WHOLESALE MARRYING.
A Manitoba Matrimonial Bureau
That Did a Big Business.
I'ntnrltfss ;irls Kxported from England
to Fill the Optna-iU. of Ilat-Uelor for
Wives Short Courthi,s
Were th Rule.
'Not many years agx I was in the
wholesale matchmaking business." said
a-i ex-ofhVer of the army, accord in? to
the Elmira (X. Y.) Telefrram. "it was
l.iaU'hmaking of the matrimonial kind.
At that time in 179 and ISsO Manito
ba was being opened to settlement, and
there was a rush of colonists thither
from Ontario and Quel.ee and from
IJrcat Britain. The settlers were
mostly men. Some of them had fami
lies and would send, for them as soon as
they had pot somewhat fixed, but very
nany of them were bachelors. They
were making homes for themselves, and
naturally they found that they needed
wives. Not a few of them were sons of
English farmers, and nearly all were
respectable ami hard-working fellows.
They could not afford to go and pet
wives, and so helpmates had to be im
ported for them. Young women, guar
anteed as to respectability, were
brought over from England in prcat
li-.imbers. ami the business rapidly prew
t.i 1h an important branch of the immi
gration traflic. One philanthropic lady
i:i England devoted her attention to ex
porting homeless but worthy pirls by
the shipload to Quebec, whence they
were forwarded to Manitoba. Trains
woul.lcome into St. 1 Ion i face, across
the river from Winnipep. bringing two
or three carloads of available wives at
a time. They were chaperoned with
due repard to propriety and were con
signed to the land and mining agents,
who conveyed them to Winnipep. when
suitable quarters were provided for
their temporary accommodation. The
accommodation was very temporary
because they were soon dis
pose.! of. The settlers, who
were bachelors, applied for the
pirls as fast as they were broupht in
Their applications were not considered
unless they were properly tniaranteed
as to their character and ability to sup
port a wife. Few of them came to Win
nipep from a shorter distance than two
hundred and fifty miles. Most com
monly they were certified by letters
from laud apents, statinp that John
Smith, for example, was located on such
and such a tract of land, was the owner
of fifteen hundred horses, was sound
and kiud and so forth. On niakinp
formal application for a wife John
Smith was asked what sort of a woman
he preferred whether blonde or bru
nette, tall or short, plump or thin, etc.
Having stated his preferences he was
introduced to one of the awaitinp ladies,
whereupon matters were quickly ar
ranped. A remarkable point was that
no suitor had ever to be introduced to a
second pirl. Invariably he was content
with the first one anil immediately mar
ried her. Apparently the men consid
ered that when they hail pone so far as
an introduction they had committed
themselves irretrievably. In this way,
by a process of artificial selection, mv
sclf anil otlier persons officially in
cliarpe at Winnipep made matches by
wholesale. The younp women were
piven free transportation, of course, the
object beinp to make homes in Mani
toba and thus secure the permanent
settlement of the country. Incidental
ly the natural increase of the popula
tion was provided for. I remember one
man who drove seven hundred miles to
pet a wife. He was present when a
train load of pirls arrived and spotted
the younp woman he wanted off-hand.
Within seven minutes after the train
came in the pair were united in matri
mony, and the brideproom started away
with his bride in a buekboard wagon."
ICE TEA.
A Texas Woman' I irt Attempt at Mak
ing the fieliclou lieveratre.
There is a certain pood woman, the
wife of a prominent lawyer of Texas,
who has never lived out of the county
in which she was lorn. Her husband
attended court at the different towns of
the state, and his wife listened to his
experiences with wonder and surprise.
The Saturday tlazette pives this story:
He never prcw tired of extolling the
virtues of "a bip phiss of iced tea when
a man is warm and tired;" and when a
new railroad line was laid out to his na
tive town his first commission was for
a quantity of ice.
The wife was neither surprised nor
displeased to have a well-filled ice-chest,
end on the morninp after the arrival of
the ice the lawyer requested her to have
iced tea for supjver.
It was an extremely warm day, and
when he took bis seat at the table he
was hot, tired and thirsty.
What was his surprise to see, instead
of the refrcshinp. amluT ln-verape of
his soul's desire, the same old steaming
I'.rown I'.ctty teapot, and the eups and
saucers of former days.
"Where is the iced tea, Mary?" he
asked.
'"There 'tis," she answered, laviup her
fore tin per on the hissing lid of Ilrown
I'.ctty; "and if vim can tell any differ
ence betwixt it and plain well water
tea, you're smarter than I be."
hue had boiled the ice.
A MUSICAL CRAB.
Au ludiaii Sand Crab Whlrh Can Kaslly
Kinlt Sound.
A nion p the animals Dr. Alcock, nc
eordinp to Nature, has specially ol
served is the red ocj-pode crab which
swarms on all the sandy shores of In
dia. The bipper of its two chelre, or
nippers, bears across the "palm" a lonp,
tinely-toothed ridpe, and on one of the
basal joints of tbe "arm" apainst which
the "palm" can le tiphtly closed, there
is a second similar ridpe. When the
"palm" is so folded apainst the base of
the "arm" the first ridpe can be worked
across the second like a bow across a
fiddle, only in this ca.se the bow is sev
eral times larper than the fiddle.
A nd now as to the way these oralis
play their fiddles. A roblier crab en
ters the burrow of another. When the
riphtful owner discovers the intruder
he utters a few broken tones of remon
strance, on hearinp which the intruder,
if permitted, will at once leave the bur
row. If the intruder be prevented from
makinp his escape the low and broken
tones of the riphtful owner pradually
rise in loudness and shrillness and fre
quency until they become a continuous
low-pitched whir or hiph-pitched growl,
the burrow acting as a resonator.
K.straoruinarjr Surcrry.
