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‘ *But 1 aim called to the southland fair, , Nenegth a milder sky. I fee‘ the chill of the snow filled air Ang bid you ail goodby." «â€"J. B. M. Wright in Good Housekeeping. The talk bad turned on the supernatâ€" ural. gud ncarly every oue of our co terie in the Bobemian club, in whose rooms we were, had related some perâ€" sounal ghostly experience or bad drawn on imemory for tales of spirits in other Jlands. When Jepkins turned to me with a request that 1 add wy mite to the evening‘s entestainment, 1 protestâ€" ed that 1 thought 1 should be let offâ€" that 1 bad doue wy share in playing the piano for them all eveningâ€"but they would not lhave it so. "We bave geen the artist all evenlug," said Jen; "let us have a fook at the Van we used to know." 1 still begged to be esxcused, but the crowd, a wmerry one at best, would not have it so. "The story or no more champagne!" "Well, gentlemen," 1 said, "I do not know of anything ghostly and caunot tell a story with elauking chains and gliding shrouds, but if you insist upon being amused 1 will tell you of the only queer thing that ever happened to me. 1 will offer you no esplanation. | do not profess to understand it. 1 can ouly tell you just what happeped and let you judge for yourselves." "I was studying bard," 1 continued. "in the winter of 187â€", boping to pro gress far enough before June in my mu sleal studies to be nble to take a few pupils in the summer, in order to earn enough to continue at the conservatory in the fall. 1 was a poor man then Five cents then often meant a dinner for me. A dollar was untold wealth 1 walked eften three and four miles to save car fare. and 1 have known what it means to go speaking up a side rtreet in order not to meet a friend lest be hurt my pride by asking ime let him be my bsnker. 1 have gone ragged and bungry, bave been cold and without shoes, that 1 might pay the rent of the piano 1 loved and in some way struggle on toward my gonl, that of a musician who shoulkd win not only money, but fame. Rather a large amâ€" pition for a poor man of 24, with no prospocts but work and debts, no hope for anything but in the distant future, mnd nothing to warraut that but an inborn conviction that there was music in him and the kindness of some of bis teachers. Niy parents, most of my friends, all told me repeatedly I was a fool. 1 had had good chances to go futo business, corl:} have been a young man of some social prominence and have bad all the luxuries that I lack: ed at that time, but 1 preferred music ucd starvation. 1 tell you all this that you may realize what Jt meant to me when a Mr. Elliott offered & prize of $2,000 to the pupil of the Bâ€"â€" conâ€" sorvatory who should in three months‘ time compose and play the most mertâ€" torious composition. 1 thought that if 1 could win that prize my troubles would be over indeed. There was enough to keep me two years at least from want and pay for my musical eourse into the bargain. "It was a cold March night. had been ont to see my friemd Jim (here old Jim modded his bead and guiped down a gla i# of champange), and he had been trying to cheer me up, but with i1 sueâ€" cess. I had reached my home about half past 11, and gone up to my room and dropped wenrily into a chair, withâ€" out even troubling to light the lamp. But I was restless, and 1 soon rose and went to the window, throwing it wide open. It was clear, the moon was nearâ€" ly full and aimost directly overhead. As I gazed out into the cold, clear air, 1 beard a clock strike 12, and then anâ€" "I soon saw‘the fist of entries for the competition, and, while finding many names that i had not expected to conâ€" tend with, I was not utterly disheartâ€" ened until 1 saw the names of two of the most promisinz of the senlor class. It bad never oceurred to me that I should have to compete with scholars out of my own class. I was disgusted, and had it not been for the comfort of oue friend. the ouly friend who was never too tired to give me a word of encouragement, the little girl whoin I knew believed in meâ€"had it not been for ber 1 must necessarily bave beâ€" come so discouraged ns to give it all up and go loto business after all. ~~»I bad three months to work in, three months to compose, learn and play a eomposition which shouid be judged the best out of 4) entries, quite a task pt the deast. 