Lebanon Advertiser

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INWALL RAIL*
_j.Danon and Lancaster .Joint Litn.
SHORTKrST ROUTK  Fall! L AXO-STm*. AID ALL 1'OIMTS
BAST  AND WBST.
On and after Ntv. 10th, 1889,   Passengei
Tramt will be run at follow* .*
SOUTHWARD.
I.bavb: —
Lebanon...
Cornwall...
Miners Vil.
Mt. Hope..
M in beim...
Arbivb:—
Lancaster..
Columbia..
A M
ti-.tUl
b:46
6:90
A If
7:12
7:47
7:80
7.45
7:*8
8*35
9.27
A If
9:10
9:21
9:24
F It
12:30
12:41
12:44
12 86
108
2:00
2:(8
F If
3:00
3:11
3:14
P H    V U
6.18 7:15
MB 7:26
532 7*J»
.. 7.41
.. 7.53
.... 8.
NOKTHWAKD.
A If     A If     F M
4:20
4:23
6.45
6:48
FM
3.45
s.8-1
6.01
6.13
6.25
6.28
Lbavb:—
Columbia......     12:3.*>
Lancaster  7:07 ....    12:43
Manbeim  7 38 ....    1.20
ML Hope  7:45 ....   1:32
Miner's Village 7:56 lu 10  UM
Cornwall....... 7:59 10:13   1:46
Lebanon    8:11   10:25   1:.W    4:35   6:00   6:40
SUNDAYS.
l.kAVB:— A.M.
Lebanon ••  7:55
Cornwall  8:10
Miner's Village  8:13
M-tnhelui  8:3ft
ABHIVaTB—
P. M
3:45
4 eu
4:03
4:29
Lancaster .••••..
Lbavb:—
Lancaster..«•«...
Manheim	
Min.• r's Village
. 9:12
A.M.
8:05
8:45
9:14
Cornwall...  9:17
5:02
F.  M.    IP.  M.
.... 355
.... 4:33
2:20 4:57
2:25 5:«l
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LebanoD........................ 9:32    2:40       5:15
North bound trains connect at Lebanon
villi trains on P. ft R railroad tor llarrisburg,
Ite. ding, I'ottsville, I'hiladelphia and New
dark, south bound trains connect at Man
helm witb trains on it. ft C. r_ilr..ad tor point.
beiva e. n Heading aad Columbia.
Philadelphia ft  Beading railroad   Mileage
Boobs accepted on Cornwall r..iiroad.
Nov.27,1889.
OBSWALLftLEB-IIOll  RAII.KOAIl
O
*_£-
niKKCT BOUTE FOB ALL POINTS ON THB
PENNSYLVANIA BA1LBOAD.
Aavanirement mt Puieucer  Trains.
Oa and alter Monday, May 251b, U91, the
passenger trains win run as follows:
Leave— am   am  am  fm  pm   pm
Lebanon     6:25 10:15 11:30   2:00   3:15 JOS
Arrive— AM   am   fm   fm   fm   pm
Lancaster    8:10 11:35 12:58   3:55   4:45  8:40
F M    P M
Philadelphia....  10:20   1:25   3:15 6:45   6:50 10:55
fm AM
New York......*..  1.20  4:00   5..*r0   9.20  9:35 3.:0
A M P M
Harrisburg    7:30  lfcol ....   8:20 .. ..   8:10
Gettysburg 10:10   2:30   ....   6:00	
Carlisle    8:52   1:17   ....  4:80   ....   *»
Williamspa.rt.... 11:15   3:05  ....   7-00   ....   3:4*.
Pittsburg    650 ....   __ U'M   ....  «aB
Leave— am   am   am   am   pm   pm
New  York  12:15       9*00   ....   te*
Philadelphia.... 4:30    7:00 8:50 11:40 11:45   5:20
Lancaster.. 6:26    9:31 ln:5*i   2-00   2:50   7:2-1
Harrisburg Tit*  10.35 11:50   2:35   3:40   7:30
Carlisle.......... 5:50    9:40 10:34   ....   2:i3 6:10
Uettysbt-rg     815    „. B«0 4:56
Williamsport...   2:40    ....   8:25   .... 12:30 4**«'
Pittsburg........ 8:11    3:20       8:00 6:30
Arrive— am   am   pm   ra  pm   pm
Lebanoa .......   8:20   11:50   1:10   3:55   4:55   9:00
Mt. Gretna Park proved Its popularity by
tbe largely Increase- business of 1890.
Tbere will be many improvements for the
season of 1891.
B B GOBDON.
Gen'l. Passenger Agent.
NKD IRISH. Gen'l. Snpt.
Dee. 31,1--90.
T3H1LADELPHIA4K EADING BA1LBOAD
ARRANGEMENT OV PASSENGER TBAINS
MAY 10,1891.
TRAINS LEAVE* LEB ANON.
For New York via Philadelphia,  Weeksdays,
7:07, 8:50,10:30 a. m., 2:17, 4:10 and 6:46 p. in.;
Sunday,2:45 snd 4:49 p. m.
For New York via Allentown. Weekdays, 7:07,
8:50a. ra , 12:56.2:17 p. m.   Sunday, 7:4: a. m.
For Philadelphia,   Weekdays,   6:05,   7:07, 8:50,
Ii.:30a. m., 2:17, 4.40 and 6:46 p. va.; Sunday,
7:42 a. m., 2:45, 4.49 and 6:40 p. in.
For Middletown,   Weekdays, 6:02, 8:23 a. m ,
12:55.5:15, 707and 11:20 p. m.; Sunday, 9:54 and
11:48 tb as.
For   Braolnrr, Weekdays, 6:05, 7:07 (Fast Express) 8:50,10:30 a. m., 12:56, 2:l'i, 4:40, 6:46, 9:13
p.m.   Suuday,7:42,9:43a. m.,2:45,4:49and 6:40
p.m.
For Allentown, Weekdays, 6:05, 7:07. 8:50 a. m.,
1*2:6.2:17 and 4:40 p. m.; Sunday, 7:42, 9.43 a
m.. 4:49 L.m.
For Harrisburg, Weekdays, 6:02, 8:23, 10:5*> a.
iu , 12:55, 2:22, 5:15. 7*07, 8:46 (Fast "Express),
and il*2o p. m ; Snnday, 9:54,11:48 a. in., 5:01,
7:04,11:20 p. m.
TRAINS FOR LEBANOU.
