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L-;.'A.Detvilc. rl mn It. or ft M-.tn lwn of lilir on rvrv'pc of 9 1 ir.m la cot, 3- Z0& HB1C l ct, I.xai HALL'S m renewer; The rrat popularltT of this preanUloi t-r iu test of mauv Tears, should be an. fc-uru tvrn to tlie luot keptioal, tliat UrM.!v ineriiiiom. Those who have M Hai.i.'s IIaik Kexiwu kuuw that is ail that is cUiiueU. - - - It cauTi now e-ruwth of hair on bald : in.vklovl Uia hair lolikle are not . v. hi. h is seldom the ease ; Tf stores " :ural rviur to (rrav or fadti hair; pre- tiie ficatp hndthful and eJear of J ElrtiJ; rots the hair falllnir off or oiti color ; keefs It soft, pliant, Ius- and causes it to crow long and t . , i . . -. , 's by the hoalthful Influence of lU ' -.il.le lrvredl. nu. whirh havlorate . TPiuvenale. It Is not a dve, and is wNgiitful article for toilet use. Con "niag no alcohol, it does not evan Cuii WIv imj irw nn th nstiiral nil M;u the 'hair Larish and brittle, as da rl aralions. . . 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Constipation, Demands prompt treatment. The rev . aults of neglect may be serious. Aroid all harsh and drastic purgatives, the tendency of which is to weaken the bowels. The best remedy Is Ayert Pills. " Being purely -vegetable, their action is prompt and their effect always beneficial. They are an admirable liver and After-dinner pill, and every ' where endorsed by the profession. " Ayer's Tills are highly and nniver aally "spoken of by the people about here. I make daily use of them in my practice." Dr. I.'E. Fowler, Bridge port, Conn. H I can recommend Ayer'a rills above, all others, bavins; long proved their value as a cathartic for m vself and. family." J. T. llesa, LeithsviUe, Pa. " For several years Ayer'a Pills have been used in uiy'&uuily. We find them an Effective Remedy for constipation and indigestion, and are never without them in the house." - Moses Greuier, Lowell, Mass. " I have used Ayer'a Pills, for liver troubles and indigestion, during many years, ami have always found them prompt and efficient iu their action." L. Smith, L'tica, N. Y. ' j " I sufTered from constipation which , assumed such an obstinate form that I f-ared it would cause a stoppage of the bowels. Two lMxes of Ayer's llls ef fected a complete cure." 1). Burke, Saco, Me. , , '.' "I hav nsed A yer'if Tills for the past , t thirty vera aiuVcoiisidcr, them sn.jn valiiHbfo fiunily niediciue. I kuow of no 1-ettrr, rciiiely fr liver troubles, . and have always 'found them a pforxipfc cure fur lysM sia." Jaiuea Quinn, aO Middle St., HurtfuiiL..Cvnu. . Ilavincr bi-en troul.letl with costive nes9. li.cli -ein inevitable with per-v-sons of Kcilentary habits, I have tried 'Avefs 1'iIU. Ijpin. for relief. I am ) plal. to say tlnAtiUnrv- have served me letter llian aii- oriier medicine. i' arrive at this -nihlusion only after a faithful trial t.f th.-lr merits." Samuel T. Jot.es, Oak t., Boston, Mass. ' , Ayer's-Pills,7 fHIPKID IT Or. J. C Ayer & Co.". Lowell, Mas. Boluby Dealers ta MediHna. ) riNKOL.V: CUE AM :-BALSAM l ,T"1!-Dt ivfa.l tnruat IlA inmatin and Mr Hitlinis. i f'nuump. tlve wit Invariably Of rive ttenent rroia 1(8 use, as It quickly l.atcs tne viun r.in ey, aifi.-tn. aaturw- a rasturiox wastrd tissues, Thre ! a lance per- eruts4r ol re wbo giiipoe tbrir casas tu le coni'Uinptitin wbo are only func- Imr Irom a ebnt culil or rterp refm roub. olien aifravatel ty -tarrh Knr raiirrh Ufe Kiv's t'reain Malm, Both remr.lics plant In nee. tJrem Halm, "die pertxittie: P'n-ftio HalJsw.iTie at I'ruKKists. Iu iiaaotitlet l fiio will UelNer un receipt ol amixiri'. KL.Y BKOTHKKS.Sfi Warren St . New York nov.10 '.M;y . Steei Picket Fence. CHEAPER , THAN WOOD 0 lAAA A ft ft fe mm in ot eat Avww Picttt y wlfs Omtw, fThla b. Mutl'Ulnr4ttliNtlNdrii. WTj.h wrltl-. ur prtea ! VtauT. Naaibw ol Oaur. tto.t.1, u, sii. Siatol Flttinr,, firm tohattrra ul F I kl mriPt4 ri 4 Kulltci. Brrnn, ul Irva Onll. W i BR ItooliJU TAILOR & DEAN. ii . i : . J ti . r 3 TOt, 203 206 Market St. PjttrWia. P. DOROTHY. A slender little maiden. In a, dainty, ruffled Kown. Wtoso eyes or brown glance shyly to and fro; Her cbin I t tilUJ op Like a cloven lily-cup. And her cheeks have stol'n tbe popptet crim son glow. A hat that's big and shady overtops her bonny head: To keep the sun out, spreads t he circling rim But the caution L in vain. It was donned too lute, 'tis plain. For he's tangled la her curls be neath the brim! Every step sfie treals so quaintlyln.her tiny buckled shoes. Takes her f.irther lathe kinsJom of my heart She's my uracious quean, so loyal. Ami I'm u;r subject loyal. And she rules me with a tender, loving heart. O, gracious little sovereign, may the swiftly passing years. With their overflowing freight of joy and pain, I .ay the sorrow at my doors. Lay the happiness at yours. An d the harvest moon of heartsease never wane! Boston Transcript- TIIE AERONAUT'S STOIIY. "Is Jack Tunnicliffe poing1 with you to-morrow, Tom?" 5aid uiy wife to me. "I wi-ili you would take some one else." "Why, orah?' I asked. "lie's been stranjjer than ever in his manner since his wif died, I hear. In fact, I've been told by more than one person that he's quite insane at times. It's not to le Wondered at if he is, poor fellow. I don't know a sadder case. . He'd only been married a week. Such a horrible death, too! It's enoug-h to turn a man's brain, and I must confess, Tom, I wish Jack was not going1 with you." . 