VOLUME 3.
KKYNOLDSVILLE, PICNN'A., WEDNESDAY, JANUAUY 10, UW5.
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CBPITHU 9SO.OOO.CO.
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JiiHt ph St tiniH, .In-i-iili Hemic rsim,
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Hoc ll ircriciiil l.tniMiiu business tinil snlli'lts
til1 nt'i'nnnts of lnct-clitinl. pi'iiti'swlmml tni.n.
farmers, nicchiintc. miners. Iimilicrnicn mihI
oilier, pimiiUhiir tin. hmsi ruri-fiil iiltcntlmi
to tin' ln.slnrNM itf nil person...
Hnfe hepmit liM fur rent.
First Niitlmuil Hunk InllMlnir, Nolan block
Fire Proof Vault.
COME IN!
Where?
Ti TIIK
"Bee Hive" store,
u in: UK
L. . McEnlire, & Co.,
Tim (iroccrj niiin, drain in all
kinds of
Groceries, Canned
Goods, Green Goods
Tobacco and Cigars, Flour
and Feed, Haled Hay and
Straw. Fresh good a nlways
on liand.
Country produce taken in
exchange for goods.
A nhare of your patronage
is renpectfully solicited.
Very truly yours,
Lawrence J. McEntlre & Co.,
The ri'ocerymen,
CHEAPEST
and best
GOODS!
Ever brought to our town in
Ladies'
Spring and
Summer
Dress Goods I
Brandenberg never was
gold less than 20 to 25c. per
yard; will sell you now for
12.
Dimity,
Turkey Red Damask,
44 4 4 Prints,
Ginghams,
China Silk,
12Jc
37
05
05
25
Better Goods than you can
buy any place else.
The same Great Reduc
tion in
Men's - and Children's
CLOTHING.
Children's Suits,
$ .90
1.00
1.25
1.75
1 1
it
it
Sincrle Coats. . 50
Youths' Suits, $3.25 to 8.50
Men's Flannel Suits, 5.50
44 Worsted 44 7.50
44 Fine Cheviot SuitB,
$6 to 9.50
A fine line of Men's Pants.
Come and examine my goods
before you purchase else
where. N. HANAU.
A WANT.
I'm lookln for some prrtty gill,
Of ttHMlint, qiltrt mien.
Who drtttftnft wi-11, known how to flpell
And tins n wit Hint's kwn.
I wittit no firkin wont her rnim
Thnt turn with iv.-rr wind.
I Vunk n lilmtd would milt mo brut.
Kn imwt be bwi'II, rHImil.
Bhn tnimt tn confnnt nn n ntnr
No nn't'(r would do
And, likt h"T own FWirt litllu fvlf,
Ht-r irninmmr must Ik' trim,
Yrt !nnr if hiih would 1w wllh me
(Kxrusi tin sliitiu) liht "in it,"
Phi nintt !f nHe to tidtn down
m hundn-d wordn n nilnnto.
J. 11. Uori'inann In Hotnu nnd Country.
AiNOVKL CUAUAiNTEE.
A COMPANY THAT FURNISHES CER
TIFICATES TO WOOERS.
A ftnnn to the llnsy Mnn With a Mitr
rlu(enlil liuiKhtir Itntlicr Olio Killed,
nn the Wife I Not llmtml An Inter
viewer of Whom Rutiit-thlns' Was Known.
Seeing tho sign over the door, I filter
ed. "If yon wish to confer with tho
president, Kir, " until tlio young man i n
front, "you will liml him in 1 1 i.s privato
office," mill thnnUiir.? liim I entered tlio
rear room, vlivro n jilcusiHit fared inan
grcpti'd mo nirilially.
"Won't you lio Riati'd?" Iin piild,
(rraiing iim ly t'm hand. "Im your
linsinrss rr I'nn'M'iitial?"
