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VOLUME XXII. EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY. .TUNE 7. ISS8. NUMBER 20. THE CIIUBII;I FKEnI?. ' li I'ubloibed Weekly at I MHMJtaUVJtti. CUXBK1A COUXTT. ; 11 Y JiMLS U. 11ASS0". ft I II Seeti'ootfh hjrup. Vrnri V9m In ttnlM. ht nru.wii"'.. I txUoT Plso'a Car for l'nnmption BaveU ar lit'o. A. II. IHjwull, E.litor Knqttirer, iSdnn tou, N. C, April 1, lioT. PISO ljiH",iriMifff""JIL 1"1-imLrgwwwg B The iik.t Cough Meli n rine U ri.so'a Cl'RS WR Oi.NHrurTiox. 1 iniiiren take it vi i I bout oljo'tiia. l;y u.11 liruggiaLn. lc CUhLS Wrttok ALL tLit fAlli. U9t i Vudh syrup. l'MIM K"rd. Uw 3T O XT T Z" S HORSE AM3 CATTLE POWDERS q H-iiiBi -m of Tour, prmi or LCJ F-v IKK. il 1- 'iu' l owtlen t ard tn Kntt P'iwin wilt rur" int prevent MoaroT.rn. I oiiir' IVwei'-i w tM prTrl fF I Fo L. toiiut r'-t.r will 1.n:rrr uif flunntttr of rai.K mrxl erf .m twruty prr cni and atak. Ui bauer ILria Kiliu' Kowdrr will mr or prfrnt itxt BTMsr pivfAatic to whim Horsri anil 4 ulii ar iirvct. ofTZ Il PrtWT 1U ITB AATI-VPeVCTlOV. bold very)ir. DAVID E. FOUTZ. Proprietor. BALTIMORE, XO. For a!e at DAVISON'S Ituk Store. ONLY t?20. TMs Style PMMelpMa Ster. fit'ii.rcimiiuiiilMrliarp" Imni S4H to S'W. A curo . t i.f utt. lnuriit ith wli miu'liiiir. Al J, ,h.ii KhIIIt, Jiilinwm Tmkor, nd Wi Vour K 'Tum-T-i and Uimlt-r. 1. 1AVV TIIIAL 1 1 v.'iir " 11 biium Wli4' ii iv no c'Ht. Kry wu'Y(Kit kTi:u runs vimum. hi'inl I t rirrnliir. ('. A. VOOl COMPANY, 17 rlli lotli !. .. I'ttll tilrlpblo. la. YOU CAN FIND THIS PAPER Wl l..t ill i'lTTIti our nut inr- EEIIIUGTOIT BEGS. iff.l A.: 'lit. WANTED' YOUNG MEN LADIES TO LEARN TELEGRAPHY. MnU"t J r ii'v.'ly r.-r lit tmii !.- aitJ hit ,uatiii4 f'ir.i-t,,H wlifti .(np-inL. AIUr PATENTS HEXEY WISE G ARN ETT, Attornj-t-Law, WASHINGTON. D. C. K"r"-t" 5,1 "'Jn- lviili. Hutinnmi, P. C. rSEND FOK INVXilXOli'S 0U1DE."W VIRGINIA FARMS FOR SALE. UW T" l"",''l. Ill'hy (.liuiatv. .. 7.1 pr.i-(.ct. H'llf l,.r.nvuUrc.iliuiii ht 01-. tii,ii .snt rm. HV I.K . lt H V K N CatarrH' on Will Mare .Honey, Time, r.in. Tmublr, An WILL CURB ?fgCATARRII J 1 hiok HAY-: 'ER CREAM : BALM. A particle I apillpil Iota earn nnatrllaand In ftri.iilt. Prlr. bo rvntfl at U'Diciri't ; br mall riire.f. 6u cu. t.I.Y iJlt iN UUreenwlcb M., -New VorB. Kemp'sMannreSpreader Talaable Iiaareveniente for lSS. 25 Per Cent. Cheaper than any other, all things considered. Fiicht rrn oo the mk.t. TtrlVrrnrrs Irnm ererj Clvt'li! Hie I ulon. IMuNlr:ttd Ircul.r fr. V KKMf A Ubitrn; M'fU CU..bracu.tf. T. t .Tt'T U comnd whullr of fcini' r. "CJZ-omMrt IntrrvdVtitv each tjuf v. hu h Nm-k'inwl !-4'i.l by tne me ll-lj.-.kl i.r..f.-!.s,)n li l..itLio iii.m'. rxiu-nt r all SI :.io fi l r':i,v!:,. t'n,-.vi tBi.-dlr)J Aieiru.'o. It iiire witii.i i t (.nlvcr raAeo. L1 nirnntV Catarrh f omnmptlow. l.onprnl 11ml crvon- lrlllitr. tiral-Tiiu 1 Iironic Ithrnmn- tlsm. lHatM-ti.. Mono in th I'.Uil.lor, HrlglitN lionsr. Iy-PT-in. l.iTir romplwlnt nnl iJisoascs of the Alomar fi. i If your I' I (i l l!io T"st ii ti:l -f o-r piT.rh-T 1 fit L.lr " ftp if v..-i i m .:. uii i'rnivm Dot Ittcatioti,-. 1: nr i'i t::i-j a 1 ..... nU- a.!dr.-v 10 r.r..;.ro'.,-., S. U. JJirtuiaa A ;.. uuiljua, 0.1:0. ...) polll lyj rurs nuJ I - tin'' ii;- l irniT. m,.1 by all,' I i-'i : ;'. 1 i . I irertt ml -r r bof.. ; m x fori u r.tirlil r.n l 'jri-piau. i na- f 3 on eel It r f ROYAL sr."!f J l Absolutely Pure. Tne pow.ier nererarie. A marrel of purity itrenicth and wholeiomen?!. More economical than the ordinary kind, and eannot be old In competition with the mnltltnde of the low teat. snort weight, alum or phophate powder, a" only in can. KuTIL B.Iia fOWDU UO.JM WallSt..NBW York NATURE'S CURE FOR CONSTIPATION. HFLUBLK kciebt For sir. Menaeh. Knr Teraltf Llrer, BUioa. Headache, CoatiTtac., T.rr.at'. ErrcrrcMaat Slt!r Apri 1 it It I certain In It effect. Itl gentle In lu action. It I paluieable to the taKte. It can be relied upon to .ore. and It ear. by fiiftn, not by o.tra;' lner. nature. 1H tot take violent pumratlvef. your reive or allow Tour chil Sick-Headachy; dren to take them, alwaya ue thl elegant phar maceutical preparation, which ha been lor more than forty year a pub'.to favorite. Sold oy druggttti rverywktrm. AND DYSPEPSIA. WANTED SALESMEN to veil Narrj Stock. All 1ihh1.4 Warrantea I irili-l. I ermanent, pleimunt. pruHt ilil : posltior.a for the ri.tit men. Uowl aalarie and expenses paid weekly. liber al Inducement to beginner. No prevlon ex pcrience neceaaary. nuiflt tree. Write l.r terma.. Kivlng ae. fUAKI.ES H. CHASK, Nurseryman, Hochester N. Y. Mention thl paper. April 8, 1X83.-SU D. LANGELL'S ASTHMA AND CATARRH REMEDY. SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTS. HaTlnir rnai(lel 20 year net ween lit. and death wilt AS 1 MM A or PHTHISIC, treated by eminent phynlclan. and receiving no benefit. I wu compelled during; the laat S vear of mv 111- nea to ait on mvcbalr day and nltcht Raaplnr tor brcatn. Itly annennic were bcyopd deacrlptlon. In deap.klr I experimented on myaelf compoend Inir rout and herb and Inhalln. the medicine thua nbtnlne.l. I turtunatelv diecnvered thl WMEKTI. Ct'KE i'OU ASTHMA AMI t'ATAKKH. wrr.med t relieve the limit etab borncaaeof ASTHMA IN K1VK MINUTES, ae that the patient can lie down to reat and aleep comfortably. Pleaae read the following condens ed extracts Irora unaoltcllcd tc'timoolal. all of re cant date . Oliver V. It. Holme. San Joae.t'al.. wrltea : "I find the K'-med.v .11 and even more thin repre aented. 1 receive lntntneoua relief." K. M. t'rvn, A. M. Warrta, Kan., write; W,i treated by eminent phye'ciana of thla coun try and Oermany : tried tbe climate of different State nothluic afforded relief like your prepara tion." I.. B. Phelpa. P. M. GrlenJ. Ohio, write "Saf fred with Aetb ma u year. Yoar medicine In S minuter doe more for me than the moat eminent phvairlan did for me In three year." H . f. Plimpton. Joltet III., writes: "Send Ca tarrh Kemeily at once. Cannot tet alone without It. I nod It the tuoat valuable medicine I have ever tried " We have many other r.eartv teat Imoalala of cure or relief, and In onler that all'nfferer Irom Aath ma. Catarrh. Hay i'ever. a-d kndrod dlaease may have an n irt unity of teatln: tbe vlae ot the Heine. t we will en.i to anv addrea TKIAL. PACK At". K FKEK oFt HAKilL If voar dre Klat to keep it do not permit him to sell you aorae. worthlea Imitation by hi repreaentlac It t be jut! mt oco.t. but aend directly to ut. Writ, vour t:ime and a.l.ie.. illnlv. A.lif'e-a. J. ZIMMKKM AN klU,Projn, Wholeaa.e I'ruKKl'ta. Woo.ter, Wayne Co.. O. t il l alze box by mall $1.00. lo.eUl.13ST.