"PRIVATE
By I. K.
"Hallo! Who1 there?" "Me. scr
ent." "Who's 'me'T" "Brown. I
want'er speak to yer."
'Come In, then;" and tin the Intruder
entered the "bunk," It, ownor glanced
up from his v.ork and said, "What'B
the matter with you, now cht Are
you a prisoner again?"
Private Brown laughed hoarsely and
answered:
"No not this t!me, enrgeant I only
want yer to write a letter home for
me."
"You're a nuisance, Brown! I're got
tomorrow's parade elate to make out
before first poet. Can't you get aome
one In the bungalow to do It for you?
I'm too busy now."
"You know I wouldn't let any of the
chaps do It," Brown answered, some
what sullenly. "They'd only grin at
me 'cos I can't write. But it don't
matter. I'll go on the booze again and
spend the money, and then you'll hare
to put me In the 'clink' for drunk."
Sergeant Hollls noted the defiant
tone, and said sharply:
"Come, none of that nonsense with
me. Brown, or I'll confine you now!
yrhat money are you talking about?"
"I've been on the steady for a month.
Didn't you know?"
"I noticed that you haven't been
prisoner for about a fortnight. How
mneh have you saved?"
"Well, you see, I had a band at cards
yesterday, and won about 80 chips, and
I want ter send it home to a sister of
mine. It'll do ber more good than It
will me."
"Oh! So you've got into that gam
bling set, have you? Mind I don't catch
you at it. for if I do, into-the guard
room you'll go!"
"I don't often play, sergeant," said
Brown, deprecatlngly; and, thinking
the opportunity a good one, he re
newed his request. "Will you write (
my letter for me, sergeant?"
"I suppose I must to get rid of your.
Fire ahead with the address."
"Miss Alice Brown lady's-maid
Taunton Court, Norfolk." Absorbed
In admiration of the sergeant's call
graphy, Brown, standing by the table,
did not notice the slight start made
by the writer as the words "Taunton
Court" fell upon his ears. In unaf
fected surprise Brown muttered. "Hang
me can't you write?"
The sergeant smiled and said Inter
rogatively: "You come from that part?"
"No; I'm a towney of yourn. Didn't
yer know that?" Brown answered with
dlBgustcd look.
"What! You a Scotchman? You go
ad tell that to the next draft!"
Brown felt insulted by this reference
to the "draft," and said with dignity:
"It's a fact, sergeant. I was born in
'Aberdeen; but we came to London
.when I was a kid."
"A very small 'kid,' too, I imagine.
(Why, man alive, you're a Cockney all
over! But what about the letter?
.What shall I say?"
But Brown's insulted dignity would
not allow the assertion about the
Cockney origin to pass unchallenged.
"Honor bright, sergeant, I ain't no
Cockney. But look 'ere. My sister and
me is the only two left, and she's la
dy's maid there, and I'm a-goln' to send
her one hundred chips rupees, you
knew so as she'll have some thing put
by agin the time when she leaves."
Though he had only a moment be
fore protested that be bad no time to
spare, the sergeant now showed a
strangely inconsistent desire to chat
ter. "So she's joins to leave eh?" he
aid.
"Ya-as, I s'poee she will when her
missus gets married."
It was clear that the matrimonial in
tentions of the mistress of Private
Brown's sister ought not to have been
of any Interest to Sergeant Hlllls of
her majesty's "Green Horse," espe
cially when there was an unfinished
"paraue slate" lying in front of him;
but it seemed that the suujcct did In
terest him, for he said:
"What makes you think her mistress
Is going to marry?"
"Why, she's got any amount of
brass," Brown answered, "and my sis
ter says she's very pretty, so she's
sure to marry."
A qulot smile passed over the ser
geant's face, and be glanced at a pho
tograph that stood on the tablo in
front of him. Then he scribbled away
at the letter for a minute, inquired how
the money was to be sent, once more
resumed his writing, and finally laid
down bis pen and said:
"Look here, Brown why don't you
go to the regimental school and learn
bow to read and write? I'll give you
all the help I can, and it will keep you
way from the canteen."
