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IJISCOUXT   FOK  PKErAYMENT.
JACK, THE COWARD.
Eow He  Displayed His  Timidity By Capturingr a Thief.
"There must be skating again by this time." "Of course thero is." "Let's go over to Hor ton's pond." "Hurrah!     Lot's.     It'll   bo   splendW moonlight." " 'Boys and girls, come out to play.
The moon doth shlno as bright as day.'" "Yes, yes; •Come with a whoop, come with a call, Como with a cood will, or not at all.' "
A merry lot of school-boys gathered in tho village street just as tho full moon arose over the snow-carpeted hill In tho oast
"I wish it wasn't such a long way out to Horton's," remarked Hal Perkins.
"Iio! I don't mind tho walk a bit," eaid Jack Gurney. "It just gets my blood well up for skating."
"Tho skating does that for mo," said Archio Day.   "Whoop!—now for a race!"
Along tifo quiet road rusbod tho jolly crowd, somo following the sleigh track, which took a winding way among the drifts and hiCdcn stumps, others taking ft short cut, strug;fling through drifts or springing ovor obstructions.
"Halloo!    Hold up!"
Tho suggestion was scarcely nocos- Bary, for as a farmer's sleigh met them In the narrow road many of the noisy racers had como to a halt
"Going ovor to Horton's?" asked the occupant of the sleigh.
••^'es."
"To skato?"
"Yos."
"You can't There's just been another Tot o* chaps warned off there. The ice ain't solid."
"Oh, that's all a yarn," came in voho- mont protest.
"I tell you it's so. Ain't you got any fionso? Don't you know hOw it's been thawing for a week past?"
"Don't you know how it froze last night?"
"Yes, I know; but it'll tako another Just such freeze to put Horton's pond clear up to the point of safety. Come back, boys. Climb in and I'll haul you all home."
"Pshaw!" said Hal. in a tone of great disgubV; "I'm not going right ba<^lc after coming all this way."
'"^'here's a gooJ place to build a fort out there, any way, and wo can h:ivo some kind of a frolic. And two or t'lroo of us have got ourtslod.s, so wo can do a Viitl<^ coasting if wo want to."
"Oo ahead, then," was tho response, "lut look out for that Ico."
Aj,'ain on tho quiet air brolc^ forth tho shout and laughter a^i tho pirty rounded a hill beneath which Horton's pond lay gloaming in tho moonlight.
"I believe it's all nonsense about it's not being safe," said Archie, stamping on the lee.    "Seo how solid It is!"
Step by stop thoy ventured farther and farther out.
"Don't let's all go In a crowd," cau¬ tioned llal. "But see—out here in the middle it's ss firm as a rock. I mean to ekate.    Como on."
"So say .90 all of us." cried Archie.
"Ho say wo all of us," came in a chorus.    "Skates on!"
"Aren't you coming?" asked Hal of Jack, observing that ho mado no mo¬ tion to put on his skates.
"No," said Jack, "1 don't believe it's safe."
"Humph!" said Archio. "You moan you're afraid."
"Well, perhaps that's about it Yes, I'm afraid unless 1 know a thing is safe."
"I wouldn't boacoward," sneered Hal.
"Pve soen it written by wiser folks than yoa or me, Hal, that thero's no bravery in taking risks whon there's no need of it"
"Well, I'm thankful to say Pm no coward.    Como on, boys."
lie dashed away ovor the ice followed by all except two or three of the young¬ er members of the party.
"Are you sure it isn't safe?" one of them asked, looking longingly aftor tho ekatera
"No, not sure at all," said Jack. "But just think, boys, what a thing it would bo to break into that cold water—and what a thing it would bo for our moth¬ ers and tho other folks at homo if—"
"That's BO," came in hearty acqulod- cenco,
"Lot's tako the eleda and go up aad try tho coasting," suggostcd  ono of   tho
boys.
"This is good," said ono ot tho minor¬ ity party as tbey flow down the hill, ending thoir slide with a short run »long tho shoro of tho pond.
