It Pal .listed Weekly at
,j,t"J.G. r. ioi-r.Tr.
UY J A M fr t. HASM).
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(Hfpt!.'!"1'.. , .,,,! W,hin3 niootbs.. 1.7&
,l" 'i" II nut Pld within month! . .X
,l" Knot laid within they ear., if
,,u restdin outsld of lb county
fj.nuonal v J.ar will b chafed to
n.rted Irom. " .,,., i
Ironi. n' . van(. niaKt not a
un inters" ,.j uB the omi footlna a those
P" fTn'l. tact M distinctly understood 1
uwn inters u the Hume footlna aa those who
' J - .It be distinctly understood rrura
t61, time n.rwara. e)oreyonMf)pt ,f iU)p .
It T u,u" l..Miite IS loo short. I
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-IN
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Ihla Mtn. ! ! w wnnt let re.
au,e itr lwk H ilrparlnifaU
-lit 1'rlcew owr sncl lo:l.
r ui"l 1! ' I-"".''' ' "' '-"j fnl.
Siiirilrn rnt'ts. oents, tet makes.
v.illp var.l wid, ents.
t rr,t, s.iMn,., rent quality a' I4ecnt.
t , ,,t Him, no I.S cents, were Si cents.
Kiiif-t '' !l idiyr itiualiuis, '4 :i'ili, wer
rt,l (. u.l l're. illnbaiuk. cent, were
,rrn. li l'ri I leo.l HlnldK, ."tr'pe an.l Kn
ein it . a j-iinl r 1 hi und
(. , ri v.iiii.'H in t'reain White iitutunr Wool
IJr.lu ti. i. m French C'hallle.
.; .ii.-li I 1 1 ii ' t Iudla Mlk, at in cents a jard.
i, rii l ir.ilin In BlacK and t'olored urith
i:k, lM"ii. tll"T. Vnderwe:ir, llijiUry,
l.a c I ii rr ,i his, llousekirplnn l.iuci.s
llns I- "he i't munth In the jreur M huy.
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V iii-ins writ'en at short notice In tne
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Awtl alhrr tint la C'onipi. nlf .
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. The Favorite
M.'ilidnn for Tliroat nl Lung Piffi
i Las Ions bri-n, ami is, Aj tr's
1 Hcrry lVctorol. It curc Croup,
Whooping CoiiRh, Ilronchltli, auj
Atbiua; Sf.otliu irrt.iion c tlio
I-kryux ;i:nl Faitors; striiiKtlu the
Xoviil OrR.nn; ;il!.i n.in no.H i f tl.a
I.uiih; jivur.-n'jt ouMiiiii.tioii, an l,
Cru in a.l:m. t ,1 jI.its of that Uiseu.sc,
r. I.cvch C'ull!:.l au.l iiulm cm iocp.
T!u ro in no i.th. v i.rraration fur di.s.
i ,ti i f tl.r t!::i.ii aa.l laugs to bo cutu
I'.kri ii Ii tl.ts r. iiH-vlr.
"My iv;.',. In I a ilistrcHsin cnt:h,
m!i i.iinim th.. si.l, an.l bicist. Wei
tr.i.l i.i::ni:i tii.-ilii-uios, but notio liJ
b. r any t:. ..,l until I pot boltlrt tf
A it's t in rrv I'.-, ti.rtl, liii li h.ks curt-il
ln i. A ii..:LMilH.r. Mrs. til. -an, ha.l thrt
I ' l-Ii l the i un,-li ;n ri'lie .l bv
t..i u-o Am i's t herry I'.-rtuiI. 1
Lavo nuLvsit jtiwn iu rccouuutU'ling this
Cough Medicine
M-irv i.iie arl n t. .l Hi.N rt Il.trto-i,
Koiciihii Il. a.fi.jUt, Murrilltou, Ark.
"I 1..cn a:Mirt...l wiilt ntl.ml
f. r fry r i.;irs. I.;ist uprm 1 was t.ikcn
t'.i a t...K-iit i iiii-li, w in, h tUrc.il. u. .1
t.' tcniun.Of my il.irs. Kvi ry nun jt
n -in.v.l iii. iu 1'tis i'npti.m. 1 tlutt-r.
ii. m. I t, try Ay.t'it t'liwrrv lVtnral.
I'.'A.'kwhp in.ii'i. al. I u'as immcli-
v r..'.:...t ittnl nniliniii .1 to nupruvn
ii' '. .rely rcruviic'l." Ji 1 UuiUr!.
tii. i l, Couu.
" .v" k ii:itnlis a.i I li.. a s,. ort Tu-m-rTr!-'
brought .ii by an
I . : ron ;li hi. ll l.-iri .i iiim ..f
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:: M.ta:n. i ii. r.-li..f mini t U
t'l'i ! ike A. r' t'liorry roi tural. A
l-w . t Ii ir m.-.li. iu rur.-.l nic."
E. votmru, l'J tjo.ou.l sr., Lowtll.
H..V', .
".r i!nMr,.n afiri.t.-.t with robls,
' . V to thr.Mt. IT TiHl, 1 .lit lli't
aa.iMf ,( .in. r,tl.,iv v u i, ,n ejvt
tuor M,.,..,v r,.h,.f .Tver's fli.-rry
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" ..f Wh.H.piutf ,.J1h.,,
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Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
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m SHAYIHG PARL0R1
KB. CENTRE AND SAMPLE STREETS
EDENSDURC. PA.
