CHINESE SMUGGLERS. ft TronWo they Itlve Vnr1i hn'i Revo, nno Officers In Frlsro. Tho cnxtoius oilicers of Nan Finn claw liiive to dt'iil with somn of tlie most m l fill BmuKlers lu Uio world. Tho Clilnrso nrc u raoo of jiiuiikkUw, ami tln-ro in not a people on enrtli more fertile In cxpedlt'iita to eviule tho rov cnuc laws. Their stolid, Impressive div moanor serves them admirably tu Uieir contnilmnd operations, for heir ac tions seldom afford, as Is tho case fre quently Willi white people, any ground to wispeet they are trying to practice a fraud. Tlicy have taught the sailor men of the white race tint shrewdest trick practiced ou Uncle Sam's tax gatherers mid are never caught in one device without being ready with an other one eipi.illy as hard to detect Itefoic the lntlux of Chinese laborers was plopped, a Mongol, looking as If .ill liis years were acquainted with only poverty and toil, would sometimes try to Kiio.ik .'isli.ire with a dirty old blouse atuft'ed fiill of line silk handkerchiefs I and scarfs and Indian nock shawls. The Chinese g.-.rnient for cold weather Is a quilted blouse or tunic, with a teavy filling of cotton. Silk handker chiefs being 1 It'h t and line, a single blouse would sometimes contain a val uable Invoice. jSuinctliiies a demure Chinese maiden would step ashore with the thick soles j of her shoes stuffed with silk. A whole covey arrived some years ago with their siKH'ti siuffed in this fashion. An ; Inquisitive inspector had his attention attracted to the extraordinary thick- ( noss of the soles and made an Invest!- gatlon. which resulted in a valuable seizure. I To a man the Chinese crews on the steamers plying between San Fran cisco and Mexico, South America and the Orient are smugglers. They hide 1 Uieir contraband goods in the oddest places Imaginable and get them ashore j past the eyes of the customs otlloors lu ! ,1..., ..!....... I... fit.. .1.. ,1.... ? ways that almost bailie detection They have brought opium skilfully stuffed in bananas still hanging to tho Stalk and in oranges. One day about six years ago a Chinese dressed as a ' cook walked leisurely down the gang- j plank of a Faclllc Mail steamer with a basket on bis arm containing several ' loaves of broad. lie shuttled right by j a customs house otllcer and would have got away all right, but ou the wharf came into collision with n drunken sailor. The sailor, who was to blame, 1 gave the Chinese a violent shove, send- : ing him sprawling and scattering his bread loaves. A policeman Interfered and noticed that oue of the loaves had broken open. Ho started to examine uv v ownur Kiiirieu u ruu. livery loaf was tilled with opium. Chinese have been detecteil with boxes of the drug deftly bound up in their queues or tied under their arms. Every bit of baggage and every arti cle they take ashore is a hiding place. Beams on ship and table legs have been hollowed out ns receptacles for contraband opium. False bottoms are , put In cubby holes and pantry draw- era. Hiding places are sought In coal i bunkers and under the engines and ' boilers. The methods of secretion are I so varied and Ingenious that frequent- ' ly the ofllcers are unable to find smug gled opium, even after they have dell- ; nitc information that It is aboard a vessel. Only recently the officers fail ed to find a lot, although they knew positively that It was on board. How- j ever, keeping the closest watch on ' everything that left the ship, they 1 finally intercepted the opium as It was I Deing taken ashore. Khmer In n Circuit. Dinner Is the great event of the day, for to this meal all the people employed "in the biggest show ou earth sit i down at once. The mess tent Is an ! jbIong affair. There are six rows of tables with a broad aisle down tho centre; it will seat 500 people. The aristocracy sits on the right side nnd tho masses on the left. The aristoc racy has n little better service than the others, but the food is about tho ' same. There Is roast beef, vegetables