"Good as skating," was agreed. "And no danger of broalting through, either." Tho moon rose higher and higher, looking down with a beaming sniilo upon tlio rollicking sport More than onco Jack felt sorely tempted to put on bis skates and dare the ice, as his ompan- ions joered at him for not joining; them. "There's somo trouble down there," said Jaclf, pausing for a moment at tho top of tho hill just as ho with his small party were ready for a slide.
He could not mako out exac Jy what was going on, but he could so i all tho boys running towards a spot at which eome excitement seemed to ceitor.
"Perhaps some one's broke-1 in," said one of tho boys.
JVk gavo the ground a tf.p with his foot which sent his sled to ihe bottom of the hill.
"Bring a slod," he hoard a J soon as tho sound of tho scudding runners had ceased.    Uo sprang  up ani  seized tho
rope.
"What if the ice is brokt n?*' suggest¬ ed one of the boys.
But it did not escape notice that Jack seemed to forget his fe:.? of danger when there appeared need ¦•>( his help.
"What is it?" he cried, hastening to- vvards the group on tho ico.
It was not, however, a break in, but an af'cident of a dilTorent character. Archie iiad been hotly pursuing Ual when the latter met with a Budden fall. His skates had been well sharpened just be¬ fore engaging iu thc evening's sport, and Archie m falling over him had ro-
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ceived a severe cut in his arm, which was bleeding profusefy in .spite of their awkward attempts to bind it up.
"Wo must get him homo at once," gaid llal, in great concern. "Here, boys, let us put our coats on the sled to fix him. Now—two of us at a time tako bold and we'll go kiting."
But a strong wind was against them and thoy found it impossible to keep up a very swift pace through thc sometimes deep and untracked snow. Tho return¬ ing party, plodding quickly along, was in strong contrast to tho noisy one of earlier evening.
"There's a light in 'Squire Horton's house," remarked Hal, who, having been relieved in his duty of hauling, had fallen a littlo behind.
"I didn't know they had got home."
"They haven't," said Jack; "my father
got a letter from him to-day and ho said
no one would bo homo till next v.eek."
"But somo  one's   there,   sure  as you
live."
There was no denying this. Tho largo house, standing alone on a bit of rising ground not far from tho road, had borne a forsaken look in its darkness and loneliness when thoy had beforo passed it But there aro now unmis¬ takable gleams of palo light appearing first at one then at anotfier of tho win¬ dows.
"Folks must have como home," in¬ sisted ono of tho party.
"It looks queer," said Jack, "I mean to go a little nearer and tako a peop in at that window."
Ual followed him as ho wont up the broad walk to tho front door. But just as he waa about to turn aside upon tho grass in order to obtain a view into win¬ dows within which appeared tho puz- Eling light ho suddenly stopped short. "What's that?" ho said, turning to Hal.
Tho latter took a few  steps forward to look, then turning with a whito  faco grasped Jack's band and dragged him to a short distance from the house. "Did you seo it?" ho gasped. "Seo what?"
"That—ghost," he whispered. "Ghost! nonsense," said Jack, with a laugh.
"Ilush—do hush," said Ual, trembling with fright, "You couldn't havo seen it or you wouldn't laugh."
"I did seo some one all in white, if that's what you mean," said Jack.
"Yes—all in white. That's what they always wear."
Somo of tho boys had also turned into •Squiro Horton's yard, and wero no\v ci'gerly pointing to one of tho upper windows.
"Did you soo it—did you?" asked ono in great excitement. ".See! there it i3."
Jack and Hal looked and could plain¬ ly seo tho sario shadowy figure.
"He's gone upstairs," said Jack, cora- poRcdly; "I wonder if any of '.Squire Horton's folks arc playing giimos or any thing."
"Game.s," said Hal, in a trembling voice, "I say, boys if there's such a thing in the world as a ghost, that's one. O gracious—look there!"
A palo, blue light shone now from another window, giving thc whito-robed individual inside a ghastly look which struck renewed terror to the boys. They huddled closer together and held their breath.
"I don't believe in ghosta," said ono boy, making a feeble attempt at brav¬ ery.
"Seeing is believing, seems to mo. Did any of you ever see a living thing like that?"
"I'm going In to see why it looks so," said Jack.
"Don't bo a simpleton. Jack," said llal, "I never half believed in 'om my¬ self before, but look at that—just ex¬ actly as we've all read about 'em."
