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b:r VOLUME XXVIII.
EBENSBUHG. PA., FRIDAY. MARCH -23. IS94
NUMBER 12.
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II at I
DREXEL'S
IMPROVED EMULSION OF
PURE NORWEGIAN
0D LIVER OIL
WITH CHEMICALLY PURE
HYPOPHOSPHITES OF
LIME AND SODA.
FOR
Lnsumption. bronchitis, coughs,
colds, asthma, scrofula,
skin diseases, nervous diseases.
WHOOPING COUCH. ANAEMIA.
i-.atarrH. mm earn..
CENERAL DEBILITY. ETC ETC
fiiis v.ilual.lc preparation cures by its nutritive
fc aln r.ilive power. It is a true emulsion. not
tut- o.ip, is easily diaested, qtiicklyrassiniilated.
B Ji'jws Its woiiaeriiu action on blood, tissue
fa nrre liy a most marked Improvement from
breiel's Emalsion of Cod Liver Oil Is especially
an r.tl'lc lor unicima, nervousness, tor scrofula
II st Mulous swellings, ulandulrtr enlarceim-nts.
m ihf. w.-.tinij diseases of childhood, r'or tys-
ti: :tn! ti.-rvous conditions, loss of hVsh, dts
d lr.-n and ni;ht sweats, it is a iwrl.-ct cure.
rreiel's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is the very
t riif'lv lo Ie nail lor Collins, coltls, lirrmrhltis,
ip, l.uvnitis, sore and hlcrilinc throat, hoarse-
, ti kltiik; in tnroat, soreness ol cliest anil all
r irril.iled. ititlanird antl diseased conditions
ic throat, lungs and chest.
.irre bottles, 50 cents per bottle. Sold by
vijts generally, or sent to any address on re
, f 50 cents.
SOLE PROPRIETORS,
inkelmann & Brown Drug Co.
BALTIMORE. MO. U. S. A
"NO MORE DOCTORS FOR ME I
oy naij I Tv.ts crtisurrntivo, t?nnt ran t
Diida, tola iub i Keep mini, lit, ru ne
int. ami no tennis. Just think of it.
I.i iv I found a little lnok called '(iu'uln
ll.-.iiili. bv Mrs. 1 iiikliam, and in it 1
lnd out what aileil me. iio 1 wrote) to
, pit a lovi-ly r'ly . told nm jutt uhat to
ami 1 am in spU-iniiil lie. ill li now."
DiAE.PlNKHAM'ScvoX.i,ra
iiiers all those weaknesses ami ailtm uts
.revaleiit with tlie sex, auJ Te.stoies ior-
h health.
V 11 Iim'sfs -ll it as a .t.-t mlnnl arll-
, or ai'iit by imiil, in form ( 1'illa or
enires, on rereipt of JM.UO.
lor the -un of KMnoy ('oinplnuits.
er sex. the ('oiiinoiiiul has no rival.
iMrs. t'tnk Ij:uii freely answers letters ot
hniry. Knclose st.inip for reply.
VSend lvo ? cnt stamps (or Mrs. Finkham
5
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Hrdiiiiiui nn- ,.ii;e iiiiiairMteu iiimipi. rninn.
"GUIllE 10 HF nL I H AND tllllllfcllC.
It contains a vnlum ol valuable information.
II his jvd (ivf and may t.i.e yourt
ha t. P.nkham Mi. Co., Lynn, Mass.
from Pole to Pole
tm'i SiR4rAiiit.i-A. ha dcmontrated (ta
fuwer uf i ure t'or all di.ejuHa of the liiood.
The Harpooner's Story.
.V bnlJoTil, June J, 1813.
I H..I. C. Ann e t'o. Twenty yenra co 1
a a !irpouner In the N'orth lkicitlt-, when live
'-r i-1 th. crw and rny-tf were laid up with
VirvT. t Mir bodiea were bUaU'd, (ruma awollea
I t'k-eiiuig, teeth Ioorc, purple blotche all
r Ui, ant' mr breath H-med rotten. Take It
and lariro were pretty badly ott". All our
-miia n.a aicideutallv detroved. but the
k'aia had a r.mplu dozen bottle of ArlK'a
In-pi.u.l a and uave u tliaL We recov-
nn it ijuii ki r than I havo ever een men
fcrl.l itS.mt Lv an v oilier treatment for Hcurvv.
p l'n..-rn a p ..d deal .f it. t-Wintc no men-
iii ymir Almanac of your rarnaparilla tn-lng
1 1 T Mirtr. 1 thoueht von ot'KUt to know of
and tn .ei:d you 'he fiurt.
lw.,.i-t!ul!v voura. Hai.ru T. Winoati.
Tho Trooper's Experience.
T"-. JiatutalanJ S. A friVu.) March's'. 18S.
I a.. I. . Ana k f'o. Oentlemen: I have
b j.lei4.nr. to u-.tify lo tbe iriat value of
f-r .r.a;itarlla. We kavn beev tiliond
f.rnr.r two veara. durini? which tune we
t lo live la tai. Beinrf under canvaa fi
kii a tin. hrrairht on hai l called in thla
t itrv "veldt-aorea." I lial tho.e aorea for
p time. 1 w is adviacd to take your Saraa.
. two I. !!!. of wbi. h made my aorea
f-'i't'-ar rapidly, and I am now quite well.
luur.truy, T. k. lliiDIH,
1 romper, Capm Mounted iHJiemtn.
Iyer's Sarsaparilla
li" iy '.lioroiiplily .rfective blood-pnrifler.
!n n.-il ii im. ihat eradicatea the polaona ot
f i, M n nry, and Coutairioud LlaaM
a U.i. j t..in.
TREPABrD ST
'J. ('. Ayer ii Vo Larvrell, Ml
Sola by nil 1 iruKgista : Prloa $1 ;
mx buUi i for 90.
FOR ARTISTIC
OB PRINTING
TRY THE FREEMAN.
"d Tr.nle Murk obtained, and all !
ul'.o'."" ' '""'"'-ted for Moderate F?.
t 1 , " PI"'' U. S. Patent Oniee.
., ,u ' lire vatent in lem time than thoce
fr w i-hm-.ton.
