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BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
HILL CURE
HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA
CHILLS and FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN in the BACK & SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION
FEMALE INFIRMITIES
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
KIDNEY AND LIVER
TROUBLES
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
I he Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed Red
Lines on w rapper.
TAKE NO OTHER.
C. The BUYERS’ GUIDE U
fMfcued Sept, and Marell*
V A cacli year. ‘456 pages,
tjjfl b; x il’< inches,with over
illustration® a
Jj/ svhole Picture Gallery.
GIVES Wholesale Price®
dirrre so ron«Mmrr.v on all goods for
personal or family use. Tells how to
order, and gives exact cost of every
thing you u«, *al, drink, wear, or
have fnn with. These INVALUABLE
BOOKS contain Information gleaned
fjuin the markets of the world. We
w.ll wall a copy l-'REci to any ®d«
dr.-.«s upon receipt of IO cfs. to ilcfray
ex pcime of mulling. Let <u* hear from
you. Ilcapr< I fully,
MONTGOMERY WARD A CO.
227 & 229 U abash Avcaue, < blcago. 11L
X® WovAs
c ■;!I - --r «s ar iny I endured fr»m Rheumatism, and
1: •»», all I eou. i do to end it. Crippled, Dot .!*■ •» to
I t..ck t-.'-thirds of a bottle . f ATHT.O
PHOBOS ’-'l lin a few days wvll.” T E. Chatfield,
;■*> FT. Avrii'ie Milwaukee Wis. Ath!<>phorn« in the <uly
r* ’ cure f->r HheuinatHm rv r di«coTw»d. Ask jour
gi«* t : Athi-plr run. If r- . annot get Itof him do n T try
* • ■>■ ‘ . :•■ , lut order • from us. V.T will send it
ex .« P-. i- !1 receipt • f pri ■ SI.OO |*r bottle.
ATHLOPKOROS CO., 112 Wall St., New York.
The Goorkhas,
The Maharajah of Nepaul's proffer
to the British Government of “15,000
picked Goorkhas” for service in Af
ghanistan is one of those offers that
are equallv hard to refuse or to accept. I
Despise their small stature, these
miniature Montenegrins are certainly
the best soldiers of India. One of
them lately killed a man-eating tiger
in the jiu trie with one slash of his
huge curved knife. Another, in a
former war. -lew three Brit sh soldiers
with three successive blows, the victims
behitr almost cut in two through their
thick cross hells. But although the
valor of the Goorkhas in 1880 dismayed
even the Afghans themselves, they
were an equal terror to their English
leaders from the cruelties in which
their native feroc’-ty and tierce re
ligious hatred of their Mussulman foes
found constant ven*. After one of the
battles near Candahar, a Goorkha
battalion went over the field with their
long knives and literally cut to pieces
• verv wounded Afghan whom they
found. <>ll another occasion a Goork
ha soldier set tin-to the clothes of a
fallen Mussulman, and then danced !
around him with shrieks of delight
while the poor wretch was slowly i
burning alive. -Xew York Times.
Throw Away Trusses
when our new m -thod without use of ■
knife, is guarani, . d t.» permanently
s ure the worst eases of rupture. Send
10 cents in stamps for references ami
paiup'det. World S Di.-pvnsary Medical !
Association. Buffalo. N. 1.
Beautiful at l our Score.
An old ladv over SO years of age.
and who was once a great beauty,
died recently in Paris. leaving after
her a diary in which she endeavors
to show up the alleged vanity of
women. From the age of 20 to 30 she
spent three hours a day at her toilet, ;
which foots up for the period one year ;
nine: v-onedavs and six hours employed
iu dressing her hair, pondering her
.•tn»c !;s and | aiming her lips From
to 50 the toilet labors amounted to
tive hours a day. the extra hours being
a-on-eerao •! io covering up the tracks
*>f time, including the obliteration of
• ■row- le, i and other ncees-ary tilling
in and grading. Time, four years and
f >rtv day s. After 50 her efforts had to
be redoubled. I'o the last -he resisted
the effects of time. —[C/m'iq/o lh rul<l
MIWEEA HOUSE,
St. Pa ’.Il Minn.
la. N. SCOTT, - MANAGER.
One Week, Owing Noilly, Sept. 28
1 i-st three nights with Wednesday Matinee, ttio
Sterling Actor,
FREDERIC BRYTON,
Shi ; • Tted by a powerful company, in the k<io
ces-of hit* hfe.
Jack (rpiamoiids.
List three n;ght*», with Saturday Matinee,
The .Madison Sqiiaiv r ompauy
In their latent novel comedy,
THE PRIVATE SEI RET ARY,
With two lire' e :«•••: *' -in the cart—W. IL
GII.I I I’TK and M. A HEX .XE!»V. Don't forcet
I. ■ mint' ~t lira:, 1 , t'oera l|.<««. Wabasha street.
!.<•? a ecu Third and Fourth street®.
Till I VFJ>T WONDEK.
"ZENOBlA!”
PURE
Mineral Spring Wafer
And (linger Ale
r-,..™ the ('.rent Zetwbia Fountain, I’nl
J, ’ W>s. It a softer. l ,urer
I ’J..tf-itnide watir than the foreign
: and it emtama morente-
,t. ...al qualities thuu any of A
r tiewat.-rs. It is prono’.ineetiti r htuoni
»•; al Mineral Water by the physicians, the
? te>s and the publie.
It Cures All Kinds of
lIPNEY, STOMACH ar.l BOWEL COMPLAINTS
, and Earcniplaints. Chronic I'iarrhiea,
Catarrh. Nervous Debility. Rheumatism,
i•.,! -ia. I' ulepsv. \ Tonic mid restora
tive to the blood ami nervous system.
Tii.' people of the present day demand a
pure uiiidiilt, rated water, and we are pre
pared t .furnidi tbin any quantity, in any
shape, at a v, ry l-u figure For pam
phlets or full information, address L A.
Siott. State Agent, ilrand Opera House,
St latil: or I.ixr A Simmers. Local
Agent's, opposite West Hotel. Minneapolis.
Minn : or I’tiMviii SpBINUS Sxsitakhm
Co . Palmyra, U is.
Family Museum.
Exposition Block, near WabMha-
WILLIAM 1 GORE. - ' Manager.
OPEN DAILY FROM 1 TO 10 P. M.
Three vart hall- with marvel* vs
nature aud living wonders.
In Tlis Bijou Tliesutre
A refined stage performance. Admission to see
everything, 10c.
Exposition Rink.
Ladkv Souvenir Night every Thursday. Chil
dren’s '•andy Matinee every Saturday. Mdsic by
the Metryoiitan band. Good order guaranteed.
WHEELS OF FATE.
We met within a tent and at a fair.
Where for a dime (her price was far from
great,)
And in a dress which gypsies zierer wear.
She told my fortune on a wheel of fate.
Oh. little wheel, be kind to me
And make my future fair to see!
Thinking of her while riding on my wheel.
And wond’ring should X never see her
more,
Musing how strange and queer she made
me feel,
I "took a header” at her very <1 >or.
Oh. big, bright wheel it was not meet
To lay me thus before her feet.
They helped me in for 1 was stunned and
dazed.
