Pittston Gazette

              Jtlu^L^r^^KJgAL ttston •  HntmblUhoil 1SSO. { fUL. XLIXJfo.47. ( Oldest Newspaper in the Wvomine Vallev PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1899. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. (Sl.OOa Year ; in AdvanM. appointment one needs to have a certain amount of influence and be able to para examinations. I can't pass an examination in anything. I have quarreled with all my people, and have do influence. To tell yon the trnth, I am saving np money now in the hope of being able to bay an ontfit to go to the Cape." Feet 7 inches; Wellington, 6 "feet" 7 j | THE EXPOSURE OF S J LORD STANSFORD. £ jj S&y Robert S8arr, jsj 7r [COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY ROBERT BARR.] £ ered this dress had the most fetching little frill aronnd it. All in all, it was doubtful if any studio in London, even one belonging to the most celebrated painter, had in it as pretty a picture as Miss Maggie Llnderham was that afternoon. At 8 o'clock there came a ring at the telephone, and when Miss Linderham answered the call the voice which ■he had heard before said: "That is quite true. Rtill I think it she had seen me in this outfit she would have thought me worth the inches. Short men—Balzac, 0 feet 4 inches; Beethoven, 5 feet 4 inches; Keats, 6 feet; Napoleon, 6 feet 1% inches; Nelaon, S feet 4 inches; De Qnincey, 5 feet 8 inches.—Medical Record. THE VERDICT. TWO AGAINST A MOB. * OUR COALING STATIONS. The Santiago papers are agitating the question of annexation. A year ago starvation was the principal topic of discussion.—Minneapolis Times. money." AN OLD TIME MISSISSIPPI RIVER ■eeoni In Number Now Only to Those •( Great Britain. One result of the Spanish war has been to place this government suddenly In a position secondary only to that of Great Britain both In number and Importance of naval coaling stations lying beyond the immediate boundaries of the nation. From the position of fourth rank two years ago, when we practically were without such stations or at least had not taken steps to make use of concessions secured, this government has jumped to a place next to England and today outranks Germany, Franoe and Russia, which are practically the only naval powers making any pretense to support naval stations beyond their own home ports. It is several years since we acquired a site at Pan go-Pan go, but little effort was made to convert the land to the purposes for which it was ceded. A coal shed was built, and that was all. Now hundreds of thousands of dollars are being expended on a coaling station and depot of supplies there which will outrank that of any power In the south Pacific At Pearl harbor "hero is a concession whit* was granted the United States in perpetuity years ago, and tentative plans have already been taken to convert this magnificent naturally protected harbor into a coaling station of consequence. Years ago we established a coal pile at La Paz, Mexico, and there, too, another "You think yon can make more than £2,000 a year oat in South Africa? Yon have become very bopefnl all in a moment. It seems to me that a man who thinks he can make £3,000 a year is very foolish to let himself ont at 6 guineas an evening." SHOOTING SCRAPE. The scientists have about finished their study of cyclones. They know all about them now, except how to predict and how to prevent them.—Philadelphia Ledger. A Trivial Incident That Led to the Wrecking of the Old Postofflce, and a Pitched Battle In Which Seven Men Were Slain. loa* Enconracemcnt. "Yon wonld mnch rather be in London, thongh, I suppose?" "Yes, if I bad a reasonably good income."Mrs. Darlington—John, I spoke to papa about having bim take yon into business, but be couldn't do it because yon have too many vague ideas. The Colonial Dames do not appear to be represented in the International Council of Women, but they are able to fight their own battles.—Philadelphia Ledger. "I am very Borry to disappoint yon, madame, bnt Lord Stansford resigned this afternoon. We conld send yon another man if yon liked to have him." "Do yon know, Mira Linderham, that was just what I thought myself, and I told the respectable Spike so too. I told him I had an offer of £2,000 a year in bis own line of business. He said that no firm in London could afford the money. 'Why,' be cried, waxing angry, 'I could get a duke for that I' " "One of the worst shooting scrapes that ever happened along the Mississippi river," began the man at the wheel, relaxing his hold on the tiller, whioh had been hard down, and permitting it to spin around with the velocity of a top, "took plaoe out there, just above the mouth of the bayou, about 80 years ago, when they burned the old postoffice and the warehouse. You oan see where they stood by the piles of bricks there on the bank." Mr. Darlington — Hurrah I That's clever of the old boy. My first wife's father used to say I had no ideas it all. —Chicago News.  Germany might money selling tlioae small Caroline islands\ln lots of one to people who can't get\ along with their neighbors.—-St. PauUJ Dispatch. If England provokes Oom Taul to a fight, it is not improbable that the history of her American colonies will be repeated in South Africa.—Topeka State Journal. "What do yon mean by a fair offer?" "Are yon open to a fair offer t" "No, not" cried Miss Linderham, and the man at the other end of the telephone actually thought she was weeping. "I mean, wonld yon entertain a proposal in your presenjt line of business for a remuneration t" "No, I don't want any one else. It doesn't really matter." THE RALEIGH PEARL. ( The large mansion of Louis Heckle, millionaire and dealer in gold mines, was illuminated from top to bottom. Carriages were arriving and departing, and guests were hurrying up the carpeted stair after passing under the canopy that stretched from the doorway to the edge of the street. A crowd of onlookers stood on the pavement watching the arrival of ladies so charmingly attired. Lord Stansford came alone in a hansom, and he walked quickly across the bit of carpet stretched to the roadway, and then more leisurely up the broad stair. He was an athletic young fellow of 26 or thereabout. The moment he entered the large reception room his eyes wandered searchingly over the gallant company, apparently looking for some one whom he could not find. He passed into a farther room, and through that into a third, and there his searching gaze met the stare of Billy Heckle. Heckle was a young man of about the same age as Lord Stansford, and be also was seemingly on the outlook for some one among the arriving guests. The moment he saw Lord Stansford a slight frown gathered upon his brow, and he moved among the throng toward the spot where the other stood. Stansford saw him coming, and did not seem to be so pleased as might have been expected, but he made no motion to avoid the young man, who accosted him without salutation. answer. "I'll tell you who he is. He to a hired guest. My father pays S guineas for his presence here tonight, and every place you have met bim he has been there on