DEPOPULATED BY OPIUM. At the I'rwat Kate That Will Soon lie the t'onUltlou of ThM "r-u ii Inland.. W. Hoffner, for two years maua-S J of the Societe Commerciale, which owns larpe stores opthe "Vljqiie'sasand Dominique islands. latelyTLrrivc l hero, says the San Francisco Chronicle. Every two or three months Mr. Hotf ner was in the habit of cruising in a lioat around these islands, makinr nu merous landing's. This has made hhii exceedingly familiar with the islands and their inhabitants. He says that the natives are dying- off very rapidly by reason of the use of opium and that in a short time there will be none left The past year has made fearful inroad: on them. "TITt deaths have been so frequent,' said Mr. Iloffner, -that lately the Kreiieh frovcrninent has been Uir;r all it could to suppress the opiiiu habit, but with meaerre success. ll hinders it in some ways, but in th. main it is carried on as liefore. Th. French froverninent introduced opium into the islands alxut twenty year. aro. and now a vain effort is bcin;. made t stamp out the evil. It is however, too late to remedy the w rou(f. The natives are dyinjr off like Hies. In ten years, if the present rate m ' mortality keeps up, there will not be one of them left. The last few years have been especially severe and made terrible inroads on the population. Where the natives cannot tret opium to satisfy their cravings, they substi tute a brandy obtained from the co cocoa nut tree, which is even worse than the product of the jioppy juice. Tin liquor is nothinr. in fact, but the nat ural sap of the cocoanut tree. The is landers Imre holes in the tree, and thi sap almost immediately lc(rins to run This procesx kills the tree, but they do not care for that. The liquor i. stron.'cr than opium, ami I have seen the Mtor native drunk on it and I vino atoiit like dead men for three or four lays. "They do not smoke the opium, but eat it. and in enormous quantities They eat so much of it and have such abnormal cravings for it to the exclu sion of almost every other desire, that they do not buy the amount of "viieral merchandise they ordinarily Would. Af a result, business is bad in the islands Trade, outside of opium, has fallen olF a (Treat deal, an. 1 the people seem t have lost the energy and desire to ad vanee that they once had. 1 1 is so quiet there now that I think 1 shall return to ( hili. here 1 was ln-fore. When the native imputation is wiped out altogether, as now seems to be its fate, the islands will Ik- an excellent lield for emifrrat ion. I am not sure thai st present the French rovcriiment would encourage iminiirratioii." Mr. HotTuer says there are now very few Americans on the islands. r"a-ort Alwaj-s at llanil. In London, when a lady wearing a tiny silver star meets a man with a silver star, sin? will say: "How d'yedo. brother?" and he replies: -How d'yedo. sister'.'"' Either is then privilege.! to extend any courtesy or ask any fa vol of the other, without the act lx-in misapprehended. If, for example, sin desires an escort to the theater, sht can ask a man to iro with her withou his thin kin ir she is expressing a t tlattcrin"- preference for his society. If he wishes her companionship on any occasion, she accepts it in the spirit it is offered. "The order of the Sil ver star." says the Evening Sun arises out of the necessities of : social civilization, in which men an women are more and more indi.peiis able to one another. For this the new organization provides. Otherwise it i called 'the '"Ant i-Mat rimon ia I league." This by no uie-ins prohibit marriage. 'In fact, it "has liecn callet! the "Ante-Matrimonial league. " HuT this was by persons ineligible to mem bership. Neither widows nor widow ers are admitted. Kemnaata of a I'aiiiou Indian Tribe. A mcetinirof the surv ivinf memlier; of the Narrairansctt tribe of Indian has just lieeii called. There are about one hundred jicrsons to answer. All the New England tribes who. with th of New York state, were the noblest of the red men on the conti nent, are fast dwindling away, and only a few pure-blooded braves and squaws yet survive. These illustriou: nations in New England are the Penob scot s of Maine, the MohejTans and l'e quods of Connecticut ami the Narra jransctts of Uhode Island. The 1'enoh scots retain their tribal organization intact at Indian island, in the l'enob scot river, in the woods, near Old Town: the Mohesrans at Mohepan vil laye, on the river hank of the Thanie river. in the woods, three miles south of Norwich; the I'cquods aloiij; the rouph hills of North Stoning ton and Ledyard. and the shores of Lantern Hill pond, in southeastern Connecticut, and the Narratfansetts at Charlestown. on the shore of the open ocean in Rhode Island. MARRIAGE LAWS. ' The laws of most of our states ap pear to show that the responsibility for the marriage contracts rests on the parties themselves. Makkiaok is a contract, but differ from all others in that it is the only contract minors can make which iu a court of law will be held "food. Emvkrok Tibkkics made an edict ajraiust the marriaireof men over sixty and womeu over fifty, but so strenuous were the objections of willows and widowers that the law was soon re pealed. Fob a clergyman or reg-sitrar in Enp lan.l to celebrate a marriafcfe in a pri vate house, except by private license from the archbishop of Canterbury, is a felony, and punishable by severe penalties. The Scottish marriafre law is so loose that if a lady living with John Smith is addressed in the presence of Smith as Mrs. Smith, and answers to the name, the courts have decided that she is legally his wife. Opium SinoMnff In China. "Seven-tenths of the people of China are opium smokers, and two million die annually from its effects." said a Chinese missionary recently, who ha spent twenty-two years of his life it the flowery kingdom. This hat.it i rapidly prow in jr." he went on, "and it is confined to no class or sect, but men and women, officials and coolies, use it alike. As soon as opium smokinp le conies a confirmed habit with a Chinese coolie he knows that he has about ten years to live. That seems J.o Ik- the averajre. I consider it easier to refor a sot in the putter, oue of your lowest type of drunkards, than an opium smoker." MESSAGES lO THEIR DEAD. beautiful Cuotom lit slam of Sending anule Out to Sva. At full moon in iH-tober and apain at full moon in NovcmWr the three days' show is held, says the Saturday Ke view, and for some time previously the houses of prandecs and peasants, the markets and bazars show sipus of preparation for the cominp event. The humblest style in which the ceremony can la? performed is yet pretty enouph. The broad, stronp leaf of a plantain is bent or folded iuto the shape of a boat or raft. In the middle of this simple tructure a tiny taper is fixed upright. never wants te learn, but the reads that QIjD Honesty CHEWING TOBACCO is the best that is made, and at ONCE tries it. and save3 money and secures more satisfaction than' ever before. A. VOID imitations. Insist on having the genuine. If your dealer hasn't it ask him to get it for you. JIO. 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Cents, consisting of too pages J full size Sh.-et Music of the a latest, brightest, liveliest and most popular selections. Nth vocal and instrumental. m gotten up in the most elegant manner. In- m cluJing four large size Portraits. CARHHCITA. the Spanish Dancer, r PADEftlWSKI. the Great Pianist. - ADLUhA RATI I and - 5 mihHIE isELIUMAN CUTTIHQ. THE NEW YORK MUsfcAL ECHO CO.E Broadwav Theatre PUg., New York Oty. a i CANVASSERS WANTCO. aiiuiiuuiuiiiiuiuiiiiuiu Steel Picket Fence. CHEAPER Tnbmttiawpitrwttii ou. rmi u ot . till rubtixl M Iron or Wuud P.M Vb -rltlr.. fo, Jflce l"litt. N.okcr IOiW, IVubl. kd4 Sinde i.S!;1.w'1,J'MU'"r'!"m' ,r'" " U, Htl FlttlaK. rr. Shattrr. m.d FIKK KSPipltsi cllVr OtKr. and KillDC. BrtuudliM Grills. Wlkft iMtoaVau lUU aCaKKS!. .4 .Ilkmd.ofWIRK WUkk. TAYLOR 4c DEAN, 201. 203 20S Market St. Pittsburgh. Pa. FEES BROS.1 Shaving Parlor, Mam Street, Jrar Post Office -The nnderslirned desires to Inform the pub lie that their have nned a Khavlnir parlor on Main street, near the post office where barbertmr In all It branehesa will be carried on In the future. r:Tsrrthlng neat and eiean. Your patronise aollotted. FC8 UtUMi It I II $40- 4 1 flAri I WUUU BiisM mm i ii ym , : VOLCANOES IN ALASKA.. More Than Two Score of Them Have item Active In the ITeaent 'fiitory. Kcft-ntly 1 r-al an aoconntof a lona fltlt- advertisement in a Scandinavian paper of stupendous voloanHs for sale for about four hundred dollars, says a writer in the Christian Advocate. They are located in Iceland. Alaska mi-riit pint the market in this aesthetic art icle if it were to put all its stock on tale. The number which have been active within one hundred years is va riously estimated by the authorities I have consulted as all the way from forty-live to sixty-one. More than twelve have Wen active within twen ty years and five at least within four years. Atiioiiff the most i .iarkablc is ISoL'orlof. one hundred miles west of L'nalaska. This, about six hundred feet hi"-h, together with the part of the island from which it rises, has come up out of the sea within a few 3-ears. and constantly sends out steam and smoke. Makushin, on I'nalaska, though snow covered, pours out im mense volumes of steam and milk white smoke, visible on a clear day 'nearly sixty miles at sea. Akutan acts like a geyser, puffin? at intervals of a few seconds. Nhi-dialdiii. 