NO ELECTRIC BELLS THERE. -
The I'rlinltlTe Method or Calling Serv
ants at u Sulphur Spring Hotel.
Think of a grand hotel where tho
room numbers run as high as 709 being
without an elevator I It is easier to
climb Prospect mountain back of tho
Colonnado row of cottages than it is to
mount tho various stairways to the top
floor Perhaps some time in tho near
future there will be further concessions
to the spirit of modern improvement.
Tho Ueid arista. Here is a hotel with a
parlor half as largo tigaln as tho east
room of tho Whito House. It has a
long dining room, with two rows of
columns. If you stand at one end and
shout you can't bo heard at tho other.
Twelvo hundred people can sit down to
tho 100 tables without any sense of
crowding. This hotel covers more than
an aero of ground. It doesn't contain
n bathroom. It has no annunciator.
Some day tho guest may bo able to
press a button and mako his existence
known to the oflieo a quarter of a mile
away at present the method is to
open your door, stick out your head
and "holler." To tho credit of Wliito
8ulphur it can bo said that two or
threo 'hollers" will usually do.
Tho servant system is peculiar to
"Wliito Sulphur. It works as satisfac
torily as such a system can. Southern
ers liko it, for it reminds them of old
times. Northerners do not object so
long as the charm of novelty wears.
To every hallway in the big hotel are
assigned a floor man and couple of
chambermaids. They are not pert.
They are colored men and women who
learned the ways of faithfulness and
politeness wlien there was $."i00 differ
ence between a houso servant and a
field hand in "Virginny." Most of
these servants had "ben a-comin' to
ole White, sail, senco befo' the wall."
They have their little rooms partitioned
off at the ends of tho halls or across
tho stairway landing, and there they
live and sleep so as to respond prompt
ly to tho calls of guests.
If my young lady, coming up from
the ballroom at fifteen minutes before
midnight, thinks of some message sho
wants to give the chambermaid, sho
taps with her hand on tho door knob
and calls:
"Ln-cyl"
A pause. "Lu-cyl" This timo a lit-
tlo louder, and another pause. Then
again. "Oh. Lu-cyl"
I'rom down the hall comes by this
time tin sleepy reply:
"Ya-asm I'so comin'."
There is a shuffling of feet along the
hallway matting, and then a conversa
tion in a low tone. Tho voice of the
belle says a little louder at the close:
"Remember, Lucy I"
The voice of the chambermaid re
plies. "Ya-as'm."
The door closes. The shuffling sound
passes back down tho hall and dies
away. Fifteen or twenty people in ad
jacent rooms turn over in bed and try
to go to sleep ugain. Nobody thinks
of kicking. It is only one of tho White
Sulphur ways. --Sulphur Springs Cor.
St. Louis GIobo-Democrat.
A Lightning ICplsodo.
A colored man, about 40 years of
age. entered polieo headquarters yes
terday with his head tied up and said
to the sergeant;
"Boss, 1 want your opinyun. Look
at dis head an' tell nio what you thinU
of it."
"I think somebody gavo you a pretty
good whack with a club," replied the
officer.
"Was it a club?"
"It was a weapon of soiiio sort."
"Wasn't I hit by lightning?"
"Lightning? No."
"Wasn't hit by lightning las' nito?"
"How could you be, when there was
no thunder storm last night?"
" 'Zactly 'zactiy. Dat's all."
"How did you get it?"
"Woko up dis mawnln' wid do olo
woman standin' ober do bod. Sho laid
it on to do lightnin', but do mo' I think
do mo I didn't beliovo it. I'zo suah
now."
"And you"
"Well, I'zo gwino homo to mako dc
biggest thunder sto'm you ober heard
tell of. An' if do lightnin' doan' strike
mighty clus to my houso at least a
dozen times den I won't say a word
when do patrol wagincomesl" Detroit
Freo Press.
John Flake.
It is a curious fact and ono not wide
ly known of John Fiske, tho writer,
that his real name is not John Fisko at
all, but Kdmund FLsko Green. He
was born hi Hartford, Conn., forty
eight years ago, tho only child of Ed
mund and Mnry Fisko Green. Whfto
yet a mere boy his father died, and
threo years later Mrs. Green married
tho Hon. Edwin W. Stoughttm, United
States minister to Russia. Up to this
time tho lad had been known as Ed
mund Fisko Green, but after this, for
Ktuio reason of his own, ho dropped his
father's family name, retaining that of
his mother, Fiske, and adopted in placs
of tho baptismal "Edmund" tho name
of his maternal great-graudfather,
"John," and thus he becamo John
Fiske, a namo which ho has retained
and honored over since. New York
Evening Sun.