J- H. (iANT, Prssprietor.
act Qroeri far or.r C-ice ft'ivir, rt
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WS MERCANTILE COLLEGE,
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. 1'ittsburic, fa.
tl?, Haut printod call it (j,,,
T" Va'.' "''!' "nd ns at oar place J,
nrst , '" t,u,"!,"', hours. Everythlna kepi I
"--.i . .i" ."v A ba'h r.Mim has been con-!
-o:..., .', '- .. -her the public cao be ac ' yj
so 1 ,. ' '"' h"t r c.,1,1 t.ath. Hatlltuh ! f A
ii-fJu ..,i,ne.-e.l therein kept perfectly i '
' ",N r"i a r.i.tT j Via
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JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and
ry TTATT? YVTTT
THE : : SUN.
FOR
18 8 9
Anil for the Itriuorraey .
THKSt'.N believes that the c.imalirn tor the
eie-tii.n of a Ik inm'ntlc C .ntcref. la lwi and a
1111 M-retlc Prep lan t In lm.' ehoul.l healn or or
alMiut the fourth ot next Mrch THE lN will
he on hand at the heicinninic and until the end ot
the njimt Intereiittna; and Important political con
flict si nee the arnr. dninic IU hnnnsi utmmt. ti
eTer, tu ceure tne trluniph ol the ltcmicratto
party and the permanent supremacy ot the prln
ri le held by Jellero.n, J.u'liio and lllilen.
The itreat lact at the yeiir Is the return to a b so
lute power of the common enemy ol all good
Itemocrats tha p.illtical oricanlzall.in for whose
overthrow THKSl'N rouvlitat the front tor Bfteen
ye.trn. the uieuiorahle yeans of tlrant sou tha
rr.in l H.t.fm, an4 iiirn..il an.l Ar'hur.
1 1 U the same old encmv that !emocrt now
finfmnt. and he will he Intrenched In the same
ktrnnu position. It has heen carried once by
brave and ll h t tnit hopeltil. Ik, you not bellee
with Til K M N that the IQIna. .ap Se dime attainr
Walt and see.
Die nope ol the Ih-tuocrtry Is In the loyal ef
fort? ol tae united pres, cherishing no memories
ol past .iinVrrnre In non essentials, lorirettlnic
e.-etythlnu t ut the lestons ol experience, and that
Ti.-tory is a duty.
I'roliuMf yi.n know THE SVN already as a
newspaper which net all the news and prints It
n Ine unj.arthly Interest I a shape; whlcrt
chronicles larts as thee o-sur and tells the trub
aUnit men and events with absolute learlrssness,
milking ine eoinpietest anj most enieriaininK
journal puoimhed anywhere on earth and which
veils itM otiinlons only to its subscribers and pur.
chasers at tww cents per cope n Sundays lour
cents. II you do not know THE SI' N, send lor It
and letrn what a wonderlul thing it is to be la
thu sunshine.
iuily, per m..n:b . . SO .in
l'ally, per year Mt
Sunday, per year ISO
lhttly and unday. per year ..... H M
I'aily and Snn.Uy, per month .... tt TO
M eekly Sun. one ear ....... 1 OO
il0 NOT PLEDBB
Uurelves to keep abreast, but to ke. p tUe lead
over all others In selllnK you
Fiitc, AnsttiiTrir pike, amis
Hi l l. Jl tTI KKI, KIIK WU1H.
Klt.S AMIS WIM.H
At prices tbat make all ether dealers hustle.
Just think ot It :
Overholta i0 's I'nre Kye. nee year old.
Kuil iiuarts $l.i o. or 10.o per dosen.
Mill betier r
l inch's io!den We"d.llnir. ten years old. "ull
.ju irts l '2S ir$li.uo per dtaen.
Hatter still !
Kentucky Hourhon. ten years old. lull
quarts or Sli.uil per dozen.
Ar.duneot the most saleable Whiskies oa our
list Is
I be 1'ure Kluht Year I ld Kxpr rt (luekenhelm
er Full quarts i uo. or 10 per dosen.
There Is no Wnlsky Hint has ever been sold
that has trr. wn In lavor with the publi.; so rauid
Iv as our old Export, and tbe simple reason l
that It is utterly Impossible to dupli. tie it.
There will never beany let up In the purity
and fine lUtor in any partlcnlnr ol the I'urc Call
li.rnia Wines we are now selliny at 60 cents per
bottle, l ull quarts, or t5.no per doien.
In tuaklnv up your orders please enclose H. O.
Money t)r lor or Drall. or Ket(Utrr your order.
JOSEPH FLEMING & SOX,
WHOLESALE ANU KETA1L
DUUGCilSTS.
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AIERICAX FISHES.
A ip'iir tis-atwe upon the tram and Food
Kisbes ol M..rth America, with especial reterenre
to liul.lt- a .1 methi il i of capture, by iJ Brown
''"". I' S. fouiini.i..ner of r Ish and Fisher
ies. With cuu.erons tl.ust.attons anil a nagma
cent Irotin -piece plate ot a brook trout In nine
colors. The work Is piitlthHt In oBe volume,
K.ival I i.-tavo. I iver fs n pities, inin new plates,
on handsome paper, and elegantly bound. Sent
free on receipt ol price. .l io.
FAULKNER & ALLAN,
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EbcniburK, July lv, '. --It.
r2ATURE'3
CURE FOR
CCHST1PAT10H,
tklLIIBU KrlLUI
far Mrk slsairk.
far TerpM Liver.
Billeaa Headache,
I wllTi iru,
Tarraat's KtTrrvesraat
Slttr A leriitt.
it Is certain In Its etTect.
Ills aenlle in Its acti. n.
It is paUteable te tbe
taste. It can be relied
upon to cure, and U cures
by suiifiitf, not by outrag
ing, natare. I m tot tans
li.lent ponratlvei your
selves or allow your chil
dren to take them, always
use this eleicnnt phar
maceutical preparation,
which has eea tor more
than lorty years a public
lav.irlte. Soli ay eVasguls
reerjftraera.
AND
DYSPEPSIA.
KENTUCKY
H1ULES.
The u1y firm in
mi L.I In f Ken-
!riin II ft) r a is a
I'riMtit ttlltl 1 'It
oitNiaDt.T in thir tai.l cne bntdrvl wl ol
Mnif, Mil 17. froiu four fot t lb brj- iun!
w. i -innsi 1 MH 114.. ar IK itmlioim ?'..
r. i to all .ri f tli .(Mf nu or-lr. Kuthiuic U
I oicksi st.i k to be fiMttid m tb.-ir stablca.
t orrespona.'uce soluillvd.
Miiiri Purine Kinwit Aim L i hi Votintam
t. f- U jntits m 4rkmiM, T?im, lianiM
an.l -'4th, ii'l O. i'.t-r fth. ThirtT .tnw-limit
-i.v;r rivilf-tfM, rhtHp lnU. 4'initiarJy tr Amt
i r i t.7 ti-ci ijnnr tU'i rinnipiui'ii irr-, t.l'Tr
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THE SAND-HILL CRANE.
An Old Sport .man Telle Thmt lie Knows
About the I'rsllrtoms Itlrtl.
(hio ot the most delightful hunting
ports that wm indulg-ed in to a larpo
extent twenty-Cve and thirl)' years
agro on tho wide, level prairies of Illi
nois had been forever suppressed by
tho encroachments of civilisation; I
alludo to sund-hiU crane hunting.
There was more delicate skill required
in this sport than in any other kind of
hunting1, perhaps, for the sand-hill
crane is one of those birds that is
noted for its extreme shyness, and for
acutontss of Eight and hearing; and,
therefore, the hunter had to employ
the most skillful urtiSces" to attain ntiy
success whatever in tho 6jorL Tho
crano is a wading bird, conspicuous In
its make-up for legs and neck as ex
ceedingly slim and long as those of
tho obnoxious animal, geuu dude. It
has a long, sharp-pointed bill, long
.wings, short tail and short, strong
claws. They are vory largo birds,
somo measuring from tip of bill to tho
end of the claws sixty-five incho?; ex
tent of wings ninety-two. and bill
six. They aro generally' of a
pure white color, but some
have a bluish gray tinL The
sand-hill cranes frequent marshes,
mmldy flats and open plains, migrat
ing to warm climates in winter and re
turning to the North in tho summer to
breed. They fly usually at night in
large flocks, following a leader in two
diverging lines, at a great elevation,
and at times uttering loud cries. Their
food consists principally of small
6nakes. fish, mice, insects, seeds, roots
and grain. The old sand-hill cranes
used to come in immense flocks in the
middle of Oetuber and remain. until the
middle of April k Illinois, and their
familiar cries were heard along the
large sloughs and low, swampy de
pressions in tho vast prairie regions
of tho State. They fed uon tho worms
and fi.sh aud ground mice in these
mars,hes. Some very peculiar habits
were exhibited by these sand-hills,
and it seemed that they were divided
into colonies, each of which had a
lender, whoso cry was the supreme
law. In the airy mornings of the
early autumn days large numbers of
the cranes would congregate round a
slougn and all join in a regular quad
rille, forming in couples in duo form,
und going through all tho intricate
m sizes of this particular stylo of
Terpsichoreaa pleasure as faultlessly
tui the beaux and belles iu a
West End dancv True, some of
tho young cranes were awkward, but
the old ones presented all the long
limbed greo of a Mary Anderson in
her dance of Perdita. But while the
flock indulged in dancing, tho leader
stood alone and still, some distance
away, with head erect, as if a sentinel
to give the cry of alarm on any ap
proaen of Canger. And it was only
the most expert hunters that ever sur
prised the cr.uies. for their leadt-r was
never unwary, but as watchful with
st naitivocar and keen eye as any sol
dier on picket duty. Rut the ingenious
mind of the hunter finally hit upon a
plan that, coupled with his own pa
tience and practice, was moderately
suceejasifuL Horses were trainod to
steal softly wiih light steps over the
lorg waving prairie grui up to the
spot where the cranes tvere either
holding a dancing carnival or were as
siduously engaged in searching for
food. By this means tho hores car
ried their riders within shooting dis
tance of the cranes, and before the
birds could poise themselves in
preparation for flight tho horses
would suddenly spring in their
mid-t, aud the hunters were
hus given excellent opportunity
for fiiia shots, lluntersi had learned
that it took a moment for the birds to
poSse before flying. Rut it was an im
possibility for a hunter to walk within
shooting distance, of a flock without
th leader giving Jtcrj of alarm. Hunt
ers have crawled for a quarter of a
mile through tho long prairie grass,
over the wet marsh, mud and black
loam cf Illinois, and when almost
within shooting distance and on the
rery tipt.te of expectancy, the leader
of the cranes would give the alarm
and away tho flock would fly to Boma
adjoining slough. The poor hunter
was left to dry his slothes, scrape the
mud oft and use language not at all
conducive to a devotional frame of
mind. Finally horses were trained to
walk quietly up to where the cranes
were congregated and rush suddenly
upon them. It wa a well-known fact
that a hunter could ride horseback
almost up to the slough where the
cranes were and they would not detect
him, or at least take him and the ani
mal to be one and the same being. It
required long patience to train tho
horses, but the animals finally came
to enjoy the sport with as much zest,
apparently, as the huntors themselves.
