SHADOWS. Bhado\\B of the mornin ', on fhe way! Shadows of the morning, fresh and gay! Shadows of the morning, hke a maiden's tears adorning, For her bridal,—oh.' how soon ye pass away! Shadows of the midday, cool and cairn, Sliadowß of Oasis, and of palm! Where a we*rv pair are resting, after heat of desert blest in Airs that wunder in those shadows, breath ing balm. yhndowß of the evening, how they fall! Sombre, dank, and heavy, like a pall' How at firat they quicken; then they thicken, thicken, thicken, Till they rush upon us, myriads, veiling all. Shadows of the midnight, dark and drear! Shadows of the midnight, fraught with fear! But for liopes we fondest cherish, faiths we dare not let to perish, Oye awful, awful shadows! And so near! —[The Spemator. TAKING NO CHANCES. There it lav. Right on the mountain top. Nature had hollowed it out, as if on purpose, a space not more than fifty feet square; and in it she had placed gold in quantities that few men ever see and fewer still possess. Dull-colored yellow. It was just as Nature, the great alchemist, had made it. For centuries it hud lain and glistened in the burning sun, burnished only by the sand sweeping over it in windy revels. It hud never known the darkness of long years of hoarding in strong boxes, nor had it ever clung like the kisses of pas sionate men to the throat and arms and breasts of women beautiful as the day. No man's blood had been shed for it, 110 woman or cliikl lind eaten bread in sad ness and tears because of it. Yet it was gold. Amid the sand and in the crevices of the rocky ledges that made the apex of the mountain u novice might have passed by it unheedingly. (tut when Jack Swilling and his comrades saw it they j knew that they were rich. Attracted by the discovery of rich gold-diggings at Weaver, in the then re-1 ceutly organized territory of Arizona,the little party had left Tucson and traveled northward until they had arrivod at the placers. On their arrival at the mines, they found that already a good many thousands of dollars had been taken out principally by Mexicans, and they had no difficulty in locating ground that paid thorn well. For nearly a month they had continued mining, meeting with no more than usual success, until one of their party, while hunting, had ascended one of the surrounding mountains. On reach ing the summit, he had paused for an in stant to let his eye sweep the mesas and mountains that stretched away for miles on either side, and, while doing so, he had discovered that the littlo basin in which ho stood was almost paved with gold. Picking up a few of tho larger pieces, ho returned to cainp and informed his comrades of his discovery. Tho storv he told to his companions was one so iii crediblo that, hud it not been for the nuggets of gold which bo hud brought with him, they would not have believed him. Early the next morning the entire party ascended tho mountain, and what they saw proved that tho richness of the find had not been exaggerated, but that its true value had been, if anything, underestimated. Abandoning their old location, tho party encamped on theirnewly-discovored treasure-ground and began to gather its riches. At first every loose nugget was carefully picked up and stored away; after that the sand, which was found to be heavy with fine gold, was gathered together, preparatory to "washing" it out with tho waters of the stream below. This done, they began with their bowie knives "to cut and gouge" out of the crevices and cracks of the rock the gold that they contained. Never did men work so hard. The feverish hunger and thirst for gold was upon thorn. As long as the light of day lasted they continued to work. Each day saw the pile of vir gin gold grow larger and larger, until it became impossible to conceal it. Tho Mexicans who had been their neighbors in the old diggings would come into their camp and look with greedy eyes at tho Americans at work. At first they sought everywhere to discover an other such pocket, but in vain. Outside of the little piece of ground where; the first party had "struck it," tho mountain side was as barren of gold us a macada mized road. Then they ceased to pros pect. and spent their time sullenly watch ing the taking out of the riches in which they were to have no share. To thorn the spot was like the vortex of the maelstrom. Every morning thoy were