u u -" "-" -tVtlv ;riiMii Alutet. The Isrresnd rel mole circulation el 'the Caw. "sua Fbbbkak eommenss It to the taTorable consideration of advertisers whose favors will b inserted at the following low rates : 1 loch, X timed ...... II. ISO 1 Inch, 3 months, .... .............. ......... 2.60 1 Inch, 6 months........................... Sag linen I year .it 3 Inches. 0 month..... ............. 6.ui 1 inches, 1 year ..'.I.. 1(VC0 3 Inches, 8 months ........... .............. . Inches. 1 year ........... s.00 coiDiiis, months. J. .".".1.111 lo.io 5 column. 8 months...... .... zo.oo t column, 1 year ......... 39.00 I column, 0 months ......... ...... 40.00 1 column, 1 year 74.00 Business Items, Brst insertion, loe. per lino tnbsequent Insertions, Sr. jer Has Administrator's anil , tiecutor'i Notice. H M Auditor's Notices 2 -50 Stray and similar Notices .... z 00 sf-Kesolut ions or proceed inc ot any corpora tion or S4iciety and communl'-atlons designed to call attention to any matter ot limited vr indl Tidual Interest must le paid torasadrertismeoti. Kook and Job rrtntinx of all kinds neatly and ezedionsij executed at the lowest prices. And. don'tyoa forget It. bl Hi: AHKI A 0. PEXXA., Hf pt J.t.Mt' HiS., frr ACVCV 1,200 WW ,tlirrlplloii Kitten. , x. ,- -n a.v.in.-c f I.M ; -Hut within 3 months. 1.75 I - T 't il within r; mouths. 2 fO ' ; i. : i i.t ithin Hie jear.. a 1 re-'.-!inf t'at.-iiile of the county ; cr tear will chanced to b a 1 the ar-ove terms be de-:- -p wen ilon i annfnli loelr . r... lr. i.Hani'e uiu.-l not ex : r . -.iiiip tootinir a those who e Ji.-'.noilj understood froc JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and Proprietor. 'BE IS A FREEMAN -WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ABX 6 LAVES BESIDE." 81. DO and postage per year In advance. r-e'ure you stop It, If sto VOLUME XXIX. -iiaw ik? do otherwise.. EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1S95. i f.vo hnrt. .NUMBER (5. 1 Ni I 1 E I I l--st. -!n T, - 1 1 1 : ! HAY- FEVER AND tr 3 wants t learn, but the reads that r Honesty TOBACCO k 0feslthat 13 maie, and -;VL 1 tr?e3 it. and eavea i'0nttan ever before. tt?1 it ask him to lj?R4ER03.. LonL'-Tllle.Ky- !'' A!' Kl. ! I-E. in. . Kl-AU lilt llitt j 5v J$ I are selling oil 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 rather than carry anything- oyer we will sell at a sacri fiff. A Genuine ISni'gain for everybody. NOTICE .1 FEJlOF OUll I II ICES. ; '.'.' fi it nicr prill-. 7.IMI; former price, S.mi; former price. .'.IH; ful hut price. Id. IKt; former pi i c, I'll. "'.")0. :;. M I ;m.l " INI; former price, '.INI; 1. iiimr pi ice, 7.1 n i; former priiv. I'.ihi; former price. 10. (Ml !.( xi U.INI 1 ". I ::...o S.IM) '.UNI 1i.ni LVm If e Will to Offer Yon Great Bargains in Sloes. -1 to .sit to .:) i .-'i to L'.7r .-ii In l.fU V, - A FEW LADIES' COATS TO CLOSE OUT AT $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 AND $7.00 ; FORMER PRICES, $5.00, 6 CO. 37.00. S8.00 AND $12.00. (i i-:nts' ii'itvis;iii:c- (;oods, : in : . i p 1" 1 ' 'I f. r il . 1 i-t Ful ve hit .leiM y .r Cl.lh. fn nM(V. up to .ITi. the 1m i-t. Ihr Hats from frk: to ..r the I i ; ! -; . .-i : an oil., r I lat in the e. nni i t" -i Vt ;i'mi ha t a lii-e line of '1 1 lilik I he C h aj t st ami !Ut v.u trmw. C me one ; olir I H ' Economy Clothing and Dry Goods House, Next Door to Bank, CARROLLTOWN, PA. tel. 50 c ,.--t i V'piiil, nvjT or jnnnUr. Appl'fd into the iwxirils it it Kllft '' '?' tln.'-ii.'xl -r sfnt. f't mini on. rtrlt f ). kfl A JUG ELY BROTHERS. 55 Warren Street NEW YORK. JUL Barter's A SVER fi PILLS, ICick ITpadarho and relieve all tbotronhjes frjof cltt to a l.ilioua Blateof tho syptnni.BUch 3 l).zziuen, Nausea. Iron.-inoHS. Iiiiitreta after rst:iiR. Kiiu in ti.e S'i.In, J.C While their moat reiuaxkablo auccexs bad be-n s'jok ii ia citnD Urarlarhe. yet Cartor's Little liw Pfflfl 8r crjuallv :iluaMoiniiHtipatioii. curing aiidpr. T'-ntiRH tliiHannoyinircoia;laiut,' liilo th.-yulo correct all disonlitrsof t LeWnui ac h.iniulate tli livor and reguiato Uio bowela. vu it" Uicy ouly curea mm u t& Hi lS2 St A tn A'ofheT will 1 iHialmrstprirplRs to thosewa auf.rr fr. nn taisiliwtri'psiin'coiiii.laiiit: lut f or to ratoly thrirp'xxlii-!l'e3 intend hiro,and th.wej rh jt':n-eto ' ,tl" ,inJ th"' littlopillnTaln l,ip in nonuny wijulnat they will not bo wil liig t-Jdo nrithout them. But atturallsick hcal Is the Vano of po manv lives that herotiw!ir eir.aliB-'ur:ret boa.it. OuriilL.curcitwUil Cth-:H o. nut. art. r"s I.iitla IJver Pills are ry sroall anil Trr ci"V to take. Cr.n or two i-ills i:iakea diu.a. 11. y aiistrictiy ve;-talilo aad do not fipe or jar l,:it ! ,- tiii ir ivntln action pletxeall who r.