"Not lit nil," I nulled. ' As 1 was
passing liy I t'ion :lit 1 would Mop in
nnd impiiro into thn n ovo nnd wopn
of tlio Lnvi'i'.s' (lu'iraiilio I'onn.any,
whirl) I f'o ii'lvcrtiso I ho oxtPiisdvidy. "
"('( rt.iinly, " ho ti spond' d. "I fIihII
ho only too i;lad to inform yon what wo
nro hero for. Tlio Lovcvrt' (Juniimli'o
company wai fornu'd for tho purposo of
fipcuring pood lnisbands to nil niaiili'im
matrimonially iiudincd, nnd tho great
snocpsn wo Imvo met with thus f:;r
proven that tlioro in nu excellent reason
for our cxistenco. Tho nverngo man of
nfl'airs 1ms littlo timo to look up tho
chnraeter nud nntocodents of tho young
follow who applies for his daughter's
hand. Wo look him up, nnd if ho is Rat
isfnetory ho gives us n bond, which oa
titles him to u certilioato guaranteeing
him to bo nil that ho claims. This bond
mny bo good for flvo or ten yenrs. A
man's financial status is of conrso easy
to determine, but it is into tho finer at
tributes of character that we examine
particularly. Our certiflcnto is nn nbso-
lute guarantee of tho man. Of courso
we have to be part'cnlnr, for should the
wifo at any timo insist upon n separa
tion nnd show cnuso under the contrnnt
wo would have tt pay nil her legal ex
penses and furnish her a now husband
or make over to her certain payments. "
"But suppose, said I, "after the
man is married off, there develops some
hidden trait, somo idiosyncrasy that
causes uuhnppiuess, but not separation,
what do you do then?"
"Such ensos, repliod tho president
of tho Lovers' Uuarnuteo company, "nro
raro, but of course they do occur. In a
case l)ko this wo exiiuiiuo into tho cause
of the difficulty, nud if the man bo
wrong tho fact that lie is under bond
gives us a power over liim, and generally
we bring him to tonus. "
"But, " said I, "suppose the woman
in the case is wrong?''
"This," explained the president, "is
extremely nufortniiato, ns wn have no
means of reaching her direct, having no
power over her. Wo can, howevor, nd
viso tho mnn what to do, generally with
most folioltons rosults. As n rule, those
differences como fron ignorance on both
sides. Whore they nro extreme nnd a
separation is advisable we have in our
employ the best lawyers, and divorces
are obtained iu the most private way.
"Wo have in our employ ouo of the
most eminent phrenologists in the coun
try, who examines the heads of all ap
plicants. Our head physician, who gave
up a large practice to come with us, has
a growing staff of assistants, and these
look carefully into the physical condi
tion of tho applicants. You may depend
upon it that when an applicant has suc
cessfully run the gantlet we lay out for
hint he will make a good husband. We
advise all young married people to have
homes of thoir own, no matter how
humble, and have a home bureau through
whioh a member oan obtain advice on
the most desirable way to live, the best
locations, list of bouses and apart
ments and the lowest rents. By this
means we are enabled to make an ar
rangement with landlords so that our
patrons can obtain certain discounts and
privileges. Were you thiukiug aheml
of entering upon the new life?"
"Ob, no, " I roplied modestly. "I am
already married, and, " I added laugh
ingly, "I don't suppose oases of this sort
come under your jurisdiotioa "
"Indeed they do, " repliod the presi
dent of the Lovers' Guarantee oompany.
"We have lately formed a department
for the benefit of married people and
find it to be a great suooesn For a small
sum yearly, iu advanoe, we furnish la
dies with advioe as to the proper man
agement of husbands and direct them
how to act in ipocial emergonoiea. For
lnstanoe, should husband be callod
away too frequently at night 'on busi
ness, imbibe too freely I may say this
is one of our greatest obstnoles or
should he beoorue ill natured or non
tractable, we tell her what to da"
"Is this department secret?"
"Not at all, " he responded. "Indeed
we invite publloity. buch is our repu
tation that the mero fact made known
to a mnn tnat his name is on our books
will havo a tendency to bring him to
his senses. "
"My denr sir," Raid I warmly ns I
rose to go, "you nro nncoinplislilng a
great work, nnd I am glnd I called in to
seo yon." TIipii, thnnklng him, I wa
about to depart when ho stopped me
courteously.
"Exmtso inn, "ho said, "but wonld
yon mind giving mo your mime? I al
ways liko to tnko dow n thonnmes of nil
Mir friends.
