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VOLUME XXV.
The MohC Socrewnlpl Iteaiedy evt r disco
tml, as It Is cert-tln la Its ct5rct-i cud docs not
blister. Brail proof below :
tiitootu.TS. Coniu, Hay S, "Sa
pn. B. J. KKXDiix t'".:
Sirs: Ijm Summer I cnrd aCurbnpon mylior
with your-oU-lirstl KiiuIkU Mpuvln Curaand It
was Ut4 Iwsc Jib 1 vr iww ltn. 1 havea doaen
empty bottles. havlHul tt wttb terf nut iimtnl
curing evry thins I trlHl lc on. My n-lflibnr ha
a hoiN with a very bad Spavin that m.-ui him lama.
He akfd mo bow Co cur. lu 1 rvcomimttMled
EnLlra Sfiavin Cure. He cured tiia Spavin In
ut tlireo wwki.
Yours respactf uUy, '
V oLCOTT WlTTEB.
Coumaus, Ohio, April 4, a
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Dear Sirs : 1 navn bn soiling mom of Kanditll's
Spavin jre anU Flint's Comliitnn Powders than
ever bttfora. Oua man anld to me. It was the Ims
towder 1 ever kept aud the hmt tie ever lued.
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otto L. HomuJ.
Cnrmsaitao, N. Y., Kay 19, 9Q.
Dn. n. J. KtKntu. Co.,
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Kendall's hpavln Cure with perfect sucis, on a
vitluuble and biooaed mare that was quite lame
w Lth a Hone Hpa vtn. The mare 19 now entirely free
frutit lauieuismaiMl show nobuneK m th joint.
lU-svectfully, U. Hutcjius.
KENDALL'S mm CURE.
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I h1 u fuiir yiar oll Ally which I prized vary
hifrhly. She had a very sevora nwilinn lttt. I tried
atxtit elghcnrrervnt lcluds of medicines whlob dbt
no wod. I purchased a lottle of your Kendall's
Spavin Core which cured her in four Guy.
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TIN, COFFER AND SHEET-IRON WARE
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and the public In ireneral to the fact that n. Is sclll
earrylns; on business at the old stand opposite the
Mountain House. Ebensbunc, and Is prepared to
supply from a lara;e stock, or manufacturing to or
der, any article In his line, from the smallest to
tb. larirest. In the best manner and at the lowest
llvinir prices.
f"No penitentiary work either made or told
at this establishment.
TIN ROOFING a SPECIALTY.
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A QUAKEJt CITY LEGEND.
The Sleepy Hollow Tradition Can
not Compare with It.
An
Indian Care on the Wlsanhlckon the
Abode of J'hantoin lloraetuna
Vlio tarried Ills Urad in
Ilia Ilaud.
Many years agr. when 1'liiladelphia
Tt-asyot younir, and iK-fore Fairmount
park was brought to its prosont state of
perfection, there was in the southern
portion of Wissahiekon, near the river
ttrive, a eave, ealleil Indian cave, long1
since deserted, which was supposed at
- one time to have been the rendezvous of
some of these warlike people. Various
stories had leen whispered alxuit by
the more superstitions of the people in
the vicinity to the effect that a man
supposed to have een murdered there
loivr apfo had been seen by several be
lated travelers to rise suddenly out of
. the eave. mounted on a black bteed. and
pursue the frightened narrators for a
considerable distance and then vanish
as suddenly as it had appeared, says the
lliiladulphia Times.
Some distance north of this cave there
lived a man named Richard Ashly,
whose licautiful and accomplished
daughter had suitors palon: from all
parts of our Quaker City, .nionjr these
was a man named IJeorgv Koyal. who
tlid not meet with much favor in the
eyes of his adored one. but who, never
theless, continued to pay the most as
siduous attention to the younjf lady,
much to her displeasure and the utter
dispust of his mimcrons rivals. His
most bitter opponent was .Tohn "ole
man. who openly expressed the utmost
contempt for (Ii'iir1, and vowed to ex
ecute a whole catalogue of tragedies if
that youii'' gentU-man did not ceus- his
nightly transits over llirard avenue
bridge toward Wissahiekon. Uut leorge
paid no attention to all these threats,
and every available evening found him
at the Ashly homestead, vrlioro joining
the fireside group he listened to the
most extravagant ghost stories, among
the most important that of the Indian
cave a few rod-, lielow the house.
- lint all this did not abate the ardor of
the young suitor, and otie particular
evening he decided to l'P tlie all
important question and risk the chance
of acceptance, as he could not possibly
end.ire further suspense in the matter.
When an opportunity came he broached
the subject with as much elegance and
delicacy as he could muster to the ol
jifct of bin adoration, but received a
rr.ilior il'tt refusal from tin- lady re
forred to. which so incensed our voting
hero that he abruptly left the house,
and. mounting his horse, immediately
started for home. His anger, however,
diil not prevent him from fedinjj some
what scared at some tintsn;:l noises
among the tres on the roadside, ami
his fear increased as he approached the
cave.
When that point was renehed he saw
a dark ohject emerge suddenly from
some bushes near by which looked like
a laTre baek horse, and on it the very
identical rider that he had oft- n heard
of at the Ashly hou.se. The sight made
him fairly sick, lie felt each and every
hair of his head rise suddenly upward,
and a very chilly sensation took pos
session of his whole In-ing as the ap
parition came prancing toward him.