My poor bumped head they kindly tried
to nurse,
And on m v dear one’s form again I gazed—
My head grew better and my heart grew
worse.
I thanked you for your shabby trick.
O shameless wheel so bright and
quick!
And after that as I rode by each day,
1 used to bow, to stop and then to wait.
Till finally I always rode that wav,
And never further than the little gate.
Oh. how yon leaned against that gate
In those bright days, bigwheel of fate!
The rest— how can 1 ever tell the rest!
< >ne day. the gladdest day of all my life,
With daisies in her hair and on her breast.
The "gypsy girl” became my own dear
wife.
For orange flowers are out of date.
But daisies look like wheels of fate.
Bessie Chandler in Harper's Bazar.
FAUM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cold Dishes.
Hapjiy the housekeeper who can
make up attractive looking and appe
tizing cold dishes. Even the cold mut
ton can be made to look attractive,
while salads of one kind and another
will serve to please and nourish. There
should still be some pickled peaches
and seckel pears . from last year, and
these are most tasty additions to a
summer lunch. Fresh iish properly
cooked, suits almost all tastes, ami
carefully made omelettes are very en
joyable. Variety should be the order
of the day in summer. Even the bread
should be served in different forms
from day to day. One day have milk
rolls, on another queen's rolls, Vienna
rolls, or graham rolls. The loaves
tieed not always be of the same shape.
.And these suggestions are not for com
pany occasions, but for the ordinary
family occasions. Monotony is too
much the order in families. Mr. Brown
recalls often his boardinghouse experi
ence when the inevitable steak was as
regular in its appearance as the sun. I
will not expose his weakness as mani
fested in remarks about martyrs at the
steak and the interests of health which
he felt were at stake. Often he and
bis fellow-boarders would express their
willingness to stake their reputation
that they were devouring some of
Noah's pets. Such jokes are almost
equally ancient. Sutlice it to say that
while steaks appear on our table quite
frequently, variety is aimed at and mo
notony is as far as possible avoided.
Mv eve has just lighted on this some
what weak storv in the humorous
column of a newspaper: Mistress of
the house - “Really, 1 don't know what
to order for dinner. Elsa. It’s the
same old thing, week in and week out
—roast beef yesterday, hash to-day.
mutton to-morrow, hash next day.”
German girl (a recent importation)
“Vv don you hes a leedle -hange,
ma’am— -hes der hash der first day,
ain't it?” That is about all thechange
some families have the year round. By
all means let there be variety, especi
ally in summer.
A Plea for Baby's Outings.
Marian liarlard discourses in Baby
hood upon the b tby that must stay in
town. She is urgent in her advice to
mothers to see that the baby gets out
of the house morning and evening.
And this is part of what she says: “If
you keep but one (nominal) serving
woman, and she cannot be prevailed
nr >u to -lave her work all standin' in
the llure to tend a babby in the mor
tiin',' postpone the share of household
toil that falls on your shoulders to a
less convenient season, take an early
breakfast, and, arrayed in lawn, per
cale, or modest gingham, brave public
opinion by 'tending' your darling in
person. If he can totter along hold
ing to your finger, the business is not
formidable. To wheel a perambulator
is a genuine, I had almost said a cru
cial. test of your moral courage and
innate ladyhood. If not superior to
the prick of false pride, stimulate
maternal devotion into heroism that
shall tread, it under foot.
"Mrs. I’ostlethwaite, who stays in
town this summer, in order that dear
Oscar may get his affairs in train to go
abroad with her in October, takes her
pug for an airing at the same hour you
ehoose for your Prince's constitutional.
A beaut v of a pug. of leonine hide, hy
aeiuthine tail, nose like a sooty pot for
blackness, and a vicious scowl between
two red eves. He does not deign to
salute Baby, who crows out as the
•beauty’ trots by. Nor does his mis
tress see Baby’s mother, who, if she be
philosophical, will smile, not sigh, al
the slight. AVhy not. when she knows
that the extremest tip of Baby's pink
finger i wotfh more than all the pugs
i imported into America since the for
eign folly lc.;.at»e one of our easily-ex
cited -rages'?
“Have a stated hour for Baby's re
turn from the morning and afternoon
expeditions He must not be over
heated in the one nor chilled in
the other. Midday nap and nightly
slumbers will be more profound and
health-giving for both.”
l'juit-K:ilsln K ii: California.
A correspondent of the Observer at
Willows, California, writes: I would
advise no one who is in health and do
ing well in the East to remove to Cali
fornia. And 1 would sav to all emi
grants that they had better not come
without money to begin with. Such
and as they want cannot be got now
for less than ten dollars per acre, and
from that to forty, and one or two .
thousand dollars are necessary to make ,
a fair beginning. But if determined to
come, and having the money, then 1
can sav that this section. Colusa eoun
tv. affords as tine chances as any in this
State. The most favorable part of the
counitv jn my estimation is in thefoot
hills west of the Willows, and is called
the Stonv Creek region. 1 had the
pleasure of visiting it recently, and pre
dict that land will command there in
h-s than ten vears £I.OOO per acre.
Stem Creek is a mountain stream ris
ing in the Snow M./unt-iin in the Coast
Ran<-e. and furnishes an almudjjpce of
water all the year, but it is not need, d
except for gardening and alfalfa. '1 he
iirst place (visited was that of a gentle
man who has a tract of 040 acres. He
is devoting his attention to alfalfa and
fruit growing. Here and at half a doz
en othei piag-’S 1 saw growing apples,
apricots, peaches, paars. plums, prunes,
, nectarines. pomegranates, ouinces,
1 English and black walnuts, cherries,
gooseberries, blackberries, raspberries
ami everything in the vegetable line
: that can be grown. It is the natural
’ home of the vine. I measured the new
growth on some of the trees and found
iit over seven feet, and the growth of
vines i- - qmilly remarkable. ! sav al
falfa. planted there ytsars ago. as tine
as could be. it had never had apj WtJ
i ter except rainfall, and was ready for
' the third cutting. For this land the
i owner refused a few days before one
1 hundred dollars an acre. 1 noticed one
apple tree thirteen years old(Bellcflcnr)
from which 2,500 pound-, were taken
last vear: it is now full of as fine fruit
as I ever saw. in the same orchard
stands a black walnut, of the same
age, from which were gathered
1-vst vear fortv dot la* 3 worth
lof nuts." The people of this section arc
■ just bcginuiDjj to realize what they
Two ses
sions daiir
at 2;bo aud
7:30 P. M.
i have in prospect, and price of land is
rapidlv going up. It is in the fruit
belt, and you can grow olive-', oranges
and lemons to perfection, and I think
the citrus fruit of better flavor than
that grown in Los Angeles county.
The peaches, plums ami nectarines I
sampled were of the first quality. The
most of the land in this county has
been given up to wheat; it is all good
fruit laud, but down on the plainsis
more liable to be frosted. The wheat
crop this year is an average one, and
vet it is a dry year. Some 800,000
"bushels were stored in the warehouses
here last year, and a miUion more on
the river at Jacinto, ten miles east
from the Glen ranch of 50,000 acres. I
do not like to advise people to come
from the east here, because everything
is so different from what they have
been used to at home. The climate is
different, so are the seasons, and, of
course, we have not as good schools,
or so many churches as you have. Put
there is uo lack of work to be done.
