FREELAND TRIBUNE.VOL. 11. No. 23.

BRIEF ITEMS.?O. J. Boyle is engaged papering theentire hall of the Young Men's T. A. B.

Society.

?To-day is a sad disappointment tohundreds of persons who expected to gohunting.

?The regular monthly meeting of theborough council willbe held on Mondayevening.

?Several of the Sunday Schools here-abouts are preparing for their Christmascelebrations.

?November is nearly gone and thesooner it and its disagreeable weathergets out the better.

?William Silver of Nesquehoningspent the forepart of the week as theguest of John I). Hayes.

?The Ladies' Temperance Society ofSt. Ann's Church was photographed onSunday by Jas. J. Ward.

?Patrick McTague, formerly of High-land, was married at Plymouth on Tues-day to Miss Katie Berry of Avondale.

?Matthias Schwabe has been orderedto appear before the Interstate CommerceCommission on Saturday at Washington.

?You can use a postage stamp twice,says an exchange. The first time it willcost you two cents and the second timeSSO.

?Ex-Representative Jas. A. Sweeney,Harrisburg correspondent of the PlainSpeaker, is now doing editorial work onthat journal.

?The TRIBUNE is in receipt of onedollar, contributed by an unknownfriend from Baltimore, Md., for theFather Boyle Fund.

?Ex-County Treasurer John Turn-bach, who has been illfor the past fewweeks, was taken to the University Hos-pital, Phila., on Monday.

?Mrs. Forrest, an elderly lady resid-ing on Centre Street, Coxe addition, diedthis morning, Her son is also lyingvery low with pneumonia.

?The remains of Rev. Edward Mc-Neliß, w hose death near Baltimore wasannounced last week, were interred inthe Laurytown cemetery on Friday.

?The Foster township treasurership,which was made vacant by the death ofPeter Burns, has been filled by the ap-pointment of Daniel Craig of Eckley.

?The Union Insurance Co. of SanFrancisco was organized in 1805 with acash capital of $750,000, fully paid ingold. Their agent here is W. A. Grimes.

?John W. O'Donnell, a former resi-dent of Drifton, has been arrested atKscanaba, Delta County, Michigan, onthe charge of killing a Swede at thatplace recently.

?Miss Annie Costello has opened adress-making establishment at the resi-dence of Archie Phillips, Chestnut Street,and is prepared to do all kinds of plainand fancy sewing.

?A delegation of the Citizens' HoseCo. left for Slatington this morning onthe 8.45 train. They will attend theparade of the fire department at thatplace this afternoon.

?John D. Hayes, the Freeland attor-ney, has announced himself as a candi-date for Register, subject to expressionsof good willon the part of the Unter-rified.? Wilkes-Barre Record.

?lf the newspapers told half of allthey know, a social revolution wouldensue in short order. It is what is keptout of a paper, not what goes in, thatkeeps the world running smoothly.

?At noon to-day William Morgan andMiss MillieI)eFoy were married at St.James' Chapel by Rev. J. P. Buxton.Immediately after the ceremony theyleft for Philadelphia on their weddingtour.

?The hall of St. Ann's Pioneer Corpson New Year's Eve is the next socialevent of importance. A step-dancingcontest will take place during the inter-mission and the winner willhe presentedwith a handsome silver cup, valued at$25.

?John Gallagher of Freeland andMiss Annie Shovlin of Drifton weremarried at St. Ann's Church on Thurs-day by Rev. J. J. Farrell. Rodaer Johnof Drifton and Miss Susan Gallagher ofFreeland acted as groomsman and brides-maid.

?The third annual ball of L. A. 3391came off last evening and added anotherto the list of successful socials given bythe Jeddo boys. At nine o'clock thegrand march took place and was lead byMaster of Ceremonies Patrick B. Heeneyand Miss Rose A. Mcllugh, who werefollowed by seventy-seven couples. Thedancing was continued until 4.30 thismorning.

COUNTY SEAT JOTTINGS.

Charles F. Mcllugh was on Saturdayadmitted to practice in the courts of thiscounty other than the Orphans' Court.

The report of the viewers of a newroad in Foster was stricken off therecords, it being found defective. R.H. Wright, H. C. Mills and P.V. Weaver !were appointed to view a proposed newroad.

