.clveitiisinf? Xiatiis-i. The larveand re I aole circulation cf trie Caw ksia Kkkkmar coHitEenat it to tbc lavomMe pod"! Jr niioii of advertiser wnoe lavone mil n icerte.f ai the following low ntcr: I Inch, 3 !!ihm t 1.50 1 im'h, 3 n,..mh... 1 inch, 6 month? S.j 1 men i vnr.. 2 Inrhff 3 nj"H I . f J 0 2 lnotirn, 1 j ear lO.lu 3 Inches, t mcntba .. .. ......... fc.AO liichw. 1 year 12.00 1 eolnmn, fl munthf ..... ..... 10. oo ! column. 6 month...... ... .... ml) S column 1 Jtr avoo .column, 0 month?.. ...... ...... ...... 40. CO 1 column, I jer 7i.fr" Kulne Item. (ITU insertion. Hr. Ier I'.M (u'T.)utnt tnru.r.. ie. per line Aoui'nitrM!.H- an 1-1 ecu lor t Notice . fi M A u J . t"T Notice ..... . ..... r.50 Stray n1 tiniuar Notice n oo ic.,luT ioc or -r.ieee.linr ot any cx.ritrar tt.n or ,.c:e!T and cooiRiunl'ation deijfndto call altent ioc to any matter of limited or ".ndl vi.lnal interest muM le j.ald lr a advertif meets. Ki k and J"t I rioting of all kinds neatly and extMiouFiy executed at tbe loweft iiriccs. And don'tjou lolyrt it. , . K 1J l . nA.vC.X, 1.S.D !N 4 Lai I ....f i nt. 1.7., . tii. -it; -... ;. i-.ir.. "-' -i f count ,i t c cuai ied to r n-viii- l-e ,le i o"iiuli lli'--lr .- in'-:-t it"t ex !. .i-"1 I !:io. HDli .: . -;-r.-i- -."1 Iron: -'AS. C. HASSON. Editor and Proprietor. 'HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE ASD ALL ABE ELATES BESIDE." 81. SO and postage per year In advance. (VOLUME XXIX. EHEXSBUKG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1S95. NUMIJER 30. K " '-r i I m m i ft FA i" HAY-F AND i r j x 1 lAVT.i In: a- rvrc ; N - i liuub. -t, ..!.. .: . !" N'N'A. . r. "i'---;f.t: : ... 0i-.-.7 r 1 ; and .;;..;;i's ' I c: . V. - 3 ti-.2 : . r.. t :'. .,ry . ''- t a.r4 m s .:,! 1 - r-'c !...t r. -:. ! :: -r-.. :r of - :T or . iu . r r:v!t ' . .ih-1 j ' - . I :; t :i V :r u . ,1. ::.'. u do P, ' a r KERS :ii (i---ire(!, - flliem ; ' ! r ; an'i, I i'.re coll" oltaer. -tin, N. H. : r-'-L tCHO CO. r-rv si,nf in- ;r,!,r. ApvVfil info V,e iutrils it t'3 the ht:iil, aJut'jx in ri.im ii,,iti,in hi,iL I .-i v, i) j,.,, ,,,, rr:; ;,,f r il 'SEhS. 5G Warrea Street KEV YORK, "4 sS5X BT never wants ta learn, but the reads that OU) Honesty CHEWING TOBACCO is the best tLat is made, and at ONCE tries it. and eave3 fncney and secures mora satisfaction than ever before. rlVOID imitations. Insist on having the genuine. If your tioaier hasn't it ask him to pet it for you. m. FKZSR & BROS., Loni'Yille. Ky Constipation rmnnil prompt trpatiiiofjt. Tho tk-Rti'.r.-ttif tifM' t liny 1 serious. Avoid ail h:tr!i at:.l lr:L-tic purgatives, tli t -tKiotH v "f wiiii ii is to woaken tlio ' .w ls. " I Up S.f-st roiiioly is Aypr's i j i p:in-'y vt ttjilc, tlii:ir n : !!! N j -r .i i . x t. ttiul their cffci t always Wt.t .il. T'.ii-y aru an iniiiiiral.lo I,;-., r i.i.a Aft. r-.l'.ii!i r pill, an.l every nh. ro ti 1 ir.-i-.l l'V tlio profession. j " Ayr's VV.U nr' hi.'hly atol tinivor-f-r.:!v .;. U. n f l " llie p"p!n aUmt I . . r , -. 1 i:ial:. .iaiiv nsf f I lioin in my ,.r: lr. I.' 11. I'uwlcr, l'.rido- pTt . '4.I1II. ' r :m rorr.nimincl Ayor's Pills atmvft f.'. cli-r.s, ,:ivi!t4 l.n.tf provi-il their v-t'';o as a 1 at ! ir! ii: t''r m vs. If anil fa. 11. J. T. Jl I.LilIiiiif, l'a. " r..r s' vi ral t i itrn Ayi r's I'ills liava I .1. uc.l iu liiy'lamily." We liud theui au Effective Remedy fr,T i-i-ii-i'ipa::-n aii'l imli'i'St ion, anl fc r- m - r v. ;:!.. ill tlu-in in tlm lnli.s." Mi..-. ;r.-tii.T, b'wt 11, Mast. 'I liav ti-'-l A v.t'h I'iils. for livff tri i.!4. s : i"' iioii-' '. tioii, !'.irin many ;.r-. am! ha-. "alwavs f.'iin.i ll.-IU pi. .ii.pt -.ii.l t i.i. -i.-t.i in their action." J.. N. .-Ml: il, I 11. :. N- V. I mfi.ri-.l f-'":i -..iisipat:.n which fi-1,1,,. .! mi.1i ...i . l.-luiat- form that I f. ..:.,! il w.ul.l . ioi-i- a stoppau'-- of tlirt 1-.. w. 1-. Tw l-.x. -1 '' Au-r'J I'ols ! fi . i. .l a ri.:u ic 1 nr.-." 1). Jinrke, -a. ... . ' I ha. . 1. . .1 A vi r's Til's for t.f past th l'V i-..t ; ; 1 1 : . I ..-l:-i.!.-r lli.til a. I ill---:S-.I,i.- : r:,.lv 1,1.-. 1 i. in.-. I know ot ,,,, l .tT. ,- 1 i . 1 1 1 v f.r 1ivt troubles, J.I..I In.' al s 'f..iui.l : !i 111 a prottipt c,r.. for .Km--;-:.. ' ytuuu, t Mi. :!;. m.', J n... .1. fonn. 1 f i 1 -r ! 11 ii. n'-.l. 'l w itli oostive T.s !i -...ins ii.. ilall.- with nt- f...,,,' of .-.l.-l.i..rv h:tl. 's I h (f tri.-.l A.--rs r . In-t.ii..; I- r r-li f. I am ,.-.1.1 .. av'ln.ii li. I. a. s.rvf.l tiltf l . :-. r th. 111 anv ..tl.i r 111. .!:. inn. I ,,rr: at this . In,,, only tiflera f i.-i.fnl tna: . f ti.. 'i- in. rits." - bauniel '1. .1.11.M. D iU M . l".o.-.ln. Mass. Ayer's Pills, i i:ki-ai:ko r-T Or J C. Ayer &. Co.. I oell. Masf Bui. I br i IJtaltra la Melcln. THE KEELEY CURE Is Tlu- ViMt r.-M,.rt f. r t!w ,lr,.nknr.l and the victor. 01 ti..- t:.eM.: i:f " V'.' o V .' .. .,. ,v- , Il i II "o-s .i.rectlytotlie n r, f-r- IP.nM. . t lili-.ili .liior tlic cllccl.s t,l tile t. ;t-...ic -Mi ir. ill t!n -tent, r.- , .r... i,. .:iti,v -.in.;tti.M. m- 1,1, 't' -'t: :rv . im sv-l. til, Tc-I.irs l'i..- appilit.-. -o.di.'.iti-ssv.cts.a.! niioliin- n-lllt, i:.,'cc l...-:l -.oaiev-.l ..t t he lITTTli :(. KTM.FV IN5TITlTr. Nr. l-.'l l-d'.li Acinic, i-, .,iit 1 '" c ' s in the f- r vats it 1ms U rn , a, a... I!..- r.- !v r: 'i. s to v. r t... uitt u: . M the ;. ,M. liv.