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The New Market
Having leased the Cra*z Market E
and thoroughly ren vated the E
same we are now ready to sup- E
ply you wtih choice Fresh and l
Halt Meats, Jiam. Bacon. Fish. E
in fact everything to be found E
in a hirst-class market We E
Invite your patronage : : : E
Leek & Blackmer;
DRIVING A C.?'0 BAR: IN.
Customer Was I ov, ng for tbs Best
Te rms Obtainable.
A salesman of a now ilefuntt Philj
delphia dry goods commission h. us.
reported to the tin. one day that he
was in treaty wia. a buyer of an im
portai.t St. Louis House for a heavy
bill of goods, ar.d received from his
principals practically carte blanche as
to prices and terms—the state of the
market being uncertain, and it being
especially desirable on account of
other circumstances to clinch the sale
Mr. Rogers, the salesman, accord
ingly was unusually generous in the
matter of price, and the purchase in
size greatly exceeded his expectations.
The memorandum of the sale was
written out and was about to be
signed when the buyer asked, “Mr.
Rogers, vat terms vlll you gif?”
Carrying out the instructions of his
firm, and more than pleased with his
success in making the sale, Mr. Rogers
replied warmly: "All the time you
want, Mr. R-”
Mr. R- leaned over and confi
dentially whispered: “Ish dat the best
you can Jo?”
Great Baritone’s Peculiarities.
Charles Santley, the celebrated Eng
lish baritone, recently celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of his first appear
ance before the public. For many
years he was the acknowledged non
pareil of baritones, being equally at
heme in opera, oratorio or concert. He
never muffled up his throat, no matter
what the weather, and when in his
prime looked when walking about the
streets much like the typical sea cap
tain with his double-breasted pea jack
et, low-cut collar and loose necktie.
Beautifying Automatic Machine.
A beautitying automatic machine is
the latest slot novelty that is now
to be seen In Berlin. The machines
are to be placed in dressing-rooms at
dancing halls, in cafes, on railway
stations, and like places where people
corgregate. You drop your penny in
tie slot, and in return you receive
powder, eyebrow pencil, lip pomade,
rouge and other adjuncts to female
beauty. With the aid of a mirror
o’ e’s money’s worth can then be sat
isfactorily used.
Co s o;... End.
Peter McArt.hu . talking about a
■ cvellst who sa: arranging for the
'ramaHzation ci a novel that he had
ot yet completed, remarked: “He is
1 good d-’al like a Canadian friend of
nine who went hunting with a dog.
Pile t ip was all right for a time, but
ho e came a sudden end when the
eg uvdertcck to jump over a deep
ell at two jumps.”
Fire Business Woman.
Mrs. Mary Ccggira of California is
i sucre nl v,'c;r.a.i lumber dealer. She
has esta'-i bed a box factory, of which
me of her sons is general manager,
bile she signs the checks, pays off
he cmn’-yes and holds the purse
kings generally. Mrs. Ccggins also
•ips In the man ay .°me: t of two saw
and many thousands of acres of
t land
Blessings of the Railroad.
“The new railrca'1 has been a great
blessing to us,” says a rural ex
change. “In less than six week3 we
got enough damages out of it to build
a town hail and grade the cemetery.
A few more enterprises of this kind,
and our town will rise to heights un
dreamed of in the history of new set
tlements!”—Atlanta Constitution.
Appreciated His Mercies.
Bishop Willicf rce used to tell a
tory of a greedy clergyman who,
when asked to sa • g ace, looked
anxiously to see if they were clam
’agre glasses cn the table. If trere
■ere he began: "Bonn ■! Jehovah!”
Cut if he saw only cla glasses, ae
said: “We are not rthy of the
least of thy mercies.”
Disgusted the Sailor.
Here is a campaign story: “A
ailor once left his snip and came
upon the land. He wandered around
and finally reached a cemetery. He
<ame across a tombstone on which
Mas printed, ‘I am pot dead, but
sleepirg.’ The sailor read the words
several times, and then said: ‘Well, if
1 were dead Id own up to it!’"
Will Work Much Hardship.
The recent closing of the various
convents in France, it is learned, will
cause the industry and art of lace
making to die out. This charming
and profitable work was fostered chief
ly in religious institutions where the
nuns were past mistresses in the art
and the peasant girls of the neighbor
hood were pupils.
