Pittston Gazette

              idM§ • ._ " 4 ■■ * , - 'J". •" f1 r,#1 Oldest l\ewsi)at)er m the Wvomme Valley. PITTSTON, LUZEBNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, DECMBER 27, 1889. A Weeidy Local and Family Journal. 1 "'7."-™'M Wonderful! A. scientist old had oft been told tne stream on me otner siae, oniy roe dull roar of the water as it struck the bottom of the canyon some thousands of feet below. Brace's voice was startlingly distinot when he spoke. Hu.cii cui cnruugu lue urai  next instant it went altogether, and 1 was left swinging by my hands to the npper rope over the chasm. lovely land. tin air rro.n me St'* iemper• I the suu's heat. The l.lafttutions were already burdened with fruit, everywhere there was a redolence of orange-blossom— "a very suggestive fragrance, my dear fellow," said the baronet, pressing my liund. Edith was charmed with all sue saw. "Is this my home?" she asked. I turned to Sir E Imund. At seven year t bevull AUts» ul iU»i.. 1 have taicen lessons in eiocutiou duu gestures and am well fitted to adorn a higher plain of society than I now movo in. A word from you would aid mo very much and might influence my parents I for good. I inclose stamp for reply and 'will ever remain vuo driixr *8 lii9 ■ » , "Come, wake up, wake up, don't delay business." FACTS ABOUT FLOWERS. Of strange monsters in the deep That came out from their homes In oeeaf In lube's first draught His dreams are of tho billions; 6*aet confidence 9uiDp him As he rightly spends his millions. A solution" of tobacco soap will keep the aphis away from honeysuckles. chib I have ever bandied in tnv 20 jears ex perience, is Electric Bitters.'' ". Thousands of others have adiiedttheir testimony, so" that the verdict is unanimous tfiat Electric Bitters do cure ail diseaisea of the Liver, Xidneys or Bl OvL OUv a h-tlt Dollar a bottle at Price & C-i 'k drug store, Pi ta'.on, aud E W. Campbell's drug store, West PittstOD. caves Todisport themselves in the saline waves, When landsmen were sound asleep. "Die! cursed dog, die!" shouted Van Ho*ck, with the frantic excitement of a man achieving at last the object o£ his life, as he attacked the upper rope with his knife. "-Die, and know that all you cherish in the world shall be mine—Wealth, and the woman you love. Die!" i 8—Carriage load of mourners in oloso i conveyance. Cuttixos should always be made from healthy plants, otherwise they are sure to be poor and diseasfd. "You tell me the thing is on the other side of the ropes, my gel," he said. She answered yes, and we went slowly forward and downward along the narrow . and jagged ledge, our faces toward the i glittering quartz, seeking interstices and projections for hold to our hands. We were getting away from the fall, bat at a certain point the natural path returned toward it in a zig-zag along a lower projection. At the angle which offered a little wider standing space, we stopped. "This here hole was fust showed me by the Kid's mother," said Bmce; "it had served her father for a cachette In quite the earlv davs of this countrv's elorv. "A cachette," he explained, "is a piaC e where you keep things snug. Almost every miner, befrre the Vigilance Committee nomenated me jedge, had a cachette. This was mine, and many a ounce I've brought "down here: fur you see, barrin' accidents, it's won'erful safe. You will allow that no one oouldfind his way down here in the dark" (I shuddered at the thought of anyone attempting snch a fearful venture), "and from here right | up to the hole Is a fair straight line, so that no light could come down without its beiu' seen: but that Rin't the only safe-guard, as jqu shall see. Come on. sir." We made our way (oot by foot along the narrow ledge for some distance, still descending. When Brace again balled, the light of his torch revealed the yellow stream falling silently tnrough space, a few feet before hiin. That silent fall lrapressed me with a sense of the awful depth of the gulf beside us. The ledge ended abruptly where Brace stood; a recess In the wall allowed ample' standing room for us three. "The greaser never got no further down than this; but it warn't fur enough for me." said Brace, "i had my idea of gettin' right down to the b Dttom of this hole, where these waters must have carried tons of gold." — "But the ledge ends here." "It do; but/' he added, lifting his torch, "it goes on auain over there." The light feHon a jutting projection of 3uartc upon the opposite side of the chasm, istant at least tWeuty feet. "But yon cannot leap that." "Correct, end I ain't goin' to try." He laid himself upon his face, and stretched bis arm down the chasm; when he arose, he had a cord in his hand. Pulling this in. he drew up-two cifls of stout rope. As ne drew them In, I saw that their other ends were attached to rocks upon the opposite ledge, one above the other, with about four "feet between. Atfouri a years, 4—Load of green hides and pelts driven by a profane, self-made man, wearing a retired policeman's helmet and an injured air, which latter Is shared by his cargo. 6—Load of iron rails, hauled by four large horses and driven by a deaf and dumb gentleman who is not in any way related to deceased. In mermaids rare and wondrous fair. And serpents fathoms long, That could wreck a ship with a blow of tlioii tail. "Well, we must go through th? tormality of looking at uiv dear," toid he. I had no hesitation in sTiowiugthem. and when he had seen the splendid results they already showed, he formally sanctioned a renewal of our en ;a-em-ui; but we had not waited for tiiat consent to let our hearts joiu in unconstrained delight. Our second engagement was happily longer than the first, but we were married the "week alter the vines were cleared. OnthemUlionmark he fixes; But, hope inflated, oft reflects Twixt ones, twos, threes or sixes. The glitter pains, Your sincere little friend and admirer, La uka. Marigold Butts. (This name, also, is highly fictitious.) Another is from a plain man who writes with blninar on a letter head which is beautifully executed in purple by means of a rubber stamp. It is as follows: Flohists say nothing' is gained by starting gladioli in the house in advance of the outdoor planting time. Or churn the sea like a northeast gale, His faith was far from strong. And with that he severed the last strand, and 1 swept down through space. Clinging with desperate energy to the rope in my hands, 1 swung, cramping myself together in anticipation of a violent shock against the side of the precipice. Happily, the rock above projected a little, so that the blow was less severe than i expected. 1 rebounded, and swung to and fro like a pendulum in the piichy darkness. For, in order to gel a tinner grasp upon the rope when I saw bis intention of cutting it, I had dropped the torch, which fell like the spark of a rocket into the depths below. What was I to do? I dared not try to pull myself hand over hand up the wet rope, for the slightest relaxation of my hold might allow the rope to slip, and I should be lost assuredly. "Dear, are you there still?" Lola called from above. COMMERCIAL NOTES. At twenty-one, The roseate hue Gleams bright on hundted thousands; And all his dreams are mental plans O' country "place" and housings. It is the nature of the poinscttia to drop its leaves after blooming when gWwn in the sitting-room. It often drops them before, unless a good deal of water is used on i ts foliage. In full dress coat with a telescope He boarded a dainty barque And turned its prow to the deepest main; "He's crazy," the landsmen cricd, "'tis plain. Or he'd not sail out in the dark." The world's product of wine last yea* amounted to a little over 83,000,000,000 gallons, coming mostly from France, Italy and Spain. California furnished 13,875,000 gallons. At twenty-eight. The golden age, Five figures, well invented, with Bank account and friends galore, And stocks by bears well tested. 