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ffawawaMHHHMi B ? i i: HANDTOHAND. Bj BEBEOOA HABDDTO DAVIS. Copyrighted. Continue J from loeeh:) The major roso mechanically, tne eyes un der bis grizzly brows growing strangely keen and glittering. "I don't know that I'm of much account if one took stock of me." He passed his hand with a queer chuckle over his big, hungry, rheumatic body; then glanced hastily toward the pile of MSS. on which no publisher had drawn for months, proudly conscious for a moment of the genius which bad been his birthright. "I never made my mark, though," he muttered. Ho repeated that once or twice. The stock was taken. He stood quiet a moment, and then sopped his face with his ragged white handkerchief. It was strangely composed and grave. He went to a closet and took down from the or derly shelves a bottle full of dark brown liquid, from which he half filled a goblet, which he placed ready on the mantel shelf; then, as though doubting its efficacy, he took out a tiny vial full of white powder, and hid it in his pocket. Unlocking a desk, he took out an old leather covered Bible, yellow with age, and began turning over the leaves, to find the family record." "Born, Jan. 31, John, only child of Richard and Mary Standish." He read it over, as he hod done every day since he gave the boy up. He fancied God came as near to him in those words as he could in any others in that book. It was the only page which he ever read. She bad written them there. "She knows whether I've loved her and you. Jack," stooping to kiss the faded writing. "Your old father shall never be a weight on you, boy." He opened a knife and cut the leaf. It was loose now; he held it in his hand and stooped over the fire irresolute. After all, his real hold on life for a good many years had been through that page; as it began to crisp, he glanced up quickly at the goblet, then out of the square dormer window. Lights were beginning to gleam in the bouses beyond the Schuylkill, the sky warmed red as cinnabar in the frosty sun set, while wisps of feathery smoke from some passing steamer wavered across it. Ths world gave him a friendly look for the last. He threw the paper in the fire, put out his hand for the goblet when there was a sud den soft flurry behind him, and two nervous little hands were clapped over his eyes. The next thing was a hearty kiss right on his mouth. "Why, Madeline! child! is it your "Of course it is not me! there are so many pretty girls stealing in to kiss you without leave 1 Oh door, I'm quite frozen, Uncle Danf She looked as if she were; her chubby, dimpled face was blue, and the rimy drops stood in her eyes. She perched herself up on the major's chair, beating her hands in their woolen gloves together. uIf you only could unlace my boots My feet haven't had a bit of feeling for an hour. Fivo miles did they tramp. I didn't want to break the note for car fare. It's the half yearly pay day, you know. Just look at it," fumbling in her bosom under her sack and bringing out warm and crisp a bright new note. "I couldn't sleep until we'd lwth seen it and gone halves!" winking with both eyes and laugh ing all over in the most ridiculous, lovable way. The major had taken off her shoes, and stood witii them in his hands looking down at her. She was so alive with beauty, She was so afire with beauty. warm blooded and happy! She seemed to come to him like sudden youth or summer in this last desperate hour. There hung about her even the faint scent of roses. It seemed bo easy to conic back to sit down lieside his little daughter, who loved him with all her honest heart, and bo happy and jolly and alive as alwaj's. But ho knew vrhat he had to do. "How long are you going to stay, Maddy? "Until to-morrow uniess you would rather I would go to-night," quickly. "Yes, I would rather. I have some busi ness there will be some men here after awhile it wouldn't be best for you to stay." "Very well," Maddy nodded, turning her stockinged feet about before the fire. She never asked questions, but she gener ally fpund out all tliat she wanted to know without them. "How long can I stay. Uncle Danr" taking off her hat. "In two hours will be timo enough. Iet me have you long as I can." "Isn't that a lovely hat.1" poising it on her little fat fist, and looking over it steadily into his gaunt, changeless face. "The brown plume is just the shade of my hair. Been hard at work on The Camera lately, dearf "They've needed nothing for two weeks." "Oh!" She was quiet a minute. "Just put that hat carefully away in my room, won't you? and bring me mj slippers. They're in the lower drawer. You have the keys." She sat motionless until the door closed behind him, and then like a flash she was in the pan try cupboard, which was empty, as we know, and back again by the fire. She took up the goblet and smclled it The major, coming back, glanced at it jealeusly, but it stood where he left it, and Maddy was leaning lazily back in her own low chair. She was pale, and the water stood in her eyes." "You're not well, child r "No. Sit down by me, Uncle Dan. I'm tired and I'm hungry, that's alL I ordered a miraculous little supper as I came along. It will be here presently." She took his big band as he sat by her, fingering it over, hold ing it now and then to her cheek. Some thing else than hunger had been at work with him. They were both too old soldiers to be beaten, as he was today, by a little whole some fasting. But what was the sore! She did not know where to thrust her probe. "They've raised my salary, Uncle Dan, did you notice?" "No, I did not. I'm glad of it, my dar ling. You can go through the world alone pretty well now, Maddy t" She made a grimace. "If one only cares for hard work and money yes. But I'm tired of being alone. I mean to either come borne, or you must come to me. Though a man of your talents would le wasted in a Jersey village like that. They have only one newspaper. You could not go there." "Only one newspaper, have they f" There was silence, "Jack is at home," he said, at last. The cheek against which she had pressed bis fingers grew suddenly, fiercely hot. She got up and laid some wood on the grate, sat down leisurely, her face turned from him. "Who did you sayhadcomo home? John? John Proctor?" "Yes, Jack." The very name of the boy stabbed him like pain, yet he could not keep It off his lips. He did not waver in his re solve. He would put himself cut of the way to keep the shameful birth of bis boy a secret. Yet, as the clock ticked away the moments of this last hour, nature grew almost too strong for him. He could have cried out, so that all the world might hear, for his son (or bis son, whose flesh and blood was the same as his. He heard the girl speaking to him as in a dream. Her voice trembled in spite of herself. "Tell me something about him. Uncle Dan. Is be much changed r "I see no change in him." He caught sight of her face, and through all his dull absorption, it startled him; it was so strangely fresh, and dewy, and young. "I suppose John has been successful, then?" she said at last, with an effort. "He told me ones be would never come back or write uatu ne couiaao a man's wort ana maito all bis friends proud of him. He thought they would forget him. He need not hare been nwch afraid of that." enewasiauung half to" "herself, stooping as sae a&o on ner stool, her brown eyes fixed on the fire, her bands pressed on her breast. "I always knew he would find some little home in the west, and then come back; I knew ho would." "Maddy!" "Yes, Uncle Dan." 