TUG SMELL OF THE CRAVE (OrlRltml.) "Tom, I smell newly turned earlh." Tom :!uscick nnil I wore Hitting oil lil pori'li after (llunrr, Minoklng. A vo u it 1 liml HpnkiMi 1 niiw him turn mle. "Tal.o Hint rlmlr over thorp, " ho Raid, pointing In olio on (In' other nlilii of the porili from which I wits silling. "Why ho?' "('luiii;',!' youi' seat." Iu hiiIiI Impii tloiitly, "ami I'll tell yon." ' I changed my hciiI, Inking plenty of tlmo to do ho, nnil when seated Tom mild: "A man wiih shot Hilling exactly , where you wore." "Wheal How? Who Hhol hlinV" "Koine ono wllh whom III' wiih lit enmity. I never heard the whole Hlory, tint I know hi' npoko ol' smelling fresh ly tiirnt'tl earth JiinI before hit wan allot." ' My heart lieuau to tlntmp wildly. A man hail Hinelleil freshly jurneil enrlli ami lieeii Hhot . I hail Hinelleil freshly ttirneil enrtli anil hail lieeu sitting In tho very Hpot the murdered tiiati had Hat. "Tell mo about the shooting," t Riilil. "You nitiRt know that, oven If you don't know tint story connected with It. "Miilthiml wiih liiR name. He owned thlH house. I bought It front him, or, rather, front IiIh wife. I nuked her about the Hlory, lint nil 1 oould get her to Rity wiih that exactly nt IIiIm time of day ho wim sitting Just where you were Rented when he called to IiIh wife, ask ing her who had been digging nboiit the porch, to which hIip replied that rIio didn't know of any one having 'been doing ho. A few inlnuleH Inter that window over your head wiih ruined, a Hhot rang out and Mattliitid - fell over dead." '. I glanced uncomfortably at the oliiilr I I hail been sitting In and. suilllng. . snicllcd freshly turned earth. , "Good giaelous!" I exclaimed. "There's .another window on the other Rldo to . match thin one." . "I never though! of that." I heard a Rtep in the hall and, look inn In, Raw no one. I begun to feel creepy. We had left Kd Glascock, Tom's brother; Martha, IiIh sUter, and two lady guests at the dinner table for an after dinner chat mid heard a chit ' ter of voice. I wanted to go back nnd '.Join them, hut did not care to show .my trepidation. "How did thlH man, Malt land's one my, (jot ln' l house?" I asked, glanc ing furtively up at the window from which the Hhot hud been tired. ! "I think ho had called to protest against the forooloHtire of n mortgage .on his home or something like that. lie and Maltland had iiunrrelcd about It, and Maltland had left him, coining out here to get away from him. Ho heard ' nothing for Home time mid supposed tho fellow had gone out by the side door. Then ho Rincllcd earth and spoke to his wife about It." . "And then lie was Hhot." "Yes." I glanced nervously at the window above mo and at the one opposite, won dering If after one had smelled earth be would be shot from tho same win dow ns Maltland. "I didn't know that was a sign of ap proaching death," I said. 1 "What?" "Smelling freshly turned earth." "I didn't either." "I suppose It's tho grave being open ed In advance." "Likely It Is." "I don't llko this," I said after a brief silence. "I smell enrth freshly turned earth. What's that?" There was mil under the porch, a sound of f.iiili lioing thrown up. Tom nnd I both heard It, nnd both turned pale. Wo listened nnd hoard a scratching underneath as If some one were scraping the loose earth together preparatory to tossing It out of n grave. "I wonder what's become of them Inside," said Tom, as though he would like an excuse to go In and join them. "I haven't heard a sound from them for some time," I replied. "There It Is again!" Tom said, with . a frightened look, referring the scratch!:. "And tho earthy smell." By tula time we wore so wrought upon that no doubt we exaggerated everything. Suddenly the window above, me the window from which Maitiuad had been killed opened, and a shot rang out. I was a certain that I had received a mm tnl wound as I was that It was growing darla I sank down on to the porch and swooned. When I came to myself I saw the anxious faces of those with whom I bad dined. Ed Glascock's face was very white, and his brother Tom's was also livid, but there was also an angry look on It. The women appeared ter ribly frightened. "Is it mortnl?" I