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Aad doa'tyoa lorpret It. . i . . . , - ( tHIIKU CO.. fE.XM lirrlH" Kates. ' .4-1 V I fl t 't fl.O ' ' ; mihin :' uiuiiib. 1.73 , , i !: 'i I'm niiill;. a "0 , : j .'..! within Itie year., 'i l.cn i'til.-Me of the county '"-'.' . 1 yrnT will te charged to rr. tn- aimee terni he de t::.-eSi .ton i consuli tneu . v ,i in :-lan mu?t not e. V. . ' -. t e -.uue litlnc ,ls tootle who '.,:. ii-'irity uuilerstoiM frois ... ,; p r r einrc you stop It. If etO JaS. C. HASSON. Editor and Proprietor. 'HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRCTH MAKES FREE ARD ALL ABE SLAVES BESIDE." 81. BO and postage per year In advance. VOLUME XXIX E15EXS15URG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, IS95. NUMBER S. ' it too tmrt. We 1 l r ' in l - THE 0 tjv w trc Si ' a w aa a a T AND COLD-HEAD : wants to learn, but the cKWiHG Tnterrn -0.OSltLat is made, and -.y aca -0in 7Z uinan ever before lD8ist on ;er vT eL"ae. 11 your a?ftSea't ask him to Il your f5l5?R & Bros.. LonS-TlDe. K7 I'I KFn no tnK. l'l1l,KATWill a UlUH reads hat M HONFSTY arc selling oil all our Winter Stock at LESS THAN COST. The reason for this Startling Keduction is that we must have room. Spring will soon he here and rather than carry anything over we will sell at a sacri firr. A Ciciuiiiic SJ;i ; in (or cvcijb(nly. c :'..."i : 7.IMI; S.I H I; '.'.IN I; lll.lHI; ."i l X ; I. I'll; 7 '.'.IKI; I".. I lin Ii l llli t' run f' trim l'i .llln J.'. f. .Ilni i' flm- i't ! lilt' l'i l IIM- r .ri -. r r prii-f. r ri-f. r prii i'. r pi i . ;ili.l r piii-f, r pi iff. r pi in-, r pi ii i'. 1U. (11 !. HI 14.1H1 1 ".( .:.."( s.txi ;i.(h Wa Will Now CSiir Yen Great Bargains in Slices. l 1.. .SI I I 1. .- 11. .IMMi ::.(Mi l..riO 1 "'J ..r.(i j ' A FEW LADIES' COATS TO CLOSE OUT AT $3.0, $4.C0, $5.00, $6.00 AND $7.00 ; FORMER PRICES, $5.00, i6 CO. ST.CO. $8.00 AND $12.00. (ilCNTS' VJ JIT ISSIIITs'C- -OOIK, . ' . i i;p t.. 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It causes new frrowth of hair on bald jjort.j .rovi.l' d th; hair follicleri are not dirad, which U wldom the rase: restore natural color to rray or faded liair; pre serves the seal healthful and clear of daiidriMl"; prevents the hair falling off or clianin color; Weeps it soft, pliant, lus trous, and causes It to grow long and thick. Hall's IIaik Kfvfwer riroluces It eff.-rts by the healthful influence of its vegetable Inirredients, which invigorate and rciuvenate. It is not a dye, ami U a delightful article for toilet use. Con taining no alcohol, it does not evap orate uicklv and drv up the natural oil. leaving the'liair harsh and brittle. M do Other preparations. Buckingham' Dy FOR THE WHISKERS ' Colors them brown or black, as desired, nd is the best dye. because it is harmless ; produces a permanent natural color; and, belief a sinifle preparation, is more con venient of application than any other. rmriuD r R. P. HALL & CO Knhaa, N. H. Bold by ail DeaJera la Medicivaa. , , FOR ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING TRY THE FREEMAN. Caveats, and Trademarks ohtained. and all Vtto tjt husmeiis coni'nrted for Moderate Our Office is Opposite U. S. Patent Office, and we ran seen re patent in lese time IhaB tb"e remote from V:isinnirloii. Send moih-1. drawing or photo., with descrtp Von. We advise, if patentable or not. free of charire. Our fee not due till patent is ss-ared, h Pamphlet. -How to Ohtam Patents." with num. s of actual riients in yourState, county, o town, eeut free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. Orootde Patent OfSce. Washington, D- C-. PROFITS AII-WimiI 1 1. in it tlM. lini-st. .... , I iii :i-It r iiiii'li:iui. .... 5, 1 -"i tL';ilnin-n-s, ill all rulnrs, .... 1!.U., worth l'iiii-( 'a.-linu-ro. in all rolnrs, ... :!(., wort 1 1 l"iiu-.!l Wiiol (.'lot li, in all colors, ... :!.V., worth l-'inc iin;haiii. ,rH-.t worth l'iiic I'.li-ai lic.l Muslin. ----- s,-.T worth Fine 1'iililcnchtil Mii-lin. .... cM-.f worth l iiic I'.li-ai IhiI ami I'nlilcacluil Cotton Flannel, - 7c, worth Fine I'.hie Calico. - - - - - I'm-., worth A full line of I'.lankcts, ----- 7,V. to 4 a A full line of Horse l'.lankets. How Do You Like These Prices F ne Floor til Cloth. 1 yaril wiile. 1 iiir 1'iNir nil llntli, 1 A van is Me, bine I IihuOiI Cloth. "J van Is wiile, 1 ine Tal-le Oil Cloth, assortcil, THE MARKETS. I'lTTSBCRO Fib 19 WHEAT No. 1 red. St ttosc, No. Z rea. 57c. ('(HX No 2 yellow e.