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A marvel ot purity . utrenmh an.! whole. omen!. More economical than Hie orllustry ktn.U. and enonot oe .old In competition witli the multitude of the low tost, n.rt weiuht. alum or phonphate powdori. Sold only in m. Kotal Un in fuwoii Uo..li Wall St.. Msvr York- USSIAN HEUMATISM U Cure don't enro anytblna bo lUMamatlam. bat B cart taat avwry tlmw. It oarad Kam'i BT-ma. Lancastac. Pa. Mb. Uinxtii, B . Bloowubors. Pa. Mma. Kmt r. H. Bcuuhboh. Staontoa. Va. Maw. W MuLtaa. 1-OU Wylw e.. rtuiaalphia. J F. N iwt. Cwdn. X J. Mao. Mm Caraoii, MooraMowa. ! J. fuxi Maku Maaca '"i-.. r, lEVEHTBOI I TSADK JIABKST7 J- SIG5ATCBK rJX L IIL for corupirta Uiformation. Dewriptlve faaaw pklrt, wttb teauuiociala. tree. : Fir aalr ly all 4rwalaa If oue cr tlie otber ia Dtit in position to furuiab it to you, do not be per auadvd to taka anythtntf el. but aii'ly direct to tbe Oneral Ar-nta. PKAI.I.KIl HKIH oV- t'O. blO eV blil .Iarkl toucci, I'biliulclpbiu. THE CHAUTAUQUA Corn&Seed Planter. A ONE-HAND AUTOMATIC MACHINE. i April 4, 1 at- ) tck. 1S5. All of Metal. iarht. Strong-, Well Coutructed and El0a-atly Painted- Plants Corn (and pumpkin eotls), Bean, etc. -okks asLL in moDDT, Lmrr AND TO.Nt OKOt.VO. IIij.'lil7 ro ommenile'l br Farmers arol lH-:irn in all aertiona. i'liv time -a ved iu one day's u.-; will pay for it. PRICE, - S2.7S. Libera! liviint to Agents ami tlie trade. UDiawrs eufily aiake 110 00 per day iu the planting season. Send for circular, and extra induce ment, to agents and ranva-aers. Mention this ps- er, unil address. TheChaatauqaapianterClompanil JAMESTOWN, . Y. B. J. LYNCH, TJ ISTD I?: I irP A Is! K X . Arid Manuf actur-r A Dealer In OME AND CI IV l rE FURNITURE! LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS, Matti-osse.s &c. l;o: ELEVENTH AVENUE, AT.TOONA, lUN'A. t?"CUizris if (mil i tiurly rrl si othtr w i-bnin t J Dirt a ! i I est FUKNI Tl'UE. Ac. at It i rt 1 1 of sn irsj rcsf ul!y iuvltfd to sic tia a rll 1 n re t'uir tls wtire. air nre fi i Mi rt ttst m can tneel f viry wart and 'ta ftrv taste. lri?r! tl.e rry lct. t 16 ro-tt. PATEWTS j Obtained stid all PATF.NT MMXE at 1 trnilrj to rt r Xt)DL!;ATE FFF. ' Our vttc l r t i't-Kr il:e L". S. Patent 1 Ofliif and we ran obtain patent, in Irss time ' than . remote fn tv AMIINOTON. ! hetid MODEL Oil Ii:AW IN( Wead a to par, ptatihitT f,,P .f rl.aiwe arrl we : make N CHAKliE VSLESS PATENT IS bE I'KED. I (miii. of Mot Oniei Di . and tc tLe cfll- J ciU of the I . Paten Ohht. For circa lata, sdvire. rerrtiK snrt rrtftenres to actual '. c-lrnt! In yt ur ciwrn surr r If lo t'. A. KOW L 70. 1 PI. Pslral Ofttre abla.les, B. XIwVTXO-X,CXTTI3Q. I NtyrAlX-D IN Tone, TOuCu,crlnaDSuip & Dmiility. Wlf.I.tif RTAni: ea c S4 and Weat Italtbitoru Slre v v. luslltb Acnue, New York. ORAW-POKER .'V I,,, I-irt. rs-u. r-a jaM ii i wtuaiutT u4 IWnf : -..it 'r. v x lirtmi, iutc muy wuj hiuuA-y , . kiy It' hr l Mir.n, rumy yr tcmnt p4 n v.1. Nw Yi ( arti &4u l ru:-- ti-T '.i. fjff ri u I. wi;nou. Vi.U fir rtrt t. Franklin Publishinz Co, "VtllZ.- aBafcnaWaaTl BEAE HUJJTLNO. tw tKa Raatars rwtlow tbe Btg-na of the Oama. Boot o( th Alablta at tBa Aa4- That well-known hunte. Tunla Smith, of Greene Township. Pike county, Peun., In a recent in erview a&ld : "There are a great many ways by which we) can tell when bears are llkel to be plenty In any locality. The bears live In the swamps, and early In the turn mer. If Biulti is about, the soft black mud alng the edge of the swamps will be broken up as if a herd of cow had been walking through it. At Intervals also, the mud will be hollowed out in apou elkiht or tn feet long, two or three wide, and as m.iny deep. " Those arc wallow holes made by the bears, whose tracks it L that have brok en up the mud of the swamp borders. In these holes the bears will lio and wallow and sleep with their BOaes and eyes burled in the muck. home hunter watch thee holes and shoot the bears a. thry come out of the waiup to wallow, but as at that time of year their flesh Is poor a:.d their fur valueless, such killing of bean except on the score of abating a nuisance is Senseless and unprofitable. 'At that time of year, in looking for bear slgna, wo always examine the trees along the swamps to tin 1 if any bar baa been measuring himself. Bears have a habit of getting up on th lr hind feet by a tree, nd reaching up with their fore paws, tearing the bark off as high as they can roach, leaving infallible and plain signs of their presence. Some hunters say that lu doing this the beats are measuring thoir heignt to see If they have prowu any during the Winter. " Iu the Fail bears turn up the stones over large areas, looking for crickets, bugs, slugs and different Insects of which thoy are fond. In the late Summer and early Fall thoy feed on the huckleberries and black berries, and when frost comes they may be found feasting on their favorito fruit, the bearberry. When these are gone the hunter looks among the scrub-oak barrens for signs of bear, for then he breaks down acre upon acre of these dwarf oaks and feds upon the acorns. "Ilornot and yellowjacket nests the bear never passes by in the Fall, for of the Immature young of thee Insects, which are found by the thousands in the nests, he Is particularly fond. The e tickers of these fierce bees have no ter ror for Bruin. The choicest morsel