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KARLIN m'-Jrii •v ;v. l . «* ■ VOL. IV. DARLINGTON, S. C„ FRII R, I8W. HERALD. NO. 23. MV CONSCIENCE, Her worth le famed throuctboat the Isnd» By every lip confessed. The secret of her beeoty lies Withinjtye deeps at two l»lae eye*— These bosnie sy« of bloc. Whose depths ere pure and true, V .ftr*»y sad night • • Trtiey still sMite bright- ‘ Those bonnle eyes of blue. There's Jhtubing mischief ht these eyes That'one can scarce resist; They seem io say “What! don’t you know Ups are to be kissed V pe to him Whb seeks fit* prise, let by tw*4dm, sayryeyes— ’ 'w^fwd^W.Mnef hey often tempt me too | . I ■ But I take heed From others’ greed, Tho*o wlek^i eyes ofilui. But when temptations round me pres* dUtd seek to.'whelm me o’er, ! - V i f A strength is mine—I conquer tpen. Though hot the fight and soyht For who with sin wodld temporise Can scarcely dare to meet those eyes— Those blessed eyes of bln-, Th*tr*earoh me through and through | Bet what care I, Till death draw nigh , I’ll ble*s those eye* of Nile. —Philadelphia Ledger. HOW MOLLY E LOP El). * BY MABEL B. HE first time I ever sew Moll, she was hanging oat the olotber on Monday morning. No. 47 ,wa* going 4 ori along pteMOr’ U1* iron ‘ ly through the outskirts of a lit tle farming town thgt In, next tc Hid one where out trip ended. I had often noticed the farm-house. This monuhg I saw a young girl come out of the green aide door with a basket-of clothes. '‘3ard pull that for a youug one," ■aya I to myself, and took another S*" look at her. 3upl She had on some kind of a bl frock, with the sleeves soiled up, ai her hair wag brown, sMmng goM li! in the sun W aUe befit to the basket now on the ground, and drew out s sheet and began to put it on the line. WTeH, p’raps you wouldn’t believe it, air, but 2. kept thinking about the pfai •11 Hi*® I made Biy return trip I stared with all my might at the clothes hanging there, i Bat they just flapped back, kind of cUadainful, and I didn’t catch a glimpse •ftmut I wanted to aw. i T Was making then a round trip and a half a day, so I stayed every other ®«UiAaMvt>or«y tbs town next that WW, tUdt being.myChewboro evou- y miles and back to r lor?asYtaa sitting on the stone wall opposite the house, resting and speculating as to who she was, she came to the window and looked out at the moon. . All the next day I kept thinking how pretty eh* looked with her arm» raised to hang the sheet, and how the tight glistened on her hair, ant hov aha had leaned forward to look up at th* moon, and that night—that was my Boston night—I spent in ret cuing her from the coils of a boa constrictor, only to find her the next minute in danger of being crnshe l by a freight car. The heroic acts 1 performed that n *ght would make a volume. The next day, on my second trip, 1 thought I caught a glimpse ol that blue gown flying around the corner. Ssys I to myself: .”1*1* thing must ato?, 9am, or you’ll be getting into trouble some day. Youdl ho forgetting to Mon up over that trestle, and there’ll bo big head- }»«» a the papwj 'Owh)fe to tt* leas, ws of the engineer a care- ■core of the girl’s worth fretting about or ahe ain't and the best fhiug tor you to do, Sou, is to find out which right off. ” So that evening atsuspor X opened kinder gently with.the landlady. “(Jood^ farming country round here,” »>s 1. ■ You too, 1 hadn't beep on that hfanofi veay long, so ths re mark seemed natural enough. *’1%,” aays Mrs. Orubb, bard at work on a piece of beefatoak to set a good exfmplp t« (fie boarders. VI holies aome flne trees along by Chew'oo.'o, ” says I, mentioning the town where my blue girl lived. “Dm,” from tho landlady, again hard at work. “There’s one especially handsome one in front of an old house beyeod the trestle, on the right; *ret noticed itf" says I as eanal*** s* t tould, bnt wait ing quite brentblees for her answer. "iSaWt^lnd. ... u*oil to know some fttackpoles,” which was true enough, only they were two young kids in the poorhouse down in Maine. “Stackpole, Stsokpole, what’s the deacon’s family l” “Nothing but his wife and grand- daughter. "O, yos," sai , « J, quite carelesa. “Stems to me I're playing round. “Little girl,” shonted, Mrs. Orubb, forgetting ner beefsteak in her eager ness, “she's oeveuteen if she's a day, ana a goo 1 tall girl for bar age, and a great help to her grandmother, I eon UU you. ” At which for some uuknowa reaeon I felt much pleased. ..