-ir, -fii"iiV: mixed etr, 47''' 4Hi: ; No 'i ye. low shi'lleil, 41il 0.47f.. OATS No. 1 white. Wa.Mv; No 2 do.. 35' J (Vr'.Vic; txtra No. 4 wb:tc, mixed. (a:n;. HAY Choice timothy. jr.XVtl2..V): No. 1 timothy. Jll.'iOrtl-'.oU; No. 2 timothy, JlO.Vl fl li OO; inixi! I c ovit nd timot hy. ilo 0O a 1 1 o); pa. kini?. 7.W7.j; No. 1 feiilni prainu, U m'.' -'iO. w.e.'oii hny, 114 UUii 1U.UO. BLTTEU Elin creamery. 2?iiS:: OUi- fancy creamery, Zi'iif.; fan -y country ron, io-i JUe: low pradea and cookimr, UalUc. CHEKSE Ohio, mild. H all ' -tc. ; New YorK new. 11'vu.lJe: liniU-rner, fail make. IPjil'-'u; law, in' 4llc; Wis cousin twis. Su,S Ohio Swiss, Uvulae. i:ui;s Strict y fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio msis. 'X.i(Lfc: storane. 17jl:: southern at.. I west.-rn, trnsh. PoL'LTKY Laru live chi.'kens, 70 iSJc per pair; live i inckns, sm ill, xl ui ; ; dm-k-i, tio 'A Hjc per j:air, an to size; dressed t hn ki-ns. l-.ft per pound: turkeys. 14 15' per pound; cu. ks, l al."c, lve turkeys, luetic per pound, i.vt tite.se, 1.0il "ij per pair. East Libkktt, Pa.. Feb. 19 CATTI.R Ti.wipts linht. the demand 1 Market active and prices full '4c higher than last week Priinr, jis.iij.jU: ko kI. 4 tHJillJ. wood but hers. M.UU 1 S : rounh fat. .1.1MHJ.7U; t.iir lliht steers, i-i UKU J.Iii: jtixhI f:lt cum uiid heifers, :t.2."'i;l.M0; bil ls, stasjs and cow. J- uri-i -'5: fresh ows anil springers, llia.ti HIKIS-The receipts of hotfs is lii;ht today, demaiiif fair and prices steady at following prices: Philailelphuis. $4 4mu.l ,i0: mixed l'tul uiielphias, 4.X).l 40: be-t Yorkers. H.Ua.t.M; common to fair Yorkers, il 1U4.AJ. ruuhs. tJ tll 4 00 SHEKP The supply t liberal and the demand fair. while the market is slow at the following unch:ntted prices : Extra. ):ivialli); Hood. ?:t Jinaj.tio. tair. il l-i Z'M. e. .111111011. joc'u.1.50: I et lambs, (5. l.iic i.XJ. common to fair lain I. s. Ji.sou 4 liO; veil ilves. jj.joiiti ; heavy and thin caives. t-UU (u.luu. ( incinnati. Feb 19 H rx 5 S Market active and hiclier at 3.30 4 ::u n il ipts, 2,7il head : shipments. 2nu head CATTLE Market easy at $J t4 (13 . re- 11 11 ts. J.w head: shipments, aii head S-HEKP ANI) LAM HS-Mus p. market steady hi s Hon 4 fU . reinpts. buu head. ship i.eiits, M head Lambs, market in good Ue u.ai.d at 1J.OW145 Z New York. Feb. 19 WHEAT Spot market dull No re.t. More and elevator, fit'.1 ,c : nfloat-. 57 ic; t o. b.. ,'.s'4c mi. .at; No 1 northern, tiec delivered ; No 1 hard. C7''c deiivered COKN Spot market dull No 2 (S'-c ele- vat. r . ; tt ainer mixed. 4734c. No 3. 4740. UATn-Si..i market firm No 2. 3Wi;t4c. No Z. delivered X-. No 3. wtk: . No 2 white s7'..(it:i7-".c . No i. wnte. track white states llil western. s.4'-2e CAT TLK European cables quote American tiers nt ll"t!2c st pound, dressed weight; rtr frv. rmr bts-f at t loc per imjuihI. S-HKEPAND LAMBS Market slow, Mvto lower, over Z.UIU head unsold- Sheep, poor to prime. Is.SO; lambs, common to prime, $4.1K 5 70 H iS Market steady; Inferior to choice. 4. Jo a 4 .75- A 'tctor l-'or the Government. Ixsudn, Feb 20 An election has held 111 Colchester to hll the vu- i.ancy iu 'lie himse of commons caused l the remtrnation of Captain Herliert Navlnr Laylui.il. Conservative, and t tstilted 111 a victory tor the govern ILcLt A Kremli Kilitot llit. , Pii Veb -20 M Auuuste Veo- r,tirie. a well known French literature and editor 111 chief of The Kappel. a .rptiral Kepublican organ is deail He was the authot of 11 numliet of works of i,tost and poetry and also wrote, several 01 am as V Hi her '.arln i Kuneral. 1OvvKi.u Mass Fb 20 The funeral nt Father (larin. the celebrated head of the Oblate order 111 this vicinity, has oc curred in St. Joseph's church The day was generally observed iu his memory .hy the merchants and tiuzoua. cuts, cut-;. 4(h: ."i4 U: MS-. Sc. lOc. Sc. 1U. Sc. pair. on Potters' Oil Cloth? 