PARLIAMENTARY HUMORS.
Lord North luterruptlon by m New
The house of commons now scruples
to adjourn on account of derby day; but
in curl' times it indulged in a holiday
upon occasions which modern readers
must consider still more strangely inad
equate. Horace AValpole mentions in
his memoirs that in March. KM, the
house adjourned to attend at Ih-ury
Lane theater, where Othello was to Iks
acted by a Mr. Ielaval and his family.
Again, in February, ITsl. a bill intro
duced by Mr. Uurke, with reference to
the civil list, was read a first time; but
tiie second read inff was deferred to that
day fortnight, "because, the 21st was to
be a feast day, and the li-id was the ben
efitof Mine. Ycstris, the favorite French
dancer at the opera."
Even when in session, says Cham-Ih'i-s'
Journal, the house was much
riven to amuse itself with petty or friv
olous incidents, as is shown by some
singular entries preserved in the official
records. Under date May, 1004, it is
noted that a jackdaw Hew in at the
window. This was considered ominous,
and apparently it proved a bad omen
for the bill in debate, as the measure
was soon afterward rejected. Again, we
are told by the veracious state chron
icler that in May, KIM. "a dog carao
into the house, a strange spaniel,
mi msc-coli rcd. "
Alont one hundred and seventy years
later it is recorded that another canine
intruder entered the house, taking his
seat U forethe speaker and all the gov
erninent. Not ontent to remain a si
lent spectator, the dog joined in the
proceeding by barking loudly. Lord
North, then prime minister, was speak
ing, and j.x-ularly appealed to the
speaker, saying: "Sir. 1 am interrupted
by a uew member." The dr, un
abashed, did not take the hint, but re
sumed his barkiiifr, whereupon the
good-humored premier kept up the joke,
protesting that "the new member had
no right to speak twice in the same de
hate." In much more recent times al
most equally trilling epistles have been
known to relieve mightily the tedium
of political contention.
ORIENTAL MAGIC.
Fakirs Who Come to l.lfe After Mouth
of K:itouiruient.
"The stories of the remarkable power
of the Oriental adepts to bury them
selves for months have not been ex
aggerated in the least," said Archibald
C. Lewcllyn, a I'ritoniau. whose ruddy
tan and sturdy frame liespoke the ex
posure and trials of many lands, to the
Washington News.
"When I first went to India some
years, ago, like every other white man 1
was absolutely incredulous as to the
ability of any man on earth to be
hermetically sealed in a box and buried
underground for ' six mouths or six
hours, for that matter.
"One day my dhinga told me of a
fakir who had just come into the little
village, who, he said, could perform the
feat. After a great deal of ceremony
and by dint of a liberal brilie we set
about to bury the yellow-skinned old
rascal. lie was not a very lovable
object, and I would have atiout as little
tro"blc on my conscience in killing him
ns any human being I ever saw. but 1
felt like an accessory to a murder as we
lowered him into a trench in my garden
and heard the plunk of earth upon his
coffin. He was swathed in bandages
from head to foot. He had drawn him
self up into a ball, had rolled back his
tongue into his throat, stuffed his ears
and nostrils with soft wadding, and
was apparently dead ten minutes after
he began his final preparations.
"I put a white guard over that grave
night and day for six months. At the
end of that time, as atrreed, the natives
gathered together and I sent for the
otlieers of our mess and we dug him up.
If I hail seen Moses resurrected, if
Julius Ciesar were to walk down Penn
sylvania avenue. I would not be more
astonished than I was when I saw that
fakir. He was covered with mold,
and, while perfectly inanimate, had
not decayed.
"In alwnit three hours he had fully
recovered and was chanting the praises
of ISuddha."
THE GOOD PHOTOGRAPHER.
Artistic Itefiutremeiits of m Thorough
Craftsman f the Camera.
The nuratKT of steps in the process of
making a photograph which call for the
exercise of the same artistic powers
that must be possessed by the painter
will be surprising, says a writer in the
New England Magazine. The artist
photographer must select his picture
with reference to its composition of
lines, masses of light, shade and tex
ture. By his choice of lens, he deter
mines the width of angle or the scope
of the picture. In focussing and dia
phragming, he divides his definition
and his vagueness to suit the require
ments of his sense of pictorial lieauty.
His development is almost as individual
as the handling of a painter's brush,
' which chooses ttclwcen the minute ex
actness of a pre-Raphaelite or a Dussel
dorf canvas, and the pot-tic vagueness
of a Corot. In printing he has a wide
range of expression. He may use the
gloss of albuuicnized paper, the rough
tin-face of Whatman's drawing board,
lustrous sheen cf Japanese papers, or
the rich depths of a carlx.n tihn. Al
though confined to monochrome, the
various toning baths and the pigments
of carbon films open to him an infinite
variety of colors, comprising the lusters
of gold, silver, platinum and other
metals, deep charcoal blacks and the
chalk reds of Kotticelli. It is, however,
not the wealth of materials so much as
the artistic discrimination in the use of
them which is illustrated by the ama
teur work of to-day, and in which prog
ress is now being made.