"' I ira intr or photo., w ith rtewrlp-
... ' 1 if patentnhle or not. free f
. i' t r r.... ... ..... i I
. a e'i one in- p.tieui l .eeure'l.
rjmrihi,! .-Ii . . ... . . . . i.i-
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. " iiemi- in ymir rMaie, ciiuniy.w
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P. A. snow on.
Oppotila Patent 09ice v,,Shin,ton. 0. C
'M't li-s.(,r;sv r.N tonell a crmb-e line
'J l.iHKKAI. SALAKV or HUIMIS.
T ll
' trhl,V. I'l.liMANKNT and
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I V e. ILkifi iiiiv iiivl'M if nt:.
! ' rue at once for term !
Jawks Nursery Co., Eocbcstcr.N. Y.
Constipation
Doraamls prompt trervttnent. The) rw
units of negleet may be serious. Avoid
all . harsh ami drastic puroatives, th
tflinleney of whi h is to weaken the
bowels. The best remedy Is Ayer'a
1'ills. Ueing purely vegetable, their
action is prompt and their effeet always
benefieial. They are an admirable
Liver ami After-dinner pill, and every
where endorsed by tho profession.
" Ayer's Tills are highly and tinirer
ally spoken of by the jm-o1 alxtut
here. 1 ni.iko daily use of iln iii in my
pra'tiee." lr. I. E. Fowler, .Bridge
port, t'otin.'
" I ran recommend Ayer's Pills above
all others, having loujl proved their
value as a cathartic for myself aim
family." J. T. lless, Ieithsville, Pa.
" For several years Ayer's Pills have
lieen used in luy family. Wo tiud theut
an
Effective Remedy
for constipation and indigestion, anl
are never without them in the house."
Moses (Sreuii-r, Iwcll, Mass.
"I have used Ayer's Pills, for liver
trou hies and indie.stion, during many
years, and have always found them
Iirompt and efficient iu their action."
N. Smith, L tii a, N. Y.
" I suffered from constipation which
assumed such nil oli.stiuafe form that I
feared it would cause a stoppage of t.hr
liowels. Two boxes of Ayer's Pills ef
fected a complete cure." 1. liurke,
tiaco, Me.
"I have used Ayer's Pills for the past
thirty years and consider them an in
valuable family medicine. 1 know ot
Ho better remedy for liver troubles,
and have always found them a prompt,
cure for dyspepsia. "-.lames ijuinu, !J
Middle St., Hartford, I'onti.
" Having been troubled with costive
ness. which m i nis iiu it-aide witli per
sons of sedentary habits, I have tried
Ayer's 1'ills, hoping for relief. I am
plad to sa that, they have served iue
better than any other medicine. I
arrive, at this conclusion only after a
faithful trial f their merits." Samuel
T. Jones, Oak si., lioslon, Mass.
Ayer's Pills,
I'KKI'AKril P.T
Or. J. C. Ayer & Co.. Lowell, Masf
Bold by ail Dealer la Uediclue,
CARTER'S
FILLS.
, S!ck H-aidnPhe and r-lioveall thotmnbl! (rjef.
dent to a. bilious stafoof tho ay. tern, alien aat
IiizzitiOaa, Nausea, Urowninosn, Pistrens at tec
ratlin;, l'alu iu tua Side, ka. While their moat
romarkabte auccoe: hut Ix-en ahown iu curing
Tleail.vhe, yet Carter's T.lttla Uver Pilul are)
equally valnabloinOonstiiiation. citrmif awl pra
M ntniR tliifloiilloy iiiC(na.l.iliit.whiIo they also
cnrreetulldiiiordei'sof ttioKtriiDaclitiniulato the
Jivcr and regiilitti the bowels. vcn if tUeyonfw
Acbetboy W'-tiTd hoalmoetpriccb-nnto thoaewha
anfier fri'uii tliiailii'tressintrcoiiiplaliit; butforit
Tiat.dy t fieireiodiiesHd(K-s iotend heM.anil thrMe
TAhooiicntrytttem will find the-stf little pills vahi
ttl'lo In wuiMiy ways that t hoy will nut bo wit
liufj to do uitbout tlieiu. But after ailaick liua4
Is tie bane of pr many lives that bore is where
we mainour favat boast. Our pillscure it while
Other do not. ... ,
Carter's Ldtln IJvf r Tills aro very small anU
very easy to taky. Una or two pills makoa dose.
U'lii-y m e etrictly veije.tatde. and do not gripe or '
ptir-e, but by their ?entlo action pleasoall who ,
U:e then, la i-ialsat iSrents ; ftvefor f 1. tiokl
liy drug iists everywLaro, or Bent by mail.
2AKTER MEDICINE CO., New York.
nyA!XP!Ll. small dose, smallprice
m a -V"e:ttl
HALLS hair
RENEWER.
The preat popularity of this preparation, ;
after its teslof many years, should be an
assurance, even to the most skeptical, that
It is real I v meritorious. Thoe who have
used Hall's Uaik Kkxewkk know that
It dis'S all that is claimed.
It causes new prowth of hair on bald
hr.a, provided the hair follicles are not
dead, which is seldom the case: restore ,
natural color to pray or faded hair; pre
serves the scalp healthful and clear of
dandriitT; prevents the hair falling off or
changing color; keeps it soft, pliant, lus
trous, and causes it to prow long and
thick.
Hall's IIai.i Rfnfwer produces lt
effects by the healthful influence of its
vegetable Ingredients, which invigorate
and rejuvenate. It Is not a dye, and is
a delightful article for toilet use. Con
taining no alcohol, it does not evnp- :
orate cpiicklv and drv up the natural oil. ',
leaving the'hair harsh and brittle, as do .
other preparations.
Buckingham' Dye
roa thi
WHISKERS
Colors them brown or black, at desired,
and is the best dye, because it Is harmless ;
product a permanent natural color; and,
being a single preparation, is more con
venient of application than any other.
pmCFARBD IT
R. P. HALL & CO, Naahna, V. H.
gold by all Deal en In Medicine.,,
0
C LINIMENT
V STRICTLY
For FVriLY Use.
Dropped on su rar suUermg clnlJrrn i love to
take iu Every Mother rlould have it in the
house, it "'v v'v relieve and cures all ache
and pains, asthma, bic.iichitis. colds, convhs.
catarrh, cuts, chups, chilblains, colic, cholera
morbus, .arache, hendachr. Jioopiiig cotinh.
