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tlon or soeieiy und ct mamniatiors tie'iiiucr, to
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vnia I Interest must le pmd for as sdvertwimewt
llwik and Job 1'nntln ot all kind neatly ar
exemounir executed at the lowest price. Ai
don't you forget it.
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, noil "' -
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VOLUME XXV.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY. AUGUST 14. 1S91.
NUMBER 31.
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The 8taml:tr.I Oil Company, f
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tf m;inuf;ifturii for the irue$
zic trmle the fuvst hr.-uuls o("
Jlluraiiiatin? n Luliricaiinx
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Th:K Oen ta
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um. If yomnish the most
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ja the market tw& for ours.
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J. 1L OANT. ProprtotPr.
12EhBUrwln Bnd qi at out rlaro
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fcnv m, i7' A '-t room baa been ooo-
iT,7,t!"llI""lne,"-,,J therein keu't perfectly
BUIIi HOUSE
parbor : Slion !
been opened In I
ue where tde barperinv !
rswhes will he curried on in
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hop in in the bands ol 'killed !
0 "ill
Eie every
attention to euto-
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icood order. Your
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u iTiyour nexhousecIeaJing a.nd be happy:
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WtSr'rf, o,. .v ,- .
""riali 1 m nouselloli drudgrery that might bo
Hd fa "ead by thfa use of a few cae of 8AP0LI0. If an hour
fRce causl thlm Cak " U8d' tf n le"' wrinkle Bather, npon the
0uld 1011 lightened, she rauit be a foolish woman who
Wo' tru e.,t0 mak the exPrimQt. ad he a churlish husband who
r4uge the few cent which it costa.
11 J -fear
The Mont Srrrnl Hrnto5y rver1l.
-nil, as It is cortnfa til llseflocts en.l does nut
blister. Kuad wortf K-;low :
KENDALL'S SPA.iH CUBE.
Bkt.vkiisos, J'a,, Niv. 2T, "V
Dr. B. J. Inmrai Co. :
!!-1 wonlrt ikf to m;ik k'wn tn tlxw vht
pre alnxM iwMl Irtl to uxeKi-tp'inll's Kwvlii Curt,
ihef.u l h:it 1 lltfeik It U.i inort r,-.-llenl Liomu 111
J hBv. ! lro Blcxxl Spavin. The hors wi-nl -.a
(hre for lire. jrnrb vlril 1 cnuiieincti l
omi ymir KR J-ill Swiii ;.v. I ua-.i : ls
UniiHithe hrse nnrl have w.rkirdhlm for tbr f
Sours truly, M. JLCuRu
OETtJIANTO .1, K. Nov. 2,
Dm. K. J. tlDALL Co..
Knob- reU Fall. Vt.
Omits : prnlwof Ken!!!'- Sikiviu tSr t T
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r '4niiic-, lnx k ii.iv-.J ami -.til . r
tMnHmt.)Miie lMri-(-r'iiavo I10 i:l rn i.o -;:r
rfn heroi fniiniuiufl ba Innictu's lifci rM' lit
ThortKrhH. tliry tolil n tlivri- - lta
jr fitr it. ho lK.all .ilnmt i.y.'ii--.: i l:-.n
lilerwii almiM lih-s. i 111 111J i.i;.ii-i.(
li) mlKm f )'ur K uliii!' S,': lo Tf. m. I
wil,Jvottl'. un.l Ir-.Mll si-o v.tv v.'alnf
titipnimientKliiiniml 't'.v 1 10m i'sw-. ' ! r
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flolntftitm a irri'nl ill' :i of ithI. I lir.:h: :. . -i.l
hottV mt i-for lt"; n -tMl tin my -!.. .
4Hrrdanl hns lHna ififtt-io . itoii hr1 w.r
BU M- K-flHon mli hi-l :ml. siio . li. - fi hioi.i
slirnnftflt. Immsfclryoiir K.sniii!'. Sir. in c urt
1 Tiilttrtile ninlicM'. iiml li ninwH ! ! a evu;
Matrku the land. lUj-pctrifniiv .
PrVe $t per hotels, or lx boitW r.irj". Ail ilrurf
irlHahluiveltorraK K-t It fr you, or it w ll l-nt
t wiy wldruM or receipt of prk-. artV- i ;rio
DI.II.J.KF.MMU.1'1), '"f.mwbnrxh Kull-. fit it.
ALL DKUUG1STS.
octlO o.ly.
Auk mr nrent for V. I.. Ilaailaa Short.
If not for .ale In imr lMf it.k your
leler lo aeml for f n f n loit-, ml cm re Ihe
grurri nl Krl tbem lor yam.
ir 'I'.V it K AO M. II riTX-Tfc. Jll
FOR.
WHY IS THE
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE CENf8fM EN
THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FDR THE MONEY?
it li a MainlM bix, with no tmiMmue wax thnmJ
to hurt li' lVt; m.Io of tb brc Jtee raLf, strll-th
uutl rmitv. juiH (XfNM re ttuiJee 'jTi? More o this
linuiA ttLm any tthr wuiiHuriHrr,.K equal nanl-H-wd
ivbwit tTostilnic frooi 4Jt Co tvitu.
fX OOi.fHuiur llaiia-aw-HI. Ihf flnrt calf
Ml.) 1'vi-r otTri fr .uuc. Ul Krfnch
hii(M)rtrMl hw hlch iMt frnm fixwto )12.L
Iluml-cwrd Ct-lt linr, An ra!f.
tvlt-.t, tM.tHf"rtall' ami ..ur.Mlv TUf 1m(
pI.o or ft-riHl at thU rier ; mitoi pratlo aft cuv
totM tiiuiti' hMH ctmlliitt fnm .ii--.Mt.