-s HP to 111- r.l. - :,n.l laWip lliclr.-.itt- er.t it. k ' ""- ( '"vrad- ,t. s 1.. -l.,i,., tot!-.. 1m to r .-!.,s ol ...s..-ss .Men 1 Man' f:.r -r ov ,, , -..i,n -, to vloil v . - ' -. 'I ac 1' Itcst inve.- li;:.:ooa isco tried, iiinlt ;..'..lv.nr. 1! uirnrn ADEPTS Vpi 7-m . . .- 2 1 ' f n-priwnt th- -M"si ini'i'- in .,,,.-rii'u. si.k k iil.-l a.ivt-rOMil nliy- f...,r v.-iii-: kooui, .1,1.1 ,.,ii.-i " .-r .. Thai U h beeinii. T- nls. iirt-.- l ill, 1,,. and rp, N,iired t.-iii ,l..iil.l.- ll.e-ir .!, ...id inromr. No w l"f "" "'rt- wnte ELLWANGER &. BARRY, Wt. Ilwye arwrir, It chea-trr, N. 1. SAVED BY A BLACK ROOSTcR A M. junn K.'iti.-.ly Prov.-.l Klliea. -i,.us tn f of MlllllllMIV. At a protninont Imlcl a fow lavs ait was a .'oil! Ionian liailino- from Now Moxio.,. II, 1,,-oti mi tli. frontier .sm.-o 1.,1i,m.1. an. I was ro.raliiio; sever al trieiiilx u it , hoi,.,. Pits ,.f per.M.nal l-oiiiininv on.v. oatrorl y listv-ne.l to by his aialionee. Finally, says tlio Now York 'I'llcfrnun. ilrawin' att.mi..ii to the pit to. i e. .n.lii i, .11 of his faee. 1,'u h showed the rival's of that ilrea.l sii.tiiLT.-. smallpox, ho sa'.l: " s. I ha. I a ,1, so .f it in S. , rr ah.iiL' a)... it! Kv.-i-yono tretssiiiall- p .l..u:i th.-ro. fr.iin f.iree of example. .11 h:t rill V ever see a Mexieall who is 11..! seam-.l. ail.l e they never tfo otlt f 1 hen- way to av. it. There is a pe enliar supersl il ion hold ly M. x'n an -reirai-.iii the .lisea-o. With them it i - ;.s-.oeiale,l u il h I heir rel iirioiis i-reed. It i this: Should one of them die of . iii.illpox. t lii'ia- is 110 (r-" f manifested l.y his relnt ives. as 1 ho eaiiso of deal li is re.j":i r,hd ;is oii, of ojM'ii sesame to the hiiiy-.i, .111 eome. the pilirrim avoi.lin;.' :. ny t ii',"s uie wait in piifratorv or other si.i; ions on t he route. Why. 1 hey take Hi. -ir ehildr. n where il is. s, thai l!..y will eat.-h it when ymin;'. t he sa 1: ie as A meriea 11 mothers handle the hi. lo iipox or measles j,i-o!.lem. "I have a sister who was taken down with the l.laeh smallpox when she was !ii! fourteen years oi,i. The Amer i. a 11 iln.-t. rs did overy t hi iijr hey eoii 1. 1. I.i:t linallv deeided the case was 1iok--l-s.s It a- then that tho Mexi.-an nurse. Maria, ashed if sh, 1 1 1 try her hand. She explained t he remedy, and we o-;ive assent . What do y u slippy, s, she did? She went otlt and hunted around until she o-.,t a l.laeh r.K.st. r. no w it h a while feat her w oil hi 11 t It would spoil the el, arm. Thisr.x was decapitated in the si.h r. m. 1 ho warm I.IimmI used to Lathe mv i. -ter :in.i ml ter. 1 m pro eiin iit l.eo-an at one. to this day 1 don't know whether it was the 1,1a. k rooster which saved my sister or the dropping of tho ease l.y t in; doctors." FAVORITE WORKS OF AUTHORS. Sin TilfAS Mokk was very proud of tho ' Life of Kdward V.." and left no mention of his ostimate of the I' tophi." Kkats seemed to ri'iraril "I-'iidyiiiion" as his host, thoijoh one of his lito--raphers says that he sjHike very well of "I ly jH-rion." n.vil.KY, tin-author of "Fostus." said that his h.M.k was his life, and con tained the whole experience of tin human race. i ii i:ki: t hoiio-ht most of his Vindi cation of Natural Sciences." Hi: speeches he reo-arded as means, not as ends ill t hellls.-'.ves. l'l;ol lK helieved that his '"History of Fn.vl.aiid" would hotter stand the test of criticism than any other of his w , rks. .1ki:kmy T.wtoti is said l.y a cont.-tii-ihiiarv to have devoutly helieved that 110 h. tier sermons existed iti anv lan- o-iiafre than his own. Al.isoN had a stalwart opinion of his own merits. I n speakini.-of l,is "iis torv of Furojw" he s;iid "that work w i!l tiever die."" W V ! U'l l-' was one of the most mod est of men. Alt.-r his t ra 11sl.1i ion the llilue was tinished he simp!. slid. "I hope it will do o.M.d." MISSING LINKS. I.olii) Kki.vin maintains that tin earth is 1' io.m, Ki.f.iiti .-ars .! 1. Titi-: skeleton al.-ne ,.f an a vera !". whale weighs twenty live tons. NaNMNo i, the lart-est w a I h-d city it the world. It is at least :i . "..1.1 years, .i.;. S11 K is so cheap in Madagascar Th..' the piMirest people wear t-iolhino- made of it. TifK weioht of the earth is calculated l.v I'rof. ssor l:.,ys at .a..n,; l.iniii.anii.. 01 111. nun. eiiii t . ns. l'.A 1:1:1 1:1: reef is a coral reef extcndiier a Ion:.' the northwest oast of Australia f..r nearly I.-"" miles. A IMmu-k 1 Sent land, man is workincr on a ll v i 11 ir machine that is l.uilt 011 the l.icycle lau. A i:k i:nt report shows that 11..V.n ivicts last year passed llirm'li lh,' forwardi nir prison al Truman. Ilussia. Mkn at ten. Iin:r 1 he pans in sal' work-, are never known to hav cholera. siiiaili."i. --carle' fever or in il uena. Till-: Led of the North At kiti'ie e..n sists of two valleys, separated l.y a mountain ran;',' that runs from the Azores to Iceland. MEN OF LETTERS. M A f!K TlV UN lias heetl .-h'-ted M li f c mem her of the I.. .1 us c! u h of N-w V- rk. TlloM s li:i.v.il is said, is drama tiin" ""Toss, of 1 he D'Frherviiles" for Mrs. Fitri-k f'ampheM. fits. M m: rs WmoHT is at work on a histoi-i.-al novel, the se n.- of v. hi.-h he w ill lav in Virriiiia. Ci:. W'ri'ht i now the h. ad of the war records ..lii. i of the ;' .vein men t . i::;i :i Foi ls S 1 r.v i.Xson's esiate. v:ilt;.