THU BI.ACK BORDERER* A SOLEMN OCCUPATION WHICH SUPPC.tT j A BRIGHT G!Rt_. Shi' I i.l I 'll It ill Several I.lues, Inn ut Last it Her Forte—Nßill-iJ ljtttmr T' ut flm, I ttle Competition— It Is liathc.! Work. "You can t toll in:' there is r.o good in novel.' ," sird the gr.l in g!: -. is. "Some yea-s ago my father read in a novel which w:i> Hi ci coming out in one of the • magaivui -m't remember t'le name of it lie *.* * in \\'iat magazine it was comin ■ —t: >t -♦•••'rygirl should know how to do well enough to earn her living by it, r.nd he was so much taken witn the i tea that lie determined then and there that I should I •:m u trade. 1 was h> > i nly daughter, only child, in fact. ;:ie! : vie were but two of ns in the family, as my mother had died some yen's bef. re. "First 1 tried to! graphy, and found 1 was no good at (bat. and then 1 tried typewriting, and found that tv asn't my forte either. I gave up then, and told papa that if be couldn't support me Fd either have to get married or go to the Free Home for Destitute Young Girls: but ho had lately visited a paper mill, and so he suggested another trade, the one yr>.. see me working at nowv Do I call myself a p;{per decorator? No, lam a black borderer: but. all the same, I am just as much of a skilled laborer as any girl who paints (lowers and newly hatched chickens on Br. * r cards, and eucli th.ngs. thongli I do nothing but blacken tne borders of I:."timing paper. Thought tl'.at was machine work? No, that it isn't! PECULIARITIES OK THE WORK. "It is woman's work. They have tried time and again to iuv.-.t machines that would do it, but Hi *y have all turned out flat failures. a:.fl I am glad of it, as this is the only bin 1 of work by whiidi I have been able to earn my bread and butter for tho last three years —since papa was taken off sadd :ily by heart failure, ar 1 i' v • and that he had laid up no 1:0 . and h:.-> insurance policy had I .e. "Profession . el; crowded? No, thank heaven! this is one profession in which there is a lit i! elbow rront. One reason, I suppose, i: t it i; D :.ot •>' w dl p. id as it might l and nnotwr isith : 1 I say it that shouJ 1 n't sa;'that it i •• , every girl who 1 1..1 d 1 .nm the ar;. You thought your If th-r it was done by a machine, so y.m in* ; have noticed how very smoothly the is laid 00. Of course I do nm tab • sm l. pains wii.li the inferior qualities with the best linen, such as I am doing now: but tho worst must be 1? Ip well or it won't piss muster. My oiup'.i , when he a!" r bed for a gii Ito do: ! 1 work, del ,'r : more than a dozen " "err. and most..hem were j fror.i girl* who didn't know anything whatever out it; they only thought they could do it, as t Ivy had tab- ale .oi:s in water en 1 -rr. They didn't know that this kind of palutk.g is a trr D 1 y itself. "Trying to the eyes? Yes. \ .i,;n one's eyes are ti" very strong to, begin with; but if I find, m eyes giving out 1 can always stop an '. rest awhile. It is my own loss, you know, r.s mi is piece work, paid for by .be ream. GOOD PAY AND SHORT DAY. "How much a ream? For line qualities, $1.50 a ream; for the very commonest, forty-five cents; but there is very little of that kind to be done, l\ r which mercy lam thankful. I' d. swe ire av . :lly busy, I can coin whe 1 I like and go when 1 like. Usually I get hero at half past Bin the morning and leave at 5 in the afternoon. In that time, if 1 don't give my ■ y sto > many re.-; tin : qieils. 1 can border a ream a id a h.ilf. "Lonely? No. 1 am too busy to feel lonely, though I sit here all day by my self, seeing nobody but the man who brings in my pryr. That Is, ho brings it to me in tho busy season, but if the work is anywa) s slack 1 have to go for it myself. Tho si 1 k season begins in June, and work do - not pick up again till some time in September. I 1 July I live in daily fear of being laid off lor a while, though that hasn't happened to nie yet. lam not - like girls who live at home audwork for 'fun.'. When a crowd of them have been addressing circulars in a novelty establishment they don't mind, it a bit when the superintendent announces that the job is finished and the moli is to be dispersed. "Treated as a lady should be? Yes, my employer is as polite as pie when ever I see him, as, indeed, he should lie to a girl who he knows by tills time is working for all she is worth. At first it seemed to me to be an awfully solemn kind of work, and I used to thin!: about deaths and funerals, and sometimes would get to crying, though I took good care not to damage the paper by letting my tears fall on it; but one can get used to anything, and now I don't any more mind painting black borders than I'd mind painting red ones."