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?l)? ?>l)cpl)crJ>stoum Ucgistcr ESTABLISH tD 1849. fTlTsNYDER* publisher. F W ' MONTANI SEMPER LIBERI. SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. YA., FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1890. TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE NEW VOL. 2o? NO. 40. I GEORGE W. GRAHAM, I l,wt ESTATE AGENT, ! I ii^hpKK'S Fl BUY, W. VA. I ii attention Riven to Pensions. Uoun I , ? against the lulled States, and ? M , Western l ands. before the w;7" * ? . 51 1'ie Entler Hotel, I t.iri 1H KIOTOWN, W. VA., l0a$ Been Re-opened I # .* ii nin^enient and with new fur I Every effort for I j|ir , i inlort of quests will I ' .? made. I v i Hi MSfiLL, Proprietor. I^ple Room on First Floor. [special notice. |\t u Stock of Goods. I N .- AND CHILDREN 8 IfflOES ? RUBBERS, I -ectioneries. Notions, Groceries, I Cigars an. i Tobacco, [FIT R N ITURE i I AM'? WING MACHINES. I I JfAKl ALL KINDS OF tsand Shoes to Order. | : W. llarp, wboae vortawuMhtp Is I, , *st ll with me. We pat on tha . i l :ent Fastener* tree of charge. ! . i: \ and promptly done. Goods | ? 1 1. r i. >i.i il en short no I >-1 'Oiisut t liv vc r\ I - lit! m t !. -l" Yours. -It. J. s. FLh.MlNG. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT )l Piilnibaum Sc liro., ? HAKLESTOWX, W. VA., k iitii a large and fine assort : i Nt w Dre>s Goods, Staple and I ' r v Goods, Notions, a full Furnishings, also men's v.- l'ants, at such low prices ,i\e never been heard of in ! ? :? . ?oiiLtv ' It w ill pay to give all and get some of their ... ?. \\ hen you go to Charles- , ? look lor their sign. ? O People s Bargain Store, 1 N I X I 1 ?< ?< ?K to WATSON HOUSE. HO! FOR Dl" 1 FIELDS! | \VK returned from the city and finished . t- lart.sl and most complete ? . s that hat been exhibited at * ? r many yearn, and bought at the ? j rltv. and will be Hold at tiie ? nest profit. I will not quote prices, have to see to comprehend and ' a!. . My stock embraces almost every ?I for In a country store. DRY GOODS! N ? ? of White Goods, Ginghams, Sat es, Lawns, Prints, 4c!14e.1Cot nen Drillings, Ac. NOTIONS ln >IK.VW GOODS ? Men's and * nice line and cheap. . Tin and \S oodeti ware lull up. :.:i >. i ouftn-tlonery, Druus, l'atent ' - 1 i?ccoand Cigars. Carry a full of Mutt inns, oil Cloths. liard V> i.u ^ii liiushes, large stock and H KMU KK. Line of KEADY ? l ? 1. illINi; that will be sold very ^ll'il.s, ior La<lles' Misses and Mi'U and Hoys, fine, medium and I propose to give social atten inuke it attractive and t?* your \i. <?? unity produce taken In ex - ods. wiu purchase Wainnt - i <>r trade, delivered at my saw cut and banl them myself, iw;is r furnished to order. Come 1 try nnd make it to yoor lnter " ? i cifullv yours, J. S. MELVIN. ' ? ?.*, May !<, blW. Springtime Has Come, KKXTLE ANN IE! AM' WITII IT PENDLETON'S Immense Spring1 Stock. ;<! '>ur friends to come and see '* some special bargains to otler ' " ^ ' it M ?I ?S, notions, >Ts AND SHOES, HATs AND CAPS, <. LASS WARE AND QU EENSWA IiE. * FILL LINE OF GROCERIES. are determined not to be un ; ^ ' have selected our stock with ' 1 marked them down at panic W<- waul in exchange for tliese wash. Bacon, Lard, Potatoes, Eggs, &c. 1 k for you, and when we see you J'ou good. Then come. ft??|>ectftii]y, ^?s. PENDLETON. I), s. RENTCH, 1 of tiie Peace, Notary Public, '?'?Agent for the Mutual Life Di kui-Rtice Co. of New York. *! L.?V ? Httentlon to all business con e above offices. Bel n? a bonded u Kive special attention to collec , i. . s i(,?i accounts received, with or , , ? t'f of Ijiw. Charges moderate "?'Wupt reterns made. It Kv,Mkn WANTED to sell our WW hardy ; >M.f choice Nursery iStock. Best ?.4.VV. s No experience necessary. Spe : > V to beginners. Extra lnduce k?v 1 "-v u, < kly. Situation permanent. * i-V'*" 0l'lflt free. We guarantee &K > ''overtise. Address, at once, GLEN ,"rr.''1r-j Ulen. Hochester, N. Y. (This WANTFO ' Wal?smen to sell our Choice Hitcj "f ' Nursery stock. All goodsguar 41 awi- ';,M>d salaries and expenses Ur,"s?rv c!'?"II,i,lsion paid. No experience ?