l'"Vf
Aclvortiinfj IluteN.
The larreand rel'at.la circulation et the Caw-
tit liit mnmtadi it to lh. laToraMo
cunuulf rnnu of dtM!r rboe lavor will b
inserted at U. follow, (.g low rates:
1 lorb.l times ...t 1.50
llnrh.J months................. ii.50
1 lDob.6 moDtb..... .o
linen 1 fear . ........ ...... 4-1 li
3 Incbes, month.... ............
2 Inrhe, I ;ear lo.Cil
1 lochea. month ........ ............ 8.0
S fnrbe. year 2.00
li eolomo, 6 months..... . ...... 10 w
column. 6 month'........... . 2u.uo
column. 1 fear ......... 3Vx
IcvIdud, 6 month au ra
1 column. I year............. .......... T.M
Bunincn Item. tlrt insertion, loc. per line
fntwwqaent lnvcnton. be. er l'ae
Auuiiiii.trtor' an2 fcxeeutor'a Notices, .f? W
Auditor's Notices
Strav ao.J aitnilar Nonce IW
('Resolutions or (irocecina of any cor( - r -tlon
or society and romsuuni-atlons desivnid to
call attention to any matter vt limited or ndt
vidaal intercut mutt I paid lor as advert i-rnetjl.
Hook and J oh rTtntla ol all kinds neatly and
umIlum; execatel at the lowest j rice. And
don tjoo ioncet It.
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C. HASSON. Editor and Proprietor.
iUME XXIX.
'BE IS A FREEMAN VBOM THE TRt'TH WAKES FKEE AND ALL ABE SLAVES BESIDE."
8I.50 and postage per year In advance.
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arr selling- oir all our Winter Stock at LESS THAN
COST. The reason tor this Startling- Reduction is that:
we niiist have room. Spring- will soon he here and
rather than carry anything over we will sell at a sacri
(ice. A (Genuine Has'i-aiu tor evei'vfoodv.
.VOTICE .1 FEJFOF OUR PRICES.
''t.'K fm iiii-r price. S :.()
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I ; A FEW LADIES' COATS TO CLOSE CUT AT $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 AND $7.00 ; FORMER PRICES, $5.00,
?6 CO. 37.00. 5.8 CO AND $12.00.
CM'vrs' k iTitimii7(- c.oodsu
i, : t.. 1 i i-I. i ih 1 -t. 1 ir. m r-1 ills. .1. i y 01 loth, fn in -ll'i-. tij. to l.lTi. the lx st. Pine Hats fnin .r0e. to 1.f.0 t.r the
i ..!:-: ii i .t h.i I hit in I lit- i.ni I v I'm U.-"0. e :: lo ha - a tin.- lint- of '1 1 link.- t he I lit aj st and I'.i st u t-r saw. (i n.r iin
- i : i to I iow . dil t;. Is.
Economy Clothing and Dry Goods House,
Next Door to Bank, CARROLLTOWN, PA.
t
VXF 50 c
fii.jf or -irdr. Appb'.l into the lorM n if
.in. 'the hi nl, albitjx iitjl'iniviUin, hsulx
i,r sfut m-til on rirr-:t ol iri'V. n I Ip
JOB: : PRINTING.
Til 1: r i: i: i: m -1 x
Printing Office
Is the place lo cet your
JOB PRINTING
I'Kimptly and satisfactorily executed. We
Mih uifft the prices of sill hnnoraDle
cnnipi-tioii. We don't do any hut
tirst-olass woik and want a
living pi ! for it.
n
With Fast Presses anfl New Type
We are (.r.-pneil to turn nut J l I'riiitiim.of
every discription in the KlNhT
STY LK ami at the verv
Lowest Cash Prices.
Niitliu.i! tiut the best material l used and
our work -p-afes for itself. We are pre
pnred to print on the shorten, notice
pnstkks, i'kimikammks,
IJi sinkss Cakos Taos, I'.ii.i. TIfads,
Monthly ttkmknts F:n vki.oi'Ks,
Il;Kl.S. C1K I'l.AKS. W KDIltNO AND
VlMTINO CAR1IS CHW KS. NoTKS.
Ihakts. ;f. kipts. Ikisu Wkk,
hKITEK AMI N'O'IK llKAI, AM)
Hop ash I'Attry Invitations Etc
We can print anything from the smallest
and neatest Vi-iting Card to the latest
Poster mi short notice, and at the
most Reasonable IUtes.
i The Cambria Kieemau
i EI'.ENSHUHCr. I'ENN'A.
Cm-cit. and Trade-Mark ohtainisl. and all 1
f-iit .ii-in' roii.'iii-tod for Moderate Fi.
