-A-tlvcititsin JiatCH. The larre and reliable ctrralattoe oi the Cam aria FaasMAN commend, it to the favorable ei a deration of ad vertuor. wt,o la Ton win boia erted at the lolloa tn low ratoa : 1 Inch, 8 time. tl.r.O 1 ' rnonthi... 1 fl month... .............. ......... f v) 1 " 1 year .oo a " 6 montha ............................. goo a ' 1 year Icon S muciba g.oo 8 I year.--........... 17. on col'n e month! le.Oj month! io. o 1 year 85.0o " moLtuS-.. ................. ......... 4i.oo 1 yoar ........ ..... ,.... .... Ttoo nn'cer Item!, flnt Insertion loo. per lino ; oaoa ubsoqaect meertion be. per line. Admioinretor-i and Kxecetor'i He Jsct..... s.10 Auditor'! Notice ILOO Stray and flml Lax Notices too IV RrtolUiotu or prereecHne of any corporatism or aortcfv, ef roouaunwMm designed le ca U uttem tio 10 np wustter of limit eat or twdae-sattte J latere musi ac mm of a eeerftaemenr. Job raianao of all kinda neatly and expeK oosly executed at lowest price. Jjoo'iyoo forgo it. I F'aMUhed .Weekly at. cambria conrrr. Bt JiMtS . BASSOS. Hi"" ....... nth. I ts 1., ti n..t I aid '" Dv" mtb(. too 1 . .. !,... wiihin the year.. J ..,,.- outude or he eouoty ;eron 'l l'n wll . charged to 4 additional l'er J""" 11 U' r mw-w ''"J 7h.1,,wno don i fcuuli tnelr JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Publisher. HB U A TllIMiM WHOM Til TKUTK atAKKS IU1, ill AAI. ill L1TM BUS ID at' 81. BO and postage per year in advance. parted , ...nn m adance mutt net Jn iw" "y " tb amefoolina-aatboeowhe pact t I" di.unctly understood from H,,, um . nai.er before yon toi it. it itop I -wU but cliH do otnerwue. iloD " VOLUME XXIII. EBENSBURG. PA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER J. 1SS9. NUMBER 39. HFKCTJL ANNOUNCEMENT. Jos. Home k Co. PKN'X AVE. STORES. , Jmtorfrttion of Xew (,.. in Silk. rWicfs rius7.es, ii ml i ' Cottiln. M-.r co v. ciiii travi-l all vtr this country and nt ini'l an aortniftit t,1Rt w,n ",P9 0l;-, i'iv:.ii. ty and totality and reasonable I'ttrly !ni i iw' ihvst disappointed ; nnes ari. v. i y of tn"-1 1r fitirlei we wtll cot r v " .ii st'''k Hi'M tliU st ason ; bj delay i, : .! f.f s uckles you may inls a tat- . .:,r i f;!y in the season are always ,,- i;irL"-, i- tu like to;iurchae from i , . n. -tuck. v ;t. K,:cr Is tlw best month to tuv dresa t . i . a: .! !.''-' 1 fie bfst plaeo. v - r: t rd orders for goods filled t f rnt Uy tn-y ar ly"d. & CO., MIMttl lVun Ave , LH LTSBUltG. PA. The Teacher W 1 . a.Hw.I In r to "itr. nutlwu .U n l.y tli i'f Aw v'.s S.ii'- h. i.:ii lit . i i i . . i.it. 1 1 1 . truth th..t l--.h!y h. l. r.:llT...l to Itl.uT.il . r. 1". r ji. r.'n.s i.f ih I i it Bint Y.-t.lo i i .iii ...i. 1.. : !n r v 1 1 ri n . r nKI, this i. 1. ;.i rrin.n 1 iMv I i Ii . i.il. Ilo - .i t Ajrrs .tr.iarillA. "I .i . .ft i : in. I lull I tuho a num- i : : 1 ''I V I ..u .iMl lila, iklnl . . : .. I.. ..-;t : .-.I. - it;... Jauivs Ii. ) - i' .ti, M.'tn-liatii, Mnj, "1 i " tn'.'-n .A l cr's S;tr.npnri!l.i v i : ' i. ; ; t itr h1'111'1 In uiMi." - '! I ! i ,vi I., t'rrrnr, I'.ittnt r;. .'it. " V 1 I '.' r. tw.-l y.-iirs .f Kg'', L.l- ., :. . tin; J . lit year fimu General Debility. r V v . - silir.'. XV' t.,-.-.iTi fo pv' . r s ..;tsiir:in!la. 1 f r li.-;lltll ln.4 Mr. I! u rul 11 . .-'i t S lu.j.: Til, Ma.... i i A " i" i i ii ' I 1. xin niii Ayrr'a i ar. i a- . ..inrdy t.r ilohllity u i n ii . j'a i . -iih.n from nuiliirial v ' .ii ii. . I wus tn : very I i. I r ImiTI. s i't thf Siir h v .t -u.tuil il.'Sfs i .f A f r's ' 1 " ' ' urTo my lirnhh. 1 i n ..: t.. wik. and 1 1 thut I 1 ' '' ! " ii.ui ii ji.r )"ur -3Lri'll-iit :' ' I. A. riukbmu. S.'UtU X .:. M . . " v-. !. uht.T, nixti-1-rt yt rtrs old. Is "" -V' 'r rai'nrill: with gonl ( '" - 1:. . 5S. .1. '. vulnun. I nit. il 1 ': n i t.uri.h, UtirUlmimou.'YV. N . " I "u :T. :.-d fiuui Nervous Prostration, W . 1, 1.... 1, 1 1 l ' ' ....ii i .. .i' i i lit, iin'i inivff ' ' 'i I" ii. tir. d .y thf us.-if Ayer's ' . I mil ti.iw Mt yparii o( .', '.: . . . u , I that luy pr' n nt lii-imli ' ':. i ...I lifo nr.' lii to the ui ft ' - - " 'I'ai li'.n." Lin y ilotttt, ! .Hill. - IT. T'arnswcrtli. a lady 73 ' 11 ' S.. V imlitiH-k, Vt., writes: r.il w U" ttu !T-ri lit; fr.m : ' i i- 'rt:n. I pro. nrml h..ttl.? ' v .-.r-inir.!h. aud lf. t I ' i .i.X vt it my uuui heul'h a Aysr's Sarsaparilla, ritrrAuro by c'- J- C. Ajur & Co., Lowell, Mas. ' .'.' J. . fi. Worth $0 hottle. wi :EAu YET! VALUE LUTTRINCER, niicnarm of U f !(?0! AM) SHEET-IRON WARE -I.V TIX liOOFIXG. "' fi"r !nvitr th attention ot hu IrtendJ i ,n nrr,, to iha fiit that be is Mill i ,..." at th ol.l mini upposlta the ,? u '' 'f,",onr. n.t Ii j.repar.! to ti i .rn r ih-k . nr innnofaotuntiic to or- jr. .; hl. ,,n. ,rum ,h ,m,ne!,t U) . ii. the tr-t uanner and at tba lowst Ir N. ,.n,.,nt,1ry worK ,,ther njnj, or it.tuvnl. r-v r.. i.ooi l.N'O n SI'IICIAI.TY. -J aiify yoiiMf Itk a to my v. li rriuxak.it. A.n: n. isi-ti. I7ii. " :!ti, at nftort notlr tn RELIABLE "ETNA" r- W. DICK, 'M t I'OR THE RFIVun lYfwmrv ''' M KM)) HV!iI?tENa 171)1-. -'1.18-1 AND SAMFLE STREETS j E3CNS3URC. PA. U- CANT, Proprietor. I ' ' 7 11 iWa. to t nit oor r.la.- ''ma j miaf a mw.i .. ... i "' ntr. t ib 1 u Attouxjct-at-law iJ" v- I- . VT.?