His horse shied violently and it was
with the greatest ditticnlty that the
animal could Ik- induced to start for
wr.riL When he finally got his horse started
at a terrilie gallop he looked back and
saw to his great consternation the
phantom horse and rider rapidly pursu
ing him and almtst at his heels. Ife
whipped up his horse in a vain en
deavor to outstrip the speed of his. mys
terious pursuer and reach I'hilndclpha
unharmed. When he reached the brow
of a hill and looked back he saw for an
instant the tigu res of n horse and rider
clearely oiitlin.-d against the sky.
Horrors! he was headless and carrying
his head in his hand. The cold sweat
stood out on his forehead in great drops
and his poor horse was giving out. If
I could only keep ahead, he thought,
until I reach the bridge I should then
Ik? comparatively safe. for. as it is used
to a great extent for travel, the spirit,
sxok. or whatever it may )e would le
very apt to di.-apiear.'
So on he dashed, and finally when the
bridge was gained he turned to sec his
terrible pursuer disappear amid fire
and brimstone, but instead the ritler
raised the frightful head which he had
carried and aimed it directly at that of
our young hero. 'Jeorge tried to dodge
the blow, but it was of no use. The
horrid missile struck him and he fell
from his horse, badly stunned, just as
the phantom horse and its strange rider
dashed past him.
The next day, as Oeorge did not put
in an appearance, his Philadelphia
friends started out to hunt liiin up and
found his horse quietly grazing on the
roadside, near the. bridge, white not far
away lay an old crushed squash, all
that was left to tell the tale. Later on
John Coleman married Miss Ashly. and
when people speak of the phantom that
chased eorge Koyal out of town he
l.iughs immxleri;tely and his friends
suy, with a wink, that he could explain
matters if he wanted to. -
harming- foilf State Itrllee.
.Probably in no quarter of the union
cai feminine beauty be seen in greater
perfection or , in more varied types,
says the New Orleans Times-Democrat,
than in the gnlf states. The ethereal
blonde, the plowing brunette, the win
some chatain, stately or petite, with
features statuesque or piquant, seem to
una in our soft ami laruuorous climate
a congenial atmosphere that aids the
full blossoming of their loveliness. But
the true secret of their power lies not
only in their undeniable possession of
the -fatal gift." but also in their charm
of manner, w hich is gentle w ithout be
ing insipid, and fascinates as Dincb. bv
the warmth of itself in wonl and ex
pression. Thi in recognized abroad as
well as at home a fact illustrated by
the position accord.-.! the belles, of the
far south, and the admiration they
elicit when, like lionny Islie, they
undertake to "spread their conquests
further." ' .
The Friday Su-rsl itlon.
TW governor of a southern state Is In
correspondence with the governors of
all other hanging states, hoping to
make an arrangement y which no one
shall be hanged on Friday. It in thought
that if other days shall be selected the
superstition which generally attaches
to I ri-lay ill boon pais away.
'HE IS A
FRKKMAH WHOM THE TBCTH
EBENSBURG. PA., FRIDAY. JULY 17, 1S91.
FEARLESS JUDGE.
Lively Rroll-tio of s Onalnt and Orig
inal Chsrsrlrr.
Judge Noah Smith, a citizen of Jeffer
son county, who died recently in his
76th year, was, in many respects, a re
markable man, writes a Ixmisville (!a.)
correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu
tion. His educational opport unities
were very limited, and he never read
books or papers to much extent, but
was a close listener and read men thor
oughly. His native 4-mother wit. or
shrewdness and good sense lorn in him.
were of very high order; and it was his
delight to asseiate with the noble and
intelligent, and this coupled with his
natural good sense made him conversant
with the current topics of the day and a
very interesting associate to the most
cultured that he came in contact with.
A more honest man in principle never
lived; and his gonlness of heart kept
under control his fiery temper, and
made him kind and considerate under
the greatest provocations. As illustra
tions, I will mention, that coming one
evening from the mill below him he
espied a runaway slave close to the road
behind a true. He interrogated him
and soon discovered that he had left his
master without permission. He told
thu negro that he must go home with
him, but the former, who was very
strongly built and armed with a huge
club, replied with an oath thut he had
"started to Augusta and would go
there, and walked off. When alniut
sixty yards distant the judge, emptied
one barrel of his gun at him, but it
seemed to make no impression as the
shot were small. After the second fire
the negro went staggering along as if
mortally wounded, though not a soli
tary shot had pierced, his skin. It was
all a sham for a purpose. It was gt-t-ting
dark and the judge -couldn't bear
the idea of the negro's dying in the
wo(ls without atteution, so he jumped
from his saddle and pursued him.
The latter retreated until he reached
a pond studded with black gums. He
now turned upon the ju.lge, throwing
water and mud in his face to confuse
him. As soon as he was in reach the
latter clublicd his gun and struck him a
blow which he parried with his club,
lie drew his gun back to strike a sec
ond blow when it hitched to a limb be
hind him, and while trying t extricate
it the negro brought his club down on
top of his head with all his power,
which nearly proved fatal, adding: "I
reckon yon will go now." The judge
replied: "I -vill for a short time," aud
went reeling out of the pond.