Our Office is Opposite U. S. Patent Office,
and we rrtii ---nre ;ti-nt in Ires t irae than mo-s
remote fr.mi Waslinprton. .
s.-nd iii.mIi-1. drawins r photo., with desrrlp
ion. We .nlvi-e. if patentable or not. free .r
rimr.'e. mr fee not due till patent m .ei-uret,
A Pamphlet. "Mow to Obtain I'atent.- with
nam. of a. tnnl rlii-nts in your State, county, o
town, fent free. Address,
C.A.SNOW&COs
Of ponte Patent Office, Washington, 0- C-
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PROFITS
IVotir Oui I'ri"i's on
AU-W.M.l II. nii. lta. I'm.-Nt,
I ui-;iI r iintrhuiiis. -Fit
it- C':i1iiih ffs. in all mini's, -Fiiif
i ":ilinif r-s. in all minis, -I-ini-
All Vmi1 (.;ldh, ill all mint's,
Fiiif iiiioliaiii. -
Fitif r.li-.H'hftl Miivliu. ....
Fiiif I 'nlilfai-lif"! Mii-lin. ....
Fiiw l'.li'a lif'l ami l'iililfaclif.1 Cnltmi Flaiuit-I,
Fin.- I ltu- t'ali.-n, -
A full lint' nf l'.lank. ts, ... -A
full l'uif of 1 Inrsf l'.lank. ts.
How Do You Like These Prices on Potters' Oil Cloth?
K i' Floor Oil l 'loth, 1 van I wi.U-, ... - ''."m-. i-r vanl.
r uif r 'o. r i hi t i. i ii, j ; ar.is inf , ... jut var.l.
Fiiif H.Mir Oil Cloth van Is wi.le, ... .V-. oer "var.l.
Fiiif lal.lf Oil Cloth, a.ssortf.1,
-
MISSING LINKS.
Tiik nanif of a Mi-uniship hailinr
from Honolulu i-, T.iK.-1 il. , iroiiouii,-i-
!-:. l;y h ah v."
A I "a ids h.-u mi:imt is firoiiiiiiii""- a
.-. :ii .1 t it i. hi of .. lf-mo iiio; waoons. to
' aUf pla.'f . hi .1 ii nf I .
-x.I.sis H'ovf s t hat white forn has
al.out on.- p.-r.-.-nt. m..i-f iiiiiso If -foi'iniii
ifiiifiit than aflIovv.
I1 Kl i. I lie a-t I liirt y-ti v.-yi-ar.-, uu ir.
t:;an one t li..iis:iiiil vari.-l if.s of postal
. arils have Iweii isr.ue.l.
l'll.oi l.allooiis pr.. villi-. I with self
rej'istf rin;r upiaratiis have l.e.-n sent
to a heirht of tiiirty thousand fe.-t.
A foKNsTAI.K veventeeii Mini a half
fe.-t ill ln-iyiit is the loasl of the A.a
h:i.ica i-oioity ilu. i Af' ri.-ult nral so. i.iv.
A I'AIIMF.!: of New toll. Me.. Iiassile.l
t'..- s.-hool l.oar.l for tin- water used
fr..i.i his well Oiniiio- the last eiflit.-eii
year.-.
A N insiiraueeaut li. .rity states t hat pro
hiliifiotiist policy Iml.lers averaifi fmni
four to five years longer ll.aiiaiiv other
vlass.
Tin: Kiv. r of hereulite. a new ex
plosive, is almost l.eyon.l Ix-Iief. A
hit 1 in ii. I of it ,il move thirty tons
ol stone.
A I i.v in Coluuiluis. Mo., has lironr!,t
-uit li'ahist her hi:sla;i. eoiinty
.'.-: Hi . r .o h ive 1 li. t;i sati.Mi o:i :.oiiie
te. i pl.'l- I"- r.'.iil -e.l.
ill v f i.o,-is f. ..ir hiiii.ti'.-.l a ii. I si ,t r
..... .a:i.; .i. !; .:..' woriii ui Inn . .i.i l .in
'.r' ;....r. It .....us ni.eti, ii...i i...
.. ; . oi' .-riiiiinal paiij-i . an.l .lea.
I -.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MEXICO.
They Will lie l.ik. Ours Hit. I !vni:!ilB ill
!:- 'l auvli: in 'I Item.
I have it from pretty .'..l authority.
s;ivsa reef nt traveler in Mexi.-o. that it
is t he purpose of the Mei.-:in rov. -rii-meiit.
within four or five year-., to
e-tal'lish a eoinpletf systfin of pulili.
s.ii.x.ls rea.-hiiir into every eorner of
the reiul'lif. The teaehers therefor
eannot lie ol.taineil here, nor for years
to fotne . This w ill make a demand for
proliahly tell or tifteen thousand teaeh
ers. In view of this it will lie s-en how
imp, irtant it is for those who have an
idea of teaehin to study t he Sianish
laiiijuajre. so as ti 1 ahle to avail
themselves of the opportunities w hieh
w ill thus Ik-oK-nel. Kaiistis City has
already moved in this direetion liy
makinr Spanish a jutrt of her fomnion
schmil I'niirM'. The students of Mexico
are now ahead of us on this question.