-.l al i ali o in. d 'l ive. I from proti' his h. iks. iroes 10 show t ha' li'01: p:is its host epo:icnls hall! s, m. -ly. S. I:. 'i:o, Kf'.TT. t he ""Stieket Minis-t,-r." who was hut recent I v the iastor f a Scotch country church at a salary of 1. '!". is now a writer with an as sured ineoii f ..".nilil. Aia iii'i KK Fkam is Fki:iin m. f Aust ria-Kstc. the emtxTor's hcir-pre-sinnitive. will pnhlish t he diary of his vovajro round the world, made two years !!.'. The lirst volume deals with India. Ceylon and Java. AROUND OUR OWN LAND. Most of the hlack jx'arls in existence come from the dark-tipjM'd oyster of Fower f'alifornia. A i.atk euri.isity prleaner ehiims t hat ttierc are .MMl ojn-n caverns in Kdmoiid soii eounty. Kentucky. TfiK eucalyptus tree attains a heioht of fiftv feet in three years after the seed is planted. They are frrowii ex teiisively in California. A rovtrors harher in Kansas pro claims himself a "professor of theton sorial art." and leclares that he has just "accepted a chair in aJoug-las-s shavino: parlor." Tiik numher of jwitential voters in this country in 1s;"m was 1 ".. jo.::t 1. In lss the numher was l"2.s:;n.:; I'.t. Tin total presidential vote in ls'.i-j was Vi,-110,030. I CoUNTtKr tl fiNG IN tNGLAND. I.osf-H Throuti Th's M,.;,ns luriittt l.oti 'leriri ,f Y.-,r;. Tho known losses ,f t he hank t hr. ii"h ooimlorf 'ifinir nioinit 110. in the "Jon years ot' it.-, history, .-.mo'i-r the milli.,;, .. 'i'lio lirst f.n-o-. "f tliis kind ap.,, an ,1 ii, I T.i . A s omo,- f:i;,Ti name 1 Kichnrd W illi 11. 1 a'i! han. to s!:ov his ladv-l.o-e h w ,i ily l.o eon 1. 1 iual.e money. . .i-i'. d luciiy notes. :t:i.l . rave theiilo her. -iie tin-iitiiv takino- them to the hank. In IT-I. says Met '1 ure's M.iL'azino. Old 1'at-h. t lie .-: 1 of an old eh.i lies deali-r. and I !, e-pa tl 11, r of l-'oofo theeomo- lian in a i.iewevy. I.uil i.'ii!li.i'in from the Lank l.y f. r;r--i ies. makino his ow n i ik. pa per a . 1. 1 ;r, ss. and he linirr hilOsoil w 1,. !l airesled. A.-.'h tt. in I"-a::. eitil., x..le. 1 eelie,,ter hills to t Invalid- of L'.". I '.nil-1. I "a nn! h-rov. a !:; 'o r. in 1--.M. olnaine.l f:;f.ii.niMi l. foi-.rinj- p. '. ers of altorney fors;iloo 1-: nistils. and was hiii'o; al Newirate. In the ;'. u, 1; I iiee t hroiihoiit t he oil -ov.-r tha pro !amal ion of peace with 1 ', . A meriea n r. jcil .1 ie. in 1 7:1. foiu-f o, n I'. .i-..-ed c" i iu; es ,-re -a--!ie.l 11 11 n. .1 i.-.-, I. a:, I f..r years in the early party of this e.-nT-iiy. tiie hank's annual loss !,y eou.o. i-i". its was a ti-j-tire of many thoii s.i nos . .f poiin. U. rorirei ies 1. .-da v are rare. The machinery of ,1. tcelioii is jterfce? . a 11. i Ihe -yslem of 11 11 ' 11 1 . r! 11: -. as v, ell as the perpetual us.- I. vail hanks of freshly printed Hank of i;i,:r lan.l notes, presents iii-urmoiiiitahle ohstaeles to ""sinasliers." BOILED BREECHES. How Scotch S;.t:er Cum.. It Over an I ,tsi'-i i,o; lllfic-r. There is an amusin' story related re-t'ardin-.' a Si-ot.-h re"ime!it. in t,,- hist .-eii'Mi-y. to w hom a money o-rant was pail t-ir Ta ' i. .lis" in lieu of a 11 isii,-,.i p" i .i -lis. with t he result t hat 1 he so! -dieis sjiont most of this allowance in "moiiiil a in dew" instead of providin:" t hem ..I ves with proper m.-als. Th mma ndin;' .liicer. says 1 ho ,,.n,,,: S:.-:!,. lard, resolved to check this per 1: 1 i. .11 . peas ; i. e. t m k to makiiiLT iiii.-x pe. i.-d isii . ,.f inspection to the o.M.k ii r pa r! 1 is at the men's meal liim.s a::d. to his wrath, discovered that I he k. ill. v. hi. !i w is ,1 illy si. -a a.-ri n r . i . a t he !i i-st !i re w 1 1 ieii he vi ate. I eon! a i: :e.l Hot hit;;' l,;it hot wal-r. instead of th re" "i la 1 i. i piece of l.eef. Hut the old sei-.v. ai:1 . f the next company was : man of resource. Hastily soi.im,' a pa if .f eha iiiois-h-at her hree.-lu's w hieh w , re I v'nLT hi f. re the tire, he popped t hem int . 1 h is own ,00k i n:'-pot , which was. like thai of his iieio-,l ,:-s. hither to innocent of ai'L'ht save water, and 1.. 1 he impiiry: '"What have you p-ot in the ke1i!e'.'" t :iui'i;,h:i ni ly responded: N i-e Fit of l.eef, sir." 1 i fl iiir u p a jm ,r t ion of t he ;a rnietit s with his sivmhi. The oi'ii-.-r jvaneed at the sujijioscd meat. an. i passed on with words ol eoi, mien. lat ion: "hut tin- l.eef was nolliiiL.' hut the major's own old hreeehes." as the running old soldier was wont to remark afterwarils in a ton," of calm satisfaction. THE LATEST. Till 1.11 v pies are now sold hy a NVw Y rk linker. Tl 11-1 v; is t he latest l'.ritish institu tion to he threatened. Tin' prince of Wales has declared that he w ill put it d. ovn. "Fill. I I N N K It" is the latest of the city restaurant sio-ns. and seems an im provemcnt on rctriilar dinner" ami so 011. It is pleasantly su'jrosti ve of a s.jaarc meal. Tiik hoys of Sandwich. Mass., and t hose , ,f t he ad jaeent town of Uollrtle. are in clover, cno-ao-cd in a o-ame called ""heads and tails." Tin lirst -named town pay s t went y -five cents houuty for musk rats' heads, and the other pays the same l.ounty for the tails. A hypnotist clul, is iii a had way in 1; i. h 11 1. .11. 