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The Elopement
By ed
No other bird on wings could sing
like the larks of Ardmore. But one
day they heard Eileen Oge O'Ruork
elsging In the meadow, and they grew
so jealous of her voice that ever since
then, mind you, they fly so far up
Into the sky that it Is only the angels
can hear them.
As for the thrush, sure, he always
topped his song entirely when he
beard Eileen, as much as to say
. "Faith, I'm no fool to be comparln'
voice side by side wid Eileen Oge,
Ah, she was the sweet-spoken col
leen! Whenever she'd go milking of
an evening the cows would fight with
one another to see which of them
he'd milk first, for Eileen was a great
favorite with man and beast, on ac
count of her gentle ways and the
friendly word she had for everything.
Even Thade Rafferty's awful dog,
that swallowed the handcuffs the day
the peeler tried to put them on his
master at the pattern, would fawn at
her feet as she went by, and wag his
tail that strong with Joy at the sight
of her that he'd lift his body off the
, ground, so he would. She could go
past Thade's door any time In the
day or night, although any one else
in the village wouldn't come within a
farm of the place, and even then they
would walk tiptoe and have their
hearts in their mouths for very fear
of Thade's dog, who had what you
might call a boycott of his own on
the biggest half of Ardmore.
This made it mighty unhandy for
Bryan Barry, whose blacksmith's
shop was next to Thade Rafferty's
farm, and more than once Bryan
wished that Thade's dog was in a
place hotter than the forge and where
they say no bellows is needed to keep
the blaze going.
Well, it happened in the dusk of a
winter's evening that a poor, blind
piper with hair as white as the driven
snow, and a big green patch on his
left eye, was coming down the boreen
that led into the village and feeling
his way slowly before him with a
stick when Thade Rafferty's terrible
dog spied him and ran at him with a
mouthful of a roar that was enough to
frighten a scarecrow out of a corn
field. The piper heard the beast, and
stood stock still, not knowing what to
do or which way to turn. Of course he
could not see what was going on, but
somehow he knew the dog's remarks
were Intended for him, and he took a
freBh hold of his stick preparing to
give the animal a clip if he could.
The dog came on tearing and raging
as If he would eat a dozen pipers, and
sure it looked every minute as if he'd
make a rag of the poor man, but as
luck would have it who'd come along
hut Eileen Oge. Just as the dog was
golnc to make a jump at the poor
blind piper she called out: "Bothera
tion, lie down there!"
Botheration was the name of the
dog, and at the sound of Eileen's
voice all the devilment seemed to go
out of him and he wagged his tall
with joy at seeing her, and took no
tnore notice of the piper, who went
his way, glad enough that he had a
whole skin instead of having a skin
full of holes.
"Now, be a good dog. Botheration!"
said Eileen, patting the beast on the
head, and from a howling monster
he grew as meek as a kitten.
It was no wonder that the boys of
Ardmore adored Eileen Oge; neither
was it any wonder that some of the
boys of Drlmbawn, Just beyond Fo
chlU'B Gap, in the mountain, were un
der the spell of her beauty and gentle
ness. It was on the day of the great
hurling match between the Drlmbawn
and Ardmore boys that Ulick Darcy
first set eyes on Eileen. Ulick was
the greatest hurler in the country
lnce the time of the Danes, but when
it became known that he had been
smitten with Eileen's charms there
was an end of the hurling matches be
tween Drlmbawn and Ardmore. The
Ardmore boys vowed that no Darcy
should ever wed Eileen. As for them
selves, they were all in love with her,
and she could make her choice of a
husband among a score of them any
day, but it would be sudden death to
an outsider from across the mountain
who would dare take a hand in the
courtship of Eileen Oge.
All this attention annoyed Eileen
greatly. If you were a girl, maybe
you'd think it nice to have every boy
in the village breaking his heart for
your sake and ready to break the
head of every other boy that would
dare to look sweet at you; but Eileen
didn't like it at all, and more betoken
she had good .reason for that same,
because the more the boys liked her
the more the girls didn't, and it
grieved her to think that everybody
couldn't be as friendly to her as Thade
Rafferty's croBs dog.