St. Louis tllobe-Ds-moerat.
Wood in Paper-Making.
The discovery of tho value of wood
in paper-making, the Kennebec (Me.)
Journal says, is credited to Dr. 1L 1L
Hill, of that city. About forty years
ago the doctor visited the paper-mill
at Vassalboro, and, after looking, over
the machinery, suggested the feasi
bility of using wood, and asked why
the manufacturers did not get a few
bales of excelsior from Augusta, where
it was made, and try the experiment
of making paper from wood. "It
can't be done," said tha manufacturers.
Have not you got as much gumption
as the hornets, whose nests are made
of wood paper?" asked the doctor.
The result of this conversation was a
letter, some time later, from the firm's
wholesale agents in Boston asking
what they were putting in their paper
to make It s much better than it had
been. It was tho wood, tho first used
in this way.
Mrs. Smith-"How is it that you
always havo so much pin money.
Belle?'' Mrs. Jones "I boo that my
husband's clothes aro kept well mend
tsJ."TJurlaigton Freo Press.
'HI II A TKIIMiH WHOM Til TRUTH
EHEKSBURG. PA.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 30. 1SS9.
HISTORIC "DARK DAYS."
Fhsnonwiis tnm tw Very Heavy. Thick
Clou .la, Mlna;ll with Seaokw.
Tho "dark day" first mentionod oc
curred in New England on May 19,
1780. Tho darkness became as grat
as it ordinarily is on a clear night.
Candles wore lighted in housos, and
many suerstitious people wero great
ly alarmed, dropped their labors, and
betook themselves to religious devo
tions. It appears that, with regard
to the state of the atmosphere preced
ing this uncommon darkness, it was
noticed in many sections, for several
days Itefore, that the air seemed to bo
of smoky and vaporous character.
Tho sun and moon exhibited an unu
sual color, and divested of their usual
brightness and lucid aspect The
time of tho commencement of this ex
traordinary darkness was between the
hours of ten and eleven in the fore
noon of Friday, and continued until
tho middle of the following nighL
Tho morning was cloudy and darkish,
and tho sun. rising towards tho zenith,
gave no increase of light, as usual,
but on the contrary, tko dsrkness con
tinued to increase throughout the day.
Tho color of objects is another point of
interest. Tbat of the clouds was com
pounded of a faint red yellow and
brown that, during the darkness ob
jects which commonly appear green,
were of the deepest green verging to
blue, and that thoe which appear white
wero tinged with yellow. In most
places thunder was heard a number of
times in the morning. The clouds
soon began to rise from tho southwest,
with a gentle breeze, and there were
several small showers before eight
o'clock. The water that fell was
found to have an unusuAl character,
being thick, dark and sooty. The
rain-water which people saved in
tubs was the subject of universal and
wondering remark. On examining
the water there was found a light
scum uion it, which, on being rubbed
bwtweon the thumb and finger, seemed
to rucembli the black ashes of burnt
laaves; the water also gave tbe same
strong sooty smell which character
ized tho air. Thero is no doubt but
that the upper air was charged with
the smoke of burning forests, prob
ably many miles away, and that the
pressure of the atmosphere becoming
loss (it was noted that the barometer
fell considerably) this smoke came
earthward, and was mingled with the
heavy rain clouds.
A great many "dark days" have
been chronicled, the most ancient be
ing in 2.5 R. C, and A. D. 252. 748
and 77.x England had dark days"
in January, 1S07. and October 21.
116. Detroit had one on October l'J.
16 Another remarkable one was
in Canada. October lfi. 163. London
is subject to them, because of the fog
and smoke. They are all doubtless
duo to very heavy, thick clouds,
mingled with smoke. Toledo Blade.
LONG-LIVED INDIANS.
Age-d Bedsklwa Ant one Whom I On. 81s
Scot. Tsars of Age.
Deputy United St ates Marshal Ralph
Dominguez. of Los Angeles, tells a very
strange tale of the extraordinary lon
gevity of some Indians upon whom he
served some papers recently.
Five Mission Indians were subpoe
naed to testify in a case wherein the
Government is plaintiff. The point
involved is as to whether or not the
Indians shall bo maintained in the
possession of the Potrero reservation,
which comprises 45,kO acres of the
finest land In Southern California.
The five Indians in question were
wanted to testify as to how long they
had had possession of the reser
vation, and their ages ranged from
eighty to 120 years. Mr. I Vim in guez
found them in the Yuma desert, about
ten miles the other side of India
The eldest of the quintette was Juan
Sabichi, who had been on earth 120
years. Franclsca Apache was aged
115 years. Juan Largo had only lived
100 years. Juan Cohulla was born
ninety-five years ago. The youth of
the party was chief Cabazon. who had
only recollected of soeiag eighty sum
mers pass.
Juan Sabichi and Francisca Apache
recollect of the commencement of the
work on the mission at Potrero,
which, as a historical fact, was built
one hundred and ten years ago. They
both assisted in the construction of
the antique tomple, as they carried
adobe and in that way aided in the
work. On account of their extreme
age they can hardly walk now. but all
tnings considered they are quite
"chipper."