'J'h: i-r van I. :;.V. kt yanl. Vm-. j-er yanl. ltd. i-r yanl. THE STAGE. Zoi.a has afrreed to write an opera libretto in four acts for the Paris, grand opera 111 collalHiratioti with M. I'.riuicaii. who helin-d hiiu in ilram ati.ino; --I'lie l'are dWnnour." It is to be ready in the sprintr. ( lorxou'n "Faust" will smm have its thousandth perform:1 .ace at the Paris h'1"i. A nil ri i" Thomas has Ih'cii asked to write the music for a scene which will !c int roiluccd on the uTa tion to jflnrify the compos'r. M its. Fanny Stiki.ino, who for over fifty years held a hi";li position 011 the LUiirlis.il starc ha vino; acted with Mac re:idy in the thirties and with Henry Irving in issr,, has just married, at nearly eijrhly. Sir William tireo;ory, an oi'toreiiar ian like herself. Mk. I'.kki'.iioiim Tkkk recently trans jx.rteil his entire company of sixty jht. hons from llalmoral. where he had 1m''1i actiiio- In-fore the queen, to Ihile liu in time for the next cvcriiiifr's per formaiice. The distance of five hun dred and sixty-one miles, iiicludino; the passajre of the I rish msi, was made in less than seventeen hours. NATIONAL PROSPERITY. The Sea an liiipurtMiit l-a-tr In the Ail aneeinent of lukinl. It is impossilile that one who sees in tin- sea in the function which it dis charges, toward the world at larfv the most Mtent factor in the national prosperity and in the niiirM' of history, shoubl nut ilesire a cliaiijre in the mental attitude of our eoiintryineii to ward maritime affairs. The subject, says the North American Keview, pre sents itself not merely as one of na tional importance, but as one eonccrn iiiiT the world's history and the wel fare of mankind, which are IkiiiiuI up. so far as we can see. in the security and strength of that civilization which is identified with K 11 rope and its off shoots in America. For what, after all. is our not unjustly vaunted Kuropean and American civilization? An oasis set in the midst of a desert , of barbarism, rent with many intes tine troubles, and ultimately dc!end ent. not upon its simple clalorat ion of organization, but umui the power of that organization to express itself in a menacing and cllicieiit attitude of physical force, sufficient to resist the numerically overwhelming, but inad equately organized, hosts of the out side barbarians. I'nder present con ditions, these are dyked off by the mafrniticeiit military organizations of Kurope, which also as yet cope success fully with the barbarians within. Of what the latter are capable at least in will we have from time to time, and not least of late, terrific warnings, to which men can scarcely shut their eyes amieurs: but sutlicieiit attention is hardly paid to the iossible dangers from those outside, who are wholly alien to the spirit of our civilization; nor do men realize how essential to the conservation of that civilization is the attitude of armed watchfulness le tween nations, which is now main tained by the jrreat btates of Kurope. The I nlversal Plant. The tobacco plant h is lecoiiie thoroiifrhlv nat uralieil iu every part of the world, and iu many parts of Asia and Africa has Wcoine so completely domesticated that several writers have contended that it is alniriiriiial in one or the other of those continents. A F00T1ULL UEIiO. He Was More of a Man Than He Oot Credit for Boiutj. It was a preat cross to Mr. and Mrs. llartlett that Kotfer was apparently quite devoid of any worthy ambition. Their two older boys were so utterly different. Fred had leeu graduated from Vale with the highest honorsand Horace was making remarkable prog ress at the scientific sc1hm1; in fact, they were both exceptionally tine stu dents, which made the contrast all the more striking. For Kojrer vvassa.lly unlike his broth ers. He seemed to labor uuder the im pression that he had been sent to col lejre simply and solely for the purpose of learniii"; to play football. Appar ently nothing else had power to kindle the slightest enthusiasm in his slu(r frish breast, and his father and moth er ar-rued and expostulated with linn in vain. "You are frittering away your valua ble time," they argued afrain and atrain. "and are lettiup; hlip golden op portunities, which, once irone, never will come back to you; and what have you to show for it all but a broken nose and a fractured collar bone?" "Is there any prospective beuelit to be derived from these hours sjient ill scrabbling after a football?" his father questioned, severely: to which lioer merely resjouded in his usual off-hand style: "Who knows but 1 may be elected captain of that 'varsity team next year?" "Is that the height of your ambi tion?" his parent returned bitterly. I am terribly disappointed in you, sir; are you to tro on playinjr football for ever and ever, or what do you propose to make of your life? Perhaps you think that your reputation as a foot ball pla3-cr will prove an "oeu se same' to all desirable