Thev recognize that Knirlish is the
rival laiij.niao'e if the eoiitinent, ami
thev jro to fullejres in the I'nited States
for the sole purose of addinr Kiirlish
to their literary stoek in trade. Mexico
is developing scholars who can hold
their own with uny on tin continent.
Thev are delvinjr into every research,
a ml 'are well-read and liberal-minded.
The literature of Mexico is now (uite
extensive, cowriiiff the tield of history,
biography, jxilitieal miuoiny, science
and jMietry.
Wool from ooal.
The latest wonder amoiitf the textiles
is a fabric wovn from the filters of
wood whieh h:i5 'm-cii put through a
special ehfmical process. This im
iM.rtant incthiHl of treating- whk1 fiber,
w hieh renders it equal to wool or cot
ton for all practical purjioses. is of Her
man orijrin. ami is known as the "Mes
tcrlich process of chemically treating
WlM k1 pulp." It was introduced during
th4 year just closed.
Goods
:15 i-fiits.
" fciil
-'-'i., worth -11 if.
.dtli "i.-.
'''., Width I J If.
., worth Sc.
Nf.,
':,
7c,
I'm-.,
worth lite.
Worth Sf.
worth III.-.
, worth Sf.
. to H a air.
7.M
- - -Of. Kr ar.l.
AROUNU Tnt GLOBE.
Tiik Hindoos have no word for
friend, be.-ause they use the wor.l
br. .1 her instead.
Al sti;i x coae h men sprinkle a pinch
of arsenic in the feed of their horses to
make them look sleek.
A M'MliKUof London streets are more
Mipular on one side than on the other,
ami the rates of rent differ proportion
ately. Tiik Japanese are fond of bathing'.
In the rity of Tol.io there are eio-ht
huuiired puhiic bat hhoiises in which a
person can lake a bath.
Skvki:. sac rilii'ia! knives have been
reeovcred from t he Mexican pyramids.
They are pieces of Hint, fashioned into
the .shaM of a hiitcherknifc.
TllKKK are one hundred and tive bu
reaus or braneh ost otiiffs in Paris, till
of which, with one exception, are
'iiippci with pii-iim:itic tubes.
In tin' mountains f Sweden. Norway
and I.aplau.l all vefetation would be
ut tcrly .lest roved by tin- Norway rats
w ere it not for the white foxes, that
make siccial iraiue of tin- rodents.
l.N ITiri an act was passed forbiddinie
KilirT William III. to uit his domin
ions wit hout otitainiiio; leave from tin'
representatives of tin- count ry . a lid this
necessity arose from his frequent visits
to Holland.
USES FOR A-HAIR PIN.
I.NsTKAH of a bit of wire, it will mend
a broken bicycle.
Insii An.if a hook, it buttons Imots,
gloves, and such like.
Issl i:1i of a needle and thread, it
will fasten together a ripjH'd seam.
InstkaIi of muciiatre, it fastens t. -iT.-therthe
woman n-porter's sln-ets of
copy papr.
1 s ri: o of a corkscrew, it w ill open
a liottle: instead of a paH-r knife, it w ill
cut ilcii mau.ilie leaves.
1 ns ik A I of a candle si ick. it d es ff.x xl
M-rvice st raijrhtcriel out , w it h one end
jablH'.l into a caudle, the other into the
mantel.
1 1" w ill pick a trunk lock, tish a wed
,.inf.r rin out of a washlmwl waste
pilH". jab a pickle at the bottom of the
Ixittle. untie sh iest rinys. diir dimes
from lel ween the slats on a street car
lloor. prick a blister, drive olf mashers,
intimidate bad dos. fasten uul.M-ked
win. lows and ojh'Ii oven il.M.rs.- Chicago
I'ist.
till S4-H.I ireulais to Tll.len.
I'nterprisino. tr.ih'smen. in the dis
tribution of their circulars, are not
backward in utilizing the lists of dis-tinc-uished
p-rsons w hich are printed
in the m-w.-pajH-rs from time to time,
says the New York Times. Not infre
quently lo they tret hold of the names
of men who Ion"; since passed over to
''that undiscovered country." and cir--ulars
and prosiH-ctuses arc mailed to
the dead as well as to the livin".'. It
would seem that a name once enrolled
on a tradesman's mailing list is never
criiseil. Circular letters a.l.lrcsscd to
Samuel . I. Tilden" are still occasion
ally left at the Cramercy park man
sion, and mail matter addressed to W.
II. Yamlcrbilt reaches the Jran.l Cen
tral station every now and then. Many
clubmen have recently received from
a : hirtmakcr what purports to lie an
euto rraph letter, saying: ' I am anx
ious to have you for a customer, and 1
u-'iiit to make you a sample shirt free of
charge. Of course L cannot do this t
for everv one. tint for you it will afford
me great pleasure to Jo so." j
THK CLIFF I) WELL FUS.