Where He Wu Shot.
Coroner (to tho physician who enun
lned tho wounded man) Where was
tho man shot, doctor?
Doctor J n tho lumbar region.
CoroiiBr In tho lumber region?
Why, tho pollaumon has Just sworn
that liu wosbhot In u coul yard. Texan
BlftlitfcM
Llltn Oilier ltoju.
ncnedtot (to the ininwter, who Is cn'llngl
There, sir, is my or. Fine, hundsoint) boy,
isn't lief Set; Ui;n p.irini; ovr hN school
books there, studying Imril wlirn the other
boys nro out ilnyii)K boll. 1 tell you, lie's a
wonder! Come hero, Jimmy, mid tell me
whnt you are. studying.
Jimmy Stuihin'f I'm try in' ter decido
whedder tor call do nine I'm Kettih' up do
young Quints or do Kotirf Ward Unl-iesl
Laurence American.
The Ml.nfk.. or h Miirnlitz.
"Well," Kays Ilnnlerbtis, "if that China
man hasn't exi-lmugfd one of my shirts for n
shirt that opens in front!" when all the while
ho had got his own on wrong side foremost.
Ilartwr's Weekly.
Net-ilpil I,.Kldiithm. I
She had gone away and left her chewing
gum btuek on the back of thosnfu, and it was
lerhaps unfortunate that her little brpther
saw it. It was certainly grote-quo of him to j
carefully dig out ils in.-.ide, Ml up the cavity
with red impiicr, carefully plug up tho hole ,
and put the gum back in its place. It was
little short of calamitous that her beau should
call just at that moment in the evening when
slio iiad put tlte gum back m her mouth
again. He could not understand her de
meanor. Ho doc not even yet. comprehend
why she daueisl and shrieked, and Itunlly ran
out of the room. There is no question that
the hill now upon the legiMaturo providing
for the killing of ull boys, between tliu uges
of 8 anil l.'i hnnM tro through - ' ' i
.V fjwiii .(inuil';. IJcnpall.
Tom You seem dNturlted, monsieur. Qu' 1
avez voiM
M. Lumaire 1 hnf great troub-belle. It is
wiz zu Angli-h laugwidge. It is zu loutlo I
worn iiosen. i say l need a losen, anil one
says zat ees twelve; I say I want a doseu,
and unothci say I must taku sleep; I say I
w ish a dos-ii, und another say zo doctnfru
will dose me. ono lectio word Imf too
much to do in zis grand oouutreo. Pittsburg
Ibilletm.
Tim I'lciiMircs of Gardeiiliiir,
"Ves"siiid tiiosuliiirbauamateiirgardeuer.
"I take a great deal of pleasure in my ugri-
cultural luhors. Uf course, there are a good
many tilings in a garden that aro not alto
gether pleasant hero, Towser, como out of
tiiat Hotter hedl That's ono of them. As I
was saying, there aro a good many things
confound it, if thero ain't old Briggs' hem
diggiug up my peas agaiu." New York Press.
Phonetic Selllii; of a Uizy Man.
Essence of being, NTT; prior to, 154; kind
ly, 119; Queen Klizalx-th's favorite, SX; four
score, AT; shabbily dressed, CD; a foe, NME;
process of rot, DK; void of conlents, MT;
funeral jioetry, LK(5; an Oriental olllcial,
KD; a girl's name, LX: vigor in action,
XUG; a student's composition, SA; valuable
quality, XLXO; extreme happiness, XTC
Xow York Herald.
At it lloiirdln lloiie.
Scientific Boarder There aro no nerves of
tasto in tho roof of the mouth. If we wish
to get thu full tasto of uf bread and sirup,
for instance, we must put it in tho mouth
with tlio sweet sido down.
Practical Boarder Ah 1 I suppose that it
why wo ull eat this bread and butter with tht
buttered sulo u;. Xetv York Weekly
THE ILLUSTRATION shows tho homo of A Small
the lunrotit mail-order
tho coast. Woinst&k,
most overythipg that ono needs to wear or use ! whorovor you are, send to them. They
at home. Thoy doal largely with manufac- ,! intend that any one , any where , shall supply
turors in Jiuropo and America, thus bringing I wants any letter than they.
producer and customer in direct contact. $
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L.arge uescripxive 5-?aiaiogue, nanasomeiy siiusiraieu, r rut; 10 Mny uurc,
DRY GOODS, CLOAKS, MEN'S CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, MILLINERY, NOTIONS, TRUNKS, TOYS, SILVERWARE, HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES, ETC,
I v.. i. ii II n u( hi;.
