J THE SHEAF OF He saw tho rlpo wheat waiting, AH golden In thn inn, And strong ntul stalwart reapers Went lv him, ono bv one, "Oh, could I reap In harvest!" Ms heart inmlo bitter cry; "I ami fin nothing, nothing. Bo weak, nlasl um 1." At eve, n fainting traveler Bank down benlde tits door A rup of cool, sweet water Tn fiiiMliili lila r.htt-t he hum. And when, refrcsh'd nn4 strengthened, The traveler went hl wavi Upon the poor man' threshold A golden wheat sheaf lay. FRONTIER LIFE. TT1T11 T 8even years since, when I was quite I a young man and gray Is now silver ing my hair I had occasion to visit the tar Went In government employ, with a party of snrveyiws. The nature of our errand, our numbers, and the elab orate preparations we had made against any hostile demonstrations, In sured hm from any molestation, save In a few rare Instances; yet In thnt wild country It was Impossible that we should remain long without witness ing many scenes not familiar in law abiding and cultivated districts. To be euro, we wore not beyond the pale of law thnt Is, there were certain officers, widely scattered, who actaslonally shot down eome dmnken desperado, If his friends wore not too numerous; but beyond such heroic acts they seldom exercised the powers they were sup posed to possess. Generally, each sep arate community had a recognized leader, some man more muscular and reckless than his fellows, and who by virtue of his qualities had a certain number of followers, who were ready to see that his will was the ruling power In that vicinity. Of course, such men were the real law-makers, and they were very seldom opposed or mo lested. Such a one was Jack Punlaw. Jack's headquarters were at the station on the Overland Mail route, where wa chanced to be located for a few weeks, while surveying in that vicinity, and we had a good opportunity to witness a most interesting incident In his ex perience, which transpired while we were there. In appearance he was for midable enough, as we saw him oh the morning after our arrival. Fully six feet six inches In height, with long arms and legs, slightly stooping, with a ponderous frame, immense masses of hair, and beard, clothing in keeping with his general appearance, and neith er over-c'.eanly nor attractive, a bowie knife and revolver thrust into his belt aa he walked about the station, Jack was certainly the man to Intimidate any person of moderate nerves. For many years he had been recog nized as the leading spirit in that vi cinity, and from that position he had grown independent of all restraint save his own will.. He had a chosen band of followers, who were ready to snpport him In any villainous under taking. We were not long kept in waiting before some of his peculiarities were brought to our notice. The keeper of the station, Frank Russell, was a medium-sized man, some forty years of age, who had recently eome to the place, bringing with him a family, consisting of one daughter, Ills wife, and a young man who had been In his employ several years, and who was said to be the accepted lover of the daughter Cora. Stephen Ran ney was his name, a very quiet, gentlemanly-appearing young man, some five feet nine inches high, and weigh ing at a moderate estimate, a hundred and fifty pounds. He seldom spoke un less addressed, when bis words were brief and to the point On the morning following our ar rival, while the chief engineer of our corps was preparing the work for the day, the remainder of the party, after examining their instruments and put ting everything In readiness for ser vice, disposed ourselves about the sta tion to smoke and wait for orders. While wreathing ourselves la vapor, and longing for a day or two of rest, la strode Jack Dunlaw, and demanded a dram of whiskey. The barkeeper produced the beverage, and Jack, who was already more than excited by the potations of vile liquor which be bad swallowed, turned it down with a gurgle. Just as be lowered the tin cup Which served instead of a tumbler, Cora Russell entered the room, look ing for her father. "Here, gal, give us a kiss!" Jack ex claimed, as be caught sight of ber. Alarmed at bis brutal manner, the girl turned to leave the room, but be fore she could do so the bully had caught and kissed ber repeatedly, with bis liquor-fumed and tobacco-stained lips. As she broke from bis grasp and as caped at length, he turned to the bar again, and with some beastly remarks, threw down a coin and sauntered out, tnuee of bis admirers present laughing beartlly as he left the place. As the scene progressed I sprang from my seat and took a step toward the ruffian, but a surveyor pulled me back, and wltb a