Francisca Apache was married four
teen years ago, when he was over one
hundred years old. In honor of his
union to an Apache woman, who on
the occasion was a blushing bride of
sixty summers, he added to his name
the name of the tribe his wife was a
member ol
Four years age the father of Chief
Cabazon died at tha advanced age of
one hundred and forty years, and
then his son succeeded to the chief
tainship. These extraordinary in
stances of the longevity of the, Mis
sion Indians, who number about six
hundred, speak a great deal for the
climate of the Yuma desert, where
during all this time they have lived
undisturbed by the white man. San
Diego (CaL) Union.
Husband "I must raise f 1,300 to
morrow or my note will go to protest,
and if my creditors once get started
after me I am a ruined man." Wife
"Don't fret, dear. You can 6urely
raise that much on my diamonds.
You know you said they were worth
$3,000 at tho lowest valuation." And
as the memory of the awful lie he
had told the day he gave her that
$27 set of gems rose up before hi
guilty conscience, the miserable man
betook himself into the outer dark
ness with an exceedingly bitter cry.
Terra Haute Express.
It is estimated that there are 365
colleges in the United States. 4.855 in
stitutions of learning, and 05,718 stu
dent, la them-
Mill) FEI1, IBS AXI. 1BI BL1TU SKSIDX.'
HAD A RAT-TRAP.
Bat lie Made st Mistake In Waking; l p m
1'ssssnger.
It was on one of the Sound steam
ers coming down the other day. A
man of middle age and much dignity
bad fallen asleep in his rocking-chair
on the promenade deck, when he was
approached by a sharp-nosed, hawk
eyed man of forty, who had a parcel
In his hand.
"Hey you!" ho exclaimed, as ho
slapped the sleeping man on the shoul
der. "Sir! How dare you?" sternly de
manded the latttr, as he rousod up.
"I haven't done any thing that I
can bo sent to State prison for, have I?"
"What is your business with me,
sir?"
"That's bettor. That's coming to
the jioint. Let me draw up a chair
and tako it easy as we chat. You told
me at Stoning ton that you thought
yon would order twelve dozen as a
starter. Supjtoso you double the
order and take ten porcenL discount?"
Sir, what are you talking about,
and who do you take mo for?" de
manded tho man.
"Your name is is Faxon firm of
Faxon & Brown, dealers in hardware,
isn't it?"
"No. sir!"
Yhat! Why. I'd bet a farm agin
a whoel-barrow that it was! Didn't
we have a conversation at Stoning
ton?" "No. sir!"
Didn't I show j-ou my centennial
rat-trap and exhibit its workings?"
No. sir!"
"Didn't demonstrate the favt that it
would catch and hold any thing from
a mouse to a raccoon, and that tho
public was bound to buy millions of
'cm?"
"Sir! Do you intend to Insult me?"
shouted the other.
"Not for Joseph. I never insulUnl
nobody. It's curious if I have made n
mistake. Didn't you spend half an
hour yesterday investigating my anti
friction, double leverage, anti-cogless
centennial rat-trap. warranted to
clean out a whole county of rats, mice,
chipmunks, gophers and rabbits in
side of ten days, or no pay?'
"No, sir! No, sir!"
"Well, that's queer! I'd tako my
aftidavy it was you. And you didn't
order twelve dozen, to bo shipped the
first of the week?"
Never! You ought to have more
sense and manno s, sir! Go away
about your business!"
"My business is to sell the centen
nial rat-trar only thing ever invent
ed to entice rats without bait; nodoli
cate machinery to get out of order; no
cost for steam power to run IL If I
have made a mistake I beg your par
don." Then go away, sir go away be
fore 1 forget my position and do you
injury!"
"You wouldn't injure a feller for
wanting to sell you a rat-trap which
lays over all other Inventions in
America, would you? If you ain't tho
man who ordered tho twelve dozen,
you may want to give me an order just
the same, I will show you how it
works."
"No, you won't! Go away, sir go.
or I'll do you harm! You are tho
most impudent rascal I've met in a
year!"
And you won't look at my trap?"
'No, sir!"
'And you want me to leave you in
solitude?"
"At once, sir!"
"Well. I'll do iL Somo folks force
their inventions upon the public That
ain't my style. My centennial rat
trap speaks for itseiL I go, sir; but 1
leave my card. Peruse it at your
leisure. All mail will reach me
promptly at that address. Send you a
dozen on trial, or give j-ou a discount
of five per cent, on all over three
dozen. Send In your orders as early
as possible, as the season is forward.
Au revoir. sir." N. Y. Sun.
A Touching Obituary.
The following lines are copied from
the obituary column of a rural New
York journal: "It is with deep regret
that we chronicle the death of G
IL M , of , New York. He
passed away on Monday morning.
Mfsrch 25th. after an illness of little
more than three days.... We had been
acquainted for five years. Wo began
in the poultry business at the same
time, both buying W3-andotte eggs of
the same man. The writer soon gav-e
up the breed ar kept only Langshans.
But George kept' his Wyandottes,
bought only the best, bred carefully;
and though we have seen many fine
birds we know of few which lay more
and larger eggs or breed finer chicks
than his do. We have had many
fowls and eggs of him, and would as
quick trust him as eurself to ship eggs
or to select stock." Harper's Maga
zine. London's Ancient Wall.
Another portion of the old city wall
by which London was surrounded has
just been brought to light in the
neighborhood of Ludgate HilL It
stands at the juncture of Little Bridge
street. Pilgrim street and the Broad
way, very near another portion which
was laid bare and taken down about
five or 6ix years since at the corner of
Little Bridge street. If not actually
of Roman construction, it is largely
constructed of Roman materials, and
it probably formed part of a bastion
or tower at an angle of the city wall.
