v Jambria S Freeman,
la pnblltbcii Weekly""
aJKNSUUKG, - - - I'KNN'A.
BY JAMES H. HA. OX,
Goarantpcil Circulation, - 1900.
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reted from, and those who don t consult tneir
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ISADVAiNCING.
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SHINUI.E MILL. HAY FK ESSES, Ac.
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IB1 a valnabla tnariaa - ...
paruenlars for home cure. F R Ft of chirm. A
Kuuiwea. auureae.
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flearaT. -0slruee St.. New York
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JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and
The Meat Mnrceaiifal Remedy ever dlacxre
ercd, u It U certain In Ita effect! and docs noa
blister. Read proof below:
Brookxts. Cobil, Hay 5, "93.
Dn. B. J. Kairoaxx C.:
sirs : - summer I etired aCnrbnpon my florae
with yourceletH-aied Erml ili a Bpavln Cnre and la
w aa the beat Job 1 ever aaw done. I have a duarn
emptv bottlee. havinx used It with perfect aucreaa,
curing every thluK I tried it on. Sly neighbor had
a hone with a very bad Spavin met made hlrn lame.
He asked me how to cure It- I recommended
KcnJnli a Siavin Cure, lie omd IM Spavin In
Juat threti week.
Yonrs reepectfarry,
WimjOott Wrrra.
CourBBre, Ohio, April 4, "90.
Da. R J. KavnAi.L Co.:
Dear Sim .I have been aclllnir more of Kendana
?pa ln Cure and lmt'a Condition. Powdera than
ever before. One man aald to me. It waa the bea
fuwdcr I ever kept and the beat he ever uaed.
beapectfuily,
otto I Eoarmaa.
Cmliuiaio, H. TKay U, Hi
Ia. B. J. Kwdixl Co.. .
lnr Sira : I have need eeveral bottlee of joor
K. ndnll a Spavin Cure with perfect auoceae, on a
valuable and blooded mare that waae,oite lame
i til a Roue Spavin. The mare la now entirely frew
fioui lurueneAH and nhowa no bunch an the Joint.
Heapectf ully, F. U. UOTcituov
KEHOiLL'S SPAVIN CORE.
MoXBOB, Ijl, Maj 8, "SO.
Dr. B. J. Keitdaij. Co..
Ueuta : I tuliik It mv duty to render yon my
tiinnks for your far fmed Kenlaira Spavm Cnre.
I h i.1 a fvur year old lilly winch I P"awi very
Mirhly. She had a very aevera awollrn letf. I tried
al.oul olifht dirrerent kluila of niedlcluea which did
no jrootl. i purc.rmned a tKiule of your Kendall's
Bpuvin Ouro which cured her In four duyk
I remain youra,
ALtBIOS Dowdbs.
Price 1 per bottle, or six bottles for $3. ABdnur
lata have It or can tret It for you, or It will Beaent
any addreaa on receipt of price bythearoprlw
tora. J)K. II. J.KENUALLttl
Kaoabnrsn Fallsv Ttnuat.
OCtlOlrO.ly.
ROBERT EVANS,
UNDERTAKER,
AND NANl'FAtm'BKR OF
snd dealer In all kinds ol FUKNITUKE,
lleiir?tvir,S
ay-A full line el CatkaU always on hand.C
Bodies Embalmed
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TENDERNESS.
Not unta every heart Is OotTa eood pi ft
Of aimple tenderness allowed, we meet
I With love In many laKhions when we lift
r irsi 10 our lips iuc i waters, bitter sweet;
Love comes upon o :! resistless power
Of curuless poaion and with beadstrotur will ;
It plays around like April's breeze and s-bower.
Or calmly Hows, a rarul stream, and 8 till
It comrs with blcssfdnfs anto the heart
That welcomes It aright, or bitter rate
It wrings the hosom witb so tierce a .smart
That loe, we cry. In crueler than hitte.
And then, ah ! tue I Vaea love, bus eased to
blesav
Our broken Hearts cry out fee tenderness.
Wc Ion? for tenderness like that whlctj 0004:
About us, lying on our mother's breast;
A wclri.. a feelfnir, that no pen or tongue
Can prune aright, since oilenae sintrs it best;
A love as far removed from pux-slon's heat
Aa from the cMllneas of its tiyrnj; tire;
A love to lean on when the failing feet I
Hepin to totterand the eyes to tire
In youth's brief heyday hottest love we seek.
The reddest ros we prasp toJ when it dies,
Goti grant thirt latvr bloosonxR, violets meek.
May spring for us beneath are's autumn
skies.
Sod Kraut some lovtng one be ncarlk)'bls
Our weary way wllOsimple tenderness.
All the Yeat Hound.
STILLY LETfEIlS.
A Glimpse at One of Uncle Sam's
Little Cometerias.
There are some queer thing's in
Untie Sam's household, and none more
curious than the I K'ail-Letter- Ofliee.
l'eople in peneral hare a vagiie Llea i
its knptirtance, und of the anrunaat of
wonk done in that apparently rnsni
ficant branch of the Iot-Ofliee Depurt
meruL liut they have no conception of
the wit and wisdom interred in that
litthr cemetery of UncLs- Sam's in a
ttvcSvemc mth.
Moce than six million Tetters drifted
into that ofliee of buried, hopes in a
.sin;lit year, and something1 over a hun
dred thousand mapuzine, papers and
paekares. The daily supply of "dead
letters'' is about eighteen tliousand.