'Til tell you about Jack," in an un naturally loud, harsh voice. "He is a man of mark now a leader in his sect. They've called him to the first church here. His com panions are not yours or mine, and his ways are not ours. They would look upon him as tJijntarf if be made friends of shiftless Bohem ians like us. He's in a world the door of which is shut to you and me. It will be the same way when we are dead. He will be in side, but when I come the door will bo shut shut." A sudden comprehension broke through her face. Dimpled, kissable little face as it was, there was a latent nobility in it, great steadiness and strength. "I think you're un just to us, and to Jack," she said firmly, standing before him. "I tell you the boy is on the road to suc cess, and he must go on," be cried. "No body shall stand in his way to hinder him. I mean to stand out of bis way. It will be quite easy for me to do it quite easy." Some suspicions of years ago were coming back to her. "I think I understand," she said. "Is Jack willing that you should give him up?" "What could it matter to him? A shabby, old liar and braggart, as McMurray called me. I saw his church to-day, and the house where he will live. So grandly furnished, Maddy!" "Churches and furniture!" with a con temptuous shrug. "What are they to Jack?" "I saw the woman he is to marry." "Ah! the woman" "A daughter of McMurray's a delicate, white rosebud of a girt He has everything now the world can give, Jack has. There's but one bar in his way, and that won't be there long." But Madeline had turned to the window, her face toward the sun that was going down. It was some time before she came back. When she did, she stood by the mantel shelf looking down at him. "Does the woman love him?" "I thought so. It was her face." "She only has known him a little whiter "Withrow told me they met last month in Chicago. The match was arranged there." She looked at her hand. There was a thin gold ring on one finger a cheap little trifle, such as a school boy would give. It had been there so many years that it bound and pained the woman's full grown finger. It had done so for many years. "One month?" she said to herself again and again. The sun was down, but the reflection from the snow on the roofs threw a pleasant bright ness into the many windows, while the clock ticked cheerfully the last hour of daylight away. A noise below broke the silence into which they had fallen. The stairs were long and rickety, and steps could be heard creak ing from one flight to the other. "It's Jack!" The major spoke hoarsely, standing up. He had been thinking it over as he sat However false and disreputable his course had lieen since he was a man, heat least was right, ho thought, in this act of its close. " 'Nothing in his life so became him as the ending of it," he quoted to himself. "But McMurray would call it a theatrical trick." Jack was at the street door; in a few min utes it would be too late. He thrust his fingers into his pocket and secreted the little vial in his palm. Ho went to the door as if to close it At that moment Maddy caught sight of a yellow bit of writing on the hearth, stooped, picke 1 it up. She nodded as she read it without surprise. "His son? And Jack wants the old man now to deny it? Not to stand in his way?' The first hint about that poor white rabbit Clara hud turned her blood to galL She was suddenly bitter and unjust as death to Jack, to whom she had given her whole life of patient, sweet tempered trust The steps came nearer. The poor old ma jor backed toward the inner door, his un couth face white and wet "I'm not well. I'm going to lie down on your bed. Take him away with you, Maddy. I cant see either of you to-night" Yet even then it gave him a vague pleasure to bear how light and gay and resolute the boy's steps were. Maddy came quietly between him and the door. "No, we will both see this Jack, who puts you out of his way." The door opened. There was the old short, stout built Jack! The old sturdy, honest face under the same fur cap, the twitch in the mouth ready to make a joke at anybody or at himself. "Why, Maddy? I did nothopo to see you here, little woman," giving her a brotherly shake of the hand, and so figuratively setting her aside. How the dull morbid shadows that had filled the room crept aside before him! Madeline felt that her life had been but a passionate dream. Practical, common sense people on the same plane of society saw each other a month ago in Chicago, and mar ried rationally. And why should a prac tical, rational man encumber himself with this late discovered father, with his un doubtedly unwholesome fancies and stagey habits? "Maj. Standish" Jack with all his hearty manner was embarrassed "I came to speak to you on business of importance. You have no secrets from Maddy?" "Don't speak, boy! For God's sake! In a little while I will set it all right! Wait one minute!" retreating to the door. "But I won't wait" Jack had his hands on the major's shoulders and forced him down on a chair. His face flushed as he spoke, and his voice grew unsteady. "Look at this old man, Madeline. Twenty years ago he came here a healthy, middle aged man, with a comfortable living and a son; a boy that he could have educated plainly and had to work for him and be a companion as he grew old. But what does he do? Puts the boy where he will be tended like a prince, be clothed in purplo and fine linen, gives up his income to him, while he look at this cockloft, Maddy! Look here!" He put his hand on the old man's head and drew it through the thin white hair. Once or twice he began to speak, but stopped. At last he said: 'Si know the shifts you have made to live, the insults you bore, that I might sleep soft and live warm! It's well I do know them all. You will neves want the care of a son again, so help me God!" "Yes, yes, I knew you would say that," cried the major. "But of what use was it all! You have ruined yourself. I know what I am. Who told you this !" "A man who came from Virginia to