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?|jc Sljcjiljcr&stoum Ucgistcr. ESTABLISHED 1849. montani semper liberi. TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE H. L SNYDER, PUBLISHER SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. YA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1889. NEW YOL. 24? NO. 49. DANIEL B. LUCAS, .ATTORNEY at law, Chaklestows W. Va. .???U. practice In aLt n? Courts of Jeffer )\ son anda^oluiug ountles. The Entier Hotel, sHErilERDSTOWN, W. VA.. Has Been Re-opened Cniler a nrw management and with new fur niture throughout. Every effort for the comfort of guests will be made. jt v 'rRl'WKI'lt Proprietor. Sample Room on First Floor. AVE HAVE IX STOCK -THE LARGEST LINE OF SUITINGS -AND? PANTALOONINGS ,1, ? wt> have ever shown. All NEW GOODS -ni> old stock? and complete In every particular. We do our own cutting and make our store expenses by discounting every bill, which enables us To Meet Lowest Prices i AND UNDERSELL MANY. I;: tots' Furnishing Goods Department is f::ll of nice thing*. We get novelties In this depart inent just as tliey come out and are ac knowledged to l>e headquarters for these jj us. We are told by many that our line ' equals Baltimore city furnishers. You are to he the judge in this case and we patient'y it.i t your decision. We will be pleased to iI.mu- you our goods and will not Insist on | wii u so you can feel perfectly easy ingoing out without buying. (i HOVE BROS., Under Baldwin House, HAG E 11ST( ? W N. M A R Y LAN D. WANTED Everybody to know* I have received my Spring Stock of WALL PAPER. LA I KsT STYLES. E I RST-C LASS, RICH AND ELEGANT. Good paper at 8c per piece of 8 yard?. Better still at 10c 41 " 44 44 44 Gold Paper 12 1-2, 15, 16. 18, 22, 25 and 30c per piece of 8 yards. Sf nd for or call and examine them. *#- Estimates for painting solicited. T. H. MILLER. Spring 1889 Summer The TEMPLE OF FASHION is again tilled with NEW GOODS ! CLOTHING! HT Boots, Shoes ! H' 'Hats and Caps. ^Neckwear ud Motes. : Furnishings ! Trunks, Satchels, Umbrellas aud Canes. Two iJoors full of goods. Easy stairway and plenty of light. Geo. 11. Hag ley, CHAKLESTOWN, W. VA. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC! We the undersigned having pur chax-il the Undertaking Business of R. M. Billniyer have removed to the >t ? ne Store " Room, up stairs, where we are prepared to furnish at short notice , Burial Cases, Caskets, Robes, Crepes, Gloves, &c., ainl all goods kept in a well furnished Undertaking Establishment. We I l>e I iy strict attention to business to "?? riia .-hare of public patronage. We will continue the Painting and Papering business a* usual. Ivespectfully, J. FEU HELL <fc SON. All orders left with Mr. Bill ?yer will receive promp* attention. GREAT SLAUGHTER SALE! I will from this day sell uiy entire Stock, consisting of CLOTHING For Men, Boys and Children, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c., AT AND BELOW COST. 0,u** *urly iind get your bargains, as ttl' >uust be sold before September l!>t. 18SU. Now is your time. J. H. MYERS, HAKl'EH S ferhy. w. VA. FOR _S ALE. \\ *1 !litve for 8ale about 7% acres of good ?m?ii ne8lone Laud on which there U a U hi.'"c'"ir<J- K?od dwelling and kitchen at eu and om. building. The property lain Uii? . * [County, abouiT milestrom Martins iloha?1 Smiles from Scrabble. Fosses l. ?lv?n Aj.rll 1st, 1?!W. Terms reasonable. ,url'ier Inioriuatlon apply to FLEMING A SNYDElt, Ki-al Estate Agents, ^ Shepherdstown, W. Va. SEEDS.? A? the season Is ad "Jen Li" 1 otler the remnant of my gar ? Uit iM er>' cheap. All fresti anU many of Ul Used next year without any risk. il (.ML' KUAN'S DRUG STORE. THE HAS STRUCK US And We are Ready to Meet It with an Immense Line of Dry Goods, Millinery, Ribbons, Carpets, Notions. Oil-Cloths, Mattings, Fine Shoes and Jewelry. F you want Corsets from 20c up to . 