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VOLUME XXVIII.
EBENSHURG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER -2S, 1S94.
NUMBER 3S
S . A . Aw W
11 II I II I II . Till ill
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v :: 1: ; 'i v 1: :- -I 1 cx'irui . h.'T to n'T umprv 1?.
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t .- ". :ut:: :-t 1 : Pa--. V h y 11 v n n -cnt ; Mi
1 . .-.il : -rl r 1- r Writ- ) .-!.r uvri t.riN-r.
. - -i.1-. V. e t:itp r.st; t-t ::iiiia;:c 111
1 - - vhclcsa: r r-r.rcrs.
-.:- - S: I tO S. J O. .n:ir.t;-tf.-.
" -:-. Surrey:-. CC tc t :CO
I- rf: -.,. t '. Tf r RtT ";c-.
. .. ! n-i --..I. i f. r i ": f-':rtc IIS. t"o
; : , r."r.n Wcro.rf , V.'r p-r rtr-; r .
. r- ,virvVrrTn Korxi
CCrtS. l'i t. l.l.-i l.i .!! . W..'l Illi . i.t .
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0
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Iprrrd
1'rlft
f I
No. 1, l-nri'. HriH'.
Constipation
.. ;4 - : r. ittmont. Tho rsw
. ; . .y i..- ..riotis. Avoid
t j.uriilivos, the
is to weaken the
. ' in' l.i -t reisietly is Aycr's
j. ; : ' ' v 2i t:tli!t, their
. .: their -iTeot always
'; ,-iro an ii'lmirahlo
.:::.:er i-ill. aiitl evcry-
I ' ii.e lr'f'Sioil. I
, . . . : l. '! 'y anil ttnivor
. ! . : !,. . .pie alnitlt
; . . !:- .f t Iii-iii in my
i r. i.'l'.. i'f.vhr, r.rulye-
' : , .. - . M'l Arer'3 Pills ahove
j :.- I I : r jri'teil th::T
, .' .. . ,i f"r myself ami
i T. li- Leithsviile, l'a.
. r ' :ir- Ayer'n IMll.-t liave
i iu :..yf.iu.i:y. W'e liutl them
Effective Remedy
:i iiiilistion, anil
k. "i.iin in tln liDli.se."
y. - - :. ;. I.. 't. il, M.ta.s.
I , . ! A ;. r"s f.-r liver
- ., : .. : (luring many
, .i i ' . .ilw.iys foiiiul thetu
. ; . :. 'i their action."
L i . i. N- V.
I - . ! f v. .-..n-Tipatirtn whieh
l- , ; - -T I;;iTe fiTTU that I
; , . : v.- . ' a .-Tej.ae of tho
!. 'I . 1 -i i f Ayer's l'ills ef-
;. : , ;! iue." U. Jlurke,
s V
. ! A rills f.r the past
: ... - : . - i : - i - r tliem an in
' ;!!. I know of
r ! r !:ver trouble!.
- i: i them a prompt
.!.ll!le.4 tjtiiuu, tO
V :.
'.' . ' . ..'t l.-.i w ith eostive-
r - . . ., . .-table Willi per-
- - . :.-u- I liato 1 1 leil
' - - .It r.-lief . I am
- i :ie -rv-l mj
- r niel iemti. X
i -; -ii only tifter a
- : r.t. ." ti.tujtiel
: - . - : -: i:. Mass.
Ayer s Pills,
D j " -r x r n Lowvell, Masf
&o.J by iv.i lalrt4 In Medicine.
DRILXEL'S
fD FVULSIS OF
COD LIVER OIL
HYP0PHOSPHITES OF
L!ME AND SODA.
:SuMPT OM, eONCHITlS, COUGHS,
::vD3. ASTHMA. SCROFULA,
"s D SEASES. NERVOUS DISEASES.
SE&SES CF CHILDREN,
'-P'NCCCUGM, ANAEMIA.
- C'Tiaau
SEVERAL 0E9IUTY, ETC. ETC
cure; by lt nutritive
.1 true :niiiNir)ii. lit
- i l V "ly- isiniil..t tl.
.n Oil blivHi. tl lie
rkttl improvi:mt;iit frira
C L:T.-r 0:i is t;pori:1Iy
. 'i'icvN, t'T srrfititla
' ! : r !! I.irj' inrjits,
t . .l.nt.ti K'T !vS-
- 1 ot fl- vh. alis-
' . 't i- ;v -it- . t curt-.
1 : L.v-.r 0.1 vrry
' . - . C-i- . 1 r' 'in hit i,
J thrtt, h'-..rs--
- (-1 ci.. -t all
t.it.lSCti CtUtiltlOIlS
- io. Sold by
a:iv aJJresa on re-
:ET0RS,
temann & Brown Drug Co.
Ealt,
"ORE. M D. U. S. A
What is this
anvhow
It
'.5 t:l r.r
r:i'. llfi'.v Trln wliirri
r-.-, . . - ;-
; '- I ' (1 irom the watch.
P 1 ' i ,fl only with Jas. Boss
thi r watcli cases
ft
tliis trade mark.
h tr.f.n .am i.at-h e.. nn.n,.
Kv5tune Watch Case Co.,
H1II.ADULPHIA.
' V . rt''t ihir left h'.me. al? per- j
' 1 ' V r 1 n '- ' TOviit ner .n my i
.r "Al l. lH,nJHK, j
Htvr r(-' ' n l "tftnp aiiil.ria t: . I'm.
1
nr.HlSTWaHlJ.GE and HARNESS KFG. GO.
II:iv to foni!mer - Is I jcars -.
' . . aU
$75
No TlvPr.rroy.
23.50
Kurm,
s K!!HN;; S VOKKS unl FI.Y MTS. Elkhart Bicyrlo. 2Mn.wltelii,
It i rrt n(. .ir Fr euh "1th ord.-r. Srnl 4c. In HituniRt i? tiTPS. wlUsa
-t.-.niia t puy rMtu on 1 l-4-pure uIm1cu4'. M'l talnriK, drop foriftnKH
AdjresW. B. PRATT, Sec'y, ELKHART, IND.