find you." "What does he want" "He would not tell me." Proctor's face clouded. The major's quick eyes marked it "He has a warrant for me, I suppose?" sul len and dogged. "I do not know. He refused to give me any hint "There were several little affairs there's no use in their stirring up muddy water, that I can see," peevishly. "But if it's criminal let me alone, Jack, catching the young man's sleeve. "You shall not drag yourself down for ma I'll not have my whole life thwarted," fiercely. Jack's answer was to glance around the poverty stricken garret, and at bis own costly, quiet dress. The tears were in bis eyes. "We're one now, come what will, father," he said, quietly. "That is the man at the door." - The major went to open it "I'll balk them yet," he muttered. "I'll not drag Jack down." He came back in a moment, a huge yellow envelope in his hand. "He sent it in a letter. A man can't be arrested by letter? It may be" turning it over. "What's this? God bless my soul, what's this? Why, it's no arrest!" "Thank God for thatl" muttered Proctor. "Robert Standish is dead, Jack," poring and muttering over a parchment sheet "Is he, tirP indifferently. Jack was stand ing awkwardly alone, for Madeline, whom he had time to notice now, was engrossed in tying up some drawings of hers, which she was going to take away with her. She would not leave one vestige of herself in her old home, she thought The old man would go with his son to the delicate little rosebud of a girl. As for her, what did it matter that she bad no home, nobody on earth but them! that her life had held nothing but them? The drawings looked like masterpieces of art to Jack; be had heard of Maddy's genius. How cold and still she had grown in these two years! It might be devotion to art and to her work. She looked as impassive and abstracted as if she had gone Into some height unknown to him, from whence she would look down on all his fancies and bis Jack never remained long in doubt about anything. "Maddy!" H- rroased ths hearth rug to the corner where sbo stooil'ana took up ner hand. "The ring? It'sgona" Maddy glanced down carelessly. "Ring? Yes; I remember now. That ring was too small. I took it off long ago." Jack's eyes twinkled; he held her wrist tight "How long ago? Within the hour? See how red and bruised the poor little hand is!" The pity was too much for heroic Maddy. She gave a sob, but held the tears back in her wet, miserable eyes. Jack never knew in all hfa life how deep tho bruise went when that ring came off. Ho looked at her steadily, closer, closer; lifted the hurt hand till his breath touched it, then kissed it Just as ho used to kiss her lips long ago; as no man had touched them since; as they never would bo kissed again. She drew back. "You have no right to play with me in that way." At the first tone of her altered voice. Jack stood startled and graya "What do you mean, Madeline? You need not feign that j-ou did not know I loved you when I went away two years ago!" "You were under no promise to me," quickly. "I have no right to reproach you." "No promise. But I loved you." "And now little Clara has taken my place," with icy composure. "I do not think that strange." "That poor little creature! Oh, Madeline!" That touch of contempt was worth more than a thousand arguments. "Do you mean to say you don't love her, Jack?" catching his coat lapels with both her hands. I've been so so miserable! I" She dropped her head and said no more; but the little Burgundy roso had opened its heart to him now with all its sweetness and spicy perfume, and Jack knew the flavor of it welL He had been waiting for it for a good many years. The- sat together in a shaded corner; the major was poring over his parchment by fire light Af ter awhile Madeline referred to her rival again, patronizingly. "Clara is pretty, you must acknowledge, Jack. Though she is weak, as you say, ioor child!" ! "I dont know," said Mr. Jack, whose eon i science twinged him with certain moonlight walks in Chicago. "She was very consider ate and kind to me, Madeline. Her father was anxious for me to take the First church here. But I'd made up my mind to that little home in the west if you would go with me." "I always thought you'd come for me," said honest Maddy. The major was looking at theni over his spectacles. "So? So?" he said, in amaze- Tliey sat togetlier in a shaded corner. ment "Why, God bless you, children! Yon plan better for yourselves than I did for ! you." Jack laughed and drew his cliair over ! tween them. "It will be hard work to live at first. But wo three aro old comrades, and know how to rough it" "This is a duplicate of Robert Standish's will,"' said tho major, striving to be legal and lucid, "and by it I find certain demesnes, messuages well, 1 don't know, to tell tho truth, if it's a fortune or a meroeomKitenry, Jack. But it's enough for us all to give .Mr Murray and his cursed Camera the. go by for life. We may start a national magazine with it," in his old bragging tone. "There will be no more of this for you, then, father," glancing around. The Iwm floors, and pinched ixjvcrty and the worn out old man with his white hair in tho miil-t chafed Jack angry ami soro continually. "And here is the supper. At last!" cried Maddy. "I had really forgotten I was hungry; hut . it is long past my usual dinner hour," said tho major, loftily. He rose with alacrity to I help her spread the white cloth and set the , hot, dainty dishes on it, managing, as he j lighted the lamp, to empty a half filled goblet into the ashes, "auch abominable wine as these fellows furnish me now!' he muttered, and then suddenly stopped, looking at Jack, ashamed, defeated look creeping all over his big body. He went to him. "My son,'' ho said, humbly, "it would lw better you left me behind, you and Maddy. I'm a miserable, faulty old man." "And I am a faulty young one," said Jack, hastily. "But there's that between you and mo, father, which God will look to find in us all underneath these weeds that grow atop." Maddy came closer to tho two men. "I think I know what you mean. And I, too," she said with infinite love and very bad grammar, putting her hand softly into theirs. THE END. Carious and Unique Decorations. A lady riding in an elevated train re cently was attracted by tho singular beauty of a hand bag carried by the lady sitting by her side. Curiosity overcamo reserve before long, and sho remarked upon the beauty of the bag. "It was made from tho skin of a rat tlesnake." said tho owner, calmly. "How wonderfully pretty it is!" ex claimed tho admirer, leaning forward to examino it moro carefully. Tho owner looked pleased and surprised. "You are tho very first person," sho said, "to whom I have told what it is that has not shrunk from it, saying, 'I don't see how you