*tlre v ;rl,e for terms, giving age, and ? choice oi Territory, li* L- KNIGHT & CO., *rk Avenue, Kochsster, N. Y. This Will Interest You If \ou Want a Nice, Fine Suit of Clothes, call on the Boss Clothing Has of Shepleiditovn, J acob Wintermoyer ! He Is how just getting in his large and well selected stock of Spring Clothing for men. boys hiuI children? the largest variety of new goods ever brought to this town? and we want every body to coiue and see them. Pri ces will Interest you, and all we ask Is for you to try us, and we will convince tne clos est Inner that clothing bought at the Boss Clothing House Is cheaper than you can buy any where. We sell no shoddy goods. Our prices are the lowest, and we give the value lor the money. We say. buy your goods at home and save money. We buy our goods for iash, and only goods of standard reputation, and from the most reliable houses. Our stock is large and the selections the best. Our prices are lower than you will find any where, and we give you every advantage you can obtain In any city. Our line of NECKWEAR AND Gents' Furnishing Goods is all new, and 1 have my doubts whether you w ill find u nicer selection anywhere. 1 have everything in the Gents' Furnishing line that men or boys need, and they are all cheap. 1 have Just gotten in another line of 1 Hi .\K>, right from the manufacturers, which will be sold low. Something new Is the roller tray trunk? they are the most sale able una desirable trunk made. With many thanks to all oi my friends and customers lor their past favors, 1 ask a con tinuance ot the same in the future. Keep us in mind when you want a genuine bargain. Remember Hie old stand? College Square. JACOB W 1NTEKMOYEK, The Boss Clothing Man. Again to the Front!! Landreth's Fresh Garden Seed. Not a dollar's worth of old seed offered. All this February's purchase. Stuck varied and complete of standard sorts. Roano First n the Market, Red -Speck - LJ ta llo il(i Valentine, Landreth's scarlet, Landreth's Violet, Landreth's 1'inkeye- Wax, new impioved Golden Wax, i-aige Lima, Grease-back. Ppar Extra Farly Great Yielders, Ameri r tdo aJU wonder. Little Gem, Premium Hem. I'ride of the Maiket. Stratagem, Sun rise. p-._n Adams Extra Early, Karly Market, VUin Extra Early JSarraaansett Sugar, Early Crosby Sugar, Landreth .sugar, Early Mammoth Sugar, Stowell's Evergreen. Egyptian, Eclipse, Bassano or Extra Early Turnip, Blood Red. Beet Pikkano landreth's Earliest, select very Vsd U Udlj v t in jersey W akefield, Large York, Ail ihe year round, W in mgstadt, Large Jersey W aketield, Market Gardener's Large l^ite Flat Dutch, Market Gardener's l^arge l.ate Drumhead. Bloomsdale. Large Late Flat Dutch, Bloomsdale l.aige l.ate Drumhead, Landreth's Large Late Mountain, Drumhead savoy. Tomato Aclne 'A'r?phy> 1,ars?">n. Pii^nmKor Landreth's first. Early White IrUCUIIlUCI spiue improved. Long Green I ottn co Blooomsilale Reliable, 1 .andreths LcllUte Forcing, Early Curled Siberian. Celery. Watermelon and Canteloupe seed, sugar Parsnip. Red upright Pepper, im proved. Radishes in va'lety? Earliest short top. W hite Turnip, French Breakfast, White Lady Finger. Early Long scarlet, Uolden Globe. Salsify. These seed we are offering as cheap as we can. when we consider their purity and li es/iuesai. We handle no seed on commis sion. Anything not in stock we can order at short notice. We thank the public for past patronage and Invite Its continuance. Respectfully, DK. GIBSON Druggist. Shepl.erilstowu, W. Va. STILL ON HAND! And willing to serve the public In the ca pacity of a Jeweler, either in Repairing or Making Jewelry ! Especial attention will be given to the sale and repairing of watches. Parties contem plating purchasing a reliable time-piece, either a M ATCH OK CLOCK. would do well to give me a .call, its 1 will in tlie future have a nicelineon haud ? unguar anteed us represented. 1 have greatly en larged my Optical Department, and those in want of Spectacles and Eye-Glasses need not go farther, ms mast anyone can t?e suited from my stock. A nice line of Jewel ry and silver Ware in stock. Call and see me. U. K. LEWIS. DO YOU READ THE COSMOPOLITAN, That Sright, Sparkling iont? Magazine? ri'HE Cheapest Illustrated Monthly in the .1 world. cents a number. 82.10 per year. Enlarged. October, 1n?u, to 12* Pages. The COSMOPOLITAN is literally what the A. J'. 7'imri calls it, "At Its price, the brightest, most varied ami best edited of the .Maga zines." An unusual opportunity. For new subscrlltera, for one year only : The Cosmopolitan, per year, I 2 40 The lteglster, per year, uu j The price of the two publications 1 to j We will furnish both lor only 3 40 This oiler is only to new subscribers to The Cosmopolitan, and only for one year. "The Cosmopolitan" furnishes lor the first time in i magazine literature, a Splendidly illustiated 1 Periodical at a price hitherto deemed iinpos ! albto. Try it for u y ear. It will be a liberal educator to every member of the household, it will make the nights pass pleasantly. It will give you more tor the money than you can obtain in any other torni. Do you want a first-class Magazine, giving annually 1,636 pages by tbe ablest writers, with more than 4,500 illustrations, by the cleverest artists? as readable a Magazine as