V
li KublUhed Weekly at
T tie lame and reliable ftcalitiunei th. 'av.
aaia, Fault max eonxmroaf x to tbe ramnr In or..
alteration 01 advert liiera. Le it wort will Let:
eerted at Ih lollowinr low rales :
1 Inch, S time........ - $ v
1 I months........ ..................... ?.-
1 " months...... v
1 I year i .(.
t InoatU.. i.4
a l year l....
8 e mom ha. ...,,
I 1 year ir ...i
V ool'a months. c.j.
i5 " 6 months.. ...... ...... ...... ........ jfi a
a - 1 year ss.r.
9 moi.thav. t .r o
1 year 7i, i
Iturtnets Item. Orit Insertion 100. ,er Itne : exrh
subsequent insertion fro. tier line.
Atiniiolnrator t and deflator's Nf d;ci t r,l
Auditor's Kotloes .....
csMFRi.1 cor.Tir,
XV A A. A, 9 vT
ll V JAMES . BASSOS.
, .... sinT I ,,,n ,n ''vnea " J?
V. if n,.t patd wlrhtn S months.. l.TS
,io H n.t I'""' 'tl n 8 nvmtl.s. x.w
jo (lu U uut i aid wUhln U.e jer.. .14
a-To pr..n reaMina- ont-id of the county
jo-etoTs additional Pr I' ' "1r,J to
v''Iar"""ernt will above-term.
. m. ' th.mewho lon i muli ineir
r ...rt tv ikv n in a.lvan.-e bum not ei
u" ' 'fT,, ,,.! th- .amen-ninar astho.ewuo
IV .iii" ''" unuor.tood rum
;hjjMm. w;;- ww y m top It, itop
it 7u null eo.ne lul ! !' otnerwue
dolt - " 100 ,,,on-
JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Publisher.
' IS A rillMiH WHOM THI TKXJTH M1IX9 TBIX, AND A.T.X. 1BI SLA.VXI BKBIDB-'
SI. SO and postage oer year in idancs.
Stray and rlmUar Notice 1 i
rVtmlifiMi or wroc.ATit of an corporation
or sectefv, . i nmmMcarwu d.nned tm cu :' i,
rum re t mstter ef Itmtfe or tn4wiua trifrrrn -turf
tV e eorrrusvnf t.
, VOLUME XXIII.
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY. JUNE 14.
NUMBER 20.
Job PitiaTiwa of all kinds neatly andexDrdi-
OQSly executed at lowest prices . Don't you torva
tt.
J
r
Lirc.st Stock of aSprintr
and Suinnior Goods.
Prv" i;i"l Sil' our cit specialty.
il.h !': Novffis in rxi'iusir patterns.
I'r'ntv.t In.lia ilks at 4a ct-nts apJ np-
Spvi-inl ln- (-T ln(e wi.V at "Z en
anil ; ! i'-', liiU UKVeitii-s at CO to f J DO
a yaril
riaia Iim' Sslks, i ent opwani
Knin-y trlm-'l Sill.lh Si!U. ."trrlitrtof 1 ." ,
Niw Sprlriir Niml- In Surlii, Falllei",
Koyalra aiol t.ni! limn nks. i
New IV.ark Sl.k (JrfDilinS, vlniii, sttliel
ami iiriM'Ailcl.
Novfidi's In H!nr!r Vt" (IikkJs In woo!
nd Mlk wimiI ilrlCH.
Spring lress IimmN, fnpifs, 4" cents to
'..h a yuM
I'lnO, S!riii'il, riai.l atnl lrlnl iintialts.
!'rlinii Caal!ie, 5 Cflit to ."0 ctliU a
J aril.
Krenrh Suit Tattcrns, $1.0i tof So.uu ach.
Krt'iicii Wool t'a.shmere!, all !liair9, 50
cents to Jl .'ill.
Ki?tv Inrii Wool, .Spriu Suiting t'loths,
40 ct-ntu to a yard.
lire's ;mhani!, H cents, finrtt Scotch
: H.u at io ri'nt. a yani.
Kii'iuli no I Auitfiican Finn S-t-ens nt
"I'ri.! Dvp." tnl bliicfc. IIiKiIrry. will
rot tiun or con:' o(T in wcnrlnif.
Tin brut 1 rurirts. Povs Star Shirt
Waiits. Mcn'it White an! Fancy MilrLs.
I'.ir l..ii t-urt.Un Catalou'ii I reaily.
si-nit .ri!ir.Uw anl prices I tomptly.
I re-s Trtmmln , ("oaks. Salts. Wraps.
Jacket.-, tu Uruest tarlely. Addrtss letters to
JOS. HOME & CO.,
C09-(52l Venn Ave,
PIT UkSnUIlG, PA.
aprlJ lv.-limly.
I'i'llrles written at utiort Bailee In te
OLD RELIABLE "ETNA"
.ml olhrr rirt ls (IUlri.
T. W. DICK,
tT K THE
OI.l) HAUTFOim
FIRE IXSLWE CUffl'.
rov.MKSrtii HsIKss
17'.),-.
lnntira.luiy l. tsS.
Beauty
iliirnl an.l tultnirril by ail. Amf nj
tho tilings nUich may lo-.t l ilmic t.
tnhaui'd personal
iH'UlltV is tl: llvlv
11 Qi if A ra r If .i
... v
niiii inv it'ivr ut
C Li' AI Ajr' ,!lIr Alitor
w.7WPei will rentora th
"V color, bring out a .
netr provrth, and
r. rtil. r the eld aolt and shiny'. l"ur
lie;': ; tho ac:!p eh-nn, cool, anil
y, there li ui better preparatioa
luo m.irki t.
" I nm fre. to onifess that a trial of
A--, i i II. i, i Vi.'or has convinced mo
t!i t i. is a . t. i i ii.v mtit lo. Its use hns
in t only r.i i tho hair ot mv wife and
i iIiter t 'j bo
Abundant and Glossy,
1 i" it lias c:-cn tny rather srnnfeil mns
tieln ; reetallM length and nppear
li. i Ui Mtou, Uaklaud, Ohio.
hair wan coiniiift out. (withotit
'"V ;i sisr.itieo from my wife, cither).