hire. That's the kind of man Lord Stansford is. I told you 1 should expose you. Now I am going to tell the others." The young man sat silent for a few moments and did not look at his companion. When he spoke, there was a shade of resentment in his voice. Faiai la ■■ Anteprandial Clam by a "The other man," replied the voice, *'would be only 2 guineas, and it was 5 for Lord Stansford. We could send you a man for a guinea, although we don't recommend hint." " 'Well,' I replied, 'it is purely a matter of business with me. I was offered £2,000 a year as ornamental man by a most charming youffc lady, who has a studio at South Kensington, and who is herself, when dreaaed up as an artist, prettier than any picture that ever entered the Royal academy.' Tbat's what I told Spink." Lackr Philadelphia Councilman. Councilman J. R. C. McAllister of the First ward, chairman of the Dewey day oelebration, in a most singular manner has become the lucky possessor of a magnificent pearl of such value that the exact amount has only yet been guessed at by leading Jewelers of this city. A voting contest to determine who is the most beautiful woman in Ohio has been started. They are always voting of getting ready to vote in Ohio.—Chicago Times-Herald. "I thought you aaw, Miss Linderham. that 1 was not very proud of my present occupation." All admitted the ruins were plainly visible, when he changed to the opposite side of the wheal, and after a spirited effort made to ooosteraot -» effects of an impinging cocrent that had caused the boat to swerve from her oourse he continued: "No; but, as you said, a man will do anyttirog for money." "No," said Miss Linderham. "I don't want anybody. I am glad Lord Stansford is not coming, as the little party I proposed to give has been postponed."And now comes a New York scientist with the information that a man may live indefinitely on the simple diet of sugar and whisky. In what proportion?—Kansas City Times. Lord Stansford's f- v . as as white as paper. His teeth were clinched, and. "I beg your pardon for again contradicting you. but I never said anything of the sort." On the evening of Dewey day, while the officers of the cruiser Raleigh were being dined at the Hotel Walton, Mr. McAllister, in virtue of his office, presided at the board. The first course was clams, of which the councilman is passionately fond. Deftly impaling one of the toothsome bivalves upon a fork, he lost little time in transferring it to bis mouth. His teeth closed heavily upon his favorite delicacy, and the equanimity of the table was the next moment startled by a smothered ejaculatiou. All eyes were upon the city father as, clapping his hand to his lips, he removed a hard, shining object, which, imbedded in the body of the clam, had nearly cost him a tooth or two. MV HI The girl looked up at bim, first with indignation in her eyes and then with a smile hovering about her pretty lips. A man in New York offers to cure poverty for $1. The scheme looks reasonable. If he can get enough customers, his own poverty will be cured.—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. "I thought you did when yu were speaking of the crossing sweeping. But never mind. I know a lady who baa plenty of money. She is an artist—at least she thinks she to one, and wishes to devote her life to art. 8he to continually pestered by offers of marriage, and she knows those offers come to her largely because of ber money. Now, this lady wishes to marry a man, and will settle upon him £2,000 a year- Would you be willing to accept that offer if I got you an introduction V "Ah, then, when it comes off, madame, I hope"— "The boat that I was on had got caught in the fog, and we tied up under the point there about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and a lot of us went on shore to take a little exercise. It was on a Saturday, and a good many people bad oome in from the country to do their trading and get their mail. Soma of them were pitohing quoits and others shooting at a mark when we first'landed, but they quit when they saw the man carry the mail bag we had brought and went in and stood around waiting for the letters to be sorted. They had all been drinking and were pretty noisy. When the postmaster said there were only two letters and that they were both for Bud Johnson, a colored man, a murmur of disapproval went around, and several of them insisted on a new deal. But Miss Linderham hung up the receiver end did not listen to the recommendations the man was sending over the wire aboat his hired gueets. The chances are that Maggie Linderham would have cried had it not been that her hair was so nicely yet carelessly done. Bat before she bad time to make up her mind what to do the trim little maid cams along the gallery and down the steps into the stndio with a silver salver in her hand and on it a card. Miss Linderham picked np the card and read, "Richard Stansford." "You aaid nothing of the eort," she answered, "for yoa knew nothing about this stadio at that time. So, you see, I am not going to emulate your diabonesty by pretending not to know you are referring to me." Two captured Spanish cannon have been placed in a Philadelphia park beside a statue of Columbus. In the course of time history is often strangely mixed. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. large station la to be located. Aside from these the government was practically without sites In other portions of the world. Mow We are preparing to establish important ooal stations and naval depots at San Joan, Havana, Guam and Cavite. In Alaska the government also maintains a small coal station. This gives us the lead after Great Britain In sites for coaling stations granted by friendly powers or seoured of right on our own possessions as a result of the Spanish war. France has ooal piles In the West Indies on her islands there, at Madagascar, at a point In Coohin China and on the Marshall Islands In the Pacific, but not one is important or maintains a large coal supply. Germany has stations In Afrioa and one In the Pacific, and those are about *11, while Russia has none outside of Chinese waters. Twelve months ago we were on the eve of negotiating for the purchase of an island in the West Indies for the purpose of using it as a ooaling station.— Army and Navy Journal "My dishonesty!" exclaimed the young man, with protest in his voice. "I am the most honest, straightforward person alive, and I believe I would take your two thousand a year offer if I didn't think I could do better." Imagine Hamlet's exclamation of "Wormwood, wormwood!" dished up into "Absinth, absinth!" by Sarah Bernhardt. Still, Clement Scott says you are bound to admire her Hamlet.—Boston Herald. "It would depend very much on the tody," aaid Stanford. The luster of the substance he had bitten upon aroused the curiosity of the distinguished company. It was recognized at once as a jewel and was passed rapidly from hand to hand. Councilman John Lang of the Twenty-fourth ward, also a aommitteeman, who is a reoognlzed expert on precious stones, at once pronounced it to he a pearl and one of great price. Subsequent developments have proved it to be so. "Where! Is Sooth Africa?" The family war between the Bakers and the Whites in Kentucky is said to have filled 3,000 graves since it began nearly 80 years ago. And it was all caused by a woman, it is said. Such is life, sometimes.