money can make ?a Magazine that makes a specialty of live subjects? Send $3.40 to this Office, and secure both the Cosmopolitan and the Register. NEW GOODS! LISTE1TI 'nHE Little Store on KingStreet has just re JL celved a fresh supply of New Notions. | call and see them. We have added a few other tilings, such as Nainsooks, Plaid Mus lins, India Linens, Swiss Embroideries. Nain sook and Hamburg Edges, Linen Edges, Val encies Laces. Come see them. A new- sti p i ply ot lollies' Underwear, Chemises, Night Oowus, Skirls, Drawers, at low prices. Some thing new In Corsets. Madam Thompson's '?Health Bodice" with buttons instead of hooks. A variety of other kinds of Corsets. Some nice, new Kuching and Silk Cords for ladles' dresses, from oc up to 25c. Ladies' and Children's Hose. Something nice in Lunch and Traveling Baskets, Work and Fancy Bas kets. A new supply of newest and best shades of Zephyrs lor Siun ber Kobes or Afghans, at low est prices for cash. Come see them at v ELLEN V. WELSHAN8'. THOSTL. KICKAllD, ?WITH? It. L. SPANGLER, Dealer in Dry Goods, Notions, Ac., HAGERSTOWN, Ml). Special attention paid to orders? Sam ples on application. 1890 SPRING 1890 OPENING. We have received our Spring Stock of Readymade Clothing, Piece Goods and Furnishing Goods. We can say we have the A LR^ BEST and NICEST line ever brought to this town. Suits for Men, ^ ouths, Bovs and Children at ALL prices. The best line of Gents' Furnishings in town, such as Kid, Calfskin, Cioat, Cloth and other Gloves. Neckwear of all descriptions, Hosiery, Suspend ers, Valises, &c. In piece goods a complete stork. All we ask is a call and you will l>e convinced that the above is correct in all respects Thankful for past favors, ue hope to merit a continuance. Respectfully S. I\ HUMRICKHOUSE & SON, Merchant Tailors, Cloth lei s and Furthers. sipirukto-, 1800. J. I). SWARTZ Spring Woolens, which have been selected with utmost care. We invite an Inspection of same and see the newest styles and learn our prices, as we are prepared "to lurnish them at the Lowest Possible Prices, ?WITH? FIT, FINISH AND FASHION. LARGEST STOCK to make your selection from for a spring suit. Also a large line of Gent's Furnishing Goods. An early call is respectfully requested. Yours truly, JOHN 1). SWAliTZ, Merchant Tailor and Gents' Outfitter, No. 24 W. Washington St., Hagerstown. Md. ESTABLISHED IN 1868. JEFFERSON Snsli, Door and Blind factory. CALL FOE YOUR Framing, Siding, Sheathing, Floor ing, Frames, Sash, Blinds, Doors, Mantels, Mouldings, Newels and Stair Work, Plastering Lath, Brick Tiles, dfcc., &o., -AT John McKnight's, CHARLESTOWN, W. VA. Having put in new machinery and 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. & 0. Depot. Successor to C. H. Mcknight & to. CHARLES W.BROWN, THK Charlestown Jeweler, Offers to everyone the choice of many tfifts included in his im mense assortment of Ladies' and Gents' Gold - Watches. Breastpins, Earrings, Scarf- ; pins, Cnff Buttons, etc., Diamond Rings, Breastpins, Scarf Pins, Gold-headed Canes, Gold Eye Glasses and Spec tacles. A COMPLETE LINE OF SILVERWARE, direct from the manufacturers j for Birthday and Wedding Presents. An early call is re spectfully requested. CHAS. W. BROWN, 1'2 Washington St., Charlestown. SU1U EYING7 ~ "PERSONS wishing old lines sur JL veyed, lost corners restored, land divided up, etc., can have the same done by calling on me. ?^Charges Moderate. GEO. W. BANKS, Principal Graded School, Shepherdstown, W. Va. COAL! COAL! COAL! HAVE reduced prices on all grades of Coal and I have been especiallly careful In '>urchasingonly the very best quality, entire ly free from slate. Oon'tlfail to examine my stock and prices before purchasing. O.T. HODGES. SHINE UP. ? A new stove polish, easily applied. Shines without rubbing, is last ing and has no unpleasant odor. Half pints only 2u cents. Call tosee how nicely It works at McMCRRAN'S DRUG STORE. Peculiar Many peculiar points make Hood's Sar saparilla superior to all other medicines. Peculiar in combination, proportion, and preparation of Ingredients, " Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses the full curative value of best known remedi< the vegetable k i n j Peculiar In its and economy saparilla cine ol _ be said.V^^ ^9 One v _ Dollar." Medicines in ~ mO ^^larger and smaller bottles require larger doses, and do not ^^^produce as good results as Hood's. S Peculiar in its medicinal merits, Hood's Sarsaparilla accomplishes cures hith erto unknown, and has won for itself S the title of "The greatest bloodyr^V purifier ever discovered Peculiarin its " good naino home,"? there is now ^^^^liore of nood's Sarsaparilla ^ sold in Lowell, where is made, than of all ^ ^^^otlier blood purifiers.