to a bear, bow ever, is w.ld honey. He will line a bee treo as unerringly as & bee-hunter, and never gives up until he finds the object of his search. When the tree is found the bear be gins to louk for the place w here the hon ey is stored. lie gives the tree a thump with his paw every few f-et until he strikes t.. hollow place. Then it is the work uf a short time for hitc to tear away the wood with his sharp claws, until tho rich stores of honey are laid b.ire, aiid he fe&ets to Ms hear.'s con tent. " In the coldest weather bears usually houe theni solves in small oavt or open ings iu and under the leU.e uf rocks, where it is dry ; t.ut If the Winter i- not too col l they frequently come out and are easily tmeked through ihe snow. They usually select tho southern f-ice of a mountain for their holes aud do:.. "Thegeneial belief is that they eat no'.hing while housed up. and Lhat belief muat be cot reel for bears certainly do not store anything for Winter consump tion, like the squirrel ani coon : and as thy do not moveou: of Winter quarters If the weather Is t-evere or snow very deep, they do not forage during the Winter. Whether they subsist on nutriment obtained by sucking their paws, as some hunters say they do, I cannot say; but I do know that when they go Into Win ter quarters they are simply masses of fat. Their fur is very dense, and then is the time to obtain bear skins of the best quality. "Dogs are the natural enemies of bear. A dog's yelp is the signal to the bear for a flgiit. "Few experienced dogs are foolish enough to go beyond the opening of a save w here a U ar has been scentd or to pitch Into a bear that has tun.ed for fight. A full grown bear with his dan tier up can ward off half a dozen good tious if he can protect his rear. A fair blow from a bear's paw will place any dog in a condition that will rob the sub sequent proceedings of all interest to him. " At sight of a man though, a bear will make every effort to get away. As a rule, liruiu will never fight a man un less forced to and then it will be war to the death. A she tiear with cubs, when followed closely, will keep her cubs ahead of her and bring up the rear to protect them. If she is p .hed closely she will try to frighten off her pursuer by making a great dhow of fight. She growls, shows her teeth, tear the bark from the trees an 1 scatters it alout with much fuss, und noise, and will make herself as fierce as r,sslble in many ways. If the enemy presses and there Is no help for it the mo- her bear will fight as Ion.; as s:.e has a drop of blood to shed In defense of her young; the cube, mean while, will huddle together a short dis tance off ani whine and cry piteously. In chasing a bear experienced dogs greatly all the hunter and uo much toward checking the epeed of the bear. " A bear chase is often a long and tire some piece of work, for wheu a bear finds ha he is tracked he will pick out the moot tangled ai.d impassable places he can reach, lie will often lead the hunter 20 miles over mountains and through valleys where the brush and briers are harassing, and the swamps almost lnaces&ible to man. while Bruin will shuffle along with his clumsy gait as ridly as if he were ou the best of roads. A bear hunter's outfit is simple. A (rood dog but they are scarce - a breech load.ng double-barrel shot gun that wlil carry a charge of buckshot to kill at 30 yards, or a rule li he is an expert, heavy boots, thick troupers, and a shirt, a light huntln-aie in a belt, a pistol, and a long-bladed knife for emergencies, will equip a man who goes out after bears. If the hunter is anxious to be put to his mettle whl;e on the hunt, let him manage to have Bru n get scent of him. Then the bear w.U take a course to fol low which will require nerve, wind, and a touh skin. W he-i the snow Is deep a bear chase Is genei ally slow and tedious. With a light fall and a freh track, however, there i- no sport so exdting. and even an amateur hunter will And himself going miles on a good stiff trot, so wrapped u, Is he in the chase. " it is no hard matt r to kill a bear if the i-On understand their ;.usin9- after Pru n U brought to bay, for he wi 1 give all hi attention to th dog- that are yelping arouud him. wh.lo the hunter stanas off and fills him with lead. But there are tlmrs when a bear will brace Llmself for a flg'it f torn the word go. and then if the hunter doeeu't kill at the first fire he Is apt to have about as lively a time on his hands as he ever dreamed of. No story of a bear fight that was ever told can be much ahead of the actual Incidents that go with a fight if It is a good one. If a man is after boars for profit it Is t-eUer to tra.i them than to hunt them. When a boar finds himself t aught by the leg In the hevy steel traps that are usedse will try and jet to a rock and he will dash and pound the trap against that in efforts to break It, and there are Instances known where Bruin has broken traps In that way. Well authenticated cae of bears gnawing or tearing their legs out of traps are known, and one of the longest bear chases I ever heard of was a chase after a three-legged bear, one of Its legs having been left la a traD." THE "BEST BOOM A Plea for the Reasonable re and Enjoy ment of the farlor. Many home builders do not consider a house complete without establishing In It a certain reserved apartment, r -ruote from the