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I t • tbM • r»b*v« cane tad §i; itoyoa. . . f®? I to yea «a4 tig* ^: ^WIImlMagt _ &>: I'M-M «M «thl high-- ,,,,. K«M IMBlnrad to propose. ^ e. th#y'<i s'»ip'y t»"t l atfh *»d beaiiaie i fcwt scolding nt ths wtatte v "• - L, )>ilU #tr* great , W&a fcdowa to baslB«u sndT^ M.«*rs ta setose, AHbntigti mamnm and I haTsj Hone of tb«m have propoa And pa lie often threatened to ^ Apply to tbena faU boot, AD<1 Hooght to Mag within tbeir IMiaMM: -.Pep or scoot!" ^ Bat after *11 Mm oosl tn»y burned-* M \ We «*r it with regret-- - ,. i*:*- inother iomm: hss iwten* jSy And finds as single yet. s ^ M i four that we greet the gentle iiiili# And chtlly wlndu are gone, . IPe'H ooce more in the bammock rWiag •- At even«othe lawn, ..... # Where some one may, ere smnooers |-!V' Progoss and make «» gl«d, ;>vM ' And }l tbey don t wo're very auis it>y Poor pa will j«»t go mad. A . •. TOM'S BAROAHt, C ; "It i» very, very nice, and 1 am #rtremeiy proud of it* but--* and liere Maggie Denion hesitated. It was very nice, from the neat litr lie drawing room, simply but ele­ gantly furnished, right away to the kitchen, where everything shone lg&in. And Tom had got everything together In eighteen months, too, when the luck had changed and his writing all at ooce got to be appre­ ciated. But* as Maggie put it, there was one trifling drawback, consisting of an alco .c in the drawlng-roo u which would never--no never look complete without a piano. "And a piano you shall have," 1\mi said, looking up heartily from Che breakfast bacon. "I had a good j reading character, and •lice of luck last week which 1 never monitor warned hira even now that expected. You emember that lonsr' the pretty, childlike widow was love story I wrote three vears ago, ! merely .icting a ^part But we are and whi h I have sent to pretty well i only mortal, and Tom knew too well ry magazine in Lond5h. Well, ' what poverty was, not to feel for the Hartley advised me to send it io ! others who suffer from its blighting Woman's Companion, where It j fnfluencc. ipted. They paid me £25 for ! "iam very sorry--Mrs. Kerr, I not qdite a haif-a-crown a page, j thins you said?--but I cannot de­ but it's better than nothing. Don't 4 cide now," he raid, almost humbly, you think 1 could get a decent instru- j "I will bring my sister to-morrow." •eat for the u-ou«yr" j * * * • * * Maggie iled pieasantlf. She was j Maggie listened with interest to ei neiy °r I"US1C' a,?d ^ ^ * • the story of the interview, but> sis- managipg little soul, equally fond of, ter j|bei she by no mean's liked a bargain It *ould be far better, ; Tom's encomiums concerning the •it K la mxtotucUu•$» tiba la Mid, with a smile, and concilldiAg the upeech, Tom deemed it altmai heresy to utter. "It is there, *8 you see. You are, no doubt a good Judge, and in that case the piano freaks for Ittelf," - *. ; - - • It did, and pretty loudly, too, as any connoisseur of the popular form harmonial torture WQUM have readily testified. It was suspiciously new, the varnish was bright and obtrusive. There was also some little difficulty in raising the lid, and when Tom did clumsily run his hand over the keys, even be^-'ignorant of music as he was--felt startled at the metallic demon he had aroused. "It Is a great bargain," the lady remarked, "and as you see, almost new." Tom did see, a*d ha^ened eagerly to pay a fitting tribute to its youth, which apparently was the only virtue it possessed. And yet the soft­ hearted fellow, with those pathetic blue eyes turned upon him, could not steel himself to prenounce the fiat which his common iense dictated. •'I will not decjde now," he hesi­ tated, maolike. -'You see, I am not buying for myself, but for a lady--• my sister--and I should like her to see it first If there is no objection I will call again to-mofrow after­ noon." "My--my husband chose that in­ strument*" the lady said, aimost timidly; "indeed, did not circum­ stances compel me, I would not part with it new: hut I am not so well off as--" She turned away abruptly, so sud­ denly that for a moment Tom was conscious of an idiotic desire to take her in his arms and comfort her. Yet, usually he was a keen hand at some inward ' mm «iMiaefc<t*iMaRtt *a* to btt? cbeap planus and sell them to unsuspecting customers eager for a ba gain. I was a good lure, and I played an important part for two years. "i have taken cheap lodgings in suburban London, a piano has been brought in, our advertisement insert­ ed in the London daily papers, anl-- well, you can guess the rest. I tried to deceive you. What could I do, as you were a stranger to me then?