-'t:;ou;. lii vi-lsat .'icrnts; tivafirjl. Hcltl X j Cxa-W.e tvery-il-ero, or R-at Ly tuail. r.'EDlCINE CO.. New York. ''Jill PH.. SHitiDOSE. SMALL PHiCE FOR ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING TRY THE FREEMAN. Etczsini Fire Insurancs Ipcj T. AV. DICK, General Insurance Agent Kli EXSIt UJi G, VA . "PROFITS J IVotioo Oni .lii0! on ; All-Wool Henrietta, finest, ... I .aiicaster t 'inghams. - Kin- Cashmeres, in all colors, ... Kiiu ( 'ushmercs. in ali colors, ... Kiiif AH-WimiI C'lotli, in all coKus, Fine iiiiirliam. - in- r.Ica-lil .Mtilin. -Kim- Tnl'li-ai-hol Mu-lin, - Fine l'lli-ai litl ami I nltU :n ln-.l Cotton I lamit l, Fint- nine C'aliro, - A fiM line of r.lank. ts, .... A full line of Hon I'.lankt ts. How Do You Like These Prices Fine Floor i lil Cloth, 1 varilsile, - Fine F!iMr oil Cloth. van Is wil', I 'ine Floor il Cloth, 2 van Is wi.le, Fine TaMe Oil Cloth, assort el. THE MARKETS. PlTTs-BVRO Feb- 5 WHEAT No. I red. aiaMc; Mo. rca, it 4 ur . ' RN No. 2 yellow ear. 4?'34c ; mixed ear, nw-: Ni. i! yr.luw shelled, 4oa47e. OATts No. 1 white, ii'valili--; No 2 do., .'M' j (a .t',1 ,c : txlra No 4 wliite, j: ; inlxod. 3-., HAY Clioiee timothy. $12.avil2.:iO: No. 1 timothy. nu0rll.2o; No. 2 timothy. liii" t lu.oo. mixe 1 cover and timothy . tlo tiO alO-.V; tMiekiiitf, HaG.oO; No. 1 fe--diurf prairie, 5 jj (it'juu. w:i(ron h:iy. tU.uua lG.uu. bL'TTEli KIkiii creiiiuery, 2tVa2Tc; Ohio f:iney CTt:itm-ry. 22aie; fuiii-y eountry rod, lesi'i J; low prudes and eokini;. ltflu:. L'HEP:SK Ohio, mild, lliall',.- New York new, 1 1 ' 2 .12e : limlxTxer, fall make, lU'j'tllc; Wlseoiislu S?wi.v. l(i,lJl,o; Ohio iiwku. ll; (tfl2o. K;4S Btrietly fresh Pennsylvania and Olno canes, &a'ic; Ptorne. lt5 2Uc: aoutherD ainl western, trer-h. i! a.fuc. POL'LTRY Uarne live ihicken-i. 63'4T0? per pttir. live Inekeiis. Mnall, MlabO:; dui ks. tkti Kx: i-r p;ir. .. tj size; dresl hii ken. 12 $ 13e jier pound; turkeys, 12iixl3' per pound; durks. llitl.'ic. live turkeys. per pound; live Kttst. Wocft $ 1 .UU per pair. East LmtHTr. Pa.. Feb 5. CATTLE Receipts fair, but the demand 1m lietter and the market stronger at air -hanired pries; only a few ears on ale. I'riine. $o.m5.2i; Kooil. $4.45fjp4.iVi ; tfood buteherx, talJt4 15. rouh fat, (J.UUiaJ.TO; fair liiht steers, fJ10i't-5; Kood fat cows and h'ifrs, $.( 2oM-'H); bulls, stags and cows. t2.IJUU.2o ; fresh cows and springers, 15"4.15 H-HS Receipts likfht, but demand is only fair, market steady at alniut unchauued prices. Heavy l'hil;u.-lpln;w, 14 H.". 1 4o . medium Phil adelphia. 14 :W at H5 : best Yorkers, 4.204KJ; common to lair Yorkers. t4 li.j4.15. roughs. ta.ii 4 oj. t-HEEP The supply is fair, but demand is t. a.ly ; market active and stedy on both sheep and lambs at the following prices: Extra, !.1.M"14 10; rixhI, .) 2H'i.l OJ; lair. t..m 275, coinmon llUH'tiiM: yearlings. t--J S.'.u; best lamiM, J4 - "'l.; common to fair lambs, ti.aua.iAJ0. c.i .4 2jjio ii: heavy aud thin calves. .lAAi.i.u t 11 nci sm ATI. Feb i. HOCJS Market Mroner and hit'her atl K1 4 JU, receipts. 1.0UU head; shipments, l,ikl head. CATTLE Market in fair demand and steady at $2 U!J5.00. receipts. 2UU head; shipments. 2 10 tHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep, market strong at $1 lii 4.,"iu ; receipts. 2ou head; nhlpmeols, Sou hi-ad Lambs in fair damand and firm at t2.7i4.ao. New York. Feb. i. WHEAT Spot market firmer. No. 2 red. Btore and elevator. 57'4)c; afloat. 6? 6"'; t. o. b., M"jc; No. 1 northern, 67'' c delivered; No I hard. ftH; delirj-red- CORN Spot market firmer. No. 8, 47c: steamer mixed. 4f4C elevator ; No S. 47i-. 9 47 Hr. OATS Spot market closed firm. No. 2. !tJ Sb'yi. No. 2 delivered, H4i.I,c; No. 8, 82S-i No. 2 white, -VAJrie; No. it white. Hoc: track white westorn. ii 4uc ; traok white stato. ii.t4U' -jC. CATTLE European cables quoW Amenoaa steers at 11 alio per pound, dressed weight; refnif.-rator beef at A10c. SHEEP AND LAMBS Market active, 1 'a kiKb'T Sheep, inferior to prime. llu4.7i; jmbs. fair to choioa. to. SUit5.s6. UlKiS Market steady, hogs, 14.3001.70; pigs, t 76. IHvcovvrrd u Shortage. Atlanta, Feb. 6. The county com missioners of I)e Kitlb have discovered an aiiparetit fehortae of flG.U'JO lu the accounts of ex-Trvanurer J A. Mason of that county Miisoii had been treasurer of thw county fur many successive terms up ti the last election, when he was defeated, o)ll after his defeat his house was partly destroyed by tire and the txioks of his office badly damaged. This has made the investigation a tedious one. Mason is well-to-do and will make K'jod the shortage. tiold Found In Siberia. St. Pete kshl" Kli, Feb. 6. The Sibe rian newspapers announce the discovery of rich and extensive gold fields along the upper reaches of the Hiver Neya, Nina and Uibat, iu the province of Veu iaeluk, East Siberia. 