011 ('tmiiiiak island, a perfect cone S.T.W feet aUive the sea, snow-covered, but washed by the ocean at its base, striped down its si. Ids with ashes and condensed smoke, was still smokiiifr. It has no foot hills, and its precipi tous slopes fall into the great l'acilic ocean on the south and Bering; sea on the north. Klliott says: "It is wholly safe to say that Shishaldin is the 1110 . t leautiful peak of vast altitude upon the North American continent." Pavlof, on the Alaska ieninsula. sends out from the side hujre clouds of pitch black smoke hot enough to melt two feet of snowfall in a few minutes. It putfs at intervals like a locomotive. Ilnamiia. on the shore of Cook's in' t, is I'J.ih'.i; feet hio-h, and constantly sends out ashes and smoke of brim stone. In lssrj Mount St. Augustine, lf0 miles north of Kadiak island, was active, and, according to the otlieial re xrt of (iiiv. Knapp, '"covered the decks of ships hundreds of miles at sea with ashes." In ls74Capt. I.entian was sent to 1he islands of the Four Mountains, west of I'mnak, to explore a cave said to contain mummies (of which" hi brought seventeen bodies, now indifferent museums). While on this trip he discovered on Kairamil island a volcanic mountain of low altitude, from which issued jets of sulphurous steam, smoke and noxious rases of such horrible stench as to compel him to stand off from shore. Mount St. Klias sent out smoke and vajMr in K'M, and iu 147, when '"the eartlnpiake occurred, which shook the whole Sitka retrioti. flame and ashes came from its summit. " FRANK CONFESSION. Sir Walter Kcott a Wavrrlrr Novels for iM Kliuii Kra line. Robert Chambers, publisher, one nijrht appeared at his club, after a short absence, ami there delighted at least one member .1. C. Jeaffreson by a delieiously frank expression of opinion, says Youth's Companion. Jeairresjii beran the cotiversati.ui by asking: "What have you been doing' since I saw you last?" "I have joo.it been spending the time in Scotland with my ain people, and for my diversion I have been reading Vet ao;ain Scott's novels. I went de liberately through the ivhole lot o' them. What do you think of a mon o' my years spending- the greater part of the loiijr holidays in sic a way?" "It was iu that way that I first made acquaintance with the Waverley nov els." was the enthusiastic reply, "in a broiling hot summer a ml autumn. How you must have enjoyed yourself!" "Wcel, wcel. I canna say." returned the Scottish publisher and man of let ters. Then he looked warily up and dow n the room to make sure of not be ing heard by any brother Scotsman, and continued: "I canna say I enjoyed the buiks so much as I did in my younger time. I would not say it aloud in Adinhro, but wcel you Itelieve me when I say that Sir Walter isn't what he used to be to me? To tale you the truth," he added, lowering; his voice almost to a whisper, "to tale you the truth. I found him rather prosy! Ay, but dinna be laugh ing, or the lads there will be asking what I said to you. It is the truth that I tale you; I inoost conface I fuud him at times a leetle prosy!" CODFISH GALORE. Portland Komtn a Single I'lle nf (ln Ilun lrel aut Thlrteeo l"orda. Imagine 4."U0 quintals, or 54M.(KM pounds, or :i'-i tons, or 11:; co-ds of salted cod and polhck. all neatly pile. I up in one building, and you will have, says the I,ew istoti Journal, before yon the largest stock of tish in the city of Portland at the present time. It has all been brought from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland since the loth of Octo ber. There is one pile of fourteen tons of spcciall.. selected codfish. They were big fellows when taken from tin water and weighed then from 40 to SO Iiinds each. Now they weigh from to ::' pounds apiece. When they have been stripH'd of the skin, carefully boned, trimmed into slices of faultless flesh like so much clean, clear bread or cheese, and packed in boxes marked ""boneless tish." they will weigh from Vi to 15 pounds apiece. Such is the shrinkage of an su-poiind codli-h into the iierfect food product. In the trim ming process alvoiit pounds ot "scrap" are removed to every KM' pounds of the boneless slices. This is. of course, good fd tissue, though it looks decidedly like "leavings." luis sold for alxtut ! cents a pound. Coun try fish pethllers buy it, sometimes in loo and 1.10 pound lots, and sell it to farmers and villagers, to make into hash, for alxnit 10 cents a pound. " The skins are packed in barrels and sent away to (Jloucester, Mass., where they are made into glue. They bring about a cent aud a half a pound. The bones sell for two or three dollars a ton and are ha tiled over to Cape Klizalieth to be utilized us it fertilizer for oilHugvi. REFORM MOVEMENTS. Is Connecticut t'.O.OOO people have signed the pledge. The pope has been requested to take steps to stop gambling at Monte Carlo. Thk anti-race track organization of New .lersey routed the gamblers of that state in the late election. Ioiii Kohkrts rays he has under his command in India 14.IMMI British soldiers pledged to total abstinence. The Indians of the Omaha reserva tion, it is stated, have put aside ?