asked faintly. . "Mortal! No. Ed has been playing ono of his pranks. He heard ns talk- lng oiit here and fired the shot to eeare us." "But I bear the gravedigging be low," I moaned. My nerves were com pletely unstrung. "Oil, that's Wag, our rat terrier! He's been going for rats. lie's toru up every bit of earth under the porch." "And I'm not shot?" "X, ..'iil," said Ed. "You're as sound as a nut." "Ed has made a fool of himself," said Tom. "He had no business to do It. He might have frightened you to death." "It's you who have been making a fool of yourself," retorted Ed, "harp ing on that story to every guest that comes into the Iiouhq. I concluded to teach yon a lesson,'" - . BRfjtE PARKER. I.lnoolu and Ills Dear. It was a child who persuaded Abra ham Mucoid to wenr a beard. Up to the tlmo ho was nominated for presi dent ho had always been smoiilh shnv eu, A little girl living In ('hautiuiiiim county, N. Y., who greatly admired lilin, made up her mind Unit he would look better If lie wore whiskers and with youthful directness wrote and told I'lin so. Ho answered her by return until : RprhiKlli'liI, 111., Oil. 19, ism). Mlaa (linen lli ili'll: My Dear l.lltln Miss Your, very nKrne nlilo letter of tho 1Mb in reeelveil. 1 re gret tho itPi'fHfilly of sayhiK I have no (laughter. 1 Imvo three stinaono seven teen, iiiifl ulna nnil nun seven yen in of UK". They, with their inntlier, eoiistl tuta my wholo family. As to th whisk ers, never having worn any, tin you not think people wimlil rail It n piece i( silly iiITim tn I Inn If 1 were t Im'kIii It nowf Your very alncnie wellwlsher, A. LINCOLN. Evidently on second thought bo do clilril to follow her advice. On his way to Washington his train stopped at tho (own whero she lived. Ho link ed If she wero In tho crowd gathered at the Million to meet him. Of course she was, and willing hands forced a way for her through the uinss of peo ple. When sho readied tho car Mr. Lincoln stepped from tho train, kissed her mid showed her that ho had taken her advice.- Kt. Nicholas. The Arabs' HaaLaaah. "Intoxication from rating a dish of liver was once my portion," said an orientalist. "It happened In tint Hahs ra. 1 was spending the winter at El Kiititara. In February I made a car avan trip over the desert along tho great enrnvsn route that run from Illukra to Timbuktu. The third day out wo reached an oasis of date palms. We got coffee nt the baked mud cafe. We dined on red fish and gniollo steak, and for an nitron was served this Infernal liver. It was liver pow dered with klff. Klff Is hiisheaMh. It Is nuiilo of hemp, and It makes you drunk. The Arabs mix It with tholr tobacco, and they brend liver with It, and they drop It In coffee. Thus tbey ent. drink and siiiokn their klff. I ate their klff and Imagined my arm to be a mile long. I thought my f mt as big as a mountain. My voice, when I spoke, sounded in my ears like tho roar of a thousand thunders. In a word, I was klff drunk, and It was two days before I was fit to resume my Journey across tho gold colored sands." Little Hooiiomlra. "I once made up my m I rid." Raid a London man, "that I would become the possessor of a grl gold watch. I saved up the money for It In this way: When I felt llko eating a shilling luncheon, as I often did. I kept It diivvn to tenpenco. I put the twopence saved toward my watch fund. , You will hardly believe me, but with little economies like this I hr.d In less than six months saved enough to buy my gold watch." "nut." said a listener; "where Is your gold wntch? You are wieirlng a poor little nun metal thing." "Well," was the reply, "wlinn I found how easily I cmiM get along without shilling luncheons I cniiclnded I could get along with a ton shilling wntch In stead of a ten poind on-v So that the watch fund grew until It purchased for me my own house." London Mall. Duatatorma Thnt Bury Poreata. Travelers In Tibet describe the won derful storms of dust thnt occur In Kaxhgnrln, near the foot of tho Knen Lun mountains. Tho dust In tho air Is sometimes so dense that complete dark ness prevails. Occasionally rain falls during such a storm, but tho raindrops evaporate during their descent, and tho dust carried