-A-civtii't iiii jT lateH.
The lar and rel'aole cirrnlatloa ! tb t"4
bkia t miiii commends It to t hm faTnraMa
conslderaiit-n of trlttniwri w bo favors "111 t
inserted at tba following low rates:
1 Inch. S time .. I I SO
1 Inch, & months..... ....... ...... ...... 5LS)
1 i neb. t anontne...... .................... . 10
1 lnf-n Ijear... w
3 Inches, month...... ...... .oo
nineties,! year ... ln.C
S Inches. ( month I .......... ........... 8.
S Inches. I year ......... T OO
eulnmn, 6 mootht.... .......... la.co
"s"j column. 6 months...... ao.ua
colatQB. 1 year....... .................. 3VM
I column, i months.. ...... ...... ...... 40.00
1 column, I year............................ 7a.M
Business Item. Btst insertion, l(le. per line
nhstqaeot Insertions, be. tier line
Administrator's and tieculor Notices, tt Ml
Aodltor's Notices 2. SO
Stray and similar Notices ..... s
-tesolut ions or proceed lnsrs ol any corj-c ra
tten or society and cvmaiu nidations desirnid to
call attention to any matter ot limited or indl
vulval interest mnt le paid lor as adTrtismems.
ftot'k and Job mutiny of all kinds Deatly and
tiMiuari; execated at the lovest prtcea. And
don'tjoa loncct tt.
Or -u'.ition.
lit""1
tmiiscriptlon Kate.
i. :n :i'lv:itn e $1.5
; tm t wiilnn :! months. I T
, , i.-t i til within B month. V in.
ii i, '. I'iiid within Hie ear.. a si
r- resilm outside of the count;
, .;:i'..r.ji 1 er year "ill t-e charged 6
. eer.: will the atove terms he de
i. a'. : !:!' nn lon i eonenli. ineli
Jas. C. HASSON. Editor and Proprietor.
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.,:r. iu ;i.i.iuL-e uuei mil ei
r, l4ie -;tuie (iH.tir.it as tbose h
! e lt.-tmi-Uy understood trou
"HE 13 A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE ASD All ABE ELATES BE81DK."
81. SO and postage per year In advance.
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I ( H.UMJb XXIX.
EBENSHURG, PA., FRIDAY. .MARCH 2D, IS95.
NUMBER 13.
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We arc
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(OST. The reason for this Startling Reduction is that
ve must have room. Spring' will soon he here and
rattier than carry anything oyer we will sell at a sacri
lice. A Genuine Bargain for everybody.
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Ii A FEW LADIES' COATS TO CLOSE OUT AT $3.0, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 AND $7.00 ; FORMER PRICES, $5.00,
$6 CO. $7.00, $8.00 AND $12.00.
CilOrVTSi' 1- I ' J i IN I S 1 1 1 IN ( ;ooij4,
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Economy Clothing and Dry Goods House,
Next Door to Bank, CARROLLTOWN, PA.
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prdr. AppUfd into the nrtrius it 13
HALLS M ft
EENEWER.'
Th! trroat pojiularity of this preparation,
after its tstof many years, should be an
B-isnranr-p, oven to th m-t keptii-al. that
It Is reallv Tueripiritms. Tht- who have
u-ietl Hai.Cs Hair Kknewkk know that
it tliM-s all that is claimed.
Jt causes n-w prowth of nair on baltl
hoatls provitlt-d the hair follit-les are not
d.-atl, whii li is seldom the case: restore,
natural color to jrav or fadt-d hair; pre-aervt-s
the scalp healthful and clear of
dandruff; prevent thq. hair falling off or
chanin color; keeps it soft, pliant, lus
trous and causes it to grow long and
thick.
Hall's flAiR Henkwkr produces ita
effectii by the healthful influence of Its
vegetable Inirredients, which invigorate
ami rejuvenate. It is not a dye, and U
a delightful article for toilet use. Con
taining no alcohol, it does not evap
orate fjuicklv anil drv up the natural oil.
leaving the "hair harsh and brittle, as do
Other preparations.
Buckingham Dvo
TOR THB
WHISKERS "
Colors them brown or black, as desirrd,
. 1 l . .1 -. k.iatiDa il la ll U T" TT1 1 . Q K "
ma h toe iw uj t -
produces a permanent natural color; antl,
beinx a sinR'.e preparation, is more con
venient 01 application uiu auj vuiu.
! rKiriun bt
B. F. HALL & CO, Naahna, IT. H.
Bold by all Dealers In Uedicisaa,;
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TRY THE FREEMAN.
fsveat". nnd Trtle-M arks obtsinctt. and all TV
eel f'iiini-'- tonfm-tfl for Moderate Fr.
Our Office is OoposiH U. S. Patent Office,
and we rm ---.re !i;'ent in less time than tnor
rt-ntnte frum W'arhinLttin. ... .
. nl m.Hi. l. drawing or photo., with dccrlp
Mon Wt- advi.-. if palmtahle or imL free r
chr-e oir f.-f not tin till p.Ht nt is st,-r-jred.
h Pamoilet. "How to OMain I'atents." with
nam. s if nctiial cii-nt.i in your State, couuty.o
towo, sent free. Atltires,
C.A.SNOW&CO
OoabU Patent OSce. Waabinataa. D- C-
OF OUR I II ICES.