-- ,,nr ,a "til-Hoc ot T LV"" '-.It 1 nn"r ) ,;treiw.t. A t . v.. , J , JOS HQBBE WE 1)0. NOT PLEDGE Ourselves t- UerjiAfret. bat to"keef)(tll. lead j ri Ri, jtBsiiuTttr:: Pi Er.'jASn WliLL )IATIKE, RlPK.WHlaV KIESt A7II At prlcci that' .maka ,l nthtr Jealcri boftla. Juat tbiak ot it : Ovorkolta k'Co.'a HarrfKye. Bra year old. Fall qunrMilAO. or 1 10. oo per dot a. Still bettrr ! Klnrh' ri,tn" W4ln."tn jear;oJ4. J"all qa trta ii VI! or.fl'i.uo er.doxea. Kxitar "till ! Kanlurk tfBoarbon. ftan" yCart Old. I"U qortn l.'6. or ll 00 x-r d. aen. Abd one of tbe moat aleableJWhlsktea ea oar list la Tbe Pare Elirht Year Ol ilKtp rt u?kcfaelm er Full quarta l v. or 10 trr doaen. There 1 no Wnirky tbut basiever been (old tnat bif irrown In lavor with tbe pobll to rapld I? u our old fcxport. and the tmple reason 11 that It 18 utterly lmp..IMe to dtipllrate It. Thre will ner he any let up In the purity and Bon navor in any particular ot the Pure C ill lore la Vlne we are sow aelllnv at f)tuU per bottle Full qaartn. or te.lu per doien.' In oiakitiic up pourordere pleae eacloee P. O. Aloaey r lor or i)rait. or Kk later year order. JOSEPH FLEMING & SON, VI UOLEi ALtlA.M) KETAtL. DKUGCISTS, PITTSBURG, fA. 414 T14RHKT RT. t er.of tb Dlamoad. Jan. US. 1S8. tTT A SOLID TEEL FEFUCE! m auk or XPANDED METAL ctxrHjjTEci. SCMETHINS HEW. For RrsmiNCt-t. OnuCMr. CrTfwies. Fws Ui)Ne, '. Arkois mOw.airiU, Trcllwee, Hre-proof PI tT.ltlU LATH, 1HIOB ATS Write fk-r i:iuraied Clalutfue: mailed. & CENTRAL EXPANDED METAL CO llll lulrr St., riltbnrth. Pa. OardwaraaeaketBiU Grve) name ct thia pwper Mni xrititT, pirrRi ku. pa. It ihn ir at cllr o Bujineta OlIliM. where all the lir.tii.:tii ot a romplete bOHinsi education are tiu'it by Agtmil llullcrli I'rjftl.-r. The only Birait.cr roiu l'oiitta. of tbe Inter state Kual nr. l'r..iM.' A ..H'ial i'n ol Amrnc-" Iheatu .lenl kmi. t,o a kepiua and 1'ii.nof hf en trjx'i'it In tome.M tr. n."Mrt.on. I'rarll.-al or&co Woran.l iliimirif r .rciAltle. IndivlJual In.'rui'ti. B tr uu a. M. to 4 r. v. and (rota 7 to I') r. M. l l.n Ir-t a.l .ntkKo In Shrhud and Tyi.rwriiin the i ic h et .peed In tbe ibortest tlin. n-l t r I'.ital'Miws all nnl r I ti tudrnl at work wlarra on l.ll tt l.ipoallloa. ! Ion mI. iti Hrtriime. JA..1 r- ' T..V K U V ILLIA.31S A. M . PretiiMt. CEEAM : BALM ISKrjRl ( Iranft. ttc ! ljaaK'a, A I toy a Paaln m I n ft a m nt ail .on, II e a la e Kom Keatarra th Hfnl of Taete uel Smell Try tho Cure. A riartlcle I applied Into eaeb aoftrlla and la aicreable. Price (So renta at Urui;lt j by mall rmnine.1, i cu. LL.Y K S it Warren St.. .New York. ST. CHARLES Charles S Cill, Proprietor. Table unsurpassed. Remodel ed with otlice on ground floor. Natural paa and incandescent light in all rooms. New steam laundry attached to house. Cor. Wood St. & Third Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa. NATURE'S F.Ar &?L"n CURE FOR For Torpid Liver, Bllloa Haaebf, taatlvraeaa. Tarraat'a Effcrrwat CONSTIPATION, Seltar Aperient. It Ii certain In lu eSecU It Is gentle In Its actl. n. It If palateable to the taste. It eaa bo relied upon to pure, and It euros ty uiKlm;, not by outrag ing, natare. IK i.ot take lolent pumatlvet yoor (elvet or allow yonr chil dren to take them, always une this elrrant phar mai'eot;aI preparation, wblch has beea lor more than forty years a public farorlte. Sold t j drugguli Sick OYS PEPS I A. WTTSBURO, Tbe olde't anj heat Inlltntlon for obtaining a Hu'KfM Fdueation. We bavo surcoMlally pro. pired thousand ot youuir mn tor the active da tie of lite. For I'lrculajs ad.lress. P. Il'F SUS.PlttJbar,Fa, ept. 13 . lsw -3m ESSENTIAL OILS, WlXTEItOKKEN, I't rTEIlil 1SNT, TEX KTkOTAL, SPEAHMIKT, So. of prime q iiillty, bought In any quantity far cash on delivery , trpe lrokrne, eomtnisaiea, storage, "dodge & OLCorr, mporters an.l Exporters. S1 William St.. K. Y. Ask. 'ia.'n.-en. z : cy.a-isi wiioeTsi i i o T Solitit QiUn ht s -Lc. . ja . i " H. ...ly a .r. ;. r ' i i - . ., r tiTHd (id...-, n.f . .w . luit i. ii. f tr. u i i, . ' . . ..1 m tl ac ...; r - f. r.,r. .. r.t a.iifir'.a Cu.-.i.i'.ii t .,, . ... .a. n .... a H l. , , . b. n- .-- -ic.A.,-ek T7 POTATOES FOR BREAKFAST. Horeral Ezcedlent Waya of Preparing the Intfiaprauhde) Tubers. For thue who are unable to eat a breakfast without potatoes in soma form, several ways of preparing them are given. For scalloped potatoes, el ice those that are cold boiled, and put in a baking dish a layer of pota toes and teaon with salt and pepper, bin of butter, and dredg-o with floor; add another layer of potatoes, and season them, continuing until the dish Is nearly ailed. Over the top Of the dish scatter powdered cracker or bread crumbs and small pieces of but ter, and moisten with a cup of good milk ot cream and bake ten minutes, litiw potatoes may bo scalloped in the same way, but they require half an hour for baking. Washed potatoes ore scalloped by hcatinsr mashed potatoes that has been seasoned with butter, milk and salt, and beatinj it till liffht. when a beaten ey may bo added. Then put Into a dish alternate layers of tho potato and slices of cold beilod ejrg. seasoning the layers of epgs wl!h stilt and pepper. Cover tho top with cracker crumbs and bits of butter, moisten with a little milk, and bake fifteen minutes. Mashed pota toes baked in scallop shells and glazed with grated cheese and melted butVur are also good. For potato croquettes take warm potatoes mash them, and add the yetks of two eggs, thoroughly beaten. fc!ea.