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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
VA_.E-.TINE J. UHRICH, Attorney
at-Law, i tffice. Mo 813 Cumberland St.,
2 doors West of the Court House, Lebanon,
l'a. a arch 10,1887.
LEE Is. GRUMBINE, Altorne.-ar-I.au
Office, No. 729 Cumberland street, half a
square east of the Court House, Lebanon, Pa,
J une 30, "SSI.
DESK A FISHER. Atternejis.at-I.aw.
Office, No. 126}* North -"inth Street* Lebanon, l'a. [January 6,1*83.
Cn EOKUE B. I'lsKIC-I.—Attorney-at.
Jf Lawand DIST1UCT ATTORNEY, office,
742>. (Second floor) Cnmberland street, Leba
non Pa. [.Nov. 19, isss.
FEN BY T. BIBIGHAVS, Attorney-at.
Eaw, haa removed his Law Office to the
as-sat nd floor of A. Rise's Hat Store Building
net rly opposite the Eagle Hotel, Lebanon, l'a.
I ec. 13,1876.
JOHN MEIET, Jr., Attorney-at-Eaw.—
Office removed to building of Geo. JB. Ul-
r*ch, Esq., No. 742}_ Cnmberland street, second
Poor.  July 23,1884.
'__{   F. EIGHT, Attorney-at-Law.—Oflice
l_)_    No. 104,   N.  Ninth Street, next door
north of the Trinity TJ. B. Church, Lebanon,
Pa.
Jan. 16,1884.  	
JOHN BENSON, Attorney-at-Eaw.—Ot-
tice next door to the City Hotel and opposite
he County J ail, on Eighth street.
Lebanon, August 29,1883.	
DR.S. T. EINE WEAVEB, Physician
and Surgeon.—Office at residence, ob
North Ninth street, two doors north of Uuil-
lord. [Lebanon, May 80, '88—«m»
HOWARD   C   SUIBK.—Attorney-at-
Law.   Office removed to Ninth street,
i.ssar Willow. [April 14, 1BS6.
DB. JT. F. FETERMAtf, Homoeopathic
Physician and Surgeon.—Office. 504 Cumberland street, Lebanon, Pa. consultations
in English and German. Attends all calls,
night or day. . April 28,1886.1y*
1   _K.  E.   F.   BUBNS1WF. haa   removed
I >   his oflice to No. 431 Cbestnat   -treet.
April 28,1886.
JOSIAH FUNCK * SON, Attorneys-at-
Law.—Bemoved to 72SK Cumberland St.,
eeond floor, (Fnnck's   building,) corner of
Cumberland street and Liberty alley, l.eba-
uon, Pa. April Is), 1886.
C**(H A s-I.FJ- H. KIEEINGEB, Attorney-
J at-Law, has removed his offioe to No. 112
North Eighth street opposite tbe old Lutheran
Chnrch. A.rU14,18t6.
1 At'OB G. ADAXS, Altoruey-at-Eaw.—
(I Office opposite City Hotel, and one door
<on__ of County Prison, on Sonth Eighth
Street. Lebanon, Pa. ,1 une 19,1878.
A FRANK SEETZEB, Attorney-at.
• Eaw.—Office removed to No. 21 North
Eighth Street, next door to Squire Kreider's offlee, Lebanon, Pa. March 21,18H3
DB. J. H. MEASE, Dentlat.
Offlee, South Eighth street, opposite the
iail, Lebanon, Pa. Nov. 22.1882.
1.-IBANK E. MEIET, Attorney-at-Eaw—
_    Office removed to rooms lately occupied
I y Adam Grittinger, esq., dee'd., on Market
quare. North Ninth Street.
Lebanon, Nov. 1,1882, 	
GBANT WEIDMAN, Attorney-at* Eaw.
Oflice No. 11, North Ninth Street,  Marker
So/Hare. Lebanon. Sept. 20.1882
r_ASSE£B BOTES., Attorney-at-Eaw.—
> Office No. 28, North Kighth Street, tbree
i. oors north of the Catholic Church, Lebanon.
May 28,1884. |	
J    P. SHINDEE GOBIN, Attorney-at-
_ Eaw.—Office No. 21 North Eighth Street,
Lebanon, l'a.
May 28,1884.
PG. MABK, Attorney-at-Eaw.—Office
_ atNo. 839 Cumlierlan'd Street, second floor
of D. S. Raber'a Drng Store.    Scriventng and
Conveyancing promptly attended to.
Lebanon. April 10.1878.	
CAPP st SHOCK, Attorneyss-at-Eaw.—
Oflice—No. 7*2}_ Cumberland street, second floor. Booms lately occupied by J. Funck
A Son. Esqs. April 30.1884.
DB. WM. M. BEABDSEEE, Dentist.-
:-ueeessor to Dr. W. A. HUBER. Nitrous
I >xide Gas will be administered when desired.
Office No. 838 Cumberland Street, Lebanon,
Pa. May 14.1881.
JACOB E. BEINOEHL, Attorney .at
Law.—Office above the Valley Nationa
Bank, North Eighth street, next building to
the Lebanon Conservatory of Music.
___JU1 law business promptly and carefully
transacted.   Collections in Lebanon and art fa-
cent counties will, receive diligent attention.
__*t.Can be consulted in English and German
Lebanon. July 29.188-	
*P   HAI-VET SELTZER,
TETEBINAliY SUM G EON ;
Graduate ofthe American Veterinary College,
Hew York.' Calls made to all parts of the City
and County, by day or night.     _-■•_____ _ '
Oil ICE—In rear ofUU E. Cumberland Street,
April 6,1885-ly Lebanon. Pa.
DB. WM. V. BRUCE, Homoeopathic
Physician. Graduate ot Uanemann Medical College. Philadelphia, 1876. Office and residence, south-west corner Tenth and Chestnut
streets, Lebanon, Pa. Can be consulted in
English and German. [April 14.1886.
DOLLARS pays foe
LII'E SCHOLARSHIP __,
F-ALMS'
BUSINESS COLLEGE
1709 flu-tint St., PhJUdelphia.
Positions for Graduates.
Time required 3 to 4 mos.
The Best Equipped. Best
Course of Study. Best Everything.   Write ftrCb-ulan.
A NEW1I
irai mums
SW The undersigned would respectfully an
ncuitce tothe public that he  bas  opened a
New Cabinet MaHng art ___.rta_ii_ EstaDlis-ieit
on WILLOW STREET, between Seventh and
Eighth streets, in the City ol Lebanon.
SW Having a large and good selection of all
kinds of furniture, I solicit the patronage of
the public to (Mill at my place of business and
examine my stock, which consists of he best
and latest styles of Furniture, which is now
ottered lor sale at my place of business.
