A LITTLE GIRL
To the niTN ot mommfc,
WhW, rliKtwi mtiml h.f bid om,
( WtiM ag my but?' Jim tttirteai.
Vou tl Uiink 1m wan fr ohir
0 wium.njt eytw i. nwn mora km,
Her tw, tno. make tm ooldar.
Hut bow ehUdhood wttta a wturi
I luv lhw " lit Or Kir);"
Tnday aba wona UiIn emitting .
Hit an, my lady, through lh yeji
Wbteb git uj VouLfa their iJeniy
Of kwt tad t?rW. of hopes ud fort,
Till A$p proclaims you tweut
Tbi. a fch yr Tim mmk a curt
Aod dttnplc from yea (doubtinir
MMtiiok I'd oJI yon 'Ituto 108"
Without dbtdalnful puuUng
-Waiw U Kiuboia la ikMoo Traoaoript
EXHAUSTIVE.
The smoking, room of a transatlantic
steamer is the protest ptaoe in the world
(oratories. On ewry trip there it always
some one who liu a special gift in that
direction. The hut time I went across
there waa a Mr. Scott on hoard who told
ua anme or hia wonderful adventures.
One day heauid-
"I new Uike passage on a steamer
until the wry lam moment."
"Why la IhatT aoige one asked. "I
should think you would sometimes run
the risk of nut gluing a froud room."
"Oh, 1 don't mind that," answered Mr.
Scott, "what 1 am anxioua about ia to
aoid Hohus."
"Who'a HobbsT three or four asked
together.
Well, it'a plain you never met him or
you wouldn't have forgotten him. Ilobhs
an inventor, who turns bis intellect
towards marine improvement The first
time I met him lie waacruing over try
ing 10 (?et his patent nnnwnKiekable berth
adopted. The ateaunship company had
refused to put in the berths, but allowed
him to go on tlie xteamer and put in a
berth if a passenger wanted it in. The
consequence wan that Huhlis made life a
burden for all of ua Some ordered in
the berths in order to tret rid of hia can
vassing ami explanations. The improve
ment Kenerally mode them an seasick
that they alepl tlie rest of the voyaKeon
the sofa. It was an oscillating air air,
and the chances were that if you did
succeed In getting into it the thing
would pitch you out on the floor
More morning We worried through
that trip, but my next voyage
with Mr. flohla was a terror. As a
general thing I have a room to myseif
when I cross, but this time I found that
aome one else was 10 lie in with me. The
brut day out 1 came down to my room
and found it tilled up with all aorta of
paraphernalia, so inucb ao 1 could hardly
enter, borne one was in the upper berth
and was stretching himself half way
across the room tacking canvas to the
oeiling.
"Hellor 1 cried. "What the deuce
are you up to? I want you to understand
that this is my room."
"Mine, too." cried the other fellow,
with his mouth full of tacks. Then
looking down at rue he dropped the tacka
ou the floor and shouted gleefully, "Hel
lo, boott! That you? Well, this is luck.
1 diffn't knutf but I would have aome
stranger with me this time, ao I hurried
to get lltrougb with my little plan before
be could object." -
He waa ao covered with dust that at
Brut 1 did not recognize him, but as be
)umied down 1 saw with horror that It
waa Ilohlm, and I felt sure that 1 would
have another siege with the oscillating
berth.
"What is all this anyhow? Some new
improvement on the berth?"
"No, I've been studying this thing
since I have been over here, and 1 find
that it is not the motion of the vessel
that causes aeasickneM at all. No, air.
It ia the foul air. Vou have noticed tlutt
when passengers stay on the deck they
are not half so bad as when they remain
id their staterooms. Now there is just aa
much motion on deck aa in the state
room, so it is evidently not tlie motion
that makes the difference. Now what ia
it? Why it is tlie fresh air. That's the
whole secret. I've perfected an exhaus
tive apiuratus which will keep tlie state
rooms and cabin 4s pure as the deck out
side. Like all great Inventions it is very
simple. AIJ we have to do is to exhaust
the air and there you are."
