Vlv t;itit-JiiijLj ittute.
The lrten.l rel'arde eirrolation ol tbe C
Bill KK rxminena it to the tavor-ttd.
eocMderiun t.f .iTertirer tioe lavora will txt
merte. at th. lolieaitift lb. rlei :
1 Ineri, 3 UDM tl.SO
1 I urn , 3 month?.................. . - SO
1 ltch, month...........
1 ir.h lytir ..
t Inehe. montlu..... 6 i
2 Inrties. 1 year 10.00
3 I or he, ft montb. .. ................... ... .00
a loche. t year . .. ......... "t.ifi
li eolnmn, t munint lo.iO
s" eolu in n . 6 month?...... fj.ii0
mlumn. 1 year ..........
enluma, montL.
I column, I year T4.P0
Hu'lrjei-j lie mil. r.rt insertion, Utc. jer r.n.
jut-ye-iurnt Inn rt a. lis. fx-. rr Hae
Aamin!trtor" in J , Kxeeutor' Notteej.ri M
A minor', otle-. l.fA
St rriT and fimiiar Noticed l
-Ke?..ut ion or .r.eeeilinif n ot any corjKt-m
tlon or Society an.l ci.miiiiinl-atiotii dfiKDtd lo
call attem ion to uny matter kI limited or tritll
vnlaal mterr.t mur-i le j'id lor a ad vert i merit .
Bot k ami Job l-nntin of all kind neatly and
., ru.-ui it'PIi.
- ri 'in S3 P
,iil..rrtJn Kate.
v. I. fri '.rne f l.ftO
; i:- -it -MMnn ; umriih:. l.T:"
f ;.-t :! Klll'lll i TU'-ntri?. ItO
i :-.r i'H-1 within the year.. TCio
. n, rei.J;n; tiut.-"tde of che county
-ill i-er jfar will bo rbarxetl to
,.irn wiil tiie rve terms ha t
a-. . tr.--.-e who ,lon s ooni-uli melr
;"' ,n advance o-u.-l nut ei
-it .: -:tuie fooling as tbnse who
-.. 10 .!i--tnctly anaer-'tooil Iron;
i
. :"'
.
JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and Proprietor.
"HE 19 A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE."
81. SO and postage per year In advance.
;. :it er r !! e you stop It, If ("top
-.11 err.-k-ieyou stop It. imtop I 7--- ttiii. V-V T T t
1 v OLUML XX MI I.
' 'T .
EBENSBUKG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, IS94.
t ' .
NUMBER 37.
exc-Tiit.air rKU!f,l t the lowest iTicet-. Ant
-. . ...
It i'u.lieil Wrrkly Ht
f ,,--,- 111 Ki, ItHKIA ., PE..A.,
! J A ?i K.n -. HAS0,
iH.4fe' A.6k A. $
1
ml fr
foil
a n mpit 'ill Q
11 1 11 lii ui 1, in n v .
i) REX EL'S
EVULSiON OF
-. NuKtGiAN
CO!) LIVER OIL
.-. - -r-E ViCAlLV PURE
HYPOPHOSPHITES OF
LIME AND SODA.
FG-"
(VSJ""""' BRONCHITIS. COUGHS
-Ci-Ds. ASTHMA. SCROFULA.
. K .n 5 StSS, NERVOUS DISEASES.
. 3 i-iii OF CHILDREN,
- h:. S COUGH, ANAEMIA.
. c-"-VK " "
-OENEHAl OEBICITY. etc.. ETC
".ttton euros by lt"s nutritive,
li i .i trii-j emulsion. net
- -toil. .ji"ic.:ly':.--iiiiil..t.-.t,
;:t .icno;i on blocs!. ti-iu--l
ni..-kd improvement bom.
: c! Co! Liver Oil is e-p-ci:ly
;: r..ii.:u-s, t--.r scroti.i.i
. -. j!.;!i-:-;I.;r.i-iil.ir:i-iii(:iil.,
. - I . h.,r ,vs.
! - ft fl !i. f,s
: - .. - it :i j'-rl--. t curt-.
: C I I,:v,T l.l l tl.. v-rv
' t . ::. .'t. rrl.i-. It 'ii. Ih!i.
' i' i Ihrf.i!. h . r- -
' - ' "" ol ch.-st :,n, ail
.1 1 lis.iat:Ll C(-Ii lit l 'tis
p. r I'ott'c. S.-Id by
to a;iy aadrcs ou ro-
"iTRiETORS,
W'.nkelann & Brown Drug Co,
ptir MO'iE. MD. U. S. A
Constipation
r. ;i; nii'iit. Tho rft-
.-r:.:is. Avoid
. l'Ur-:i: i vrs, the
: T.) weaken t!iO
I -1 ri iiii'ly is Ayor'9
; . y v.-..-:a!.If. th.-ir
; ... . L Tlivir -uVi-t always
arj an atlrniral-lo
: r j III. itiiil i viry.
: .. it. f.--i,.n. t
- I.:'!.'y an.l univrr-
: i ..-. alnt
. -i- i 1 i i.fiii l ii my
:. i. I'.. 1'uH li-r, llrule-
' . 1 Ayrr"? Pi:! n'mvn
. ' ,- i- ii-: i r..i-.l tlu;:r
i t mv. If atlil
n. i.. ;:!.,:;., r.i.
Ay-r'- IM1N li:irn
: We lliil tlu-iu
Effective Remedy
! it:-1 :r rion. ami
r,. :n in Tin- lmH.-jt:."
u. .1. M.t-.s.
i s I'::u. f,,r livf-r
-: -n. l a i : it -z many
. ; a ,i s fiitiii-1 t hem
::i 'Sii-ir ilclioti."
N. V.
. T.-';i.ati..n wliii-h
n it.- f. .rm tliat
i -pj..!!:' f tlus
- . f A wr's Tills . f
. i. 1). lliirke,
r I ' i i 1 s f..r tliP past
I. r t iii-iii an in-ii..-.
1 klii.w f
f--r livi-r tr-'iil.Ii-s,
..:.i : I, . in a pr 'iiipl
.(arm s Jii;iiii, T.O
. . :.a.
with r.stirf-
. ' al-i- wit li i-r-.t-
-. 1 liavi- tiii-,1
f-.r r.-li.-f. I am
1. i.- si-rvi-l mo
' ' : !ii.-.lii i:ii-. I
i.iily afti-r a
; . r;Ts " tjaumel
- Mass.
Ayer's Pills,
' ' : I ; t i v. v
' J - a. r.o . Lowell. Masf
feui ! t-r l;. ai(r n Mediciuo,
The Kcvstonc Watch
Case Co. (if Philadelphia,
-'- -t '.v.itch cae manufactur
' "i i'i the world, is now
! the Jas. Boss Filled
" ' '- r 1 made by it, a bow
'' -i ta:.:int be twisted or
' 1 ' watch.
' ---- j-rotcctinn against the
! ' ' -';v.d t!:e many accident?
' v.-ati ;KS fitted with the
' " wljich is simply held
' ' '' ' ' arid can be twisted off
It is called the
UU'jmracmm tmim m m m -la
' :.V I.E HAU with
Thr r traJe marlc
r7
' '''' iiigh watch dealers,
n . . f.n.jer nails to ooen your
ifi'l tor an opener (free).
