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SI.50 and postage per year in advance. VOLUME XXVII. E BENS BURG. PA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1S93. NUMBER 42. f.-ii a'-ot. 1 1 n m y f -in it; tit-two-.. . ,,. f.- a vil:i!W life t.-o sttor". j .y -a M m m m If III VII VII CJl 1 II I A. 'e 0ILSl OILS! Tlie At Inn I io I7'fmin Co., or riltl'ir.L', mnk ;i sjK-t i;ilt ,,f ni.-mn t':it u rintr for (ho uomes t i. - trrtile tlie finest hrnmls of illii;iiin:iiins ainl LuliricaiiR:; dils, I 'tin i can te eide froh mmm. Wr rli.illcnro I'oinp.-irison with evi-rv known product o(" potrol tiiin. It'youwish the most U : Unilbrraly : Satisfactery : Oils in the market for ours. ATLANTIC REFINING CO., ! i i rrnn;ii i !: r.. i'iTTs!uir:(;. P. R. K. SCITEDULE. I ii in .ii.i-i M iv s:. isi':; i'ii ii fel I il rrriiH.Mi. k r. s, i 'i r- I .;.r.- tt "0 i m M i-i .-..TiiTiio .itiori o ;; :1 )u h.r i I i. ii in i ., . n i r i i - I i ii ii iii ! v.i I i r-- , i I 1 M""-- R I J . in j v i:s r. j i ; t -r -n !:vj-ro--- C . 1 . I r.-- . 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'-How tit Otitain r.Htt-nt.'' with rami of ai tiial ciirtit in yourState, county, o" tow tt. .-i iit free. Ail'lrc, C.A-SrSGW&CO. Opposite Patent Office. Washington, D. C av . - aav ?-c'e r""r"'Ct'y fitted - ml truarunteeJ fur 2 A-lilic ilricsins. fi il. J. I)' 'i();. Optician, I -I ..!' i M. 'jS xlh M., I'i II Si'.l PA. I . !i ! y t lit . to f i i 1 1 1 v . .--., . tr i.ii-nf tle;r. I'r.n:rv ir Kiver I -e-i" .. Kh'im ii ty ti nrfil. JiiD-i'iJ fet'liiir: lri;itt..n uf fit- kn'i Wi'.iK0tH mis.iu tli IntMil, Mfl-t ii iy I'.i'ift rrti .ivfit u rntiiM't li:ie hciitth. t 14 1 mn t n e j cir. ajfo Hrlyht'i iHimne :ui'1 !r.i(.-y lrs 1. MiLt kk. S-tti l h"tn. I a. i t i ott..T .ithf-r pun ilar ir i nimn ial-. Try il Lnie uu:i' n-e.i. Tvu tjiuiii.-!. firrt rUilutlrll'hi:. I'. Sold nil rciinl.ltj tiru ictif. 4.'Jl.V3 ,iffg 9 ' ii i ; i'ii t 1 it rf -h.i :,i .f !- V- ... Ii'tin-v II i ti- 4.: v. r.r mil '.ivi r - tg - vj, .rfi r- mi f""- Jlo'ira" " ' . a l. H. Ill l:(iV A fKT I . "7Q?J f - - to 12 Ljwrvu.- at , Cuh.-iuuii, l. lu " "f i Etesian Fire lasnrauce Apctj .r. w. General Irsurance Agenl K 91 K si it TTIt f ; . I A . JOHX F. KTIiATTOS A SON, 41 A 4. M Ikpr St. TOCK. ItnpftrUri And Whi4cale IValf r in .1 k.ntU ot MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, Violins. Guitars, Banjos. Accordcons, Harmon! cas, Ac, a' kinds of Strings, etc., etc ll'AiMF.I' A SAI.I--S.MAN. KNKKUhTKl. .ii.-In i. K an-: l-riuht to reprefeiit the l-'ont-i.ti. Xtir-t rii-i. ol Canada, the l.tritrt.1 In the no nunion, liver 710 acres of cle lee i"tM-k. rosi lonl penniii.cn. ar.d luerutlve. Our hardy famuliiu . .i.i.-k ,n reinlIlT where properly Intro- , .Hi- e.l send t-r lerins n-- ai'd secure choice of lairiory. SIHNr;. W tl.I.IM l' N , aui din. joroulo, tJauada. A LITTLE LOVE SONG. The ttor'ul, my iloar. hath millions Its t-'old .'liinl.s to tht xkit-s; Hut oni- lli.-ri' is li:ilh trillions Thi lihl .if thy dear eyes! IVi-ur ey.-s: that are ho tender, No rii tu-s e;in ri-plaee. One gleam of their bright splendor The sunshine of thy face! The worlil. mv dear, with wonders Mav wake thy wild sjrpri.se; Hut shin- ul-ove its thunders The ruiulow-s ot ttiine eyes! . (Oeuieyes! that are bd lender That li'lit the years t. Is-; i One ray of their rare splendor Make earth a heaven for mo') The world, my dear? 'Tis Iroaniinp- Fa-! ltve -l:e dream denies: I waU": li.e liKht is -irouiiimi; llril t rr. 111 thy In-aateous eyes! Ii-a' eves! the kiml the splendid! ; Kar t.ver lan-1 and K.-a, Sliiiie m.ft, till life is ended Shine sweet, dear eyes, for me. I'raiiK K Staiit.iu. In Atlautie Constitution. DUItGLAIiS L A THAI. How Thoy Wore C.i.uj?ht by an Iutondod Victim. l'.Miple saiil I was very f.xilish when I bought a ti-n-iu-rt' islaml three miles In.iii the shore ami built my hummer mitise on it, but I laiik'hetl ami suiil lui.-t was what I souo-ht, anil there I v.. ml. I hare it. far from the ina.l.iiiiir en tw.l's irni tble strife. lleino; a bache lor, with few wants, I took with me only mv man Henry, who was an cx- ellent honeljeejer ami eoik. I don't think I ever enjoyed myself more than tlie first four weeks 1 spent ii the iislan.l. In the mornim,' 1 t.ok to tiie water, or took a walk for an hour or so; then I wrote for three hours, aiiil the afternoons I read ami loafe.1. anil at nirht I slept. Some days I won hi row over to the mainland, and every day Henry went over after the mail, unless it was stormy. Sometimes I hud a friend or two to drive with me, but no woman was allowed to come susliore there. I was rio;id in my determination on this point, for had not or.e Isaliella Vent nor told me two weeks before I bought the island that shedid not think I w:s tin- kind of a man that any wom an ou'ht to marry? She had. and for that I had forsworn ail women. As I say, 1 was supremely happy all by myself, exeeptinjr, of course, the hurt IsalH-lla had done me, and I think that was healing slowly, when one niotit the entire scheme was over t tin iw n. That flight was a dark one, but quite still, and I w.