-OTt with a little nutmeg, salt and a dash of cayenno popper, and mold into oblongs, or Cat balls. Itoll them in a beaten egg. then In cracker or bread emmbs, and fry them in lard that is boiling. Fried potatoes may . be prepared in several ways, the sim plest beinr to poel raw potatoes, cut them in slices lengthwise, and aftjr frying them adclicato brown in plenty of hot lard, to drain them." sprinkle with Bait, and serve, at once, as fried potatoes) should be eaten while crisp and itot The famous Saratoga potatoes are not so easily prepared. For them se lect small potatoes, peel them, and slice as thin as wafers, either with one of the little machines ued pur posely for them or with a nharp knife, taking care to hare the slice alrof &but the same thickness. Lay in ice. water hall an hour, and then dry them with a cloth and drop into a ket tle of boiling lard. Fry a delicate bixiwu. drain in tho colander, scatter with salt and serve immediately. A wire basket is a convenience in cook ing them, and they may be drained on brown a-er laid on a plate in the oven. Th.-e potatoes are often serTed for tea as well as break fit--. U When cold tiiey may bo restored by -landing in tho oveii a minute. ---X. Y. I'oit. VENETIAN GONDOLIERS. Ket Quito ae I'tctarceque - 1 'minted by haUmeiilal Touriata. It Is with grief that I remind my untraveled reader that in Venice tho gondola is the cab. Is tho cabman a Ioetic object a person to whom you would indite lyrics or elegies? I trow not. But, on the other hand, the gon dolier, unlike tho London cabman, has his redeeming qualities. He is pict uresque, lie used to bo more so in the days when he wore red silk stock ings an J ft bltto bilk jacket, and when tho boat he ' propelled was as gay a thing as himself. lie is also very amenable to civility. He will quarrel with the portly Briton who speaks no language but English, and after a row tenders in payment a sum of money he deems unworthy of him. though it bo in excels of the tariff. But tho quar rel will be all on his side, and it will soon disserve away into resonant laughter as he invites Lis copper-colored comrades to share the bjKJctucle of the Briton walking off as if he heard cot a word of his plea. The cabman, in such a case, would of course proceed to maledictions, and perhaps go further stilL - Indeed. when all is said, the gondolier is not a bad fellow, though, like tho pigeons, somewhat spoiled by being photographed in his boat by en terprising amateurs a hundred times in the year. But in spring, notwith standing the romance of them, one is not strongly attracted toward gondola or gondolier. When a bora' is blowing upon tho city from the mount ains behind Trieste, and all the lagoon is under a blue-gray hazo. chilly and thick, one is prone to think of fires, not aquatic expeditions. And many a martyred paterfamilias and his wife, who, at their eldest daughter's bidding, have inelegantly wriggled into the boat, and, aided by tbe smil ing, compassionate oarsman, judicious ly dispersed their offspring about tho remaining space thereof, are as eager to leave as they were unwilling to en ter it. If they can be induced to make another such excursion, they take wool for their ears and enough wraps for a regiment reckless Of the daughter's indignant demur about "how it will look." A playful form of compliment which the gondoliers bandy about when they are displeased with each other brings nte to another character istic of Venice. If, In conveying hii party through tho canaletti." the ottrsman clashes with a boat coming in the contrary direction, he will proba bly call his enemy "tho eon of & dog," as w)li as raueh also. KcmemW that tbe evil of bribery oftn begins la the home circle and in the nursery. Do not bribe your chil dren. Teach them to do that which is right, aud not because of the ten cents or the range you will give them. There id a great difference be 'Q rewarding virtue and making the profits thereof tho impellimj mo tive. Snowball Cake and Frosting. Cake: Whites of three vfiz beaten stiff, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of milk, two cups of flour, ne-half teaspoocful ol soda, on teapoonfiil of crwra of tartrtr. F.-ofting for cae: Two cups cl sugar. tw(k-thirds cup f milk; boil ten minutes; add a little lcuiou, and beat until i-ulJ. FACING THE F1HE. Mlae Janey'B Self-Sacrifice and Its Reward. "She's a cry-baby!' said Tom. I hate girls that's always weepin. She was 7 raid the fire would catch U.S. Just as though I couldn't take care of one girL" Tom was ten and Dell t-even. and he domineered over her in a moat aggravating manner, but sho couldn't stand that aad turned on him. stamping her foot passionately. "Tom Earle, you're the awfuUest 6tory fibber. You know I wasn't afraid for us, but, oh, Janey," turning her dirty, woo-begone little face to the older sifter. Dolly went over to the big ravine, and I most know she will be burned up, 'cause sho is so poky. She was the best friend I had, and I slapped her just dreadful this morning 'cause she wouldn't give me the big gest piece of