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VOLUME XXIX.
EBENSBUKG, PA., NOVEMBER 1, 1S95.
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Sicilian
HAIR
2ENEWER.'
-y great popularity of this preparation.
,-;H teal OI mauy years, suuuiu ue u
"tare, cvm to the most skeptical, that
.Taiiv meritorious. Those who have
r Haix's Hair Kemwu know that
t all that is claimed.
causes new growth of hair on bald
-provided the nair lomcies are not
itl color to pray or faiel hair; pre
i me scalp neaiuuui ana near or
-iff: prevent the hair Tallin:; off or
L-jw color ; keep k soft, pliant, lus-
aad causes it to grow long ana
Hair ErtKTiR produces tta
- by the heaitnrul influence of Its
table' lmrredients, which Invigorate
rf-uvenate. It Is not a dye, and is
jbtful article for toilet use. Con-
at no aiconoi, ii aoes not evap-
rquirkiyand dry up the natural oil.
the "hair harsh and brittle, as d
,- preparations.
Buckingham's Dym
FOR TBI
WHISKERS '
i them brown or black, as desired.
j the best dye. because It Is harmless ;
xta permanent natural color: and.
j a siaaie preparation, la more eon
bat of application than any other.
ruriuD bt
HALL & CO., Kaihaa, H. K.
laid by ail Dwalers la Madid.;
General
Proclamation
:i Save tbe Commonwealtli !
F.KKAS. 15y an Act of the H.-noral
A-i-tnMv nf the I'oiiHiionwf allh of
. vaiiia. eiiltlled "An Act to lli-iru-r
Noiiiinatiun and Klectiun of Pub
vr." etc.. within the Conimon-
l ir.iv.-l tin' TJtiili day uf Juiif. A.
ii i- fiijuiiifd upon in ti eive puh-
0 -aid rli'ciinn and to fiiumcrate
!iivr ar- to bt' -!ect'd. a well as
; it wliii-h aid flection is to be
, i). w. KH LTi;n. liiuh sh. riir
mhi. l y of t'ambria, in the t'oinnion-
i( 1 ii ii y i vania. do hereby make
anil irive notice t the elector of
jiity aforesaid that a tieneral Klec-
1 tie lu-ld in the said county of
lull the
DAT OF NOVEMBER, A. D. 1895,
e ti.jnir I In-Tuesday next follow
Cri Monday of said month I. at
;me State and county ollicers will
a follows:
rn i.t Sraie Trenrer.
rn lor Judxee ol the Superior t'oort.
-r..n t..r Ifstrift Attorney.
?r-..n lor I'roltiunolary .
r'D ..r Kejtt.ter ao.l Keorder.
--n fi.r P..Kr l.rector.
-r..B i..r t'.. rimer.
rjn ior'"ouoty Sarveyor.
'v iniike known and cive notice
-i-Are?. for lioldiiiiT the aforeaid
in tiie several boroushs, wards,
l- and diMru ts within the said
tTf a follows, to wit:
l. n-h'). at tlie hou.se of Ihiuiel I'un-
laii-urif.
my Mwn-hip at Bradlev's fi-hool hou'e.
tt imrxuh it the t'ouuc I Ktiotn.
vri. t.r..uuh at 1' iur.cil Llitmher.
n.'liip at the i 111 re of (ieorve Fresh.
i-ii-hii. at the hou.-e on the prop-
-t, n.ni(i t tbe ortlce of Aoel Lloyd.
serine Hotel.
wn t. 'i-'.un at the t'oun.'il K no.
'.".Q-i-.i . at tr.e hou ot John h'ork.
x.nn( t..r.u4ii at tnc tuo.-il Koem
i.ni'tiii. at the i.rhce of John . H11.
-t vill ije tt! St. UiwDce
M t...rirop at Seuool Hun.e No. 2, ad
c ullage ..t St. Auxu-line
sh tow3'hii at KOiwl bouse at Sim;.
kIc N.n.uh at the Municipal Bu.lJ-
vwnhip at the new hulldinE on the
.:.iu (i it.ie at tne east end ot new
it.