IVtif Ourl'rict?s on
All-W.H.l I l.-mi.-tta, i'mi-M,
I jiiiciislt r i innliiiMis.
liiic (.':i.-liiii n-s. in all i-ol.
l'iui' (. a.-liiiififs. in all I'ulors,
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Kin.- ;in-liain.
Il HM,
lint- I Mi 'at I in! .Mulin.
l int' riil'lfat'lifil Mii-lin,
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Fini' I '.hit' ('alit ii, ....
A full lint' if I'.lankt'ts, -A
full lint- if I Ii us' J'.lankt'ts.
TTmxr Tin Vnn T.ib-P Thpcp Pripoc
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I' in- rim ir il ("loth. 1 yanl w iilt-, ... - ""n-. ,,-r yaiil.
l int- F'lhir i Ml C'loth. X varils will,-, ... ;;;. j. r varil.
. in,- KliH.r Oil Cloih. Vanls wi.le, - . . ;-, ,.r Var.L
l-'iiif Talilt-Oil Cloth, :L-s.iitt-il, ... "Of. jifr "var.l.
THE MARKETS.
PiTTSRi-na. Starch 2.
WHEAT Nc 1 re-1. Gomlle; No. 2 rt-1.
&!'-.
't )RN No. 2 yt '.L.w ear. 49 '.V-; m-.xcj -:r.
IV'ilT: Nn. 2 yellow j-h.-lU-.i. i'J 't.'ii.i
oats N'.i. i win.-, af.-4-..iT.-; No. 2ii i., :; rii
iJ''1 .-; extra N. i white, J6a.jj;2c; mixi.-d. ii 'tt
bl.r.
H AY v .toiw tirn-.thr. ?12 rm-tl ? 5). N i t
tiiii'ithv. ill iVall "Ai: No. 2 tmi i'hv. li ii o
11 ii: mixi' l cl iver aii'l ti:iinhy. ill i" 11 i".;
pa-kins'. T.25iT..to: N . 1 fit-tlini; i rairie. Js jJ
(a;no; wtiir-iii hav, iI4.uo i l'i.ij.
HL'TTKU Elu'in cr.aniHry. 21 1 2.!?; h-
fan-y rrcamiry, Jua.'i- fai.-y cm:itry ruli.
17"!!-: low t:r:t'les an.l nmk n. i.lo-.
. HKEE t )hi- inii l, lu tlo ."!: N(.- .v York
fa;i makf, ll:3't-12c; hrnbt-rt-r. f.ill in ik;. l-o
li'i-r; W-.-ciju-mU awiss, li'iiJ Oino wis.
Jo 1 1 ; au.
tiitiS Stri-tly fre-th Pen.-i'-y lvarua an 1
Olii-i ran', 111. ! J-Je.
I't L"IfitY Lar.-e live chirk-n. Bo a "c rer
pair; live cli;i'k-in. rnaU. t'Ci'iTi).'; fl-. ks. 7ii-6
toe per pair, at to s:7.-; dri'--fl hi-k-n-t. 14
10c pt-r in;v.n I ; turk-ys. l.ValTir pt-r M-nnii;
Lucks, 10 a Ilk: : l:ve lurkeys, liHe per pouiri:
l.ve ij'crjc, 'JUc(t$l IW p, r pair.
F.At I.IUFHTV. r,i.Mir'-h 2i
CATTLE Kt-ctvpts lutht thi- w.ek. an I
with a iji.iwl il.-tnaiul the n.arket i ai t'.ve .tiul
pri-es a full minrter liiher than la-t t-k
Prime. ." ."At 'in 7-i . Koo 1. 5t hi -t 3. 15. s-' w 1
hutihers. ii 2'nil 75: roui;h lat. )3iit2. fair
li-ht stei r-. 5r4.:. bulls. sta- an.l cow,
t.-mraJio; tresh cows and sprinirers. ilj y."4
35 Oi
lit Xi Receipt only fa'.r, very few pr::::
h-r's on the market . deiiiaii'l is lair,
and the market a iitt!- -iew at
u.-u haiiu'eil prices: l-hilade.phias. $.!.'
5 uo. bet n;ixed. 54H5't4.;M; oe-t Vutk
ers. ?4 -i " 4.N ; c.iinnion lo fair Vurker- Ar:d
piirs. 'i0 'i 4 70 ; roiiirlis. 1 l i 4 Vi
TrllKKl heeeijit fair toil. iy, ami the il-nnn l
Is only fair on -Sleep, while lainli- are -t. .n'.y
at uni'lianed pri t. Exoort wi-:h.-r-. "i 15 ii
a extra, S I '.ki 't.i.U'i : ir " 1. ?4 .-.V'H ii5: tur
5i.t':5 'J; c-ui:iiii-n. $:.." i.lW; bet l.u:i!;-i.
5 " s -Mi.'X) : iroml la:tlbs. 5 oiJ -: 5.5l; eomiu .a tu
ta.r lambs. Si 5o-t4 5y; veal cuvi-s, i4 ljJ..ju,
heavy au J thin calves. Si .' 2 3X
Cincinnati, March '.'fl.
