THE SUNBEAM, Down H came dancing, dancing, Straiglit from the land of light, n through a poor attic window, .Making the darkness bright. Glanced off a broken mirror On to an old arm-chair, IM up a pale-faced sufferer, i, Wearily tossing there. Brought with it hone and gladness, eoothing the restless bov, ilS? 1im to sleeP '"'itn bright visions, , Whispered of health and joy. 1 INACOTTON-CAR By ALBERT t04C HE long freight-shed was p W lined with goods of every ' I o description. Through the f It , .We., .!,. ,. tSBW lnnlrtvl Intsi Ilia itni-lr 1tit.tr. W iors of a line of empty Mrs; tnrongb. similar doors on the Mher side you saw a row of loaded Jiggers and express wagons. Foreman JOarruth, whose duty It was to bring order out of nil this confusion, seemed W be everywhere at once, directing, wxnorung, reproving, his eyes, ears' and tongue all busy at the same time, "Here, Jim, put those steel rods in the comer of that B. & A. car! They're going up to Caribou. Come on with those tierces of lard, boys! If you don't move faster, they'll melt before Son get 'em out of the shed. Hustle, verybodyl These cars'll be pulled lit at eleven." i Down the steps from the office nt the tipper end of the shed came a blllng (Clerk, with a small brown note book In his hand. This lie passed to the foreman, who immediately raised his Ivolce in a shout to a black-haired young Irishman, who was taking nc Wount of the incoming freight two (floors away. ! "Here's a job of blind checking for you, Dan! Go down to track five with (tills cotton book, and count the bales tn those eleven ears for the Leadbetter Mills. Get back as soon as you can. I'll take your place at the door while you're gone. i Daniel Harrignn received the book from the hand of his superior, walked rapidly down the shed, and stepped Into the freight yard. It was quarter Cast eight on a foggy April morning, toe of those drizzly spring days when (everything is damp and sticky. A thick mist hung over the yard. Invisi ble shifting engines puffed here and there, with much clangiag of bells ftnd shrill of whistling. With senses on the alert, the freight iiandlcr crossed the tracks, carefully voiding the frogs and switches. His destination was the extreme end of the large ynrd, a full quarter mile from the shed. Tresently the square end of the first car that was to be tallied ap peared through the fog. Harrlgan con. nil ted his book to make sure that he iad the correct number, went up to the door, and broke the little seal of lead and wire. The interior was filled with cotton fcalcs, each weighing about five hun dred pounds. They were covered with tmrlap, and encircled by steel bands put on under hydraulic pressure, typi cal specimens of the thousand sent yearly from Southern plantations to New England mills. Aa the staple was quoted nt twelve eents a pound, and as from forty to Ixty bales were loaded into each car, Its contents had an average value of three thousand dollars. A mistake Id the tally, resulting in the addition Or omission of a single bale would bake a difference of perhaps $00. The teams from the Leadbetter Mills n the outskirts of the city would be gin to empty the cars that afternoon, nd It was customary for the railroad to take careful account of all goods before delivery. Then, In case a ship tent ran short, the company would be able to show that the blame must be placed elsewhere. 1 The task of counting the cotton was a responsible one, and Foremnn Car luth had put his best man on the job. ' Harrlgan climbed to the top of the tmleg. They -were from five to five and a half feet long, something under a yard wide, and twenty-two to prenty-six Inches thick. They wore aet on end, three abreast; and as the distance from floor to roof was ap proximately seyen feet and a half, an empty space of two feet was left above their tops. ! IForward crawled the tallyman on fcls hands and knees, taking note of each separate bale with his fingers, and registering it mentally at the same time. i (By the system of 'blind checking" &der which he worked, only the car cumbers were set down In the note book handed to him, and he was given ne Inkling as to how many bales he was expected to find. When the re sult of his labors was reported at the Office, the clerks there compared It srlth the way-bills. The first car contained fifty-four Pales. Harrlgan dropped