uu ( pilt,llined Weekly at . I . It tkJ tk . -A.tiv;rtitiiitf I utes. The lartreand reliaola rirealatioa ol the "- 111 rat-Ma cc.mtnenaa it to the taroraMa eooMderanou of adTertl-er wboe favors will ta iD-enod at th lollowmg tow met : I inch, 8 timer 11-51 1 Inch, I mot-th M 1 loch, 6 njoulhs .. . - 1 Inrn lyear... ..... ft.l 0 3 lBrhf, ( mvuibi .l) X Inrbe, I year...................... ...... 10 CO 1 Inrhea, 6 biodUii .. ... .. tnebe. 1 year ......... 2-00 J column, 8 mom b . 10 i (I t column. 6 month...... ...... au.w Seulnma. 1 year ................. SVM ieolamn, 6 mootb.. ...... ...... ...... . 1 column, 1 year Ta.M Hoalne Item. ftn-t insertion. H?. per l'.ne aabt-eqoent insertion, be. per Use AouiiniFmtor'i and ,txe-uur Notice.. fa M Auditor" Notion- .. .... ;.M) Stray and lniilar Notice 3 00 rKelutin or proe-ee-iin: ol any cor-. -oration or society and eomiunni'-ailon de lgni d to rail attention to any matter ol limited or indt vidoal Interest nui be paid lor tr ad vert lament a. Book and Job Printing of ail kind neatly and hmioout ezecated at the lowed price. And don'tyon lorget it. pl 4 . - . -- . (-;IllUtl"Il. 1,200 i tvJ 1 t,nl.eritln -! ina-tvali.-e $1.50 "V I 'i'J within o niuntti-1. 1.75 , ' ; !:.-t within Hie year.. aiS renti"' iut.-tue or the county iV'Lii i'er year will oe charged to j -! p ,-. ; a ill - . hi ui.i i ' vi ,l ; t !.- who ilon i con-mli trn-ir ..v" . v ' '.j. In advaai'e roit tiol ex '" ' ".. 'j : n r same looilnir m rhotewlio JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor. "6K IS A FREEMAN -WHOM TBI TRGTH MAKES FREE ASD ALL ABE SLATES BESIDE." 81. SO and postage per year In advance. r e .!i.-tiactly uriUerslooU Inc ur I r 1 l''",c ju Piup it. ii atop t ii: .-caUwas ;o otiierwine. VOLUME XXVIV. EBENTSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1S95. NUMBER 1. mm 1 We I 1.. 1" in 4 to 14. 1 . I jw wants te learn, but the 5 m A aa J XI at ictius max Honesty tor Arm . w v ovptp a,t 13 maae, ana '"Av l?es " and 6ave3 ""-"V an( secures mora kCS..1ctlrr-. 'U 1 r- t7nTn u Lileto ever Deiore. t, r-joiis. insist on ihe genuine. If your f tasn't it ask turn to Pp2H4BEOS.1loiMlB.KJ- v. -.s: tor Forty ..t l j fjjits -t Mjvc ..t the i m-.st r-pul.r - i in-tros.ental. '''i .iutat-r, in . :-.,.ts. b-ircer. t fiannt. 1 'V4 CUTTING. 1- t. r-l. - A.. SICALECHOCO. 1 .,,CN ft ir Jot r . . iP A Ij D A f T rin (Q Mfe mHWHtH4tAemA4a44ia4,aaaa.4a : Live irScfhodsi, Lives Men iincl 1 1 1.- nil --tii.il ..(' the I :-. .is. .ii i- i', l 1 il ult nii.I 1 ry I hnmIs I Iliwi- :it ( 'arrolitown, l'u.. means a SvH'.inir Ke.liictioii in the s:le t i hui I r ;.hm1, 1'HH.tv an. I Hum-, ail iciil' I'm nihiiir hhmIs. I'.y the oi.linary iiit th.xls the retail ilealer htivs Ills k ti.iiii the liiatuilactun r. I'...th lniL-t have 1 1. ( ir j.n.f.ts an.l hy the time" the u.mm's reach the wearer they eiist him almie.t :ts ,ii !i ajain a-the material an.l lahi.r are ii-ally v..i ill. The I Voiii.tny (.1. 1 hini: a .1 I ry ( i.Mls IIoiim- rjrs's to lreak down . ,i Ii ii i 'u r I w i -4-1 1 maUer ami cniiMinn-r. . pi..Hr.- to .Iis.-n,- wiih tlii m;ii .:' . I. .ill h- .r..!lls ait. 1 to allow the puMie to I my direct from the tnaki-r at a ve y small hinuiii :i! 'e actual -rl. This mean- Clmhiim. I . y ( i l'.oots ainl Sli.n-s ." per cent. lower than th" usual rates. We r-coir- ni . that we inn- cut .iiee exeee.linuly low in i.r.ler to win y..nr conti.leiiee an.l yoitr patronage. We liia-t lo more t urn make ! 1-- we miiM keep theln. .A'OTlCi: . FEW at 4 "o. wo:th Kl at S.lMt. worth SIO.IHI at Iii.imi. worth 1 M l at ::.M. w rth C.rA) al '." e.-nts a pair. -'.imi. ,.rth 1".(H I I. (mi. worth J. HI. M.I-lh , .IMI. ,, th .i.ihi. worth Io.ihi. wor.h . -1 .7". M 'ii.ihi j I N.IMI lo.no 1-J.1H1 H.!HI si ..".0 . INI an.l -.. ::r; a ..I OC. We Will Now Offer Yon Great Bargains in Shoes. r-l '" to s-::.0o ; .so to l.."iO j 1 .'" to 7" ' .l-'O to 1 oO a tint line ..f li.li. s" ( '..at- from sl.oii up to Sl.ym. th - ('.nest in 1 'ami ria e. unity . A full line of .love-. ."( ic. au I upwar.ls. ci i:nts' Fl-ItNISIIIN C - ' . .1 l:. in :'"c. I . to ?T. O (. r the Ik -t 1 iue -Ve' I ! t :.- j 1 h .. I a- any .t her 1 hit in t lie count i v for : -Aa- ita.lv to -how i'.r l;. " !-. hiri-. .h ix-y !."o. V.'e ;il-o Economy Clothing and Dry Goods House, Next Door to Bank, CARROLLTOWN, PA. & PILLS- 23 TTa'l''h end rrli'vall tbo trouble Iucf d--nt to a I iUous e?a:o.f tii sjr-ieri, e'icu aa I.z:r.ess, Nausea, Prowsints. 1r tca a:"toc eUr". 1 iu tuo fci 1', WUilo iiicir Tuos6 Eca''arhe. yet Cnrfr's Litrio Liver Pitis ar equally valual.io iu Const itat im. curing anl pr v- ctii.R thisann'yinpco:.i;ilaii:t.whit. tin'y also c.:rrt-rtaIldi-'r'-l.-r'Of t:.-oiiia. h.ctii!inlrite ta li ,j and regulate Uic buwelu. .va if Uiey oniy careu aa aq Ac- a thoy w til'l t almost pricrlnps tn flinw wha -ifi.