"Not. so very many," some one re
marked, "when you remember that
there are more than sixty thousand
pot-otlices to be heard from." l'.ut
entiug-h. surely, to prevent there beinjf
many idle hands in the Dead-Letter
Ofliee, as most of the letters hare to be
opened. All those containing money
are sent, to the clerk, who keeps a
record of the amount received each day.
Uj- the end of the year it sometimes
reaches the snug; little sum of thirty
fire or forty thousand dollars, which
shows that there are people who hare
faith in the postal arrangements of our
country. And their confidence is not
usually misplaced, as most of the
ever, when there is no clew and it can 'l
not be returned, the United States
Treasury is the painer. In 1SS.S over
eiht thousand dollars was thus added
to the mneh-talked-of "surplus."
Why mail matter goes astray is ac
accounted for in various ways, althotiK'h
many persons are inclined to hold L'ncle
Sam responsible for all mishr.ps. No
doubt postmasters nre sometimes at
fault, but sins of omission on the part
of the senders are more often the cause
o loss and delay thousands of letters
are not stamped, while others hare no
address. Of course, no one will believe
there arc many of the latter, neverthe
less, in one year nineteen thousand one
hundred and ten of those blank en
velopes were sent to the Dead- Letter
Ofliee. Then affain. people are careless
as well as absent-minded, anil often
misdirect or only partially address let
ters, which never reach their destina
tion, unless the clerk in the Dead- Let
ter Office can supply the missing- link.
In three hundred and sixty-five days
over four hundred thousand such epis
tles were received. So it would seem
that a thorough knowledge of cities and
towns, as well as patience, practice and
considerable shrewdness, is necessary to
correct the blunders of the writing pub
lic Who but a Dead-Let ter-OlIiee clerk
with all her wits about her for a wom
an has charpe of that branch of the
work would imagine that "Uill Town,"
Kan., was intended for Williamstown in
that enterprising- State?
In the foreign department letters are
not opened.
"It would be impossible." said the
brisk little woman in charge. "You
see, we receive a thonsand letters a
week from Italy, about two thousand
from Knpland and the same number
from (Jermany, not to mention other
countries. We look them over, and, if
we have any information that furnishes
a clew, try ajrain to find the owners;
otherwise they are returned unopened
to the postal administration of the coun
try from which they come."
Foreigners hare a way of ignoring
the States that causes dire confusion.
A letter directed to Fairfield, America,
is as many-sided as the tariff question,
and about as hopeless. "St. Duskin,
America," was easily located as San
dusky, O., but some letters become
"all tattered and torn" in going to and
fro throughout the States seeking an
owner. "The Russians gire us the
most trouble," volunteered a bright
woman who for thirteen years has been
deciphering hieroglyphics, and under
stands all languages, except Chinese,
sufliciently for her work. Who would
imagine that it required such a linguist
to straighten out the tangled web of
foreign correspondence? Considerable
general information is also needed, a
knowledge of many countries and na
tions and of the various Slates where
the different nationalities most do con
gregate and even then eternal vig
ilance will not insure success.
What becomes of all the "dead mail
matter?" is often asked. The thousands
of magazines, illustrated papers, picture-cards
and valentines that can not
be returned to their owners are "dis
tributed," by order of the Postmaster
General, "among the inmates of the
various hospitals, asylums and other
charitable institutions of the District of
Columbia" So they are made to serve
a good cause by carrying brightness and
change into many weary lives, and
happiness to the little tvaifs without a
home.
Although every effort is made to
find owners for the various things that
drift into the Dead-Letter Ofliee, so
many packages remain unclaimed that
at the end of each year an auction is
held. It is a sort of departmental house
cleaning. No other sale in the city
draws such a crowd as Uncle Sam's an
nual sale of "dead mall matter." The
packages are sold unopened, and al
though the contents are known, the
value is not; it is what an Irishman
would call "buying a pig in a sack."
Of course, it is a heterogeneous collec
tion, as in these days almost every
"HE IS A FBEKIA9 WHOM THE TRCTH
EBENSBURG. PA.,
thirorrgoes by mail, frouva tuning-fork
to a wedding trousseasv which latter
was Viught in New Yoirtc several years
ago, and sent in the mail-baps across
the continent to the pretriy bride em the
Pacific coast.
The museum of the I fead-Letter Of
fice always interests visitors. There
they scp what extraordinary tilings
people try to send through, the nualls
and many interesting relics There are
two big axes on exhibition which look
formidably enough for Administration
weapons and cause the practical sight
seer to wonder whose purs- was long
enough to-gay postage on suii. weighty
articles.
"A hitching-post, a loaded revolver"
and sleigh-WlIs form a trio curiosi
ties most unexpected among mail mat
ter. An Indian scalp and a skull are
very appropriate relics for Uncle- Sam's
cemetery, but they must be uncanny
objects to finiE in a mail pouch. Among
the odd things -which attract attention
is a letter from the far Northwest
where lumber "is evidently more- abun
dant than pajjrr written on a large
shingle.
It has long bem an open secret that
alligators, horned toads and all sorts of
reptiles are smugpled through, the
mails if possible, and L'ncle Sam. las on
exhibition several specimens of the ani
mal kingdom which he has confiscated.
