Uii
Camtiir Freeman
in I'nbllnbed Werkly at
f ,l .KI KJ. CAMBRIA CO., PEXSA.,
The larreand reliable etrcalattoa at the Caw.
ui liiiaii fnineBi It to tba tavorabla
eonstderatioa of MtcniMtt whose laTore will' t
inserted at the following low rales :
1 laeh.atiaiea ..... tl.fVJ
1 Inch, 1 mocthi 2 fcO
1 Inch, montba..... .............. ........ s.ea
1 Inch I year... . .... a.c
1 lnrr.es, S bobu..... ...... ............. S.e
2 iDrties, 1 year ......................... In '
a I nc bee, months ..... .............. .
a Inebee. 1 year a.00
column, 6 month .... 10.ee
) column. monies........... ......... ao.oa
column. I year ................. avae
; coin mo, month 40.00
1 column, 1 year............................ Ta.00
Business Item. first Insertion, Hie. per line
nbeequent iBFcrtlons, Sc. per line
Administrator's and, ji editor's Notice. T2 to
Aadltor's Notices Z-t
tray and similar Notices aoe
ar KeMlni tons or proceed Incv ol any corj. ra
tion or society and communications deijr&d to
call attention to any matter ot limited or Indl
Tidnal Interest bum tie paid lor asadverttsmeata.
HMk and Job Printing of ail kinds neatly and
fiMluuFiT ezecated at the lowest prices. A ad
don't joa lontet It.
HY JAMES . HASMJ.X,
,)0.irar,teeJ Circulation,
- 1,200
SnbaerlplleB Ralea.
1 veaT.eash IB advance ....1 50
, ' 'du II not paid wltnln 3 months. I TS
,,, do li not ild within 6 montba. a.oo
do It not paid within tba year, a
w. rp ,,eron residing outside of Iba county
" ;L i l Utional par year will be chanted to
nJ t'
...tatce.
n.i event will
the mbora terms be n.
' ' i6rf?u payinir In advance most not as.
' .,. I tared on the same footing a those who
i rt ii i f:w-t dlstlaeUy understood from
un t r..rwara.
" lV rr jar paper before you stop It, If stop
.. i ui Pone hut acalawatc do otherwue.
" '". ... 'iu lite ia too abort.
JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor.
'HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.'
8I.BO and postage per year In advance.
VOLUME XXVIII.
EBEKSliUKG, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1S94.
NUMBER 42.
-SPECIA
DRY
Nothing dressier, nothing more stylish than a Black Suit this season. We have a irememlious stock in Cutaways Single
llrea.-tetl Sacks in Cheviot, Clay, Worsted, Trecot ami Corkscrew. Our efforts in selecting our fall stock have been 'to give
th.' t.iggest value, the best made, the finest fitting Clothing for the money. Give us a call an. I see how we have succeeded.
'IV prices have been marked to the free-wool standard and we are ready to defend our claim to sell the best goods for the
h as! money. Consider this an invitation to come and examine our goods. The prices speak for themselves.
I '.lark Suits,
J Hark SuiLs,
l:lark Suits,
I'.Uk Suits, -i
t-rcoat.i,
vt-rc. -aLs,
i iwr. iats,
i Kvrrtiats,
suits, from 4 to 15,
I l!l
l-'m.
I ni.
1 in.
I'm.
1 uu
1:11.
-' kntf Pants, from 4 to 14,
We Will Now Offer
.-ii". I iiir lrrss Shoes,
:..,.' I iiir 1 rrrvs Shi,
I 'nif IrtsSho-,
i l.ihlirii's Kine lre?is Shoes,
r-.VUe have also a .fine line of lilies' Coats fi..:n S.(HI up to s15.ini. tl. fnU.t
iii in any other store in t ambria co mty. We w ill now trive oil a few prices on
1 ,iir rn.lt-iwear from 3.V. up to fl.UI for the l.t. Fine Iver Shirls. .leixv or ( 'loth .from (r .up to 1 .'" .the Fine
i-i i mi 1 "iO Hat Lsas jjoo.1 as any other Mat in the rounliy for 2.."il. We also have a line li f Trunks t he ( lira, est an.l
,i .ni. We are always ready to show our jtimmIs.
EC0N0MY DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING
Next Door to Bank, CARROLLTOWN, PA.
DREXEL'S
1V0VED EMULSION OF
P'.E NORWEGIAN
COD LIVER OIL
wsth chemically pure
HYP0PHOSPHITES OF
LIME AND SODA.
FOR
c:hsjmption. aaOMCHiTis. oauaaa
:0L0S. ASTHMA, SCRO'UU,
s diseases, me avow aiacAsaa,
seases op CHiLoaca.
"LOOPING COUSM. AailMIA,
tEeai. omuTT. rro, rro.
' prcpuatioa cares by Its ButHthre
: '-p-.w-r. it ts a true emulsion, sot
digested. qulcklysslmiUted.
y im w.-incierful actioa oa Uoed. tusue
',"" v 1 "OM atarked bBprovesaeat Irons
i Ei'uioa of Cod Utbt (Ml Is especially
I r jniiw,, acnouiacH, for Scrofula
' '""lings, glandular CDlargcmenu.
c-,-jnn nt childhood. Vordys-
-..v., ron.lltlons. Ion of tnh. di-
' niiiht iwtati, it Is a perfect cure.
: t-..s , 3 rf Cod LiTer Oil 1 the y
- tij.i t..r coughs, colds, bronchitis,
.in-., vr. jad bleeding throat, hoirv-
xr.rnM. soreness olchKl and all
'. li.ni.d and diseased conditions
- - .1. aiij chest.