The Loudon correspondent of the
Manchester Ouardian tells the follow
ing story: "An intending and curious
ease, illustrating the recuperative
power of nature, has just been recorded
by a surgeon. A workman while at
tending a machine used for cutting
blocks of tin had the tips of two of the
fingers of his left hand clean cut off
with the knife. Seven hours afterward
the man went to the hospital f,,r treat
ment. The surgeon determined to at
tempt tor replace the missing portion
of the fingers, although the prov
pects of petting them to unite seemed
to lie most remote. The wounds were
carefully cleansed and the eu.is of the
fingers were restored to their places
and fixed by sutures. In a fortnight
firm union was found to have occurred
and when the patient was next aecnl
after a considerable lapse of time, the
surgeon was able to note that both
-motion mad sensation were perfect in
the ends of tbe fingers,
MRS. ELMIRA HATCH.
HEART DISEASE 20 YEARS.
Dr. Mil Mtdieal Co.. ElUtart, Ind.
Pi K Bibs: Fnr 20 yean I waa troubled with
heart disease. Would frequently bare falling
spells and smothering at night. If ad to sit up or
Ct out of bod to breathe. Had pain In my left
Ide and back most of the time; at last I became
dropsical. I was very nervous and nearly worn
out. The lea excitement would cause me to
THOUSANDS
with fluttering-. For the last fifteen years I could
not sleep on my leftside or back until bee an taking
Jour Awe Hrt fare. I bad not taken it very
n until I felt nnch better, and I can now sleep
on either side or back without tbe least discom
fort. I bave no rain, smothering. droy. no wind
on stomach or other disagreeable symptoms. I am
able to do all my own housework without any
trouble and consider myself cured.
Klkhart. Ind . issg. Mas. Elvisa Hatch.
It is sow four years since I bave taken any
medicine. Am in better health than I have been
In 40 years. I honestly be- . . a aa.
lieve that Dr. MUV X,u CURED
Jatt Can saved my life
and made me a well woman. I am now 62 yean
Of age. and am able to do a good day's work.
Ma; 2Kb. ISV2. Mas. i.aiaa Hatch.
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Constipation
Demands prompt treatment. The rev
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all harsh and drastic purgatives, the
tendency of which is to weaken the
bowels. The best remedy Is Ayer's
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I .her and After-dinner pill, and every
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"Ayer's Till are highly and nniver
sally Spoken i.f by the ele aH.ut
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practice." Dr. Fowler, ltride-
ort, Conn.
" I can recommend Ayer's nils aiiore
all others, having bmj; proved their
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au
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Moaes Grenier, Lowell, Mass.
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years, and bave always found them
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i. N. Smith, L'tica, N. Y.
" I suffered from constipation which
assumed Hitch an otstiuat form that I
feared it would cause a stoppage of the
bowels. Two 1mxcs of Ayer's fills ef
fected a complete cure." L. liurke,
fciaco. Me.
' I have nsed Ayer's Tills for tbe past
thirty years and consider them an in
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and have nlway found them a prouipr
cure for dyspcsiit." James Quinn, S
Middle st., llartfoid, t'onn.
Ilax in leeii troubled with costive
ness, which neeins inevitable with per
sons of sedentary habits. I have tried
Aj it's Fills, lioiii'; for relief. I aiu
plad to sa that they have sered tue
belter than any oilier medicine. I
arrive ai this conclusion only after a
faithful trial of their merits." Saujuel
T. Junes, Oak si., Itosioii. Mass.
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0omm r. .tutto a soa. a a a w
JF. McKKNKICK,
ATTOSSKV aHUOotlMHSOXOB AT Law
tinrJMMUIiUtl. . 'pA
LHBoe oa llesm street.
ONE OF WATTER SON'S STORIES-
A Oefalcatlon ' I t .ouivill and It
Keuiarkalile ecuel.
"That was a queer sUry Henry Wat
terson told in bis lecture about a de
falcation ease at Louisville." said a
g-entlernan whoheartl theehKiuent jour
nalist to The Man Alxmt Town of the
Kt. Iou's Kepublie. "Hi- said th-.it sev
eral years ai a pentleman holdinjr a.
eommandinjr eommert-ial jind sH-ial i--bition
in the Kentnehy metropolis had
nsetl the fun.ls of the eoriHti-.ition of
which he was the trusted financial
head, and when the day of agouti tin?
came he found he was short in his ac
counts. The time was too brief to
make the deficit Th1 and hi , own
funds were in such shape t hat he was
inextricably entangled. H.' v;is an
honest man, but in a moment of over
confidence had jH-rniitted himself to de
viate from the narrow path jn- t enough
to use the firm's ca-.h as a temporary
loan, proinisiiijf to return it at oii.-e and
promptly. As is always the ease, he
failed to keep his promise, anil the de
lay was dangerous when the time eu me
he coil Id not. In.-tead if waitiiifT the
inevitable tliseovery, be called a meet
inpr of the tlirectrs. mail" a strai;rhl for
wanl confession, resiifiieil bis i
sition, threw himself the m'ry
of the court, so to spcaU, anl pledged
himself to pay every dollar if
he were not exposed and pniseeuted.
An auiinatetl li:.cussi' n foliov. eti. and a
lar?e majority were in favor of riviic.r
the tlelinqnent a chance. His hitherto
bifrh standing ami iindoubte 1 business
ability ivcre in his favor, not to men
tion that he lui'.'ht have skipjv-d if be
had de.sireL Two of the dir. tors held
out. They thought it would lo eotn
poiindili;.' a felony, ami it was an aw ful
tiling to let such a man bais4 tin the
unsiistH-ctinfr coinmiinity. lnt tiny
were outvoted, ami the defaulter was
pi veil another chance. lie is now a
prosperous and wealthy business man
of louisvilIe. Two years after bis mis
fortune one of the two men who had
tibjectcd to his release wa.i a fugitive
in Texas charged with mix y.i - im nt.
ami at the end of an.it her year t he other
fled tt Canada t escapr- arrest, on the
same char-re. In the whitTi; -f time
this prserons m. ri haiit. w host' early
misfortune tli.-se two men h:i 1 endcav
oreil t- turn into disirraee ainl i-alamity.
sail Col. Wattersoii. was the foreman --f
the frrand jury that imlietitl the two
fugitives. I Sew are the fab- stej, eou
ti line,! Col. Wattersoii, but 'on't always
conilemn the victim without jrivin- him
the benefit of the doubt."