^^^. l^^^rPeculiar in its phenome-^^^ record of pales abroad^^r S' othcr preparation has^^l pV^^ever attained such popu ^P^^^arlty in so short a time, r ^ and retained its popularity VSJ^rand confidence among all classes S of people so steadfastly. Do not be induced to buy other preparations, but be sure to get the Peculiar Medicine Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. gl; sixfor $3. Prepared only by C. I. llOOD <t CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mui. IOO Doses One Dollar PEw G0ODS! NEW GOODS! M. B.Hiteshew IS COMING to the front with one of the finest lines of Goods that it has been your pleasuie to examine, and at Unheard of Prices. We commence with Hamburgs at one cent a yard to the finest. Challies and Lawns from 5 cents up. White Goods from six cents up. Ladies' Vests from 121 cents up. 36-inch Henriettas from twenty cents up to SI. 00. Ladies' Shoes from a dollar up, Cliildrens Shoes from 20 cents up. Wo have a First-class Milliner and a big line of Hats, Flowers, etc., and Ribbons at your own prices. Come and see us and we will show you what we have with pleasure. We have some bargains in Dress Goods. M. S. IIITESHEW, 8HEPIIERDSTOWX, W. VA. Grove Bros., HAGERSTOWN. The largest stock we liave ever handled now loads our shelves; to sell it we must do the largest business we have ever done. This we expect to accomplish by our low prices. The lowest, mind you, on as good goods, as are offered for sale anywhere. We are exceptionally strong this season on shirts, all the popular grades, at right prices, from an elegant shirt for 50 cents, to the finest all silk shirt. We are handling this season a Negli gee shirt that has the collars and cuffs starched while the bosom remains soft, and making the garment both comfortable and slightly. Come in and see them. Our line of piece goods both For eign and Domestic are very hand some and price as low as they can be sold. No trouble to show goods. GROVE BROS., Tailon? and Furnishers, Hagerstown, Md. Orders by mail solicited. d. r. billmiekT MANUFACTURER OF HIGH GRADE ROLLER FLOUR, Corn TIcnl, >1111 Feed, Ac. Orders promptly filled. Wagon in town Daily. Mendenall Nurseries! KEAR>'EYSVILLE. W. VA. fir A AAA FIRST CLASS APPLE TREES now ready for Fall and Spring planting, bend in your order*. Price 10c*ut* eacb. 1). W. BORDER, Proprietor. Sept. 6, 1889? 8m THE NINETY AND NINE. There are ninety and nine that dally toil In the 8bop and mill and mine; Hut one is free from painful moil. He lives off the ninety and nine. He lives In a mansion free from care; Neither cold nor hunger can enter there. There are ninety and nine whose minds are dull, By drudgery quite benumbed ; But one is wise and clever and cool To him the rest have succumbed. But rouse ye, ninety and nine? awake ! For freedom and plenty are both at stake. There are ninety and nine against the one; Why should they his bitter cup drink? The rule of this mighty one would be done If the ninety and nine should think. O, talk not of bloodshed and hateful war; A book and a ballot are better by far. O, ninety and nine, if you're down In the world, Whose fault is it, pray, but your own? The one may from tils power be hurled, And .vou may sit on his throne. O, ninety and nine, arise in your might ! It needs but to think and"to vote aright ! An Unequal Partnership. Never dawned a brighter morning than that which ushered in ray Hunt ington's wedding day. Never throb bed a happier heart than that of the fair girl who, forsaking home and friends, vowed to love, honor and obey him "until death us do part." "She was the belle of the village, and ought to have had her choice among us all,'" exclaimed Carl Tren ton, who, everybody knew, had been refused by the bride at least half a dozen times. "He is so handsome, and rich, too, they say. Keally Nell Alden has done remarkably well," said more than one envious maiden. Kay Huntington, although be was not a rich man, was advancing rapid ly on the road to wealth. As he was a lawyer in a distant city, the wedded pair at once went to the home which he had provided there, a modest cot tage in the suburbs, very plainly fur nished, but as beautiful as a paiace in the eyes of the loving bride. "We shall be away from the disa greeable and bustle, dearest," said Ray, uneasily. "1 can lunch at Rog er and Allen's, and be home fur an early tea, except, perhaps, in very busy seasons. Resides, I got this place at a bargain? it costs dreadfully to rent? ami we must really economize in every way possible. We must creep J before we can walk, Nellie." "I am sure everything is as nice as J it can be," said the wife. "It is much | better than being right in the city. 1 am sure that I should b?