HITS Of IKKOttJIATIO. China claims to have mnde tlie first '"ciocksoro regarded a curiosities by tli Hindus. Titers w DCal,y 85,000 Oernmus in from 00,000 to 150,000 hairs grow in n human scalp. A silk-worm thread Is one-thousandth part of an inch. The number of Jews in Russia to-day 1, shout (5,850,000. The Australian dog and the Egyptian ihepherd dog never bark. A child of three years old is Imtf tin height It will ever reach. A good sewing machine is supposed tc do the work of twelve women. An ornithologist suys that birds fro. quently commit suicide. The earth is the greatest distance from the sun on the morning of July 6. The average age at which women . marry n emmeu countries is sec uown .t 25.5 years. The combined debt of all the nations in the world amount to more than $30,000,- 000,000. Kkusm is one of five States in which ttie mother bus absolute control of her children. Lake Erie produces more fish to the iquare mile than auy body of water in the world. The hottest placo in the United States is in Arizona, along the line of the South ern Pacific. Two-thirds of the Chiefs of Police of American cities are Irishmen by birth or extraction. During the last ten years there have born 650 negroes und 378 whites lynched in the South. The Jerusalem artichoke, a native of Brazil, was introduced into this country in the Seventeenth ceutury. ,. London existed long before tho Ho minis visited England. Itu name is da rived from Llyu-Din, "The Town on tho Lake. " Iu the Chinese Iuuguuge (lie tsiuno word may be either a noun, udjective, verb or adverb. The luuKuago is monosyllabic. A photographic chart of the heaveus is in preparation. Within four years it is thought that 25,000,000 slurs will be mapped. It is estimated that over 100,000,000 of peopla now gpoak tho English language ; ore 69,000,000 German, unJ over 41,000, 000 French. . ' Professor Marshall tells us that the oak iu a general way requires to grow from 120 to 200 years before it is fit to cut for large timber. The earth at the equator moves at the rate of a mile iu 8.0 seconds, four-tenths o(,a second slower than the velocity of a cannon ball. The frog, owing to its peculiar struc ture, caunot breathe with the moutb open; and if it were forcibly kept open the creature would die of suffocation, The editor of this department owns copy of a geography which was pub lished iu 15(3. One of the main plates is a mermaid with a double tail. St. Louis Republic. The Red Sea is for the most part blue. It gets its nsme from the fact that por tions of it are covered by minute animal- eulte which dye the surface of the water red where they float. Mount St. Elias, iu Alaska, was put down ten years ago as beiug something over 14,000 feet high. The very latest reports show it to be between 18,000 and 19,000 feet in height. The Stein ways are making a sounding- board for a piano of aluminium as an experiment. If successful, this will greatly reduco the weight of the pon derous household articles. The custom of kissing hands as a mark of respect is said to be the most ancient and the most universal. From the re motest times, through the ages of Greece una Kome to tue present day, it lias ex isted. Forks were not introduced into Eng land before the reign of James I. The English derived this piece of refinement 'rem the Italians. The use of forks was at first much ridiculed in England as on effeminato piece of luxury. A gentleman iu Ireland recently, on cutting open a potato at dinner, found in tue center a hair sovereign, arouna which the vegetable had grown. Though discolored, it was in a good state of pres ervation, and is now a pretty ornament to a watch chain. Neur.lv all the royal personages of Eu rope are cousins, and not very rar re moved, as it has been laid down by a German genealogist that every crowned head of Europe, barring Turkey, is de scended from oue of two sisters who lived about 150 years ago. There Ere many people now living who will Imve only one birthday to celebrate for nearly twelve years to come. This strange circumstance is due to the fact that they were born on February 29th, aud to the further fact that the year 1900 will not be a leap year. New York Tribune. It now turns out that the Atlantic, aud not the Pacific, is the higher of the two oceaus, aud that in place of the ditter ence in level being hundreds of feet, as has been affirmed, the surface of the