“And she’s all-dred pretty,” added JimBtokes, tho engineer on 119, ai which 1 felt an equally strange and wddra denireio Mek Wa.- i aesn a little girl 1 put on my other suit and a new blue nedstie —the girls used to say 1 looked pretty well in a blue nook tie— and 1 started out for my six-mile tramp.' I hadn't ma le all these pfgparntions for nothing, you may bo sure. I pro posed to do somethhig more than sit oh the stone wall that evening. There was a light in tho sittingroom when 1 came in sight of the house, and I plucked up courage and knocked at the door. I don't mind telling you that while I was waiting for somebody to come I felt kind of weak about the knees and When the door opened and there stood Molly holding the lamp np high and lobking ont into tho dslkuess, With Jw^qllifika *• pretty as a peaohf Wdl then I was clean gone. ^ 1 managed to atammer out the speech I’d mad* about being out walk ing and being tired, and might I rest and hare a drink of water. Ooodnear knows 1 needed both, for 1 war that shaky I was lit to drop. Molly told me to walk in, and •ailed her grandfather. I told him who I was, Bam Thorpe, engineer oe 47, the best engine on the road, too, sir—and he made me welcome . and treated me hearty. •’This is my wife,” says he, “and Ihie is my granddaughter, Molly,” b# added, as she came in carrying a pitcher of water and some glosses, and with a pretty flash on her cheeks. I sat down and had a real pleasant evening, and it wasn’t the last I spent there, either, for in course of time whenever I spent the night in Chew- boro, which was every other night yon remember, I spent the evening with Mofly. One evening we got talking about names, and ear* I: “Your name’s a queer one—Stack- pole—1 never met with it before ex cept when I was a boy. Down in Maine where I lived there were two boys who had been left on I he poorhouse steps one night, and who were brought up there. Tom and 'Bije their names were, I remember, and we boys used to call them ’haystack’ for fun. ” Molly had given a little ory of sympathy for the orphans, I sup posed, but ceased abruptly as her dfether glanced at her severely.' was a stern man and disliked all play of softheartedness. “The name isn't uncommon in some parts,” said he, and that was all Do. you know, after that evening, the old man would hardly speak to me, and gave mo to understand by his manner that I wasn't as welcome as I used to ’to. It made me mad. So at lest .1 says to Molly: “I tell you, Molly, I can’t stand thin. I mast see you ns much as I have done, and I can’t do it with your grandfather acting as if he owed me money,. Now I don’t want to do anything underhand, and I know yonr honest little heart wouldn’t let you, either, so the only thing for ns to do is to get married right off, and I’ll go and ask your grandfather now.” You aec, we’d made it all up between us some time before, but we’d agreed to wait a year, because Molly was so young. Molly said “Yes,” and off I went to interview tho old man. I didn’t ex pect a very cordial reception, but I didn’t expect anything nearly so warm at I got I was consigned to a spot not fit to be mentioned before ladies the minute I made my proposition, and the old gentleman need language that cer tainly didn’t belong to a deacon. Then I got mad, an 1, etys I: “Have you anything against my character, Deacon Stockpole,” says I, “or my prospects?” "No,” says he, “I’ve looked them up pretty carefully when I guessed what you were hanging round hero for.” “Then what is year objeotion?” says I. But ha wouldn’t have anything to say to me but “no, no, no,” and wouldn't listen to anything I said, so I went off to find Molly crying under an apple tree, for she’d heard our angry voices. I didn't see her the noxt evening but one, for I found at my boarding house a long letter from hir, in whioh she said: Baa, dear, grandfather I* very deter mined, an 1 you'd better not come over this week. It's sit about those two llttlo boys you knew In Heine, In th* poorhoara. Yon ess, I had an Uncle Tom, who was grandfather’s oldest eon. He turned oat to be very w.'l<L and a great trial to grand father, and he nearly broke grandfather's heart. After awhile he married an aotrees, and they went away and never were heerd of for years. Grandfather >« an awfully proud man. and be was mortified to death at the way