with them falls In lumps. Entire forests, of poplar trees are burled In dust hillocks forty feet high. These deposits of dust are aftorw.nl moved on by tho wind, but t!'0 tr-os that have been burlod die, even after their dis interment A Beheading; Stone. The old beheading stone at Stirling, England, was protected In 18.S7 by public subscription, raised at the In stance of the Stirling Natural History and Archaeological society. It was then Inclosed In an Iron cage. There Is an other relic of public execution in Stir ling In the museum of the S:nlth Insti tute In that city. It Is the hrwl which 'the public executioner used when ha went around the market taking n meas ure of meal from every farmer's sack. Impoaalhle Dlntrnoala. "The boy has evidently boon eating too much between meals." said the doctor. "Nonsense!" replied the boy's father. "A boy can't eut in his sleep." "How do you mc:rn?" "I mean that each of bis meals be gins when he gets up in the morning and ends wben he goes to bed." Phil adelphia Ledger. Happy Days. However varied the courses of our life, whatsoever the phase of pleasure and ambition through which it baa swept along, still, when In memory we would revive the times that were comparatively tho happiest, these times will be found to have been tho calmest. lSulwer I.ytton. Qivlnjg and Kecelvtnar. Hall Porter (to person soliciting a fa vor at a ministry) The .minister ra ccives from JO o'clock to midday "All sight," says tho other, "but nt what hour does ho give?" Paris Fi garo. I.ovr and Load. He A woman, I notice, always low ers her voice to ask a favor. She Yes nnd raises her voice If sho does hot get it. Illuplrntod Kits." lis that helps tho evil hurts the good Socrates. Bpanlah Pollleneaa, It has been said that the French are the most polite people In the world, writes our lady correspondent In Sail pchastlnu, but I do not think any ono who really knows them will nuron. However, they 'have sumo charming llltle ways, nnil when they mo rmlo II Is bccmiso Ihey urn deep down thor oughly selfish. My personal opinion Is that the Spaniard Is about tho must de lightfully polite person one can pnsrtl bly encounter. If you ask your way In the street of some ordinary woman, she will almost certainly go out of her way to iiccumpmiy you down tho street and to carefully put you on (ho ilnht road. They are very cheerful mid gay, but they are never vulgar, as wo un derstand the word In England. Even tho men In Iho Hi roots who slanil niul frankly stare at a pretty girl do It In a light hearted, pleasant way which does not give offense. As to the milli ners of Spanish men belonging to Hie best society, they nro almost perfect. Watch a Spaniard of distinction ad dress Ills inotbur or any elderly lady and you will see n manner which Is tender and carousing and at the same time exquisitely protect I vo. London Tribune. An Vnempeetrd Owner. Nearly all tho giddy youth of the neighborhood attended the charity bu.tuir, and one by ono they drifted to a stall where a tiny, shapely, scented gray kid glove reposed on a satin cuslilou. Attached to the cushion was a notice written In a delicate fviiilnlne hand, which ran, "Tho owner of this glove will, at 7:30 this evening, he pleased to kiss any person who pur chases a slxpeuny ticket beforehand." Tickets wore purchased by the score, aud nt 7:30 a long row of sheepish, not to say doggish, young bloods wore as sembled outside the stall. Then, punctual to the moment, old Tom Porson, the local pork butcher, who weighs twenty stone and Is al most as beautiful as a side of bacon, stopped to tho front of the stall. "Now, young gents," he snld In his best "buy, buy, buy," tonus, "this 'ore glove belongs to mo. I bought It tills morning. Now I'm ready for you. Come on. Don't be bashful. One at n time!" Hilt nobody ciinio on. London Tola graph. . Ilnrd Writer. A farm woman In Pennsylvania once said to uie, "I never hear any one Ml im Thv old Oaken Uucket' without a shudder." For llftoen years sho had dine the cooking and washing for a family of six with no other water sup ply than what site had hauled out of n well nearly thirty feet deep by moans of a bucket. Hnths in winter wero al most