-I .n-hti. at Schoid House No. 5 on the
i -i Iri.-ii I 'reason to Summit.
i I'.r iiiii at school Louise in raid
din at tlie i-uMie rounc I t'hamt'er.
-'tii' ' l.. !irt's si'U.hiI house.
mol..Mjj at toe Muntess'
MuDiCipai KuintlQir.
Ji.r t..:-ni at tne new building on
:i.-. ilou.e iou
r. t.i.'t ward, at the orhee of Kichard
Wt.i ward, at the t'ouncil Koom
u-fn. ti ibecnooi House lu tbe v tl
Bihil...-.
ai..r. un at Ihet'oanoil K mm.
'- r.-iiria at the opera House, Hem
n .,r )
-i U.ii-tiio at the Mounuin School
ior-uzh at the t'o jncil t'narafwr.
.it tne house of Heury Kaicer.
kir-i a,l Ibe bouse of lliiij
M i-it -trout.
.!., ti i w ,r.. In the builjiiii; owa-
i-O tut i, ou the norm west corner
": 1- -u-:.
. ii r ! ward, at t.uil linic cf the
' TurtiieriH, corner ol Knrod and
iti,,,
a K in ti ward. at tne ortu-e ol Wlll
J . iiu hte.l.ord street
viM.ai 46 Kruklln street.
u. nta ward, si Ileum rsUafler'J
: :.Srri,ti, ward, at the Hand Hall.
rrr au. i . tirrr Miets.
"s l-.ir.ii i,ra at the lltll ol Mrs.
-hc.iu. u Main Street.
i-'.ii ward, at tue house ol feter
Tcuth ward, at the American
3 tieiimh ward, at 11 Lucaj" lurni-
a.Twr.ttn ward, at the Luck-ap or
L l" r:erath ward, at the olh ol
I ."T"'- t"1 ' lrou tret .
".ii. -cr.
s. r jiiriceutb ward, at Hie lliM-e-UTe
liUeruth ward, at the Band Hall,
Kr.i.Jiii
riuarr,-r .,. , . .
1j1
. - uw r. Il-evl 1 1 u c
t- atiip at the fciR Kan School
First ward. at tbe Council Cbam-
sc ,0.1 wurd at the Iul-o Build
artie. i and First tree-.s.
M D- 1"Ifd "'! ' the Hdis
-a.jrreunue tire Oomau ISo. 1,
'"I1"h'l' at the warehouse ot Aucus-
t-"eJ ln l"e T'l'aae ol Uuiuur.
41 irtruieu t Mail. Luk ave.
s'Vn.o.t.at the huiidmir on t'aldwell
,J ' I huip Ho, ler
( ,&ini .1 a new eiet-lioo bowae at J.
J? 't dtatrli t, at the Unrhop
"'ri-e.ius, in the viliae ol U.as-
t''l '-oth ditrlct, at tbe school
:'i''."o'1'" li'trlet. at the school
"tsKr .,1 t ruiralitj.
'""'I1 at tbe Uou?e ot William
,' jf.tmh at ih. m... i. ...
I a t-. . - .".uii.iu.1 nuiiumx.
r-wT"""1 " .iaie ilali.
h'raoi 'n""Pt Jaeui.jw scbooi house,
f-ttni t " tbe Council Kooji.
,t;lon'n'Pt carpenter shop ol B
Ljaiownihlpat the house ot Frank
A HAND SAW IS A COOD THING, BUT NOT TO
SHAVE WITH."
OLIO
IS THE PROPER THING FOR HOUSE-CLEANING.
Tunnelbill Iwrouich at tbe School House
!pper Yoder to nshlp at iscnool House No. S.
Viutondalc nsHn.n district at School House in
the village ol Vtntondale.
Washinicton Uwn-lnp at School HouseNo. 3.
Weiin nt horoui-h at tbe H -ai House on See
ond avenue
, . v e-t laylor township at the house of Ell Ben.
8h1.l.
White township at the new storeroom ol J. G.
t;te
Wilmore borough at the t'ouncil Chamber.