-- but I have suffered. I would not have come here unless I had been forced to, and you cannot tell how I have longed for a little rest and quiet, Mv employer was angry; but I was equally determined, and be­ sides, I have promised to go back again; but 1 cannot go now. If you can only say that jtra forgive me, re­ membering how hard 1 was pushed!" Tom murmuredPa few incoherent words and the next thing happened was that his arms were round her, and she was crying gently on his breast She made an ineHectual struggle to free herself, but the clasp waa strong and kind. •That is your ] lace," he said, firm­ ly; "rest there, my darling." And with these words ringing in her ears she struggled no longer. "1 have not finished yet»" she said, lifting ttfe sweet rosy face to his. "Do you know that I am not even entitled to that name--I am not a widow at all?" "So mucfi the better." Tom said, cheerfully. "Do yoa know I have suspected that there was something wrong, all the time; but although, my darling, I did not buy that very elegant looking piano, I am inclined to think that after all I got quite a bargain." "And, like most bargains, dear at any price." Marion laughed happily. --Waverly Magazine and whi; not q! DIAMONDS BY THE HANDFUL. she said, sapiently, for Tom to keep his eyes open than to go direct to a I maker, by which he might save at j least £10 of his hard-earned money, j 'There are lots of theru advertised j Iffery day," she observed. "Give me ( the pa; er and I wiil show you what* j 1 mean. Now just listen to this I -* Tom nodded approvingly. •CrZment costing but a * 'Fo* SAUK:--A bargain; magnificent piano, by a well-known maker; upright grand, overstrung, double cheek action, Hcott pedal, steel frame, full compass, tri- chord throughout; the property of a ladv going abroad; cost seventy-five pounds but • few months ago: will sacrifice for twenty- pounds. _ Apply " Beethoven." one hun­ dred au<l ninety-four Gunnersbury rond. . Qreeathorpe Park. Hamstead.or personally j •ay day this week.'" ! An in- { few months ago upward of "three-quarters ot a century" to be disposed of for a third i of the amount struck him a? the j very thing he desired. It was a lit- tie strange; though, an outsider wqulu Jiave decided, that so valuable tf property should have gone so long begging, or that the lady going abroad did not see the folly of adver­ tising reguiariy at the rate of one .pound per week. "I tell you what it is," said Tom, «as Gunnersbury road is close Til }wt walk over there after dinner and Interview Mrs. 'Beethoven' person­ ally, If I like the looks of the in- etrariaent YOU can come over after- wards and try it" '• ! Bo it was arranged, and Tom re- J fired to his writing den, where for ! three solid hours the anticipated 1 ^purchase was forgotten. There was ! 5W£tj af work mm, for the young | 4grft$r and journalist who for the | last five years had found it a terrible * struggle to keep h niseif, and find I J|iaggie, who had until recently been ' *|ut as a governess, with those; irifliBg luxuries which even the | , princely salary of a eoverness does toot afford. But the tide had turned •\;iiow, and although Tom would never lie a great novelist or a brilliant essayist, he earned a comfortable in* come, which by the ena of the year promised to touch close upon four •flffiirfta. It seems a lot of money, ; but I know more than one of the widowed possessor of the instrument chosen by a well known mu-iciau. "1 de lare you are quite in love with her," she said, half jealousy. "It would be a romance if you went to buy a piano and found a wife in­ stead." •'Natmal enough, too." Tom returned. "Why shouldn't I marry? J should not he in the way then when .Neu Hartley comes of an e\eu- ing.M . t was Maggie's turn to look con­ fused now. Ned Hartley aforesaid, a great chum of Tom's and a dashing young journalist ot some repute, certainly spent a great deal of time in Mag­ gie's company, to Tom's secret grati­ fication, ior Ned was a irood fellow, and well able to aiford the luxury of a wife ••We will go and see the lady," she said. "I can't trust you alone again " Tom assented, although not with­ out certain mfegiving& Being, like most of the era t of a sentimental, emotional nature he did not care to bring his divinity under the cold, practical eye even o' bis own sister, Pll ! and as he sat awaiting the arrival of j the disconsolate widow, and coolly | criticising the unfortunate pianot | Tom began to scent something like j trouble in the future. ! "My dear, the thing i» a regular i takein," she said, decidedly. "Any j one but you would have known that i half these advertisements were mere | dodges--" i "Not forgetting thai you advised the dodge to be tried," Tom retorted. Any further conversation was terminated by the entrance of Mrs. Kerr, who stood in the doorway look­ ing from one to the other. A stray ray of sunshine touched her lovely hair and sweet, pathetic face so soft­ ly that even Maggie, the practical, was lain to admit that Tom's extrav­ agances had not been so exaggerated after all. | "Ian sorry to have kept you wait ing," she commenced, "but--* "It is." Mageie cried, impalsiffly, j "actually it is, dear Marion." Dear Marion, thus accosted, smiled returned Maggie's warm How It Veela to Ltt the Precious Htoaea nip Through the Fingers. "It gives one the oddest thrill to hold a handful ot loose, unset precious stones just as If thev were pebbles," said a fair cosmopolitan to a writer for the New York Tribune. "Not long since, in London, 1 went into a store famous for its jewels; and while I was talking with the clerk about the resetting of some old family rel­ ics, Lord A, who is a great friend of mine, came in. A'tersome casual con­ versation he asked me if I would come with him into an inner room to look at some pearls be was think­ ing of purchasing. There we found Mr. U, one of the heads of the firm, and the pearls were produced and dis­ cussed, and finally a couple were de­ cided upon.' "Could you let Mrs. X. see your unset stones?' asked Lord A. after everytbiug had been settled. 