4V
fBi oiukia to., rr.wt.,
TbeUivesod rel'atde circulation of tb t'w
ii Kbbbhax eommeci It to tb favorabla
consideration of advertisers boM IsTors will b
inserted at tb, following low rules:
1 lorn, 3 times f 1 SO
1 Inch, 3 months S.5U
1 Inch, 6 month..... ..................... . 1 H)
1 Inch 1 year .................. Km
S Inches. 6 months.......... ............ .. Ml
t Inches, 1 year ......................... 10(0
Inches. 6 month! ..... ........ B."0
S Inches. I year ......... 100
i column, months......................... 10 it!
column. 8 months........... ........ 2u.w
J., column. 1 year syoo
i column, months. 40.00
1 column, 1 year............. .......... .M
Business Items, nrt insertion, lor. per lino
nbsequent Insertions. Sc. a?r line
Administrator's and txecutor Notices. 3 SO
Auditor's Notices .. 2J0
Stray and similar Notices X 00
w'Kesolutions or Toceedins ol any coricr
tton or society and xmmunl"ations desiicned to
call attention to any matter ot limited or indl
vidnal interest murt la- paid lor as adreriisments.
Hock and Job trintlnx of all kinds Deatly and
exeiousiy ezecated at the lowest prices. And
1,200
,icrltloii Kale.
, lt . .i.-Ii in a lvan -e fl.SO
r rr.-t paid within 3 months. l.TJ
j i: u-i I'f'i anl'iu 6 uinutti. '
i i;..! .ui'l wiiljin Hie year.. mi -5
rei-lintf outi'ttlo of th county
'.:;"c.ii l-er year will t-e chamed to
f.
-if-!-.: "'H tne above terms bo le
. :. iii"sewho 'Sua i C"nfnli tneir
" . i-.iyiuit in advao. must not er
i t '.'.! ' ! "e "-"ue 'cutin a tnope who
re dutn.-tiy understood frets
-'AS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor.
'HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRCTH MAKES FREE AND ALL AVE ELATES BESIDE.'
81. 60 and postage per year In advance.
. . ,d: i n or t.eNire you stoii It, If stop j . - . rT1rI, r -
'V'j:i:;":rtle"""- LUMP XXIX.
EKENSHURG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 8, IS95.
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. MEWm TOBACCO
K Ovfest tiat i8 made, and
ic?v e3 ir- and eave3
fLa secures mor3
tVr.m onthan ever before.
S;ation3- piston
piT ?ecume- If your
gatr tasrTt it ask hunto
ftl ir. f y0-
ZgRABR0S.,L0YlIfl.Ky.
SI"A1KI,!,.K.
n 1 1 . . .
sire selling off all our Winter Slock at LESS THAN
COST. The reason for this Startling Reduction is that
we must have room. Spring will soon he here anil
rather than carry anything over we will sell at a sacri
(ice. A Genuine Hargain for everybody.
JVOTICE ,1 FBir OF O till 1'IUCES.
::."ti; finiiicr prii-c, s ."i.fMIi
7-IMt; foi im r ii iri-,
S.i Mi; I', it iMiT j.ricr,
'.'.IHl; I', i'ii ii r plirc.
1. Ui; fiii iiii-r pi i .
:;.im ami
.Viw: f ii nu-r ii icc,
ti l H: i'i ii im r pi ii-c,
7. Ill; I'.iii mi r prii-c,
'..I Hi; t'l.riiH-r pi"n-c.
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Cffsr Yon Great Barcains in aces.
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t - A FEW LADIES' COATS TO CLOSE OUT AT $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 AND $7.00; FORMER PRICES, $5.00,
S6 CO. S7.00. $8.00 AND $12.00.
c. i:rvrr?' in t ifTvusiiici c;oois;,
1 I ' ... i ll. in up to si I It !". i il 1 . -t. l ir. t ct hii ;-. ,I.-i y or Cl. lh. fn in -lie. up to 1 .''.". tin- In st. l ire Hats fi. in ,"(!c. to l.fiO C-rthc
- i '. ' II:,! i:i-l;.-...! a :ni oilui- Hat iii iln-c. imuy lor V. t a!o lia c a line liiu- ol '1 1 nnk the (. la aj si and l:.st vt-u i vt r .-aw. t' lue one
i . : .:: '. - 1 1 :n!s to -Low , .111 W " is.
Economy Clothing and Dry Goods House,
Next Door to Bank, CARROLLTOWN, PA.
THE
50c
;'- i,..t a l.''iiif, snvrf or )mlrr. Jjipb'fd into t7ie rv'stri'is it is I
, . i 7 I . 1 7 - ,f .- 7 . . I
DUG ELY BROTHERS. 5S Warren Street NEW YORK. 3Ub ;
at at am 1 aak VKtbl
HALLShaFr
The frrpat popularity of this preparation,
after its test of many years, should be an
auraiire, even to tli nnt skeptical, tliat
it Is reallv nieritoriutix. Those who have
usel Hai.is Hair Kkxf.wkk know that
It does all that is claimed.
It causes new prowth of hair on bald
hpa,!, provided the hair follicles are not
dead, Tvbidi is seldoiu the case: restore
natural color to pray or faded hair; pre
aerves the scalp healthful ami dear of
dandruff; prevents the hair falling off or
chanirin color; keeps lt noft, pliant, lus
trous, and cause it to grow long and
thick.
Hall's Haik Hfxewfr produces Its
effects bv the healthful influence of its
veiretahlo liiirredients. which invtror:ite
and rejuvenate. It Is not a dye, and is
a delightful article for toilet use. Con
taining no alcohol, it does not evap
orate ijuicklv and drr up the. natural oil.
leaving the'hair harsh and brittle, aa do
Other preparations.