1 iri.-i Aycr's JIa'.r Viiror, tisinir only
c: l). tlo, an. I I now have ns tine a
i'l ef hair sis any "no cotiM wish lor."
- X. Si Uuuttou, I)tokson, Teun.
' I have used Acer's Hair Vior in try
" i. 'v ( r a ntim'.H-r ( years, nnt to
i ii I it .is the l.,-t hair preparation I
:; of. It keeps the scalp clean, tha
n or sn't i liv.-lv, ami prosurves tha
or .-u. il e,.!,,r. My wife lias used it for
a 1 ti -i t ine with most satisfactory rc-sh.-s.-
It, .mm 2'1. Johnson, L U.,
Thomas Hill, Mo. .
'' Mv 1..1T vras b-coTnin?liar;h anil drr,
t -it. !i't..r xiu,, ,inlf A lM,,tjrt f Aver-,,
H i r iv.r it L.,ev Murk a I flossy. I
r o i. : i...,r,. the jov ami crntitii.lo I
I - l. -M i 1C. llarvly, Uclavan, 111.
Ayer's Hair Vigor,
' ' rmt.vRFD dt
Dr. J. c. Ayer 3c Co., Lowell, Mass.
S-'.J ly Lin-ists aaa rcrltuucrs.
m, mwiw PARLOR !
CCR. CENTRE AND SAMPLE STREETS
EBENSBURC. PA.
T. H.C.ANT, Proprietor.
T0.v,;!;nK.,-i;'7,,,,aiw,',f"1'' n"t
an.l . .." V1 ." '-"1 l-ath. Hth tut.
mcK ATTORN-rT-AT-I.AW.
B,"h.a'f- "' In buil.lio, ol T.
l.loy.l. ,t. (t.r.t flo..r.) tlentre street. Al
.t-i.d ernM.tL
JOU C AN FIN D 32h
r
t' '.'V-V he tin li.iir, tins prrna-
W," j5 ration dives it a lns
,'ar5t:: tro and pliancy that
Hi.i"' I pZ W vlls Krutly to its
,AJTt-4 rhnriu. Should tho
m. - " LT
MTfeaVWo LIVER
V30i HILLS.
Jir.WARK OW l.M ITATIOra. JLZWATM
ask roH HMu riiHcira rciLirra, oa
LITTLE MIOUB-COATCD PIZ.I-3.
Reins? iiltrclT vrajrtakle, tbry rp
erat it hoot diirm .am-w to the aystrm, diet,
or ii-u.ittiu. Cut up in aiaas iai. hrrmrti
cnlly wal-d. Iyt ImU ami rrluit.k-. As
laiMtlve. allrrallve. or purfallrr,
ibrw. intlM rlk.'U kit Ule tuuet ivrlcvt
tutuifaction.
SICK HEADACHE.
Hlliona Headache,
Uliiluts I'oii.ilpa.
lion. Indication.
Hllloae Altarka.aniaU
deiniuri im iits of the etoni
at h nii'l .ii'K are rouiit
ly n lii-vi il iiml w rtmir.. -titly
I'onl lv tti nw ( I r.
Plerrr's Pltaaanl l'araratlw Pellet.
In rxplunntion of the rrmelml (Miwrr o( three
Pellfts over o rrt'ttt a varwty of dinraM-a, it
may truthfully f snid thut tbeir artioa upno
the Rv.tetn in universal, not a arland rr tiaau
earapinir their aHinitivo Influence, fold by
ilruk-iri-t, i--nt a v ml. Manufai-Turril at the
I'hetuii'ul IjilmratorT of Wnai.D'a Ii"rKAKT
Medical Ashociatios, IiutTaio. N. V.
la onrr1 by the manufactur
ers of Dr. Saa;ea 1 atarrta
Hemedy, for a case of
( hromo Nasal Catarrh which
Uiey cannot cure.
VJIPTOn OF CATAnnil.-Dull,
heavy benriarhe, ouetruetloo of the naaai
riiaeHir lls. harg-is lalUna' from the head
into the thront. eotnetirot-a profuse, watery,
and acrid, nt other, thick, trnacioua, muroua,
purulent, bloody and putrid; the tyre am
weak, watery, and inflamed; there Is rintrinir
In tUe earn. lut'ueffA, bui-kinir or cotiirhina' to
tlciir tlm throut, expectorution of otT.-nsive
Itiutt. r. toir.'thor with seatis fnm ulcers; tba
..H' Id ch:inrel and I. an a namtl twantr ; tha
It. ath le oU nlve; anM-U and tn.nl r are inv.
pii.rcd; flu r m a aenntion of iliz-rinei, with
ini'iitiil di'presnion, n hai kinir routrli and aen
eral u. lalily. uly a lew ot tho above-uauu-d
fyiiipt.niw ure l:k!y t lo n-sint In anyone
cu-. 1 hoiiunls of raws annually, without
tnnnifi'stinar half of the shore symptoms, re
sult in cotiaunipUon, and end in toe-arrave.
No li."eiis ia eo ciinimon, mon dtwptlve and
diirici-rous, or la undiTBtiv-Hl by physicians.
It ' Us liiil.l. WM.ttun. and heuiinir rrrrtit.
Dr. .hire's Htjirrh itemedr (ilnl theCwort
tnsi'l C'atur rt, rol.l In the head.'
t'oryin, and ( alarrhsl liradache.
bold by (lruttguiU every whtTe; 60 itots -
"frit old Agony from Catarrh."
Trof. W. HAra.ieR, the famous mesmerist,
ef It him, .V. V- writes: Some t-n yrsasro
I sufr.-rrd untold a-ouy from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician fare me up as
Incurable, and aaid I must die. My case was
such a bad one, that every day, towards sun
set, my voice would become eo hoarse 1 could
barely speak above a whisrx. In the tnornisir
tuy coinrhiiiir and clearing- of my throat would
aimnat Mtranlo uie. liy the une of Ir. Satre'a
v utarrh Kcnuily, in three mouths, I was well
umu, and tbu cure baa been permanent."
"Constantly Itawklnf and Spitting.
