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AdtB'ntrtrator ana Eiecntor'i Rotle..... 0 Aodl'or' Notices J.- Str od tlmilar Notlcei l.K RrtoHUumt or y-orccrfm ef ityreTre-'t ar imd y, entf ronntnu-Aumj irrurnrd t caUetten Uon f in) awtfff e finitre or divdumi tntcmt Jon P ainriKO of all kicn neatly an! ctt4iW omly e J ecu led at lowest prteei. IH.a't yo ferret It. ii ' t-er year w n tie . i,ari;,i to ,n"Aill the K.ve term, he i"e '. i. . st i th h don't enu:t their -(. ! j.yinx in advance must net e. , j. 1 n the fume fK.llnir ,i ttws? who I, w he distinctly r-rMo. (rum ( r -ir,. i.,r v. i:r pner txf..re y top It. if r-.p i, ,., lint iwaif ilo otherwise a , life i tJ-ort. JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and Publisher. 'HI IB A TS8BH1H WHO It TBS TRUTH WAXES TREK, AKD ALL ABB SLATES BESIDE.1 SI. SO and postage per year. In advance. t n 1 : VOLUME XIX. EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1S85. NUMBER 31. Zy t for Infants and Chlldresn. J.iCvtorla.stiowenBrtorltoehra tht I Om -J-, c,!rc, rvl!B. CoflFttrWIo jrvt.;: . -.i:rasr.'penrt.ni:y -acripUoo I Bow I oawn. Dtarrhoaa, SriicUHiOB, jDown to me " n. A. AiH-n. 51 D., I i'rnu, givca sieep, and proiaotew df. UlBc.Cnl..lJyn,M.T. WlfS furious medlcaUoa. j Ta Cajcr. . - Ccxpaxt, IBS Fulton Street. K. T. In the World -4 J r Iwiirra. White hare derated their Urea $r study of dereloplaa; the Beed Onraa, the r hiring maaufactared Orgtns far 85 year. r cnstmction Is OSITIVE SiriPLE IIRABLEI and will not get out of Repair or Tune -Y JIAXY YEA S3, Ostyles t i"sn ORGAN doq'tbeled Into pnrhai1ng 1 ;httaiBa a preat ARB A Y OF STOPS I aad FITr REEDS at write to a LIABLE dealer' . '! fara ?a yon at even U$t money a flrtt-clatt lN. rr !or cot bat a few cents each s--e f r our CATALOGUE and diafram i-ig construction of the INTERIOR of 1AN3, SENT FREE TO ALL, and .MS DISCOUNTS allowed where we t no Af.nt. IcoxiWhils Organ Co. meriden . con rv. ? lx - r -.-Vii.nVOjS?JrnUTT 'r i.rr.in T'jtc Avoid or 1 ..f k. G-t our F- H.C .ret r end Trl Puck- i.'vij L-.t.ic tibngtrca(w .-Jn'T.f r ''--here. Tke r ' ' s' -f lir-4ruYthtliA0 ( ;tk fi to buinpM, or cu i3:: sif in or Iteorvpnirnce lr I "OB n"F .wt- 'y ounorxi oil .n C Cj. f p p'-j. Xy direct ajiplTcatioi W-ss " t! a fe set c a Ii V4TP FiP1!"!!, hulmiee Is felt I I TR'lL 6."-l'it-il functionsof th. ha. i er..- . .nr.n errsnlim ic rctoTd fSTA T31EXT. 7 p-1 f life, whi--h ti.TC bee, ' jr -aatrfleresivenbHl..n4 Mmh. - 3 rye - - . t i 'i-m . I r I, f ; U'A .v j ii t ; r.-t-f. i !- - ! :t fy;!'d ina::v'.-i i. - i. - i- J ... vt it . 'ftr'iil .ni.itjV i - - ! i-.r !' i.- n ; r i. I ' ! r--;'-ni'-' --. ?r:.(M ls.r. t - I i r .f i, r . f Mi i - " V, I rr .,)a.-.-. ; .1 h rTt y ex. . . -- v . ; f -r it .Ti- i : - u-'- th ' - - .. , rVnrl r - k y -r '.- .r-rr -t for . .r 7(H-n:-i. rf) ' I ;o f !!; )jy Iri'rZj.,(: - i.j- tAirft, f Km i:ta ti f -I."!)',. IICI.W. ' ork Shavings MATTRESSE ' ' rhanvo t!.a eilings In mat. ' ,i: ! r.-.;r,tnm.-n-l COBK SUA V ti e chvai.tft nnd moit durable . ir. a. j m . e me.;, in ih,. will fill a larae th L. Con,'r nd Rallroa rrts, YrV'I'a- . 7.-8t. . . . . 1 ''sis figrapns Dy nw '. - dry plate process tu we E,n(j post paid Roche's Ji for Aiiiatport. which eivM full In- ' rf,,r making tl.e pictures. ' '' f fiirr.i-li from ?10 unwatdi. ' I'HOTfX.KAI'IlIf: Rl'T.r.ETIV " (l,..n... .. ' '-HAS. F. VHA5PIKK, nf(l ' r. paitnent of the School "'""t)i Cullegp, publitbed twice 1 r ' ' i i y Jj por annum, keeps Pho : i. :f .-clonal or amateur, fully ",J" ij in'-.Ti t'i'rnt, and answers All ! n f,!.-i,l; e arise. :j'ri a,,,, tri(. hhU frpe .f II. T. AM1I0.M AilO., " Mograhle ii paia Saterlala, No. r,) lif : OAL)V.Y, EW if rf;; en v. V-2M '.at,;,.,,.- ,f , ot v-jin,,,. -!.:. iK',.tr. f H - ( Orcftteet inHuomncnts er VfW--a fm-d. Nows yonr tim. to srt V. r i"" win for oax cl.brtd Tr Sr-a-t ,i ' of. no T v. ardf 'eni.anl nenral nti- ful(... d Band otMom Ret!hina il ji . i 7 ' - ' nn. r ne., IT I trntl wnu Uj Ulaudl Vmi Bt,, Krw York. KG AN I ir BEST 4fH 1 i-5a . w - . , . Ji.lini.ra-J r. l,.f. J r i - fx'., ! J'-Ln; tut. tin cd pkf- "1 . ortifal Indiscretion. iToin iA.iS REWECY CO., HTOCKtmST 4, .' 1 1 J-i-J c i . J.UUJ3, JB.U. lUP11;3 P'SSCf;3!r0,aTrlllfc "J-ViJ KiJJilJi'ltiA.- 'r- or? i :GRgH 1.' T : ; ir . ;. -u: ? rrz.fi il l. , . ' i i :. -: . .. , r-...... :,,t - .i i.. i . i..-,.. . ii , 1 ' ' J t A ...-tt t-i r'.r.-v. .,..-,1 i; .-..c.ii': 1 L H. DOWNS' Vegetable Ealsanie For the cure of -casumptlon, Coughs, Colls, Catarrh, Croup, Asthma, Pleurisy, Hoarseness, laSucnsa, Spitting LIsodrcneMtis, and all diseaKs of the TAroaf, Chest, and Lungs. In ,11 case, where 1hl Elixir Is used in Ccncy Is at once manlfcted, coa Tiaclug tlio mmt Incredulotts that CONSUMPTION ! not IncuraMe, if prujierly attended to. At Its commeiiceinent it is but a slight irrlta Hon of the membrane which covers the Langs; then an 1 nflamation, wliea the cough U rather dry, local fcver.and the pulse more frequent, the cheeks flUfbc-Jaudclullimorecommon. This cc X Etixir In curing tho abovu complaints, oper ates so as to rimov, all morbid Irrita tion, and lntlamatlon from the lung t the surface, and finally expel them from the system. It facilitates expectoration. It heals the ulcerate! surfaces f and relieve the conca and makes the Lreath- j ing easy. It support, the strength and at the . ....in nni'j i 1 ' . l . ..it it ' . ii iiiretuvin 'i itron?opirte iui.1 a"triui.