u u
Aclvertixinfj Ilntes.
The larreand rettaMs circulation at tbe Caw.
bja Ki4 imiiiD4i it to IDs tavoriMa
ronidratun of ailveTtmr w ho-e favors will !
inserted at tba following low rates :
1 lorn, 3 tlme ......1 1 50
I Inch, 3 months.................. a.W
1 Idcd, t month.. ......................... .o
1 lncb . 1 year.. .tu
2 iDrhes. mootlis 6 00
t Inches, 1 Tear .. . . 10 CO
Inrbe. 6 month! 8.i"
Inches. I year ......... ........... 1.00
1 col am a, fl months. .................. ...... 10. va
S colamn. 6 months...... au.ou
J column, 1 year S.V00
i colamn, 6 months.............. ...... 40. WO
I colamn, 1 year...... ... ......... Ta.OO
Business items, first insertion, loe. per line
ntwequent Insertions. 6-. r Use
Administrator's and itiecutor Notices . . Fl M
Anditor'f Notices SJ
tray and similar Notices ... s.i0
w-Kesolot tuns or rcee4lnc-s ot any corifr
tlon or society and c.mmnnl'.attons desiantd to
call attention to any matter of limited or indi
ridoal interest must l-e paid lor as advertlPtnenia.
Hook and Job Printing of all kinds neatly and
eietflousij executed at tbe lowest jTice. And
don'tyoo. forget It.
KHIIKIA t o., PFSS A.,
HASMJ.N,
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l.rri.l" Kale
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t- . ier jear will o cquin to
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lJ"e- n rmve terms b de-
, i ,h,.e wno Jon i oonsoli inelr
-s. in n.lvance mast not ex
1 t,;, me luotlnir i tbose who
-. ' ji-tni-'tly understood Iron:
JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and Proprietor.
"HE IS A FREEMAN VEOM THE TBCTH MAEE8 FBKB AKD ALL. ABX SLATES BESIDE.
81. SO and postage per year In advance.
r.f lore yon stop It. Ifnop I tt tti 17 V7" .r T "V"
a"??' "J- ..... .UIMC8 do
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otherwise.- , V J t jV) aI Ij AAJA.
EBEXSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY II, 1S95.
NUMBER 2.
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I In' intrhl''-tiin of t!i 1 lion. miy CJi 1 Ii'mr :ml Iry mmmIs I louse at ( ':u rilltvn. V-.., means a SuM'iinr l;..,liii tiu in tlit sale
1 !.. thin,'. I irv m nhIs, :mi SIkh. ainl tents' Kin nisi linir ImhmIs. P.v tin orilinaiv u nt 1 1 Is tin- retail dealer I uys his
. k 1'nmi the liiaiiiiiael liter. I'.iith must have their profits ami hy the time the pool's reaeh the wearer they etist him aluut 11s
ii. ii aain :i the ni:iterial ami lahor are really worth. Tin- J '.eoiiomv (,'lothiui a; il J ry 4 iools House jloHisi to hreak tlown
i- I. airier letveeri niak-r ami eoiiimier.
We .iooe to ilisH-n.se with this vMem ot'iloiihle profits an-I to allow the puhlie to I my ilireet fr.iin the maker at a ve y small
11-iii alnive aetual eost. This means ( 'lot hiiiir, liyioo!s, IUhiIs anl Shix-s m2't jkt eent. lower than the usual rates. We re-iir-.
that we mus rut prices exeeelin;ly low in onler to win your i-oiiliileiiee anil your patropaire. We must tin more than make
ninie?. we mut keep them.
.NOTICE 1 FE If
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We Will Now Offer Yon Great Bargains in Shoes.
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l-i'W- i ' a tine line of li.iics' Coats from 4. (H) up to .-l.YH. the finest tittinir trariuents in the country, ami they are ..' pT cent, cheaper in price
in ! r -tore in ( 'ambria county. A full line of ( i'.oves, "iiie. ami upwards. Also a full line of Baby Coats and Caps We will now give on a few prices on
j lcis'rjs' kxj JtiN iHinrsJC- goods,
1 ::. I ! . I ,i ar !! m ""c. vp to si. I 0 fi r the 1 -t. I ine ( '.ve' : hir s. .lei sey or Clot h. fr. 111 40c. up to 1 .'". the Ust. Fine Hats from rh to 1.50 dr the
. 1 II. ,t i-a- a- anv other Hat in the 11 tint ry for I'.'iO. We also have a tine line of '1 Minks the Chcai est and Best you ever saw. Come one
Economy Clothing and Dry Goods House,
Next Door to Bank,
11. JIOmiT'E 8AJLJ91.
The Doctor has
been for years a
Professor and lec
turer in several of i
our largest Medi
cal Colleges, and
has earned great
fame as an author-
ity and author on all
subjects concerning
his specialty.
CAMBRIA HOUSE, EBENSBTJRG, PA.,
!!..!. :..,!:,! lvl: January 28. February '2.", Mar.'h i, April
l' . - !:!.. 17. ' 'i'y 15, August 12, Septenibr'.', ctoler 7, Xo
. . r I. I'.i i "inU r '' and .id, lS'.Ci, till J5 I'. M.
