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reeman
Atlvertiwirig- llate4.
Tbe lars:sand reliable elrralstioe et tbe Ciw
JA Fbbkwaw mnaeiiii it to tbe tavorsM
consideration of a.lTertlaers whose lavors will" ir
averted at the follow ins; low rate :
i.,nc?'f .- n 50
1 Inch, I months..... ............. .......... 2.W
1 Inch, 6 months........... .'.V. . t.aa
1 Inch . l year..... ...... ................." i.i u
2 Inches, t moo tilt 1. 1.. .". . 6.V
3 Inches, I year.... ...... ..........J."" loco
Inches. months ........... ........... ... .
a Inches. I year ...... ......... 3. SO
colnmn, months..... ...... ia.it
column. 6 montki...... ... ......... 90.00
WeolDos, I year AS.aa
lroluma, months.............. ...... 40. oe
1 col a mo, I year 7k.ee
Business Items, erst insertion, hie. per line
subsequent Insertions, sc. per line
Administrator's and 4 iterator's Notices., tl M
Auditor's Notices .... . sjm -
Stray and similar Notices X be
aT-Kesolutions or procenlnas ol sot corpora
tion or society and euBBasmtioni deis:nd to
call attention to any matter ot limited or indl
vidnal Interest mast be paid tor as adverttMnents.
Hook and Job f-nntln of all kinds neatly and
ezedlonsiy execs led at the lowest prices. A ad
don'tyoa lrjcet it.
BI K(. CAMBHIA "., PE.N.NA.
B J4ME HAS0.,
Circulation,
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11 nut pMi.J wltlnu 3 months. 1.75
k n.'t pvid within 6 month;. 2 00
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1.1 ''-,'! ..n the same foottmca thote who
JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor.
'HE IS A FRKKMAH WHOM THK TRSTH MAKES FREE AKD ALL ABE 6 LA YES BESIDE.'
k-1 ',. ra.-t te iltioclly understood trocs
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VOLUME XXIX.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1895
lire 1 oo hort.
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Wo ore selling oflT all our Winter Stock at LESS THAN
COST. The reason for this Startling Reduction is that
we must have room. Spring will soon he here and
1 ather cany anything over we will sell at a sacrifice.
A (Genuine Bargain for everybody.
NOTICE 1 FEW
:J..r(; finiiu-r jitice,
7.00; f..ri.,. r ,.ri. s 10.00
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We Will Now Offer Yon Great Banains in Floes.
1 '" to :;.oo
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1. -'" to 1!. 75
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U - A FEW LADIES' COATS TO CLOSE OUT AT $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 AND $7.00 ; FORMER PRICES $5 00
S6.C0. $7.00, $8.00 AND $12.00. ' -' '
CilZTSTS V T J I HIT IIS C C.OODS,
I ,i . I i i. tu. :!i ft. in up to '1.1 0 f. r llie 1 st. 1 ine ver liiris. .leis. v or Cloth, fn m 4Vc. up to 1.2f. the Ust. J ire Hats from 50c to 1 50 tr the
: 1 " H..t iai:.lii any other Hat in the cunliy for L'..M. V also have a line line of '1 1 unkf the Chtaj st and Ust vou t ver saw. Cone one
: . .-. i :i I -a :i - leady to show our noo. Is.
Economy Clothing and Dry Goods House
Next Door to Bank, CARROLLTOWN, PA.
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. - iff. it l quid, muff or p-'wdsr. Applied into Vie wstrils it it
nl ft f:- f. S'd druijni'xt r nt by nuiilin receipt of 'jrrire. fltf
JUG ELY BROTHERS. 56 Warren Street NEW YORK. DUu
CARTERS
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PILLS.
Pick Ilpadache and relievall tlio tronblea IOCS'
dent to a bilious Btiteof tbe ayncoiD. such as
Iiz7jnen. Nausea, Drowsiness. Distrow alter
f ating. 1 um in tue f-i lt &c VTiilo their moafi
reiuarkabla sucrexs has been shown in curing u
Ileaaarhe. ypt Cartor's IJttlo Liver PflTs ars
equally valuablo in Cuiiatipation. curing auj pra
T'Jiiting t!iiHannoyiiiKCoijiplaint.whilo th. y al t
correct all JisnrdiTsof IhoMoma. hiinmlato the
livi-r and lugulnte tue bowels, iivca it tbej only
cared
AehethcTwotil JboalmoatpricplcestothonowIlO
auhtrr f rom tbiHli--ir.i5fini?coinpiaiiit; butfortn
tatMlv tLeirooUuHtf lcs notaui herauiil thoaa
xriof m etry ttiem will had these little pills valn
elile 1n pomtny ways that they will not bo 'il
lg to do without them. Bat after allsick heal
Is the lano of no many lives that hero is whra
wcraaVociirirreat boosC Onr pillscuroit whiia
Olttrj Co U'it.
tartf-r'a I.ittln liver Tills are very small anU
vrr ea. y to t.ik. Oi.e or two pilla uutea dosa.
