u u Freeman Z 1 1 ateH. (, pallthi Wes Ulj ml The lurreaod ral'iMa rln-alatlon l the Ca beia Kitms rommrDet It to tbe laToraMa consideration of aitrertisers (bote la Ton win ba inserted at tbe following low rates : 1 Inch. I'laidi . f 1 50 1 Inch, 3 month.......... 2 SO 1 Inch, 0 months........................... . 1 Inch 1 year . .................. .v O 3 Inches, t months..... ............ .t-e 1 Inches, I year ...... ........ ...... 1M S Inches, months ......................... 8.' 0 S Inches. I year ......... -W ' column, months.......... . ... 10. 1 column. 6 months........... X0.O0 Scolums. 1 year ................. SV00 1 column, 6 months.............. ...... 40 00 1 column, 1 year................ ............ 5.M Business Items, brt Infertlon, 10c. per Una subsequent Insertions. 6c per Hce Administrator's and . Executor's Notices. H M Auditor's Notice ........ Stray and similar Notices X GO sr Resolutions or proceedings ol any coi-jk ra tion or s.K-leiy and rommunl-atloos dement d to call attention to any matter ol limited or indl Tidual interest mutt te paid lor as adTertismenta. Hook and Job Printing of all kinds neatly and exetousiy executed at tbe lowest prices. And don't jou lorget It. 8I (AMBBIA CO., PFSSA. BV J i. TILS . HASJOX, I'lfulation, 1,200 ni,rrlHn Kales. i Ki- .-.-I' ma.lance tt.M T- "..' i : U"t pai-l within 3 tnontbs. 1.75 j i- ii"' 'il wnbin month, a iO j,, i: in t I'UiJ withio tbe jear.. tt 25 , a;i rel!ni outside of th county V r-uo.ii i-er year win oe cnarjoa lo i j - will the alcove terms he da-;!,".-e wdo .ton i consult tnetr iv i. in advance hum nut ex it t i.e -lame (outtnic as those w bo : r .ltrtiortly understood trom i er t.etore yoa Mop It, If stop ut i-.-aluwajcs do otherwise.. II.- :1s T04 short. f" rv . JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and Proprietor. 'HS IS A FREEMAN WHOM TBK TBCTH MAKES FRKK AKD ALL ABK ELATES BE8IDX.' 81.50 and postage per Year In advance. ' .". u"-1-" ... rl' ! VOLUME XXIX. EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY IS, IS95. NUMBER 3. . sv T- i Advertisinf -Mil-. -.111-. -nil-, t'oin -i::l-. A to l'.l. - r .Mi I to l.'i T in!-. IVo iii 4 lo 14, I"' I'.. I . s! -. I a-.- I i .s h.n-s, V-.' U. . :.l . ;i i w ;l - 1. a 1 V to si .. W our ;. u m!s. w wants to learn, but the Y reads that P Honesty i MEWING TORtr.nn 'i ovfest ttat made and .;"UiJ iea it. ana saves r?'K. . Dcuuietj mora L rnm tlonthan ever before. it for you. mzER 5 bros.. LonL-Yllle. Ky- f0R ARTISTIC OB PRINTING '""THE FREEMAN. V1.MH KrJ.,. L V. H As'" I N V '' S KKAll Til a- ' l-r Jer. St CARROLLTOWN SURPRISE I Live Methods, Live Men and Hi.- iiitr.Ml.Mti.Mi ..f tlic Kcoiioiny Clothing an.l Iry ;.m.1s IIouse:it fair. lltvn. Pa., means a Swifpirt' deduction in tlie sale ..t ( l-.thin.'. I ry ;m1s, Imh.k and Shoes, ami i.-nts' Fin nishing ioods. F.y the ordinary methods the retail dealer I uvs his -t. k Ii "in tin- iiiaiiiiia.tiuvr. I'.otli must Lave tluir profits ami lv the tinietlie himm's tvarh the wearer thev eist liim alniit us ii. u. h airam as the material an.l laU.r are really v..ith. The 1 Voii.'.mv (.'lot liim; ai .1 1 rv ( i.MxIs House j.ioik to break down T r i l.arrn-r N-twet-n maker an. 1 roiiMini.-r. - .r..Hsi- to .liM!ise with this system of.loiil.le prollts an.l to allow the j.nl.lie to l.nv .liret from the maker at a ve v small m:n 'i n ah-.ve aetual eist. This means Clothing. 1 i y l io.xls, I'hh.Is an.l SIi.k-s !'" kt -ent". lower than the usual rates. We" reiiv-iii.-that we mils ent priees excee.liii!'lv low in oi.h r to in your c onli.leiu e ami your patronage. Vt must iio umrt- than make noiiiises We must keeji them. .VOTICE ,1 FEU at S 4."l. worth .(V) I at s.ini. worth Hl. (Ml at lll.lHI. worth J::.IM1 J i. at :!.rn. worth at ii" eeiits a l.air r,.5o 1".0(I L'll.lHl S.(MI 111. (HI 1 L'.l HI 14. (XI L'.L'.") 1 L'.l hi, worth 14.1 hi, worth .".INI. Wol lll 7.1 hi. worth !.(HI. worth llMHI. wonh . l.-Mi. 1.7". Jl' l hi, .'.."Mi. s.;.ihi an.l s::.."i. !.'". :;.v. a .1 oil,-. Ws Will Now Offer Yon Great Bargains in Shoes 5-1 25 to 00' Fin. VLlI t.. 1 "il I )(I 1.25 to 2 75! .L'n to 1.00 J .. al-o a tine line of l-a.'.i.-s" Coats from ?4.(HI uj.to S15.IHI. the finest tittinir ..".ii nients in the eountry. an.l they are ?'.i jer -nt. eheaHr in pri.f i i -tore in t 'aml.iia eoimty. A full line of 1 !.. e. .". an.l upwards. A I.-., a full line of Uahy Coats and Caps We will now give oil a few priees on CJ-ITS'TSS' l-'UIlTSIlSIIIIVC- (iOODS, i v . m tr. in "-"- up to S-l .1 li f. r the 1 . -t. 1 'i:e( ;yi-r i-hii s, J. rsey or Cloth, fr. iii 4(e. up to 1.25. the Inst. Fine Hats from 50o. to 1.50 t.r the 't i-a-it.mmI as anv other Hat in the e. uiili v for 2.5(1. We ai.-o Economy Clothing and Dry Goods House, Next Door to Bank, CARROLLTOWN, PA. 't EVER "Ick Headache ard r. lipvall tbotronhW inrf riir.t to a l.iiiou9 fitate of tiio Ej-flici:". a'icli aft Iizzincss, Nausea, lrow?inosB. l--istres3 after rati:iT. Fain in tue SU.., Wliilo tl.