"Will you help me, sergeant really?
Then, by Jlmlne, . - start tomorrow!
Wouldn't Ally be surprised to get
letter from me all in my own- flat?"
nd Brown sraued at the thought.
"Say, sergeant," he added as an after
thought "what'U I do if any of the
chaps get laughing at me?"
"Do? Why, punch the first one's
head tor him only don't let me hear
bout it. Never fear they won't
laugh at you for long; and if they do,
.what's the odds?"
"Right you are, sergeant. I'll do
It!"
i "Shut up while I copy out this scrib
ble. There's plug of tobacco over
there; cut some up for me, and fill
your own pipe as well. I don't sup
nose you have any of your own."
"Ain't I, though! I've" plasty of
fbaccn now I'm on the steady;" and
Brown triumphantly fished plug of
Itobacco out of bis Jacket pocket "Look
art," he mXi, as lis thrust it uaasr
BROWN."
I.UCY.
the sergeant's nose "see that? I'm
a-going to buy a box of cigars next
pay day and be a toff!"
"Shut up, will you?" And the si
lence was broken only by the scratch
ing of the writer's pen and Brown's
heavy beathlng as he sliced away at
the tobacco with a hlige clasp knlfo.
For a cavalry sergeant's "bunk" the
little room was very neatly furnished.
The bed cot and accoutrements were
bidden from sight behind a curtain,
and few cheaply framed engravings
hung on the walls. A small book shelf
was filled with a number of red-cov
ered drill books and a few dog-eared
novels. On the table were some pho
tographs in upright frames, and one
which occupied the centre place seemed
to have a great attraction for the ser
geant, for he repeatedly looked at it as
he wrote. It represented tall, slim
girl of about 18 with lovely true-
looking face. It could hardly belong
to Sergeant Hollls, for on the back
of it was written, "To my own dear
Douglas from Marie," and his name
was not "Douglas."
Suddenly trumpet call rang out
sharp and clear on the night air, and
the sergeant Jumped to his feet.
"There's first post going, and I
haven't finished the parade slate yet
It's all your fault. Brown!" he ex
claimed angrily, forgetting that he had
taken an hour over five minutes' work.
Hastily finishing the letter, he handed
it to Brown, and said. "There you are
clear out!" But, before Brown haa
left the "bunk," he added. In a kindli
er tone, "Mind you go to school to
morrow and keep off the drink. You
can come in here in the evening and
tell me how you've got on."
"All right, . sergeant. Good night!"
And the door closed on Brown, and the
sergeant was alone.
"Mamma, what are you going to do
about it now? ,ve don't know where
my poor Douglas is, and his father
says that they have not heard a word
from him since he disappeared. Some
thing must be done."
"How ridiculous you are, Mario!"
said Mrs. Crcwther, as mother and
daughter sat together In the morning
room of Taunton court. "Wnat can I
do In the matter? It's his family's
place to find him out and tell him what
has happened."
"No no, mamma!" objected Mann,
with tiny spot of red on each cheek.
"It is our place to do so. It was
through ono of our family that he was
disgraced, and we ought to be the very
first to let him know about it."
"How unfeeling you are, Mario! I'm
sure your poor dead brother never in
tended that Douglas Gordon shouiu
have to bear the mame. If Mr. Gor
don hadn't been so stupid, there need
have oeen no scandal; you might have
been married to him now, and your
brother might have been alive."
Notwithstanding her mother's quer
ulous speech, Marie felt impelled to de
fend the absent one, and said:
"I cannot imagine what makes you
talk like that, mamma. You know
why Douglas took the blame, and yet
every time we speak about him you
pretend that you don't know how noble
it was of him." And as she thought of
all her lover had given up to save the
honor of her family, the girl grew nioro
vehement in her championship of him.
"Poor Douglas! Ho wouldn't make
any defence; and to think that he gave
up bis name, his home and me, all to
save our name from disgrace, and now
we can't find him to tell him that his
innocence has been proved! Oh, mam
ma, have you no pity for him?"