Scientific American
Agency for
DESICM PATENTS,
COPVRICHTS, otcJ
'! . , " fr ' II ! .I'x.l; wrfto
V ' . " A V, Nl.- V.iKtf.
' . "f"-tr i-'in-til.i !n Aii.,tii
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. -,vi-li -fri-.? oi ciiuliTc lu tliu
- ' '! '-f iin wiontiflo tMr-cr In iht
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A I j ' I I 1 '"''S''"' tt.l-f, t., M
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I I ol.ll.l-- Hit ,
.t hiy. ryitia
'i t-i It 1 1-' I alul .-ure.-H
i ' -.1 it,'lu'i-nieiil t.
' J-.-.-..arv. f.ii'imne
''i i- "I Kiitueirivru. I hi
AI.I.KN M iiSKKV CO .
1 r i in il.-r.-, K.j iie-ter, N. Y.
no knK
Ii
CARTPD'C
!:rl:Tiiitai-)ifand n liovnail :V tmnlilm !nrf-t-.-nt
t. a I Mi-nss k' lo f t ho sys-.pn. n-icli aa
li;.7it:--.s. N:i'.is-a, DrowsincwR, Iastross uftpc
caiiLn. l :.:u iu (o :m !.-, .'cc. WUilo ini-iriu.)st
nmfl.-.-hp, T.-t Cnrfr-r's Ltttl.5 tlvrr Tills Rra
c-ju.tP.y vuiuii! -o inConi.tiii;aion.-.irini;Bii.l pro
S ti: : -r t: r.r.y iir oomiiiajiit.rv hil. tlu-yalso
rrno.-talj t.s: ril rs.-t t !iot-': irji;.. li.fMimui.it .it !ia
J -. or ami r-guUl; tU- iKiwcia. E - u if Uicy only
fl 6tfy -x -nM ! onlratpricrirst.-ithnwiwhij
" -r rr-.:n t:.i !.':-l : - ii:(;oo-.i:i liiit; butfortn-r.nt.-ly
.i.rir!7 '.!:i..isil. K 3i!. .t-u.l!i.-r,at.il those
T::..-i -icotry iUot-.i v.a: fi:ul the-littlo iilUvaln
r.l ( in m::: .: v.-.v:i that (hoy il! 11..1, bo
iiiisJ to d j without th.-ui. But aftor allBick
T .
me of r.- yrt.iriy live-? that hero In whora
,'c v.r t Ifoast. Our : ills cum it wliila
i'-1 I.iTf-r Pills aro v-ry pmall an4
C'.o or two 1 'illn iisakoa close.
-:lv vi-j iI.lt) in-1 lo ti. t fjnpo or
ti.- ir -.tl-ia.:Lin pl.-a.-ie all who
y to T
i-tr:.
ilsar J:t-.-ntFi ; livefor?!. tioki
ias yerywiieru, or ut Ijy tuaiL
rV.R MEOSCINE CO., Now York.
PILL. SALL DOSE. SMALL FOSCE
t;i i
P t.
"NO MORE DOCTORS FOR ME!
TTipy sai.l I was ciisnmptivp. pent to
Flotilla, tolj f.10 to l,--ii quiet, no pxrit.
rncnt, ai!.i no tpmils. Just tliink of it.
Otin.Iay I foiiii'I a littlo book called 'C.uiilo .
to I li ::'.t!i,' by Mi s. l'iiikliani, ami in it I
fomi.l cat wl-at :iili'l inc. So I wn.to to
ii r, "t a i iv.-'y roj.ly, t'.ld 1110 just what to
do, an.l I am in sil-r.ilil !ii-:iltii now."
VP.!', C DTl'-,"?f'C Vegetable
LlL'iA Li rhliiAUl O Compound
CntMir.prs all tlioso woaktiessos ati'l ailini-nts
fo j.rova'. nt with tlic sex, ami restores por
lert lir-a'.tli.
All Irii--Trir-t srll it a atamlar1 arti
cle, or si-t.t l y mail, in form of 1'ills or
L,,7"lOS, ;ii 101 o.t.t f-f Sl.tjii.
1'or tlio fut-o 'f Ivi'inoy Complaints,
eiti-.i-r sox. t',o l'..iin'..nml l:a no rival.
Mrs. i'inkiiam fioolv ai:swors letters ot
inquiry. Knclose st.itnp for reply.
'Send two ?-rpnt Ltan-.nj. lor Sirs. Finkhsm
b'aiiti't'l R."--;-i!T lil.-str.Tted bnok. entitled
"CUICE 10 HEALTH a:D ETIOUETTE
II contains a vn'.ime c! valuable Information.
It has itavil iivr-s nnrt maj sae yours
LyKia E. Pinkriam Md. Co., Lynn, Mass.
From Pole to Pole
Atxr's Farhatarii-la demnnntrated it
power of cure lor ail dim-aflt s of the blood.
Tho Harpooner's Story.
?. T. C Ater Sc Co. Twenty year wo I
wan a liirpco.cr in xh.c Nrrh l'aiitic, when tiv
othT of the crew and myi lf wi ri; );nd up Tvith
-urvy. Our todif w -re blat !, um nwoiloa
nd t'l'-fdinij, tt'th JKri't jurjio bltjtchon all
ever u aru ;ur l-reath w-nifi rttn. Take U
by and iargt wo wi re pn-tty badly otT. Ail out
l;m" -juice wa R.-cidenLHily dtMryd, but ihe
captain had a ciupto dozen bottles of Atxk's
Faratakili-A ana cave that. We recov-r-d
on it quicker than I )iav cvr feon men
br-.UL'htahout by any other tratm-nl for Scurvy,
and I've seen a jrood'dcal of it. Seeing n. men
tion in your Almanac of y-mr ?araparilla hinff
t-.d f . r curvy, I thouclTt yoa oi'htto know of
tin-, and m nrrid you te fa' t-.
Iw ci-cctfuiiy yours, Uyu T. ixgati.
The Trooper's Experience.
U?$r'Tt ZasutnlanJ S. Afri:at)Mrch', HS.
1r. .1. i - Aier Sc t:. U-nticmn : 1 have
trjuch r.lartir lo t-st:ty to ib pi "at Taiue of
your har.iparillu. Wo tav9 jtci. stationed
here f r ov-r two var, durin vbich time wa
hd lo live lr fo'j-. Eeinrf undrr canvaa fo
t j. h a tim brracht on hw i called in thi
ccuntrv 4vf ll(-area.ff I Y.mtX thcte aorea for
vn t".m. 1 win ativincd to take yourSartfc.
Snlla, two hot;!.- of which made my mofm
iaapiear rapidlv, and I am n-w quit well.
Youm iru v, T. K. Hoihn,
Trufj-tr Otpe 1ounted iijJm-
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
I. th or.iy thoroughly off.t!r hlood-ptirifier,
lti- ..tiUr ni.-.ii. in liiai rriitlii-at. the pol.on ot
r-cr..f.iU, Sl.-pury, and CoiiUigiou DImkm
iruin thi .yiiti-tn.
riicrmfK bt
Or. J. C. yxyer & t'o Lotrell, Ml
Sola by 11 IrungitJi: Prlo. 1 ;
tiix botti i lor 95.
W. L. Douclas
SS SHOE. NO SQUEAKING.