-irmcfc remartable success haa botn ehosx iu curing Headache, yet Cnrlor'a JLi.tJo Li-Tcr PiTtg ars equally valuable mCoiif.tii.ai ion,curitisaii.ipra. V. Dlmp t!iisacnori;i(rcoiiij)lait.vi liiio tlioy a3 cc.rrcctalliii:rlei-.of ttirttomaii.tini-.iLkt.) ihi liver and reguiatfa Uie boweld. v .n if tUey only cured n pj p-aa Another Trr aid bcialmoBtprirrloG; to thfwswh aaf.er from 4'jinii--trL-asinKcoii!iil;uit; Imtfor-u liatoly tbeirjro.l:ie8S.l'3,s uoteud !i.iro.aii.l thosa srhoci-.cotry th.-m will dad theso ;etl; piii ; valu e'.le In souiauy wavstiiat they will not bo wil ling to do without thina. But after cileick bea4 Is the ban- of so many livea that liere I when w o maiiP i.ur Rreat Loast. Our pills cure u whilrt c;!t-rs do rot. Cart.r'a Litile IJvr-r aro pry pmall an A xrry r.-v r t. t tke. Oi.o . r two l ilia nakoa .ir.so. l b: v are .-tric-tly tu-'i tal.l-i and do not Rripo or jur--. butl-v til.:ir pfiitioactii.il jileoseall whr ti.'p ;! ii; vi.'.Inat i'.ri !its ; tiv f rl. Soltl t r druisU t,--i;rywieru. or !-t !.y maiL WEOICISE CO., New ork. cmi inP. SMALL PRIP: :I:e-i j Vir 'a Floral Gnlde F s . 1 f .r l-.'i,nlii--on! iii.-.-. ! -r.l .:.! '..t ! Ho to;.liiA '.''.r--?n"'l,'':"y'!-T V , : illu-intli-a--; .1. -.Til-Tirir. . j -reM.-ti.iM.-a.l: l.!.its..ti:-.'.a'-i-lf r, rans:.l.ui;in.'. ITiiiio.l in 17 lii'.- n "t ..I, .1.1 iti'.-.i. Ma:!.-.! ' n-.--i;.t of . which mar h'.1.-;...'-I 'f'' hi-l f ' .r l.r. Vi. k- Se.ln ro.uoto ilie t BT'rm oT lil".-. .- v 'v. ' SWEETPEAgp pa" DIB Jill tu-H 4 40 Cents a Pound Ji I. r..Lvii fi.Tl ..rSnr.1 IV.K tei-l fuii.ii"r ..I a v. ry ,.i..-.ii:.li'v ! it.le to u'ie our :rn n-i a r. .. i -.... - farlrti. ami .! inixl. H"-"' " f t ,.al o! 4l !.: hH" .'O..K.1 S v.'. jri.i quarter oucd I.cts. ounce III ct. yf . : l FI.OWr.K, :ran.l JV.1.W SV; r...nC f.-t l'ianl. r..l ex. cl! -lit l-i f J., r. .r.l. rs i1 Tn r vrr.t in. nnv MM"! IW COLUSSAN jane: Tick's Sons Srxdtnen C KM HIATUS - V. r i:a"i-m i.i:v llmlm Fire Insurance km I T. -V. DICK, I General Insurance Agent CANCER;-- an.1 Tumors rl'lIFTl no rnf. aJia bu UaouMl, e i.n in, & !f.t-t H i . t. r It A Lively Times in Prospect.! OF OUll I'RICES. lT"t ino Out' "i-w oat f.,n l;,,,. ..r 1 1 ..,.;... .. ;., ll ,-.1.., - ;..,. pi ...i- 1 1.., , .. Fine l'.laek llenriet a, - Fine l'.lac-k Henrietta, ... Fine C'ashim-res, in all eolors, . Fine fashnieres, in all eolors, Fine A 1 1-Wool Cloth, in all eolors, Fine iiiiixham. - Fine r.l.-.ti he. 1 Muslin, - Fine Fnl.leai-he.1 Mii-lm, ... Fine l'.l.-a. he.l an.l Fnhleaehe.1 Cotton Flannel, Fin.- I Hue Cali.-o, - A full line of F.lankets, - A full line of Hoi-s.- F.lankets. How Do You Like These Prices loor )il Cloth, 1 van I wi-le. Fine F!.M.r)il Cloth. U van Is wi.le. Fine Floor ( lil Cloth, 2 var.ls wi.le. Fine Tal.le (lil Cloth, assorte.1, have a tine line of '1 1 links -the C hea est and THE MARKETS. PlTTSBCRO. Jan. 15. WHEAT No. I red, 57 iisc: No. 2 red. &'J 57o. t'C IRS-No. 2 yellow ear, 4T't48c; mixed ear, 4.7-1 4U-; No. 2 yellow shellfMl, 4.ia4?c. OATS No. 1 white, 'Mfrjtt&ri No. 2 do., aft S Si'j.-: extri No. 3 white. W- ja JSa : mixed. 4 (.:."-. HAY Ch.iir-e timothy, $12.0la.l2.S; No. 1 timothy, $11..t$1'J.U0; No. 2 timothy. Jlu.ii Hi: mix.-d clov-f-r an.l timothy. 10 oog.10 7.": pcioking, J1.7i.7.lW: No. 1 friedin; prairie, (n.oi) (ay.iJ: w:ion hay, $l4.0Oftl5.0U. HL'TTKK Elfin creamery. 22yc: Ohle rui.-y cr.-aimsry, iiiiic; fancy country roll, lsii.ir: low grades and cK)kiuu, ftalOc CHEESE Ohio. mild. llll'e; New Vork new, ll1-'tlic: limlx-rger, fall make, lOo; Wi con-in Swires, la-illc: Ohio Swua, H'j'cOUo. E' i Strictly fnwh Fennsylvanirt and Ohio canes, 4o.io; storage. l7J19c; southern and western, f r--h. 21'dio. POCL.TKV Lk-irge livn chickens, 50 iZba per pair; live, chick.-n.-i, small. JJ Iii): ; ducks, 8oc per pair, as t size; dressed chickens. ll-J llo per pound; turki-ys, 11 hic per pound; du.-k-.. 12a.i:ta; spriuij chickens, 11 a Vic ; liv turk.yi. per pound; live Keese. Il lW. l.lo per pair. East Liberty. Pa., Jan. 15 CATTLE Receipts light; today's market Htea.lv at yesterday's prices. Prime, i.V. 5 M; pjod, i4.75"i5.oo: (r.jod butchers, i 15?4..')0; rough fat, :i.i:3.fl0; fair ll(,'ht steers, 13. 4J S.iiM: Hht to-kers, IS-Swaa.!; pood fat cows and hcift rs. I..TOr3.40; bulls, htags and cows 2..jira:i.2o, fresh cows and springers, tlo'ei:i5. H..I.S K.--eipts very lluht tfjday, and th market wiv.alK.ut steady at yesterday's prices i H.aivy I'hiladelphias, $4.'J5ia5.0O; medium I'hll ndelphias. s4.SVa4.'.iy; best Vorkers. 4.7l'44 sUi common to fair Yorkers, t4.55j4.tj5; pigs $4.1-i4:: rouu-hs, f3.iV4.25. SHEEP Supply fair, demand fair; the mark.-t was barely steady on both sheep and lambs at the follows prices: Extra, f.i 4.V".3 i; Rood, J J.t'k o J.liO; fair. t-.tJira.l.M; common, rUo (.ill.ii: yearlinus, Ji..).Vi.3.Ut; best iambs, 4 StUi .VJ; eoinmon to fair lambs. - 45a3 53; calves. Jo.OUii.o; heavy and thin calves. JiuG (aj.oo. ClsriSNATl, Jan 15. HfHJS Market easier at 7.) 