G5 30 lnlt lioft KnrnnTH t Kallr-unl Mn
OO ami J-ttr4'urrlTull vrnxfthrm: tltieculf,
m-rtittli-eta. ajnwtu ttiMl.lt. havy lhiw Mi-a, ntrn
siuii iiuf. nk pulr milt w.irariic.
fl0 One mlfi no lwttr hitsrrrr AfTorrfl at
9aa thU .rU-: nr trial will ,uvlnt tbco
v. h rrt a hImw fr t.tnfort and nr4Vr.
CO nnd -i.OI VorkiitfuiNn hor
49 art vt-ry t-tnuiht ami iliintblt.- ThNM wbo
h. jnwn thm a trial wH wrur - hrr itirIk.
trWic imJ rb--l ihn ar
DOT S wirrn by thi- bitv'"w-pi thtrjravll
Mi their itH-rlta, an th li.frt'aitnK au.le -sliow.
I oHioC ri.'I.OU Ilnnrf-rw-l tthor. brflt
LClU ICO txtiiMoln, vi ry Mtyllali; K.ualrt r'rVDca
lnIMrtJ shf'rf p in tm ir fnm $i.un t
lnli- .AO. -.IM aarf nhoo fr
Mi-? urv th UKt tluifliiiiKl. .sty IWiaaii durable.
rnmiOB,- tnat w. ijoukumt naiuo ana
price ara AtanHM1' on ibe Ttttom of rvh-Uioe.
W. L- LoUoLwii4, lirocJa u. Mi
iC. T. ROBERTS,
Acrnt, ElMnibnnt, r. iul23.tm
V buol m, I roy.S.V.t uck fur k Jor,
yHi mr Mt mak ma mwcp. tMt w raa
trirh y"UjtiiMy kow 4vura 94 to
Altt a day at Um start, aaxj iMm aa 70
9t. ifwCM ar-K-Bs au air, in aa part or
AraarWa. ran mniir baa aiv
Miaj all Ttwr tlinrr apar an ain anly tt
Ua work. All ia uw. i.mu y aCMK fr
arf wnrifr. at art m, tftalfctaa;
i7ttiina;. r AHII.V. frPt.l-.l'ILY aaatrsW.
ItlllH I LAIC rHKK. AdrirFM at..
bnaOA A CO., l-OKTLaXU, BAlXIU
ROHEllfJ, EVANS,
UNDERTAKER,
AND MANUFACTURER Or"
and dealer la all klndi ol i UKMTUKE,
eTA tall Hoe ef CaskeU alwayi an hand .-St
Bodies Embalmed
WHEN REtlUIKED.
Apt SO 88
HOT DEAD YET!
VALUE LUTTRINCER,
MAVCVAOTUBBk O
TIN, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE
AND TIN ROOFIXG,
Kespectinlly Invltef the attention ot bli Irlendi
and toe pabile I n iteneral to the fact that bo If itlll
earrytnir on hnslnea at the old itand opposite the
Mountain Home. Ebennbum. and Is prepared to
supply from a larxe stork, ormanufactorinic to or
der, any article In bis line, from the smallest to
tbelance't. In tbe best manner and at the lowest
ir pnees.
rJNo penitentiary work either made or fold
Bt this establishment.
TIN ItOOFINO S1KCIAL.TY.
Ul me a eall and satisfy yourselves as to my
work and prices V. LUTTKINUEK.
tnsbunf. April IS. lM3-tt.
riniK I HEtMAN Is the lancest paper la Mortb
X Cambria. l)on't loraet IU
cood revenue!
Jj
.uoj - scouring soa,a
....
1l tkhl
I I
ji
5AP0U0
ONE YEAR AGO.
la field and wood tbe Verdant grass was .prlng
Th orchard trws Xrere rlnlt "nJ hito with
foloom ;
The shy arlmtus Irallrd in lowly Wauir,
And UU:d Uiu woodland villi its nth xr-
f 11 1:1c
The robin built its nest amon the brunches,
Wbero Uip riUif brcezvs tuurtuured oft
and !"' ;
And earth s.-emed full of life and joy and i;lad
ne That Iwppy day but one -Bort year ar.
We wailiL-d together where the wimliritr rivrr
i'liOieil back tuo bri-ltuesa of thu ;louiac
And plcilu-' d a faith tBat should reumia ut
broken, TarounU all the year's till life itself were
done.
Otir lieurl grew t-B4er with the pain of jiart
!"(. Jlnd from the violets nestling at our fer-t
Kavh plucked for oach u purple, trugnuA blos
som Street atiurcnir we a,'ain should wft.
To-day the rasis ureen ujion the hillside;
The orchard rweU in Its uealtU of biuoin;
The river llaslie.t i:i the nioram sun .iiinc.
Anil w lid llowrra breathe their loli-ate per
fume. Hut f hv whnfrsve my world Its HeM nd beauty
Is K:ie; aitt in her i-'ravc with liitter woe,
I lay this bunch of tear-wet, purple blossoms.
In memory of that day, one year a;;o.
Lucia M. Cayton, in Detroit Free I'ress.
MAIPtYL(, A TWIN.
And the Many TJnploasant Circum
stancea Resulting TJacrefrom.
.Tacit : Damon met Mary Learey a.t a
ImlL 1
JJyohanee, the- usual stay."
lie fell in love will: her at once.
Kortenatcly, his pasiicn was returneiL
sinl Jack anil Mary ftwth wisely Ik.
lieveii '"ilclaj's arc siargfrotis." -their
wetKliii; tlay came Jtlonjr just four
weeks after their first smeetintf.