—New York Tribune. Where Stamp* Come Prom. "Where do .stamps come from?" "The dealers are the original collect ors, if that is what you mean. There are at present about oile thousand stamp merchants in the United States doing business on a capital of all the way from SIOO to SIOO,OOO. The dealer gets most of tho stamps from the countries issuing them by sending directly to postmasters in those countries with orders and drafts for money. If my stock of Shanghai stamps is low I send a draft for SIOO 10 the postofflce in that city and receive in return SIOO worth of whatever sort of Shanghai stamps 1 may have requested. In this way I keep myself supplied with new stamps of all sorts from every part of the world." —Interview in Washing ton Star. IIOM of Water by Wte. Water leaking through a hole just large enough to pass a needle through, during twenty-four hours at a fourteen pound pressure, would be sufficient to supply a house for the day. The waste through a one inch pipe under the same conditions would be 1,140 gallons.—New York Commercial Advertiser. WAITING. From (luwa to nUli". ill at hop window : itting. She waits wail'j drift the heavy JioafS away, And, like the awallowH. all her thoughts jjo fl'V ting To tiiat sweet south wherein they fain would stay. Yet. all day lon# sho listens for his coming, All the long day she tlnianta of one dear face; She hears I.is whisper in the bees' low bumming, She fools his k:s".s in the wiud's embrace. Lonely she dreams, while the warm sunshine lingers Upon her face, her jmllid face, y ?t fair; Alone - is sobbing, while with silver lingers The moonbeams thread ires* soft, unbraided hair. Al, heavy ueand no position it* it* yearning, Sim n vU innat know that all hur peace is o'er: T.;nt e f *r jwin 'neatii her white a burning. It-...- i- r 'tis gone, to enter ther** no more. Hut < lice r< feel, un -hocked, his fond ni /sHiug ()uc v. i; 1. sweat hour, close to his h* 11 to press! There her t toughr stops; viiac •.{ bliss or The gi'- t world holds, she do v. i. ; care to Kiiesa St!' .:t tier window dreaming, longing.* w •oing, Vwiile to t ; *i.- mates the gray dov.vt cu<> and cull. She leans, un ' watches the slow clouds go creep- Far ('. nvn t '.;o iuc. beyond the city well. —Now York Lodger. A Ministerial Joke. Ministers like their little jokes as well as any one else. Chaplain Wharton, of the Grand Army of tho Republic for the state of Wisconsin, is no exception, and he perpetrated one a while ago which acted as a boomerang: it cauie back and hit him hard. It was at some great G. A. R. affair, whore speeches were being made, and one s;>eaker de ired to refer to the incident mentioned in the Bible where some one tied the tails of two hares together. The speaker was at a loss to remember \v ho this person was, and he asked the chaplain. With face as sober as a judge, that gentleman said it was Goliah. The speaker went on with his talk and made his reference, speaking Goliah's name in all confidence. Some one behind pulled his coat tail and said in a whisper: "It was not Goliah: it was Absalom." This rather knocked him out for a moment, but quickly re covering he said: "Well, there appears to be a little discrepancy about who it was that tied the hares' tails together. As I was not sure about it myself I went to Chaplain Wharton, thinking he should bo authority on the matter, and he told me it was Goliah." This so completely turned the laugh upon the chaplain that the speakerjgot back his composure and finished his remarks in good style.— Chicago Herald. Heat of the Moon. A problem of great interest in physics and astronomy, on which Tyudall, Lord Roose and Professor Langley labored in vain, has been solved, and trust worthy evidence ut last been obtained as to the thermal value of moonlight. This has been accomplished by Mr. C. V. Boys, one of the professors at South Kensing ton, who, by means of his quart 2 fila ments lias produced a thermopile of al most incredible delicacy. By this ap paratus he can render sensible the heat of a candle up to the distance of a mile and three-quarters, and by directing the minute disk of the instrument to the moon he has shown that the warmth re ceived from its reflected light is equal to that given out by a candle at twenty-one feet distance. The result accords with the anticipations of Professor Pinzzi Smyth. Observations seems to show that, although the moon's face is under the blaze of an unclouded sun for fourteen days, it remains comparatively cool, and that whatever heating it does ultimately receive is rapidly gained an 1 n, rapidly lest.