Buckingham's Dyo
FOR TBI
WHISKERS
Colors them brown or black, as desired,
and Is the best dye, because it Is harmless;
produce a permanent natural color; and,
beinx a (dntrle preparation, is more con
venient of application than any other.
ruriuD bt
K. P. HALL & CO, Nahna, N. H.
gold by ail Deaden In MediciM.;r
FOR ARTISTIC
JOB PRINTING
TRY THE FREEMAN.
Caveat, and Trado-MarkK obtained, and all 1'ift
eut husinens conHurtcd for Moderate FS.
Our 0fice is Opposite U. S. Patent 0tfic,
nd wo ran criire patent in lei's time than ino-e
remote from W ashitiirton.
t-end nnniel. draw ins or photo., with df-Trlp-ion.
We aiiviHO. if patentable or not. free of
char-'. Our fee not due till patent is secured.
A Pamphlet. -How to Obtain Patents." with
names of actual clients In your State, connty, ur
town, aent free. Addre,
C.A.SNOW&CO
Opposiia Patent Office. Washingtea. 0- C-
gn)alirlll
Xol iM iii- Li-i?!
'"-"! All-W.M.l ll. n.i. tta. lin.-t,
1 jtiicat r I iiiiirhani-.. ...
1 I. (il' '"i"1' Oilmn-rc, in all colni's, -I'llHll
'""'"' '!il"iir-s. in all ! us,
l- iiii- .VI W'unl (,'lutli, in all ri.lnis,
l-'iiic iiiiL'liaui. -S.(Kl-
Fiiu- r.l.-atli-.l Muslin. .
'i (hi! l'in" I 'nlilcai'lu'tl Mu-lin,
i Li,... 1M 1....I .....1 -..1.1. l'..n.. i.-i I
!,,, II, 'I. Ill', UIMI .11 III l ,11 1,111 1 t.lllll-,
i.':.. ii.. . t .
I lilt lilllf v ;nn ii, - - - -
A full lint- .if r.lank. ts,
A full lin.M.f U,.rs- I Uaiiki ts.
How Do You Like These Prices
' T .... tl nil i'i ,1. i .
io "ii v linn, i linn Him-, -
line l":oor :il Cloth. H van Is wi'lc,
l lIU, i-Mr oil C loth, Var.ls wi.U-,
Kin. - TaMc Oil C'lotli, assort.-,!,
THE MARKETS.
PiTTsm-ito, March 5
WHEAT No 1 red, 57-n ."; No. 2 nil.Mit
57i-.
(' iHX N'n. ' yellow ear. 4-" l!V-: mixed ear.
47'f !!. No J v. lii.w r-h. 11. il. 4'Vn 47c.
OATS No. i white. SttluKiM-x-: No J do. Xys
.'i-"'1..; extril No. 3 white, I''iliTKr; lmx.tl, it4 j
b4c.
HAY Choice timothy, JVi.ioi U 1; No. 1
timothy. 1 1 27rT 1 : So ; No. 2 tini. thy . lo (I -.0
l'l.."; iiiix. il cl'.v. r and tmi-'tliy. Slil.no'tll in:
pai kini;. $7 ut7 "i0: N- 1 fi .-linu irairie. ti M
in: w.e.'.m liny, il4 it. I't.vl.
HUTTKK Kiirin creamery, Diio
fntiev en aiiu ry . L'!'"-Jc: faney ceiintry. roll.
1- ir'tie: l.iw r:ele ami cm .kinir. ' lih-.
HKF..-K ihio, mil.l. loU-illc; New York,
fall make ll''il.'c: lnnl.eri.-er. fall make, rids
K'V.'-: Wicutiiii Swiss, livt l:i' m . (.1)110 ijwis.
il' y i l -'i-Fj
;t ;s strietiv fre-h P.iiii-yH-ania mid
hn ca . vu:loc. S. nit h.rn anil W-.-tern
fr.-h. J'.'c
II l"I.TKY I.-irift- live i hi. -kens 7ii"i7.V kt
pair : live chickens, small, liini'ii': ducks, tin fa
i-oc jm r pair, as fist-: ilres-eil chickens. Iift
I w p. r Hi turkey-. p. r 11. ducks I.Va
P- hve turkeys, lo-i lie per lb; live m ese. 'J0c
'a ic p-r pa:r
F.ast I.IHKHTV P:i March 5
t'ATTI.F. Kin ii't- li-ht this week: demand
le tter mark, t opened up active at an ad
vance if i.v. r last week'- prices, except
it: primi- cattle Market steady ti
dav at iiii.tatii.ns. t'rime. ia J.V.r a ,"i0 :
iTiHid. i xm a In : ini.nl butchers, H Jixi I .V.
r. Uk-li tat :u-V'H Hi: fair liirht -t. ers. .i -jij a
.-i: fat -.is and ii.-if. rs t.i J.t n I .i . l.mis.
-tat and e.iws. J non.) la: lre-li cow- and
- rins.'ers. l.Yit-i:Ci no.
H'liiS Til.- receipts are fair and th 1.
mand fair 'inlay: market -ti ady at al-.ut
nm hanired price- 1'hiljule!; hi. is. tlO'ftt")
l.e-t mixed. . :" 1 est Yi rk. rs.ll AH i.
c. nmi'. n tn fair Yorker- and pigs. 44.1U-! 4 1j.
roiitihs. vi.m.i I ui
SHKK1' K.-ccipts fair, almut 10 car- on sale:
tie- demand is fair and the market alu.ut mi
changed prices. Kxport weathers. -o a
Siw: extra. I.TiO-i 1.70 : u.M.d. 5 1 no t 4 Ju.
fair J 7o 'i :l 4" : c.nimi .n. 1 ."iii n .n I . ii. -t
laml.s. t '.n'i 'i.-O. ' 1 lamlis. 5" 10 I )..) I ; com
tic. li to fair laiiihs. 4-i i "o'i 4.7a . veal calves
44 joaj t. heavy and thin calves. Ji iJi'i-l UU
t'lM IXNATI. March V
H x is Markt t -tromr and 5c hifher at .l.75
fit.'D. receipts, l.si.nj head: shipments. l.MJ
h. ad
-ATTI.E Market strolls: nt f-' : "i -M: re
s-ipts. lot head : -liinmciits. iio head.
sHKFl'AND LAMMS Sheep market -tmni;
at si tmri l "ii : receipts. Hm. shipments. Inn
h.ad Ltmlis, market in lair deinan 1 -tnd
strong at $jiK't.i.o
Nk.w Yiiiik. Muri-h 5
WHEAT Sv t niirket iisu-r. No. i red
Htore and elevator afloat, tilVc, f o. b.,
riiV: Nff. 1 northern. 'i-3se delivered. No I
hard. "'Mc delivered.