Uncle Tom had acted. He bed been expsNed from the ehnreh, and thet was n grant blow, and, ftnaUr, when he brought home.his wife, that was the fialtblng toueh. She wee bleak-haired and she reddened her cheeks end wes rather handsome, bat load talking and not like grandmother. Gmndmcnher tried to bear with her, but one day she wee impudent, and Unole Tom stood np for her against bis mother, and grandfather got angry and tamed them both oat of doors. In throe or foar years n letter oame to grandmother from Unole Tom, written from Koine, saying that his wife had died and ‘ Smelt that he wee very 111 end-.didn't ex pect to live ong, and that he had two little boys whom he bed aeUed Tom and AbUah, after himself and grandfather, and that they'd havs to go to th* poorhouse If some thing womI don* tor them soon, end would grandmother tell grandfather how matters stood, and bow Cael* Tom repented of what bo had done. him anonymously. Ho wes angry an ooald be, and fused Unole Tom's wife for bring ing th* name of Btaekpole to the poorhouse, — ‘ forbsL agaot ’ and Unole Tom tor wonk-spirited. ”1 disowned him when only bad, but I scut him from can nouse," a* said, "and his ohlldren and he may din in th* poorhont* before I’ll raise a finger to help them." In about a weak eh* saw in the newspaper ,h * ••^L an, ot • »»“ found dead, and his name, Thomas Stsokpole, was found is bis pookou. Grandmother p'.nsj-ei op courage, and forbade anyone’s mentioning tho sUbJeot to him again. He soorna to grow worse as time goes on, so whan yon spoke of yonr knowing two boys named Btaekpole In the poorhouse he began to hate you, and he's haled yon ever staesi That I the duly fawM he has for not letting 44 idarry. I exclaimed whei rod told ni* their darned booeuse I knew I had somewhere tw< ood- slns,TomnndBIJe, but I didn't know then nil the story as I h« have told it to yon. idfather Is going to ool right awsy, so I can’t ten tender words »story i Sam, dear, grandfather is going to send me to boarding school r!gh‘ “ ‘ ^xnen oam* homo from tho dear llttlo girl's loving hearti and I decided that something must bo done, and that at oaoo. Tho nost day that I was in town I received n note from Molly telling me the particulars, . She was to boarding adhodlj hext'day on fWfl , her grapdfafthor waa to go with her. 1 had been thiokinatolT night over a plan, and ! resolved to pat it into execution, for an te Molly**going away so far from me, it wm ftttorly out of the question. First I wrote a long letter to Molly, dcaoribingXh* whole plan* and giving her minutif direction* as to her part in it. This Iwiisnatohed by a moaseu- ger whom 1 could trust, with direc tions to give it to Molly herself. Then I traveled all over town to got leave of absence for tho next day. 1 was going to take tho day off anyway, but I thought I'd rather got it boa eelly if I could. I got permission for Too MoDonnl to run his engine on my train and tha' suited ine;l needed a lo:omotire r carrying ont my plan nud of courso j know my own bost. Tbe rest of tho night I spent in some necessary carpenter work. A long day the noxt was. I obtained a marriage license, and with that in my pocket I felt that I oauld defy any cross grained grandfather. Early in tho afternoon I got up atonm in forty-sevon, and it seemed as if the minutes were hours uutil 5 o’clock. I’d had to tell the eoherae to my fireman—I'd got leave for him too. 1 waa getting pretty nervous when wc started out a little before 0 o'clock. Wo ran slowly np the road,, and then got on to a side track that ox- tonda alongside the main road about ten miles and woe just th'>n free from oars, luckily. At last we heard the rumble of tho express in the distance. Then I palled tho throttle and we began to mako good speed, so that our gait just equaled that of the express, and we ran aids by side, first, second, third car. That was the one I bad told Molly to bo in, and on tbe farther side, so taat her grandfatuer juld not see my engine. We fell back a little and ran even with the rear platform of the oar. Would she have the courage to do it? Such a slight little thing ss she was, and it would need suoh pluck. Could she escape the old man’s vigi lance? Yea; there she was on the platform 1 Quick now. There was the result of my night's carpenter work—a plank long enough to reach from the cab of my locomotive to the platform of tho oar, provided with a