positions. I lo you suppose that anyone wants a fel low who has willfully wasted his best opportunities? I had hoped to make a professional man of you, not a pro fessional athlete, and had even as pired to seeing you some day iu our leading law otlice with my old friend Wilkinson Smalley: but it's no use, Smalley wants only younj; men of the highest promise." and Mr. l.artlett siyhed wearily. "It does 110 iriKvl to talk to Iliurer," he confided to his wife afterward, "for hardly ten minutes had elapsed after I had been reruoiistratinr with him about the evils of football In-'t'ore he i nq ni red if I wouldn't hrinr you down to see the tfanie on Saturday, and in formed me that he had saved two tickets for us." Mrs. Harllett regarded her husband helplessly. "What did you say to hiiu then?" she queried. "I told him "certainly not." Mr. ISartlett exclaimed warmly, "and I ex pressed my surprise at his daring to Mift't'st such ii th i nif. Show mo some laslino- be ne tit, or any abiding irood, that is to be derived from this ridicul ous ira me. 1 told hiiu, and then come to me to abet you in such folly, but not till thtri? " And so Mr. and Mrs. liartlett failed to witness that memorable yame in which their younyest son framed for himself such enviable laurels, (luce iu the field. Roner was like one trans formed. Keen, alert, cool, risintr splendidly to every emerpenej-, no one would have known him for the same slow, indifferent, easy-jroiiiy specimen of humanity who frrieveil the ambi tious souls of his parents by iiis small aptitude for (ireek. Not that lloirer vas by any means a dunce, for his class standi 11 o- was fairly good, but what pained his father and mother was the recognition of what he mi;rht have accomplished had it not lieeu for that arch eucmy, football. The great game over, the victorious team hastened back to their gymna bium with all possible speed; they had some little distance to go, as the gym nasium was not very near the ball grounds, so that in order to reach it they were obliged to traverse the cen ter of the town aud cross the railroad tracks. Roger, who had Wen detained a mo ment or so longer than the others, reached the station a short time after they had crossed, and found the plat form crowded with people w ho were returning from the game, mingled with those who were alighting from incoming trains. As he st.-ped upon the platform he became conscious that something unusual was going 011. and he immediately lerceivcd that the eyes of the multitude were riveted up on a figure halfway across the tracks, a figure pausing there in liewililerment. "There's a train coining each way," soinelxaly gasped. "Why doesn't he get off the track?" The station agent and one or two other oflieials were shouting loudly, but the man. who was old and very deaf, appeared thoroughly dazed; as he was prepared to step upon the track nearest him he had caught sight of one traiu coming down upon him and he now staggered back and was a I Mint to plunge in frout of the other down-coming express when suddeuly something very unexpected hap pened. As the crowd of bystanders shrank back with horror-stricken faces, con vinced that they were about to wit ness the terrible fate which must in stantly overtake the old man, a figure in a much-begrimed canvas jacket sprang out from among them, and clearing the tracks at a bound alight ed beside the swaying form of the other. A shudder and a wave of pitiful re gret swept over the motionless crowd. "He can never drag him back in time," they breathed; "they will both be killed oh, the pity of it!" l!ut our football man had no thought of Uraggin r the unsteady figure iu front of either approaching engine. In an instant he had tackled the man and thrown him tlat upon the grouud between the two tracks, for all the world quite as if he had been an op ponent on the football field; then he dropped lightly on top of him and lay there motionless, while the two trains thundered past on each side of them and the crowd stood waiting spell bound. In much less time than it takes to describe the episode, it was over, and what might have been a tragedy had proved only a bit of melodrama after all; yet as Koger jumped up and pulled the old man onto his feet, ap plause and cheers louder thau any that had greeted him on the football field rang iu his ears. Abashed and quite overwhelmed by uch an ovation, Uoger made haste to elbow- his way