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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
YALEVTIl-E J. I'HKK'H, Attorney.
al-Law, Office, No .13 Cumberland St.,
2 door. West of the Court House, Lebanon,
Pa.         March 10.1S87.
LEK !_. _RIHB1__, Attorney-at-Law
Ollice, No. 729 Cumberland street, half a
square east ot the Court, House, Lebanon, Pa.
June 30,1S**4.
EKR * F1S1IKI4. Attorneys-at-I.aw.
Office, So. 12«>_ North Ninth Street* Leba
non. Pa.
[January 6,1=86.
C-iEUKt.E B. ULRICH.—Attorney-at-
Jf Law and DISTIUCT ATTOUNB.. Office,
742*_ (Second floor) Cumberland Street, Leba
11011 l'a. [Mot. l'J, 1883.
FESBY T. BIBIOHAIIS, Attorney-at-
Law, has removed his Law Office to the
mses nd floor of A. Kise's Hat Store Building
net rly opposite the Eagle Hotel, Lebanon, Pa.
I ec. 13,1876.
JOHN MEILT, ir„ Attorney-at-Law.—
Office removed to building of Geo. B. U1-
r'ch, Esq., No. 742j_ Cumberland street,second
hoy.    July 23,1884.
,*_! P. LIGHT, Attorney-at-Law.—Office
■_}• No. 104, N. Ninth Street, next door
north of the Trinity TJ. B. Church, Lebanon,
P_
Jan. 16,1884. **
J OHM BEMSOM, Attorney-at-Law.—Ot-
ti ce next door to the City Hotel and opposite
he Coanty J ail, on Eighth street-
Lebanon, August 29,1883.
DK. S. T. LIME *W EAT ER, Physician
and f~nr»_eon.—Office at residence, on
North Ninth street, two doors north of Onll-
lord. [Lebanon, May 30, '83—6m*
HOWARD   C.   SHIRK.—Attorney-at-
Law.   Office removed to Ninth street,
rear Willow. [April 14,1886.
DR. JI. r. PETERMAM, Homoeopathic
Physician and Surgf on.—Offioe. 504 Cumberland street, Lebanon, Pa. consultations
in .English and German. Attends all calls,
night or day. April 28,1886.1y*
K. E.   F.   BL'RNSIOE has   removes!
his office to Mo. 431 Chestnut street.
April 28,1886.   #
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JOSIAH FPMCK A SOM, Attorneys-at-
Law.—Bemoved to 728% Cumberland St.,
econd floor, (Fiuick's building,) corner of
Cumberland street and Liberty alley, Lebanon, Pa. April 14, 1886.
CHARLES H. KILLINGER, Attorney.
at-Law, has removed his office to Mo. 112
t> orth Eighth street opposite the old Lutheran
Church.  A| rll 14, 1886.
j ACOB G. ADAMS, Attorney -at-Law.—
•J Office opposite City Hotel, and one door
-oi'th ot County Prison, on South Eighth
Street. Lebanon, Pa. June 19,1878.
A PRANK SELTZER, Attorney-at-
• Law.—Office removed to No. 21 North
Eighth Street, next door to Squire K.eider'soffice, Lebanon, Pa. March 21,1883.
DR. jr. H. MEASE, Dentist.
Office, Sonth Eighth street, opposite the
■all, Lebanon, Pa. Nov. 22,1882.
IT-RANK E. MEILT, Attorney-at-Law	
JE* Offlee removed to rooms lately occupied
• y Adam Grittinger, esq., dee'd., on Market
quare. North Ninth street.
Lebanon, Nov. 1,1882,
CI KANT WEIDMAN, Attorney-at-Law.
X Office Mo.U, North Ninth Street, Market
ij uare. Lebanon. Sept. 20,1882.
I J ASS LER BOTES, Attorney-at-Law	
J > Office No. 28, North Eighth Street, three
oors north of the Catholic Church, Lebanon.
May 28,1884.
J    P. SHIMDLE GOBIN, Attorney-at.
. Law.—Office No. 21 North Eighth Street,
Lebanon, Pa.
May 28,1884.
1)   G. MARK, Attorney-at-Law.—Office
. at No. 839 Cumberland street, second floor
I'fD.s. Bkber's Drag Store.   Scrivenlng and
Conveyancing promptly attended to.
Lebanon, April 10,1878.
C~1A PP A SHOCK, Attorneys-at.Law.—
J   Office—No, 712)_ Cumberland street, second floor.   Booms lately occupied by .1. Funck
& Son. Esqs. April 30.1884.
R. WM. M. BEARRSLEE, Dentist.—
Successor to Dr. W. A. HUBEK. Nitrons
i 'xido Gas will be administered when desired,
nflice vo. 838 Cumberland Street, Lebanon,
Pa. May 14.1884.
JACOB    E. REINOEHL,  Attorney-at
Law.—Offlee above the valley  Nationa
Hank, N orth Eighth street, next bnilding to
the Lebanon Conservatory of Music.
_%.Al 1 law business promptly and carefully
transacted.   Collections In Lebanon and ad fa-
cent counties will receive diligent attention.
___.Cau be consulted ln English and German.
1 __ha_on..Tnly». 1_______ ■•_.*
B.
HAHTET SELT-.EK,
I'jK'JIBlNAIiY SLUG EON;
Graduate ofthe American Veterinary College,
New York.   Calls made to all parts of the City
and County, by day or night.
OBHCX—In rear of UU E. Cumberland Street,
April 6,18S5-ly Lebanon. Pa.
DR. WM. T. BRUCE, Homoeopathic
Physician. Graduate ot Hanemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1876. Office and residence, south-west corner Tenth and Chestnut
streets, Lebanon, Pa. Can be consulted ln
English and German. [April 14,1886.
X-OI-I-A.T-© pays fo*
LIFE SCHOLARSHIP iu
PALMS'
BUSINESS COLLEGE
1709 Cheittut St, Philadelphia.
Positions for Graduates.
Time required 3 to 4 mos.
The Best Equipped. Best
Course of Study. Best Everything.   Writ- for _ircu__i._
fg~ A NEW -_.
CABINET - MAKER
S9~ The undersigned would respectfully an
nonnce to the public that he has  opened a
Hew .abi_.tM__iE and MertaMn. EstaDliS-ient
on WILLOW STBEET, hetween Seventh and
Eighth Streets, in the City ot Lebanon.
H" Having a large and good selection of ail
kinds of Furniture, 1 soli-it the patronage of
the public to call at my place of business and
examine my stock, which consists of ihe best
and latest styles of Furniture, which ls now
offered ior sale at my place of business.