rail, so that tho perilous walk might be made as safe as possible. It waa fitted in place and she stepped upon it bravely, though her cheeks were deathly pale. How anxiously I watched every step, keeping one Laud ou the throttle lest either engine increase or slacken its speed and the plank bs shaken or bent from tbe straight line. Half way across I A little faltering as she glanced down at the flying gravel. “Courage, my darling, ” I oriod. People were beginning to crowd to the windows, and out upon the plat form rushed tbe brakeman and a half dozen passengers, and among them grandfather Btaekpole. No one dared to speak for fear that Jfolly would lose her balance. The brakeman steadied that end of the the bridge and the deacon wrung his hands in misery. Almost over, two steps more, and then I pulled her in and smothered her with kisses, while the fireman slackened our speed and played en gineer for awhile. The plank, Molly’s dangerous bridge, fell to the ground as the express pulled ahead, and we noticed that the feat hod been accomplished just in time, for I looked out and saw only a three- quarter mile stretoh of tho side track before us. We reversed the engine—dear old forty-seven that had won me a wife— and within an hour I was the husband of the sweetest little woman that man ever loved—my Molly, here. “What became of grandfather?” Ho soon forgave Molly, and has al ways been kind to us, but his heart is still darkened to Tom’s sons, whom Molly insisted on hunting up in Maine. We found them both prosperous farmers, who had no need of grand father's help, and this fact seemed to confirm his determination to have nothing to'do with them. Grandmother has visited them, and she is the same kind-hearted old lady, devotedly fond of Molly, and attached to our two hoys, Sam and Abijah. — Atlanta Constitution. Oirtloping Florida. E. N. Crane, of Kenneeaw, Neb., after spending a winter at Kissimmee, Fla.-, has left for his home, and statei ths.i he will shortly return with twenty colonists whom he intends to locate ou part of a 4000-acre tract of land in r I or ids, which he hes purchased. It is Mr Crane’s intention to colonize the entire tract, and he expects before iniLT*** ex P’ re3 to dispose of the 4000 acres. Only aeventy-fiye acres tr* io pe sold io *ach man. HOUSEHOLD "iritoiS .. _ A HOKX-XAOi Sod; Except as it may to the managers of ol this rug story will not pronto , use id many of our *»ty readWfa- Bat there sr«l by manjf A^td and by not a few in the < and “shut-ins” ‘ who any use to whioh they con i _ which hangs so heavity on thsirl and any means hr whioh tl ever so little to the family The other day neighbor who had . ro —■ -vicinity ■* '**- W the extra and somewhat irregular length of the nap : and its rather too brilliant coloring it might have been the thickest Kazac. I remarked upon its unusual heavi ness when my hoatess-said: “That rug was made by my mother after ahe was ninety years ol&” This led me to ex amine it more carefully and to inquire as to the manner of making it. Bomnants of ingrain oarpeta were pnrehased at carpet houses, of village upholsterers and carpet layers and wherever they could be moat cheaply procured. These were raveled, laid in hunches and cut in lengths of a little over an inch, Brown carpet warp was also purchased by the pqnnd. With a pair of coarse steel knitting needles enough stitches were cast on to make a square of four inches when finished. After knitting a couple of rows plain, you knit once across, bind ing in with each stitch a little buneh of the ingrain ravelings whioh had been ont into short lengths. Then knit book, and across and back plain, when you knit another row, introdue- iug the little bunches of ravelings. When you have formed a square bind off, and when yon have a sufficient number of these squares sew them to gether with warp very closely and firmly. This would be pleasant and not too laborious work for a semi-invalid, al though of course the work of sewing, after the rag became very large, would be heavy, but for sueh a result one could well afford to hire the sewing done. The rag whioh it wos my good fortune to examine was about 11x13 and had been in constant and hard sei;vios for five years without produo- ing the slightest sign of wear. Every few months it is hung over a stout clothes line and well beaten, whioh raises the heavy pile and gives it.a new look. By