AS the wedding J-tst-k for tin? first
time saw Sarah Learry, Mary" twin
sister. The two giiif were at, much
alike as two peas fw.th blonde-, with
eurlino; hair, soft, anp;erous-liokino;
bl'Bv1 eyes, exquisite ratitli. nnd hand
suuh' liyures. There was hut one es
sential tlilTcrenee liel-tveen them Mary
wore lioots No. 'J, and Sarah wassoun
fevrf tin:te as to wear Stt. 4, and a close
fit. at that.
TW'hen the jrirls jft TfTed w'hh each
oUier and of course, lein.T sisters
they were eonstant'y falliii"; out Mary
ar-.vays twitti-il Sarah of her No. 4
sh-K-s, and Sarah, by way -tf retalia
tion, accused Mary wf putting India ink
niMler her eyes to auuke tln iu ajipear
The two fjirls Tressel exaetly alike
in the minutest purticul.tr; they h:id al
Wbys ilnne so. and iew that Mary was
ta lie married Sarah vaw no reason why
she should not linn a white wilk dress
and veil as well as krr sister. evjM-eially
atp she was to lw lirst lrril-smii.l.
s soon as tin; -rre:nny was over
and the kissing iine throti?? with
lack 'fare his arm 1 his wi. as ho
tlnvi'ltt. to lead lnTnt t si: y-.-r.
"'My tlrlin;.';" he i hisjH-reli in her
ear, how much your sister looks like
you! Only you are a thousand times
in" ' t ant if nl in mv eves!"
"V tiy .laoK DamoaJ now you talk!"
crieli Sarah Learry. "What .would
Mary say to that?"
.Miry? Mary who, Iwtrest?". asked
Jack, pressing her hand.
"Why, your wife, of tourset" said
iar&u.
My wife! I don't think I -nndrr-.tand
yon, dear!" said Jack, bejrin
lin .tv feel a little mixed up iu his
ieaL
! J.OU think l"m ytmr wife?" .asked
Sarah.
"I slirdd think so, from what Lar
son Sm'ah just saiiL"
Sarah y"iJ-'yled.
"Mary!" she called over her shoulder
to the sidlen-lookiny bride, who was
following after with Tom Crinic.v, tlt
(rrtMniisiriaa- "Your husband her
claims ine fr his wife!"
"You eari Jiare him. and welcome!""
.snapi'd Mary, "and lie won't Ik- likely
to mistake you for anylody else, if
onee lie jrets si-flit of those sumlwr
furs of yours."
"The ;r'at Mfrtiir cried Jack, turn
ing' round anil snrvryini; liis pretty and
anpry wif. -! this Mary, or the other
line? some runty pleas tell me winch
woman I am the husband of. for by
Jupiter! I do not know myself!"
"Look at the ink under her eyes,
arnl youTI always know her!" whis
pered Sarah, spitefully.
.I;v-k dropped her arm and went back
to Mary.
"My love, forfrive me. Yon look so
much alike! Hut you are a thousand
times lovelier!"'
"That remark must be. a favorite one
with yon. Jack Damon!" pouted the
bride. "I've heard you make it once
liefore tirnijrht to Sarah!"
"Oh, goodness gracious!" cried Jack,
"what a mess I've got into! Forgive
me, darling, and I'll never speak to an
other woman again! Never! Not even
my washer worn an T
And a ftvr considerable pleading, and
great display of contrition on Jack's
part, pardon was granted.
Two weeks afterward Tom Orimes
and Sarah were married and. to make
matters as bad as possible, I J rimes and
his wife, and Damon and his wife all
went to live at the same Ixiardingdiouse.
Scarcely a tlay passed but the extraor
dinary resemblance of the two sis
ters to each other got somebody into
ditlieulty.
Messages were delivered to Sarah
which were intended for Mary; secrets
were told to Mary which were designed
only for Sarah; the servants were al
ways calling Mary Mrs. Grimes and
Sarah Mrs. Damon.
Tom Grimes brought home a set of
pearls one night for his wife. She was
in the parlor when he came.
"Here, dear," said he, "I have
brought you something as a Chriftmas
gift, but I don't want your sister to
know anything almut it 'she's so con
foundedlj' jealous that there'd be a row
forthwith. She wants a set of pearls
herself, but just between you and me
don't say a wonl she's getting Uhj
sallow to wear pearls!"
Of course it was Mrs. Damon whom
Tom was addressing, aud she sat silent
with astonishment. She had thought
lorn a very devoted husband, and here
he was making love to her! She deter
mined not to say anything, but as soon
as .lack got home to tll !.;. ...
thing. Her poor sister! Tom r..,h .
severely punished. So she tlmr.bi
Tom
for the jewels, un.l T... i : i
her iu sp.te .f herself, ami went off
down town, feeling a little vexed at
Sarah s want of i uthusiasm over his
-i--tlv present.
"Confound the 'women!" he said to
himself; "a fellow never knows how
to plcsvse em!"
When Jack came home Mary went to
him at outre with the pearls, and with
tears in her ryes told him tie whole
st-ory.
Jaek was KorriQeL That Tom should
W unfaithful waf. bad enough, but that
Tom should 1k in love wtu his Mary
wa-i prtwiigious!
He dvided to labor -'fth Tom in se
cret 1 le rok Tom aside Chit very night.
