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Items, first Insertion 100. per lln. : aa- h Sutji;rrt Insertion &c. per ltae. Alm:nistrstor-e as btaeswt a Notices AoOl'nr's Notices Strsv sn.l similar Notices. -' f w steaoNioas or arocrrdiny vj say- cor pormlio nr .fw-iVfy. enrf cttmrnumrntinnM dencieat cult atea fi tm cn, trirr of llmif.J or aadi.idaa jalereaf aav.t b yn.u lor a frerieme7itf . Job Tai stiss of all klarts neatly an! eiped't ously executed at lowest prices. Ion': yon fortet JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Publisher. "H IS A FBEIKA5 WHOM TEE TRUTH KIKES FEES, AND ALL ABE SLATES BESIDE. SI.50 and postage per year. In advance. I .. l,i this fact be distinctly understood a . j i , :n rorwara - ' for ymir pHper before yon stop It. If VOLUME XIX. ,., n y.ni must, .none out scalawag- lo oth EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, APRIL 10, ISS5. I) n't be a S'-alawaar life Is too short. NUMBER 11. i ' I H. ifitlTtfl''ii jrjrou are bothered nearly to : llri I deat'.i with rheumatic twinge or the pang of neuralgia is no reason - hv von should continue to suffer. Ex . ;rt;:i' iit with a good medicine. Try Thomas' Eclectric Oil. Recollect it ia i ul akanteed by every druggist. Neu f rz.ij. and Rlieumati.m never stood be ' Sore it. 1 1 J us a man or women, if you can, alTlicted with toothache. 'earache, headache, backache, an ache-, - -..it has sought relief in Dr. Thomas' I vilc-cvic Oil to no advantage, and in. re I ,rn ut will refer you to thousands iimi- Ia 'v ii flee ted whom this medicine hat restored and cured completely. , . FC3TER, MILBURN & CO., Prop's JtVFFALO.X. I. Pernn is composed wholly ol no- tntus .-ietahla inrredienU, each one of winch U aeknowlvlged by the- medi- ical profession to ba the most poterft c' all Sthe ncruil remedies known to medical (science. Ifures without full every case o 4 - Chronic Catarrh. Consumption, General nnil NcrTonq Debility. Nenralr'a, 1'hronle - Kb nnw (ism, iliabetis. Stone in the Klartder, Bright'n Disease, Dys pepsia, Lirer Complaint and Diseases of the Stomach. If tout Prnreist Is out of onrpamph-l lets on the "Ilia of Life," or if you are I l.inoriiis unasr a aiseaie not mentmneo I i'litorin these a lvertisemenu, a ldress I -.he proprietors, B. B. Ilartmau & o.. Co-1 iumbua, Ohio. Mo. MANALirJ xxi&m onion. 1'iles anil lnrrlia. hold by all "lruacits.- One d .lW-r prbotUe: sixlori S oi. Uircetions ju tn;l!n ana uermau. RIVINIUS' BLOCK, EOENSBURC. PA. msmm. t CARL RIYINIUS, tectici Watcfeter anJ Jeweler TIASalwsyson baad a large, varieit and ele- 1,1 int K.sorrment of WAIUHKS, CLUOKS, il v KI.KY.SPE(;TACLFS, E Y EQLASS Ei, e Ti-irh he offers for sale at lower prices than as? other !ater in the county. Persons needing hie :n his line will do well, to ft-lTeblmaealt r puroha.xinir alsawhere. rf'r'roinpt atieattan paid to-repairing- Clocks f '--b-j. Jewelry, ft.c, and sat it (sot Ion sjaaran '.! I n ;joh work and price. -T 1-" 1 Tlarlng stniKKled SO years between ifiJ'' nd dath Wlth ASTHMA or L 4?$ V.; PHTHIStC.treatedbyemineati hy I ' 4 'slcSanaand reoelvlnr no benefit. I was f V-S compelled, durhiar tli laat rltc years -i.'ViSs' of my 1 lines to ait on my chair day jjwiu ins;DinMiMBa; hw nream; my aui- iiciian, were urftinti arirripnou.' I i 4&A,depair I e.Tperimented osi myarlf by . '-uLjuui!no: roots and herbs and tnhalinir tbu "'i:rine thus olnained. I fortunate! y discovered fc - WONDERFUL CURE for ASTHMA and CATARRH, warranted to relieve the most tub-M.-a M of ASTHMA IN FIVE MIXLTK.-S, eo A- paueut oan lie down to rest and sleep ooiu- -ably. Any perewn not fully satMfied after ssjna; one-third of a box, can return the remain ler to the proprietor and tha money will be re "jidd. er send me your address for a trial pak p FREE OF CHARGE. Mrs. W. T. Brown, a. 'nroe.Texaa.wrtte:" I suffered with Asthma jnnrs. Your (rreat Remedy completely cured ma. i.x sh all afflicted with Asthma and Catarrh to i fur it. fubliah this for tba banerlt ol tho aftrirtad." Bhonld your drufsjiat not keep tha- mlr. I can sand it by mall on receipt of priest 11.00. for sale by all dnifrg-iaw. Aodr-ae 2 I. LA j K1J-, Appleereek, OhW,. i I'.tTMV ,II.M'?THTPD neJ DR. "ihihk a i ai.ci.i x oi prriin c.ir.be, riovrer aitrf Mehl OrrU. PlAlQ !W, KI,OlllsTK Ce. riu iiiii ri iKs m i.'iM.i .Mr.:,T4 : r 'ill kloUs. mailr-d KttK". tn i,ppllcataa HIRAM SIBLEY El CO. RjCrlir.TER, K. i. C.?:CAC0.f!.L. r.o E. Wi,nSt. 2C0-2C5 Randolph St 1700 1885 Rose Leaf, Fine Cat H'JM r.'in-iinn- A- 3 Snuffs P KEYSTONE ELECTRIC CO, l-.BWTKl: Ei.ECTRIC LIGHT fOMP.M, If 111 ll n ml, tt . T ,lrfl t w-'h nint!t, eitles. eorpnrstlnn.. or t!C " nan. in ne ine riAAltK ; er.ni.unioni Improvement in eleo " nr':Tr i,!,ven;e 1 ssvlnir one half tha "., :". u-..'.', "J """ Lamps, aa.t maklnaa stea-.i-.. , ' ,' r1'- 1 heconsomption ol csrbons ; i ,; '"'rth ol what it Is t he on! I nary "- u.;.' " '""ih. of carbon!!, burning in or. ' '' 'mUi.. mh- wlil l'"t In those A ljr,.. J.('rnlUH ALL KIUMT LO. 1 "1 .KLKSr":S'K tLMTKHJ CO., rr! II, is.'iy St-' Htt-AMtPBlA, FA M. D. KITTELL EHK.NSBPH',. PA. '' A" ''j Hil. e,. pouts Court Houis : L ' U7 ," ' . -V" ' " 'iSIBLEFS I S rsa rra rrs r3 If" 0)bJ i 'O- k2T33 kfrr-J Vg MM! -ior4-- Infants and Ch.ldrep "w"hat rives our Children rosy cheek- ' ! What cures their favors, makes them sleep; Castor-la. When Babies fret, and err bv turns, "What cures their coUe, kills their worms. Caatoria. What quickly cure Constipation, Bour Stomach, Colds, Indigestion : Caatoria. Farewell then to Morphine Svrups, Castor Oil and Paregoric, and HatlCastorta. " Caatoria Is so well adapted to Children that I recommend it as superior to any modi eino known to me." II. A. Atciii, M.I., Ill So. Oxford St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. TAP i An alsolat euro for Rhea matiim, Sprains. Povln lu the Back, Burns, Galls, &o . A n in itantaneons Pain- raliover. (DOWNS' ELIXIR.. EM. H. DOWNS' Vegetable Sals am!: $7 m F-jr the cure of Coansiption, Ccshs, Cells, C&tanl, CroTip, Asthaa, Ilsrlsy, nsarssaesi, laflueasa, Spittlnj E'::d, rr:elltU, and all uiieasua cf t'is Throat. CUmmt. n.l Lungs, hil cil.s wiirro thij Elixir ia g uJ its cSVacy i i p.t on.- snanirested, con a Ttncing the mu! iucr;i;l-;t'jst f- 1 g CONSUMPTION 5; jj is not InmrsUe, if p:up-tlr attendej to 55 At I tii cotnmoiiccmsnt It ii but a slight irrita- t9 CO tien of the mvmbnino v ltUh covers tho Lungs; Z then an lnftama:i.m, a hsn tii cough ia rather p3 5 dry,locl fuvcr.and the i jln moro frequut,tho ij cheeka flnhcJaiilchillimjrecominon, This B Elixir Iri f'lrinP tilS AlMtVM mrrilaTi l. ? a ates so ua to rBiova ail raorbld lrrlta I jtlonaand in flam at ion frra the lungs 9 tft tlli BlirfM mil finalTv t,-m tmw,. t -, - - -1 - " r ths system. It facilitates expoctoration. It tea's tit ulceratel Eurfaees and rallaves the couch awl nia'tei the brnsth ina; eaay. It euppciria the strttugth aoi at tlie aama tiisa rtluctss the forur. 