5t). U O K Ut- VMI1 ,
tctWHA F MAM ELLED CALF".
s43 FttiECfUf&WWiSABCl
$ 3.5- FCLICE.3 Soles.
,.,5o.t2.W0RKINGMFfj
i2.l.7-5 Boys'SchcslShsES.
L.AL3
'i1 . . . . I
- HROCKTON, MA3i.
Because, wc are the i.,rKest n.ani.racttirers of
r-i-c s.-9 n the world, and suaraatte
the v-ilae Lv st..i.i;.:i' the name an.l price on
li e Wtf.m w!mh protects yua aa.r.st h.Rh
nrict s an lie mi.ldU-.nai. s prot.ts. Our shoes
.-.I custom w.-rlc in style, t-asy fittjnic and
1 ,! ties We have them s..M every-
WVi,"n5t'f' wLt ces tor the value Riven than
a v oThc r Va a k c Take no b,t.tutc. If your
diilcr cannot supply u. we can. bold by
J. X). LUCAS & CO.
illy i:; :.ai.
t'avi-at. ami Trait.--Mark" obtained, and all I'Mr
etit liii-mi -s ron.'m ti -l for Moderate Fr.
Our Office is Opposite V. S. Patent Olfice.
rid .vi. r-iti -,- nri- pat.-nt in Ifii-i time than thore
ri-mote frm :i- r.l lift op.
-iai m.Hif!. (ira-.vii.ir -.r photo., with di'Trlp
iori. We vtvi-e. if j..-it,-iit:iti!e or not. fri-e of
chnriri-. -:r f--c not -im- Till pat.-nt i- -.i-ran-ii.
A Pamnhlet. "Mow to Obtain r.-it.-t;t." with
r.ami t3 of :i.-rii.-il riietit in yoiirState, fouiity, o
town, font free. Adiire-'S,
C.A.SfJOW&CO.
Opposite Patent Office. Washington, D. C-
SGEJiTS WaHTED
K Pius.
(fndk
V';- jV
iT. x :
U4('o Li-ooOri.
llend to the bree.e, "tis tho lesson the
-'-;in ..
T u h t; .--.;i-h .lay in tin ir 1 u lv e-tale:
Hi-tt.-r to lf.nl in- ;t!i tin- Mori i ;:s it iiasses
Than to ! broken by l.iti.t--. t:iie.
Hi nd b:iL a little, the i lou.l ill p -. ou r.
Ti:i-'i 1:1 l!.t- iu'l y.u r.i:i 1.1 1 tip . .wr lu- ;il .
Strai-im-i youri-lvi-!, bUe the ira-s iM Hi.
i I.e. i l ;
lti tti-r Ih- brulsi-il ainl Ik li intr. th;m tb- ni
' St. in. 1 l:'.;e a r.K-k'" That may oo f r a hero.
r .l with mail, ami well u-,eil to hi.-.
1 e:
H it t':.i-ie mortals, too natty, as we
' .1 -.v.
Weaio ii.-.l by fiiilure. ciH-reed by a cliinee.
X.-.i r :.-i,- np. " It is easy to say it
Wle'ii ; ii oi;- ue:iihms in onler :ire foiunl;
("ou!:':'i- :'r..ws last w hen we nei-it not ilis-
!!:- il.
AH ciia be brave when the lions are bound
' Nothai.--' uereeiis liiii su,-ee!s.' that is eer
t. in.
True the ioh-1 in these latter ilays:
Put out tin- footli.'lits. and ntnz ilo.wi the
i-'ll t..in.
If you lii.ve nothing that iwopli. must
pr.ii-e.
Itetnl to the breeze. "Tis the lesson the
jr:i--s,-
Teaeii u . to-day: 'tis a le;oti of love:
Hen. I till tin- storm of at'.v.-r .ly p. is-.es.
-n.i tin- 'l.i.i swe-.iiine i. on. i laore lit ove.
i'l.ira ii. Heath, inio.o.l I iouski-piii.
15KAVKR.
Tho Story of Cn.pt. Lawson'a In
to lliurent Caiiino Messonor.
"I ilnti"t at ah lilv the iil.;i nf in.iv
m;.r away ulT up lure tn est fur.l.'
Mini MotliiT l.awsnti, as sin st.'ppeil
ln-isUly alxnit. ptittino- the Ihm'
kiteln-ii. that was nb..i parl.ir, l-.lr.nni
an.l hall, in nr.ler. so that the new
h".iiu iiiio-lit have a i-nzy l.k ulii-n
tin tire 1 family ilivw up almut the
lii:it i fully Npreail supper tahli.
"' hy iiii'tlier." lati-j-heil lur dauvli
tir Uuiiy. tnriiiii-,- iilnmt from hr work
in front of tlii ylivin;r lire, our
iun.rh liors up here in V.-tfor. all will
say: "I want to Unow if you useil lo
live, away olT ilown in il 1 inrtonV
an 1 1 have no il.nil.t you will s.. n
irrow into the Mime tnatilier of sH-eeh."
I'eriiaps 1 shall." repli.-il Mother
l.avvson. hei-rfully: " have learr.el
in it.y many years of life that home i-,
Iii-.ine. uhetlierit is in one 'onneet ieut
hili town or another. If ilauriiti-r
I.itey liveil near hy, iis she ili.l when
we were on the ohl farm. I shouliln't
iiiiinlso intn-h; or if we were on the
Minn- turnpike, where )M-ople lire all
the time ilrivino- ami teeniinir. so that
we eoul.l semi wor.l haek ami forth.
Kut there she is, ilown there on the
llartf. nl an.l lVovi-U-nee. ami here we
are on the llartforil ami Iloston. ami
on the eross roails lietween lis there is
no mail route, no stajre route, no
reirular teams. W'e must ilrive tlie
dozen miles on purpose every time we
hear from por ilaurhter I.uey. all
al-nc. without a relalivc near her.
away olfiiown there in Willing-ton. "
' "1 ia. lia!" lauirheil Utiliy; who won hi
ever have eHeteil the ilear woman to
so soon fall into Westforil ways? I lo
von hear her. James? l.less me, what
is the tioy thinking of? This is no
time to o-o off into a hrown stmiy or to
write a Latin exercise for l'ursoii
L.Himis to eorrect."
"This is no Latin exercise," replied
James, who in later years hecame an
eminent scholar. "This is a little en
terprise tip-on which Heaver ami I are
aliout enterino-. I lo tin writin;r ami
Heaver does the carry inr. Here. H'a
ver. ,, -l i lojr. Heaver! loyou under
stand, old fellow? lo you see this?'
and he showed tin laro-e. haridsome
shepherd do"T that stoinl hy. wa;'o-ili'r
his l.ushy tail, a small, leather money
lia-r. "1 o yon see this paper. Heaver?
I have written a message upon it to
Lucy. I have told her that we have ar
rived away up here in W est ford safe
and sou nd, and that Kuhy is fry-in,- llap
jaeks for suppr. and that mother is
worrying ahout her. as a matter of
course, and I finished up by be i iiff
her to write and tell us how she is,
ami semi the letter back by you."
The bright-faced lad put the caro-fulls-
folded paper in the little ba;r.
ami tied it by a strotio" lii'inpi'ii cord
about the intclliovnt creature's neck.
"Now, Heaver, you must iZ.t a; ii:iek
lv as you can and carry this to l.ucv."
