vi'tit-iinfj, ItntOH. The Urveand ret aide rlrroikllop .t M e ' bmia Khjlbiiav omnrornii It to the laTnrable rob Itlr rat i u ef anvertiMrni bote lavur will t inverted at u.e inliow it.i low ruin : I loco. Idi.. .. 1.60 1 tnen.S uiotiiln V I lticli.e tuotitb 1 inch y-r 6 2 Indiea 9 ujoiiiIk 6 iw 'i lootiM. year lo in) 3 Inche 6 month! H.un Inche. I year 2 no 4 eolninn fl montfi 10 oo X column e tnontbu...... an iw Sedumn 1 ear M.w ; column. wimHitha.... .... 4o no 1 column, I year 7b no Kunlnen Item., fl rot lneertion. Hie. per line tttM(uent lD'ertiitriM. 6c. lc lu. Adiu nipinttor'aaad 4xrculor Notice. . . W2 eo Auditor' Notice. 2. so Stray anal aluiuar Notice it t-o ww-Keaolut on or pnxsseainra ol any c.r- ra tion or oClcty and ron.mun lotion. leiu. tl to rail attention to any matter of limited or mdt vidual inicr-M dium I id I t advnrtioiuenia. Hif k mil Jol l-nntln of ail kluda neatly an1 FieliuumT rierMied at tte lowt rioea. A ad don'tyoa lora:et tl. is iiii inei wwrnr t (BI K(i, t.JIBKI V '., mSA., KY J A .tlL.s H. HASM, At .ntcd Clr.'Ul.UhMl. l,tO i)n. M! ! ril I on Kalf. 1 vph', runt! in advance Jl JO till ll." l II net paid wuiiiii ,t n inn. l not iit.i'l w it l in ts month, 'i u tl m l paid witluti llio ear.. 'fib i , wrn reKtitinn outidde of the county ...t.iiiinnal per year will fe rliaruod to I .-li,:i. event will the above nrm no de- in.ui. and those who Jon i msali tnolr .net nirrr-ii" tv .vinn in advance mu.-i uol ei " ', , i r laced on the .:tue lixitlnif a thou who JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor. 'HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE A5D ALL ABE SLAVES BESIDE. 81. SO and postage per year in advance. r J. et "'" f:"t pe umlerntixxi -oc J ....... rorwrt- "".- for your pilr hetnre yon utop It. If "top VOLUME XXVI. E BENS BURG. PA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1S92. NUMBER 47. " ..,., None hut i-clwiutii tin otnerwlne. i ' . smlswim lite 1 too abort. J fl .Wit m rrrV AAAvlAAA 'iliiKlH y itTlri S II I III II fl I I OF CAMBRIA ,;,(,. GASMAN'S, ALTOONA, PA.f for your Clothing wii. r' n Iiavt the l.-irest scloc'ion :unl best gooIs for the least U,,..'V. mi'.n s sn rs i:i si I I S . ;i i i.ih:i:n's m'its... . . SI. .".It . . . '. M,n"s Hoys' ami Chil.lren's li-l'N. ; ,,i. ' at im.v au.l pet FIRST p- (3- -A. 1ST Ur-t ri.ihi.T. HaitiT ami Furiiisli.r, it. mi. "WANT A WAGON?" Vv'j w.i-:i .!;, ru " i 's. surir-vs. Hih jrr.vV : as li.c'it, 'ir' . -.i.i! ! m us K'lia'u'uliv linis!i.l as m kLtik. tJ iiu.o,: i. :t;!, i-.i'i p.Ji .v. Built en li. .r. r by nvr. f lite o II i'..- v is cur p. lio ; pn.inpt sliiptti.'iit -ur 1 v- V. v .vn t ki:. .w yi. u. Wiiio us. Cms v u ' .V.iv K-.;.l t bu:.iin;s by :uut by. Sl-ikI f..r .-ur ' '' !' " li N t. ciTv r-:uL-r . f fiis p.tpirr. bini; li.iiia..ii : . :i . ... ,:"i:i"iu.ut..n. N. V. 41 BUILT I'OR BUSINESS." i ,1 "Seeing" is BeIievinQ.5, ';; ; ; 2 i ' ' ' '.:A must " simple; -when I wtirtls mean tnurh. Imt to imrift-SS tK truth m-r touch and seamles?;- nnl rmrl ii. is uuwiuicty sajeaxK unorcafcaOle. Like Aladdin's of old, it is indeed a "wonderful lamp," for its mar velous licrht is nurer and finVritr thm trie i;.rK 1 - - soner man eiectnc ii?ht and more cheerful than either. p 1 'k.f'rr V?.irt,'mTT:,T"" Roc"KSTFi ""lie lnmpdcnlcr htsn t th. ernnlne . - " ,: 7 -.. v oi. -k-uu lu uS ior our new ti ustrntM catalogue i- ,r"'" hc Sonreit .ampere ,n the liotld. tvw THE HAY- FEVER AND 1'rr.nn Il,im it 7i- rt liii'iiil. unvtf fir a" t tjmrkli tihmrrttiL Jtct-nniust the L m t'ir xirrrx. ril.i nil trnf".'i.iti r JUL. t LD-1 ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street NEW YORK BITTERS rumhinlnir tln with Tl UK TM.CTilUaR T"M(s, iuiklj and mmt'lt-trty ILKA S IS nj Mthllfr TllR ItMN)!). UtiirlvPn H"-vtu.n i,f ihi Liver anl kitlnryn. MVamth r"m.lr ilon, mtkni the kn HmiHitb. HUotm not Injur-1 hf lMlh, rannr tMla. lti or vrT-.iae ron '.l.ii..o -AI L OTIILU IUO MLlrlrlNLS XK j-i- 'una and rni;citttvfarjrwh(o rvnmnif nl it N' S Rrom.r. .f Mfrin. M1 . myn- I '" !i.'h.-t.. hr--wii' lrn Hilt-p- hh n vrluil( ttiio 1 ' oii.rf tit LI. aw1, ii nil rTii''-int tli tljpi'tio . iim jt ia mat hurt t t-t ." I'h H M Iki zri-L. Kyn'l lH. Inf.. ny: 1 t r..fi hruMtTH lrn littrH m f-itwi if -It.'t t -1 a. 1 dlw.M4 Ml,, W ft tt.lllt' Mltfl -1 1 wi it tiju irT-il ttn'i tiicniy nrvlirln. M . w m H f unm, 3i St M?rj St ." rl.tnN. Ia.. . Ino Litt"r nh-v-J n- in ; j..ia.tiiri ntnl 1 huurUiy ci.m-i It U l , ., ,!,. K t,i,-i nrthr. I'- W V MiNji4N Tun-timlijii, AI MJ-: "I ' t. tr.tii.l., fn.ro . tiiMiif .iTli Iiitpurf "! rtni.tmn on tnv lrv-tvn .4(t"" t -' 1 r-.ii ltitl.tt tT- twl n iwrlt'l t um. I t ak ta, lnttii ot ttiU T;Uu1jW miniiciU.' t- . tir lHm ata.rvTral Mrk anrl rrra-w.1 r! Itm " -i ii.r TmW taw olhT. Atn.it nily by HUH N IU.MH AL 4 It A lT IMOKt, MO. I HE U b iSfEBSTtK v,sor ot th I'nabrir'jrt. 'WEBSTER'S i:tepjnational DICI10N,PvY ' ' I Mm. 4 . i w,.i..M.l i.r (l.M Mhrarv "f rvl,i'n rfi;i-l w-r t- iliiio m l.miirMl i.lrlr.l ! , Nf fort. tti Urt Copt 4l"ti.-tl. H f V ALL POOHELI CR3. if - r -irti. ii i:intmtfnniL . t . -"nt I tiie I'tit htifiH. t.. . 1 i innt'tt-mi; dirt inn- '.' i.-crifm . ! r.-inj nititiv-!' ' ' m c-f VV ir-t.-r ar I- iittf i4iurk''t-i ! M'fU t v mt-rrjr-;u UUkUoa. r,:r the eesT, ni!-tl, vli: ti Im -m tti Imprint f 'tl,,,() - 4. MCRR AM &. CO.. f JfiUSHERS. IJ. S. A. ) ,Nl A I.l M. IHJF ION. Al ltiKNKV .YT T.AW, lr-, Km aMrHr. I'annA ir.' iq tijra Hunre, (. autar atreeu oys and Children COUNTY ! sVi.lK) ?"