Tl. y a:e etneiiy vc'etahlo and do not jrr'P or
.iit-. b::tly tl.cir nntlj action pleasoall who
i:-jt!jc:u. la vislf 'Srrnttf : tivofortl- iSokl
i j tiruisU everr'heru' ut St Ut
3A.7TER KtEOtwiNE CO.. New Vor't.
' "?. M! LOOSE, SMALL PRICE
FOR ARTISTIC
CURE
Z nuwtaTY ; IHR PRINTING
TRY THE FREEMAN.
llnlm Fire Insurance Zpc;,
General Insurance Agent,
KBKKSMiUJSG, 1A.
0 P ROB
OF OVIl r II ICES.
TV-tiro O111 IriceM on
a11 - V,h,1 H.-nriKta, liiu-st.
I jui-at-r iitiirluiins
Fine (.'a.lniieres. in all inlors. ...
Fine Cawlniieres, in all tlors, ,
Fine AH-Woi.l Clotli, in all colors,
Fine iinliam. -
Fine IMeaelietl Muslin, ....
Fine I'ni.Ieaeheil .Mti-lin, -Fine
rK"a liel an.l Unbleached CVtton Flannel,
F'ine Flue Calico, -
A full line of IMankets, ....
A full line of Horse l'.lankets.
How Do You Like These Prices
Fine Hour ( lit Cloth. 1 van! wi.le. -
Fine Floor il Cloth, 14 yards, w i.le,
Fine FlM.r Oil Cloth," L'" yards wUle,
Fine Table Oil Cloth, assorted,
THE MARKETS.
PiTTSBrno. Jan. 3.
WHEAT No. 1 red. 5fts57o; No. a reu. 55(9
e.
CORN No. 2 yellow ear, 47'?H8c: mixed ear.
46MH.r; o. 2 yellow shelled. 4A47o.
OATS No. 1 white, dtiisboc; No. 8 do., 36
(aai'ic; extra No. i white. 35s35.'io; mixed, b
HAY Choice timothy. I12.00r412.501 No. 1
timothy. J112.Vnll.5o; No. U timothy, 110 74
ll.UU; mixed clover and timothy. K0.75i411.0U
ptu-king, i.(Xra,d.50: No. 1 feeding priune, 3.50
Cg.9.iXi; wKon hay. SM.UCrgld.uo.
BLTTEK Elin creamery. 27'328o: Ohio
I fancy creamery, iilc; fancy oountry roil.
lttJOc: low prudes nd cookin. 910c
CHEESE Ohio, mild. lliHH4c; New York
new. HV.yalio; llmlxirirer. fall make, loVjllo;
v isuonsin bwisa. iaAlito; Ohio tswiati. 11H
EtiOS Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and
Ohio cases. Wlk; storage, li$19o; southern
and western, fresh, 21 aiic.
PoULTliY Large live chir-kens, 60,65c per
p.ur; live chlcken.4, Bmiall. 46fj50c; ducks, 6u4
boo per pair, as to size ; dressed chickens, 10 4
lie per pound; turkeys. ll'12o per pound;
ducks, lt'9loc: live turkeys, ft$fcto per pound I
live geese, bucctl.00 per pair.
East Liberty. Pa.. Jan 29.
CATTLE Receipt fair, but ths demand
is only fair, market opening op slow at
unchanged prices from yesterday's quotations.
Prime, t5.0ua5.2O; good, UbH6b; Rood
butchers, W.90 4.15: rough fat, tSUCV.TUi
fair liht steers. d.H)1.85; good fat cows
and heifers. ta.2fy$8.M; bulls, stags and oows.
iz t(M.ai; frerth cows and springers, 11545
HOGS Receipts light today ; demand only
fair, while the quality of stock is not
very good; steady at unchanged prices.
Heavy Philadelphia. t4 5.V4l.rto; medium Phlt
adelphias, 4.44.5o; best Yorkers, 4.i5$4.5U;
common to fair Yorkers, $4.tWJ4.40; roughs,
fa.ui'a.4 1JS
WHEEP Supply fair and the market
steady for both sheep and laraha. Extra,
J.!.tc.S.r); good, f3.0ta.4O; fair,
2 50; common, t l.oa.OU; yearlings, S2.5t9
B.T5; best lambs, S4.6o44.6U; common to fair
lambs, S2.50-a4.UU: calves, t4.oOA5.75; heavy and
thin calves, t2.uuaS.uU
ClNCIMSATI. Jan. 29.