81.25, eall on M. S. HITESHEW. I I F you want Silk Ribbons cheaper . than you ever paw them, call on M. S. HITESHEW. F you want Challies from (5c to 20 cents, call on M. S. HITESIIEW. F you want Dress Goods from 5c . to ?1.00 per yard, call on M. S. HITESHEW. F you want White Goods of any description from 8c to 25c, call on M. S. HITESHEW. IF you want a nice Bonnet or Hat at prices that will surprise you, call on M. S. HITESHEW. If you want any Jewelry, such as Breast Pins, Ear Kings or Cuff But tons, call on M. S. HITESHEW. If you want any Ladies', Misses' or Children's Shoes at Bottom Prices, call on M. S. HITESHEW. If you want Mattings at 12i, 15, l?i. 1* or 20c, call on M. S. HITESHEW. If you want 30-cent Rag Carpets or a uice English Ilemp Carpet, call on M. S. HITESHEW. Call and see us. We discount ev ery dollar's worth of goods we buy and give our customers the benefit of -it. We can't be undersold. Our motto: Quick Sales, Small Profits. For Cheap Goods in our line, call on M. S. HITESHEW. M.B. M. -IS XOVV RECEIVING DAILY? Dry Goods, %/ Fancy Goods, %j 7 Motions, Hats, Shoes, Straw Goods, Carpets, Rugs, Oilcloths, Groceries, Provisions, &e., &c. Call and see what a complete stock of j?oods lie lias. Learn the low prices at which he sells. Observe for vourself the tjood qualities. M. B. BAKER Mrs. M. L. Herring'toii. At J. P. Welshans' Old Stand, has now a Fine Stock of Summer Millinery, White Dress Goods, FANCY ARTICLES ? AND ? NOTIONS, Which can be bought CM EAPERthan elsewhere. HATS received every week. CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. Important Notice ! 1 INVITE your attention to a successful sub stitute for scruplng while-washed walls. I will put paper on white-washed wails with out scraping the walls if the liuie is tight and will guarantee It to stay un as lung as It will If scraped. If It conies oft. 1 will furnish pa per and will put it on at ray expense. I can get reliable parties to vouch to thh? where I have put paper on. Also will hang paper as cheap as any one. 1 cau furnish paper as as cheap as you can get it anywhere, suitable for decorating ceilings and walls ol any kind. Will do any klud of house and sign painting. Furniture done up in style. WM. It. MILLER. Notice to Trespassers. ALL persons are hereby warned from trespassing upon the lands of the under signed. The law will be strictly enforced against those caught (without permission) hunting, tishlng or in anyway intrudiug upon the premises of v JOS. L. COOK US, HAMILTON DAVIS, W. T. LEMEN. W. H. HILLMYER, DAVID BILLMVER. March 2Jth, 1389? tiro. THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH ?To Buy Men's, Boys' and Children's? CLOTHING And Gents' Furnishing Goods IS AT Jacob Wintermoyers, The Boss Clothing Man, Shepherdstown. HIS first word Is Bargains. He is now ready with oneof the Finest Lines of SPRING CLOTHING that has ever been brought to this market, and he deties Hagerstown or Martlnsburg to compete with him iu Prices, Quality and Style, as he contends that there never have been better goods shown and greater varieties ollered and prices never have been so low. There is no room for im provement in the ISargaliiH he otleru thlssea son in Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing and Gents' Furnishing GooUs. His line of NECKWEAR Is something nice and large; so much so that every man can have plenty ol styles to make a selection from. Remember, he carries a large line of SHIRTS, dress and overahlrts. also WORKING SHIRTS of all descriptions. HOSIERY and UNDERWEAR. Remember, we can save you money on all of these things. TRUNKS and VALISES. He lias a large line ot them. COLLARS and CUFFS, all the lat est shapes and styles, and, In fact, everything that man needs in I iothlng and Furnishing Goods, hecanflndat the ISoss Clothing House of Jacob Wintennoyer. Now all I ask of my friendsand customers Is tocomeand see these goods and their prices and be convinced that you can do bettor In buying your goods at home than elsewhere. I wish to return my thanks to all of my friendsand customers for their past kindness and hope a continuance of the same in the future. I shall try my b?*?t to please you. Remember the old stand, Col lege Square. J AC< >B W I N'T E B MOY ER, The Boss Clothing Man. Attention ! We have received our Spring Stock of Merchant Tailoring Supplies, also the BEST stock of Gentlemen's Furnish ing Goods in town, consisting of Gauze Underwear, Hosiery, Neckwear, Umbrellas, Grip sacks, etc. We would call at tention to the following: In tending to QUIT the Ready-Made Clothing bus iness, we are now offering our ENTIRE STOCK AT COST to close out. Special Induce ments in Overcoats, balance of stock in Spring Weights. CUSTOM CUTTING a specialty. Hoping to merit a fair share ol patronage, we are Yours Respectfully, SJ\ HUMRICKHOUSE & SON, ESTABLISHED IN 1868. JKFFERSON Sash, Door and Blind FACTORY. CALL FOIl YOl'K Framing, Skiing, Sheathing, Floor ing, Frames, Sash, Blind:?, Doors, Mantels, Mouldings, Newels and Stair Work, Plastering Lath, Brick Tiles, Arc., itc., -AT? John McKnight's, CHARLESTOWN, W. VA. Having put in new machinery ami a force of skilled