-r I rinn tiirf ihstr.-.' -inj; coiaj iaiiit; l.ist f ir:u Etol? thctrpr.CKlnr-ss.1. s lioteulh-ra,ainl tho. r;.o ci.ee to' tbeiu will nn.l these liUlo julN vala rJ lo in so r.nny ttivp that they will not lo liii to do witbotit tLciu. But after allsick Iicai the rine of so mny liven that bnro is xrber vrn niak ? oi' r gr it boast. Our rillacuro it whila otl-.Tf do nf't. t'arti r'a j.'-.tlo I.lver Tiils aro very small anl v.-rv easy to t il e. O'.o nr two pills maUoa dosa. 'J !i -y arn strictly vc;'-ta!.'o an.l do n.t (,""'pa or j -.i.- t -. I.iit l.T tiiclr pcutle action iileosoall who t.'tr.:::. lit vinlr.t i.-.-tt ; fiv5 f.'.r ft. Solii 'X drjjjmfrfeverywlieru, nt Ly niaU. ER MCIOIME CO., Now rork. i PiJ.sMaLDOSE. SMALL PRICE W. L. Dcuclas r or nr.H A ENAMELLED CALF. 4-.,3.5-0 FlIIECALF&KAfiGAnCI 3.5? POLICt, 3 50LE5. oso.2.WORKI?JGMENs EXTRA FINE- ' 2.l-7-5 BoysSchcolShces. .1 iniES -a..n cno " AT A I rfl!P iw. 1 .noiir.t or?nr KTQ M. MAS3.' lav nnrrhaxluc ! prices and the : easv fittinit mkI ?.,ual c-f; hale t"-Sold every TicnanK ffial-Ue. w e n a c , than where -t lower Vr.c . for the value jf AleVcaVsupyVou. we can. Sold hy J. D. LUCAS & CO. Ul 1:1 .'ml. Mountain IIT)iise STAR SH&YiHG PARLORI CENTRE STREET, EBENSEDEG. 'I'lllS well known an.l lonir ett.liabel Shavlna; i. Parlor ik now l-eat-. on fentre treet. ot i.iii.e the hvrry utal-le ol O Hara. Il a. l.tith er. where the t.uKine?s will i e carried on In the luture SIIAVI.N:. II A I K ft'TriMI ANU MIAMI'MiNU dr.oe In the Leatet and must arttone mni.nrr. flean Towel a f.eelaltj. . a.Ijuies waited on at their refidenres. JAMES H. IUNT, Froprietoj - Lively Times in Prospect. OF OUIl F RICES. Xtin f)nr 1 nn , A full line of Henriettas in all colors, - l'ine l'.l ick llenrietta. I'ine l.laek lleliriet a, - I "ill- I'.lack Henrietta, ... l'ine ( 'a.-h meres, in all colors, - i t n-- l a.-hnieres. in all colors. l ine A'l W....1 Cloth, in all colors, Fine iiiiLrhain. -l'ine r.leache.l Muslin, - l'ine I 'nhleaclieil ,M it-lin, ... l'ine I'.leaehe.l an.l Fnhleache.1 Cotton Flannel, l'ine r.lue t 'alien, -A lull line of r.lankets, -A full line of Horse I'.lankets. How Do You Like These Prices Fine FI.h.i- il Cloth, 1 yar.l wi.Ie. - Fine F ..r il Cloth, 1.1 "van Is wi.le, l ine Fl.H.r il Cloth. Var.ls wi.le, Fine Tal.le t)il Cloth, assortc.1, tittin-.' irarnieiils in the country, ami they AI-.I a full line of lSahy Coats an.l Caps (iOODS, or ( loth, from lo-. up to 1. 1'."!, the b -t. Fine have a tine line of Trunks the Cheapesl an.l Ac-f-nseil r Killing farmer. Coi.t MKis, Jan. i. William Taylor has Ix-en iMiundover to eonrt on a charge of in unler in the first tb-jne, his victim heiu' Isaac Yoakim, the farmer lirnRtlly lnunlereil for the purj of nihlierv. Jaeoh Howell, the colonnl man impfi eate.l l.y Taylor in his confession, was held 011 a warrant charfriiiK the same t.tfen-e, hut it is lieliMved that he is not guilty. He will lie held as a witness. May t all on Itismarrk. Lovixin, Jan. 2. The Times corre spondent at Berlin teleirraphs that there is an undertone of suspense in all the uewspaiH-r articles dealing with the io litieal situation. A remarkahle feature is that even the most responsihle parmrs make reiH-aN-d n-fen-nees to Prince Bis marck, an umnistakahle, if veiled allusion- to the possibility of his regaining influeiKe on the course of politics. They M'ant MilU to Itetien. Fi:t Woktii. Tex., Jan. 2. A resola tion which will t introduced in the next legislature has been framed htire n-iitiestiiiif Senator Rojrer y. Mills to re Mfrn his seat in the seuafe ou the prounds that he does ii"t represent Texas, and settimr forth that he has refused to in dorse Tex:ui men for positions and de clines to interest himself in having a na tional bankrupt law passed. Arretted at Capetown. LoxiiON, Jan. 2. It is reported that Frank Tarlio, ali:us Frank Taylor, who, together with William Carroll Wood ward, alias the Hon. Lionel Musprave, were arrested here charged with partici pating in a fight with cutlasses at IS Ulster place. Regents Park, and who afterward jumix'd his bail, has been ar rested at Capetown. Turned Over For a I'ark. Cincinnati, Jan. 2. The Newjiort barracks have lieeu formally turned over by the government to the city of New port, Ky., for a park. The evacuation w is attended with a parade, huge mili tary and civic demonstrations and rpeecheri by Colonel Cochran, com mander of Fort Tbouiuti, and Muyor Brown A New liinhop Appointed. Romr, Jan. 2. The pope has appoint ed Bishop M. Marty of Sioux Falls, S. D , to the bisluniric'of St. Cloud, Minn., and the Rev. Father Langevin of the Congregation of St. Mary Immaculate has Ix-eii appointed to the bishopric of St. Boniface, Can. Hurled About 20 Feet. Nk.wton. Maeis., Jan. 