1 went to work. but whether it was owing to the bunger that often kept me lying sleepless in «drunkenness of a switehman, marder e by the carcleasness of a railroad company who will employ such a man. Yos, just a common railroad accident, but it killed Elsa, and any hope I had of winning that prize went like a fash. 1 bad no room in my heart for anyâ€" thing but grief. ji° bed 1 do not know, but all my efâ€" farts appenred to be tame, poor, what w e call coloriess. â€" _ " ;“,_;’,', at this time, when I used my last «hred of patience, that Elsa, my little friend, was kllledfâ€"kuled by _the "I had not withdrawn my entry for the competition; 1 bad simply intended rot to appear. in the light of fature events, it was a fortunate thing that 1 did not; perhaps It was all a part of the strange experience that 1 am about to tell you. ln‘u-.wuluiflt-l. 9x But I will sing as ys gone When spring‘s first flowers appear "I leave my old nest where it hangs Up here in the tree top high. 4:»J|k:ohtll.vnlelubthbu bou, When the winds go burrying by, Hia lt yat proaing shale And sang a simple mel.dy, As wild birds often will: *You will miss my seng when the winâ€" "Yes," replied the honest hotel clerk; "we alwafs charge ‘em double rates." â€"Ohio State Journal. â€" I‘lg Done Bracelets. The natives of the New Hebrides islands, in the Pacific ocenn, raise pigs for bracelets. The upper canine teeth of the pigs are removed, and that gives the lower tusks a chance to grow as much ns they wish. The lower teoth grow, and Anding no resistance, atinin a good longth. The teeth grow in a spirnl, and the tip often Hes beside the root of the tooth. Very rarely the point grows Into the root of the tooth and imakes a complete circle. A, comâ€" plete pig tooth bracelet is a very‘ valuaâ€" "Do you make special terms to bridal parties?" asked the innocent looking bridegroom. â€" bie jewel, which is worn around the wrist or attached to a string around the throat. "I turned savagely toward the piano. 1 knew there was but that one pilano in bearing distance, and 1 knew 1 was aloue in the room. 1 knew if that pi auo was the origin of the sound 1 had just beard that it was produced by some other than ordinary means. 1 lighted the lamp. ‘There stood the pi ano,. lid open, just as I bad left itâ€"st lent as 1 had left itâ€"with the excep tion that there was the overtone of a pedal beld bass note still vibrating softly in the air. 1 looked, tavolunâ€" tarily, at the pedal. Gentlemen, that pedal was beld down! 1t is monstrous, it is incredible, but it is a factâ€"that pedal was held downâ€"and even as I looked it was released and came slowâ€" y back to its uatural position, as if the foot of the luvisible performer was taken caressingly from it. ‘‘The music continued for some ten minutes, the piano bebaving in all re spects as if belog played by a human being. The keys were struck with every note, the pedals worked as if pressed by a foot of flesh, and then with that rapld trill that eads on A ilat the music broke off as abruptly aa it bad begunâ€"and I seemed to bearâ€" mind, I say 1 seemed, to hearâ€"a low, sweet laughâ€"Elisa‘s laugh. But i am quite willing to telleve that this might have been all imagination. How do l kno Â¥ the whole thing was not imagtâ€" nation? Well, in the frst place, 1 know it from my consciousness of what is real and what is a dreain. 1 know it from the music, so strangely played for me and which 1 have uever forgotten, although I bave never been able to play it with the power it had when first I beard it, but lest you say that 1 bave only mental, personal proofs, 1 will tell you this: 1 bad just bad my piano put in perfect order, uewly tuned, yet that A flat, on which there is a long trill gt the end of the composition, that A flat was a fuil m‘nor third out of tune, bad dropped that amount in an eveniogâ€"and yet the three strings of that middle regisâ€" ter A flat were in perfect tune to gether. ‘‘That, gentlemen, is all there is to my experience. [t was my first and my last. Perhaps J should say that J told the story to the judges before playâ€" ing the compesition in competition for the Elliott prize, but they evidently reâ€" garded me as a barmless Junatic. Anyâ€" wiy. they let me play it as my own, and it wou the much needed $2,000, enâ€" abling me to complete my course and win what enceess has come to me. 1 nare, as i toid you, no explanation to offer. It is as mysterlous to me as it must be to you. 1 have nsked often for help to solve the riddle, but 1 have never come nenrer the truth than at first. 