a -maldi.
THE FRIEND IN NEED.
.. ACTOR’S GOOD SAMARITAN.
A Reminiscence Which Seemed to Toueh
the Relator’s Heart—Onee Ho Was Very
Poor and Unknown, but Now He I's Rich
and Famous In All Lands.
The place was a coxy room In a cozy
house in a quiet street off the Strand,
London. The time was Saturday; the
hour, midnight.
sional ‘wen, composed of some of the
lawyers, doctors; newspaper men and.
actors whose names are famous on both
sides of the Atlantic, was scattered in
. groups about the rooms smoking and
chatting after the Saturday night sup-
tution with them. In a sheltered cor-
ner over by the fireplace sat a small
knot of men, every one of whom had
reached the top, or at least the front
rank, of his profession. The talk, drift--
ing in a smooth, deanltory, half sleepy
way from phase to phase, had gradually
to another the story had passed, each
telling the tale of an empty stomach, or
an empty pocket, or a hopeless tramp
of 30 miles or so in thin shoes along a
snowbound road in search of employ-
- ment.
Henry Yrving, thoughtfully smoking,
with an air of deep attention, had not
spoken and did not speak until the
others, having exhausted their stock,
turned to him. He had experienced
harder lack than any of them, and they
knew it. He looked np at fhem for a
moment and then, after a panse, said:
“The recollecticn nppermost in my
mind just now, while you boys have
been talking abont tramping and winter
roads and all that, is of a certain Christ-
. mas dinner st which I was present. I
- wonder whether any of yon remember a
poor fellow. long since dead—Joe Robin
~—who played small parts in London
and ontside it, and who made the one
big mistake of his life when be entered
the profession. Jos had been in the
men’s underwear busines and wag do-
ing well when an amateur performance
for a charitable object was organized,
and he was cast for the part of the
clown ip a burlesque of ‘Gory Fawkes.’
Joe belonged to ome of the bohemian
clobs, and on the night of the show his
friends among the act: rs and journalists
attended in a body to give him a 'send-
' He played that part eapitally, and
nischie? might have ended there,
bunt some one compared him to Gri-
stock, went on the stage,
months later I came upon him playing
. general utility on a small salary ina
small theater in Manchester. One relic
- of his happy days still remained to him.
He had retained shirts, collars and un-
‘derwear sufficient to last him for a gen-
. eration,
‘Bat if Jos lacked ability as an ac-
tag he had a beart of gold. He would
. le#d or give his last shilling to a friend,
and piece by pisce his stock of under-
wear had diminished until only a few
~ shirts. and underclothes remained to
him.
**The Christmas of that year—the
year in which we played together— was
perhaps the bitterest I ever knew. Jo»
had a part in the pantomime. When
the men with whom he dressed took off
their streét clothes, he saw with a pang
at his heart how poorly some of them
were clad. One poor fellow without an
overcoat shivered and shook with every
"breath of the wind that whistled through
the cracked door, and as he dressed there
was disclosed a nuit of the lightest sum-
mer ganze underwear which he was
wearing in the depth of that dreadful
winter. Poor as Joe was, he was deter-
mined to keep up his annual custom of
giving his comrades a Christmas dinner.
Perbaps all that remained of his stock
. of underclothing went to, the pawnbro-
‘ker, but that is neither here nor there.
Joe raised the money somehow, ard on
the Christmas day was ready to meet
bis guests.
* Among the crowd thet filed into the
roora was his friend with the gauze un-
derciothing. Joe beckoned him inte an
adjoining bedroom, ard pointing.to a
chair silently walked out. On that chair
hang a suit of onderwear. It was of a
/ comfortable scarlet color; it was of silk
and wool ; it was thick and warm, and | started to the station a bystander asked
it clung around the actor as if it had
been boilt for him. As the shirt fell
over bis head there was suffased through
his frame a gentle, delicious glow tiat
thrilled every fiber of his body. His
heart swelled alinost to bursting. He
seemed to be walking on air. He saw
+ all things through a mist of tears. The
faces around him, the voices in his ears,
the familiar objects in his aight, the
very snow falling gently outside the
windows, seeped as the of a
dream with but one reality —the suit of |
underwear.’
‘‘His feelings seem to ‘have entered
your heart,” said ong of the Hlsteners.
**They might well do go,’ replied Mr.
Irving, ‘for I was that poor acter.’ —
New York Tribune.
nn sre omen,
Valaable Pamps.