'I will be her security,' he continued jokingly. 'Mostcertainly,' answered the obsequious tradesman, politely unlocking what proved to be a door into a huge safe, but which looked like part of the paneling of the room. He ushered us into a small room in the safe itself. It was carpeted with green baize and bad no furniture, the walls being filled with rows upon rows of drawers, each with it* own spec .al lock and key. " 'Here you have wealth enough to boy a kingdom,' said Lord A., and I could not repress a cry ot astonish­ ment and rapture a» Mr. (1, with ap­ parent carelessness* opened drawer after drawer, and showed me the glittering contents^ Kitbiesv dia­ monds, pearls, sapphires--all the long array of precious stones and all as sorted according to size and quality. •Would you trust me to< take up a handful ot those diamonds?' 1 had the audacity to ask. 'I simply long to know bow it feela' Botb men seemed much amused^ the Jeweler gratifying my request without hesi­ tation; and as I felt the heavy glit­ tering things slip through my lingers, 1 felt the thrill I spoke of in the be ginning. 'You look as if you were in church!' laughed Lord A. 'The expression on your face is absolutely reverent'--and, oddly enough* that waa just the way I felt."' ^ 4guiet ones of whom the general puo- ^ J' tic have never heard who are doing j redly, and H; ^u te as well It is so easy to get embrace. f, living in literature if you have the) "It is an old school friend of "t- ability and know how to set about i mine," the latter said incoherently. ,|t--especially know how to set abous j "Tom, you have heard me speak of a, |t, which, perhaps in the long run it |,etter than ability. But this secret Js only learnt by much grief and pain iand bitter disappointment. \ Ko Tom finished his morning's work $md, after dining comfortably, walked / ©ver to Gunnersbury road, a pleasant, \ aemi-genteei street, with little y tiouses, all bearing a strong family likeness to each other and all striv- 5 .f - ing to look as if they were semi-de- ' Jtached residences and not the occu- •;/ jpants of a common terrace. Number ? wJ-j was, perhaps, a littlecl eaner and neater than its neighbors; the door , AJhas been painted within recent mem- "'-ory. theie were extremely white cur- , tains in the windows, (and a neat I little maid took Tom's card after she Taking Setlpa. J«at when the uutilatio$ ^ t h e dead by tearing the skin fronot the bead begai will never be knowdv says the Pittsburgh Dispatch, for the or­ igin is- lost in the mist of agesy the record extending back beyond even the mytbkal period of man*s. exist­ ence In the book of Maccabees it is recorded that at the termination of one of the battles of which that bloody history is so full the victori­ ous soldiers tore the skin from the heads of the vanguishing foes. This would be evidence-that the custom of scalp taking was one of the indul­ gences even of those people ot whom we have record in the Bible. Be that as it may, it is an estab­ lished fact that the custom is a uni­ versal one so far as savasre man is concerned. Whether ethnologists can build a theory of a common ori- her? What a memory you have, to be sure! And to think of you being married, and 1 never knew it! And a widow also! Let n e see. I have not seen you for four years: since \ou left Mrs. ' Griuisbaw's. *ou must co r.e and see our house, the dearest little place in Hampstead, I call it." To o, looking on, thought that al­ though Mrs. Kerr seemed pleased to ' gin of man from thi3 or not, or had ushered him into a tiuy draw* ing-room, the furniture of whi h struct him as being new and cheap. But tawdry ash s surroundings were, Tom speedily forgot them as the dqor opened and a lady entered holding his card in her hand. "1 presume you come to see me about the piano," she ttaid. Tom was a tolerably self possed man, but be felt at a disadvantage now. The speaker was the prettiest see her old friend, she was strangely iil at ea?e. She parried Maggie's questions but hurridlv and confused­ ly: the strange feeling that she was playing a part struck bituiwith a new and unco foriablp force." "You must co x e and stay with us, and if you are leaving here Tom shall find vou a custo mer for the piano," Maggie decided, vigorously. "Any one so long as he does not buy it himself. Your late husband must whether this can be taken us an evi dence that the Indians are descend­ ants of the lost Israelite tribes, be cause of their habit of securing mementoes of hair from their fallen enemies, is something time alone can dcvelopi Be that as it may, it is a fact that all Indian tribes, to a cer­ tain extent, scalp their enemies who have fallen in battle. Some writers on the subject of Indian habits and customs deny this, but I believe that no tribe is absolutely free from the have been sadly taken in, dear; that showy thing is not worth picking up i taint of having taken the scalp^ in the street." 