TOWNSHIP OrilOERS. FISHINGCRF.F.K. Tax Collector, O. J. I less; Supervis ors, D. Wcnncr and J. P. Creasy j School Directors, C. Kclchncr and L Zancr; Poor Overseer, 15. M. (k)M er; Auditor, L. M. Crevcling; Town Clerk, J. S. Campbell; Treasurer, G. M. Howell; Triennial Assessor, T. If. Kdgar and E. L. Lemon. WF.ST DISTRICT. Grow 3, Hancock 50. Judge, Daniel McIIenry; Inspec tors, N. McIIenry, I). Pcalcr. EAST DISTRICT. Grow 22, Hancock 80. Judge, T. M. Pealer; Inspectors, E. P. Bender, Amos White. FRANKLIN. Grow 22, Hancock 38. Justice, V. K. Hower. Tax Collec tor, P. S. Ford; Supervisors, I. Fet tcrman and J. Lorcman; School Di rectors, Llewellyn and J. M. Moyer; Poor Overseer, P. Manhart; Asst. Assessors, J. Artlcy, J. Lorcman; Auditor, I.. D. Laubachj Judge, J. Artley; Inspectors, John Lorcman, A. C. Gotshall. GREENWOOD. Tax Collector, D. S. Patterson; Supervisors, C. Robbins, G. W. Dcrr; School Director, Eli Wclliver and J. W. Reese; Triennial Assessor, Win, Beishline, G. U. Patterson; Auditor, I. A. DeWitt. EAST DISTRICT. Grow 57, Hancock 75. Asst. Assessor, G. W. Applcman; Judge, A. S. Kramer; Inspectors, A. J. Dcrr C. Kcster. WEST DISTRICT. Grow, 48. Hancock, 50. Judge, J. C. Parker ; Inspectors, C. B. Johnston, W. C. Thomas. HEMLOCK. Grow 23, Hancock 56. Justice, N. P. Moore and Jacob Harris; Tax Collector, E. J.' Ohl; Supervisors, Reuben Werkheiscr and Wm. Howell; School Directors, Lewis Girton, Evan Thomas; Overseer Poor, Wm. Mastellcr; Auditor, M. A. Moore and C. F. Girton; Triennial Assessors, II. W. Applcman and II. D. McBride; Judge, W. A. Miller; Inspector, Thos. Sands and C. Werkheiscr. JACKSON. Grow, 9. Hancock, 70. Judge, T. H. Fritz ; Inspectors, E. Fritz, M. Savage ; Tax Collector, F. P. Yorks ; School Directors, J. H. ShulU, J. L. Hirleman ; Poor Over seer, G. W. McIIenry; Auditor, J. H. Lunger; Town Clerk, C. W. Young ; Constable, F. P. Trivelpeice. LOCUST. Grow, 52. Hancock, 83. Tax Collector, E. H. Whitner ; Su pervisors, Aaron Yoder, David Helwig; School Directors, S. P. Levan, 3 yrs ; A. G. Klees, 2 yrs ; Wes. Lindemuth, 3 yrs ; Jerry Miller, 2 yrs ; Jno. Fet terman, 2 yrs; Poor Overseer, Chas. Beaver, 2 yrs ; Auditor, Jerry Snyder ; Judge, Henry Beaver; Inspector, Henry Bittner ; Triennial Assessors, Samuel Camp, Daniel Knorr. MONTOUR. Grow, 27. Hancock, 47. Tax Collector, J. Quick ; School Directois, D. Fry, II. D. Quick ; Su pervisors, D. Mauser, F. Leiby; Judge, P. S. Karshner; Inspectors, M. Rouch, D Z. Mensch ; Poor Overseer, I. Ha- genbuch ; Auditor, P. S. Karshner ; Triennial Assessor, M. Rouch, D. Mauser. MIFFLIN. Grow, -57. Hancock, 125. Tax Collector, W. B. Goodhart; Supervisor, W. P. Hetler and J. Spade; School Directors, Ed. Smith, F. Ilar- ter ; Poor Overseer, M. Hartzel ; Asst. Assessor, H. G. Grover ; Judge, Geo Fry ; Inspectors, G. B. Steely and A M. Huttenstine. MILLVILLE BORO. Grow, 53. Hancock, 50. Chief Burgess, J. P. Palton ; Coun- cilmen, b. J. Eckman, Cyrus Demott ; School Directors, C. M. Parke, II. J. Robbins ; Tax Collector, J. M. Roate; Auditor, Boyd Trescott ; High Lon 6table, E. R. Eves ; Judge, Samuel Demott ; Inspectors, O. Evans, D. C Shoemaker ; Triennial Assessors, W, M. Eves, E. L. Eves. MADISON. Grow, 25. Hancock, 116. Justice, J. M. Smith ; Tax Collector, G. W. Andc ; Supervisors, Geo. White- night, Wm. Harlan ; School Directors, D. A. Shultz, C. Larey ; Poor Direc tor, C. Richard ; Asst. Assessors, Silas Welhver, Robt. Johnson ; Auditor, A. Girton ; Judge, Joseph Wcise ; Inspec tors, C. C. Fruit, Wm. Greenly. MAIN. Grow, 4. Hancock, 84. Justice, J. W. Shuman ; Tax Col lector, A. W. Shuman; Supervisors, J. C. Shuman, J. J. Gearhart ; School Directors, Allison Derr, 105 ; D. B. Fetterolf, 104 ; Samuel Goodman, 104, Poor Overseers, S. Shuman, 1'. P Gruver ; Assessor, J. B. Nuss; Audi