Leave New York via Allentown. Weekdays
4:30 and 8*45 a. m., 1:00, 3:45, and 5:45 p. Ul.
Sanday, 5:30 p. m.       .
Leave New Tork via Philadelphia, Weekd ty-,
:16 and 11:30 a m., 1:30, 4:00, 5:00 p. m., and
12:16 midnight; Snnday, 5: 0 p. aa.
Leave Philadelphia, Weekdays, 4:10. 8:35, 1->:00
a. m.,  1:40,4:00. Stun, 7:16 p.  in ; Sunday, 6:30
and 9:00 a m., and 3:40,7:16 p. in.
Leave Heading, We kdays, 5:00, 7:15,10:10,11:50
a. m , 1:27,4.20. 6:vo, 7:5. aud 10:25 p. ni.   Sundays. 8:50. 10:18 a in , 4:00, 8:00. 10:25 p. m.
Leave Allentown. Weekdays, 5:47, 8:35 a. m ,
12:10,4:*I5,6:lo,9:05 p. in.; Sunday, 7:25 a. in.,
4-55 aud 9.50 p. in.
Leave Harrisburg,   Weekdays, 5:10, 625, 7:5s,
9.35 a. in , litiil noon. 1:45, 3:45, 5:50, and 8:10
p. in.   Sundays, 6-50, F:50 a. in., 2:09. 4:00, 5:45
p. ru.
ATLANTIC M*I*T DIVISION.
Leave   Philadelphia   and   Chestnut    Street
Whart, and South Street Wharf.
FOS ATLANTIC CITY.
Weekdays—Express, 9:0», a. m. and 2:00, 4:00,
5:0' p. ni.   Accommodation, 8:09 a. in., 4:15.
t>:S0 p. in.—Sunday—Express. 8:00, 9:0' a. Ol.
Accommodation, 8:ue a. m.aud 4:31 p. iu.
RKTURNING. LEAVE ATLANTIC CITT.
Depot corner Atlantic and Arkansas evenues-
Weekdays—Express. 7:00.8:00,9*00, a. Bl., 4:00,p
ui.— Aeeoriaurodstlon, 8:10 a. in. and 4:311 p. m
-undays—Ex|.lets, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p. in.   Ao
om modal ton 7:111 a m. aud 5:01 p. m.
a. a. Mcleod,
President and General Manager.
C. G. Hancock, General. Passenger Agent.
Mar. A UM-
PEMHSUYlRliRMLliiD
On and after Xov. tid, 1800, trains will leave
Lebanon as follows, connecting at Conewago
ior all points on the Pennsylvania Railroad;
I eave Lebanon ut 6.25 a. m. Arrive at Cone-
»i.t-o 7.05 a. m., Lancaster 8.10 a. m , Philadelphia 10.20 a. m.. New York 1.20 p. m., Harrisburg 7.30 a. in., Altoona 1 48 p in., Pittsburg
(,50 p.m. This train makes close connectior*
at llarrisburg lor points on the Northern Central and Phiikdolpbiaft Erie Bailroad.
Lea- e Lebanon 10.15 a. in. Arrive at Conewago 10 56a. m. Harrisburg 12.01 p. ui. Arrive
at Lancaster 11 85a.m., Philadelphia 1.25 ;i. m
New York 4.00 p.m. Tbis train makes close
connection at Harrisburg for points on the
Northern Central and P. ft E. R. B.
Leave Lebanon 11.30 a. m. Arrive at Con*_-
wago '2.16 p. m., Lancaster 12.58 p. in., Philadelphia 3.15 p. m., Maw York 5.50 p. m.
Leave 1 ebanon 2.00 p. m., arrive at Conewago 2.45 p.m., Lancaster 4.55 p.m. Pblladel-
Ehia 6.50 p. in., Naw York 9 35 p. m.. Harris-
urg3.20p. m., Altoona 7 50 p. m.. Pittsburg
ll 5.Vp.m , Baltimore 7.00 p. in., Washington
8..'0 p. m. _ _
Leave Lebanon 3.15 p. m. Arrive at Cone
wago 4.00 p. as., Lancaster, 4.45 p. m., Philadelphia 6.50 p. in., New York 9.35 p. m.
Leave Lebanon 7.10 p. m. Arrive at Conewago 7.55 p.m , Lancaster 8.40 p. m., Philadel
phia 10.55 p. m., Harrisbua-g 8.46 p. BS
CHAS. E.PUGH. J.M. WOOD,
Oeneral Manager. Menl. Pas. r. Agt.
Dec. 3. 1890.
GROCERIES! GROCERIES!
WHOLESALE ABD RETAIL.
—yu	
FIPU, OYSTERS. BAhANAS,
GARDEN VEGETABLES.
BUTTER and EGGS.
 )o(	
No stale or old stock on band. Fresh
supplies receive.* daily from l'hH.d-l-
phiaand New Yo k markets, and from
tTe oonntry.
Golds deliveied promptly tnd in
prime condition.
Everything the housekeeper can desire, cf":he best qual.ty and at reasonable prices.
I.AKF.KZU 8HI-AII,
S. .V. Cor. Seventh and Cumberland Sts
April I.'Ul. _.    L-tBx-ius, P
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VOL. 4&.-NO. 38.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3, 1891.
WHOLE NO.-2178.
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EEMBRACING a large and varied asssoitment of Books,  Bibles,
0   Testaments, Hymn Books, Books in boaid, cloth aad floe bind-
inns, for all ages ; from Toy Books witb colored illustrations for
tbe little ones, to board covers—b roks  for youth  and  miss, uff to
standard works for adults.
FASCY GOODS.
In Leather, Plush and Persian Silver Cases such as Albums, Work
Boxes, Toilet Cases, Shaving Sets, Writing Desks, Cigar Cases,
Manicure Seta, lak Stands, Paper Weights, Calendars, Card Cases,
Lap Tablets, Poa-ket Books, Wail. Pockets, Cards. Portfolios, Picture
Frames, Dressing Cases, <&c, afce.
GOLD PENS and L OLDER 8.
Rylogiapliic and Fountain Pans and Pei.cils ia Ould, Silver, Rah.
ber and Celluloid Cases.
P0CRE7 BOOKS and PURSES.
A lar.e and varied assortment.
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JUL*   AID
No advance in Prices.    Holiday Goods sold at as Low
Prices as others.
