INDIAN BASE-BALL. It Isn't Much l.'kir the National dime, t,ui It I n Lively Sport. Ball r ir'.'r cms to have born a general" Kni.ra1 of atimst tu lit, among all the Ami'i-in I Lilian tribes, but, writ, s llcrry Inman. in the Kaii.-.r.i City Star, it is conceded tl;at tho Ohovtaws, in their uncivilized state, wore tho most skilled in tho gr.me. Of course, tho In dian method of hiving is not at all sim ilar to tho American National game, and indeed it is more like tennis. It is played with two bats or sticks, and in every house I visited in the Choctaw Nation I saw one or more pah- of these peculiar bats. Tho sticks are bent into an oval loop at one end. with a web of finebuckakin thongs stretched across them to prevent the ball from falling out when tood or caught. Each player carries two of lh e bats, one in each hand, ami they catch the ball by jumping into the air, and throw it from the bats, and never are allowed to strike it or catch it with their hands. In their primitivo days it was an invariable- law of the game that no player should wear moccasins on his feet, and he could make his appearance on tho ball grounds only in the prescribed dress. He had to wear his breech-clout and a beautiful head belt and tail, mado of white horse hair or quills, with a mane around his neck constructed of the same material a the tail, dyed in colors. The match was made up months before the day agreed upon for the play ing of the fame, and was led by two champions, or captains, as wo should call them. These captains had tho power to go through the tribe, from vil lage to village, and alternately choose the men for their respective sides. The choice of players wa3 generally efTocted by proxy; two '-runners"' were sent, armed with a pair of '-ball-sticks.' These were elaborately ornamented with paint, ribbons ami any tiling that had a gaudy appearance, and were touched by the players selected as an evidence that they accepted and would bo on hand promptly at the appointed time, prepared to take part. Each side erected on tho ground, where the gumo was to take place, two upright poles about thirty feet high and .-ix feet apart, across the top of which another pule was fastened. These were called the Coals or '-byes." and the distance br betwecn them, one representing one side and one the other, was some mhi feet. At a point exactly half way from each goal a small stake was driven where the ball was to bo thrown into the air at a certain signal. All the pis luminaries for the pi mo were rarended to by an old men. who were al-o the j'i.lg"S or unpirr s. first u line was drawn from one goal to tiio oti.er: t his was called the betting lino, across which all beta w. re mad" and placi 1 in possession of the reg-ilarl r-ap-pointed .- take-holders, and all betting was made the niyrhi before the game was to be called. Every conceivable thing v.-ys stake d that the Indian pos sessed, for there is no such inveterate pau.bU r as poor Eo. The women of tho tribe, too, wep' as earnest to wager what their lodges contained, eeu to the last blanket. The night before the game, all tiio players assembled around their respect ive "byes," v.-h.-ie, by the light of torches and oilier 1 1 1" s, the sijuav.s beat their tom-toms a:il sung' the weird songs of the nation. 'I'!, en was tho "hall play dancu" indulged in. ail the plaj-ers of both .-hies, in their full frame dress, rattling the bats together and joining in the in'-i),,..nous chants of the tribe. Thi !i the s.ju.v.va foriiivd n each side of the betiing-lino said there danced and sung r.p;v-l!J ' tlii .;rca; spirit to de cide the .Tame to-lui'lToW in their favor. Tuw v';''1 alwavi opened by four old laedioiii" i.n n, who Were ul.so the umpire;. The night before the frame was called, while the players and the bt tiers were dancing and having a good time at the "byes"' and the betting line, they were squatted down at a small stake, away from tin- fun. smoking to thetrreat Spirit for ability to impartial ly decide the game to-morrow, as their duties required. The four old men standing at the small stake throw the ball up in tho air and then the players, numbering 700 or SCO frequently, ru-h frantically to the spot, leaping and actually jumping over each others' heads darting between their adversaries" legs, and all tho timo keeping up tho most demoniacal yells in their effort to toss the ball to their own side, ."sou-ouuies a regular hand-to-hand figl:t occurs, but it never be comes serioi::;, because, according to one' of the rules of the game, every weapon is left in the village and no man is al lowed to go or send for one, so that these occasional broils ne ver