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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-09

CH-s6u CTory-
CosesEsArFosai -TIeAch.uE a. In 30 4 sabbath
schoc. A. II IS 4 " EEeulnE service Et -
?ro snt at - Fray"r Mc";Ing usiay es'h4nc ~ $50
FsEy B.Fri~T-l'r'aclIu o. lY.- Sabbath
sehos' irnn4ri iaislv following uIgrsas services.
rsrAAIAn service at 10 81 n, aud sunday
seh3ofAi II & A N
cArHoIic Preaching at 10 SoAx sabbath sehoo a.,
2rs
METHODIST Preaching St a'ur n. Prayer Meeting
75nrN SUNDAY school I. -
Cstog rxxrSRANcr MEErISe Every sunday ats 50
rx. AZ Peters HaI
eAsoSlc sanrEs
ACADIA 4 tE5ArrEE- Nt..l-fiTs; Tuesday uf every
month, excepiJa.g ard August
L1ccSls iof'-Is, No. - ttrst "wednesday of every
month. except July AHd August
ESoTEE4C Lupsy, ~ laS--frsi ThGrsdAy oi ever
raonth, except July and August.
o 0 Y-Lsyok loper, -. s7-Every Friday
CHrrEp oRpER % wuEKNAS.-s .s4 and FOURTH rnes
day.
ROYAL AEeASrs-se,oi,d Ara Fneril Nondays
a.. A E-wx. II. II Eler To-1 No ~ First aud T,-.fd
Anudsy ~ each rnutN. tNerft @lH' JAY ara August
~hen l. meets oulI eu rst VI .r 'a'.
wos.s. RrtIEr CeuG--Evsr, F-h, afternoon :, ?
arlu<k
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-09

And, again, q copy printed at Hartford
shows how the old verse about the oak was
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-09
Business Cards.
L. A. Wyman, B. C. E.

All matters in lanh surveying promptly attend
ed %. The taking of Levels and all work of
general Civil Engineer Character done with neat
ness and Dispatch. Titles looked up in thorough
manner oface over Brady's store, state street.
Ellsworth. Maine. 6rnos.G
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-09

rstrkp oapER o. woEKNAy.-seo.a1 and FOURTH Tue
day.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-09

Plrce, the contested election case from
Rhode Island on the Consular and Diplo-
matte bill; on the proposition to prohibit
the employment, Of convict labor on public
work; on the Treasury surplus; on the
Mississippi River improvements, and on the
Northern Pacific Forfeiture bill.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-09

In q long-y snished age hose varied story
No record has to-day
So long ago expired its grief aud glory,
There fourished far away,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-09

CHRONIC --sIE IS
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25
FREIGHT RATES As Low as VA
OTHER LINES.

Special low freight contracts will be made
upon application. Shippers desiring to take
advantage of these cheap rates between New
York, Philadelphia and Richmond will be
careful to direct goods to be sent ria the New
York, Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad,
Cape-Charles route, and shipped from New
York from Pennsylvania railroad, new Pier
27; from Philadelphia from Dock-street sta
ton, and Richmond from company's wharf,
Rockets.
For further information apply to f. S.
BAKER, Agent, Richmond.
II. w. DUNE, Superintendent.
r. b. COOKE, General Passenger and
Freight Agent Richmond Va, and Norfolk,
Va. oc 81
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO ROUTE
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOVEMBER
DIST 1886.
LEAVE RICHMOND:

t-t LEAVE RICHMOND
S:45 am For Newport News, Old Point Com
fort and Norfolk, daily except Sun
day.
lilo am Through and Local Mail to all
points West. Sleepers from Clifton
Forge to Huntington, except Sun
day
$40 pm For Newport's News, Old Point and
Norfolk. Except Sunday.
400 pm Charlottesville accommodation.
Except Sunday.
6:25 pm For Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago,
St. Louis, Memphis, and New Or
leans. Fast Express, with through
Pullmans Daily. Only route run
ming Pullmans West from Rich
mond.
SUNDAY EXCURSION
to Newport News and Old Point at
8 am.
ARRIVE RICHMOND:
$40 am Charlottesville accommodation.
Hos am From Norfolk, Old Point, and
Newport News, except Sunday.
800 pm From Local points and the west,
daily except Sunday.
$40 pm From Norfolk, Old Point, and New
port News, daily except Sunday
$50 pm From Louisville and Cincinnati.
Fast Express daily.
Sunday excursion train from Old
Point and Newport News arrives in
Richmond at 615 pm.
Depot Seventeenth and Broad streets.
Ticket-offices 1000 Main street and depot.
H. w. FULLER,
General Passenger Agent.
WINS. c. W1CKHAM, Second Vice-President
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25
Prevent the Surplus.

w he facts and figures given by our
" ,a'llngtOn correspondent show how lit
W occasion there was for Secretary Man
lllg estimate Of deficit for the pres
guy hscal year, as made in his communi-
@uon TO Congress last winter. The sur
g-us On the 1st Of July next, even with
u. que large expenditures required, is likely
" be 800, 100000
congress will thus be confronted at the
SSg9llng session with this thiee-honored
s1 aeilma Shall the surplus be spent, or
SSOafded, or prevented? Can there be
.OuDl that the dictates of craftsmanship
..04uire a reduction Of the needless war
axe N Y. World
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,oRrIGN NEWS MISCELLANY.
mpert. the novelist, is dead.

r,mnert, the novelist, is dead.
~. AFGHAN rebellion is said to be spread
princess Beatrice has given birth to a
~ Tori and Lady Rosebery have arrived
At Bombay
amer Austria
~ 1ne celebrated marksman, Leuw, has
no5 Al Dusseldorf.
Pisa Iokai. the wife of the Hungarian
,relisi has died at Pesth.
The British resident at Alden has an
.,e5 the island of SOcotra.
c,crt Louis Charles Emanuel Coetlo-
IN +, dead, aged p years.
socialist pamphlets have been circu-
~ smopG soldiers in the German bar
ncSS.
A. meeting in Cork the new trans
,Isrtic mail arrangement was con-
iemned.
ri. officially denied that the German
,-rernment refused to protect Russian
subjects in Bulgaria.
The French Chamber of Deputies has
-,'cl IN favor of large reductions of the
governments estimates.
General revolt is in progress among
.,eIetiyes against the Portuguese author
;,r IN southeast Africa.
sir Charles Dixie promises to prove
.,othe was the victim of a conspiracy in
.be Crawford divorce case.
Mr.. Mildred Adams has brought an
-, a,,ion for SANDER against her father,
Iori Chief Justice Coleridge
The report of the Austrian budget com
-,;.,ee II is said. will be altered so as to
Contain a censure of General Kaulbars.
The Rev. DR.. Parker, pastor of the Lon
don City Temple, opposes for the present
,be Inclusion of a disestablishment plank
n the liberal platform.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The schooner Jessie, Captain Healy,
wi-bafull cargo Of fish, fOundered Sunday
in Placentia bay, n. f. Two unknown
vessels went ashore at Miquelon Tuesday.
NBHilger, wealthy planter in White
county. Ark, during a quarrel Monday
with en- employee named Haskins, struck
him on the head with shovel and killed
him
DR.. John Y. Smith, of TunkhannOck,
Pa died Tuesday, aged eighty-one years.
He was several times a member of the
legislature and associate Judge Of Wyom-
ilg county.
Ashburv Mccormick, a boy eleven
year, Of age, while handling a pistol in
ibe village of BufOrd, Georgia, acciden-
tally shot through the heart his sister Liz
Le aged sixteen.
Roler, Mcdowell Shoemaker, one of the
largest owners of coal land in the WyOm-
ing Valley, died, aged seventy-fOur. He
Was grandsOn of Lieutenant Elijah
Shoemaker who persisted in the WyOm-
i1gma,sacre, and brother of eX-COngress-
man L. ID. Shoemaker, of Wilkesbarre.
A verdict of $23,714O1 was returned
IN Philadelphia against extension Agent
H1ulo O.. Sickel and George W. Simon,
Thomas w. Price, Thomas Kennedy and
Albert G. Roberts, his sureties for the loss
.y the enlightenment of Thomas Lawrence
and Walter ;. Fries, two pensiOn-Otfice
clerks
Gilbert f. Robbins was elected mayor
Of Providence, h. j., by 2G2 majority over
Oscar Lapman Democrat and Henry c..
Clarke independent and PrOhibitiOnist).
The board of aldermen stands eight Re
Q10licans to one Democrat with tie in
Ward ). The council stands 20 Repub-
lean, to II Democrats.
The executive committee of the Ameri-
can Protective Tariff League, at its meet
ing in New York, decided to offer to the
Students of senior classes in all American
colleges series Of prizes for approved
ESSAYS on the subject of the Advantages
q a Protective Tariff to the Labor and
Industries Of the United States"
The board of directors of the Lake
LIle and Western railroad in New York,
adopted a resolution appointing sub
committee TO cooperate with the stock
holders in their movement to raise a sec
old assessment Of 6 per cent. for pay
nent of accrued interest and other in
leDiedness Of the company,
There is a hitch in the movement in ad-
vance grain and provision rates from Chi
sago 70 New York five certe a hundred
On December 1, and it is by no means
certain that the recommendations of the
central Traffic Association will be carried
olL The statement is made that no inn
mediate action will be taken by the trunk
.-les, many Of their representatives ex-
pressing doubt of the advisability Of an
alyance for the present.
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RAILROADS.
II RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND
POTOMAC RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE COMMENCING NOVEMBER
nth, 1886.