tor, G. W. Sliumin ; Jud 'e, David Shuman ; Inspectors. G. iV. Deaner, Lloyd Kennedy; lrea3iirer, J. E Longenberger. MT, PLEASANT. Grow, 30. Hancock, 40. Justice, A. Dreibelbis ; Tax Collec tor, F. l Davis ; School Directors, J. B. Ruckle, A. Wanich 1 Supervisors, Wm. Ilower, J. Oman ; Judge, R. C, Ktster ; Inspectors, A. Melick, J. El der ; Poor Overseer, C. Crawford ; Auditor, S. Kitchen ; 1 nennial Asses sors, A. J. Ikeler, II. Crouse. ORANOE. Grow, 56. Hancock, 68. Judge, Wm. Mastellcr; Inspectors, G. II. Harman and Wm. Fisher; School Directors, Pugh Closiri and J. B. DcLong; Supervisors, A. C. Adieu-: bach and C. E. Huttonj Tax Collect- j or, Perry Dcl.on?. Triennial Assess-! ors, A. K. Patterson and (oo. Apple man; Poor Overseer, I. K. Dildinc; Auditor, J. E. Sitler. I riNrj, I ('row, 47. Hancock, 53. Justice, C. R. Paikcr ;i,Ta?: Collec tor, R. M. Potter ; Supervisors, T. Mcntfcnhall, Bern Lore : School Dir ectors, E. M. Bocart, t yr, J. J. Chris tian, 2 yr, J V. Kinney, 3 yr ; Judae, Isaac Kobmns ; Poor Overseer, Wm. Houghton ; Triennial Ass., A. Bennett, B. F. Kaischner : Auditor, A. Bennett; Inspectors, M. !!. Bitler, T. P.. Oord ncr. ROARINOCRF.EK. Grow, 25. Hancock, 38. Tax Collector, I. Chcnincton t Sup ervisors, F. Levan, D. W. Unrig ; School Directors, F. Dreisbach. J. Hoffman ; Poor Overseer, Wm. Yea- ger; Auditor, A. W. Whitner, 37, C. Rung, 37 ; Judge, L. Rung; Inspec tors, W. Chenington. Philip Blass : Triennial Assessors, D. Long, Wm. Yeagcr. SCOTT WEST. Grow, 31. Hancock. 46. Justice, Jacob Terwilliger ; Tax Col lector, C. E. Hartman; ' Supervisors, Lloyd Sterling, Wilson Wanich; School Directors, J. M. Shew, S. Pet- tit 1 Asst. Assessor, J. D. Terwilliger ; Auditor, W. B. Milnes. Triennial Assessor, G. E. Grimes ; Judge, J. II. Townsend ; Inspectors, Jos. Ziegler and J. L. Crawford. EAST SCOTT. Grow, 79. Hancock, 74. Justice, Jacob Terwilliger ; Tax Cob lector, C. E. Hartman ; Supervisors, Lloyd Sterling, Wilson Wanich; School Directors, J. M. Shew, Stephen Pet- tit ; Asst. Assessors, Chas. Bomboy ; Auditor, Wm. B. Milnes; Judge, J. B. Miller ; Inspectors, Wm. Abbott, Geo. Swigart ; Triennial Assessor, W. II. Englehart. SUGARLOAF SOUTH. Grow, 7. Hancock, 58. Tax Collector, T. II. Smith ; Super visor, Gearhart Hess, J. B. Davis; School Director, C. W. Hess, J. G. Laubach ; Asst. Assessor, S. S. Fritz ; Auditor, I. M. Hess; Tudge, John Klinger ; Inspectors, S. B. Hess, B. E. Long; Town Clerk, C. M. Lau bach. SUGARLOAF NORTH. Grow, 16. Hancock, 67. Judge, O. W. Larish ; Inspectors, Wesley I less, Peter Masteller; Asst. Assessor, E II. Fritz. State of Ohio, City of Toledo) Lucas County, j" ' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of I f all's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D., 1 386. A. W. GLEASON, seal Notary J'ublio. HaTs Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly and acts directly on the bluod and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Jr-Sold by Druggists, 75c. im. 160 World's lair Photos for $1. These beautiful pictures are now ready for delivery in ten complete parts 16 pictures comprising each part and the whole set can be secur ed by the payment of One Dollar, sent to Geo. H. Heaftord, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Chicago, 111., and the portfolios of pictures will be sent, free of expense, by mail to subscribers. Remittances should be made by draft, monev order, or registered let ter. 3 2-31 I Can Pro-euro You Money for the purchase of real estate, the erec tion of buildings or making of other improvements on lands or to pay off an incumberence at a very low rate of interest and you cin have from 5 to 20 years time to repay loan in easy monthly installments. Loans are made on either farm or city property. Build ing loans are made and the amount of loan advanced as work progresses. Call on or addiess J. F. Harkins, Evans Block, Blooinsburg, Pa. 8.8.Vtt. Rheumatism Cured in a Day. "Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neuralgia, radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remarkable and mysterious. It re moves at once the cause and the di sease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits, 75 cts Sold by C. A. Kleini, Druggist, Bloomi burg. ii-io8m. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. CAHRYINU THE PURSu. A I'rohlrm Which It Hcrlmnly Tror bllr.ff the K nr Hi x. "Ilov nnd whero r.hall t carry my Money?" Ii tin Important question to a woman who hrvi had Iior pockets picked twice within a week. C:ico her purse v.:vi i;i tin; chatolaiiv- ! ;, m;s pondod frot-i tier belt, nnd v Y. -!i f .1:0 liitind yawn! 1:' mi l empty ir.i :i r--",'.i- ln;f boine. "And l.'ic ehv'.p t ) 1 ! V ba'f was n:;o I often h 1 1 to w.r'.t over to desperation myi.clf," rdie remarked plaintively. "It bothered mo dread fully ulien I was in a hurry, but that tory fac t gave me ft pense of security." The sccrtnd time her pocket ono of I tnosc v.n-frcioi-aoio pocuevs, too, 111 the rear region, whero its unhappy possessor Is forced to fdt upon Its eon- ten tn wns- ignominiously turned vruii(f side out. Sho tried carrying her purso In her hand, und an e lderly man, with ft benevolent face, stopped her and Mild: "Pardon me, madam, but I feel constrained to tell you that I havo juit Keen n lady's purse snatched out of her hand nnd tho thief escape with it." The next lime Mio sallied forth her money was pinned securely Inside her dross waist. When sho had ("elected certain purchases she told the clerk sho would return soon and pay for thorn, and proceeded to tho ladies' dressing room, whero there wore eight other women cngairod in cxtricntinr money from bimilar places of security nnd ono deftly removing ft (farter and turning down her shapely hosiery. Theso methods nrc pretty safe, but decidedly inconvenient, especially when one lias purchases to make at different places. Some women have adopted the separ ate pocket tied around tho waist, un der the dress Bkirt, but tills, of course, necessitates raising tho skirt to reacli tho pocket, and not infrequently, by sumo method best known to them selves, thieves mnuage to rifle them or removo them altogether. It really seems as If till somo as yet untried method of carrying it is devised women must depend more ppon pood fortune than any better security for tho con tinued possession of tho littlo articlo wdioso purloiner Is said to steal trash, but which is nevertheless trash of a kind which commends itself strongly and almost universally to poor human nature. Philadelphia Press. FOLDING WORK STAND. A Dainty ami I'srfnl Ailjutirt to ".'Uiulj'n Cozy ilnutlolr. Being bo' light, tho work stand hero illustrated Is easily carried to any favorite nook, and, when folded, occu pies but littlo space. This stand is mada of bamboo sticks thirty inches long securely joined at tho proper angle by means of 11 nu brass wire. With ft gimlet, holes are punctured through ouo reed, tho wire Inserted VC a For.nixo worn; STA.vn. and its ends twisted firmly about tho other reed. The cross braces, 0110 foot long, nre similarly fastened. Tho bas ket requires a piece of China sill: or Trench, satin, twenty-four inches square, lined with ft contrasting shado of plain silk. Tho four tides tire shirred on ft tape, drawing each up to half its length. A heading of an inch forms a finishing ruflle. Ench corner of tho pocket is tacked to tho support with fancy brass tacks. Tho pluco of joining is concealed by full double rosettes. This Idea carried out in white nnd gold makes a beautiful bridal gift. For this, gild tho reeds, and make the pocket of whito satin brocade, that