COKN Spit market -a.sy No. 2. s:,ic ele
vator: steamer mixed. 4'.eBc delivered
OATS S mt market easy. No. i. , t .iV jc ;
No i delivered. a414'34,2c: No. .1. 33c: No S
white, ,e; track v hit.-. :C'ft411Hc.
CATTLK Eurojiean cables guote American
steers at CWfj lo1 jc dressed weight: refrisj
erator lns f at !a4't!i?. ExjKirts tKlay. I.-'UT
l-cv.-s, I.0iJ sheep ami i.-i1.) quarters of beef
SHF.F.I' ANU LAMMS Market ipiii-t but
tirm Sliep. ordinary to prime. 4.uual.i5
Limbs. Cfimmon to cimkI. $4.75fi5
Hi KiS Market steady, inferior to choice.
$4 4U'a4 TO.
Will Sue the Yoiuii; llii-band.
Bt'FKALo, March i. Minnie Snyder,
the jrirl who niarri.il l-wis H.k i.ii if
I'liiladelphia, a medical stndeiit. in
nijrlit cm ii f"lic. lists brns;lit into
iMiiie.' eonrt tn iijdiarjre of trnaney by
lie-r father, but the court held that as
Ionk its she was :t nnirried woman h
t i mid not hold htr on .-n. h a t-liarre and
advised the fatlier to have the r
swear out s warrant for non-support
airainst her young husband. This was
dune.
An Old Woman Head.
Whf.f.i.ixis, March 6. Aunt Ennie
Conrad, the oldest woman in West Vir
jrinia and probably the oldest in the
United States, the subject of so many
newspaper articles, has died at her home
near C'Hlarville, Ciillmer county, in
her 120th year.
n Iiv CVotI.
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lit-.,
wtiilli
wuilli
worth
wciith
Wtiltll
Wiltll
worth
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lit If.
Sr.
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St-.
10.-.
Sc.
pair.
7'h: to f4
on Potters' Oil Cloth?
ic. -i- van I.
-. per yanl.
- -Vic. n-r vanl.
Jtk: j r yar.1.
THE PRESS IN THE ARCTICS.
Oncer I'ulilicnt ions of t lie Land ff t lit
lsiiiiii:tu. There exist sit present Neveral 'jonr
11:1 Is" t iuit make tin ir sitH-ar;niee but
mice si year. Nays si writer in Scien
tific Ameri.-siii. Literally, of eoursi-.
they are not jminisils tailic lnt sin
Iiusils. They sire jcililislied within tile
ci .ntines of t he north jxilsir -ircle. Tin
list iiitii:iti I'.ullet in. for -xumple. is
edited nesir t'upt l'rince of AVales, on
ISehriiiO' strait.
Here, in st vill:tr" inlisilit'd ly Ksui
msi'.ir. the Mn'lisli missions! ries have
-M;illi.slied si scIkm!. and sis lu.t out
Ntesiiiie: isinds sit this jilsn-e. sind thsit
t.ut once :i yi .ir. the news that it Lrino-s
i eoiii;iieil to si shee-t of p;ipx-r printed
with the liektoefrapli. Its -,ize is eie-lit
ly twelve inches. The psiper is v-ry
tlin U. iiml lut one surfsici- is iis-d.
This Ksiiiiiinsiu ilulleti-i. in a sub
head, elaiii'.s lo i- th,' ""only yesirly
paper." This, however, is all erro". f r
there is an silimisil sheet puldislied sit
m wit liaali. in i recti hi ml. here si sinsi 1 1
print inir -tliee "is estsil'ii.-died in lv'."J.
i li-.nei- a in ml t litindred siinl ei'lny
r-.hects smd 111:111 v lit hiiefrsiphie prints
have le-n issm d. The journal in iiiis
tion is entitled A t na frsifrdl int it . 11. 1 1 inir
iiuiiiniU tii;iriimiiisi:sis.si2ni:h: thsit ::
""Soiiiel hinir lor r.-siilinir. si.-eotuits of
all sorts of eiitci-tainiiio' sill'jects."
The laio;ii;ire isthsit of i -iilsind. si
dial-et of the Ksiiilii;ni. There is st il I
s::.oi li,-r p.-riiKlii-al iiiliisln-d in tireen
hnul, under the iisiuie of Kalsidlit.
UNDER SNOW TWO MONTHS.
Winter KxM-rif-n-e if i our Men in a Hut
in .VI en tan a.
I lived under t h- snow for two
mmil lis. ssiid a rosjH"etor to a Cincin
nati l'2iniiirer man recently. Tall;
si I x 111 1 tl.e pn-sent snow Ih-iiio- si deeit
one'. It is not liiiief- t( what I encoun
tered in Iscs in whsit were t hen t In;
wiius of Minnesota, nesir Alln-rt L-a.
l'oiir of us had Imilt a hut in order to
hold a homestead clsiim. and fort linsite
ly had laid in a supply of provisions
stillieieiit to lsit two or three months
duriiio' the winter. One niffht it eoin
menccd to snow, and lurjre ll.ikes -on-stsmtly
fell for two flays and nitfhts.