1 . Ky. One of it s mem hers s, 1 hy pilot ii-.l a majority f it s mem hers that they each loaned him inoiiev. Now he no loiiy-or visits 1 he cluh. and t he ot her mouthers think liypn.it isin is extremely silly and only a teuixrary delusion. IN A HUMOROUS VEIN. It never occurs to a lmy that he will some day knows as little as his father. West Fnioii tiazette. If a man is hio- and fat. and keeps his mouth shut, he can Lluff nearly uiivImkIv. A t eh is. n fih .he. ""My investments." said the specula tor in iklahoina. ""depend largely upon mv Iwlicf in a future state." Vale Koc ord. Shmk people are afraid of a jrun. nevertheless they will tritle with all mill. reiki w hich is lial.le to "; olT at any time. Adams Freeman. Vol" can't he sure that a man is lazy simplv Localise he oets anut her man to do his work for him. lie may Ih only shrewd.- Snmerville Journal. JoNKS "I suppose you have a police man hainrintr ahout your kitchen every nij'ht." Ill-ow n "No. lur c,ok is mar ried to one. Town Topics. ELECTRICAL SPARKS. The trolley has invaded the land of tin- 1'haraohs. Cairo is to have a sys tem. A 1.1. harm from trolley railroads has heeii prevented in lludapost. Hungary. There t he roads are in cuts helow the street surface, where iH-destrians never Tiik first .-lectrie liirht was pr.Mluced hy Humphrey Iavy, in 1-Mis. The first practical dynamo was huilt in ls.",7, and was first used to run an electric lijjht at the lio-ht-hoiise of South Foreland, Fn'.. DeeenilK-r S, isr.s. A iiKATK tire, pr.'duced hy electricity, is a recent London invention. The ""coals" are formed of a eomhination of fire-clay and chemicals; they arc almost instantly made to assume a red-hot odare, and the illusion is in-rfect. NOTES FOR WOMEN. John Ilr.VTK.n the famous anatomist, once said that the feminine love of con versation w as a consequence of a pecul iarity in hrain tissue. As autIsts, women have shown more taste than oricdnality. They paint landscapes and portraits lieautifnlH", hut rarely achieve (jreat pictures. The hrain of woman is ahsolntoly smaller than that of man, hut is stated to he somewhat larircr in proportion to the weight of the hotly. A woman with a military nose and prominent chin is certain to make her mark. All female society leaders have hal Mich facial iH'culiarit ies. BASILICA OF PARIS. Little Ha lleen lleavrd or I .Ate About the I'rogrea, of lurmtruetlon. Little lias heen heard of late ahon t t he proo-ri-ssof the const ruction of the Mont uiarlre hill, known as the I'.asili. a of the Sacre Cirur, .says tin' L union Daily Tclerraih. The vast mass of masonry (.'listens in the sun. which this after noon was summer-like in its intensity. The Masiliea dominates the metropolis of France Ly its toweriiiff hcio-ht. Jt may Le seen from various xiiuts alono; the Louh'vards. hut hardly one Parisian in a hundred seems to take any interest in its existence. Pilo-rims and religious people pen erally Hock to it as the sacred landmark of the Mount of Martyrs, hut the ordi nary oit izen does not trouhle a Unit it. Hi' is content to know that it i- Leim; huilt and that it will In- tinished .some time he f. .re the day of o-cncral judg ment, like the i -x-ra Coiniqiie. which is also slowly risin-e on its former site. The 1 n i I 1 i 1 1 o- ,,f the Ka silica has now liirn mi I1111;- in pmi-ress that it would Le almost a relief to hear that those who are oro-anizi njr it s const met ion had determined to take the sea tToldinj,' away and to let the church stand as an incomplete sH-ciinen of ecclesiastical architecture, like the Cathedral of Col- 'one. ll is useless to tell Parisians, as thev are informed to-day, after a lon-r spell of silence, that the works of the P.as iliea are Immiio; pushed forward with activity, and that .".nn men are enira-d in puttiup; the tr dome in iositioii. It was supx,se,l that the dome in ques tion would he ready last week, hut now it is stated that it will require many 111. .lit lis to complete it. The hoi fry w ill Hot Le ready until the year 1s;m;. The committee, down to July of last year, had received "J7..V.I J.tNMl francs, or ."!. lli::.7,'.il. Th- sul .script ion list was oH'iicd in July. 1st;:, hut in spite of the lii'Vf sum collected since that year, furl her appeals will have to he made to the faithful Leforethey can hope to see the church even near completion. AMISFII LIKENESS. Tlie IliatoriKVt'M licr Yua A HatO , b to ttirve. James Anthony Fronde had a strik-in-r face, hut it was evidently one whi-li lent iiself ill to sculpture. Mrs. Ireland -rives in t h- ContciiiM ra ry ICe view an awiiisinjr instance of a"i:.i.lit likem s-," of il. Mrs. Ireland was at his house, and after dinner she and Mr. Frou.le w ere just adjourniiiLf to t he li l.rarv. w hen he st pM-,l a moment, and pointed out a hust on a hookease. th,' eeii'.er of t hrce fullsizi-d and di'iiilied representations in marl.le. ""1 must Hot f. rj.',-t." he said, ""to show you tin- very latest addition to my treasures. What doy.ni think of it?" 1 I. Miked up. and with my head full of the f'al!cries and museums 1 had Lee 1 1 vi.hiin. answered: "It's a very t-rrille head and most ri'ellciit." "Ves." he said. '"I a-jree with you. Now who should you say it is?" Lrnorant .aLout these thiinrs. I an ? -ereil vao-ucly: "Nero, perhaps, or o..c of tin- old Itoririas." Mr. Fronde kui'hed. "Try a.'ain," h" said, "you miplit to know it." ""It is a horrid L-okiiij' thiuo-" said I, '"whoever it is'." "Atrocious!" said Mr. Fronde, em phatically. "Is it not? Well, I'm sorry to say it is a hust of myself, just pre sented to 1 no hy Sir Miliar i;. hm. Very kind of him. wasn't it? And now of course. I have to stick it up herein a very prominent place, and show it to all my friends. Pleasant, isn't it?" "Cochin doesn't see you with my eyes." said I. "It doesn't remind me of you in the least." He laii:'!icl heartily. ""That's welP" said he. "I didn't tie k I was quite such a ru Ilia 11 as that:" EUROPEAN PICK-UPS. In the Kritish isles durinc- the pre ent cent ury seven instances have liecii recorded in which the Lride has married the ln-st man hy mistake. A Loniion firm., which has liianu factured eiirht of the eleven eahles linking the Fnit.