It is about ten feet high and twelve
feet in length. Its depth and thick
ness will be seen when the adjoining
wall is removed, as w ill shortly be the
case. London Times.
The number ot colleges and insti
tutions in-the country is the same as
it was ten years ago, but the number
of students has increased from 11,161
to 32.316 in the same period.
The use of electricity for lighting
purposes is older than most people
think. It was Noah who first made
uso of tie ark UgliU Albany Express.
81. SO and
SUFFERING SAILORS.
The Terrible Kgpeiriewr. of Kin.
Casta-
ways in tl.e Carll!eu.
Nino shipwrecked sailors lived for
over three weeks, in April last, on a
desert island only thirty miles from
the southeast corner of Jamaica.
They were entirely naked, for in their
terrible struggle to got ashore after
their bark had foundered on a
coral reef they lost all their clothing.
For two days they were without drink,
but they finally obtained, by digging,
a small supply of very brackish water.
They had no means of kindling a fire,
and were compelled to eat their food
raw. They found a few eocoanuts,
caught a few birds and a number of
sea crabs, and eked out a very meager
diet with somo little roots like the
common white radish. Their story is
all the more interesting because the
adventure occurred in the West Indies,
within a short distance of the large
town, of Kingston. Jamaica, where it
would hardly bo eelicved that ship
wrecked sailors could suffer so long
without succor. In fact, relief did not
come until after two of the crew had
reached Jamaica on a rafL
The bark Gettysburg, of Aberdeen,
was on hor way . from. Montevideo to
Pensacola when, on a dark and stormy
night, she struck on a reef outsido tho
Morant rt..ys, and in a few minutes sank
in deep water. Seven ef tho crew were
drowned, but Captain Stewart and
e:ght men, after clinging to the wreck
ago until daylight, succeeded in getting
ashore. Half starved, terribly blis
tered and burned by the hot sun, and
some of them so weakened by their
struggles in the sea as to bo almost
helpless, they wero from first to last
in a most pitiable condition. There is
no telling how long their sufferings
would have continued if they ha not
at last succeeded in making a frail raft
that bore two of the men safely to
Jamaica. - -
Out of an old pleco of bagging,
some bits of llanket, and a mat
tress that had been washed ashore
they contrived to rig somo sails for
their rafL It was just three
weeks after they landed on the island
that Jones and Allan, two sailors,
started for Jamaica. Tho provisions
they carried wero all the eocoanuts
that were leftou the island, a piece of
pork that had washed up on the
beach, and nina pints of water in old
bottles they h:ul found on the island.
The raft sank cighteou inches below the
water in tho center, but at the ends it
was slightly elevated abovo the sur
face. The men were too weak to
stand, and during tko forty-eight
hours required to sail thirty miles .to
Jamaica they were constantly in water
up to their waists. . Landing near
Moraat Bay. they were picked up
nearly dead from exhaustion and
taken to Kingston, where they were
kindly cared for. Relief was prompt
ly sent to their comrades, and the
whole party were landed in England a
few weeks ago.
Tho Pacific ha of lato years boon
the most prolific scene ot castaway
stories; but tho thrilling adventures of
the crew of the Gettysburg show that
sailors along our Eastern shores may
also meet with experiences now and
then of the Robinson Crusoe order.
N. Y. Sun.
THE WESTERN COWBOf.
Qualttiea That Ar. IndipensbIo to Sue
reus on rit. J'lalna.
To be a successful cowboy ono must
be skillful in four qualities. He must
be a good ridor, have complete con
trol of bis lariat, a good knowledge of
the country and be a keen judge of
cattle and their brands." Riding all
6orts of horsea, as ho does, soon gives
him an intuitive knowledge as to
whether any particular horse will
give him trouble, and when once on ho
has got to stick for all he knows how.
His rope comes in handy fifty times a
day, either to catch somo maddened
cow or runaway calf, to haul wood
and hundreds of other uses. Without
a knowledge of the country he could
never pilot a branch of cattle to the
main herd or could ho look up strays,
and finally other cattlemen would
palm off tho most miserable specimens
upon him if he could not tell good
beef from bad. His readiness to dis
tinguish and knowledge of the vari
ous marks used to denote ownership
is exceedingly important, especially
in the spring, as disputes frequently
arise.
AU these qualities a really good
cowman excels in. and when to these
is added cheerfulness, adaptability
and good humor, it is hard to find a
more pleasant companion. The life
is hard, but the freedom and excite
ment seem in most instances to out
weigh the hardships. Philadelphia
Times.
Sunlight and Health.
The petent influence of sunlight
upon health can hardly bo exaggerated.
Dr. Wier Mitchell, in his interesting
researches on snake poisons, found
that the poison of the deadly cobra, if
exposed to sunlight for a brief time,
became harmless. Prof. Huxley has
shown that yeast increases indefinitely
in volume amid darkness and damp,
while in sunlight just the reverse is
tho case. Sunless houses aro unnatur
al creators of sickness. The preva
lence of goitre in Siberia, which at
tacks twelve and often twenty-flve per
cenL of the people in somo villages,
is ascribed to tho accumulation of
filth in deep, narrow valleys and the
habit of Russian peasants of keeping
their houses tightly closed. Free ac
cess of light favors nutrition and regu
larity of development and contributes
to beautify the countenance, while de
ficiency of light is usually character
ized by ugliness, rickets and deform
ity, and is a fruitful source of scrofula
and consumption in any climate. It
is probable that one of the chief bene
fits derived by invalids from a winter
sojourn of Alpine or tropical resorts is
due to the large amount of 6unlight
en j oyed. Science.