* crazy in a Week there." "I don't doubt it," returned the hus band. "Rut you will not be bothered here at all. I will attend to the mar keting each day as I go to town, and we will lmveu quiet little home of our own." That was the beginning. Hay Hunt" inglon's boasted creed was that mar riage was simply a partnership of two congenial souls; a blending of two lives into a perfect whole, whose thoughts, whose aims, whose ener gies were one. That was all very well if our legal friend had lived up to his professed belief. But, like ma- j ny others, he professed one thing and lived another. While he often de dared that a man and his wife were one, his daily life added most emphat ically, "and the man is that one. Pretty Nellie was not long in disco\ - ering that fact, and, although grieved that her exalted idol proved to he but common clay after all. she made the best of life as she found it, and sue- | (?eeded in eking out the scanty allow ance which was grudgingly given to an extent which surprised and de- ( lighted hiin. ? It isn t everv man has a wife like mine," he often said to a friend, but never a word of praise to the toiling wife herself. . ? . J What wonder that the roses in >e - lies cheeks gave place to colorless hi- I jes "crows' feet" multiplied in the fair face as added claims taxed her strength and economy. Tiny feet pat te red here and there; baby voics | made the sweetest of all music to her mother heart, and the added numbers brought added labor to the patient mother. . . . Kay Huntington was recognized I . the world? by his world, in which his wife had no part- as a successful man. | lie attended his clubs, ami dresse in a manner befitting his station, while his wife wore shabby calico. '?Because I must, my dear; you do | not understand," he explained, when she gently chided him for some ex travagant outlay. "ItisquiteneceH-j ,arv that one in my position should do so.' 1 heard it hinted that was to ; run for mayor next year. 1 hink of that, my dear. , And the uncomplaining woman d d think of the proposed honor ^houg ' of it with added dread-as she tolled in the kitchen with no help except an ignorant Swtde girl, whose chief rec ommendation was her patient lo\efor the little ones. Once the ventured to suggest an a lowance for family use, as the but) lawyer often forgot to order the nec essary articles, but she *as met with ""?Women know nothing about spend ing money. Nellie, 1 am surprised . 1 will attend to it. What! (iretchen wants more money ? Wain t it lasi week that 1 gave you two dollars for 1 ^Yem but she has been here for four weeks We owe her five dollars now, Nellie began with a ciimson face; then she went on desperately, 'mother wrote me that she was going to visit us next month. She has never been ! bere-never seen our children. Char lie must have new shoes and clothes; babv needs new flannels, and-and this is the best dress 1 have in the ?world. You would not want me to feel ashamed to welcome my own dear mother, Kay ? . ??How much money do you want , he asked frigidly. Fift) dollars, at least, to make us comfortable and respectable,'' the re plied with painful hesitation. "t ifty dollars ! I hiu not made of money !*' he exclaimed, even while bis faithful conscience reminded him that he had paid more than that for a club dinner the week before, and paid it with a willing smile. ' Here, this must do," and he counted out four li\e-doilar bills into her hand. ith one startled, indignant glance, the wife's hand shut convulsively over the money, and she left the "room hastily. ' She will make that do," muttered her husband, uneasily. Hatching her. 'Next time I will give her more, and I really think 1 will call at Plankton's and order one of those new silks.*' The silk came, and Nellie smiled bitterly as she laid it in the corner of her bureau drawer. "Charlie rejoiced in new clothes and real "boys' boots," baby wore soft new flannels, Gretchen was paid, but there was nothing left to replen ish the mother's wardrobe. One evening Ray Huntington re. turned to find his well ordered house in confusion. Baby had cried her self to deep, while Charlie was cry ing softly by the chamber door, where Gretchen was vainly trying to quiet the fever-stricken mother. Oh, papa, will my boo'ful mamma die?" Say, papa, will she die?" wailed Charlie, creeping timidly to his fath er's side. Gretchen looked up wofully as he entered. "I will do it in a minute, Kay!" cried .Nellie, with crimson cheeks and strangely bright eyes. "I only stopped to rest for a moment, iny--my head feels so queerly, but 1 will get your tea at once." Ijie still, dearest, lie said more gently than he had spoken for many months. "Gretchen, take this note to J)octor 1 >avis, anil call as you come back and ack Mrs. Hall if die will run in for a few moments." Doctor Duvis cauie, a gray-haired man who had read many of this world's lessons aright. "Overwork, my dear sir. System completely rundown. 