Dee. 10, '90—3m
KAUFFMAN'S
DLI11
-WE HAVE	
The Largest Stock,
The Best Styles,
The Finest Quality,
The Lowest Prices,
Un trimmed Ilats in every shape made this season.
15 Q—NEWEST    STYLES— \ QQ
TRIMMED HATS aud BONNETS.,
Flowers, Ribbons, Laces, and all the new Trimmings.    Come and see
them at
KAUFFMAN'S
813 Cumberland Street,
LEBANON, PA.
April 1, tl.
OUR preparations tor the Holiday Trade are on a
Larger and Grander Scale than ever before.
Now that the cold weather has actually set in
ladies will see the necessity of an immediate purchase of
a WRAP or COAT of some kind. We have bought
tbe entire stock of a large Cloak Manufacturer at prices
which enable us to place them within the reach ot all.
THE HEAVY STOCK
Of Coats and Cloaks we carry makes us Headquarters for
these good?, bat as we prepared for a very cold winter,
and it ia here, we are prepared to furnish yon \r:*h a
Good, Warm and Stylish Garment at a Very Low Figure.
DRESS  GOODS   DEPARTMENT.
This   department never was so full of  Choice   Goods
  Suitable for
-=H0LIDAY=PRESENTS~
0. SHENK,
Lebanon's Leading Clothier,
816 Cumberland St.,        LEBANON, PA.
S. SEIBERT, President.
a. EHBBORN, Manager.
THE LEBANON BREWING COMPANY.
The Leoanon Brewing Company is prepared to furnish their excellent
WIEffER-MAERTZEIV, EXPORT
-AND—
Salvator Lager Beer
IN AMY QUANTITY DESIRED.
1BOTTLED    BEER. I
Orders for our Bottled Beer left at the Brewery, or with J..F. b«,in
the prominent bottler, at the Exchange Hotel, Ind. Dist., will be filled.
Our Wiener Beer, which il bottled, is especially recommend *d for
LADIES NURSING CHILDREN by the most prominent physicians
in the City.   ^-TELEPHONE CONNECTION.   Apply to
IJ.BANON BREWIlWCa,
Dec. 3, 1887. Independent  District. Lebanon. Pi.
FOR COUGHS, GOLDS, AND CONSUMPTION
-USE-
CT
For tiie immediate cure of Bronchitis, Sore
25 Cents Throat, Difficult Breathing, Asthma and Consumption in its early stages it stands preeminent. It produces easy expectoration, .soothes
tlie cough at once and effects a rapid cure. Thousands who have used it will bear testimony to tiie
above.   Sold by
per
BOTTLE.
McGOWAN, Druggist,
S. W. Cor. Seventh and Cumberland Sts., Lebanon, Pa.
f_W~ McGowax's Cutici.k Salve is the ouly Salve made that uever;fails to cure
Tetter.   _5c. and 50c. boxer, April 1, 91.
Boll's Baby Syrup
Facilitates Teething,ri*_________..
sou at druigisisTRegulates the Bowels!
Day's Hor^e
POWDER,
Prevent** -.nngr Fever snd
cure* IMatenap-r.   1 pound —~
tn each package.   For sale by rail dealers.
Tryldl
Rill  I   _t-    For the rare of
IIJ 91   I   ' \ Coughs,Colds, Croup,
U \f __, Sa  \P Hoarseness, Asthma,
Whooping f%f«I Ifi ■ | Incipient
Cough lllraH     Coo-
Bronchitis, w *_w W Ul I I sumption,
and for the relief of A \M W_ 1 | W\
Consumptive persons. ^ W Ik I I fc*
At drnggists.  25 cts. V |    [l-tfl
OUfllfC LAM8£'8CUB_~B_CiaARETTES for Ca-
timl/AC tarrh.   Price 10 Cts.  At all druggists.
JOHNSON^
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LINIMENT
) V Tn KTEBNAL and EITZ21TAL hm.
-GENERATION AFTER GENERATION^.
>>n_ HAVE USED AKD BLESSED BL   - _\_*Jr*
TION/
¥{_-_-___ VSl-D AKD BLESSED IT.   .**aA\
°^/NC-H£^
Dropped on Sugar, Children Zove It,
Erery TraTeler should have a bottle off It in his satchel.
r VAFV JSllffck r-ar From Rheumatism, 8d-
&VOI y WUIiertJr aticmt Jieural^ia, Ner.
▼oni Headache, Diphtheria, Conp hs. Catarrh, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Cholera Morbus, Diarrh-rpa, Lameness, Soreness
in Body or Limbs, Stiff Joints or Strains, will find in
thia old Anodyne relief jind speedy^core.^ Pamphlet
Tree, •Sul-* every*
Express paid, $2.   I. S. JOHNSON A CO"., Bostox"
Septy-H^m.
C0Q   NOKTU FOIKTU STKEET,  bci
OOO   Fbilsdelphia, l'a.     Regular graudustcd
tered physician, aod surgeon, tbe only sen nine 1cj__
sneelallst (no matter what others may claim) 85 y__\r%
Pmetlcnl and European HoapituL Experience as
diploma and certificates prove, tor
SPECIAL DISEASES
AND   BLOOD  POISON,
BOTII BEX. Important cs»es recent er old, ERUPTIONS. BLOTCHES, PIMPLES, OBSTINATE
ULCERS, Nervons Debility, Loot Vitality, Decay,
abstraction*. Inflammation of Kidney, Bladder
snd other organs; ThroatEffectlona, Melancholy
Shyness nnd Aversion to Society, Brtchts Dlseaao
of the Kidney, Pile*, bleed! nc or itehlns. Dyspepsia, Abnae of qnacks, poisonous drags, aafe, snre and
speedily enred. Recent owes, _-\. days. Belief at ones.
The most stnbborn canes solicited. Dr. Tiled, stuilied
Allopathic, Homoeopathle Eoleetio ami Botante systems of
medicine, and by combining tbe same ln practice be cores
where others fwL Dr. Tbeel warns sufferers against
eompoood pills, vegstable mixtures, blood purifiers and
sueh preparations as sueh da not eure. Diseasesare different In nature and progress and benee requires seientlfle
treatment, send stamp for book Truth, the only reliable
medieal treatise *m Special and Nervous Diseasea,
aodezposlng the numerous medical swindlers in tbe form of
advertisements, books, pcmphlets, circulars, distributed by
Museums, Agencies Companies, Institutes, and so-called
Ber. Gentlemen, etc, la whieh they discribe diseases tit the
most exaggerated and horrible forms, thus giving tbe poor
sufferers false Mess depriving them ofall bono making them
victims of dangerous melancholy or insanity. Dis Theel
has no equal and hat proven by fsets tbat his ability b
worth more to sufferers tban all tto free consultations
guarantees and promises which tre daily o ffered but seldon
kept. Strictly confidential- Write or call. Thousands o
testimonial* in the office. Honrs, 9trl, and 6 to 9. Wed.