Tlsomus. sai.l be, "I want to
have little serious tk with you."
i' ahead!" said Tom. "I own op
that !I did go a little t- far. Hut then
whi'l is a fellow tf do when such a
ten.ptation is put "before him? Donl
tcJ. Sarah. Uy tlwre! she'd be fero
cious!'' "And who'd 1.1am her?" said Jack,
solemnly "litin'fjou promise to love
ind honor tvr. .aikl none other, till
leatli ditl ym partT
"I guess the d.lii.g did read sbnat tM,
Jack."
"Antl yet "here you are, only five
months married, making love te .an
other wozaan.''
"Whatr rrieil 'Tom, Rpringintr to "his
feet, and jrl.-rrin-r at Jack like a. tiger.
"You admins it." saitl Jack, coldly.
"Atlmittrd -it" Whoever says J .ad
mitted that is.u!lar!"
"You saij ym had gone too far "
"And so I uiu. I drauk too much at
lligjrin's the Oihernight, antl, as for the
matter if tltui, so did you. Jack.. and
you ka-w It."
"lJul. you gfave my wife jewartryiand
you kissed her."
"I sever, n. help me Peter! Tnur
wife? VVnv, gotd gracious -Jack
Daiwrn! Whl ever think of "kirsing
your -wife x'i-n he could kiss mine as
well? Doiitr Ik offended. Jack, but
your wife is !eginning to look old and
salbr:. I .was telling SaraJi st.ualv a
litUe w hile.e.si."
"'i5ie deuce you Were! An A Mary
says you UtU iier the same thiugbout
"X-tvr: li'-srust I am not a iosfiT"
Vrry well: we'll call up the women
and wc wlu. they say," said Jlack, .in
tlesrtt xatii n.
Thr: latii.-s-r.-re summonetl
"To which j.f you did Tt am Cirtmes
pres-nt a s-it-vf jewelry?" asked Jack.
'- me!" saitl Mary Damon.
A-sl you lire my wife?" said Tom,
looking .doubtfully from one tj the
otlier-
"Hit. wifer. iJirieked Sarah. "Only
hear U.111!"
-Ji-rs:ileii;T" erietl Tom, what a
mutXiJIt' If either t.f you women is my
wife sl-j forwii."
Ne'Ultor stirrcil.
M:irv tx.intetl to Sarah's feet.
"Tom (.maes. ttehold those feet.
Haven't you .lrl with them long
enough 1 ret.'ogti.e them? And you
gjve me jewelry .r-l ki-ssed me. And
jotr Smroh trust ifig j-ou all the t'ine-"
Ton: l-.apetl forward and caught the
weeping tKvrjier.of ,tke No. 4 feet in his
arms.
'"Thank Jleavt-n tttat your feet are
Xu 4!" s:i;d he. "I wLsh they were No.
10. jind then I raigltf. know my own
wife when 1 saw .hif. Mrs. Damon, I
mistiMik yon fur .my wife, and h7e
you'll excuse juie f r .i:;tiuiating that
you were g.-tUsg sallow."
"Come. Mary." said Jsek. "I guess
we'll be going our own rttoin. Mat
ters seem Vt In retting straightened
out."
The pearls fwund tivr rightful
t)wner. but a little -tolness -".prang up
Ivetween the twosisters, which restiltetl
in Tom taking his wife to Chicago and
Jack taking his v.Ye to ISangor.
And now the reseiublanee -oj the sis
ters has eeasv to le a source of annoy
auce. Clara Augusta, in N. Y. Weekly.
MEN WELLTicNOWN.
The prince of Wales life is insured
for SSoo.OOO.
Corvr D'A Bit az, the French consul at
New York, has a neat little salary of
511,000 a year.
Tiikp.e are over ten miles of pneu
matic tubing in Wanamaker's Philadel
phia. store, requiring ninety-horse power
to operate it.
Hotii of Henry Irving's sons have
definitely decided to go upon the stage.
The younger, Lawrence, had originally
intended to enter the diplomatic service.
A.J. Dl'.KXKL heads the list of Phila
delphia rich men with S.,000,000. The
city has one hundred antl sixty million
aires whose total holdings foot up over
5 100.000, 000.
Omcar Wii.pe recently startled so
ciety by dancing at a private reception
attiretl in a long brown coat, fantas
tically fashioned, a heliotrope necktie,
antl yellow carnations in his button
bole. A New England man is'the legal ad
viser of the mikado of 'Japan. His
name is Henry W. Denison, and he
formerly resided in New Hampshire,
though for twenty years or more his
home has been in Japan.
Rrv. Dr. nKKCK'NKiiOE, who fell dead
in the !resbyterian general assembly
at Detroit, kad 820,000 insurance on his
life. His policy expired the day be
fore his death anil he renewed it by
telegraph.
RAILWAY MATTERS.
I r keeps three large Chicago factories
busy to manufacture the locomotive
headlights ami railroad lanterns that
are used in this country. The facto
ries give employment to 1,100 men and
boys. '
An Italian engineer has originated a
system by which he proposes to utilize
the power of trains runningdown grade.
Hi has perfected a machine for com
pressing air as the train goes down
grade, which can be used to actuate a
motor at the will of the engineer, and
be used to assist the locomotive on np
grades.
The largest locomotive ever made
weighs nearly one hundred tons, and
was recently turned out by the Bald
win locomotive works, rhiladelpbia.
It has five pairs of driving wheels, the
rirelM.x is eleven feet long, and is guar
anteed to haul seven hundred and sixty
tons up a grade one hundred and five
feet to the mile.
As experiment has been made on a
railroad Iwtwcen Home and Frascati
with a new combustible prepared from
lignite, rich deposits of which have
been found in Italy. Of the new fuel
three hundred and sixty-seven kilo
grams tlitl the work of three hundred
kilograms of coal. It is thought the
discovery will obviate the necessity of
iiiiMttiiu. toal.