Well, that's the way things were In
Ardmore the night the blind piper
came to put frivolity into the feet of
the -people with his deluder ing music.
The dance was in Bryan Barry's barn,
and all the young people in Ardmore
were there, some with shoes and some
without Every boy present, from six
teen to sixty, wanted to dance with
Eileen, while all the other girls were
beartful of vexation for partners.
It was as good as a hurling match,
when the piper was setting sail to his
pipes for a bagful of Jigs and reels,
tq see the boys trying who'd he Srst
to propose a danee with Eileen. They
didn't want to let on that they were
bit safer, but bashful and all as
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of Eileen Oge. U
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Ncwcome.
they were, everybody knew what was
in everybody else's mind.
When Mickey Manus, thinking he
was first, and feeling as proud as a
new hat, said: "I dance with you,
miss, if you plaze," he thought he had
everybody else cut out; but you
wouldn't give a farthing for the looks
of him as. Eileen, with her sweetest
smile, replied: "I'm sorry, Mickey;
but I'm already bespoke for this reel
wid Tim Rogan."
It was then that Mickey whispered
eagerly: "I wish you were twins,
Eileen! But since you're not, howld
the next dance for me, won't you?"
The piper had a quick ear, even if
he couldn't see. He heard what hap
pened because Jllokey was standing
close beside him, and he says, bo that
no one else could hear, "Mickey, why
don't you get another partner? Shure,
there's more than one girl in the
room."
"Ah, it's lucky for you that ycu're
not bothered wid eyesight, piper," an
swered Mickey, "for If you could see
you'd know well enough that while
there's plenty of faymales In the room
there's only one girl, afther all, an'
that's Eileen Oge."
"Misfortune is a consolation some
times," says the piper, and then he
played the merriest tune that ever
made people tickle the floor with flut
tering feet, and the dance was on.
Under the enchanting spell of the
piper's music Ardmore and all its
cares were soon forgotten, and in Im
agination the barn became a palace
with lords and ladies bright in It, in
stead of the boys and colleens of the
village. Then, between the dances,
the piper played "The Snow-Breasted
Pearl," and to the surprise of every
body lifted his voice in' melting ac
cents to the words of the dear old
song:
"There's a colleen fair as May,
For a year and for a day
I have tried In every way
Her heart to gain;
There's no trick of tongue or eye
Fond youths with maiden try,
But I've tried with ceaseless sigh
And tried in vain."
After the piper's song the dance was
renewed till you couldn't tell which
was north or south by the stars in the
sky. Then the delighted dancers, who
were good and tired, took a rest, and
the piper felt his way out into the
cool air to limber his legs and his
fingers for the rest of the program.
Eileen Oge was sitting beside Tim
Rogan with a party of boys and girls
praising the piper's fine singing, when
a small boy came into the room and
says: "I don't want to frighten you,
Eileen, but your mother was taken
sick of a suddint, an' there's a man
on horse at the dure waltin' for you
to go wid him to the priest."
Eileen rose up at once with a look
of sorrow In her eyes, and, pulling
her shawl about her head, started to
go. All the boys In the room wanted
to keep her company; but the case
was urgent, and, thanking them, while
the tears stood In the beautiful eyes
of her, she went and was helped to a
soat behind the horseman, everybody
thinking it must be some neighbor
anxious to do a kindly service.
'Take a good howlt," says the horse
man in a whisper, and then they gal
loped away.
Eileen said nothing. You would
think her heart was filled with grief
for her mother, and that she only
thought of being able to reach her in
time, so that the faster the horse went
the better she liked it.
When it was time for the next dance
to begin the boys had taken their part
ners and were ready, there was no
sign of the piper.