and desserts with soup and fish at the look's caprice. The cooking is done In a wagon fitted up with two ranges. The coffee making nnd boiling and broiling is done lu tho open air. It takes seventy gallons of milk to put in the tea and coffee of the mess every day, and more when the boys are tired. After dinner there Is an hour of rest at twilight. This is tho only time in the entire day that tho per formers have wholly to themselves. It is tho social hour. Little family groups gather lu the open air, lying on tho grass, picnic fashion, about a chariot or near a tree; the women cluster in little groups and talk woman wise, and make a feint of doing fancy work, sewing or reading. Tho lliitlituh Trunk, Some novelties in bathtubs are made abroad especially-for travelling pur poses. They are made of best tinned iron with Japanned oak outside and white inside. Tho novelty Is that they -an bo closed up with a strap and util jsod as a trunk to hold the clothes of the owner. A self-heating gas bath 's mud'- upon the following principle: An atmospheric gas burner being em ployed from which tho heat is conduct .id around tin- body of the bath by Jue:, and alter doing tills duty escap ing by a main Hue. A bath can be heated in tills way In forty-five mill ites at an expense of three ceuts. Hardware. Southern KiillroHil lluililing. The financial depression has not had 'I very decided effect on railroad con struction in the South. The total nuiii !jor of miles of railway built lu this section since January 1 of last year Is inly fifty-seven miles less than was built during all of the year before. The total new mileage in tho South for last year, r.p to December 1, was 1.112 mil's. Texas leads with 2KI miles, Florida comes a close second with 2is miles, and Georgia Is third with 171 miles. Atlanta Journal. I. inly mul AVoiniin. It has been decided by nn English court, that It Is not libellous to call a lady a woman. This recalls tho fact ihat In a Western town, a couple of years ag , a young woman who worU m1 ns a clerk in a dry-goods store threatened to sue a newspaper for libel because It referred to her as a sales woman and not as a saleslady. She .lid not carry out hor Intention, how ever, as she was advised that she had no case. WHY MIKE BURNED THE BOOK. A M (1 it AVntrlimmt Who Knit thi In terrst of Mill firm HobIIv st Ilcnrt. The secretary of the Ka stern Rubber Company, at Trenton, N. J., lost n letter-book containing copies of a month's Importaut correspondence a few weeks ago. Tho whole ofHe force was turned out to hunt for It, but It had disap peared us effectually as If swallowed up In the earth. After closing hours the other evening the secretary, the general manager and a couple of clerks sat in the olllce discussing the loss and trying to account for It. Mike, tho new watchman, came In to sweep nud dust. "Mike, have you ever seen anything of letter-book No. I)V" naked the man ager. "No, sir," said Mike. "Well, have you seen a book llko this?" taking another letter-book from tho safe. "Yes, sir; I seen one like that one night. It was In tho waste basket" "Where is It now?" "Sure, I burned It" If ever a watchman received a lec ture for stupidity, Mike got It then. The secretary became hotter nnd hot ter every minute ns he talked. "I sup pose you'd bum up the cashbook If you over found It outside the safe!" he shouted finally. "No, sir; I would not," returned Mike, gently. "What would I do that ! for, when there s nothing but figures in it that don't mean nnythln' but to the man that wrote 'em? I wasn't goln' to burn this book at first, be cause I wanted to keep the nice papers to put tobacco In. But when I thought, well, perhaps some one will get a-hold of It and read somethln' that was none of their business, I Just burned It to make sure. You'd do the same, sir, now wouldn't you?" New York Her ald. Pnylng Social Debts. The name of the women who live In single rooms In boarding-houses, and j yet long Tor an opportunity to