social atmosphere of the living rooms, where the curtains are forever drawn except on very special occasions. It cerves oftentimes as a ort or mon ument to the family pride, as well as a drain on the original family exchequer in short, the traditional best room." I ri-member, as a child, the ricoll of my warm, active life currents from the gloom of this unexplored territory in the home of certain well-to-do country neigbors, where it wis chlefiy associated In my mind with weddings and funerals generally the latter. In aftertime calls with my mother I never sat down in the dim twilight of such a one without a chilly sensation in the region ot the backbone, mingled with a vague notion of lurking uncer tainties aud the solemn occasion on whicu I Lad last entered taooe lorbiddon precincts. Upon the same principle it Is not dif ficult to account for the alleged ghostly occupants of certain of those stately Enviih best rooms. I visited several In my travelling days, and on every occasion confess to an in stinctive shrinking from that sunless area, shut in by carved panelling, and Inhabited by sombre figure, otherwise furniture standing about in st.ff silence, either frowning in mahogany duskiness or muffled to their throats In shroud like drapery. With such facilities the manufacture of tall, gliding forms in regulation while is an easy matter for even a well-regulated imagination. In justice to the English home, how ever. I will any that among the comfort able classes it is distinguished by an ex ceptional coau.es and the good cheer ot generous hospitality, the rest of the hou-.e being as distinct from the digni fied best room, where the latter rusts, as a sunny meadow from a cemetery. In my own home there was loo much ot the republican spirit about the house to -din it ot exclusivene-s being Indulged in by any family rooms. Our carpets did noL last well, but were thoroughly enjoyed while they did, and the furniture wa never long enough In retirement to need shrouding nor Lake to iUeit aristo cratic airs. The most charming homes that it has been my good fortune to frequent were those In which the f urnishings were made su servient to the family comfort ; and where the harmony of the family life saluted one's perce, tlons with the rest ful assurance ot a deep-bret..ing con tent. Another feature was the cheerful tone of their t'u tings, l.gl.t, soft tints prevail ing in walls, curtain and e irpets, and the furniture selected with an eye to Comfort and convenience. Style was sacrificed to the superior claims o: books, music and the culture of flowers. Th- well-windowed apart ments were open to the unrestraineJ oo cupancy of the freshest airs and the most golden of Summer sunshines, as to favored guests. Thir pictures, too, har monized, bright, cheerful, suggestive, as it they had their mission in the family world, something to bring for Its broad enihg, it progress and the fullness of its social life. The occupants were not rich In the pe cuniary sei.se. but, with the outlay adjus ted to the Income, the home was an ex pression of themselves, subject to nec essary financial restrictions. There was withal that vivid intellectual acilvity and grasp through which large harvests of the highest pleasures were gathered in. and a lower ot spiritual selection by whicu tne better elements of life around theni were absorbed into their own. To return to the original subject, let us have no stately apartments so isolated from the family existence that the chil dren would not enter them after dark on pain of punishment it they refused; where the glory of sunlight and the 8 Aeoti.es of its breath are excluded as religiously as If they were Intent on burglary. I know thla republican element treats the.r m.ignificence lightly, and shows it by playing hide and seek in their dusty ome. s, danc.ng on tho mirrors, and leaving traces of Its glowing feet and rad ant smi e on carpets and curtains ithout respect to texture or value ; but let it come in. While they are fading a little it Is chasing th" shadows before it out of our rooms and out of our hearts, banish ing the unhealthy dampness, and making shoit work of the mu.-iy smells and fauciee ditto, that lurked thcro in the dark. A Farmer's Tlcws oa Good Breeding. "But now," said the farmer, "this ere snubbln' buz'ness good nater! what does it all amount to, anyway t What you've ben say in' makes me think of what I hed up in Pomfret this sum mer. "There was some folks come from the city somewhere to board with neighbor W adklns, and their little boys they got to playin' with Asy's boys. My son, Asy, be lives down in Old Springfield, an' his 11 l tie boys come up to farm it long with gran'pa. Come up ev'ry summer, .they do. WaL them Fletcher folks the name was Fletcher went 'round pooty mid dlin' prom p." an' tho .ust thing I knew along came Mr. Fletcher one day when I was to work out in the medder, an' sez he: ' I don't want my children to play no more Tng with t .em boys o' youin. I'm very pariickeiar 'bout who my chil dren piar w.th,' sez he. WaL I could t help bein sorter riled. Fletcher, he pitched In tol'able brash, an' Asy's boys tnem little fellers wal they know what belongs to good muu x.ers better'n some wal, no matter 'bout that. " But I kinder thought that I'd give Fletcher a little hyste, bein' he come at me so. an' I up an told i.im, scz I : Ive been farmin' ever