is, a whito Fatin ground with yellow silk figures. Lino with plain whitu China silk, and decorate the support with full bows of whito nnd yellow No. 0 satin ribbon. Kural New Yorker. New Designs In Tea TnuIcH. Tea tables continue to grow in favor and to multiply in design. Tho two latest shown aro adinirabkj in every sense and provide for tho convenience of tho hostess as well as for tho beauty of her room. Ono, tho larger of tho two, Is a combination of bamboo frame and tino porcelain shelves, and tho other unites o handsomo kettle with a btand and portabla tray. They aro ex cellent both in form and general style, and despite their moderate cost a great improvement upon tho over-dainty triUes that look too frail to support tho weight of cups. Hospitality is the virtue supposed to prompt the exist ence of n table that is ever ready to ofi'er refreshment to a guest, and it can hardly be saying too much to urgo tho wisdom of sullicient substantiality to suggest fecurity end Rudlcient si.o to allow a generous number of cups. How to .Ituttci V.es Cutlets. A good way to make egs cutlet 4 Pi to boil three or four egs for ten minutes, dip them in cold water for tv minute or two nnd strip off the bhcll: cut oil' the ends of each egg and divide into four blices, dip each pieco in the well-better, yolk of nn egg, thun in bread crumbs rather highly se isonod with pepper, salt and a tt aspoonful of very tinely minced parsley; fry in bo;l:n;f butter until brown, servo with potatoes i.liccd thin und fried to u light brown; gar-' nihh with parsley. How to rrcscrvo tlio Ta!lo Cloth. Tins custom of brushing a tablecloth Instead of shaking it as formerly has two good points. It does not scatter tho crumbs abroad, but collects them tidily. And It does not cruinplu tho cloth, which was sadly mussed nt tho old tiiu method of clearing tho table. PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLORS. Aurrpimriit rroroMt for KrproiltH'lng tlio II unn of Mature. And now. It In unlit, tho problem of photographing In colors has been solved, and a lest picture actually pro duced by a l'n nch nrli.it. His pr.n ess Is nn ii'i'iM-.'stlng one. lb' lays upon n shi'i t of ;;ias.-i a very delicate, t rutin lucent fi! in i f chloride of sllvt r, nnd ngainst 1 lu (iiiii he places 11 vessel con taining mercury, so that the latter Is In contact wtlh the Him. The glass sheet nnd mercury thus arranged nre placed in the camera like nn ordinary sensitive plate. Exposure being made, the linage of the object to be photo graphed is projected upon tilt' g'.ast. The light conveying the Image passes through tin? glass, on through the trans lucent film, and Is retlectcd back by tin? liicrcury behind. The action of the light splits the silver In the 111m Into thin layers, which through the operation of a curious law reproduce the tints of the object photographed. The one defect III the process Is the long exposure of the plate that, Is re quired that U to say, from live niln ute.n to half au hour. Itut In order to overcome this diliiculty It is merely necessary that the lilm shall be ren dered more sensitive to light. There can be no longer any doubt that first rate portraits In colors will eventually be made, superseding perhaps the work of the port rait-pa I ntcr. Such likenesses will be very different from the dead things In black nnd white which are the best that nrtists of the ramera produce today. They will re produce the tints of the complexion, the brightness of the eye, nnd all those details of various hues which aro of life Itself. ;reat paintings, too, will be copied by the camera, to supersede, let us hope, the cheap chroino; nnd doubtless the same methods will be Utilized for making the sun himself do landscapes In the twinkling of an eye, with nil the tints of nature duly guaranteed