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Washington. I C W. DICK. Attorket-at-J.aw. KbeBSborpr. P. "ffiow In balldlnr o T. j i.invd riee'd. fflrst noor.) t;entre street. " m-tnnerof leiral business attended te satlsfseto ri aad elletlot)s a specialty. f in-i4..t.f. ToaajaTitaiiTumiaiil the tarns. Dldert-I lilili bed. DMtiK..n rar.erie. in inec.un try S1.t liueeai icthh idhiwi i.ctiiip. e 1 fci ill VV. A T. - l I I'M . ticrevn, .j! I PrilTPWAMTEDSSniofr?Jlc2rMt.: Hlfril I .nnipIcrreetiao.etwei.aiiijgsvcB risk, uulc sales. T.rrtlorv klveu. Da. SCbTT. 84J Broadway. NEW """OIIOI. "M 18 A FBKKatAR WHOM TBI THT7TH Hitll FRKZ, ARB ALL 1B1 sLAYXS BBStDB." TIIK PERFECT WOMAN. Blio shall be A i a flower, so born in rmritv. And in .r virtues boundles a the air ; l.irt np wtth fuar, foneed round with cbaa titv. Kotindod in wisdom, perfect as a star. wTi-n-nrM Shall wJt upon her stops, and Love "u" emino net like a CV.1l -i ... . garment ; on her brow BhaU Troth it smiling like the watchful Htar That hangs upon the forehead of tho Eve. A Kroat simplicity shall mark her wavs And bind tlie linked actions of hor ti'mi Tear shall lie near the er.rfaee of her life Iminitc, Pity, like a living spring, Pball bubble in tho silence of hr hoart Her ,ml shall himger with an awful wish. And all the pulses f lf.r ,,eill varn To mitigate tl, sorrows of her kind. Calm-oyod and patient, never speaking ill And slow to spoak wherein ehe cannot 1 praise ; Faith, never dim. shall guide her foot ; and Hope Ehall brood npon her boins like a dove : " An. over all. like B-nodiction-s calm. Wiall all her paths be lit by Charity Faith, Hope. Charity, these three, yet 80 As ( harity is greatest, ao ehall she xmj Kuonn uy Charity. Chariot James. -DISOBEYING 0EDEE3. slow Certain rnnfrilrrate Soldiers im posed of a Mexican Thief and Murderer. riuriiiR tho Summer of VH. Browns VI. If. near tho mouth of the Rio Grande. Was the only place in the Conf.il-rncy Where cotton could be sold and supplies Iurchased, owing to the proximity of Mexico. Several ganps of Mexican cutthroats Inf.sted this region. They nitulorfI and robbe.1 the uiisuspocting Americans, with a liliotality and iicess iw.-uliurly Mexican. Hanlly a day pnsseil without fiome horrible crim I. ing eommittiMl. rufrs r'gi merit of Confederate cavalry Was campel at Resaca. the laijoou near Which the celebrated battle of Kesara de la l'alnia was fought. : The men became indlpnant at these continual outrages, nnd Sergeant lieed and Frank Travis, and several others calbil on the Colonel of tho regiment for permission to hunt down tho Mexican banditti. Col. Duff, a rigid disciplinarian, re'iised to allow tho men to scout for tho thieves. It was Indispensable to the welTire of tho Conf.-deracy that no complications Should nris; between tho two Kover rneniM ; hence he Informed Sergeant Reed that he would bo held to a strict re--Insil. My for tho killing of any Mexi cans. Ti e delegation retlnil. but In less than half nn hour, four as daring men a ev.-r lived, well mounted and armd to the tee.n, could l.avo been seen from the regimei.tal quarters. emerging " D.scipl n..," remaikeil their leader, "Is a very good thing In its place, but blood is thicker than water. I reckon we will make some few Mexicans quit murderin' white women a- d children be foieweget. through. Colonel Duff or no Colonel DufT." The scout ers had not proceeded more than thre ; miles, when they discovered a wagon near a water holo In th pralrlo. No human being was In sight. They rode tip ami a horril.lo sight met their view a man and a woman riddled With bullet, with their throat cut from ear to ear. Sitting on the ground In the hot blistering sun was a little loy cry ing, and calling on hid father and mother to wake up. Trunks had loon broken open, nnd such of tho contents as the robbers had no use for were scattered on tho v round. Tho crime had Just l;en committed. In fact tho cutthroats had fl.-d on tho ap proach -of the Texaus, and were con cealed from bight by a depression in tho prairie. Tho littlo boy pointed out the din-ction they had tak.'n. Standing up In his saddle to get a bet ter view. Prank Travis perceived a num ber of dark sjxx'ks on tho horizon of the prair.e. A moment later tho four Texans were galloping at a breakneck speed in the direction of the robb. rs. Although there were 6ix of tho robbers they made no t-tai.d to defend them eelvee. B.lng better mounted the Texans soon overhauled them and I tumbled them out of tholr saddles one j after another. j : The leader of the Mexicans, who was j none ot er than Pedro S mloval, letter i nono as El Coyote, or the Wolf, being better mounto I, was tho last one to be overtaken. Ho turned in his sad. Ilo and fired several ineffectual slu ts at his pur suers. Sergeant Reed, who wns n nrest to tho Co. o.e, thr .Mt his feni. king piMol luck Into tho ecililiard, and ie:.