sence before you was born, an' I've hed' a number of dogs at one time aa' another, an' I've seen a good many more; an' there koine i-ogs that's alwus civil to other tlOpS, an' wii:iu to puss the time o' day wit:i 'em. nu' be friendly, an there's others that won't never have nothiii' to do with nobody, but jesi bustle up and fenap an snail at little dogs an' run away from big ones, an' I've slwus noticed this: " 'When there's one o' them dogs, that's too good for his neighbors, he s mebbe this or' mebbe that, but there's one thing he ain't, not by any chance ; he ain't never a thoroughbred,' sec L." Detroit F ree Press. A Pttt-ap Job. Old Jew: "Now. Isaac, my leetlsV dear poy. you preaka de glass aa runs way mighty quick. Den X noliers Glass pudding' an gets a Dig lob. Young Jew: " But vat rul I getr Old Jew: "You? Vy yoo gwt der rsle."-fPoek. . PULLIKQ HEMP. The Experience) o m Man who Knows What It Is To B Uaartd, ' Ton may talk about mad elephants let loose, and circus tigers on the ram page," said a man from Western Michi gan the other day, " but they are no comparison to a crod of angry and ex cite! men hungering for your death. ' Four years ago I came into posses sion of three or four pieces of property in Southern Indiana, and I went down to look them over. At Jasper I con cluded to get a saddle horse. " One morning, almost before anybody In the town was ast.r. and while I was taking a before-breakfast walk, a stranger came along astride of a fine animal, and to my query as to w hether he wanted to sell he returned a ready affirmative. " It was a sorrel horse, spotted with white, aud one to be recognized and Identified on eight by any one who had ever seen him before. The price asked was $125. and though Ii beat the man down to $100 he told such a straight story that I could have no suspicions of him. He claimed to be a resident of Yin cenues, and to have purchased the horse in New Albany. I was congratulated by the villagers on my purchase, and soon after break fast set off for the South. " After proceeding about ten miles, I turned to the left, and had gone about three miles when a band of horsemen, about a dozen strong, came rl ling from the i pposite direction at a gallop. The instant we met they surrounded me. Some had revolvers and some guns, and I was menaced on all sides. " I was astonished, of course, half be lieving I had fallen In with a band of robbers, but they quickly gave me to under stand to the contrary. The horse undi-r me had been stolen the previous night, or at an e-.rly hour in tho morn ing, and the owner was among those who surrounded me. it didn't strike me that I looked like a horse thief, but those men Were mad and excited, aud they had me out of the saddle in a minute. Of course I protote-l. telling them who I was and where I could be identified, but as they hustled me under a tree and began to So .se a rope the owner of the nag Slap; ed me across the face and replied : "-Shut up! You are the scoundrel, and denials will be of no avail ! We'll choke the breath out of you In about half a minute!' "They were going to hang an Inno cent man, aud you can wager that I did someot the most vigorous kicking of my Lfe. "While they were noo6lng me and running ti,e free end over a limb, I kept up ray chin music, and one of the crowd became liaif convinced that I was telling the iru'.h. lie began to argue that it woui .ii t take long to prove or disprove my story, but he was too late. "i ive or si meu walked off wlih the rope and up I went. They let me hang for a few ecouJs a: d then lowered me, but only to repeat the dose twice more. By that time they had cooled off a bit, an i my fii-n i persuaded them that they couid just as wed finish the hanging at Jasper. " 1 hd fainted dead away, and when they poured whiskey down uiy thro.it and revived me it seemed us if my neck was t io feet long. Theie was a deal of 'growling over the job not b ing finished tii en and there, but they finally put me on a ho-.e and started for Jaspe: . The chap ot whom I h.i i purchased the animal, and who was, of course, the real thief, was so elated over the sale that he forgot himself and remained in Jasper to get drunk. He was speedily found In a saloon, and be mado no pre tense of innocence. " I thought they wonli tear him to pieces then and there, but after beating him to a state of insensibility he was carried off Into the country a couple of miles and left hanging beside the high way. I got back $90 of my money, and as it was handed to me by the leader, he said: Stranger, we beg pardon for stretch ing your neck, but next time you buy a hoss in this State be a leetle careful to buy of the real owner." " Detroit Free Press. The Xeg-lscte.1 Sooth Pole. In the way ot positive exploration nothing has been undertaken within th Antartie Circle since a group of expe ditions of which that, commanded by Sii James Clark Boss is tne most memor able. More than a century azo the greatest Bavigntor of ail time, though from eom neglect of personal distinction he has missed becoming one of the world's he roes, penetrated far behind the veil. Nearly fifty years passed before Cook had any followers. Then a succession of voyagers sailed for the South Pole. Captain John Blscoe was the first ac tual discoverer of the Southern Conti nent In 1831. But his example was speedily Imitated, and for a dozen years