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET.
A Young Auirrka i t.ii-i'a I'aiolharily IVat
In M. I'rlrrlmri;.
A military punishment onee prevalent
in Kurit." consistml in compelling the
tilfcntler to run lietween two tiles of
men w ho stood facinjr each other, and
who were privilo-retl to strike him as he
passed. Tbe jrauntlets U--n the men's
hands liein-r bullet-proof, of copjicr or
stiK'l, often imule tbe punishment very
severe.
Whenever a j-irl voluntarily places
herself in a position to draw -forth un
favorable comment, she may lie said to
run the pauntlet. Seldom does she i-s-.ajie
unscathed.
A few years ajr0, aeeordin-r ti Youth's
Conipaniou, an uiiinitiated Aineriean
o-irl, walkin-r in St. Fetersburr. wished
to jiass down a certain street. The
pentleman with her objected, sayinyit
would !' necessary to pass a certain
famous clubhouse where all the diplo
matic corps and younrruarlsiiien spent
the mornin-r, and that she would not
enjoy their billy and often indecent
jests.
-Indecent'." was her reply. "I think
I can stand these jrentleiucn. My ac
tions can -ar the liyht; we will not
retreat before tbe enemy."
"As you like," was the vexed reply
The words wore hardly til t.red before
a party of yuunr men, talking lom'.ly
and stnokiiif,' their cijrareltes, came
.tridinr out of the club. They part ei'i
to let the couple pass, indiiliiiir mean-v.-hile
in lidd staring ami i-ouimeuts in
a lanfma-re w hich happily the x'r did
not understand.
"I ;iid I would do it," she cried ex
nltinyly when the two were aione.
"Wa -. it not aimisiicr?"
"It r, a f l tnef aniii.- iiient . nia lemoi-si-lle,
which I coiife:. docs not com
mend itself to my to., te." w :is the stiff
rcplv. And the pent leman. who had
assiduously wruiht her friendship hith
erto, dropped her acquaintance from
.hat time.
THE STO.IE STAR.
It Is One c-ff the. 31 nt ('uric-im I'roclticts
of t lie Mineral Kingdom.
The asterias or st:ir sb-nes are anions
the ni-.t wonderful proiliiet ions of the
mineinl l.inr-loin. They are conun
drums, the star sapphire beiii-r u .'rav
ish blue, the star riiby bright red. tli.
star topa;-. a straw yellow. The : t;:r :ip
pear.inee in the stone is cnnsc-l. a .--rii-in-T
to some mineral-'jrist: , by a f -r.-iji-a
substance in the .'cm: -liters say it i:
due t- pe uliarilies of cry-.tuH.'.aliori.
Vhatever it may be, advantage is take-i
of it by the lapidary, whoeiits the stone
ill the r.hapi i f a tlome. iH'innilir at
the center of the star and inaUin-r the
points radiate to the circumferenee.
The stone has six poitits. and as the
lijrht plays on the : urface i,f the stoni
the bright lines of the star clianre with
the jMisilioii of t lie -.r.-ui. :m-l produce a
singularly li aiitii'ul effect.
Tbcs st--lies, sa ys an exchaii-re. arc
very valuable, the l-st :.p' imeits 1h-in-r.
it is said, worth as much as dia
monds of the same weight. ISurton.
the irrvat Oriental traveler, luul a star
sapphire, whi- h he always carri-il on
his person; and iu the heart of Arabia,
or in the deserts of Africa, the si-j-ht of
this wonderful jreiii always inspired ji
resp-ct that was akin to reverence.
The w ild Arals anil neprroes wotil-1 traze
at the stone, then at its poss-ssor, and,
concluding that he had a talisman of
unexampled power, would rentier him
ull possible assistan,-e for fear of in
curring bis ven-reance.
PUNISHMENT FOR A KING.
The Little SpanUli ICuler Is Ijalil Arrww
II lit Mot Iter's Iv nee.
The king of Spain is a more or less
naupbty l-y. and he docs not always
treat his subjects with that jrraeioits
courtesy which is expectttl from uion
archs in these times. The other day,
says HariHT's Younjr People, w hen he
was driving with his nurse, the lsy
kinjf is said to have put out his tongue
at the world in peneral, ami the resi
dents of Madrid in particular. The
editor of a republican newspaper there
upon priK-eedeil to make a political cai
ital out of the event, and drew a moral
that kings are not needed in this age.
When the news of the king's In-bavior
reached liueen Christina through the
newspapers, it is said that she first
lectured her son on his duties and re
sponsibilities, and then laying him
across her royal knee administered a
vigorous spanking. This may not lie
the touch that makes the whole world
kin, but a great many little American
democrats w ill know hen-after how to
sympathize with this son of royalty.
The Mouth American I'lan.
In Rio Janeiro there is a novel sys
tem of avoiding the blockading of
streets. On the business thoroughfares
all the trucks and vehicles are headed
in one direction. I n this way the strt-am
of traffic is kept constantly moving. If
the current Ls bound east and u man
doing-business on the street desires to
drive west, he taken the first ensss
street east and geta to a less crowded
way before turning- westward.