As soon as he reached home he bound
up the wound and sent after a pack of
hounds. When it came he joined in the
chase and that night the negro was
brought to bay in a thicket in Kichmond
county arnl fought furiously as he
could not reasonably hope for mercy.
Several men orcsent armed with clubs
aiul pistols wanted to kill him on tiiO
spot, but the judge interceded and saved
his life. The next day he gave him a
nroderate whipping and returned him to
his owner.
1'pon another occasion he en me upon
a runaway who was slashing his favor
ite hounds to pi.M-es with a scythe blade.
He knock-d the weapon out of his hand,
raptured him and offered hnn no fur-tlu-r
violence.
He seemed to be an entire stranger to
fear in everything outside of religion.
I saw him one tiny in a hnnt. b.-n an
old buck had just liern jumped fy a
fleet pack of hounds and h:id nearly a
mile the start of him make an effort to
head him. Then: was only one stand
four miles away. The judge took his
hat and bridle reins in one hand and
double-barrel in the either and went, as
hard as his hor could stave, uphill and
downhill and over In-idges the entire
list a nee. Ilut the buck came out two
huddred yards ahead. It was the grand
est man and buck rnce npou record! It
makes my nerves tingle to think of it
even now.
WHY
SNOW IS WHITE.
All the
Klementnry Colors Are Mended
Together In the rystala-
The pure white luster of snow is due
to tlie fact that all the elementary
colors of light are Identk-d together in
the radiance that is thrown off from
the surface of the crystals. It is quite
possible to examine the individual snow
crystals in such a way as to detect
these several colors In-fore they are
i.uiig!cd together to constitute the com
pound impression of whiteness upon
the eye. The snow is then clothed
with all the varied huesof the rainbow.
The soft whiteness of the snow is also
in Mime degree referable to the large
quantity of air which is entangled
amid the frozen particles.
Snow is composed of a gTeat number
of minute crystals, explains London
Tit-Hits. More than a thousand dis
tinct fi?nns of snow crystals have been
enumerated by various observers. One
hundred and fifty-one were noticed
during tight days in February and
March, 1SV, by Mr. t'lashier, which
v. ere carefully drawn, engraved and
rrinted in a paper attached to the re
port of the British Meteorological so
t i. t3" for that year.
These minute crystals and prisms re
lied all the compound rays of which
white light consists. Sheets of 6now
on the ground are known to reflect
ltcautiful pink and blue tints under cer
tain angles of sunshine, and to fling;
back so much light as to be painful to
tle eyes by day, and to guide the trav
eler, in the absence of moonshine, by
idghU
How to Urea the rroperly.
In all the various systems of physical
culture now in vogue the greatest im
portance is attached to taking the
breath properly. The breathing should
Ik; slow and deep, six breaths a minute
Wing a safe average. There is still a
difference of opinion in respft to the
relative value of abdominal and chest
breathing, and each system has its ad
vantages. One of the Ix-st exercises
for increasing the capacity o the lungs
is to draw a full breath very slowly and
through the nose. Keep the lungs in
flatcd as long as possible and then ex
pel the -air suddenly through the mouth
and repeat the process. Care should be
taken not to try to make the period of
holding the breuth ttx long at the start;
the more gradually the power of doing
this is attained, the better will be the
permanent results. There are many
breathing exercises and one of the best
is the taking of a deep breath and
swinging the arms, first one then the
other and finally loth. while the breath
is inhaled. Kxecssive practice of anr
system should le avoided a nd t he golden, J
rule of taking moderate and judicious I
j.uhciou
exercise hould observed.
J "I
MAKES "KKE ASD ALL
ABB ELATES BESIDE.'
A PLEA
THE UGLY GIRUS.
They Do
Not Have a, I air ( hanrs in the
!truirBl3 of Life.
It does not matter much to a boy
whether he is goixl lxking or the re
verse, remarks a writer in Lippinott's.
He is not obliged to wait for somelxxly
to ask him to dance and hi matrimonial
prospects don't appear to suffer any
serious discount from personal shortages
tliat wfeld send a girl's stoek away
tl wn below par or even put her out of
the market altogether. One never sees
a man so hideous or repulsive but that
some woman is ready to marry him. if
he will only ask her; but men are less
philanthropic a-id so the U!jly girls are
generally left to ran to waste as unap
propriated blessings. The hmdsome-is-as-handsotne-d-x's
theory won't hold
at all after we get out of the nursery,
and a little experience soon convinces
us that it is a fraud and a delusion, like
that other domestic fiction alxmt the
drumstick Wing the choicest part of the
fowl, with which our elders used to im
pose upon the unsuspecting simplicity
of our childhocxL
We ugly girls never get any drives in
the park or free seats at the theater,
and as for ico cream and French candy,
no matter how hardsoinely we deport
ourselves, we shouldn't know the taste
of either if we waited to hare it be
stowed upon us as a reward of merit.