The Kirwan Electric Station IndicatorCompany was organized on Saturday.The officers are George W. Shonk, presi-dent; W. J. Lewis, treasurer, and H. B.Reynolds, secretary. A charter hasbeen applied for and the business of thecompany willbegin at once.

A suit was instituted on Friday in theprothonotary's office by Doininick Gil-lespie of Pleasant Valley against theLeliigh Valley for SIO,OOO damages forinjuries sustained by his son Anthonyin the disaster at Mud Run. His affida-vitstates that he was badly crushed andhurt and was exposed without care forover twelve hours. He contracted dis-eases which have left him a total wreckand unable to do any kind of work.

There are 65 persons in the county jailat present. There were eight in jail,charged with murder, a month ago; nowthere is hut one, George W. Moss ofWilkes-Barre. John Mooney of Ply-mouth has been appointed night watch-man.

Mrs. Susannah Watkins, widow ofChief of Police Watkins of Parsons, wasawarded $2500 damages yesterday after-noon against John Schumacher, a saloonkeeper who sold liquor to her husbandlast September while he was intoxicatedand in which condition he was killed onthe railroad.

Sued for Ten Cents.

John Oschman of South Hebertonbrought suit against Morris Ulrich lastweek for the sum of ten cents. Bothmen were employed at No. 1 Highland,and Ulrich, requiring a little extra helpsome time ago, engaged Oschman towork one shift for him. Upon receivinghis pay Oschman claimed that he wasentitled to ten cents more. This de-mand was denied by Ulrich, and theresult was a lawsuit. The hearing tookplace before Squire Johnson on Fridayevening, and, after taking the testimonyof several witnesses, the Justice render-ed a decision in favor of Mr. Ulrich.Oschman, therefore, was minus thedime he expected to make, but wasgiven the privilege of paying the costsof the suit. The company obtainedknowledge of the affair and Oschmanwas immediately discharged from theiremploy.

Fair During the Holidayn.

Rev. Tlios. Breliony of Eckley is mak-ing extensive arrangements to hold agrand fair during the holidays. Thefair willopen on Christmas Eve in thebasement of the Church of ImmaculateConception and continue open everyevening until all the articles are disposedof. The parish being very small FatherBreliony states that any articles contri-buted by persons of neighboring parisheswill he thankfully received. All suchwill be placed on exhibition with thedonor's name and residence attached.The church is sadly in need of rebuild-ing and all profits of the fair willbe ap-plied to that purpose. Persons wishingto donate any article can send it to thepastor, Father Breliony, between nowand the time of opening the fair.

Killed by a Fall of Coal.

Thomas Mcßride, a miner at No. 2colliery, Beaver Meadow, met with ahorrible death Saturday afternoon.Mcßride was alone at work driving aperpendicular chamber. The miners inthe adjoining breast for a long timefailed to hear Mcßride working andgoing into his chamber discovered himalmost completely covered by a fall ofcoal. When discovered in his perilousposition Mcßride was still alive, andurged his fellow workers to release him.They went to work at once, but beforethey accomplished the task life had goneout. Deceased was aged 31 years and 5months and leaves a wife and threechildren.

Trying to Keep ItDark.

The editor of the Progress evidentlydoes not relish any allusion to his "stillhunt" for the postmastership of Free-land. We commented last week uponone of his articles in relation to hold-over postmasters and his retort was apuny supplication to be let alone. Itdoesn't make a particle of difference tous whether he is in the race or not, but,inasmuch as he is, the TRIBUNE has anunquestionable right to criticise his orany other applicant's presumptuous claimto the office. This we will do, when ne-cessary, and without resorting to the useof any narrow-guaged personal slurs.

The Wedding in PoHtponed.

John Slago, a Hungarian, was shotand dangerously wounded by a compan-ion while gunning in the woods at Au-denried on Tuesday. He was lookinginto the barrel of his companion's gunto see if it was blocked up with mudwhen it exploded and almost blew offhis entire face. Slago had just beengranted a marriage license the day pre-vious and had gone out with his intendedbrother-in-law to kill something for thewedding feast.

Company .Store Burned.

The general store of Pardee Sons &

Co. at Mt. Pleasant was destroyed bylire on Sunday night. The building wasa large two-story structure, 75x40.Nearly all the contents of the store wereconsumed. The fire originated in thesecond story by the bursting of a stove.The loss is estimated at SB,OOO on stockand $3,500 on building. Both buildingand stock were insured.

