BYANAKROWMAKGIN HOW A MAN'S LIFE WA3 8AVEO BY A MARKED $10 BILL AtmnMd off Marttarlng a rtalthbor, Mil tha Clrcamatantlal Kvldanaa Wa Vary stroni A Government Official Talla Why He CIimca! III Way "Were you ever suspected of mur der?" inquired n government ofllcinl of Star reporter. "Never, " responded the reporter m calmly M if questions of tlmt pleasing character wero hi" daily food. "Well, I was once, nnd if you hovo any feelings at all you need never want to be," Tho reporter nodded for tlio official to proceed, and the ollicial proceeded. "When I wan 20 or tin readout," lie. said, "1 was a linrd case. I don't know why, bocauso my family wero decent peoplo and had somo money, but some how I flevr tbn truck, nnd before I hnd attained my mnjority I was a gainhler, drunkard and Kcnerally a tonsil char acter, though up to tlin time I nm nlKiut to tell of I hnd never been in tlio hands of tho law. Living in my neighborhood was a mun whom I hadn't much use for, and it wan known we wero not friends, though wo wero on caking terms nud had somo business relations. Our town won about three miles from tho railroad station, and ono November evening, Just about sunset, nn I wa coming to town afoot, I met him walk ing to tho srntiou. "Ho stopped mo, much to my sur prise, nnd asked mo if I had any money, because if I had ho would soil mo his watch for almost nothing, ns be wns going to tho city unexpectedly and needed cnslu As it happened, I had two f 10 bills and three f 5, which I had re ceived from tho station agent not nu hour before, nnd as tho man's watch was a good gold ono I thought I had a chance to turn an honest penny, some thing I didn't do very often. Sol opened negotiations. Sovernl persons we knew pnssed us as wo wero dickering, nnd nt lost I went on homo with tho watch, nnd ho went on to tho station with $25, in cluding a (10 bill with tho station agent's namo on it in red ink, which hnd caused a part of our delay in the trade, ns ho didn't want it, and I in sisted that bo take it "As it turned out, ho had n reason for not wanting it, nud I can't sny why I was so anxious for him to tako it. Well, next day tho man's dead body was found in tho woods epiito near tho station nnd n milo from where wo hnd met nnd mudo our trade, nnd it wns evident that ho hnd been robbed, for his pockets wero turned insido out and ev erything taken. My connection with the matter did not striko mo until tho day after when I was nrrcsted on suspi cion. I was so badly rnttlcd by tho shock of tho arrest on such a chargo that I tnado my case worso by talking, and when tho man's watch was found on mo and it was known that I hnd been treating tho crowd tho night of the murder, I hadn't any show at all "Of courso I protested my iunoconco and told my story, but peoplo took it with littlo grace, for my churacter was known, and nfter nn examining trial I was jailed without bail What I suf fered nobody except myself can know, and beforo a week had passed I hnd mode up my mind, to commit suicide, and end tho wholo "thing. I am sure I would have dotio so, but providence had something else in storo for mo, and sent it by a stranger. This mun was arrested as drunk and disorderly ten days after my arrest, nnd when ho was searched in tho station house a $10 bill was found on him bearing tho station agent's name. "Tho officer who searched him wus a friend of mine, and as soon ns ho got his hands on tho bill ho thought ho had found a way out of my difficulties and went after my lawyer. Then they saw the station agent, and ho identified tho bill as tho only ono ho had over put his name on, nud remembered that I had jokingly nsked him to do it to make it good, Tho next movo was to make a few inquiries of tho stranger as to how he came into possession of tho money. This was done by waiting until next morning, when ho was sober, and charg ing him directly with murder. It was so sudden that he weakoncd on the spot, .as most murderers will, and tho result was that I was saved. Saved iu more tenses than ouo, too," concluded the official, "for from that vory day I lived a now life, and, thank God, I have never fallen into evil ways again, and that was 80 years ago. " "How do you explain your notion to have tha station agent's signature on the .'bill, and your insisting on the man taking it?" inquired the writer. 