through the crowd, and in so doing nearly overthrew his own brother Fred, who happened to be standing directly in his path. "For heaven's sake, was that you, Roger?" he cried, confronting hiiu in astonishment. T)o let me get out of this." his brother responded impatiently; "they needn't make such a fuss because I knocked the old duffer over." and he bolted in the direction of the gj'ni nasium. Saturday nights generally brought the scattered members of the liartlett family together, as the collegians al ways made a point of coming home to spend Sunday under the parental roof tree. On this particular Sunday evening all were assembled before Roger came in. Fred was all agog to describe the scene that he had witnessed, but he unselfishly held h:s tongue. "I'll not sjxiil his story for him, but will give hiiu a chance to do justice to it," he mentally ejaculated, as he watched his brother swallowing his soup with uu ru tiled composure. ISut Roger said nothing upon the vital subject, and Fred looked at him with increasing surprise as he judi cially set forth the respective merits of the opposing football team, and called attention to their most vulnerable points. "I'll turn in early to-night, I think." he yawned, as he withdrew from the dining room. "I put pretty solid work into the last half of that game," and he leisurely wended his way up stairs. "I wish that Roger would put a little solid work into something else," his father volunteered, as he disappeared from the rmim. At this. Fred, who had in times past repeatedly scoffed at his father's ath letic proclivities, instantly fired up. "Father," he burst forth, "you're malting a big mistake about Roger. He's got more genuine stuff in him than all the rest of us put together, aud if it's football that's done it. the sooner that we all go iu for the game the bet ter;" ami he then proceeded to give a graphic account of the afternoon's ex perience, which caused his father to blow his nose loudly and repeatedly, while his eyes glistened with happy pride, and which sent his mother weep ing iu search of the sleepy athlete, who couldn't understand what he had done that was worth making such a fuss about. A few days later Mr. liartlett re ceived a note from his old friend. Wil kinson Smalley, which ran somewhat as follows: IUlak Marti.ett: I hear that your Kocer is frroirn.' in for the law. and if sit 1 waul him. When he its through with the law school you can hand him over t me. for he's just the ma terial that I'm on the lookout for. and you may well te proud of him. "He seared me out of a year's (f row t tithe other afternoon at the station, the ouin' ras cal, hut in spite of that. I wish you would loll htm lo come round and take dinner wila me some niK'hl. for 1 wan I to talk to him. "With kind regards to Mrs. ltarlett. believe me, ever your friend. " VVlLKlNSON SMAI.LKV." When Roger came home the follow ing Saturday his father handed him the note, remarking: "I'm afraid I haven't appreciated your football, old man, but I'm going to do better in fu ture; and. by the way, Roger, I hear that you're to play iu the game at Springfield next week; is that so?" Roger nodded. "Very well, then," Mr. ISartlett con tinued, "your mother and 1 would like to have you get us the best seats that can lie bought, for we've set ou; hearts upon going to see you make the first touchdown." ltostou TrauscripL SCIENTIFIC NOTES. Louii Kki.vix holds that the internal heat of the earth has nothing to do with climates. The earth, he says, might be of t he temjHTature of white hot iron two thousand feet liclow the surface, or at the freezing point fifty feet below, without at all affecting a climate. A FuENCH railway has lately ar rangitl its telegraph lines so that at a prearranged signal the wires are switched from the telegraph instru ments to telephones, thus enabling the operators either to talk verbally or to communicate by the telegraphic code at w ill. Commoimikk Mk.I.VII.I.K, V. S. N., ex presses the opinion that not only sH-ed but maximum economy in fuel will be attained through the use of the triple screw in ,tcaiii ships, each acting inde pendently of the others, the center one alone being used for slow cruising. Other exju-rt naval engineers concur iu thi.s opinion. Rkff.KKINO to the lecreasil mortali ty among children iu some countries, it is interesting to know that the sanitary condition of a region may in a measure lie