I hereby eive notice that every person,
excepting Justices of the 1'eaoe. who shall
hold any otlice or apiioiiitnient of profit or
trust under the (tovertiuient of tilt United
States, or of this State, or any city or incor
porated diirict. whether a commissioned
ed oflicer oroiherwise. a sulxrdinateoflicir
or azt-nt. who is or shall lie employed under
the Legislative, Kxecitive or Judiciary l)e-parttn.-iitof
this state, orthe I'nited Stales,
ur any city or incorporated district, and
also i hat every member of Congress and of
the State Legislature and of the Select or
Common Vounei! of any city, or Commis
sioner of any incorporated district, is, bv
law. incapable of hoNlius or exercising at
the same time the otlice or appointment of
Judge. Inspccloi or Clerk of any election
of this CouMU'iiiwcallli. and tbat do In
spector. .1 ndge. or anv other oflicer of any
such election shall be eligible lo any otlice
to lie then voted for, except that of-au
election officer.
List of nominations a certified by the
Secretarv of t he C jmmon wealth of Penn
sylvania ami the Commissioners of Cam
bria county, and to be voti-d for in the sev
eral election districts of said county at tho
ensuing election:
Republican.
tsiaie Treasurer, I
Br.NJA.MIN -I . HAY WlMUl.
Judges nt the Superior tJourt.
.IAMKS A KKAVKK.
E1AK1.V WILLAUU.
JOHN .1. WlltKHAH.
:H AKI.KS K. Ki'K
Hli'A AKIU. KKr HKK.
I.KIIIillK Ii. iKl.AHV.
Itistri.-t Att -rney.
KOBl-.KlS. M I1 Kr"H Y.
f-othonotary.
SA.Ml'KL W. DaVIS,
KeKi.-oer nd Keo-rder.
FLOKKNTlNIi K.lnSES.
Poor Director.
THOMAS L. JUNKS.
Coroner.
FRANK I. Li VlN'tJS.ON.
t'ounty Surveyor.
SAM I'tLU. FETILKM IN.
Democratic.
State Treasurer.
BF.NJAM1N F. Ml.VEKS.
Judges ol the Suerior Court.
HKKMAN YLKKK.S.
.IAMKS S. MoOKHKlD.
t'H.lKUS H F.N K Y NoVES.
C-.ttK F. SMITH.
OLIVF.h F. BWHTKL.
niKijtriiPHtK MAtFE.
Dlstrie Attornev,
JAMES M WALTERS.
Prothouotarv
WILLIAM S.O'BKIEN.
KeicUierand Keeorder.
HA.MKL MtJtl H.
Poor Director,
JOHN O HAKA.
t toroner.
W ILLIAM KAt'CH.
County Surveyor,
S. W . MILLEK.
Prohibition.
State Treasurer.
WILLIAM H. KtKKY.
Judacs of the Superior Court,
tliWAKIH AMP-HELL.
W 1 1.4.1 AM W LA rHKUPE.
DAVIIisTtKKEIT.
LEW IS D. VAIL.
F. MAKKY" HOFFe.K.
AD1E A. SI EVENS.
Frothonotary.
1. K. BAEK.
Keirlsterand Recorder.
DANIEL W. WALTER.
Poor Director.
J. T. FE1 EKSO.N.
Corouer.
D. W . ANill'S.
County Surve-or,
M. M. THOMAS.
People's.
State Treasurer.
UEOkUE W. DAWSON.
Judges of the Superior Court,
JOHN H. STEVKNStiN.
D. .t;oITtJHLl.V.
WILLIAM C RHEEM.
Frothonotary.
MICHAEL F. KEARNEY'.
Kculiiter and Recorder.
, ANSELM B. KlRSCH.
Poor Direcior.
THOMAS W. HA AN.
t'omner,
f. H. SIOAN.
County Survevor.
FAI L AHNER.
Socialist Labor.
State Treasurer
(JEORlJE ANTON.
i r.. uniri mv ij til m a L ill y uuur in
EU'iishurg this -j.'ird day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hnu
dred and ninety-live, and the Independ
ence of the L tilled States of America the
one hundred and twentieth.