water on the east Bide of the Isthmus is sxactly six and oue half feet higher than u is ou the western side. The sun gives six hundred thousand Jmes as much light as the moon; seven thousand million us much as the bright est star, aud thirty-six million as much s all the stars combined. In size tue sun cauala one million three hundred thousand earths, but. owing to its smaller density, its weight equals only three hundred thousand earths. The lenirth of the nucient cubit was tho distance from the elbow to the tip of tho middle Auger. Recent investigation proves that tho Roman cubit was 18.47 luohes in length. The Greek 18.20. The Hebrew varied from 2-1.34 to 33.08, the variations being due to age aud locality. Some Biblical scholars believe that Noah's Ark roeasureioouts were cubits of ftbqilt three (eefa Tho Grand Lima's Palace is KKM-iiKD r i ivi. laddies and IKH.DS A HiriiK. Hit)!. Kriun MiirinVH Maalne. 1 otala, precipitous in many i daces. rises within the confines of the outer lity of Lhasa in the northwestern (uartcr. It is heaped up in the most fantastjc style with hails and storied temples and monster tombs; but, on looking tip from the foot of these heights, the whole series seems con joined into one vast structure, sur mounted by five gold-plated rectangu lar oomes oi great size. Ihe thief erection is the P'o dang Marpo, or "Red Palace," a builditur carried up to the height of eleven stories and which is ascended from story to story by means of wooden ladders with broad but difficult steps. This is the central edifice round which the others climb and cluster. The lower stories are built against the sheer face of the activity. After passing up a steep path avenued by tiees you arrive at the principal or eastern doorway of the whole establishment. Here first is a long hall, up which you may ride on pony back if you choose. The hall is garnished on either hand by long rows of massive prayer cylinders, which, placed like barrels on end on well oiled pivots, can easily be made to re volve with a touch as you pass along. Each barrel has within it wound compactly on the iron axle passing trom top to bottom, innumerable lengths of paper, on which has been stamped many thousands of times the well known formula, "Om Mant Pad me Hum" the special invocation to the llodhisattwa Chenraisi, and there fore to the Grand Lama, who visibly impersonates him. At the end of the hall ;ire broad stone steps, which mounts to a paved landing where stands an obelisk. You are now again in tlie open air, and two Ion;; IliJ.tJ of steps, hemmed in by the omUt wall-; of other buildinge. ascend up tlie face of the hill to the i-roimd lloor of tlie Red Palace. Thence the ladder climbing com mences. 1'ive long ladders, one after the other, have to be scaled, passing up through dark and mysterious vaults really vestibules to tlie ncighboriu-' buildings some with weird looking passages conducting who shall know whither? At the top of the fifth lad der things seem brighter, since now you enter the more habitable portion of the palace comprising suites of rooms, set above set. On this floor, in an adjoining apart ment, are the lower limbs of an ele phantine image of Jhampa, the Bud dha to-come. He is seated on a plat form in this room, and his figure is of such colossal proportions that tt passes up through the floors ot the two other stories above this one. Altogether the image is said to be about seventy feet high. When you have reached the third lloor ot the upper portion of the palace you may walk around and gaze upon the monster head and shoulders of the gilded Buddha. All orthodox visitors on their way up perform solemn circumambulation around the legs, the body and the shoulders respectively, once on each of the three floors through which this elhgy has been reared. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is recommended by physicians as the only sure blood purifier. The Depth of Unwisdom. From ttielndlnnanollH Journal. '1 am afraid that young Cadgley is not as bright as he might be. "Brhrht? He doesn't even know enough to know that he does'nt know anything. Take good care of your beard and keep it clear of gray hairs so as to re tain a young look by using Buckingham 's Dye for the whiskers. "Tired All the Time," Is the comphint of many, poor mor tals. who know not where to find re lief. Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses just those elements oi sirengin wmcn you so earnestly crave, it will build you up, give you an appetite, strengtnen your stomach and nerves. Try. it. Hood's piixs act especially upon the liver, rousing it from torpidity, to its natural duties, cure, constipation and assist digestion. Ought to Be Grateful, Kroiu tlie Washington Star. ' . ', . Come to think of it," said Willie Wishington. ''I saved my fathah a gweat deal of money." "How?" "By not being twins."' I have been a great sufferer from dry catarrh for many years, I tried many remedies, but none did nie so much benefit as Ely's Cream Balm. It completely cured me. M. J. Lally, 39 Woodward Ave., Boston High lands, Mass. After using Ely's Cream Balm .two months I was surprised to find that the right nostril, which wa3 closed for over twenty years, was open and free as the other, and can use it now as I could not do for many years. I feel very thankful. R. H. Cressengham, 273 1SU1 St Brooklyn. 7 jt. TAKF.lv IN. How filch Baron lnreh Hand era Porcelain ferric. Among the various admirable produc tions of taste which the guests of Baron Hothsrhlld never fail to admire is a mag nificent service of porcelain of singular beauty, elegance of shape and finish, and remarkable for tlie artistie richness of It paintings. The war in which the haron became possessed of it is worth relating. One day an old man, careworn, wrink led, feeble, and apparently tottering on the verge of the grave, presented himself before Baron Rothschild, soliciting the honor of an interview with the famous banker. . The eld man was so aged, so poor, and had altogether so dejected an aspect, that the baron was immediately impressed with a compassionate feeling toward him, which feeling became one of lively interest on learning that he was a Jew, It is well known that the Israelites are very charitably disposed toward all their brethren. The aged visitor took from his bag a rich and beautiful plate, so splendidly wrought that the baron ad mired it exceedingly and became greatly delighted with it. "Sir." said the patriarch, "will you buy this of me? I have the whole set, and it haa struck me that a service so beautiful cannot find a more fitting place than In the mansion of the prince of financiers." "It Is indeed very fine," said the boron. "How much do you want for the ser vice?" "Look you," said the old man, "I am bowed down with many years and have not long to live. I am poor, and wish to end my days in comparative comfort. Will you, in exchange for this valuable set of porcelain, give me an income for life' of one hundred francs a month? It is not much money for you, and I am so old." The baron looked nt the poor man. ex amined the plate again, and after a few minutes' reflection said : "Well, be it so. Here is tho first pay ment. Send me the service and give mo your name, that I may have it eutered iu my treasurer's books. " The splendid set of porcelain was de livered the tiamo day to tha baron, and in a month afterward, while he was seated in tho counting-house, a man en tered and asked for the second payment of the promised income. But the man was young, scarcely thirty years of age, of a vigorous constitution aud great mus cular development, and looked as if he would live for a hundred years. "But you are not the man?" ozclaimed the astonished banker. "Excuse me, buron," said he, "I am indeed the man. " "But you appeared at least eighty years old," said the baron. "But, sir, I am only thirty." "In fact, I thought your venerable appearance did cot belie your asser tion." "I have wonderfully recovered, thanks to your generosity. " The baron laughed heartily and gave orders for the psyment of tlie money, exclaiming, "Ah, you are an excellent comedian, and have taken me in thoroughly. " "I am probably the first who has doue so," answered the Jew, politely bowing to the millionaire. For several years Baron Rothschild paid the monthly allowance, but then this porcelain service is so exquisite that he saw no reason to complain. Tramenden Power of Root. The tremendous power of a pushing root is a subject for marvel. It will lift tons by the swelling of its slender trunk, or rend rocks with the power of dynamite, but silently aud invisibly. The pertinacity and force of plants is occasionally shown iu the great cities in this wise. Some old residences have vines many years old, climbing up their weather