The hydraulic pumps at the Combina-
tion shaft cost $8,000,000; the first set
put in cost $750,000. The surface pnmp
plant at the same shaft cost $400,000.
That at the Union shaft cost £650,000,
+ At the Yellow Jacket’s shaft the steam
. pump plant cost nearly $800,000, while
that at the Forman shaft cost £500,000.
~ Btatistics show that the pumping ma-
. chinery on the Comstock is not only the
wost costly bat the most powerfal im |
the world, —Virginia(Nev.) Enterprise.
: “ow to Discourage Treating.
; Gayboy Have # drink with me?
A company of profes.
alarming extent.
His fate was sealed. He sold bis
and a few
- eomt a bushel. boes.'’
x samen ousven some. |
. Startling Developments
IRVING'S STORY OF THE " epysTED”
. Bslivened |
-o Dinner to His |
This story is going. the rounds ot
Vienna: Among the prominent citizens
of the capital of the Austrian empire js
a gentleman called Fritz. Hodis the pro-
prietor of a large factory ang is, more.
over, well known as a jovial, whole
sonled fellow, who delights to give large
dinner parties.
Not long since bo sent out invitations
to all his business friends to partake of
_ bis hospitality at a dinner party.
At first, ae is frequently the case at a
dinner party at which there are gemtie-
men only, the proceedings were some-
what tedious. By degrees, however, the
frequent lubwications, and there was a
flow of geniality and wit such as is
- found only on press excursions. :
Good hamor prevailed to an almost
Everybody present
was in a hilarious mood. [Just at this
erisis Fritz stood up and intimated that
_ he would like to make a few remarks.
assumed n retrospective hue, From one °
“Bravo!” said a fat’ man with a red
face, pounding on the table with the
handle of his knife. ;
‘Now we will hear something fan
ny,’’ remarked another guest. getting
his mouth ready to laugh.
h, speech!’’ exclaimed several
of Fu guests who had contemplated the
wine when it was red,
There was a solemnity about the host
that almost convulsed the merry gentle-
men present. '‘Gentlemen, I see around
me all my creditors, and I bave some
important information to impart to
you.’' And he paused. The fst man, to
whom Fritz was owing 20,000 marks,
tarned a Sitepkionid seemed to be un-
able to close his mouth, in which be
had deposited a morsel of pate de foie
gras. Several other creditors looked at
each other.
a
‘bankrupt.’ :
Roars of laughter. “That is good.
“Ower the Hills to the Poorhouse,’
gi rs
orator did not join in the laugh-
‘ter. With increased solemnity he said:
- “1 wash, gentlemen, for your sakes
and for my sake that I were jeeting,
but I em mot. Of late I bave experi-
enced severe losses. It 19 impossible for
me to meet my obligations. If;however,
you gentlemen are willing to give me
‘six months’ time, | can pay off every-
and my
thing and thos save my honor
life, for'’—and here Fritz drew a re
volver—‘“] propose to blow ont my
brains in your presence, ’’ and he placed
the deadly weapou to his temple.
. The horrified guests sprang to their
feet. A few of the IGT Courageous en-
deavored to wrest the revolver from the
desperate man, but they did not suc-
Frits declared that he would not
give up the revolver until a certain doc-
oment giving him an extension of six
months was signed, and he saddeniy
drew the document from his breast.
As we have already intimated, all:
the creditors, owing to the wine, were
© in a most genial mood, and iz a few.
minutes the document was signed hv all
the creditors of Herr Fritz
.. Then the merriment was renewed in
earnest, although thers was a hollow
in the laigh of the fat man that
of an aching heart. Fritz put up
his revolver, which, so it has been inti-
mated, was not even loaded.
——— rs ana Boies
Simple Arithmetie.
A potato bagger went into a Pitsburg
commission house «ne day and asked if
there was anything to do. ‘Yes,’ re-
plied the proprietor, '‘a car load of po-
tatoes Is wyiting &t the station to be
bagged. t will youdoit for?’ “A
**Now, I'll tell
you what I'll do. There are 800 boshels
in the car.
job.” The shook his head. *‘1'll
give you §10 to bag those B00 bushels. '’
“No, sir; a cent a bashel js my price.”
“I'M make it $11, and that's as high as
I'll go.” “Can't doit, boss. I never
scabbed on potato bagging in my life,
and I won't begin now.
oont a bushel.’”” The Dagger started
out, when tbe proprietor: called him
back again and said, ‘'All right; I'l}
give you your price.” After the man
the proprietor the reaming of the eon-
vorsation. ''I just wanted to show you
- something queer. That man won't work
unless he gets an even cent a bushel. He
can’t compute any other rate.
bas a bmshel bagged. hoeuts 4. acteh on
a stick, and that Tepreemts 1 cent.’