Then the wind lieefsm to Idow. thesnow
ci ii-t inuiiio'. and the next morniii"; we
could not open the door. The windows
were completely lilocksided iiml we
could not tell thsit it was dsi time ex
cept by our watches. We built st bio
lire smd stayed in the house, supixisinji
that it would psiss olf in a few hours,
but t he weather turned intensely cohl.
On liie thiril flav we tunneled out
thrmili the witnlow, but tound it im
possihle to remove the tlrift, which
completely coverefl the hut. The fold
wesithcr continued without a break for
two months. The top of the snow be
csime hsird ciioiio-h to besir our weiffht
and we woule j'o fut by the window,
returning :it 11 ifrlit. buj it was two
::ionths Ik-tore the snowtliawed siltli-t-iciitly
t uncover the hut.
The Word -atulic."
The word "catholic" is first used in
the Ajiostles" ereed. where it ssiys:
'One holy, catholic, apostolic church."
It is next used by Ignatius, who is ssiid
to have been sin apostle of John. lie
used the word in this sentence:
"Wherever Jesus is. there is the esith
olic church." St. Aurustine (A. I). MM)
savs: '"The very name of Catholic
holds ine to the church." The word is
derived from kata," meaning "in" o"
"throuirh,' and "olus," the whole.
rACTS ABOUT PUTTY.
Mow the Article Is .Made mill Its Many
'I inta ami t lies.
l'Mre putty is -l.a.le of whitino; and
linseed oil. Whitino; is made of chsilk
which is imiMtrtetl frfim l'lijr'.aiul anil
irrmind in thiseountry. Kstrytes. mixed
with the whitinpr, is used as an alulter
ant of putty, ami eottfn-seed oil is
mixed with the l-iiseed oil. Cotton
seed oil 5s chesio.-, siml a slower drvcr
than linseed; its use is ad vant.i"Vous
to small customers, for putty mixed
Willi tiart eotton-seed fil keeps in order
lontrer.
l.inseed oil putty is used more by
decorators and painters and other Isirfre
consumers who use tip putty quickly.
1 "titty sells sit wholessile from one am! a
half cent totwo cents a Hiiinl. It is
put up for the trside in barrels of eijrht
hundred p. 11: in Is. kt-irs of three .1111
flred M.uinls. tubs of f.ne hundred
to fne hundred sind tei: pounds, in .-ans
of one to one hundred txnin.'.s. sind in
bladders; it keeps Ik-1 in Madders, and
the bulk of the putty exported pH's in
that form. I 'utty mside in the eastern
cities of the I'nited States is sold on the
Atlantic sealxiard an.l in the south, but
not much east en. putty is sold in the
west, for there are putty manufactories
in the northern ami w. -stern cities.
We export putty to Canadsi. Mexico,
the West Indies. South America ami
the Sindwich Islands, ssiys the Xcw
York Sun. Manufa.-turc.-s make col
ored putties to order, and white, brown
ami black puttie.; are kept in stock.
Putty has a variety of uses licsides
those already mentioned, am) the very
familiar tine is scttino- llass. lirown
putty is used to point brown-stone
buihlino-.s ami putty is sometimes
used in ixiintino- up brick buildings.
lUack putty is used in stove
foundries. I'lunbcrs use putty.
Sometimes scene painters reduce it
sind put it on canvsis to paint over.
There are three or four putty manu
factories in New Voik ami Krooklyn.
A sinyle tirm of ,iian..iaclurers 111 this
city hsis sold more than seventeen thoii
.ssind tons in si yesir. These seem like
jsir-re tie-ures. but they are less surpriis
insf from the fact thsit there few articles
of more common ii;-.
AN INDIAN DEIVION.
"he Formidable l.yn l'trolliiiK the
Maine Wn Hk
Moose and fleer stories are insiirnif
icsuit compared with the recent sidven
t.ircsofan vxpe- ieiic,.,! linuler on tlii
t"p of Chsurbsick mountain. He was
ail alone ami came upon si place where
si 1 sir ire deer had Ih-cii eaten ami not
ver lonjr before, f.,r t'ne I.IimhI w as en
tirely fresh. There were larre tracks
.-round the place, and it was not manv
eiimites before the hunter found l.irjr-r
trsime than he careil t.i tackle, for one
of the most formidable Indian demons
thsit ever psitroilcd the Maine wixhIs
was before him, ssiys the Isaniror Com
mercial. l iie iiiinter is not piven to w.mlly
yarns. but liw ssiys lie actually believer,
t hiit 1 he animal could stretch himself
lift t-eii feet. lie would jump and clasp
a limb lifteeii to eighteen feet from the
rroiinil. an.l po into a big- tree with the
ease and irrace of sinv eat. Kntirelv
alone and a lon-r flistance from any
help the hunter dared not tire at him.
kiiowiiir from lonr exiM-rience 111 the
woods thsit if he hit but tlid not kill the
demon he the hunter) would le in luck
if he lived to pet home.
The strange sind jxiwerful animsil fol
lowed him for quite a flistance. lirst
bcinjr 1 lnve rods siliead in the old lojr-fj-inp
rosid sind then suddenly sipp--:irinjr
in the rear. hut the hunter p:oddcd
steadily alotijr. keeoinir his wesithcr
eve on the urly lieast while not anM-;ir-injT
ti not ice him or fpiickeii his pace.
I n si 1 nit si 1 isi I f hour the hip lyr.x dis
MM'Sired sind the hunter bresitheil st
few siphs of relief sind didn't wsiste smy
time in lookinp up his travclnip eom
piinioi. sifter thsit.
A MOTHER-IN-LAW STORY.
She Caused u Kreneli Seliot' master to Klee
tf the I oret unit Sulmist tu lleriM.