candy. O-oo-ve if Doily dies I'll die too; I know I wilL" and burying her face in Janey's damp dress she wailed in a most dolorous fashion. Corae, Dell, dry your eyes. I'll take you and Tom homo and then go after Dolly. Hero, Tom, put Dell on in front of me and you climb on be hind. Breto won't like it, but I guess he'll have to stand it. What possessed Dolly to go home by tho ravine? It's a mile out of her way." "Wo didn't waTat her to go that way, but she said there was a nest of cotton-tails down there and she wanted to take them borne," sobbed DelL The hateful littlo city flirt." broke In Tom. "I was jroing with her to carry 'em home if she'd go havers, and she said sho didn't like to go with barefooted boys. And I told her bhe didn't haf to. I don't care nothin' for girls, no how," he added do fiantiy. Janey was too busy with her thoughts to answer, and the sure-footed Breto soon took them home, where Mrs. Eatle gathered tho children to her heart with an inward prayer of thanks- Jancy only paused long enough to dip tho blanket onco again in tho trough, then spreading it full length over Brete she jumped on his back and called to Tom to bring her the Cither. "What in the dickins aro you going to do now, Jane? asked the irrepro-is-ible as he obeyed her order. "1 am going after Iolly Landis.' "Janey, daughter." said tho mother, tremulously, putting out a restraining hand. "ISo, mother," said Janey. decided ly. "I must go. Just think, it might have bor. lelL. you know; I won't be in much danger. If the fire comes too clof-e I have my wet blankets, and if I aiii burroumltni I can cover up in them and turn lirete loose. I have my mutches V5 u9e ia case I can." As she rode away she f. It Q wind hanging, thus bringing the lire mors directly to tho ravine, towards which sho was speeding, and at tho same time menacing the littlo home. Sho looked back just onco and the fleeting glimpse was never forgotten. The sun. like a great yellow bail lazily sliding down tho western sky, was flooding the prairie and far-distant hills in mellow light. Away to tho north the trees on Ash creek stood out green and tall, and east of thera Jay the blackened prairie over which the flames hnd juet swept; behind her lay the littlo farm with its broad acres of ripened corn, while just be fore her, each moment lessening tho distance, leaped and roared the prai rie fire, writhing and twisting through tho taller grass like so many fiery serpents. Between it and her lay the old Santa Fo trail, gras-grown now and a weak barrier to such an element. Slight as it was it mattered not to her, for sho had to cross it to reach tho ra tine. Setting her teeth hard, sho urged Brete on. crossing tho trail and head ing for tho ravine, which was only a ' few rods away. The- fire was peril ously near, but just boforo her sho saw tho small figure of a child scrambling over tho bank and knew it was Dolly. Brete was 6norting and almost unmanageable from fear, and just on the edge of the ravine a blaz ing tumble weed borno on tho wind fell ia front of him. He gave a frightened plunge, which sent both horse and rider rolling to tho bottom cf the deep gully. Half stunned by tho fall, Janey attempted to rise, but found it impossible because of the pain in hex ankle. At her side lay tho faithful pony, his head doubled under him and neck broken. Dolly, with Uor dinner-baaket held tight in her hand, was half rolling, half slid ing down the bank after hor. "Oh, Miss Janey, I was so afraid somebody wouldn't como and my rab bits would get burned; just so 'cm," and, drawing aside the napkin, sho ahowed Janey three littlo cotton-tails nestling In tho tiny basket. "You'll take care of us now, won't you. Miss Janey?" she asked, confidingly, as bhe put the napkin carefully back. Dear child," returned Janey, ten derly, in an agony of pain and grief for her dead pony. "I'll do my best for you. but you must do just as I.tcll you. ' Can you unbuckle Breto' a girth r' "I'm 'fraid to; he's so dead." . Janey smiled a little bitterly. "Well, perhaps I can do it," and working her way to his side, sho un fastened tho girth and by much tug ging pulicd tho blanket off. the tears running down on his pretty mane. A shrill scream from Dolly roused her from her bitter reflections. "Oh, Miss Janey. the fire is most to us." God help us, then," thought tho poor girl as sho called Dolly to her. "Now sit down on this blanket and when the fire comes close to you, you must cover all up with it. If you swallow any of tho hot air it will kill you." Dolly began to cry as sho gingerly seated herself on the wet blanket It's so nasty and damp. Miss Janey," ehe bobbed. . j-Bo thaukful fur that. . Tho firo h so close I can- hear it crackling. I am going to burn a little of the grass around us." Working her way a little distance she lighted a match and 6et the grass blazing. It swept merrily up over the bank, and when it would have eaten in toward tbe child, she beat it out with one of tho blankets. At last, with white, drawn face, Bho crawled to Dolly. Tho air about them grew close and hot and burning grass fell all over them. Tho land here was low and tho grass was mixed with blue stem, a species of grass that grew hov er al feet high and made intense heat With the feeble