amount tj any thing. The game is for 11H) points, and a point is when the ball is passed through the poles of either side, which counts one. All the players' efforts seem to be con centrated upon keeping tho ball up in the air, but of course it does fall to the ground once in awhile, and then the scene is pandemonium broke loose; you can not see the players for the dust they raise as the y rush together, nor can they sec the ball cither, and bloody noses and broken shins are tho rule. Besides tho 700 or S00 players there will often bo twice that number of spectators on tho ground, so that it can be imagiut d what a noise they make when all whoop and yell together. WESTERN CIVILITY. A NrHt rniiiili!U0iit l'uid n I'retty Girt by H llusltlul nwlioy. Hero is a very neat little N'ory, from the St. I.ouis llepuhlie, ilhirtrativu tf the faet that even tho wild ami woolly West can produce u natur;il-born Ches terileld upon occasion. At a party given lat winter was a ha.shful cow hoy, who had not been in civilized society for sev eral years, lie was a good-loo'.-ir'g fel low, and one of tho younjj ladies pres ent kindly took an interest in him and tried to make him feel at ease, lie fell desperately in love at oneo and the hostenH noticing this encourag'erl hint all she could. In leaving tho house the younjr lady who had taken a friendly interest inhe cow hoy forjrot her over shoes, and tho hostess told tho young Lochinvai- from the plains that he might return them to the z', A if he wished. The herder leaped at the chance, anil presented himself in due time at tho younr lady's house. She was surprised to see him but greeted Lim cordially. "You forgot your ovc-r:io-s last night," aid he awkwardly, handing her tho package. She thanked him and opened! it. ''Why. there's only one overshoe here" she exclaimed. 'Yes, Miss - s.Jd the blushing viu-fjuer, earnestly. 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We don't do any but first-class work and want a liyintf price for it. TO Fast Presses aadJNew Type We are prepared to turn out;Job;Printinf every discretion in theFINEST STYLE and at tbe very Lowest Cast Prices. Xotbiiig Dut the best material n used and our work tpaks for itself. We are pre pared to prlnt.oa the shortes; notice Posters, Programmes, RreiNEss Cards. Tags, Bill Heads, Monthly Statements. Envelopes, Labels, Circulars, Wedding and VitsiTiNa Cards. Checks. Notes, Drafts, Receipts, Bond Work, Letter and Note Head?, and IlOP AND PARTTlNyiTATIOSa. ETC. We can print anything from Jtlioj smallest and neatest ViltluCard to. the largest Poster on short ('notice and. at. t!w most Reasonable Rates. The Cambria Freeman, EBEXSBURG. PEXN'A. : K r. ' Rjj 'fi 3 jP ? ;r & ktefe tfc to I-, PATENTED r.'i - li . ? f;?jd i C'onfulfi tJio LfaTrt o i-rIlt of t'ju 11 ne 'J roc. I", c th :u for a ilv;as-.r.t EP-.k'1 r.::d ;..vt:y ie::ef rr mnuzuzx. a:jti '. "2 CHRO'i'.C CA TUP.P.H. 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Bath tab and everything; connected therein kept perfectly clean. Oi.aaa Towaxa aarauiaLTT. M. D. KITTELL, ; Attorney-o t- juaw, EBENSBTJRO, PA. ' - - Office, Armory Bundles, opp. Court Uouie. WW 1 Ldi JiX7rJ A NEBRASKA HEROINE. IIow Woman w.ih Nerve Governed m Vettrrn I'umaniiKity. Talk abodt lvetlo women,"' said tho man on the cracker box, who was enter taining tho insurance ajrent and a treo traveler, '-there ain't nothin' under tho sun a lectio woman can't do if she Beta out tew. She jest takes hold and does by stratasreo w hat a Li' woman does by main strength and awkwardness. Ain't it so, Sleepy Sam?" The reservation Indian designated grunted "uch:" although he did not un derstand a word that was said, writes Mrs. M. Rayne, tho recordor of this anecdote, in tho Detroit Free Tress. "It 'minds mo of a incident which happened when I was tho postmaster an 'spress ajjent at this here place. Omaha warn't rauch more than a village, an' its main curiosity was a floatin' bridg-o in them days. There was a vaiiso corao in by 'sprcs with no kind of direction on it. Sow I'd just had a queer 'sperience with a trunk that pot leftherp, no name or nothin', but a 3-oun woman come in for it, an' I sed, sez I: "Dentify it, my dear: if it is yours, while I open it.' "'I will,' says Khe; 'thce's a dozen eggs in I'm takin' to my aunt to make a omelet.' " 'Take it, my dear, says I; 'it's yours, an your aunt's omelet is made, but I guess the rest of your things ain"t improved any.' Vtientlemen, when I hefted the vaiiso it was as hwavy as lead." "Dynamite?"' suggested the traveler, gently. 