Nothing to Sity.
Ktuhto to y. uty tiaiig-htorl Nothln at !l
to MV !
Ulrls thtttln km, I've noticed, o.inerly hat
t; ir hvi
Tor mother it id. fore you, when lur folk ol
tM-td to mo
Tit ln-re I am. uriil bre you ntrj and yoi
mother w lit re la shot
You it k Jot l!H your mother: Purty much
unme tn stiie;
And. aivnit tho sumo complected! and favor
BiHHlt the tve.
Lisa her, too. ixut Hvln' here, bM.'uue Ue
tmli)n't tav:
It'll 'most Mm like you wns iloml llko herl
tut 1 hain't git nolhln' to imj I
S5j l'fl yoit her llitlo Bible writ yer name
HtTont the pa ire
AndU'tt hr enr-bobs fvr you, ft ever you
come of am.
1' allu ki-p' Vm ami g-yauriU-d 'em, Imt If yet
(roin' away
NotUlu' to say, my dnuchtfTl nothln' to ay I
You don't rikolloct her, I reckon? No; you
wan't a year ol1 then!
And now yw how n1 lr you? Why, child
not "t went T !" W hen?
And yer nex' Wrlhdtiy- tn Aprllo? and you
wan" to git married that day?
. , . I wNht )w mother wit llvtn! but
I hain't got nothin' to any 1
Twenty year! and as good a elrlaa parent ever
found'
There a straw ketohed- onto your dress there
I'll brenh It off turn round.
(Her mother was jest twenty when us too tan
awny'.l
Xothlo' to ay, my daiiKhter! Nothln' at all
to nv i
James Whlteomb Rllev In the Century,
HKIUKSS HUNTING.
She must be sick," said Kttie Hall
to herself, "or else slie would have
been here loiij ago. Poor Justine!
Somehow things are arranged very
ptrunjroly in this world! I onn't under
stand what it nil means, nor what I
have done that I should be rich and
courted, white Justine Maynard. who
was my classmate at Madame Paulini's,
trims dresses for a living. She isn't to
blame because her guardian was a
villain. I deserve no credit for the
aktllful management of Uncle Crotch
ley, whereby my dollars all became
f-a'glea. 1 only wish ' would let me
divide with her but she has too much
of the haughtv Mavnard blood in her
veins for tiiatl I'll go to see her."
And Kttie Hall ran up stairs into a
little boudoir to tie on her hat. Just
as she came out, the maid brought up
a card on a silver salver.
Ettie' a tell-tale eyes sparkled as she
glanced at the Roman lettered inscrip
tion on the one side:
Markham Feknlky.
And then taking it up, perused on the
reverse the following words:
May I accompany yon to the opera to-night?
Florin has a box and Ballereilt will sine?
Yours, ever devotedly, M. P.
riease ma'am," sid Barbara, the
maid, "the man i waiting for an
answer."
Ettie caught up a sheet of pink note
paper, nionosrammed in gold, and
hurriedly scribbled upon it the
word "19."
"tlive that to him," she said,
hurried off.
one
and
Justine Maynard's little room was
no luxuriously- appointed nest of lace
and gold anil Axminster. Btre and
cold, and poverty-stricken, its cracked
walls and sloping roof gained no glow
from the rosy sunset; and Justine her
self lay on the bed, with hands pressed
to her throbbing forehead.
"Only a headache, dear," she said
essaying a faint smile, as Ettie Hall
hurried toward her. "That is all. And
I have been a little worried with the
landlord; he will be back again
presently for the mone that I shall not
be able to give him. If he wor.ld only
wait until tomorrow."
"Let me pay him, Justine.
"I am not a beggar yet, Etta nay,
do not look hurt X know how tender
ami large-soulel vou are; but I have
never vet, accemea cnantv. even irom
oTrrrri"aea as von. ami i never
will no, not if I die first. To-morrow
I can take that satin dress home and
receive $10 for making it. That will
set me all right. I should have re
turned it to-ni"fht, but this pain makes
a mere child of me."
Ettie turned and for the first time
saw a folded dress u)on the table a
robe of wine-colored satin, richly
trimmed with costly thread lace, for
Justine XLtynard earned her bread by
the toilsome plying of her needle, a
dressmaker, poorly paid, and 6tung by
many a chance word and cutting
sneer.
"Jnstine," said she, "I've an idea,
I'll take this dress home for yon. I'll
get the money and bring it back."
"Nonsense, Ettie!"
"Verv good sense on the contrary."
And "Ettie deftly placed it. within
sheets of brown paper wrapping and
tied it up.
"Come, where is it to go?"
"To Miss Fernley, Middleton Square.
Oh. Ettie! how shall I ever pay you for
all your kindness?"
n-m a vt nnr lirrtn roil Ct
closely over nerTiat that Justine May
nard never saw the deep ttye on her
cheek. She was almost sorry she had
offered to take Florine Feruley's new
dress home. For a second her resolu
tion wavered, and then she reproached
herself for even that second's inde
cision. "I'll be back very soon, dear," she
said stooping to press her cool lips to
Justine's fevered brow. "And I'll bring
the money, too, or I mistake my own
talent at the debt collecting business."
She hurried away with the bundle
neatly balanced in her arms, and
walked rapidly, lest her resolution
should fail her. It was not a long
walk, for the Fernleys lived in Middle
ton square, but a few blocks distant.
And Ettie went up the steps of the
marble fronted mansion, wondering if
she should see Markham.
Ettie Hall wan not certain, but she
was beginning- to suspect that 6he
likeu the handsome young fellow,
whose dark eye and jetty curls were
such a counterpart to her own blonde
beauty. Nor was she altogether dis
pleased with this curious adventure
which was leading her toward him.
A smart, blue-ribboned maid came
to the door.
Yes, Miss Fernley was at home,"
and with a supercilious insolence which
made Ettie's bhwd boil, the girl point
ed rip a dark stairway.
Just up there and you'll find her.
First door to the left."
Miss Ettie Hall followed the direo
tions and found herself in a twilight
apartment, where draped mirrors and
sweet faint scents betrayed the mani
fold mysteries of a younr lady's toilet.
'What's wanting? Why can't I
have
re mv nap in peace?" querulously de
Kdedi Florine Fernley s voice. "Oh,
mar
it is that everlasting dressmaker.
Mark! Mark! I want $10." -
"So do I ten thousand," retorted a
familiar voice from the next room.
"But I can't have all I want."
"You borrowed twenty of me to hire
that nonsensical opera-box."
"'That was business, my dear."