OCI1EDO LIE tOM MENOINO NV EMDEh
18th, 1886.
eastern STANDARD TIME)
700 am Leaves Byrd-street Station daily
Stops only at Ashland Junction,
Milford and Fredericks burg.
Sleeper to Washington. Leaves
Washington for New York at l1:2O
am.
11:07 am Leaves Byrd-street Station daily.
Leaves Washington for New York
at 400 pm. Also, by limited ex-
cept Sunday, at $3.50 pm.
$40 pm Leaves Byrd-street Station daily.
Sleeper to New York.
1923 am Arrives at Byrd-Street Station
daily. Sleeper from New York.
2:39 pm Arrives at Byrd-street Station daily.
Stops at Fredericksburg, Milford,
and Junction. Sleeper from Wash
ington.
9:15 pm Arrives at Byrd-street Station daily
except Sunday.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA
~ AND
NORFOLK RAILROAD COMPANY.
NEW PASSENGER AND FREIGHT LINE
BETWEEN
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND
RICHMOND.
Schedule in Effect November 1.

Going NORTH leave Richmond, COM
panys wharf, Rockets, at 10 am, on TUES
DA Us, THURSDA Us, and SATURDA VS.,
arriving at Cape Charles at pm. arrive in
Philadelphia at 4;5O am. arrive in New York
at 7:30 am.
Leave New York ria Pennsylvania railroad
every SUNDAY, TUESDA Y, and THURS
DAY at pm; Philadelphia at lilo pm.
station Arrive Cape Charles $50 am /; leave
Cape Charles by steamer "Old Point Com
fort" at 0 am, arriving at Richmond at pm
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Ashland Trains.

DAILY EXCEPT sunday.
400 pm Accommodation. Leaves Broad
street Station; arrives at Ashland
300 pm.
6:04 pm Leaves Elba; arrives at Ashland at
GA pm.
7:57 am Arrives at Elba; leaves Ashland at
628 am.
$50 am Accommodation. Arrives at Broad
street Station; leaves Ashland at
800 am.
$3.50 pm Arrives at Elba; leaves Ashland at
5:12 pm.
c.. A. TAYLOR,
General Ticket Agent.
+ 7 d MYERS, General Superintendent,
no IS
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25
DR.. ROBERTSON.