«_» AH kinds of work in my Une of business, made to order at reasonable terms.
UNDERTAKING A SPECIALTY.
SW CA-KKTS ahd CO-FINS—from the
Cheapest to the very best, furnished at prices
lo defy competition.
SW lam prepaied to attend Funerals anywhere, with   or without hearse.   All orders
will receive prompt attention.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH 11. ARNOLD.
April 7,1886.
i-JbilVlOV AL I
ATKINS s_ 39.., have removed tbeir.
Store to the new building, north-east,
corner of N inth street and Walnut alley, where*
they have j ust received a fresh stock of _ro-*
ceries. which they are determined to sell,
cheap. All they ask is to give them a trial.
and be convinced.
We would call special attention to onr stock
NEW RAISINS,
CURRANTS,
CITRONS,
DRIED PEACHES,
APPLES.
We are selling th best
TEAS,   COFFEES,   SUGARS
8YRUPB,  PURE SPICES,   QUEEN.'-
OLASS.    WOOD,   AND   WjW-
LOW     WARS.
JW Being determined to render satislaction
_j customers we invite all to call and see or.
ATKI-TS.4 P.K.O-
Lebanon. .1 uneifl. 1 sss
....J. B. Stehman, Est.
....Gideon Lioht, Esq
 Geo. a. Mark.
....li___- 11. Kbkidkb
Isaac Mof-mr
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Hum Office—N. E. Corner Ninth and
Railroad Streets. Lebanon, Penna
1' resident	
Vice-President	
Secretary ....-_
Treasurer	
Actuary	
Medical Examiner..D. Geo. P. Linkaweaves
Counsel..... S. P. Light, Esq.
Death losses paid to Jim,. 1st, 1887,
Nearly $5,000,000.00
Invested Assets $155,661,115
Contingent Assets, 8128,400.00
Total Assets, $284.06135
THIS SOCIETY has now been in operation
for seventeen years, has paid all its losses
promptly and la full, aud is to-day -financially
in a better condition than it ever waa. Its
new Division has all the improvements which
this long experience indicated, and affords insurance cheaper than ii can be obtained in any
otber Company.
The cost for assessments during the last two
years for a person 30 years of age, was only
$5.25 or $2.fii}_ a year. Support a home institution that you know is sound and safe.
E. Z. KEHLER,
District andSecuringAgent,Lebanon,I'a.
January 7,1887.
VOL. 38.-NO. 42.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY-, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 22,1887.
WHOLE NO.-1988.
-SIX DAYS'
-AT-
C. SHE-MK'S STORE
OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE
REVIEW:
nyr niV 1st day of the six we advertised aline of _£.?_-
U n I UAI ~~broideries that were below competition. Don't
ask for them, they are gone. It may be that some one of yonr
friends who loaded up more than sbe had immediate use for will
divide with you.
Since writing the above we have received another large invoice of Embroideries the more we compare the more we ourselves are surprised at the prices we offer them. Don't miss
this lot.
UCVT HIV 2d day we told you of Quilts, Woolen Blan-
filK\ UHI, kets, Sic. The QuUts are standard, good sellers, we duplicate them right along; people appreciate the goods
and the price. Of Woolen Blankets not many remain, the
balance at your price. And White Counterpanes; that one
at $|—you know—another large lot of them, can't duplicate when
these are gone.
..l_nTIKD HiV This day was nearly exclusively devoted, as
A fl U IIIL 11 Ufll .""advertised, to Muslins and Remnants
of all kinds. We have a grip on Muslins that's death to former
prices, and we bold them there. Remnant Day was a lively
day with us; we gave and the people accepted. "Jtemnanttf*
with us frequently means, to customers and other small dealers,
desirable patterns.
Til 10 njW _We advertised Dress Goods. You remember
115 Ufll. the crowd you saw at our Cashmere Counter.
D'd you ever see All-wool Cashmere go at that price? We keep
the price there. A case of a kind, but they go. A larger stock of
. Dress Goods seldom seen in a retail house, and they tumble to
the price.
FIETIi El AV ^e ma(**e *---•***■ a sPecial day in our Wrap De-
U fl I ~~partment. We had thousands of dollars worth
of Coats and Wraps of all kinds; notice now the stock; certainly it would still be large for some dealers, but they sell every
day; don't require an expert salesman, the price sells them; who
wouldn't buy now?
I iPT HIV This particular day was for the Gents, you re-
LAul Ufll. member. Suits of Meltons and Sawyers
led the sales; that's readily accounted for—Shirts, Collars,
Cuffs, Hosiery, fye., naturally fell in with Suitings, altogether it was a bright day for the head of this department, who,
in his characteristic enterprise was equal to it.
The above invoice of ads. was taken for our own information.
We thought it might make another. So here it is—new things
every day at
March 17,1836.
C. SHENX\3 STORE,
i   JOH& KLIBSEH'S
TmRTZlgmK   EMFOBrCTMw
Persons desirin^iajiiLrchase TRUNK&AND
SATCHELS for their Sons and Daughters or jor
themselves, will have the advantage of making
their selection from the LARGEST AND BEST
STOCK in LEBANON COUNTY, by calling on
the undersigned 	
100 TRUNKS, 100 TRUNKS,
and a very fine assortment of SATCHELS to be
disposed of during the next 60 days.
JOHNKLEISER,
DEALER OT
BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBERS, TRUNKS and SATCHEL.
No. 84 Sonth S-th St LEBANON, PA.
j.la. KRUM& CO.,
FISH E R' HALL.
Honest Dealing, |
TruthM Representation
Security to Buyers,
Having a Large Stock of Winter Goods which
displayed. 	
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These are the inducements we offer in onnec-
tion with %ur magnificent stock of New Winter
Goods. All things Useful, Ornamental and indispensable in STAPLE and FANCY
loois audi   lotions,
DRESS GOODS, FANCY GOODS, &*.,
Carpets!   Carpets! -Carpets!
CARPETS at Low Prices.    Carpet Rags taken in
exchange for goods.
Plush Coats, Plush Wraps, Fur Lined Circulars
at such low prices to astonish people. All we ask—
to come and see our stock, be convinced that we
mean business and sell goods at Bottom Figures
Lebanon, November 20. 1886.
THE LEBMOrFOifriM ROOK
 i_n	
The undersigned has opened a 2 UBNITUBE BOOM in the ADVERTISER
HALL,
No. 25, NORTH NINTH STREET, LEBANON, PA.,
where I expect to keep in stock a fall line of
Bed-room Suits, Lounges, Extension Tables, Bed Springs,
Kitchen Chairs, Cane-seated Chairs, Mattresses,
Cot Beds, Hall Racks, Marble Top Tables,
and a fall line of all kinds of FUBNITUME.