1 1 ia tree from tronjrormte and swtHncent arftclen,wliicbart of so drying a nature aa Uj brtiugreatdaajcerol desrrovlna; the patient; a her this meiline never dries or steps the tor.gli, bill, Ly renter ing th cii , con-e'piTitly, when the cwujch is enred th patient is well. Suad address for panrpfilet gi in full directions. fre , . I'rico ctj., ."0 cti., and ?t On per bottle. ' SOLD ETHimrtRE.' CCIET, JOfflSOS le-RB. Props., Burthxrtos.Tt, ZZ3 DOWNS' ELIXin.II Sold DT V. S. Barker k Bro., J yeurburn. Ps, XTIK C H ICACO COTTAGE ORCAW Rai attained a standard of excellence whioh admits of no superior. It contains ovary imp ro verne n t that invanU-re tenins, skill and money oan produce. These excrIont Organs srfe eolebrateel tor vof luns quality of tone, quick response, variety of combination, artistic design, beauty in finish, per f eot conatrnotiun, making: thuutths moat attraet ivo, ornamental and dosirnble orRuns fiit homes, schools, churches, lodges, societies, etc K.TABLlsm?a ItEFtTATIOX, C5E)iALED FACIUTIEH. . . sKIIXLD WOIIKXEV, .. , , . BEST JIATEKIA1, ' ' COMBINED, MtU THIS 7H2 POPULAR ORGAN " - ,-r- , ; .... f .... : - Instruction Books and Piano Stools. . Oatalocues and Price Idsta, on application, fsxm. The Chicago Cottage Organ Co. Coraer Kaadolph aad Aaa Streets, . . CHICAGO. ttL. ' - " . KELLER! TARRH; 3 REMEDY THiGuriT ploot rruinra OK THE WORLD. Catitrrls bmbwottt mo preTtt?TTt thai truly U tis of U A;iionca r . ISo nx.my jyrcpirrtto ato in tha market never- r:iir?r FAILING vwtL will bTrl.ore-3 hT ail. Ijll.i I )1H f 'ntairh Kh't tH Plooil fti ritlerbi 1NI.VKIC failed m.ni cam whn dirwtKma ns followrNi. Jt MtrCcmm at t(j roni of th dj and hmiaatfri tha pot-vm fnmi tl bloo1. " tm wtacern m Va W'mtrewful and Voa ' jrama. Aritht FnMfdrtHuitri-. Tha ot)nta an1 lcT)f -rrminf o&.sMai ytM nart.lv to tha r At w-r'-fV Ar rt , Prtssa Ala boMt. 0 Tiryi wrrf nf fern A I y bunl F. Klir A ti., Ii arrmburc, ' 11., ax b tJ will ba ar.t by -.., - v b t'Jaa w-.ll b rfs. V i tai co-'j pmaratjon s ? 'll ffc fllfMM Ami ' uLs, ac.firr rirrmlar (nr aak yor ' r, for it ! orrt. Svni Tocr drucsrist fur of Catarrh, ii oon'mi lt.imr!i!i tf Mtiictio ar-t fn:UMCTret. It ia i!wtM iiO'-l T?lool Fo ritlrrinta nnrk-ot. far trlf by IruirirH:a mnrmlir hoiawal by bAW'r F. Kxi.:,, C"- IWrribtTTw. r.; al y J.-nvsTOM, IX.-a.Tv. Wax 4 Co mmd Smjth, Kllnr A Co PiuW'a. Fa. H ir. MYERS. ATTORNEY-AT-T,AW. EBBKSBtntn, Pa. AVaT-Offlee Id Uullonade Row, on Centre street. riH AnVKRTIKRRS. Lowest Kates for ad- J vertislnijt in tMta iroo-1 newspapers sent free. Addres Jo. V. K)wr,f, fc v 10 Spruce St., N. V. in nmi . i J m T Pi Of III "Uk OSOAN ; AIM ; '" "J - . t' . t I . 3 ' , "W AH- i IS ( ' - 4 i-1 HANTED : j FOR TO fj - -b " J' F1VH EXCEL. I 4 r : j s J "TEAKS. jXamL-iji: j& "SHALl I t' Shall I do thin. sir. and snail I do that, sirf Stiall I go in, sir. or shall I co out ? Shall it be tionrtet. or shall it be hat, sirt State your opinion ; l inndly in doubt. Shall I en ridiiiK, or shall I in walking I --- Pliall 1 ai:iu)l ft, or shall I refuse? Shall I be silent, or shall I keep talking f Give your mlvti-e, yray ; 1 ran not , well chuuiw Thus do we pHiidrr to otlierv' opinions. VVearinu tiie Karb of Soeirty! staves ; Faliiiub it t rant., and we nrr her anntons. , KobLtliR uur iir'wf the freedom tL4ives. , ? Outclit 1 to vi-dt her. ouylit I to cut her? s- Liall I !if iriel.aly. or shall I Ins cold , Shall t liiK Imii iI), ot puep through the sbuit-tr Shall 1 til e v.iver, or s.ial? I j!vc u'M ' AVhul will be -jaid if I stuy from the dinner? ' What will be SHid if I'm seen at the ball t Will they proclaim mc- a vtint. or a sinner f If nut tin- foruitr. I K" not at ail. Thui io we paudcr to others' i4i.nriions, ! W eurirn Hie irarb f sui-tvt v '9 siavs ; r'a,bTon's a lyraiit.and we are her minions, " 1 tobbibir uur lile -t the freedom it craves. Why not : forward, uadauittcd, unfearing, Iktuk tiir tliiiiK tiiat is iHwrul si ( rig lit 1 Carintf not wtnt ma be ici;,iiff or bearins. ShuiininK the lUrkutss and courting the hfchi. . . : Surel) , if const ienre forb;ir to i;phraid tis. Weil may v c ifi'ihat tl.e verdict of fools; God is ourKuide-for His service He mada Not to be ruled by the maker of rules. Pander no iotiK'-'' by ithers opinions; - Wrar not f lieuarl ot Stx-iety's slaves; Be not of t ashii'ii the pitiful mln:ons; - itob not your life of the freedom iL cravea. A STRAIGHT DIAGNOSIS. "'Ttif il.x tor 8-.ys It is rr.ftliria " "IltiW !i'. you i!fl mahiria " "li. Atitit Mary. JusT tis if one could tell nu thin about nialarin ! It is lik the witul. Jt ciii;etU from ro one knows where, am! blowcth wliero it listoth ;" and the invr.Ud turned her pretty tlu.shed face on the pillow with a movement of uninis taknl.K irt itntiott. "Iliiut!ie, dear, have the kindnesa to look jtt me u minute," sniil Miss Harring" ton. tlruil) lmt kindly. " We tlou't want to ninke tiiiy mistakes, to tart with. Vou keow I urn very blunt, and you know that I liave ).i!iii.Mis " "And 1 know tliere is nobody in all tho world I ke you when one U ill,'" the young lady intt rrtitited ; "and that is why I bested od prayed nmnnim to send for you." "That is very pleasant and encouraging as far its it K"s." said the lady," but I can remain, Blanche, your nurse, only on the condition that you obey me. I am reidy to unpack and stay, or put on my lint and uu. " ) Misji 1 larrlnton's (fray eyea were tender and smiting, anil her whole face was eglow with active benevolence; but the broad brow and the firm month hnt, also much t say of careful atudy and strenftth i of character. "Why. auntie. 1 should i?ive np entirely If you divmpointed me now,' t he invalid replied, with quivering lips. r' I have just lived on the thought if your t-omiiijr." "Well, will you ol ev me " " Yes, auntie, and I hope you'll remem ber that olx-dieme is not irtv strong point. " ' " Hut I have your promise, and that will do,"' 'aid the nurs-e cheerfully ; "and now we'll see." " Nineteen, years old," Miss Unrrinprton aaid to herself, "atul rotiliurd to her bed eiht weeks with tnnlarin Honh ! A bad tonKue, feverish, more eni:iaied than I had expet ted to find her. pain in her side, Internn sting p'llse, ton-staiif oppress or of the chest, backache, acute headache, cold extremities, and no appetite. And this is malaria Hosh aaiu : I wonder .what the doctor did liefore ' makiria ' came Into use. I must ask this phyotctan his reasons for calling this a malarial at- .tack." . . Miss Harrinjiton was as" ffrtoct lis her' word, and forcing her opinions and her (doubts quite into the background, vtarted ( i on tier tour of investigation with an ap i!pearance of implicit laith iit the nbllity j ; of the niedical man to answer her -uca- tious. , j ; " Is there anything the matter with the i plumbing'? the lady Inquired. ''Tlw"re isn't a sanitary precriBtion that your brother has uOt taken." the doctor : anaweretl. i l)o ywiknuwuf sjtb.tr case;! of malaria ,' In this locality '' ; 1 1 "Oh yeS : malaria is bv ;io mean a rata ; 1 product in this aeiKnuorlioon. ' ' "Hut it Is very hiijh ivntl