IN THE AIR CHAMBER.
J By STEPHEN HALLETT.
JtOtV OHN BLATCHFORD, civil
engineer, sat out in tlie
O T o open, -with Ills eyes resting
X " K reflectively on a round
"0r strument, with figures en
timing it, and a needle. It resembled
an aneroid barometer, but It was not
It was a peculiar air gauge, a Scottish
Invention, and Blatcbford had not seen
one of the kind since be bnd helped
toulld the great bridge at Chepultepec,
la Mexico. Then he was a subordin
ate assistant; now, at elguty-nud-twenty,
he was engineer of the Mar
fcury Tunnel, under the river of that
name, just outside the Important
manufacturing town of Belcbester.
Blatcbford'8 recollections of tropical
Chepultepec, although doubtless excit
ing, were, however, suddenly interrupt
ed by the advent of a young girl,
iwhosefootsteps be bnd not heard, and
!Who now stood timidly before him.
Ihe young engineer wns on his feet
In an Instant. He bad a very gallant
bearing with women irrespective of
class but he wns particularly atten
tive If they happened to be pretty wo
men. "Did you wish to see me?" be asked,
millng.
"Oh, no, sir!" faltered the girl; "I
thought that Is I came with a mes
sage to "
"One of the men, perhaps?"
j "Yes."
"You have a brother working down
In the air chamber?"
The girl blushed. "Not a brother a
friend."
"Ah! Well, the men will be up short
ly for dinner, l'ou had better wait.
1'ou see, we are rather short-handed
t present, and I am obliged to tend
the gauge myself. Sit here and wait"
She seated herself, looking very
pretty, Blatcbford thought, with her
scat, simple attire and thick aubvirn
tresses; and the very first thing that
caught her eye was the clock-faced ob
ject which Blatcbford had called the
"gauge." He saw her glance riveted
tipon it, and good-naturedly undertook
to explain that it registered he
mount nnd pressure of air in the
working chamber far beneath the
river, where, at that moment, seven
talwart men toiled at the tunnel.
"Is It very dangerous?" she asked.
"What the work? Well, that de
pends. You see, air seems innocent
enough, but It is a power not to be
trifled with. Every man down at the
bottom of this shaft is working at a
pressure ot thirty-live pounds to every
square inch of hiin. It is almost like
being hugged by a bear. . When I press
this lever this way more air is forced
down." He touched one of the levers
Just below the gauge and pointed to
the needle. "There, you see, it Is now
thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight,
thirty -nine pounds to me square inch;
and by a mere foucii of my finger it
conld be forced higher even up to
Ixty-five. This is almost strong
enough to crush a man."
"How wonderful that mere air
should be so strong!" exclaimed the
girl. "But what is the use of it this
ir?"
"Use? Why, we harness it and make
it work. It helps us dig our tunnel
under the river, by forcing out the
water and mud. Then, besides, it is
for the workmen to breathe. Cut,
bello! why are you so pale?"
' Kate Maxwell smiled nervously, dis
playing twin rows of perfect teeth.
"Ob, nothing. Only 1 was thinking
It must be very terribli to work down
there. Suppose something was to go
iwrong with the air-pipes, and they
.were to get too much or too little air?"
Blatehford, who, young as he was,
Bvas familiar with death and danger,
shrugged his shoulders.
"We must take risks In every trade.
If the men got too little air, the river
or part of It would pour in and drown
them; If they got too much and there
iwas no way for It to escape, it would
crush them. But, after all, it Is little
liktly that either of these terrible
things could happen, because, you see,
It Is so carefully regulated and the
gauge Is so accurate and reliable.
Anyone of intelligence could keep the
eupply at thlrty-tive pounds, which is
as much as a man ought to stand."
He pulled out his watch and looked
at the time.
"Hello!" he ejaculated, In surprise,
the men are late in coming up to
fiay." The girl shuddered at his words and
cast an ominous glance at the great
Iron door which barred the entrance
to the air lock and led to the working
chamber, as it was called, under the
river.
"Robert!" formed itself Involuntar
ily on her Hps.
Although none knew it, Kate Max
iwell'g unaccountable misgivings were
not without Justification. Even as the
pair had been talking, seventy feet be
low where they stood, a terrible scene
9nn being enacted. It had been a
struggle for life In the darkness and
oppressed atmosphere of the subter
ranean air chamber, and her lover,
Bobert Leslie, was one of the actors.