TnovAS J. Ilrsnijio, Esi txs Ping Strtrt,
Sr. Luis .Wo., writee; 1 was a srreat sufferer
front eatarr'i for tliret years. At times I could
hardly It. n l lie, nn.l was constantly hawkinar
and spittinir. and for the lost c.-tit mouths
eoiild not breuthn throuarh the ntri!. I
thouuht not luiii; could U-1! .tie for me. Luck
ily, I u.s ii.lv i. l to fry lir. sire a Catarrh
Keinedv, ami I nm now a well iiuui. I N lieve
It to be tUo only uio remoly f.r caturrh now
rinnufnr tureil, mid o;ie bus 'tily to trive it a
fair ti'uil to ei pen. -nm ntuun da r-suald and
permanent cure."
Three Dattlea Curt) Catarrh.
T.U Kotvnrs, Tftinrrrn . CJufsfitVi Co,
Pt.. any a: "Mjr dauif liter bud catarrh when
.ie mu five years old. very t.lly. 1 m Dr.
haare'a Catarrh tunuwdy a.lvtiU.d, and pro
cwieii a iMitllo fur her. and soon saw that it
helped her; a third boffin effeet.-l a perma
l m cure. Mie is tiuvr c-UxU years old aud
auud uud bcarty.'
s - Catah r H
Alley a
I a Nam ataatlam
Me.., .he " Lt
BCorea .... e- tSSj
aea of Taste an.l &ivl' " ivC
Kawell. EJ2J'"V UVH.-I
TBTIIEtrRF.j1AY-
A particle Is applied Into each anstrlls and Ih
ar-rablr. J'rli-o &0 rents at UruaarlPtii ; by mall
rtHflM.r.1, l eu. tY HK S M aire n St..
tmw Vurk.
ST. CHARLES
Y3!
Charles S- Cill, Proprietor.
Tabic unsurpassed. Remodel
ed with office on ground floor.
Natural gas and incandescent
light in all rooms. New steam
laundry attached to house.
Cor. Wood St. & Third Ave.
Pittsburgh, Pa;
NATURE'S
CURE FOR
CONSTIPATION,
hKLUBLE Uxtl D
rer Kirk Hteaaaeh.
lor Torpid Liver.
Bllloas Headache.
Costivras.
Tsrraat's Iffrrvrareat
S--ltzr A perieit.
It Is certain In Its etTecta
It Is gentle In Its actl' n.
It Is palateable te the
tstte. It can be relied
iiMin to cure, and It rares
by aoij.'iaiT, not by oatrstr
inn, natare. 1k cot take
-((lent puraatiret yoor
selves or allow your chil
dren to take them, always
use this eleirant phar
macentlcat preparation,
which has been tor more
fcJsaekl
AJj'aV'
Sick-HeatJach
Asa
DYSPEPSyi.
than forty yers a pablte
lavorite. NcJ fcy ii; uy u
merareaare.
ST. FRANCIS' COLLEGE,
LOUKTTO.rA,
IN CHAROE O"
FIIANCISCAN BROTHERS.
Board and Tuition
for the Scholastic Year, $200.
March i8th. 1S. tf.
SALESFiSn VAN7ES
Salary and Eipamx, or Cmmimofi, if P-eferred.
tmm a full ii.. M fruit ard K.r4v i.am.Dial av. t.
all. h ui finwu. LTrrrthiaracnrtl; Srwtw.
S.ii.fac'.ioa Guaranteed to Cyitom.n and Aaanl.
1 k. ...m. u .uiir n4 aji. klY i.km. st-
tioararw. Aiar.... it, ii. it r; eo..
14JU Soath ffnn Square, fhtiadrlplna- Taw
A 1JTl,'"n r.y art-Ire ..tnir Ca. J
J aswrtl .. 1 0 Spruce St.. New York
V v'7l,h ro,,t of any proposed line e
rasta lSMsaphlei ive.
"hrnjoo want ro.ters prlnte l-eall at this
; l l
-io -hn rm
. . LW I I a faMfraa
a J M- sj
aray
O
El Li
3
UNJUST DISCRIMINATION.
Itelllwrate Crwelty uf IThlrh Many la
thers Are i.allty.
Is woman th -ial of man? Tho
tulion ha been nsicnl many thou
sand of times and atvwvrttl tvith
tierce notiven, which, liovn-vc-r, have
Is-.-n ejrow in-r fainter and fainter as
civilization has proj;rrssl. (ieine-rally
sp':.lcini:. th preater th.j tlere of
iv'.'iiz.-nion of th imlividunl man the
mire wi'.Hnjjly does he ronceiln thut
woman was cratei the anjual of tho
other s.-x. though with tlifToront qua!i
io. li tit thre are f-w I'lievers In the
oo.-.::i':iy of tho xm who carry
th'ir opinion into practice) even In
th. ir own ftimiViot. Thvntically tho
j,'iris of a family aro entitled to have
as much spent on their 'ducation a- i
pnt on that of tho hoys; to hnvo tho
same care bestowed tijnm fitting them
to fiht this world' hattlo tin is
stowod upon tho Wiys; to havo a busi
ness or profosrion chos:n for them nnd
to N fitted for it; to furnished with
capital to tho same extent with the
'-., and. finally, to fhato aliko with
the nty in tho partition of the family
prop-rty on'tho death of th parents.
In how many Canadian hnrnca is this
eiptitahlo troatiiu nt of tho daughters
cnrrirsl out ? In fon-, wo opino. and
the liottcr off the parents aro in this
world's poods the worse are the trirls
likely to fare
It. is too much the habit of fathers
to spend all their means in pushing
n'.on' their sons, leavinjr the daughters
to take tho chances in the matrimonial
lottery. Il.-neo we often see a sou
hiiitichcj into the world with abundant
capita'., the lsjnefit of his father's finan
cial liaekinji. nnd what is bettor
still, tho inca'.eulablo advantage of tho
experience of men and aftaira painl
by the father in a lonjj and successful
business career. What doe" tho father
do for the ister of thia younj; man?