*_- All kinds of work in my line of business, made to order at reasonable terms.
UNDERTAKING A SPECIALTY.
' SSr CASKETS    and   COFFINS—from    the
Cheapest to the very best, furnished at prices
to defy competition.
CsflsVin prepaied to attend Funerals anywhere, with   or without hearse.   All orders
will receive prompt attention.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH it. ARNOLD.
April 7,1886.
K-EIMLOV AL. I
ATKINS st BRO., bave removed their.
Store to the new building, north-east,
corner of Ninth street and Walnut alley, where*
they have just received a fresh stock ot Groceries, which tbey are determined to sell,
cheap. All they ask is to give them a trial,
and De convinced.
We would call special attention to onr stock
NEW RAISINS,
CURRANTS,
CITRONS,
DRIED PEACHES,
APPLES
We are selling th best
TEAS,   COFFEES,   SUGARS
8TRUP8,  PURE SPICES,   QUEENb
GLASS,    WOOD,  AND   WIU
LOW    WARE.
*_■■ Being determined to rendei satislaction
to customers we invite all to call and see ae.
ATK1N.***- Bile
Lebanon. Juneai. lswi
u.M.TOu.no cim
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Hoke Officii—N. E. Corner Ninth and
Railroad Streets. Lebanon, Penna
President....................J. B. Stkhmak, Kb.
Vice-President Gideon Lioht, Ks.
Secretary ...Geo. A. _!___
Treasurer Hen rt H. Keeidkr
Actuary.......... ...........Isaac Horrsn
Medical Examiner..Dr. Geo. P. Lineaweaver
Counsel S. P. Lioht, Esq.
Death losses paid to Jan. 1st, 1887,
Nearly $5,000,000.00
Invested Assets, $155,061.25
Contingent Atte;s, $128,400.00
Total Assets, $284.001.25
THIS SOCIETY has now been in operation
for seventeen years, has paid all its losses
firomptly and in full, and is to-day financially
a a better condition than lt ever was. Its
new Division has ail the Improvements which
this long experience Indicated, and affords insurance cheaper than it ean be obtained in any
otber Comranv.
The cost for assessments daring the last two
years for a person 30 years of age. was only
•*>._. or $2.G2}_ a year. Support a home institution that you know is sound and safe.
E.Z. KEHLER,
District and Securing Agent, Lebanon.Pa.
January 7,1-S7.
VOL. 38.-NO. 45.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., H_EDAYS MAY SO, 1887.
WHOLE NO.-1991,
S. SEIBERT, President.
G. EHRHORN, Manager
The Liu
The Lebanon Brewing Cmpany is prepared to furnish their <*• <« l'< nt
BA5R1-SGH
—AND—
VIENNA LAGER BEER
IN ANY QUALITY DESIRED.
1BOTTLED    BEER.
Orders for onr Bottled Beer left at the Brewery, or with A. F. Hair,
the prominent bottler, at the Exchange Hotel, lad. Diet., will be filled.
_      Onr Wiener Beer, which is bottled, is especially recommended i- r
A01   ES NURSING CHILDREN by  the most prominent physiciais
111     Oily.   WW TELEPHONE OONNl-CT-ON.   Apply to
LEBA2TON BREWIH© CO.,
Dec. 1, 1 84. Independent Dis.tric, Lebanon. Pa
GRAND OPENING
bOMGAMER's NEW STOBE,
14- South "Ninth, street,
(NEW EAGLE BUILDING.)
HARDWARE, STOVES and TINWARE, CARPENTERS' TOOL8, PAINTS, OILS,
GLASS, OIL OLOTH, HANGING LAMPS, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, &c.
I propose to idsike HOUSE FURNISHING a specialty.   Parties starting House
keeping will do well to call aod see my stock before purchasing elsewhere.
I respectfully solicit an early inspection.
My Stock will be kept up to the demands of the times, enabling  me to give Equa
QUALITY, VALUE, PRICES, VARIETY,
to any house to be found in the city, without a single exception.
NEW * 8TORE.   NEW * STOCK.
I am indeed very grateful to the public for their kind patronage in {he past, and
hope to merit and command a liberal share of it te tho future.
J. M. BOMGARDNER,
14 SOUTH _*TJ_STT-__- STBEET,
X.EB_VJNTO_sT, PA.
November 18,1830.
JOHN KLEISER'S
jtrtjne:   EMPORIUM.:
Persons desiring to purchase TR UNAS AND.
SATCHELS for their Sons and Daughters or for
themselves, will have the advantage of making
their selection from the LARGEST AND REST
STOCK in LEBANON COUNTY, by calling on
the undersigned
100 TRUNKS, 100 TRUNKS,
and a veryjine^ussortment of SATCHELS to be
rHspvaad vftihzrrirr^jlie. nexi-B^ daysi^
JOHNPXEISER,
OEALEK I_f
BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBERS, TRUNKS and SATCHELS.
No. 84 Sonth 9th St. LEBANON. PA.
J. H. KRUM & CO.,
FISHERY HALL.
Honest Dealing,
Truthful Representation
Security to Buyers,
Having a Large Stock of Winter Goods whic'ittr-
displayed.
These are the inducements we offer in onnecr
tion with our magnificent stock of New Winter
Goods. AU things Useful, Ornamental and. indispensable in STAPLE and FANCY
Bry 600ds and . Notions,
DRESS GOODS, FANCY GOODS, ft...,
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\\Bottojn_\Figures
Lebanon, November 20. 1886.
TOE LI W FURNITURE ROMS.
 so:	
The undersigned has opened a J? UBNITUBE BOOM in the ADVERTISER
HALL,
No. 25, NORTH NINTH STREET, LEBANON, PA.,
where I expect to keep in stock a full line of
Bed-room Suits, Lounges, Extension Tables, Bed Springs,
Kitchen Chairs, Cane-seated Chairs, Mattresses,
Got Beds, HaU Racks, Marble Top Tables,
and a full line of all kinds of F UBNITUBE.
__T" Come and examine my stock before buying elsewhere.   My motto is
"Quick Sales and Small Profits."
LEVI RBLLBR.
Lebanon, May 12,1886.
_______   J_3__C-_-aCE«o
__ignt and ware resto:
frIr_5aHoSS-d-t5 ]l»^^_CUgg^^J^ATOld i_< unpt*__c--a p. p«J_n tknutmm-
«<_iT_vQMrT*D TboTU-md XruT
T*Vl^P»lur-*~(-« mailed to m>
——"MjBtaftlafi* proportion!