'Bricks?'' inquirodtho insurance man. "Way off. I felt it incutnulont on mo as a Government officer to open that valise and .find out what was in it, and I was getting ready tew hunt a key, when right then in walked two women. One of them was tho Widow Snell, a poor wahod-out, weeping woman, that always aggravated me to death a Knif flin' over her dear departed Jim, tho meanest and most cantankerous human this aido of tho liockies. Tho other was a litllo mite of a dandified woman. I could Lev lifted her with one hand, an' her head was hardly above the coun ter. " 'Cap'n.' says she yen, 1 fit in tho war 'Cap'n, is thero a valise here for ine?' " 'Ain't but ono valise here, ma'am, an' that ain't for you,' fcuys I. " 'How do you know?' t-ays she, as pert as you please. 'I'll thank you to lot me see it.' "I lifted it up and banged it on tho counter. ' 'l!o careful,' 6ays she, 'it might go off;" then sho took a key of? a ribbon at her neck and handc d it to me. " 'Unlock it,' says she. "The way he ordered me round made my bead swim. Sure enough, the key unlocked it slick as a whistle. " 'You'll please tell me what's in this here valise, ma'am," says I, in myollicial voice. " "Oh yea. Bays sho. giMjin' up on tip toe, "there's a navy revolver, an' aseven Bhooter, and an Knglish huildotr that only holds one bullet, but shoots to kill and-' " 'There they are. ma"am, an they're word in tno least rind will to mucti obliged if 3'ou'll jut lake the hull ar senal oil mr hands.' "ohe stuck tho revolvers in her belt and carried the bulldog in her hand. " 'Come, Alice," 6ays shn, 'we'll go home now,' and sho walked out and walked out pnst all them reserve Injuns without a look at "era, tha widow fol lowing as meek as Moses."' "What was she doing here?' asked tho insurance man. '"t'eJlclemcn, she were a visitin her Cousin, that poor, sighin', cryin widow. It were the year thet the l!a l Axo In juns was sent up here to our reservation to make life a burden to us, till that leetle woman como up here loaded for bear. Thateousinof hers didn't have gumption enough to keep them from stealing tho roof from over her head. An ono night gentlemen, tho little woman hoard a step outside. her window, and saw an Injun taking off tho widow's best horse, an' sho jest opens tho door and steps out, an' says she: 'Stop in your tracks or you'ro a dead Injun,' and she held tho cold muzzle of the pistol to his head, lie did'nt wait fof no parley in', but just evaporated onct. "The Injuns likod her mightily for her pluck, an' ono day as she sot on tho fence drawin" pictureaof tho bluffs, an' the tepees, along rid a Injun and stopped to admire her. lie didn't ha.vo much on but a blanket, an' was dirty and scBsy, an' ho fanned himself . with a turkey tail fan. ' Hays few . . ' i . : C " '(ot man?' ' "1 es Chicago git, says Hhe. Sho kinder playod with tho shooter in her lwftan' ho got, an I reckon that wai tho shortest courtship on record. 'That little woman stayed thero till 6he coaxed tho widow u swap the farm for town lots, and sell off all the stuff, and put the money in the bank, and she mado her stop cryin' an' sniffiin' over that pesky Jim Sncll, an' braco up an' be somebody. When Bho got things a boornin and tho Injuns tamed down into docont mem' ..iof sassioty bho packed tip her firearms and wont homo to Chi cago an then the funniest thing of all came out, for tho widow told on hor. There weren't one of them firearm loaded. Sho had just bulldozed the hull lot of us with empty revolvers. Fact, gentle men; have some pop? The law forbids any thing stronger." When everybody had popped the tree traveler asked carelessly: "What became of the widow?" . - "Married her my6elf," naid tho man on the cracker-box, rising elowly; "any body got any thing to say in favor or against?' Nobody had. - - A DELIGHTFUL WOMAN. How a VIfousln larmer't Oaagbter .Treated a l'roMMal. Mi3 Kate Otimmings, who Uvea with her parents on a farm in Winnebago, Wis., can bout any man in the county mowing hay, says tho Xow York World. She wears b-jots and a waterproof, with a felt hat and linney-woolscy dress, and, 1 mountod.on tho mowing-machine, sho , is as handsome as a Hobe. Kat-o has had a great riany admirers, and the admirers have had, a great many difficulties to overcome. One of them had the audacity to swear out a warrant for her arrest on the charge of assault with malicious intent. Kufus Sloan was hired by Mr. ,'Cnm mings for harvest work, and whilo turn ing the new-mown hay 1k q11 iatlovo with Kate. Every time sho came a'tfound ' on her chariot, pushing" tho ' sickle a ? little further into tho standing icrain, Kufu-i would take his hat off anct throw a handful of kisses at her. Tbe young lady did not like this performance and told