W1 vort iwin tr Itntow. The larva and rcllatila circulation cl th'i hkia kkm4 com men it u lha Uvumb oonidrt ion of lven.tm w ! laor will iDertrd at tha tot low in low rate : 1 lorn, s'loie...... ....... .....I I aU to I'llblKlinl Hrrkly nt HMXHI'Kli. 1 AMItKI A '., I'tXXA., 1 iDrh, S month..... .. 1 loch, numb I Inch I jre.tr 3 Incliea. 6 aiumna..... Zlnrhea.l year........ a IdcSm t montbi .. a Inrbe. I year.... .... eoinmn, 0 inonthi.... oolutun.M month.... ailnmo 1 year IK a.ao 6 o oo to.it K.Uu u.uu 10 oo jai uu S"i.w 4o (W ijii.ir:itliee.l t'lreulilti.-n. l.'-in.' Siilirrliloii ICiiIcm ,ii ..y. I yea-, raidi in advance $1 t ,hi .lo ii ii j.uol Hit :iiti :i mom !,?i. l.T.'i ,, do It not j.tu.t within ii mouth. .ik ,1.) tlt It n,.t ..ii,i w it hi n I lie ear.. U 00 t .. iif -n rcjl.lliiK .utlil- ut Hi mniiit i ,,-ntj odUmnal j.t vfir w.11 te charged to m ti -vetit -will tttn at'OVf term ta iltv r .si ir..m. an. I clioae who 1ot t oonfuli tne'r , r ,r.'itT'4i4 tv , jivlo.! It. .l.t . l.c ni'Ml nut f p...-: to t-e iiasl .u trio Mime tooti nil .m t tiot-e who tI t.i "... '.'t t .li-i.To-riy utoiore.iiH.it rroc ; comma, e muniu 1 column. I year 7.u Hmlnni Item, flrt Insertion. Ktr. per I'.ue olequeat Inxertlotm. fx- per ise Auuiinlntnttorii aud .r.xccutor' Notice. fi rC Auditor' Molice ............ 2 : Stray anil luillar Notice VfO "neoolut ioor ur prtK-ecillnr" nl any corjM ra tlou or uriety and roUiB.UDi"atlori (Seitro d to call attention Ui any matter ot liuilteO or mill vidual intermt niur.t te paid tor aradverttouient. HiM.k and Job Hriuttni of all kind neatly and exmlouxiy executed at tlie lowent ricc. And don'tyoo turnet It. JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and Proprietor. "HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRCTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ABE 8 LAVES BESIDE." 81. SO and postage per year In advance. I . tii-.i r.T. I a. r.i, tor ycur i.nirr l..toT. 1 nu t.,i. tt. tr ti I 1 r 1 TT p "V"'rTT . muni iun.' Lot m-:.I..:iks lo ..U.erwiHe i VUljUjjlJu AA I 11. EBENSI5UKG, PA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, IS93. NUMBER 3S. I i i "n n " nr imt .'inn i. w i III P $ m carl ursriisrrus, PHACTICAL AN J I)K A LKlt IN l- fir; (5 J u ,i ' ' '5 I . I M-' . . - 17. 1 - 1 See Paris, and you have seen 5ce KALFAIANN'S, and you J Kaufmann's is !. it ;; embracing over five acres of floor space and ($1 ','. cmnlovintr over one thotisnnd h.in!..mnri than the three next larirest stores in Pittsburp- m puc io-einer. :'i hi' Kaufmann'S is mentin Pittsburg where il you may want--whether fty. furnish a home-in the greatest possible variety fry and at the lowest possible prices. jwj KflUFJMflNN'S; m :-7i Fifth Ave. and Smithfield 5t., Pittsburg. 7. EHV-Samples tnt free. Mail 3" 7. Li . wonls mean much, but to see fa vcious light is purer and 2 softer than electric lieht and ; ,"' must be simple; when it is not simple it is lu?pw'$&$' iVvU not g00fi. Simf'r, Jicautiful, Good these T wiil lmi rtss the truth more forcibly. All metal. Y., tou-h nd seamless, and made in three pieces onIy,.; it is absoiuiciy sae and unbreakable. Like Aladdin's of old, it is indeed a "wonderful lamp," for its mar- "Sv 4,f'r r.Ir'k fort1,sr'raT' Tin Rixthestpr. If the lampdealer has n't the eennine Sf","' "t' r-',ul Mly'c yJt wuit, si-aJ to us for our new illustrated catalogue. J ;- rl 1 1 v1jU :i iiimo sait-iv tv express your choice of over 2.0UU J jarun. s h;m the .c Lamp Store m the liurij. ' 'yi ItOCIIKJsXiJli 1LA3II CO.. 4i I'urlt Place. New York CltT. "The If- u- V ' - ! vl .... : V ; -'. . ' -.' IB-lop mi j : . . f i..'r"TOip ri Yl.y c4 l -f . I ..-. V t w-a .! tiix:na ci Mountain House npt ENTRE STREET, EBEN&EUEG. f'll i. . ,. Known r.. l-.ou rl;il.la.fil Shu.'ini 1 1 . 1. r - 11. iw ! . .it.-. I n Vnt ri trf-r, o. I ' ' . ry .-.it..- ;i 'l I .r:i. I 1 In M l.nrli 'T Hl 'I..' I.iiu.r,., H'l.l t i r:irr!.'.i 0:1 in the '' HV:. IIAIK I I I I I. 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In Key ;iiid Stem Vimlers. ..a'.;;k sklkcvkin ok all kind of JF.WKI.liV aiwaye on liarnl. 1-r'f" Mv lino of .I.wP!ry !s iinsnrpussfrt i 'i.nii nri for yourt'lf lnf)rt piirchits ni ls wlierp. NfM, woisk (1ttai:antf.ki-; CARh RIVINIUS. K -LStnir,!, Nov. 11. 1XS.V-tf. 'A ''A ft .1 J 'I France I have seen Pittsburj;! m a whole city in itself, y the only establish- you can get any thing to clothe a person or Orders Promptly filled. (W levmg". 1 LCI, , 3'fJfJfZ. jc S . - j---- - a r -rr a.