6—Clam bake load of excursionists going over to Staten Island for painting purposes, accompanied by embryo Jags. 7—Close carriage containing other relatives of deceased and driven by a new man, who is not familiar with Now York City, having formerly driven a thrashing machine near Owatonna, Minn. He knows that if he loses sight of the hearse (ho will wander farther and farther away from the grave. In the meantime a procession of Oyster Openers, headed by a German band, outs in ahead of him from aside street, and the pole of an ioe wagon knocks a hole in the back of his carriage. Brace was at our wedding breakfast. When ft was over, he too* some of the flowers from the table, and disappeared for some days. I knew now he hud spent the brief holiday. If I had entertained any doubt, it would h ive beeii dispelled when, on his return, he took the old agreement from his pocKet uud punted to tue postscript:"it is understood b -t ween the abvve partners that, in the event iff a Itic ;y ftnd, the Kid shall not be forgotten." Earnest Brightwaters. Livery, Feeji aud Sale Stable Boardlnir Amoxo the most beautiful of the late autumnal blossoms may be mentioned several specics of blue gentian. The gentian is one of very few flowers which may be described as a true blue—most of those generally called blue being in reality more of a purple order. "I know," said he, "and quite agreo That for tlshing 'tis rather late, But I fish not as others, with rod and line— I scorn the use of both wood and twine, Thougk I take a bottle of bait." : and Baltinf. Also Intelligence Office. : Horses taken to board by the day or week s also funerals attended to and Justice of the : peace. The growth of egg Importations into England during the last twenty years has been remarkable. In 1864 the value of the eggs imported was $4,000,000, while in 1888 it had risen to $15,000,000. This growth will be maintained unless something is done to extend poultrykeeping in England. At thirty-five, In the swim, ChccUs for thousands ne'er protested Content, perchance, In dreams to be By creditors unmolested. He plied the oar until far from shore, And the moon arose large and green; Then shipped his oars and took up his glass, And eagerly peered in the deep, but alas! Not a single creature was seen. DEC. 10,1889. To the Preside*! of the United States. Sir—It is seldom that I monkey with the high prerogative of a person who has enough to think oi his own self in carrying out the duties of his office, but |I must say that It is time to call a halt, as our paper here last week stated. I 'am not a hide-bound radical, either i Democrat or Republican. I never was ■ hide-bound, as you might say, and if I jhad been I would have known what to do for it, for I have a condition powder that has no oqual; but, Mr. President, I do say that the way politics is conducted in this country is scandalous. It As a florist's flower the orchid will hold a far more important place in the near future in this country than in the past, and the day Is not far distant when prices of the different orchid blooms will be quoted together with roses and other flowers in the horticultural bulletin, and there will bo few retail florists that can afford to da without them. At forty two. Perspective dim, Some hundreds and a cottage, "With steady job we find to bo, The caper for his dotage. Bibd seed forms a considerable item In the export trade of some of the Moorish pprts. Thus from Laraiche last year in a total export valued at £60,791 the bird seed exported was valued at £5,970, and the quantity was 3,457 quarters. In 1887 the quantity was »,01$ quarters, and the value £8,414. He happily thought of the bait he brought, And its virtue quickly tried. When up from the depths with many a twist Came mermaids, who at him their kissed, And snakes galore besidi. "Yes," I replied. "Here is the rope—when I call, you can trust yourself to it." And, indeed, in my wife I lul l found a deuivr pnz.; lima an/ 1 iiad dreamed of when I signed tiie coinp-ct. . At the same time I felt the knotted rope dangling against my shoulders. THE I:ND. "Now," she called, BITS FROM ABROAD. At forty-nine, The vista blue, His hopes (deferred) to fifty shiners borrow, Right glad he'd soil to raise the wind, To pay that note to-morrow. It was not an instant too soon. I felt the wet rope slipping through my hands. Leaving go with one hand, I clutched out wildly for the knotted rope, and by the happiest chance succeeded in seizing it. I got a cross-piece between my feet, and I was comparatively safe, if Lola had strength to hold on for a few moments. But that I might not tax her too greatly, I still grasped the wet rope. "Saved!" I called out to her. 8—Ice wagon owned by the Hudson River Microbe Ice Company, and driven by a man who has done time at Warble ;Warble%on-the-Hudson for beating down ■ a clothing man on the price of an overcoat by means of a base-ball bat. With bated breath, and still as death, He watched their antics rade, And if from his sight they'd float away, He would use more bait without delay. Though trembling at what he viewed. Teh thousand debtors are languishing 111 the jails of great Britain. The beautiful daisy opens at sunrise and closes at sunset, whence its name, "day's eye." The morning-glory opens its flower with the day, The "John-goto-bed-at-noon" awakes a four o'clock in the morning, but closes its eyes in the middle of tljp day, and the dandelion is in full bloom oDly during the hours of strong light. This habit of some flowers is certainly very curious, and furnishes one of the many instances which prove tho singular adaptability of every thing in nature. L, , The sentiment in favor of a republic is said to be spreading very rapidly in Brazil. Butter and cheese are the chief exports of Holland. In 1887 she shipped about 173,323,600 pounds of butter, valued at $25,575,635, and 67,483,000 pounds of cheese, worth $4,381,743. Most of the butter and fully one-half of the cheese went to England, and the remainder to France, Hamburg, the United States and other countries. II Is estimated that the exports of artifl? sial butter during the last two years have far exceeded those of the natural product, and this year will show a still larger Increase. Dope springs eternal I In human breast, We hear the poet trolling; But well he knows that sniper fails, And springs but ease the falling. —Lute H. Johnson, in The Journalist. When the morning gray chased the mist awaj A boat came in on the tide, tn the bottom limp and all in a heap Lay Um scientist, wrapped In slumber deejX A bottle WM by his bide. New postage stamps put in circulation in Spain contain a bust of Alfonso XIII., the three-year-old King. 9—Heavy truck, hauling consignment of limburger cheese for s down-town house, driven by a noseless man who was bitten by a warm personal friend during the war. "Not for lotiir," shouted Van Hoeck, from the opposite side, and I heard the snap of the spring as he closed the breeciiloaier. and then the "click" as he cocked theplece. Would he shoot me or the girl? I asked myself in that moment. He fired, and the ringing shot was followed by a sharp cry of pain from above, and the cross-piece on which I stood gave a little ierk, but no metre. She jnust have escaped, despite that cry, or she could not still nave held on to the rope. But terri ble as t hese thoughts that passed through my mind in those brief moments were, they were banished from my mind by a yet more terrific appeal to my senses. Following almost immediately upon the crack of the rifle and L da's cry, a mass of rock, probably disintegrated by the trost, and started from its place by the reverberation of the shot, slid down the face of the precipice, hurtle ! against a rock, and some moments after fell with a deep '.'pong" into the water b?low. One of the new Parisian follies, fresh from the exposition, is silk socks dyed in the colors of the French flag. NYE MAKES A FIND. ) The story he told till worn and old » Of his vision terribly grim, But his friends who knew said ha went to fiea. Not for the science, but a Jamboree, yarn was fishy and thia. \ — E. B. Collin*, in Texas Sittings. Ha Discovers Some Remarkably Private Epistles to Mr. Harrison. 