DT
all
ERS
STTLE
IVER
PILLS.
m
Pick TTAadarho and rfliovn all tbo tronbT?i Inef
eint to a Villous ti!:itonf tho Ryntpm.puch a9
t'irzinos?, Nansa, Pron':utsfl, Ii.-tre after
eating. I-iii in t..o PMo, .Vi3 Wiiilo tlifirnaosfc
remark ublt. tuccesM had ahovin iu curing
equrHy valnal-icin 5iirtiii;ition.curinatiJ pro
Vjiit!ig t!i!Haunryiiiccoitii.!amt,v!iiir thi"ya!(K
comT till I fl:urt!irif thof-iiua h.6iirm:iatotha
live r and rcpulatv tiie bowrla. v.-a if Uicy only
Aclic thr-y wci:M boalmrmtpriceieps to tnonnwhO
fjTifi' -r f r .in I'lifliliHtnt-siiicoiiii-l-'iint; Imtforta
r it -ly h.-'irp'KMliti-srtd'x'-g ni-tetul heri,ani thosa
xrhof-::.-ut.-y them will hrul thes little pitUvalo.
plif tn fj:iB'".y xrysthat they will :mt bo wil
lii. ti' vitliout 1 li-ai. But af tor allaick be&4
Ib(
he ban" of pomsnvlivca that hero Is where
make o-ir pr.-.-t boast. Our j-ilLicuro it while
ctt
c
Trr
pu:
bv
do not.
i'rt.-r's L-ttlo I.lvpr Pills ero vry nmall anJ
- (iy t - fik-. Ct.o cr two rills i:i:tko a doiio.
y rr strictly v-t-'t-tul-ii a:i I i-t rixo or
' but 1 v ti.cir gentle action pla.eall who
t;:etii. !u vilnt 2r.cnts ; Tivofor l. Sold
Jrm;jist4 tverywiierc, or s.-at by m.ii 1.
VfiTch EDi J1NE CO.. New iforh.
ii ''!'!.. SMill llOSE. SMtli PRICE
From Pole to Pole
Atir'9 FARSArARH-LA haa demon.trnted lta
power of euro t-ir ail di'aa-a of the blood.
Tho Harpooner's Story.
J'eio litdord, June J, JSS3.
PR. J. C. Att.h fz "o. Twenty yeara aeo I
waa a brooi'-er in the North l'av-iti'-, when tiva
ethera of the crew and niys-lf w-rc l:u-i up with
irurvy. ur bodies wire bloated, cmns swollen
and bieedintr, te-th lfKe, purple blotches ail
ever us, ant jur breath m-nn-d rotten. Take it
by and large wo were pretty badly off. Ail our
liroe-juice wa accidentally destroyed, but the
captain had a couple dozen bottle, ef ATIR'I
f?ARSAPAiiii.i.A ana irave u that. We recov
ered on it quicker than I have ever seen men
brought about by any other treatment for Scurvy,
and I've seen a frod de;il of it. Seeing n-i men
tioti In your Alrnnnacof your f arsaparilla being
Itood for .curry, 1 thought yoa oi'glillo know of
thi?, and sr. send you he facts.
liespectfuliy youra, Xalpu T. Visoatb.
Tho Trooper's Experience.
Ifamf. HanuiolanJ , S. A frica,)3Iarck 7, IU W.
1R. .!. Attn Sc Co. Uentlenien: I have
Bnuch pleusura lo testify to vb (n "-at Talua of
your r-arsapariiLi. We bave beei. stationed
bere for ever two years, during which time w
had lo live In tents. Bein undrr canvaa fo
to. -h a tiinj hrrutjht on lw Is called In thia
country ' velrtt-iiires." I had those aorea for
so-ne time. 1 was advised t take yourpiarsa
Siniia, two bxttlca of which made my soree
isappcar rapidlv, and I am now quite well.
Tours tru'v, T. K. ISoiiew,
7 ruo.er. Cap Mounted Uifiemtn.
Ayers Sarsaparilla
Is th or.iy thoroutrhly effective blood purifier,
the .niv meiiieme tiat cradieates the poisons ol
rierofula. Mercury, and ConUgioua
trom tiiu my atem.
PRRP4RID BT
Dr. J. C. yvyer & Co., IxwelL, Ml
Sold by all IniKKlta: Price 1 ;
ati-a botue i fur 5.
L. Douclas
aB.Be5T IS THE BEST.
NO SQUEAKING.
$5. CORDOVAN,
FRENCH&EMAMELLEDCAkF.
s4-3 s- FINE CALF& KJGAiT 1
: 3.5? P0UCE.3 SOLES.
extra fine. "
2.? BoysSchcolShces.
. nnirc,.
w s i is, ,,-
- m WWW"
ooncKTON. MASS.
w nnrrhnftlUK W- I
rtecnuse we arc the largest manufacturers of
Itecause.wc world, and guarantee
c .u.ii Wr have them soi l every-
tiearinir tin
e, i.iin wiven than
'rMn . u''"V; tf vour
nnv other make
caVuotuppu.wccau. Sold by
J. J). LITCAS & CO.
)ui b! Sin,
Soientif.c American
Agency for
CAVEATS.
TRADE MARK9'
DESICN PATENTS,
COPYRICHT8, etc.
For Informail.m and free Ifand:o.ilc wrltato
Ml ns G. '., Hiioai.wav. New Vohit.
fi!.l- htireau for Hex-iirinir -Htent In America.
Ktery (.lit tiiken out hy us its lrtinfht !fore
the puhuc by a notice given free of charge In the
g ricntific mcnciu
Latvest circulation of any sdentifle paper In the
wrid. r-; leu tuliy tllui-tratetl. No mt'-llicent
man should be without i. Weeklr M.'i.no a
Tear: l. -"ti six mouths- A.ldress Ml NN . t',
WuiaMitiu, Util iiroaUway. Hen Vork City.
WANTEDS
:iiTxeMc mn to .-U
mir !.-( e mil roani'lote
.Nuen .'k :i:il c t tHTo Hiurh
slnry iiml p.triu':J'i'ii piO wekty. Peyton
A'.l M-rtii.inTi! iiHi-h iru tr.intrr.t an1 siur ens
s-.-ure! to l"hi men .ri;il ii.ilucrtnrnl.- t
t'u it ntrrr. y.xi 't lence . iHTC-pary . Kx riusivo
territory ri! yntir on choice rf rHtite fi wn.
not !t-:;y ut .:tly t'
A LI.KN NI'liSKKY .
Oroweri aiiil rrui;natorc, Ko-itcter, N. Y.
aui:; 4 in
n.l -tnrrw.r-4 ri'Kni no kH'
M-k I re-. !r liKATltlNV & ht'SH
i- it.. Kt f'lrw-iVtuO
iliK AIXllli: NKtt'S, KtAll THE FKEK
L MAN. 1.60 per year.
I
W.
A,
ShiirijAt i ia.i'j Lifiii'J.
Interesting GoIont:2o Fr-ctr. About
Poisonous Snakes.
Different K.Tnrta of the Venom if i
rlfitia Ki'!ili-s-Th' le.oll Ma
rine Sunken of tti- 1 li
ft lit 1 1 Oct-u.li.