to the Eund, entered the number In his k and closed the door. He then ke the seal of the ext cnr. In a tew minutes he had finished his work a this car also, and charged forfy uBght against it Five cars more were examined without special Incident. (With a strong Jerlt Harrlgan broke the seal of the eighth car, shoved the floor open just enough to allow his body jto pass, and was soon scrambling In the darkness over the burlapped ends, t&a the roof was lower than those of the ether cars, there was barely eigh teen Inches of open space, and his progress was much slower. On through the gloom crept the freight handler, fingering the rough And to a far-off country, Washed by refreshing streams, Guided his slumbering spirit Into the lund of dreams. Then when its task was over, Softly floated away, Sack to its home in the sunshine. Its mission fulfilled that day. Oh! to be like that sunbeam, Shedding forth light and love. Then when our labor is ended, To puss to the light above. -A. I. Buchanan, in Indianapolis New. W. TOLMAN. s!? nt K edges, and counting in an undertone as he made his tally. "Sixteen seventeen eighteen " nis head bumped against a cross-beam of the roof, and he stooped low to pass beneath It. "Nineteen twen " The last number was never finished, but died away in a muffled cry of sur prise and consternation; for the twen tieth bale was not there! The two hands that he thrust for ward, expecting to strike burlap, touched nothing. Down pitched Har rlgan head foremost into a cavity Just large enough to admit his body. He caught unnvallingly with his fingers at the coarse bagging, but so well had the hydraulic press done its work that he could grasp no slack in his frantic clutchlngs, ond his course was not ar rested till he struck' the hard wooden floor. The sudden shock doubled up his finger tips and drove back his hands. His head came down upon the planks with a stunning crack that made him for the moment half-ln-senslble. When the ear was being loaded ht Memphis, there had been found in the shipment one bale considerably broader than the others. It was placed at one end of the seventh row from the door, and a bale of ordinary size was put at the other end. The space between the two was of necessity left vacant, as it was not broad enough to admit an other bale. This formed the cavity Into which, two weeks later, Daniel Harrlgan was unlucky eaough to fall. For perhaps thirty seconds the young Irishman remained inactive, recover ing from the effects of the blow upon the top of his skull. His cap had been pulled on so tightly that it had not fallen off when he plunged downward; hence it slightly broke the force of his fall. With returning consciousness, however, he began to feel a shooting pain in his temples. The second finger, too, on his right hand had been severely sprained, and the nail split down to the quick, so that it was bleeding freely. The full weight of his body resting upon the crown of his head strained the neck muscles severely, and he struggled to raise himself on the palms of his hands. The change of position had a very unexpected result. All the contents of his pockets poured down upon the floor under his nose in a jangling cas cade. He could hear the copper and silver coins and his jack-knife clinking together on the planks. His watch slipped from its place, and hung dang ling in his very face. The situation had a ludicrous as well as on unpleasant side. How should he ever pick up all that loose change from the floor? Evidently the first thing, however, was to restore his heels and his head to their normal positions. Harrlgan did not anticipate any spe cial difficulty in doing this. But when he strove to bend his body over, so that he might stand upright, he found that the cavity was too confined to permit it. His shoulders almost touched the bales on each side, whHe the one over which he had Just crept projected so far forward that the open space was barely eighteen inches from front to back. It was, if anything, a little larger at the bottom than at the top, and this increased the difficulty of his undertaking. He tried to push first one bale and then the other a little farther away, to gain more room, but all to no avail. His efforts flnnlly convinced him that his only way of escape was to lift him self upward and backward, until he could regain a position