Bre'ga* till 10. Sat. from 9 A.M. tilllO P.M.   Sunday, till J,
When I say CnRB I do Dot mean merely to
rtop them ior a time, and then have them _.©«
turn again.   I mean A RADICAL CUKE.
, X liave made the disease ol
FITS, EPILEPSY or
FALLING SICKNESS,
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Bend at once for a treatise and a Fuse Bottlb
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and Post Office, tt costs yon nothing for a
trial, and it will core yon.  Address
H.CBOOT,M-a. 183 Pearl ST..NreVomc
Jane 4,189
Stop   tl-3.<£t-t
I Chronic Cough Now!
I For If you do not It may become con-
} BumptlAe. F<t Consumption, Scrofula,
j Oeneral Debility aad Itastiutj Disease*,
\ there Is noihiu^ like
SCOTTS
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Of Pure Cod Liver Oil aud
HYPOPHOSPHITE8
Of   Xiime     and    af^oclsu
I Ii la alm^Bt as pulatable as milk. _r__t
\ better tbau other eo-called Eiuulsloua.
I A wonderful flesh producer.
I Scott's Emulsion,
(Tbere are poor Imitations.   Oet the genuine.
HUMPHREYS'
Da. Humphreys' Specifics areecientlflcally and
carefully prepared prescriptions; used for many
years lu private practice with success,ai_d for over
thirty years used by tbe people. Every single Specific Is a special cure for the disease named.
These Specifics cure withont drugging, purging or reducing the system, and are in fact and
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OF PRINCIPAL NOS. CURES. PRICES.
Fevers, Congestion. Inflammation...   ,*J3
Worms, Worm Fever, Worm folk*.
Crying Colic, or'lee thing of Infants
Diarrhea, of Children or Adults .
Dysentery. Griping, Bilious Colic.
Cholera Morbus, Vomiting	
Coughs* Cold, Bronchitis	
Nl   ralgla, Toothache.Faceache.
Ileadaches, SickHeadache, Vertigo
>yspepsia, Bilious Stomach
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.Suppressed or Painful Periods.
Whites, too Profuse Periods	
Croup, Cough, Difficult Breathing....
Halt Rheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions.
Rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains....
Fever aad Ague, Chills, Malaria	
Plies, Blindor bleeding..............   .50
Catarrh, Influenza, Cold in Uie Head .50
Whooping Cough, Violent Coughs. .50
tieaeral Debt lit v. Physical Weakness   .50
Kidney Disease    .50
Nervous Debility  —.....1.00
Urinary Weakness, Wetting Bed. .30
Diseases of theHeart,Palpitation 1.00
Sold by Druggists, or sent postpaid on receipt
of price. Dr. Humphreys' Manual, (144 pages)
richly bound in eloth and gold, mailed  free.
HUMPHREYS' MEDICINE COa
Cor. William and Joha Streets, New York.
SPECIFICS.
DRICKETT COLLEGE
l-a&ffiw-sCOMMERCE
TNE LEADING SCHOOL OT
34
Til     Graduates of both sexes assisted to good positions.
Vear Send for Circulars _u_ Report of Commencement.
July a.
STHMAGURED
SSHIFFMANN'S ASTHMA CURE
Instanrly relieves abe most violent attack nnd Insures com-
forr-jlB .leap. •>(> Wa 1T1S« Uw KBil'LIS. Bcine used bj I
inbalatiun, its action is immediate, direct and Certain* I
■nd . cnre is the resnlt in all curable cases. A single trial I
convinces the most skeptics!. Price, ft'e. and S1.-J0 of any f
druggist, or by njsil.   Samples Free for stamp.
DR.   R. SCHIFFMAN N, St. Faul.Mlnn.
THE  JEALOUS  WIFE
John loved his young wife as the flowor loves
tho dew;
She felt sbo could not Ure withont him;
lie v.,wed that to her he would ever bo true—
Be vowed as the rest of the young husbsuds do;
S'.   vowing she never would doubt him.
Ouo mt rr.:nu John left, through a habit per-ai
clous.
Ills overcoat down In the hall;
"Ahom!" quoth the wifo, "tho occasion's iro-
pitious
To test John's fidelity; though not suspicious.
r_i peep ln his peeUett, that's a.i.
"A bundle of letters? and tied with a bow?
Tho perfume ls attar of roses 1
Ah, they're from his  mother, who  worship*
him so;
Although not inquisitive, 1*4 like to know
Just how she begins, and how closes.
" *_fjr own precious lover   Just what I used to
say!
*From Helen your own until death:*
Why, that's not his mother" s—•Caroline May?'
And why has he tort- off tho envelopes, pray?
Suspicion quite shortens my breath I
"The goose that 1 am—'tis some sweetheart of
•Ml
Suspicion shall not blanch my cheek-
How foolish to doubt him—the dato would have
told;     «.~
And yet they're not musty, there's no traco of
mold-
Great heavens! they're datod tbis wockl
"They're burning with love! Oh, my poor heart
will break!
While Fm scarcely more than a bride,
Uy John to pr.ro faithless—tke villain, th*
rakel
I'll quickly repair io my chamber and take
That last step ln Ufe—suicide I
"I'd leap from the window—but as it's not dark
Te look suoh a fright ln tho fall I
I'd die by his pistol—but when cold and stark
Thcro'd be on my temple A blaok powder mark
And a horrid great hole from the ball I   -
"My corpse mutilated would spoil the effect,
For I must look lovely ia death I
Cut my throat with bis razor?—Oh, let me reflect—
•Twould sever my windpipe, Hal then, lex-
pect.
I never could draw my last breath I
"Should I drown myself down where the water
il elear.
By the mill in the deep, placid race?—
The fishes would est mo!   No, not then I fear
I'll have to hang up by the big chandelier I
And then 111 turn black ln the face.
•'I Bight light the flre with the kerosene can
And go where all treachery ceases;
I'd do lt with dynamite were I a man-
No, nei   IU die cosy, by some other plan.