HOOS Market slow and lower at 13. ri44.50:
receipts. 2.i- head; shipments. CiJD head.
CATTLE Market steady at J3.UU45 0U1 r
ceipts, 2uu hivi ; shipments, 20U.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep, market in
good demand and firm at S1.7V4 25; re
ceipts, Ho head; shipments, none. Lambs firm
at t.t.75'4.50
Naw York, Jan. 29
WHEAT Ppot market irregular. No. I
red, store and elevator, 5fic; afloat, 5HHc;
f o. b.. 67?B5Ti afloat: No. 1 northern, 6Ho
delivered ; o. 1 hard, fto afloat.
CORN Boot market irregular. No 2. 47,o
elevator; steamer mLaed, 46o; elevator, 4C
ic delivered ; No. 3, 47o.
OAT Spot market quiet. No. S, 8$U4So:
No. a. 33 ; No. 2 white, 3frWfto; No. 3 white,
35S"; mixed whit western, 37(41 o; mixed
white state, S7 $41o-
CATTLE European cables quote Amerioaa
steers at lUHallc per pound, dressed weight;
refrigerator beef at Hs.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market Arm and
slightly higher; sheep, poor to fair. 8-UO$4A)0i
lanbs, common to choice, M 0095.02
Coal Sells For .
Chicaoo, Jan. 30. As a result of a
railroad war toft cwal ba sold for $2 a
ton, the lowest price ever known in Chi
cago. Six months 0470 the Chicago and
Eastern Illmois road made a slight cat
in its hauling rate on coal from Brazil.
Ind Other roads followed suit, the
Illinois Central cutting its rates from
the Illinois coalfields. The rate cutting
continued until the Chicago and Ext
ern Illinois rate from Brazil has dropped
from1.10 to K cents per ton. The
Illinois Central has cut its Carboudaltf
ratejfrom 1.25 to 75 cents. As a result
coal jobbers cut their prices on soft ooal
from 3 and 3.25 to 3 per ton
Approve Cleveland's Flan.
St. Louis, Jan. 30. The Merchants'
Exchange, en mas.se, irrespective of the
party feeling of its individual mem
bers, has adopted unanimously reso
lutions calling upon congress for the
early enactment of a law covering the
recommendations of I 'redid en t Cleve-
I
Tiy GoodN,
35 rents.
5 rents.
22Jc, worth 4Ut
:h-., worth .Mte.
Xic., worth Oe.
5'.t worth He.
Nr., worth 10c.
tic., wortll Sc.
7c, worth 10c
t, worth Sc.
75c. to H pair.
on Potters' Oil Cloth?
"5c. per yard.
35c. per yard.
55c. kt yard.
'Mc. per yard.
HOME VIEWS OF EDISON.
Some of His Neighbors Don't Believe That
He Is Sorh a Wonder, After All.
IVophets are not the only great peo
ple without honor in their own coun
try, said a man who had spent some
time at Menlo l'ark looking for Thomas
A. Edison. I wanted to seethe experi
mental apparatus on which the Ameri
can wizard is at work with a view to re
ducing iron ore by electricity The
workmen told me I could see it only
with the permission of Mr. Edison,
whom I could find somewhere aliout
the place. To my disappointment I
failed to find him, but I had an in
structive search. The people there
abouts do not think the inventor of the
kinetoscope is such a very great man.
"He only got it (the idea) accidental
ly." said one woman.
On my way out I met a locomotive
enginefr who knew Edison, and he told
me with great glee of a really practical
accomplishment ot the inventor's abil
ity to run a locomotive.
"Edison once roda in my cab," he
said, "and he told me how, when he
was a train dispatcher, he once forgot
orders and allowed two trains on the
same section of track. He corrected
his mistake, but not so noon that the es
cape from collision was due to him, and
he was discharged. While waiting for
a train to the next town it was in the
west an accident happened to an en
gineer who was to take an important
train up the road. Noone to replace him
was at hand, and Edison took his place
and ran the train. Think of that!"
added the engineer.
HE KNEW A TENDERFOOT.
A Jerseynian's Kxcitins; Experience with
a Fennsylvanla Mine Mule.
Patrick Murray, of IVrth Amboy, N.