knitting the blocks email and choosing the colors with a view to artistic effect a rug could be produced that need not blush before the prodnet of any Eastern loom. The best parts of worn ingrain oar- pets might be used where there was a necessity for strict economy. Fim^rmp. congress. The Donate. ... . --Hr. Harris moved that tha fleiP Mitott.to t»o sensidnratloc of th* f MB. la f«pefl*4 to a request hr Mr. to allow tome Mflfww op Iheoaleo- to he taken up, Mr. HorTfa MiMritod the disposition of the Tariff bill rids of vastly more Importaae> > . The question wed taken eft Hr. Harris's motion, end it wdl Mtool to. Bpeeohpe wen by i&tt. «dfa<J^«Jb«rmno and pb. At * p. m. JtftDOlptl yielded tho __ jr. when Mr. Oa-neion offefdd lyrtWloBS on tha death of Beprreentstlvo LllieJ’, of Pennsylvania. EnlOrien were delivered by Senator* Cameron, Palmer and Chandler, the reaotnttoy Were screed to, and the Sen- * Mb Dxv.-CroAWlW debate on the tariff ^CqmbtoJ the whoto day. ttfi Toraj*, in 4 speech; aeeneed Mr. Aldrich of telirai Ihno the Tariff bill, SSd For the third time In five weeks the Senate met only to heat tbe announce ment ol the death of one of Us members— Senator Stoekbridqe, of Michigan—Which occurred at Chicago. The oieeday Of the Senate bn t been-'pestponsd from 11 o'clock to noon, io as to give Senators na OppoN lunity to attend the funeral of Mrs. Morgnd, wife of the Alabama Senator. The Michigan Senator's desk an I chair In the onter row of the Republican seats Were covered with blnok cloth. The usual resolutions were offered by Ur. McMillan, and were agreed to, They provide for e committee of seven Senators to attend the funeral st Katnmasoo, Mich. Senators McMillan, Frye, Washburn. Cullom, Jones, of Arkansas ; Gibson and Blanchard were appointed. 94m Pat.—The bill for tbe suppression ot lottery trafBo through national and Inter state commerce and the postal sn/Ice Was discussed by Messrs. Vest and Hoar. Messrs. Squire and Lodge spoke on the Tariff bll'. ^ 95th Pat.—When tho Tariff bill was taken npMr.AUiaonappealedtoMr. Harris to let the first amendment, fixing the time for the bill to go into effect, pass over for the present. This was agreed to. The nmnlnder ot th* day was consumed by I he speeches of Messrs. Quar, Chandler and Hoar. 96th Pat.—Mr. Quay continued hi* speech on the Wilson Tariff bill. The Hou*e. 118th Pat.—The Army ApproprUUon bill was taken np and general debate thereon exhausted. It was considered a short time by paragraphs (or amendment*, when a point ot no quorum was raised. The leek of a quorum being officially demonstrated, at 5.86 the House adjourned. 1UTH Pat.—The resignation ot Mr. Cald well, of Ohio, was received and filed.— Senate bill appropriating 97000 tor the re- ronstruotlon of the Government bridge over the Niobrara River, Nebraska, was passed. A resolution requesting the Fish Com missioner to inquire into the alleged de struction ot fish In the Wabash River by tbe flow of oil wee agree! to. The Army Ap propriation bill was considered, n few un important amandine its to it agreed to, and the bill passed. 116th Pat.—Mr. Jlngley called np the bill reorganising the accounting branch otthe “ - • ■ Jltahl BXCIPB8. Creamed Spinach—Thoroughly wash one-half peck spinach, put in saucepan with very little water and boil for twenty minutes; then drain nnd ohop very fine. Put one tablespoonful but ter into n frying pan and atir in one even tablespoonful flour. Then put in the spinach and add four table- spoonsful of oream four tablespoons- ful milk, and salt and pepper to suit the tssto. Mix all well and cook for five minutes. Serve on toast. Stewed Horseradish—One-hslf oup grated horseradish, one-quarter oup grated bread crumbs, one tablespoonful flour, one cup milk. Mix all these in gredients and turu into saucepan and boil very slowly for one-hslf hour, stirring very frequently to prevent bnruing. Five minutes before serving add one teaspoonful sugar and a llttlo salt. This is an English dish, very little known to Americana, but one which can be heartily recommended. Macaroni and Fish—Lay any boiled fish, except salmon, on a bed of mac aroni boiled in milk nntil done, bm it must not be allowed to break nnd burst; cover with a sance made by heating a pint'of milk with two ounces of bn tier. Thicken this with flour wet with water to the consistency of cream i when it reaches the boiling point add tl^p