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MUTILATED Railroad Time Tables. LOW FARES ---- TO THE — \ WEST. Is T H E C h e a p e s t a n d t h e F avorite R oute to a l l P oints in the W est . For fall Information, rates, time tables, tickets, etc., inquire of nearest “ D. & H.” Ticket Agent, or write to tho undersigned. J. W . BURDICK, Oeneral Passenger Ag't, ALBANYj N. Y. Delaware & Hudson EAILROAD Commencing Oct. 7, ’94. Trains will arrive and depart from Mechanicyille as in A INS BOUND 60T1 Leave for Troy-1.33. 7.43, 8.59, Sunday tiaiu, 2.6o p. m , TRAINS BOUJ from Troy—9,13, a SCHENECTADT TKAINS. f i t c h k o r g r a i l r o a d . B008A0 TUNNEL KOUTB. Trains leave for the East, *3.38 A, M, For Boston with leeping Cars. 7.53 A. M. For Boston and North. 9.13 A. M. For Saratoga and Schnylerville. *4.21 P. M. For Boston. 6.03 P, JC. For North Adams and North. 6.49 p . m . For Saratoga and Schnylerville. POB EOTTE3DAM AND WEST. 1.30 A. M. For Bufialo and Chicago. *9.37 P.M. For Buffalo and Chicago. .41 P, M. For Kotterdam, nudays only ♦Dailv July 9 1894 Street Railw ay Time Table. Leave Arrive Leaye Arrive Stillwater Mech’vUle Alcoh’ville Stillwater 6.15 a. m. 8.05 ” 9.15 ” 10.05 ” 12.40 p. m. 1.42 ” 3.00 ” 4 20 ” 5.05 ” 7.20 ” S t & e r 8 45 a. m. 1100 ” 2.00 p, m. 4 00 ” 6.30 ” 9.40 ” 10 51 ” 1135 11,40 ” . 1 20 1 39 p. m. 2.22 5 00 8.00 -------'»U jn DAV. ------- MmfiCvUle h & l o ^ e . 12 00 m. 2 50 p. m. 7.10 7.55 10 20 10,30 ” 11 11- Professional Cards G. W. KEEFER, M. D., S c S i i x * g - e o n Office, Cor. Main and M'illiam-sts., Mcehanicville, New York F. A. PALMER. M. D., ~JPliysicia,ii& Sixr,^eoii, WM.VANDOREN. M.D., IP h y s ician & Sxirg-eon Office, Ce Hazel Street. Office Hours, 8 to 9 a . m ., 1 to 2 p. ji. and 6 to 7 p.a. Mechanicvillc, N. Y. GEO. P. H. TAYLOR, M. D., T. C. TIFFANY, D- D* S-, 1 >ENXISX,. Artificial Teeth. Crown and Bridge Work. Special Attention Given the Care of Natural Teeth. Prices as low as consistent with first-class v Office in Mercury building, Cor. So. Main-st. and DR. M. T. MILLINGTON, D E N X I S X . OSCAR WARNER, Law MCerenry Bui'dlng, cor. STain-st. and rark-ave.. M eclranlcvllle, N. T. O c o . B . L a w r e n c e , M ain Street, Stillwater, N . Y. General Fire and Life Insurance Agent. l’clicie.« written in the best companies. No company repre sented having less than $1,000,0110 capital. All business will receive prompt and careful attention. The Saturday flercury. FARRINGTON L. MEAD E d ito b a n d P d b l i s h e k . S A T U D A Y M O R N I N G S MERCURY BUILDING, Corner of Main-st. and Park-ave.. Me- chanicvllle. Saratoga Co , N. Y\. One Year, in Advance .................................. $1 0 8ix Month-, in Advance............................ C A DVERTISING A limited amount of advei jfk.Using space is offered to the public at rate- which will be made known on application at this office. Business cards, occupying one s iuaroor less, will be inserted at S3.00 a year. Busincs' notices on local pages, 8 cents a line for first inser tioD, and 4 cents a Una for each subsciueut inser tion. Advertisem‘'nts for which time is not speci fied will be published until ordered nut and charged for accordingly. N e w Goods. N e w S tyles N e w Prices. P a c k e r ’s Enlarged Cash Store, No. M ain=st. f l |lPRlCES^L 0 WERTHAKEVER^KNQWN^N^yTWENTY-FlVE*YEARS.ftl| 1 ilii Packer’s Cash Dry Goods fcjtoro w as To Hncal feet deep before its recent enlargemeut. It now has 6o feet additional floor siiace, additiuniil counters and additional shelving. T h is store is now the largest in town, and it is p ick e d with new and fashionable Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, etc. Packer’s Carpet Departm ent is larger than over be fore and offers the public a splendid stock of Carpets, Rugs, Oil Cloths, Hassocks, etc. Every variety of W indow Shades, beautiful in design and coloring, at astonishingly low prices. Curtains, rich and rare at attractive prices, in every fashionable fabric. IVOMAJf AXD HOME. M o u s e and. M o m e JJep a r t m e n t. holds her, ns it docs tho French girl, in a close, watchful grip, which doe.s n ot relax until after nintrhnony. But on the man I erly for tho illustrated papers. The elder holds h I Mr. AIcFall is h e r m a n of a ffairs, uegotiat- ‘ ..... .1. . „ . , . ^ „g pJiQ ing the sale of I ut Iiooks, for, ns she says, un til after mntrimony. B u t on tho man A PRETTY CHINA CLOSET MADE IN l l l t ' Z S ' S f : : - . ; . : ' ’ ^ THE CORNER OF THE ROOM. huslnesd am i try to w rite.’ It Is euoi for the a rtist to a ttend to her work. -------------- I ‘‘Her flat i.sa light, airy npartment, and Elderly Women—A Few Facts About Sa- the dourplnte is her nnine, ‘Mrs. C. R. c . , ™ . „ . c « ,E . . i;> s s sth S lip their hair ami been fitted have not p u t tip their ha with their first decollete gown. It is true that tins process has its effect _______ 1 young married wonicii in the sudden ‘Mme. yarali Gmml,’ Iw which title slio freedom from restraint ami tho entire TUo Beautiful Women of Provence—Bag Insists on heiiig c alled. Xo one seems to change of life wliicli it l'riiig.s to them, ^ know why slie is e.iUedinndame instead of but hy tlint time tlieir pliysienl hnliits are For Shoes—IVliat of Woman’s Future? ' Mrs., but It is tile cv As china has now developed into an art «Uy addressed bv the the China closet has become a part of tho decidedly awkward in cunveraation. furnishing of the dining room. A t each entrance hall of her apartm ent Is huiif rner, in well appointed houses, these ^vith souvenirs fmm Africa, tropliie.- lalnt cupboards have a wonderful, pie - - - - - quain t cupboards have a wonderful, pic turesque effect and add much to the deco rations of this room. Of wood, the curly birch or ash with brass furnishings is considered by artistic people to be the best. In one house where some artists Uvo tho lower shelves of these cupboards, which are closed by a wooden door, have a q u a int motto in brass, which adds to their clever ornamentation. And the glass part of these good, useful and delightful decora- tl\0 bits extend almost to the broad frieze of t h e w a ll paper. Of china tho Copenhagen ware Is the most expensive. I t is a wonderful blue, which is of a slate color effect. The brown Doulton pitcher, with its queer lettering, its designs of odd figures and its flowery wreaths In tones of creams, Is great for the pretty china closet. Tho chocolate pot, which Is of every design and shape, can be purchased for from ?5 to tho low price of ?1.60, and yet every one is a model of the china maker’s skill. As a good back ground for this decorativo affair two or three good fish or dessert plates will show off admirably well if placed securely by a fair sized tack against the back of tho In thesi and oheesi against tbi ’se dainty closets the o ie p late should bo alw .6 a supper given in an artistic dining m not long ago the china closet was a symphony In blue. The nankeen china biting tho scheme, every piece from the glass front presented to the eye a series of Chinese pictures, with their pagoda effects and peonllar forms so distinct with these people. If the china closet is a low one, on its top there should b oa stunning vase, either In Mexican or South American pottery, or a fine piece of Japanese rookwood will do excellent duty. These colors of terra cotta or browns are admirably suited for a high place and are in accord with all the china within tho shelves. Many of these closets have silk curtains fastened by ends to a brass rod. Of tho new silks tho variety Is endless. There are delicate greens of a cashmere iiattern, which, for this purpose, is a poem in silk. Then there are lace effects, one stripe of It in apple green, with an alternative stripe in lace, the crinkled, variegated ma terial being the most gorgeous, but any simple drapery will do if tho curtain de sign Is wanted. To secure a fine decorativo bit—all tones In china for a closet should be com plementary—use pink very sparingly, red but seldom. Delicate tints in which gilt has a good share are the proper caper for that pretty china closet. Cut glass al ways is a fine scheme In small pieces, which, if rightly placed, will add every time to this cupboard and enhance its bril liancy.—Xcw York Recorder. E lderly W omen. An Englishman said the other day that in America the elderly woman has disap peared, and this superficial observer as cribed her elimination to tho fashions. Not only, ha declared, does the mother dress like tho daughter, but the grand mother is gowned like tho mother. There is no doubt that the old distinctions which used to exist between tho dress of the wom an of 30 and tho woman of 60 i ve largely been abolished. But this is a iult and not a cause. Tho fact is that no ago arc American women any longer aside as having outgrown the period of ■ Women of all sorts nowadays have wid er Interests than had their grandmothers or even their mothers; also they under stand tho laws of health, of hygiene and of rational dressing much better. Thus the m ind Is constantly reawakened, while the body is preserved and constantly re animated. One of the potent factors in the disappearance of the elderly woman has been tbo woman’s club. Hero she finds herself In touch with the vital inter ests of tho day and supplements her early knowledge with the latest current infor mation. Through it she ha.s become a n o t able influence in polities, and by means of it organizes her activities Into variou.