1 Tom never knew bow it catra about, but a fortnight later Mr& Kerr found herself established at The Laurels for a few days before, as she said, she could dually dispose of her furniture and piano before going tit' S ̂ woman he had ever seen in his life, j abroad. She was young--not more than 2^ or j She seemed very pleased to come, 23; tall, with an elegant figure; she i and yet at the same time strangely bad a wonderful bewildering, fasci-1 loth; at one time she was in the best nating manner her features were won-1 and b igbtest of spirits, at another de.fully sweet and regular, and her • the beautiful face looKed sad and aorrowful blue eyes, half bold, wholly I sorrowful, and occasionally tearfully shy, went straight to Tom's heart j also. and en-laved him on the spot He was a very sensitive, feeling kind of fellow, and when he noted the blacic dress and tiny white cap perched upon the golden, wavy hair, Tom felt that he oould do anything to her, or die ltappy in the attempt. "lH is of no conse juence," he ctaflRflSiifed, unconsciously paraphras- ingtfr. TootK. '1 did come over to jee roe instrument, which 1 thought of purchasing if it--that is--'* One evening *he knocked timidly at the door of Tom's sanctum, and, having taken the seat he ottered, looked int> his face and said, in a tearful voice: "JLbave a confession, a shameful confession to make, and it bad better be made now. When my parents both died last year I found myself penniless, friendless $ncl without a E!eph»nt leather. A new industry is being' developed in France, and it you mean to be in the fashion you had bette - take note of it at once. Some years ago in was the gentle crocodile which was se lectea as the fittest animal for provid­ ing you with new purses, bags, cigarette cases, boots, shoes, and all the rest of leathery knickkhacks. Now it is the elephant that has to give his hide for the same purpose At Paris even now you can buy s card or cigar case of crocodile hide which has been glorified by a six mouths' sojourn in a bath of oak bark in tbe tanner's yard. The price of the little toy is from 15 to 20 guineas, and if you are ambitious enough to wish to purchase a small c ocodile valise "and no one there to hinder you may do to or the sum of from A'lf» to £100. The tanned elephant skin is also reporied to make carpets OtrM Who Zdv* and Die ta Igaerwsee mi Oo*»UU World. One day I stojpf*}d for dinner at a bouae in the Cumberland mountains, so deep la the faiifeesrthat 1 had to employ a guide, says a traveler. The famfilf bonttlited of a man and a wife, with atrdaiigtiters. and a more ig- Bomiitpeople, 1 think I never saw. After tbe dinner of bacon, beans, aud corn bread, the man and girls went back to the field, and 1 talked awhile to the woman before resuming my journey. She waa a typical mountaineeress, tall, angu­ lar, and sallow, but there was a ffieam of intelligence in her face, quite unlike the lack-lustreness of the usiial woman of the mountains. "Don't you get very lonely, away off hero to yourself-"' I asked her as she busied herself about the table. "I reckon I mought, ef I had time," she replied, "but I don't give myself no time to think about things like that" "And what about your srirls? Don't they want to get out among the peo­ ple?" "Not ez I ever heard 'em say." And then she tolcl me they could neither read nor write, nor had they been to school a day in their lives. Upon asking the reason the mother replied that she would not allow inem "Eo ga "Th$n| gals," she said, "don't knoW EU'thln' But these here moun- tainsv and that tbar river down tbar; they don't know what is goin' on in the world outside; they never seen no steam cars, ner boats, ner tele- grafts, ner telephones, ner fine houses, ner beautiful cio's, ner gen­ tlemen, ner ladies; they don't hardly know thar's such, but i do, ler I've saw people ez hez seen 'em. and they've told me; many's tbe night I've gone to bed and cried myself to sleep in the loft that wuz my bed­ room, thinkin' about what thar wuz in the world that I couldn't hope to get a look at; I got so I could read, and then I read about 'em all, and that made it wuss; tbar wuz nothin' but mountains and loneliness and si­ lence fer me, and I couldn't help my­ self nohow. Then 1 married Jim, and we come here; Jita can't read ner write, and the pore feller is sat­ isfied, ler he don't know no more than the gals does and they're com­ pany fer each other. The gals might get like I wuz ef they iarnt readin' and wntin', and how could they ever git away from this place and go among sich different things? Tbey couldn't, just the same ez I couldn't, an' if I kin keep 'em from knowin* whut's away off whar the mounta'ne ain't, ner the lonesomenees ner the silence, I'm a goin' ter do it, and 1st 'em live and die right here wbartbey air a heap better satisfied than ther mother has ever been, though they never heerd her say nothin1 about ^ one way ner t'other, ner they never will.* t A Doctor's Nerve. 'I waa employed to cure a_ dead man," said £>k C. R. Greeg, off St. Paul, at the Laclede, says the Ghobe Democrat. "I was awakened during one night and tonnd a lady awaiting me. She told me that her husband was very iliand for me to bring my medicine case and some surgical in* struments, a* I might have to per­ form an oneratioo to assist him to breathe. Ut was buit two blocks from- my o.hce to the house of my pati«at, and as we entered tfoe room where the man lay no one-else was visible. *At a glan e 1 saw that he was dead. 1 told the wile that her hus­ band was-beyond* the reach of mortal aid. 