Softened for the moment by the pas
sionate entreaty of her daughter's
voice, Mrs. Crowthcr smoothed down
her frills with ber bejewelled hands
and said:
"My denr child, of course I'm sorry
for him, and I've no doubt he'll turu
up some day. But you are most fool
ish to keep thinking about him in the
way you do. You've lost three good
chances since your engagement to him
was broken off by me, and I don't sup
pose he has thought of you once since."
Marie said nothing, but tho happy
confident smile on her faco gave her
mother an answer, and, with an indig
nant swish of her dress, Mrs. Crow
thcr rustled out of the room In a
rage.
In the old days Marie Crowther and
Douglas Gordon were to have become
man and wife. The scion of an old
Scottish family, Douglas had been at
once the pride and hope of his family
and Marie's blameless knight But a
great disgrace fell upon him. A way
ward, spoiled and unprincipled youth,
Marie's brother, Harry, had been a
guest of the Gordon's in their High
land home, and had there forged and
uttered check. The forgery was dis
covered, and, dreading exposure, the
guilty young man had confided his
fears to Douglas, having first bound
him over to secrecy. Neglecting Doug
las' advice to throw himself upon the
mercy of the man whose name had
been forged, he managed to preserve
his secret Suddenly Douglas found
that he was suspected of the forgery.
At first he laughed at the very Idea of
it, but gradually be learned that his
accusers were serious. Whence tho
first hints had come no one knew, but
piece after piece of circumstantial evi
dence turned up which seemed to fas
ten the guilt on Douglas, and at last,
in utter despair at the aspect of the
affair, he appealed to Harry Crowther
to clear him, never suspecting that he
himself had given currency to the sus
picion. Marie's brother declined to
confess his guilt, and reminded Doug
las of liU promise to keep the matter
secret. True to his word, SougUa .re
mained 'silent -under the awful Impu
tation, and at last his own father or
dered blm to leave the house. His sim
ple assurance of Innocence satisfied
Marie, and she believed In htm, even
while sho was compelled to give him
up. At last, after weary waiting, and
after all trace of him bad been lost,
his Innocence wan clearly established.
Harry Crowther had gone to "the
does," and at lost had sunk to the
lowest depths. For some months he
also disappeared, and then his mother
received a telegram from French wa
tering place summoning her to he son's
death bed. And then he made tardy
reparation and cleared Douglas of his
shame. Worldly and hard as Mrs.
Crowther was, a death bed Injunction
was sacred in her eyes, and she com
municated her tidings to the Gordons.
But Douglas could not be found.
That night Marie's maid was Ttry
voluble as she dressed her mistress for
dinner.
"By the by, miss," she said, as she
was brushing Marie's hair In front of
the big mirror, "I've had such a funny
letter today from India. You know,
Miss Marie, I've brother out there a
soldier, and, as he can't write himself,
he always gets some one to write for
him; and, though It seems strange, I
can't help a-thlnklng that this letter
is really from him."
"What should make you think that
it is not from him, Alice?" Inquired
her mistress with faint interest
"Well, you see, miss, there's some
money with It, and it's not signed by
him as he usually does. No one elso
In India knows me, so I fancy that the
letter must be from him, and that the
man as wrote It for him forgot what
he was a-dolng and signed his own
name to it by mistake."
"How very curious, Alice! May I see
the letter? I might be able to tell you
what to do," said Marie, Interested at
lost.
Delighted at her young mistress' In
terest in her affairs, the maid gave her
the letter and resumed her work, chat
ting away all the time as she did so.
. What could it mean? Marie's brain
was In whirl, and her maid's chatter
fell upon unheeding ears. There, in
her own hand, before her eyes, was
the well known handwriting, and at
the end of the letter was the bold sig
nature, "Your loving brother, Douglas
Gordon."
In the haste of the moment, with
his thoughts full of Marie and the past,
"Sergeant Hollls" bad unwittingly
signed bis real name to Brown's letter.
"Isn't it a beautiful letter. Miss Ma
rie. Such a beautiful name, too! Oh,
Miss Marie, whatever Is the matter?"
