A LITERARY CURIOSITY. The following remarkable composition evinces an ingenuity of arrangement peculiarly its own, capitals spell “My boast is in the glorious cross of Christ.” The initial The Explanation: words in bold-face type, when read from top to bottom and bot- tom to top, form the Lord's Prayer complete: Make known the Gospel Truths, our Father king, Yield up Thy grace, dear Father, from above, Bless us with hearts which feelingly can sing, “Our life Thou art for-ever, God of love.” Assuage our grief in love for Christ we pray, Since the bright Prince of Heaven and glory died, Took all our sins and hallowed the display, Infant be-ing, first a man, and then was crucified. Stupendous God! Thy grace and power make known In Jesus's name let all the world rejoice. Now labor in Thy Heavenly kingdom own— That blessed kingdom for Thy saints the choice. How vile to come to Thee is all our cry, Enemies of Thy-self and all that’s Thine; Graceless our will wes live for vanity, Loathing Thy be-ing, evil in design, O God, Thy will be done, from earth to Heaven; Reclining on the Gospel let us live, In earth from sin deliver-ed and forgiven, Oh! as Thyself but teach us to forgive. Unless it-s power temptation doth destroy, Sure is our fall into the depths of woe. Carnal in mind, we've not a glimpse of joy; Raised against Heaven, in us no hope can flow. Oh, give us grace and lead us in Thy way: Shine on us with Thy love and give us peace; Self and this sin that rise against us slay. Oh, grant each day our trespass-es may cease; Forgive our evil deeds that oft we do, Convince us daily of them to our shame; Help us with Heavenly bread, forgive us, too, Recurrent lusts and we-'1l1 adore Thy name. In Thy forgive-ness we as saints can die, Since for us and our trespasses so high, Thy Son, our Savior, bled on Calvary. —Hartford Times: i i = £25, Insesasacosssasscesecoseopsesesesnsusaff THE PAWKY PEDDLER. = Bee 5 a esses o It is curious to contemplate the various modes by which people at- tempt to obtain triumphs over each other in this bad world. Some con- ceive that the very best way is to punish their enemies; some, again, take the Christian doctrine of hold- ing up ‘‘the other cheek,” and some are of opinion that there is no such thing at all as the luxury of a real. bona-fide, lasting and unqualified tri- umph to be had by one man another. Let us see. We think that the case of simple Walter Wylie, who was for a long time so well-known in the town of Inverkeithing for his pecu- liar manner of bringing out his sage philosophy of life after the pawky form of some packmen, who, when they are satisfied they have a real good article to show, affect a plicity and scarcity of werds of laudation, the very cpposite of the verbose and stately declamation by which they. endeavor to dispose of their general stock. over Sim- The quality of Wzlter's moral and political commodities was clearly in- dicated by the quantum of simple naivete infused into his “speech and countenance while in the act of narration—his effort at the mnmcre pure degrees of simplicity being in exact proportion to the estimate (never a wrong one) which he him- self made of the excellence of communication his peculiar inspira- tion enabled him to prcduce. His shop in the high street of In- verkeithing, in which he a variety of those commodities which are necessary for the sustenance of the human corporation, bhrouzht him more clearly into pablic notice. Di- rectly opposite to honest Walter (as he was styled by the people) both in manners and. locality = was Wil Harrison, who carried on the style of business in a shop cn other side of the rtreet. The ordinary rivalship existed tween. them, and they took their dif- ferent modes of recommending themselves to their customers— the one, Harrison, by a most verbose and figurative signboard and a most loquacious speech, and the other hy his peculiar simplicity zf eauncia- tion and publication of the qualities of his wares. ; The former was both a philosophi- soid cal and a practical rogue. The latter, i again, was as honest as steel; and his honesty and simple humor combined made him beloved by all that knew him, while his rival, who bore spite, was mortally hated for his roguery throughout the whoie burgh. Now, it happened that Harrison, with a view to two objects—first, the gratification of his never-sleeping spirit of roguery; and, secondly, the ruin, or at least the inconvenience, of simple Walter—bought up neighboring rogue a debt alleged to be due by Walter, but which