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bsja l itimii eoc m'Tiss it to tbs IsTorsMa
eonalderauon of so ten toe rs bon favors will' be
inserted st tbs loliowlug low met :
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1 Inch, S months................. ZJ0
iach, 6 njnmbi.... ................. ...... .s
1 loca . 1 year f .19
Inebes.a months.... ...... ...... C OS
X Inches, 1 year....... ...... IP I
S inches, months ........... ........... -
Inches. I year . ... . S.00
eolnmn, 6 months.... ........... ...... lo.te
s, column. 6 months...... ...... ............. so.ow
H column. 1 year ................. S-VOO
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Business Items, first Insertion. 10c. per 11b
snbseqnent Insertions, be. er line
Administrator' snu, tie tor's Not Ices, .tl M
Auditor'! Notices .. 2.M
Stray snd similar Notices X OS
Kevlatons or proceeainsr ol soy eorpcra
Uon or society and eommoniratlons defind te
call attention to any matter ot limited or indl
ridaal Interest mut be paid lor as adrertisments.
Kook and Job Printing of all kinds neatly and
exeaioosiy execated at the lowest trices. And
fll ' alk.-t.Jiv
(5V JA-nfc-
vulutum.
1,200
Milsrrtili Kale".
.nli inadiani-e fl.80
'. .! !;' I '"'l ahhiii 3 months. 1.75
' , .i i.I id 0 mouth. 2 i0
. i: I'.nJ wubiD Hie Jear.. 2
,3 refi-linir outside of tba county
' . nli I'cr jear will bo charged to
even
; !! the shove terms be da-
r .tvTr.fc: 13 advance mui not ex
,1 ', i: tie -aiue loottnif as those w bo
. i : e .litioctly understood froc
JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor.
he is a
FREEMAN WHOM THE TKBTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ABE B LAVES BESIDE."
81. DO and postage per year In advance.
:r -,-'- i-..teri.eforeyou stop It, ir atop rrnT TT" T 17 V V T r
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1S95.
NUMBER 4.
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HflNFSTY I
WWiNG TOBACCO
sCQvte made, and j
' offia than e ver before.
Ttona. Insist on I
:e?e ?etuine- your
. r.
oft" all our Winter Sfoek at
COST. The reason for this Startling Reduction is that
we must have room. Spring will soon he here and
rather carry anything over we will sell at a sacrifice.
A (-cmiine Bargain for everybody.
B"T;iiitf 'rfi'i'iffiiirT-'-"-w tTM'Mirt aiuTwwan
.1 'o Tier. ,i ri: n of o un r it ices.
:5. "(; f. uiiuT price, $ -"i.OO
7.00; f. n-iiH r price, 10.00
s.(M; former price, TJ.iX)
".MM); f.. ni i r i .t !-. 14 .OH
lO.IMI; former pi i c, 1-VOU
2. '.". ::.oo :m.i
.YK; former price, N.0O
I'i.IKI; former price, O.OO
7l: former juice, ll'.oo
'..Oo; former price, lii.OO
If e Will Now Offer Yon Great Bargains in Shoes.
'' to s:;.oo
.si to .50
l.iT.to 2 75
.Ji to 1.50
V, A FEW LADIES' COATS TO CLOSE OUT AT $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 AND $7.00;
$6 CO. $7.00. $8.00 AND $12.00.
GliNTS' ITITIIIVIKIIIxNCjS (iOODS,
! . : i !V. i , :'.". up to 1 t H f. r the I ( 1 if.e ( vi" ! liir: s. .1. r
1 1 ! i- r a :in -oth. r 1 hit in the country foi L'.-jti. We al.-o
::'w :t ! :tlv liinH 1:1" : !.-.
Economy Clothing and Dry Goods House,
Next Door to Bank, CARROLLTOWN, PA.
N5 THfc 14
ft
- f z V-piiil, snvjF or p"inhr. Jpph'sd into t? rutrils it is
fcR ty i is;. htf tinnjfjr'st r sfit by mail on, Tf'rijtt qf frri-'e. n 11 O
m ELY BROTHERS. 5S Yarran Strast NEW YORK. OUb
ick Tfafla-ho and relieve all tbo tronhlea fncf-d-Tit
t a l-iliou9 eMtoof tho cyncem. such
r;.-ztiess, ICau.sca, Drowsiness, Instrrsa after
eotmg. l':u: iu tui) ic. Vlulo tiii.-ir ni't
rciuorkiiblu Fncreaa lias bitn elio-B iu cu:iii
TleaSache. yt Carter's Litflo Llvnr Pffla an
etiliy vlnaVlo in Constipation. -nriiiKautl pre
thiRannoyinrcouiplaint.'ufcilu tlioy also
corrr-ctallttisoril.-rsot tunetouuu hunmlatetho
cared
.5 EuSlrl
Slier TTOtil J txi almost priv,l-'a5 to those
,i'-r from tliirf 'lisTt-ssiu comprint: lint fortii-
, i,... wwl 1 M-ii notnt bre.ani tltoS)
Trlo.u-;try thorn will those lit tlo pillsvaliv.