And not leave my corpse all in pieces.
"I'll ask the French druggist. Just over the
For something to poison the cat.
The gripings and spasms are dreadful, they
say.
And poison I'll take without any delay.
Though H do puff oe ap Un a rat.
"Oh. tell me. thou p-rlnce of all druggists and
leechers.
What poison you keep in this place
jfor rata, those unhippy—I mean pesky crea-
es,
them die easy; not pull up their fee-
tares, _d_l
•make them turn blaek la abe facer
"Ah, madame, I goefe you »r^ grandest pow-
dairc
Sat mako the rat sWcetaire ven deat:
Zo mooch you feel   sorry you   keel him, by
gairo.'
Ze rat die so -".gently yoa see him, you svear
He vas only asleep ln ae betl
"Voire small leetal pinch ees a dose; vat yoo
geef
Depend on zc slse of ze rat,
Ze rat, ven he leetal eez voir sen-sa-ticf;
Von bieg rat, deesconsalale, no vish to lief,
ZJust giet him a teaspoon ef zat"
At homo ln her chamber tbe poison she took.
And rolling in agony lay,
When John, eoming baek for that coat on the
hook.
Fast mounted the stairs with an agonized look
Whort his wife groaned in sweet disarray.
"Why, Mame. what's the matter?"   "Oh, John!
■pray explain    L
Those letters I found ln your coat?"
"That coat wus my partner's, worn homo in ths
tetttt*
"Not yours?   Quick! 'I'm poisoned! tis racking my brain!
To tbe druggist—get some antidote!"
To the druggist he rushed: "Sir, you' ve poisoned
my Mame!"
Said tbe Frenchman: "Keep on ze apparel!
She vant ze rat poison—Mt I know ze game-
Vat don't black ze face of ze rat?   Ven shs
came
Ze powdairo of sugaire I gave!   All zo same
She will lief eet she eat ss whole barrel I"
—Fred Emerson Brooks, ln N. V. Herald.
MONEY METERS.
Secret Wanders   of tho   Bank  of
England.
Curious DevU-es for Handling and Guarding Cnlmaginaable Wealth — Catacombs
aaf Baak Notes —Tlie Diggest Gold
Mine ln AB ths World.
As wo enter the courtyard of the
Lothbury entrance the two beadles
greet my guide with a military salute
and a bow which is so spasmodic and
wooden that they forcibly remind me
of the officious-looking individual—also
in a cocked hat and cloak—who appears
with just sueh a hat ea the scene after.
Punch has thrown the baby into the
street, and proceeds then and there to
hang him.
The doorway opens into the bullion
office, where all the gold and silver that
enters or leaves the bank passes
through to be checked. On the right is
the gold; on the left the silver. The1
first impression is that of being in the
order department of a wholesale trading establishment.
But a figure in a white apron quickly
dispels the illusion. This personage in
the apron is attired in a lilac vest, plum-
colored coat and buttons of two shilling
pieces. His hat is a peculiar black
Telvet affair, and is a compromise between a beef eater's and a smoking cap.
A suave gentleman approaches the
banker, and in a few hurried words the
latter informs the manager, for such h*
is, that he wishes to show me everything to bc seen. We ars therefore
first introduced to the scales, or, as it
is termed, the "grand balance," made
by Messrs. Napier.
This marvelous instrument is a ponderous and peculiarly bnilt weighing
machine, standing about seven feet
high and weighing abont two tons.
The whole is nnder a huge glass case,
access being gained thereto by a sliding
panel. The scale is worked by hydraulic
power, and is the most sensitive weighing machine in existence. The foundation, which is of solid concrete, is sunk
to a depth of sixteen feet, so that not a
Jar can affect the clean balance.
The manager sets the hydraulic
power in motion by means of a small
wheel, and then touches an ivory button at the side. Immediately the entire scale, weighing hundreds of pounds,
sinks some seven inches and is ready
for weighing,
"We will first weigh a postage stamp,"
observes the suavo gentleman. On
each side the scales are fitted with
weights amounting to 400 ounces. When
gold is to be weighed the smaller
weights on the balance are withdrawn
and the gold placed on one of the two
ledges. The gold is made up in .00-
ounce bars, and the difference of one
thousandth part of an ounce can be detected.
The stamp being added to tiie 400-
ounce weights another ivory button is
touched, and the Index Jumps a distance of six inches! Think of it, six
Inches on the index for a postage
stamp! But the most wonderful incident was yet in store for me.
"Supposing a bar contains more than
this scale is made to weigh," says the
manager, "any other scale wonld go to
its limit and give no sign. Not thia
one, however." To prove this he added
one quarter of aa ounce more than the
maximum weight, when, instead of tho
Index moving, there is a pause of
some seconds and then an electric bell
commences ringing. There is something terrible human about this mechanism which declines to execute a task
'9-f wWst it Is Jn.iiEftfcl.a_   Tfclsk tlld
only balance of Its kind in the word.
The maker has never constructed a
duplicate. This triumph of the mechanical art cost exactly £2,000 sterling.
The silver scale is, of course, not so
finely balanced, and the two aro *•■
spcctfully christened "The Lord Chief
Justice" and "The Lord High Chan-
ceUor."
The manager then moves away from
the scale, and turning a handle in tho
wall suddenly illuminates a long vault,
with finely groined arches, which would
otherwise pass unnoticed. Throwing
the gate open, we pass in, followed by
one of the bodyguards in a chocolate
brown suit.
On small barrows with strong wheels
are about 100 -lOO-ounce bars of gold.
Each barrow, roughly speaking, contains, therefore, 40,000 ounces, or about
£170,000 worth of metal. On shelves
ranged along the walls arc heaps upon
heaps of bags containing coins, each
bag weighing 500 ounces. They are of
the Indian, French, German, Dutch and
American currency. »
i From this room we ascend a stone
staircase and pass along a very agreeable .gallery, with solid stone balustrades, overlooking the courtyard. The
doors of the grand board room open
from this gallery.
Onr bodyguard touches an electric
button. The door is opened and wc are
ushered into a luxurious room, where
the footfall is deadened by the thickest
Turkey carpets. I fancy myself in the
board room, but my protector bids mo
follow him, and we step into the adjoining apartment—a vast chamber, with a
lofty, frescoed ceiling, the furniture of
which would send an antiquarian into
ecstacles.