~ ". Li6eTty Street, baltimore, Nd,
the well-known physician and surgeon, and
the Oldest reliable specialist regular
graduate) in Baltimore city,
From 70 years experience in hospital and
special practice, guarantees permanent cure
in all Pri0ate Diseases, both sexes Skin dis
orders Blood poisons, structures and all dis
eases Of the Urinary Organs. Married or Sin
gle men troubled with Organic or Nervous
Weakness Impotency Qoss Of sexual power,
Night Emissions, premature decay, want Of de-
eelopaaent etc., should not fail to consult the
Doctor.
Recent or Chronic Jrethral Diseases posi-
lively cured in to 6 days, and the poison
entirely eradicated from the system without
the use of Mercury or Caustics
Consultation free and confidential
Special treatment for ladies needing medi-
cal advice.
Medicines sent to any address. Call or
write. no Ally
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25
TRAINS NORTHWARD.
*Daily. tDaily Except Sunday.
STOPPING PLACES.

STOPPING PLACES.
Nos. 40 and 40 make no stops. Nos. At
and As stop only on signal at Chester. Gen.
tralia, and Manchester. Nos. rs, q, %, g.
81, So "a, 30, 80, and 81 stop at all stations
for passengers.
PULLMAN CAR SERVICE.
On train No. 40 sleeping-cars between
Washington and Charleston On train No.
43 sleeping-cars between Jacksonville and
Washington. On trains Nos. AZ ard as.
sleeplng-cars between New York and Jack
sOnville.
THE ONLY ALL-RAIL ROUTE TO NOR
FOLK.
LEAVE. ARRIVE
Richmond, *11:3O am Norfolk, $40 pm
Richmond, $3.50 pm Norfolk, 1000 pm
Norfolk, 1850 am Richmond, 1870 pm
Norfolk, 1890 pm ! Richmond, go pm
These trains also make close connection to
and from Farmville, Lynchburg and south
western points and way stations on the Nor
folk and Western Railroad
J. r. KENLY,
Superintendent of Transportation.
I. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Passenger Agent.
Sol. HAAS, Traffic Manager
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25
NTONES COD-LIVER OIL.

This Oil is endorsed by the leading ply
sicians and chemists as being the Purest
and Best in the market. For sale by
BODEKER BROTHERS, Druggists.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25

OVFCRCOATS

we have purchased for persons wanting them nor h 70
give pces Suffice and bows can he OvERCO TIED here
Utmost any pe The owestpce good service while the
euu ana highest price combine qualities statesmen
WI" n you make selection according your special
Involvement being that you do as we'll elsewhere
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25
PULLMAN PALACECARS

run between New York and Philadelphia and
Cape Charles. Passengers can take the Phila-
delphia sleeper at Philadelphia (Broad-street
statiOn) at 10 pm. coming South, and are al
lowed to remain in sleeper on arrival at
Philadelphia until am, without being dis
turbed.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-25
LOW PASSENGER Rites.

~ lOt)LI-f Urn It1l 4 NJ.
To New York Qimited two days., SIS 30
To New York Unlimited, 10 90
To Philadelphia Omitted two days., s 80
TO Philadelphia (unlimted), 50
Second-class TO New York Omitted to
two days., 50
Baggage checked through.
Close connection made at New York with
all boat and rail lines for Boston and all
points East
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all
PROPERTY and also for SCHOOL and CPITATON TAXES due the
LICENSE TAXES due the paid n COUPONS
FINES due the State be paid in COUPONS.
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ARRIVE RICHMOND,


