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coat had a shiny look across the shout
ders-it gave her little sad feeling
whenever she noticed it-and he wore
an questionable soft hat 1t was per-
haps part of his charm, that air OF
shabbiness, of not minding about his
clothes.
.sThere is something so mental and
spiritual about Mr.. Maurice, "Olive had
once recorded in her journal; "as If he
wasn't interested in food and clothes,
as if he cared only for the things OF
the mind"
Certainly one could not look at him
without receiving an impression OF
brilliant mind, keenly alert and alive.
He was evidently very clever young
man. Olive imagined that he must be
very fond of books. She had the clear
est vision of his long studious even
ings, vision which she loved to con-
template as she spent one OF her long
evenings in making over an old dress.
This vision was partly dispelled by
seeing some poker chips on his desk
one morning. Though OF course they
might be there quite circumstantially
and without reference to the young
man in question. they yet gave new
direction to her imaginings. 1t was
quite possible that Mr.. Maurice, with
his intellectual face, spent those
studious evenings in playing poker;
and the ease with which her mind ac-
customed itself to this idea, and the
certainty she felt that she should like
him just the same anyway, rather
frightened her.
To-day, as he sat in front OF her,
bending over his drawing, the mere
fact that he was there was enough to
keep memories and longings and the
general stupidity of life from disturb
ing her in the least degree. She felt
an infinite content. This was succeed.
ed by feeling more agitated, but not
less pleasurable. when he rose and
went downstairs with his drawing
there was always a chance when he
came back to his desk that he would
stop and make remark before he sal
down. When he came running uI
again, preceded by his remarkably
clear whistle, she stole another swift
glance in his direction. 1t struck hel
that he looked pleased, excited. His
fair complexion was flushed. He came
over to his desk again, and took dowr
his hat and coat. Then he paused
moment, and she felt his eyes upor
her. In her acute consciousness Of
this, she coquetted with her happiness
DELAYING for an instant her own up
. ward glance He turned immediately
and walked away.
! OF course it was not the end OF life
, and presumably not her last chance OF
earth of speaking to Mr.. Maurice; bu
{ the moment, as moment, had the bit
, terness of death.
She heard him go over to the elevate
| and come back to speak to one OF tn
y artists; then his footsteps once NOR
f approached her desk. She looked NJ
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They would not listen to reason, and
for a time the entire state was wild
with the fury of the folly.
"There has been radical change IN
the public sentiment. 1t is now the
prevailing opinion that this country
alone can do nothing with the free
silver proposition, and the only hight
the delegates from that state will
make will be to insist that all possible
endeavor be made to bring all the
countries to a common basis on this
matter. 1t was told to me that the
people are coming to see the error OF
their first conviction, and the thou
sands who cheered the populistic gov
ernor and all his vagaries have now
taken places with those who scott at
his doctrines.
Colorado has also gradually adapted
itself to the new conditions which the
decentralization of silver produced, and
this fact has also aided in bringing the
people back to safe grounds. The
men who earned their wages in the
silver mines have gone to work in the
gold fields. The owners have closed
the silver diggings and started new
holes in the gold regions, or have COM
menced to work over the old mines.
"This has resulted in the good news
that more gold has been taken to the
mint for coinage the first six months
! of this year than for all OF the twelve
/ of last. Miners declare there is nc
reason why this increase should not
continue and in short time make the
value of the gold output equal to the
aggregate of the silver of the boom
days.
zone does not hear the amount OF
free silver talk and sensational threats
in Colorado with which the leaders
have credited 1t. 1t may have beer
louder a year ago, when the mines
were closed. 1t has exhausted ltsel
now, with the masses busy in othel
lines of industry. Cattle-raising ant
grazing have been revived on large
scales, and farming is receiving new
impetus. All the crops have beef
good, and, unfortunately for the caus'
of free silver, there have been copiou
rains, even in sections which hav'
usually been missed by the showers
There is now in Colorado good con
dition of affairs, and commercial con
fidence is returning in all quarters
Chicago Times-Herald.
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quickly enough this time, and met his
quick smile, his little formal bow.
"Miss Langdon," he siad, you're not
here after six, are your
"No," said Olive, feeling her usual
surprise that his eyes should be so
kind; one always imagined them
satirical, inscrutable, and then, meet
ing them, found them the gentlest in
the world.