there, standing on the side of the claim, and, during tho long, hot hours of the day, they sat, re gardless of tho burning glare of the sun, watching, watching, trem bling with excitement when a nugget larger than the ordinary was taken out. It was only when dusk grew into dark ness and tho blue sky glistened with its myriad of stars that they returned to their own camp, to toss restlessly through the night, feverishly anxious to see what new riches the morrow would bring to los Americanos. The gold their own work had taken from the hunks of the stream, with which they were, once so satisfied, seemed so littlo and insignificant, when compared with what their neighbors had taken from the mountuin-top, that they no longer thought or spoke of it. Once it had seemed to them a fortune, now it was hardly worth having. Day after day the Americans worked, watched by the Mexicans. From dollars the value of their gold grew into hun dreds and then into thousands. They could not tell how much they had for they had no means of weighing it. They had more tlinri all of them together could carry. The strongest man among them, Juek Swilling, six feet and over, eould not change the gold from one pluoo to another without making five separate loads of it. A strong man's load iu gold is not much when valued in dollurs at the utmost, perhaps, forty thousand dol lars -but, valued with tho value men place on it, it cannot he estimated. At first, tin; gold was stored in the common buckskin purses that tho little party, in its most enthusiasic moments, had never dreamed of being able to fill with the metal, and then it was packed iu roughly made bags of cloth. As the store of gold grew, the friend ship that had once existed between the Americans and the Mexicans became weaker and weaker. 80011 they were enemies, watching one another with hatred that none attempted to disguise. The Americans no longer slept together inu little group, us had been their custom. Instead, each took his blanket and went oft'alone, yet not HO far but that he was near the gold. While at work during the (lay, they made it a point never to pro up together" Even when n nugget larger than the rest was picked up, they no longer joyously called to each other that they might gather together to admire it. They were always on their guard. Day and night, one of their party watched the Mexicans. If they were to be killed and robbed of the gold they had discovered, by keeping thus separate some might escape if they were attacked. Yet the Mexicans had said or done nothing to justify the suspicion that they would descend to murder and robbery to secure the gold. They did nothing but watch, watch, watch, day after day, as the store of gold increased. Hut. as the duys went by and the pile of gold grew, a new look came into thoir faces, another light into their eves. The lips were drawn a little tighter, the forehead was less open. There were 110 longer laugh ing efforts made to tell jokes, half in Spanish, half in English, to amuse one another. The old camaraderie was gone. The pile of gold continued to grow. Hut at last it ceased. in the ere vices, and cracks, and sand there was 110 longer to be found a single glitter of yellow. Only the scars remained, where the knives had cut and gouged out the riches of the rock. The Mexicans smiled with pleasure as they saw the Americans vainly en deavor to find more of the motal, and in return the latter grew hot with anger, though in their hearts they felt relieved to know that they had exhausted the lead. Already they had as much us they could care for. Had there been more to mine, though, they would have taken it out rather than see any 0110 else possess it. It had grown to be a pleasure to have it. if only to know that it was theirs, even if they could not use it. When the pocket was mined out the Mexicans no longer came up daily to watch the Americans. Instead, they stayed in their camp at the foot of the mountain. They did 110 work. Why should they? What would the few ounces they could take from their claims amount to compared with what tho Americans had obtained? Now that there was no longer any gold to mine, the Americans began to devise means to remove the gold they had to where they could disposo of it. "It must be nearly a quarter of a million, boys," said Jack Swilling—all looked to hitn as to their chieftain; "we