Surrounded by many strange and in
congruous things is an old mail-bag
stained with blod, which ti'tts. tlie
story of a brave man's devotiom VMhrty
even unto death an Arizona, mall
carrier who was killed by the Apache
Indians in Another interesting
relic is the ancient lcathcr-liouixl vol
ume of fifty-three- pages in whitili llen
jamin Franklin kept the aceewznts of
the Government when he was. lmas-ter-Gcneral.
In a still smaller book is
a record of the uncalled-for- or misdi
rected letters during elevenyears from
1777 to 17Ki which, numbered three
hundred and sixty five. We hare made
rapid strides in a century- ti reach an
average of eighteen, thousand "dead
letters" a day. Although many of these
letters are resurrected, sent out into the
world apain, ami anally reach their
destination, there- are multitudes, of
Course, lieyond th- ken even of a Dead-Letter-Ollice
clerk that can not be re
turned to their owners. Alas! what
misery anil misunderstandings may
have licen caused by the loss of some of
these letters!' The happiness of a life
time, perhaps, or the success. Never
theless, doi not lay all the blame at
Uncle Sam's door, for you know not
what you may have left undone that
you ought to have done.
George Canning once said: "I can
prove any thing by statistics except the
truth." Those people who are of his
opinion may still have doubts, in spite
of a peep behind the scenes, of the
efficiency f the Iead-Lctter Office, as
the public no lonper accepts the tradi
tion tliat tipures will not lie. 1
Giddings, in N. Y. Ledger.
CAPACITY OF THE EARTH.
Its Present Population anil the Number
It Will Hold.
When will the earth have all the
people upon it that it can accommo
date? That is a question which some
sober economists and sociologists have
lately thought fit to take into serious
consideration, bringing to bear upon it
the light of statistical research.
Before the British Association for the
Advancement of Science, at its recent
meeting, Mr. Itavenstein, a well-known
statistician, estimated that, whereas
the total population of the earth is now
a little less than one billion five hun
dred millions, there is room on the
earth for very nearly six billions of in
habitants. That is to say, when the space on the
earth available for the support of
human beings is fully occupied, it will
be found capable of maintaining four
and a half billions more of people than
it now contains, or four times as many
people as there are now in the world.
This seems at first glance, to be
very encouraging to the human race.
Hut Mr. Rarenstein says it is not, be
cause the race is increasing, in these
days of civilization, security and easy
exchange among the nations, so very
much faster than it ever increased be
fore that this margin will be exhausted
and the world lie full in a little over one
hundred and eighty years.
By the year 2070, according to Mr.
Ravenstein's calculations, the earth will
have the six billions of inhabitants who
are all that there is room for, and most,
as it were, hang out the sign: "Standing
room only." Living room there will
be none.
It is interesting to know that there
were other men of science present at the
meeting of the British Association,
when these figures were given out, who
ditl not at all agree with Mr. Raven
stein's conclusions. They insisted that
it is impossible to calculate, at the
present time, what the ratio of increase
of tlie world's population will be a gen
eration or two hence, or what are the
earth'6 real capabilities for sustaining
life. Not only may the ratio of in
crease be sensibly altered, but the nour
ishing capacity of the earth may be
added to many fold. Christian Union.
EXTRAVAGANT WOMEN.
Sara Bernhardt'? traveling kit con
sists of forty-eight trunks, weighing in
all over two tons.
Mij9 Mary Garrett, of Baltimore,
has a bath in her home lined with Mex
ican onyx that cost SO.OOO.
Ax American lady has a brass bed
stead inlaid with real pearls. Across
the top runs a brass rail, on which the
owner's name is wrought in pearls.
Mrs. II. McKay Two.mbi.lt, of New
York, is said to own the finest furs of
any belle in that city. She has one
mantle of Russian sable which cost
10,000.
Ax American woman with a pretty
foot and well-filled purse is having an
order filled abroad for six pairs of boots
to be encrusted with precious stones.
Evidently the fair diplomat desires to
call attention to her shapely foot.
Mrs. Bradley Martix has purchased
in Paris the crown of Marie Antoinette
not a coronet which in picture books
generally does duty for a crown, but a
genuin velvet cap. with the insignia of
royalty emblazoned upon it in precious
stones.
Mrs. Emmoxs Blaixe, nee McCor
mick, paid $1,700 for her new baby's
bassinet and trousseau. The furniture
of the toilette basket is ivory bound,
with the family monogram variously
inscribed in silver turquoise and small
MAKES FBEE AND ALL ABE f LAVES BESIDE.
FRIDAY. JANUARY 30,
AFTER DEATH.
Behold,-!, show you a mystery.'"
Folded hend ud nerveless arm.
Shrouded Jorm in iey calm,
Wrapped in dmamless, solemn sleeps
Never more to a ake or weep.-.
Flowers strewn on coftiD lid.
Soon to be forever bid
Where the winds unheeding pass
Through the swaying, sighing grass.
With a sacred tenderness
Press a silent, sobbitig- kiss
On the unresponsive face.
Still and strange in- death' embrace.
fbut from sight. A precious trust,
"Earth to earth, and dust to dust,"
Alt the kisnes, ail the tears.
All the h ipes ut future years.
All the tenderneis I crave.
Hurled in the darkened trrava.
What to xne is well-meant phrase.
Kindly word, and laouratul praise
Leave me with my pruf alo
Still my love i.-i alt uiy own,
Miue to ch-rt?!i and to keep,
Tfcoupk be lies in dreamless sleep.
