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VOCCTAaD, :t ?Mof of ?. 3. CaUctire Ccrp. OP THE Service P0ST-OFFI DEPARTME A Net Book Jrrr Pubi.hhed by an official of Tvr :5 ve irs esj rt-nce in tin? S'-crut Service, in one MT.:f-nt Koynl t ictavo Volume of over 6uO ai.d i iraatly illustrated by the best artists in he f.i-.ntrv :fh JOOSlPEnn ENGRAVINGS. A I .rli.ir. r. cnl of dfti Hon in the U. S. Post C i. r'i..- t; embrucjtitf sketchi-s of H'omUr fji A'.-.i-tV if I'.t- :lice Inspector in the Di tcc t ?n, nt. and t aptar" of Hul.bers of the U. 3. Ha : t-iuvthtr wirh a complete description of the ma: y rr atw and complicated contrivances of the wiiy a'. d nuscrupnious to defraud the public; also an .cvr .'e acc' mnt of the f l lOlS STAK HOC TE FRAI DS, In TL.ca t.'.e Author had entire charge of the pre pare t.tc of the evidence for the government. tEACENTS WAHTED.3 In' -fry town there are Postmasters, Merchants, VL"i:r;i, Farm, rs, profefiiional 3Ien. and hnn ircs of people who vlil be ylai to get thi thrilling kri. It now havine an nnparalied saie; itttllfat at, ii to ail. M n and Women Agents making from . tn $ u0 a month easily. We want an Bi;ent in -?Ttounsh'p in the V. S. and Canada. fWe .', trvrti"ria so tuat Ant Person with this phi-&v-3i.al selliui book, can become ticceffiU Agttit. Cornptittorx whatever. Agents are meetini; ti tonparailelf l rvetets. Instance no hind- K-.-4. as we frive Special Term to pay Frtightt. Bsuimher, we give you the exclusive sale of this bo k in territory assigned yon. Write for our large Lrrated Cireuhira, coctuinine full particulars. ffrtnal Term to Agents, etc., setit free to ail. Ad crs immediately the Publishers, WINTER JtC0.,SPRINT.FIELD,3IASS. Formerly of Hartford, Conn. Standard fan 0 ..KCFA( TtT.BRS or UL"(i(;n:s, sruixc; tvaooxs, A.ND TWO AND THRK3 SrR:S3 PIITOIia The Mu.hol'.an'l Sprlnga wayTi It?i SII1"-Pal'.-. MIK-.sl'KINJS, B01)V-I.O i.. I SPKI vr HA HS ; are su taW.? for eith- r it y . country roaiW, and wuiirriir to all others n In f.ir spewdine, pleasure o Imsin. s v ' c e f . jr dea;riptiou. Send fur ciliiloeae 1 b.-r.. Euadard Wajon Co., Cincima;:. 0. Pi'rnin Is compoaed wholly of nu tj. ;"taMo lnerodlents, ach one f 'ill "'! ' n kriowl !wd by the me li :nl pr-.f-.-ioa t. be the notpotntr' all 'itti'-ru.l remedies k-.nwn to medical c;-u e. ji e::r?s without f .il every caseoi enpral nni r.oiu lability, twtn, liatwlis, Mone in th HU(1.t, Itright'a IMeao, 1 yf'psln. I.Itt twwlntntanl Disrates of the Momach. If Tuir I'rnrr'rt la nt of otirpnmph- m t ie i.ls of Life," or if you are - u;i I r a d'a not mejitioned '.rii t ie,e a Iverti'eiaeBtB, ad lreas t - i -ietors, 8. h. liartmaa 4i . o---j.i, viiM. lS.4.) J --. ' i . liie- fliil l-inrrli.i-l. hoM hf 11 J .. !) d 11 t r iht tmttle; ix for PARKER'S 1 HAIR BALSAM the popular faTortte for dra-in(r the hair, nentorinip color vhfn frrav, anj prerentln iMndrtJL It clMiiri (lie Hrmlu. stotin tk hair f -till ne;. ani ti r:re to p!-m -,-. aw- 1 he best t'otieh Cnre yon ran ns?. 1 !: f ;t j r.v. ntlve known f.-.r Cofunnnptlon. It 7 I i;i, ftnil ail diaonleni of tlift St-miaeli, "i.e., I.v-r, K'ltiners, Urinary Orpanl and ir 'hiii l-jiit. Th fwtila and si., strnff- . ! -u:t 1:m-u?, and alowlj drifting tn ar.ls " ." , ill in m. raaea reor-er their hatUl by Ij .1- ,4 I iKiti i Tou but detav la diu ' - It In time. Bold by ail trnggtou la '. atfi oa. HINDERCORNS ' " ' rj' ket ajid bet e-ire tor CorTm. . i 'niious-M, Ar. RtooVrattM'f r fur ,f ra"ltn ;tv- notrrrahle. MatfeUia9 t r ! ra' 1 i" orn cure! when everythinif a ly l itfat lit lliacux A tx., N. V- I I . ... ., In U i.;ia, rio MULHOLLAND BUCK BOARD. No. 21. S mm CENTS EACH. CUSl lch. Oat of the Aftlh-'i llUiurr. A N 1 he Morvlrk Fam M A NrtTl. By Ci iia At'ftiT. -1. B) M R . M.-T Hi .;rT. ymtrrj. k ,N..vr-i. b Wilhhi , Thf rth KfJtBTena. A !u?l. Iiy MiM Mi-loci. A Ivcail Tie art. A Tltl. By AniW Tt'orn. mi .r ibf . pin, a 1 11. . .. i ... . '1 ItuinHiflr AwTenturra of a MtlLtUMliI Br 1 '"iiii'i. A Novel. thf ll.tli'lttr. a Novri. nv v.nr r.-iT. h Tin II. Ir I Mi. Mm V.hl'y. AN N..V- !. IU ttlltll I4Mth 1 or Mr t- Hilt t. I. M - II: Wo 'rnf?L illior of 4. iirrl-ttttt :ir 1 ! Kntul I.IIK- A Xov 1. A Hi A n h1. w t ' In. 1.1. 1 . .M...,, Mi T hf Hl.i.-:,iu i l.-ij ai'iat. A Nuvrt. t A Qui'rn AtnunsHt Womri. X Wovel. Iiy tt muihor ol " I .r I 'n.rii.- The Kti1 Mtrrliirrb A B Mt M K. r.inio-. A TtJ- of "It.. A v1. Hy n. Hrt W e t.. A llrldjr ul t.ove. A N-ivrl. Iiy mux ,...r --f ' T- Tbom." A I'.MUr Olme. A N..rl. By 1 ! . -1 1 -. Inclt'tlt-w II oue. A N - r I . By ault. t i l 'i,.i n. The K nlchtMbrldare -Mjetery. A Nuv-1. fi i n hi.c B i.k. Itlutrf"i. Wedlrl unci Parted. A Not!. BT1hAr"Dri'itm. A KiirtMiir llnnter. A Knval. A Tiom . ri Amimf the Kuln. A SoTt1. By M bt f'wu II t. Ui Kimv IiK. A NuVtU-il. By Mm Ms Vuo. - pai.1 upon rerpipt nf only Twelve nt; any ten for Ux,lij i-t (niat the enure Iim Lm.uii-1 m hoanla mppw x orn, u Kewiae to trie omme-rriai a ennea I or th entire Ustoi booki an aUtve. we wiilaemi. w.thoul sutT cents' worth of rh Imnriul I'lnnrd Pnier HAVE YOU RHEUMATISM? A lU ineJy that has been iu nut.-Hf ul iue for many j ra iu turope. ana wm oiiij lnieiy intrvauced ID this country, i the RUSSIAN RHEUMATISIil CURE Thi Ronily ban tin rTulirM-iiit.-ut of Continental l'hynirianH f.n1 (4'veHini-iit Sanitary oinruiMtoni. as wi ll a tlie tlivitis.mils of HUtlrrr-rH to whom It haa Itrt.ii-rht relit'f. It hurt paved otliira all who UaT tn-d it. It WILL CURE YOU f." in fnrtlier aw. n y . 1 3 nu'll only irive it a chance. EVKItV mix JL SHUSSIAN RHEUMATISM CURE AND SIfiSATTRK KlttlttJ, Stme (! wlthuot thle fllav ntore and hot h lrnle tartta. PRICE $2.50 - PtH 901. For conir!,-'i infermat rtn. lppcriptivr I'lioi' litilt't. with ti-timnialf, frpo. Fr f;:le by nil 4iruHlci,4-. If one or the othr ta ti t in i.