. .... i a . n Aru..A tn
D. W . COULTER,
Sheriff.
HXEOLA : CREAM : BALSAM
Is excellent for ail tbtoat Inflammations and lor
asthma. Consump
tive. wU Invaria'ily
derive benefit rrom
Its ase, as It quickly
iDaies me cook a.
coders expectora
tion easy, assisting
nature In restoring
w as ted tl s s a es .
There l lance percent-vice
of thoe who
suppose their cases
to be consumption
who are ooly une
log Irom a chronic
coid or deep seated eouieb. olten aicsravated by
"tarrb For catarrh use Ely's Cream Balm.
Both remedies are plevani to use. Cream Balm,
fme per bottle: Pincolo Halsair,ar at In-ucvlsts.
In quantities ol will deliver on receipt Ol
anion n'.
ELY BROTHERS, fa) Warren St , New York.
nov.io sM-y.
Steel Picket Fence.
CHEAPER f THAN t WOOD
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AGENTS
.lew and Nowto tbe oS,e'to
MU H.re Aarwrlcw, Ksckexer, H. V.
M AfJTED
wu
THE TKICK OF PEACE.
BT MRS. IlENKY L. PRATT.
In all ' my travels, from Maine to
Rhode Island. I've never come across a
couple more unlike than what Mr. and
Mis' Nims was.
Mr. Nims was one of these shut-up-to-himself
men. and he'd glum 'round
for days over tome little matter that a
word would a set right if he'd only
been plain-hearted.
Mis" Nims was all the other way
talk it out and done with it; a little
hasty and imprudent, maybe, but she
is well-meaning-. Mis' Nims is, and as
(rood a woman to neighbor with as I
want to see.
I hev thought whether or no beiup;
of different persuasions didn't work to
keep 'em apart. See, she was brought
up an orthodox, and he favored the
Methodists. She joined with him and
laid out to do her part amongst 'em.
but she never was to home with the
Methodists.
Then, another thing-, she hated a
dog-, and Mr. Nims must alwa3s have a
great clumsy hulk, good for nothing
but to bark and eat and lie arouad un
der -foot, while Mis Nims, 6he marn't
have even a kitten, though she set
everything by a cat. And so it went.
One day I stepped in to borrow M is'
'Nims cutting--board, and just as I got
to the door I heard her say: "You ain't
going to turn Charley in amongst my
flowers, be ye"
lie didn't condescend any reply not
as I could hear.
"Now, Mr. Nims," says she, "he's
stepped on my pansy-bed and broke off
a dahlia a'ready. Ain't there any
other place on this whole farm where
you can put him? I don't want him
here," says she.
Mr. Nims' countenance didn't change
more than a wooden Indian. "
"I do," says he. "There's a good bat
ing of grass to be fed down, and I cal
culate to leave Charley here for a spell,"
says he. And he budgetiroff as still as
though he'd swallowed a a ramrod.
Mis' Nims didn't say a word more,
but she gave that old dog a push that
sent him out of doors with a yelp; and
I didn't blame her a mite, nuther.
1 brought the cutting-board back as
they was a-settin down to dinner, and
Mis' Nims asked me to draw up to the
table. She had an excellent dinner
Mis' Nims is an elegant cook but not
one identical word did he speak, only
to ask if I'd have another potato.
She seemed chipper enough, but I see
a shadow pass over her countenance
when the old horse sneezed right un
der the window where her piney bed
was, and the dog, that had got back
under the table by that time, yopped
out as though somebody had accident
ally trod on his tail.
Mr. Nims was a great hand for rais
ing colts, but she was a terrible scary
creature; and I expect riding after
half-broken colts has given her a fit
of the neuralogy many's the time.
lie was areadful set .n his way
same as the general run of men air
and it was like fighting the east wind
to try to move him out of iL Them
two used to remind me of a pair oT
napajawed scissors that you can't cut
with. Some might have put the heft
of Cue blame on to her; arm 1 s'pose
she did nan; him some, au.l ila.-.h oui.
when fehe'iJr belter have kep' still.
