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 im<l.
1 ap!:i *-a - n ;; valley 11; 1;
v.' .rds unsaid.
...•ho
Brw its.* v ,-i <.• since denies^
S.ie 1:• ; hrort'Mi very vow;
What i - would she would not now;
Thou didst hear her perjuries.
Whisper while I shut my e>es
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.