on the top of the cotton. The checker lifted himself at arms' length on the palms of his hands, and tried to stick the tips of his toes Into the space between the two bales be hind him; but he could not reach back far enough. He ran his fingers up and down the rough burlap, seeking some loose place. but finding none. So long as he could flush with his hands against the floor he could raise his body; but once at arms' length, he had nothing to press against, as the bales afforded no hand hold. His strength was of little ser vice, for it could be exerted only through a few Inches of space. By this time it had dawned upon Harrlgan that he was in a very serious dilemma. The blood had flowed into his head and arms in such abundance that it had become positively painful. He seemed to bo growing all pulse. Once siore he explored the surface of the bales with his fingers, but found It absolutely unyielding. Those who know cotton only as a soft, fluffy sub stance can have no conception of the hardness it assumes under the com press. No, there was no chance to get hold of the burlap; but in one place, where there was a slight hol low, he was able to press his finger tips down on the edge of a steel band. Insignificant as the leverage was, it enabled him to raise his body. Cau tiously he worked his way up and backward. His knees were almost on the top of the bale; another effort, and he would be safely out of his predica ment But as he pushed with nil hla might on tho sharp top of the steel band his fingers slipped off. Down he fell, nnd again his hands rested ou the floor of the car. Harrlgan at last realized that his life was actually in peril. If he could not get out now, when his strength was practically unimpaired, what chance would he have later! With numb Angers, swelled by the inrush Ing blood, he fumbled once more up and down the cotton. He found the band on which he had raised himself before, and strove to repeat his at tempt; but he fell heavily back, this time striking on his head. A train rumbled by, shaking the ground and making the car tremble under him. He heard two brakemen calling out to each other, nnd tried to attract their atenttlon; but his voice was smothered in that narrow cavity. A heavy, painful drowsiness was creeping over the freight handler, n strange, dull npathy that frightened him. His strength was gradually ebb ing away. The part of his body below, or rather, as now situated, above his waist, was losing Its feeling. The blood surged through his brain so strongly that it threatened to deprive him of consciousness. Insensibility was coming on, and insensibility meant death. Harrlgan's toes were almost on the top of the bale over which he had crept. He had only to raise himself a little more tnan two feet to have his boolsoles touch the celling behind the beam he had crawled under. By press ing the backs of his heels hard against this beam he could get sufficient lever age to help himself out. The distance was trilling, but there seemed abso lutely nothing he could grasp to lift himself with. Again he felt blindly along the bale in front of him, nnd thrust his lingers Into the spaces between it nnd the ad jacent bales on each side. When cot ton leaves the compress, the burlap on the edges that have been lowest in the press is tight to the point of burst ing, while that about the upper edges is much looser. Fortunately for Har rlgan, the two corners turned toward him, as the bale stood on end, were those round which the covering was lose. This apparently trivial circum stance saved his life. The corners gave him something to grip. Numbed and swollen though his fingers were, he found that by press ing them hard against his palms he could gather In a very respectable handful of the bagging. This gave him purchase enough to lift his weight. liaising his hands very gradually and hardly daring to breathe, inch by inch he worked himself up and back In agony, clutching the coarse edges with desperate caution. To slip back now would be fatal. Little by little he pushed his toes back over the bale be hind him. He lifted one of his heels, and It touched the beam. In a moment it was pressed behind the firm wood. A little more, and he would be safe! Shifting his grasp with almost im perceptible movements, he raised his body slowly and'painfully. Bed lights danced before his