-"ri-m t. funiir-h it t' ym. lo net r ,w;r Bu.irleil to take anthinr irle, but air!v direct to the (l.'iH-ral Air-ntrt. F K A I ; I .'. hi It HHIK tV BU k S .Hurki't irrit, I'IiiIikIi Iphrji. mmm After Forty yearaf xienenie in the preparajtion of more than Ono Hundred 14 vi it 1 61 H El ThoTi-and arr'Tiration for parent in 13 fj the I niteil Stnteit and rnreipn coun- fc3 52 M 'r- ue 'h-ra of the Sientiflo Z& Atnerii-an continue to at am aolicitore rrmti m for pnte:tt!, caveifa, f rarle-ruarks. copy fcaaBaBBBl rntrhtn. er!., for t he I'nited Statea. and to obtain patent in f'Anala. Knelaud, France. Oflrmny, ani all other ronntrua Theiretpen eni e ia untua:ed and their f.tcilitiu are v taur pansed. Iirawintra and pe'-ifiea'ion prepared ar . filed in the Fat en t ( )t!ire on aiiort not tee. 'I o, rtia Tery reaonale. No f hr;e fr exaniinattoo of model or drawinri Advire l.y mail free Par en M ohta m"i t '.-oujfh M -mn iOo.ar noticed In the SdK.MlKir A M K It K ' A . which baa the larKetat. circulation and 1 tlte ruot influential newajiriir of its kind pnhli-hed in the world. The advantages of such a notice every patentee understands Thi Inrge and 'r'lpndi'Iv' illustrated newspaper ia pnbh-hed WFKKLVat 3.it a yenr. and is a-iinttfed to he the hest paper devoted to .lenee niphanicaj, invention, ensrineertnat works, and other departments of induatnak prourena, pui lianed in any coun'rv. It contain the namei of ail liatenteus nntl til ' of every invention patented e.ch week. Try it fmr months for one dollar. So'd by att newsdealer. If you have an invention to patent write to Munn 'o., publiaher. of Sctentino Amarioea, VI Ilroadway, New York. Uandbuok about patents mailsd free- B. J. LYNOPI, OKUTA KBR, And HanafactBrer aad Dealer la HOME AND CITY MADE FURNITURE ! mm AND CHAMEE?. SUITS, LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAIRS, Matti'eses, &c, 1005 EI.KVK.NTII AVENUK Retweon K'.th and 17th Sts., Citizen ol Cambria county and all others wishing to purchase honest ITKMTI'K K, fee.. at honest prices are respectfully invited to a-ive as a call before baylns; elsewhere, as wa are confident that we san meet every want and please every ta?te. Prices the very lowest. A I toon a. April 18. lftsu.-tf. PATENTS Obtained and at! PA TKXT li t SIX ESS at tended to'for MOD ERA TE EKES. Our i ffire is opposite the U. S. Patent Of 6ce, and we ran obtain Patents Id less time than those remote from WASHTXGTOX. friend MODEL OR DRAWIXG. We ad vise as to patentability free of rharee ; and we make XOCIIAR'JE UXLESS TATEXT IS SECURED. We refer, here, to the Postmaster, the Supt, of Monev Order Div.. and to officials of the U.S. Patent Office. For circular, ad ylce, terms and references to actual clients In your own State or County, write to C. Am SXOW & CO., Opp. Patent Office. Waatilnarton, I C. PIANO-POnTES. VNEUTTA I.T.ED IK Tone, Toncli,? orhnaiisliij & DnraMlity. TVir.I.IAf Kef ABE A. V Noa. 204 and West Paltimore Stre-. itlmore, No. IU Flfib Avenue, New York. BAW-PDKEB .. ; i. a ith r ulationt. Meat manner t 1 . II ,setvii aii.tiin'J and loinjf -i iv . M-iUisM. -howin v hv y.ine Im bit lift I iv !:'. , . -! S'lr-Jlv mn-i.V V. ;ir vniH--k per , , . , n York nod -nn Kran i" ma rt !..'. . if I' - 'I '"t " I t" n f- , -.Vi'r;.- T. DICK, Attornet-at-Law Ehenshura-, P. Office In t.ulldlnsr ol T J. Lloyd, dee'd, (first floir,) Centre ftreet. AI manner ol leval husloess attended to iatlstacto rll aad call eailons a specialty. flu-U.-tf.l WANTED For our KellaMe Naraerj- ?stoclt. en salary or t omtni slon. Write fur tern I, enclosing stnr.f.i-reply losing stnr.f.i-rer.y. SALESMEN A. Mi i.M HKH A 'o Nnr. j ler y men, atiictit.tcr, s . , n s - 1 II,- ;. TRCER'X STEEL, THE JAY BTHD. A leanln on the bar-post, an' a thinkln fer a mlnit, An shcUin' fr the chickins a car'r corn -r so The air cs Jrv es fodder an' the win-! with wintor in it. The cracks atweon tho shingles plugg'J up with oarly snow I hoar tin; jays a holleriif, a jokin' an' a laflin', A rilin' of each other with their braggy, sassy chaftin'. Xot a poc-woe ner a Trilno-bird ken bo seen aronn' I ho difruins, An' the oat-bird up 'n sneaked away a inon'li ho. An the kilMeer in the siubl.le with dandy frilln and triins. Has shied away along tiio rest fer fear o' snow. But tho jay-birds ain't no cowords, on' so tiioy keep on stayin'. Jest es perk and Jest as sassy's if 't wa? only liayin'. Thcr robbings, so like humans, when yor I'usies stop a blowin'. An' the berries that they like air all gobbled down Strike ont'n leave ye lonesome, with the deys a shorter prowin' An' tho pun but faintly smilin et ye through a frown. But the jay-bird slays right by ye-s one ea shows a likin Strongest for ye when the rest hes got ye corner'd an' a strikln. When I cut for the eornfiel' fer a lone some day a hnskin', I scarcely it a shock throw'd down fairly tor lie-in. Fore the jay-birds cum a tearin' 's if thoy's jest a bustin' Fer tor help me out 'n quick like frum the hurry I aui in. An' they huller et each other keep whoopin' an' a yelpin' An' make me chirk an' cheerful, which is good a most a.s holpiu'. Ef I c'u'd write sum verses handy, like I've seen them printers, An' make a tune as nice for them as Mrs. Jinny Lincl, They sh u'-i both be 'bout -the jay-bird, a loaiiiic through the winters. An' iiiii:i' up their yawpin' with snow an' frcezin' wind. It's easy ir utrfi in summer when the skv blue nn' plowiu' Tor be sii.in' but it's doffercnt when tin' same is black an' snowin'. Boston Transcript. HOW A DWARF CAPTURED THE SUN. An Attractive Red Indian Fairy Story. Once upon a time