'''' 50 2J pr bottle. 8old by
- J, or seat to an address oa re-
s"LE P0PHlETORS,
o munn 9 Di.,. n... ri
ft OIUTTil LUUg UU.
BALTIMORC. MO. U. S. A
POR
WILLING WORKERS
' ' . uf, iii any part of the country.
i "..nt t,i, t, wi. furnUli. You n--il
!''m li..iuroverDia;ht. You can srive
" II:'"!"f "rk, or only your spurc ino
"r ! ; .1 i- iii.i rruird ou run uu rUk.
; " ' i-'i ull H.at m nr,,ll. It will
" r. rry tne huiiie. Any one
'-k IVt-iuiier nisike money fr..
.ri- i. unknown with our worker.
y-.u can ea.il v make a d.llur.
i.e to work fails o make more
' (J ' .u ran be made in thr-- days
' -oineni. Send lor tree buwk
:- :i.- 1 ...I.... ..: .
Huwuuuiuu,
"ALLETT & CO.,
BOX HRo
PORTLAND, MAINE.
""'iriifijmriimfnfK
ISIO'
0Q ,t't l lovrlv Mu.L k.lirf, am
Cn'.t. tonsistlng of 100 pares
- Sheet Musk: of the-
: s - !; r " !ivelirt an J most popular
1 1 . ana instrumental.
- w,. eieieant manner, in- as
t: i-t .fXs2' Spa"' Oohcv.
ViJ MT1. New York City.
"uuuimmtunuuiuuiK
2 & ffioflj)m
GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, AND
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
JYOTICF . FEW
at S S.tHI, worth !. 0
at
at
at
at
at
at
m.oo. worm l. .tsj
ll'.INI, worth 15.00
1 l.m. worth L'lUMl
."V.iXl. worth N.IKI
7.M. worth 10.IHI
'Aim, worth l'-'IKI
111 (HI. wonh U.IX1
at
SI.
sl.."0. SI.7". Sl' INl. S-M'."i
r.tl, S:: (HI :iul s::.ro.
... l'.V., ."..V. ami ."iiic
You Great Bargains in Stars.
si '" to :..i m
.Si to !."('
l.-'"ito 2.7")
.I'd to 1.50!
Cwl:vrrf;,
ICARJER'S
JflVER
OUR
Bck TJeedarho and rt?livatl tbotronWes Inci
dent to a bilious utatnof tho syptnn. n.zch aa
Xizzlaess, Nausea, JrowsineHS, iMstress ai'tc
eating, l aiu ia tue ri.l', he WiuUi Ibciroost
remaikaljle auccese lian been ehuvn ill curing
HeaSaehe. yft Cnrtr'a Uttlo LIvr Pm are
equally aluallo in Coimtipatioii. curinp and pre
venting thlsanuoyinRCoiuplaint.hilo tl.oy alao)
correct all diaorderaof tbeforua h.ntirDtilatotlio
liver and regulate the bowela. luTtn ii tliey onlj-
cured
Acbather'W&uldboalmoatpricclojMtotrirwewho
Buffer frijin tiisdiftrmxinscoiniilaint; butfortu
UtalT tbeirgxxliiinsd' s nntcuilbcron.ltlioss)
whooncetrr tnem will find thie littio pills Tsltv
Bbleln so many waya that thoy will not bo wil
ling to do witbon t tiicm. But after allsick boa4
Is tho Tiene of bo many lives that hnro la where)
wemakeour frr.-at boost. Our ptllacuroit whilo
others do not.
Carti r'B L;ttln IjTer Tilts aro very pmall anJ,
TPry easy to tako. One or two j ilU makea d .so.
Th. y are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or
purr?), but by tbeir fjntlo action please ail who
-cse'theui. iii vials at 25-nt : five for 1. Hobi
hj drugaiats everywiieru, or nt Ly luaiL
CARTER MEDICINE CO.. New York.
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE
W. L. Dooclas
C Ijrir IS THE BEST.
V C wHI II' ateanClKINfi.
W ar a
a0. VWrci-'vr w-.. m,
rnriiml CIUAMCI I FDCALF1
4.32 FlNECALf&KiUiSAiSl
4,sO2.W0RKINGMENs
EXTRA FINE. "
2.I.7 BOYSSCHCOlSHOEi
. . it mere- .
V a a ir.rAO fTAI IVtlP
aw oc rL 1 w " -
V W L- DOUGLAS ,
netArk-TliN M A3-
-Wf.mV d aV w a wa m - -
-aw hr Burcbaniul W aL
B.cuae we .Vei laestmanufacturer, of
$
whCI?vf ekeP Tke no substitute. If your
,SeIle;VunoVupJlyk;ou.wecau. Sold by
J. D. LUCAS & CO.
uly 13 ain.
Mountain House
STAR SHAVIHG PARLOR!
CENTRE STREET, EBENSBURG .
ri'HlS well-known an.l lona; established Sharina:
A r"arlor 1 now located on 'ntre street. .p
uuslce the livery stable ol O'Hara. Ihivls IjiiIi
er. where the biisinei. will l e carried n la the
luture. SHAVIM:. I1AIK fl'TllNH AN1
SHAM11KIIMO dune in the Leatest and as.Mt
artistic manner. 'lean Towels a secialty.
tIaaiee walled to at their residences.
JAMES 11. ti A NT.
Proprietor
SICK
MEAD
ACHE
f I
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OF-
OF OUR I'lllCFS.
i Ouivl'ricos on Iiv
Kino I'.lark I Irin ictta. ....
Finr Ulark llrnrirt a. -
Kino l'.lark ll. nrirtta. ....
Fine Cashmeres, in all colors. ....
Fine Cashmeres, in all colors. ...
Fine All-Wool Cioth. in all clois.