eyes; the roaring of the ocean was in his ears. Up, up, up! If he could only keep his senses a few seconds more! His body was now well over the tops of the bales behind hiin. but ho did not dare to let go yet. One handful more, one hurried, vio lent thrust that sent him bnck from the edge of the dangerous cavity, and, safe at last, he fainted dead away on the top of tho cotton. Touth's Com panion. How to Lift a Cnr Window. One of the cars that was run down town on a Sixth avenue elevated train Wednesday morning had apparently Just escaped from the painters' brushes. Consequently all of the win dows stuck, and the passengers who had dodged the heat of the subway were not so sure that they had gained anything. Women nnd men tried in vain to lift one or two of the windows, but failed. The guards did not seem to care much what happened. At One Hundncd and Fourth street a tall man with a sharp eye got into the car. lie. too, had a Jug at n window, it stuck, but that didn't stop him. He took out his handkerchief, rolled it up until it looked like a rope, and then looped it around one of tho window catches. One tug, nnd the window went tip as if it had never meant to stick. 'Learned that on the road out West" he said. "If you use your handker chief as a tackle the window has to come open or the catch come right out of the frame. You can put every mus cle in your back into the Job." Half of the passengers tried the plan with unvarying success. New York Times. City ts. Country Eyes. In one of his delightful books Dr. Jessopp remarks that whereas coun try people look up, Londoners looK down. It is largely this habit that has limited their observing powers; but London has Itself to blame. I take it that one can observe well only by the power of taking large views, and in London this is impossible, even if one would, partly from the circumscribing effects of bricks and mortar, partly from the dim light of a London dis tance, and partly from the need of avoiding collisions. One's eyes uncon sciously acquire a habit of restricted vision; our observation specializes, like that of the little girl in Mrs. Mey- nell's book who beguiled the tedium of her walks by collecting shopkeepers named Jones. Terbops that Is the kind of observation for which we in London are best suited. London Outlook. Tho Chicago nubile libarv uses a twenty horse power gasoilne wagon to deliver books. The (junpowder HII.E the whole world Is tilled with amazement, and W even consternation, nt the J victorious arms of .lapnn alike on sea and land, few people give a thought to the wonderful powder known as "shl mose," after Its ingenious nnd expert chemist-Inventor, which lir.s wrought svioh terrific havoc among the hosts of imperial Russia. As all the world knows, every nation has its own pet rifle for the army, nnd its peculiar theories about naval ord nance also. Germany swears by her Mauser, we have our Lee-Enfield, nnd so on. Similarly, every nation has its own "high explosive," the British cordite, the French melinite, .etc. In all cases the various government chem ists pursue their investigations nnd experiments in nbsolute secrecy. As In all other departments of Ja pan's wonderful work, an nil but im penetrable veil of secrecy has been drawn over the investigations and even the personality of her chemist in ex plosives, Dr. Glan Shimose. He was born in the very humblest circum stances In the province of Hiroshima some forty seven years ago, when rail ways and regular steamers wore prac tically unknown In the island empire. And yet as a youth Shimose deter mined to make his way to the capital, although It is over 480 miles from his native village in Hiroshima to Tnkio. That his plans were already fully de veloped In his nilncl will be seen from the fact that on reaching the.Japanese capital he was able to pass n fairly stiff examination nt once, and forth with gained the first round in the bat tle of his life by entering the Imperial University surely one of the most go ahead academical institutions in the world, not even excepting Yale, Har vard and Columbia. But his studies in the home village were necessarily limited for want of books; and now on arrival in the grent, rambling, teeming city of Toklo we find Shimose compelled to beg nnd borrow text books from ex-students who took pity on him, nnd he has been known to slay up