THE CAPITAL HOTEL, JOHNSTOWN, PA.,
i te tin- Pennsylvania I lepot.
:! 1. !- '!: January 1 and February 2S, March '2C, April
v. J.ii.e July l-. August IS, SM'pteml-r Id, tctoU-r
v N . , i! r 5, Ieef-ciiilier ." and ol, lS'.t.j.
OPIRATIONS SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED BY HIM
tliven K've Siif ht nii.l Kelieved ot Tain after It)
Yenfj olSultfrinn hy l"r. Snltu.
for (iter Pi rears my eye-lasheg have been
tnr'ilni; In. Bn.r-ine.uently they rot.twd on tlie
eie-liail. Keejiiou the Mi me at wy In Maoie.l and
very painiul. In ord r to have a little relief. I
luil to have the eye laidies pulled out every lew
lUvf . As the refuit ol all tin, toy left eye went
tr.i'allv hiin.t. anil the rluhi one ws? ttoing the
piinie'way ridiy. Ipn mysell under the cure
I lr. ShIiii. and to day I am haupy to 5tate that
I am nut troutded any more with the lahe :i
nrv ifr.,w in iheit normal direction, and the
s-iKht ol the rinht eve ha improved to a itrent e
tent. 1 am wonderiully cuied.
kd.urn. Pa. JACIIK EMKKK K.
Inwi.r.l TrooWe I 'nred hy Ir. Salm.
I have puttered with inward trouble and lioner
al inml'ie all my lite, hut am happv to elate that
lir. aim has entirely cured me.
JKNMK lU'NMIKfc
Manorvllle, Ha.. July 1. lsi.
fatarrh and I.unit Trouble fured by lr. Stlm.
Kor nearly & year I haie had a bad ca.eol lunir
trouble and cai.-irrn. i wf. ireaieu uj nn. c ...
our ben .hy?tnan but urnluall urew woree and
wor-e until I wae recouimeniied to try lr. Jalm
bv one of hln paiientu whom he had cured ol a
eitnilar truiible. 1 despaired ol ever Kettinir well
auain. I lelt co badly. To-day 1 am thankful
tl.at 1 put inM-e't under the Doctor's treatment,
tor I n et jy lite auain with pleasure, and am
Kind that I am cured. ,
Hilta-d.r-a. MISSMAY W'NNKUN.
lMsease of women. ucb a have baffled the
(.kill el r.iher by sic! ins and remedies. i'ii'kly
cured 'anets. tumtr. hbrold. and t";yioid
growths cured without the uso ot the knife or
c-mi-tlrs. No cuttimc. no danaer. no pain.
MachKMl perleciiv lestintl. tin.-k. paiLleM
and certain lor lmMJtence. lost tnanood. i erma
torhea li.sses. w-ak and nervous dehl, Ity. Also
lor posthitis, varloicete and private diseases,
whether Imm Imprudent tiar. oa youth or sex
ual luiicliors. "peedliy and 1 eru anently cured.
New method Kteciroysia fcpilepsr t.r lift, scU
entinraily treated by a never-failing method.
Hethat works easily, works
UCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH
SAPOLIO
Lively Times in Prospect.
OF OUR I'llICFS.
Xot it'- Oui'
A full line of Henriettas in all colors,
s on
Fine r.lnck Henrietta,
Fine I '.lack Heiiriet a, -
Fine l'.lack Henrietta, ...
Fine Cashmeres, in all colors,
Fine Cashmeres, in all colors,
Fine A '1 Wool Cloth, in all colors,
Fine ( iinjrhain, -
Fine I'.leacluil .Muslin. ...
Fine 1'iihleache.l .Mu-lin,
Fine lileacheil ami I'nhleacheil Cttn Flannel,
Fine I title Calico, -A
full line of I'.lankets, -A
full line of Horse I'.lankets.
How Do You Like These Prices
Fine Floor Oil Cloth, 1 yanl wi'le, -Fine
F Kr lil Cloth, I.t yatils wiile,
Fine FliMr Oil Cloth, van Is wiile,
Fine Table Oil Cloth, assorte.1,
CARROIXTOWN, PA.
THE MARKETS.
PiTTsnr-RO, Jan. 8.
WHEAT No. 1 red, 5Tioac; No. 2 rud, 5G3
57c.
CORN No. 2 yellow ear, 4T'fli4ic: mixed ear,
4.4W-: No. 2 yellow shelled. Vt47c.
OATS No. 1 white, .'UJo:fi-: No. 2 do., 3ft
Sti'ji"; extra No. 3 white, ao'oiioc; mixed, i4
(u.:tk-.
HAY Choice timothy, tl2.mci 12.50; No. 1
timothy, $11.5u"il2.u0; No. 2 timothy, ?10.25'i
11. UU; tnijeil clover and timothy, tl0.tw-il0.75;
pnekiiiK, f.7,Vit7.UU; No. 1 fciling pntine, t-3.50
(ay.UJ; wairon h:v, 14.Wa 15.110.