-J.0ou from their "pasture money" to be used in temperance work. The iolilen Koae of Virtue. The "golden rose of virtue" presented by his holiness the pope each year to a female member of some of the ruling families of Europe will be received this year, it is said, by Archduchess Mar garet of Austria, daughter of Archduke Charles lViuis and niece of the emperor. The young princess was Inirn in lsto and is abbess of the convent on the Hradselini, near Prague, to which only members of noble families are admitted. Tin; archduchess is exceedingly clever and is populur in Vienna. Last year the "golden rose" was given to the queen of Portugal. The jewel is valued at lifty thousand dollars and is always made in Come by a famous foldajnitli CARL RIVINIXJS, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER 4EWELE&, " AND DEALER IN 1 k - - - A "WANT A WAGON?" We have wagons, huijgies, surreys. High grade, as liijlit, stronj;, durable, stylish, as beautifully finished as modern icJ nunufai-ture can produce. Built on honor by men of life experience. Honesty is our policy ; prompt shipment our specialty. We want to know you. Write us. Costs you nothing. May lead to business by and by. Send for our uuloKue. It is free to every reader of t'lis paper. Bing hainton Wagon Co., Binghamton, N. Y. "BUILT FOR BUSINESS." Thrift is e, result-s h-onf cleanliness aji( lr is disolici c&Ke . a a a a at "M mm Try ihinyournexl-housc-clcaxiing a.nd beh&ppy - Looking out over the many homes of this country, we see thousands of women wearing away their lives in householC. drudgery that might be materially lessened by the use of a few cakes of SAPOLIO. If an hour is saved each time a cake is used, if one less wrinkle gathers upon the face because the toil is lightened, she must be a foolish woman who would hesitate to make the experiment, and ho a churlish husband who would grudge the few "ents which it cost- ELKHART CARRIAGE and Have aold to eoaanaiera for CI year, B&vinff Uieui tlie dealer' pmtlt. We are ttie UldevtaHil Larfl nmnut ax'tarers In A mrr tcft selling YPlileluti and llarneHH tin way- hliip with prlvlleire to axanime l-fore atir money Is paid. We par f reiKht Im.Oi wari If not oatixlHc lory. Warrant fr 2 year. Why iar an arent tUI tof.tfl t orIer for you Write your own order. Boxlnii free. Wo take all risk ot dauiae in BhlppiDK. WHOLESALE PRICES. Spring Wagons, $31 to $50. tiuarantrrd naiiie ainell fort-otufu. Surreys, S65 to SIOO xa:no as sell for !00 to !. Top Buggies, $37.50, as flno as boU fur &. phBtons.$66 to SIOO. Farm Wagons, Wagonettes, Mi!!; Wagons. Delivery Wagons an.i Road Carts, hiiulu or six, mohia a miLuKtu. $11.00 No. 37. Surrey Harness. ftyTCX $23.50 oar wyV- ' No. Top touggj. a a 1 rlrt i Pri. J A ( &'$mk ?-t'iJt' .- -. fiw. I . - :'. niiinu KAUIILIJ' lurer'a nil ys x w arrrraC wUT Tor raa ;lth order. IVnd 4r. la pneumatic tlren. weldlesa aiaaipa ta Bay ratagr aa 1 K-pace ralalucac steel tilt'lllB, drop fOrtriiiES. No 3.Krwa.oa. Addrew W. B. PRATT, Sec'y, ELKHART, IND. RHEUMATISM 1 In s.' la in ilis-is-9 cause untold suffering'. i.h t..rs :. limit, that they are difficult to cure toUu their patients, l'alnc's Celery Compouud Liia per iiianently i.iir-t hf norst ciisis of rucumatisiu an neuralgia so say those who hiive used IU "llavlnif tieen Imubled w: Ii rhu.ii.'it ls:r ill I lie knee and foot for live veins. I wus ii1iiksi tillable tn jt nroiintl n I was ver j ofu-n onimeil 10 my lel for wi-eks ai n lline. I used only one bot tle f I'alne's t eleri 'oin p 'imil. ami was perrevlly eun'fl. a ran now uinj arounrl, and f-el as lively us a boy." Khin( ('akiii.1. fcureka, Nevada. tl.oo. six for f s.oo. nnigijlsta Mamrnoih testimonial paper frefe. Ww.u. RicBaHtiBoWjtco..props..BtininKton,Vt. DIAMOND DTES FVter and I them mny other Oyet. FOR SALE. I MO USE TO I Hi "Seeing is Believino;. And a good lamp must be simple; when it is not simple it is t, v. umpie, jzeaunjui, Lrooa these 1 I words mean much, but to see "The Rochester " Will imnrKc V A . -i -. . 1.-1,, Y'a "uin ore it U T15 .na made ,n three Pces only, J Iff and ""breakable. Like Aladdin's tttl VlTt a "wo?ierful lamp," for its mar! ,v V , F 7- ana Dngnter than gas light. Si softer than electric light and more cheerful th an MhAr Ik I,ook for this stamn TD Rochester, and the style you want send "efmPde-,fcsn't the Crnnin kand we will send you a l"m a'frT. li . for our new ""urtrateU cataloeue varieties from ih. rZZZ.T ;an,P 'y bY express vour choi . i ' KOCH KU. .Z'LZ '- THE 0' aV ft. I II a I f 1J J HAY- FEVER I r- . AND C0LD-HEAE) a i?"! APTlfl into the n,lriU it i ft-fL'SL It a. injtamnuUion, heal 50c mtmmrcmnmmt 50c Watches, Clocks 1EWEI.UY, Silverware. Musical Instrument? AN1 Optical Goods. Sole Agent -KOKTHK Celebrated Rockford WATCHR8. Columbia Frfilbiiia Watches. In Key and Stem Winders. uAKGK SKLKOriON of ALL KINI' of JEWELRY always on hand. t-?f Mf line of Jewelry h nnsurpassi o Oi.nie and see for yourself before purchai tiir eliwhere. t9"al.t. WOHK DDARAMTEKD - CARL RIVINIUS E enshure. Nov. 11. 