lry ry, and toa- - Bluntly swept by se. nreezes. - ; i "Yes: very high and dry " ' : ' I ! And vary Kay T" Aunt Marv tut zested. demurely. , , " es : exceptionally gay." ' There was a comtcjtl twinkle in the tren tleman'B eve tlutt-told of a quick appre ciation of his companion's remark - , ? i "And late hourw, and thin shoes, and low necks, and salads, and Hnufji-x some i times induces malaria, I suppose f" I ' Without doubt." .. . . , " ;.i Well, why don't you say so then t" . Aunt Mary had kept her claws sheathed Just about as lung as was taissible. '" " A physician can not safely meddle with the private life of his putietits except In extreme cases," was the unruffled re sptHrse. - " If I were to take - the broad i platTorm which yon ret:-, mmesul," the gen tleman adrled, 1 should o)t only not do the least bit of good, but 1 -sliortVlti't haw a patient left. My reputation would be simply that of an old buAyborly and an old tool. Hut. madam, this is an .excellent field for 'ou, and I'm sure we can work to gether w ith the utmost hammi'i." : . "1'erhaps you are i lght" -aid . Miss . Harrington, thoughtfully, "but I don't exactly see it. Of course, if your patients axe all idiots, that settles it.' ; , v - v " You wrjruld scarcely call yurViiece an Idiot," said the doctor, wnvr srtw-fs aw fair a representative of the cia-s.a I. could name." - . . , , . After a few days of Aunt Mary'sefflcient Dursiug, her patient felt able to nil up, and herrfia:d was directed to get together t he neceHsary articles of wardrobe. Among the first things presented, were, a. pair of black silk stockings and 1 a- pair of kid ers. ' " - ' . ; :. .::!" V hat axe tresof" Muss Ilatnnatou naked. ... Why,-they are the newest kinds fit ,lippcrs, auittrfe," said hef"tue .. v -- 1 "i'liter t S4le.s, and . thi ee" ihch hwls .tapered down to a fherry pit itrlba ftiWdre of the foot. . I presume yoo sve.ir thes all the time j-ou are in the house fM . . W by, of course, uuntie.". ' ' u In the, dead of wiuWr as well ah In the dog-rlays " Tho younsj lady latighed merrily at her companion's old fogytsm. "t'rtarnly. Just see how pretty they look with the ailk stockings." How many corns hare yon, Blanche t" Oh, oniy "two or three little bits of ones. I send for a chiropx!Ut once in a while, and then I'm all right for ever ho long.'5 "A girl of nineteeu with her feet In a chiropKtist'a hands:" said auntie, with a wry face. "That isn't anythiiiL. Why, almost all the girls " - Sot tlw slightest tlonbt of it," the lady interrupted. . " You have nothingel.se, I puppose, to put on your feet but these things , ' Jso, anntle. and I wouldn't wear any others if I had." " I have now accounted for yonr bsick aches, .Blanche," said Miss Harrington. "and we will proceed to eliminate the spinal column from the charge of malaria; it is perfectly innK.ent. " And now the v nurse examined the other articles laid out . for use. There wasn't an inch of tlaunel to lie seen; nothing but the finest and most elntxirately beru filed and enibroidered liuen. "And you do not own a flannel petticoat, Blanche?" " What in the world do I want of flan nels? Vou know I almost always pro out in the carriage, and there are lots of warm robes." "it is about, as I mpDosed." Miss Har rington remarked, sadly. "Your break down is due to perfectly plain and natural causes. There ia nothing in the - lenxt mysterious about it. You have deformed your feet, weakened your hpine, and con sequently your whole nervous system, by the shoes you have worn. Hy n series of exposures you have reduced your vital force to ucu uu exteui mat react ion was iniV"bihic without further prostration ami a complete cessation of irritating causes. Here are your corsets, How much do tl.ey measure, please?" "Nineteeu inches, auntie" the young lady was almost ready to cry now "and thev are a whole inch larger than most girls of my sir wear." " What is your size? Here Is a tape-measure, audi will soo. tell you. You have lost considerable flesi . and I shall have to allow for shrinkage. Twenty-four inches Ju.it as you are. iSianche. . i nink of it ! A tweir. y toui inch waist s-queezed into nine-tern-ineh t-oSrseta ! We will now clear the heart and lungs from Urn charge of ma la: la. lour irregular puise. tin: cutting fiaiu in your side, .our uneven and most nadeouate respiration, can be traced directly to tignt lairing. Now I have this to way, my child. I shall not permit you to wear one of these articles as long as you are under my turt. if ymt will nceept a pair of my ouilted slnrcra. and allow me to wrap you In blankets till you have some clothes suitable for a convalescent to wear, all right. If not. yon must find some one else to take care of you. My time is alto gether too precious to throw away. This inftv seem very cruel, Blanche ; but I really think it would be far better for you to die now than to be nursed back to the old shameful conditions. There :s nothing before you but a life of Invalidism if you decide to go on as you have bogun." ' lint how can I wear horrid old shoes and old scratchy flannels, and have a waist like a washerwoman's ?" the girl inquired, between laughing and crying. "ou havu't said anything about go loshes and leggings yet. but perhaps you'd like to have me wear those?" "Shall I get the" blankets and my quilted slippers, Blanche ?" Auut Mary inquired. ' Yes: bring the gnn-bonts and the flan nels," her companion replied. "And if you can find a few hen's feathers to stick in my hairj the resemblance to a Sioux Bqnaw will be more striking." After this Miss Blanche had some les sons in philosophy and hygiene, and very interesting and profitable topics they i proved to oe. sne learned tne reasons or things, and had sense enough to accept , and utilize them. Eleunor Kirk. The Size of Nnali's Ark. Various people have objected to the size Of the ark; have Aurscrted that it is ab surd to supiHiso that ever there could be a vessel constructed large enough to hold all the creatures which must have been placed in it, with sufficient food, it may bo for six cr twelve months water for the f sh, corn for the four-footed animals, seed for tho birds, and so on. Now we will take tho dimensions of the ark from the records of Moses, and calculate them on the lowest possible scale. There are two definitions giTen to a cubit, one that Is 11 inches, or a foot and a hnlf. and the other that is 20 inches. We will take it only at the liwest. Moses states that the nrk was ?00 cubits long: thi would mnke it 4Wt feet long, or about the length of ,t. Pnnl's Cathedral, Imdon. The breadth he states to l.e .TO cubits; we then have it T'i in breadth. He st stes tt to be r cubits high : ko that was 4.1 feet high. In other words, . it was ns Ion sr as t-t. Paul's Cathedral, nearly n-i brond. and hnlf as high. The tonnage of the nrk, according to computa tion of modern carpenters, must have been fcJ.OoO tons. The largest Knglish ship (of a size altogether tiniinnginnhle to those who have never seen it ) is 3..VX) tons bur den : so that the nrk must have been equal to 3n first rate ships of war. and if armed as such ships are, it would have contained beyond lS.ooo men. and provis ions for them months. BnfTon has as asserted that all four-footed animals may be reduced to 250 pairs, and the birds to a still smaller number. On calculating, therefore, we shall find that the r.rk would have held more than five times the neces sary nnmlxT of creatures, arid mora than five times the required quantity of feed to maintain them twelve months. liuffaln COUTU.T. Another iienlua Clone. Tho Pont master at I,ic'.skillot, Ark., writes as follows: " Don't send your paper any more to Oscvr Hallum, fur he's dead. He wuz a mighhty good reader, he wu7., ami would sometimes read one of your jokes in f uch a funny wry thnt folks would laugh. 