H(M;S Market active and higher at 14 40"S
5 jo: receipts. 1.4 : lit ad : shipments. I.'ijyh-ad.
t:ATTI.E Market active and higher at S i 10
li'a'l): receipts, head : shipments. Si h.-ad.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep. niark--t firm
at J.i.il..VJ; receijits. liW head: shipments,
none. Lambs, murket firm at $ J.io iJ.O-J.
New Yohk. March 21.
WHEAT Spot market weaker. No. 2 red,
tore and elevator, .V-K-.c; f. o. h.,Ci'-f aS iat;
No. 1. northern. t'J)c delivered: No. 1 hard,
7yt- delivered.
C:i)KN Spot market easy. No. 2. 50c and
nominal, elevator: steamer yellow, occ:
steamer mixed, a-'i-.
OATS Spot market weaker. No. 2. 3.'i;-,c;
No. i delivered. Wvc: No. J. d.14c. No. No. i
white, 37c; No. 3 white, 3Hio; track white.
!4-'"-4Ic.
CATTLE EnrojK-an cables nuote American
ett-ers at M su-lV -j: per pound, tiress.tl weiirut :
refrigerator teef at 9! u-lue p-r ixiun L Ex
jwirts tKlay. 45 beeves, i,6il sh-t-p and 2..4U
H'.'.arters of beef.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market quiet but
steady. iod sh.-ep, Jo. 13; c od iambs. $ i.OU.
HoiiS Market steady at 44.90 si. 25 for ex
treme weights.
Csetl a I'.aior While Iriik.
Sratsa. March Julius Cirkr
of Tort Edward has murdered Richard
Jack-on and terribly slashed William
Palmer, Imt the l itter will probably re
cover Barker osetl a razor and almost
d.-capitateil Jackson. All are tie-rts.
They g it it. to a (juarn 1 while drunk.
Charged With Treastiu.
C ipf.xh AtiEN, March 1 1 e rr Ni o r r c
moell, ethtor of Hfindell. published ;tr
Alw-nraa. in Northern Hchleswic;. has
i en arrestetl on the charge of treason
in continually advocating the reuinoii
of Northern Schlesw'ig with Denmark
hristlau Scientist Arretted.
Is ANfttI.ES. March 27. 'Doctor"
Richard Coak, a Christian science
Lealer, and Je.-se Satins, who.-e wife re
cently died in chirtlbirth as a re.-ult of
Christian science treatment, have be
tarre&tbd, under charges of niaiitdaughter.
T.rs; Tf-IAIV
Iiv Cioods.
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"Of., Wiillll "ill,-.
.""f., Willi 1 1 lillf.
"-., wtirl 1 1 Sf.
Sf.
Of.
worth lid-.
Wiillll Sf.
worth to,-,
worth Sf.
to j4 a pair.
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i-l A IJusL IN A BLIZZARD.
II as Not Simu iii'; Tim ti --Ii for I hp
S-rtlM- t Sec- Wli.ll :k i;titl l;it litl
Two im-ii v.ho knew him were .-tatul-intr
in the lirand l'aeiiio t-xcliaiio'c
t;;IUiiio- ; limit llcoru't- Cliampliii.
lo i.i.'d in Hot SpriiiiTs. I L- wars t mc
t-l' tin- most jjciu-raily known men on
the I li ica L'o 1mi;ui1 of trade, say.- the
iii, :i". II. Till. 1.
" lie t'i:i'i't 1;-1 ntr t any church."
: ;, i. I oi:c i f i lit- II ll-II. " Ilf !ii;rht I nn t
him on t l::rk street. A ldi:'.:'.aril was.
o:i tin- r:iiii;i:'.Lri' iiml jm-. nilc wcr.- nin-tiil-;r
to o-et out of the cold. A ra.tr.tretl
1 -t ! lii'liind a storm door, a pic
ture of tin- forlorn. Tin- lniy wa- al-
III vt l:;:-.-fii-iti-d. Chaiupliii stopjx- I
and said to liiin: "My Im.v. tins i hard
ImcU: why te'ii't yon put on ynur Sim
tl i v i:it '' 'Hain't trot lion-.-. t lit- Imy
r.-;l :-.- I. rhampliii took him ly t!it
s i-iiii'-'f tin- iiecl; and aliiio-t drao-LTed
him i: t. . a clot li'ni'r store- near liy ami
Ii.:.! tin- lioy put into a tn-w suit, slii.es,
iiosi-.-r. uiiili-rwi-ar and cap. Then.
I; l.'iii the hoy a. tlollar. In- said to
him: "Youtur man. yon hail Letter run
rifiit li .iui- and i'i-t out of thi.s cold.
The nn rc.'.ry i- twenty dco-ivcs K l.iw
i'.i-ro." '1 In- ch-rk in the store called me
a -::'u- and asked: 'Who is thai man'.'
Tlii . is th,- third or fourth hoy he has
I'l'i U'. lit ill here a lid clot hetl."'
'Yon say he didn't helmi"" to any
church".'" asketl the man who had
Ii:-ei:e.i.
"Ni irr went in one that I heard of."
Well. In- won't need any church cer
tii'eate in the next world. I reckon it
wa: n't -nowino; too hard the nirht ym
speak of for the record ine- an-fi-l to
see what Cliampliii tljil."
FACTS FOPI FARMERS.