can carry it!' Tins was one of B&rnum's big rattlesnakes. A friend of mine is employed in the circus men agerie, and when this reptile died ho gave me the skin. I havo a small rug made of It, besides this bag, and it is bordered with the skin of a leopard that also be longed to Barnum. I nave tho skins of several of Barnum's dead animals and they make beautiful articles. That of a giraffe made into a robo bordered with tiger fur is greatly admired. I am long ing for an elephant to die now, for I have a chair that will bo fine when it Is up holstered with the mouse colored hide. It is a great advantage to have such unique decorations that no one could imitate them." New York Cor. Chicago Herald. Might Sessions In Congress. "Night sessions for debate only" are the greatest curiosities of a congressional session. No vote can be taken at them and no call for a quorum mado, and as a consequence very few members attend ex cept those who are to speak. Tho gal leries aro always empty except for tho regular crowd of hearers who huddle in tho men's 6eats near tho clock, and even the pages and doorkeepers talk politics in the lobby to keep themselves awake until the lights go out. There have been in stances where the member who was speaking had no audience at all, and on one occasion after a debater had got through and left the hall tho sleepy chair man had to send a page afer him to bring Idm back and adjourn the committee. There bad been no ono else in tho house while he was speaking, and when ho left he took the committee with him. The chairman could not get it adjourn d be cause there was no one to make tho mo tion, and rather than stay up all night ho brought the member back. It is needless to say that there was no objection to the adjournment, and that tho motion was arried unanimously. New York Press "Every Day Talk." Characters la a Novel. As to dialogue, remember that yonr characters should reveal themselves in dialogues as much as in action. They must speak as they think, each after his own manner. It Is true that in real life most people seem to speak with tho same forms and fashions and formula?; make the same little jokes and employ the samo little metaphors; going on with theso without the least sense of weariness till the stage, or the novel, or a comic paper supplies them with a new set. You must therefore In dialogue, as I have alreadjr aid, exaggerate. Your talk must be crisp it must never drag, and above all K must not be too long. Walter Besant In London Atalanta. jeaj ON THE MOUNTAINS. Time flies In busy vales below, But here above ho drops hU wings. He climbs with footstep calm and slow. Or pauses while the gay lark sinj,-. Time snatches from us, so it seems. In busy towns each happy hour; ' But here above ho gives awivt dream. Through cloudless days In some still bower Time carries us to death's dark pate With hurried flight in vales !eIotv But here above he seems to wait, .A - And only bids as highergo. For on the mountain slojtes wo learn One lesson from our teacher. Time. Tis we who givo him wings to earn What they alone can reach who climb. B. L. Tolleuiache. now Carbon Making Is Guarded. Tho first carbons were the product of a mixture of common coal coke, sugar, straw, coke from vegetation, charcoal, lampblack and plumbago or graphites, or other similar materials Now It is gen eraHy tho result of a mixture of tho only direct products of coal and petroleum. A great deal of silica is also found in them frequently, and to this fact is due tho hissing sound and unevenuess of light The silica becomes fused, and, forming in globules on tho upper carbon, drops down on the lower ones." with the result stated. All these difficulties hud to be, or are being, mastered, and that accounts for the secrecy thrown around carbon manufactories As an instanco of tho strictness of this, the rules and regula tions of tho Davis Carbon company, of this city, may be quoted. It is a co operative institution, employing forty men. every one of whom must own at least ono share of the stock. Two boys aro employed, ono the son of Mr. Davis and the other the son of ono of tho workmen. Then no boy can be employed unless he Is tho son of a stockholder. The visitor to these works enters a 14x14 room, tho oilico, and looks around. At one corner is a doorway opening Into a narrow hall, which in turn opens into ouo of tho departments. Reaching this, he finds a somewhat em- E untie "thus far. and no farther," and ho i compelled to stop "Even stockholders, unless they aro also employes, aro denied this privilege," said Mr Davis "Then there is one room which is entered only by myself and son, That is where the finishing touches aro put on to the mixture. For Instanco, tho product of to-day will bo ready for uso to-morrow I would go in. then, in tho afternoon and put on the finishing touches What theso are, no ouo knows Under tho by-laws of tho company 1 deposit with tho secretary treasurer, in a sealed pack ago, tho formula for this mixture It is to bo opened only in cases of emer gency In case of my death, or even such serious illness that I could not bo on duty for several days, then, on tho vote of tho stockholders, I will order tho seal broken and the package turned over to some one selected to succeed or relieve mo-" Globe-Democrat. How Intliu Iluhbcr Grows. Now wo corao into a forest of rubber trees, which can bo detected without tho eye of an expert, for they aro all scarred and dying rapidly fiom tho wounds of tho hunter's machete. Tho rubber hunter ro minds mo of tho boy who "killed tho gooso that laid the golden egg." Each tree can afford to lose a certain amount of juico per year and still live. When one of theso fellows, however, makes a dis covery, only a few months suflico to place his bonanza In tho ranks of tho many that have gouo buforo. Tho consequence is ouo may traverse these immenso forests from end to cud and never meet a virgin treo The ordinary specimen of Nicaragua is from fifty to 100 feet high, avenging about two feet in diameter. Tho bam is white and tho leaves oval, with a slight Inclination downward Tho cuts are mado about two feet apart and extend from tho ground to the. first branch, channels beini' scored In tho siilo to lead the juico into a bug, held at tho bottom. Tho a vertigo yield of a largo treo is from five to seven gallons of a milky fluid. This is placed in an open vessel and mixed In small proportions with tho juico of a plant found near tho rubber treo called tho wisth. which hastens congelation 1 After this operation is complete tho pro duct is baled up and shipped north, to bo ! refined and further prepared for com merce Another treo very similar to tno rubber, and often mistaken for it, is the cow treo This yields a liquid very much llko milk in color, consistency