beaten brown fronts. Their roots are deep in the tiny front garden plot, and their tendrils were at first trained up slender cords to the iron bal conies on the first floor. These slender green things twined in and out of the iron railings of the balcony like little ser pents, till they reached the vertical wall which, nothing duunted, they began to climb. Little by little the tender green stems changed to hard woody tissues which swelled into flat plaits to accommodate iUelf to the bars of the iron railing through which it had woven itself. But the accommodation was only formal, for, swelling steadily, the vine trunks appear to day to have become as large as a man's arm, and the iron rails which were its earlioet support, have been broken in twain by their ungrateful de pendents. Another singular example of the per tinacity of the roots is heard from a neighboring State. A drain pipe seemed to be choked. Investigation showed that a threadlike shoot of a tree root had penetrated one of the minute pores of the clay pipe; once inside the drain the ten dril found such luxurious nourishment that it grew and divided iuto branches which wound theuiselvos in coil on coil until finally passage iu the drain was completely choked up. . It is said that bucketaful of tangled filaments were taken out of this pipe, which measured only eight inches in diameter, while the skeins originated iu a single threadlike filament, back through which coursed the abundant nourishment to push on the growth of the maple tree above ground. a Canal 8.000 Year Ago. The idea of a canal along the present route of the great Suez was considered practicable and excavations were actually commenced upward of 2,500 years ago, and in the time of the reign of Ptolemy Thiladelphus, 278 years before Christ, the union of the two teas wuh perfected. The canal was a small affair, of course, compared with the present waterway, but was sufficient for the war galleys ol the time. It is a historical fact thai Cleopatra, after Actiutu, tried to escape by that route, but was prevented by the fierce Arabs, Sw Lout RcpuMw. avJfctJ A NEW $12.00 SUIT SALE ON TOO LATE in the season now to sell all of our Spring and Summer Suits at a profit ; so they arc yours at a loss. Hut it is not too late to wear them. You can wear them three months this year and five next. You see, it will pay to buy now. Men's and Young Men's $25, $22, $20 and $18 Homespun, Cheviot, Worsted and Serge Suit3 for $12.00. All sizes, hundreds to pick from and not an old garment in the lot. All new and manufactured by us this season. Great bargains in large and small Boys' Suits. Browning, King & Co. leading American Clothiers, 910 and 912 Chestnut St. Warren A. Reed. 4 , - iCARTER'Sl jGURI n.-e-larhe ind tollers all tbetronhlfs laffr ml to abllloui Halo of tho lyMem, nuch k D.'iT'nor", Kanrea, Drownings, inmrvm eftnr bHufC. l'atn In tha 6ldn, o. Whilo tlioir .-. i-i.-.bl9 r.uccee has lio-n shown la owiiK 3fe!i. CatWs I.ittte Mw FH r V'l !lv viluaWo In Constipation, curing u 1 pr voting tlilnBtmnylniTcorapUlnt, while tiv lw Ccrn-isllUiKorduM utttioatoiiuu'htluttiiu. tha y.-f.t auil regulate the bon eat. JtvouuiU: o.ily Ail e1i'r Wi'.uiatKSttlmni; ;-v;.-..V-j91.m:-.t.i3 xvV.-r-fr i.ii ili.J'.;. ! . i";il ::;:. ! it 4 VI lv-IK-ir'nottm I'.'Vici. it ivsn Ilrc.rflf U' "f Tf Ji U-.i.:., Ilitm v.'.i: ii.il tUtJC-lililv; lul'..,.i" .'ij::' fo - lU' y V.-JI :-' I v-1'. ;.Z t'-i..'J'.Yi: ;i;uV.tt. jt'itaita-iil.r'lUf h.u.i 7nC". ", , 'i.'f Rrtiv.rvlIvfS '.hit V.wi !.tSc ,:....'. : :t UjuiU Cot yiUacureitwt -t r: r i c.i..- ' . Ore a lo l'tlia nuLea rt-: v r.": Ftriet!- vmnUlile au.l iu l' ''- o"?r 1 "rV i v.tl'T U.oirceiit'.j'j:iiia rlras'jwl X, Ltii?:a. luvialHAt-Jcetitfl; livoiorvl. & '" .1. '.vj-s!' tvuiywUuc, ot LuLt Ly "'.JAl'TGR MEDJC'NH CO., Ne v YO''t SMALL PILL SMALL CG3E. SMALL??.'