1 shall be very glad of any light any of you gentlem»n can throw on the subject."â€"Washingtou Post. That‘s no novelty. ‘There‘s a monk ey In the fat adjoining ours that keeps me anwake every night by playing the Addle."â€"Chicago News, a moment, the moon was not so bright as it was. it was as if some one bad turued down the light of the Lady of Night 1 laughed drearily to myself, thinking it was a trick of my cyes, and 1 do not know that it was not 1 am merely telling this as it bappened. Not a Kovelty. "One of the Intest novelties in Paris is a monkey that plays the violip." how fanciful a man will get at times~| _ A" went out on alittle nfl,l(wjea.ummbm‘ltdhtfl” shape of Eisa‘s head, and then, as it | 9v100k in the morning, and was barely "I took a step toward the instrument. As I did so I not orly heard that chord again, but saw it struck! 1 repeat, 1 saw the keys go softly down and beard the sound, soft, low, but clear as a bell. 1 stopped, petrified. 1 turned, walked an uncertain step toward the door, turned again, and then dropped weakly Into a chair. ‘Well,‘ I thought, ‘I am eltber dreaming or 1 have gone crazy or l am seeing a miracle! 1 must brace up and do something.‘ But even as 1 moved to ‘do something‘ there stole through the air the prettiest strain of music, the softest, sweetest, merriest strain [ ever beard. I listenâ€" ed, spellbound. 1 hbad never heard anything like It before, nor bave 1 ever since. You bave all beard that composition that has made me whatâ€" ever 1 amâ€"it is called my best compo sitionâ€"but I am a failure as a comâ€" poser, because 1 have never since been able to do anything so good. "Well, as 1 say, 1 was about to close the window and retire, when 1 was suddeuly assailed with the conviction that the foom was not as 1 had left it Bomething was diferent; 1 could not say what, but 1 had a distinct idea that there was a difference. Puzzied. 1 started to light the lawp, when most piaialy heard the sound of a low minor chordâ€"a chord struck with a slight roll from treble to bassâ€"a chord that was the beginning and the ending as well of a little song, a poor little thing at best, but one that 1 had comâ€" posed and given to Elsa, and one that ouly she and 1 bad ever beard. To say that 1 was startled would be to put it very mildly. 1 was thunderâ€" struck and not a little frightened, not of bodily harm, but frightened as we usually are of things we cannot underâ€" stand. A Diamond Tragedy. Mra Joyâ€"â€"Ob, John, rom . for Special Terms. to me as if, Tor You know *« Prof at timesâ€"| _ AD Irishman went out on alittle| speakiz | had the {4D100. Je didn‘sget home till three| weienti to protect the cartier pigeons from the attacks of birds of prey. Tiny bamboo tubes are fastened under their wings, u‘::)h‘e o that she ufi; the statement, t vuld, which settled on her lungs; she was treated for a month by her family :ylh:hn, but grew woree. He told she was a bopeless vietim of Conâ€" sumption anmd thatno medicine could vure her. Her druggist suggested 1 r. Khfimmhc«nn-pthl; she a bottle and to her delight found herself benefitted from first dose, she continued ts use and after uk’na six bottles, found herself sound ai No prince or pobleman dared to wrestle with his sovereign. But all at once a youung «irngoon stepped out from the rauks of . the soldiers on guard, _ "Listen, Orthodox czar," he said. "L will wrestleâ€" with thee!" "Well, young dragoon," said Peter, "I will wrestle with thee, but on these conditions: If thouâ€"throwest me, 1 will pardon thee; but, if thou art thrown. thou shalt be beheaded. _ Wilt thou wrestle on those conditions?" _. ‘The curious names given to tracts of land by the owners in olden times are illustrated (n n conveyance encounter wl by a clers in the record office re cently while engaged in reorganizing the indexes. The deed in question is recorded in l.iber W. G., No. 00, folio 87. It was executed in 17900 and conâ€" vreyed from Joshua Stevenson to Richâ€" ard Gettings five tracts of land in Bal timore county, the consideration being £200. ‘The name of each tract and its dimensfons are as follows: My Sweet Girl, My Friend and Pitcher, 62 acres; Here Is Life Without Care and Love Without Fear, 41% mcres; The Unex: pected Discovery, 202 neres; Hug Me Snug, 15 acres, and Stevenson‘s Cow Pasture, With Little 1 am Content, 22 in the house before a nurse rushed up b&n:.