whole nights copying some of these by hand In order that the books themselves might be faithfully re tnrned to their owners in the shortest possible time. It is no exaggeration to say that young Shimose quite commonly felt the pinch of actual starvation. Certain It Is that he was ordinarily without the few coppers necessary for the barber or the bath man. It need hnrdly be said that the future hero of his country passed every examination with perfect precision; yet, strange to say, after graduating with the highest honors, he could find no better employment than assistant in a humble printing olllce at wages which appear to us sim ply laughable something under ten shillings n week! But even In those flays of obscurity Shlmose's restless spirit was casting about for openings for his ability. lie was wondering what his destiny had mapped out for blm.and had, moreover, n craze for "bettering himself" thnt would have done credit to n conscien tious city clerk. He became so skilful in the printing otllce thnt it suddenly occurred to him ho might get employ ment from the Government in this way, and at length, after many demon strations of his ability, he was given, on trial, a somewhat responsible posi tion in the Governmentrrlntiiig Works in Toklo. It was nt this stage of his career that Shimose turned his thoughts to invention, nnd naturally enough, he began operations in connection with his own employment. After many experi ments he succeeded in producing the curious Ink which Is now used in Japan for banknotes nnd pnper money gen erally, nnd which renders forgery nnd alteration practically Impossible. The secret, like all Japanese secrets, was so well kept that the productions of the very ablest counterfeiters were in stantly detected. It was while employed In the Gov ernment Trlnting Works thnt Shimose turned his attention to navnl nnd mili tary implements of all kinds, offensive nnd defensive. He was brought into contact with naval and military offi cers, both foreign and native, aud be gan to discuss eagerly with them the components of the various high ex plosives used throughout the world. He soon saw that most of the smoke less powders of the world and, indeed, nlso the Japanese service powder in use at that time, nnd known as "men knyaku" had very serious defects. The "men kayaku" had been adopted by the Japanese Government as a kind of compromise, and it certainly pos sessed the best qualities and fewest de fects of all the service powders of Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia. Unfortunately, when dry the slightest concussion was apt t set it loff, and it was found absolutely neces sary by the then war chemist of Japan to add at lenst twenty per cent, of moisture to it if it were to be consid ered at all safe. But like all high explosives, tho stuff was extremely capricious and delicate, and the slightest excess of moisture caused it to become entirely non-explosive. It was nlso very delicate to keep, nnd In a year would dry up com pletely. In some respects the "men kayaku" resembled the American "ger nltine," which Is tremendous in power, but is apt to get frozen in very eolef weather, nnd this fact has brought about very terrible tragedies In mines ond elsewhere. After a time Japan grew extremely Wrd of Japan. dissatisfied with her service powder, and began to make Inquiries about the American "moshlite," French "meli nite," nnd tho "lopllt" of Germany. Dr. Shimose resolved one day to de vote himself entirely to tho production of a new powder which should be as perfect as It was humanly possible to make It. Ho would, he said to him self, devote years to the work, if nec essary. To the writer, who met him recently In Sasebo, the great naval arsenal of Japan, the doctor declared modestly that he had spent "a little over eleven years" in producing the terrible cxplo. sive which now bears his name. He is an exceedingly modest little man, this war chemist of Japan; nnd not from himself, but from high Government of ficials, was I able to learn that he was in tho habit of spending entire days nnd nights in his laboratory, working year after year, upon his powder. On one occasion he was nearly blind ed for life by a premature explosion during one of his experiments. Very frequently his hands and fingers were dreadfully burned; but nothing over seemed to turn him from