1 have noticed it. So help but that Swede girl? will ing enough, but not capable, sir. Men don't know the value of wives until they lose them," said the old man, bluntly. "You don't think? she -my wife Nellie? will die?" cried the startled lawyer. "Perhaps not? hope not. But she is worked out. and the worst of it is she will carry her worry and trouble with her through her delirium. What is this about partnership, Hunting ton? I have heard you define mar riage often enough. How have you used this partner of yours? Have you shared the profits honestly? I'd like to have you compare accounts; you will have time enough before your wife gets up again. I suppose she has a mother? Send for her at once Yes. yes, I'll be round in the morning, but more depends upon loving care j than upon me, mind, I said loving care. Good-night, sir." In the weary time of anxious wait- j ing, Huntington learned a new mean of his favorite creed. In her delirium Nellie told him many things which she would never have mentioned in her rational moments. At last there came a day when the little cottage was as silent as death; when the dread angel hovered on the threshold, then passed mercifully by; when a human flower bloomed but to perish, and a tiny life went out with its first glimpse of earth. "Yes, she will live," said good Doc tor Davis, suspiciously wiping his glasses. "You have learned your les son easier than many men do, Hunt- i ington, for you will have your wife again, If you love her, cherish her, I man? make her happy. She is your partner in life. She has common sense, I suppose? Well, then, allow her her share of the profits. Never let her be ashamed of her husband's manners. I am a blunt old man, but I mean well. I have seen much of this one sided partnership business among married people. Your wife has as much right to her share of your income as you have. 1 hope you're not offended, but I'm glad I 1 had the courage to give you some- ' thing to think about. Keep up the loving care, Huntington, and your wife will be around in a month." That month was one of pleasure and sorrow to the regentant husband but he had resolved upon a new course of action, and as they sat at I the table on New Year's Eve, he said tenderly: "It was kind of the mother to leave us to begin the new year together, Nellie; it shall be the beginning of a new life for us. Henceforth my part- j ner' i? an equal with myself. The household ir. your branch of the busi ness. I will see that you have suffi cient funds to cover all expenses in a creditable way. My wife shall never again feel ashamed because of my stinginess." "I never was that," Nellie protested, loyally. ??Perhaps jou were not sensible of it, but the feeling was there just the same," replied her husband firmly. "It j-hall never happen again. To morrow the firm of H untington and Wife begins anew, and on a different basis. 1 will cherish my family bere ' after." And l appy years have proved the truth of his vow. Sportsman? "Say, bub, is there any i game around here V Boy (with baseball era ze; ? "Is der? Well, ye jest want to come ober in Stephen Holly's medder an' see de Grasshoppers knock de stuffen out of de Katydid Club! Big game, mister." A chest-protector? The baggage I master's check. Shetland Ponies. The Shetland Islands, from which the ponies come, are In the AtlanluN far up toward the Arctic circle. Tl.e> are north of Scotland, and came as a possession to that country a* a pledge from Norway to secure the marriage portion of a Norwegian princess who I as wedded to a Scotch monarch The Norwegians never paid the debt, and the islands became the propern of the Scotch crown by forfeiture. They now belong to the Karl of Zet land. They are small, barren islands, to cut UP by arms of the sea that there is no place upon them more than three miles from the shore. The people are hardy fishermen, who areproudof their Norseancestry They depended almost wholly upon the "sea for subsistence, and suffer greatly when the fisheries fail for a season. The women clean aud cure the herring and other fis i, an ju the turf in the bogs, while the chil dren are set to watch the little flocks and cultivate the gardens. They are a few small farms on which potatoes, oats and beans grow but all of these others would no equal a single Dakota farm in extenb Vegetation is scanty and the pomes tin da living