-nt to lied feeling fairly i-omfortable, ns a couple of my friends had been with me until seven o'clock and "ere to return early in the mornino; vt it ii a sttillioat for a fishiny trip out to deep water. A bout one o'ch K-k, or per haps later, I was awakened by hearititf a disturbance of some sort downstairs, ami lie fore I had my eyes fully opened Henry rushed into the room, slammed the door and locked it. What's the matter?" I exclaimed. 'l-'or i i.xl's sake, major," he gasped, -i-t up ami help me. l'nere s i.urlars in the house, and I'm done for." Then Henry went down on the floor in a heap and I lit a lamp, as there came a terrific hammering on the door. The lijrht showed me Henry cov ered " with blood, his throat slashed, lyinir there dead or dying, as I sup posed. W hat to do I did not know, for the otilv arms in the house were across the "hail anil the burp;lars had me shut off from that direction and were rapidly .lemoiishino; my door. Thev swore and poiindcd. entirely re irardless of the ordinary rules of bur glary, for they knew that so far away from tlie shore they were perfectly safe. ';. downstairs and p;et that ax," I heard one of them say, '"and we'll hare this blame il-xir tint of the way in a minute. We've done up one of 'cm, and now we've pot to do up the other; so there won't be u.ny telliu tales out of school." Then he lauy;heil. and I heard foot steps down the hall and stairs. I knew there was no help for me there, and only a chance any where, ami 1 took that. One window of my room opened out on a back roof, and from that it was only a short distance to the ground. Once out of the house I hud one chance in a million of escape. In a minute I was out of the window, over the shed and on the ground. I had on only my pajamas, and the sharn stones cut my feet cruelly, but I did not think of that. It was life, and life is very sweet to us, even though some fair Isa liella may have slipped a drop of bitter into it-Ov.-r the rocks and stones I flew, po intf I knew not where, -thinkine; of nothinp knit cscapei. What brought me to my senses some what was my rusiiino; into the water, and at lirst I thought of sniii:miii? out and tryin- to reach the mainland, but I was only a XHir swimmer and I knew I should be drowned or cauo'ht and knocked on the head in the water b- the burplars as a hunter mij.rht knock a tnuskrat in the head, and the horror of it drove, me back. Then I thought of my own lmat. but before I started that way, I rcmcmlcred that my friends had moved it over Vo tue mainland to return at daylight i.r. the suillxiat, lear'nip me only mv -t-ts to Mnal the shore in i-aJ -f need, and what were sipnals now? Only a means whereby the murdernrs mipht discover me. One thinks rapidly at such moments. I fancy, and all this took place in much less time than it riMpiires t. tell it; but there was time enough for the burplars to learn I was not in the room, and with their quick eyes see the window through which 1 had escaied. and I heard some of them rumiiiif alonp the course I had taken, am! one poinp down towards my tioat lauding to cut me off there. Then aimlessly again ami utterly dazed. I Itegan to circle the little is laml. running on the lcach. They could not see me and my bare fift made no noise in the sand and I ruslusl madly uhead. when all at once I went w ith a terrible crash over Nomcthiiig on the beach. 'I hey were near enough to hear my fall, and one of them shouted: "Here he is, ICill; we've got him; we'll fix him now." I thought al Hint as the burglar did, but as I tried to get up I found I was in a Isiat drawn half way up on the sand. I almost shouted with joy when I made this discovery. It was their boat and once in it ami on the water I was safe! Hy this time I could hear their f.mtsteps along the shore, which was quite rocky and rough here, except the little bit of beach w here the ttout lay, and they could not make such headwaj' as I di.l, as they did not know the way through the rocks. 15ut they were coming fast enough and cursing at every step, and with the energj' of despair, I caught the loat in my arms, and with a wild strain I tried to shove it into the water, lint it would scarcely budge. Again ami again 1 tugged, the blood almost bursting through my ears by the exer tion and the skin tearing from my hands and bare arms. So mar I thought to safety, and still the danger increasing every second, then s I heard an oath, more wicked than the others, as one of the bur glars fell over a stone, I felt the loat move, and a little wave rolled in and lifted it, so that with one more push it slid off into deep water. I jumped in, caught the oars, and as the burglars dashed down through the darkness to where they heard the noise, the lout shot out into the water-and 1 was safe. They might hare shot me from the sh ore, but thev had either left their re volvers iu the house or had none, the revolver Wing too noisy a weapon for burglars ai a rule. Whatever the cause they did not fire, and I did not wait for it, at least that close. A hundred feet out I Wgan to Ite myself once more and I stopped rowing. "Why don't .you come on?" I shouted back, half hysterically. "Hold on," they yelled, and I could hear them running up and down the shore in the darkness. 