-cnt artic le, which are !ifio Uryitiff n nature as to beinfrreat danerof leetroyinK tlie patient: whereas this medicine :4 norer dries or stop, the eonjrh, but, I y re toot s' ins; me cr.r, condinently, ben the cous-h 1 is cured the 1-aticnt i well. Send address fur pamphlet rlvmir lull direction, free. Price 3j cts., "m) ct and $1 00 per bottle. OLD EVEP.TAVHERE. BE JET, JC1I5S05 1 10ED, rrops., Bnrnupton, Tt. DOWNS' EUX1R.CZ-: Sold bv . S. Barker fc Bro., Kben.-l uig. Ha, RIVINIUS' BLOCK, EBENSBURG PA 3v : If) CARL RIVIIMIUS, Practical Watchmater and Jeweler nAS always on bajtf a Israe, varied and ele' srant assortment of WATi'HKS, JEW KLRV , SPEUTACLKS, EVE-OUSStS Ac, which he offers for sale at lower prices than any other dealer In the county. Persons needing anything In bis line will ds well. to give him a call before pnrcha?lnsr eloewhere. -l'rotnjt attention paid to repairing CIocki Watches. Jewelry, Ac, and latisiactlon gnaran eed In bo'h work and price. H 11 Z -rj t;"?ra Th Oreateirt fc?. Si-ichcf tie Age! , Lose otuiri fit i-iwcif cr.vt ire, i'atu In the hecil, wi'h ix V:. p.- leatton tu the tinck ur, Tf-ln Kn .er t';e tiheolier bla.de, I'nilvrr.e c.f r c-i'ri , Ti .th n, d i lncl'i:fGi n eat-t t'-ott ct L.-.ily f?r n?nd, Irrimbiiinofteni.rr, l.-ot i.sl- lte, teiila n fur I irTof hrtrlra tjc-gji-ctcd rcmntlaty, Vnrin' n, ili-. ii.epa, Ir lzt.:;r.zit netbo iieorr. lctn V-fofe tii! r, I?-nuco orcr tio tltr"-" f.'ii lin.Ierrncs". r:th f.'.iul ire.ir.is, il.i.lilrciiiomi .'rke, aad G0!!STSPAT.C?4. Tt'TT' S me t veri'''y adapted t' sj: ' lawi, fn il;j. t-rf'ciis si:cii a il.-.r; nficc:lii;.n'i as'. r.Uu t: sufferer. Irrv ticree tiic iTret:e,ana c!inse tao . b d ' li.enii I'loiMi i ihsu -t-m Is nnTii. hel.f-'t br o - . Tnzy'o Action on - -tM lf-7wt jve UrKSPi. fleK.r ' S.oolsare f e a -. -f 4 --cruy " 9" iiSIB im. :ir J5'T rr W ii:jcr.::s ehsreert Ion r,i (nr lib ic i:w n, bing.o appiication of ihnDri'. Ii iriut a natural col'r.acts :.isitinianoi:.iy. Kohl hy l!i5git8, or fent by ciiiKHCn receivt Of fl. OfTie, A-i Murray St., Kew York. TheCREATiJUM BO ENCINE - -AID- P OILER WIBI5E Trtee.tVBIr npvrar d Cheapest rig In the market fordrl v Ing Ught niachlne rv. .Tnst the thln for Farmer.' use. Ice Cream Icalc.rs' Frlnttrr Prelaw. ThrenliVMiiciilnM Ac, Manufacturer of all kinds of Ma chinery A Jobbing. Send for Catalog ad and Price List. ; H. P. KANKII, ' 84. M6 A 89 !ifSfrty - ii ; v... . Iftwtr Av.. ; A iLnnnaKT. Pa. May 22, l8&.-iyr Obtained and alirrK.VT ? rsTXESS at tended to for MODE I! A TF. FEES. Our i fflc Is opfwite the U. t Patent Of ficp, and we can obtain Plnts in !. time than thos" renot from WASHINGTON. Send MODEL OR DRAWING. Weid Tise as to patentability frep of eharee : and we make A O CHARGE UXLESS PATENT IS SECURED. We refer, her. to th Postmaster, the Supt, of Monev Order Div.. nnd to officials of the U. S. i'atent Office. For circular, ad vice, terms and references to actual clients In your own State or County, write to C A. SXOW & CO., pp. Patent Una.. Washington, I. C vtiti". nnnrn 5f AT bi? rorvn O-M in n rill n.1 1 ivrT..Eo. p, - aasar -- v.o s Newspaper A l-ertlaln g - hTHRKTl, wnKKE AD VKBTISI.IO CONTRACTS may lo tuutlu fur It lu Ml YUUIV. r! PATEWS BE CONTENTED. kV man hi his carriage waa riding along, A graily-dressed wife by hla tide; In satin and lanes sue looked like a queen. And he like a kinaT In his pride, A wood-sawyer stood on the street as they paened; The carriage and conple he eyed. And said, as he worked with his saw on a log, "I wish I was rich and could ride." The man in the carriage remarked to his wife, One thing I would giTe if I oonld I'd rive my wealth for the strength and the health Of the man who Is sawing the wood." A pretty young maid with a bundle of work. Whoe face as the morning was fair. Went tripping along with a smile of delight While humming; a love-breathing air. Fhe looked on the carriage, the lady she saw. Arrayed in apparel so tine. And baid in a whisper, "I wish from my heart Those satins and laces were mine." The lady looked out on the maid with her work, Po fair in her calico dress. And said, -I'd relinquish position and wealth Her beauty and youth to possess." Thus it is m the world, whatever onr law. Our minds and our time we employ In longing and sighing for what we have not. Ungrateful for what we enjoy. MY FIRST PATIENT, "Ys, just a few hours more of pleas ure, and then back to the city, where I am aure I shall have pleasant recollections of this brief visit to your beautiful mountain home." L Jack Charlton, had opened an office In the thriving city of I, , and having waited lone enough, as I thought, for a chance to distinguish myself in the surgi cal line, had accepted an invitation from a college chum to rest for a few weeks at his home. I have hardly finished the above sentence when my friend grasps m ftrm, saying : ' Did you ever hear a more melodlo-w Tolce t" stood spell-bound while the words of the grand old hymn, "Rock, of Ages," were wafted through the rustling trees to my ear. "Hal," sa3-s I, "I must and will seethe owner of that voice. Where does this path lead to ' "Directly to the pond you admired so much yesterday. I think It is near there you will And your warbler." Leaving him to follow more slowly, I rush along the path, and when near the pond see a picture which shall be engraved upon my memory a life-time. Seated on a swinging bough of an apple-tree by the pond's side is a young lady, In look scarce ly more than a child, and, while swinging is amusing herself breaking oft apple blossoms and 8howerinst them over the golden locks and into the hands of a little boy standing near the