"¦^es, all ghostly white," said one lit¬ tlo fellow between two gasps.
"If you shoot at 'em it wouldn't hurt 'em a bit" come in another awed whis¬ per.
"No, it goes through 'em just like air. They ain't miulo of nothing."
"If that's so I don't seo how they could hurt any body," said Jack. "Ghost or no ghost, I'm going to seo what he's doing in 'Squire Horton's house."
"Don't do it. Jack," said Hal, in a be¬ seeching tone.
"I guess I'd hotter go and help 'em got Archie home," said a faint-hearted boy.
"And I," said another. "It ain't right to loavo tho other boys to do it all."
But llal and a few others remained, still trying thoir best to dissuade Jack from entering the haunted mansion.
"If you hoar me holler I suppose you'll como and help me, won't you?" ho said, throwing off his overcoat
"Yes, wo will," said llal, stoutly, feel¬ ing that half his fear would bo gone 11 there was enough of Jack left to "hol¬ ler," after encountering tho dreadful i apparition inside.
"I'm going to try tho doors to seo if I can get in," said Jack. "I don't believe ¦that fellow got in through the key- ' holes, BO something may bo open."
His friends kept him in sight, al¬ though at a very respectful distance, as he quickly tried two or three doors, finally disappearing through ono whicb opened from a back porch.
Tho boy3 listened in breathless silence for awhilo, at length becoming really alarmed at his absenca
"Hadn't wo ^better go and get some folks to come?'' was suggested.
"No," said Hal, gradually approach¬ ing tbo door in which Jack had gone, Id very shame at not having offered him moro hearty co-operation. "Wo can'l go away from hero wilhout knowing what's become of Jack."
Still followed by tho trembling boys, Ual had noiselessly made his way intc the porch and was listening at thc door when a loud bang broke open the A    door     inside   was   flung
open, admitting a stream of light intc
stillness.
open, adn.»^—_, _
a  room tho  windows of which  opened
upon tho   porch.     Through   it   dashed
Jack in hot haste, shrieking at tho top,
of his voice:
"Thieves!     Robbers!      Hero,     boys;
Help, quick!" All the courage of tho waiting boy^
.revived at sound of such unghostlv cries. They wailed no longer, but wilh loud shouts made their way iu.
"Hero! here!" called Jack. Follow¬ ing him into the room vvhich he had en¬ tered, tbey heard sounds of blows upot a door.
"He's In that closet—the ghost is,' 'cried Jack. "Help me to move these heavy things against him there." When it was done he threw himself into asoat laughing until ho was almost helpless.
"O, bo^-s, if I could only got my breath to tell you! I slipped off my boots on tho porch—and crept in and first caught sight—of my man standing beforo a bureau drawer—sideways to me—and—he lit up another of thoso blue lights and just—at that minute I spied a bit of his whiskers peeping —through that white mask—O! Of"
Jack flung himself buck in a still moro severe paroxysm of laughter, resuming his story as soon as he was able.
"I watched and watched and wondered what J'd better do, for ho was rather too big for a fellow like me to tackle."
"Why didn't you call us sooner?" asked Hal.
"Wouldn't 'a' dono any good, you see. Ee might 'a' made off out of any of these windows. V/cll, I watched, and after ho had mussed ovor tho drawers for awhile and got bold of somo breast¬ pins and things, ho seemed to think he'd like to tako a look at Mrs. Hor¬ ton's silver spoons, for ho wont into that pantry and I heard 'cm jingling. And then Bays I: 'Now'a my time.' And I bad that door locked on him quicker 'n a wink.    Hear him now!"
The imprisoned burglar, after having tried kick and blows on the door with¬ out avail, resorted to entreaties to bo let out declaring he had as yet gotton nothing and v.'ould at onco go peaceably away.
"That wouldn't do at all," said Jack, "I don't 'sposo Squire Horton ever had a ghost visiting in his house before and he'll want to get boater acquainted with you."
"What a pity such a smart trick should go for nothing—all for you. Jack," said Ual.