BL'TTKK Elirin creamery, 2MTn ic; Ohio
faney creamery, ')iZic; fancy country roll,
lom Jtk-; low grades and eoiikinit. !i loc.
t'HF.ESIS Ohio, mild, ll'all'c; New York
new, U'.a.l2c; linilTtter, fall make, lUu; Wis
consin Swiss, lSaiac; Ohio Swiss, U1.
EtiU.S Strictly fresh Pennsylvania, and
Ohio eases, 24"i2o; storatre, 17tg,lsc; southern
and western, fresh, 22"iZic.
POULTRY Ljirsje live chickens, 4."j.55o per
pair; live ehickeiia, small, ;M40e; spring
chickens, 4Oi30t-; ducks, SoioUe jmt pair, as to
size; dressed chickens, luallc jier pound;
tnrktys, Uitl2c per iK.und; ducks, 12nl3c;
fcprniK' chickens, li$l;Jc; live turkeys, bci'Jo
ptr pound; liTe gees. 7ocatl.U0 per pair.
East Libehty, Pa., Jan. 8.
CATTTJfS Receipts fair this week and de
mand fair; the market is st-ady at unchanged
prices. Prime, J.r.u'i5.25; Kood, 4.1.Va4..TO;
If.Kl bntehers. :t.9U'.4.ir); routfh fitt, 2.rtoraJ.10;
fair light steers, $3..HH'3.4o; light stoekers, t'-.'lo
3.15; good fat cows and heifers, $2.40rt3.2o;
bulls, stags and cows, 2.0'l3.10; fresh cows
ami springers, 2um40; good feeders, t3.2ji4)
a t'w".
H HSS Receipts light, demand only fair,
market slower and lower at th fol
lowing prices: Heavy Philadelphias, f4.4j4
4.5U; medium Philadelphias, 4.4a4.45; beat
Yorkers, t4.2ii4.yO; common to fair Yorkers,
f 4.U"i4.15; pigs, $4.0U'J.4.2D; roughs, $X00
(U4.l.
SHEEP Supply is liberal; market open
ing slow on all grades except ex
treme prime sheep. Extra, fcS.uinaa.lA); fair,
1 1.40-1 1.im ; common.' i'a lc it iMund ; yearlings.
Sl.aut3.UU; lamlis, S3.7U4.U); common to
fair lamiw, S2.1(i:t.2u: calves, SViJtJo; heavy
and thin calves, g2.UUia3.UO.
CisnNNATi, Jan. 8.
HOfSS Market strong at :t.73i4.(JO; receipts,
2,3UU ln-ad; shipments, 2.HM hi ml.
CATTLE Market quiet at $2.007i.4.6o; ro
ceipts, "JtIO head; shipm-nts, 300 head.
SHEEP Market steady at Sl -'3.7.''; re
ceipts, 2uo head; shipments, none. Lambs
teudy at tZ.iari.iio.
New York, Jan. 8.
WHEAT Spjt market dull. No. 2 red,
tore and elevator, (;ilac; afloat, 63itt3lic de
livered ; No. 1 hard. 71?c delivered.
CORN Spot market dull. No 2, 521. ; ele
vator; steamer mixed, Ityc elevator, 5o!io de
li vered: No. 3, 4a4(a4yc.
OATS Spot market dull. No. 2, 34! 4
asked; No. 2 delivered, 35'ic; No. 3, 334c;
No. 2 white, 37i,c; No. 3 white, B7c; track
white western and track white state, 37"J
41c.
CATTLE European cables quote American
Hteers at ll'tl2c, dressed weight; refrigerator
beef at yoli)' ,c-
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market steady.
Sheep, poor to prime, $2.013.75.
H( HIS Market lower at U-oO4.lW for to
tenor to choice.
1H-I4 a,aid Assoeiatea Seutenred.
Chicaoo, Jan. 9. Jndfw Woods has
issnel sin order committiiif; D;ls and
liis it.ssoc-iats to the WoodsMrk jail in
Henry rounty. The prisoners have
pone; to "Woodstock their attorneys hav
ing retiuestttd that they be sent out of
the city.
Will Settle It Monday Night.
Trenton, X. J., Jan. 9. The question
as to who will lie chosen United States
senator from New Jersey to succeed
John R. McPherson will be raised next
Monday niht, when the senate and
house Republicans will caucus on the
matter.
RoMx-d s Itutcher.
TiKFlx. O., Jan. 9. A niaked robber
entered the meat market of Perry Kist
l r and at the point of a. revolver forced
the proprietor t' give up- all the cnh.
wlticli iuiioniited to Jtbooi $J0d.
f
Ii'
Cinods.
I V.,
75c.,
I.IKI
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7e.,
worth OOe.
worth II.IO
worth .-
worth 41k'.
worth 'tik:
worth tKkr.
worth .Me.
worth ItW.
worth S".
worth lOe.
. 1. ....
ih-., worm ch..
7rc. to $4 a pair.
(m
on Potters' Oil Cloth?
-V. 1 kt yaril.
.."m-. per yard.
:'n'.. kt van I.
"0c. jkt yanl.
SWEDEN'S CROWN.