-okagM batted Oo J
. ienu& large proporti.-
   ___. i«of whom took a foU treat
aunt and were restored to health by uaaof _
uSSgfy-SEMINAL PASTILLES:
ABrficalCnreforNer-o_t8l>ebility,     ___  '
Weakness andEhrtt cal Decay in Younaor    „
die Aged Men. Tested for Zitat Years in many -
thousand coses they -beolately restore prematurely
aged and broken down men tothe full enjoyment of
perfect and full Manly Strength and Vipomas Health.
To those who suffer from the many obscure diseasot.
broaght r.bout by Indiscretion, Expos-are. Over-Brain
Work* or too free Indulgence, we a*.-that yoa een d ad
yonr name with statement of yonr trouble, and secure
TEUAL PACKAGE FKKE. with Ulust'd PamphleUka.
ftUPTURED PERSONS can havo f REfi
dks.furthesetroiibte._Dd all Quacks,
1 whoao only aim ie to bleed thairrio
Hum.' Take a 8UTRER_*tn»Ti__i___.5
•CURED thoua-ods, dose not hetrfrrs
with attention to business, or ceoss pain
orisconvenienceinsny way. Founded
on seientiAe medical principles. By direct
Ipp-eationto the seat of disewe its tpeeifi.
^flueneeis felt without delay. Thee Mural
_____ functions ofthe human organism restors-d. Ths
wasted animating elements of life are gi-en back, the patient
bec«m_s__.__rf__aiui»p__Uyg_i^
TBEATHEHT.—<toMont_,»3. Two Hot.& Tbtff,!7
HARRIS REMEDY OOu.__ratawns.
80^N,T_ath£treet,ST.l*OU_S.Ma
Trial of our Appimnooe A#_. for Tormfll
P0WPER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies, A Tnarrel ot
ju^ity. strength and wliolesomeness.    More
•'i-iomieal Ilian tho ordiua-ry kinds, jin_ eaii
ioi. be sold; fn competition with the multitude
t low test, short weigJht, alnin or phosphate
iowders. Bold only in cans. JRotal Baking
'owdke Co., 106 Wall street, New York
Nov. 4.1885.
'.-'^..Catarrh
iim B.-LM
Oeet* Relief at onee\
and cures
00LD IN HEAD,
CATARRH,
HAY   FF.VF.lt.
Not a Liquid, Snuff
or Pawder. Fret
from Iwjuriou*j
Drugs and Offensive
HAY-EEVER
odors.
A particle is applied Into each nostril and ls
agreeable. Price50 cents at Druggists; by mail,
registered, 60 cts. Circulars . tree. ___X
Bl-OTHEKS, Druggists, Owego, 1*1. T.    .
October 13,1SSK.
WM. M. SNYDER.
MERCHANT TAILOR.
1015 Cumberland. Street,
LEBANONV.PA.,
as on band a full line ol
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC  WOOLENS,
ln piece goods.   s__~Also samples of all the
Latest Stylus ot
CLOTHS,    CASS1MERES.    FANCY    CASSI.
MRRES, FRENCH WORSTED SUITINGS,
SCOTCH SUITINGS,  SPRING OVER-
'    COATINGS.    LIGHT    HELTONS,
KERSEYS,   &C,   &c.   &C,  Ac
Ot ail the fashionable shades.
_3f-Suits made to order, from $16 np to .65.
Js_F*Spring Overcoats, from $16 np.
4_r Pantaloons, from $1 up to $12,
■   StsT Perfect fit guaranteed.
s__*-EniployIng none but first-class workmen
be guarantees all his goods.
WM. M. SNYDER.
Murch-1. 1SS0.
CLAVEt-HOlteE-B   SWEETHEART.
J.  K.   JLaudermilch,
844 Cumberland Street
WATCHES, CLOCK*..
;«OS.I> •' IMGS and IEW-LRY
A fine stock ot Gentlemen's and Lad es
Watches, put up In Gold and Silver Cases. A
full line of Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles
and a good assortment ot Clocks. All kinds ot
"Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, repaired at the
shortest notice.
.. No. 344 Ragle Building, Cnmberland Street
JOHN K. LAUD_RM1I.«H.
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Ihe ELBHEDGS "B" is sold witli the
guarantee cf being tfc.3 BEST
that can _e MALE.
AGENTS WANTED.
ELDREDGE MANUFACTURiNS CO.
363 and 365 WABASH AVE.,
CHICAGO, II__,
RBINOEHL'S
UW AND LOAN OFFICE!
Above t_e Valley Naiionai fi___. LEBANON. PA
ijegal business carefully attended to. Claims
promptly col lee ted.
A Sklll-U Eng-lneer and Surveyor
will assist in making the LOAN DEI'AKTi
HENT am entire success. TITLES of Real
Estate thoroughly examined.
Hone) aerured for parties who want to
borrow, and First-class .Securities obtained
or investors. BENTS collected. HOUSES
bought and sold.
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Was it my fault; or was it yours, ■
That, when you danced for men to see,
Tour yellow gown caught ta my spurs
And made a Tolling slave of ine*
I know you now, but, as it was,
I loved yon loag before! knew;
I only saw one lady pass
In an the danoe, and that was yon 1
Great Claverse looks at her and smiles.
He thinks that she is fair and his;
But, did he see her other whiles
Then he would know whose love she is.
Ah, let him never see us then.
He'd surely kill me if he knew;
Tin only one among his men.
And thrones were not too good for you.
They say he bears a charmed life,
The leaden bullet £__iees by.
He keeps his life, but ah! his wife
*   lie lost her, thipagh he cannot die.
And were he king of Scotland yet
(A gallant soldier is he, too I)
And were a queen beside him set,
.__-    My sweet, that _aeen would not be you!
•   —Longman's Magazine.
SONNET.
Across the hedges, thick with autumn flowers,
I watch tbe wild rough wind's breath come and
go,.
Bending the leaves u__l their pale backs show;
And each small bird tli_t there for safety cowers.
To hide before the stahn that darkly lowers,
Is shown to us, wkb^^not even know
ThmvK'ti.cn'i f f'»-3*_*m^**'*!s«sy w_rw bl-den ao—
Until tho wind put s*K_ its stronger powers.
Is not t_is like some .-ife of sweetest rest—
Passing its years ta _ most even course
Through sun and summer's perfect, peaceful
S__le;
Yet when roo__ trials search that quiet breast.
It show, bcnoat'i the calm that love's vast force
Has lain there, hiding humbly, aH the while?
—All the Tear Round.
WHAT M SHE TO HIM.