his purpose, and at length, when the now famous "shimose powder"was it perfect chem ical compound, he took It modestly to his Government, with results now known to all the world. "It is the most wonderful stuff 1 have ever come across," remarked n Japanese artillery Major to the writer. "I have seen Shimose heap coals of fire on a slack of it, bang it with all his force with an iron mallet, and even llro shot Into It. But tho most alarm ing thing he could make It do undir these and other conditions was to burn feebly like tar, and give off a sickly smoke. But only use the simple. little chemical fulminating device which its inventor has provided for It and then, Indeed, you will see the force which has annihilated the power of imperial Russia. "Dr. Shimose once sprinkled some of his powder In a circle ou a flat Iron surface two Inches thick, and when ho caused It to explode the mere powder alone drove n hole right through the iron, exactly the same size as the ring of powder. This is one very peculiar feature of the shimose powder. I was present nt a' confidential experiment conducted by the Imperial Naval De partment which interested me very much. Great bulks of massive oak timber were piled up twenty feet his'H In a squlWe af nine feet, forming n kind of massive tower. "A shell was fired at this from a si;: Inch naval gun, nnd the effect was truly amazing. The lower of prac tlcaly solid oak was not only battered: the timber was splintered and pulver izedshattered into fragments and scattered like shavings. I have seen this wonderful powder, which wo. at any rate, consider superior to that used by any other great Power In the world, first strike through an object, and thou expend all the terrific force of Its ex plosion many feet beyond It. It seem? to possess several distinct energies." London Daily Mail. A (notl l'lncn For Miners. "Alaska Is not a bad place when you get used to It," said a miner who spent the last seven years in one of the lib; mining camps, at tne Schlitz. "I don't know of any place where an ordinary miner can do so well. Let him work n summer and he has $750 In his pocket at the summer's close. He can invest $K!00 in provisions nnd hibernate In his cabin. At the end of the following summer he has $"."0 more. Allowing ?."i0 for boots and clolhiii'r, he reaches Seattle with $1200 in his pocket. There Is no chance to spend money. Tho weather In the winter prevents sleigh ing parties, nnd there nre no roads, anyway. Journeys Into the country are generally made on foot. When I left camp on October 10 the tempera ture was zero. About Christmas it gets down to (10 below. Then it mod erates to about 40, and that is con sidered very mild weather. One doesn't feci it as much as lie would 29 below here, a the nlr is dry. Iu February the cold weather comes on again nnd tho mercury falls to about 70 below. That is generally tho limit, and after that time it moderates slowly until summer conies, and in July it is 90 above. But the miner who works un derground never feels the heat, thS atmosphere in the mines being like that of nn icehouse. The life of a' placer mine is about seven years. There Is a vast amount of undiscov ered mining country, which Is doubt less as rich as any yet known and de veloped." Milwaukee Free Tress. Mlrnce in Maryland. Dr. James S. Chaplain says! "A remarkable optical illusion was seen in Trappe Talbot County, about seven o'clock in the evening by sever al of our citizens. As described to me by Mrs. John It. Mulliklu, who saw it from her yard, it appeared about half a mile distant In the lower stratum of the atmosphere as a mini ature representation of the Choptank Iliver, tho winding of the shores with the water and tho bushes, in perfect representation. Tho mirage lasted about thirty minutes. The day was a very hot one, with the atmosphere very damp. The river Is about three miles distant in a direct line." Balti more Sun. Not an Kalenre. "Do you like caviare V" "No. It tastes, to me, a great deal like tho Kusslan language sounds." Washington Star. STEALING LAND FROM THE GOVERNMENT. A Law Known at the Forest-Reserve Aet Plays an Important Part in These Clgantic Frauds. A law that plays nn Important part fa the land frauds Is known as the flrest reserve act, by which there may be set aside by Presidential proclama tion public lands In the States and Ter