The Nobility Look 1 Kim 11 I pan Its Pretent
Wearer.
Kinir Oscar's appeal to the Swedish
people to worthily celebrate in Decem
Wr next the tri-eentetimal anniveriary
of tliebirthof Kinf tJustavus Atlolphus.
the (Treat hero kinjr of Sweden and one
of the tirst and stronpest champions of
lVotestantisin. has. aeeordinfr to the
Chicago Keeord. had the effect of call
in;? to mind the fact that there is not a
drop of the bUd of that monarch in
the veins of the present reirninr fam
ily. excepting1 in those of the crown
princess, and, through her. in those of
her children, duke of Scani. duke of
Snndcrmanie and the duke of Westman
land. For the mother of the present
prand duke of IJaden iuther of the
crown princess of Sweden was a
daughter of that prince ot Vasa who
died toward the end of the fifties and
who was the last male descendant of
the Vasa dynasty.
This Prince Vasa was the only son of
KiiifT iustavus IV., who was deposed
by his subjects and driven into exile,
the ireneral impression lieintr that he
wasinsane.his mental faculties wrecked
by the terrible assassination of his
father by Count Ankerstrom at a ball
piven in the royal palace. After his
deposition the Swedes called his uncle
to reirn over them, and as the latter
was childless and there was no other
Vasa prince save the deposed kinr and
his son. they prticeeded to elect French
Field Marshal llernadotte, of peasant
birth and married to the daughter of
a French stock broker, as crown prince.
It is he who was tbe grandfather of
the present king.
It may lie added that the Swedish
nobility, which is very proud and has
an immense idea of its own importance
and lineage, looks down upon King
0?.'ar -as a parvenu, and attends his
court with more or less evident re
luctance. They still revere the mem
ory of the Vasa kings, and there is
scarcely one of them who, when trav
eling through (Jermany, des not make
a point of eallinjrat Dresden to paj his
or her respects to Queen Carola of
Saxony, now the only surviving daugh
of the last Prince Vasa.
WHEN OUR COUNTRY WAS NEW.
The parquet of a theater was called
the pit and was filled with the rabble.
Vaccination had not become popu
lar, and smallpox was an everynlay
disease.
Tiik whipping post and pillory were
still standing in llostonand New York.
Tiik tough characters, where such
existed, had no brass knuckles nor re
volvers. The Mississippi valley was not so
well known as the heart of Africa
now is.
Tiikkk-foi'KTHS of the books in every
library came from beyond the At
lantic. Twkxty days were required for a
letter to fro from New York to Charles
ton by land.
Tiik mimler of toasts drunk at a
banquet t qualed the number of states
in the union.
Tiik United States contained fewer
people than now live in Xew York
and its suburlni.
Qi in ink was unknown; when a man
had ague lits he took Peruvian bark
and w hisky.
In most families no cooking was done
on Sunday; a cold Sunday dinner was
the rule.
BIG BUTCHER WAGONS.
Mammoth Horses of Some of Chi
cago's Packing' Houses.
The Teams When Paaalna; Throurti tbe
Street Present m Very Impmlnf Spec
tacle and Are Objeeta of Con
stant Admiration.
Chicago has one of the largest
wagons in the world. It has been as
serted that there is none as large else
where. The builders of the mammoth
wagon, however, make no such claim
for it, but are justly proud of the prod
uct of their skill.
This wagon is the property of Nelson,
Morris Jt Co., the packers, and was
built in the car shops under the super
vision of Mr. Hitt. The massive springs
and axles used in its construction ar
alout the size of those on cars, and can
sustain fifteen tons. This would have
Wen a good car load a few years ago,
but cars, as well as wagons, have been
increased in size and capacity, and the
car load of to-day is somewhat larger.
The ordinary two-horse wagon has a
capacity of about six thousand five
hundred pounds; four and one-half
times this load could be carried by this
giant wagon. It is uniform in color
with the other wagons belonging- to
the company, having a j'ellow gear
and maroon box As the wheel team is
the only one that can pull backward a
powerful brake is necessary for use in
stopping and on grades.
The wagon is, of necessity, of tliw
"cut-under" type, as this is the only
form that can be "cramped" sufficiently
to permit the lead horses to In? broupht
into use when backing. Its weight is
six thousand one hundred pounds. As
occasion requires, either six or eight
handsome roan horses draw this wagon,
making an imposing display
Mr. Pursel, who buys the horses used
in the Morris stables, says that great
care was necessary in selecting the ani
mals used in the lead teams. Anyone
who watches these horses threading
their way along a crowded street will
see that they must have a high grade
of intelligence to enable them to per
form their work. No whip is needed
with such horses; they know their
driver's voice and oWy immediate
ly. They have broad foreheads, intel
ligent eyes and all the marks that go
to indicate equine sagacity.
The eight horses and wagon weigh
alamt eight tons and, together with
the harnesses, are worth something
over five thousand dollars. Roan horses
were selected partly because there were
a great many of that color already in
the stable and partially Weause they
were considered hardier and letterable
to stand the work required of them
than horses of other colors.