guaged by the infant mortality; that is. the death rate of children in a district is a sort of hygienic barometer of the surrounding physical and moral atmosphere. Popular Health Maga- Hurh la Fate. Long she stood at the window and mused. The rays of the setting sun entangled themselves in her Titian hair or surrounded her glorious height of live feet eight inches with an aureole halo. Proud, queenly. limWd like a goddess, she was indeed a magnificent specimen of femininity, "Strange," she muttered. Then a soft, half-pity-mg. half-happy smile flitted across her face like a gleam of April sunshine. "Strange," she said again, ''to think that I, who only six short months ago was the quarterback of the Emanci pated Maidens football eleven, should have lost my heart to a man whose col lar is a size and a half smaller thau mine. Hut such is fate. And I love him'." Carelessly picking up a forty pound duml-lell she tossed it out of the window and across the lot, and then sought her boudoir. PROVERBS ABOUT PAPERS. Rank papers by bigness, you'll rank pictures by size. Who never changes his newspaper need never change his mind. Reap everything in the paper, and you have read nothing: in the paper. The paper that vaunts its circulation is arguing that what's good for its purse is good for your brain. A QUfcEN'S BATH. How tha Uum Kuyal Custom I Observed In M l(ciseJr. Since the great African island has lately caused a great deal of talk it will not lie uninteresting, says Loudon Tid-ltits. to give some account of the strange ceremony practiced at the Malagasy national festival every year, as related by nearly all the travelers w ho have visited the land of the Hovas. The "Fandroana." or royal bath, was first instituted by King Ratambo. and Ls. held annually, by royal proclama tion, from November to January 10. During this time no business is allowed to proceed. The people of the king dom meet the queen in the silver palace on the first day of the festival, aud a red cock is then brought by the head priest or saeritieer of the court. Its neck is wrung, and its blood. Wing caught in a banana leaf, is carried to the sovereign, who touches with it her forehead. neck. stomach. armpit, finger nails and toe nails. The rest of the assembly follow the example. Next day the rieople assemble again for the royal bath in the great palace. This the queen takes in one of the sacred comers f the hall, in a silver bath. leing screened from view by "lambag." held by her attendants. Amid the tiring of cannon and the joyous shouts of her humble subjects, her majesty then passes along the balcony, and from a horn in her hand sprinkles the crowd with the water she has just Wen using for her ablutions, exclaiming at the same time: "Masma. alio!"" (I am purified I. This sprinkliug is said to typify an abundance of rain during the coming year. To be absent from the ceremony would le to incur the royal displeasure, so that the French plenipotentiary minister himself. M. le Myre de Yilers, who is now again on his way to Mada gascar, had to submit himself, in !!", to this strauge ordeal. Every wife, also, must W with her husland at the time, or it is considered that she is as good as divorced. The new year is then supposed to have begun, and for several weeks there is a great Heal of visiting and feasting. BARGAINS IN INDIA. Merchants Sometimes Come liowi with, a. Jump In Their 1'rlees. Indian travel ts full of surprise, pleasant aud otherw ise. A gentleman, wishing to purchase some of the Wau tiful Cashmere shawls which are made not far from Delhi, wut to one of the largest establishments in the city. The merchant showed him a Ixiok in which was written recommendations of his goods by tien. J rant and his son, as well as by many others. Among the recommendations was this one in I'ermau: "I have liought shawls of this man and think I got them cheap: but do not offer him a third of w hat he asks. The gentleman selected two very lM-autiful shawls, and asked the price. The merchant, after a little consulta tion with his clerks said: "1 have not sold a shawl to your party. 1 sell you very, very cheap. You may have these beautiful shawls for fourteen hundred rupees." 