strength at her com mand, Janey brushed the burning, particles away till Dolly, screaming with fright, sprang into her lap, leav ing both exposed to the fiery bath. By main force Janey held tho frenzied child down and drew the blanket over them, but Dolly's frantic struggles made them slip, leaving Janey's head and 6houldcrs uncovered. Her hair crisped and singed and her hands blis tered; her face grew hot. then cooL tmd then all was dark. "Am I dead?" asked a weak voice from among tho pillows. " "No, daughter, nor near it now, thank Heaven; but you must not talk." "But what makes my volco sound so queer and what ails my head? Where Is my hair?" persisted tho thin littlo voice. "Gone up in tho chariot of firo, JanV' answered Tom, coming in just then. "And Dolly?" sho gasped, as tho awful day of trial came to memory. "Doll's all right; a heap sight bet ter off 'an you are. I toll you we've been having a time with you tho last six weeks." .. . . "Six weeks! Oh. Tom, is this Oc tober?" "You bet; the Ia?t day at that1 "And I didn't go to school after all?" There was a piteous tone In the weak volco that Tom couldn't stand. "Mother. I'm going to tell hor," he cried, impulsively. "Sho must promise to keep porfo"t ly quiet, then." "Indeed. I will be quiet, mother. Now, Tom, tell mo quick, all about it" "Well, to begin with, you hadn't got half a mile away when Colonel Landis came riding up on tho lookout for but beforo ho got to the trail - tho firo was all around him. knew It was no use to go on. Just as quick as the fire passed the men from Lane's and Colonel Landis started out to hunt you. Dolly had started homa but the ground was hot and burned her feet and she wr.s cryiug, ar.d. jiminy crickets! what a ugly looking youug 'un the was. Her face was as b'.nck as my pt:p. Wo found you down in the ravine and thought you was dead. sure. Your curls" was all burned off. aud your eyebrows and lashes and your face and hands all blistered. I'oor Breto was pretty bad ly burned, too. You broke your ankle in the tumble. Colonel Landis brought you homo, and hero you've been for six weeks, screeching: 'Dolly, dear, you'll get burned. I took care of her, after all." concluded Tom, loftily, and she had to ride on a mule, too; it mot-t killed her." t "And tbo corn?" questioned Janey. "All burned, and mighty near took tho barn, too." Toor father," sighed Janey, softly. "I'oor nuthin. Why, Jano, you'ro a regular heroine and Colonel Landis is going to send you to school three years! Fact! He's got it all fixed, and he's jjiven father threo cows and built us another stable, and there's the spankin'iet black pony in tho sta blo all saddled and bridled, all fit for alight" "Tom, you'ro exciting Janey," re monstrated the gentle mother. "And he's yours, and Colonel Landis says if ho was to givo you" his gold mine in Arizona it wouldn't pay you for saving DolL's life. What did you say. mother?" grinned Tom, as he ijanced a jig about tho room, satisfied to quit his story. "Y hat does it all mean, mother?" gasped Janey, in wild-eyed amazo ment Tom had rattled his' story off so fast that tho weak brain hardiy comprehended tho half that had be fallen her. "It is true, just as Tom has told you, dear," replied her mother, "and here is Colonel Landis to see you." "Words are a poor return for all you have done for me. Miss Janey, but I wanted to thank you in person for saving to me all that makes lifo worth living. Dolly is all I havo in the world, my one treasure, and I shall not for get that you risked your lifo for her. 1 brought tho little ntaid with mo to day. She wan tod to see you very much, ehe said." I just wanted to tell you. Miss Janey, that the rabbits weren't burned a tinty bit and I've got 'em every one right now, but they're pretty big. I'll give you one all for j ourself. even if you did make mo sit on a nasty, wet blanket" Mrs. Janey Landis has that rabbit yet It is stuffed, however, and occu pies a prominent place in her cabinet, and, strange to relate, people do say' that sho makes an excellent step mother. In her palatial city home, however, there are no prairio" firos to fight, for which Colonel Landis. Dolly and Mamma Janey aro dutifully thank ful. X. Y. Evening- World.' The four books that havo had tho largest circulation at, the Mercantile Library of New York during the past year are "Robert Elsmere," "John Ward, Treacher," Bryce'a American Commonwealth,"- and Motley's 'Cor respondence." - - - A drunken silversmith who was thrown out of a saloon and severely clubbed by an officer called himself repousse work, because ho had his fill of pitch and had been afterwards ham mered. Jewelers Weekly "It was very thoughtless In your father to intrude so abruptly." Clara "Ho is not thoughtless at all, t George. You see my cider rister lost her breach of promise suit by not hav h:g an eye-witness, and poor pu had to pay all tho costs and lawyer's fees himself.' Texas Sifting. CARE OF THE TEETH. A. Mine, of Valuable Information on m Mat- tor of Ureat ImporUuce, Tho teeth aro a very pecular part of our organisation. They do not be long to the bony skeleton, but like tho scales of tho crocodile, are appendages of the skin. Their enamel is tho hard est animal product in nature, and is almost puro phosphate