SNAP SHOTS AT THE DEVIL.
The devil feels proud et the man who
joins the chnrch to make money.
The man who belongs altogether to
the devil Is generally the last to find it
out.
The devil never gets a chance to loaf
in a neighborhood where a good man
lives.
Tin: devil has co work extra hard to
get hold of the children who have good
mtithers.
Evtbt time -a sermon is heard with
tcral repentance the devil gives his fire
another stir.
The devil probably findf- n. good deal
of satisfaction in watching the woman
who loves to talk about fcer neighbors.
The mar. who simply wants to be
good enosgh to get to "Heaven is not
a man thaft the devil -scastes any pow
der on.
TnE devil is not ranch afraid of the
preacher who measures a service toOod
by the amount of mney in it for him
self. It isn't likely tie at the devil feels
much out of place i. the company of a
man -who doesn't Lay for his news
paper. As foox as church members begin to
rive more money for missions than they
lo for cigars antl tobacco the devil will
begin to feel uneasy.
Ham's llm
CAUGHT ON THE WING.
A'Tvr.KET flew through a plate glass
window five-eilr ths of an inch thick at
Mansfield, O., sat was not injurwd.
. jl Tknnesse country newspaper has
"discovered that roaches can fly like
grasshoppers, and can be seen Hate at
.night coming home to roost.
There is a mocking bird in Eaton ton,
Qa., that can talk and whistle "Johnny,
' tiet Your Hair -Cut." and, in fact, any
simple tune-which anyone hums or
w his ties to it as an example.
. A swab of3ees entered the cab of a
i locomotive at Huntington, Pa last
' week, drove the engineer and fireman
out, and stopped travel on tbe road un
til the farmer owning the invaders ap
peared and effected their removal.
. A window in the post office at Hanni-
"aL Mo., was so clean that the glass
must have been invisible te a quail.
The bird flew through it with aui-h
velocity that it made a hole in it only a
little larger than its btxly. The crash'of
glass directed attention to the incident,
and the quail was found cUsad on thr
floor.
THE BIG BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
The grade of the bridge roadway is
34 feet per 100 feet of length.
The total length of the Brooklyn
'bridge is 6.5:57 feet- It is l:C feet above
(the river, computed from the middle of
the span.
TnE weight of each anchor plate on
the bridge is twenty-three tons: the
lieight of the towers above the roadway
is J j f iet-
The NewTrrrk end of the Umoklyn
bridge proper is founded on bed-rock:
the ilrooklyn end of the bridge proper
rests on clay.
TrrE Brooklyn terminus of the bridge
is 61 feet above high title. The founda
tion of the Hrwoklyn tower is 45 feet he
low high water. The foundation of the
New York tower is 73 feet below high
water.
TrrESE are 85,rM yards of cubic ma
sonry in the two ends of the bridge.
The distance between the New Yorft
anchorage and the Drooklyn anchorage
is 3,454 feet. The weight of the span
is 7,000 tons.
FACTS FROM DISTANT LANDS.
In British India es.000,000
acres are
cultivated by irrigation.
Australia is the largest tea con
suming country in proportion to its
population.
Nine hundred and fifty submarine
telegraph cables are now in operation,
most of them in Europe; their total
length is over 80,000 miles.
The lowest temperature ever re
corded anywhere was noted by
(ioroc-how, December 30, 1871, at
Werchojansk, Siberia 81 degrees
Fahr., or 113 degrees of frost.
A vast "banyan" tree covering be
tween C and 7 acres has been discov
ered on the tiny Lord Howe island, 800
miles from Port. Macquarie, in
Australia. It is surpassed in size only
by the greatest of those in India.
BEFORE THE COURTS, i
Two Bovft ore held for trial in New
York upon the charge of stealing three
cents.
A man has been arrested at flate City,
Wash., for stealing a sawmill and cart
ing it twenty miles.
The county jail at Somerville. N. J.,
was entered by bnrglars the other night
and a pocketbook stolen.
A scrr about a calf in Texas has re
sulted in wiping out all the parties in
volved except the calf. One of the liti
gants shot the other and the sheriff shot
the. survivor in trying to arrest him.
The calf was valued at six dollars.
A Landing (Mich.) man applied for a
warrant against himself for assault and
battry. He said he had been in a fight,
and he wanted to get himself convicted
and fined, because the fellow he licked
wouldn't be able to attend to the case
for some time, and he wanted it off his
mind. "
For some imaginary offense a woman
of Philadelphia sought to get even with
her neighlrors by scattering ashes and
shaking carpets over their washing.
Not only this, but she frequently amused
herself by firing off a shotgun in the
middle of thenight- The neighbors com
plained to the courts, and the offending
female was obliged to contribute seventy-five
dollars towards the support of
the city. -
riantlaf; ty -Lsmpllfht.
In the vineyards of Fresno county,
CaL, hundred of men may Ire seen plant
ing grapevines at night by lantern light.
The vineyard lamb seem to be infested
with a multitude of huge fireflies, which
are darting and moving in every direc
tion. It is claimed that the setting of
the stakes can be done much more eas
ily and accurately by the aid of lanterns
than ia broad daylight, that more work
is accomplished by the men in the same
numU-r of hours, and that a large
amount of time is saved. One set of men
inom innn ninetiiUKK IO llie evening
until six o'clock in the morning, when
j they are relieved br another relay.
ON THE UP GRADE.
Vp in the early mornin' when the ttun begins to
Pt-cp
Above the fjray horlxon, and I ris up from my
Steep.