Intlnmmiition, la gni.pe. lameiin.s. mun.pv
muse-iilar soreness. luumlpa, nrrtoils fctail
ache rlirniuatiKiii. bites, burns, bruise, strains,
sprains, stiic: s.swel hugs, stitl joints, sore throat,
ore lungs. tiNith-icUe. tonsilitis and wand Kilic.
Originated in imo by the Inte lir. A. John-.
Family Physician. Its merit and tm clltiice
have satisfied everybody br nearly a century.
All wild use it are amn acd at its woudc rtul power.
It is aafe. soidhing, satisf vim;: so any u k.
sen-itive urfcrcrs. I sed Internalatid fcjcternal.
Th rmetort aiunature ! uireetioii. on every U-Ole,
IICrtM fionehtet rr-e. fol.l ererywie-re. ,friee. .ew
tun l-utu. , .i. 1- a. JJii..so a. eJ., nnmi,
Garfield Tea
ru.t -
iiiiff.
I ( una i ....tlit...U. lie.loie.t'Oilll'leiJ.H. J 1'r,",j'
J billx aiHitmi. uiujilcu.,4i."i-j"."
i CuresSickHeadache
ws!k I
VOX A3 r97v
IN SHAUJ.V-LAND.
" Tlie pi iiuon at his iu.v to fl.i.it
No brc. z-: aloii tae st tiscep;
lint ro.iiid .in.l ruoii I thi: swaymj boat
'1 he l.i fid ut. sluu i.l.ly cro-is.
if yes'o i i ve or yest.'.- year
lledr.UeJen Ihn idlu s'.rand
Who knuui.' T.uic has uo measure here
111 SivdoW -IJkud.
For ouc ix-rpetual season floAers.
And knows un c!iaie ef suu or moon
To tnaru lue nevi'i'-v.ir.'in-; luiurs
l'roin d io t. dusk, rroia ntht to noon;
Nor son? ot tir.i, uor hrcuiuof rosa
Hut still ju i far, ou eiih r hand.
The lily blows, thi' water tl.ius,
lo Shallow-Lino.
That soft, uniea-ilii ; i ipjitj rocks j
The keel ihjl uttu it ;.ei nis lo fc'llde, ,
Aud lo his dreuiii.0' fancy mocks
a he niotioii of an ou ward tide
Iiiui shapes bis half-shut cy. lids till.
Ho hear the wave wash ou the Baud,
Nor guesses that he lingers still
In Shadow-Land.
Awake, Odallier with a dream
That only in thy fancy dwells!
1'iisli out into tliy oircu stream
Ucyoiid these poisoned honev-bells!
Lis; the strong wind a,iiinli-r rift .
The drousy frak-rar.ee rouu 1 thee tanned.
Or perish of tis Ucauly drill
In Shadow Kind'
-Kate Putnam Ostfoua, In X. V. Independent.'-
HELPED HIM PROPOSE.
And Promised Not to Tell, But It
Was Too Good to Keep.
Arthur l.yle was a cunfirmed bach
clur. He vfas a tall, baudMume j-nuug
tellovv, with blue eyes and dark hair,
lie was iiu artist by profession. He
had bub fiirt- patrons,' but that fart did
not trouble- liiiu much, ufc he was very
wei 1-tte-do.
He- was idly toying- with his watch
ol ui iu and watching; tin smoke of his
ijriw- as it-i-urleel upward in the; air,
v. lien tho tlooc opened and Mr. Clifton
Wayne? entered the room.
"Well. Arthur, how are, yon towlay?"
were his, first words. "Thinkiujf of
your lady-love?" -" -
"Ilon't be ; a fend, Clifton!" was his
polite reply. 'Vou know 1 Late girls
liU-u like " .
"Softly, softly, my dear tsir," inter
rupted C lifton, laug-binfMy; "the trouble
is you haveu't come across the rig;ht
one"
"And never will,", interruptejl Ar
thur. "Hut enouphj of this nonseiiNe.
I heard to-day that your sister Clara
vvas 'iiViouC ' to Vive a grand balL - Is
that so?" .
-"Of course it is, and you're to be in
vited. . And iay, Arthur, Cousin Nellie,
from New Orleans, is coining, too. She
vVill 1h a splendid catch for yon.
"There you go again,' Clifton. You
know 1 am a confirmed bachelor. And
us for Miss Nellie what did you aay
Iter name is?" -
"Forsythe Nellie Forsythe. But
good da)'! I havean appointment down
town.". .And he hurried away.
: Years ago Arthur Lyle had felt that
Ire understood one woman. He had
even' gone so far as to tell her that if
sere-so -willed, it henceforth, his life
would be devoted equally to her anil
his profession. Andcfehe had smiled and
looked so pleased that he had kissed
iter, and supposed that she would at
some time, not far distaut, be his-otvu.
But he had supposed too much, as lie
afterwards, found out when she was
married a few weeks later to a dashing
younjf lawyer.
This hurt his susceptible and sensi
tive heart to think that she had so de
ceived iiim, and he told her so the first
time he saw her after lier marriage.
And she, with one of her innocent,
surprised looks, answered his indije
iiaut words by baying "that he had
never asked her to marry hiin."
lie bad not "met her for several years.
He went to visit his friend Cliftou at
his beautiful villa in the suburbs. .
lie hal Wen there but a few days
when he walked out on the piazza, and,
to bis amazement, saw his former
sweetheart walking around the grounds
of a neighboring; house with a half
gniwii child a little girl who in many
ways resembled her mother.
He walked on aimlessly, blind, deaf
to ererythinp; around him. Thoughts
of his lost love and the fate that had
separatetl them were struggling to
gether tumultuously in his brain.
The sound of a horse rushing madly
down the road and a low, startled cry
roused him suddenly from the reverie
into w Inch he hud fallen. He looked
up and saw a young lady in great
peril.
He darted forward, and seizing the
horse by the bit, stopped him.
What a gentle woman's heart she
had. this lovely girl with soft, brown
eyes and U-autiful golden hair aquiet,
little creature with a charming, refined
face.
"Where do yon wish to go?" he in
quired, resiH-etfully.
"To Wayne villa." she replied, in a
sweet voice that thrilled his heart.