of lime, thus resembling a mineral. Unlike every other portion of tho body, tho teeth come in two distinct sets, beparatod by an interval of between four and five years. Tho first set consists of twenty eeth, the second of thirty-two. The second, or permanent" set are larger and harder, as well as mora numerous, than tho first As tho sec ond set with the exception of tho wis dom toeth aro formed beforo tho first -e shed, a five-year-old child may havo at the same time fifty teeth in his head! .i Tho visible part of the tooth is called the crown; the part hidden in tho jaw. the fang; the part just within tho gutu, the neck. A tooth consists of tho enamel; tho dfjitine, or bony substance, beneath the enamel; the pulp, which fills an internal cavity extending from w ithin the crown down to the extremity of tho fang; and tho cement, which covers the fang somewhat as the caamol cov ers the crown. The pulp contains nerves and ves sels which enter the fang at its point Tho dentine consists of microscopic tubes, into which the pulp penetrates to nourUh it and givo it sensitiveness. The cement is covered with a mem brane analogous to that which covers the bones and ministers to their sup port and which has the function of promoting their renewal when they are partially destroyed. , This cement membrane will unite vitally to tire jaw another tooth which has been inserted in place of one ex tracted. Dentists now avail them selves of this important fact. , As the toeth consist Itrgely of limd thoy aro readily acted on by acids. This means, of course, that acids gen erated in tho mouth or the stomach by fermenting food secretions rendered acid by disease, or acid medicines ad ministered improperly by physicians, may cause more or less destruction of the teeth. ... . . ; The most common cause Of decay, doubtle-s, is to bo fvund iu tho bits of fermenting food left between the teeth. This faot sugge.-ts tho need of the toothpick ailer rue-tils, and the thor ough washing out of the mouth with tho aid of a tooth-brush before retiring for the nii;ht Dorr is try has made wonderful prog ress within tho la-:t fifty years. No tooth which has even a stump loft needs to be sacrificed. Amalgam fillings are notv much used in prefurenco to gold, as they aro equally safe, easier of introduction and cheaper. No one need fear harm from fillings inserted by any first-class dentist, or from any tooth-powder or wash recom mended by him. There aro quack dontists as well as quack doctors. Let both be avoided. Youth's Companion. CAROLINA'S FAT BOY. In tbe Sumnvrr He I Skeleton, la Win tor at Monster. - . Thero were several eido shows con nected with the North Carolina State fair, and I was much taken with a siu regtu-ding a fat boy. It was stated that he was only fourteen years old. and ' weighed about four hundred pounds. I paid my nickel to go in. and found a lad of that age, but his weight was not over one hundred pounds. He was dressed in costume, and sat on a platform, while the fchow mnn delivered a short lecture at intervals- "See here," I said to him after look ing tho boy over, "are you deliberately swindling the public?" - - i "How?" . "By paesing that kid off as a fat boy." No, sir." "You advertise that he weighs about four hundred pounds?" "Yes." "That's a falsehood. Ho won't weigh one hundred." .. "When?" - "To-day; now; this minute.' ' " Oh, I see. An explanation is due you. I run a museum in New Orleans. That boy is one of my freaks. In the summer ho is my skeleton and ia the winter my fat boy. It takes him about six weeks to make tho change, and he just began to pick up flesh last week. He was the most beautiful skeleton you ever saw. and if you can only see him two months later you'll bo delighted at his rotundity. He'll weigh all of four hundred in two months from this." Yes, but I camo in here to seo a fat boy." 1 "Welh there ho is.". "But he's no fatter than any other boy of his age. It looks to mo like a fraud." - .. Good heavens, man, but do you want all tho earth at once!" he gasped. Givo him time to change, won't you? Here, look at this lock of hair cut from tho head of George Washington. It's my own property, and not on exhibi tion, but I want to satisfy you that I am equare. A skeleton weighing forty-two pounds can't change to a four-hundred-pound fat boy in an hour or a day. We expect tho public to bo lenient with us. Going? Well, good bye. Come in with your family and Til make reduced rates." N. Y. Sun. "That failure was a terrible shock to old Mr. Hendricks." "Yes, itmutt havo boon." "You . remember how white his hair always was?" "Yos." "Well, you'll hardly believe it but tho next morning when ho got up his hair was jet black turned in a 6inglo night" Epoch. ' "How aro the crops doing?" Baid tho Czar to a favorite at court 'Pret ty fairly, your Highness," was tho re ply, although in some quarters tho people aro complaining of too much reign." "Let them take twenty years in Liberia to dry up," answered his Majesty ,jvhq is quick ui rcpartco. OLD HICKORY'S DEATH. Andrew Jmckaon'a Itaattlo fur I.llo and Iav tieut Haltering. Andrew Jackson was blessed with a rugged constitution, or he must have succumbed many years before to dis ease that preyed on him for thirty-ono years. Ho suffered