And go out to do the feedln' and milk and other
chores
(And the air's so cool and spicy when a body's
out of doors I,
I always like to listen to the puffln" that Is
raatia
By the locomotive engine a climbin' up the.
'Tis a pleture worth
painter, the hazy inorn-
tnir'R Blow.
The lazy. .Irining clouds above.
the dewy
jrrass lu low;
The arreecLin' of the whistle and the smoke a
driftin' back
Above the string of box cars and fadin down
tho track.
An" the al-in- birds all jolnin' in this mornin'
serenade
By that punin", chuffln' enclne a climbin up tbc
grade
Bow It's like our lives, for sometimes It seem
all u; hill work.
An' our loads keep cittia' heavy and we feci in
clined to bhiri:;
.An' II we keep on pullin' ontil we reached the
top,
"There's still a weary piece of track before we
cret to stop,
-But ac go down track a whizziu' and think
our fortuiiu's icadc.
When our air castles arc broken ad we strike
another graile-
But you want to keep on climbin and never
vroin' back.
And rc-mruiio-T up the incline is a piece of
level track.
An when you've done your journey you will
look l ack on the rond
.An' thinU of the obstructions aad trials you've
ovrrtiirwwcd.
And you'li tna:i!: your perseverance when you
see how it lias paid
'To keep on puffin', chuQln acd a climbin' up
the Kra le.
Waiter Wakernnn in Inter Ocean.
THE DOG DID IT.
Bow
Rex Played a Part in His
Master's Romance.
"Dr. Edgar Mansfield was the son of
a wealthy widow living on the licauti
ful Hudson a short ride north of New
York city.
:On returning from a journey in
Europe he brought hoirte with him a
magnificent St. Bernard dog.
Hex soon became as well known t
the surrounding residerfis of Fair View
as the oldest inhabitant, and the school
children delighted to gather on the
lawti before Mrs. Mansfield's fine man
sion to play with him.
Baai was kept about tte house, sel
dom accompanying his master, and
never. following him on his- prof essional
visits.
One evening Dr. Mansfield came
home weary after a long aftermon"s
fcive, and while he was taking off his
coat in the hall his mother came from
the sit tie g-room and startled him by
saying:
"Edgar, I fear I have bad aews for
you."
He kissed her and asked:
"What is it. mother?"
"ilex has not lxen seen about the
ftucc since the middle of the aft.-ruoon.
At'l the people have leen down in the
viLlae and aJl about searching for
lute, but they rannot find him," fcaid
Mrs. Mansfield, anxiously.
"Oh! he ha,s followed some of the
chiltiren nome: He is very fond of
children. Don't let that bother you; he
will turn up all right to-morrow, or wc
shall hvar of him. Hex is a dog that it
would br hard to steal and hide," said
the doctor.
But the morning came without bring
ing the dog. and the day passed with
out any news of him.
Anyone who has ever had an animal
for a pet and playmate can imagine Dr.
Mansfield's feelings over his loss.
After some weeks, during which the
doctor spent twice as much i money in
trying to get Ilex back as he had paid
for him. he made up his mind to give
up the search and never again to own a
dtg that might excit e cupidity.
Nearly two months after this. Dr.
Mansfield had to go to Irvington on
business; and while he walking along
the eastern suburbs of that charming
village he was surprised to see, on the
opptfsitc side of the way. Ilex, walking
content 'tily beside one of the most
beautiful girls his eyes had ever rested
on.
His first impulse was to crossover,
call Ilex by name, and a-.k the young
lady where she got that dog, but a
second's dolib.r;ili-.n told him that
such a course would le indelicate on
his part and embarrassing to Ilex's
new mistress.
When the young lady had passed on,
evitlently without seeing the young
man on the opposite r'i.lj of the way,
the doctor turned back, determined to
find out who she was.
Without leing observed, he saw the
lady, with the St. Bernard still close at
her sitle. entering a gate, from which a
bard drive led up to one of the finest
mansions in the place.
While he was wondering if he should
go in and learn who were the occu
pants of the bouse his eye fell on the
name "B.'ll.Tirc," cut in the keystone
of the arched gate.
)f the gentlemen whom he had come
over to see Dr. Mansfield made inquir
ies as to the people who lived at Bel
la! re, though he did not state his pur
pose in asking.
"Bellaire?" repeated the friend.
"Why, I thought everybody in West
chester county knew alx.ut the palace
which the wealthy Calif ornian, James
T. Masters, built here last year. But I
forgot that you have been iu college or
abroad since his coining."
"Has he any children?" asked the
doctor, with affected carelessness,
"Yes. Miss Laura Masters. She is a
beauty, and the youngest swells here
abouts and from New York have been
prostrating themselves at her feet for
the last year."
Here the subject dropped, but the
doctor's interest in Ilex was not less
ened, while there was added to it very
natural curiosity to know more about
the lieautiful girL
When he got home that night he said
to his mother:
"I have found Ilex."
"Where?" she cried.
"Over at Irvington."
"And why did you not brim bim
back with you?"
-Well, he seems very happy where he
is," laughed the doctor.
And then he went on and told all he
had learned.
He was not surprised that his mother
should show more interest in the dog
than in the young lady; but. as he had
unltouiidcd faith in her tact and judg
ment, be said:
"That is the case, mother. Now, if
you were in my place what would you
do?"
"Do?" repeated Mrs. Mansfield.
"Why, I should go and demand my
prtperty, no matter how young and
rich and pretty the person was in whose
possession I knew it to be,"
"Your advice accords with my own
opinion." said the din-tor. "and I shall
act on it to-morrow afternoon-"
The next afternoon he tlrove over
to Irvington again, ami. leaving his
horse at his friend's, he walked up to
Bellaire.