If the father is lucky enonph to possess
:t manap;inj wife, he marries Iier off
early to some younr fellow with ap
parently inhI irospHrf a. He pives
her it dowry not at all proportioned to
what he has e;iven tho son, and then,
he) U gathered to his father. Twenty
years afterward the son has made hia
mark in the world. He is a well-off
man with a (rrovrin? and expensive,
family around him. He can see ways
for all the money ho has, and more,
in setting up his own sons, and hi has
nothing to spare or, which comes to
the same thinsj, thinks he has nothing
to spare for his sister. Sh. poor
woman, has not turn no lucky. Her
husliand lias r.ot Iw-en oucecssfiil. or
juM-haps ho h;vs died after proviiling
her with nothing but a family of chil
dren. She finds hersif at forty al
ready old and looked upon as a failuro,
though jierhaps aho has more of her
father's business tact than fell to the
lot of her brother. But there she is,
as por as a church moua, while her
brother, having taken the major part
of th jHsHe-sions of thj faraily. has
plenty. It the brother does ainiueh
for her as to take her boys into his of
fice tho world will applaud his gen
erosity. Discrimination like this is being
practiced every day in thousands of
homes. If there is to be discrimi na
tion among children, should it not bo
in favor of tho girls instead of against
them? What is the good of admitting
tho equality of tho sexes if tho people
who lulmit it act towards their own olT
upring as though they did not believe
it? And where do those people stand
who, maintaining that wotnon aro tho
weaker vessels, rob their daughters in
onler to better euip thoir tons? If
tho sons, in consideration of having
tho major part of the family mouey
spent upon them, undertook to care
for th-.-ir sisters in the event of the lat
ter requiring help, there would bo
some element of fairness in tho ar
rangement. Hut sons do not under
take any such thing. Even if they did
undertake it they might fail to carry
out their engagements. It would bo
better all around if all the children of
a fami'y were treated aliko rather
than that tho seed of future bickering
should bo sown by unfair preference of
one lr-foro another.
This is a side of tho woman question
which can not be reached by law. It
is tho outgrowth and survival of tho
time when womon were chattels, and
wero bougTIt and sold like so many
eheep. Custom sanctions the delib
erate cruelty of which tho father is
guilty who sacrifices hid daughter's
earthly future in order that his son
may carry on tho business and the
home in the old style. Every one of
tho political disabilities of women ran
and will be soon removed. Cut the
removal of this social wrong will bo a
work of many years. The sexes will
bo equal in the eyes of the law for a
long time before public opinion can
make them equal in the eyes of fa
thers Toronto Globe. -
y It Had No Terrors for Him.
"So this is my claim, is it?" mused
tho new-comer. 'My pood man, I
don't wish to put you to any trouble,
but you're on my patch of ground."
"I.am, hey?" said tho fierce look
ing Oklahoma squatter. "My friend,
d'ye see that inclosure staked off thar
the other side of the cabin? Well, that's
my private buryin'-ground, an' it's full
o' fellers that thought they hod a claim
oa this ranch."
1 see it," repliod the visitor, care
lessly, "and it doesn't scaro me any.
I umpired ten base-ball games in De
troit last year," he added, with a capa
cious yawn. -
Fer heaven's sake, mister!'' ex
claimed the squatter, his face turning
frightfully pale and his knees knock
ing togother, "givo mo five minutes U
pack up my traps and light out!"
Chicago Tribune
George XV. Childs was a very suc
cessful book publisher in Philadelphia
before he bought the Public Ledger,
with which his name has been identi
fied for a quarter of a century, lie be-
ran life as an errand boy in a book f
house, and eventually became new I
prieto:. - .
OUR PECULIARlllt.:.
Max O'Ketl lar Ills Compliments to Uie
lufti.ra-cM.Me Kplnooaa.
American houses are furnished very
luxuriously, and for tho most part
with exquisite taste- Hero rii soothe
influence of woman ia the smaller de
tails of life; indeed, at every step you
take you see that woman has pavc
that way.
The luxury displayed at receptions,
dinners nnd dances surpasses Euro pent
lms;iii.itioa. At a bull given in Ke.
York in the month of February, ls.sj,.
;he walls were coverexl with roses,
which did not cot less thr.n 10,0 ).
When ono considers that the upier.
and every thing elso, was on tho same
scale) it becomes doubtful whether fuel
luxury is t bo admired. I was pres
ent ono wvening at a dinner giver, ii.
the largo dining hall nt Dclmonioo's
restaurant, in New York. Wo were
eighty-seven guets at an immen..
round table. Tho center of tho board
was eo.cred with a gigantic r-tar of
flowers roes. arum lilies aud he.lio
tri. At that season lilies wore worth
a doM'ir wach, nnd a l through the win
ter the pi-ice of roses was from a quar
ter to two dollars apiece, according to
kind. Tho Americans at this feast es
timated tho Mar of flowers at bix or
oven thousand dollars.
At a dinner party given recontly at
Delmonico's, I heard that each menu
had a chain attached, consisting of
pearls nnd diamonds, and valued at
Sum
In houses, in duos, in offices, or.e
enn not help admiring tho ingenious
forethought, Iho wonderful car with
which tho smallest wants and the
slightest conveniences of life have
boon studied; it seems as if there wero
nothing left to desire
It is impossible, however. In speak
ing of American interiors, to pass over
in silenco a certain eye-sore which
meets our eye atevory turn.
The mot indispensable, it appears,
the most conspicuous at any rrrte.
piees of furniture in America is the
spittoon. All rooms are provided
with this objectof prime necessity; you
find one besido your scat in the trains,
under your table in tho restaurants;
impossible to escape tho sight of the
ugly utensil. .In the hotel corridors
there is a spittoon standing sentinel
outside every door. In public build
ings the floors aro dotted with them
and they form the line all up tho stairs.
Tho Americana, used to those target
from the tendcrest age, aro luarrelous
ly adroit at tho u-o of them; they
never miss their aim. I saw some,
rtaliy striking feats of marksmanship;
but perhaps the best of all at tho Capi
tol in Washington.
The Supremo Court of Judiciary
was bitting. As I entered at, advocate
was launching thunders of eloquence.
All at once he stopped, looked at the
spittoon which stood two. yards off.
aimed at it, and Kerrroa craahk
ptu! right in the bull's eye. Then on
he went with nis naranguo. I looked
to eo the seven Judges and tho pub
lic applaud and cry bravo! Not a
murmur, the incidout passed completely
unnoticed. Probably there was not a
man in the hall who could not say to
himself: "There's nothing in that. I
could do as much." From Ma;
O' Hell's - Krother Jonathan."