'Absurd! Let us go!"" said the gen tleman, having in mind the (iermau's advice, and he started for the dor. "Don't go." said the merchant; "make me an offer." "I will give you four hundred rupees for lioth shawls." To his astonishment the merchant repl ied: "Take them; I will send them to your hotel." At Jaipur the same traveler lodged in a hotel conducted by a native, but owned by the rajah. He found the follow ing amusing notices posted in various places: "If visitors are not satisfied with the food or cooking they can deduct from the bill what they consider fair." "(iuests are requested not to strike the servants." "(Juests w ishing ice are requested to give a day's notice aud name how much they require." A BOUT EMBLEMS. The SIsTnlnc-ancw nt Many of Them Shroud 1 Iu Myaterjr. What the learned Dr. Aiken once called "A Visible Image of an Invisible Thing," in fact the emblem, has so lit tle record in modern times, that even the encyclopedias give concerning it only the dictionary definition. Yet two centuries ago it formed the subject for the work of some of the best writers, painters and engravers of Eu rope; while antiquity has illustrated it in a myriad of forms, the meaning of which is iu thousands of instances lost to us in the mystery and darkness that overshadows the history of so much of human life. Any object which presents at a glance a meaning beyond its mere ap pearance is an emblem. The torch for Illumination, the scales for Justice, the anchor fo.- Hope, the owl for Wisdom, the butterfly for the Soul, the scythe and hour-glass for death. The first at tempt at writing was emblematical, and Chinese writing is so to this day. So were the Egyptian hieriglyphies aud the same can le said of our own Indian picture writing. All coinage, from the first Hebrew shekel to the last American dollar; all the flags of all nations: all state or na tional seals, are emblematical of some thing. The cross, the crown, the scep ter, the miter, every church steeple in every land, mosque, minaret and pago da, temple and shrine, idol and fetish, all are emblems. Every letter in every language, every -figure, the sign of every trade and pro fession, the roses of England, the lilies of France, Ireland's shamrock and Scotland's thistle, are all emblems. And yet, strangely enough, it is only by persistent search that one can find out even the least about the origin of this class of art, the meaning of its varied forms, the hidden sense being often lost utterly while only the form remains. l'attl Changed Her Mlnd A distinguished instance of a com plete revulsion of feeling over one's first impression is said to be afforded in the case of Mme. Adelina 1'atti. Sotne years ago she took a pronounced dis like to a French tenor, allowing her unfavorable impression to influence her professionally to the degree that she refused to sing with him. Gradually, however, she grew able to tolerate, then grew fond of, aud. finally, when she added Nicolini to her name, uiar i ried him. BREWERS' HORSES. They Arm, as s Kule. Fat from F-atlnff Did yon ever see a thin, square, cadav erous, bony horse pulling a brewery wagon? Prolablv not iu New York, though such a thing could hapjen. though it would not pass without no tice. The reason for it is simple, says the New York Sun. These hurnes are fed on what is known as 'brewers' grain." the residue of the brew ing proc ess, a nourishing but unsalable prod uct of the brewery. When the laln.r of beer making is ended gallons of these grains in liquid form are ioured into closed wagons and carted to the stables, where they are fed to the horses. They are fatteniug. and give brewery cart horses that rotundity which is the marvel of many, who do not understand the true cause of it. It is estimated that nearly seventy t-r cent, of brewers' grains are water and unavailable for transport, except at large expense, for considerable dis tance, and. more than this, they sjhU easily, so must be used at once as they come from the brewery, hot and steam ing. In some places, especially out of New York, these brewers" grains are fed to cattle with very good result, but in this city the supply is taken up chiefly in the stables of the largest breweries. Very few persons have stopped to compute the extent to which horses are necessary in the brewery business. The largest of the city breweries has two hundred and fifty horses constant ly in use iu delivering kegs of beer to customers distributed altout New York city and Hrooklyn. The next largest has two hundred horses, and so on down the list, the total numtier of brewery horses in the city footing up five thousand. SILK FROM WOOD. ' A