The harvest is great and the laborers
are literally few, hence earnest Chris
tau people are needed. We have
enough of other kinds.
About Tomato**.
Tomatoes are cheap just now. very
cheap, and persons who enjoy them can
have abundance of them at little cost.
Of course, some of our medical friends
will tell us that they must be used mod
erately and that it is better to eat these
vegetables cooked than raw. But
sliced raw tomatoes either with pepper
and vinegar, or with sugar and vinegar
are very enjoyable, and it is certain
that many persons do with impunity
eat them so prepared. A few recipes
are subjoined that may be useful in the
tomato season.
Dip some tomatoes in hot water, peel
ami cut them in halves. Remove the
pips. Rub a baking-sheet with shallot,
butter it well, and lay the tomatoes in
it. iilling each half with the following
composition: Two parts of bread
crumbs, one part ham finely minced,
and. according to taste, parsley and
sweet herbs also finely minced, and
pepper and salt. Put a small piece of
butter on each half tomato and bake a
quarter of an hour. Have ready some
round pieces of buttered toast; on each
of these put half a tomato and serve.
Fill the tomatoes with sausage meat
or with very finely minced cold meat,
well seasoned, bound with the yolk of
an egg and a squeeze of lemon. Strew
a few baked bread crumbs over and
bake.
Soak a tablespoonfull of tapioca in
water for a couple of hours, set it to
boil, adding a little more water till
quite done to the consistency of por
ridge. Add pepper, salt and a little
fresh butter. Cut two tomatoes in
half, removepipsand watery substance
sprinkle with a little pepper and salt.
Fill each half tomato with the tapioca,
sprinkle the top with grated Parmesan
cheese and baked bread crumbs, put
them into the oven for twenty minutes
and serve.
Cut half a dozen tomatoes in halves,
remove the pips and till the inside with
a mixture of bread crumbs, pepper and
salt, in due proportions: place a small |
piece of butter on each half tomato and
then lav them close together in a well
buttered tin. Bake in a slow oven
about half an hour and serve. They
may be eaten hot or cold.
Tiie next two recipes call for the use
of onions, a fact that will condemn
them with many persons. Cut four
ripe tomatoes into quarters and remove
the pips and watery substance; cut an
onion into the thinnest possible slices:
put these into a saucepan with a large
piece of butter and keep shaking the
saucepan on the tire until the slices of
onions are cooked, but not browned:
then add the quarters of tomatoes, with
pepper and salt to taste, and toss the
whole on the lire until the tomatoes are
cooked, which will be in about ten
minutes. Serve on toast or with bread
sippets fried in butter round them
For salad peel some good-sized to
matoes, not overripe; cut them in slices
and remove the pips; lay them in a
dish with oil and vinegar in the pro
portion of two to one, sprinkle pepper
and salt over them according to taste,
a few leaves of basil finely minced and
some onions verv finely sliced. They
should lie in the sauce fora couple of
hours before serving.
Many sensible housekeepers will put
up some tomatoes for winter use. But
some of my readers will say, “Why,
when we can buy them already canned
at such low prices as have prevailed
for the past year?” To this my re
ply is that there is a tendeney in the
acid of the tomato to corrode the tin
and so p ’ssibly to poison the tomatoes.
Ail vegetables and fruits should be put
iqi in glass. A supply of tomatoes will
be found exceedingly acceptable dur
ing the winter months, and can now be
put up at very small cost per jar.
To eradicate raw tomato stains treat
them like iron stains with oxalic acid.
Use uo soap.
Small Kuns for Poultry.
Unlimited range is not absolutely
necessary. The advantage of range
is the variety of insect, green and
seed food which the meadows and or
chards afford. Fowls will thrive and
lay well if they have plenty of room to
walk about, scratch in the fresh earth,
and pick the tender grass and vegeta
bles that grow on their runs.
Fowls confined to houses or small
yards require more care and attention
than if they have their liberty. In re
stricted places the ground soon be
comes tainted and sour from their
droppings, Fowls in good health are
always busy searching for something
in the earth of the nature of food, grav
el or other aid to trituration of the food
in the gizzard, the solvent glands, or
calcareous matter for egg shells. In
picking up these “uneonsidered tri
fles.” dirt and excrement must be
taken up and pass through the same
digestive and absorbent channels,
hence the necessity of scrupulous
cleanliness, about the hen houses and
small yards at ail seasons.
If fowls are to be kept successfully
in limited yards, they need to be placed
on dry soil—a place that has the nat
ural advantage of being readily
drained and always free from damp
ness and stagnant pools. It is also
requisite to keep the house and run
clean, the droppings and vegetable re
fuse removed regularly, before fermen
tation takes place, anil the application
of deodorizers, and disinfectants to
keep the place pure and sweet. The
time and labor, requisite for such
work, may seem irksome to the begin
ner. and not necessary in the cultivation
of poultry, but such ideas are decep
tive and misleading.— Poultry Monthly.
Gleanings.
Japanese cloths made of various ma
terials arc for covering screens.-
White Angora mats mak., the pret
tiest rugs for infant carriages.
Catch-all bags of crazy work, in
small designs, are covered with span
gles and trimmed with gold fringe.
Pretty lambrequins are made ot
pressed plush, with the patterns worked
in outlines of gold thread.
Family matters T hoi>ld never be dis
cussed before strangers.
To Pretercc Cut Flowers— Somebody
says if a small bi’ of the stem is ent oil
and the end immersed in very hot
water, the flower will frequently re
vive and resume its beauty. Colored
flowers are more easily rejuvenated
than white ones, which are apt to turn
yellow. For preserving flowers in
water finely pulverized cUatcoiii should
be put into the vase at this season.
Where vines are growing in water,
charcoal will prevent foul odors from
the standing water. People who send
flowers through the mail are cautioned
not to use cotton-wool for packing,
because being very absorbent, it draws
from the flowers all their moisture.
; Fresh leaves are better, and the out
j side leaves of the cabbage are best.
TO A PAIR OF ANTIQUE AND
IRONS.
Warm friends of mine with gayest mien
The Fire-fiend on thy polished sheen
Reflects his visage weird and keen;
lie dances in the golden light
That tills mv study warm and bright.
What tho' the storm doth rule the night!
Let it rage!
Of olden time you well could sing
Of davs now fled on Time’sfleet wing.
While’ twining mem’ries routidyou cling;
Oh! tell me of that vanished time,
Of Faith and Love iu every clime,
And wreathe it. into ringing rhyme,
Loud aud clear!
The red logs fitful shadows throw;
Like rubies up the chimney go
The whirring sparks with ruddy glow;
Tho' fierce or soft, tho’ fleet or slow
What matter how the north w inds blow
And w hat care we for drifting snow!
Let it rage.
While all the world is cold and drear
And snow begraves the dead old year,
Sweet visions of the past appear;
A host of fancies round me plays,
Elysian dreams of bygone days,
Fled, like the rnist of mountain haze
Far away.
The breath of Mem'ry near me sighs,
1 see the depth of summer skies,
I gaze into my lady’s eyes, **
This joy to thee, my friends, 1 owe,
1 watch the shadows come ami go,
What 'tho the north wind drifts the snow!