hi:n so. - ' '.7 Then Ilufus asked ber to pull Hp, as. ho had something to 6ay to her. . Sho drew the horses in, pushed her red hair behind her ears, and with "fire in her blue-gray eyes said: "Well?" . " Then ltufus planted his pitchfork in the stubble for a rest, told her lie wanted a wife, and offered her the position. Sho curled up her nose, wrinkled her brow with scorn, and answered: "You? IJahT' This was " too much for Rufns, who jabbed her. in the aido .with hii pitch fork. Kate screamed; the horses started. In his excitement the irate swain got on the sickle sidexif the mower. Tb lady saw her advantage, seized the lines, and chased the fleeing lover all over the field, screaming that' she would -mow him down and cut his ugly legs off. 'ANY ONE CAN DYE A Dress, cr a Coat, Ribbon 3, Feathers, r WA ft. M AUQ CAN DYEi&JBJ? A Dress, cr a Coat, ") Any CooA , foh Ycrns. ?n7", cic. ) te?:cemts . i , -r i - T-AVI-- M.-n- y, ' TT-ale l r . -' v .. . c..:y -1 t 1"-. : r:. 'v.i .ii f t i J jrocosi, --iit Jrt-e t" Vff:-rof any litit.y Urn within a rrar. 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It wtl no: frrca, rn.icc vtood the test of a r-atota wlctor, SI 4 icrif llow x.-m. u tLe buckcL. .UcfLuryr tneziiMelTea. lluM uo UatlK-r. rubtu- ox teuoti lu ccuxmi miih Umc wioer to oon- u:iunutt 1l YuU do tut tiv to poitp out a rrUul f water to ret a freeh. cooj er.ijil. tr.r every bucjut yroeUo n full oalx U Uc txHUjaa,al4 f.iirf wiUi cutJ waur ai Llue air cara. 1'rft-e $10 for a tea-foot well er cistern ; &H ecu Is for eierj additional foot la depth, after 10 rt-et. A Ur agi-nt vanUxl la every towrn tn tneTnMW Statea, Addrue BUCKET PUMP CO. 441 and 443 Plum Street, CINCINNATI, Ok piano & orsan go., MICH., U. S. A. W Kaka a 8PEOIALTY f PCLfTHrli D, I.i Rosewood, Eicny, Ufa! nut end Jlnliqua Ckk And : containing;: our: ow.i Patented : Improvcmanta. i OILS ! OILS ! The Standard Oil Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., make a specialty of manufacturing for the domes tic trade the finest brands of Illuminating and Lubricating Oils, Naphtha and Gasoline That can be MADE FROM PETROLEUM. We challenge comparison witn every known product of petrol eum. If you wish the most Most : Mormli : Satisfactory : Oils in the market ask for ours. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, riTTSBURG, PA. oetl-e-lyr. PATCfIT Villi PiCKET FEKCL HANDKOi'. K, IXTOKsTKe-'CTlliLlS. Cht -per thia Wood. 3 I ....... .ti .ilUM n .1 . n n i v: -n r r r i v ir . i: u ii I Iklitf 4;utti.. Ktfirf with f.M. (lIullMll a.itu.) tulM bw4 m I... wr V d tolm. Wbaa vrltlcx Wr aricv. fi.m Qtiuuif, IiivUr f Ottn. aa tetania. '' ... M. V..m UaulMt.ra R.r; Iran r roti f Crums. F1lu... Fir. ttuon ul FIKK Mil ..4 Kil,i.(i. Una u IrM Orlii Will fUOt AXO WlOOW aCKkaAa.aaidaaalau.( IKC VUU. Tll tOB oV DEA5, .01. 203 ft 05 Market St Flrtabnrcfa. Pa. jons C- FIXCH. OaaJ-aa I Gcliffl- WeiJiDE-Ep-WMsties, 131 AT at a STtarr, Pn-raaraa, Pa. tMeet eatabllabed boat la tbe city, where nothing bat iireicootl are oat up, atrtctly lor 'aaaily and aaediclaal nae. ISotblnc better than Ooidea Weddiae;. . Next an tbe list. Guek eahelmer.e. Orajr'i Mueonrabla K.e; these yooda are lead lag brands. Rraadiea of Tlntasje of 1KTS ea band, (ilna, Holland and Iometle. also OU Tom. Flaoh's Ooidea tV'eddlaa. (1.00 fur fall quart. for $.0O; Oaekenbelmer'f tbe sane; Monoaa;abela. $S 00 per dozea. Wines. 6 .co er doun , at 00 tor one-bait deen." reenre I. boxed. Alee baTe la stock. Urraadfatber'i t'hotce. at 2.M er gallon, barrela at aneella rates. u ' Apr. T 5, 90-ly fpsi avurTrf a-Mou. 1. "V vrr i littrMM It. . and ; A.li It r. A if M-rntriiiBC If UwH ca ronlinee 1TC?!!HS PILES, mli lit-U l .. tb-r Hltm "! blllat. hola ul. i-'Jkb. la uio't --- rr.T L ...IU . uMMkt uuU I.) drauiU'.vr BMlJt4. t Zf . 11' .i.j renl- ' prtr.fc. a b. : . WJa. i..'atr Aias a aua. raiaatdaia. r. OISEASES SWAYfJE 3 OUITMENT ftn U.ruiJ mrJtri . vill curv nv eM f Tttr. at Matfai'. ajwttrsn. 