1 iv Ooodw. ;5" cents. h rents. , worth -llK'. worth w.irth Mk: worth S. wortli (. worth N'. worth Uk worth .Se. '-'-'Ac :u'., ::.m'., .v., '-, '-, K'., 4,n: i j4 a pair. on Potters' Oil Cloth? 2.V t-r vtrtl -m'. Kr yant. .Vk ikt vanl. -ik: jer yanl. WOMEN WHO WRITE. A Oeliglitfiil t uiarativc Study with the Vr,tini; .tluii. Vh'ii a man writes he wants pomp iiml circumstance and eternal space lrom which to draw. If he writes at In 'inc. says the Kostoii Advertiser, he needs a study or a library, and he wants the key lost and the keyhole pasted over s that no one can disturb him. His linishcd products are of much importance to him. and, for a time, he wonders why the planets have not i-hanged their orbits or the sunsfiine acquired a new brilliancy Wcause he has written something by a castiron method. A woman picks up some scraps of a copyoook or the back of a pattern. shai-M-ns her Hncil with the scissors or gnaws the end sharper. She takes an old geography, tucks her foot under her, sucks her pencil criodically and priMluccs literature. She can write w ith (icnevieve pound ing out her exercises on the piano, with lary bu.zing over her history lesson for to-morrow. Tommy teasing tile baby, and the baby pulling the cat's tail. The domestic comes and goes for directions and supplies, but the course of true love runs on. the lovers woo and win. and the villains kill and die among the most common place surroundings. A man's lest efforts, falling short of genius, are apt to lie stilted, but the woman who writes will often, with the stump of a pencil and amid the distrac tions alove mentioned, produce a ten der bit of a MH'tu. a dramatic situation or a page 'f description that, though critics rave, lives on. travels through the exchanges and finds a place in the scraplxxiks of the men and women who know a good thing when they see it, whether there isa well-known name signed to it or not. Napoleon's Opinion of I.ove. During the period when Napoleon was with his regiment at A uxoiine. as lieu tenant of artillery, he devoted much of his spare time to authorship, lie wrote two short pieces, one a "Dialogue on I.ove." and the other "Reflections on the State of Nature." Trof. Wil liam M. Sloane, in his new "Life of Na poleon." quotes the following inter esting extract from the former in the Century: "I too was once in love." he says of himself. It could not well have Ik-cii in Ajaccio. and it must have Wen the memories of the old Valence. tf a pleasant existence now ended, which called forth the doleful confession. It was the future Napoleon who was pre saged in the antithesis. "I go further than the denial of its existence; I W lieve it hurtful to society, to the indi vidual welfare of men." A Ittspp-Ijtia Scheme. "Yours is a perplexing case," said the oculist. "You call red 'purple' and referred to Nile green as 'Turkey red.'" "Yes," replied the visitor with a con tented smile, "I guess I was born that way." "It's the most aggravated case of color blindness I ever encountered in my professional experience." "That's it. I want you to write me out a statement to that effect. Never mind what the fee is. You see m v wife lias a lot of samples she wants matched, and she'll ask me to take the job some time next week, sure." And then the oculist had his sus- picious. Washing-ton Star. GOD'S CARE, nut the hiirs of your head are all numbered. Matt. 10:30. My mother's hand was often laid Upon my head in fond caress. And often has .she paused to braid lu smoother form the loosened tress; Atraiu. with careful bands she wrought The satin .sheen upon my hair. Or laid, with loving niother-thoupht. The rose 'gainst brown to make it fair. If. tossing on a bed of pain Throitch lonir and weary days, the tranda Like sadly-taiiKied web became. What tender touch was in her hands, As part by part she straightened it And smoothed it o'er, the while she pave. With cheering voice and face love-lit. Some word to make the heart more brave. Her lovin? watch-care o'er my head Was constant as the vital breath; Hut never yet hath it been said: "Thy very hairs she ntiuibereth." Oh. Father's love, unfuthomed yet! I-iUe voice when mother comforteth. Close to our need this w ird is set: "Thy very