workmen, we are pre pared to furnish material with expedi tion and satisfaction to all at the most reasonable terms. Factory opposite B. & O. Depot. Successor to C. 11. McKnight <i* Co. HAQZBSTOWN STEAM GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS! Stouffer& Darner, MANUFACTVRKKS OK Granite am! Marble Monuments, Sarcopha gus, Headstones, Tombs, Statues, Vases, L'rns, <Sc.. of Every Description, from Qulncy, Harre, Concord, Westeily, Oak Hill, Clark's Island, Woodstock and all the Principal Eastern Granites; also Ked .scotch Granite. l'artlcular Attention Given to Lettering In all Its Forms. Original Designs Fur nished on Application. Also, Slate Mantels and Building Work of Every Inscription In Marble. Granite and Sand Stone. Cemetery Coping, Ac. Workscorncr Jonathan and Antletaiu Sts., opp. B. A O. Depot, llugerstown, Md, H. L. HOUT, Agent at Shepherdstown, W. Va., Has a full line* of Designs and will show them upon application. FARMS FOR ~SALE. IttO acres of land in Clark County, Kansas, 6 miles from Ashland, the county seat, and railroad depot, and In sight of the Cimarron River. Good soil, tine grass. Mr. Kobert N". Engte, formerly of this county, lives on the adjoining quarter section, and pastured 60 head of cattle on the two farms last year. Land, rolling prairie: wire feuce all around tarin. Price 81, &*?? one-half cash, balauce in 1 and 2 years. FLEMING A SNYDER, Heal Estate Agents. Shepheruslown, W. Va. COAL! COAL! COAL! HAVE reduced prices on all grades of Coal and 1 have been especiallly careful In Eurchaslngonly the very best quality, entlre r free from slate. Don't ;fall to examine my Block and prices before purchasing. G.T. HODGES. 1. S. FLEMINGJIotary Public. \\rlLL take acknowledgments of Deeds J | Power of Attorney, Ailldavlts, Depoel tlons. ani attend to all business oonnected with the office. VW The Chief Rrnnoa for the great suc cess of Hood's Karsaparil'a Is found in the article Itself. It Is merit that wins, and the tact that Hood's Sarsapariila actually ac complishes what is claimed for it, is what has given to this medicine a popularity and jale greater than that of any other sarsapa Mprit Win <5 rllIa or bU)0(X purl* r?l C I I L V V 1 1 1 o flPr before the public, flood's Sarsapariila cures Scrofula, Salt | Rheum and all Humors, Dyspepsia, Siclc Headache, Biliousness, overcomes That I Tired Feeling, creates an Api>etite, strength ins the Nerves, builds lip the iVliole System. Uood'i Snrwnpnrilln is Soldbyall drug lists. $1; six for $5. Prepared by C. 1. Hood 6 Co., Apothecaries, Lowe'l, Mass. GO and SEE FOR YOURSELF -THAT R. S. M. HOFFMAN lias opened rooms opposite the S. V. Railroad Depot, where you ran find F U R N I T U RE! of the Latest Patterns always on hand, such as | Parlor and Chamber Suits Complete! B K I >ST EA I)S, WARDROB KS, WASH STANDS, MATTRESSES, BUREAUS. BUFFETS, | Extension and Marble-Top Tables, Single and Bed Lounges, Chairs and Rockers. Also Agent for the DAVIS SEWING MACHINES. i All articles sold at priees that will compete with the lowest sold any where. In the Undertaking ?YOU WILL FIND CASKETS, FLOWERS, COFFINS, SLIPPERS, ROBES, CREPE, j Gloves, and all pertaining to the bus iness. Personal attention giveii in every case. R. S. M. HOFFMAN. WE WISH TO INFORM YOU ?THAT WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED? OUR NEW SPRING STOCK ?OF? Suitings and Coatings ?AND? P A NT A L O 0 N I K G S ? This stock is the largest ever shown In 11a gerstown, and prices range from the cheapest to the liner grades, made up in first-class style, and with Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS! In Gents' Furnishing Goods we show a large ' line of New, stylish and Han Jsome Goods, i our line of Fancy Flannels In Plaids ami i stripes, Percales, Pique, Pleated and Plain I Dress shirts, cannot l>e excelled. In Neckwear, we show all the latest novel ties In Tecks, lMfls, Four*ln-hand and t'lul> House Scarfs, from 25c to SL20. We have all the new shades in Gents' Kiel Gloves I for the early spring. These goods must be I seen to be appreciated. Call and examine i and he convinced that we have the largest stock ever shown 111 llagerstown. Respectfully, JOHN 1). SWARTZ, Merchant Tailor and Gents' Outfitter, No. 21 W. Washington St , Hag ers town, Md. A Business Notice. A CHANGE of tUnes causes a change In the i Way of conducting business. Hence, some merchants ate adopting the cash system. We 1 have uot yet, strictly shaking, but continue to sell on short or reasonable time to good am) tried customers, and sell as low as those who claim to be selling strictly tor casti. For a tew quotations we submit to your consider ation: Yard-Wide Straw Mattlngrrom locts. up; Home- Made New Hag Carpet, pretty styles. 