GREAT MEN IN THEIR TIME.
Ex-Prehidext Hatf.s was wounded
four times during the war and had three
horses killed under him.
Ex-Pkk.hiuknt Havks was the first
man to be honored with the LL.IJ. de
gree from Johns Hopkins.
Henjamix Hitlkr's brain weighed
four ounces more than Daniel Web
ster's, which was one of the largest on
reisord.
The late Orange Judd, whose name is
a household word among the intelli
gent farmers of the country, was com
monly supposed toWa man of consid
erable wealth. He left an estate which
has been appraised at only 150; this
was wU'.ed to the widow.
Esek Saunders, of Saundersville,
Mass., who died a few days ago, was a
successful manufacturer of cotton
g.XKls. but he took most pride in the fact
that when he was a stage driver he car
ried such distinguished passengers as
John Quincy Adams, Daniel WeUter
and Gen. Lafayette.
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r orty-five years ago the Niagara river
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The winds had blowing down
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THE TAMING OF ANIMALS.
Skill of the Aucwnts In Subdulug- Wild
llrast.
There are few bem-fits which we owe
to our forefathers greater than the end
less skill and patienee with which they
tamed tlux animals which we call at
the present day 'domestic.' It tnu.-t
have required "a stealy pereveraiice,
extending through eountless jrenera
tions, to have succeeded in inducing
such essentially wild and mistrustful
animals as cats to lay aside their timil
ity ami suspicion and to become the
faithful friends of man.
The people who accomplished this
great benefit for rasterity had. aeeonl
in to the Academy, more leisure tlr.in
their restless and hard-worked ilcwcnd
ants: they were, trenerally sj-H-nkiny:.
members of slave states, in w hich the
food supply was plentiful, and in which
we may suppose that both masters an.l
slaves had plenty of time on their
hands. 1 n some taws the obvious util
ity of the animals caused them to lie
tamed; in some Cain's this very utility
came to invest them with a special
sani'ity, which, as in case of the cat in
Egypt a,K' t'ie ow in India, afforded
an additional guaranty for their preser
vation. The ancients seem to have tamed al
most all the existing1 animals known to
them that were w orth turning; had they
known the American bison, they might
have added him to the list of draught
animals we possess; possibly, too, the
weasel, stoat and polecat might have
In-cn reclaimed and employed as a use
ful foe to vermin. It is certain that
burnt' animals which were once tamd
have been allowed to relapse into a wild
state, such as hawks, monkeys and croc
odiles iu Egypt and weasels in Greece
and Uonje.
LOST HALF A HUNDRED FLEAS.
The Catastrophe. W hich U.-fell a Natural
ist st WeO.liiic Ceremony.
A naturalist, who is both an ardent
student in his branch of science and
absent-minded to a degree which keeps
his family on the alert, recently cele
brated his silver wedding, says the Buf
falo t'onuncrcial. Many guests were
invitiil fr the oee:iiou, and the house
was made ready for the reception of the
company. Just as the tirst guest ar
rived one of the daughters was sent to
summon the father, who had not conic
from his study, fare had lo-cn taken
that he should c reminded to dress in
time, so he was all ready, and at the
summons of the daughter lu came to
the drawing-room. hen they reached
the room the daughter not icnl that he
carried iu hi:; hand a small wood-ii Ihx.
and as he shook hands with the nearest
guest she saw him drop it. The cover
rolled off, but .he gave a sigh of relief
w hen she saw that the Ux was ap
parently empty. The naturalist, how
ever, uttered a cry of dismay, and in
stantly went down on his hands and
knees iu an attempt to gather up some
thing. "Have you r pilled anything,
father?" she asked, -.'spilled anything!"
he echoed, in evident indignation at
her calm tone. -I have lost tit'ty fleas
that I have just received from Ervpt!"
The effect of this intelligence on 1 he
family was nothing in comparison to
the effect the catastrophe had tijion the
company l-fore the evening was over:
and the only thing the naturalist said
to his friends in answer to their con
gratulations upon his happy marr d!
life, so his daughters declantl after all
was iiver, was to ask that if I hey car
ried away any of his Egyptian Ileus
thev would return the insects to him.
AN INDESTRUCTIBLE TOOTH.
A Wonderful Story Irom the. Mythology
tf I ml hi.
At Yakad-.tmu. Japan, there is a costlt
temple for the sole punose of affording
a shelter for one of the grinders of a;
ancient gxl of a certain Hindoo scet.
This palace is known by the higli-' ound
ing title of "The I'alaVe of the Sacred
Tooth," and is a costly and eh-guni
structure in every sense of the word.
According to the mythology of India,
the god who formerly owned the tix.th
pulled it out to hurl it at a gi.T-inti
cobra, when the irreverent .serpent ha.!
lieen so indiscreet as to make an attack
upon his f'odship.
In the latter part of the Inst century
Europeans captured Yakadatna, and
partially destroyed the tooth palace.
The tooth itself, which had Wen an !
ject of heathen adoration for centuries,
was ground into a powder and throw n
into the river. Hut the particles catm
together, so the Hindoo priests say. am'
again formed themselves into a per fee
tooth, which was found after the sic;'
quietly reposing in the bed of th
stream.