11 i ; . u i 1 1 yi 1 1 ...j - -
ling to ao without them. But after all nick nec4.
tljiu in so juony r.-ays tuat tucy v.ui uui do v.l-
la the 1 me of pr many lives that horo Is whersi
liiaVoniirprert boast. Ourpillacureitwnua
Cirti-rt i.'ttle liver aro Tory small anU
i not.
r - I' ' l.l.-v.l.wt'i ''- - -
ii,.:v nrost'ictly ve:' tal la an 1 do not pripa or
:r"-. lt.it .v Un i- ;--nti-jac'ii'D. plomoall uh'J
l 'i :;.'.-!h. In vi.-ls.i A"-iitit : loo for $1. Bo!i
. iIa gis'-S everj"vit te. or ut by nuul.
?asTF? tm;.iMK CO.. New york.
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r!" SMALL yjit. SMALL rraUc
FOR ARTISTIC
JOB PRINTING
TRY THE FREEMAN.
Eteistei Firs InsnraEce Ipcj,
rr. AV. DICK,
General Insurance Agent,
Kit KNSli UJi G, J'A .
3 rf5feC'
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ACHE
PROFITS
All-'Ml Henrietta, tinot. -l-mcat
r ;ini;li:ims, -
I'ine C'a.'-liiiien-s, in all colors, .... JAc,
l'iue C'nshiiieres, in all colors, ... Hoe.,
l-'ine AiI-WimiI Cloth, iu all colors, ... MTe.,
Fine Jinham, - fx,
Fine r.leiii he.l Muslin, ..... 8,
Fine I'lilileaehetl Mu-liii, ....
Fine l'.lf.u liol ami I'nbleaclieil Cotton Flannel, - 7c.,
Fine I Slue Calico,
A 1 1 1 1 1 line of llankets, ..... "inc. to $4 a
A full line of 1 lorse l'.lankets.
How Do You Like These Prices
Fine Floor t il Cloth, 1 van I i!e.
Fine F'oor ( ill Cloth, H yarils wile,
Fine Floor til Cloth, J van Is wiile,
Fine Tahle Oil Cloth, assorteal,
.r Clot h, fi in 4Vc. up to .1?5, t lie 1m st. Fine
have a line line of '1 1 iniks the Ch a si ami
THE MARKETS.
PiTTSBCBO. J:tn. 23.
WHEAT No 1 rt, 57(uVio: Na. 2 red. ad
5Ti-.
f iliX-N'n. 2 yellow oar. 4S49o: mixed me.
Vl47r-; No. 2 yellow shelled. VJ.47c
OATS No. 1 white. .Hi'-JaiKv; No. 2 do.. 3H Q
;' .,; extra No. 3 white, r ft.tiu ; mixed. S4
HAY CTioiee timothy, tl2.lir12.30: No. 1
timothy. $1 l."l tl2 00: No. 2 timothy, tlO.T.V'l
11.00: mix-l rlorer and timothy. !10.7.V5ll 00;
pneking, K't.'S it'. 00; No. 1 feeding prairie, t&M
(tt'.t OO: wiiicon hny, $U Ualrt.lO.
HL'TTKK Elin creamery, 27i$2ttn; Ohio
fiinr-y rreiiniery. 21't.22c; fanny country roll.
17'a I-: low ifi-:iles and cooking. ftlOc
CHKKSR hio, mild. lWUl'ic; New Vork
new, ll1 j al'Je. ; limlerfter. fall inako. loo; Wis-con-iin
SwiiH. l:tf 13-j:: Ohio Swiss,
WiliS Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and
Ohio cases. 2i28: ctonit;e, 10(18c: southern
and wstem. fresh, 21(a22o-
IHL'LTltY-Iviri;.) live chickens, 50 4iVi per
pair: live ehieketw, nmiill. :HW; dueks. 6.1 J
Hik r piiir. ;is to size; lrtss4-d iiW'ken.s, 10
lie per pound; turkeys, lliil'i: per pound;
ducks. 12i.l:c-: spring chickens. ll4l2o; livn
turkeys. 7i!,!c per pound; live geese, 90c(J
11.00 per pair.
East Iibkhtt. Pa.. Jan. 22.
CATTTE Receipts lileral this week ; fl(
cars on salt. The demand is Homewhat lem
this wk, compared to last. The market IS
opening up slow, with prices 10(t20c tower on
all icrtwles. Prime. ." U5.;iO:Kool.4.jOi(i.l. 80;
:(xl butchers. 4.0014.:)0: rough fat, $3 00"t3.);
fair liKht steers. 4si.2llii$:1.40; litfht stokers.