-ly. B. J. LYNCH, UNDERTAKER, And Manufacturer 3c Dealer In HOME AND CITY MADE FURNITURE! mm m tBim suns, LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS, TABLB8 CIIAIK8, JNTattresses, &c. li;05 ELEVENTH AVENUE, ALTOOXA, PENN'A InT'Citlzpns of Cambria County and all othfr wif.hiiif to purchase bonast FURNI TlTHE. Ac. at Doneet prices are respectfully Invited to dive us a call before buvlni tlse whero. as we are confident tat we can meet every want and pleas, everr tast. 1'rl-es the very lowest. 4 16-'80-U.l PATENTS Obtained and all PATENT FrsiN'ESS at fended to for MODEKATE FEES. Our cttice is opposite the U.S. Patent Office and we can obtain patent In leva tlm. than tbone remote from WASHINGTON. bend MODEL OR DRAWING. We id vlrte as to patentability free'of charge ard we me k - NO CU A KG E C N LESS T ATENT IS SF.CL'KCD. We rafere, here, to th. Postmaster, the Supt. of Money tfler Dlv.. and tc tt.e offl rera of the IT. S. Patent Office. Kor circu lars ail vice, terms and references to actual agents In you own State write to C. x. SXO W A: OO- Opp. Patent Oftlro Waablaiatom. D. C. (PCF1 mm l'lATMO-FOriTTaS. I NtUCAIXIO IN True, Tcncl.WcrtinHiisliip & Militr wir.i.iAM HNAni: jt o !C . 3P4 and 9 Wert Baltimerw Stive i itflnxiax . 11 i'tflh Avenue, . w York. I CUBE FITS! W. f ... I .( .km. wwiila ev a li .1. aa i.d il inm murq . ! r - . - -rii..!IKMlib.'jtiwl. I w- it T em.ly o ear. 1 1 - l-.T.L ..fc- ........ ' . -, h. f. ! 1. .U eW. M .! .w ... ... .s trx A .a4t uw tor a ImlM . 1 p. Wo I . . i. ...I I .tlltftr. y HER PAPA'S POLITICS. Wht are mnr papa politic. AIU Uaryf" a-ked the bran: Ti.r mMra cycl the clock and yawned "Why do you wi-h to kaoat" Rev auae." the little felle ((riaaed. "Ilc'll like me don't yon eet? If I find oat hit party view And with them all agree. Well, pa's for home protection. Stary lau;'ict. -like all yoy men For he declared he'd boll the door To-nixht athalf-paot ten. "Why, then he i a bolter. May, A mugwump ha. ha, h.t! Ile'a ki-kel ike party trace off I'm aolid with your pa." 0. that mnt be the partr, who, May an.wered, with a onin, H ailed every nisht the aame as yoo; I'a bad to Wick hira off." "And papa loft some trace too' She t.Hd tbe frightened aticker: Tes! pa must he a mugwump true. For he's an awful kirkrr." And then the lover bowed "good nilil," With ratlter humble pride. And thought tbe aide of politics For him was afe oiitiM". II. V. lhxljt in Detroit Frte Prrsa. MARRIAGE IN THE OLDEN TIME. Dow Tonthrnl Uaakara Cowrted A. Jonement FruatratcL. A letter written in the year 17 9. and accidentally neen by me. will ilemon B! rate tbat thoc living in tbat day Mere also hampered by a marriage license law. 1 will give you the following ex tract : "Tbe practice of isstiinp licenses fs, as I apprehend, without foundation of law : the licenser, n. Leaned, are a moet cruel invasion of domestic righta." I infer from the forej'ointr; that the e?al a ir roundini.it were niite as vexatious and onerous then as attend the obtain in; a marriage license tit the present time. In those days love-making was solemn undertaking. The fair Cnakereos received her lover only when in her mother's company, or if not her mother's, what was then considered a proper chapercno. In fact, before a mr.iden coul I receive a lover's addres es it was impvMtive on bis part that permission from tbo parents or guardians should be had, and then the bashful lover mailt Ins advances in tlie presence of the old folks and the only signals were Under glances and softly whispered vows; the w as termed "coinin a-courtinj'." The court ing was conducted by the parties inter ested with tlie most perfect decorum, jrravity of demeanor, and instructive con versation, and if the lair maiden was in clined to coquetry it was at time ditlicult tt determine, on the lover' part, how lar he had succeedeil in making an im pression on the heart of the fair Martha or the fair Ivborah, as the case miht be, as it was by glances, not words, that the secret of the maiden's heart was ro vealed. The only allowable dissipation, to make merry and grow fat or lean upon, during the course of tbe courtship, was a ouiet tea party or supper at a friend's hou.w. and, after the intention of mar riage had len formally die-played '' notice placarded on the meeting houso steps, the wedding in duo seaon fol lowed, with an expensive entertainment if the parties were in good circum stances - the secern Lied company Idling the interior of the )iiaint colonial hones, standing in croups on the highly polit'ie 1 wax lloors, or seated on the hish-backed, unlend.ng chairs of the perol, row piied so highly by thrir owuers for jMintniss and antiquity. Tl e lielth and future happincs of tbe bri le an I groom was always ,1 rant by the in iteU guests immeliately tipim entering the bouse: punch lowIs of this insidious compouivl were placed con verier.tlr, that all could imbibe, as no restrictive li'juor law governed tiieir actions in those dayv The bride and her mai.la remained on, the necond floor, while the groom re ceived tlie male friends below, and only ascended to t'ie room above upon the arrival of the entire comtany, when it w?s nllorr:;! !e to kiss the bride. The festivit'e were continued, with eating and drinking principally, for two or thr-e consecutive days, while lio,ucr an t food were promiscuously di.tntuteJ. then the happy couple were left in uiuli3'.urled liiiss until tin termination of a fort night, when they opened house to ro ceivo friends. That elopement were of rare occurrence in those days may be ac counted for by the