'He is not dead; and you must cure him,' she said, and locked the door. Then going to> a dressing case she procured a revolver. ] saw that she bad become crazed, and was at tbe time a dangerous Lunatic. Making the best at tbe situation, 1 began an operation, oa tbe wind­ pipe, the woman watching me closely. I worked with the corpse and prepared medicines for three-of four boors, as­ suring the woman that-1 should save him if possible. Succeeding in dis­ arming her fears, she begun to have entire confidence ln<me, and when I fixed a potion and ga«e it to the corpse.seemingly taking & similar one myself, I induced her to- take one in order to qutet her nerves,, as- it might be some time before any charge took place in tbe condition) ol the patient, 1 soon had the satisfaction of see­ ing the woman fall upoa the floor in an insensible condition, and 1 made my escape from the house, calling suf­ ficient assistance to- attend to the wants of the wife and prepare the husband for burial. But I don't want any more calls to resurrect tbe dead, under the superintendence of a dapgerious lunatic.'" Anthony tbe Wanderer. iftlight into the strange condition of the popular mind in iiussia at the close of this nineteenth century is afforded by the immense renown and influence enjoyed at present by a peripatetic saint who goes by the name of Anthony the Wanderer, and who for more than 40 years has been perpetually on the move, his per­ egrinations extending all over Siberia, Central Asia, and European Russia. In the depth of winter, just as in the bi- ^ht of summer, be marches bare­ foot. and almost entirely devoid of clothing. Fifty pounds weight of iron chains are welded around his. shoulders and body, while his waist is encircled by an iron belt weighihg thirty founds more, closed with a lock, the key of which he cast into tbe Arctic Ocean. Thus equipped, Anthony the Wanderer has spent too-score years in tramping all over the Russian Empire, collecting en­ ormous sums of money for the build­ ing of churches and schools in places where they are needed without keep- a single kopeck for himself He is venerated not alone by tbe ignorant peasantry, but also bv the most highly educated and atfiuent classes, and men and women of all sorts and conditions of life are discribed as applying to him for advice in matters ipir tual, worldly, and even hygienic. --New York Tribune. % th the surface of that brief sen­ tence. • , The French laborer, The material condition of tihe day laborer is not so good as it was fifteen or even ten year* ago; one may confi­ dents affirm that they earn £3 less than tbey did, and a farm servant of twenty years £2 less. Still, fent is the same, the taxes, however alight tbey may be, have increased, wood is dearer, bread is certainly not cheaper; clothing alone costs less now. The cause of this state of things must undoubtedly be attrib­ uted to agricultural depression which has pervaded all Europe, and to the bad harvests of tbe last ten years. However, their conditiori la much better tban it was half a century ago in every way. Then men might be seen thrashing the corn in winter, working by the light of a lamp from 3:30 a m. to 7 p. m., receiving only Gd. a day and their food, and during harvest tbey earned only la 3d. a d a y ; - , v , • A rarm servant of 14 years oi agti, who now earns at least £4 a year, then received only his food, the farmer supplying him with wooden shoes and a blouse; at 17 only would he begin to earn a little money. As a rule the French laborer is sober, in­ dustrious, hardworking, and thrifty, his chief aim being to save a little money or to buy land to leave to his children. As a rule families are not numerous, and one rarely, if ever, sees such early marriages as are fre­ quent among the lower classes in En­ gland. One reason is that the mili­ tary service is compulsory; every man, unless physically disabled, is bound to serve for three years, from 21 to 24; so they cannot marry till this is over at any rate, and many do not till much later. However, the mili­ tary service is certainly borne with­ out reluctance and as a matter of course by most Frenchmen.--The Contemporary Review. , he "ice Cream Condi. ' In a large boarding-school where it is the custom to have ice cream twice a week for dessert, the prin­ cipal noticed that the eating of the c.eam was followed by violent spells of coughing upon the part of the pupils, r egarding the matter as a loke perpetrated by the girls, she de- termed to break the disturbance up by announc.ng that as ice c earu seemed to have such a bad effect up­ on their throats, it would be better to discontinue the lvxury. Alarmed at tbe prdspect, tfe young lad.es set themselves to abate the nuisance, and, with a fevifry..exception^ .there was no more trouble. An "ice creaciji cough" as it is known, is caused, by a chilling ef tbe organs of>tba throat and with many people it-is almost irrepressible Still, being in a great degree "nerv­ ous," tee principal of the boarding- schooT took the best means or break­ ing it up, tor tbere are no diseases that are more affected by the will than whare are termed "nervous com- platet^" 1» fact* almoet every form of dis­ ease i» to a degree a ' *ner vous" com­ plaint, and is therefore somewhat affected by efforts made by tne pa­ tient If we allow ourselves to grow despondent, the brain having a di­ rect action upon the body, our phy­ sical conditio** soon responds to the drain upon it, and our recovery will be a much