—.V. I’. in Boston Journal.
A FASIOUS PRISON.
Glimpses of Life Among the Convicts
at Sing Sing.
Sing Sing prison, says The New
York Times, has a convict population
of 1,650. ami there is at least one man
in authority who knows every prisoner
by sight and is able to tell at a glance
whether or not a new arrival has ever
been in prison before. This is Chief
Keeper Janies Connaughton. When
cx-Police Sargeant Crowley was ad
mitted to the institution, he was
accompanied by six other convicts.
One of these was named William Hall,
according to the papers in his ease.
Before Hall was questioned in the
regular way Keeper Connaughton said
the man had been in Sing Sing before,
but not as Hall. The latter was asked
whether he had ever been in prison
before. Yes. he had been in Sing
Sing. Under the name of Hall? No,
his name had been \\ illiam Smith.
Had he any other name? Yes. William
Dwver. Not once iu a hundred eases,
the prison officials say. are any of the
routine questions answered untruth
fully. The men have a wholesome
fear of being discovered in a lie and of
being made to suffer for it.
As there are in Sing Sing only 1,284
cells, a number of them have two
occupants, much to the delight of
those who are paired. Life in Sing
Sing is not what it was, and for this
keepers and convicts are devoutly
thankful. Prisoners are no longer
treated as if they were brutes, and
they have shown that kindness is not
thrown away on them. There are ten
dark cells iu the prison. Under the
old regime these cells were seldom
empty, and the sound of the paddle and
the curses of the poor wretches on
whom it was being laid could be heard
at all hours. The paddle has gone
out of fashion. It has been supersede 1
by a punishment as efficacious as it
is simple. Men who were pad lied
seldom improved under the punish
ment. Some the punishment made
irredeemably bad. It destroyed the
last vestige of self-respect, and filled
the victim with a longing for revenge
at any cost. Since its abolishment
the dark cells seldom havean occupant,
and the average this year has been one
contumacious prisoner per month.
The punishment most in vogue for
prisoners who refuse to obey orders is
an invention of Chief Keeper Con
naugton. Two uprights, with slots in
them, are fastened against the wall
about three feet apart. Fitting neatly
into the space between them is a broad
board, .vhieli can be moved up or down
(>n the principal of an elevator. In the
center of the board is a steel hook.
The candidate for tho punishment is
handcuffed. He is stood up in front
of tiie board. The chain which fastens
the hand-euffs is thrown over the steel
hook m the board. Then the latter is
gradually raised until the victim is
standing on tip-toes, with his whole
weight depending on his wrists.
Around the latter are the thin steel
cuff’s, which cut into the flesh without
drawing blood. The pain is excueiat
ing, and is increased if that were pos
sible, by the efforts of the victim to
change his position in a vain attempt
to lesson the agony. The toughest
criminal in the prison has not taken a
second dose of this punishment. The
first trial is always sufficient. The vic
tim : s lowered upon crying “Enough.”
Few have been able to endure the pain
over thirty seconds, but one man stood
it for a minute and twenty-five seconds.
When he was lowered it was found
that he had bitten his lower lip through
in his efforts to withstand the punish
ment without giving tongue to his
agony. Knowing tnat nothing is to be
gained by disobedience to orders few
prisoners rebel against the strict, but
not at all harsh, discipline enforced.
There are eighty-'ive officers of all
grades in the prison. Forty-live of
those are keepers. These are answer
able to the chief keeper for the proper
performance of their duties, as he is in
turn to Wanh n Brush.
During the day the difference be
tween the lot of the keeper and that of
a prisoner is very slight, and is, if any
thing, in favor of the prisoner. The
latter is employed, while the keeper
stands on a raised platform in the cen
ter of a huge appartment in which
hundreds of desperate men are at work,
aud upon these men the keeper is com
pelled to keep his eyes at all times.
During the day there is no rest for
him. He stands with his hand much
of the time on the handle of a revolver,
with every sense alert. Not a motion
of the throng under his eyes escapes
bis attention. Conversation between
the men is forbidden, and the sound of ;
a human voice is seldom heard from ■
morning until night in the busy ■
work shops of the great prison. ■
Comparatively few of the prisoners
are unemployed. Nine hundred
and twenty-nine of them are en
gaged iu stove-making. On the day
after his arrival at Sing Sing, Crowley
took his station in the stove-molding
shops. Keeper Connaughton expressed
the opinion that Crowley would give
the officials little trouble and would
make a clever craftsman. Three hun
dred stoves of various sizes and pat
terns are made every day in Sing Sing.
They are sent to ail parts of the world
almost, and every prisoner engaged in
making them is presented with a plug
of tobacco at the close of eaeh week.
This is customary on ail contract work.
Two hundred dozen of shirts are
washed, starched and ironed in the
prison per day- Some of the prisoners
become wonderfully expert ironers,
and two or three out of the 130 mi n
employed in this department are so
dextrous that their tasks are invariably
finished before noon. When employed
in certain kinds of work, prisoners are
gix.n a task. They can work quickly
orslowly so long as the task i>> fmished
when the whistle blows for knocking
off'. If they finish their tasks three or
four hours before the regular hour for
stopping work, they are allowed to re
tire to their cells, where they read and
smoke or go to sleep. Three hundred
men are engaged in making boots and
shoes. They make 2,300 pairs pc day
or nearly 71 pairs per man. The boots
and shoes are all made with the aid of
machinery. One machine makes
wooden pegs and drives them into
place in the shoe or boot about fifty
times as fast as an expert workman
could do the work. It keeps a man
busv to supply this pegging-machine
with soles. Another machine makes
s ieeJgOT»w», outs them off a proper
length, and screws them hi placp ip
countless soles in an hour. One man’s
task is to put heels on 1,800 pairs of
boots per day. He begins work at 7
o’clock in the morning, has an hour
for dinner, and has generally finished
his task at 3 o'clock. He does it with
the aid of a machine, which heels a
, pair of shoes in less time than an ordi-
nary girl can wink, even if she be in a
hurry and it's a last chance.
The prisoners make their own
clothes. They also make their own
tobacco, both smoking aud chewing.
The head man in the tobacco depart
ment among the convicts is Steve Ray
mond. He has the distinction of being
the only man who was ever sentenced
to imprisonment for life in this state
for forgery. He iceeived this sentence
for a second offense. He is a small,
dark-skinned man, and moves about at
his work with a step as light as a
cat’s. He is a good workman, and
never grumbles at his lot. There are
at present in Sing Sing sixty-tive
murderers serving life sentences. Two
thirds of them killed their wives.
Every woman who visits Sing Sing
wants to see a “lifer.” Not long ago
a par’y of ladies who visited the
prison made the keeper who
acted as the guide promise to
show them a “lifer?’ Finally one of
these unfortunates passed within sight.