4 ! "Nonsense, Jsorah! People always exaggerate and make the "worst of things, as you know. If a man's at all original or ' eccentric, - it's at once assumed that he's uon compos. Of course. Jack's low-pirited and absent minded, and perhaps a bit .peculiar at times. How can he help brooding over his terrible loss?. He wants some ex citing occupation to take oiT his thoughts from his -trouble. He's: food of ballooning- as I am,' and a trip will do him all the frood in the world i . The above conversation between ny wife and" myself 'took place -on "the evening before the day which I 'had fixed for a balloon ascent. Ilallooning was my 'hobby. 'J I had conceived a liking for it on my first ascent. This liking had become a "craze,!T for the novel experience and strange sensation of sailing over houses and trees, and of soaring into the clouds, had a peculiar fascination for mev Uecently, I had tried utility with pleasure, and had made some ascents solely for scientific purposes.: I had' found a kindred spirit in young Tuuni cliife, aud we had had many delightful and successful trips together. Owing to the untimely death of my friend's wife, our aerial expeditions had been suspended for awhile. As several weeks had elapsed since that sad event, I felt anxious to resume these expedi tions, and as. Tu'nuicliiTo had expressed his willingness to aeeomnanv me. a day had been fixed for our next trip. It was when I was talkiug to my wi.e ulo'it this self-same trip that she ex pressed her regret that Jack Tunni--elii'i-' wa fc'u:T with me. I had not much diiaeulty, however, in overcoming her objections and al laying her lears. She was not aver.-e to my hobby, and had even accom panied me in one or two of my jour neys in the air. Moreover, shj sym pathized with me in my desire "to make some useful discovery," and was therefore un-.villiug to damp my ardor. or hinder the progress of my obsurva tions. She had felt the exhilarating effect of a balloon ascent, and my ref erence to the lienetit young TuuuiclilYe would probably derive from the pro jected trip appealed to her experience as well as to her tender heart. Accordingly, next - day a the ap pointed time, everything being in readiness,- we started ' on our aerostatic journey. Tunnicliffe, contrary to his uual demeanor, seemed a little ex cited, but this caused me no appre hension. His interest had apparently been awakened, and it was only natural that he should bo animated on' such an occasion. The balloon was set at lib erty as noon as we had taken our seats, uiul the machine rose beautifully. There "was .a gentle breeze. ' which bore us slightly southward. We rose slowly at tirat, and so had plenty of time to gaze on the vast and extending panor ama lelow us. Presently we entered a huge bank or mouauia of cloud of the 'kind called -cumulus, aud were surrounded by a chilling mist which iuduceu us to put on the wraps we had brought When wi emerged from tue clou J a scene of fairy-like beauty suddenly burst upon us. We were in a kind of basin sur rounded by mountains of clouds of the -)ist lauta-slic siiapcs, or enormous size, anil or nazznng origntnes... .now and then, as "we rose, we caught sight also of wondrous ravines of curious sh ije and great depth. These moun tain:, of clouds with their silvery and got-le:i sides, their dark shadows, their varied tints and summits of dazzllti w hi lends,, presented to our wonsleriu;, gaio a sceae oi urpasaing beauty and grandeur.' . - . - This sublime spectacle . evoked my highest admiration, while the silence aud vastness of space inspired me with awe. I drank iu these exquisite and varied delights with such avidity and with such absorbing interest that I had scarcely looked at, or spoken to, mv companion since we had started. Hut an exclamation from him now di verted my attention, and, glancing at him, I was surprised to see that he had risen and was much excited. "What is it. Jack?" I asked. "Isn't it glorious?" he replied. "I wonder if Heaven is much more beauti ful? How delightful it would be if we could reach it! I should see my Ada again, then."