J., had an exciting experience a few
days ago with a mine mule at Summit
Hill, I 'a., which he will never forget,
says the New York Tost. When he
reached the bottom of the slope and
proceeded to explore the gangway he
attracted the attention of one of the
mules. He is at a loss to know what
angered the animal, but the beast
came for him at full speed, and Murray
started for a "heading"' with nothing
but the light of a miner's lamp to guide
him.
It was a race for life. The mule
was rapidly closing the gap, when the
Jerseyman reached two mine cars. He
plunged between them. The mule
countermarched and began using his
hind feet with terrible effect. He
kicked the stout oak planks of the
car into kindling wood, and while he
was occupied in this manner Murray
made his escape and returned to the
surface. He is fully satisfied that the
mine mule is not to W trilled with, es
pecially if you are a tenderfoot with a
red necktie.
WuUhI Forest.
Reckless waste is the thing that
shocks the beholder in the Adirondack
forests. It is partly the reckless waste
of men, partly that of prodigal nature.
Trees cut down are left to rot. "corded
wmh1 neglected for years, large pines
felled and burned where they lay for
hunters' fires, all proclaim the waste
fulness of the human' denizen or vis
itor. Every forest, even close up on
the edge of civilization, is a tangle of
fallen trunks, blown or rotted down.
They lie in every direction, some still
intact for their whole length, others
mingled with the soil, buried in leaves
and vegetation.
DON'T LEAVE THE OLD HOME
Yes. Bill. I've thought about the scheme
That you proposed laxt night.
And. speamiiK plain. It doesn t seem
To me the least bit right.
Sometimes we Have to work. It's true.
When we would rather play.
But that's no cause. In reason's view.
Why we should run away.
There's neither cruelty nor need
Tc drive us from our homes.
For love In every thought and deed
To our lot daily comes:
And 1 the sentiment believe
By Loiigteiiow expressed
In poem mother read last eve
"To stay at home U best."
We've books and Nature's pages, too.
From wtiieh to grow in mind.
And lu the healthful work we do
We'll strenirin ot body find;
And what sweet consciousness we win
To 'ru-neu memory h store,
lly do:ng earnest duty In
The sphere Uod meant us for!
The time may ripen. Bill, when we
With "llodspeeds" from our own
May go forth in tbe world to see
If we the streugih have grown
To work our way to heighis ot fame;
But till that day has come.
Let us continue still to claim
The cheer and love of home.
Let's brighten for the old folki. Bill.
Tho days of their decline.
And while we their life's measure fill;
With jov. brim yours and mine;
Ana if to busy haunts of men
In future days we roam,
A flood of laughing sunshine then
Will link our hearts with home.
Wade Whipple. iB Pittsburgh Dlspatoa.
A RACE FOR LIFE.
BV A. TKNDF.H FOOTK.
Late in the autumn of 1883 I. with
three classmates of the School of
Mines, invested in the lease of some
mining property in Colorado. We
were young and inexperienced in busi
ness matters, so that the financial part
of the venture was rather unakillfully
managed. Almost all the money we
could raise was put into the necessary
plant.
Before the snow stopped operations
we had on the heap many tons of val
uable ore. The depth of the snow,
however, prevented its shipment to
lueblo for smelting, and we were
obliged to lay off the miners, owing
them at the time over a month's
wages.
I made a hurried trip to New York
to see if additional funds could be
raised by two of the partners living in
that city; but I was unsuccessful.
On my return I reached the little vil
lage of Mater, some four thousand feet
below the mine, where I was told by
Ueynolds, the other partner, that there
were rumblings of an approaching
storm among the idle miners about
thirty in number.
We determined that we would go to
the mine and talk over the state of af
fairs with the men. Unfortunately,
it had been rumored that I had brought
back with me a large sum of money
which I had deposited in the local
bank.
Soon after reaching our snow-covered
cabin and making a fire for the
temperature was twenty degrees be
low zero the uoor was thrust on
and three sullen-looking men, who
had evidently been drinking heavily,
stalked in.
They wanted to know as a commit
tee of the miners what we proposed to
do about paying the wages due them.
We were armed. And we knew that
they were.
I replied that I had been unsuccess
ful in my journey east and had re
turned to ask them to wait for the
opening of the spring so that the ore
could be realized on. The spokesman
interrupted angrily:
"You lie! We ain't no fools. We
know you've got five thousand dollars
in the bank at Mater, and we propose
to have our money and have it now!"
I said 1 woulil willingly sign a blank
check and allow them to fill in any
amount they wished aud let them see
if they could get it cashed.
The chairman of the committee
called me to the little window of the
cabin and pointing to a tree in the fore
ground, said: "Chambers, do you see
that ar tree tbar?"