It is the small iimiilier f itnnl cows,
crircfi:!' y attended to anil well fetl, that
y it 1.1 t he m. i-1 proiit .
A si i: in rack is a nice thino- to have
in the i ai i'vard. if you forevt its ex
istence a' feed ill"; time.
-;:i: any of your cows lirinfrinf yon
i.ito tle'ii'. If you don't know is it not
time that yo'i should know'.'
Mow i:iu.'!i fet-tl can your ltcst eow
turn ::-to hnit.-r? She a.ti.'ht r have
every o.itiee that she will eat.
A i.kan stall makes a clean cow.
arti a e! -in cow makes dean milk, ami
t h an iniik n ::'.:es p-isid huttt r.
Arri:i: you fr"t yotir 1iimh1. says
a swine rrro.ver. then every! iiin do-H-r.-ls
uj n your feed and care.
Tin: lornr winter vt nin s a fTortl the
cily ;;i m toyed almiuiaitt time tt
think list the farm as a nsoiuy-mak-in
i.-.st i. e.i it m.
l-". i:ti.l:s in I'cnnsylvania are feetlin-x
fhc.'.:i::t.: to ho-s. It is s;iitl 1 hat the
t re; is i:.n.'. t:se and the pickiti"; of
liii n halt"; pio'iitah'.e.
Tir: Ctcmt-.:'. ieut experiment statitn
reeo!". r:i ;:'.. p'l'i.ilsof suerphos-
ph::'e. A'.'.'' itiTitis t -f l.i; rate t if soda ami
".'.5 i i o :!i.ls of mi!ri:!ie of potas'i for the
jTov. th of potatoes.
4uite S.t isfae:ry.
The kin"; of the Kel";;aiis went tut
f.r a walk the other day. and etitcret.
a farm to ask for a ""la-sof miik. When
he had mad-.' a remark in Knjrlish to
hi- companion, he heard the hostess
say to 1.. r husband in l lemish: '"I won
der what that loiier-nosi-d Kii-rlishmi.ti
will rive us for the milk'.'" Whereupon
'.he kin"; took out a tivc-frane ueeeantl
('live it to the woman, saying in I'lem
ish: Alhw me to offer you the jor
trait of the lony-nosed Eliirlishinaii."
DOWN IX A ('KATE If.
Wonders Witnessed by a Moun
tain Explorer.
Intllan I-egrentls t t l--anioUH Kstinct Vol
cmuo In tlis Want stniui;r Ani
mals round in the Subter
ranean ruvrriin.
Crater mountain is t.ne of the I'ma
tilla Indians' efreat spook dejiots from
ancient time. s;iys the I laker City Dem
ocrat. Hucks that are now white with
t he hoary frosts of many winters rec
ollect han'in."; in the trees titrhtly
strapped to their linrsiii"; hoards, u hile
their mothers roametl the forests in
sciircli of efame for the lords, of crea
ti ui or wood for the tejH-e. and from
ii'-'atiey love tt relate how the jrreat
spirit sHike to them with the awful
voice of territic thunder in the ImiwcIs
of the earth. Many are the stories and
legends of Indian lore told of rater
mountain. One of the favorite ones is
told of a 0,-eat war U-tween the
Sho-hoiies ami 1'matillas. When the
I'matillas had coin piered their foes
they pi-iK-eedetl to slaughter old ami
y.miio-, regardless of svx. I me lK-auti-ful
Sliosliohe maiden, seeinjf that
tleath w as in,- i'able from her pursu
ip"; fia-s. plmic;-d heatlloncr into the
burniii"; crater, ami instantly the vol
canic eruption ceased, much to the
consternation of her pursuers, who on
the follow in"; day found, on looking
down the chasm of inky darkness, a
resplendent li.rht with the form of the
Shoshone maiden in the midst of the
apparition. They told it to their dusky
warriors and to this day Crater moun
tain i- looked upn with reverence
from an Indian point of view.
The following is from the diary of J.
A. Vri;rht: "Crater moiiiitian is located
some eleven miles front the Camp of
Cornucopia, on the south side of the
r;iii;,'i' whose caps are tipped with
eternal snow. Many chasms and lis
surcs have in the misty jiast cleft the
mountains and left them in the most
fantastic sliain-s. Vejrctation ceases to
jrow after a certain height is reached,
and close under the base of one of the
.Treat h aks is the famous extinct vol
cano. Ashes and lava are found in
o'reat profusion and in such in.lescrile
able masses that it makes the ascent
one tif jeril and jrreat tlill'u-ulty. How
ever, once at the top. a peek down into
the Hank, fat hornless abyss su ppl les t he
l.i. st morbid minds w ith all t he sctisa
tion.ilism necessary for a lifetime. A
favorite aiuuseiiieiit was to throw rocks
down and listen to the suiids as they
: truck on the project inT sides of the
dark chimney until the sounds died
away. leaving nothing but for the
mystified explorer to (,'Ut-ss it hail
reached the lottom."
Many have Wen the stories circu
lated of tin- wonderful cavern that ex
tended from the sides of the "Treat
chimney. A stout eal le was provided
and a basket swuti"; from a pulley,
lion. Joseph, with camera ami note
b.xik. was carefully lowered some
three hundred lind sc vciity-ci". lit feet,
when he noticed an aperture in the
side of the chimney, and. by sijrnals
ajrrceil upon, a iia.lt wuscalleil in tns
downward career, and he crawled
t hroii";h a cleft in the frreat chimney,
and the work of exploration W";an.