—Boston Globe. "Oh, no, it wouldn't, for yon would bare nothing whatever to do with her except that yon would be her hired husband 1 She wants to devote herself to painting, not to you, don't yoq understand T And sq kmg «• yoq did not trouble ber you could enjoy your £2,- 000 a year. Ton perhaps might have to appear at some of the receptions she would give, and I have no doubt abe would add 5 guineas an evening for your presence. That would be an extra, you know." "No, in Sonth Kensington. I think that when the lady learns how oeefnl I could be aronnd a stndio—oh, I could learn to wash brashes, sweep ont the room, prepare canvases, light the fire, and how nicely I could hand around the cups of tea when sne nad her 'at homes' and exhibited her pictnreat When she realises this and sees what a bargain be is getting, I feel almost certain she will not make any terms at all." "Oh I" she cried joyfully. "Ask him to come here." "Won't you aee him in the drawing room. wi*T" "No, no; tell him I am very busy, and bring bim to the studio." POULTRY POINTERS. " 'Yon can look for yourselves,' raid the postmaster, tossing them the bag, bnt after searching and finding it empty they were in a worse frame of mind than ever. Presently one of the number, a local politician, got op and made a speech derogatory to the administration. He insisted that the government was prejudiced against white folks, and that he had no use for the office anyhow. Several of the others present expressed their approval of this sentiment, and a general smashing np of everything at once followed. During the row the coal oil lamp was broken, the house set on fire and everything burned up. "Perhapt you do not know the i* engaged to me." taking one quick step forward, be smote Heckle fair between the two eyes and felled him to the ground. Tbe maid went up the Btair again. Miaa Linderham, taking one long, careful glance at herself, looking over ber shoulder in tbe long mirror, and. not caring to touch ber wealth of hair, picked up her crayon and began making tbe sketch of the striking man even worse than it was before. did not look round until abe heard Lora Stafford's step on the stair; then abe gave an exclamation of aurpriae on seeing him. Tbe young man was dressed in a wide awake hat and tbe coetume which we see in the illustrated papers aa picturing que friends in South Africa. All tie needed was a belt of cartridges and • rifle to make tbe picture complete. A happy inspiration seized Captain Coghlan when the verdict was passed by Mr. Lang. Too much stimulating food often causes over egg production. "Look here," aaid Heckle gruffly. "I want a word with you." "Allow me to christen your find," ha said to Mr. McAllister. "Hereafter let it be known as the Kaleigh pearl," and the Raleigh pearl it has become, which is the primary reason why patriotic McAllister solemnly affirms that he will never consent to part with it. As soon as the young turkeys get strong enough give them a free range. "Very well," answered Stansford In a low voice. "So long as you speak in tones no one else can hear I am willing ;|o listen." "You will listen whether or no," replied the other, who nevertheless took the hint and subdued his voice, "j have met you on various occasions lately, and I want to give you a word of warning. You seem to be very devoted to Miss Linderham; so perhape you do not know abe is engaged to me." "You curl" be cried. "Get up or I shall kick yon and hate myself forever after fcr doing it" The yoting man sprang from the table, and the girl rose from her chair, a look almost of alarm in her face. He caught her by the arms. An over fat hen will not lay at all or her eggs will be worthless for hatching. Am Exciting Battle. Lawrence C. Doyle of Port Angeles recently had 4 terrible fight with an Olympic mountain cougar which nearly ooet him hie life. In company with an Indian be went fishing for salmon in the Elwha river. The big animal suddenly appeared at the entrance to a cave and, with a roar, crouched to spring at the Indian. "I threw my fish spear at him, and the Indian ran for his life," is the way Doyle starts his story. "The animal then crouched to spring at me. I made a lunge with the spear and drove it into his head and ear. The lorhandle was of the stoutest wood, » thought to heM him in the cle** rock. His spring landed xp' ' but he oould not  There was a long silence between them after ¥aggie Linderham ceased ppe*lring. The young man kicked tbe gravel with his toes, and his eyes were bent upon tbe path before him. "He ia thinking it over," aaid Miss Linderham to herself. At last Lord Stansford looked up, with a sigh. Hens will readily eat parings or any kind of vegetables if they are well cooked. Young Heckle picked himself np, cursing under $ia treaty. '.'What do yon think, Miss Linderbam t Yon know the lady. Don't yon think she would refnse to have anything to do with a cad like Billy Heckle, rich as be is, and wonld prefer a bumble, hardworking farmer from the Cape?" In shape the pearl is oval, one-eighth of an inch in diameter. At first it was of a peculiar light brown color, bnt since it has been treated to sun baths and other arts of the trade this has given way to a most dazzling whiteness of a peculiarly pellucid tone. Experts have estimated its value at $5,000. Lieutenant Commander Phelps of the Raleigh, who is an ardent enthusiast on the subject of precious stones and quite a collector of the same, admits that the Raleigh pearl is the finest which has ever come under his observation. Mr. McAllister has contracted to have the pearl encircled by 10 small diamonds and mounted as a scarf pin.—Phil- Philadelphia Times. Raise thoroughbred chickens. They cost no more in the long run and fry much better. "I'll settle with yon, my man," be said. 