ns correct by the celestial artist, himself tho author of nil color effect. To Kpiiiovo Tattoo Mark. There have been many operations and applications recommended for the removal of tattoo marks, but most of them are either very painful or en tirely unsuccessful lu achieving tho re sult desired. A new procedure is rec ommended by Paschkls, who would remove the tattooing or pigmentation of the skin by 11 sort of counter tat tooing. The remover used by him has been baryta white, stained to ho color of the surrounding skin by the proper admixture of browns nnd reds. An nrtlst with tl good eye for colors would be successful In this operation. Another method Involves a new prin ciple, viz., the digestion of the sub cutaneous pigment by papold. The tattooed part Is well washed with soap and water, a bunch of six or eight cambric needles hound together with silk thread is dipped In glyeerole of papoid and driven with ft sharp blow into the tattooed part. This is repeat ed over the entire stain and must bo thorough to be effective, and a pecu liarity of tho method Is said to bo that it causes no Inflammatory reaction. The digestive principle- of the papold Is disseminated about the deposit of pigment, thus liberating It, a portion Is absorbed In n finely divided state by the lymphatics, another part probably llnds Its way Into the upper layers of the epidermis, and close to the surface and lu this nianner"the pigment dis appears. Il'liut In Kli-Hi-lclty? TYof. Galileo Ferraris, tho geulal Italian scientist, whoso name Is known to all electricians, was recently asked what electricity was, but, unlike most others when asked that question, ho ventured to answer It, nnd, according to Cosmos, he wrote in French In her autograph Imok the following, of which we venture to give a translation, even though the Euglish language hardly does Justice to the original in French: "Maxwell has demonstrated that luminous vibration can be nothing else than periodic variations of electro magnetic forces. Herts, In proving by experiments that electro-magnetic os cillations nro propagated like light, has given nn experimental basis to tho the ory of Maxwell. This gave birth to tho Idea that tho lumlnlferous ether nnd tho seat of electric nnd magnetic forces are one nnd the same thing. "This being established, I can now, my dear young lady, reply to tho ques tion that you put to me: 'What is elec tricity V "It is not only the formidable agent which now and then shatters and tears tho atmosphere, terrifying you with its thunder, but It is also tho llfe-glv-lng ngeut which sends from heaven to earth, with tho light nnd the heat, tho magic of colors and the breath of life. It Is that which makes your heart beat to tho palpitations of tho outside world; It Is that which has tho power to transmit to your soul the enchantment of a look nnd tho grace of a smile." Ont of Court. Men who nro wise will do much to evade a tedious lawsuit, and the law yer who Is successful In settling cases out of court has numerous clients. Many of tho most famous lawyers In the country have at this time ou their hands perhaps twice as many cases In dispute to settle out of court as they have in. Each great corpora lion now has Its own attorney, to whom all legal suits or differences aro referred, lie meets tho attorney of tho opposing party, they two talk the matter over, each trying to get the belter of the other. They nro their own advocates, I judge nnd Jury, and generally come to j a compromise ou the dispute. This they titter each to his client, who usual ly accepts It, and thus the matter ends, 'certainly with great saving of time to j tho client, it Is not so certain that I there Is a saving of money, however, .as In this case the attorney's fees are apt to lie high enough to cover nil the ; costs