1885'-tf. good revenue SAP0LI0: orscourind soa,n HARNESS MFG. CO. Ko.T27, Koad Wxion. $55 WW Far-. aad 11.1 ." I IX t-,,., . 1. oc- t..i. and NEURALGIA " Palnp'a t'elerv ('oiiiivtuml tv.ts Nynn.i.l send to me. Kor the pn.-l two ye.,i I li..n- vuf fi red wllh neurnl(.'la of the Ii. jii 1 ii ii 1 .n. i iliwlor fiilliii'- to cure me. I h:,ve iiow liken nearly four lioiiies oC thi- i.iii.nn 1 o, .im fit ' fiotll Hie ('Oli l:il. I f1-l vi v irr.iieiul to you." CU1S II I.KWIS, Cclili:il V liliie.CL. Paine's Celery Compound I have lieeii frn-aily iinik-led wnh neufe rlii nm:iil;iii an. 1011I.I Hml no n llef until I USeil I'illlle s ,-i-ry ol:polllnl. A n IT liSlli;. six l ot 1 les ot t l.l nil dli lne I am now cured o'' rUeuiiiatte ln.nl.lr- SauI'ki llniiiivsiiN. So. l or:ilsh. N. II. Effects Lasting Cures. f nine's! "elery empouii.t lias pi-rforiiieil i!i:in other eun-s as marA'eliHis as these, copies ot letters sent to any ad.lri'ss. f leasiint to take, does not disturb. I .lit aids digestion, and entire ly veg-elable; a child can lake If- W hat's the use of siitkTlug loutr wllh rheuinatlsm or neuralgia? BiaicvLMnguponlMtatrdFood are Health BAWLS Bafpy, Hearty. It U Vntqualed. lorcimy. AU metal, T .... " 1 No. SI, Surrey. $26 " n Ne York cny. "The Rochester." aMaaav at CATanOVA A LONGEST OF SWING SPANS. That Now limine f onl rurtel at tliuaha tlll Measure HtO Frl. A briilpo is "now in course of erec tion across the Missouri river, between Kast tlmalia and Council lSluffs, which will be remarkable when completed as possessing1 the longest swing; span in the world five hundred and twenty feet beiii"; fifteen feet longer than the swiiif span of the bridge over the Thames river, in Connecticut. Tne structure has been designed by Prof. J. A. I. Waddell. if Kansas City. The construction of the pier of this swing span was completed a few months apo and presented many features of inter est to engineers. From a loug article in Klip ineerinp Xews it appears that the work was bejrun by sinking a steel caisson for a foundation, much as A. 1. Jtoller started work on the swing- span of the large bridge in New York city a year ago. The outer shell of the caisson is forty feet in diameter and the inner twenty feet, the latter spreading out at the base to join the former and thus give a cutting edge. Both shells are made of half-inch steel, reen forced at the lower edge, where they meet, by two bauds of inch stiel, oue inside and the other outside. The two shells were kept in their proper relative positions by braces running lietween them, of which there were twenty in all, made of half i.ich plates. The caisson proper is six teen feet high. Above this the two steel cylinders ex tend to a height of one hundred feet, making a total of one hundred and sixteen feet from the cut ting edge to the top of the cylinder. Above the caisson the plates are re duced in thickness to three-eighths of an inch and are braced by bars and rods rather than the heavier and more costly plates required in the lower part. The friction of the earth against such a long cylinder is very great, and to reduce it a number of pipes run d.iwn the whole length of the caisson and shell. These open at the Ixittom of the caisson and at intervals of ten feet above, so that by forcing water through them it was possible to di ininsh the hold of the surrounding earth on the steel. The space between the two shells was filled with rublile concrete. The sinking progressed with no more than the usual delays; as the shells went down under the weight of the concrete placed Wtween them, aided by the removal of the earth within by means of bucket dredges, plates were added to the top until the whole was at the required depth. The masonry pier built on top of this cylinder is of limestone backed by concrete. It is thirty-eight feet in diameter and eighteen and one-half feet high. FAME OF FRENCH ARTISTS. It I InrrnMHl by Hie Reproduction of Tlieir I'alnt liie. The proportion of artists in France of wide fame, whose work is frequent ly seen in print, is undoubtedly greater than in any other country; and one of many gixnl reasons for this is eertainl3 the exceptional skill and experience of the French in their use ot reproductive processes, and especially those which not only translate the form of the orig inal, but the color as well, says .Seri li ner's Magazine. These color repnxluc tiotis. printed from metal relief plates anil not from lithographic stones the method usually resorted to by the rest of the world arc unique. The secret of securing, with but few impressions, the marvelous combinations of color, the elfcets of washes, tones and lines, combined with a verve and character quite indescribable, is one of which only the French printer artist is complete master. Just across the border the (icrman printer has developed litho graphy with something