The temple has lieen rebuilt, an.l tin.
tooth, more revered than ever since the
attempted destruction, is again en
shrined as an object for adoration. It
is kept in a gold Imx. vtrapcd in lih::s
from the sacred white spider's ct,
the first gold Ikix Wing in eight others
of the same precious metal.
STOCKADES OF TUSKS.
A Century' Supply or Ivory lle.ipetl I'p
In the Interior or Africa.
"The ivory trade shows a most re
markable increase," Commercial Agent
Mohun writes from the Congo to the
state department. "Ivory i-i the most
valuable article exported. It all comes
from the high 'ongo, loth north and
south of the river. Steamers bring it
as far as Stanley pool, and from then' to
Matadi (two hundred and fifty mite". I
native carriers bring it on their backs.
I have seen in one day five hundred car
riers come to Matadi. each man carry
ing a tusk averaging sixty-five pounds
in weight. When tusks weigh two hun
dred pounds, which not infrequently
happens, four men carry them.
"Most of the ivory now coming down
is known as 'dead ivory.' Some of the
elephants from which these tusks came
were killed one hundred years ago and
the kings of villasvs have leen st. ring
it, placing the last tusks brought in
on top of the pile, and when thev
rcquirea some goods Irom the coast
traders the tusks from the Wttom
layers were taken. This system has
prevailed for years, and it is" estimated
that there is enough ivory stored in the
interior to supply the world for the
next century. It is estimated, but
upon w hose authority I cannot dis.iver.
that there are still at least two hundred
thousand elephant in central Africa.
"The only 'live or new ivory which
now comes down is that procured by
hunters attached to the different trad
ing houses. I may add that live ivory
commands a higher price than the dead.
A state expedition visit.-d a native king
some months ago in the interior. I'jam
leaving the commanding officer pre
sented the king with a uniform coat,
cocked hat and sword. The king, iu
return, presented the officer with one
hundred and fifty tusks of ivorv. aver
aging two hundred and twenty pounds
each, and provided carriers to take
them to the river. These people do not
recognize the value, aud laugh at the
trailer for buying. Some of these kings
have stockades of ivory built around
their dwellings."
Laug-uarea la trttrniati Colonies.
The Germans are now making a col
lection of the languages spoken in their
colonies that is, their agents are pre
paring dictionaries of these languages
as rapidly as possible. The task is no
small one. In east Africa the languages i
number fifty; in southwest Africa, (
twelve; in Cameroons, twenty; in Toga, j
live or six, and in the Herman South .
sea possessions at least fifty. In addi
tion are many dialects which are almost
entitled to rank as distinct languages.
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11 to a. m andawip. ui.
Kor rales mi n. etc . call oa agent or address
Thiw. t. Watt. I'. A. W. 1... nu Kuth Are..
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lieneral Mauaicer. tieueral ManaKer.
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CoInmMa w Fredonia Watches.
In Key ami Stem WiudVis.
uAKGK SRLRCriOM or ALL K1NIJ
of .IKWEI.TiV always on hand.
pff" M y lln of .le welrv U unsurpansert
Oi.me and see for yourself before pureha
nir elywhere.
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EMnshnrs. Nov. 11. lHK5--tf.
And a good lamp
more cheerful than either.
aatclv b czpmi your cboicc ol over 2.UUU
Sevre m Ik IVtnld.
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UFA 1f.K 191
geiieru iMtmmi
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BOOTS AND SHOES,
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
TKUmrll.l'Ji IX kKtliO.,
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mi IT.' 2iiy
Cnres th on sands annually of UverCom-
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resnlt froman Unhealthy Urerthananr
other canse. Why unffer when yon can
be cared t Dr. &mford's Liver In vteor
tC'l'e1''rttd family tnwlir-ine.
lot u bkiuh r wili. Upi-ly vsc.
Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat
ent huin.s ronrnrtcd for Moderate F
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w 'an r?1 Patent in less time than those
remote from W ahin?ton.
ti.!irndvm"d-.dr"j"T "r t'hoto.. with descrlp-rh..u-M?
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CASSIDAY'S
Shaving Parlor,
EBENSBURC.
f'H.I:S.Te"kDO'ro s,'','' Parlor 1r located on
rfnt.VV'il- 'fWV ,no my Jail, has r-
In 1 Z. " .,l'"1'B"-lT re.uri.iel,ed pai ered
tTLi .V.7't,trT'r' ""d'rn conreoience. d
NoMherL ".'f ,rT"'eS""at"'1- ""! l Shops
. -. . . ut. ever, sttentloa to
cu.tometH. Yourpatr..hae sol.clted
r. n 1 tiASIIIAV.
FEES BROS.1
Shaving Parlor,
Mam street, Jear Post Office
?KTb ar,aal desires to Inform the pob-
.... . '" onea sharinK par or on
. . , 1""" omee sum barberlna
ua I'SkLluuo aMJIICIieU.
KKtvS HKU8.