I w ill keep tny soul for thee.
Sweet u::d fadeless tztemory 1
Coma-lid can nerer port
Heart ilii-t's tinuly linked to hear.
When I drift !rum etrth aiay.
Ho itu tne, my slrcutu and stay.
Gently puide rar untried feet,
Ivia- my lips in welcome sweet.
Death to me can never bring
Fear, distrust, or doubt, or stins.
On another, fairer shore..
I hajl clasp thy bawd once morel
-Helen N. l'ackanl, iii Sorinstif'.d Republican.
A DANGEROUS DOZE.
Result of a Nap Taken by a Tele
graph. Operator.
In the fall of ISirO 1 was employed as
a telegraph operator on a leading West
ern road, and located iu the thriving
little town tit X. 1 was young at the
business then, and did not possess the
judgment or presence of inind that nine
long years of railroad experience has
since given me. But to my story.
It was a cold, stormy night in the lat
ter part of Dcembtfr. The snow, whicli
had lieen fulling incessantly since morn
ing, still continued when, lunch-basket
in hand. I made my way down the quiet
village street toward the depot.
Upon my arrival the day man ex
plained to me ell tTic unfinished busi
ness, chatted pleasantly on various
town topics for a little time, then donned
his ovcrcuiit,. and ou bidding me good
night, said:
"Charlie, old boy, this storm is rais
ing old Ned with railroading, the trains
ar; all late, and unless it stops soon yt.ix
will have a busy night of it. Keep your
wits alnict you."
The itight express No. 24. which was
due at X at 2:20 a. m., was reported one
hour and thirty minutes late, and
th east-bound passenger No. 19,
the flyer, as it was called among
the railroad boys, was due at two a in.,
and was reported one hour and ten
minutes late. This being a single-track
road, these two tiains usually met and
pa-.sed at Coal Switch, a small station
ten miles east.
As the chick struck the hour of mid
night, and my sleepiness increased, I
foolishly rcsoived to take a short nap
before train time, thinking I could eas
ily rouse myself when occasion called,
for many had been the night that I had
stretched myself full length on the
olbee desk with my coat for a pillow and
dozed the long hours away, never fail
ing to respond when my sounder called
me.
But I was uncommonly tired that
night, and I slept on much longer than
I intended. hen I woke "A Y" (that
stood f.-ir the dispatcher's office) was
calling me. I rublied my eyes and,
still half asleep, answered him with "I
1-X." He then asked me for No. 19. I
thought one brief second, reasoned that
if it Lad passed my station the nole
would surely have waked me. then an
swered "X. Y." which to him meant,
not yet.
He thf n called Brockton, the second
station east, and. upon his prompt reply
"I I," "Jt" sent the following order ad
dressed to the operator at X and to Xo.
27 at Brockton. It read:
"No. V7 will run to X regardless of No. 19.
Operator at X will hold No 19 until No. 27 ar
rives." My readers will readily understand
that the order was given to help 27
along, and upon the strength of my re
porting No. 1 as not having passed my
station. Xot more than ten minutes
after the order was given I heard Brock
ton send in the signatures of the con
ductor and engineer of No. 27, heard
the order corrected and knew that they
had left Brockton and no night ofliee be
tween us.
Then for the first time I commenced
seriously to consider the matter; and
one after another in quick succession
these questions arose: Why don't 19
come? Had No. 19 passed, and if so,
what would le the result? My head
was spinning like a top.
To ease my mind, and, perhaps be
cause I did not know what else to do, I
went out and examined the rails. The
storm had ceased and here and there a
twinkling star could be seen. The
moon was trying to shine from beneath
a great bank of wary clouds, and by its
dim light I could see them and they told
the story but too well. The rails were
clean from snow, and as it had been
snowing when I lay down to rest I
knew that No. 19 had passed while I
carelessly slept.
My brain seemed on fire. I staggered
back into the oHlce. The dispatcher
was again calling me.
With trembling hand I grasped the
key and answered him. Again his
former question was asked: "Has No.
18 arrived?" What should I say? Fear
advised me to again reply "N Y" and in
the time that would elapse before they
could arrest me make good my escape.
Duty whispered: "Be a man." I heeded
it and told him alL He had no time to
chide me even had he desired. 1 1 was a
time for action then. I heard him send
this message to the superintendent's of
fice: "No. 19 and No. 27 will meet in a collision
near Coal Switch. Send wrecking crew and
physicians at once."
I paced the office like a madman, and
prayed that God would in his mercy
spare those poor helpless passengers;
that lie would not stain my liands
with their blood; yet all the time know
ing how impossible such a thing would
be. The minutes secmeJ. hours.
Twenty of them passed, then thirty,
forty, and still no news from the
trains.
I could stand the suspense no longer.
I seized my hat and started for the
door; there I stood undecided, when my
practised ear heard Brockton calling the
dispatcher's otiice. He answere and
again, half dazed, I listened. The old
sounder ticked on withoxft realizing that
it was tH.-a.kiii to mc wyrda of life itud
I
a i ; i i i t I I I I I i
o
SI.60 and
IS91.
I
hope. It said:
No. S7 is here and m
I heard no more, but fell swooning to
the floor.
The terrible strain had been too much
for me. I don't know how long I lay
thus; when I came to, I found strange
faces about me, heard the sound of
escaping steain and tliere lx-fore the
station stood No. 19. Haw did it happen,
you ask?