-r. "The Rochester brighter than gas light, more cheerful than either. Rochester." w. tout. lia v!?rT-i.'l oi'Pir w iwuii. h ry -' , .ti; yiflil 3 :iw. I lr! lMjr. u wjiui. lTO'l. 1H1H. 1'oli.Me written at chort no'ice In the OLD RELIABLE ' ETNA" tml iiltirr t irl l lan ( oniwl. rr. W. DICK, C T I'OK TIIK Olif) HAUTPOKT) I'lKI! IXSlIIMKCiU'lljl'V. HMMCNC1KI HI'SUJIKSH Hi'.ciKirixM.ii, " I'llVBIIUII SIHIIII, r iN HI ' K' I . - - I'A. 4 r on IHuli aui-ft 111 r-m lormo'ly ,: mi lr.l y tlie Wlri '.. laleKra h "tn- ; na i V ii ft ON THE OLD-TIME PORCH. V sat there yexter cv. ii' tieueath the listonimj viiten. Whrrc Htill tho moniln' glory atiove the door uuy tv. iu4. An.l the nir'i til vules were slnflu' Just as they mhii: of j ore, Vli 11 II rat she suhl "I love you," but now she loves me more! The same old place; the rocker 111 which she sat while 1. Half fearful that the stars would hear the se cret in the sky, l-ane.t tier way just a little, and .said: "I love you!" Sure, I meant it then, ami loved her true, but now I love her more! The old dayi seemed to come atrain while sit- tintr side by si.lo Where llrst she said she'd be my wife we didn't call it liride" I told her then: "How sweet you are!" an' felt my pulses thrill With all that sweetness close to me but now she's sweeter still! We talked it over, sitting there, near love's ou r. happy lands. Ana once more felt the first sweet joy that ctmies of holdin' hands: She seemed to be my sweetheart still 'twas all just as before Hut we cla.siied each other closer, and we loved each other more! Frank L Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. JOY AT THE FA1I The Delightful Experience of Hard-Working Family. "Wall, when Ik? we a-goin to the fair, AK-iry?" "I lev you pone plum crazy. Khon Ji-nkins? The fair ain't for the likes of us. It's only for rich folks an such! Hon' t you ren.l cv'ry nipht. 'lout the hip (loin's an the hifalutin' times of the tl'rcctors, an the furriners, an' the li.cd-up women, palluvantin' roun' everywhere? HowMwe luok, IM like to know, attendin of them receptions they're a-havin of pink an' ycller an' all sorts of colors, to suit the skins, 1 s'pose, of all them natives from far away countries?" "It's noways likely, Alviry, that we'd 1 ohleeped to j'ine these (loin's. I've hen a-workin' an savin' for a hull year, jest to po to the fair a few days you an' me an the children. It seems 'ike it would pive us a tasu? of soine thin we've needed all our lives." "I s 'pose you'll hev your way, KUn Jenkins; you mist always do. ISr.t 1 can't f..r the life of me tell how' we re poin' to pay for the winter's coal, an the llamiels an' shin-s, an' ev'rythinp that'll Ik- eoniin' alonp soon enouph! Of course, if you po to the fair I'm holm' to po, too, for didn't I promise to lw your pardner for leltcr nr for worse, and if it's to he the city of destruction, so loup's I draw a hre'th you'll tin' me ly your side!" ".Never mine that, Alviry! I know j'ou for a savin' an" a helpin' wife, hut as loiip as I've two pood hands you an' the children'!! never po hunpry, an' it's 'cause of all thi that I think we oupht to po to the fair, an" I'm mos' sure the money we'll spend'll he made up to us some way." "I hope it's not flyin' in the face of rrovi.h n. e weare. Kln-n Jenkins, that's all I've pot to s:i v!" "Next week the shop'U shut up a few days for repairs, an' then, Alviry, we'll aU take a vacation an' see some of the wonders that the world has sent to t'hi capo." Full, indeed, were the next few days for tlie racmWrs of the little house hold. There were two childrcu, Hiram. a sturdy ly of twelve, whose fertile brain was hourly workinp with tremendous zeal upon half-tledped impulses, and his little sister Kuth, who had pii.-t, dreamy ways, "for all the world jest like her father, iuiapinin an' visiomn"," her mother said, "but sweet an' lovin . for all that!" It was but a few hours' ride to Chi capo, and then Klx-n Jenkins and his wife and children drifted into the prcat human current sweepinpon in ceaseless course to the White City and its won ders. It wa a pleasant sipht to watch this family of four within the pates. The father was thickset and stronply built, with an air of rupped strenpth and pur pose. His parments were chosen more for wear than nicety of lit; his necktie was awry and his stiff lioots creaked, but there was somethinp wholesome and helpful about him that rested all w ho saw him. Ills wife was slim and spare and moved with nervous enerpy. Her cloth inp dated some seasons buck, but this she did not inin.L Fashion did not liothor her. Hiram's jacket and trousers were of home manufacture, made from "father's," and larpe enouph to "prow in." The only bit of finery about the party was little Iiuthie's hat. with its pink rihlons and apple blossoms, no prettier than the childish face beneath them. The children carried between ' them a hupe lunch basket woven of sweet-scented prasses, a family souvenir from "way down east." Throuph the street s and over bridges, .and on and on untiringly they went un til they reached the Administration building;. Scarcely had a word In-en spokcu. the silence only being broken by' the children's exclamations. Suddenly Mrs Jenkins stopped. She seemed strangely apitated. The veins upon her forehead were swollen, and her looks betrayed repressed emotion. "What is it, Alviry? Is anything the matter? Are you feel in' sick?" "I'eclin'! KWn Jenkins, what ain't I fevlin'? 