The fullowiii"; facts "are (riven liy a
Miake i-ciciilh.t. u man. in fact, wh.i
l.n-iHs li:it be ta 1 h in; ;i In ti 1 . Sneli
a one is, I )r. I.eonaril Nlej'n ;rcr. in
Ikiivc of the !'".!ili:m h-taet tii.-!i t of
I In ntit i:nnl iiin-4'tiiii at Wii: !i nrt i n.
IU- s.ai.1 to a t'oi-rvNixdiilfiit of tlit llos
toii TransTi)t:
"Yon l- not ndtnirt' Miak-s, I snp
win''.' Well, it is all a matter of taste.
TIht was I'rof. P.ainl. former sci ri'
tnry of tin Smit lisoitian instit nt i-m.
lie svall'iw'! the txiison rlamls of the
rattlesnake oin- lav. just to make snr
that the venom was harmless when
taken internall v. The exei-imciit " as
a risky one; I tvonl.l have uilvi..l J
him airainst it. At all I'Veiits. it is
ucll that lie iliil not try the lxiison
,' laiiils of a eohra.
"You see." eolitimioil the iliK-tor,
-etitly strokino- with his finjrer the
hea.l of a harmles.-. living snake to rive
.lie creature pleasure, the poisons
are ililferent. I'.aeh of tlo iii contains
:vo distinct active principles, one of
which proiltiees hn-al symptom-, in case
of a I i t -. while tin other has a teti
.'im v to paralyze the nervous centers
fthe victim. The latter preponder
ates in the eohra venom. A wound
made !y the tooth of that -species of
erpeiit is a mere puncture and cause:.
! i 1 1 1- swellilio-. The -rson l.itlell is.
hilled ly paralysis of tin- iterveeiiters.
The danger of the rat 1 lcMiahe Lite, on
the other hand, is from niort iiicatio:i
f the injiired part, which may pro
ceed so far that the flesh act tiall v pet ri
:ies. I ..lira poison in its natural state
.me i f thos- fluids which are able to
par-.s through nn-mlifancs. 1 f s. alloweil
it would Ik- apt to jrn t hroti'li tin
walls of t lit- alimentary tract ami. pet
into tin- circulation in that way.
"That is a python." he said, "hut it
is not a very larure one. The species
ittains a length of thirty feet and a
diameter of a foot. If I met siu-h a
-H-rpeiit would my scentitic knowledge
rive me a I ctter chance iu an encoun
ter wih it? Well. iKThaps. Notwith
standing my i-ntlmsiasm as a collector.
I would certainly run away if I could.
Supposiijo- that the animal seized me.
it is proLjiLle that I would keep my
wits l-ttcr than the avcnic citizen
would under such circumstaaccs. The
only thino; to do would It- to f.rrasp the
creature Ly the throat and try to
strangle it. The other day I read a
statement to the effect that the projier
course to pursue in an i-iticrjrciicy of
the kind uas to take hold of the tail
of the snake and unwind the constrict
ing coils from that etui. In my opinion
that would le a Mir plan to adopt
with a python, inasmuch as its tail is
tin-st ron-est part of it. ticiiijr made
powerful for holdintr on.
"The tooth of a rattlestake or eohra
is so sharp an instrument that liciieath
n powerful microscope the point looks
perfeety smooth, whereas under the
same maynilicr the point of a needle
ii'.K-:irsriiiiirli. It often hapix-iis that
an ignorant jhtsoii will remove the
poison fane's of a venomous serpent,
imao-iniii"; that the ocratioii renders
the animal perinuneiit ly harmless.
This mistake is apt to jrive ris- to fatal
accidents. Within a few days the next
two teeth liehind the extracted fan.'s
move f-rward and c.-tabli-.h a connec
tion with the poison o;l;,iids. Then the
snake is as daiiovrous as ever. I-Y.Uirs
in India understand a more effective
process. They cut out tin- His.ii
"lands and apply hot irons, dest ro iny
the parts entirely. Even the deadly
eohra may 1m- n-inh-red in that way as
innocuous as a kitten.
"Mv scientific ardor has never in
duced me to try the effects of snake
hiti'Min mv own jx-rson. I'.ut several
..f tin- Jieoph- attached to the stalf of
the National Museum have U'cti hit
ten. Mr. Schindler iwrmitted a coral
snake to Lite him in order that he
mirht study the results. Our taxider
mist, .loseph Palmer, narrowly cseajH-d
i nip from a rattlesnake, which was
torpid and came to life while he was
landlino" it. I Ir. Schufehlt w as Lit ten
,- ;i (iil:i monster and suffered consi.l
erahly in coiisciucnee. A man miiit
alw.avs to Ik- w illiii"; to sacrifice himself
for the sake of fret tin"; knowledf-'e. A
certain jhtsoii in the employ of the
Smithsonian institution, whose name I
will discreetly w it hlcld. found a oa
nut in the stomach of a Peruvian mum
my and ate it. He wanted to see if any
thin"; would happen.
"Anion? the most venomous serpents
in the world are the marine snakes of
Ihe Indian ocean. They are the dread
of fishermen, and it sometimes happens
that vessels are ohlijcd to thread their
cables through barrels in order to pre
vent the reptiles from swarmtn"; on
lxiard. Ilreat ihiiiiIkts of them may
often Ik- seen lloalin"; on the surface of
the water as if asleep. They arc ex
ceeding! v fierce, and w ill commonly at
tack human bcinvrs without provoca
tion. The so-called "hoopsnake' is it fa
vorite snake of the newspajM-rs. It is
said to take its tail in its mouth and
roll like a hoop. This Ix lief may Ih
accounted for Ly the fact that the snake
lias a wav of aeconiplishin"- hx-ouioti .ii
Ly e.xteiidin.r itsi-lf at full hl-.;'th.
Lrin-iiiir its hinder part intoa l.ipaiil
sprino-in forward, rcpi-atintr the oht
ation with such rapidity that to tho
eye it inijrht produce the effect of roll
injr lnxl-fashion."
POINTERS.
An electric railway mail service has
Wen established in .Mont real.
An extension ladder fr upper Wrths
of slceinjrcars lias Wen devised.
TilK brilliiince of candle llame can K
measured w ith compasses and calpcrs.
1'lN'KAITI.l: julep is a valuable medi
cine for indigestion and throat trou
bles. TilK two swiftest runners of the ani
mal creation are the kanjraroo and the
ost rich.
I'aki.v rhristians inherited their 1h
lief in witchcraft from their pupan
forefat hers.
l". !'.fi:k national plections are held
every four years. The tollinr phu-es
are churches.
Tho father of boating at Cornell
University waa the author of 'Tom
Brown at Itujrhy."
AFFECTED BY WEATHER.
The Meiitnl Farultic Kcirulale.l to Some
Kxlent ly At mo-.lcr:t- i tiunKeH.