2. Timothy MaUov and James Ford while digging in a trench at Newtoiiville were hurled aljout 20 feet bv the explosion of a dy namite cartridge. Mai Joy was picked up and died soon after. Ford is severely hurt. , . Senator Carey III. Chkyennk, Wy., Jan. 2 United States Senator Carey is confined to his re-idence by a very severe cold, but his illness is not considered serious. He will not return to Washington until after tha senatorial election-by the legislature. Supposed to ltae lleen L.ync-hed. Onkii.u Neb., Jan. 2. Barrett S-ott, the Holt county emliezzler, was taken from his buggy by a masked mob after a desjvrate struggle, being shot, and is supjiosed to have been lynched. Drowned fader the Ire. Sistersvii.lk, W. Va., Jan. 2. E. D. Potter, a leading furniture dealer, went th- river to cut a hole to measure the hickness of the ice and fell in and was drowned. He was 30 year old and leaves a faiuily. 1 )i"v - - OOc., worth Oue. 7.V., worth $1.10 $1.00, worth l.'-'.5 !. worth worth worth Worth worth worth worth 4(k:. 50c. St: 10t!. St: UK: Sc. ::oc.,' .V., 7e., worth 7iVr. to $4 a pair. on Potters' Oil Cloth? .'V. H-r van I. Vm: er yanl. vkt. iK-r van!. jer yanl. are .".' jut c-nt. clieaj-r in priiv 'e ill now jive oil a few pricesoii Hats from fit IV. to l.fiO Sir the l'x-st you ever saw. Come one DOCTORED CHEESE. It Wax fixed Ip After the Fanhion of Fraudulent Cold Itriek. The found sjH-ctacle" trick is a r-et-ty old one. but is worked every day of the year, says the New York Herald. I was talking with an egg and butter merchant a short time ago when a tough-looking; citizen jumped off of a passing truck and rushed in with a pair of gold spectacles, or what ap peared to lie, in his hand, and glibly sit id: 'Cents, here's a pair of spectacles I've picked up use glasses? WhatTl yen give me fur "em? Can have 'em cheap. I don't use specs, and I'm in an awful hurry quick!" Whar. do you ask for them?" in quired a bystander, looking at the pair. "They look like gold, man."' "Maylie they are." says the man, hastily snatching them away, as if he had suddenly conceived the idea. '"Anyhow," says he, "they ought to be wortii a dollar and a half I'll give 'em to you for tifty cents, say." lie passed them to me. I saw at once they were the commonest kind of ordinary glass in a brass frame. "They are worth just one dollar a dozen." said I. And the man looked daggers at me, but sneaked out without a word. This is an old trick, played usually in a crowded street. "That's nothing," said the egg and butter man, laughing, '"to the trick played tin me some time ago. Two men stopped in front of my store with a light delivery wagon, and one of the men rushed in and called me by name, asked me how business was, and soon. "I didn't recognize tne man, and 1. Miking out of the window to get some clew to him from the wagon, just caught a glimpse of the latter lieing tJowly driven up street. Still I sup posed it was some fellow I had had business dealings with. "'Look here,' says he, 'I've got a couple of line cheeses in my wagon two more than our list calls for deliv ery. Now, don't say anything, but you can get them dog cheap ' "I tol.l him I didn't do that kind of business. But he says: 'All right your neighlKirs will.' And I knew they w aid. too, and I says: 'Hold on.' And he came back. 'Bring Viu in, says I, 'and I'll see. He brought 'em in. "They looked all right and weighed all right, and ought to havelieen worth eight dollars each. I took one and gave him four dollars. Without my asking it, he had thrust in his knife and twi.-tcd it around and brought out the center of the cheese, and it- was sound and good. ''But the man was in such a hurry, and the more I thought of it the more singular it looked. And I guess my conscience pricked me a little, for I be gan to think it was the same as buy ing stolen goods. Still, I wanted a good cheese. "I sent out for a tester and thrust it through the cheese and brought out well, the worst stuff j-ou ever saw! It wasn't worth anything! Then I saw 1 hat this thing hail lieen plugged and the center tillitt witn good cheese so nicely you couldn't see it unless you were looking for it. It was the regular gold brick game. Madame "lio up my hair, Felice, while 1 am down to breakfast. Felice "Yes, madame; which color? Madame "The black, please I am going to a funeral. Binghampton Repubiaa. CROOKED COINS. Criminal Operations in Doctorina Uncle Sam's Currency. How Skillful Manipulators Derive I -urge Profit from Clipping, Sawing, Oouarin;. llortnir and lilldlns; Gold I'leeea. One of the many unlawful schemes to prostitute the coin of the nation has recently leen suppressed by ex-Chief Drummond. It first came to my atten tion early last year, saj's a New York Herald writer. I refer to what was known