Indeed the expensiveness of being an
ugly girl is one of the worst thiugs
aliout it there an' no perquisites. - We
get none of the piums out of life's pud
ding, for under present condition.-, men
do all the carving, and, as oue of them
says: '"All the fine things we think and
say alxmt women apply to those oiily
who are. tolerably good 1.x .king grace
ful.' Now, suppose the same rnle applied
to men, aud that only the go;xl looking
ones could hope to attnin to wealth and
distinction: suppose, in fact, that a bald
head was sufficient to blast any man's
life as effectually as it would any xvom
un's I think most of the iniddle-uged
men. at least, into v.hse hands this
paper may fall will admit that that
would Im a litUe . hard- Aitd. in fact,
isn't it just a little hard that auyb.xly's
destiny in life should le made to depend
irretrievably upon an aet-itlent over
which they have no c-mtrol. such as
having leeii lxum with a red la.-ud or a
pug nose? Hut this w the law under
which women h-tve lived .since the be
ginning of tim and it doesn't give the
ugly girls a f:.ir ch t:iee.
SLEEPING WiTH A PANTHER.
Kxpcrienrc. of M r..!i-il Sorlonc; Suelter
In a leerteJ Indian Ctl:n.
Deputy Marshal Tom Smith, who has
just returned from a trip in the Indian
territory, tells of an adventure he had
one night last week, writes a Paris
(Tex.) correspondent of the Memphis
Comirierei-o. In t'- Indian cuiitiT ac-
cotnmoilutions sucli ... tu. ui i wish
are not always to le had. S im.-times
it is a long distance lclvvccn liou.--s,
and a traveler has t l.ep out under a
tree with only a blanket for a cover
and a saddle for a pillow.
Night overtook Mar. h::l Smith near
an old cabin, but as the Indian cust uj
of burying the dead in their houses and
then moving away flashed upon him,
he decitled to sleep under a tree some
little distance away, and thus avoid a
possible interview with an aloriginal
spxk.
During the night h rain set in and he
got tip and went into the cabin and
shut the door to keep out the wind and
water. He wrapped hi; blanket around
hi;.: and l.i.v down. Present1..',' he heard
ti gi-ov.li:i;f :-nd a whining, but pi-.id no
attention to it. The growls and whines
grew fiercer and louder, but he lay still
tryi:i f to sleep. The abimal ran around
the w;:ll.-s scratching and yelling in a
way to mike one ufl very uncom
fortable, sr.i'l made such a thi Jg J:S
slx-p impossible. It was a panther.
Finally Smith concluded that the Wast
was not going to be qu:et ?nd let him
rest, so he got up and ojencd the dxr
and let it out. Then he lay down and
slept witlumt further disturbance.
ONE OF
NATURE'S WONDERS.
A Lake
In Ireland Wlio Water Have
the l'oww ot Petrifying.
A writer in Donahue's Magazine tells
of a strange lake in Ireland whose
waters have tlie power of petrifying any
substanee that may be put into it. Of
course it is understood that petrifaction
is not the actual turning of a substance
into stone, but that the material of
stone dissolved in water is deposited in
its cells where it hardens. A stone is
made upon the model of the substance
petrified as a casting is made by filling
a mold.
An English firm, a well-known cut
lery house, heard of this lake and at .
once sent a man to examine it. He se
lected several pieces of hard wood, and
having tied weights to them plunged
them into the lake and marked their
location by small buoys.
In two weeks he returned and took
up two pieces, which he found to be
partly petrified. Two weeks afterward
the rest were taken np and each piece
of hard wood was as hard as flint, petri
fied through. - '
Then the firm made experiments with
the wood in the different stages of petri
faction and discovered that unnsally ex
cellent razor hones could be manufact
ured from it. These hones are now a
famous product of the firm, but the
razor-sharpening world little knows
that the stone is, so to speak, wood,
petrified in a few weeks in the largest
of the Irish lakes.
In several ancient histories there is
reference made to the "hard, woody
fetone" which was taken from the bot
tom of Lough Neagh for spear and
arrow-heads by the early Irish, bo that
although Irishmen to-day are unaware
of the useful peculiarity of their "big
lough" those of ten and fifteen centuries
ago knew it well and utilized it. In the
museum of Trinity college, Dublin, can
be seen several of these sjear and arrow-heads
made centuries ago. '
fan in Africa.
For a hundred years past, at least,
one hundred trilK-s in Africa have Wen
at war with each other, and there is no
pnspcct of peace ycL A buttle cuu W
had any day in the week by going out
and uttering a whoop, and all prisoners
are promptly and satisfactorily roasted
at the atakr.
Mrs. W ick wire Oh, Henr , A j .
toMyousopartuuilarly before jourttj
a We to be sure the chimneys-?
Mr. llirt-i li-o .
come o,,fswt.;..., -nu-"oed,n't.
1 , -fcCC lor
yourself.
""Ke.
5
81. DO and
M0ILY3DIEDAN JUSTICE.
Stoningr to Death Still Practiced
Among- the Alghana.
The Terrible Punishment Meted Ont to
rn Criminal retted with stones
iy a Howllne; and Piti
less Mob.
'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
tooth." The dictum of the old law
still holds good in Afghanistan. In
fact, the manners, customs and sur
roundings of the Afglians of to-day
might be prototyped in the pages of the
Old Testament as faithfully as the life
of the Israelites.
The Afghans are Mohammedans, it is
true, but their religion is built on old
law lines, and their social life is as
simple and patriarchal as when the
great lawgiver, Moses, ruled the des
tinies of the people of Israel.