beaten yolk of an egg and one gill of tomato sauce previous ly made hot. Stir all tha time while adding, Apple Battei Cake—Two eggs, ons oup sugar, one-half oup milk, two cups flour, one teaspoon ful baking powder, one tablespoonful melted butter. Beat tho eggs, add the sugar and beat welt. Add the milk alternately with the flour iu whioh the baking powder should be mixed and sifted. Then add the melted butter and pour into two buttered pie plates. Sprinkle over with sugar and bake one-halt hour, or until apples are soft. Serve with hard sauce. Tapioca With Fruit—Wash one-half cup tapioja au l put it iu a double boiler with one pint boiling water; stir frequently aud boil about one hour or more until it looks trans parent. Add two tablespoonsful sugar and a very little salt. Remove from the fire aud put in one oup canned peaches out into small pieces and oaa- quarter oup of the syrup. Stir well, turn into a dish and serve rold with boiled custard, or sugar and cream. Other kinds of fruit oau be used in stead of peaches if preferred. French Pane ikes With Preserves- Three-quarters of a pint of good oream, five eggs, two dessertspoonfuls of flour, two of powdered sugar and the grated peel of half a lemon. Whip the oream to a froth aud strain it. Beat the yolks aud the whites of the eggs separately and stir them into the flour, add the sugar and grated peel. Mix gradually with the whipped cream and pour it into shallow tins. Bake in a moderate ov u about twenty minutes. When done place one ou top of the other, with a layer oi raspberry or apricot jam between. Treasury Depart nent, abolishing the offices of Second Comptroller nnd Deputy Second Comptroller. Tbe House made it the un finished business. The House then ad journed out of isepeet to the memory ot the late Senator Stooi-Dridge. 116th Dai.—Mr. Bell introduced a joint resolution to provide for the appointment of a committee to device means for the employ ment of the Idle men of the country, to re strict immigration, tt irt up the mines, In crease the currency, nnd to prohibit the Is sue ot Interest-bearing bonds, wlthont tbe authority of Congress. The Dockery Com mission bill was possei'.. Before adjourn ment tbe House entered upon the consider ation ot the River and Harbor Appropriation bill. 117th Dat.—All ot the session was devoted in Committee ot the Whole to general de bate on the River and Hs'bor bill. 118tb Dat.—Wlthont preliminary business proceeded to the consideration ot bill the Honse. the River and Hiri.oc Appropriation under tbe 11 ve-mlnnte rule. It was passed. The night session was devoted to the con sideration ol private pensloa bills. jr THE LABOR WORLfl. - ▼ixhha, Austria, has 100,000 idle. Booxbihdxis have thirty-two unloov, South Africa It to manufacture cotton. MixitsAPOLts, Minn., has a labor temple. Fsahob has twenty-nine labor exchange*. Chicago bricklayers get fifty cents an hour. I.oxnox Trades Council has 200,000 mom* brrv. I Loxce.v pays municipal workers union wages. Fall*Riveb, Maas., hasn't a non-union tplnner. Battle Cbiek, Mich., Is 10 have a labor temple. Qoeexslawd laborers say the Japanese must go. Uxole Bah hasn’t a non-ualoa win low gbks worker. STRASBuma (Germany) bricklayers get 64.16 a week. Toxoxto, Canada, has a Sisterhood of Bookbinders. The great strike of coal minors was ex- pMtei to affe-d 3000 mines nnd over s quarter of a million employes. Nearly 160,000 miners la States east of the Mississippi obeyed the order of the United Mine Workers to suepen I work. .Tunas Dudley, of Omaha, Neb., directed the -eeslvers of tha Union P.tciflo to restore the salaries ot the employes ot the road to their former figures. LocoHOTivn rng'neers, firemen, car con ductors, brakemen, trainmen sad other rail way employes have established a Brother hood Lyceum Iu Boston. Oxe of ths big soap factories near th* Conlnndt street ferry, New York, employs a large number of Syrians, who dwell close by In that little Oriental corner ot the city. Hats an 1 caps ot very light nnd fin > wire cloth are n novelty Just Introduced. They are Intended for railroad employes or others wbo wear uniforms. Others are made with light wire frames aul oinvas covers. Miss Lina Sutter, a shop-girl of New York City, who supported her mother and family on (8 a week, was so overjoyed at the raising of her salary recently to 97.50 a week, that she became delirious and died two days