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THE COIiNEK STORE. A Lesson Learned by Several Prominent People of DykovUle. "So the corner storo is let!' said Mrs. Dean. "And high time," chlmod in Miss Me linda Murgatroyd, "sinco it has stood empty tOD months, como Christmas!" "Ah, no wonder," said old Mrs. Hun ter. "There's been a many to look at it, but not ono has como tho second time, after they heard ot how old Tres tle hung himself in the middlo of the front room, at midnight." "You don't suppose it's htwntetlF said Mrs. Dcano. . Mrs. Hunter shook her falso curls and looked indescribably knowing. "I don't say 'Yes,'" said she, "and I don't say 'No!' But thoro's tho facts. You can judjjo for yourselTPa." "Well, anyhow," said Miss Murgat royd, "it's a comfort to soo tho placo awako and alive attain, after tho wooden shutters and tho "To Lot' staring you in the faco for woll-nigh a year! And it's to bo a doctor, too!" "That nia'atcs four In tho rillago al ready," said Mrs. Doane, sourly. "I wonder if they expect to mako their living oil us poor sufferers!" "I wonder if ho" a married man," said Miss Molinda, adjusting tho blue ribbon bow which sbo woro at hor withered throat, a sort of fluttering sig nal that her maiden affection woro still disengaged. "Humph, said old Mrs. Hunter, who had thrco singlo daughters. "Wo shall all Gnd out in time, If we wait long enough." "If he's young and agreeable, said tbe widow I'orcival, who had not hith erto mingled in the conversation, 'he will bo a decided acquisition to our so ciety." ' Did I understand that his name Is Doctor Wigg?" simpered Mrs. Walker, who was rather deaf, " -'I.'" sharply correctod Mrs. Hun ter. " n .' "Doctor Ins!" giggled Miss Murga troyd. "What a very peculiar name! Ho must be of German parentage, or" Who said any thing about 'Dr. Ins! " shrieked old Mrs. Hunter, fairly losing her patience. "I think you're all gone crazy together! ' i-jyinP That's tho name! Neither 'Wigg' nor 'Ins, but both together!" "A partnership?" inquired Mrs. Walk er, with her head on ono side like a sickly linnet. And Just then tho tea and hot biscuit came in, and tho Dyke Till Sowing Society broke up its work ing session, and became transformed into a banqueting assembly. But that tbe corner store was let thero was no kind of doubt. There was a buzz of expectation on tho subject, a thrill of agreeable anticipation. Mr. Jones had heard that Dr. Wiggins was a married man with a largo family of grown sons and daughters. Squiro Gos hawk bad it, on no less incontrovertible foundations, that ho was a young stu dent, just graduated, on tho lookout for a wife. It was supposed that ho would occupy, as an oflice, tho lower room, in which tho lamented Trestles bad hanged himself, and furni.sh t'uo upper apartments cither as a bachelor sanctum, or as family rooms, according to his needs. This seemed rather a peculiar location In which to select a homo, but then, as Miss Mellnda Mar gatroyd observed, people's tastes dif fered. And because old Trestles didn't choose to live there, it was no reason that any ono else should sbaro his prej udices. And as days crept on, and tho bouse was neatly painted outside and in, tho missing panes of glass replaced, and a now furnace put into tho base ment, tho tide of popular curiosity rose higher and higher. . And at last thellttlo tiu sign: i Dr. Wiugiss. : was nailed with fonr brass -beaded nails on the sido of tbo privato entranco. "Very strange," said tho eldest Miss Hunter. "Why didn't he have it gilded in tho middle of tho bow-window?' "And put out bissurgical instruments and quinine bottles, and all tho big double teeth be has drawn, as if ho meant to kot-p a store?" sneered her brother. "That's your idea of a doctor's cilice, is it? Hut I guess Wiggins knows better than that." "Ho is no doubt aS-ery molest man." said Mrs. lVrcival, sighing behind her crape streamers, "aad does not wish to obtrude bis sign." "He's a jolly old cove," h.il Mr. Jones, who had met Lim at dinner. "And when I told him how mad the other three doctors were at the news of his coming into tho place, I thought he'd have split his sides laughing." "Old!" cried Miss Murgatroyd. T beard ho was just in tho prime of life." "Well, bo's forty odd, if that's w hat you call tho prime of life,' " said