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HER BROTHER S DEBT.


ooh, Charley, Charley, how could
you do such thing 2
Lilias Wayland's round cheek was
blanched to an unwonted whiteness
as she stood before her brother in
the close, cramped room which con-
stituted her sole home.
Charley Wayland, q handsome
dissipated-looking youth of two or
three and twenty, with bold, black
eyes and merry mouth that seem
ed made only to smile, sat opposite
her, looking halfrepentant, half de-
faint, as she spoke.
Lilly, l couldn't help it. | tell
you / was hard up. A fellow must
have money; youwomen don't know
anything about the temptations and
necessities of the world p
But, Oharley,' she faltered, do
you know how this same world, as
you phraze it, looks at the deed you
have just committed Oh, Charley
and her voice grew low and tremu-
lous, 1T is forgery 7
Nonsense, Lii! It's only bor-
rowing part of old Glencross un-
used millions to aid my needs. |
wrote and asked him for cash, and
he, the unmannerly lout, refused.
Well. what could he expect after
this, but that / should help myself
Lilias wrung her slender hands.
How dare you, Charley! That a
Wayland should come to this!' she
walled.
Dared = he echoed, recklessly it
was but the stroke ola pen, after
all and old Glenoross would be a
paltrier miser than ] take him to be
if he makes fuss about a matter of
five hundred dollars'
1T is the right and the justice Of
the thing cried Lilias, almost fran
tically. IF we could pay him in any
way; but / have sold everything
that remains Of our former wealth.
See !! and she looked round the mis-
cradle apartment. See how | live
Last night sat until midnight sew
ing to have a little money to pay the
rent. | have not jewel left, nor a
trinket.
ooh. bother, Lii If old Glen
cross cuts up rough, it is only tax
ing q run across the water. ! know
lots OF ship captains that would stow
me away under their holds, almost
= any moonlight night
Lilias looked despairingly at him
Was it then, impossible to make
him comprehend the moral obliquity
of the deed he had just committed
But can't stay fooling here,' OBJ
served the young man,with q toss O
his black curls i must be off about
my business. Good by, Lill. Give
US a kisr, my girl. Except that
you're uncommon fond of leeturins
fellow, you're not a bad sister il
4 the main
" After he had gone, Iilias sa
down to try and realize the new sit
uation in which she and her broth
\ er we're placed. All now depende,
upon the spirit in which lPapla
Glencross should receive this aneg
encroachment upon his purse ant
patience.
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At breakfast he began to play wit

tue cruetstand. told himnot to do
so. lie persisted, and at last upset
it and spilled the red pepper on the
table-cloth. said Now, Allan you
were disobedient and upset the pep
per castor, and should make the
punishment fit the crime by putting
some of the pepper on your tongue
He looked up like q fash and ask
ked: Would the punishment be the
same ,paps, if upset the sugar bowl?'
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A gentleman who had been in town
only three days, but who had been
paying attentions to a prominent
belle, wanted to propose, but was
afraid he wonld be thought too hasty.
He delicately preached the subject
as follows IF / were to speak to
you Of marriage, after having only
made your acquaintance three days
ago, what would you say Of itp
Well, | should say, Never put off
till to morrow that which you should
have done the day before yesterday
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, 1886-04-29

Some individuals have an Unborn ten
dency to headache. Sometimes a little
extra exertion of mind or body seems to
set it going; at other times no cause can
be traced, other than the tyranny of a
bad organization" Such persons inherit
4 defective nervous system from their
ancestry. They are descended from
parents who have suffered from insanity,
epilepsy, hysteria or from sick head
ACHE or who have exhausted their
powers in excuses of various kinds, of
which those relating to alcohol are most
common. These martyrs TO hereditary
diseases show other indications Of de
fective organization. They are apt to be
variable in temper, n day as glad as a
day in May. the next the sadness of the
darkest November Expresses them. They
are capable Of great physical and mental
exertion for a brief time, but soon be
come exhausted and the depression is Of
much longer duration han the period of
well-feeling. Sleeplessness is pretty
certain to annoy them at times, and
general lassitude, weakness, with pains
in the back and limbs, make life
wretched a good share of the time.
Neuralgia in various forms is among
their most frequent Affections, and that
located in one-half OF the head is the
most common of all.-Cor. Globe-D Demo-
crat.
, 1886-04-29
How PEARL. Are somstlme. Caught.