later. Buffalo (N. Y.) grain shorelers won a strike for last year's scale, 94 per 1000 bushels on sailing vessels, 94.60 for steamers and 91.26 for trimming canal boats. Italians were tried without success. The union baa 46700 In Its treasury. Tan unemployed ot Indianapolis, lad., wbo had been supported at the publlo ex pense all winter, nnd who refused to shovel enow, break (tones, or do anything else but draw their rations, are now demanding to know why the work, which was promised them in the spring, is not forthcoming. The sweat shops of New York have learned a new wrinkle In the method of manufactur ing cheap goods. They take on girls “to learn tha business," charging them for the privilege, and binding them to a term ot service. When their term it up they are dis charged to make their way for more learners, but the product of their labor is sold all the tame. The business gives profits on both Sides. There it talk of reconstructing the old Statebouse on Bsncon Hill, Bos ton. The scheme meets with ranch np - proval in that city. THE JOKER’S BUDGET. JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. A Sound Dootrlno.-Tho Street*-- Tho Topmost Top--ln Blissful Ip- norsnoe, Etc., Etc. A SOUND DOCTRINE. “Walter,” said Uncle Allen Sparks Blandly, “in the union of hams and eggs there should be some disparity in the matter of age. You may take this back.”—[Chicago Tribune. THE STREETS. Our Street* are never so they just Exactly please a body, For when it’s dry (hey’re full of dust, And when it rains they're muddy. —[Chicago Journal. THE TOPMOST TOP. BilMfie*—What do you consider your liiglicet flight of fancy f 1’oet—The nf tic stairs in my castle in the air.—{Philadelphia Record. IN BLISSFUL HINDRANCE. Wiggerly~My wife is giving our servant cooking lessons. Muggins—How is slit* getting on? Wiggerly—I don’t know. 1 take my meals out. TO THE REST OF HIS RECOLLECTION. Critical Barber (feeling new cus tomer’s bristles)—Where did you get shaved last, sir? ■Customer—On my fact.—[Chicago Tribune, SUDDENLY ILLUMINED. "What are you wearing dark glass es for?” said one clerk to another. “You never had trouble with your eyes before, did you?” “Never. But the janitor came around and washed the window t>y * my desk. The sudden glare was too much for me.”—{Washington Star. THE CONNECTING LIS Mrs. Van Veneering—Do you know the Richleys well? Mrs. Jerc Mandering—Lik> a book. .We employ the same dressmaker.— [Life. A SEQUENCE. “What did you do after you stole the watch?” “Time.” APPLICABLE TO BOTH. Mrs. Brown (nudging Mr. Brown, who snores with his mouth open)— William! you’d make less noise if you’d keep your mouth shut I Mr. Brow n (only half awake)—So’d you.—[Life. HE KNEW HER. Mrs. Fidget—Now, Tommy, I want you to be as quiet as a mouse. I’m busy. Tommy (scornfully)—Huh! If I wyfi a mouse, you’d jump up on a chair and yell!—[Truth. CLASSIFIED. is Totr t (In Oklahoma)—What the po, ation of this town? Alkait ike (promptly)—Eight hun dred and sixty-seven souls and thirty- one real estate agents.-—[Puck. FREAKISH FREAKS. Museum Manager—I’ve got too many of you freaks. I’ll have to dis charge one of you. India-Rubber Man—Let it be the Human Salamander; he’s used to the fire. Manager—No I I think I’ll bounce you.—[Philadelphia Record. HEARTLESS. “Sleeping, I dreamed a dream.” He said, “you cannot guess. Things are not always what they seem; I dreamed that you said ‘yes.’ ” “Did you indeed?” she said, And gazed with thoughtful air At him, while he turner', white and red, “Tell me—what ma.t was there?” —[New York World. THE Cl (MAX. Jack Froutrow —That’s a good old- fushioned play. The villain is caught in the act. Billy Foot'ight:—What act? Jack Froiitrow—In the last act.— [Brooklyn Life. THE NEW OFFICE BOY. Employer—Boy, take this letter, and wait for an answer. New Boy—Yes, sir. Employer—Well, what are you waiting for? New Boy—The answer, sir.—[Har per’s Bazar. * GOOD GROUNDS. “There’s grounds for a strike,” said the agitator. “Where?” asked a workman. "In the clock factory. A young fellow just told me that some of the hands there work twenty-four hours a day.” FOR THE CREDIT OF THE FAMILY. Father—Bobby, I thought I told you to divide^ that apple with your little sister. Bobby—Well, I wasn’t going to have Willie Bryan think we had only one apple in the house.—[Judge. A STEADY CALLER. Rich Aunt,—It seems to me as if you only came when you needed money. Poor Nephew—But I can’t come oftener.