note tedious process. It is no' longer a disputed lact that many a person: bas died from noth- ifggrtM|b'la«fc.qC effort to' recoipfo^ dREAT HAVOC WROUGHT IN THE FAR WEST. M)ht Not Hatd to Hit. A. young dergymaoi once preached a strong temperance sermon. When he had finished the people's warden said to hinit "I an afraid you have made a mistake: Mr. Jones, a well- known member of tbe congregation and supporter of our charitiei, is a distiller; he- will be angry." The'parson said!, k Ob, 1 am sorry! I will go and explain* it to Mr. Jones, remove any unfavorable impression, and teli. him that 1 did not mean to be personal.,r Accordingly he waited upon Mr. Jones, , who,, im addition to tbe pur­ suit of distilling^ also was interested in a good many other branches of trade, and waa not distinguished above other mea as-an ascetic. The pastor expres ed hi» regret to Mr. Jones for anything in the sermon which hurt his feelings. He was somewhat relieved when, with a jovial air,. Mr. J>one^ said, "Oh, bless you, don't mind that at all! It must be a mighfty poor sermon that doesn't hit m&somewhAca* For Hard Timed. The ftaaacial saccess of an Inventor lies in* his ability to hit the present needs of the people. A thing that meets a general and long-felt wantiB sure to> sell. Evidently this consid­ eration was fully appreciated by the geniua of whom the Indianapolis Journal bas a story. Mrs. Hogan--And why isn't the old naoo a-work in' how? Mrs. Grogan--Workln'! It's an inventor he is. He bas got up a' road -scbraper that does the work of foive min. Mrs. Hogan--An' bow minny min do it take to run 4t Mrs. Grogan--Six. It will be great thing for givin' imploymftUfc to- tbe laborin' man." . i DJklU 19 019U 1 V|lvl 1 VU *»/ UJliav Vttl |lvtO o unrivaled strength and "of a grand originality."--P(£ris Letter. Exaggerated Case of Piano, Tbe Diano fiend is plainly not to be found only on the outside of a hou e, or the following announcement would not have appeared in the advertise­ ment columns of a London newspaper aiewuaysago: ' Adolphus: Return to your Matilda Tbe piano has been sold." What a history of domestic discord evolved out of Bnrptaing. Yankee exaggeration is a trick tbat works both ways. It la most amusing, perhaps, when it taicM the form ot understatement An old lady was alone i» a very old house when the walls suddenly collapsed and the house came turn bllng down around her. Her escape was little short of a miiacle; but she was taken from the ruins entirely uninjured. When asked what her sensations were when the house foil, stiQ sstid* "Well, to tell tbe truth, I was considerably skeered; I reely waa When a woman puts on a nice apron around the house to save her dress, she puts on another aproo on top of that to save the nice apron. WB heard a man complaining to- , day because of bad luck. That' i what people are here for, to have bad luck. Wb hear occasionally the expression "milk while." 4^ ]tM milk we sec what should \ is light bloc. , ; i ; VHfWt of thing Before It In th* Vasmw RmgUMt. Thoomnds Are BOIMImi and Property low W1U Keaeh SfUllon*. ,r̂ r . ^ *M«r •.!!•*» 9(1^ , • Terrible destruction has been wrought by th© floods in the Frazer Valley and throughout the efltire Van­ couver region. Thousands of families have been rendered homeless, many lives were lost, while the loss of prop­ erty will reach into the millions. The known, nor will it be for several days,as full extent of the calamity is not yet the waters are still rising, threatening even greater havoc. Two thousand families homeless and a property loss of $3,000,COO i* the estimated result up tijp ibis written. The rlvej feWgatofeElgTWfr day, anu j? 'Inis xartner up o3c« reports that the Hvf • Is Heany~*?iP0 feet higher than has evefr Before been known. The valley for 100 miles has been inundated. So great bas been the destruction that osean steamers passing in through the straits of SaD Juan de Fuca are encountering floating roofs of houses and barns and innum­ erable carcasses of lycgs, sheep and cattle that have passed out through the Fra-er's mouth with other debris from the valley. Steamers from the rivers an«j Paget Sound are still being pressed into the work of rescue. Though no lives have been lost there have been many nar­ row escapes and thrilling experiences. Many families have been driven from their houses. One Steamer brought 301* settlers from Kew Westminster late Thursday night. At many points there is great destitution among the luckless settlers who havo fled from their homes. At the Salmon River settlement, where the water is ten itet deap on the flat, many families are huddled together on the high­ lands and living on one scanty meal a day. The rescuing steamers have ne­ glected them to care for others who are in greater danger. Every etfort is being made to relieve the flood suffer­ ers, but facilities and means are ut­ terly inadequate to meet the demand. The Canadian Pacific has l,t 00 men at work repairing its tracks, but the flood is breaking it faster than they can pos­ sibly mend it. Press dispatches given below tell of the destruction by the flood throughout the Northwest. Spokane, Wash.