the lat- ter had truly paid, though he had neglected to get it canceled or dis- charged by a probative receipt. It amounted to about £100; and Har- rison paid for it only about £5, with a condition of paying the cedent £50 more in the event of the entire sum being wrung out of the simple Waiter by the wrenching wheel of a horu- ing. As soon as Walter heard that his rival and enemy Harrison had bought up the false debt, he knew, by an instinct which had nothing wonderful about it, that he was com- mitted for a tough fight; but he re- tained his equanimity, and even his simple naivete hung about his mouth and small twinkling eyes in the same manner as if no horning or any such thunderbolt of Jove had been in the act of being forged against him. One day his enemy came into his shop. “Mr. Wylie,” said he, with a most pert loguacity, and holding up the horning in his hand. “I have a piece of paper here, on whick there is the the’ | thing | dike, i been shot dead. and lay there as still rand struck from a | 5, n a MN ru y 5 name of Walter Wylie as debtor to me in the sum of £100. 1 think you had better pay me at present, for I do not wish to let the debt lie and ruin you by allowing a larger sum of interest to run up against you.” “I thank ye,” replied simple Walter, with an obsequious bow, and then proceeded with the business in which he was engaged. Harrison waited, expecting his debt: but Wal- ter centinued his = operations. “I winna tak' the present o your in- terest,” again said Walter; "ve need- na wait. And as for your horning, it wadna row .up three punds o’ my sugar. You are as welcome to it as to the interest.” This answer produced a laugh among the customers against Harri- son, who, swearing he ‘would have a caption and apprehend Walter the next day, walked out to instruct his agent to"put Lis threat into execu- tion. He had scarcely gone, when several of his (Harrison's) creditors —for he himself was great as a debtor—arrested in Walter's hand the false debt due to Harrison, so as to secure it to themselves. | The simple Waiter was astonishe > at all this parade about a debt that he had already paid; but he never lost his temper, and was determined to go to jail as mdekly as a lamb. Mean- while, the inhabitants heard of the 2xpected incarceration of their favor- ite, and insisted upor his defeating the schemes of his enemy by resist- ing, according to law, his unjust de- mands; but Walter; with a goed- natured smile, said that he trusted 2il to the ways of Providence: Next morning Walter, altogether unconcerned about his apprehension, went {orth to take his walk in the Z fields, according to his cus- althcugh it might be to take his breakfast in the old Tclbooth, which frowned upon him he passed. He wandered a little way in the country, when he thought he chserved two men slipping along Lehind a thorn hedge, as if they wished to escape detection; and, im- relied by curicsity, he slipped along the other side of upon: his hands and having seen nien in the side squatted oo a the same his feey, and deposit some- of a neighboring down as if he had hedge the th Lie rose until then as death Up men went away. Walter, and gzoingz i cautiously, looking around again and again as he crept along, the hole in the dike, amined it, found Lhe came to and having ex- lying there a large bundle of hark notes, amounting to no less than £5900, Putting the money into his pocket, he, by one leap,: got to the middle of the road, when, hav- ing folded lis hands behind his back up. 4 very. meiry tune, he continued his walk, with a ow and comfortable composure wh was pleasant to see. -¢h Several people passed Lim: and, as he was never heard to whistle be- fore, they wondered mightily that simple Walter should whistle so merry a tune, and more on the morning of that day when he was to be put into prison. SO, When he went a little Zartuer, still whistling and sauntering, vith a very easy and pleasant carelessness, whom does he meet? Why, no other than William Harrison, flving along the road like a madman, cailinz out if any one had seen two bhlackzuard- looking men on the way: for that his shop had been robbed during the night- and all the mcerey he had in the world taken out of it and carried away. 1 saw ihe blackguards,’” replied Wai.er. "They're awa’ doun by Gib- son's Loan yonder, as fast as if a messenger wi’ a hornin’ and caption was at their heels.” And he again whistled his tune— a circumstance that struck Harrison, who had n-ver heard him whistle be- fore, with us much surprise