The Ann four days out we had an aw
ful time, llobbs worked at that thing
night and day. There was no rest for
me, all the time ho was at it. fie talked
incessantly. He wanted to fix it so that
ooJy a certain amount of freeli air would
get in, and he hud arrangements for
stopping drafts and preventing Hie foul
air from the rest of the ship getting in,
and all that sort of thing. At last one
sight the lifth night out be announced
tliat everything was completed and that
he would get the puuip attached that
mght or uext day 1 fell into a troubled
slumber, and aome time in the night
wakened up with a strange feeling of op
pression. 1 found it almost iiupussibleto
breathe. I lay there panliug for a few
moments, not knowing what was the
matter with ine. The air seemed as
rarefied as at the top of a mountain. AU
at once 1 recognized a new sound. It
was a sound of auction, and Out whole
situation flashed on me. liuubs had
started bis internal machine and it was
drawing all the air out of the room. It
was exhausting tiie air faster than tlie
crevioea let it in,
1 knew tfeat if I waa to save my life I
must act miick.y. 1 sprang from the
berth andatrurk a match. If glimmered
for a moment and then weniouL There
waa not enough 0x5 gen In the room to
allow it to hum. Then I thought of the I
electric light. That, at Ira-, waa Inde
pendent of air. I groped anuind for the ,
knob and turned Hon. Hoi waaaleep-1
ing peacefully in the up 1 berth. I
tried to open the door, hut I. waa locked, j
and I saw with ilisnuiy that tlie key was
not there. To make sure of his murder
ous experiment, Until had hidden the
key. At that momenta wild desire to
murder tlubbs seized me. 1 forgot
that he must necessarily suffer the same
fate as myself, 1 reached upand grabbed
him by the arms and Hung him on the
floor with n crash that ought to have
broken every bone in hia body. I sprang
on him, and. with both hands, gripped
his throat, pounding his head against tlie
carieted floor with all the energy of des
peration. .
"Uobln, you villain." 1 yelli'd, "where
lathe key?"
"Wh wha what key?" gasped the
awakened man lietween thumps.
"The door key you know what key."
"11 never saw it," stuttered Bobbs. ,
Then it occurred to me that 1 bad bet
ter leave llobbs to the fate he had pre
pared for himself and save my own life
if ptmiblu. I gave his head one farewell
tliuulpand then flung myself on the floor
and breathed through the aperture under
the door Tlie cool air from the outside
waa very comforting to an exhausted
man. 1 heard Hohba getting slowly up,
muttering to himself. He sat down on
tlie sofa, apiatrently to think over tilings,
"Look here," he said at last, "if you're
quite through with me I'd like to go
back to bed again."
"Bed," I cried. "You'll be a dead
man inside of live minutes. There is no
air in this room. Your idiotio exhaust
ing machine lias"
"Then open the door: It Isn't locked.
It's bolted."
1 unlulted tlie door and it came open
all right. As there was no rush of cold
air, 1 began to feel that I had not been
as wide awake as I thought 1 waa. 1
had a suxpirinn. ton. that 1 had not acted
in a gentleiuunly manner toward Hobba.
"I'm afraid I've been dreaming,
Hobba," 1 said, apologetically.
"Oh. no." replied liobba, "you're
merely stark crazy, lliat's alL You
think this ship is a lunatic asylum. Now,
if tliis sort of matinee is going to occur
every day or so you'll excuse me if 1
prefer to sleep in tlie lower bunk.. It
isn't so far to fall."
"Thus it is," concluded Mr. Scott,
"tluii 1 always try to avoid Hobba.
"1 know one man who will he grateful
for your avoidance." said a smoker.
"Who's that'" asked Scott.
"lioobs." Luke Hlutrp in Detroit Free
Press.
A Unman Almsiiae.
Brown county has a prodigy In the
shape of a 10-year-old boy with a talent
for days and dates. Roy Odenweller,
son of Mr. tt P. Odenweller, of Industry
township, is tlie infant wonder. Give
bim any date in any month of tills year,
last year or next year, and he can at
once tell you the duy of the week upon
which it falls or has fallen. For exam
ple, ask bim on what day of the week
will Oct. 1". ltlB9. fall, and he will
promptly enwer "Thursday.' which ia
correct. - And so of any date of last year
or the year to coma How he arrives at
tlie solution he does Dot know. Numer
ous gentlemen of undoubted veracity
have repeatedly tested his strange power.
The little fellow is a bright youngster,
but does not exhibit any unusual preco
city beyond this peculiar gift. He aays
that beyond the three years the current,
the last and the next he cannot give
correct answers. Next year be will lose
all power over 1888(itii which he ia now
conversant) and bis mind will grasp that
of 1BIJ1, of which he now knows nothing.
He lias no rule or method, nor does he
know how he arrives at the true answer,
but it is certain that he is correct when
answering. (juincy (Ilia.) Cor. Chicago
Tribune.