Jones. "And you'll all have a chance to judge for yourselves before long, for they tell mo he's going to move in thia week." Mrs. Deane was darning her husband's stockings by the ligfa t of a shaded lamp, the next evening but one. when Miss Melinda Murgatroyd rushed in, pale, breathless and excited. th, my dear! my dear! such a thin? has happened!" she cried. y "F.h?" said Mrs. Deano. "He's a rilLtinr said Miss Murga troyd. "Who is?" asked Mrs. Deane. "Dr. Wiggins, at tho corner store." solemnly inundated Miss Murgatroyd- "Bless me!" said Mrs. Deane. "A medical demonstrator," said Miss Murgotroyd. "An anatomist. A an an that deals in dead bodies!' "Impossible!" cried Mrs. Deane, witk the needle sticking straight into the toes of the lawyer's best blue yarn stockings. 'Ah!" sighed Miss Murg-atroja, with a little hysterical catching for breath, "it's all very well to say "impossible,' but I saw 'em myself. I was just pass ing by, on my way to the Dorcas meet ing, when I saw the wagon drive up, all full of things. Every possible piece of furniture you could dream of. Beciining-chairs, glass-cases, velvet topped stools " "He's going to open an apothecary's shop in connection with his business," exclaimed Mrs. Deane. "And at the very bottom, my dear, just wrapped in sheets, were two poor corpses!" melodramatically exclaimed Miss Murgatroyd. Mrs. Deano'sjaw dropped. "Are you quite urt?" she asked. "I saw their poor, pale faoes myself," replied Miss Melinda. "The wretch hadn't even the decency to cover them." "Well. I never!" said Mrs. Deamo. "This ought to be seen to. Dykeville Isn't a place to countenance such iniqui ties. I'll let Deane know right oil. He's smoking his pipe in his office, snug and handy!" "And I'll step over to Hunter's and mention the thing to Squire Goshawk on tho way!" excitedly cried Miss Me linda, with tbo sensation of a modern Joan of Arc. Dr. Wiggins had had a hard time moving his worldly goods from tho freight depot of tho Box town fc Dyke ville railway. His skeleton had become disarticulated, and tho manikin had been doubled up under a forty-pound doniijohn of carbolic aid and hopeless ly ruined. Tho bottlea were broken in bis caso of best Otard brandy; ho couldn't Und his amputating instru ments, and his favorite moersahaum had cracked in two pieces. I'll bo hanged if ever you catch mo moving again!" he fervently ejaculatted as ho sat down to eat some bread and meat out of a paper in front of a smoky firo and driuk cold coCeo from a tin can which leaked. And Just then there came a solema tap-tap at his door. "My flrat patient." thought Dr. Wig gins, hiding th broad and meat behind a medical encyclopedia and hurrying to open the door. Thero stood three tall men Leon idas Hunter, Squiro William Goabawk and Mr. Deane. Walk in, gentlemen; walk in." said tho doctor, and he rubbed his hands and lookod at them with an air of smiling expectancy. "In what way can I servo you this evening?" Sir," said Squire Goshawk, '"we're a peaceable and law-abiding populace here, but there are some things which human flesh and blood can't stand." And this is one of 'em, sputtered Mr. Deano. "We can' allow it." said Leenidas Hunter. 'You must oither leave Dykeville or abandon that branch of jour profes sion." said Mr. Doane. "And tbe sooner you understand this fact, the better," added Squire Goshawk, with dignity. All the while they spoke, the eyes of he three inquisitors were wandering around tho room in a restless, erratic sort of way, which struck the doctor with amazement. "Gentlemen. said her, "whatom earth do you moan?" 'Whore are they?" said Squire Gos hawk. "I don't know what you're talking about," said Dr. Wiggins. "No equivoques, sir," sternly uttered Mr. Deane. "You are greatly mistaken if you think that tbe criminal law will not reach you." "We allude, sir," said Leonidas Hunt er, "to tbe bodies." "What bodies?" said Dr. Wiggins. "Como," said tbe lawyer, "this won't go down! They were seen to be carried into this ,houso, wrapped 1 white eU-ets, in tho broad light of of " be was going to Bay "day," but corrected himself by adding: "tho street-lamps!" "Oh!" said Dr. Wiggins, a light break ing in upon tbo troubled darkness of bis brain. "O-o-bl Yes! Exactly! I understand!" And then Dr. Wiggins fell back into the dislocated