Isirt iyt ittlsi. a ll.-atat l...is aa-. - . a.
a -
voa.oess Heart, l'r.nars or iJvar iMVaases"
Known l v a lire. I ,
it.. -- .toiiil; inaciioa Ol
the kidnejs eaaen and poisons the blood, and
les-rauM removed ou cannot base bealih
V-i? J?" "v"rx?,e ' MrlKht iMseaae
and lrti..v M.. 1 . i... . ..... .
wm. i.i uu..ti.er other similar lesuuiouials. Z'rw
It. Cute auaiantee.t '
.-- -- nit.M, etiiieiieta.
. ' stsiu'a K Id siey 4 si re ' ,
, N enausMnieet. i'hlladeli.hia. Pa.
roiu -y an rellal.ls druitgiMs 41.113
1K1V ATE SAI.K.-The undesigned will sel
st Private Sale in I.lij lKiroub. Oambrta
e..Hnty. Pa, his Hotel. With Hreaery attsehej
Tao le. Houses, stable, and all necessary OuU
buildmaa on the premises The Huiim is HoensJd
now. r..r iurther p.rtlculars call on or address
the t.r..prieur, THttilMiKt SElil
Uly, Pa-,tct24.1se.
a l. asxn
ATrur titi.i
REED & READE.
LUKNSBt'K... - . . FENN A.
-t initw on Cenua (trret.
(42s "3
DONALD E. D UK ION,
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NEW YORK'S POST OFFICE.
Thirty Million Foreign letters t'auia Into
Our Coaatry l ast t ear.
The most intrfstiujr details which
can be told of the New York pest ofuee
relate to the amount of business trans
acted in each division, for only in this
manner can a true idea of the impor
tance of this office be obtained, says
Harrier's Younp; I'eoplc. I have already
given tho grand totals, but these are
made up of many intcrvstinp items.
For instance, the international nioncj
tmlers received and certified ti Kurop
in lS'Jl numlH-red nearly a million, and
ap-m-guted nearly sixteen and a half
millions. f dollars. The Iuropcaucoua
trj with which the New York pofct oHieo
hail the larfrest transactions through its
mouey order department was Great
llritain, the items amounting to nearly
half a raillion. The liahamas were at
the foot of the lLt with only lifty-eipht
items. The total number of items in
the registry department was 8.'2T3,ft.")'J.
Nearly three hundred million items of
mail matter were handled by carriers;
and the sale of postage stamps, stanicd
envelopes, etc., amounted to i,0S,
01 2.1m;.
Nearly r),OO0,000 letters were for
warditl to and nearly 24,000,000 received
from foreign countries the New York
pot.t ofiiee easily handling over thre
fourths of our foreign mail. We should
lose faith in the intelligence of the
human raoc on learning that in this one
otliee tVi2,.'i'.IS iiiLsdirected and iusufli
t iently addresseil letters were reecivel.
did we not learn at the same time thafc
r,0..074 of these letters were corrected
and forwarded by other members of tho
human race. The items of mail matter
handled avcrapvd for each day 90,707,
aud the number of pouches, 10,1-20;
the aprirrcrfatc 'or the year In inp 42S,
H73.550 letU-rs, and 3,770,4.rA pouches.
The postmaster receives a salary of
x.Otai a j-car a very small tutu when
the business of the office is considered.
lut then he doesn't have to receive,
face, postmark, sort and distribute
every letter himself. In fact, he docsu t
even drive a mail watron. For he tpent
tl.2.Vi.t::4.02 in 1M1 for clerk hire, and
an express company does the carting
under contract.
THE UBIQUITOUS SMITHS.
How the Name Spresxl l Profusion Ovsvr
tle l:..tlre t'oautry.
There is hardly a state in the union
that has not a post office with the name
of Smith in it somewhere, says the Bos
ton Advertiser; aud there are fifteen
hundred postmasters aud post office
empires named Smith. Illinois Was,
for instance, a Smithfield, a Smithdal,
a Smithboro. 1. Smithshire, a Smiths., u
and a Saiithville, Tbsn there are
Smith's creeks, Smith's fords. Smith's
ferry s. Smith's mills. Smith's gTovcs,
Smith's valleys. Smith's cra roals.
Smith's la.ke.-v. Smith's landing!.. Smith's
corners. Smith riwrs, Saiith's flats.
Smith's ranches. Smithburg-a, Smith's
bxsins, mithtowns. Smith's branches.
Smith's roads. Smith's forks, Smith's
tMiiuls, aud down in South Carol iu a.
Smith's Turnout all post offices, too,
from Maine to California, and the Lord
uiily ijkiow h.vv many Smith places
there arc that are not post offiews.
In Muhian thre is a Smith in St.
Clair county and one in Saginaw; a
Smith Corners in Sanilac and Oceana
counties; then there are Smith's crwwk,
two Smith's crossing's. Smith's siding
and Smilhville, four of them post
orIi-cs. Two Smiths in Michigan ar
postmasters, and among1 businessmen
there are about one hundred iu Detroit
in business, twenty-five in (irand Rap
ids twenty-two in the two Saginaws,
to only seven in the two Bay Citys.