"1 found no one at the depot to meet
me, so I got a horse and thought I
would ride over, but my horse took
fright and I was throw n olf as you see.
but if you will assist me to ri-niiiunt I
think I can reach the villa safely."
It was a splendid night. The stars
shone beautifully, the air was soft and
balmy. Wayne villa was brilliantly
illuaiinated; Chinese lauterns shon c
here and there among the trees in
fact, it looked like a fairy paradise;
carriages drove up and deposited ladies
and gentlemen ami the sound of music
was heard from the parlors. Miss Clara
Wayne was giving a ball.
""When Arthur l.yle was announced
there was a buzz through the room, as
he was a general favorite, and maneu
vering mammas did not quite despair of
catching him.
"Ah: Arthur, how glad I am to see
you!" exclaimed Miss Clara, seizing hiiu
by the hand. "I must introduce you
to Miss Forsythe."
"Hang Miss Forsythe!" thought Ar
thur (his thoughts were all centered on
the fair girl he had rescued on the road
that morning), but he followed Clara
olietliently to the corner of the ruoin,
where u lady who had her back turned
to hint was talking w ith a party of gen
tlemen. "Miss Forsythe, Mr. Lyle," said
Clai-a, presenting him. 'Why, what's
the matter with you, Mr. Lyle?" shei
cr'i.sl, as Arthur stood, with his eye
wide open, looking at Miss Forsythe.
For in Miss Forsythe he recognised
the lieautiful girl he had met so unex
pectedly in the. morning- HowcTer, he
recovered himself siirticien tly to con
verse us if nothing had hapiened.
From that titna he found that he
loved her. She was a woman after hi
own heart. But he didn't know how to
tell her so if he made up his mind that
he cared to marry. So he waited.
' Then he thought some one might
come along if he dallied, and, discover
ing what a wonderful woman she was,
win the prize he coveted away from
him. He felt as if there was possible
danger in delay.
But how to say what he wanted to
that was what troubled him.
Little cold shivers went over him and
his tongue would cleave to the roof of
his mouth, lie felt sure that if he be
gan to propose words would forsake
'him, and there he would stand, gasp
ing and opening his mouth like a dying
lish.
He hal been a constant visitor to
Wayne villa for several mouths, and
he was thinking this morning, as he
walked leisurely up the path, that if
he could but meet Miss Forsythe he
would speak.
As he turned a bend in the path he
saw seated ou a rock under a shady
tree the object of his thoughts.
She smiled when she saw who it was
that had intruded upon her peaceful
- privacy; and the poor, lovesick artist
; thought she had the sweetest smile he
' had ever seen. She made room for aim
auiTtits sat down beside her.
'This is a lovely morning for sketch
ing, and 1 thought I would sketch some
of this beautiful scenery, but now that
I have found something so much more
, interesting to me and so much more
beuutiful I I think I would would
would"
"Bather talk," interrupted Miss For
sythe, with a quizzical smile.
And the artist blushed like any rose
at his foolish speecli.
Then there was a little silence, which
Miss Forsythe broke by saying:
"Here comes your protege," as Flora
Hale came tearing down the path at
breakneck speed
t. dear!" sighed the poor artist,
with comical despair. "I don't see
why I should be so persecuted, do you?
That child worries the life out of me."
"I say," called out Miss Flora, while
yet a long way off, "you aren't a fool,
are you?"
"I hope not," answered the aston
ished man. "What makes you ask such
a question?"
"O. 'cause." answered Miss Flora.
"You see, I heard ma and Mrs. Insley
talking about you an' Miss Forsythe,
an' Mrs. Insley said it was as plain as
the nose on your face that you loved
her like every thing.onlyyou daren't say
so. An' ma she said you was foolish
not to tell her an done with it. for
she'd seen how you wanted to for a
good while, an she said Miss Forsythe
thought her eyes of you, an you must
see it if you wasn't a fool, an lots more
that I can't remember. Hut I knew
you w asn t a iooi. "
Aud then this little protege smiled
lovingly up iu the red, red face of the
poor artist.
He glanced at Miss Forsythe. She
was blushing like the reddest rose of
summer. The sight gave hiin courage.
'.Miss Forsythe," he began, and then
he got frightened and paused.
lSut he mustered courage and went
on:
"Do you care anything for me? I cer-.
tainly do for you." j
Then he fouud himself holding out
his hand to her, aud she put her hand
in his, and then he kissed her. He
wondered at himself and his new-found
courage, for he kissed her again.
But the fact of his su ilden bravery
was enough to make him as courageous
as most lovers are. and he actually put
his arm around Miss Forsythe and gave
her a third kiss.
Miss Flora stood and watched mat
ters with mouth and eyes wide open,
taking rapid and accurate observations
of what was transpiring.
"Don't tell, will you, dear?" said
Miss Forsythe, coaxingly.
"No, not for anything," answered
Flora, with a grin.
An hour later, as the artist and Miss
Forsythe came up to the house, the)'
heard Flora rehearsing the whole af
fair to a group of delighted children.
"O, but it was just jolly!"' crieJ she.
"He just got awful red an' kinder
rolled his eyes up to her this way; an'
she was redder 'n he was, an' pretended
she seen something on the grouud,
when there wasn't a thing to see; an';
he says: 1 love you more'n tongue can;
tell,' an' stuck his hand right out
to'rds her so an' she took hold of it an'
then he kissed her again, an then he
stuck out both his arms this way an'
hugged her, an' then he kissed me an
railed me an angel" here "the angel",
stopped to titter "an' as near as I can;
make out he'd never have said nothin"
if I hadn't helped him, 'cause he's a
man, an men are'fraid of women."
The artist and his c mipanion looked
at each other and laughed.
Just then up came Mr. Wayne and
startled him by clapping him on the
back, saying:
"Hello, old fellow! Why, what in
the world is the matter with you?"
Nothing." said Arthur, recovering
himself.
Well, it was but a few weeks till
Miss Forsythe became Mrs. Lyle, and
Mr. Clifton Wayne cannot com pre hen d
how Arthur overcame "his hatred for
girls." Francis Lee Hare.
TROUBLES OF WRITERS.
IK FoT: had more than
one dose of
Newgate and the pillory.
Srt.NsKit. the poet, suffered
the ex-
tremes of poverty and neglect.