diffidence and cow ardice of which I ever since have been . ashamed, I did not make a second movement. I saw the father turn slightly pale, .but be made no protest, only following his daughter from the room, and re turning several minutes afterwards as ealm as ever. No one seemed to resent this fearful Insult, wblcb, perhaps, nowhere else in the civilized world would bave been permitted to go unpunished; and in a day or two we almost ceased to think of K, as other brutal acta on the part -f Dunlaw cam under our notice. RICHEST GRAIN. When came the tord of harvest, He oried: "O Mniiter klndl One sheaf hiive I to offer. And that I did not bind; I gave it cup of water To one alhlrnt, nnd he tieft nt mr door In going The sheaf I offer thee." Then said the Iord of harvest. "Well plened with this am I; Ono of my angel left It witn nice a lie 07. Thou mnreet not Join the reapors Uuon the harvest plain. B" whomi help a bmther, Hinds sheave of rlehet grain. Amerluau Cultivator. The third day after the above Inci dents took place we were off duty. It had threatened rain during the morn ing, and the day proved dark and cloudy. Shortly after noon one of our party, anxious to see some specimens of the famed rlflo shooting of the west, took from his baggage a finely mount ed powder flask, which he offered as a pi i.e to the best shot. There were half-a-dozen volunteers, and the details were speedily arranged. Three shots each were to be allowed, at one hundred and fifty paces, and the man whose shots mailo the shortest string, measuring from the centre of the bull's eye, was to receive the flask. Jack Dunlaw and Stephen Ranney were among the contestants. I had been quite curious to Bee how these two persons would meet, but I noticed no change in the young man's deport ment. He spoke but little, and when the list was arranged for the prece dence, voluntarily took the last place, then folding his arms and leaning against the doorway, ho carefully watched the trial. Jack was ono of the first to try his skill, and when three shots had been fired, it was found that one of his bul lets had struck within an inch of the centre, while the other two wore not more than halt an inch further re moved. Four Inches! the surveyor announced after carefully measuring the several shots. "Yaas," growled Jack, throwing him self upon a bench; "I'll wait bore till you beat that, some on yer, and when yer dew yer kin take that ther little powder box." The others fired In their several turns and our party was quite surprised to find the shooting no more accurate. In deed we began to look with disgust up on the wonderful stories of romantic writers. AU had fired at lost save Stephen Ranney, and Jack had much the short est string. The young man took his place, and raised his rifle, which was considerably shorter than any of the othors. "Look here, youngster," growled Jack, with a wink to his admirers. "You better have a pop-gun; that wouldn't hurt anybody, and you'd be Just as likely tew hit the mark as ye will with that boy's plaything." Stephen mode no reply, but placing his weapon in rest, bowed his cheek to the breech, and the next moment the sharp report rang out. "In the edge of the bull's-eye, half an inch from the centre!" shouted the marker. "The best shot yet." "It's an accident! He can't bit the board next time!" cried Jack. I saw from his manner that be was getting excited and angry. But Steph en reloaded his weapon In the most un concerned manner imaginable. Aa he was about to fire. Jack walked toward the target to mark the effect of the shot. It was given as promptly as the first. and to the surprise of every one, It struck almost exactly in the centre of the bull's-eye. But without waiting to hear -the result, Stephen turned to re load his piece. Wltb a stride like that of an enraged elephant, Jack Dunlaw moved up to the side of his successful competitor. "Don't ye dar do that ag'in!" be hiss ed between his shut jaws. "If ye do, 'twill be a hard day for yer. Now mark what I tell yer! I ain't goin' to fool around no upstart like you. Ye've made a lucky bit twice; now let that end it. The young man made no answer; but I saw his cheek become a shade paler, and bis band a trifle less steady as lie rammed home the bullet Then, with Hps tightly compressed, and eyes fixed upon tbo target, be dropped upon one knee and leveled bis rifle. "Now don't yer make another mis take!" was Jack's last admonition, ac companied by a shake of the fist so close to the man's face that I began to feel like grasping the bully, and dragging him from the scene. The third shot sped as the others had done, and then the young man sprang to bis