A writer in the American Journal of
Psychology for this year discusses the
snLject from the view of common ex
IKTieiicc. and presents some facts that
are iiitcrcstinr as well as leadinp; iu
their direct ness. lie says: "The head
of a factory cmployitnr three thousand
workmen said: "We reckon that a disa
greeable day iehlsalut ten p-r cent,
less work than a leli;rhtful day. and
we thus have to count this as a factor
in our profit and loss account.' Acci
dents are more numerous in factories
on Lad days. A railroad man never
pro.ses chanj-'es to his su-rior if the
weather is not propitious. Pair days
make men accessible and frcneroiis. and
open to consider new problems favora
bly. Some say that opinion-- cached
in Wst weather states are safest to in
vest on." Other facts arc mentioned in
tin: psychical and physiological rela
tion, as '"weather often siifccts ho;ic.
and many men's most syllirystie con
clusions are varied by heat and cold.
The knee-jerk seems proved
to have another factor. It is not
strancc if the eye. e. jr.. which wants
the normal stimulus in lonjjr. dark
weather, causes other chancres."
Temperament is a fundamental fac
tor in sensit iveness to atmospheric
chaiifres. that type of it called tin
mental Wiii;e the more intensely af
fected, w hile the bilious tye may ex
hibit by comparison the more capricious
or morbid impressions, says the I'tvno-h-irieal
.loiirnal. Tin- mental mani
festations, as a rule, however, depend
tiM.uthe organism primarily. If the
culttiri" is .'mmI. i. e : the faculties have
ln-en tra.ined to co-ordinate, harmoni
ous action, and the elements that con
tribute to serenity and self control
have Well well developed, weather
conditions will but operate like other
parts of the environment, and self
trainiiiir will show adaptation and self
ropressioii. The ""nervous." -xc-it:ible.
iras."ible jx-rson is he who has not
learned to control feeliii"; and expres
sion ami it is he who finds fault with
his surroundings and imputes uncanny
conduct to them. That t here are func
tional states if 1 he lai.lv that predias
one to mental dcprcs-siori or exliihirti
tion we are ready to admit. A torpid
liver, a chronic catairh. a rheumatic
joint, and even an old corn may render
one suscept ible to weather chaiir"'"..
the jihysieal ailment prixluein"; a nerve
react ion thiit is ketily felt at the spinal
centers ami may tcM the spirit. Mind.
how-ver. is sujH-rior to matter, or
rather constituted for suix-rioril v.
Fairly organized, carefully dev. l.ex-d
iiud trained, it will exhibit that siix
riority by its po--e and ealmue-s iu eir-cunistanei-s
that arc disatrreeable or
painful to the physical sense.
DANGER IN A LOBSTER'S CLAW.
Twenty-tlv- I-otm.l S.iihIt C'n Kuxily
Sinifi h I:ntrt I int-r ff.
A mature lobster is not small or
h:irmle:.s 1. x .kii:p by any means, savs
the New York Kveiiin.r Post. W ithout
the claw:, an old fel 1. v sh Ml b I iiiea-.uie
from one to two f.--t in lenirlh. and
w ill weiu'li altot'ether from five to fif
teen ixuinds. Smaller ones arc can;'ht
more freipn-ntly than lai-fcr ones,
especially since the comix-tit ion has
Wcotue so tierce as to reduce the nnm
Wr and size all aloii"; the New Pur
lan.l coast. Occasionally an old-timer
is cauvUt one that wcitfhs as hirh as
twenty-live pounds. Such a monster
is a veritable lighter, an 1 a licr.-e siru;r-o-le
is soiiietiiues experienced Wfore
the iTeature is lauded safely. The
claws of a hiro-e lohtcr are. powerful
eiiou-rh to crack the shell of a clam or
to snap olf a man's linger. Instances
arc on record where several tin rers
have Wen thus nipjM-d off and where
severe injuries have lx--n iitflicted on
the hands and arms. The fishermen
are conse.pientl v very cautious when
they land a bio- lobster, and take par
ticular pains to see t hat he is well se
cured Wfore takinjr him out of the
trap. Aceordino; t the fishermen of
Ncwbiiryport. Mass.. the lobster sheds
his shell for the- first time w hen he is
alx.ut five years old. but no one seems
able to tell how often after that the
she.hlinr occurs. The younr lobsters
a few inches in h-n:rth have very little
power to protect themstdves. and they
generally seek r. fuiri- uiuh-r their
mother's shell when dantrcr aiproai-hes.
If startled by enemies when away from
their mother they will run into conch
shells or other places of refuiro. The
parent lobst-r shows the same ma
ternal instinct noticeable in all livin;'
creatures. If her yoiinjr are pursued by
eliemi.'s she is pretty sure to enter into
the race also. Her powers of 1. h-. .mo
tion are pret ty " l a t such times and
her firhtitur abilities of no mean order.
Very few fish or shell creatures can wit h
stalld her o;i .lautrhls or irive effee'.ive
battle with her. One st roke -f her pow
erful claws will suflice to destroy most
enemies. The f.xid of the lobsters con
sists for the most part of clams, mus
sels, iloiinders. scnlpin and other fish
that jrot within their reach. They
seize these creatures with their strong
anterior claws and hold them up to the
mouth while the substance is slowly
sucked in.
LITTLE BITS OF NEWS.
TilK most densely populated spot on
earth is the island of Malta.
TilK czar's royal yacht, the Polar
Star, cost almost live mi 11 ion dollars.
TilK extravagance of Empress .los
pphiiie cost her six hundred thou
sand francs a year for dress alone.
Pi:or. Uiii iii. Wlievcs the female
brain to W superior to the male W
cause of its more delicate formation.
A l-K'x i ss by w hich all kinds of wixxl
can Ik- remh-rcd incombustible has
Wen invented by a 'hicajro chemist.
Ni.AKl.V ten per cent, of the yield
from th'is year's cotton crop in the
south is from cottonseed oil once
thrown aside as useless.
Tiil'bK is a project of establish inr at
T.as Ycfras. New Mexico, a "jrentle
liiau's jiarad ise." w hieh is expected to
rival in detail Monte Carlo.
A Superior People.
In China TVaichow men are a su
perior race. They are the Chinese
Pour Hundred and native anatomy
distinguishes them in an altogether
unusual way. The surgeons say that
while all (it her Chinamen have cie-ht
pieces of Win- from the n-ck to the top
of the head TVaichow men are the
proud possessors of nine.
THRIVING ON PERSECUTION.
The ;yMtlea of Iluneary Still Maintmln
Their Anl-nt CiiMtomM l'iiliani;i-ft.