I nodded.
"Well." he answered, "if at the end
of three days you don't have the money
here to pay us, we'll swing you from
that lowest limb. And you don't leave
this cabin, nuther. One of us and his
guu will be outside the door all the
time. Write this telegram: "If yot
don't seud three thousand dollars ir
three days, they'll hang me. Sign it.
I protested that I knew no one t
send it to; but concluded that it would
be wise to temporize and do as they
wished, and I wrote and signed the
message, directing it to my brother in
New York.
They then left, placing one of their
number on guard. An hour passed by
and the almost perishing man came in.
saying that he would stay inside and
watch there.
Ueynolds aud I, after long delibera
tion, concluded to offer our individual
notes to the men. payable at thirty
days. We were escorted to the engine
house, and, after some further parley
ing, the men consented to accept and
to escort us under a guard of two to
the village below to get the needed
blank.
How well I remember our walk down
the mountain side, over the snow trail,
in Indian file Reynolds and I ahead
and the two guards behind. The moon
was shining at the full, and from the
distance, adding a strange, uncanny
feeling to our already overwrought
nerves, came the cries of tbe puma
the mountain lion.
!t was nine o'clock when we reached
Mater and obtained the notes from tbe
banker. We bad taken a- light supper
of unwarmed canned meat only and
were quite exhausted from the cold on
our walk down. Retiring to the little
office we owned in the village, we
made out our promises to pay and
gave them to the guard, who, notwith
standing, maintained his careful
watch.
While sitting there, half frozen and
dh cussing our position, two of the
miners came in. They were the Mal
colm brothers, both men of superior
education and refinement. They said
to us, in a low tone, fearing to be over
heard by the watcher outside:
"Boys, although -you have given
these notes, you will still be prisoners.
We have faith in yon and believe you
are square; but this is no place for
you, and you ought to leave this camp .
and as quickly as possible. The fel
lows mean what they say and are bad
men. They will stop at nothing to
get their money; in fact they will
think no more of hanging you than of
smoking their evening pipes. Now, we
will do anything in our power to serve
you; and there are four more of us of
the same kind. Command us!"
We told them how deeply we ap
preciated their loyalty to us and asked
what they and we could do so that we
might leave the camp. They replied:
"The train leaves the station at
seven o'clock, a mile and a half below
here, as you know. We will bring
four horses here at 6:45. Be sure to be
ready to start immediately. Get up
quietly at six and put on only your
mining clothes. Do not think of wash
ing or do anything to attract the atten
tion of tbe guard."
I said 1 would see that they and
their mates were paid in full as soon
as I reached New York: and we prom
ised to be ready for them in the morn
ing. Little did we sleep that night. Be
fore throwing ourselves on the cots in
the rear office I looked out on the
peaceful, moonlit scene, and there,
pacing up and down, was the faithful
sentinel doing his best to keep warm.
The sentries relieved each other every
half hour. Aud so the night grew old
and we were full of fears for the morn
ing. IVomptly, as may be imagined, we
quietly dressed aud were ready and
waiting forour faithful friends. Four
horses were suddenly brought to a
stand at the office door. The elder
Malcolm dismounting, rushed in. say
ing: "Now, boys, quick and be ready to
shoot if necessary."
We jumped ou two of the horses
the Malcolm brothers on the others
and leaving two of the trusty ones to
take care of the "held-up" guards, we
galloped for our lives in the early
morning.
Reynolds was ahead and his horse
th rew the frozen particles of ice and
snow all over me, piercing me with a
cold never felt before. During the
night the thermometer had fallen an
other ten degrees.
The noise made by the men and
horses at that early hour had brought
out others of the disgruntled who bad
lived in the village since the shut
down; and we knew it would not be
long before they secured other horses
aud followed us.
We reached the station at 6:55 and
asked, day, implored the conductor to
pull out immediately. We explained
the urgent reason for his doing so;
but he 'said no power on earth would
make him start before his scheduled
time. To our excited imaginations
the five minutes seemed like as many
hours. At last the final second had
gone and tie signaled his engineer.
The next station was eight miles
away, at which a stop of ten minutes
was to be made. As we pulled out
through the woods a mile beyond
Mater we could see, only two hundred
yards away, eight furious miners urg
ing their horses with whips and oaths,
on, ou, on!
We pulled away from them and
reached Fairfax on time. There again,
the wait was as long as indicated on
the local time-sheet; and although the
conductor had already seen our need,
no instant of the time was given us.
When we started for the next station,
twenty miles down the valley, we
could, see in tbe distance the same
body of men just appearing on tbe top
of a rise in .the road half a mile to our
rear.