will have to get it out of here." How to do it was a question they were always discussing, as they gathered on the mountain-crest in a little group, in order to be able to watch tho little Mex ican camp below. "Wo can't carry all of it, but we might take part and hide the rest until we could return for it," suggested one. "Yes, and what we would leave behind tho Mex cans would got before we were out of sight. Why don't thoy get up and go! This is a white man's country, anyway," said another. "No, we can't do that," said Jack. "Wo will have to send to Wiekenburg for a puck-train, and two of you will have to go for it. You can leave to night, and the three of us who stay can lookout for the gold. Now, who will go, is the question." No one answered. Instead, each looked at tho other, as if wishing that his neighbor would volunteer. "There's no danger. What's tho mut ter with you? Are you ufruid to trust each other with tho gold?" asked Jack. No one replied, yet each knew that he did not want to go and leave the gold behind him. They were beginning to distrust each other us they distrusted tho Mexicans. '• Well, we will draw lots, and tho two who get stuck will have to go," said Jack. The lots were drawn, and tho two men to whom it had fallen to mako the journey j returned to camp and tried to sloop until night came. When it was so dark that they could not bo seen thoy arose and, silently slipping out of camp, began their trip accross the desert. The next morning one of the three men who remained behind, while watching, saw one of the Mexicans take his gun and start around the base of the moun tain, as if to hunt, lie called the atten tion of his two comrades to it. As the three watched the Mexican, thoy saw tho latter suddenly stop and look intently at the ground, and then his face turned up in the direction of the mountain top, as if to discover whether he was observed. Apparently satisfied that he was not, he began to walk back and forth, as if look ing at foot-tracks; then, as if satisfied, he turned abruptly and returned to tho camp he hud just left. " lie has found the boys' trail, and | knows that they are gone," said Jack, j His two companions merely nodded. Thoy had known, without being told, what Jack was going to say, and what ho was thinking of. When the Mexican had returned to his camp, the three men could see him seated I with his comrades in conversation. : There were five of them, and they ap- I pcared to be talking long and earnestly. Occasionally they glanced toward the camp where the gold was, as if trying to soe if they were watched. At last one ! of them rises; going to a roll of blankets | he picks up a gun, and. returning to the | group, begins to clean it. His comrades look at him and laugh, as if at a joke, I and then all the rest of them arise and get their arms, j "Thoy are going to trv to get the gold," says Jack, "und if we don't do something, they will pick us off one by one and be on the road to Sonora before the hoys gets hack." "What can we do?" asks one of his comrades. | "We can go down there and tell them 1 that we know what they aro after, and that they have got to go," replied Jack. | "By slipping up under cover of the bush | and bowlders, we can bo right among , them before they know it, and, if we get . the drop on them they will have to do | what we say. Get your guns and come cm." The threo men arose, and taking their arms, began the descent of tho mountain. Slipping from bowlder to bowlder, and , taking advantage of the* stunted under | brush, it was not long before they were I close to the cainp. As they paused a moment to take breath, they could hoar the Mexicans laughing and joking as they cleaned their guns, while the hunter, i I'omas, whom in tho past they had all ( liked so well, was softly singing to him j self iu Spanish. As the three men arose tho Mexicans : looked up iu astonishment. It was the • first time the Americans had coino among them since tho discovery of tho gold on : the mountain-top. j For an instant each side looked at tho other iu silence, und tlicm I'oinas, arising | and stepping toward tho Americans, asked them in Spanish what they de sired. I "We want you to get out of here, for we know what you arc cleaning up those guns for," repfitd Jack. ! "Togo home with," answered Tomas, adding: "Wo do not c.ire to mine here any longer." 