--" - - -' - "My dear fellow!" I interposed, hastily, somewhat alarmed not so much by his words as by his excited manner and wild look; "3'ou think too much-oif these things. Yon have been Lrooding over-your loss -more - than i g-ood for you. Will you " "At any rate," cried he, vehemently, '"it's worth trying, so here goes," and seizing one of the sandbag's he threw it over. The lightened balloon at once began to rise more quickly. "What, are you doing. Jack?" I shout ed. "For heaven's sake keep calm. We are a good height already. We shan't be able to breathe if we go much higher. It's getting uncomfort-. able, as it is." "Shan't we? We shall see about that. I'm going to try, anyhow. ISe sides, I don't care if 1 can't breathe. I want to see my Ada. That's all 1 care about." I began to fear the worst. . Was he going mad? Were the reports my wii'e had heard literally true, and not ex aggerated after all? What a fool I had been not to be more cautious! Whether he was mad or not, he was in a danger ous mood, and my position was far from pleasant. To oppose him would evidently aggravate him and make matters worse. To humor him was un doubtedly the wisest course. "Ijook here. Jack!" I cried. "You say you want to see Ada. I can tell you of a letter and surer way of going to her than this. If you will listen to me (here I involuntarily moved my hand toward the valve cord) if you will lLsten to me I " "Xone of your blarney, man! I'm not to be wheedled so. I'm too old a boy for that. Ieave the cord alone, can't you? I'm not going down again to-day. I'm goin to see what's up there: and don't you try to stop me," and he glared fiercely at me. The horrible nature of my situation was now only too apparent there could no longer be any doubt "of Tun nicliffe's condition. I was iu a balloon with a madman, and alwut four miles from the earth. I felt the cold sweat on my brow, and my brain began to reel. 15ut with a tremendous effort I pulled myself together, for my only chance "of safety was in retaining my self-possession. To attempt to over power him was out of the question the strength of a madman is so well known. My only hope of escape was to outwit him. Hut how? Forced in to unnatural activity as my brain was by rny desperate situation, and by the necessity ot prompt action, I could think of no device or ruse that woul.l do any good; 1 was completely at the mercy of the madman. '' The hopelessness of my case para lyzed all my energies. I felt unable to move or sieak, and even the power to think was almost gone. Iu my despair I glanced at the valve cord. Owing to tha rotary motion of the balloon it had unfortunately become entangled. To free it I should be obliged to leave the car and climb into the ring. I5ut to attempt snch a thing (even if I were physically capable of i.) would be cer tain to lend to a struggle which would as certainly send oue" or both of us out of the car. ' . ' We were now at such a height that asphyxia was imminent- I could hear my heart throb quite plainly. I breathed with difficulty, and a horri ble sensation like that of sea-sickness came over me. 1 he cold was so in tense that I shivered, notwithstanding my wraps. The mental strain was ter rible. I was almost frantic Know ing, however, that in a few minutes I should lie unconscious, and that then all would le over with me, I nerved myself for one last effort. As 1 rose from my seat my eye fell on the grapnel. Foitunately it was on my side of the car. A sudden idea struck me, here was a weapon to han.l. It was an awful thou-rht it would be a terrible deed. Hut there was now no alternative, no time for delay. My senses were going. 1 stretched out my hand, but the mad man, who never took his eye off me, had detected my purpose. With a sud den movement he darted forward and seized the grapnel, but in his earyer - ness to forestall me he had precipitat ed himself too far over the 6ide of the car aud almost lost his balance. He made a desjerate effort to recover himself, but. seized with a sudden and irresistible impulse. I pushed him over, and with a horrible yell, which rings in mv ears whenever I recall the oc currence, the madman disappeared from my sight. Almost mad myself I am not sure that I was not quite so just then I climbed into the ring to reach the valve line. lint my hands were so stiff and numb with the cold that I could not grasp the cord. l!y a kind of inspiration which seemed providen tial I seized - the cord with my teeth, and after two or three tugs the valve opened with a loud clang, and the bal loon legan to descend. Thank heav en! I was saved. My. hands being use less, 1 1 was obliged to throw up my anus and drop into the car, where 1 lay motionless and unconscious for awhile. My swoon could not have lasted more than a few seconds, for when I recov ered ' the barometer showed that I was still in a high altitude, although the balloon was descending rapidly. I rubied and beat my hands until the circulation was restored. Then I set about taking the necessary precautions against a too rapid descent. - lut I acted more like an automaton than a conscious agent, for I seemed in a kind of a fctupor or trance all the time. How and where I reached the solid earth I cannot say. I have only a dim, hazy recollection of being surrounded by a crowd of people. Some were bending over me and seemed to be questioning me, but I couldn't make out what they said. I felt an awful pain in my head, ami remember noth ing more until I found myself in bed in a dark room and my wife bending over me. This was several clays after ward, and I learned