___>*Come and examine my stock before buying elsewhere.    My motto is
"Quick Sales and Small Profits."
LEVI RELLER.
Lebanon, May 12,1886.
ilia
■\_lB^/*=r=^
_f>_ iH^nF *"_s_
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies, A marvel ot
purity, strength and. whtOlesoineness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and can
not be sold In competition with the multitude
of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate
powders. Bold only in cans. Kotal Babltno
Powder Co., 106 Wall street, New Tork
■ Nov. 4,1885.
ELiY'S  r*
^RH
Ocves Belief at onee
and cures
GOLD IN HEAD,
CAT ABBS,
HAT   FEVER.
Not a Liquid, Snuff
or Powder. Fret
from Iwjurious\
Drugs and Offensivl
odors.
A particle is applied into each nostril and is
agreeable. Price 50 cents at Druggists; by mail,
registered, 60 cts. Circulars tree. JSIsT
JiKOTHEES, Druggists, Owego, N. T.
October 13, lsst*.
HAT-EEVER
WM. M. SNYDER.
MERCHANT TAILOR.
1015 Cumberland Street,
_______„.(>_., PA.,
as on hand a fall line ot
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WOOLENS,
In piece good.. .__-Also samples of all the
Latest Styles ot
CLOTHS,    CASS1MEKES.    FANCY    CASSI
MERES, FRENCH WORSTED SUITINGS,
SCOTCH SUITISUS, SPRING OVERCOATINGS.    LIGHT    HELTONS.
KERSEYS,   &C.,   &c..   &e„   &c.
Ol all the fashionable shades.
_9r Suits made to order, from $=6 up to $55.
SW Spring Overcoats, from $10 np.
__p l'an—uoons, from $1 ap to $1_.
SW Perfect lit guaranteed.
Jf®* Employing none bnt first-class workmen
he guarantees all his goods.
WM. M. SNYDER.
March 24.1886.
J.  £.   Laudermilch,
844 Cumberland Street
WATCHES, CIsOCKN.
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ii? »_*S__I_.'.:
■__igia.s;:
A fine  stock  ot Gentlemen's and Lad es
Watches, pnt np in Gold and Silver Cases.    A
toll  line of Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles
and a good assortment ol Clocks.   All kinds oi
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, repaired at the
shortest notice.
Mo. '144 Eagle Bnilding, Cumberland Street
JOHN It. LATTDKRMUiCH;
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The ELDSEDGE " B" is sold with th.
gfuarantee of being the BEST
that ean be MADE.
AGENTS WANTED.
ELDREDGE MANUFACTURING CO,
363 and 365 WABASH AVE.,
CHICAGO, IJ-It.
REINOEHL'S"
LAW A..D LOAN OFFICE !
_D078 tte Valley national Bant. LEBANOU. PA
Legal business carefully attended to. Claims
promptly collected.
A Skillful Engineer and Surveyor
will assist in making the LOAN DEPAUTi
MENT an entire success. TITLES of Heal
Estate thoroughly examined.
Money secured for parties who want to
boiTow, and First-class Securities obtained
or investors. JiENTS collected. HOUSES
bought and sold.
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THE   GRASS   WORLD.
Oh, life is rife in the heart of the year
When midsummer suns sail high;
And under the shadow of spike and spear.
In the depth of the daisy sky,
There's a life unknown to the careless glance;
And under the stillness—an airy prance,
And slender, jointed things astir.
And gossamer wings in a sunny whir—
And a world of work and dance.
Soft in its throbbing, the conscious green
Demurely answers the breeze;
"While down in its tangle, in riotous sheen,
The hoppers are bending tbeir knees;
And only a beetle or a lumbering ant.
As he pulls a feathery spray aslant—
Or the sudden dip of a foraging bird,
" With its vibrant trail of the clover stirred,
Discovers the secret haunt.
Ah, the grass world dies in the autumn days,
When, studded with sheaf and stack,
Tho fields lie browning in sullen haze.
And creak in the farmer's track.
Hushed is the tumul. the daisies knew—
The hidden sport of t_e supple crew;
And lonely and dazed in the glare of day.
The stiff kneed hoppers refuse to play
In the stubble that mocks the blue.
For all things feel that the time is drear
When life runs low In the heart of the year.
—Mary Mapes Dodge.
WHEN   I; AM   DEAD.
When I am dead and buried under ground,
And your dear eyes still greet the shining day,
Will you rememberr-*'Thus sho used to say—
And thus, and thus, ber low voice used to sound!*'
Will memory wander li"» a ghost around
The'wed Known pa'_£--tr___ the accustomed
way; -
Or will you pluck fresh blossoms of the May,
And waste no rose upon my burial mound?
I would not have your life to sorrow wed—
Tour joyous youth grief stricken for my sake;
Though black winged Care her home with you
should make—    .
Yet vain would be the scalding tears you shed,
And though your heart for love of me should
break,
I should not hear, or heed, when I am dead.
—Louise Chandler Moulton in Youth's Companion.
BELLE OF BAR HARBOR.
rnYTTta T> fl "D T"*T- may bo round on file at Geo.
X i-i.9 S. Ja.r _--_> p. liowellfi Co's Newspaper
AdvertisingBureaudOSpmeo StAjwhere advertising
contracts mar be mads fur it lit J.£fV.XO.
The canoe club was to give a reception
and review of tho boats. By telegram
and letter I had been summoned to Mount
Desert to take part to the solemn rites ot
the occasion. The telegram was from the
admiral, announcing that I had been
elected a member and must show up.
Now, I had never; _ven heard there waa
such a club in existence, and probably few
men are more childlike in their ignorance
of the paddle. The letter was from a
young lady I knew well, whose name I
had been pained to see mentioned in a
newspaper as the "Belle of Bar Harbor."
If there is a being I loathe it is a belle.
What rudeness have I not suffered from
the pert, intolerable little girls whose
heads have been turned by that word I
What inanities have I not been forced to
smile at because long hair and a pretty
nose-^or a trunk full of Worth dresses—or
a claque of female relatives, have started
the fashion of calling an otherwise harmless young woman a bellel
I knew this belle - before, however, and
never found her dull. She was a specimen of the rich complexioned women of
Mobile, languid on the surface but full at
energy when aroused. After all, said I to
myself, as I weighed her letter in my
hand, she has done nothing to warrant
the vulgar appellation, that I'll be bound;
only, no matter how it may bo hidden, the
Mobile rose cannot stifle its perfume. She
has been dubbed a belle in spite of herself.