-d States to Filmland, makes tifty-tive miles of cahle each twenty-four hours. Xaim.es is to Luil.l jx-rmanent s'a Laths to accommodate 4:1. nun jx-rs,ms, and to enahlc them to have hot and old Laths at all seasons of the year. Three -mints on the shore have lteeu selected for the sites. The last miller of Iee is dead, hut the Chester Town council has voted to lmy and preserve the mills, in order to trol tin' flow of the stream. The orio-inal irrant of the mills was made Ly Kino- Kdward VI. PuiNcK Toi m anokf, a student in the I "ni vcrsity of Odessa, has just Im-,-ii ox-JM-Ile.l and ordered to leave tow 11 with in forty-oijht hours. L'-aus' he would not have ids hair cut short. 'I'll. -re is consternation amonr the students of Odessa. IN QUEEN VIC'S DOMAINS. The newest tliiiij' out in London's world of swelldom is a hand-painted shirt front. It is claimed that there are .V doo in the Fnited Kingdom to every l.tKK) inhahitants. The total puLlie deLt of the self-p;ov-ernine; ISrit ish don ies am, milts tosome tl.iiifr like LMiHMhMi.nnu. Oi t of every 1ki hotels in Kn-rland. is arc ""White Harts," 10 "Kino; Arms" and s "Crow ns." The national dcht of tlreat Britain amounts to more than il'M for each 111 hahitant. Kut very few .vorry over the mat ter. Less tohaeco is consumed in tireat liritain. in jiroportion to the inhahit ants, than in any other civilized coun try. The average is twenty-three ounces Jicr annum for each jhtsoii. A rooiti.Y clad woman, w ho picked up a Lac; containing; i.'.MM in Smit htield. linc-huid. the other day, was awarded hy the owner, to whom she returned it, with a ioniiy. FIGS AND THISTLES. If you w ant to do something;, find one who Indieves somethinp;. It never hurts tlod's work any for people to pet mad at His truth. Orit lives please Ciod when they make sinners want to know Christ. Ax c.vtravapant man loves to lecture his wife on the heauty of economy. (Joi will pive us strenpth to resist temptation if we will use it to walk away from bad company- Ram's Horn. PERSONALS FROM EUROPE. Amono the exhihitors at this year's Salon are the countess of Flanders, sis-ter-in-law of the kinpofthe F.olpiaiis, and the prince de Joinville, who sends a numher .if sea views. Km ie 1:0 11 William has promis.-d a pift of f J.'.iKI ami a site for the prop, ised monument to llelmholtz in lUrlin, f.r w hich out rihut ions are now Leinp so licited in all countries. Qi een Victoiua's daily menu is written in French, with the exception of the sinple item. "Toast ln-ef," which is loyally and unoompromis'mply Kntrlish. as befits a national dish. ON the battlefield of Worth the monument to Kmperor Frederick 1 1 1. will 1m-unveiled by KmjH-ror William on his father's birthday. Hi-toU-r 1 Kmpress Frederick and most of the (t.-rmaii s-ivcroipns will ! present. l'Ki.Mi: UisMAitcK's praiid-iie,liew. a youth of 21. has inherited from his ma ternal prandfat her an estate that con tains twenty-tliree castles and other seats, and is worth a iiuiuIkt .if mil lions. MoNSKiNoii Hoeoi.in". director of the Xouv-au Moniteur .le Lome, recently supr's.sel for an attack on the pv ernuieiit, has Ih-.-ii sentenced to two years" imprisonment and a tine of two thousand francs on account of an article iu that iaM-r a pa i list the free masons. ALL SORTS. If you sneeze in a Vienna cafe, even straiiL'ers will remove their hat and exclaim: "Cod bless you." The scales ns.nl in weiphinp dia monds are so delicately poised that the weipht .if a sinple eyelash w ill turn Un balance. Aoaki- taken out of the water may be kept alive for twelve hours by a piece .if bread soaked in brandy placed in its mouth. Theuk are five "tasters" in the sul tan's kitchen at Constantinople. They taste every dish before it is placed le fore their royal master. A vol it the frequent use of soft, sloppy fo m Is and of soft bread, tiivo t he teet h s mict hi up to do. if you w m'd hav. them prow stronp and keep clean. Ir is said that moths will not attack preen faLrics. Arsenic is used in dye inp pre.'ii. and the moths are wise eiiouph to shun that deadly druir. The l.lack ostrich stands sv.-n fe. t hipli. The sjh'.-.I is that of ahorse, and it can carry a man. Th. cassowary i as larpo. but has a shorter neck, and feeds oil vcp.-tables. HINTS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS. Kffack scratches on furniture by rul.Linp on some linseed oil and then followinp with a little shellac dissolved in alcohol. Xothino will pive such a polish t plass. even in the finest, as sliphtly moist newspiiiM-r tt wash it and dry ii.-ws:iH-r t, pive t he li 11 ishi 11 p t niches. It will b.' well when eane-seat.-d chair Imtt.ims have '"sa-'p.