ACHIEVIMBNT. I sun no 1 may to foolish, but It alius seeaaa to mo lMt eur drenms In .1nt like chlldurn, seek an yvu might have er me; IWO kin leant buck there an' see 'em ex they lined t' he In youth, When we thourht life was all plennure an' in' spuerh o' men all truth; We kin look bark an' remember how they made ua triad all day, When they JeM walked hand In hand wits u, afore they went away; They was allua bright ez sunnhine an' ez llKht an fine e foam. An' then thoy pruwed up an' left tie, Jest like ct'.ldurn leovln' home. Once th' house was DeoDled with em, an' they played like chlldurn play, Inter every nook an' cranny, never rest In' all th' day; Once wo heered 'em alius laughln' Jest like chlldurn laugh fer you, An' a-tnlkln' of tonioirer, Jest th' same nn chlldurn do. Once no day wan bright without 'em, an' they gathered In th' light Of th' gmto nn' nmlled about us jest like chlldurn do ot night : An1 Of then they went bnck to lrenmland, an' they left us In th' glonm our life alone and lonesome Jest like chlldurn leavin' home. THE J By Albert ; The night clerk at the Hotel Im perial, Jasper Fortescue, was chatting over the counter with Ben Grahame, the lock expert. Grahame "made" the city about very four months. A week ago a telegram had summoned him three hundred miles west to force the time Ysult of the Second National Bank. After a hard job he had got the big teel room open. Now he was going twice as far south In answer to an other message. Cary, the Impeiior telegrapher, had gone home sick. "Could handle the key myself at a pinch, eh, Ben?" remarked Fortescue. "I guess I've not quite forgotten my Morse." The expert nodded. They' had been railroad operators together fifteen years back, and had always kept up their friendship. The office clock chimed eleven thirty. Grahamo's train pulled out in fifteen minutes. "Well, good-by, Ja.?p! I'll see ynu In October, if everything goes well. Look out for your safe." "We keep good watch of that," re plied the clerk. Leaning forward he dropped his voice to a whisper: "Fifty thousand In money and jewelry In there tonight. A diamond drummer's Just put in twenty thousand. We close it at midnight Till then" Dropping his hand behind the coun ter, he raised a revolver butt. Grahamo smiled. "Yes, I see. Good-by!" With a final handshake he hurried out to the carriage. Fortescue spoke to Hayden, the colored watchman", twenty years an Imperial employe, trusty as a steel trap. "The safe's chock-full of money and valuables, Billy. Be sure the door's hut at twelve, if I'm not here. I may have to see a party In 47. There were a, lot of suspicious-looking characters n the street this afternoon. The town's full of crooks, baited here by this convention. Here comes the band now with a crowd of delegates from the train. Be careful, won't you?" "All right, sir," replied Billy, and hurried away on his rounds. Fortescue's glance fell on Maurice Stone, the new bell-boy, a slim, quiet Jad of eighteen, pouring over a book. The clerk was something of a marti net He had not taken to Stone; not that he. actually distrusted him, but yew men must be tried before being trusted too far. Fortescue spoke barply: "Put that book up, Stone. I don't want you reading while on duty. Go Up to 47, and ask if Mr. Folger war.-.s to see mc." It now lacked but little of twelve, and the procession was just in front of the hotel. Roman candles and red light illumined the street. The thun der of the band, pealing' through, the doors, filled the office. Everybody was at the windows looking out. The clerk stepped into the vault to put away the ledger. On turning to ;o out, he noticed in one corner a piece of paper shaped like a check; he stooped to pick it up. He was stand ing with his back to the door, and at one Bide of it, concealed from those without., f' Suddenly kllng-g-g! the music was cut off, and thick, dead stillness suc ceeded. A second later, before he could realize his peril and cry out, the bolts clanged home. The door had been closed and locked and the combination disar ranged. So noiselessly had the well oiled hinges turned and so bright was the electric light inside that be had received no