'God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform, " was the reverent reply. . "And the man who did not want to take the marked bill?" "Be was running away from justioe. He had spent every dollar of a fund be longing to an orphan, and had been called to an accounting. " Washington Btar. Earl Cray. Earl Gray, who succeeds Dr. Jim as administrator of Rhodesia, is a tall, good looking man of 45. He was the nephew of the late earl and suooeeded to tha title less than two years ago. He U a quiet, rather reserved, man, bat is reputed, to bs possessed of considerable ability in business affairs. He has lived an adventurous life and has traveled a good deal in Sonth Africa. His wife, who was SiMibs Holford, has also seen something of Booth African life. Lon don Tit-BiU. ItH la tha Arts. Calico print -works use 40,000,000 doaau eggs per year, wine clarifiers use 10,000,000 dozen, photographers and other Industries use many millions, and those demands Increase mora rapidly than table demand. German town Tel- TIPS IN ENGLAND. Twa Wall Oaardad PIkcm Into Whleh Ttaay ant a Maw Yorker. "It is amazing," snld a New Yorker, "to see what a tip will do in Kngland. Whrn I was younger nnd moro adven turous thnn I am now, lieing in London I went down to Woolwich with tho hope of seeing the inside of the nrscnnL I went with the full knowledge that a re quest from the minister of tho United States for n paw to tho nrsciiul for a distinguished officer of onr own army had been denied at the war office, Upon tho ground that, a war being then in progress, tho arson ill was closed against visitors. I hung around one of the gates ntitil the men enmo otit at the noon hour, nnd, finally fulling In with a limn that I took for a foreman, sliptx-d a tip into liis hand and explained what I wns after. Ho must hnvo found inn trust worthy, for lie explained that one of his squad was not going back nfter tho noon meal, nnd having procured mo a work man's coat smuggled mo in through tho gnto with tho crowd Once insido I wns snfo enough, nnd by tho nid of tho mini I hnd corrupted I saw nearly everything worth seeing. "It was during tho same visit to Eng land that a friend of my father's came to take him into tho house of commons to hear a debute. Ho had been unablo to obtain a pass for inn, but I hurried down to tho honso of parliament, found a policeman, gnvo him a handsome tip, and told him I wished to get into the visitors' gallery of tho commons. I hardly expected to succeed, but thnt bobby disappeared and returned with n pass bearing tho signature of Joseph Chamberlain, nnd in I went, I haven't the slightest notion how tho policeman obtained it. Perhaps it was a forgery, but it helped to convince mo thut in Great Britain moro things urn wrought by tips thnn by prayers." New York Bun. DOGS KEPT THEM WARM. A Rnlfa Manufacturing Town Whare tha Grlnilara Vim Living Stove. Thiers, nn old town in tho Auvergne, is famous for its steel knife industry. Tho town has retained much of its ro mantic mediicval character. Its streets aro narrow nnd crooked, nud tho manu facture of knives, tho principal industry of tho town, is not carried on in modem factories, but iu ancient, small build ings along tho littlo river Uurolle, which furnishes tho power for the in dustrial township. Curious and unique, as everything elso in Thiers, is tho meth od of work of tho peoplo engaged in grinding tho knives. Tho grinders, men and women, lay stretched out on wooden planks, over which they sometimes throw sheepskins to soften tho boards. Head, shoulders nnd arms reach over tho end of tho board, nnd with their hands they hold unceasingly tho rough steel blades upon tho big grindstono which revolves be neath them by means of a powerful yet simple transmission. It is a very com ical aspect to seo theso peoplo at work, particularly because every ono of tho workmen has a small, long haired dog, who serves as a sort of live stove. Dur ing tho long winter in tho mountains a body Btretched out nt full length suffers much from cold in theso ill protected mills, and since it is not possible for tho workman to wurm himself by a chango of position or by moving' his limbs this tieculiur expedient has been adopted in Thiers. Tho dogs aro well trained to their office. Ouo whistlo of their master culls them np, nnd a sim ple, turn of tho body indicates to thorn whero they hnvo to lio down to give new warmth to the body of their mas tor. Philadelphia Press. Apple. Are Good Nightcap. Tho npplo is such a common fruit that very few persons nro familiar with its remarkably efficacious niedieinul properties, states Tho Bulletin of Phar macy. Everybody ought to know that tho very best thing he can do is to eat apples just before retiring for the night. Persons uninitiated in tho mysteries