-i. lung h:s lnsoo from his saddle, sw.iiig it over his head. Tho noose foil over tle head and shoulder of the Mexican. Tie trm dragged fiom his saddle a- d a moment later was lying helpless on the pr;iirio bound hand and foot. Ho was taken back to tho scene of the murder arid identified by tho little ly. Frank Travis wanted to hang him In tho epot where the murder was committed. No," snid Sergeant Reed, I've got a better Idea than t'tat. Wo will bury these poor people tho best we can. As fioon as It is dark we will return to enmp and take Mr. Wolf with us, and to-night wo will quietly hang him on a mosquito tree right in "front of Col. Duffs t-;nt. Just, to convince him that wo obeyed his orders not to molest any of the Mexican cutthroats." This programme was faithfully carried out, and next morning when Col. Duff emerged from his tent to inspect the landscape, the first object that met his eye was the swinging body of tl Coyote. The little boy wns cared for by his res cuers, and Is to-day a prosperous stock raiser In Frio County. Adapted from Texas Sittings. A Change of Toons. a nocrm with an axe in dtb rianafl. Btood boslde the highway Pkirtlng s Mississippi swamp, aud aa we came up be paid : . , . . . . Gem'len, he run'd rigbt up dat ar gum-' ree." What did?" .... A 'coon, eah. If you ha pot rdstola mebbo you kin fotch him down fur me. Ie faniily am powerful hard up fur meat list now." Wo dinmonntod and took a , nrrey. An nnlninl olsorae port could be dimly made out hugging a limb high up. W e popped away, but without doing any damage, and, as it moved along the llinb. the Colonel observed : "That may be a 'coon, but I oon t be lieve It. I d sooner think it was a 'poe- pum.,f . .. . . . IIu ! but If dat ain't a 'coon you kin call dis chiie crazy !" replied the man. Wo role away leaving hint to chop the tree down. It was almut three hours t..forewe returned, and then wo found h m eeatod on the fallen trunk. Iiepln niac at tho top of his head and extend ing to hia ankle bones were bloody scratches. Ills garments were rent and tattered. hl hands were covered with blood, and he was trying to bind some leaves on a bad wound on hi left arm. For the land's sake, but did the tree fall on you !" exclaimed the Colonel. Ko sah : I war fell on by de anamlle." . Which was it a 'coon or a'possnrnT" ' Neither one, "h ; it happ- ned ter be a wild-oat !"- IDctrolt Frw Press. EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9. FIGHTING OFF HYDEOFHOBIA. The Savins; KfTwtof Will I'owrr Kmplnyed K-lnst That Irresulfnl IMseane. I heard General Rente glvo an inter esting account of his once fighting off an i attack of hydrophobia. It Is the first case I have ever heard of ; a man's being able by mere will power to throw off this formidable and terrible disease. The General apparently t lleves that hydrophobia ia but a creation to a certain extent or the lmaglna Ion. When he was a young man he was Surveyor-General in Southern California. During his residence there, through the purchase of land, he laid the foundation for his present fortune. His favorite sport at that time, was the hunting of wolves. The hunters would go out armed with lances and follow trained dogs. The dogs would run down the wolves. Im mediately following the attack one wolf would always leave the dogs and come to attack tho hunter. The General said one day when a wolf came towards the laneo, with which he could easily keep off and destroy any wolf making an ordinary attack, broke. As his lance broke he started to kick tho wolf under the Jaw. His foot missed its aim. and instead was caught in the wolf's mouth. The wolf bit clear through his mocca sin and wounded him severely. So grim was the grip of the wolf that he did not even releaso his hold when killed. The j muscles supporting his Jaws had to be I cut before his teeth could be relaxed i from his terrible grip. When the General ictnmed to camp, ! as ho was alone during this experience, : he was met by a cheerful companion, I who told him that tho bite of an enraged i wolf was certain to produce hydropho , bia. The wolf was undoubtedly in a j condition to communicate the rabies, as i he had been worried to a great extent by the dogs before he attacked the General, j General Reale says that he did not have any opportunity of cauterizing the wounds, and had attached no particular I Importance to the bite until he had re I turned to camp. There was hardly a day passed but ' what his companion referred to cases of I hydrophobia resulting from wolf bites. I The result of this continued talk upon ! tho subject was to produce a great do preRon in General Reale's mind. Within a short time he began to feel : symptons of an approaching attack of , hydrophobia. He had the nios? extra ordinary aversion to water. It was with difficulty that he could swallow. A swelling came in his throat which throat- ened to close whenever he sought to drink. It was only by an extraordinary effott of the will that he could force him self to swallow. One day tho General said to himself I that unless he combated this growing ' feeling he felt certain he would have an j attack of hydrophobia. So ono morning ! he walked delilierately to a spring and ' thru.st his head Into the water. He said . as ho appronohed his head to the wa'er , h felt the most Intense desire to