A feud had for some time existed be
tween young Leslie und another of
the pressure-workers, Edward Dart,
and this feud, of which Kate Maxwell
iwas the hapless origin, had of late, for
some cause or other, Increased, at
least on Dart's side, to great intensity.
Dart had always borne a good repu
tation in Belcbester,. and was the sole
support of a widowed mother; but bis
temper wa) none to the best, and it
iwas known that he could be vindic
tive. It was rumored that his atten
tions to Kate had extended over a
couple of years, and had never been
discouraged until the llaxen-halred
Leslie appeared on the scene.
At first the feud took the form of
sarcasm, but this quickly developed
Into great bitterness of language.
Burly Jim Burns, the foreman of the
gang, was obliged to act the part of
peacemaker a dozen times a day,
when, as he put it, "the youngsters'
tongues got a-waggln'."
"Let him alone, Ned," he would say
to Dart; "what d'ye want to be al
ways worrying Bob for?" Or It would
be, "Drop It, Bob, or I'll set old Widow
Dart on ye. She'll make it lively for
ye, I reckon."
On this particular June day, the al
tercation between the pair began on
their way to the tunnel; and Kate,
who had heard, of the angry dispute,
experienced a dread of open trouble
between them which greatly affected
her spirits all that morning. The flash
of gibe and repartee continued as the
two rivals descended the narrow tube
at the base of the shaft into the
bowels of the earth; and so far from
bettering the situation, Leslie's self
satisfied air and affected carelessness
only made matters worse. For he was
not without reason for satisfaction, al
though the truth was known to only
one other man in Belcbester. Kate
Maxwell had promised, on the previous
evening, to be his wife. And Edward
Dart, the rejected suitor, kuew this
knew it from Kate's own lips. This
fatal knowledge, fatal to all his hopes
and dreams, entered the soul of Ed
ward Dart like a bar of red-hot iron.
He was a bigger and stronger man
than Leslie, and would relish nothing
better than to carry the quarrel to
blows. There was something grim,
uncanny, in the idea of these two mor
tal rivals being shut up together iu a
narrow, dimly lighted box, seventy
feet underground, for hours at a
stretch.
Once inside the air chamber, they
worked for several hours silently.
Then, just about noon, Leslie's pick ac
cidentally struck upon Darts foot.
There was an oath, a shuflle, and, like
a mastiff, Dart was at Leslie's throat
In this small space hardly bigger
than a ship's cabin five uieii flattened
themselves against the sides while
Dnrt and Leslie fought like demons in
the darkness, for in the struggle the
lamp had been extinguished. Then
there was a piercing cry Dart had got
his hands on a pick; he was seeming
ly about to wield it. But too late! his
antagonist forced him backward; he
fell with a crash upon a heap of tools,
and Dart's arm and ankle were
broken, snapping like faggots.
For many weeks there had been
peace between the successful and the
unsuccessful suitor for the band of
Kate Maxwell. The affair in the air
chamber, which had deprived the tun
nel of Dart's services, was put down
to an accident. Mr. Blatcbford never
heard of the battle between the two
men. Leslie made a point of looking
in at the Dart cottage on his way
home from work to see how the man
with whom he had so long been at en
mity, and with whom he had to lately
come to blows, progressed toward re
covery. Dart had been rather a fa
vorite of Mr. Blatcbford, and was not
unpopular among the men, so that
there was general regret at the injury
he had sustained.
When the news came, therefore, that
the engineer of the works had of
fered the convalescent man the not
very arduous post of lock-tender, Les
lie was one ot the first to congratulate
Dart.
But in her timorous, Illogical, wo
manly fashion, Kate, remembering the
conversation she had had with Mr.
Blatcbford, was not much pleased at
the news, though she brought herself
at length to laugh at her fears. There
was safety In numbers, and after all, it
was not likely that even one ten times
more vindictive than the man she had
rejected as a lover, would injure seven
men In order to gratify a grudge to a
single one. Besides, did Dnrt still
cherish a grudge? Is so, it was so
well concealed that nobody noticed
it, r.ot even Kate Maxwell. .
But one day, coming across the
fields, she observed a small launch In
the river just over where the tunnel
lay, making rapidly for the other
shore, where similar works were also
In progress and bad been for months.