"Business! Nonsense! Give me the
money, I say," fretted Florine.
"Yes, business, my girl. Heiress
hunting is as much business as specu
lating on Wall street, and the fair
Henrietta is a fish that won't jump at
any ordinary bait"
"Hush!" cried Florine, sharply, and
then, turning to the soi-disant" dress
maker, she said:
"It isn't convenient to pay you to
day. Call again next week or the,
week after."
Excuse me," answered Ettie In a low
but resolute- voice; "I must have he
money now."
"Must!" retortedMiss Fernley, as she
--? , v - - u,s "Hj.yAlary. : show
'.Now, look here, you dressmaking
girl," said the harsh voice of Markham
Fernley, ns ho advanced from the inner
apartment, 'none of your impudence.
Leave the dress or I'll send for a
policeman and tench you your proper
place In short order.
"I would not do that Mr. Fernley,"
said Ettie, who had by this time re
covered her self-possession completely,
"I am not a 'dressmaking girl,' but I
Intend to collect the money that my
friend has earned."
Struck by some accent of her tone,
Markham Fernley paused a second,
then lighted tho gas. Kitio Hall de
liberately threw back her veil.
'The "fair Henrietta,"' she quoted,
with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Miss Hall!"
"Yon have said it. And now let mo
have the money for my friend, Miss
Mavnard."
"Certainly certainly," stammered
Markham Fernley, fumbling In his
pocket hook. "And
"Thank you." with a legal inclina
tion of her'head. "Good evening."
"But you will let me accompany you
home?' lie pleaded.
' "I shall do nothing of the sort," she
resolutely replied, as she deposited the
bill safely in her little silver portmon-
naie. "And let me advise you, Mr.
Fernley, to waste no more of vour
valuable time and powei fill intellect
in the unsatisfactory business of 'heir
ess hunting.' "
That was the last time that he ever
saw Henrietta Hall.
COURTESY WAS LACKING.
A Wclt-moanlng Krlond Hrln tn Valu
able Nw and Ohm Away Sad.
He opened the door of the editorial
room lu a hesitating sort of a way and
stood gaziug about h'un in uncertainty.
He was dressed in garments redolent
of hay. and hi boots were badly spat
tered" with yellow mud. After a couple
of minutes of embarrassed hesitation,
during which nobody seemed to take
any notice of him. he inquired: "Is
is this the place where you take the
news?"
He was informed that it was.
"Well." he saiil. "I've srot a litllo
thing I wauter tell you. It's about a
piece of news that happened the day
before yesterday. Y'll have it nil to
yerselves. fer I promise I won't give
it to uo other paper. I was there my
self, an' seen it all. You "bet the peo
ple up to hum are gom to stare when
they see it in print. They don't kuow
nothin' about it, an'
He approached te reporter's desk.
"I've got a blame nice"
"Well," interrupted the busy report
er, "make it brief."
"Y see." besran the countryman. "I
came Inter town with Mrs. Jackson.
the other mornin'. She come in ter
sell some apples. I work fer her. You
know Mrs. Jackson, don't yer? She
lives in the third house to the right.
across the Wesel bridge. It's a big
white house, with a farm around it.
I work ou the farm, au' "
Well, what happened when you
came into town with her? ' asked the
reporter.
Y' see.
she was git tin' out of the
wasron
an' the horse gave a sudden
start, an
she fell.
Yes."
'An' she could hardly stump around
when she got up. an' when she went
home her ankle swelled up, an' she had
to lie in bed all day yesterday. She
brought it down pretty well with
arnica, au' she's up an' she's around to
day; but she looks pretty bad, an' she
won't be herself agin for some time."
"All right. Thauk you." and the re
porter turned to his work.
The countryman did not move.
"Will ' put it in?"
Yes."
Silence for a minute.
"I kin give y lots more news. I
come inter town three times a week,
an' kin tell y' lots of thing that hap
pen up our wa3 Old Si Jenkins fell
off a load of hay tho other day. an' got
a li;r bump on the hack of his head.
Si's a church member, but he swore
awful that time. I guess y'd better
not put that iu. though. Si might
kuow who tole yer. an' then he' be inter
my wool."
Sileuce. Then
Well?," from the countryman.
Well? What is it now?'' asked the
reporter.
"Aiu't that news wuth something?
I orter get the price of a square meal,
anyhow."
Silence again.
1 kiu bring j-er lots of news. I've
got something else I could tell yer
now, but I don't know as I'd better,
cause it ain't quite time yet. an' I don't
want ter jrive it away. But I kin let
you kuow iu a few days. By gosh!
it 11 make a lively time up our way
when that there gits in print."
"The business ollice is down stairs,"
said the reporter. "We don't pay for
anythiug here. Take this note to the
clerk at the desk down stairs." And
he handed the countryman a note
written in shorthand, which the clerk
down stairs couldn't understand.
The man then left the reporter and
went down-stairs to the busy clerk.
That functionary had a hard time get
ting rid of him, but finally convinced
him that the only proper course would
be to make out a formal bill for his
services aud leave it to be acted upon by
the Finance Committee of the Board of
Directors, who would meet some time
the following spring. This rather dis
couraged the countryman, and he went
away. X. 1". Tribune.
They Caught Their Lawyer.
When Judge McCreary, the member
from Kentucky, was a rising young
lawyer in his native State he was en
gaged once by three gamblers to de
fend them in a criminal action before
a Circuit Judge. The case was such a
poor one for the defendants that Mc
Creary advised them to let him plead
guilty" for them and pay their tines.
This "was agreed to, .and when the case
was called McCreary arose and said:
"I appear for the defendants and
plead guilty."
The presiding Judge noted this down
aud' replied: "Mr. McCreary appears,
pleads guilty, and is fined. "
"But," protested McCreary, "I am
doing this for the defendants, and I
have not yet received their lines."
That makes no difference," retort
ed the Judge. "You have been fined
by this court aud you are committed to
the county jail until the tine is paid."
The future Governor saw the wis
dom of a speedy settlement, and drew
on his private purse lor the amount.
The best part of the joke was that
when the gamblers found that they
were to be tiued so heavily by the
court they made their escape, leaving
their confiding counsel several hun
dred dollars out of pocket. Judge Mc
Creary there and then resolved never
again to defend any gamblers. And
he has kept his resolve. New York
Tribune.
Ureen Clerk and lireen Customer.
The Buffalo Express relates that a
green clerk in a large crockery store
in that city sold a plate that was mark
ed f 125 toa female customer for $1.25.
The first sum was the price per dozen.