Fine iinrliain. -
Fine I'.learlie Muslin. .....
Fine 1'nMcarhc.l Mniin. ...
Fine l'.lea-he.l an.l CiiLlvarhol Cotton i'iaiiiii l.
Fine I'.lne Caliro, .....
A full line of r.lankets. -
How Do You Like These Prices
Fine Floor Oil Cloth. I yar.l wi.le.
Fine F'oor Oil Cloih. 1.1 van Is wi.le.
Fine Floor Oil I'loih. yar.ls wi.le.
Fine Tahle i il Cloth, assort e. I .
fitiin.; varmeiits in the country, an.l they
KfKiuiniiiilx Wiift ,rr Ij.w Down In th
lr.lT !" l.io:ii:;r:--..
The reimleer :tn: t he Sam-ivcls
1:'.!i 1. in in !c! i i -ii. e an.l morale, at,
I he two extremes .f I l:e 1 : . ; .: i in:: u
I-up- the I.::pjis at the top
sat the I . ! t . m
I'lies!- I ;tliT
!.:.v - ii.i r. in-l. s r inr anv . r .!.
: iiMl'lo .s.-ssi.iis. Virt tial ' v. I!..-.' .t..
I .'. ",;r .. .t t.'l.-V s.TV.' ! S?. '.V :-: ilo
ilii!" .I III.- hil.il. an ! eli-t r , ,f
I'll- ih'...!r tii.'V re;.fe-.e!it Tiiev are,
is . in- v. . il l exiM-et . siaa! I in stutsif,..
I .I" 11. -t tli.iik I liave si r" a i:::w 'e,.re
I li.itt. sav. !ive feet t'.v.i im lies in liei'lit .
sus ;i writer in Longmans Mtiii-ii'ie.
Tlieir faces are vet y Hat. an.l tliev
have the slitlihe eves of the M-menl.
1 M'ten it is iiiiMssill t iiit irto-nisli
any eye at all. hut simply a slit, onlv
just not oli.se.l lip '1 lie specimens
lirr.', 'veii yoiiiitr men ami triris. sulTT
mneii from l.iin!iie -.s. Whi t her t !i is is
(hie to snow, or w het her here.litary. I
am niiahle to s.iy. !mt their cy s 1 i,rn
white, as if with a f. .rm f .r!:iuv i':t.
In iiersoti ainl liahits they are ilirty in
the extreme. They live in skin-e. ivvrcil
wio-wams. whi.'h arr 'i-rv simplv m:i-l..
The rein.ieer skin ,vith the hair out
si. le is Ntr-'lche.l over les. at the
apev of which a Imle is left perhaps
l'.'r ce ipe of smoke, tlioii--h I saw no
tires ltiirr.iny in :1:1V of t he wi gwams.
JliM,ie is ;i eotifuseil heap of nu n. wom
en. ehil.lreJt. skins. f.Hhl an.l iio;:. lit
tle moii'rrel ih.o-. that ereeparoiu.il
voe.r calves in a doiiht fnl kin-l of way.
livery sprin-r. alxmt May. a jrre:it
jiorthwar.l mi . rralion t t'-.ee pe..ph
takes place. It is then that they scat
ter t he msc Ives alx.ut the I'eteln r.i an. I
l'wst.s is.k ilistricts an.l al.'ii t!ie Si-iM-rian
coast, many of them passing tip
t.ithe Yalmal iK'iiinsiila ami Y:ii;rat.
i.-.laml. where are th. ir jilaees of s:.e
ritiee. a.lorneil with skulls of vo.-u-he::rs.
aiul their ancient centers of re-lio-ioiis
olircrva.icc.
When a Samoyeil ilies. he is hnrie.l.
I with him is left sometimes his
: h !,;h aii.l always so me small domestic
:.!'1u-lc .. such as food vcsx-1.;. Nor.lcii
ski.il 1 supposis I hilt thcs' are i;;!c::.l-.i!
f..r his use in the future life. 11 may
Ih so. hut I fancy we are sometime, in
clined to attribute to such observances
a si;rt.iiieance they ! n-'t ; os-css. The
cnslomof lcaviiijr oll'crinjrs at thefrave
of the dciKtrted is a very universal one.
and need not iieeessarily imply more
than respect and regret.
Kept for 1'our (Ynt uriea.
A curious story, illustrative of the
jicrscrvative pn-iH-rties of carlolc acid
"as. or "eli-kcii:imp." comes from
China. In the province of .11hui a party
of miners djM-ned an ancient shaft,
where, aceordintr to theoliicial records,
a terrible catastrophe had occurred
four hundred years ao. AVheii the
miners entered they came upon the
Ixxlies of one hiindred and seventy
miiu-rs, who had iH-rislu'd in the mine.
1 vino; where they had In-eii overtaken
!v the deadly ir:is '" fenturies l;ack.
The corpses to the eye were as though
of yesterday, quite fresh-l.H ikin": and
not decay c.l in any way. The fact .
were like those of men who had just
died. On an attempt Wiiiir made to
move them outside for burial, they one
and all crumbled away, b avin.' 110th
iii"; but a pile of dust and the remnants
of tin? stronger parts of tlieir t-lot hiri
Tue miners, tcrritied, lied from the
-ot. and thouo-h there were valuabbi
tleosits of coal in the shaft, nothinir
would imluce the siiiH-rstilious men to
return to their work.
wood
i;iii
worth '.Hlr.
worth si. in
worth 1.25
t M '. .
M .(HI.
L'L'.'.r..
:;ir.,
"h. ,
Sr..
4 ..,
lt"e.
."dir.
mil-.
Sr.
lOr.
Sr.
lr.
Sr.
worth
. S4 a
air.
on Potters' Oil Cloth?
l'5r. er yar.l.