chair, and laug bed until ho was purple in tho face. ' lUl.ha! ha!" ho chuckled. They're down stairs! Hal ha! ba! Como and look at them!" "Tbo man is devoid of natural feel ing," thought tho thrco gontlcmen." But they accompanied him down-stairs to tbo big stoio, where heaps of boxes, i-jlos and draporie lay about, and, standing up against tho counter, the senseless faces of two life-sized wooden figures simpered at t'uc-ml "They belong to Mias Mix, tbe mill iner who lias rented ILo store of me," ,sid Dp. Wiggins. "To put in tbe win dow, you know, with fashionable gowns and spiing ltonnets on m! And you really believed they were dead bodies? Ha. ha, ha! Ha, La, ba!" And oil went Dr. W.ggins Into a fresh raroxysm of laughter, in which the tlireo gentlemen joined bat feebly. There was a joke in the matter, un doubtedly, but they didn't see it. Miss Mix "opened" the next day with a fine assortment of season abli goods; and by tbo noon train Mrs. Wig gins and tho six little Wigginscs ar rived. And tbe fominine neighborhooc has ceased to take any interest in thi affairs of the new-comers; and Squire . Goshawk. Mr. Deano and Leonidas Hun tor unanimously say: "We guoss tho ladies will know It the next time tre are induced to meddle in other people's business" Amy Ran dolph JTi N. Y. Lodger. Mlxtor. to Mats a Hoi.. "Sometimes," writes a correspondent of a trade paper, "I have had to make holes in steel that was too bard to cut or file easily. Then I make a mixture that will cut a hole. I mix one ounce of sulphate of copper, quarter of an ounce of alum, half a teaspoonful of powdered salt, a gill of vinegar and twe nty drops of nitrio acid. This will make a bole." Doctor (to patient) "I do not wish to frighten you, but If you have no ob jection I'd like to call in a couple of my brother physicians." Irascible Patient "All right! If jou need any assist an;e in murdering me call in your ac complices. . . -I HER SWEET-TONED MANDOLIN I bear her faintly humming To Uie sweet and gentle strumming Of the mandolin she fondles. With the moat impartial care. And feow dreamily I linger Watching each bcjeweled finger O'er the strings go softly sweeping Like a breath of mornlug air And how oagcrly I listen When I see t hove dear eres Is ten With a light so pur. ami holy. Where uo darknes enters in. And my heart keeps wildly dancing To the inelody entrancing. Which she conjures with such deftness From her sweet-toned mandolin. In my dreams I hear Its ringing. And tbo voice of her whoso singing Leads my tired and restleas spirit To a land of peace and rest. Where my heart is free from sorrow, For no troubles can it borrow That will cause one seed of sadness To take root within my breast. Ah! you think I'm only dreaming. That I am forever scheming, Dut tbe fact is. I assure you. That my heart strings are akin To those that sweetly render When smote with Angers tender Tho most exquisite muslo On hor sweet-toned mandolin. F. Parker. Jr, In Brooklyn Eagle. MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE. Places "Where Force la Necessary to Gain Wives Trials of Ancient Limrt-Tlia Anient (twain In Itanzsr or llavluir tils 1II llroken by tho OIJect of Hi A (lec tion Illn.'tration froia llietory. To all classes a marriage is a topic of absorbing interest. Politicians, for merly the best of friends lut sinco estransed owing to their political pro clivities, and wbo, save to glarv atone another from opposite benches, sfMum meet under tbo same social roof, aro drawn together once more when a mutual friond takes it upon him or her self to enter into tho bond of matri mony, and for a frime sink their dif ferences in honor of tho occasion. Per haps tbo spiritof good-fellowship which seams to permeate everybody on the happy day may oven induce the bit terest of foes to forget their wrongs and shake hands in a manner which shows they are both delighted to make it up and little likely to repont of so doing. Tho business man forsakes bis daily task, and nearly everybody in the of fice gets a holiday; the lawyer returns hi briefs, or has them "devilled" by some lucky junior who has long wanted to find bis legal legs; tbe village turns out in Sunday best to gaze at tho array of bunting and triumphal arches; and oven the hermit throws off some of bis impenetrability