The ladies were full of compassion for
“the poor fellow” until one of their
number asked what was the nature of
his crime. “In for killing his wife,”
was the keeper’s reply. The flood so
pity was dammed on the instant, and
as soon as she could recover from her
horror the spokeswoman of the party
savagely inquired: “Why don't they
hang the brute?” One “lifer” has
served twenty-two years of his sen
tence. Seeing him at work in a local
ity when escape wascomparitively easy,
the reporter inquired if it were not a
little risky to place so much confidence
in a “lifer.” “Not in that one,” ans
wered the keeper, “you couldn't drive
that fellow away, lie eoulden’t live
anywhere else.” The impression is
pretty general that the moment a pris
oner "enters Sing Sing his head as well
as his face is shaved. This is uo longer
the fashion. The prisoners are shaved
every Saturday. The shave follows
the bath. The men are compelled to
wear their hair moderately short, but
few wear it as short as the “tough” of
the outside world does, or even as brief
as the style adopted by the average
dude, if the bang is excepted. No
convict is allowed to wear a bang. In
fact, no convict would wear a bang.
An inmate of Sing Sing knows just
what to expect thirty minute after his
arrival in the prison. He is instructed
to obey the keepers and the rules, to
mind his own business and interfere
with no one, and do an honest day's
work. If these instructions are obeyed
his life will be as comfortable as it is
possible to make it under circumstances
not exactly cheerful, but which might
be worse. He rises in the morning at
6 o'clock and breakfasts at half-past 6.
The meals consists of hash, bread, and
coffee. At 7 o'clock he goes to his
work and sticks at it until noon, when
he marches into the huge dining room,
which is 60x200 feet. The dinner ser
vice is of tin. The quality of the food
is good, and no one is stinted. The
evening meal consists of bread and
coffee. It is served to the men in their
cells. The bill of fare for dinner is
changed every day. The work of the
day stops at 5 o’clock. Then the men
are marched to their cells. They
march to and from work with lock-step
and the right hand placed on the shoul
der of the man in front. In their cells
prisoners have the privilege of reading
and smoking to their hearts' con
tent. Eaeh man is furnished with
two ounces of smoking tobacco
per week. As many of them
don't smoke others get a double supply.
There is a very fair library in the pris
on for the use of the convicts. They
are uot allowed to read newspapers or
to talk with anyone of current events,
vet they are thoroughly posted on the
news of the day. Convicts who obey
the rules are allowed to see a visitor
once in two months. A day seldom
passes on which rnoie than one caller
does not present himself, and in spite
of the watchfulness of the keeper, the
visitor generally manages to communi
cate the news of the day to his poisoner
friend before saying good-by. It then
travels with surprising quickness from
one end of the prison to the other.
The health of Sing Sing's inmates is
remarkably good. At present there
are only nine patients in the hospital,
and the death rate last year was only
1.17. Dr. Barber attends to the ail
ments of the convict army, and has
done so live years. It takes a very ■
old and cunning bird to sham sick sue- .
cessfully at Sing Sing. Fifteen hun- |
dred prescriptions are prepared daily i
in the apothecary shop, according to *
the doctor, though what becomes of
them is difficult to conceive, as the i
sick roll averages only twenty-five per
month. Two services are held in the ■
prison on Sunday, one Protestant and
the other Roman Catholic. The men ?
can attend either or neither, as they ;
choose. Most of them attend service, i
They say it relieves the monotony. ;
Not more than one prisoner in a hun
dred admits that he is guilty of the I
crime for which he is imprisoned. Chief i
Keeper Cotinattghtqu, who has been at (
Sing Sing for thirteen years, says that
a convict who is willing to admit i
his guilt is an extremely rare bird. Al- ;
though the chances of escape are few .
and are attended with great danger, ;
they are occasionally made the most of. i
Last week a short term man escaped by I
scaling the iron fence, through which
the gleaming Hudson can be seen from |
the prison yard. Even that, as well as '
the walls is under the eye of the guard
who is supposed to be in readiness at
all times to send the contents of a Win
chester rifle into the body of any con
vict bold enough to grasp at liberty be- :
fore it legally belongs to him.
Salvation Oil, the celebrated Ameri
can remedy is guarrantced to cure
rheumatism, sore throat, swellings,
bruises, burns and frost-bites. Price
only twenty-live cents a bottle.
The London Sparrow.
A correspondent writes to the Lon
don St. James’ Gazette: The sparrow
destructionists of Wirral areatit again.
They are determined to extirpate these
bin's, and have accordingly put a
price upon their heads, nests, aud eggs.
They may perhaps succeed in their
war of extermination to a certain ex
tent in their own neigborhood; but
there is no need to fear that the com
mon sparrow will ever be destroyer}
from off' the face of the earth. In
great cities he does no harm whatever
and is a most welcome guest. The
numbers of sparrows in London are at
least equal to those of its human popu
lation. The birds are as fearless as
the pigeons at V»'estpiinster aiul the
Guildhall. They find their food in the
streets and round about the dust-bins
and the back gardens. In many
households the crumbs are regularly
thrown to them. But London has no
M. Baur of its own. and the art of con
ciliating the London sparrow has yet
to be discovered. He is as quarrel
some aud pugnacious as a Zulu: his
contempt for all constituted authority
is onlv equal to that of the Loudon
Arab:’ and I am sorry to have to admit
that he is most ungrateful. He is the
verie-t gvp-v—the “tacho or “kaulo
Romanv” of all the feathered race.
There is about him that peculiar ele
ment of individuality which American
cries call it“eussedness." And as
much as his ways amuse us we doubt
whether any patience and kindness
will ever win his heart.
How an Egyptian Won a Brhie.
A few weeks' ago a good-looking
Fgjptjan who called himself Charle.
Costick, late of Arabi Pasha's army,
came to Campbell Co., Va., and worked
for a farmer. He fell in love with Miss
Annie Harris, the pretty daughter of a
farmer, who encouraged him until he
presented her with -slls and a silk
dress, when she jilted him and went to
Staunton to visit relatives. Her lover
followed and brought suit for the money
he had given her. Bhe was about to go
to jail but capitulated and married the
Egvptian. —.[Aletr lorfc Hurld.
The country’s supply of plate glass
is now 1,000,000 boxes. The stock at
this season is usually from 300,000 to
i 850,0v0 boxes.
A VISIT TO THE ATTIC’.
GEN. li. W. JOHNSON.
I wish you would send the old brok
;en chair to the attic. By the way wife
the attic of this house must be a regu
lar curiosity shop. We have been
married forty-two years and have lived
all the time in this building, and when
any article has been broken or gone
j into disuse, it has be i carried off to
I the attic. Let us imagine ourselves
young again ami mount the steps lead
ing to the grand old storeroom and
| overhaul some of the many things
I which have long reposed there in un
disturbed silence. Ihe exercise will
I do us good and we shall sec things long
i since forgotten and be reminded of
events away back in the dim past ami
; thus shall we renew our youth. Up,
; up, up, these stairs seem to be steeper
: than formerly, but here we are at last
am*ng the accumulated rubbish of
something more than forty yeats.
There is the old broken arm chair in
■ which grandma sat and knitted cloud
j ed stockings for our dear little children.
She was a good woman and her inllu
ence was good upon all who knew her.
I I often hear men speak deridiugly of
i their mother-in-law, but I wish mine
had lived forever.