1 "U..rrra Pimpi. ErTtl(vUat.ek. ays) mal'-cr fc l:tiiate? r Um.; fsai. fkel drmrfLata, mu zt br tmU r )y cu. S IWvra. lailrra. Dm. Whn VUttttta WtUbuiyli ExpotKlon. eall on th KENRICKS MUSIC CO., Ltd. Far Cash ar Tim Price on Pianos and Organs, j 79 Fifth Av PITT8BUROH. PA. jnnl3 0m. SAW MILLS! Patent Variable) Friction et'Belt Feed. Steam Engines, HaylPresses. Shingle Mills. &c. Portable Crist Mills Sen lor Ulna, Threshlnr MsM-tilnra. Ar. catalogue. A. B. t AKil'AK CO lark, Ta. J0 2S.1 jr. w 1 J K 3 VMM i riYSTtRICAU IfJVCriTiCNG. A Wonderful Serrpi iir M.rhlas and atn Antotuatic Kork a; ( lir. A (renias with a profound thou.Tlit mill liai taken up tbe suijtt cif duMing1 and swroi ing by tiic-uus of euciion draught. He has a perambulating uj chinc which, by mouns of fans and hydraulic pressure, pot a draught throug-h a spiral hose with a nozzle bhaped at iis tcrruinux like the trouble end of a trombone. He starts up a grand racket on the carpet till tho dust flies, then turns on this blizzard ma chine and a condensed cyclone is im mediately precipitated. He moves his hose end round like the snout of a Jer sey hog, and w herever the cloud of dust arises the suction of his mechanism draws it, and it immediately poos "up tho spout, so to speak. Tho idea is all ripht; tho only difficulty which stands in tho way is tho possibility of his pet ting too big a draught on and shooting in stray leaves from the family test book, odd socks or sister's bangs. This idea, which is chronicled as an invention in the I'atcnt Of.ico at Wash ington, is on a par with the rocking chair which came out eight months ago, says tbe I'iltsburgh Dispatch. The in ventor arranged under the rockers a pair of bellows attached to a series of pipes running up the chair back to alxut where your neck would rest. As you rocked tho chair tho bellows worked and you were given hysterical breeze.. It worked all right for the man who could stand shower bths, but it cost one furniture dealer I know of thren good customers by neuralgia, pneu monia and croup. In another case the customer tried it and had to run a bl-K-k to catch his wig. It's a good idea, thoagh, but, like all thoso tilings, you have to get some one to think so. As for myself, I think the sw-ping ua chino would bo better employed shoot ing coiil into a collar, and the ujun with the bellows-rocker would make a fortune if ho worked it up around tbo eaves of a roof and blew tho snow into the next county instead of down the back of tho neighbor who always gets under the roof at the wrong time. EXPELLING A FROG. How a French Durlipt AVae Cured of a 1'avlnful Hallucination The Duchess of Trois-EioiloK, one of the mom aristocratic ladies of tbo Fau bourg St. Oermain, Kays Racket, bad pot possessed of tho idea that she had swal lowed a frog. She felt this frog she dt-clait-d sho had and its presence robbed her of her peace of mind, sleep tadorcn of health. The Parisian phys icians had tho rudeness to drny the ex istence of this animalignorant, as they were, but the poor lady suffered martyr dom. A fortunate chance made her ac quainted with Ir. Cabarus. a brother-in-law of Do Ix'sseps. and to him she told her talo of woe. lie felt, with a seri ousness worthy cf Hippocrates himself, the pul.sn of tho fair patient, inquired after various symptoms, and when tho charming aristocrat had exhausted all her store of arguments to prove her pei delusion, the youthful doctor said, afier a well-feigned pause: "Madame, tho frog is there, but I will remove it." Ho then prcscrlbea an innocent emetic, and went to the nearest flower-shop, where he bought a small, green frog. Armed with this confederate, he presented him self once more lefore the I)uchens. and placed a basin of water in readiness. The emetic began to take effect, the Dnchess eyes filled with tears, and the doctor took advantage of tho opportuni ty to slip the preen frog into the basin. On seeing the frog, a load was removed from the Duchess' heart. The next in stant, she turned pale, and. as Dr. Cabarns supported her tottering frame, sho criod. In a despairing tone: "Oh. doctor, I am not cured, for the frog has left a little ono behind.' "Stop!" cried Cabarus, without aliowinga trace of em barrassment to le seen in bis manner; "that we shall soon 6ee." lie then threw a searching glanco upon tho frog, which he had by this time taken in his Land, and uttered, with acertainty that settled tho whole question, these words: "Mad ame, that is aa impossibility, for tho frog is a male. FOND OF THE WEED. Cigarettes and Cigars Frijojred by Em presses. Queeui and 1'riuce.aes. The Empress Elizaleth, of Austria, smokes from thirty to forty Turkish and Russian cigarettes a dav. and for many years, says London Tid-15its, it has been her inveterate custom to puff away after dinner at a strong Italian cigar, ono of those with a straw running through it, and which is brought to her with ber cup of Turkish coffee every evening on a gold salver. On her writing table aro always a large silver box of repousso work filled with cigarettes, a match-box of carved Chinese jade, and a capacious ash re ceiver. Almost mechanically her Majesty lights cigarette after cigaretto as the sits in ber gre-at writing-room at Godollo, which is fitted up with carved oak panels and Goberia tapestries; the somber huo of tho