WeU, I will tell yoo No. 19 had
passed X while I slept. No. 27 had
signed its orders at Brockton and pro
ceeded on its way.
Now comes tlie Strang part of this
strange tale, showing how God in His
infinite goodness can ami does step in
when man is powerless and in desnair.
Near Coal Switch is a deep cut, where
the road runs through a sraall spur of
Bearpaw mountain. Into this cut, it
seems, tlie snow had blown all that
nipht from the bank above until the
track was one huge drift
On rushed No. 27. On, on rushed No.
19 until well until this blessed snow
bank was reached. Then they halted
scarcely four hundred feet apart. No.
27 returned to B for help, and No. 19,
being short of water, backed to ,
where they found me Jyingwhere I felL
In some respects I have never recov
ered from that nipht's experience. Of
course I was called up to interview the
superintendent. I told him all like a
man, then hade him good-day, and went
out into the world to commence all over
again.
Through the official's kindness the
newspapers never learned of my crim
inal carelessness or the averted catas
trophe, for all of which I was very
thankful. I soon secured' a new posi
ti in in the East, when- 1 have remained
ever since. That night's work, how
ever, carried with it a lesson to whicli I,
perhaps, owe my present' success. C.
M. Dennisrm, in Yankee Blade.
THE
An Africa
MONKEY
DRUMMER.
Story- AerrtMllleJ
to Emln
Pasha.
Emin Pasha, the story- .f whis" res
cue from Central Afrie:t is well known
to the world, is an enthusiast ie student
of natural history, and had made a col
lection at his headquarters on the Up
per XUe,. which he was compelled to
aband:tr.
One of the objects of his interest in
the equatorial province was a species
of chimpanzee, and Mr. Stanley t-jlls
some remarkable stories regarding
Emin's observ:tti in-v
According to Stanley's account, the
equatorial chimpanzee is not greatly
the inferior in intelligence of some of
the human ln-ings f.jund there.
The forest of Msongwa is infested by
a tritie of chimnanzees of great stature,
win make almost nightly r.iid.s on the
villages and little plantations of the
Mswa natives, carrying away their
bananas and other fruits. There is
nothinp very remarkable aboat this
fact, since many kinds of Animals make
pillaging forays upon the habitations of
men: but the surprising part of I'tnin's
narrative is the Maicment that in these
thieving raids the chimpanzees make
use-.-t iijliu-.l l....:c. to hujt out the
frttf.
"If I had not myself been a witness
of this sii-taeie." Mr. Stanley reports
Umin cs saying, "nothing would ever
have made me b-dl'-ve that any raoc of
monkeys possessed the art of making
fire."
On on. occasion. Emin says, a chim
panzee of this intelligent trilie stole a
drum from the huts of his Egyptian
troops and made off with it, beating it
as he ran.
The monkey took the drum to the
headquarters of his own people," who
were evidently much charmed with it,
for the Kgyptiun soldiers often heard
the monkeys ln-ating it vigorously but
irregularly. Sometimes in the i-iiddle
of the uight some sleepless chimpanzee
would get up and gv to beating the
drum.
Just what the other chimpanzees
thought of this midnight musical per
formance will never be known posi
tively. But from the fact that no
sound of battle and slaughter among
the intelligent chimpanzees ever fol
lowed, the Egyptians were forced to
conclude that they liked it. N. Y. bun
day Journal.
RARE INSTINCT.
The Wonderful I'erf rinanrea of a Cincin
nati bug.
A remarkable story is told of a dog
a pointerowned by a gentleman in
Cincinnati, who three times gare him
away to friends at some distance from
the city, only to find liim back again.
Once through a blinding snow-storm,
very shortly after L-i banishment. It
was resolved to experiment w ith him,
in ordvr to test the fact whether this
was the result of mejnory or of some
keenly-developed scent or other sense
not known. lie was accordingly dosed
with rr:ori..liinc and taken to a town in
Kentucky, one hundred aud fifty miles
away. In twenty-eight hours he was at
his master's door. It was thought,
however, that he might have recovered
from his letliargy iu time to see in what
direction lie was going, ami so had
found his way back by simply keeping
to the railn ad track. He was therefore
dosed with ether, put in a closed basket
and taken northeast and southeast, then
kept in a dark shed over night and let
loose in the morning. He at once set
out in a straight line and on a run not
at all like a dog that had lost his way
crossed two broad rivers and three
steep mountain ranges, through five
large towns and a network of roads and
toss roads. Although he Lad never
been ju that part of the country before,
in four days he reached Cincinnati
again. lie could rot have rcmcmliered
or known any thing aliout his journey
down, for he was unconscious the whole
of the time. hat, then, induced Lira
to start in the right direction and keep
it until he arrived home? Thl; ques
tion has long puzzled the naturalists;"
for st ran per instances of animals find
ing their way home eren than this have
occurred. Thoy are. however, rare and
suggest the idea that this instinct Is ex
ceptional and not common to animals.
Mechanical News.
Hard to Luderatind.
OiTice lkiy The editor wants the prool
of Lisf ditorials.
Proof-r.cuder What for?
Ofliee Boy He want to read 'era.
Proof-Rcader Humph! Xo account
ing for tastes. X. Y. Weekly.
Skinlcy "I owe you an apology.
Biggs, I" Biggs "Never mind tbo
apoiogy, Skinlcy. Pay the s you owe
c," Boston UcralL --
postage por year In advance
NUMBER 4.