Ipeiiitio; the door. Heaver trotted out
in verv imortant fashion, and James
repeated:
- "o. Heaver! Cm""
"lie will fro a (.'nod deal!" laurlied
llubv. who was always laue-hiiifj.
"lie would be as likely tn obey if. you
told him to chop an armful of wood
an.l hriii? it in."
"Von will see." replied the lad. clos
iii!,' tin ilnor. "Heaver is no i omiin.ri
do;?: lie umliTstands a rreat deal of
tnv talk to him. lie will pass the ni?ht
in ViI!in?toii with sister Lucy, and
will return to us to-morrow with a let
ter." "Stran?e Heaver don't come back,"
said uribelicvini? ttuhy over and over,
during' tlu evciiint?, and she even sat
up until far into the n't?ht momentari
ly expeetin? to hear the familiar bark
of the favorite do? at the door.
lie did not come, however, and she
arose in the morning convinced that
he considered himself sent away for
some reason, and that they should
never see the fine old fellow a?ain.
"He will ?ct homo by dinner time,"
said James, and. sure enou?li, about
noon he came trottiiif? serenely in.
wa-j-o-in? his tail and barkin? sharply
to express his joy.
Jaiui's opned the little leather bat?,
finding?, as he expected, a note from
Lucy.
"i cried all day after watchinj? you
out of sij?ht," it said, "and you don't
know how f?lad I was to see Heaver
when he came barking? at the dix-r
early ill the evening. Your letter was
a (?re:it comfort, for I had no idea of
hearino from you for a week at least.
I shall not feel half so forlorn now, for
a do;? that will fetch a bone will carry
one, they say, and we can write as
often as we pi. "Vie. "
They did write often, yon may ba
sure, and Capt. Hawson'.s Hearer, w ith
the little leather wallet suspended
lfiiealh his white thmat, came to be a
fo-sTiar sii?ht. to the dwellers iu the
larmhoitscs all alonj? the pleasant
country way that stretched between
the two ?rcat turnpikes.
The old residents say that in the fore
part of the present century there were
ten taverns between laleville, in Wil
liii?ton, and West ford hill. At all of
these houses of entertainment New
l"nt?land rum was sold, and refresh
ment fnr man and beast could be pro
vided nn simrt notice.
Heaver had nooecasinn to call at any
of t'ies placos, neither did h bunt for
squirrels and wno.ichueks almu; the
way. lie attended strictly to his bti.M
ness of mail carrier, and cxchatiTcd
very few -m;ili!:ients with hi-, canine
acquaintances who sainted him w ith a
cor dial bow-wow as he trotted past
their ahidino places.
This went on for several months,
arid then one w inter day Mother l.aw
s..ii was taken suddenly and vi..le!itly
ill. Capt. l.awson and .lames were
away, ami merry Kuhy knew not what
ti ill i.
"It I only could send to Willinjrton
forHr. Skinner I should be thankful
indeed. Hearer!" she said to the old
do?, who from one corner of the
hearth was very prravely takin? note
of his mistress distress. "I tui-?ht. semi
old Jerry, who iseuttin? ivmul at the
i Mir. to be sure, but he would call so
lon? at every tavern in ti;.-n that he
would never "ret t the end of the
journey! ! you hear. Hearer! 1
want to have Mr. Skinner come to see
poor mother. f course, you don't
kn-iw Ir. Skinner from any of
t he ot her friends who call here. I "nor
old do;?. Ynti know cnmi?h to ?n for
Lucy, and that is what you shall do."
Takin? a slip of paper she wrote upon
it:
"Hear Ixi T- Mother 's very siek. Cet I'r.
Skinner here just as quickly as you e-.in.
KriiY."
"There. Heaver! m. Heaver!"" she
said, and clnsino- thedoor. she returned
to her herb teas and hot water appli
cati. uis.
"The old doctor can't t?et liere until
sundown, at the quickest." she said,
"and it is not hiirh n.mn."
What was her surprise, therefoie,
when, in little more than an hour after
Hearer started out. the skillful phy
sician cantered up on his Ih-et (?ray
lmrse. w ith Hearer fnllnwin? elnse at
his hiels.
"Now, this beats all." said the old
man, cnterim? the house, saddle bai?s
in hand. "It certainly Wats all that I
ever heard of. 1 was hist turning? up
to Col. Hrilt's tavern to ret me a 1 i 1 1 le
drop of somethini? hot - for it is an
ama.iii' chilly air and the ohl .l..r
came stlonj?. ritnnin? like a streak, and
headed me oiT. Mm "lont? about your
business. Here." I said.: 'Lucy is wait
in? f..r her letter." Hut he answered,
in as plain do? talk as ever I heard,
that he was after I r. Skinner. So I
made bold tn tell Col. Hritt when he
came out to see what all this bow
wowiiu? was about t.. oii the little
leather ba? and s" what iuessa?e was
inside. Hut the old dof -,li..n ,l t he
wlmle length ami width of his teeth
in such a way that the eolom-l re
treated forthwith, and upon that
Hearer om tied his conversation :iraiTi
at me. So I .'ot off my horse, as much
out of curiosity as anythin-? else, and,
if you will believe me. he raised no ob
jection to my tindin;? ami r.-a li-i" t!i
lett.-r. and. sure eiioii-h. t lu-re I found
in black and white that Mr. Skinner
was wanted.
"However, before I started up here
I put the ba? on Heaver's neck a train
and T .1.1 him tn ir to I.uey wit'i it.
but he would not bit "ire an inch in any
diri-etioii eceptiii? this."
"I told him he "oul.lnt "m- expected
to know- Mr. Skinner." said Ku by.
Ian-rhino- and ervinf? in the same
breath, and sittin? down on the while
floor to hu;? the intelligent do;?, while
the di Ktor took chari of her patient.
Mother I.awson recorere;! and
Heaver's praises ran? far and wide all
almut the country side.
Tin line old dor lived several years
after that episode and died of old ajre.
lamented by many friends ami ad
mirers. I had this story from one of
the family, who was my neighbor, and
it is all true but the names. Mrs.
Annie A. Hrestnn, in Sprinj?liclil Ke
publican. A REASONABLE REQUEST.
She Thmicht She Wool. I Take Her llun
t.afiil'H .il lee.
"I don't see as this butter we fret
from the creamatory is much better
than cow's butter." said Mrs. Van
cover, one mornin? at the breakfast
table.
"What!" ejaculated Mr. Vancover.
excitedly.
"I say I don't think the creamatory
butter is a bit better than any other."
"My dear,"" replied Mr. Vancover.
ryin;? to calm himself, "do vmi know
.rliat a cremat ry i ,?"
"Nn: not unless it is where they
.nake oleoma r'arine."
"Well, my lore, I will inform you.
A crematory is a place where dead
bodies"
"M , f?rac:ous!"
"A place where dead bodies are
burned to ashes, and the ashes carried
home in a jar and stored away anion;?
the family archive'..
"You are think in-? of a pickle cream
ery, darlino-. but don't for heavens
sake ever irct on this subject airaiti in
the presence of any of our friends.
Moii't do it for my sake, will you,
love?"
And she said she would be eternally
cremated if she would. Tammany
Times.
Ill Striking "feature.