and taste. Nicaragua Cor. New York Herald. Problem for tho Irclili-al People. A lady who lives In Dorchester, and whoso littlo girl is a pupil in ono of the schools there, bethought herself tho other day, all at once, of tho danger that her daughter ran on a suburban street from the possible presenco of cows. That re minded her that sho was making a red dress for tho littlo girl, and sho began tc think about tho additional danger that & red dress might subject tho child to from those-samo tcrriblo cows! With tho wholo sho had quite a littlo worry. Tho afternoon went on," and tho littlo girl did not return from school at tho usual hour. Whero could sho be? Tho mother worried not a littlo, but finally tho child camo up, quite late. "Where have you been all this time, my dcar'r" tho mother asked. "Oh, there have becu somo cows on tho street, mamma," said the littlo girl, "nnd tho teacher thought about them, and sho thought it wasn't best to let mo como homo until thero was somebody to como with mo." Whether tho mother's thinking about cows mado tho teacher think about them, or whether tho teacher's thinking about them mado tho mother thin!: about them, or whether both women thought about them because women aro always moro or less terrified about cows, is something that probably no psychical fellow will over liud out. Boston Transcript "Lis tener." Schools and Schoolhouscs. Thero nro today In tho fivo states (of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wis consin) more than 50,000 schoolhouses in which schools aro maintained from tlirco to ten months every year. Tho value of the30 buildings, with tho grounds, is con siderably over $80,000,000, which is more than one-half that of all other public school property in tho Union. Nearly 3,000,000 of children annually receive in struction In tho public schools; while moro than 83,000 teachers, a largo num ber of whom havo been trained especially for their work, are employed as their in structors. ,Tho total amount expended each year for tho support of theso schools somewhat exceeds .$82,000,000, or moro than eight dollars for each child of school ago within tho states. As to tho charac ter of tho instruction given, It Is sufficient to say that it is nowhere excelled. James Baldwin in Scribner's Magazine. Ilachelors Ilest for Firemen. It may bo only a bachelor's notion, but I will givo It to you for what it is worth. A fireman In a down town engine com pany has no uso for a wife, and a woman ought not to think of marrying a fireman. Why? Simply becauso firemen make poor husbands and women inako bad firemen. A fireman can nover go homo to stay all night with Ids wifo and children. If lie has any. Ho is constantly on duty, and is thereforo not a desirable man for a hus band. Tho first year of a fireman's mar ried lifo unfits a man for good Gre service Tho wlfo Is generally young and excitable, and whenever tho fire bell rings she flies over to tho engine house to Inquire whether her husband has gono to a firo where ho is likely to be killed. Then sho is a sourco of a great many littlo annoy ances to tho department. Assistant Fire Chief in Globo-Democrat A Trick of Colo Toaslng. A msn walked into an uptown saloon the other day and called for a glass of beer. Ho fished a new silver dollar from his pocket, spun it on the counter, and offered to bet tho bartender the beer that it would turn up heads. Tho bartender took the bet and won it, for tails were up when tho coin settled. A well dressed countryman by tho bar looked interested, and tho man exclaimed pettishly that he would call the next spin for a dollar. "Done." said the countryman. Tho man spun tho dollar, called tails and won. "Mere luck." said the countryman- dis- gusteuTy, oi eiso a tncK. r a go you an other dollar on it if you let me spin it." The man assented, and the countryman spun tho dollar The-man called tails, and tails appeared. As tho countryman, with an exclamation, turned to go. the man said, in a patronizing tone- "I bet I can call it four times out of five." "Five dollars on it," said the country man, hotly Tho man put up tho money with the bartender, and. as the countryman spun tho dollar, called tails five successive times Tho dollar settled tails four times, and the man jiocketed tho bet. Then he said. "Look here, greeny, since I've won seven of your dollars and don't expect to work this city again very soon, I'll tell you something you didn't know When you spin a coin the sido fliat has the heaviest markings will settle at the bot tom nine times out of ten. provided the surface you spin on is perfectly level. ith a new silver dollar you'll win by calling tails just nine times" in ten on the long run. Other coins don't have such a diiTercsco in weight between tho mold ings of tho two sides, and ain't so ctjttain. and in old silver dollars tho difference is lessened by the wearing off of the inscrip tions You stick to now silver dollars, work it gently, and you'll have your $7 back before night. Good day." New York Sua. How to Malto Good Koumlaa. The Bashkirs are renowned for their skill in making koumiss, or fermented mares' milk, which is now extensively consumed by patients suffering from dys peptic nnd wasting diseases, and so easy is it of digestion that invalids drink ten, fifteen, and occasionally even twenty champagne bottles a d-ty. while a Bashkir is able to overcome a couple of gallons at a sitting, and In a hour or two to bo ready for nv.ro. To insure good koumiss it is essential that tho mares bo of the steppe breed, and fed on steppe pasture They aro milked from fo-.n to eight times a day, the foal being kept apart from the mother, and allowed to suck only in the night time Tho mare will not give her milk, however, unless at the time of milking her foal is brought to her side, when such is tho joy of reunion that after sundry acts of loving and smelling and kissing, tho maternal feeling shows Itself by her sometimes giving milk from both nipples at once. Milking is done bv tho Bashkir women who, taking a position close to the hind legs of the mare, rest on one knre, and on the other support a pail directly under tho udder, pulling at each nipplo in turn, and leeeiving fiom threo to four pints each time of milking To niako koumiss the miik is beaten up in a churn (but not suffi ciently to produce butter), and by fermen tation is converted after twentv-four hours into weak koumiss, from which con dition after twelve hours more it passes into a medium degree of strength, whilst strong koumiss is produced by assiduous agitation of ths milk for two or three days, and it is then said to be slightly intoxica ting. Henry Lansdell, D.D., in Harper's Magazine. A Simple, Convenient Summer Retreat. A respected citizen residing on North avenue has a peculiar