fact of the almost OTer helming jitliculties that would at tend Mich J.n undertaking. I 1 ave fre rjnently beard related a family tradition oi to'onial time, with rather ludicro- in cidents, apropos to the present wriiing. The only son of a prominent official in the then municipal government liecimo enamorcil of a pretty Quakeress, who re turned bis love ; but as neither bad reached marriageable age, and there was no prospect of their obtaining their parents' consent to a speedy narriage, thev determined to throw off all restraint an J seek the services of a Irebyterian clergyman residing a few miles distant from the city limits. The ardent lover obtained a horse and gig by hire or loan, and the conple managed, as they fondly thought, to get clear out of the town without attracting attention. Unfor tunately, their course obliged them to cross a swollen brook, as the recent rains bad cmed a rise of the water, making the fording places a'mont impassable. When reaching the middle of the stream the water came even with the gig floor, and then to make matters worse, tbo horse became balky, refcs'itg to stir, and on application of the whip firmly ground ed himself, threw up bis hind b-gs and thoroughly drenched the would-be bride and groom, as wed as saturating the yel low bandliox containing the bri 'al trous-s-au. '1 he delay at the brook was fatal to their connubial hopes, as their elope ment had leen sbno- t immediately dis covered, and the fathers in pursuit over hauled them in t'.ie plight ilawribeJ in the height, or rather deptli. of their misery. Hie dctnoralued runawas re turned to their homes crestfallen and de pressed, with spirits as acII as boJies de cidedly damped. t olonial customs and ways htve be come gradually revolutionize! I. and mar riageable ' 'uaker maidens of ISvs en jot eual privileges with the "world" peo ple." Tare Eaaglate. Tte other alay tbe engine hitched to a New an Lt'i niral trjin broke down mid way Jteen Albany and l o. beeter, "iiiat's the HcajK-gruce, a id the ctn dua tor. as the tram moved away to make room lor the one tloat was to take it place. "There is always at least one c-Hiace ficiiie oa every line. We call it siaifruce beiauae "it is eternally guiung into trouble. They had such a maili.ne on the jke Mioie road. She was one of the two engines that pnlled tho west bound train that went through the AshubtiU bridge in one of the worst railroad aca i ients ever witnessed in this country. The head en.ine crossed the bridge all ri-Lt, but the s. apegrace pulled avt .iy fro n it and wi ir. turougU the Lii-li".-, a tii-:;.i:ie oi ii-litr feet. , WONDERFUL AFRICAN TREE. Pwople iTk tulv. In Trwoa. Stranja Kx" pwrieateo ef aTtavalUr. We read wonderful Rtotfew of the im mense trees one sees in California. lut they sink into insignificance beside the baobab tree, which I found in many parts of Western A frica, principally just t-outh of the Insert of Sahara. It is not distinguished for itsextraordinary height, which rarely reaches over one hundred feet, but it is the inoft imposing and magniticent of African trees. Many, it ia said, are over one hundred feet in cir cumference, rising like a dwarf tower from twenty to thirty feet, and then throwing out branches like a miniaturo forest to a distance of one hundred feet, the extremities of the branches bendiag toward the ground. The I otanical name of this peculiar tree is Adansodia digita'a the lirst, in honor of its discoverer, Adanson, nnd tl.e second, descriptive of its five-parted leaf. Tho haves are lnrge, abundant and of a dark green color, divided into five radiating laneelet leailets. The t oweis are large and white, hanging to peduncles of a yard in length, which form a striking contrast to the leaves. The frnit is a Foft, pulpy, dry subbtance about the size of a citron, in dosed in h long, green pod. The pulp between tlie seeds t.-stes like cream of tartar, and this pulp, as well as the prosed juice from the leaves, is used by the native Africans for flavoring their food. The juice is grestly relished as a leverage, and is considered a remedy in putrid levers r.nd many other contagious diseases. The baobab is raid to ettain a much greater age than any other tree, thou sands of years being hararded as tbe term of life of rome Kpccimens. Jt lias exlmordinary vitality; the bark, which is n gularly stripped off to le made into ropes, nets for fishing, trapping nnd native clothing, speedily grows again. No ex ternal in ury, not even lire, can destrt.y it from without ; nor can it le hurt from within, as tjtecimens have leen found in fi ll tplcix'or, with tbe inide of the trunk hollowed out into a rhamln-r liia-la could hold a score of people. One half of the trunk may be cut or burned away even tho tree may be cut down, snd w hile lying on the ground, so b ug as there is tbe fclighcst tonne, lion with the roots it will giow and lecr fruit. It dies trom a very peculiar disease a softening of its wooily ttrm ture. and it lalls Ly its own weight, a mans of ruins. The native villages are generally bui'.t oro.ind one of these immense trees, anil under i's far spreaJint; brum lies, width form an agreeable shelter Irom th pim, is the Votla, or place of t esc nibble, when all tbe public business ot the tribe is transHt tcl. The circuit tlem ribed by the extremities of the lowormct range of L ranches is tenced around, so that none I tit those pnvihged to attend these meetings ran intrude. In tl.inly popu hited d el rids of Southern and Central Africa, w hero lions, leopards and hve nas alonnd, the natives live in huts like gigantic bee-Li vts, t'.rmlv fixed among tbe Urge branch, s ol the" tree. On the approsch ol night they ascend to their hut by uirans of mde lad.lers, while tbe lions roar about their campfires until the approach of day alrivcs them to the;r lairs. As many as thirty famili. s Is.ivc leen found to occupy a eingle tree. In many instances natives who till the grouixl at rny great ht.vne Irom tht-ir tnlte, I udd these huts lor nightly accommoda tion. In travelling through the tounlrv one frequently sees the Irees alive with haloons and