'Twon't what win in the artiklo, but it. wnj! the way he rend it. "He oucrhlcr bt-en the editor of a papr like yiMir'n. - That feller could screw up his mouth an' muke a lig laugh. Ho could holler jst like a pantor, on' many a matt has titrk to his heels when he heard Oscar er yellin' in tho woods. His (lady alius wanfod him to 1 rn the shoemakin' trade, but he had too much abillt.v fr.r any sich foolishness as that. Kf I had ef hsil tils ktiack I won.'der jined a .show. He could'ut write lilto a comity clerk, but, what ho wroto w.xs tt.ar. He w.Vn't heintned in by Webster nor none of youTspelrm' Iiok makers. W'hen an idee popped into his henxl, and thoy were ever lastingly n-poppin' he jes slammed her down an' let old Webster jog along the best, way he eon Id. "Iwish be bailor lived, fur it grieved the old man powerful when he died. '.list to think,' said he to m further day at the buryin'. that Orar slrouldtfr destroyed so much viddults an' then died. It's mighty nigh raorn than I could ba'r. I heerd a Teflar sny some time ago that you was flu the lookont for a man o' sense, sol thought I'd tell, you about him, but he's dead. jlrkansa Traveler. BUSINESS IN TRADE DO LIAR 3. Speculators Who Looked to Congress to Itedeem tuem Throwing . . them on dio .viarkct. . The business in trade dollars on Wall street has again biowmied forth and is now as active as ever. The fsiluro of Congress to redeem them at their par value has compelled the capitali-ts and speculators and the many private Indi viduals who had bourht them up in largo rmanfipsi to get hem off their hands. There aro in circulation at present about '3.",000,000 of thee dollars. Fifteen mil lions were coined from 1S73 to l7o, when they were regal tenders. The rest have been coined since that time. It is com puted that China has in circulation about 52,000.000 of thesn trade dollars and that the American bankers and capitalists hold the remaining lH.0i0,ti00, Kurope having but a small amount. Most of the dollars are now being sent to China. The brokers buy them here r.t about eighty five and then shin them by way of Liverpool. The protlt made Is very small, being about a quarter of a cnt on each dollar. One broker in the city has closed negotiations for 1 ". OfO of them, which will be shipped this week. In these shipments the risks are all taken by the brokers in 1 jvcrpooL He Wis Tired. Liast week the tired editor, after labor ing hard in the vineyard, concluded that he would go out among the brethren. While down in the Dry Fork neighbor hood we preached at Kbene.erand accomp anied Brother Sam Hayfoot home to din ner. There were several of the brethren present, and among them we were pleased ' to notice old Brother Shopwell. lis Is an old servant of the Iord, and, had tho srmall-pox kept out of his way, we think that his countenance would have escaped a great wrong. Old Sister Hayfoot, kind reader, knows how to get up a good din ner. She has our idea of cooking cabbage. , for, like us, she thinks that they should be boiled until all of their brittleness melts into the everlasting pot. After having served the inner man wa asain assembled in the sitting-room, where Sister Stoveall favored us with a hrmn and 7S cents, for which she wanted i'x months' subscription. One dollar would have struck us with a little more warmth, but in these davs of sin and hard times a half loaf Is much better than a Boston cracker. Brother Smithfield, a good old soul as ever lived, declares that he wiil take the paper when he sells his red steer. Gentle render, do you know of any one who wants to buy a bteer t A-rKannag HYt'.f. COXJKNAiasr. Emtio Zola seys SomMM.? lntsret Ins on the Snbjert, Tor more than fifteen years I have bat tled for my jirinciple-s through thecolumns of the daily press. At first I was obliged to follow Journalism in orr1r to earn my living, and I found it hard work ; I think I have occupied every position on a news paper, and done all the' work ' a reporter ran do, from reporting poTIce-news to rtv portlng the proceedings of the Chnmlers. Late- on, when I found myself able to live : through the sale of my lookfl, I still re. mained in the turmoil of journalism, through pure love of the exciting struggle. I felt myself alone; there wa no critic willing to espouse my cause ; aud I desired to defend myself; so long as I remained at the breach, victory seemed to me well assured. Tho most furious assaults spurr ed me more to the defence, and gave me courage. To-day I cannot say whethor my fighting tactics have always been the bent; but I have at least learned one thing to recog nize the true nature of the press. My elders in literature, the most celebrated writers, have frequently fulminated against it and heaped the more terrib! accusations upon it ; it was the presswhich was killing good literature; the press bor rowed its style from the lantintre of the gutters ; the press was the democratic agent of universal stupidity. I omit the most furious charges made. Meanwhile I listened : I reflected that those who spoke of the press so bitterly could not know it not indeed because it was wholly inno cent of all thnt it was reproached with, but because it possesses large and mighty powers for good which more than coun terbalance its power for evil. One must have long suffered from journalism and been often benefited bv it. In order to un derstand It and love if". I would say to any young writer who comes to mo for advice : " Icap boldly into journalism just a one leaps into the water !n order tolenrn how to swim." It is the only virile school of the age; it is tho" who come into contact with men of all classes, and lecome well-bronzed by the contact; there it is, also, that ou? lenrns, through the special characteristic of tha trade, to forgo a good style upon th terri ble anvil of journalistic duty. I know that Journalism has been Recused of. drain ing lilen'a nbu;ty, of turning thor.i away f rom fcrious study of any sort, cr smoth ering liter.-.ry ambitions of a higher char acter. Mori Assuredly it drains tho ability of nion who have no real taient or brains; it restrains lazy and sterile natures who have no ambition beyond an ertiy living. But what does that mat;er? I am not now speaking of commonplace men ; for such persons will alwttys remain in the slime of the press, just as they would have remained in the slimo of any commercial or legal pursuit they might have undertaken. 