A certain judo-i who is blessed with
a tremendous head of hair, which is
generally in a state of wild disorder,
was questioning? a youthful witness, to
make sun that he comprehended" the
character and importance of the oath
he was almut to take. "Hoy," lie Miid.
with his severest and most magisterial
manner, "do you feel sure that you
could identify mr after six months.
Now Ik careful. Tliink Ik; fore you
speak." 'Well, your honor," replied
the lmy. after a prolonged survey of
the jud?e's portly ti;?ure and ru;?;?ed
features, "I ain't mm; but I think I
could if you wasn't to comb your hair."
A Confusion ( l iesi.
A famous London will ln-queathed
"all my black and white horses" to a
certain devisee. A f tT the lawyers had
wranjrlcd to determine w hether sill the
black horses and all the white ones
w re incr.nl. or only the piebald, or
black-and-white ones, a witness testi
fied that all the hor.-es of the dead man
were mares, and the confusion was
worse confounded.
Minnie "Here is a story about a
pirl who refused to marry a man lie
cause his complexion didn't match her
hair." Mamie " loudness. The silly
thing- must hare thouirht that married
people had to be together most of the
time." Indianapolis Journal.
HE NAMED THE TOWN.
A C'hoklnir Indian KeoiiMitle fur keo
ki.k'M lVculhtr Cojrnouicn.
"Just Wen out ill Keokuk. Hottest
place in Iowa." said a weary traveler
the other day. "Wonder why they
have such towns on the map. Only
place there that appears to do any
business is the steam laundry. What
does the name Keokuk mean, any
way?" "Indians named it." said a trarelin;?
man. iu the rotunda.
"Wish they had forgotten to,"sij?hed
the weary wayfarer.
"Kvir hear how it came ahout?"
asked the drummer.
"Never." replied the traveler, as he
sank, exhausted, into a chair.
"Well, it was in this way." said the
commercial man. sittin;? down. "Years
i:ro a lone Indian walked across the
plains looking for frame ami trouble.
He shot a prairie chicken, built a lire
near the river and cooked his bird on
what is now the site of Keokuk."
"Was this in the summer time?"
asked tin- traveler.
"It was." Miid the drummer.
"Mon"t sec why he needed a fire to
cook a chicken, then."
"'Never mind almut that, lie conked
his chicken and proceeded to demolish
it. As he sat iim:i the river bank en-irao-ed
in this plcasino- pastime it sud
denly occurred to him that some day
there mijht Ik a ?reat city built where
In- w as sit I in;?."
"The red man was fooled," Miid the
t ravclcr.
"Well." continued the drummer, not
heed in;? the interruption, "he th.oi-rht
to o-ive 1 hat trreat city a name, and he
:mse. t he hieken still in his hand, and
I ire pa red to rcjri-.tcr the name with the
winds ..f heaven. Just then a I Nine
stuck- in histhroat and all he could say
was Kc-o-kuk." "
Then the t wo men clinched and the
porter pulled them apart.
TREE MINES.
A Curious Industry of Southern AkIm
l.o-;- l-:v.l-nt for ColtlllM.
'ne of the most curious industries in
tin world is the business of miiiitio' for
eot'in planks which is carried on in
I'p-r Toiiqttin. a portion of the French
possessions in southeastern Asia. In a
certain district in this province there
exists a irretit linder-rrouiid leM isit of
lo;r.s. w hich were probably the trunks
f trees cno-ulfc.l by an cart hquake or
--tin other convulsion of nature at a
comparatively recent period.
The trees. Miys the Youth's Compan
ion, are a sKies of pine known to the
rat ires, and also to some ex tent to I u-r.-pcan
commerce, as iiam-hoti. The
wood is almost imperishable, and has
he quality. it her throu-rh its nature
or as the result of its soujourii under-a-roimd.
of resislinj? decay from damp.
I lii-. quality makes it particularly ral
iiablc for the manufacture of eoflius.
and for this purimsc it is largely c
srlii to Knr.ip,.
The trees are often a yard in diame
ter. Th y :.ro buried in samlv earth
,:t a dept h of from t wo to ei-ht yards,
and arc du" up hy uat ive laWr as de
mand is made for them.
In many other places in the world
trees are found u nder?rotind in a very
fair state of preservation. In Ver
mont certain meadows, which now are
cultivated every year, are known to W
underlaid with ?reat masses of loo-s
which were broiu?htdi iwn and deposited
in j?rcat jams in lloods within tin ro
ol lection of lirin? mn. and left where
they were. Ill the course of time the
intorst iis Wtwccli the loirs filled up
with earth and all were covered over
evenly with more earth and vegetable
j?rowth.
Whenever any of those buried loo-s
ar du? up they are found to W in a
surprisingly 'im1 state of preservation;
but tin business of "miniii?"' them has
not yet Wcome an industry.
STORY OF THROCKMORTON.
How He Ohtaiiicil a enlit for m i'llent
in h Ti'Xi 'oiirt.
The late lli.v. Throckmorton, of
Texas, was once cii?ared ill the dcfnse
of a man accilsd of murder. The evi
dence a;aiiist his client. Miys Kate
Field's ashinLrton. w as tun stron? to
Is overcome by any plea except that of
self lYfcm-c: but the man killed was in
his shirt sleeves at the time, and i:oone
had seen him with a w :imn expiseil.
Mr. Throckmorton at the prop-er junc
ture of affairs siniih-nly pnlhd olT
!;is coat and waistcoat and. turnin?
at-ouml si that the jury could sec every
side of him. inquired whether, in their
jiido-meiit. he was armed or not. The
answer us the negative was unanimous.
With a ktiowin;? smile Mr. Thri K-ktuor-t
-il priH'ccdcd to draw from under his
I . ft arm me pistol, a not her f rom under
ids ri;rht. one from ach of his hoots,
and. finally, a hu?e lMiwie-knife from
utidi-r hi i : hirt at the back of his neck.
As he laid the weapons in a row on tin
t -hie. h said: "You. see, rciitlcmcii.
alt hoii;r h in my shirtsleeves, it was not
safe to consider me unarmed." The
counsel forth." prosecution knew from
that moment that their case was ?one.
The liM-tor Uash I'romlso.
This is a true tale, and it points a
moral. A physician of this city had
treated a certain ?eiitlcman and was
asked the question: "How much do-1
owe you?"
"Three dollars," said the physician.
Hut w hen tho patient drew forth a
ten dollar j?.ld piece the healer looked
eliapfallen, and asked, anxiously:
"Hare you no change?"
"No." was the answer. "Only this
and two nickels."
"Then t?ire me the two nickels," said
the physician, "foe if I take the t?ld I
sli::ll W seven dollars out."
The unhappy man had rashly prom
ised his w if. that all the !?old taken in
by him in the discliar-re of his callin?
should be his w ife's perquisite. Lou
isville Courier-Journal.
lVirMi.i I lie yaeen.
Queen Victoria's statue in Madras
was recently marked in a way that was
supposed to indicate a spirit of reWl
lioii on the part of the Hindoos, but it
:.p-x.ars now that the marks are such
as they put on the statues of their de
ities and that they were made purely
in ;t- spirit of worship. the qucon. in- j
deed, seems to lie lu?lily veneratoil in
India. Her life has Wen translated
into nearly all of the almost innumer
able dialects of India, and in Madras;
the natives sometimes burn incense
i and break cocoa nuts Wfore her statue
as they would before the shrine of a
I deity.