On it she recognized the forms of
Burns, Tyler, Tocoek, and several of
the workmen employed in the tunnel.
As the gang were usually at work on
the north side of the river at this hour,
she stopped an acquaintance, in the vi
cinity of the tunnel, now approaching
completion, and asked him what it
meant.
"Oh," said the man, "they're gone
over with Mr. Elatchford to work' at
the other end of the tunnel."
Kate closely scanned the occupants
of the boat, and even took out her
handkerchief and fluttered it in hope
of a reply from her lover. There was
no response. Terhaps he was there
and did not see bee. Disappointed, she
turned away, but wended her way to
the head of the north tunnel shaft,
thinking he might have been left be
hind. As she drew near, the sight that met
ber gaze sent a chill of apprehension
through her, she scarce dared tell her
self why. It was only the lock-tender
Dnrt, with his arm still In a sling,
studying the indicator. One hand
was on the lever. It was the expres
sion of his face which repelled Kate.
"If there is no one down in the air
chamber," she thought to herself.
"why is he here?"
Quite close she came, wltliout Dart'i
I perceiving her proximity. His whole
mind was intent on the gauge, bis Hps
were Bllghtly parted In a most unpleas
ant smile, and he muttered phrases to
himself as he scanned the motion of
the needle. The young woman was
about to accost him, but before a
syllable had left her lips, ber eye fell
on the figure to which the fatal needle
pointed.
The gauge registered already fifty
seven pounds of air to the Inch, and
was going, higher. In other words,
that powerful, relentless, modern
force, compressed air, was flowing
fiercely, yet silently into tbe chamber
far beneath the river,' which, did it
possess an occupant, would prove per
haps a chamber of death.
"Edward Dart!" cried Kate passion
ately, pointing to the gauge, "what
does that mean?"
The man's hand sprang back from
the lever, as to wrench the latter in
its socket.
"What are you doing here?" he
asked roughly.
"Tell me is any one inside the
lock?"
"Tell you? What for?"
"Because I must I will know. Be
cause Mr. Blatehford explained to me
the working of this lock, and I know
that that pressure is dangerous. I
cannot trust you." Then she added,
trembling like a leaf, "Where Is Hubert
Robert Leslie?"
"How do I know?" he sneered, al
though beads of sweat stood out on his
brow. His hand was back on the steel
rod.
"Then fake your band off that lever,
I tell you reduce that pressure of
air!"
Dart made no movement The
needle now pointed to sixty-four. In
her frenzy for the supposed safety of
her lover, Kate sought to drag Dart
away from his post. Ho seized her In
stantly with both hands, thus show
ing that lijs broken limb had entirely
healed, although he had seen fit to
hide the cure, for purposes of his own.
"Help! Help!" she screamed. A
piece of Iron lay near by. She seized
It and struck him n blow full on the
temples, and the fellow collapsed like
an emptied sack.
Then she Instantly clutched the right
lever and lowered it, gasping and
choking In her excitement. She ex
pected it lo turn the opposite direc
tion, but to her terror, it continued to
revolve as before. '
Sixty-live sixty -six sixty-seven
Merciful heavens, what should she
do?
Instantly she grasped the other lever
and exerted all her strength. Every
second of suspense seemed an eternity.
Kate Maxwell was now firmly con
vinced that her lover, Bobert Leslie,
was in the air chamber at the bottom
of the shaft. How could she save
him? She pictured him fallen upon
the slime of the river bed, with the
terrible compressed air, gripping bis
body and slowly crushing it, as a boa
constrictor would crush a hound. To
reduce the volume of air would bring
relief at once perhaps save his life.
Her Hps formed a silent prayer, and
as if in answer to that supplication,
the needle of the gauge at last wav
ered in the balance, then began to
slowly move In the opposite direction.
When it got to thirty-five she would
depress ilie lever and stay its (the
needle's) course. Fifty forty-five
forty figure by figure it turned slow
ly. Thank God, the danger was past!
But horrors what was this! Al
though she pressed with all her might,
the needle continued to turn, after
thirty-live was passed. She sprang at
the other lever; she gripped It with
both hands; she shrieked for help.
If it reached a certain point, the
water would be unchecked, and it
would flow into tbe air-chamber, and
Leslie would be drowned like a rat
In a trap.
Thirty twenty-five twenty-four
twenty-three twenty-two! Could noth
ing be done!