..MI. :t.7.". .vim. i.mi 2..10. . . . to ji.".m. ..in Mil. ...to 5.1 m. OVERCOATS nt equally low CHOICE of these Greatest S IMI -A. IsT , 11 IS MVirtith LTltilW IV- . , i . f is 1 f, ; . .-si it is not simple it is Th knrkpctAr" XiriT-i1F All wnA.T in tiir. r,;. nni. ApyS. - - e, . ...... bj 'b'"- LA31P CO.. 41 l'ark Place, New York City. "The Rochester." !J. If Ls 1EAD w- - 'a TiriUr. Arvnlifd into thf. intrils it is hftia, atuiy lujf'tmmntwn, nfal :50c unit ty iriitii on rw't (' fir'i't. 7,3UU BUSHELS OF POTATOES O. W. r.nAMiii.E, Fair Knt Ov, M d., sa : With '.HO ponrifl : of rnwl'a Cms l-Vrtllltrr or lo(m(M-a, Oil I'i iuths of mini, ho rulx'il l,:o li:Hlarla KintMith, KMK aizHil jHilntiM'H. When riuiiiilily i rt-rtili.i-r uml ii:ility K lam! Is fonsiiliTi-il, tlls U htrvi'xt rrnp if Mtitlo ev.-r nu-vl In tho world. Why lift nt.s l.lir i-ropa of potato We nit N il o; owtotlo lu and how to .r- cut Piik'' Hots ml l(ilt;lit. ffii . lip rcni Ihiii;s for Ikiolc t( 1JS p;i(-s. W 5. Powell & Co.. ClietTti-:i! Pcrtilizer Manufacturers, li-iltimore. JVU. 17JM. 1)-SS1. folleie written at anort nolo id to OLD RELIABLE ETNA" T'. W. DICK, rUIHiT I'ttK TIIR OIjiO hartfoko MDIi mi in ir 1 M M KMt'KU KI'SINr.NS I7i)4:. Kinrnrv..lm . Ina. iMouutaiu House, STiR SH&YIHG PARLOR! CENTRE STREET, EBENSEURG. 'I'lllS wpll known ami lona? mtnhllahiNl Shaving 1 f'arltirif nw hCHtel 'in IVntre atrewt, im I ..nl. Hi. Iivrry mhM. ( t'llara. Ihtvla l.mn e. whera thr i iiiiie will iecnrri.it m In the luturi-. SH Vm:. 1IA1K t'-llNl AMI MUllI'MillMI ihme In the l.rali-i-l and luuat arfivtn muint-r. t'latt Towtla a .M1lty. ei.liiin aaMal on at their renldunre. JAMLS I1.IUNT. Inrtur w. DICK. A m A ITOKNKY-AT-I.AW. h.HKN.HMtiHx. raaw'A- mjrifrti attantlon to Klveo claim lor Pen al. u ltuuut. etc. clil- Sao LEGAL rVi EQUATIONS. What ti' to m" Is "Hyli's on Hills'" I-'or "J:vrm:vn on tho Iulw of Wills' 1 wuiiUlu't ivtk a, jai'kstone. Nor would 1 vivc uiiotht r for 'Jurifw ami July Trials," nor more Kor oki- on I -it tli-ton" ytt. or For Chilly, Kt-nt, or llli-k.stone. Will Ilyla-M hflp inf to p:y tho bill ' 1 our for HotMTK C.iti her will lit- -h;iii.'i-d l v rtMilinu Jantian? Wh.it us iin- "J;!ry TrinU" to n' Or Kent, or Chilly r lihickstouer ho ls ilryt-r tti:m tluMsophy. Vim, worc- tli:in any ltrahman. Ami -Knii hinil on Attaihtm-nts," too, 11. is nothing 111 tl that ill do Tlii" ti ll- is tnisl.-udiiifr. And thoiii-'h through dusty books I read. At. is, I tu-Vr can learn to plirad In Cupid's court, so shf will hifU, h'roni "Slfphfn's Kulcs of I'leudlntf " TollyiT on l'artnt rshlp" I've read ( An a:u'i til wurki: "Coiitriu-ts to Wed," Hy sotni' out' iiatni'd I'itsiiiinioiid. N',r diH-s it st'iiii lii tu'ip mi on, Ttiul "M irria'.' S itU nn'iits" I con. Or Sihouirr's l.irnt d tHKtk uion "Tho Ijus nf Mrrl.-d Wumcu." ThiTO is no statute I ran And V til maUe a niaitleu t tiauh'i' her mind; Nor kiue.v 1 w:n re the plaoo h To tliul u iau u ill help me win A suit like mine or I d Ik-l-iu l'o sean h it out. It isn't in . My aet of "l.'adi:ijf Casis." ' Hut "Tlaylios on Appils!'" Ah, there Is just the answer to uiy pmycri 1 know now how t do it. Krutn tier derision hy the seal Of all the courts: 1 w ill apiH-al. And that will make ttie verdu-t nil. Until 1 can review it James ;. llurnett, in N E. Magazine. QUEER PASSENGERS. A 3a Captain's Story of a Fam ily of Smugglers. Many passion frrs retnrninfr from ltirlan.l ir tlit" omit i in" tit to the? I'nileil SttiU's apiv-iir to tmntfinc" tlmt tlu-y have tlune a brilliant tliinef vvlitu tliey sn'i'i'i"l in smuo'rliiiej ilutiable j;iKisi llirmi-li the ciisti'iuliotisir. If they oseatH ilotoi'tiiMi, they conffrjiluluU tlu'iiisi'lvi's ia tlu"ir cU'vitiioss in iut witlintr the iTovi-rnnii'iit otlieials; but u hi'H tlu'y Jifi- not Mit'tssf til, uml u re i'xiH.si'il, the cu.se assumes a iliiTeretit H-SHl"t. The isition of the smttjrsrlinp trar eli'r is in. lei-it one of the iuott aw kward litiairiititlilf. 1 have leen a witness of many amns in si'i'iii-s that have oeeurreil oil the White star Slii;s an. I at their l.in.iin.r plai'e. One of th"se left a lasting im pression on my iiiemory, owiiij. ikt haps, to the extraordinary eoiiiluet of all the members of an entire family 1 1 1 1-i r i j the voyage from LiverjHol U New York. In the early part of Septemtier, 1ST-. I stives I at the ;.iiie;v ay on the mailt l'i-k of the Kal tie, of which I was then in I'oiiiiiiuii.l, at Liverpool, watching tiie passetitfiTs come on Ixianl from the tenth r. The ship was iinchoreil in the tiver, nlm ut three -quarters of a mile from the lamtiiir sta'e. A moiitr the last to leave the ten-ler was a family which consisted of father, mother mill four laii)htei'H. The father was an old man short, btotit ami thick set. "is wif. was romul. plump, very red in the face, and panted with the exertion she was making. The daughters, on the contrary, were lone-, lank, and thin, both in face and figure. The whole appearance of the prortp wps so air, and their .dress so shabby and worn, that as they went aft amwte the saloon passi-tipi-rs it seemed as if :t mistake had been made, and that tlwir pru'H'r place was in t he steerae-e. Many of the iiuuiipi aiits were clad far more neatly. On the passafre, two or three tlavs hiter, happening to e-( aft one iiioriiiii'r, I ai'iiin remarked this curious family. They were sit t intf entirely apart from the other passe tir-ers. on the Jonp wiMuii-n seat that ran alonp the side of the