hairs lie numbcreth." Faiiuie L. Hall, in l hicago Advance. A FALSE MASCOT. by c i:m)oi.i:n ovekto.v. King was giving a dinner in honor of his promotion. He was first lieu tenant now. and had a fair chance of paying off some of his debts. Not that he was a young man of particularly extravagant habits; but a second lieu tenant, be he married or single, is always m-re or less in debt. He is ex pected aud forceil by an unwritten law to make quite as good a showing as his colonel aud to keep up quite as much of an apiiearance. The dinner was a little unique. All thoollicers were to leave atone o'clock that morning on a scout. They were in their field clothes, at King's re quest, and had already the rough, un shaven look of men able and willing to do or dare anything. In the hall of King's bachelor quarters their felt scouting hats hung on the rack; on the porches of their own houses their mess kits, read y packed, stood waiting to W strapped upon the mules; their clothing and Wilding, wrapped in shelter-tents and ponchos, were Wside the chests. Here in the dining-room lighted by a lamp which King had admired while on leave, and had gone a month into debt to buy, aud another which, iu a lit of economy, he had obtained from the quartermaster, and which hung in uncompromising ugliness over the table sat a company of twelve. Uonion in evening-gowns, strangely beautiful and modish in contrast to their surroundings, and men in uni forms very shiny at the seatus, blue flannel shirts and tor-bots; they were cavalrymen, and Wlonged to King's regiment. Their gayety was not that of prisoners just Wfore execution, al though there was the chance that any one, or possibly all, of them might never come back alive; but when one has become used to going off everv spring, and sometimes every autumn, to chase how often iu vain! the wily red man. one ceases to consider the possibilities of the outcome, and be sides it is not often that oflicers are killed in Indian tights: there is fre quently a pretty animated exchange of bullets, but the death list is uot heavy. Howbeit, there are exceptions to the rule. So these men, each one under a possible sentence of deatli, and these women, each one, perchance, to say good-by forever -to the man at her side, talked and laughed in utter carelessness, finding only an added zest in the rough clothing of the men. and a little deeper interest in the plans they were laying for their camps ami their discussious of the contents of the mess-chests. The dinner did not go off without a hitch; that was hardly to be expected ill this far-off part of the world, a hundred or more miles from the near est railroad, dependent on a commis sary department and a sutler's for its supplies; but nothing mattered and nothing was noticed. After a time they all rose and went out on the porch, where the men smoked their cigars. They had not stayed at the table and sent the women into the parlor this time. They were army officers and preferred their feminine friends to their to bacco, and each one was glad to ignore a custom which made it the proper thing to deprive himself of the women for even so short a time; they were glad of the excuse which the coming parting gave them of making the most of the few remaining hours. The night was dully dark, the out lines of the foothills aud the moun tains beyond thorn could not W seen, but a Dicker of light in the distance, from some Indian sigual iires. told where they were. Coyotes were howl ing up by the graveyard, there was a sound of preparation in the barracks and occasionally the neigh of a horse at the stables. The sergeantof the guard called out "ten o'clock," and the oflicers made a movement to get their hats; there was still much to W done before the night march commenced. King sat on the railing of the porch, talking to a wom an leaning against a post. He could not see her, but knew that her Wauti ful face was there close to his. That was enough. He was asking for a promise Wfore he should start off into the heavy darkness across the plains. Iiut the woman had no wish to promise; she enjoyed King's uncertainty far too much; it would have been commonplace to have Wen engaged she had discovered that on previous occasions but to have him for a suitor would not be so bad; he was handsome, manly, brave and her abject slave. liesides. if she were to bind herself she felt that this time, with this man, she would have to keep her word. She laughed slowly as he continued to Wg the promise. "I'll tell you what I'll do; I will give you the next Wst thing to me a picture of myself. I