::5-. per yar-1.
V-. ht yar.l.
L'dr. kt yar.l.
are :::: per rent. rlieajMr in price
Hats from 5dr. to 1.511 for the
l'-st v..u ever saw. Con e
H0USE,
ViAo I i. Or- FuOU l Y AMERICANS.
I'etvple from rnriM AtftiiiliiHl hy flur
'r-l.M-t Tul.U IcIIiimIm.
An Kiifrlish health journal expresses
jrreat surprise at the iuantity of food
eaten by American ajrainst Kno-lish
latM.rcrs. It is very curious to see how
dilTcreiit f.Mwis prejonderat. in ililTi-r-eiit
industries. The textile worker in
Knr.iK' v.-ill have '.. huiii.1s of meat
in r annum for everv loo units of con
sumption, or. saj-. a quarter of a pound j
of meat a day, while steel workers in
dnlje in III pounds for every lno units.
On tin other hand, tin- weaver con
sumes more Hour tlian the steel work
er ".'7."i pounds per lm units instead of
Jos jxiiiinls. He also takes about 71
pounds of siio-ar more jht 1 m units,
and a dozen more i','s; of butter, lard
and tea both take alx.ut the siinic.
though both in tea and olTee the
weaver a little exceeds the other. That
is. in the calling which dcmaiuls the
greater muscular exeriion. a trreaU r
amoiiiitof nitrogenous f. m1 is required.
On the r.uropeaii continent the con
sumption of meat by workers is much
less than ill Ilritain. Kven in the iron
in. lust ry the I Jerman is little more tx-trava-aut
than the Kno"lish weaver,
wiiile tlie I-'reiichman colisumeK olily
;7-. jxmnils and the llehrian r..".''i
pounds. On the other hand, the latter
consume more Hour and vjt, more
than twice as much of each. Tlieir
consumption of colTec. Iimi, is laruv II
hiiiii.1- and l'J Miinds reJH-ct ively. to
the i.sliman's H j ioiiiiiI.s. but it
must also le taken in the reckonino;
that tea does not ap'x-ar in their ac
counts. Mut all these litrurcs pale lie
fore the statistics of food consumption
in America.
The I Itinois iron worker manages to
consume .I'.i.'J pounds of meat per 1ml
units, and though this is excessive. JimV
pounds are put down as the average of
I'emi-ylvaiiia. l'C; pouiuls for Ohio.
I7'4 po units for "-st Viririnia and 15:1
pounds f..r Tennessee. The average
consuiiiption of Hour for the states is
alM.ut ..'"iii pounds, but voracious Illinois
a;rain comes to the fore with :ti'."i
pounds, and surar, butter and vrg& are
every where more lavishly used than in
l-Inrope. Here, as in Kurope, iron and
steel industries are found to In.- more
s-lf-i!idule,rent than any other trades,
but the expenditure here is far alxivc
that of even the most extravagant
workers of Kurope. Much of the f(Hxl
accounted for in these lio-ures is actual
ly consumed, but a larjre niurfiri must
Ih' allowed for what is wantonly de
stroyed, and wl icli the history of the
waste of food products in the I'niled
States comes to In- written it will con
tain some startling and not altogether
pleasant readiii";.
A Fihliy Story,
l'yenp; Yan', a city in Corea. was
founded three thousand and sixteen
years afjo. It is known as the well
less city. Within its walls is not a
sinrle well and all the water of the
city is carried up by watermen from
the river which washes its southern
wall. Tradition sliows that this has
always Wen so. for it is said that when
al'hinese jreneral bt-sieired it two thou
sand years a;r. Wlievim- that he could
i-..ii;;h I its inhabitants to capitulate bv
c-til t inir off tlieir water supply, he was
led to efive up the attempt Weausc tin
soldiers on the walls took lish scales
and went thr murh the motions of the
bath, and the scales, edittcrino: in the
stm. I. Mik.-d in the eyes of the aston
ishe.l Wsicyers to W driiis of water.
Kxchan'e.
I CHINA'S FI(iHTIX(i F0KCE
Strength and Equipment of the
Army and Navy.
Tronpj ommanlsl ly irnian and Anwr-i.-Mli
Mtiet-rn and Armrd with 1 111
provrd Wrapnim- I h t'hl
nrtwt aH Noldl-ra.
China has made preat efforts in the
last few years to brine; her army and
navy nearer the standards of those of
western nations, says the New York
Tribune. The total strength of the
army is alxmt six hundred thousand
men. of whom more than two hundred
thousand are permanently stationed
for the g-arrison of the city of Peking,
the others Win"1 scattered throughout
the various provinces of the empire.
Ik-sides these there is an ill-formed
oro-aiii:'.ation, which mio-ht W called a
militia, which yets small payand never
serves with the colors. The discipline
of the army is f,'ixxl. and so far as mili
tary punishments are concerned there
is hardly a more stringent organiza
tion iu the world. Asa lirhtinr force,
however, in the opinion of most foreiim
military men. the Chinese army has
never counted for much. ISut the last
few- years may have made a jrreat dif
ference in this refrard. as the Ameri
can. I icrman and Knylish olliccrs em
ployed by the jrovernment have done
all 111 tlieir power to effect proper
chaii";cs.
In addition to the troops mentioned
there are the various provincial forces
w hich are enlisted, paid and controlled
by the viceroys of the provinces and
mandarins of the cities in which they
may W quartered. These are know n
as the Army of the tlreen Standard, in
contradistinction to the Manchu divi
sions the real Chinese soldiers, divided
into red. w hite, blue and yellow-divisions,
so-called from the color of their
battle tkifrs.