I There is the cradle in which all our
: children were rocked. It would not
I pass for a very ornamental piece of fur
niture now-a-days, but dear wife how
proud we were of it when our first born
occupied it. Willie has passed away
and gone from us, and the grave dust
J of forty years rests upon his precious
I little form, but fond memory brings
: him vividly back today. We can never
forget that dear little boy, our first
born.
Then James was born, and he too oc
cupied that dear old cradle. He grew
to be a man and how well we remem
ber him, when after the tiring of Fort
Sumpter he raised a company and start
ed to the field of war. 1 can almost
hear now the shrill whistle of the life
ami the rattle of the drum that took our
dear boy away from us. He was brave
i and finally became colonel of his reg
iment, but on that red autumnal day at
Perryville fell mortally wounded while
gallantly leading his men into that
fearful struggle. The eight children
God gave us passed through that cra
dle. They are all gone to the other
side and. if I did not believe in the real
ities of future life, of all men I should
be the most miserable. But in a few
days, weeks or years at most, we shall
sleep by the side of them in yonder
cemetery, but our soids will be with
them in paradise. There we shall be
united am! together will pass eternity
in the presence of our Saviour.
Look m that corner at the pile of lit
tle shoes, once filled with little feet so
dear to us. The shoes are empty, the
children are dead, but 1 can almost
hear their little feet racing through the
halls, and the same sweet sound still
rings in the inner cells of my heart. It
was music then, and I can hear that
music now, and the prattle of those tiny
little feet and the merry ring of those
musical voices. But they are not here
to comfort their aged parents in their
loneliness. W ife, we have had many
ups and downs in this world. Much of
the time the sun has shone brightly,
but occasional shadows have enveloped
us. We have had to ford streams with
tired and weary feet, or bridge them
with sore and bleeding hands, but over
all, and through all, we recognize the
fact that the almighty arms of God
have been under and around us.
There is a part of Jennie’s doll. See,
the Fttle dress was made out of an old
one which 1 bought for you thirty-five
years ago when we were on a visit to
New York. When you first wore it 1
remember how handsomely it tilted you
and how becoming it was.
Here, too, is the remains of an old
chair belonging to the very first set we
ever owned. You were a young bride
then and sat upon that very chair, ami
in succeeding years, while sitting upon
it the children played and prattled
around it, varying their amusement by
climbing up on your lap and receiving
a mother's.kiss and a mother's blessing.
These are the remains of the chair, and
they call up the memories of the past
with its joys and with its sorrows.
Here, too, is our old broken looking
glass, which was pulled down and
broken by Minnie. How well 1 remem
ber how vexed 1 was, and in a spirit of
anger sent her off crying to her bed
How cruel! The dear child did not
mean to do it, and my conduct toward
her crushed and broke her dear little
heart for awhile. How foolish it was
in me to treat her so! The glass was
absolutely of no value when com
pared with the happiness of the
darling child. How I wish she
was here, so that I could apologize to
her for my rude, vulgar conduct.
And now, dear wife, what a change
has come over us. Your hair is not so
black, your eye not so keen, your hands
not so fair, but these are endeared to
me by age and association. No other
hair, no other eyes, no other hands are
near so dear to me. These dear hands
were never idle—from morning until
night they have been busy in making
those around you comfortable and hap
py—no sacrifice has been too great for
you, no labor too tiresome, but like a
good wife you have been a treausre to
me. unworthy as I have been.
Husband let us retrace our steps and ■
at some other time we will come up
here again to renew an acquaintance
with many things which we have known
but now forgotten. From the depth
of my heart I can reciprocate all the
compliments yon have paid me and
more, for really I do not believe that
that any other woman ever had a hus
band so true, so devoted, so noble.
The snows of forty-two winters have
fallen upon us since we were married
ami we have had sorrows, but the joys
have outnumbered them.aud for all this >
we should give thanks to our Heavenly
Fat her, who has socarefully watched ov
er ami protected us, and still greater
thanks for the confident assurance we
liavp that he has provided a home for [
us and for our children, where we shall
soon be united.
Japan's Patent I.aw.
T! a Japanese have at last promulgat
ed a patent law. The new law ap
pears, like many other recent Japanese
laws, to be compiled from similar laws
of other countries—a clause from
England here, from France there,
from Germany in another place, as
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The Millionaire Widow,
The rich California widow, Mrs. Hop
kins, who is puzzled to know what to
do with her twenty to thirty million, is
spending the trifle of between one and
two million, in erecting a mansion in
Great Barrington, Berkshire county.
Massachusetts, the home of her girl
hood. The following is an account of
the enterprise.
“The business boom is beingfelt here
quite forcibly, jading from the amount
ot work being done and the number of
■ men employed by Mrs. Hopkins in the
building of her new and elegant man
sion, which is now in progress of con
, struction. It is worth one's while to
I come here and inspect the work that is
being done. After crossing the bridge
your eye first rests on the mammoth
: sheds used by the cutters in preparing
the stone lor the masons to lay. Then
you start up the hill to the quarry, and
you will see that immense derrick used
to hoist the stone on to the wagon to be
drawn 10 the cutters’ sheds. ILe der
rick runs by steam, and is one of the
best ever built in this country. There
are at present about 110 men employed
in the quarry alone, and enough to
swell the number in all departments to
400, and within another month there
will be double that number employed.
The blasting, which occurs three times
each day, is done with dynamite, as
the stone are split by the workmen very
easily, and it requires this amount of
blasting in order to straighten up
again for more splitting. The dyna
mite is discharged by electricity, the
apparatus of which is quite a curiosity.
Wires run about 300 to 100 feet to the
battery, which appears like a lifting
machine, with a handle you press
down on ami then the discharge follows.
The engine which is usedin hoisting, is
an immense one, and is competent to
do all that may be required ofit. Step
into the engine room and you will see
a marvel of beauty and cleanliness.
Then take a look into the boiler room
and you will see the smiling face of the
old veteran, “Alf” ('ouch, who has
charge of this department. There are
two blacksmith shops located here,
with several men in each, sharpening
tools, as the stone is so hard that they
are dulled very quickly. Through the
kindness of the superintendent of the
quarry. John Flvnn, we were shown
through every department, including
the newly discovered and famed Apo
lonaris spring of the Berkshire Hills.
The water is being bottled by the soda
manufacturers here, and is pronounced
by the best judges to equal the famed
spring of that name, and which is in
such a demand at the presen day.”
To make children healthy use plenty
•if air, plenty of milk, plenty of sleep,
ind always have a bottle of Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrup in case of croup.
A Cunning Crow.
The New York World's report of
proceedings in the camp of the 7th re
giment at Peekskill contains the follow
ing story of a pet bird and its I
shrewd imitator: Harry Duval, of
company I, has a great black crow. I
The crow has only one leg and hops
about in a funny sort of social way.
All about the camp there are great j
numbers of crows, who ily down when- '
ever Duval's pet is fed. and watch the I
fearless way the bird takes food '
from hi' masters hand. It seems a i
never-failing source of wonder to the (
other erows, who seem to associate his I
fearlessness with his broken leg. One ■
day the bird was along time in coming j
for his dinner. Finally, after Duval |
had whistled three times, the crow
stepped out from the black crowd of j
visiting crows, hopped on one leg to i
to the soldier, swallowed a hasty din- !
tier, and then, hopping back about |
twenty feet, let down his other leg. j
which had been hidden under his wing, i
gave a derisive crow, winked with his 1
left eye, and tlew away to his compan
ions.* The other crows set up a perfect:
veil of triumph just as the real pet
erow. with his broken leg, came hop- !
ping painfully along in another direct
ion.