am always a mascot; my picture will W more of one. I will give it to you when you start; of course, we'll all W there to see you on. Now, remember," she went on, waxing eloquent as the charm of her idea grew upon her. and speaking with conviction "rememWr that wherever you may go. in what ever peril you may W, whoever shall threaten or warn you, you ueed have no fear; if I were there in person 1 would be exempt from danger; so my picture my other me will also be, and if it is with you no harm can come near." And King had to W content- There was no time to say more, for the men were leaving and orderlies passing backward and forward. Through the sightless darkness King walked home with the girl and caught no glimpse of the face he kfcsed so tenderly at parting. Out of the blackness a hand he could not see rested on his; up from the gulf of the night two lips were rai sed to his; then he turned aud walked back to his quarters, lit a cigar, and gave his striker orders concer niug the disposal of his scouting outfit. In the silence of midnight the troops rode away. The tramp of their horses, the muffled clanking of their accou trements could W heard, but not a thing seen save the burning points of light from the officers' cigarettes. The signal fires of the Indians flashed and went out on the mountains. There were no bugle calls, no loud orders even, for the enemy had its spies lurk ing Whind every mes quite-bush, glid ing beside every trail. In front of the commanding officer's, the officers halted before they started off; the women, still in their'eveuing gowns, crowded around them to say good-by. They could recognize faces only when the light from the com mandant's windows fell upon them, beyond that all was dark. King waited for the mascot that had Wen promised him. and was despair ing, when he felt something hard slipped between his fingers and heard a voice, which seemed to come out of the inky air, murmur: "Adios." "Adios," he answered, and followed the sound of the hoofs of his captain's horse. In the midst of the chaparral, trot ting slowly along with the column, he struck a match and looked at the bit of pasteWard in his hand. The light was uncertain, but he could make out a head and neck, and the eyes seemed to glitter. Then a gust of wind blew out the match, aud a coyote yelped near by. The rations were almost out, and orders were to return to the iost for fresh supplies. King was happy at the prospect, naturally. He drew-out his mascot from time to time and looked at the beautiful face thereon, the lips half parted, the eyes glancing from under heavy lids: it was only a head, with masses of fluffy hair fading into the shaded background, but it was Wautiful. perfect. The twilight came on. They had marched all the afternoon; they were weary of chasing phantoms, of follow ing useless trails. The3' passed through a pine forest and the darkness deep ened. A creek at the bottom of a pully flowed along in the shadow of the pines. The column went down to it. listening to the sound of theripplino water. All else was quiet. Suddenly no one spoke. The black wings of the pines, like a shadow of doom, lay ovei the troops. A crack, a hiss, a bullet striking through flesh, a startled murmur, orders rinj-ing on the air in the midst of the shots, then the soldiers returned the fire of their unseen foes. On all sides they were surrounded, but the gully was wi.le enough for a liltl maneuvering; the men got under the shelterof an abrupt rising of the bank and had only to defend themselves from three sides. They were badly frightened not as cowards, but as men who are fond of life and mean to sell it dearly. It wa'. an ugly position, and not a few fell face downward in the dancing moun tain stream. The only person who seemed completely to ignore the danger was King. A cigarette W tween his teeth, he strolled, with ap parently utter carelessness, up and dow n uuder cover of the bullets of his men and iu full range of the Indians hidden up aWve Whiud the tree trunks. Some way the thought of the mascot under his coat gave him a sense of security. He heard again the sound of the voice which said to him from the darkness: "If my picture is with you, no harm can come near." He felt again the touch of the phantom-like hand, the warmth of the lips he could not see. There was a sharp pain in his breast. He gave a little cry and fell, his fair head half buried in the pine-needles. The girl, when she heard of it from the dust-stained courier, grew uneasy. She was afraid that her picture might W found on the body, and that the man she had