10—Procession of excursionists known as the Mock Turtle Club, headed by drum corps and followed by Christopher street jcar No. 202, driven by man with ingrowing mustache and dog-call whistle. The slave trade is now outlawed in all parts of the African coast which are under foreign influence, cxcept in the provinces of Portugal. Soulful Miss Marigold Butts an'd virtuous Mr. Br ight water Plead with the Presl. deot—A Prairie Funeral and One on Contrasted — Pulling the "Stinger Out of Death"— A Lost Processionist. The fringed gentian is the species commemorated bjy Bryant. It closely resembles its relatives, but the flowers are few and the stems and leaves simple. Its chief claim to distinction is its fringed lobes, not petals, as the flower Is all one piece, like a trumpet. The corolla is'open and the lobes are developed so as to resemble petals of a deep blue with fringed border. The gentians form an interesting family of themselves and include a great number of foreign species. THE GREAT HESPER. It is said that $100,000,000 of English oapital has gone into Argentine Ropublic within the last few years. A vast amount has also b$en sent into Chili and Honduras. llr-Other mourners in open carriage, smoking eleotion..cigars. There certainly must be an enormous market for American fruit in England when it is known that only one fruitevaporator was exhibited at the recent royal show, and that by a German manufacturer. The new Strawsonizer, or spraying machine, also attracted great; attention; but American implement manufacturers who looked into it were not as enthusiastic over this new" innovation as the English trade have been. The invention is being injured from the American stand-point by being worked as a big flnanoial scheme. 12 Salvation Army passing through New York on its way to convert Newark. BY FRANK BARRETT. 13—Ambulance on its way to pick up some mangled people who tried to escape from a lire-proof building by means of a fire-escape. .Not a living creature was to oe seen; there was not a foot-mark in the slushy snow which still lay ankle deep upon the ground; it seemed completely abandoned. But the Judge led the way through the deserted rows of tumbledown huts, and presently pointed to one from which a column of blue smoke was ascending through the clear air. As we came to a halt, waiting for a response to Brace'a call, the silence was broken by a prolonged roar like that of distant thunder, as some rock loosened by J the frost broke away and hurtled down the unf at homed canyon. A man came from the building, which still bore faint trace of the "Hotel" on its facade, and, greeting Brace with the air of an old acquaintance, said he had got everything aired, and a supper all ready to put down to the fire. Bruce had seen tin* necessity of preparing him tor our reception. A couple of rooms had bran made as decently comfortable as might be expected. We left Lola there, -Mid strolled out while the dinner was Loudon correspondents agree that cigarette smoking is on the increase among young women in that ■ city—not vulgar young persons, but among those of social standing. [Copyright, 1889, by Edgar W. Nye.l A man in Washington who says he Is a buyer of old paper rags, paper, etc., etc., on a large scale, told me that he bought not long ago a quantity of waste paper at the White House and said that a boy of his, who is just old enough to p owl around and pry into such things, began to read fiver some of the still legible but unimportant letters. He found quite a quantity-of them which were not personal enough to seriously involve anybody if printed without the signature and so he allowed me to uh some of them. 14—Parade by Knights of Pythias with drawn swords. Ah imperial decree just issued directs that Austrian State officials of every rank shall henceforth wear uniforms on and oil duty, and shall salute one another in the military fashion. The decree exoites the strongest opposition. 15—City officials with drawn salaries, j HOW IT LOOKS ON BROADWAY. 16—Milk wagon carrying pure country milk and orcam, accompanied by an occasional muffled croak. Chrysanthemums can be propagated by seeds and cuttings and by separating the old plants. The seed may be sown in February or March in well-drained boxes of mellow soil in which there is some sand. Sift a'thin covering of fine dirt over the seed, press down into the •oil with a block and water gently with a sprinkler. Keep moist and shaded. They will be up in about a week. When the little plants hare three leaves sprout in a nicely-prepared bed in the garden, or, if the weather is cool, they may be put in other boxes or in jars,- rather olosely, say one inch apart. But as If this had lwen the key-stone of the fabric that upheld the mighty weixht Of the enormous rock that covered the chasm, its fail was followed by the crumbling away and precipitation of others at intervals rapidly increasing, their fall eventually becoming a continued downpour. marked now and then by a louder crash as some larger block gave way. The roar of artillery, the peal of thunder, was not to be compared with the awful din as the great rock jerked downward, as the quarts splintered and gave way under it, shattering and grinding the opposing rock, and bursting away hn.ee fragments that struck from side to side as they hurtled down, tearing and splitting the very heart of the mountain as it seemed. But our turn was at hand. lis not confined to any party, but the loafers of the United States are the . men that express the will of the people. How a man can live in a doubtful state now-days and avoid the perdition Vestibule train is more than I know. Men who want to be able to look Gabriel in the face should avoid the doubtful state as they would the deadly Upas tree of the reading book, Mr. Harrison. "We must hitch 'em tight—give us a hand, sir." he said. I helped him to make the ropes taut, and fasten their loose ends upon the projecting Crags that he had long employed for that purpose. "There, sir," he said, taking his torch from l»la, and holding it over the black gulf, "there's as pretty abridge and handrail as the heart of man could reasonably desire." 17—Other mourners in dog-cart reading evening papers. Comparatively little buter is manufactured in Italy, and the consequenoe: Is a large use o! the artificial products. These are imported from France, Amerisa, Germany, England and the Netherlands. The demand for butter besome so important in Europe, South America, Australia, India, Japan and even China that, with the under supply of the real article, it is neoessary to manufacture something analogous to it. Again, these foreign markets will pay only low prices, so that they don't afford as much of an outlet for the surplus of good American butter as would otherwise be expected. The Ceylon planters are about to undertake the cultivation of the kola nut as a substitute for ooffee, in view of the diminishing production of coffee in BrasiL The kola nut is indigenous in. Western Africa, but is easily cultivated in Ceylon. 