'Til get a policeman. You'll spend tbe remainder of this night in tbe cells." Chickens once stunted seldom regain their vigor even with the most careful breeding. "I shall do nothing of the sort," answered Lord Stansford. catching him. by botb wrists with an iron grasp. "Now, pay attention to me, Billy Heckle. You feel my grip pp ypqr wrist. You felt my blow in your lace, didn't you 1 Now you go into tbe bouse by whatever back entrance there is, go to your room, wash the blood off your face, and stay there; otherwise I'll break botb of your wrists as you stand berel" And be gave tbe wrista a wrench that made the other wince, big fnd bulky as be was. "I promise," said Heckle. ''Very welL See tint yoq keep yonf promise," Young Heckle slunk away, ftsd Lord Stansford turned to Miss Linderham, who stood looking on, speechless with horror and surprise. D' Brahmas, Cochins, Plymouth Rocks and Langshans are easily fattened, especially if fed on corn. "Did you see tbe late scuffle between the unfortunate Heckle and myself t" "Did I see itt" she pafeed. "How could I help seeing it!" The girl did not answer bis qnestion. "Are yon going tiMireak my arms as von threatened to do his wrists last night?" "Colonel Bnnch, who owned the property, noticing the fire, came up from his plantation below and denounced the perpetrators of the outrage aa vandals. The colonel was a high spirited man and didn't stand anj foolishness, bat was getting along in years now and oonldn't do muoh bat talk, so that when one of the men declared be "I have heard it so stated,", said £ord Stansford. "but I have found some difficulty in believing the statement'' "Now, see berel" cried tbe borsy young man. "I want none of your cheek, and I give you fair warning that if you pay any more attention to tbe yoqng lady I shall expose yon in pnbUc. I mean what I say, and I am not £oing to stand any of your nonsense." Lord Stansford's face grew pale, and fie glanced about him to see if by chance any one bad overheard tbe re: park. H« seemed about to resent |t but finally gained control over himself and aaid•• "This ia hardly tbe dress a man is supposed to wear in London when be makea an afternoon call on a lady. Miss Linderham," aaid tbe young man, with a langb, "but I bad either to come this Way or not at all, for my time is very limited. { thought it was too bad to leave the country without giving yon jm opportunity to apologise for your eandnct last nigbt and for the additional insult of hiring me for two hours this afternoon. And so, yon see, I CSID6. " "I am very glad yon did," replied •at * i ■ * % * I It is a good plan whenever a hen comes off with a brood of chicks to grease her breast and under her wings for lice, or her chicks will suffer. "Ah, then, did you notice that when he was down I helped him upt" "Maggie," ha whispered in a low Toice, with an intense ring in it, "I «m going to break nothing bat my own heart if yon refnse me." "Yea, and threatened to break bis wrists when you got bim np." A good way to prevent fowls from flying over the fence is to stretch a wire along the top, the wire being on the inside about six inches from the top and parallel with the top. "Quite so. I should have done it, too, if be bad not promised. But whqt I wanted to call your attention to was tbe fact that be was standing up when I struck him, and I want also to impress upon you the other fact—that I did not hit him when he waa down. The girl looked np at him with a smile. "I knew when yon cane in yon weren't going to Sonth Africa, Dick," ■xttriaesti In Iwcery. "I trust I am not unpatriotic," said a rang surgeon of this oity, "bnt I wish ncerely that I had hod a chance to attach In dressing capons for market it is always best to leave the feathers on the ' tail and first joint of the wings, as 9 that they are what they are to be.—St Louis Republic. any J le felt on was all she vantage of bC the Did you notice that?" "Of course I noticed it No man would bit another when he waa down." "I am very glad, Miaa Linderham, that you recognise it aa a code of honor with ns men, brutes aa we are. Doq't you think a woman fhOOW t* equally but I don't see what yon — "We are in your father's bouse, Mr. Heckle, and I suppose it is quite safe to address a remark like that to met" a mill; Terence was a afternoon that yon bad resigned. I must «gy that you lock exceedingly well in that outfit Lord Stansford." died in jail; Panl Borgbeae bad 14 trades, and yet starved with them all; Tasso was often distreaaed (or S shil- Ungs i Bentivoglio was refused admittance into a hospital be bad bimaelf erected; Cervantes died of bnnger, and Vagelas left his body to tbe surgeons to pay bis debits as far as tbe money won Id go; Bacon lived a life oNkneanness and distress; Sir Walter Raleigh died on tbe scaffold; Spenser, the charming, died in want; the death of Collins waa through neglect, first causing mental derangement; Milton sold bis copyright of "Paradise Lost" for £10 at three payments and finished his life ia obscurity ; Dryden lived In poverty and distress; Otway died prematurely and through hunger; Lee died in the street; 8teele lived a life of perfect warfare with bailiffs; Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield" was sold for a trifle to save him from the grip of the law; Fielding lies in the burying ground of the English factory at Lisbon, without a atone to mark the spot; Savage died in prison ft Bristol, where be waa confined for a debt of £8; Butler lived a life of penury and died poor; Cbatterton, the child of genius and misfortune, destroyed himself.—Homiletic Review. insurgent army would have unlimited opportunity to try some experiments of the very first importance. "No, I don't see anything heartless about it. I could probably save a great many lives by operations which every modern surgeon longs to try, but which public opinion wouldn't tolerate in onr own hospitals. 1 admit, of course, that I might make a few failures, but that is the only way that advance is possible, and 1 imagine an army doctor among the Filipinos woukl be given rather a free hand. notebooks and scrap books work. use in his volver, said, 'My name is Bunch, ana when my father gets to be too old to defend himself I can stand in his traoks and take his part.' ine lime ne -was Bcreecmngana scrcaming like a cat. "Toward the end I nearly gave up. Finally the Indian returned after a IS mile trip for a gun. His first shot wounded the beast in the side and made his anger something terrible. The second carried away the greater part of his head. It was an hour before I was able to walk."— San Francisco Chronicle. m "What a brute yon aret" she aaid, with a quiver in her under Up. "Tea," be quietly. "Most pf ds men are brutes when ybu take a little of the varniah off. Won't you sit down. Miss Linderhamt There is no need now to reply to the question you asked me. The incident you have witnessed and what yon fiave beard baye Wn its answer." The young lady did not sit down. She stood looking at him, her eyes softening a trifle. •fit m true, then!" she laid. ••Is what true!" "That you are here as a hired guest !'" "Yes, it is true." "Then why did you knock him down if it was the truth J" "I know it's quite safe—anywhere," Replied Heckle. "You've got the straight tip from me;' now see you pay attention to it" "Yea." said the young man, casting a glance over himself. "I must admit that it is rather becoming. I have bad the pleasure of attracting a good depl of attention M I came along tbe street?" The late Rosa Bonheur was a headstrong girl in childhood, and the only way to keep her quiet was to give her paper and scissors to cut out silhouettes of the cat, the dog or the horses at the stand. entry into the diplomatic thus explained. The novelist had long desired to visit central Asia. With a view to facilitate his journey he has been intrusted with a diplomatic mission to Persia and Afghanistan. "At this juncture the shooting commenced, and I made for the boat Everybody seemed to take sides against the Bunches, and you would have thought them a band of guerrillas from the way they kept