edge of the water. The girl had decked her golden curls with blossoms, and her hat also, which is tied to and swaying slightly to and fro with the bough. leaning lightly forward and topping her song, she is saying In a musi cal, sweet tone of voice : " Catch this one, baby, and keep it for anntie." At this point I jumped from my place of concealment, seeing that the limb which Is holding her slight weight is slowly sev ering from the aged tree, but before I can reach there the branch has broken and I aee the beautiful head with all its wealth of flowers, sinking down, down into the watar which Hal had told me was deep enough to drown one who would venture In. Stopping long enough to tell the child to keep still and wait for Anntie, I pull oft my coat and shoes, and jumping into the water try to reach the spot where I see the curls rising again, but, when there, nothing is seen but a circle of waves, and In my mind's eye I cau see my beautiful darling (even at this perilous moment I call her by that endearing title) lying at the bottom of the pond, grasping her blossoms tightly in her hairtls, and her wonderful voice hushed forever. This thought gives mo more strength, and I make a bold dash, catching her arm j-ast at the third nnd last rising of the body. I.lmp nnd lifeless as she is, I hurry to shore nnd lay my bnrden under the tree Just as Hal comes down the path. Taking In the situation at a glance, he quickly forces a restorative between the girl's lips; this after a few minutes is swallowed, and Bhe slowly opens her eyes. Seeing Hal bending over her, she says: " I think I have sprained my foot in mv fall." ' If that Is the case, my friend can at tend to that." Tnrnlng upon me a pair of eyes which resembled violets quilled with Hack lace, so beautiful are the lashes which nature has bestowed upon her, she smiles as I tp forward, after motioning to Hal not to proceed any further, as I am almost aure he is going to give a lengthened de scription of the affair and make me a hero. Now comes the bandaging of the small foot, which for the first time in my life, seem 8 cruel to do, for I see her tightly compressed lips and the look of pain npon her face. After finishing this task Hal takes her Jn his strong arms, and I fol lowed with the child to the cottage where thexoupg lady has told us to take her. The door Is opened by a lady whose age, judging from her appearance, is scarce ly more than the girl's whom Hal ha already taken through the door and ated. , We learn from the conversation that Mrs.- Gordon, who is a widow, with her only child, Iee,"and her sister, Violet, (I might have known that my young lady could have no other name when possess ing those eyes) had let the cottage for the summer, owing to the recent Illness of Mrs. Gordon, and, having found the mountain air so healthful, they - had de cided to reside there permanently. HaTtngmade my patient as comfortable as possible, we take our departure, but not before arranging to come again on the morrow. I had decided to prolong my Tislt for a few days, for I thought of the long hours which Miss Violet would v-.-, to spend before she would be able to stand, ana pwrnajw - . .t ... . quentty during this brief tim, .uHU? hear her voice, this time with the knowl edge that I have met and conversed with my enchantress. During our way home Hal is compelled to listen to my praise, to which he re sponds with a knowing smile, telling me that my train is due. What care I now for trains. The star shall fall, and tho angels be weep ing. Ere I cease to love her, my queen, my queen." This makes Hal silently grasp my hand, thereby bringing me down from the region Of the clouds, where I have been sailing, saying he sympathizes greatly with me, but perhaps Violet has already a lover, and he wouldn't lose his head until he knew something more concerning the mysterious young lady. Violet have a lover ! Heaven forbid ! but no ; I must not let the suspicion of Hal, who has struggled through life until his thirty-fifth year without falling in love, for one moment enter my mind. Then away all doubts. "Hal, I rather Imagtn that they think it was you jumped into that pond, so please do not enlighten them to-morrow, for well, to tell the truth, old boy, I don't beTieve I could stand having those eye look oh, you know how it is with me, so, as you love me, take the thanks and keep allent." Hal does not Kke to promise this, but seeing my look of misery, he gives his eon sent. The day following and many suc ceeding days find ns at "The Rest," which name had been given to the cottage, and with each visit I feel my admiration and love grow stronger for my patient, who, with Mrs. Gordon, is now able to join with us in our ramblings, but as my admira tion for her grows stronger I imagine that she, in turn, avoids me, while Hal she welcomes with the smile which form erly had been equally divided between us. Coming one day upon her at the very apple tree where I bad first seen her, I de termined to tell the exact state of my feelings toward her, thinking that after this waa done I would leave her forever, thereby losing all the ambitious hopes which had once been mine. Lying on the grass by her feet I pleatled earnestly for her love. "Since the day when the tones of your sweet voice reached my ear, and sine I held you in my arms, fearing that neither of ns would get to shore, my thoughts have dwelt constantly upon yon, my dar ling, my own darling, for snch I will call you for once, and then Violet" now I catch a glimpse of her eyes, and see amazement