as the "coin sticker," which made possible the extraction of, with out discovery, part of the silver in coin. The inventor of this '"coin sticker," which was an advertisement printed on paper to lie pasted on coins, sold territorial rights to print and use it. The "coin sticker" cost the govern ment a great deal of trouble and ex pense to suppress. On fifty cent and one dollar coins was pasted the adver tisements with a paste of glue which almost defied removal, covering the in scription on the reverse of the coin, deadening the resonance and of course enabling the swindler to take out part of the silver and substitute base metal Spurious coins of very common work manship also passed readily with the coin sticker on them. There is a great increase of 'late in the number of skillful men who are constantly studying ways and means of stealing a part of the genuine metal from our coins and substituting base metal. One of the most successful swindlers in this line was a man named Wilcox, who was recently taken into custody in Chicago by secret service of ficers. He made an average income of from tifty to one hundred dollars a day by clipping gold coins. By cutting a rim from around the coin, as a tire might be removed from a wheel, he took away from each twenty -dollar gold piece an amount of gold not ex ceeding twenty-six or twenty-nine grains in weight, or the value of one dollar. The subsequent rereeding of the double eagle, done with a machine, rendered it as perfect as ever to the eye of the casual observer. The apparatus was small and easily packed, and on reaching a fresh locali ty all that was required was a quiet room in an ob.-cure street and a supply of gold coin. The latter he secured from the bank. He would deposit a considerable sum of money, and after awhile he would draw it out in gold. The clipjied coins were passed by Mrs. Wilcox at dry goods shops mostly. One of the most interesting processes consi.-.ts in sawing a double eagle in two through the edge and gouging out the inside, so as to remove about iif tecn dollars' worth of gold. Thus the piece is reduced to a hollow shell in halves. It is then filled with platinum, which is nearly as heavy as yellow metal and costs at the present market rates, though this varies, somewhat less than one-half. Lead is too light for the purpose. The cut edge of the reconstructed coin is disguised by a rim of gold soldered tin, and a reeding machine renews the corrugations , of the minting. The result is really a work of art, lieing a combination of five different metals. Only an expert can distinguish anything wrong alniut it. A method somewhat similar, though less artistic, is to sulistitute for the in terior portion of a gold piece a core in the shape of a planchet of silver. A lietter plan, though somewhat laliori ous. consists in Ixjring into the coin from the edge so as to remove a consid erable part of its internal substance. In this manner about seven dollars' worth of gold may lie conveniently re moved from a twenty -dollar piece, the hole In-ing filled up with a metal com position and soldered at the opening with gold. Fortunately for the currency, prac tically all the gold in circulation in the t'nitcd States passes every few hours through the treasury and subtreas uries. Every piece received at those institutions is weighed, and. if found light in weight, is stamped with a big "L." Such coins are redeemed as bullion. The loss to the government ,by wear an.l tear on silver coin in circulation is considerable. It averages three cents on every dollar. Last year it amounted to S23y,2U3. The people have not all lieeome familiar with the faces of the now silver coins. The obverse and reverse of the older coins they have known mi long and intimately that the draped figure of Lilierty and the majestie pose of the eagle are fixed in their mind and alwaj-s recognized, but the new coins, with changed designs, to which, puzzling them more, were added the Columbus souvenirs, have not yet established their identity. The manufacturing counterfeiters, quiek to discover and take advantage of whatever favors deception, almost immediately followed the government's issue tif the coins of new tlesign with their fraudulent issue in likeness of them, and reaped a rich harvest lie catise the originals were known, but not well known. The gilders counterfeiters, too saw in the new twenty-tive-centcoin, if gilded, a presentable, lieguiling ten dollar piece, and pocketed a full er centage of profit until discovered. The lack of weight should, of course, and docs make known the fraudulent character of the gold coin. This last, the gilders" scheme to falsify coin, as it requires neither skill nor expensive plant, and promises so much for so little, is always a seductive one to the unprincipled