1 "You uro doing it to murder us and steal our gold, and you have got to leave here at once," said Jack. "We are going to leave just as we told you. Hut. when you say we are inurdsr ers, you lio!" angrily answered Tomns, partly turning to face his comrades to have them verify his statement. Almost before the words had left his lips Jack reached out his left awn and, throwing it around Tonms's neck, drew him backward till the Mexican's head lay 011 his shoulder. As ho felt the strangling grasp of the arm, Tornus dropped his gun, and raising his hands, tried to pull the arm from his throat. His hand had lmrdlv touched the urm when a long-bladed knifo rose above his lace, grasped so tightly that the hand that held it, with its taut muscles and tense knuckles, looked almost as white as ! marble. For an instant the knife hung in the air that the fierce eyes looking down over tlio upturned face of the | Mexican might pick the surest placo to drivo it into the throat, drawn so tightly backward that one could see the arteries throbbing beneath the skin. Hut only for un instant, and then, so fust that it seemed like 11 flash of light, it fell, and entered the neck in the muscle just below the left oar. For a moment it stopped, and thou, as the Mexican's arm reached out as if to push away the arm that held it, the knife was pulled from left to right. As it swept through the throat, the arm that had held the head backwurd, that the knife might have a clean sweep, was raised, and the man whoso throat had been cut stood alone. For an in stant to those who hud seen it, it seemed like a dream, and then, us in a moment, tin? dark, brown face grew ashen gray, as if a painter had drawn a brush across it. Tomus caught with both hands liiH throat, and from the gasli across it, through his tightly-closed fingers, spurt ed jets of blood. At first slo.vly, as if the hands were striving to hold within the body the escaping life, and from the lips came indistinguishable sounds, as if ploading for help, while the eyes swept the face of friend and foe imploringly. Only for an instant, though. Then the jets of blood grew stronger as the strength in the hands relaxed. The eyes grew dim and glassy, and the body for an instant tottored, as if no longer able to stand erect. One or two steps, as if blindly striving not to full even in death, and then, as the hands stretch out, grasp ing at the air, the blood that they have held back pours out in torrents, and I down, with the face into the dirt, goes what was once Tomus, the hunter. Both sides are on their feet now, and, as they stand, tho Americans cover the Mexicans with their guns. "You had hotter go and go at once, and leave your arms behind," says Jack. Tho Mexicans look at him for an in stant, and then, with a glance at tho body, they turn and sturt across tho desert. The Americans watch them un til they are out of sight. The next day, when the pack-train, which had been sent for, has arrived, and has been laden with the gold, it is driven down the trail by tho camp whore the body lies. It is still there, swollen and black from tho heat of the sun, while the coyotes have lapped up tho blood and eaten the face away, until where it once was tho white teeth and bones glisten in the sunshine. Tho mules snort with fear as they sniff the carrion smell iu tho air, and, though heavily laden with gold, try in their fright to leave tho narrow trail. The men pause for an instant to look at the corpse. "Old '1 oinas," 0110 of them says; "I always thought him pretty square and rather liked him. Maybe, after all, thoy really did intend to go home without try ing to take the gold, as he said." "Maybe they did, said Jack; "but we couldn't take chances on any man's honesty with all this gold on our bauds." —[San Francisco Argonuut. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. Interesting Chat About a Great Enterprise. It was my plensurublo privilege to en joy a long chut recently with Dr. Henry M. Field, the editor of tho Evangelist. The fact that the twenty-fifth anniversary of the final successful laying of a cahlo across the Atlantic occurred not many weeks ago led Dr. Field into an interest ing reminiscent vein. " I can hardly realize," he said, " that a quarter of a century lias passed since the efforts of my brother and others to connect the old world with the new by electricity was crowned with triumph. And think of the progress in cable enterprises since that iiistoric date, July 21, lHfifi. Since then 1 have been to many remote corners of the globe, but 1 have never, even in India or Japan, been where I could not receive : telegraphic messages from this country." " I low WHS it the first cable failed to work after being effective for threo weeks?" I asked. "Oh, there were several reasons for that. In the first place, the cable was ( only as thick as your thumb and had been | injured by sun and rain before it was laid. In those days, also, it was thought ; necessary to use an enormous charge of' , electricity in order to send a message j across the ocean. Just the reverse is really the case. An operator at Heart's I Content, Newfoundland, told me that he had communicated with Valencia, Ire land. by means of a battery made in a percussion cap." "What do you consider the most inter esting incident connected with the Great Eastern's achievement twenty-five years ago?" "Perhaps tho most dramatic scene in that regard occurred when, after one cable had been successfully laid, the ship returned to mid-ocean and found tho (table that bad been lost. After tho cable I had been brought on board tho question j arose, Was it good for anything? The group in tho operating-room, including j Captain, now Sir James, Anderson and j my brother Cyrus, were painfully excit ed. Had the ocean destroyed tho avail i ability of the recovered wire? At first it j seemed so. No response followed rc j peated experiments. Suddenly a shout of amazement arose. From Ireland a I message had reached the westward-bound steamship. It seemed like a miracle and i the onlookers were awestruck. Think of I it! In mid-ocean my brother received a i message from this country telling him that his loved ones wore well. The die | patch was sent from New York to New ' found land, from there to Valencia on tin perfect cable, and reached tho Great Eastern oil the recovered cahlo. Wlion my brother was 100 miles from New foundland I received a message fromhiin in New York telling mo that all was well aboard. The late General Sherman was j fond of saying that to his mind tho re- I coverorv of that lost cable was the most wonderful achievement of modern times. John Bright was equally enthusiastic."—• [Chicago Herald. It in observed 'hat about four hundred I eop'e are killed nnnually at the grade I croHKiiigs in Chicago. THE JOKER'S BUDGET. JESTS AM) VAKNS BY FENNY MEN OF THE I'KKSS. The Virtue of Necessity—Hard to Suit—Truth in aNutshell —A Great Man, Etc., Etc. TIIE VIRTUE OF NECESSITY. Nellie—Boo-hoo! Papa's got. May another pin, and 1 think ho might get nie one, too. Mamma—You know you lose all your pins, Nellie. Nellie—l don't care. 800-hoo. I haven't had any to loso since I lost the last one.—[Judge. HARD TO SUIT. Jcwoler—l have a good second-hand watch here I can sell you. Customer—But 1 don't want a second hand watch. Jeweler—But there are no watches made now without second hands. TRUTH IN A NUTSHELL. "The man who has gold gets along in this world," said Harduppe, gloomily. 44 Yes," said Happygolucky, "and BO docs the man who hus bruss." A GREAT MAN. Ethel—l consider Jack a great man. Maud—l fear you are juilging him by his sighs, dear. BECAUSE. Giglamp—Why do actors always like to refer to themselves us artists? l'uresis—So that they will draw well when playing, I funcy. WILLING TO TRY THE AGED. Clarklots—lt is true that I am poor; but my father is rich. Miss Bleoker —You might mention to him that our little affair is off. GREAT PROGRESS. "How do you get uloug with your French, Litehedd?" 44 Very well; I've got so far I can think in French now." "Gracious! You must find it superior to English." ECONOMY ON ALL OCCASIONS. "I've a groat notion to jump into the river," said Mr. N. Peck at the end of a little domestic discussion, as he picked up his hat and started out. 44 You come back here," said his wife. "If you intend any such tricks as that just march upstairs and put on your old clofhcs before 3*oll start."