other kinds of the moiiker tribe, busy in collecting the fruit ami in alulging in ceaele6s gambols and a hatter, for tbia reax.ri it is commonly called the uionkey bread tree. When tbe tree is not occupied as a habitation, the hollow trunk is n-d by the natives as a sepulchre lor executed criminals - the law of the people denying them the right of burial inside of which the bodies dry up, ami, to a great extent, re seuihle mummies. To a r uropean this tree is a marvel. Coming aciosa one in habited by monkeys, it is extremely alangerous to i-hoot any unless one is w ith a party, for. if any are wounded, tbe whole colony take up the battle, and n. ore than once I found that retreat in short order was very nccersary. My first experience of living in '.he air was very novel. Tbe first night wts one continual growL roar, etc, eo much so that 1 found it an impossibility to sleep, f inally tbe most horrible squeals broke out dira-tly under me. It was very dark, and. being unable to ree anr ob jet t. but knowing something w as w'rong, I threw a can containing water out of tbe hut door down in the direction from where tbe noiso prx-eelcl. but with little remit, though the squealing became fainter; in the morning a ruiall pig we had been keep ng and put in a pen over night w as mining. hat took him rto bo.lv ever knew, as no trace remained; it only went to show how we mi-ht have fared bad we been camping on the ground. Having found a frii-ndlr tribe who placed their lints at our disposal, tbis saved us much anxiety of minl, and a few days later a nuraler of their men acrompan ed ns a considerable alistan.-e to the outh, riot, however, going outside the precincts of their country. This wonderful tree is also found in Tr.dia, and is there held in great venera t on ly Bome natives, so much so that any or.e guilty of cutting the trees alown is regarded by them with great abhor rence. EMPEROR WILLIAM'S ACE. . r No Moaarrk Kaaaa Who It.airhwd Ula 3i uiaber of Year. . Long reigns are rare in liUtory long roval live naui-la rrrr atill. i'rince. neciipr on ot the Inwrot h-vela in the whole r-nje of longevity. The a.r or courts is .iettru tire of health, nerve, and vigor. Ijves which early conupiiou, luxurious and edrmmaie Itabila, uncheoked panon, and uiiceaiug e.v. itentent io not mi ermine are frequently aliortened by cunKUniinr; ambition a.r care, wur.ike toil, and peril or the inui.lerwu. hainl of CtHi-pirat y. Aitiong the reiunrkialtlar Ion; rci',-na iu in.iory are tho-c of IVmU wf J u dull i b.tr-lwo year-1, M itliri.hitrv ol l'uutu (hlty-.-van), i,'.or ll. of I'rr.aa (-evnitr-onei, Aifon-n I. ol Portugal (seventy-three i, eleick III. of rr.nany ( hl!y-ltiirr j. Chritiau IV. of Penuiark " (.ix!y I.oui XIV. of i'rana-e iMventy-twol, iicorge ULa.f I'ti-l.-iid (r.rir-uiue), "berdiuand IV. of Naple. (aixty-nrek and IVJro II. of Kraxil ihlty .event. Hut Uziriah waa a youth wuen li w..a plat-eJ the tnrou,-, Mathrnlaiea a bey, atra nr-irn babe, AII.iimi an in laul, 1 nn-tiau eleven team old. l,u a four, I'eidinan.l nine, anil I'edro five, and of awll the ai.ouara h uacolioned only (iearje III. scathed the ace o( lourncaire. I'ttiatad lud one Line who lived to the age of ri;bty eijbl, Xana.ls 1 erey n-.ki ; bat hen ina-d only live year, and survived hi. throne uttv--aii ycara, lir.n in quiet retirement. V'e uiu-i -a back to the .!.ya of antiquity lo had Ktaaj-eror William rovK erra in ae, and tlie only one. we ,b. cover are lltero II. of y racukc, and Maainisa of Nuraidia, b.tlh ol wlioui ended ti.ttr rtiu at the a-r ..f about aiuety. Tlie e-isn ol i:jmrni II., Ph.ir.aeli ! t S) pl tbe 'eotri4 of the Orerka is lclietcd by Mit.ie iitrvpiolopi.i to Itave l--tnl about ,itir-vr year., and his li.e al o it tine linn'trcd. but others reduce Iwitli hi n i.-n and Li. days to riunnal prttiMirtiuiia. Ihu. u. eu:pior known to hi-tory, no roii.iu kin ii. I l.tiiti uJ jui, evi-r raeLci ll.e ac ol ill.aui. WHY MR.WAITE WAS APPOINTED f I'wwrltt.w Hlatorr It ffaa Vt tbe.T.le.lo S,..ei that aecarcd the Apnolaituaent. 1 hare Toeen rather amnseV said Cencral Isaac li. .-her woo. I, -at the at tempts made by newspaper correon.J ents to Ull how Chiet Justice Wait re ceived his apjiointmcnt, but no one has yet. made a correa t statement. It has been sowed broadcast throughout the country th at Mr. Waite's Fpe.-ch at the Army of tho Tennessee n.uiiion in this city .lid it, hut that is not so. "You sen. 1 represented this district in Congress at the time, and as I was in Washington at the time of the aptioint nient, I waa in a position to know some thing about it. Alter W'iliiams and Cushing had been rejected by the Senate, Clark Waggoner wrote to me from To ledo and suggested the name of Morrison li. Waite. .cting on his suggestion, I went to President Grant and proposed Mr. Waite's name. "Morrison if. Waite, repeated Grant ; "oh, yes, 1 remember him welL lie made a majjni icent speech at our re union in Toledo." "I t ien went to Columbus Pelano, Secretary ot the Interior, and General Cowan, his assistant, and enlisted their aid. Tlies; two men did more perliais than any others to secure .Mr. Wait?' appointment. A great deal of work was doue for Mr.. Waite, and a great many telegrams passed lietween Washington and North wa stern Uio, but the ai;oint ment was sccureil. Vou see there was an immense oppo sition 10 Mr. Waite's appoint'ii--nt from the members of the Supreme Court who were jealous because it was proposed to make an outside man Chief .lusiicc. The Senate was also exceedingly cautious about continuing an appointment to ao important an oitico; hence the succe 9 of Mr. Waite's friends was doubly grati fying. lirea-tly a.Ur he received tho npioint iient he wrote me a letter thank ing me fr what 1 had done, and that le.ter I still have." "You wt-rj present at tLo reunion, were you r.ot, ieneral T" "Ob, yes; and 1 believe that it was tho biggest day Toledo ever hail, l.ittlj Phil was present, anal at a late hour was hoisted uj-oii the bauittetiiig table for a speech. Mr. Waite's response was a .splendid effort, and I preserva-d a copy of his speedi. it rant was much pleased with it, as was everyone else who was present." TUrdo EtwU. rurnllar of tho Ca.ta.rvui 1 a. Thj furniture of the Catacombs is in structive and interesting, but most of it has been removed to churches and uiuseuius, and mi.st be stmlb-d outsi.la. Articles of ornament, rins, seals, brco-b-ts, necklaces, mirrors, ,tooth picks, ear r.i.'lr. 1.,,..l-'. l.ruA li... r.i-.. .