But Jack was soon dono jesting as the boys realized the gravity of tbo situa¬ tion and consulted together as to what should bo dona It was soon agroed that two of their number should hasten into the vlllago to obtain help in securing tho burglar whilo tho rest of the party stayed to keep watch over hira.
Uo was promptly lodged in jail until Squiro Horton's return. XVaen that gontloman camo to the inquiry as to who had saved tho valuables in his bou.^c^, t]io party" of boys gonr>rou3ly gavo Jack the full credit for bis l)ravory. But ho in-doted that without their help tho robbor could not havo boon socurol until further assistance camo, and the 6qui^•o'3 liberal reward did uot stop at Jack.
A week or two later tho boys again passed Squiro Horton's house in tho evening.
"That's a good, warm, honest light shining from those windows to-night," said Archie, who had recovered from his slight injury.
"Not a bit liko that sickly blue light"
"No fear of tho ice not being safe," said another boy, as they drew near the pond.
"No," said Jack, "I shan't bo a cow¬ ard to-night"
"Coward!" said Hal, "don't over talk to mo about cowards again. I tell you, Jack, you might have led mo up to a cannon's mouth that right and 1—well, perhaps I should havo shown myself a hero, but as for going into that house as you did, all alone, horses couldn't 'a' drawn me."
"Nor mo," "Nor me," "Nor mo," came in hearty agreement
"O! you're all groat gooses," said Jack, laughing. "If I had known Just what it was in there, perhaps I'd havo held back about going in. That fellow might havo given me a rap over the head that would havo settled mo, but what harm could a thin-air ghost'do?"— Sydney Day re, in Chicago Standard.
WOMEN    AS     INVENTORS.
Some  of  tlie  Most   ICeniarkiible of  Their Aciiieveincnts.
It was a California woman who in¬ vented a baby carriage, which netted her over 5?.'50,000; while to Mrs.Catharine Greene, the wafo and widow of Washing¬ ton's ablest officer, is due tlie honor of inventing the cotton-gin, which is one of those distinctively American inven¬ tions the value and importance of which havo been recognized by tlie whole in¬ dustrial world. There is the reaper and mower, tho idea of which came into tho brain of Mta. Ann Manning, of Plain- field, N. J., to whom is also accredited a clover-cleaner. Mrs. Manning seems to have stimulated the inventive genius of her neighbors, for a fow years after her reaper and mower was patented Mrs. Elizabeth .Smith, of the same State, took out a patent for an improvement on this machine, being a device for chang¬ ing the knives without stopping tlie wheels.
One of the most complicated machines ever made is that for the manufacture of re-en forced-bottom paper bags. It is so curiously ingenious that how it was contrived passes tho ordinary compre¬ hension. It was tho invention of Miss Maggie Knight, who from it and other inventions in the same line realized a great fortune. A street-sweeper of great merit was devised and patented by a New York lady, who had a costly dress ruined by tho mud splashed on it from a defective machine.
Mo.st remarkable of all is the inven¬ tion of Mrs. Mary B. Walton for deaden¬ ing the sound of car-wheels. Sho lived near the elevated railroad in New York, and was greatly annoyed by the sound of the roaring trains passing her house. The most not«d machinists and inven¬ tors of the country had given their at¬ tention to the subject without being able to furnish a solution, when lo, a woman's bruin did the work, and her appliance proving perfectly successful, was adopted by the elevated roads, and she is now reaping the rewards of a happy though*-     -    - -   -   -
The Professor's Box.
'•Will you help me pack a box, boys and girls—a very large box, as broad as it is long, as wide as it is hif?li ? We must not be very particular ab«>iit the packing, the things ean be tlirown iu any-how, only we must have tnougli of tliem, for llie great secret of packing is that the conteiis of the box shall noL rattle about lusljake out of place. Uow large is the i»ox, do you say ? A cubic mile. 1 an swer ; a German cubic mile, that is ; for 1 am a German professor, unders.and, young pet)i>le,"
"A cubic mile! oil. that mus' be a big box ! Uow can we po.ssibly All ic ? What can we be^in with ':"'
"Towns, villa^^es, trees, people—any¬ thing on our eartli."
'Oh, now we unders: and, and. collec¬ ting such big thiu;:s as these, we shall easily be able to till Liie box, even if ii be a German cubic mile, ill dimensions. But? Pnd'essor, pietist* tell us how mud) laruer IS a CJejman mile than an English one ?'
