWS, promp
ly attended to.
INVENTIONS TI AT HAVE BEEN
tit? TI? PTCTI Uy the Patent Oltlee may
IlCitlEiW 1 CU still,lnmost cases.bepat
ented by us. Being opposite the patent Office,
we can make closer searches, and secure Patents
mere promptly, and with broader claims, than
those who are remote from Washington.
TNUIa NTT HOC s,, nd us a model or
lit V Call 1 Ullri sketch of your device ;
we make exumlniUfonsyVee orchard?, and advise
as to patentability. All correspondence strictly
confldenttal. Prices low, and NO CHARGE UN
LESS PATENT IS SECURED.
Wo refer to officials In the Patent Office, to our
clients In every Stale of the Union, and to your
Scnatorand Representative In Congress, special
references given when desired. Address.
C. A. SNOW X CO.,
opposite Patent Office. Washington. D. C.
lib Will) Hi Mil
To reliable men we will give steady employment
and a LIBERAL SALARY paying their traveling
expenses. W" grow our own stock exclusively
and GUARANTEE It to he Strictly ttrst-class In
every particular, true to name as ordered. Full
Instructions furnished. Experience unnecessary.
Apply at once, slating ape. Address E. C. I'EIR
SON A' CO., Maple (trove Nurseries, Waterloo,
N. Y. (Established over no years.)
BONE MEALEs
Beef Scraps. Send for new price list. YORK
CHEMICAL WORKS, YORK. PA.