If tho matter had been seiilcd I before the courts. Immense fees nre thus earned by leading lawyers, tho earnings of a single legal firm lu a few cases reaching as high as u mill ion dollars a year. ' (iiininiixliilile I.nzliii-aH. Industry is always commendable, bin tvo have no word of censure in theso times against the laziness that keeps a inau from shovelling off his own side walk and impels lilm to pay some poor man, who need a tho money much more than he does, for doing the job. Bos ton Globe. BORGIA AND MACCHIAVELLI. the Man of lllooil Upfemled by the t'rafly Ntateman. Caesar llorghi was bold, nmbltlous, crafty, able, handsome and remark able for his physical strength. Itut ho was as false and cruel ns Ids father, lie early formed large schemes for tlio extension of his domains, nnd Ills plain lie might have carried out had lie not been arrested nt a critical moment by the death of the Pope and his own Illness. lie had, indeed, foreseen the death of his father, and so arranged matters ns to establish tin? Stats of Uomagtiii and overcome his enemies, not with standing such event. Hut he had not foreseen his own illness, which In capacitated him from all nctlon. "Ho told me himself," says Macchlavelli, "that he had anticipated everything, and had provided for everything, save for being sick unto dentil at the time of the Pope's decease." In Maccldavclli's own treatise on "The Prince," Caesar Horghl was his model and hero, nnd nil that can be suggested in Juslilieatlon of his char acter and conduct may there bo read. P.ut it must be confessed that Mae chiavclU's own principles of lifo nnd conduct, as therein set forth, nre not of a high moral cast, nnd In that re markable book he upholds, or scorns to uphold, nets of cruelty nnd bad faith which nre ordinarily considered to have the stain of dishonor. "Experience," he says, "has proved In our own times that the Princes who havo achieved great deeds aro those who have held good faith of small ac count, have known how to bewilder inen's brains by cunning, and have suc ceeded better than those whoso actions have been ruled by honor." And In another passage he says of Caesar Horgla: "Putting together nil tho actions of the Duke, I could not blame him. On tho contrary, it seems good to me to propose him, as an ex nniplo to bo Imitated by nil who through good fortune nnd tho nrms of others have attained to supreme com mand." To which statements we enn only hold up our hands In surprise. lllackwood's Magazine. Savaw who llelleve in C.hofttii. It I believed by tho Australian abo rigines that every person over four or live .rail' of age has n spirit or ghost in regular attendance which, although dormant through life, assumes a visible but uudelined form after death. A recent contributor to Helgrnvla tells a good deal nhout the elaboration of this uncanny belief. For Instance: For a time the ghost haunts tho spot where a corpse is Interred or placed in a tree. It Is considered to bo harmless, yet Is regarded with fear. It is said to be seen sitting on tho grave or near the body; but it sinks into tho ground or disappears if any ono approaches. As tho friends of the deceased are unwill ing to go near the place, It Is seldom seen and never examined. Tho abo rigines believe every adult has a wraith or likeness of himself, which Is not visible to any one else, nnd visible to him only before his premature death. Should ho see this wraith, it so preys on his mind that ho falls into low spir its, nnd tho result ho dreads some times conies to pass. After tho dis posal of tlio body of a good person Its shado walks nhout for three days, nl t hough it may appear to persons, it holds no communication with them. Should it be seen and named by nuy one during theso three days It instant ly disappears. At tlio end of three