I There was spirt in the coon hunt for
' our fathers, an in a mrasuro a man's
importance- in nine communities was
judged by the iinber of coon skins ho
could nail to hi . barn door after a hunt.
1 Why the coon has come to be despised
by sportsmen in these Litter days is one
of those things about which the remark
has once or twice been made that no
' fellow can find out. lie is as cunning as
! the fox and more dillicult to trail. "lie
is. moreover, tliecleanost of animals, and
eats only the most wholesome of food.
Ho should not be despised, surely, le
cause he can be hunted only at night,
for in threading the woods in the dark
ness, following dogs that you cannot see,
and whoso haying alone breaks the still
ness, there is a most singular enchant
ment. Even in localities where coons are the
most abundant, nine out of ten of tlm
present generation never saw one, and
few )coplo know anything alnnit them or
their habits. Although the coon prefers
the vicinity of civilization as his habitat,
lie plans to keep aloof from tho eyes of
men. and his habits render this an easy
task. 15y day he lies in out of tho way
retreats, in tho depths of hollow trees or
Lsolatcd crevices and holes in tho rocks.
He wanders fortli only at night and al
though his foraging expeditions may take
him to tho very doors of farmers, and
even within the boundary lines of vil
lages, ho never lietrays his presence. If
more than one coon is brought to bay in
a tree they will imariably be females or
a mother coon and her offspring. The
scent tho coon leaves on the trail is at all.
times less than that of other game quad
ruped, but when the female is nursing
her young duriuir the summer months
1 her scent is hardly perceptible to the
dogs, thus saving her and her litter from
rininy a rt'oi; for life. The scent of the
i coon grows stronger as the cold weather
! advances, and through November and
December the dogs follow it with com
paratively little dinieuity. Philadelphia
Press.
An Ab-eiit Minded .Hun.
Cincinnati has the champion absent
minded man. A gentleman living in the
suburbs went in a store on Walnut street
to make a lew purchases. The onlv
light in the store was a candle standini
on the counter near the money drawer.
After making his purchases ho handed
the proprietor a bill, and al ter returning
him the change the proprietor walked to
the rear of the store to arrange some
thing, when suddenly he was left in the
dark. He started toward the counter,
and. groping around it, found, not the
candle, but the change. It struck him
then that probably tho man. in a fit of
absent mindedness. had taken the candle
instead of his change, flo started out
after him. and, witching up with him.
' thai he had the bundle in one hand
and the candle in the other. After apol
ogizing for the mistake the stranger look
his change and gavo back tho candle
Chicago Times.
Fashion in beds is returning to the
four poster with a rich canopy and, as a
modei n innovation, a shelf between the
upper pohts for bottles, glasses, etc. In
the simple days of our grandparents the
eye opener was kept under the pillow in
a green bottle.
The (ierinan emperor is a voracious
newspaper reader Fifty of the leading
Journals of Hurope are laid on his table
every morning, and immediately aftei
breakfast he plunges through them,
shears in hand, nipping any item that
sti'ik'f bis fancv
I
Largest Ceneral Retail House on
EINSTOCK, LUBIN, & CO., 400-412 K
shopniuc business on v ones, und
Lubin, tfe Co. soli al. i at thoir
. a I
VKOTHCT VOITK 1IKA1.T11.
CoM ntid moisture romblned hnve a tornorU
IS effect itpoti the bod Up orcstH. and tho fit
Restive and secretive iirocpMC are apt to o
tnoro tardily performed In winter than In tlio
fall. The same it truo also of the excretory
functions. The bowels aro often ahnrvlsh, and
the pores of tlio skin throw oil-but 1 ttlo wasto
matter at this season. The ovo. m, theref.-re,
requires oimmiIiir up a Utile, and io tmrlfylhi;
and rivulstlnvr, and tho safest surest ami most
thorough tonic ami alterative that can he Used
fr these purswes Is Hostetter'a Stomach Hitters.
Persons who wish to escape the rhpumatie
twinges, trie lyspeptlc atronlcs. the painful dis
tnrbances of the bowels, the hlllons attnrks. and
tho uen ous visitations, so common at this time
ot ine year, will do well to reinforce their svs
tenia with this renowned cRetnble stomachic
ana inviRoraut. it improve tlio appetite,
strengthens tho stomach, cheers the spirits, anil
renovates the w hole physique.