as his Jail announcement; but he had no time to wonder or reply, and away he shot like a pursuing messenger while Walter walked into the town and opened his shop, wherein he deposit- ed the £500, and proceeded to serve his customers with as much sim- plicity and good humor as ever. The news of the loss sustained by Harrison went like wildfire throug the burgh, and every onc wondered that 2a man who owed s0 much money should have had so large a sum as £500 in the house at one time, and it was suspected that he intended to fly the country with the money soon as ke could wring the debt out of simple Watty. as Every inquiry was made after the’ robbers, but they could not be traced; and now Harrison, made savage by his messenger, and sent Walter for the false debt. ‘I have a caption against you, Mr. Wylie,” said the messenger he entered. ‘Will you pay the debt or go: with me?” \ “If you'll wait,” replied with the greatest simplicity, weigh this pund o' sugar Gilchrist; I'll tak’ a step far as the jail.” “till 1 to Jenny wi’ ye as The news soon spreaa far and wide | that Walter Wylie was in prison, and | many efforts were made to get him | to pay the debt at once and gain his liberty; but Walter knew himself what he was about, and, having thus ascertained how far Harrison would go he sent for a writer, and, having given him instructions and a part of the £500 to pay his expenses got out in 2a few days on what the honest men of the law call a suspension and liberation. Some time afterward, Harrison himself, having lost all his money; was put into jail at the instance of one of his creditors, who was enraged at the scheme he had resorted to for defrauding them; and there he lay in the very same room in which Watty had been deposited. . Harri- son's creditor was a good and godly man. and, like Walter, was an elder of the church, and the people pitied him greatly for the loss he was likely to sustain through the rogue who had thus cheated so many poor people. His debt was!£50, and, to the wonder and amazement of all the inhabitants, he got full payment from Walter Wylie, whereupon Harrison was immediately let out of prison. No sooner was it known that Wal- ter had paid one debt of Harrison than another creditor apprehended the rogue, and lodged him again in He was allowed to lie there for a considerable time, when Watty again came forward and paid this debt alse, whereupon he was again allowed to escape. A third creditor fellowed the example of the two oth- ers, and the rogue was again com- mitted to durance, but this time Wat- ty allowed him to remain for a longer time, and then paid the debt, that he might deal out his punishment in due proportion. A fourth time the rogue was ap- prehended, and a fifth and a sixth time, and. upen each of these occa- sions he was allowed to remain for zs long a time as Watty thought might produc2 as much pain as it was his intention to inflict. Altogether Harrison had thus lain about eight months in prizon. His debts were now .all paid, and the whole sum of £500 exhausted— having been honestly divided among those creditors whose were just, and who required them for the support of their wives and children. No part of the £500 was kept to an- swer the false debt claimed against Waity, because he had secured hims- self against that demand by getting assignations to the deits he paid whereby he might plead ‘compensa- tion against his persecuter. "Thus had he, in his ¢wn quiet ‘way, saved himself, punished a rogue, and brought peace and comfort to the homes ¢f a number of deserving men, whose debts otherwise would never have been paid. The wonder produced eX- traordinary proceeding on the part.of Wattly was unparalleled, and wha nobody could comprehend, they were sarely entitled to wonder at. Some thought the simple creature mad, and his friends tried to interfere to pre- vent so reckless a squandering of his nieans. +] am surprised. Mr. Wylie,” said bis clergyman to him cne day in the presence of a number of people who viere collected in the shop—'‘1 am surprised-at this proceeding of yours, which has spread and wide throughout the country. If your mo- tive be a secret, 1 will not ask it from thee; but, if it is a fair and legiti- mate question, I would make beld to put it to thee as one of fiock and an elder of cur church.” “There is: nae secret about it, sir,” replied Watty, with his accustomed simplicity. “We are teld to do guid to them: wha hate us, znd pay: for nem wha desyitefully persecute us.” And he leered a grotesque lock of