JuHt an Cheap an the Common.

The undersigned informs his custom-ers and others that in future he willsellrye whiskey at the price of commonwhiskey, so those buying may as welldrink rye when it costs no more. Nowthis is doing what has not been done byanyone else since June, 1864.

T. CAMPBELL.

Wat, Terribly Wet.

I)r. Charles Moor, who is connectedwith the State Weather Bureau, reportsthat the rainfall for the year 1889 up todate is 68 inches. The highest previousfigures since 1850 were 60 inches, in 1867,and the lowest 37 inches in 1880.

PoKtofflce at Lattlmer.

I.attimer will henceforth enjoy theconvenience of a regular postomce atthat place, J. F. Totten, having beenappointed postmaster. The old systemof forwarding the mails through thecompany's employes willbe done awaywith, and the mails transported at regu-lar intervals by a carrier.

Where the People'. Tare. Go.

John Chatham, a notorious characterof Williamsport, who goes by the nameof "Whisky Jack," Bometime ago receiv-ed notice that his pension claim hadbeen successful and he willshortly comeinto possession of SISOO. As the man isan habitual drunkard it was clearly evi-dent that he would not be able to takecare of so much money, and SheriffWolf has appointed a jury to ascertainhis condition and todecide on the properdisposition of the money.

Unclaimed Letters.

The following is a list of unclaimedletters remaining in the Freeland Post-office, November 27, 1889:

Baranouesky, JanCoyle, Wm. F.Dauber, Chas.Gosmun, JohnLobby, H. A.Wilson, B. G.Persons calling for any of the above

letters should say Advertised.WM. F. BOYLE, P. M.

FREELAND, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1889.

Setting an Example.

The TRIBUNE started as a Democratic sheet,but failed to place the ticket at its mast headuntil the Progress set it an example.?Friday's

Progress.Set the TRIBUNE an example? Well,

now, let's see if that statement willstand a test. Wasn't it something inthis manner:

The TRIBUNE started as a Democraticnewspaper, announced the same in its

first issue, placed the Democratic nation-al ticket at its mast head upon its secondappearance, July 5, 1888, and supportedit to the best of our ability during thatcampaign. And what was the Progressdoing in the meantime and for sevenyears previous? Setting the TRIBUNEan example by straddling the politicalfence (under the guise of independence)until a prospective plum seemed aboutto pass this way. Then itslipped down,sneaked into the Republican camp andis now prodding the government officialsfor their slowness in distributing thespoils. Much obliged to the Progress forthe example, but the TRIBUNE really hasno use for such.

But perhaps it was in the last cam-paign tiie Progress set the example ofwhich it is so proud. We will see.Compare the two following paragraphs :

The Republican state convention nomi-nated its candidate on August 7 and notuntil August 30, three weeks and twodays after that convention, did the Prog-ress place the candidate's name at itsmast head.

The Democratic state convention nomi-nated its candidate on September 4 andwithin twenty-four hours after that con-vention the name of Edmund A. Biglerappeared on the editorial page of the'IKIBUNE.

STATE NEWS.

?Colonel B. Bryson McCool of Potts-ville, well-known throughout the state,died last week.

?Joseph Jauska, a miner .employednear Shamokin, was instantly killed yes-terday by a fall of top rock.

?George Chisnell wants to run any| man in Pennsylvania a race from three! tofifty miles for any amount of money

| between SIOO and SSOO.I ?James Donnelly, a section boss onthe Reading Railroad, was killed on theroad near Palo Alto, Schuylkill County.His head was severed entirely from hisbody.

?By an explosion of fire damp atEdwardsville Friday evening JamesBrenan and three others were burned.Brenan was otherwise injured and hiscondition is serious.

?Rev. Father Gauss of Milton hasbeen awarded the SIOO prize offered by'the Scranton Truth for the best musicalsetting of Homer Greene's song, "TheBanner of the Sea."

?Michael Welch of Scranton was ar-rested on Tuesday, charged with appro-priating to his own use money raised topay his brother's funeral expenses.The money amounted to $125 and wascollected by societies.

?The Carbondale Leader reportß thaton Saturday night last a Hungarian felldown a shaft at Marcyville, and the nextmorning his body was found by thepump runner. The flesh on the faceand hands had been eaten away by minerats.