"Certainly not, " said I. "I would
just ns soon its not, ns it in juit pw iililo
I mny wnnt to ndviso with you myself
Inter on. My name, sir, is Withurhy. "
A bright mid Piignging smilo camu
over tho fnceof the president of tho Lov
ers' Unnranteti company. "Ah, yes, in
deed, " ho exclaimed. "J. Bco'.t Wither
by, isn't it?"
"That's it" I repliod, dumfouiided,
a lump rising in my throat. "How tho
mischief, sir, did you learn my uuinc?"
"Very easily,'' ho responded cheer
fully as ho renched over Into his depk
nnd Imndcd ion pamphlet U I 1(1, oil "If
You Aron Husband, Don't HenCrnnk."
"Your wife was in hero only yenter
dav " J. Hcott Witherby iu New York
World
BERNHARDT AND SARDOU.
Tlio limrrrl ami IternnrlllMlon off tlto
liriiniiillst ninl Artrt.nn.
BjeakiiiK of Snrdou nnd Ilcrnhnrdt,
tho illowing story ponccming Iho pn at
French ni'tresi ami theciiunlly renowm d
playwright ! Vouched for by the cirrn
spi lull lit of 'J'hoCi airrii riles Ktnts-l'nis:
Tlio two will have iichieveil the frnat
fst triumph in "(iismomla, " M. Vic
tniien hanl' ti and Mine. Narnli Hern
hanit, wi in itt swords' points in tho bp
I'inniii!.'. This tiisliko dated from "Dan
iel ILis'lii t, " which Hardou gnvo to thn
Coin' ilin l'raiicnise nfter hisuoiiiinntioii
to tho French ncailemy. Barnli Hern
hanit expected that Sunlon would select
her to crcnto thn rolo of heroine in tho
play, but ho choso Mllo. IJcrtet instead;
henoo tho unger of Mine. Bern 1 1 unit.
When tlio nctress nnd tho author met,
tho former passed on tlio other side; tho
latter pulled his lint down over his
eyes. Kadi murmured something not nt
all complimentary to tho other.
Then Harali Bernhardt left tho Como
dio Frnneaiso, wont to America, whero
sho inailo her first triumphal tour, nud
roturued to France. Upon her arrival
in Furis sho entered into negotiations
with Raymond Dcslnndo, manager of
tho Vaudeville Hhe nsked nothing bet
tor than to play thero. But what should
sho play? bho did not wish to return to
classicnl roles. Bho wnntod an entirely
new piny, which should bring out all
her qualities.
"There is only ouo mnn who enn
writo tho piny you wnnt," said Des
luude. "That mnn is Bardou. "
"Snrdou!" cried thooctross. "Such a
disposition, incnpnblo of doing justice
to nn artist. Moreover, irritable, brutal,
a man who ruus up against everybody,
who"
"Very well," replied Dcslando, "lot
us say no more about it. " IIo wont to
sco Kardon and told liim that ho must
havo a play for Bar ah Bernhardt.
"Sarah!" exclaimed the ' writer.
"Sarah I Such a disposition I Crabbed,
disagrceuhle, quarreling with every
body, who"
"Very well, very woll, it is qnito un
derstood. "
And thrco months nfter Bardou read
"Fedora" to Sarah, who, radiant, threw
herself on tho nuthor's nock iu tho pros
euco of Deslnnde.
"Ah! Dcslnndo, " snid Snrdou, "what
did I tell you? How gentle g,u j8 H0w
swoot! Ilow tidorablul"
"And ho!" rojoinod Bernhordt.
"How nmiablo ho is! How ho appro
oiates real talent, nnd how obliging!
Euibruce mo, Raymond I"
CAT ELECTRICITY.
TboM Who Ttely on It For Cant It Far
poHt Cnn Get it In Other Wkjs.