Then, looking at the warm words and the
imperative orders that wero couched in
her peculiar long slanting characters, I
felt it would not be in human nature to
disobey.
Bar Harbor was just the same—a nature beautiful, solemn and marvelous to
the act ot being cheapened and degraded
by a mob of townlings.    The bnckboarda
were toiling up the steep hills, yachts
were coming and going in the harbor, all
the sophomores from college   to North
America   were    escorting   misses    and
missuses up and down the board walks or
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Surveying these with the jaundiced eyes
of one who could not join to the game
save for the briefest time, one more or
less in love, I may as well confess, but
who knew far too much to trust greatly
to encouragements that ought to have
meant everything, I was aware of Idita at
the top of a long flight of steps talking to
three boys and a man and managing to
halloo to a fonrth, who was hurrying
down the street. It looked very much
like a belle, I thought, bat, sighing, I
raised a sad hand of greeting all the
same. Idita saw me, and, like Camilla,
skimmed downward over the unbending
steps as if she meant to fling herself into
my arms.
"Glad, so glad you're here!" she panted.
"Almost gave you np. Those three wont
believe I'm engaged for the canoe review,
and that man you passed haa gone to prepare his boat for me. So you see you are
just in time."
"But," said I, "it strikes me that I find
you—a belle! and a bad case of belle."
"No more nonsense! Your canoe, our
canoe, is all prepared and I have only half
au hour to dress."
It was 10 to the morning, and I surveyed her pretty costume with raised
brows. .
"Oh, this won't do. Now, don't be
silly. Get into your rowing flannels and
meet me just here*" And away she flew
into the hotel with an audacious word or
two right and left at her boyish admirers.
Among them was one who looked very
hard at me, I thought, and I puzzled my
brains to recall him. A very blonde head,
blue eyes, a look of a much older man
when you examined him, thin legs, well
developed shoulders, a chin to the air and
the back of the head considerably behind
his heels—there he is, a funny mixture of
strut and deprecation, of candor and insincerity. But his glance was sincere, if I
knew anything—sincere in not liking me.
Why not me? Of course, the obvious thing
was that he was in love with Idita. Bnt,
I grumbled to myself, bow is it that Idita,
who is nice enough to warrant me in—
well, in being very much attached to her,
can support about her such wretched little
idiots as this? That was what I could not
understand, and gave the question up as
insoluble.
Walking to the meet I ventured to put
it to Idita as gently as possible, at the
same time that I begged that she would
be equally candid. She certainly looked
marvclously beautiful to the little Tarn o'
Shanter, with tassel .of yellow silk, and
the white flannel dress embroidered in the
same manner. The coquette 1 She had
the prettiest yellow Chinese clogs on her
feet, and did not mind a bit rolling about
a little on their small, rounded soles.
"Fact is, my dear boy, at a place like
Bar Harbor it positively won't do for a
girl to be seen without somebody talking
to her. The mothers keep count and tell
each other whether Kitty, Lucy, Maria
has three men with her or one, or none;
and somehow the consoling words addressed to the mother whose daughter is
seen alone do not carry with them the
comforts of Christian consolation. Now,
that young man of whom you speak so
disrespectfully is full of merit. He Is
r-r-r-r-ricch, to begin with, and sends me
lovely flowers. Then he knows everybody. Then he has a tongue tipped with
poison, and eversbody fears it. Besides,
he is a man of infinite taste—he admires
me!"
"More than he does me," said I.
"You don't say so!" cried Idita, whose
animation at Bar Harbor came to me as a
surprise, for to town she was rather Ian-,
guid. I attributed it to the bracing
climate. "Does it work already? Now,
isn't that nice of him to come to time at
once?"
"See here," said I, a little savagely, and
stopped to face her, "have you summoned
me to this goose farm to play me off
against that little gander."
"Oh, you suspicious boy!" she answered,
holding out her hand. "There, I forgive
yon; kiss it and return to yonr collar.
For you are, remember, no less my slave
here than yon were last winter in town,
and what I say must be done. Hear, obey,
and it will be well for you."
"Pshaw! How long are yon going to
keep this up? Am I to see anything of
you, or are tie Tommy Moores and other
things going to surround you to order that
your mother shall be spared the remarks
of her elderly Mends?"
Idita walked on faster and threw me
her words over her shoulder.
"Oh, you needn't bother about me after
to-day, tt you doa't want ta   J did refuse
.... .ugagemencb ... >-ss» s_»»« _ew aay_,
but a belle, you know—or perhaps you
doa't like the word?—well, a girl with a
fair circle of acquaintance will be ablo to
get along all the same."
"This is a bad beginning," I said
gloomily, "tor what I have been looking
forward to impatiently for months!"
"Have you?" she asked, giving me a
look to take one's breath away. "But it
appears to me that a series of letters and
telegrams were needed to get you here at
all—ah, ther.'s Turtle island! * * *
Do you know, in all the time I've been
here, I never landed on Turtle island
once?"
I fancied she looked as if sho expected
something, so I said at a venturo:
"Nothing simpler. I'll paddle you
there after tbe review."
Was I abnormally suspicious, or did she
mean anything by that remark? It was
one thing to know generally that she had
been sitting on the rocks with other men,
going to si.nics, paddling about the bay,
dancing, faking walks and most indubitably flirting for a good two months; bnt
it was quite another to see the men themselves and find the delicate gamo of intellectual immorality to full blast under my
very nose.
My vanity came to the rescue just then
and suggested that she was giving me occasion to see her alone; for on the rugged,
desolate island there was less chance of
interruptions than in or about Bar Harbor, So thinking, I cheered up visibly
and Idita watched mo with swift glances
out of those creole eyes of hers and
smiled Sfj/PT to herself, humming now
and then a tantalizing air that stopped
short, like the song of the mocking bird,
just when tt seemed about to launch
deeper into melody. Altogether Idita
presented an impish and tricky mood
that day such as I never knew her to
show before or since.
At the meet there was the usual confusion, calling, laughter, bumping of canoes, small shrieks from over excited girls,
coming and going of the official boats. I
was promptly boarded by Mrs. Gaunt,
who held me with a gimlet eye while she
talked about Idita. In a few minutes I
heard more names of men who had been,
were er were about to be to a state of
violent love with that young lady than my
brain conld possibly retain. Only one impressed himself by reason ot picturesque-
ness. The youth, whose name I missed,
!iad fallen headlong a slave to the cruel
Mobilian, and had then and there retired
to some fastness to brood on his hopeless
passion and, so tt appeared, his wrongs.