there was a dwarf, bo rorj small in size that when he killed a wren all by himself, too he thought he was a hero in the first degree, and strutted around in the grass as proud as if he had slain aereral braves of another tribo in aingla com bat He had one-half of the irren a fair half ; none of your irregular frac tions cooked at once for a fcafit for the whole lodge, and had a mind to make himself a feather coat. And by and by he did another wren to death, and then he got his coat. But happening to go to sleep one day in the sunshine, the heat mndo the birds' skins shrivel Tip fiO that they became quite uncomfortably .small, and the dwarf was furious, lie Yowetl he would pay the sun out. So he got hia sister to plait a rope out of hair, and, having made a Blip knot in it, he pegged it down on the side of the hill, close to the top of it, just where he had noticed the sun was accustomed to get up. And, sure enough, when the sun rose neit morning, it ran its head right into the slipknot and got caught. Tho consternation in nature vaa prodigious until the dormouse, re marking what vaa the matter, went and nibbled the plait through and released the luminary, whereupon everything went on just as if nothing had happened. But the dwarf came homo to hia sister in high dudgeon. He was not going, he said, to bother himself about suns any more. It was not worth his while, lie had more serious matters to attend to. And bo he began mak ing preparations for going out on an other wren hunt. Buch, in the bald outline, is a red In dian "fairy story," which seerua to me to illustrate fairly well the tone of the humor of tho aboriginal Ameri can. Tho hero in a dwarf and thia in an rasential point in the folk jests of a people who consider a fine physique tho first qualification of manhood and in liia pompous pursuit of Tery small birds, and subsequent inflation when ho is successful in tha chase, tho lending characteristics of tho rod manaroalvly bnrleBqued. He succeed in an impossible exploit, and in tho true spirit of a hero, makes no fuss about it, but when tho tun is let go by tho dormouse, ho affects to think that such trifles as run-catching are beneath him, and sets himself seri ously to tho task of killing another wren. There ia a noTclty in tho flavor of this fooling and a freshness of scene and cirenmstancea that, bo it appears to me, make the absurd story attractive. San Francisco Chronicle. The Old Family Tnrnont. Tho vehicles of a place that has long been in one family poasession become historic. The wheels and axles of the present "milking cart," relegated now to the farmer's transits over the fields to pastures fair, why, these wera once tho ppni'kling belongings of tho froggy that went a courting. The ancient family coach, marking geological periods more accurately than Pavid ever read in the rocks ; that coach whose very rumble was known to the villagers before it came to sight, an inseparable 1elonginK of your family; its front seat the throne of such a suc cession of kings whose reittns yon recall as you cannot the IVcsidents, each of whom taught you more evil than your careful mother could punish out of you oh, "tales of my grandfather," told to yon on that lox seat as you rode outside, and your mother and sisters made party calls. How long vou stood dreaming boforo tho dear oll arkl Nothing could in duce you to pell it, or to rid in it now. Yon put one foot on the lower fitej, open the proud patrician door and look in. You see again that Sunday morning load all stowed; your fresh cheeked mother, tho noisy clean bib-and-tuckerod six, your father, grava and sabbatic, standing as vou do now and yon feel your eyes filling; for a thous and other coaches have borne them over land and aea since then, as wide apart, and there have been chariots more ethereal for some. Boston Globe. THE CONSULAR BUREAU. foane Chapters of Mystery From tha State Department at Washington. A correspondent writing from Wash ington to the Pittsburg Leader saya few would imagine that there was anything under tho roof of the Stabs Department that could excite tho softer emotions of humauitv. Ono of its branches is commonly associated with awesome international secrets, diplomatic dignity and primeval silence; the other with consular reports and monotonous mercantile transac tions. But in the room of Dr. St Clair, chief of Consular Bureau, there is a cabinet the contents of which suggest tears and sorrow, deaths in strange lands, man's waywardness and woman's devotion. Tho collection ia simply that of the effects, trinkets and papers of American citizens who have died abroad, their abode and relatives in thia country being unknown. Tho United States consuls send these records to tho Consular Bureau. It institutes searches for heirs or friends of tho mysterious deceased. Some curious cases have been devel oped in tho endeavor to establish the identity of Americans who have died at consular stations without removing the veil of mystery enveloping their par;t careers. Some years ago Mark Hamilton died at Nice, "France. He had lived there in tho opulence of a retired life, in ques tionable intimacy with a woman. His name was presumed to bo an alias. After his demise and tho usual effort had been made to trace his heirs, tho public administrator of New York enme to the State Department and demanded effects which the Niceno consul had ent over. The gold ooin, gold watch and per sonal paper were turned over to him after proper authentication of his oflicial position. Ho had himself ecur - l in New York city 812,000 belonging to the estate of Mark Hamilton. Afterward letters came from persons in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio claim ing kinship