jump j and scream an I run away from it. Rut . ho held himself right 1 fieri! and moved ! his bead up and down In the water until ; he conquered this Impulse and aversion, j He followed up this practice until ho i felt the swelling In his throat going down nnd hi aversion to water lessen ; ing. He fel that he was gutting control ; and this encouraged him. In a short j time all symptoms of the disease had disappeared. I The General was firmly cor.vlnced that .; 1 he hail for one moment relaxed his j will power during that trying time he I would have pisho1 directly into a fit of I the willies: kind of hydrophobia, j He has never suffered from the bite of ; tho wolf since that timo, although it oo ! eurred over twenty-five years ago. IN. Y. World. I . I flow a. Man Does Shopping. ' Yon had better put them dowa on, a rleco of paper, salii Mrs. a. on giving ner nrst order. "Oh, no," said Mr S., " my memory la good." Well, then, a spool of 60 Coatee' DiacK tnreaa. " Yes." " A yard ot not too light and not too dark calico." " Yes." " A small hammer, a can of peaches of the Tassadena brand, a dozen small pearl buttons, two yards of cardinal rib bon, silk on one side, satin on the other." Yes," said Mr. 8., thoughtfully. " A pair of sllppere for baby, a dozen lemons, a good tooth-brush, a pineapple, two ounces of sky-blue German yarn, an oiinco vial of homeopathic nux vomica pellets, a " " Walt a second," said Mr. 8., cottat lng his fingers. " And a bottle of vanilla extract and a yard of triple box-plaltod crep llsse niching and three yards of small-checked nainsook and " Rut Mr. S. had seized his hat and waa running for the station. What the poor man brought homo waa a yard of bod-tlcklng, three yards of black crepe; a bottle of vinegar, eight yards of nankeen, a scrub brush, a pound of green yarn, sixty spools of coat thread, a yard of very black calico and a pint bottle of homeopathic pills. " There, my dear," throwing down his package triumphantly, I don't think you'll find a thing missing. Who says a man can't do shopping?" in i --rJ A Sword nut Hog-pc-or. Two old soldlcra met on a Kingston C.ty street t i-day, and the first old vet eran said to tho other, who had been his chum In tho army: "Say, do you remember '. leut. , at the time wo were down on the Rappa hannock, lHI'.J?" " Yes, I rememtier tho Lloutenant," said the other, but what incident do you l.avo reference to?" "Th time he broke his sword over the snout of a hog," was the answer as helaugliei loudly. "It was just, before the battle of Fredericksburg, and our regiment had been sent down the Rappahannock to build a corduroy road, a oort of make believe arrangement to draw off th Johnnies. " The ground hadn't been foraged over, and there were lots of good things for tho boys. " We found a pen full of hogs, and the boys went for the pork with their bayonets aud killed a number of them. Lieut. stationed himself at the door of the pen to keep the hogs from running out, while the boys prod ded them. We got them all killed ex cept a big boar, and this porker waa fairly wl.d. Flio Lieutenant had a handsome new sword, which probably had been presented to him by his admiring townsman. He was veiy proud of it. " One of the soldiers inado a lunge at the boar, n.ised his aim, just scra'ch ing tho animal. Furiously the hog started for the door of tho pen. " Tho men shouted, ' Look out, Lieu tenant, don't let him get out f "In the excitement the Lieutenant drew his sword, and ns tho boar stuck its head out of the door gave the animal a tremendous blow, breaking the blade of his sword in two pieces. ",w killed the hog. but the loya could never get over the little incident, and ever afterward v hen they were ex amining a new or particularly handsome sword, instead of asking if it was a Da mascus blade, would inquire : raaa 19 " hs'froot(' IKgstoo Free- TEF.IB LAST GAMEi Faro Jack Tel. and Ills Friend, (he Old Man. I'lnvs and Wins. A short and a lean man stood In front f one of the windows of the Union depot and looked out into the street. Ills face was pale, his cheeks sunken, and his eyes had an unnatural brightness. A smile played over his pa e face and brought into greater prominence his black, bright eyes as an elderly man walked ap to him. " Did you take that medicine. Jack?" queried the new comer. " No." replied the Invalid Jack, with some difficulty. " It makes me sick. I don't see no show tor my life on that lay, anyway." The elderly man chlded him for bis lack of hope, and soon Jack was encased In a heavy overcoat, and, assisted by his elderly companion, was moving out In the depot in the direction of a train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road. A third party stopped up, a St. Paul gambler he was, and shook the Invalid by the hand, and was Introduced by the latter to his elderly companion. " Queer bus ness, that." remarked the Bt. Paul member of the sporting gentry as he stood in the depot and watched the train bearing tho Invalid and his friend move out. " The sick man Is Jack Talbot, one of the sleekiest faro dealers that ever han dled a deck or raked In