The lirst siefht that met his astonished
raze was a most stuieiuloiis chamWr,
from whose miirhty tlome huii"; stalac
tites t-f "Teat U auty, which were en
haiiee.l by the li;rht of the caudle, ail 1
fairly .--truck terror to hi-, heart, as the
llieker'uuf cam lit seemed to msscs.s the
power f some unseen hand that made
millions of the brilliant stalactites
h-.iice in resplendent Wauty. A; Tea I
snowy owl blinked at the astonished
Jo-eph.
The explor-r (rrojieil his way to the
far end of tiie chamWr, where he
thought he heard the sounds of falling
water nor was In- mistaken. for
stpn-eziny himself thronirh an niciiiir;
he found himself in another chauils i"
of (rreat beauty, with it stream of hot
sulphur water rtlit:iin;T Into the ea rt !i.
'Mie incrustation from the sulphur
water had transformed the cavern into
a coral-like substance and left it in
such fantastic shapes- He foun.l in the
water some lively little lizards and
some frojr.s that chaii(Ti- color on the
sli"rhte:.t provtK-ation ami two larjrc
rats, w ho eyed the explorer with a cu
riosity that seemed to bode no (rood,
and he longed for his little ;rnn.
Curious Oak Tree In i-ori;i!i.
A resident of Augusta. Ca.. has an
oak tree rrowiii' upon his place which
is not unlike other trees of that sH-cics
in (Teneral appearance. Instead of pr.
dueiii(T the re.iru lat ion acorn, however,
it is annually loaded with peculiar
formations as unlike tin- natural pne
tliK'tion of such trees as one could im
agine. As a (Teneral rule the cup of an
acorn is as lureor larger than a thim
ble, eovcriier at least half of the acorn
proper, but in this case the tiny recep
tacle is not tarircr than a pea. and. in
stead tif Win:r constructed wias to hold
but a s.inrle nut or kernel, contains
from three to live small tines, the iium
Wr seemlier to vary with the tli .tance
from the (rrouiul. the cups on the lower
limbs Win"; uniformly tilled with three
of the tiiiv acorns. l;otani:.ts of na
tional repute have pondered this sylvan
oddity and old settlers, noted hunters
and woodmen in (Teneral have visited
the wonder and left without even at
tempting to name the variety of oak to
which it W-lon(Ts.
The Month Wlllio.it a .Moon.
A remarkable freak in moon phases
was notetl in the month of February,
lst'iil, a month which has (rone into as
tronomical annals as "the month with
out a full moon." In that year January
and March each had two full mmms.
but February none. A writer in a
leadin"; astronomical journal uses the
followiii"; lanjruajre in describino; it:
"Do you realize what a rare thinr in
nature it was? It has not hapH-netl
In-fore since the W"-innin(r f the
Christian era. or probably since the
creation of the world. It will not oc
cur arain, accortliii(T to the computa
tions of the astronomer royal 'of Kng
lantl. for- how lon(r do you think? Not
until after two million ami a half years
from lsi'i."
s&liit Trillion.
Snint Trudon. a Christian village on
the banks of the Con(To, colonized by
negroes educated by missionaries, is the
prtxluct of postage stamps. Over forty
million used stamps were collected in
Krussels, from the sales of which the
mouev needed was obtained. The Con-
j go state gave the land.
A FOREIGN INDUSTRY.
We I'm Millions or Split Sieel Kiiif;. ltut
Iton't lkr Any.
"I've handled ami sold forty thou
sand piuss of split key rinefs since
lst'iT." saitl the little man in an over
cat ami a white sweater, 'ami not
one of them was of American make."
"Why. how is that?" asked a New
York Sun rcMrtcr.
"Itecause there are none made in
this country." replied the little man,
with a smile that lifted one comer of
his frray mustache. "No. sir." he con
tinued, "the makinjr of split steel riii(rs
is an art that W'e haven't (Tot hold of
yet, somehow, and I must say I often
wonder at it."
"Where are they made, then?"
"The Wst. sir. are math alxmt fiftr
seven miles outside tif Paris, at a little
inanufacturiii"; town whose name 1
can t just now recall. The next Wst
rino-s are made in Shetlield. Filmland,
while ring's of inferior tjuality. made
from Swedish iron, are manufactured
in Alsace. I don't know that the steel
in the French rinfrs is any Wttcr than
that usetl by the Shcllicld manufac
turers, but the Frenchmen in this, as in
st many things, have (Tot the han(r of
makiii(T their thin-rs look well. The
Shetlield rinjrs are pdislied with oil
antl emery, ami that (rives them a dull
steely look, while the French ring's are
Milislied by the tlry process, with what
they call crocus jmwder, a sort of
coarse rou;re."
"What are the extremes in size of
split ri n;rs?" the man was asketl.