Pub Dispateh. ;
Al Front.
At Chancellorsville, while 3 sckson's
corps was moving to the flank and rear
of the Union army, the Confederate eav-
' alry in advance became engaged with
. the enemy. Presently a wounded troop-
.. e1 emerged from the woods ia fiomt.
After surveying the scene b.. moved in
_ the direction in which the infantry were
mareing, apparently in search for the
ont immediately the biue jackets
closed behind Jackson's corps, and the
poor cavalryman appeared again, look-
1g hopeless and distraught. He was
| met by another cavalryman, to whom
hea called out: "Hello! Woanded?''
**Yes,'' replied the other laconicaily,
adding, * ‘Let's git to the rar.’
“R'ar!’ : returned the disconsolate
cavalryman. ‘This is the worst
I've been in yet. It ain't got any r'ar. "
oe Ge Seay wii
hoeband; be never hurries you whem |
aT no
1 ™ little credit due to him for |
w Ee
1 drink. Now York
my dear. Whenever I sce that Iam | ;
likely to be ready in time, I
hat or gicves out of the way and
hunt for them up and down till |
'* — Detroit |
. guests became more lively under the
stimulating influences of the wines,
_ Their tongues became loosened by the
per, which had become a standard insti.
comtinved the orator,
. “you will regret to bear that I am-
I'll give you $9 for the
My price 1s 1-
When he
AT EVEN-SONG.
| BT cmd call you buck for one brief hour,
Jt is nt even-song that hour shoul be,
bells are chiming from an oid gray tower
Arross the tranquil ».
Just o the last gul@ lingers in the west,
you to the world you knew
Before you went to rest.
And where the starry jnsmine hides the wall
We two would stand together once again.
-F mow your patience 1 would tell you all
My tale of love snd pain
And you would listen, with your tender smile,
Tracing the lines upon my tearworn face,
- And frding. even for a little while,
‘Our earth a weary place.
Only one little hour. And then once more
The hitter word. farewell, beset with fears
And all my way darkened. as before,
shades of lonely years.
Far better, dear, that son, unfelt, unseen.
Should hover near me in the quiet sir
And draw my spirit through this mortal screen’
Your higher life to share.
J would not call you back, and yet ah, me!
Faith is 80 weak and humap ore so strong
That sweet it seems to think of what might be
This hour at even-song. :
~New York Ledger.
How to Protect Yourselr.
If you get into a quarrel with man
and see that you can't get out of = with-
out a fight right then and there, forget
that he has a béad, pick ont the second
button of his vest and smash him on it
as bard as you can. In 90 cases ont of
| CONTRACTOR
pe
aria Fes 5
NEAR THE PATTON MOTEL.
i
All kinds of lanndry work. done on shortno- |
i tice und Fond work gusrantaed Prices regsorn-
un whia the fields are sweet and cool with |
allied for and delivers! without
Opders left at Nebsid's barber
Work
extra charge,
te the Beek Hotel, will rmeelve
shop, «
{ prompt a tention;
AUGUST K. HUBER.
‘STONE MASON,
Mellon Avene, PATTON, PA.
lam prepared to do all kinds of work in my:
w. Contracts taken and
line at rensonabile
extimates fumisheal when desing. <atisthetion
| guaranteed. five mea enll,
FP. W. BITTNER.
AND BUILDER.’
men Ye : :
#7 Estimates sabmitted on short notices,
PATTON, PENNA.
P. P. Young & Bro,
Whale and a — n
FRESH MEAT
100 you'll win the battie withont aif -
other lick. There is no foul abont a
stomach blow; it's only when youn get
below the belt that yoa are open to
eriticismi. Of course you are liable to
hurt a man by hitting him in the stom-
ach, but that's what yon are there for.
Most people who get into a sudden row
1 am speaking of course of those who
have never been tanght how to take care
of themselves—go at each other hand
over hand like a sailor climbing up the
rigging, and they invariably try for
cach other's head. As | said before, for-
get voar antagonist has a head if you
are forced intoa fight. Just take aim at
the place where yon think his chest pro-
- tector stops and let drive at it. There
- {8s not one man ia 1¢ 000 can stand a
crack there,
ing tc make a man’s stomach hard
enough to receive even a medium blow
there. Then, if you wan! to spoil his
beauty and Jvave your visiting card with
him in the shape of a black eye, you can
do it at your leisure, for the fellow who
js hit in the bread basket forgets all
about bis body above that. for ths time
being anyhow. — Washington ost.