Lansintr has four, Kalamazoo eight,
Ypilauti six, Adrian seveu. auJon down
to Adair, a small town of sixty or seventy-live
people, where there is one.
These are the figures of two yean
ago, and of course they have increased,
because the Smiths are prolific and pro
gressive. We are eutirely safe in say
ing there are upward of fifteen thou
sand Smiths in the state of Michigan
alone. In other states they are propor
tionately numerous. In the national
capital, a city of two hundred and fifty
thousand eople, there are over twelve
hundred Smiths, a Smith ratio of one to
two hundred and fifty, not counting the
children, and the children are features
of tlwe Smith family.
EASY- MINING.
A Carious Isveatlou la Cse is Mostsss
for Tski'ig Out t'opper.
There are many kinds of mim-s and
numerous inventions for saving precious
metals, but the strangest one in the
1'nhed States, and perhaps in the
world, is in Butte, Mont. When mines
were discovered in Butte it was found
that tlie water found in the tissuresn
strongly impregnated with copper in
solution, so much so that iron cadres,
cars and tools of all kinds were quiekly
destroyed by the affinity of the copjier
for the iron.
Only a few weeks' immersion in the
waters reduces a mass of iron to pulp, a
fact which makes it necessary f.rr all
material used in the mine aud composed
of iron or steel to be replaced at fre
quent intervals.
For a loug time the water purnjHtl
out of the mine went to waste, as no
method was known of extracting- the
co.ht from it. After awhile, how
ever, a discovery was made that is being
utilized to good advantage.
Some tin cans found their way into
the small stream. In a short time it
was noticed that they had every ap
Jcaranee f being made of pure copper,
so thickly were they coated with that
metal. They were regarded as curiosi
ties by all w ho saw them, but presently
one man saw farther than the 'curiosi
ty" he saw the use.
He began to experiment and found
that old cans and iron junk thown into
the w ater were soon destroyed, leaving
in their stead a rich deposit of copper.
He thought it would pay to extract the
copper from the water by this process,
anil immediately purchased the exclu
sive right to the water.
Then he put in a series of reservoirs
and tanks along the little gully where
the water ran. These he filled w ith all
the old metal to be had in town, includ
ing barrel hoops. At the end o' six
mouths he found that the old junk was
totally destroyed and in its place w as a
iet'imentary deposit in the bottom of
the reservoirs and tanks which was
eighty per cent- copper.
Iilfliraltles of liar IsBri(.
"It is unusual for a person who goes
into a foreign country after he has
grown to adult years to acquire the
language of that country well enough
to conceal his alien origin, but there
are exceptions. There is a German in
New York," says the Sun of that city
"w ho has been here only six years who
speaks English without a trace of ac
cent, although he never studied the
tongue until he arrived in America. A
professor of French in this city says
that Englishmen and Americans betray
themselves more by stress on the letter
when they try to talk his language
than in any other way. Frenchmen are
more 'stumped' by the sound of th than
by anything else in English. One of
them who declared that he could pro
nounce anvthino- in 4..-.
asked to say 'Theophilus Thistleth
waite. He threw up his hands and ex
claimed: 'Ah, barbarian!' This sound is
irj ing 10 the tiermans likew ise. and
one of the early things in Puck, when
that was a German paper, was a series
of pictures representing a Teutonic
waiter twisting- his neck and cracking
him teeta in thatitMnpt to say thank.
OILS ! OILS !
The Atlantic Refining Co., of
Pittsburg, Pa., make a specialty
of manufacturing for the domes
tic trade the finest brands of
Illuminating and Lubricating Oils,
Naphtha and Gasoline
That easts
HIDE FROM PETROLEUM.
We challenge comparison with
every known product of petrol
eum. If you wish the most
Most : Uniformly : Satisfactory : Oils
in the market ask for ours.
ATLANTIC REFINING CO.
rnrsMiTKit UKrr.,
PITTSKUKO. I'A.
oetlS-89-lyr.
Register's Notice.
T'HE lollusrlna- anviant Lava Itd examlna
and i.asred tx ns soft remain tiled ol record
la this i.thr lor li.s Invpretion ol heir. Itwstre.
and all all others lnlrreiud. snd will l present
ed to the Orpbaos' i'.i.urt ol 'amiria -.ou y i..r
eonfirmstion an.l a loa-anr-a oa W 1 1 i.N KUA Y .
JL'NK 7. A. I 18i:
I. Ine lourtb acrutunt of H. J. ii.pel. exrru
t r 01 Henry lio..ei. lata ol 'arrulllusn lr
ouich dsrsarad.
z. Kmt and hnsl amianl rf 11. H. Wurman, ad
ministrator ol Henry North, iale ot Kcade towo
snlu. decase1.
S. Klrit an I partia; account ol Jsn.b W. Anns,
administrator 01 Jacob S. Kline, iale ol Kldrr
township. dereaseH .
4 t'irsland Dual areountot ll Myers trus
tee ol Simon e. Noel, late ol :iearrjel.l u.wnslilp
derwased.