out of the question, nod even In the summer they were rennrded as an occasion of more than ordinary Impor tance, for which preparations had to lie made hours ahead of the great event. A cubic foot of water weighs sixty-two and a half pounds, and In all theso years thi number of tons this woman had lifted had made poet ical allusions to "Iron bound" and "moss covered" buckets a good deal llko snylug "rope" to a man about to be hanged. Farming. Jnkuaun on Aetnrs. Although he wrote plays, Johnson claimed not to be fond of players. When Hoswell suggested that wo might respect a great actor Johnson crlnd: "What, sir, a follow who claps a hump on his hack and a bump on his legs and cries, 'I am Richard III?' Nay. sir; a ballad singer Is n higher man." No doubt Koswell had Oarrlck in mind when, after hearing Johnson say that ho looked on players ns no better than dancing dogs, ho timidly suggested. "Hut, sir, you will nllow that somo players aro better than others." "Yes, sir, as somo dogs dance better than others." A lilaek Maal. Most trading steamers which wish to study economy and effect have tholr aft must painted black, if tiny did not the mast wotiH .inon be sullied by smoke and would look very dirty In consequence. The smoke from tho vessel's funnel Is carried backward by the forward motion of the vessel, nnd the mast would look grimy If It was painted any other color than black. Let Him Rlh In. A minister, addrp'.slng a meeting of tho Ijondon Bible so-loty, of which the Marquis of Anglesey was president, said that St. Peter refused to admit the marquis as a peer or as Welling ton's old officer or lord lieutenant of Ireland or the leader of the Horse guards at Waterloo, but let him right In as soon as ho knew that ho was president of the Bible society. Be First In Attack. An old Scotch drillmastcr, so the story goes, taught his pupils tho art of thrusting with the saber until they were quite proficient "Now teach us to parry," said they. "Oh," said he, "you muRt do the thrusting and let your enemy do tho parrying." Her Opportunity. Wife I had better take that hat for 45 shillings. Husband But I've only got 12 with me now. I'll have to owe them the odd 6 shillings. Wifo-Oli, then, I'll take this ono for 3 guineas. Five shillings,. Is too luslgnlllcant a mm to owe. What Saved Him. Miss Opper I will nover marry you. Denkclnen Oh, heavens, I would blow my brains out if we wero not in the midst of tho busy season nnd I have so much to do! Fllegendo Blatter. If a chameleon becomes blind It no longer changes color, but remaius of a blackish hue. THE T 1 LOT'S wrony Idilclniil.l "I was In Iho lain oiipleasaiitiicss," said tlio MlMHisHlppI pllnl, "mid It's my opinion Hint all Ibis thing culled hero ism ilepeudH on circumstances, When a brave man's cornered he ain't any biller 'li n cowiird, I've hulled up ng'ln fnrt.vllciitloiiH, and I've legged it to gel out o' (hit way o' shot and shell." The boat was moving swiftly down with Iho si ron in, and the pilot was now pulling the wheel wllh all his strength, then letting It (ly around llko i Fourth of July plnwlieel. "Hut I don't have to draw on myself for mi iirgyiitcnl. I wiih u slurs and bars boy myself. I'll I alio one o' your fellers, as bravo n man as ever fought under Hie stars aud Htrlpcs. d'ye see Unit bank over thar? I remember a day when there was a good deal dulu' on that bank. It was about foil' years after tho close of Iho war, mid the car petbag business was liuinpln'. The glueral Idee of a carpel bagger, both uoi lh and south, was a low down cuss without any decency whatever. Somo of Vin was. Hut Major MiicHncry was a different sort. Ho had risen from the ranks in the Union army, and when the war was over, belli' only twenty seven years old, ho concluded to settle In tho south and grow up with tho country after Us new birth. There was n lot of no'l he'n olllcers tuk that, fever, and I reckon they all come to grief. "Tho major bought a plantation over thnr. Ho didn't pay much fo' It, fo' It wasn't wo'th much. Ills neighbors tried to drive him out In var'us ways, but ho was good pluck mid refused to be driv. One day when I was pilot o' tho Talladega we come iloiiliii' down