promised to marry the middle-aged colonel, who had great ideas of her constancy might hear of it. But he did not. There was a photo graph found in King's pocket, but the bullet had plowed right through the face, aud it was so smeared with blood as to W unrecognizable. It was sent back east to his family. San Francisco Argonaut. FUNERAL NOTES. The Roman catacombs were origin ally quarries. It is Wlieved that some of them long antedate the foundation of the city. In course of time they lie came so extensive that the whole capi tal was undermined. Mast nations have followed the prac tice of placing a coin in the mouth of the deceased to pay his way across the river that encircles Hades. tSenerally a coin of small value was deemed suffi cient for this purpose. A Thihetax triW keeps a regular watch over the cemeteries, and the duty of the guard is to pray aloud whenever he sees a meteor. The Wlief is that the shooting stars are evil spir its in search of the souls of the dead. TlitKE are over sixty catacombs known to exist in Rome or its immedi ate vicinity. The entire length of the passages that have leen measured is five hundred and eighty miles, and it is estimated that from six million to fif teen million dead are there interred. No Law Against It. A prisoner in India recently, on 1e ing released, revenged himself on the assistant commissioner who bad sen tenced him by cutting off one-half of his mustache while he was sleeping out of doors on a hot night. It was then found that there was no way of punishing him under the penal code, for, while cutting the hair of a native is punishable as dishonoring the per son, there is no such provision for Knglishmen, and the bodily harm done was too slight to W considered an offense. FROZEN USH IN THE ARCTIC. A Vast Shoal of Them t.nrountrred lie c-iitlv in lt-tiriiii; Sea Some recently returned salmon fish ers, w halers and sealers from the Arc tic tell of a strange thing- an occur rence w ithout a parallel in the exjieri ence of those who sailed to the far north, says the San Francisco Chron icle. A sea captain who wasa pass-nTim the salmon schooner 4 denn tells the story with much circumstance The ;iciui left the city in March last. ImiiiimI for Dehring sea. which was reached May 4. In the latter month there is usually a little drift ice. but M'ldoru enough to interfere materially with the progress of the many whalers, sealers and other craft w hich make f. r the sea at that time of the year. This season, however, the sea was literally covered with drift ice. extending from the Alaskan peninsula clear across northward to the Yukon. The south west winds usually blow off shore, and driving the ice further from the land leave a assage 1k Ivm-. ii ice a. id land. The (ilciin intended to m::ke Hristol bay and stood to the eastward, but was unable to reach it on account of the ice. and so had to put luck toward the peninsula to await the delayed south east winds. It was while the Clenn and four others passed up toward P.ristol bay that the phenomenon was encountered. The vessel had just emerged from Oiinimak pass, about halfway Wtwevn Amoukhta island and .Bristol bay. when a vast quantity of dead fish were encountered. They were in the water as far as the eye could see on each side of the vessel, and for sixty miles the Olenn traveled through the shoals of fish. On examination they proved to In silver hake, a kind of codfish, but nar rower an-i smaller, and having only two dorsal and one anal tin. They weighed Wtwccii f.iurand live (touuds. and were perfectly fresh, the gills 1 ing still red. Some of t he sail, .rs were afraid to eat them, thinking they had perhaps Wen killed by some subterra nean upheaval or, possibly, through the overflow from the vol. -alio of Wenyalimior. which was active last fall. Other sailors, less fast idious, did not hesitate to cut the tlesh open, ami then a peculiar condition was revealed. Although the fish were fresh and had not stiffened, the gills and intestines were found to W full of ice. This was not the case in one instance, but with every fish which was opened, and apparently accounted for their sudden subterranean upheaval. The anomalous condition ,,f the flesh was the subject of much talk and spec ulation. That the tish should W com paratively liiuWr and that there should W ice within them seemed to indicate thai a shoal of them had lccii sudden ly overtaken and frozen to death, and on the thawing out of the ice the car casses hail Wen released, but had not risen in temperature sufficiently to thaw out the ice in their lM.,iit-s. Those of the sailors w ho cooked the lis!, .savl that ln.