1,5 55; re reipts, 4.4ii head: shipments. 2. An) head. CATTLE Market liv'ht demand at 2.25'$ 4 25; receipts, JU0 head; shiiunents, liK) head. SHEEP Market stronger and hiKher at $1.50 (al HI. receipts OUU head; shipments, 'luOe. Lamb's hifher at lJ.5o.a4 00. New York, Jan. 15. WHEAT Spot market weaker. No. 2 red. store and elevator, lil'sc; arloat, 6Sc; t. o. b., Ric atloat; No. 1 northern, "lic delivered; No. 1 hard. 72c delivered. COKN Spot market easy. No 2. 51lic; strainer mixed, 49Ji: nominal; No. 3. 4'Jc num mal. OATS Sjwjt market dull. No. 2 .wits. 84 fi34'.,c; No. 3, 33' ,c: No. 2 white, 3T.:(u37!ic; No. 3 white, i'j.?; tra-k white, 37 i41So. CATTLE European cables quote American st.-ers at lo!.sllac per pound; refrigerator beef at il0u. SHEEP AND LAMBS Market firm; some aal.-s at 1525c higher. Sheep, IV.J.UU'13.75 : car rxtra export wethers, t4..V. Lambs, t4.0l45.25; y-es-d mutton Arm at &9,7c; dressed lambs alher at 0'rasc HOtiS Market higher at 15.045-25. Fair's Will to lie Contested. San Francisco, Jan. 16. It is com mon rejiort that the jnvat estate of f '-,-(mm.imm left ly the late James (i. Fail will le fought for in the courts. Charles Ij. Fair will lead the contest for the rteiiefit of the other heirs. Mantle and Carter Will lie Klected. Helena, Mont., Jan. 10. The Repub lican senatorial caucus noinini-es, I- Mantle for the short term and Thomas II. Carter for the long term, received the solid Republican vote in liotli houses and their election will be ratified iu joint assembly. tieorfjia' Gift to Nebraskana. Atlanta, Jan. 10. Geotjia's respone to Nebraska's aipeal for help was made Tuestlay eveuiii";, when promptly at 8 o'clock a special train of IS cars, loaded with food and clothing, lofs the Uuiuu Leput for T.iii.Mtli I 1 "s - r.rtf)L 45e. inc., worth IXlo. 7."h, worth $1.10 $1.1 HI, worth 1.25 22AC, worth 4(k '.UK:, worth 5(e. :5e., worth (iOe. Th:., worth Ne. worth IOe. (k, worth S 7e., worth 10c. !., wttrth 8e. 75c. to $4 a pair. on Potters' Oil Cloth? 2.V. -r van I. ;5e. kt yanl. 55e. kt yar.l. 20e. ikt yard. lit st you ever saw. Come one A COURT BALL. liril I litnrr of the Srrnr as 1 ein-ted by an . iurrl. au inltor. Never shall I forget the sight which greeted me as we entered, writes Wiii ti if red t.rant. in Home and Country. A long walk between two lines of people led to the further end of the room, where 1 saw a slender man, in the uni form of the Austrian hussars, an.l a sweet-faced la.ly in n court costume that fairly blazed with jewels, sur rounded by ladies and gentlemen in waiting, all gorgeously attired. The brilliancy of the countless crystal gas lights from the huge chandeliers, the superb uniforms, wealth of sparkling jewels on all sides, ami the. magnificent gowns, all completed a picture of daz zling hcsiuty, never to lie forgotten. 1 was diily aware of the fact that the countess had again given our names to some otlicial. who repeated them to the master of ceremonies, handing him the cards. Not visiting cards, mind you, but huge things with our names st) clearly written as to defy mistake. We had dropped our trains on entering the room. and they were immediately spread out to their full width and length by ushers with long wands. Then we slowly marched up the room, and after our names had been a n in m need to their majesties, we each stepped forward and courtesied, or bowed, almost to the floor. Then we backed away, keeping our faces toward the royal party, until we reached the end of the rooui, where we stopped to breathe for a minute. I had lcen pre sented, an.l lived, and was grateful. IVesently there was a movement in the lines of guests, and at the same moment a hidden orchestra regan a ma jest ie polonaise. The guests moved towards the sides of the room, leaving the center cleared, and, headed by two ushers with staves, the royal party slowly marched around the ballroom and then retired. His majesty's ball had been formally opened. SpomanrouH C'omttaatloii. As it is known that spontaneous com bustion sometimes takes place in car goes of coal, it has Wen suggested that under certain conditions enormous coal-ticlds may ignite and in time pro duce volcanoes. Occasional and violent eruptions may W caused by the burn ing away of barriers and the inflow of water suddenly producing an enor mous bulk of steam, which, must find nn outlet. The idea that clean cotton mav t..ke fire spontaneously is scouted by many experts. They claim that what is called by this name is the re sult of some ppark that may smolder unobserved for weeks and then may break out in some unsuspected fashion. Tobacco, linen, jute and oily cotton, however, inflame spontaneously on w hat would seem, to a scientific mind, insuflicient provocation. Keeping CompoMMl. To maintain one's composure under circumstances of a trying nature is :. In .lit as ditlicult a tak as lias ever Wen set for mankind. The Frenchman is so