Interesting Theory to Account for
Their Lofty Homes.
I'roteete.l Acalimt I- Ioo.Ih Warned ly the
lttriirtloii of Their l'Mle, the
Survitiint .May Have l'tiMeit
the 1 lifr tar Safety.
Inijwirtant explorations, w hich are all
the time oiuo-oii in Colorado. Arizona
and New .Mexico, in connection with
thi' remarkable structures known as
"cliff dwellings." have not yet resulted
in any discoveries concerning the rea
son why they were built and inhabited.
These elitV dwellings, says tin- New
York Herald, are found in very la rev
iiiiiiiIm-i-s in the rock blulTs that wall
in the principal canyons of the territory
where the t 'olora.io. M:inei iiu.l .-'her
rivers make their way toward the sea.
The most important of these situations
is the Mesa Vi nie. a plateau e.ten.liiir
thron.'h southwestern Colorado and
New Mexico, and rising to a heig ht of
from one thousand to two thousand
fc. t from its base, which is, ajrain. sev
en thousand to ei-ht thousand feet
iiIkivi' Hie sea level. It was v.-rv weil
ilcscribeii four or tive years a o by lr.
V. Ii. Itir.lsall in a s.-ii-nt ilic publica
tion. The area investigated for cliff
1 w . Uiii'rs is al.. .nt t liree hundred s.piare
ll.iic.-.
This mesa, or tableland, is covered
with scrub oak and cedars, and broken
by perjieudieiilar canyons, so that it
looks as thoiio-h Ihep'iiiiinl h.id Imm-ii
split into innumerable fissures. In
certain s..ts the overhanging- rock,
which sect. :s to run in las ers, has made
irallcrics. varying- between a few feet
in extent and as much as a t honsan.l
feet ill length and fifty in width. u
th. se narrow ledges the cli :f d we! Icrs.
like swallows, fastened their stone
h. .ii.es. and t he ot:.'.-1 ion i , often asked:
"Why .lid they build so hih'.'"
The only answer that science vouch
safes is the simple one that "they built
whi le they found caverns in which to
build." That t his answer i- iusiitiici. nt
is show n by the fact that the base of
these e.iuyoiis has. from time to time,
aiiordc.l cave ace. imtii.Mlat inns f. r dif
ferent races, while more than a thou
sand square miles, im' far from this
very locality, but on the lower lands,
show si;.rii-. of occupancy at some time
by him. Ir.-. !-, of cities and towns, pre-lii-.toric
and forjrotteii. The answer
riven is. therefore, not sullicieiit to
s:it isfy t he mind.
And certainly it must have taken
soi. ie powerful motive to induce the
prehistoric races to climb so hi;rh for a
dwelliii"- place, when this could have
been obtained at tin expense of so
imi'-h less trouble and .liin'er. by
plant in-r them simply where tens iind
hiiuiirc.ls of t hoiisands did at some
t inie. two or 1 hive thousand feet lower
down. Kvi.ieut ly t he reason for their
not doiiiir so was that they lived and
buiiile.l at a H'i-iod far a nt erior t o t hat
f ccs aut res. and when the cistiti.r
conditions must have been widely dif
ferent. At present these localities are
unfit for the use of man or beast on
account of the complete absence of
fresh water except whatever rain and
incited snow may be caught in hollows
Horn in t he rocks.
Windine; around the bluff or sheer
wall by narrow ledges, tin explorer at
length comes Ukii a (,'reat clitf. tower
ill"; upward, beneath which, on tin
ledjes below, rise the ruins of a elitV
tow ii. Then it is seen that the dwell
ings present an appearance of infinite
variety. There are little corners of the
r.'k which evidently formed t he houses
of t he low cr classes; others there are.
complete st met tires of stone taken from
t he 'li IVs above and around, and fash
ioned into substantial buildings, made
to adapt themselves to t he shape of t he
eaves ami to the limitations of pace.
In some instances the ruins of these
building's indicate towers, or communal
houses, of larre extent. They are all
built of blocks of sandstone brolo-n or
cut into regular forms, laid in an adobe
cement, and the crevices between fill. .1
in wit h stone chips. Where curves in
the jrallery existed the walls were also
i-urveil, or anleil. tn utilize the space.
Anyone who will take the trouble to
read and collate the cxistine- w lit in-s
eoiieeruiiiir the traditions of the ex
treme western and Pacific coast In
dians, will find that the tribes all
arrco in t he possession of t radit ions con
cerning a (.Teat del life which, at some
lolif past peri.Hl. envereil all their terri
tory, and from which but few esc;iK-.l.
Such traditions extend from Urcf.ui to
Mexico. Of course, in such a e.i-.,
those only would escape w ho reached
the hif best lands. The idea that those
who are resMnsible for the construc
tion of the cli ff d wcllitif s were the ones
who escaped from the freat American
Hood is certainly not w ithout proiiuhlc
reason on its side t hoiifh w l iters on
the subject f em-rally five it a wide
berth, bcitif unwillinf to accept the
conclusion which must necessarily fol
low the adoption of so startlinf an
event as an actual fact of prehistoric
days.