Tlio London Lnnoet says;
The oleotricnl effect produood by rub
bing a oat's back is of course well
known. It is also well known that this
is friotlounl electricity, or, porhaps
moro oorrootly, the oleotrioity of con
tact; that it is a surface effect produced
by tho rubbing; that it does not point
to pre-existing electricity stored in the
body of the animal, and that the person
who, having omoludod a massage, sinks
into a chair declaring that his exhaus
tion is consequent on the loss of "the
living galvanism" whioh he has im
parted to the patient is a charlatan.
It is to be romembered that Motion
between any dissimilar substances al
ways produoes elootriolty, and in illus
tration of this the olootrioal effect some
times produced in a dry atmosphere
wheu the hair is combed on the body
quickly divested of a flannel jersey may
be lnstonoed, or the olassio experiment
of rubbing a stick of sealing was on a
rabbit's fur may be callod to mind.
Those who are aoonstomed to rely on the
curative effect of stroking a oat's back
may find consolation in the last named
experiment, inasmuch as it teaohes them
that when their "feline favorite" is no
more health and strength may still be
secured by gentle friction on its skin. .
Apart, however, from questions of
elootro-physiology, it is instructive to
learn that the presence of white in the
color of a oat, unless the animal be
wholo colored, is a sign of weakness.
Shelley married an innkeeper's daugh
ter, who proved uuoougeniaL He left
her, and she committed suicide.
JAPANESE HAIRDRESSINQ.
The ditfct t.lltlo YVnmnn Hits I'rcnllur
lilras Ahoitt Cic.nnlliii.iii.
Tho Japanese toilet is robbed of ouo
of its finishing touches by tho fact that
no Inpiineso woman, geullo or simple,
however fond she may bo of looking
into tho sun shuicd gun metal ilUl;, sup
ported on nn artist's enrol, w hich serves
her for a looking glass, ever thinks of
doing her own hair. Tho linir, niter
having nil thn last week's fat (tho Japu
Vi nro fxasperutingly clean iu their
pd'Hons) scoured out of it, is pomaded
up ulresh with tho uuctuotM mid not
Very olfactory pleasant compound, cas
tory oily, and woikud iuto a most elab
orate coiffure, inure liko n hugo glossy
black butterfly than anything else. As
it is only dressed onco or twice a week,
it is never taken down except by tho
burber.
But it is easy to sleep with your hair
up when your pillow is merely a little
wooden door scraper, with n hollow cut
in it to lit the neck, nud a drawer in its
base to hold the ornamental hairpins.
Tho trim Japanese woman, whether
she is rich or poor, uses a paper pocket
handkerchief curried iu onu of her long
hanging sleeves, with her tiny kiseru
(pipe) mid silk tobacco pouch, nnd an
other punch containing a tiny comb,
mirror and pigment for coloring tho
lips. Sho wears laid white linen nicks
with ii divided great too, through which
him inn its tlio strap of n delicate straw
Kindal or n hii.'h kil l wood clog, accord
ing to thn dryness of the went hi r, i
tin r of them iliM-nrilcd the instant s!:u
piitenit hnilihng, and In r para-el will
It of tlio ualional Japanese shape,
whether It lm of oiled paper or delicate
ly embruiili red silk, though to bo suro
thn fjain y damp umbrella ii about tho
first contamination from the we t which
!,r costume is likely to sillier.
But I must not say any moro nbont
tho dress of O llaiie Ban, the sweet lit
tle woman whoso wholo lifelong lesson,
toqiiotothn "Omni Daigaku" (greater
learning fur women), Is obedience, bho
never loses her temper, never uses a
courso or irritating word, and is nlways
piquant nnd gracious and smiling,
though she will dio for her husband or
her children or eniluro pollution for hor
parents' gain with marble courage.
Loudon Ornpliia
JUDAISM AND HYGIENE.
The Mosnla Law Una Given the Hebrew
Bare Vigor anil Hardihood.
It is Indeed not n littlo singnlnr that
Christianity, in taking from Judaism
its highest spiritual conception, should
so have slighted tho wonderful body of
hygienio seienco which tho Mosaic law
omhodles. Tho explanation, however,
probably is that Christianity nndortook
to deal with the matters snpemnturnl,
whilo Judaism, whethor niioient or mod
ern, is concerned only with mundane af
fairs. As Luclon Wolf admits, Judaism
is really a sort of positivism. Its aim
is thn nttnlumciit of hnppinoss in this
world, whereas Christianity is chiefly
concerned about happiness iu tho world
to coino. But precisely bocauso Judaism
agrees with Herbert Spcnooi, iu relegat
ing supernatural speculation to the
realm of thn unknowable, tho intensity
of its worldly philosophy is tho creator.
