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Seneca County Courier=Journal. DEVOTED TO THE TRUE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF SENECA COUNTY. Ill S S EstVS m Aug. 21. 1902. SElfEOA PALLS, N. Y., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1902. HUMBER 32 I ■ t The CoDrler-Jouwal. PU B L ISHED EV e A t THURSDAY BY THE JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. (LIHITED) PARTKEDOE BLOCK, SENECA PALLS. N. T. T E R M S : otmty SulJBcrlberB, $1.50 when paid in advance; SnbBcribers outside the county, $2.00 p er year, postage p repaid; Subscription for six months, $1.00 in advance. RATES OF APvERTiSIWO; S ; •““ I ly law to be S pkoial N o x ioas.—Fifty per cent, in addition to ’^^loUMcal! Charitable, Religious and liie notices, o bo c harged a t r egular rates B U S IN E S S CA R D S . ERNEST Q. GOULD, A TTO R N E Y AND COUNSELOR. Room 13 a nd 15 King block, Seneca F alls, N . X WILLIAM H. HARPST. A UCTIONE R. Auction sales carefully con- ,/V . ducted and satisfaction guaranteed. Post Ofdce a ddress, Seneca Fall--, N. Y. FRED A. SEIGREST, BARBER. C I R S T - C L A S S W O R K O N L Y . S a m e old r stand, opposite tlie Exchange National B a n k , S e n e c a F a l l s , N . Y . L. FOSTER CROWELL, B ekeca . FAIU.B, N . Y. C iA N D GRAVEL AND LOAM delivered at reasonable prices. Orders by mall will re ceive prompt attention. SHELDRAKE HOUSE. V ITA L STOPP] _ „r individuals seel d for pleasure parties mforts guaranteed. Sheldrake, Seneca Co., H KELLOGG’S LIVERY. p \ M. KELLOGG h as one of the finest liveries I / • in the county in his new building on State St eet, n ext to the Hoag House. Everything in the lin eof h o rses and carriages to he found In a first C. B. HOWE, M, D. DR, WEYBURN. N K W Y O R K ( e I ^ T R A I v & HUDSON RIVER R. S, THE FOUR-TRAOK TRUNK L 5 H£ tagnificentlyEq- rsetheE m p ireE d the W est, the Only Line e I trains arriving Central Station, 4th __ the very center of the city. after Sunday, June 15, 1902, t pass Seneca F alls as follow s: ; ; t i l t ; . s S l : ; i l U : ; : l l ? • ♦Syracuse to Geneve only . P A R tti, Gen. Agent, Buffalo, N . Y. GEORGE H. DANIELS, Gen. Pass. A g t., New .. H . SMITE Gen, Sui A t R y a n ’s Furniture Store. May be seen a large and wel^ selected stock of Bed Room Suits, Iron Beds, Side boards, Couches, Extension Tables and Rockers, If its a <juestion of the Newest and Best and yet ac companied by Lowest Prices. I t is best to come to us for furniture needs. It pays to look the stock T h e only H igh Grade Furniture Store in Seneca Falls. E. J. RYAN, \Jfjeygte^aok — OF---- S e n e c a F a l l s , N . Y . commenced business March 3d, 1902. OFFICERS : Wn,MOT P. E liv e l l , President, W a l d o C ™ - jrrcsiucui., ) G. M orse , Vice-Pres’t, T hos . W. P ollard , Cashier. CIRECTORS: Caroline Cook, iVilmot P Real estate mortgages taken and notes and Other commercial paper bought. Certificates of deposit issued bearing as high itive banl Letters of credit available in all parts of the a rate of interest as is- consistent with servative banking. Interesting Furniture News. Some interesting new arrivals at TELLER’S. A lot of special priced dining chairs and some $4.50 Oak Rockers which we are selling at $3.00. Pvemember if y o u haven’t the ready money that our i _ i b e : r a i _ c R E D n - s y s t e m allows you to buy now and pay later in small weekly payments. This offer also applies to our Lace Curtain, Matting, Drapery, Upholstery, Picture and Room Moulding Departments. Just received a carload of the famous W. H. S. Greene’s din ing and rocking chairs from ___ ; .............................$1-50 to $5.75 Parlor furniture in three and five piece suits from, ..$17.50 up Sideboards and China Closets ............................. $ 9 . 5 0 to $ 3 5 . 0 0 Iron Beds colors .............. in all sizes and ............... $3-25 up A full line of the Jamestown Lounge Co., couches. ..$7.75 up Comfortables ................. 85c up Blankets. ; ............... |i„ o o and up A full line of Lace Curtains 85 cents to $6.00 a pair. F R E D T E L L E R . S u r p r i s e Y o u r n o t h e r - i n = L a w W hen she comes to see you by the excellent bread that you may have on your table if it is made from X X X X Minnesota Flour at $1.10 a sack. Here are a few of Our Bargains for Friday and Saturday. Good Broom 25c, S t.00 Cake, Cocoa loc, gi.oo wot lo lb. Sack New Bud of Stamps. Orth of S tam p s , irth of Stamps. :kw h e a t 33c, S i . 0 0 w o rth B o ttle C a tsup loc, ^ r .o o w o rth o f Stam p s . lb Shredded Cocoanut' 15c, ^2.00 worth o f Stam p s, idrip sy: I gal, Vandrip syrup 35c, $5.00 worth of Stamps. 15c, $1.00 lb Best Chocolate Drops worth of Stamps. I lb. C h o ice E v a p o r a ted P e a c h e s worth of Stamps. 