or weak of will. NOTES A-WHEEL. A. E. WAI.TEK8 beat the English twelve-hour bicycle record lately at llerne Hill, covering 25fi miles 120 j-ards. Tiik Montreal Young Men's Christian Association Bicycle club requires its members to agree that while wearing the club uniform they will neither smoke nor patronize any place where liquor is sold. Dk. Imiculah Hogg, of Paris, recently requested in the Paris Journal of Medi cine the opinions of medical men as to whether bicycling was healthy or in jurious to women. He has received forty-eight answers to his question from distinguished English, French and other physicians. Of these, thirty-six approve the exercise, if practiced in moderation, three recommend it under certain conditions, while nine ire totally opposed to bicycling for women. AMERICANS AND DIAMONDS. They Roy More Than the People of m F.urope. It is claimed that Americans buy more diamonds than any other people. They have always worn more, and at all times of day, in and out of season, so they were a reproach to their English cousins in the early days of social inter course. But American women's dia mond earrings worn early in the morn ing, "though decried by conservative Britishers, had the power to change the standard of dress. Ridiculed as they were, the Americans won the ilay, and soon European dames licgan to wear their jewels in the street and on all possible occasions. A craze for dia monds spread over society, and not only family heirlooms but much new jewelry employing these once rare stones, and Ixiught dirt cheap, liecame a feature of the daily toilette. f course, when fashion took a hand in the business, the diamond market Trxiomed and syndicates talked very loud and big of the fields where the sparklers bloomed perennially. The real gem entailed the imitation, and rhinestones. as well as the almost-im-possible-to-detect paste from tin Hue de la Paix and the l'alais Boyale have had a tremendous vogue, but, as de mand increases supply, the diamond syndicates were equal to the occasion, and "real stones" could lie purchased for a little more than the false ones. The result has lieen that every ImmIv has worn some sort of a diamond. In this country the craze has gmwn into a cult. Tiaras gleam on the brows of the wives of millionaires. Necklaces worth a prince's ransom are liought by anybody who has money to pay for them. Brooches, pins, bracelets, starred with the gems, are so common a woman must plaster herself with them to V' observed. Every girl -just engaged exhibits a diamond ring, and it has de veloped a vein of humor, if not a new class of joke, that much envied gage d'amour. The nice young man who polishes your lioots for a nickel wears a "diamond" in a not ttxi fresh neck scarf, and the gentlemanly car con ductor is not aliove ornamenting his little finger with an off colored African stone! In fact, where there is the least excuse for jewelry, one may lie certain the preference will lie given to the dia mond kind. NOISELESS ROYSTERERS. The WhoopleM Spree Indulged In hy a Trio of Mute. Three men went out on a quiet drunk the other night, says the Kansas City Times. They drank early and often. In the descriptive parlanceof the north eud they "made a night of it." Cnlike the majority of men. the more intoxi cated they liecame the less they "talked." They were mutes, all three of them, deaf mutes. They visited the sal. x .lis of the nor th end and imbiln-.l copious libations of the extract of malt. The- lined up l-eforea bar and chatted to each other on their fiuger ends, and drank and smiled and smiled ami smiled. Words Were written in the air with startling rapidity early in the evening, but as the night wore away the insidious something that steals through one's system after reticaUd it erations to the white-aproned monarch to "till 'era up again." l-cgaii to tell on the mutes. Their lingers In-gan togrow "thick" and did not readily rcsiMiud to their owner's will as was their wont in periods .of sobriety. Toward midnight it liecame plainly apparent that their artificial source of xpressing their thoughts was losing its integrity, also its orthography. This fact pleased the mutes. They looked as if they would like to whoop a few times in defiance of the police and the public. But as this pleasure was denied them, they pounded the bar and nodded to the bar tender to fill the glasses again. But the deaf-mute humanity wears out the same as the other kind, and shortly lie fore dawn stole down from the Sni hills they dropped olf into sound ami unbroken slumber. Then only they liecame audible. Their sleeping could be heard. i- renrh Marriages. When a French bride marries she titles not assume the hymenial white satin, as is our custom, if her family or her husband's are in mourning, but goes to the