Thn wisdom nnd energy of the Jews,
iu fact, have been centered for years
upon the re-eiiforoemeut and protection
of nil their natural forces. And thus it
is that they anticipated tho riper results
of sanitary seienco, whilo still the hang
ing gardens of Babylon wore a world's
wonder, nud whilo, from the tomple of
Bolus, Chalilcnn priests oharted the
hoavens nnd calculated tho occultations
of tho stars. This Mosuio law, so de
spised of the pontiles, has given to tho
Hebrew race that vigor and hardihood
which have brought it safely again and
again through persecutions that must
have rooted out weaker people, and to
day, when the foremost savants of the
nineteenth century are painfully soaroh
ing out the genesis of disoase and labo
riously devising remedies, the immuni
ty of the Jews in tho midst of pestilence
once more indioates the reason of their
survival and emphasizes the triumph of
their sanitary system.
No other race has been willing to ac
cept suob a discipline, and no other race,
therefore, exhibits similar vitality and
exemption from epidemio diseases. Mod
ern teaohors of hygiene insist always
upon the observanoe of system in these
matters, and they bava reason, for the
Hebrew raoe is a pregnant example of
the power of hygienio and dietary laws,
applied with unremitting vigor from
generation to generation. Minneapolis
Times.
Too Many Funeral.
A gentleman whose summer home Is
in Vermont brought bnck to Boston one
fait a manservant from the oonntry
who had never before been in Boston.
The sights and scenes in a big city im
pressed him peculiarly. One day he
went to his employer and said:
"Mr. H , I shall have to go back
home. " i
"Why, Tom, have yon not been treat
ed kindly hero?"
"Ob, yes, the treatmeut is all right,
but then I'm afraid of my health. "
"How is that?"
"Why, yon see, Mr. XI, I saw four
funerals going past your house today,
and I guess Boston is a plaguy unhealthy
tort of a town. "Boston JonrnaL
The amount of fatty matter or oil in
maize is far greater than in wheat In
the latter oil composes about 1 per oent;
in the former, from 6 to 10.
LINCOLN AND M'CLELLAN.
Tho Latter Wim Kept In ( iiminnnil Me.
rniiM) off I'll ll In Wellng.
Just before thn battle of Chancellors
Vlllo I visited tlinArmyof thn Potomac:,
Its heiiilqn irt' rs being then nt Fal
mouth, in I'rp-idcnf Lincoln's company.
Wn wern detained eti rontn by n storm
nnd spent one night on hoard tho steam
rr anchored in the I'otomiui. In the
conrso of conversation Hint evening tho
president was coiniuutiicativu mid in a
ooiifldcntinl mood and discussed thn mil
itnry situation with much freedom.
Hpenklng of MeCli Ihm ho said, "I kept
McClcllnii in command nfter I had ex
pected that he would will victories sim
ply becauso I knew that bis dismissal
would provoke popular indignation and
shako thn faith of thopeoploln tho final
success of the war. "
Very bihiii after thn lmttln of Chancel
lorsvilloand before thn Imttlo of (Jcttys
burg wns fought the old rumor of Mo
Chilian's rccnll ngnln pot upon its legs,
to thn grpnt ponsternutioii of mnny of
Lincoln's friends in Washington. This
report wns moro than usually vigorous
nnd platiMhln. ! looker's fnllnrn nt ( 'lion
cpllorsvlllo nnd the blow which bis
military prcstigii had sulTered In conse
quence gavo ptiblit) opinion a decidedly
sharp fillip. One evening, whilo this
rumor was gaining strength, I chanced
to bn in thn family sitting room nt tho
Whitn lloiee, whero the president, Mrs.