ruilinp. Steamer chairs were a .uxtiry in which, evidently, they had not indiilpeiL The father, mother and four tlatt-rh-ters tne daughters resemhliiie- a Hipht of steps of even (-nidations sat solemnly side by side, without uttering a word, and appearing as if they were assembled at a funeral. The ship was full of passenpers, who were mostly Americans, returninp from their summer outinp. They lnwl not much to tM-cupy ther attention, and soon sill who were well enotiph to enioy any little novelty or excitement were attracted toward this stranpe and very eccentric family proup. They responded so brielly and coldly to kind inim'tries made of them by sev eral of the ladies that even the most ini'tiisitive were ohliped to pive up try ing to solve the problem which they .teemed to suppest. They were soon eft entirely to themselves. Not one meinltcr of the family was ever seen alone, either on deck or in the sal. sin. If one of the party nc up to walk, all formed in solemn proces sion. Silently and sadly they prom enaded up and down the deck, until, at a sipnal from the father or mother, all stopped anil resumed their scats. One of the ladies win) sat at my table asked me what I thoupht of these peo ple. I had had no time up to that mo ment to think alxmt them at all, and to'nl tier so; but I added that, if tho weather continued line, I should cast an eye on them occasionally, and tell her what conclusion I arrived at. Tho weiit her proved favorable, and I Wpan to lie somewhat interested in the family. Certainly their movements were very jecnliar. Whether they were caused by timidity, eccentricity or a desire to le let severely alone, I could not quite decide. A. the end of the passape approached, unmistakable sipns of an.itt' and nervousness were visible in the faces of ail the mcmliers of the family. One afternoon just before dinner, near the w hcelhonse, the old man suddenly le pan a conversation with a pentleman w ho sti-od near. I haj. pened to over hear the talk. The weather wr the first topic; but soon the subject drifted to that nearest the old man's heart. lie U-pan to make Inquiries about tho custom house in spect ion. "Are the officers very ri'nl in their examination?'' ho asked. Ho was told that they were. "What amount is allowed duty free?" he inquired, and his question wan an wered courteously. Forty-cipht hour later we had ar rived at Sandy Hook, and were fast ap proachinp quarantine w hen souiethinp called me from tho bridpe, and I went on deck. There, standinp by the railinp, look inp off toward Staten Island, were the memtiers of this stranpe family, ltut what a c-hanpe! I thoupht of Cinderella and her m apical transformation. The day was one of tho hottest of Septeinlier, jet the old lady was wrapied in an clepant sealskin par ment that reached nearly to her feet. Under this I saw tho folds of a hand some black satin dress. A rich tonnet on her head and lipht kid plovcs com pleted her costume. The old man hoked as if he had just come from the hands of one of the most fashionable Iondon tailors. Ho was dressed in a complete new suit of clothes, a costly overcoat and a silk hat. Hut the preatest chanpe in apjear ance was in the four dauphters. Hith erto they had been lonp, slim pirls; now they were quite round and plump. Their dresses were plain but rich; anil hands. me hats shaded their faces, which were, however, thin anil, if any- , thiup, still paler than before. As stmu as the ship was in her bertn ami everyth np made secure. 1 came down from the bridpe, and, standinp near the panpway. watched the bap pape as it was carried on the dock. It so hapiK'iied that it was piled up not far from the foot of the panpway, so that 1 hal a pood opportunity to see the result of the examination. The mysterious family had already pone ashore with the other passenpers, and now stood near a collection of trunks, baps and bundles of rups. wait nip for an ollicer to examine their luppapo. 1 was well acquainted with the senior inspector, who was stationed but a few steps from the panpway. Occasionally he looked up and smiled as the men came to him and reported the result of their work. A few minutes later an official ap proached the stranpe family and asked for the keys of their trunks, which the old man liatl nut produced. He thrust his hand into his pocket and drew out his keys. The ollicer t.mk them, tit ted them to the trunks, threw open the lid of one after another, lifted the con tents, ran his hand throuph them; in short, made the usual examination. In the meantime the attention of the senior officer had been drawn in that direction. He turned and faced the proup. carefully scrutini;iiip its mem bers while the examination was in prop re ss. When all had been opened, the lids were closed and marked by the insj.ee tor, who then reported that nolhinp contraband or dutiable had In-en found. 