"The smallest that 1 ever handled."
he replied, "were three-sixteenths of
an inch across. They are irildctl when
they reach this country ami are used in
cheap jewelry. The largest key rin-rs
I ever sold were two ami a half inches
in diameter, and those I sold to the
wardens at Siii(r Sin";. Iu fact, they
are called pri m r'mjrs. That key rui-r
with the two little knobs or Ws-cs
ihrouirh which you slip the key. is also
a French manufacture, ami indeed 1
have never seen an American key riii";
except that clumsy little thin"- where
you have to move around a small round
double plate with a notch in it. ami
then sprin-Toiit the ojh-ii end of the riii";
through this notch. 1 must say. con
cluded the little man. musiii(rly, "1
often wonder why w don't make
rin-rs over here. Kven now there's a
forty -live jer cent, duty on them, antl
they couhl W sold at half their present
price antl still brintr a (rood protit.
Why. just think. 1 sell over one hun
dred and lifty thousand riuirs a year,
antl there must Ik- millions of them
handled every year in this country."
MACHINE-MADE SPEECHES.
Turned Out with Marvelous ICanl.lity lv a
Kef en t rniclisli Intention.
There is no doubt that Wtli the type
writing machine ami the phonograph
are very inrciiious and useful inven
tions, but the chief dilliculty with
them, says the New York Times, is
that they cannot W made to act auto
matically. It is in order to till this
want that a distinguished inventor,
whose name is for the present with
held, has invented an automatic writer,
ami. jutl(Tui"- troin the private exhibi
tion of the machine which was recently
(Tiven in London to a committee of
meinWrs of the Royal society.it bids
fair to prove the irreaU'st invention tf
this or any aire.
In appearance the machine is said to
lie not wholly unlike a typewrit mir
machine. It. however, is provided with
a sort of hopper, in which an- placed
blocks of type metal, each one of w hich
is provitletl with a complete word, in
stead of a sintrle letter. When 'his
hopper is tilled ami the small electric
engine which furnishes the motive
power of the machine is s-t in action it
instantly Wfrins to print. Of course,
what is printetl depends in a pood de
cree U(oii the selection of words which
are placed in the hopper, but it is un
derstood the machine can Ik- used for
almost uny sort of composition.
At the exhibition already mentioned
the hopper was tilled with a supply of
words relatiiiiT to the Fnirlish Mtlitical
situation, and in ten minutes after the
engine hail Wen started the machine
hail .-'printetl two-full columns, each of
a 1 milt the lemrth of an ordinary col
umn of a newspaper. When these were
reatl they were instantly recognized to
W" a speech on home rule iu the (Teneral
style of Mr. Cladstone. The hopper
was next filled with a choice selection
of the very finest words in the lan
(Tuajre. ami the machine thereupon
printetl what was at once perceived to
I ie an essay after the manner of Mr.
Kuskin on political eeotiomy. More
wonls were added antl three pajres of
what any critic would have unhesi
tatingly accepted as a passage from :t
new novel by Mr. Meredith delighted
the committee. The last experiment
was made with the hopper tilled with
words taken from the Slanir Diction
ary and the result was a story in dia
lect which was held to W superior to
almost any dialect story hitherto pul
lishetl. New Terror for rrench 1 on viet.
Life in the French penal colony at
New Caledonia has been pictured as so
arreeable, Wth bv reason of the cli
mate as well as the leniency with
w hich convicts have Wen treated, that
transportation seems to have lost most
of its terrors. Criminals do not con
ceal their preference for a lontr sen
tence in the Wautiful Pacific island to
a much shorter term with hard laWr
in one of the penitentiaries at home,
antl when jcrpctratintr a misdeed have
sought as a rule to rentier their offense
as serious as possible, so as to entail
transportation if captured. It is with
a view of puttiii(r an end to this senti
ment that the French (rovernment has
now decided to stop sending' convicts
to New Caledonia, and is making ar
rangements to dejHirt them instead to
I'alttHin. the fever-stricken ami most
pestilential of all districts of French
Congoland in Africa.
Mutton In the Sout h west.
In the meat shops of towns in New
Mexico and Arizona the visitor front
the east is apt to notice that the
dressed carcasses of sheep have a tuft
of wool still attached to the head and
tail. This is left by the butcher to as
sure the customer that it is mutton
and not goat flesh they are buying,
for in these territories many Hocks of
goats are reared and pastured by the
small Mexican ranchmen to W killetl
for food for the poorer natives. Roast
or stewetl kid, with Chili jepK-r sauce,
is an esteemed dinncrdish at the tables
of many well-to-do American and Spanish-American
citizens.
. A JtETiHKD IWKf.LAI..
His Dangerous Career with tho
Jimmy and Dark Lantern.
lie I nnmnlr rnl a Iturclar Alarm Srnlrai
of AsIouIkIiIuk KflVct i-u-is In Western
C'nnec-ttcut Thrilling l.i irlc-nee
of si IIoum- Itreakrr.
"One night late I went into a house
in a village in western Connecticut.
Uttering by a cellar window, as I
usually did w hen I was late, smi as not
to disturb the folks. I looked around
the cellar ami located the stairs and
started up. About three-quarters of
the way up they made a sharp turn t
the left. 1 had my jimmy in my right
hand and my lamp in my left, so as to
W all ready. exicctiiig to set my lamp
down on the top step and gently pry
the door ojh-ii: ami I was going along
comfortably enough when just as I
was stepping up at the turn a riK
stretched across causrht me under the
chin and toppled me over downstairs.