1 a.ni speak intt for the strong ones, for those who work and who have a will of their own. ict such as these fearlessly enter journal ism. They will return to i-s from it as our soldiors reir.ru from A campaign, disci plined, covered with bono; ao.e scars, ' masters of their profession and ut other men. Have not the best writers in our ranks j to-day passed thro'isth this probation ? We are all children o;' the press; we have ' all won our first honor in its ranks. It I was the press that broke us into a oeilnite style, as young hors-s nrr; broken for the I harness: it was the pre-is which furnished I fls with most of the farts we possess re- i garding real life. I be only important ' thing to reniemlRr is this: We must be strung writers in order to make use of the ! press, instead of allowing the press io make j usn of us. The press will carry r.nly n ! gO'xl man forward to his goal. I These are practical lessons which even ! the most em-relic natures must dearly j pay for. I aru now speaking of my own i experience who have so often cursed I journalism, so bitter are it stings. How i many tunes have 1 caught myseu inuiich- i ing against it. the very accusations 1 had 1 deemed unjust when utierrd ly others: , How often have 1 vowed thai the trado of i a journalist was the lowest of ail trades that it were better to clean the streets, to i break stones, to do any rough or dirty laiKir than make ona's living r.uusr And every time my gorge wouiii rise t aorno j meanness, some pettiness, some filthy ! spitcfuluess discovered by mere chnnc.es perhaps, all these thoughts and complaints i wouid eomo hack upon me. l or in jour- ! ralism one must tnus occasionally stnm- i ble into quagmires of imbecility or trench- ery or dishonesty. Tuis is tno ugiy and, ' unfortunately, inevitable side. tine is ! rilirtod. bitten, tlayed, without often be ing able to understand whether it is being done through stupidity or through down right wickedness. All sense o( justice then seems to you to be utterly dead in the world ; one" longs to flee for refuge to some quiet little study of one's own; Where no noise could be heard from with out, and "w here one couM write iu pence, far from society, and create pure works ol disinterested art. But this anger and this disgust gradu ally depart ; tne press becomes all-powerful. One has to go back to journalism as I to a first-love, it is life; it is action; it is all that Intoxicates And triumphs. When ever one forsakes it, he cannot swear unto himself that he will never return ; for it is a force of which he will always have need, once its mighty Influences is fully understood. t Kven tnuugti it have pns.sed you through' a rough sieve ; oven though It has often been stupid or false never theless it remains one of the strongest and most powerful tools of the ceutury ; and whosoever has put himself courageously to the true work of the age, far from bear ing the press any fll-wili, must return to beg its aid whenever he has to combat a wrong or wrestle for a right. Rich. Women of Gotham. Tt seem that the richest women in New York are Mrs. John Jacob Astor, who has a fortune of 8,000,000 ; Mrs. William As tor, worth 6,000.000 ; Mrs. Josephine Ayer, worth 4,000,000; Mrs. Isaac Bell, Jr., worth $2,000,000 ; Mrs. Iinda Blatchford, worth $2,000,000; Mrs. James Brown, worth 14,000,000 ; 'Mrs. Kranklin Delano, $2,500,000; Mrs. "William E. Dodge, sr., M.000,000; Mrs. Coleman Drayton, who has an income of $100,000 a year; Mrs. Kobert Toelet. $3,000 000; Mrs. Sarah Hitchcock, $1-2,000,000; Mrs. Mason Jones, to.OOO.OiW; Mrs. Bradley Martin has $1,000 a day ; Mrs. John Minturn, $-2,1 00,000 ; Mrs. Charles Morgan. $a,000.000; Mrs. K. W. Morgan has a life income from several millions; Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts, $10, 000,000; Mrs. Archibald Rogers, $3,000, OtK); Mrs. Kdwln H. Stevens. $20,000,000; Mrs. Paran Stevens, fW.OOO.OOO ; Mrs. A. T. Stewart $.0.OO0.OU0 ; Mrs. Moses Taylor, who has a life interest in an immense for tune ; Miss Catherine Wolfe has an an nual income of nearly $.V,0iKr); Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt is worth $2,000,000; Mrs. Jesse Hovt. o,uuo,000 ; Mrs. tieorge Mer ritt, $2,000,000; Mrs. Frederick Neilson has S-l.ouo a year; Mrs. George Osgood, $2,500. 000 ; Mrs. Percy H. Payne has an income of $535,000 a year; Mrs. Henry Remsen has a fortune of $3,000,000: Mrs. C. Vander bilt, $1,500,000; and Mrs. tieorge Quiu tard, $0,000,000. These are lucky women, although there are many more whose in comes range from $:l,000 to $75,000 a year. High Art at the Capitol. T7p in the dome of the Capitol, painted by old Bromidl, is the group of Stonewall Jackson, Calhoun, Robert E. Iee and somebody else, which the Italian cunning ly disguised under the symbol of war, and put them all with famine haunted eyes and visages like Dante's enemies in helL There they are in fire-burnt colors on a coucave surface, and the artist lay down on his back And washed them into history with a big white washbrush. Like Dante, he also told his own sad tale, and put in both his wives, to one of whom he was not always kind, and the last was wild. Free dom stands over the dome, sailing among the clouds and leaning on her shield, and the nondescript plumes in her hair were the suggestion or Jefferson Davis to the sculptor. HVwif foi Letter in Cincin nati En-juin r. SportlntT Talk. Few people have any idea of the amount of trouble it is to go through a course of training and get "flt" for an important event Many pugilists, when stripping In side the sejuared circle foran old fashioned prize-ring encounter, for which the train ing was even more severe than any now in vogue, exclaime ! most heartily. The worst is all over," meaning, of course, the oevere work and deprivations 6f training. A pugilist, taken from his usual rather free and-easy mode of living and put at once in training, feels or the first few days extremely tired, and sometimes quite a high fever is brought on by the purging medicines. This goes away natu rally before the end . of the first week's work. One of the greatest csnses of incon venience, and if not promptly and properly attended to, of serious trouble, is tho blisters which are bronght out on the feet and hands by over walking or Improperly fitting shoes or too much rowing or too much punching the bag with gloves and small dumbbells. The skin of the hands and feet very quickly become soft from an idle life and are liable to become swollen ami sore if not properly perpsred for the strain they mnst undergo In severe train ing. An ounce of prevention is always worth a pound of cure, more especially At A time when a man cannot stop for sores, blisters and lamenesses to get well any more than he conld if in a six-day race on foot or on roller skates. The best war is