$J.tt:j.20; i;cmk1 fat cows and heifers, $2.30
(a:i 20: bulls, stags and wi, $2.00'lr3. 10 : fresh
cows and springers, Hnf"io.
H HiS li'ceipts light, but thedemand ts fair,
market opinina up slow at the following prices
on heavy grades, while steady on light:
H.-avy I'hihwlelphias. 4.4O''i4.n0: medium Phil
udelphias. 4.:4.:5: ln-st Yorkers. 4.204.25;
common to fair Yorkers. $4.10(34.13: roughs,
fy.iOn.;t.75.
SHKKP Snpply Is light for both sheep and
lamtw, and the demand, is good. The market
opened up sUcidy at yesterday's advance from
last week. We quote prici-s as follows:
Extra, fc!.rtO"?:l.75: good. $im115j fair. I2.I.V4
2.:io; common, 50i-a4l25; yearlings, $2.t.Ticj
Hi; ln-st l.-imKs, J4.41Ca4.75: common to fail
lambs, $2.ft3."U; calves. So.OWAtl.OO ; heavy aoc
tluu calves. J2 omaJ.OO.
- Cincinnati. Jan 22.
HO(5S Market steady at KJ.5044 30; receipts.
1.2H0 head: shipments, beal.
CATTLE Market quiet at S2.0M.tJ:
(eipts. 21W head : shipments. :M) head.
SHKKP AND LAM1SS Sheep, market steads
at Sl.jU44.00; receipts, COO heal ; shipments
nuue. Lambs in fair demand at 12.50J4 25
New York. Jan. ti
WHEAT Spot market weaker. No. 2 red,
store and elevator. 5?-fc' : afloat. HO-'fi';;
f. o. b.. -V.sc afloat; No. 1" northern. 68 da
livered : No. 1 hard. Oiic delivered.
COltN Spot market weaker. No 8. iSp;
ti-iiier mixed. 474 i 47.
OATS Spot market inactive. No. 2. Sic
No. 2 delivered, 34c; So. 3, 32c; No. 2 white
3ti.;Srt',c: No. S,35V,c; track white. 340c
CATTLE European cables quote Amerft-ax
t.s-rs at llmlJc per pound, dressed weight;
refrigerator lecf at Walofc.
SHEEP AN1 LAMKS Market very dull, but
rt.-ady ; sheep, poor to prime. I2.5U $3.75: lambs,
voiiimon to choice, $J.o0.5.00o.
HOCiS Market firmer at $4.304.!.
New Postmasters Nominated.
"Washixoton. Jau. 23. The prsi
dent has sent the following uominutioa
for postmasters to the senate: Samuel
K. Smith, Tippecanoe City. O.; Will
iam It. Honser, ChamhersbarK, Pa.; V.
K. Marshall. Kit tanning-. Pa., aud Darnel
II. Johnson, IiluefielJ, V. Va.
Lynchers Held For s M order.
O'Nl-'.lI. Neb., .Tan. 23. (ieorpe Molli
han and Mose Elliott have tnn held
withont hail on the -charge of niurdei
in the fir.st defree for tlie Ijiichingof Bar
rett. Scott, the defaulting ex-treasurer
of Holt county.
Argentine's Iresitlent Itesifrn.
Bi F.xos Aykes, Jan. 23. Dr. Saem
Pen, pr-silent of the Argentine Re
public, has sent in hia resignation to
i-ongress and that ldy proclaimed Senoi
Uriburu. the vice president, to be presi
dent uf Llio republia.
T.RSS THAN
35 cents.
5 cents,
wtrtli 40r,
worth
worth
worth
worth
worth
worth
worth
KH;.
S'.
l(k-.
tM'.
IOC.
He.
pair.
on Potters' Oil Cloth?
-5c. jer yanl.
35o. er yanl.
55e. jK-r yanl.
-fOe. jer yarJ.
FORMER PRICES, $5.00,
Hats from 5(( to l..r0 dr the
l'.ist you tvr haw. Come one
A LITTLE TOO QUIET.
The funereal Mlence Tbat Pervades the
Channel Islands.
Jersey and tluernsey are gardens,
says a recent French visitor to the
Channel islands. The fields are so neat,
so carefully kept, that they seem rather
like garden plots. The least corner of
eartli is cultivated the roadsides,
every little hollow, and even "an inch
of earth on the end of a rock."
I Jut these Kdcus are silent, the trav
eler goes on to say. Now aud then
people on the islands smile; but no one
ever laughs. Laughter is unbecoming,
and to laugh aloud would W scandal
ous, The birds sing, but not the people.
Even the children are sober little men
and women rather than children. The
trees are yews, cypresses and weeping
willows.