$40 pm MAIL daily Except Sunday.
9:55 am ACCOMMODATION daily Except
Sunday.
$50 am NIGHT EXPRESS daily Except
Monday.
CONNECTIONS.
At Richmond with associated railways and
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac rail
road; at Lynchburg with Virginia Midland
railway, and Norfolk and Western railroad !;
at Clifton Forge with Chesapeake and Ohio
railway; at Lexington with Baltimore and
Ohio railroad.
Sleeping car attached to NIGHT EXPRESS
for Lynchburg.
Trains marked daily except Sunday.
Tickets sold TO all points Offices: 9l8 east
Main street 1000 Main, and at Richmond
and Allegheny depot, Eighth and Canal
streets.
JOHN r. MACMURDO,
General Passenger and Express Agent.
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RAILROADS.
piedmont AIRLINE.
RICHMOND AND DANvILLE SYSTEM.
SCHEDULE
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER q, 1886.
Richmond No. Richmond.
g g y y 90 g P Pm 8 8 u i 80 80 p pm
Bon-Air Accommodation leaves Richmond
> pint; arrives Richmond S:41 amt.
SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE.
On trains 50 and So sleeping-cars are run
between Richmond and Greensboro These
cars are open at pm for passengers. Sleep
ng-cars are also run on 81 and So between
Danville and Montgomery, Danville and
Aiken, Greensboro and Raleigh; on trains
Nos. 80 and 81 sleeping-cars are run between
Danville and Atlanta. and Danville and New
Orleans.
CONNECTIONS.
Train No. 50 connects at Greensboro for
Raleigh, Goldsboro', and Morehead City: at
Salisbury for Asheyille and all points in Wes-
tern North Carolina; at Charlotte with Char
lotte, Columbia, and Augusta railroad for
Columbia, Augusta, Aiken, Savannah, Char
lesion, and Florida; also with Carolina Cen
trail railroad for Wilmington, &c.
Train 81 has Pullman Buffet sleeping-car
from Danville to Aiken making close con
nection for Charleston, Savannah, and Jack
sOnville.
Trains Nos. 80 and 81 make close connec-
ton at Greensboro for Raleigh and all points
on the North Carolina division. Pullman
sleeper is run on these trains between Green's
bOro' and Raleigh.
TRAINS ON YORK RIVER LINE.
Leave Richmond Arrive Richmond
*3 20 pm 40 90 am
rs % am, Freight, IS 20 pm, Freight.
Train leaving at $3.50 pm, connects at West
Point daily, except Sunday, with boat, ar
irving at Baltimore am.
Fare Richmond to Baltimore only 81, first
class; $3.50 second-class.
DAILY. Daily except Sunday.
Depot and ticket office foot of Virginia
street; uptown Office corner Tenth and
Main streets. JAMES l.. TAYLOR,
General Passenger Agent.
Sol. HAAS, Traffic Manager
L. b. THOMAS, General Manager.
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and Norfolk on Trains Nos l and 3
CONNECTIONS.
Leave Norfork $50 am daily with
through car to Richmond, and $50 pm
daily. Arrive Richmond 1870 pm daily and
800 pm daily, except Sunday.
Leave Richmond ria r. & p r. r. at 1870
am daily connecting with No west bound
at Petersburg, for all points on line of n. &
w. X. X.
Leave Richmond at 11:3O am daily, and $50
pm daily except Sunday, with through car
to Norfolk, arriving at Norfolk 310pm daily,
and 1000 pm daily.
All inquiries as TO rates, routes, ETC.,
promptly answered.
If you are going to travel, drop letter or
postal TO Allen Hull, Travelling Passenger
Agent, Roanoke, Va.
CHARLES G.. EDDY,
Vice-President
w. b. BEVILL,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
General Office, Roanoke, Va. Oc %
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Legal Protection Free of Cost Guaranteed.

TAXES paid
business without license.
Buy Coupe while isLOw
JAMES p COOPER
7-Su 81 Main Richmond
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Italy except Sunday.
CONNECTIONS.