For in Afghanistan of to-day oxen
tread out the corn and plow the fields
and the plow itself is a counterpart of
the Mosaical instrument. Corn is
ground in hand mills, and a goatskin
serves as "water bottle."
Household and farming utensils have
changed nothing during the centuries
that have elapsed since the Israelites
tramped the desert by the lied sea. In
short, you could find a series of
"tableaux vivants" in the surroundings
of Afghanistan to-day to fill np chapter
by chapter the scenes depicted in the
Old Testament.
It is said that the Afghans are of the
lost triWs, and certainly as far as a
dogged adherence to Israelitish customs
is concerned, they might he.
There is no mistaking the Mosaical
parallel as far as the social customs
present themselves; but I was aston
ished one evening, says a writer in the
Sheffield Telegraph, during the Russian
scare, when I was on the Afghan
frontier, to see the very similitude of the.
old law punishment of stoning to death
put in practice.
A yelling mob of people came rush
ing from all directions towards the out
skirts of tbe village of Puckta, picking
up pieces of stone by the way and pil
ing them up in little heaps by their feet.
I thought at the time they were going to
have a pitched battle with stones as
missiles. But shortly a man came
rushing forward, followed by a spitting,
hooting mob, shouting: "Sag! Sag'"
(dog! dog!)
The unfortunate runaway evidently
knew his fate, for his long, earnest ap
peal to Heaven as he stopped short and
threw his arms up was but the prelimi
nary to his fateful fate his final appeal
for mercy on his soul, for from that
howling mob he well knew he need ex
pect none.
The man had scarcely time to finish
his invocation, when from all direc
tions a literal shower of stones fell on
biin. For a moment he swayed to and
fro under the onslaught. Soon the ter
rible shower had battered him into a
jellied, blood-Wspatiered xnas. his
very clothes showing rents through
which the bhxxl f und vent and spurted
freely. He wavered for a moment, with
his chin fxibbing his cnest, and then,
r.fter doubling up at the knees and mid
dle, fell hi a Leal) dead.
Still the howling mob continued their
terrible fusillade of stones until around
the already lifeless Ixxly a cairn was
formed, completely covering in the
corpse. And then the mob clapped
their hands, crowed, and went their
way.
"That dog is done for," said they.
Done for! Yes, it was a terrible do
ing; for there, under the heap of stones,
the man's nerves and muscles still i
brattsl in their post-death struggle,
causing the stone heap to rise and fall
as if in lalxr with a thing of life: rose
and fell in their horrible parturition
for a few moments until the twitching
of nerve and muscle ceased, and all
was still, "consummatuin est." The
murderer of Afghanistan has breathed
his last, and his hie jucet is written
around the tombstone in those blood
marks that Wspatter the ground about
his grave cairn.
LIBERTY VERSUS COMFORT.
How a I'et :..l.l!iiir'1 Hi. F.nllr-rd lt:tek
lata Ilia Cage.
Our iet goldfinclt, having escaped
from his cage, flew into a tall ailanthus
tree in the back yard, says the Amer
ican Agriculturist. There he sat, sing
ing his sweetest and rejoicing in his
unexpected freedom. We brought out
his gilded cage r.nd set it on the top of
a tall step-ladder, leaving the dixw open
aud just iuside a cup of tempting hemp
seed. For two hours he scorned to hxk
at it. though he often fixed his bright
little eyes on us when we called him,
and answered us with a cheery, defiant
"Witzah! We had almost given up
hope of getting him back, when it oc
cur ed to ns to ring his br:akfast Wdl; in
other words, to rattle tin the hempseed
in the tin Wx where it was kept- This
was a sound he nnderstotxl. as we had
long made it a practice thus t an
nounce breakfast to his finchship.
Fortunately he had nothing to cat when
he flew away, and tle well-known
sound suggested seed, water and
lettuce to the- little empty stomach, so
he hopped down slowly from Wugh to
bough, until he was close to the cage.
There lie sttx.xl, f r some nw. evident
ly hesitating, until suddenly he flut
tered down into his home, having de
cided to abandon the delights of lib
erty for the solid comforts of civiliza
tion. Coiua of Krasa and Tin.
When England was W-ing1 made into
mincemeat and blocks of real estate by
the Saxons and Danes, silver and brass
were in use as currency, but the Nor
mans sulsequently installed the aristo
cratic metal and left the democratic
brass to take care of itself. Oold was
first coined by Henry III., and copper
made into British coin in Tin was
used for coinage in 100, and the na
tional farthing was made of this
Cambrian product with a stud of copper
let in the center. In 1C00 and lG'.il. an
half-penee were issued in coriulcrable
quantities. Tlie only pure gold coins
issued in English history were those of
Henry III.
Grrraa In tbe Soil.
Dr. Dowd. of New York. lm
W
tnakinar a careful studvof th m,mK " .
germs found in the soil, which is 'Ka
to be everywhere swarming v .,
T?IZT ? CUb'inch of soil
was found to vary froir ,
4 , , sixty thousand
to two end one-ouart
er million.
postage per year in idvancs.
NUMBER -27.
SUSPENDED ANIMATION.
Caae Which WHI.-tood All Teots to De
tect Fraud.