‘‘Forever and a Day.”
The other day Sir Charles Wynd
ham, the actor, was given a dinner in
London at which he made a speech
declaring that hs would remember
his friends’ kindness “forever and a
day”—a phrase which appealed to
him, he said, because it sounded like
“adding a matinee on to eternity,”
Good Haul of Sharks.
An immense shark was caught late
ly by the marines of his majesty’s
guardship Urgent at Port Royal, Ja
maica. It was so big that the most
stalwart seaman aboard could have
passed through its mouth without
touching the teeth. No fewer than
forty-three young ones, all alive and
kicking, were found in the mother’s
stomach.
Sermon Causes Trouble.
I eaning over to her neighbor in a
Dublin church, one Sunday recently, a
woman whispered: “There’s a tip for
ycu,” alluding to the preacher's re
marks on proselytism. The other
woman gave an answering glare and
struck the speaker across the face.
In an instant the church was in cn
uproar, and in a rush to the doors sev
eral persons were knocked down.
Dean Stanley’s Marital Felicity.
Tne late Dean Stanley, it is said,
worshiped the very ground his wife.
Lady Augusta, trod on, and many aro
the compiimeuts he paid her. “If I
were to epitomize my wife’s quali
ties,” he once said, “I couldn’t do it
’■etter than in the words of a cabman
vho drove us on our honeymoon.
'Your wife,’ he said, ‘is the best wo
man in England,’ and I quite agree
with him.”
Why This Feverish Haste?
ftfow there is talk of three-day ships
across the Atlantic. Why should rea
sonable human beings bo wildly im
patient to he thrust from one side
of the ocean to the other in the amaz
ingly short time of seventy-two
hours? What will they gain? Will
they hope in time to excel on the sea
the pace of the fastest electric en
gines and the swiftest automobiles on
land.
Little Soap Used in India.
v-'r.f ii. h firms are trying to secure a
arket for scap In India, but up to the
■ant time that country has re
i ed practically soapless. Indeed,
oi" heut Hindustan soap is regard
1 a.s rather a curiosity, and rarely, if
t, kept in stock by the native store
::por.
Remembered Old Employes.
■ silver wedding anniversary
.1. Swanson, a Minneapolis
>rer, gave to each of nine of
• <cyes who had been with h'm
■ ty years a deed for forty acres
>roved land in Anoka county.
>al value of the gifts was $5,500.
:ct Sues Prison Doctor,
or virt named Brown, at
n. New Zealand, Is suing Dr.
p.iscn surgeon, to recover
.un.agcs for unskilful trnat
1 : Incarcerated. The chief
the cclcny has decided that
. Jen is legal.
India's Married Children.
In India there are 100,000 boys and
627,000 girls under the age of 14 who
are legally married, while 8,600 boys
and 24,000 girls who have not attained
the age of four are under marriage
bends, as arranged by their parents.
Tablet Unveiled.
A tablet was unveiled recently at
the Devil’s hole in the Niagara gorge
to mark the spot where, on Sept. 14,
17C3, occurred the massacre of a large
body of British sold.ers by Seneca In
dians.
French Officer's Coolness.
During the Franco German war a
French officer was pointing out a place
when a bullet took off his finger.
Stretching out another, he continued:
“As I was saying, gentlemen-’’
A King's Playful Pastime.
Alexander the Great used his sword
against women rather than for them
and (.nr of his favorite pastimes was
beating his wives wilh the flat of his
steel blade.
Fifty Years’ Service as Usher.
Stephen M. Griswold, hank presi
dent, ex-state senator and churchman,
will soon complete fifty years as an
usher in Plymouth church, Brooklyn.
Teeth of Elephants.
An eleph„ut has only eight teeth
itcgether. At fourteen years the el
"hant loses its first set of teeth and
an new set grows.
Record Nugget of Tin.
The biggest nugget of tin on record
has been found at North Dundas, in
Tasmania. It weighs 5,400 pounds,
and is 67 per cent pure tin.
Decried Use of Starch.
In 1583 Philip Stul)be3 inveighed
with great energy against the use of
starch, which he called “the devil’s
liquor.”