of the same en thusiasm which the Frenchman has de voted to the relief plate, each practi cally making few excursions into the other's methods of accomplishing- the same thing. A still further reason for this great superiority is the innate artistic sense of the French printer, or, more prop erly, the pressman. In other countries, where engraver and printer are looked upon by the illustrator as hi: natural enemies, into whose hands a drawing is given grudgingly, the statemeut, which is not infrequently made by the French artist, that the reproduction or translation of the original into printed form is as effective in its way as the drawing itself, calculated to excite de rision. WHEN SMILES ARE IMPOSSIBLE. Woinin'i f'ltiahle l'llfcht on a Wet and Windy Hay. The utter absence of a sense of hu mor from the average feminine com position is liever more' clearly visible, says the Fall Mall liudget, than in a busy thoroughfare on a wet and windy day. A woman may le a philosopher, she may have original ideas and bril liant theories on the fundamental ques tions of morality and ethics, but she rarely rises superior to a muddy boot or a draggled petticoat. The woman isan exception indeed who manages to preserve a smiling face in the teeth of an east wind which plays shuttlecock with her umbrella, and a dreary sleet which bespatters her clothes aud freezes her lingers; young or old, fair .or plain scarcely one of them who does not frown ominously as she hurries along, forgetful of other peo ple's feelings and umbrellas and tes, hustling and jostling, with never a glance for the absurdity of the situa tion. For there is something unmiti galingly ridiculous aVut pedestrians on a really bad day; nobody wants to walk on the outside of the pavement because of thesplashing omnibttsesand cabs; everybody wants to pass every ImhIv else, regardless of the limited space afforded by the conglomeration of umbrellas; everyliody pushes and el bows and shoulders, and when an um brella appears in sight all considera tions of gallantry or politeness or sex or age are forgotten it becomes an object lesson in "the survival of the fittest" and a free fight or some-, thing near it ensues, in which the fair sex undoubtedly manage to bear their part with more than a tolerable grace. PUNISHMENTS FOR CRIME. Thkrk are three ordinary modes of execution iu China slicing to pieces, decapitation and strangulation. Fhiso.NEKs when arrested in Morocco are obliged to pay the policeman for his trouble in taking- them to jail. Thk reg-ularcmploymentof Hawaiian prisoners for many years has leen the making- of a road up the volcano of Kilauca. Thk most common offense in Jamaica is obscene and abusive language. Over one-fourth of the arrests last year were for that offense. The Ouy 1 kes Ceremonial. About ten o'clock the picturesque old pageant of the search for Ciuy Fawkes was carried out. A party of beefeaters, in their quaint uniforms and still quaint er hats, inarched up the floor of the house with lanterns and descended solemnly by a staircase In-hind the speakers chair into the bowels of the earth, there to search for the shade of Guy Fawkes or for his successor, if any. It was a striking scene, full of color aud old world associations. A few members asked to be permitted to descend and take part in the search, but their as sistance was politely but firmly de clined by the courteous police officer who acted as a sort of stage manager of this dramatic little ceremouv JOB:: PRINTING. Til K Fit K ll M A X Printing Office Is the place to cet your JOB PRINTING Promptly ami Hatixfactorliy executed. We will meet the prices of alii Ihmhm alle conipetiun. We don't n any hut firsl-oiiss wink an. I want a liyinic niice fr It. With Fast Presses and New Type We are prepared to turn out Joti Piu.in.of every diSMTiption in Hie K1NKST STYLE and t the v-rv Lowest Cask Prices. Nothing out ttie liest material 11 used and our work -peaks for itself. We are pre pared to print on tlie shnrtes. notice I'OJTKRP, PnoOKAMMK.-. Uusinkss Cahiis Taos. I'.ii.i. 1!kais Monthly Statkm knts Esvkuii-ks, 1ABKLS. t:i KIT LAIC. HKI'UISfl AND VlblTlNO t'AKOS. :HL Kf. NoTKS. 1KAKT8 KKCKIITi. PmSH UllKK, l,KTTKIt AMI N'OTK IlKAOS, AMI llor and 1'antv Inmtations Etc. Wecan print anything from the fiimllesi anil neatest Vi-itinc Card to the laiest Foster on short notice arm at the must Reasonable Kales. The Camhi i 1 Frocman k n e n s iu; iu; . V K S N ' A . KLEIN'S SILVER ACE Rye Whiskey. Till Hlilakrj lt linrlvalnl fnr HI K TV, . '. .:. Kl. X I I I.I.K.M l ll la rrriHinii'iKlril t l.tij'alelMn. M "-! ami -nlrw. cl ki llr IrHttlMC lm.illal. uf Ihr a-wmH- rjr. All lirni-ria.a lrnctii. tela atntl leleri fkea ll. II rll SI. SO ier lull quart rtrrialirrr. t" nr atenJa-r atne krri II. t MAX KLEIN'S, 12 I'ealeral Mrrrl, A lla-Klaen . ta . anal It will le alilppeal I o ynit -eara-aw, Al.l.l II AKI. I lit. Write tT