INCOMES IX EXGLAXD.
Wealthy Men Not So Numerous
as in America.
NotnithHtandlni; Which the Wealth of
ThU Country It More Evenly llia
tributeil - I m-iii (Cleaned
from Mk ii re.
If the evidence of the Hritish povern
incnt returns show in? the nuiiiWrof
jK-rsons assesseil fur the income tax is
trustworthy the iiumWr of verv rich
people in the I'nited Kin?dom is small.
nly JaiMloO subjects of the queen con
fess to an annual ii.u. mie of over sl.mi
a year derived from trades or profes
sions. The whole iiumWr of them w ho
lire on the scale represented by a fam
ily income almve the s .(Mm nliirk. de
rived from any source, is set down at
almut L'.ihni.ikki. or one in nineteen of
th- population. In other words. Miys
the Haltimore Sun. not more than a int
cent, of the inhabitants of Kuo-laml.
Wales. Scotland and Ireland are livino
in the moderately well-to-do state, im
plied by a family income of j-'jo jht
week. Coin;? up in the scale of in
comes we learn from thcM ollicial re
turns that :?:'. hi Hritish families, a?
f?reratin? r.la.iHiii pt i-siiiis. are all w ho
are in receipt of incomes of SI. aim a
year and over. Comment in? on these
lio-ures the Westminster (iaette savs
of the limits of wealth and income in
the realm of Victoria: "The possession
of what is ordinarily termed a ill-"lest
income, of anything, in fact, above
fl"ii (or TaU is a mre stroke of fortune,
which comes to very few in this world,
while the chance of U-eoinin-? a Cnesus
is so wildly remote that it will hardly
entcr intn the calculatiniis of a reason
able man." It ap-iears that alN.ut
ri.noo Krsons in the w hole I nited Kin?
iloin hart incomes of over a
year. "cii. Hi m it h some time since to. !
a servant irirl census of London and
found that only '. I. houses in that
city hired any servants at all. and that
in one-half of that numU-r there was
only one tuaid-of-all Work employed.
And this in the richest city of the coun
try, containing? one-ninth of its entire
mpulat ion.
Makino-due allowance for the fact
that Hritishers. like mankind jrciicral
ly. can Ik trusted not touveistate their
incomes for purposes of taxation, it is
still evident that the wealth of this
country is not only trreater than that
of Ireat Hritain. but tliat it is Utter
distributed. Far more American fami
lies than Hritish have incomes exceed -ino-
any ?iveii li?ure :i1h.vc S.mmi a
year. As araiiist t he .-..mm Hritish fam
ilies wit h incomes of ?-?r..i . w a rear or
larjrcr. the famous tabulation made by
Thomas i;. Shearman shows that lln-re
are more than twice as many American
families possessing that decree of
wealth. Thes. Sh -armaii ti-rurcs have
not lii disputed by anylmdv. an !. if
true, they show that at least In.:. mm
American families, or '.'.itm.iini n-r- uis.
live on a h-vi l of comfort represented
by an income of S'?.itnii a year or more,
as against the mimic iiumU-r liiii?on
the sI.iuni a year plane iu Kii'.'laii.l. It
is est imated t hat ".'..im I jmtsi his wi 1 1 be
called iimn iu t his country to pay the
new income tax on incomes exceed in;?
Sl.noo a year. The Hritish parliamen
tary returns indicate that this is three
times as many persons as are assessed
over that ii? ure by the queen's tax col
lectors. On the whole it seems Mtfc to
coiiclcile that tin average incomes of
families in the I'nited States are still
hijrhcr than in the most favored. r at
any rati the Wst ?ovenied. eoutitry in
KurojK. Wealth is still distributed
more evenly here than anywhere wlse
iu th world.
ALL HAD SEEN HARD LUCK.
The Actor mi. I the Man Who ICenti Out
done by t lie Hry ;mmIm Clerk.
"I think." Miid the actor, "that the
touj?hest luck I ercr ran a?ainst was
when I was play in? Lornzo in a comic
ojKr:i company w hich I prefer shall Ik
nameless for reasons of my ow n. We
had an cu-rarcmc nt at a pavilion in a
summer garden. It wasii?ooil en?a?e
mcnt. too. and we went out there with
our hearts as full of hoH as our p.K-ket s
wert empty of money. It hapiM-iicd.
thouirh. that we struck one of those
nasty cold summer months. This was
the coldest that I ever miw. It was
positively arctic Hut the place wa..
impular and a lot of -K-oplc came on the
lirst liirht. Show was a tlead frost,
thouirh. and we had to walk back."
"Midn't the "leoplc like it?" asked the
Huffalo Kxprcss man.
Couldn't tell. You see. there was a
bio- erowd. but it was so blamed cold
that they all wore ear-muffs and
couldn't hear the jrJi?s."
"Iluh." Miid the man who rents,
"that ain't a marker to the luck I had
to-day. Here I am a man w ith a sick
wife and a lot of other thin?s on my
haiuls. and when I ?ot home tn-day I
found that it would Ik absolutely im
possible for me to stay there any longer
All there is to it, I're put to move.
When you think that my wife is flat on
her back, you will realize w hat an af
11 ict ion that is. I've put to move; think
of it."
"Well." inquired the reporter, "what
have you pot to do that for? Shy on
the rent?"
No: I "in not shy on the rent, but a
lot of my old creditors found the place
the other day. and tin re's notion-? to
tlo but pet out of their way.
"You fellows make me lanph." Miid
the dry potids clerk. "You actually
make me lauph. You talk as if you
knew what hard luck really is. Why.
you ain't in it with me! I had a job as
floor walker that paid me thirty dollars
a week, l'art of my duties were to
paint the siyns used so extensively in
the store. I always was handy with a
brush, you know. I had a bip sipn to
paint for the candy counter last Wednes
day. It was to read 'Fresh To-day,
meaninpsoine particular kinds of can
dies. I painted it. but an infernal imp
of a lmy who worked in the store paint
ed another just like it that read 'Fresh
Toddy' and lump it in place of mine.
The hiphly moral head of the firm had
a fit when he miw it and tired me with
out pivinp a chance for an explana
tion." Statistics show- i.... all occupa
tions that expose the ierson to dust
predispose to tuWrculo.sis, and that
persons who follow sedentary oceVupa
tions are likewise predisposed to the
disease. Those who live out doors are
almost entirely free from iL Conta
pion, especially due to tloatinp perms,
seems to explain these facts sufli-ciently.
HAD ENOUGH OF SUBSTITUTES.
Homemade I loot Mac kind mil the C lobar -raiti.iT.etit
ti it-uneti iVx.t "Yoorr.
Some pcntlcmcn were iliscussmp cur
rent topics in the lobby of the St.
Jet .rpe t he other i-vtnii:r. when h o .feii-wt-iss.
the new prohibition substitute
for Wer. was drawn ir.tothe discussion.
Miys the Haltimore News. Some had
tried the new drink and prom .u need it
tiqnal in -mint , f flavor to the pcnuine
article, and various opinions were ex
chanped relative tothe ripht of j-is.,s
t. sell it in local option communities.