a chip. He's known generally as Faro Jack,' and his chief lay has been in Louisville. His pal is a reformed faro flat, and is Jack's best friend. ' It's a purtty good thing for Jack to have such a role to play to now that he's getting near the end of hrs life's game. Jack's a sick man, and I guess ho's about ready to pass in his checks and end the last deal. But he's grit to the very lat, aud will die like a man whon it comes his turn. " The old man lived In Louisville, and got to gambling. I guess he always playod poker, but faro hit him so hard after he first played it that he could not let It alone. He played It every night, and was a big loser. He kept losing right along, as he struck a bad streak of luck and couldn't w.n a single bet. " All the dealers got on.o him. and the regular player got to oopporing the old man's bet, so sure were they of his losing. lie quit betting big. and after a While went broke, after dropping a fow dollars. " He was getting hard up and was seedy. His clothes looked tough, and he was generally run down. "Jack handled the faro box at the place where he had dropped most of his money. In those days Jack was one of the best-looking men In Kentucky, and dressed like a king. He was a great band for the women Jack, I mean and was a dead m is her. "One day Jack was coming down from the rooms where he had Just been deal ing. It was his turn off. lie was dressed to kill. " As he came down the stairs and out on tho street a young woman in black with a veil attempted to pass him and lot co hor way up stairs. " Jack was interested In a second, and, stopping her, imked her errand Into the gamblin; room. She told him her story; how her father was addicted to faro, and how he had lot everything and had pawne I her dead mother' wed ding ring, and was then up lu the gam bling rooms. She showed her face while she wits talking, and was as purity as a picture, and when she asked Jack to sond her father, he agreed to It quicker than you can say Jack Robinson. "Right back up those stairs Jack wont. and. cn;chlng eight of the old man, who was watching the game, spoke to him and told him some one down stairs wanted to see him. The old man and Jack went down on the street. I ;on't know how It happened, but Jack and the giil became ;ii.nds, or at leat i-ho tried to get Jack to quit play 1.4);, urn! also made a play at him to got the -. I man to stop. Shn dlod. I guess her e'eath wan hrou. hi on by her father's dlFgraoe and th.jir c anged mode of living, for the old i-n:i was used to live lu b wig-up stj le. Wli.n she died she made Jack promise to ou t plating and to get her old man tO q-llt. 1 hey buried her. and the beet Icyout of itinera on the coffin came from Jack. '1 t.e old man was kinder broke up, and sowa.s Jack. Of course imboly erver knew just how it happened, but Jnck and the old man had a talk ; they loth felt down In the mouth, and Jack gave the old folio a pointer about quitting. The old man eal.l his luck must Change, and that as 6cou as ho made a winning he'd quit. "Jack dealt his last night, for he'd given it out that he was going to get out or the business. The old man wus play ing nt Jack's table. "Th old man began to win, and kept on winning. He hnd all tho chip, la front of hirn, and cashed them in and kept on plating. He hardly lost a bet, nnd played the limit aa soou sa he saw it wa.s his n.ght to win. "They quit piny on him, and ho cashed in his checks and had a good many thousand dollars In his pocaeU when he left. " The proprietor, after the bank was closed, tald something to Jack about playing a brace game' naUiat the bank. Jack shot him on the epot. Ha duln't kill him, but cvorybod thought he would die, nnd Ja. k wo. t to prison and wns there Tor a long time. "Tho old man came to him as soon as ho learned of the trouble and stuck to Mm through thick and thin. He never played again and biaced right up. As eoon as J ack could be got out of prison, the old mnn took care of him and final ly cleared him on the charge of attempt bo kill, for he was a lawyer, and a good one, too. " I dont know whether the Id man thought that Jack had cheated for him In that Inst play or not. I guess they don't talk much a!ut It. It's a queer thing, anyway." St. Paul Globe. Cow Id Ie Hads Hare, ' - Ooods a' made to a considerable ex tent lr Saxony from a textile fibre ob talneo from the needles f the fir tree. The needles, young and green, are drld. and subjected to a settling and fermenting proeesB similar to that in use for flax, which softens the woody parts and loosens them from the fibre, though the complete separation is only obtained after a lengthy boiling by steam. During this boiling a by-product ap pears, called fir-wood oil, which Is simi lar to turpentine. The fibre is passed through a milling machine llko those used for woolen cloth, and Is carded and spun like cotton. Generally the carded fibre Is mixed with a certain proportion of cotton or wool, and thus a kind of merino yarn Is produced, which is worked In the hoisery frames Into f-iuglct, drawers, stockings, etc., these fabrics being then sold as anti-rheumatics and as a preventive of gout. ' w s Orthography nod Taeto. Tarker : ' In the course of my travels I have often noticed that different local ities have their own method of spelling words. Now, in the East nearly all the signs are tier,' while out West Uey are Beer. There must be one correct way, ITof essor ; which do you prefer." Professor Buncombe : "Neither ; I think It's wretched stuff!" 