-d" to make them as tipht as ever by washint' them with hot soa psnds and lcavinp th.-m t dry in the open air. To cm.eansk plass lmttles that hav.' held oil. place ashes in each imttlc and immerse in cold water, then h.-atthe water pradually until it lmiis: after iHiiliup an hour let them remain till cold. Then wash the lmttles in s.ia suds and rinse in col.l water. Steei. knives or ot her articles which have become rusty should Ih- rubbed with a little sweet oil. then loft for a day or two in a dry place, and then ruhlied with liiicly-mw .l.T.-.l. unslaked lime until every vestipoof the rut has di sipjH-ared. and kept iu a dry place. wrapH-d up in a bit of flannel. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. Many women have excelled as execu tants in music; 110 w oman lias ever Ix-cn a proat or even a mediocre composer. A manaoek of a larpe dry poods house in Xew York once sai.l that not .me woman iu a million can properly ti.- up a bundle. The papillae on the tis of a lady's flnpers are S-LHMi.Ktlths of an inch smaller thau those on the tinpers .if a ma n. The suttee, or burninp of widows on the funeral pyres .if their husbands, was inculcated in India as a rclipious duty. It is a sinpular fact that of the queens who .reipn.-d as sovoripiis. everyone who reached middle life lecame quite fleshy. An authority on miooseropy states that the hair of a woman can be dis-tinpuish.-.l. by its constitution, from that of a man. TllEllE are said to Ik- over a thousand women in Xew York. who. in one way or another, make their livinp by their pens. MUSICAL NOTATIONS. ISoston's Kueisel quartette ( Kneiscl, Roth. Swecencki ami Schr.K--.ler) is to play in London next June. Mam'Ai.m. the com".ioser, ac.-ordinp to the M ilau Corriere dclla Sera, is p, inp to Paris to challeiipe Maurice Vip- naux at billiards. Meniiei.ssoiin was not fond of feast inp. He sai.l he could live a week on a sausape and a loaf .if bread. His ro mantic opera of "I.orely" was to some extent inspired by this diet, for he ate little else while comimsinp it. A cantata by Kossini, hitherto un known, has been discovered in the Kossini museum at P.-saro. and was re cent ly simp there. The subject is the episode of Fraiicesca da LVunini in llaute's "Inferno." FROM CAMP AND BARRACKS. Emi-ekok Wii.i.iam of Germany is writinp a Inrnk on war. Sinok lsyo Turkey has Imupht To.ikmi improved rilles, and ammmni.ihni eart ri.lpes made f smokeless jt iwder are stored indifferent parts of the country. A KlssiAN .. E.N EKA I. named I rep. trie tl has Itecn sent into H-nal servitude in Silteria for eipht years for sollinp mili tary secrets to the Austrian povern incnt. An electric pun, capable of firinp Ton to 1.1KMI shots -r minute, without the usi" of any other power than electricity, has ln-cn invente.1 by A. S. Krotz, of Sprinptield. Ohio. The Conf. d.-rate Vet.'rans associa tion will send five carl. Kids of the finest flowers of the south to Chicapo for Decoration .lay, most .if which will be used in deeoratinp the graves of union soldiers. LOTTERY HATLD HIS JOCKEY. Strang Antlrmthy of the .ll.t-Tlme Ste-eilMrhaer for .lem Mas. 1:1. Th.- following s!..ry is ;.-M in tho 1 m. Ion Field . f the famous ..;.! Fr.j-'.ish ste'pl.'.-has.'r Lottery, foa'.cd in 1 -:'. winner of the lirnul Na' io-.:. 1 in 1 .arrvinp on.- hundred and r-.xty-oipht jmiinds: lottery niui Jem M;ivii made up a combination w hich r -.1 , d 1 1 ..- eves of every horseman v. !,..-, p. ! fort unc it was to soothe pair a-ross a bip country top.-t her. V.t. s:r.".:ii'e to say. Lottery had t he prea'.-s- a "t ipathy to the man who rode him it: la arly all his races and who o.-rf airily e:i iM.t Is accus.Mil f any cruelty toward him. for Jem Mason was by in. im.ii.s ..no of t he w hip and sjm r sel 1. !. lie 1 ! line hands, and K'.i,-v,-. in them, r- ! was entitled to do. Sti'.l h.-was l. -d by lottery. and w h.-n the old h .- was alK.ut twenty y.-ars ..'.d an-1 was : at.-d at Mr. Hail's at Xcasd.-n ' Ma.m chanced to p.. d..wn. ai..! i .'ara'.iy enoiiph asked to Ih-ali.-w. .1 '.. have a I.Nik at tl Id chaser. Ji:! b. fore the d.M.rs of the l.x w.-re ..p.-' e 1 Lott-ry heard his jm-k.-y's voice :..'. : av. ! in, one of his ,.';d e-rcet ::,;-s - tha" 1- ! .iv. ho flew at him: but .1, is. 1.. :::o ! t m-prepar.-d f-r a ri .-rj.ti ai 'i.is l.;:id. was soon out "f I. am. "s way. Ihiriii' Lottery's stoo h-cbasina- ear, , r J-m Mason often had to hid.- his eoi.-rs when he wont to in. unit lie- horse. 1 1 1 1 . w hen t ho rider was ..i.co s, a t ,-. i a 1 . 1 1 Lc h, .rso canl.-r.-d t. t h. - .-'.'!:. t v.. ,m r aplar"iitly n th.-n.ost t ric.l :y rms. IS A SPANKING GOOD JOKE. How a M:to s.-ii .i.ir'. It:-, ,.f,-r llle f a SU-eiiii,i;-"rtr i,tf, S-r,-n,iia. A prominent st-.te wtiai.ir lately p-ive a dinner al 1 he st ate .-a : :" a i t . s,-v. ral of his e. .;'.-:iL'ii.s .n c. .a.i.t on t :i;tt t hey won id 11 .t ma ,o- ::!-. ". i.i- .niui-- in connect i.ni w 11 h a i i' ' i.- a 1 '. r ! !.a t re cently ..-.-irred t'e- A '-i'iV r i'-l-liipl.t tniin.siivs tiio Xew York lie: iM. I ho senator is ..f a lively si i.m and somewhat in.-Mic-d " "a.:.a, j. iU 111 ir. He and an as-em! a .man -,-u-pic.l a s.-.-ii ni jointly. The s, -i: 'or w.-nt int-i III.1 s:u iu'n.r r.1.1! i;ilhi-:t Tiiiie o'clo.-k. The ass.inh aii i.i. who had the lo.v.