'Oh, you're all ripht." I laughed shrilly. T11 come ami take you off in the course of a few hours," and then, fearful that they might get their guns, I rowed away as fast as I could for the mainland. I think I made that three miles in half the record, and when 1 found the lirst policeman, he was for ru.ining me in as a lunatic or a sleep-walker, but he knew me, and as soon as I told ni3' story, a force of ten men loarded a tug and we returned to the islaml. Ily this time the first gray streaks of .lawn were showing in the summer sky. and as we cautiously ran up to my wharf, it was almost light enough to see the house We saw no burglars, however, nor any signs of them, though I knew I hail them penned up on the island and es cape was impossible. We waited until daylight, and then, deployed as skir mishers, the policemen began to move across the island, expecting any mo ment to Mush a burglar or get a shot from ambush. As we came up to the house one of the burglars uppcared in the doorway and was covered on the instant by a dozen guns. "Come in. gentlemen, come right in," he said, cheerily. "We were expecting von ami we've got a nice breakfast ready." The man's coolness almost gave me the hysterics, for I knew by the sound of his voice that he was the fellow who wanted to "lix" me. ut he was uttering the truth they did have a nice breakfast for us (out of my larder), and not that only, but they had found that Henry was not dead, and they had washed him and done w hat the3- could in caring for him, and had done it so well that he is alive to day with only an ugly scar on his neck as a memento. Th re were four in the lot and we soon had them handcuffed, and then we sat down to breakfast and enjoyed it, though I must confess that by this time the condition I was in physically was not pleasant. "You're a quocr gang," said the lieutenant of jMilice to the leader, who had invited us to breakfast- "What did you do this for?" "The breakfast, you mean?" "And all the rest of it," said the officer. "Well cap'n,"he replied, "it's like this: We wiu here, fer de swag, kill er no, ami we thought we hud killed the fust one, and, of course, the other one hail to go, to stop" talk. Then w hen he got away and had us penned up like rats we came to the conclusion that we had lctter git out the licst way we could. The one we thought was dead only needed repairs, so we repaired him, and we knowed you'd Ik here bimcby to look fer us. and probably coming out so early in the morning you might Ik hungry. So, lieggin' the gent's pardon fer trespassin', we turned in and fixed yon tip a nice breakfast. Now, wasn't that alxmt the white thing to do?" I had had enough to put mist men in a bad humor, but this candid statement struck my funny-bone somehow, and I laughed until the tears ran down my checks, and even the ttoliccman smiled. Of course, the burglars had done the Ix-st thing Jxissible for themselves and the very unique plan they had udopt.il of necessity was in their favor, and they only got ten years apiece, Henry testifying so earnestly to their polite ness and care that that part of it was not taken into the count at alL I!ut I can assure 3-.u1 I did not go back to the island again. 1 gave it to Henry, as it stxxl, and he lives there with his wife, respected and admired, I do lielievc, bj- every burglar in the guild.-for he holds them in the highest esteem. Oil, yes. I almost forgot- When this story came out in the papers, and my part of it was set forth, as only report ers Unow how to do such things Isa Ixi'lla. of course, heard of it, and one m.xtnlight night she said tome: "Major, I thought once you were not the kind of a man for a woman to mar ry, but I've changed my mind." 1 feel under obligations to those bur glars myself. Y. J. Lamp to n, in le troit Free l'ress. Tlie l-loli-"irrecir. A Indon photo'rraphi r has con PTructod an instrument to which lie gives the name of -photo-corrector," the object of which is to rcj'tdatc and correct the various proportions of the Itodv. irrespective of the lise which the " .' ittcr may tcl. ct. The result is that w'.iih; the actual likeness is faith fully preserved, the hands and other parls of th ; lody w hich are distorted by the ordinary proc-essof photography are at once with th-' brought into Harmony .