-y tasted as o-.hmI as ever, and hat they were not tainted l.-sulphur, as they might have Wen in their death Wing due to a sudden subterranean upheaval. The area of the frozen fish was not less than half a mile w ide and sixty miles long. When the l.lenn on its homeward-lNiiind journey reached Ounimak pass again. August e verv sign of the tish had disappeared. Mauv had doubtless Wen eaten by the gulls and other birds, and others had sunk in the warm water. SUN AND MOON. A Couple of lutr-tiiir I o! More Stories luilremiiii; I h.iw l.timiiiartrt. The most touching of all folklore stories may W found in Charles K. Liimmis' "Pueblo Folklore." It is one of the many myths of the iii..n and Wautifully conceived. The sun is the Allfather. tl le moon the A llm d her. ami lioth shine with equal light in the heavens. But the Trues, the su jnrior divinities, find that man. the animals, the flowers, weary of a con stant day. They agree to put out the Allfather's or sun's eyes. The All mother the moon offers herself as a sacrifice. "Blind me," she says, "and leave my husband's eyes." The Trues say: "It is good, woman." They ac cept the sacrifice, and take away one of Allmother's eyes. Hence the moon is less brilliant than the sun. Then man finds rest at night, and the flowers sleep. In Mrs. LciWr Cohen's trans lation of Sacher Masoch's "Jewish Tales" there is a variant of the sun and moon story derived from the Talmud. Briefly told, the sun and moon are equally luminous. It is the moon who wants to W more brilliant than the sun. Diety is angered at her demand. Her light is lessened. "The moon grew pale. Then C.mI pitied her. and gave her the stars for com panions." HIS REGULAR BUSINESS. A Mayor Who Was Not A Iwvs Askiug m Stranrrr for Alms. The people of the extreme south of France, in the neighborhood of the Pyrenees, have a hard shift to live. Some of them gain a livclih.od by tam ing Wars. Many others take to Wgging. w hich Wcomes a trade by itself, rcasonahly rcmunerative and not exactly dishon orable. Baron Ilaussmaiin in his "Memoires" cites the case of one of these professional Wggars who amassed a good property and fiually Wcame mayor of a large commune. Even then be continued to ply his trade, especially in the bathing season, when many tourists visited the coun try. One of these outsiders was so taken aback at the sight of the mayor Wgging on the street that he remon strated with the mendicant. "I should think you would W ashamed." said the stranger. ""You. a man holding so honorable an office." "Office:" said the mayor. "My office! Why, man. this is how I gained it." How to Keep Sweet l'otatoe. There are half a dozen ways of keep ing sweet potatoes through the winter in Virginia, one Wing to lift a stone of the old-fashioned hearth, and put the potatoes underneath. Warmth and dryness, the essential conditions, are thus obtained. The white potato, on the other hand, is placed in a barrel sunk deep in the garden and well cov ered up. Kit her is delicious baked in the ashes of the hearth. EAI THEIR DOGS. I nrl-anly Habits or t he Corrsnn-Hotels l.ikr l'ic-st The first thing that strikes a visitor to a Corcan village is the surprising subpopulation of drs. says IIarjcr"s Weekly. Kvery hous seems to possess a pack of these spiritless curs, which are a gray variety of the Chinese chow dog. They display a more than passing interest in a Kuropcan traveler, and a free use of one's stick is ueeessary to keep them at bay. On investigation tne discovers that they form the staple article of diet of the population, t'n like most Asiatic races, the Coreans are meat eaters, and these dogs. Wing always at hand, afford the necessary f. hmI with the minimum of exertion and ex pen se. Another curious feat ure of the Corean diet is the total ale-eiice of tea. the most universal Wverage of eastern Asia. Frequently one sees a Corcan forag ing for the evening meal. The method is simple, though unpleasant. He is armed w ith a short pole, to the end of which is attached a noose. This he throws over the head of the nearest dog. and then proceeds to screw the jole round till the noose tightens, and slowly throttles the dog. who is mean while prevented from getting tochoc quarters w ith its butcher by thrusts of the jxde. This country is much infested by the great long-voated Mongolian tiger. This magnificent animal, though a con siderable source of revenue on account of its valuable skin, is nevertheless much dreaded by the natives. So serious are the ravages committed by them that the king was forced