The Kintf of ltli;ltlni.
A tall. slim, rifid-faecd man, of aus
tere manlier, is the kinf of ISelfiuin.
His forehead is broad, his features
keen, his beard full and heavily
streaked with fray. Kinf Leopold is
seventy years old, : ti.l a simple-lived,
quiet potentate, w ho divides his sjiare
time lietween study inf scientific prob
lems and out walkinf his courtiers, lie
eats or drinks sparinfly, sl'-ps on a
camp led. rises abnormally early, loves
imf land, ami hates any form of enter
tainment, especially theaters, lie is,
however, a ravenous reader, and is
posted up to date, not only on matters
of Hilitieal iiiix irtanee, but with the
court fossip of the day. Personally,
he cannot le said to be 'xipular w ith
his subjects, but In-is not a ha. 1 sort,
as kinfs fo. and a zealous adversary of
capital punishment. ".Never," he de
clared, lie fore his accession, 'shall a
drop of blood How durinf my reifii.
lfig llriti-th Sulnioii.
The larfest salmon caufht in ltritish
waters durinf the last twenty-five
years, according to Mr. II. Kfnenell,
was one caufht in the Tay which
weifhed seventy-one m.iiihIs. There
are plenty of instam-es of fish ln-twccn
fifty and sixty pounds. and a few above
.sixty. In Youell's "Uritish l-'ishes" is
the statement that a salmon weif hinf
eig-h'.y-three jhiiiikIs was for sale in
Lotnlon. in l-s'-M. It seems to he a fact
that British salmon do not run as big
as formerly.
RETARDING PnYbloAL DECAY.
How Life Could lie l'riliin;n to Nearly
Twice Ita Inual l-enct li.
Without eatinf and drinkiiif there is
no life; but we may select certain kinds
of food eoiitainiiif a minimum amount
of the elements w hich cause the ossiric
blockafcs in the system. An Kiiflish
physician, Ir. C. K. I)e Lacy Lvaiis.
who made many researches in refurd to
our f.MKl, comes to the conclusion that
more fruit should lie eaten. esH'cially
apples, f rajM's and bananas, they In-iiif
rich in nutritious elements. lleinf de
ficient in nitrofcii. they are l-st for
elderly jH-ople, as they keep the bl.Hxl
in a Wttcr condition than th-sh.
Plourens. in his well-known work on
'Human Loiif evity." cites t he case of
the Italian centenarian Cornaro. Iiom'
reeijH' for health and lonf life was ex
treme moderation in all thiiifs. Kloiir
ens himself insists that a century is the
normal lift-, but the fifty years l-y..n.I,
and even two hundred years, are human
possibilities under advantageous condi
tions. Hufeland also believed ill two
hundred years as an extreme limit.
Sir .lames Crichton llrowne. M. I.. con
cedes, in a late address, that Kl.uircns
was rifht. Duration of frowth fives
the leiifth of life. Hufeland held that
the human Imily f rows till the life of
twenty-five, and that eifht times the
f row th M-riod was the ut most limit of
man. l!ut if twenty years lie taken as
the time of frowth, even live times that
will five us a century. Aceordinf to
l lour. iis and Cuvier. man is of the fru
f ivoroiis or fruit and nut-caliiif class
of animals, like the fori lias and other
apes and monkeys. Man has not teeth
like the lions and carnivorous U-asls.
neither has he teeth l:ke the cows and
herbivorous ones. Intestines in the
man are seven or eifht limes the leiifth
of the body: the lion's are but three
times the leiifth of his body. Herbiv
orous animals. like the cow. have in
testines forty-cifht times the leiifth of
the body.
So. judfinf man by his teeth, his
stomach ami his intestines, he is natu
rally and primitively frufivorous. and
was n.it intended to cat llesh. Fruit is
aH-rieiit. ami apples act on the liver,
and are food brain food also,
as thev contain much phosphoric acid.
As to the effect of certain climates,
perhaps too much stress has been laid
upon that. We find that Thomas Parr,
who lived in Kiiflaml. died in his one
hundred and fifty-third year, and was
dissected by the celebrated discoverer
of the circulation of the Mood, Dr. Wil
liam Harvey (who expressed no doubt
of his afci. was never out of his native
eouutry. Accounts of men, who have
lived to extreme Hfe in Keuador and
Mexico indicate jiossibilitics. A cli
mate that allows much outdoor livinf
is the best for health. More dejH'iids
on food than on any climate. Kxer
cise. fresh air to live in and to sleep in,
daily bathinf and freedom from medi
cine are t he imjiortaiit t hinf s. In July,
ls;i:;. the Courier-Journal, of Louisville,
published a l.uif account of James Mc
Mulliii. who .lied in Carlisle county.
Ky., at one hundred ami seventeen
years of afe. When I'.iilVoii. Iluu laiid.