Whkn a man Is living he Is In the singular
number: u lun lie Is dead he becomes plural.
He becomes not a " remain," but " remains."
OUT KID OK THAT It A 1) TASTK.
When yon wake up in the morning with
a bad taste in your mouth, with vour
threat and tongue dry and a yellow coat
ing on your teeth and gums, don't imagine
it was all caused by what you ate tho night
before. Of course, everybody does that
ami everybody "swears oil'" from again
oitlng such food. The trouble is that your
liver is clogged, jour kidneys are over
worked and vour bowels nro not dolnir
their lty. Take from three to H-n of
HitAMiKKTit's Pil.l.s, and note the sudden
and wonderlul change in your system.
' Til K retard of sprig," ships the poet with a
cold in his head.
UUl'TUKK AMI IM1.KS Cl'ltKD.
Wo jswIUvoly cure rupture, and all rectal dis
eased without pain or detention from bnlnc.-s.
No wire, no pay; and no pay until cured. Ad
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Market street. San Francisco.
roretliotiuht.
She Uh, horrors! j
He What is It, darling! '
She I forgot all aliout poor pussy, left hi
tho house alone, and we off for a week. She'll !
starve. j
lie 0,"l remembered her. I left n can of j
coudensil milk on the kitchen tablo with a'
Kirdino opener beside it. Lifo.
nlvtiled Duties.
Daughter Ma, tho now- girl has got mad
and gone, and we'll have to get another right
off.
.Mrs. Do Style Well, telephone, to your pa
to send u loy to somo employment, ollico for
one. 1 need somo zephyr to match this silk,
too; but I stipposo 1 will huvo to go for that
myself. New York Weekly.
Consoling.
Mrs. A vnoo Bridget, tho parlor w Indowsi
are so dirty I can't see through them.
Bridget Wull, mum, I only jist emtio from
tho front door, and beyaiit tho faces of .Miss
Fashion and her young man in tlio bay win
dy opiKisito time's nothin' across tho way
wort lukin' at. Now York Weekly.
Didn't. Know Which.
"What Is the matter, Alico!
worried."
You look
"1 am. It's too mean for otiytliing! Thesa
roses huvo just come with a card, 'Wear thesa
for Jack,' and I don't know whuthor they
nro rrom the Jack I hato or thu one I liko.
It's too horrid I" Harper's Bazar.
Com pll imiutury.
Miss Crabtreo See what liico shoes I pur
chased for fo.
MUs Glltsiun Why, theso I'm wearlog
cost $10.
Miss C Well, 1 suppose they charge uc-coi-dini
to blzu. Ohio Stato Journal.
Toole tin) Hint and Col Kvcu.
MIm B. (hinting tor Mr. C. to leavej
sboakl think you would tuke cold out, here.
lit: C Yes, if you were the weutiier
trJs'ut; need night. West Shore.
Uullciitelv I'ut.
Hu 1 am furo you would liko my brother.
Rlie 1 have tin doubt I should, I um told
you two ore to different. Epoch.
ortlors nro filled us curofully as
troods not as ordered aro ruturnablo t
cxnonso. For whatovor you neod,
mm l. Ill J
Tur.BR Is more Catarrh In this section of tho
country than nil other dleas'cs put together, and
until the last few j ears was mipiiosed to bo In .
curable. Kor a great many years doctors pro-'
nounced It a local dlsrae, and prescribed lorn! '
remedies, and by constantly falling to euro with
local treatment, pronounced It incurable- Sci
ence has proven catarrh to bo a constitutional
(Urease, and therefore u quires constitutional
treatmcut Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by r. J Cheney A Co.,Tol, do.O.. Is the onlv con
stitutional cure on the market. It Is taken 'Inter
iuiiiy in noses lrom ton orops to a teHSpooufttl.
It acts directly upon the bljod and mucous stir
laces 01 me system. They offer KXl for
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Til k stubborn man Is the man who will not
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Thy 0khmi:a for breakfast.
imi.ks! imi.ks 1-rn.us I
llr. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment wilt cure
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Ointment Is prepared only for Piles and llehlng
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fertico, Iiluli'mt ntBiiilnnl of rBHpcetiitilllty kiuiraotcrrt.
lloHrd and room ir day, Sl.2. to fJ.OO; tlncle room. SO
rent to 1.00 iwr night. Fruo coach to ami from Urn
Hotel.
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certain cure for the dbllr
tutltip weakness peculiar
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