Ill Hiliio-ary there are. according to a
niii;'h estimate, alx.ut one hundred and
fifty thousand jrypsies. va";alxmls who
w ander alx.ut the country w ith their
carts and horses, accompanied by their
women and children; and though at
one time persecuted as unlx-licvers and
hunted to death as sorcerers and poi
soners, the cruel edicts which enjoined
such treatment were never sympathized
in by the Huurarian peopie. The re
sult is. as we learn from "The Peoples
of the World. that the jrypsies have
increased, and, iu their own thriftless,
squalid fashTon, prospered, despite the
hard usajre they have received at the
hands of their rulers. I ndeod, tho II un
jrarian kinjrs have more than once pro
tected them as a "p.xr wanderinir peo
ple without a count ry, and whom all
the world rejected." and jrrante.l them
safe conducts to jro wherever .seemed
jrxxl to them, with their troops of
donkeys and horses. Joseph II. of
Austria tried to settle them as agricul
turists, and had huts built for Miem.
I In t instead of occupy in the comfort
able dweiruijrsthoiiisclvcs. they stabled
their cattle in them and pitched their
tents outside. Then, to prevent their
corn from sproutimr. they Wiled it lx--fore
sowinv;; and though their children
were taken from them and trained up
in to habits of work under Magyar and
I lermaii M-asants. these wihllinjrs sxm
es.rax-d and joined their parents, with
out having learned anythinir from their
forcible apprenticeship to civilization.
It is affirmed that a jrypsy who had
actually risen to the rank of an otliccr
in the Austrian army disappeared one
day and was found six moiit hs a f ter
war.l with a band of Zinjrari eiieanix-d
on the heat h. A yon no-Slovack x-asant
fell in love with and married a jrypsy
frirl. but in his absence she escaped to
the woods, and. wh-ii discovered, was
sleepino; under the .skies and feedinjron
hedo-ehoo-s,. after the fashion of the
riiee from whom she had Well taken.
AbW Liszt, charmed with the talent
for music displayed by a fTvpsy lxy,
txk him to Paris and tried to train Unlink-
lad. l!nt all in vain. The mo
ment he saw his own people in Vienna
his dtlijrht was indescribable: there
wiis no lonjrer any hojx- of k--piii"; him
under the restraint of polite life.
FLAX CULTURE IN EUROPE.
ItuKHin l.n.Hi More tf Thia I mp Than
Any C'iiiilry 1ft tli- Varl.
Our principal supply of the raw ma
terial, ssiys Chamlx-rs Jotiriiiil. is im-jxirt.-il
from Uussia. where the plant
has lon-r Wen. and still is. cultivated
more extensively than in any other
country in the world: but there the
culture of the crop and pre pa rat ion of
the fWr receive less care and atten
tion than in any other tlax-pnxlucMi";
country. This lu-jrlect may W ac
counted for by the immense tracts
under crop and also by much thinner
sow i no- than is practiced in other coun
tries ill order to o-ive the plant greater
strength and more numerous branches,
to prevent it Ix-iii"; laid duriii"; the vio
lciit t hutidf rstorms that itrevail iilx.ut
the time it is in Mower. The result of
this treatment, however, is a coarse
filx-r. and also a very much inferior
yield to that jrnnvii thicker and under
more favorable circumstances of soil
and attention in its eal v stajres. tier
many. Aust ria ami France will follow
Russia as llax-pr.xlucino; countries, and
in each of these an averajre area of
over two hundred thousand acres is
kept under this crop. In Holland flax
is jri-own principally for the seed, and
the platitiiisr and irrowthof the crop,
as well as the time for pullin;r. is rejru
lated for this purpose. 15y projx-rly
mat ui in"- tin- se-l the piality of the
filx-r is injured and renders the subse
quent pr.x-ess more dilhcilt; but the
iMiteli farmers are amply remuner;itel
by the hi;rh price ol.tainetl for the
seed, which has for ajrrieult ural pur-x-s
a world-w ide fame, and is chioily
sow iiiu I Iritain. althoiirli Kijra seed is
al i is-d and preferred by some jrr.iw
crs as lx-inir more hardy. It is l!cl
jrium. however, to which we must turn
to see flax in the hijrhest stat- of culti
vation, w here not hinir is neirlcctcd that
can in any measure improvw the piaii
tity. and more cspet-ially f the ouality
of the -r..p. Here projx-r rotation of
the crops. sux-rior tillajre and lilx-ral
manurino; of the laud are attended to
i'i a manner not seen elsewhere, and
t-i this the careful, phxldinjr lx-ljrian
farmers owe their success in rai.-in";
other crops :i ; well as tliix. ami w hieh
has earned for them the reputation
they enjoy of Is injrthe most successful
ajrrieulturists in tin- world.
Iloviora for a ItMliy.
The heir apparent to the P.uljrarian
throne will w.-nt ev-n more than the
ual poi teiitoii , numlx-r of uniforms
i-l-litratory for a priiu-e if he jrx-son at
the rate he isjroiiijr now, says Pearson's
Wei lily. At the a'e of one day he was
alre-.-.d.y chief of three rejriments and a
si 'I. lieutenant, in his father's own
Tirnov.i reiriment. I lonors of t hi -kind
Me. of course, frequently Wstowvl
iiixm royal children, but the practice is
discouraired iu the Austrian court,
where the most careful attention is
paid to etiquette, and under any cir
cumstances the jrazcttinjrof a prince to
such apiiint mcnts Wfore he has even
Wen publicly christened is most un
usual. lap.ltlf xt- Noliltcra.
A Pritish oi:icer. who apparently
knows, says that it "would W as rea
sonable to charjre brave men armed
wish pitchforks against brave men
armed with rilles as to pit. man for
man. the Chinese in their present con
dition a.rainst the Japanese. Of all
native and colonial troops I have seen,
and I have seen most of them." says he.
""I would, next ti (oHirkhas, prefer a
rejriuient of Japanese. They are brave.
1. miK-rate, patient and oncrjretic. ami
at t his moment the Chinese, whatever
mijrht W done with them, are two
hundred years Whind." There is a
rymiiasiiim in every Japanese bar
racks. Cnt 1'nllx Ita Acl.iiiJT Tooth.
A correspondent of a Scottish coun
try weekly tells a story of a cat which
somehow had the toothache, turned
Mirjreon and extracted the offendiiif
p-rimlcr. The cat was one day observed
to W condnclinjr itself like a crctture
demented, jumpinjr in the air, rolling
alxnit and rushinjr in and out of the
house. Next he txk to "clawing" his
, jaws, and lastly brotnrht out a txth.
j w hieh was found to W so far decayed
I as to Iks yuite holiow.
GREAT GRIZZLIES.
The Immense Bears That Roam
ttta Woods of Manitoba.
Ijrfi- Than Any Others of the Kama
l-amily In Ihe l ulled State Thouicb.
"till to lie t'uuml They Are Not So
umertua na Karnierly.