?Lieut. .1. W. McAndrew, of the 21 st

United States Infantry, was married atScranton on Tuesday to Miss NellieRoche of that city. They willreside atFortSydney, Nebraska, where the Lieut,is stationed. The ceremony was per-formed by the groom's brother, FatherMcAndrew of Wilkes-Barre.

?The Glynns, who were released fromjail last week, have been in consultationwith their attorney and the officers ofthe Prudential Life Insurance Companyinan endeavor to secure the insuranceupon the lives of the people whom theyhave been charged with murdering.Whether or not they willsucceed in re-

alizing upon their policies is not known.

Charter for a New Railroad.

A charter was issued from the StateDepartment yesterday to the Wilkes- |Banc and williamsport Railroad Com-pany, capital, $1,600,000. The road willbe eighty miles long, from Wilkes-Barrethrough a portion of Luzerne, Columbiaand Lycoming Counties to Williamsport.The directors are W. P. Ryman, presi-dent; J. R. Bedford, Ira E. Hartwell, F:C. Sturgis, 11. A. Fuller, F. W. Wheaton,E. Foxelland A. S. Orr, of Wilkes-Barre;George F. Nesbitt, of Kingston, andGustav E. Kissell and George W. Ogden,of Morristown, N. J.

Beware of TIIIHMUU'H Fate.

*A story is told of a man who was outhunting and met with little success, andjust as he was about returning a heavyshower came up, and having no shelter,he crawled in a hollow log, which wasbarely large enough to admit his body.He remained in this cramped positionuntil the rain was over, but to his sur-prise the water had caused the log toswell, which made the hole too small forhim to get out. This predicament madehim review his past life, and think ofhis sins of omission and commission, andwhen bethought he'was not a subscriberto his local papers he suddenly felt sosmall that he crawled out without, anydifficulty. Hunters, subscribe for theTRIBUNE, only SI.OO per year.

We will leave it to the readers to drawtheir own conclusions of the Progress'claim to setting an example. It will benecessary for it to he more progressivein the future than it has been in thepast if it wishes to sustain that claim.

Where Coal Is Fouiul.

The following extract is taken fromHomer Greene's new book, Coal and theCoal Mines. It gives a good deal of in-formation in small compass:

It will not be out of place here to \u25a0make mention of the chief territories in Iwhich coal is found. Indeed, there are Ifew countries on the globe in which !there are not some carboniferous depos-its of greater or less extent. GreatBritain, with Ireland, has about 12,000scpiare miles of them. In England alonethere is an area of 8139 square miles ofworkable coal beds. In continentalEurope the coal fields are numerous, butthe character of the deposit is inferior, jCoal is also found inAsiatic countries, in !Australia, and in South America; and inNova Scotia and New Brunswick there isan area of 18,000 square miles of coalmeasures. The combined areas of coal ;measures in the United States amount toabout 185,000 square miles. The Appla-chian or Allegheny region contains about00,000 square miles, included in thestates of Pennsylvania, Virginia, WestVirginia, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky,Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. TheIllinois and Missouri region contains alsoabout 00,000 square miles, and has areasnot only inthe States named, but also inIndiana, lowa, Kentucky, Kansas, andArkansas. Michigan has about 5000 andRhode Island about 500 square miles.

Destroying Their Small Cars.

The Philadelphia and Reading Com-pany intends to destroy all of its 4-wheeled coal cars as rapidly as they arefound unfit for service. lor some timeabout 25 cars were burned up daily, jThis, however, proved rather slow workand the torch was applied to a heap of i146 cars the other day. There is still alarge number of these cars to be burnedup and as rapidly as the wheels can be 1removed they will be destroyed. The Iold iron is then collected and utilizedfor other purposes. There were at onetime about 8,000 4-wheeled cars used inthe coal trade. They were condemnedby the company because of the frequentwrecks. They won't stand the pressure.There have been cases where these little4-wheelers have been crushed to atoms ibetween larger and heavier cars. When 'the cars were built, the locomotives were !lighter and the trains did not exceed135 curs. Now the engines haul from150 to 170 cars.

Tunnel Through Ilroad Mountain.