18—Load of baled hay driven by a scholarly-looking colored man, in a high 'hat aqd red flannel shirt. i 19—Another and competing funeral from the east side, which cut in at a side street before the polioe could inter'fere.One read as follows Mr. President of tho United States. Sir—I see by tho papers that you are coming West as far as Chicago this month, and so, of course, you will pass through our place. We live at Marion, this State, and my name is harrison. I am of Scandinavian extraction. It happened about 40 eight years ago. Would you mind stopping over one train with us, where you could be quiet? I do not want nothing off you, but, oh, I would be so glad to take you to my house and show you to my ohilCU«n. We could have a little bite to eat, and if you do not mind taking it farmer fashion, we could have a good time. I will not make any difference on your account except to have some prunes stewed, so you can have something In the way of fruit. \ For all that, I held my breath as I saw him step out on the lower rope, and make his way, holding by the upper one, across that black abyss. My torn came, and with the blood humming in my ears, I stepped out upon the rope. It swung to and fro in the middle, and I was seised with that irresistible suggestion of self-destruction which affects the imagination of most people in looking down from an extraordinary neight. Lola began to cross before I was well off, and when we stood all three in safety on the ledge, a fervent "Thank Gad!" rose from my heart. "Wall we've got to git back again," observed Brace, as if my thankfulness were a little premature; "Howsever, 'talu't bsd to think of Providence when you're In danger; now, my gel, it's for you to lead on." "You can stay here; you're too heavy for where I'm going," said she, taking the torch from his hand. I've got threo boys growing up, Mr. "President, and I like them first rate. They are not allowed to loaf around the )li very stable, but - have to go to school and be better boys, I hope, than what their father was before them. But some day they may win attention enough to be used by a caucus. Young and foolish like, they will think it means that if faithful to . their consciences they will be rapidly advanced. By.and by they will learn different. Then will they have the moral strength t- go into the livery stable industry, or will they yield to the political customs of the country and swap their souls f -Dr a s.lary. Sib Francis De Winton, late Governor of the Congo State, says that in spite of the soores of explorers who have been traversing Africa in all directions since Livingstone began his travels the larger part of the many millions of natives have never yet seen a white man. 20—Balanoe of original procession interlarded with horse cars, butcher carts, 'boer wagons, cabs, profanity and tag , fanciers. f An unknown man can have a bigger and cheaper demonstration, by dying in .New York than in any ottfpr place I can at this moment call to mind. To die in New York and get one of these funeral demonstrations almost pulls the stinger out of death. It seemed to me as if the last day had come, and the world were crumbling to pieces. To the terror of an earthquake was added the horror of impenetrable darkness, and the consciousness that the gigantic rock that vaulted the ahys3 was slowly jerking down upon us. 1 must have kept my hold upon the rock by instinct; I had no consciousness of volition. Orchids are not short-lived under careful treatment. The constantly increasing demand (there now being five hundred cultivators where there was one when they were first imported) has kept prices up, and the likelihood is that, while flowers may be somewhat cheaper, good plants for florists' stock will remain about the "8am«? again, the cost of collecting is constantly increasing; it being almost impossible to estimate the trouble and hardships undergone, especially as the plants in their native homes become scarce, and the collector must travel greater distances than heretofore. llext morning, at four o'clock, we started on our quest. It was dark, despite the snow that lay upon the ground. Brace led the way with a pine torch, which burned sluggishly in the mist that enveloped us. 4 Lola "holding my hand tightly, we followed close behind Brace, who kept the torch low to show the nature of the path, nevertheless we slipped and floundered considerably in stepping from bowlder to bowlder—the half-melted snow rendering it impossible to obtain a firm footing. Under other circumstances, Lola would have enjoyed the difficulties, and laughed at our mishaps, but now she neither - smiled nor spoke; sometimes she would press my hand a little tighter—that was all the sign she gave. W e followed the course of the river, guided by the sound of the rushing waters. As we proceeded, ' the descent grew more and more rapid, the stream forming a long succession of falls, and, the light increasing, the rocks JEWELS RICH AND RARE. Cremation is coming more and more into vogue in Germany, in spite of the expense and certain legal difficulties whioh render its performance in some parts almost an impossibility. At Gotha no fewer than one hundred bodies have been oromated during the present year. Lady Guthhrss is said to have given an order for a diamond necklace which, It will take several years to make owing to the present scarcity of stones of the first water. The design is superb, and, the cost will be about $125,000. The awful eruption had continued for some moments—scarcely so long as one might take to read this description—with increasing intensity, when suddenly, with an appalling crash, the g.-eat roof tilted •up. I saw the earth slowly gap open above me, letting in the blinding sunshine, and then the upper lip of jagged rock reaching its highest elevation shot sidelong away, making visible the long strip of blue heaven between the towering peaks of the mountain. Tho way it ir nowad y you don't even know whon you aro jlocted that it iwas a good thing. Maybe it was an ex[periment and you are soc";ed into an of]flce just to see what's the i"ca that you 'always hurrahed for and which nearly elected you, is able to stand against the patronage in a doubtful state. The diamond and pearl necklace: worn on state occasions by Mrs. Cor-, nelius Vanderbilt has excited the greatest wonder and admiration. The striking feature of this necklace is thatl the diamonds are pierced through the' center and are strung alternately with the pearls. It is said that it required many weeks'of patient labor to pierce each stone. Count von Moltke is the latest patron of the phonograph. The instrument was shown him a short time ago and the venerable General repeated to it the strange and appropriate sentence from Goethe's "Faust": "Ye instruments mock me with wheel and combs, with cylinder and handle." FROM DISTANT SOURCES. With a swiftness that terrified me, shs went down the side of the precipice, finding foothold where we, looking down from the projection, could see none. "They don't know danger—kids don't," said Brace, in a low toue. "End," he added, looking into the depths about him uneasily, "I wouldn't mind feeling the same myself. First time 1 ever felt sfieery down this hole, and I'm durned if it shau't be the last. I'm gettln' too old to enjoy risky work. ' The Shah of Persia has announced that he will never visit England again. I will get you too and from the train, and it shall not cost you a sent while in the town. Several t'-ousands of Jews, under orders to quit Bessarabia, have accepted engagements to colonize lands in the Argentine Republic. NATURE'S ANTICS. One last "pong," as the rock wedged it. self afresh lower down the precipice, and then all was still. The sight of the blue sky, the sense of relief, were too much for me. I trembled violently, and for a moment I thought I must relinquish my hold. But a piteous cry from Lola nerved me to fresh effort. So far none of tho Presidents have ever stopped any length of time In our place, and none of them have been to my house at alL A four-legged chicken is a Wymote,. Neb., curiosity. ! Sui question of utility into the plan of salvation. Suppose He stopped and askod Himself every llttlo while, when a man. with a sin-sick soul cams along requiring salvation: "Will it pay?" "Will it ; make religion more popular in the oountry this fall or will it hurt tho administration?"ippose God shC tuld 1: luce The Dowager Empress V.jtoria, of Germany, sold some New York City bonds a day or so since at public sale. The royal insignia was stamped on each bond. A cow that always gives two calves at a birth is owned at Kennett, Pa. Mr. Irving's views on tho prospects of those who adopt the stage as a profession are not very encouraging for youthful aspirants. Of the total number of actors in England, estimated to bo about twenty thousand, ho expresses the conviction that quite half of them would be glad of an assured 81,000 a year. I was in th6 war. Served all the way through it and overhet myself at Bull's justly celebrated Run, but did not ask for a pension as yet Mrs. Leland Stanford has the most valuable collection of diamonds in the world except the crown jewels of Russia and Great Britain. One of her necklaces is worth $600,000 and her eifClre collection is valued at $2,000,000. The rarest gems from the caskets of the ex- Queen Isabella, of Spain, and the ex- Empress Eugenie are now owned by Mrs. Stanford. 