12 lbs. S%veet Potatoe of Stamps. I2C, iSi.oo 25c, $1.00 w o rth Granulated Sugar pel lb ..................................................................... 5c Best American Sardines per can...........................................................4c 3 cans Red Alaska Salmon ................................................................ 25c Best Rice per l b . . .. ................................................................................. 8c Good Rice per lb ....................................................................................5c Select Oysters per q t .................... 30c Clams per hundred ....................................... ; .....................................80c Best Prunes per lb ................................................................................loc California Prunes per lb.........................................................................5c California Hams per lb ......................................................................... iic Bacon per lb ........................................................................................ 15c Crackers ^ Lemon Cakes >per pound ................................................................... 5c Ginger Snaps ) Cash Papw o rth 6RDW-Sm No. 66 Fall Street, Seneca Falls. H ighest Grade Furs a t Low e st Prices. Here are a few prices on Furs of our own Splendid Make. Rem ember, w e are the oldest established Fur H o u se in R o c h e s ter, and 3^ou are absolutely sure o f the b est values and low e st prices. Alaska Seal Jackets, oiir OAvn manufacture , fully guaranteed, ^150 to ^195. G e n u i n e P e r s ia n L a m b Jack e ts, plain o r w ith com b ination, §fo to ^150, F i n e N e a r S e a l J a c k e ts , ou r ow n m a n u factu re, S k in n e r ’s lin i n g s , pjO, $3S, $40 a n d $43, Electric Seal Jackets, our own manufacture, Skinner’s linings, $2^. Fine Isabella Sable or Black Fox Boas at $S, $12, ^15, and ^20. Muffs to m a tch , $7, g io , $15 an d ^20. F ine Sable, b lue o r natural L y n x B o a s a t #12, $15, $iS, $20 a n d ^25- Muffs to match, Sio, $15, $20 and $25. Alaska Sable Cluster Scarfs, eight long tails, ^5, and ^lo. Muffs to match at same prices. Fine Mink Cluster Scarfs, eight long tails, $6, $S, $10, $12, $15 to S45’. Muffs to match from §10 up. T h e new Shawl Collar Stole, in all the rich Furs, such as H u dson Bay Sable, Chin chilla, Fox, Mink, etc. Such beautiful effects never before shown. A beautiful illustrated catalogue free on application. M E I S I O 8 0 3 H A F = E F R , Oldest established manufacturers and importers of Fine Furs and S k ins in W estern New York. I I State Street, Powers Block. 189 Main Street, E. Opp. Stone Street. 14 W. Main Street. Powers Block. R O C H E S T E R , IN - Y . M ILES FITZSIMONS The Reliable Boot and Shoe Dealer has a fine line of Boots, Shoes and Rubbers for summer wear which he is selling at prices that defy competition. All the latest styles and shades in Tans, Agent ior the Douglas celebrated shoes. THE MASTER OF MAGIC... BY ELIAS LISLE ■ Copyrio^tt, 1001, h y A.. S . R ichardson < “So you’re the fire king,” said the proprietor of the town’s one hotel as he exhumed the register from a heap of empty bottles. “Fire king and master of magic, known to a large public as Pyro,” said I politely, ornamenting my signature with lambent flames in ink. It’s a great advertising dodge if you can man age to have the register left open on the counter. “You’ve struck Campbellstown at a good time,” said mine host. “So my ascendant star informed me,” I replied. It does no harm to throw in a little astrology now and “The miners are in from all around. Old Kanawha’s in flood and that means knock off w'ork at the mines.” “Seven days shall the flood endure; then shall the waters subside and those in the depths of the earth shall walk dry shod,” I pronounced in my best manner. Weather lore’s a fine bluff if you put it far euoiftgh ahead so bee outut off thehe waay things don’t turn out accordii that you’ll b o o t w in case imme. But I missed it ling to pro clean that “Dry shod, your eye!” said the hotel man scornfully. “It ain’t the water that does the damage. It’s the gas. When Kanawha gets up very high— and she’B higher now than for years— the natural gas outlets get shut off. Nohuddy knows just where they are, but they’re in the river or on the banks somewhere, and when the water shuts ’em off the gas puffs out all around the country, specially in the mines. Then, after a few of the boys has keeled over or there’s been a blow out or two, they knock off and wait for the river to go down. Town’ll he full of ’em this afternoon, and Campbells town full of miners is about as peart a spot as you’ll find in West Virginia.” “Peart” it certainly was. There were