—[Hallo. THE REASON. he “Poets are born, not made,” said loftily. “I know It,” said tho editor, "and that is the reason there are so many of them.”—[Life. A REORGANIZATION. Mr. De Broker—Well, my son, how did you and the boys come out on your peanut speculation? Small Son—When we got through I owed the other boys 50 cents. ’’Hum!” “Oh, it’s all right now. Wc reon ganlzed.” “Eh?” "Yes. I capitalized at $1. gave the other boys half the stock for their debt, and then sold them the other half. So now they owe me 50 cents.”—[Good News. AN EMPHATIC QUESTION. “What was that awful noise In your house last night?” “Oh! my wife merely asked where I’d been.”—[Hallo. AMBIGUOUS. “Did she receive him when he called?” “She not only received him, but introduced him to her father to boot.” —[Cape Cod Weekly. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT? New Clerk in Jeweler’s—Young lady in front wants to see some rings exactly like one she has on. She says she thinks of having two alike, just for the'fun of the thing. Jeweler—Don’t waste time on her. That ring she has is an engage men I. ring, and she wants to find out what it cost. PERFECTLY CLEAN. Dedbeete—My dear sir, before you ask me'tor an immediate payment of thi* account I wish you to consider it few facts which wil! doubtless re dound to your own good. I want to ask you if you uo not regard with some degree of satisfaction the pros pect of hsMng money coining to you? The Creditor—Why, of course. DedOeete—Now so long as I am in yjur debt such a prospect is before yoi. The Creditor—Y-y-yes. Dedbeete (retiring in good form)— And if I were to pay you that pros pect would be instantly and entirely cut off, as you can plainly see. I trust that you will learn to look after your own interests better before ap proaching me on this subject again. —[Chicago Record. A GOOD CHARACTER. "Can you give any evidence in re gard to the character of the de ceased?” said the Judge. “Yes, my lord,” replied the wit ness. “He was a man without blame, beloved and respected by all men, pure in all his thoughts and ” “Where did you learn that?” “I copied it from his tombstone, my lord.”—[Philadelphia Life. WHAT WON HER. “Did you hear about Gladys?” said Maud. “No,” replied Mamie. “She has refused old Mr. Pinch- penny and is engaged to Charley Cashgo.” “How strange! The old gentleman is very rich.” “Yes. But she told me she thought she had better prospects with a hus band who was willing to be generous if he could than with one who could be generous, but wasn’t willing.’ - — [Washington Star. SOCIAL AMBITION. iss Lapham—Now that you are so influential, I want you to help me to get into society. Miss Penstock—You wouldn’t like it. You are a homebody. Why, you would be bored to death. Miss Lapham—I know it, my dear, but I want to have the privilege of being bored.—[Brooklyn Life. ACCORDING TO ANNOUNCEMENT. Customer—Seven dollars for this pair of shoes? Great Scott! The sign In your window says: “Selling Off Regardless of Cost.” Merchant—That’s right. Customer—Regardless of cost! See here! I used to be in the shoe busi ness myself and I know this pair of shoes never cost more than $3 at wholesale. Merchant—That’s all right, my friend. I’m selling’them for $7 re gardless of the fact that they cost 18. See?—[Chicago Tribune. MISTAKEN. Johnny—Pa, did you know ma bc- foie you were married? Pa (with a sigh)—I thought I did, Johnny.—[Boston Transcript. A COURTEOUS REPROOF. He was a geologist, and had come down to Boston from Montana with specimens of rock. One, a crystalli zation consisting of quartz, feldspar and mica, was undergoing an analyti cal examination at the hands of tho cultured young lady. “That is gneiss,” explained the geologist. “Yes, beautiful,” agreed the Bos ton cultured young lady. It was a mild, courteous reproof, but the B. c. y. 1. isn’t anything if she doesn’t put the proper estimate on her qualifying adjectives. A MATTER OF FORM. Dentist—I’m afraid it’s too late to save that teeth, miss. It will have to come out. Self-Possessed Young Woman—Is the corresponding tooth on the oppo site side a sound one? “Perfectly.” “No' probability that It will get to aching?” “None whatever.” “And this one that’s aching—is it likely to keep my jaw swelled up as it does now?” "It U.” "Then take it ont, doctor. It de stroys the symmetry of my face.— [Chicago Record.