1 smiled as 1 heard the report At that moment the eyes of the senior officer met mine. I noticed a peculiar ex pression on his face Advatieinp toward the party, the in spector told the old man to po to the office occupied by the custom-house offi cials. My curiosity was exciteiL I left the ship, went down the panpway, ami stood a few steps distant, watchinp the proceed intrs. The old man's countenance turned a pr eenish-white as he looked in the di rection indicated. The old lady trem bled and seemed scarcely able to stand; wlnle the four pirls were white and terror-stricken. They followed tl.e superintendent into the office, ami the door closed liehind the whole party. The old man was requested to step into one of the examiuinp rooms, while the mother and dauphters were taken in charpe by a female searcher and conducted into another. After about half an hour the trem blinp woman ami her dauphters re turned to the main office. The female searcher followed, and. poinp up to the table in the center of the room, placed a small valise upon it in front of the appraiser. At almost the same moment the old man appeared, accompanied by an offi cer. The officer placed on the table a small packape inclosed in brown paper. The office was now tilled with eople, manv of whom were passenpers from the ship. They had perceived that the queer family were suspected, and had remained liehind to see the "fun." The appraiser rose from his chair, went up to the table and opened the valise. Kvery eye was upon him as ho drew forth its plitterinp contents and bpread them out In-forc it. Swiss, French and Enplish watches, cliains, both h.np and short, bracelets, rinps and jewelry of every description lay spark linp in the sunlipht. The brown paper packape, upon lieinp opened, disclosed alxmt six thousand dollars worth of unset diamonds. These were found concealed in the clothinp of the old man. The total value of tho poods was es timated to le nearly eleven thousand dollars. A loud lahph ranp throuph the room iit the expression of dismay on the old man's face. There w'tfr little sympathy for him, but the position of the poor old lady and her dauphters was indeed pitiable. In the excitement of the moment I did not think of remarking tho appear ance of tho pirls until an exclamation from one of the passenpers drew my attention to them. They were no lonpcr round and plump, as just lie fore leaviup the ship, tint had resumed their former lank appearance. I ascertained later that the preater part of the jewelry hail tn-en concealed in the clothinp of the dauphters, as the father hail stupidly itnapiued that, owinp to their youtli, they would not he susjiected. On my return voyape I learned that the old man had leen compelled to pay double duty on his poods. Whether or not In over made a bocond attempt at smnpiflinp I canuot say. It was the last time that he ever crossed the At lantic on luard any ship under my com ma n.l C'apt. Charles W. Kennedy, in Youth's Companion. PROVERBS ABOUT WOMEN. The brilliant dauphter makes a brit tle wife. Jl imie a maiden at the knead inp-pan, not at the dance. A woman who looks much in the plass spins little. A ti;mi:k-iikaktei mother makes a lazy dauphter. A Yui'Mi wife is an old man's post horse to the prave. A ii:af husband and a blind wife make a happy couple. A tioKsipiMi woman talks alxmt every body, and everylxxly talks altout her. II k who marries a widow will often have a dead man's head thrown iu his dish. ... PEDIGREED CATS AND DOGS. SLimist. Anlinnl. with St ranp I"Mullrl- -rUn fr icHt with ta IWau lnited States Minister Itoyd was recently home on a leave of absence from Hanpkok. "Tho American lepa tion at Siam was composed of very curious nirmlK'rs," said he to a San Francisco Kxaminer man as he stroked the tawny coat of his three hundred dollar a pair Siamese cats in the Occi dental basement. "You see the pov ernmeut makes me no allowance for a corps of secretaries and under dipni taries like the tony missions receive, and I had to force a little style with the best native material on hand. S j I drafted into the servU-e of L'ncle Sam an assortment of cheap but sapaeious assistants, who helped to furnish dipnity to the establishment without any severe strain on its exchequer. Y'ou can do this sort of thinp readily in Siam, where the freest sociability prevails tn-tween the people and the pifteil menaperie that inhabits the islantL For a watchdop. in case I wanted to leave the house for awhile, I had an intellectual little dop from the kinp's kennel. He comes of a family trained for untold penerations to play this role, and when placed on sentinel duty he could W fully trusted, nipht or day, to cover his charpe with entire success. Nolxxly but myself or wife could approach my desk or anylhinp that he was left to puard w ithout hav inp a severe attack of remorse. Then came a marvelous pair of cats. They, tix, came ot lofty iR-dipnuf and are ex tremely rare, but their most practical value in Siam comes from their merciless warfare on snakes. Hanpkok is a crowdisl capital, a sort of Venice, larpely built over the water. 'The entire country back of it is in fested with enormous lxas, from fifteen to twenty-five feet in lenpth. When their country lxard pets unpalatable these monsters stroll down into the Hanpkok in search of supplii"s. Their tH't dainties are pips, chickens, peese and eats. No, their bite is not venom ous, but they do swift and deadly ex cution with their piant coils. Instinc tively, therefore, the cat rceopni.cs his arch enemy, but you don't know what a ferocious prize lipht is until you can seen one of these small, tawny felines make an unerrinp sprinp and fasten himself to the hack of the boa's neck. To this vulnerable point he holds like prim death. s ratchinp meanwhile with the wildest tiper-like fury, till the hupe monster throws up the sponpe. They are pcntlc and pixxl natureil, these ain-lHT-cyid ln-auties, until Mr. Ida comes around, when they suddenly develop the ferocity of ten ilevils. It was a reptile seventeen feet lonp that one of this liphtiup spvics laid out in my lepa tion