? The Reading Railroad officials haveunder consideration a plan to tunnelBroad Mountain, in Schuylkill County.The cast end will be started at a pointwest of Minersville and at the west endwill be commenced near Gordon. Thetunnel will be four miles long, will re-quire at least five years in building, andthe cost is estimated at $(>,000,000. Thecost of main-lining the Gordon andMahanoy planes by which the coal carsarc hoisted to the top of the mountainand then down again on the other side,is $150,000 a year, and it is the intentionof the company to do away with theseplanes eventually. The projected tun-nel willsave a haul of 35 miles and willbe the longest in the eastern section ofthe state.

I'rlnterH MiihtFollow Copy.

The mine inspectors of the anthracitedistricts were in Harrisburg recently inconsultation with Secretary of the Com-monwealth Stone in reference to theirannual reports. For some years pastthe inspectors have had a great deal ofdifficulty in having their reports printedas they were written. Maps and dia-grams which illustrated the text wereomitted withoutany regard to references.A better understanding has now beenreached, and it is expected this year'sreport willbe printed with some regardto the suggestions of the inspectors.

POPPING THE QUESTION*

When in the course of human events,a young man makes up his mind to askthe very important question, he findsgreat difficultyIncoming to the point. Aswe are not at all bashful we boldly say:

i Willyou not answer yes to us, as we askyou to go to your druggist or dealer in

| toilet articles, and purchase a bottle of

j Vail Brothers' Ideal Tooth Powder, thebest made. As an inducement for youto try it, we give you a handsome engrav-ing with two 25 cent bottles, 20 x 24, noadvertising on it. There is a ticket

i around the neck of each bottle.

Have used your Ideal Tooth Powderfor quite a while, and consider itsecond tonone for purityand pleasantness. Thereis no better; I take pleasure in recom-mending its virtues to all my friends,and so long as you manufacture such adelightful powder as the Ideal, you shallhave the benefit of all I can do for you.

DB. G. B. SWEENY, Pittsburg, Pa.

Wo can thoroughly recommend IdealTooth Powder to our readers. We findit highly endorsed by the Dental profes-sion, as being freo from all injuriousmaterial; no grit, cleansing the teeth per-fectly, imparting a pleasant, refreshingcondition to tlio mouth. Has receivedfour medals, the highest each time. Weadvise our readers to read the advertise-ment elsewhere inthis issue, and give itatrial.

Wckly Coal Report.

Tho nnthracite coal trade continuesunchange in anv material feature. TheKastern and Western business is dull,there being little new demand for coalfrom either quarter. From the Souththe demand for red ash anthracite (egg,stove and chestnut sizes) has improvedsomewhat within the past several days,and the Reading Company on Saturdayreceived some orders for coal from Hali-fax, Nova Scotia. The Southern ship-ments are now being made by water,owing to the embargo placed on all-rail

shipments by the Baltimore and Ohioand the Pennsylvania Railroads, whichroads are said to be so crowded with

; general merchandise traffic of a higherclass that the necessary motive power

! cannot at present be spared to haul coal' trains. Coal shippers are complaining!that the markets of Baltimore and Wash-ington and other points on the lines of

' the two railraods leading to those citiesI have been practically shut off from re-I ceiving cargoes of anthracite for the pastweek or two.

I While there has not been much newbusiness originating from that quarter

1 for some time past, yet there are many; old orders still unfilled, and the buyers

i are now pressing the operators for the! delivery of the coal. The Reading Com-

Ipany is also unable to ship any coal tothe North and West via its usual connec-

! tions at present, owing to the damage to

j tlie Fall Brook and Beech Creek Rail-! roads by the recent fioods. The Read-

ing Company's stock of saleable sizes ofanthracite at Port Richmond is reported

| to be quite small.The New York State canals will be

; closed to navigation on the 30th instant,| the Morris Canal on December 10, and

; the Schuylkill Canal on December 9,< unless they should be closed sooner by

ice.! The total amount of anthracite coal

sent to market for the week endingNovember 10, as reported by the several

I carrying companies, was 805,888 tons,J

compared with 952,329 tons in the corres-ponding week last year, a decrease of86,441 tons. The total amount of an-thracite mined thus far in the year 1889was 31,204,648 tons, compared with 34,-116,973 tons for the same period last year,

a decrease of 2,912,325 tons.? Ledger.

POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

1 hereby announce myseli us a candidate forthe nomination oftux collector of Foster town-ship, subject to tho decision of the Foster town-ship Deuiocrutie nominating convention.

?, . JOHN MILLER.

Driftoii, November 20, 1889.

\TOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.?The taxpayersJ_N of the borough of Freelaml are herebynotified that an addition of 5 per cent, willbeadded to all taxes remaining- unpaid on andafter December 28, 1889.

BERNARD MCLAUGHLIN,Collector.Freeland, November 12, 1889.

rpAX NOTICE.?The taxpayers of Fostey_L township are hereby notified that an addi-tion of 5 per cent, will be added to all taxes ol'1889 remaining unpaid on and after December

2,1889. THOMAS ELLIOTT, Collector.Foster Township, October 24, 1889.

TFOlt SALE.?A house and lot situated onJj Ridge Street, between Walnut and Chest-nut. Fine fruit trees and everything in lirst-elass condition. Will be sold at a bargain.Applyto T. A. BUCKLEY.

NEW ORDINANCE.

An ordinance for the widening of Cen-tre Street inthe borough of Freeland.Re itorduiucd and enacted by the burgess and

town council of the borough of Freeland,and it is hereby ordained ami enacted by the

That Centre Street, from Front Street to Wal-nut Street in said borough be widened, laid outand opened to a total width of thirty (.80) l'eet,exclusive of sidewalks, which shall be six (8)feet wide on eueh side ol' said street.T. A. BUCKLEY, WILLIAMJOHNSON,

Seeretury. President.

Passed finally in council on third read-ing, on the 7th day of October, 1889.

JOHN SCHNEE,

CARPET WEAVER,SOUTH HEBERTON.

All kinds of carpet, double

and single, manufactured at

short notice and at the lowest

rates.

EXAMINE OUR PRICES:Brick, per set, <SO cents; put in free of charge.Grates, 5 cents per ib.Stove pipe and elbows, 18 cents each.Wii.-hl'iiiU-is. tints to sl.mi.Home-iuade cans and bottles, 12} cents each;

by one-half dozen, 10 cents each.50-lb lard cans, 60 cents.Wash boilers' bottomed at 35, 40 and 50 cents.Conductor pipes and gutter, <5 to 10 cents per

foot.ltooting from 4 to 0 cents per square foot.Blasting tubes, 2 cents per foot. Wire for

tubes, made to order, 5 cents each.Miner's Friend cook stoves, No. 8, SIB.OO.Plato range, $22.00.Apollorange, $20.00; and other runges from

SB.OO to SIB.OO.

AT F. P. MALOY'S,0 Front Street, Freeland.

M. J. MORAN, Manager.

ARMOUR'SChicago Dressed Beef

RECEIVED FRESH DAILY.This Beef is from rigidly inspected cattle,

slaughtered in the most cleanly manner, ami isthe cheapest and best animal food to be pro-cured. Wholesale only.

Freeland Beef Co.,FItEELAND, PA.

B. F. DAVIS,Dealer in

Flour, Feed, Grain,HAY, STRAW, MALT, &c.,

Best Quality of

Glover & TimothySEjEJD.

Zemuny's Block, 15 East MainStreet, Freeland.

O'DONNELL & Co.,Dealers in

?GENERAL?-

MERCHANDISE,Groceries, Provisions, Tea.

Coffee. Queensware,Glassware, &c.

FLOUR, FEED, HAY, Etc.

We invite the people ofFreeland and vicinityto call and examine our large and handsomestock. Don't forget the place.

Next Door to the Valley Hotel.

A. RUDEWICK,GENERAL STORE.

SOUTH IIKBEUTON, I'A.

Clothing. Groceries. Etc.. Etc.

Agent for the sale of

PASSAGE TICKETSI From nil the principal points inEuropeto nil points in the United States.

Agent for the transmission of

MONEYTo all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts,and Letters of Exchange on ForeignBanks cashed at reasonable rates.

JOHN CHINAMAN'S WOOING.It Frightened the Frettjr Mellcnn Gal,

and the Suitor Fled.

As a pretty young typewriter sat ather desk near an office window lookingout on Broad street the other day,working rapidly with her nimble fing-ers, she felt the consciousness ofstrange eyes upon hor, and raised herown only to meet those of a Chinaman.The Chinaman was gazing at her in-tently.

The young lady went on with herwork, thinking the strange little figurewould depart; but it moved not, neith-er did it speak for some minutes.After gazing at her Intently, the figuieglided noiselessly into the office, andsaid to one of the clerks: "Melicangal rauchee likee Chinee."