two shooting affrays and a general fight that afternoon. By my invitation a dozen of the visiting miners came in and had drinks on me, and I gave them a taste of my quality by blowing flame instead of froth from my beer and light- j my cigar v [orose fellow:s with the end of my finger, v they were, the effect, I believe, of working in darkness, but they served my purposes by spreading abroad the fame of my gifts, so that I was assured of a crowd that night. One of my guests, a powerful fellow with an evil eye, seemed to take a dis taste for me and cursed me as he left for no other reason than that he didn’t take to my ways, and announced his intention of being at the performance and seeing that things went right. “Kinder ugly, eh?” commented my Lt’s Sledge Turner, and he’s hese< parts host. “That’s £ of the worst men in th when he’s drunk. He always goes heeled too,” I had an overflowing house that night, an’d in the third row I beheld Mr, Turner’s forbidding face. Every thing went well, and I soon had my audience in a condition of mingled de light and awe. When I went down into the body of the house to collect silver dollars, white mice and other miscella nies from my admiring spectators, I was in such high spirits over the suc cess of the evening that I did a foolish thing. I pulled a dollar from between the scowling eyes of Sledge Turner. At the same time I saw the hilt of a murderous knife projecting from his belt and heard his announcement that he’d have that dollar back or cut iny heart out. After the performance, as my assist ant was out in the box office and I was getting my apparatus packed, the door hurst open and Turner had me hy the throat with both hands. Between his teeth he held the big knife I had seen. There were hate and murder in his eye. The profession of magic makes a man quick to think in emergencies. It also provides him with resources not pos sessed by the average man. In an in stant I had sent a spurt of flame to Turner’s face from the wire in my sleeve connected with the battery be- 'tween my shoulders. The current wasn’t strong enough to knock him down, but he loosed his grip on me, and the next instant I gave him a Japanese elbow trick. Down he went and lay there struggling on the floor, for I had caught him fair in the throat, and the blow is an ugly one. It struck me cliill- ingly that I had rather overdone the thing. Throwing a long ulster over my inferno costume of scarlet and black, I explained hastily to my assistant and made my way hack to the hotel. Ten minutes later mj’ host entered my room Without the formality of knocking. In his hand he held a revolver. “Take this and git for your life,” he said, thrusting the weapon into my hand. “You’ve done Sledge Turner, and the lodge is after you.” “It was in self defense,” I said. “Whatever the lodge may be, it can’t”— “It’s the miners’ lodge,” he interrupt ed. “Blood oath and life for life. Sledge was a member.' If they get then- hands on you, they’ll string you up like a cat.” There was a hoarse roar outside that grew nearer and nearer. “Hustle!” cried my kindly host. “No time for the door. Take the window. Keep i-ight down the river road. Ten miles down you’ll strike Carton. You’ll be safe there.” ‘j To reach the ground was an easy ,matter. My chances were good. My tigbts made an excellent light running costume. I was an athlete and in good training; a magician has to be. The roar of the river told me the road, and as I sped atvay into the darkness I ran fuU upon a man and knocked him flat. The mischief was done. The view halloo of the man hunt rang in the air, and, with a roar, the pack of human hounds was on my trail. Down the road I went at my best speed a good hundred yards in advance of the van of my pursuers. Presently I be came aware of a brightness in front of me, and, coming around a turn, I saw hnif a dozen negroes seated around a fire at the roadside. There was but one tviing to do. With a demoniac roar I charged them. It was as I had hoped. The sight of a scarlet and black devil leaping a t them from out the blackness Of night was enough. Like rabbits they plunged into the brush, and the ayers bore LSt the fire. I sound of their frantic pra; I company as I sprinted pas would have made a corkii that, scene, “The Apparition of Pyro.’ F a ll S t . , S e n e c a F a l l s , N . Y . Then a shot sounded but behind and I put my thoughts into my heels. I was gaming on the pursuit when my feet splashed into water and I was up to my knees before I could check. I wasn’t in the river, for I could hear the flood roaiing well to the right of me; besides, tins water was stagnant. The ti-ue nature of the pool flashed into my head; it was a backwater from the liver that had flooded the road and was probably but a short distance across. But if the miners knew of any path around they could head me off, as my progress through the water would be slow, even if I did not have to swim for it and lose my bearings. Nevertheless, straight ahead was my only chance. Before I had got waist deep there was a flicker of light on tlie bank, and by tbe glow of a brand wbicb they bad snatched from tbe negroes’ fire I saw a group of my pursuers peering out toward me. “He’s taken to the water,” said one. “Then we’ve got him,” cried another. “Bill, you and Bib head hiih off.” I and Bibbey get around and I kept on till the water was at my shoulders. Then something choked me like a rope around my neck. I had heard about the choking feeling of de spair, and I thought this was it. I staggered aud almost fell back as a strange, thick smell clogged my nose. On the surface of the water there was a bubbling and chuckling. I could feel it at my feet too. It was queer, but queer things don’t make much differ ence to a man who is going to be hanged in five'minutes. That was my first thought. Then I had a better one. I remembered the high water ahd the gas, and I knew what that bubbling was and was ready to take tbe cbance and do a special turn for my life. Of course I bad to have some talk. You don’t get the full effect of these things without a good spiel. The only thing I could think of was a patter from a book called the “Last Days of Pompeii,” so I gave ’em that. “Earth born villains,” I shouted, “be hold how the avenging Orcus spouts forth flames from the face of the wa ters to protect its own!” There were answering shouts from all around the pond: “There he is!” “Where’s the rope?” “Silence,” I yelled, “and behold!” Then I flashed my electric spark into the middle of the gas and dove. When I came up ten yards away after stay- long as I could, there was of red, yellow and blue flame dancing beautifully over the wa ter. On the shore the brands flickered, but they cast light only on trees and bushes. There wasn’t a living being in Sight, but all around there were a mighty crashing of brush and howls that would shame a catamount. The miners’ lodge had chased the devil just 3 far as they wanted to sure enough hit. I crawled out on the wanted to. My act was opp( and went on to Carton In a boat that I found. Two came along. Igege Turnerurner wasn’tasn’t deadad VO days later my assistant •. Sled T w de after all. That’s the reason they hadn’t lynched Bob. He said if I ’d go back there I could play to S. B. O. for a month, but I couldn’t see it. I’d ha.d enough. But it was a great ad. for me. Some day I ’m going to make an act out of that night’s work. Brain Weights. M. Marchand investigated the brains by tbe disease. Diphtheria, for example, increases the weight. The brains of newborn I average 371 grams, 361 . At the end of the first year the figures are: Boys, 0 G 7 ; girls, 893 . By the end of the third year the weight of the brain has tripled, and from this epoch it inci-eases very slowly, espe cially Avith girls. It attains its greatest weight a t about nineteen and one-half years for men, at about seventeen for brain of an adult of an adult female 1,275 grams. The reduction of weight due to senile atro phy commences with men about the eightieth year, with Avomen about the seA'entieth. We Avay recall for compar ison the following facts: The heaviest brain on record is that of tbe novelist Turgeneff, 2,120 grams. One of the lightest is that of Gambetta, 1,160 Avomen. The average weight male is 1,400 grams, grams. The weight of the bi-ain is thus one factor and only one in the compari son of different men and of different A Cold Snub. Edmond About was once invited to the house of the Princess Mathilde, and before dinner, seated beside his hostess, he was sending off a brilliant display of fireworks. Looking up, he noticed that the Count Nieuwerkerke was coming over to join in the conver sation. “Go away,” he called to him familiax-ly. “Leave ns alone, yon great, jealons person!” At Which the h e n f i n g e r to t h e b e l l and. the priucess rose, touched said, to th e servant: “Conduct M. About to big carnage. He is not dining here to night!” A Grand Snecess. The story of a Scotchman who at tended a funeral which lasted two days is told by a man who was present. freely,reely, he rose and proposed the health A friend urged bin 1 f the bride and groom. biimm too sitit dow On tbe second day, having imbibed too 1 urged hi t s down, say ing, “This is not a wedding; it is a funeral.” “WeU,” retorted the Scotchman, “whatever it is, it’s a grand success.” P r e s e n c e o f M in d . The Caller—Is Miss Araminta at home? The Maid (who has received general ilhstructions)—She is not— A voice from the upper landing: “Oh, yes, I am, J a n e t” The Maid (continuing)—Apt to he out when you call, sir.