The majority of the packers favor
horses of certain colors, but in Armour
t Co.'s stable no such rule prevails, ex
cept in the case of their large wagon,
for which eight coal-black Norman
horses were selected. The capacity of
this wagon is alioiit eighteen thousand
Pounds. Like all the Armour wagons,
it is painted a bright yellow. The 1kx
wagon has leen adopted to avoid the
injury that is frequently done the meat
ly the stake wagons.
The Armour barn accommodates
alnitit two-hundred horses and is one of
the largest in the city. Oats have been
rather high lately and wheat has been
fed to the horses for several months.
The employes alatut this barn say thct
the results have leen in every way
satisfactory and that other stables are
adopting this system. They claim that,
although wheat costs more, a bushel
will go twice as far with horses as a
bushel of oats, and hence it is cheaper
to feed. The horses, they say, are get
ting fat. and are doing far letter than
they did on oats. Men not connected
with the stable, however, intimate that
the -fact that Mr. Armour is a tritle
"long" on certain prades of wheat has
some connection with his discovery of
its pood qualities as horse-final.
Swift & Co.'s stable contains, with a
very few exceptions, nothing -but gray
horses.
An exception, in this respect, is their
six-horse wagon, for which three
sorrel and three gray horses were re
lected It capacity issixteen thousand
pounds. The colors used are retl and
yellow.
The colors adopted by the Libby, Mc
Neill A Libby stables are a red run
ning gear with a deep-green box. This
firm's large wagon is drawn by six
roan horses that average sixteen hun
dred pounds apiece the heaviest six
horse team in the city. This wagon
ca'.i carry a load of twelve tons.
1 "reference is shown to roan, chest
nut ami gray horses. They are all of
the Percheron variety, that hardy
breed that, it is said, partly owes its
development to the necessity that was
felt during medieval times for a
horse powerful enough to carry those
animated fortresses, knights in armor.
ECHOES OF THE RAIL.
At Uraddock, Pa , three locomotive
engineers have leen fined ten dollars
each for illegal blowing of whistles.
Tiik northern Ohio grape t.hipments
will reach alout 850 cars this season,
which is about 200 cars short of the
normal year.
Fikino up locomotives with oil is no
longer an experiment. It is now the
standard practice on nearly every road
which looks after the small expenses.
A Qi'EliKC paper says that theJuetec,
Montreal t Charlevoix railway is to le
purchased by W. K. Vanderbilt and ex
tended to the Labrador coast to make
rapid connection with a fast line of
steamships.
Prksidkxt Van Horn, of the Cana
dian Pacific, it is said, is favorably con
sidering a plan to run trains on the
mountain division by electricity, fur
nished by the water power of the moun
tain streams.
Compressed gas for locomotive head
lights has Wen used for some years in
South America, and this light is leing
applied on twenty-five suburlan en
gines now being built by the ISrooks
locomotive works for the Central rail
way of Brazil.
Napoleon' riaao.
A piano made for Napoleon in 1810
has been unearthed in London. In
shape it is a grand with silver keys,
and, curiously enough, there are five
pedals. Two of these work a drum and
cymbals, and were presumably added
in compliment to the military tastes of
the emperor.
LAND O' DROUTHIE CRONIES.
Convivial Caledonia's Curious Inns anil
Hotels anU ttauw Farts About Tlieui-
Iiobert Kempt has gathered together
many interesting historical items and
quaint anecdotes about the inns and
hotels of Scotland, says the Caterer. It
must be confessed the historical side
begins very late, for in olden days inns
were practically unknown over the
border, travelers being received in pri
vate houses as guests. Consequently
there is no record of such ancient Lou
don hostelries as the Tabard, in South
wark; the Mermaid, in P.read street, or
the lllue ltoar, in Eastcheap. When
Defoe went to Scotland he had difficul
ty in finding an inn at Aberdeen, and
this in spite of a royal edict issued by
James I. in 1424, to the effect that in ail
Ixirough towns where there was con
siderable traffic, hostelries should Ik"
established, but these institutions did
not flourish till very much later. Mr.
Kempt pives some amusing informa
tion as to the pains and penalties en
acted in the fifteenth and seventeenth
centuries regarding the hours of clos
inp. drunkenness, etc. The inns of
Aln-rdeen are accorded a whole chap
ter, for there is much tosay attout those
of the last century. They practically
formed open clubs for the wits and
learned men of the hospitable city.
Over ver3T modest repasts and potations,
prand symposia were held; the philoste
phers livJ low, but thought and spoke
high.
Dr. Johnson seems to have appreci
ated the Aberdeen inns; he found
them almost as congenial as his haunts
in Fleet street, and certainly far let
ter than the Scottish houses of enter
tainment. Amonp other interesting
items of information Mr. Kempt points
out that whisky is a comparatively
modern beverape, and that in olden
days claret was almost as much drank
as ale. The regent Albany is supposed
to have made claret popular. In 140
red tiascony wine sold in Altcrdcen at
sixpence a pint, and later on claret and
port wine could be had at eiphteen
jence a bottle. Indeed claret and
port in those early days could Ik- pro
cured cheaper in Scotland than in
most jKirts of Kupland. In the cities
anil country side are many inns with
historical interests attached to them.