feet, dropping his rifle to the ground in a manner which showed that patience had nearly ceased to be his ruling virtue. Still, I could not an ticipate the scenes wblcb were to fol low. The last bullet bad struck Just out side the bull's eye, and after carefully measuring the three, Tom Tarbox, he who bad offered the prize, and kept the measurements, stepped up, among the crowd now gathered and said, "Mr. Ranney has made the best rec ord, his three shots measuring but two Inches, so I give to him the flask ac cording to agreement." He reached forth the prize as he spoke, but before the young man could take it Jack snatched it from the sur veyor's band, and put It in his pocket. No one anticipated such a movemeut, and It was some time before Tarbox recovered bis selfpossessioa so as to J speak. ' "The flnsk belongs to Mr. Ranney," he said. "Please let him have It" "The flask belongs to me," retorted Jack. "His shoot In" war all accidental. Ho only happened to hit whnr he did. But then, ho ran have the flask If he can git It, or you either." Tarbox bit his Hp, and looked to the other members of the party, undecided how to act Seeing his irresolution, Ranney stepped forward and said, "Don't trouble yourself, Mr. Tarbox. The flask is mine, and I will see to getting It." "You will, ehT" snarled the bully, "(lit away from me out of arm's reach or I'll smash you like a roast tatcr!" Thus speaking, tho giant swung his fists about, but the young man did not move. Instead he received a blow upon the head which knocked away his hat, and seemed to change his whole nature to that of a young Hon. With a strength and agility wholly unlooked for, he dealt tho giant a fearful blow full upon tho nose, which threw him to the ground, and deluged the uncome ly face and beard with torrents of blood. There was a momentary strug gle upon the ground after the bully fell, end then Stephen stepped back a pace or two. In a moment the ruffian was upon Ms feet again, ami with a fearful curse ho placed his hand whore ho expected to II ml a revolver. But it was gone. Then he sought for his knife, but that, too, was missing. The young man had token tho precaution of removing them, so that now they stood upon equal ground. But what a contrast! Nino inches in height tho bully towered above his antagonist while in actual weight he was nearly twice his equal. There was no parley nor hesitation. Finding himself weaponless, Jack rushed for the young man, and would have crushed him In a deadly grasp; but the young man did not wait for the proceas. A quick, fierce blow, falling Just where tho other had fallen, stag gered the rascal, and before he could see what had become of the man he supposed already In his grasp, a tre mendous crack In the ear brought him again to the ground. Again ho scram bled to his feet, and again he was knocked down, by a single reverberat ing blow. Tho fourth time he arose but beforo he could wipe tho blood from his eyes sufficiently to distinguish his antagonist, the hard earth again became his bed. This time ho did not rise immediate ly. It was patent to every ono before this stage of tho encounter that he was over-matched for once, and at last that fact seemed to become clear to his own mind. Drawing the flask from his pocket, he cast it upon tho groue. muttering savagely, "There's yer old flask! Take it. If yer want It so bad!" Stephen stepped to the spot where the coveted prize lay and picked it up, placing it beside his rifle. Then turn ing again to the discomfited bully who had now risen to his feet, he thus addressed him, "Jack Dunlaw, I am not done with you yet A few days ago you brutally insulted Cora Russell. I could have shot you dead, and I should have done it if I had not pitied you. Now you can take your choice go, and on your knees ask pardon, and then quit this place forever, or die where you stand! This quarrel is not of my seeking, and now you have begun it, take your choice. I give you three minutes to de cide." A half dozen watches wero produced, and tho attention of our party was di vided between their slowly moving hands and the excited group before us. At first it seemed as though Jack de sired to renew the fight He looked around upon those who had been his confederates, but their sympathy had gone, and It was apparent that Stephen Ranney had In a moment become the hero of the occasion. Jack's eyes, too, were nearly closed from tho energetic blows he had received, and his courage, if any ho had ever possessed, seemed to have gone entirely. A nod, a watch closed and returned to the pocket of its owner, announced the expiration of tho time. Not a change of muscle or expression