'sThen believe I'll not see you
again." said the young man. I'm not
here tomorrow, and the next days
Sunday. I'm off on Monday-for Paris. y
His smile as he said this did not seem
to be intentional. and it continued to
hover about his face as he went on
speaking.
..rm going to study" he said, look
ing out hopefully into the gray mists
..But you draw so beautifully now,
Mr.. Maurice" said Olive. vaguely, also
looking out. She had grown very
| white.
"Its awfully kind of you to say so.
| But this isn't what / care about. It's
painting I'm going to study. I've been
scheming to go for q long time-saving
up. One loses such lot of money at
cards"
He looked at her with smile in his
eyes as he said this. and she returned
it with her lips.
~ DON'T" she said.
He leaned forward suddenly and
pulled down her window.
"You oughtn't to sit here in this
draught, Miss Langdon," he said
didn't you notice how cold it is get
ting?
There was pause, during which ne
searched for something among his pa
pers; it was a newspaper cutting, and
he stood a moment looking at it, with
his hand resting on Olives desk. Olive
looked at his hand. Her lips were
quivering.
He put the little cutting in hi
pocket.
"well, good-by,i Miss Langdon," HI
said, beaming on her with absent
minded cordiality. II suppose I'll SCI
you over there some of these days"
He pressed the hand she gave him, il
the warmth of his general goodwill
an the prosaic elevator assumed
sudden tragic Importance in Olive
eyes as it carried him forever from he
! sight. The air grew thicker an
. thicker with tobacco smoke, but sh
did not lift the window which he ha
. closed. His wisdom in doing so wa
; apparent. for the rain presently bega
to beat against 1t IN little blind gush
Il -Lippiaeoss's MsgsssBtss =. -
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Against the mist the near outlines OF
the houses showed themselves with
dream-like distinctness.
Olive had pushed up her window, and
the indescriba BILE odor of the great city
mingled itself with the thick scent OF
tobacco smoke within. The office
people looked dull and uninteresting
and faded They struck her as all
looking alike in this-a sort of family
resemblance. 1t was one OF her gloomy
afternoons. She was oppressed by the
terrible ineffectiveness of life; all the
dreary fragmentary days leading no
whittier, the dead motives, the untitled
longing, the blindness and stupidity.
She had meant to do SO much Her
artistic career was to have been so
brilliant, so unparalleled; and here, at
twenty-five, a newspaper artist on
salary of eight dollars week, she
drew fashions and copied photographs
and was cravenly afraid of losing her
position.
A little silence had fallen upon the
Office, in which she enjoyed the effect
of solitude. 1t was broken By one OF
the artists.
"Where's Maurice to-day?" he said,
addressing nobody in particular and
without looking up from his work.
Olive glanced at the empty chair In
front of her desk and tried to look pre-
occupied. The color had risen in her
checks The air, the mental air,
seemed suddenly cleared. as If his
name had been little Whit OF fresh
wind.
Nobody seemed informed as to the
whereabouts of Maurice, and he was
presumably out sketching. He APP
peared on the next elevator, and as he
stopped to speak to one of the men
Olive slowly lifted her eyes and swept
his figure with a wistful glance. Then
she again tried to look preoccupied.
He came hurrying over to his desk
the next moment and sat down to
work up his sketch, forgetting to
speak to her. 1t was one of the things
she so much liked in him-this ignor-
ing of herself Olive knew that she
had a beautiful face, and young
man artist so absorbed in his
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COLORADO RECOVERING.
Prosperity and Good Crops Deal Death to
the Silver Craze.

Prosperity and Good Crops Deal Death to
the silver Craze.
Colorado has recovered from its at
tack OF the free silver malady. Poll
ticians maintain the delegates to both
national conventions will stand for
honest money, and the state will only
insist that all reasonable effort De
made by the government to secure
some practical international agreement
between the powers of the world on
the monetary question.
This is the remarkable Eews lately
brought from the west by Franklin H.