Where is the piper, at all?" asked
Tim Rogan.
'Maybe the poor man got lost in the
dark outside," says Mickey Manus.
"It's as much as a man with the use
of his eyes can do to get around of a
dark night like this, let alone a blind
man. Let some o' ye look for him.
There's his pipes by the chair he sat
in. Sure, he can't be far off."
Search was made for the strange
piper high and low, but neither hide
nor hair of him could be found, and
the dancers wondered until nearly
dawn what in the world could come
over him. Some said that maybe the
"good people" carried him off, but
Tim Rogan declared that It could not
be, because the fairies never bothered
their heads with old men, and would
not have anything to do with the
blind. '
The myBtery was deepened the next
day when the neighbors called to see
Eileen's mother, and found that she
was not sick at all, and learned, more-'
over, that Eileen herself had not re
turned home since she went to the
danre the night before.
Then you may be sure the village
was disturbed in Its mind; and there
was many a sore heart among the boys
who loved Eileen Oge.
The wise ones said she was surejy
gone with the "good people," who
were ever on the lookout for the
young, the beautiful, and the good,
and whose own country was called
Tlr-na-nogue; because nobody ever
grew old there.
Well, one evening soon after dark,
while the village was wondering and
sorrowing about Eileen, and bewail
ing the great beauty and sweetness
that had caused the good people to
take her away, a man and woman
came riding down the boreen. They
were on a fine , black, horse, the worn
an seated behind the man, as was the
custom in those days. Nobody took
much notice of the couple, for nobody
could tell who it was in the dark, un
til they were going past Thadn Raf
ferty's house. Then Thade's dog let
a roar out of him that startled the
neighbors and made a Jump at the
horse as though he would eat him. At
that the woman says "Lie down, tere
Botheration!" and, if you'll believe
me, the dog threw himself on the
ground and wagged himself all over
with Joy at sight of Eileen Oge, for it
was she that said it.
All the neighbors knew at once by
the actions of Thade's dog that it was
Eileen he saw and that it was her
voice he heard, for nobody else could
command him. Soon there was a
swarm of people out, for the way the
wireless news of Ardmore went around
was a wonder.
The couple on horseback stopped in
front of the house where Eileen's peo
ple lived. They were astonished to
see a crowd following after them, with
all the people talking like mad, and
Thade Rafferty's dog encouraging the
noise with an occasional howl.
No sooner were Eileen and her com
panion indoors than the crowd came
thundering.
"We'll have his life, so we will, who
ever he Is!" shouted Tim Rogan at
t..e door.
"Let me get at him first!" bawled
Mlrltey Manus, boiling with anger.
All this while Eileen was inside sob
bing softly in her mother's arms, and
making explanations, with her mother
saying "Don't, cry, alanna!"
"Break down the dure, let ye!"
roared Thade Rafferty In a gruff voice
iat was followed by the barking of
his awful dog.
In the. middle of this wild clamora
tlon Eileen Oge appeared at the door,
all of a sudden, and you could hear
a pin falling. Even Thade's dog, al
though bursting with noise, grew still
and fawned before her.
"It's Eileen herself!" the people
cried.
"Yes, It's me," she said. "I am here,
but me friends don't seem to be."
"They are! they are!" the crowd
shouted.
"Then what's the cause of the
throuble?" she asked.
"We want the life of the man in
side the house there; the bodagh that
stole you from us," they answered
angrily.
"Ah!" An' shure ye wouldn't hurt
me poor husband on me," says Eileen,
with a look in her face that went to
the heart of the crowd.
"Yer husband, is it?" all exclaimed
in astonishment, and with suddenly
changed tone, for you see the name
of husband or wife was sacred with
them, in Ardmore.
"Yes, me husband, Ulrlck Darcy of
Drlmbawn."
A big silence fell on the crowd at
that, and In a minute Tim Rogan
called out suddenly: "Well, he stole
you from us, anyhow."