then that I had been brought home in a delirious state aud had had brain fever. When I recovered my friends con gratulated me, and tried to persuade me that as my homicidal act was done in stdf-defense it was justifiable. I hope it was, but I can never recall it without misgivings and horror, and I have never made a balloon ascent since. Tit-Hits. ' Klectrlc Phenomenon. During a recent thunderstorm in Uerlin an interesting effect on an elec tric train was noticed at night. AU 'the 'electric lamps inside and outside the carriages were extinguished every time it lightened, and the passengers ri,mineil a few 'moments iu complete darkness. Then the lamps reKinuieo. A Spider with m Voire. India, accordiug to S. E. Teal, has 6tridulating spider whose sound, like the pouring of shot upon a plate, can le heard ten to twelve yards; ants ' nroouee sounds 1V rasping the bornv tiu of the last abdominal seg ment against dry leaves or twigs, and a butterfly which produces a series of raps with its wings. PARAGRAPHS. Feline. The Younger One "I wonder if I will lose my looks, too, when I get to your age?" The Elder One "You would be lucky if you did." Washington Star. Customer "These trousers don't fit just right about the hips." Tailor "They're all right what you need is something more in the pockets." Chicago Iiecord. Old Cashly (giving his son a check) "Now be careful, my boy. Ketnember a fool and his money are soon parted." Spendall Cashly "Yes, sir, and thank you for having obliged me so prompt ly." Tit-Hits. A Choice. "I have finished your portrait, Mrs. De Fash," said the art ist, "all but the coloring of the face." "And why do you not finish that?" "I wanted to hear from you as to wheth er you preferred me to have you look healthy or merely interesting." Har per's Bazar. "Do you think, sir," said the girl's mother, "that you have the patience and forbearance to be a kind hus band?" "Madam." replied the young man in earnest tones, "I can put a fourteen and a half stand-up collar on a number fifteen shirt without saying a single strong word." And she con sented to the match at once. House hold Words. "I'm in a quandary," said the emi nent cCiciaL "What's the matter?" inquired his wife. "They are talking about having a prize fight right under my very nose. I've got to do some thing, or the law and order element will be after me." "Well, issue a proc lamation forbidding it." "Yes aud if I do that may le they'll go and have the prize fight somewhere else." Washington Star. "Augh-waugh!" It was the baby. He had repeated the remark sixty times in the past hour. Mr. Newleigh's hair, such as it was, stood on end. "Gwow ahwb wowbkgwow filwaugf!" added the baby, while people living across the street got up and closed their windows. Mr. Xewleigh took a whetstone out of the table drawer and ground his teeth. "To think," he groaned, burying his face in the pil lows, "that I should grow up to be come the father of a union depot train crier!" Rockland (Me.) Tribune. "My doctor is a real joker," said a Lewistown lady. "I didn't know that my talking- bothered him when he was writiug prescriptions until yesterday. He never mentioned it, and I always asked him all sorts of questions while he was writing them out. Yesterday he examined me, and sat down to write something. I kept talking. Suddenly he looked up and said: IIow has your system been? Hold out your tongue. I put out that member, and he liegan to write. He wrote and I held out my tongue; and when he got through he said: That will do.' 'Hut,' said 1, 'you haven't looked at it." 'No,' said he, I didn't care to. I only wanted to keep it still while I wrote my prescrip tion.'" LEADER OF THE HUNT. How the Omaha Indians Chose .Theli Chief Huntsman. The office of leader of the hunt wai held in great honor because of its grave responsibilities, which demanded a man of high character and recognized abil ity. He must be of undoubted valor, a good hunter, a man reverent and just- The entire tribe was placed un der his control, the principal chiefs acting as counselors, but complying with his instructions. He directed tne march of the people, and selected their camping places; he chose and dis patched the ruuners in search of the buffalo, and organized aud directed the hunt when the game had been found. If the tribe encountered en emies, he was the leader of the war riors, taking his place at the post of greatest danger, and he was held re sponsible for everj'thing that occurred, from the successful pursuit of the buf falo, and the health and welfare of the people, down to the quarreling of chil dren and dogs.. He who desired to fill the office of leader was required to procure a buT-fal-hide from which thehairhad been removed, a crow, a golden and a b.ild headed eagle, a shell disk, a quantity of sinew for thread, a red-stone pipe with its flat stem ornamented with porcupine-quill embroidery, and a ket tle. These he presented to the lluii-ga-gens, through the keeper- of the two sacred tents, after he had been ap pointed to the otlice by the