But there are one or two directors
present, and so we step ont of their
august presence after having, so far aa
I aaa concerned, gazed at them aa
though they were some rare foreign
animals just landed.
We pass the discount bill department,
where the rate is usually fixed up oa
Thursday afternoons, and past Mr.
Frederick May's office, after having
taken a peep at the gentleman whose
name and fame is spread over the wid
world as the signatory of the Bank of
England's notes. After that we go by
the secretary's office and the Indian
office as though they existed not.
We have come to see the "wonders"
of the enchanted castle, and cannot
stop to look in upon the prosaic occupations of the workaday world. We
are In an atmosphere of marvels, and I,
for my part, simply revel In it
We arrive at a door which admits us
to an inclosure almost entirely of glass,
in whieh visitors stand and gaze at the
wonders within. However, the bodyguard throws open the door, and stepping up to the chief whispers a word In
his ear. He approaches us with a warm
welcome and bids me walk up to one
of the gold weighing machines, of
which there are some 30 here. This is
the room where sovereigns and half-
sovereigns are weighed when sent In.
by bankers and others. Here again
hydraulic power is used.
A machine consisting of a complicated system of counter weights looks
not unlike a sewing machine as to Its
lower half. This is completely Inclosed
in gloss. A long feeder, like a tube
eat in half, down Its length, and mado
of brass, Is set at an angle of 45 degrees
and Is filled with a long row of sovereigns. These turn as they slip down
on to a circular, movable plate, slightly
larger than a sovereign.
For a moment the plate seems to be,
deciding upon the merits of that particular coin. Then, as if It had made up
its mind conclusively, it deftly turns
the coin to the right and it slips down
a metal tube into a till below.
Bnt if the coin proves to bc lighter
than the standard weight the delicate
machine turns it to the left and condemns it to the guillotine. Again one,
Is Impressed with the "human" idea otf a
hand weighing the sovereigns. One
can almost fancy that a hidden person
is feeling the weight. There ia more
than the mere mechanical look about
the momentary indecision of the scale
plate; it Is really rather that of an intelligent animal
These machines weigh coins at the
rate of SO per minute, and a day's
weighing amounts to £100,000 sterling.
The light coins are taken to the guillotine—another hydraulic triumph—and
dropped down a long tube. As they
slip through a sharp knife clips the coin
neatly down the center and allows lt to
fall out at the slot at the side, and,
to carry out the guillotine motion, they
fall Into a small bisket
They arc not ent in two, but the cut
ls more than half way through, and
this prevents the banker who has paid
them la from again circulating them,
although he can take them away after
they are clipped. This he never does,
bnt takes the weight value of tiie gold.
The automatic bodyguard now shows
some animation.     Producing  a  hand
lantern from another mysterious recess,
he turns and bids us follow. We walk
in narrow alleys formed of piles of
boxes, where not a ray of light penetrates, and find ourselves making a rapid descent, with the lantern ahead, like
some guardian angel. We descend a
steeper" Incline than the others, with
the defunct baak notes in their sarcophagi all around us, when a chill air
striking us proves that we are well underground.
Then the figure in front turns and announces to aa in a tone calculated to
strike terror Into nervous persons: "We
are now In the labyrinth," I begin to
foel like another Ouy Fawkes going to
blow np the -taUole place. Bnt the sudden twists eaf_ turns we take always in
that bewildering maze of piled np cases
are becoming most trying to the banker, who Is not accustomed to dodging a
will-o'-the-wisp in the catacomb.
1 begin to entertain fears that he is
leading us to some dungeon fastness
when he turns again and solemnly remarks, with a wave of the hand: "AU
bank notes." Some Idea can be gained
of the quantity when It Is said that
they are 77,745,000 in number, and they
fill 13,400 boxes, which If placed side by
side'would reach two and a half miles.
If the notes were placed in a pile
they would reach a height of five and a
half miles; or if Joined end to end wonld
form a ribbon 12,455 miles long. Their
superficial extent Is a little less thaa
that of Hyde Park; their original value
was over £1,750,000,000, and their weight
over 90). tons.
Thence, after being shown the books
of the bank—the first one dated 1620—
we enter the bank note printing department. A familiar buzzing whir
tells me that we are near a printing
office. More glass cases, more whispered words, and the mystic word pronounced which admits us inside.
Six huge printing presses at work,
apparently grinding out newspapers.
A long slip of paper is handed to me,
which I observe bears the weU-known
water mark. It is a double piece, like
two notes joined. The uneven edge on
three sides is the consequence of its
being handmade, and is not artificially
produced. The clean edge is caused by
the cutting asunder otf two notes after
they are printed. The paper Is manufactured at the bank'a own mill, and is
in the hands of one family.
Each sheet of paper has to be accounted for. The boys handle it with
as much unconcern as though they were
printing handbills. They only feed the,
machine. Tho doable printed note
drops ont into a little frame, where a
clerk keeps track of the numbers.
A dial indicates not only the number
iof?$l_- tujsed ?H.*> *iu$ tbi Buwb-Sr o_
revolutions ln each of the six i«oeessea
in printing. A superintendent Is at
each machine. Further oa Is tho
Indian printing machine for rupee
paper. In a department close at hand
[the postal orders are struck off; but we
who are so blase with miUions regard
the half-crown orders being turned off
as too trivial to waste time over.
Along another passage we enter a
large room—really a vault—which is
surrounded from floor to ceiling \tf,
iron doors of safes, which, at their
opening, might be 5 faet high by 5 feet
; wide. One of these Is opened and shows
rows upon rows of gold coins in bags of
£2,000 sterling each.
j One is handed to me to hold, and
after doing so for a moment I decide I
iwill aot carry it home. The dead
I weight is enormous. Yet these officials
I handle the slipping, sliding mass as
though it were a book. Another doot
; is opened, and we observe a stack of
bank notes. I remark that I have seen
a lot already. For answer the managei
takes oot a parcel ei 1,000 £1,000 sterling notes and says:
"Take hold." I do so, and am told I
;am holding £1,000,000 sterling. I should
! have wished to hold tt longer! hut they
'want it, and so I pnt It back.
[ "This small safe contains £3,000,000,"
continues the polite manager, "and
'you are in the richest vault of the
Bank of England, and of the world.
This small room at present holds £80,-
000,000."