altar in simple white mus lin, as M. Ernest Camot's bride did a few weeks ago. Though in view of the late ' president's tragic death it seemetL somewhat soon for the wed dingMme. Carnot herself wished that it should take place, as it accordingly did, but with so much privacy that not even a single relative, except those im mediately connected with the young people, were informed. The bride's family wore costumes of pale gray and violet, while the Carnot ladies were, of course, in deepest mourning. The bridegroom's mother appeared deeply moved during the service, and an air of silence and sadness, hung over the bridal. Mile. Chiris was an especial favorite wiih the late M. Carnot and is extremely pretty. She hail no orna ments, except a bouquet of white roses, with some fastened into her simple dress. The Iady chapel of St- Pierre de l'assy. in which the marriage took place, was adorned with similar tlowers, but there were none in any part of the church. Treasure Keekera In Florida. It is remarkable how many people live in Florida for no other purpose than hunting hidden treasure, says the Cincinnati Inquirer. From the stories told it would seem that there must l-e millions of dollars in Spanish douli loons hidden along the Florida coast. Some of these have actually lieen found, just enough to give zest to the search. CapL Ki.ld is supposed to have planted a few hundred thousand dol lars down there, and a number of other pirates used Florida soil as a deposit bank. There are people who have lived there for twenty years in order to find treasure, and have impoverished themselves in their search for this vast wealth. There have never been any very large finds, but a numlier of small ones and the belief tliat there are large sums hidden seems to tie uni versal. Carlona Cup. An English work describes a very curious cup made by order of Charles II. for presentation to a bartiers guihL It is of silver, partially gilt, the stein and liody representing the oak of Uos coliel. The acorns that hang around this famous cup contain little Wlls, which softly ring as the small drink ing vessel passes from hand to haud. AYHIlTLV.-l'OSTS AUAIX. Efforts of Prominent New Yorkers in This Direction. What It la Hoped to Aeeoniplioh Through Such a I-aw To lbt Ktuployed Only for Ife-Beater and Itrutal Thug. New York pniposcs to attempt to re vive the system of corporal punish ment for certain classes of offenders. At least certain people in New York, led by Elbridge T. I Jerry, will try to have the following made a law at the next session of the legislature: "Whenever a male person shall le convicted of a felony con-isting t or accompanied hy the inflict ion of phys ical pain or suffering upon the jhtsoii of another, the court may. in its dis cretion, in addition to that jietialty tinw prcscriW-d by law, impose an ad ditional sentence of corporal puiii-h-ment to lie inflicted upon the offender in the prison to which he shall K- sen tenced. Such corjuiral punishment shall lie inflicted in private in said prison, in the presence of the warden and suigeon thereof, who shall certify the fact to the court wherein it was imposed." Commodore Jerry is very much in earnest in the matter, and in an inter view' with a reporter for the New York Recorder stoutly defended the plan on the ground that it provided for the only punishment that is really feared by the brutes that it is intended to reach. 'Crime." said he. "of the more brutal and fiendish character is frightfully on the increase, especially in the case where children of lN.th sexes are the victims. Instances in which lifelong injuries have Wen inflicted on girls and Imivs of a tender age are Wcming so numerous that it is time something was done to strike at the very root of evil, and I am sure the only weapon that can. lie effectively used against the brutes who. in their jis.ions. exhibit no thought or feeling for their victims is the lash. "Once let the brutal element of the community know that the pain and suffering inflicted by them on others will Ik meted out on their own IxuHcs and the shocking state of affairs now existing will Ik to a great extent wiped out. I am thankful to say that the creatures responsible for the of fenses are foreigners. The grade of crime against which the resolution is aimed is peculiar to men from other countries. And the only way to show these wretches that they cannot in dulge in such things in this continent is the crack and the sting of the lash. "It has lieen erroneously stated that wife-Waters are included among the creatures against w hum we are light ing. This is not so. We are only ad vocating the lash for felony committed by men. Wife-Waters In-long to an other class of animals which may or may not deserve a good thra-hing. They, however, do not enter into