1 could not take ray eyes from the light below, as it passed in jerks from point to point. At lust It stopped, and after a minute's pause, to my great relief, it began to return. Nike ears of corn grew in a bunch on a single stalk on the farm of John Warnbaugh near York. and bowlders about us became visible through the gray mist. At length our progress was stopped by a huge sock that rose perpendicular before us. "Hark!" said the Judge, as we stopped to regain the breath that had been pump' ed out of our lungs by the last scramble. I listened—we seemed to have turned our backs on the stream—its rushing sounded more distant than I had yet' heard.it. I said this. "Hark againf' said Brace. Then as I chapteb XI. leaned my ear attentively, I heard beside "It's the very same," said Brace, taking the swirling and dashing noisa in jur the sione in tits hand. rear a muffied roar, that seemed to ccrne _ "P° yon take care of it." said I, "for I from the very bowels of the earth. I aJ- IwjS? T foit tK« rn*\r vihmtinir Wal- I reckon it won't be long afore we most fancied I felt the rock vibrating are on the Slde o( thfa hole*„ he  un.,?.r V. „ ., _ , T plied, putting the stone in his pocket "You're right," said Brace, .when I He was certainly ill at ease and less congave him my impression; "end the roar fldent than usual, for he took his torch and you hear is that stream shootin' down examined the fastenings of the rop"S, and thousands of feet to the bottom of the then from an adjacent cavity he brpught great hole. If it warn't for the darned oat another coll of cord, in which crossmist," he added, holding up the torch, "ckCST wer,e k,not'fd(?t Ini _u- V tervals of a foot. He unfastened it and which revealed bat a few feet above our ]ai,i jt npon ti,e rock, with the looped heads of the granite wall by our side, end 1 "you'd see that we're now standin* right -The ropes has been years exposed to the between the two sides of the divide we damp, and they're b Dund to go one day. looked at last night. We air standin' Ef they should happen to go this day, this right ova- the canyon, with perhaps four here knotted rope may come in partlc'lar or five thousand feet of nothing under bandy. Youknow how to nee it, my geL 'TnP thttorch in his hand h« began downf rom up above, and wedged itself return along the  here, 'cause soroethin stopped its goin He had got to the middle wTien ti* stopfurder. end it do tremble, I allow. It ped. ain't solid! It's moved a lump since I "What's thatt" he asked, sharply; holdknew it in the old days, and one of these the upper rope with one haud, while lie davs a chunk from up above will come raised the torch with the other, and peered down and start it off for goal an' alL" °U/t wm him tVlorA »ii __ __i| rjt if Cn was ipfitTiii to see nim standing there ♦».«» « wnay as well get off it, in the npbeld torcU over the Bwful Ti . . . . chasm, the one luminous object in the "Wal, yea. It am t more risky stand- darkness. in' en it than standin' under it; but as' "Did you hear anything, pardner?" we're got to go under it. and down the "No." hole, we may as well git." ' Seemed to me I heered a rifle cocked. He led the way along the trembling Darned old fool!" he muttered in self-rerock a dozen yards may be—the rushing pi Cij"J11tnaed Jjj? co?rsf; », w.,„, Without accident, or other Incident, he rnTC, Wt reachefl the ledKe' anrt with « Kfunt of then stretched out bia left arm to stop us. content seated himself on a bowlder, let- He advanced cautiously, and holding out ting the torch drop by his side. There was the torch at arm's length, the light fell a pool of water there; with a hiss the light upon the yellow water as it poured down went out. into the black gulf upon which our stand- The next instant there was a flash in the ing-placeabntted. The flame of the torch darkness beyond, followed by the Bharp a .I-.-ii mm i,.Mil,m11 jv# Qtr .. crack of a rifle shot. * if it had hrrn at the blast-hole of a fur- We could see pothing, but from the ledge if it had been at the blast-hole or a fur- opposite came a groan, aud Brace called nace. Raising his voice to overcome the faintly: noise of the water. Brace called out; "I'm hit, pardner; look out for yourself." "We've got to go down there!" The shot hsd been flred after the li rht "You are not afraid, Lola?' I asked. WM extinguished, leavin him in obscuri- She shook her head, and gave my hand The faculty that had enabled the as■notlipr littlf mnww sassin to descend that terrible ledge in the r ™ v th* d*rk had enabled him to mark down poor Brace led us off the rock, keeping the Brace, when he was no longer visible to water still on our left, and there was onr Pyes some more downward clambering for a This reflection struck me as, torch in few minutes. Then we came to a stand, hand, I sprang upon the rope bridge to and he showed me a lateral opening about cross to my fallen partner. four feet in height. "Back, pardner, back," groaned Brace; "We goes through there," he said, then ' ''he's got the Hesper, and he'll have your 1,6 PEfeft? rT ; I™my torch, and looking toward and handed it to me. I offered it -to the ledse, I saw a inan kneeling over Brace. Lola. Another shake of the head, and He raised his arm to silence Brace, and another Utile squeeze. | the light fell on the bright blade of the I emptied the cup, and Brace helped knife in his hand. I shouted. Turning, himself. i be saw me midway across the chasm, and "There ain't no need to get ourselves "prong to his feet. Then I recognized him. in a mack over this job. Well put our t mhhara nn " ] i .a j-j—, was he, out could I 06116T6 idvsensesi h0 «"d. the wet dr,Pe His eyes were not the same. At that disttnrougn. ance his sightless eyes should have been 0 ® overcoats from the bun- hardly distinguishable from his cadaverdie of rugs, and we put them on. Then ous face, but now they shone out black and I strapped the roll of rugs on my shoul- lustrous. Yet in that instant, as he looked tiers again. toward me, they seemed to fade away in Braco touched my shoulder and point- the ot.my torch. And this was no ed upward to a oouple of faintly nink deSSRt1!on my . . ., .. nebulous patches in he mist P I WT au8fWcry of IKt hC;ld«P h£ "What i«" I Pslffxl Rrms to •hlt'11 uis ®7e» from the light,and, What wit. I asked grasping his knife, he made his way qulck- The sun ketchin the tops of the fy toward the rock to which the rope on peaks,' he replied. which I stood was attached. "He took a couple of torches from the ' In a moment the whole mystery was rebun4le he carried, and began to light sealed. He was a Kyctalnpe! and his them at the end of the one he had hist eD'esD blind in the light, were gifted with the extraordinary power of seeing in the light an 1 sa • robbery of the Great