WHEN THE NEV WEARS OFF.
He was a youth, and ur. a maid.
Ht'th bapjiy. yourer tint! sri,y.
Tbey loved and ill t-Leui was fair
As nue coiiliauoii-: M iy
The croakers saw this huiirdnes:.
And said: "Ah: lute Is bnud;
You're happy now. but rare Trill romi
When the new wears avyvu'll Und."
They married, and then rljelr life crew rich .
With calmer, riper joy i
They were as man and wife n.ore loud
Thau when as irl and Loy,
Their "friends" coulu not r-miure the slpbt.
And said, with worldly wit:
Itw Ul not be so brUbt aixl ttiie
Whea the new wears oil j-Uct."
Alu-well the new wore off, .if eourse.
And then, what did they finds
An olduess which w as tieltur. tar.
For love is not so blind
A ei51sh care; and loving hv-arts
New jjrys uill always nuit.
So. when the new wears ofl, they'll find
Old love the mure co:iiI. f
-Myrtle IZ. Cbcn-yn.au. in l:trait Free Press.
THE ZONE-TARIFF."
How Railway Fares Have Boen
Greatly Roducod in Hurgury.
A recent number of the Gentury mag
azine contains an article on tlie system
recently adopted in II ui-pary for mini
fying, and regulating tiie pussenper
rates on railroads in that country. The
writer says:
For the method of ballot reform
which Is so widely adopu-d wc arc in
debted to Australia; acd now from
Hungary we hare .a suggestion .f re
form in railway luanaperm-ut which
premises to revolutionize the passenger
busdness.
The "-Zone-tariff," as il is called, was
putin operation in Ilunj-ary on the 1st
of Angust, lssy. It has. therefore, but
a ark-f experience to justify its practi
ciAiillty: but the results thus far have
btm. so remarkable that its success
seems to le assured. The nu t ra.nl con
sists of a division of the territory of
Hungary into fourteen eooeentric zones.
Budapest, tlie capital, being the-center.
Tlie first zone includes all i-Uilious
aithiii 2.1 kilometers !i' tnils frt:i
Site center: the second, all more than 2.1
and less than 40; all tlie zones, except
tlie first, the twelfth and the thirteenth
are 15 kilometers, ora little more than
a miles in width; the- three named are
25 kilometers in breadth, and the four
teen includes all stations more than 22.1
kilometers from the capital. The fare
is regulated by tlie number of zones
which the travcK-r enters or rouses
during his journey. Reducing guldens
to cents, the rate is 20, l j anil 10 cents
per zone, for firt, second and thirii-c!a-
passenpers. respectively. If one start-,
fro:n Budapest ar,fi crosses thre zones
he travels, therefore, oo kilometers, or
about miles; if he goes lirst-cla.-s, Lis
fare will be ii cents; if second-class, 4s
cents; if third-class, V,t cents.
For bx-al traiiic, when the traveler
does not eros the boundary of i:ny zone,
there are sriccial rates; if he g's oiily
to the nearest station, the charges will
be 12, ". an.l 1 s: if to the second
station from h'.s start iMg-p lint. 1 . .. Mid
i cents; if to the third station, the 1 ail
rales of the Zone are clial'g-.d.
The greatest reduction, however, is
ia the long d:st'nees. For all stations,
more than 22.1 kilometers 150 mi!-s
from Budapest the rates are the same.
All stations ln--ond that distance are
reckoned in the fourteenth zone. It
costs no more to trot cl from Budapest
to Bra -so, which is 7C.I kilometers dis
tant, than to Nagy Yarad, tli. distance
of which L only 21.1 kilometers. To
this farthest jxiint, 4 12 miles from the
capital, the fares of the three -lass-s
are, for ordinary trains, iV20, P2.::2, and
gl.GO. At this rate the firsti lass fare
from New York to Chicago would lie
onlj- about S7.00; and tlie third-class
fare aliout 00.
The former rates of the Hungarian
railways lietween the two points now
umicr ct.nsideratit.n were 51(1. M. ---11 ..",;.
and 7 C. The fare is, therefore, less
than one-fifth of what it was under the
o'.d system.
It is in these long distances that the
reduction is most sweeping: but even
the shorter journeys are greatly cheap
ened. To AraJ, which Is 20 kilometers
from Budapest, the former fare for the
tlirce classes was ?I. Iii, SI 32 and ;J.n;
the present fare is .20, S2.U2 and fl.Oti,
a reduction of almost .10 per cent.
lCsides the reduction in rates the
new systern offers great advantages in
the way of convenience and simplifica
tion. The number of distinct tickets
always kept on sale in every im port ant
hotel office was formerly a'niut 7t0; the
greatest number required in any ofTiee
is now only 02. This reduces consider
ably the expense of printing and hand
ling tickets. They are now sold lika
postage stamps at news stands post
offices, hotcLs, cigar shops and other
such places Any traveler knows what
his fare will be if he knows how many
zones he is to cross; he simply multi
plies the numlicr of the zones he is to
enter or cross by the normal rate of
fare per zone, which is as has lieon ex
plained, twenty, sixteen and ten cents
for the three classes ri'sieclivel3-.
For a large number of places within
fifty-five kilometers of Budapest ticket
books containing from thirty to sixty
tickets are issued at rates slill lower.