Marie, with her face burled In her
hands, was sobbing hysterically. And
the dinner bell rang unheeded as mis
tress and maid lnid their beads to
gether and attempted to solve the enigma.
e e
"Who ays Europe letters?" sang out
Corporal Jones, D troop orderly-corporal,
as he entered the troop bunga
low with a bundle of letters and news
papers in bis band.
Down went the Jack-boots and
swords that the men were polishing,
and a rush was mode for the bed on
which Jones had enthroned himself
with his precious burden.
"Give a fellow a chance to breathe,
you chaps! What do you want,
Brown? You don't suppose there's ono
for you?" ho growled.
"Do you think I ain't got no one to
writ to me, corporal?" retorted
Brown. "How do you know that my
pa ain't died and left me fortune?"
"Oh, yes, I know! Your pa's a dook
ain't bo, BrownT Why criminal
Yes no yes- -It is! Here is one for
you with a big fat crest on ..! Who's
your pal, Brown the commander-inch
lot eh?"
"Never yon mind, corporal. Just
hand it over here," said Brown, and,
having secured his property be put on
bis helmet and crossed over to Ser
geant Hollls" "bunk."
"Say, sergrant, I've got a letter," ho
said as he entered.
"Well, can't you manage to read it
now yourself?" the sergeant answered.
"No not quite. I can manage print
all right, though. But you might read
it for me, sergeant;" and Brown hand
ed the letter to the sergeant and, seat
ing himself on the edge of tho bed, pre
pared to listen.
To his surprise his sergeant read It
through to himself first, tiien took an
other enclosure out of the envelope and
read that, loo!;ed at them both, sat
down, got up again, and finally wont
marching- up and down the veranda
yith the letters In his band; whistling
loudly, "Rolling Home to Merry Eng
land." then he dashed inside and
shook Brown by both bands until that
much-perplexed man opined that it
was either the "jim-jams" or sun
stroke. Then the sergeant subsided
Into chair and sot gazing flrBt at
Brown, and then with strange Intensity
at the letters.
Brown was puzzled. It must be the
"Jim-Jams." AH of a sudden the ser
geant rose and made another dash at
Brown. There was no doubt about it
nowl It was the "jim-jams," and
Brown precipitated himself over the
bed iot, and, granping a carbine by
the barrel, stood ready to "do or die."
Tho sergeant started at him with
blank amazement, and then the truth
dawned upon him.
"Why, you thick-headed old fool,
did you think I had delirium tremens?
Come out from that bed, and I'll tell
you all about It."
When Brown went back to his troop
bungalow that morning be gathered a
few choice spirits around him and orat
ed. "Say, chaps, what do you think?
You know Sergeant Hollls? Well,
blowed If be ain't aome one else! His
name by rights is Gordon, and may I
be shot It be ain't a-gotng home and
-going to marry my sister's missus,
worth c end of chlpsl It all come
out through a letter as he wrote fo
me. Oh, you may larf but It's fact
e e e
Absorbed in her thoughts, the girl
sitting In the big boy window did not
hear the door open. A broad-shouldered,
bronzed, well- featured man en
tered and noiselessly crossed the room.
Laying his band tenderly upon the
girl's shoulder, he said:
"Marie!"
"Douglas! At last-at last!" girl
gasped, springing to her feet; and,
clanped in his arms, she was soon at
rest.
In after life coachman used to
drive her and her husband about whose
name once stood on the roll of the
"Green Horse" as "Number Two Thou
sand, Two Hundred and Twenty-two,
Private Brown." Waverley Magazine,
PROPELLED BY HER PUMPS.
Boat Driven Through the Water by
Jets of Water.
A novelty In the construction of ma
rine craft is shown In recent patent
grant covering the design of boat
propelled and steered by jets of water.
Instead of engines to drive screws and
propellers, pumps are employed, and
the boat driven by the action of Jets
of water taken in at the bow and
ejected at the stern.