simple cajolery in the face of the zcdly man. *] fear thou misquotest the Hely Book. Mr. Wylie,” replied the minis- ter. ‘“We are asked to pray for our enemies, not to pay for them.” “Ay, ay!’ ejaculated Watty in sur- prise. “Is it possible that the single letter ‘R’ should have cost a puir, simple body £500?” The minister stared and the people wondered, but up to this day none ever knew why simple Walter Wylie paid the debts of his enemy Harrison. — The Glasgow Citizen. debts by this for iar Seventeen ballots were found in the box at a Bluffton (Ind.) church election after -only eleven members had voted. false | loss and the allusion made by | Watty about the messenger, got his | caption from Edinburgh by a special | to apprehend | as | Watty, | CLEOPATRA. When Marcus attempted to Caesar, By lier smile she showed it would plaesar; When he swore by his honor He doted upon her, She coyly allowed him to squaesar. —From Life. A ZERO OCCUPATION. “Can any one take something from nothing and still have anything?” “Of course’ Doesn't Peary make a living out of not discovering the pole? "—Life. DIDN'T: KILL HIM. A—“How did you like the melo- drama? Was anybody killed?” B—*"“No; the audience called re- | peatedly for the author, but he was wise enough to remain out of sight.” —Tit-Bits. QUIT PAYING ATTENTION. “Is Willie still paying attention Tillie?" “No.Y “Pid he jilt her?™ “No; he married trated Bits. to her.” SURE: PROOF. “Is Flapdudle truthful?” “Well, he confesses that he cov- ered his head the other night and didn’t dare get out of bed when he thought he heard a burglar in the house. "—Detroit News, THE PEACE SENTIMENT. “What is your opinion of disarma- ment?” The diplomat paused to reflect. “I favor it,” he said: at last, *ex- cepting, of course, for my own na- tion. "—Philadelphia Ledger. HIS AIRY: CASTLES. The promoter had sold town lots that proved to be on the top of a lof- ty and barren mountain. “Did you not ‘claim,” said an in- dignant investor, “that there was a city there?” ; “Go easy,” replied the prcmoter, “don’t get excited. We al} build cas- tles in the air, you know."—Phila- delphia Ledger. SORRY HE WAS OU]. “~—— New Office Boy—*Dey wuz a f lier flere wot wanted ter lick ver.” Boss—" What did you sav to him?” New Office Boy—"I sez, ‘I'm sorry, but "he ain't in.’ >— Willard W, Wilson, Santa Sarbare, Cal.» “in Judge. sir, IMMUNE, “You'd better get out; ui that idiot Boreham, and he’ story he thinks is new that sist on handing you.” *No, he won't; I'm immune. “How's that?” “I. told. him land Leader. he’ the story. ’——Cleve- PROFOUNDLY CONSIDERED. * the tae Remember,” said loves trite sayings, catches the worm.” “My dear sir,” answered the pro- fessor, “this proverb, like many oth- ers, is misleading. It unde- sirable to be early. For instance, the mound builders were the e iest peo- ple of whom we have any knowledge on this continent. Yet from the mod- ern point of view their situation entirely disadvantage: 4h ington Post, who bird man eariy is often is SIMPLE “Why is coal going uj dealer was asked. “It’s just this pleasantly. who own way,” he answered “You sece,. the feHows the have found out that the consumer. after has bought a ton, some: twenty- five cents left.” “Yes? “Well, naturally, that quarter. Simple, isn't it? How much shall I send you to-day?’ ’—Philo i= phia Ledger. mines he iraes has they want WHAT “His family is sive, and that these days.” ‘Inexpensive?’ “Very. He has twelve chiidren. “Great Scott! It must take some- thing to dress them, let aicne fced- ing them.” **No doubt; but, see, his wife gets almost no time to go in society. I doubt if her loss at bridge amount to as much as $500 a year.” —New York Worid. TT (ilr'euledy whole COS exi: neans. a you | KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS GREENE COUNTY OIL GUSHER Increase in That Work Now Development in Territory Is Looked For. The Dunn & Ross gusher on the Wm. Loar farm, Blacks Run, Allepo township. Greene county, is holding up at a steady pace, and shows all in- dications of making a good record. Since it drilled itself in the well has not heen agitated or drilled any deep- er, and it is thought that its produc- tion could be increased if it was drilled a iittle deeper into the pay. For the twenty-four “hours the well placed 990 barrels to its credit, which gave it an average of al- most 41 barrels an hour. The owners of the gusher hold leases on the ads jacent territory and have made the lo- cation for a test on the Whipkey farm, 700 feet east of the gusher. West