"A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR
GAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES
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Pick Haadacho and relieve all tbo troubles taet
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remarkable succohs lias been alio rn in curing
Headache. vt Carter's Utuo lover Pins srw
eiuallylual.lo1iiCnMtip.-uion.ctirin(!aiid y.-s
Teouug thisannr.vinroinpUiut.-liilo Uiey also
correct all iliBonlorscftbeaiiinai-hiitDiilato the
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curat
Arl-ather wc.nl-l boalraostrricelpasto those whs
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In luany ways tlut they will ziut bo wil
! g ui do wiibont tUcm. IU.IX. after ailaick hua4
ACM
Is tbe bane of so many lives tbst here la where
wcmakeor.r Rr,-at boast. Our iillacureit wbila
otuers dr not.
Carti-r-s X.ttle Uvpr nils are Try smalt an4
very eaxy to take. Cue or two )iills uiakoa doaa.
Ttiry are strictly veetatlu and cio nut f;ripe or
pur:?n, but by their Rcntlo action please all whl
-Udetbem. Ia vil-iat Scents : live for $1. bold
by druggists every abcro. or M at by cuuL
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General Mlin Ensiness Transacted.
The lollowlnic are the prtwipa) lectures at
aeoeral bai siu t-uniness :
DCPtlSITM
Kerelved pajBt.le on demand, and Intere't hear
ItiK eerlillcates tsiue.l to time d(--ot-itirs.
Ex-ended to cuptotners on tsvorstde terms sn1
ai-i-rnveit paper dlvontrd St all times.
Ol.l.rtTIO.Nta
Made In the locality and axn all the t-aoklDv
towns la tbe United States. I'barxea molrate
It RAFTS
la?ne1 nenotlnt-le In all part of tbe United
Stt. slid lore Inn exchange lued on ll part
of Kuroi e.
AK'OI'NTs
Of roerchantii. tartnera and others solicited, t"
whom resaonal-le s-rcouio-lstlon will be extended.
t'stnus are HSuured that all trannarilnns ahsll
he held as Mrlrtly private and onridcntlal. and
that they will le treated as lioerally as aood
nankina: tales will permit.
Kepectlnlly.
JHKNT05f. Bl K A- ( O.
P. R. R. SCHEDULE.
Schedule in etlect Itecemher ttb. I-iVJ.
CsniirrtUnast 1'rrnsa.
1HT.
St-ahore Kxre.. . 6 30 a ni
H irrij-i-urur Actittuiiut.atlou t t a m
IMy tiT'- Ilia a to
Albion K-rc? I 4 p in
Mll Kt.rm S IT in
hllad.-IDtiln Kxprex s 1 p m
KST.
.lohnstown Kxprns 8 27 a in
I'scilit Kxprem ..... I I a m
Way PH;e!itt-tfr '.. ... -J :'s p tu
Mail Tiain - 4 p in
Johnstown fclxpie,. s -J4 p in
Item ru Kmnrh.
Train leavr- a lolliiwv: 7. Ml, 10 i-i a m .. and
1.3it. io and arm eat rr,i....n at S InMl
to. ami 4 Ifi u in. ?e 'rtiu at It ai . 1 1 J7 a.
ut sn-l A 4i p. in., and urnve at Kbt-nftt-utaT at
Iti.ln a. in kiid It IU and ti 10 p. ni.
( rrin huI 4'leMrliltl
I.4V lrvi n i t ii 45 a. tu.and "J 4-1 p. ni rr-v
i liar at Cres on l l oi a in. and 4 p. tu. Iavt
i 'reson V 4H a. tu. and ft 1H p. m nrnuntr at Ir
vonn at 1 1 no a in and A Us p. in.
similar Irainii leave Crenitou very Suuday at
.i :-.0 a ui and AIM p. tit., urrtviu ai Irvo.ta at
II 40 a. in and A no p. iu
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(Seiierul M iu.iK-T. tjeneral Alsnsaer.
WE TELL YOU
finthiiifT u-w w ltn v riettf lliut it u l n:ijt
in a -rmannl, iiit and U :i-aiiI tM-i.
n, that rturii iniii f.ir v-ry i:iv' wt.rk.
n-li is tli lui-iu wt tft r tli worlviitf c.:i.
We tM(li tlifiti liour U iiiuk- iimum'V r.ipii.h, ami
piiHratid- f rv tnut w hu fliin itir iiiit rut-f ion)
I.tithfully ih- muLiiirr l .:cmmm m month.
K -ry 4Mi tttk" In tM :tnl rk-i wiij
siirly a ,-- dily inrr-a I h-ir riniiii!:-. ; t lit-re
ran le uk tiifiii alxstit it; oi tier- -tiom al work
:ire tloiuj; i . w t t mi, rMh-r. an ! the :iuti
I hi in the Im -. saiii 1mi-.ii-- thai u lia,
ever had (lit rii:iiH- t -ri-tire. Vtu will make a
V'r.-4e iiii-l.tk it u latt to i.e it a trial at oue.
If ni (ft:i-j the ritiiatiiin. and a t iiii kly, u
will itin-ctly fi it 4;irelf in a unmt pr-j-erMu
IniMiie-ut, at hid vhi mil snn-lv make and save
tarre -iiui- f khum y. Ttie ri sulti of only a few
li-Mir work n ill olten eifiiul a vkeek'tt t;--i.
hetlier yon are old or .hih, man or wuuimi, it
inakei no ditf-renee, do a we t 11 you, and uc-ri-r!
wilt meet you at lite very -tart. Neither
ex(rrieiie or capital neee-sary . I h.-e who work
for u ie rewardetl. Why not write today for
tall partu-uhirs, tree ? K. . AI.Ll-:N Jt
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t tntre treet. near tbe 1'ottnty .lall. has re
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and luted with every modern convenience, sn.l
Is one ol the prettlei-t. nssient. sod bent shops fa
Northern I'suil-ria. It Is In rharire el compe
tent workmen wdo will iv every sltenliou to
eatomere. Your patr-haae a,dicited.