There was only the stone wall of the
cellar tui one side and no rail on the
other, so there was nothiiiir to grab to.
and I just tumbled down. As 1 bumped
along something scattered along down
with me. w hang-banging down the
steps over me and under me and around
me. chasing me all the way down, and
when I finally got to tie cellar Wttom
that thing was lying avross my chest.
It was the coal shovel, which hail evi
dently Wen sto.nl up against the roe.
and which I hail jarred loose." said the
retired burglar to a New York r-un
man.
Cut the worst thing of all was that
my lamp was broke. I hist my jimmy
on the way down, but I hung to my
lamp: but now the light was out and
the glass was broke and the slide was
jammed around in fmnt ami I couhl
not turn it. I felt around till I found
my jimmy, ami then I waited to sec if
Ftl woke anylmdy up. I didn't hear
anylnHly ami so I started again, and
this time I felt my way up the stairs
carefully to the door. I found it un
locked ami I hat got it ojen about an
inch. I should think, when I heard a
little bit of a scraping on the other side,
ami the next instant the dreatlf ulest
racket that anyUdy ever heart!, the
falling of a di-hpan that must have
Wcu hanging on the other side on the
di.r knob or key. and at the same time
what I imagine must have Iktii the
potato-masher I don't know. Wcause
1 didn't look for it dropped from the
top of the door upon my head.
"This th Mir to the cellar opened from
a little square bailor entry way that
had. as I learm-d by feeling, a door to
the left, to the kitchen. I suppose, ami
one to the right. I guessed, into the
front hall. 1 waitetl again, but no
sound from up-tairs. so I turned to the
right and oHiie.l that door ami
stumbled the iirst thing over a chair
close by in the hall and almost broke
my shins. I felt along and found a
row of chairs standing close together
from that door clean to the front il.Nir.
I sat tlow n in one of them ami nursed
mv shin and waitetl. Still no sound,
ami I tried again and got alongall right
this time and turned off to the left and
into the parlor and Kick from that
into the dining-room, for a wonder
without falling over anything, antl I
Wgan to feel encouraged. Hut in the
dining-room there was nothing but
platetl spoons and forks, which, of
course. I eou'il tell by the touch ju-t as
well as though Ftl hail an electric
light. If they had any silver they had
it carried upstairs, as some people do
at night.
"I turned back into the hall and
groped my way through the rows of
chairs to the foot of the stairs. To
make sure of the first step in the dark
1 step;?-.! high ami stepiH-tl into a pan
of water on the Wttom step. That
made me mad. but it didn't make any
noi.se. ami I stcpjH-d out of it and start
ed on up. At aWut the third step my
leg struck a string that was strung
across these stairs, and set a WI1 a
ringing that was hanging on it: and
kicking that string started down on
me from aWvc. loosened I suppose bv
another string tied to the one I had
kicked, a shower of tin pie plates, and I
hud got my legs tangled up in some
way in the string across the stairs,
ami as I struggled to get free the WU
kept on ringing and the pic plates
rattling, and presently I fell over a
wash Wilcr that had Wen set on the
stairs a step or two up antl brought
that down on me.
"As I floundered around in this tin
ware and strings and lu lls and things
I heard children's voice-, upstairs, ami
a minute later I heard steps in the hall
above, and I could see in the blackness
up there the white of a nightgown at
the head of the stairs. Then something
came slamming against the banisters,
hitting me as it rattled down and
finally landed with a great bang on
the tltK-r among the chairs in the hall.
The minute he threw it. whoever he
was. he ran, and I Wgan to think it
was alKiut time for me to go. too. I
had freed myself from the Wllcord by
this time ami I got down the stairs
ami into the hall again, ami there
this time 1 stepjHil on a baseball bat
that was what hail come bangiiig
down at me from aWve that rolled
tint from under me and upset me once
more among those chairs.
"I got up ami opened the front door
it wasn't locked ami got out on the
piazza. Ik-fore I had got to the top
front step 1 heard a horn blow ing from
an upstairs window on the side of
the house, ami an instant later a
shot from a revolver ami a big Wll
ringing. There was a late moon just
rising and a little light now. ami as I
went away I looked back and saw
three children all in white, all leaning
out of one window on the second storv.
"I didn't wait to inquire alxiut it.
hut it was just as simple as rolling off
a log. The children's parents had had
to go away somewhere fiver night,
sickness or something, ami had left the
children alone. The young folks had
forgot to lock the doors, but there
really wasn't any necessity of locking
'cm. with such a burglar alarm sj-stem
as that."
Her Choice. "Won't you come for
row, auntie?" "No, thank you, dear;
awkward pura Ls very gooil for young
people, but 1 prefer to remain on terra
cotta." rick-Me-Up.
Many a man might make a Witter
Christian of himself if he would con
sider the church as composed of mera
borship of which he is a sample.
A PILL-MAKING CRAB.
The Oueer Habits of an Interesting Little
realure.
Mr. Cillirigvitl. in his "Rambles of
a Naturali-t."" gives an entertaining ac
count of these tiny creatures, which
are ino-tly of als-ut the siz- of a jea.
though a few are a- large a- tllWrts.
lie found them abundant on the shores
of the Malay peninsula, his attention
W-ing first called to them by seeing t hc
Waeh. after the going down of the t i.ic.
covered with loos- ixiwdcry san.l and
holes of various sizes. lo Hiking more
closely, he discovered that little radi
ating paths converged among the litter
of sand to each hole, ami that the sand
itself was in minute balls.