"Wid me own consent," replied Eil
een sweetly, "an' that was no stealin'.
'TIs he who was the blind piper the
night o' the dance. Shure, didn't ye
miss him at all?" she asked.
"An' was Ulick Darcy the blind pi
per?" asked Mickey Manus, In amaze
ment. "Ho was that," said Ulick himself,
sticking his head through the door
over Eileen's shoulder, Beelng that the
storm was quieting down. Then, tak
ing more courage, he sayB: "Boys,
there isn't a mother's son of ye that
wouldn't do as I did. I knew ye'd
never let me have Eileen by daylight,
and so I took her by subtherfuge, as
Schoolmaster Grady would say. We
rode from the " dance, through Fo
chill's Gap in the mountains, an' at
peep o' day me friend Father Noon
made us one, wM both our consent,
an' now we ax your blessing Instead
o' the cross words an' looks ye do be
givin' us."
"That bcin' the caso, then, good
luck to ye both, is what I say," said
Tim Rogan, rushing up impulsively
and grnsning Ulick's hand In a hearty
grip. His example was followed by
every nan present, and all united In
saying that Ulick was a fine boy,
"even If he came from the back of the
mountain, beyant," and that he and
Eileen were "as likely a couple as
you'd find in a day's walk," for that
was before the flying machines were
invented.
When the wonderment and the
words were over Ulick Darcy said:
"Boys, what did ye do wid me bag
pipes? If ye'll find them for me I'll
play for ye once more tonight, an'
we'll have the finest dance this side
o' Dublin."
Well, the pipes were found and
Ulick soon made them sing.
"Tare an' ages, thin, who'd think
it was the ould blind piper that was
in id," said Tim, as Ulick, without his
white wig or the green patch on his
loft eye, made the rafters ring with
rollicking music, putting friendship in
the hearts of the people and jigs in
flreir Heels: His laughing wife, Eileen
Oge, joyous and happy, danced the
first measure with Mickey Manus,
who, at their former merrymaking,
bad asked her to "howld the next
dance for him, because she wasn't
twine."
"An' to think," said Mickey, as he
led bis partner back to a seat near
ber smiling husband, "to think I
towld the piper he was a lucky man
not to be bothered wid eyesight, for
fear he'd fall In love wid Eileen Oge!"
New York Times.
A Dream.
I found I have saved up a thoupand
dollars without pinching myself."
"Without lynching yourself?"
"WIthount pinching myself."
"Then bow did you know you were
awake?" Puck.
Why Women Are More
raiinjui
i
By Winifred Black
S a matter of fact, women are much more faithful than men,
but they are not so constant. Even a strong-minded ma'f
has a tPrrihlp Hma hnlncr faithful in ia vnmn llA ranllv
5V I loves, but he will have Just as bad a time trying to forget
V H I It is no trouble for even a weak woman to be true to the
man Bhe love while she loves him but she will forget bis
name and the very way he parted his hair while he Is still
having sentimental thrills everv time ha sees the Darticular
kind of posey she used to wear and he used to pay for.
Not one woman In a thousand is capable of the deepest love. Neither is
one man in a thousand. The average man or woman isn't capable of any par
ticular deep feeling of any sort.
The average woman marries the average man because he lives near her
and happened to be the man the other girls were all talking about as a good
match. The average man marries the average woman because he happened to
go home with her in the moonlight just at the time when his primitive emo
tional nature was wide awake.
Women love their husbands because they are faithful to them. If a man
were shut up on an Island with his wire he would love her twice as desperate
ly. Why? Because she would represent to him all that was possible in the
way of love and in loving love he would have to love her.
Women are shut up in the Island of convention.
As long as they are In love with love they have to be In love with their
husbands.
The Mohammedan understands this little trick of nature and he sees to it
that to his wife's mind, he represents all that is masculine in the world.
All this talk of faith and unfalth is mere sound and fury. A deep nature
is faithful, be it man's or woman's. A light nature Is faithless, be it masculine
or feminine.