\ltndh that he :n'- the father of triplets. ‘The Jrishman looked up at the clock, which marked three, then at the three in the nurse‘s arms, and said: "Oi‘m not superstitâ€" lous, but thank hivens that Oi didn‘t vome at twelve!" The workumic. who go in advance of the Czar whenever he travels form a «quad of six machanics. Two are locksmiths, two carpenters, and two nasons. _ All are married men, born in the Czar‘s service, and absolutely levoted to the Sovereign. Their busiâ€" ness is to examine the walls, flooring, chimmeys, locks and furniture of the wpartments which the Czar is to ocâ€" cupy. ‘The chimneys, in particular, engage their attention, for every flue leading to a room in which the Czar is to sleep or cat has to be grated and barred at top or bottom. His Encounter With the Czar and His Ignoble Reward. One of the stories of Peter the Great which are current at the court of BL Petersburg is of the great czar‘s wresâ€" tling match with a young dragoon. Ouce in the imperial palaceâ€"so the story goesâ€"Peter was at table with a great many princes and noblemen, and soldiers were posted. within the ball. The czar was in a joyous mood, aud, rising, called out to the company: "Listen, princes and boyars! Is there among you one who will wrestle with the czar?" There was no reply, and the czar repeated the challeuge. well; now does her own hougework‘ ind is as well as she ever wa‘. Free trial bottles ofthis Great Discovery at 1. Snyder‘s, Drug Store. â€" Only 50cents ind $1.00. Every bottle guarantcod. "I will, great.czar," said the soldier. They closed, and presently the soidicr with his left arm threw the czar and with his right be prevented him from falling to the ground. The sovereign was clearly beaten. The cznr offered the soldiér whatever reward he should claim, and be ignobly claimed} the privilege of drinking free, as long as he lived, in all the inns belonging to the crown. What became of him his tory does not say. " ‘We hev,‘ anawered the foreman, as he slifted the gun be carried on his hip. ‘We find the defendant not guilty an recommend the defendant‘s lawyer, owin to his youth an innocence, to the n.ercy of the court‘ 1t Was Not Considered Proper to Deâ€" fend a Horse Thiet. ‘‘When I graduated from the law school," said the old lawyer, with a reminiscent smile, "I took Horace Gree ley‘s advice and went west I located in a little town that then was on the frontier and waited with the couf dence of youth for clients. "Before 1 had fairly opened my office 1 was retained to defend a man for stealing a borse. This elated me very much, for I was not aware at the time that the case had been refused by all the other lawyers in town, as defendâ€" Ing a horse thief was not a thing to be desired if a man valued his life. "The case came to trial before an old judge and a jury composed of bewhiskâ€" ered ranchers. There was no doubt that the man was guilty, but be had a number of friends who were willing to swear to anything, and 1 thought it was my duty to make the best possible use of them. They were all willing to swear that the defendant was 40 miles away from the spot when the borse was stolen, and the prosecution was unable to break down their testimony. 1 saw that I was going to free my client, so it was with a satisfied air that I saw the jury leaving the room to prepare their verdict. ‘They were back in five minutes, and the old judge asked them If they bad succeeded in artiving at a yeriic* While I was gasping for breath the judze fined me $500 and suspended sentence long enough for me to get out of town. It wasn‘t law, but 1 didn‘t stop to argue the matter."