—London Standard. Mind Your Own lio.inru. Keep your mind on your share of tho work: do not try to manage for the whole firm, i remember a wan who used to amuse me very much. Ho never earned more than sls a week until he had passed 50 years of age, and during his married life his wife had earned more than ho had. Yet he would grow intensely ex cited because a large and exceedingly prosperous corporation would not adopt his plans, though Ids connection with it was paying his fare as passenger on its cars. The firm employing him would, if managed by liim, grow wealthy hi a year, he insisted. .Still the firm dispensed with his valuable services an 1 were able to conduct business. That man had been so busy all his business life planning affairs with which 110 ha l 110 connection that be really had no time tothink of his personal work. He was not lazy, but lie did not know enough to mind his own business. —Christian Union. Judging l>y the Lnbei. "What queer pumpkin! looks more like squash, don't it?" remarked one Lewiston woman to her visitor, lately. "That's just what I thought," replied the other, lottiug her work drop into her lap. "I looked and looked at my can, but it was labeled 'Pumpkin,' and so I supposed it must be pumpkin and made pumpkin pies of it; but Tom declared they were queer pumpkin pies." "Well, it says pumpkin and I believe—why, see here!" Her little girl had torn off the outside paper and on that next the can was a picture of a squash, and under neath: "This squash, etc." Henceforth these women put no more confidence in laliels. And perhaps when Tom gets over saying, "queer pumpkin pies," one of them will feel more kindly disposed towards the manufacturer whose squash bfpnmpkiu if pumpkin will sell better. —Lewiston Journal. Why We Say "The Speaker." Wo call the presiding officer of tho house of representatives "The Speaker" because the English did so in giving a title to the head of the house of com mons, and they chose that name because that officer is the spokesman of the house when addressing tho sovereign. —Chatter. Nothing to Laugh At. Blooms—What were the boys all laugh ing so heartily over? Chumley—Smith got off one of hit l>eaatly jokes. "Why didn't you laugh?" "It was on me."—Chicago Times. EGHO SONG. Who can acy where Echo dwells? Id some maintain cave, nuthlnks, Where the white owl sits and hlinics; Or in de p soquesteml dells, Where the fox jflove hau;s Its bells, Echo dwells. Echo! Echo' Phantom of the crystal air, fUiuhter of sweofc myst ryt Her; is one h.w* need of tliee; [jMvl him to thy secret lair, Myrtle brings lie for thy hair; !!";ir his prayer, I . -h> Echo, lift toy drowsy .. - id, A id r 'p'.uteuch charmed w >ed Toon aiii-f. nee Is have ov rheard Vesterp"-:i ere. rosy imes Those sweet lies. Echo! Echo; —Thomas IJaTley Aldrich, in Atlantic Monthly. A Lively Horse. Arthur Simmons has a Texas pony on his farm at Chokee whose ability as a junior cannot be surpassed. He is a diminutive specimen of that breed of horseflesh, and a day or two ago was put into a big box or crate for shipment to Americas, there being no stock car con venient at the time. The pony and box wore placed upon a flat car and the train pulled out. The little sample of Texas cyclone soon got tired of his close quar ters. and while the train was running at a speed of thirty miles an hour, kicked the box into a cocked lmt and made a leap for liberty. He struck terra firms right side up with care, and when the train men came back to view his cold remains the said remains were quietly nibbling at a keg of iron spikes on the side of the road, and it took four men and a boy an hour to run down and capture him. At least that is what the conductor said.— Americas (Ha.) Times. l-iill!re of Iron Work. There are no data now existing which will enable any one to predict what will be the size of boilers, engines, dynamos, steamships, brides, cars, locomotives, office buildings a.ul other structures tea years hence. Everything in the en gineering line seems to be changing at a more rapid rate than at any previous period. Certainly the limit to increase of size does not yet appear. When the single engine readied its limit in ship building. the compound engine came in. When shafts and screws seemed to have grown as large as they could be made, twin screws and shafts were used, and at the same time facilities for making still larger shafts and screws were per fected. So it is in eve- branch of en gineering: as soon i.i a limit is fixed v otue one finds away of overleaping it, and the limit is placed further ahead.