written there, which recalls to my mind that I have, without, Hal's assistance, told my lit tits secret. "I thought why Mr. Charlton, I thought your friend but don't yon know that I love you anyhow,'1 says Violet; then follows a burning blush at having been so outspoken, but by this time I have the dear girl close in my arms, which hereafter will be her resting place. I shall now care for my patient as for my life. Imagine our Joy on returning to the cottage we find that Hal's heart has been struck by the little widow, who has con sented at some futnre time to become his wife. Four happier people were never seen than those gathered together that evening at "The Rest." and all owing to my first patient. Pittsburg Prrsx. About the Lobster Family. The lobster propels itself by means of thin plates attached to the body which it uses as oars. Its eggs are attached to the under side of the body and carried about, and to protect them from rocky bottoms the tail of the animal is doubled up under. It, completely covering them. There are said to be lobsters in the Mediterranean which have no claws. The crab is a higher order of animal than the lobster. The fiddled crab is so called from the peculiar shape and motion' of its claw. It has a set of grinding teeth in the anterior portion of its stomach, and a grinding movement is kept up almost continuously. The eye of the crab is Tery peculiar, consisting of a series of tubes bound together, each tube repre senting a single eye. He sees singly by. : combining the images in his mind after the : manner of a inosiitc. The long feelers of j a crab are designed for reaching into crevices of the rock after its prey. The ; giant of all crabs Is found in the bay of j .leddo. Its legs are 11 feet long and it i scarcely has body enough to hold them to ! gether. The hermit crab Is a tjneer sort of anini.il, which takes up its habitation in shelli vacated by other animals. If a her mit crab was placed in a tub of water with several shells it would examine them all, nnd then select that best adapted to its comfort. If two or three crabs were put among the same shells they would of ten fiht for the best shell. The hermit often travels about in conjunction with a polyp ns a means of protection from the octopus. The polyp does the fighting, while tho hermit carries him about and collects food for both. The palm crab lives in coeoanut groves. It tears off the husk with Its claws, ham mers through the shell, and then lifts out the meat in chunks with its pincers. The palm crab has a special breathing appa ratus which enables it to live out of water. The most peculiar of all the crabs is a certain species which lives in the moun tains. The animals keep well out of the way during the daytime, but they are fond of making moonlight excursions in little groups to wet their gills in water. They not infrequently stop at vegetable gardens in their marches, and the damage they do make the farmers their enemies. The barnacle is of the same general species as the lobster and the crab. "Thanks" or "Thank Ton." A controversy has arisen over the sub stitution of the word "thanks" for the expression "thank you." Some of our esteemed contemporaries in the West hold that, while it may be perfectly proper to limit one's expression of gratitnde to the single word "thanks," it is in much better taste to adhere to the older and mors for mal acknowledgement. This ts very much a matter of personal opinion. The late Charles Summer, who in most things carried the formality of politeness to an extreme, invariably used ths word "thanks," Instead of the term "thank you," and. If we are not greatly mistaken, this practice on his part had the sanction of the highest social authorities in Eng land. The trouble with a great many of our American people is that in the affairs of everyday life they are indisposed to use riVifnrm of acknowledgment. Boston INCREASE OF IHSAHITY. the Paet Pronn by Statistic Some of the Causes. The Medico-Legal Journal says the In crease of insanity is an admitted fact confirmed by statistics. The ratio of the increase of the Insane is greatly in excess of the increase of the population. The in crease of insanity here and elsewhere Is due to many causes. The changes pro duced in social life by modern civilization are an important factor. Dr. Pratt, of Michigau, truly says that we see more, think more, road more, feel more, know more, worry more in ten years than our grandfathers did in thirty. Where does the straia of this intensity fall? Not on our physical strength; for, with all we do, we do not labor as hard physically as did our fathers before us. This strain of intensified life falls, and of liet-e.sity must fall, on the brain and ner voits system. The rapid Increase of paresis and of ither forms of brain and spinal degenera tion amonst our ablest, busiest and best men furnishes a fearful proof of the ef fects of overtaxing the nervous forces. An important factor for this increase of insanity is rndonbtedlydue to foreign Im migration. Statistics compiled from the Inst census report, show that one-third of the insane are derived from the foreign born, who constitute only one-eighth of our entire population. Hut statistics show that there is an in. crease of insanity among the native born. Here the element of out modern civiliza tion comes in as an exciting cause. Take any of our great industries, and note the changes that, during the last forty years, have taken place in the manner in which they are carried on. and the effects those changes have