to harden the feet and hands by liberal soaking, in a pail or basin of water rn which there are lumps of rock salt. Rub bing both feet and hands is a great thing to harden them, especially If lemon jnice and whiskey are freely used. There are a largo number of old-time prescriptions for hardening the skin, but they contain cop peras and other poisons, or gunpowder, which blackens. If blisters come in spite of all, they should be carefully pricked with a needle, to which is attached some .thite worsted. If the worsted is drawn through the white spot between the new skin and the old or raised white skin. It will draw out all the water. Care should then lie taken not to let dirt or other foreign matter et in. Arnica, extract of witch hazel, and thorough rubbing" are the best remedies for strains or lamebes. liat t Mght. " Oo home and eat a giod supper; that's all the medicine you want," and the med ical gentleman to whom a newspaper re porter had gone for a nervous, or sedative Or sleeping potion, opened the door to show him out. "But, doctor, it Is 11 o'clock at night." ' Well, what of it ? Oh, I see, the popular prejudice against eating at night, Iet me tell you ' my young friend, thnt unless your stomach is out of order, it is more benefit to you to eat bo foro going to bed than it Is harmful. Food of A simple kind induces sleep. At what hour did you dine?" "Six o'clock." "Humph! Just what I thought. Four teen hours between dinner and breakfast, Knongh to keep any man an nke By thnt time the fuel necessary to send the blood coursing 'through your system is burned out. Animals sleep instinctively after nienls. iiuninn beings become drowsy after eating. Why? Simply cause the juices needed In digestion r.re supplied by the hiood being sol. cited to wards the stomcch. Thus the brain re ceives less blood than during the hours of fasting. and becomingpalert hepowcrs be come dormant. Invalids and those in delicate henlt h should always eat Irefm e going to bed. The sinking sensation iu sleeplessness is a call fur food. Wakeful ness is oftentimes merely a symptom of hunger. (Jrntify the desire and sleep en sues. The feeble will be stronger if they eat on going to bed. Some persons are ex hausted merely by the process of making their toilet in the morning. A cup of wnrm milk and toast on retiring, or of beef tea on awakening, will correct it." " But is it not essential thut the stomach should rest?" " I'ndobubtedly. Yet when hungry we should c.-.t. Hoes the infant's stomach rest as Inn? as the adult's ? Man eats less often only because his food require more time for dig.-stion. Invalids and children st tdght may take slowly warm milk, beef tea, or oatmeal. The vigorous adult can eat broad, milk, cold beef, chicken, raw- oysters, or some other such food. Of course it m .:st bv done in moderotion. Yon stsrt home now and take a cup of tea ami u Ieef sandwich oil the wav, and I'll risk your sleeping. Good night l'' Mtuirhester TitHi. Niagara Falls Tary for a Day. The winter of 1!H8 had- been intensely cold, and the Ice formed on Lake Erie was j very thick. This was loosened around the shore by the warm days of early spring, j During the day a stiff easterly wind moved i the whole field of the lake. About sun down tho wind chopped suddenly around and blew a gale from the west. This brought the vast track of ice flown again with such tremendous force that it tilled the neck of the lake and the outlet, so that the outflow of the water was very greatly impeded. Of coure it only needed a very short space of time for the Falls to drain off the water below Black Rock. The consequence was that when we arose in the morning at Niagara, we found that our river was nearly half gone. The -American Channel had dwindled to a re spectable creek. The British channel looked as if It had been smitten with a quick consumption and wss fast pnssing away. Far np from the head f Goat Island, out in the Canadian Rapids the water was gone, as it was also from the Lower and Goat Island, out beyond the tower. The rocks were bare, black and forbidding. The roar of Niagara almost to a moan. The scene was desolate, and but foT its novelty and certainty that it would change before many hours, would have been gloomy and saddening. Every person who has 'visited Niagara will re member a beautiful jet of water which shoots out alout forty rods south of outer Sister in the great rapids, called with singular contradiction of terms, the "leaping Rock." The writer drove a buggy from near the bead of Goat island out to a point above and near to that jet. With a dog cart and four horses he had drawn from the outside of the outer island a stick of pine timber, hewed twelve inches square, and forty feet long. From the top . of middle island was drawn a still larger stick, hewed on one side, and sixty feet long. There are few places on the globe where a person would be less likely to go lumbering than In the rapids of Niagara, Just above the brink of the Horse J-hoo Fall. All the people of the neighlrorhood were abroad exploring recesses and cavi ties that had never before been exposed to mortal eyes. The writer went some dM- . tance np the shore of the river. Large . fields at the muddy bottom lay bare. The singular syncope of the waters lasted ail the day, and night closed over the stran.ro scene. But in the morning otir river was restored in all its stremzth, liemity and majesty, and we were glad to welcome its swelling tide onco more. Ilolley' Niagara. lo vv They Ilrase l'p. One young lady who is in the swim of Washingtou gay society announces that he has braced herself tip to get through the winter on an average of eighteen cups of tea daily. Another one doses with quinine to carry her through dinner and ball. Others rely on strong coffee, beef tea wtth brandy In it, and the massage treat ment. Altogether itseems like the groom ing of a st ud of rare race horses, and un worthy of human beings, who it is to be supposed are endowed with a fair share of brains. learned Brown Bread. Two cups of Indian meal, one and ahalf cups canaille, and fill the cup with Hour; one half cup molasses, filling the enp with water; one and a half cups sweet milk, one and a half cups sour milk, a teaspoon fnl sotln and tine of salt. Steam three hours, then lake oil the cover and bake hall au hour.--.. .4. C. t;:tih:r. Tba winter s lnd is w.iilir.c. ;H sivl low. Across the lake and thmuarh the rostllns; - swhI ire ; The sp.rndnr of the jjoblen aftr-?l'iw tileatns through the blackness of the great few lie.iv-e; this I r-ad on earth and in th- sky Wo o'lht to le toi;et lii-r. nl Arrl I." Rapt t!iroiii;h its rosy Chans'-" irito d.-ir. I arics all the wst ; an-1 i hmricfc t"nsliadosry - trees. And in trie silent np!nnds ,f is park. Creeps the sorters. ihli-i of the rising; breesa; It does b'H c--l:o to my was ry . ; h, " Wo otitrrit to be toarether. you .