I'lourcns, and men of that class, who
had studied the subject, believed in the
jiossibility of one hundred ami fifty or
two hundred years of life, the subject
is not to be laiif lied at.
GLEANED FROM THE RAILS.
TllK French foveriiment proposes to
impose tines Um.ii railway companies
for trains that start alter the time men
tioned in tin time tables.
liKniuii: W. Wai.su. of Nevada. Mo.,
claims to lie one of the oldest railroad
men in the I'nited States, lie In-fan
his railroad career at Schenectady,
N. Y.. in July. 14-2.
tiKl.IvoKA, which is the northern
most railroad station of the world, re
ceived live hundred and twenty-tive
thousand tons of ore from the iron
mines in Sweden last year.
F.tusox' says there is practically no
limit to the s'R'cd that can be attained
on a railroad. He thinks the freatest
sjMH-d will come when electricity is
obtained direct from coal.
INDUSTRIAL AND STATISTICAL.
Statistics show that divorced men
remarry to a f reater extcut than di
vorced women.
J! Kit ma NY's output of pif iron last
year was r.r.V.i.::-J- tons, an increase of
over iVoO.iwil tons, or more than 12 jht
cent., over 1S'.:.
It appears from available statistics
that the birth of undersized children is
of more frequent occurrence than that
of tioys and f iris w ho are abnormally
developed.
Five million cans of tomatoes w-ere
put up in this country last year. And
yet there are ieoplc livinf in thi-, coun
try who can rcmemlier when tomatoes
were not eaten. They were called Jove
apples, and raised for ornament.
DON'T BELIEVE
Th at this world was made for your
special lienctit.
'I'll t the M'rsoii who chews film in
public is a lady.
Til t your baby lny is really the
brif litest child ever lxirn.
Til at the t roubles you worry over are
half as serious as you think them.
That our professions will help us
lnuih if our lives do not come up to
them.
Til at your f randdauf htcr w ill smile
at your tinery as you do at your f rand
niother's. Th at it really is so much harder to
sav the pleasant thinf than the disa
frccable. QUEER OBSERVATIONS.
OnsKitvi no barliers declare that men
with heavy beards are most apt to Ik
bald.
Kaoi.es always drive away their
! vouiif as soon as the latter are able to
fly well.
At Hcazif. Ilunfary, on ctolcr 11,
lsl4. four perfect rainliows were seen
three smaller ones inside the main or
primary Ikiw.
J. W. Jones, of Robertson. Ky.. has
found a pearl on which is the crfeet
outline of a man's hand. Seen through
a microscope even the veins appear. It
is valued by exin-rts at f 150.
Sweet In Tnlmrrn.
Molasses, licorice, fif juice, plycer
ine and some other substances arc
used to five sweetness to chew inf
tobacco, while in some brands salt is
also employed and various aromatic
essences are used ior their llavor.
MINUTE WONDERS OF NATURE.
The filler of the coarsest wool is alimt
the five hundreth part of an inch in
diameter.
Ill max hair varies in thickness from
tin- two hundred and fiftieth to the six
hundreth part of an inch.
T:ik thread of silk spun by the com
mon silkworm is only the fifteen hun
dreth jiartnf an inch in thickness.
Lenenhik'k and II umliol.lt loth say
that -i siiifle pound of the finest spider
webs would reach around the world.
TllK jxircs of the skin are so fine that
it is estimated that there are thousands
of them to every square inch of sur
face. Miss II .:x kiktta Khohes says that
there is silk eiiotif h ir. a. sinf If cocoon
to extend a distance of tive hundred
and thirty-five miles.
The very finest of sheep's wool in
thn-e times the diameter of the coarsest
spider's webs, or only fifteen hundredth
part of an inch thick.
Some of the common farden spiders
spill webs so line that thirty thousand
of them laid side and side would not
cover the space of an inch.
Tin: diatoms, sinfle celled plants of
the .-awci-d family, arc so smali that
three thousand of them laid end to end
scarcely suffice to cover an inch of
space on the rule.
W.miiis. the naturalist, says that w hen
Vouiif spiders first liefill to spin
four hundred of their threads are not
equal in size to one of the full-frown
insect. St. Louis liepuhlic.
TiiKstinfof a liee. when compared
with the point of a tine n.-cdlc. under a
jxiwcrful microscope, is hardly lis-erii-ible
The point of the needle appears
to Ih a 1 iout an inch in diameter.
The smallest know n stHcie of hof is
the pif my swine of Australia. They
arc exactly like their la.-fcr brethren
in every particular except size, beinf
not larfcr than a f ool-sizcl house rat.
The microscopists say that in the
milt of a codfish, or in water in which
decayinf Vcfctables have lccii infused,
aniitialeiilae to the muuiicr of ten thou
sand can be found in every drop as
larfe as a wheat f rain.
CURIOUS NOTES.