â€"Chicago Inâ€" ter Occan. + Norkmen Who Watch Over the Czar. FINED FOR WINNING A CASE An odd contrivance is ased in China Odd Names of Maryland Farms. A GREAT WRESTLER. R.markabile Resous. ‘‘Hello!" cried the sardine. ‘‘Wbat‘a the matter ?" Bo the skunk told him. *J can gness how you feel about it,‘ said the sardine sympathetically. "l belong to the smelt family myeelf. But. say, old fellow, you come right back and go in with meâ€"I‘ve got a box." The spoonbill is probably the Jargest fish that swims the Obio river. He is anywhere from a foot long to six feet, but also balf of bim is bill. The bill is spoon sha but is a single one. The lower lip r"' short, the bill being used much like a spade ‘The spoonbill bas no scales, but is covered with a tough hide. Aitogetber be is an u"y ob ject and far from a delicacy if"Appearâ€" ance. He is also called by some ‘‘shovel from the gulf of Mexico every a to «pawn li“:_m M_":owh But the nnfortunate skunk was left on the outside. He had only a ecent, and that was bad. Natnrally be torned away, feeling pretty biue. As bhe was slowly going back over the hill he met a hoop anake rolling along at a lively rate toward the show. The skunk greetâ€" ed him. bnt the anake did not stop. ‘‘Don‘t interrupt me,"* he cried over bis shoulder. ‘*‘I‘ve got to do a turn, and I‘m a little late," and he rolled along. A Quéer Ohio River Fiah, Not marny persons know what a spoonbill is, but all those who do know that every spring this fish is the eepe._ clal prey of Shippingport fishermen, who catch them in great numbera beâ€" low the falls Bvery '13 spoonbills in schools visit the falls of the Ohio. It iea tradiâ€" tion that they come up all the And the skunk and the sardine went back togetber. szoology in a had better be How the Animals Managed to Get Admitted to the Show. It appears that one idle day the frog. the duck, the lamb and the skunk started forth togetber to visit the show. Just what sort of shaw it was the chronicler doesn‘t state. Anyway. it was someâ€" thing that the queerly assorted quartet was anxious to attend, and they hopped and waddled and gamboled and trotted toward the big canvas inclosure with delightful throbs of anticipation. _ The duck had a bill and followed the frog. At the top of the hill the skunk noâ€" ticed another old friend approaching. It was the scrdine. The Scotchman. without answering, seized the nobleman, pitched him over the hedge and then set about working again. When Lord D. got up. *"*Well," said the farmer, ‘"bave you anything to say to me?" Finally they reached the doortender. the frog leading the line. Well, the frog had a greenback and passed right in. trightful disease trichinosis in buman consumers. LJ w to ment. -fl: is m-fi little eysts. _ It is then kpown to the trade as "measly pork.** ‘The learned scientist wishing some for d-fi went to> the butcher and asked if he ever got any measly pork. *‘*Bometimes,"* said the butcher can tionsly, **but 1 always throw it away.‘ *"Weil, *‘ said the professor, "the next time you have any I wish you‘d send me up some,"* meaning. of course, to his laboratory. The butcher stared at bim,. but said be would. Three weeks passed, when the professor, growing impatient, again One of her classee in a certain misâ€" sion is composed of little street children to the number of 20 or more whose ages range from 8 to 6. Moet of the scholars are boys, though now and then one notices the pinched face of a little daughter of poverty in the ranks. The other day the lesson was on the peculiarities of English Words that are pronounced alike and spelled differâ€" ently and words that are pronounced differently but spelled alike were disâ€" cussed at length. She explained the difâ€" ference between lead the metal and lead the verb, and the children grasped the point instantly. ‘Then she took the two words ‘"week‘" and ‘‘weak." She explained the difference in the meaning and use to the tots, and then called up a little feflow, aged 5, to use the word *‘*weak‘" ig a pbrase. ‘The little fellow thought a moment, then answered, "A weak old woman.*" ‘The teacher nodded ber approval, and smiled into the eyes upturned to hers. A Scotch farmer, celebrated in his meighborhood for his immense strength and skill. in athletic exercises, very freâ€" quently ‘had the pleasure of contending with people who cume to try thelr strength against him. Lord D., a great pugilistic amatenr, went from Londor on purpose to fight the athletic Scot The latter was working in an inclosure at a little distance from his house when the poble lord arrived. His lordship tied his borse to a tree and addressed the farmer. *‘Friend, I bave heard marvelâ€" ous reports of your skill and bave come a long way to see which of us two is the better wreatier." sent up two pounds a week ago." A sickly grin broke over the proâ€" fessor‘s face. *‘Where ‘did you send it ?"