Twenty-one twenty nineteen eigh
teen. In vain the young girl put forth
her full remaining strength. Dart's
fall must have destroyed the nice
mechanism of the instrument, and
Kate had thus become, unwittingly.
an accessory to her lover's murder.
The needle pointed to nine and was
still descending when she fainted ct
the door of the lock.
A few moments Inter, John Blateh
ford, engineer of the Marbury Tuuncl,
at last completed after many months
of labor, came up the shaft, cmi;iic
followed by his little gang of faithful
workmen.
At the spectacle which met thel?
eyes, they stopped short, and Robert
Leslie, as pale as death, flung him
self beside the recumbent form cf his
sweetheart, who lay white and sti.l,
scarce two feet from tho creat ircu
door which barred tho way into tho
tunnel. Several of his comrades
turned their attention to Dart, who
was subsequently borne home, suffer
ing from shock.
When Kate Maxwell recovcrcJ con
sciousness, she clasped her Ibvcr clcsc
ly. "The gauge," she nurmued,
stretching out her Cnger. "I Oought
you were dead down thcr?. And tbe
levers would not work."
Mr. Blatehford cxautned t'J2 indica
tor and levers while she s;iokc. Then
he gave a low whistle.
"By Jupiter!" he said cuiel!y, "you
turned cu les3 air at the rlgUt nonent,
Mistress Kate. I was out six feet In
my reckoning, and the two eads cf '.he
tunnel met socuer thaa I expected.
But if we had met, with tbe pressure
here at sixty-Cve, whether there had
been an explosion or not, it would
have been rather rough oa Leslie. Ho
would have been paralyzed for life.
That's the worst of putting a sick man
on duty: there's always the risk of a
relapse at the wrong moment." .
Kate Maxwell, looking up into her
lover's face, was silent New Toils
Weekly. i
A Hero of Panama.
Career of Herbert O. Jeffries, of New York,
Commander of tho Pacific FlotillaStormy
Incidents of Guatemala Under the First
Barrios, Tyrant and Despot. ,
JttOJ. F it is ever written, the
(- story of the life of Herbert
O I O O. Jeffries, commander of
j( the raclflo flotilla of the
KW new Panama Republic,
will make the lurid tales of our West
ern scouts seem to fit only for the nur
sery," snld the member of the Geolog
ical Survey, who has spent consider
able time In Central America, says the
Ban Francisco Bulletin.
"It was my privilege to be on terms
of good fellowship for several mouths
with this daredevil soldier of fortune,
and I gathered sufficient Information
concerning his remarkable career In
the turbulent Central American repub
lics to satisfy me that be has not had
a surfeit of the commonplace. Very
little of this Information was obtain
able from him, for, like many men of
bis peculiar type, he was not given to
talking about his own deeds.
"Jeffries Is a New Yorker by b'lrtb,
a graduate of West Toint. and a nat
ural born fighter. He is an athletic
blonde, about five feet nine Inches In
height, of calm and quiet tempera
ment. "In his seventeen years in Central
America ho has been a prominent fac
tor in every important revolution in
Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras and
the United States of Colombia, lead
Iitg the forces of the Government or
the revolutionists with equal courage,
and usually with success. It cannot
be said that his rewards were ever
commensurate with his works, the
adage, 'Republics are ungrateful,'
provins true in his case.
"Jeffries was the general In charge
of the forces that fought Guate
mala under the first Barrios, a
tyrant and despot. Several of the bat
tles which lie directed were marked
by deeds of heroism, and were full of
slaughter.
"In those fights, as In all others. Jef
fries led his forces, a custom which,
perhaps. It Is unnecessary to remark,
Is uncommon In those countries, where
marksmanship Is not a strong point,
and where the mnchete has a more
prominent place In battle than the
musket. You see, your average Cen
tral American, being afraid of his gun,
shuts his eyes as he pulls the trigger,
and the commander in front stands a
good chance of being perforated In the
back.
"Jeffries fell out with Barrios, and
was exiled and a price set upon his
head. Ho fled to Guatemala with Gen.
P. P. Brannon, a redoubtable Pennsyl
vania fighter.
"Both were welcomed by Don Luis
Bograu, known as tho D!nz of Central
America, then President. T'jcy
planned the ambuscade wbLn resv.Ited
In the slaughter of nearly 400 Guate
malan Invaders.