wrought upon the opera tives. The general diffusion of education makes our younij men anxious to win success. What are the chances of 6uccess as compared with forty years ago, for yonhg men starting in life without means? The great improvement of which we boast, especially in labor-saving machin ery, as Herbert Spencer snys, has not im proved the chances of the masses. The masses may be as well fed and as well clothed as before, but the chances to rise from their normal condition are much lessened. Forty years ago speculation In stocks was almost unknown. Within a few years some men have become immensely rich by fortunate speculation in mining, oil, telegraph, telephone and railroad stocks. The contazion has spread. Thous ands of men with small means, small sal aries clerks, professional, men, lawyers, physicians, and clergymen even have dealt In margins, with the expectation of becoming suddenly rich. While- one in a hundred may have made something, the ninety-and nine have been sadly disap pointed, and lost all. Wall straiet is the great maelstrom that has swallowed the hard earnings of thous ands upon thousands of unfortunate vic tims. Beecher has quaintly said that the angels hold their noses when they look down on W"all street. Is there any won der that the anxious, sleepless victlms-of Wall street show hi become insane? The Rest Ed pea tor. Live newspapers are the best educators of country youth. This is well called " mail-bag education," and is one of the greatest blessings of the century, though sometimes mixed with eviL But there is evil in most things. Such seems to have been a law of creation. Kvil Is that we may overcome it, and thus grow strong. Napoleon loved obetacles that he might combat them. Given a wise assortment of periodicals : an independent political Journal; a clean, breezy, literary paper or magazine ; a wide-awake, progressive, farm paper ; one or more of each ; and our boys of the farm will have material to keep their brains busy and free from rust. The seeds of evil may breed content with poor farming, poverty and narrow ness. But such evil Is good. Cherish it ; water it with encouragement ; cultivate it with wider knowledge ; train It with better practice, a broader system of cul ture, contact with progressive men. Then the fruit may be self-gained education, valuable experience, and in later years a progressive, wise, successful, influential agriculturist. The world needs such men by thousands. Our Country Home Peculiarities of the Apaches. The Apaches have smoke signals by day and fire beacons at night, and systems of telegraphy understood only by themselves. The displacement and overturning of a few stones on a trail, or a bent or broken twig, is a note of warning like the bugle call to disciplined troops. The many crosses dotting the roadsides of Arizona and New Mexico mark the graves of murdered men. " The country seems one vast grave-yard," writes Susan E. Wal- I iace, ii we may juage Dy ine rrequency of these rude memorials." Trained by their mothers to theft and murder from childhood, they are inured to all extremes of heat and cold, hunger and thirst. They are cunning as the red fox, insatiate as tigers, and so ingenious in preparing for surprises that they will envelope them selves in a gray blanket and sprinkle it carefully with earth, so as to resemble a granite boulder, to be passed within a few feet without suspicion. Again, they will cover themselves with fresh grass, and, lying motionless, appear as a natural por tion of the field. TKrn. Partington's Equinoctial. "Talking about the misuse of words. said an old citizen of Buffalo, "Buffalo, when a village, had a veritable Mrs. Part ington. The great governor. Do Witt Clinton, came to Buffalo, and the good lady I refer to was his hostess. At the table she astonished the patron saint of the raging Erie with some of her peculiar sayings, one of which has become historic "The governor kindly referred to the Buffalo climate as salubrious and quite delightful. 'Yes.' said the hostess, 'we usually have nice weather, except in the winter months and when the sun crosses the Penobscot. " 'My dear, you don't mean the Penob scot.' hurriedly protested the judge, her spouse. " 'Dear no said she, 'I mean the Passamaquoddy.' ' A Crowding of Event. Wife. How very nnfortunne! Husband. What is it this time? Wife. Why, Clara Smith's wedding and the funeral of poor dear Mrs. Brown are to take place at the same hour on Wednesday, and I have been looking for ward to them both so much. A Stranger In Washington. " Beg your pardon, sir, but I've jnat ar rived in the city. Can you tell me where Mr. Hendricks lives ? ' " Mr. who 7 " " Mr. Hendricks, of Indiana." "Don't know him. sir. Never heard of such a man, and I've been here all my life. . Perhaps you'll find his nam in the directory." Chicago Hcruld. WK ALL LIKE SIIEEP. " Wa all llko sheep," tbe tenors shrill Begin, and then the chnrch is still. While bark and forth acros the isle, la seen to pass the "Patching" smile. We all like sheep," the alios monn In low and rich and mellow tone. While broader grows the merry grin And noses get farther off from chin. We all Ilk sheep," sopranos s'ng ?lll all ths echoes wake and ring i he young folks titter, and the rsst Suppn-ss the iaugh in bursting chest. " We all like shp." the bausos growl The Utter grows into a howl. And e'en the deacon's face is graced With wonder at the singers' taste. We all like sheep," runs the refrain. And then, to make their meaning plain. The singers altogether say, We ail. Jjk