receive and entertain their friends, Is legion, says an exchange. One of their num ber lias decided that It may be done, nnd has made nn excellent beginning In that direction. Her room Is or was nn ordinary looking, moderately large back one on the second floor of an ordinary board-lng-house. She turned it Into n charm ing apartment by the expenditure of a great deal of time and thought nnd giving up n new winter frock. The bed was biinlslied mul n In viivl,nio a- lounge was substituted with denim ! cover and a multitude of silk pillows. There was a leather screen picked up nt n bargain, to shut out the view of tho wnshstnnd. A set of box book shelves served tho simple purpose of bookcase, sideboard and closet, by be ing stained nnd having a door with hinges swing over one long box. Dain ty blue nud white chlnn, a copper cof fee pot nnd some sliver spoons occupy the sideboard. All sorts of pretty photographs In pretty frames hang about the walls, nud a grate fire com pletes the prettiness of the worn. In the closet, every Saturday night, are stored olives, crackers, cheese, bread and butter, lettuce, a little cel ery, coffee nnd sugar all of them de licious. Every Sunday the landlady for a consideration cooks nnd chops up a chicken. Every Sunday tho young woman makes chicken salad, for the preparation of which she Is justly fa mous, and thin broad and butter sand wiches. Sometimes she toasts sumo crackers over her grate Are. She makes delicious coffee in the Russian coffee pot. And every Sunday after noon she Is "at home" to her friends, dispensing the dainties from an old mahogany table In tho corner. She docs not spend a fortune in entertain ing, but all the people who "drop In" during tho long afternoon have the best sort of time, nnd she owes no social debts. InterclinnKeanle Heels. An English lirm have recently been granted letters patent for nn Invention whereby the heels of boots nnd shoes can be easily detached or reversed. The Invention consists of steel, or any similar material, shaped ns a lift, with llange nnd groove, by the first of which It is fixed In nny part of the height of the heel nt the option of tho maker, while the upper portion of the heel Is so constructed ns to slide into position so that it is indistinguishable from nn ordlnnry heel; but to insure absolute security a line screw Is In serted from the inside. The advnnt nges claimed for it are that when the top piece becomes slightly worn down the wearer can reverse It to tho other boot, nnd nfter these hnve been well worn they can bo replaced by a new set nt a very small cost Shoe nnd Leather Facts. CulIfurnU Misfits. There Is nt least one level-headed farmer In San Joaquin County. There Is more point In the following few lines than can be found In an average speech occupying as many columns, no says: "We let our timber rot and buy fenc ing. We throw away our ashes nnd grease and buy soap. We raise dogs and buy hogs. Wo let our manure go to waste and buy guano. We grow weeds nnd buy vegetables nnd brooms. We catch live-cent fish with n four dollar rod. We build school-houses and send our children off to be edu cated. And, lastly, we send our boys out with a forty-dollar gun and a ten- ' dollar dog to hunt for ten-cent birds." ! That Is precisely what Is being dona nil over the State. San Francisco Call Forced to Confess. A curious point lu Swedish criminal law Is that confession is necessary be fore a capital sentence can be carried out. If, however, the culprit persists in protesting his Innocence In the faco of overpowering evidence, the prison discipline is made extremely strict nnd severe until the desired confession Is obtained. The Humor of the Mimeum. "Slang Is -always vulgar," said tho manager of the dime museum, "but It Is sometimes' fuuuy, too." "Yes?" "Yes. For Instance, It docs sound funny to hear the living skeleton nHk lug the fat lady If she will lend him 11 couple of bones." New York Tress It Isn't always nervousness that makes a girl