These pumps are suitably located
within the hold of the vessel, and each
Is provided with an Intake-tube, which
runs forwardly to a point near the bow
of the vesscel, where there are suit
able openings through which the pipes
may receive water, the said openings,
of course, being arranged below tho
water line. The Inlet-ports at the ends
of these pipes are controlled by valves
operated from some convenient point
Extending from each of the pumps
Is tube which Is curved so as to find
an opening at the side of the vessel
near the forward part thereof, the out.
let portion of the tube being dlrectej
forwardly, as shown by an arrow. Thus
water which Is forced through the tube
will be so directed as to propel the
boat reurwardly, as In backing. An
other plpo also extends rearwardly
from each pump, and this plpo is pre
ferably divided into two branches. One
branch extends outwardly through the
side of the vessel at a point near the
bow, while the other extends rearward'
ly in the vessel considerable dis
tance, finding an outlet near the stern
ot the boat, and Jets Issuing from
there will propel the boat forward.
Other openings at the side and stern
have the effect ot changing the course
of the craft In experiments with
boat of this character it was demon
strated that she could be turned In her
own length, which Is an achievement
ot some Importance.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
In recent volume on the snakes o
Egypt Hlppolyte Boussao states that
the trick referred to in the Scriptures
of changing a snake into rod is still
practiced by the snake charmers. They
touch the snake at a certain place in
the neck when It falls into catalep
tic condition and becomes straight and
stiff. It Is then restored to its former
condition by taking its tall between
the hands and firmly rolling.
An Englishman in Petticoat lane the
other night was caught in the act of
stowing his handkerchief away in his
sleeve, just as the girls do. He slip
ped it neatly between the sleeve and
cuff. It is the common practice of fash,
lonables in London society Just now. A
tew New Yorkers had the habit years
ago, excusing It on the ground that a
handkerchief In the pocket (any poc
ket) blemishes the physical contour.
An old woman of seventy appeared
In a Viennese police court the other
day and rrtado complaint against her
neighbor for having bewitched her.
The magistrate told her there was no
such thing as being bewitched, and dis
missed the case; whereat tne old wom
an became abusive: "A nice court ol
justice this! It some ono steals a pen
ny lo is locked up, but this woman
ruins my wholo body and nothing la
done to her."
Havry Lehr has long been noted for
his t:iste in women's dress. It Is said
his wife, who was Mrs. John Vinton
Dahlgren, never goes shopping without
taking him with her. Mrs. Lehr buys
most of her hats at well-known Twenty-third
street shop. Such is hor con
fldence In ber husband's judgment in
millinery that she has on several oc
casions asked him to buy her bat
when she was too busy to accompany
him. Mr. Lehr fulfills these commis
sions religiously, and has been seen in
the show room surrounded by eager
young women holding creations, which
he examines critically one by one, and
sometimes tilts over his own blond
curls to get the proper effect
A new method of discovering bedr
of ore hidden underground. In which
electricity serves for detective, lr
said to have met with some success in
Wales and in Cornwall. A current of
high potential thirty thousand oi
more volts is led to two metal rodi
set in the ground. From these, Unei
ot force spread in all directions, and
can ba detected by means of tele-
phonic receiver connected with another
pair of metal rods, which may be plac
ed In any desired position. When no
sounds, or only very faint ones, are
heard, that fact Indicates a deflection
ot the lines ot force, and by shitting
the place of the rods the location of the
metallic masses which produce the de
flection can be determined.
The tonnage passing the Suez Canal
last year was: English, 6,772,911 tons;
German, 1,707.322 tons; French, 769,
110 tons; all other, 1.909,070 tons.
IN ANTARTIC CIRCLES.
Extracts Prom an Artist's ' Diary
Aboard the Ship Antarctic.
The following Is an extract from
Frank Wllbert Bloke's "An Artist in
the Antarctic," In the Century Maga
zine: A black day, gray day as to sky
nd seas, but black In its bidden Unn-
trors. All night the storm blew with
violence. There were hurried voices
amid the booming and dla of the tem
pest as sea after sea struck the little
vessel, which emitted frightful strain
ings and groanlngs, mingled with tho
crash of falling pots, pans, chairs, and
tremondous beatings of the propeller
as the stern was lifted out of tho wa
ter. We brenkfasted at 10 a. m.,
standing. Tho captain believed that
we were In much danger ot being driv
en upon the Ice clad rocks of the
South Shetland islands. He was try
ing to keep the ship off to the north
ward. We lost our best whaloboat,
part of the starboard bulwarks In the
waist and a portion of the shrouds.