the Antartie Oc an was as f ivorite a field o maritime adventure as the Arctic, iron h men and Americans, the latter underCorurnodore Wilkes, of uti fortunate Trent fame, tbr a tied its multitudinous glaciers, ani foun land. Sir Jameft Clark Ross was happier still and in 1M1 sailed within twelve degree of the South Pole, lie was able to cal culate the approximate heights of two distant mountains, one an active volcano, which he christened after his ships, the Erebus and Terror. A later expedition supplied a gap left In Sir James Boss's magnetic and mete orological observations; and It might have been supposed that land, as well as air and water, was soon about to be summoned to yield its secrets. Suddenly silence fell once more upon the whole wide wilderness ; aud for forty years or more It has been practically unbroken, unless by the brief incuislon of the Challenger, the interest of which was In Inhabitants of the depth rather than in the geography of the region. Xa the Twinkling or an Er. The photograph is now as nearly "in stantaneous" as possible. When every thing is ready, " Click !" and the arti ficial eyelid has opened and shut. What has it seen in that little instant of time ? If anything is in motion, it has been perceived in that fragment of a second as if motionless. Men walking along the street are pic tured with uplifted feet. A trotting horse may be caught with all of its four legs in the air, viewed just at the very moment when he was clear of the ground. A man leaping with a high pole may be pictured in mid-air, pre cisely in the position in which he ap pears at the highest altitude! Motion seems rest. Bat this is not the most wonderful of its powers. Far beyond the keenness of human vision is its range of sight. If the light is good, this sensitive plate of glass will have recorded and discerned a thousand uplifted faces as perfectly as the human eye perceive the features of a single countenance. Every expression of joy or sorrow, every peculiarity o dress "or attitude. ; the leaves of a forest or the grass by the wayside, will have been seen and de- IUneated and retained perfectly is far leas than the briefest possible trialv ling of a human eve. HORSES FOR THE CAVALRY. Aa Amy Officer T.1U Sem SMnti.Dan and Daya without a Sign of Verdure. A few days ago a New York newspaper reporter engaged in con versation with a recruiting sergeant of the United States Cavalrv rerrice, and -Tn the course of the chat the offWr drifted into the discussion cf the merits of horses supplied to the service, and the manner in which they are furnished to the Government Not long since five hundred horses were purchased in New York, St. Louis, viucago, ana otner large mercantile centres for troops in the four big Western departments of the Platte, Dakota, Missouri and Texas, in which divisions it is estimated that three fourths of the army of our country is oom prised. " Most of our cavalry horses," said the recruiting sergeant, "are lost on the plains in the West No one here East can conceive the rigor of onr Western military duties or the hard ships they entail for the soldiers and their beasts. We suppose tbat the great West is teeming with verdure and forage, whereas the fact is that in very many tracts of country scouting par ties are compelled to ride for a week or more, at the rate of perhaps fifty miles B day, with no grain for their horses and very little grass by the way. "A general scrutiny of the condemned army horses would show that their re tirement from the service is due more to starvation than anything else. Very often the trooper's horse drops in the ranks from sheer exhaustion, and others are so badly used up that they never recover from the privation and fatigue and are final! v condemned for use in the field and shipped to recruit ing stations, where they answer much better even than green horses for drill ing recruits." " What are the physical qualifica tions demanded in the selection of horses for the cavalry service?" " Well, in the firstplaee, none but feldings are taken. The Government oes not care for stallions or mares. The animal submitted for purchase should 6tand at least fifteen hands high and weigh about nine hundred pounds. He should be short in the back and also short in the pastern joints. A long-legged beast with a badly shaped head wouldn't pass muster at all Low withers is one of the most essential points, because a horse with high withers is liable to work the saddle forward and get sores; and once in that condition he loses flesh and be comes worthless. " In addition to these specifications he must be absolutely free from con tracted hoofs or he won't pass the inspection of the board." " In what manner are horses eecured for cavalry service?" "Generally bv advertifing. The particular class of animals desired are becoming scarcer every day. This, I suppose, is due to th fact that breeders are giving their att. ntion to raising draught horses of the Percheron, Nor man and similar stock, which are, of course, too slow for cavalry purposes. "It is a singular fact that horse dealers, as a rule, consider the Govern ment legitimate prey for all sorts of i imposition. For instance, at tho last I inspection only eight out of fixty J horses ofl'erod were accepted. Hostlers trottod them out for inspection full of confidence that they could unload their employers stock