S. Kirsl and final arc.iont ot l. H. Kerllnsev,
administrator ot Sarah Kerlinsey. late ol ruijue
hauna township, deceased .
t. First and Dual account ol Klslr Alexander,
administrator :. T. A. ot Ww. A.Alexander, lata
ol liM ionemaoKh. derad.
7. Kirst aoa final account of Kptiralin t'ester.
administrator ol liavid Nuon. deceased.
b. Mrit and final account of Mary l. MrW II
llaais. administratrix A. ol Jaoe M. I'hllllp.
late ol Juiiumsi. deceased.
. Kirst and final account oil ienrKS A. liaser.
administrator 1). 1'. A. ol Sartb A. MarllwurK,
lata of Johnstown, deocased.
lu. Kiast and bnai aecount of Irvln Kutledice.
anardlau of Jauies Helsel and J.dm HeUrl, min
or child of Hannah Iiytoa. nrr iielsel, late ol
Jobustowa. deceael.
II. r'lrsl and Una: soc,,ant. ot Am.it. W. Kow
land. Ruardiau ol Harriet J. lavls. a minor chlid
of Mo-.s Unit, deceased.
1- The first and fiual account of Henry Sell,
administrator 01 Jeremiah fern in. lata ol Krank
iia tairoUKb, d4ased
13 Kirst and final account cl Adam Shuuian.
administrator 1 H. N. ol 1 How an Kaser, late ol
Jsckson township
14 lrst and final of John ). Harnett and
Amanda Alrtiart. nrr Adsm. executors ol T. W.
Adsus. laleol AlleKheuy nwniup.
15. r'lrst and final account 1.1 Thomas Illls.ei
ecutor ol Aon Lrfither, lata ol C arroll toaurhip.
deceased.
16. Kirst and Dnal aoeount of J. A. Heu.lricks.
ruardlanof lluvin J. Uroyie. u.iuor cblid oi
Wm. H. and and t:iara M. tlroyla.
17. r'lrst and final account ol K J. rarrlsii. ex
ecutor of liavid Mills, lateol (lallitzio. dcrese.l.
IU Seei-nd and final acoouut ol W. 11 H. K,l..
ertsoa, administrator ol Ja-v.h H. kuiia late ol
Sammerhlli township. deeeaed
lu. First and bnai accouut 01 Thomas MorirMi
admlnstrator ot W illiam ison,lale ol Oalillxla
borouieh, deceased.
ao t Irtt and final account of John H. Hrown.
execs tor ol Ueonte t:arrot, late ol J..hijiL-u!
deceased.
zl. Klrat and final account of 4SerKe 1'l.els. ad
ministrator ol Maria Sophia Their, lais si Johns
tosrn. ereased.
XI. l-irst and final account of (leorxe Theia and
John H. Krowa. executors ol lieoiy l ueii, late ol
Johattowa. deceased.
'A First and htal account ot K. l. Finhkr. a.1
mlBlstrator ol Thomas J. ilowe, lute ol Johns,
town, deceased.
St. First and final account ot llc.rire Muchl
hauser. admlalslrator ol (ieorge Helper, late of
JoLavtowa, deceased.
xj. First and ObhI account 01 Ueorte Wild, ad
ministrator it. H. N. ol J. 1 arlen fleiler, late ot
Wood vale beruUKb. deceased.
3. Account of Henry J and Soilil K ql-. rl
ecuU.r. ol Urorae Kblers, late ol I'piwr Voder
tnwnshtti. deceased.
V7 First and final account ot I siil Vxliucr. el
ect tor ol John Haker, Iale ol Clearfield town
ship, dceaed.
's t irst and final account of .ln-h Van iiru
er. administrator ol :. H .iikr au 'roi-r, late ol
Keade township, deceased.
M First and final recount of Alrln ran. ad
ministrator ol Maraaret PtIuk le. late cl Saoiturr
blll townvhip dceaed.
3U Flrt and final sc.xiuM of ll. H. Touit.. ad
mlnistrator ol James iiiKMl. late ol Johnrtwn
deceased .
til. First and final account el John S. Wicks.
trustee to sell the real en ale ol Jacob Kctahard,
isle ol Adams towohi;.. ilecexHed.
LlAMKl. A. M'llHI'llll,
Kriiiptsr
Remitter's fiffice. Etnshuix. Ha.. My la. If,w3
LOEVlEHf
v HOUSEHOLD USE.
'Was originator! and first prnwcririsyi by
AN OLl FAMILY PliYSICIA-N
in 1 8 1 0. Could a remedy without real
merit have survived over eighty years T
SOOTH I NO, HEALING, PENETRATING
For INTERNAL and EXTERNAL u .'"
Stops KhettsnaUc l-alnsand Inflainmatlofi. .-ure I'ruup.
I ulda. aore Tbrual, Tuosllltis. .IU 4 'raniM aud f-alua,
HuanMf ltluolalnta. 1 'ul. and rtrutar. ha niairlo.
1-urM Oouviis. aatiinia. ttanii. lrKi.-ti It... -io,.ra
Morons, I'uUulaina. 4 'twos. H.relM-ss lu IH.M1. or iJli.lM,
ht.fT MusrU or Stralua lobmlr for SvrvtMl. Ha.la.'le,
lll'st'd laui.hl fnpe. r.t-rrlM.ra. l-rtne a rts.