He asked the footman who answered
his ring if Mr. Masters was in. and
receiving a reply in the artirinative, be
said:
"Please take him my card and say I
shall detain him only a" few minutes."
He was ushcrtsl into the reception
room, antl within a few minutes a
rugged, gray haired man put in an ap
pearance and announced himself as
"Mr. Masters.
"I crime on a delicate errand, Mr.
Masters," said the doctor, with the
feeling of a man eager to be soon
through with an unpleasant duty.
"About two months ago I lost a valu
able St- Bernard, which I 'brought
home wit n me on my return from
Euro last fall. Yesterday, in passing
your i.'.aee, I was very sure I saw the
an una I. and I reasoned that, if you
owned bim. you mi-.'t hare obtained
bim from sumo person who did not."
"'nit re is .-ertainly such a dog as you
speak of Ik re," sa'd Mr. Masters ''but
be was given to my dau'rliter. who is
much attached to the Knleniliil creature,
by a j-oung gentleman from Fair View,
who is a frequent visitor here."
Then the old gentleman rose and
went hurriedly out, returning in a
short time with the young lady, who
jseomcd to the doctor even more beauti
ful than when he had seen her on the
Masters introdnctd the doctor to
his daughter, anil immediately told the
object of his visit-
"The dog could not have been
Ktolen." said the blushing girl: "for Mr.
Harry Collins gave him to me, and said
be had himself imported him for that
pur-, misc."
The doctor knew that Harry Collins
was a worthless scapegrace and bis own
lifelong enemy.
"It is tjuite possible that I have lieen
mistaken." said the d ctr, somewhat
ronfnsfd. but now more ; r.re of his
ground than ever, fur Collins was his
next iieighlior: "but if you will kindly
Set me see the dog, I can t-'ll."
Laura went into the hall, and, in re
sponse to her musical call the splendid
creature came lounding in and began
V fawn upon her, antl to lick her dainty
bends.
But in au instant he became aware of
another presence.
-"flex!" said tne doctor.
With a bark of joy the noble brute
msV-d at his master, and. putting lioth
paws on his shoulder, liegan to lick his
faee a if crazed with delight.
Then. v.h"i he had satisfied Mr. ?!as-ter-i
and his tl:;'?'.-hter th-.t he had found
his rightful master, he ran first to one
and then to the other t.f them, as if
eager to show that they held second
place in his canine heart.
"You are certainly right. Dr. Mans
field." said the old gentleman, "the
dog is yours, and I cannot retain him."
On hearing this, tears filled Laura's
beautiful eyes, and she turned away to
hide her grief.
The doctor saw her emotion, and with
a gallant bow, he said:
"Pardon me. Miss M astern, but Ilex
seems happy hen. The fear that the
fine fellow had fallen into unkind
hands annoyed me, but now that I
know he will Ik well eared for. I leg you
to accept him with my compliments,"
"To make a long ttory short," as the
old-fashioned story tellers have it. Lau
ra Mastei s, with her father's consent,
became the undisputed owner of Ilex.
When the doctor left that evening,
Mr. Masters gave him a pressing invi
tation to call again, "to see us as well
as the dog," he said, in conclusion.
From that tlay on Harry Collins never
visited Itcllaire, and as soon as it 1k
came known that he had presented to a
young kidy a dog :Tolcn by himself he
fled the country.
The doc-or accepted the invitation,
but, though he Ml grulcful to Ilex for
having been the means, we may be
sure that he was not the Attraction.
A year after Edgar Miir.r.ticlu's first
visit to Bellaire, Laura Masters be
came his wife. And the old gentleman
said, when the marriage ceremony w as
over:
''The dog di 1 it. and 1 shall get him a
collar of gold." Saturday Night.
Wire Finer TTuan Hair.
We are at work just now on some
pretty small wire. It is l-r.0(tth of an
inch in diameter finer than the hair
on your head, a great deal, said a man
ufacturer to a (dolie-Democrat reporter.
Ordinary fine wire is drawn through
steel plates, but that wouldn't do for
this work, liecansc if the hole wore
away ever so little it would make the
wire larger, and that would spoil the
job. Instead, it is drawn through what
is practically a hole in a diamond, to
which of course there is no wear. These
diamond plates are made by a woman
in New York, who has a monopoly of
the art in this country. The wire is
then run through machinery, which
winds it spirally with a layer of silk
thread that is .IMM-. of an inch in thick
ness even finer than the wire, you see.
This wire is used in making the receiv
ing instruments of ocean cables, the
galvanometers used in testing cables
antl measuring insulation of covered
wires. -.
Grmiw Fruit.
-Orape fruit" is a citrous fruit,
closely resembling, and by some said
to be identical with, the shaddock,
named from the growth of the fruit in
clusters. Its production in this country
is chiefly confined to Florida. The tret
is larger and handsomer than that of
other fruits of its class. The fruit is
large, frequently five inches in diam
eter, has a smooth, light-yellow skin,
ripens later than the orange and is
fountl in the northern markets from
December to May. It has medicinal
properties, and when well ripened is by
many people considered superior to the
orange. The bitter membrane that di
vides the rulp should be removed be
fore the latter is eaten or the pulp
should be sctHiH'd out froru it. There
are several varieties, anil the number is
enlarged by importations. The grape
fruit is known also as the pomelo,
l-oinpclmoufcc and by other names.
SUNDRY FREAKS.
The name of a Philadelphia debutante
is Miss Sybil Pine-Coffin.