Hesper and the at•"Not down he replied; it ■ tendant events at Monken Abbey. . pitch dark at noon in that almighty hole. With a perception t iat he intended to Now," he a'tiied, when the torches were ®ut the rope which sustained me, 1 hastenwettht, "Utk * one of these, kick the S® 'eacu the ledge on which he stood, sti.jw u-. It off your feet, keep one eye on progress was necessarily slow, for trusf the he stooped mX3S?T* -ere down, and passed through the opening, the upper one, 1 must trust to catching the \\ e1 followed, but singly, for we needed . J?e* M 1 f®h. Witn this view, 1 xept myboth 1 lands to make tne perilous descent, Perpendicular as circumstances per- The first thing I noticed in passing un- ™' with*.!?"1* ?me grasping the upder the great block that bridralthe aw- K force' he cut ful chasm waa the comparative silence. i .ntam a yara 01 tne rocx waen 1 We oould no longer hear the rushing of , oader my feet lark as Va» I saw now the two cat ropes, and, grasping one in each hand, I drew myself up, using the knotted rope as slightly as 1 could; and so presently I scrambled upon the ledge. Lola was lying upon the ground drawn against Hie rock round whicu she bad passed the knotted cord. The ball had •truck her and she had fallen, but the devoted girl had passed tiie noose round her body, flud so saved my life for the second time. 1 knelt beside her, and raised her head. She opened her beautiful eyes and smiled, as 8ho took my hand. She could do no more. Will you stop with us? we will freshen, a mackeril if you will, and if you are coming wo ought to begin now. Sixce 1800 tho population of Europe has just doubled itself. Then the population was 175,000,000; in 1830, 216,000,- 000; in 1800, 280,000,000; in 1880, 331,- 000,000; in 1888, 350,000,000. A Wheeling (W. Ya.) man caught a mouse with four ears in a trap in his ■tore the other day. Quicker and quicker the light danced along until I felt sick and giddy *ith fear for the girl's safety; and tnen. with one last bound, sne stood upon our shelf of rock, hulling the Great Hesperinher hand. "Am 1 good?" she asked, earnestly, nestling up to my side. M. Wautweiier, a Swiss" engineer, has applied for a ooncession for an underground railway up the Jungfrau Mountain. He proposes to rcach the summit of tho mountain by means of a tubular tunnel. Ihe Eiffel tower as a curiosity will have to take a second place should the scheme be successfully carried out. There will be no speeches and you can take off you coat in the setting room if you want to. No, you can't do it that way, and do I right. It pesters me a good doal, because when it gets to be a question of utility among high officials, there is no stopping-place. If I had a better command of language and knew as muoh about grammar as I do about how to discourage botts, I would write a long piece for the North American Review regarding this thing; but I have to work mighty hard to express myself even ' feebly as I do. I hope that you will not .let up on Congress, Mr. Harrison, till you 'impress both houses with the idea that | they are not in session purely for the purpose of putting up a job for the next eleo! tion. I know there are a great many pure jmen in Congress, for it has been so stated repeatedly in the Congressional iRecord, one of our biggest and most 'sprightly publications, a paper that may ;be called the editorial waste-paper [basket of both houses, for what nobody 'will listen to in Congress may there be 'embalmed in imperishable characters I for the use of thg vast army of Yahoos A Paoli (Pa.) calf with five legs has a harder time to get along than a Doyles town pig with only three. Servian farmers who can not pay their tax arrears in money are now allowed, by the finance ministry, to pay in £ereais. The military authorities takeHhc grain at a fixod price. Trigs congress of Orientalists at Stockholm to the grave of Odin at Upsalaj' ttlyLio the Minister of the Interior drank to the health of the congress in the regular old Viking mead. Yours with great respectfulness and sincerely yours also, • One of the jewels owned by Mrs. Robert Johnson, of San Francisco, is a necklace of diamonds that form an exact counterfeit of a snake. It is composed of solitaires set in illuminated gold, the plates of which, overlapping Sault Ste. Marik has a cat which has seven legs and eight paws, with one head, three distinct jaws, and to complete the combination it has two tails. Eajutcst Moxie Harrison. Another one is written by a young woman who is very ambitious to do something in the world which will attract attention. She states as follows: (This name Is fictitious.) CHAPTER XXL A remarkable swoot sugar pumpkin was raised on a farm in Stoncham, Mass. It was a "twin," two well-rounded, large-sized pumpkins being joined bj skin and by stem, the weight being nineteen pounds. "1 knowed it must go one day. How fares it, pardner?" called Bruce from ths opposite ledge. Looking across, I saw him sitting on the bowlder binding his arm with his neckcloth.each other like those in chain armor, render the necklace perfectly pliable and increase the resemblance to the snakelike sinuosity. The results of English researches in Assyria the past yoar are said to be very valuable. Almost the whole of Sennacherib's great palace at Konyunjik has now been cleared out, including the library and chambers, and the result is that some soventecn hundred new tablets, etc., have been secured for the British Museum The Americana got into trouble with the Arabs, and were obliged to abandon the work. London is really going to imitate Pari* and become an Intrenched city. Military storehouses ha ire already been built for the troops, which might be used on its southern line of defense; intrenohed camps aro to bo created, and (jneof them is actually to be near the town of Dorking, the scene of the mythical battle. The \olunteer arjtilleiy is to be equipped at once with more suitable guns. It will, however, says the St. James' Gazette, be sometime before the metropolis is impregnable. Mr. Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America. Honored Sir—I know you will think me a great bore to write to you, but I must go to some one whom I oan respect My paronts unfortunately do not Washington, D. C. t A curious gastronomic entertainment was an oyster feast recently held in Colchester, Eng. The celebration is of very ancient origin. Ten thousand Colchester oysters were consumed on the last occasion by the mayor and his guests. The precious gems with which Mrs. Mackay decks herself are about as well inown in Paris and London as she is. imorg them is a flawless sapphire nearly half an inch in diameter, which is said to have cost $185,000; the finest emerald known to exist, for which a fabulous price was paid; an almost priceless set of rose-pink coral jewelry and a pair of diamond solitaires valued »t $400,000. * "Lola is bit, work." I said. The villain has done his York County, Pa., has an interesting freak of nature. It consists of six ears of oorn grown together, something after the manner of the Siamese twins, from one stem. For about two inches from the stem the ears are all joined together as one ear. AImvo that point they branch out into five distinct ears. "He'll never do no mure," Brace answered, pointing up the ledge. Van Hoeck. had tried to escape the way he came, alter shooting Lola, and had got some distune? aloDtg the ledge when thtf great ro: k opened and slid aDvay. The Tonqnin pirates, whom the French thought they had, atone time, completely suppressed, have reappeared again and are striking terror among the merchant shippers. The Government will send a fleet sufficient to hunt them down and to annihilate them completely*He stood on the narrow path now—a ghastly spectacle. A piece of quartz Lad struck bim on the heud: a thin stream of blood was trickling down his cheek. In one hand he held t he Great Hesper. ta the other he grasped his rifle. Is Dublin, a small town in Laurens County, Ga., there lives a blue man. He is a Caucasian, but instead of being white is a greenish blue, and is known as "Blue Billy." His whole skin is blue, his tongue and the roof of his mouth are blue, and whore his eyes should be white is seen the same blue color. CORRECT CONDUCT. There is no greater compliment than a perfect punctuality. It is the "courtesy of kings." Queen Viotoria, the Prince of Wales, the King and Queen of Italy never keep any one waiting. But he dared not move from the position he hnd reached when the roof tilted up; for the light that burst In had blinded him once more. The sensitive retina had closed over the pupils, and the blank, sightless eyes stared wildly round, incapable of seeing. In the race with automatic machine* Paris has put herself in the lead'with a machine exhibited the other day in the Place de la Republique. You brought with you a penny and a cup. You parted with your penny, dropping it into Uie accustomed slot, and your cup was fuH of steaming black coffee judiciously sugared.  