* said he. *"Why. to your bouse, of course,"‘ said the butcher.â€"Kaneas City Times. *‘No."" replied his lordship, ‘"but perâ€" bape you‘d be good enough to throw me my horse ‘‘=Public Opinion The lamb had four quarters and fol lewed the frog and the duck. ; A promiuent Detroit woman with a great‘interest in juvenile mission work has thris exceilent anecdote to tell: Jerry thought a minute, and then, he, too, replied, ‘"*A week old baby.‘‘â€"â€" Detroit Free Press. _*"Now, Jerry Ryan," she said, turnâ€" ing to another little boy, ‘"you take the word *week‘ and use it in a phrase." ‘‘Haven‘t you found any measly pork *‘Why. yes." said the butcher 1 THEY. ALL GOT IN. Serry‘s Version of It. His Final Request. tw pork, the cause of the way Story of a Slave. To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George D. Williams, of Manchester, Mich. tells how such a slave was made free. > He says: "My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could no turn, over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters‘ she wonderfully imâ€" proved and able to do her own work." This supreme remedy for female disâ€" cases quickly cures nervousness, sleepâ€". lessness, melancholy, headache, backâ€" ache, fainting and dizzy | spells. This miracle working medicine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every _ bottle guarantoed. _ Only 50 cents. _ Sold by 8. Snyder, Druggist. San Francisco, Cal., July 10.â€"Jim Jeffries, champion of the world, is no longer a guest at the Palace hotel. His coming was something in the nature of a surprise to the hotel manâ€" agement, and the sports who thronged into the fashionable hostelry were not of the class that usually makes itself at home in such places. â€" It isnow told that the management, after the first levee in Jeffrics‘ rooms, determined to ‘freeze the champion out." It was so cold around the hotel that James‘ floral offerings almost froze and he took a chill whenever he went to bed. Jeflâ€" ries could not stand such a frigid temâ€" perature long and moved. He left for Los Angeles toâ€"night. We seo a little trickle of water start from a snowbank and swell, fed by dashing streams, great and small. Some of these fail from heights a mile above us, tinkling and sparkling and hiding hbere and there, but finally reaching the valley. Pink crocuses star the fields, and barberry bushes, on fire with berries, line the wayside. The scenery grows richor; there are more cultivated fields; houses begin to apâ€" pear on every ledge; now and then a fine tower of some mediaeval castle rose above the trees; then the silvery gray olive, the fantastic vinesards; the swarms of black eyed, dirty chilâ€" dren begging; all tell of Italy. Under a burning sun and covered with dust we reach Aosta, tired and bungry, but rich in elevated thoughts, aspirations and pleasant memories of outr varied and interesting experiences."â€"National Magazine. £ Poetry, Painting and Furniture. Hossetti Insisted on everybody paintâ€" Ing. Books, he said, were "no use to a painter except to prop up models upon In difficult positions, and then they might be very useful." "If any man has any poetry in him," was another enying of Rossetti‘s, "he should paint, for it has all been said and written, and they have scarcely begun to pairt it," a saying, by the way, which may be found also in the third yolume of "Modern Painters." Morris obeyed the master and took to painting. Even when Morris took to making furniture that craft was at Arst regarded under Rossetti‘s influence as merely a means of providing spaces for pictorial decoâ€" ration. Morris built some enormous ohairs, "such as Barbarossa might Beantics of St. Bernard Pass, The writer, in describing the perilons journey over the St. Reruard pass, in part says: u9M may e Hhit t grow erery vees u.hmvdh'hn.dhl- its of the precious metal are to be found annually. OQue such district is in the Edmonton country, in the Canadian northwest, where, after the apring fooda, from the same banks and "beuches" of the Sasâ€" katchewan river there are taken every year considerable quautities of gold by a few diggers, who make their