40 and 50c ; Table and Floor ( >11 Cloths, 4-1, 5-1 and 6-1 wide, ut prices troui 30 to 50 c is. Beautiful Dress Giugbains. 0 to 10c per yard. Salines (nice, new goods), 10c; calico, 5 to 8c; Lawns, l to loc; India Linens, W to 'Me; La dles Corsets, 2??c to fl.; Handkerchiefs and Hosiery ranging from 5 to So; Hats, 5c to {2. Sugats, Syrups and Co flee at as low prices as coin pell tors are selling. Shoes, Queensware, Tinware and Hardwaie to suit ail. at HOCK 1 BOTTOM PRICES. Tobacco to suit most ail who use the weed in prices ranging from 35c per pound up to 60c. In lact, my stock is full, and 1 am coustautly in receipt of New Goods. My aim Is to do a lair and square business and to treat all alike. And don't you forget . it, if you want a flrst-ciass Hour, second to none, come right along w ith your wheat or cash a nd call ior the Mill\ 11K- Sunlight Flour, and when you lake it home your wife or daughter will be pleased and furnish you with nice bread. My Motto Is UU1CK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS. We want to live and see our fellow men do likewise. Our aim will be tony to accommodate ourselves to suit all who may call upon us, audit any | mistakes occur please give us an opportunity I tocorrect them. We hope by tairand honest ! dealing, in connection with the fact of selling goods as low as any other arm, to merit n share of the trade, so come right along and take away one dollar's worth oi goods for ev ery hundred cents yon leave with us. Very Respectiully, N. S. J. STRIDER. BRUSHES.? Just received a ?pply of l?ln Brushes and Dusters, \\ hUewaah Brusht^ Scrubbing Brushes. Kalaomine Brushes, Shoe Hrusiu'6. 11 v.a^?P;?g DRCQ BI0RJE GRADATIM. Heaven is not reached at a single bound; Hat we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies. And we mount to its summit round by round. I count this thing to be graudly true; That a noble deed is a step toward Uod, Lifting the soul from the common clod To a purer and a broader view. We rise by the things that under feet ; liy what we have mastered of good and gain By the pride deposed and the passion stain. And the vanquished ills that we hourly meet. We hope, we aspire, we resolve, we trust. When the morning calls us to life and liglit. But our hearts grow weary, and, ere the night Our lives are trailing the sordid dust. We hope, we resolve, we aspire, we pray. And think that we mount the air on wings Beyond the recall of sensual tilings, While our feet still cling to the heavy clay. Wings for the angels, but feet fer men. We may borrow the wings to find the way? We may hope, and resolve, and aspire, and pray ; But our feet must rise, or we fall again. Only in dreams is a ladder thrown From the weary earth to the sapphire wall" But the dreams depart and the vision fulls. And then sleeper wakes on his pillow of stone. Heaven Is not reached at a single bound : But we build the ladder by which we rl?e From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies. And we mount to its summit round t>y round. LOVE IN A LOG CABIN. "And this is home!" Ruth Delano gazed about her with a mingled feeling of wonder, joy ami disappointment. Three thousand miles had she traveled across the con tinent to reach the home her hus band had prepared for her, and this was what she found: A lonely ranch among the foothills in (Southern California, with a plain log cabin for a home. Not a vestige of a plant or a flower around it, not a suggestion of comfort or beauty with in it. hills stretching brown and ban* under the July sun. and not a shade tree in sight. '?One might know there never had ! been a woman near this place, " j sighed Kutli, her eves slowly filling I with tears. It seemed so comfortless and barren after leaving her mother's old-fashioned farm-house in Maine* I full to overflowing with inviting, com- ! fortable things, and surrounded with flower-gardens and orchards, and where every nook and cornt r sug gested the deft hands and delicate hands of women. She felt her very heart sinking within her. Then seeing the eyes of her hushaud fixed upon her she forced back the tears' Had she not said. like the Ruth of old, "Whither thou goest, I will go: and whither thou lodgest, 1 will lodge?'1 Would any place, no matter how 1 full of comfort it might be, ever be home