Fifteen 3-ears ajro. says a Manitoba
pioneer in the Chicajro Times, the
jrrizzly lx-ar was so plentiful amoiijr
the Manitoba Kix-kies that the Hudson
Kay company annually secured maiiy
-h n ml reds of th-ir skins from the armv
of hunters and trappers that had its
ranjre iu that wild reirion. I'.ut to-day
this tierce and ponderous Wast n.
where so fierce or of such enormous
proportions as amoujr the Manitoba
fastnesses is quite a rarity in its old
haunts, and I doubt if one can now W
come upon without a ditlicult and
tedious journey of at least three hun
dred miles into the interior wilderness
of the province. The jrrizzly has met
w ith almost as hard a fate as the buffa
lo, although, from the nature and isola
tion of its present retreats and the
diHiciiltics attendant on limit'iinr and
trappinir f,,r it. the jrri.ly lx-ar. like
the Manitoba moose, will never W
come extinct in that country.
1 know no reason why the jrrizzly
lx-ar of the Manitoba U.x-kies should
jrrow so miidi larger than thejrri.zly of
the same mountains in the states, but a
loiijr and varied cxx-ricnec iu htintmir
these animals in their resx-ctive lo
calities has proved to me that such is
the fact. No jrrizzly lx-ar that I ever
captured, or that I ever knew to W
captured south of Manitoba measured
more than seven feet and a half from
muzzle t. tail or wcijrhe.l m-.i-e than
twelve hundreds pounds. Hut it wa.
no uncommon thin-r in the palmy days
of jrrizzly Wars iu Manitoba for the
hunter or trapjx-r to Is-confronted Ly
ne of these monsters nine feet in
lcujrth and with a bulk of fifteen hun
dred xiunds or more. I have seen
Manitoba jrrizzlies that, when they
threw themselves mi their haunches
and rose erect, towered five and six
feet alxiveme, ami I want to tell you
that it takes a man with larjre quan
tity and the Wst quality of nerve lo
stand iu that tremendous presence and
prepare to do battle evilly and with a
level hea l. Urizzly Wars, like all the
rest of the lx-ar family, have the curious
habit of risiii"; against a tree. and.
reaching up as far as they can with
their forcpaws. ui:tkinr marks iu tin
bark by diir-riiio; iu with their claws. I
have more than once come across these
im-asuriiijr marks of a jrrizzly. as the
marks on the bark are called, twelve
f.i't iilnivi- tin- jrrotm.l. Iiua-rine com-iii-T
sti I I. lily up hi a beast like that in
some deep ravine or isolated sxit al
most imp. i .-sil.le owiii"; to the down
timWr he:ix-.i and tanjrlc-.l on the
irr. mi 1 and surrounded by r.x-ksan.l
thick underbrush. The si;rht t.f hi .
jrreat jaws, open and red. and his eye.
Ila.hin-r in fury at you fr un th. enor
mous head that t.mvrs so far above
yon. is s.imet hino; only to W appre
ciated when once seen
W lien there were biiffahx-s on the
plains Manitoba jrrizzly Wars were
ke-u and x-rsisteiit hunters of them.
When a jrrizzly and a buffalo nn-l there
was sure to 1 x- a fearful contest, al
t houjrh it seldom lasted loiijr. and the
btilfalo was usually the victim. The
buffalo bull when confronted by a lx-ar
would invariably charjre fer. x-iousl .
upon its bio; and Ujrly f.ie. This was
just what the lx-ar desired and he
waited erect on his haunches the onset
of the buffalo. As the latter rushed
forward with lowered head and was
almost upon the lx-ar. the immense
irriz.'.lv threw himself quickly t. one
side and with a blow as quick as lijrht
ninjT with one of his jrreat forcpaws
seldom failed t' break his antagonist's
neck. A Manitolm jrrizzly has lx-eii
known to cnrajre in rapid succession,
four and even five infuriated buffalo
bulls, and kill every one of them. It
sometimes hapjx-ne.l thoii'rh that a bull
yotmrcr and more tiifih than his com
panion .succeeded ill cvadinir the fatal
blow of the jrrizzly's terrible paw lonjr
ciioiijrh to irive in turn a deadly thrust
of his horn into the b.-ar's side, puiie
turinjr the vit.ils. ami making the con
test a mutual slaughter.
In jreneral chara.-teristics. of course,
the Manitoba jrrizzly is not in any way
iliiferelit from others of the family.
While I Wlieve that a jrri.ly War will
soiiietiiues wait and precipitate a ti'ht
with a man. and take pains to put him
self iu the way of one. in the jrreat ma
jority of cases he will take a second
thoujrht alxnit the matter ami back
out. A queer instance of this disp si
tioii came to my know led jre once w lu-re
a famous Manitoba jruide courajreously
advanced upon thre- jrrizzlies, an old
she one and two half-jrrown ink and.
by a scries of ridiculous monkey shines
and acrobatic maneuvers within a r.xl
or two of the thrcateninjr Wars, filled
them with such astonishment ami ap
parent fear that they retreated to the
w.xxls as fast as they could jro.
The hunter's jrun had snapped in
Ix.th barrels, he havinjr drawn on tin
old lx-ar Wfore the youtiir ones came
upon the scene. It was in a fit of
desperation that he tried the turninjr
of a han lsprinjr and jumpinjr up and
down, clappinjr his hands and resortiiijr
to other unhuiitcrlike measures. He
had Wen told once that a hunter had
frijrhteiied a mountain lion away by
similar absurd movemciits. ami he
found that it worked to jxTf.-ction iu
the case of the three jrrizzly Wars, but
he never, even in the face of that fact,
advised or ciicourajre.l anyone t jro
?iuiitinjr Manitoba or any other kind of
jrrizzlies armed with nothinjr nnre
than a capacity to turn jrrotesque
somersaults.
FRUIT BUDS.
( kken currants make pixxl sauce or
pies.
Uafi-bkukv jam has no superior amonjr
the sauces.
Tiik currant is a native of the north,
perhaps of Holland.
IV mit have the currants too ripe
when makinjr jelly; but they must not
W jrreeii'.
I.- ...-.l-in.r Mo.lwrrr ".dir. add con-
j siderable currant juice; the flavor will
not lx- lmpatreit.
A ct ltitANT bush will prow almost
anywhere, and jive jrcxxl returns for
even indifferent care.
Hasimii;ki:iks are Wst when plucked,
fresh and ripe, from the bushes and
immediately used ami so are other
Wrries. Good Housekeeping-.
SLEEPING IN CHURCH.
It la a Sien. for On- Thine, of the Ap
praMafhinc: lll Ace.