The carpenter, with gang ot men,
constructed In my former cabin
hatch door for tne companlonway, In
case Its covering should be washed
away. Tho sailors came through the
gun room and between decks to go for
ward, as the waist was washed con
tinually by bcavy seas. Oil wss poured
upon the wator to calm it, but with
what effect I was not able to perceive.
Some ot the men locked themselves
In their cabins. I managed to gather
all of my sketches and seal them in
tin cylinders, which I had provided
for Buch an emergency, In the hope
that If we should founder they might
be picked up. Then I slowly made my
way to the bridge. It was wild
scene. A light gray Impenetrable
mist with snow was driving In fierce
squalls oVer the surging waves, ren
dering it Impossible to see ahead. The
fitful light ot the sun shone through
the mist toward noon, pale, misty,
greenish yellow. The seas swept un
der and over us from the starboard
and almost broadside, as the engines
ot tho Antarctic were too feeble to
keep her head to the wind. One of
the discouraging features was that the
South Shetlands were imperfectly
known and charted. At ther wheel
were two mon In tarpaulins, grizzly
and Bhnggy, and covered with Ice
froet The cabins were foul with the
stench of bilge-water, and I went on
deck to breathe little fresh ,alr, and
was Immediate! by the
waves.
There was breaR slight trnn-
Int break of palest blue amid the
swiftly hurrying storm mists and
faint yellowish gray to windward
when all became suffused with
pearllsh turquoise tinge. At the eve
ning meal we stood waiting In silence
tho captain's arrival. Presently he
groped his way down the steep com
panlonway In oilskins, and, without
waiting for query, turned and an
nounced that we had Just cleared the
rocks. When 1 thanked him, be char
acteristically replied: "I t'ank my eel'."
The storm had blown us 60 miles
westward, and at 8 In the evening land
was sighted, w'nich proved to be Ele
phant Island ot tho South Shetland
group. Afterward we found that we
had been within less than two English
miles of those terrible rocks. Our po
sition, Feb. 27, at 10 a. m., was be
tween Elephant and King George is
lands. We rejt.iced In southerly
wind, and sot forotopsai! and jib. The
gray mist hung about us, effectually
shutting out the Ice from our sight,
and I felt that I had painted my last
Antarctic sketch. At night, on Feb.
28, as the evening shadows toll
through the gray, the red and green
port and starboard lights were put in
position tor the flrt time In many
days.
Motor Rules In England.
In tho matter of speed drivers must
limit their ambitions to 20 miles an
hour. In cases where this Is allegod to
bo exceeded the opinion of only one
witness will not bo sufficient to se
en ro conviction. Motor cars must be
registered and bear number, which
must be kept uuobscured and easily
distinguishable. Drivers arerequlredto
obtuln a license, for wnlch tae fee is
fis., and no person under 17 years of
nro will bo licensed. Reckless and
negligent driving or driving at execs-
sivo speed Is punlshnblo by fino cr
Imprisonment Offenders who refuse
their names and addresses or whose
vehicles cannot bo Identified may bo
arrested by the police without war
rant. In case ot accident caused by
or due to the motor car the driver
must stop and if required, furnUU
name and address and othor particu
lars for Identification of himself or
employer or owner. London Outlook.
The Retort Discourteous.
A certain young member of councils
haa had an experience of the retort
discourteous, which bolng a man with
a sense of humor, he does not hesitate
to repeat against himself. He was ad
dressing meeting at downtown
political club the other night at which
there was a considerable rowdy cle
ment present. Like the other speak
ers he was frequently interrupted, un
til, losing patience, he called tor si
lence, saying:
"Don't let every ass bray at once."
"You go on, sir," said the ringleader.