-.1 fi,,. r,.,.t of the figure. "What was Van Chrome's last pic ture about? He's the still life artist. you know." "Ah. yes; it was a moon- t shine scene in Kentucky," Kate. I Field's Washington. j A CHINESE CRUIKSHANK. Ills fascinating Cartoons Attacking the Opium Trattlr. The SiK'iety for the Suppression of the Opium Trade has republished in fae simile a most curious set of Chinese cartoons on the national vice, which has an almost exact parallel in the famous Cruikshank series, known as "The liottle," says the I.on.t.m News. The native Cruikshank begins with a picture of a happy home, at any rate of a happy summer house. The native debauchee is taking his first whiff. He reclines on a couch of elxmy, inlaid with marble, and all his surroundings are elegant and luxurious. This is No. I of the series. No. 2 represents parental expostulations the youth on his knees liefore his father and promising never to do it again; No. ::, relapse, and No. 4. the w ife painting scrolls for a livelih.xxl in the miserable home. In No. 5 the smoker is at it again, while the wife and children, with a reckless indiffer ence to perspective which is in itself suggestive of despair, weep by the side of the liesotted father's couch, and the old mother does the work of a domes tic drudge. In No. il the wife loses her temper and .lashes the smoking gear to the ground, w hile the infuriated debauchee tries to Wat her with a bain into. In No. 7 he is again sucking at the recov ered pipe, while compassionate friends vainly offer him the fixxl for w hich he has lost all apixetite. In No. S wife and child regard him with horror, but he d.ies not seem to mind. In No. il he has lice 11 .sold up and his lodging is on the cold ground. In No. lo the dogs are after him as he crawls through tlie villager,. No. 11 is the same as No. la. "only more so."' In No. Vi we see him. or rather the wretched skeleton of him. crawling into a hole iu the rix-ks. in a wintry landscajx, to li, still hugging the pipe that has brought him to ruin. SYMPTOMS WERE ALARMING. Itotli AnVcteit Simultaneously with, a aire lo Kind a Doctor. The following is a true account of the development of a curious and alarming complaint which suddenly attacked Chappie and ('holly as they were driving back from the club the other day. according to the New York Tribune, and which is still af fording great amusement to their friends. One of these young gentle men who was driving his- companion in his buggy suddenly complained of a stitch in his left side. The pain grew more and more intense, until he lie came quite seriously frightened, when, to the consternation of the pair, the other man was attacked precisely in the same fashion on the right side. With a fifteen-mile drive ahead of them, and fancying themselves seized by some, mysterious and inscrutable disease, with the pain increasing every momeiit, the prospect whs not a pleas ant one. Wildly they lashed the horse in order to reach the nearest village and a dtx-tor. and 011 they dashed over stones and ruts, lcaring the rustic passers-by agape with astonishment. Suddenly, in the midst of his lamenta tions over the pain. Cholly exclaimed: "Don't you smell something burning?" and a strong smell of lire w hich, if it had not lcen for their excitement and fright, they would have noticed long before, made itself very apparent. "I'.j- Jove'." shouted Chappie, as he clapjx'd his hand on his waistcoat rxH-ket. "it is those matches: And to their immense relief they found that a pajM-r Ihix of matches had ignited it self by friction and the fire had not only slowlj- burned its way through the ganneuts of the owner of the Ihix. but hud extended itself to the trousers of his friend, burning a large hole in his last l'oole suit, and causing no lit tle consternation in the minds of both. CARE OF TAN SHOES. How the Infrenioua Itootblark Still Karna Ilia I lime. When tan shoes Wcame fashionable three or four j-ears ago the b.xtblack st.xxl aghast. Some of them-turncd pale, says the Washington Tost, but most of them did not Weause nature debarred them from that manifesta tion of apprehension. As man after man passed their stands with his feet sluxl in coverings that did not admit of the old-time 'shine," they believed that their race was run. The ragamuflin who makes his liv ing ujxn the corners is an individual hard to down. When the second sea son of tan shoes came around a new lrictluHl of polishing had been devised. It has 1 tee 11 amplified until it has be come a science. As at present practiced by the high priests of the art it requires first a thorough rubbing with a dami rag: then the application of a half lemon; then some mysterious unguent that is put on with the ball of the thumb, ami lastlv a brown polish invented espe cially for the occasion. This latter is brushed with a piece of canton llan Iicl. No well-educated and self-respecting lxxitblack would use any other kind. The man who is put through this course of ornamental sprouts finds himself wearing a jair of new russets, ami he iuj-s for it one dime. As this is double the old price the ojierator is happy. He has not lost. anything by the shoes whose introduction promised to prove his Itune. Men in 4000 A. It. A Trench statistician, who ha s leen f.t tidying the military and other rec ords." lias found that in 1G10 the avcr a v height of man in I!urope was five feet nine inches; that in IT'.w it was five feet six inches: in ls-JO it was live feet live inches and a fraction. At the present time it is five feet three and three-fourths inches. 