--Further particu­ lars ot the flood which destroyed the town of Conconully have been reeeived. In addition to the flood in the creek, a cloud-burst occurred, increasing the volu ue of water into a raging torrent. Everything was swept before the flood. Trees, houses, and rocks came down upon the town, where they lodged, forming a iam fifteen feet high at places. Nothing is left. When the flood was within half a mile of town every one fled to higher land. Outside aid is necessary. The loss is com­ plete, as there was no chanee to save property. Portland, Ore.--The Upper Colum­ bia continues to rise. Union Pacific affairs are in a deplorable condition* Color ad a Town* Swept Away. BoraMer, Colo.--The pipe factory, five houses, tbe railrcai tracks and ail the city and railroad bridges have beem washed away by the flood in Boul­ der Creek.. Poverty Flats is sub­ merged, The Sunset branch of the Guk Boadi and the Mountain Road are entirely gone. The towns of Crisman and Salina, mining camps in Boulder Canyon,, have been wiped out of exist- enoe: Each had a population of about 200, all ot whom are now homeless. The-total) lose iin and around Boulder estimated> at $500,1)00. All the crops in the 9& Train Valley, one oi the' rie hest gxrain regions in the State, have been destroyed by tbe flood.. ifty. bridges- between here and the mountains have been carried away. The towns-of Copper Rock and Sugar Loaf are-gone,, the Prussian and Corn­ ing mills are-flooded, and six of their outbuildings-swept down the canyon. Springdale and Jamestown suffered greatly. Several (ther small towni along the-canyoafcave been partly de­ stroy ed. Erie, Colo*--Coal Creek is on the rampage, and the main street of this city is two feet under water. A sec­ tion of track on the railway is washed out and the telegraph wirt a are down for half a mile-. Boulder Creek and St. Vrain's Rivar are each badly swol­ len. The railroad bed is rapidly wash­ ing away. Many families have bees compelled! to leave their homes. Busi­ ness housee are flooded and stock hai been drowned and growing crops car­ ried away. Manitou,. Colo---Business is practio- ally suspended and hundreds of men are working to save their property. The stream, from Williams Canyon ia rushing over Mineral Water Park, leaving: gravel in place of grass. Tons of eartn has been torn from the pavil­ ion grounds. Dynamite has been used frequently' to demolish gorges. The water is sdill rising. Palmer Lake, Colo.--The water has undermined the walls of the large res­ ervoir situated at the mouth of Big Canyon,, just above the village, and it is momentarily expected to collapse. The reservoir is 100 feet wide, 9,000 feet long, and 20 feet deep. Denver, Colo.--Platte River contln* ues te rise, and the people living on the tow ground had to flee for their lives. The railway embankment was washed away ia places, and bridge* weie badly damaged. Pueblo, Cola--The flood in Pueblo i» receding, and no further damage has- been done. The total property loss, aside from the damage to the railroads, is thought not to exceed $100,000. Golden, Colo.--The flood in. Cli?ar Creak caused damage to the amount of $20,000 to Corr's brevrory and sther property in this city. Many people bad to leave their houses. Idaho Springs, Colo.--The damage by tbe flood in this county is «€*imated at $100,000. On the mountain tope, in­ stead of rain, eighteen inoh.ee of anow {ell. Telegraphic Click*. Ock. Weaver was nominated for Corgrees by the Populiateof the Ninth iowa district. MEMBERS of Williams Po*t, G. A. R., of Muneie. Ind., pasted resolutione condemning the playing of base-ball on Decoration Day. STRIKING miners at Lyford, Ind., re­ leased the captured Ea&tern Illinois coal cars on the demand of United States Marshal Hawkins. M. DOPUY has completed the new French cabinet. Gen. Mercier is Min­ ister of War and M. Hamotaux Min­ ister of foreign affairs. STRIKING miners ne arched a'l th« houses in Farry, Col., for firearms. Mine owners have left the district, fearing to bo made captive. ILLINOIS Populists, in convention at Sp: ingfiold, nominated a State ticket Ahead d by John Randolph, of Fuiton County, for Treasurer. Oov. MoKtnler -'̂ fp p<w»iw>e* New M, of trie Seventeenta ordered baok to tlu» pa*<*«-' engioa The respectable Citizens die* poised, but about 2i0 miners and men congregated in groups to prevent " ': tbe train from leaving.. Section-men went down the track five miles found tites, bridge timbers and roeka on tbe track, and the trestle burning. The track was cleared, and the fire exr xf tinguished without interference. The! . ^ " ear containing the toldiers was fredi into. * * Martin's Ferry.---An' unsueceBifutf|||||; effort wa* made to ran two coal trains en the Cleveland, Loraine and Wheel-* \J ing Railroad, after a week's tie-up.Ify Ties were placed on the track, dyna- | mite was used, a revolver fired, and knives exhibited. Four deputy mar^ > shals and two reporters were on th<* , v 1, > train. Their lives, together with those ' ' of the trainmen, wc re .^threatened it. the train wa. not run back, and tliia fm {tons.- The mob, in^ndmg womejji,';1', £ increased from 5 »td 400 in Ten mini utes. Tbe bridge at Whiskv Run wai. . burned, and troops have beeh ordered' a ' to the field. ^ Columbus, Ohio.--Sheriff Soott, of Belmont County, teleg aphed Governor v "• McKinley that the miners at Wheeling5 -4- J Creek burned a bridge < n the Cleve* • '.J land, Loraine and Wheeling Railroad and that about five hundred men werd^>£;Jp! in the mob and were still threatening „ ' \V live3 and property. The Governo^l : wired Adjutant General Howe, now ire/ \ • Guernsey Count/ with troop.