In parts of Ireland there is a sujht
stitioii to the effect that a lclt made of
women's hair will protect the wearer
from all harm.
Lake Maooioke. Switzerland, has
waters of three different colors, tin
the east, brick-red; north, pure freen;
south, deep blue.
TllK freat Lick telescope reveals bKI.
OOU.lhMi stars, and the ast mniiiiiers de
clare that each I.s probably a sun as
larfe as our own.
The lcciest fold mine in the world
is at Kureka. Cal.: depth. J.'J'.m feet;
decjiest silver mine at Carson City,
Ncv.. depth. :!. ::! feet.
15a IM liol.Kl says that the pif antic
statue which he presented to the
I'nited States is tin- likeness of his
mother, rejuvenated and modified."
AciniiiUMi to the late Dr. ISrown
Seqitard. the "elixir of life" man. a
fcntle pressure of the cars will control
a seven tit of coiif hinf.
The hifhest velocity attained by a
projectile fired from a modern rapid
tire fun is -J.ssT f,.,-t jht second, or
somethiiif like I.'.ii'.s miles an hour.
Al oivliixo to one of the textile trade
journals it takes ".iicii.imhi miles of
thread every year to "keep the coplc
of the I'nited States in their clothes."
The loiifest wire cable ever made
was that put in use by the St. Louis
Cable Railroad company in April, lss;,.
Leiifth, :il.50' feet; w eifht, S'J.SIO
pounds.
RELIGION AND REFORM.
The rate of f row th of the Christians
in India is more than double that of
the p. ipulat i. n.
Cicoi mi w ill lie broken this fall for
the erection of the American Methodist
university at ashinf ton.
Ir is stated that out of the forty
thotisaiid men employed by the rail
roads of this country only almut one
thousand attend church rcfularly.
The cvaiifclistie work conducted by
Key. John McNeill in Africa has licen
eminently successful. He addressed
the natives throiif h interpreters.
An anti-ciparctto crusade has leen
lefuii in Jersey City, where al-out
fourteen hundred pupils of the m IukiIs
are now weariiif the ba.lfeof the Anti
Cifarctte leaf lie.
The Church Missionary society has
ojH'iie.l a medical mission station at
ltuiiuu. on the lmrdcrs of Afphanistan.
a country which has In-en as firmly
closed to missions as Tilct.
The Christian Herald has headed a
subscription for the relief of the Cor
eans. with one thousand barrels of tlour
The Corcan minister at Washinptoii
has expressed his fratitude to the
paper.
TRUTH IN SHORT SENTENCES.
When you p ive others advice, take
some of it yourself.
Ixivk never complains that the price
it has to pay is too much.
No matter who has the floor, self
conceit will always find a way to speak.
No ma'ttek how much rclipion we
possess, all that counts is what we live.
TllEUE is no land flow inf with milk
ami honey that docs not have p iants
in it.
No MATTF.K what kind of a house
truth builds, it always puts it on the
rock.
The "man who makes his own fod has
one that drives him with an iron whip.
Coino out on a wet nifht to hear
election returns is one t hinf. ami f o
inf to prayer ineetinp in the same kind
of weather is another. Ham's Horn.
SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS.
Rei.IARI.e ornitholof ists declare that
swans, ravens and parrots will live two
hundred years.
The Alperian mountain. Dsheliel
Xailio. is slowly sinking. In the time of
Ca-sar it was 1.4(H) feet high; now it is
only mhi.
Peat enjoys certain antiseptic quali
ties. A dead lody which was buried in
peat for over one hundred years was
found in a state of good preservation.
The temperature of the planet Nep
tune is K'licvcd to le almut nine hun
dred degrees Ih'Iow the zero of Fahren
heit, while that of Mercury is much too
high to admit of a possibility of air
breathinp animals inhabiting it.
PICKINGS FROM EUROPE.
TllK people of tireat l.ritain consume
less tobacco per head than those of any
other civilized country, only twenty
three ounces to the inhabitant.
Thk Ccrmaii n-ichstag has voted to
appropriate 4.hki.iho marks for the Kai
ser W ilhclm memorial. The sc.-ond in
stallment of the fund has In-ell ordered
(aid.
The liclgian government has .hfid.sl
to pro-x-se to the -hamler of deputies
to annex the Conpo Free State to 15.-1-fium.
Premier I e I5urlet says the
jx.wers will not object.
Pkksii.kxt Fai'kk is still n-achlng
out for popularity in France. He has
just Kii.l a bill of J.M.ihki for a quarter
of a Initio of wine supplied to e ery
so'.dier in the army w ith w hich to drink
his health.
A moni'ment to King I.udwig II. of
I'.iivaria was erectl sum.-months ap
at Murnau. but not paid for. The com
mittee in change sent the bill for the
deficit. 4.uu-.t marks, to the prince r-gent,
who pa i.i it.