-, useful and diverting channels. What wonder, then, that she continues to I'J bright, cheery and omnipres- nt? In social gatherings and fe^tu ith-s v l m- en of all ages congenially mingle. Tho up to date g irl Is invited out to dinner with her ciders by many years. Each appeaL to tho opposite sex with a charm of her own, and general society is greatly the gainer. The placid old Indy by tho flrcrlde, in snowy cap ami snher garb, is not to be forgotten, but who shall say that the cul tivated and wide awake woman who Las to largely taken her place is not equally well suited to the times we li\c in?—New Y'ork A Few Facts Albout Sarah Graml. Hero ore a few facts about Sarah Grand which her worshipers may resent, but which on impartial interviewer vouches ‘‘She looks like a spinster of perhaps 10, with whom happiness has plnyrd will o’- the-wisp tricks. Tho note of petsimi.^m in her books is reflected in the drooping musclee and weary expression of her face, “ She lives in a pretty flat in Wynnestay gardens, Kensington, and her admirers brought home by her stiqisons, and re“ci Wing Mexican weapons, hats and bnskel The drawing and dining rooms look more like an Anieih-an house than an English and are furni--lird in a light style, with framed drawings and etchings on the light colun-d walls, w ith summer draperies and cuhliii'Us about tho rooms.” •n, and she Is usu- formed, and llicy have their growth.—St. name, whicli is Louis I’est Di-patch. S.jiiit of tlio Three K‘.s. ‘‘My dear one may not ho the loveliest Oman In the w o rld, b u t she c e r tain ly has beautiful arm s.” ,So wroti (Icorgla t ’ayvau ig tho m ost selec by puifessicin.'il women nro Georgia Cay- van's tea parties, t o w h ich very f e w ml en of the srngo arc invited, but any quantity •ng tho m ost select gatherings givt ifeiislanal women nro Georgia Ca I parties, t o w h ic h very f e w m igo arc invited, but any quantity of jollity Is enjoyed by the representatives of a rt, literature and their kindred profes sions who attend tlicse delightful at homes. When supper is being served, nil the male guests tire transformed into £ kies by tbo jolly ho.stcss, who insists 1 their proper sphere for the time beln to wait on tho feminine p a rt of the ass bly, instead of regular paid waiters. To the Initiated it Is the excess of droll ery to hear Alksg Cayvan call solemnly to some tall, distinguished man, “ James, bo more attentive, please. Mrs. Haroourt’s plate needs replenishing,” to which ad monition he, with equal earnestness, slaps a clean napkin over his arm and makes a frantic dash a t the neglected lady. Oft entimes some scapegrace of an old friend, while in tho capacity of waiter, ogles his fair hostess from his vantage ground on tho opposite side of whereupon Alico' F ist a.stonishment that i Miss Cayvan cniiploj ‘‘Y'es, they do act strangely at tim es, 1 adm it,” and then says severely, “ John, you may leave when your ninnth Is u p .” Ono of the favorite dishes cooked on Miss Cayvan’s trusted and tried chnflng dish, and which her supper gufst.s declare the best thing they ever ate, is crab toast, which can he miiile with erali meat picked fresh from the shells of tho canned article. With a teaspoiinful of butter, chopped cel ery, pinch of Hour, cream, salt, pepper and a dash of good sherry tliey say thort isn’t any better i-atlng nnywlieiv.—New The Brauliftul 'Wonieii of Froveuce. But there is one thing iu a V-I i os that you will need no guides of any kind to show you. I mean tho beauty of its women, who are still naive or wise enough to wear the llttlo Alrle.’^ian cap and voluminous fichu. Of course they have always been fain for lovclinc.ss all over tho world, yet ni ing in other parts of tlie world will h heliied you to Imagine them. The typo is peculiar to Provence, much more delicate han Italian types, tho very dark eyes and ’ ■itest ■ ' off skinskins, famous hair contrasting with tho w h o s a spirited and yet an extremely poetic type, and so refined, so aristocratic, that its charm is not lo.st in old age. Neverthe less not tho typo itself, but tlio frequency of its perfect presentation, is the most sur- pri-lng, tho most delightful fact. Hero an ugly woman, a commonplace looking girl, is llio exception. Whore five or six nro gathered togotlier three nt least will bo beauties, and the others will be comely, h'urely If thc.se people aro as Greek as they like to think tho sculptors of ancient Greece needed their imagina tions less than we aro accustomed to think. Scores of times I cried to myself, ‘‘Tbit one is the most beautiful of all.” But best of all I now remember n girl who, with the true Arlesian face, had unbeliev able riches tif red hair. Slio was more beautiful than, In our unequal world, any woman has any right to be. It was hear able to look at lier only because ono felt that very likely every man and woman in Arles, ineluding lier splendid self, thouglit the redness of her h air distressingly unfor tuuate.—Mrs. .Schuyler Van Rensselaer in Tills Iiag fur shoes can bo made of cre tonne of a light ground strewn with a bright lloral design. Plain linen or figured eateen is also appropriate for tho purpose. Tilt' -■ .'Ih >1 edgr- .m- but tonhnlc stitched With i iiil'iuiiUry eiitton, and thetw o see tlnn-, or H 1.. t-. urn of sutlh-ii-rt umpll W h.it of Woman’s Future.