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canty. Hs, hi Hotel, with Brewery attached;
Two lc House?. Stable, and all necex.arv Out-
I'Uililmiis on the premises the House Is llcensml
i now. r or lurtber partlcnlar call on or sd-iress
I the oroprietor, TH KtlltOKK
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0
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable
Compound
Is a Harmless, Positive Cur
for the worst form of Female Complaints, all
Ovarian troubles, I nlLimmalion and Ulcera
tion. Falling ami Iiplac cinents, also Spinal
Weakness an J 1-eucorrliira.
It m ill dissohe anl expel tumors from tlie
uterus in an eai 1 v stare of development, and
checks the temlency to cancerous humors.
It removes famines, Hatulency, sveakness
of the stomach, cures l'.loalintr. Ileatlache,
Nervous I 'roM rat ion, (General ltliilitv. Sleep
lessness, Iepreision and Indigestion, also
that fetlin ( Ideating down, causirg pain,
sveiRht. an.l liackachc.
It acts -n harmony w ith the laws that govern
the female svstem under all circimistances.
For Kidney Complaints of either sex this
Compound t unsurpassed. Correspondence
fieelv answered. Address in confidence.
Li'UIA t PINKHAM MhI.CO. LJt.
B. J. LYIMCH,
XJjLST13 ERTAK EPt
And Manufacturer & Dm'm In
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FURNITURE
mm and mmi suit.,
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invlteU tu Kive us a call before) buvlcz else
where, as we are confident ttat we can
meet every want and please every taste.
Prices the very lowest. f 4-16-'80-tf.l
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IIF.ALKK IM
GallEittL MERCHANDISE,
Hardware, Oneensware,
MADE-UP CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
VII.KTAKljs I. sl'.tSO,
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Our Office is Opposite U. S. Patent Office,
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S-ud nnKii-1. draw iu or photo., with descrip
tion. We ad viae, if pati-tilalile or not. five of
char-re. tiur fee not due till at-nt i "erured.
A Pamphlet. -How to III. tain -ateiits," wita
nam- s of srtual eiienta in vourState, cuuuty,a
town, sent free. A-ilre-,"
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plaint. Hilionsness, Jaundice, Dyfipetv
Bia, Constipation. Malaria. More Ills
resnlt from an Unheal t hy I J ver than any
other cause. Why BufTer when yon can
be cured t Dr. Ranford's Liver Invigor
ator i a celeliratetl famllv mvic(ne.
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Cheaper than Wood.
ill!
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Violins. Guitars, Oanjot. Accerdeons, Hanwoal
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7 T h oMt-ftt and best ln
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Business taucuticn,
e hare successfully
prepared thousands of
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M. D. KITTELL,
Attorney-n t-Jaw,
tCBEMSBlTKtt. PA.
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NERVE-JARRING JOCULARITIES.
Th Mlly Ma- K ilk Ultlrh Tm Marny
I'eople later lard Tfearlr Titlk.
There Ls nothing- ia the world which
produ-is. the tenw? of xiK-ital nausea
more eonspletely or is more ecrtain to
turn the intellectual stomach than the
use of certain jocularities of t,j-jeech
with which many people think tit to
adorn their conversation, says the Lon
don Spectator. The people who s-ein
to find it impossible to speak of an un
married man except as "a gay bach
elor," u ith w lioin the nea is alwaj-s "the
briny" or the "herrinp pond," and a
horh' "a fiery steed," whu eternally tail:
ul ut "Suiiday-g-o-to-nieetiug-' cIolIu s,
and who have such phrases as "nu ex
tra eharj'e," "afritate the tintinnabula
tor," 'the noxious weed," "the pipe of
peaee," "forty winks" and "braving- the
elements" forever on their lips, are ca
pable of producing a sense of dus-ru'.t in
tlii.;- who care to see latirua;e kept
bri-'ht and clean which is absolutely in
tolerable. It is diflicult to say whether
these cant phrases that is a perfectly
proper description of them are
more odious when used' consciously
or unennsciously that is, by jeoplo
who believe them to be funny and in
tend that their hearers should consider
them funny, or by tluse who have
merely cautfht them up and reln-at
them like parrots, and without any in
tention, itimmI or bad. In our own opin
ion the use of "common-form" jocular
ities is most offensive in tlx mm who
think of them as wit, though m.tst pain
ful iu persons who use them uncon
sciously and as mere methods of expressing-
their meaning. We feel that
those who try to force a laugh out of
sin h expressions as "my downy couch"
or "committing matrimony," who
squirm into a smile as they ask if
'there isn't room for a little one," or
who seak of "jappanning- their trotler
cases," might fairly be shot at sight.
When some excellent mother of a large
and heavily facetious family catches up
and uses almost unconsciously such
phrases as "getting out-vide a square
meal," "the clerk of the weather,"
"she's no chicken," or "put on your war
paint." and when even the father me
chanically talks of 'performing his ab
lutions" the sense of pathos overcome
all others.
GIRLS DO NOT KNOW.
They Sometime Keje-t that Moat Airll
Itsvnt and Heat tt Suitor.
Rejected lovers may find consolation
from the knowledge that some of the
cleverest and handsomest men have
lieen refused, and that they have never
theless managed to live on and win
fame and fortune, says the Itrandon
lianner. Shakespeare is credited with
considerable knowledge of humanity
and its ways, and he describes Iioiueo,
the prince of lovers, as lieing rejected
by the fair Rosalind only just before
Juliet fell in love with him.
A certain John Scott once proposed
to a Miss Allgood. While smarting
from her disdain he happened to enter
a village church during divine service
and there, for the first time, he saw the
pretty Miss Surtees. He wooed her and,
as the father would have nothing to say
to him, he induced her to elope, and
this though three wealthy suitors were
already at her feet. John Scott lived
to Ite the earl of Lldon and lord high
chancellor and never regretted the day
Miss Allgood rejected him.
ltyron was refused several times, lie
proposed to Miss Millbauke, a great
heiress, ami wa rejected, though thu
lady expressed a wish to correspond
with him. lie then proposed to an
other lady and his suit was rejected,
bat. Nothing daunted, he renewed his
proposal to Miss Millbanke, and this
time received a very flattering accep
tance. They lived together, however,
very unhappily.