Thus for a group of stations averaging
about twenty-one miles from Budapest
books are sold which make the trip
fares sixteen, twelve and eight cents.
These books are transferable, and the
owner of the lxk ma3 pay w ith tliese
tickets the fares of persons accompany
ing him. Evidently the purpose of this
system is to extend these concessions
and conveniences as widely ns possible,
and not, as often in America, to limit
and eireumscrie them so that the small
est number of people shall get the lul
vatitage of them.
Tie reader will lc interest d in know
ing what rcspt .- - has been ma!.' by the
Hungarian public to those lilicrul meas
ures. The Hungarian public is tn-t par
ticular' responsive, the jtjiulati. .11 of
the country is tparsc, they area por,
uui-nterprisiiig. homc-ki ping pc pie;
but they, seem to know a good thing
when tin. s-e it- The increase in tlie
passenger truC'f: has Imh-ii very gre;.t.
For the fir. t t ight unmtb.f the new
system the number of passengers car
ried was 7,770,s70; for the correspond" .
months of the previous year tha num
licr carried was 2,R91,R32. It may 1
supposed that this increase was mainly
due to the great reduction in the long
distance rates. On the contrary, the
gain is the largest in the traffic lietween
neigh boring stations Of fcuch. ias
sengers there were under the old-system
25.1,000; under the new, 4.3ti7,5Mo.
rhh vast lucrcairti of business has
The Isrrearl ret stile circulation of
kbia Ivkkm cn. menus It to tlie fstnratile
eons leers 1 t n c-f trt t trs ,hor Invoin wiil ,a
inserted at t e l'I! wli.i U w mica:
I Ir.rh. 3 ''mrr t i f 0
1 lntb,3 mi.nthf.... g.Ao
1 Inch. nTih s.ta
1 finrh J yr ft oo
2 trr-hes, 6 nit tithr.. e 00
It Inches. I car 10 OO
lh.ctif t un-LtLs e.00
S Inches. I year 1; 3
icolninn 6 oioutha.. .................. ...... 10.00
.. column. G m mlha...... 'I
C'Iuxd I year 3l 00
; o'uinn, (S luonttir 4o flO
1 column, J year 76 00
Hu.lnp.il Item, tlr.t mrertl'in, lOe. per line;
S".bent liiserttnns. . per I'r.e
Ae uj im -ti Hti-r'n and r.xecu tor's K.Klcii . t. AO
Aullt .r's N,.(lrr ti w
sirar unl sfnnar Notice I M
-lie- .lutiuij or pr.K-c -liui-a t any e..rp;-ra-tinn
r rtxlprv iDd enit.iiiii-t irnit de.iraed to
rail atieu r-t : nay waller i.i limited or Indl
ridoal interest rna' tie paM It" idverti.rn-wtJi
l iMik and Job I ruuti i( aii k:nW ricatiy ana
T'f.a.'r fxi rtirrd ut tiio lowed prices. And
duu'l i'1 : "rn. t ii .
I also lieen ace. tmpaiiud by a sttb--,;ni)li:iL
I increase of revenues, totnparing the
( rvt ids from j iissctigers and bag; "ago
j of the first six i.iinit'is of tin' lu- m's
' tern with the coiTfsptitulin'-' months of
(the previous 3'car, c. e find a gain of
s-'..'.l.ssil. Jt is ti'so stated that there
i li:ts tieen no snatcrlnl increase in .per
j! atirig expenses. Under the old sy.-tem
' the cars were not ulu-n more 1 ban one
s' third fall.
! It Is not to lie tviir.iiered at that rail
j tray managers from all parts of the
J world are hasteiiinp to llrmp.-irv to
stinlyon the f round this remarUu 'ile
J phenomenon. It is to le hoped that
some of I'Ui'ov.ti i.jay go and ret ui 11 v itii
' nw lif !.i on a pi eat quest ion.
To what extent tlui i xjH-rit nee of
nunpnry could Im; inn-le available in
America it is rot easy to say. Part of
Jte Hungarian rail .vuys belong tithe
state, hot part ol them are uinicr the
ontrol of private c.uiijirMiics: it would
appear, however, that the right of tht
atttle. to regulate fares must lie Co,i- .
icd. The document i'miu which 1 his
ia formation is derived ' published by
the ii iiiigarian government, and it : n-t-istof
an clalmrate but very iiitcllipi
L ' compilation of the rules am! njetli
04 -of ehissilication under w hich- the
b'tsinrss is done.
ne fact is clearly demonstrated
that-reduced passenger fares greatly
st jnulato passenger tratlic. and are ad
vantageous to the co'npanies. There
ir indications enough of this f.ut in
th experience of An erica n rail ays,
burthe managers are slow to act ujhiii
th.-io. Perluips this striking ill c.-t ra
tion from Hungarian n-ilway history
may quicken their apprehension.
The economic and industrial :utvan
tage of such low fairs should lie ob
vious to a'L Whatever tern's to pro-mojL-he
mobility of l: bor is in t'e- ir
terrtst of thrift and peace. Kspeeirtllj
is this true in these tiun-s when through
1'liu.aj.fa of fashion production Is con
stantly shifting; if the worl;-po"'.c
thrown out of cmploynu-nt in one place
coil Id easily and cheaply remove to
s. un; - oi b-r place where laliorcrs are
wari't-d, suf 'rip.g would be rcijeved,
pnutfrisiu diminished, anil the conge .
tioiiSJ f labor, out of which many !i!'i
culties arise, greatly rvdu.cii. The
liih rati sot railroad tare prevent the
fre'S movement of labor, ami jggraval
manv of our s-ieial ills.