For Idita had certainly snubbed him outrageously, if half what Mrs. Gaunt said
was true. Another— the moral ot it all
—abided by me also. Is it necessary to
state iff I, too, would promptly undergo
like treatment at those little hands; I, too,
would be encouraged, enjoyed, quarreled
with, snubbed and brushed aside.
"But, my dear lady," said I, "to any
event no mountain top or fastness ln the
wilds for me! No; if Idita—I mean Miss
Idita—should be so harsh to an old, old
friend, I would not go away where I could
not see her, but stay right here—yes, and
give her n good snub myself now and
then-1'
—I like to hear yon talk liko that," she
answered compassionately, "because it insures to us poor wall flowers who havo
outgrown our youth and beauty another
amusing episode in the unparalleled career
of the belle of Bar Harbor."
The she devil had divined that I hated
that expression. I ground my teeth ao
that she was frightened. She began to
talk to somebody else, and fearing that I
would tell Idita what she had said, set in
circulation a story the point of which was
that I could not be trusted tor a moment
so shocking a liar was I!
Longing to be off, I found Idita in
earnest talk with Tommy Moore, who
verily looked more like a crazy man than
anything else; ho was furious at my good
luck and seemed to be saying violent
things asT came up. It was fine to see
Idita quiet and quell him, but my arrival
was not opportune, to say tho least; he
flung himself away and walked to a grassy
hillock overlooking the scene, where, I
heard afterward, he rolled on the turf like
before from those gentle lips.
But the signal was given and we embarked. I wonder how many of the men
had ever been in a birch before. I hadn't.
But I knew theoretically how to work the
paddle, and was determined to die rather
than let Idita see that I was what is vulgarly called a duffer. Fortunately that
young lady was and is a round weight;
she is mot loveliness in its most ethereal
aspest, so my canoe was well down in the
water and easier to handle. Fortunately,
also, the need of keeping the line made
progression slow, so that I had nearly
half an hour to which to take *my first
lesson. Once or twice I scattered the
wrong kind of diamonds over that divine
head, but Idita seemed too happy to care.
Was sho happy because at last I had come?
Her eyes were fixed on Turtle island, and
my own heart beat fast. Is she thinking
ot our agreement?   T kept wondering.
We moved gayly and magnificently up
the bay and down, then turned for the
grand review with the addition to our
ranks of' several score of Iato comers.
Among them was Tommy Moore, as I
found to my dismay, tor he jammed his
canoe alongside mine and took a baleful
pleasure to bothering mo to every way he
could. When he came in Idita's line of
vision that charmer merely nodded to him
lightly, as tt nothing had happened ont ot
the way—perhaps it was an everyday
matter to tar that a poor little society
baby should roll on the ground aad curse
horridly on her account. I conld not get
rid of him till I bethought me ot retaliation, and having by a skillful hoist under
the stern of his canoe given Tommy very
near to a ducking, that malign youth
kept a more respectful distance, and only
tried to "fascinate" Idita with his eyes
and express with his nose what he
thought of me and my vile paddling.
The joke was dull as we approached
Turtle island again, so I slackened up and
edged away to the furthest boat on tho
wing, deaf to the call ot the commodore,
and as the line moved abreast of the island
I did my prettiest to get round the point
to the other side, there to land—thero to
have Idita all to myself! Luckily, Tommy
was wedged into the line so that he could
not see the skulkers, and I flattered myself,
as we forged over into the smooth water
behind the point, that he bad not detected
our escape. Hew to get Idita out of the
slippery canoe was the next thing that
nearly turned my hair gray; but it was
done well (though 'tis I who say it) at the
expense of ono of my feet soaked with salt
water. To feel her hand on my shoulder,
to have her weight fall ou me when she
sprang from the big rock, are mere mat-
ton of detail that recur to me just now
with singular vividness, I know not why,
unless we remember best the kindnesses
that we receive just before the final
breach.
Bnt the walk over the narrow grass
border and through tho swinging walla of
evergreen was a thing to remember, too.
Idita's gay spirits were gone, and I
fancied that both of us were to the mood
of moods that runs before decisive and
blissful speech. I cannot say that I had
made up my mind to ask her to marry.
It you know Idita you will never think
that; tor what would be the good? Any
time during the preceding winter sho
could have said, and it would have been.
Now also was it tor her to speak, according to her own repeated declaration of
rights. Besides, I suppose my eyes spoke
all she cared to know much better than
my tongue. And yet—could it be possible that this girl, who was so self assertive, who continually gave men the alternative to do exactly, say exactly what
she willed or be cast into outer darkness and gnashing of teeth, that
this girl just to-day wanted me
to assert myself? I knew her theory
of married life was closely similar to
ber practice as a maid. She was to rule.
She was to flirt as much as she chose. Her
husband was to be a lover, a favored
lover, but not be ugly in temper to those
less favored. Could tt be her whim, I
asked myself, to have me set tt crudely
before her that I had come here to get her
promise and must have it? The risk of a
false step was enormous just at that hour
and at that conjunction. Now and then
she would stop, look about her search-
ingly, and appear to be listening. We
made tor the steep side of the island overlooking the bay and the village in order to
see the flotilla pass once more (thank God,
without us!) before the admiral's canoe.
"Aren't you tired of all that?" asked I,
nodding in the direction of Bar Harbor,
as we seated ourselves under a stunted
cedar where, unseen,-, could, note tbe
_a..le bay. I had placed myself as near
as I dared, and played with the yellow
silk tassel of the cap she had discarded.
"Eh? What? Bar Harbor? I think tt
is puffectly splendidP' cried thia exasperating yonng person.
I nursed my knee and my thoughts.
That abstraction waa real; lt was not assumed. At such a moment, in such a
place, in the company of (hm| such a man,
to be distrait was indeed a symptom not
alarming merely, but crushing. My
throat went rather dry, and I think I
must have groaned a little, for she fixed
her glorious eyes full ot a liquid brown
fire upon me, and asked if I felt ill!
"Yes," I said, snappishly. "I do feel
UL Talk to me, amuse me, sing to me!
I- have been paddling you about ; you
might at least do something in turn."
She straightened herself up from a
lounging position and looked at me carefully.
"why, you're as crazy as Tommy
Moore!"
Wo both laughed, and then I entreateci
her to sing. From being perfectly inflexible,
she suddenly consented, as if a thought
had struck her, and presently one after another of the songs that yonng people troll
at summer resorts pealed up among the
cedars of Turtle island to an uncultivated
but rich contralto. Suddenly she stopped
short.
And over Tommy did go just as I spok.