from a wound re ceived in lt06, which ofu-n produced hemorrhages and chronic diarrhea. The medical treatment in vogue by the best physicians of tho time pro scribed bleeding for tho hemorrhage and calomel for impaired digestion a course that is now looked on as homi cidal. Yet he stood the ravages of disease. tLe loss of blood and corro sions of poison for a third of a century. During tho last two years of his life dropsical symptoms developed, one lung was gone, and tho other dis eased. Ho chewed tobacco incess antly, though it aggravated indiges tion and gavo him the most agonizing pain iu the head. Ho sat motionless and sileut for long days, absorbed in stoic-tl endurance of pain, and no suf fering ever drew a groan from his lips. Many' children of tho family connection plaj-ed about the Hermitage and he would not have their noisy siort stopped. Once a littlo nephew ran against him iu his play. The sick man fell buck, white as death, breath less with agony. When ho could sp.rak he drew the boy to him aud said, with pitying tenderness "O, my dear boy, you don't know how much pain you have given your uncle." Ho was anxious about what poster ity would think of him, and his own doctor told him ho wouid bo con demned for proscribing people for their opinions. Ho answered with his old-timo energy: it "Calhoun and tho Nul'.ifiers should writ have been proscribed; I would have bad them hung, sir, as high as Hainan, and posterity v ould have pronounced it the betit act of my lif'a," He was pestered by office-seeker and hero-worshipers to tho day of his death. Juno e, lSio, he called his family about him and said good-bye to each one. "My dear children," he said, "do not grieve for mo. I have suffered much bodily pain, but my fcufferings are as nothing to tho blessed Saviour's." He spoke cloarly for fully half an hour and concluded with: "My dear children and friends and servants, 1 hope and tru.it to moot J you all in Heaven, both black at.d j white." The last phrase he repeated witn tenderest solicitude "both bk.ck and v. hito." At half-past five his 6on took his hand and whisperc-d in his ear: Fa ther, how do you feel? Do you know me?" "Yes. I knovr you. I would know you all if I could see. Bring my spec taios." When they were put ou: "Where is my daughter and Marian? God will take care of you for mo. ' I am my God's. I belong to Him. I go but a short time before you, and I want to meet you all. white and black. In Heaven." Every one about tio bed and the black servants on the piazza burst into teurs and sobbed. Ho half raised him self and spoko again. I "What is the matter with my dear children? Oh, do not cry. lie good children, and wo will all meet in Heaven.". t These were his last words. ' A half hour later he breathed his last in the arms of Major Lewis, who laid the body down and closed the eyes. Tho expression of pain fell like a mask from the soreno face, and tho natural look of tho old warrior returned in death. Chicago Tribune. A Quaint Icelandic Custom. I In Iceland, that country of gentle, primitive customs, from time imino inorial it ha been tho fashion to pro eent to hid or lassie, when tho first baby tooth appeared, a lamb to be his or her own, cared for and teuded as no other pet could be, and never to bo parted with. There comes to us iu a pretty story concerning the ways and manners of that sturdy, truth-loving and warm-hearted people an account of 6tich an offering to tho bailiff's son. A winsome, soft-eye I couture was Bot r.a, the queen of the lam1) .'lock. The pet grew npiice, as did the frj.icsomo owner, and whon Le was ten years old, a hardy shepherd lad, Botna had be come old, toothless and lame. She could no longer go away to paBturo with the herd, or cat hor fill of grass, even in the pleasant mid-summer weather. Hor faithful young master was, however, mindful of Botna's needs. Ho had not forgotten that every year 6he had giveu him a littlo lamb, and in her old ago a corner was given to her in the family living room, where fche could see familiar fucos aud hear tho voice of her best friends. Many times a day sho was fed from a bottle, and was never taken out for fresh air unless tho day was mild and tho air balmy. Fortu nate Botna! Harper's Bazar Two Kinds of Religion. I havo met some men whoso religion was a, mixture of vinegar aud pepper, and others whoi-o religion resembled sugnr and milk; tho former are severe on tho faults of others and indulgent to their own; tho latter reverse tho practice. Query: Which of them mako tho best neighbors, not to say the best Christians? I havo known men vory courteous to one's face, but stabbing his char actor w hen he w ua gone. My father had a dog of this stamp; ho was a cowardly cur that fled at tho ap proach ot a man. but bit tho heels of children. A powerful mastiff paid his resjiocts to his throat one day w ith great cordiality, and nobody wept over tho fate of tho brute. , - Moral: Backbiters aro gladly for gotten. Noble minds shun tho ser pent's traiL Ho who would li vein tho memory of tho good must himself bo virtuous. This is tho policy of in surance for a bonus at death, and righteous survivors never fail to pay it N. Y. L-d! - " " THE SHAH'S MINISTER. An Account of Ilia Mertlni; will. 