rarely able to keep cool that he marvels at the Knglishman's stolid in dilFereiice to most of the ills of life, and in a French work published some years ago a certain "Milord Hamilton" is held up as the prince of the coin posed. '"for," says the writer, "Milord Hamilton, having killed a hotel waiter in a brawl. Wing informed of the man's death by the landlord, composedly or ders his host to charge it in the bill." PKECI0US STONES. Interesting- -Facts About Some of the World's Rare Gems. Bea,ntlfal Aratrt anil Crystal Known to the A iic-lentrt The Dlsaiond Not the Mont Valued, aa la Com monly Hupiwiwd. Ileyond all question, the ruby stands supreme as the most precious substance in the world, says the New York Ad vertiser. So much many persons know, but few- are aware that rubies, sapphires, oriental amethysts and to pazes are all practicallj- the same gem. They are corundum, or crystallized alumina, but with infinite diversities of eoloringand infinite different values. It is curious, but true, that a ruby is only a red sapphire, and a sapphire only a blue ruby. The finest "pigeon's blood" rubies come from llurmah. those from Siamor Ceylon Wing too dark or too Kile, and the Montana stones W-ing cloudy and brown. A perfect one carat specimen may cost six hundred dollars, while a diamond of the finest water of the same size can be thought for one hun dred and twenty-five dollars. The rich color of the ruby, a color which docs not blacken like the blue of a sapphire by night, is supposed to W due to a trace of oxide of chromium, but this is still a moot point with chemists, and all are not even agreed as to the sap phire's velvet tinge. This latter stone is much less valuable than ruby. Wing found larger and more abundantly. Sapphires really present all eolors. the pure white variety, when skillfully cut. Wing ditlicult to tell from a diamond. This is a deception dishonest jewelers not infrequently practice to catch the unwary. Itoth rubies and sapphires are occasionally met with as "star stones" that is. opaque calxtchon-cut gems showing the perfect steely rays of a star. The emerald is another exceedingly dear .stone, surpassing the diamond in value when of good size and free from flaws. I'nfortunately, this gem is rare ly faultless, but. if perfect, it easily fetches five hundred dollars a carat. Kmerald an.l aquamarine, the latter a beautifully sunny sea-green stone, are identical in chemical composition. W ing varieties of the illiberal Wryl with traces of different coloring matter. Itcryl is found in all shades from honey yellow to the velvet green of the right emerald. The aquamarine variety has lately Weomedear and fashionable, and rightly so. for the stone is durable and a lovely object. The late emperor of lrazil is said to have possessed an aquamarine of over two hundred ounces troy weight. The indefinite colors of the Wryl must have Wen known for ages, since this gem repre sented the doubting- Thomas. After perfect rubies and emeralds, and erhaps after great pearls, comes the diamond in value. This. too. has a range of colors, the most prized W-ing red, blue. green, and water white, while brown or irrav t mires are not ouite so highly esteemed. The Koh-i-N'oor, of one hundred and two and three-fourths carats, ranks low in point of size with some of the world's great stones for instance with the (ireat Mogul, two hundred and seventy-nine carats in weight. Diamond is the hardest mineral known, brittle though it W: acids do not affect it. and it is also the only combustible gem. It has high re Tractive and dispersive powers (tire"), and some specimens Wcome phos phorescent by the action of light. It usually occursas an eight-sided crystal. The name topaz is applied to three distinct kind of stones, to the oriental topaz, which is really a yellow sapphire; to the Scotch topaz, which is only quartz, just as amethysts are violet-colored quartz of little value; an.l to the Itra.ilian topaz, a vivacious, sherry-colored gem which is the only true topaz. This latter stone takes a high, brilliant polish, and it feels slippery to the touch. The rose pink topaz seen in shops is not a natural color; it is obtained by subjecting the dark yellow varieties to great heat. The commercial value of topaz is ex tremely fluctuating, one reason Wing that light exercises a bleaching effect on it. Another gem. Wautiful and interest ing in itself, which is occasionally sold f..r the true ruby, is the red zircon, also called jargoon and jacinth or hyacinth. Jewelers call these stones "jacinth rubies" and charge accordingly. The gem is of all colors, the pure white ones Wing hard to distinguish from dia monds, on account of their wonderful lire. Chrysolite is just as white, but it is like glass compared with a diamond or jargoon. There are two kinds of chrysoWryl used as gems. One the well-known oriental cats-eye, an opaque greenish brown calMchon-cut stone, showing a steely flash or line like silver wire: the other, the little known but Wautiful and curious alexandrite. This unique gem is olive or pistachio green by day light, and it has the remarkable prop erty of turning a rasplierry red by arti ficial light. The green tourmaline is much like alexandrite by day. This is the most chemically complex of all gems, and it occurs also in red and brown crystals. A Curious Theater. A theater that will probably rank as one of the most unique buildings in the world is in course of construction at ISuenos Ayres. Seating five thousand persons, it has the largest capacity of any building of its Kind. Hy an in genious architectural arrangement carriages are enabled to deposit per sons on the level of the grand tier boxvs as well as the lox entrances on the ground floor. Llevators will convey patrons of the house to the upper floors. 1 1 is the work of but a few minutes to drop the pit and stalls to the cellar, tnd its place taken by a race track or circus ring. At a greater exjH-nse of laWr a tank can W erected liere for swimming or other aquatic events. They Were Tslufc The mother of a family showed the ticket collector on the railway a couple of half-fare tickets for her two chil dren. The latter, after looking at them doubtfully, said: "How old are they0" "They are onlv six, and they are twins." "Ah?" " Then after a moment s pause the man inquired: "And where were they born?" " he mother (unthinkingly) "This one was born in New York and the other in Taxis." - AFRICAN CUSTOMS. Eplaodea Which m Traveler Saw In the Yoroba Country. Jean Hess, a French-African travel er, gives in Le Figaro of recent date an unaccustomed view of the savage lie press. He pictures her as having a Wauty of her own Wfitting the climate and vegetatiou of tropical Africa. That, however, might W a matter of taste, and. perhaps, most writers would find it hard to discover, with M. Hess, in the naked negress a "living bronze, of unimpeachable lines." a creature whose pride and dignity suggest "what ancient poets tell of Athenian priest esses and ICuiiian empresses." Matter of fact and not of taste, how ever, is to W found in the account M Hess gives of love and marriage among some of the savage African triWs. In the country of the Yomba, extending from the llulf of Ileum to the Niger. M. Hess saw a young negro who, after sacrificing a pigeon upon the end of a stream, threw its plumage Ujxm the water, aud chanted a prayer to Imoya, protector of the bottom of the sea. Imoya is a white genius that lives at the bottom of the stream. He has power to inspire virgins with love of the young men that implore his aid. IVayer is made to Imoya in secret place, with the sacrifice of honey cakes and white doves. Here is a love chant that is sung to Imoya: 'There is in the house of the chief a Wautiful virgin. Here by name, the loveliest of all. She has large hips as thise of a heifer; she has arms as strong as a warrior's: she has eyes as sweet as the antelope's; her voice is a chant gaj-er than those of the birds; her dancing is light aud a pleasure to see; she is supple and undulous as the sacred serpent; she is lovelier than may be told. I would like her well for a wife. She would honor me in my house and she would give me Wautiful children. Hut she is proud and mock ing. She will laugh at me when I would buy her. and 1 shall not W able to conduct her to my house. Imoya, give her to me!" The girls also have their chants, fetiches an.l ceremonies to obtain hus bands. In a village of Yoruba. M. Hess saw a group of young negresses jht forming these rites aWut a great baobab tree. They carried jars of oil. and sang, moving slowly, with naked 1m isoias, with measured cadence an.l harmonious Wlaucing. As they danced they affixed white bits of cloth to the tree. The observer saw nothing gro tesque or laughable in the scene. M. Hess says that the savage negress has her coquetries, and asserts that she submits to painful tattooing that she may seem luore Wautiful to men. The marriage ot" a rich man of the Kgbas to the daughter of a chief was a notable ceremony. The maiden's consent hav ing W-en obtained, the future husWn.l paid her father the agreed price. As the newly married couple journeyed homeward people along the way laid down branches and flowers, saying: "The genii give thee a Wautiful spouse: forget not that she is more pre cious than all thy riches. The virgin whom thou takest was the charm of the house, the charm of the city. Thou desired her. When thou hast given us all thy treasures thou shalt not have paid enough." SCARED HER INTO SPEECH. This Ko(aclnc Woman Waa Ieaf an.l Dumb t'ntil t'soclit Off Her ttuard. A prepossessing middle-aged woman walked into the office of a well-known firm of railroad lawyers on Williams street the other day and drifted over to where the junior partner sat. She had couriplaster an.l other trifling articles to sell for ten cents and showed at the same time a card on which was writ ten: "I am deaf and