'Xea ily tive times, young people."
'Nearly tive times I Then our box is nearly tive miles bro.id, tive milts deep, md tive miles wide. Thai will take a lot of i^luff, Piofessor ; but it shan't rattle, iMtiier. Come along; a few big towns will cram it tliat's ceriain. Let's begin with Berlin where you live. Toss in the whole city just a.s if it was a toy town, and then lei us ^o on to Potsdam and do the same with that."
"All rii;ht! and mind you secure all the little villages ou the load, for we sliall need lhem "
"Now, Paris and all its churches and mouunieuis. even the steeples, 1 suppose, will go in comfortably, Professor 'r* Is it pretty full now—our box';"'
•'Full, children ? What are you think¬ ing of 'r* The tloor is not covered yet. Come across the Channel to London and see what all i's houses will do for us,with St. Paul's and the General Post Otlice and all the shops and churches ; and then rush back to Wien and do the same there and afterward put your hand on St.' Petersburg and Its palaces ami pop thtm in."'
"0!i, Professor, Professor, stop! the box must be full now ! '
"No   a]bit of il I  i; is not a Cjuarter full so make lia.stc aiii! scour EuiMpt- for mo, e inaleiiiil.     T,ike    ll'Mua   mid    its   iniiis, Geruuiuy and ;'.s lo.vuo ui;J cii'L^s, ,it.J i
vt'iy to'.vn. Y'''!:e nnd settii !U( !,l in Xiuway, Swfileii. I)"t"i\ irl-c, .-^ ;iin. lV>r j aigil. Au ria ;•.-d G ee e ^'. e .iv iio , aii\ l.iiiii like tilling yci, so we had belter skim tlie sens for every sliip at]:).it. But as these will hardly help ;i: all we inr.si and I did it because she looked so hand- iiov beg from the nev/ world even A uie-' . ome—-Ik^ very picture of beauty and ilea's factories and r..ilioads. and from jiealth. Wliat is tlie secret Of it':"' the idd woild the pu'ainid.s of Eg.\pL, for ; "Well," replied Green, -'since you asli ii, which we shall have ample room. Not 1 will tell you : she uses Dr. l^'ierce's even ali t!ie four quariers of the world, Favorite Prescription. I accept yoni !i(>wever, seero able to furnish half the apology. Goodnight." "Favorite Pre material we want in the way of building, scrpition" is the only remedy for the so now let us shake the box a title to delicate derangeraenis and weaknesses of make things level and pack in a few peo- I females, sold by druggists, under  a posi
were caught, no more mice would go to the same place. 1 then tried my second trap, which was made of wire, nearly round, with a flat wooden bottom, at the sides of which are placed two or three lioles, through which mousey has to push to reacli her coveted morsel; but once through, the points of the wires would close upon her to prevent her return.
Poor mousey appears to discover her retreat cut olf before eating her prize, because it is generally left untouched, unless two or more are in prison at the same time, which appears to lessen their trouble of mind. 1 have found on several occasions that the one mouse caught in the iiiyiitdied before moining through fear, or from some cause vvhich I could not account for ; but such victims were young ones.
Novv for the hero  mouse of my story.
The trap was placed in a kitchen cup board, where it could be seen when the door was open, as it happened to be when this incident was witnessed. A tiny young mouse vvas seen in the trap, doing all it could to get away, but every at¬ tempt failed. I was just about to take pty on the youngster and let it escape, when, lo! an older one, evidently the parent, appeared on the scene. She ap¬ peared to examine the trap all over and seemed to try to coax her offspring after her, but to no purpose. At last she left, giviii'i u[) her little one, as I thought, for lost ; but no, she soon returned from among the rubbish in the cupboard with a piece of string in her mouth. One end of this she pushed belween the wires into the ca.:e and soon made the young oue to understand what it was to do.
Whe;lier the young one really under¬ stood itself, or whether the old one made it understand il by a language of their own, I cannot say; but, however, the youngster soon took hold of the end of the string, and the moment the old one saw she had a good hold she pulled away wilh a will, and got her out almost in a second. The wire at this particular place was a little more open than in any other part of the case ; whether this vvas seen by the old mouse, or whether lhe ."jyot vvas chosen by accident, is anothei qu'Slion which we cannol answer.