—only tt was, rather, that his canoe got
from under him and let bim down. Like
you or me in such a case he tried to climb
on the bottom of tho canoe, which thereupon got from under bim just as cleverly
as before; it is the way with eanoes. This
thing occurred Ave or six times before we
realized thai Tommy was very likely not
to climb any more if help was not given
I scrambled down the hill, and had got
halt way when somebody dropped from
a tree above an outlying rock, his straw
hat flying as he came, sprang into the
water, laid hold of the canoe, seized
Tommy by the neck, and held htm the
other side of the overturned craft until he
could get bis breath. Then he began to
haul and swim toward the shallow, and
presently got Tommy into safety. It was
done so quickly that my services were not
needed The man came from the sky, ss
it were—a dous ex Mackinaw, as Tommy
afterward said, when the straw hat of his
rescuer was fished out. Tommy always
did make the worst puns when hysterical.
The sea at Mount Desert being icy cold,
Idita and I set to work to make a fire at
once, and called to the two sopping ones
to some up. I noticed that, considering
ihe danger there had been, Idita was
strangely moved and lightheaded, but
when the third man came up she evidently
knew bim. So did I. He was a long
legged, very quiet chap from Maine, who
never went into society, hated young
ladies, had a rooted dislike of southerners,
and regarded women who flirt as no better
than traitora to their sex. We called him
Billy Carr—what his middle name and
family were I did not know—but except
for prejudices of thia kind he was as much
liked, by those who knew him intimately,
as any man I have met. Well, Billy Carr
and Idita kept looking at each other to a
curious way, and finally Tommy Moore
spoke, rather hoarsely:
"Billy, you saved my life just now."
"Oh, that's all right."
"I ought to, I will tell you—right here
before Miss Idita. I slandered yon, Billy.
I told her you were notoriously dissipated;
that you npver went anywhere because
people wouldn't receivo you. It was a
lie, of course; but I did hear it said. I
repeated what I heard, and didn't deny it.
Will you forgive me, Billy?"
Carr held out his hand, but Idita burst
into tears.
"I never, never will forgive you, Mr.
M-M-Moore, never!" And she wept and
sobbed as if her heart would break.
I tiptoed away, beckoning Tommy to
follow, as the fire was now started and
there was nothing else to da   We went
down to the canoe in silence; in silence we
paddled to Bar Harbor; to silence I took
my  tickets  by the evening steamer to
Frenchman's bay.     I have  always believed since that Mobile women are the
most charmlns but t___;_________ti__r_ crta--
Times.
Going On ia Slwasbtown Society.
Tho brilliant entertainments given in
Siwoshtown during the last week are still
tho theme of much conversation. Tho
dancing academy has been one continuous
blaze oi light through the holidays, the
festivities being conducted nnder the
auspices of Mayor Kow-ee. In thoso
portly halls were assembled the beauty
and fashion of the place, and many wero
toe gorgeous costumes ot the moro
wealthy class of tho fair sex, and on not a
few of them an elaborate display of extensive jewelry.
Miss Kow-ee-with-a-Bing-in-Her-Nose,
daughter of our much esteemed mayor,
leader ot Blwashtown society and heiress
in her own right to two Auk residences
and throe canoes,-wore a beautiful crown
fashioned from hemlock bark and eagle
feathers, a bright colored beaded buckskin
chemise, high water calico overskirt, and
a $10 Hudson Bay blanket thrown gracefully over her shapely shoulders. For
jewelry she displayed fourteen tin bracelets, a silver labrette a la shingle nail
through her upper lip, and two brass
watch chains encircling her brown ankles.
Her nose and chetk were painted black,
and her arms and limbs, from the knee
down, were bare. Her elegant costume
and graceful evolutions were the envy
of the fair aex, and she was designated
"the belle of the ball." The old mayor
himself wore upon his head the latest
style plug hat encircled with eaglo
feathers, a military dress coat, flour sack
pantaloons, and a pair of rubber boots.
His whole bearing was that of one born
to command, and he was Jookcd upon
with reverence by all. The music, which
was furnished by the 81washtown orchestra, consisting of two drums and five rattles, was rendered in a soul stirring manner.—Alaska Free Press.
PICTURES 0 DEMAND.
WHAT AN ENGLISH PHOTOGRAPHI.F.
SAY8 ON THE SUBJECT.
Lord IddeslcSgh's Plioto—Portraits of tho
Prince Imperial—A Curious Circumstance—Royalty Takes the Palm—Actors
and Actrefl-oa—An Exaggeration.
"I suppose there haa been a great demand tor Lord Iddesleigh'a photo?"
"Yes, and the more so because his death
waa so sudden. When a public man diea
there is sure to be a great run upon his
portraits. Even after tho death ot such a
man as Darwin there was a rapid sale,
while within a week of Fred Archer's
death we sold a tremendous number of
his portraits. I remember the time of the
prince imperial's death best, however.
The people thronged round the counter
four deep, and many Frenchmen came
over to order to purchase portraits.
Another curious circumstance is that
when the leaders of a political party go
out of office there is an immediate check
to the sale of their portraits. On the other
hand there is a corresponding increase in
the portraits sold of their rivals as soon as
they take office."
"Do Mr. (Bedstone's features attract
the most purchasers?"
"No, I think royalty must take the
palm. The queen, of course, comes first,
and then the Prince and Princess of
Wales. The Americans especially are
large buyers ot portraits of the royal family. But on the whole I think you are
right ln supposing the sale of these photographs to be a barometer of the rising or
waning popularity of a celebrated personage."
ACTOBS ASD ACTRESSES.
"I suppose more portraits are bought of
actors and actresses than ot any other
class of celebrities?"
"No, I don't think so. I know that the
latest portraits of actors and actresses in
character attract the most attention in
the window. But I don't think that
throughout the year we sell more portraits ot them than ot any other clasa of
celebrities. A good many portraits of the
most beautiful of our actressea are bought
as copies for painting by todies. And
then there is sometimes a great run upon
a particular actor or actress. For instance, some time ago we could not supply enough portraits at Mary Anderson,
but now we sell very few."
"I see yon have pictures of a whole
company ia the act of playing in a certain
scene of a play. I .suppose you would
have to go to tho theatre to toko these
photographs?"
~ **_fo, we should not get the light at the
theatre. The various members of a company come and dress here and place themselves in their proper positions in a large
room up stairs preparatory to being taken.
It is now becoming a general practice to
take photographs of certain scenes in a
successful play, and during the run of the
piece very large numbers are sold. 'Jim
the Penman,' 'The Harbor Lights,'
'Turned Up,' have all been taken in this
way, and we are abont to take 'David
Garrick.'"