THIS PAPER Tl£!^^$S£°$i
Advertising Bureau (lOSprace St.). where _dvertlsln_
contract. j__y be mad. (or It III K£W.XOBK.
J_ro..:lTr_y _* not a cacary thoroughfare
to tho native after throo inches of snow
nml a sudden t_att; what must it be to a
foreigner just landed who sets ont to get
imp-essio-i of the greatest city of tho New-
World! One day I ■_*.*_■ an atom among
10,033 shufilms, skipping and sliding
alon^ the pavements, leaping the swollen
gutters and landing, ankle deep, in
treacherous holes covered with bits of ice,
■when I overtook a couple whom I knew
from their dress to be Britons lately arrived. A tall man and a slender girl were
trudging along with that amiable dogged-
ness which our cousinry love to oppose
to the worst weather, their every movement saying, Behold, we, being English,
care not for rain, snow or hail!
They were, to be sure, well provided
against ordinary inclemencies of the air,
but a glance at the sopping trousers of the
gentleman and tho draggled skirts of the
lady showed that they wero not prepared
for six Inches of snow water on Broadway.
Still, they went sturdily forward without a
glance at the cars that passed them and indifferent to the blandishments cf cabs. I
fancied they were not a little disappointed
to find cabs over hero as In Loudon, and
wonld havo been glad to battle against the
storm unchallenged, since after all the
weather was thoroughly original. By
the way they peered at the street lamps,
which in our town aro especially devised
to harass the hurried and weary, it was
plain they were looking for some harbor.
We were near Amity, if I remember
rightly, and just then the gentleman
turned, hesitated, and in a marked English accent addressed mo without raising
his hat, inquiring the way to the New
Tork hotel. Eo was an elderly man of
civil manners and an appearance one may
call distinguished Bowing in deference
to his companion, I gave the information,
and had plenty of time to examine a face
that many wonld consider beautiful. For
the yonng lady fixed on me eyes fine in
themselves, which w_e now wide with
that innocent curiosity which strangers
show toward the flrst specimens of' a nation-they have come to see. If I divined
rightly, she was busy deciding, firstly, if
_r7_*er_~-*_-^_- .. i -_ , .i ■. ...__jr, -o- what
cffisslBelonged;'tnftoj*, my age; fbftftWy,
whether I was a.'type" or not—and so
on. Yet somewhere under this pitiless
examination there was a sadness not at
all in keeping with the brilliant, almost
blowsed, color of her cheeks, whipped red
by the sleet that still filled the air. I received tho impression of a face rich in
color, noble In expression, but perhaps exaggerated in the upper line of the nose,
where it lifted in a way between the eyes
that suggested cruelty, especially in later
life, after the glamor of youth shonld depart and self be left behind bare of the
charms of girlhood. Bnt as I passed on
it occurred to me that here was a countenance that would prove a lucky possession to an actress, supposing its owner
had the heart and brain to express through
it the imaginings of poets. Then other
matters filled my mind.
As I ran into the university, where I
then had chambers, my friend Raymond
was coming out; he called to me to follow to Larru's, on University place, if I
were not dining out. So in course of time
I joined him, finding at his table a fresh
faced young fellow with crisp, curling
hair, whom he introduced to me as a law
student in his office. Larru's, by the way,
was famous once for red wine, cookery
and Italian opera singers—the first genuine, the second delicious aud the third a
trifle greasy. One drawback was Mme.
Larrn, a ton in shape, who thought it
necessary to the success of her restaurant
to visit the tables in turn and relate to
each group the same anecdote of an apt-
palling vulgarity and a silline complete.
Then she would return to the caisse and
quarrel with an ancient husband who
might have stepped as a notary from the
French comic stage, his vituperation
sounding shrill against the grumbling
bass of tho virago. When I found the
youth with Raymond to be English it recalled my questioner on Broadway, and I
began to generalize on the strong race
types among the English; for, on examining his features, I could not fail to be
struck with the certainty that some day
those young traits would -enlarge and ennoble themselves Into something very like
tho distinction of the gray haired gentleman I had met half an hour before. I
intended to allude to the couple, bnt talk
ran back and forward so quickly that
whenever it occurred to me the moment
was not apt.
They were discussing a suicide which
filled the papers just then, and I can hear
yet the joyous note in the yonng Englishman's voicp when, bringing his hand
down on the table,._.e said:
"Well, Raymond, if I did have to do sd
insane a thing-Sis to take my own life, I
would not choose the best carpet of my
best friend and protector in a foreign land
on which to let my life blood out!"
We laughed and Raymond said:
"Pray don't. My rooms in the tower
are gloomy enough as it is, bnt to have
yonr ghost haunting them would make
them impossible. I would close them up
and never use them again."
It turned ont that, In order to save the
young man the cost of lodging, Raymond,
with that open hearted generosity for
which we love him, had put his bachelor
apartments at his disposal until his friend
conld make a way in the law. Raymond
was able to do this without excessive self
denial, seeing he had married recently
and occupied cozy quarters with a charming little wife in the apartment house over
the way.
"Then you are my neighbor," said I.
"I have the companion tower, and when
warm weather comes we can smoke together behind the .battlements of our big
roof and watch in sympathy the comedy
of spring unroll itself among the treetops
of Washington square."
At that onr young* man fell suddenly
thoughtful, sighed, if I am not mistaken,
and murmured: "When warm weather
comes?"	
I did not know why the faintest stir of
a shudder ran through me as he said this
to himself.
Raymond and I began talking of affairs
in which he had no interest, and presently
he announced that he had an early engagement that evening, taking np as he
said so The Evening Post, and glancing at
it without much interest.   In a moment I
felt be had given a start, the hand holding a paper between ns and his face
clenched convulsively; be rose and walked
unsteadily to bis coat, pnt it on, laid a
dollar by his plate, and, turning for" one
moment toward ns a face I thought
looked rather ghastly, bowed and was
gone.
I looked an interrogation at Raymond,
who said:
"He has had some trouble at home, and
is gay by fits and starts rather than com-
fortably jolly. Imagine where I met him!
First we were together in Ireland at a
country house overflowing with gayety
and good cheer—Scotch, Irish, English
and American guests pell mell—bnt all
infected with the wit and hospitality of
Lord and Lady Fitzgibbon. Whether he
was then under his right name I do not
know, and shall never seek to discover.
He will tell me whenever it is proper I
should know. Tho next timo I saw him
was when I hardened to glance at a cab
on Union sr ___.. He was the cabman,
and I recognised him instantly.
"Come off that box at once," I cried,
"and give an account of yourself."
Ho descended slowly and remarked:
"I am driving a cab—what more
simple?"