Not Easy to Interview.
H. N. Higinbotham of World's fair
fame is one of the most genial of Chi-
cago’s big men and one of its easist to
approach. But that does nit mean that
Mr. Higinbotham is an easy man to in-
terview. Quite the reverse, Except on
matters to which his opinion is perti-
nent he will not talk for pablication.
For instance, if be is asked for an inter-
view on the tariff he will Jead the con-
versation away from that topic and de-
scribe volably the condition of the Mo-
‘bammpedans in Palestine ss he saw it
result is that intervisveer spends
half an hour or so in deligl.tful conver-
sation snd leaves with absolntely noth-
ing to write about. — Chicago Post.
Paris Library.
- M. Marchal, the assistant librarian
of the Bibliotheque Nationale a: Paris,
has finished the general inventory of
that lilirary, on which he bas been at
work with a large staff of assistants,
‘wince 1973. The fignres given out thus
far show that the National Hbrary of
France contains 2,130 000 volumes,
This number does not include the col-
lection of French provincial newspa-
pers, which is still in an unbound form
and conld therefore not be counted
among the volumes. — Philadelphia Led-
ger.
Net 8 Good Substitnte.
Guide—Ladies and gentlemen, right
hero among these cliffs is a wonderful
ecko. A pistol shot is repeated 13 times,
Is there a getitleman here from the west,
If so, will he please discharge his pistol?
Man From Kentocky—1 don’t ge
much on a gun, but if vou can use a
‘leven inch bowie knife |'ve got one
pent pb
right on band in my’ ‘boot. — American
Industries.
Herds of Elephants.
- Sir Gerald Portal says that Between
the coast and Uganda the supply of ele-
. phant tasks fo Africas’ ‘apparently al-
moet inexhaustible.” Enormous num-
ters of ulephants are in the country still,
One of the officers of hia expedition,
while ng the country west of
Monge, saw more than 300 in one herd.
The history of gardening from the
. mst ancient days is likely to be illns-
trated at Versailles during the great
Paris exbibition of 1900. There i»
plenty of space in the grounds, whil:
the lakes would give ample scope for the
display of floating gardens such as the
Astecs and the Chindse loved to arrange.
There is a ripe side to the orange as
‘well as to the peach. The stem half of
the orange is usually not so sweet and
juicy as the other haif, not hecause it re-
cetives loss sunshine, but possibiy be-
canse the juice gravitates tothe lower
half, as the orange commonly hangs be
low its stem.
The net debt of New 1
§100,763,407. Chiczgo's debt is $19, -
000,000; Philadelphia’ s $22,000,000;
Boston's $86,000,000, New Orleans’
$16,000,000, Cincinnati's $36,000, 000,
Baltimore's $16,000,000, Washiagton's
00. 900 and Bruckiva's $47,000, -
wid tobacco hes Ween found 4 growing
Ji. Texas, and it is claimed that for deli-
‘ency of perfume and strength of leaf the
plant js het warped by the rel Ha-
i
F100 Cambri comes thin definition
of a popular game, ‘Football is the
pursuit of BIOWR shat iy bliwn hn-
t -_y; iid
It takes months of train-
when last Yjaitiog tie Holy Laud. The
York city is =
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Bologna, Lard, Etc
FIFTH AVENUE,
Patton. Pa.
NEW MERCHANT
Tailor Shop
IN REAR ROOM OF
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Particular attention paid to Mend:
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lars, Nets, Whips, Blankets,
© Harness Onl, Etc.
REPAIR WORK
A Speciaity.
Railroad Street and Magee Avenue.
OF PA TTON.
Patton, Cambria Co, Pa.
CAPITAL PAID UP, Sonia.
Acenunts of Corponstions, Firos, ndivida.
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ble terms consistent with safe and conservative |
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cities of the Od 'W od a
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personal attention,
Interest paid on tne deposits,
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CoNTmcran Buwoen
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and Specifications.
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MR. EDITOR.
DEAR SIR: —Please
be kind enongh to leave
this space vacant until fur
ther notice, as [ have more
signs now than I can fulfill
orders for.
And Oblige,
Yours Respegtfully,
"EUREKA PAINTING CO,
D. H. C. WARREN,
. Manager.
wp
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gives only the gossip of the neighborhood)
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