passed over Stephen's features as he remark ed. "The time is up, Jack Dunlaw; will you live or die?" Jack looked around once more ana plainly asked, "What do you say, boysr "Do as ho tells yer," replied one who had been Jack's most devoted support er In times past Tho last hope seemed to leave the contemptible giant In a voice weak and wavering, ho said, "I'll leave; that orter satisfy ye." "You will do what I said, or" The sentence remained unspoken. Jack Dunlaw bowed bis head, and walked meekly away to make the re quired apology. I did not follow, though many did. Five minutos later I saw him, the blood wasnea irora nis face, walking slowly away into the forest We did not see him again, nor did he return to that station to my knowledge. The favor which Jack lost was trans ferred to Stephen, and a fine village, which haB since grown up hero, beurs today tho. sump of his quiet energy and courage. Waverley Magazine. Willing. A voting man was wheeling a hand cart to deliver hoiiio bochIh at l"re house on the outskirts of Mulling. He met a local magnate, who said, "Where are you going?" ' Yonnif Man: To tho house, sir. Tho Mugnate; Do you know who 1 am? "Yes. sir." "Then why don't ou touch your hat ti me?" "I will, sir. If you will take hold of the handles of my handcart" upon- Times. UNCLE SAM-rilhNTER. THE OLD HAS A BIO SHOP OF THE OWN. The Bindery Division Is One of the Most Sought Departments Putting the Gold Leaf Lettering en the Books. Tbo Star has printed from time to time during the past month articles about the government printing office. In which the methods of work and vol ume of business transacted by tho various departments have been elabo rated upon. With all that has been written, ono can visit the big prlntery and find something or Interest well worth closer Investigation. The bindery division is so compre hensive and covers so much of indus trial value to the mechanic, the lover of machinery and the trained eye of the artist that It is quite naturally one of the most sought departments of the printing office work. The work of the bindery is sepa rated Into departments also, and doubtless none Is more Interesting to the student of Industrial life than that done in the finishing room. It Is cer tainly one of tho busiest roctns In the big new building, nnd is the most up-to-date and laigest book finishing room In tho world. It Is located now on the fourth floor of the new building, and Is not yet fully equipped to the extent of plans In contemplation. Finishing is really the most' Import ant and artistic brniuh of the bind ery work. Here tho finest kind of tooling and lettering and line work is done by hand on Levant, Morocco and Russia leathers, nnd also all the blank bcoks used In the j,ovcrnmentarofllces throughout the country, l'robably the largest portion of these blank books go to the various branches of the treasury department, yet the extension of the fuuctlons of I'ncle Sam's big government to the Islands of tho Pa cific has largely increased the demand for blank books to other departments besides tho treasury. There are 60 men employed In the finishing depart ment and they belong to tho most skilled and edurated class of artisans in the government service. Your Cncle Samuel has secured his trained force of worklngmen from the very best private workshops of tho country and Inquiry among them reveals that they hall from nearly every stato in the Union. Tho work of tho finishing depart ment is that which tho name Implies, Here the fine binding in leathers and bcHt grades of cloth is done and tho books como in from the forwarding division, where they are prepared for the binder or finisher. One sees piled up many fine volumes from the Con gresslonal library and departmental libraries under processes of binding. It Is estimated that fully 78io books of the very beBt dork gold leaf are used by the letterers in finishing dur ing a year. This Is the real thing, too. A system of checking is used on material and tools employed. The workman receives so many bocks of gold leaf or so much leather, and it must be duly accounted for. When closing time arrives material and tools are put under lock and key. This is a procedure that is mutually agree able, because the workmen are par tlcular people engaged in particular work .and they are only too glad to work for your Uncle Sam, who, bless your heart, is particularity Itself. Now, if tho visitor will watch the man who is using the gold leaf to do his lettering of the flue books, ho will notice that be has a three-sided paste' beard frame placed in front of him which partly incloses the cloth pad upon which he lays his gold