BIS bottles. .. 1. S. JOHNBON T (JO, Uuiaoa. aud
Clvriv
M i jTV. . nanoimox write to
F:w -stent take!, out lw ua hniturii i.t. TZ.
the pauua by a uouoa aiven frai ttfViu ib.
ricutific wcrtrau
L" rf errenlatlrm of any scientific naner In the
world. Cuieoumiy llluntJuT No li!iTll?..!,oI
aaa ahouid be wttbout lu Wtktr i t t
jeart UiUalx riMmtuAddreesjiCK ' H,
1794.
1WOL
Pollotas writ tea at short neice la tba
OLD RELIABLE VETNA"
T. W. DICK.
fiKHT FOR Tit K
OLD HARTFORD
FIRE INSURANCE COJJT.
MMMENOEII HUSlNtSS
1704.
Cbensbara. Jaiy at. i sua.
Mountain House
mi) SHH PARLOR!
CENTRE STREET, EBENSBDR6.
rrHMJ,'kDOW" l ",nf al.llahed Shsvinn
T i. . -.to .... .vutre stteel. op-
bosUe the livery stable ol O'Hara. Itovls a. l.uib
1. .V "" Hrs. Iiavls si l.uih
?sl- i'lrL'"""" wl" e carried on In the
siliMHIKJlMl done In the beatest and must
artistic Mi.... ,
-Lalas wailed ou at their residences.
JAMES H.tlANT.
ITopnetor
... un.D i u.fii asiteciaiiv.
sVawwa .aj assa. A- M..U. aaa Mmilmmt, M. V.
, Jk Scientific American
ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRAY.
A I.lKkthoaa.Kepee-a Rescue from a lr
tlous I'osltion lit the NU-lt of Tluie.
John Williatn Thomas, assistant
kef per of the Wolf Trap liht stati.(I1
near Norfolk, Va., which uccutiil.,i
to recently, says he hail an x.
erien'e calculated to quit-ken his v. ,N
and op-n hi weather eye. Mr. Tli..ia
was alone at the fetation, whii-h i i
twelve feet of water and three mi,.'
from the shore, and the Washing,,,)
1'ost finds it easy to appreciate thr
drealful forebodin-s which fill,., j,;
mind aii day after tlay he watched tlj
thickeninp: ice, conscious as he was .,f
the preat peril which environed Lit,,
his distrs signals umioti.-eil, with thai
vast field of ice expending its mi .ltv
power against the piles, and "-atli. t ;,r,
additional Ktrenirth every niomcnt as Tt
overlapped and piled up against t!.
do. until structure. To pray in su.-ii a
crisis was a most natural tiling t,, ,j
and pray he did. lontf an.l f. rv.-Miv
and he feels assured that his prav.-rs
were answer.il, for it w as not verv I .i,..
lM-fore lie descried in the distance n:".
smoke of a steamer hattlin witl.ti,
ice. Slow ly she pro-reeded felony uia
r'i-ttinn ahreast of the station, she VVa
stopHil ly the thick ice. Although t,.
steamer was some half mileont i..uar
the sliip canal, the nervy U.-. j.,-r .1, t,-r-iiiiri.il
to abandon the station t its UI.
M-n.linr fate and make the elT. t t.,
reitch her. ilettiliff iixiu the u,iir;..,
ice he pna-eedul toward her, vain (Ul)
hat to attract the attention of tl.....
lx.ar.1. hen within hailin;r 1'.-t.n,,v
he culled out lustily to the .ill.
command and was told t- com.- a I.. . ,r,
which he did in safety. On leaving i!lr
taiiier higher up the Lav f, .r i.
shore he liroke through the ice in . ;..,)
feet of water and came n.-ailv l.-m
:lrowued. Tralitioii has it that U.,;f
Trap derived its name from the -ti.,i.,.
itijrof I he liritish man of war V..ii ,,u
the lar during the revolution.
lighthouse is ashore at the . a-s ui.d
the lenses are in Kichmoud.
STRANGE SOUNDS.
Tlie Ijkricest A.liil l. ' Not Alaays
Have I lie loudest t ol. . t
It is a matter of eoimriou olservati.m
that the I. u. lest sounds are tiot al a.s
male l,y t!ie largest a lima s. II,,.
roar of the lion ex.-ee.ts in h.iiom.isii s
the cry of the e 'ephatit. Anyone w I..,
liad only h.-ar.l. w ithout Kceuij. a huli
fro.r inio-hl well suppose that its f. ai f .il
Voice, lu ealiiil' t he sil.-i, e of the ni;- ,t
must cei'taiiily come from the t!,n..ii .,f
au an-iiial of formidable iliu.eiis ,,i,s
Ihit periiaps the in .st reinarUahle
cas-of v.-al (tower in au animal i- t .at
relate I ly a re.-ent traveler iiithehil,
lands of Uori.m lie was informed Im
itative tli.tt I hey had heard a ti. r
roarinjr in the iicirhlorlio.Ml. Su h
news is aUvays startliiij.' t. a st ranker
in the jiiniresof t ie east, and hardly
less so t. the natives
An investigation was according' v set
:ili foot, w hich resulted iu the discovery
that the a'armin r..ars had l.e.-n
emitted l.y a toail! This toa I of l:..riM-u,
however, was I y no im-ai.s an o dmaiy
mem 1m r of the ?:::V.y. i i...:.r..'. ...
less than fourteen and one-half inches
round t .e lody.