with him. They were all transmitted to tho publio adminintra tor. Hero was a man whose papers dis closed tho fact that h had extensive stock dealings with brokers in New York, Chicago and St. L,ouis. He bad fyn had his orders for tho pnrcb:;ro of fc2.),ii.NJ worth of stocks honored, and yet his death had been a complete ex tinguishment of self, either as a memory or an ever existent fact. It ia not known whether any distribu tion was ever made among those who asserted heirship. In one corner of this cabinet is a small package, which comprehends tho entire estate, "devised and residuary," of S. Sanders, alias Isaao Landers, of the British ship Robert TeaTcc. This seaman died at Havana in 1SS1. In the Tackage nre 82o, a Testament and some letters. Upon tho fly leaf of the Testament is written: "Presented tc Isaac Landers to commemorate a solemn vow llatti'V Who could not gnos that that vow was abffin; nee from grot;? The letters are from his Fist or, Hattie Landers, who wn:.s from Bradford street, Lawrence, Ma;:.;., mid als, f-,-.n Boston. And yet sho has never been found by advertiser; i nf. In the common wooden box are some of tho "estate's " of unknown Americans who died at Shanghai. The handwriting upon most of the packages is that of Burg Bawie Iewis, whose t igie fae was as sad as that of these fellow-countrymen whom in death ho sought to befriend. Lewis was suiumonod to this city from China as a witness in the ioorge F. Seward investigation. When he was sent back ho was penniless. Though tho orders were explicit for his reinstatement it was delayed. Thi rdly poor Lewis was restored to his place, but the debts contracted during enforced idleness so preyed upon his mind that he ended an oppressive life by a bull.it in his brain. "in this box is an ordinary black mrm-lin-covered portfolio. In it ia an envel ope with no enclosure. Upon it is written in a plain, bol.l band, suggesting high intelligence: " My mother's address is Mrs. Nathan iel Buggies, care of Mrs. L. I . Taylor, Evanston, Cook county, Illinois. I leave this so that should sudden p.ooi lent overtake me some kind soul mav write my mother." The writer of this pathetic memoran dum was Jonathan Buggies, who died at Shanghai, Dec. IU, ls;o. Sixteen years have passed; year , may le, of alternate hope and despair in a mother's breast brooding over a son's wayward ness. In a pasteboard box are some trinkets that indicate feminine ownership. A velvet case encloses the daguerreotype of a man whoso features suggest the libertine. This was what Leonora Williams left when A depraved life ended at Shanghai. There are more of these personal ef fects of wanderers and fugitives. They are not relics of the saints, rather sou venirs of mysterious sinners. When the work of tracing personal histories is begun by tho Department officials it proceeds almost invariably through details of liaisons, aliases, flights from justice, dispositions to roam, and all the shadows that fall upon human life. .11 BBS On or the Oddest of Mortals. Farmer John Sellers is one of the oddest of mortals. John lives near New Philadelphia, Ohio. He never shears his sheep, but allows the wool to grow on their backs until it drags on the ground. People traveled for miles last summer to see his flock of sheep that had not been shorn for six years. From a distance the eheep looked like hayshocks in the field. The wool was 18 inches in length. His geese are never picked, nor does he ever brandish that woeful weapon, the razor, on his own face, which is hid den in a Bip Van Winkle riot of beard. "God pubs tho wool on the backs of tho sheep, and it is sinful to clip it," says tho Bnckevo philosopher, with more sentiment than sense. Pfotefrtkra A (mi nut Deoeitfal Charaaa. An unrepealed law of New Jersey, passed while the State was a British colony, reads as follows: "That all women of whatever age, rank, profession or degree, whether virgins, maids or widows, who shall after this act impose upon, seduce and betray into matrimony any of His Majesty's subjects by virtue of scents, cosmetics, washes, paints, artificial teeth, false hair or high-heeled shoes, shall incur the penalty of the law now in force against witchcraft and like tuisdemeanois. " sa OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS. Reports of Reesat Eipsrlmsnts of Bea Captains In Heavy Storms. Tho hydrographio office of tho Navy Department, in view r.f the evidence of the value of oil to letsen the dangerous effect of heavy seas, pnd desirous of dis seminating facta as w idely as xssible, recently prepared a circular to bo issued to commander of d '.i-s f. vessels Fail ing jn.ri tl.i: and other ports, request ing experiments with oil when the opport".uiy occurs, and reports of the re u!t to no of tho branch offices of the Hydrographio Office. Tho it of mineral oil is not recom mend, d, while the importance of carry ing a eupply of aniiiud or vegotable oil fnrtv-o in emergencies, the chief of the bureau says, cannot bo overestimated. Among tho reports filed is one from C'iptuin Avery of the schooner Jennie A. Cheney, in connection with a 6evere hurricane off the Florida coast He says he used oil with very satisfactory results, and adds: ".fter tho Bails were blown awav, finding it necessary to do something to j pave iho ship and the crew, I took a small canvas oag and turned aoont nve f.'allonn of linseed oil into it, and hung if. ovfr the starboard quarter. The wash of tho sea caused a Jittloof tho oil to leak ov.t and smooth the surface, so that for two Lours no water broke aboard. I consider that the oil used during the last and heaviest part of the hurricano saved tho vessel and the crew." Captain Frost, of the ship St David, speaking of