toorgan ize a regiment of ""royal tiger hunters." and these constitute the corps d'elite of the Corean army. Traveling in Corea can hardly In- de scriWd as luxurious. The Corcan is not lavish of home comforts for him self, and he certainly provides a mini mum of the same for the traveling for eigner. The average Corean li.itelc.nu jires unfavorably with a iii.m1.tii pig sty, and one has to sleep as Wst one can iu the midst of surprising dirt, a colony of cattle and fowls, and other things which shall W nameless. ANXIOUS WIVES. Should the Ameer llr 1 hey Would All Se Slioi. There is a certain village in the Mid lands, says London Truth, where the illness of the ameer of Afghanistan is always followed with painful anxietv. The reason is to W found in the follow ing curious, but. I Wlicve. jcrf-ctly authentic story: Some years ago an en terprising young tailor left the village in quest i. in. and w ent abroad to seek his fortune. lie eventually found his w ay to Cabul. Here great luck awaited him. He obtained the patronage of royalty, and Wcame the po.de of Afghanistan. He had left a sweetheart Whind in Hiigland. and as soon as he found himself on the road to fortune, he sent for the dauiscl to join him. She came, but here fortune dcsert-d the tailor. His intended bride, in her turn, obtained the patronage of royal ty, with the result that she eventually ln'came one of the three hundred w ives of Aldurrahiuan. This, however, is only the first act of the tragedy. It is understood that, by the laws of Afghanistan, when the ameer dies, the whole of his three hundred wives must W shot. The laws of the Afghans are as immutable as thos.- of their ancient licighWrs. the Moles and Persians, and the whole of the little Midland village, where the ameer's Bullish wife was liorn, and where her parents are still living, has Wen. during the ast week or two. in a high state of excitement over the possible fate of the young lady. Fortunately, the ameer seems Wtter now. and it is to 1 e hoped, if only for the sake of his wives, whatever their nationality, that the improvement may continue. In the meantime, cannot diplomacy do anything for the young woman.' At his time of life, and w ith a gouty habit to lwiot. I should have thought Alxlurrahman might have Wen induced to get along with two hundred and ninety-nine of them. If. however, he must have a round iium Wr iu the family circle, perhaps, an exchange might W negotiated. SHE WAS AN HONEST BAKER. How Msrfaret, of New Orleans, "hummed m Monument. "The agitation of the cheap bread question reminds me of Margaret, of New Orleans, whose honesty as a baker caused a monument to ts crcctcd to her memory." said a resi dent of New- Orleans, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. "My city adopted the plan in vogue in Europe, and pasx-,1 an ordinance regulating the weight of loaves of bread, and providing for the appointment of a bread inspector. In spite of all the efforts of that official the bread still continued to weigh light, and it seemed as though there was a combination among the bakers to defeat the purpose of the ordi nance. One morning a load of bread was sent to the inspector, an J every loaf was full weight. It came from a modest liake shop kept by a woman named Margaret- What her other name was none ever knew, but the word passed through thecity that there was one honest laker, and soon she could not supply the demand for her bread. When prosperity smiled on her she gave thousands of loaves to the poor who could not buy, and none did more for the suffering and needy ones of the city. "She was known everywhere by her deeds of charity, and w hen she died a monument w as erected to her memory." The Urn Were Curious. It is related that the duchessof West minster put into her guest chamWr a curious Swiss chick to which was at tached a printed notice: " 1 'lease do not touch!" When M. Joly. the Canadian liWral. visited her grace he ventured to inquire the reason for the prohibi tion. "You are the twentieth man who has asked that quest ion." replied the lady, gleefully ""Women, you know, are supposed to In proverbially curious, and 1 put that placard on the clock to test the same weakness in men. and I am happy to say I find them Lot a whit less curious than women I keep a list of all the gentlemen who have asked me the question you have ju.st put. and there has lcvii only one exception among all my guests who have occupied the room; that was Mr. Fawcctt. the late postmaster gei.cral, aud lie, poor man, was blind "
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