And the orator was left without re'
ply. Philadelphia Press.
Keeping Him Guessing.
Dumley I wonder what Sharps
meant today when I told him that
Tinker called me fool.
Krllng What was it he said?
Dumley He said Bharna visa an
I conventional. Now what In time
could be have meant by that? Bostoi
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made; W. L. Douglass Shot Co., Brockton,
Mass., Shoes: Curtice Bros. Co., Rochester,
N. Y., Canned Goods; and Pillsbury's Flour.
This is a fair representation of ths class
of goods it is selling to its customers.
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NEWSY CLEANINGS.
The price ot silver has again ad
vanced.
Canadians chafe under the Alaskan
boundary decision.
The French sardine cron for the rear
Is a failure.
An alliance befweon France and
Italy is talked ot in official circles In
Home.
Six of llic largest toothpick plants
In the country hnvo formed merger.
Joseph Downey, a Chlrniro contrso
tor, linn Just returned from a tour
aronnd ihe world, which lie made at
cost of S5.000 to win a $20 bet.
Owing to Inability to procure farm
hands most of the corn raised In the
Eastern part of Kansas Inst summct
Is still standing In ..a fields.
Tho MeCormlek Interests are said to
have gained control of the Interna
tional Harvester Company and tho va
rious rilnnts In t'ue trust will be
merged.
The back tnx rase nptnlnst the esfnt
of Senator John Phcrmnn hn. been
settled at Mansfield. Ohio, for f02,000
The amount sued for was more than
1200,000.
Pressed for money to cover bets Ins!
on the rnces. Albert Joerndt, a lettet
carrier at Chicago, III., Is nndcr arrest
for thieving from the mails.
The Ncbrnskn State Bankers' Asso
clntlnn voted almost unanimously to
sk the repeal of the Federal Bank
ruptcy low.
Sylvester Unrke, the hero of Snmar,
has received an appointment as light
house keeper i.t Snndnsky, Ohio. Burke
has been assistant keeper of the bea
con light nt thnt port since bis return
from the Philippines.
The German naval estimates show
that the programme of expansion will
take a sixteen year course, lack ol
money preventing Its realisation in
1000. as tho Government at nna finis
hoped.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Men el lie, King of Abyssinia, is In poor
oealth and aging rapidly.
"Oom Paul" Krncer bns Just passed
his seventy-eighth birllidny.
Theodore Thomas, the conductor, bns
Just reached his slxly-etgiilli year.
General John II. Gordon, of Georjitn,
bos resumed bis lecturing In the South.
Tho decUlon of the Czir of Russia
to postpono his visit to Homo caused
vims resentment in Italy.
John Morley, lllernteur, politician,
nd Journalist, whose life of Glmlntnn
has Jttxt been Issued, wus born lit 1KS.
(senator ltussrll A. Aler bns been
tied for for failure In cut ihn weed
n properly owned by him In Kansas
City.-
Knlser Wllhelm spenks six lnnsttftses
.Itb perfect fluency and ppenks Kng
llsh so well Hint Ills Orumu is said to
havo an Enxli.sli accent.
Mis. A. 1). T. Whitney, writer of
tAiy books for giris, lins Just cele
brated her nevenly ninth birthday on
Milton Hill, near Boston, Muss.
Professor Alexander Bnln, the emN
flent educator of Aberdeen, who died
recently In Ills eighty-sixth year, began
life In the bumblo cupaclly of baud
loom weaver.
Gcueral Charles A. Whltller, lately
Collector of Customs In the Philippines
arrived In New York City from a tour
around tho (.lobe and expressed the
opinion tbat Itussla Is in Manchuria to
stay.
Senator Lodge not only keeps a
diary, but preserves every letter which
ho receives aud a copy of every letter
which he writes. He is one of the
most voluminous letter writers In public-
life.
Senator Ilnnna has closed his Wash
lngton house and will live at hotel
this winter, to the disgust of those to
whom his famous corned beef hash
breakfasts were so pleasant an attrac
tion, ot capital Ufa last year.