TU. CIiIiwm Mluiiiter's OpaL
Tlie Chinese minister waa present, ac
companied by several of his secretaries
and attired in a costume of remarkable
beauty. The silks and fabrics of which
it was composed must have excited at
once the admiration and envy of half
the ladies present. On his bead he wore
a cap of a mandarin of tlie highest rank
aud a relative of the emperor. In place
of the yellow buttou which usually sur
mounts the top was a magiiiticent opal
as large as a pullet's egg, blazing with a
myriad light and surrounded by a circle
of diamonds the smallest of which could
not weigh less than two carats. The
opal would have turned CoL Pat Donan
green with envy. The whole headgear
must have cost the minister not less Uuin
(ki.UOO, and he has several others equally
gorgeous and expensive. Hardly the
sort lo leave on the hat rack with the
front dooropeu. are they? With oriental
sagacity the worthy ambassador from
the Oolden empire wears his cap in
mixed couiiany, and has the others pad
locked in a Ixinnel box. and carries the
key up his sleeve. Washington Post
A Pol i to Colored ad.
Recently, lu tt Wttxblntoa borae car,
colomj dude wum twuted tunoug tbe pasaeu
gin, A voim; woman of hiuowu color en
Wrwl, ami lie .iiiimtd lately rune and offered
uur inx s at !iio ynvieiuUy demurred aud
tiaid; do not like to d prlve you, sir, ot '
your 'tttM "Oh, no depmvity, miw,M woi '
Lid if tly; uno di gravity at uli. I pruler to j
Ktaiui." 'i'lie .Vtoiiuut.
J V MAKING A BOOK.
ftM Ordinary Novel The Neieatl6e Bonk,
Maontcrlpu Eteelrulyptng, etc
I How Ih a book made? V.'oll, it depends
! upoii what kind of a book it Is. An of
1 dinttry. every day novel f j made in this
1 way: First the manuscript is received at
' the' literary dciartmcnt of the publish
j ing house to which it is sent, and is
! quickly consigned to the mercies, tender
! or otherwise, of a corjM of readers, nuin
I bering hi a larrv publishing house any,
, half ailo.-en, A fuvoruble opinion of "a
j majority of the readers will in most
cases determine the value of a manu-
Boript. and if it nveives thnt then nego
tiation arc entered into with the author.
Ofton a roBlty is paid, and aHOtten, wr
haps, the munuwript is iKiught outright.
Of course this depends lately upon the
author's 'reputation, if he lias ufv, and
upuu uif fcumui uuima ire mm wimeii.
For hiwlanco, mure risks could be legiti
mately taken by the publisher on an
author who has previously written books
which had txdd well than upon a novice.
As naturally, also, there is a larger Rule
for a Uiok on a populur subject than for
one on a scientific or abstruse subject.
Sometimes the author nays for tho
electrotype plates from which the book
Is printed, but this ia not done very often,
for authors are not rich as a class. The
manuscript having teen accepted and
carefully edited, and negotiations for its
use having leen successfully concluded,
It is sent to tho comicing room and then
divided into "takes," as they are called,
among the comjiositors. After it is sot
up proofs are struck off and sent to the
author for re vision. (Sometimes he gets
tlircc sets of proofs before everything is
all right. From the galleys of type elec
trotyjio plates, from wliich Uio book is to
be printed, ure made and these ore fitted
into the presses nnd the printing begun.
If a large first edition is wanted a large
number of presses are set to work, and
vice verm if a small edition.
As the book comes from the Dresses it
is sent in certain quantitiesto the drying
room, whore the paper and ink are thor
oughly dried. From the drying room it
goes to the t indery and is "bound. The
biggert expense connected with the mak
ing of a Itook is prolsiblr the cost of elec
trotype plates. Few publishing houses
issue but one liook at a time, for by pub
lishing several together expressage and
other incidental items of exwnse ore
saved Jl;my pulilislwrs count the second
edition of a book nearly clear profit, all
the expenses linving been reckoned as
coming on the first edition. The illus
trations on the covers of books ore mostly
made by artists whose sole business it is
to do tliat kind of artistic work. To a
publibluug house like Harper's, for in
stance, a fiixx iul corps of these artists is
attachl, and they ere paid good sal
aries, if a scientific lxk is to be pub
lished, inrtend of sending the manuscript
to the ordiiury corps of readers it is sent
to a scientific man whose reputation as
an cxjiert in the jiarticular science in
question is high.ew York Press.
fMjmnnm Dinnrr Etlqnrtta.
