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PNEUMATIC BEDS.
The Latest Innovation in Railway
Travel as Applied to Sleeping Cars.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Sleeping on air is the latest innOva-
ton In railway travel. The use of COM
pressed lar for that purpose will, In the
estimation of railway men, eventually
revolutiOnize railway travel and rele-
gate the familiar and somewhat clum-
sy Wagner and Pullman sleeping cars
to the background.
At present the only car completely
fitted with compressed air cushions
and beds is the private car Of Vice.
President j. N. SchOonmaker, of the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad.
These have been found, however, to
be not only practicable, but to pos
sess so many advantages over the ac-
commodations of ordinary sleeping and
parlOr cars that a number of roads are
having similarly fitted ones construct
ed. and before long they will be in gem
eral use on many Of the great trunk
lines of the country.
Colonel Schoonmaker's car was built
after the plans of l.. f. Ruth, the in
ventOr of the latest system of car fur
nishing. In appearance 1t does not
differ externally from the ordinary car
chair. This is explained by the fact
that instead of the usual upholstering
the chair cushions are filled with COM
pressed air, which lessons. in great
degree, to the occupant the jolting and
jarring of the car when in motion.
During the day no one would for
moment suppose that he was riding in
sleeping car. and it is not until the
day coach is transformed into a sleep
er that the possibilities of the use of
compressed air in this direction are full
ly realized.
The transformation is effected in this
wise: First, the air in the chair cush-
ions Is exhausted. the light framework
folded up and slipped into an opening
in the side of the car are disposed of,
and it is ready for the beds.
The panels on either side of the win
dows open outward like a door. On the
inside of these panels is metal track
over which is drawn steel spring-like
arrangement. which supports the bed
Fitting closely against the side of the
car and concealed during the day by
the closed panels is q rubber bag fold
ed after the fashion of an accordion.
BY turning q valve connected with a
storage tank beneath the car COM
pressed air is admitted into the rub
ber bag. which initiates and forces itself
outward from the sides of the car until
II rests upon the steel framework, and
the bed is ready to be made up. The
head and foot of the bed are panels.
which also fit into the side of the
car.
When the berth or bed Is not desired
for use another valve is turned. and the
air in the mattress expelled. The mat
tress itself assumes the appearance of
an empty rubber bag. and is drawn
back against the side of the car as
before The panels are then closed
and the sleeping car is once more
ready to become the parlOr car for the
day traveller.
One great advantage claimed for
these appliances Is that they can be
fitted to steamships and dwellings as
well as cars.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-04
PATHWAYS THROUGH LIFE.

You say that your life Is failure,
Your future holds naught that is sweet,
That the troublous years bring little but
tears,
And always. always, defeat.
Mistakes-ay. sins you call them
May cover your past like pail.
But the soul that Is strong to outlive its
wrong
Is the bravest soul of all.
You long to go forth in the battle.
But your feet are fettered quite;
Remember, who serve in the corps Of re-
serve
May be able as those who fight.
You chafe to enter the races.
For pleasure and gold and fame:
Yet many who win mid the plaudits' din,
Find the prize but an empty name.
The toll that Is yours seem fruitless,
Your days are dreary and long;
But the lowiest duty may glow with
beauty
When wrought with cheerful song.
The worlds best sweets are denied you,
live
Has the noblest life, 1 trow.
o; let us. my friend. do bravely
And smile In belief that what causes us
grief .
May keep us the closer to heaven.
The pathways we traverse ar,many.
And some are by the barrenest strand;
But with visions grown wide We shall
wonder we sighed.
. For they led 10 the beautiful land.
Ladies' Home Journal
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loss for reasonable excuses whenever
Dick urged me to come more frequently
to his rooms. Ny own desertion was
q thing to which had to reconcile my
self. hat for the present l would not
willingly be the witness Of his extreme
felicity. He sent me copy of his first
book, which came out at this time; and
even there my unhappiness was cast In
my face, for the thing was dedicated to
M. c." l can't say I read 1t. though
had been keen enough about it while
il was still in the egg.
About month had passed In this
manner, when l had q note one day
from Mrs. Luttren:
Dear Mr.. Mortimer: We have taken
tickets for the Lyceum matinee on Sat-
urday, and three or four friends are to
meet us there. l wonder II you are
free that afternoon, and would care to
meet us at Charing Cross and go with
us to the theater. Yours very truly,
"Frances Luttrell."
To be candid the invitation pleased
me. ! knew that Madge would be of the
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"YOU" AND "THOU."
The Order Of the New French Minis.
ter Of War.