of tho fruit are liable to throw up their hands in horror at tho visions of dys pepsia which such a suggestion may summon up, but no harm can come even to a delicate system by the eating of ripo and juioy apples just before going to bed. The apple is excellent brain food, be cause it has moro phosphor lo acid in easily digested shape thuu other fruits. It excites tho action of the liver, pro motes sound and healthy sleep and thoroughly disinfects the mouth. This is not alL The apple helps the kidney secretions and prevents calculus growths, while it obviates iudigestiou and is one of tho best known preventives of disease of the throat Everybody should be fa miliar with such knowledge. A llraaay Irtahmam. Penrose Fitzgerald, the member of parliament for Cambridge, is a breezy, popular Irishman, of whom many good stories are told. He is rather nearsight ed, and seldom remembers names. A few duys ago he met a fellow member of parliament, Viscount Kilooursie, who had just become Earl of Cavan. The new earl spoke to Mr. Fitzgerald iu the lobby and, observing a puzzled look, was good enough to say pleasantly: "I see you don't know who I am. My name IsOavan." "Of course, of course, my dear fellow, " was the answer, "but for the moment, I admit, I took yon for that ass Kilcoursia" A QoalUVd Victory. "What's the mttter, Jack? Ton don't behave like a man who has just beoome engaged to a lovely girl smoking all day and pretending to read instead of finishing your picture for the academy. " "Oh, what's the use? The fellow I cut out is on the hanging committee. " Pearson's Weekly. The average wolght of women's cloth ing in winter is much greater than that which adorns the opposite sex. Worth once said that the weight of a man's winter clothes averaged 10 pounds; of woman's, 18. ENGLISHMEN AND AMERICA. Maay Who Rata Kaan Warm Friend, off This Country. The fact is thnt the Kngllsh public men who hnvo understood America, or who have seemed to care to understand her, hnvo, at least until recently, always represented a small minority. During the first century of our national lifo scarcely an Englishman of eminence Was clear sighted enough to perceive America's real devotion to great ideals. Onr British kinsmen thought us a horde pf gradgrinds and nothing else, whereas, in spito of a seeming nbsorption in ma terial things, tho national life was grap pling with mighty ethical and political ideas, which the selfishness nud Irre sponsibility of politicians might some times distort, but could never stifle, Leigh Hunt, nn Lowell used to remind us, could never think of America with out seeing in imagination a gigantic counter stretched all along our sealioard, and wo boro Hunt's ridicnln with a complacency thnt was the more cheerful because his caliber nnd weight of metal wero scarcely great enough to do much execution over sea. Cnrlylo sneered ; we remembered his dyspepsia and forgave. Huskin emptied tho vials of his elo quent contempt upon our sacrifice to America's freedom nnd integrity; wo abated no jot or tittlo of onr veneration for his prophet's message, while we strove to make just allowance for tho vagaries of the hyperscsthetlo tempera ment. These things it Was easy to con done. The Englishmen who have understood American lifo have judged it by some thing besides the froth of tho irrosimusi bin press nnd the antics of provincial "statesmen." Condon's fatal exposure of his lifo to do us service nnd John Brlght's brave words iu the hour of our distress can never be forgotten. Tho memory of Thomas Hughes alasl that we must write "memory" now will always remnin a rich nnd fragrant leg acy, to which, in a peculiar sense, wo are coheirs with Englishmen, whilo the work of Mr. Bryeo hnn not only won our respect nnd grntitude, but is bound to lenve deep impress on our lifo. Nono of these men was blind to the evident foibles, defects and crudities of tho strenuous life of nn earnest and virilo people. On the other hand, nono invited distrust by silly attempts to flatter or cajole. But nil wero quick to rocognizo iu American aspiration, achievement, and representative character something other nud better than mere bigness. They even ventured now and then to speak of these things as great ; but the words sits better on their lips thnn on ours. From "Duty of Englishmen to America" in Century. INVENTORS DON'T PATENT. DLcoverer. off Kpotih Making Device. Took Mo r.lu. to Kacp Tliaui. If you look back on tho history of hu man progress, you will find thut none of the groat epoch making inventions has ever been