his experience in a tempest on September 23d, F;.ys: "I got up threo cunvns brigs, ontum and pome old h oil that had been in the ship for a long time; oi.7inm balls were placed ia the bags aft. r being pat nrated with oil till each bn- was hfilf full; then one and a half gallons of oil were pov.rcd into tho bag on top of the oakum, and tho bags sewed np, pricked and lasho.l ono in each weather chan nel, po thr.t v hn t' eship rol'M to the windward they would go under water. In this way tho oil dripped out gradu ally and spread over to w in.lward as the ship drifted to leeward. After this no wave broko over." Captain Dawson, of tho phip Hallow een, used paraffino and colza to smooth tho sea down, and asserts that ho thus saved his vesseL N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. A Mink Farm in tho "West. ' There are soma mighty green men in tho world," said the passenger from the West, "an I struck ono of 'em a week or two ago. JI I hadn't I wouldn't bo here now. " Last spring I went out into western Nebraska an' Lomesteaded a quarter section. I hadn't seen the land, but took it, supposin' it was all right But when I got there I found it already inhabited. About 150 acres of the 1C0 were covered with a prairie-dog town. "Well, I concluded to nettle down and see w hat I could do, an' I am mighty glad now that I did. About two weeks ago I was up to tho railroad efation, trying to get trusted for some bacon and flour an' terbacker, an fe-liii' right smart discouraged. I was out of money an grub, an' I couldn't see my way out of it but to eat prairie dogs, an' they're mighty hard to catch. "But that day was the turning point in my luck. " While I was at tho station an Eng lishman got off tho cars, an' said as how ho was out West lookin' for a place to make an investment. Said he'd heard o' tho fur bnsiness, an' w anted to know if ho was out in the fur country yet. " ' Fnr,' says I, 'there hain't no' an' just then an' idea struck me, an' I changed my tune. 'Furs,' pays I, 'there hain't no better fur country than this on 'arth. Just come out to myplaeo till x snow you my lur larm. " And ho went out with me, and I shown I him tho prairie-dog town, an', as luc k would have it, it was a bright, sunny day, an' tho dogs w as out scootin' around by tho hundreds. " Talkin about furs, says I, 'what d'yo think of that? I've leen six veer growin' those mink, an hain't sold a hide. It's all natural increase. Gness thoy's 'bout 7,00 of 'em now, an' thev douMo every yoai How many will there be in ten years?' " You ought to see that Englishman's eyoR open as he took out his pencil an' figured it up. He made it 7,1GH,000 mink. " Well,' says I, call it B.000,000 to be on tho safe side. It won't cost SI to keep 'em, either, an' if they're worth a cent, they're worth $1 apiece. There's millions in it.' " Then we got right down to business, an in less than an hour I had sold out for 57,000 cash, an' the next day I paid $:V20 for the homestead at the land office, got my patent, transferred it to him, and took the first train for the East. Step into tho buffer with me, partner, and take a drink." Chicago Herald. Ctrrler on Tle;ht lArlngr. The gTeat naturalist, Cuvier, was walking one day with a young lady who was a victim of tight lacing, in a publio garden in Paris. A lovely 1 ilossom upon an elegant plant drew from her an expression of admiration. Looking at her pale, thin face, Cuvier said : "Yon were like this flower once; to morrow it will lie as yon are now." Next, day he led her to the same spot, and the leautiful flower was dying. Sho asked tho cause. " This plant," replied Cuvier, "is an image of yourself. I will show you what is tho matter with it" He pointed to a oord bound tightly around tho stem, and said: " You are fading away exactly in tho same manner under tho compression of your corset, and yon are losing by de grees all your youthful charms, just le causo you have not tho courage to resist this dangerous fashion." Washington Republic. Anecdote of the Late Mr. Vanderbilt. A retired newspaper man tella of a pleasing experience with Mr. Vander bilt "I went to interview Mr. V.," he says, "and the big man was smilingly silent " 'Surely you wouldn't hinder anews paper man making a few dollars,' I said to him facetiously. A talk from you is worth a great deal; I made a hand some sum out of my first interview with you.' " Well, by George, I like a man who can make money out of me, said the railway king. ' It takes a smart man to do it; fire away with your questions."! Interesting; Experiment. A resident of Mason Valley, Nov., has raised toward promising cathood three kittens obtained from the nest of a wild cat They ace good ratters. A DUCK STORY. A. "Pettier" In the Way of Astonishing aad Voracious Varna. Several old rporta were noated around the table at tha Boar 1 cf Trade and as usual were tleeply interested in narrat ing their achievcmcr.tn in the dnek hunting line, and some very tall varus wera spun, but as nobed- questioned tho volunteered experience of anybody else in the crowd, evt :v ; -,ve:.l b. Mg peaceably until Colonel Minor tx k a Land with tho following statement, which for the time being complctly paralyzed the boys. " You fellows think you're mighty smart when you try to stuff" us that yon'vo killed forty and fifty ducks at a shot. You're no good. I saw a shot once that kil ed a million!" " Oh, let up," chorused the gang. "Won't do it. If you don't leave mo alone I'll make it two million, and then I'll bo on the inside." " Lot's have it, then, if it isn't too much and don death." "Well, I don't care whether you 1 re lieve mo or not," said tho old gentle man, "but it's the truth I'm telling you. " In IP 4 5 I was