dumb." The lawyer was interested, says the New York World, for the woman had a sad face an.l seemed eminently re spectable. So he wrote on a pad: "Any children?" an.l she in the same manner answered: "Yes." To the iuestion: "How many?" the reply was: "Six." emphasized by a mournful shake of the head. She acknowledged iu writing that her husband was dead. When her address was asked for she was rather slow in putting it on paper, and when it came to references she wrote, with a good deal of deliWration: 'John Davis." "Where des he live?" was the next question, to which the Woman wrote no reply, but indicated with her hand a M.int on the horizon that might have meant Jersey or heaven. "llreat Scott! You don't mean to say you know Davis?" shouted the lawyer, jumping to his feet. "Yes. I do," answered the woman, taken off her guard by the vehemence of the speaker. They lookwd at one another for a mo ment and then the lawyer called an office Wy and told him to show her the street by the way of the stairs, eight long flights. The Vision of Kirda. Itirds have very acute vision, per haps the most acute of any creature, an.l the sense is almost more widely diffused over the retina than is the case with man: consequently a bird can see sidewise as well as objects in front of it. A bird sees--showing great un easiness in consequence a hawk long Wfore it is visible to man; so too fowls and pigeons and minute scraps of food, distinguishing them from what appear to us exactly pieces of earth or gravel. Young chickens are also able to find their own 'food, knowing its position and how distant it is as soon as they are hatched, whereas a child only very gradually learns either to see or to un derstand the distance of objects. Sev eral birds apparently the young of all those that nest on the ground can see quite well directly they come out of the shell, but the young of birds that nest in trees or on rocks are born blind, and have to W fed. DO THESE INTEREST YOU? Ckawford.svh.le, Ua., has a "shak ing rock" similar to that in Kentucky. Only one ten thousand dollar legal tender note out of an issue of 4,000 is now extant. A mltlokite a foot in diameter fell at Livingston Manor, N. Y., and shat tered a rock a dozen times its size. Thk new Mormon temple at Salt Lake City will W opened April 6, ly:;. It has Wen in course of erection for forty years, and has cost 2,500,000. A woman is on exhibition in New York who is eight feet six inches high, and a New York paper, in speaking of her, says "sh s is tall aud well formed." LEAVES NO MONUMENT. The Vanlvhlnc American Indian Has 1 lone Nulhinic lo Itenelit luklml. A recent brief announcement, un noticed by many, had an important Waring on the "Indian quest i. -n." or on the duration of that question, says the Kansas City Star. It was. seem ingly, that the last mounted soldier of the I'nited Statesarmy had Wen ordered out of the Indian Territory, something that had never Wfore happened. Kvcr since the white man landed on the shores of what are now the I'nited States a white man with a gun has liecn watching the Indian. The first semblance of an army was raised to fight Indians; almost the first structure raised on the shore was a fort for pr. tection against Indians; so. for two hundred years and more as the Indian has fallen back, the soldier an.l the fort have moved with him. Th.-n the white man moved around to the west ern ocean and the western shore, to Oregon an.l California, and Wgan to push the Indian to the eastward, fort and soldier an.l settler altogether press ing on. Now the Indians m.ivi-.! back from the Atlantic and Pacific to the great central plains seem surrounded and now comes the order to take off the guard. "He can neither fight n..r fly" is the idea of this order. "He must W' a 'good Indian" now. The troopers can unsaddle an.l take a long rest from now on." Iloes not this re ally look as if we were approaching the last hour of the last Indian? In truth, the original "real" Indian, absolutely unchanged by contact with the white man. has gone now except in the far deserts and mountain fast nesses. In 1 !".. Francis Park man tells us in the "liregon Trail." he saw Indians who had not cmerg.-d from the "stone age." and use,! imple ments and weapons such as may have lcen Used by people Wfore Noah's Hood. Hut could such Indians W found now? Certainly not in the region where Mr. Park man found them. Kl derly people who visit the "Wild West" show make mild complaint that the In. Hans who do the Wst they can to look natural" do not l.x.k like the Indians of forty years ago. That In dian has. somehow, "pas-d on." This much is certain, that the "last India n will !c. in everv sense of the word, the "last." He will leave noth ing Whin.l him to mark the place he occupied in the world no historv: neither monument, lemks there will W an.l museums and collections.