-tnd I." Mr band Is lonely for J-O'ir c"ts;.ns:. dear. My car e tired. waitiiiR ft.r mr call : I want your strength to ho!p. yonr laiifrh to crheor. Heart, son!, and sen" need y iu. one and alL I droop without yonr full frant sympathy We ought to be together, yo i sr-.d I. Vt'e wanteeurh otiier. so to -n:i1pre'..e.-id The dream, tho boric, threes planned, OT seen, or wrought; Companion, comforter, and ffnMe. rnd friend. As mneh as love asks love, does thought need thought. Life is so short, so fast the Inno hour, fly We ought to be together, you and I. Every Other Saturday. HERAT. The Chestnut which the Russian Rear and British Lion are Reaching For, The city of Herat possesses a peculiar Interest at present as being the goal to ward which all the advances of Russia In Central Asia are tending the prize which the paw of the Russian bear Is out stretched to grasp. But why this desire, this eager striving, for the possession of a city neither, wealthy nor com mercially important ? The reason is that Herat is the key to Afghanistan, and the " Gate of India." It must not, however, be suppose 1 that it Is anything of a fortune. Although looked upon by the Afghans as the bulwark of Afghanistan against their heretical neighbors, the Persians, it could offer little resisrence to modern artillery. Its rampsrts, which have time and again hurled back the tide of Persian invasion and preserved inviolate the heritage of .Mihninnd or Uhuzm, were, with the ex ception of the citndM, only earthworks, which have crumbled into decay, and it de rives its importance not from any sup posed impregnability, but from the posi tion which it occupies. Lying in that fertile valley of the Heri. which has been called the " Granary of Central Asia. " It commands the month of the only pass by which a fully equipped armv can cross the miehty ranges of the Hindu Kush, while the surrounding dis trict fertile and healthy, and inhnbited by a hardy and docile rare, cannot be sur passed as a base of operations. In its present nln:ost defenseless condition Herat could be easily seized by a small force, ad vancing from Merv. and would then act as a ! -t'c-pont. covering the passage of a Russian army across the Hindu-Kush. Besides commanding the passage through the mountains. Herat is strategically im portant for nnolher reason. There are two gr-.-at roads rnnninir through Afghan istan which form the only lines ofl opera tion against India for a full equipped army. The first of these leads through t'nbul. Jolalabnd, And the Khytier Pass to Peshawur in the Puniaub, the other by Candahar, Quettah, and the Bolan Pass to Shikarpur on the lower Indus. These are . the only routes by which a force with guns could move on India, and they meet at Herat. By seizing Herat Russia would pain the following advantages; As a safe passatre across the mountains into A fghanlstan, an abundant supply of all thintrs necessary for an army, ami the choice of two lines of advance whenever she chose to attack In dia. The possession of India wouid also insure to her the active support of all Af ghanistan. All Asiatics, the Afghans in cluded, are already contrasting the vigor ous policy pursued by the Russians in Central Asia with the snpineness and su icidal indifference displayed by the British Government. From this comparison they infer that while Russia is strong enough to over come any resistance that can lie? offered. England feels too weak to oppose her, aud the wild Afhnn mouiitr.ii-ecra lonrr for tho time to drive, when they may obtain an opportunity, of sweepiug down on the rich cities and fertile plains f Hindustan. On the other hand, a British force in Herat would prevent a Russian armv from pass ing the mountains, and woiihi insure the support of Persia, who has hitherto, from fear of Russia, been decidedly hostile to Encland, Then again, Herat would be a fine base of operations npainst Merv if it should be deemed advisable to operate to the north of the mountains, while the occupation of the district would go far to restore British prestige, in Asia. - The fertile valley Which forms the Hera tee territory is a checker-work of corn fields, vineyards, and gardens, dotted here aud there with little fortified villages, and watered by a number of small riruleta which empty into the Heri. In the midst of these, like a gem in its setting, lies the city itself, presenting at a distance a very picturesque appearance, while a few miles to the west stands Ghnrian (a rock fortress belonging to Herat!, formerly a place of some importance and still the chief strong hold ot Western Afghanistan. But charming as its surroundings are the city itself has few claims to our ad miration. It is nearly square, the length of each side being about a mile, and Is Btrrrounded by nud walls and a wlda ditch. It has the narrow, gloomy streets commoji to all Eastern towns, and is one of the dirtiest cities in the world. The two bazars which cross each other at right angles and divitle the town into four quarters, were formerly very fine, but are now in a ruinous condition like everything else. - Mosques and caravansaries, public baths and mud hovels are jumbled together as if they had been mixed up iua.sack and poured out. The number of inhabitants varies con siderably, but is in the neighborhood of 40.000. The majority of them belong to tho Sheeah sect, but there are a large number of Afghans of the Mini sect, wiln a sprinkling or Hindoos, Armenians, and Jews. Herat contains no buildings worthy of mention, and, in fact, owes its Importance to its position at the juuetion of the great roads and at the mouth of the pass. II. H. ChureJi in tTiteo Herald. Rhubarb Sauce, Stewed rhubard ha always ln-en a favorite sauce with us, in the spring, but I have found a l . way of cooking it.. Pee the rhubarb, cut it into half inch lengths and pour boilfng water over it; lr-t it stand alHUit tea minute., then drain in a colandet and put it into an earthen jar, with sugar between rah layer of rhubatb. Do not sild any water' but covet lightly and plate the jar in a moderately hot oven jet it took until a oroom eplint wiil ca-iiy picico the pie cs Khl-u Piece will Ictniti it shape, and when cold the juice will lw almost a clij Aunt Jci n.slrit The Clock or the Fntnre. Iiarnum lielieves that the clock of the future will run perpetually, as it will be ao constructed that the changes of temper a ature between night and day will wind it up. After this clock is finished, the next scheme will be a water-pipe that will turn off its water as soon as the cold wave flag is hoisted, nnd perhaps fires will be in vented that will arise at B a. m., kindle themselves, and cook breakfast. Courier Jourtwii. Origin of the Roller-sikate. Roller skates were Invented by that very Ingenious man, Gabriel Ravel, of the Rav el Pantomlmlsta, and " The Skaters of Wilna," performed at JCiblo's Garden over forty years ago. A smart Yankee by the name of Plympt on caught on the idea, and somehow not many years ago got out patents here and in England for them and realized a fortune. As far as I can see and remember there is not the slightest alteration from Gabriel's original skate MISCELLANY. There are abont 1.2oo d.