'1 hut thi natives should nt Law
reco-ui.ed the true source of the sound
shows that the existence of su. li ta.ls
wascith.-r un .nowu toth.-iu. orthal. at
any rate, they had never discovered the
remarkable v.m al capabilities of the au
imaK. This recalls a story in Mr. Hates' ac
count of his travels al. the Ama.-.'ii
Anions the many sounds heard i:i t li
di'lis4 liruv.iliau for-.ts was a kind of
loud liletaili.- clanl, lie;, that Sometiu.es
rant.' throuli the t.-ees, and the origin
. f which Mr. Hates v as unable to dis
cover. heuevt-r it was heard the na
tives eow-reil w ith fear, ascribing it to
a siiN-riial ural origin.
l'ossibly tl(e Hois,- was so loud that
they missed the discovery of its source
by searching only for something of cor
responding physical dimensions.
MINUTE SHELLS.
( oocbolog-lral ooders ut the Coast of
Ireland.
There is a sandbank at t'onneinara.
on the west coast of Ireland, that is the
Mn'ca of every ciiriosity-s.-'ker w ho is
fortunate enough to ku.w of itsexi-.-tcni-e.
As a freneral thin; saiidbaul.s
are not a irrcat attraction, but in this
(articular case the attractive p.iwcr is
not iu thettiid itself, but in t he mil
lions of cvtiuct miniature shells w hi. li
are almost as numerous as t he e-raiie. ..f
sand with which they are intermingled.
Tlie lare-est of these little wonders nr.
smaller than the smallest pill head, and
some of t belli are so lui tiu t e t hat t li.-j
can easily lie put through the eye. .fa
common sewinfr needle; yet ea. h is as
(erfift as the In-arly iiautiliis. the
spider shell, the s-a urchin or an
other marine oddity. They are ..f a. I
shuMs and forms ima:.'iii .blr. i in.
will have the ftorfts-t outlines of u min
iature basket, another will look like a
fairy's tobacco lmx, while a third n.-.-.N
no efTort of the ima iuat i.m t v i -it
.he form of a Imttle The llash . In l I
f i'eylon aud Australia are theoniv
iviliK' representatives of these eon. h..
o(.'i-al womh-rs. Naturalists v ho Law
Xamined the i'l-yloliese Hash shells
hat ea-h is tilled with a tiny bit "t
it-lly-like substance, w hich, of course is
.he animal itself, but which is s..m
.liiiti'siinal that no distinction cui. ''
jls-rv-d ln-twi-en head and heart,
mouth and stomach.
Wasteful American.
"Americans are the m.,st wasteful
People in the world," says a man ni,..
has lieen livintr in ( hina and Japan f .r
si.ine years. -What the Auici i. an f en
ily throws away would keep a lim..-tM-au
family from starving and w..ul.l
feed a Chinese or Japanese family. It
is not merely food that we waste; it is
fuel. IH.k at this." and he produ. .-.! a
cylinder of bronze as larj.'e as a ' pin
hat "Here is a t'hiliese stove, ... men.
With four or five pieces of charcoal a
Mongolian w ill make tea an.l cook ri.v
and ejrjfs over tluit, while an American
domestic would use up at h ast a Insl . f
coal in the same ojK-ration. Lucky
are rich tir w e ciuldn't keep up our" na
tional extravagance."
Hlrcia'.Neat Soup.
At a private dinner uptown one of tin'
dishes was birds'-nest soup. It prove.!
to be a chicken soup w ith the solid ma
terials strained out and the ii'iil
thickened and enriched by the birds'
nests, which were procured of av t 'hina
man. Old books ot travel represent
the Asiatics as putting the nests inM
soups and stews. That is gaumi""
The birds who make tlnse nests use.
among other materials, long strainl"'
a tough, whitish seaweed, the strain's
forming the outer shell or basket of t'"'
nest, aud by their stickiness assist i"
securing it to the rock, lty the tun''
the birds have emigrated these bits uf
seaweed are washed clean by ruins iinJ
are dried by the suu. Then is
they are extracted by Chinese gather
era and made into parcels for sal'
They form stripsabout eight inches loin.'
somcw hat of the appearance of lcclaii.1
moss, light, shiny, translucent, and "'
no positive taste.
OrtCUi or tlie Walts.
A young Australian traveler claims U
have discovered that the waltz was tin"
creation of neither a (iermau or a S is-s,
but of the ostriches of Africa, lie
aerts that every morning at sunn--tliese
amiable birds assemble in growl's
and begin a regular and graceful ui.ive
ment w hick ia uuim oilier tliau tUr
araltx.