the fight up. Presently I noticed the colonel roll down the bank and stop just at the edge of the water, and then bis son came staggering down, too, and fell near his side. They were both deadl We wanted to leave, but the men were afraid to go on shore to untie the lines, for the infuriated crowd was still calling for more Bunches and the oolored man who had mean." "I mean this, Miss Linderbam—that your offer is hitting me when I'm Heckle turned away, and Lord Stans- ' ford, after standing there for a mo- : ment, wandered back to tbe . middle poo). Tbe conversation had taken place somewhat near a heavily curtained window, and tbe two men stood alightly apart from the other guests. When they left the spot, tbe curtains were drawn gently apart, f,nd a tall, T«r? Handsome yoUng lady stepped from between tbem. She watched Lord Stanstord's retreat for a moment, and then made as though she would follow him, but one of her admirers came forward to claim her for the first dance, "Music baa just begun in tbe ballroom," be ■aid. She placed ber band on tbe arm of ber partner and went out with him. fVhen tbe dance was over, she was ptnpsed to see Lord Stapsford still the room. She baa expected bim to leave when tbe son of his host spoke so Insultingly to him, but the young man bad not departed. He appeared to be enjoying himself immensely and danced tbroogb every dance with the utmost £eyotion, which rather put to sham# many of tbe young men who lounged against tbe walls. Never once, bowever, did he come near Miss Linderham until tbe evening was well on. and then be passed ber by accident. She touched bim on tbe arm with ber fan, and be looked quickly around. f'Ob, how db you do, Hiss Linderbam!" be said- down." "They took you for a cowboy, I suppose!"C•01)1" exclaimed Mias {dnderham. in dismay. "I'm aura I beg your pardon. I did not look at it in that light" "Ob, i^doesn't matter very much!" paid Stapsford. rlsipg. *11 included in the 6 guineas, but I'm pleased to ihink I have some self respect left and that I can refuse your lady and will not become a hired husband at £9,000 a year. May I see yon back to the bouse. Mi* Linderbam? -M you a?? well aware, J have duties toward other guests who are pot hired, and it is a point of honor with me to my money. I wouldn't like a complaint to reach the earn pf Spibk * Co," Mias Linderham roee and placed her "Well, something of that sort The small boy, I regret to say. was so unfeeling as to ring 'He's got ee on' and other ribald ditties of that kind, which they seem to think suited tbe occssion. But others looked at me with great respect, which compensated for tbe disadvantages. Will you pardon tbe rude* neas of a pioneer, Miss ynderham, whep I say {hat you look even more charming ip the studio dress than you did in ball costume, apd I never thought (bat could be possible!" "Oh I" cried tbe girl, flushing, perhaps because tbe crimson paint on tbe palette she bad picked up reflected on her cheek. "You roust excuse this working garb, as I did not expect visitors. You see, tbey telephoned to me that you were pot coming." Tbe deluded yonng man actually thought this statement was correct, which in part it was, and be believed also that the luxuriant hair tossed up here and there with seeming carelessness was not the result of an art far snperior to any tbe girl herself had ever put upon canvas. A Ckarck Experiment. The Episcopal church army will eetabllsh a labor home In Pittsburg for the reclamation of degraded and homeless men. It will have a large dormitory with 100 cots, a large bathroom, a laundry, a library and reading room, a dining room, a kitchen, an office and a workroom where kindling wood and boxes will be prepared far sale. As soon as the business will warrant it a horse and wagon will be purchased for the purpose of delivering wood and boxes to purchasers and for the purpose of collecting donations for the kitchen. It is hoped in this way to make the home almost if not quite self sustaining after the first year. No man will be admitted to the home until he has done at least two hours' work in advanoe. Four hours' work entitles a man to lodging and meals. Two hours' work will be allowed for himself, the dally profit of these two hours to be paid to the man at the end of stated periods. After a man has proved himself to be true and industrious other employment will be sought for him. "I* la not generally known, but a fact nevertheless, that one of our greatest surgeons spent two years In Peru for the particular purpose of testing certain theories that were at the time too 'advanced' for trial at home. He was not only allowed to operate without Interference, but to this day is held in the greatest veneration by the Peruvian army. At the same time I dare say he killed a few men, If you choose to put It «o bluntly. If so, however, he more than balanced the soale by the lives he saved, and when he returned home he was able to announce several discoveries that have been of the greatest possible benefit to science."—New Orleans Times- Democrat. Maurus Jokai, the Hungarian novelist, has applied for space for an individual exhibit at the Paris exhibition. He will display his novels in every edition and every translation that has been printed, and he has written over 300 books. J. G. Brown, the famous painter of street arabs, complains that the type is rapidly disappearing. "I had no trouble In getting models a few years ago," he says, "but now I have to hunt far and wide for one that will serve the purpose." got the letters, but be bad climbed a tree, and they didn't know where be was. An boar or so later, when the crowd had dispersed, be slid down from his hiding place, oame aboard the boat and we had bim in the hold until we got away and be was over his fright. He said there were five men lying on the bank that the Bunches had killed before they fell." "Because he spoke the truth before you." "I hope. Lord Stansford, you don't mean to imply that J ad) in any way responsible for your ruffianism!" "Top are, and in more than one sense of the word. That young fellow threatened me when I came here tonight, knowing that I was bis father's hired guest I do not wish exposure, and so I avoided you. You spoke to me and asked me to bring you put here. I Sine, knowing tbat if' Heckle saw me would carry out bia threat. He has carried it out and I have had the pleasure of knocking him down." THREE STRIKES. band within bia arm. "Telephone—what number!" she asked. The Mack la* Be Yearaa Far. In spite of all efforts to bolster it up the evidence multiplies that interest in the great American game of baseball is on the wane.