When the people go to walk, they
take to the cemeteries. Lovers ex
change vows upon tombstones, and
houses that are near graveyards rent
more readily and at a better price on
that account.
"We are admirably situated in our
new house,"said a young Jersey woman
to the French writer; "we are right op
posite the cemetery, and I can see the
tombs from the windows of my led
room. In the moonlight the view is
lovely."
And still the Frenchman has to ad
mit that there is something very at
tractive iu this solemnity and stillness.
The longer he remained in the islands
the less he felt like coming away.
Another Moon.
A city-bred, tenement-bred young
ster took his first exursion into the
country with a "fresh-air"' party, says
the New York Tribune. It happened to
le at the time of the full moon. Night
after night the little fellow went out
after supper and sat upon a stone behind
the farmhouse, and watched the won
drous orb as it rose behind the trees.
Then his week expired, and he went
lick to his tenement district. A year
passed, and as it happened the fresh
air fund sent the same susceptible boy
to the same farmhouse. Supper was
eaten, and he slipped out In-hind the
house and made straight for the stone
in the back yard. Hut where was the
moon? He looked and looked, till
finally, not in the east, but in the west,
he discovered a slim silver crescent.
The disappointment was too much for
him, and he returned to the house,
weeping. "Oh, it isn"t the same fel
ler!" he said. "It isn't the same feller
we had last year!"
Cottou from Wood.
An artificial cotton, said to be much
cheaper than the natural, is reported
from France. It is made from the
wood of the pine, spruce or larch.which
is defibrated and then disintegra-d
and bleached with a hot solution of bi
sulphide of soda and chloride of lime.
The resulting pure cellulose is treated
with chloride of zinc, castor oil and
gelatine, and the paste is passed
through a perforated plate. This gives
a thread, which is woven into a pre
sentable fabric.
Electric Sunstroke.
It is now claimed that there is such a
thing as electric sunstroke. The work
ers around electrical furnaces in which
metal aluminum is produced suffer
from them. The intense light causes
p:iinful congestions, which cannot be
wholly prevented by wearing deep-colored
glasses.
WITHOUT A THRONE.
A King Who Was Without Honor
In Hia Own Country.
History la Brief of t he I .ate Count of
I'arU Ills Services aa a Volun
teer In the Cnl ted
States Army.
Louis Philippe Albert, Com te de Paris,
whose death occurred recently, writes
Pierre CVuninges in Golden Days,
claimed to be the king of France. He
was, however, never on the throne and
never acknowledged king in France.
The monarchical governments of Eu
rope, as a rule, professed to believe
that he really was king, but, of course,
to preserve their friendly relations
with the republic, they were forced to
recognize the president as the chief ex
ecutive of that country.
Nevertheless, Louis Philippe was re
garded as a king by quite a strong par
ty, who will now turn to his son, Louis
Philippe Koliert, a young man of twenty-five,
who is very much in earnest in
his pretensions to the throne of France.
Cointe de Paris was born iu Paris on
August 24. 1S3S, and became, by the
death of his father in 1S42, the imme
diate heir to the crown his grandfather,
Iiuis Philippe, had picked up when
Charles X. dropped it in his flight from
Paris, after the "Three Glorious Days"
of July, 18:t0.
When he was ten years of age Comte
de Paris was, with his grandfather.
King Louis Philippe, driven from
France by the revolution of
Though too young to remember his
father's death, Comte de Paris d iubt
less always rememliered the scene
when his brave mother took him and
his brother to the chamtterof deputies,
only to escape therefrom at the peril of
their lives. After many dangers, the
fugitives succeeded in crossing the
frontier, and went to live at a country
house belonging to the grand duke of
Saxe-Weimar.
The exiled king and queen reached
England, and there the ex-king died in
l.V). Ever afterwards Comte de Paris
has occupied the Msition of pretender
to the French throne.
--lie has lived a very quiet life, en
livened by very slight conspiracies,
none of which involved any very dan
gerous schemes, and as a result he has
lieen very little lefore the public eye.
The only time, indeed, when he came
very prominently K-fore the world
was in lstll, when, accompanied by his
brother. Due de Chart res. and his
uncle. lrince de Joinville. he came to
America and offered his serrices as a
volunteer to aid in the preservation of
the union, lien. McClellan, then com
mander of the army of the Potomac,
made him and his brother oflicers on
his staff, with the rank of captain.
John Jacob Astor, whose name will
always le a synonj-in for millionaire in
the L'nitetl States, was also on the staff
of the general. 1 tot lithe distinguished
foreigners were oledient, well-behaved
and thoroughly acquainted with
the duty of their positions. Comte
de Paris was repeatedly intrusted by
fJen. McClellan with important and
dangerous commissions, which he ful
filled with credit and ability. For
more than a year the comte partici
pated in the varying fortunes of the
ami- of the Potomac, accepting no pay
for his services.