Our imports from Turkey are acorn
$10,000,000, of which one-halt comes
from Turkey in Asia, Our exports to
Turkish territory are less than E00,
000. ad nave euied thomaa- ti
aairt ol Marveua Lli.i. . taaa
M Lxbllilv, Dlulaau, lUapliell
Ml and Varlcaeele, An epay.M
1 bay d.ar iba eiala.aarreaa
lae cirwuauoa. mk uwwi
perfect, ead Impart a heatae
vlW MUM eele Mai
All
4
a vanlM iamt lata luaaliy. CaaaMS
afPaala. alalia .aalad. PftM ft aa kaaS
milk htm fl4 iagal macaataa ta aara a
aalSlkBaay.MB MaiaajMu
WHEN IN DOUIITTBY
s
a
BUSINESS CARDS.
Q M. MebOXAI.D.
ATTORNEY AT-tAW.
Notary Pnllln. raal mtatn fnt, Patanta
a-urM, rnlliwitlnna niarla promptly. Ottos
In KynJIcnte building, llrynolilSTllle, Fa.
Jjn. B. K IIOOVKlt,
REVNOMISVH.LE, FA.
Ra'Mant ilenl Int. 1,. tha tlnorxr fenlMtBS
Main atrrat. nllfnftp In op'ratlnf.
JJR. L-1 MEANS,
DENTIST,
Offlea on tAfond floor of Flnt Natloaal aajak
kuUdlac, Mula atraot,
jja R. DkVEHE kino, "
DENTIST,
Office os aaonnd (nor Raynoldrrtllt Baal
Eawta Bids. Mais ttraat RaynoldiTlllas.
JJR. W. A. HENRY,
DENTIST,
. Offlua n aaoond floor of Haary Bros. torMfc
Building, Main atraat.
E.
NEFF.
JDSTIOE Or THE PEACE
ad Baal Batata Asaat, ByMl4rrUla, Ps.
gMITH M. MoC HEIGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LArT.
Rotary PuMIe and Rsal Batata Aa. Osfc
action will racelva prompt attention. Offlos
In VroahllRb Hanry blouk. aaar poaMmoS,
BovaaldaTllla Pa.
AT
nil
YOUNG'S
PLANING
MILL
You will find Sash, Doors,
Frames and Finish of all
kinds, Rough and Dressed
Lumber, High Grade Var
nishes, Lead and Oil Colors
in all shades. And also an
overstock of Nails which
I will sell cheap.
J. V. TOUNO, Prop.
The LATEST FASHIONS
L 11 -'
IN GENT'S CLOTHING
The newest, flnestoloths.
the latest deslg-aa, II
the most fashlonablo cuts
for the summer season.
Call at our shop mm!
see samples of eloth t
complete line nd lat us
eonvinoe you that wo are
the leaders In our lino.
Reasonable prioss always
nd satisfaction guaraa
teed. Johns & Thompson.
OF BEYXOLDSrZLLX.
Capital
Surplus
$50,000
$25,000
ett neClelland, Frtalanl
J. J. Kins, Viae Sraal4anlt
Jolui as. ntaaefcar.Caahl.
. Director!
cott McCIalland J. O. Klnf Daniel Nolaa
John H. Dor be tt J. H. Kauchar
O. W. fuller B. H. WUaoa
Does a faneralban klnf boalneee and aolloita
tne account of merchant, profaeakmal mea.
farmers, mechanics, inlnera, lumbermen au
other, prumlaloii the moat oaratul attention
to the bualneaa of all peraona.
Bate Depoalt Boxes tor rent.
flnt National Bank baUdlng, Holaa block
Ttrm Proof Vault.
EVERY WOMAN"
Bomatlmas needs a rQe)
aeiiaihljr ratulatina; aaaTSamjaa.
DR. PEAL'S
PENNYROYAL PILLS.
Arar-oanp.efaaadoapUtalraeaH. f-,
e Ow. Kal'M aeaar dlannxaai, tl.M aeaaaj
fat eala k0 si alea. I
n
First National Bank
ft
fat pal hr . aUts tasks.