the discussion. Burglary with -i lence. as sa nit of any brutal nature those are the offenders who. I maintain, should feel the sting of the la-h. A conviction of twenty years, reduced by good W havior to twelve, has no salutary effect tin the callous element with which Iain dealing. "As an instance, you. a law-abiding, peaceful citizen, are enjoying a well earned rest: a hardened brute of a bur glar, not satisfied with plunder, delili erately knocks you over the head, puts your eye out. crushes in your skull, maims you. W-ats you. and for this he gets twenty years. Is that any satis faction to you? Io you get a new eye or another skull or a clean skin? No! Theu I say let his punishment lie pro portionate in some degree to the of fense. "Formerly crimes of which I specially speak were punishable by death. But experience showed that the class of people that commit these crimes of personal violence don't dread death. Nihilists, anarchists, atheists and the more degraded classes scout the idea. Corporal punishment is th-- only thing the scamps and ra-cals arc afraid of. A few years in prison doesn't have any deterrent effect. A man comes out of prison and he immediately pcrjictrates a similar crime, but if he understands that he is going to get a d.ise of that which he inflicts on other jieople. he thinks twice W-fore he runs the risk. "It is nonsense to play the fool with criminals ami say that corporal punish ment is degrading and a revival of the dark ages. Are the abuses inflicted on little children degrading? Was there anything in tin- dark ages more debas ing than the revolting acts which oc cur to-day? There seems toW a mawk ish sensibility in the opposition to cor poral punishment. It is the oldest form of punishment known, and it is to lie founil in the Misaic law. There can lie nothing brutal in it. provided yon don't make the exhibition public. In Delaware they have a curious meth od. A felon is sentenced to thirty lashes, fifteen of which are adminis tered. He is then told to get out of the state, and if he is found there after the lapse of a week the balance of the thirty lashes awaits him. The plan works admirably. "Again, in Iondon. when the garrot ers were termrizng the city, the cat-o-nine-taiL- was brought into play with such effect that garroting was un known in a very short space of time. Would I suggest any particular mode of administering the punishment? No. The ordinary lash ou the Wck would meet all requirements. It is eff-ctive, and if 1 live long enough the advisabil ity of its legalization will come Ik-fore the next session of the legislature." An Kye on the Main Chanr-e. A Virginia judge once visited a plan tation where the darky who met him at the gate asked him v hich barn he would have his horse put in. "Have you two barns?" inquired the judge. Yes. sah." replied the darky: "dar's de ole barn, and mas'r has jes" build a new one." "Where do you usually put the horses of visitors who come to see your master?" "Well. sah. if dcy's Mebxlis's or Baptis's, we pcn'rally puts 'em in de old barn; but if dcy's T'is copal. we puts "em in de new one." "Well, Sam. you can put my horse in the new barn: I'm a Baptist, but my horse is an Episcojialian." ELECTRICITY ON THE FARM. Country fLlfe Uy Ite Marie 1- 1-alM.riou by a New Agency. Part of the growing difficulties oc casioned by the desertion of the coun try and the crowding of the cities w ill le remedied, perhaps, by six years hence in that wonderful year l'.nm. which electricians set as a mile post of human progress by the crowning of steam's rival, says the New York Press.' Machinery is rapidly takitig the dead ening drudgery out of farm work when conducted scientifically and on a large, scale, and is causing it to attract the attention of city people who long for the healthful fields. Only the U-dily discomforts of farm work have pre vented an exodus from the city to the country. Already electricity is turn ing its attention to t he 1. ing neglected farm work, and has discovered profita ble results to W had by subjecting crops to currents of electricity. It is In-ginning to simplify the jumderous farm machinery, and as soon as tlie storage battery has received it- finish ing touches and can In- applied to light ening the farmer's toil an.l increasing1 his profits the farmer will In- looked upon with envy by the prisoners of city streets and counting house walls. Th.ise particular effects of elet-tricity upoti farm machiiicry and farm life are. however, visible chiefly in the im agination at present, and are not at all likely to W realized in six years; but one great change may be looked f.r in this direction in the immediate future, and that is the improvement of the farmer's condition by means of good roads an.l the rapid transit which electricity is