enptain of the steam boat Gazelle, running in the gulf trade from Houston to Galveston, coasting as it were. At the northern end of the bay was a river barely navigable at the best of times. "The surrounding country was un settled, and tho region was a perfect godsend for sportsmen. Winged game were innumerable, and seemingly made it their headquarters, more especially during stormy weather, ns the locality was well sheltered and landlocked. "A storm arose after we left Galves ton on this partioulartrip. and as steam boats were not built either as large or as substantial as they are at the present time, wo broke for shelter and anchored at tha i: onth of the river. The spot is now known as San Jacinto Bay. "It was barely twilight, but the whole river r.s far as wo could sec was a solid moss of d:teks, geese and trout. "S iddenly a flash of lightning or a thunderbolt sprang out of the skyjthere was a deafening and blinding shock, "oh as I hod never before or have ever f.r .co experienced, and all those ducks turned up their toes." "Kill 'em all?" asked one of the crowd. "Blessed if I know," said the Col onel, " but the whole of Galveston Bay was covered with ducks for a fortnight. The people lived on salted duck for about a year, and I gathered in about 1C0 bales of feathers." "See here, now, we can't stand everything." " Wishimnydie if it ain't so. I've got some of the feathers at home vet, and will bring you down a sample tlie next time I think of it." Cincinnati Sua. Owls as Ornaments. " I never paw anything like it in my life," paid a Chestnut street jeweller t ins other day. "Tho women are just l.-.-. U crazy over owls and owls' heads. 1 Ley want them on everything they buy." A lady came in here only yesterday nnd got a pretty little Swiss watch, with a perfectly plain, polished case. She wanted to know whether she could not have an owl's face engraved in the center of the case, or a circle of little owls around the edge. " Anything, so it's owls," eho said. " Of course, we had to do as phe asked, but she'll grumble when she has to pay the bill. For tho life of me I can't see what they find pretty in the staring old yellow-eyed bird." A glance around the jewelry store showed plain evidence of the rage. All the new styles of bronze clocks were ornamented with figures of tho solemn bird of night. He stared from vases and painted umbrella stands, and from every conceivable ornament. In silver he was worked up in a hun dred different forms. His head formed tho head of popper-toxes, umbrellas and canes, and he was used to orna ment lace-pins, breastpins and hairpins.. A thing that attracted a great many ladies was a small natural owl's head", covered with brown feathers, with the big yellow eyes wide ojien. It was set on a silver back, to lie used as a breast pin, and was valued at SlO. Women who would le frightened half to death at the Loot of an owl on a dark night are now proud to wear stuffed owls' heads iu their fall bonnets. Tho cheerless bird is also extensively used for decorating fancy note paper. Philadelphia Tress. Too Much Candy. Tt has often been a query how much candv a boy could eat before he was satisfied. It is generally pnpposed by most boys that they can dispose of several pounds and then go hungry. A proposition was readily accepted by a fourteen-yeor-old lad on Fourth street, Sunday afternoon, that, if ha would eat fifty cents' worth, it wonld cost him nothing, but, if he failed, ho would have to pay tho half dollar. As ho Btarted in, bravely eyeing tho delicious chocolate creams, lie remarked that ho regretted not having made the stipulation a dollar. Quite a crowd gathered round to wit ness the spectacle. The boy kept changing from ono kind to another and finally wished to take a run around tho block, as he was getting cold, but was held to his bargain. After having sampled all the candies in tho shop, and disposed of about fif teen cents' worth, he showed signs of having enough. He took the half-dollar out of Lis pocket, put it back, and then began eating again with renewed vigor for a few moments. After having disposed of twenty cents' worth, he suddenly threw the "money on the counter and said ho had all he wanted, and before ho would eat any moro he would fight. He seemed anxious to get away from the crowd, which was convulsed with laughter, and went whistling down the street, a sadder and a wiser boy. Woodland (Col.) Democrat Value or at Chest Voire. A gentleman who is kind enough to 1-e a devoted render of this column wants to know what I moan by saying that Salvini places his voice in the "top of his head. Ho writes: There nre t tin nt (r lu-adi voices and chest voices, ns I UTnliT-t uel the matter. All good singers have ehe-t voices, and all well-trained in t.rs. It is the chest voice that never fatigues, if de speiiker also knows when nnd how to breathe.' I know this perfectly well, bill it is knowing just how to plac this Hie-.: voice that makes Salvini. s speech so beautiful. The knack consists in tin proper throwing of the chest voice up against the nasal cavity, which nets as h sound in g-oard. The late Mine, liuilers dorf perfectly understood this placing of tho voice, and so do the best teachers In I'axls Critic. .... . . THE PRETTY BABY.' One Not Long: For This World. ' Isn't ho a pretty I tby, John? Sea, just look at Lim," and the mother holds up the tiny creature to pppa, who kisses and fndies him lovingly. "Ye?, Kate, he is a prc-tty baby, but Tom was a pretty baby, too, you re member." " Yes, Tom was a pretty baby every -lody said so," and she glance" across the room at a sunuy-fuce.1 four-rear old, "but Willie is not like Tom. "Willie's hair is light, and bis eves," looking wistfully