—[London Tit- Bits. A WICKED MAN. With all his might he'd "boat an egg" And "whip" the fresh white cream, Or even "jam" the flaky crust, Though kind to all he'd seem. He'd make the peas "shell out," Because they were so green, Or even 44 thrash" the wheat And "string" the buttorhean. —[New York Herald. A READY DEBATER. Fond Uncle—Jack, you extravagant rascal, I'll cut you off without a sliil ling. Jack (the incorrigible)— All the more reason for letting me have the five hun dred now. PITY TIIE SATISFIED WOMAN. The Singular Girl —My only ambition is to write a book. The Practical Girl—Well, why don't you write one, then. The Singular Girl—Why, if I did. I shouldn't have uny ambition left, would IV A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. Dr. Fowler, having had occasion to treat the family of Sam Johnsing for ma laria, remonstrated with Sam for having the pig pen so near his residence. "What's de reason I ought ter put de pig pen furdor away from the house?" asked Sam. "Because it is unhealthy," replied the doctor. "Reckon you is mistaken," replied Sam; "dut pen has been dar for two yeahs, and dar ain't been no sickness yit among do hogs."—[Texas Siftings. A HINT. Young Bohrer (diffidently)— Yes, Miss Lucy, they do say I am clever at base ball. Lucy (yawning)—l should so (yawn ) dearly love to see you make a (yawn) home run.—[Pittsburg Bulletin. IIE HAD IIEKN KICKED. "That girl you are after is very hand some, Cholly." "Yaaa." "They say she takes after her father. Is it so?" "I—aw—don't think so. She has a very small foot."—[Now York Press. SHRUNK. "\\ hore's that flannel shirt of mine?" "It's gone, of course. It was very damp last night and you loft it near the open window."—[Truth. TOO SHALLOW. Grace—Charley had an idea floating in his head the other day! Belle—No! Grace—Yes; the doctor told him it was only wuter on the brain, though.— [Puck. THE EDITOR DOES. Poet (impressively)—l always know when 1 write something that is very good. Critic (thoughtfully)— But do you know when you write something that is very bad?—[Judge. OCCASIONAL ONLY. Tenant —Does this chimney always smoke like that? Landlord—Oh, no; only when there's a fire in the grate.—[New York Sun. A HINT. He —Your eyes sparkle like gems, j They would do to set in a ring. She—l would rather set them on a ring. AN EDITOR'S PLEASURES. Visitor —Don't you enjoy sitting 011 u spring chair? Editor —Yes; almost as much as sit ting on a spring poet.—[Home Budget. PAYING A JUST PENALTY. The musical instrument selier had suc ceeded at last, after an hour's hard talk in working off a cheap, wheezy, screech ing fiddle 011 a customer at four times its vulue. "Where shall I send it ? " he inquired. "To No. Slugg street. My flat is 011 the third floor." The fiddle dealer's jaw fell. Ho had moved with his family the day before to the same flat on a three years' agreement. —[Loudon Tit-Bits. A SLANGY PUN. Mfs. Uptown Flatto —Jane is the lazi est parlor maid I ever saw. She simply won't dust. Mr. Tptowii Flatte —Then you'll have to make her (Oust. Discharge her. AN ENTERPRISING SUITOR. " I fear you can't support me, sir," suid she. " Alone," said he, " I must confess that's true; But what you have, with what belongs to me, I really think will be enough for two." —[Harper's Buzar. A FASCINATING CREATUKK. Young Barrister—l have got to pay a visit to the wife of Judge S ; can you tell me what sort of a person she is? Attorney—Ah! A most amiable lady, of such engaging manners, in fact, that when you have chatted with her for half an hour you will be so bewitched that you will there and then propose for one of her daughters.—[ilumoristische Blatter. THE LATEST FASHION. Young Lady (familiar with museum collections) —What are those South Sea Island slaughter clubs for? Dealer (blandly)— Those are parasol handles. —[New York Weekly. SUE KEPT HER WORD. " Mizpah Say married! Why, she used to say she wouldn't marry the best man on earth." "Well, she haskopt her word; she has married about the worst one."—[New York Press. 'TWAS BUT A DREAM. " The most expensive meal I ever ate cost mo $107,000." " Why—how the—" 44 I had just cleared that amount on a wheat deal and was just cashing the check when the girl woke ine for breakfast."— [lndianapolis Journal. THE LAST TIME. George—For the forty-lifth and last time, will you marry me? Kthel—lf you are quite sure it is the last time I will. TAIL OR TALE. I The huntsman loudly boasteth now Of how he ne'er doth fail. lie misses birds upon the wing, But hits them in the tale. THE ESSENCE OF POLITENESS. He's so polite that I suppose, To put you at your ease, If you should step upon his toes He'd say: "Excuse ine please." TOO MUCH FOR HIM. The father of eleven unmarried girls, who hadn't had a male visitor in three months, was so deeply moved one day last week by the spectacle of a young man's coming up the front steps that he could do nothing but lean out the front window and gasp.