* r.d si-ii ntists have reei ntl.v w r l lt i i s to priuo that w ifliln u eeiiturt t v ill I'C tnlh r, heav tudo to i oiiitnr’aMy h< hi two or th m pair-of .‘■litipiTs or i-lioi-■. A bo ,v of nli bou l oiuph ii - till! top of the I'iig. women v ill I'c tnlh r, heavi r aiid-tr-ngor than Jiii n, arid that tliO i' -Ithm toward Wonien that iin ti haveoi-eupii d in llicpast will be aliii’--t ri vi r.->d. Tle'di velojinu iirs of tliO l i-r l.alf 1-1 ntury do to a c n taln l a tent point in till-dilution of this tlicory. It Is not -o niariv years sine,-the sight of a Wumun walkiiio with a man shortiT than htr-ilf uttraitul afteiition soumcli that both tlio slo'rf m an and tin-t.all wi-man wore r< lui tan! to npi'< ar In public X'ow the sight is .so i/im n .iin th.it on any fash- ionablo thooiughfar.' m.Uiv, If not half, tho w o n e ’n an- taller tli.iii tlie men. The moih'rn glil h.is non*> of the lud habit.s of the m d -in inan. t-lie does not drink locktail-, smoko Ine.-ssant ciga- pljy pola r until all h'Hir.s of the reach their star. She has chosen this eyrlo rettes jd ty iioh, r un til all h'Hir.s of the to escape the noiso of tho streets and lives night and engaoe in the modi rn forms of herew ith her two stepsons, whose name fit i d(->ip if'.t.n. .‘^hc is t'O clo-cly watched for Gio\ present (Icrman emperor to his mothe when he was in tho finst hli.ss of courting his “ h riir rose,” as he called Abugusta Victoria of t^le.-wiek-Holstein, whom ho afterward made his wife. The kaiser was only 20 ye.ir.s of age when won his wife, with scant wishes of lii.s grandfather. She is a woman, according to Mr. Ar- tliiii- Wiirreii, ilu' nuthui’ of tho sketch In the “ W oman nt H o m e,” from whom those quotations are made, who entirely fulfills the kaiser’s Ideal of what a woman should be. William II ha.s no patience with tho now woman or any of tho emancipated of her sex. Ho has declared more than once that he prefers a wife who can mako jam to one wlio can discuss a constitution. The empress fills that bill exactly, Fho make j.ain and cares nothing whati about political constitutions. Another saying of tho emperor’s is that he could wi.sh nothing better for tlio wel fare of his nation than that tho girls ol Germany should follow the example of the empress and diuoto their live.s, ns she docs, to the cultivation of tho three K ’s— Kirche, Kinder and Kuclio. Woman’s luHuenee. worn a)n's Bishop Vincent says is enormous, and “ if si !Cds no additional power.” A growing amber of the wise.st and most succe.ssful mothers think ntlierwise. Mrs. Zcrclda G. Wallace, lor instance, points out that a mother must always he a t a disadvantage in training her children so long as she has no voice In determining the environment which shall surronnil her home, i^he says: ‘'The mother tries to teach her boy that lie must be pure aud temperate and hon orable. That boy goes out from his moth er, and the first tiling lie meets with neu tralizes and gives tlio lie to nil liis moth er’s tcacliings. He says to himself, ‘Why, mother .says so and so,’ b u t ho finds men in high places violating all tlioso teach ings, and lie begins to coneludo that his mother docs not know mtieh about it. From that mlnulci tliut boy dLscounts hi? motlier's judgment, and though she must still have a hold on his aflVetioiis she does not have a hold upon him in any otliei way. There is wliero you wimig us, gen tlemen, and cripple ns in training mi who will make tho statesmen of tliis n Eyebrows ami lAnslicH. Nt vi r cub or trim tlio ryclirows. Thcii >y^ln Irovs thi.s hy causing them to .stiff a n d ‘-Wild.” To i influence it wisely she beauty includes delicacy—delicacy 1] curve, Midth and texture. Trimmlni them destroys th is hy causing them t' ‘•wild.” T get t arch many beauti pinch the t'yeiu'ows after anointing tliem with oil to make tlio liair gloss.v. A stray wiryiry orr grayray liairiair mayay bo removedemovi with w o g l m bo r tweezers, but sliould never he cut. On the other hand, eyelaslies arc cultivated by clipping tliem once a year. Hairdressers call it “ topping” tliem, and the term is pertinent. Only tlio irregular tip ends should lie cut, ami thi.s can only be dont by another, ru tt in g the lashes weakent tho eyes. Renuinlioi’ that.—New York Dispateli. Frc'UcU IVIotU*ls, a V Fieii.-li niudi'l l.s a young woman wif a figure like a fasliion plate, who sliov pattern toilets and co.stumes to buyers. In Paris a good model gets ^!20amonth, thret meals a day :nid is dres.sed by tho firm ir whatever .style her employer fancies. Du cot keeps six mndels of dilTereut types ol beauty, hut all tall, slender and well poised women. Po-itions of this sort art very desirahle, ea.sy to get and hard tt keep, fol as soon ns tho perfect figure be gins to lo.