Some Of the people in the Bahamas
live upon fishing, especially for pearls.
] watched them fishing for them. They
go u in small boats to where the water
is about twenty feet deep. where, by the
use of the water glass, they can easily
see my object at the bottom. This glass
consists of four boards about fifteen
inches long, nailed together, in the form
Of a frustrum of a hollow pyramid; the
small end is closed with a piece of ordi-
nary glass. By putting this end a few
inches below the surface of the water
and looking in the other, they can dis
Germ any object at considerable depths.
As soon as they see a conch they dive
down for it, and l never saw them fail
to bring up one.
After having collected a number of
shells they are taken to the shore and
the conch is examined for its pearl. They
a usually tell by feeling, but to make
sure they cut them up, when, if the conch
contains a pearl, it will drop out as soon as
the flesh is opened. The pearl is simply
a hard formation inside OF the flesh of
the conch, and has no apparent connec
ton with it. 1t is rarely that one is
found. Often hundreds OF conchs are
caught without finding a single pearl,
while on the other hand, two oS
three may be found in a catch of half a
dozen conchs. June is said to be the
best month for them. The fishermen
easily get from s. to 800 apiece for
their misunderstanding to their quail
ity, the beautiful pink ones bringing the
highest prices. New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat.
, 1886-04-29

The room clerk at the Genesee house
has a check system for valuable parcels
which he claims is about the slickest
wrinkle in the business. Often jewelry
and diamond agents hand oven the
counter, before retiring. packages for the
vault, the loss Of which would make a
serious hole in the clerks weekly salary.
He takes a blank card and writes the
name of the owner on it. Then whipping
out a pair Of shears he saws through the
card and the name and hands over half
TO the agent, pinning the other on the
package. The matching Of the card is
conclusive proof, and the clerk claims
that it is a check with which there can
be no monkeying Buffalo Courier.
, 1886-04-29

You can't always tell just what kind OF
a man the hotel guest is by the room he
occupies. Rooms, you know, vary in
price very greatly. We have them all
the way from - to s. a day. Generally the
price Is some index to a mans import
ance, but very often n man worth a great
deal OF money, and who goes out only on
important business, takes one OF the low
est priced rooms. After him may come a
man who never has anything but his sal
airy, and he wants one OF the very best,
and is not satisfied because II is not bet
ter. This Is true OF theatrical people also
sometimes.
A prima donna, who is travelling on so
much a night II an engagement OF so
many nights, with real champagne and
everything nj the best, OF course takes \
fine room, bu sometimes / pity those WIN
are travelling under a manager, with moth
ing guaranteed except a liberal percentage
OF the net evenu l know OF a recent
case where the advance man engaged an
elegant suite Of rooms for the star-and
she is really one Of the best on the road
but when the manager came along he sent
her to the top noor.-Hotel Clerk in Globe
Democrat.
, 1886-04-29
soME FEATURES 81 oosrA aloA
Scenes Along the Narrow Gauge Railroad
Nearly an Accident.

Nearly an Accident
The natives use a cart whose wheels are
made of sections of cedar, with the edge
cut thin and sloping down to the hub,
which Is left Ave o. six inches n diam
eter. In the rim are bolted thin strips of
iron. The carts are drawn by oxen, and a
1000 pounds Is counted n good load The
oxen are OF the Texan breed, but very
gentle. being handled from calves and put
at work when they are 2 years old. The
driver uses a goad and walks in front OF
his team. with the goad resting behind
him on the middle OF the yoke, which he
keeps in constant motion, much as our
Yankee or drivers swing continually their
whips without hitting the team.
These cedars as well as a tree called
guaye are noticeable from the large num-
beers OF orchids and parasites pendant from
their long limbs or fastened to their
trunk 1t IL said that often one tree Will
have forty kinds CT these parasites. Some
OF them are like long ropes dropping from
the lofty branches 10 the ground, others
are punched on the body in green misses
with now and then a flower upon them.
Indeed a naturalist familiar only with the
flora OF our Northern zone, must find In
these intense tropical productions, an un-
ending delight since here nature r~ejoices
In the most fantastic and eNuberant
growths. That our all day rid might not
want It's due share Of danger, we came
very near being run into by a villa
banana train following us. Our train
stopped after passing ashort curve for
wood and water without sending a flag
man back to protect 1t. Suddenly there
turned a curve a freight train,
which barely stopped as it reached US, but
not until our car had poured It's fright
ened passengers into the deep grass and
bitches at the roadside. Sprained ankles,
a lost watch and much discomfort were
the results OF the careless management OF
the train. In our country such negligence
would prove an expensive matter for the
company and cost the conductor his posi-
ton. Here no such results are likely to
, 1886-04-29