on the hills.deswhkh are covered with coarse, woody heat 1?. er and a little grass. The little horses have a hard ut of it. and do not grow fat on this food. They are poor and thin, and look quite unlike the sleek. wellket t pets in our stables. The winter often reduces them to starvation and it is unusual sight to w an Wander carrying a young pony home that has become too weak to walk. Kespectable natives of the island, whose word would not be doubted ?? otlier matters, have told me that be fore the grass comes in spring n ponies often eat the slimy seaweed, and relish a smoked herring. The climate of the Shetland Island, in spite of their far northern latitude, is mild and even. The mercury se - don. falls far below the freezing point The surrounding waters are tempered by the Uulf Stream. Strong breezes blow almost constantly from the sea, carrying mists and light rain with I I The heavy coats of the ponies serve to protect them against these we winds. They shed their hair in ight mats like irregular pieces of felt, in in the summer, and a coat of fresi young hair is left beneath. * Lying SO far to the north, the islands have days which are very long during a part of the year, ami correspondingly short during the autumn and winter months I ? contractor for the new town hall at Lerwick, the only village of any size on the islands was able to work a double force of masons and carpen ters without artificial light. In fa< t. for a considerable portion of the sea sou there is practically no ?"***? In keeping with the islands them selves, everything on them, e.eept men and women, is small. tive cattle and sheep, like the ponies, are small size. A native took me to gee what he said was the onh tree n Shetland, and he seemed very much surprised when I told him the stunted shrubs growing behind a stone wall was not a tree. Only six hundred ponies are pro duced annually on the islands, ami these ate eagerly sought i>> from Scotland, (jermany and North and South America. A few lots are sent out to Australia. Truth in Death. Burrows was without doubt the most notorious iiur Nevada will ever shelter. Hi* name, say* the Hun, a* a liar spread fora hundred in i let? around, and men u*ed to stop at our camp to get a look at him. He wasn't a wi?:k ed man, and he had no malice about him, but he wax a natural boru iiar. He lied about hit* father, hi.- mother, hi* wife, brother*. wister*, and every body else, and for every hour in the day he had a new falsehood. One day a lot of earth and rock fell in on him and inflicted fatal injuries, and a number of u* knocked off work to be with him in bin la*t moment*. Lying there with only an hour of life left to him, lie told u? that he had been a pirate on the Pacific and where he had buried a large amount of plun der. We all knew that he wan from Ohio and had never seen an ocean. One of the men finally felt it hi* du. ty to *ay : "Burrow*, you have only a *hort time to live. You had bent spend that time iu preparing for eternity." "I've allUM been tfood," he quietly replied. "Ye*, but you are an awful liar, you know." "1 ouppose *o. I've told a million, haven't if "So doubt of it." "And every one ha* been lain up against me ? "Very likely." "Well, boyu, it * my way. and i can not change at this late day. Ju?t as that cave in 1 struck a nugget aa big a* my head. It would value a clean *15, UUU. If yoo*li be kind enough to pull it out and *eil it and send the caeh to my wife, I'll die feeling bet ter." He went off soon after that, and we said to each other that he had given u* the greatest yarn of all. >'o one took hi* claim, which was accounted a poor one, and it lay for three month* before one of the boy# dug into it one i day for the pickaxe buried and for gotten. He hadn't got the pick when be came acrot* a lump of gold which balanced $13,2b0 in coin, and every shilling of the money wan sent on to the widow. It got to Ohio to fiud there was no widow. In hi* dying houra Burrow* told the truth about his find, but repented of it, and lied about having a wife. ? The Cutting of Spectacle Lenses. The work of cutting is all performed with a tiny fragment of di&uiond, known in tiie trades as ft spark. It is , not every spark, however that will cut a lens. The s|Mtrks are mounted in the following manner : A piece of brass wire is selected, say 3-16 of an inch in diameter, ft hole is drilled in the end large euough to ftdmit the spark, and it is set in the hole with the point up. The outer edge or shell of the wire is beaten inward and holds the spark firmly in place. The wire is then placed in the lathe aud cut off just back of the s{mrk, turning the end heuiisherieal, using the point of the spark