-o tlie delii-ato lines a suocessoi is under consideration. The hi.story of the models of Paris is curious and iutere.sting. It is not uniisnal for a pretty bonne or a well built cook to l <0 promoted to the ranks.—New York World. a V Support, Not a Tlamess. Ferv women, says tho Pittsburg Dis pateii, know how to lace a corset so as tc obtain a perfect figure. The idea of a cor 6ct is suppert and not n harness. A big corset that .squeezes in and compresses the flesh gives a false impression of theJ^rencli ll.l. a \ eli.vraeteristlc.vraeteristlc of tlioio idea A el> of tl trno French figure is its soft, graceful lines. The waist is as tlglitly laei d us possible, but there in little corset I'i'luw and less lino, and so tlie beautifu male formform erere giveniven freei e g Vli-i. Uuuiplircy. Mr,'. Humphrey, tlie “ Madge” of Lot don Truth, i- deseril.icd us a woman rathei above nilddle hoiglit, with a keen, impress ive face, sharply cut feature.s, a bright, youthful i-Miiniexion aiiil gr.vyhair, wli' once was fair and gulclen. In manner pleasant and uiiaffeeteil and Is n elm -y tulkiT. hlieh.i' aph-a-;vnl little lie llcll at Maida N'ale. Tliere are twu kiiid.-uf bad j'.irents—the parent ytlio h'ok-up'in a eliild as a uia chine capable uf pi rfi i-t reetitnde If Its moral prliieiph s are mamifaetured on a certain iilan, and the pan n t whuKO only nothin of a child i- that it Is a .‘■ort of toy Bent by I’rm i'h nee P-r hi- aiii'i-t ini nt. M i - K lim .\. Funk flie - i - n r <>i thi Me—IN. Piitiii k .’iml All-tin Ford of Tin Iri-h Wi rld and The I’lnin.m 's .hiurnal of NewVi'iK, i\ n-sui-i.-iti d wllli la r I'mtli ors In tie- ni.lli.'r.'t lurlit uf tle -c plllilie.i Wlien Ir.iTdng, have .1 -Tu.ill h-.ml, sprinkhil viilti -all. lu -iile the Irunlng t:i hie, and if tlie iruii h, e.iiii. - nuigh ruh it twu uv three lin iih u v tr the s.vlt, and it shunld he I ••rti 'it,' -m- ■ t h Many I'l. Ill h v u ini n in trh't u.i-h till ir t.n i - in hutti v am u-e feuiii aiitl i\af. r. T h i- r. i.d> r- the -kin beautifully -uii ami iki'-tle, “ T ill thi iiie.it> n r dri—III.iKt r, ” s.vys an anUiurlty, “ th.if -he can sm-i e—fully pres.s the ruund .-•'ani-uf woi-t- and sle,.-i the kiti le 11 r.'lling p in.\ rural dis- mil r.'ivf'ly 1 English print dated IsUt eu ire of a wuman un a trlevih- SARATOGA?* | j -I --- VOORHEESVIL^^-^..^^ H I ND N j ii ' \%CVILLE /Sltlrose-' ( i! • lierflu w roreenbtish m £ 1 1 , , ^ I f I Location and Transportation Facilities of Meclianicviile, N. Y. E n t e r t a in iiig S h o r t S to r ies. WHAT K a 4 TIE CAUGHT “ Oh, dear, I am bo tired, so very tired, tolling all day, and often half the night, for b.vrely enough to keep soul and body togethcrl I must emleavor to find some thing that pays better tlian this ceaseless gtitching. But hero conics mother. I must chase away this weary look.” Mr. A.shley had been a goveriunent clerk and lived up to every cent of his income, just m anaging to keep up a genteel ap pearance ami send Katie to an excellont school. B u t a M c . Ashley died .suddenly, and tho llttlo fam ily w a s left entirely destitute. Mrs. Akshley w as an invalid. She could help in no way to support lier little fam ily. Sto Katie, wlien only 10, was forced to leave her studies aud put lier shoulder to the wheel. a V sew ing m a chine was purchased, and bravely she went to work. “ Katie, love, this will never do. Y( m u st n o t work so constantly. Get yoi hat and go take a walk, ami, my cliilcl”- She hesitated. “ W ell, I ’vo been thin k ing that possibly, if you would try yourself and not depend on friends, you m ight get a position. I should think General Looms, If ho knew you, would give you work. Go and ask him, Katie.” “What about tho general, mother? know him b.v sight and to speak to a lit tle, and ho is a fine old gentleman, I think,” said Walter Asshley, a boy of 10 years, who had entered tho room and caught tho Inst part of his m other's “ How, or rather whore, did you meet him, W’alterf” asked Katie. “Why, I ECO him most every afternoon up where wa go fishing. Well, i t would do you good to see him when ho has lino luck. I believe ho would sooner draw up black bass than greenbacks,” Walter an swered. “ Oh, Walter, sometimes when he is in such a good humor, cotild yon not tell him who you are ond ask him to give mo something to do'f” Ratio asked in a tone and manner half serious, half in fun. “ Now, as if lie would mind what n boy said! No. Katie, you come and go with oftenften comeome upp too tlielie flshinjishing me. Ladie.s o c u t t f ground. Then, when ho looks pleasant enough, you ask him ; Ing now.” They were .soon after on their way to the flsliing grounds. When in sight of tho place, Walter said; ‘‘The general is not there, but ho w ill como by and by, I guess. I ’m gliyl WO are fir.