walls being relieved hero and there by trophies of the chase. The Czarinaof Russia, who islikewiso one of tho vassals of King Nicotine, smokes in a somewhat moro indolent and almost Oriental fashion. Stretched on the silkon cushions of a broad, low divan, at Gatschina, sho follows dreami ly with her beautiful, dark eyes th rings of blue smoke that her crimson lips part to send upward into tho per fumed air of her boudoir a boudoir which she calls her 'den,' and which is copied from ono of tho loveliest rooms of the Alhambra, with palms raising their banners against the gorgeous col ors and diapered gold of tho walls. Queen ilarifuorite. of Italy, is another of tbo royal ladies who see no harm in the uso of tobacco. Her flashing black eyes look laughingly through fragrant clouds of :,moke, and sho is wont to de clare that her cigarette is moro essen tial to htr comfort than any thing elso in life. Christina. Queen Regent of Spain, is a great advocate of tobacco. She con sumes a large quantity of Egyptian ci garettes, and there is nothing that her little "Uubi." his Majesty, King Alphon so XIII. enjoys moro than when his mother permits him to strike a match and apply the lUme to the end of her cigarette. -v- - .' Tho smoking paraphernalia of the beautiful c-x-Queeu Katalio of Servia is of the most elaborate and magnificent description, while the poet-Queon of Roumania, so well known in tho literary world under tho pseudonym of "Carmen Sylva," is content with tho gold cigar ette case suspended to ber chatelaine. Tbe Comtosse do, Paris, the Quoen de jure of Trance, is addicted to mild Havana of delicious flavor, and her daughter. Queen Amelia, of Portugal, is a source of considerable fortuno . to the manufacturers of cigarettes at Dresden. Coins and Saying:. I7o 6at and looked at tho busy editor for about fiftoen minutes steadily. Fi nally he yawned sleepily and remarked: "Thero aro some things in this world that go without saying." "I know it, snapped the editor, "but there are too darned many things that say a good deal without going." JET . HereM Are) All Tall. - A study of novel heroes by tho Iondon Speaker discloses tho Tact that of 103 masculine characters in recent lummer fiction almost half were described as bo ing over bix feet tall. None were under the average height. It is really too bad to put such finely-built gentlemen to such pwr use.- - a. i. jun.Aiu.. m.j. in it. j. . , fcf)TAXISIIKI i-j. Johnston, Buck X Co., j; a.nki i:s, Eur.NsnuiMi. - rENN'A. A W. Ill K. ' .ttlrr. ET a BLI B B ul to . Carrolltown Bank, CililiOl.LluV N. r.v. T. A. IIAKBk(-OHA4 aialiler. Genera Eaniis; Btit: rp Trans Art- Tbe Inllusrlns: are the ,rtDdial feature! of a general t'msiag t'uMurf.; DEPOSIT Kerelrerf faysr1e on demand, and Inieren bear lug certificate, le.ued tu time di-toiu,r. mixs F.ztendei to eo.toruer on tavoraMe term and ai'lrvved i Mj.rrdl-c.ui.ted at ail tia.es. (oixrmoMi Made In the loralitr .nd UKn all tlie tnnklnir towns In ibe United State. Cliarfret mcderate. at K A FT Iasued neifotirMe In all parts t.f the T'nltM Snt. (nd lorcniD rxctiaritfe Iraued on all parts of l.oroj e. AC irTJI Of merrhar.ts. farmers and ther Solicited, to whom roaut al ! acr..uio!all'D will be extended. Patruus are aS'ured lba.1 an trti.icuon ba I be held as strictly private and c-nndotlal. and that trr will i.e treated ai 1 Hral Jj as good banking rules will ttraitt. It expect folly, JOIIXKTOX. RICK Jk CO. "Seeing is Believing." And the beat lamp ever made, like Alad din'e of old. "a won derful lamp!" A lamp a Baol u tel y nou exploalvsand u at breakable, which civr. a clear, aef t. brilliant bite light of K5 eandU poietif Purer and brighter than light, aofter than electric light, more cheerful uian either! That lamp ie t4The Rochester And with It there ie no emoke, no smell, no broktn emny, so flickering, no .westing, ne climbing p of tk flame, no "tantrums eor annoyance of any kind, and it never needa trimming. 1 ta fonnts 'oil reaervoira) being toogh roiled aeamleae braae.with cen tral draft, it ia abaolnlely anbreakablc, and aa tafe OS a tahow candU. Only nva yeare old and mr tiro tniUio Cf thi latnpi in Mte. It must be a GOOD lamp to make euch a telling aucceas. Indeed it ia, for lam pa may com. and lamp, may go, but the "Recbeetcr" ahinca on foreverl We make over. coo artistic varieties, Hanging and Table Lamps, banquet. Study, Vaae and Piano Lamps every kind, in bronie, For. c.lain, Bra.., Nickel and black Wrought Iron. Aek tho lamp dealer for it. fuook for tbe trade-mark atamp: "Taa KocaawTEa." If te hasn't the omii'i Rocheater and the etyle yon want, or if no lamp-etore i near, aend te na for free illustrated catalogue (and reduced rrice-list), and we will boa and aend you any lamp eafcly by expreea, right to yoar door. EOCHUTtU LAMP CO., 43 Park Flare, Hew Yera. Wfinnfrr-fir-r-s. omd sols Ovners n'JlncXsrt f rk larvat lAmy titer ta Ue H'erld. Caveats, and Trade Marks obtained, and all Pat eat boa'.nesa noodnrted for Moderate Fee. Our 0oe is Opposite U.S. Patent Otbce, and we can secure jatent In less time tlian those remote from Waabinptun. Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip tion. We advise. If patentnMe or nut. free of cnaxre. Our f.e not floe till patent Is sersred. A Pamphlet. "How to OMa u Palenta." with names of actual clients is yoar Slate, county, or town, sent free). Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. Opposite Patent OSce, Waahlngton, 0. C. Tli fpepUa, Us dellMtated, wj-etk r froui (iteas of work of mltid BMrely sxrlaus or usskars La Malarial H-egions. rlU r.'i I Xutt'a 11 "la tbe meat isnlal rssterail? eer etT.reA lb eufSaurtaksJ Invalid. Try Them Fairly. A tljorou boJy, pure blood. euronA beriea slid a ci.ee.rul auio4 ill roaalt, soi.i i:vkhyyviii:;ii:- TTheei X My OtTKe I &9 not mean merely ta top Uurm lur a tuae, and the a have them ro aura eraui. 1 klt A CL-iaU 1 Aava made ta disease i FITS. EPTTsTFTPSTg eg TATJTSG SICKNESS. Al!fe-lotl(r ctndy. I WAP.SAKT toy remedy to CDs a the worst case. H cause others hava tailed ia no re axon for not sow reoemnx a rare, bend at once fur a troaUe and a 1'REl Bottlfi of rav Ikfalijble ilEMEDT. Give Kzpreaa and Pokt orSoa. It costa yon nothing lor a trial, and it will cure you. Addreaa H.CROCT, M.C 1 83 Peiuu St, KrwTciS ar .1 M jTVlt-rairal and SU- 0VB VjX' "Tf v.-c-l- nrrm of Boii v ad I , I u- rL 1 or 1 siir-f.Onf FjTeraorEjmeaaes in Older Young. "Vil4. M! Unuiv4. Buw It, elary 4 UicaaiLL, ZIAjFW iMlilirlll 0bt. fclcr btrrr di-.irx uJU IIUjI IUJT BeacSUI a aUtST ii-. i-i, .ioa: j,- ..o "TT ommu Of Pure Cod Liver Oil and HYFOPHOSPHITCS of Lime and Soda la endnr1 and prear-rfb-vl by leading fhyalcliuui beoauna boU the float Umr OU and, il vpoitnompHUt are Uia reousulaed, agents lu the cure ot VonsuiijtioK. It la aa palatable aa mlllc. Scott's Emulsion aWffl ts a tcomtUrful flath. IWw. It is tho MUmt Jttmmmfiy fur COIVSCmPTION, Scrofula. Bronchi tia, Waatintr Dia- 1 easea, Chronic Covtrha and Colds. Aaa tor Soon a Emtilalun ana ta no oauw . NaTs A tkamtiriM nT fvtr "TT rftf) h. ' irbavl iUiKl,iiUiikii ii.ar UJf7 sP-.- Hum cc. Xx" rlTSE mm ij , ii ii " i i i s i m s ni i i i i 1 i r.SGOTFS I 1 lakJf 1 frJvWew s ork. gtp& k. 'IT I r naltav sr - TsV THE COUNTRY GROCErT" What I I anally I. -,.t In U,. u Thws ltaililiui, i.i,, " ' How surjirl.-,iniy one counlrv utoro" rcsfin!4os anotlit r. it they were all intr.tion;.:iy ? af lur a 'lvc-n pattern. lry -, , ; , ralifot'H, frr rurul datix uii l ,. ulwtiys occupy tbo hhclvin o:i t.- . crix-kr-ry, tintvaro arid Lai-rvJ i - . t"ic r:ir; inis--lan'Hi (..uK : ; '. ' urlii lc-i on tho tii Ives to tl,r. r; .. , ni-ar tbe door a nl.r-covcir I t of '"iioUouh" of ail liort.i. 'J '; .. 5 of wants bi.p; lied 1 y hU'j":4 u. siiiiply tnarvC'loU'i. A rcpn it:.-J, tti' Wasbinion Star L:ij.;,' ono tbe otber Jay in a vi'l ,;.. rivor, and, whilo iiL-j-oiiu1.::; j. . " ' p: por an J rn vfloTics. jirn, ir.l. ' tajro Htatnp-i, atuuvd l.:;us '.f v. i ; in;; riutc ol some of tbo tiii:.-, fr ?ialf. " ' 'i !n' "notion' curo alon w. 4S... au:(.'tim. Anions th-r art; t cro toolb-'.jrusUc-j, ci.io-ni'. c . p'ticili, buck Lair cn-i.!,, bloovc-buttons, wat -h !:, i v , ypoota'-h-H, Kblrt t nl, ri. .'. for babica' bottlrs, cro !n t ri . jc',i't mirror!, M-issor it! Hr;n;'ii. Also, in llic hurr.i- ( 7 banjo atrin, fiabinr t;.c-;.;, . libicu' . rublnr rinrs, -. , mouth organs, t(Kiii-p.vi-.I ;-: , " ' rohin, pinzcr cs. );, ajes containinjr catiil;, tin hornn ami a ffw ya- : On tbo otbT stifiv birtH.collar and rui. slrnwand otbf-r hats, ri!.-. bIioos, blackia and bru fclinlvca full of cali:o j bras ware, tin ware, tv. , I i v. : ., .lie f-r ... .... ......j. n.,wv.v t Ml.U V iJi.IIJ.'1 . C ware, ennvas for saiN, li... c, rrindrrs, carjont rs' tooN, t.-jolt -Tsnr-jjar and lirjuors. y.adl.cl:s, p.,-c..J boxi-s of roasted p' .titub. j u::;t', oil", tootlipicUa. and ice skates. Ar. - on tbo otber .'iiilo wcro patent n.( J,,-.r,t chi-wjjij; tobacco, oipirn, powur f bot, wasb-tubi and lords. ho, 1,1 in?, fccbool cr.yi.ns, slato at:.l I,..;, All sorts of cutin.nl joojs, and pickles w. ro in hi.-k; a).-,. j : eonffftionTy. elo':;:;. ru .'jr i..!, couc-h drops, niusiarl j.'.uM.-rri, jm.:. plasters, pluo, n.-.ils r--pe an 1 p. Tberc wai even a tir;.?y cf nidv-rim;. elctbinjr, likewise salt mean -Jnd r. pison. 