warning. In a flash Fortescue woke to his po sition. The combination of the vault had been changed that day, and he was the only man who knew the new combination. Almost unbalanced by his danger, he uttered cry after cry, aa he pound ed his fists on the rock-like door. .Then a calmer period curne, and he applied himself with determination to the problem so suddenly forced upon him. It was easy to understand how the thing had happened. Everybody In the office had been watching the procession, so no one had seen him enter the safe. Hayden, the watch man, coming along a minute or so after twelve, his steps drowned by the aiusic, had feund the door open. jBtrlctly obedient to orders, he had wung It to, turned the T-handle, and Why, It ain't no Ioiik. 1 reckon, leastwise thet's th' way It aeema, Pence I was th' happy daddy of a family o' dreams; When they countered all about me an' they climbed up In my chair, An' they smiled at me an ajreeted. me from almost everywhere; Every night I heerd 'em alngln' I could hear 'em Jent es plain! An' they uaed t' dance before me all th' way along th' lane, How they kop' me sweet nn' hopeful on wnat roupn road i mifrnt roam, But they ve all gro lest like child crowed up an' loft me, aurn lenvin nome. An" sometimes I set at evenln' where I used r soe 'em piay, Sort o' solemn like an' lonesome, sence they're prowed an' gone away; Sort p' glad l used t' have 'em, when I git t' dreamln' on, Bout en glad I used t' have 'em es I'm sorry thot they're gone. How 1 used t' set a-dreamln' In this big, old-fashioned chslr, With th' drenms like children playln' In my castles In th' nlr. They was colored Jest like rainbows an' ez light an' fine ez foam, But they've all growed up an' left mo Jest like children leavin' home. J. W. Foley, In the New York Times. VAULT. W. Tolman whirled the knob to scatter the com bination. Fortescue looked eagerly round, seeking some chance for escape, bat nothing offered. The electric bulb il lumined every come. From floor to celling the walls w'ere lined with locked money drawers and the backs of ledgers and files. On these the clerk bestowed merely a casual glance, for behind them lay two inches of solid sU?el, backed tr a foot of cement. No, positively his only chance was by the door; and that must be opened from the outside. His cell was about six feet square and seven feet high. To support life comfortably a man needs at least a thousand cubic feet of air an hour. A little calculation told Fottet-cue he had enough for fifteen minutes. After '-hat the deadly carbonic acid gas would giadually overpower him. He looked at his watch. Bvery min ute wis priceless. How fast they were ticking away! What was going on in the office only a few feet off? Could he not attract some one's attention? Not if that bass drum were still thundering through the room. But it must soon p.iss by. If he only had something to ham mer against the door! He remem bered his knife." Clenching it in his right fist, so that only its end project ed, he began pounding against the steel. Fortescue would have felt better had he known that Grahame was outside. Somehow or other he knew Ben wou'.i have got that door open. He stopped hammering for a moment. Bang! bang! bang! Somebody was pounding against the door. The clerk's heart leaped. He had been heard, and that was the first step toward his re lease. Again he g'ianced at his watch. Ten of the precious fifteen minutes hud LOVE'S LANGUAGE. By Homer Croy. It was the morning of that fearsome, uncertain day on which the bonds were to be made fast, where a tiny path yet leads back, when each tries to peer into the future and wonders, and doubts, and hesitates. They were alone, and she drew near him, aware, and watchful, "Harold, dearest, in a few hours it wHl all be over. Can you grasp it all? But did you dream of me last night?" "Yes, ownest. I saw you as a black marvelous swan, drifting placidly all alone on a mirrored lake, with here and there a flat floating leaf. And then I, an humble, joyous swan, too, began to float out to you. And my soul took fire, dearest, and I thrilled all over as you swung superbly around, and I wished to be a poet with a