yore Just as we're doln' now, mid, roundlu' to, puttiii' her nose upstream, we tied up at n wlm'f bout over thar to deliver the mall. I wanted to git some tobaecer, so I tole the cap'n I'd lake tho mall bag up. Ho tole me to go ahead, and, rollln' It under my arm fo' thnr wasn't much In II I si ruck out. I found a big crowd on the bluff, and they folloroil me to the postolllce, I handed In Iho mall bag, and Just then In wnlkiil Major MacEnery. Thero was one letter In the hag, and that had the major's name on It. The postmaster handed It out to liliu. "That mmlo the crowd mad. Ono mini said that yo' couldn't expect iioth ln' bet lor from a Yankee gov'inent than to deliver only letters fo' Yankees. The major, who had seen all the flghtln' ho wauled In tho late war. Ink his letter mid went out, or, ruther, ha wiih goln' out when one of tho crowd put out his foot mid tripped him. 'Hie major stumbled, but didn't sny iiothln'. He kuowod It was Intentional, but If he said anything thero he'd have to light for bis life. There was a man bo had on his plantation In tho crowd and two or throe south'n Unionists that had set tled thnr to bo under the major's wing. When tho man that had tripped tho major saw it didn't move him to give 'em a chance to kill lilm ho roared out: "Yo' Yankee carpetbagger, what d' yo' mean by carryln' off the ninll with yo'? We don't want no hogs down yore!' "'Hie major whipped out a revolver and stuck It under tho man's nose so quick that the feller fell back, and the ninjnr went out. Ho hadn't been gone moro'n n few minutes when they Jam med tho man that wo'ked on his planta tion ng'ln the wall, and ho hit ono of 'em on tho head. Tho t'niou men tried to i:ot at III in to get him out o' their way. and pretty soon It was a stand off between tho. two factions. I got out o' tho way o' tho flyln' builds. As I was inakln' off a heavy man that had been shot fell on me and knocked mo down. It occurred to inn that It would bo well fo' mo to lay whar I fell leastaways thoro's no use to kill a dead man, nu' I concluded I'd bo dead fo' awhile, till tho shootlu' was over. "I didn't hoo notliln' more I didn't want to but the major, lieurin' the fracas, wont back, and he and his little gang kep' 4ho fire eaters at bay fo' some time. Then most of the major's hackers was killed. As I was tellln' yo', I didn't see uothiu' that was goln' on till there wns nothlu' hut a few stray shuts left neur me; then I got up and niado tracks fo' the boat. "Everybody on board had left the wha'f boat, and some of 'em had lock ed themselves In staterooms. Tho dock hands had all tumbled into the hold, and the cap'n had bid in the pilot house. I run aboard aud, secin' no one, run out to the wha'f boat ag'lu and unloosed tho cables. We drifted oil, and, yankiu' the engineer out of bis lildln' place behind the engine, I tolo him to be ready for signals as soon as I got to tho pilot house. In half a minute I was at the wheel. Her stern was Just touchiu' the shore when I rung to go ahead, aud we steamed out Into deep water. "Puttin' her nose downstream, I looked back at the scene of tho fight and saw tho major couiiu' on the dead run with a crowd an eighth of a mile behind him, all fir in' at him. I sig naled to stop her nnd would 'a' sent a boat fo' him, but thero was no one io send. When he got opposite us be took to the water, nnd when he reach ed us one of tho hands pulled him In. "He was tho wo'st used up man I ever saw. . He stood ou deck lookin' 1 ack nt his plantation, where he had all his funds Invested, rcnllssin' that they was gouo. " 'I was In "tho hornets' nest" at Slilloh, ho said, 'but I didn't feel like I did when that gang wns a-tryln' to murder mo. In the one case it was an even fight; iu the other it was one to twenty.' "That's why I don't count on no man's beln' bravo under all circum stances." EDWARD MORRISON. ""flittmi f'i--'-' M' .7 Insurance Isn't It worth while to Im assured that your clothes will please you from the moment you put them tin until a lonrf time oft'-they have done tholr worltT Choose CLOTHCRAFT for yours and you CAN be sure. Yon can rely npon it that II CLOTHCRAFT Clothes will looK well -do well- list