For Overworked Seamstresses,
Overworked seamstresses in Berlin
are to benefit by a legacy of $25,000
left by a German bookseller named
Batin,
Lions Born In Captivity.
Two hundred and seventeen lions
nave been horn at the Dublin Zoo dur
ing the last seventy years.
Good Thing to Remember.
An eggshell is porous, and filth on
it affects the meat.
Segregation Surely >4eeciod.
The segregation of t\ r-3 at the
university of Cnicago m' ently
wise in the light of t!i k : at
the iart football ram ■ - -is j
swooped down from the hioache.s and !
hugged the muddy but ti.u. .nt j
heroes of the e.even before they had
a chance to wash up.
Not Officially Reported
BY EDGAR WELTON COOREY.
(Copyright, 1902, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) 1
"A number of years ago, while traci
ng the movement of a registered pack
age that had been lost in the malls,"
said the old secret service man, "I
missed train connections and was
forced to lay over for several hours in
one of the cities in’a certain southern
state. So, as the local postmaster was
i personal friend of mine, I called upon
him.
"While wo were conversing in his
private office a young man entered and
the postmaster presented him to me as
his chief clerk. I have reasons for not
revealing his identity, even at this late
date, so 1 will give him the Incorrect
name of James Bradford.
"As a matter of course I prefer, at
all times, that my profession should
be hidden from the public and especial
ly from government employes, but, un
thinkingly. my friend introduced me
or this occasion as a member of the
secret service.
“I was looking keenly into the young
man’s eyes and noticed him start and
tremble. But he Immediately regain
ed his composure and offered me his
hand, which I clasped warmly.
“I knew at once that his was a guilty
conscience. A thousand thoughts
flashed through my mind. I tried to,
in some way, associate him with the
tase upon which I was working, but
T could not do so since the missing
package could not have passed through
his hands.
"At this moment the postmaster was
called from the room and I immediate
ly determined to test the young man's
nerve to the utmost. So I arose and
elostd the door. Then I turned to him.
’Sit down,’ I said. ’I wish to talk with
you.’
i nauncu uis uitv uiv./nci.y. i Daw
it grow suddenly scarlet, then pale,
and I noticed that he clasped the arms
of the chair so tightly that the nails
were forced into the wood.
“But I was at a loss how to proceed.
That he was guilty of some criminal
act I felt assured from his agitation,
but I had absolutely no theory upon
which to work.
“Determined to unravel the mystery
upon which I had so accidentally
stumbled, I felt disposed to allow him
to nurse the evident fear that I was
In possession of certain facts regarding
the crime he had committed, whatever
it might be. Yet, so far as possible, I
desired to disabuse his mind of any
thought that I suspected his connec
tion with it. So, drawing a chair in
front of him, I laid my hand upon his
knee and said, in a confidential tone:
“ ‘Mr. Bradford, it is true that I am
an agent <of the secret service. But I
beg that you will do me the kindness
to keep that fact to yourself. I am
here to investigate certain irregular
ities in this office and, since you know
my mission, you may be of vast as
sistance to me.’
“He promised to do my bidding, but
while he seemed somewhat assured it
was plain to see he was ill at ease.
Then I dismissed him.
“When the postmaster returned we
continued our conversation. Present
ly I referred to the business of the of
fice and casually expressed a desire to
see the last statement of the postof
fice inspector. My friend brought me
i copy. It was dated but ten days pre
viously and the accounts of the office
were certified to as being apparently
correct.
“ ‘That is a good showing,’ said I.
Who hanr'es the funds of the office?’
“ ‘Mr. Bradford,’ he replied.
" ‘Is he married?’
“ ‘Yes. He has an estimable wife
and a beautiful baby boy.’
" ‘Reliable man, I suppose?’ said I.
“ ‘Perfectly. There is not a dishon
orable hair in his head. He’s been em
ployed in the office six years.’
“The young man’s reputation cer
tainly seemed good, but I determined
to shadow him. I did so. Without
arousing suspicion I watched his every
« I I _- I ,
"Sit down,” I said.
movement during the remainder of the
day. I learned that he was alone in
the office from six o’clock in the even
ing until it closed at nine, and that it
was he who placed all the stamps and
casii in the vault before closing for the
night.