"Under President Bograu's adminis
tration Americans were Rtrielly In It.
Concessions were granted them for
nearly everything they asked, and
peace prevailed throughout the land.
"An American named Cecil was
made administrator of the telegraph
lines; n Virginian built the water
works and a wagon road to the Pa
cific coast; a Loulslanian was chief of
police, and Major Burke, once State
Treasurer of Louisiana, managed the
mineral resources.
"Among the Americans who flocked
to tbe capital at Tegucigalpa was a
New Y'orker named rainier, a polished
gentleman and the possessor of a mag
nificent baritone voice, rainier nnd
Jeffries became chummy at once, and
for months were Inseparable. Both
were In demand at social functions.
Jeffries being a fine tenor singer and
pasionnteIy fond of music.
"Their popularity aroused tho jeal
ousy and envy of Cecil, who, while
carefully avoiding Jeffries, constantly
sought a quarrel with Palmer. On the
nig'jt of a Presidential bal!, Cecil,
Crunk and noisy, met Palmer In the
barroom of the Tlcadllly Hotel, gross
ly insulted him, and then shot him
dead. So- powerful was Cecil's influ
ence tl:at he was not even arrested.
"Jeffries was at Yucatan, two days
distant by tho usual mode of travel,
but he made the journey In twenty
four houra, killing two mules en route.
He wired Cecil that ho was coming to
kill him.
"When Jeff lies rode, up to the hotel,
fully twelve hours before he was ex
pected, he found Ceil In lb barroom
surrounded by a nuxber of native of
ficers, boasting of what he would do
to Palmer's friend. Jeffries' entrance
was ths occasion of a stampede on the
part of the natives, many of whom
threw themselves headlong out of the
windows In their frantic efforts to es
cape the calm, determined looking
man In the doorway, whoso big re
rolver seemed to cover every man in
the room.
"Two shots rang out almost togeth
er. Jeffries, strode Into the yard,
quietly mounted his mule, and, without
a look backward, rode away.
"Cecil was found a few minutes
later, dead, with a bullet In his heart
Just over the panel of the door
through which Jeffries entered, on a
line with his head, was the mark of
Cecil's bullet. It was a duel to the
death, and Palmer was avenged.
There was no trial.
"Peace proving tiresome, Jeffries and
Prannon wandered over into Salvador,
where they engaged In railroad build
ing. When Brannon presented a bill
of aOO.OOO pesos President Ezeta, 'Lion
of the Frontier,' and the biggest rob
ber that ever went unhung, promptly
arrested them ana sentenced them to
be shot.
"They were chained to a stake In the
cuartel yard and doomed to die at sun
rise. In some manner, which neither
would ever explain, thej extricated
themselves and clambered over the
wall.
"On stolen mules they started In the
darkness for the Honduras border. Be
fore daylight a party of Ezeta's noted
black rangers was In hot pursuit
"Near the border Brannon's mule
was killed and he received a bullet In
the thigh. Jeffries strapped blra to
his own mule, and in the darkness
they crossed the line Into Honduras,
where they were safe. It was five
days before Brannon received proper
medical care.
"In 1893, under the rule of the benev
olent old Don Ponclano Lelva. his
nephew, Nuilln, started a revolution
at ruxlllo. and Jeffries was sent out
with a smnll party to capture the reb
el. The task proved an easy one, and
Nuilln vns captured In a narrow
mountain pass In less than a week,
losing only a few men.
"From Honduras to the United
States of Columbia was only n short
step for Jeffries. His work In behalf
of the Government last year is quite
well known. ,
"He came to New York two years
ago and married the girl of his boyhood
choice, andshe remained with him
during bis last campaign. Jeffries
owns nbo'.:t fiO.OOO acres of valuable
timber land on the line of the Tanama
Canal, so that his Interests, naturally,
are with the new republic. He can be
counted upon to give a good nccount
of the little flotilla under his command
If the opportunity is presented."
Tlralns Come From the. Farm.
"The Chautauqua meetings In the
country are the manufacturing centres
of material to re-enforce played out
and sluggish cities," said the Itev.
Frank W. Gunsaulus before the fifth
annual sesion of the International
Chautauqua alliance In Victoria Hotel
yesterday afternoon.
"Tho country boy's best chances for ,
education are found at tne summer
meetings. How many have benefited?!