— Engineering and Mini.'.g Jou-nal. A Clever Cii -ins Trick. a. good story is told of a clever trick, by means of which som > Russian Jews have cheated the custom house. Simul taneously at two frontiers a very large case came to each, hut was not claimed. After the regulation time had elapsed they were opened and found to be gloves and ordered to bo sold at auction, ac cording to law. A Jew. on looking at them, cried out they were pll right hand gloves and of no use to any one. Conse quently thi v went for next to nothing and for far less than the tax would have amounted to. Needless to add that the case at the other frontier contained all the left hand gloves, and of course they were bought by a confederate.—Ex change. llrnvd Though IVcutlhy. Mr. John Collins Wood, of Kentucky, is, perhaps, the richest Jack tar living, having had many vicissitudes. The death of his father and reverses of for tune making him a dry goods salesman in New York, the death of a rich uncle in Paris gave him an inheritance of $2,000,- 000, and e: -iit him to Atlantic City in search of lost health. Hero he lives in a hotel, but belongs to the life saving crew, wears surfman's garb, and serves regularly in the life boat, alleviating the hardships of his comrades with his free purse. —Harper's Bazar. Want, a I'atent. An Ohio man named Burton has ap plied for a pat -nt to dissipate a tornado or cyclone before it can do any damage. He does it by firing off an anvil heavily charged with powder, or by using a field piece. This is done when the sky shows symptoms of a wind storm, and lie claims that the concussions send the cyclones to do dantagq, elsewhere.—Detroit Free Press. Greater Than the Kohinoor. "We have a large stone here," con cluded Mr. Farnham, "called the Tiffany yellow double decked brilliant, weigh ing 125J carats. It is the finest and larg est yellow diamond known in the world. It is nearly twenty carats larger than the celebrated Kohinuor. Yes, of course it is for sale, but it is pretty expensive— over .SIOO.OOO." —New York Herald. AfruUl of Red Covered Hooka. Bray ton Ives, the millionaire biblioma niac, never purchases a book with a red cover, no matter how old or valuable it may be. This aversion to carmine lias more than once lost Mr. Ives the posses sion of some rare work which he much desiwd to possess.—New York Journal. The Hiflereuce. "Just like a man," said a lady to the editor as a male visitor went out of the office and shut the door with a bang. "Yes," replied the mild eyed editor; "yes, if it had been like a woman the door would have been left open."— Washington Star., One hundred and twenty-two thou sand school children in the state of New York have voted for a national flower, The golden rod won by 26,120 votes. A FOOTMAN'S LOVfi. An Honcnt Scotchman Loses Ills Heart ts the Daughter of His Master. Here is another absolutely true love story. A citizen of the Murray Hill stamp was asked by a valued footman for a private interview. Whon by them selves in the library the gentleman, at tentive and waiting, was surprised to see Donald's honest face, which topped 6 feet 2 of sturdy Scotch brawn, paling and flushing like a girl's, while he vainly tried to speak. "Maister," he gasped, at last, "I maun gang awa' the morrow." "Donald, my man, you don't mean you wish to leave my service? Are you not satisfied with your wages and your privi leges?" "The saints in heaven couldna find fault, sir; hut 1 maun gang awa'. " "I cannot let you go, Donald, without a good cause. What are your reasons for wishing to go?" j "Oh, maister," the poor fellow groaned, with au effort, "the bonny lassie, Miss Bessie—l carina, canna stay, sir!" , "Miss Bessie, man! Has Miss Bessie treated you unkindly? I would not sup pose it possible." "Na, na, sir," and then by much prod ding of th? reluctant man it transpired that Donald had lost his heart to the 15- year-old daughter of his employer and felt in honor bound to leave tlio house. "Does my daughter know this? Have you spokou to her? Why, Bessie is only a child, you rascal!" exclaimed the father, in rising passion. "Miss Bessie's na bairn, sir; Miss Bes sie is an angel!" declared Donald, with a vague impression that in speaking of the angels age is never mentioned; "but she clunnat knaw puir Donald's heart—she dunnat knaw." "Oh, come, my man, this is too silly. I don't want to lose you and you don't want to throw up a good place. Con found it all, this is preposterous!" "So it is, sir," assented Donald, hum bly, "but oh, maister! yestere'en when Miss Bessie came from her drive in the park her fut slipped on the step—l caught her—oh, maister," with a dra matic gesture toward his broad chest, "she do have sick ecu. and sick a fut! I maun gang awa'." And go ho did. The morning after ward Miss Bessie's maid found a small box at her mistress' door, addressed in a painful scrawl. The wondering Miss Bessie found that it contained a bunch of Scotch heather anil a gold ring—a plain band engraved with a thistle, Scot land's national emblem. That day poor Donald sailed in the Caledonia carrying his wounded, honest heart hack to the "auhl countree."