blto her lips. Sometlmea very often, In fact she does it to give them a nice color. FACTS IN " FEW WORDS." Ancient Egyptians worshipped tho onion. French lovers hnre n sealing-wnx code. Lemons were looked upon lu ancient Greece as poisonous. An eighteen-year-old girl nt Ballston, N. Y has three living husbands. Football was a crime lu England during the reign of Henry VIII. The aged and sick In parts of Siberia are assisted In committing suicide. The vogue of the danso du ventre began in the Paris Exposition of 1SSH. The huge guns of modern navies can only bo fired about seventy-five times before they are worn out. ,lt Is a polut of honor that Moorish women never know their own ages. They have no birthday celebrations. The apple has a larger proportion of phosphorus than any other fruit, nnd Is, therefore, an excellent brain food. A Boston business man displays a sign on his office door which rends: "Olllce hours 12 to 1 every other Tues day." Engineers on tho first locomotives were equipped with tin horns, with Which they warned people from the tracks. Because she did not got any Christ mas presents, Mrs. William Thompson, of St. Joseph, Mo., attempted death by suicide on Christmas night It Is estimated that tho fire losses In the United States in the year 181)3 will reach a total of f t(S0,O00,O00, a greater n mount than has been lost In nny for mer year, except that of the Chicago lire. Application was mado nt the New York Post-Oflloo the other cloy for mourning stamps, nnd the nppllcnnt expressed great disappointment when he was told that tho Government did not keep nny In stock. A pious-looking man snatched a lit tle woman's pocket hook In a New York cable car. She jumped off the car nfter him nnd chasl him until her cries brought tho police. The thief was arrested and the plucky woman Is ngain carrying her pocketbook. Tho following Is n characteristic ex tract from the manuscript diary of King James II., which la preserved In the imperial library nt Paris: "I did not retire from tho battle on the Boyne from a sense of fear, but that I might preserve to the world a life that I Mt was destined to futuro greatness." An Aroostook, Me., farmer travels In great comfort through the long reaches of snow and In the face of the bitterest north winds in a one horso sleigh, hooded over like a prairie schooner, and with a stove inside, the funnel sticking through the top. It is a rig of his own invention, and, while not architecturally beautiful lu nppear ance, Is mighty comfortable In use. LITERARY NOTES. Mmc. Sarah Bernhardt. Is about to publish her memoirs, which will fill two volumes. Mrs. Humphrey Ward's new novel will bo shorter than either "Robert Elsmore" or "David Grieve," and Is said to be written In a more popular vein. Its shortness will not prevent Its being brought out lu three volumes In Ixunlon. Bret Harte's latest story Is called "Johnnyboy." Mr. Harte does not write a great deal nowadays, but what he does write he gets well paid for. His Income Is said to be $15,n from his literary work alone. Ho lives in England nud he has his greatest vogue there. Mr. R. D. Blackmore, tho author -of "Iiorna Doono," on being asked to write n New Year's message for an American periodical, bluntly declined, saying that, ns all tho magazines had refused his story "Perlycross," "he did not feel Inclined to duck his head to tho Americans." Miss Louise Stockton, the sister of Tomona's Inventor and of him who raised the question between the lady nnd the tiger, has started a Round Robin Reading Club, with Its head quarters In Philadelphia. Tho plan Is for the members to do systematic rend ing nt home under the direction of Miss Stockton. Miss Dorothy Klumpke took her de gree ns Doctor of Mathematical Sci ence nt the Sorbonne the other week. During the last century there have boon many proofs of the ability of women to earn distinction ns students of higher mathematics, but before the present occasion no woman student ever took her degree