A schoolmsistcr at Amiens. I "ranee,
insirried. but after si week of wedded
life .his mi t her-in-hiw. who uisile ln-r
home with them. Ix-camc si iiisiipp, ,rt -sible
th'it. uusible loiiper to cmliire her
tyranny, he resolved not only to desert
tin- eoiijupal roof but to break with,
civilizsit ion and return to ssivapery. So
he licit to si dense forest not far from
A mil lis. and tin-relived for three weeks
on r-H.ts and apples, ssivs the New York
World.
lie ssiid a ftcrwsirds that whenever
the picture of his home ami wife rose
in his troubled brain there stcpH-d be
tween the scepter of his implacable
inot hcr-in-lsiw. pusirdinp like tin- impel
with the llaminp swonl the :ate of par
adise, and tin- thoiipht would .-semi him
tlyinp into the depths of the forest
apain to escape fancied pursuit and re
capture. At last lumper drove the vepetsirian to
desire si not her roof t hsm t he t rci-salVord-eil.
and more tcinptinp food than herbs
siiulapples.su hi- decided to seek refupe
with his own mother, and at hi r home
found awaitinp him pax-rs in a suit
for divorce bronpht by his wife on the
proutul of desertion. Now the courts
hsive freeil the unhsippy schiMilmsister,
who deemed eoiijupal happiness tiK
flesirly pnrchsised at the price ff such a
1111 ithcr-in-lsiw.
ABOUT EATING.
Eat not immodersitcly. I'ythsiporas.
I If. who eats with most pleasure is he
wiio least requires ssiuce. Xenophon.
Eatixo ami tlrrnkinp imt only main
tain life, but are the cause of flcath.
Homer.
It is seldom a man dies from eatinp
too little, but often from eatinp Urn
much. II ippocrsites.
Tnirol'iiii :i .urfeit in eatinp wisilom
is hindered, siinl the uiiderstaiulinp is
flsi rke nei 1. A 1 phi nse.
TliK rule is never to eat or do any
thing from t he mere impulse of pleas
u re. ( icor r isi I ion t i no.
Killed Kntirely by Women.
A pleasinp account of a povcrnmen4:
entirely under feminine rule comes from
the little Indian ocean islsind of
'Minieoy. situated midway between
the Mahlive sind Iiccadive proups.
The woman is the head lioth of the pov
ernment and of the home, ami when
she marries her husband takes her
name and hands over all his earninps
tArouphout his married life. Silk
powns are the universal wear, the upper
clsisscs donninp reil silk and earrinps.
wnile the lower ten apjM-ar in dark
! stripeil t-ilk of coarser quality.
PRODUCTION OF BLUE ROSES.
Only to l-e Iteaclieil by a Troresa fit ( 011
tinuoua Variation and Select ioe.
A well-known naturalist recently
wrote: We may hsive a yellow rose,
but it is pretty well aprci-iltli.it if we
ever see a blue one it will l.c by a proc
ess i:f cmitiiiuous variation and selec
tion." lly this, says Youth's Com
panion, it is meant that if a blue nw
is ever produced from a red varietv. for
instance, the chsuipe will not In- a sud
den one. a leap from one cohir to the
other, but the result of a prsnlual pro
gression throuph a scries of steps lead
in.,' repulssrly Iroin r-il to blue.
In fact, it hs-s been found that "otli
phmts and anil. isils exhibit a tendency
toward a definite succession of colors.
:uil ccrtsiin colors hsive Ini-n rvpr.liil
as represent inp liipher stapes of evolu
tion than others. The cliaupe toward
these ""hipher" cohirs are Usually con
tinuous, and require a series of vnria
tioiis.v. hilc.on the other hsii'.il. iiisi-mci-s
of :si..hlc:i reversion to lower" coitirs
are not coni:ii. n.
lied is n-parded as a liipher eoh r. in
this sense, thsin yellow. Tin- ycilow
primrose sometimes varies to red. but
the chsu.pc is never .-.aili'i-n or ilisi-oiitiii-uous
bci-siuse it is si chanpe in the ili-rei-tion
of propressiou. Kut from reil
to yellow the chanpe sometimes occurs
by a jump, so t.i sjH-sik. Ih-csius it is
poinp backward. The same thinp
seems to apply in the case of birds.
Red anil preen species of birds msiy
vary to yellow, but the utmost clTorts
of breeders to produce red csiiistri. s
from yellow ones have only resulted in
an orsinpe line.
Allhoiiph there is no relation sip;iar
ent between the two phenomena. y-t
it is intere.stinp, in consiectimi with
this subject, to recall the fact that
anion;' the stars ccrtsiin colors sipjx-ar
to chsirsieterize tlitferent stsipes of
chanpe. or evolution. lied stars. s:e
eordinp to the testimony of the spec-troscoH-,
ilitfcr wiilcly in t heir const i
t ut imi from white or yellow om-s. and
it hsss la-en thoiipht that varyinp i-oior
may pive a clew to propr-ssi ve i-hanpi-s
in the heavenly l.ilies. Sirius. for in-stsini-c.
is sa'ul to have clumped from
red to white, and some have .sasM-.-teil
ths.t Arcturus i fa.linp from red towstrd
ycilow.
Thus science, as it clears tin one
mystery, revcsils smother awsiitinp its
turn to be solved. lint if sill knowl
edge couhl ever Ik-ut taincd. wotilil it
ci m tin in- to lie soupht asesipcrlv ;:s bo
fore? WHY THE MONUMENT IS THERE.
1 ho Story or MaJ. Ila.le anil His ltrae
ouiiniiiiis
Msiny visitfirs to West l'oint have
woiiilcreil what wsi.s represented 1 y si
handsome monuu.eiit of Itsiliiin liissrble.
insci-il-od ilade siinl iiis 1 "oiiiuisini!."