-i-tv and lO.non weekly papers puMi-l.e I in the I'nite l States. Genrr'a his the grrstes' mti f any State KM o the Mis-is ppt Hlter. I.buois npc-nl :,ii,ii f,,r i litrity lat yen i . Spiders are sa d to est twenty six time their ov. n weight e.x h day The most ilelic-n'e watch wheels are now made of paper pulp in Germany. A Rockiniham. N C. trentlrmsn has a pair of elks thai he drives to a buggy. Three lexers were tecriitly capturre! within one wevk by the Coroner of San Francisco. An American church costing $2.so.nnn has just ln-eu v-ousct'iated lu Dresden. Ger msiiy. Mail bats from Cine innstl were recently delivered in Berlin in the short space of eleven days A Sycamore. 111., man claims f loo.nrtj an 1 richly -five years' inteiest on it under the French spoliation law. An et. eri rising thief at Vernon. 111., rt-ole a large tn k of hay from a neigh bor, cr.t ry wig it oft in small lads on his sled. Tbe school, of Yenerucla are riprorfcd by the Federal Government from the rev enues of the Post Ofhre and a trade li cense system. According to conservative estimstea, there are .'i.onO.OOO colunies of be -a in the I'nited States, w hich annually yield I jt. tXXi.ttM pounds of honey. Mary is the most common of all names In Kngland. there Is-mg i i out of ever 11 0,ua. nnlividuals answerinar to It W liam conies uext with b.V.si A Balavia, 111 . jeweler mtssed a fire gold wnte'i from bis showcase and discov ered it in the po session of a young lady on whom tie was calling. Her lover haul stolen it and presented it to her A queer old man. who formerly lived 1rt NortLern Illinois aud was ,Mked upon as a crank, has received a large sum of money from Krupp, the German gun man ufacturer, for a valuable discovery ia projectiles. Recently nt I.incolntown. Ga , the post age stamp on. tbe envelope of an appa rently innocent epistie wos accidentally, removed, and under it was discovered- a warmly affectionate message written In very small characters. Russia has l.ViH doctors and maintains universities at Ka7.an. Kiel.Charkow. Mos cow. Warsaw, Helsuigfors, and ITpaL. The prolessional men fiock to Iheci'ies. In l he ennntrv t housarrds of people die for want of nied. cal and surgical attention. A copy of the Thanksgiving proclama tion issued in 17(53 by Governor Thomas. Fitch, of New 1ondon, and a carvel oak chair which belonged to Governor Robert Treat, who died In lew. have recently been placed In the rooms of the Historical Jsociety at New Haven. Conn The I'nited States has IT tsO dentists who nso a ten of gold ami rive tons of other metals and make 4.Uuo.issj artificial teeth annuaiiy. Only one American la eighty is fou ltd to have perfect teeth, and one third of the population make ruors oc lea use of the artificial product. ALL B0BTS. A bachelor's hanl The White House. Can the courtship of tw-o cats be callerf" wooing the mews ? Some dudes drink asses' milk. The dnle is a believer in homcrcrpnthy. "Alow voice an excellent thing In woman." Also in a counting room. It is a valuable night key that a'ways Strikes the right place the first time. Miss Belle McKinny was recently ap- Fointed bailiff of the District Court at layton, W. T. A man is never so proud ns when ho sings his baby to sleep for the first lima offer a severe struggle. "It's hard to lay anything aside for tho future," cackled the hen as the farmer re moved her latest erTort. It is said the Egyptian never get drunk. Neithor would any other nation if there was nothing on tap but sand and water. A Chicago man while shoveling enow from his sidewalk fell tread, it is sup posed that be cleared oil three lne-hes on Lis neighbor's side and the shock killed, him. Miss Knte Fenrbach ha recently been Appointed Auditor of Yankima County, .Washington Territory, to fill a vacancy caused by death. She had been deputy in the oltioe for two years. " Yes." said pretty Miss Snooks, as she came home from a party at 5 a m.. "I was determlncd to te the last to leavo. I hate that horrid Mrs. BUuks so 1 was re solved she shouldn't have the pleasure of slandering me after I'd gone.' Through the telephone. Boarding bonne landladv ito troirri "Hello: Heilo:" Grocer "Hello! Hello!'' Landlady " Send ten pounds ot butter and charge it." Grocer "Can't hear. Wires working badly." 1-andlady "Send ten pounds of butter "with bill." tirocrer "Will ten pounds be enough." A Spider's ssananshtp. I took a large spider from his web utxVr the basement of a mill, put him on a chip and set him afloat on the quiet waters of a pond. He walked about the sides of hia bark, surveying the situation very care, fully, and when the fact that he was really afloat and about a yard from shore seemed to ts fully comprehended, he looked out for the nearest land This point fairly settled upon, he Immediately began to cast a web for it. He threw it as far as possible in the air. aud with tha wind, it soon readied the shore and mode fast to the spires of grass. Then be turned himself about, and in true sailor fashion began to haul in hand over hand on hts roole. Carefully he drew upon it until hut bark began to move toward the shore. As it moved the faster, he tho faster drew upon to keep his hawser taut aud from touching the water. Very soon he reached the shore, and quickly leaping to terra firm a, he sped his way, homeward. Jfr pcT's I'oun Vrnpir.. The White lions, tll.iory. The White House ccveis aliout ons third of an acre, and its cost np to the prtv ent time, about roon.easi. It Is modeled after a rastle in Dublin and the architect, who wss a South Carolina man named Hobau, got $." for drawing the plana. When it was first built, awnv back In the nineties, it cost 3.m.io. but the British burned out l's insl.les. and Its ct has since added to that sum tont $l,Tuo.uu. In it sll of the Presidents since Washing ton have lived, an '. each has added to U beauties and its eTenscs I think it was John Onincy Adam who Ixnight the frst billiard table which was used in it. But in John Adams's time It was only halt furnshod, and Ab'gail Artsini nstd to dry her clothes In the tug east rmm Year by year, however, the furnishing has gone on nntil now its sort of a museum of art and leauty II imhi nylon LrHer in C'tr laiiti Ijcmier. Chemistry of the Day. Young gentlemen," sa'.d ti e lecture In chemistry, "coal expised to the ele ments loses 10 per cent, ot its weight and beating power. This is lue to tae action of alkali constituents of " ' But what if there is a dog cleping near the coal. Professor ?' "None of your levity, young man. Tills la a serious matter." " That's what dad thought when Ti per rent, of his coal pile disappeared durinir three night of expure. Then he naked my advice as a student in chemistry, aud I told him to buy a dojj. He tvonhl a do, with bav window teeth and the string halt in his upper lip, and now we iii-u t lose 1 per cent, or our coal a month. That's the kind of a practical chemist 1 am. N'o goon with your theory" -w" f t i
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