—Canton Repository. "Telephone 100,808," be answered. "I am sorry the firm did not prpylde pie with some of their cards when I was at the office this afternoon." "It doesn't matter," said Misa Lindarham. "I will remember." And they entered the house together. Next day. at a large studio In Kensington, none of tbe friends who  met Mias Liqdefhapj at the ball th« evening before would have recogpised the girl; not but tbat she was as pretty as ever, perhaps a little prettier, with ber long wbite pinafore and ber pretty fingers discolored by tbe crayons she was using. She was trying to sketch out on tbe canvas before her the figure of a man, striking out from the shoulder, and she did not seem to havg  success he? drawing, perhaps because heir mind was preoccupied. She would sit for a long time staring at tbs canvas and then jump up and put in lines which did not appear to bring tbe rough sketch any nearer perfection. Tbe room was large, with a good north window, and scattered about were the numberless objects tbat go to the confusing make up of an artist's workshop, At la«t Miss Linderbsm threw down tbe crayon, went to tbe end of tbe room where a telephone hung and rang the belL "Give me," sbe aaid, "100,808." After a few moments of waiting a voice came. "Ia tbat Spink ft Co, !" she asked"Yes, rpadamp,'* waa the reply"Yon have in your employ Lord Stansford, I think !" "Yea, madams." "Is he engaged for this afternoon!" "No, madame." "Well send bim to Miss Linderbam, 1044 Cromwell road, South Kensington."Dearer to the heart of Major General William Bufus Shafter, United States volunteers, than all his military titles and all bis honors and lionizing is the ranch he owns near Bakersfleld and to which he expects to retreat when, in a few weeks, he will be retired by the operation of the age limit regulation. The boat at this juncture showing a disposition to become fractious, the pilot gave his undivided attention far a moment to the wheel, when he went on: It is said that some of the League ball players' averages are doctored to make them appear better than they really are. The whole baseball situation needs doctoring.—Ridgewood (N. J.) News. "But there is not much shooting along the river now, and yon hardly ever hear of a feud. When there were only about three families in a county, two of them were usually engaged in an effort to exterminate the other on account of some imaginary wrong, or maybe prompted by jealousy. Since the country has been settled up they are all right I need to think myself," he went on to say after a brief tussle with the tiller, "that what a man wanted was room, but I have fonnd out my mistake. What be stands most in need of is plenty of good neighbors, and I find tbat the thicker you put people the better they get along. It makes them more human, and besides they oome to know something, which is not the oase when they live alone. I have learned a good deal myself by traveling around and seeing what is in the world, for I usually go east every summer to swap mularitts- "—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Judge—Herr Doctor, how do yon felead by der indictment T The Accused—Mit rat vas it I vaa chargett A West C»»e, Pearl Comtractlm. Pearls are not as yet made In the laboratory, but It seems they can be made in the aquarium and that there is no need to dive to a depth of 40 or 60 feet to obtain them. One Slgnor Comba has been ex perimentlng for several years in the artificial production of pearls at an aquarium in Turin, and so suooesaful have his efforts proved that he is now engaged in a plan for laying down a large quantity of pearl oysters (Meleagrina margaritifera) in the Mediterranean, along the south coast of Calabria, with a view to more extended operations. It is contended, however, that the mother of pearl snell will not "live" In a temperature of less than 68 to 70 degrees F., and but slight hopes are held out for the success of Slgnor Comba's experiment. In Queensland, however, they have been cultivated with sucoeas.—Chambers' Journal. One of the general's fads is the breeding, hatching and raising of oblokens, and when be makes one of bis periodical visits of Inspection to his ranch his first thought is always for the poultry department. The distinguished citizen who presides over the hennery has lately become much interested in the study of the X rays. Baseball needs reforming. Rowdyism should be suppressed .at any cost. Only competent umpires should be engaged. Then there are too many League clubs. The circuit should be reduced to eight clubs. This would eliminate from the game those clubs that put men in uniforms and go masquerading about the country with them as ball players.—New York Herald. Miss Linderham sank upon the aeat and once more motioned with ber fan for him to take the place, beside ber. "Tbep you reoeiye $ guineas fi night for appearing at tbe different places Where I have met youf" "Asa matter of fact," said Stansford, "I get o«iy 8 guineas. I suppose tbe other 8, if snch ia tbe price paid, goes to my employers." '■So you are off to South Africa!" she said. The Judge—Do you not knowT Sot You are charget mit leze majesty. "Yes, the Cape." The Accused—Impossible. I am alvays a loyal soobject Ven vaa it I n« guilty of dot offense t "Ob. is tbe Cape in South Africa!" "Well, I think so," replied the young man, somewhat dubiously, "but I wouldn't be certain abont it, though the steamship company guarantees to land tne at the Cgra. wherever it is." The girl laughed. '•Why have you ignored me all the evening t" she asked, looking at bim with sparkling eyes. The Judge—In your pulpit laat Sontag. How do you blead T "Do yon know, general," he observed when the commander was down in Kern oounty for a few days last week—"do you know the rays will be of great value? Why, by using them, I can tell whether a ben oontains eggs or not." "I haven't ignored you," be replied, with some embarrassment "I did not know you were bere." Tbe Accused—Vy, I ton't— Tbe Judge—You vill stand reprimandet by der court und pay a fine of BOO thalers. PACIFIC RUSSIA. "I thought Mr. Heckle was your employer tonight!" "You inuet have given it a great deal of thought." she said, "when you don't really know where you are going." But General Shafter who, while he was broiling in a tent near El Caney had some very harrowing experiences with commissary supplies, answered wearily: "I wish they would Invent a machine which wonld tell us whether an egg oontains a ohicken or not."—San Franoisoo News. The Cramps can testify that Russia is not disarming at a dangerously rapid rate.—Birmingham Age-Herald. "Ob, tbat 1e wor«e than ignoring!" replied Miss Liftdertiara, jvttb * laugh. ♦'But now that you know I am bere I Wish you to take me into tbe garden. It is becoming insufferably hot in bere," "I mean to the company wbp lef mp put if I mabe pjyself dear—Spink ft Oo.; telephone 100.808. If you should ever want an eligible guest for any entertainment you give, and men are searee, you have only to telephone them, and they will send me to you." The Accused—Himmel! Vat vas it | said? "Ob, I have a better idea of direction than you give me credit for I I am act such a fool as I looked last night, you know. Then I belonged to. Spipk ft Co., and was sqhM by them to old Hecklp; pow I belong to myself and Mouth Africa. That makes a world of difference, you know." Russia can disarm herself for peace by selling her guns at cost to nations that do not believe in the scheme.