—[Philadelphia Her ald. NOT HIS DOG. Tom—ls that your dog, Dick? Dick—Mine? No. Tom—l thought so. No man with un ounce of brains would acknowledge own ership to such a specimen of the canine tribe as that. Dick—He belongs to my brother.—■ [Yankee Blade. SHE DOUBTED HIM. "Madam," said a dirty and ragged tramp, 44 1 haven't had a bite to-day." 44 You haven't had a bite to-day," suid the lady, eyeing him suspiciously; "what are you scratching yourself for then?"—[New York Press. Dry Den ll datiou. In spite of its dryness, according to Professor Johannes Walt her,tho African desert is by no means free from tho changes produced by denudation, liains, though rare, are nowhere absolutely un known, and are always so heavy us to produce considerable effect. The changes in temperature have still greater influ ence. Tho daily range may be sixty de grees Fahrenheit, while the annual range may be ijot less than 125 degrees; and the contraction and expansion duo to these variations is constantly splitting up the rocks, which are not, as in moist climates, protected by vegetation. Many exam ples could be given to show how the rock masses in the desert are being destroyed by heat and cold, wind and drifting sand. The surfaces of old walls are corroded, strata of different hardness in the face of a cliff are worn back unequally; masses of rock are isolated, and the blocks and pillars are carved into strange forms, and especially into flat-topped lulls. Denudation, in short, seems to progress as rapidly in the desert as else where and along very similar lines.— [Trenton (X. J.) American. Sinking of a Sea's Bottom. Scientists tell us that, counting from the sea level, the lowest body of water on the globe is the Caspian Sea. For centuries its surface has been gradually settling down until now it is eighty-five | feet lower than that of its neighbor, tho Black Sea, which also lies far below the level of the ocean. The common con clusion has all along boon that tho Cas pian was merely losing its waters by some means, but recent investigations have shown this not to bo tho case. Soundings made and compared with records of soundings made more than one hundred years ago reveal the astounding fact that there is still as great a depth of water AS existed then. This leaves but one hypothesis that would seem to bo tenable - the bottom of the Caspian Sea is actually sinking. There is much spec ulation in scientific circles relative to what the final result will be.—[New York Telegram. Parental Pride Justified. Sir Thomas Lawrence was one of tho | great portrait painters in England, llis | parents were poor, his father being a I country innkeeper. One day Lord j Shaftesbury's father and mother stopped I at the inn, having their younger son, the j future lord, with them. In conversation the innkeeper spoke of the genius of his boy in drawing and wished them to test it by a picture of their son. They as sented, thinking to gratify a father's pride, but not looking for any evidence of superior talent. The boy came in modestly, with chalk and paper, and in a few minutes had drawn a picture of their son, on which the pareuts looked with wonder. They recognized the genius and the promise of future greatness, and befriended the young artist, giving him the help needed to develop his wonderful gift.—[New York Press. The consumpt on of lobsters is steadily increasing. yOU ARE INVITED To call and inspect our im mense stock of DRY GOODS, Groceries, Provisions, FURNITURE, Etc. Our store is full of the new est assortment. The prices are the lowest. All are invited to see our goods and all will be pleased. J. P. McDonald, S. W. Comer Centre and South Stfl., Freeland. FERRY & CHRISTY, dealers In Stationary, School Books, Porlodlcais, Song Hooks, Musical Instruments, CIGARS and TOBACCO, sopozEaTxasra- GS-OOXDS Window Fixtures and Shades, Mirrors, Pictures and Frames made to order. Pictures enlarged and Framed. 