Great was the dismay of the clerk when
the mistake was discovered. But all's
well that ends well- The day after the
mistake occurred ia came the custom
er with the $10 plate. She didn't like
tre plate dian t think it was quite,'
T" i enouga. one wanted something
, S.-ie was?;- - " ed with
A BRAND-NEW f AO.
Why the 1 on. Inn Kwvlla Are Now Wear
ing lllanltnllar t'lifr-Iliillonn.
A brand-new fad has iuxt struck our
city amidships, snys the l'itlshurg Dis-
pateh. It came direct from Luimoii."
without stopping olf us usual nt the
coaling station opposite Jersey City.
voting moon, wiin board -ol-trade
afllliatious, lias been on a (rip to the
h'old rutin tree." He ranged around
theru for about two mouths, and of
course "took in" even thinjr in thitt
lengthened period. About ten dav
ago he returned, aud w ith him cmuo
the very latest."
Mr. well, sav Bullbenr belongs to
a well-known voting buck club w hose
main specialties nro nocturnal discus-
sloua of Jack Ton's symptoms and the
Impinging of hardwood cues with pol
ished ivory spheres.
The night of his return Mr. B. made
his appearance at the club nnd re
ceived au eutistve welcome, lie was
heartily complimented on rapidly ac
quired "Ilingiish ncecut" and cheeky
perfection of his "hlmported" duds.
In due lime he took down his "stick"
to play a game of cushion-earroma,
'and as ti preliminary peeled off his
Bond street cutaway. Very few
"bones" had been scored on the string
before quite a crowd flocked around
the table. The center of attraction
was not the game, but something en
tirely "outre" In the cult fastenings of
the "tourist. Curiosity and low-toned
comment increased, nnd finally the
entire membership iu the house was on
the spot.
Say. Ted," blurted out one of the
explorer's familiars, "that must have
been an expensive trip. I see you've
had to soak your diamond cull but
tons." Mr. B. had thoroughly enjoyed the
risinjr excitement. With a nonchal
antly elegant air he dropped his cue
and turned around to answer liischum.
I expected some duck would make
a crack of that sort," he commenced,
smiling good-hunioredly but contempt
uously. "11111 then you fellaws dann't
know nanlhinr. D'ye see these, cutt
ers? Well that's the" vairy lattitt. In
Luuuon h'every hotly ns is h'anybody is
h'up to the wrinkle, bnt of cawrse you
fellaws awe away behind the decade."
The excitement at once rose to a
feverish point and the proud possessor
of the "cutlers ' was literally taken
i by
irti-
the arms by every body w hile the a
cles were esamiued.
They were peculiar and odd. very
odd. iu face entirely dissimilar. On
the right wrist was an Immense silver
affair (much larger than a standard
dollar) with a raised leaf design of fine
execntiou. The left wrist cuff was
fasteued with a plain gold button
about the size and general style of
those usually used for attaching a col
lar to the shirt. The coutrast between
the two 'xnitfers'' was striking to a
degree.
Mr. B. was pressed to give the ped
igree of the new depart tire, and after
keeping the crowd in suspense for
awhile, consented.
"Hof cawrse I'll hopen vour heves.
Yer see, while Tommy was in Monte
Carlo 'e bused to play billiards some
times at the Casino. "One hafternoon
'e lost one hof 'a cullers, and when 'e
took hoff 'is cutaway the cuff was
hopen. When the game was li'over
and 'e wanted to skip 'e 'ad to liorrow
a cuffer ami the h'only one 'c could get
was a collar button" The look h'of
the two h'odd cullers caught 'ini and
'is crowd and e kept on wearing 'em.
The thing soon got around, aud now
h'everybody as is h'auybody h's wear
ing h'odd cullers, the h'odder the bet
ter. These are beauties. I bought
h'em at Kmannels. h'on Bund street,
aud they cost like 'ell."
This authetitie narrative of Tummy
(vulgarly known as Albert Edward,
prince of Wales) also c.iuglit the club
crowd, and "it'odd cuffer, the h'odder
the belter." are now nlmost io lispeii
sable as a badge of member-!, p The
new fad was also voted ih.s orrect
thing in other iariers, und has beguu
to spread rapidU.
Here is a change that occurs only
once iu a lifetime. All ye of aristo
cratic or hoi-polloi circles who have an
accumulation of "h'odd cuffers and
who has not? now is your opjortnn
ity to be right in the s'wim. The new
departure "goes" for both sexes, it be
ing only indispensable that tho large
cuffer be woru on the right wrist and
the small one on the left.
Ilia First Kxperlenee.
He loved her very much. He
Thought he had never loved half so
much before. And she? Well, she
may have loved him; that he didn't
kuow he hadn't asked her.
She was 20. She was the most beau
tiful creature he had seen. Her hair
was black as ink; her skiu was white
as milk; and her eyes how brilliant
they were! They seemed to look into
his soul. Aud he wondered if she
know it.
He had never sceu auybody so rav
ishing to look tit not even infancy.
He had never before left his food half
tasted on his plute not evcu at a coun
try hotel. He had never before found
it a task to close his eves at night not
even when he had been sick with fever.
As for her, she looked upon him
with favor; she would take his baud
as they walked along the beach, and
when the water spread farther than
she expected on the saud she would
crv: "Look out, Harrv, dear!" or the
like.
He presumed he ought to be happy
there was no reason why he should
not be others in his position would
have been.
Ah. yes; it was well enough until
the 5 o'clock express from New York
came in. Then she would be dressed
in something wouderful iu blue and
gold, or in gray and black, or iu pink
aud white; aud she would sit upon the
broad piazzas of the hotel aud Chat
and gossip with the men. Of course
when he came up she treated him civ
illy, decently, and he had no fault to
find no fault, that is, in order. Yet
he asked himself sometimes if she was
treating him as ouo iudividual or as a
species.
Eh bicn! One day fourteen Saratoga
trunks were loaded on the blue ex
press wagon at the side door. A good
many of the truuks belonged to'her.
She was goiug away.
He sat idly in an L of the piazza
with his patent-leathered feet on the
railing.
She came to him. She was dressed
for travel in a tailor-cut gown with
plaitings of Indiau cloth on the front
of the waist, and with a black veil that
could not haze tho sparkle of her eyes-
She held out her hand, aud then im
pulsively she took his head in her
hands and kissed him.
What a thrill went through him!
He looked up she was gone. Short
ly he heard the rumble of the stage.
Then he heard nothing except he iui
agiued that he heard his heart beat.
He was all alone, and he let his head
drop forward on his breast, and he
cried as though his heart would break.