You can't measure the ocean in a pint cup, and you must not judge big,
generous, deep-hearted human nature by the peccadillos of some pretty little
person, who couldn't be true to a friend for a week, let alone a sweetheart for
life.
I know a man who loves his wife devotedly, yet he never sees a pretty
woman without wanting 'to flirt with her. This man's wife is a sensible oman.
She has looked the matter squarely in the face and made up her mind that
she Is happier in misery with him than in peace without him, and she says:
"Joe doesn't mean a thing by all this. I enn always tell when he's tired of the
latest flame. He's always so desperately In love with me."
She's a bright little woman with a laughing mouth and the snddest eyes I
ever saw. But for all the sad eyes, I think she Is right in her philosophy. Her
husband is worth suffering for. He Is a great man in most ways, a very good
man and he would cut off his right arm at the shoulder to save her a minute's
pain but he can't stop flirting.
. Most men of that sort are not worth the bother. This one is. It Is all a
matter of personality, after all. The American.
Want the Whole Earth I
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mwmJlnd
By Andrew D. White
N his argument Selden began, as was then usual, with the
Bible. In order to refute Grotius's Idea that the ocean can
not be made the property of any one nation be cites the
twenty-eighth verse of the first chapter of Genesis, which de
clares that God said to Adam, "Have dominion over the fish
of the sea," "Now," continued Selden, "the fish are the liv
ing revenue, the use of the Bea. If these be given, the
property itself may be considered as given. Again God said
to Noah and his descendants, 'Your fear shall be upon the
fish of the sea,' (Genesis ix. 2)." Selden then went on to lay stress upon the
declaration of the Almighty to the Israelites, "Thy borders are In the midst
of the sea," and he argued that of course dominion vms given them within
these borders, and therefore that this dominion extended over the ocean. He
even pressed Into his service the poetry of Isaiah who, as he says, called Tyre
"the might of the seas," and Selden argues that "might" in this case can only
mean possession. He declares that the Red Sea Is called Edom, which means
red, simply because it belonged to the descendants of Esau.
With the same pedantic fullness Selden ransacked the Talmud, the myriad
writers of classical antiquity, the records of mythology, theology, and philol
ogy. Neptune, god of the Beas, he insists is only a king who rcaily existed and
had the right to rule the sea; stress is laid upon Xerxes as binding the Helles
pont, and following these examples are a multitude from modern history equal
ly cogent. '
Having thus gone through history, sacred and profane, to show that divine
and human authority are on the Bide of British sovereignty over the seas, he
turns to logic, and produces a series of arguments still more extraordinary. He
argues that if nations can own land they can own water; that If they can own
a little water they can own much; that it is as conf irmable to reason for a na
tion to control an ocean as a river. The Atlantic,
The Secret of Japanese
- Success in Farming
By Ada L. Murcutt
BOUT one-half of the
2 A T cultivating the soil, and all this work is done by band.
J J The Implements used are of the most primitive kind. The
X - plows are made of rough wood, to which an Iron point Is at
I J tached, and are said to be the fac simile of those used In the
dayB of Pharaoh. They are frequently drawn by a bullock
I T and both implement and beest are guided by a man or worn-
an who walks patiently all day long through the slush and
mire of the rice fields.
In cultivating, a hoe is used, the blade of which is Bet at an angle of nearly
forty-five degrees, and is almost as long as the rough wooden handle.
Japan produces crops of fine wheat, especially in the southern part of the
country, and the method of heading It is the most primitive of all. An imple
ment very much like a curry comb In appearance is used for this purpose. It
is made sometimes of iron and sometimes of wood, and as it is drawn upward
through the straw the heads are Bnapped off. Compare this with the Ameri
can machine which cuts a swath twelve feet wide, removes the heads and ele
vates the wheat Into a wagon of special construction.