From the New York Tribune.
A decree has just been issued at Paris
by the new minister of war forbidding
officers to address the soldiers under
their orders by the familiar pronoun
of thou" Henceforth the more for
NAL you" is alone to be employed.
"Tu" and "du" and thou" are terms
not of contempt, but of familiarity and
intimacy, and their use implies no
lack Of consideration for the purpose to
whom they are applied, but, on the
contrary, a feeling of affectionate re-
gard. In monarchial countries the SOW
ereigns have always made a point of
addressing the troops with the pro-
noune thou" in the same way that
they apply the word children" to even
grizzled and battle-scarred veterans
twice their age. The men like to be
addressed thus. and feel a sort of SYM
pathy for those whom they regard as
displaying in this way affection and
interest in their welfare.
or course, this new departure has
been prompted by the spirit of repub-
lcanism, the minister's idea being that
a soldier Is just as much French citi-
zen and entitled to as much respect as
an officer.
In the German, Austrian. Italian and
Russian armies the officers not only
use the word Tho" to their men. but
among themselves as well. and the
youngest lieutenant may use 1t to his
colonel or even to his general when of
duty, the idea being they are brothers
and comrades in arms. Officers meet
ing for the first time use thou" even
though one be a prince and the other
the son of a petty shopkeeper: one the
colonel of some crack cavalry regiment,
and the other u subaltern IN Il mere
line regiment.
In the aristocracy, that is to say,
among the old nobility. whence the
parvenu and the nouveau rich element
Is severely excluded, every one calls
the other thou even young girls
styling old dowagers thus. Monarchs
and royal personages in their intimate
intercourse with one another invar-
iably use the pronoun thou" The
Prince of Wales addresses the Emperor
of Austria as ''du." and Emperor of
Germany makes use of the same pro-
noun when writing or speaking to
King Oscar or any other manarch
"Tu" and .'du" and thou" imply
social equity among the persons who
use them to one another, and II the
French minister of war had been less
hasty. and had taken the trouble of
studying the history of his country
he would have found that during the
early years of the great revolution at
the end of the last century, when the
doctrines of equality We're really en-
forced, everybody made use of the word
"citoyen" and thou" in addressing one
another no matter what might be the
difference Of age or official rank.
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VENETIAN GLASS.
Some Phases of the Revival Of an
Ancient Industry.


Among the lagoons, nearly due north
Of Venice, in the Island Of MuranQ,
there live race of men who seem to
have a great future. They are the
descendants of the old Venetian glass
workers, and of late years they have
been reviving the ancient art. which
made MuranO famous in the past, of
glassblowing.
The old Venetian glass was what is
commonly called blown, but the name
gives very small idea of the manu-
facture. Glass has certain character
istics which give it it's true beauty and
value for art purposes. and though you
may neglect these and force it to take
forms utterly foreign to its nature. you
are producing not works of art, but
monstrosities. Whatever glass may be.
it is in it's natural state not crystalline,
so that nature is outraged when we
grind 1t into sharp angular forms that
belong rather to other materials. The
old Venetian glass was light, bright.
vitreous in appearance, and stained
with the richest possible cOlOrs. and all
these qualities are retained in the new
ly revived manufacture at MuranO.
There is one more strong point in favor
Of glass blown and worked over than
molded-namely. that every individual
piece is an original work of human art.
and as 1t is almost impossible that any
two should be exactly alike. unless their
form is very simple indeed, the buyer
chooses according to his fancy. and is
sure that no one else possesses a piece
of exactly the same size and shape. In
the manufacture of the ordinary cut
glass minium cred lead) is frequently
added to increase its brightness. but
this destroys at once the characteristic
lightness and. causing it to cool more
rapidly. quite prevents the possibility
of working it in the proper ductile and
terial is worked as the ancient Venetian
glass made on the same island used to
be, and all the old methods have been
discovered, or at least the same effects
have been produced
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I9 WASHINGTON AVENUE.