1 1 is easy to de duce from these figures a rate of regu lar and gradual decline in human stature. The calculation shows that by the year -Moo A. 1. the stature of the average man will lie reduced to fifteen inches. Nam lo k 'liildren In (irrmsny, r.i rents cannot name their children just w hat they please infii-nnanv. 1 !y iui crial order government functionaries aro forbidden henceforth to register an v infant in a Christian name Waring the slightest relation to politics. Six.-iali.sts are very fond of calling their children UoWspierro, Lassalle, licltc-l, I.icW ki.eet and the like, but Emperor Wil liam objects to the practice. So the child's name uiust W chosen from the liible, the calendar of saints, or from the roll of princes and national heroes. WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN. Chit-r up, cheer up. my moping mates And chase away the blues: e cannot all be at the head. Nor yet our pla-cs choose! And some have ruled, and some bare served. Since e'er ihe world began; So, if we cannot be the l-rst. We'll be the best e can! The ship, with all her treasure-store Would never reach tin- land. If men, because ihey could not rule. Kef used to bear u hand ; The tar who swinss the sails about Is none the less a man Thau t hief or mate, if in his place He docs the bes' he car! We cannot all. iu tit-Id and ha'.l, To fame an.l Kit try rise; Though hosts may den the student's frown Not all can win the prize! T r mmie must fail, as some have failed. Since ver time bean; So. if wc cannot be t!;e 1 est. We'll tc the t.-sl we can! The rititton I lue on noti'.e's breast May cover i.rei-U aral pride. While attril utes of nol.iesi worth. The lnl.len irr..v "' hide. The soldier may no brav. r t' Thouirh he may lead the van. Thau he who battle in the rear And dix s the Ik-si he can! Che-r up. cheer up. mv comrades al And chase the -lumps away. To mope !t-c use we can't be first. We'll linil it lix-sit"t my The sou-ide-t motto t-'.-r was framed For either lnv or man. Is: "if I cannot do the l-cst, I'll do the tx st 1 lasn!" M. A- Mailland, in tioldt-c Iaya. TIIE OLD SETTLE I. Ho Hoars That the Hatchot Story Is Not True. "(iran'pop." said little I'eleg one day, "didn't you ever hear of Ceorge Wash ington and his little hatchet?" lVleg:' replied the Old Settler, looking sternly at his inquiring grand son, "'arly an late, an' late an' "arly. I've sot ye 1 warnin' ag'in siniwatin". Do you think that 'cause Sugar Swamp wa'n't swellin an bustin' with popu lation like the ridge is here that folks never heerd nothin' there? Do you think that 'cause the sclnxilma'ms that usi-ty ketch the young ii'ees o Sugar Swamp by the seat o" the pants and the nap o' the neck an' churn 'cm till tha were blisters on 'em do ye think that 'cause them seh.xilma'ms didn't chaw gum an wear their hair down in their eyes that the young idee o' Sugar Swamp didn't know nuthin'? You're siniwatin, I'eleg! You're siniwatin that your txxir old gran'pnp didn't git no furder along in his eddication than to stan' up ag'in the wall an spell b-a ba, k-e-r, ker baker, an' hoi' up his han' to ast wuther him an" liill Ilonutt couldn't please go out an git a pail o' water. l!ut I kin tell ye, sonny, that the young idee o' the Sugar Swamp decs trio' grablnil l'arnin in great big chunks, and the schixilma'm never had to ast more'11 wunst how much t'.vo temstx was. I hadn't ort-r say nulh in' more to ye 'cause ye siniwuted. but just to pour coals o' tire on your head I'll let ye know, h'posh, that I have heeril o Oeorge Wasli'nton an' his little hatchet, an' the on for Unit cherry tree, an', more'n all that. I don't think a durn sight o' the hull business, nuther!" "Don't you, gran'pop?" exclaimed I'eleg. "Well, do you know that it has Wen found out that it ain't so?" "What hain't so?" asked the Old Settler. "Why," replied lVleg, "what his tory saj-s alxmt Washington and the hatchet- He didn't cut the cherry tree down with his hatchet-" "(io'way!" ejaculated the Old Set tler. "What did he cut it down w ith?" "Nothing," said I'eleg. "lie didn't cut the chcrrj- tree down at all." "An' C.eorge didn't go up to his pop an saj" "l ather, I can't tell a lie! I done it with my little hatchet?' " "That's what the teacher says has been discovered." said I'eleg. "Sonny." said the Old Settler, "this here has added sumpin like nineteen or twenty yarsto your gran'pap's life. It has t.xi'c a load offen his min.l like liftiu' a lifty-pound weight offen a pressin' o' head cheese! That's the only thing I had ag'in Wash'n'ton. .list to think of a man cz liked his little hxter the ol stuff in the momin's like he diil, with tanzy in, mebby; an" a man ez could handle a cuss word now an then without spilin it, ez the record said he did when his men wa'n't tight in' jist to suit him, an' then to her hint handed down to hist'ry ez sayin' that he were a chap ez couldn't tell a He! 