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. An A u g u s t M o n th. — “Do you believe in the superstition that June is a lucky month in which to get married?” “Why, no,” dissented Mrs. Porque Pacqne of Chicago decisively. “August is my favorite month.” “On what do you base your belief?” “Well, you see, I do all my marrying in that month, and the divorce courts give alimony and counsel fees every time.”—Baltimore Herald. T o n g u e R e a d i n g , According to the disciples of linguis- tology or the science of tongue read- Itt iss a demonstratedemonstrated factact thathat a tongue read ing, I i a d f t a big tongue indicates dissimulation; a long and broad, tongue, garrulity and generosity; a narrow tongue, concern tration and talent; a short, broad tongue, garrulity and untruth. The man with a very short and narrovr tonghe is a liar of true artistic merit. A QUEER EXPERiEN(3E. - Hade One Ha.n a Believer In tlie Supernatural. “I want to tell you a very queer ex perience r had,” said the colonel. “It borders so much on the superstitious It throws me somewhat in doubt as to whether I believe in the supernatural. You all ImoAV what a fondness I have for driving, and the more spirited the horses are the better I feel to put tbem on their mettle. Well, a few summers ago I bought a pair of high strung, strongly built hay horses and began to drive them. One Sunday morning I carefully hooked them to my surrey. I personally saw that every strap was ^ell hooked, the chains carefully ad- \YCii 11V/U1X.CU., tiiu v-a.JLCj.iAiAj civi- -justed and, in fact, every precaution taken to have them so harnessed that there could be nothing to fret them. “1 drove up St. Charles avenue to Wasliiugton, out Washington to the railroad crossing, back again to St. Charles avenue and then up to Car rollton until opposite the old Carroll ton gardens .and there stopped to rest under a tree. We had moved at a pretty good pace, the weather was and I believed that a little rest rollton until opposite the old Carroll- would do the horses good. I forgot to tell you that I had in the rear seat of the surrey my Avlfe and daughters. “We stopped just under a tree, on the side of the neutral gi-ound, and about tAventy bicyclists came in sight, coming up the avenue. As they passed us my horses reared and made one plunge. I had the reins in my hand, and the ladies were seated in the sur rey. What made me do it I do not know, nor can I account for it, but I let go tbe reins and tbe borses ran a w a y —r a n aAvay, m i n d y o u , f r o m th e surrey uubitclied. Tbe surrey remained ectly still for a moment and then its own momentum slowly slid down to tbe sidewalk. We all got out without tbe slightest anxiety what ever. It was perfectly astounding. “We made a careful examination of the straps, the hooks, the chains, the pole, and there was nothing broken, nothing strained, nothing bent—in fact, it was just as if some unseen spirits had carefully unhooked the horses and let them go. The horses were brought hack in about two hours. We again made a careful examination of the harness, and I assure you the entire outfit was in perfect condition—noth ing broken, nothing hurt or damaged whatever. N oav , how can you account for that? I am not inclined to believe in the supernatural, but at times when I think over this Incident I do not know what to believe.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. by ANIMAL O DDITIES. It is said that the frigate bird can fly an entire week without stopping to Some of the cats in Liberia are of a bright red tint, and they are very conspicuous in the moonlight. The cry of a young seal when wound ed or about to be attacked resembles that of a child in distress, and tears flow from its eyes. The common herring is the most dif ficult of all marine creatures to catch alive for an aquarium. A whale is the most difficult to preserve alive. Cranes, storks and wild geese fly fast enough to make the trip from northern Europe to Africa in a week, but most of them rest north of the Mediterranean. A fox is dainty as well as crafty and prefers the tongues of lambs for food. He has been seen to chase sheep until they, on becoming tired, hung out their tongues, which he then tears off and eats. A caterpillar cannot see more than a centimeter ahead—(hat is to say, less than two-fifths of an inch. The hairs on the body are said to he of as much use as its eyes in letting it know what is going on around. T h e L o v e of M others. Among the lower animals the moth er’s love for her offspring lasts only until the offspring is able to shift for itself. The hen will fret and fight for her doAvny chicks, but when they become feathered aud commence to do their own foraging the mother hen becomes indifferent to them and