ritories to be preserved os forests. The usual method of creating a forest re serve from the school land of a State is to grant to the State other public land in lieu of that withdrawn. In the event that the State has already issued patents to private Individuals for this land, or any part of It, the Govern ment issues "scrip" to such holders that Is, It allows them to take up other lands owned by the United States, in place of these Slate school lands with drawn for the forest reserve. Here Is where tho land-grabbers found their easiest way to defraud tho Govern ment. The "school" lands are frequently worthless. In Oregon and California, for example, where the greater part of this particular method of land-grab-bing was carried on, many of the lands were located In tho mountainous re gions of the States. On the other hand, tho lands given In exchange by the Government are the choicest In the country. The Government lands re ceived In exchange were worth from $5 to $2fi an acre, sometimes more. State law provides lhat after nn appli cation for purchase of school lands has been legally tiled the applicant may assign the hind to whomsoever he pleases. In this way hundreds of thousands of acres of school lands were assigned to the men who had planned the wholesale raids on the public do main. Harper's Weekly. WISE WORDS. Adversity Is the first path to truth. Byron. No legacy is so rich as honesty. Shakespeare. Admiration is the daughter of ig norance. Franklin. The coveteous man loses what he does not get. Seneca. Speak to others as you would tike to be spoken to. E. B. I'usey. Secret devotion Is tho very essence, evidence nnd barometer of vital and experimental religion. Spurgeon. The first aim for your time and gen eration shall be to foster n simple and self-denying life. Thomas Hughes. If n sparrow cannot fall to the ground without Ills notice. Is it probable that nn empire can rise without Ills aid? Benjamin Franklin. What harm can happen to him who knows that Cod does everything, and who loves beforehand everything that Cod does? Mine. Swetchlne. Die to thyself every day, nnd then thou has sold all. Th"n all that thou hast will be used by thee for tho love of God aud thy neighbor. William Law. He who walks through life with nn even temper nnd a gentle patience, patient with himself, patient with others, patient with dilticultics and crosses, has nn pviryday greatness be yond that which is won In battle or chanted in cathedrals. Dr. Dewey. The I. Inn and t tit, nncer. raris. So great was the impression which a fascinating Spanish dancer made on a lion, while she was paying a visit to a music hail whore it was performing, that the animal, after con templating her for some time, got on its legs, moved off in her direction, nnd putting Its pnws through the bars of Its cage, took hold of her head and patted her face affectionately. Unfor tunately, Samson had reckoned with out his claws, which tore tho tender skin of the pretty dancer, inflicting scars, the traces of which will, in all probability, never disappear. This re sult of what would otherwise have been regarded as a good Joke, not be ing likely to enhance tho professional attractiveness of tho graceful Spaniard she has taken legal action against the proprietor of the place of entertain ment, putting in a claim for damages to the amount of $1200. The case hae Just been brought before one of the Paris courts, but as the defendant is abroad on business, tho hearing has been adjourned until November, when the Judges may have n better oppor tunity for forming nn exact opinion of the injury which the charms of the fair plaintiff have sustained nt the paws of the susceptible Samson. London Telegraph. 8ho Didn't Want Him, A dusky damsel of Namqualand Jilted her swain. A wife out there has a certain financial value, and in a short time she received a letter from the youth's lawyer threatening an ac tion for breach of promise. She re plied in tho following conclusive terms: Ncbabeep, Feb. 22, I005.-Mr. G. W. Mallet Sir: To answer just In a few words you on Klaas Cloete words what he came to Mr. Mallet for, of me what 1 can answer on these words Is that the love which I did have for Klaas Cloeto did break of my heart from him that is the only reason I got to say against Klaas Cloete aud to breali the love is God in heaven and what God done I can't help, so I don't wants hlin for an man. I am, yous truly (sd.), Margaroth Ackkers. When the letter was read to Klaas he replied, philosophically: 'Tlenty more nice glrls."