chieis. If there was no candidate for the posi tion, the chiefs appoiuted a man from a sub-gens of the In-kae-tha-bae gens. Alice C Fletcher, in Century. Will an Indian Work? Ever since the white man and the Indian came together in what is now the United States, the effort has been made by the. white man, in the inter vals of his hostilities with the Indians, to induce the latter to work. "Farmer" to the Indians is as old an office as In dian agent and missionary. Not an Indian tribe has passed away without first being supplied with work cattle, plows, harrows, wagons and so on. wherewith to prosecute- the calling of farmer. The Indian tradition, com mon to many tribes, that the treat Spirit gave in the beginning to the white, black and red mas whom he created, respectively, a book, a hoe and a bow and arrows, is still be lieved. The Indian will be a warrior, a hunter and a loafer, but he will not be a laborer in the "white" sense of the word. He will drink' the white man's drink; he will learn to gamble with the white man's cards, but he will not work with the white man's tools. Kansas City Star. Mae's Rejoinder. The captain of a Cnnard liner one day while crossing the "herring pono. found that his ship was not doing the spe-d he considered she ought to, and, putting on his best frown, he went down to the room of the chief engineer, . a hard and dry Scotchman and an amateur violinist. The captain knocked at the door; the gay chords of a Scotch reel played on a fiddle was the only an swer to his summons, so he burst the door open. "Mr. Mac," he ' thundered, "what are you about? I am not at all satisfied with your engines; we go like snails, sir." Mr. Mae made a flourish with his bow, and, after a jolly chord, said: "Sair, my engines should hae been in Liverpool these three days. It's . your slow old ship that's at fault!" PUNGENT PA KAOHArno. 1 ALASKAN MISSIONARIES. Their Lives Full of Dangers, Suf ferings and Hardships. Trying Kxpcrlracea of the Rearer tbe Uopel Mmac to tha Tanana Indiana In the Interior. of Many volumes could be written about the dangers, sufferings and hardships of Christian missionaries. Sometimes the hardships are more dillicult to War than the dangers. It is thrilling and inspiring to be always ready for martyrdom; but to suffer steadily from bitter hardships, with out the spice of danger from human ent-mies, is harder, aud quite as de serving of the crown of reward. The missionary in the remoter parts of Alaska knows what these hardships are. Mr. 1'revost, a missionary to the Tanana Indians, has perhaps the larg est missionary "parish" in the world. It covers more than one hundred thou sand square miles; and Mr. I'revost has traveled, with dogs and sledges, fifteen hundred miles on one trip to preach the Gospel. With dogs and sledges, we say; but this does not mean that the missionary rode. He ran' behind the sledge, for the dogs had enough to do to draw the food, clothing and blankets without an additional load of human beings. "Of course," said Mr. I'revost, in giv ing an account of his work during a visit to the state of Washington, "there is a handle on the rear of the sled, and we can take hold of that in order to keep up with the dogs, which make about twenty-five miles a day." Like the apostle, this missionary might truly say that he had not run in vain, for the Indians give proof of hav ing heard him, attentively. On one occasion a party of Tahana Indians traveled . mre than three hundred miles with sleds and dogs, in order to bring to the mission station at Fort Adams the dead bodies of a woman and .child, that they might receive Chris tian burial. Other Indians have jour neyed four hundred miles in order to receive religious instruction from Mr. I'revost. . This missionary has induced these boreal Indians to build houses and adopt some of the ways of civilized life. He has a printing press, sets his own type, and issues a newspaper twice a s'ear. This is twice as often as he receives any news from, the outside world. He did not hear of the last presidential nominations until eleven months after they had taken place. Although the nTifsionary welcomes hardships, he is not averse to using the resources of civilization in the propa gation of the GospcL There are two inousana miles oi navigable water, in summer, in the Yukon river, in his "parish," and he has hopes of obtain ing an electric launch which will en able him to make more rapid journeys in his work, outh s Companion. ANIMAL VISION. Evidences That Iiitrrlminatlon In Colors In Lacking. There is little positive evidence that the larger quadrupeds, oxen, deer, the felidae, or dogs, have much sense ol color; ami their power of vision in its wider sense varies so greatly in differ ent species as to suggest that the men tal factor in sight is often so little ex erted for the main purpose of discern ing objects as to leave its more special ized use for distinguishing color very imperfectly developed. Domestic ani mals which see bright colors other than green in large masses more fre quently