Head. lie had just returned from
business trip in mining and corn rails
ing countries. He was in touch with
leading men of affairs. lie secured
his verdict from manufacturers and
bankers, from personal talk with men
! who till the soil ard from people who
make politics a profession. it took
! two weeks to find an accurate estimate
! of public sentiment. and tour from
Omaha TO Denver to get among all the
factions. An epitome of the conclusion
is taat the miners and the popuiists
have come to their senses. The big
danger which threatened has proves
! 10 be nothing but bubble.
ut is probable that the season o
good crops has done more to chang'
I The convictions of the people OF tn
| west than anything else" said Mr.
| Head. lit was natural for the sllye
men to jump to the conclusion that tn'
bad times of last year were the result
of the characterization of silver. ~
q common fallacy for the masses l
/ conclude that -o2e existing circrhi
stance may be the cause OF anothe
which happers with it,. There vas
! panic about the time the mines wer
j closed, spd tie popnsists and eehe
| calamity mea IF Colorado at a;ss ~
sisted ths en.!ga trouble WA duo
! rhs s.ssek Of the aoi,i men qpon sllysl
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Massey ON SILVER.
A Letter Written After the Passage OF
the Bland Bill.

A Letter Written After the Passage or
the Bland Bill.
|, Confedrit X Roads.
(Which is in the State NV Kentucky.)
March 2, 1879
The silver bill is passed but the Cor
ners hezn't ez yit experienced the re-
lief that it expected. Bascom sed
promptly that he wuz law abidin
citizen, and shood take silver Wv
course he he'd watered his whiskey to
meet the depreshiated currency he
wuz to be paid in. but he felt tolerable
we'll after all. Silver wuz better than
nothin, and he felt that times Good not
but help improve with silver made
legle-tender.
"Gentlemen," he sed. ''silver is now
money and | shell take it. Come up
with yoor silver and wipe off yoor in
debtednis, or 700 git nothin more ut
] this BARI
| Wat wuz we to do? We didn't none
nv us hev any silver any more than
| we he'd green-bax. We coodent any
NV Us pay, and the people arc muir
murin. All that we hev got out NV 1T
so fur, is a depreshiated article NV
| likker, witch eff our promises is good
for anything, gives Bascom just that
much more profit. The dettor class
amt profitid at all, for it can't git no
silver to pay with
Ef the government hez any mercy
onto us at all, and eff it hez loads NV
silver to. wunst, to be distribbitid pro-
rata among the citizens, that would
give us releef Onless the government
does this silver bill is mockery, de-
loosion and snare Nv wat good is
it TO saw to me: 'You can pay Oft your
debts at discount with silver?' when
/ hain't got no silver and can't git 1T
Eff had any sekoorIties to put up,
Good pay my debts i'll paper money OF
gold: for the collaterals kin borry al
i l want NV that now
To give us the releef we want, either
the government hez got to supply III
silver, or let me carry out my projecl
NV munissipal banidn. Either will do
But to leave it where it is, is holle
mockery; it's givin us a stun when W.
asked for bread. It's givin us hope nj
suthin when the reizashun NV it is e
fur from us ez ever. Wat good ez it t.
me to make silver legle-tender, onles
Won pervide me with silver to tender
/ amt got no silver, and can't see HOY
am to git any. want either car
load Nv silver distribbitid in the Cor
rers. or want onlimitid mr1issippa
bankin. One or the other is necessar
, to meet the wants NV men like myself
. for witch all finarshcl projeclSs ar
/. made. Men who hev the faculty u
: workin, and to whom ikker at state
and rapid intervals amt necessity
manage to git along without fianan
seerin. Eff they are goin to finansee
!. for me, want EN- to do suthin prat
ticle. PETROLEUM V. Massey,
Einanseer.
-Toledo Rladt
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WHEN I AM GONE.

Will grieving friends. when am coid'
Beside my narrow bedside stand
And softly touch the withered hand,
And speak the name bore OF old,
When l am cold?
VIII loving feet when am dead.
At fond affections bidding come,
And follow TO its silent homo
My liieless form with gentle tread,
When l am deads
WIN tender hands. when am gone,
Caress the form so silent now,
And softly touch the marble brow.
And deck with flowers the simple stone,
When am gomez
When life is over and am dead.
win loving eyes their brightness dim
With tender tears ut thought OF him
Who lies so still upon his bed
When I am deadf
VIII kindly lips. when life has flown,
Recall the dear and 6lden days,
And cover all my faults with praise,
And tell the good did alone,
When life has flown?
o, friends OF mine. while am here
Imprint your kiss upon my brow;
/ need your true affection now;
o, let me feel your presence near.
While ] am here.
Let loving feet, while shines the day.
Keep faithful march beside my own.