at tho sound of the marriago bolls. Tho winning of tbe bride may have caused many sleepless nights; at ono time the fates aro propitious, at anoth er frown in ir; but at last the difficulties and doubts have been overcome, and all troubles left behind, forgotten, when tho day comes to crown the lover's patience with what ho has so long do sired. But all tho trials of satisfying tho stern demand for a handsome set tlement, overcoming family prejudices, and winning tbe affections of the lady, are little in comparison with those we read of as having tortured the lover long ago, and even now in distant lands. Hundreds of years before Britain had begun to attract tbe attention of tbe bold Roman adventurers. Intenton gain and conquests now, wo find tbat men had to take wives unto themselves by force of arms, or by some base subter fuge which went not altogether unpun ished in those troubled times. Every schoolboy has felt the irksome task of translation relieved by tbe story of Kom ul us and bra city full of men pin ing for the company of women, and driven at last by their desperation to their cowardly deception. Who has not beard of the proclamation of games to be celebrated in honor of the god Consus, the invitation of the Latins and Sabines to the festival, during which Romulus and bis fiery youths rushed upon them and carried oil their virgins, leaving tbo matrons to escape as best they could? The Romans were not tbe only peo ple of tbe classic ago who bad such diffi culties to overcome, for the Spartan damsels also had to be compelled by violenco to submit to matrimony. But although in very early times a husband bad to resort to violence to obtain a wife, we find tbat when these nations bad settled down into comparative civ ilization, it became part of the cere mony of marriage that there should be a show of capture on the husband's part. In Rome and Sparta, among the lower classes, when a marriage was arranged, the bride sat confidingly on her moth er's lap. and was not at all surprised when her husband came accompanied by bis friends to complete his part of the contract by tearing her away from her mother's fond embraces. Records show that violenco or cap ture was a necessary feature of a mar riage in nearly every land at one time cr another, and even at the present day among many races tbe custom is pre served in a modified form. An inter esting instance of recent times is given of tbe Khonds. All the preliminaries be ing satisfactorily arraaged, each family contributes something toward adorning tbe feast which is prepared at the bride's dwelling. Tbe feast' is succeed ed by danciag and singing well into tbe night, until it is time for tbe real busi ness to commence. An uncle of the bride takes her on his shonlders, and an uncle of the bridegroom does tbe same for him, while the dance is at its height. Suddenly they exchange their bur dens; and tbe uncle of tbe bridegroom disappears with the bride, hotly pur sued by ber female friends, ' who are kept at bay by the comrades of the bridegroom striving their utmost to keep them off and cover her flight.. She is wrapped in a scarlet cloak; while tbe young women even go so far as to burl stones and bamboos at tbe devoted bridegroom until be has escaped with bis bride to the verge, of tbe village. Then tbe ceremony is complete, and be Is allowed to conduct his bard-won spouse to bis abode without further molesta tion. It has been suggested that in the hurling of the stones we can trace the origin ef the throwing of old slippe after the wedded couples of our own land; but it seems a long way to go to KhondisUn to derive the origin of tbe amusing custom over which so much skill is sometimes exercised to insure the slipper keeping company with them on their honeymoon. Among the Kalmucks we have a slight variation of the programme. It seems that the man who wants to marry any particular girl, has to win ht-r by tho flec-tnoss of bis horse. She is mounted on horseback, and gallops off as fast as she can go. He follows; and if ho can catch ber she is bis wife, and has to return to Lis tent with him. Wo arc told tbat thoro has never been an instance w here she has been caught if she has no desire to become his wife; but it would seem from this, that after he has paid ber parents the price they