France began shortly after this to in
terfere in Mexican affairs, and there
arose a coolness Wtween this country
and the comte's, which led to the
comte's resignation, lest he might le
called upon Ut fight his own people. He
therefore resigned his commissi) m, in
spite of lien. McClellan's efforts to re
tain his services.
The overthrow of Napoleon III. and
the downfall of the second empire at
last enabled the comte to return to
France. The third republic, very soon
after it was established, fell into the
hands of a coalition of royalists, who
permitted the Orleans princes to return
to their native land and restored them
their estates, which had lieen confis
cated by Napoleon III., with forty mil
lion francs as an indemnity for the
deprivation of their revenues. The
comte received his share, and also his
ancestral estate.
For awhile it seemed very probable
that the monarchy would le restored:
but, as the partisans of the other
claimants refused to help them, the
French people at last got tired and lie
came for the most part good republic
ans. In 1S73. when it was too late to
do any good, all the claimants to the
French throne, except the ISonauartists,
recognized the comte as de jure king of
France.
A royalist demonstration in lssi led
to the exile of the comte and all mem
bers of his family.
He tok up his residence in England,
and from that country issued mani
festoes declaring that the men who
were ruling France had lost the confi
dence of the people, and the only sal
vation of the nation was to restore the
monarchical form of government.
The new head of the French royal
house Louis Phillippe Robert is
quick, intelligent, active, energetic,
passionately fond of movement, and
uncompromising in the expression of
his thoughts and feelings. Iu dispo
sition and temperament he is singu
larly unlike his father, who was one of
the best informed men living, a deep
thinker and a scholar.
What influence the new pretender
will exert on the destinies of France
cannot be guessed, but the probabil
ities are that, like his father, he will
live and die a mere pretender a king
without a throne or a crown.
A New View of the tlx.
"A railroad train that I was on the
other day," said a man, "went with a
rush and a roar across a little bridge
under which at that moment there was
a man driving an ox team. A moment
later as we rushed on we saw the team
out on the road, the oxen jumping and
skipping and apparently trying to run
away. The driver was standing in the
cart and swinging his goad around and
bringing it down on them with vigor
ous whacks: finally he checked "em. I
tlon't pretend to know much about oxen,
maybe they're given to running away,
but to me it was a new view of the dull
and plodding ox."
During the years from 1835 to 1850
poisoning by means of arsenic became
so common in England that parliament
in 1S51 passed very stringent laws reg
ulating the bale of this poison. Phila
delphia Record.
TO PREVENT FIRES.
OHIclal Caretakers and Loeal Floanrtai
Responsibility Neeeasary.
People who live among our forests
have seen them burn so often, while no
effort was made to a-scertain the cause
or punish the carelessness or criminal
ity of the incendiary, that they have
naturally come to consider forest proi
erty in a class by itself, with no right
to protection against fire, like a dwell
ing house or other property. Not un
til these views are radically changed,
says Garden and Forest, and it is ap
preciated that a forest fire, from its
possible magnitude, is the worst possi
ble fire, will legislation be of substan
tial value. What such legislation
should lie in its essence is well set
forth in a circular to lumbermen pre
pared by H. E. Fernow and sent out by
the department of agriculture. An
efficient law will assume that organ
ized machinery must be provided to
make it effective, and. since the dam
age done by forest fires extends beyond
mere private and tcrsonal los.-,. the
state must lie represented by some one
empowered to organize a fire service.
Responsibility for the execution of the
law must rest upon this executive
head, and facilities for prosecuting of
fenders must be at his command.
Nothing like any voluntary service can
be trusted. Officials must le paid and
must be held responsible for care in
performing their duties and obedience
to regulations. This point cannot be
insisted upon Vm strongly. Protection
against fires will cost money, and this
fact must be recognized at the outset.
Again, the common interest in the pro
tection of property must be recognized
by creating financial liability for its
enforcement on the part of the com
munity and its inemtiers that is. each
county, for example, must le obliged
to pay into the state treasury a certain
sum of money for every acre burned
over each year, as a fire indemnity
fund, to be applied to the maintenance
of the system and for the payment of
damages to those whose property lias
leen burued without neglect on their
own part.
A law based on such principles is
now in force iu Maine, and the eople
of that state are proving that jt can be
made effective.
TWO VIEWS OF CHINA.
Prelates Say She lias Neither Soldiers
, Nor l'at riots.
"I think it isoneof the most thought
ful point, in Divine Providence that the
Chiuamau was born any thing but a sol
dier," said Rt. Rev. Joseph Key. bishop
and late episcopal pastor of China and
Japan of the M. E. church south.