'ar-ed-I-rn at 1'arU. When the Honorable Hadji Ha-ssein Ghooly Khan ar. ived in 1'uris he found that his august master, the Shah of l'ersia. was there ahead of hrra, en joying the sights of the city and going up tho Eiffel Tower throe times a day. When Mr. II. II. G. Khan called at the hotel at which the Shah of l'ersia was fctttying, and was iuforincd that his Tremendous Frightf u'ness was in, ho (salaamed clear down to tho ground and spretid his hands horizontally three or four times, and then ventured into the awful presence. "Well, Ghoo'y," taid that potentate, 'how's things? I thought you were over in tho States." . "Your most august tretnendous ness," answered tho Minister, salaaming- again, "1 have iut come from there." . "Ah, hfi," said the Shah, poking him jocosely in the ribs. "You heaid what a time I was having over hero, did you. and 3'ou wanted to como and enjoy it yonrself for awhile? This is a grout town. Beats Loudon all to pieces. If New York is any thing like it I am going over there on tho first steamer." . "Alas, your subliire mightiness, you wouldn't like it over there. I camo away in sorrow because of the items which the jianors had been publishing, referring in common, every -day lan guage to your most potential high ness."' .VT-'". "What did the villains say about me?"1 "Here it !, your gracious majesty. Hero is an item ftoin a vilo Detroit p:.per, which says: -His Majesty tho Shii.li has 3,(Uo wives, and every Mon day being ah day he never t-hows up in th5 re-gal re-idenco at all.' " "And docs the varlct who wrote that still live?" . "Alaa. your gracious awfulncss," re plied tho trembling Minister, "ho does." . "Why did you not havo his head stricken o!!T' asked the Shall, with a calm that was more terrifying to tho Minister than his previous rao. lf yeni please, your gracious Majes ty, such is not allowed In that barbar ous country." "Nonsense,. cried the Shah, "jou etin't stt.fT me that way. In that pajer you "nt me oer it says that his Majfcty the President of Harrison had the hi-:t!s of his officeholders In a basket, Mid that his mightiness Wana maker haM behe.idod nearly ail of tho postmasters belonging to tho former fov nutlet, t. Is itiiotso?"' "Your Majesty," cried tho ten ifiod Minister, "it is so politically, but not pra''i icftlly. " "Whnt caro I," shouted tho Shah, "how it is don.;, X'olitically or with tho bro;id-a::o or a sword, it Is the Stuiie to me. I caro not how the heads tire shorn, so bo it they ujc shorn. Hust thou inoro of that stuff in your Bcrap-book?' "Aye, your roost gracious awfui nocs, it is indeed full of similar ex tracts," "And thou hast dared to bring it in my presence," cried tho Shah, now thoroughly enraged, "while tho au thors still live?" . The trembling ex-Mlnister made a reply. Tho Shah turned to one of his re tainers and said: "Just ob.ige mo by taking this man to tho bath-room, where it will not make too much of a muss, and take off beal" This was accordingly done. A cable ' dispatch to the papers records tho; un fortunate occu-reneo thus: "The Honorable ex-Minister Khan died suddenly at the Grand Hotel this, morning. Ho was ill but a few mo ments with throat trouble, but by the time tho court physician of l'ersia ar rived nothing could be dono for tho unfortunate man." Detroit Free IYtss. . NEPHEWS IN FIJI. The 'FTroc:ativea Kiijoyod l.y Them, lia Accordance w ltti Old Traditions. . Most prominent among tho public notorieties of Fiji is tho Vasu. Tho word means a nephew or niece, but becomes a title of office in the caso of th5 in ale, who, in some localities, has tho extraordinary privilege of aj propriating w hatever ho chooses be longing to his uncle, or those under his uncle's power. Va-ms aro of threo kinds tho Vusu trtukei, tho Van levu and the Irasi , tho hist is a common, name, belonging to any nephew what ever. Yasuiaukii is a term applied to any Vasu whoso mother is a lady of the land in which ho is born. Tho fact of Mbau being at the head of Fijian rank gives the Queen of Mbau ' a pre-eminence over all Fijian ladies,' and her son a plaeo nominally above all Vasus. No material difference ex ists between tho power of a Vasu taukci and that of a Vam hvu, which latter title is given to every Vasu born of a woman of rank, and having a first-class chief for his father. Vasu taulni can claim any thing belonging to a native of his mother's land ex cepting tho wives, homo and land of a chief. However high a chief may rank, however powerful a king may bo, if ho has a nephew ho has a master, ono who will not be content with tho name, but who will exercise his prerogative to the full, seizing whatever may take his fancy, regard less of its value or of tho owner's in convenience i:i its loss. Resistance is not thought of, ani objection only of fered in extreme cases. Thokonauto, a llowa chief, during a quarrel with an uncle, ustl tho right of Vasu, and actually supplied himself with am munition from his enemy's stores. C. N. Starcke, 1'h. D., ia Popular Sci ence Monthly. j ; -v ho7hnU9 Cbb OQy earned an hour to lay tho plot of a story an! place his ehr... . u 1-...,. " TVT10- 11 W-UU1 have -nornitnto write a school composttion than a serial to run for i ly weeks. .zrr - la--
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