When they saw our train had start
ed they gradually slowed up.
Baffled! Illustrated American.
THE MOORISH MERCHANT.
He Flays m Little Trlrk on His Mercenary
Relative.
A merchant sailed over the sea to a
distant coun'ry, where he made a
large fortune by his industry and
cleverness.
Many years after he returned home.
When he landed he heard that his
relations had met to dine at a neigh
boring country house. lie hurried
there." and did not even wait to change
his clothes, which had got somewhat
damaged on the voyage.
When he entered the room where his
relations were asseuipled they did not
seem very glad to see him, because
they thought that his shabby clothes
proved that he was not very rich. A
young Moor, whom he brought with
him, was angry at their want of feel
ing, and said: "Those are bad men,
for they do not rejoice at seeing their
relation, after his long absence."
"Wait a moment," said the merchant
in a whisper, "they will soon change
their manner."
He put a ring which he had in his
pocket on his finger, and behold all
the faces brightened, and they pressed
round dear Cousin William. Some shook
hands with him. others embraced him.
and all contended for the honor of
taking him home.
"Has the ring bewitched them?"
asked the Moor.
"Oh, no," said the merchant, "but
they guess by it that I am rich, and
that 'has more power over them than
anything else."
"Oh. you blind men!" then exclaimed
the Moor, it is not the ring that be
wiched you, but the love of money.
How is it possible that you can value
yellow metal and transparent stones
more h:ghly than my master, who is
such a noble man?"
"Wealth maketh many friends, but
the poor is separated from his neigh
bor." Philadelphia Press.
Chinese Excretions.
The most honorable death in China
is by strangulation, and high officials
condemned to death receive their sen
tence from the emperor in the shape of
a silken cord with which they hang
themselves. As recently as fnfil the
Japanese minister of foreign affairs
solemnly disemboweled himself in the
presence of his retainers because the
government refused to adopt his policy
witlrrcgard to foreign residents.
As are families, so is society. If
well ordered, well instructed and' well
governed, they are the springs from
which go forth the streams of national
greatness and prosperity of civil or
der and public happin ess. Thayer.
During the middle ages the belief
was common that insanity was a form
of demoniacal possession, and many
cruelties were practiced on the de
mented for the purpose of expelling
the supposed demons.
EVEN THE KING
Had to Make a Keturn Like a Common
Citizen.
Of all the extraordinary communica
tions that have ever reached KiiifT
HumWrt since he ascended to the
throne, says a Uome h-tter. one
which he received the other day frthe
purpose of inquiring in all seriousness
whether he could read or write was
lierhaps the most extraordinary. And.
to make matters worse, he was in
formed that he was required to give
proof that he possessed a certain
amount of education to do so. The let
ter in question was not the work of
some irresponsible crank, but was a
full-fledged communication liearing the
signature of the burgomaster. or
mayor, of the little town of Kheine
Notre Dame, in 1'iedmout, where King
HumWrt happened to ow n some lauded
projerty.
As a land owner of the district the
name of the king figures ou the elec
toral register, and every citizen, be
fore he is jH-rmitted to cast his vote, is
obliged to furnish satisfactory evidence
that he can read and write. Of eourse
King HumWrt has complied with the
demands of the burgomaster, and has
set an example to his subjects by per
forming his duties as a citizen.
Italy is about the only country where
such an incident could occur, since in
other monarchical countries, particu
larly England, the sovereign and the
prince of the l.l.iod are subjected to
the same restrictions as the ecrs of
the realm, and are debarred from cast
ing votes at the polls for the lower
house of the legislature, the theory
Wing that, possessing by virtue of
their birth seats in the house of lords,
it is not proper that they.shoul.l in any
way influence the elections to the lower
chamWr.
THIS MAN'S SIN.
UU Single Aim Mas to iirt an Advertise
ment aud He Surrcdrd.
Stand in the public thoroughfare
gazing at anything real or imaginary
and the dozens who gather round you
will multiply soon into hundreds, aud.
if you stick to it. jK"rhajs thousands.
A crowd as big as the street could hold
for a block gathered round a sign
painter. They rallied in curious excite
ment and disH-rsed in disappointed
disgust.
"My Sin." in huge flaming letters, was
what the painter had already printed.
If ever a crowd was Wut ou anything
it was on the discovery of what that sin
was. They asked each other what it
might W ami hazarded guwsscs hi li
the man laid by his re.l paint pot and
brought forth a green instead.
What would the next Word W?
The crowd grew so excited they called
to the man: "What is it".'" "Tell us.".