"Why," continued the prelate, "it is a
fact which a great many people know,
and yet which few stop to seriously
consider, that if all the people of this
earth were to pass before you on re
view every third one would le a Chi
naman. If they were a warlike race,
or if. in fact, they were not strongly
averse to war, they could overturn the
world. The Chinese army is but a
skeleton. From the emperor down to
the most petty officer in the empire it
is a sj-siem ot squeezing, and tliey are
all there to make what is in sight.
There are a numlier of posts in China,
each in command of a general, and he
is supposed to have several thousand
men. Really, he will have but few
When word reaches him that in
spection of his forces will le made on
a certain day he goes out into the
rice fields and easily gathers the requi
site nuniU-r, each one of whom he fur
nishes with an imperial ensign and
proudly puts them through some sort
of evolution before the inspector, who
counts them, aud after finding the req
uisite numlier makes the general the
annual allowance. When he is well
out of the section the men are paid for
their time and sent back to the rice
fields. Of course, there are some regu
lar troops, but the knowledge of such
action on the part of the commandant
at interior posts caused me to say it
was but a skeleton."
Mgr. PhilHert Termoz, prelate of the
pope, who comes upon an apostolic
mission and who arrived in San Fran
cisco from the orient the other day.
has spent several years in Japan and
China.
"The great trouble with China." he
said, "is the lack of patriotism among
the people. In Japan every mother's
son is steeped in patriotism. Iu China
a viceroy and a numlier of soldiers are
hired to defend the country. They
might lie so many Hessians for all the
patriotism they possess."
WEALTH IN CIGAR STUBS.
Remarkable Work of a Collector of the
Refuse.
The story told by Mr. Jonathan
Pinchbeck at North Iondon police
court the other day is so remarkable
as fully to deserve the prominence that
has lieen given it in the press, says
London Truth. Mr. Pinchbeck, among
other striking statements, asserts that
from January, ls7i. to January,
he picked up on his way to and from
work iu the neighborhood of Clapton
oOO.OOO cigar ends, which he valued at
1.S0U, He estimates the distance cov
ered in these daily walks at ll.S"i3
miles. Even allowing him a walk on
Sundays, -this would mean that for
seventeen years he picked up very
nearly 100 cigar ends jer day iu the
course of less than a two-mile walk.
Each walk would not have taken him
much over an hour. Further, iu seven
teen years he collected tobacco to the
value of 1,34 in. which means a return
of aliout lm per annum, or over 40
shillings per week, for an hour's work
per day. If this can le done in the
neigh borhood of Clapton, the returns
would be vastly greater in the West
End. where cigar ends are presumably
more plentiful. The vicar of All Souls",
Clapton, has written to the papers to
guarantee that Mr. Pinchlnt-k is a de
serving man. If the vicar can also
guarantee that he is a truthful one. a
new and lucrative industry has been
discovered.
The f-any Man.
Speculations as to the early condi
tion of the first men and women are by
no means pleasant ones. There were
no words expressive of love or hate,
simply coughings, splutterings, hiss
ings. We did not stand erect, but
crouched. The legs were without any
calf. If the Ainu is taken as a type,
we were covered with short hair, which,
it is believed, ran into shades of red.
Foreheads were low and protruded,
mouths mere muzzles, and the teeth
were like fangs. Ears ran to points,
and there were no lobes at the base.
HORSEFLESH FOR FOOD.
The Taste for It Spreadlnc Knrope
Sentiment and Science Acaiut It,
Hipixiphagy. nrtu speak less euphe
mistically, the habit of eating horse
flesh, is spreading in Europe. While
savage man is known to have sated his
ravenous hunger on horseflesh or any
other variety of flesh he could find,
the modern origin of this eculiar
taste dates from the siege of Paris,
during the Franco-Prussian war, when
the populace were compelled from dire
necessity to sacrifice this noble quad
ruped to sustain life. Many acquired
a taste for the meat and the demand
for it did not cease with the capitula
tion of the city.
It was to lie seen on sale at many
of the butchers" stalls, and has U-en
ever since a staple article of diet for
thousands of the poor of the French
capital. For horseflesh is much cheaiier
than lieef. Ilcef in l"ari is worth
twenty cents a pound, while horseflesh
can lie had for eight cents a pound,
which affords a reason why the liar
ba rous custom should take a firm hold
upon these people when once necessity
gave it root.
Once planted in Paris the practice
spread to other continental cities, espe
cially ISerlin. where horseflesh is con
sumed iu considerable quantities bv
the poorer classes, and the medical au
thorities and humanitarians are raising
their voices against what they justly
consider a barbarous and dangerous
custom.
The medical men warn the eaters of
horseflesh that the horse is peculiarly
liable to the disease known as trichino
sis, also found in hog, and while cook
ing gvnerally destroys the germs of
this disease, it cannot always lie de
Iended on to do so. The disease is
frightfully fatal in its effects and laf
fles indical skill.