A farmer living about three miles southeast of Akron has a hen which occasionally lays an egg of solid shell throughout, usually after none of any kind have been laid for several days. Six of these curiosities have already been secured. They are so hard that they can be thrown smartly against a wall without any visible effect. It was possible for Brace to reach him by efting along the'le Ige. "Will you save himf" I asked. "Not T pardner," he replied. "I leave him to Providence, be his end what it may. The shot he fired at mv poor youngster started the consarn. and brought the whole thing down. 'Ti* God Almighty's judgement. Let.it.be." A lady should be very particular to spocify whom she wishes to. see, and no lady should go to a strange house uninvited, on th« spoken belief of some other person that she will be welcome. INDUSTRIAL INTELLIGENCE. A Japanese has discovered a process for making artificial tortoise shell with the whites of eggs. HER UN APPRECIATIVE MA. GOOD RULES TO GO BY. A young gentleman may be taken by ft married lady, who is all powerful, to a ball,.as she is supposed to indorse bis respectability, but it is always better for him to leave his card, and for-him to receive an invitation. Van Hoeck let the rifle slip from his hand; how insignificant to us seemed the sound tjiat came up from below, as the weapon struck a rock, after the mighty discord that had thundered in our ears, and yet to him how terribly significant! We conld see his hand quivering as he groped along the edge of the wall. In vain now he strained his eyes to see the ledge by which be had followed us. Yet he could not stand forever there. belong to that gang. Tht y are rude and at times their behavior is extremely rocky and outray. , Never obtrude any advice unasked. Aim at cheerfulness without levity.| Never dispute if you can fairly avoid it A man thirty years old, with no hair on his head, no whiskers on his face and no eyebrows, is under treatment in ft St. Louis hospital. He comes from Texas and claims to have been hairless from his birth. He has been married once, and another Lono Star belle has agreed to become his brido if the defects in his make-up can be remedied. That is why he put himself in the doctor's hands. Evert electric motor manufactory in the United States is said to be crowded to its utmost capacity to meet the demands for electric power. I have long wanted to be something more than a beast of burden and nonenity, cooking things for people to eat up or knitting great coarse sooks for men folks. I am hungry for the plaudits oi; the people which is ever ready to demonstrate that earnest endeavor can mitigate or at least in a measure and possibly even to a greater degree those whloh Is first to recognize true merit of mind or heart, whether in friend or foe is my earnest prayer and wish from day to day both to you and yours whilst we journey through life. Never show levity when people are engaged in worship. I* through any misarDu- pension a person gets into a house ... . ited, a hostess should never show, by word or manner, that she observes it. The very fact that a person has crossed her threshold gives, fqr the moment, that person ft olaim on the politeness of a hostess. During the last year the exports of sewing machines and parts of sewing machines from the United • States amounted in valuo to 82,245,110. Next year's exports promise to bo larger. Never judge a person's character by external appearance. He found a crevice for his fingers, and made a step forward; he advanced again, but the rCDck he put his foot on was a piece of the debris tliat had fallen upon the ledge. It rolled under his weight. He staggered back, swinging his arms in the vain attempt to get an equilibrium, then he shot forward, an 1 fell headlong down, down, down into the abyss. I held my breath; it seemed minutes before that hollow "pong" reached our ears, telling us that Van HDeck was gone forever, and the Great Hesner with mm. A LIVELY PRAIRIE FUNERAL. Say as little as possible of yourself and those who are near to you. Last year 40,000 persons secured work through a labor bureau in Paris. Unemployed men and women are allowed to register at the bureau, and the agents are required to notify them when any situations are vacant. (scattered throughout our abroad land, amongst which I beg leave to subscribe myself, Yours truly, » Earnest Brightwatkrs. Never affect to be witty, or jest so as to wound the feelings of another. Two MmD-EYt3D, pink-nosed, bawling calves are creating considerable of a sensation among the ourious people of South Minneapolis. The oalves are twins, about three months old, and they have only six legs between them. Ond of the creaturcs is without a fore-leg, and the other is minus a hind-leg, but they are pretty little animals and hop about as briskly as you please, apparently not understanding that nature had cheated them out of one of the legs that are the due of every well-regulated calf, There is no such utter mistake as to lose one's temper, one's nerve, one's composure in company. Society may be a false condition of things, but, what- • ever its faults, it demands of a woman the very high virtues of self-command, gentleness and composure, politeness, coolness and serenity. Good manners are said to bathe shadows of virtues. •Never court the favor of the rich by flattering either their vanities or vices. Scooting along the smooth and beautifully ballasted road-bed of the Great Inter-State Commerce Bill Defyre railway the other day, and lolling back in the rich purple velvet upholstery of its oostly carriage, we oaugbt a glimpse of ja country funeral. It was going slowly across a wind-swept prairie, with the cold, bleak sky and frosted flre-weedsi skirting the horizon. The clergyman sat on the seat J with the undertaker, «nd his nose was extremely red as he faced the blast. The undertaker weptj Bteadily rid honestly as the north wind; played about his purple bugle. The mourners rode in a cheerless lumber i wagon, and little frozen fatherless children with green bed quilts over their Bhlvering knees helped to heighten the igloom. Never dispute with a man more than seventy years of age, nor a woman, nor an enthusiast. . Several ladies in Everly, a village in Yorkshire, Eng... have started a cooperative shirt factory. Stock is being bought rapidly by working-women in other trades, and the affair has been a success from the start. I bate drudgery, oh, so much, and know that I have a soul if I could give it scope. It pants some days, oh, so hard for expressions and yearns for recognition, till it just seems as if I would better just quit the business. Neves ridicule sacred things, or what others may esteem to be such, however absurd they appear