sheep, hare gone astray." Columbus (O.) Despatch. a happy" family. It was Sunday. Mr. Skinner was very tired, and though he would lie down on the sofa in the back parlor and rest. He lay down and crossed his feet with a parade hardly Justifiable under the circumstan ces. His wife came in and saw him. " Why, Lot Skinner I" she exclaimed. If I ever heard of the like ! Lying down ou that new sofa with yonr boots on, and oh, my goodness I your head on that lace tidy that I had done up last week. Yon are the most inconsiderate man I ever saw In my life." Mr. Skinner got up, and his wife smoothed out the tidy and rearranged it. "The idea of anybody putting a head on that tidy," said Mrs. Skinner, who had no Intention of using slang. " I did sup pose you had more sense. "I used to have," said 'Mr. Skinner, good naturedly. "Ya-a-h. I could take a nap if I could find a place to drop down. Ya-a-h." "You had better read your bible," said Mrs. Skinner. She was a good, uncom fortable woman, so clean and neat and orderly that she made her family wretched with her domestic drill. Something sailed Mrs. Skinner off then, and when she came back Mr. Skinner was gone. She took a book and sat down, when a thought struck her and she bound ed from her chair as if she had been a snnoa ball. Yes, It was Just as she had feared ; her husband had gone up-stairs, and she foand him stretohed out in bed on top of a white counterpane, his grlrily-gray head sunk deep into a whlted, starched pillow sham, with these words embroid ered in the center i "Sleep sweet, beloved."' He was not only asleep, but snoring, with a look of content on his wide-open mouth. "Ut S-k-i-n-n-e-r r He got up in a manner that would have done credit to a gymnast, aud stood star ing at the fearful hollow in the bed and she wrinkled dent In the pillow sham. "I declare, I forgot," he said, looking very foolish. " Alice, haven't I a place where I can lay my head ?" "Don't tark nonsense," said his wife, sharply. "The Idea of a sober man going to bed with his boots on." "Would yon rather Pd get " " I'd rather you'd get some common sense," she said. " If you must sleep in the day time, why there's an old lounge down In th kitchen ; no one will disturb you there. Or, I suppose " ungraelously "I can take off the quilt and the shams, and let yon have your nap here, though It's wicked, that's what it is, to sleep Sun day. It's a bad example to set the ch li ar an. Lot, and you know it." "But I am so sleepy," answered her husband ; " my head is heavy as lead, and I cannot keep my eyes open." "Laziness! sheer lazinessV said his wife in a sharp tone. Mr. Skinner went down stairs and dis appeared. The last, words his wife heard him say were that there was rest for the weary, but she was picking up ths em broidery of the misused sham with a pin, and did not heed him. When she went down stairs he was not in sight, and she busied herself with getting dinner, which OB Sunday took th place of supper, and thought no more about h'nn. She was a distinguished woman ; dis tinguished la the town where she lived as ttng the neatest housekeeper in It. No 0ki could be found neat enough to live with her. All the mettoes In her house Were to the effect that cleanliness is nin to godliness. She dusted every article of furniture ia the house several times every day; she scrubbed so clean that at last she scrubbed thnneii her fcitchn floor la to the cellar and wiw ncarli lo;; i the jsotnmunity. It was a perpetual warfare between her anal dirt. Tbe front parlor was never opened to the family, and although Mr. 9klnner had furnished it he had never sat down iu It a moment since. Its air was that of a tomb. After It had been pened to company for an afternoon the hlldrea went round with flannels about their throats and drank ginger tea. It waa the handsomest parlor in the commu nity, too, and had the family pictures and the marriage certificate framed and hung up there. When the dinner was ready and It was a good dinner, too, for Mrs. Skinner was a notable cook she asked the chil dren where their father was. They did not know. This seemed strange; she Questioned them closely, but they had not seen which wary he went when he passed through she ism Didn't be say where he was going f " he asked, wonderlngly, for Mr. Skionar never went out on Sundays without his family. He said he was going where he'd, have more pestee," said little Harry Bkipnar. "WelL we won't wait dlnnsr for him," said his wife, and they sat down to eat. Bot a spell seemed to have fallen upon them, and when the dinner was over and cleared away, and they were In the sitting room with their books, there was a sense of dreary loss, and Mrs. Skinner sat with the bible open on her lap and wondered why he had gone out, and remembered that he looked queer. It was In consonance with her habits of living that she got up In tbe middle of these speculations to catch a wandering and belated fly anl indue him to be an nihilated. "Strange," she said, as It grew dark. "I'lltake the child rea and go down to his mother's and see if he Is there, and f he is, I'll just give him a piece of my mind." But he was not there, and his mother said Lot had looked badly the last time she saw him, and she thought he seemed worried; hoped It wasn't business troubles. No, It wasn't business troubles ; Mrs, Skinner knew that, and she began to won der if she had cleaned her husband out of his mind. It came to her with sudden force that she had been in the habit of driving him from pillar to post at rail road speed, and at the