-..-n in numerable lamps of clay (terracotta) or S ot limti'c (even of silver anil aiuberi all sorts of loo's, an I in the cas- of 1 hildren a variety of playthings were inclosexl with tbe dead. Many of these articles aro carved with the monogram of Christ or with other Christian symbols. (The lamps in Jewish cemeteries generally near a picture ol the golden candlestick. I A great numoer of flasks -ml curia, with or without ornamentation, are also loiind, mostly o..tside of the graves r.nd fastened to the grave lids, 'lliese were formerly supposed to have been recep tacles lor tears, or, from tho red, dried sediment of tlieiu, for the blood of mar tyrs. Hut later arthit-ologists consi .er tneui drinking vessels used in the gap.c and oblationA A superstitious habit prevailed in the Fourth century, although condemned by a councl of Carthage (.V.7) to give to the dead the eucbaristic wine, or to put a cup w ith the consecrated wine into tho grave. Tbe instruments of torture which the fertile iutagiuatiou of credulous people had discovered, and which were ma le to prove that almost every Christian buriei in the v'atacjuibs was a martyr, are sim ply implements of bandicrait- 'Iho in s:inct ol nature prompts the bereaved to deposit in the graves of their kiudn-d and Irieu.ls thosj things which were constantly liaod by them. The idea pre vailed also, to a largo extent, t..al the future lifo was a continuation o: oecupa tiotis a:id ainusements f the present, but free from sin and inipc-rlea tious. On opening the graves t.e skeleton freapient y apears even now very well preserved, eotnettiues in da.'.r.ling white ness, as covereal with glistening g'ory, but lalls into dust at tlie touclu Tbo aiagwey Plaut. The maguey is a species of aloe, which, in its ahtlerent forms, can satisly most of tho wsnts of Ule. From it are maJo p.ilrpte, tequila and mescal, Mexican d.-:r.Ls, ropts. purses anal paper; and the Iisv.s are used lor roofing bouMS-a, the mr'v for l-.:cl , the masons carry water in the leav.s, an! cometimcs a leaf makes a baby's collni. The great msgrtey growing country li.s between Mexico ami Vera Cru "1 here, as for as the eye can reach, can be seen fields of iL 1 he plant is tirade up of a succession of thick pointed leaves, eaa h leaf measuring from three to lour feet in rength ami a foot ia breadth. Jt takes from si ven to nine years to come to maturity, when, il lelt to itsell. it shoots up "from its aentre a slalk fifteen or twenty lcet hi!t, topped by several yellow Ilotvers. Pefore, however, it can accon phs'i this lcat, the centre is cut out, a stone placed over the hole, an I tho s-p lelt to accumulate. When the bowl is full, the native ex tracts tl.e cap by means of a suction pump, lie an continuo this process during two months, at the end ol which time the plant will have yielded eight hundred gallons of sap and its life. It produces but once, and is le.t to die, or 1 be leaves made use ot in various wav a Tbe "ptibiue" ferments two days, and must lc censumed before tbo huh." Thcro is a special train running into tbe city 01 Mexico every alay. carrying iaa) worth of "pulque" weight. It t. isles like sour buttermilk, and is re tailed at three and one-righth cents a ajuait. The price of a maguey plant is established by law; so a man can readily estimate his lortnne. One man performed this calculation with great success. He contrai ted with an oli un. le to run Lis hacienda lor ten years, paying to him a liberal share ol the protiu on the condition that at the end of ten years the old gentleman was to rciund the money for improvements. The jomr man was very provident, put ting Lin savings into young tuaguey plants, w hich can bo had at low rates. At the end of the ten years he was mas ter of the plantation and the ljicienda. The young man now pensions the old uncle, so goes the story. 1 be children ol .Mexico are wise in their generation. A Great Artist. ' "YTho is thAt gentleman the one so expensively dressed ?" oh, that is Mr. Graphite, the great artUt." "Artist? I always sopptpsed that great artists were sliabby in their dress." "11a, ha ! Very good ! But he's not one of that kind, you know. He has all he can do drawing pictures for soap ad vertisements. Immensely rich, and lives like a naboi)." 1 . AS OTHERS SEE US. Floroneo lfnrrrKf, Opinions A Mont the Women and Men of the l ulled States. Following is an extract from an inter view in the AVar .f..vof l.on don : "U hat impression did yoa form of the Yankees during your stay in America, Miss Marryat! You on give me some thing that is not in your book on the sub ject, 1 dare sav." "That will be difficult, I'm afraid." re plied Miss Marryat, w ith a pleasant smile. Hut Ainericj is a large subject. Where do you w ish me to begin ? ' "Weil, supjiose we start with American women. What are their national char acteristics ?" "diamonds and false teeth, I should say. Kvery American woman has a rae for the former, and the latter, owing greatly b the system of living practiced 111 the I nitetl states, is inevitable. P.ut besides this all American women, gen erally speaking, are alllicted with a would be s iiartncss and speak through the nose. They have all, more or less, a nasal twnn, owing to what 1 don't know. Some say it's the dryness of the air that affects some vessels in the nose, but I'm sure I am not able to tell. Tho Americans nndonbtedly, however, sutler from a national catarrh, as is most evi dent in the peculiar tone in which nearly all of them speak. "There is another thing about Ameri can women, too. They alon't 'make up as ths Knglish don't dye their hair, and as they get gray at thirty this is the more peculiar. 