—New Orleans Picayune. Tbe Judge—In your sermon last Sontag yon spoke in slighting derms of und Eve in connection mit vat you vas bleased to recklessly call der original sin. You see, vee baf all der notes right here. Russia hardly got telephone connection with the peace conference when she organised a boom in the gun trade.—San Francisco Chronicle. A Successful Operation. They sawed off his arms and bis legs. They took oat his jugular vein. They pat fancy frills on his longs, And they deftly extracted his brain. Twas a triumph of surgical skill, Bach as never was heard of till then; Twas the subject of lectures before "Yes," said tbe young man, getting red in tbe face, "it is wsrm." The girl could not help noticing bis "Ob, I see!" said Miss Linderbam, tapping with her fan upon ber knee. Tk* Troller r*«*. "Every one," say*the PhiladelphiaReoord, '•who uses the open trolley car* know* the dlffioulty of entering them owing to the high steps, awkward entrance* and narrow aisles between the seats; hence It Is that the average person boarding one of theee peculiarly constructed vehicles wears an expression of agonized doubt and uncertainty most painful to be hold. Fearful of making a misstep and exercised over the difficulties encountered, the passenger's countenance seems most plainly to reflect the emotions experienced, and this is particularly the case with women, incumbered as they are by skirts. The 'trolley face' will remain until October, when other peculiar types of facial distortion will succeed it In the attention of the general public." reluctance, but nevertheless she took "It is only justice to my fellow employees," continued L°Td Stansford, "to say that I believe {bey are all eligible young men, bat many of them may be had for a guinea. Tbe charge in my case is higher, as I have a title. I have tried to flatter myself that it was my polished, dignified manner that won me tbe extra remuneration, but after your exclamation of my brutality topight | *7?e"meraoei¥mC$ M The Accnsed—Bnt I ton't oonderstand how dot vas gonatrued into le?e majesty. The Judge—You ton't, eh» Haf yon forgotten dot Adam nnd Eve vas dar emperor's first parents t—Cleveland plain Dealer. Russia is about to purchase $6,000,000 worth of new equipment for her artillery service. This gives rise to an impression that Russia's disarmament policy has lost its prefix.—New York Mail and Express.Caused tbe First Coolness. bis arm, and they passed through sev-5a) rooms to the terrace which laced * gardes. Lord Btanaford's anxious •yea again seemed to search the rooms through which they passed, and again, on encountering those of Billy Heckle, Hiss Linder ham's escort shivered Slightly as he passed on. The girl won[ered what mystery was at the bottom pf al} this, and with feminine curiosity jresolved to find out, even if she bad to «Bk Lord Btansford himself. They sauntered along one of the walks until they reached a seat far from the house. The music floated out to them through the open windows, faint in the distance. Miss Linderham sat down and motioned Lord Btansford to ait beside ber. "Now," she said, turning her handsome face fnll upon bim, "why bave you avoided me all the evening t" "I haven't avoided you," he said. "Tut, tut; you mustn't contradict a Jadv, you know. I want the reason, the real reason and no excuse*." Before the young man could reply ® illy Heckle, his face flushed with wine or anger, or perhaps both, strode down 4be path and confronted them. HJ gave you your warning," be cried. Lord Btansford sprang to his feet; Miss Linderham arose also and looked in some alarm from one young man to the other. "I see it does," replied Miss Linderham. "Won't yon sit down !" Mr. Newly wed (reading) — Nobody ever yet saw a dead mule. Mrs. Newlywed (who is thinking of something else and not listening)— Don't you think yonr life insurance premiums are a waste of money, John? —Boston Journal. The girl herself sank into an armchair, while Btansford sat oq a low table, swinging one to. and fro, his yide brimmed hat thrown back, and gated ft the girl until she reddened tytore than ever. Neither spoke for some moments. Conventions of medical men. The news of this wondwrful thing Was heralded far and wide. Bat as for the patient there's nothing to NEW MEXICO. say. Excepting, of course, that he died. Primitive Man. Man's closest relative in the family of nature is the ape. This la a familiar fact. But it is not so generally known that man approaches in badily conformation more and iqpre nearly to his inferior relative the lower and lower his state of cultivation. Where tad when was the line drawn t Quite recently some skulls and skeletons of races contemporary in France with the reindeer have been- discovered, and they have afforded material for the above conclusion. The characteristics of the animal, the low forehead and the projecting month disappear in roan's oonflict with circumstances. Mental labor of course develops the brain, and the forehead becomes upright and the projecting countenance recedes under the skalL It is also the belief among scientists that the primeval Europeans were cannibals and inferior, in spite of their white skins, to the lowest type of existing savagery—the Australian bushman. All this chain of deductions and much more were recently made at a paleontologies! congress in Copenhagen.—New York Times. New Mexico wants to be a state. There are several persons In New Mexico and a good many head of stock.—Rochester Unloi and Advertiser. God's Acre. I like that ancient Saxon phrase w The burial ground God's acre. It It consecrates each grave within its And breathes a beniaon o'er the sleeping —TOD1IO neamI vuuraa*. hich calls over ■yr ETv "-1- ""•SSS^gl lngti ■Ir of the Globe for •as. f rheumatism! in their I «tili ItATlftTA and ihntlw fVumplaliitj, I tod prepared ante the ctrlngent their own. MEDICAL LAWS,^ Km. prescribed by eminent physicians In) DR. MUTTER'S C151 —  rfr fPAIN EXPELLERl , perfume I World renowned! Remarkably successful! I .loomed on «&'■ » the 1 31 HIGHEST AWARDS. I ip the DB 13 Branch House*. Own GlatsworH ■ B UulHik. Mmilu«i■■■■■■■C»C' *7 ■ we lowi nun * pick, w inmC «.C.gMCK, W H.rtk Bala Strwt, jsta grow! J. H. HOCCI, t Rartk ■•!« It. pittbtor, ri. uy; I "ANCHOR" STOMACHAL, beet fori er way 1 Corepl^t,.*.! iight ACTIVE HOLICITOR8 WANTED EVERY™ where for "The 8tory of the Phflinplnee," * by Murat Halatead, commissioned by the Oov* eminent as Official Historian to the War D& nartment. The book was written in armj — —-vatRanP 1—"D on the Pacific with^Gen "Do yon know," aaid Btansford at last, "that when I look at you Bouth Africa seems a long distance away t" "I thought it was a long distance away," aaid the girl, without looking op high, yon know." There was silence between them for a few momenta, and then the girl looked up at bim and said: "Aren't you ashamed of your profession, Lord Btansford T" "Ye«," replied Lord Btansford, "I am." When Governor Roosevelt becomes president of the United States, New Mexico will have no trouble to get into the Union.