'Why,' I nsety say, "if that's so, (leorge Wash'n'ton mowt jist ez well a not Uecred fer his morn ill snifter, and he mowt jist ez well a let his sojers act f.x.lish without chuck in a swear or so at "em. fer this here little statement that he can't tell a lie spiles the hull business. Smie things alxtut ye. t'eorge. I uscty saj-. "is great, but I can't go that little statement 'bout lyin"! It ai'n natur.' An" so 1 ha never were no hatchet an" no cherry tree, hey. I'eleg? An" George Wash'n' ton never said he couldn't tell a lie! I ll., I 1. I,.. .r ....... . . T ever heerd on. an' now 1 know it! He I liked his snifter, an he could handle cussin' when he were mad, an' he never said he couldn't tell a lie w hich has alius lHen a siniwation. I'eleg, that anylxxly ez could tell a lie were pixtty fur along on the down-hill side o' the turnpike! 1 can hardly wait fer nex" Wa-sh'n'tou's birthday to come around, I want to celebrate it so bail! I'eleg, alius keep your eye on the man that makes a p'n't o' gettin' a reputation fer Win' a man ez can't tell a lie! Folks done their best to git me up a reputa tion like that tan. but I lit it and fit an' tol f m they mustn't " 'Don't do it, 1 says. "Tain't right! Jist 'cause I don't lie,' I says, 'hain't no sayin' that I can't, I says. "Even up to this very time folks often meets me an, shakiu' their heads, says: You an (Jeorge is like two jH-as! What a team you an' him would a maile!' they says. That has alius made ine maihler'n a hornet, sonny, but now when they say that to me I kin clap 'em on the back an' say: 'Right you are, b'gosh! Me an Georire M make that team now, matched to a T, and sound in hoof an' wizzen! "Which gives me a chance to reeo memWr sumpin fer ye, sonny. It's a T: tout a feller citizen I had wunst. who lived in the Sugar Swamp deestric'. II is name w as Tupg Corian.ler Tugg. Now somehow or other he got the numo o' W'in'a man ez couldn't tell the truth, but it wa'n't o at alL Tha uever were a truthfuller man ever lived iu Sugar Swamp an' I don't 'cept tnyscl' nuther than Coriander Tugg were, liut folks wouldn't b'lieve anything he said. an' things got so bime by that Coriander Wgun to git worked up orer it, an" said that if folks didn't look out he' show 'cm one o' these days wuther he didn't tell the truth or not. I usety argy with folks and tell 'cm th.-y was wrong, 'cause 1 know'd Coriander wa'n't the all-pcr-vadin'. liar they said he were, an' they aetu'ly got to sayin' that the fust thing they know'd they'd W a 'spectin' me o' sitretchin things! The folks that hud fust set cv'ryixxly ag'in Coriander was Jepthy Ilibbly an' his ol' aunt '.Mainly. They was in the storekeepin' business an' so were Coriander, an" Jepthy had grow'd up with the reputation o" Win a man e. couldn't tell a lie. H said he was setch. an' folks somehow ha 1 got in the habit ,o" b'l.erin' him. im so when Corian.ler Tugg started in the storekeepin' business in Sugar Swamp Jepthy give it out that Coriander couldn't tell the truth, an folks had to b'liere what Jepthy sai l. So things went kind o tough with (iria-nler, an one day he come to me an' says: " siie," says I.e. 'I'm pointer turn this here deestric' tepsy-turvy. sufs he. '( t dcr, says I, "how?" " 'siic, s:-ys he. 'I kin out-Wwitch the witchin'est witch cs ever lived when it comes to Wwitchiu' things,' says he. ' C.-riander," says I, 'I never know 'd ye could.' says I, "but if ye say so 1 know tha hain't i.o doubt ye kin.' " Si'ie,' says he, ye kin hate yer b.x.ts fer ten piiierations that I kin,' says be. 'An' w'at do ye a.' pose I'm pointer do?' says he. " Coriander.' says I. 'I dtinno ' " "Sile," says he. 'you know, and so do I. that Jepthy Ilibbly j, tlie biggest liar on the face ' the earth, an' so is his Aunt '.Mainly,' says he. " 'Coriander,' savs 1. -if tha's any thing I do know, it's that," says I. " sile. says Ci.riander. "I'm goin'cr Wwitch Jepthy's store things s.t's he'll show all his customers what a durn lyin feller citien he is, an' y il he'll W a-tellin' them the truth all the time!" says he. 'Ye couldn't do much w uss to a chap than that, could yc?' savs he. " "Coriander,' says I, 'b'gosh ye couldn't!' "So Coriander he td Is me to po over to Jepthy's store nex' day an" hang around. 