that sticks through the brass as a center. A piece of steel wire is next selected, of the same diameter as the brass wire, and the end is turned in, forming a cup. The mounted spark is then soft soldered into this cup and it is ready for the machine, which works auto matically from h pattern, and can be set to cut larger or smaller than the pattern. Before the mounted spark is placed in the machine, how ever, it if tested by holding the hau dle upright. If it dows not cut iu an upright position, the point if unsol dered by means of the blow-pipe and the handle resoldered, leaving the cutting point at the required angle, while the handle itself if upright. When the spark is found to cut well iu an upright position, it is then placed iu the machine for trial. The glass is placed upon a pad under the spark, the glass varying iu form ac cording to the kind of lens being cut. It the lens is fiat, the pad is also, and if the lens is convex the pud is eon cave, and must be a perfect fit; for the better the lit, the more accurate will he the work. The pattern and glass travel around while the dia mond remains stationary. The life of a spark is short, some being ouly one day, while once iu a while they can be worked for a year. The workmeu average fifty dozen pair of lenses per day. A good dia mond will cut on au average of l,5o0 dozen puirs. Thn average lens nieaw ures four inches around, and a doteu puirs would be eight feet. In cutting l . .")( h.) dozen pair* the spark would travel over a surface equal to a piece of gla>s 12.000 feet long. There are exceptional sparks that cut for mouths. 1 now have one which tins been in operation for fifi?4eu mouths and has cut 7,200 dozen pair, traveling about 67,000 feet. \\ e Used I WO kinds of spttrks, the Brazilian and the Afri can, and they cost from ?Jto #5 each. Unstable. The. fecret cause of many a failure is not want of ability, but want of stability. Many men of talent being well, but when ftbstaoles pres themselves they turn aside and seek some easier eiiterpise on whlclfto ex peud their giftf. A story is told of u boy w ho al w ays had a hobby w liich he rode wifk fiery speed, taul ? could only ride oue hokjuy a very short I time. One Winter he collected rare coins with wonderful zeal. >??it he | took a fancy to collect autograph*. Before he had time to multc much headway he weaned of this aud bought a printing press. Soon the drudgery of types* ting disgulted hint aud he turned his laucy to pigeoni*. When he grew to manhood tiio tickle Uess followed him. lie wVnt t^e rounds of the political parties aud reform association* end religious tie nominal ion*. lie wasted hi* talent* in tr\ ing everyting but doing not hiugi There are many similar t-aip**. Kvery culling ha* it* object i< ?uuiil>* features ; every theory of usefulliet# lius ltr ?cuk point* ; every society liu* it* fault*; every way of life hithard ship*. The iiiuu who luck* tlic- pu cuiiar quality which holds <t*n steadily through good report and ill mu*t fritter a w a v his lift*. % I A Sure Cure for Love. "i ak?* twelve ounce* of dimlike, ulie pound ot resolution, two grain* off common *<u*e, two ounces of experi ence, u huge *prig of time. and three (jiiuria of cooling water of considers tion. Wet theaeover the gentle fire of love, * vi eeten with *ugur of forget fulnes*, ?k i ui It with the spoon of melancholy, put it in the bottom of y our heart, cork it with the cork of clear coii *cieuce, let it remain and you will be reeled to jour *en*e* again. The>?v tlung- can be had of the Apothecary at the home of I nder? standing, next door to Heason, on i'rudeut street, in the village of Con tentment. t The editor of the Wllkinsburg Her. aid na* formed an opinion a* follow* "There iau t any money in printing a country newspaper. We know that b> fsa<i experience, and our only con solation i* in the fact tliat ill the next world country editor* will wear crown* of gigantic proportion* and a double set of wing*. A profound the ologian wno ha* made a ntudy of the subject say* so. 1 Tir*t Cloudlet? "ke* ; a quiet, hap ; py hie, floating around up here ; but mere * one thing that make* me *ad. 1 Second Cloudlet ? "What'* that f irirst Cloudlet? "To think that when I'm gone 1 11 not be mi?t/' "How* >our lamiiy?' "Pretty j well, thank you.'' "Any of your daughter* married yet f ' ">o, and i can't understand why they dou't go oil ; they u?e powder enough, good I new know*.'" An old sailor at the navy yard re j marked that titers i* one advantage in Arctic exploration. In the face of tlie gravest perils one can aiwaya keep cooL _ Flattery i* but the condoling of our failure* rather than a true estimate of our merita. -' -wi?.