At Kerne nceiitly a husband and
w ife. Ix.th Russians, took th-ir lepr.--s
of doctor of philosophy at the same
t iuic. Thev w ere cxamiii.-d in adjoin
ing nxmis, th examining professors
going from one to the other.
In a Hungarian village neeiitly a
farmer tried to sh.n.t his tenth wife
and her father. He explained thai the
previous nine wives had all consented
to l divorced when he ask.il them,
but that this one had annoyed him by
refusing, owing to the injudicious ad
vice of her father.
LITTLE SMILES.
Ir figures never lie. then woman's
boulders are higher than her head.
tial vest" n News.
Wh'Ks "They say old Ilardup has
lost his grip." Kicks "What a lucky
old chap. I w isli 1 could lose mine."
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mu. Simi'son. Sit.- "iKiair yo" sass
me, nigger'." Mr. Simpson. Jr. " 1
ain't er sassiu yo." Mr. simjMtm. Sr.
"Wal. den. tloau' look ez if Bur! '
Judge.
I'm. es a man loves a woman he does
not want her to jet him. He would
rather put arnica on his own sore than
have a woman -w horn he dislikes do i". -Atchison
t IIoIk.
Ol.n oi'fkmikk "Wat yer arrestin"
me fcr? I hain't done notion' fer a
year." Officer "That's the time ye hit
it right; the charge is going to In va
grancy." Kate Field.
Visiioi;- "This must bea remarkably
healthy locality. I never saw so manv
old jicople in as small a town In-fore "
The lx-al Pessimist -"Vas. they keep
a-liviit'on ticca use this here place ain't
one no decent man wants to le found
dead in." Indianapolis Sentinel.
She sighed. She had liecli looking
into the mirror, but still she sighed.
"Yes." she admitted. "I have reached
the age when 1 must expect to stand up
in a eniuileil ear. I can neither get a
scat on account of my youthful lcautv
nor by reason of my helpless old age."
Imli.tiiatiolis Journal.
CHANGED HIS ROOM.
The Iu.llor.l lll.ln't Want His Houm
h4iled to l'leeea.
Peter Cartwright. the famous west
ern preacher, w as a man of action. u
one occasion tie went to a large hotel
where he was unknown, and asked for
a r mi. lie was dusty and travel
ined. and none too prepossessing in
ap)H'arii nee. and the loy led him up
three flights of stairs and through sev
eral crooked passageways, till he
reached the small apartment which
had tieeli assigned to the preacher.
Peter Cart wrif.' ht looked atx.ut him
and then said to the txiy:
""And how am I to find my way out
of this place. I should like to know '.'"
"King the lell. sir." responded the
lad. "Just ring the lell and somclxl y
w ill come and show you the way dow li
st airs."
"Humph!" said the preacher. "1
know these lells; the more vou ring
them th' more nolxxly comes. Send
the landlord to me."
The Ixiy departed, and presently the
-proprietor of the hotel came bust ling
.stairs to know what was the matter.
"Have you a hatchet in the house'.'"
lcmanded Peter Cartwright.
"A hatchet!" echoed his host. "Why.
certainly, sir. we have one, but what
do you w ant of it?"
"I projxise to blaze my way out of
this place." replied the preacher.
"That's w hat they doout w here I came
from, if they get lost in the w.xxls; and
if there should tn' a fire here, or for
any reason I should want to get out iu
a hurry, that's what I propose to .!.;"
The landlord looked at his guest's
resolute face, and without another
word seized the preacher's bag and led
the way dow n two flights of stairs to a
room which was quickly and easily
reached from the hotel entrance.
"All right." said Peter Cartwright,
when he had surveyed his new quar
ters and "got his lt-arings;" "all right!
No matter alxjut the hatchet."
Youth's Companion.
ThlnRH fjarnril tn the Morgue.
The old keeper of the morgue in this
city, who has s.-cn hundreds of un
known txulies exhibited for identifica
tion, lias arrived at some interesting
conclusions, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. If the face of the. had crson is
perfectly comxscd and natural, of
course, intimate friends or relatives
recognize them immediately. ISut. he
says, if the face is distorted through
pain or disfigured by injuries, a casual
acquaintance can identify the lxxiy
niuch easier than the closest relation.
He explains this by saying that jx-ople
who have known a jx-rson well for a
long time lose sight of the features and
sec rather the jx-rs. mality reflected in
the lines of the face. A casual ac
quaintance notes the features, Sind can
recognize them w hen seen again, even
if cousideably distorted.
American Wit.
Lord P., a proverbial hater of Amer
ica and Americans, was dining in Paris.
Next to him at a table sit a i oted New
port lx'lle. The conversation had
drifted to a discussion of American top
ics, and I.rfir.1 1. expressed his usual
hatred of all things on this side of the
water. Finally he made the assertion
tl .it he saw uog.xxl manners any where
in America. This angered the New
port girl, but she replied with apparent
unconcern: ""What rxx.r letters of in
troduction you must have had. my
lord!" There was no more unpleasant
talk about Americans that evening.