of useless equines. " Some of the animal . manes and foretops were plaited and decorated with strips of red flannel. Their tails were done up in common bugging of so bulky a shape as to suggest the probability of their being about ten feet long. " Of course, these decorations had to come off to make sure that the tails were all there, and that tho manes were of hair instead of oakum. " The eyes of a horse under inspec tion are closely examined. " If he, in general outline.is regarded as worthy of consideration at all, he is submitted to a rigorous examination which takes up alout a quarter of an hour all over him from his teeth to his fetlocks and hoofs. Then the hostler is directed to walk the animal up and down the length of the yard and afterwards to run him as fast as the beast can go. If his action is easy he is ordered tied in ' for the final inspection. " The last test is a run up hill for a distance of two hundred yards or so, to see if his wind is good. No saddle is used. The hostler simply mounts and trots to the starting point, riding back as fast as a liberal application of cowhide to his beast can carry him. " If the horse passes this muster he is purchased and led to tbe blacksmith shop to be branded. His first decoration is a big U. S. on the left ehoulder. " When he is detailed to a regiment he is burned again with the regimental brand, aud with the brand of his com pany on the left hip. Por more per fect identification he receives an ad ditional marking on the hoof, and is then ready for business. " I know of nothing more painful than the branding of a beast, and I think he knows of nothing more pain ful himself. "The brands become obscure in a few years, and are necessarily renewed. It is a peculiar fact that when the time comes for renewing tbe operation nine out of ten animals remember the prev ious dose, and it is no easy matter to repeat it" Better Green than Too Klpe. " There's a hayseed, pa," said Johnny, as a substantial-look ng countryman came Into the earn : he other morning. " See here, Johnny." said pa, w ith threatening severity, "don't you ever let me hear you call anybody from tbe co in try a haysoed. Only Ignorant persons designate country people by a term em blematic of entire greenness." I didn't know It was wrong, pa," ox postulated the boy. My son, your grandparents, een down to the ground rung on the family step-ladder, were from the country, and" " Country people don't know as much as city people, do they, pa?" Certainly they do. Take a city bred man, put him on a farm among the arti cles he has in his dally diet, and he will ask questions fully as simple and stare about as badly as a countryman when he comes to the cltj. He'll want to know who churns the apple butter. He don't know whether potatoes grow on tree or bushes, and whether apples grow on stalks or not," "I dont want to he green, aayhow, pa," persisted Johnny. "Bather green than ripe, my bey. Always remember tbat extreme ripe ness is th border land to penaanect , decay." And the old man leaned back, Aawtmc rubbed In something Johnny would never forget. Cincinnati Times-Star, TWO WATS OF OAE-DErmo. A Chesrrm Jeha and Kotom One. Bow It Para To Bo Qoodnatared. Coming down on a Fourth Avenue Street ear the other morning, we rode on the platform and found a veritable study In th driver. He was one of those jolly good natured souls that nothing seems to trouble or put out of temper. There was a wagon on the track that was being unloaded, and we had to wait. The teamster glared at our driver, as tbey always do. as much as to say, "What yergoln'to do about it?" but receded such a beaming smile In return, with a "take your time, old boy," that he finally grinned back and actually hur ried up his work a little. Turning lo us as we moved on, this Jolly car- lriver said : No use In jawing these fellows. They are twice as long unloading If you do. My plan is to take everything good natured and I get along a good deal better for it. Helgn, there!" (to a man on the crossing who dldnt observe tbe car) Look out for tbe locomotive wheu the bell r ngs." Do you have much trouble with team sters?" we asked. Oh, some of them can act rretty mean, j retendlng not to hear wh n I blow my whistle, but If they want any jaw with me they must do it all them selves." Just then a team pull-d across the track ahead of us and blocked the way. The sullen driver appeared reaiy for the usual interchange of compliments, but our man grinned a meiry grin and cried : " Boom enough for everybody If we take a little time." and the sullen chap hurried up his team. ' That s the way It works every tlmo," said the driver, as h-. turned a broad smile to i.e. "Molasses catches more flier, than vinegar, though some folks dou'i 6ecm to know 1. How are you, Bi.ly?" (this to one of the ugliest-looking draymen that we ever saw). Aud the drayman, recognizing the car driver, nodded in re urn his ugly mug softening Into something like amia bility, under the melting influence of the good-natured man's smile. " Y- u know some of these fellows?" we s.igestiid. "Lots of 'em, for I've been on this line four years; and they know me. Never had any fuss worth speaking of. But there is one of our men, a era l-ed driver, who is In a row from m. ruing until night. Seems a teamster can't bee him without wanting to lick hliu. lie is howled at and sworn at along the entire route, and I know it must uiak his lire a bnrd. n. But he Is mostly to blame for it himself. "li is always fretting and finding fault and naturally folks on the .