I'ataloKue. Mallei! l-'roe. leV-B.Wly. MRS. ELM IRA HATCH. HEART DISEASE 28 YEARS. Dr. MiUm XtnUfol Cm.. ElkJtart, ItvL. Dbab Bias : For 20 yean I troubled with heart disease. Would frequently have falling pella anl emothrini; at m-ht. Had to Bit tip or get out of bed to breathe. Had pain la my left tde and back mortof the time: at Ust I became dropsieaL 1 was very nervous and nearly worn out. The least excitement would cause me to THOUSANDS with flutter! n. For the latt fifteen veara I could Dot sleep on my leftside or back until liecan taking Tour Hoar Car. 1 bad not talen it very long until I felt much better, and I can now sleep on either side or back without the least discom fort. I have no pain, smothering, droroy, no wind on stomach or other disagreeable symptoms. lam able to do all my own housework without any trouble and consider mysvlf cured. Klkhart, Ind.. Iw8. afita. EumtA Hatch. It is now four 5 ears since I have taken any medicine. Am in better health than I have Uuea in 40 years. I honestly be- av mm lieve that Ihr. MiUm e 111 IRF D Htwt (We saved my life IIS fc and made me a well woman. I am now 62 years of aire, and am able to do a eood day's work. Kay M, 1892. Mas. ELMiaa. Hatch. Sold on a, I'ot-itive Guarantee. Or. M 'LES' PI LLS, 50 Doses 25 Cts. Scientific American Agency for CAVEATS. TRADE MARKS. DESICN PATENTS. COPYRICHT8. eteJ I- or mma-matton and nr Handbook writ to MI NN St . Hhoai.wav. Nkw Yolllv. Oldest bureau for seeurimr patents In A tileries. Krery patent taken out ! n-i Is bnutln lietoro the public by a uotioe Kiven free of diaive tn the cf ricntific JVmcricnu Larvest ctrralatlnn of any sol entitle paper fn the World, t-uleudully illuntratei!. No mtolHeeiit Hi an should be without It. Week It, K.'t.OO a year; Lai oil months. Aildrw ,v t- tUbUsukkii, 3ol iiroadway, Mew Vurk Oty. Cures tbonaands annually of Liver Com plaints, Biliousness, Jaundice, Dyspe-v aia. ConstiDation. Malaria. More Ilia resnlt from an TTnhealthyL.ivertLanany other cause. Why suffer -when you can lie cured t Dr. Snnford's Liver Invigor ator i a celebrateil family mertirinc. VOIK 1U14JI-T M'lLi. fll'-LY IOC. PATPNT VAWIABLPFlo7cT!ON Ffm Wm at- Oak, Ua'uMai M arAl.a awfoiiS& Engine i 0 I L - mm ... . 1 1. I neenrea inc meoai ana HiQhesiAmard at the World's Columbian Cjtnosition. arrmntd th h4 na.l ShinrU MUls. Maoliinery uul Htaudanl AsrualUiral lmpl.-nH.nl .rf lut oii- "" Prwa Mend ( lilurl.l UiWua A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd.. YORK. PEN N A. Do you NEED GLASSES? EYES EXAMINED FKEE Spectacles perfectly fitted nd guarantee! for 3 years. Artiltcinl ryes ansa-rt. d. J. DIAMOND. Optician, rjBpfesL Iff rr n i ij TOMave HtiTHTnr Live a must riotc. DOS, Some 81 art lint; StatUtlrs fromth.r Ke.ultir lta-s;arlloc: 'anli0lp-1 Omsumjtion now earri-N .,tf p. tlious:ind peruis iu Kran.-- , '" hundred and seventy tlim.H1,j says the Ixndon llisjte!,. ja ' land the mortality ha fa;i,-n ; par thousand. The towns ui.rt. scourge is most intense are l'ariv . the mortality from it is or,,. ,,ut dentlis: Dijon and Xaney. i,r one out of seven, and "arx-iil,-s wa it is one out of six. At tl,. r'. - eoiio-ress at Havre. h,-,l ,, t u "- cial uestions in a praetieal ni.a" Ir. fiillHTt. who i4aeinsm,,.,tj " eialist. said that drunkards are ia, tilarly suljeet to it. There K a aril's phthisis. Now. the h:tl.'4. of inelriates are alirty ai, 1 j'). and "l"anlitiss is a :'r-it the spn-ad of eontairi.niv I.a f'iU' llavraise. or iiian-j,., ,u ,, wiirkin'-flass t-nant,. ti,,. , from consumption is v.tv I. wit hstandin": the liyjrietiie , ,ritl aeeorlintr to whieh f!,,- nr.- I r,. 1 wurKPd. I nere were live oui . til. deaths from eoiisuinption. '1'i; Ih? -x pi allied from the teii;ti.t" , f spittiiijr aliut. A iiiiiije, (j that swept the spuinaif a .,:, ,nil,-. on the stairs pieked uji which she inhaled hen l.riiv',;,. , o"ariuent. I r. "UIhtI is. f,.r ),:t son, airainsi tenement li.e.it ' "r u.a sions for ttie poor. iiu. i. laiii!:;. clothes aul liedding- from tin and lialeoiiies was another ib ur.-- contatrioii. J he suhjeet of l..rv... means of prop!ii.'atiiitr couini,--was als irone into. A rei..rt ..f v f'a liot, of the veterinarv s. ,, A I fort, shows that thev in t a vehicle f'r spread inji it. ,. i w lotio tr-ated ilo-s surTeriii?- fr..iutuV culosis for cancer, lut latterH t!ir criiscojie showasl him what t f i.-ir .i . case was. lictwecii the 14th .if March and thi' th of April i!tt dieil at A I fort of tul-reii!..-i rr,. the 1st of Oi-I.ilier. Is'.M. I-. tl. AtiiTiist. Isit::, lie made f.rt . tcmsoiitof nine t housand. an l f , in all the fortycases tuln-r'ul..?' .. the causa- of death. The .li-4-a--very cali"hiiiT from a il lt. It ..ri- atws in the intestinal iiiik-iis. !H tloTS eat lunes pieked l.v tut.s ai!-. 'u!i: patients ari l lick up what tl v 1, li plates. They also keep al i., if attached to them and intl,; v ..... . .. .r . . . i i - i some jrei anei-ieu i iiroiifii t iini.