days It goes off to n beautiful country above the clouds, abounding with kangaroo and other game, where life will be enjoyed forever. Friends will meet and recognize each other there; but there will bo no marrying, as the bodies have been left oil earth. Chil dren under four or live yenrs of ago have no souls and no future life. The shades of the wicked wander miser ably about the earth for one year after death, frightening people, und then de scend to L'muiekullun, never to return. Tiirki-y'a Foiiiililahlo Gun. In 1 ITS Mahomet II., in prosecuting tho siege of Scutari, In Albani, em ployed fourteen heavy bombards, the lightest of which threw a stone shot of 375 pounds- weight, two sent shots of 5(H) pounds, one of 750 pounds, two of 850 pounds, one of 1,200 pounds, five 1,500, and one of the enormous weight of 1,0 Hi pounds, enormous even In these days, for the only guns whoso shots exceed tho heaviest of theso aro our 80-ton guns, throwing a 1,700-pouud projectile, our 100 ton, throwing one of 2,000 pounds, and tho 110-ton, throw ing an 1,800-pound shot with a high velocity. The stone shot of Mahomet's guns varied between twnty nnd thirty-two Inches in diameter, nhout the height of a diulng-tiible 2,5;(4 of them tired on this occasion weighing, according to a calculation of Gen. Eefroy's, about 1,000 tons and were cut out of tho solid rock on the spot. Assuming twenty-four inches ns the average diameter of the shot fired at the siege, the 'total area of tho surface dressed was nearly I!2,000 square foot. At this siege tho weight of the .powder tired Is estimated by Gen. Lefroy to have been 250 tons. At tho siego of Khodes, In 14S0, Mahomet caused six teen basilisks, or double cannon, to be cast on tho spot, throwing balls two or three feet In diameter. Bt'loiitldo Thief Catching. Among the latest inventions is nn electrical thief photographing process, by which any ouo who attempts to open a drawer, or box, or room where ho has no business, will get himself photographed for his pains without his knowledge, so that ho may bo after wards Identified. A tobacconist of Toledo, O., had repeatedly missed cigars from his showcase without be ing able to discover the thief. Hence lie applied to au electrician to give him an apparatus which would take a portrait of any one going to that case. Au electro-magnet was so fastened In a mutch as to strike It against a rough surface whenever tho electric circuit was completed, and- by the light of the match an instantaneous photograph was taken, and Immediately the shut ter closed on the camera. On exami nation after tho next disappearance of cigars, the portrait of two boys was discovered, and they were apprehend ed and sent to prison for the theft. Such au arrangement for photograph ing burglars without their knowledge f that could be managed would soon e'.ako burglary too hot even for the must astute professionals. SEEKING! A DIVORCE. Hut the Lawyer IHd Not llolil Ont Iazzl I11K Hope of SnrrcH, He rnme Into the office of one of our leading nttorneys nnd plunged deject edly down into a chair. "Say," he began, "are you a tip-top lawyer? Never fail in n case?" "1 try to be," was the lawyer's mod est reply. "What can I do for you?" "I want to get a divorce." "Have you sufficient reason, for separ ation?" "You just, bet I have." "Well, kindly tell me your troubles, and I will let you have my opinion." "Five years ago I married a country girl because I thought I'd get a sensi ble one. Out that down?" "Ves." "Well, things went nicely for two years, then came the nib." "Yes." "The first thing she did was to go nnd buy a lot of llertha XI. Clay's love sick novels to llnd out how society In London was carried ou." "Yes." "I didn't mind that, but nfter she had nosed around a bit sho began to get her hlglifalutln' Ideas." "Yes." "Well, she