living out of the business. Rut the most conspicuous and interâ€" esting case of this sort is to be seen near ichang, in the province of Hupeh, in China. For many centuries past each year gold has been washed from the banks of coarse gravel on both sides of the river Han, and in the midet of the aurtferous district there is an ancient town called Liâ€"kiuâ€"tien, which means "gold diggers‘ inn." Its inhabitants subdivide the gold bearing ground among themselves annpually, staking out their elaims with partiâ€" tions. They pay no royaity and apâ€" pear to earn no more than a bare subâ€" sistence. But this may be doubted, as John Chinaman is an adept at "layin low and sayin nufin." , The aunual river floods bring down millions of tons of mud and sand from the mountains, and this mud and sand, which is charged with gold, both "fine" and in fiakes, is deposited to a depth of six tuches or more on the banks of gravel. It is in the winter that the gold is washed, and it is said that seyâ€" en men work about 20 tons of "pay dirt" in a day. Now join the two V‘s made by the thumbe, inverting one, and we have X, or 10. Then use the X with the last litâ€" tle finger before it and it will give IX. The combinations following X are obâ€" vious. ‘The forefinger of the left hand, with the thumb at right angles, make a perfect L; the little finger of the left hand curved toward the thumb makes C, the initial of centum (100), and so on with the hundreds. Now join the two thumbs with the forefingers, or two V‘s inverted, and you hare the hieroglyphics complete â€"Philadelphia Origin of the Roman Numeral Methâ€" od of Counting. Hold your hands up before you, palms outward, thumbs at an acute angle. Beâ€" gin on the left. Little finger I; little finger and ring finger II; little finger, ring finger and middle finger III; all the fingers of the left band IIII; and the hand and thumb at an acute angle form V. In place of the IIII you may use the fourth finger from the left, still bolding the thumb at an acute angle, and you bhave IV. Now pass to the right hand. Holding the thumb and the hand at the same angle as before we have VI; by using the index and the middle finger we get V1I, while the thumb and the three large fingers make VIIL FIGURES WITH FINGERS. Jeffries has to Move. fi‘d Decorator, House and Sign nter, .Such as Oil Painting, l"n‘per Hangin Kaisomining, Tinting, ctc., nmw n:ecnlcx Church Decorating a specialty. aterloo. _ We have a ' fine assortment and are selling cheap for cash. § @) The undersigned offer to sell their llver{ atock consisting of horses, carriages, sloig! nhew.. at a reasonable figure. Terms can be had by applying to KUMPF & ZIMMERâ€" MANN, Waterloo ) = _ _ _ _ ; lasmer of Marriage Licenses. Offlceâ€"At his _ ug Store, Waterioo. /n easy shave, a stylish halr cut, & zood sea foam, an exhilirating shampoon. ies‘ and childron‘s hair cut. ‘V A. KUMPF, YETEIINARY SUKGEON, _ Livery, Sale and Exchange Stables. Firstâ€"class riga and good reliable hor«es. Two and three seated carriages always in readiness. All calls yrvm"rb ly attended to und charges moderate. Office and Livery in rear of the Zimmermann House. Entranceon King Street, next to Fischer‘s butcher hop, J OHN L. WIDEMAN Issuer of Marriage Licenses. Ufficeâ€"Post Office, St. Jacobs, Ont. Sanderson‘s Bakery OEHLMAN‘_ BARBER SHOP P Ogmalkcstbe Market SquareWaterloo An easy shave, a stylish hair cut, a good sea LIV-IRY AND EXCHANGE S'I'ABeES George Suggitt, roprietor. All kinds of conveyances constantly on hand. Charges moderatc, stables in rear of Commercial Hotel. pntes e meden rhuongnr ie onb 4 2 Medallist of ‘Toronto University, Licentiate of the College of tl::-z-ieluu. Bur: geons and Accoucheurs of Ontario. Diseases of eye and ear treated. Offlceâ€"New residence, Albert Street, Waterloo, a short distance north of the late Dr. Walden‘s residence. Telephone communication. Y C, W. WELLS, D. D. S., Dentists Waterloo. Will visit Elmira, Dunke‘s Block, the second Thursday and Friday and fourth Thursday and Friday of cach month (Thureday 1 p.m. to Friday 1 p. m. ODONTUNDEKR for painless extraction of teeth. The office will be closed every Friday afternoon from May 1st to November Ist. 2ad on S e io. Sonny Oroan At _ Coronor County W terion. Officeâ€"At 'h',h residence on l‘:b.h{ \:naho ‘I‘el:y.hon communication. gm Dentist, L.D.8., Royal College of tal Surgeons, D.D.8. Toronto Unl\'enlt{. All branches of dentistry practised. Office in Janzen‘s Block, Berlin, over Smpth â€" Bros.