agreed upon, she has no option but to avoid tho marriago by a successful is not unknown to many that until quit recently a similar custom pre vailed in Wales. The bridegroom, hav ing won tho damsel's heart, appeared with all his friends mounted at ber door on tho wedding morn and demand ed her from her parents. The bride's friends, likewise on horseback, refused to give her up, upon which a scuffle en sued. Sho was suddenly mounted be hind ber nearest kinsman and carried off, pursued by the bridegroom and tho wholo body of friends who with loud shouts and much laughter gallop after ber. It was not uncommon to soe two or three hundred people riding along at full speed, crossing in front and jostling one another to the delighted amuse ment of tbe onlookers. When they and their horses were thoroughly exhausted, tho bridegroom was allowed to overtake tho bride, carry ber away in triumph, tho whole party finishing tho day with feasting and festivity. Sir Henry Piers gavo an account of a similar kind of ceremony in tho wilds of Ireland, where tho interested parties met somewhere between the two dwell ings to discuss the matter and make ar rangements If an agreement was con cluded, tbo agreement bottle was drunk, and then the bride's father sent round to all his neighbors and friends to col lect his wife's portion, to which every ono gavo a cow or a heifer. These the husband had to restore to their re spective donors if tho brido died child less within a certain time. On tho day of bringing home, the bridegroom and his friends rodo out to meet tho bride and her friends at tho place of meeting. Being como near each other, the custom was of old to cast short darts at tho company attending tho bride, but at such a distance tbat seldom any hurt ensued, although we do hear tbat on one such occasion a noble lord lost an eye, which roust have gono far to sound the knell of this quaint old custom. Another curious instance affording evidence of ancient capture occurs in a certain Arab tribe. The betrothal takes place apparently in a similar man ner to that of young English people of tho nineteenth century; but tbe mar riage Is only rendered complete by tho husband bringing a lamb in his arms to tho tent of the girl's father and there rutting Its throat before witnesses. As soon as the blood falls to the ground the marriago is complete, and he retires to liis tent to await bis lady. A game of bide-and-seek is played by the girl and by the peoplo of the village, who pursue ber as sho runs from tent to tent. At last, she is caught, and led off in tri umph by 6oruo of the women to her lover, wbo, taking possession of ber, forces her into his tent. Perhaps the Bedouin Arabs of Mount Sinai conduct their matrimonial ar rangements in tho strangest fashion, for when a man desires to marry he goes to the maiden's father and makes a bid, which may or may not be accepted- Should the father think tho offer sufficiently tempting, the sale is completed without the chief person con cornod being consulted. When sho comes borne in tho evening with tbe cattle, 6bo is met at a short distance from tho camp by her intended husband and two of his friends and is carried off by force to her father's tent If. however, sho has time to defend herself, and suspects their errand, she defends herself like a young tigress bit ing, kicking, throwing sticks and stones and anything that comes to hand at ber antagonists, often injuring them se verely, even though she is not alto gether averse to the match. The greater resistencc she makes the great er praise sho receives from her compan ions 'ho record it in her favor forever after. When sho is safely in her father's tent, they throw a man's cloak over her, and make a formal announcement of her future husband's name. She is placed on a camel in her bridal dress still struggling with might and main, and has to bo bold on by the young men. Then sho is led round throe times and afterward taken into ber husband's tent, tho ceremony being wound up with the usual feast and presents to the bride. In comparing these few instances culled from current authorities upon folk lore and kindred subjects it will be seen how prosaic is the modern English mar riage, which, even after a thoroughly romantic courtship, peaceably assures the ardent lover