leaf. The frame Is to keep any draught of air from blowing away the leaf or disturb Ing it. When tho leaf or any portion of It Is luld upon the book whore the lettering is to be made a piece of cot- tod twine drawn tight across the face of the leaf makes a temporary line for a guide upon which the lettering Is done. Brass type is used, for tho type must be heated before it can be used, and, as you will readily per ceive, it you bave ever melted and molded old type into fish-line slugs or bullets when a boy, the ordinary metal would never stand the degree of heat necessary to make the lettering per fect. After the lettering or lining la done with the gold leaf you will notice that I ho workman picks up what looks like a small ball of putty. It is not the glazier's well known material but it Is a ball of soft, crude rubber, whose adhesive' qualities are best adapted to picking up and retain ing all the waste particles of gold. But soft: was the words waste used? It was a case of lapsus calami. There Is no such word as "waste" in the use of gold-leaf in tbo bindery divi sion. Here the rubbers are collected when they are well filled with gold waste and sent to the refineries, where It is extracted and Uncle Sam given duo credit. The government receives a considerable, sum of money each year from this apparently inconsequent iource. By way of parenthesis, it is stated (hat In another section of the bind ery division where the Job binding for the government is executed a good Isted force of young women is em ployed handling the gold leaf. Hero are muclilnoB and methods that will be tnnilo subjects for later reference. The prlntery is certainly a palace of wonders! One of the main requisites for fin ishing and lettering backs Is good light It Is an absolute necessity. The Urge now room of this department moat admirably meets this require ment with 18 double rooms .affording ample northern and southern light Long work tables occupy both sides of the room near the windows, and there ' is, besides light, plenty of room to work and good air. A lavatory and closet at ono end of the room would be a credit to any of the finest hostel rles of the city and is superior to many. It In natural that there Is aa air of neatness and order about the room, because of the workmen are neat themselves. Here, too, where one ran see genius with tools and artistic Intelligence and taste te a marked degree, the time saving machine has entered and taken Its place alongside of brains and brawn. It Is in the new dynamo ap paratus for lettering. ' The old style of heating lettering tools by gas slove Is to be dispensed with and electric three-plate tool heat ers substituted. Two line new dyna mos, with motors attached equal to 60-horse power, for prodt Ing an al tering current have been installed. Then there Is a machine for putting a tort of flnngn on the edges that hold tho cover of tho book. You will also And there a cutting machine that will cut up more cardboard accurately for the rases, or what you would call cov ers for the back of tho book, in an hour or two than a man ran do In a day. But the machine that will at tract you and hold your attention spellbound Is the casting machine. In the langiiRgn of the street, it is a peach! it is the crenticn of a man who said ho could do It when every body else who had for years used prim Itlve methods said no. Tho two pieces of cardboard that form the two sides for the back of tho book pass Into the machine. The cloth, cut to correct measure for the'book's back, goes Into the machine at the samo time. It passes around a cylinder covered with glue. A mechanical device equipped with tubes raises the two pieces of cardboard by suction. They are lifted and placed on tho cloth, and carried along to another human-like appliance which presses and crimps tho comers with a neat ness and accuracy that doubly discount any hand operator. Each machine re quires two me noperators, and It will do a day's work not only equal to I half-dozen hand laborers, but of su perlor workmnnshlp. There nro 23 cabinets filled with all styles of brass type, two workmen sharing a cabinet. "Slugs are used for lettering the names of senators and representatives on their books, and the work can be dono very quickly. What Is a slut? Why, It Ib a word or namo made In one solid pleco of metal. Tlu-re Is another machine, operated by one uirii and occupying a small corner to Ituclf, which docs Its work c.uictily and cleanly. It ruts tho In side edge of the pages for the index letters. There nro three of these ma mines, but two of these are usually bu indent to keep up with that kind of work. Washington