to be. There was cord, and to spare, In the eoils. Weighting one end with a stone, I threw an end across to Brace, and when the cut ropes were knotted, and a bridge once more formed, he crossed, and knelt down by me over poor Lola. 4 He examined her«wound. and shook his head In silence: tnere was no nope. We made a inattr-sa of the rugs on the smoothest part of the rock and attempted to lift her upon it. ButThe movement gave her pain, and she motioned us to desist Then pointing upward, she made signs for us to leave her. "N Dt while you are with us, my poor gel " said her father, with more tenderness than I had ever heard in his voice. We had the flask, and some food in a wallet We ate when we were hungry, seated beside Lola. Then exhausted with fatigue, and the terrible strain we had been subjected to we unconsciously fell asleep, with onr backs rest in u' against the rock. The last tiling of which I was conscious was the pressing of Lola's lips njDou my hand. A hostess should her servants in the presence of her guests. All that worries her must be carefully concealed from them. It is her place to oil the wheels of the domestic machinery so that nothing shall jar. It is quite impossible in America that such a set of trained servants could be obtained who should make the domestic wheels move without jarring. But the hostess must not appear to notice it. If she is disturbed, or flustered, or miserable» who cen onjoy any thin^? Never think the worse of another on account of his differing w.-h you in politics or religious opinions. Cohsiderable disoontent is reported among all the laborers on the different phosphate islands in the West India and Windward Islands. Nearly all of the islands are worked by capitalists from the United States. O. why was this spark ever planted in my breast, Mr. Harrison, if not for a noble purpose? I want to appear before the public as soon as I can, but my parents are quite coarse. Father worlut Jiard but makes himself offensive to a young1 man of gentle mold who oomeaj to converse with me at times. Father employs the solar system as a cuspidor and for soul and thought and things like that he says he "does not oare a tinkers dam." (I use his exact Ian* guage.) Always t»ke the part of an absent person who ti censured in company, so far as truth and propriety will allow. Distasteful to Trampc. "Ferment means to Work," said the teacher to the language olass. "Now each of you write a sentence containing the word." This is what Tommy Cumso, who reads the papers, wrote: "Tramps do not like to ferment."—Time. Never resent a supposed injury till you know the views and motives of the author of it, nor seek any occasion to retaliate.Great Britain mined about ten million more tons of ooal, iron and other minerals last year than in 1887, and employed ten thousand more men in the work, "bnt fewer lives were lost in the process. The total number of fatal aooidents was 685 and of deaths occasioned thereby 060, being an increase of four in the accidents, but a deurease of ninety-one in the lives lost. On* of the wonders displayed at the Paris Exposition was an artificial silk. A French chemist naving analyzed the gummy substance exuded by the silkworm, produced its counterpart by artificial moans, and by Ingenious appliances put it through several processes until he produced a substance which only experts can distinguish from natural silk. The goods manufactured from it exoels the natural silk in brilliancy of color, has an oqm-lly fine luster, will w«er newly ah wall, and can be piw Anoed Umi mar j cheaply. A Youngr Man That Will Rise. Stern Parent—Youftg man, I must  you to go home earlier in the evenings! when you call, upon my daughter. find that the gas bill is increasing  derfully. Comforts of Mode: Travel. Conductor (sharply)—Madame, this is the smoking car. Old Lady from Missouri (gratefully)— Why, so it is! Thankee. [Produces old clay pipe with cane stem and proceeds to enjoy herself.]—Chicago Tribune. Gave Himself Away. | How different from the cheering, sociable, business-like air of a funeral on I saw one not long ago on Ithat street and made a minute of it 'while attending my regular blookade below Fulton street, in fact, I made sixty minutes of it before I got through. This is the order of the procession. ' 1—Hearse containing deceased and driven by a handsomely-drezsed coaoh- Urn who la ft gcntl* b at jlfcetiTsk frtverj wlc iiy t- deL y theecaiealM; bvootcSu ■: in a-. s' Miss Simperthy—What was that poor man arrested for? j, Mr. Bowne de Bout—Saving too much to say. As for me myself, I hunger for the Applause of my fellows. I can recite things on the stage with great facility and almost forget myself In some of mj delineations, though I have a good figure and have been told so twioe by a man who travels for a large seed house in Detroit. Young Man (looking after his own interests)—I assure you, sir, I am perfectly willing to sit in the dark. Will! you be kind enough to speak to your) daughter about it?— Kearney (Neb.) En-) terprise.  Miss Simperthy—Nonscnsel I caw him begging with ss ao*f »r.'l dt-iaV aig.i. Mr. Koume "is Bout—TlifiVi Icsi tho rteMB.—Faeh. Any tUi( EIn la Her Line ? Algernon—Dearest Ecilly, I can not •encosl vay fcoll*- 73 - 5 7 I must t'.Uycn ho.r 4erriy " left ;ea. £.»y I Lop* £tt jo.a Lj-.-'j ta -xwjar*? Emily—(X. i: Will that bo ill today?—San Fra-olsr-. Poc-4. Brace touc'ied my arm. "P.ir lner." he said, in a tone of awe, *The KH's gone." I loote I where I had seen her lying with her face to mv hau l. S ie was gone llterallv. Tiiere was a little.Main of blood up-0'itlie nx k—a drop f Wilier on, another cl Dse to the fd-e of the plittform. She had kept her promise—she had been good; and now the sufferings of her short life were •nded. "She knowe l it was no good our waltm' —poor little cu*s." I fclFMpatntaf In my hand; opening It, 1 found n 1 iia't for Lo&a. Skht»d slipped it tlii re betoie she went. » « ■» • * * * «• Would it be too much for you to write me a kind word of encouragement, rememberings that practically I am &A orphan, for my parenta are no faoft v.j earth. Mother can oook jcad to:~l a£ ▼lctu%k and kcojD hou. D| Vv* vlut that, Mr. Harrkwa, to «ae vLo ■ ,.r»d oriss out icr th* plaudit* ot to. ¥I»ey JIt.to D.0 'T-ijtlo. 3ia«|KJ.—That adage la baett, t:*d fit leisore' k. ail bosh. Mad-. 0-—hy? .■ Siuiaral—Because nianiea mon have to loisuie.—AJiie. lie Tt»ii Vlitro. Railroad Superintendent (to appli-1 cant for position)—You wor* formally) employed an conductor ca th* P. T.\ & Jv. ? C,j ttrtsK yfe'-V. »ti- can ri-wij. j. C .■iha'Ofiii wniithig fcic■??. •our.4. £.lmoq 3 *C W ios: j into Th# Vei-itit Xj'D'tiijn IUS. V* D. 3ult, Enjjipj et, BnLus, Jnd., testifies I & i'iJiXGBA) n s-.eai£3 ol "Eller Er!g-*i can i«eoau»e&& Blestrie Bitter* tr, t*;« btu xc?ag, a son o. 2,i6ii.3t Brigisaa Te:y bs»i wBbdy. J?*sDry bottle eoH kw hi3 tl t:vs£i aaa elorea cLii({irer; f&tief in every we- One u»a took six dro V' E~y i c-_ oo fc sou ci ttaS cu)rftl auaibsr 5.: wits*? arid kiidrtj la curious ISZJrT*- . * ™!' *aough to bo exuek.'7 »ffj-arvvitinj. oeuiviUo, Otuo, »iLant.j: ' Vii^oesiSSliiDjju:^!-j • App.licsr.b— •Tsf, sir St—Sro«i-?7*y car W.\ ctwr. 1 by* 'cjjcj-.-s & ta witti' he ™-..ax±a - —iT/ay down his torst;, h» Is pffcTv^teu fcovN »jnllc7rlvv ** by'ont e* oe;r-*jt" Ihj th . witistio wli' hi ; battc" hcl». iHvi-.h~.i-l. •DD." fend anc Ituilrofc d Superintendent—Do you or»r,' tuo'.liCk- aar3 i a no 'cj*,Ut thi... he: s ttv~: ■ t ray aj;j,ad jry? m to Btalo thai wu'i Da? sig-uri. ii lit b«ts I will be Bony tfc«u I h«aao» k«Vi to soak. — _J XUtRbfe^? Applicant—Isfo, &ir. Knock uovn? Th»t H lit. (lu.r ea -d B I « C Sold by all uru^gfets. Railroad Superintendent — I flon't j want you, tLei. 1 waaonco conduot-. »r myself.—£joah. | Sir Jtimftad and Edtth come to Ma Dlcis Jou torn love 11NL season Of U»a» »»• .ilk. if e H