into tho baby's faee, "are dark, and so deep, that when 1 look iu them I am almost afraid, they have such a far-away light, they seem to pee something we cannot." "Oh, nonsense! don't think that. He'll grow up to le a fine fellow. Put, Kate, I wouldn't think so much about him, he's a dear, good, little f. -How, but I wouldn't worship him; it isn't iif'!.t." "As if I could help it," the mother says, reproachfully pressing tho slight form closer and looking into tho dark eyes yearningly. A month passes awav, and ono day thev staud beai lo a small, white casket, within which the pretty baby is sleep ing. Ah, the mother's eyes were sharp, and when friends said, " What leautiful bright eyes ho has," she saw Fho far away look and knew it as the light that never was ou land or sea. "Oh, John, John!" eho moaned, "I knew In wasn't long for this world. I could seo it i:i his eves. Oh, my prettv baby!" " Yes, dear, you were right," says papa, an l there is a quiver ia tho firm voice; "if it Lad pleased God to have left him with us we would have cared fur Lim the bet w e could, but wo must give him up, fur it is His will, and He knows what is best for us." " Y'es, I know it," and she stoops and cuts a tinv wisp of hair from tho babv's head. " Oh, John, you paid I worshiped him. I did, oh, I did, and, God forgive me, I can't be sorry for it now, he was such a dear, pretty baby." Years pnss on. Other babies are bora. They are all pretty babies, every one who sees them says that, but none nro like tho baby with tlie far-away look. As thy grow up they love to gather around mother's chair, and she never tires telling of the dark -eyed baby who went to live with ( iod. And, when with childish curiosity they open the Bible to look at tho pict ures, and find between the leaves a tiny wisp of hair ti"d w ith a white satin ril bnn, they touch it reverently and whis per beneath their breath, "The prettv baby." Years ptill pass on. The children grow to le sturdy men and women, and r.stho n. other w atches them she some I inns thinks, "If he had lived Le would h.ivo been such a beautiful man." and then she smiles and is glad that iu lb-aven there is no time, and no matter how tiie others may change ho is ftill tho pv. tty baby. Ono day they gather around her bed, and looking iu. each other's face mourn fully whisju-r: "Hie is dying." &Le sArY.iH.es her thin Land toward tho table on which tho old Bible rests, and thev sav: "The Lab;. 's hair." They pl.u-e it iu lierhf.nd. S!ieki--ses it teed. r!v, and a bright If ;ht comes into the dim old eyes, and they say: " What dors she s e?" Sho smiles and v. hisiers, " Tho prettv baby." They place the wisp of hair on Lor breast, and fold the wrinkled hands upon it, and tenderly lay her by the pidor f the pretty baby. Detroit Free Press. A 'ew Terk Incident. A shock-haired, frock h-d-faced boy wasnotjeiil sitting alone in the rotunda 1 at Castle Garden by Clerk Kilroy. " Are you waiting for anyUidy, sonny?" , he aked. " j "No, sir. I have nobody in thia country wji::ts me." " Then what are you doing here?" "Well, nnd I don't exactly know," quickly replied the loy. "I thought some one would ask me." " When did you arrive, by what ship, and what is your name?" asked Kilroy. " I arrived yesterday by the Egypt. My name is Timothy Clark. I cams from St. Patrick's Industrial School, Belfast. Mo father is dead, and me mother was drownded thn-o. years aco coming bent. I have an aunt. Mrs. Mary O'llara, who works in a silk mill in 41st street. New York. I don't know where that ie, but perhaps if she knew that Timothy Clark, son of Sara Chirk, j oi :j'.i iitnion street., lieiiasi., was aere, 6he would call on him." Father Blordan provided for Timothy that night. New York Sun. j Train Talk. i "Funniest thing I'vo seen lately." said ' the candy man on the Bock Island sub- i urban trains, "was the other day when a man rushed up to the Twenty-second i street station and said to the station i agent : ! ' II-h-has the .Toliot train gone!" j " ' Yes, 1 here it goes tip tho road there,' " ' Boos it s-s-s-top-p-p-p ' " 'Yes, it stops at Thirty-first street. ' Does it s-s-s-top-p-p-p-a-a ' " 'Yes.it stops at Thirty-ninth stret." ' Iioes it s-s-s-top-p-p.p-a-a-ny ' "'Yes. It stops at Forty-seventh. Fifty-tirst, Englowood, and blue Island.' " ' Does it s-b-8-top-p-p a-a-any wh-wh-wh ' " ' Yes. It stops at all stations. But what difference does It make Vo you? You're not ntiottrd.' ' J-iust what I'm k-k-kicking about. Does It s-s-top-p-p anywh-w h-where long enough so I cotiM r-r-run and overta-ta-take it V" Chicago Herald. Valuable t;ift to the National Moaeam. I The average man knows, perhaps, a j score of insects familiarlv bv mime; be has more or k now Sedge, por- h-..s. of n iilllnlred. al'd lie see- ill tllOSO il v. onderfal variety .f forms .!id colors. Put fie resources of nature are vastly greater t'l.tn any one ifsli.M who has not laaile a -.poeial study of some branch of iiat inn I I- i -lory. Tloe'-i oT lr. l'tilev's collection of North Ann iSi-aa in : -. which is said to con lain U i.'H?' specie ., i ' resent is I by more than I l.i.i i pinned specimens, and others preserved in alcohol or by other mot boils. lie has given this collection to the National Mu-emn. where all who care to do bo may study the fruits of his labor. jrhiUdelph.r Ledger. Indian Women. f The Indian women aro coming hourly to the front. At a late meeting of the Tresbyterlan Synod of Dakota, the Indian women re ported having raised !"o0 for missionary work among their own people tho lajt year. This was more than all the money raised by their white sisters in three so AT THE DRESSMAKER'S. There the Lord of Creation Appears Te Great IMsailvantage. " My dear," sai 1 Mr. Broadaxe, lay rig her hand affectionately on my shoulder. I pretended not to hear her and puffed awav at my cigar, intent only on my newspaper. But Mrs. B. was not to be baffled by anv such little russ. She took hold of the pr.icTa arid gently taking it from my Icjt 1-Llod it and laid it on tl u center ?. :o. "What in the name of Tom Pcctt. Horace O reeky and Sam Jones, did you jeik that pnpor from u:y band for ?" I demanded in a voice as much like thun der as I could assume. But Mrs. Broad ex e was not frightened. She is a brave little woman. I tried to bo a tiger, but s' e still wouldn't scare. Sho came light up, patted th tiger on tho head, and eat down on Lis knee. Before I hardly realized rhat sho was about, sho aetually t-mk the cigr.r from my mouth and kissed lufl oa tho cheek. 