patented. The mail who lit the first fire whether Prometheus or the purty from whom ho stole tho idea, did not get a patent for it Nei ther did tho man who inado the first wheel iu every souse one of the most revolutionary inventions iu the history of man. The same thing may bo said of the invention of soap, candles, gun powder, umbrellas and the mariner's compass, or, to come down to our own day, of the steam engine and the eleo trio telegraph. Patents are mostly oonooruod with small mechanical detuils and improve ments it may be in caudles or uinbrol lus or it may be in the application of steam and electricity and by means of these putouts cuormous profits have been scoured to second rate inventors, but tho great ideas and discoveries which underlie these details have been given to the world gratis. There in a general notion thnt if you did not protect inventions by means of patents inventors would cease to invent, and muterlul progress would oomo to a standstill. But history does not bear this out in the least. Men with grout mechuuicul gifts do not exercise them solely with a view to commercial profit any more than astronomers search tho heavens for new worlds with un eye to registering patents and floating com panies on tho results of their discover ies. London Truth. At tha Wrong Nuptials, "If any man can show just cause why these two persons may not be lawfully joined together, lot him now speak or else hereafter forever hold his pcuoe." , Slowly and impressively tho officiat ing clergyman spoke these words. The solemn pause that followed their utterance was broken by a deep, strong voice from the rear of tho church : "May I ask you, sir, to repeat the names of those two persons who stand before yoa as candidates for mutri mony?" "George Washington Spoonamore and Jophouia bhaw," answered the clergyman, astonished at the interrup tion. "Go ahead with the marrying," re joined the owner of the deep voice, clupping on his hut and storting for the door. "It's all right I had just got here, aud hadn't board the names. The wedding I'm trying to stop must be in the church a block and a half below hero. "Chicago Tribune. Got Rid of tho Thaperon, "I thought I saw you riding alone with a gentleman last evening." "Yon did." "But does your mother let yon go bi oyoling with gentlemen without a chap erono?" "No, indeed." "But yon had none," "Oh, we had one when we started, bat we punctured her tire to get rid of her." Chioago Post Castled to tho Title. "Why does Mrs. Wester always refer to her daughter as a queen?" . "She married a oattle king." De troit Free Press. GERMAN PAWNSHOPS. Bona Are Manasrad by Government and Othars by InHlTldnala, - Thoro Is a royal pawnshop In Berlin, there are stnto pawnshops, ducal pawn shops, comity pawnshops, city or muni cipal pawnshops and private pawnshops. The municipal and private pawnshops may both exist in tho same town. Tho rate of Interest was fixed by a law passed In 1881 at not more than 84 per cent per annum on lonns tinder 20 marks, and not over IS per rent on larger sums. In Berlin the pawnshop Is a royal In stitution, and is not allowed to makn a profit it surplus goes to ohnritnbln purposes. At Hunan no interest Is charged on lonns up to 8 marks If tho articles nro redeemed within six days. At Hof, in Bnden, people aro allowed to raise money, giving ns security the re ceipt of their wages two or three weeks ahead. At Weimar nnd Hnnaa anonymous pawning is tho ruin. No names nro asked nnd no address is given. Provision is tnndo nt Mcmcl for merchants depos iting goods in time of temporary embar rassment At Bautzen raw wool is received In pledge. At Bromberg military accoutcr mcnts nro excluded from tho articles which mny no pawned. Tho pawnshop at Detmold will not reoeivo nrticles in pnwn from servants without tho consent of their masters. At Altenberg and ouo or two other places no one is allowed to pawn nrticles of more thnn 100 marks' value without tho consent of tho town conncil. Although prlvnte pawnbrokers exist alongsido tho municipal institutions, in many towns the latter refuse to do busi ness with tho former. Secondlmnd deal ers nnd pawnbrokers nro especially pro hibited from resorting to tho municipal pawnshop. A salutary regulation against dealing with pnwn tickets is frequently enforced. The rnto of interest fluctuates a great deal in Germany, nnd in highest for small sums loaned for short periods. Tho average is aliont 13 per cent and on loans issued against securities 4 or S per cent Berlin Letter. Cowslip and Bachelor's Mutton, Tho nnmo of