yard one day. Y'ou must under stand that Siam is an outdixir and open window clime, and this leads to socia bility on a very deiinK-ratio scale. Y'ou never can tell the mixed character of anpels. four fixitcd and otherwise, you are liable to entertain at nipht. For instance, we had a pair of baby sun In-ars, pentle as kittens, on the lepation pay roll in some position of honor. They passed the day in the banyan trees and droppisl down alxmt mid nipht to call on their friends. We found them under our lied onemorninp, and then Mrs. Hoyd thoupht the hour had arrived to draw "the line on Wasts. We had to dismiss our pelican, too, in disprace, in spite of the dipnity he main tained on the front porch, for the royal dop made open war on his tail feathers until he resembled a skirtless ballet p-irl." ON PESCADERO BEXH. There. In the Earthly 1'a.ra.dl.e. the Floor fa l'eveJ with (ifitu. Nearly all the varieties of quartz, chalcedony and opal are found on the I'cscadero shore, ex;ept the iridescent, precious opal. Amonp the innumera ble variety are seen the reddish brown jasper opal and a clear preen stone quite rare erroneously termed "emer ald." What is here called topaz, in the opinion of 'Helen F. Iwe. who writes alxmt it in Hippincott's, is probably a valuable yellow opal known as the false topaz. Chalcedony affords the Wautiful red and pink camelians that deepen in color with exposure to the sun, and also the moss apates found principally on Apate beach. Onyx, sardonyx and banded apates display their dark tones of pray, black and dull red, amonp the hiph liphts of pearly iiux n stoues, sparklinp water crystals and the brilliant, fiery luster of the chatoyant opals. Stones closely rescm blinp smoky quartz very Wautiful in their clear, deep tint and others ret-em-blinp rose quartz are sometimes found. In addition to the perns mentioned, there is an infinite number of unclassi fied pebbles of every color, tint and shape. A curious and Wautiful stone recently found on I'ebhle Wax h was of a clear bripht yellow, half an inch lonp and shaped exactly like an acorn in the cup. Most of the stones are perfect in their natural state and well repay set tiup. The deposit varies with the tide. Where to-day lh-s a plintinp bank of stones, to-morrow shines a clear stretch of sand, swept by the waves tiare as a polished floor. First one Wach and then another alsorls the attention of younp and old. How they dip with their womlen paddles! And what care less attitudes of abandon are assumed! ( i ray-headed bankers and brokers, staid matrons and dainty maids, alike yield to the charm of pebble pickinp. Many a vow is made that another day shall lind them at other sport, yet the mor row finds all apam by the sea, caper and j yous as ever. tV-Mited the Color to Match. A younp man from Kalamazoo which is in the state of Michipan, by the way was in Detroit not very lonp apo, drawn hither by the fascinatinp attractions of one of the briphtest and Wst-lookinp pirls in this City of the Straits. The visitor was more or less of a Kalamazoolu and the pirl didn't feel flattered by his attentions, but she did the liest she could under the circum stances. Tn the eveninp he asked her to po with him to the ice creamery and she went "Waiter." he said, in aloud and com mandinp tone, "brinp us two ice creams, the Wst you've pot in the shop, mind, The waiter lmwed. "And. waiter," said the girl in a low, weet voice, "brinp me pistache to J match the younp man here," and the I younp man didn't know what pistache i was till he saw the color. LADY OF THE WHITE HOUSE. A Tempting 1'o.ltlon, Cut One Which t'arriva With It Many I'ftialtlca. To W the mistress of the white house is altopether teruptinp. It is a position of almost unequaled six'ial power and influence, which has tested ami proved the tact, pixxl sense ami true woman-hix-xl of most of those who have reached the distinction. In ordinary times the white house is the center of a sixial life which fixes popular attention: the movements there are matters of the widest public interest, and many of them are of such character that the people in peneral feel as if they them selves were participants. In all the history of our country this six-ial life in the white house has Wen of that simple and unpretentious character so Wcom inp to the republican tastes ami habits of the pe iple at larpe. With all its temptations to ostenta tious and paudy display and personal exclusiveness, it has always lx-en main tained apart from these. The wives of the presidents, like the presidents them selves, have come from the people, and have taken the simple but sufficient social forms of the country into the inist conspicuous six ial position of the lady of the white house. I'ndcr almost no administration has the president himself Wt-n more firmly fixed in the hearts of th American pc-nplo than the lady who has directed tiie sx-ial life of the executive residence tlurinp his term. And the names of many of these ladies the Philadelphia 1'rcss declares them to W" the Wst types of American wom anhood stand out almost as prominent ly even as the names of the presidents. Hut the position has its penalties. The exactions have In-cn tx much for some of those upon whom the responsi bility has lKen thrown. Kven those whose physical strenpth has proved suf ficient to all the emcrpencies have found much in tho never-ceasinp six-ial attentions that was extremely undesir able, even burdensome. The semi public character of the daily