-.tree don't like him. He makes all his passengers cross and blue, too, oa account of tht rows he gels into. "I tell you, boss, the good-natured way Is the eaaleet way to get through this life." And our street car philosopher uM tht tqjuk oi iu 1 1 ex as ci tings. SIGN? OF LUCKi Information for the Superstition and or lute real to Every body. Dream of eggs, sign of money. Dream ot snakes, i-lgn of enemies. If you sing before breakfast you'll cry before supjier. Dreaming of muddy or rushing water brings trouble. Finding a horsehoe or four leaved clover brings good luck. If you cut your nails or sneeze on Sat urday you do it " tor evil." She who takes the last stitch at a quilt ing will be the first to marry. If you cannot mak up a handsome bed your husband will havo a homely cose. If you spill the salt some one will bo " mad " with you unless you put some In the fire. Stub your right toe, you are going where you are wanted; your left, where you are not wanted. If the cock crows on the fence, the weather will be fair ; If on the doorstep, he will bring company. It the lirst Sunday in the month Is un pleasant there will be but one pleasant Sunday during the month. II by any chance a mourning hat or bonnet Is placed upon your head you will need one of your own soon. If your right ear burns, 6ome one Is praising you ; If your left, your friends ar. raking you over the coals. Returning to the house for a moment after having once started out will bring bad luck utile -e you sit down. When, in dropping a fork. It 6trikes the floor and stiuids upright. It will bring a gentleman visitor ; il a knife, a lady. While at the washboard, If the suds Eflash and wet the clothes you wear you will have a drunken husband. II you drop your dishcloth you will have company ; also if you sweeps black mark or if two chairs stand accidentally back to back. If a baby sees his face In the plass it will be the death of him. If his nails arc cut he will be a thief. If he tumbles out of bed il will save his being a fool Break a mirror, sign of death. Death is also foretold by a dog howling under a window, hearing a mournful dove, a strange dove hovering about, or dreaming of a white horse. It you see the new moon through a glass you will have sorrow as long as it lasts. If you feoe It fair iu the face you'll have a falL Over tae left shoul der, bad luck ; over the right, good luck. Till th Voctor Come. Seep a wounded or Injured person on the level II possible. Be very, very gentle. The handiest of all stretchers is a large shutter or door, with a mattress or pillows on it; or a plaid blanket used as a hammock will do, or anethammook itself. If one be handy. While one party is carrying home or to S drug store the injured person, someone must be seht to procure surgical assist ance. The sooner surgical aid is got the more chance of a speedy recovery will the patient have. Be careful not to give brandy in inju ries to the head. You might commit a fat al error. The best way to distinguish a fracture from a dislocation is to find out by man ipulation whether there is motion in the injured prt. In dislocation the bone is immovably fixed. Many dislocations can be treated suc cessfully on the spot by the sufferer's friends. Ju6t a word about street accidents. Somehow or other in such cases one of the crowd usually turns out to be a sur geon; but If not, let one be spe-dily fetched. Meanwhile, ask the crowd, with all the respect duo to crowds in the lat ter part of the nineteenth century, to stand back and give the patient air. Too Manx Knterprlslos; Vl.ttors. There was one angry woman In Macon. Before she finished breakfast a sewing machlno ogent called on her. Thirty minutes later a female book agent called and talked two hours. In the afternoon a rst trap agent called, and just at nightfall an advertising agent threw lata the front door a cake of soap wrappeAVln abuuaieoi coioiod circulars. . . - . Tt: YOUNG MOZART. Afiatlng Precocity of tbe OroSI AerVa C'oiapuaer. At five years of age Moztrt begau composing without the slijbtert gjido. He formed the pieces on the piano, played them to his father, who tlien wrote them down. It is strangs tbat he was not a chfl 1 when seated at the piano. Nobody dared add res a joke to him or tali aloud. In a letter of his father's it is stated that some of his friends, who ssw the child so very serious, predicted that he would not live long. Although he willinglv studied every thing his father told "him to work at, music filled his soul from early child hood to puch an extent tLat when L' toys bad to be taken from ouo room to another be insisted on a march hett-p sung, to the strains of which be walked in time and in procession with the per son who aspipted him. From a letter from Court Trumpeter Andreas Scbactner to Mozart's sister, I take the following details. I may first be allowed to say tbat a trumpeter then . was not what he may be now, aud that this Mr. Schsctner was a man not only of musical but literary culture, who often lent a helping hand with Mozart's libretti. He writes: " Once I oame home from church with your father and we found Wo'ferl fully engaged with his pen." (Wolferl the diminutive of Wolfgang means in