The arms of most of these trixips
were until recently of the most primi
tive ty-x-s. ami consisted principally of
lonjr six-ars or knives secured to ionp;
poles, bows and arrows and clubs.
Within the last few years, however,
many of these batalions have Wen pro
vided with the most improved imxlern
arms. Two years ao several Chinese
otlicials were sent so Kurope to negoti
ate for the purchase of sutHcieiit imxl
ern niles to arm the entire forces o-ar-risniiiii-r
the frontiers of SiWria. T011
quin and alono- the sea coast. Thearmv
of I.i llano- t'hautr. th- Chinese prime
minister and viceroy of the province of
Chihli. nuuilx-i-s alxmt one hundred
thousand men. and is the tlower of the
empire. These trixips are armed with
imxlern rilles. and have for years Wen
under the leadership of lli-niuin and
American otlicers. who have brought
them up to a state of discipline and ef
ficiency hardly second to any similar
body of foreign trixips. It is the pus
session of this army, in love with its
chief, which has made him so iii.l.--. x-n-dent.
Chihli is re-rarded as the rate to
lVkiiiff. hence the care and attention
lx-stowed ujxm the trixips formiiieT its
jrarrisoii.
The Chinese confine themselves
chietly to infantry. The total cavalry
force of the active army is only thirty
thousand, and of artillery tweiitv
thousiiml. There is. however, an "ir
reirular" class of cavalry which may
nuinlx-r nearly one hundred thousand.
This force is armed in the most primi
tive fashion.
The navy is a different stamp from
the army, and the sailors have Wen
lono-er under t he influence of forei;;n
otlicers. They are also more trust
worthy. Separated as they arc from
the in Huences which surround the men
on shore, the sailors are free from the
temptations and conspiracies which
have undermined the troops. The class
of men employed on the vessels is also
Wtter. The naval otlicers have Wen
educated in the various naval acad
emies by for-i;m instructors, and are
taught a:id disciph-d according to the
systems in vn(fiie in the service of the
l iiitcd states. Kneiand and France.
The imperial covernmcnt supports
three naval eollepes for the education
ot cadets or otlicers one at Tieii
Tsin. another at YVei-IIai-Yoi and the
third at I'oo-Chou-. The instructors
are jrraduatcs of naval academies of
foreitrn countries, those of Annapolis
predominat inir- The system of instruc
tion is as thorough as the Chinese lxiy
can rrasp. but is chietly practical
rather than theoretical, so that by the
time tin- course is finished the cadet is
ready to assume hisdiitiesoii a man-of-war.
The cadets are usually chosen
from the families of prominent otVu-ials
livim in the seacoast provinces, but
members are admitted from any other
otii.-ial and mandarin class.
' The Chinese navy projH-r comprises
about seventy men-of-war. not includ
iiX many small t ransports and revenue
cutters which in time of need, such as
1 he present , can W armed and placed
iu active service. The vessels are
manned and oHicercd by Chinese sul
jeets. the only foreigners allowed on
t hem Winjf the instructors in s-H-cial
departments, such as gunnery, seaman
ship, electricity or torpedoes. Assixm
as a Chinese instructor qualifies, the
forehrner returns to the academy. Most
vessels of t he Chinese Heet have W-en
built abroad.
The hinese navy is divided into two
licet s. The northern, or IVjanc squad
ron, w ith headqiiartersat Wei-1 lai-Woi,
has under its jurisdiction the protec
tion and defence of all the coast lying
to tin- northward of Fo- liow, and the
Tanyantr. or southern squadron, with
headquarters at Canton, w hich is to de
fend all the coast south of Koo-Chow.
Kach Ktpiadroti hasits own admiral,
but is governed directly tlto Vice
roys of Chihli and Canton respectively,
who are held crsoiially resjxiusible by
the emperor for the etliciency and war
like condition of the two fleets.
A 1oiiimuh i.ittn- t riap.
Alfonso, kino; of Spain, is now- a lit
tle more, than ei.-rlit years of age. and a
pompous little chap he is, which is not
to Im- wondered at when Spanish eti
quette is considered. His slumWrs are
watched throughout the night by the
Monteros tie Kspinosa. a lxxly of men
who for four hundred years have en
joyed the exclusive privilege tif guard
ing the king or queen from sunset to
sunrise. They are lxmnd by tradition
to W natives of the town of Kspinosa.
and must have served with honor in
the army. They lock the palace gates
with much ceremony and solemnity at
midnight, and open them again at seven
o'clock in the morning. Naturally,
Alfonso thinks he is a great little man.
GAMBLING IN EUROPE.
The Net I'mflta r.Mimated to Einwl S.
OOll.OOO Franc a Year.
Most persons associate all mention
of rambling in Kurope with Monte
Carlo. Since a great gambling syndi
cate has Wen trying to get a hold in
the little neutralized Duchy of I.ux
emlxnirg. however, an interesting list
of continental casinos and their win
nings has lx-en published by the (Jer
man newspaH-rs. This list, says the
New York Sun. is intended to show that
the continent has already tx ruany
gambling hells and that the grand
duke of LuxeuiWurg should jH-rsist in
declining the syndicate's offer to pay
most of the government's expenses iu
exchange for the privilege of operating
their roulette wheels in the shadow of
his throne.
Here is the list: Dunkirk casino,
winnings in 1 -1S. .IimI.ixki francs: Kou
logne casino, soo.nnd francs: Trouville
casino, 4."xMHKl francs: Trouville, Hotel
Kden. loii.otNl francs: l)icpx- casino.
'Jod.iMNl francs; Coburg casino. .Iso.tsm
francs; Fecamp casino, 1 in 1.000 francs;
Havre casino, '.'ih 1.000 francs; Havre.