Durant looked at the pet for a mom
ent, then back at the c’.ow that had
pretended to be lame, took in the situ
ation, and solemnly said:
“Played for a sucker by a confidence
crow.”
Nature as a Prohibitionist.
For eight months in a year whisky
drinking is too ruinous to by indulged
in by the Southerner. It is not possi
ble for a man to drink as much whisky
nt the South as at the North. If he
attempts it he will go under. In point ,
of fact, there was never as much drunk
enness in this section as ill the Northern
States. Even in the days when the use
of liquor was general intemperance was J
the exception. Down this way all
forces of nature are arrayed on the side
of temperance. [J tlanta Constitution.
Sir Arthur Sullivan has made a re
quest that, in this country, tne title be
omitted from programmes where his
name appears.
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Street-Car Pollteneßg.
“Have you noticed,” asked one gen
tleman of another in a New York ele
vated railway car the other day, in the
hearing of a Tribune scribe, “that men
are less courteous to women than for
merly? See how many women are
standing while the seats are filled with
men who look like gentlemen. You
and 1 can remember when such a thing
could not have been seen in any car
tilled with respectable persons. Are
we becoming less polite as a people?”
“I think,” was the reply, “that in
real politeness and in deference to
women we are not losing ground,
though 1 have noticed the change that
you speak of, in some of its outward
manifestations. It ha-- been gradual
and not without a well-defined cause.
Women an- themselves responsible for
it. By their manner they seem to de
mand as a right what men are only too
glad to confer as a gift, and what they
expect to be received as such. After a
man has given up his scat in a ear a
few' times without receiving a word or
even a smile of thanks he usually
thinks it about time tu stop, it is
amazing how rude a woman can be in
a public conveyance who in private
circles is the very soul of grace and
cannot receive the smallest attention
without prompt acknowledgment.
“A few days ago I saw ayoungwom
an enter a car at Grand street accom
panied by a young man. A gentleman
immediately rose and gave her his
seat, which she took. At !tth street a
person sitting next to her left the ear,
and the gentleman who had relin
quished bis seat was about to take the
vacant one, when the young woman
moved over into it, motioning to her
companion to take hers. 1 think that
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tistically engraved, set jeweled, three-fourths plate stem-wind Elgin movement. A timekeeper
of first quality, nearly new.
$35 ORIGINAL COST sloo—Heavy 18-k. solid gold plain engine turned magic case; can be
used either as epen face or hunting case, wdh very ilue English set jev eicd movement, warranted
an accurate timekeeper. This watch, although carried two or three yenrs, looks and is in fact, as
good as new, the cases having been re-eugine-turned, and the movement is in perfect condition.
$25 COST $15 —Solid Gold Hunting Mausarc Case, with stem-wind compensation balance, Elgin
movemunt —a decided bargain.
S3O COST $60 —Heavy Solid gold Hunting Louis XIV Box Case, elaborately engraved, with
stem-wind and stem-set chronometer balance, Waltham movement. This watch is almost en
tirely new.
$lB COST $40 —Ten-karat Solid Gold Hunting Case, with jeweled American movement; a good
timepiece and almost new.
$45 NEVER COST LESS THAN sll0 —Massive and Heavy Solid Gold Louis XIV Box Case,
with real full ruby jeweled three-fourths plate, quick train movement, with real cut chronometer
balance. Tais is a railroad watch, good enougU (or any gentleman to carry if he is worth a million
dollars.
$35 COST s6o—lndependent quarter-second fly-back horsetimer, in hunting coin silver case,
with grid crown. This movement is as fine as that of a gold watch costing $125 or $l5O, and we
guarantee it an accurate timer and a good timekeeper.
S4O COST $90 —Large size Lady’s Watch, very heavy 18-k. solid gold hunting cases. artistic&L
]y engraved and enameled; nickle stem-wind movement of highest grade, set with real ruby jew
els, chronometer balance. Been carried for a year or two, but is in perfect condition,
S2O WORTH $38 —Solid Gold Open Face Smail Size L-uly’s Watch, back of cases artistically
engraved, full-jeweled, stem-wind nickle movement. Looks like a new watch.
S2O COST S4O —Perfectly plain engine turned solid gold hunting case, stem-wind movement;
warranted a good timekeeper.
S3O COST $55 —Solid Hunting Gold Mansard Case, elaborate! y engraved, representing bird*
flowers, etc,; nickle full ruby jeweled movement, stem-winder— as good as new.
SILVER WATCHES.
Our Stock of Siver Watches is larger this season of the year than at any other time, embracing
all weights of cases, hunting and open fare, stem and key winders, with the Elgin, Waltham,
Springfield. Rockford and all other American movements, thoroughly repaired and regulated, aud
warranted for time. And are sold for about one-half their real value.
DIAMONDS.
S4BO WORTH SBO0 —Soltaire Diamond Stud, perfectly cut stone, free from any flaw or
■cratch, but u trifle “off’’ color. This is a large stone, weighing exactly eight karats—a great bar
gain.
Other Diamond Studs for $7, $lO, $1 S2O, $25 and upwards.
SBO ('OST sl45 —A Mivjnificent Diamond Ik >och, in shape of a spray, set with six well cat,
pure white diamonds, weighing a small fraction less than karats.
$45 COST $40 —Star and Crescent Veil Pin, set with six diamonds, uniquely designed, doa
ble pin—very pretty.
S3O COST $55 —Double Bar Veil Pin, with cross piece in shape of the letter S, set with a sol*
taire diamond of perf» ct shape and great brilliancy.
SIOO WORTH sl7s—Pair Diamond Eardrops, nicely matched, perfectly cut stones, weighing
karats, very brilliant, neatly mounted—a decided bargain.
$75 WORTH sl4o—Pair Dinnond Eardrops, well matched, diamonds weighing ? 4 ' karat each,
blue while and perfect in every respect: settings of latent design.
Another pair of very handsome Diamond Eardrops, real gems, for $35, worth double the
monev. Also another ne«‘. and pretty little pair Diamond Eardrops for $1 4.
Diamond Rings of every style, in soltaire and clusters, at prices ranging from $lO to S7OO. We
can sell you a very pretty little diamond ring for $lO and sl2. For from sls to $25 we can sell you a
nice Soltaire Ring, w .th a « iatn.md weighing :, s to karat, set up in the most fashionable settings.
Diamond Collar Buttons of all sizes. Lady’s Diamond Collar Button only $2 50.
sls COST $30 —Exquisite Tnree-stone Scarf Pin, consisting of a diamond, ruby and a sap
phire. set up in the shape of a three leaf clover—very pretty. Another Scarf Pin, real diamond,
only $4.50.
$9 WORTH s2o—Handsome Pair Lady’s Diamond Sleeve Buttons, Etruscan gold, set with two
bright little diamonds.
MISCELLANEOUS.
We carry a large assortment of all the latest novelties in Ladies’ Vest Chains. Fob Chains and
Guaids. both in ? did gold and rolled plate. Also. Genth men’s Chains of all styles.