—Clara Belle's New York Letter. lie Mortals Nit Nisi Batumi. This polite fashion of saying nothing but good of the dead lias, like the dead, been run into the ground. It lias done positive harm to the rising generation. Men have died who ouglft to have died sooner. There was no good in them to speak of, and they have occupied such prominent places in the affairs of the world that they could not well be left out of conversation or history without making a hole in it. The Rev. Dr. Ab bott's goody-goody histories of great men for Sunday schools are of questionable moral effect. Ho writes up Napoleon Bonaparte as if he were a saint. He has sugar coated other unsaint ly characters, and uiade them sweet and pleasant for tho plastic minds of youth to take. The eulogies of dead congressmen by congressmen living are full of complimentary matter that would not have stood a minute 011 the stump in face of the opposition. Clergymen are frequently embarrassed—at the funeral of some wealthy but dishonest mul im moral person—to know what to say of the dead, standing there between the dead and the living. They might speak the truth; but that would often offend the living, and in the clergyman's case it is tho living that must be considered. —New Orleans Picayune. T!t Chinese Way. "I was pa.- ing by a < ,'hinese laundry in a basement, end, chancing to look in, 1 saw a pigtail ?d Mongolian sitting in the corner with a pile of those jim-jam look ing figured slips of yellow paper in front of him and the list book open 011 tho table where you go to pay for your washge, washee." "Nothing funny in that." "No, it was rather tragic, though I said funny at first." "Was he skinning a rat?" "No: he had a log chain fastened around his neck secured by a big pad lock, and there was a look of remorse and resignation on his sad-lie colored face that awoke my sympathies. Walk ing in I was met by another Chinaman, who came hustling out of an adjoining room, his face wraatheil in smiles anil soapsuds. Said I, 'What's the inattei with this man, Gin Sling?' " "Disman, eh? He-lie! Dis man clerkee. Keepee cashee. One day say Canada. Now he sleepee here alleo timee. Eht See? He! he!"— Atlanta Constitution. She Fainted. She just doted 011 "Vogknerian" musio, she did; and, when Herr Schlambang got up from the piano and mopped the perspiration from his head, she went to him and said she would like to know what that last selectiou was—the one which disclosed such a wonderful depth of feel ing. When he tohl her it was "far-r-ia tions ov 'Down vas McGinty' ar-r-anged py minesolluf," she fainted.—Kate Field's Washington. In the Witness Box. Judge—You reside? Witness—With my brother. Judge—And your brother lives? Witness—With nie. Judge—Precisely; but you both live?— W itness —Together.—Eulenspiegel. Ills Calling. Seedy Foreigner—Yes. I'm an "artist;" a vocalist, you know. It's all right. Labor Representative—How do you make that out? Seedy Foreigner—Well, I'm a maker of bellows.—Pittsburg Bulletin. Waist Deep In Muaty. Tom Kelly, the ticket seller of Rar num's circus, is as much a specialist in his peculiar line as any, strictly speak ing, professional man. The whole pro cess of receiving the money, giving the ticket. an'l making change is done in three movements with the regularity of clock work. The ticket window is about four feet above the bottom of the wagon. Mr. Kelly sits upon a high stool, with a large sum of money in dollars, halves and quar ters piled upon the shelf on his right. A corresponding shelf on the lel't is covered with tickets and half tickets. All this is arranged before the window is opened. A line of several hundred impatiently rlamoring people wait outside, Mr. Kelly climbs upon his stool, takes a long, deep breath and opens the window. Money is received in his right hand nd dropped upon the floor. The thumb of the lelt hand has in the meantime pushed a ticket from the pile, and the right hand has selected, mechanically, the change and presented it to the pur chaser. No attempt is made to pile up the money received. It is literally drop ped, and when the show commences Mr. Kelly sits like a buoy surrounded by a sea of money, the crests of whose waves mount up to and press closely around his waist and almost on a level with the win dow ledge. After the performance com mences, and no more people want tickets, Mr. Kelly closes the window and steps carefully over this bed of money. Theu, aud not till then, is any attempt made to count and assort this sum, which amounts to several thousand dollars in pieces of all denominations.