without him. Had she ami her baby Ruth not wept tears of joy when the lettercame telling them that papa was coming from California to take I them home? And had not every foot j of the way been h joy to think she ! was once more with him and that they were to have a home. Sh ^stroked the hand of her hus band, who held their little Ruthie in his arms, smiling through her tears. "1 know, dear, it is a new country,'' | she said cheerfully, "and you have done the best you could." It was the truly wifely spirit, and in his heart lie blessed the true woman who said it. "All the ranches look kind of deso- ' late," he said, "when there's no one j but men about; but now we've got a little woman here, things will soon be j looking different."' Inside of the house she found every- ! thing neat, at least, and that was a gr^at comfort to her. and if the parlor was barren looking with no carpet upon it, the kitchen was full of con trivances which woman like, and she , knew that John had thought of them for her. After supper they sat down on the little porch in front of the cabin to talk of plans for future work. It was just at sunset, and as Ruth sat placidly looking at the view in front of her ? which, after all. was a fine one, tak ing in a glimpse of the blue Pacific, and a background of purple moun tains?she began to lose the under tone of homesickness which had so marred her becoming. She thought i how beautiful a home might really be under the shadow of the lifted pines and she resolved with John's help she could make her's one to be proud of. As if in answer to her thought John went into the house and returned in a moment laden with two parcels which he dropped in her lap. "There, Ruth," he said, "you can't guess what these are, can you?" "1 am afraid not." Ruth said, eye ing the mysterious looking packages wonderingly. "Well, you know the house isn't very beautiful yet." John said, his good face fairly shining with the lit tle secret he had in store for her; "but I guess you'll find something in each of those parcels that will help you beautify it." What could he mean? Ruth took up the lighter but larger one first. To her surprise it was full of garden seeds, small packages of every kind. almo*t, she could think of. "Well, how lovely!" she said. "Now we shall raise all the vegetables we need, and our garden will rival dear mother's at home." "Yes," John replied, "And go ahead of it. for California beats the world for flowers and your garden will be just as lovely in winter as in summer. There are twenty varieties of roses among that collection of seeds.'' "Isn't wonderful to think of?" cried Ruth, as delighted as a child over her treasures. "And what can be in here?" she continued as she opened the sec ond parcel. "Wonders will never i cease?" she exclaimed the next mo ment, as she poured a whole bag of silver into her lap. "And what is this for?" , * "To buy your parlor furniture,*1 he replied, laughing at her amazement. "Honest?" She looked at him. her ' brown eyes sparkling. "It is for Mrs. Delano to do with as she pleases." he said. "I saved the money to furnish the cabin with, and thought to have it fixed up before you come but concluded on second thought that you could do better than I: so there's the money. Buy what you please, and fix up the place to suit yourself." "Well, if you ain't the best John in the whole country," Ruth >aid. almost 1 laughing and crying in the same breath. How could she ever be home sick again? And that night, instead of crvinjp herself to sleep, as she had thought that afternoon to do, she lay awake from very joy, thinking of the pretty things she could buy and make for the cabin, and imagining how picturesque it would look covered with lady banks roses, and how sweet the violet beds would be in the spring-tiiue. And so the very next day she set the hired man to work laying off a garden, and all that week and the next she spent her spare time in dig ging and hoeing and spading. The following week John took her to the nearest town, and she selected the various articles she desired for the house. She managed to furnish it quite comfortably, and under her left fingers all thing began to bear a homelike air. The place lost its bar- i ren and shiftless look, and even the dog Harold seemed to feel the change. ; He no longer wandered aimlessly . about, as though seeking a coinfor table spot, but went to sleep, a pie ture of contentment on one of the soft rugs in the sitting-room, keeping i one zealous eye always half open upon his