Recent tlacovery of (.rest Commercial 1 nj purtaore. At Bradford. England, silk has lru made from wood pulp so much like the real thing that it bills fair to occupy a place in commerce and use. It is pr. duced by subjecting vegetable filer to the action of various acids, the re sult TPeing a product said to In? identical with the filament of the worm, having its lightness, luster and all its qual ities, including that of durability. Commercially speaking, says the 1'hil adelphia Ledger, the importance of the discovery can hardly le overestimated, and it is possible that it w ill produce the most revolutionary consequence in the trade in that commodity every where. The world's stock of silk, lioth. woven and raw. is immense aud has al ways held a staple value likely to le much shaken and disturln-d by the in trusion of a new supply w hich can le cheaply and abundantly produced. Samples of yarn, fringe, braid. gim5s, sewing silks. handkerchiefs. bro cades and other fabrics, dyed in vari ous colors, have lieen exhibited by the ltradford makers to the trade and pro nounced all right and up to the com mercial standard in all resects. With artificial diamonds and rubies such as are now Wing turned out in great abundance, mouern society will ooui.t- less take on a style of splendor hither to unknown, outshining the courts of Solomon or the queen of Sheba or the retinues of Mahmoud or Harouu Al Raschid. AN AMERICAN AIR. A tlermaai Hand Lradrr'i Idea of thu 1'roper Thing;. A good story was told by a Itoston man who was in Antwerp while the preparations were in progress for the exposition. Representatives of all na tions were there preparing exhibits from their respective countries. In the vvening. says the Washington Star, all the visitors were in the habit of gath ring in a large hall on the grounds to listen to the ttand play. Out of com pliment to the visitors the national airs of the different countries were played, and received an ovation from the group of that nationality in the hall. The night that our Itoston friend attended the baud performance this playing of national airs was on the programme. All were playwd. but not a thing that could be twisted into an air for the bird of freedom- A delega tion of the Americans went up to the leader and told him that they felt slighted that their country had not been recognized. With profuse apol ogies the leader said it was clearly an oversight, and promised to give them the American air at once. He distril uted the music, and. waving his laton. the band broke loose, not with any fa miliar patriotic air. but "The Man That Itroke the Hank at Monte Carlo." Amazement among the Americans final ly gave away to visions of "Old I loss" Hoe 3- and his song, and w hen the band finished the tumultuous applause from the American delegation elicited an encore. A Ureat Fortaae. The huge fortune of the late Mr. Hugh McCalmont, which for seven years has been accumulating at com pound interest, will pass into the side control of the heir. Mr. Harry Leslie lilundell McCalmont. the well known owner of Isinglass. The amount is believed to te not much, if at all, less than four million pounds sterling, and the bulk of this enormous sum was accumulated by the testator while a member of the once prominent firm of McCalmont Hi-others. Rumor has it that the amount to which Mr. McCal mont will succeed exceeds that at the absolute disposal of any other single person in this country, and this is not improbable. Of course larger amounts are owned by some of the great city magnates, but proliably in tuost cases their wealth is not entirely unfettered; it is either subject to heavy charges, or else is invested in busines-s from which it could not le easily disengaged- The largest amount of person alty recorded in recent years was that of Haron de Stern, which amounted, we believe, to some seven million pounds sterling. acquired largely through Portuguese finance operation. Misery Khared. The Iarisian Wggar is generally a person of wit. One of the fraternity met one evening, at eight o'clock, a gentleman who was on his way to a dinner party. "Have pity, monsieur, and give me a sou." said the leggar, "for I have had no dinner to-day!" "(let out!" exclaimed the gentleman. I've had no dinner, either!" 'Too lad!" answered the Vieggar. "Make it two sous, then, and we'll dim together!" . . TT (I
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