life of all the memWrs of the w hite house family is sadlj- destructive of true domestic livibp. A partial if not a complete re lief has W-en suppested in the entire separation of the family residence, from the house in which the executive busi ness of the whole nation is transacted. That would certainly admit of a preater depree of privacy and quiet, while in no sense detracting from thesocial life in the administration circle. The white house in its present condition is not suited as it should Ik to private life. It is not desirable to destroy the buildinp, for it has historical asstx-iations that endear it to the American jM-oplc: but it mipht W added to so that there sliall W a practically separate famil- residence, one wholesome, healthful and proper. CHANGES IN DANCING. Home of the Faahloiiable TrlM Which Are Now In Popular Favor. "Just let a woman stop dancinp for even a season, and she will find that she is completely out of the ronniiip so far as new- steps are concerned," said a siH-ioty pirl who, Winp in mourninp for tho last year, discovered w hen she once more entered a ballnxim that styles chanpe in dancinp as rapidly and com pletely as in powns. "Now, there is the two-step, somethinp altopether new, which is a perfect mystery to me. How anyone manapes to do it with any prace whatever Ls a won der, for two slitles one way and two slides another in perf-ct time to the music Ls not as easy as it sounds. Hut have you seen the Oxford minuet? It is perfectly lovely; so quaint, you know, and it is stately and hoppy at the same time, for it combines the principles of minuet and polka. It is danced by two, man and woman, of omrse. They take hold of the hands and in four times do the steps of the minuet- After the Ixiw that is part and parcel of all minuets the time chanpes to a much more rapid measure and away they po belter skelter in a mad p. ilka. Oh! it is just lovely," she siphed. thoiiph it must W confessed the description, thouph very fetchinp, did not convoy to the uninitiated mind of the New Y'ork World man anj- idea of anythinp so rav ishinp; still one never can tell how a thinp poos until he tries for him self. Therefore, it may W all its ardent admirers claim for it. Other round dances that are popular favorites arc the Yorke. Herlin. Hsme ralda and military schottishe; all pretty, praccful dances, and then, of course, the never dyinp yet frequontlj mur dered waltz survives in different phases of hops, skips, jumps and plides. but ever the most pr minent feature of any ballrooni propramme, notwithstandinp the little eccentricities of its would-W dancers. The lancers have passed into oblivion, but the polka quadrille, which permits of the Oxford minuet and Her lin W'inp introduced into the fipurcs, is to W the sole square dance approved of this winter by the fashionable dancinp set. Times chanpe and we chanpe with them. Dances take on new phases, but as lonp as music anil younp people ex ist there will W r prettier or more popular diversion than dancinp, no matter what form it chooses to assume. ABOUT THE HOME. French Toast. -Ik-at two epps thorouphly and add to them two cups of sweet milk and a little salt. Dip slices of broad into this mixture and fry on a hot buttered priddle. liostou Hudpet. The Holland and Holpium washer women, who are famed the world over for their laundry skill, use refined borax as a washing powder instead of soda. A larpe handful of the powder to about ten pallons of Wilinp water is the proportion. Itorax dtKs not in jure the texture of linen and cotton as docs stHla. N. Y. Times. Caramel Ai.moxks. ttlanch one pound of Jordan almonds, and drain well. Mix one tablerjxxm of molted butter with the nuts and spread them in two pans. I'laoe in a moderately hot oven and roast for twenty minutes, stirring often. When taken from the oven they should W of a delicate brown color. (ood Housekeeping. New TcitxiPS. Heel and slice a quan tity of turnips and cook in salted Wil ing water to which you have also added a teaspoonful of sugar: when done drain in a colander and press as free s possible from water, then press through the colander, add a spoonful of butter cut in tiny bits and rolled in flour, a spoonful or two of cream and salt and pepper to taste. American Agriculturist. SUCCESS. O. where ahall I tin.", it, and what will It te. This wonderful tnft this (.-rea.1 mjsu rj ! O. what is It ti!:e, and how shall I Vnow, The ptU 1 must take or where 1 must po For ways there arc many, and tihlil will come i.u. And years are no fleeting that youth will be tot.r Krc I sha'.l attain it or name it an mine! . pive n- some token, or alio rne s.nni' airn' No answi r enme hack to n;v lonnn-r ir.t'-nw No r-pl'le of li'i t cleft the shadow s so Uens" I al:ed of my nciirhtors. an.i thoc th.il I met, Whatever in hfe was Hie tx st thins- to pet' I fcllowcd their teachings, as well as I could. And Mru -tried to rca. h up to earth's holiest ptxxl ! I built up vast wealth, and I lived in preat stat-. Itut burden were crushinp me early and late? I sou;-ht then f.ir honor, position and fame, I wiiii t::em and wore them, and f.xind ih.-ui but nana-: Then sa 1 lened, I sat in the shadow, alone: Success -I then knew that 1 never had known! And time wa.-i U'jiartiiij-, and ase tlrawiuif near. And tr.iUL.