Hotel Frascati, l.Ml.otm francs; Treort
City casino. ".0.000 francs; Ilerck casino.
1 .".. 000 francs; Olonne casino. Ioo.inni
francs: Kozan casino. I10.000 francs;
several Arcachon houses. Iisi.ismi francs;
ISiarritz casino. 1 .000.000 francs; Castle
Itiarritz. lr.u.ooo francs; Miichon casino.
4iKi.ooi francs; I'alavaz casino, L'tKi.tsm
francs; Aix les Mains casino, IJO.ooii
francs; Vichy casino. 1.000 francs;
Vichy International hotel, I'Ki.tNio
francs; Vichy Kden. 3.iI.ishi francs:
Vichy alcazar, aO.ouo francs; Vichy res
taurant, oil.noo francs; Ilogat casino.
Ooo.immi francs.
Outside of Mtmaco the gambling hells
tin the continent are known to profit
some lO.oon.ooo francs annually, ex
clusive of all expenses. With the
Monaco casino, the gambling syndi
cates of the continent make a net
profit of U'5,ooo,(l francs or more every
ear,
A WONDERFUL CLOCK.
It la a Veritable Marvel In Mrrhsnlrsl
Kxerutlon.
A most marvelous clock has Nvn
made by a black Forest maker and sold
for four thousand dollars. I U-sides do
ing everything that most chx-ks Jo in
the matter of time and calendar, says
the Jeweler's Weekly, it slums the
time in ISerliu. St. Petersburg. Madeira,
Shanghai. Calcutta, Montreal. San
Francisco. Mellxiurne and (reemvich.
Kvery evening at eight a young man
invites the company to vespers in an
electrically illuminated chapel, where a
young woman plays the "Maiden's
l"rnyi-r."
11 New Year's eve two trumpeters
announce the Might of the old year and
the advent of the new. In May a
cuckoo comes tint, in Juno a quail, in
OctoWr a pheasant apjx-ars to W shot
down by a typical 1 British sportsman,
who proceeds to bag his game. At day
break the sun rises and some WUs
play a I leriiian air. entitled "I'lm-bus.
Awake." On the ni'-lit of the full iiknui
they play anothe. ir. entitled ''Sweet
and Tranquil I. una." There are other
features ttx numerous to mention.
DO FISH FEEL PAIN?
Analogy I'ointe to tlic- Conr-lunlon That
llookinir Is nt I'li-attiit.
There is little doubt, remarks the
Tall Mall Cazctte. that the talk aWut
lish feeling little pain when they are
hixiked an.l killed, or h.x.ked and lost,
is chielly cant. All analogy xiiiits to
the conclusion that it must Ik-extremely
unpleasant f r a tish, however cold
blooded a creature he W, to W- caught
on a h.x.k and dragged out of his
element. At the same time it seems to
W- an established fact that tish iu many
cascs s. xn forget the wounds iullicted
by a h.x.k.
A pike struck hard by a nian3'
hixikcd minnow has Wen known to
come again at the bait in a few min
utes: and Mr. Hal ford, in one of his
lxxtks, tells us that he once left a
w ickham in a grayling of alxtut three
x.un.!s. which alxnit a quarter of an
hour later he h.x.ked and kill. si with
another Hy. An autopsy having Wen
jH-rformcd the w ickham was discov
ered in the stomach of the grayling,
together with a great mass of partially
digested natural Hies. A treacherous
h.x.k broke in the mouth of a Wye
trout the other day. Yet the tish rose
again in alxmt an hour's time, and was
duly brought into the creel a Wauti
f til healthy jx .under, with a wound in
the mouth, caused by the broken hook,
it had managed todishxlge.
The llelr to China's Throne.
The birth of an heir to the Chinese
throne at this time is an event of more
than ordinarj- imixirtance to the peace
of the empire. Ktiaug Hsu is the first
emKTnr of the present dynasty whose
right of x-cupancy is not based upon
actual descent. His predecessor. Tung
Chili, died childless in 1S7", after a
reign of only one year. He left
several brothers, all having children,
among whom a strife at once arose as
to the succession. After several weeks
of contention ami intrigue a compro
mise was effected hy which the young
widowed empress and her unlx.rn child
were put to death, and the present em
peror, then two years old. and the son
of the "seventh prince."' who was a
was a brother of Tung Chili, and him
self one of the contestants for the
throne, was chosen by a familj- council.
I n order to correct the succession, the
dead emH-ror was supised to adopt
this infant as his son and successor,
and an imperial decree to that effect
was promulgated throughout the etn
wire. Kuang Hsu has Wen an invalid
prom his birth, and his death at any
time would occasion no surprise.
I)muru S wnr.ls
To the lovers of strange goods the
bazars of Damascus are far more allur
ing than those of Cairo or of Constan
tinople; the capacious chests of the
merchants contain much that we would
buy were our purses longer. Old em
broideries of wondeiful color, delicate
china, silks of many hues, swords of
cunning workmanship, all these lie
piled Wside us on the floor. It is but
seldom that a really good specimen of
the Damascus sword can W obtained,
for the art of working and engraving
steel is dead. These swords were made
of alternate layers of iron and steel,
so finely tempered that the blade
would W-nd to the hilt without break
ing, with an edge so keen that no coat
of mail could resist, and a surface so
highly polished that when a Moslem
wished to rearrange his turban he used
his sword for a looking-glasss.
ACyUlliEI) EXPRESSION.
Facial Peculiarities Which Come
Through Habit.