For, after all, he was only 6 years
old. Kate Fieltts Washington.
A Blind Georgian.
A man at Toccoa, Ga, has been
totally blind from infancy and has not
been educated, yet .possesses unusual
intelligence and ca solve "difficult
mathematical problems. He can tell
day from night by ti . x-ilicre, and
when traveling can ' " . T' is
passin i -t " -.'
r, - -, . ."'..-
DR. CUNSAULUS'S NECKTIE.
Cam Near Making III I'reacher's
Itallroad l't of No Avail.
It
The Kev. Dr. F. W. CJuusitttliis had
an interesting experieuee out In Arl
zona last summer. It will bear nar
rating. U seems that a friend In Lon
don, aware of tho reverend geutle-
mau a fondness for vivid color, sent
Dr. (juiisiiuIus a bright red necktie.
There U no other red necktie lu the
world quite ns red as a British red
necktie; It is the consummation, the
apotheosis, of redness. When Dr,
Uuusaulus
lus clapped his eyes ou that
,!klie ho was dazzled nay, he
red nee
was stunned by its terrilio splendor.
As quickly as he could ho put It away.
"I must not wear It," said he to him
self. "It is too wicked for this part of
the world. 1 will reserve It for Ari
zona, "
It is true that Dr. (uiisaulus had 1G5
acre of wheat out iu Arizona that
needed looking after, bnt it U more
than likely that an ambition to wear
that new, splendid led iiecktio in
spirud in Dr. Uuusaulus n ceaseless
yearuing to go west. At any rate he
went, accompanied by his son, a little
fellow of 10 or 12 years of age.
To such as have never sceu Dr. Gun
saulus decked in that array which he
affects when inspecting wheat or hunt
ing rare bibliomaniac liuds in Arizona
we will say that this costume is
strange to the degree of welrdness; its
most conspicuous feature is a black
felt hat with an enormous flexible
brim. Au especial flavor of spice of
wickedness, if you please was given
to this costume by the superb red
necktie. To be candid, Dr. (iunsaulus,
attired for Arizona, looked very like
one of those far western characters of
w hich Bret Harte loves to treat.
Now it happened that Dr. (Iunsaulus
traveled on a free pass a free pass
obtained through the kindly offices of
oue of the influential lanib of his
Uock. llils Iree pass was made con
tinuous all the way from Chicago to
Arizona and back again. It fell clear
ly within the lines of the Inter-state
commerce act, for it was made out to
the account of (and was to be paid iu)
advertising.
This free pass worked all right tin
til Dr. (iunsaulus struck the Santa Fe
country. It was then that a coarse,
uufeelfng, one-eyed conductor came
through the train collecting tickets at
the poitit of a murderous-looking horse
pistol. He had beeu sheriff of a couuty
in New Mexico, and was a Thing vt
Blood. -
Tickets!' demanded this fierce
monster.
Dr. (iunsaulus mildly produced his
free pass. 1 he conductor read the
free pa. The uuhallowed fire of
skepticism Illumined his cyclopenu
optic.
Wat's yer name?' asked the con
ductor. "The Hev. F. W. (iunsaulus," an
swered tho holy man.
The conductor took as rapid a view
of Dr. Guusanlus ns his oue eye would
admit of.
"No, yer dou'l!" exclaimed the con
ductor, "brutally. "Yer don't play
that game on me! Yer no preacher."
"Indeed I am, and a very good
preacher, too, remonstrated Dr. Gun
snulus.
"Come, now." said the conductor,
"it's no use of yer trvin' to come any
monkey business with me; I reckon I
kuow a dominie when I see him
Yer'll have lo put up yer good money
or get otru the train!
T'hero seemed to le no alternative.
lr. (iunsaulus looked out of the car
window; it would never do for him to
be set down in that desert of cactuses
and prairie dogs. He sought to reason
with the conductor; every gift, every
power, everv artifice of elooiience at
his command he brought to liear upon
tho callous creature, but all in vain.
In vain also did the revereud gentle
man's little boy plaintively but stoutly
in iuitain that "papa was a minister
the nnresenerate heart of that conduc
tor was not to be moved.
No dominv ever wore a necktie
like that." said the conductor. "Yer'll
have to put tip the stuff or git off'u the
tram."
Dr. Gunsaulus did put tip. but not
until he hud secured a receipt therefor
from the oue-eved skeptic. The next
three hours were hour of misery, for
not eveu so long-suffering and so
patient a clergyman as Dr. (iunsaulus
cares to lie separated from his worldly
possessions by the unfeeling agent of a
soulless railway corooratiou. But
about a hundred miles further down
the road the mayor of Santa Fe board
ed the train, aud he was happily able
to identify Dr. Gunsaulus ns being in
deed eutitled to all the perquisites and
courtesies involved in and entailed by
that free pass. So the oue-eved con
ductor disgorged the money aud made
an apology as best he could.
"I've been livln' out here now for
eroin' on twenty-three years," said he,
"and I've seen every kind of human
bein , from bonanza kings down to
three-card moute sharks, but I never
seen a preacher with a red necktie
afore! Say, parduer. yer a daisy, I'll
bet! Although it's agin the rules, I
don't mind lookin' at yer if yer've got
yer bottle handy!" Chicago News.
KILLING RATS BY ELECTRICITY.
The Remarkable Invention of m Scientist
at St. Ianl.
The reporter followed the electrician
down the stairs. An underground
apartment about 40x60 feet was en
tered. Like a terrible giant, a dynamo
was revealed in the darkness. Little
flashes of electricity were seen spark
ling on the ends of the brushes. Great
pulley wheels, over which the leather
belting was rapidly gliding, hung just
over their head.
"Come this way and let me show
you my mysterious apparatus."
Together the two men groped along
until they reached the side wall. Here
they stopped. The gentleman seemed
to the feverish faucy of the reporter like
a magician. He reached up somewhere
iu the darkness and turned on the cur
rent into an incandescent lamp. There
was not much disclosed. A simple
wire with a hook upon the end, and that
was all.
"Wait a moment, please, and I'll
show you how the things works," said
the electrician. He reached up in the
darkness again and brought down a
piece of cheese. Taking this and a
saucer full of sawdust to a faucet in
the wall, he dampened them thorough
ly, explaining that water was a good
conductor. Returning, lie placed the
saucer of dampened sawdust on the
ground under the wire above mention
ed, and stuck the cheese upon the hook.