-ht was txforc me but failure and fear: When borno throuph the silence, on waves of a pi-aver. My spirit was lifted to repions most fair! I saw th'-n thi.t truth is life's renter and source; Thai li rt Is life's s.nor, eternal in f.irci' Outstreu-l.imr in power to the t.ttermo-tt niKl, lis-.o!viup all evils, and sowii;p the Mi d Of prepress and prow th, till success shall be won Success everlasting. f.iraU time to come. I.i! a liare. in Itiler Vean. AX OLD .MAID'S ADVICE. How Toars Won a Husband for Maud Oakley. For two whole years Capt, .Tumpison bad Wen the idol of the spinsters of Hunliorcuph-hy-thf S. a. Ci.eci v, o-ihkI-natured and pi mmI-Iix ikinp. hi. private means were limited, if they existed at all, ami his pay wi.s insufficient to li able him to indulge any of those ex pensive tastes which lure younp men fmm the milder deliphts of tea ntnl tennis, lie neither hunted iu winter nor played ixlo in summer: and lie was always ready to dance half the nipht a, the Huuhorouo-h lia'ls. He really was a very nice man indeed; every one apreed that he would make a very nice husband for anyone of the younp ladies of Htinb. irotiph to to whom he might finally determine to off r himself; and fur two years he dis tributed his favors freely, but with al most absolute impartiality. "There is safety in iiumWrx and the cowards know it," said Miss tiravson, of the Valley Cottape. to Man 1 Oakley, w ho hail Wen unburdening he:' soul to her. Miss (iraysoti was the kindest of elderly ladies where young jieoj le's love affairs were concerned, and Maud Oakley had known her since she (Maud, not Miss (irayson) was a baby. 'Cowards'." said Miss I Irayson again under breath, and M iss Oakley sniffed deprecatinply. She hail lx-en talk'inp to Miss I irayson for an hour, an.l hail told her sympathetic listener a gixxl deal that was, in the lanpuape of the vulgar, "stale news." Miss (irayson was quite aware (all Hunlxirough might have told her) that Capt. Jnmpi son had quite recently shown a dis tinct preference for the Oakley family. He dined there w henever he wa. asked and had won (icii. Oaklej's cotifiucnoe by delictoly expressing unlxiunded W licf in his stories not always an easy task: he had been most attentive to old Mrs. Oakley during su;iixr tim-.' at sev eral balls, and his visits to the house for five o'clock tea had not Wen limit ed by invitations issued to him or con fined to those occasions when (icn. and Mrs. Oakley were at home; but there were two Miss Oakleys, and to which of them Capt. Juiu;iisn!i intended his attentions to W devoted was a ques tion which Hunlxirougii-by-the-Sea would have liked to have answered. It was not strange, however, that the public were puzzled when Maud Oakley had had to confess to Miss (irayson that she had no vcrj- distinct idea whether her sister (ioraldine or herself was preferred by the man to w horn she hail unreservedly lost her heart, though she admitted she hail her fears. "(icraldine has Dr. Coverdale," said Maud. "She would W quite happy with him." "sfuito so," sai l Miss (irayson. "It never rains but it pours." Maud wondered whether it had ever "poured" with suitors in Miss (iray sou's younp days, and said nothing. "Can't we make Dr. Cov.rdale pro pose to her?" said Miss (irayson. "And (icraldine accept h'.in.'" added Maud doubtfully. Miss (Irayson was a determined-hokinp old lady, but even she seemed to consider tho project im practicable. "Did you ever try boohoo with any one?" sail Miss (Irayson. "What?" said Muu.L "lkxiliiKi. boohoo, IkmiIioo," cried Miss Grayson, excitedly; and au elder ly lady who hail selected the precise moment to W annouticeil ley- Miss tiray son's p:'ett3' little parlor maid very nearly turned and licit She runic in, however, and her impression that Miss (raj-son hail poue demented was con firmed by the npparentl3' imWcile lauphter with which her grvelinp was received. Maud rose to leave, and Miss Cray son, who had recovered her presence of mind sufficiently to inquire alter her new visitor's hushand (he had been dead seven years), accompanied her to the front elixir. "Don't 3-ou understand, you silly child?" she said, ki.ssinp her affection ately tin the dixu-step. t'ry, cry. cry your eyes out; not one of the wretches in a baker's dozen of them can stand tears." And the kind old lady returned to pacify a justly indignant widow; while Miss Oakley walked home, w ith a light breaking slowly in on her as she Hindered the somewhat enigmatical advice she had recelveL Meanwhile ( apt. Jnnipison was striding down the flinty road leading from -the barracks to Hunborougli as if he trod on air. Ho scarcely knew how ho had trau:.fcrred him self from uniform to Lis new est mufti; but Ix'tweon his Wating heart and the tweenl coat which formed its outermost covering he could feed the communication which had that afternoon- altered the course of his career forever. On her majesty's servieo" it hail arrived, and "on her majesty's service" it informed him he was ex pected to proceed forthwith to a some what distant xirtion of her dominions, where, in return for a i.alary exceeding his wildest dreams, be was to jn-rfo: in duties as to which he stiil felt vague. Hut they probably included the dispen s;:ti'iti of substantial justice with lav ish hand to sundry swarthy fcllow-su In jects ami the instruction of the male portion of them in the use of obsolete weapons and the volutions of un im proved drill. The climate well, every rose has its thorn, and ( ioverrin.ei.t 11.. use and his s.x-iety would reconcile (icraldine Oak l y to a bursting t liertm uneti-r and a diet of quinine. She could have lT sister to stay with her if she felt lone ly; he was quite