1 inipht as well out with it first as last! I'll give in, 'twas jest a burnin shame of me opposin' you 'Iniut cumin' to such a he'venly place! Seems like I can't pet over it, an' I ain't pot no words to tell how sorry I am, nor how glad I am that you went ripht on so quiet like an' had your own way. Why, it's worth livin' a full lifetime to leave the housework an the drudgery, and forgit it, as if it never was! With all the whiteness, an' the music play in", an' the peaceful feclin' everywhere, it's mos' like the f ulfillin' of the blessed J'romisc!' "It's paid already, Alviry, bein its dune you good," said her husband, in gentle tones turning toward her a earning face, with a kindly light in his honest eyes. "It is real helpin' an' -upliftin like. An' don't you notice, A I virv. how there's nothilt' noisy, nor lioisterous 'monpst all the people. It's jct as if there wan somethin' of a Sun day sacred feeliu' in the grandnessof it -all! Frugal and hard working and indus trious, KU-n Jenkins and his wife had found little time for even the simple jdeasurc within their means. Hut now there had come to them a priv Urg pastJDjJ bejroud incre pleasure. and wakening to life the unworded de light of new thouphts and purposes and ideals. The same earnestness that entered into their dail3 duties ruled them, in their visits to the various buildings and exhibits. The children asked ques tions, and the parents answered them as liest they could. Every moment of the few days they could spend at this marvelous world gathering, must mean something to aU of them. KWn Jenk ins was a machinist, and possessed, to a large degree, the inventive faculty. Many were the devices fashioned by his skill, and used by his emph"3'ers with profit, but thus far they had brought him no financial gain, a never ceasing cause of regret to his wife, who ofteu remonstrated with him, for "spendin so much time evenin's at somethin' that didn't bring no pennies to their pockits." His answer alwaj's was, that he '"didn't count as wasted what might do somebody good some time." He was standing one day before an exhibit of a machine in which he was greatly interested, when his wife re minded him of the passing time. "I do declare, F.lien, it seems like you was measurin every inch, an countin ev'ry screw, an' calculatin' ev'ry thing 'bout that machine!" "Don't prudpe me a little time here, Alvirj-! This seems to clear up some thin I've b'en studyin on for ever so long, an' as sure as I can make it work we'll none of us ever Ik sorry we come to the world's fair." They had spent nearly a week at the fair, and had but one more day to stay. They had leen to Maine's state build ing, "just to see," they said, "if it would seem like home," and, sure enough, they fancied that the hills were nearer and that they could al most taste the salt sea breeze. The childhood days came back, and the vil lage schoolhouse under the bending maples and the old-time memories were full upon them, as they sat down to rest and recall more vividly life's early scenes. The children. Hiram and Ruth, had wandered a little distance and were talking to a man seated alone upon a tench. "And so you little folks have come to the world's fair?" he was say ing tot hum. "Can't you tell me your names?" "My name is Hiram Newton Jen kins," resixmded the lxy, "an" my sis ter's name is Uuthie Newton Jenkins, an our father an mother's over there, an' we've all lieen iu the Maine buildin' cos they used to live there when they was little, like us." Suddenly the stranger rose, and, call ing to the children, hastened to the place where their parents sat- "Alviry, have you forgotten me?" Mrs. Jenkins Iookco up at tne nronzwi face of the strange man for an instant, and then tried out: "I'.rother Jacob, that we've mourned as dead for many years? For all the world, a miracle, an' in tthin' else!" Explanations quickly followed. Ja cob Newton had left his home iu Maine long years l-cfore for the far west. Sickness and lost letters and removals had '.Mowed, and so the brother and sister had drifted apart. Thi year he had iH-en down to the old home in Maine, and was taking in the fair on his return trip. And still more news he had to tell. alut the death of an old aunt who had left three thousand dollars to this brother andsisterinca.se they could be found within two years failing which, the sum was to revert to ! a certain charity. Words cannot paint the blessedness of such reunions. Tenderness and joy an.l strength spring up like flowers aud wreathe with lxauty life's duties and its trials. "KWn Jenkins" said his wife to him, in tones uf unwonted gentleness, "don't you know the hull world seems differ ent from what it ever did before? Sort of swiratnin' roun' in smiles like! An I'm so glad, it's all come 'bout through us poin' to the world's fair. I never shall feel a bit skerry 'bout your bavin your own way after this!" "Sometimes Alviry, I'm thinkin' it ain't our own way we're havin' so much as 'tis the Lord's way. Wa'nt it the Ird that put it into the minds of all the nations to come together an' bring th-ir treasures an' show 'em to each other, an how can it help liein a bless in to all who go to seek the knowledge He's set out like a feast before 'em! It's sure enouph like settin' down to our He'venly Father's table an' partakin of His bounty!" Ella Dare, in Inter cean. A Oneer I.lttle Ouaker Custom. Near the city of