IlUtlnrtlve Typee That Are Found In
Certain alllnca 1 he Oarer Ef-fec-te
of Ot-rapatlon One'a
I pen the frstorwu
The incessant How of involuntary
nerve currents to the facial muscles
doubtless accounts for the odd simi
larity of expression among men of the
same vx-ation. In many such eases,
says Illackwood's Magazine, the condi
tions are so complex that it seems im
possible to lay one's finger upon the
r-peoial items oT environment which
conduce to the facial characteristics
exhibited by nearly all memWrs of
certain trades and professions. What,
for instaiue. is there alxmt the prK-ess
of making shoes which evokes the un
mistakable cobbler's visage? The nor
trstit of IMward. the l'.antf naturalist,
it: Mr. Smiles' Ixx.k. shows the type in
a marked degree. As far as my olscr-,
vatiou carries sue. the cause must W
1.x. ked for in the last, lapstone ami
w axetid of old-fashioned eordwainery;
since men who work the machines in
iiiixli-rn sh.x- factories, or w ho do or
dinary repairing, tlo not exhibit the ex
pression. It apH-ars probable that the
tailor's distinct tve tyje of face may
have Wen partially created by his
habit of working his ja ws concomitant
ly with his shears. lct anyone watch
a iH-rsoii cutting a piece of tough ma-,
terir.l with scissors, and he will see'
that the lower pait of the face wags in
rhythmic and spontaneous unison with
the blades. Shepherds and farm lalxir
ers who join sheep-sheat iug gangs cer
tainly acquire a different expression
while engaged in this kind of work.
The cast tif countenance by which
one so easily recognizes a groom is par
tially explicable from the fact that the
muscles which close the jaws and com
ptcss the lips are always called into
play when we are asserting ui will
over that of ahorse. Neatly all jock
eys aud horsemen have a jieeutiar set
f lie mouth and chin, but 1 have Wen
uual-le to disliuguisli any s-cial char
acteristic alx.ut the eye or upper iart
oft lie face. It is instructive to com
pare the visage tif the ruler of horses
with that t.f the ruler of men. The
boi seman's face shows command in the
111. u th. the dt ill sergeant s in the
mouth and the eye. 'the last is un
doubtedly the most effective instru
ment in exacting obedience from our
own species. Here we get a hint of
that cause of want of dignity, that ele
ment of coarseness, which is discern
al.le in the countenances of some men
and women who have much to do with
lioirx-i '1 lie higher and nobler meth.xl
of expressing authority is outweighed
by the lower and more animal one.
Generally speaking, it is a strenuous
contest with 11.111. r dillicultics which
produce a thin and rigid set of lips. It
is seen almost invarialdy in housewives
of the Maitlia type, who are "careful
and troubled alxmt many things."" and
whose souls are shaken to the center by
pcttv worries within doors, an.l the
strife a outranee with shortcomings of
the scullery maid or the cxk.
The compressed lip so loved and so
often misinterpreted by novelists is a
Mgn of weakness rather than strength.
It tells of jxi-rjH-tual conflicts in which
the reserves ate called into the fray.
The strong will is not agitated into
sliemious action by Uu- small worries
of the hour, and the great tvasions
which call for its whole forces are tx
few t prixluee a permanent impress of
this kin-1 uxn the features. The
commanding officer, assured of his
jii.-n's oWdiciice. d.-s not habitually
keep his lip muscles iu a state of ten
sion Lxk at the sea captain, the
most absolute monarch 011 the earth.
I le carries aut hoi it y ami xwer in his
face, but it resides in his eye ami the
coufi.b-ut assurance tif his easily set
mouth Kvci y spar and shaft and
muscle in bis floating realm must oWy
I11111. and he knows it. This is prol
ably a reason why the sea captain and
the engine drivers show- a certain simi
larity of tyje. The engine driver can
make his eaptive giant, strong as ten
thousand men. oWy the pressure of his
linger. His lips are usually calm, like
those of the statues of the wielder of
t Iniii.Icrlxd ts on Oivmpus. Who ever
fcaw a man commanding a man-of-war
or driving a locomotive with the con
tentious lip of the sch.x.l usher? The
typical expressions tif the metnWr of
those three liWral professions which
Sir Thomas llrowne says are all
founded upon the fall of Adam are
well enough recognised to have Wen
long the prey of the caricaturist. The
several distinctive traits of each, and
the possible causes which give rise to
them, are tx complex to W dealt with
in a single article. Speaking very
generally, the cleric's face is indicative
of authority of the thin-lipv-d kind,
and of a dionilie.l sense of the sanctitv
of hisollicc . The doctor's jaw and mouth
are less ligi.l. yet tell of decision. His
eye is vigilant and sympathetic, and
his whole facial aspect conveys the i.lea
of a fun. i of untapped wisdom. The
lawyer's countenance is confident and
confidential, with a pouncing alertness
of the eye. and a prevailing expression
of weighty perspicacity.
A Well Iliaripled Man.
Army discipline is supposed to le
very strict indeed, and oders must W
oWd swiftly and silently. The Wst
disciplined soldier ever in the Uussiau
army lived in 1777. He was stationed
Ik-fore the th xir of the palace during a
heavy tl.xxl. when the empress, seeing
from her balcony that the water had
reached the sentinel, called to him to
retire. This the soldier refused to do;
and when the empress asked if he
knew who she was, the man replied
atlirmat ively. Although he knew her
majesty he would not leave his post
until his corporal relieved him. The
water increased until it reached the
sentinel's knees. The empress sent
several messages to him. but he refused
to oWy her. Finally she was compelled
to summon the corporal, who was found
asleep, and he was obliged to swim to
relieve the honest private, who by that
time had only his head alxive water,
anil would composedly have suffered
himself to W drowned rather than
disoWy orders while oW-ying his sover
eign. tJushley "As they roamed over
the ballroom her liquid eyes met mine."
Sympathetic Friend "And asked 'em
to take a drink, I suppose." Xew
York Telegram.