A man in Kansas glories in the po.
session of a calf that weighs only six
pounds anil has to be placed on a lxi.-c
in order to reach the "maternal foun
tain." In the public schools of Portland.
Me., arc two children, a loy and a girl,
aged respectively ten and twelve years,
no relation at all, both of whom are us
bald as the traditional billiard ball, and
each of whom wears a wig.
Thomas Cooper and wife, who live
near Flowery Branch. Qa., have four
daughters. A11 except one married
willows' sons, all of their husbands le
ing named William, and all of them
the youngest of the family, and ail
married on the third Sunday in the
month.
A rat with only three legs was
caught last week by a son of J. E. An
drews, on his farm near Perry, (if- In
no other way was the rodent deformed,
and the absence of the fourth leg in no
way decreased its power of locomotion.
The thinl leg was in the middle of the
under pnrt of the btxly, and not where
the hind legs usually arc.
NOTABLE FOREIGN EVENTS.
Twelve persons died from injuries in
the football season in England, which
is just over.
A remarkable freak originated in
Bohemia is a two-headed maiden, joined
at the waist, having four arms.
An interesting case will be tried at
Antwerp in a short time. Two dia
mond merchants, by the use of aniline,
have been in the habit of "bleeching"
diamonds of poor quality.
Everything went well so long as he
made kings only, but when he tried the
production of high priests he committed
archaeological errors that led to his de
tection. A m a Nt"T" A CTlTRER of ancient Egypt
ian mummies has been severely sen
tenced by the courts of Alexandria.
He made his articles with carefully pre
pared asses' skins, and hail a good trade.
An Englishman has invented an ap
paratus through which he declares he
can see the soul leave the lmdy. He ar
ranges lenses that so magnifi the par
ticles of dust in the air that their dis
turbance by anything passing upward
can be detected.
, REMARKS BY LITTLE TOTS.
"On, mamma!" exclaimed littler
Maidie. as a bright-winged insect
passed the door, "here goes a flutter
by!" .
LitI7-E Iot "Papa. I mus' have a
new dwess to play in." Papa "What
is the matter with that one?" Little
Dot "It's all worn ?ut "cept th' button
holes."
Mamma "Why. what niN J""
Charlie?" Charlie "Oh! oh! I 'A J''
as lief the les'd walk on me. b "" n
hurts when they sit down." Dcmore, t
Monthlv.
Fit. I rativi; Zot.j i.oy. Little il.;r..l 1
for the first time saw a tame rabbit
twitching its lips as it munclu-a a cab
bage "leaf. "On. look, mamma!' he
cried. "The rabbit's winking at me
with its nose." Kate Field's Washing
ton. Flossie is a little girl whose ideas of
creation are yet crude, but she is very
curious. "Is all t.f us made out of
dust, mamma?" she asked, the other
day. "Yes, Flossie." "Little babies,
too?" "Yes." Flossie was silent for a
moment. "Mn.mtna." she said, "Heaven
must 1-e n thvil'id dusty place.
REMARKABLE YOUNGSTERS.
A Hoy in Washington state caught fifty-four
wild pigeons with one swoop of
hi.- net.
Baltimore claims to have a boy of
fifteen who can speak eleven lan
guages. The jounjw'st traveling salesman in
Illinois is in the employ t.f a drug house
at Quincy. He is thirteen.
A little boy of Hordon, Ga., was re
cently promoted t the head of his class
by the teacher for his orginality in .wil
ing the word cat q-u-a-t-t-e.
A Kansas boy earned a rice Bible by
committing 1.0'iu verses t memory, and
then he trailed his Bibb for a shotgun,
and he accidentally bliot his aunt iu the
leg.
A little boy from North East. M l.,
while visiting his grandmother iu Ches
ter, fell asleep on the floor and rolled
under the bed. Before be reappeared
the it.liee were scouring the town for a
missing boy.
They Inderal and Human Mature.
One reason why sharjiers Mit-eced SO
well in prej-ing upon country folks who
come to the city seems to be that the
strangers h not know how to say no.
They rvcl ah. lie and unsupported antl
they lose their nerve, so that they nay
Ik led totlo many fiM.lis'i things which
they would ml do at home. This is,
well illustrated at the ferry houses.
Little street Arabs stand at the cross
ings in front of the ferries and accost
the strangers who have valises, saying:
"Let me carry that for you, sir?" The
smartest t.f them do not solicit at till,
but rush up and seize the strangers"
bags, even using a little force. 11 is
not it-cable that in at least half sm.li
cases the countrymen let the Imys have
their way. They art; able to carry
their own burdens, and really want to
tl.i s... but they seem to grow helpless
w'.th t'.ie lir.d whiilof the city atmosphere.-
N. Y. Sun.
Iturietl Tosm,
The sand-laden winds from the Lake
Michigan shores have wiped out the
town of SingaiNre, near Saugutuck.
Mich. Every house except one has
l-een completely covered up. and the
family in this Kmc house has now I -ecu
compelled to move into the second
floor, the sand having tilled the first.
The same cause, it is claimed, will
eventually drive the people to the roof,
as these sand dunes respect neither
man nor his al-otle, and this litth- t,ld
town will 1-ccome as thoroughly bur
ied as Pompeii.
Not at Asylum Subject.
Stranger That man is evidently
crazy. Why is he not put in an asylum?
Native His property is so heavily
mortgaged that none of his relatives
want it- N. Y. Weekly.
Florence "The idea of saying you
were only twenty-three!" Bessie "Yon
forget mamma told us that it is always
t-ctter to uuderrate than to exaggerate,
mv thai." Aim ricuu tjioccr.