*, to sendP , some of the military in his commandf to Belmont County. The Governor alsc| / wired Howe that if more troops wet a • needed he would call out the Fifth Regiment at Cleveland. • John t. Gehr Arrested. Peoria, 111.--John L. Gehr, leader o§S. ; the striking miners in the attack onf' " " r the Little mine Wednesday, was ar* rested at his home at Edwards station Gehr is District President of the Mine-* . V workers'Union. He was taken to Pe-«t';> } kin on the first tr iin. He insists thaf|«;,;:i4.<. he did all he could to prevent th© men?* ' from attacking the mine, but admits?®®! tnat he went with them anyhow. Then,, Sheriff's posse is still under arms andfcr' * - expect to be ordered to Collier's mine * to serve a number of warrants there., The local militia is also still under or-w ders. - Threw Btoaes at the Picket*. -f Sullivan, Ind.--Last night at the mil­ itary camp wa-s one of tumnlt. Numer-^. ^ outs assaults with stoue? were made, •&*> upon the picket-lines, and as a resu!%spf§?«fj the cry, "Corporal of the goard " rang through the camp often, and was usually followed by firing in the direc- •* tion from which the atones eame. Sa, far as known, however, no damage was|pfj|gi: done, though there was fear that the \ miners might, as they threatened, hurl,v; dynamite at the soldiers. Towardls^^gsfl; morning an effort was made to burn the trsstle-work of the Evansville andf Terre Haute Road near here, but the incendiaries were driven away by the guards. Try to Wreek a Trata. Uaiontown, Pa.--Near Evans station en tho Baltimore & Ohio railway sfcr v*:, desperate effort was made at trair^^#M" wrecking. A young man walkings altoug the track discovered part of air frcg tight1 y clamped to a rail and 1 «; other material piled on the track i» , 3 such efoape that trains approaching?; from either direction would certainly be thrown from the rails. The ob- . struction was removed. Tie Up the Freight Tards. Wheeling, W. Va.--Striking minora at Benweodr below this city, created *| blockade in West Virginia coal and have tied up all the coal in the BaltL more and ©bio yards-. About 200 me are encamped at- Benwood Junctio: with the firm determination, oi pre*' venting ceal from moving. FIFTY THOUSAND III" A'-Great* Turnout ef the «k JL B. at Pitts-; ̂ burg Next September. . The- National Encampment of the, /S Grand: Army of the Repoblic to be heldi in: Pittsburg next September will; , be more successful, according to pres* 'j ent indications, than the most san- •, guine friends ot the city fLir the annual. '• jp- muster place had anticipated. Estii e mating from the number of posts al* ready heard fin m' as a basis, it is con-*4 n'|>; siderad certain that over 50,000 com* rades wili parade on Tuesday, Sept. lli-: It is- believed that Pennsylvania will have fully as many iin line, 15,000, aa> there were in the great parade in Washington, two years before. Ohio had I0,uo0 in. line at thait time, but if " is not likely, unless th© return* are del fectivo, that Ohio will turn out mor# than. 7,000, although Pittsburg is sd olose-to its border line. New York, i» thought, will turn cut :,500strong, The Allegheny County posts will have, 6,000 alone in one column. H Free quarters have already been as» . ** Y signed to U,.UoOcomradesrmostof thetil V.. ooming. from far distant points, al» "l th< ugh it i» more than th'-ee months before the time for the encamp ment to ^ meet. There will be:0,000 mounted* men imthe procession, which will, it, ie judged,, take eight hours to pass »; given point- Tlie decorations, and il» ^ 5- luminationB by nigh.t, will be upon 4 scale of magnificence never before seen in; Western Pennsylvania. Letters re- , celved by the Committee on Reunion! , indicate that there will be a remarka* ble gathering of former Pennsylvania aos, who after they came back fron| , the war went West to seek their for* " , ~i, tuneB, and who beca ne farmers on , government lands as homesteaders ia Dakota Washington, Nebraska. Mis>» semri, and other Western States and Territories, as some of them were a|- '* * 'tnat time. A larsre number of vetji ,• erans oricrinally from Maryland and.. West Virginia, who left their States „> iu the s&'ue way, will attend campment. ' ;;gi65||p ap» Telegraphic CUtlu, SEVENTEEN-YEAR locusts have peared in Maryland. MORGAN WHITE was executed at Ccs^ lumbia, S. C.. for murder. JOHN WILSON, 13 years old, waif? drowned while bathing at AndefrioE}* lad. THE Negro National Democratic League will ^aeet at lndiaaapolis oil August 2. FRANK PABMALI X has been sued a| Omaha, Neb., for $50,000 damages foe breach of promise. As THE miners at Powellton, W. Va.»; were leaving the mines several shota were fired at them, resulting in four men being killed. None of the mea who did the shooting were discovered^: HENRY CLEWS suggests the adoption Of an international currency by Eiw gland, France, Germany and the Unit* ed States, vrhieh would obviate the no* cessity of shipping gold in payment of balances. , G. W. WILSON, capitalist and an old • resident of Chicago, died suddenly at San Jose, Cal., of heart disease at tba residence of his son-in-law, Frank Co«» kezidalL He was the inw^gmyfif iMll Wilson aawinor maohin • -^f ,. 3 vfei ,nr* m<mm