**t)o you ever find any difficulty in obtaining a photograph you desire?"
"No, not at all. When anybody becomes famoua an application will always
procure a sitting, and the most distinguished men are always roady to sit whon
a new portrait is required.''
Atter alluding to a popular actress who
had expressed her great regret that in
her youthful innocence sho had parted
with her likeness without asking for payment, we inquired whether the portraits
of famous actresses were reallv so costly.
"There is a great deal of exaggeration
in the matter. Some ladies on the stage
will not give ns a sitting without payment, but I know, from my own knowledge, that nothing like the price has been
paid for a sitting as in some cases has
been stated. Ot course, it is but natural
that pretty girls should like to exaggerate
th.   money -value ot tbeir faces."—-Pall
The Amateur Photo-fraphins Cr:i_c.
There is a pleasant side to the amateur
photographing craze, however. It affords
an amusement and occupation to idle people who might be worse employed, and in
the hands of travelers of taste and cultivation gives the means of procuring a
charming itinerary of their wanderings,
which, developed and put in book form on
their return, is an endless source of
pleasant memories. A young man who
went to the Montreal ice carnival has
brought back a charming series ot negatives, illustrating every picturesque phase
of that picturesque occasion. There are
pictures of snow shoeing, tobogganing,
skating, whirling sleighs, views of the ico
palace, anything and everything worth
preserving. This was all taken with hia
instantaneous camera and the plates left
to develop when he returned, in the leisure
of his own charming little studio on top of
the house.
Another agreeable use of this invention
is by the mistress of a hospitable country
mansion not a very long journey from
New York city. She has entertained
many distinguished people, many
pretty women and handsome men; of
each of her guests she has an excellent
photograph taken by herself, pasted in
her huge visiting book. On the pa-jjc
where each one has set an autograph, a
quotation or some little original hit by
themselves appears their picture, and such
a book as that is not only of lasting
pleasure to herself and friends, but considering the many distinguished faces and
names that appear there, an invaluable
treasure to her descendants and a future
generation.—Brooklyn Eagle.
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THE   GAME   OF  FAN  TAN.
Why a Chinese  Ex-Mandarin  Thinks It
Should Bo ~f*ncour„_;cil.
The police will keep on hurting Chinamen's feelings as long as thero is fan tan
playing. The Chinamen will keep on
playing fan tan so long as there is money
in it. The latter have become used to
paying expensive hotel bills for second
class lodgings at tho Tombs, and tho former are gradually being initiated into the
mysteries of that fascinating gamo that
made Ah Sin so famous the world over.
I will bet "half ot the flowery kingdom"
that Ah Sin will come out the first beat in
this interesting contest—that-he will eventually convert the police of the metropolis
to the belief that fan tan playing is morally and religiously correct and its suppression a cruel and outrageous wrong.
In the first place, fan tan playing is
born into the Chinaman; therefore, tt
must be religiously carried out. Lock up
the fan tan players, chain them with
heavy chains, gag and blindfold them,
place half a dozen millstones npon their
necks, give them nothing but water and
tea to eat—they will bet with their fingers
or toes in the dark cells, just ns if nothing
had happened.
A Chinaman believes he can never go to
heaven unless he can play the fan tan.
properly. Those Chinamen who do not
play refrain because they are not particularly anxious to enter into the happy land
of the good Mongolians. Besides, what's
the use of stopping fan tan playing? It
will keep the heathens from doing anything wrong toward the Christians, at j
least while they an playing fan tan. It
will save lots of shirts being torn into
fragments for the time being. It will
save lots of beers and whiskies in tho
saloons for the more worthy sons of toil.
There would be more room left upon the
sidewalks far more civilized people,to
utilize. Not only this but tt is really the
only way to get these heathens to leave
some at their hoarded wealth to this
glorious land of the free and ot the brave.
There are always two great certainties in
this peculiar fan tan business. At every
game some one has got to lose and somo
one has got to win.
The winner as a rule will treat. Sometimes a whole gang of them will adjourn
to the nearest second class restaurant
abont the Fourth ward to have one solid
if not wholesale meal at the expense of
the lucky fan tan player. That money
may have gone directly Chinaward had it
not been for that wise game of fan tan in
Mott street. The good fan tan player is
also an inveterate "tried oyster fiend," he
eats it as if he intended to stay here.
The paper man and the printers would
have been left entirely to the cold hod it
not been for the godly fan tan players,
who buy their committee's boxes of playing cards weekly for "pokees" and other
civilized games. In fact to make the
story brief, the fan tan players are luxurious heathens. They live upon the fat of
the land. Therefore they naturally leave
more money here than the wicked and industrious lanndrymen, who earn lots of
money and spend nothing. Let us havo
more fan tan shops, it is profitable for the
country. No more laundries.—Wong
Chin Foo in New York World.
G__d Advice for Toung _Jen.
And aa for the men we respect, let them
give up a part of the time they spend in
money making to put on the polish that
may seem a superfluity, but which women
love, nevertheless, as. they love nil superfluities? A few trifling airs and graces, a
suavity of speech, a neatly turned compliment, a profound bow—these are bagatelles, it is true, but to their way they
work wonders and open a highway to the
hearts ot the simpler and weaker sex that
has before been closed by gates of adamant. They are easily picked up to youth,
but the old tongue trips awkwardly over
honeyed words and phrases, and the stiff
old back at 40 odd can never achieve' a
bow which is much better than none at
all. Even the men of the Faubourg St.
Germain—every city has its Faubourg St.
Germain—think better ot one for possessing these social embellishments, and there
is not to the world a talisman of such po-
1 ■' . .' '     us *___ Ti**Tnf»y_g nnsl in-"'^ist*b']o
__ innate, of course, but it can be in a gr89 -
measure acquired.
The plodders urpen whom Dame Fortune
is turning a dawning smile may pause
awhile on the way. The smile and tho
good luck are sure to come, tho brighter
and better for delay, and tho young man
who looks forward to one day being a man
of millions may just as well fit himself
early for the proud position he means to
occupy.—Boston Herald.
"*Inj. Jimmy Bam' Prowess.
In The Century "TJncle Remus" tells
and Kemble illustrates a story of southern
life, whoso scene is laid at the beginning
ot and during the war. One of the characters is Maj. Jimmy Bass, who is apt to
get excited and onco had "cussed out tho
town." The following bit gives a pen
picture of the major's remarkable campaigns at Perdue's corner: "Sometimes
between dozes ho would make his way to
Perdue's corner and dlscuaa the various
campaigns. How many desperate campaigns were fought on that corner! All
the older citizens, who found lt convenient
or necessary to stay at home, had in them
tbe instincts and emotions of great commanders. They knew how defeat could
be wrung from victory, and how success
could be made more overwhelming. At
Perdue's corner Washington city was
taken not less than a dozen times a week,
and occasionally both New York and Boston were captured and sacked. Of all tho
generate who fought their battles at the
corner Maj. Jimmy Bass was the most
energetic, the most daring and the most
skillful. As a strategist he had no superior. He had a way of illustrating the
feasibility of his plans by drawing them in
the sand with hia cane. Fat as he was,
the major had a way of 'surrounding' the
enemy so that no avenue was left for his
escape. At Perdue's corner he captured
Scott and McClellan and Joe Hooker and
John Pope and held their entire forces as
prisoners of war."—Exchange.