Star. EARLY DAY HUNT IN OHIO. In the "Ban" Were 17 Wolvet; 21 Bears, 000 Deer and a Few Foxes and Raccoons. Doubtless tho most successful hunt ever conducted In Ohio took place on Dec. 24, IMS, In Medina county. It is known in the annals as the "Great Hinckley Hunt," and It was certainly great from any point of view. Hinck ley is the northeast township of Me dina county, aud the contre of the township is only about fifteen miles In the air lino from Cleveland. In the time of the great hunt it was a heavily wooded district, and was es pecially well stocked with game. All of the settlers In and near the woods had guns as effective as any of that day. Hears raided the pig pens at times, and wolves were a great obstacle to keeping Bheep. Partly to stop these losses and facilitate farming, and in part, no doubt, for love of sport, tho most elaborate proportions were mado to clear tbo wild beasts out of the great forest in Hinckley township. Captains of companies were appointed by the committee in charge or chosen by common consent, and the coming of the hunt was well advertised for many miles around. Men and boys from Cleveland joined in tho "beat," and muro distant towns were repre sented. After all the firearms with in rcucli hu'l been put In more or less reliable hands, wosi:is were Impro vised by mounting bayonets and butcher knives on poles and using ax es ur.d hatchets for work at close quarteru. Many of the hunters reached the edge of tho woods the night before the grand raid on the home of the wolves and bears, camping out for the night. At sunrise about 600 men and boys were ready for action, and the signal to start was passed clear around the forest, some six miles square, in 40 seconds. The lines of advancing hunters, deployed like skirmishers in' battle, made a great jiolse with honiB. shells and voices, and they gradually penned the game In tho woods closer and closer to the centre of tho narrowing circle. The final slaughter at the centre of tho forest was great. Most of the lurge animals surrounded wore killed, and when the hunt ended, late In the afternoon, tho "bag" was no less than 17 wolves, 21 bears, 300 deer and a few foxes, raccoons and wild turkeys. Many of the hunters remulnod in the woods all night,' campmg by the scene of the fluul round up, and tho occasion was one of much festivity. Only one man was hurt by glancing buckshot, and he was not much In jured. Cleveland Leader. The harbor of Valparaiso, the Im portant port of Chile, is only an open roadstead, in which 152 ships bave been wrecked through storms causing them to dtay their anchors. AUTOS. j Chug, chug, chug, chug) toot, toot, tnot! uenr cm sirs, ceo cm win eh, waton 'cm snoot. Half n thousand devil carts oomln' down thn l'lke. Motor worlttu' overtime, horses on strike. Comln' from thn east an' outhl oomln 1 1 um inu wwv, Kvery fellow sure that he's In front of all the rent: Cumin1 from Hi henectnily, Birmingham mm inn in. Chug, chug, chug, chug; toot, toot, toot I Gears and sprocket, t links and chains, cyniioerM mm nrnse, Ratchet, pistons, clutches, sprags, half a hundred II ma em Bparker, plug and steering post, bat- terie, nuu cons, Roaring, generator, guards, lubrica tion ollnt Carburetors, solid tires, governors and jack. Cars that look like skeletons, cart that look like hack: Borne thnt glide along like gboat, tome thnt snort nnd shoot Chug, chug, chug, chug! toot, toot, toot I Toiinenii nnd in u filer, hood and pump, odniuefer and lamp, Foot throttles, clincher, goggle, innskt, and something tor f lie crumps. Tiaii"in liter ami condenser, too, ex liniixt mid rlllMMtlttH. Long cunts that came f rom dear Paree, anil patent leal her lints. And o they come to do the Fair, this baud of mil ii men: Tho world bn never seen tho like, nor ever will nuiihi. Now sliiml aside mid give 'em room to sl.x nun wln.z ami scoot Chug, chug, chug, chug; loot, toot, toot I fi. i.ipui iiepuuuu, JUST FOR FUN "Divorces are- multiplying." "That's odd. I thought that their function was to divide." Town Topics. Dowrton How did Blnkers, the rich architect become so poor? Tip ton Ho built a hoiiso for himself. New Yoik Weekly. Tho Lady That Isn't the same story you told mo before. The Beg gar No, lady; you didn't believe the other ono. fullndelplila Telegraph. "A woman," remarked tho bachelor boarder, "always reminds me cf an egg." "The answer?" "You can never tell hor ago hy her looks." Chicago News. Little Willie Say, pa, what Is a man whose wlfo is dead? Pa A widower, my son. Llttlo Willie And If ho marries again ho's a widowas, Isn't he, pa? Artist This mermnld is my master piece. Mrs. Gushly Dear me! Huw did you ever get a model to poso In tho water all that tlmo without mov ing? Detroit Freo Press. The Bridegroom You said you were to glvo mo a grand present on our wedding day. How about It? His Father-ln-Law Didn't I glvo you my daughter? Philadelphia Bullotln. Hicks Sussex seems to be In a highly prosperous condition, and yet you told me he was only going on from hand to mouth. Wicks That's right He's a dentist, you know.