80
Remarkable accuracy is now attained
by engineers in cutting tunnels through
mountains, working from both ends. Thus
at Musconetcong tunnel, on the Lehigh
Valley railroad. the alignment tested to
O.O4 foot, or less han one-half inch. In
this case levels were run over a mountain
5000 feet long and $50 feet above the line;
also into the unnel at each end about
goo feet to the point where the headings
meet. These tested to 0.0l5 foot, or less
thai onehalf inch. The claiming carried
by steel tape measurements over the same
distance tested, on the headings coming
together, 10 0.52 foot or 81 inches. This
accuracy is to a large extent a develop
ment Of recent years.
In the annals of the state OF Pennsyl-
vanla Pennsylvania state improvements
main line il is mentioned as a remarba-
BILE specimen of accurate leveling that in
a circle OF i.2 miles that was levelled the
error was only twelve feet. This was In
1894 About fifty years afterward, or in
1873, engineers engaged in running a line
OF levels between the Chesapeake and Della
ware bays, for the purpose OF determining
the feasibility of a ship canal, tested some
new leveling instruments furnished by the
government. A line Of test levels was run
over teh miles, and the difference OF level
on the closing bench mark was only 0.OO5
foot. Budget.
, 1886-04-29

Tue latest thing in boycotts is the at
tempt Of the Clergy of Cleveland, o., to
bring about a united movement against
Sunday newspapers. The reverend gentle
men declare. in the preamble Of their cir.
cular, that after earnest prayer for the
gnidanee Of the Holy Ghost, they are per-
suaded that the evil Of the Sabbath break
ing Is largely to be traced to mental un
rest perpetuated by the reading of secular
newspapers on :he Lords day. The
world is rather In old for the hopeful in
auguratiou Of any such movement.
, 1886-04-29

Hon. DAVID A. WELLS in the MAY
number Of the RpaiaJ Science Monthly
favon the return by the United States Of
the guns and banners captured in the war
Of ls46-lsis as a tribute OF respect to the
Mexican people. In point Of fact M
scheme could be devised for more keenly
woundiug Mexican pride than Just such a
measure IL is a tradition with them that
Their own arms were victorious in that
brilliant contest, aud their very school
books are full Of glowing accounts Of such
victones as La Angostua Buena Vista
and Cerro Cords, aud Of the grateful
proclamations Of Santa Ana on the occa-
sion OF his numerous victories over the
Northern invader.
, 1886-04-29

How Cluha Are started In Paris.
I said nothing, but | determined 70 get
an authorization for a club myself il !
could. / spoke about it to some of my
friends-you must know that l WA then
a fabrilcant de bronzes. and got my dec
Grafton just after the war for having al
lowed them to convert d lot OF ny
bronzes into a cannon for the defense of
Paris-I spoke to my friends, and we
formed a committee, and then l waited
on the Prefet's secretary with a docu-
ment setting forth that a few CONNER
cial gentlemen of the - Arrondisse-
ment wished to open a club where they
could meet after the business OF the day,
etc. yes, but are you sure you will have
no cards." said the secretary; Monsieur
lie Prefet won't hear OF gambling -Oh,
no, of course not, " / said, -only a little
piquet perhaps, or ecarte, nothing more"
Well after waiting a few months | got
my authorization, and then that scoun-
drel Theodore, who cheated me out of
70.0O0f. later on, came in with capital
as cashier; old z. the Insurer came in too,
and we took that apartment on the
boulevards-only 90, 0O0f. rent. We sent
u our invitations to the press and to
the leading players and gave a grand
dinner for the opening night. Well, sir,
you may believe me il you like, but we
made Il, 00Of. cagnotte in that n even
ing, and tire first year l had 300, OOOf. for
my share, and ought to have had more,
only Theodore and Y. swindled me. But
then, Of course, | had to play; l had to
keep the game going, and the luck was
always against me. / had to sell out my
share in the club.-Fortnightly Review.
, 1886-04-29

\ short time = a friend of mine, a
ranehman in Douglas county. suffered ter
ribly from alkali poisoning, and was nearly
crazy when | stopped at his ranch. l
took out a bottle of Chamberlain Cole,
Cholera and Diarrh@a Remedy. and gave
him two small doses, relieving him almost
Instantly, and perhaps saving his life. 1t
now forms one Of his principle stand bys.
Il has saved me and my family much pain
and suffering, and ! would not be without
this great remedy for Any consideration.
o. s. Mccain, Real Estate Agent,
30l Sixteenth st.. Denver, Colo.
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, 1886-04-29

SINCE the assembling of congress in
December last over 5000 private bills
have been introduced, relating to indi-
vidual claims against the government.
The court OF claims would seem a far
more fitting tribunal for the adjudication
of such matters than a congressional
committee, and the proposition to enlarge
its jurisdiction with a view to this end. is
wise and timely, OF course the appro-
priatio% of money must rest with the
Legislative branch, but there should be as
little assumption Of Judicial functions on
its part. as possible,
, 1886-04-29

A company in which some Of our New
Workers are interested has recently been
organized in North Carolina for the pur-
pose of catching porpoises. Steamers
have been purchased and the fish are
taken with nets. The oil is tried out and
the meat converted into a fertilizer. The
fins are made into gelatine and the hide
is turned into an excellent leather. This
is used for making shoes and is said TO
be soft and pliable and almost e~verlast-
ing. The enterprise promises to be very
successful.-New York Market Journal.
, 1886-04-29