than wild ones, might le sup posed to exhibit the consciousness of such differences in the most pro nounced way. Yet it is next to impos sible to cite an instance in which a dog exhibits curiosity as to color, or iden tifies an object by its hue. The writer has seen a setter refuse Xo retrieve a black rabbit because it apparently thought its master had shot a black cat. Hut a house-living dog shows no preference for a red car pet or rug over a blue or variegated one, and expresses no surprise or curi osity whether its master wears a red uniform or a black evening suit. Ho-, mestic cattle are so far affected by vio lent contrast of white and dark that the presence of a black, white or very clearly spotted animal in the herd sometimes results in calves being thrown of the same color or markings. Hut though red is said to irritate a bull, and to excite hunters by association of ideas, the latter statement rests partly on surmise. They are equally excited by the sound or sight of hounds, or of a number of riders, whatever the color of their coats. None of the cats, whether wild or tame, shows any par tiality for bright hues; and among all the stratagems used from time imme morial by hunters, the use of color as a lure for quadrupeds is notably ab sent. London Spectator. IfafHpd the I.lntrnlKtu. The late Prof. Stephen J. Young, of Bowdoin, was an accomplished linguist. One day he was on a train iKMind for Itangor to Hrunswiek, Me., when the conductor who knew him entered his car to ask him to come out to the second-class coach to try and find out where a certain stupid foreiguer . was going. The conductor had attacked him in all the foreign lingo he could master, and could get no other response than a stupid stare. Prof. Youug went back to the rear of the train. The pas senger sat there looking- very much disturbed and bewildered. The pro fessor went at him in Canadian French, then in German, then in the languages of - Seandinavia, Egypt, Italy, Spain and every other country on the face of this green earth. StiU the passenger sat "mum as an owl," while the look of bewilderment deepened on his face. The professor was nonplused, and was turning in defeat to his own car when the man looked wearily out of the win dow and remarked sadly to himself; "By gosh, I wish I was ter hum." He was an Aroostook Yankee and he could speak nothing but English. Chicago Chronicle. Abftolately I "a re. A little Ohio girl was taught by her good mamma to pray reg-ularly every day, but the requests made were the same night and morning, week in and week out. Finally her mamma suggested a change for the next day, and what was her surprise to hear the dear little innocent pray that God would make her-" 'absolutely pure like the baking powder in papa's paper." They Have Dlvera DaUea Hesldea Catch ing Criminals. The little towns and smaller cities of Spain have a very effective system of night police. These Spanish public watchmen are clad in long black cloaks and wear on their heads each a black and red cap. In one hand is a lantern with colored glass, in the other a kind of lance. "Sereno" is the name this policeman goes under, and he gets the title from tbe cry he is obliged to utter at every few steps: "Sereno!" which means fine. The phrase refers to the state of the weather. If the weather is cloudy, he would call out: "Nublado;" if it is rainy: "Lluviendo." Under the blue sky of Spain, however, it is penerally "sereno."' An extract from the municipal regu lations of a Spanish town details the duties of the sere iw in this wise: "He must perform a certain nuniK-r of rounds in all the streets, lanes, pas sages and alleys on his beat, and call out in a loud voice the time and the weather as he goes along. He must lend assistance to citizens who request his help for any reasonable cause, and go for the doctor, chemist, midwife or clergyman. In cases of roblery, as sault or fire he must hurry to the scene of the occurrence as soon as he hears the signal. He must pay par ticular attention to such houses as are pointed out to him and report to his superiors." Each "sereno" supervises certain small territory, a "demarcacion," as it is called. He has three or four subordinates, who act under his orders and are known as "vigilants." Each of these fellows has charge of a block of ten or fifteen buildings, and besides having police duties he acts as a sort of porter to his houses, carrying the keys to them all and being alone able to open the doors. In the Spanish towns ten o'clock is the signal for closing, and after that time the only way the lodger can get inside his dwelling is to summon the "vigilant." To do this he must clap his hands three times, and then the "vigilant"' hurries up armed with his bunch of keys. So also if anyone desires to go out dur ing the night . he claps his hands at the window and a "vigilant" appears. When a street brawl occurs or an attack is made, ither "sereno" or "vigilant" blows his whistle at the first cry of help and chases off in th direction of the sound. Up come the other