-r b rt :i. said ; ia". -n- w.mhl re tire for a short i.a.p. The s,na!..r a1., at h -.Ifar. hour a '-r-wa r. I w a li:-. 1 . ! ;i t h-- a is ,. ,- . , a r and stopped opn .s-te his se-ti ai. The curl a i ns w t . ! y draw ;,. I'-v wa y -f :i -"p.o.l ?. ,.-" .ci 1 ;s ti:. senator ca r. -f : . ly - ft, 1 as .- t he cur tain. a-l:ni::!ser.-l a :..us:-,- s'.,., i.m the form in tin- I . vor b.-r 1 a:. ! nasti ly retreated to th- s..,. .';:,- ,. A success:. .11 of r -i:i ' f -i:. -a-i'.s followed. " J-a' "- ' " .;. : ::::'. .! the--en.it t. a t r., ' i by 1 : s. re 1 las. " W'h w h'a - ! Ms 1"-, is mean . " "Wh it's tin- II! l"'-'-.'" il.U:red t he assemhiynia a. p-er:np out of an ad . ..initio- upjM-r bert ti. "What ar. you doinpin that K-rth.'" ashed t he scnal. r. "' W hy. t ii.-re was a lad w h. had this berf h and .is she .1 : ! 1 iii.c an ntmer on- 1 ci-l,;iii.'.'.l wi'.h hr. I for pot to tell y. n ah. mi ." SCIENTIFIC GLEANINGS. Elt.iNY w.md is hardeTi.-d :ifi r f.-'.lini by imiiK-rsioji in v::T,-r f. t iht: nl vary inir f r, mi six t 1 .-i.-i.t.-.-n n:- .11! hs. A t Klol s fact has be. :i li-.'.e.l by Arct ic travelers s:a w w !. ,11 at a very 1. iw t.-mjM-rat ure absorbs moisture and dri.'s parments. A ( AKKFl'I. observer in Maine lin.b that one inch of snow in I K- a-mb. r i? the equivalent of n.lo iii lies . .f w ater, while one inch of snow in March pivot n.'Ji inch of water. 1k. oi.ivi.it Wai cott ;n;iis. who h:o !ecii el.-ct.'d president of the National Academy of Science, ".s Neoiily-thr-o y.-ars .if aro. II." is the 01. !y American honorary memlH-r of the 'n-nuan l lie.uicai society. To tiie av.-raa-.- .-ye im! more than five thousand stars are visible, to some extraordinarily keen . yes ab-.nt . ;t-kt tliallslllil are visil.'.e. Throll.'ll t h. larp.'st teles.'o-s :ii,at ;::." million stars are sit 11. and there is every rea son to Wlicvo that :.il:.i..i:s more exist. INDUSTRIAL AND STATISTICAL. We do live in the "banana ln-it." The country Uses P.ihm.i..o Iv::h-Ih-s a year. New Yokk's factories turn :. .-very year p.mmIs worth over th:: ".y -three times the cost of Central park. In Franco th,- p. 'puia! i. ;i avcra-".- almut 1-7 to t he s qaare mile lnthi coiintry the average is twci.ty-onc t. tin- square mile. At Kioto, in an exhibit i. .11 . f Japanese manufactures just op. n.-d. textiles, h-ather. machinery, upholstery, hard ware, surpi-al and s.-i.;itii;e in.-tni-m.-nts. plass.var,'. .-ie, ar- shown at prices distancinp ail Kuropeaii co::ip tit ion. Ki ssiA in Knropc has an area f -.-If.i."i."iti I square m'.l.-s: P.razil an ar, a ol a.-tir.i.ss spiarc 111 les. The cm! incut of Kurope do.-s not exceed :;.'..'. i square miles in area. South Am. riea has an estimated area if li.-sni.iniiis.rjarc miles. NEW NOVELTIES. Thf. newest puncture pro. if band for lis. . m ey.'l.-s is made of st rips f w hale lmiie insert.-.! ln-tw.-en the air !u1k' and the outer cover. The nursery tricycle l,:is ap)'ared in Inidofi. It cotI ains t w o s, at s. me for the mistress and one f..r t tie ma id a ml her eharpe.and has two pairs , f jh-LiIs. 1'se has Ik-cii found for the top cin der made iu iron forp.-s. which has hitherto been wasted, and larpe prices are paid for it. It is needed iu the manufacture of basic stool. PoKofs plass is a la" e novelty in the Paris market. The I. !es are so small that neither dust nor draft follows its use. and yet the ventilation is said to Ik' excellent. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Two r AKUl Aiil's were made in Italy and broupht to Paris , 11 l.W.i. The mud baths of I tax. in Franco, hav.- existed and !ccn more or less cel ebrated since the t imo of the lh.-ians. M. Mai 1:11 1: I'.oi . nrs; has finished his t ranslat i..n it. to Fr. -loii f ail the soups found in Shak. -sin-arc's works. P.M.ls has laa branch jv.st otV:ees. to all of which th.' mails arc shot from the pciieral imst otlice. throuph pneu matic tllln'S. M. ZoI.A has In -en elected president of th." SN'icto L"s f 1. -lis iii- Lett res, for the fourth time. The election was unanimous. IN THE ROCK HCME Or DEATH. w s. 1 11 ie Jourti.-v 1 tir.uctt tlie C hi rnii of l"r,s. In.- dow 11. .low n: All arc in the rk I. am.' of doa! h. A m .m.-tit s pa : s.-, -; sib'tiee f uils , .11 t ho . hat 1 . rinp cr. c. 1. s.isih, ieii'" man's Mapaine. Th atrri'htcs! wi.ii t lic'.r s.-.-. .nd's fear, t !. y sv a y n w ard 1 fir-.uph a rocky pai:.r. 1; H-k .ni , it i:.r si.'.e : them. -k ;i i . a til. -m: here bare and arid, there s '.,y v. i'ii imiiiL' wai. rand foul pro-las. The passa-'e broadens out. it narrows. ;,ii.l ever and -v.-r there is 1 he l ... k I. i 11 1 he roof th.:! marks the 1 : i. siail.-n'y a bhn k shad. .won the 1. f or t.. 1 i,e ri-hl . Ta p'tM.:--. s in...il,e .!ept,:s ,t the s,,i,- r...i. is. and r.-.. ;s a -hast at 1 h '. r m si ,-1 i.tis - 1. .in. i'ii ! !i's l.',e oti. A thin L'i il l.r s,a las a . :.ri, -ap wi'1. a !'iek-ri:i. brok.-n :,, ol i.ilt. ""All!" sivn tin- t'lii.lc. ""'l es, a el 1.1 iii."" St i ! 1 lor ward " "te shadows 1.. ri-.'il alld ' L'C.A 1 si.,-; sin,,. have a s. ::try --.;i hi! -aiar.l.oj I heir . .Lseu i-it -fr.-i.i ra !: oh" t as . .n; w here there is n.. s.-i. ! r" t 1 a r.- i - a . ' :. - in. A sr.' t n -a k irom in front breaks lao . oi.t in i.it v , f the forward iiioe- II. . -T .1 . We move on ap 1 in. and he 1 he ro.-ks .n.-i.h-r land , . - nt ra.