- but none by him. Should an Indian In come so learned and accomplished as to write a history he would Ik-coiiic a white man. Many white men have followed him. studied him. I-carm-d men from foreign countries have jour neyed here for such purposes, but who of all of them has learned the secret f the Indian's heart? To .1.. that it would W necessary to Wcome for tin time an Indian to "put yourself in his place:" and what white man has ever done that? The Indian has no record, or it is as if whisiered to the w inds or committed to the leaves that fall or to the water that ruiisawav. The Indian rears, while he is an in.lian. no habitation that endures: when it is gone there is nothing but a ring on the ground that the rain washes away. He throws up no highway: his narrow Iatli through the grass lasts no longer than the buffalo's road to ford in the stream. So there must come a time when, leaving no trace In-hind, he shall pass out of this world, when the ""last Indian" shall go like the mist. RICHES OF NORTHERN SWEDEN. Vast Iron an.l I.umlM-r Country Opene.! t'p hy a New Kailroa.l. The northern part of King Oscar's realm has often Wen called "Sweden's America" ln-cause of the richness of the laud, although it is still unculti vated, says the Stockholm corrcspoiid dent of the St. I.uis Post-1 li.-patch. The p.M irer class prefer to emigrate to the I'nited States instead of s-cking new homes in Xordland. ln-caiw that part of the kingdom lacked means of communication by land w ith the capi tal. The coast cities suffered in the winter when ice covered the sea as much as the interior settlements suf fered the year round. When it was discovered that t liere were great hid ilen riches mere lor the government, it decided to grant money for the building of a railway. The Northern trunk line is now complete, and has Wen opened by the king. He is said to W Sweden's ablest orator, and he made the "speech of his life." The fes tivities suriasscd anything ever seen here. The new railroad connects at Itoden. near the tlulfof lU.thnia. with the northernmost railroad in t he world, running from the seajn.rt of Lul.-a up to the tiellivara iron mountains, forty seven miles north of the jolar circle. This road lias Ut-n in K-ration two years. It may le considered the end piece of a continuous line of railroad alxiut l.'-T.ii miles long, reaching north and south the whole length of Sweden. The completion of this line, it is W lieve.l. will materially check immigra tion to America. Xordland contains more than 'JO jcr cent, of the luin Wr of the world, and more than Canada and almost twice as much as the I'nited States. The famous iron mines, the largest in existence, are capable of supplying the world for centuries. The scenery is highly pic turesque, and the new road presents much for tourists. How We tH-t Canadian Colna. Post office regulations against accept ing foreign coins are disregarded along the Canadian Wrder, where the Cana dian twenty-five-cent piece has a wide and fr-e circulation on this side the line and is accepted without hesitation by postmasters. They accept even Canadian bank notes, an.l then seems to prevail a thorough international comity as to money. Postmasters and merchants are astonished when visitors from regions further south hesitate at accepting Canadian money iu change. Stranse l'roiertiea of r)oUe. A IJerman chemist is reported to have discovered a uew substance which has the remarkable and unique proH-r-tv of solidify iug when heated and re maining liquid at temperatures Wlow zero. It has W-en named "cryostasc," and is obtained by mixing together equal parts of phenol, camphor and saponine. and adding a somewhat smaller proportion of essence of tur pentine. Certain substances, like the albumens, harden on heating, but this is the only product that agaiu liquefies Lin cooling. UK; lSKOXZE STATI ES. Some of the Complications En countered In Casting Them. Where Some of the larcmt American figure In Thi Metal Are I -orated 1 he I'roru. of Their lua- strarliun. . I'cw have any idea of the difficulty of casting a large bronze statue. The popular idea is that molten bronze is poured into a mold, and tin n, wh.-n the metal has cooled, the lilol.l is knocked ..tTan.l the statue is complete. How much more clalorate is the proc ess, says the New York World, may Ik- gathered from the follow ingd.-s.-rip-tion of the casting of a large bronze statue in one piece: After the plaster model has Wen obtained from the ar tist it is laid upon a frame and built up all over with a reddish sand, which is ieculiarly fitted for the purimse W cause of its eohesiveliess w lu ti worked and of its stony hardness when drv. It is imitortc.l from France, the Wst com ing from Kontciioy-aux-Koses, aK.ut sixteen miles from Paris. This building-up process is not so easy as it sounds, for the sand has to W applied in little chunks, varying in size but all fitting snugly together, so that they can 1 e taken apart when the im pression is complete and the mold is dry. In an claWrate casting there will W from fifteen hundred to two thousand of these pieces, all of which must W accurately adjusted, or the casting w ill W imperfect. The most noticeable feature in a bronze foundry is the initn Wr of workmen employed in cutting up little chunks of t he sand and can fully and tenderly fitting them arouu.l the plaster model. These workmen, by the way. are inij rte.l along with the sand, the majority of them Wing French. The blocks of sand Wing dry. thev are carefully taken off the cast one by one. and as carelully refitted. This i t he mold. It is then til!