Nor let me go my way alone;
Attend me as tread the way
While shines the day,
And let me feel the willing clasp
OF helping hands to cheer and aid;
OF what avail, when / am dead,
Their tender touch and ling eriny grasp
Their thrilling clasp?
And cheer me with your gentle light.
And with your fond affection beam,
O. loving eyes. ere ends the dream;
Icannot see when falls the night,
Your tender light
o. do not wait till am gone.
But speak the cheering words to-day,
And chide me when go astray,
Icannot hear the chilling tone
When / am gone
e A. Marshall. In Christian Standard.
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Always Mentioned.

Little Girl-Did the newspaper re-
porters notice your papa was at the
great banquet last night?
Little Boy-Yes.
Mamma said she couldn't find your
papa's name in the list -
"No, but the list ends up with and
others, That means papa. ThEy al
ways meation hip that way."--N \
Weekly
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work that he forgot to look at her
was naturally different from other
young men artists, and infinitely more
interesting He was such a thorough
going artist; he never loafed.. In his
leisure moments. which were few. he
was always sketching something. His
work seemed to Olive beyond criticism,
and indeed she never heard the other
artists give it anything but praise
She had been told that his salary was
at least fifty dollars a week, and prob.
ably. mores After she heard this her
liking tor him was mingled with q Ger.
tain awe She wondered what he
could do with so mnch. He certainly
sids's spend Il az be clothes his ovss'
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THE BOY GOT IT.
In Fact He Clutched His Fingers on
and Joy Was General.

In Fact He Clutched His Fingers ON IL
and JOY Was General
Among the passengers on a western
train recently was a woman very much
overdressed, accompanied by bright
looking nurse girl and self-willed,
tyrannical boy of about three years
The boy aroused the indignation OF
the passengers by his continual shrieks
and kicks and screams and his vicious
ness toward his patient nurse. He
tore her bonnet, scratched her hands
and finally spat in her face. without a
word of remonstrance from the
mother.
Whenever the nurse manifested any
firmness the mother chided her sharp
". Finally the mother composed her.
self for n nap, and about the time the
boy slapped the nurse for the fifth
tine wasp came sailing in and flew
on the window of the nurses seat.
The boy at once tried to catch it.
The nurse caught his hand and said,
coaxingly:
Harry, mustn't touch. Bug bite
Harry
| Harry screamed Savageiy anu began
| to kick and pound the nurse.
The mother without opening hei
eyes or lifting her head cried out
sharply:
why do you tease that child so
Mary? Let him have what he wants
at once"
.'But, ma am, it's a."
LET him have it, / say
Thus encouraged, Harry .clutched a
the wasp and caught it. The scream
that followed it brought tears OF 10,
to the passengers eyes
The mother woke again.
Mary she cried. ''let him have it.
Mary turned in her seat and said
confusedly:
Hes got it.ma'am- "-Redoboth Sun
| day Herald
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BRASS II KIN0i 9 TONS PEE 49,
q Sow Grass, that Is the foundation on
nj successful farming. Sow this Isl,s
Did you ever hear of six tons per acre.
Salzer's seeds produce such yieios'
Wheat 60 to 80 bushels! Rye 60 DusnI
elsl Cut this out and send for 1ree
sample Winter Wheat and Grass ana
Fall catalogue to John A. Salzer Seeo
Co., La Crosse, Wis. ~
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Doubled the Gift.

SWELL. deacon" said the preacher,
.'how did you like the little story told
about the sick girl whose penny started
the fund for new church? Do you
think it will help along our movement
for a new edifice?"
"Ah, it was very touching, l assure
you, DIR. Boogles; let me give you these
70 start two new churches"
And he doubled the sum the sick girl
gave. Philadelphia Call.
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FROM FOUR TO FIVE.

LII the afternoon,
it had ra n e d,
steadily. gustily,
drizzlingly, as the
moody skies die
tated. Now, at
four o'clock, the
clouds lifte d.
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Mas JAcKsox-"Do you call this sponges
cakel Why, it's as hard as stone" Cook..
ayes, mum, that's the way spongc 10 70
fore il is wet Soak it in your tea. IL rutn' :
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reduced to the verge of nervous prostra-
ton, and as often, by the use of Palne's
celery compound, restored to our wonted
energy of mind and vigor of body.