Philadelphia there are a few quaint old villages where Quakers and Quaker customs are to Ik found just as th(3' were in the days of giMxl old William l'enn. You have 110 idea low odd some of these customs are. A few days ago a New Yor'c lady was traveling through one of these little villages, and. Wing tired, she stopped at an old brick farm-house to rest. Im mediately there came out a little girl, dressed all in graj', who invited her to come in the house and have a cup of tea and some cakes. When the lady h:id partaken of her refreshment and turned to go, she offered the old-fashioned maid in gray some candy out of a sweetmeat box which shecarried at her Wit. "No, I thank thee," said the little one bashfully. "I thauk thee but no." "Please take the candy," nrged the lady. "I want to give it to you because you have been so kind to me." For a minute the little one hesitated. She put out her hand, as if yielding to temptation, and then drew it back res olutely, as she said: "I thauk thee, no. I may not take the candy now, Wcause when thee asked me first, if I would have some, I told thee no. and now I may not take any until thee comes some other day. N. Y. Ledger. Rootle Wit. Dr. John Ilrown, of Iledford. England, told a good story the other .lay at a re ception given him by a Hosti-n gentle man. He said that the English rustics are sometimes regarded as rather fcble luindcd an.l not very promising i-crsotis for ministers to work among, but they once in awhile show a native shrewd ness by no means to lie dcspiseiL One of them, one day, leading his donkey, was met by a sportsman. Well dressed and equipped, who hailed him with the request: "What shall I give you to have a shot at that donkey?" "t. don't shoot the donkey, drawled the rustic, '"let brotherly love continue." ARITHMETIC LOSING GROUND. The l'rlnrlpl of m Srhuol Note a l'han?e in tavoritv KtaUira. These facts aWuit the decline of arithmetic as an educator were gath ered from the principal of one of the Detroit public schools by a writer for the Free Press. What lie savs applies only to the Detroit schools, 'though it would seem that the failure of what was ten years ago regarded as the most important grammar school study might not W confined to the city limits of the place named. In the lat ter part of the "70s and well along iu the 'sOs, he says, the pupil who was quickest and surest in arithme tic was also the quickest and surest to gain the esteem an.l influence of the teacher. He might be an ignoramous in geography, an undecipherable penman, slow to perceive the principle of gramruur. and a miserable speller, but if he grasped the point and pith of a catch problem in decimals or in fractions, his future (promotion to a higher class) was assured. Hut a change, gradual and sure, has Wen going on iu th . cur riculum of the common school. The arithmetical despot has taken a scat in the rear, while the young f dlow who seeks after real information in the form of history of lands, peoples and government, correct spelling and speech now sits on a front bench. The human mind is unsettled in its youth ful stage. It requires training, and the school exists only for this purpose. Arithmetic was once supposed to lie the best form of mind-training. It brought into full. play the powers of reason, and was placed first in impor tance, l.ut experience proved that while the reason was to a certain ex tent exercised the memory was neg lected. Again, the longest time and hardest work were devoted to arithme tic, and the other studies were ii:.re garded. With all of these concessions the arithmetic lesson was not more than half learned. To-day the put.il delves deeper into the more intellectual researches of civil government, gram mar, geography an.l reading. He can tell you now something afuiut the des tinies of government and people that hinge a)ut a presidential election. He takes an interest not only in the doings of Mayor Pinpree in iK-troit. but of Mr. Cleveland at Washington. Mr. Ila.lstone in England. Senor Cas tclar in Spain. Premier Crispi in Italy, and the young emjieror In (li-miany. He.knowsall aWut the late Hawaiian incident, and with delightful acewracv descriWs to you the location an 1 im js.rtanee of the islands, their climate, people and government. He liasb.-puu to read the standard authors, and with assurance that is attractive. Wcause an evidence of a bright mind, he com pares Thackeray. cott and Dickens, and tells you where this one leads and the other lacks. CALLING UP TRAVELERS. A Hrace nt 01.I t:xn-rlaiirea In Wntrro allude TllVliN. Every traveling man has had !.,s ex perience with the intelligent Wll lxiy who "calls"" for the early train. "l was jw. tm. ting my ear pretty live ly one night in a Texarkai- hotel," said a Texas man to a St. Iou.s (iloltc Democrat reporter, "when a big thumping on my door brought me up sitting in Wd. "What is it?" I asked. " l!oss!" said the darky, is you de man what wants to go on de two oYlock train to Hig Sandy? "1 had left no vail' and I made that darky understand so in a few short words. He tackled the next door, and I heard him ask again: " -IIoss, is you de man what wants to go on de two o'clock train to Pig Sandy?" "The answer was terrific. The darky was awed. For aWut live min utes he was still, as if absorWd in thought. Then I heard him say to himself in an argumentative tone: " "Dar's some 'tin in dis hal! who wants to go 011 de two o'clock train to !!: Sandy. I dun forgot de mim'oer." "He went down the line repeating the jx-n'ormanee at seven d.xrs ln-fore he reached the man who wanted to go on sle two o'clock train to Pig Sandy.' " An Illinois man thought he could parallel this evidence of sagacity. He said: "1 stopped one night in the hotel at Shawm-down, and left a "sure call" for the lxat which was exiH-cte.l : long alxiut four a. m. I went to bed and slept peacefully until the racket at the dixir aroused me. " 'All right,' I said. " 'Mr. Jones! Mr. Jones! sang out the darky. "You wanted to catch de l'a.!ixky boat? Well, dcy ain't n use o you getting up. De boat's done gone, sah.'" Kvcrronr Ilia Own I.lfe Preaerver. The children of Italian Wggars are often seen to W covered with tumors and wens, while otherwise they are perfectly hralthy. An iuquisitive sur geon has found the cause of the swell ing. It is a trick of the father or mother to appeal the more strongly to the charity of the world. With an in strument like a hypodermic syrin ;e the skin is punctured and the breath is blown into it, causing it to stand out like a tumor or other excrescence in a waj' that would deceive almost anyone. Dr. Sylvester, an English physician, has made practical use of the discovery by converting a man's skin into a life preserver. His method is to puncture the flesh of the cheek, from the inside of the. mouth, until the small holes reach to the outer skin. IJy then clos ing the mouth and blowing hard the checks are filled w ith air. so that a per son seems to have a little ballo n on each side of the face. It is alm st im possible to sink in that condition. After leaving the water a gentle pres sure of the hand forces out the air aud the check resumes the normal shape. It is therefore possible for every man t W his own life preserver. Paris American Register. Australian Outlaw a. - The bushranger, of Australia, and our own western road agent have ol jects and methods of business in the main identical, but thev differ in minor details and in their distinctive slang. The unfortunate traveler who meets a western road agent is "held up;" his exiH-riences with an Australian bush ranger would be practically similar, except that he would Ik "liaile.l up." while if be met one of the craft in New Zealand be would be "stuck on." A TEXAS GATEWAY. Wonderful Ingenuity of fhf Tiny Anta Iu the liiw Slar state. The author of "Tenants of an Old Farm" tells of one of the remarkable habits of the cutting-ants in Texas as observed by him. It relates to the opening and shutting of th-.- gates which communicate with the interior of the mound nests, which he found were opened and closed lie fore and after every exit the ants make. These gates are simply little heaps of dry leaves, twigs and other refuse, which are seen scattered here and there over the mound as one approaches it in daj--time. When I first saw them I was com pletely deceived, and thought them nothing more than accidental accumu lations. I found out, however, that these piles were raised aWive the sur face opening of the galleries that pen etrated the mound and filled the mouths to the depth sometimes of an inch and a half. The leaves and chips were inter mingled with pellets of soil, and occa sionally Wlow them the galleries were quite sealed with pellets. The gal leries frequently slant inward from the gate, and at as great an angle as forty-five degrees. Sometimes they de flect a short distance Imui the top. These com format ions allow more read ily the prH-essof closing, as they give a purchase to the material used. The d.xirs are opened aWut dusk. First appear the minims, the very small forms, creeping out of minute holes, which the" liavc doubtless made by working inside and carrying grains of sand away from the heap. Present ly larger forms follow, carrying awa.v bits of refuse, which they drop a couple of inches more or less, from the gate. This is a slow prx-ess. and ap parently nothing is accomplished for a long time. Hut evidenti;" the whole mass of plugging is thus gradually loosened. Then comes the final burst, with soldiers, majors and minors in the lead, who rush out. Waring Ik-fore them the rubbish, which tlies here and there, and in a few moments is cleared away from the gallery ar.d spread around the margin of the gate. These chips are doubtless gathered together for this purxjse. and are among the treasured properties of the ants. lcir.g kept near by for such service. I easily identified many pieces as being thus used several days iu suc cessii ,n. The doors remain open to give exit and entrance to the swarms of leaf gatherers until morning, when thej are gradually closed, the process con tinning in some eases until half-pasi ten. I n shutting up the house the min ors appear to Wgin by dragging the scattered refuse