By this time my appetite for wealth
Is nearly gono. I am nauseated with
the atmosphere of bank notes. My
senses are dulled with the oppressive
spectacle, and I nail with delight the
merry plashing fountain in the courtyard. Here arc the quarters of the
I thirty-four guardsmen who nightly
patrol the establishment. A donble
j sentry is posted at each gate, and, .as
they load with ball cartridge, It is not
a safe place for an enterprising burglar
to tackle. The officer of tiie guard has
a bedroom ia the bank and is provided
with a dinner and a bottle of the finest'
old port, and I understand that the
guards are also liberally treated.
We are hurried into the changing department, where notes are changed for
gold or silver, or notes for other notes.
This Is where the criminal side of Ufa'
Is exposed In all Ha phases. The Bank
of England dare not refuse to cash any
note presented, provided It Is a genuine one, but any suspicion on the part
of the cashier is the signal for an alarm
by electricity to the detectives at tha'
entrance of tbe courtyard. These detectives are stationed in the boxes at
cither side of the main gates, and they
at once respond to the alarm and fellow up or arrest the  suspected person.
From the time one enters the bank
untU one leaves it one is constantly
under police espionage. The porter,
the clerk or the beadle may be, and
often is, a detective belonging to the
network which embraces the whole in-
sti tutlon.—London Edition N. Y. Herald.
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Strange  Things  Seen  at  Sea   as
Told by a Sailor.
No matter what queer, strange things
a sailor may see during a voyage—what
queer, strange experiences may happen
to him in distant seas—he will seldom
or never talk to you about them if he
suspects the particulars are desired for
publication. Jack is no friend to the
newspaper. He has been held up to
ridicule and contempt as a story-teller,
until he is afraid to relate truths which
can be backed by affidavits.
During the last year, according to my
newspaper clippings, no less than seventeen instances have occurred where
portions of shipwrecked crews have
been picked up at sea after voyages in
small boats from one to fifteen days.
In all these instances the particulars
related do not, in any one case, make
half a column of newspaper print,
•-hough enough must have occurred to
make a book. Jack simply wouldn't
talk. Oaptain or mate gave the particulars of the disaster as briefly as possible, and then got ashore to be lost sight
ol
Dnring the years I served before the
mast and as second and chief mates 1
met with some things beyond my power
to explain or unravel, and at the risk of
being criticised I shall relate some of
them here. The queerest thing of all,
perhaps, occurred in the Indian ocean,
to the south of Madagascar. I was in
an English brig called the Helpmate,
bound up the Mozambique channel,
but driven to the east by a furious gale.
We were working back to our course,
and the weather had become pleasant
Op;c night, as I came on watch at midnight, I found we were only making
steerage way, there being only a faint
breeze from the east. It was bright
moonlight, and about three miles away
was a large ship headed to the south.
The course we were both steering
would bring us almost within speaking
dj^-nce.
While I conld see the strange ship
well enough with the naked eye, aa
could all the men In my watch, when I
came to pnt the glass on her I saw her
lookouts on the bow and noted all the
particulars of her rig. I took her for
an English ship bound around the cape,
and one which had come down from the
gulf of Bengal to the east of Madagascar. The sea was so calm that we could
have launched a canoe, and when the
stranger was a mile away every rope
stood out in the moonlight like a silver
thread. She was a pretty sight, and every
man in the watch kept his eyes on her.
She was almost opposite and not more
than forty rods away—to give a landsman's measurement—when she suddenly settled away in the water and was
gone in a minute. I thought my eyes
were full at "sticks," aad that I had
been the victim of an optical illusion,
bnt while I rubbed them two or three
ei the men cried out in chorus:
"She's struck a rock and gone to the
bottom with every soul on board!"
"Men, have we been looking, at a
ship out there?" I asked.
"Of course, sir."
"Was her hull painted black?"       *
"It was."
"A new foretopsail?"
Ten."
"A gilded figure of a mermaid or aa
angelt**
"Something o' that, sir."
"And she went down?"
"Aye, like a stone flung overboard!"
I ordered the brig hove up to check
her headway, and the captain came on
deck to see what it meant. The other
watch was called, two boats lowered,
and away we pulled for tha spot, never
doubting that we should find men
clinging to some of the wreckage. I
can show yon in the British museum
to-day what we found and all we
found. A sailor's bag marked "P.,"
two ship's buckets, unmarked, two
oars marked "If.," a sailor's oilskin
coat, not marked, a cage with a dead
parrot in it Of all the thousand
articles aboard of that ship whioh
would float we fonnd nothing else,
though we lay by until noon next day.
Now, what sent her to the bottom?
We, of course, expected to find a rock
not charted, but though wa made
soundings for two miles aronnd we
found nothing. Later on a man-of-
war spent a week in that locality, bnt
with no better success. It was two
years before the lost vessel was ascertained to be the French merchantman
Mignon. Aa no rock could be found it
was generally supposed that she was
struck by a whale—that a monster ot
the deep probably came up directly
under her and smashed out half her
planking. A French novel writer has
made use of this incident to dispose ot
some of the characters in his pages.
Suppose a landsman knew that whenever he left his house he was under
surveillance—shadowed by some one
who meant him evil, and was only
waiting a favorable opportunity to stab
him in the back! His feelings need not
be envied. Take the same instance on
the broad ocean—one craft shadowing
another day and night with evil intent,
and you can imagine Jack Tar's feel*
ings—no law to appeal to—no chance to
evade the grim pursuer. Such a case
happened to me when second mate ot
an Australian trading schooner, and
some of the queer points abont it will
never he cleared up We had picked up
a cargo among the spice islands of the
Banda sea, and the intention was to
proceed to Singapore for a market At an
island called Wetta, where we stopped
to take on the last of our hard wood.
We were offered a big price to take a
band of about fifty natives—men, women and children—to the island of
Timor, lying tothe south. This charter
was made, and we had a pleasant run
and no trouble. Oddly enough there
were about a dozen natives at Coepang,
which is tha chief seaport of Timor,
who wanted to go to the east end of
the island of Java. They were, as we
afterward knew, conspirators who were
planning against the government of
Java, bnt they paid us a good price, and
we carried out our part of the contract,
The difference it made to us was that
we must now coast along the big Island
to  Sunda Straits,  a matter of  seven
hundred miles, instead of voyaging
through the landlocked Flores and
Java seas. While open piracy was unknown, there were many suspicious
craft la those seas, and at brief intervals traders were plundered or captured
outright We had no cannon, bnt onr
crew of eight men had muskets and
cutlasses, and could be depended on to
fight We stood off the coast under the
land breeze after landing our men at
night and by daylight had an offing to
twenty-five miles. Then we headed fo
the west We had just done ao when
we noticed a craft rigged like an Arab
dhow coming up astern of us. She was
nearly of our size, but could sail three
feet to our two in any sort of wind.