way of seeking re lief from the heat of summer, which Is. perhaps, worth mentioning before the an nun! exodus to fashion ablo watering places The apparent advantages of his plan are its cheapness and homely sim plicity He docs not bother his head lay ing out routes of travel among mountains, and lakes, and along the sea shore. Each summer is spent at tho same place. At the approach of extreme heat ho hies himself at once to his retreat There aro no musquitoes there, no brass bands, no crowds, no noiso He enjoys genuine re pose and quiet. His life In the summer may bo compared to that of those hermits who occasionally take up their abodes In caves and recesses under the earth's sur face Tho Kochesterian's cave Is the cel lar under his residence. This he furnishes with rugs, an easy chair, a couch and a table. IIo passes his time pleasantly, taking huge enjoyment out of an old fash ioned, long stemmed pipe, and some books and papers. The air Is qui to as cool as can bo desired, and the cellar being dry, he docs not fear rheumatism or ma laria This peculiar gentleman does not choose to sojourn in his cellar in the summer be causo he cannot afford to go elsewhere. IIo is, in fact, in comfortable clrcum utances, retired from business, and living on a neat yearly income from his prop erty. Being of quite an advanced age he dislikes traveling any distance. He thinks that his plan Is tho best for keep ing cool lu summer without going away from homo. He is not tho only one who has adopted tlus plan. A Baltimore man who passes his summers in a cellar was describ-" t inoof the papers of that city so?" j ears ago. Which of the two first conceived tho idea is not certain. Tho Kochesterian has had the plan in working order for three or four years Rochester Union. Carbon for Electric Llghttag. It may bo imagined that carbon, being mado from tho direct products of coal and petroleum, is a dirty material, offensive to tho smell and more so to the taste. It Is dirty, in tho course of its preparation, be cause tho men working with it become as dirty and greasy faced as if they were working in a coal mine. Completed it is quito another matter, and tho largest piece of it may bo handled with kid gloves without soiling them. Neither Is it of fensive to tho smell. The ordinarily curi ous citizen can tell all that. To secure testimony 3 to taste, however, it is nec essary to go into tho factory, by proxy of course, because you can't go yourself. Thero you aro ready for the explanation that tho carbon is submitted to such heat that tho taste is all gone, and yon are still readier to believo that this Is true. Tho hour is one in which work is slack, and tho men and boys ore taking it easy. There's ono who is smoking a peculiar pipe, presenting an entirely novel appear ance. What it is you can seo by the occupa tion of tho man next to him. Ho Is whit tling a piece of carbon into the shape of a pipo bowl, and now ho has it done to his satisfaction and is hollowing out the bowL There's another man who seems to bo forcing a hole through a piece of stick carbon, and looking a second time yon see that's exactly what he is doing, and a second later you seo him pnt it into a car bon pipo bowl as a stem, fill the bowl with tobacco, light it up and commence to smoke. Novel, isn't it? You dont think you'd like it? Of course not, but tho men who work in carbon and who smoko out of carbon pipes say it makes one of tho most delightfully cool smokes imaginable, and tho material being so porous, absorbs all of tho nicotine before it can possibly reach the mouth and sys tem. Globe-Democrat. Outdoor Sports In England. Sport is the law and the prophet of Englishmen, and to confess to neither pleasure nor concern in the results of the day's racing, shooting, hunting, angling, is to totally emancipate one's self from the amiable regard of a sport loving Briton. American indifference to the circumstance and event of sport is the contempt of the aristocracy and landed gentry. Sport is the autocrat. It controls society and makes an important chapter In literature. There is a universal devotion to the idea, alike from high and low. But it is the Srivilege of tne great, the temptation of fio poor. Poaching as an offense forms stereotyped matter for every well regu lated. English novel. The dress, tho man ners, tho flirtations which make the maxi mum of lifo in country houses during autumnal revels aro as important a factor in British society as the London season. Wives, mothers and daughters who have none of the tastes which give zest to tho hunt are constrained to provide them selves with more gentle amusement dur ing that sanguinary period in the British year. It Is not a fine taste the love of horse flesh, cricketing, deer stalking and tho general desire of killing something. It seems to take a placo in the category with pugilism and bull fighting. But it de velops brawn and a kind of rude mental strength, and tho cultivation of muscular vigor is something more valued tlian artis tic sensibility in the Englishman's passion for on excess of animal force. Cor. Phila delohia Times. Don't Wait Until your hair becomes dry, thin, and gray before giving the attention needed to preserve its beauty and vitality. Keep on your toilet-table a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor the only dressing you require for the hair and use a little, daily, to preserve the natural color and prevent baldness. Thomas Munday, Sharon Grove, Ky., writes : " Several months ago my hair commenced falling out, and in a few weeks my head was almost bald. I tried many remedies, but they did no good. I liually bought a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and, after using only a part of the contents, my head was covered with a heavy growth of hair. I recom mend your preparation as the best hair restorer in the world." " My hair was faded and dry," writes Mabel C. Hardy, of Delavan, 111.; "but after using a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor it became black and glossy." Ayer's Hair Vigor, Sold by Druggists and Perfumers. Pimples and Blotches, So disfiguring to the face, forehead, and neck, may be entirely removed by tho use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the best and safest Alterative and Blood-Purifier ever discovered. Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. SotdbyDruggfets; $1; aix bottle for 5. FrodaeUon f Artificial Spades. Though it la not certainly known that new species of animals or plants have been produced artificially, everybody is aware that, by means of intelligent selec tion, remarkable changes have been sought and accomplished for man's profit and pleasure. Fruits have been Improved in siie and quality, flowers In beauty, and animals In flesh and other products and in physical endowments. Mr. Charles Morris now urges that such experiments in variation be made for the benefit of science, believing that results not yet dreamed of might be obtained, and the problems of the origin of species and the limits of animal Intellect be brought nearer solution. When such ex traordinary results have been produced by chance methods of selection of super ficial traits so far practiced, the adoption of scientific methods and the selection of more significant characteristics would very likely yield varieties of the utmost interest and value to science. Arkansaw Traveler. One man Is spending all tho money he can earn in taking a girl to the theatre and sending ber flowers. In the hope that iio may eventually make her his wife, and his ucighbor is spending all the gold ho ha saved to get a divorce. Burkleu's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, nnd all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 115 cents per box. For sale by Dowty .v Becher. july27 Every beo's honey is sweet. A Sound Legal Opinlou. E. Baiubridge Munday, Esq., Count Attorney, Clay county, Tex., says: '-I f a used Electric Bitters with moat hitpi results. My brother also was verj : with malarial fever and jaundic. ! was cured by timely uso of this mod cine. Am satisfied Electric liiU'.i saved my life." Mr. D. I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Oh. Ky., adds a like testimony, Having: 1 positively believes ho tould have : c had it not been for Electric Bitters. This great remedy will ward off. .-. well as cure Malarial Disease, and fr ail Kidney, Liver and Stomach i . ders stands unequuled. Price ;V) emir and SI at Dowty & Becher's. The sight of a man has tho force of a lion. Tho Commercial Travelers Protective Association of the United Stntes, has a membership of over sixteen thousand and is probably the strongest association of the kind in tho world. Mr. John K. Stono, their national secretary and treas urer, 79 Dearbono street, Chicago, in n letter states that he has been soverely troubled at times, for the past twenty years, with cramp and bilious colic which would compel him to take to his bed from three to six days while in St. Louis at their Inst annual meeting he procured a bottloof Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Eomedy nnd h-is since used it with the best results. It is the only remedy ho ever found that ef fected a rapid and complete cure. No one can safely travel without it. Sold hy Dowty & Becher. He that goeth far hath many encoun ters. ThoiiMiml ( Dollar cro spent every yonr by people of this state for worthies-; iiu-ln-inon for tho cure of thront ,iw lung diseases, when wo know tliaL if t!i- would only invest SI in SANTA ABII-i. the :i--.v California discovery for consuiiiption .nut kindred complaints. t!i--v woui.l in Uiih pleasant remedy find relief. !t is recommended y ministers, pliy.;ii-i:i:-j ami public 8p'.ilcTH of the Cioldou State. Sold and guaranteed by Dowty & Becher at 1 a bottlo. Three for 32.50. Tho most stubljorn eaBO of catarrh will speedily succumb to CALIFORNIA CAT-K-CUKE. Six mouths' treutmont for SI. By mail, 81.10. Tho wine in the bottle does not quench thirst. An AltMtlate Cure. The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT MENT is only put up in large two oiinco tin boxes, nnd is an absolute cure for old Hores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and all kinds of skin eruptions. Will positively cure all kinds of piles. Aalc for the ORIGINAL ABITINE OINTMENT Sold by Dowty .v. Recher at 25 cents per box by mail 30 cents. mar7y The fish ndores tho bait. Wood half burnt is easily kindled. The Tiup MHlioil Of curing habitual constipation, and liver and kidney ills, is to avoid the use of tho bitter drastic liver medicines and cathartics, and take the only pleasant liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs. It cleanses as well as strengthens the sys tem, and does not leave the bowels cos tivo,so that regular habitu may be form ed, and the invalid presently restored to health. It acts promptly and effective ly; it is easily taken, and perfectly harm less. For sale only by Dowty 4 Becher. An examined enterprise goes on boldly. The Importing LINCOLN, Eav I s i BBrTSSSSSSSBr''ry- TgM J-bV ?-"" !CZBEBBBSBBBSBBaN .( BBVsVBBSSSSSSSaSKBBBal I l.-ii..-a-l J? vrt :Si.yaaBHBsBsMssMg" r JssssssIbsssssbssssbsmssmmB -izzs, AtBT aTJPjLS' BmBSBpvBSSSSSSrBaBSM-rSSBHiBBSlSSSHCBSSSSBSSSHLC BB" lxKSSa -"5i uJS&sfe3JHMKBBMP1SH 'taBBSBBBBBBHla WBSHBBBF -LWi3fc(B .-- JCVasP'kKiMrSl s -: SSSBSSBmPb.U ' X". it-1- m nBSSSSSa. "" Sfr"TH m -trv. BSBSBSSbVBV - - iasBBBBBBBB ;BSByMP.r.-ttgTfcjfUSSWWBlBSMBlBBSrf-. - HTfJH "--. - BBSfaBSMF.;...r-.T.jflitaSS SSgfT SSSSlSSSfSCgHSglSSiwJCTrr. TSl SB vMBSm -IMFOOTEKS Or Pure-bred French Draft (Percheron or Norman) AND ENGLISH SHIRE HORSES. Visitor always welcome. Call uil seo our hors or seifcl fir catalogue. tfK19B& This is theTop of the Genuine Pearl Top Lamp Chimney. Allothers, similar are imitation. TiC This exact Label is on each Pearl Kalaii Top Chimney. A dealer may say and think he has others as good, TTj BUT HE HAS NOT. Insist upon the Exact Label and Top. Fob Sale Everywhere. Made duly by GEO. A. MACBETH & CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. I4.III WREWAKSED aro thtwe Mil III Wwlio ruacT thin anil then act; ill l I I tncy will nnd honorable ui III VI Ik I ulormont that will not tnku thorn from their hornet and fauiilitt. The profits are largo and nr for every indutttrioiiM pereon, many have made and are now making frtivenil huntlrwl dollars a month. It in tHy for any one to make $5 and upward ir day, wFto is willing to work. Either mix, jouur or old; capi tal not needed: we xtart jott. Kver) thing new. No sH.i-ial ability required; you, reader, can do it as well a any one. Write to uh at once for fall particulars, which e mail free. Addretw StinHon & Co., Portland. Me. doeffly English Spavin Liniment removptt all hard, soft or cnllousoil lumps and blem ishes from horses; blood spavin, curbs, splints, sweeney, ring-bone, stitles, sprains, all swolen throats, coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warranted. Sold by C. B. Stillman, druggist, Co uinbus. 