living, passionate pen, and I wished myself an earth-god, and that a raging wind and destruction would come, would swoop down upon you that I might seize you in my arms and defy the storm-god. And I could smell sweet Incense and hear the tinkling of innumerable bells, and could feel the delirium of a burning heart when you swayed your head, and again I wished to be a poet that I might sing-" "But, Harold, do you really love me?" He paused, breathed deep, and poured out his soul: "Yes, dear est, I think yon are It." And then she held up her vibrant lips, confident, satisfied. From Puck. passed. They must be quick. The air inside would not last forever. Confusedly he began to speculate as to how they would try to reach him. They might drill a hole to give him air; but before they could pene trate that thick, tough steel plate he would be dead. They might blow the door with nitroglycerin, but that would assuredly kill him. No, he could not get out alive unless the vault were opened in the usual way; and how could that be done when his was the only brain that knew the com bination? Tick, tick, tick! Second by second the' minutes were fleeting fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen. He was on borrowed time now. Already the veins on his face were swelling. His head ached fit to burst There was a clanging in his ears. If te could only live without breathing! Why did not those people outside do something'? Were they going to let him die without an effort? All at once from the door, even now wavering before his eyes, a succession of quick, sharp blows echoed through the. vault tap-tap-tap! Tr.p-tap-tap! . Over and over again they came, un til at last Fortescue's benumbed brain recognized the Bounds as the old fam iliar dots tod dashes of the Mono telegraph code. Word after word spelled out, until at last a sentence stood before him: "Can you hear meT" The clerk pulled himself together. Ben Grahame, of course! Somehow he had been summoned back. Perhaps his train had not started. It was of ten late at that season. Remembering r telegraph days together, he was tapping a message through the door. Fortescue felt a great relief. YcP he must reply quickly. The air was so thick he could barely keep his eyes open. His head was splitting. It was years since he had used the j code; but the old operator never for gets his Morse. Leaning against the door, he dropped back with the Wtt of his knife: "Yes" tap-tap, tap-tap; tap; tap-tap-tap. Again a message clinked through the resounding steel: "Wnat is the combination f Staggorlng, fighting off insensibility-, the imprisoned clerk began to reply. So dulled wns his brain that he al most feared he might forget the um bers before he could finish. He was careful to make each blow loud aad clear, for he knew he was spelling; out either his reprieve or his death war rant. A single mistake, and all waa lost; he could not keep oonsclous long enough to tap the message through more than once. Dot by dot, dash after dash, he tick ed off the words: "Left to twenty-five; right three times to seventy-flve; left twice to fifty; right slowly, till dial stops." At the last stroke Fortescue's will gave way. His knife dropped to the cement, his muscles relaxed, and he collapsed utterly. Yet through the black mist which seemed to close round him he could hear the clicking of the tumblers. Fingers a few inehos outside were turning the T-handle, Would they get the combinatio right? Just as his senses were forsakliig him, with a tremendous clang the bolts shot back, and tne door sprang open. Somebody was sponging Forteseue's temples with cold water when he came to himself on his own counter. After a moment of bewilderment he remem bered and raised himself painfully to i hank the friend who had saved him. But he saw only a few belated guest and the regular hotel employes, Wily Hayden among them, his dark face al most ashen with relieved horror. In the background, quiet and sober, stood Maurice Stone. "Where's Grahamo?" asked tfcT clerk, weakly. "Couldn't reach Mw," was the repjj "We telephoned the telegraph office tt cotch his train, but it was too far out. j He couldn't have got back in time." "Then