almost ready to bring, thus greatly enlarging hi- market and bringing him higher prices for fresher products, and also bringing him closer to the life and pleasures and stimu lating effect of the city. There i- to W a wonderful change in farm life in the more thickly settled parts of the country in a very few- years, and rapid tran-it will In- largely responsible for it. Thcchcaptran-mi in of electrical power must bring soon many changes that will In- felt in the city household, ami jH-rhaps the chief of them will U the alx.litioii of the cook stove a-it i known at present. The small electric heater has already ln-guii to take it place. and it is almost certain that even in six years coal will In; Itanishcd fr m a majority of the kitchen- in cities ad jacent to water power from which electricity is generated. hen heat i wantcd for cooking purposes it will In had at a moment's notice by the press ing of a button. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. Vastnetta of Some of the . r,-.l.-r star of the Pleiad If our sun were removed to the Pleiades it would hardly In- visible in an ojn-ra glass with which nearly lo.i stars can In- seen in the clu-ter. ixty or seventy Pleiades surpas-. our sun in brilliancy. A Icy on Wing l.i times more brilliant. Elect ra ." times and Maia nearly 4i. says l.ngman's Maga zine. Sirius it-elf takes a stiln -rdiiiate rank when compared with the five fn.ist brilliant nu-mWrs of a group Un real mafiiiticance of which we can thus in some degree apprehend. If we seek to know the dimensions, not of the individual star-, but of the clu-ter it-clf. we are met with many difli cultics. but. on the a u mpt ion that it is approximately spherical in shape, we can calculate its diameter to In over 4'i.ono.ooo.oo.i miles. If we think of the dimcn-ioiis of our solar system bv themsclvcs or in relation to terrestrial matter they appear stu-n-ndously enor mous. Neptune, the mi-t di-tant known memWr. has an orbit over oon.noM.noo miles across, but the solar system is to the Pleiades but a Lilipu tian to a Brolnlingnagian is but a mien die to a mountain for a sphere the size of the solar system would, if it were spherical and its diameter that of the orbit of Neptune. W-relatively so minute that it could In contained more than 400.000.000.1 mo times in a sphere the size of the Pleiades: in other words, the limits of the Pleiades could contain l.Vl solar systems as many times over as there are miles W tween Neptune and the sun. It mu-t not In forgotten that though there are 2. .loo stars in the cluster, yet with such dimensions for the entire group vast distances mu-t separate the stars from one another. In fact. ?.rioo spheres, each with a diameter of rt.onu.tmn.imo miles, could In- contained in the limits assigned to the group, and assuming equal distribution of the stars in the group, each would In at the center of a sphere n.om.ooo.noii miles across, and therefore a light journey of 1-7 days from its nearest neighlnir. MONOCLES IN EUROPE.. Il-lie ve.1 to Ilaie Origluate-I In the British Army Favored hy Continental Orhcer-. In every capital of Europe the mono cle is common enough, says the New York World. It attracts no attention m the street. In a row of men at a theater a considerable proportion are sure to have it. Perhaps half the ofli cers in the tier man army wear mono cles. They are seen in abundance at any meeting of the French academy. Even socialist deputies in France are imt ashamed to go among their con stituents wearing them. A session of the English house of comm .ns glitters with solitary eyeglasses. The single eyeglass is said to have originated among the ofliecrs of the British army. Alnuit the In-ginning of the century an order was issinsl that army ofiiccrs should not wear eyeglasses or stiee tacles. It was supposed that they gave the wearers an untuilitary appearance. The unler caused severe inconvenience to many short-sighted oflicers. and one of them Wlonging to a crack regiment invented the single eyeglass: its u-e was no contravention of the order which prohibited sp-ctacles and eye glasses. It soon liecame very popular in the army an.) was afterward adopted. On account pndiably of this origin the single eyeglass is very generally worn in Eumpe by army oflicers. It is by some th-Kight to give an aspect of de termination and ferocity to the w earer, whereas eyeglasses lend an air of fecbleness. A tablet recently set up at Naples commemorates the bravest act done by a king in this century, the visit of King HumWrt to the cholera sufferers in ls-l. It stands near the spot where the excommunicated king. Cardinal San Felice and the archbi.-hop of Naples met while passing through the hospital in the performance of their duty.
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