THE IDEAL AMERICAN TRIP
NORTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Superbly Appointed and Commodious
Steel steamships
NORTHWEST AND NORTHLAND,
American through and through.
leave Buffalo TUESDAYS and Fridays 9. 80 p m.
for Cleveland, Detroit, Maekinac. The 500.
Duluth, and Western Points, passing all
places Of interest by daylight In connection
with
it forms the most direct route. and from ev.
cry point of comparison, the most delightful
and comfortable one TO Minneapolis, st. Paul,
Great Falls Helena, Butte. Spokane and Pa
cihc coast The only transcontinental line
running the famous buffet, library. observa.
tion car.
New 81 hour train for Portland via Spokane.
HOTEL LAFAYETTE, Lake MinnetOnks,
10 miles from Minneapolif, largest and most
beautiful resort in the west
Ticket and any information Of any agent or
A. A. HEARD. General Passenger agent.
Buffalo, ny
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TO OBLIGE THE COLONEL,
Perhaps 1t Was n Mistake, but in Ex.
cess 0fZenl Mistakes May Happen.

There wasn't any particular excite
ment over the hanging of the man
pointed out and arrested at Big B"nd
as the chap who stole pack mule
from Colonel Whites camp, over on
Fish river. One Of Whites men, who
was over after bacon, happened to
meet the stranger. and he went to Jim
Redfern, president of the vigilance
committee, and said:
Jim, is good day fur a hangin?"
'Wall, tolerably far" replied Jim.
''The kuss who stole our pack mewl
is down In the tin-front saloon.'
81 see. And you want him hung?"
81 don't keer no great about 1t myself.
hut l reckon the Kurnel would he
pleased"
I'm willin' to oblige Kurnel White.
as he's good friend of mine, but do
you think the critter down thar has any
Objeckshuns to bein' hung?"
He don't look like a man who'd
kick about it. Pears more like a crit
ter who'd be- glad to be off the airth."
wall. Wen take chances on him."
said Jim, and he went to his shanty
and got n rope and asked eight or ten
of the boys to go along. When the
crowd reached the tin-frOnt saloon the
stranger was just coming out.
Say, We WANT Sou, IeiiuIheu htu-
fern.
what fur"
'Goin' to hang you!"
'.Cause why?'
Fur stealin' Kurnel Whites pack
mewl"
wall. fire away"
He was escorted to tree whereon
a dozen or more men had been duly
hanged, and lifted upon an empty
whisky barrel and the nose placed over
his neck.
Want to say anything" asked Jim
as all was ready.
'Nuthin' tall
"Then let 'er go"
An hour later, Whites man. who had
started for home, returned to hunt up
Mr.. Redfern and say:
"LoOk-a-yer. Jim, that feller didn't
steal our mewl."
Moo"
"They got the feller and the mewl
over at Clay City and hung him this
mornin.. thought this was the feller,
but must hev bin mistoOk."
II see. Wall, he's bin hung and
buried and we can't help him any.
Well jest let the next one off to even
up things. My compliments to the
Kurnel, and tell him ] shall always
stand ready to Obleege."
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PART I.

My own poor holidays were or the
scantiest at the time of this narration.
] had enjoyed my freedom for ten days
Of June. but Though the period bade
fair to live forever in my memory
seemed to have been already twelve
month back at work upon the evening
when l found Dicks letter awaiting
me at my lodgings.
MY Dear Mortimer: am In town at
,ast; arrived last night. Come around
and smoke a pipe-tonight, If possible;
I've hundred things to tell you.
Meanwhile--if you'll believe tim
engaged. Yours. Dick"
My own vacation, l have said, had
lasted but ten days. AS for Dick. his
"Cc upation was one that permitted him
a multitude Nof pleasant relaxattons.
lie had a smal-a very small-private
income; and, further, he wrote pretty
frequently for a number of the maga-
zines and weekly journals. Some
times he stopped in town for space,
when you saw his initials affixed in
certain journals to little sketches of
London life, as seen in the pit OF
theater. in an omnibus, on the Under
ground-wherever, in fact, his carefully
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My life throughout the weeks that
followed was wretched in the extreme.
Fortunately they were unusually busy
at the Office. so that I had but little
time wherein to dwell upon my great
misfortunes. Moreover, being thus
completely occupied, I was not at q
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EARLY ELECTIONS.