Covt TF.lt was all his daj-s overshad
owed by the gloom of insanity.
Le Saok was poor all his life. In old
age he was dependent on lib, son.
Mi I. Ton was blind in his old age and
often lacked the comforts of life.
Bacon- was avaricious, and his greed
for money finally led to his disgrace.
Byrox was club-fixited and the fact
was a source of constant misery to him
all his life.
Dantk pas.sed most of his life as an
exile from the only city in which he
cared to live.
Voxiki the great Dutch dramatist,
was poor all his life, and was finally
bnried by charity.
Nkwton'k great regret was a lack of
time to complete the work he had laid
out for his life task. .
Bi'nyan tassed twelve years in jail,
and during that time supported him
self while writing "Pilgrim' Irog
ress." Dishakij, the author of the "Curiosi
ties of Literature," rained his e3-es by
his indefatigable studies and became
almost blind.
VISITORS AT WASHINGTON.
How Stranger Pour Into thai National
Capital Front Everywhere.
The national capital is the Mecca of
sight-seers and they flock in hundreds,
to this city at all times of the year,
says a writer in the Brooklyn Eagle.
They come . singly, in couples and
squads of from a dozen to a hundred.
They are from all sections of the coun
try and represent all classes of socie
ty. The spoony newly married
couple, the well-to-do farmer who has
harvested his crops and is enjoying the
fruits of his summer's labor, and ex
cursionists from different parts of the
country journey to Washington with
the convening of each congress. They
take in the old historical houses, gov
ernment buildings and monuments
. and visit the home of Washington and
the Arlington cemetery. But by far
. the most interesting object to them is
the capltol buildiug. Here they de
vote the most of their time and atten-
tiou and roam at will through the ro
tunda, statuary hall and into the gal
. leries of the house and senate- Their
chicf delight, however, is to go upon
the lloor of the senate and sit in the
l seats that were occupied by the illus
; trious Clay, Webster, Benton and oth
er renowned orators long since num
bered a mong the great uiajoritv. anil
to recline for a moment of bliss in the
viee president's chair. A majority of
these visitors seem. possessed with a
mania for collecting souvenirs, and are
ever on the lookout for something to
carry away as a memento. Not an ob
ject that is portable eseapes their dep
redating hands; they clip tassels from
the costly damask portieres; chip bits
of marble from the walls and pillars;
take knobs from doors, and one fiend
a short time ago had the audacity to
cut a piece as large as the crown of a
hat from the center of the twelve hundred-dollar
Smyrna rug that covers the
floor of the marble room of the sen
ate. Anything in the way of pens,
pencils and even inkstands that is
found upon the desks of the senators is
regarded as common property and as
such are appropriated by the rapacious
relic hunters.
MASCULINE AFFECTATIONS.
Tha Idiotic start,, the Walk tar Stick, Kvea
lajr Tie) and Nonclialaare.
It is said on excellent authority that
the idiotic stare is still in favor among
the exotic youth of swelldom, and any
fashionable young mau who cannot
learn bow to abstract every atom of
expression from the countenance and
look on vacancy with an expression of
imbecility, cannot In-long to the select
coterie or hold rank in the inner cir
cles. There are other important matters
which must be carefully committed if
one desires to Ik- in the van of fashion.
The first of these relates to the walk-,
ing stick, and this involves perhaps the
most serions responsibility. For the
stick must lie left at home when going
to business, to church, or to make
calls. The reason of the latter by-law
is that in the language of the stick, to
call upon a young lady while carrying
a cane, implies that the caller is on
sufficiently intimate terms to look in
on her casually any time. What finer
subtlety than this is to lie found in the
intricacies of feminine etiquette!
Then there is a fixed and immutable
law governing thecarryingof the cane.
The correct style is to hold it at an
angle .of forty-five degrees, with the
ferrule- uppermost and forward. Of
course, this is the sort of thing no man
could possibly discover for himself, for
the unsophisticated would naturally
carr) his stick with the point to the
ground and in so doing stand revealed
as unltiated in the supreme refinement
of etiquette.
-.No man with a particle of self-respect
would wear a made-up evening
tie, and as some men find it quite im
possible to learn to tie the bow them
selves there has sprung up a new in
dustry for women. A young woman in
Indon has taken up the unique call
ing of going from house to house tying
the neckgear of distraught bachelors
who cannot do it for themselves. The
custom w ill probably lie introduced on
this side along with the other Knglish
quirks. Bet no man in his conceit as
sume that when Pandora opened her
casket women monopolized all the
vanity.
Besides it isn't good form to le so
critical. A nonchalant lienevolence,
superior and patronizing, is the latest
mode, and it is not gixtd form to be
caustic or pessimistic any more.
FINANCE NOTtS.
TllK amount of money received and
expended for the relief of the miners
during the recent general strike in
England was 101,714.
FuK.vt il imports decreased J51,3-,U),tHK)
francs in lsu:i. as compared with those
of the preceding year, and the exports
decreased iM,! IU.imhj francs.
F.astimi"xi trunk line shipments of
breadstuff and provisions from Chica
go for the year ISMS were 2.1f.2,2:M tons,
against l,7:.Utfv' tons in lsu-J.
Tiik otlicial returns show an increase
in exports from Canada for the past six
months of nearly S4,0k,(HHl. The im
ports for the past six months increased
half a million dollars.
Tiik "foreign trade of Canada was
S-4.'y4.tMSJ in 1SM3, as compared with
SJ41.M.tx0 in 189-i The exports
amounted to fllH.6l9.(HW, by far the
greatest in the history of the do
minion." The Edison Electric Illuminating
company, of New York, reirts for
year lsu:i gross earnings gl.1M. :. in
crease SiHl.7; net 85M,ri7S, increase
Slia'i.Sll. and a surplus over interest
and tlividends of SM.tVttt. Bradstreet's.
Statisi kh compiled by the census
bureau show that in the United States
there are 14.009. 4S7 horses, or one horse
for every four inhabitants; mules, 2,
2M5.5:W; cows. lu.All.950; swine, 57,409,-&b:i-r
and sheep shorn. Si,l-2t,feH.
A marriage contract according to
the laws ot England or of the United
States is not valid in France nnless al
the details of French law are complied
with. The American woman who mar
ries a Frenchman in this country is not,
in the eye of the French law, his wife
nutil all the requirements of the code
Napoleon have been com plied with.