fond of Maud, though of course she did not care 1. ir him; did she not always retire when he came to tea. and leave him alone with her elder sister, and always refuse to pive him more than f-.oir dances in one evening? Hut ( icraldine was different. Dr. Cov erdale nniiiil do very we-11 for Maud when (icraldine was pone. There sin was Maud, not (it-raldinc standing un the top step waiting for him as he almost ran up the pardon walk. "How do you do?" she said, shyly, as she ushered him into the drauinp rxm. "I wiil po and tell (eraidiiie you are here-." He was d -lighted; could anything have Won more thoughtful? Hut, exMly enough, she did not go. She sat down, on the contrary, and Wpan fingering . "chair hack" nervously. "It is a line day," she said, and then stopped. "Hang it," he thoupht; "I meant to tell ( ieriildine the newslirst, but there's no hartniu Wgintiinp with her." So he Wpan, puilinp out his official letter to show her. "I have come. Miss Oakley, to tell you some news and ask you to congratu late me." "What!" she exclaimed, "are j-ou on gaped to Iw mar " "Oh. no!" he answered, "not exact ly that is, not yet in fact, I mean not exactly." And he got very rod, and so, curious ly enough, did she. She hxikcd Very pretty blushing and with her lower lip quivering a little. icraldine was not so pretty as Maud, he admitted to him self as he looked at her; but so much the Wttor. (icraldine would Ik all the less likely to flirt, if, that is, there w as anyone at (iovt-rnmeut House to flirt with. "No," he said; "it's the appointment I told you (or w as it .your sister?) my uncle was trying to pet for nit the very thing 1 have" Wen wantinp." And he prix-coded to paiilt the charms wf the lie w career opening W-foi-e him in plowing colors. lie said nothing altout the quinine. When ho came to an end of all the details she was silting, with an expression of deep interest, looking at him. and he felt that had she only been ( ioraldine the very moment would have arrived that precise opportunity not always ca; y to obtain, particularly in a small viMa "And so." he said, feeling he must bring his tale to a conclusion and give her an excuse for going to fetch her sister "and so Miss Oakley, I leave iSunborough very sikiii, and have come to say good -by." ( iixxl prxrxl Ixv) Ikx." She did not hit the precise note which had startled Miss (irayson's visitor; but the effect on him was even more elect rifyinp. "My (iod!" he murmured. "Ikxt hiK, 1kh hoo o." And she buried he-r head in the sofa cushions. For a minute he said nothing; his first inirticulate entreaty to her died on his lips I h fore her storm of pri.f. so he bit his mustache in silence-. Then the front door slammed; M, iss (icraldine Oakley was goinp out for a waik, totally unaware of his arrival. Could he stop her? Ho could hardly o"x-n the window and shout. He moved toward the drawilip-rixini elixir, but he had to pass the sofa, and as he ilid so the pirl on it rose, as if she, tiH, half daze. I. was see-king a way of escape; uml us their hands met on the door handle she sank sobbing into his arms. "Don't, don't!" she whis;H"red,hartlly articulately; but he was doing nothing from which he could desist, for he could scarcely let her drop on the flixir. "(iixxl (iod!" said Capt Jumpison again; "will no one come?" Hut the house was still; ami he reflected that perhaps it was as well that no one should come in at that precise junc ture at all events, uot without warn inp; and so there was another pause, broken tmly by her sobs. Ho could see her sister through the muslin biiuds; she was hxikinp over the par don pate talking to some one; would she change her mind and bring w ho over it was in to tea? If she did. Maud would surely hoar them entering the house and retreat. Hut (ioraldine stixxl talking at tho gate. Only the rector wore a high hat at Hunlxirough-by-the-Sca and Dr. Coverdale. "Click!" wont the gar.len gate as (eraidiiie passed into the sunny road way. "Htx-t-hoo!" It was a very gentle one this time, from somewhere near his w atch-piH-kct- '(. lick!" went the garden gate, as it swung back on its hinges. And Capt. Jumpison surrendered at discretion. St- James Hudge-L Waltctnir Itecomlnc: a Itat Art. The present style of street dress is resjHinsihle for a whole lot of awkward ness. According to the Washington Star, a woman e-an't W a niixlel of prace when she is frantically groping f ir the tail of her gown. And then, when the refractory thing is well in hand, the horrifying thought strikes her that the "sham" is revealing its wearer's pover ty. A few- more epileptic strugplcs and hoists and the silk underskirt r.es swash, swash, swash throuph the rivu lets of window-cleaning suds, tuhaeoit chewing offal and over crossings where the street sprinkler los his whole duty. With a wild dsire to save the silk skirt tit rescue, which means to relinquish the conquered territory iu the upper re gion of drygixxls and Wgin the battle over again she gss on Wr tip toes over the suds and saliva, find, tired w ith that e-ffort, takes to hvr heels em the muddy crossings to save the tH-s of her sh.H-s from soil, and Wnds forward like one with curvature of the spine. Now, it stands to n-a.Mi!i that a woman x-r-forming such g mnastics on the street can t do her v hole duty as a daughter of the gix'.s. In fact, I think HeW her self would succumb if she hail to envel op her shaK-Iy form iu modern drajnis. ics. y .
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