playmate. Hut hie. The mouths sped by, in spite of all | the hardships she had to endure? for life is hard for a woman in a new country? on light wings for Ruth She made the best of all her trials* and was as sweet and contented as if she had been in the fair home they had owned and lost. Though often her limbs ached and her head was weary with the weight of work which fell to her share, she never complained. Not once did she grow fretful or reproach her husband for taking her so far from all that she loved. "He is doing the best he can," she always said to herself, "and what would a palace be without his love? Resides, how much I have to be grate ful for." And somehow the remem brance of their first evening in the : log cabin would always bring the tears to her eyes, It was such a real proof of his love and thoughful ness for her. When the next spring lengbened into the summer, and her sweet face begun to wear a tired look that he did not like to bee, he came to her one evening, saying gravely: "Knth pack yonr trunk to-night. To-morrow I want to take you with me to San Diego. Important business calls me there, and you and Ruthie both need a change." "but how can you leave the ranch?" Ruth asked. just now when you are most needed?" "Oh, Redly will tuke charge of the place and the men will work for him as well as for me." If Ruth iiad noticed .him just then very carefully she might have seen h twinkle in his eye that would have made her suspicious as to this "busi ness trip" to San Diego: but like a dutiful wife she packed up and asked no foolish questions. When they reached San Diego, much to her surprise her husband did not go to a hotel. He gave the coachman some directions aud they were driven to an elegant looking house in the suburbs. ?Why, I didn't know you had friends here!" exclaimed Ruth in sur prise. "Oh, yes," said John, "I have a number of them. This is the home of the best friend 1 have in the world." "Why!" John nearly took her breath away. She thought of her shabby traveling-dress and Ruthie'* shabbier cloak with dismay, but she made up her mind to make the best of it for John's sake, anyway. A lady could always be a lady, no matter how she dressed A neat Chinaman opened the door anil ushered them into a handsome reception room. The house was beau, tiful inside, and everything was new and of the latest fashion. Rath sank into a finely uphoistered easy chair with a feeling of momentary content. For a moment she almost wished she might be the possessor of such a home, and then she put aside the envious wi?h. '"Make yourself at home, dear. John said, "while I see the master of the house. He is probably in hi* duty. I will return when I have spoken with him privately. I know he will be delighted to know you are here and will welcome you. "How strange John never told me of this" friend of his," Ruth said to herself looking at the handsome en gravings on the table near her. Presently be returned, but not, as she expected, with the master of the house, whom she was feeling a little in awe of. "Where is hef* she asked. "Here." '"Here? Why John, have you lost vour mind? There is no one with you. You and I are alone." She be gan to look frightened. What if John had really Ioet his senses? He had certainly acted queer about this San Diego trip. To her further amazement he borst into a loud laugh, and taking a stand in the middle of the room, said with a polite bow: 4*I>ear Mrs. Delano, allow me to in troduce to you the master of this house. John Delano, Ksq., your hum ble servant. 1 am mouarch of all I survey.'' "John, you are surely going mad ami 1 with you. For heaven's sake." she entreated, "tell me what you mean!"' "I'd tell you what I mean, little wife,' he said. "I mean that 1 came to San Diego this year during the land, and have been in real estate business and cleared a small fortune. This is your home, and all that is in it belongs to Kuth and John Delauo. The ranch and the log cabin were siuiply a trial of your love. 1 wautvd to find out what kind of stutT my wife was made of." "And did you find out?" she asked of hiiu, woman like, not knowing whether to laugh or cry over this great joy. "indeed I did. She was weighed in the balance aud not found wanting. 