•This more simple," said I, "that you
get on again, drive to the stables, discharge yourself and report at my office in
an hour. If you don't, I shall have you
dogged by detective-."
"So he came, took a boy's plr.es in my
law office, entered tho Columbia law
school, and is now doing far better than
nine law students out of ton. I really
think ho has tho makings in him of a
good lawyer of the second rank.''
"Jnst like von, old man. Yon are ___•
ter than millions, better than wine, better
than"	
"No, not woman," said he softly, and
by the shine of his eyes I knew that he
was thinking of a small tyrant who begrudged him to most of /his old friends
and did not scruple to tell me (to my very
face!) that she did not care he should see
much of his bachelor acquaintances any
more.
As we walked toward Waverley place I
could not help a conjecture or two as to
the reason for his mysterious conduct.
Was he an exile because of a vulgar
scrape, or through a quarrel with his own
family? Was he jilted, had he been hopelessly in debt, or had he involved himself
with a woman whom he discovered it impossible to marry?
Raymond insisted I shonld come to his
apartments, his wife being absent doing
penance at a family dinner, bnt expected
to return soon. When she entered I was
greeted with more cordiality than ever
before, and among other things alluded to
the young Englishman.
"Ident like him," she remarked.
"And. pray, why not!" I exclaimed.
"He is intelligent, well read, a quick and
good talker, handsome in his way—and
worships your husband"
"I don't like him," said Mrs. Raymond,
taking up her knitting with the most complacent air, as if "I don't like him"
settled the matter logically, psychologically and sociologically for good and all.
Raymond beamed down on his wife and
remarked:
"She thinks his fiber is weak—isn't that
the expression, my dearl"
Mrs. Raymond set her small sharp
carved mouth:
"No, my dear, that is your expression-,"
and, turning to me: "There are points in
your character I do not like, but on the
whole you will do. At any rate, you are
not weak. If yon did wrong yon would
expect and abide by the consequences.
But this young Mr.—Mr.—whatever he
chooses just now to call himself—I must
say the only reason for his existence that
I know of is to make me prouder than
ever of my husb—"
She was not allowed to finish, and, as
an old friend of both, I turned to the
photograph album until a little scuffle
was over.
On leaving the apartments I took a
walk, as is my wont before going to bed,
notwithstanding tbe fearful condition of
the streets, making a long loop about tbe
square through Fourth street and Broadway. It had cleared overhead and the
moon was out. As I turned into Waver-
ley place I saw a figure at the side entrance of the New York hotel whom I
took for a man much the worse for drink,
and paid, little heed to. But jnst as I
passed! looked up and thought it was the
ynnnge l-_s**ts*ma_i- vro li__ dined wtCU.     i
even hesitated, but the bowed head,
trembling hands, and uncertain knees of
'thengure belonged to a much older man,
and as he seemed to be only steadying
himself to enter the hotel, it occasioned
me only a shrug of pity and a sigh. I
glanced at the windows of the hotel and
wondered what furthur discoveries in the
matter of American types my high nosed
young English gentlewoman had made
since she submitted me to her examination. She clung to my memory for some
reason, as if she has something to say to
me, some inquiry to make of far larger
importance than the whereabouts of a
hotel.
As I rose the stairs to my rooms the
youth's face and talk returned to me, also
what Raymond's wife had said, and then
his speech about suicides, and I said to
myself: "Anyhow, a man so light hearted
and straightforward looking can have
nothing criminal on his conscience."
When I fell asleep it must have been
about midnight, and as I dozed off it occurred to me as odd that, while I lay on
my left side looking eastward, the young
Englishman and the two travelers I had
met must be just now in one line with nie
west and east, for the tower in which he
slept rose exactly between me and the
New York hotel.. "*^v"hat nonsense!'' was
my last waking thought.
I might have slept ten minutes or a
week, when my eyes opened The great
door that leads out an the roof was
strangely white; doubtless, it was the
moon that had stolen through the west
window over my bed, and now shone
almost level through, the room—that was
it. But no. Through the door there was
a depth of whiteness like glancing into a
tunnel lined with porcelain, and at its end
stood in profile a still whiter figure, with
one hand pointed slightly downward. I
could not distinguish the features, but the
figure recalled some one I had seen somewhere. In a moment it was gone, and I
closed my eyes with a resolve not to forget
that I had, as it were, caught in the actuality of an hallucination a dream such as
weaves itself out of random occurrences
of the day.
Asleep in a moment, I lay—how long?
Suddenly I was awake again. The light
was stronger, the tunnel was not there,
but just across the room at my door
stood the same figure, the features not
perfectly distinct, but tho flowing hair and
night dress unmistakable. Was it the
young woman I had met? But what a look!
I have seen actresses that sent the chills
through one, and I have seen people in
grief, bnt this face froze the roots of one's
being, it was so terrible in its striving to
explain something that might bc too horrible to utter—its figure was so torn by
the effort to express by gesticulation what
its tongue could not or would not im-
part!
Rubbing my eyes as I raised myself in
bed, the apparition was gone, and by the
broad light of tho setting moon all the
familiar pictures and odds and ends of the
room smiled on me so serenely that I fell
back again reassured.
Yet, I thought: Can it be possible that
something is happening to that girl, whoever, wherever she may be, or to some
one she loves? And has her spirit been
able to break the bounds of matter and
call for help? How many persons believe
tbat between certain minds and minds the
will power can nnder favorable circumstances exert itself through space! Then
I reviewed the scientific men who have
given whole or partial adhesion to the
claims of psychologists held in bad repute
by science generally, and recalled how
universally—in all parts of the world, in
all nations, at all epochs—action of this
kind has been believed in by thousands of
men. I was sorely tempted to get up, but
reflected on the absurdity of perambulating the solemn halls of the university at
such an hour with no definite object, no
exact aim.   ■
The subject was a wakeful one, bnt the
next day claimed its labor, and I could
not afford tbe luxury of wakefulness.* I
could not sleep at once, but luckily possessing a secret method by which one can
force one's self to sleep, I applied it, and
in the end succeeded and fell away.
Then it came again, and with a flash of
light such as comes when one presses the
eyeballs sharply, a flash that affected me
like sound There she stood, the unknown
stranger with the look of "one I knew intimately, yet could not name or place,
hollow eyed, agonized, desperate. Aod
now she moved her right arm once, twice,
thrice, beckoning me in* the direction of
the other tower. Was it she who was
being murdered somewhere in the neighborhood? Was it the yonng Englishman
who needed help? I sprang up, to find
her vanished; bnt this time, following
some impulse. I thrust on some clothes I
and my shoes, leaped across the room,
tore open the door, rushed ont on the roof
and hurried over to Raymond's windows,
which look southward. The last ray of
the moonlight shone obliquely into them.