S4O COST $75—A beautiful pair of solid gold 14-k. French Braided Bracelets. The buckles
are beautifully decorated with birds, vines, etc-, in different colors of gold. They do not show
the wear in the least.
S6O CO>T sl25 —Very heavy pair of Solid Gold Chain Bracelets, nearly new. Worth what wo
ask for them as old gold.
sl4 WORTH $30 —Sapphire Lady’s Set Solid Gold Pin and Eardrops, set with three very fine
sapphires.
$35 ('OST $65 —Beautiful Knight Templar’s Charm; diamonds set in crown, and rubies set in
cross. This is a beautiful chirm; vt ry heavy. The design is genteel and artistic.
A full line of Knight Templars’ Crosses and Pins, and emblems of other orders.
An immense stock of Silvcrwr.rc. Some elegant pieces snitablo for wedding presents;
Toilet Sets, Card Receivers, Smoking Sets, Castors, Punch Bowls. Etc.
Also, Sterling Silver Goods in Knives, Forks, Spoons, Sugar Shells, Butler Knives, Napkin
Rings, Etc., Etc.
SIOO COST $250 —Beautiful French Maible Clock inlaid with gold. The design is a model
cf the Strasburg Cathedral, w iih polished Egyptian marb’eicolumns and quartz dome.
The movement is extra tine -half hour repeater, gong striker, visible escapement. The side orna
ments arc very elegant. being of black polished marble inla’d with gold and set with polished
Egyptian quartz; the tops form an urn of solid bronze, black enameled, trimmed with gold.
Another handsome French Clock, trimmed with polished specimens; the body of black marble,
decorated with gold trimmings. This Clock cost $55: sell for $.29.
Also, several other French Marble Clocks—one for S2B, one for SSO. one for S6O, one for $65.
$25 COST $45- Elegant Mantel Clo< k, black ebony frame, trimmed w ith gold and other deco
rations; gold raised figures on dial, visible eucapement, finest cathedral gong strike, and frst-class
in every respect.
S2B COST $50 —Solid Rosewood Richly Carved Cuckoo Dining Clock; two birds; one sings an
air every fifteen minutes, a large bird, comes forth and sings bis song at the end of each hour.
A Single Bird Cuckoo Dining Clock, handsomely decorated with black walnut carving; cost $25,
■ell for sl2.
"Nickel Clocks of all kinds, Novelty Clocks, Ash, Oak, Black Walnut Clcckr, Office and Bank
Clocks for half their value.
White's Improved Patent Dentist’s Head Rest, full nickle plated, with silk plush rover, and 15
instruments—six scalers, three burnishers, five plnggers, and one pair extra tine nickle-p.ated for
ceps. They all look to be entirely new, and have been used but very little. The outfit oust new,
$42. sell for $lB.
A special bargain in a very large Telescope. This Telescope Is imported, and a genuine
French Bardou, 3-inch object glass, power 55 and 110, respectively, with all paraphernalia and
tripod complete. This is an extraordinarily powerful glass. Will sell for S9O; cost S3OO. It is in
perfect condition.
A Genuine Lemaire French Field Glass, large and powerful; cost $35, for $18; with case and
■trap complete; m arly new.
One Imported Lemaire, smaller size; cost S2B, for sl3.
One Genuine French Field Glass, largest size, 11-incb; almost entirely new. with case and
■trap; will soil this glass for S2B, cost sls.
Something new and fine in a double-draw Field and Opera Glass; gold trimmed sole leather
case. This is one of the finest glasses made, and the must powerful of its size. Sell for S2O,
cost $35.
sll ( OST slß—Large size pearl-trimmed Opera Glass, of finest quality, in perfect condition;
■hows no \ ear in the least; other opera glasses for from $2.50 to sl6.
sls CO.r>T $35 —Avery handsome Meerschaum Pipe, beautifully carved, representing a bust
with hat and plume.
A Genuine Meerschaum Pipe, evenly colored and artistically designed; red amber mouthpiece;
cost $22. for $3.
Extra flue Meerschaum Cigar Holder, handsomely carved with a deer, dog, etc.; costslßj
sell for $5.
$35 WORTH $65 —A large size Music Box, of exquisite tone; 13-Inch cylinder; plays six airs—
as good as new.
S3B COST $55 —Very Fine Music Box, handsomely inlaid, playing the following eight pop
ular airs in s:.ion£, clear and pleasing tone, viz : “Horne. Sweet Horne,” “Last Rose of Summer,”
“Old Folks ai Home,” “Robin Adair,” “lolanthe,” “Mocking Bird,” “The Red, White, and Blue'*
and “Blue Danube.”
Also a nice little box for $5, playing two airs.
An Elegant Silk Plush Musical Album, nicely decorated, only $8; worth double the money.
Qther common Alburns very < heap.
Si 7 COST s3s—-Straight Stick Black Ebony Cane, with solid 18-k. gold head, artistically en
graved heavy gold h ad, and very handsome.
Black Ebony .Solid Gold-headed Cane for $6. worth sl2.
Best Compressed Ivory inch Poker ( hips. $2 per hundred. Same, with fancy ring, $2 50
per hundred. These chips are war.anted not to break and to “size up” evenly.
Fine Wutch Repairin':, Diamond Setting and Engraving.
Send for Descriptive Price Li-t. Goods sent C. O. D., with privilege of examination.
ml. '■
Pawnbroker and Wholesale aed Retail Jeweler, 45 Jackson Street, St Paul, Min
Money to Loan 011 A.ll Goods ofValuO’
I gentleman will be less prompt in his
courtesy in future.
“Do you see that woman over there
with the ten-year-old lad by her side?
When she came into the ear a lew sta
i tions back a gentleman gave her his
i seat. At the next station the seat by
her was vacated and she pulled her
boy into it. Women were standing in
front of her at the time, but she -aw no
reason why her bov should b< sacri
ficed for them. Do you ever see a
woman request a child of hers to get
up and give his seat to a woman? 1
have seen such a thing once in awhile,
but not often. .Men are as essentially
polite as ever, according to my obser
vation: they are simply learning the
lesson women teach them, and discrim
inate as to the times and places where
they can exercise their politeness with
out wasting it.”
A 'liMCbievouM Parrot.
Opposite the residence of Poll'sowner
there were some buildings in course of
erection, and the men at the top of th*
i scaffold wi re in the habit of calling to
those below for such material as they
wanted, “more brick.” “more mortar,”
and so on.
In a very short time Polly had these
term- by heart,as well as the gruff torn *
jin which they were uttered. No sooner
di J the Irish laborer relieve himself of a
load than the everlasting cry, “more
: mortar,” assailed his ears. He bore it
with exemplary patience till the mortar
' board at the top of the scaffold was
piled up: but once more the order for
! “Mortar—more mortar!” was given.
Thin, to the delight of the parrot smas
: ter, who was standing by, the Irishman
flung down his- hod. and making a speak-
■ ing trumpet of his h inds, bawled to the
bricklayer above. “Is it mor-r-trr mad
‘ that ye are? Sure a man may have a»
■ many legs as a centerpig [centipede}
| to wait on the likes o' yez!”