‘ Whi’e idly inspecting the office dur
ing the afternoon I discovered a knot
hole in the board ceiling. The second
floor of the building was divided into
office rooms, and I found that the par
ticular room, the floor of which con
tained the knot-hole, was empty. I
obtained the key under pretense of ex
amining the room with a view to rent
ing.
“To my delight r found that I could
set uro a good view of the postofflce bj
looking through the hole. So 1 renteu
the room, making a small payment.
“That evening, from six o’clock un
I
til *lne, I lay mi the floor with my eye
to the hole, watching Bradford.
"During the entire time he appeared
nervous and excited. In moments of
teisare he would stare absently at the
wall or at his desk, every feature of
his face marked with despair and
wretchedness.
"Finally the hour for closing arrived.
I saw him lock the outside door; I saw
him place the stamps In the vault and
return with the money box. filled with
bills and coin; I saw him count the
small change that was In the money
drawer In the desk; I saw him make
a note of the amount and enter It In
a book.
"Then he glanced around the room,
apprehensively, frightened, a wild look
In his eyes and perspiration on his
brow.
"Suddenly he set his jaws together
determinedly and with feverish haste
filled his pockets with the bills and
stiver. When he had emptied the box
he placed It back in the vault apd
closed and locked the door. Then he
advanced a few steps and paused.
“What thoughts must have passed
through his mind at that moment as
he stood upon the threshold between
honor and disgrace! Never before nor
He gazed at it in silence.
i
since have I seen such agony on a hu
man face as r saw then.
“Presently he staggered to his desk
and picked up a baby’s photograph.
For a few brief moments he gazed at It
in silence. Then he pressed it to his
lips and, turning, reopened the vault,
took the money from hia pocket, placed
it back in the box and locked the door.
On his face was a bright gleam as of a
great happiness and up from the
depths of my heart there surged a cry,
‘God bless him!’
"With a smile on his face he turned
out the light and I hurried from my
hiding place. I met him at the door.
He was startled when he recognized
me, but I held out my hand.
“ ‘Bradford,’ said I, pressing his
hand in mine, ‘you couldn’t do it. could
you?’
“ ‘No,’ he said, a tremor in his voice, 1
‘I couldn’t do it; I couldn’t break my 1
wife's heart and bring everlasting dis- 1
grace upon my baby boy.’ 1
“ ‘Now, my boy,’ said I, kindly,
‘don’t turn back. Tell me the rest—
perhaps I can help you.’
"He looked me in the eye a moment. '
Then he said:
“ 'I will trust you, sir. I have been 1
too extravagant in my living and have
used about $600 of the office funds. I
did not intend to steal; I expected to 1
make it good, but I do not see how I 1
can. I decided to run aw'ay, but I
can’t do it, sir; I can’t do it.’
"I rested my hand on his shoulder.
‘Bradford,’ said I, ‘I believe you are
honest at heart. It is not too late
to rectify your mistake. Go home now
and go to bed. In the morning I will |
see what can be done.’
He looked at me with tears in his
eyes. ‘Thank you, sir,’ he said. 1
"Well," continued the old secret i
service man, after a pause, “I told the ‘
postmaster everything, but secured a i
promise from him to give Bradford
another chance. Between us we made
up the deficit, taking Bradford’s notes. :
These notes were paid long since and :
to-day Bradford is holding an import- i
ant government position and is entire- i
ly trustworthy. As I had not been de- ;
tailed upon the case, I made no report
of it, but I have always been thankful
that I missed my train that morning." |
To Caro the Stammering Habit. i
A new method of curing the stam- i
mering habit is being advocated. It is 1
based upon the alleged fact that stam- j
merers rarely if ever show any im-1
pediment of speech when talking in a
whisper. What may be called the i
“whisper cure” is as follows, says the i
New York Press: For the first ten ;
days the stuttering person is not al- i
lowed to speak at all. This allows rest
for the vocal cords and is the first
stage in the cure. After ten solid days
of absolute silence the patient is al
lowed to speak, but only in a whisper.
He generally is kept in this second
stage for a space of fifteen days, some
times more, sometimes less, according
to the severity of his case. After the
whisper period Is passed, the patient
is allowed gradually to Increase his
tone of voice until a conversational
one is reached. This is the most criti
cal period of the cure, and the transi
tion from the whisper to the conver
sational tone must be very gradual.