I peered through the panes, and there,
on his friend and protector's carpet, lay
the young law student with a hole in his
right temple and an ugly stain below his
head.
Ho was beyond all aid; there was nothing to be done. After rousing Raymond
and notifying the axrtorities I happened to
look at the time. It was hardly 1 o'clock.
With the ambulance came the purveyors
of news and learned all that we knew and
more, for they discovered his proper name.
When Raymond and I went dismally
forth to get an early breakfast the papers
had the story and the cry was already
pushing through the quiet streets. Telling him nothing of my dream, I made him
go with me to breakfast at the New York
hotel. We had finished, silently enough,
when I clutched his arm.
"There!" I whispered, "that girl there
came to me last night in a dream—an apparition—how do I know what tt was?
She came thrice, and I—fool that I was—
delayed till the last summons. Do you
suppose I conld have saved him had I gone
at once?"
Raymond looked scared, as well he
might, for there was nothing to show that
iny reason had not become unbalanced
from shock. I reassured him by hastily
telling of the meeting tl»_**day before*:*_*__■
succeeded only partially; for who believes
in apparitions!
The young girl went quietly to her seat,
pale as a ghost bnt not sorrowful looking;
rather she appeared like some ono who
has been through great suffering and had
then been permitted to forget; but the
marks of the strain remain. She was
joined by the elderly gentleman, and then
I came to a fixed conclusion so far as their
relations went, namely, that she was not
his wife, not his niece, not his daughter,
but stood to him in some confidential relation as of guardian to a ward. My reasons would not bear criticism, for they
were founded on intangible shades of manner, mere nothings that often tell so much.
She smiled and looked brave and cheerful
in what was to me—but was it to anybody else?—a heartbreaking way, but
went on with her meal quietly and in apparent content.
Then the devil of curiosity took possession of us; yes, even of Raymond, kindliest of men. We hesitated, bat both
knew from the first that it must be done
and hated ourselves cordially for doing it.
Taking the paper with the account of the
tragedy, I marked the name of our late
friend, called a waiter and told him to
slip the newspaper near her plate when
she was preoccupied.
Presently she unfolded a London weekly
and began to read, so that the waiter
found it easy to do as he was bid.
In a few moments she looked weary,
glanced out of the window, dropped her
paper. Her eyes fell pensively on her
hands, thence to the marked journal.
Ever since I have cursed curiosity and
cursed my brutal deed. She gave a cry as
terrible—well, as terrible as the look of
that apparition which came to me during
the night—and fell forward on the breakfast table.
Conscience stricken at my crime, for it
seemed nothing less, we hurried from the
place. To this day I have never laid eyes
on her or her companion.
Was she his sister, his betrothed, his
wife? Had he seen her the evening before,
and, if so, what was their interview? I
do not know and shall never try to find
out. Enough to have seen the wreck of
two young lives and had no safety line to
throw to one or the other!—"Cains" in
New York Times.
BEAUTIFUL  WORK   IN   IVORY.
Jay Gould's Son George.
According to common reports, George
Gould has settled down into a most exemplary husband since his marriage with
Edith Kingdon. ~He has become so engrossed in his business that his old companions at the New York club arc inclined
to complain a little, at his neglect of them.
One Of therri said ysSstt rctay. "Tt _» not
often that a rich man's son settles down
with the ambition to become richer than
his father, bnt that is just w__.t Ccorge
Gould seems to have done. It is not so
long since we used to sec him every night
or two at the club with a jolly lot of
fellows around him. Now we never see
him, but the fellows say that lie has
grown tremendously ambitions for vast
wealth. He will be a very rich man without waiting for his father's demise."—
New York Tribune.
Bruises in "Woodwork.
Bruises may be taken out of the woodwork of scientific instrument, by wetting
with warm water. Then lay on the place
brown paper about five layers thick, and
apply a hot flat iron until the moisture is
evaporated If the bruise is not gone repeat the process. If the bruise is small
merely soak it with warm water and
apply a red hot poker very near tho surface. Keep the wood wet, and in a few
minutes the bruise will disappear. —Chicago Times.
The Cooks of Europe.
After complimenting one of the chefs
on his consummate skill in preparing a
whole turkey in sucb transparent jelly
that it seemed under a glass case, I ventured to ask him bow the cooks of other
countries compared with the French.
With a smile of indulgence, he replied
that a French cook was at the head of
every foreign kitchen of distinction, and
reminded me, beginning with the name
of the queen of England, that every
crowned head in Europe possessed one of
those artists. "However," he added,
"in England one may have a roost well
turned by a native, in Germany a potage
may be intrusted to a medium German
cook, and in Italy I will go so far as to
say it would be presumptuous to attempt
the preparation of pastes against an
Italian chef. .'After that you can draw
the ladder."—Whitehall Review.
Difficulties of Science.
Even the most learned men, from tho
humble one shifted savant to the great
scientists among tbe crowned heads and
cracked beads, have never been able to
tell what causes tlie wonderful northern
lights, yet to solve that great problem is
a mere bagatelle when compared to tho
task of prescribing a formula that will
cause the mild rabbit of Kansas to eschew
the succulent bark of the young and
tender apple tree.—St. Paul Herald.
Self Features Added.
The panorama of the battle of Atlanta
at a neighboring city was recently closed
and new features added. It seems that
the artist had been reading tlie magazine
articles since he finished it and wanted to
paint in tlie picture of two generals, each
sixteen feet high, slashing at each other
with broadswords a rod long. That's Iris
idea of war now.—Dakota Bell.
Antidote for Snake  Bites.
In a letter from a German physician,
who is a resident of Brazil, it is stated
that permanganate of potash is as infallible an antidote for snake bites in that
country as in India, and that every
firmer keeps some of it in his dwelling.
—Boston Budget.
Tho Earthquakes in Italy.
Ibe recent earthquakes and other violent disturbances in Italy are attributed
to the influence of the sun and moon on
the earth. A German scientist predicts
further disturbances from the same cause
this year.
The Hot Milk Crass.
The past winter has been remarkable
for tbe hot milk craze, which started
here five, months ago and continued as
long as the cold weather lasted. It was
started by an invalid,' who every day
would come into my place and have a
glass of milk heated, as it was more
soothing than the ice cold milk usually
served, and which in very cold weather
proved very, chilling to the stomach.