In the Invercauld Arms hotel. IJraemar.
is the stone on which the standard of
Mar was raised in 174.1. the Wginuing
of Prince Charlie's wild escajKide. Oth
er inns are associated with names ven
erated in Scottish history and litera
ture. There are many inns in the
Highlands closely connected with
lturns, the Ettrick Shepherd. Sir
Walter Scott and other kindred giants
of old. Scott mentions that it used to
le the fashion to eat oysters in the
Covenant Close, Edinburgh, and Mr.
Kempt has pathered together many de
tails as to this once fashionable form of
indulgence. During the eighteenth
century it seems that the lest society
in the Scottish capital, ladies anil gen
tlemen, used to make thirties at one of
the taverns in "Auld Keekie." there to
partake of oysters and porter, ending
up with brand v and rum punch, with
songs and dancing. Some of these old
Alerdeenian and Edinburgh inns were
the ancient houses of noble families,
great rambling buildings, with many
rooms. some of remarkably fine pri
portions. Even a few of the country
inns were former mansions of the lairds
of the soil.
AN ENORMOUS VINE.
One That Crows In Kneland and Bears Two
Tnoaaand Hunc-he of GrapeH.
While in the public mind the great
vine at Hampton Court palace is es
teemed the most remarkable, even that
is excelled in dimensions by the still
greater vine at Cumlerland lodge.
Windsor Park, says the London Daily
News. Not only these giants, but
probably all other vines in the kingdom,
have to give place for extent and pne
ductiveness to that most remarkable
vine which is just at the present moment
carrying the enormous quantity of
eight hundred and fifty-two bunches
and a total weight materially exceed
ing half a ton.
This is growing at Manresa house.
Uoehampton. in a vinery two hundred
and twenty-four feet long by eleven
feet wide. The vine was planted by
the present gardener, Mr. Davis, as a
cutting, onto a wall outside more than
thirty years ago. Hut finding that in
the natural soil such capital growth
was made, the present house was
specially built for its accommodation,
so that now the vine and its main steins
stand partly acruss the house, just two
thirds up its length. There are seven
main rods or branches running hori
zontally each way. These are allowed
to carry laterals, or fruiting shoots, on
the upper sides onl so that the grapes,
now fast liecoming black (for the va
riety is the black Hamburg), hang the
entire length of the roof in straight,
even lines, instead of up the roof, as is
commonly the case. Over two thou
sand bunches were cut after they had
set. The value of the crop, estimated
at two shillings per pound which is.
as god grapes go, perhaps not a high
figure would be one hundred and
twelve pounds sterling. Proltably no
other tree of any kind in the kingdom
could produce such a sum in fruit an
nually. A Little Kit Thick.
James Payn recalls in a certain mess
room the conversation after dinner
turning upon a Capt. Mosely in the
regimeut.whohad the gift of prophecy;
though it must le confessed it was
mainly limited to sporting events. A
guest who had drunk quite as much
champagne as was good for him ex
pressed incredulity to his next neigh
bor, who, with a most courteous la w,
observed: "Well, that is an opinion I
can hardly discuss with impartiality,
because utu Msely." "1 do not doubt
that at all," was the rejoinder; "but
are you mosely right?"
Physiology anil rcrtnfs.
Mr. Veryfresh I weigh one hundred
and fifty-four pounds, and do you know
that in a person of that size analysis
has shown that there are ninety-six
pounds of water, three pounds of albu
men, less than one pound of pure glue,
thirty-four and a half pounds of fat,
eight and a half pounds phosphate of
lime, one pound carbonate of lime.
three ounces of sugar and starch,
seven ounces of fluoride of calcium,
six ounces phosphate of magnesia and
a little salt. What do you think of
that?
Miss Keene I think it is all right
except in this instance in the matter
of tbe last item. Detroit Free Press.
SHORT OF SEAM EX.
A Lack Which Is One of Eng
land's Gravest Dangers.
Some Interesting Farts .hont tireat Itrlt.
aln's 11 use Naval Squadrons Not
Knouich Trained Men to
Handle Them.
It may lx" said without exaggeration
that the question of the hour is the
supply of seamen for our fleet. sa
the Pall Mall Hudget. No jugglin
with figures can conceal the fact that
in case of war we cannot send even all
our minlern vessels to sea. Though
every nerve was strained at the maneu
vers, though the depots were depleted
of seamen and stokers, we had to leave
in por. no less than 1".S fighting craft.
In this total are included ten tirt and
second class battleships, ten third-class
battleships, seven ciast defense iron
clads, four old ironclads, seventeen
cruisers, eleven torpedo guuliits. forty
destroyers and sixty-nine serviceable
torpedo itouts. Many of the vessels in
this enormous category are of the new
est construction, and. though some are
not yet completed forsea, all should le
finished by the end of the financial
year. We have none too many cruisers
as it is. and when war is upon us we
shall want every single one to protect
our colossal trade. All the older iron
clads will le needed toconvoy our slow
ocean tramps, all our coast defend
vessels to protect our unfort ified ports
and towns on the coast. The French
are known to contemplate Iiie 1hih
bardment of open towns, and this is the
only means by which we can prevent
stray cruisers doing us terrible harm.