Not Surprising. Williamson (a
poor shot) "I haven't had any better
luck hunting this year than I dul last-"
Henderson "Of course not. The bird
aren't auy larger." Truth.
CHINESE DELICACIES.
DLahea
in Which the PLjtaile I
Celestials RoveL.
Curiam Article or Ulet for Which
rhera Is No Name In KaglUh
IMnlng lo a Moaa;e)iiaus
Haaharjr.
Every day in New York you can see
score of pigtailed gentlemen in the
' neighborhood of Mott street each car-
ryiug a huge brown papr bag. If you
; could open these mysterious puckages
you would find desiccated shrimps and
prawns, picked Auioy cabbage, delicate
little tubers known as "ma-tai" bitter
cucumbers, dried devil lish, Awabi
clams from Japan, smoked oysters,
preserved sharks' fins, pots of sweet
meats, funny looking sausagesand lots
of dainties for which, according to the
Herald, there is no name in English.
A poor laundryman will spend a quar
ter or a third of his income upn these
luxuries, and will devote a half day of
his precious time to cooking them in
approved Mongolian style. The tabb
is a queer work of art. Tlie china ani
porcelain are superb, so ls-antiful that
in this laud of collectors they Won! t
be placed in cabinets. There are no
knives or forks. The t 'elest ial mind re
gards cutting and carving a labor un
worthy of a guest, and relegates it to
a cook. In lien of forks are chojrst ieks
long, slender bars of ivory tipped
with silver or gold. The spoons are
films of porcelain; the w ine glasses,
cups like those in children's doll
houses. Your plate is a saucer und
your napkin a silk towel held by a
servant. The table is handsome nevertheless.-
It is nearly covered with
dainty plates containing hors d'u-u vrcs
piled up in slander pyramids. One pile
consists of ieeled bananas, cut into
little drums; another of pineapple,
carved into tiny lars, like miniatures
of laundry soap; a third of crystallized
dwarf oranges, moistened in honey; a
fourth of fine onion sprouts and a
fifth of preserved eggs, dark green am
suggesting cucumlK-rs. Other plate
contain sliced sausage, pickled cocks
combs, hard boiled pigeons' eggs
6weet pickled shredded ginger, sliced
water chestnuts, dried fish segments,
desiccated prawns, smoked fish rue.
and a score of other equally incougru
ous dainties.
You help yourself to any of these,
both before and during the banquet.
In the meantime the waiter or the
sing-song girl" has filled your teacup
with fragrant Oolong and your wine
cup with boiling wine. From this
point neither cup is permitted to re
main empty nor grow old. If it staud.
longer than the time allotted by Mon
golian etiquette it is removed and re
placed by a hot one. After a few mill
utes of nibbling and sipping 'the
courses Ix-gin to arrive and continue to
arrive as long as there is a .soul ut tin
board. Soups and steps, omelettes ai:ii
entrees, roasts and Ix.iled. ragouts and
fricassees. croquett-N and vol au vents,
sweet dishes and sonr follow one un
other without apparent rhyme or rea
son. At the end of every half hour
you take a recess of from five to fifteen
minutes. Everylody lights a fresh
cigarette or puffs a water pipe. A
few retire to one of the bunks and
smoke a pipe of opium. The "sing
song" girls perform a brief concert,
vocal and instrumental, and again the
meal proceeds. It is a poor dinner
that has less than twenty courses.
Some have forty and fifty, and a few
pass the hundred mark. You eat what
you please aud as much as you pica-'.
Scarcely any dish is simple; some con
tain twenty ingredients. The average
banquet uses pork, fresh, salt and
smoked; pigs' brain, liver and kidney,
chicken, duck, pigeon, quail and goo.-.-:
fish, fresh, dried salt and smoked: cgg
of at least four kinds, rice, pastry,
beans, peas, cabbage, millet, lentils,
onions, garlic, leek, cucumber, squash,
melon, gourd, potatoes, white and
sweet: yam, ma-tai. Wan, sprouts,
spinach, turnip, parsnip, carrot, devil
fish, dragon fish, fish roe, clams', oys
ters, crabs, sea weed, mushroom and
tree mushrooms, bird's nests, shark's
nests, shark's fins, chilliss, orange
peel, ginger, coeoanut, macaroni and
heaven knows what not.
LITERARY DOINGS.
Mb. IIoi.mav Ht'XT is occupied upon
his new Ixxik. which will treat of the
pre-Kaphaelite movement in England.
A tury of the sixpenny pamphlet edi
tion of tlray's "Elegy." printed by the
author in 17.M. sold lately in Ixn.lon
for three hundred and seventy dollars.
The interesting announcement is
made that an authorized memoir of
the late Dr. Francis Parkman will lie
preiuircd under the direction of his
family.
With the seventy thousand dollars
left to Yale by the late .IudgefBillings
a chair of English literature is to be
established. It w ill lie known as the
Emily Sanford professorship. '
.A Kt'Moit has gained some credence
in tiermany that Priuee Bismarck has
sold the copyright of his memoirs to
a firm of publishers for one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars.
FOREIGN POLICE STATISTICS.
Ix the Hong Kong prison ll.ScaM-sof
prisoners fighting with each other oc
curred during Ix'Mi.
St. Pktkksbi ko's population isl.oon,
Ooo. There are 2.H'.5 police, who in
lsyo made 7.HrJ arrests.
Js lilasgow last year 577 persons
were arrested and fined for failing
to sweep their steps or pavements.
THKt'ityof Mexico has 4r.l.tHHI peo
ple and 'i-IUfi police. The arrests last
year were 5S,:!, over one-half for in
toxication. Paris has 2,S44,Ono population and
7.154 police. Total arrests in IsMO, l;,
M"J. of which 26,Si-J were for drunken
ness. .
FRUIT BUDS.
What better remedy for plum rot is
there than thorough thinning?
Okx-haki, lees. poultry, sheep all
these go well together. i
For a canning plum, give us the
Ogon, a yellow Japanese sort.
Prayer for fine fruit will le most
effective if backed with the sprayer.
Tiik annual crop of wild hazel nuts
in the United States is said to amount
to two million bushels. If we cannot
succeed in acclimating the English fil
berts, why not make efforts toward the
improvement of the wild hazel?