-t. Fll get a good po- f^oon liis linn vv:is dropjicd, and a few minutes after Katie saw him dr.aw it up with a trium p h ant exelaniation. ‘‘What a beauty! Ob, there conies tho general! Ain’t I glad he didn’t get hero before. Ho would have caught thi.s. Now, w.vteli hliii, Katie. I ’m going to have a brisk time, I think.” Kate raised her eyes to tlie approaching form timidly for an instant, but an in stant only, for surely there sho found n ing to encourago a longer gaze. General Looms looked decidedly cross, ami tho expression changed not for tho better d uring the two hours tho glri sat and watched. Then at last, tired and disheartened, sho coaxed Walter to return home. “ What luck?” asked a M ts . Ashley, meet ing them ,'it the door. “ Splendid! Fee wliat a feast!” ex claimed Walter. Ho had quite forge[otten the real piirposo of Kal atie’s goii soniethliomething piirposo of K “ Oh, Walter, mother means s of more importance than your fish,” Katie said, .adding: “ No luck for ino, mamma. I could not ilaro to spe.ak to Iiini. Ho looked awfully cross.” “ Well, th a t’s SO. Ho did. I never saw him SO before. But the fish did not bite for him. I gue.ss that was tho reason,” said Walter. Day after day, when Walter returned from .school, .slie would put a.sido h er work and accompany him, returning to the anx ious mother ever with tho dc.spondcnt look on her pale face. Twelve days pa.ssed thu.s. q'o W.altcr it wa.s beyond, compreliension. Ho dccl.ared that always before tho general looked pleasant. Sometimes ho was really jovial, and on two or three occasions had spoken with much kindness to him. “ I declare, Katie, it is tho strangest thing I ever knew. Frotn tho time ho comes in sight bo looks cross and grows so until he or wo leave,” Walter “ Tlien I w ill lie VO I must 111 his changed humor.” “ Oh, nonsense, Kate! I never meant to imply anything of that kind. Of course, it go .any more. I lie- ; Bometliing to do with as I told you before, neither you nor 1 have anything to do with It. Como o n ,” Again theyarilved in time to secure the place for W alter’s sport. And Katie be gan her wateliful, wistful gaze. It was n o t long before tho fam iliar form came in sight, nearer and nearer, u n til the poor girl could plainly see the same old look, and It really sceinc-d to her ho u t tered an angry, impatient exclamation. Gcncr.'U Looms stopped not nt his no- enstomed place, but came right up to where they sat. Planting his rod into tho soil in the vicinity of Katie, ho looked a t her a few seconds and then said In a very ajniable tone: “ I did think you would have s homo sueli an afternoon. Can’t you btamniered: Before she e uuld i-uiitiul her e m o tion lleiently to say anything into exclaim e d : you write a fair liand? ipidlyf But Can you count rapidly f B ut ym can leiirn, it you do not already. Listen to I me tomorrow, and I ’ll put 111 kei-pyoti so busy you will ■nu to w o rk rt 50 g lad to ri ifterni o n .\ “ You are -o kind vhii found li'T t an I thank ymi! kei-jiing tiff m y Ihiii: 1 kei-pyou so busy yo and not come hero every d. -o very kind!” Katie, lii-e, eieialmt'd. “ How “ By kei-jiing tiff my Ihiiitg giuiind. _ 'ii't* you know, ever siueo yoK have bt-ea com ing bero you’ve oe.'iipled my iilare, uml lii-ing a young lady I couldn’t very w ill a-k you to remove, and so I ’ll give you an uflii o to get rid of you .” Katie wa- so ovt rjoyeil and rea-sured hy the plc.-i’-.-int ttino and ninmier of the p.-nrral that she toll! him about tho object of ill r eoiiiing, anil the general eielaimed: ‘■And so joii eanii' ll-hlng for an offlcol Blit volt u-ed tlif worst kind tif bait, my little'gill ■■ Ha, ha, hal” laiigli.,. ly have felt so. Well, I mu tru'_ help till' (laughter of >Mr. rishlny and iglited to get her off my fishing any rate, you looked as if you ■ould bite evi-ry tim e,’’ Katie answered, i-r eyi s daneing merrily. “ lia, ha. ha :” laiighisl tlie general. \ I really have felt so. Well, I mu truly glad to help till' (laughter of deligllted to get her < ground.”—Boston Gloliu. Did Her Best. Miss Elderly—I shall never marry. Laura—Probably not. l)iit you inuil rave flght.'—I.lfe. FIFTEEN. Dan Smltli, who lives aloiic in a log hub up in the fcian Jacinto mountains all the year round, is the most genuine h u n t er and trapper iu southern California. While o ther old time hunters have been all urged from tho forest, the rocky fast nesses of the mount.vins, or from lives of Bolitudo and hardship, by the temptations of civilization or a thirst for riches In gold fields or silver mines, Dan has ove years been a trapper and a h unter. - He could fill a volume with thrilling talcs of adventure, and his observation of tho habits and characteristics of the fierc est wild boasts and most dangerous rep tiles we have in A\.merica would bo an au thority among naturalists. Ho has h u n t ed all over Colorado, Nevmla, Arizona and about half of California. He is diffident about tolling of bis adventures, but when warmed up he can entertain a listener for liours. Ho recently i-elated a fight tp tlio death that he saw years ago between n panther and a drove of w ild hogs In tl vicinity of what is now Calicnte, in Kci county. Dan’s language is followed i near as possible in tho story telling: “About 20 years ago, near’s I kcnrekol- lect, I was h u n tin on top of Blue moun tain, in Kern county. I had killed a big buck and lin t ' ............................................ when I lie.Tird wild hogs. Y’ou ken bet I bung that buck in a tree just ns quick tis I could, for them critters is the pryene.st things and the meanest yo ever saw. Why, if they get mad, they’ll tackle anytlilug. Well, I had just got my deer safo when I hoard tin a-coniin, a-squealin and a-gnmtiu. “ I had to hunt a safo place myself, for there was no use of shooHn one when there’s maybe 40. If I killed ono, I ’d had to k ill ’em all. They’d never leave long as ono of theih was aliva I throwed tho gun strap over my slioulder.s and took to D good sized troo tibout 20 ynrd.s from where I hung the deer. “ Them hogs p u t in an appearance just as I got on a Itig limb, about 15 feet above tho ground. Tliey was led by two big boars, and there wuz, 2‘J of ’em, all told. They smelled the blood mul the deer, root ed up the leaves and ground with their long noses and tore around generally ui til tliey found the tree vvbero tho deer wt huug. Just about tltis time I heard somi thing junipin from tree to tree on the lower bide of tlio rise, utul purty soon I saw tho biggest painter I ever saw jum p on to a limb uva tree about seven or eight yards from tlio limb tlio deer hung on. “ Theni hogs liadii't yet winded tlie painter, ami tliey kept up sicb a racket sqiiealin and gruntiii that tliey hadn’t heard him. Tlio painter didn’t hogs u n til ho .struck the last tree, v WUZ alniost over them. He jc.st laid liim- Bclf full length on tlio Jlinh and watched them, all the time wavin ills tail back CHILDEEN’S COLUMN. Everybody likes little Carl llosoubloom, he is so cunning and small and fat. He has lived in America just a llttlo while, hoo canan sjienkjienk onlynly twov English wordi and h c s o t but it sounds so funny owin liis teetli. bet meat wl he fight of 1 mud. Akfte was ill tho tree or 1 for i t it it got to tlio ground. Akfter a bit tho painter seemed to make tip his mind, for ho got iiis feet under liiin and squatted. I tell ye, stranger, tlietwuz a p urty jump. That painter je.st sailed tlirougli tho air and landed plump on tho limb over the “ When the painter .struck llio limb, the hogs quit squealiu and tetulii around and formed tlheni.selves iu a ring, witli the body of the deer in the renter ahovethrm. They begnii'to foam at tlie mouth and snap their tusks. What a noi.so they made! They wuz tlio maddest and awfulest look- in animals I ever saw. All thet time thi< painter was trying to haul the tleer up to him with his.paw, Ijut every time he’d get. the deer swung uround the sihew.s with which it was fa.stened to tlio limb would make it slip baek. Purty .-oon the painter seemed to see the tronl'le, fur he gralibed tho buck with one paw, while he reached down and bit tho deir loose. There's where tho painter made tho biggest mis take of his life, fur ho couldn't liohl tlio deer when the fasteiiin’s was cut, ami in spite uv him it tore loo.se from his claws and fell right in tlie initldlo uv tlio drove uv hogs. Tliey jumped on it and tore it to pieces qnickern I kin tell ye. The painter wuz .so mad tliat he lost Ids judg ment, or ho w ouldn't have done such ;i foollsli tiling as he did, fur lie gave one snarl and wuz, among tho hogs in a .sec ond, knoekin two uv ’em over ns he landed. Then tliere wuz. a fight. Tho deer and went for tlio paint- hogs q u it tlie d er. Now ho w' iz down and tlien up. “ Over w ent a hog ripped wide open tiler got a w ipe w ith that here, while nuotlier big paw that made hogs wuzii’t idle bj ped and tore They wuz a di blood. in, rlppiu and tearin I never did see. In less tim e than I ken tell it 11 uv them out, and two or tlirec more the painter wuz. purty near knocked out too. He w u z l.ayln on his baek, and every tim e a iiog got iu reacb nv his claw s he would give him a rip w liieli w o u ld knock tlie hog out, nt least fur aw h ile. One hog made a linigo at the painter's lie.ad and got cauglit hy the throat liy the painter, hut thot wuz. libs last act, f(ir one uv the hoars drove his huig i tusks into the painter's belly and literally ^ liini Open from ono end to tho .th a n tim e seconds that ar.s, but tho • hy no means. They rip- iiit painter fore and aft. They wuz a dozen long cuts on his sides and legs, and his htidy wuz. covered with irliii, scrcamin, squeal- tcarin I never did hog.s wuz Itii wnz hurt. ripped ] this is tho reasou that lie ghts cookies and slices of gingerbread a t every house where ho Is sent on