end of a broom or dust brush. He actually found no rest for the sole of his foot in his own house. It might have worked upon his nervous system uutil he had become suddenly in sane. Horrible thought ! He might have committed suicide. She hurried home with the children All was gloom. She went to the bureau so look for his razor. It was the only fire-arm he possessed It was gone I Then Mrs. Skinner broke down and cried, and the chiidren cried, and It was, indeed, a scene of desolation, w hen suddenly, the door of that horrible parlor opened, and an apparition no. It was Mr. Skinner himself stood before them looking very sheepish. "I everslept myself," he said in a meek, apologetic tone, looking at the dock. ' "I should sny you did," answered his wife, "and the dinner is all eaten up, but I'll fix you up something nice," and she went out, taking the children with her. How much of it Mr. Skinner ever knew It is impossible to say, but there was an immediate and satisfactory change that at first amazed and then delighted him. He could lie down anywhere when he was tired, and his wife would throw a shawl over him and leave him in peace. He has even been seen to lie down on the sofa in the parlor whire he took his Rip Van Winkle sleep, and nobody disturbed him. Mrs. Skinner was at heart a woman of sense, and when she realized that one hair of that grizzly-gray head was worth more than all the pillow shams in the world to her she put the last one away in the company of a demented assortment of superfluous tidies. And they are really and truly, and not in any xoologlcal sense., a "happy family" now. The (.real .viajorlty. " No. it isn't the tramps I complain of," said a Wayne County farmer to a Detroit Free Press man. " I can drive a tramp off by simply bringing out my shot-gun, but with this other class it's different." "What class ?" "Why, these busted theatrical people who are hoofing It back to Detroit. They come along at all hours of the day and night, and in all sorts of shapes. When a chap turns Into your gate and announces that he is Damon, and that Pythias is ! a fence-corner half a mile back, too far gone to foot it another rod, and he barks this up by quoting Shaksjere and giving j-ou the route of his company for four weeks, why, you've got to do some thing." " Of course." Romeo came along the other night and roused me up, and I went down to find Juliet on the grass under a pear tree, resting after a walk of twenty-two miles. They had to have something to stay their stomachs and put new life Into 'em, and I thought they'd eat me out of house and home. I've had leading men. leading la dles, villains, lovers, chambermaids and property men walk in on me singly and by droves, and I wish the season wa over. Curns how they all tell the same story." "What Is it f "Why, they had the boss play and the keenest manager. Everything was calcu lated right down to a cent, company was the best on the road, and there couldn't be no such thing as failure. But there was. The treasurer skipped with the fnnds weather too hot too many roller r1nk3 alius some good reason for bursting up. Poor critters ! Whenever I am woke np at night by a voice calling out: 'Me noble lord, a stranger begs a glass of but termilk of thee,' I git into my clothes and go down, feeling as if all the cold meat in the house likewise belonged to him." WHY AND WHAT. I Why is a girl on horseback in liauid measure ? Becaus eh is a gal on. Why Is a successful poultry man like a carriage builder? Becaus he makes a ooop pay. Of what species of a tree does an Ad ventist preacher who ia good with th gloves rewind you? The box-elder, of course. "Why are you like dough ?" asked a Bnrllngton woman of her hushand. "Because I am k needed at home, my dear." What Is the difference between a man and a pitcher? At times the difference may b very striking ; the man may be full and the pitcher empty. What is the difference between the win dow of an attic room and rfceuroattsm in the knee ? One is an attic room winAew, and tli other is a rhum-U pain. So en Difference. Lawyer Did you see this tree near the roadside ? Witness Yes, sir, I saw It very plainly. Lawyer It was very conspicuous, then? Witness Well, I can't say that. I saw the tree very plainly, though. lawyer Well, now, I would like to know why, If it was plain, it wasn't con spicuous ? Answ er that, sir, now, will you ? Witness Well, It Is this. I come into this court-room and glance over the bar. I see you plainly among the other lawyers, although you ain't a darn bit conspicu ous. That lawyer Is trying to trade his sheep skin for a pack-saddle. A Hint To Mrrrhsnts. " How is It. my friend, that you never buy your goods from me ? I have been In business nearly a year and you have never yet patronized me," "Well, John, you see I am very sensi tive." "What has that to do with it ?' ' A great deal. You never advertise, and I haven't the cheek to go where I'm e Invited." WIT AND WISDOM. A forthcoming event One that raceeeds three others. The net to catch a man matrimonially The brunette. Delays make a bad beginning and a worse ending. The longest life is too short to show ns how little we know. riay-tonic affection Going out between the acts at a theater. A man is wise only just In" proportion that he knows himself. Triff es are scrlons things, all our happi ness and misery nre made out of them. " Every c'ou l has its silver linings," The boy who has the mumps can stay away from school. Women are said to be always looking tn the glass. Men seldom do, unless there Is something