1 did, an' ev'ryth.i lix.kcd jist cz it alius did. till in comes ol Sis ter Duntubbs, a p'tie'lar frii t.d o Jepthy's an Aunt Mandy's. She or dered a pound o' pork an a yard o cal iker. Jepthy weighed out the jxirk, an' cz lie done it up I s-e that Sister Ihintul'Ki lix.ked kin 1 o" starey at Jep thy. Then he measured off the caliker, and Sister Dunt.ibbs savs: " 'llrother Hiobly," says she, 'I said a pound o" pork an" a yard o" caliker.' " 'Yes, Sister Dunt ulilts," says Jepthy, 'that's w'at 1 heerd ye.' " 'l!ut ye only give me half a pound o pork an' half a yard o' caliker,' says she. " oh, no!' say Jepthy. " 1 Hi, yes'.' says Sister Duntubbs. "Then Jepthy weighed the pork over ag'in. It weighed a pound. He meas ured the caliker. 1 1 measured a yard. There!' says he. 'That's right, sis ter! A pound o' jxirk an' a yard o' cali ker!' " 'It's no setch thing!' says Sister Duntubbs, mud. 'It's only half a pound an' naif a yard!' "And th"i Aunt 'Man.ly come an' jincd the chorus, an" pxty mshi there were the liveliest kind of a quarrel go in on, an' Sister Duntubbs hustled out o" the store, yeliin" that she'd never come in setch a cheaty place ag'in. Coriander's v.itchin' were workiri' line. The pork wen a pound an" the caliker were a yard, but the store were be witched to Sister Duntubbs. anil she could only see half a pound an.l half a yard. An' so it kep" on goin'. Folks came in an' ordered things, an' Jepthy weighed an counted an measured "cm, but they never came out right, an' ev'rybMly bimcby got it into their heads that Jepthy were an ol" cheat an' a liur arter all. So they quit his store, an' hud to do the nex' thing, which were trade at Coriander's store, an' when they found that he could tell the truth about ez well ez anylxxly, they kep' on tradin' there. Sure enough. Coriander hud turned the deestric' topsy-turvy! "Well, sir. the consckcnce were that Jcothy an' Aunt 'Mandy hud to pull up an' leave tiie deestric', an' they'm rec omctnlit red there now ez the must onbiusl.iii' liars ez ever lived, an" it were tell'm' the snuggest kind ' gospel truth sumpin" they hadn't done afore that give 'em the reputation. An' so, I'eleg. I were alius giad I lit ag'in folks buildin' me up a reputation for bcin" one ez couldn't tell a lie, though they know tol'able well that I fight shy o doin" of it- An" I'm glad that thur hain't nothin' in that story Mxiut the little hatxhet an' the cherry tree, 'cause now I kin lixik folks in the face when they say to me that me an' (Jeurge Wash'n'ton "d made a match team, an' kin slap 'em on the back an' say: " Kight you are, Vposh! Me an' (Icorge 'd make that team, now, b'gosh, matched to a T, an sound in hoof an' wizzen!' " Ed Mott, in N. Y. Sun. State Itiaurance' In Crananyr. John Craham llrixtks. the bureau of lulxir expert, describes in the Forum the effect of compulsory state insurance in ("cnuany. Ten years ago the first step was taken to bring the w hole ImhIv of (iertnan wage-earners under com pulsory state insurance. To-day nearly thirteen million laWrcrs are actually insured against sickness, accident, in validity and old age. The peocle are fairly satisfied with the provisions ex cepting those concerning old age and invalidity, which they would eagerly vote out of existence if possible. The limit of age has apparently Wen placed txi high. Mr. llnxiks thinks the experiment on the w hole a great success, particularly in its indirect so ciological results. I'nrelcn I ncllsh. The difficulties and dangers of using a foreign language ar; exemplified anew in a paragraph quoted from Notes and (lueries. In a hotel not a hundred miles from the top of the Kigi, the fol lowing not ice is posted: "Misters and venerable voyagers are advertises that when the sun him rise a h'rn will be Mowed." After that the visitor is suf ficiently prepared for an entry in the wine list: "In this hotel the wines leave the traveler nothiugr to lio.e for." DECEIVED BY H;S CAUTION. A 'ointerfelt I'wi-kaire Mistaken l.y lie Owner lor One Hint foiitalned Money. I arrived here just liefore the first bank suspension, says a Denver cor respondent of the St. I.rfiuis (iloW-Dem-ocrat. and one of the first calls I made was on a merchant whose nervousness made it painful to do business with him. no mutter how large a bill could be sold to him. On this particular oc casion he seemed afflicted with an ex cessively severe attack of his chronic complaint, and he told me he was t.xi much worried about finance to talk about giving orders. After awhile he became communica tive and told me he had succeeded ill withdrawing from th- bank that day rather over four thousand dollars, which he had put away in a strong box in an actually bnrglar-pnx if vault, into which thieves could not x i.ssibly break through and steal. He proceeded to tell me in addition that he had made up a dummy package represent iii!'. and indeed counterfeit ing. t he pack age of currency, which he hud careful ly laWlcl with tin- actual contents of the valuable roll. The dummy pack age, he explained, was in the back of his ordinary cash drawer, which he showed me. His exp'a nat ion of this peculiar precaution was that as he had Wen seen by several people who had heljH-d start the run on the batik he was afraid his place might be buri'lar-i.