Yet with these primitive tools it is astonishing to find the magnificent
harvest that the Japanese farmer reaps. The rice crop occupies one-half of
the land under cultivation, and It is said that the Japanese farmer produces
better rice and a greater quantity per acre than any farmer in the world. As
it is the staple article of diet there Is a tremendous home consumption, and
the foreign trade Is rapidly increasing. i
Such an influence has the rice crop on the commerce of Japan that some
times business operations are almost suspended when It Is feared It may fail
owing to unpropitlous weather. The failure would be a national calamity, for
it would mean financial disaster to a great many persons and some of the
largest commercial enterprises would be compelled to close their doors.
The secret of the success of the Japanese farming is certainly not attrib
utable to the implements employed, but there are two other great factors in
the cultivation of the soil, and they are fertilization and irrigation, and in
these the farmer of Japan is certainly an adept.
Only one-twelfth of the area of the empire, can be used for agricultural
purposes, and by centuries of systematic irrigation and fertilization it has
been brought to the highest state of cultivation.
The sides of the hills and mountains are terraced, as are also the rice
fields. The rain water in many places Is conserved on the top of the moun
tains; the rivers are all utilized, canals are cut, and bence the system of Irri
gation la made complete. Pilgrim, '
i nan Men
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entire population of Japan Is engaged
AN EARLY RISER.
tTnete Eiry Waters was a master hind to
rise ;
"Birds 'ud still be sleeping when he'd opto
up his eyes ;
Had tb' stock all fed before the slightest
slrcnk o' down ;
Long before the sun was up he'd et nil
nieal an' gone :
Ue'd tome home for dinner while most
folks was sntozln' on.
"Nuthln gained by sleepln'," Uncle Esry
used t' soy : 1
'N hour 'fore the sunrise's wuth the rest
of any day."
So he kep' a rialn" lcetle sooner right
along ;
Going out to labor with his lantern burnln'
strong:
Comln' back to dinner 'fore the lark began
his song..
Getting' old and childish, Uncle Eiry, by
and hr,
Couldn't stand to stay In bed and let ths
moments fly ;
Uecd to clamber for his clothes 'long at
one or two :
Hustle out and milk the cows ; rush tht
chorln' through ;
Then he'd wait for sunup, an' he'i stew as
an' stew an' stew.
JTncle Ezry'a gone away to a better cllmt i
lie don't wait for aunup now ; it stays up
all the time.
He waa only sixty-five killed himself, they
said ;
I'lned away for lack of Bleep craiy In bla
head.
Esry got to glttln' up before he went to
bed.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
JUST FOR FUN
"They say he lives like a lord."
"Yes; he lives on his wife's relatives."
Judge. (
Mrs. Blbman When my husband
came home last evening I saw that
he'd been drinking, and I gave him a
good scolding.
She1 Did you love me the first time
you saw me, Henry? He I loved you
before I saw you at all; I have loved
you ever since I saw your father's rat
ing in Bradstreet.
Kate Did Fred ask you for a kiss?
Nancy No, Indeed! He's too bashful
for that Kate Too bad, wasn't it?
Nancy Oh, no. You see, he kissed
me without asking.
Nellie Harry is such an impulsive
creatre! He takes one's words right
out of one's mouth. Aunt Jane Oh
that was what he was doing as I came
through the hall last evening! I
thought he was kissing you.
Fond Young Mother (with first born)
Now, which of us do you think he
is like? Friend (judicially) Well, of
course, intelligence has not really
dawned in his countenance yet, but
he's Vonderfully like' both of you."
Punch.
"I understand," began the large,
scrappy-looking ward politician, "dat
youse had a piece In your paper callln'
me a thief." "You have been misin
formed, sir," said the editor, calmly.
"This paper publishes only news."
Cleveland Leader.
"They say the reason why the in
scription In the Egyptian tombs have
been preserved so long is that no air
has reached them." "Then I suppose
that four thousands years from now
the 'ads.' in the subway will be as
fresh as ever."--Life.