Tin- story is not told, or only csisually
referred to. in the .piils,r hislories.
ami the shaft tells not hinp of the pal
ismt iu-eils fif t ho.sf w h im it ioi!iiic.-i:i. i
rsites. It is si tinted column of strt'stie
desipn. sin 111.. lintel by an esiple. from
whose beak fhccmls st wre:it:i which
pracefully entwines it. The base is
:qusire. the slabs bcs:rinp the nsinies
and inscription beinp M-parat.-d 1
miniature camion, over which numer
ous stars sire placed s.t appropriate in
tervals. The nanu s of t he oiiici rs wl.o
fell with !:nie s-.re inserilMfl t.n the
slabs. Hut no hint is piveii of what
they did. or when s.nd where they fell.
The thriilinp episoili- is worth rc
ciillinp, says the Ur.iT.ilo Commerciiil.
especially as it occurred just lifty-siin
years sipo. or. to 1h- precise, oil the -Jsjli
of lleccmlK-r. ls:;."i. Msij. 1 ade anil si
detachment of one hundred sunt seven
teen I nitcd Stsites troops w ere w it bin
a few dsiys" march of Fort Kinp. Flor
ida, when they were surprised and msis
ssicrcd bv over one thoii.ssuid Seminole
Indians. The men were i.joicinp s t
hsivinp almost reached the end of si
lonp and tv-dious march, sind were look
inp forward to celebratinp the New
Year with their comrades sit Fort
Kinp. They were suddenly attsicked
by t hi- ssi vsipes in ovi-rw helminp mini
Ik-i-s and slsiuphtcred without merev.
Three only survived to tell tin- storv.
An exploration of the battlefield, made
in the fo!low 'mp Febriisiry. by order of
ien. I laiiies. show i-il thsit the detach
ment had foupht to the la:-t ext remit v.
and that each 111:111 had died sit his c,t.
The scene presented to the explorinp
part was sin awful one. They buried
the iMkiiesof cipht olliccis si ml nim-tv-eipht
men. s'lid a srna U si im .11 n ler i a 11
11011 l-loiipinp to tin- command, which
was left by the Indians, was phicetl
vert ically sit the head of the common
prave, where it remained for lnaiiy
ycars.
The lonp-forpot ten trapedy is coiii
memorsited by the pracefnl shaft 011 the
bsinksof the lludsoii. inscribed simplv
to "Dsnle and His Command." It was
erected in 1S4.".
Not stuck on llimseir.
A playw-ripht. prmlucinp one of his
own comedies lxiokcd for a etinntry
town, teleprapheil ahead for the or
chestra to meet him at the theater on
the sirrival of the half-p;ist six trsiin. so
as to rehearse before the pcrfortnsince
lK-pan. lie arrived, smd nished to the
cheerless-lookinp little theater, where
all within wsis cold and dreary. I'p
sind down the stape walked a fat
man. smokinp a pqH-, and with a bip
tromlMine under his arm. "Where is
the orchest ra?" sisked the playwripht.
""It has pone across the river to play at
a fiance sill but me." was the fat man's
reply. "Ami are you all I have to de
pend on for musk?" "Yes. sir." "I
suppose, then." ssiid the playwripht. try
inp to Ik- cheerful, "thsit you are full of
music and a preat player." '"No. sir,"
said the fat man. tranquilly; "I'm not
worth a cent, or I'd be at the dance,
tH."
lie Waa Fartirnlar.
An old fisheriiisin in Nartle, Devon,
made it fine of the chief ends of hh
j life to keep his lniat immsiculate. Ot
fine occasion, a peni icinaii nan nireii
him to take himself and a young ladj
out for an afternoon's fishinp. Tht
lioat could not Ik- bro ipht near cnouph
to the shore for tliem to step in; so the
old sailor removed his shoes and stock
inps. and takinp the yotinp lady in hh
arms, was almut to dejiosit her on
lmard, when he eaup'it sipht of some
j mud on her pretty pair of liools. In
stantly he stooped and dipped Inith her
feet up to the ankles in the sea. pad
dling them back and forward to remove
the mud, in spite of the protests of the
the owner. His only remark, as he
finally put her tin liosird, was: "lUess
yer, miss, salt water won't give yer the
sMmtlles."
SWINDLE IN SELLING GAME.
liuriii Iloucht In the Market anil SoWl aa
freshly Killed.
An old frau. 1 has made his annual
rcsipcsirsince in Isirpe iiu.nlx-rs. It is
the liopus ""pot hunter," who is will
ing to dispose of the results of his
prowess at whsit he elsi'ims to Ik- bar
pain prices. A pair of corduroy trous
ir. hiph rublM-r lMiots. ;i csuivas
shoidinp jacket, si csirtridpe la-It and
a double-bsirrclcd shot pun is the usual
make-up of the ingenious jMsldh-r. lie
appi-:ir in the residence sf--tion and
in the smsill doors of the uj-town
ivetiues late in the afternoon with
x few ducks or rsibbits sw unp over his
shoulder. These, ssiys the New York
World, he would have it appear are
the results of a jHN.r day's shoot'mp
ver in New Jersey or down on Iiup
Island. He needs money more than
In- needs panic, and will sell cheap.
His storv is plausible. There i a
charm almut securinp psime direct
from the hunter second only to that of
having killed it yourself.
The hunter" disjxi--s of his little
Mock at pi mm! market prices, and hur
ries si roil nd the corner to a waiting
wapon to get a fresh supply from the
losid pnrchsised of st Fulton instruct
dealer a few hours la-fore, smd which
is slowly follow ing him and his com
panion jH-ildli-r. for there are generally
twoof them, workinp opposite sides of
1 hi- st reet . i f ten si half d izeti of t hese
laipus hunters will la- sit work in one
section of the city, under tin- direction
of fine laiss peddler, who drives the
wa pon.
The panic sold by these laipus hunters
is. as a rule, purchased very cheaply,
sis la-inp stab- and silmot ready for con
fiscation bv the hwallh authorities.
AN AFRICAN KING.
He I-auchn Heartily at the first White
Woman He Kvcr Sau.