—Kansas City Star. Qod'a acre! Yea, that blessed nam' Comfort to those who in the grave The seed that they had garnered hearts, ALASKA'S LIMI "Tea, but it's longer and more lonely when one looks at you. By Jove, if I thought I couldn't do better, I would be tempted to take that £2,000 a year offer of yours and"— "It wasn't an offer of intne!" cried the girl, hastily. "Perhaps the lady I Cemeteries and CivlllmaHoa. Their bread of life, (lu, no more The man at the other end wrote the address and tben asked: "At what hour, madameT" "I want him from 4 till 0 o'clock." "Now," said Miss Linderham, with a sigh of relief, "I can bave a model who will strike the right Attitude. It is so difficult to draw from memory." The reason why ao many women fail as artists as well as in many otber professions may be because they pay so much attention to their own dress. It is an astonishing fact to record that Miss Linderham sept out for a French hairdresser, who was a moat expensive man, and whom she generally called in only when some very important function was about to take place. "I want yon," she said, "to drees my bair in an artistic way and yet in a manner that will seem aa if no particular trouble had been taken with it Do you understand met" "Ah, perfectly, mademoiselle," said the polite Frenchman. "You shall be so fascinating, mademoiselle, that"— "Yea," said Mica Linderham, "that is what I want." At 8 o'clock ahe bad on a dainty gown. The aleevea were turned up aa if In a recent message to the town counoll the mayor of Kemmerer, Wy., says, "The cemetery is the first sign of civilization." In the early territorial days of that now model state it was frequently observed that the oemetery was truly the most civ 111(1 ng agent employed In the civilization at the uncivilized element. —Denver Post The Alaskan question knows no bounds. —Indianapolis News. Into ita furrows shall we all be cast, In the Dare faith that we shall rise At the great harvest, when the blast Shall winnow, like a fan, the chaff "Tben why do you follow it T" "Why does a man eweep a street crossing T Lack of money. One must bave money, you know, to get along in this world, and I, alas, have nonet I had « little onoe; I wanted to make H more, ao gambled—and lost; I laid low for a couple of years and saw none of my old acquaintances; but it was no use—there waB nothing I could turn my hand to. This profession, as yon call it, led me back into my old set agaiq. It is true that many of the bouses I frequented before my disaster overtook me do not hire guests. I am more in demand by the new rich, like Heckle here, who, with his precious little son, does not know how to treat a guest, eyen when that guest Is hired." "But I should think," said Miss Linderham, "that a man like yon would Ho to South Africa or Australia, where there are great things to be done. I imagine, from the insight I have had into your character, you would make a good fighter. Why don't you go where fighting is appreciated and where they do not call a policeman t" "I bave often thought of it, Mka Canada insists upon having her own way with the Alaskan boundary, regardless of England and the United States. It has become tolerably clear to impartial observers that Canada is riding for a fall. —New York Mail and Express. r ' : Then shall the rood stand In immortal In the fair gardens of that second ' ' And each bright blossom mingle its With that of flowers which neve: earth. Canada's stubbornness is almost sure to prevent a settlement of the Alaskan boundary dispute at present. The Canadian idea of a modus vivendi seems to be for the United States practically to surrender the points in dispute and then arbitrate afterward. — Kalamazoo Tyiegraph.Flan nine For Future Pleaanrea. "Josephine is so thoughtful." "In what wayf" "She has had the rustle of her silk petticoat taken by phonograph for fear she will forget It when it Is out of style."— Chloaao Record. With thy rode plowshare, Death, turn sod And spread the furrow for the seed This is the field and acre of our God Thin la the place where human har—LrA Hartford exchange wants a recipe for cutting a Georgia melon in the proper way. Well, here it is: Tk« Proper Way. The Two Candle*. I saw two candles; one nnlighted THE GENTLE SAMOANS. There is nothing left for the Samoan kings to do except settle down and found a Pacific island aristocracy.—Washington Star. The other lighted stood, And a pale man beneath its slendi Hta nightly toll pursued. "Stop a moment. Heckle! Don't say • word, and I will meet you where you }ike afterward," hurriedly put in his lordship. When you cut ■ Georgia melon, you must look out whar you're at. Height and Genina. An mind the way the knife if join in; Put one-half on thia aide ol you an t'other hall on that. In patient teal Mb drew his failing O'er many a mystic page, And with the harvest of that qnl« He turned to blew* his age. Here are a few statistics bearing on the question of height io its relation to genius: Tall men—Burke, 5 feet 10 inches; Burns, 5 feet 10 inches; Sir R. Burton, over 6 feet; Sir Walter Raleigh, 0 feet; Peter the Great, 6 feet 8)4 inches; Thackeray, 6 feet 4 inches; Lincoln, 0 feet 1 inch; George Washington. 6 feet 8 inches. Medium stature —Lord Beacoasfleld, 5 feet ft inches; Bmm. « tmt ttU Ixko: VtfUW a Mataafa has quit the king business He says $50 a month and board himself is not enough to pay for the trouble of the Job.—Kansas City Times. "Afterward is no good tome," answered Heckle. "I gave you the tip and you haven't followed it." beg you to remember," said Btansford, in a low voice with a tremor in it, "there is a lady present" An then you sit between 'em an begin I That's about the best recipe we know of and will certainly fill the bill.—Atlanta Constitution. But when the pearl of dawn dissolved in day The candle flashed its last. And yet that other candle perfect lay, Unchanged by all had passed. campb /ranctoeo, uu «uo a. wm*~ IUI D W AMU V»w Merritt, in the hospitals at Honolula, in Horn Kong, in the American trenches at Manila, ii tne msurgtnt camps with Aguinaldo, on th( deck of the Olympia with Dewey, and in tht roar of battle at the fall of Manila. Bonann for agents. Brimful of original pictures * et by government photographers on the Drot Large hook. Tjow prices. Big profits Freight paid. CreditjfWen. Drop aU traahy unofflcial war booka. diitflt tne. Address, PV T. Bart bar, Sac'y, Star Insurance Building, Chicago, Perhaps an order forbidding the importation of feather dusters and paper collars into SLamoa would have a good effect. Such articles are great temptations to thdfee natives who are in the least bit disposed to embark in the king business.— Washington Post; thought it was a long distance away," said the girl. One Reason. "Better," I said, "to live and waste in living Than lie in useless sleep.  Who gives to others what is wcNh the giving Oaanot both give and keep." Miss Linderham turned to go. Wigg—I wonder why so many more men than women die suddenly? Wagg—I suppose the women wait n little while in order to have tike C• "Stop a moment I" cried Heckle. "Do yoo know who this man is!"  waa thinking of wouldn't bave agreed to it even if I bad spoken to bar about ,