•Such craft confine themselves to the
coasting trade, and seldom make long
voyages. We could not see why this
fellow shonld be so far from the coast
unless on onr trail, and we soon felt
assured that his business was with us.
He shortened sail to keep about a mile
astern of us, and hung right there all
day.
"His plan ls to creep up to us and lay
ns aboard at night," said the captain,
as we talked the matter over. "While
1 can't make out over fonr or five men
on his decks, I am satisfied that he has
twenty or thirty hidden away."
We should have been prepared aa
.well A3 vie could when night came, but
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late in the afternoon a gale came up
from tho northwest, driving us out to
sea, and wo knew he'd havo all ha
could do to manage his craft, even If
he dared keep up the pursuit That ha
dared was soon settled. Indeed, hia
craft was as seaworthy as ours, but tha
natives of those islands are not looked
upon as efficient navigators. We wero
driven away Into the darkness, tha
seas pitching us like a cork, and when
we lost sight of him astern we sheltered
our lights, broke a point off the course
we wero heading and felicitated our«
selves that he would not be in sight
when morning came. What was our
astonishment and disgust to find him
holding his old position as daylight
came. It did not seem as if he had
changed by ten feet. How ha eonld
have kept tt Was a marvel to us, as the
night was so thick from the time lt
shut in that our night-glass could not
locate him. The gale still held, and we
BtiU drifted away into the Indian ocean,
and tf be meant us harm wo had
plenty of time to prepare for him.
The second night came on bright and
clear, and wa could not have evaded
him by any trick at midnight Tho
gale had blown itself out, and an hour
later we had sail on the schooner and
were heading up to the northwest under
a change of wind The dhow followed
our example as promptly as tf signaled
to, but as there was still a heavy sea
running, we had no fear of her for several hours to come. When morning
came she was sticking like a burr in
the same old spot, and her grim persistency began to unnerve us. Some of
the men insisted that she was a "spirit
ship," sailed by dead men, and that her
hanging in our wake was an omen of
disaster and death.
It was a real relief to see her, about
nine o'clock in the forenoon, forge ahead
to windward of us. This move was
doubtless made to enable them to Inspect us. We could make out four or
five men aboard of her, but no more,
and she did not sit low enough in tho
water to prove the presence of much
cargo in her hold- A glass or two was
no doubt levelled In oar direction, and
anxious to make a big showing of
strength wa kept the men dodging
about as briskly as possible. Tha
stranger must have concluded that we
had from fifteen to twenty men to da-
fend onr decks, and after running a
parallel course of two or three hours he
dropped back into our wake and hung
there like a wolf In chase.
The breeze died out with the sun, so
that when nigbt had fairly como we
were not making over a knot an hour,
with a full moon to light up the sea until
you could have made out a ship's yawl
a mile away. There was no use trying
to dodge the stranger on such a night,
and both watches were kept on deck,
with guns and cutlasses at hand far
instant use. At about midnight tha
dhow crept up on us until his bowsprit
was not more than two hundred feet
from our rudder post and every man
knelt at the bulwarks with musket In
hand. We tried onr best now to make
out how many men he had on his decks,
but we could see no one, not even ona
figure. They were either hidden by
the sails or sheltered by the bulwarks.
He had a better sight of us, and, perhaps, seeing that we were ready, he
gradually dropped back to his old
position, and there we found him again
at daylight
To show you how the presence ot
this unknown told on the nerve of the
men, let mc say that after breakfast
the men sent a spokesman aft to request the captain to luff up and have it
out with him, and If we were all to
have our throats cut to have it over and
done with. This he refused to do, however, telling the men that we were heading straight for Sunda, and the nearer
we got to the coast the less danger there
was of an attack. We had only a moderate breeze during the day, and the
dhow kept her place as on the previous
one. If she meant us evil she would be
pretty certain to attack us that night,
as the morrow would bring us almost
in sight of the coast Darkness did not
affect the breeze, which was about a
four-knot one, and we had the same
moonlight after ten o'clock. The big
silver orb was hardly finger high out
of the sea wheu the dhow began to
close up o.n us, and now we felt certain
that the climax had come. Nearer and
nearer she came, creeping like a shadow of evil, and she was only a cable's
length off our port quarter, and evidently all ready to sheer down upon ua
and lay us aboard when she suddenly
luffed up into the wind, hung for a moment while her sails slatted and slapped,
and then went off to the southeast and
was soon out of sight, and that without
our seeing a soul except the man at tha
wheel. It was queer enough, as wo all
agreed, and it was a mystery we were
never tired of discussing, but her object
and identity we never ascertained.
Every man forward will believe to tha
day of his death that she was a spirit
ship.—N. Y. Sun.
MUSIC   ANO  THE   BLIND.
Only Melody of tho Highest Order Proves
a I-lessliig.
Music will ever be the blind man's
ruling passion; but that it may be a,
blessing to him, and not a curse, he
must be taught to know, to master and
to love only that of the purest and best
kind. What he docs he must ba able
to do well, or the gift will be fatal. Ha
must learn not merely to scrape a fiddle in a more or less exasperating fashion, or blow into a cornet with painful
success, so as to gain admission intothq
school band, but to do far more and fas
better; or within a year of his leaving
school—away in the country village oa
alone in the London garret—the cunning of his hand will fall him and his
music be worse than useless. Peoplq
will say: "It is very clever for a blin<|
man," but there it ends, and such worda
will not even provide bread and cheese-
for a day. Ilis descent into the streets
is not far off, and unless he has learned
to make a basket or a mat he will soon
become one of the forlorn minstrels
who, says Mayhew, "behind a string
and a dog haunt the curbstone and fill
the ears of the sorrowful with strains
of still greater sorrow." The higher;
sense of true music is gone from him,
and the want of this sense is to melody
what the loss of fragrance and color
would be to flowers or of color to tho
sunset sky. And of all this loss he ia
at least unconscious.—Edinburgh Review.
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receive?" "A dollah a co'd, sar." •That
is a singular arrangement. You do not
seem to be making much out of this
job." "Well, 1 has de fun ob bossin'
de white man."—Life.
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