an errand. One day Carl was trudging along with a basket of clean clothes, which his moth er had just washed and sent home. Ho was a droll little figure, with his chubby legs in short knickerbockers, and his round, fat arms in sleeves much too small and tight for thorn. Some boys playing marbles on the pave ment were quite amused a t this comical sight, and they began to laugh and shout, “ Saus.9go bags!” Now, Carl did not understand a word, but he saw they were speaking to him , so he turned liis dear little innocent face to tliem witli the sweetest of smiles and said. You should liafo scon liow ashamed the naughty boys looked then! One of them sinllod aud nodded at little Carl, nnotlier gave him a nice rod apple, wliilo anotlii took ills big basket and carried it for hli all the rest of tlie way. So the good natured llttlo fellow trotted off, tlilnlviiig wlint kind boys they were and what a pleasant world this is to live In, niul perhaps wo should all tliink so, too, if our tempers were ns sweet as his.- Youtii’.s Companion. How Cbildrcn Flayed In Athens. filing how children Athens. Tho ball was a universal play thing. , As tho children grew older there A very learned professor has been lately tolling how c used to play in old Athens. Tho ball was a universal play thing. , As tho children grew older there came tho hobby horse, tho gamo with dico, made of the knuckle bones of animals cut into square pieces, and spinning tops both in tho houso and in the open air. Toys ' “ mudud pies”ies” engagedge the and go carts and “ m p enga interest of Athenian children as of th' children of all European nations. Thoi followed at a somewhat more advancei age a game which consisted in throwing slantingly into the water small smooth stones and counting how many leaps they made before sinking—which wo call “ skimming” or “ duck and drakes\ blindroan’s bull, trundling hoops and kinds of games with the ball, walking on stilts, leap frog, kito flying, seesawing on logs aud swinging, etc. Girls had dolls made of wax or clay and painted. Blind- m an’s buff w'as played thus: Tho boy, with his eyes bandaged, moved about call ing out, “ I will catch a brazen fly.” Tho others answered, “ You will hunt It, but you won’t catch i t ,” all tho whilo striking him with whips .till ho managed to catch one of them. A Candy Man In the San. Till’ I'aiuly man, who wa.'i in the sun. And Avlio m-v.T could -waUt, began to i Till you couldn’t have told, so fast ho ran, q'liat he ever had been a candy mrm. Gniue of Grasshopper and Ants. Ono of the players Is chosen grasshoppci by drawing lots; tho others are ants. The grasshopper writes tho nanio of some edi ble grain on a bit of paper, holds it in tho hand and says to ono ant: ‘‘My good friend, igry. What will you give me to e ant names a grain. If i t is not same as that on tho paper, the graes- tho next ant, then tho next, tlio name on tho ] be paper, hands it ind joins the ant.s, tbo same as hopper asks If any a n t give tho gra.sshoppCr shows the to the one thu.s caught and wliile the a n t becomes grasshopper. When all have been asked this question, tbe one that should then bo grasshoppei writes down a dance and says: “ I have had something to eat and now wish to dance. Wliat shall I dance;’’ The ants guess various dances, the ono guessing that on the paper becoming gr.-isshoppor. The next question l.s, ‘‘T o w l \ nuisiet '.nstrumont shall I dance?’’ fired and want to go dial] I sleep under?” These qiic.stlons e: long as tho inn kee bo continued i To Gladys. ] know :i little girl With hair all in a curl ‘•The hogs tuok U]) the xiii ees, liuin-s aud all, and m inehedantl giomnl them until nothin eoulil bo -eeu uv tlie animal liig enough to make a gun wad. Thet wuz a | buttle, sure. Tliere wuz. aliout 15 dead ; hogs, and .six or ei.glit rut .and ha.slird from snout to tail. I d on't lieliero a sin gle one c.-eajied .-ume injury, but tho liv- In one.-, wlietlier wnnnded or nut, jist kejit tearing uriiund till they eleniied tip all tliet wuz. h ft uv tliedi er and tlie paint- “ I had M I nil thet liiiih ;iiid watched (lie fight until it TMiz. finished and never thought uf iiiy gun, and if I had I don’t J iielicve 1 wiiuld have used it, but nu-w thet it wuz tiver I knew I ’d licv to kill tlie rest uv the hug.s or stay In tho tree all night, 1(1 killed till' last ii’t like to wear Oh, dear! her liat- ouliloors. blu- put - it on her head When eliiubing out of bed zVnd sometime- want.- to wear it wlien she 3o queer! Put -when .-ho goes outdooi-s Her hat falls to the lloor, a V iii I her curly locks just glisten in tho sun. If you a>k her why .she wauls biinshim) on her curly locks, She will say, “ 'Tis sunshino makes them curl .so tight, .’^..tifrhl!” —.1. H. fuw h — in Mlmie:ipoUa IIim.-ekeeprr. CHURCH S I R ECTORV- jg A r a s PRR&BYTEBIAN—Main Street. 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