"So long as Ireland wa3 silent
under her wrongs, England was deaf
to her erica." Irish Newtspaper. --"
ii iii a n ej 1 1 i 1 1
postage per year In advance.
NUMBER 30.
HAIR-DYE FOR WORKMEN.
Driven to L'ao It In Order to Keep I'p In
tho Itaro with tlie Young.
Thero is now going on a mighty
tfugfflo which is almost essentially a
question of ago. Yet it is one which
affects thousands and thousands of
men and women who aro toilers and
bread-winners.
On nil sides preference is given by
employers to youth over more ad
vanced years. Absalom, in tho vigor
of his juvenility, is content to receive
twenty to thirty per cenL less money
than his inoro mature rival. In whole
sale warehouses, in public companies,
in retail establishments, in tho street,
on the road and tho rail, men and
women who are still halo and hearty
in mind and body havo been set adrift
to mako room for the younger and
cheaper generation. They aro will
ing to work for the samo w.ige, but
the masters Will have none of them.
In their distress they turn to a
comforter not to tho work-house, if
they can avoid so doing; not tr the
charitable institutions, not tlio trades
union, but to Figaro himself, the per
ruquier, the hairdresser, tho barber.
The amount of hair-dyo used by arti
sans and laborers of all sorts is not
only enormous, but increases day by
day. It is not vanity which impels
them to the practice, it is life, for
which it is well worth dyeing.
The testimony on the subject is un
deniable. A knight of the razor in
the north of London testifies that ho
is doing a tremendous trade in hair
dyo with working-men for the reasons
given above. "They take it home."
he said, "and get their wives to lay it
on. In many cuses it is an absolute
necessity with female employes. Pro
prietors of big millinery establishments
won't havo women with gray hair on
the premises.
"You've no idea what misery I've
been aware of in families from gray
hair. I knew a man, a father of six
children. All of a siuldon, from ill
ness, 1 think, his hair whitened, and
his employer took tho earliest oppor
tunity of giving him the sack, and
getting t. younger man in his place.
Ho couldn't obtain another situaticin
anywhere, and the more troublo he
had tho older he looked. At last, when
bo was at his wit's end, somo ono told
him to get his hair dyed, and, what's
more, lcait him the money to have it
done. Well, he's got another place.
It's less money; but you'd hardly
know him again. I've seen scores
like him Your young folk may snocr 1
at dye and crack jokes ou the subject,
but us true as I'm not a Dutchman it's
been the salvation of many hard-working
men and women." A lady dealing
in human hair near St. Pancras, wh.-n
sounded on tho subject, admitted tho
practice, and allowed that sho dealt
very bu-gc-ly in dye. nearly all vendod
to those earning their living in largo
cominorcial establishments.
, The same tale was repeated by
ono who did a good deal of
traffic in this way with ladies of
tho theatrical persuasion. 'Lor'
bloi-s you."' he exclaimed, 'with
out hair-dye some of those women
would be nowhere. What would you
say, if you was a manager, if a girl
with gray locks camo to you and
wanted an engagement? I expect
you'd show hor the door pretty quick
ly. I'm not talking of thoso vain
young females who turn black to gold
or red to brown. I mean the chorister
of thirty-five to forty, still good look
ing, but who is beginning to show tho !
powder puff on her head. Thero isn't
one, there isn't twenty, thero isn't a
hundred, but I'd like to bet there's a
thousand or more in the United King
dom. Their greal-grandmothors had
to wear wigs; their descendants are a
deal more comfortable with a little
harmless coloring matter on their
own hair." And so the story runs ad
infinitum. London Telegraph.
HUMOROUS.
Customer "I can't wear this
suit and that's the end of it! It's all
shrunk up on one side!" Rosedale
"Vat you expecgt mit dehi diagonal
goota." Puck.
Young Lawyer to his Client "Do
not trouble yourself about tho caso at
all, my dear sir. I assure you that to
gain a favorable verdict for you will
be the object of my whole life,"
If our merchant marine has gone
to decay wo still have more ships than
any nation on the face of the earth.
Somo aro consul-ships, but more aro
postmas tor-ships. Boston PosL
Papa (earnestly) "Didn't I en
join upon you not to see that young
man again?" Daughter (quite as
earnestly) "Yes, papa; but he came
with an order of court to vacate the
injunction and I vacated II"
Mrs. Jinx "I'm going to com
mence house-cleaning to-day." Mr.
Jinx "Well?" Mrs. Jinx "Well, I
wish you would swear your phono
graph full and send it up to the house
for me to turn on occasionally when
my feelings get too much for mo. Will
you?"
Miss Kissan "Oh, Calvert! This
is so-o-o-o unexpected." Her Maid
-Excuse me. Miss Mary, but yuro
mother sint me down t' tell yez that
about that matter she wor talking over
wid yez this mornin fer youso t'say
'Yes.' She said youso would know
phat she manes."
Young Man "Sir, I want to mar
ry your daughter." Old Man "Oh,
you do! do you? Well, are you to be
my 6on-in-lav or am I to bo your
father-in-law?" Young Man (dazed)
"Why, why. sir, it's all thesame, isn't
it?" Old Man "Not at all; rot at
all, sir. If you aro to be my son-in-law
you can't havo her, I've got two
or threo sons-in-law already to sup
port." Washington Critic
"Domestic animals in Greenland
must have a hard life of IL" she said.