of his victory. There are not many fashionable young men about town who would seek matrimony, if it could only bo attained at the risk of a broken head or other practical demonstration of his wife's prowess Chamber's Journal. IN A HOG'S STOMACH. Hera la a Very St ran c St.ry mr a Moat Ingenious Lie. A Winston County (Ala.) peddler tells a story which, if not true, evinces an im aginative power which no one would ever suppose him to possess. A farmer named Greene while in town was persuaded to buy a few Chinese lily bulbs, which will grow if placed in a bottle or jar. They resemble in appear ance a diminutive steer's head, and sell on the streets for a mere trifle. Fanner Greeno took a fancy to them and bought a dozen of them. When he reached homo be had no bottle or jar to put them in and threw them into the hog lot with a bucket of spoiled potatoes - A few days afterward one of his larg est hogs became sick, refusing food, and ' lying down in a corner grunted as if in constant pain. Xo signs 'of disease could be discovered, but a few days after the bog died. The cause of death was discussed in the usual family council around the supper table, and it was finally concluded best to cut up the hog and find out, if possible, whether or not tbe disease was contagious This was done, and tbe cause of death was instantly apparent. The animal bad swallowed a Chinese lily bulb whole, and there was sufficient moisture in tho stomach to cause it to grow. The bulb bad not only swelled and sprouted, but leaves had actually formed. The animal was not adapted to the purposes of a flower garden and died. I like to watrU her Mtt.ng tlx re. The lamplight .n her j-uv Uuir. II-r eves d.ttti iK-t.t ti;xn ti. sit ks While i-bc sofclowly. slowly rxck. The wooden cha'.r seems rj-ilte a throne. And fche lijMin It a!l mv tjwtj : Ah ! Dear May. you loo!: so sw.-et. In plain home dress that' always neat. ner slippers peep out just below. On feet tba Fure Turcot to grow: Her band are dim pled, warm and white. And always busy si ill at uigbt. I like to watch ber darnln? socks While slow the old arm-cbatr rorV. For she's a picture Bitting there. Tbe lamplight on ber jettv hair Harvey N. Hloonx r. 1n Jury. BEAUTIFUL EYES. Lady Adreno and tho Fruit Vend er's Daughter. Young Count Telos who lived at Flor ence, bad inherited all of the pride and crueltyof his father's nature. Irutas yet it had wanted occasion to call it forth. His beauty, intellect, position and wealth mado him a general favorite, and ho was fond of study and of art. His library was full of choicest books and manuscripts and his gallery was bung with rare and Ix-autif ul paintings. Conspicuous among bis xortraits were women whoso eyes were tho most beau tiful tbat tho painter's ait could pro duce. Telos bad a passion for lovely eyes He said that when be married be would marry the most beautiful pair of eyes in all Italy. For years after reaching manhood his heart was free, because amon? tho many lovely women whom bo met none had eyes even so fair as tho portraits in his gallery. At last tho Lady Adrene, of Rome, came with ber father to live in Florence. When TMos first saw Adrono his heart was lost: it bad drifted inta tho abyss of her beautif ul eyes, and bis fate was seuled, for never bad ho seen such eyes before. His attention was well received, and before a month ber portrait, with tho oyes imitated as well as the great artist. Carroto of Naples could copy them, hung In bis gallery, and tho original bad consented to be bis wifc. Thc happiest man in Italy was Telos, and ho was proud of tho beauty of his Adrene. And Adreno was happy, Le causo through Telos' wealth she hoped to repair her father's broken fortune, the poverty of which sho had well con cealed from all in Florence, or none thero knew that his wealth had gono through the reckless gambling habit of himself and bis daughter, and that w ith barely enough to keep up appearances for a few months he bad left Home and settled down in Florence with the bow that his daughter's beauty would win her a wealthy husband. The day for tbe wedding was fixed, and Telos sent invitations to all his friends and he invitel his schoolmate, Banenis of Naples to 6pend tbe three weeks before his marriage with him. When Bacenis arrived Telos was im patient for him