He explained the modus operandi of
rodent extermination thus:
You see Mr. Hat walks up ou the
damp sawdust in the saucer. Con
cealed in that is a wire connected, as is
also the upper wire, with the dynamo
yonder. The one has the negative and
the other tho positive current. When
the rat gets into the saucer he scents
the cheese. He reaches up for a nib
ble. The instant he touches his nose
to the cheese he completes tho circuit,
and that does him up.
He had hardly finished his explana
tion before it was verified. A gray old
veteran of the order of rodentia mount
ed the sawdust, "completed the cir
cuit" and expired instantly.
The electrician is something of a
wag and considerable of a punster.
He gazed at the electrocuted rat and
soliloquized: j
"I'' '"'gone ohm (homej to dyna--'"j"
- more)J.'" .vTiich the re-
Ifoneer-Presa.
PITHY COLORED SAYINGS.
A Choice Collentlnu of Maxims from (he
Nfgrn I'enple,
WhatTo vp (whv do you) chuck or
rock? Me bbe he fall down on yo' ow n
skull.
Fact) mi os behiitui (behind), a mule
befo', hut n raskll uo wliars; he don't
got no naf side.
Ion talk till day. dat no cook ticter.
Black man skoot fru tie bresti. Mel).
be he chase snuke, inebbe stiake chase
uigsi-r.
tit yo' got no shoe, don't tromole In
do brum bit I.
Don't you neber lot loose do wildcat
to chase ntvay de house kitten.
rat nigger, warm blanket. Demi
fast friends.
Yo' better look sham wheu the doa
no make bark.
When yo' sings dou't yo' never shut
' niouf.
3'o
Hetter set in de mud dan
crick.
fall in de
Fool around In tie canebrake
and
mebbe you Hud pipestem.
lou call nigger black and you
no
ke
mo white yourself.
'Case yo' t-liimbly dono oult smoke
in summer time, no pull her d
Lime-by winter come.
her down;
Wo mo hangar do lamu mule.
See here, 'case yo' daddy was inlous.
yo mammy pepper, dat uo reason whv
yo' is yam.
lien de old man chop wood, watch
out for spliuters.
In Joss follow buzzard and yo' bono'
lin' dead boss.
No good tief what uo know hide.
"Who my boss?" ax do coooerhead.
ami tie liglitwnod chunk he sav. "I Is."
Brer Bar, he dune irot colched bv
him foot. Mister Man bv him tongue'.
Dat pig he say, i belong to two
uiggers, 'case I'm so mishrul."
Wen yo' waits for yo' dinner, bres
de Lord if you get inn cold.
Dat dog Tsleei. Whaffo vo' mill him
tail? - "
Yo' hear turkey iu de wood, and he
say, uobble, gobble," dat nice. Yo'
hear turkey iu de skillet, and he say,
Sizzle, sizzle," dat nicer.
He stoue blind, and he sav he eve
doctor.
Bad mouf, no say sweet, when he
sing "'Lasses. Masses'."
Miss Hen she flew in na'dise. but she
cackle all the same, ami done los' her
eggs.
Look out for folks that takes de
home track effer camp-meetln'.
Do big crab not alters good meaL
Because yo' eat eggs Monday. whaffo
yo' hanker for hen ou Tuesday?
lo buy shoat on trust, he srpieal all
de time.
When pot bile, no fly dar.
Do forwnrdest pig make de
rasher.
Mighty hlgh-miuded cat. De
fust
milk
rope
jug war empty.
A tine hoss am 't no wtiss for a
bridle.
Dar ain't n tire in borrowed mule.
Wheu de y rain meal, yo' ain't got
no use for bag.
Yo' get holt of de handle of de fry In'
pau. den sez you'. "Dis vere bacon's
got to be done jess as I pleases."
When yo's cook in' an de dogs Is
round, keep oue eye ou de roasl,t'other
ou de dogs.
De rich man's pig never break thro'
no fences. New York Times.
"Goo-good night," said Mr. Sylvester.
with an effort as be reached his own
house. "Hope you won't And your wlfs
sitting up f-for you. Mine u used to,
but I got her out of that noli pretty
quick. She's sound asleep now, I'll
warrant, and no make-believe, either.
I might fire off a Galling (run alongside
of her best ear and she'd never know it."
Mr. Sylvester parted from h t neigh
bor and entered his own house, opening
and shutting the door with some trouble
and a good deal of noise. Then he ex
tinguished the ball light, fell up stairs
one step at a time aud went into the
frout room, wuicb was dimly lighted.
And there he saw bis wife sitting la a
chair by the dressing table. Her back
was toward bint and she did not look up
or speak both bad signs. .
"Lizbetb." said Mr. Sylvester, with
much dignity, eiliiim down on the side
of the bed unsteadily, "what are you
doing there 1"
No response.
"Lizbetb, haven't I told you never to
set "cm up, I mean set qil up V mef It
isn't proper. I'm old enoti.gh lo corns
home w-when 1 plense. Lizbetb. 1
c-command you not tn do It agnln. Why
don't you say something, L:zbeih?"
Mrs. Sylvester preserved a discreet
silence. Mr. Sylvester resumed:
"Lizbelh, I coiniiixud you to speak.
It isn't treating mo wii h proper respect
to sit there s' tuuiu. What have I done
to be treated like this? Will you speak.
Lizbelh f
There was only silence, more pro
found. "Very well, L'zbcth. you'll be sorry
for this in the morning, 1 shall now re
tire to my bless my soul, Lizbelh, who
is this?"
Mr. Sylvester stood up very straight
and stared at the bed, on the edge of
which he had been sitting. Tnere lay
his excellent wifo sound asleep. her bangs
done up in pnper, und a snide of con
tentment ou her lips.
"Who's that other woman?" stam
mered Mr. Sylvester In a sotto voice tone.
Theu he look courage to mvimacli and
pluck her by the sleeve. P.shaw. She
came In pieces in hl li'imN. It was only
Mrs. Sylvester's cloihes which she had
arranged handily iu c:m of Ore.
Aud Sylvester murmured: "Saved
again, b'goshl" as he lucked himself in
his little bed. while his wife continued
the sleep of the junt. Detroit Fret Pr.
Short or Wind.
The fascination which military bands
have for the children is perhaps no
greater than that posssesed for them by
grown people, but is sometimes more
amusingly displayed. When the Old
Guard paraded on Evnruniioii Day the
gamins and gamines of Park row were
in high feather and amused themselves
by marching to the sound of the military
music
"Dafa de big feller or th' hull bilin'."
said one small boy to an ndmiring small
girl, pointing to the bandmaster. "I kin
play do bones now, an dat s uc Job lse
goin' ter bve some day. See?"
"IIu!" grunted the envious rival.