-t . cl ,a n'c . . -r . br ..'. it iir.oth-.- :'r--w so!;,.- ..--:-a . .f a s . -:,- in. I ri. a : iy i - u : t w a i 1 . .f -ii s a : 1. 1 sl.,',1. -. ) -ill 'tie l.-ve! of ottr ln-rN d. n tot:.-.- i. v.- ,.f ...:r loot -kn:! i-. -st s up -a -.::! and !;.!. s ba-k loraitist tin- l!i, -..l i I. .lies bchilal. The iliv.-l illL caii I!. ". -f.t fall w i'.h uii...;al ia;, s nj..-:i t . f. .riu.i ! ti.-l's; it lla-ias .-..'ey up...:, ti..- : i : ninp t--t h. ih-h. , rate- t :, ia rt;.t !.-ss . tannics ..f the waii. and .-r si,.is .,.ne ,.f :tian sha j h-s a . nl c ii.-s. Now it ilphts up a r.i.i in s-.i-.e s a j. hast ly. i;irn-! w....;,.i wl.:.-!i is .,., w !, i h.- i..,n"i,t .-f f . : i 1 u r. ; - r. A , -n 1 1 -i::ri!i.T- v. . '. i .! ,-:.'.! - p: 1 . - :i 1 he t ri I w :. ; . r ' aat . pa: c.in - : - si!. :." way from year to year. !.., : listed wi'.h a s.u.N.th -a.ss the si; nil 1 1, 1 . at h PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES. Mil. I'MVM Wl-'s il me is said to In- l-.-f.ve- ii 5?. mi. 000 and loa.ii.Mi a y . at". I'.il.l. oo.S. the noted desperado, who is under a forty --five year sentence, has 1n-.ii put a! work ma k in-.' shirt s 111 the Albany penitentiary. ('APT. b.s,; a SI. HIM has skilled from Hast 1 lost, ..1 in his f. .rty-f. - .1 sl.v.p spray f.-rana.! aro.mdthe world v..y are. Caj.t. si.M-um is a ic .t.-d advent ur er. M vi.. Y ami. wife of t he Chinese mi 1 ist. r at W asiiiii-"ton. is .r.iTris-iti is so finely in lliiLrlish that she is . ; n i t a I -le to '- .. i ii in r many visitors 111 their l.a'i.e toll;'!"..-. Ml.-. Ann I . 1 n. w b... d i.Ml r, -eiilly at Pi, 1 lad. I;.'.;:!, was present at tin" col-o!,.,' i.-i ,.r IJn.-eii Victoria. Mrs. Ia:'.ii was l,rn in Hull. 1 In '!:i nl . in Is.."., a nl -ame to t his citit rv in v. 1 "T:t s; 1 ,1 t Ci e t 1 Mi s e'.ii, f r.s re al i. 'ii at 'i . i 1 .'V is a . !ri v.- in the aft. r 11. m .;i and a pa-no of cards in th.- .-v.-n-iiii.' Th- .r. si.b tit is a whist pla.ver. and is also f..nd of pin... -hie. J. L. 11 A x li. of P.-hatn. ia.. is known as the watermelon kino-. .- plants several thousand a-res , .f s,-,-3 ever s'arlnL'. and in th, summer m-hs, m sh'qw hundreds . .f earl. Kid- f m.-i iis north. Pi:!slltNT A..HI. of t he II 1:111... tie society offers a prize of ." for the best 0". lee" i. .11 of instant a n.-ous phot, ii.-rai.li-,.f d.i--k,-d and over-check, -d liors.-s. w 1! h t he nam, s and addresses of their owners. COMMON EXcT.siSIONS. Tiik expression to "rain cats and doa-s." indica iliiT a severe shower, is found in 1 loan Swift. It is sup" ised t . 1 In-.f proverbial oripin. and much older than his time. "Fiasco" mean a Kittle or flask. When th.' Italian p'.assb'.ow ers detect ed flaws in the vase they w.-re blown, p tiiey 111:1,!.' an ordinary Kittle of the failure, and hence the name. "Fa m 11.1 a 1:1 rv breeds contempt" is a proverb found in one form or another in .-very Kuirli-h and Asiatic lai'-ampo haviti-j a literature. Its earliest form is K-lieved to In- the Sanskrit. To hm:n tin Id shoulder" is prob ably a very am-i-iit proverb. It lirst aptN-ars in a literary form in Scott's "Antiquary." wh.ro it is us-.l with exactly the sipuiticance attached to it at pros,-nt. "Ni vi 1: loss alone than when alone" ha- l-ecti tra-.-d from mc aut h.r to an other, and 111.11, claims hav.- Inn m made to its tirs employment. N earlier use can K' found of it. however, than by Cicero. Tm: phrase "almiphty dollar" wis first used, s, far as known, by W:i sh im.'! on I r v 1 1 1 ir. It has since jciss,-d inl-i pen.-rai ctujil. y 111. -nt to indicate !i' worship. if wealth, Kdh iu tliis cuiiitiy aud in Lnp'and. ADVICE FOR CYCLISTS. An mid -.ily l.m; handle-liar isweak.it sprads t h.- ri.h r ut to. 1 mucli. and it uiistoadios the st.s-rin-;. Kli'tUs should n.-v.-r .lis.-ont inue cvclino- f..r any l.-nptli..f time. K-.-aii .. tin -re is no K-t'.er tonic; but if th.-y a-e compelled to for s. nn.' reason, they should inim.-diately adopt some o' her f-.rm f exorcise. To 1 EWE an iiisu,,ioient l.-iipth -f liandh- bar stalk in the tuK-. !i..iii-I less ,lis.-isf r. His to the machine, is more .la n-er..us to the rider, forth." hand'e bar is apt lo come out int.i his hands, .ooasi, ,nli ip an awkward sj.iil. When v..ii hear a prin.iinp. .'li.-kitii' Icise at the ehaln-w he-l. .lon't jump to the conclusion that ymir chain is slack. Try tho main LcariniTs. Th.-y may ha ve w. irk, si su tiieient ly hi- ise t.illiri.w the w heel out of line and cause the un pleasant noise of tin- .-. ips. Cy 1.1N0 st r.-mrt h.-ns the imis.-l.-s . f the ank!.' immensely, and is nearly al ways K-netioia after a sprain, that is to say. when the ankle is r.-- .vet cd su tli.-icr.t ly t enable the su;T r.-r to hobble aKiut on it. Tolls.- it iniill.-dl-at.-ly after a sprain is suicidal, and w ill only proloinr the lN-rio.1 of convales cence. tiol.loll Ihivs. Oueer Itmiumce Suit. A man rotiiriiinp recently to a provin cial town from Paris, with a port manteau eontainit'.p an urn in which bad Ks-n i.la.-.-d t ho avlnsi.f a l.-adli ir ctT i.:en of the town, left the cremated remains in charpe. t.uiip. irarily. ,.f the LarpaT.' master at a raUr.m.l sta". km. l!y mistake the portmanteau was handed to another, aud the family of the dead man have instituted a suit for damap.'s aira'.itst t Iu- company.