Tin humanitarians take the ground
of sentiment, urging the almost human
affection of the horse and the close
companionship he has shared with man
since the dawn of the human race. A
base return, they deem it. to slaughter
and eat this noble creatdre. In spite
of these warnings and protests hip
Iophagy is on the increase in Europe.
It has not j-ct reached England, nor is
it likely to as long as the roast ln-ef
and mutt. m of Australia and New Zea
land last- Still, if the sentimental
Pritishers are too squeamish to eat
their horses, they are not too squeam
ish to sell them to the continent to lie
eaten, yuite a numlier of snjeraunu
ated equines are exjwirted for that pur
pose. RIDE FOR LIFE IN ARIZONA.
A I'larkv Woman Who Save.1 a Snake-
titten Miner from Iteath.
At Smith's mill, fifty miles northwest
of Phenix. arising from his cot the
other night for a drink of water, says
the Tucson Miner. Harry Carroll
stepped squarely upon a rattlesnake
and was bitter ujon the ltre f.nit.
There were two pints of frontier
whisky at the camp, and oue of these
Carroll immediately dumj-d into his
system. Stowing the other in his
pocket, he then mounted a horse and
started for the stage station at the
canyon of the llassjiyamjia. a dozen
miles away. n the road he drank the
remaining flask, and from that time on
knew nothing, save that he fell from
his horse. Mr. Conger, the custodian
of the station, was alarmed to see the
horse coming back, and mounted the
animal, and. accompanied by her dog.
she startetl on the search. Eight miles
away, in the stony hills, fully exposed
to the glare of Arizona's July sun.
solely through the intelligence of the
dog. Carroll was found lying uncon
scious. He had lieen there eleven
hours. The plucky woman loaded the
suffering man on the horse and. bring
ing him to the mill, nursed him out of
danger. The day was hot in the ex
treme, and the dog. searching for the
man. liecame overheated and on re
turning to the camp died within a few
hours. It may In- liclieved that he was
given a burial as good as the camp
could afford.
"I WANT TO. KISS PAPA."
1'athetie Appeal or a Uttle (ilrl Whose
father Had l5-t-n Sent to I'riMin.
Among the prisoners arraigned in
Jefferson Market police court the other
day. says the New York Recorder, was
a laborer, charged with intoxication.
As he was led from the noisome pen a
pale, careworn woman, leading a pret
ty child of four years, made her way to
the bar and licgan to plead in his lie
half. He had taken his bit too much,
to lie sure, and it wasn't the first time,
alas! but he was a good man when him
self. Couldn't the judge lie easy on
him? I'pon the stolid, well-fed magis
trate this plea had some effect, but not
much.
"Ten days!" was the laconic sen
tence, after a brief interview with the
Miliceman who had made the arrwst.
The unhappy wife turned away with
a sob, but the little girl held back,
and, grasping her father's hand in
quired: "Aren't you going home with
us. papa?"
The prisoner's eyes filled with tears.
End he tried to whisper something to
the little one, but a big policeman
grasped him roughly by the arm aud
hustled him away.
"Don't do that! Don't take my fa
ther away! I want to kiss papa!" cried
the child, struggling to follow the
hard-hearted bluecoat and his captive.
She had her way. to. for that police
man would have made himself the most
unpopular person iu New York if he
had not pleased to allow the unhappy
little family to exchange affectionate
farewells. And the child was led from
the ugly place wondering what it all
meant.
Where Was He Krousht I pf
Who says there is no American lan
guage? Harper's Magazine gives the
following story as evidence that in
some portions of our land a tongue is
spoken that is distinctively our own.
lrof. F.. of Harvard, tells the talc. He
was at a picnic, and after the affair
was well under way a carpenter, a
sturdy New Englander. apH-ared on
the scene with several planks, out of
which he proceeded to construct the
dinner-tables. Noting the thickness of
the planks, the professor chaflingly in
quired why it was necessary to use
such heavy timber. "Why?" returned
the carpenter. "Why. in order that
not when diuner'shalf cat tables might
squash and victuals leave us." It was
some hours liefore the professor was
able to translate this satisfactorily,
but he finall- discovered that it could
be done.
HOBBES AND GEOMETRY.
low lie Happened to Fall In 1-c
ilth
It- Went to Oxford.
Hobbes got his Latin and Creek at
Malmcsbury from a young scholar
named Uichard Iatymer. newly come
from the university (doubtless meaning
Oxfordl. and. as was then common, he
acquired by exclusive attention t.ithose
languages a facility in them which now
seems not only precocious but almost
monstrous, says the National Levicw.
"It i not to lie forgotten." saysAubrcy.
"that liefore he went to the university
he had turned Euripidis Medea out of
lireek into Iitin iamhiques. which he
presented to his master." We need not
regret that this performance is not pre
served, for II iblies, though ready
enough in handling lx.th Creek and
Latin, does not app ar to have len a
tine or accurate scholar.