"I am not competent to venture an
opinion upon that phase of thc.uos
t ion." Miid . me i f the party, --but as a
rule the man who monkeys w ith sub
stitutes usually comes to o-ri.-f iu one
way or another. At any rat., that is
my eXK-rieiicc. and I will cive v.nia
case in point. In the early days of
Texas, w hen few of the inn-l.-ru con
veniences that we now enjoy- were oli
tainable. I was lirinp in the country,
workinp on a farm. A man n.-imel
Hrown lived near my father's. Well,
one day I learned that a couple of
yuiuip ladies were visit mir M r. Hr..w n
and family. f course, now. 1 w ould
have to over and see the yuim?
ladies. I had a toh-rablc p.md suit of
clothes, but my shoes w t re consider
ably wurn. and never ha vinp c me in
contact with blackiup. very nat nr:l:v
were toiiph and unpVaMiht h t !ie
sipht. So I set aUcit tryiiii? to hit up
on schemes whereby I c-iuld improve
the i plexioti of my sh.fs. Fit. ally
an idea struck me and I smile-l tri
umphantly as I con-rratu'iated myself
on my shrewdness. I would take some
siHit from the chimney, iim- molasses as
a vehicle, as the ilrupirists mi v. an.)
imlish lip myshoes witii tie c.Ilip uii 1.
The s.mt Would certainly make t he
sh. -i s black eiioiiph and the in--la-scs
would hold it on. Capital idea. There
fore I pot to work and s.k.h ha 1 my
substitutv ready anl applied to tiie
sin les.
" The effect was not to miv artistic,
but it made the shoes black.' an 1 that
was the end 1 s..ii rl,t t.i ac'ai- re. A
short walk soon br..iiirht :n to .mr
lu-iphlHir's. where the pirls wen vis'n
inir. and on my arrival I was invite. i
into the nn. iu which d.d s rvi. c as a
arlor. The yuan;' la lies and i h id
exehanped a few coiipiim -nt s relative
to t he weat her when I an.-. .:i-c i-mi 1 v
shifled my f.N.t on the thir. Then m'y
heart Mink within me and I curse. t the
day that my inventive talent -rot the
upIK-r hand of me and I m-oikcy-ed
with substitutes. f..r when I m-1 tny
font a swarm f lli;s tilled 1c r.mi'u
and roared like N-es They !i .1 Is-.-n
after tin molasses on my shoes, an,)
the shiftiii-r of my f.Ht had nut t hi-ui
to UiL'l,t. I felt that my face' was ;-, t-tin-r
uiiIm-.-. "iuiii-. l v red an I m u.tm
ls"'an to fail me. but I made a heroic
effort to r.-iu-w the coiiv tMiTi n and
stand my pr-.nn.l. Hut i; was useless.
I could s.e t hat tin i-irls w ere all but
d vinr to lauirh. and r.-i-nf .rc.m-.nt s , .f
Hies were constantly ap; : r :ir t;;i.n
the sc.-iic They nor.il a-.t lni.,-.
and foiipht each other for lir 1 pi ice
on my shoes. Mirec'.ly I heard Mrs.
Hrow n f mm t he ot n.-r m. mi mi y : .nu
ll ie. I think I hear the Uvs ariiiiii..
io out and s.. almut them. "1 hat was
tMi much. and. pathcrin;? uj mv hat. I
bade the yoiinp ladies a hurried -.-1-day
and departed, enveloped in a halo
of Hies as bip as a ball.mn. As 1 , 1 1
the pate Whind me I heard Johnnie
shout: -Maw. the Wes ain't a swarm
in"; they're after thr't youn-r 1. lh-r
what just left here. lie's U-.-n ste.tliu"
honey and they're after him :,l.,it it.
Wush they'll stino- the tt illin" rascai t-i
death. I do.' No. peiitl.-meii. no miIh
stitutcs for me. pleas,-. T,e bare men
tion of them makes my hair pull."
FIRST STRIKE ON RECORD.
Roman I lute I'lity i-r. It. C. ;imi. mTef ul
l Hewtiteil C. l:iioii fr.-ia H llarep:. t.
Livy. in his fatuous lxM.k. "The An
nals."" ix.. ::n. relates in the foli-cvin-r
suppestive words th -- t.-ry of a .ini-itlar
strike which oceurre.l at Home in the
year .'tun H. C. and was probably t he
first strike ever known:
"That year Hcurred an event lit
tle worthy of Whip related and which
I would pass in silence had it not ap
I ca red as involvim? rclipion. TJie ;iute
players. tli.MsTitistie.l li-caus, th.- latest
censors had forbidden them to take
part in the .-.inqiict in .1 upitt-r's tem
ple, aecordinp to the anci.-nt custom,
withdrew, every one of them. toTibur.
so that imlmdy was left at I: .me tn
play duriiip the sacrilices. This inci
dent shucked the rcliiriuus sentiment
of the sinate, and the senator... sent
messeiipers to invite the inhabitant s .f
Tibur tn make every effort in order
that the players should Ik- restored to
the Humans. The Tiburt iiu-s. ha . i.i-r
promiscd not to ncirlect anythin.'
licet ssary for that purim-n. caused tin
tlute players to come to the place
where the senate met and exhorted
them to tro hack to Koine. Seeinpthat
tlu-y could not prevail iitm-i th.-ui to
so they cmj Joyed a stratapein in keep
inp with their character. On a day of
festival, under the pretext that ..-in ie
would iiienase the joy- of the f. ast.
every citizen invited the flute Mlayers
indiviilnally tn his house, and wine, of
which people of that profession are
Usually fond, was piven to them iu
such quantities that they fell into .a
deep sleep. They were thrown into
wapons and ti-ansjmrtcil to Home.
They only Wcamc a v. are of what had
happened on the day after, when dawn .
surprised them lyinp on the carts,
which had been left ill the f. -rum. A
larpe crowd had assembled Mid thcr
wcre induced to promise that they
would remain at Koine. The ripht of
attciuliiip the banquets was restored to
these tlute players."
Camel! an Drancht Animal!.
A sulistitution of camels as workinp
animals for horses and oxen has N i n
poinpon for a few years past in sev
eral provinces of Kussia. and they are
now comm n on many larpe estates
and on smaller properties. They per
form all the work in farminp for whit h
horses and oxen are iwd. as well as
Winp etlieicnt in traiisjmrt.it mn. A
camel market has pro-.rn up at Oren
luirp. and the animals brinp sixty or
seventy rnubl.'s. or almut thirty-live
dollars, delivcreil at K5rv.
When I'rincess Anne, afterward
queen of Enpland. was married she
wore a head lr..ss t w yards hiph and
three yards in circumference.
l'assenpcr elevators wore in use in
Paris in the scventeciithccntury under
the name of "llyinp chai.-s."
EATING SNOWBALLS.
A N- fail Ktijoyi.! I- the I'tHiple at
A astilnf i.n.