"You! Ya's.you're a bloomin' fine chap
ter lead a band, you Is. Why, you ain't
pot wind cnuf ter whistle fur a cop!"
N. Y. Evening Telegram.
A'l Turned Around.
A Lowell young woman went to
church of which she is not a regular at
tendant and was politely shown into a
pew. Soon nficr a man in tde bis ap
pearance, and immediately glared upon
the visitor ns if she were an unwelcome
intruder. He seated himself with the
air of a proprietor, and continued to
stare at the fair strauger in the most in
solent m inner.
Embarrassed beyond measure, the
young lady felt impelled to tfffer an
apology, which she did in the following
terms:
"Excuse me, sir, but do you occupew
this pie?'' Lowell Citizen.
What He Deserved.
Musicus A friend of mine in Boston
has invented an improved kind of piano.
It has such a magnificently powerful
toue that you can hear it a mile away.
Cynicus You don't say so!
Musicus Yes; it's a grand thing.
The inventor ought to have a monu
ment bigger than the great pyramid.
Cynicus He ought; aud he and his
piano ought to be buried under it at
i once. Xenow.nz s Neivs.
MISSING LINKS.
There are fi.000 Indians living on res
ervations In New York Slate. Tho
Seneca number 2.0(H),
Over 1300.000 worth of French bon
bons nro exported to Constantinople
yearly for the ladies of the Turkish
1 luteins.
In London one woman in every twen
ty Is a pauper, one In every thirty is
illiterate, aud one ia every sixty is a
gin drinker.
Mrs. Schliemann, in addition to her
other accomplishments, has a talent
for tapestry that would have made her
a lit companion for 1'euelojtt!.
Dr. Jiimea Croll, the Hrst to explain
the movement of the Gulf Stream, has
died at the age of Gft, a distinguished
Fellow of the ltoya! Society.
A telephone line about live miles
long has been established in Iceland,
andls regarded as a great curiosity,
being the llfst ever established on the
Island.
General Butler owns the Craig
Ranch, below Pueblo, consisting of
100,000 acres. He Is also the owner of
three-fourths of a C00,000-acre rauch
lit New Mexico.
Ma Lewis, the famous life-saver, has
been offered a chance to go on the
stage as the heroine in a life-saving
scene, but shu prefers her station in
tho Newport lighthouse.
Animals are kept on the roofs of the
houses in Limn, Peru, and it frequent
ly happens a cow passes her whole life
on a roof, being taken there as a calf
ami brought down finally as fresh beef.
It is said that when Fanny Daven
port's stage toggery went through the
New York Custom House It was valued
at f -2.000. but after it was reduced to
ashes iu the New York tire the valua
tion rose to nenrly f.0,000.
One of tho few herds of buffalo still
left lu the country is on-ued by Seualor
Peltigrew. He has twenty of" the nui
mals pastured near Sioux Falls, where
he has also a thriving menagerio of
deer, prairie dogs and moose.
The Hoy a I Geographical society of
Ktiglrnd has adrauced ft. 000 to Mr.
Theodore Bent for the exploration of
the ruins found recently iu Mashoua
land. East Africa, which, it Is suggest
ed, may be King Solomon's mines.
Mr. Spurgeou gives but little time to
the preparation of his sermons. He
sits iu his study a couple of !iourswith
his face buried iu his hands, then goes
to his desk, jots down a few headlines,
and theu he is ready for the pulpit.
Ex-Empress Eugenie declines to help
any more of Napoleon Third's rela
tives. She thinks she has beeu too
good to them, and she is not able to
help them now. It is hinted that she
has lost heavily in fiuancial invest
ments. Governor Francis T. Nichols, of
Louisiana, is dismembered to a remark
able extent. He has lost a leg and an
arm and au eye. He lost Ids leg at
Chaucellorsville aud his arm was car
ried away by a cannou ball at Win
chester. Mr. Justice Brown is variously said
to resemble in countenance Seuator
Carlisle,
Mijor McKinley and the late
Samuel J. Randall; and wheu he first
appeared ou the bench iu his judicial
lobes there were those who thought of
Edwiu Booth ns Hamlet.
Prince Bismarck is said to bear up
ueli against the neglect into which he
has fallen, finding mental occupation
aud diversion ns well iu his business
enterprises. He is especially interested
iu bis new brewery. The Princess
takes their changed position far more
lo heart.
The Russian bandit Kroukonski, who
has recently been sentenced to penal
servitude in Siberia, is a man of excel
lent birth nud education. His p rents
belong lo the circle of the late Prince
DemidotT, and he ran through a tine
Iiroierty before essaying tbe role of
"ra Diavolo.
Charles King, of Middletown. Mass.,
Is preparing to celebrate his 110th
birthday. He has a sou 75 years of
age. and at a recent reunion of the
family four generations of the
blood were represented. He Is in
quite lively health, but when he jumps
up high he always Keeps one loot on
the ground.
Rev. Dr. John Hall, of New York.
was visited recently by a youug man,
recently arrived from Ireland, who.
when the doctor remarked that he did
not remember having seen him before,
aid: "Indeed, you did, then. Why.
yon baptized roe twenty-five years ago
in the old country, nnd yet you have
forgotten me entirely."
At Sau Martin, near Altacapotzal,
Mex.. there resides a pure Indiau wo
man who Is believed to be llo years of
age. She owns documents proving
that she carried on lawsuits with Vice
roy Yincgas while Spain still held
dominion of Mexico. The name by
which she is known is Torres, but her
true name is Ixcahuaxochiti.
Speaking of namesakes, Chauucey
M. Depew says he gets an average of
two photographs a day of babies said
to have been named after him, ami he
adds: "My son is named after me. al
so, and I tell him that by the time he
has grown up, if this average contin
ues, the Chnuncy De pew's will till all
the offices aud jails iu the country."
Mrs. Stanley's mother. Mrs. Ten
caut, is in some respects a more inter
esting woman thau her talented daugh
ter. She is neither so tall nor so ro
bust us Mrs. Stanley, but in figure and
in manner she is most attractive. Her
black eyes sparkle with vivacity, and
though'there is a silver thread here and
there in her black hair time has dealt
very geutly with her. Her speech is
concise but melodious. In talking
with her daughter she almost invaria
bly uses Frnnc.h
The, itoyal Commission appointed to
examine Westminster Abbc3- in its rela
tions to future burials report that there
Js comfortable room for forty or fifty
more; but space can be made for seventy-eight
more by devoting every
available spot for the purpose. The
present rate of Abbey funerals is about
oue a year; The architect of the Ab
bey, Mr. Piersou, recommends the
addition of various new chapels, for
which somo outside houses would have
to be pulled down.