Lincoln ninl several callers were nsstni
bled, win ii n indiscreet young lady di
rect !y ntt .e . 1 Lincoln willi the extraor
dinary qic ti"ii:
"Mr. IV-ddeiit, is Me'JIeJlnn going
to lio recalled to thn eomiiiiiiiil of the
Army of the Potomac?"
The pr"si:lent good natureilly parried
this home thrust, but gave no satisfacto
ry misv. i r. Afterward joining iu tho
convcrs.it ion, I intimated to tho presi
dent that ns ho had not settled tho mat
ter there probably might bo some
ground for thn general suspicion that
McClollaii would bn recalled. Lincoln,
who sat near me, put on a very severe
look, and turning said in an undertone,
"And you too?" I instantly rooallnd
our conversation on tho steamer and
apologized for my lack of faith. He then
added, "1 see you remember the talk
we had on tho Carrie Martin. "Noah
Brooks in Century.
RnMlan Jottlee.
Gouoral Van Wahl, chief constable of
the police of St Petersburg, when he
was governor nt Kiov, received a visit
one day from a poor woman, widow of
a police agent who had fallen a victim
to duty. For a long time sho had solic
ited tho pension which was due her.
Tlio head of tho police to whom she had
addressed hor demand paid no attention
to her plea.
In her distress the widow wont to
the governor and told him her story.
"Ah, yes, wo'll seo what can be
done, " snid General Wahl. "Sit down
thore and writo what I toll you, " p .lut
ing to a writing table.
The widow took a seat and wrote
from the governor's dictation a long
supplication. "Now address it," ho
said, "and wait for mo in the next
room. "
A few minutes later the woman was
recalled, and tho gouoral gave iuto her
bauds a sealed letter, saying the whilo
to hor, "Take this lottor to the head
constable, take care not to opon it, and
coma back to mn as soon as you have a
reply."
A week afterward the woman appear
ed at the paluco again. Hor pension had
been granted, and sho thanked the gov
ernor with joy.
"It is useless to thank me. I am noth
ing in the affair, " snid be, and imme
diately gave the following order:
"The hoad of tho police at Kiev is
dismissed from his post and sent into
exilo; the reason, because ho granted a
demand after receiving a sum of money
for so doing. "
General Wahl had, unknown to the
woman, slipped into her lotter a bank
note for So rubles, which accounted
for her supplication being granted.
Youth's Companion.
A Bl( Caloalatloa la Water.
The ocean, sea and lake surface of
our planet is estimated at something
like 145,000,000 square miles, with an
average dopth of 13,000 feet, and is cal
culated to contain not less than 8,270,
600,000,000,000 tons of water. The riv
ers of the earth are estimated to have a
flow sufficient to cover 86 onbio miles
of the above area eaoh day. Now, if all
the oceans were suddenly dried and the
rivers could keep up their present rate
of flow, which, of course, they could not
without ooean evaporation, it wonld
take 8,500 years to refill the basin.
St Louis Bepublio.
A Terrine Shock.
Mrs. Bangleton was reading of
street car acaldent in Chicago to her
husband.
"The cars ran togother, " she said,
"and Miss Wabash, who was standing
in the aisle, was thrown from her fee i
and"
"Geewhia," exolainied hor husband,
"those oars must have been going u
hundred miles an hourl" Detroit Fret)
Press.
fouled.
"Answer by return male" was tha
way the letter wound np that Misa
Footlites received from Mr. Buddourox.
"I wondor," said she, "whether he
means by the messenger boy or by
post "Indianapolis JonrnaL
FOR HIS BRAVERY.
How Rilwaril, I'rlnee of Wnlrs, Won the
Tltln or lllark I'rlncn.
In the summer of tho your 13 10 Kd
ward III crossed tho .Ingllsh channel
with 110,000 men to iiivado Franco. At
Crecy, not fur from the Scfii", bn was
met on tlio 2(!th of August by King
Philip with Fill, (100.
Whilo tho French were coming on
iu great disorder tiuio was u total
eclipso of tho sun, accompanied by a
tcrriblo storm, nfter which tlmsun cauio '
out brightly, shining directly iu tho
faces of thn French, but on the backs of
tho English.