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Having purchased the stock of Wrn. J. Eckert and added a considerable amount to the present stock I am prepared to sell at prices that defy compe tition. Don't forget to try my special brand of MINING OIL. Centre Street, Freeland Pa. E. M. GERITZ, 23 veai-8 in Germany and America, opposite flic Central Hotel, Centre Street, Freelaeu. The Cheapest Repairing Store in town. Watches. Clocks and Jewelry. New Watches, Clocks and Jewelry 011 hand for the Holi. days; the lowest cash price in town. Jewelry repaired in short notice. All Watch Re pairing guaranteed for one year. Eight Day Clocks from 53.00 to §12.00; New Watches from §I.OO up. E. M. GERITZ, Opposite Central Hotel, Centre St., Freeland. GO TO Fisher Bros. Livery Stable FOR FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS At Short Notice, for Weddings, Parties and Funerals. Front Street, two squares below Freeland Opera House. ~ JOB PRINTING nXWJBT*D AT THIS 017101 AX Lowest Living Prices. CM! EM! The undersigned has been appoint ed agent for the sale of G. B. Markle & Co.'s Highland Goal. The quality of the Highland Coal needs no recommendation, being hand picked, thoroughly screened and free from slate, makes it desirable for Domestic purposes. All orders left at the TRIBUNE office will receive prprnpt attention. Price $3.75 per two-horse wagon load. T. A. BtJcKLEr. Agent. PETER TIMONY, BOTTLER, And Dealer in all kinds of Liquors, Beer and Porter, Temperance Drinks, Etc., Etc. Geo.Ringler&Co.'s Celebrated LAGER BEER put in Patent Sealed Bottles here on the premises. Goods de livered in any quantity, and to any part of the country. FREELAND BOTTLING WORKS, Cor. Centre and Carbon Sts., Freeland. (Near Lehigh Valley Depot.) H. M. BRISLIN, UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. Also dealer in FURNITURE of every description. Centre Street, above Luzeirne, Freeland. The Moat Successful Remedy ever discov ered, as It Is certain In Its effects and does not blister. Read proof below: KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURL BELVKIUION, Pa., Nov. 27, "90. DB. B. S. KENDALL CO. : Gents—l would like to make known to those who are almost persuaded to use Kendall's Spavin Cure the fact that I think It Is a most excellent Liniment. I have used itou u Blood Spavin. The horse went on three legs for three years when 1 commenced to use your Kendall's Spavin Cure. I used ten bot tles on the horse ana have worked him for threo yeuraaluce and has not been lame. Yours truly, WM. A. CURL. GERMANTOWN, N. Y., NOV. 2,1889. DB. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburgh Falls, Vt. Gents: In praise of Kendall's Spavin Cure Iwlll ■ay. that ayeur ago I hat! a valuable young horse be come very lame, hock enlarged and swollen. The horsemen about here (we have no Veterinary Sur geon here) pronounced bis lameness Blood Spavin or Thoroughpln, they all told mo there was no euro for It. ho became about useless, and I con sidered blm almost worthless. A friend told me of the merita of your Kendall's Spavin Cure, so I bought a bottle, and I could see very plainly great Improvements Immediately from Its use .and before the bottle was used up I was satisfied that It was doing him a great deal of good. I bought a second bottle and before it was used up my horse was cured and has been in the team doing heavy work all tho season since last April, showing no more signs of it. I consider your Kendall's Spavin Cure a valuable medicine, and It should be in every stable In the land. Respectfully yours, EUGENE bEWITT. I Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for $3. All drug gists have It or can get it for you, or It will be sent to any address on receipt of price by the proprie tors. DR. 11. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburgh Falls, Vermont SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. A. RUDEWIGK, GENERAL STORE. SOUTH HEBERTON, PA. Clothing. Groceries, Etc., Etc. Agent for tlie sale of PASSAGE TICKETS From all the principal points in Europe to all points in the United States. Agent for the transmission of MONEY To all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts, and Letters of Exchange .on Foreign Banks cashed at reasonable rai*>s. S. RUDEWIGK, Wholesale Dealer I n Imparled Brandy, Wine And Ail Kinds Of ' LIQUORS. THE BEST ZBeer, UPorter, -AAe And. Brown Stent. Foreign and Domestic. Cigars Kept on Hand. S. RUDEWIGK, SOUTH HEBERTON. A pamphlet of Information andab-Ao^v
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