Ir. Chalmers went to preach for Ed
ward Irvinjr. the erratic jrenius who
askiil the privilejre of ii'Tikimr a few
preliminary remarks and ,xilve ;in li.-ur
or so in a crowded Iniihlin-r. savs the
"hristian Adv.x-ate. Chalmers, refer
ring; to it afta-rward. said: ""W hat could
I do in an exhaust-d rtx-eiver".'"' There
are many cases justifyinjr sleepinjr in
church; the mother who has Ix-cn
watchinjr two or tiinn' nijrhts with a
sick child: the father who has Wen
thoroughly ov-rw orked. and invalids,
are not to lx- condemned if they doze
in the sanctuary unw illinjrlv. The car
lxmic acitl ;ras resultinjr from crowds,
ami especially from jras jets, old air
heated by ste aiupiH-s. the effects of
furnaces with red hot tirex.ts. throujrh
which not only carlxmie acid jras. but
a far more daiijrerous jras. can jx-reo-late.
make the most devout and atten
tive drowsy.
Sometimes the first sijrns of old aire
are a tendency to shx-p in church. The
philosophy of the in xl and of the atti
tudes of the head is. this: l"ne nscioiis
ly we hold nr heads in position by an
effort of the will. W hen sleep W:ri:is
that is relaxed: jrravity takes charjre of
the head and also of tin- under jaw.
but as the head slips back it pr.xluees
an unci .in f..rt a Lie feeli:: jr hat slijrhtly
awakens the sleejx-r. who spasm.xiical
ly -xereis-s his w ill and st rai;-Ltciis
hilllsi lf up. and relaxes it illlllie.li .1el V
afterward. This may continue in some
eas4-s. puttiii"; the man in the attilude
apparently .f Ix.winr assent to
every snccec.liiijr seit-nee. No wom
an will voluntarily shn-p in c-hureli
if she has the ordinary desire
to appear well. It must, however,
lx- conceded that in many instances
the minister is to blame. If he suc
cumbs to lcprcssinjr influences, and es-x-,-ially
if he drones or is prolix, or
preaches only ""words, words, words,"
or has a caiitimr tone, so that on what
ever he says the same stress is laid
at rcjrulur intervals; if he turns Lis
face to the wall and bx-s not l.x.k
at the audience, or lixes hi-, eye uxn a
jxiint and never removes it. or is very
lonjr. or makes t he same jrestures fre
quently, he may lull the x-ople. Some
preachers have to preach half an hour
or so to Ix-eome interest intr. It was
well said to one of them: "If you had
delivered the first thirty minutes of
your discourse in the adjoininir jrrave
yar.l Wfore cntcrinjr the church the
effect upon the livinjr would have lx-eii
jrreater."
NAPOLEON'S DAINTY TOILET.
After Mix Moriiiin; s-leiie I fix alet vniiiml
IffM v it ? lau le t'..l.ij;iir.
tine of the most interest ir;r art ieles
found amoie.r the recent :i i::ncr mis es
ssiys iijx.n t h j.rivate life of Nap--h-oii
is n the toilet of t h-emjx-ror. which,
it apx-ars. was a most inix.rtaiit iaat
ter and re-'ulat-.l .'...wn tithe smallest
details with iu.itlieiiiatic.il pi .-eisj. .11.
When awakened it w as Na p. de. .n's cus
tom to jrluncc oer thv- paper w h:ie ti.e
tires w-r- lit. He wn-. sensitive to cold,
and a fire was prepared m every r.x.m
even in midsummer. Then of di-tin-jruished
jx-oph- awaitmir :n audience
he woiihl th-sijrnate th"s' whom he
wished to see. after which he would
rise and take a hot bath, hist iiio- al ut
an hour. The daily shavii-tr was the
next tlnty. Ordinarily his physician.
Corvisart. would lx- present, that tin r
and stx-tirin f;tvi-rs for his friends.
Napoleon's irrcet injr was usually --.iiie
(atlinajre. such as: "Ah. charlatan!
How many pat i.-nt s have y. .u killed t his
morninr'.'"" And the physician would
reply in kind. Two valets were in-ees-s;try
for shavinir. one hol.iinjr the basin
and :iiother the mirror. The enix-r. -r.
in a Manuel roW. tie chamlx-r. then
covered his fat e w ith so:p and Wiran
to shave. Throw ing off his roW. N't
x.letii was next dclnircd with eau tie
colojriie and snbjectt-d to a thorough
s.-rubbinir with a ronjrh brush. The
valet then rublx-.l the whole !-dy wiUi
linen rolls saturated with ea-itlecol-ojrne-a
custom that Najx-leon had ac
quircd in the east. The seruLbinr was
none of the lijrhtest. either. f..r he
would call out from time to time:
"Harder rub harder." When the
scnibbitijr was over the emperor
tlressed himself. A curious tl.-t.iil of
his custom was the rclijrious t are w ith
which he kept hunjr around his neck
the little leat her envelope, shaped like
a heart, whieh contained the jv.ison
that was to liWrate him in e:i-- of irre
tricvable reverses of fortune. This .i
son was prepared after a reeijx- that
Cabanis hatl jriven to Corvisart. and
after the year Hi- t he emperor never
untlt-rt.xik a campairn without havinjr
his little packet of p.is.n.
ilricin of the Word llotieymoon.
It was formerly a custom amomr
Tent, mic nations to drink a liquor made
t.f honey, arid calletl hydroinel. f..r a
movino; ajre la lii.-nthi after the wed
dinir feast. lb-nee the name hotiey-ni-xm.""
The Teutons knew very little
alx nit treacle, as wt-learn tliat the name
Teutoiii was yiven. V i P. C.. to a race
of K-ople who had lonr lx-.-n settletl
in the country, and in the provinces
which are now known respectively as
Ilt-nmark and Schh-swi;r-Ilolstt in. but
which were then known eoll.-etii-el y as
the Chersoncsiis Cimbri.-a. The Teu
tons may even have brought the custom
to Enjrland with the:i when t'leyeame
over the Kimmerian l"osphorus alxiut
f.so It. C.
A liorn (Gallant.
A I K-troit home has amonjr its lares
et penates a small Wy who will lx- a
Chesterfield in point of manners nt
least, if jriven half a chance He had
a jrreat admiration for his mother,
and y-t there nre tines when slip is
compelled to punish him. Such a
thinjr tx-curred the other tl-iy.
"Now," she said afU-r she had con
cluded a vigorous spau;:njr fr will
fulness. "I hope you have changed
your mind."
No. mamma. he soblx-d. 'I ab.vaya
paid I d rather lx- spanked by yu
than kissed by any other lady in tmn
and I think so yet-' letroit Free
Press.
Snaie Itxplanntlon.
Little Susie carried to a neijrhlwr'a.
house a Wautiful pat of butter all
covered with fanciful markings.