My first acquaintance with the narra
tive dates from my lxiylexxl, says a
writer in ChamWr's Journal. AWut
the time of the occurrence I heard it re
lated by my father; and his authority
was the well-known Ocn. Avitable,
Kunjeet Singh's right-baud man, who
was present at the facts. Those facts
are that a certain "joghee," (Hindu an
chorite), said to possess the power of
suspending at will and resuming the
animation of his body, was sent for by
Kunjeet Singh, and declining to oWy
was brought by force into the tyrant's
presence and ordered to give under pain
of death a practical prxf of his sup
posed power, lie submitted perforce.
He was put by his disciples through cer
tain pr-eesses. during which he Weame
perfectly unconscious: the pulse ceased,
his breath did not stain a jxjiished mir
ror, and a European doctor who was
present declared that the heart had
ceased to best. To all appearances he
was as dead as Oueen Anne.
In this state he was put in a carefully
made Wx, the lid closed and sealed with
Kunjeet Singh's own signet ring. Tlie
Wx was buried in a vault prepared in
an oix-n plot of ground under thi royal
w indow at Lahore, and the place was
guarded day and night by Kunjeet's
own guards under Oen. Avitable's own
supervision. Sun and rain came and
grass sprung up, grew and withered on
the surface over the grave, and the sen
tries went their rounds, and the joghee's
disciples and friends were ull kept un
der careful surveillance, not to call ;it
imprisonment. After forty days, in
Kunjeet Singh's own presence, the vault
was uncovered and the Wx extracted
from it with its seals intact. It was
opened and showed the joghee within
precisely as he had been placed. He
was taken out, dead still to all appear
ance, but the body incorrupt. His dis
ciples were now brought to manipulate
the body in the manner which he had
taught them and which he bad pul
licly explained Wfore his burial. Hu
revived as lie had said he would, and
was soon in as perfect health as when
he hail suspended his life! lie refused
all -gifts and retired to his former re
treat, but shortly afterward be aud his
disciples disappeared- It was not safe
for such a man to live in the jurisdiction
of so inquisitive and arbitrary a ruler.
Kunjeet Singh cared little for human
life, whi -h was his toy or plaything. No
one who knows his historical character
will for a moment admit that he would
let himself In- deceived or played upon
in tlie matter on which he had set his
heart. Each scene the susin-nsion of
life, the burial, the disinterment, the
reviving took place in the tyrant's
own presence and Wfore hundreds of
spectators, in open daylight and with
recaution that absolute despotic
'
power could command Kunj -ct cared
little whether the man live J or riieii, so
that his own curiosity was pratilied.
The guards under the palace windows
commanded by A itable would anx
ious solely to carry out Kunjeet inch's
wishes.
FRENCH NOTIONS OF AMERICA.
exploits of Seated liull luiti.rully Ie
ecribexl by a i'ari lVrimlic-al.
The notion that the L'nited States is a
country principally inhabited by people
of Indian race still clings to a great
many Europeans, and i-veii some of
those who are duealed. The most
singular misapprehensions concerning
the Indians and the part of the country
they occupy are continually appearing
in the ucwspaicrs in Europe. A French
periixlical called Science Pour Tous
(Science for All). which declares its
aim to W" enlightenment of the public,
recently published the following ab
surd article:
"We have received some interesting
information concerning the incidents
which preceded the recent rising in
arms of the Indians in the west, aud
one of the first engagements.
"The Seated Bull, their chieftain,
having resolved to make known the
fact that the Indians had not received
their annuities aud certain promised
munitions. WtMk himself tothecapitol
at Washington.
"There be laid Wfore the president
of the legislative Ixxly his complaint:,
of the governmental agents, who he de
clared had stolen what was the Indians'
due.
"Hi was informed that his declara
tions would W taken under con-idera-tion,
and he departed. But the j ' .:.iise
having remained without pcrfn...;.ice,
the Seated Bull once more came to the
capitol.
"This time, in the midst of the a:-:-m-blage,
the Seated Bu!l did not utter a
worth but drew bis tomahawk and dealt
with it a terrible blow upon the marble
table which was Wfore him. The table
was broken .in two. and the thiefs
tomahawk buried itself in the lloor be
neath. "It wasthe token of the chiefs declar
ation of war.
"The Seated Bull then left the capi
tol without anyone during t; lay a hand
upon him. Returning to his canoe,
which he had tied to one of the piers of
the great bridge across the Potomac
river, he paddled rapidly back to his
own territory.
A CRAFTY INVENTOR.
The Reward He Aked for Inventing; the
t'1icK!o nl.
It is related of the inventor of the
garne of chess that, on b.-inT promised
by the king whom lu lm-t taught the
game that he should have any reward,
henvghi aA ior, he nw"v rcidied
that li. would W content if the king
Would give him one kernel of wheat on
the first square, two on tlie second, four
on the third, eight on tlie fourth, and
so on. doubling up to the sixty-fourth
square. The king gladly acceded to
this seemimrly rMest 'request, and
ordered his attendants to bring in the
w heat, w rcn Ul0V Wgan to do; but, to
the aVonisliment of the monarch, it
""'ts found thai there was not wheat
enough in the whole dominion to pay
off the. crafty inventor. A mathema
tician who claims to have Wen figuring
on this chessWard curiosity sys that
t j fulfill the king's promise it would
take S0.O-i7.tiH7.lH4.4s.-, bushels of wheat
allowing fluo.otM kernels to each
bushel. This prtxliyinus amount would
cover the states of New York, Penn
sylvania New Jersey and IVlaware
all over w ith wheat to the depth of a
mile and a quarter. In a few word.-,
here is the exact numU'r of wheat
kernels the. chess inventor asked for
t.CU7.2GS,7HC,9';4.775.10S. Figure it up
and prove or disprove if.