0 1 v The March sun raiseth, but dissolves not. Don't Kxpcrimeiit. You cannot afford to waste time ex perimenting when your lungi: :ir. in danger. Consumption aluius M't-nts. at lirst, only n cold. Do not pormit any dealer to impose upon yon with some cheap imitation of Dr. King'B Now Dis covery for consumption, coughs and colds, but be sure you get the genuine. Because he can make more profit he may tell you he has something just as good or just the same. Don't be diceived, but insist upon getting Dr. King's New Discovery, which is guaranteed to givo relief in all throat, lung and chest af fections. Trial bottles free at Dowty .t Uecher's d rug store. Large bottles 81. Timo is the rider that breaks youth. Daily excursions havo len arranged for over tho Union Pacific ltailwny, to San Francisco, San Diego, Col ton, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Jose, California, also to Portland, Oregon, at $80.00 for the round trip. Tickets aro good GO days for tho going passage and good for the return trip for six months from date of sale, with the usual stop over privileges in both directions within these limits. Theso tickets aro also good by way of Denvor nnd Salt Lako City in each direction. The Agent, Mr. J. R. Meagher, tells us quito a number aro thinking of making the trip soon, and it would bo well for those intending to go in select parties to seo him and arrange for their accommod.'itions. Mr. J. B. Frawley, Trnveling Agent, Union Pacific, at Omaha, is arranging for theso select parties, and will be glad to givo any fur ther information in regard to these ex cursions. Parties who prefer can corres pond with Mr. J. Tcbbets, G. P. & T. A., Omaha, Neb. A wifo man need not blush for chang ing his purpose. On and after April 29th, tho day coaches on tho Union Pacific's No. 3, known sis the "Overland Flyer," will be taken off, to better enablo it to make time. This will add largely to the popu larity that has already been gained by this fast train. After that date it will carry only passengers holding first-class tickets, to joints whero tho train makes regular stops, between Council Bluffs and Ogden. Such passengers must pur chaso tickets for soats or lierths in Pull man sleepers, liefore entering tho cars. s-tf Wisdom hath ono foot on land, and another on sea. Garfield ISraiich, On the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City, on tho Union Pacific, "The Over land Route," will be formally opened to tho public on Decoration day, May J0th. Amplo accommodations havo !eon pro vided, and the Pacific hotel company will have charge of tho hotel accommo dations at this famous resort under the supervision of the Union Pacific railway. No pains or expenso have been spared to make this the summer resort of the west. It is only eighteen miles from Salt Lake City on the Utah fc Nevada branch of the Union Pacific. Trains will bo run at frojiient intervals daily between Salt Lake City and the Beach. Cheap trains, good baths, and excellent meals will bo among the attractions. -Jtf The slothful it; tho servant of tho founters. The I'.iiMMiKrr Department Of the Union Pacific, '-Tho Overland IJoute," has gotten out a lly-bill design ed to call attention to the summer re sorts along the lino of this railway. It is a good hill and tourists, pleasure seekers, sportsmen and fishermen should apply at oney ti .1. S. Tebliets, General I'nssenger agent, Omaha, Xeh., for in formation in regard to the points of in terest along tho line, leforo deciding whore they will Bpend the summer sea eon, or vacation holidays. 3tf Draft Horse Co. NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA FAMILY : JOURNAL A Weekly Newspaper issued every Wednesday. , 32 Columns of reading matter, con sisting of Nebraska State Ne.ws Items, Selected Stories and Miscellany. iSSiiinple copied sent frre to any tuidreAs.'tS Subscription price, SI a year, in Idvance. Address: M. K. TUKNElt & Co., Columbus, Platte Co., Nebr. LOUIS SCHREIBER. All kinds of Repairing done on anon notice. Buggies, w;i V IV. ons, etc., niaue 10 oruer, and all work Guar anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers. Reapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. WT.Shop opposite the "Tuttersall , on Olive St.. COLUMBUa. J-m Health is Wealth ! Dn. E. C. West's Nehvk and Hiuin Thkat MENT, a Knarantied ttpecitic for listeria. Dizzi ness, ConvultionH, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia, Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by tho us of alcohol or tooacco. Wakefulness, Mental De pression, Soften i UK of tho lirain resulting in iuv- sanity and leading to misery, decay and dettn. Premature Old Ag, Barrenness, Losn of iowt f in either sex. Involuntary Losses and Heriiimt orrha'a caused by over-exertion of the brain.self nbnso or over indulgence. Each box contains ono month's treatment. J 1.00 a box, or six boxes for J.I.OO.sent by mail pro(aid on receipt of prico. WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES To cure any case. With each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with $.".W, u will send tho purchaser oar written Kuantnteo to re fund the money if the treatment does not etFect a enre. Guarantees issued only by Dowty & liecher. druKKists, sole agents, Columbus, Neb. dec'87y HENDERSON 109 4 W. Minth St., KANSAS CITY. MO. The only Specialist in ths City irho is a Be&dar Graduatt in Stedleine. Over 20 years' Practice, 12 years in Chicago. THE OLDEST IN JIBE, MD LOWEST LOCATED. v Authorized by the Ktate to treat mA. m Chronic.Nervoosand "Special I)N .T'5 . eases," Seminal Weakness (my A Eflfe iQloues) fiexuai Debility Uotsoftrxuul iflflflfll Jnotrcr), Nervous Debility. Poisoned l Blood.ulcers anrtSwelllnp) of vcry lll kind. Urinary Diseases, and la fait. all troubles or diseases in either male or female. Cures jcuaranteed or money refunded. Charges low. Thousand of cases cured. Kxperience Is Important. Allnmll clnes are guaranteed to be pure and efficacious, being compounded In my perfectly appointed laboratory, and are furnished ready for use. No running to drug stores to have uncertain pie criptions filled. No mercury or injurious medi cines used. Nodetention from business. I'atlents at a distance treated by letter and express, medi cines acnt everywhere free from gaze or break age. .State your case and Bend for terms. Con sultation free and confidential, personally or by letter. A M page UnniT For Both Sexea. sent illustrated JWWJ sealed in plain enve!op for 6c. In stamps. Every male, from the age of 15 to 43, should read this book. RHEUMATISM THE 6AEATTURKISH RHEUMATIC CURE. A POSITIVE CUBE for HHKCMATISV BlaCrismitD and Waeon Maker KiSyti I braim I Eh 960 ftiranycaM thl treatment MU to care or help. GfeaUit dlKotcrj la aaaala ormeiuciae. ucaaoae gives rtiter; a lew doeea remoTes fever and sia lo JoluU . Care completed In 3 to T date. Bend aeato atent of eaaa with atamp tor Circular. Call, or addreaa Dr.HENDEWON,IO.W.9thS1.,KataClty,Mo. SB?S AnrlfDt-ctrruTjrl btr t.!e J far 9 2- IABIET INC MCDVcoroRDViuz. cau. L fcj n f THCOIMLY- qurANTEeo CURE'rOR suta m cucuia CATARRH ABONEMmCqV0R0VILLE CAL.1 SHir -" XMJWTY 3fc BECHER. Traile n pi. lied by the H. T. CLARK Dbuu Co., Lincoln, Neb. 7mar8S-ly. 1311111! II II II l.JI A II II ilBl IIV II II ItllllV I iiUN05 -Sou n GuaWI WBsnm I l V kUj w wa t7 A -r