-. Boston Transcript. "Smltbers says ho lights one cigar from another now. he smokes so much." "I don't wonder, considering the kind of cigars he smokes." "Why?" "Matches would cost more, Modern Society. "A man who Is addicted to the to bacco hublt," remarked the moralizer, "will do anything for a smoke, "Yes," rejoined the demoralizer, "he will even travel In a smoklngcar." Chicago Dally News. Tess What's the celebration at Bess's house this evening? Jess She's keeping her birthday. Tess Well, It will be a great success if she only keeps it as well as she keeps the date of her birth. Philadelphia press. Brown Green sent a dollar to a man who advertised a method for beating the slot machines. Smith- Did he get the information? Brown- Yes: he received a card on wnicn was printed, "Keep your moDey in your pocket." "These hot flashes through my head," remarked tho pepper box, "are slmnlv awful." "You have my sympa- hv " relolned the salt cellar: "I'm not feeling very fresh myself." And I," oM tha vinecar cruet, "have a sour stomach, as usual." "Did you tell my wife that I ha4 made my wMI and left all my proper- ... , . l . I IV Man "I ty to ner : assea mo mt did," replied the lawyer. "What dU she sav?" innuired the invalid, un nnnwered his legal adviser, "she rrlnncerf In h mirror and asked if I thought she would look well in black." Question of Provlncislism. A senator of Missouri tells of the reply made by a Kansas City man, who was visiting New York city, to a man somewhat disposed to patronize tho westerner. Said tho latter: "We visited Missouri. It's a line state, and I like the people. There's only one fault in the inhabitants, and that Is they are too provincial. At this tbo Missouri man became very angry, "Lot me tell you one thing!" he shouted. "Missourluns may bo pro vincial In some things, but In one, at least, they're far less provincial than are the people of New York." "Indeed?" cuerled the New York er, provoldngly. "And in what re spect, pray?" , "In this respect, sir." responded the Missouri man. "No one In New York knows much about Missouri; but every one In Missouri knows all about New York." Philadelphia Pub. Uo Ledger. BUSINESS CARDS. 0. 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And also an overstock of Nails whicb I will sell cheap. J. V. YOU NO, Prop. World's Best Timekeeper. The best timekeeper in the world Is said to bo tho electric clock in the basement of the Berlin Observatory, which was Installed by Professor Foerstor In 18U5. It Is enclosed in an airtight glass cylinder, and has fre quently run for periods of two and three months with an averager daily deviation of only fifteen one-thou-landths of a second. Astronomers are making efforts to improve even this and to secure ideal conditions for tho clock by keeping It not only In an airtight case but in an under ground vault, whero neither changes of temperature nor of barometric pres sure shall ever affect it. Electrical World and Engineer. , Searching the Ruins. Tho inhabitants of Martinique have become treasure hunters, and spend much tlmo In digging in the ruins caused by tho eruption of Mt. Pclee in hopo of finding gold and other treasure lost at that time. mahkets. PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. trbtiit Km, frl .. .$l R--Nn. - Corn-N'. t t11(iw. rr M Nn. Syellow, thalled SI Mlxril xr M) Oais-No. Hwhiu - tin. S whit 41 Flour Winter ruimnt..... 10 Htinlitlit winters liar .So. ltlmolhr W T Clem No. 1 I! 75 Foul-No Iwhli m la ton " Blown miilillingi 31 Bmii. bulk "0 Strw-Vhfl 7 nu . lm T0J Dairy Products. Butl' r Klrln iTMnaery 1 OLio fri'ftintiry IS KMu r round-)-roll 14 CtirrHi Ohio, naur 9 hew York, new Poultry, Etc rlen-!er Ib 12 t hli-lit-uii 1 1 reiwteU . . . , 14 Turkoyn, lire 'l Kw-y. m nd Ohio, freeb 2 Fruits and Vegetables. FoUtoee New per bu M telilete er bill 73 Olitoit,. per barrel s. 1 ii Apuiei per barrel 1 3 ' BALTIMORE. Flour-W Inter Patent f 1 5S Wheal No. ie4 1 U Corn mixed ....... o) tuna builer C'reaiueiT M PHILADELPHIA . ' Mour-W Inter Patent .." If Wkvut No. Hred HHH..H M.. 1 11 Corn No. itmlxeil M Oitta No. 1 while M builer Creamery, eitra ft etfKe I'enuejrlTauU nreta....Mm.M. Z'-l NEW YORK. 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