';o 011." "Hurry." "Paint quick if
you won't talk." until it seemed he
might grow too Wthcrcd to print any
thing. Hut he did.
lle printed out in small green letters,
added to the gigantic "iii." the sylla
ble "glc." and when the sign was done
it read: "My single aim is to sell at a
nominal profit."
SAWED A SALOON IN TWO.
Straddling a State l.ln... it Made a Lot ot
Trouble.
Bill Lewis, one of the first to settle
in Kansas City, and one of the wicked
est men that ever lived there, died a
few days ago. says a western exchange.
Since lxrfi he has Wen know 11 as the
king of Toad-a-Lmip. a district which
harWred aWut all the known criminals
in tow n. The sal. n. 11 he kept in Toad-a-Loup
was hardly less notorious than
himself. It was built exactly on the
state line between Kansas and Mis
souri and was furnished with a mova
ble bar. Lewis paid no license, aud
when the Missouri tax collector called
upon him he moved his bar over in
Kansas. When the authorities of the
latter state attempted to arrest him he
transferred his business in a minute to
Missouri. He w as arrest etl many times,
but had to W- released. Concerted ac
tion on the part of the authorities of
Wth states finally ended the career of
Lewis' barroom in Toad-a-Loup. The
direction of the state line was chalked
off on the saloon and the structure was
sawed in two from roof Wcellar vth
an immense cross-cut saw.
HIS LEG WAS BROKEN.
But It Was a Wooden Lec and Illdn't
Hurt Htm Seriously.
Police officers detailed in charge of
postal wagons see more of the woes and
ills of suffering humanity than most
people. Late one night a short time
ago a Chicago saloonkeeper called for
the ambulance from the West Chicago
avenue station, saying there was a man
lying on the sidewalk near Carpenter
and Front streets badly injured and
unconscious. The unfortunate was
bundled into the ambulance and
lauded in the examining room at the
county hospital, tin the way to the
hospital the sufferer lecame partially
conscious and indicated that his right
leg was the cause of great discomfort.
He could not speak English, but the
officers understood that his right leg
had been injured- In the examining
room he made an extremely wry face
when the physican approached, and it
was then discovered he hail lecn drink
ing heavily. The physician felt the
man's right leg between the knee and
ankle without drawing up the panta
loons or exposintr the skin, and found
the Wine broken badly four or five
inches aWve the ankle, and the pa
tient was then removed to the operating
room. Here a more complete examin
ation was made, and it w as learned
the man's right leg was broken in the
most terrible manner. When the
patient saw the condition of his leg he
actually shed tears. It was a wooden
leg, aud he was drunk and Wmoaning
the expense to W incurred iu the pur
chase cf another leg.
Honor thine She C'oold Faint.
Mme. d'AlW-rtin, one of the lesser
painters of France, was as conceited
alout her artistic ability as she was no
torious for her excessive use of cos
metics. On one occasion, a certain
count, who held her in much disesteem.
lost a Wt to her. "And what will
madame choose V he asked, w ith mock
courtesy. "Something in my art." she
simpered; "something I can paint."
"Very well, madame," he replied, Ww
ing himself out. A day later madame
received a package from the count,
which, upon Wing opened, revealed a
life-size drawing of her own face in outline.
A LUCKY CHANCE.
The Good Fort an of an tteesui Trarrl-
W ho Ukpd to HrU
A well-known Washingtonian of
sporting proclivities w ho has recently
returned from Europe spend- aWut
half his tiiue tellinjr his friends the
story of how he made -a big winning
while crossing the pond, aays the Wash
ington News.
" We had l-en out three days." says
he, "and had exhausted nearly every
means of amusement, when far aw ay
on the horizon we sighted the smoke of
an approaching steamer. Speculation
among the sporting element at once
took the form tif the nationality of the
vessel. At length sonie one suggested
that we each put one hundred dollars
into a pool, and eight of us did so.
Miniature flags of the eight princijial
maritime nations were depisited in a
lag. and each of us look a draw.
'"Well, you can imagine my feelings
when I found that the one I had taken
was that of Italy. The smallness of
her navy and merchant marine tecanie
ainfully apparent to me. and visions
of a cool century gone in a moment I
gan to roll up Wfore my eyes. The
English flag, by some sort of hog luck,
had fallen to an Englishman. and in his
mind's eye he had that eight hundred
dollars dead sure. Aud how he did
chaff us.
"Well. I had nothing to say. and you
can W-t I played my part well until the
vessel pet alongside of us. Then I al
most went into hysterics, for there at
her- mast flew the taniier of Sunny
Italy.- I was so evercome by my ex
traordinary luck that I sjH-nt nearly
half of my winnings in pledging Italv
in the Wst of w ines Wfore we landed
in New York. The captain of our ves
sel told me afterward that this was the
first Italian ship he had met on the high
seas for five Tears."