A recent canvass of the city has shown
this:
"Out of one hundred of Chicago's
prosperous business men I found that
eighty-four, beginning with Marshal
Fleid, came from the country. Seven-1
ty-slx out of one hundred of the best
lawyers came from the country.
Seventy-one out of a hunderd of the
best physicians came from the coun-'
try. I
"The idea prevailed that the best
privileges of life belong to a class of
self-constructed aristocrats, but the
fact Is that these privileges belong to
the p&or, ordinary man, and tbe Chau- '
fauqua meetings have taken them to i
him. The purpose of the meetings Is
to build (he real American civiliza
tion." Chicago Inter Ocean.
Intercut 111 the rlntnlito.
There are larger birds than tho fla
mingo, nnd birds with more brilliant
plumage, but no other large bird is so
brightly colored, aud no other brightly
colored bird is so large. In brief, size
and beauty of plume united reach their
maximum of development in this, re
marknble bird, while the open nature
of Its haunts nnd Its grogiiriousness
seem specially designed to display Its
marked characteristics of form and
eoior to the most striking advantage.
When to these more superficial attrac
tions Is added tho fact thot little or
nothing Is known of the nesting habits
of this singular bird, one may. in a
measure, at least, realize the intense
longing of the naturalist, not only to
behold a flamingo city without ques
tion the most striking sight In tbe bird
world but at the same time, to lift
the veil through which the flamingo's
homo life has been but dimly seen.
From Frank M. Chapman's "A Fla
mingo City," In the Century.
Tho Callrsto Hoy's Cushions.
Nothing so pleases the heart of a
college boy as a new pillow for his
couch i:i tho dormitory room, and the
number ho has usually represents his
summer's conquest and the nimbleuess
of. his sister's fingers. Tho favorite
design is a satin pillow in one of the
shades of his university's flag, and In
tho centre or one of the corners is
tho college shield heavily embossed
in embroidery of the second shade.
Flag-shaped cushions in the proper
colors and stamped with the names of
any of tho larger universities, are at
tached at the points of the base by a
rope cord finished with big tassels,
so that the pillow can be hung over
the back of a chair. New York News.
Feline Sarcasm.
The freezer had been left on the back
porch and the tin cylinder Inside was
filled with delicious cream. The cover
was not on tight nnd a predatory cat
had crowded it off nnd was looking
at the toothsome stuff and at the same !
time licking her chops with delightful j
anticipation. -
"And to think," she said, in her pur
ring way, "that St Louis society is all ,
torn up over the question of whether !
Ice cream should be eaten with a fork
or a spoon. How ridiculous these ab- 1
surd mortals can make themselves!"
And then she dipped her whiskers
In the trapped mass and industriously
regaled herself. Cleveland Tlula
Dealer.
LICHTNINQ hODS ON SHIPS.
experiment! nf Many Vmm B? Proved
Them Useless.
Several Europeau shipping periodi
cals are advocating the use of light
ning rods on ships which convey ex
plosive compounds. One of these
papers notes that on a recent voyage
the foremast of the Umbria was
struck by lightning, which shattered
It to bits. The writer of the article
stated that "If tbe ship had been fitted
with lightning conductors the current
would have been deflected from the
ship."
The value of llgntnlng rods for ships
was investigated by Captain Folger
of Nantucket, Mass., a brother-in-law
of Benjamin Franklin, the inventor of
the types of lightning rods In common
use the world over until a few years
ago. After Folger, many other Ameri
can and British shipmasters studied
the lightning rod question, with the
final result that thousands of experi
ments wl masts fitted with lightning
rods adduced the belief that they are
of no value In warding off lightning.
As a matter of fact, abundant evi
dence exists In the acbives of Ameri
can, British and French scientific so
cieties that thousands of ships pro
vided with lightning rods were struck
by lightning. Time was when naval
aud army magazines were lilted with
lightning rods. That practice ended
years ago. It Is only among believers
in divining rods and fortune tellers
that confidence In lightning rods exists.
American Syron and Shipping.
WISS WORDS.
. Some men think they have nothing to
be Ihanful for unless their neighbors
have had hard timeb.
He that ovcrcometh shall Inherit all
things; and I will be his God, and he
shall be My sou. Rev., xxl., 7.
When a man has hi. treasure In
neaven he dots not wake up in a
fright every time be hears a mouse lu
the house.