. ' A 5 A K ESIS " (f 1 vrx !ntnn t rcli. I ami id un iiiiuiiuuo Curr for I'lln. Prl. ojl. Ily nniiririMaormiiu. wtmpiei Irf. Aildntw I A k fcSlS," Uox iMlfi, Sew Vork City. M'Killip Bro's. Photographers. Only the best work done. Fin est effects in light, and shade; negatives re touched and modeledjor sup erior finish. Copying view ing and life size crayons. Over H. Clark & Son's store. BLOOMSCURG. SPRING TONIC And Blood Purifier I'lOvcKits v.orih villi II10 first hot lie. II. Is I'oinlnr ax 11 Tonli', t'npulur lis a Dlmxl l'm lllor, Popiilui' to take aK It Is umwubli' to nil; 1'cpiii lar for Uiiiilivi:, unit nets ivaUlly and li-avcs no hud ri'snlts ; I'oiiular In price, as It W with In (lie ri'iii'h 01 all. ManniM's' lnublii Kxt rui-f s irsapanlla Ik nr salt' liy nil Di uvl-IsIs. only W)e 11 boi llo. FIFTY DOLLARS for LIFE SCHOLARSHIP. No ol Iter Hi-i (ml on do mM . lit iir h for Young Attn. . mid Womtm u PALMS BUSINESS CCLLECE 1700 Chestnut (Street," i A'uiiuucipuia. ami Vou iy ii 950, We txliioute anil tuwlMt you to a good situation: a yon uk iixti'T cir. iilir.fn-o t if you IU.IU1; till. iiwr,. ISA E 1 ' PSHJX US1 LV riLco A CME BLACKING is cheaper i at 20 cents a bottle than any other Dressing at 5 cents. A UTTLE GOES A LONG WAYS because shoe once blackened with it ain be kept dean br washing them with water. People in moderate circumntances find it profitable to bur it at 20c. a bottle, becaw e what they spend for Blacking they aave in shoe leather. It is the cheapest blacking considering its quality and yet we want to sell it cheaper if it can be done. We will pay SI 0,000 Reward for a recipe that will enable us to make Wolff's Acme Blackino at such a rrioo that a retailer can profitably tell it at 10c. a bottle. This offer is open until Jan. lui, 1803. WOLFF ft RANDOLPH, Philadelphia. Old furnitura painted with PIK-RON (this is the name of the paint), looks like ctiiined nnd varnished ntw furniture, (int coat will do it. A child tin apply it. Y ti ir.u chiicpe a pine to a walnut, or a cherry to mahogany ; there is no limit to your fancies. All retailers sell it. The Chain of evidence ) now c omplete I hat DR. HEBKA'S VIOLA CREAM is the only prepurmlon that posl tlvilv doc all that Is claimed forlt. It removes Freekli s. I.irer.moleg. Black head.'. Pimple. Tn. and all Imperfections n tha kin, without lnjurr. A few application will render a rough or red Hltln suit, smooth nnd white. It Is not acosmetlc to cover defect", but aeuro, and guaranteed to Klvofatls faction. PriceM'e. At dniKKlfU; or lent by mail. cud for tel'.liuunials, . C. BITTNCS & CO., TOLEDO, - - OHIO. READ THIS. DOLLARS OFF. When you want a suit of clothes, a new hat, gloves, neckwear and gents' fun Ashing goods, you should looli for the vlace where you can get iust what you want, in the latest styles, at reas onable prices. A few dol lars off is always an ob ject, and Iain now mail ing up spring aud sum mer suits from a large assortment 0 goods, to suit all customers, at prices as low as are con sistent with good luorli. Good, jits guaranteed. The latest thing in straw hats are now here. Light as a feather A beauti ful line of neckwear, aud summer shirts. Ac curate measures taken for silk hats. Next door to First Na tional Bank. Berisch, The Tailor, Bloomsburg, Pa. MKATGIT'L J I'OM KOltTINU. EPPS'S COCOA MIEAK FAST.' "Hy a t'iorntiKh knowledge of the riAttir.il law I whleli govern the openilliins nt illi riilon unu mil I'll . nnd by a earelul ili)illoul lull ot the Hue pioii'TI li's of ell-Ki'lrrleil i 'neon. Mr. Kpps ImB provided our brPukfiiHt tnhti's with u deli eulijy lliivored beveraue wulcli may savtt u many heavy doetiirs' liliu. II Is by the Judicious use or sui'li articles of diet thai a cdiiki It in Ion may be tfimlually built up until stronir enough tn ri'slnt every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are Hoatlltn: around un ready to utlack wherever there la a weak point. Ve may escape many a fatal shail hy keeping cur. selves well fortined with pine blood and a prop erly nourished frame." Civil tifrvU (iazulr. Mado hlmpl.v wli h bolllnu water or milk. Sold only In half pound Uus, by grocers, labelled thus : JAltlUH EPPH CO., Ilomoetipathlc t'lieuibts. London, tntluud. W " A CONVINCING! ARGUMENT. tli TurlfT Le.