THE END.
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I well-nigh betrayed myself. Had she
admitted that her fancy for me
knew that she had come near to loving
me-was dead, ] could have borne my
burden uncomplainingly. and might at
last have forgotten. But that she
should deny that it had eXisted-that
she had even known me; this was past
liberation.
They live at Brighton" Dick con.
tinued. so that we are not too far away
to visit them. You must come down
some day with Inc. l want you to
know her.
There are times when it were un.
wise to be sincere.
Il shall be delighted" said, even
while / reviewed the excuses upon
which l should be able to rely in the
event OF his some day rendering more
definite invitation. Then / turned the
conversation into other channels, and
in little while (somewhat to the dis
gust of my friend, who had much to
telD left
1t occurred to me as I Travelled home
wards that Dick had not told me where
or now he had managed to make the
acquaintance of Maud. But, of course.
he had been stopping at Sandybar and
mad met her (even as ! had dOne) at the
summer residence of the Luttrells. I
wondered vaguely that they had never
mentioned my name to Dick. and that
Madge Luttrell, my staunch ally, had
not found means to warn me- And
when had. reached my lodgings i put
match to the fire. 1t blazed up uiuck-
ly. and as it did 80 I tore my treasured
photograph into hundred fragments
and burned them one by one. The fire
had fallen to a heap of gray ashes be-
fore ! thought of bed; but in it there
had been consumed the whole struc-
ture OF hopes which had sustained my
life. and l seemed to behold their ruins
| in the little heap of gray ashes.
L went to bed. and for long hours lay
tossing, a prey to a hundred miser-
able reflections. But with the dawn I
fell asleep, and a cruel fate sent me
back the old dead dream. For in my
sleep methought l went down tc
Brighton and told her of my love.
She had welcomed me with smiles and
blushes, and when spoke her eyes fell
| for moment. ! stood before her Gag
| erly awaiting her answer. knowing full
well that she would give me the reply !
desired. Then she raised her eyes to
mine: her lips Opened-and suddenly
| she was gene. Dick entered at the door
| and she was at his side.
Mortimer. old man." he said, "l
want to introduce you to the lady who
has promised to be my wife"
And thereupon, most miserable,
| awoke.
My life throughout the weeks that
followed was wretched in the extreme
| Fortunately they were unusually busy
at the Office. SO that I had but little
! time wherein to dwell upon my grea,
misfortunes. Moreover, being thus
completely occupied. I was not at 8
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with her, for moment only, away
from the great crowd Of people.
Il burnt it," said, "a month ago.
You will give me one Of your own?'
She answered nothing. and at that
moment the curtain rose. But was
we'll content.
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II.

The cottage door was closed, it is
true, for Rose dared not e to
watch either her father Or her lover
in the mood they were both then in.
She was of a timid, shrinking nature
at the best. and the thought of strife
perhaps deadly strife = between
the two she loved more than all else
on earth, terrified her to a degree of
actual bodily weakness, %faintness
and indisposition.
She could only sit there in the de-
serted cottage, weeping and pray
ing, and checking prayers and sobs
alike, now and then, to listen fear
fully for any noise or outcry that
might disturb the silence Of the
night.
stay-what was that? A loud,
confused, blending of voices in oaths
and threats. a breathless pause, and
then a long. despairing cry:
.'Mur-der!!"
And then a long, blank silence,
and a horror and a dread that en-
compasscd her about like a garment.
She sprang through the door and
threw it wide open. The night wind
came blowing up through the forest
pool with a wailing sigh-an owl
hooted once or twice in the forest
all else was as still as death!
She leaned out from the door and
called aloud:
''Father, where are you"
There was no answer.
''Jamie did you call"
No answer.
81 am getting nervous she said
to herself, with a hysterical laugh.
81 will go out to the pool and see if
they are still there"
She made one step forward-the
ground seemed to rise up to meet
her, and she knew no more.
Some one reused her from that
death-like stupor at last. She felt a
strong arm lifting her from the
ground and supporting, almost carry
ing her into the cottage. She
looked up from the depth of the
great armchair into which she sank,
and saw her father standing safe
and unhurt before her. Then it all
came back to her at once, and that
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POLLY MAKING TEA.