Our battleships will be wanted for the
combat and to watch our enemies"
ports. Our ironclads lack their proper
complement of torpedo guulioats and
torpedo boats; indeed, our first line,
the Mediterranean fleet, has still
only two. The crews required for
the ships which woul d not lie able to
put to sea amount to no less than
2'-.t"10 men, or. reduc ing them to
the lowest possible limit. U'o.noo. Ships
we can build in three yearn and less,
but sailors can hardly 1 trained for
war in twice that time. Since 1"VJ we
have leen building faster than we could
obtain seamen. We have on the stocks,
or projected, to-day another ma4s of
vessels which require itt least lo.oon
more men. It is true that the naval es
timates for 1.'4 contemplate an addi
tiod to our personnel' of over ".. o men.
but this is a mere drop in the ocean to
the numlier which we require. We
must understand that the Eng!ih lici t
disoses of practically no trained re
serve. Thourh the tiaval conflict of
tie-morrow will W bl.xnly Wyond lc
lief. involving holocausts of ships and
men. we have not merely tio few sail- 1
..- t.. ...... t .i.;,.. .. .
but no one to replace those who fall in
the struggle.
Year by year the proportion of Eng
lish seamen in our mercantile marine
dwindles, while the proportion of for
eigners increases. Of our so.mri 3ble
seamen no less than iT.ooo arc foreign
ers, and half the remainder have had
less than four years" service. Nor i it
a question of wages. From the ship
owners goes up the ominous complaint
that the Swede or the Herman is lct
ter educated, more soler. more rcsiieet
ful. He docs not desert, he is a Wtter
sailor, and his physique is superior.
"The supremacy of the English sailor
is waning." says the chairman of the
West India and Pacific Steam-hip com
pany. These arc terrible words for us,
wlnse pride and whose heritage in the
past has lcen the sea.
Our naval reserve nuinWrs in its first
class 2rt.oi m men. Their training is
limited in the extreme. They are.
many of them, ignorant of the manipu
lation of the breechloader, for such is
the wisdom of our rulers that they per
sist in drilling our reserves with nle
solete guns. At Wick, where 1.1 rto
men are trained, there is not a single
mixlern weapon. After this they get a
month at sea on a warship. And that
is all. The trnrnict will sound: as
many of them as can lie obtained in
our home ports will le huddled on
board our ironclads; lieutenants and
officers will lie lmrrowcd from ships in
commission, and our fleet will In- put
to sea to sure and certain defeat.
Abroad there is readiness for instant
action, at home unreadiness.
LITERARY NOTES.
Oxi.T one of George Meredith's lxx.ks
has thus far lieen translated into a
foreign language. This is "The Ordeal
of Richard Fevercl," which has ap
peared in Italian.
A novel series which is toln- brought
out in London will le called the 'Pio
neer." anil will Ik- concerned, it is said,
"with the development of the New
Woman." The title of the first story
will be "Joanna Traill. Spinster."
Mr. Stanley J. W'evmax bus com
pleted a scries of twelve stories, all
dealing with the H-riod of Henry of
Navarre. They are to lit' called "From
the Diary of a Minister." and will In
published in the English Illustrated
Magazine.
A new monthly publication. Science
Progress, has made its appearance in
Lou. lun. From the names of tin- ed
itor's counselor's, announced on the
title page, and from the first table of
coiKents. it is evident that the maga
zine will seek to cover the mot ad
vanced phasesof investigation in chem
istry, geology. ziology, Imtany and
other physical sciences.
Capture of a Si arm of Iteea.
The hunters of Maine often make
good hauls of honey stored by wild
lees in hollow trees, but a sturdy
woodsman of Guilford recently went
his fellow hunters one letter in this
branch of forest craft. Having located
a swarm and their hoard, he captured
lees and honey at one swoop. Ity olv
serving the lees as they came and
went in his clover field he traced their
line of flight, and. following it across
his farm and into the woods almut a
mile, he found it led to a hollow tree,
the entrance to which was fifteen feet
above the ground. Having first taken
a We hive to the place, he cut down
the tree, and placed its hoard of some
thirty pounds of honey in the hive,
whither the bees at once followed it.
ami made themselves perfectly at
home. At night he carried home honey
and liees together, and the insects have
since kept on at work laying up wax
and honey in their new quarters.
MADE THE BURGLAR WORK.
. Nipht YVatrhiian Terrorised the Maria,
der with an I lii tailed Revolver.
A very large and hoj-ful burglar,
with a gunny sack inuhich to carry
away his plunder, pried off the scuttle
cap of a cellar ln-longing to the Metilo
Park Manufacturing company the other
night and dropjx'd lightly down into
the vault lieneatn. says the New York
Herald. When his eyes lecame accus
tomed to the gloom he found a man
who had heard hira coming standing in
a heroic attitude with a revolver pushed
in his face.
The one was the night watchman
and engineer of the building "l'p
with your hands," said he, and up the
burglar's hands went as if they bad
iiecn trained to the business and had
done nothing else all their lives.