One of the most persistent suitors
who ever proposed and was rejected
was the eccentric Cruden, compiler of
the concordance to the I'ible. Miss
Abney, who had inherited a large for
tune, was the subject of his attentions.
Kor months and months he pestered her
with calls and letters. When she left
home he had papers printed, which he
distributed in various places of worship,
asking the congregation to pray for her
safe return, and when she returned
Voiue he issued others asking the wor
shipers to return thanks. Miss Abner
never Iwcatne Mrs. Cruden.
DIG PRAIRIES IN MANITOBA.
Unci Tkosand Miles ut Level laud Loo
Straiiflit Unt of W Uutpof.
"If the horse could stand it," said a
well-known resident of Winnipeg, Man
itoba, to a Washington Star reporter,
"a mau could leave Winnipeg and ride
one thousand miles west and northwest
over a level prairie before he would be
obstructed by the mountains. This
gives an idea of the great territory Ij ing
west of Winnipeg, which, to the eastern
man, seems way out of the world. The
soil of this prairie produces the finest
spring wheat grown anywhere and ihis
enormous plain I've just mentioned will
in a few years be the great granary of
the world. Masteru people have a misty
idea of o.. r expansive territory. We are
just ei-mm.'iu-ing to grow wheat com
pared tJ a decade hence, though ttur
crop two years ajo was thirty million
bushels. We have but little snow, and
the many years I resided in Manitoba 1
never saw the tots of the bright prairie
grass covei-eiL Cattle fairly roll iu fat
and we are beeomtug a great cattle
country. While m.tst of our settlers
are from across the water, yet the num
ber from the western states is yearly in
creasing. We hae no wild west fron
tier scenes. There are no settlers killed
over disputed claims, as has been an
evcrj'day story in the west for years.
Our homestead laws require a three
3"ears residence of six months eacli.
Laud may be preempted, too. (.old has
Wen discovered in wonderfully rich
quartz deposits a few miles east of
Winnipeg, and paying mills have just
Iteen erected by Minneapolis capitalists.
I predict a "rush to the Iake of the
Woods district next year. Winnipeg has
thirtj--five thousand inhabitants and lu
a thriving city. Our winters are cold,
but we do not mind them. The atmos
phere is dry and the days are clear, fresh
and sunny, murky weather being al
most unknown."
maxims!
Experience is the extract of suffering.
To iiakk is great. To War is greater.
I'ravery we share with the brutes; forti
tude with the saints.
Some of our weaknesses are bom in
us; others are the result of education; it
is a question which of the two gives us
most trouble.
KNF.KtiV will do anything that can be
done in this world; and no talent, no
circumstances, no opportunities will
make a two-legged animal a man with
out it.
Oi k life is determined for us; and it
makes the mind very free when we give
up wishing, and think only of bearing
what is laid upon us. and doing v hat is
given us to do. Drake s Magazine.
Ielawsarfa Vaa (twka.
Some of the finest oaks in the United
Mates have their root struck deep in
the sod of Delaware, A Spanish oak.
eight feet in diameter at the base was
cut down near Georgetown, Sussex
county, a few days since, and from this
giant was squared a stick of timber
sixty feet long and two feet square from
end to end. To cut, hew and haul this
Prcat stick cost se.enty.one dollars.
h ourteen mule and a yoke of oxen were
require to haul it to the railroad at
UeorgwiowaL .:
OILS! OILS!
The Atlantic Refining Co., of
Pittsburg, Ta., make a specialty
of manufacturing for the iomes
tic trade the finest brands of
niamlDatin and Lubricating Oils,
Naphtha and Gasoline
That ran b
JADE FROM PETROLEUM.
We challenge comparison with
every known product of petrol
eum. If you wish the most
Host : Monnly : Satisfactory : Oils
in the market ask for ours.
ATLANTIC REFINING CO.,
nrrsHt'Kti hkt.,
riTTSllUIUS. PA.
oetlt-sv-lyr.
JOB:: PRINTING.
the r IlK KM AS
Printing Office
It the place to set your
JOB PRINTING
Promptly and satisfactorily eiecuted. W
will meet the prices of alll honorable
eouipetion. We don't do any hut
firt-claja wrxk and want a
living iricr for it.
Willi Fast Presses and New Type
We are prepared to turn out.Joti Printing of
every dlacrlptlun In the KINKST
STYLE and at the v-ry
Lowest Cash Prices.
Nothing bnt the boot material l uea and
oar work i-peaks for Itself. We pre
pared to print on the shortest notice
POflTKKB, PR06HAMMKS,
UoHiNEBa Carus. Taos. Bill Heads,
Monthly Statements. Envelope,
Labels. Circulars. Weduino and
VifeiTlNO Cards. Chicks. Notes.
Unas-re. Rkcriptm. lioM Work,
lkttkr amd notk if kai8, and
Uof and Paktt Invitations Etc.
We can print anything from the mallt4
and neatest VI'ltlDj Card to the laigeHt
Poster on snort notice and at tli
mutt firasonable Kalrs.
The Cainlnia Freemiii
EBEN.SUUJUi. PENN'A.
m m SS atSBa. VSKMSDI8
HALL b hair
The great potHilarlty of this preparation,
after iu test of many years, should be an
assurance, even to the uiot-t skeptical, that
It la really meritorious. Those, who have
used IJ all's Haik Kenewkk know that
It does all that Is claimed.
It causes new growth of hair on bald
beads provided the hair follicles are nut
dead, vhtch is seldom tbe -ae; restores
natural color to rray or faded Lair; pre
serves tbe scalp healthful and clear of
dandruff; prevents the hair fallitu? off or
changing color; keeps It soft, pliant, lus
trous, and causes It to crow king and
thick.