81. SO and 18S6. THE TRUE STOEY Or MAZT.PPA. Leading- Facta In the Ufe nt th Rider Celebrated la Foam, fainting- and ttaa Drsais. A portrait of Mazeppa, painted from life has been discovered at Kief, In South ern Russia, and is being engrave! bv the Russian academician, Demery Kow kosky. It will surprise nearly everyone who hears that Mascppa was a real, living man who could sit for his portrait he seems so like a purely mythical being, like Bellerophon or like one of the Amn ions. Yet he was a real man aud cut quite a figure In his part of the world A) years ago. John Stephanovitch Mazeppa was a Cossack, who made a successful war upon the .savage Tartars who desolated Southern Russia, driving them back to the Caspian. This so recommended him to Peter the Great that he Invited the Cossack to his court and covered him with honors and gifts. But when Peter sent him against the Invading Swedes under Charles XII he betrayed the Russian and went over with his followers to the enemy. Peter defeated them both and drove them Into Turkish territory, where, fearing to fall into the hands of his for mer relentless master, Mazeppa klUed himself. He had before this hlddon all the, treasures which he had amassed in bis wars and through gifts from tho.e he had served, in caverns lu the hills around KleL The portrait now discov ered was probably hidden at this time. The Incident by which we know him actually did occur. He was by birth a Cossack, but when very young he was sent to servo aa a page in the court of the Pollsn King. 'lhere his beauty and bravery won him great favor, especially with the la dies. With one of them, tho wife of a certain noble, he waa suspected of too Kreut an intimacy and the jealous hus band in revenge ordered him to bo bound naked to the back of a wild horse, that had never been ridden. Ibe horse was a Tartar horse, from the Steppes, and when loosed he rushed luadiy back to his native country with the uuwilling rider bound to his back. The Cossacks received the unhappy youth when nearly dead from exhaus tion, and he grew up among them, re markable for tttrength aud bravery. Ryrou got his story out ot Voltaire's "Life ot Charles III," and worked It up Into his dashing and attractive poem. A story so dramatic was at once seleed upon for adaptation to the slugs and it w as presente 1 here as early as lh'Ji by an Englishman named Hunter. He also was a very handsome man aud made a great stir In the town. This was at the ciicus whioh is now the Walnut Sirecl Theatre. The picture of Mazeppa bound to the h Tie's back, which everybody knows so well, was painted by Horace Verie t, one of tho greatest of Preuch artists. Veirnet, of course, got ids !u.- p:ralion from Ryron, to whom we all owe whatever knowledge Wo may have of the brdllaut Cossack rider and ttoldier. M.izeppa's real motives for betraying Peter are not certainly known. The Fidea, who look upon him as a hero, always have lualfiUained that he had In view the welfare of the Polish natlo:i, and they point to the fact th a ho stip ulated with the Swedish King for the Independence of Poland. If this be t!.e tn.th, it gives a certain dignity to the act, but the Russlau sloiy runs uiore in accord wtth what other wise Is known of him. They say that h was led to go over to the enemy by the blandishment of a cortaln Polish prin cess. This ould better corieepond with the lest of his adventurous career. Few men, however, who are sjnply adventurers get their actions recorded by a hisiorlau like Voltaire, and cele brated by a poet like Byron, and painted by a master like Vernot, and get to be known by all school boys who epeak the English .unguage. and all this not from any act of doing, but one ot suffering merely. Philadelphia Times. The lanrsse nnd Wonders of fa pan "Before leaving Jap.m In 187a I could speak the language like a native," says a writer In a Philadelphia paper, "and can yet make myself understood In the vernacular. "It is an easy language to acquire col loquially, full of pretty conoetts, charm ing metaphors and Idiomatic turnings. The written language is borrowed from the Chinese, although the kata-kaua syllabary Is Japanese wholly. " There Is no prettier word In any liv ing language than the parting salutation of Japan, especially when sounded on the lips of the maiden, Sayoo-naral' (Good bye.) Politeness is a national, natural grace in Dni !sipun, not an artificiality like with Western nations, the French for Instance, who will choat and rob you with a bow, a toucu of the hat, a 's'U vous plait,' or a niercl. monsieur." " My recollections of the Empire are becoming dreamy now after a lapse of years, but Its physical scenery will al ways remain a vivid picture. The