The position was a pleasant one for
the night watchman. All he had to do
was to keep his pisto in osition and
wait till morning, when fifty workmen
would rush in. bind the prisoner and es
cort him in triumph to the nvarest jail.
Hut who was to look after the tires?
This thought occurred to him after
alout an hour had passed, and the bur
glar's hands had grown white through
holding them up too long and letting
the bloinl get emptied out.
"See here." said the engineer, '"if I
turn my back on j-ou to attend to the
furnaces you'll pick up a bit of coal or
something and hit me a biff .n the
hc.iu. steal everything in the house and
then go home to your family."
The burglar said nothing, but looked
a lot.
"Then." went on the engineer "if I
don't attend to the furnaces t he place'll
blow up. or the steam'll go down, and
then there'll le all sorts of things to
pay."
"Hotter let me go home to me poor
mudder," the burglar suggested, look
ing hopefully up to the scuttle cap.
That seemed the only way out of it.
The engineer thought and thought,
keeping the revolver cocked the while.
Suddenly he burst out with:
"Say! Did yon ever fire a furnace?"
"Naw." quoth the burglar. "Le tu
nic go home to me mudder."
"Well, get a move on you. you son of
a pirate. Take that shovel and put the
coal in. Now turn the fires. Don't you
know how to turn fires? Well, you've
got five hours to learn. Hurry up. darn
you. or there's a bullet waiting for you
here if you don't."
At the point of the revolver the en
gineer kept the burglar working all
night. When he wasn't bu-y at. tbe
Coal he kept him jnilishing tip llie brass
work, and after he had finished the
hrasswork he made him swab the fl..r
and empty out ashes. The burglar ad
mittc.l that he hadn't done any work
for live years. When the workmen
came in the morning and t.x.k him off
to the dice station he almost fainted
from exhaustion.
The engineer said to his wife when
he went home: "Lucky thing all
round, isn't it. that that blamed bur
glar didn't notice mv pistol wasn't
haded."
A CORNER IN ELK TEETH.
A Montana Man Who lla More Than
Kichty-S.x Thuawiail of 1 hem.
Mr. John D. IOM-katr.p. of Hillings,
Mont., practically holds the elk-tooth
stock of the entire country, and to his
already enormous supply he is con
stantly adding, the Indiatisand hunters
bringing teeth to him from all over
the country. Not every one knows,
says Forest and Stream, that the elk
teeth, or rather the tusks, of which
two only are fouivl in the month of the,
adult elk. have a practical commercial
value. The teeth are used as jewelry.
mostly as pendants on watch guards ..r
insignia of the secret society known
as the Elks. The value of a tooth
ranges from fifty cents to two dollars
and fifty cents, according to its size,
color and marking. Mr. Isekamp has
now over eighty-six thousand elk teeth
dejHisited in safety vaults. Many of
the old Indian dresses were highly
ornami-nteil with elk teeth, some of
them being fairly covered with the
teeth. Mr. Losekamp has lived on the
frontier all his mature life, and under
stands Indian trading perfectly, yet he
has sometimes paid over one hundred
dollars for a single garment thusorna
mented, caring, of course, for nothing
but the teeth. The Indians drill the
teeth to fasten them on their dresses,
and this does not injure the value of
the tooth, but they have a much worse
habit of sometimes staining the teeth a
bright red. This dye cannot In ex
tracted, and depreciates the value of
the elk tooth for a white customer.
The Indians do not dye the teeth so
much now since they have learned they
can sell them for more in their natural
state.
Treasured Present from the Oneen.
Jewelers to ijtieen Victoria have a
soft snap since her craze for theatrical
jHTformanees at W indsor. It is opined
that diamond brooches and bracelets
must la? liiught by the gross, as h,-r
majesty always pays the artists in
these tokens of her consideration and
appreciation of the show. Many are
the favored stars who now own a
quccrt's brooch, and who look on the
gift as a lucky piece ever after. It
speaks well for their loyalty and the
K-auty of the jewel that the recip
ient always says it shall never leave
the family, but la-come an heirloom
from that time forth. The worth of
these souvenirs rarely varies in price,
but they vary in design, and the artist
who receives a crown in diamonds and
rubies with the initials "Y. Ii. I." from
the roval hand deems the honor worth
living for. Mine. Sigrid Arnolds. m re
ceived one of these brooches when she
sang in "Philemoiiet Haucis" recently,
ami Mrs. Kendal has one like it which
she told some friends was placed in her
iress by the queen herself, when the
Kendals were commanded to play at
Windsor seven or eight years ago.
NAMING THE CITIES.
Tiik name of CJuinnipiac was changed
to New Haven by order of the Con
necticut court in liVjo.
The lllue Lick Springs in Kentucky,
resort for buffalo and other game, gave
a name to Licking.
The Indian name of the Schuylkill
river was Manyunk. hence the name of
a Pennsylvania town.
The Spaniards called Key West, Cayo
Hueseo. or Hone Islands, some say,
from their coral origin.
Gkeen Hay, Wis., was at first Grand
Hav, and the name was changed from
a mistake in pronunciation.
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