People ere imitative in eating, and soon
there were half a dozen customers who
called for hot milk, and it was not long
before several gallons were served that
way. The sales of milk increased, showing that many who had stopped drinking cold milk had found hot milk pleasant.— Globe-Democrat   _, .
Modern   Skill    Tarns   It   Into    Artlstle
Oil iln_» far Household Decorations.
The artistic use of ivory is becoming so
general that nearly every well arranged
room lias one or more pieces of work
carved entirely out of or inlaid with this
beautiful substance. Appreciation of the
effects which artistic furnishers make out
of ivory carvings has received a sincere
impulse, and an aesthetic cultivation recently by expositions not only in our
American museums but in the brie a
brae establishments, where good imitations of classical carvings are placed on
exhibition. Formerly miniature sculptures, of fine execution and beautiful design, were to be seen in all tho principal
museums in Europe and America, but
the price at which they were valued
made it impossible for ivory carvings to
be used generally as household decorations.
With improved methods of carving
came a more general demand for small
ivory figures which could be used as ornaments, and, as a result, the subjects
became more varied and less conventional. The carvings were no longer
confined to attempts to reproduce the
classical works of the ancients, bnt represented every phase ot the present life.
]Yy<-rnow have beautiful toilet articles
with carvings of flowers and arabesque;
caskets of ivory worthy to inclose gems;
little statues of genre designs; birds and
greyhounds and miniature figures of humanity. Striking groups and scenes
from life are carved out of the white
substance, and the whole inlaid with
differently covered ivory, which gives
tlie picture a realistic and beautiful appearance.
The more delicate carvings have to be
executed by a trained liand and an artistic eye. Many women are employed in
this work, especially in the ivory manufactories of Europe, where they are paid
good wages for their labor. "The rougher
work, such as making billiard balls, rings
for harness and ivory handles, is done entirely by machinery, but since the demand for lino household ornaments has
grown so steadily, a largo number of
gifted women have been given employment in the manjifactories to do the fine
l*olishing and designing. The ivory used
is taken not only from Africa and Asia
and the fossil mammoth of Siberia, but
also from tlie horns of the hippopotamus,
tho tusks of the walrus and the sword of
the narwhale.
The grain of the several kinds differs
very materially, and in proportion to the
delicateness of the lines is the price paid
for it. The elephant tusk is the finest
specimen of ivory. When the tusks are
brought into the workshop they are cut
in shapes necessary far carving by
machinery. The objects are designed
beforehand, and a suitable piece is cut
from the sheet at one turn of the wheel.
These pieces are then taken by the artists,
who design and polish them until fashioned ready for the store. Tho carvers
sit at long desks facing windows of light,
and they use salt and water beneath the
touch of their fine tools. The polishing
is accomplishing upon wheels or "buffs"
covered with Canton flannel, and thero
arc vats of colored liquid for staining
tints. When the carving is finally
finished it represents exquisite work.—
New York Mail and Express.
How Rachel Met Her Death.
Rachel's death blow was dealt by her
performance in 'lees Horaces" at the
Walnut Street theatre in Philadelphia,
when the thermometer was several
degrees below zero, and when not a fire
was lighted in the house except in the
star's dressing room. But Raphael
Felix, tho brother of Rachel, was to
-lama for- that catastrophe. He lsad
taken the theatre in its entirety, assuming all the expenses of heating, lighting,
etc., and be thought it probably a master stroke of economy to suppress tlie
furnace fires, or possibly be did not
trouble his bead about them. But
Rachel awoke the next morning, glsping
with pneumonia, and his saving in fuel
resulted ultimately in the death of his
great sister. I was present at that last
representation, and I shall never forget
it Tlie cold was intense in tbe house as
well as on tho stage. Opposite me sat
Mrs. James Rush, then the acknowledged
leader ot Philadelphia society, wrapped
iu an immense ermine cloak, and she
told me afterward that even in spite of
that fur garment she suffered for days
afterward from bronchitis caught on
that occasion. A young Philadelphia
society beauty, a debutante of the season
before, caught, like Rachel herself, a
fatal cold, and died before tlie winter
was at an end.—New York Wo_k_.-
High Ufa in Knyal Circles.
Tlie empress of Russia has quite as
vigorous an appetite as any member of
her family could boast of. But she is an
indefatigable dancer, often tiring down
all the aides de camp admitted to her
dancing parties, and sire accompanies the
czar in his walks and rides. This keeps
her hi health. If one eats heartily and
does not take it out in strong physical
exertion the ills to which flesh is heir
break out and have it all their own way.
Royal flesh is within the common law,
just the same as the flesh of servants,
who, when they rise from the misery of
their paternal homes to good situations,
think they can never eat enough meat,
and so get knocked over. A breakfast
with meat and eggs, taken in bed m the
morning, a refection later on, a dinner,
followed at 6 by • "high" German tea,
and then a cold tray supper of an essentially meaty kind, served at night in the
boudoir, are too much far a fragile
woman, whether of royal or non-royal
lineage, and only serve, if she be sedentary, to nourish gouty and other affections.—Paris Oar. London Truth.
The llurros of Mexico.
Hie natives always use burros for
carrying mesquite, and they trudge behind on foot. There is something very
pathetic about tho four footed inhabitants of Mexico. The sight of the pleading look in the eyes of a burro nearly
makes me weep. He always looks so
downtrodden, so meek, so contemplative.
Their ponies excite equal sympathy.
They wear their heads low—very low—
and they always have burrs in their toil-.
To me there is something appealing
about a horse with burrs in bis tail, because I cannot imagine a high spirited
horse, one who had aa atom of family
pride or self respect, having them there.
—El Paso (Tex.) Letter.
Money in Juvenilo Hooks.
A gentleman associated with a Boston
publishing house said: "Literature of a
high class seldom pays anything. The
most money is made in juvenile books.
Our house paid last year about $7,000 to
one person who gets up juvenile editions.
A theme is given bim and he goes to the
public library and finds what he wants,
and between his pen, his paste and his
scissors he makes up a book which brings
a much higher price than books of the
imagination, being illustrated and sold
at a good fat rate for Christmas times."
—"Gath's" Letter.
Faith Treatment.
There is an old retainer of a family in
the western addition who is always complaining.
"Well, Tim, how are you to-day?"
asked the lady of the house.
"Sure, ma'am, an' Fm not well, at alL
at all."
"What's the naatterf"
"Sorry av me knows, ma'am, but I
was thinkin', ma'am, if you hod any old
medicines about the house as you didn't
want, I'd be mighty obleeged to yez for
thim."—San Francisco Chronicle.
According to a scientific article, women
have been known to grow three sets of
back teeth.      - -    --_
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Manufacture of GoW Leaf.