beau ties of the Suwonada, or Inland sen. rival the Mediterranean, and I have heard even Neapolitan visitors to Japan say, Vidl Nippon e pol ruoii.' "The two greatest natural sights In the world ar. the Straits dl Fuca, wiux Mount Raider's snowy diadem glistening far away a hundred miles in th distance, and U.e view In wiuier the climate is tliat of Los Angeles coming up the bay to Kana-gawa, r. itii Fuji-no-yama's peer less truncated cone towering In silvery grandeur on the landscape lull seventy miies liiiand. "No won er t ie Japs have for years hel . Fuji sacred and blazoned It every where in their art, illuminating pottery, embellishing screens, cabinets, lacquor ware and fans. If not like Mount Plane, the monarch of mountains. It is the empress, and sits In imperial beauty above tills quaint people and queer land of the rising sun, a presiding and tutelar genius. " It is an extinct Tolcano over 13,000 feet high, for I measured It myself and stood on its summit on August 6, 1H71, and without a field-glass could see the shipping lu Toklo Ray and the harbor of Yokohama, fifty dd miles away." wsthon Eyas. There Is a boy In Dover. Me., horn without eyes or eyelids. The part of the face la which the eyes ought to be. ac cording to all pr -cedents. Is as smooth as the cheek. The boy is 14 years ot age and his name Is Stlmeford. Ills parents have repeatedly refused to I ave tho child exhibited as a curiosity. The lad's mother is very near-sighted. Boston Traveller. The World Turned Upside Down. ci Mackav has his own Ideas Kt h to bi-ina up children. ltecentlv. in a conversation with a gentleman, he said: b I never whip my boys. I do not think that a father is justified in uttng force to train bis children. When i any ot my boys are disobedieut I make them whip mef They teeel that much wore Usi it I punish them. Recently I over beard two ot my boys quarrelling, and one Baid to the other : m-i,a It you don't stop that dad will make, you lick him." 1L postage per year in advance. NUMBER 41. BCAKDAL. t A whisper broke the air. " m . A soft light tone, and low. Yet barbed with shame and woe; Now, might It only perish there. Nor further go 1 tt ' Ah me! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little meaning sound 1 Another voice has breathed It clear; And it so wandered rour.d. From ear to lip, from lip to ear. Until It reached a gentle heart. And that W broil's. Landoo. A VISIT TO AH ASTROLOGER. 17 n Writer Strongly Impressed with Ills Penetrating- Mag-nrlty. I rememlior several years ago, writes F.lla Wheeler Wlicox to the Chicago Tribune, that a Winter of unusual sr.ows and a Summer of terrific cyclones were said to te caused by a conjunction of certain stars and their peculiar attitude towards the sun. Then, why may not the theory of this Dr. S. be. true 1 1 do not give his name lest nn uncbaritnble world accuse mo of adver Islng himt. that many of the dis asters, financial and otherwise, that bo fall ourl.ves, are often due to a similar cause? Several months ago. having heard a great deal of the marvel ous powers of f this man, I went to see Mm, moved by curiosity and Interest. I found his modest sign with a simple prefix of " Dr." over an English basement on a ro-pectabie and quiet street. Although early In the day. his recep tion room as filled to overflowing with eager and curious jeople, while the low hum of a man's voice In an adjoining apartment Indicated that the astrologer was occupied. As I looked about me I raw a pale and Intellectual lady In deep mourning, who-e serious face expressed the earnest ncs of hi-r errand; a giggling girl In salskln who said she " cme just for fun, in.d ma would kill her if tho knew It ;" a veiled lady who sat like a sphinx In the corner ; an unlx-lievlng man, who camo to expose a fraud, aud a brother from Wall Street, who came because he hail come before and found It to his profit. Tho schoolgirl broke tho silence by her nonsensical and delightful giggle (del ghtful, because It bubbled up from a light, unharassed heart) ; the lady In mourning a.ked us eagerly it we thought the astrologer could give us any knowl edge of the dead ; the unliellever soofToi at tho whole " concern ;" and then the solid, matter-of-fact broker from Wall Street sHke : " I can only speak from personal experience." he said. " I heard much of this man's peculiar powers, and I came at first out of curiosity, at a t nie when I was about to make an tmjortiu.t venture In business. "I entered the room; ho cast my horo.-ope, and after a few ninim nts' study over It, ho lnformixl me corre tly what occupation I was iln.tlnej to lol low. Tl en ho told tin; tho,' a e I aln constellation was Just cm slug the pat tl of my life stvr hlch won 1. 1 lender my bu-iiuvs venture dangerous or fa it I, and advi-od me to wait iiniil a lew weeks had cluj ted before I luaUo any such venture. " I was so Impressed wph his words that I did wait, and found that the In vestment t at I had contemplated would have resulted m'-st li.