Yht larseaod rel tMc rirrulatU'D of Oe'AJ
ia couumenas It to the lavoraMe-
cons (!e rl 11 n ifrnlvcrliMTi hoe Itvoi
inserted lit tlx following low rMes:
1 lorn. 3 limes. ..... . ...... Vf
1 lorn months ..
1 ir.rh. o months. : I'
1 mm .) yt.tr ................. . f .l
2 Inrlir. liH.utlin.... 0
S lorbca I year .'
3 Iwhes 0 mutitb. .. S 30
8 Indie. I year .... 1 '-
f ej'unia 8 months..... Ijh'-
,'a column. o inun:hr. t- -
e .lujin I year '
loolmnri, 8 taontbi ...... " 'J"
1 ola Tin, I yer.... ' '
KiKl'ie-i 1ten, Br;-t In . ri- n. "fin. - ' 1
sntxequent Insertions, h. par line
Aaui.a ir o.ir i u.i tucauir i.ai.i--- .
Auditor's Norir
Stray and slm'tar Njlloc ''
-rIe"liuion or owd'nt o! aiiv ,"-
llflll ITIIK'll't) Ud CUURilltl'VtilS
call attetitit n to rny ci.tv e? :.ire
vidual Intercut u,hbl te j.U f-ir a. c c '
Hi k iLd Job priot'C I ai ku-;' r.
txc-iioafir f rwKtcl at Ihv ict'. :
dos't you lorct u.
Iytmmmmmmmmammm nam i mmm wm n m i n j . -
THE "SPOTTER" NECESCf
A ;e,wr! l;t-nir-r Arat Tulm ..
I lie t iiiu. tor' I'i.i Jit.
"It seems natural that !I p--. "...
gaged in handling mory s-i -u; ! o"
to being v::t -li ':i," s:;M ''.etv;r..l "
scngcr Agent Eu-tis of th I'.u-'ln'-t:
a Chicago News r qM.-tr. ' -what
other sy-t em can be -nv.!-v
do away with the, r.ii'ro'.d :.p.. -The
h.tter is just as neccs-ajy un
jimet to the operation of a raihoad
he is t the federal goer-rimer .
must W protected from uuscrupt'lr .
employes."
lir. 1'ustis remarks were called f -'
by a dispatch which told how the
duetor- in convention assembled ;.;
Louis had denounced the "s,"o'..
tern as ufiiii-i-i-s,iy and .-..'
uj-i the hurd-vor!;i;ig ticket re.i'-.
"It is a mistaken idea the r.:
in thinking that a rr.ilroad del.-.
obliged to prove a cert:? in -employes
arc dishonest in oob; 1
that he is doing his. work. 1 r
it is j list the reverse. The c . '.
who make the greatert cTcrn-
the "spotter' gradually coicc t ) :
the necessity of their presence.
tcctive never reports that a Ve-' ; ' m
ploye is dishonest. II. has n '
do wit h that at all. In seiu'ri" ' '
jMirt the spotter merely sl:i! ., .
xTn Warded the train and p.:
ceil -.in .seat i'i the car he (:'ei.-:
was on. ami that the pass.T.j'cr "; '
conductor some c:i ,h ai: 1 h'H the "
at such or such a station. 'll.is
is then compared with the .:-. r
"This constitutes the Wor: .
tective. A conductor is o.ily J j
when his shortage continres, -.
months in succession. We l.a.'i
employ a short t'me ngo o f
w?:. was constantly ie'laimi.j) r ..
the seen t-serviee system. In !. : '
l:i".-tin;'s of the -j' copil:i. t-1. -
man made a nnniWr .f wry '
spceche:; ag'.hist the sp tt r. .'.tie:- . .
meeting l. id adjourned 1 a.!o-,l hit.; '
step hito my oT'i.-e. He did s.. :" '- .'
pointedly b'id lnlil we would Ii .1
any more of his stealing and th: :
mti.-t stop stu-h work. II.- ut :: i ...
p-';:red tleep'y hurt lit the impvliti--u.
but when I proiinced the rc'iuts f , '
showed him th:it we hail evidence tie '
he wrs disiion-st he wcahe:.c!
promised to rcl'.irm. Since then l i ; re
ports have i!iv:trhib! v t::l!'ed with IV
of the detectives. No, the seeivl - r
vice system mils. W employed, tui.t b,i.
est men. '.sliile they I i -1 1 1 : ' the i.- a.
have come to look at it in thetre" I', l.t
and accept ;t as one of the iuet imv'l'
OPPOSED TO EEDS
People Who sl-i , ..a ;ie Floor, In tirtl,t.
or Man . on; Fj.