to drink in it. iThe worst error of the press When you try to press the niece's foot under the table, and it turns out to be the aunt's. Most people think if they could only live their lives over again they would do differently, but they would only be differ ent fools at best. When a man resches the top of a stair way and attempts to take one step higher, the sensation is as perplexing as if he bhd attempted to kick a dog that wasn't there. " "Your father Is entirely bald. Isn't he f" esld a man to a son of a millionaire. ' Yes," replied the youth, sadly: "I'm. the only heir he has left."' " Where were you born little girl ?" asked a philanthropist of a street beggar. "I'm not sure, sir," was the reply, ''but I've often heard my ma say that I was born in poverty." "That artist Is a friend of yours, is he not ?' "Well, yes; he used to be, but one day he was fool enough to ask me how I liked his pictures, and I was fool enough to tell him." "Is that about the right length, sir" asked the skilful barber, as he finished cutting his cu-f orner's hair. "I like the sides and back," was the repons, "but I wish yen would make It a little longer on the top." A German went into a restaurant, and as he took his seat an Irish waiter came j up and lowed olitely, "Wie ghets " said the German, also bowing politely. ! "Wheat cakes." shouted the waiter mis- tr.kiuK the salutation for an order. " Nein, nein : " said the German. "Nine!" said the waiter. " You'll be lucky if you get three." An Irishman was advised to take show er b ths. A friend explained to him how to fit up one by the use of a cistern and cullender. Pat set to work and had the thing done at once. FnTisexjaently he was met by the party w ho had plven the advice, and on being asked how he en joyed the baths, exclaimed : " Idad, but it Ttas foine ; I enjoyed it grea'.ly, and kept quite dhry. too :" Being asked how he managed to take the shower, anl yt remain lry. he replied, "Pure now, ye didn't think I waa gotnc to tand under the water without an umbrella:' A Cioowe Earns. There Is a goose ranch located on the eastern shore of Virginia, covering nearly 3,n(io acres, over w hich the feathered occu pants, nearly noo, are free to roam. The farm is devoted exclusively to pro ducing the raw materials needed for the fine down quilts. Several species of geee are bred, all of them being, however, of American lineage. The largest specimens are the swan-geee. and the plumsge of all is of snowy whiteness. The birds are regularly fed with eorn and other grains, and are piven the ut most freedom consistent with the preven tion of straying and loss. Herders are employed to keep a watchful eye on them, and sheds for shelter are provided ia case of Inclement or esiec;al'y severe weather, but the birds rare'v use fnem. About every six weeks the plucking takes place. Only the breast and portion of the sides are touched, the feathers cf the back, the w ingg and tlie tail bing left Intact. It requires nearly HXi average geese to furnish a pound of down, though the smaller feathers which lire also taken, weigh much heavier. Tlire feaihers. however, form an entirely separate grade from the valuable down. The average life of a goose is sn!d to be about AO years, and produce from f to t eggs per annum, a larpe proportion of which are hatched. A bird hAtched In February is In condition for plucking the following August, and so on therefore every 6 or 8 weeks. The feathers are packed in sacks, and sent to the Philadel phia factory, where they are trimmed, washed, steamed, and otherwise prepared for their ultimate uses. TIarveloas OH Wells. President Eaton, of the Oil Well Sup ply Company, told a Bradford correspon dent of the New York Sun, that he had been over to Europe to take a look at Russia's phenomenal oil spouters, and was astonished. The dally production is be tween 30,0(10 and ar.mo barrels. It could be increased to 50,000 barrels per day, but the flows are Controlled by gate valves, he cause there are lnadquate storage facili ties and an insufficient demand. One pe culiarity of the wells in Russia is tbe mountains of sand at the openings. One mound was found to be 6no feet long, tea feet hhzh, fifteen feet wide at the bottom and six feet at the top The sand la thrown up by the oil. The bis wells ia America cannot be compared to the Rus sian geysers. Mr. Eaton says he saw on well flowing t the rate of more than 40, 000 barrels per day, and was told that another prodnced nearly (v.xo barrels tbe first twenty-four hours, and averaged the first ii days 38.000 barrels per day. The largest company owns 4i of the biggest wells, which from 19 to l itlded 4, OOO.nuO barrels. It tales about six months to drill a well and the cost between 110, 000 and f :a.rs. The swrs .lo;,th is 600 feet. Facilities for rellning and transpor tation are tnadqaate. A patrimonial Argument. In an address to yonr.g men. Dr. W. Pratt, of Tvondon, snys that married life is by far the most healthful. In 1,000 mar ried men of twenty-five to thirty years of age there are six deaths; l.ooo bachelors fnrnisp ten deaths, and l.ono widowers twenty-two deaths. In yonnjr men mar ried before twenty years the figures are unfavorable, being fifty per l.rvm. In un married men under twenty the rate Is but seven rer 1 ,ooo. If girls marry be for twenty a like mortality befalls thera. Married people from eighteen to twenty die as fast as people from sixty to seven ty. After twenty-one marriage should be contracted as scn as pospiMe.
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