cuckoo flower is given to nt lenst 10 different plants, cowslip to 8 or 9 nnd bachelor's button to more than 20. It in the sumo all over the world Sir Joseph Hooker says that "throughout his travels he wns struck with tho undne relinnce placed upon na tive names of plants, " characterizing it as "an erroneous impression thnt savnge nnd half civilized peoples hnve nn accu rate knowledge of objects of natural his tory nud a uniform nomenclature for them. " Dioscorldes mode the same ob servation, nnd Athenaius before him complained that tho sumo plant was called by different names in different parts of Greece. It in, indeed, well known thnt plants have exchanged their names largely. Tho forgetmeuot is a good instance of this. In all tho old herbals tho name is given to tho ground pine (Ajugn chnmo epltys) on account of its offensive smell, nnd sometimes, also, to the speedwell. Mills, in his "History of Chlvnlry," in vented the legend of the drowning kuight throwing tho flower to his lady and fixed the namo on the pretty bluo flower which hnd previously been called mouse ear, from its old Greek name, mnosotis, and both name and flower bo cumo popular, but Punch, going back to its original associations, suggested it as a delicuto namo for the onion, nnd in Mexico the same name, "nomoolvido," Is given to an orchid. Clote is another nnmo thut has been given to various plants. In the old glossaries nnd herbals it nlwnys menus tho great burdock, but it won gradually attached to other large leaved plants, and in Dorsetshire it is now given to tho yellow wnter lily. Quarterly Review. roiltlon and Sleep. How many peoplo ore in the habit of troubling themsclvos about the exact point of tho compass to which thoir heads huppon to be pointed when they luy themselves down for their nocturnal rest? Ouo might have gone on suppos ing, bnt for the irrepressible Sir Benja min ltichurdsou, thut it did not in tho least matter whether tho head of one's bedstead wero turned north, south, cast or west But Sir Benjamin is full of theories on tho subject, and now that he has expounded them we are in a posi tion to know that if we "turn our face to the west, " like Daddy in the sen timental ballud,' we ought to get the soundest sleep, because in that case " the earth's motion will tend to send tho blood to the head." Here is a suggested cure for insomnia which is at least worth a trial, and in future a compass should be an lndis pensablo article of furniture in every woll regulated bedroom. It may sadly disorganize not a few bedchambers to arrange tho adoption of this westward position,' which may in somo cases cause almost as much trouble as the reverse position has occasioned from time to time in the ecclesiastical world. But Sir Benjamin Richardson has spoken, and it ouly remains for those who ac cept him as an oracle to point their bed heads due west at all costs and without delay. London Letter. Onions, Onions are almost the best nervine known, says The Housekeeper. No medioiue is so useful in oases of nerv ous prostration, and there is nothing else that will so quickly relieve and tone a woruout system. Onions are use ful in all oases of coughs, colds and in fluenza, in consumption, insomnia, hy drophobia, scurvy, gravel and kindred liver complaints. Eaten every other day they soon have a clearing and whiten ing effect on the complexion. Le( not mirth be thy profession, lest thou become a make sport He that hath but gained the title of a jester let him aarare himself the fool is not far off. Quarta. Priester Bros, ALWAYS LEAD FURNITURE, Carpets and House Fur nishing Goods. A. beautiful line of Iron nud Brass edsteeds just received. A. beautiful line of I3ed Room Suits. Do not buy before see ing tliem. Our line of Dining Room Furni ture was never so complete as it is now. We also have a line line of MATTING, just the thing for warm weather, at prices to suit the times. In Carpets, Oil Cloth and our stock is always complete and prices the lowest. We also handle the celebrated Fernclifl Stoves and Ranges. Get onr prices before buying. Commencing this week, DEEMER'S are reducing all Wash Dress Goods. Only three weeks since they received a large in voice of the latest pat terns. They are all to go. Not often you will find such choice pat terns at the low price we offer them. Shirt Waists! Everyone must go. We don't carry any oyer from one season to the next. We've put the price down on them to cost and below- All good styles. A, D. Window Shades ( Doomor & Go. l; V
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