The kingdom of heaven Is heart
recognition and heart obedience to u
Father's spirit living and ruling within
om own. John Hamilton Thorn.
Take thy self-denials guyly and
cheerfully, nnd let the sunshine of thy
gladness tall on dark tilings and bright
alike, like the sunshine of the Al
mighty. J. F. Clarke.
"I have to work like a slave," said a
good woman, weary with her worries,
but the answer cam from a more
way-wise comrade: "Oh, but, my
dear, you can work like a queen."
Frances1 Wilhtrd.
A Tost That lalleil.
Two men were walking along & Kan
sas City business street. "Do you
know," sa'id the Kansas t.'i'y man to
his country uncle, "that you can hear
all sorts of subjects discussed In a
barber shop?" 'I always shave my
self," replied the country uncle. "I
haven't been In n barber shop for
years." "Well," contiuued the cily
man, "get Into a barber's chair and
you'll hear one barber talking to a
customer about the war; another will
be talking politics or football; a third
discussing shows, nnd so it goes.
Here, come in this shop and wait
while I. get a shave. You'll hear n lot
of free discussion." They entered the
shop and found three barbers work
ing and one Idle. The Kansas Cily
man got into the empty chair and was
there ten minutes. The only words
they heard In the shop were "Next"
aud "Thank you." Kansas City Times.
Kitten Aroused Dog's Jealnnsy.
A curious instance of a dog's intelli
gent Jealousy is reported from Liau
ishen. Ahappy family there consisted of a
lady, a cat, a kitten and a Yorkshire
terrier. All four were on excellent
terms until the terrier took umbrage
at attentions which its mistress be
stowed upon the kitten.
The terrier straightway began to dig
a bole in the garden, and finished Its
task to its satisfaction in three days.
Then the kitten disappeared. A
search was made, and as the terrier
was seen patting down the earth over
tbe ho'e which it had refilled, the soil
was removed, and the kitten was
found to have been burled alive.
The dog was punished, but it took
tbe kitteif to the grave again, nnd the
following day took it to a ditch and
left it there. London Daily Express.
Colorado Potatoes.
The largest potato ever raised In the
State and probably anywhere in the
world was grown this season by James
Warren on the Hoover ranch, nine
miles east of Greeley. It weighs nine
and three-fourths pounds and U com
posed of several outgrowths. It shows
only one stem and gives no indication
of ever having been more than one
potato. The Hoover ranch is located
on the extreme eastern edge of the
cultivated section and close to the open
range. The field from which the tuber
was dug produced 200 sacks to tho
acre and It wns an easy matter to find
hundreds of potatoes in the field weigh
ing from three to four pounds each.
Denver Republican. 1
Yankee Modesty.
Venus, she of the broken arms, and
the discus thrower have been ignb
niiniously banished from all buildiugs
controlled by the school board of Glou
cester, Mass. Toor Venus, she has
been gazing unabashed upon the world
these many centuries, and the discus
thrower has been making his east with
never a thought of sweaters, but Glou
cester has cried, "To the basement
with the baggage and her trouserless
fellow!" Naked Truth had bettei lie
low In her well or the school board of
Gloucester will send the hussy pack
ing with her classical companWus.
Portland Oregonlan. .
BUSINESS-CARD.
M. MoDONAUl.
ATTOn N FT-AT-LAW,
Rotary pnbllo. leal -flute leant, rata
sr-cured, coilfotlr.n made prompt?. Ofaei
lo Nymlcaie building. ileynoldsvllle. Pa.
JJH. B. K nnOVEll, '
REYNOUiSVILLB, PA. '
Resident dentist. I., the llnoTr balldlu
astn "tret ;"tl-ns In onTatlng.
J)R. L. L. MEANS.
DENTIST.
OfBce on seonncl floor of First Na
tional bank building, Main street.
J)P.. E. DEVEKE KING,
DENTIST.
Office on second floor P.eynoldsvlllt
Kenl Kstato Building, Main street.
Knyno.Ulsviile, Pa.
NEFF, " '
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Ajd Keal Estate Agent.
Keynoldsvilln, Pa,
gMITH M. McCRKIGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Notary Puhllo and Ileal Entote Agents. Cel.
lecilnus will rrculve piompt .itmlun. OfBoe
In ilia Keytiolilsvlllo rittnlwBre Co. Buildlof,
unlu street, lupnulJsTilla, l'a.