toward the hole. One by one they are taken iu and the ingenuity shown in this is very great. The workers proceed by ad jtistiiig the longest stalks and leaves that can stretch across and wedge into the mouth of the gallery, and then lay ing the shorter ones atop of t hese. As the hole gradually liils up the smaller castes of workers appear utx in the field and take up the work to which their slighter frames are adapted. The last touches are carefully and delicately made by the minims who in small squads till in the remaining in terstices with minute grains of sand, an.l finally the last laWrcr steals in behind some bit of 1 -af and the gate is closed. AT THE CHICAGO FAIR. Glass briclcs are 0:1 exhibition at the world's fair. They are intended for buildings wherein great light is needed. Tiik national congress of San Sal vador has granted President Carlos Ezeta a six months' leave of absence to visit the Chicago fair, and voted him ten thousand dollars "to cover probable o.pcnses." Cut. M Ai.xrs Anikksov. who brought the Viking ship from llorgcn to this country, is a Norwegian editor off on a vacation that lasts till August 1. He is taking the Viking's trip chiefly for his health and pastime. Visitoks to the world's fair will do well to provide clothing for cold weather, even in July. The lake winds have a trick of sending out arc tic gales at the most uncxH-ctcd jh riixls. and the weather of Chicago is capable of as many changes a day as there are hours. An interesting feature of the Har vard university exhibit in the educa tional department of the world's fair is a collection of glass flowers repre senting the flora of our own country, so delicately painted and nnxleled that the closest observer could hardly de tect the counterfeit. FLOWERS AND TREES. The water lily is largely used in some parts of India as food. The fruit of some species that grow plentifully in the lakes of Cashmere is rich in starch and has much the flavor of a chestnut. Thk Jerusalem artichoke has no con nection whatever with the holy city of the Hebrews. It is a species of sun flower and gets its name from the girasolo. one ot tne scientific names of that genus of plants. Al.l. the West India islands down to Trinidad just off the coast of Vene zuela, are recognized by their flora and fauna as W-ing far more nearly re lated to the northern part of the west ern world than to South America. TllK last annual circle of wood leaves an accumulation of living cells upon its surface, and toward midsum mer these cells produce an abundance of new ones until the aggregate is sufficient to form a new annual layer. This process on common tree; requires about six weeks. BRIGHT AND BRIEF. TnE right kind of a man never loses by defeat. Tiiekk is no poorer man than the rich man who never gives. No liooi can W conferred upon the memory of a phm1 man by a monu ment. Ir tl.re is any selfishness in a man it will be sure to crop out when he is hungry. The Wst lighted streets are traveled the most. Wear a smile if you want to W- Useful. A ;ooi thing to do on cloudy days is to try to push the clouds away from Homebody else's windows Ram's Horn. A THRILLING INCIDENT. One of Kit Carson's Many Daring Advonturos. In the summer of ls"l our party was crossing the great plaius en route to California, We numWrcd thirty-eight men in all, and our outfit, with its eight w agons, teaais and necessary sup pi le N was a -cry valuable one. In those days overland emigrants had literally to fight their way. Eternal vigilance wis the price at which life and proper ty were preserved. Nevertheless we had reached well into Arizona without u serious mishap, having lost neither a man nor an ani mal on our long journey. One day we were toiling along be tween Mogollor mountains and Hlack Hutte when far away to the left, riding diagonally across our course, we saw a single horseman whom, even at that distance, we knew to Ik- a white man. Splendidly mounted on a jet-black horse he was making rapid progress, but we could not at first imagine why he pressed on so furiously, nor why, as he could plainly see our white-topped wagons he did not make directly for us. Our surprise at his apparent avoid ance of us was increased when our guide, Jh- Carroll, riding in advance of the train, presently called out: "Close up, boys, and form corral. We'll likely have a fight W-fore long. There's sixty t more Apache chasing that lone riuer, and they'll have him, sure! Si-c how they're spreading out, the murdering villains! They know the ground ahead f them." Sure enough, we could now sec, just coming over the ridge of a distant rise in the plain, a band of mounted In dians, who, as they advance!, gradually extended their line as if to p .'event the hunted man from awerviugto the right or left. "Why in thunder don't the blamed f.xd ride straight for us?" impatiently exclaimed Tom Iloss our captain. "For a mighty gixxl reason," replied Jk-. "lictiveen us and him. light in the middle t that smooth-looking plain, and running square across his path, lies Devil's gulch. It's more than three miles long, very wide in places and no living thing has ever seen the lx.ttom of it. The reds say it lias none. There's no rise on either side of it, and it can't W seen till oi.o gets close up: but those devils and that xxir fellow, too. know it's there. He's optxisite the center of it now, and the bl.xnithiraty brutes see that he won't have time to ch ar cither end W-fore they overhaul him. o tijey're sure of his scalp, but they'll have to ride around the gulch to get at us."' "They'll pay dearly for that scalp, then," savagely shouted Capt. Kiss, "ilrabyour rill.