-tfon ut tlmnestead Must Open the Kyrs "f WorkliiK'ncn. The lIoiue.Htu(l affair is 1 ho most pow erful and eonvincin'i argument that can be mnde to tlinprovo tho iisctrtin that tlierc is i relutioti whatever l-twoen tariiTs mid wun!S. Tlyj Honiestead ar gnwpnt is so jilain thr.Vbo who rarw can read and rradily discover that tbe tariJt tax enables the manufacturer to receiv a higher prioe for his product .ostensi bly for the pnrposo of paying high wages to eiuiJoyees. Unking had the price of his articles increused by legis lation, does the manufacturer sit down to figure out his excess of profits by reason of this special legislation, and then divide it with his workmen? No, of course not. The manufacturer goes into the market and employs his labor at the lowest possible price. That price is fixed by the law of supply and de mand ami ln,lxr unions, without any re gard to tlie tariff, nnd every employer of labor in this country does the same thing because it is good business man agement. When men offer to work for two dollars ier day, what manufacturer pays them three dollars liecause he is receiving special benefits? The spectacle of a mas meeting of workingmen, such as was held at the east front of the cap ital, passing unanimously a set of reso lutions calliug attention to the fact that in the face of un increasing tariff tax the wages of employees have been re duced 50 per cent., shows plainly that many workingmen are opening their eyes and ready to condemn what they heretofore accepted as a blessing. Co lumbus Post. The Infant Induxtry and the Working-man. New York World. Tommon Hrn.se About rrotectlim. Tlie lKiitelits of protection lire sr-fne-thing like the sea serin-lit tlieynro al ways somewhere else. The average pro tectionist lielieves that tlie tariff raises wages. If you ask him how it raises his wages he will reply that it does so in an indirect way by improving the condition of some other person. Now there is a widely accepted principle to the tffect that the tail cannot wag the dog. If the persons whose wages are directly affected by the tariff very eatly out number those who have nothing to do with tariff taxes, except to pay them, they may set the standard for the whole community; but if the direct protected classes form an insignificant minority of the total population it is clearly impos sible for them to fix the rate of wages for the majority. It is of the first im portance, therefore, to know how many people are engaged in producing the things that tire supposed to be protected by the tariff as compared to the number of people whom the tariff does not and cannot affect except to their injury. San Francisco Examiner. Harrison Using Ta-JTy. Ben Harrison has evidently been look ing over Ohio and is alarmed at the un satisfactory condition of the party ma chinery and the lack of harmony among those who should be his party friends. In a conversation with Hon. W. H. Enochs on the situation in Ohio, he said he "recognized Governor Foraker as a brilliant, able man, for whom he enter tained only feelings of respect and the warmest regard. He made similar re marks in regard to others who had ac tively opposed his nomination." This would seem to indicate a change of heart on the part of the president. Columbus Post. "Aud So It Will Continue." In their efforts to return that distin guished corporation attorney and "polit ical" mreaser, John C. Spooner. to tho United States senate, the Republicans of Wisconsin are apparently determined to Mexicaiiizo that hitherto peaceful and orderly commonwealth. Ever since Spooiier's involuntary retirement to pri vate life, a little more than a year ago, the earth has been, in the opinion of the average Wisconsin Republican, out of its orbit. Tho wind has blown sU'adily from tlie wrong direction and the sun has failed to rise at the right point. Chicago Herald. The Despicable force Hill. j A force bill emanating from the Re publican party is siinjily a declaration of war ui)n the white people of the south. Fortunately such oppressive measures against the liberties of the pnople are not indorsed or approved by: a great body of the people of the other states of the Union, and the most oft them will vote aguinst it and for Cleve-, laud. New Oilcans Picayune. , "Two Good Men." Heretofore Mr. Wanarnaker has been considered the only truly good man of Mr. ITarrisoa's administration, but since Mr. (juuy's World's fair Sabbath amend ment we are bound to count two good men. Louisville Courier-Journal. ' "X luir ICxcbtiiiKe," Etc. j Steve Elk ins should run for governor of Wei-t Virginia and trade himself oft' for Harrison votes. The West Virginia Democrats would do most anything rather than have Steyg for their gov ernorSt. Louis Republic. A "lViHoniilly Conducted" Campaign. By the selection of Mr. Carter to bo chairman of tho national committee i: has Iwcome moro thau ever evident thai Mr, Harrison intends to superinU'nd his own campaign through personal agents. Buffalo Courier.
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