Tho first charge was mado by 15,000
Gcnoeso bowmen, who enmo forward
with n shout, as (trough to senro tho
English. Tho latter, who had been or
dered to lio flat on tho enrth, now nron,
stepped forward a pace and let go their
arrows so fast that they seemed liko
blinding snow.
Tho (Jcnoeso fled, and tho French king
oidered them to bo cat down, so that
they would not hinder tho rest of tho
army.
In tho meniitimo Edward, thn princo
of Wales, who wns in command of ouo
division, wns surrounded by French
knights, win', r 'cognizing tils rani:, de
termined totapturo or kill liim. A mi s
sago was pent to tho kin telling him
that tho princo wns hard press' d.
"Is my son dead or hurt or on the
earth felled?" bo asked.
"No, sire," was tlio reply.
"Well, then," said too kirn;, "return
to them that si nt you ami ti II Cum to
send no moiu t i mo in 1-ii.,' my smi
is iilivo. I ('ouiinniid them t Miller the
child to win his spurs, f.r this day
should bo his. "
Tlio young princo was indeed in gr at
danger. At onu timo bn wns unhorsed
nnd struck to tho ground, hut. one of his
Welsh knights, who carried the great
dragon standard, throw it over liim ns
ho lay and stood upon it till tho enemy
wns forced bnck.
Soon tho tidoof bnttlo hnd turned for
tho English. Edward camn down from
a high hill overlooking thn fie'.rl and
took his son in his arms nnd kissel him.
"Yon are my true son," lio snid.
"Right royally hove yon ncqnittcd your
self and shown yonrsolf to be a sover
eign." Young Edward on this occasion wore
a suit of black armor, which so contrast
ed with his crimson and gold surcoat
and the brilliantly fair comploxion of
his round, boyish face that he wa call-. .
ed from that time the Blaek, Prince.
Boston Uorald. i t .'' -.
BaelneM Competition. (
Billboard competition runs pretty
high nowadays in the metropolis. An
owner of some down town property was
awakoned by tho loud ringing of his
doorbell recently in Harlem.
"Whnton earth is that?" bo exclaim
ed. "Is the house on fire?"
"Somebody's deod," said his wife.
In the meantime a servant was return
ing from answering the bell.
"Please, sir, there's two gents down
tnirs as wishes to sco you," snK the
girl.
"See mo? Why, it's 8 o'clock in tho
morning."
"Important business, they says, sir."
"Well, I should think it would bo,
wnking a man up this time o' night.
I'll have to go down, I suppose. "
no quickly throw on somo clothing
and went below. Two "gents" awaited
him in the hall.
"I beg your pardon, sir, for knocking
yon up at this hour, but I wnnt to mako
yon a proposition for billboards around
tho comer of your plocoon Blank street
while yon nro rebuilding. Name your
figures, including two theater tickets
every night of the season."
"And, sir," began the other "gent,"
"my company would like to make yon
a proposition for the uso of the walls
that may remain standing after the
fire."
"Firal Fire! What are you talking
about?" The old man was completely
nonplused,
"Why, your place caught fire about
two hours ago, " said the first "gent "
"And is gutted by this time," added
the second "gent"
"Of course you'll give me the refusal
for billboards. Remember the two the
ater ticketsl" yelled the first "gent" as
the old man bolted for the stairs. Cor.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A Blfk Callla.
Jndge Sulzberger spoke a truth which
is too often forgotten when he said, in
speeoh at the high school, that "there
is not a teacher in the land that has a
higher funotlon than has the lowest
teacher in the lowest cums of the prima
ry schooL They have onls before them,
and the faculties of those active, rest
less sonls have all to be called forth. "
In those few fitting words are embraced
the whole scope and possibilities of ed
ucation, and they make the primary
teacher's calling in point of dignity and
responsibility the peer of any vocation
that eonoerna mankind. Philadelphia
Record.
Borgne, the name of a Louisiana
lake, is a Frenob word meaning "blind
of one eye. " The name was applied to
the lake becauso of wonderful monster
aid to have been seen in its waters.
Were it not for the multitude of storks
that throng to Egypt every winter
there wonld be no living in the oonn
try, for after every inundation frogs ap
pear in most incredible numbers.
V-ev