The instant 1 approached a peculiar
twinkling in the sand wa- visible,
which required a quick eye to r-e.g-nize
as the simultaneous antl rapid re
treat of a multitude of iny craW into
their holes, not a single one remaining
visible.
Kneeling flown and remaining m
t ion less for a few minutes. I noticed a
slight evanescent apjH-aranee. like a
flash or a bursting bubble, w hieh t he
eye could scarcely follow. This was
produced by one or more of the crab
coming to the surface and instantlv
darting flown again, alniitil by m
proximity. It was only b,- waiting like
a statue that I could induce them to
come out and set to work.
Coming cautiously to the mouth of
the hole, the crab waited to recoil -noiter.
and if satisfied that no enemy
was near.it would venture about V"-,
own length from its lurkingplace: then
rapidly taking up particles of sand in
its claw s, it tlejHisited them in a gnnive
lieneath the thorax.
As it did so a little ball of sand was
rapidly projected as through its mouth.
This it seized with tint- claw and de
posited on one side, proceeding in this
manner until the smooth Wach was
covered with little pellets, or pills, cor
responding in size to its own dimcii
si.mss It was evidently its method .if
extracting particles of food from the
sand.
I made many attempts to catch one
Wfore I succt ctlcd. At last I caught
two specimens, which immediatelv
curled themselves upand feigned death.
I put fine of them oil the sand to see
what it would do. .t first it did not
attempt to move: but after a little, by
a twisting and wrigpling movement, it
rapidly sunk into the sand antl tlisap
earcd. The other one I put int a hole w hich
already contained a crab; but no visible
result followed. I then attempted to
dig it up again, but in vain. I dug up
many holes; but though 1 sHin arrived
at the soft, wet sand underneath, never
succeeded in procuring a pill-making
crab by digging it out.
TAKE TIME FOR HOME LIFE.
The Mistake That the lnteiielv-Kur
-merif-an All Too f Iffen Make.
There are no busier jeope in the
world than Americans. The ru-h and
intensity of our business life excites
the constant wonder of foreigners ac
customed to more leisurely methods.
says the New York I'ress. It is a ques
tion if American mei do not work t
hard and ti fast iiiu merely for their
own giHid. but for the highest g. hI of
their families. In their earnest desire
to win material Wtictits for their wives
antl children they frequently toil with
such unwearying industry that eating
and sleeping come to seem to them like
impertinences, and they are hardlv
more than transient visitors in their
households.
In the old llreek and Roman reli
gions the father of the family was the
priest of the family. A profound sig
nificance underlies this ancient coiice
tioti. It is but an eml olimeiit of the
eternal truth that the highest moral
responsibilities devolve ujn a man in
his character of husband and father.
That the married man of to-day often
finds himself unable to sjcml any con
siderable jnrt ion of hi- waking hours
with his own family is ow ing largelv
to the stress of business life antl to the
ambitions fostered in a timntry wlmsf
citizens are welcome to the highest x
sitions in the land if they can win
them. Hut this constant struggle for
material welfare should not W jicrmit
tetl to increase so far that the ""things
that are more excellent" are forgotten
or ignored.
Sometimes a child dies, and then the
busy father may realize that it was in
deed a little stranger who came to him
antl went away again, lie hail watched
the growth of his business w ith intense
interest and he knew every aspect of
it; but he had not had time to watch
the growth tif a child's mind and char
acter. The American wife and mother
can change in a great measure this or
der of things by In. 1. ling up true ideals
tf what constitutes success in life and
of what makes a home worthv of
the name: for the hu-band in a great
majority of eases is guide.! by the wife,
antl will bring lack to her what she
gives to him. If life to her means n.. th
ing but money ami stH-ial success she
hinds her husband to a wheel that w ill
gradually crush the Wst that is in him.
Rut if it means a moral development
" li'ist- source of power is a sympathetic
ami ennobling home life she will take
care that her husband has time to live.
A Cireat Feed.
Several miners, who had leen in the
ruining districts of Colorado for
years, were -discussing what they,
would do if they were to ln-come rich
or strike it lucky. "Well." said one
"I know what I'll do. I'll go to New
York as straight as the cars will take
me. antl when I get there I'll make a
lice line for Dclmoiiico's ami I'll get
the biggest dinner money can buy. I
don't care if it costs rue fifty dollars or
more. I'll have it." 'Now, w hat do you
think you would order if you were to
go to IV'lmonifo's for a fifty-dollar din
ner?" "Well. I dunno, tint I guess I"d
have some ham and eggs yes. I'd have
some ham and eggs."
New Knclantfa Korfcy Coast.
The annual report of S. I. Kimball,
the general superintendent of the life
saving service, shows that of the T.'.'t
marine disasters which occurred dur
ing the year ending June .'in, 1 '.. along
the pun Hi miles of seacoast of this
country and along the great lakes. 1K
happened along the rocky coast of New
England. Of the sixty-eight lives lost
thirty-two went to satisfy the rapacity
of the waves lapping the same New
England coast. Thirty of the thirty
two deaths ficcurred in the wrecks of
the ship Jasen and the bark Rclinout
on Cape Cod. .
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