Work and Wages of Cold Boaters—Soin .
Interesting Information.
Gold leaf is manufactured in about
twenty shops in New York and Hs
suburbs. It is estimated that 20,600
ounces of gold are consumed annually
here in making gold leaf. Gold can be
beaten so thiii that it will take 1,200
leaves to equal the thickness of the sheet
upon which this paper is printed. An
ounce can be beaten down to 2,500 leaves
three and three-eights inches square.
At an establishment in Hudson street a
reporter was told that tho gold is bought
of brokers in small ingots, which are
melted into bars about a quarter of an
inch thick. These are rolled into a ribbon as thick as note paper. After passing
through the hands of the beaters it is put
in books, interleaved with manilla tissue,
and twenty books are put in a package.
No dross comes from the gold as it is
beaten, but there are ragged edges that
drop off. The leaf is used by gilders,
bookbinders, dentists and sign painters.
The wages of gold beaters are $11 a
week. A piece hand gets $5 a beating.
A good one can possibly do two a week,
and as many as nine a month have been
done. Extra is paid if the 'workman
beats the gold below five grains to a book.
Some can go to four and one-half and
even four grains per book.
"How thin can you get it?" a beater in
Broome street was asked.
"It is beaten to one three-hundred-
thousandth of an inch thick at five grains
to the book. If it gets down to four
grains it is one tliiee-hundred-and-sixty-
thousandth af an inch. The New York
system employs men only, with girls to
do the cutting. The German system employs children of 8 or 0. On that system
men do the beating and girls do the priming and filling."
"How ia the gold beaten?"
"It is beaten in molds made in London
from the intestines of cows, cleaned and
varnished with a secret preparation manufactured by Puckridge & Nephew, of
London. Tlie skins aro put in packages
of 900 skins each, and three of these
molds go to a beating."
"How much gold is there in a beating?"
"__f ty pennyweights in a beating. Tlie
ribbon of solid gold is divided into 170
or 180 pieces, each about an inch square.
These are put into a cutch made of
French paper four inches square. That
is beaten until we get the gold to the
edges. It is handled with pincers at that
time. It is beaten half an hour. The
pieces are then piled twenty an top of
each other. They are then cut in four
and doubled over, making 720. They arc
then put in a 'schoder,' or finer mold cut
down. We fill the schoder with those
leaves in the middle, and beat it out to
the edges. We beat it about two hours,
until we draw about ten pennyweights off
the schoder."
"Does it have to be kept dry?"
"We have to keep the windows shut;
but the cutches, schoders and molds take
up so much moisture that they have to be
put in a hot mold to press the moisture
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'•Does that finish it?"
"Oh, no. The leaves are cut again
into four with a tool called a "wagon,
making 2,880, but the molds hold only
2,700. The molds are beaten four hours,
at the end of each hour there being what
is called a close, when they are heated.
Then the beater is through with it, and
the cutter takes it. This is the only work
done by the girls in Now York. They
can cut from thirty to sixty-four books a
day, at two and a half cents a book. The
leaf when it gets in a book is so thin that
it is handled only with the breath."
"How is tbe work tested?"
"Only with the eye. There is no rule
about the business, but it is purely a matter of skill and judgment. The best is
the kind used on glass, which shows all
ism. .erfec tions.''
"I notice gold beaters usually work in
basements.    Why is that?"
"A firmer blow can be given. If on the
first story, there is a jar, which deteriorates the quality."
"Is there any adulteration in the business?"
"Tire Germans beat what is called a
metal leaf with an alloy. It is st >ld very
cheap. It is oleomargarine of gold leaf,
and will tarnish. Much of it is used by
bookbinders."
"When did the trade start?"
"It is very ancient. It is mentioned in
the Bible. Gold leaf was used on Solomon's temple. The Chinese beat gold
leaf, but it cannot compare in quality
with American leaf. Some of the Chinamen had trouble with their employers,
but they soon ended it. '.__*y got the
employer into their lodge room, and then
one after another took a big bite out of
his flesh."—New York Sun.
Sunday   in Paris.
The French positively refuse to recognize Sunday as a day of rest. The French
workman seems to identify the breach of
tlie Sabbath with self respect and the
vindication of liberty. Ho will refuse to
work for an employer who makes it a
condition that he does not work on Sunday. A church has been known to be
kept waiting for necessary repairs—a roof
that let in the rain—because the cure
would not consent to have the men working on Sunday, and the men would not
give in on the point. The first of the
great business houses to close on Sunday
was the Bon Marche, and it was predicted
that it would soon become bankrupt; but
the Bon Marche held on its way, and in
this case virtue earned its own reward,
for no house of the kind has ever flourished, probably, as that popular shop has
done. Tlie large shops in Paris aro now
closed on Sunday and the majority of the
smaller ones. But the workingman proper
holds out. He holds to the principle of
working on Sunday and resting on Monday.—Boston Globe.
Value of Mineral Wool.
The value of mineral wool as a nonconductor of heat is shown to exceed that
of more solid matter, such as asbestos,
cement, kaolin and magnesia, not only
because it contains so great an amount of
air, but also because, while the fibers of
wool subdivide the space by innumerable
threads, so as to absolutely prevent cir-
lation of air, it does not, like tho others
named, form separate air cells, with solid
walls like a honeycomb. Ibis honeycomb structure, being of solid material,
of course is a powerful conductor of heat.
—Boston Budget.
Kussla's Militia Force.
The militia of the Russian empire comprises all able bodied men between 20 and
40 years, whether they have performed
their service or have been previously exempt It is divided into two bans, one of
which may be called at once into active
service, the other still acting as militia.
It is divided into battalions and squadrons, and the number to be called out al
any time is fixed by imperial ukase. Only
an approximate estimate of the effective
forces of the entire Russian army can be
made. On a peace footing Russia is able
to put into line from 700,000 to 800,000
men, er nearly twice as many as either
France or Germany. Of these 500,000
are infantry, divided into 98. battalions
and 39. batteries of 1,730 cannons. To
this figure, to find the number on a war
footing, must be added 1,500,000 of the
reserve and 3,000,000 of the militia,
making 5,300,000 men. This immense
force of men is divided into nineteen
army corps.—San Francisco Chronicle.
The Coat a Trifle Large.
Customer—Isn't it a trifle large, Levi?
Levi—Larch, mine frent? S'help mo
gracious! uf you geeps dot sbpring goat
on, unt your vife sees it, your 1-osom vill
schwell mit pride so dot she'll bnt to set
dem buttons forwards.—Puck.