The Peasant and the Robin.
A Peasant who had a Fine, Large
Cherry Tree loaded with Fruit discovered
that the Blue Birds were after the Cherries and ho called the Robins around him
and said:
"Behold, the Blue Birds are Robbing
me of a Tenth at my Cherries. It yoa
will Drive them away tt will be a Favor
which shall be Duly Rewarded."
The Robins Agreed, but to a day or two
the Peasant found that his Fruit waa Disappearing twice sa Fast as Before; and
he brought out his Shotgun with the Exclamation:
'"Those Whom I hired to Watch the
Thieves have Robbed me the Most!"
Moral: Hire a Lawerto Help you Down
the other Heirs.—Detroit Free Press.
Queer Notions ln Scotland.
A traveler in the north of Scotland has
much to say about the superstitions prevalent among the inhabitants. The gudc
wife, for instance, busy at her chum or
other household work, hastily puts away
her goods at the approach of any dubious
stranger, because she believes that there
are certain people whose presence will prevent the butter from coming or tho cakes
from baking.
To count a woman's chickens would be
taken for as good as cursing them; whilo
if you were to be cruel enough to count
a crew ot fishermen as they were getting
into their boat they would probably refuse to go to sea that night, after so evil
an omen.
Another quaint old opinion, which may
have sprung from Scriptural tradition, or
perhaps may own a more remote origin,
is that curious reluctance to enter a honse
"empty, swept and garnished," which exists in several of our northern counties.
The outgoing tenant, whose officious
care should extend to cleaning the floor,
wonld be held guilty ot a most nnneigh-
borly act to the new comer. The more
dirt and litter he leaves abont, the better
pleased is his successor.
On one occasion, when a tidy housekeeper at "the big house" had caused a
cottage close b7 to be scrubbed before tho
arrival of the new tenant, tho look of dismay which came upon the face of the
woman who waa to occupy the house, on
glancing around, rather astonished her.
"Ok," said the woman, "I would rather
have found toe dirtiest house in the country than this clean floor!"—Youth's Companion.
Newspapers in the  National Library.
Some of theso old American newspapers
have been of great value to the government, and the full set of The Charleston
Courier covering the period of the late
civil war has saved it hundreds of thousands ot dollars. The set ot files was
bought by tho government at the request
of the southern claims commission, who
wanted the daily papers of the war period.
The man holding the papers would only
s.J th". ~T*ol_ file from t':_ beginning
away l;r.:k te TfiCO, u^u. l_. gOY.t'i'iiiuiit
paid .~,000 for it Whenever a claim for
damages on tho ground of loyalty and consequent loss of property waa set up by any
of the citizens of Charleston or South
Carolina these papers were referred to,
and in many case_ conclusive proof was
fonnd to them that the claimants had
been Confederates and that they had taken
part in the Confederate meetings during
the war. This barred them from receiving anything from the government, and
the buying of the papers waa a very profitable investment.—Frank G. Carpenter
in The Cosmopolitan.
Cigars In the Tear 1813.
The flrst cigar mode to Connecticut was
put np to 1812. At that time 75 cents per
thousand was the price paid for their
manufacture. They were rudely rolled
by the women an the farms and were
usually exchanged for groceries at the
country store?.—Chicago Times.
Tlie Sports of Childhood.
"Artificial stone pavements," remarked
an uptown lady recently, "are a blessing,
but considerably disguised. We paid $_
a month more for our house on account of
our pavement, and I believe I would pay
§3 more to have it relald with brick.
Sometimes I can hardly get out ot my
front door for the mob of children on the
pavement. They come from squares
around to whip tops, roller skate and ride
bicycles, and although the sports of childhood are very amusing, they become at
times annoying. If I drive them away I
am set down as an ogre, and if I don't I
must lie in the rear portion of my house
to escape the uproar and turmoil. For
the sake of peace and quietness I would
prefer a sidewalk of cobblestones."—
Philadelphia Call.
The Peasant and the I'obber.
A Peasant who was Growing a fine Crop
of Barley awoke one Morning to find that
the Flood had entered his Field and Destroyed every Stalk of his Grain. Thereupon he began to tear his Hair and Lament, bat a Stranger who came along
tapped him on the shoulder and said:
"Harkee, my Friend, but you do not
know ot What you Complain. Had your
Barley come to Maturity and been sent to
Market I should have Waylaid and Robbed
you of Every Dollar of tha Proceeds."
MORAL:
Whatever Happens is for the Best, even
When the Neighbor's Cow Eats up our
Cabbages. —Detroit Free Press.
To Purify Muddy Water.
My clerk has mode a useful discovery
in regard to refining the muddy water
that the city has been furnishing. Ho
takes the muddy water and pours in a few
drops of ferric chloride. This he allows
to filter through cotton placed at the bottom of a funnel. The result is water clear
as crystal, with no taint of iron, aiM
moreover soft. As ferric chloride can be
had for a song, this is the cheapest way
that I know of purifying water. There is
an old woman's way of using almond
shells, but that requires time and fills the
water with tho shells.—Globe-Democrat.
A Vermin Proof Boundary.
Tbe government of South Australia has
nearly completed a vermin proof fence
along tha entire boundary between that
colony and Victoria. It is made of woven
galvanized wire and is for the purpose of
keeping out rabbits.—Chicago TLT.es.
Snowshoes for Horses.
Horses in the mountain regions of California have had to wear snowshoes during
the past winter. The Nevada City Transcript thus . describes these shoes: "To
make. one of tho shoes you first take a
piece of rubber belting about twelve inches
in diameter. Fasten to ono side ot lt a
steel plate so perforated that the calks of
the horse's usual shoe will fit in it. Then
by a clamp fasten one of these with tha
ruWier 9ide down securely to each foot of
tho animal."
Munkacsy gavo a great banquet in Paris
Then he heard that Wanamaker had
bought his "Christ Before Pilate."
This is a little note worth remembering:
The prescription is the property of tho
patient, on the principle that what ho
pays for is his own. It is not tho druggist's.
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