When the guests arrive, say for din
ner, tlie politeness of paradise is turned
loose, w ith great apparent hesitation
they enter, bowing low with their hand-
on their knees if they are men, or drop
ping on their knees and touching their
fond jeads almost to the ground if they are
ladies. The Crbt Japanese salutation cor
responds exactly to the Norwegian "Tak
for tid t" "Thank you for the pleasure
I had the lart time I met vou' Tim.
however, it but the merest beginning of
Japanese greeting. A conversation some
thing aitcr tiiis style ensues: "I beg your
pardon for my rudeness on tlie lust occa
sion.1' "How can you say such a thing
when it was 1 who failed to show you
due courtesy' "Far from it! 1 received
a JiUKun in good manners from you."
'Howcan you condescend to come to
such a oor house as thisy" "How can
you, indeed, be so kind as to receive such
an unimportant person aa myself uuder
your distinguished roof:"
All this punctuated with low bows and
the sound of breath sucked rapidly in
between the teeth,, expressive of great
empressercent. At lost, amid a final
chorus of arigatos, tho quests come to
anchor upon the iloor. Various objects are
handed to them, lo entertain (hem, a cu
rio or two, a few photogp-apiis, anything,
no matter what, for it is de rigueur in
Japanese etiquette to affect a great inter
est and admiration ou bucIi occobions.-
Boston Transcript.
A Jail Ulrd'. Good Luck.
If Whittington's cat cannot bo placed
among well authenticated Felidie. many
a man has attained the glory of lord
mayoralty in ways fully as romantic us
those of vVhittington in the nursery talo.
Stephen Foster was a debtor confined in
the jrtil of Ludirute, which once stood
over the gate on the hill, a very little way
west of Kt. Paul's. There was a gate at
which even' day a prisoner was allowed
to tit to collect alms for lus fellows, and
here one day Foster sat. A wealthy
widow jmssing by gave lum money, in
quired into his case, and took him into
her service. He saved bis wages, traded
euccessfullv, married tho widow, and in
due time oecjuuc Kir Htephen Foster,
lord mayor of liondon. In his prosperity
he forgot not his day of adversity, anil
founded a charity for prisoners which
was long kept up in the jail of Ludgate
and commemorated in his epitaph. -The
Century.
Why They IMtlu't Come Down.
"Miss Coolbroth," said the landlady to
the ancient boarder at the Sunday din
ner, "let me give you the wishbone of
this chicken. Of course you know that
if you put it over tho door the first gen
tleman who passes under it is fated to bo
your husband."
"Oh, thank you," said the blushing
boarder, as she gkinced coquettishly at
the long rows of hungry clerks at tlie
table. "I'll put it over the dining room
door, and these gentlemen will have to
beware."
"Dear me. said the. landlady the next
morning, "the breakfast bell rang half
an hour ago and not one of the young
men has come to the table yet. I won
der what can be tlie motterr
"I'm sure I can't unflfrine," replied
Miss Coolbroth, dolefully. Chicago
.News.
8OMK NKW I.IKK
In the Whulesale Trade of. San srsn-
.... elseo.
:."!.. -. ; 'i ;
A new Imn.warc concern Just bwn
(Murtcd mirier tli name of Miller, HI'wh tt
Hcntt, in Huu I'L-unciuuo, to do u julilmtg
biiNincHs only.
'iln'V have Mm urn! tlw four-ntory huild
ii'K. N'W. 12. M urnl UJ IHne Mtreut, formerly
ttic.iipiint by MoHsm. J. C, JoliiiHou Co.
Tlw huildhiK Inut been completely titled
up Ibrthdr liuinenf having three hydraulic
elevator to lucilitate the httndliiiKuf floods,
two 01 which imve been jtiHt iMiiHtructfU
The (inn was incorporated May 1ft, and Is
icoinpouru oi uiiarles H. Miller, President;
A, W. Milliunn, V'rit Vice-President; John
I A. Hrott, Heuond Vice-President: Joseph
i ISloss, Ijecretary and Treasurer. These of
j ticcrx, with A. L, Hcott and Leon tilotm,
j constitute the Hoard of Directors.
('hnrleri K. Miller, tbe President, in a na
! tive Cahlbrnian and well known among
i hanlwaru dealers on the Piioitio Coast.