—New York Press. Tlif Shortcoming* of Soap. There are probably few people who dc not find the joy of living made less keen by having to read each day the advertise ments of popular soaps. Their good qualities are so superlatively good, theii effect on the complexion, the health and longevity so unfailing, their chemical composition in each case so remarkably in accord with all that exact science and dermatological art could produce, that it discourages the medical man, who finds so much in his own measures that are imperfect and incomplete. We read, therefore, with a certain sense of relief the results of an in vestigation made by Dr. 13. H. Paul on the composition of these highly lauded toilet soaps. Dr. Paul states that i'oi bodily ablution soaps should not contain an excess of alkali but should be neutral or nearly so. He found, however, that among toilet soaps, as usually met with, it perfectly neutral soap is the exception, and that a trustworthy soap of that kind is still a desideratum. Three of live soaps of the higher grade were described as "super-fatted" soaps, one of them be ing alleged to have been prepared ac cording to Unna's formula. But, in fact, they all were found to contain the full proportion of alkali required for the saponification of the fat, besides some additional potash, which, in one of them, was considerable. It seems, therefore, that the perfect soap is yet to be made. —Medical Record. Wh.-ro Will Heaven Iter How a nut the location of the per manent heaven, the resting place of the saved? Wliero will it be located, on this earth or in the skies above? We read, 1 Tliess. iv, 11>-IT, that the Lord will de scend from heaven and resurrect the righteous, and also catch up the living holy ones, an 1 that altogether they will meet the Lord in the air. By reading Rev. x.\, 5-0, we also learn that that will be the first resurrection, and that they (the righteous) will live and reign with Christ 1,000 years. According to the Bible this 1,000 years is all the time the saints will occupy the realms of the air. When this 1,000 years expires, how ever, the "City of God." with the saints, comes down upon the earth and the second resurrection, that of the wicked, will take place. As these demons-elect come forth from their graves they will see the beloved city, and go up and en compass it: and (Rev. xx, 9) fire will pour down upon aud utterly destroy, them. The same fire which destroys the wicked purities and renovates the earth, and this globe in its. redeemed state, if the accounts above cited are to be taken as conclusive, will become the home of the saved throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.—St. Louis Republic Wlilte Lead Injurious. It is said that painting floors with any color containing y.'bite lead is injurious, as it renders the wood soft and less ca pable of wear. Other paints without white lead, such as ochre, raw umber or sienna, are not injurious and can be used with advantage. Varnish made of dry ing lead salts is also said to be destruct ive, and it is recommended that the bo rate of manganese should be used to dis pose the vanish to dry. A receipt for a good floor varnish is as follows: Take two pounds of pure white borate of man ganese, finely powdered, and add it little by little to a saucepan containing ten pounds of linseed oil, which is to be well stirred and raised to a temperature of Slit) degs. Fahrenheit. Heat 100 pounds of linseed oil in a boiler till ebullition takes place, then add to it the first liquid, increase the heat and allow it to boil for twenty minutes. Then remove from the five and filter the solution through cotton cloth. The varnish is then ready for use, two coats of which may be used with a final coat of shellac, if a brilliant polish is required.—Phila delphia Record. Liketl the Features. She was showing George over the grounds at her father's new country residence. "I like it immensely," said George. "There are some very pretty features about the place." "You think so?" "Yes, indeed: yours, for instance."