officers on the run, all blowing their whistles loudly. If the criminal gets away the whistles are blown in a peculiar manner, signaling in iust what direction he has gone. The outer rings of "serenos" and "vigi lants" taice up the sifirial, and in a few moments a wide cordon is formed in the surrounding streets, which in nine cases out of ten ends in the evil doer's capture within a few moments. .These police are paid directly by the householders on their beats, though in every other way directly under municipal controL The tax varies, running from ten cents a month to sixty cents for each house. They also receive New Year's presents, and they are by no means averse to "tips." Twenty-five years of service puts a man on the pension list, the pension being not less than forty cents a day, a considerable bum in sunny Spain. N. Y. World. TRADE IN HONG KONG. Commercial rroarrv in the Great Chi nese Entrepot. It is only fifty-two ytars since Hong Kong was occupied, as Singapore had been thirty-three years previously, under the idea that it might be made an emporium af trade. ' It was then a barren rock. To-day it contains a quarter of a million of inhabitants; it is the entrepot of a trade estimated at forty million pounds, and there pass through it annually some fourteen mil lion tons of shipping. Hut the essen tial condition under which this prog ress has been achieved, and under which only it can be maintained, is ab solute freedom of the port. If you tax trade you drive it away, for the island is only an entrepot. The trade is. the trade not of llong Kong, but of the south of China and Japan. It is te cause their trade is free, while Saigon is heavily taxed, that Hong Kong has beaten the latter as a depot for the trade even of French Indo-Chiua. Niue-tenths of the population are Chi nese who occupy ev.-ry walk of life. They are lank.-rs, boatmen, domestic servants, merchants, storekeepers and clerks; but the great majority are em ployed in the porterage of cargo and incidental lalxr at wages of lets than one pound a mouth. You cunnot get blood out of a stone nor revenue from granite rocks; nor, obviously, can you extract much. here. from the working class. The anuual revenue of two million dollars is d rived, accordingly, from house and land tax, stamps, licenses and similar imposts; and it represents probably the limit of discreet if not of possible , taxation. Nor has her majesty's trea ury, to do it justice, preteniled to at ply here the extreme principles of self- maintenance without self-government which it persists in a.sserting in the stru ts ine tiong ivong garrison is larger than that of the straits; but it is so aaaiuieiiiy maintained tor im perial purposes, and the colony itself is so small that it would' have been gratuitous to convict it of a doty which lt-coulil not lulftlL it -was mulcted, however, in its degree. It had paid, previously, twenty thousand pounds a year. This "was raised, ia lsO, to forty thousand pounds, and it was reqnired, moreover, to provide fortifications which have cost one hun dred and twenty thousand pounds. Fortnightly Review. Piano Playing and Nevronia. - A corresponding member of the Taris academy of medicine has sent to that learned body a memoir in which he maintains that the numerous cases of chlorosis, neurosis and neurasthenia observed among' young girls is due to learning to play on the piano and to the hours devoted to practising. He has drawn up careful statistics from which he concludes that, among six thousand pupils obliged before attain ing the age of twelve to learn to play the piano, nearly twelve per cent, suffer from nervous troubles. The author does not attempt to draw up statistics of the victims rnnon; persons who have to listen to their performances. British Medical Journal. LEGION OF HONOR. M Were Managed with Toys. Declared ltonapartc in Founding It. Hut it is not difficult to understand the popularity of a measure, passed at aliout the same time, for establishing the now weil-known Legion of Honor. It is certainly true that the desire for social inequality that is. for personal distinction is the strongest single force in calling out human energy. The passion for pin, badges, rjblons and personal decora, ions of every sort is well-nigh universal. It gratifies the sense of achievement among men who are able, and flatters the vanity of those who are n.t To this passion, in itself not necessarily ignoble, the first consul determined to appeal for fur ther support. Every new institution of importance so far created by him might, with no great ingenuity, 1e turned into a prp of autocratic government- lriests and emigrants were now alike natural allies of Bonaparte, the constitution had been virtually superseded, the troublesome senators, tribunes and legislators either dis missed or else warned and called to order, while the surrounding nations one of them-a kingdom were, in rela tion to France, 1 ike t he sheaves bowing to Joseph's sheaf. The foundation of the Legion of Honor was a measure easily manage able