RAINMAKERS IN THE ORIENT.
Ol'er Method Adopted t,y the .laianeM
to ('iim siioMcr in Time- of llrnuchL
During 1 he summer season in Japan
droughts are very frequent, and the
rice t'u-lds, Ik-fore so beautiful, present
ing as they do all the different shades
of green imaginable, gradually lo-e
their brilliancy of color, turn yellow
and parch.-d.und threaten the total de
struction of the crop. Not onlv does
the rice suffer, but the wells dry up
and necessitate the carrying of water
from long distances. .After waiting
and hoping in vain for a downfall of
rain, says a Yokohama letter, the jx-o-ple
turn out en masse to voke the
power of their deities to send them the
saving showers. A procession is
formed of M-rhaps two hundred men,
all nearly naked, who. carrying straw
emblems representing the sun with
rain touring from it and with long
streamers having prayer, written on
them Hy ing in the wind, pnx-ecd to
the nearest river or bay, where the
whole company wades into the water
tititil they are waist deep, and, vitr
roiiiiding the emblems, pray aloud and
throw water on the images with both
hands.
After doing this several times the
prx-cssinn is reformed, when it pro
ceeds to the temple to pray again.
This ceremony is rejx-at-d several
time, and should the rain come in
abundance prayers are offered in
thanksgiving. Should it lie only a
shower, they blame themsa-Ives for not
having prayed fervently enough and
continue their devotions until a down
pour takes place.
Another form of devotion for the
same ptiriMix- takes place at night fall,
when a long Isiat is titled with men
and paddled swiftly across the harbor,
accompanying the prayers by the regu
lar Waling of tomtoms and gongs.
Sometimes at night, away down tin
bay, may W heard the weird sound of
tomtoms and the voire, of the men
?radnally growing louder ami louder
is the lx.al approaches, each man Wild
ing to his puddle in regular time as it
passes us sw iftly and gradually disajt
pears In t he darkness and is soon lost
to sight and hearing.
EXERCISE FOR THE EYES.
Alwolutely Necessary In Order That the
Vision May Itc I'rewrieil.
When the eyes are treated fairly
they are 'strengthened, not weakened,
by work, says tlie Philadelphia Times.
Just as the arms of a blaeksmit h
grow the stronger for bis trade, so the
eyes of watchmakers who work under,
healthy conditions are found to im
prove and not to deteriorate in vigor
and quickness. It is the abuse of the
eyes, not their use, which is to be
avoided.
If a man is aware either that his
eyes need no artificial correrlion or
else have received their riropt r adjust
ment, and if his work, whether liter-ar3-
or mechanical, is done iu a light
Ix.th steady and suflicient and with a
lue regard as to ordinary sanitary
rules, he may fell sure that he is
strengthening his eyes, not weakening
them, by nam worst. Men of intel
lectual pursuits sometimes are afraid
of losing their mental powers in old
age because they have draw n so much
upon them w hen .young. Tlie reverse
is nearer the truth, and if they have
not overtaxed their brains the fear is
absolutely groundless.
The man w hose intellect goes first
in old age is generally some farmer or
lalxirer who has never strengthened
and invigorated it by u-e; not the
politician, the lawyer nr the man of
letters. So with the eyes. Those who
have strengthened their eyes by using
them properly keep keen sight longer
than those who have never trained
them. In the case of tho man who lias
neglected to give his eyes full develop
ment they w ill fail in power along
with his other Ixxlily f unctions." W ben
however, the man who, Ixirn with
good eyes, has kept them in constant
hard work and vet never strained tlieiu
reaches old age, he may find them
capable of performing their functions
better than any other organ of the
Ixxiy.
A Monkey's Iteaih-lted Scene.
Prof, tiarner's chimpanzee. Elishaha.
recently fell a victim at Liverpool to the
severe weather. The scene at the death
bed was very distressing. Poor Aaron,
the male chimpanzee. had been
most assiduous in his attentions
to his consort during the whole
of her illness. I"rof. tiarner was
present during the last moments,
and w hen he put his hand to her heart
to find if it had erased to beat, Aaron
also ut his hand there, looking up in
the professor's eyes as if inquiring if
that was all they could do for her.
Aaron would not suffer Klishaha to W
taken from him. and clung to h-r lxly
wit h such tenacity that the professor
was compelled to lay it down on its Wd
of straw. The sadness depicted on
Aaron's countenance could not have
Wen more clearly portrayed on the
face of any human Wing. Pixtr Aaron
was not const iled until he had placed
his hand in that of the jtrofessor. tiiid
by signs and sounds hat! told him of
bis tlistress. llottiof the animals Jiad
Ix come greatly attached to Prof, fiar
ner. and. apart from her value in sup
port of his theory, the loss of Elishaha
is keenly felt by him.
MARTS OF THE WORLD.
Atvoknky (ii.xniu. Oi.xky has fur
nished an opinion to Secretary Car
lisle that clearing-house cert i lilies
are not liable to taxation.
Ax tinier has Wen received by the
Kichmoiid (Va.) lyocomot ive and Ma
chine works to build twenty new loco
motives and rebuild ten old ones for
the Atchison, Tox-ka di. Santa l-'e rail
road. Dispatchks from Cincinnati report
the organization of a S-'.immi.imki com
pany to develop -J5.IMXI acres of coal
land in West Virginia, and of a H.ihni.
OvXI company to develop the marl de
posits in eastern Virginia.
Dl i:iNt the year ending June 30.
l9:i, there were fi'si,:;titl tons of coal
mined in Arkansas. There were 'fi
.mines in oH-ration, employing 1.7.V2
men. This dtx-s not include some small
ox-n .workings where coal is taken
out for 1. x-al use.
Tiik coinage of the United States
mints in NovemWr reached the 'ex
cept ionally large vulueof $1 l,li:;i.4 Ml.:;.,,
of which gin.7sy.soo was gold coin. The
. minor coinage, li. 'ZAMt pieces, of which
4.1-0,000 were one-cent pieces, was
demanded for the Christmas trade.
DEFECTS IN CAR TRUCKS. '
One Serious Itlfneulty Is Found W livr. lite
Track Are ( urvetl.