There is certainly one thing to be said
ror the new cure: it does not cost any
thing, and any stammerer can try it |
tor himself without calling in a medi- |
cal adviser. The only objection might |
be that the preliminary ten days of i
: lence might interfere with the pa- |
Lient’s prosecuting his usual business i
He might, however, try it when on hi* ]
next vacation. I
Whosoever loveth big temper shall
lose it.
Mayor Low’s new official nlcltnama
is “His Smiles."
New is the time for Prince Henry to
begin studying up on liver pills.
How will the reduction of the course
it Harvard to three years affect ath
letics
The man who underftands the pres
snt baseball situation can understand
inything.
A Kentucky bank has Just been
robbed of $35,000. No, it wasn’t the
rashler. Burglars.
We gather from the various accounts
Jf his doings that President Castro of
Venezuela is a strenuous man
If Chamberlain is not more
n his speeches the Liberal part:
England may come to life a-taia
Some women would buy a last
'alendar if it were displayed
bargain counter.—Washington F-.
The president made no mist
selecting a newspaper man to n
sent the American people at the co
nation.
With an income of $5,000,000 a year,
Herr Krupp, the gunmaker, the rich
est man in Germany, is a pretty big
Sun himself.
The richest man in Germany is the
man who makes guns; the richest men
n America are those who issue bonds,
—Detroit News.
Violinist Kubelik says he loves the
women, but they worry him. This,
lowever, is an experience that men
lave in common.
And now Britain i» said to b^ Comi
ng a steel trust that will make the
Vmerican combination look liko an
lid-style strap rail.
When the new glass company a t
he glass trust get to throwing st
it each other prudent persons
ake the other side of the street.
Mrs. Nation has been Ir ' d
England. There Is a su
sver, that the Invitation was
ip through diplomatic circles at
Owing to the Intemperance of t
leople It Is said that the birth rr
if France has become stationary. Tt
lrtnk habit usually keeps things mov
ng.
The railroad combine la to be fought
n the courts. By the time that con
gest is decided the combine will be
ilther dead or Invincible.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
L. Gashaway of St. Louis has been
ten fenced to two years in prison be
sause he stabbed a fellow-citizen. Tbe
lame of the man alone Is worth a life
lentence.
A New Haven youth has died from
njurles received in a football game
our years ago. This la a much longer
ange than the popular game was sup
tosed to have.
The New York Central Railway cot
>any has decided to spend a lot of
noney in Improving the tunnel where
he recent disaster occurred. Better
ate than never.
Army physlciana admit that a dan
news service from the United Star,
vould do more to relieve the feel •
if homesickness In the Philipp.n
han all their medicine.
Scientists say that Chicago can hi
ighted by windmills. Scientists do no
leem to be aware that Chicago has
vays been lighted by windmills anil
he world is none the wiser for it
In the by-elections for the dominion
larliament the Canadian liberals have
nade a gain of six seats. English 11b
irals might learn something to their
idvantage by studying awhile in the
irovinces.
Here's another Chicago professor
>roclalming that the eating of Lim
rnrger cheese makes drunkards and
igarette fields. No tender mystery
iscapes the pitiless vivisection of the
Chicago professor.
The Georgia train was running on
nldnlght ragtime when the famous
linger’s wearing apparel was rent and
icattered in a thousand directions,
"lordica will reverse her aprovai of
hat kind of music.
The Emperor of Germany recently
alked in eight languages during one
lay. Still, that isn’t so much. A
'lorth Side man who pounded his
humb the other evening used eleven
n about four seconds.
A Chicago man recently made the
argest conscience contribution to Un
de Sam known in the history of the
[overnment. He sent to the proper
>fiUdals $18,669.60, representing the
luty on Jewels Imported by his wife,
vhich had escaped the vigilance of the
nspectors.
Sir Robert Ball’s prediction that an
ither glacial period will come, when a
;reat field of ice will sweep across the
lemlspheres, crushing, grinding, be
lumbing all things for hundreds of
housands of years, and in its nature
irorse than famine, flood and pesti
ence, is safe enough. It Isn’t due, lie
4ds. for several thousand yeare.