1 know now that her love was strong enough to brave aii trials for me. Henceforth she shall be queen of my prosperity." "It was a very pretty little drama you choose to have me take the princi pal part in," she *aid. "but I forgive you and I am satisfied if you are." "Completely," he answered, with a lover's kiss. "Do you know, dear John," she whispered that uight as she held Kuthie up for her papa's good-night kiss, "that 1 doubt if 1 can ever be as happy anywhere as 1 was in that lit tle log cabin of ours, in spite of all the hard work 1 did. Love never seemed before such a sweet compen sation for all of life's trials." "Well, if that isn't just like a wom an," laughed her husband. "Like Lot's wife, forever looking back. (Jive her heaven, and two to one. she'll be sorry she ever left earth." Rut h only smiled and held her peace. She knew that he would ever hold their log cabin days in sweet and sacred remembrance. His Faith Shattered. i lie small boy had only been a tiny or two at the kindergarteu when he approached his lather, showing a great deal of indignation. "Papa, that isn't a good school. I don't want to go to that school any more." "Why, my hoy?" "Well, do yon know what the boys at that school sav?" "What?" "Well, papa, they say they ain't any Santa C'laus, that it's not true; they ain't any ouch thing. Papa, tilers is a Santa Clans. isn't there?" The father thought a moment. Then he concluded to tell the child the truth, the whole truth and noth. ing but the truth. So he took him on his knee and told him how it was a pretty fabrication made up by fathers and mothers who loved their children to make them happy, ami the fathers and mothers were the real Santa Claus. The small boy listened in silence. This was a shock to him, because, I suppose, like other and more inexcusable people, he felt h? had been making a painful exhibition of his ignorance. He slid down from his father's knee and walked across the room to the door. He o|>eued i^ and stood holding the knob for a mo ment in a kind of deep thought. Then he turned and he looked at his father. "Say. paper, have you been filling me up about the devil, too?" Pat Equal to the Occasion. "You printed a story about an Irish man who was threatened by a priest with being turned into a rat unless he quit drinking and bating his wife," said a frjend who gathers up anecdotes of that sort. "Let uiv tell you one. It isn't new, but I have never seen it printed. M I squared myself and he proceeded: "Patrick Maginis went to confes sion, and. among other sins, confessed to the good father that he had stolen Mrs. Muicahy's pig, the Ion* of which had been a great blow to the |?oor woman. "Stole Airs. Muicahy's pig. did ye? That's very bad, Patrick? very bad. Don't ye know Pat, that to steal Mrs. Muicahy's pig is worse? What will ye say on the day of judgement when Mrs. Mulcahy pig is worse? What will ye say on the day of judgement when Mrs. Mulcahy confronts you lie fore the Lord an" charges ye with stealin' her pig ? what'll ye say?" "Pat looked rather glum at this on slaught. but at this point he {>erked up and said: " 'Sure, ye river inoe, Mrs. Mulcahy won t be there.' " 'Indade; and why not, Pat Ma ginis? Mr. Mulcahy will be there an1 the pig'll be there, an' when yer a*ked why ye stole the widdy's pig what'll ye say. I'm wantin to know? " 'Will Mrs. Mulcahy be theref asked Pat. a great idea illuminating his face. " ' She will.' said the good father severely. " And will the pig be there?" " 'Certainly.' "Then, begorra,' said i'at. triumph ently, 'I'll say: "Mrs. Mulcahy, there's your pig.' " ">'o. Mr. Jones, I cannot be your wife.'1 "But you'll be a sister to me. Promise me that." "It is unneces sary. Your brother proposed to me last week and I promised to be his sister. I have been your sister for a week." Miss Gotham ? "I adore traveling. Where you ever in Greece, Miss Loin? ' Miss Loin (of Cincinnati)? No, I nev er was, but papa was in that lard trust, you know." The men who wouldn't be found out should stay at home. About the Ksttlesnake. I^t us observe what happens when the rattlesnake means mischief. He throws himself into a spiral, and about oue-third of his length, carry ing the head, rises from the coil and stands upwrigtat. The attitude is fine and warlike, and artists who attempt to portrav it always fail He does uot pursue ? be waits. Little animals he scorns unless he is hungry, so that the mouse or toad he leaves for days unnoticed in his cage. ur uoisv treat ures alarm him. 1 hen his head and neck are thrown far back, his mouth is opened very wide, the fang held firmly erect, and with an abrupt swifftness, for which his ordi nary motions prepare oue but little, he Strikes once and is back 011 guard again, vigilant and brave; The blow a stab and is given by throwing