to see the beautiful Adrene. and after tbo meeting lie wns just as Impatient to boar bis friend praise ber. "Isn't she beautiful, and isn't she grand?" asked Telos. "She is indeed," answered Bacenis "and I bopo she is as good as sho is beautiful, and as noble as she is grand." "Sho is" said Telos with delight- And her eyes! There are no eyes so beautiful among all tbe glorious eyes of Italy." Before Baconis could reply to this there was an interruption by a servant, who announced that tho artist Carreto was waiting to show a new and beauti ful portrait to Telos "I will 6oo him presently." said Telos. "Now. Bacenis, tell mo did you ever before soe eyes so beautiful as those of Adrene?" "yes, I believe tbat I have." answered bis friend, frankly. "Evon more beau tiful." "No, don't say so," exclaimed Telos. Where?" "At Naples" answered Bacenis "Not in Italy. Impossible!" said Telos "Don't say so. Bacenis Tell me that you are only joking, to plague your friend a little. 'But It is tbe truth." quietly replied Bacenis Then it shall not be." quickly re plied Telos and a fiendish look marred tbe beauty of bis features Ho contin ued: "Who is she?" 'Her name is . Donarel. She is a daughter to Mother Camilla, tbo fruit vender,' said his friend. "The daughter of a low fruit vender with eyes more beautiful than those of Adrene!" cried Telos "Xo! no! you make me mad. Leave roe. Havo Car reto come with his picture to change my thoughts." Ho was left to himself, and walked the floor with closed teeth and clinched hands When Carreto was shown in with tho picture Telos. in an Impatient voice, asked: "What have you?" "A new portrait for your inspection." answered tho artist. "Tho eyes will give you joy." "What! have you again painted my Adrene?" inquired Telos 'No. It is of another, whom I was fortunate to meet. Tbo eyes aro more beautiful than those of Lady Adrene. Let mo show you," replied Carreto. "Nor said Telos. "Cover it from my sight. I shall never see eyes more beautiful than those of my love. Where is it? Who is it?" Tbe artist paused a moment in aston ishment before answering: "Naples. Her name is Donarel." Tho plague take you all!" cried the Infuriated Telos as ho drsw his sword and tore the canvas into shreds "Are you all in league against me? Away! before I take your life." . Three days after this sorrow came to tho heart of Mother Camilla, at Naples. Her beautiful daughter, ' Donarel, was found wandering in tbo streets blind, and with all color from ber eyes. What did it mean? . . The girl said that early that morning two men bad met ber on the street, and, stifling her with a cloak, bad carried ber to a room, she knew not where, and there they bad poured something into ber eyes and that sho couldn't see aft erward. And tbat she was taken into the street again and left to wander. Who had done this horrible thing only tbe guilty could telL but tho artist Car reto thought that he knew. His heart was filled with pity for the poor blind girl, and be took ber and bsr mother into his own house and cared for them. Ho told that wretched mother, who was bowed in grief, what his suspicions were. When he spoke thetu, she cried out iiiJ saU: "!' I. it- T lws is llcuuicj. 1 know it- It is h-ifr.. .-. . my eye. ' bis nx - written by th l.fMjtTun:- ' i ' Mack-nol sky. M-y ' heaven, eart ii ;mJ ..e!' l i. It will, f .r l.e s..a!' t.;. v. nriiati. lie v. iil ' .)V 1 : : 1 I. fcigbtlesi, eves, t! :i ' ' ftern't y of t-riiK n ' " She rnsliej ' ki.h lln V i.-o crowded street, v i'l. tl.- lips, and she c-i ie ; '.: Taken to ber home. ' first opport u .ii t v . . . ei:slilng tip-vi 1iies'.re the name of T n."'. . the curse. '"-'re. , : w strain l.er. At fi:' . v ' would go on '.be strt window, n:i 1 a; ..in ; i '. ., the CTirse a rain ', t'e:.'- Telos. in F'io f.n. e i '. morning Camilla w - .r i i bd with a da ""' I. f . ; The door of ii..- bo. open. Now l.er . . . . The day f the i'r:i- I v. onco arrived, r-nil 'I'c'i',- i ." most lK-autiful . I'll. .;. ' happy. He bad forgot ti j'. i and D nar 1. Ir. luoso uays i were soon forgotten. Heaven did not fi-ei. !j' '1 heavy clouds hung o.r tv-cl: . though it was hope I ,v,.-t ..' with the setting sun, r.nd le.r. . fitting the occasion, yet tuey v .' t mutte'i ins of deep tinin'i r t. -e among them as their ii.-ns.