-FAMOUS WOMEN'S HANDS.
Ulte of Goealp KvtdenUr Collected t a
llrig-ttt Kewapapcr Woman.
Mrs. Langtry's hand is as delicately
veined as a leaf, and makes one loth to
part with it after clasping it.
The hand of Ella Whoeler Wilcox
looks as if the good, hard shake of a
brawny hand would crush it, bones
and alL
Despite its jewels. Modjeska's hand
shows marks of early struggles. It
is a strong hand, however, full of char
acter. Tha symmetry of Adelina Tatti's
hand is lost sight of in its dazzling dis
play of jewels. She spends a fortune
in gloves.
Mrs. James Brown Potter has a slen
der hand, with shapely digits, which
are daily manipulated by a manicure.
When "Marion Harland" puts her
plain, honest hand in yours she seems
to say: "Here's my hand, and my
heart's not far off."
The only marked difference between
Sara Bernhardt's hand and a skeleton's
is that one Is invested with flesh and
blood and the other isn't.
Miss Frances E. Willard has a good,
honest hand, whose hearty grasp
seems an echo of the cordial greet
ing which she bestows oa all whom
she meets.
Mrs. Frank Leslie has a sensitive
hand, whose touch makes the blood
bound faster through one's veins.
She is authority on the subject of
gloves.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison has a good,
motherly hand, made for use. It has
been a true and trusty companion in
its family relations, chastening as well
as caressing.
So soft and sensitive is the hand of
tho pretty Mrs. Goorge Gould that it
seems formed to minister to grief and
pain, as well as to the wants of her
two young Wall street magnates.
A manicure to Miss Chamberlain is
as great a necessity as a well-fitting
gown, and every tiny half-moon on the
pink-tinted nails is as jealously pre
served as if it was a diamond crescent.
Mary Anderson never tries to
squeeze her hand into a No, 5 glove,
believing that there is more comeli
ness in a hand which preserves the
form intended by its creator than one
in a perpetual squeeze. Chicago Jour
nal, v
Dude Got the Quarter.
Dude (to chance acquaintance)
That shabby-looking fellow is making
right for us. Bet he wants to borrow
money. He. he! Til get ahead of
him. Please, sir, can't you lend me a
quarter or a dime to get something to
eat?
Shabby Fellow Certainly (hands
out a quarter). New. young man. if
you aro through begging of this gen
tleman I weuld lika to speak to him.
1 He is one of the depositors in py baxk.
THE FRENCH CREOLES.
sane of the rccullaritles of TUla Siiuple
Mlndcd People.
The French Creoles of tho lower
class ar a ha".d-to-montU class of is
ple, puri ".::i-iig the stick of wood to
day j:rd tho handful of herbs that are
to "oo;; ;i;.ii iitiwn their K)tago, filling
their t-i:uill market baskets with iti
nurierahlo pinches of this, that aad
the otiirr. living in n few tvis of
tiga: s nd coiTs,at a time, and ,roing
next day. for three hundred and sixty
llvo days in tho 3 our, and doing id"n
tieally tho sarao thing, in srecula
s.'ecuioriun. Dislike to the accumula
tion f household goods, to wul?-torod
celiacs and pantries, to generous
abundance, to picturesque profusion,
to tho essentials of a largvhanded
hospitality even within the narrow
limits of their neighborhoi d acquaint
ances, an iint-like economy and al
stemiousness, a curious ju:.ta5ioiion
of etoi-iia' self-restraint mid a passion
(or sensations, colors, sound-., per
fumes. f:'.i.a?tic sensualities, an in
slitiet I n- microscopic mcney-!ctttng
woiUe-.l to an instinct that h::: filled
New O.losms with noble iu..t:lt:tions
for the jKHii-, tho biind. the sick, tho
world weary; a passion for noe s and
for splendid churches, u fond en
durance of rigors of cold and hunger
for the brilliant efflorescence of ertro
mepreiiunt and carnival, a voluntary
exile fivm ail lauhtor and joy th::t
their fe: t may twinkle a night r two
tin tin.' mirrored flairs ol tho masque
balls dowu in Chartrcs and Iloyal
streets; such aro the fragments of
awti't and bitter herbs that go to
muke up pari of tho paradox of Creole
charaeter and communicuto to it an
indefinable piquancy and strangeness
by their thick bars of light and
shadow.
The chief charm of the character U a
touching gentlenesa and benignity that
blemls :tii other characteristic and jr
Uieatej the whole constitution of tho
native Creole. There is something
cletriae. tender, dreamy about tho
race, a rcmnaul or recollection of
earlier and laotter days, an aroma of
exilo c uni.ig from old colonial times,
when so liuiny emigrated from the gay
fatherland to th trackless wilderness
of Louisiana, aeeitiug their fortunes.
Disapixilrttinont seems to havo im
pressed itself as a trait of heredity on
their spiritual make up; a brondin-j
languor has spread f "om tho luxurious
climnte th. oijgh tho limits and const!
(ution of t'.-i immigrants, tho advent
urous .'-t irlt ( f th marvelous brother-,
Bienville. I'l.rvi!! and Saitv:i'!.-, laid
undo.' pe petual cmb;u-go by a Chinese
wall of b.'.ami, bayou aud lngue, has
sunk into a cu iou psychological
numbness and content v ith surraund
intT"; geography, cxp .oration, litera
ture, research, travel (beyond the in
evitable transit to rt-.trio otoe iu
lifetime)-nre unknown luxuries to these
lotus-eating f "lk. and in their w:.y they
are as still in their runny :'.r.t j.a the
sun-loving alligator that haui.14 their
streams,
The customs, games and sports of
those exiles ai-o fail of reminiscences
of tho fatherland, mingled with odd
accretions and aftergrowths, a clinging
conservatism, a poetio su-eeptioility.
Tliero ares-ings rind Christmas customs
emackingof CJ.isoony, Prove--.ee, CJ;nm
p.ign. Sn:t Domingo, Franche-Cointe,
such as linger' iu Canada and form
touching links with the folk over the
sea. J. A Harrison, in Autrefois. "
DISCOVERY IN TEXAS.