who knew the code?" They nodded toward the new bell boy. "You, Stone?" exclaimed Fortescue, incredulously, staring at the lad he had distrusted. "Yes, sir. I overheard you and Mr. Grahame speak of having been teleg raphers together. I couldn't help be- lng Interested, for I'm studying Morse myself in my spare time." He touch ed the book projecting' from his pock et. "I was pretty nervous and went slow, so as not to make any mistakes. Sorry I didn't know the oode better, or I'd got you out before." "You knew It well enough to save my life," answered Fortescue, grate fully. "I should never have thought of It myself." Youth's Companion. Nuts to Crack. A lame excuse is merely one that doesn't go. If u woman wants to catdh a man she should never pursue him. In an argument it's wonderful how obstinate the other fellow is. It takes longer to age whisky than it does the man who drinks is. Eliminate pcdltlcB and religion and oonTereation is pretty one-sided. Gh-1 friends can't be so very thick when they can see through each other. The trouble with a ready talker is that foe Is so often such a poor quit ter. New York Times. In some of the public schools ot Con necticut a course of agriculture has been introduced in some of the higher Trades. THE SEASONS New York City. The dress that la made In cuirass, or Jersey, style Is such a pretty and becoming one that its favor is constantly increasing. This model can be made simple or dressy as It Is treated in one way or another. In this case a pretty checked wool material is trimmed with heavy lace and silk banding and worn with chemisette of dotted net, but with the trimming portions omitted the dress becomes the simple plain one shown in the small view. Cashmere and heurietta, chiffon broadcloth and materials of the sort are much liked for immediate wear, and mothers who are beginning to think ahead for the future will be glad to know that the snme model promises to be a great favorite mado from linen and materials of the sort. The dress is mnde with the jersey portion and skirt. The jersey portion Large Designs. Loose braidings of satin are used as trimming on some gowns. This Is decidedly effective, whether put on in bands or used in outlining some large design. ' Attractive Scallops. Unusually attractive scallops are seea as a finish to some ot the linen turn-over collars. The more elabor ate ones have the front points of Irish oroehet lace. HEW DESIGNS consists of fronts, side-fronts, backs and side-backs. The skirt Is straight and laid in backward-turning pleats and the trimming portions, when used, are arranged on Indicated linos. The chemisette is faced onto the drees itself, which can be cut away beneath if a transparent effect Is desired. Lustrous Weave. Some designers expect that a new and lustrous weave of cashmere will be a lender in the styles. It closely resembles crepe de thine. Seven Gored Skirt. The plain seven gored skirt Is al ways a satisfactory one. It never goes out of style, it is very generally becoming and in every way satisfac tory. This one Is adapted to every material that is used for women's skirts, for It can be made plain or trimmed or enn he treated In any way that may be liked. In the Illustra tion, however, one of the new diagon al sergeB Is finished with a stitched hem. The skirt can be made In the length Illustrated, shorter or In the pretty round length that Is so grace ful for Indoor wear. The skirt Is made In seven gores. It Is fitted with perfect smoothness over the hips and can be laid in in verted pleats at the back or cut off and finished In habit style as liked. The quantity of material require for the medium size is tea yards twenty-four or twenty-seven, six and an eighth yards forty-four or four and three-quarter yards fifty-two inches wide It there la figure or nap; seven yards twenty-four or twenty seven, three and a half yards forty four or three and a quarter yjirds fifty-two Inches wide if there Is neith er figure nor nap. Golden brown and brick are. the favorite colors in gloves. BtJtwE ennns. JU8TICK OP TUB J"BACt, rVi.nloB, Attorney ud Ileal Folate Meet IJAYMONL) E. BIIOWN. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Brook villu, Pa. y." m. Mcdonald, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Real mi ale agent, patent tec u red, det ections made pcompdy. Ollcn In syndicate 'Hiding, ltouuldnvtna. Pa. $MITR M. MCCRKIGUT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Notary public, and reel en tale agent. 0V lttnfu will receive prompt atttulM. Oft on In the K7nuldvlile Hardware Oo. bulldlag. Halo nirnet BeynoldaTllle, Fa Itl. a. K. HOOVER, ' " DENTIST, Resident dentlnt. In the Beaver bulldtat Malnntreet. Oeatlenenn la operating. )K. L. L. MEANS, DENTIS, Office on second floor of 'As flnt NatloaeA Sunk building, Mala ntreet. JJrt. U. DeVEHEKINO, DENTIST, nftb-e on named tor of Mia Syndicate ball ng, Main alreat, nteynoWvllln, Pa. fJENUY PWEHTKR UNDERTAKER. Black and white funernleam. atata street. RejnoldavUle. Pa. T YEAR OPENS BRIGHT High-Price Question Acute, but Doesnt Stand In the Way of Optimism. New York. R. G. Dun ft Co.'s Week ly Review of Trade says: Not In a half decade has a year opened with the business outlook so generally aus picious as the year 1910. Sumo of the perplexing Issues which contrib uted to the crisis of 1907 still remain unsolved, while the question of high prices has become more acute; but It would seein as If business confi dence were not going to permit these things to interfere with the further progress of industry and commerce. The optimism which usually pro vails nt this season is this time ap parently well supported by the facts of the economic situation. In the great iron and steel trade, which is so basin, this spirit of optimism Is par tieulnrly conspicuous. Conditions are not so pronouncedly strong in some other department's, hut with fav orable agticulttiral conditions and with no event political or otherwise to Impair the confidence of business men In the credit structure there seems to be no reason to doubt a good year. flradstreet's will pay: Business failusps In the United for the week ending with January 6 were 271, ajralnst 2H7 last week. 329 In the Bk week of 1909, 435 In 1908, 283 in 1907 and 2S0 In 1900. MARKETS. PITTSBURt.. Wbent No. t red I Rye No. 2 Corn No a yellow, enr 17 n No. 9 yellow, shelled CD 70 Mlied eAr (W t9 Oatn No. I white 44 46 No. 8 white 4:1 44 Flour Winter patent 6 GO 6(0 Fancy ntrnlKht winters Hay No. 1 Timothy 16 00 1? 00 Clovor No. 1 I6111 IS M Feed No. 1 white mid. too Suoo MM Brown middling mo I it 00 Bran, bulk M4iW 26 00 Straw Wheat Ml 4 M Oat 8 60 t 00 Dairy Products. Batter Elgin creamery I SI M Ohio oreamery 2.1 Fanoy country roll 19 16 Chenne Ohio, new 14 15 New York, new 11 li Poultry, Elc. ana per lb t 17 1 Chtokene drenned ) 21 life Fa. and Ohio, Iresh 20 S7 Fruit and Vegetable. Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... 60 7 Cabbage per ton Hiii 14 0) Oclonn per barrel t 8 SB BALTIMORE. Flour Winter Patent I ft 60 S 70 Wheat No. 8 red 1 OH Corn Mined 70 71 Kggn S7 butter Ohio creamery aa PHILADELPHIA. Flour-Winter Patent .'..$ 1 60 6 Wheat No. S red 1 J Corn No. 2lied "9 Oatn No. white 40 47 Butter Creamery 26 7 ggga Pennsylvania firsts........ 27 w NFW YCRK. Flour-Patente 3 J J.0, 4 80 Wheat No. i red 1 m Corn No. ZZ Oats No. 2 white Butter -Creamery f.. KKga State and Pennsylvania.... LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. CATTLI Cltra, 14S0 to 1600 pounds 4 66 frime, 18U0 to 14U0 pound S b6 Uood. 12U0 to 1S0U pounds 6 Tidy, 1060 to 1150 pounds. 6n0 685 Fair, too to 1100 pounds 4 6) 9 Common, 700 tofiuo pounds. SiO 4u) Bulla ; S0O 6 00 tow. aouOaSftuO HOOS Prime, heavy. (50 12) Prime, medium weight 13 Best heavy Vorkers 9 It) Light Yorkers, 9 0) j 9 03 I'lgn. 890 9 OJ Houghs. 7 o 850 Btaga. 0 60 t SUSP Prime wethers. 6 79 4 (00 Uood mixed 6 j, 4 eto Fair mixed ewes and wethers. 4 51 .4 6 10 Dulls and common 6J S 50 Bprlns lambs od s Veal calves OJullSO Hsavy to thin oalves 600 a f 01 FOOTHEST FOR INVALID. In making a gift for an elderly person or invalid the comfort of a footstool or footrest should not bo overlooked. A carpet remnant Is ex cellent for this purpose, or the sound parts of a iwornout rug or carpet may be utilized. Public Ledger.
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