in the interest of any government which might control it. Koederer de clared in its support that the preat deeds of the nation made it essential to revive the sentiment of honor. An article of the constitution g-uaranteed, in the name of the French people, a recompense to its armies. This simple phrase was the sanction chosen for the erection of a corporation which, like the orders of absolutism, might inter mediate between the peoole and their magistrate in order to lend the same mystery which ever surrounds any monarch who is the "fountain of honor." The republicans saw the trap, and resisted sturdily, even in the coun cil of state, but to no purpose. The law was passed on May 19, ISO'J; the ranks were constituted, and the decorative badges determined. Every member swore to resist any attempt to restore feudalism in all its attributes, and consciences were thus quieted. liight and lelt the men of science, of art, and of literature appeared with their ribbons and rosettes; the nai-ion appiauded, and Bonaparte's opinion was justified. "You call these toys! Well, you manage men with toys," he declared while the project was under discussion. He proved to be right. In all monarchical Europe no decoration is more eagerly soug-ht, to this day. than is that of the legion of Honor in republican France. Prof. Sloane, in Century. THE SEIN ISLANDERS. A Kaee That Lives tpoa a Verr Prti aitlve Fare. The Sein Islanders rarely eat any an imal food except fith. As it is broug-ht in, the women salt it and lay it out to dry on the quay wall or on a conven ient rock, so that before the winter they have maue a large provision. Dried conger is especially esteemed. Their ordinary cooking is well adapted to keep in check a too eagr appetite. Potatoes and their skins, with a layer of dried fish dropped upon them during the boiling, is an all-the-year-round dish, which is considered one of the most satisfying and economical. The com mon drink is water or cider. Fresh water is precious, for much of that which is used is brought over from the mainland. The women have a mode of baking bread which is probably one of the most ancient still practiced by man kind. A thick layer of live embers having been spread upon the forepart of the hearth, a circular iron plate a hwt or more in diameter is pressed down upon it- Upon this the doujh, made into the desired shape of the loaf, is laid. Over it is placed a convex iron cover; then a fire of dry seaweed is made upon this. The seaweed burns slowly, and supplies just the heat that is neede-L In every house there is all that is requisite for baking in this manner, for although in sum mer there is a rejrular supply of bread from the mainland, the furious cur rents of the Kazan.! the westerly gales may keep all communications inter rupted for weeks together in the bad season. It is true that there is a tele graphic cable, but the means of feed ing people by electricity has yet to be discovered. Temple Bar. Value of Artesian Wells. In many parts of the country artesian wells may be bored and will furnish running streams at the- surface. This is due, of course, to the formation of the under strata of the earth, and if one is fortunate enough to strike & good vein the supply will be abundant. In portions of the south artesian wells have been lored to the depth of twelve hundred feet. One of these wells was finished iii less than three weeks, striking a vein of w ster twelve hun dred feet below the surface that fur nishes an output sufficient for the town's uses. It is not an uncommon' occurrence that one must drill the second time in.o a well to secure a permanent supply of water. It is a curious fact that after oue has reached a certain dpth piping is unnecessary. A well in New York state ws dug- to the depth of a hundred and fifty feet and furnished a reasonable supply of water by pumping. A-fler the second season it gave out entirely, when the driil was put in and nearly two hun dred feet more were cut through be fore water was reached. For tlie first hundred and fifty feet the pipe went down, but after that the water rose through the cut in the earth, there being consistency and firmness eooujh in the soil to niake'piping' unnecessary. N. Y. Ledger. Too lirank to Pray. A citizen of Montreal lately on a visit to Ottawa, says Life, while passing down the. hotel corridor to Ids room at a late hour, happened to hear violent groans and sols issuing from one of the rooms. As the door was open, he en tered and recognized a fellow Mon-tn-aler, prominent in political and business circles, and famous for his re ligious and alcoholic tendencies. He was kneeliug at his bedside, clinging to the side of the bed. and sobbing as though his heart would break. " hat's the matter, old man?" inquired our friend, touehiiig the sufferer on the shoulder. 'lm so blarsted drunk I can't say my prayers," was the tearful re-spouse. .' - x r f Mr E ii r I If ' f ' I i ' . 1 t. -- r r i ..I raOM. Jk, JU r r y V- i li di nit r ' As.
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