Inearthing an Old Bnrtal Crounc" of In
diana auad Aztoca.
A discovery of immense archaeolog
ical interest has recently been' made
near Painted Cave, on the Southern
Pacific railroad, about the junction of
the Pecos and the Rio Grande. Mr.
Vandervoort, who owns a farm near
the town mentioned, found on his place
after a recent wind-storm a large Cot
tonwood tree blown down and leaving
the roots exposed. In the earth loos
ened by its fall and upheaved by its
spreading roots he noticed a round
object, which upon inspection proved
to be a human skulL The skull was
that of the Aztec After two or three
feet had been removed almost every
upheaval of the spades brought to
light a bone or weapon or other object.
There were a great number of arrow
heads, both of stone and of glass, in the
manufacture of which the Aztecs ex
celled. But to set at rest all doubts as
to what people tho bones had belonged
the peculiar weapon of the Azatian
race was found. This weapon is a
short metal axe, with blades of glass.
The metal is supposed to be copper,
but the specimens are tarnished, in
crusted by age and buriaL Several
shields are. among the relics, and on
being cleaned wero found to be of
brass, each skilfully engraved with an
owL Copper knives and 6tone toma
hawks are abundant, and there are
twenty or thirty head-bands of ebony,
silver and copper. There is also a
helmet or casque of thin silver with a
small hole in the top. The head-dress
of an Aztecan officer was a helmet with
a topknot of feathers. Silver armor
for legs from knee to ankle was found
near the hel meted skulL One bony
hand still clutched a dart with three
copper points, and held it so firmly
that it was necessary to keep hand and
alL Another ghastly object was a pair
of clenched jaws, holding beneath their
discolored teeth a small image en
graved on agate. This must have been
the likeness ot a god thrust into the
mouth. A number of gold and silver
pendants and a quantity of Aztec cur
rency were picked up. This latter con
sists of bits of tin in shape like the let
ter T.
Among the human bones were min
gled those of several animals, too
small to have been cattle horses were,
of course, unknown and too large to
have been dogs. They were those of
ocelots, trained by the Aztecs for the
hunt and for batUe. That the ocelots
took an active part ia shown by the
fact that the jaws ot one held tho sev
ered skull of an Indian, while the
teeth of a second wero fastened on a
thigh bone. In turn a tomahawk was
still sticking in his partially-cloven
kl DelKio (Tex.) Letter.
ONLY A COLLAR;
r. t.lghlv-Scvrn Mluutes in a Iry-Cooda
strr- A Corned jr fruin Life.
"Oh, wait a moment, Flo, I want to
step in hero nnd pet mo a collar; it
won't take me but just a moment."
So they went into Li mien & Cotton's,
and, after stopping at various counters
to prieosomo riblon. gloves, laoo, fans,
hair-pins, buttons, silk, ehenillo. Sax
ony, passamontrie and slippers, none
of which they had any idea of pur
chasing, thoy found themselves at the
collar and cuff counter.
" Ixrt mo seo some collars, please,"
said lies si a.
" All linen?" asked the clerk.
"Oh, yes, certainly, all linen."
Square or round-cornered?"
I hardly know. Let me soe both
kinds. What kind do you like best.
Flo?"
"O. I don't know, really. It don't
mako much difference. "
" No. so it don't, for n
"What number, miss?"
" Oh. let ma see. I declare if I don't
always forget just what number I do
wear. Thirteen, I think. What num
ber do you wear, Flo?"
"Twelve and a half."
"Do you? I shouldn't think I'd
wear a larger number than you, would
you?"
"I don't know."
" I suppose my nock is No, I don't
want so high a collar as that. Do you
lika a high collar. Flo?"
"I hardly know, really."
Of course it depends altogother on
tho kind of neck one has. Mino is as
long as a stork's."
Oh, Flor
" It is n
'How ridiculous! I think"
"Ilore is a lower collar, miss."
"Oh, that's too low. Don't you think
so. Flo?"
"It is rathor low, really."
"Of course it Is. 1 always oh. look
at these handkerchiefs back of us!
Aren't thoy locclyV
"Aren't they? I do lovo a pretty
handkerchief !'
"So do . A real neat "
"How do you lika this collar, miss?"
"Oh. I don't liko three rows of
stitching at the top; do you, Flo?"
Two rows look bettor, I think."
"So do L Let me see soma with two
rows."
"Yes'm; here's one."
"Yes, I soe. um-um-um somehow,
I don't just like that either; do you,
Flo?''
I don't know, really."
"Looks so kind of of 1 don't know
just how, but I don't liko it- Tho
stitching is so far apart; don't you
think so, Flo?"
"I don't know but it is."
"Let mo see something with only
one row of stitching. Oh, I don't like
that; do you. Flo?"
1 don't know, really."
"It don't look like it was all linen;
does it, Flo?"
"No, I don't believe it does." ,
"I'm sure it isn't. Tve a notion to
I got some ruching and let the collar go;
would you?
Oh, suit yourself, dear."
"Do you like ruching?
"Oh. yes."
"I believe I will get It."
Ihey spend half an hour at the
ruching counter and then race back to
the collar department, and finally
emergo from tho store in just eighty
seven minutes after they enter it.
Bessie having by this time concluded
that she "didn't believe she'd get the
collar to-day, anyhow," and 6he
doesn't Time,
KISSING THE LADIES.
Once a Tea Popular Enctlih Mode- of
l'ollle Salutation.
Nioolaus de Bethlen, a pupil of Dr.
Basire at Alba Julia, visited England
during the winter of 1G63-4. and re
lates the following in his "Autobiogra
phy": "Being unaware of the fact
that it was customary in England to
kiss the corner of the mouth of ladies
by way of salutation, instead of shak
ing hands, as we do in Hungary, my
younger brother and I behaved very
rudely on one occasion. We were in
vited to dinner to the house of a gen
tleman of high rank, and found his
wife and three daughters, one of them
married, standing in array ready to
receive us. We kissed the girls, but
not the married ladies, and thereby
greatly offended the latter, but Duval,
(a French Protestant clergyman) apol
ogised for our blunder, and explained
to us that when saluting we must
always kiss the senior lady first and
leave the girls and children to the
last; after dinner it was considered
sufficient to kiss the hostess only in
recognition or the hospitality re
ceived." Thereafter, ho adds, he and
all his traveling companions, with the
exception of one, who could not be
prevailed upon, complied most scru
pulously with the rules of etiquette.