-s. Wys. and thirty of you come along. Let the others stick to the corral. I'm afraid we can't save the man, but if a lot of you can pet to the puiiy W-fore the r-?.ls retreat Wyotid rifle-shot we'll have revenge, any hi w." We had no saddle horses except three ridden by Ross and Carrol!, and as we were liarely a naif mile irom t!ie ra vine, no time would Ik- gained by un harnessing and mounting the draught animals. So our leaders spurred on ahead and we "followed on foot as fast as our legs could carry us. At the moment we started the Wset horseman was about as far from one si.'.e of the gulch as we were from the other. He v. as still riding at top sp.-cd, but to our amaeruent, as we judged within four hundred yards f the bar rier he brought the pace of his horse down to a hatvl-gallop, thus enabling the yelling, exultant savages to gain rapidly on hhu. It seemed strange that the apparent ly doomed man should dcliWratcly. in this manlier, shorten his brief span of life. It must W-, we conjectured, only Wcause he wished to sell it more dear ly, for now we saw him half turn in the saddle and throw up his rifle. A pu IT of smoke, a report, almost inaudi ble to us, and the foremost warrior, who had come within a hundred and fifty yards of his hoped-for prey, reeled in his seat and pitched headlong to the earth, his trained pony remaining mo tionless by the dead Ixxly. Never checking the easy lope of his horse the while man reloaded with in credible speed, turned once more and brought down another of his pursuers while the scattering volley fired at him in return proved harmless. Our mounted comrades had by this time nearly reached the gulch. Sud denly one of them. Joe Carroll, turned back and, galloping toward us, .shouted: "It's Kit Carson, boys! And sure as you live he's letting his horse gather himself for an attempt to leap thegullv in one particular spot w here it's only twenty feet Wide. Hurry along like lightning, so as to get within shot of the reds if they're finds enough to fol low him to the edge." Loud cheers greeted this startling revelation, and every man of lis ran as if the wiirld's fate depended upon his individual speed. Hut, strain as we might, we were still over three hundred yards from the to us invisible ra vine, when Kit Carson twisted alxut. fired again with unerring aim. and a third savage fell. Then he dropjK-d his rifle, threw his heavy holsters and pis tols to the ground, and sitting well down in his saddle, rode straight for the yawning chasm. Tom Ross Lad gained the hither-side of the gulch, and the guide wa hurry ing buck to j jiu him: but we, now that the crisis had come, were so fascinated by the sight of Carson's sublime daring that we involuntarily came to a full stop, breathlessly awaiting the result On, with short. springy lxjuuds came the black stallion, and Ross as he afterward told us was close enough to mark how his mighty muscles seemed to bunch and gather into hardened knots as he ca ight sight of the awful leap W 'ore him. Calmlj- resolute, his unblinking gaze fixed upon th spot scl.-ctcd for his det Irate venture, sat the rider. With tightened rein, he holds the noble horse to his course until within fifty feet of the rarir.e'a sh.irn brink. tln-H gives him a free head aud, for the first time, lets the cruel Mexican spurs touch his glossy flanks, while from his own lips rings out a defiant cry of triumpli, as if victory were already assured. Shortening yet more his stride and crouching like pather aWut'to springv the Wautiful animal nears the gaping voi.L and we see him shoot, rocket like, high iu the air, while the Indians, still a hundred yards distant, are stricken dumb and motionless by sheer wonder. One half-second of suspense; then we break once more into wild cheers for the rxiwcrful stallion has cleared the chasm and reached the op posite bank. Ah, no! Something is wrong. From where we stand we can see the head and shoulders of rider and horse; but both are stationary. Neither shown out iu lull, and instantly we understand, that, although the latter may have jumped far more than twenty feet, he has Wen obliged to "take of!" too far hack from the crumbling edge of the ravine and has fallen short of M-rf.