A uoveldoor. especially intended for
the economy of space.
has just been
patented. The door is an adaptation of
tho principle of the roller-top desk and
cover, aud consists of a series of slats
about one and one-half inches wide and
three-quarters of au inch thick, joined
together by wooden spindles, one re
volving within another. When the
door is opened it is wound upon a spir
al drum at the top and bottom, and all
is inclosed within the door-casing. A
three-foot door winds up in a roll seven
inches in diameter.
Speaking of Captain Wallace, who
was killed at Wounded Knee, an old
soldier says; "Many a man could have
beeu better spared from the regular
army thau Old Wallace, a term of en
dearment, by the way; for he was not
old. I well remember him around
many a jolly caiuptire and many a
weary march. He was one of those
big-boned, big-hearted men who knew
no guile and always had a kind word
and a helping hand for every one. I
think him one of the few men I ever
met who had absolutely no enemies
and yet, was a thot ugh man and a
perfect soldier. H'i troopers adored
J h'rr- ""7-r.-vlor i-Joved him and
his superior officers had perfect confi
dence in his courage and ability. The
last time I saw him he was ia charge
of the competition at the annual target
shoot nt Ft, Leaven worth, some years
ago. This unpleasant duly unpleas
aut owing to the rivalry between men
representing each one a differeut com
pany nnd regiment Old Wallace dis
charged with such fairness and effi
ciency that not one grow l was heard,
although some of tin; most celebrated
growlers lu the army were there pre
pared to raise their ready pi.
THEIR HAIR TUKN3 GREEN.
The fjneer Tran.ftirmil mi Worked
Crrlnln Orr on Mevada Miner.
hf
The patrons of n hotel in San Fran
cisco, much frequented by farmer and
tnitiers, were considerably startled one
afternoon recently when a tall individ
ual nitti bright green hair, whiskers
and eyebrows walked up to the desk
and calmly registered as Charles. W.
Long, from Ward. Ner.
The clerk, used to almost any kind
of strange visitors, stopped short in
the middle of a sentence intended as
an answer lo aa Inquiring guest who
wanted to know when the 9 o'clock
train for the north would leave, and
with a puzzled look eyed the verdant
arrival. The loungers around the
lobby were attracted one by one, and
gazed with wonderment at the green
haired stranger, who. unconscious of
the sensation he created, quietly asked
to be shown to a room. A reporter
ventured shortly afterward to inter
view Mr. Long, determined to find out
what business a man with such a queer
colored hirsute appendage had outside
a dime museum, and received the fol
. lowing explanation from the emerald-
hued individual's own lips:
I "I have for some time been working
In the Martin White mine at Ward.
! Ner.. and what appears strange to you
' Is a common sight where I came from.
I We have lots of green-haired people
.there. Every shade of green, from the
darkest bottle color to the brightest
grass-green. is represented In the men's
hulr at that mine. The reason for it is
j connected with the ore. The latter is
j base, and it is necessary to roast the
j whole of It. During the roasting pro
' cess no disagreeable fumes are obserr
, able, yet the hair, the beards and the
eyebrows of the men engaged about
the works are soon dyed a bright and
permanent green.
"In scores of Nevada mines ores of
various kinds are smelted and roasted,
but at none of them is either the hair
or beard of the workmen changed
from its naturat hue.
"It is said there is less arsenic in tbe
ore of the Martin White than in that
of many other mines. Oid smelters
say arsenic has no such effect on the
hair, and all declare that the green
color imparted to it is due to the pres
ence of some unknown and mysterious
mineral or metal.
"White, light or sandy beard and
bair take a grass green, whereas black
or dark brown hair is dyed a deep bottle-greeu.
The bair is not injured by
tbe color, and retains its original
strength and stiffness."
This is the manner in which Mr.
Long explained bis extraordinary ap-
oearance. He will remain here for
some time, and even if be escapes the
ever-vigilant agents for dime museums
and is not hired as a freak for one of
tbese establishments, be will certainly
create a sensation on tbe public streets
every time he ventures out for a walk.
Sa Francisco Chronicle.
Mr. Elsseldorf and the Water Pipe.
"Hans, dot Vater bipe giffs no vater
alretty, und you vos etter sent oop
dot blumber to vix id vooce more."
This remark was addressed to a high
ly respected German citizen as he sat
in froot of bis cosey grate. He receiv
ed the announcement with evident dis
favor. Vot! Dot vater pipe agaiof I vas
shoost congratulatin' meiuself dot pe
ice ragon comes no more, nnd dot new
hat vos paid for, und dot Christmas
vas a long rays ahead, find now ron off
dose blumbers! Mein gracious. Gretch
en, I got no money for blumbers.
I vixes id myself. Joe!" adressing his
ten-year-old'son. "vere vos dot leak?"
Then Joe proceeded to explain tbat
tbe leak was under the house, where
the stout frame of his worthy ancestor
could hardly go.
"Nefler mind, neffer mind. Yon
gets me some pipe aud a monkey
wrench and I save dot bl umber's bill.
So the next day Jokey got the pipe
and tbe monkey wrench, and bis father,
having divested himsolf of all surplus
garments, entered the bole, pulling the
pipe after him. It was a tight squeeze,
and after lying on his back to conven
ience his position, be proceeded to dis
cover the leak. "Very little water was
now coming from it. as he bad taken
the precaution to turn off the tap. He
hadn't turned it quite tight enough
and veiled:
"1' urn off de water."
All right, fader." replied Joe.
Joe didn't know his right band from
his left, nor the philosophy of screws,
and turned it on.
The old gentleman's mouth was un
der the leak. He was wedged in. He
sputtered and swore and swore and
sputtered, but his wild yells to Joe
were muffled by the sound of deluging
water and Joe waa intent on a dog
fight across the way. as he set on an
empty nail keg and chewed gum.
lie looked over his shoulder and saw
the old man with a face of mud. spat
tered red, shining angrily, creeping
from the hole. His clothes clung limp
ly to him and trickling streams mean
dered down his neck.
Joe apprehended danger and sped
away at a pace that left his corpulent
father far in the rear. As the boy sped
out of sight Mr. Eisseldorf gathered
himself with a supreme effort and sail
ed the monkey wrench at the fleeing
form.'crying: "Mine cracious, do you
dink I vas a tarn duck?" From the. OU
City Derrick.
The Kitchen of tho Church.