‘ Store. Entrance between Fehrenbach‘s Saddâ€" lery and Stucbing‘s grocery. w R. WILKINSON & Dentist, L. D. S. Toronto, Ԥ%. D. D. S. Phllad‘e.lrhh. L 3«: ty â€"Preservation of natural teeth, inâ€" cluding mounting artificial crowns on sound root and the insertion of gold bridges towurply the place of missing tceth without a plate. Officeâ€"Canadian Block, Berlin. _ Phone 61 DR. McLKEAN, Homeo; 105 King Street G ‘nr WELLS, L. D. 8. _Â¥Y _ _ C.w. wE Pl{. W. L. HlLlal‘AJ’!D. TPh Licentiate Collego sicians rgeons and “““”é‘:,," os(" o'nhnz. Rez dence and office on treet. â€" Opposi Woolen Mill«. Phone nu‘ AJ_,__L R. C. P., Ireland ; M. D., C. M, Trinâ€" lti Um'ardty;lbc.l:. g.do. u%euu.ul of Council, Grea tain. pecialtyâ€" Diseases of Women and Surgery. Calls day or night F _ _____ Dentist. Office in the Oddfellow‘s Block, Waterloo. Upstairs K F‘ G. HCGHES, D. D. 8. n Dentist. Off WI.BIA DE 1 . B ALL, ERB 81., Waterloo, (HARLES N. I}!{OUK Fl;;d Signr, ) louse a i ai per Hanger, _ Watcrioc, 0:{.‘ nter and IMON SNYDER MIL F. BRAUN IVERY FOR SALE A. HILLIARD H. WEBB, M. D. R. C. T. NOECKER, RS. D. 8. & G. H. BOWLBY R. EVANS, ILLAR & S1v8. bn r.é.!“f&g'_ Harvey J. Sime, _ ,Pbysicians, Surgeons, etc. Dr. D tby Coryaer for" the Coonty® ur. t LBY & â€" nysicians, Surgeons, etc. Dr. D. 8. ?"":‘Qi”“ th:‘g:-nty. 1': ul H. reats diseases roat and lice and Residence~John gl. Berli n. dfonevathle Pbysician, . MISCELLANEOUS Money to loan, Officeâ€"Devitt‘s MEDICAL LIVERIES DENTAL answered. Office Waterloo, Solicitor, N , ote. ,i“lll. W oney to loun at lowest DS. â€"â€"|How and Where Borrowers Given a Definite Contract, Principal and interest fully paid up by monthly pay ments : : gr w!'_m.mo’-l(hly mtym't‘p‘gr Qm‘)_of loan .?.0: 10" «w « «+ w « « l:“ Mortgngor released at any time after two years. For particulars sce Gct one of my splendid new scts of Harness now, | It will improve the appearance of your outtit one hundred per cent, Easy Terms! Easy Payment D. Broxazrrorai, gom in the Count{,. You can save rom $5 to $10 by nyi:g from _ me, style and quality considered. I am also agent for the Deerin? Binders, Mowers and Hay Rakes, which are the highest grade machines in the world. WATERLOO, * HONEST HARNESS AT Land Roliers, in fact a full line of farm implements. Horse shoeing as usual. Am known by the leading bhorsemen as a practical horseshoer. J. K. Shinn & Co WATERLOO Granite and Marb‘o Works To Close All Placesof Business at 7 p. m. We learn has been passed by the Council. Welive in rooms in rear of store. In order to get fresh air our FRONT Door has to be kept open. When you are going by if you happen to think oF something you need in our line just come right in. Of course we won‘t sell you anything. We would make ourâ€" selves liable to a fine, you know, but it would be a pleasure to show you our goods. So come right in friends, our latch string is always out, Yours, The Traders® Bank I have the largest and finest stock of Buggies, L(}ar‘r‘iago? and Lumber Wagâ€" highest grade machines in the world. “fillkinson and Fluery Ploughs, Steel Iand Rnllions in fant s InllHina a68.._ King St., Kast of Scott, J ues hittte atoos o udEiar io ce mfiz-m.fiu we shall be wwu““.: noun-.: =!l¢ll-.l’ dalodvatduc‘l granite First class work guaranteed. WATERLOO, Notes discounted at lowest current rates. Drafts bought and sold. Farmers‘ Sale Notes collected. Advances made to responsible farmers on their owu names at lowest current rates of discount. Collections promptly attended to. Highest current rate of interest paid on Sayâ€" ings Bank Dcmlu and deposit receipts and compounded halfâ€"yearly, Blank note forms supplied free of c A general banking business trai Early Closing Byâ€"law Erb Street, opposite Market, WATERLOO. ELMIRA BRANCH. SHAEFER BROS. JOHN STREBEL BUCKBERROUGH & CO., Fire, Life and Accident Ins. Agents Waterloo, â€" Ont. Sgecial prices for quantity. Strebel‘s HARNESS SHOP Repairing at moderate rates. Berlin Carriage Norman T Aâ€" Câ€" THOMAN, Implement Works. To Borrow Money ve l olye‘s.. ts <p ar * va store in the n.-.pu.' County OF CANADA. G. A. Brock â€"ANDâ€" ««Alâ€" THE HONEST PRICES, B. E. Brouret BERLIN ONT.