Newton Leases Its Plant to a Trolley Company. A deal has been closed for the sale of the muniicpal electric light plant at West Newton to the Pittsburg, Mec- Keesport and Westmoreland Street Railway Co. The company {is buying the plant for $20.050 in gold bonds bearing 6 per cent interest. At the same time the street railway company secures a long-term contract for light- ing the streets of West Newton at $68 a vear for each are light. ‘The light plant at West Newton under municipal ownership was not a suc- cess. The Pittsburg, McKeesport and Westmoreland Street Railway Co. has under construction a cross-country trelley line from Irwin to West New- ton and will soon have cars running. An extension is to be built to Donora next summer. This will: give the Monongahela Valley closer connec- tion with the Youghiogheny Valley other. than by way of McKeesport. Harvey Gets Seven Years and Cook Five—Writs of Error Filed. In the United States District Court at Pittsburg Judge Ewing sentenced Thos. W. Harvey, former paying tell er of the Entervnrise National Bank, to scven years in the penitentiary, and Lemert S. Cook, real estate deal- er, to five years. Writs of error were filed in each case. and the men were released on $5.000 bail each. Under the writs of error the cases will be heard before the United States: Circuit Court at Philadelphia next October. Both con- vietions were had in connection with the Enterprise Naticnal Bank failure. TOOK GUN TO CHURCH Eiderly Man Drives Out Congregation " and Holds the Fort. Incensed at being rebuked by an | usher for loud talking, Henry Coles, aged 60 years, flourished a revolver during the services at Mount Zion Baptist Church in New Haven. The | congregation, panic-stricken, fled through windows. and doors. some breaking window glass in their flight The pastor, Rev. R. D. Epps, ran to the home of County Detective Alex. McBeth, who found Coles in full pos- session of the edifice. Coles surren- dered and Justice of the Peace P. M. | Buttermore committed him to jail. Church Loses Large Bequest. Because the will of George WW. Brumbaugh of Green Castle was not made 50 days hefore his death. the Reformed Church and a number of ite: institutions, wil fail to receive about $50,000 the deceased had aside for them. His will was made June 14. The Jaw provides that be- quests to religious or educational in- stitutions are void if made than hefore the testator's dedth. set Jess 30: days Tenth Regiment Encampment. Cel. Richard Coulter, Jr. has issued for the Tenth Regi- encampment at Tipton station, Blair county. July 20 to 27. The. list of non-commissioned staff afficers has heen filled by the appoint- ment of Sergeant Frank M. Fields of Co. K as sergeant major. orders P., ) general ment. N. G Will Erect Woman's Dormitory. At a meeting of the urustees Wavnesburg college it was decided that the $15.000 appropriation by the iast Legislature should be used in erecting a three-story brick dormitory for women. It is the intention to have the structure ready next fall. of Fayette Endorses Knox. R. Byrne of Everson was olcceted chairman of the Republican committee of Favette county. Judge James Clark Work of Uniontown was nominated for the 10-year term as Orphans’ Court judge, and James 1%. Hozg of Uniontown for county sur- vevor., P. C. Knox was unanimously endorsed for the presidency $30.000 Fire at Rochester. Four buildings of the S. A. Barnes & Co. brick works at Bolesville, near Rochester, were destroyed by fire, cansing a loss of $30,000, partly in- sured. Geo. Short, a fireman, was cauneht under a falling roof and two were fractured. John ribs Altoona Pastor Suddenly Quits. The Rev. Wm. N. Deller has re: signed the pastorate of the Second United Brethren Church of Altoona, and suddenly left the city with his family. Various rumors are afloat as to the cause of this hasty action, but as no statement was made to the church beard nothing authoritative is known. A dog, frothing at the mouth and snapping at people, was shot at Som- erset, after attempting to bite Dr. A. 0. Barclay and a number vf women. before it was killed. The animal bit dozens of other dogs i —— —— WYERS EXCELSIOR BRAND Oiled : Clothing and Slickers One of the best sellers is our Excelsior Brand Crack-Proof Motorman's Coat, adapted for general use. Best quality. Guaranteed waterproof. Your, dealer should haveit; if not, write us. Look for the Excelsior trade mark. H. M. SAWYER & SON, East Camsrioce Mass. “/) = Profit in the Patent Office. The patent office is one of the