Hall's FIair Renewer produces Its
effects by the healthful influence of It
vegetable Ingredients, which iuthrorate
and rejuvenate. It is not a dye, and Is
a delightful article for toilet ue. ( on
tainlng no alcohol. It does not evap
orate quickly and dry up the natural oil.
leaving the hair harsh and brittle, aa U
other preparations.
Buckingham' Dyt
rot TBB
WHISKERS
Colors them brown or black, as desired,
and Is the best dye, because it is harm leu ;
produces a permanent natural color; and.
being a single preparation, is more con
venient of application than any other.
rasraaaD T
K P. HALL ft CO., Nashua, Ji. H.
Sold by all Dealers In Medici-.,
w HOUSEHOLD USE.
'Waa originated and first prescribed by
AN OLD FAMILY PHYSICIAN
in IBIO. Could a remedy without real
merit have survived over eighty years f
SOOTHING, HEALING, W E N E T R A T I N
For INTERNAL and EXTERNAL us
aaofw Rhaaimatse Painaand Inflammation. -unw t-ruwsw
Colda. Sura Tbnart, luflialUUa, iV-hr. frajM and I'alita,
Mumnwr VMaplalrita. 4-uta and Hrulaa llk suaarla.
Curas Omifrba. Aaltiiii. iwtarrh. HrtMM'liltia, tli.Mrm
Sorlm, ('tiLltUaliia. ittafas. HiMvarw la IUmS. c.r tJnilM.
Sua Muarlaa wr teLraiiia. InhaW ttr KrvtMla Halali.
lU'at'd -aauptah (naa. Hold nm.bfl.. I'nrv a 1a.
ata Blaa. Sa.L 1. a. JUI1SKUS at CV1, Bitm. Maaw
1704. IH)1.
rollelM wnttaa at snort awtoa la the
OLD RELIABLE ' ETNA"
tltr rirat ( lavaa (sipa.ilsva.
T. W. DICK,
WCNT rilK THE
OLD HARTFORD
FIRE INSURANCE COST.
1794.
aCbeasbant.Jaiy m. lit..
Mountciin House
STAR SlliVlllfi PARLOR!
CENTRE STREET, EBENSEURG.
HIN well snowa and Ions; established Stisrinn
X ra rlor is no w luested n 'antra street, m
posit tbe llvary statu vl O'Hara. Ial a l.uih
r. wbsrs ths lutinst will l-e carried on in the
lotbra. SHAVINt:. IIA1H ITIIN AND
KHAMKIKIINtl woo In lbs beaten! ami must
art I Hie manner, t'lean Towels a claliy.
fa-Laias walled oa at their residences.
JAMK3 H.OANT.
1'ropriaUar
DO yow aaa JoO PrlntlaT II so, Klre tbe
A an a a a u-UU ianaer.
QUEER CUSTOMS.
Corpses Are AlwMys Kept f.,r Thr
Months to llorneo. "
Mr. Charles llus, the Hritish reNi,,..
rf the Hasam district in lirn.-,, j.
just M?nt to the riyal jreojrraphi,.a
cietj- an interestinir account .f m,,,,,, ,
tlu native custom which he. learn,-1 '.
his journey In Saratuat. After s!.i
iu a fhiefa house one evening he f n t ""j
at the heal of his bd a lx .i.t j,;,'..
the deal iMaly of his hint's wif,. j"
arrx'ars, saya the Chicago Inter ( t,-,.HI1
that the native always keep c.r,
lor three months. The bly is th.-i, T
jn.v-l from the house, and viiiVt.;Vl
with much ceretmmy ti the t.
Kvery one pres-ut M-nds itie ,r mur
cigarettes tnale of toliacoi. wrajiH.. j,
the dry 1 eaves if the wild lunn t ,
his dead relative in '-Ah, 1.,.,, !
(h:ils(. These HjrarcUes are .lVl
ntopf and around the c.irtin; ailll
i.'iould the laxly le that .f H nldll
his weaN(Us, tools and a v.14 i
quantity of riee, with his --j.r, ,1. '
(i-iNikiiijr Jot), are )) it,., ju tlj
toiiih with him that he mav l.- ah1.-1 ,
continue his daily pursuits in tli.. ,, .r
world. 15ut if f a woman, h.-r lar ,.
sun-hat. her little hoe used f,.r
iiitf iu the paddy-iiflils- her Ih ;i,s ,.ur.
riti" and ther finery are pl;n-.-, v, ;tt
her lonly, that she may not u- f. ,Ui
w autirik.' n hr arrival 011 1li.-.,j.r
side of tlie "rave. Mr. Hose oh. ,. l4j
present when tlie corpse of a I, ,v tt
plact'd in t he e tlin. and he wui.li,.
proeeedino-H from a short ilistuin ,
the lid of the roTlin was -! s , j
man came out on the veran.l 1 ,,f t; ,.
house w ith a larre front' unl s l.-n,,,,,
l-at it for several ms-oihK. '1 !,,. ,.,;,!(
said that this was always .lum- U f, prv
losilio; the li.l. tliat tlie relations ,,f i.
tlead who had already pas -,1 ,,u; ,,(
this world mit.'ht know that t to- s;,;.-
was coining' to join them. "I ' f j . -1 . -another
straiife t'erenionv .-..Ii,.,!
' ayiifr Janoi," iu hi. h 1 1. ,l, a, ar,.
supos4-d to send inessaovs to th,- lv.
int.'. and uhiehprovtsl that sirit iiul
ism" w as of very ancient pra. ti.-e
ai(unfr them.
HEAT AND LIKE.
Tlie Application of Theruio - liyuauilc
I Jaw. (o i'b)aieal Uruatb.