— New York World. A Kitchen Gardener. Lady—Ha ve you any oyster plant seeds? Grocer—Yes, ma'am. Lady—Well, send me two or three doz en, and, mind you, I wish to raise Bine Points.— Detroit Free Press. B. & B. An Advantageous Trade. it is to your advantage to trail.; with us. You may uot have though! so Here ** tofore. But here are a few points for 'j your consideration: The assortments in tire fifty-two depart J ments of these large stores is the largest. The qualities are the best, as we handle S uo low grade, trashy goods, aud 1 he prices are reliable, just and lowest *1 always the lowest. VV e want you to hold us to a stric' ac- 'J I counting for all these claim-". SILKS At 90 cents, 24 inch, extra quality Black " , Bros Grain Dress Silk-. You may thiuk it strange that we claim thee Silks are equal in quality to most 91.15 and H.M ones. But compare them. At 75 cents 100 pieces Colored I'cgcnce Silks, the new and most popular weave in all the new Spring colors. We claim the in- I trinsic value of this special bargain is *1 2o per yard. Get a sample of it also. Colored Silk Wrap Cashmere, 40 inches wide, in large range of colors, at 75 eenta —dollar quality. 100 pieces 40 inch Colored Mohairs, tbc most desirable fabric at present. 50 cents a yard. All colors, and grey and brown mixtures. None better sold anywhere at 05 cents. If interested,®!all in Silks, write fork sample of our special value 24 iuch 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 mauy or few var.U a* you like. Catalogue free. Mail order business given very best attention. MIGGS & BUHL, tl "> to 11!' perioral VLLEGHEXY, OUR Mailorder Department. Has tiie very best facilities for handling gi eat quantities of Dry Goods. P reaches every State and most counties of the Union Its pa'ticuar field is th ■ western halt of Pennsylvania all of West Virginia, Ohio, and a cor,stautly growing :er:itory South and West in all states. Our stock of Dry Goods of every de scription i- complete, and our prices arc the lowest possible. Other large stores do not (if tliev can; and small stares can net (if they would) sell goods at us tow prices. BLACK SILKS. Of every sort at very low prices. Every pit ce was bought before the advance in the pi ice of silk. Ibe same qualities where anything like a complete variety is found a ill cost 25 per cent, more than our -ilks cost you. Where will you buy ? Black Mirahs 45 cents a ykrd. 50 cents, Go ci ills and upward. A special 24 inch Suili at SI.OO a yard, wi.rtli i -?i1.25. i G'os Giains at 00 cents and upward. A24 inch Gtos Grain at 95 ecus a varl, , that cannot possibly lie sold, if perfect, for a cent less, except at a loss. It is worth every penny of one doilar and fifteen cents. Equally good bargain in Black Gr.is Gram Silks at $1 90 aud SI 2.5. Black Futile Francaisse at 85 cents and upward, and the best 24 inch Faille ever sold ai Si.oo, 51.25 and #1.50 a yaid. i 27 ii eh Black In iiu Silks at 75 cents, #I.OO, *1.15 to *1.50 a yard. All other Silks and Dress G >ds in largest quantities at i .west prices. Samples cheerfully ~eiu up..u lequea; to ( any address. •Jo.*. HuiiXE & Co., UO9-G2l Peuii Avenue, PITTSBOROH, PA. PATWWTQ OBTAINED formecuanl alae • *, A LILL 4 U vices, medical or oilier com pounds, oruuineniul designs, trade-marks and labels, caveats, Assignments, Interferences Appeals, sulls for Infringement, and all CASES ly attended7o U ' e PATj|uV L ' LAW 3' t'romP __ __ TI. AT HAVE BEEN REJECTED suiu'nmost cases,"bepau eiucd uy us. Being opposite the l'atetu onice. we can make closer searches, and secure I'ai eats mere promptly, aud with broader claims, than those wlio are remote from Washington. INVRIYTFLUQ SL ' IKL US U model or ALL ¥ fill A UUM sketch of your device ; >\e luuKe exuiiu nations charge. andudviau as to patentability. All correspondence si rlct ly confidential, prices low, and NO CHARGE UN LESS PATENT IS SECURED. We refer to oillclals In the Patent unlet to our clients In every stale of the Union, and lojour senator and Representative in Congress, special references given when desired. Address, c. A. SNOW a CO., Opposite Patent onice. Washington, D. c. KS WAITED (IS SMiti To reliable men we will give steady employment and a LIBERAL SALARY pa} llig their traveling expenses. Wo grow our own stock exclusively and OL AKANTEE It to be strictly ttret -class LU every part Icular, true to name as ordered. Full Instructions furnished. Experience unnecessary. APPLY at once, rlatiny nje. Address K. E. PKIIC SONA I'O., Maple Grove Nurterles. Waterloo, N. 5 • (Established over 20 years.) BONE gjpSSg® lleef Scraps. Send for new PRICE list. YOKE UIIEMICAL WORKS. YORK. L'A.