The followinp is sin extract from a
h-ttcr. written by a French lady in Sen
epsil and published in si l'siris new sa
Ja r. refcrrinp to a visit to Kinp llchan
zm of I isihomcy on laisird the Scpoisd:
"The kinp. followed by five wives anil
four children, of whom one is a hand
some laiy. then came forwsird in a silk
mantle striped w ith black sind blue sind
e'.epsiiitly drsija-il. Iiis hca.l was ban-,
ill'. I lie hsut oil his feel siiutlals held 011
by crossi-d bsmds embroidi-reil in wiail
of msiny colors. He smoked si larpe
ela.ny I'iiH-. the laiwl and shank of
which were circled with silver. His
French is 'imite-l to "lam jour" smd
'ami. smd I am the first white womsin
lu- ever ssiw. and the sight of me sistmi
ished hi"l. He sit first psized sit me.
1 hen roared with laughter, smd. when
he had lsiuphed t ill lu- w sis t in-d. 1 .kill
an mini smd asked w here my l.t:--lainl
was. Tin- interpreter hsivinp -irti-d
him out. he t.a.k him by the shoulder
ami pac him si friendly shake, w hich
wsis as much sistnsiy: liat a lucky
fellow you sire. One of the five wives
e.aiks. s-lu- hsis lost sill her teeth. The
ot hers stand a round t he ilco--il kinp.
The yiunpest silwsivs hsis in lu-r hsind
SI U.Nslell la.wl tilled with sawdust. It
is his spill. N.11. s-lie is the favorite.
The children arc v rv nice. lU-hsm.in
is elderly, sila.ut tifty-livc. smd hsis a
w hite hesnl of hair. He hardly knows
how to walk, la-esiuse. on siceout.t of
his rank, lu- hsis alwsivs la-en csirricd."
IN LONDON STREETS.
I'ubllr Vehicle ami the Way 1 hey Are
1 1 anil led.
As a rule the csirclcssness of the
driver varies somewhat in proportion
to tin- invulnerability of the vehicle he
drives. Tin- dri ver of t he hails, .111 cab.
ssiys the London Sa-ctsr.or. though he
often outrivsiK Jehu in the speed and
fury of his driving, is always on the
alert, and rsireiy fs.ils to pull up his
horse in midesirecr and si void t he col
lision which thrcsitetis him. To travel
swiftly, to cut in ami out of slower
i-sirriapes. is the life of the hansom.
We etipape it for thsit pura isi-. smd its
driver seldom dissipjuiints us. Hut the
hiiiisoiu is an extremely vulnerable ve
hicle; even ill collision with the four
wheeler it will surely fare t he worse.
Hence it comes stlamt thsit the driver
of si hsinsom keeps a sharp lookout for
obstacles and prefer puliijip bis horse
mi his haunches to running over the in
nocent fiat JKIsseliper.
It is curious that, with all their
sH-cd. ladli hansoms smd butchers,"
csirts by fsir the swiftest of the
w hi-clcd di-ni.i-lis of our st reet s. hsive
fewer accidi-nts lsiid to their account
thsin their slower fellows. The om
nibus driver is also of a esi refill nsiture.
He. too. conducts a ea rr isi pe that can
not po into sn t imi with impunity. The
omnibus can sitTord to bully the hsin
som or the brmiphsmi. but it da-c not
jostle the vsm of its own size. Ami as
regards fat psissenpi-rs. the driver hsis
st natural tenderness toward sin unpro
tected race who supply hiin with fares.
RURAL CHINA.
The I'omilat ion It I it-use and the House
Homelike.
On every side white homesteads are
scattered, each in its settinp of giant
hsimlaai slnaits. When you hsive real
ized the fact thsit each of these little
clusters of limc-wsisheil cottsigcs repre
sents the home of fathers, sotis. grand
sons, sind all their fcmsilc la-longings,
you will la-gin to appreciate the dens
ity of the population. In front of
every farm stand yellow straw stacks
raised 011 wooden legs, and under each
si tiny reil cow ruminates, fir cisc si dull,
hsiiry water buffstlo. stupidly wonder
ing whether a mouthful of straw
snatched from alaive will repsiy the
trouble of balsineing 011 his him! legs.
The general effect, ssiys a writer in
Hlackwood's Msigazine. is tmst home
like anil plesisaut. It must Ik- added
thsit a closer inspection of one of these
fii rms ih a s not prove so ssit isfsictorv.
Round silaiut the pround is strewcil
with litter and broken earthenware,
while the drsiinape from the csittle
bhetls forms puddles on the rosidway.
The plaster has fallen in Hakes from
the walls; .iie pay Ismtems and paudy
texts in red and black that sidom the
entrance only aceciituate the dismal
untidiness; nor is the semi-circular rish
tank. half full of standinp water, pleas
inp either to eyes or nose.
Clatterinp across the tlrying floor be
tween it and the house. I bring out a
pack of curly, blsick-haired dogs, who
bark furiousl-, but at a resjH-ctful dis
tance. I am known here, and am let
pass without further comment than the
customary: "Stit li fan m thyam?"
(".'lave you eaten rice or not yet?')
which, like: "How do you do?" calls
for no paj-ticulax answer.
ALL FOR THE BEST.
How a Itrave laHor'a I alt b In an Over
ICuliuc I'rotidenee Mas .luotitled.
A brave jvistor of bis f!a-k wa be
who was lairn at Kcn'mcre hall, in
England like district, in the year 1M7.
1 his Iiarnard's liilpin had no love of
mMT and place, for he quietly refused
a bishopric w hen it was otTcrcd hini.au
unusual priK-ccfling for a village clergy
man. His enemies would have draggisl him
to the stake at lhirham for having
adopteil the principles of the reforma
tion, ami as they could not succeed by
force they triisl guile and drew up thir
ty articles apainst him. w hich they laid
la-fore Hishop Homier.