The degree of jx-rfection attain. si
in mechanical prixluetioii is wonder
ful." sajd a mechanic to a writer for
the Pittsburgh Dispatch. "In almost
every line of mechanical inventions
you see faults and ditlicull tr-. o ere. one
which make it sts-tn nearly imKe.-ib1e
to advance further. Viewed in this
light, the imperfect ions in the rou
st ruction of our railroad car trucks
are strangely inconsistent, for they are
palpably at variance with our high at
tainment in tnecliatiical construction.
I refer to t he custom, which liastivvir
Im-i-ii improved iik m since railroading
Wgan, tif usi ng w hoc 1 s so, -ii re 1 v fast
ened to rigid axles. Jt would stem
that, tin such an all important matter
as this, some improvement s would .r
made, but there lias been none. The
running gear of ears, ns now emi
St rticted, is t inly adapled for use on
st raight t racks. 1 Int. as t lien- um-1 In
curves oti roads, t he 1 ruck,, a n- simply
forced around them. It is said that
it requires one-t bird more molivr pow er
to carry a train around an ordinary
curve than on a st raight truck. This
is tl ue to t lie st ra iu to w diili tin- w I in Is
are subjected. Initialling a curve the
outside t nu-k is bun'i-r than t In- i nsiil.
our. Now, with a wheel on each truck
ami fastened immovably to the ale.
Ixith wheels must make the same innu-lx-r
of revolutions. In rounding a
curve how is the inside wheel, which
has a much shorter distance to 1ravt I,
to make an equal numlicr of revolu
tions with the outside wheel'.' It 'is
done in this way: The inside wheel
slips upon the inner or shorter rail,
w bile t he out side me covers the lung
er dislancc. At t he same t imo tin- in
clination of the track required in mnU
ing curves throws most of the load
lijxui the wheel that is e I ippiug, caus
ing a great strain tiu both wheel
an 1 axle. Ithaslx-cn computed li.at
tins strain is equal to double that
the rolling pressure on a straight
track. To meet th is t he ax le is in:pli
Iliuch tliielo r l.ctui i ti the wheels than
at t he journals, where a!! the weight
of t lie car a I:. 1 loinl is carried. TIioiii Ii
it has. Wen long coming I think the
day will finally dawn when these de
fects in car t rucks will lx overcome."
EARLY SANITATION.
During the Have of Kin; IU hard II.,
Henry til. ami urltst II.
As far back as the reign of Pit-hard
II., says the London Spectator, we find
an act for "the punishment of them
which cause corrupt ion nt-:i r a city or
great town to corrupt the air" ( I -J Kicli.
IL.c. i:;. A. D. i::ss. th.- pi--amUo ..f
which notes that so much (lit it "bo
cast and put in ditches and ot.tr
watem, Miiti also wit hin -many other
daces, that the air th.-re is
greatly corrupt and in feet, un.i many
maladies and ot her diseases do daily
hapx-n." This is essentially saniutry
legislation.
A rent ury later we find an act under
the heading: "Butchers shall kill no
beast s wit hin any- w alled tow n or n m
bridge" (1 Henry VII., c. :.. A. 1 1. 1 )-" I
The preamble of this speaks of t lie
"corruptions engendered by
reason of the slaughter of beasts hud
scalding of sw ine." the "uncli-un, cor
rupt and putrilied waters," and "x-s on
to the remarkable statement that "iu
few-noble cities and towns, or none
within Christendom. theiK.m
nn 'ii sla lighter house of beasts should
W kept within the walls of
the same, lest it might engender sick
ness, unto the destruction of the jx-o-.le."
Under Charles II. the "act for re
building the city of London" ( 1M
Charles II. -. ;(, A. ). lielTl provides for
the "cleansing mid scouring of vaults,
sinks and eoiiimoii srw efs," and a few
years latrr again we lind "an act for
the Wtter paving and cleansing the
streets and sewers in and alxmt .the
city of London" ( JJ und -J.'i Charles 11.
c. 17. A. D. Hoii).
We must be just to our ancestors,
though they undoubtedly had not much
science (and did not use long word-,
doling in "alioit"). the idea of boa 't Ii
as a matter of public concernment was
not foreign to their minds. The dif
ference is that w hat were sauitart in
stincts in them have developed into
sanitary methods w i th us.
A terror to l'x,t titcn. 1
There is a little green card in use by
the l,st oftiee department that is a ter
ror to careless letter carriers. This
card isdropjx-d in a letter lo: on it is
marked the time when it should be
taken out. A record is kept at the of
lice, anil if that card ihx-s not turn up
when due. it is clearly to bo seen that
the carrier has not taken the ma ij from
one box. at least. When there isany
complaint on the diet of the citizens
about the tardiness of the local mails,
the tell-tale card is dropjx-1 in on. or
more Ixixes in t lir district Iimiu whit h
t he complaint comes. It is. however,
not necessary that there should Is
complain t s, for frequent I y I In- en rd- a re
put in the Ixixes of etlicient men. 4 if
course they are happy win n t'o-.y dis
cover them. W hen a lsv is missed in
which there is a green card the carrier
islxiund to get int.. trouble, itnd very
serious trouble at that. This card ha.
Wen in use for a good many years in
all part of the country.
THE COST OF WAR.
TllK republic t-f Brazil spent last
yearon the army uo.Ooo.imio milreis; on
the navy, 1.".immi,iss. A milreis is about
a.", cents.
Ln rt.K Switzerland has an enormous
army in proxrt ion to xipulat ion. The
population is .mio.Oimi; the standing
army, I Ji'i.Ono.
Ovkk l.(HMMHH) French women were
made widows and S.immi.isio French
children were made fatherless by Na
poleon's campaigns.
Tiik c.tst of an Armstrong steel gun
is estimated at SsiOO for each ton of
weight: tif a Krvtpp gun, f'.kKl; of a
Whitworth gun. .'-".
At the battle tin the Thrasymene,
where Hannibal defeated the Koinaii .,
there were (.i,fMHI men engaged, tif
whom 17,01X1 were killed.
Tiik nti.nber of men withdrawn from
industry to take part in the civil war
ou the union side was "J.77.;,liis; the
confederates enlisted over (AMI, lino.
With the exception tif Belgium,
whose debt has Wen incurred for in
ternal improvements, every Eurox-au
nutiotiul debt is iu great purt a war
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