""How thx-s your mother make the
butter hx.k tit pretty, my dear?" .some
one asked.
"Oh, she did that with our brand
new comb," said Susie Toledo Klade.
A RESPECTFUL TYRANT.
Pisrharee of a tlisitcrt-emt-le Ilutr hy a
t'mithru! servant.
Keaumarchais. a famous French au
thor, had a servant. Antoine bv name.
w ho ha.l lxxn lonjr in his service, and
ajrainst w hos tyranny he seldom ven
tunsl to r?lx-l. One eveninir. in his
old ajre. the jrreat man was enjrajre.l
in a jrame of chess, when Antoine en
tered ami said, somewhat sharply but
respectfully:
'"Monsieur, it is 10 o'clock.
"Very well, Antoine." the master
said, '"but let me finish the jrame."
"If you don't come now. monsieur,
you will lx- tired tomorrow iiiorniiijr-"
""Oh. no, I think not, Antoine.
"And Wi:r tired out you will not
want to jret up."
"Oh, yes. Ant.Kne. I shall jTPt up."
"No. monsieur, you will not jret up.
"All ri.'ht. Antoine; I will po in a
few moments."'
"And if you are not tip. monsieur, at
the usual time you will dcraujre your
whole day."
'"In a minute, in a minute.
"An 1 you will have no appetite for
breakfast, monsieur."
""Come now, let me finish this jrame!
Can't you see the l.x-k is fast".'""
"Kut the el x"k is slow, monsieur."
"I tell you it is fast."
"'The ohx-k is slow, monsieur.
"Now. now! The jrame is almost
done, an.l then
"Kut if the jrame were almost done
you would not have so many pawns
left, m insieur."
"Antoine, 1 should have Wen done
already if you had let me alone."
"Kut I shall not let you alone, mon
sieur." "I tell you I shall finish the jrame.
I'et out, Antoine. "
"We will jet out topether, mon
sieur." ""Antoine. I'm not a laby."
"You do not cry, monsieur. Apart
from that there is not much differ
ence." The dialopne went on in this wav
for some time. licauin.ircliais. slmi'
;rinp his shoulder, moved a pawn on
the chesslx.ar.l. and then Antoine,
bowini' very low and with a jrreat out
ward show of rs-spect to the company,
seized the board and tipped it over,
dumninp the chessmen in a heap ou
the ll.x.r.
Keauiuarchias was on the point of
tlyinjr into a violent ra 'e. but at the
sijrht f his valet, who stixxl by wear
inp an air t.f sweet humility joined
with the consciousness t.f duty nohly
done, he burst intoa loud tit of laugh
ter and suffered himself to lx- led
home and put to W.L
The next niorninp lieaumirchais
was found .it-ad in lx-d. W hether or
not the exeit'.-mei.t of this mild contro
versy with his valet hastened his
death is not known. Atitoim-. at any
rate, was sure he had done his duty,
and it is quite jxissilde that his care t.f
the old pent le:na-i had already pro
longed his life. M illioii.
llaielt l x NjAteaxiita-
llandel had preat natural wit and
pixkl humor, which were constantly
show if.p the real p.xxt-n.-arttsltiess oi
the man. When the ""Messiah" was
Wiicr performed in litibiin lltilxurr
led the band, and one evciiinr had a
close to make, a 1 libitum. Follow iiiir
the fasliion. the violinist t.x.k his
cadenza throuph various keys and con
tiuued the improviatioii until Handel
Wiran to wt.nder w hen he would really
come to the "shake" which was to
terminate the part and brinp in the
tit her instruments. Eventually I u
Ixiurp finished the cadenza with a
irrand flourish, whereupon Handel, to
the merriment of the au lienee. ex
claimed, loud enouirh to lx- heard:
"Yclcome liuinc, vcicome home, Mr.
Dulxni-p!"" tin one tx?.-asion a jx-r-turWd
sir.per had some warm words
with Handel and wound up the
wranirle by threatv-ninp to jiimpoii the
harp .ichord w hieh lie played. "Oh."
replied Hau-lel. "let me know when
you vill tlo tiat, and 1 v ill atlvertise it,
for 1 am sure dat more people vill
cme to see you jump than to hear you
si tip." You th's 'om pa n ion.
Del All He Uantett It To.
An old farmer, who was sittinp on a
dry-;Txxls b..x I x-ft .re the jxis-t otliee in
the villaire. talkinp alx.ut the t.t.-;l
failure f the crops and the price of
corn, suddenly paused as he saw a
slick-lookino; city chap pa--s. and
stepjv-tl up to him. As the younp man
paused, the peiitlemiiii from the coun
try inquired:
"Say. yountr chnp, ain't you the fel
ler w hat sold me the pump last sum
mer?"' "Perhaps I did. my friend; 1 sold a
numWr in this iieiphborh.xxl."
"Wall, pive me my money back, you
durned sw iinller!"
"W hy so'.' i'i.in't the pump do what
I wanted it to?"
"Not by a miphty bip siuM; it
wouldn't raise any water at all."
"Water! P-liaw ! All I sold yon that
pump for was to raise the w ind." and
Mr. Slick hurried around the corner
American Tribune.
A iolt Ml tier flan.
An Australian miniiur journal is re
sponsible for the f .llowixip story: A
miner in that country w ho was obtain
inp fine p.-ld by slui.-in;'. was asl.-.l
how he saved it. He replied that he
employed the common ama lira mat ! -n
pr.x-ess. but ttstsl a novel and itipt ni.-us
retort for the purpose. ""After an...l
pamatir.p with tjuieksilvt-r. I tret a
potato." said the miner, "cutoff one
end and sc. x.p t mt a cavity in it larpe
cnouph to take my ball of atsrdpam. I
next take a sjwle t r piH-e t f flat in n
nml pla.-e that over the tire: and then
up.ii that I place the tx.tato with the
cut side down. As the amilpaiii pels
hot the "silver cva'x.ratt s an.l p-.x-s all
throuph the potato; but it can't pet
throuph the skin. When it is etxd I
have my pold button tin the spade a:..t
my "silver" all in tine pl-.'-ules it the
;xttato. I break that 't;:1 up under
water and I h ive all mv -silver.'
Canada'., rit-l.l Tea ("mp.
Tlie field p a ; an imp. rlarit crop in
Canada, partly Wraiisc it succeeded in
ex-alitics win re corf, ennnol lx- prow it
and partly Ix-causc in many l.x-alitics
the pea weevil, which infests peas
prown in the states, is not know n. It
was lonp the nr.l-it of farmers near the
Canada line to send north for seed p.-:s
free from the wtx-vil. When Canada
sexl peas were prtx-ured each spririp
one or two crops ami sometimes m. -re
could lx- prown in the states free from,
bups Wfore the pest would reappear.