The mission chapel has become a
kitchen where the church does its
sloppy work. Hundreds and thou
sands of churches iu this country
gorgeously built and supported that
even on bright and sunshiny days are
half full of worshippers, and yet they
are building mission chapels, because
bv some exuressed or implied resmla-
tion the great masses of the people are
, kept out of the main audience room.
Aow. 1 say that any place of worship
which is appropriate for one class is
appropriate for all classes. Let tbe
rich and the poor meet together the
Lord, the Maker of them all. Mind
you, I say tbat missiou chapels are a
necessity, the way churches are now
conducted; but may God speed the
time wheu they shall cease' to be a
necessity. God will rise up and break
down the gates of tbe churches that
have kept back the masses. And woe
be to those who stand in the way!
They will be trampled underfoot by
the vast populations making a stam
pede for Heaven. T. De XVUt Tal
mage, D. D., in The Ladies' Home
Journal.
A Luminous Fashion.
Little kerosene lamps, made to fit in
ordinary silver candlesticksare in de
mand for rich men's tables. They are
displacing candies because they sive
I more light. dou'V set tire to the fancy
shades, don't smoke or burn out quick
- lj aud because they are the fashion.
BOLAFfO COf'.XTI.
Ooriwal Michael Kelly of the Indi '
dendenee was shot and kilhvlat Vaib-jo
nnd Mwteratarm9 Amiereon of tho
Alert was arrested on nusplplon, An
derson waa maudlin drunk,
Mr. Burkman of the preswd brick
and terra ootta works was assaulted
and badly beaten Feb. 25 by a dlfl
charged employe named Urewster
who waa arrested.
Lightning struck the old BardM
college building at Vacavllle Feb. 23
and made hole In the roof and the
ceilings of two rooms.
Poison in a Pipe.
Few smokers fullj realize the dan
ger of emoking new or im proper' j
cured obacco. The medical staff of
the Oerrran army discoYered this waa
a fruitful source of throat disease.
The Bubpistence department of Hie
U. S. Army have adopted Seal of
Nopth Carolina Plug Cat as the Bland
ard Smoking Tobacco for the army.
IJeware of Imitations. The genuine
'Seal of North Carolina1! costa yon no
more han poisonous imitations.
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8A raARCISOO,
BAD, BUT TRUE!
We are orerstneked with some thinaa. Wa
offer German Knitting Tarn lo bine (shades),
brown (3 shades;, white., clcmdd or mixed yarax,
beautiful guods bus ant very saleable; real
warm and good to wear, at 75 eenta; wrUt . Sl-
this year anywhere. Saiony In bine, pin.- red.
garnet, 85 cents or lo c-nt a bank. Bice-t
rariety of Tarns on the Coast. A-k for foil HM.
H Mitts and G lores, children's lite to e;
ladles 15o to S5c; me i'm 25e to fir: Leatb-r
Oiores for boys 26c, SSe, Sue; tor men 40c, Sue, 6&
TSc: Back Mitt, extra quality 75c; Blanket
Mttte, Oloeea and GannUets, S1.00 grade at Sue.
Bargains In Underwear; one lot men's brows
Wool Mixed worth 1.' at 4fcc: sise 36 to 44 In
shirM, aud 3 k. 42 In drawers; other grades a
4Sc, Site, 7Sc, S1.00. $1.25, tl.W; Ladies and Chil
dren's Cnderwear from 10c up;one lot of Grey
Wool Underwear for big fellows, sixes 44 to SO at
tl.60 each, all wool medium weight. We offer by
odds the beet ralue nt any stre on tbe Coast la
Shnes. Stockings, Dry Moods, Notions, Prorla
lons, Grf-ertes. Grain. Meals, Feed. Housekeep
ing Articles, Dry Fruit, all Cash Down. No
Losses, No Credit. No Interest to Pay. Send for
our full list of S.0U0 articles at wholesale to con
sumers, and learn how to st from tS5 to U9
on erery !'. you spend In tbe year !L Ad
drees Smith's Cash Store, No. 418 Front St
8. F, t al.
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BOOK, NEWS, WRITING AND WRAP PI NO
PAPEE8
Card Stock, Straw an 4 Binders' Board,
Patent kfacbtae-made B gs.
SIS to SIS Sacramento at. Sab rmAjaamoo,
BROOKLYN MOTEL.,
(Under new Management.)
Basil St.. bet. Mont romry At SansoBne, A. P.
Conducted on both tbe Earopeao and Americas
plan. - This favorite hotel Is nnder the experi
enced management of CHARLES MONTOOM
EKf, and Is as good, if not the beet, Family and
Business Men's Hotel in San Francise. Home -comforts,
cuisine unexcelled, erst class aer-ljarr
and the highest standard ol reopoctMlttj eoar , p
teed. Board and room' peeVKftranmijiML
gle rooms 50c to Si. free coach to and front !',
TEEE WASH.0
Fewdered 93 1-109 Caustic gods.
Pare Caostle Soda. Commercial Potash, etc
SHEEP WASH.
Cal-erfs Carbolic For sale by T. W. Jack
son Oo., Sole Agents, 104 Market St., San Fran
clsoo.
A LARGE ASSORTXTEST OP HALLET k
Darts rompeoy. W. W. Kimball Company
and Francis Bacon Pianos, and tbe celebrated
Kimball organs of Chicago. W. Q. BADGES, 7 JS
Market St., History build In?, ground floor.
A FINE TONED CPWKIGHT PIANO IN PER.
j:. lectoraer: wood worth
a Alloran.
makers
S100.
w. u. sadoeb. 725 Market St.
AN INVOICE OF FOUR GBAND CPRIGHt
pianos from the factory of Henry F. Miller,
Boston; positively new; will be sold far below
cost to close invoices. W. O. BADGES, 736 Mar
ket street.
A CH1CKERIXG
k SON'S PIANO
AT W. G.
TV BADGER'S,
Market fU
STEINWAT k SON'S PIANO AT W. G. BAD-
GER'S, 725 Market st.
A DECKER BROTHERS' PIANO AT W. G.
tV GER'S 725 Market St.
BAD
A DUNHAM A SON'S PIANO AT
GER'S, 7i5 Market st.
W. G..BAD-
R. HALL'S
Pulmonary Balsam.
A Superior Remedy for All
Throat and Lung Troubles,
Asthma, Conghs, Colds,
Croup, Whdoping Conjfb.
Influenza, Bronchitis. .
Loss of Yoice. Hoarseness, rfi-' '
And Incipient 0
tieaouy yield m its Heair
PRICE 50
5Pj
R. GATES & ccr'
41T ga I Straat. & ;
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