In tho department of mathematical science In Paris. For some time past Miss Klumpke has held nn honorary post at the Paris Obser vatory. Mr. Mitchell, who Is founder and edl tor of the New York Life, Is descrllied by a London journal as "quite a figure In American literary society; a pleas ant little sandy-haired mau, Inclined to baldness, with a comical faco. Ho is nn habitue of the Century Club, which corresponds In a way to our Athenaeum, and, though editor of a satirical paper, Is really popular with every one. For In a country in which newspapers take so much freedom with the person his Journal la always gentlemanly, and conducted In a way worthy of Its splendid Illustrations which, in the presentation of beautiful nud elegantly dressed young girls, have no equal In Journalism. In its first year Life was a dead loss; In its sec ond it about paid expenses; in Its third there wos (1,(MM) of net profit." GRAINS OF GOLD. 'Ask not n man's creed. Ask his Deed. Cunning differs from wisdom ns twi light from open day. Dr. Johnson. Thero Is a time when the truest cour age Is shown in retreating from temp tatlou. Tho most effective argument ngalnst Anarchism is tho practice of the Uukl . en Rule. Habits are soon assumed, but when we strive to strip them off 'tis being flayed nlive. Cowper. ! Thero is a duty not only to aid the unemployed, but, as far as possible, ' to employ tho unaided. Teoplo live, not because they care for themselves, but through and by the love that other people bear them. I Tolstoi. 9I0-QI2 Warren A. Reed. ms i CLOVER SEED, TIMOTHY SEED, AGRICULTURAL SALT, Kis Ks ?w? tno 1 1 ' m r- UN Mi Jm - WB.- BH HF BH BH w- r : sum ra mi-im m v r . ' M-t M m -m convince the skentic and toint the waywblchif followed leads to Prof. HARRIS',! SOLUBLE MEDICATED Pastille Hiw been put no In a DruurletarT form ilnM 187H. and hum lw,nn iihm.1 forveam nrlfi-tw.ht.tiniA In private practice. It Is no untried nostrum, nl doubtful reputiitlnn, but a genuine speolno tot a verr provRleut disease. Q'uousnndsot men, of ill fixes, have at some time In lite brouxut oq lit'l-Tniis debility and exhaustion, wltu orimnlo wuuknvM, bf orer bralu work, excesses, too fro qnent Indulgence or Indiscretion and vicious lmbita.and it is to these that we offer a remedy thntwlll, by lu direct action upon the seat of the dmease, stop the drain and restore (lie patient to Vigorous health and strength. A Our method of Introducing" ' rj Prof. Harris' Pastille treatment la one which commends Itself to alt sensible persons for the reason that we supply It upon tholr judgment of Its value. Weaskof our (nitrons nothing In the way of expense beyond a postal card and a two cent postage stamp. The poHtnl card to be used In sending us tlinlrftltl ad dress aud the postage stamp for the letter return lug the statement of their case for which we supply then) with a question blank, to be tilled out, and an envelope addrensed to Ourselves for use In returning It when tilled. sji' l wnen we receive the state I wM W"i ment on blank we prepare ' .Llsxs elghtdays' treatment and for. ward It bv mall and nrenav ,"fJIE P"t"g thereon and aloni PHfw w"-" monism- anTB- irenuneiiG LUmuit. we send full directions for using. The treatment In no way Interferes with a person's attention to buwlness, aud oausea no pain or luconvenlenoe In any way. Wo are so positive Hint It will plve perfect iiillnfuelion that we leave Hie mutter of gentling orders entirely with tlioo 11 si 11 k the free trial treatment. Having sntlariod those sending for trial packages of our ability to benetlt their sexual condition we feel that they are more largely Interested than ourselves In continuing theuseof tho J'aatllles. lvon then wo do notutteinptto rob thorn byde Handing high prices. On the contrary, wo make the prices as low as possible, and the same to all. They are as follows : fciH.OO fur 0110 month; $5.00 for two months ; $7.00 for three months. These prices en euro the delivery of tho 1'astlllesby