Several jK-rson:.. from some ei.r.so. or
other, have resolved at vrirjou i jrvriV:
not to t-lccp in bed. Perhaps t'-c i:: 'i
vma.-tl who l:epi i- . '" '..-, ! -1:
-Vest. s-sy.-. S; :-re '.h -r.i -i:.- .':
t hri .topher IVvitt. oC V -:''. ' . n'--.:
in i i'.M', i . i i i j -1 ; : . ; ,
carver l :
the earlier p.. it of .:', K. ... . -
army. HU house at ;: : he ..
settled tio.V.!, : . -i.t !i , bar:!
down, and he ther.-;4. .rv .:.! e.l U.i '. -jminr
resolution oi ju-v-.-r in
ing in a Wd. It st he t-'env.i be bnrrt to
i!e;itli while asleep, (,r bot l'.uve th.-'e.
shoiihl such a lui.iortiuie .i r:'hi W-Tall
him. to remove hi, ; ; ---t y. T:..
resobition he ri :! !!y 1; -1 for tlie hi t
f-rty years of hi- life. practice being
to ri-i'Ks- o:i the llo-.r, i r on t v, o fh;:iv;,
or f.tt.ing in a tviai:4, l.-t.t :lv:v, v. ill:
hi-, elo'. is s on. He lived e'i"ir iy ..'iei,.;
and was his i.wn hot:.--. s--r, ; ....
4,ehlnja iiilmitted unyi;-; itit !.". ha'--ititi-m.
Aiuoiig uther artivh .. w.:'
. -eup, :v.vi i-'s h. iii, w:.s ;. !i u.v.: 'i
which he left stri-.-t !:ijtinct lot's sh i ! i
be in'emd willt .::n.
A jH ie--t i iau iir:iii -d Ernest Met" -r .
who llor.i'is'.e.l i.t th. third de :.' i l'
this c"i:tury ni:d v. bo ore- r.! fr
Calcutta to t'oiist.mt iu'V'h' in (ifly-jiii.e
days when employed a, a com t
veiy little re -t and never j-.lej.t in a. V
when on his trav.. 1 i ! h -r
of only ten or f. ftce:: 1 : t .- , -.j.
each day. as and when he i o.:' l. .
tx.k them stan-ling or leaning a g ii -.t
a tree, with a h.initkerc'iu f ovet
face, t inly tho tt'i. r '.. .' a m.-.n -
bein,r char r -d v. ii'i !.-i-!e i-, i
t lit' t lie had not f.h'r't i i a bed lort'ir
teen years, but t o' his ni;;hl's re.-t i.
l.xirtvays and passiig- u.
The .Japanese nevi-r sh'ep in a !k 1.
but tlie same spotless floor th:;t a:isV. er3
for table, chairs and dnnclng sl::;V Is
utilized als-, for sleeping puvpose:.
They .'1-ep i'i a great wa'Me.l coat, a..-.
putti:4er their anus inti the long t ice. ...
fohi it over them and go to sleep r.;o.i
the lloor, with a block of wood j.'!;i v .1
rii-eler the neck for a pillow. I'erh;,1
t'ae strangest sleeping place w; s
dis-ovcnsl a few years ago. v.'!. t.:
p i!i -e i.'f ! '.reh.i .e-.t f.iiliid ti.ii;. ii-;:-i-i
bith kv lying in i: ..i.'ty ''
, ari. i si ream of watt r lh:.t jl..ed i
of a mill. 'I he ,ater was ':'.! ;-a .
:::id the va-.T;ir.ts had got iiil j it for
wanutli. Uiking stoiu s for pillows.
SAVED EY THE PENCIL DLUI.
What Iter a me of the Parent hexl of a .
KwM't Society ItciH.rtcr.
A writer in the Baltimore American
is tempted to tell a story at the ex
pense of a lovely and gifted lady who
Wgan a few years ago a career as a so
ciety reporter. . Every week her copy
went to the editor Wautifully written
and faultless, considered as copy from
the priuter's point of view; but any lit
tle suggestion -h? wanted tg rnul-.e she
ran along w ith the. article in th- follow
ing fashion:
"Mr. and Mr. l!r..wr-t-my.'.e
on Monday an elegant 1 1 ae ('.inner ot
fourteen covers. (For p-iodness' R::e
spell the name Smy last week it w cut
in Smi, and she was as mad a s h -p
about it.) Mrs. lndi.ro Blueb! "il li:u.
sent cut canis fr a ball, at uhuh sl.'.
will introduce into society her lorely
danghter. (This is all right. This
Mrs, Blueblood has some seusv and
tloesnt in the least mind Peeing her
name in print. It's the other Mrs.
Blueblood we had the fuss with. ) Mrs.
I'ptown gives a pink tea aswx.n as Lent
is over. (Don't stick her down at the.
tail end of the column, whatever yu
do. I want to please hi r a ,i.bw. be
cause last ween site just went in as or.
of the inanv otheisi.)"
If it had not bfii for the disi-rinm
ing editorial blue pencil, that fashi. u
and society column would have Ivcii
vcrv delicious reading on Sunday morn
n(rlMnce a printer follows copy uud a
parenthesis on the paragraph's brim a
plain parenthesis is b hiui. and it i
uot'ning ii'o's