"Why so?" ho asked. "Because." sho
explained, giving him a stony stare,
"tho people of that country have no
doors to their houses, and when a man
gets mad at his wife's cooking, or
comes home and finds dinner ten min
utes late, and no door to slam, he must
necessarily kick the dog or cat clear
across tho room to relieve his feel
Eg" Norribtywu Uorald. ..
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It.
GAME OF OBSERVATION.
An Amusement That Will I'ln.l Favor
with 1'artiea at Country House.
When a largo party of ladies and
gentlemen aro assembled together ia :
oountry houso for shooting, races oi
other amusements in the day time. u
new game in which all can join in the
evening will Ihi heartily welcomed.
Tho following description of one
may be acceptable. The lady of thu
house and one gentleman should bo in
tha secret of tho game, which is to bo
played after dinner.
As, however, the guests meet in the
drawing-room for what is aptly calTed
tho inauvai quart U'heurc before that
meal is announced, the gentleman
who undertakes tho management of
tho game goes around to each gentle
man, basket or hat in hand, and asks
from each tho sum of ono shilling, to
be subsequently divided into the first
and second prizes for tho winners, and
this gives rise to much curiosity and
conversation during tho progress of
dinner as to what the game can be.
Dinner over, the ladies leave the
dining-room and retiro to the drawing
nom. when tho hostess explains to
them what to expecL
In tho meanwhile, tho gentleman
who acts as manager at-ks each other
gentleman in turn to accompany him
to another room, whero will lxi found
already prepared large sheets of fools
cap paper, on each of which is legibly
written tho name of a fair lady, and
each gentleman is required te write,
ono at a time, so that there may bono
collusion, a description opposite to
every lady's name of what its owner
is wearing that evening color, ma
terial, shape, jewels, hoaddress. tho
moro details the better aud to do this
rapidly in the space of five minutes.
As one gentloman nfter another coru
pletes his paper ha is 6ont to join th
ladies in tho drawing-room, who, now
lteing in thesecreL watch gleefully his
entrance and the furtive glances ho
casts at tin? dresses of the wearers in
stead of at their fair faces.
When all havo dono nnd are reas
sembled in the drawing-room, tho
"manager" arranges tho ladies at one
end of the room in a semicircle, first
selecting five of the youngest ladiir.
and empaneling them to act as a jury,
and to sit together on ouo side of tho
circlc.
At tho other end of tho room a sort
of improvised p'.atform is creeled, on
which aro placed tho gentlemen, ami
on a high stool in the center each gen
tleman is in turn made to stand, while
tho "manager" stands below him, and
in a loud voice i eads out his p:rper and
tho description he gives of tho ladies
and their costumes.
Great merriment is caused by tho
reading of these papers, the cata
logues of the colors, ornaments, etc.
being as often absurdly wrong and
totally different to what is really worn
as wonderfully near tho mark.
The five ladies of the jury noto these
differences, and afterward eonsult and
decide -upon whom tho priza for the
most accurate description is to bo
given, and in many cases it will be
found that tho person least suspected
of observing a lady's toilet will bo
tho one who proves the most correct
in his remarks, and the beaten candi
dates will often plead that they wero
too absorbed in the contemplation of
the ladies themselves or in tho in
terest of their conversation to notico
what they had on.
Anyway this game will produce much
fun and merriment, and, if a good
many young people aro present, an
impromptu danco will aptly close so
pleasant an evening. London Queon.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Over sixteen years were 'spent in
the preparation of tho Encyclopaedic
Dictionary, tho fourteenth and final
volume of which has been issued.
Mrs. Delano A. Goddard, who died
in Boston, was a lady of fine literary
attainments and a linguist of unusual
accomplishments. She was for many
years tho Boston co-respondent of the
Worcester Spy, and a part of her liter
ary work was the compilation, witb
Harriet W. Preston, of a volume ol
Ioems, "Sea and Shore."
They say Thomas Hood first
planned the phonograph: as witness,
this, from his "Comic Annual" for
lfW'.l: "In this century of inventions,
when a self-acting drawing-paper has
been discovered, for copying visible
objects, who knows but that a future
Niepce. or Daguerre, or Herschel.
or Fox Talbott, may find out some sort
of Boswellish writing paper, to repeat
whatever it hears-'"
Toward the end of his life, it I
said. Charles Reade was nccustomed
to dictate his compositions to a secre
tary while he paced the room, suiting
his actions to his words. In "Love
and Money" tho remark occurs in tho
dialogue, "There's a smut on your
nose." The great dramatist gavo tlie
original exclamation off with such
perfect intonation nnd gesture that his
secretary was for once deceived. IIr
rose, went to th mirror, handkerchief
in hand, oniy ts lr."hA at by hi
employer. X. Y. Tribune. -
An old book has just come to light
which was written by Jay Gould, the
railway magnate, before he was knowr
to fame. It is entitled "A History o
Delaware County and the Bordei
Wars of New York." The book if
loud in denunciation of aristocrats,
and in praise of liberty, honest nier
and manual toil, containing, among
other things, this sentiment:
"The noblest men I know in earth
Are men whose hand are brown with toil..
Who, bucked by no ancestral proves.
How down the woods nnd t 11 the soil.
And win thereby a prouder fame
Than follow kings' and warriors' name."
s
A New York book-seller says ho
never has any trouble clearing his
angling book stock in tho spring and
tho shooting and hunting book stock
in the fall. Ho affirms that books on
field sports and angling are tho safest
things In tho book line; they always
have a market no matter how old tbey
are. Their value, increases with age.
The late S. C. Hull, founder of tho
Art Jvurnal, wrote or edited S5Q books.