1 think life is faster and has more rush an I stress there than here. A nervous excitement, an irr. table unrest, prevades all ranks and classes. The ladies are always chewing candy, tbo men perpetually drinking ice "water. They ruin their teeth and digestion at the same time. 1 think: America is the home of false teeth," added Miss .Marryat meditatively. "Ihit dial you seriously intend to state, Miss Marryat, now, w hen sp -aking of the American women not 'making up, that none of those little devises, those con cealed feminine embellishment which one s'es advertised in ladies' papers, are in usage in tbe I'nitei states ".' "Oh, dear, no ; I di.ln't mean to shite that. In fait, the Americans are much cleverer in improving the figure than their l-ingltsh cousins. Many 01 the men w ear stays -only think while it is a co:niaon thing for the women to pad up in front w ith canary seed." , "t anary seed ! " Yes. 1 or tho bust, you know. Mo ves about and gives a lively and natural ap pearance." "Iid yon enjoy your trip?" gasped our representative, alter a pause. "Alt. yrs, exceedingly. They aro a most kind hearted and hospit ible people. Yes ; I went to l'oston a city of prigs. The American men are smarter than the Knlisli. Not more brain, but more active and pushing in their habits. They make love belter, I believe keep cool. When an Knglishman makes lovo tic gets red and stulleis. BURDETTE'S HUMOR TIIROWIXG BELIGlOX TO TUS DOCS. . Soems to me I don't know, majbo it's 11 right, but it seems to me our wise men are expecting rather too much of the dogs. Uev. Sam Jones says if ho hail a alo that would go to one "of Pol) lngerwoll's lectures he would shoot him full of buckshot ; and another eminent clergyman, Uev. Joseph t 00k, says if he had a dog that smoked tobaca-o ho would hang him. Well, now, what's tho mat ter with the men who go to hear C-olonel Ingersoll and smoke cigars? Why don't these parsons get out their shotguns and lariats and go out gunu-.ng and lassoing alter some men? Is salvation for the dos? A Mack and Lin log, that has taken to cigarette-soioting, and rending Torn I'aine ami Ingersoll s "Mistake of Moss" is beyond the reach of the revi valist ; but lucro is some chance for the men. . AX IXTXDATI0X OF WISDOM. - Ilorj is mother wise man who knows so much about sleeping that it hurts him to carry it around, so he has unloaded some oi his knowledge ujon our general igiioram-e. The wis' matisnys: Hunters, sa-outs, children, wild men and all ai.i ir.aU sloa-p with the spine upward. Kvery creatun does this except civilicd man. It is the natural and the riht v.ay. - . Sleeping on the faca protects the vital organs in case of a shot irom the enemy. So it does, when we bear in mint! that it is a poor gun 10 these alays that can't sen 1 a half ounce ball crashing through a railroad tie, and that l,r..ell was killed by a shot square in the back We oubt to g;-t right down 0:1 our faces and stiy thcrj, nat merely to protect our vital organs from chance cannon shots, but to express our profound reverence for a man wt-.o knows so much. Tell you, my ton, this world is so chock lull of wisdom anl knowledge and informa tion and introduction and erudition that it is a great wonder some of it does'nt es cape and leak into the schools." - "he rironjht Iter Husband Home. Wo!t;nn is always given credit for be ing clever, but, nevertheless, if she makes tip her mind to a thing she will have it her way or make it interesting for those w ho oppose her. A woman up at SL Helen's is the wife of a man who loves to hang around a certain grog ba zaar, and in no doing be sorely neglects the helpmeet who Bits patiently at home and mends his socks. Many a time and oit had she reasoned with him iu her quiet, motherly way, and tried to point out to him the disgraceful.way in which he was using her, but all to no purpose. She even went so far as to reajuest the teller in the aforesaid boose cuijxirium that he cease selling her husband hiUor. lut tho poison-mixer lade her go hence and exchange New-Year's cabs with her self, and she turned en her heel and left his hateful presence. That evening as she sat alone she heard a racket down cellar, and ujion investigation found that a skunk had got its tail iu tbe rat-trap. Now, it is a well known fact that a skunk will hold its peaa-o ns long as his bush tail is held, whether in a trap or the hand, aal re membering this she had no tear.- Sud denly a bright thouglft entered her bead, Tho clock in the houso was striking 1 and she wanted papa to come home. With a quick movement she threw a bag over the animal's bead, and, after gras ing its tail, opened the trap, and thus armed headeu lor the saloon. It was only a short distana e away, and finding the doer partly open she tossed the sknnk into the midst of the crowd and swiftly etole away. It Lad the desired e fleet and papa came home. The saloonkeeper, w no never took a vacation belore in bis life, has gone into the country to visit rela tives, and the saloon is closed for repairs. Ilia Apolws-y. Johnny, said the minister, rather mjver.'ly, ".lo you chew tobacco ?' "Yoa, sir," was the reply, "but I'm clean out just now ; Jimmy I'rowa's got some, though." EACLES AND TURKEYS. A Pennsylvania Mountain Ilegton Where) liolh. Aro Mill rient'. The impression is general tlirouglir.'-.t the l ast that the wild turkey and tin; eagle have no abiding place in this coun try any more except lar out among the mountains and wild plains of the L'leat West; yet it is a fact, writes tlie Harris burg (Pa.) corresjiondent of the New ork .. that the mountains of several futilities of Central J ennsylvania ure still thickly jiopulated by the wild turkey, as tbe sjMjrtsmen o 1 ottsville, I .Vailing, liincaster, llarrisburg and other towns web know, while instead of tLo eagle lo in:.' extinct, except in isolated and far away haunts, it i in fact mora numerous in the ranges of the counties of this Mate referred to than tho farmers care to have iL 'I he great nii Mountain range, to gether with all tbe many subranges and in.lepen.l. iit hills and ridges of the ad .acent counties, are tir tural breeding and Ki-v.ing grounds Oi the wild turkey, and proyii'o, several species of eagle with eytia s so ina a essible and fit-Ms of prey f-o extensive nnd fruit ul that tho :ii vances of (ivilixatioii made on every sMe hate as yet been insu ll.cii-nt to dr've them irom their a hose 11 h.iiin-s. Pcis-ms who have never visited those regions other than I lie large towns. Lave no lalea of the extent and "dept'i of tbe wihi.