well. Over half a century of good reputation Is behind very Clothcraft garment. The things you don't see the Interlining, tapes, canvas, slIKs and threads are all Just as good In their way, as the thoroughly and scientifically shrunK all wool outer fabrics are la theirs. Everything, from design, or cut, to last touch of Iron, Is as It should be. Ton don't have to pay any premium for this Insur ance, either. CLOTHCRAFT garments aro offered at prices you'll approve. Suits and Overcoats to $23. BING-STOKE 00. REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. r.'i N. HANAU Fall and Winter Goods Ladies' Coats, Misses' Coats; Children's Coats from 25 to 40 per cent cheaper than you can buy anywhere else, j Children's Coats 75c, $1.00 to $5.00. Misses' Coats $2.00 to $7.50. Ladies' Coats, $3.00 to $12.50. Saxony Yarn 5 cents. Ladies' and Children's Underwear, Men's Fleece lined Underwear 39c. Other, places charge you 50c. Come and see for yourself. We sell McCall Patterns at 5 and 10c. N. IIANAU. Strongest im tin Wmrii MEN of integrity and character, with or with out experience, who desire to engage in Life Insurance as a profession are invited to call on or address the Pittsburg Agency of The Equitable Life Assurance Society. The Equitable has an tinequaled record for the prompt payment of death claims; for liberal dividends to policyholders, and for low ultimate cost to the insured. In selling insurance, reP' resentatives of the Pittsburg dgency of The Equitable Life have many distinct aduantages. Write to-day, if you are interested. EDWARD A. WOODS, Manager Equitable Floor, Frick Building, Pittsburg Ml Sorrow. Maud (newly married) You look very melancholy, George. Are you sorry you mnrried me? George No, dear, of course not. I was only thinking of all the nice girls I cau't marry. Maud Ob, George, how horrid of you! I thought you cared for nobody but me? George Neither do I. I -waun't think ing of myself, but of the disappoint ment for them. Happlneaa. Things are so arranged In this world that hnppiness as a profession must ever bo a failure. It cannot be found by seeking It. It Is a reflex action. It Is Incidental, a product wbich comes from doing noble tliiupt. It Is Impos sible for a person to bo really happy by making pleasure a profession. Suc cess Magazine. Some of Them Do. Tliq master bad been giving a class of youngsters somo Ideas of adages and bow to make tliem. Presently he said: "Birds of a fentlier do what?" "Lay Cfrgs," piped a mnull boy before anybody else bad u chance to speak. The I.enfllns Port. Twynn I bear that Skldmore has led the Widow Weeds to the altar. Trip letThat is what it Is called for polite ness' siike, but from my post of ob servation it looked as though the wid ow were a neck ahead of him all the way up the nlsle. flHin wt MS REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Garriok aa Author. Writing of Garrlck's literary efforts,; I suppose not every one knows that be: was the author of such well kntrwnj lines as: : Their cause I plead, plead It In heart and: mind: : A follow feeling makes one wondrous! kind. ! Or this ngaln: L. t others hall the rlilnff aun: 1 bow to that whose course has run. Or again: Hi-nrt of oak are our ships, Hcurta of oak are our mnn. But I suppose every one knows hlsi epigram on Goldsmith, "who wrote like; an angel nnil talk'd like poor Poll, an: epigram that conveyed only half the: truth, as (Jarr!ck would have been one; of tlie first to admit. Loudon Sphere. Ilut.lt. Habit Is one of tin; world's control ling liif!uei:ees. More men are swayed: by for'f of lmbit. imcov.'clously pnr-i baps, than any other motive. The bab-l it of doing certain thimrs in a certain way grow.i from leinniii,:s so small as to hp scarcely noticealile until It: forms a chain that can scarcely be! broken. The habit of right or wrong: doing becomes a master, uud a more exacting master could not bo found.; Brockton Times. Tills Is the law of benefits between men: The one ought to forset at once what be has given and the other ought never to forget what he has received. Soneca. n 1 1 I ill li VI I I II u II II I til I I I 3 I. Ml IIIH
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