-. If the dojr is often -litamii.ui.i t the human patient he in turn -j.r, 4 tlie diseac to other hinnaii leiufrv PUSHING TRADE IN AMERICA Many Tricks Ka-aorta-ri to by t.uroursi dealers in ll lliea nd l.lijuir. Then-is a trick iu the c!iai:ia-ii-and in fact in all wine an.) 11. lU., trades, known as "pushing- "" A 1 r:i i. house which casts envious eves ,,u ij. American market has to "pu-h" '. w ine to j'et it sold here. The a-vi,'. resort to all manner of exjie.li. is j .sell their wine. They .'ive pri.. t.. liarteiiders, stewards, ete. 1 l,rr a lictitioiiN demand l.v aklir for a certain brand iu hotels an.l r--taurants here that particular t.ra:.J is not in stock. They employ tli.-ir men to "make the rounds" and .! !!.c same tiling-. When thev are wi'.d i i-rowd they order the'r own brand, jut for it and make the rest of the ks::t drink it. Then, of course, the r-! man who orders calls for the au,c wine. This '"pushing" of wines in.il. . it impossible to judye of the Aiiu ri.-ai taste for any one particular elmar pajriie. fine brand may be "pu hej" into demand ne year and allowe-i t. fall from frrace in the next. '1 he i.i- i. according."' to the New York Tribube. is to sjn-iid a freat deal of m..iiti year in jrettiiir a wine before the puv lie and then to make a lar-v pr..ht ..e succeeiliiio- years. 1 1 is livinir on ..i..'; reputation. So that if the sal.- of s few brands inerea-es from year . :t that is not a fair estimate from w lii. to ilratv conclusions, and the umr holds true if t he sale of a few bran.; decreases. liut w hen we take tw-nty-three American agents and coinparr th-ir sales for t -vo years we fet a l'."-J id-a of the w hole trade iu this e..uiilr. fintsideof those t w eiity-t hn-e hoii-.-all other agents in this eotii.trr broujrht here in ls-i only '.i.si',n oas--Iist year '"all other airents" impor;- .'. '.."-'JT. The imports for 1-HJ of twei.tv thrce agents and all i-thers were lV-'i cast's, but last year they fell oil t . ""Ts.5.0. This is a la-"rease of 7J.K casa-s, repreM-niiiip wine which ..iil.i cost the consumer over ?::.lKHl.iiiXi. bu! a consnmption of "J7..VJil cases. nul peiple will say w ho have not the tiiian cial taste f.ir champagne, is a very jrreat deal. NOW A DESERTED VILLAGE. Virginia City, ev., lliirr tiav and -r.-paroiiN. ICapiilly l alllu to KuIiik. "A jh N't could write on 'The In serted Villap-e" w ith Yiryinia C ity a- subject and surpass 4'oldsiiiillr iii. mortal production on tt.e same topic" said a resident of San Franeise.i i St. 1 ou is I ilole-IlemH'rat man. " Tin first time that I was ever there tin population of Vir-inia t'ity wasreater than that of the a-utire state no. Kvery thino- ran w idaopeti. MairniLeeiit hotels and opa'ra halls, palatial ' - deuces, stores that would have .i..ne crislit to New York, iiiillioiiair. v M" sjn-nt money freely..iuaiutainiiir a ---cicty that for brilliancy and !a- coiihl not 1 'C eualed in the 1 i States. I was there a short time a-"-The hotels an! opera houses are el -. 1. the residences empty, the stores ie uioved to other and more proper. "is places. Dwellings that cost hui. '.re.i of thousands of dollars are jriveii fier to the bats, and the bn-keii pane- ylasjs. the shtitta-rs lian'iiif' ujoii a iu trlc liinre or llair'inr in the wind re a jrrewsome s-iise of loneliness, hi years to come it w ill afford niayiuiieeiil spectacles of ruins, and even no win some sanctions of the town there i-a sa'iise to the Wholder of iK-iu-r in a i Vo" of the Jiast. Millions wen- ma.U- :'' lost, and the history of Virginia would Ik.- one of the most thriliin.- st.i ries ever w ritten." GEMS OF THOUGHT. He who forgets his own friew.is meanly to follow those of a hi.' her de trree Ls a snob. Thackeray. The devil knew not what he del when he made man olitic: he crossed himself by it. Shakesjieare. I Jo sot accustom you rstdf to consider delit only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity. Johnsoii. No TKl'K and permanent fame can founded except in laliors for the hap piness and g-ood of maukind. i harles Sumner. iKVotlreye is on the Kternal y.nr intellect will prow, and your opinions and actions have a taanty which iu lcarninr or combined advantages if tt her men can rival. Kmerson- In troubled water you can s.-ar"e see your face, or see it very little till ttie w ater le quiet and stand still; si. ia troubled times you ran see little truth: when times are quiet and settled, then tsvuth appears. Selden. The ancients took Treat pains W ornament their favorite volumes. I'r-e pcrtius speaks of tablets with t-.ld iHirdcrs. Ovid mentions manuseru'i with red titles, and other authors men tion presentation of a-opies of whwa the rorer awaa overlaid with "n-oiii ft tunes. DISEASE SPREAD CY ,rsn konsu . COI-I . sa'" . disi . VMC - GF Escab'd. iS6a. s.ta st., nrTswiva. PA.,
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