GREAT PRESENCE OF MIND.
A Terrible Catastrophe Averted By a Pub.
lie Speaker' Self-Coatrol.
One of the "sights" of Philadelphia,
fifty years sjn. was a magnificent
Chinese museum, whose treasures. ol
lected by Mr. Dunn, a munificent mer
chant, were displayed in a building
ercfted on the site on which now stands
the Continental hotel. Over the mu
seum was a long, narrow upper rx.m,
about thirty-live feet high. It was a
public hall, used for lectures and con
certs, and with it was asMiciateda most
remarkable instance of presence of
mind. A correspondent of the Indon
Spectator tells the thrilling story.
In the central part of '.his immense
auditorium were- collected one evening
alx.ut three thousand n-rsnns. At
alxmt nine o'clock, the manager tif the
building came to the leader of the
meeting, white with affright, and told
him that the floor had sunk nearly a
f. x.t. and that in a few minutes more
the tenona of the joists might W out of
their sK-kets.
The lbxir would then fall through
onto the Chinese museum, and the
walls, sixty feet in height, would col
lapse and W precipitated, with the
roof, upon the assembly.
The leader explained to the person
whom the audience expected next to
hear, that by addressing the assetubly
from the end of the hall, he could with
draw the company from the sunken
part of the li.x.r to that where t he
front walls strengthened the joists to
War the weight of the people.
The reply to this was that his own
family was in the audience, and that
he must get them out first. " " tftU
tit."' said the leader; "a hint of danger,
a rush, and we shall all lie tinder the
fallen walls and roof. Five minutes
delay may kill us altogether."
Asalxiy in the audience I well re
inemWr my surprise at seeing the
leader suddenly appear at the far front
of the r.x.m. and tell the jn-ople that
they would next W address.-,! from
where he stHl the organ-loft. As
the audience turned and moved to the
front, the fl.xiring r.rse six inches.
The people were entertained jiartly
by an impromptu sentimental song in
a Voice without a quaver, in the verv
faee of death, and as sx.n as practica
ble they were quietly dismissi-d.
Not a single individual in that great
assembly was aware that, by the pres
ence t.f mind of me man. an awful ca
tastrophe had Wen averted. The
imagination sickens at the thought of
what would have lx.-en the cons-.ucnee
of a panic and sudden alarm by the
failure of the courage t.f this man.
I am confident that, excepting the
sneaker referred to and tin- manager of
the building, no .me outside the imme
diate familyof the man whose courage
prevented this catastrophe has known
the whole story till now.
Tlu- terror of those minutes Wfore
the crowd was moved and the H.x.r
rose toward its level, was such, that he
never, even in his ow n family, alluded
to the scene, t hough he lived for I orty
years afterward.
Beeklnc a Separation.
"Do you give gas here?" asked a
wild-lKking man who rushed into a
dentist's office on Clark atreet tho
other morning.
"We tlo." replied the dentist.
"Does it put a fellow to alep?"
"It does."
"Sound asleep, so yon can't wake
him up?"
"Yes."
"You could hreak his jaw or gouge
out his eye and he wouldn't feel it?"
"He would know nothing of it."
"How long does it mak3 him stay
asleep?"
"The physical insensibility produced
by inhaling the gas lasts a minute or
probably a little less."
"I guess that's long enough. Got it
all ready for a fellow to take?""
"Yes. Take a seat in this chair and
show me jour txth."
"Tooth nothing!" said the excited
caller. W-ginning rapidly to remove
his coat and vest. "1 want you tojiull
a porous plaster off my back." Chi
cago Tribune.
Gaining; a Vocabulary.
"If you don't know what a word
means, make a trucss at it." That is
the rule followed by some foolish peo
ple, often with laughable results. An
exchange says that a new guest ar
rived at a New Hampshire farmhouse,
where a boston gentleman hapjteiicd
to W holding forth on the piazza. The
newcomer was much impressed by the
Seakers fluency. "I declare," he re
marked to the landlord, "that mau has
an extensive vocabulary, hasn't he?"
The landlord was mightily pleased.
"That's so." he said. "That's what
mountain air will do for a man. lie
ain't been boardin' with me but two
weeks, and I know he must have let
his waistband out much as four times."
Youth's Companion.
A Voune I'hiloeopher.
The boy. evidently from the coun
try, applied to the 1kss for a job.
"I have no use for a boy," he said,
discouragingly.
"You're just like I am, ain't you?"
asked the boy.
"How"., that?"
"Hot no use for a boy. Neither have
I. That's w hy I'm look in' around for
somebody that has. Me and yuu ain't
the only people in town, though. 1
Spose there's aWut two hundred thou
sand more here, and likely some of
'em's different from us. Anyhow. I'm
goin" to hustle around and set-, tl.xxl
morning, sir." and the I my started out,
but the boss reconsidered and took him
at two dollars a week as a starter.
Detroit Free Iress.
IN THE DAYS OF THEIR YOUTH.
r.KNjAMlN Hakiiison was a close stu
dent, and had all the advantages tif a
liWral education.
Tintokktto. the painter, came hon
estly by his profession. He was brought
up in a tlye shop.
St-nrji ANx was raise. 1 in a Ixx.k store,
aud tti the end of his life retained a
fondness for the business.
IIakky. the painter, had his interest
in art roused when 011 voyages with his
father, who was a sailor.
A it in IK was a close student and ex
celled in scholarship. He was fond of
athletic sjx.rts and hunting.
Thomas I'aink. the American politi
cal and controversial w riter, passed his
youth at the stay maker's W-nch.
DoTH.KlIx.K. the theologian, was
brought up in an oil shop, his father
being a dealer in paints and oils.
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