-nii ss t-rens that abound within a short oiinvv o; the biggest towiis-eva-n the capit-d of the Mate. Wild tnrkevs ate UilVd in largo numbers every fall within bi'teen miles af Harrislmrg, and within the county within which the city is situated. If requires but a short jour-na-y from PottsviIl or I.Vadirg to en oy the same f-jKirt, while all of the smtiil villages nirf centers fr.itn which the spoilsman may ijnd turkey hunting to his heart's desire, any time fro.a early fall until the deep snows of w inter make the Fpr.rt r.ot only unpleasant butd.au Serous. Any one who hrs ever tramped" over tho l'liic Mountains has noticed thegre it nnmher of tall, di a 1 and abi o-t branch less tree trunks that stand on the highest and rockiest summits, out of tho reach of the bol lest mountain-climber, liarlv in the morning, or toward nightfall, one or more great birds may lie been hover ing aliout the tops of theso dead and sen tinel like trunks. Tho lirds aro bald eaglas. The eagles select these dead trees on tho isolated jK-aks to build their rests in. It is one of the superstitions of the 1 lue Mountain woodsman th; t it is tlie pres-inc of the eagles and their r.ests that kills tiie latter, but the fact is that if a tr 'c is not dead in the first place an eagle will not select it f .r its ne-ting place. Tho bird us s tho bare trunk as a post of observation. Sometimes tbe top cf a naUed and inaccessible rock serves t'ie purpose. It may Lo that the presence of tho wild turkey in such numbers may ac (r.nnt for the eagle, so rare in similar lo calities, retaining bis home among the.-c mountains, for in nil bis predatory roun.ts this great marauder o: tho :ifr could not tin J a richer pri. e as his lire v. The habits of the eagle keep il almo'st coi.stai.tly away from the sight of man, and it is-only when the depletion of a shceprold is begun systematically and regularly that the farmer is warned that an eagle or two is near, nnd that bv bid ing himself near the told hemavKui pnsj the Ftror.g-licakeal robber r.t his v.otk" and finish his career w ith a weli-directcd rillo biiil. A Laid eagle measuring over si-vcn feet from tip to tip oi hiswiiigs waj recently bhot by a turkey hunter i7n the .Second Mountain, in Smuykill County, the eagle having dropped sud denly down on a flock of turkevs, which the hunter, hidden fiecurely, was calling within closer range. . Tlie Art ol IIOsUrti-Lepage. Tlis- pictures were painlo l out-of-c'.ocn, anal you can see that liastien-Lepage was true to the out of-door peasant lue which he had lived, lie sympathized with its toil and jovcrty, and he ahd not paint these peasants in his studio, as he would have dono had ho eimply desired to make pretty pictures. Painting In the carfiilly arranged 1 got of h s stulin, be would have loumT it easier to make pictures which n..-.ny people would preur. Jn nature cot: lusing bgl.t come Horn a'.l tides, the lull s::n light is trying, tho colors oi grass and foi ag are vivid ami even h-.r-li, ant it is hs-d to i:i 'ici-.t-j csc'lv tli relative distances of different ul Vcfan J their valuc3 in tha picture, 'iij.s len Lcp.ig., titer beginning a picture, at a certain hour, wou! 1 paint upon it onlv at that hour in order that ihe light and its e fleets upon iho rurrcun Jins inigiit Le tho same trom day to dr. v. Ho was calied a realist, otic who paint ed tilings simply as they were: but the "Joait of Arc 'ami others of bis works showed that be lacked null her imagina tion sympathetic nor ir.si-ht. t citi.mly ho dm !,ori than tl.e recbr.'iug 01 f.ict.s. Critiis Lav ('itporj-o,! i,;s to'or;u. Ins use ol "artidj greens" and -.iiitv grays; ' they have at ecte 1 t it't h: p-g-turvs cov-vey no fvclirg of tpaeo, or dis tatice, or r..K)it;on ; that bis ideas of ncie iinj-oitaiit pan--, end tlmt hi3 work was coais.- and Liutal. There is poiiic ground fcr llCS0 objection-?, for l'st:e:i-l epage die I beior.- ha Lad aeeoii jilished all tha: be wished Put Le was a faithful lover of nature He found poetry in the events oi every day hie, and, rs t.as been said, one of Ins peasants typified the pv.is.unrv of I lajn-e. living when but a young man, he is not 10 be ranked with the grcaier masters of the century, but ha left an inllneixv i.'ni pictures w..ieh wi'i preserve tho mane -y of Lis carmgxneia and loyalty - art- rralo I',. vTlte. Praisea your r.if,, man ; for j iiy's f tlef eive her a little fciicou.agauien. it wott hurt her. Mic doesn't exjievt it; it wi!; make her eyes open wi nr ana wider than they bavo for tbo lust, ten years; but it vt i.l alo her jwiod fo. nil tnat, and you. toi. 'there sr many woineu to-Uy thirsting fur a word cf praise and encour agement. You know that itbeloor is clean, lalx-r hiis been performed to make itiso. 1 011 know that it you can Like from your tlrawer a clean shirt w henever you want u, t-ouieliodya lingers have toiled. Why don't you come out with it heartily; "Why how pie: saut yon make things look, w i.e." or. "I am auliged lo you lor taking so much pains." If von gave a hundred and sixteenth part ol tbo compliments you almost cht.keil them Willi before they were married; il you would stop th; badinage of women you are going to have w heu nniiiU-r on Is dead isuch things wives may laugh at. but they sink aiecp sonn-ti ii.es 1, fewei women would seek for other sources ol happiness.- . Cavnt Always Juil( by Appearaaces. Miss Breezy (of Chicago) Oh, yes, young Mr. Wabash is immensely w ealtny by inheritance. He was born with silver spoon in his mouth, you know Miss fchawsgarden (of SL Louis) Was he, indeed ? 1 should imagine irom the way he eats that he was bora with a kiai'e in Lis rjaoutk. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Kxtensivo depoit-t of phosphates have leen discovere.1 in South Florida. California has just export 'd seventy mules to Australia. They are to be used in radroad work. The I'mpreps of Austria, having lieen forced to give up bunting, has taken up fencing for exercise. A consignment of 1,500 tons of pota toes has arrivad at lloston, on board a steamer from (dasgow. A comet alisroverod in Capo Colony alKiut a week hl'O is now visible at Mel bourne and in New Zealand. . The Texis cattle season has begun, the f.rst "drive" of stock having started on its northward journey from San An tonio. c'ome of the Nevada ranchmen ar aliout to experiment with the sowing of several new varieties of grains and grasses. A large psnther has leen lurklng'in tbe lieighliorhood of Coalbrook and llar land, t 'onn . and making night hideous w.tli his cries. . An Arkansas suicide fillfd his mouth with pow-.'er, and then applied a lighted match. Tbe explosion tore away a por tion of his face. Tlie City Council of Leavenworth. Kan:is, has adopted an ordinance raising th lii-a-nse lor practising Christian sci ence, or faith cure, to c"oii. The Marl of I'utTerin writes from In dia conveying his warmest and most respectful t! .inks to the Mayor and Cor- C oration of '1 oronto lor the honor done im by the naming of a street 1 uf!erin. The funeral of a Toledo physician was postponed at the request a,f "his dy ing wile, who said she wished to be buried with him. she died several alays later, and tbe two were interred together. Hotel proprietors in SL Louis aro already ri-cciving letters and telegrams from deb-gates to the I Vnioeratic Na tional Convention, who wish to take time by the forelot k as lar as engaging rooms are concerned. Chicago's new crematory, on the Vest SiIa was eiven a successful test th-other day. It is estimated that tbe crematory, which cosL 1.hk, will burn l"i 1 cubic yards of refuse dally, at an ex-l-nse of about :.'.. A Mormon preacher has been driven out of Noiuilc, Conn. He had made three female convarts, and announced that a baptism would take place near the town, but the husband of one oi the women forbade the service, and the crowd which bad acllected rna.de it so hot for the prosa-lvte that ho tied to the cars .and de parted. Mary I tidkins, colored, whose death Las oceni red in I'ortland, Me., was cred it, tl wilh 117 years terrestrial life. "She always said she could remember distinct ly the visit to this country of the prince who was subse'iu-iii ly William 1 v.' ., of I'tiglan l, and she claimed to haveldone ibis laundry work for him whin Le was 111 VMlUl't. . It is reiorded of the late John J. 1 l.'in.igan, ait v editor of the I'tica O'Wcccr. that he professionally attended twenty seven hangings, on tine occasion, it is said, be persuaded the caunlemiied man to consent to be hanged two hours earlier than was al lust lLUiuled. in order to give him time to get home after the event aud put a good account of it in tho I'ait-r. ... , The mineral resources of Maine are again attracting attention. A pajier there rejioris mat - i.oston parties contemplate purchasing and starting tbe Uliiehill cop-jx-r mines. A company was organized at I airtlaml last week to develon a urorn- 'sing gold and silver vein in Avon, and the KenueU-e and Portland Coal Com pany has l et n formed t open a coal mine at tne uioutu ot tne Kennebec. - It has lieen estimated bv a promi nent r; ibond ollia ial that lullv Ilium tramps are killed aunuilly on the rail roads O! this country while attcmi.tin.r 10 sleal ii hs or whin walking on tb tracks. The r.dlroad tramps 1. re a con stant menace to the safety of travellers, ns well ns to the pfoperty of the com panies, as many 01 uiem .10 not hesitate to cause accidents by turning switches. uuiuiug LTioges, aiM oilier leviees. FLASHES OF AMERICAN HUMOR. A Clnisiticntloti. m A 01 oi.f-ii n.ler on a certain western pape: i ml veil i-eil us a unn who i never soler. In at' er wools, he is a atcr -proof reader. - In a Shoe S'ci-c. - Customer "A re these boots v. aterprnof?' ( Ink "W;:ti rpiaiof Why, my .learsir you a-;au -ro.'i i he Atb'niij a.ii-ean in tl:tu ilrv shod." . - t'ticxpoeto J lU'fiti . A hii.y ieilow who was. idling aw ny his t'nie was advi- l bv a minister wliere ho C T-pea-ted to go uhen he alia-d. "1 shall not t"p, watthc reply; "l expect li hi- carried." . A C.'liao.-e iior an Itivc-ntor. - If firorgo Westinulioiise uuilj invainf aa air-brnkc th.it would slop a gn.i-cr's bid in. half its own length, lao would eatn the gratitudu o thousands a.; esliuiable people. An An; ol In t'otniwlson. The man who i always w anting lo bortOW a V is not a ales r;!l m-ipiuiiit-aiii-e, bur, be is an iingel eoiiipara-al wilh the man w ho ia alwnvs llisinlin' that yoil bhall larud hb au X. . t Hof ore ttio Statue of LA oet-t7. "Thnt. my d.-nr," young Mr. lluigbeede reiiiarke.l to his bride, us he pointed to tua. mn ia-slic form of the hrotu.c Liberty: '-tliaf is the I :t in oils statue ol Jeraey lililiiiug tho World." . a , " H-irnlsliiioll.llj. A alrumnaer who kissed a country girl re" iu.:rk,-d, ectntia-ntly : "llo.v i-h.ii'uiing it is to prtsS the lij3 a'. in in.a-. nce lir alo- fii-i tnii-!' -.Ml you city Idiom must have gone to the siti... Miiu'il. !''.. ry uiotlia-i s sou ot you siiya tin- same thin;- ulica lie k isl- iue,'' sin i( I'Ik iI. )u. ot toe Mooili. of Knbea. Yisiiing M misii-r "Th.it's n fine rockiug. hoi-se you have, aiiv little ailau. Papa buy it?" Charlie "No; 1 mn at nt a l.'ttery." Mllll-.lcr "All, doll I V"a IlllOW it'f naughty i g nul'le oa i.ikc it'.uices'" t. taurii. v ii , it uji ai your oi". u cuurcll fair, Mr. I.oudl nm '" atealrtrtlou of 1 in migration Needed. fa.igley "How do you happen to bo begging, my man';" l.o.u -,- v urc, sir, Oi've been ruined by loruign iinpoi tat. ons." iagiey by, you're an imjiortation ourseli." Kourke "Yis, sir; but the F.yetalians ruinvd intr" oul'l woman's ." ppie-stan I, -iii.l the Chinese took awny her washui'; uid lio'.v the Liig'.ish ci k il si-; visli reia.rm kaes ino from gettiu' a iovciiiioint .oh because vi cau'i rude or write." J'jdjc,
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