Captain II. Toynbee. of the London
Meteorological society has arrived at the
conclusion that clouds OF less than 5000
feet in thickness are seldom accompanied
by rain; and II they are 1t is very gentle,
consisting Of minute drops. with a thick
ness Of between 1000 and 1000 feet the
size OF the drops is moderate. With in
creasing thickness ONE increasing size
Of the drops, and at the same time their
temperature becomes lower, until. when
the thickness Is greater than 5000 feet, hail
Is Observation-Disclosures Trayeler
, 1886-04-29

Mr. r. W. Atkins, Girard, Kas.
writes; Il never hesitate to recommend
your Electric Bitters to my customers.
they give entire satisfaction and are rapid
sellers. Electric Bittors are the purest
and best medicine known and will posi-
lively cure Kidney and Liver complaints.
Purity the blood and regulate the bowels.
No Nmilg can afford to be without them.
They will save hundreds Of dollars in doc
tors bills every year. Sold at fifty cents
a bottle BY w. y. Hunt.
, 1886-04-29

For enterprise, push and a desire to get
such goods as will give the trade satisfac-
ton, W. N. Hunt leads all competition.
He sells DIR, Bosanko's Cough and Lung
Syrup, because its the best medicine on
the market, for coughs. colds. Group and
primary consumption. Price SO cts. and
sl.00. Samples free.
, 1886-04-29

THE house committee on has
agreed to report iavorably bill forbidding
states or territories to lay a special tax on
Commercial travellers. Authority for such
an act is supposed to be incidental to the
power to regulate m between the
states
, 1886-04-29

TUE San Francisco Argoaaut, notwith-
standing its strong Republican propensi-
ties. defends the president against the
TRADE Of Senator Ingalls, and thinks that
his administration will not suffer in COM
panson with that Of the other Democratic
presidents, and will have served a useful
and patriotic purpose"
, 1886-04-29

The Chinese cultivate oyster beds most
successfully. They fasten old oyster
shells to bamboo splints, which they then
stick in mud flats swept by strong tidal
currents, The shells are supposed to at
tract the oyster spat, which adheres to
them and shortly develop into tiny oys-
ters. Then the bamboos are transplanted
to other flats and the crop grows rap
idly.lChicago Herald.
, 1886-04-29

THERE will be no dearth of parties in
the mex presidential campaign Prohibi-
t%ionists, Greenbackers, National Labor.
Free Traders, each with its following could
at least make the result more uncertain in
close states.
, 1886-04-29

VIOLATION Of the Canadian law pro-
hibiting foreign vessels from fishing with
in three miles Of shore, has caused the
seizure of an American schooner by the
authorities of New Brunswick. The yes
sci was subsequently, released, leaving the
question open to settlement.
, 1886-04-29

TOWARDS the close of every session of
congress, that body becomes the object of
general newspaper criticism for being dill
atory in business, but the charge is seldom
well founded Congress manages to give
the country as much legislation as it needs,
aud sometimes more.
, 1886-04-29

A LARGE manufacturing firm in New
jersey has brought suit against the Penn
sylyania railroad Tor damages caused by
a fire originating several blocks distant
from the premises involved but in the
first instance started by a collision of
trains, one of which was loaded with oil.
, 1886-04-29

A FUGITIVE embezzler has at last been
captured in Canada, but the arrest had to
be made on the charge of bringing stolen
goods into the province" Smart is the
very inappropriate name of the uniortu-
nate Spectator.
, 1886-04-29

A coon deal has been said by theorists
of profit sharing being substituted for
WAGES in compensation Of labor. But, as
that would involve loss sharing. also, the
old plan is the safest, leaving capital to
take all risks.
, 1886-04-29

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum, lever,
sores, letter. chappod hands, chilblains,
corns and NIL skin cruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required IL is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. OF
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale bv W N. Hunt.
, 1886-04-29

TUE Central Labor Union, Of New
York City, has detected a case of impor-
tAtion of laborers already under special
contract before sailing for this country.
Capital placed on the defensive by the
strikes resorts to any means to meet the
emergency, aud the ultimate result must
injure the strikers By lowering wages.
, 1886-04-29

DuELIING may be a barbarous practice,
but it does not seem a very dangerous one
al least in France, where the mortality
is shown by statistics to be in the ratio of
one 10 | -n0
, 1886-04-29

A French physician asserts that he has
discovered a soporihc whose effects can be
exactly limited to the time required. This
will, he says, enable travellers TO sleep COM
fortahly and confidently during a journey.
He measures his doses by miles. Thus
you can take a fifty mile dose before start
tug on a railway journey, and open your
eyes, pleasantly refreshed, at your proper
staton.-Chicago Times.