"I must say I enjoy a Bpice of dan
ger," said the man who affects brav
ado. "Is .that why you gave up your
automobile?" asked the sarcastic
friend. "No; that's why I go on foot
in the streets, where other people run
automobiles." Washington Star.
Short Hello, Long! Where are
you going? Long I'm on my way ov
er to the postofflce to register a kick
against the miserable delivery service.
Short What's the trouble? Long
Why, that check you promised to mall
me ten days ago hasn't reached me
yet! Chicago Daily News.
Irate Employer See here, you
young Rip Van Winkle, I only hired
you yesterday, and I believe, on my
soul, you've been asleep here ever
since!.. Sleepy Joe That's what I
thought you wished, sir. Here's your
advertisement: "Wanted An office
boy, not over sixteen; must sleep on
the premises." New Orleans Times
Democrat. Judge You are charged with marry
ing Miss Greene when you were al
ready married to Miss Black. Have
you anything to say in extenuation of
your conduct? Defendant Yes, your
bonor; I hadn't seen Miss Greene when
I married Miss Black. Judge In oth
er words, you entered upon a contract
upon insufficient Information? Defen
dantThat's it, your honor. Judge
Next time remember to look around be.
fjre you commit yourself. The man
who takes the first thing that is of
fered, either In the matrimonial or
the dry goods market, may make a
fair husband, but he never can be
commended for his bsiness qualities.
Russian Ministers' Salaries.
The salary attached to the pot of
minister of the interior in Russia is
the same as that received by all the
other Russian ministers namely 18,
000 roubles a year a rouble being 44
cents- but a further sum of 200,000
roubles Is annually put at the disposal
of the minuter of the interior, of
which betfs not called on to render
any accrAnt. This is in addition to
the ordinary secret service money, the
amount of which is practically unlim
ited. Another minister who receives
an addition to his salary is the min
ister of finance, who Is paid a percent
age, sometimes amounting to 50,000
roubles a year, on all unpaid taxes
and debts to the Crown which he may
suceed in recovering during his term
of office. It is noteworthy that even
H a minister should hold his portfolio
only for a few months his salary is
paid to him for Ufe. Waverley Mag-ilne.
B03INESTCAKOB.
M. HoDONAU.
ATTORNKTAT-LAW.
Notary Public, real estate, agent, Passats
frurfcii, collections made promptly. Ottat
Id Syn itoaia building, lieynoldavlUa, Pa.
JJR. B. B. UUOYKK.
RKTNOI,D$VILLB, PA.
Resident dentist. Ir the flnnror balldtaj
Main Mreet. OeMteneM tn or'TAttn.
J)R. L. L. MEANS.
DENTIST.
OfBce on second floor of First Ha
tlonal bant; building;, Main dtrest.
J)R. B. DEVERB KINO,
DENTIST.
Office on second floor ReynoldsTUl
Real Estate Building:, Main street
RnynoldsvlUe, Pa.
J NEFF,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE .
A:id Real Estate Agent.
Reynolds-villa, F,
gMITH M. MoCREIOHT,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Fotary Publlo and Heal Estate Agents. Oak
lections will rcoolve prompt attention. Oflloa
In die Keyuoldsville Hardware Co. Building,
Ualn street, Uc yuoiasviHo, Pa.
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wheat No. 8 red I t 09 1 00
Kyft-No.J go 01
Corn No t yollow, ear 6 M
No. t yellow, slielled ftu M
Mixed ear 41 49
Oats No. S white m 8H
1.0. o wmie el an
Flour Winter patent o 8(1 f 00
Fancy stniiKlit winters 5 SO b 60
Hoy No. 1 Timothy 12 7S 13 00
(Mover No. 1 llf 75 IS 00
P-ed No. 1 white mid. ton IS 1 22 50
Krown middlings II) 61 a 00
limn, hulk SO 50 21 00
S:raw Wheat Sou 8 SO
Oat JB 0J 8 50
Dairy Products.