the head forward, while the half coils below it are straigtened out to length en the neck and give power to the .notions which drive the fangs into opponent's flesh. As they enter the temporal muscle closes the lower )a? on the part struck aud thus force* the sharp fang deeper in. It is a thrust aided by a bite. At this mo ment the poison duct i? opened by the relaxation of the muscle which sur rounds it ami the muie muscle which ghuts the jaw squeeies the glawl and drives its venom through the duct ami hollow fang into the hitteu parl^ In s<? complicated a series of act there is often failure. The tooth strikes on tough skin and doubles hack or tails to enter or ^ serpen misjudges distance and falls short and may squirt the venom 4 or ft feet in the air, doing no harm 1 had a curious experience of this kind, iu which a M?ake 8 feet ? Inches long threw a teaspoonful or more of poison athwart my forehead. It missed my ?-ves by an inch or two. 1 have had many' near esca,*.. but this was the grimmest of all. An inch lower would have cost me my sight ami probably my life. A snake will turn ami strike from any posture, but the coil is the attitude always assumed when possible. The coil acta an an anchor and enable* the aniuial to shake its fangs loose from the wound. A snake can rarely strike beyond half its length. If both fangs enter the hurt Is doubly dangerous, because the dose of venom is doubled. At times a fang is left in the llesh, but this does not trouble the serpent s powers as a poisoner, since number less fangs lie r.ady to become firmly fixed in its place, and both fangs are never lost together. The nervous mechanism which controls the act of striking seems to Im? in the spina, cord, for if we cut off a snake s head and then pinch its tad the stump of the neck returns aud with some ac curacy hits the hand of the ox|?eri menter? if he has the nerve to hold on. Few men have. 1 have not. A little Irishman who took care of my labratory astonished me by cooly ??us tabling his test. He did It by closing his eyes and so shutting out for a mo ment the too suggestive view of the returning stump. Hnakes have always seemed to uic averse to striking, and they have been oil the whole much maligned. Any cool, quiet peraon, moving slowly and steadily, may pick up and handle gently most venomous serpents. 1 fancy, however, that the vipers and the copperhead! are un certain pets. Mr. Thompson, the snake keeper at the Philadelphia too logical handles his serpents with iui punity, but one day, having dropped some little moccasins a few days old down his sleeve while he carried their mamma In his hand, one of the tobies hit him and made an ugly wound. At present the snake staff Is used to handle snakes. 1 saw one In October in Tangiers what I bad long desired to observe? a snake charmer. Most of his snakes were harmless, but he refused, with well acted horror, to permit me to take hold of them. He had also two large brown vipers. These be handled with care, but I saw at once that they were kept ex hausted of their venoiu by having been daily teased into biting on a bundle of rag* tied to a stick. They were too tired to be dangerous. I have often seen snakes in this state. After three or four fruitless acts of in stinctive use of their venom they give give up and seem to become indlffer ent to approaches and even to rough handling. The Drummer'i Ruae. A short time ago a drumme r from abroad railed at a Hangor liv*ry ?ta ble and wanted a double t*am for a ten day* trip into the country, and the stable man refuted to let him one on the ground that he wan a it ranger. There wan much disciiMiion over the matter, and finally the drummer Mid; "What is your team worthf "Four hundred and fifty dollar*.' wan the reply. "If I pay you that sum for it. will you buy it back again when I returnf ' a-krd the customer, and upon re ceiving an affirmative reply, he promptly put up the cash. Ten day* later he returned, aud driving into the *table, he alighted and entered the office, saying. "Well, here is your team, and now I want my money back." The Hutu was pas?ed to bim aud he turned aud wax leaving the place when the liveryman called out, "Look here, aren't you going to settle for that teaiuf1 "For what U-atuf' aeked the drum mer, in a surprised tone. "For the one you Jost brought baek." "Well, now," drawled the drummer, "you aren't fool enough to thisk that I would pay anybody for the use of my own property, are yonf and h# shook the dost of the place from hit feet. - iim