ninll. If desired by express we leave the pntiout to pay the onarges. For over ten yoain we 1 unra oMirmtMl our liPlpessitpon this plan with sstlxfiictory rcNults. We ak all persons needing treatment for any Cf the secret ills which come to tnunklnd througii a violation of nature's laws to send us theirad drexsoii postal curd or by letter and hMow us to convlin-e them that l'ICor. HA Iritis' Mil. X Hl.il Mtlllt A'I IK l'Asllil.l.lcs Imvo lueritand are what they need. All coiumunluuiouii oouUduutial and should ha fKUll'CltHCd to , Tile HARRIS REMEDY CO., Mfg. Chemists tOBertnmn 8t., NEW TfOT.K CITY, N. Y, 1-13-lyr. N. C. t Co. asriTsiSS Agents. $75 ft wetk, Kicluilr territory. Th IUil4 lllthWMlir. Wftihuiftllth diitiui fut a faiulljr taunt niiouM. Wftihef, tluM aud dries tbtm without watiluf lh buidi. Yon puih tb tiuiiu Hie maobiDtdoM tli mt, Hrltit, polWlied dlih. ftud cheerful wtvt. No tcftUtat nugi'r,uooiluhaudiorgloitihi. 'No broken dUbas.Du muu. CtietD. durbl,wrrkutd. Circuit" fr. W. P. UABIUHUN St CO., Cltrh ., Culumbut, O. vr . "V nsV a. a ?M iiihmi KixOiltiUI 1 m S ISBBS how far dollar will po In the buying of Men's and Boys' SPRING CLOTHES. Our ready Cash secured cloth at less th an the" cost of making, and everybody knows how low wages were last winter. Vou get the benefit of other people's misfortunes. Drowning, king D & GO. CHESTNUT STREET. PHILADELPHIA 8 i Qm FKaaferai f THOMAS GORREY t Plans and Estimates on all kinds of buildings. Repairing and carpenter work promptly .attended to. r in i Inside Hrrdwood finishes a specialty. Persons of limited means o desire to build can pay part and secure balance by mortgage. PATENTS Caveat" and Tradn Marks obtalnrrt, and at' Patent business couauoU-a lor MODKUATfi FKKH. OUK OFFICE IS Ol'POSITK TIIK U. 8. PAT. ENT OKKICK. Wo have no sub-ageiiRlps, all business direct, hence can transact patent bus! nt'aa In less time and at Less Cost lUun those re inote from Washliik'lon. Bend model, drawing; or photo, with descrlu tlon. We advise If patentable or not, free o charge. Our fee not due till patent Is secured A book, "How to Obtain Patents," with refer ences to actual clients In your State.Couuty, 01 town, sent free. Address C. A. SNOW ft CO,, Washington, U. U (Opposite U. S. Patent omco.) -FLY?. CatarrI Cleans the Nasal Passages, Allays Tain and Inflammation, Heals the Sores. Restores the . Sense of Taste and smell. TEY THE CUKE H AY-EEVE R A particle Is applied Into each nostril aud la agreeable. Price 50 cents at Pnr.vlHis: bv mall registered, 60 cts. KI.Y iiUOTllKKK, 5U Wuneu COPYRIGHTS.- H mm VMii!iT CA1V I OBTAIN A PATENT t For CKVIPLV"01' n(l an honot onliilon, wrliu to I'll IN N A- CO., who have bad nearly tlfty years' experience In the latent business, Couiuiuinca. tiousslrlotlr confidential. A llumlliook of In. Joriuatiou oononrniug PnteniH and bow to ol tain tlietn sent free. Also a catalogue of niechau leal and sulentlfle bnnks sent free. Patents Ukeu through Munn ft Co. receive special notice In the riilenlllleAiiierl.au, and tlius are brought widely belnrethe puhlicwlth. put oost to the Inventor. This sulendld psner. Issued weekly, eleimnt ly Illustrated, has h far t lie larueat circulation of any scientist) work lu the w'i. !:...',..,,,ar' Bample conies sent free. Jni1i'id.l,nl ,w,f oni""nt hly, ti.tn s year. Binitla yppies, !i.f cents. Kvery number contains beau, tiful plates, in colors, and iiliotOKrauhs of new houses, with plans, enabling builders to show tla 'V.'.'jr.1!"11! "d "cure contracts. Address UUNN i CO, w YottK. 3U1 BlWAbWAT. Tiis llmhi torn Jy. Works on West St. between 2ml and 3rd, are now prepared to do all kinds of Mens Suits, Ladies' Dresses and. Coats, Slniwls, ami every description of wearing npiuirel. Also, we tlo scouring, cleaning ami press ing of goods that do not need dyeing, and make them clean and sweet as new. Goods sent by express should be addressed Bloomsburg Steam lys Works. ETC. J. 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