-.eil. and that if it was the dummy package would undoubtedly W taken without Wing opened and examined, and the thief would hurry away with out searching for further b.xity. I smoked a g.xxl cigar with the mer chant a ml t ricd to convince him that his bank was all right and that be had taken a great deal of unnecessary troiildc. I.Hte in the same day. how ever, the bank had to nispend. and when I saw my customer the next day he chuckled over the success of his precautionary measures. When 1 pot him down to talking business he sud denly remembered hi owed our house a few hundred dollars, ami said if I Would wait he would goto the vat.it and get the money. He came back in ab. nit ten minutes hikingHs though lightning had struck hiin. He carried in hi.- hand what I presumed was his roll of bills, and when he threw it on the counter and rushed headlong to his cash drawer I began to doubt his san ity. Hut in a minute his peace of mind was restored and the explanation was obvious. He had made up the real and dummy package so much alike that he had deceived himself and had placed a roll of brown paper iu the vault, w hile the package containing over four thou sand dollars had been lying hx-sc in his cash drawer without any protec tion against fire or thieves. His re marks on his own blunder were abus ive in the extreme. A LOCOMOTIVE EXPERIENCE. How m Kcje-t-i-l I 'Iyer Tiiriiel I p at a I'ri.e Mat In lie. Strange things happen when men make tip their minds that they can't help hapjH-ning. It is now over twenty years, says a writer in the Locomotive Engineeriii'-, since Superintendent Ilcaly. of the Khixle Island lix-omot ive works, built a passenger engine for the Old Colony. This engine had seventeen and one half by twenty-two inch cylinders, with a live-fxit wheel, and the only i miovn 1 i -ii on the stan lard engines of the day was the trial of two and uu quarter inch tubes instead of two inch, there being alxiut one hundred and sixty of them, liefore the engine ever made a turn the general sujx-rintcn-deiit heard of the big llues and openly announced ti..it the engine would never make the time with the Fall Hirer lx tat train for which it was built. The master mechanic admitted that he didn't Wlicvc it would ever steam, an 1 one by one the engineers shook their heads ami allowed that it couldn't make it ltccause it couldn't. Then the firemen announced that no man could keep it hot, and no one ought to expect that jt could Ik done. The en gine was doubted from the start. Everyb.xly said it couldn't make the run ami it didn't. It went on the road and was a failure from the start, and after eighteen months' service it was rebuilt. The general superinten dent paid the Khixle l.-land locomotive works ?l.(iMi extra for a new Wil.-r (re turning the old one) like the old one except that it had two-inch tubes. lie said he knew that the new Wilcr would steam and the engine make the time. The master mechanic said he knew so. too. and the engineers an.l firemen agreed with them that now it was all right. It was all right, steamed well and made the time liecause cverylxxly said it could and would. Some months afterward John Thomp son, general mastar mechanic of the Eastern railway, wanted a seventeen inch passenger engine, and wanted it as cheap as jxissibie. He was induced to take the Ixiilcr discarded by the Old Colony (after Wing thoroughly re paired). None of the engineers knew the engine had an old boiler or Hues larger than the ordinary. Mr. Thomii son said she was a line engine and would just play with their fastest and heaviest express. The men all counted on her as a g.xxl steamer, and a p.xxl steamer she was. This engine never lacked for steam, did her work well and as economically as the best engine on the road, and is in the service yet running in sight of the scene of her former failure. A Snake lalMratory 1- ouitdedU An enlightened Itengali, Habit o vind Chandra l,uhu. has contributed fifteen thousand rupees towanl the e penscs of a snake laWratory at Cal cutta. Two main lines of research will lie followed in the laWratory. S.i called cures for snake bites will be tested under strictly scientific condi tions, and the properties of the i nuke poison as such will W investigated. The laWratory will W the only insti tution of its 1. ind in the world, and the committee of the Calcutta zixdogieal gardens which has taken the uia'tvr in hand expects that it will W largely resorted to by the scientific iuquircrs who visit I ndiu during the cold weath er. In accor.lnnee with the practice of kciciitilio llxiratories in EurojH a charge will W made for the use of the tables anil instruments at a rate sitfli cient to cover working cxih-iiscs. Work done on W-half of the govern ment will also lie charged for accord iiu to a regular scale.
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