A WHISTLING SNAKE.
It Is On of th I-adll SrrpraU Voan4
In New tatnem.
The discovery of the Horn exicditH.n
to the McDonnell ranges in Australia
of a remarkable sieeiuien of natural
history called a whistling spider."
w hose icculiarit3- consists in producing
a whistling noise by the simple .-ration
of drawing its fore leg across its
jaw. seems at the moment to W out
done. Sir William Maegregor. the ad
ministrator ot British New- Ouinea. i.i
now in the field w ith another extraor
dinary discovery a whistling snake.
In his latest rvport Sir W illiam says
that a large nuiuWr of deaths occurred
early this year in the Rigo district of
New liuinea from snake bite. The ad
ministrator p-.ints out that the island
is infested by a small sjecies of black
snake, which is very tierce. The
natives declare that whenever a man
goes near one it rushes at him. utter
ing sounds which they descriW as re
sembling a whistle. "Shortly Wfore I
was at the government station." writes
Sir William Maegregor. "one of these
reptiles attacked the government
agent, but was killed Wfore it did any
harm. A little while ln-fore a Wy ot
fourteen years was in the bush near the
Station, w hen one of these snakes ma.le
a rush at him with the usual peculiar
whistling sound. The Wy thought the
noise emanated from some cockatoos in
a tree and Wgan to look for them. He
did not discover his mistake until he
received a bite from the reptile, from
w hich he died in a little while in great
agony."
HISTORIC FAT WOMEN.
Celebrities Who Wrrr Mor or Leas lU
pMe! to tuboiipniot.
From ancient, medieval aud modern
history the following facts aWut fat
women are gleaned: Agrippiua. Nero's
mother, was fat. Cleojiatra. the x-r-ent
of the Nile, as Mare Antoiiy
called her. was small and fat. Laura,
Petrarch's muse, was fat. fair, with
blonde hair. The Marie Fiamuietta
w horn lioccaccio loved intensely was a
brunette aud fat. ElizaWth. the virgin
queen, was tall and fat. with thick red
hair. Marguerite of Navarre was fat.
All KuWns" women, except his wife,
were fat. All Titian's women, except
the Madonna, were fat. Catherine of
Russia was tall and fat; Louisa Stroz
zi. for whom Alexandre di Medici died,
was rather stout. Josephine lU-au-harnais.
the indolent Creole, afterward
empress of the French, was fat and
perfumed; Mme. Roland also. The un
fortunate Marie Antoinette was tall .
of stature, majestic and fat: Mme.de
Stael. small, dark and fat. w ith a small
vijier's head. Oeorge Sand had a
Wautiful head, but was fat and small.
Heine said of her: "The build of her
liody has the appearance of Wing a lit
tle tK fat, or at least a little too
short; the head alone Wars the cachet
of the ideal." Ouecn IsaWUa of Spain
is fat; Oueen Victoria the same: tiueen
Margherita of Italy is certainly going
on the same way, and most of the
great singers have Wen noted for their
emWnpoint.
A BISHOP'S BAD NIGHT. " '
Popped Into a Spare lld" In Wblrh Sil
ver W as stored.
An eminent bishop who was quar
tered in the house of the wealthiest
resident in a certain village, while his
host's wife was away, -cupied the
"spare Wd." He is a thin man. and
when his host inquired in the morning
how he had slept and hoed he had
assed an agreeable night, he an
swered, with some vehemence: "No,
I did not; I passed a very disagreeable
night, indeed."
The bishop departed, and w hen the
wife of his host returned she naturally
inquired who had W-cn in the house in
her absence.
"Bishop P ," said the husband.
"Bishop P ! Where did you put
him to sleep?"
"In the spare cd. of course."
"In the spare led!" shrieked the hor
rified matron. "Why, 1 put all the
silver under the mattress before I went
away."
Poor Thing;.
The New York Recorder has this to
tell of a little girl who had learned
very early one of the inconveniences
of wearing eyeglasses: She w as at Man
hattan W-ach. and r.eenied to lie no
more than three years old. but she was
near-sighted and wore siectacles. She
wanted to paddle in the water and
spoil her russet shoes. Her nurse had
teen forbidden to let her go Wrefoot,
and laby W'gan to sob. Then she cried:
"Take 'em off. Mary! Take "em off!"
The reporter thought she referred to
her shoes; but he went on: "Take off
my spettatles, Mary, so I can cry!"
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