Butter Elgin creamery t ii 84
Ohio creamery 80 Sii
Fancy country roll 2fl 87
Cheese Ohio, new iX 14
How York, new ."....,. ' IS N, M
Poultry, Etc. '
Hens per lb t 14 l
Chickens dressed 1ft 1H
Egtjs Pa. And Ohio, tresn 82 85
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples bbl S 51 4 00
Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... 60 5
Cabbage per ton 75 too
Onions per barrel 2 40 ilti
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent $ ' M 6"
Wheat No. S rod I 14 1 !
Corn Mixed
Eggs 30 82
Butter Ohio creamery M
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent t 5 60 5 75
Wheat No. 2 red 1 14 116
Corn No. -2 mixed 50 51
Oats No. 8 white 86 87
Butter Creamery 85 86
Eggs Pennsylvania firsts go 8'.'
NEW YORK.
Flour-Patents f fl
Wheat-No. 8 red 1 1 g
Corn No. 2 J i
Oats-Mo. 8 white ' J
Butter-Creamery
Kgge State and Pennsylvania.... M '
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg
Cattle.
Extra heavy. XIOlo 1600 lbs H 40
Pllme. ISOOto 1400 lbs 6 30
Medium, 1200 to liiOU lbs 4 Ro
Tidy. 1051 to 1150 4 (HI
Butcher. 900 to 1100 lbs 8 CO
Common to fair 2 00
Oxen, common to fat in
Common togood fat bulls and cows 250
M 1Kb cows, each 1611
Hogs.
Prime heavy hogs l 6?"
Prime medium weights m 6 85
Best heavy yorkers and medium... 6 80
Uood pigs and Ugntyorkers 4 9d
Hue. common togood 460
Houghs 8 7d
6tags 8 25
Sheep.
Extra, medium wethers .. t 8 SO
booil t choice 00
Medium 6S0
Common to fair S.SO
fciriug Lambs 6 50
Calves.
Teal.extra 5 7.5
Veai, good to choice m. 850
Veal, common heavy 80J
5 35
620
4B5
8 75
75
400
8 50
500J
580
5 4,1
5 8j
5 0,i
4 7j
4 15
85
6 75
6 40
oj
631
8 70
8?5
5J
3 7J
PEOPLE GOSSIPED ABOUT.
'Andrew Cfirneple ha now expended
for libraries the mim of $39,325,240.
Edwnrd Terry, the London comedian,
now on his .Irat tour of (his country.
Is the riclipst actor In England.
Mabel Frnncpg Chllcntr. nineteen
years old.- 1b editor of the Louisville,
Pottawatomie County (Kan.), Lyre.
The King: of Italy has conferred the
Orand Cordon of the Order of the
Crown of Italy upon .Vhltelaw Reld.
President Harper, of the Chicago
University, Intends to spend his next
vacation In Russia, where his son Is a
student at the University of Moscow.
It Is n continually haunting fear with
lime. Bernhardt that she might one
day hear hernelf spoken of as "a
woman who really used to be a grand
actress."
Thomas FItzperald, who has been an
pointed general manager of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, entered the
service of that corporation as water
boy, in 1807.
Adolf Beck, who was wrongly con
victed by the British Courts, and
served seven years In prison, has heen
given $25,000 by the Government In
compensation.
Senator J. H. Gnlllnccr, who bag
served nearly fourteen years, told the
Senate the other day that only once
had he succeeded in getting; a New
Hampshire private claim through Con
gress. C. Potter Wright, the only living per
son who wrs nt the bedside of Daniel
Webster when he breathed his last, and
heard the statesman utter the historic
words, "I still live," resides at Dor
chester, Mass. , .
Richard Croker, former Tammany
leader In New York, was seen -the other
lay in Paris, the picture of health and
tpparently without a care. His hair
and whiskers have whitened with ad
rancing years.