'i bis will rive a slight :i' t..n of :zi Btook of a typical Country jrrwr.Tv Nucb an establishment muat Late evnrv thing- that anybody can by any i-j-s;.. lity want, and BjucU cf ti:o ., deals in lies on tbe bb'lve for y. i:. before tbo rifht cuit(jn.iT cok.l-s l'.;.; SHE MADE HIM NAUGhTY. Made film Thluk About Kls.iug .lrl.D1 Then lie Kiaed Her. They met by chance in the berry t'.t .i this bashful boy and lauphintr t-"-"'-, s--u writer in the New Yolk Mer.-i.ry. I; -cyvH wcro as black ax the berries in t.e basket, and as brilliant as thou ol :i: cat-birda chatterlnjr in the tr'-- aN ber head. Her full, red, poutit:' 1:--Res-med mado cxpres!y for kiss s. 'Jr.. boy's basket was full, and ho k;ni;y v.: unterred to Xieip the bcwltobiii.: l.v.'.r maid fill hers. Often whilo plu ';:.: cluster her curls brushed hischer-i; but still it always soemod to v pi.f accidental. The) littlo maid. too. bpcik dnYiMiu 1 . m.'n,.lr riT, tin. arm ..ti t..... ...v.: .1. . i , i near his own. as from time to i:mi r turned to address him. At la.-t li- r - 1 1 C . 1 . i . 1 . i succeeded in coaxing her bm-f. 1 r. w ; wrinklo indiirnantl r. "-Iiur.-f v think," said 6ho, "that the o-.a.-r d wben I was out her., all alone wl-.h i certain boy of my u'.viuaintanco, i. 1 am with you to-day, the nauph'y !::.;. fellow up and kissed inc. I!.- j .: caught mo this way," and her li;n near';, touched tboso of the boy by h r fc.Joj: ehe endeavored to show Litn ln-w it been done, l-'or a moment it M..(-i:.tj if be would have to bo as nauc:.:v5 that other boy, but i.is bat.f -sj saved him. Still pouiinpr, ti , l.-.-.'.r maid then placed hrr ditnjil. J La:.-: upon his shoulders, and, lookin? ar'-L!; into bis eyes, she said: "You arc a pood boy, ain't you, and you w.jl'.::.': be naughty and treat mo th. vxy ither boy did, would ynu?" Tl.tn: poor boy seemed to lose bis h-ad. a-.. 'ifteen seconds lator tbo little- 1 !a jyed tuaid was talking in this s r:..:. "Ob, please lot me go'. Vouaro s:n..::.i: injr me v.iih kisses, aad 1 really l i that you aro more nauphty than ' other boy, after alL" Attached::.. story there is no moral. It has b-(n from tbe beginning. STRANCTiE FOREIGN PRACTICE: Wurv a K.rsnn uisli'.s t . ' Japanese UuMter 14-inpor.in! '.. . ' triven p.is chH-k. as in u.i- , .i. " The door keeper takes the p'T-vn the ha ml and stamps on it tlie tho establishnK-nt. Is Switzerland, it is said. tli " pay hijrber wages to a in . ' 1: :i::i' 1 " can Pinu to the cows tlian t. " cannot. This is done on tlie p r ' that bad treatment of a cow injntii;'..-'-' affecte its milk. 1 he lorm ot oai ii miMinrr on t -' ' hanmcilan conwienre is to r.a'.f ' .1 ...i .1... , : ioran ri-i. mi uh- u. .n ' - is administered. Hut. if tho ICcra." skillfully held just above the hea1. v form is not valid and tho oath not 1 injr- TilK favorite fond of tho S.in'i Islanders i thn flesh of tho M i ' hairless dop. It is said lo ta.e sprinp run awn miu i wbiu- -Croat dainty. Tbone do's are ri-- J l ... .... i jarpn numucrs uiiu iALtciii.u u. arket. AfJ. over the city of Ik-rlin aro are called "'molkeris" or u::lk f.'.a'-r" In the basement of an -liyani. 1 -buildinps a few cows are Uf" iire well fed and cared Ut and 1 elegant milk for the patrons tn ' noibborbood. Tiik Siamese bave ffrcat. re,"--i odd numliers and insist on han"iS odd nutnlHT of windows. d .rs aril in their bouses and teniph's 1 hi t'-:i-be an odd number of stops in the and an odd number of feet in the i;c of all steeple and minarets. A N'T vessel cauMnr a disaster at t launch is regarded by the ,lai af--'' ; doomed to ill-fortune for her "l''--reor. At Osaka lately a vessel car; whilo being launched, sen ral I"'"-.'; beine drowned. She was dvstreyca . nirbt with much ceremony. I- Paris it is not customary fo'V tients to wait in the antc-chax-' great physicians, but inquiry ha-, w ; made by letters, which are rarely swerod unless they come from aristocratic quarU-r of the city 1" cases, however, numbered ticket given out at six in the morning Aa Ohtlirin I'ople. Tho neligclandcrs a"n;)n)C;': tbemselvea toi:ircuu.stances ; derful ease- Ail 1 li-y nuii-t' thousand, which would g;ve a.-'ti hundred grown-up males. 1'un"' ,, l'ranco-German war they isst'J 8 ' ... festo declaring that tbey were and that they wished to thro ... lot with their Oerman ''1I0.W'"','S.- a n.nti.nt thev tell l-"su - , who visit them that their atT- England Is phenomenal, and ' mans visit tbem they wato declaration in regard to the x 1'robahly tbey aro fond olii1)tf(tioti .11 n.v.r patriotism is a T situ oi t- bread and cbevse. - ' i
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