0 - 1
a 1
TTAT TTVT -
PLANING .
MILL
You will find Sash, Doors,
Frames and Finish of all
kinds, Rouijh and Dressed
Lumber, High Grade Var
nishes, Lead and Oil Colors
in all shades. And also an
overstock of Nails whicU
I will sell cheap.
J. V. YOONC, Prop.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Whs nt-Ko. 1 red 1 04
Rye--Nn. S 88
Corn N". S vellow. fur M
No. Srellow, shelled 60
Mixed esr 4
Oats No. S white "
No. 8 whitu 81
Flour Wlntnr jmtent 0 '!'
Btralplif winters .. 6 ;o
Uy No. Itlmothy : W 51
icrer No. 1 14 (M
Feed No 1 white mid. Ion W t)
Brown middlings W '
llrsn. hulk M W
Straw Wheat 7 00
Oat 7 0J
Dairy Products.
Butter Elpln creninery SO
Ohio creamery 18
Fiuicy f oiintry roli H
Cheese Chio, new 1
New York, new 11
Poultry, Etc.
Dens per lb 14
ChtrkmiB dressed 1
Turkeys, live 10
Kgus-ta. nnd Ohio, fresh 8
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes New per hu f
Cabbage per bbl 7 5
Oiilons per I arrel 17
Apples per barrel 15J
BALTIMORE.
Klour-WInter Patent $151
Wheat .Nu. 2 red 1 14
Corn mixed 6j
Kcun 21
butter Creamery &
PHILADELPHIA .
Flour-V lnier Patent $5 l"
Wheat No. Sired 1 10
Corn tso. itmixed M 68
Oats No.il white 86
Butter Creamery, extra .... 45
t!Si Pennsylvania firsts 24
NEW YORK.
Flour I'a ten Is 6 0)
Wheat N". 2 red. 1 H
Lorn No. 2 bn
Oats No, 'i White bM
lintter C'ieauiry 45
tlta'S . 44
LIVE STOCK.
10
89
69
61
49
S
85
ao
6 85
13 00
14 50
33 00
19 50
21 00
7 60
750
81
19
14
14
14
13
IS
17
80
CO
1 i0
1
4 43
5 80
1 W
60
S6
46
5 75
1 11
59
37
4H
46
90
1 19
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45
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Extra heavy, HfO to 1609 lbs IS SO 5 43
Pilme, ItCOlo 1400 lbs 5 (XI 5 15
Medium, 121)0 to 1M4J lbs 4 50 4 90
Tidy. 10.".) to 1150 4 8.1 4 60
Butcher, m lo 1100 lbs 8i0 8 75
Common to lair 4 no 4 75
Oxen, common to fat 4 75 4 00
( oinnion toiinod (at bulla and cows 4 50 8 50
Milch cows, each 18 Jl 50l)i)
Hogs.
f rime heavy hoiis l 4 80 4 P5
Prime medium weights . 4 no 4 8T
Beet heavy yorkers and medium.!. 4 75 4 80
Good pics and llghtyorkers 4 80 4 45
PUrs. common to hoiaX 4 4U 4:l
Houghs 8 70 4 lo
Blags 8 45 8 5o
Sheep.
xtra, medium weiuers f IS 10 8 25
Oood to choice 4 75 500
Medium 8 75 4 60
Common to fair SOI 4 50
fearing Lambs 4 0J 6oO
Calves.
Vcal.extra 5 00 7 50
Veal, good to choice 8 50 4 6J
eal, commou heavr 80J 370
NEW USES FOR POTATOE3.
Grated potatoes soaked In water
la the proportion of two medium-sJa-ed
potatoes to the quart, make an ex
cellent liquid for washing woolen
goods or for washing delicately col
ored fabrics.
A slice of potato will clean oil paint
ings without Injury, and dipped in
baking soda will brighten silver.
Chopped potatoes and a little soda
or ammonia will remove all cloudiness
or dlscoloratlous in carafes or vine
gar cruets.
Brighten tho zinc under the stove
by rubbing with raw potatoes.
If quickly done, raw potatoes will
remove spots from a polished dining
table. Finish with equal parts of tuiy
pentlne and melted beeswax.--Hom
Ccleneo "Jncnxlne.
Some women will believe things In
novels that their husbands couldn't
make stick with affidavits, declares
the Galvebton News. '