commenced with makin' me get two servants. Then she made us have breakfast off the mantelpiece that is, get lip an' help yourself." "Yes." "Then she made mo belong to three or four clubs, an' made It hot for me If I came home earlier than 1 o'clock. Oot that?" "Yes." "Next she made the servants call her milady. Itut she capped the climax by sayin' one day that sho was sufferin' from Hiwe. I went to a doctor an' asked him what the deuce that was, an ho told me it was French for that tired feeling. That settled It. From that on it was enwe, nn' enter nong. nu' bullyung, nn soloong, nn' parley voo, nn' well, then she went In for music. She called Wagner 'Vogner,' Liszt 'Icest,' an' ended the whole busi ness by calling mo her charmnngie. Say, don't you think you could tlx It up right off, before she takes to run uin' around with Italian singers and runnln' for school commissioner?" The lawyer smiled a sad smile. "I'm nfrald you can't get a divorce on these things. Will you pny your $10 for my opluion now, or shall I send In my bill?" And the other took out ten silver cir cles nnd went over to the police station and nsked for a u'ght's lodgLu?. 8yr cuso Journal. A Desirable Job. I'.. "Has Dennis got a job yet, Mrs. Mul cahy?" "Indade, he has." "Flint Is It?" "Ol'vo hired him meself nt a dollar a day to dhram up trade." "An' does he git any?" "Ho says he will as soon as lie's In juced the Leglslnchoor to pass a law allowlu him to carry a durum." A Tlioiightrul AVlto. She was a pretty shrewd woman, nnd she had heard her husband complain at different times about, tho increasing burdens from his growing correspond ence. She half divined his purpose to get a typewriter, both the machine and tho girl, and ns he has an eye for beauty, and likes a pretty face, she formed her own plans. "What do you havo to pay a girl?" she asked. As he was rending the evening paper, in au absent-minded way he satd: "Oh. you can get a real pretty girl for $10 or $12 a week." Ho had given it all way, but she kept her counsel until he said he had bought tho machine nnd would advertise for a girl. "Oh, no need to do that," sho said; "I have a girl engaged for you, and sho is said to bo the quickest and best shorthand girl In town." So she had. and the next day the hubby was thun derstruck and all broken up when he saw tho ancient piece of bric-a-brac with side curls that his wife brought In the next morning. She was a bird for homeliness, would stop clocks, turn switches and freeze lee. And now that wife laughs In her other sleeve as she thinks of her cute ness. Sho thinks Charley's correspond ence will drop off pretty soon, so that ho won't ueed any assistance. Cin cinnati Tribune. A Mutter uf Donbt. Kidlng along the Clover Fork of the Cumberland one day I overtook ft luountaineer and we jogged along to gether. We talked of timber, crops und politics, mid finally got down to per sonalities. "Have you always lived here?" I asked. "No," ho replied, "I come from Perry County." "How long have you lived here?" "Five ye'r, goln on six." "Married, I presume?" "Yew, but l wu.n't when I fust come. I worked by tho day for the Wlddcr Stevens and hoarded with her. ThaiV all Hie home 1 had. It's that farm with the two-story house onto it you passed about four inllo below here." "It's a very nice place, I noticed." "Fust rate. I run It. I married the wlddcr." "Oh'." I said in surprise. "Yes, me and her hitched inside of a ye'r." "That's a good deal cheaper than tho old way, isn't It?" "Well," he said doubtfully, "I ain'' shore. In course the property's wortl uiuipthlu', but couutiu' lu the wldde.' for a 1111111 uv my peaceable dlfipen-!-tion, it ain't sltch dern cheap llvla' 04 you might s'pose it wuz." Detroit Free Press. II - t
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