Bethlen moved in tho best society in
London. He was received by Charles
1L "in publica solenni audientia" sur
rounded by a throng of noblemen; he
called on the Dux Eboracensis, Ruper
tus Talatinus Rheni, and many noble
men of high rank. At Oxford he was
entertained and made very much of
by the professors, who, he informs us,
spoke Latin with difficulty. In fact
everybody in England, he tells us,
considered it a great torture to be
obliged to speak Latin, and he was,
therefore, compelled to air his broken
English, which ho had picked up at
Leyden under the tuition of a poor
Englishman. Notes and Queries.
Very Unobtrusive Piety.
"Spoteash, who is that gentleman
that went out of tha 6tore just now?"
Rev. Mr. Goodman. I thought
you knew him, Onepricc. He is our
pastor."
"Your pastor, Spoteash? Are you
a member of a church?"
"Of course I am. Pve been a mem
ber for twenty years."
"And 1 have been in partnership
with you for fifteen years and never
fcuauected vou!"' Ch-caeo Tribur.av.
A TALK ON DRESS.
tVhy It laoea Nut I'ay to llnr ;oods Just
Itveanae They Aro Cteap.
In the first place, always buy the
'oest of every thing. It costs more in
the first place, of course, but is cheap
er iu tho end. Let mo provo it to
you. Wo will say you wish to buy an
ordinary woolen dress. You see two
pieces of cloth, ono a twilled flannel
at fifty cents, and the other a soft
cashmere at eighty cents. You sny
vou can not afford tho latter price, so
you buy eight yards of flannel, paying
live dollars for having it made up, the
total cost being nine dollars. After
wearing it a month or so you find that
it knots up in ugly little rolls, catch
ing every particle of dust and lint, and
tho more you brush it tho rougher it
gets. After awhile, however, these
little knots wear away, and leave a
thin, coarse, sleazy foundation, which
soon gives out at tho elbows and
seams. In four months your dress is
fit for nothiugbut the rag bag, and you
are obliged to get another, paying
another five dollars for having it made
up. Thus j'our dresses alone in four
months have cost you eighteen dol
lars. On tho contrary, the cashmere,
which would cost a total of eleven dol
lars and forty cents in the first place,
vould. with reasonable care, last you
fully a year, shedding dust and dirt
like a silk, aud always looking bright
and fresh. And when no longer fit
for you it would mako over into a nice
little play dress for your six-year-old.
Do you not agreo with me now that
the best is the cheapest? 1 have seen
women going around in dingy, faded
dresses, apologizing for their appear
anco by saying: "My dress is just a
cheap thing, you know, part cotton,
and it has faded dreadfully; but I
couldn't afford any thing better!" I
tell you that you can not afford to buy
any thing which is cheap! You will
surely lose in tho end, and will be
obliged to wear faded and shabby
clothes in the meantime.
In the second place, dress plainly.
It is for the wealthy to wear trim
mings and jet and beads nnd gimp and
fandangoes. These aro all very beau
tiful and becoming when one can af
ford to buy tho best; but to copy them,
as you must, in cheaper goods and
materials, they are worse than noth
ing. Because you admire a set of Rus
sian sable, worn by a daughter of Cros
sus, as sho rolls by in her carriage,
don't spend your precious ten dollars
in imitating it in monkey skin. It de
ceives no one, and only makes you
ridiculous. A bit of real sealskin
around j-our nock, or soft, velvety ot
ter, would bo far prettier. A long
time ago I went to buy a muff and the
salesman persuaded mo into taking a
black fox skin at a dolla:-, assuring
me that "no one could tell it from the
genuine lynx," Tho idea of having a
muff which every ono would think
was lynx pleased by my girlish van
ity (1 wa9 younger then, dear sisters),
and I bought it- I had carried it just
six weeks when the fur began to come
out, and I soon found that my precious
"lynx" muff was slowly growing bald!
I could not afford another; so, in
despair, I bought a bit of black
astrachan for forty cents (it only re
quired a quarter of a ard), made a
little cover, and slipped my poor muff
inside. A coquettish little knot oi
cherry -colored ribbon, peeping out
from one of tho holes, kept it from be
ing too somber, and in this way I have
carried it for two winters, and am be
ginning to fear that I am doomed to
carry it yet a third, as it is just as
good as ever. I learned a lesson,
however, which I shall never forget
thai it is far wiser and more satisfac
tory to buy a more modest material,
and havo it tho best of its
kind, than to spend tho same
amount of money on a cheap
imitation of something that is
far leyond our reach. Let alone cheap
things of all kinds! A tawdry bit of
gilt lace or tinsel never improves a
dress, but rather stamps the wearer as
shabby-genteel. A plain, dark dress,
neatly made and fitted, and finished
simply by a dainty white ruffle at
neck and wrists, looks far mora lady
like than one decked out with cheap
ornamention. Ifjthis seems too severe
ly plain and somber to suit your
fancy, twenty-five cents invested in
some becoming ribbon, to give you a
touch of brightness, will not bo spent
amiss. But before I leave this sub
ject I will merely remind you that
tho world of fashion is beginning to
realize the beauty of simplicity, and
some of the most elegant and expen
sive dresses worn by tho belles of
' Fifth avenue are the tailor-made
gowns, almost Quakerish in their
plainness, worn with linen collar and
cuffs. Minneapolis Housekeeper.
Vertigo Caused by Nicotine.
M. Decaisne has laid before the
French Academy of Medicine the re
sults of various investigations relating
to the vertigo peculiar to smokers.
From this it appears that tho numer
ous experiments made in this line havo
proved that nicotino contracts tho
muscular coat of the vessels, and that
vertigo is duo to the exaggerated con
traction of the arteries of the brain
tho patient experiences a feeling of
emptiness in the head, so much so that
he seems as if about to faint, every
thing turning around and his ideas bo
coming confused. M. Decaisne has
further ascertained that these phe
nomena are chiefly found in smokers
above fifty years of age, and especial
ly in thoso habitually accustomed to
smoking before meals; he has also
known several of theso persons to bo
treated for cerebral congestion, and
even for disease of tho heart, witn ,
result, as might be supposed, of in
creasing the symptoms, the proper
treatment consisting in. absolute ab
stention from the weed, and some
slight laxative with bitters. N. Y.