- now and then relieve-1 by o ning's flash. The grand ball of tho brilliantly lighted, ui. 1 U -lc-Adrene stood besiJo a Irohe the Holy Mother. ".Ml priest was rea ling tl.e mnrr -Tbe voice of the thunder w:. : . with that of the priest flashes of lightning paled th. . -i -lamps. As peal after peal of tin' :...- ft . ,. . each other in quic ;.. shook the building to i:, for fear was seen in many f.'.-r-v a.,.l :..:. grasped bands as Tbougn ....vi : - -. help in tho dread of p i,i. A : flash of lightning, more t'-i r.l.! the others, caroo, and al 1 dorr their eyes: but tho priest c ilin -. i t repeat the service without t -...ii:.." V words. Adrene leaned ber l.ar.i i n bronze statue to support b..-'f, , then came another f!r.sh. 3iJ;e u . . i last, as Ibe prie-st spol.e tbo vor -made tho twain onr. The i'n' . pe-areJ to fill tbe room wML l-.- -. .- the accernpanying thunder r,.-'.- . walls. AVhen the srmterc! ,..-n'- , tho pe-ople were gathered A ;ri-:. - , seen lying on the floor. Tbe priest raised her; s!.e was r.l.t but a black lino was burned on (,4- , ,: that bad touched tho bronzl .-:..:,-and along her arm, over bT fv- c: and across her e yes t:.e KoaL. ,- seared. Sho was blind. Telos gavo bis brida ci-e loot-, then fled from tho room. Ho was found in his cl.tr, i J. i.; with a dagger through hi j l.fcki i.. .:' was his own dagger, driven to h" i' by his own hand. He die 1 :.s died who said: ' lie snail cin Mind woman. Ho will look but , . upon her sightless eyes and i'r into an eternity of torment,'"' ll.f 1 Fulton, in Chicago News. STREET CAR COUfeTKSV. A r'ew f talcs Tlin: r-bould j.e .'.r; .- by Traveler u .11 Luiri. When you enter a str- i-; .r ' your parcel or bag lx - -rntitlod to the room of t . : ; 1 , says the Pittsburgh Dispa w:.. Always stand on then-..: p.utf :: a street car and chin to ir . - about tho lady passenger. ! your manners Sometimes you pap a r With one foot re-itlng up - .... This is not to diseoninirrb1 . only to protect his eom patch. When a lady with a !::'.' i i ' arms enters a car don't get 11 ti: bur; bead in a newspaper and r a I h' . -tho lines that a woman child out for an airing has , 1 .. . to get into a crowded ntr 1 .. there is always danger of tin. ' -it catching mumps or measl'-s. Always cross ytmr b l.i. -i' in a street car, particularly If barlx r-pole socks, and then i), brush the dust from your sho. . .- . . pass by. If a lady and gentleman er.i - h together and you are askf d t u. a little, don't do it. It is not n. that they should sit beside i. ii and tho conductor has no v.p '.! you ares bound to re-spect. You can generally tell a du - , 6ize of his cane. Entering s. 1.:.'' should always carry bin stii. a:.a-. r I arm. The ladies having a : 1 their optics will notice him nioro fer vently. The selfish man always upr- iLi !.:.-- self out and reads bis paper v.ita ..: ' - indiif- rence. To move up a might lose the threal of the c.:1.)' - 1 ba-iJ: tin -re fore it is L--s' t .. -turb hi in. Trees CSO l-t Tall. Prof. Fred ti. Flumtncr, t'j i-Itm f;-glne-e-r of Tacouia, nays: "I havo b-'-. all over this country e.nd have il. collection of tho flora to bo fun l , where. What do you think f li trees C5T feet high? Tliey ;.ro to I found that bijfh in the unsurveyM wa shing near the foot e.f Mount Tho and what is nioro I have M-n then i-.i mado an instrumental mea-.ure-iD-ent of . number with that re-sult. '1 hero at " '::. of trees near tho base eT Mount Tac . .1 whose fvliago is so far above, tho gtout. . that is impossible to tell to what fui.... , they bok'iig e xcept by tho bark. r few peoplo know or dream of iV- 5... mensity of our forest growth. ! that somo of our bu-go troes c- ui 1 ' sent U the worlds fair at ll.ija.;'. We could send a flag polo, for ltiuuii't . 800 or 400 feet long." Olytnpia'i rib...... Followlng the I'rerept. Peace-Maker Why did you give :. boy such a thrashing? llligerent He hit mo wid a brick Pfctaco-Maker But don't you ku.. , you should return good for oil? Belligerent Well, if that thrashi-' i give him warn't good, I don't know wLat is The) Jury. Young Wife (to her husbaud. vho is starting for tbo autumn encam; rien: "But you will bo careful, dear C-I. won't you. and march very io:y." Flie-gondo Blatter.
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