Hobbes was not yet fifteen w hen he
went to Oxford. He did not care much
for logic, yet he learned it and thought
himself a good disputant. There is no
reason to think he learned anything
else at Oxford save a strong dislike of
academic institutions and methods. He
turned from the ofticial studies to
amuse himself with geography and
voyages. As to mathematics, there
was no ofticial recognition of them at
all while Hoblics was at the university.
So there is nothing improliable in the
statement that Iloblies hail never
opened a copy of Euclid until he was
near middle age. The story is licsttold
in Aubrey's own words:
"llf was forty years old Wfore he
looked tin geometry, which hapelied
accidentally, lieing in a gentleman's
library, "Euclid's Elements" lay ojieii
and it was the 47th Prob.. Lib. I. So
he reads the proposition. "l!v !"savs
he: "this is impossible." So he reads the
demonstration of it. which referred
him back to another, which he also
read, 'et sic deinceps.' that at lat lie
was demonstratively convinced of that
truth. This made him in love with
geometry."
CHINESE CONSUMPTIVES. .
The Mongolians Speedily Suec-nsub to the
I tread IHseieae.
That there is a large Chinese popula
tion in Itostou is well known, and yet
it is seldom that one bears of a death
in the Chinese quarter. The projr
tion of Chinese residents, says the llos
ton Transcript, is small as compared
with those of other nationalities, and
there is no way to tell the exact num
lier of deaths among them, as they are
recorded by the city officials under the
head of miscellaneous nationalities.
Inquiry reveals the fact that Chinamen
in nearly every case tlie of consump
tion. They are ill. as a rule, but a
short time. In their native eountry
thcir principal diet is rice, which, from
its healthfulness. tends to lengthen
life. When they ln-gin business here
all their habits change. They work
early and late, seldom leaving their
shops, and as they succeed they Inirin
to eat American ftl. It is remarked I it
all with whom they have dealings that
they always buy the ln-st the markets
afford. It is their custom to work un
til midnight or alter ami then enjoy a
hearty meal. If they are well to do
they are certain to have chickens and
whatever fruit can lie procured, no
matter how expensive it may le. If
they have just startetl in the laundry
business it is quite likely that they
will form a company and adjourn ti
the nearest "night lunch wagon"" tit
as most t.f them do, in such
small rooms, when sickness overtake?
them they cannot receive projn-r car
aud they are carried to the hospitals.
IT WAS NO CAT.
The Malodorous Kpt-rienre of Two I n
sophisticated Policemen.
Two policemen were trudging alone
their Wat on Pcquot avenue, in the
heart of New Ituidon. at a late hour
the other night, says the Huston Her
ald, and they were in it hunting at all
not scenting game at any rate when a
thickset looking cat sauntered aloiiif
the sidewalk, clad in a gay striju-.l
suit fashionable in country walks at
thi season.
"Kitty! Kitty!" called one patrolman,
kindly. "Come here, kee-eety!" and
then he tappet! the stranger gently
with the tip of his night stick.
l!ut it was not a cat in the least not
a cat of the kind they were used to
and it grossly and lsely abused their
confidence, and so they fairly ham
mered the stuffing out of the ungrate
ful lieast, Imth men did.
In fact it see met 1 as if they could
never get their fill of satisfaction out of
it. so brimful of indignation and resent
ment anil other emotions ami things
were they: and then they Imre the frail
remains of their prey into the juilice
station with more deference than ten
derness. Hut the police captain temporarily
excused them from doing further duty
in the populous and cultured walks of
the town, and nightly now thev patrol
a lonesome and sequestered picket iu
the far outskirts, and relations are
strained lietwcen them and the rest
their fellow-citizens.
Knr'and'a Suhmartne Cable Srttrm.
The war in Corea has just brought
out prominently the control which
England has over the submarine'cable
system of the world. English com
panies own lines having a length of
more than l.VUM) miles, which ctisl
over i'.m.tssi.isst and produce a revenue
of more than fl.issussi. The govern
ment has tlone everything in its power
to facilitate the laying of these cables
by subvention and patronage, and the
preliminary surveys have been nearlv
all made by the naval authorities. In
return the companies are obliged to
give priority to the dispatches of the
imperial and colonial governments
over all others to employ no for
eigners and to allow nt wire to lie
under the control of foreign govern
ments and in case of war to replace
their servants by government officials
when required.
Only Six Tons of It.
There are only six tons of platinum
commercially in existence; it is indis
pensable for glow electric lamps, for
no other metal as giwxl an electrical
conductor can lie fused into the glass.
Therefore, its price has increased with
in recent years many hundred times
and threatens to go yet higher. Either
a substitute conductor will have to lie
discovered or a new variety of glass
made with a coefficient of expansion
nearer that of ordinary metal. There
Li a big bonanza here for some iu-Teator.
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