Tribune.
A Providence man defied his
mother-in-law and they had to bury
him without an inqueit. There wasn't
enough left of hija for the coroner to
sit On. Drake's Mugaidne-
NEW PARROT STORY.
One That Iiacouuta the Ordinavry tarn
About Klevrn Tlionaantt Times.
A well-known New Yorker lias ). a.',
an adventure which discounts byl'
tho average conventional pat ret
story. Ho wasfondof knocking hi ;;.
in outof-tho-way quarters of the wo:
and left ship on tho Centrnl Americ:'. -l
coast with a party of comrades to e -plore
the wilderness. During iJ-ruit
of several months tho entire ship'.
company a merry crew had devote t
their odd hours in singing to n parrot.
Tho sailors had lost no opportunities,
and taught tho bird all the seafariu g
lingo, and a few mo 10 or less clegs. i.b
expletives besides. When thuexpit.c
ing party had biddian tho bird and the
sailors good bye they plunged into s '.-.
heart of the tropical forest, Afi ;
twenty-eight miles of mortal elT-et
thoy reached their camping-placo for
tho night. Justus the sun was goitiL.'
dow n they wero startled to hear in tho
primeval silence a familiar voice cull
ing down from the top of a tall palm:
Avast there! Yo, heave ho!" It was
the ship's parrot. But lefore they
could recover their startled senses th
faithful bird, having flown ahead to
prepare this unexpected treat iur it-?
chums of tho voyage, fluttered down r
iho top of a dead stump near by, and.
with a shrill call, summoned thousands
of tho little green paroquets of the
country. It is said that eleven thou
sand of them wero counted, as thej
circled around the great gray Afrieai.
oracle on tho stump, nnd finally took
their places on tho ground row after
row. Thai explorers looked on in
dumb amusement. When tho feath
ered assemblage became quiet, the
ship's parrot burst into the words of a
familiar song, und, to tho inextin
guishable laughter of tho travelers,
the consternation of tho rest of the
tropical world, and tha delight of tho
festive precentor, tho whole of tho
eleven thousand paroquets, with ono
mighty burst of song, broke into
Nancy Lee." Ballou's Magazine.
HUMOROUS.
Love is blind, they say. Before
marriage ho certainly is, and aftor
marriago ho needs to be. Somerville
Journal. " "
Patient "I'm not afraid to die.
doctor, but I do dread !eing buried
alive." Doctor t;choerfully) "Don't
let that worry you. I'll see that you
ain't."
Scene A lonely sjot on a dark
night. "Would the gentleman bo so
kind as to assist a poor man? Besides
this revolver, I havo nothing in this
wide, wide world to call my own.'"
Boston Saturday Gazette.
The second period of tho earth's
existence, which is to end with the go
ing out of tho sun's light, will ter
minate in about thirteen million years.
We speak of this matter in time 60
j that our friends may get in their ba
! Martha's Vineyard Herald ,v"
On the Other Side The Countess
of Carlseu. "It won't be long, my
doar, beforo you'll lose that slight
American twang and become a thor-
ough-going Briton." Her daughter-in-law
"Hi 'opes you think Hi am
trying me best, me loddy." Judge.
Still come the yarns by wire and mail
Of men a century old
Whoaa sisht has not begnn to fail .
Whose step is light and bold: - , .
Who take their ten-mile morning walks '
Then nimbly danoe a jlK, '
And split a cord of hickory blootts
While the wind blows through their wig.
-Oil City Blizzard.
" Angelica, you mustn't ask Mr.
Finlay Place into the parlor. You
know we are all torn up with house
cleaning." "Well, ho won't mind
that-" "But there is only one chair
in the room." "Oh, that doesn't make
any difference, mamma." Toledo
Blade.
"You poor little boy! On tho
streets in rags such a day as this.
Havo you no home?" "Yes'm, I livo
in that house on tho other side of thw
street." "You have no mother, have
you, little child?" "Yes'm; she and
forty other women are in there now
making embroidered nightgowns for
tho Zulus." Chicago Tribune-'
Wicked Boarder (on Sunday)
"You do not read Sunday papers. I be
lieve. Mrs. DeGoode?" Mrs. DcGoodo
(severely) "No, I do not, and I am
grieved to find that you do." "I was
only going to 6ay that this copy of
Sunday Scandal has a two-column ac
count of that minister who was arrest
ed for improper " "Oh, if there is
any thing in tho puper about minis
ters, that's differenL Thank j-ou." -Philadelphia
Record, r
"So you want a placo on tho
staff?" inquired the editor of a comic
paper. "Have you had any experi
ence?" Not on a regular paper,"
replied tho applicant; "but I havo
been cracking jokes all my life.
"Umph!" returned the editor. "Any
references?" "Nobody except Mis
Giggle," he answered, with a blush;
"she once Baid I was too funny for
any thing." - "In that case I guess
you'r too funny for us." Puck.
Bobby has "been imparting to th
minister the important and cheerful
information that his father has got a,
new set of false teeth. " Indeed.
Bobby," replied the minister, indul
gently; "and what will he do with tho
old set?" "Oh. I s'posc." replied
Bobby, "they'll cut 'em down and
make roe wear 'em.'1 Harper's Bazar.
Friend (to sick man) "Don't you
find the long days lonesome, John,
confined as you arc to your bod and
easy chair?" Sick man "Lonesome,
friend? That doesn't express it. Why,
the gas collector called this afternoon
with a six months' gas bill, and I paid
tho bill and put my arms around his
LtX'; and called hira brother." N. Y.
Sun.
"Brother Dumlcy, doyou hupposo
I ctin get your wife to givo our Young
Ladies' Domestic Economy Association
an address on housekeeping or some
thing of that sort? Her booki and
magazine articles aro o much ad
1 mired that I think- sho must talk do
' liglitfully." "Oh, laws! my wife can't
talk.
" "Why, what's tho m
'4t' frue' ail write."
attcr with
I hoi ?