few departments of the government which pays its own way and turns over a balance each year to the Treasury, and yet for years its operations are hampered by the lack of competent labor. This is due to the repeated neglect of Congress to make some proper provision by which adequate salaries can be paid to the employes. Many of the more competent - em- ploves have been held from year to vear by the promise of increased sal- aries, but since the adjournment of Congress after having failed to make any such provision for these persons, there has been a general exodus from the different divisions of the depart- ment. ‘The work is very exacting, as shown from the fact that out of 135 appli- carts at the last civil service exam- ination for examiners, only 17 quali- fied. There is "a constant demand from industrial plants and = patent agencies for men who have had-—ex= perience in the patent office, and dur- ing the last few months a very great number have resigned their govern- ment positions to take up more lucra- tive ones with private concerns. The situation has become alarming that Secretary Garfield himself has been called upon to take a stand in the matter, and he is preparing :to make a campaign. in favor of greater liberality in this direction. -Philadel- phia Record. 29 SO Highest Mines in Peru. It is thought that the old Caylloma silver mines in Peru are probably situated at a greater elevation .ihan any other considerable mines in, the = world. Their altitude varies hetween 14,000 and 17,000 feet. They were vorked by the Spaniards in the six- teenth century. and before that, it is believed: by the Incas. English company is now preparing a hydro- electric plant for then. This - ‘plant will be situated at an altitude of be- tween 15.000 and 16.000 feet, Tt will - derive its power from a waterfall on the Santiago river. and in a dry sea- son from Lake Huaillachy, one of the sources of the Amazon. The pow- er will be transmitted by cable about three miles. At the highest mines the pressure of the atmosphere is only 81, pounds a square inch, and water boils 24 degrees helow the ordinary. boiling point.—-Philadeiphia--Record. Governors going est paid officials in the new salary bill just Legislature raises the governor from $6,060 to $12.000 a vear,. which will make him the best paid of American governors. New York, New jersey and Penn- svlvania pay their chief executives £10,900. Massachusetts and Indiana pay: $5,000. ; Most of the other states pay $3,000. Vermont pays the smallest guberna- torial salary, the amount being $1.500, or a clerk's hire. New fampshire and Delaware are on a £2,000 basis. South Carolina pays §3,000. Texas and Connecticut are states, although than 50 times Georgia Salaries. have the coOLNnLry, high- The passed by. the salary the Hincis is to n of $4,000 more Connecticut class Texas is hig $5,000 as as the is in A SMALL SECRET Couldn't Understand the Taste of his Customers. Two men were disc: ing the various food products now being sup- plied in such variety and abundance. Ora, a grocer, sald I frequently try ‘a package or of any certain article before offering it to my trade, and that way sometimes form a different idea than my customers have. For instance, I thought I would try Postum Food Coffee, to see what reason there was for such a call for it. At breakfast I didn’t like it and supper proved the same, so I natur- ally concluded that my taste was dif- ferent from that of the customers who bought it right along. A day or two after, I waited on a lady who was buying a 25c package and told her I couldn't, understand how one could fancy the taste of Pos- tum. ‘1 know just what is the matter’ she said, ‘vou put the coffee boiler on the stove for just fifteen minutes, and ten minutes of that time it sim- mered, and perhaps five minutes it boiled, now if you will have it leit to boil full fifteen minutes after it commences to boil, you will find a delicious Java-like beverage, rich- in food value of gluten and phosphates, so choice that you will never aban- don it, particularly when you see the great gain in health.” Well, I took another trial and gure enough I jolned the Postum army for good, and life seems worth living. since I have gotten rid of my old time stom- ach md kidney troubles.” Postum is no sort of medicine, but pure liquid food, and this, together with a relief from coffee worked the change. ‘‘There’'s a Reason.” Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. SO in
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