Parlor and Sleeping Cars between Bristol
and Norfolk on Trains Nos. and 2
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-02
Nothing Mean About Him

Robert" remarked the wife Of I
penurious man, lam on my death bed
/ have tried to be a good and faithful
wife, and have but one favor to ask Of
you before I die"
what is that, Margaret? 2"
"You know I was born and raised IN
Cleveland. It was there I first met
you and the happiest hours of our we'd
ded life were spent. You remember
this, Robert?"
eyes," uneasily.
"My relatives are all buried there,
and when | am gone I wish to rest be-
side them. Will you grant me this one
favor?"
"There will be considerable expense
attached to it." musingly.
ooh, Robert! I will lever rest easy
IN nay grave anywhere else"
"Well, Maggie, I'll tell you what I'll
do. don't want to be mean about the
thing. I'll bury you here first, and
then, if I notice any signs of restless
ness on your part, I'll take you to
Cleveland afterward."-St. Louis Re.
publican.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-02
t-r5. -
4 A Captains Fortunate Discovert,

Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth.
plying between Atlantic City and N. Y.
had been troubled with cough so that
he was unable to sleep, and was indu
ced to try DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. It not only gave
him instant relief, but allayed the ex.
IRENE soreness in his breast. Hts chik
drcn We're similarly affected and o
single dose had the same happy effect.
DR.. Kings New Discovery is now the
standard remedy in the Coleman hous4
hold aud on board the schooner. -
Free Trial Bottles of this Standard
Remedy at J. Q. Landry's Drug Storai
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-02

It's my opinion that he doesn't want u I
boy at all"
1t was Crawford Mills that was hired
next. He knew neither Of the other
boys, and so did his errands in blissful
Ignorance Of the ''long box until the
second morning Of his stay, when in IL
leisure houl he was $ ent to put it in or
der. The morning passed, dinuel time
came. and still Crawford had not APP
realed from The attic. At last Mr.. Pr
tiers called TO him Got Though ?"
NO, .iI, there j, ever 30 Lauch more
to do"
After dinner IA < he went All
the short afternoon lie wasnot head
from but just as Mr.. Peters Was d.ci
ding TO call him aealn, he appeared.
i've done my best, sir," he saiI'
'and down at the very bottom of the
box | found this"
This was IA S. gold piece. ''Thats
y queer place : goid,' SAID Mr.. Pc
tiers. Its good you found it. Well
s'r. suppose you will be on hand to.
morrow morning > This he said as he
was putting The gold piece in his peck
et-bo,k. After Crawford had said good
piwl,t .n1 .Hn Mr. Dxta,, %,,l- a.,
lantern and went slowly up the attic
stairs. There was the long. deep box
in which the rubbish of twenty-five
years had been gathered. Crawford had
evidently been to the bottom Of it. He
compartments. and in these different
rooms he had placed the articles, with
bits of shingle laid on top, and labeled
thus: Good screws. "Pictnre nails"
"Small keys somewhat bent" picture
hooks,'' ''Pieces of iron whose use l
don't know" So on through the long
box, In perfect order it was at last,
very little that could be found within
it. But Mr.. / eteIs, as he bent over
and read the labels. laughed gleefully,
and murmured to the mice elf We are
not both mistaken. l have tonnd a
boy and he has found a fortune.
Sure enough. The sigu disappeared
from the window and was seen no
more. Crawford became the we'll
known errand-boy Of the firm of Pc
ters g. Co. He had il little room. neat
ly fitted up, mex: to the attic, where he
spent his evenings, and at the foot of
the bed hung a motto which Mr.. Peters
gave him. 1T tells your fortune for
you don't forget it,n lie said, when
he laughed and read it curiously HE
that is faithful in that which is least is
faithful 10 much" III try to be, s!r,"
he said, and he never once thought of
the long box over which he had been
faithful.
All this happened years ago. Craw
ford Mills is errand-boy no more. but
the firm is Peters, Mills & Co. A
young man, and a rich one. ''H- tonnd
his fortune in a long box OF RUBBISH
Mr.. Peters said once, laughing. "Never
was a SIS gold piece so successful in
business as that one of his has been
it is good he found it,"
Then, after a moment of silence, he
said, gravely: NO. he didn't he
found it in his mothers biJle-'He
that is faithful in that which is least is
faithful also in much. '-Chicag o
Weekly News.