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"Ah! that will tighten it up a bil. I know!"
"We shall see. One row of people vvill require 12,000 persons, and 4.000 rowf malie a nice layer of 48,000,000; just enough for the North  Americans.    That
these may be snug and  comfortable, we 1    t.j^  there a surgeon  aboard?" hastily will make thera a bed thirty feet thick of | jj^^ed tlie excite*! passenger on  a S.ate straw aud leaves-all, in fact that the I street car, as he rose up and looked aux earth affords—and tumble  that  into the I jQ^giy j^^j^mt. box.   Now for another layer of people, j    .-j^ .,^^ j^ surgeon," answered a man near Three million Australians and 45.000 000 , ^jjg (j„yj.^
Asi^itics on top of the Americans.   Thisl    -Thanks," rejoined the excited passen is the second layer, and  there are stilllggr,   "Don't get off for a few moments, 800,000,000 more Asiatics to go on   with. I please.   I see a fellow  up there at  the 13ut it won't do to waste time choosing,   „ext crossing that always grabs my arai throw them all in, the rest of  mankind, j above the elbow with his left hand, while
higgledy-piggledy ; they will settle them¬ selves. Novv we have about thirty layers of human creatures."
"And not full yet. Professor? Oh, dear, dear, what shall we do; was ever such a l)ox ?"
"Take cour;ige, children, it is half full. Bring me some animals now, quiek, ele¬ phants, lions,tigers,cows,horses.   There!
he gives me the pump handle shake with theother hand, I was vaccinated a week ago, lost ;^10 on Anson's nine yesterday and my wife is cleaning house. If tluu man gets on board there'll be bloodshed!"" — Chicago Tribune.
The Dark Continent is beginning too
in quite an astonishing degree, and the la est nriicle ot commerce vvhich has been brouulit into the German market fioni the backwootis of the Cameroons is an adtlie.ss caid, consis.iiig of the pretty leaf of the silver poplar. As it keeps its color, when dried, and can easily be wriiteii upon, it delights fashionable Berlin uiidei the name of "Emiu Pasha's visiting card."
what are you  standing and staring for jsupply the wants of  western  civilization when there is so much to be done ?"
"Professor, we want to a.sk a (luestion ; when we have brought you all theaiiimals in the world, and all the birds and all the fi.slies, whales included, will the box be full then ?"
"Not a bil of it, children ; nothing like!"
"Then we won't go on, there is no fun in this game—your box is a great greedy thing! A mile big, indeed, and want it filled!''
"Well, children, il isn't much to ask: a cubic mile of material from a world that holds 2,002.000,000 of these miles."
"Go away. Professor—go back to Ber¬ lin! You make our heads whirl with even hearing of such things. Iiow, ever did you come to know all this? What a wonderful world we do live in! only we uever have time to think of it—what with our lessons and our play and meal- ime and bedtime! Perhaps when we grow up we shall be less busy, and you drop us another call aud tell us a fevv more queer ihiugs—for you are rather amusing, I musl say."
A Clever Mouse.
Being troubled wiJi mice, I bought two traps; one on the spring princip'e, fas'.ened   down   by   thread,   on   cutting
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This ,)owd(i-never vai'ios.    A iuarve!|<)f pnri
ity,streiigih and wholesomeness.   -Moreecono-
""",'.   ,     . t.    t ,1,,. ^.„rv,,^f iiifT V.il r>f r.liupeo    niiacl than tue or.iinary Kinds, and cannol be
which, to get at the tempting bit ot cheese  ^.oidi„ eompetition wim the mmtiuide of low
noor   mousey would be   caught and soon   est   short ^^•eiKht alum or pho>i)hate ,,owders. pool   uiuuscj  «u.i.u  .vv- e, Holdonhj in cans.   liuv.'i.L H^ki.no PowDtK Co
put an end to.   But after one or two ioc\Vaiist,,x. y..
No more of this!
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SURCEON   DENTIST,
MAPJETTA, PA.
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