1 knew what was coming and began feeling for mv pocket book. Mrs. B. never kisses for nothing, and what was tho use in one holdir.g out, when I knew 1 would bo forced to vield in tho end? " now much do you want ?" I asked in desperation. Sho smiled and taking my faca be tween her two small white Landa said: " It's not monev this time." Then what is "it T" I asked, trying to lio savage again ; but It is no use try ing to frighten Mrs. H. Fl o is brave, " I w ant you to go with mo to the dressmaker's this afternoon." " To tho dressmaker's oh, dear, can't vou enjoin some lighter enance on mo than that f " She smiled and kissed me firt on ono check and then on the other well, I consented. I was a fool for doing it, but we all become fools sometimes. We started, and aftr going a block or two Mrs. B. turned about to give my personal app arance an iT-pe"t jnn. S1;" male raj strup until she turned 1-nck tl. o collar of ray coat tr suit L- r taste, then she whisked me about, smoothed the wrinkles in my back, brushed tho ima'l paiticles cf cigtr cshes off my brer.'-t and gave re" as Hindi atortion ri if I had be--a a pet poodle, snd finally said I would do to come on. We wetit to tho fashionable shop f Mrs. Le Moyi.e, I following my wife and ttandiEg st the door and feeling es if I ought to Bpningie, or wait until somebody asked me to come in. Mrs, Le Moyne met Mrs. Broadaxe at tho door, lifted her veil, kised li r and got her the bed chair, and asked Lor to tike off her wraps; was she cold, and seemed very sol'Vitons nbotit Mrs. B.'s comfort, but did not d-' gn to notice mo. Thru Mrs. LhU m.i 'h assistnr.tcamear.il kise.l Mrs. 1'toad exo and asked sbout her lierdth. No one kissed mo or asked about mv Lealtli. I stood in tho comer like a nen- b-iy nt school, tint il a lit tloseatast ress 1 rought ineachair. (i :...'? e:-iys biv - a v. arm ppet in my heart for teat III tie seam stress.) Mrs. Le Moyno brougbt out sneh a love of a dr.-ss, nnd I roni 1 arrn d that it was t' 1 -o Mrs. B.'s. Tin re was a syst-ni of measuring, l.ici::-; iiv-l pome strange talk about polonaise. bs pi, . wni,f ., cordage and a lot of stuff that I could not understand, nor ii iueml or UO'V. All the while I sat in my chair un noticed by any one. Mrs. B. w as the al!-importat:t one in that 1"1 shop, at that moment. I w as sorrv I hs 1 -om and w as thinking f stealing away, hu Mrs. B. a-ke.l ine to t-ign lay name to a chock for fifty dollar. I did so. I won! 1 perhaps Lave dona so l.a 1 it lv-n for lifty thou. n l. I was cowed. Mrs. Ie Moyno thankel mo and I rose in my own estimation, fori was pood for something. When Mrs. It. g-ot ready to go, she told me to come on just cs she would h.ive called her poodle, c-id I really Xooted to Lear Lor whistle to me. I followed her just as a poodle would have done. Mm. IjO Moyno opened the door for Mrs. B., hoped she wonld come back again soon, and said her presence was always refreshing; but not a word was ppoken to me, end I certainly did not feel very refreshing. I went home registering cast-iron, Pteei-i andei, rook -nonet I vows never to go near another dressmaker's shop whilo I lived ; and to pray constantly for deliverance from such perdition after death. If a man wants to kno-v how insig nificant he ia, just let him go with his wife to a dressmaker's. Arkan saw Traveler. Dakota and the ring; flat. The St. Paul Tioneer Tress tells the story of n Dakota roan who was sitting in tho Merchants' Hotel, St. Paul, care fully watching another man who wore a silk tile of the latest pattern. Fiually, he confided to a friend that he was thinking how much money it would take to induce Lim to wear a plug Lat. lie said lie might do it for $100, but would tell everyliody that Le was doing it for a wager, adding that if a man were to wear a plug Lat in Lis town in Dakota lie w ould bo tolerably certain to be mobbed. Oar Venerable Illatorlaa. niFtorian Bancroft Laa a library of some li.l") Itook. He Laa l-eu a prominent figure for s:xtv years; Las met and know n alxmt all tho prominent men of this country, and is one f the few Americans who knew Niehrd r, Bnnsen, Cioethe, Byron. Kaiser, Wil belm, and other celebrities abroad. Popcorn. A largo part of the popcorn used in the world comes from Bloomington, I1L, where the farmers' wives and chil dren used to consider it their per quisite. Chemists declare popcorn to contain more albuminoids than most of the other cereals, making it good diet What Iakta Means. Vjoyagor" writes to the New York Sun as f of. laws : " I believe that Idaho is a putched-up fanciful word, with no moaning; but Dakota is a different kind of thing. "Dakota means 'cutthroat.' It Is the name of the Sioux Indians, whose orig inal habitat is now Dakota Territory. " When a Sioux InJian meets another, he gives the tdgn of his own nationality by drawing his hand across his throat-"
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