The "Melican girl" referred toflushed with einbarrassmontand indig-nation. She didn't fancy being likenedto those ladies with small feet andqueer faces that disport themselvesupon fans and banners. The clerkstarted to say that he could see no resemblance, but the Celestial had de-parted as noiselessly as he had comein.

The next day and the next the yellowman in blue clothes stood silently atthe window and gazed at the prettylittle girl, who grew more and morenervous at this dumb admiration.

Ouo morning she found on her deska package uncannily interesting. Itwas wrapped in a Chinese gift cloth ofgolden tissue embroidered in Chinesefigures, Removiug this the girl dis-covered a box of papier maehe, wroughtin wondrous designs of beasts andbirds, a regular illustrated deliriumtremens of a box. Lifting the lid re-vealed a thin, whito paper, with "Meli-can girl" written upon it. Beneaththis lay a wealth of sweets, nuts, can-dies, and dates, prepared insuch awayas only the C duese can, all upsidedown in a surprising sort of way, withsyrup in balls that made you wonderhow they were fixed, and all sorts ofconglomerations going to make a sweetharmony.

Tho girl distrusted these enticingthings, which goes to prove she wastimiu enough for a Chinese wife, iffear could make her resist the seduc-tive bon bun so enticing to the femaleyouth of America. But she said shecouldu t, and she wouldn't touch thostuff, and so the other employees, firstin economy and presenting jov, atethe whole box full.

The Chinaman and the boxes cameregularly for several days. The vounglady would not touch them, but hercomrades enjoyed the gifts too well todoubt them.

The last visit was a few davs ago.He entered the office in a grab theMikado might have envied, so richlywas it embossed and embroidered withthings that swam and crawled andflew. In his hand he held a lightedyellow cundle that the Chinoso use asan hour glass. Placing it bofore thestartled girl at the typewriter, he said,solemnly:

"Mallv while light burn."The girl, in mortal terror of being

espoused by some compelling celestialright, snatched tho candle uud blew itout; and then the Chinatuan, showingfor the first time some human emotion,left her presence with a face one de-gree more passionless and solemn,l'his was tho end of a Chinese court-ship. The girl has never seen himsince.? Atlanta Constitution.

In the House of a Rich Japanese.

The wealthy Japanese make no dis-play either in the architecture of theirhouses or in tho display of ornaments.In the way of furnishing, their prideis in the delicacy of their mats and therichness of the satin cushions. Thochief room in the house of a rich Ja-panese is thus doscribed: "The salonwas about 115 feet long by 15 wide Atone end, in the corner, was a smallraised platform in a little niche and onit a tine Imnri vase three feet high,holding flowering branches of thecherry tree. Behind, upon tho wall,hung a very valuable but very uglykakamono of a god. Twulve bluesatin foutons lay in two rows upon thefloor and three standing lamps stoodin a line between. A folding screenwas placed to protect us from drnught?and that was tho entire furniture ofthe millionaire's drawing-room. The'mats' upon the floor were of the whit-est and finest straw. The screen wasn gorgeous one, with a battle scouopainted upon a gold background."The Japanese keop their bric-a-brac infire-proof buildings, to be taken outone at a time and admired, and thenreplaced by another.

A Costly Tomb.

Jolm Crouse, a Syracuse millionairegrocor, who died reeeutly, was laid inwhat is probably tbe most costly tombin tbe country. Tbe structure is ofsolid granite, every stone being per-fect, Tbe stone run through andthrough the walls, and each lias beenfitted to its place with mathematicalprecisiou. Tho masonry outside aswell as in is as delicate as joiner workin the strictest sense. Nowhere in theroof is there a vertical joint exposed to

the sky, thus preventing any possibili-ty of a leak, so often found in suchwork.

A New Emancipation.

Jim Robinson is tolling a storyaround Toledo which is worth printing.Of course it iB about electric street-railways, but that doosu't hurt it. Itseems a northern company recentlyjiut in an electric road in Nashville,Tenn., and an old darky was showingit to bis wife. "Look at itl Look atill" he said. "Brcss tbe Lord theseYankees are groat people. Twenty-live yeahs ago dey come downbeali aud freed the niggnli, and nowdey come down and free do mule."?Toledo Blade.

Outside Eden.

"What makes you so cold, EveP"inquired Adam, solicitously. "1 ratherthink," she replied, "that it's due tothe late fall."

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