~ 1L = q 49,
Inc china CLEANS in blue and white,
me twillght hour Is swift approaching:
Gntranced, I note, with shy delight,
NO other callers are ~encroaching.
Acupt AeA desiznntes as wine,
With motion OF her dainty finger.
The kettle boils-ohl drink divine,
IN memory shall thy fragrance ltnger.
Her kerchtef's made in style OF yore,
Some fairy surely put the hem on
Held sugar such a charm before?
Was Ger such magic in a lemon?
The turns away with manner coy.
The freight shows her beauty clearer:
Oh, why is ~teasin, such a joy.
wish she'd come a little nearer.
We sit and sip-the time flies fast,
MY cup needs filling-project clever!
she comes, and I-grown bold at last
say Polly, make my tea forever"
Good Housekeeping.
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her inclinations il the slightest

A0r 1ncllnaJlOnS IN the SIlgnteSt
way"
.But happen to be her father,
young man." said John Allwynne,
with q sneering laugh. ..The law
and the bible bind her to obey me,
and if she refuses"
He looked darkly at the girl as he
spoke, and then added:
'She had better not try it-that
is all. And now, to make an end Of
this foolery at once, I may as we'll
tell you that she is to marry Sir
Laurence Grey, at the Hall, within
the month, and you may make the
best or the worst Of it., as you like.
I've pledged my word to the b%aronet.
and | mean to keep it. and the girl
will thank me for it before six
months have gone over her head,
for all she makes a fuss about it
now"
.'Father, I will never marry Sir
Laurence: I will die tirstn!' said Rose
firmly.
'Tut-tut! Don't talk nonsense!
You'll do what l choose. And I'll
settle with you in che meantime for
this bit OF foolishness, trust me,
unless you do as you are bid and
keep a civil tongue in your head.
Mighty sharp you and that Willie
Pendyke were with your letter this
morning, when you thought my back
was safely turned. 1 mistrusted the
whole thing, my girl; and your friend
illie lies on the path toward Win
stead Hall with a broken head for his
pains. That was my errand to the
George and Star this evening. And
when l had paid him out for his
roguery, | told him what the drub.
bling was for. l came back to settle
with this young spark"
Gather, if you lay your hands
upon him-Jamie, remember me and
don't strike him. Oh, heaven
help me, what shall I do?" said the
weeping girl, as she looked from one
terest distress.
''Have no fears, Roso, dear" said
the young sailor, kindly; ego home
now, as he bids you. l will see you
again, and you shall be mine yet by
fair means or by foul. I swear it
here, in his ~presence" he said, hold
ing up his right hand toward
heaven, in the very face of the en-
ragged old man.
.'And you will not strike him,
Jamie, whatever he may say?' she
pleaded.
''Not 1. dear. I will not forget
that he is your father"
$50 home, grill" shouted her
father, advancing toward her with
his hand uplifted as if about to strike
her in his mad rage. But the hand
was caught and held firmly in a
younger and stronger grasp before
the threatened blow could fall.
$50 home, Rose. and trust him to
me-" said the young man. in a low
tone. Il will see you in a day or
two-perhaps tomorrow : and all
will go well yet. believe me. But
go now-go at once!!"
You will see her to-morrown
raved the old man. '.Do you dare
tell her so before my very face?
Take your last look at her now, for
[ swear that your eyes shall never
rest upon her-your voice never
speak to her again while l live and
have the power to forbid and pre-
vent it,"
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Good-looking Young Girl-Will you
do something for me, Mr.. b? Mr..
B-.-With pleasure, my dear Miss
A.. What is it? "Well l wish you
would propose to me, so that / may
crow over my cousin. I promise I
won't accept you."-Saturday Night
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Beeswax and turpentine mixed
make a good floor polish.
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The Captalist-Pie in your goods, ny man, if you want gold to use in
paying your interest and taxes; you see the weight of the dollar has not
changed.
Producer-Perhaps not, but somebody has been monkeyng with the scales
National BimehIiSt.