-Cape Town Owl. The earliest auction sale known was held at Oxford, England, February 23, 1GS0, for the disposal of a lot of books. dUSINESS CARDS? M. MeOONAO. TTOftNET AT-LAW. Rotary fa,'.e. real ratal a.nl, Fat "cured, coilect'one trail, promptly Octet tn Hjn itnata building. Iceyr.oldiirlli, Pa. J)K. B. B ifoovrit, RKYNOI.DKV'il.LK, fk. Itetnni (I I il. I) ,...T-r bsliaiaa -. ir.,rtna. J)U. L, L. MEANS. DENTIST. Office on second floor of First Ha tlonal bank building, Main street. J)U. B. DEVKB KIXG, DENTIST. Office on second floor Eeynoldsrfll Heal Estato Building, Main street, KoynoUlsville, Fa. NEKF, JUSTICE OF THE PEACH Aud Real Estats Agent. Koynoltlsvllln, Pa. j$MITH M. IdcCREIGHT, ATTORN BY-AT-LAW. Rotary Publlo and Hoiil Estate Afentl. Oak lections will oulve prompt attention. Offlo In lie lynoldKvllle Uantwar Co. Building, Main street, lit TnolJevlUe, Fa. PITTSSURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. Wheat No. t red 75 80 Hyo No.'J RJ fS Corn No 2 yellow, ear (11 64 No. si yellow, ebollod OJ til Mixed car 4 49 OntH No. S whlto i:fl 81 No. ;l white W HO Flour Wlnter.putont MM 5 10 Fiincy Btnilh'ht winters I Kl 5 W) liny No. 1 Timothy 13 01 14 00 Clover No. 1 11 00 11 60 Feed No. 1 white mid. ton Id SO EO Oil Hrown mlilollncs 16 SO 17 c O llr.in, hulk 18 M 17 00) B. raw Wheat 50 7 00 Out CM 7 00 Dairy Products. Buttor F.lcln creamery t 92 54 Ohio creamery if 8 Fancy country roll 18 H Cheese Ohio, new 11 13 Now York, now 11 1st Poultry, Etc. Tens per lb f 14 IS Chickens (Irossed 19 18 Egga Pa. and Ohio, Iresh 10 SI Fruits aad Vegetables. apples bbl j si goo Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... go OS Cahbase per ton j oo 81(10 Onions per barrel x 50 s 00 BALTIMORE. Flour Winter Patent C 5 os 5 85 Wheat No. 2 red pr) g Corn .Mlxe.l f,i 62 Kkks IB 18 Uuuer Ohio creamery 20 PHILADELPHIA. Flour Winter Patent $ 6 50 7S Wheat No. 8 red 95 1 01 Corn No. '2 mixed 50 51 Oats No. 8 while 8fl 87 Butter Creamery SO 88 Eggs Pennsylvania firsts 14 17 NEW YORK. Flour-Patents f 9 0 6 50 Wheat-No. 8 red 1 W l Corn-No. 8 I Oati No. 8 white 7 88 Butter Creamery " 2 Ki;gs Stuto and Pennsylvania.... 17 IS LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. Fitra. 1450 to 1K lbs 85.V) ft 71V Prime, 13O0 to M(M lbs bSS 6 SO Medium, liou to loOU lbs 800 6:10 TMy, KlVI to 11M) 4 40 4 HO Btlli her, 600 In 1100 400 470 Common to lair 5J 875 Oxen, common to fat 8 75 400 Common tocom! tat hulls and cows 8 50 350 Mlkh cows, each 1600 4500 Hogs. J'rlme heavy hops 6 so (I SB l'niiie mrdluiii weights 8 iu 8 00 benl heavy joikers nn.l medium 6B0 8 60 l-ond pigs and llghtjorkers 67J 67.1 Pits, common to good 4 70 485 "oughs 87il 4 10 'ags 833 850 Sheep. ,E!"ra f fig) 8 75 Cowl to choico fi 8", 0 50 Milium 475 ftOO common to fair tM 400 Lambs 850 800 Calves. Veal, extra 500 775 V eal, (con to choico .... aij 4 ,0 V tal, common Heavy gjj jjj Strango Gift to King. King Alfonso fins received one of the strangest gifts ever presented to a monarch. It is in the shape of two fine niRs marie from the hides of the horses which were killed hy the bomb thrown at the youns Spanish king during his recent visit to France. FOOUXG TKR MOON MAN. as iney sai 01a on me oiu iawn she looked away to the summer skies. "Wouldn't it be nice,' she ventur ed, "If the skies wrv --o ' ' "Of course not," replied the roman tic young num. "What t nance 'wliiI 1 Cunld have if there were not clouda 10 nine iue inuuu mun 3 lace occasion ally?" And the maiden blushed and said she did not care If the whole sky waa overcast. Chicago News. THE ONLY WAY. Mama Tommy, dear, you musn't he so naughty. When mamma tells you not to touch tho jam, .you should obey her. What would you do if your mamma should be taken away from you? Tommy Die? Mama Yes, dear. Tommy I'd eat that jam, you bet! fMavnlanri Titular SORROW OF IT. Edyth Cordelia is the most pessi mistic girl I ever knew. Maynjo--Pessimlstlc! Edy ';;s. Why, ever since her engaset. sho has been worrying for feari i may not bo. able to have her own ay after hur marriage." Chicago News. Houseboat life on the Thames is on l'-z decadence.
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