We ofu-u sjea.U of our liodies as ma
chines or eno-ines worl.intr ujion prin
ciples similar to those employed in m,
chanics. The idea that the fod We i-ul
ri'setnliht in its action the fuel hitppi.c.!
to a furnace is familiar, and yet o.
cau hardly avoid a little start of stir.r,s.
UMn ti ii i i 11 the laws of heat etiriu-s
ln-r'y appl'usl to explain the frrowih ,,f
plant and animal life.
This has recently lieen done, says tin
Youth's Coiiipanioii, by Mr. J. Parser
1m-fore the Philosophical sa iety in l.nii
don. He Mints out, for iustatiee, that
tlie increase of available energy resiilt
intf from the building up of a plant .ml
of inorganic materials can only U-.-v
lained, iu accordance with theiiu.H
ttynamic laws, by diirerenees of temi r
ature ilurint? the frrowth of the plant,
and his calculations show that tli-itf.
ferenee lietween da J' and lii).rht is ijuitr
sufficient to account for the dirt'ereiuvs
jf tcnicrature rejuired.
Similar principles apply to the j.'r. tli
f animals Nature frives nolhin f.ir
iiotliiiiff, and lemanls an exact isjuiva
Ictit for t-vcry cxjieuditure of her en. -r-fries,
whether she is aiding' man t.idriic
an eiitfine, causing an oak to fr.w. ..r
building up the muscles of au athl.-lc
or the brain of a philosopher. And a
far as her work ux.n our plaii.-t is .n
cerned, the source of her supplies in all
these cases is the sun.
A GREAT HORSE RACE.
An Kicltlng Contest Itetweej the N.irili
and Mouth.
A frreat hirse race probably the
greatest match ra-e ever run iu thi-
countrj- was, according to a St. I.ouis
horseman, that known as the test
event of sectioiial sujieriority. the nortli
against the south, in ls.".. 'J'he horses
were 1'cytona, owned by Messrs. KirU
mau. of Alabama, and Fashion, owned
by Messrs. toblioiis, f New .lers.y.
The ra-e was run at a track on Jersey
lK-itrhts, now a fashionable suburh of
Jers-y t'ity, ovcrlookinvT the lludsiti
river, and near the present A111eri. au
summer home of Mrs. Paran Stevens, u
frreat siH-iety iueen of the present day
in l'aris. Iindon anil New York. The
match was f.)r twenty thousand dolhu-s
a side, and createt.1 intense interest in
all northern and southern comuiuiniiev
There was au immense crowd present,
distinguished men and women from all
over the country In-iug' anion,' the
sjn-ctators. The spirit of local an I
sectional pride was a frreat deal
strorifrer ill those days than it isu.u.
and it was strung up to the highest 1 n
sion. IVytona won the match, an.l tin
entire south apjH-ared to In as a unit in
demonstrations of joy and enthusiasm,
the north was corresjnndiiii.'lv i-re.-t-fallen.
Odl Statlatles Aluiut 'I'liundar.
ThunJcrsUirms are more frequent in
Java than in any other part the
world, there bciiiff an average "f
days in ;u h year ujti which th .
cur. Next to Java -omes sciuatra,
which never has less than sii --thun.icr
days" per year. Then comes liin.l '
Mau with M, l;orm-o with :i. the A I ii -can
liold Coast with .VJ, and the r.';i"
around Kio de Janeiro, lira.il. .villi -1
The European list is headed 1. lta!.
with :iS thuiuler days out of t lo-
an average. Austria has Had. n.
Wtirteuiburfr and limitary each av. i
a:, "J'J; Sih'sia. Havaria and Hcliuin
have 21; Holland and S.i..ny. 1:
F'i-j.nee, Austria and South Kussi.i. !'.,
lircat ISritain and Switzerland only "
At Cairo, Kfrypt an' in North l:us:,ia
and in Sweden and Norway the average
is only 4 per year. In Finland and t
Turkestan thunderstorms arc wh.'l y
unknown.
Arljma ,la.r.
The jasperiziil wok1 of Arizona hri-1
laecome well known by reason of tin
many cabinet spe!imens, pa-r wi-L'li'.i
and decorative slalis f it that ar.- s. i.t
to the eastern citi-s. but this is .y 1.
im-aiik the only pet ri tied forest iu iln
country. In the Hindoo listi i. t of the
Yellow stone muny stumps of tre.s ai'
fouml iHUivertetl to stone, some of th. '
showing' knots, frrain of tl.e wood, and
bark as plainly as the livintr tree, and
the jK-bbly lM-aches of the Yellowstone
river are htrev n w ith tons of fragments
of f.ssil wihmI. In the dreary desert
the Dakota Had Lands leaf impressions
are frequently found in the hardened
clay, and at Little Missouri, at the point
known as the llurn inf.' Mountain. here
a i'oal M-am has Ix-en on lire since i'''
laaly knows when, there are half
duu-n tree trunks about thirty feet Ion.'.
This is remarkable ou account of the
almost total la-U of tree life in this
region at present.
ki luillar i aa a..
There is a little reptile I .clout, in r t-'
MadairaM-ar known as the scimitar
snake, that is the curling sword. K'Hi
liiutT aloiifT the bai'k from head t" , "1
is a blackish, horny ulistance. whi "
U-nds with the etnivulsioiis of the
snake's tiody as rea.lily would a ll
temlered st"el spritiff, and throughout
its entire leiiffth it U-ars au edtre -hard
as flint and as shatp as a raz -r.
They are not poisonous, but when ""'
of them sprinfTS n a man. which h"
likes very wfH to do. he will s.m.ii h;n--a
leg otf unh-ss cru-kel on the p-i'1"-Sme
snake spe ialists claim t hat the
presence 4if this reptile on the island i
the reason there are no larK'e ipiadru
peds there t present, thecurliuk' "r'1
ia latk aire bavin taken off letfa fal
sr than they euuhi be created. .