German, just the im as in Enlis", a email wolf.) " The child Lad a pBpr before him and would not let us sc what he wrote because it w as not n adv. It was full of ink spots, because ho pushed his quill every time to the bot tom of the inktand. His fatl er at last took it awsy from him and found it was the mannrvript of a ooucejio for the piano, and on his remark that it was too difficult, the little boy jumped up and said, 'It is a concerto. Ijet those who want to play it ptudy bard,' and he sat down to the instrument and plaved it." Lvidenco of bin miraculous capacities was gien in Lis seventh year. A trio was jilayc J, and he bepfred to be allowed to play tbe seconil fiddle. His father, knowing that the boy had Dff-r bad regular instruction, would not IieLr of it. The boy insisted. So the father ordered him out of the room. He then resorted to the infallible means with which children and 'oma govern their so called masters, the inrn he began to cry. Of course one of the friends present begged tbat tho cl:ll mip ht be allowed to have Lis will, and, to the utter amazement of all present, he sat down and played without a fault, rnt the second, then the first fiddle, until it was the father's turn to shed tears ef surprise and admiration. Amateur Work. Our grandmothers made jams and made them well ; but our children psin Jam pots, and paint them badly. Th-it Is the situ viioii in a nutshell. In olJe -English times folks either did nothing or they did something; but jie.vaday: their lives me iven i.pto stren .ou M.i Cess to dres.-iiig up their lack of occu pation In the clothes of Industry. How nice It Ls to thii.k that noble lord, now deign to i-oil their iligers vith collodion, and make :is gre"t a mess of a diy plate as tho l:o:irt con! 1 wi-h ; that nobie ladies i an bo se:i. will. V.'ut ieau aprons and gilt hair-pin-, si icklng up imitation dadoes in East end Pciiool rooms ; that princesses of the blood con descend to exhibit wenk landscapes upon the walls ot public galleries; that if one falls down In the s reet he can bo picked up and cared for by a member of the Ambulance Society; that Cabinet ministers employ the r spnxo moments in writing romances or cutting down oaks; thai our dukes write lvalue lly on evolution, an l our ear s throw oT littlo immoral French poe e wi hout porco-tibl- diminution f t elr digri ty. I somotimi-s wonder wh-thT tbe old days, when an artist or an amhor was merely a "painting fellow ' r a writ ing fellow;" when people who did not know or care anyth hg about art r liter ature were contended to be ignorant of it; when tho worn n were really house wives in tho true sene of 'he woid, and the men after thei: rou&h n d, 11 you like, rather bruta: liel ; spi.rts, uiank themselves stolidly r.sl-n-p alter ilhini-r I wonder whether thts d;iys were not really pr- UTable, if only because of their greater sli.eoi ity. But anyhow, whether thl- be so or not ne e the umateur is. and we must in.iko the lt of him. AIW all, as the cot'eg.' ;or!orsaid to an i.iidergr.idiite of an unpopular tutor: " lt iiieini-r. sir. ii '.- a human hcillg;" a..il though it is of the el"., essence of the contract that his work should be pmtial and deiicient. it ii not hu.-e.-sary that il shouM be either aimless, affected or uumeunlug. Contemporary Kevlew. The Artist and the III oom. The San Francisco Examiner p'iMi-heb the story of an artist iu Africa, wi.o left oft' sketching to kill a boa constrictor, iiiid had a surprise on his return. He says : " When I got back to my easel, ohalr and uuibrel.a, I was nearly dumhfound e.i at seeing a tribe of baboons playing with my painting materials. 'Two little fellows were up aitiongtl o rib of the umbrella, a'id another h.ol his head out through a rent in the I- p. He looked like a littlo sweep with his head through the chimney on a frosty morning. " It was one of the most comi il things in the monkey line I ever wit nessed. One big baboon was exploring r. il'n all his ini' hi the contents of a lox of flake wh.te, while the other was daubing the muzzle of a little baby that was sit ting ou its mother's back, the huiscif being engaged In breaking the handles and pulling out tho hairs of my brushes. "I neeT, lu any monkey cage or menagerie. Haw so many different col ored monkeys. "One big iellow, painted half red, half blue, with a great white patch over bis left eye, was pulling the canvas (now twl-ted Into a rope) from a big old woman, with two squalling baby monkeys with white muzzles and pink hair. " Half a dozen others were fighting fer the easel like sailors playing the tug of war.' " "Laying down my serpent's skin, I opened tire on them. Talk of scamper ing. The family opened out, running ta all points of the compass. " Baboons in green, yellow, pink, pur ple, scarlet, white with black sjots, and black with yellow and every color spots 1 Such a variety of uniforms you never saw. Big fellows, four feet high ; little fellows, crying and squalling for their mothers; mothers looking and crying tor their babies. 'The excitement over, I went tip to clear tbe wreck. " It you can imagine the undivided at tention of a band of two hundred ba boons, for about two hours, to the iim- ited space occupied by an artist.' kit, ruin was, wnve wo Jdeadpca to describe." r- is I "'I t I i if in r op ir l: ii n n OO
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