SHEEP FOR WOMEN.
Tle-vJiveer Way in WMrh Wive Are Ob
tuliittl In Kusnian Turkeysi:tii.
I -'teen is the inarriageaLle ago, and
pn limiiuiries are iu ijie.-riei -tl by the
pa -cits of the l.ridepi'ooui sendo'g :i
d. -nutrition of Miatcii-rtiahcrs to the ..ir-I'li'j-
of the i ri ie. -.'Ti ring 1 n iit-.
and an.onp thclii 11 dish scci.i!!v pre
pared lor llr- occasion. ,,i livera.ni mat
ton fat. wliieii sivisi'ie.s that they i.ie 11
matrimony. After this the co-.:':;!;- :t
s returned by presents and a similar
iUmi sent by the tfU l's parents to Ue.so
of lie brid 'groom.
The briil. 's f:.t! er then : uion s
meeting of l.itisir.eii 1 e ,i;sj ! -r thi
-ross i!f,oi.::t to paid h .' ' -i l
The kaiiiu t:i;r coic-istof l orty, ty
r on hundred , r fr .i.i i ir i.
forty-seven h.-t'J of cattl . lx si.l s
which the bri.lcgro- m has to give at
least two presents of camcis, h- rs, -.
cows or lire-aruis. These things decided,
the bride's father sends to the brid -groom's
aul for tlie kaliiu and one of
the presents, after which tiie l.ride-
proom takes the other presents a :ii
j ties to .s-e tin- 1 ride for the time.
The delivery of his pi t vutuaMy
seals t- e luarria re toi tioet, and he i-i
so firmly b-Iroi'ied t h it : ho.dd lie die
lief-irc the time of iiiaiji;.e the iii-tei:;l--l
wife hits to go iovie Ui his par
cr.t i j'.tid If th' n f. -r the wife if t lie
next son. On the other band, if h:r
i:ig tlie - Iflr.itiK.I the. g-irl
l.ht iuld ;ie, her par 'tiis are Unuel to
."ive in-'eiid their ti- t d r.t .t r. or
i ai.lt oi on.", to return the k jlun and p iy
a line.
W hen the peri..l of bctr.,Lh..l is at an
end. the bridegroom goes to the aul of
his bride, who is giviti up )y l.cr par
ents with a dowry of a tent, a camel or
riiling horse, cat tie and a bride's hc.ul
ilress, K'sidesa ln-d, crockery and a trunk
i if wearing apparel.
On tl ie wid.ling night the priest
places the bride and bridegroom in the
midst i f a t.-nt, puts 1m-fore I'.cn a -ov-cred
't p of wnt"r, and l-gins the
I"rat'-rs. Then he asks the eoutraeiing
parties if it is with their full consent
they engage themselves to be married,
and three limes gives them tiic water
to drink.
'1 he completion of a marriage is fol
lowed by feasting and games, n:id then
the nett ly luart'it-d depart to the bride
groom's snil. wit h eatneis carrying tlx
trousseau, and the K.rticn of his wealth
which a father gives to each f liU
daughters on her marriage. X. Y. Sun
day Journal.
ODD ANCIENT CUSTOMS.
Is the middle ages the lotver animal
wore frequently tried, convicted and
punishf.I for various offenses.
Is bis:,. tAhen the Protestant chapel
at Kocht'lle was cuiidVtunt-d to lie de
molished, the bell thereof was publh ly
wbippod for having as-idled here.ics
with its tongue.
Among the legends of the early C-ltie
saints nothing is morn common than
tbo storj of the saint being sent to bor
row fire and carrying it in his lap with
out the fire injuring his garment.
In ancient Greece, a law of Pittacus
enacted that "be who commits a crime
when drunk shall receive a d.r.blo pun
isbmcnt" -one for the crime itsf lf and
tho other for the inctiri-ty u irch
prompted hitn to commit it.
In 12tXi a pig wasbarni tl a'. I'oii; r.ncj--aux
-Hoses, near Paris, f jr having eaten
a child. In l"s6 a in lgc of I'ahiiso con
deiLintd a sow to 1m- mulilatt-d and
bangi-d for a similar !Ti n.-.e. Thr-e
roars later a horso was mil. lunly " ied
Lelore the magi -'rate and cond'-nined U
death for having 1. i !!.! a r.ian.
In the days of King LiJg.ar the lives of
criminals were in.un '.iurn spared on
condition of devoting liiciiiscl v-s to
killing '. dvcs, an I period, eully '''-"-ing
a giv n iiuiiilier of vm1vi ii'i"'::.
Several estati s in .vial tie inev call I it
Mi. Hand counties luital.ly u llei'.Jj
shire. were h-ld on this tenure.
! Is the lifucnth ccnturv it w.is lie-
lii v-d that cocks w ere int ima'i I y assj
ciatisl with witches, and wi re ereJ iU'd
Willi lading a-'wir--l --gg.i, fiuui tshi'U
sprang uiugud .setjunu. Ju Hi'J. a.
Bale, a cm k was publicly accused of
bitt ing laid out- of these Jre.idfal eggs,
llo was tried, sentenced todea'h. and,
together willi thotgg. was burned by
the titcuhoiit I i'i the marat t place.