Our sons, who are young pharmacists.
tell us they sell more of Paine's celery
compound than any two proprietary
medicines, not excepting the sarsaparillas.
Yours for Paine's celery compound.
Rev. I. p. Quimby,
Pastor of Broadway Church, Boston,
Mass.
When the nervous strength has be-
come from any cause impoverished,
Paines celery compound succeeds as
nothing else has ever done.
From a state of depression, exhaus-
tion and lifelessness the nerves grow
strong, active, and perfectly nourished
by means of Paine's celery compound,
the great modern nerve and blood rem
edy that makes people well. And with
the strengthening and regulating Of the
nerves the disorders that depend on the
faulty nutrition of these tissues disap-
pear. Such are rheumatism, neuralgia,
heart weakness, headaches, low spirits,
lack of strength, and that general poor
health that is so impossible to define.
Sound nerves, healthy blood and an
all round, vigorous constitution of the
body is the invariable effect of taking
Paine's celery compound. This great
modern restorative corrects derange-
ment of the nervous system, and averts
prostration when protracted strain has
reduced it to an exhausted, poorly fed,
devitalized condition. Try it.
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Clergymen today need big hearts and
sound nerves to accomplish all the
good they intend.
1t isn't merely the fact of preaching
once a week that makes the life of the
minister of today 50 wearing on nerves
and brain. Their everyday labor is a
round of eXacting duties that tax heavi-
ly their nervous strength.
The modern minister must keep up his
enthusiasm, his hopefulness and his
genuine love of his work. He must feel
strongly, think deeply and have conf
dence in his labor and in himself.
But all this taxes heart and brain to
their uttermost. 1t calls for a tre-
mendous outlay of nervous energy
seven days in the week and S65 every
year Many clergymen break down ut
terly under the nervous strain.
Rev. /. p. Quimby, the well-known
Boston preacher, has been saved from
nervous prostration.
In publication of his Sunday School
he has recently published the following
open letter:
Boston. Nov 20, 1894.
Never in my life have ] commended any
proprietary medicine, but / would be
derelict in duty if failed to let the public
know what a great boon to humanity
believe Paine's celery compound to be.
With family of seven have not paid a
dollar for doctor in ten years and | owe
1t to the fact that l always keep Paines
celery compound on hand, and when any
of us are "out of Sorts" administer it.
Both wife and /, in our arduous church
work, are often, by anxiety and overwork
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PERSONAL MENTION ;

Mrs. l.. c. Gushing. of Wyoming ave-
nue. has gone to New York to make prep
arations for an European tour extending
over three years. Mrs. Gushing will leave
New York on Feb. 10 and will proceed di-
rect to Genoa, Italy, and will spend the
spring in Switzerland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heber Thompson, Miss
Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Archibald
and James Archibald, jr., all of Pottsville,
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James
Archibald, of Jefferson avenue.
l.. B. Mosher. of the firm of Mosher &
Coleman, is in Buffalo this week attending
the annual convention of the Merchant
Tailors' National exchange of the United
States.
Among the Kirmess spectators from
Honesdale Tuesday night were T. B.
Whitney, N. II. Bgelow, Charles Wes-
ton, Charles T. Bentley and T. Frank
Ham.
Among the visitors to the Kirmess on
Wednesday night were j. b. Stewart, jr.,
Mrs. C. V. A. Decker and Miss Lillian
Bonestall, of Kingston, N. Y.
James Boyle, of Dunmore, left yester-
day for Norwich. N, Y. where he has
charge of a large contract as superln-
tendent for Burke Bros.
Nrs. AInoS oCOul, OF WllllulnSDOrt, VINO
was the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
George w. Beale, of Church avenue, re-
turned home Thursday
Miss Anna Lowering, of Greenwood.
saleslady ut Haslachers millinery store,
on Lackewanna avenue, has entered upon
her winter vacation,
j. w. Decker is home from Princeton
and Is accompanied by his classmates, Mr..
Crawford, OF New York. and Mr.. McCor-
mick, of Chicago.
Walter German, of Penn avenue, has re-
sumed his studies at st. Mary's seminary,
Baltimore, after q fortnight's visit with
his parents
Miss Calara Simpson has as guests her
cousin, Miss Alice Holcomb, of West
Ptttston, and Miss Sadie Judd, formerly
I of this city.
Miss Lucy Carroll, Of Madison avenue, Is
entertaining Miss Name McGinley. Of