-d with day. an.l when the clay is lry the liltle blocks forming the mold an- again un fitted, and a fac-simile -f the plaster cast is obtained. Then comes the most delicate lart of the work. The elav model has to W reduced bv scraping un til it is an exact but slightly smaller copy of the plaster model, for a quar ter of an inch has to W taken off its entire surface, and the difficulty of ing this can In- imagined, especially when the subject is at all ornate. As suming t lit- reduct i m of t he cla v "'core." as it is technically termed, to W satis factory, the ere is introduced into the mold, which has again Ish-u j.nt t. gether. an.l there is naturally a space of a quarter of an inch U-tun-n the ex terior of the core and the interior . -f the mold. The core is stay-d with iron rods so that it remains rigid in t he center of the mold, and the glow ing molten bronze is jK.ur.s;l in from the top and completely tills uplhcspacc Wtwccn the core and the mold: after it liaxiiol.-il the in. .1.1 is removed and the clay interior extracted, and the statue is revealed, somewhat rough, it is true, but very nearly as it willajv-IH-ar ln-fore the public. The Astor doors of Trinity church took three years to complete, a good contrast to which may In- found, as re gards time of execution, in the Wash ington statue in front of the sul.tr.-as-ury on Wall street, which was com pletcd in six weeks an.l two .lavs. Speaking of the Washington statue, every one has n. tic-d the bright color, or "patina." as it i called, of the legs of the Father of His Country, w hile t lie rest of the lody is as grimy as all the other bronze statues in Xew York city. This is due to the rubbing of the shoulders of street Ix.ys an.l loafer. The founders of the statue say th.-v woul.l make them a handsome present if they would rub the rest of the great man's IhnIv. for a "patina" acquired in this way is superior to any that can In given artificially. The statue that gave the most trouble to the founders, and at the same time is one of the most artistic and Wauti ful specimens of bronze easting in the country, is Mr. J. O. A. Ward's statue of President liarfiel.l. in Washington. The nude figures around the statue are resjx.nsible for the difficulty of easting. The alloy commonly used for statue casting consists of ninety p: rt s copper, seven tin and three zinc: that used by the ancient ilrc-ks W-ing eighty cop per and twenty tin. At the time of Patisanias they were the first to do any bronze casting: previously articles of ornament were made by riveting sh.srts of bronze together in the same wax that the statue of l.iWrtv is construct ed. MfMi.-rn Antlaluftia. Mr. Carl Luff maun, the well-known Australian agricultural expert, who has l-cn f"r some months studying viticulture and fruit growing round about Malaga, gives a highly favorable account of that part .if s.paiu as a field for emigration, in the Loinl.ni Daily News. With the importation there f industrious men. capital an.l imsi. rii appliances there is every natural con dition, he thinks, favorable to a specdy an.l profitable return. In fact, accord ing to this authority, there is no coun try in KuroiM- which presents advan tages equal to those of Aust ralia. At the saiue time he jM-ints out that Spain offers the advantage of Wing in F.U rojH'. an.l therefore close at home. While it lias local attractions ..f such an old world character as delight the most coiis-r,ative. From a health point of view, moreover, the climate is unrival.il. a circumstance which tells strongly in favor of happiness. In SjKiin there are no lad seasons, n drudgery, no hard competition, no dearth of sunshine. The country. Mr. I.uffiuann declares, is open to receive and W'nefit everv class of emigrant. An Ancient Hunting lrmin.l. There is still a deal of g.d hunting on the Ilelaware peninsula, although the region has Wsen steadily shot over by a sporting jtopulation for the last two hundred an.l fifty years, lvla ware has stringent game protective laws, and in the lowest county of the state there are great swatnis that still harln.r a considerable variety of game. The same is true of several of the Maryland eastern shore counties, and the two Virginia counties have proW ably as good aquatic hunting as is to W found anywhere on the Atlantic coast short of a few almost inaccessible points north and south. V
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