tbinks only of batcliing aiiotlier brood. The mare loves her foal and the cow her calf only during the suckling pe riod. Canine dams cease to show af fection to their progeny after the pup py age, says the San Francisco Bulle tin. So through the entire animal kingdom below the human species the the young ones are helpless and ceases maternal instinct endures ( when they have a human mother for her children! That love never dies and seems to grow more in- ley have grown up. How different is the l9ve of a ) grow mor tense according as the children, becor less and less worthy of it. The bla( sheep is often the best beloved. A Toraclons Spider. It is a c u r i o u s s t u d y to watch the little white, brown specked spiders which hover among plants seeking what they may deA-our. It seems mostost Incrediblecredible thathat theyhey willill eonqnquer and carry off to their dens insects m In t t w co ff t ‘ \ ze. twice their size, but this is just what they do, capturing flies of the largest kind. They will hide under the petals of the flowers, and when Mr. Fly comes buzzing along they Avlll spring out at Mm, and the next thing he knows he Is being di-agged off to be served up a t a spider luncheon. They grip the fly by the neck, if he has a neck, and dart a foot and a half, then one knows where. It’s the old story of the spider and the fly, only the spider doesn’t stop to coax, b u t boldly carries off his booty without saying, “By your Canght Napping, e,^ Carl, whi >r memc repeat four names in the directory after reading Uncle—Dear me, Carl, what a poor memory you have! Nephew—A poor memory, you say? Why, I can repeat four pages of the them through only once! Uncle—I’ll bet you a hamper of cham pagne that you can’t do it. The nephew sends for a directory, attentively peruses four pages and shuts up the hook. Uncle—Well? Nephew—Muller, Muller, Muller,, etc., ad Infinitum, All the four pages of the directory being taken up with this familiar pa tronymic, our student won Ms bet in fine style.—From the German. C o n s e r v a t i o n o t E a e r g y . “What was your idea in having Bejtiia learn typeAvriting?” “Well, she was always drumming witff her fingers, and I thought she might as well do it to some purpose,” A 'BANK ST O R Y . An Incident That Startled the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. Some years ago the directors of the Bank of England were startled to re ceive an invitation to meet an un known man in the strongroom of the hank at midnight. “You think you Is all sa'fe hand you bank his safe, but I knows better. I bin biuside tbe bank the last 2 nite 'hand you nose nnffin about it. But I am nott a theaf eo bif yer will mett mee in tbe great squar room, with all the moneiys, at twelf 2 nite. He3 explainpla orl to jmu, let ex only tbor 2 cum down, and say nuixiu to nobody.” The strongroom was guarded the next night in spite of a disposition to regard the letter as a hoax by police and—^nothing happened. The next phase of the mystery was more astonishing than ever. A heavy chest of papers aud securities taken from the strongroom arrived at the bank, with a letter complaining that the directors had set the police upon the Avriter, and that he had therefore 2 prom prove that he was neither a thief nor a fool he sent a chest of papers he had taken from the bank. Let a few tlemen be alone in the room, a: would join them at midnight, said the writer, and to cut short a long and strange chapter of hank history, a man with a dark lantern burst into the strongroom of the bank, at midnight after calling from behind the stone walls for the directors to put out the lights. He was one of a strange class of men who gained a Ihdng by search ing the sewers at iiiglit, and through a n opening f r o m a seAver he had found Ms way in to th e rich e s t room in the world.—St. James Gazette. TUe S t r a i n o n P a r e n t s . “What is mohair, mammy?” asked Sally Peterson Jones, looking up from her slow perusal of the newspaper and keeping her place on the page with a dusky forefinger. Mammy Jones began to rock faster. “You know w’at hair is, I s’pose, don’ you?” she inquired. “Oh, yas’m,” responded Sally prompt ly. “Well, den, does you knoAV w’at a mo is?” asked her mother rocking still faster. “N o ’m ,” a d m i t t e d S a U y w i t h g r e a t reluctance. Well, chile, you can’t ’spec’ me to ce de place ob aL natehel Mst’ry oh animals fo’ you,” said ber mother calm ly, allowing the rocking chair to slack en its speed. “W’en j'-ou’ve hunted up de mo in one ob your schoolbooks an’ know jes’ wbat be looks like, come to me, an’ I’ll ’splain de rest. But chillen mus’ und’take some work on dere own 0 place natehel Mst’ry ob jes’ what he looks like, e a’ I’ll ’splain de rest. But iind’take some work on de) eddication, shorely. ’Tain’t