-ct success. A low moan of horror runs through our helpless crowd. All seems lost! Not for ten seconds can the chest and forefeet of the pxxl horse maintain their precarious hold. He and his rider must fall backward into the ter rible abyss. Tom Ro.ss sits in his sad dle not twenty feet away, paralyzed by the einminence of the danger. Not otheiwise can we account for his in action while fractions of seconds are precious. One instant more, and the gallant pair must x-rish W-fore our i-yes. Hut, no; the old plainsman, Jik Carroll, had come within fifty yards of the gulch when the leap was made, and now, as he spurs on still faster, we see his right hand whirling around his head though too far off to se' what -the hands hold, we know what the motion means and in another moment, while yet a score of feet from his mark, he has throw n the loop of his lasso around the iiii'H-riled man's lowly and his horse upon its haunches at the same time. The well-trained animal instantly pulls backward; the tough rawhide line tightens, and Kit Carson lies safe ujxm the sward! Alas, though, for the pMr steed! lie fore his master has Wen fairly drawn from his back, he topples over and, w ith a shrill cry, more fearful than that of a human being in its agony, fails down down down to a swift, but happily painless, death Then we awoke from our trance of terror and ran with might and main toward the scene. We found our lead ers each clasping a hand of the fa mous scout, and were in time to hear him say: "I've squeezed through lotsof tighter places than this, men. but have nev er W-fore paid such a price for my life. No amount of money could hav tempted me to part with that horse. He's saved my scalp over and over again and has at last died for me. Hut," turning to us, "quick with your rill.-s, lxys! Those red devils are going to run for it." "Steady men, steady," enjoined Kit Carbon. "Shoot to kill." "Now Ixiys. now!" prompted the vet eran figlitei, as tne ciouu 01 ponies turn.Tl tail to us thereby partially ex posing the ir riders. Thirty rilles cracked at the word, and four mustangs and nine braves went down; but lie fore we could reload, every dead or wounded Indian was caught up Wtween two of his unhurt comrades and, with demoniacal yells of rage, tin- whole crowd skurried away. Then we brought our wagons down to the ravine, made a temporary bridge with their txilcs lashed together end to end in pairs, and quickly recovered Kit Carson's weapons. "How was it, Mr. Carson?" asked Carroll, "the reds seem to have pot the start of yon this time?" "Yes" quietly replied the renowned pioneer. "I was fairly surprised f. -r once. I've Wen out for some days try ing to locate an easier road through the foothills. Having seen no Indian 'sign' about these parts, I rode careless ly round a bluff this morning and ran almost on top of that band of Apaches. They were coming straight toward me, not more than forty r.xls off, and noth ing but the speed of my horse saved inc. They've paid pretty dearly i'f their fun, though. You'll see no more of them this trip." "Hut why did you take the chances of such a jump, instead of riding off iu another direction?" inquired another of our party. "Well. replied Carson, "it was risky. Hut I knew the width of that narrow spot to an inch, and Wlicvcd Hlack bird could clear it. thus in a mo ment gaining three miles. The reds would have given up the chase then, even if your party hadn't Wen in sight, for they would have Wen obliged to ride a mile and a half twice over to get round the ravine; whereas if I'd taken to the open country they would have followed me for da3's. Those wiry mustangs have no end of bottom. "My poor horse did jump more than far enough, hut as you can see by the marks of his hxfs on the other side, he started fully four feet from the edpe, aud so fell short in his landing. Still, he would have saved himself if he'd Wen perfectly fresh, for he has more than once, with me heavily armed on his back, cleared a space of twenty five measured feet" Kit Carson, with whom I afterward became acquainted, was at this time in the prime of life aWiut forty-two years of age. I think; and from his rather slight form, low, soft voice and inixlest demeanor was the last man in the world a casual observer would have pitched upon as one of the most ad venturous pioneers daring scouts and successful Indian lighters known to American frontier history. He remained with us two days, but on the third day we overtook a large party of emigrants, from one of whom he purchased a thoroughbred Kentucky mare, and bidding us a hearty thxl seed. nxle oft toward his temporary headquarters on the Rio Verde as un concernedly as though totally unaware, that everywhere in that region lurked ruthless enemies thirsting for 10s bhxxL W. Thomson, in N. Y. I--dpcr. THE BARNYARD. As the comfort of the animal is de stroyed, so is its profitablcss reduced. The time to pet rid of old or other wise unprofitable animals is W-fore the pastures fail seriously. Have a gcxxl shade for the hop lot if it has to be built of Wards and during haying. It never pays to let swine cook in the hot sun. The work team is kept in the Wst condition more by regularity and man ner of feeding than by the greatest amount of f.xxl. Ik there is any rule more important in stK-k raising than to have the ani mal gain something eyery day from the time it is born until it is put upon the market, we have not heard uf iL
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