"IiOok yiT. mister, put some more of
that juice on dat. won't yer?" Tiie
sjieaker was an infant ile rt-presetitat irc
of the class termed street arabs. He
held in his hainl a round ball. col. ind
red. that mipht have Wen taken for a
pojvorn ball had I'.t the lad shifted it
uneasily from one hand to another, as
if it were uncomfortable to hold, while
tli-tijisof water tric kled from the ball
down thmuph his ?ri;ny tinpers. The
jK-rson addressed was a typical Italian
street vender, with all the peculiarities
of his class. He did not heed the
youth's apjH-al. but Wpan to rejK-at his
monotonous cry: "Snowballs! Snow
balls! in... cent:"
Scilinp snowballs on the str.-ct in
the most torrid jmrtioii of the hottest
month ,,f the year is a decided novelty,
Miys the Washinptoii News, and per
s.. us who have wearily remarked that
there is iiothin z new under the sun
j w ill sec -muict hiii-r t.i think almut if
they w ill take t heir stand. K-side one
of thes, carts at the curb an.l
watch the ebb an.l How of humaniTy
that surpes around them to obtain cooi
inp relit f fmui the hot and parched
taste in the throat. It is a wonderful
place in which to study human nature,
and many a well-dressed, su t.sta lit ial
hmkinp man has paused on the street
to smile at the scenes enacted around
one of these carts
To the erson who has heard the
monotonous cry of the vender and who
has never taken the pains tn investi
pate. t he iii-rredients of a "sn. w ha 1 1"
may W my sterious. Nerert lu less.
there is iiothiiip more del Sl" ht f ully
simple. The vender's sto.k in trade
consists primarily of a l.ip !...,-!; of ice
the bipp.-r th- Wlter. Next he has
arranp.-d alonp the frotit of the wap.nt
a row of plisteniiip bottles, with t 'Jis
just like a Worcestershire sauce lttl..
These m.ttles. tilled with v;i ri. .its-hue. I
J liquors, e. nitain n. d hiiu? m re t han t he
fruit sirups that are iu a sola foun
tain, only the render's sirups are weak
and diluted to t he utmost .icpr.-c. The
third impl.-uiciit iu the manufacture of
sn-.w-lialls is what is called a ser:-.;, r.
This I..ks very much like a 1. mmi
Mltiti't-r. It is simply an empty tin
Wx w it It a handle. At the Wttumuf
the Im.x is a roiiph scrajM-r. As the
s.-raK-r is run swiftly ..r.-r the iii
shav.nps are taken off. an.l soon the
l..v iM-rndicI full of ice chips The
Wx pives the tsinijin ss,m! i.-.-t hips their
lutil shajH. When the ball is taken
out of the scrajK r Hie ivu.ier jui-f-it
praeefully in oi.e hand and then l.-pins
tos;uiit sirt;p ..v. r it. as otic woi-.hi
jK-rfume ot, a handkerchief. When the
ball is duly co! .i.-.i.it is t uriicd ov.-r t
the wai'.inp pa rcha-H-r. w im prist. s it
eapcily and i..it.s to sn k it at a
pr.-at rat.. That is the whole tran-ae-tion.
and a ba'i ,-an le made in less
than ten s, i, .is.
It is a jMt-uliar sipht to :i v.-tidcr
surmtind.-d by a do, n children. ..f all
colors, races ;.nd la t i -ra 1 i t n-s. ,-acli
jKindcmusly sm-kitip a snowball and
painp at him with preat owl eves,
w-oiid.rinp ho.v h.np this on, will last
and where they can pet another.
THE LIVE WIRE DID NOT KILL.
A Workman KisimiIiI;.! After "-not amine
a sh.M-k of . .-.! i.lt.
A few mouths apn a M-nsiitii .ti was
created by the a-4-crtioii if M'Arson
val. the French -xjK-rt o.i elivtm-physiol';?;.-.
that the electric current,
asaj'iilied to eoii.lemti..-l criminals for
juirjioscs ..f elect rK-ut ion. .Ii," i-..t kill
but only susp.-n.led tin vitality of the
subject t'jx-rated ujmn. lie inaiiit a in.-d
that ail Those who had ajijiarent lr
lH-t-n elect t .euti-d had di.d. not fr-un
the efftvts ..f the current. b:it by the
knives of the j-hysi,ians who made the
autojisy. and he dan tl the American
phy s'leiatis to try ti resuscitate the
next clilninal who was subjected In
the death-.', alinp current. The ciial
lcnpe w as. aeioi ilii.p to the St. Imnis
. i1m-I leiii -rat. disen-et !y ipnored by
t he a tit h irit iis interested in this coun
try, but an instance of the restoration
of ajNTsoii ajijKiretitly elect meuti-d has
just mvtirt'e.1. which can only K
taken in the lipht of an absol ute e m
tirmatioii ..f M. .l'Ars. -nva I s theory. In
such cases M. d'Arsoiiv-.tl insists that
the sai:i treat tiiiit should Ix tri.-d
w ith the old. i t of in.iucinp the It: nps
to r.fomm. in-e tii.-ir normal respira
tory functions as that f-r r.st..ri:ip
the vitality of tl ie a ppa ron 1 1 y . 1 r w uc. 1.
A workman at thest. Me.nis pe'icrat inp
station was j.uttmp uji a telephone
wire. While seated at his bracket he
inadvertently touched a wire on the
main transmission liu,. and in-ianilv
h:nl forty-tire hundnsl v;;lt. thr. upli
his botly. It was some uiiiuit. Iffore
tiie current could Ik cut otT, and it was
three-quarters of an hour In-fore he
could Ik pot .i.iwiifrom the bracket.
Artificial respirati. m was nuiiiediat. ly
trietl. In two hours the man could
talk, ami he is now aj-jiarc titly none
the worse for the accident.
The I .o -ln St '.
Most travt-l.-rs while in London jmy a
visit to -'I.n.l. hi stotii-." This historic
stone is obl-iiip in sh.-qw. of a prayi-h
elor. and is imWd 1. 1 in t he sh-.-. . .f
1 he f c.i in la t ion of St. Sni:!iia'- i-'iiireti.
which is sit uated ripht in the heart of
i hi city. This.slt.iu- wa-crccW 1 by t he
KomtiT!-. half a century- Ik fore the bir'.h
of t he Saviour as the central milestoii."
of jmint of their jmsscssioij in Hritain.
From it all mads. .Ii. isions of j.r.'jK-rty
antl distances t hr.t'rhuut t'i- jiro- 'iik-c
wer. nn-::-ure.1. Il ha - l-,n rf npidcd
::s the heart if I In' land from w hit !i all
its arteries llowed by every hist riaii
or antiquary ki'own to Fnplish li". ra
I nr.. A f'-t-linp has always exi ted
lIT'lollp Fnpli; hl-letl almut this ..toll.
which was p. it r.ltnpcther su jn-rst it ion.
that as all distances were r.s-kon.-.l
from it s- it wa - in a c. t t..in way tiie
lsisi. of the sb." ililv if Fn ..-land.
KnclanilV I i.o i-rs
Of the t.'jeni kinds of l'nwers pr.iv. inp
in I'umjK oiil v 4 J are mlorif -r ms.
Less il-an oiie tiftli of the white Kin.!-
which i.ij:..iier l.J'.M are frapraid.
77 of the ..! veliow kiiels -t of the s-:;
red kiv..l .:-:.'( Hu .V. ; ;,!ne l,in.!s 1:;
of the ".os vio'c-'.-bhi. 1 i .e's anl f the
J-W ki:i.!s w itli c. hi 1 colors.
"Coot n:ii-it k." saitl the Ct-rman
professor. W:i- dr.p kindly on his class,
'"aidtsder t'.iei.esti'tti umlt inpreases
dot apiH-lit..." ""I wonder." mused
the thoiipht ful pirl ho wore plasses
and liuti a hiph forehead, "if that is
the reason why piai.os in Imardinp
houses are never tuned?" lkrtroit
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