right fo’ payrents to do It all.” “ A d d r e s s a s A b o v e . ” There is one laAvyer in Brooklj-n who will never again make use of Latin phrases in writing business letters. A short time ago he had to write a letter to a client in a neighboring city regard ing an important lawsuit that was to come up before the court in the course of a few days. Th< licited was highly ( In writing this epii a letter head with at the top. In closing his letter he sign ed himseif thus, dress ut supra.” After AV£ of a few days. The information he so licited was highly ;his epistle he made use of his printed address r essential to his case. vaiting several days for the :h did not come, he again astinating client and a not sooner answered The next day he re- whieh the client said that he had answered the letter and reply, which did not come, he again :ed fir ceived a reply in which the clieiit said wrote his procrastinating client and his first letter. The next day asked why he had not sooner answered addressed it to “John Langdon, Ut Supra, N. Y.” S lie W i l l ICeei> H e y W o i-d . When Grandmother Pettingill makes up her mind, she is as firm as a rock. Nothing can move her. Perhaps it was on this account that when she returned from the celebration of the one hun dredth anniATrsary of the settlement of Shrubville and made such a deter mined declaration nobody attempted to influence her. “I’ve been there, and it’s oA’er with,” she said, “and now I'm home safe aft er all tbe noise and bands a’^d seared horses aud ciTing children aud men making speeches, I want to tell you one thing. I shan’t e\'er go to another centeunial in Shrubville, no matter what the circumstances are and no matter who asks me. You children may as well bear that in mind.” M a i d e n s S o l d b y A u c t i o n . A singular ebstom obtains to this daj In some of the toAvns on the lower Ebine—namely, that of “selling” maid ens at public auction. For nearly four day—tbe toAvn crier or clerk of St. Goar baa called all the young people to g e t h e r a n d to th e h i g h e s t b i d d e r sold the privilege of dancing Avith the cho se n g irl, a n d h e r o n ly , d u r i n g th e e n t i r e y e a r . T h e f e e s a r e p u t in t o th e p u b l i c poor bos. A S e r i o u s B latter. “So he’s ti-ying to live on other pie’s brains,” said th e publisher nantly. “What’s-the trouble? Has some one been stealing tbe ideas from your books?” “I suppose so. But tbat’s a minor matter. They’re trying to coax away the man who writes my advertise ments.”—Washington Star. H is Cou.science. First Bohemian (to second ditto)—I c a n ’t f o r th e life o f m e t h i n k Avhy y o u wasted aU that time haggling with t h a t t a i l o r c h a jr a n d b e a t i n g h i m doAATi w h e n y o u IcnoAv, o ld c h a p , y o u w o n ’t be able to pay bim at all. S e c o n d B o h e m i a n —A h , th a t ’s it! I h a v e a c o n s c ie n c e . I A v ant th e p o o r c h a p to lo s e a s little a s p o s s ib l e ! — Inconsiderate. “I really shall have to leave this ho tel,” said the weary man to the pro prietor. “There is a baby in the next room to mine, and he cries all night” “1 don’t see why you should com plain,” said the proprietor. “His fa ther and mother have Mm in the same room with them, and they ha Aren’t said a word.” Supply at Hand, have a widow and is A^ei-y fond of children. Employment Agent—I that will just suit She is a young Mrs. Eichleigh—But we haA'e no chil- Employment Agent—Oh, that’ll be all right, ma’am. She has six of her oAvn. —Chicago News. Take no chances on the man lyho wants to lend you a dollar. Hfe’ll prob ably come back later for ten.—Balti more News. “ A M O NTANA B L U F F .\ How Four Troopers Made Seventy- five Filipinos Flee. What is regarded as one of the tallest bluffs on record furnished Captain Ed gar Russel, chief signal officer In the Philippines during the insurrection, w ith a story -which he t o ld a s a n e x a m ple of Avestern n e r v a “We were outside of Manila in some little sci-ap,” said the captain, “and about seventy-fiAT natives were lying In a trench ahead of us, shooting away merrily, but not hitting anybody. By and by I noticed a little disturbance in our front. Presently four Montana troopers trotted out of our lines aud started straight for the Filipinos. Ev- ei'ybody looked at them with wonder and waited to see them all killed. Bul lets whistled all around them, but they never halted. SIowlj', just at a trot, they jogged on toward the enemy. The natives fii-ed and fii-ed, but for some unknown reason did not hit. On and on went the quartet, disdaining cover. At last there was a shout, and to our utter astonishment we beheld the sev enty-five Filipinos 'suddenly jump out of their trenches and take to their heels in mad flight. The nerve of the I’oopei them. When they had all fled, throw ing their rifles away as they ran, the troopers came back, their arms full of guns. That is Avhat the army called ‘a Montana bluff.’ It’s tbe sort of nerve that lets a man open a jackpot on a pair of deuces.”—^N gav York Tribune. T l i e W o m e n o f L a n g n m . Woman supreme—^witbaut the ballot! And this feather which London An swers sticks in the cap of woman is no le s s b r i l l i a n t b e c a u s e s h e is a l l o w e d to wear it o n l y i n th e toAvn of Langum. In that little Welsh village man neither is nor pretends to be. In other-/ villages he sometimes pretends to be,| but \in this sequestered nook on the? Pembrokeshire coast he is simply An-| nie Williams’ man or Mary Jones’I man and recognizes himself as such. | In Langum woman is the. dominating force in the market; she is the house hold financier, the family accountant, and in fact fills all the positions which in any other community, civilized or barbaric, are established by precedent given to man. Whether he of Langum bas resigned or been divested o f all re sp o n s i b i l i t i e s o f lif e is n o p a r t o f th i s There is another important fact in L a n g u m life —o y s t e r s . T h e p l a c e Is f a - mous for tliem. But Langum oysters are in no sense rivals of Langum wo mankind; their proverbial dumbness precludes that. Neiviiort’s Areliiteeture. The cottages of Newport afford a strange commentary upon the con trasting tastes of the American na tion. Their heterogeneity were impos sible in a race of settled culture, in a race of common blood, in a country of limited extent. But the United States is a nation of nations. Its people are not Americans, but Englishmen aud Scotsmen, Frenchmen and Germans, Italians and Spaniards of the third or fourth or lebth generation, says -the Smart Set. Their- taste in architec ture is a taste that was born on the Normandy orchards, in classic Spai and Italy, in baronial Scotland and sunny Mediterranean shore, in cozy England. It is revealed in the cha teaux, the castles, the villas, the log gias o f N e w x io r t. S e v ille and Wel- beck, Florence and Falaise, here stand side by side on the same strip of grass, separated only by a grille from Venice Noali Left the Arlc 0 lay, April 29 , is the day marked ncientcient calendarsalendars ass betaeing in all an c a b the one upoi quitted the ark after having withstood The day Saturday, April 29 , is the day m the siege of the gi-e is marked in all ancient calendars, es pecially British, as egressus Noae de area, the 17 tfi of March, the day upon which Noah, his family and their great floating collection of natural history specimens set sail, being designated in the same class of early printed litera ture as introitus Nom in area, “the day of Noah’s entrance into the ark.” Why these days were chosen as the ones »n which the supposed embarkation mas wbicb tbe antiquarians have y e t so lv e d . Instincts Tliat Lead, to Hcatli. Professor MiAArt proved that there are “instincts” that lead to death by failing to adapt themselves to a change of circumstances. Migratoi-y quail by thousands perish in the deserts of northern Africa, where their ancestors used to find a comfortable winter re sort, abounding with forests and even :ainfields, grainfields, if Ave shall credit ’’s account of the Numidian coast The.forests are gone, but myri- q u a i l s t i l l follo-w in tb e s a m e route at tbe risk of starvation. J Pliny’s lands. ' 1 A. Loixgr Gx*een. One. “Eribem’s iuteres.tecl in that bill you voted for,” said the first councilman. “ S u r e ,” r e p l i e d th e o t h e r . “ D o n ’t you suppose I know that?” “Did he ask you personally to vote “Well—er-ybe just banded me a r note.”—Kennebec Journal, Repndiates If. “Where did that child get her man ners?” i “Not from my side of the house.” “Why not?” “Because she hasn’t any.” — Cleve land Plain Dealer. “Here,” said Mr. Snagj v o l u m e o n t h e ta b l e —“ h e r e is a b o o k that I am very desirous Lucy shall well,” replied Mrs. Snaggs; “I’ll forbid her to touch it.”—Pittsburg 'elegri 'ery wei forbid I Chronicle-Tele^aph. J-ast Like the Real Thine. i “So your amateur dramatic club Is aj success?” “Well, in one way it’s real profes sional — everybody in it is fearfully^ jealous of everybody else.”—Philadel phia Bulletin. A Call Down. “Pa, ain’t you a director of the school ,rd?” ‘Yes, I am. What of it?” “Well, teacher called me down to day, and she was awfully impolite about it,” “Were you on the schoolhouse prem ises when she called you down?” “Yes; I was on the roof.”—^Pittsburg All the actions and attitudes of oMI- dren are graceful because they are the offspring of the moment, without af fectation and free from all pretense.—