-a-trou-'y. " Since then I always consult Mm before taking any serious step iu busi ness. So far ho has no. it faibsl to advise me correctly. I have paved money, and made money. ty consulting him. I have great faith In his ability, which I regard as purely sclentiflc, and In no sense supernatural." " no told my sister she would have a chanco to get married lu a year." gig gled the school girl. " I hope to good ness ho won't tell me that." When at last I was admitted to the presence of the astrologer I saw a mld-dle-agil man. tall, Ine.lried to le stout, of prepossessing presence and with a German cast of countenance. Aa I had never before bt-en In this par-tl'-nlar lonallty. and as I was a very kin.ill unit In the great se of inmt ity nhlch surges In New York, I could n. t flatter myself that I waa known to this man. Y'et after casting my horoseoiv nnd studying it a moment he Informed me that the situation of the stars at tho time of my blith n oeet-si tato I a public career for mo. either in the dramatic or the literary world the latter he should think ; and then briefly he outlined the principal and most Imjortant points la my life with alisolute correctness. "Just now." he said. "It will be Im possible for you to make any definite plans about anything. A star afreets you which would confuse any arrange ments you might make especially plana for travel. It will move awray in a short time, however; but I would not adviso you to attempt any Journey Just at present." As I had recently been called back from the West suddenly by a telegram, and my entire plans for the season upset, I could not but thluk his words serious. After a few more moments of silent study he made some predictions in mat ters personal and financial (every one of which so far has been verified), gave me. some advice, and charged the very moderate sum of fifty cents, " Why do you charge so small a fee," I asked, "when you would have all you could do at twice that price?" " Well." he said, " often a man from Wall Street whom I have assisted to a fortuno conies bore and lays down a $100 bill. I have received, as high as $-Vi0. So I can afford to keep my price down for the masses." " Do you nceivo more calls from ladies than gent lemon ?" I a.skod. Yes, although a great many men come he:e to consult sue on buslnes many who would not like it known, no doubt but I think as a rule women predominate. Sometimes a lady comes whose horoscope is almost devoid ot vents ; end she goes away angry because I cannot predict startling adventures and a full life tor her. I can nly predict or relate what the stars show me." " It Is rather curious." I said, "that ladles patronize you so extensively, when you ate the one person on earth to whom they are oblige! to give the exact date of their birth." " But I forget It so soon, you know," he answered. " I see so many people every day. I could not tell you to-morrow the year f your birth." Comforted by this assuranee I mad my exit, and found ton new arrivals In the reception-room since I bad left it One of the fashionable modistes and female speculators of New York told mo she had often visited this astrologer and always with beuetlt to her business Interests. " But I find It bettor to go in tho forenoon," she said. " He is menttlly exhausted late In the day, and his vision seems leas clear, lie is a won derful man." Let Vonng Ijte.les Take Heed. No woman eer engages in a larger Contra, t than wheu she umir es a lunu i. oping lo reform him from eiil lu.bits. 1 he ler.t possible advice is. Don't; b t some other woman Uy it 11 bhe dvsirei. ;uii-ago later Ocean. Advertising- It nte- Tbe larse and reliable circulation Pi lb Casr mi a ' eorr.tr.eBdi it to tk e farorsole vb llderatfon of advertisers, w r. favor will t 1a serted at the following jow rates : 1 tarn, S timet 91.10 1 a months 1 " t months fc1 1 1 year n.0 S " 6 months. - 1 ' 1 year S " 6 months...... .............. 8 1 year W col'n ( months....... ............ H " 6 months H " yr e months.. lyear- Rosin ess Items, first Insertion 10c. per IIbs snhseqaent Insertion o. per line. Administrator s and Lxeentor's Notlres ... A editor's Notls.. Strav and similar Nottoes t.or SOAK! TS CO t 10 1.06 1 SO Hf Rmoluturru or pv-orrerffn of any rorywfv rr aocirty, mud rommwntrrftons Arripnrd to ce'i mitn fwm tm mny aa'iTB imirrrf rrr inivdws intr ttT aiurf Muot ffterf u-mrtfls Job l'mniit of all kinds ns neatly andexpedlt- onsly execnted at lowest prices lKn t yoa lorcer it. AFPETTZERS. Row n Out the Leaa. "Fay." he called out as he ran stairs and entered the first oEoe to tip. his right. is It true?" What?" calmly Inquired the ecu pant. That you have declined to allow your nnme to be used in the Congres sional race? " " Well ah m you " " Then it I true, and I have won s Dew hr.t ! Rut say. what on earth could have osse se l you to decline, when the nomination would bare i een mere form, and the election a certainly." " J.ut as 1 ws going t remark. I " "Oh, rer alnly tirlvate liusiness honors enough an eye on the Gover norship, and all that, but your frier. 