""The heretic shall la- Imrni'il in less
than a fortnight." said lioiincr.
(ilpiii heard ff the plot, and with the
utmost comiure resolved tosulTcr for
the truths he had adopted. Indeed he
even Si-meil plad of t he opport un:' to
prove his feaity. He called William
Airy, his almoner, to one side.
"At lcnpth." said he. laying his hand
upon his steward's shoulder, ""they have
prcvsiilcd against me. I am aivu-cil to
the idshop of Iiondon. from whom
there is no escapiup. lival forgive their
malic- and give me strength tounderpo
the trial!"
So he psitiently suffered arrest and
nale away to Iomlon. On the journey
his horse fell and tJilpin's leg was
broken. One of his favorite sayings
had la-en that ""nothing haj'jaus to 11s
but w hat is for our giaal." and now his
enemies taunted him with it.
'"Is this, thy brokcu leg. then, for thy
giaal?" asked they.
"I make no question but it is." he n--plieil.
and. says Youth's Companion,
he was ripht. for tjucen Mary died la
fore he could resume his journey to
1-oiulon, and thus he regained his lile
erty. EXPLOSION BY MUSIC.
Vibration of 4; strinc lf a lta Mnl i
lfMiea locliile of "Nitrogen.
One of the most dangerous fif all ex
plosives is a black mji-r calh-rl iodide
of nitrop-ii. When it is dry the slight
est touch w ill often cause it to cxpl.aie
with preat viol.-m-,..
There apja-ars to la- a certain rate of
vibration which the compound cannot
resist. In exia-rimetits to aletermilie
thc cause fif its cxit-ssivc explosi vi-ness
some damp iodide of nitrogen was
rubla-d on the strings of a bass viol. It
is known, says Youth's Companion,
that the strings of such an instrument
will vibrate when those of a similar in
strument, having an equal tension, are
playi-d Uaii.
In this,-ase after the explosive bsi.l
la-i-om,- thoroughly dry ujaiti the
strings, smother Kiss viol was brought
near, and strings were sotindisl. At u
certain note the i.alide on the pre
jiarcd instrument cxphalcd.
It was found that the cxpl.sion e
currfsl only wh.-n a rate of vibration of
sixty -r second was eoiumutiii-atsl to
the prejsircd strings. Vibration of tin
tl string i'.iusiiI an explosion, while
that tf the E string had no effect.
GIANTS DO NOT LIVE LONG.
An Abnormally Tall In.lU l.lual (SenerallT
Ha One I atally Weak tot.
As a rule, giants are not h.iig-livisl.
TheJ' hsive t.i many gaunt lets to run;
la-inp giants, they naturally drift into
the show busim-ss and are t hetu-efort Ii
incarcerated in vsins. dose nanus, and
in the liinpy and ellhi via-ladeti air of
the exhibition room, ssiys the Popula.
lieview. Their not ovcrrcsist inp lungs
here inhale the combined l'luvia and
aroma that sirisc from the lungs, skin
smd not overeleau or ovcr-wt-11 siire.1
clothes of their many admirers, all K.
which is am conducive to cither health
or to long life. It would seem reason
able to la-lieve thsit a giant la- he.
seven fir ten feet tall who is well-formt-fl.
ami w ho hsis every organ in a
just proiairtioii to his bulk, should live
as lonp as n small man or as lonp as
his heredity might otherwise ia-riiiit;
resisoninp theoretically this would seem
probable, but when we come to well
analyze the subjiH-t and compare the
actustl facts we timl thsit somethinp or
other always p.a-s wronp and that
owing to many an "if" we lind ttiat our
giant ilies early as a rule. Some one
organ p.a-s wronp and the preat mst
chine comes to a stop; r some i irgsm
dia-s not keep ce with the rest .f t he
increase in bulk, and he gia-s halting
anil squeaky, or either an overwork fir
an underwork here or there and a
physiological inadequacy of si dm- sort
is the result, with a general deteriora
tion of the whole structure and with a
finally premsiture death. In other
words, there is sure to la- a failinp link
in the physiolopieal scheme of these
abiiormsil thinps. w hich, by pivinp wsiv.
breaks the continuity of the chain of
life, smd that independent of any of
those moral delinquencies which are
but tiai often the cause of ail earlv
breakdown. It is simply that the
whole structure would not work ab
normally in every detail.
Terrible Hrrnnl.
A French journal relates an incident
in which a hauphty functionary re
ceived whsit in the vernacular of rustic
America would la- called si ""neat comc
ippance." This hsiughty a-rsoiiwasa
niemla-r of the ehsmila-r of deputies,
anil much given to long speeches.
One day he found another deputy
eonversing in the lobby with a msin
whose face seemd familiar to him. but
whom he could not rememta-r. lie fsm
cicfl the man must Ik- an intruding
journalist.
"I'ardon me." he said to the other
man. but whom have wc here?"
"Allow me to intrialuce to you." an
swered the deputy, ""the man who has
written more falsehoods and stupidities
thsin any other msin living."
"Indeed"" said the great man. ""Then
my supptisitioii was correct that he is a
journalist?"
"Not at all he is the official stt-nop-rapher
of the chamla-r!"
Senatorial ( an. lor.
When John C. (.'si'houn la-came vitv
president tf the I'nitetl Stsites. an.l
i-oiisequently president of the scnsite,
he announced that he hail not the au
thority to call the senators to order for
words spoken in debate, as he rcpsirdcd
each senator sis an aiuliassador from st
sovereipn state. The eccentric John
liandolph. of Virginia. tiK'k advantage
of Mr. Csilhoun's ruling to abuse him
personally. One dsiy he la-gan a tirade
bv saying: "Mr. SjH-aker! 1 mean Mr.
l'rcsideiit of the senate and would-taj
president of the I'tiited States, which.
Liod iu 11 u inlinitc nii-rcy avert!"
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