HtarthiK as an otlice boy with Hooker & (Jo.,
he served them seven vears, and in l7t en
tered tho service of Dunham, Carrigun &
i Co., in whose employ he continued for a
! term of Jit teen years, leaving there last
month to engage in the new enterprise
headed with his name.
! A. W Milligan, the First Vice-Prcsiflent,
: haw, until the corporation of Miller, Hloss
& Scott, been connected with the Dunham,
Currigantfc HaydenCo.'sNew York branch,
in charge of their iron, steel and pipe de
partment. He reiments the new concern
at 14o liroudway, New York, and attends to
all its purchases and placing of orders in
the Eastern States.
John A. Hcott and A. Lowndes Scott have
also been identified with the Dunham, Car
rignn & Hoyden Co., and with their oppor
tunities have acmiiml a large acquaintance
among the trade, both in the city, and
throughout the Coast.
Joseph Hioss, the Secretary and Treasurer,
will have control of the office and financial
.department, being specially fitted for this
' work through his experience of several
vears in the Anirlo-Caiifomian Bank. L'd.
i Messrs. Joseph and Ieon Sloss are boiib of
j Mr. iiouis Hloss, whose name is known in
alt business circles in the West, as promi
nent in many oi me leading muustnes ana
the progress of that section of the country.
They have also secured the services of w.
! A. Kice, W. A. I.unurd and Carlton F.
Moulthrop, men thoroughly posted in the
business, having occupied responsible and
leading positions with the Dunham, Carri
eart A Ilavden Vo.
it is proposed to carry a complete line of
i sneu ana neuvy nam ware, coots, nun and
i mining supplies, engineers' and. railroad
supplies, iron, steel, pipe, sheet iron, fit
tings, globe und steam fittings; in fact,
everything that goes to make up a first-
class assortment and stock in their hue.
All the members of the firm are young.
! enterprising and energetic, and will try for
a fair proportion of the hardware trade.
- With their stock of new goods in, aided by
all the improvements in conducting the
' business that their experience has suggested
to them, they are fully prepared to meet all
i tlie requirements of intending purchasers,
i who would do well to give them u cull.
Mmiv a mf.n who hnfi hud the key to the plttia
tlou lino lout it hp ciuiHe he wan uot io eoudtlion
to discover the key-hole.
For catarrhal and throat disorders
" Hrouw't Jiwnckial Trnchet" are renowned
and nmrvelously etleotive. frivina imine-
, diate relief.
The committee appointed to investi
gate the charge of conspiracy preferred
against the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen by thn switchmen's organiza
tion in connection with the recent lock
out of the latter in the' employ of the
:iNoruiwestern road reported to then
preme Council of Federation, finding
tne Brouiernooa guilty.
Iio you want to Hell your bnhlnesa, or do you
H'hiiI a partner with money, or do you want
clerk? Writ! WKaTKBS Buaissaa AukScY, .Min
iiuafjolia, Minn.
Mkiwhaxt Horia, Third and D streets,
Portlund. First-clans accommodation.
Kalea, i to I1.6U per day. Jacob liana, l'rop.
Tby Gebmra for breakfast.
Thai Picture, Panel sua mailed ft. 4 oeats.
J. F. SMITH A CO.,
Hakera of " Bile Bona,"
255 k 257 Greenwloh St, N. V. City.
Premier Bicycles.
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But there are women who cannot
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They are sufferers from weaknesses
and disorders peculiar to females,
which are accompanied by sallow
oomplcxions, expressionless eyes and
haggard looks. ,
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milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, .
" shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing
mothers, and feeble women gen
erally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
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boon, being nnequalcd as an appe
tizing cordial ana restorative tonic.
It's the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, under a positive
guarantee from the makers, of sat
isfaction in every case, or money re
funded. This guarantee has been:
faithfully carried out for years..
Perhaps you do not believe these
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you. We can't force conviction in
to your head or med
Doubtlng icine' into your
throat. We don't
Thomas. want to. The money
is, yours, and the
misery is yours; and until you are
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for the relief of the other, they wilt
stay so. John H. Foster, 1122
Brown Street, Philadelphia, says:
" My wife is a little Scotch woman,
thirty years of age and of a naturally
delicate disposition. For five or six
years past she has been suffering
from Dyspepsia. She
Vomit became so bad at last
that she could not sit
Every Meal, down to a meal but
she had to vomit it
as soon as she had eaten it. Two
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She can now eat anything, and enjoy
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