'e will ls dis ippointed all the same. W"e wailed a intin the per of any one la that august body. Too lad really too, bad." Yes ah m." couched the other, 'who couldn't come within 40 miles of de lining a t ott. luation ; "you fpoks to me the other day ab .tit let's ae I" ' Oh, yes, I Ui.t want a loan ot 153, but I klriiiished around and " "Ceitnlnly, you can l.ave ft, art double tt.e nmount If jou wish, sod if you Cou't happen to I rlu-h at the t nd of thirty i:a;s take tiily. Yea. my pn-v-te business Is very preaelng - yes ahem talk with you again." Detroit Free Prose. Badnt Had Anything Intel. Tt lecturer had penetrated Into the Interior of MU.o.irl. where entertain ments of any Wind were rarely known. He ha I some doubt about sect. ring an audience lu one town, and he communi cated tits fears to the I all proprietor. "Don't b' alsi med." said the latter; "y.u ll have a crowd, d ho.is. 'oauso, you see, we hain't bad anything here in a loi.g time." Thus encouraged, the lecturer sent out bis bllis. Put his fears were re ciiie 1. tho uu.Venee being of the thlc i:v k n.i. h. u !i It wasn't half as thin ait the i.sr.i re was. I am dinp .lilted," said the lecturer as l.o r- luclatiily counted out 11 ve dollars tor h ili r:i' but didn't haul. So am 1." replied the hail man, dryly- " I thought I would have a f ull hou e." "I. too." " "Cause you said ten ha dat bal scy thing here "la a good while." Thai's jut it," said the .hall man, erswn tiling the live dollars into his wal I t and pocketing It, "and we ain't had anything yel V 'i hnexi lunation was suSclent. -Texas Si f tings. Tr".. A Fashionable HI. fortune. lie had lxen to the city and went home brimful of news. " You 'memtwr the Pmlihs?" he asked hi wife, th' S.Ivor Crik Smiths, them as got rica on the'r gran'feyther'e money r" Yes, she rememlsred then:. ," I se.-n 'em. They're way up. Lire in a gran' hmi-o on a str.st they -all thavenoo. They rMe in a double ker-riat-o nnd Ice no end of money." Si;.- sa;d she j.-.v) a much. " Un. dumb sake! Mandy, you Wouldn't a-.t ter iharg" place with, her. I soe her a mlnii't an' 1 dldu't hev the heart to-twnk C her." She said slie'J ijk-i to know why; Stuck up thing ! " No. she aint,'Mandy ; not now. She's Mn humbled rite down to the dust. S.t.o'8 as blind as a lat." Blind I She guessrt not. " But she is. Fust, the JI ln't kno me me that's rid down hilt an' plaved Ug with her when she warnt knee-high to a turky. Then. 'JLiniiy, tho" her eyes was wide open. s.he wei,t rite along the streots all Jrw-wd up In her fine cloe and a hfi l mite of a .log was lead ing her along. He was tlel to a streejjiir, and she had bold of t'other end of the string. Now, '5Ian.1v, how'd you like to be Lar?" Detroit Free Press. Rot aed. Jack rackartl. of Echo Hollow, an Id fellow who has ben a squatter evil his life, called on Colonel Jickersoo, the well-known lawyer. Old Jake had, a short time before, em ployed the lawyer as counsel In a divorce case. "trood morning. Uncle Jake; good morning, sir." - " HyrT said the Id man as fcs sat down. "Col'n yertole tue that you'd have that "vorce by ylstMv." " Yes, I know that. Uncle Jake, but I have not Nen able t l-tain It." "Whst!" the old man exclaimed, springing to his ffet. " Yes, haven t bm able to pet It." " WaiL I II be durned. I thought you bad got It an' I Make,! my all on youf pronils? nn' now 1 ra runod." " Plow so. Curie Jake " " " W'y sitr naitlii that rer had the dooimet ts I got married yl6tldy." I Ark ansa w Traveler. ... A leaf from Oermany's ft eoa . I They do some things better In Qer manv. Patent medicine manufac'urers In r.srlln have to cideiid with a inline. reg. ulatlon under which not only the naroeei and exact chemical analysis of eaob patent luedl.-iiio srf p.l.ll-hol, but the actual cobt ot each it gr.-'i nt as well. One pr paralion llinl w as sold for $2. eO was Fhown to have co-.t als.nt twelve cents, and another eePteg attidrty cents cost not much ever I wo rents a bottle. I cu mnrt a I It t or Trnth. All truth is Initii. rtr.l. i.n l must no a forevor ltowing 'oh sing on mankind. Thus will the ii. Mu. ry of the mighty dead remain to us as a fi.w er v I b h L k a si r Beacons from the abouu wavrc the eter nal are." Hieing in Clie World. Bacby : "That Bailey U a most ex traordinary man." Mrs. Pagley : In what way.mv dee?" Barley: "Every time he marries ha moves up on Tight of etalrs at his hotel." Mrs. Pagley : Indeed ! On which floor does ho live now? " Ragley: He's just taken apartment n the fifth floor. Rochester PceV Express. Makes All the TM (rerenen. Employer (to new watchman) : W0w. Pat, I may as tell you first as last that, a ghost haunts this plre. New Watchman : " Merciful powers I Be jabers, I'll not Mhay no sir f" Employer: "Oh, but It it littleghoet, Fnt ! he's n.-t over 1 ears old." I Now Watchman: "Oh, that's all right. Be goriy, I'm not aleard o' ghosts) wld out wLiakcrs." Jnoques nod t be Turlla, A countryman, freshly arrived I Tarls, passing by a market, w r strsrg--t animal he had ever seen. Whnt is tnntr" he asked. "That is a turtle," was the reply. After turning it over and eiamliJi the curious shell that t-nch-eed U,LS) naked : " Do you tti the bok with it." - '
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