I run in one day to borrow a sleev.
pattern, when 1 heard Mr. Nim;,
speaking out kind o' gruff, and 1 hail
ed, for I didn't wish to intrude. (I
never wear squeaky shoes myself). 1
didn't find out what went before, but
the first I heard was this:
"I can't please you," says he. (It
beat me if he d ever tried.) "You
don't like my hired nieu, you ain't sat
isfied with my breed of cows, the color
of the corn barn don't suit ye. and I'm
thinking you'll be happier if we divide
and separate. You've always thought
more of your brother Asa than you do
of me, aud you can be free to go to
him, so you'll Iwj well fixed."
"Why, Mr. Nims!" I heard her kind
o' gasp out, and I surmised by the
sound that she let fall a teacup. I
I looked to hear her burst out in her
quick way, and I'll warrant ye he
supposed she'd flare up, and that would
be the end on't Kut she seemed duin
founded. I5y n' by she said, quite quiet:
"I'm sure Asa would be pleased to
have me there. He misses Sarah Jane,
and so do the children. There has to
Ims somebody at the head to make
things so. Hut what would you do,
Elisha?"
I had to smile, for she scarcely ever
called him Klisha.
"I can look out for myself, says he,
and stalked off to the barn.
1 went ritrht in, and said I guessed I
could tell what was in his mind. He
waa calculating to make a home for his
mother, and get along they two to
gether. Old lady Nims never was any
too particular, aud now she had the
shaking palsy. So I could see Mia'
Nhns set right to thinking how things
would go to wrack and ruin under such
no maingement. She is an awful nice
housekeeper herself, and set a great
store by her things. She made an ar
rant tip chamber pretty soon, and was
gone quite a spelL When she came
down her eyes were some red, but sh
.tutted it out and went on as matter-of-fact
as the cows coming home.
"I've got to flax around," says she,
"and get Elisha's new shirt done; and
there's the pickle-vinegar needs scald
ing, and the brine, too. And 1 was
laying out to put up a few more
quinces. Elisha is very partial to
quince sauce."
The next day I went over to offer my
help, and she seemed glad to have me
there. I guess she felt she must let
out a little to somebody, and she
knows I'm no hand to run and tell.
She told me they were going to Squire
Hosley's to get his help about a divi
sion of the property. She wanted to
wait till after Monday, so she could
get one more wash done, but Mr. Nims
had laid out to begin cutting corn
Monday; and Saturday suited his time
best. Pretty soon she said: "I hope
you'll look in and do what you can to
see that Elisha is comfortable," says
Vhad my thoughts, but I kep ein
to myself, and only saW I should ad
mire to do anything I could.
Then she hushed up and said no
more. ,
Squire Hosley's wife is second cousin
to me, and she had been after me to
help about her sewing. So 1 thought
I might as well go there Saturday as
any day. .
The squire's office is at one side ol
the house, with a door openlug into
the orchard and another door opening
into a little back room. Mis' llosley
uses this for a sewing room. So there L
was. I had set the door into the ofliiv
on the jar the room being so small
and close.
It was still work that I was upon,
mending stockings and the children's
clothes, and I couldn't help but hear
all that was said in the otlice.
Mr. Nims made the explanation of
what they wanted, and said it was un
derstood between them that he kep
the house and farm. I'll warrant ye!
I knew he'd never yield an inch of his
ground. He was a man who wanted
all the land joining his, and to plant
in your garden.
"The bed and table stuff is hers,"
said he.
"Oh, no, Elishar says she, "I don't
consent to that. Sarah Jane had a
good setting-out. and Asa's house is
full. IJesides, if I find I need more
things 1 can make 'em, and your moth
er's eyesight plagues her. She can't
do as she could once," she says.
"The bed and table furnishings are
hers," Mr. Nims repeated. "What she
didn't make she bought with her but
ter money."
"No, 'Lisha," Mis' Nims began; but
Squire Hosley interrupted her. I see
they was beginning to wear on his
patience.
"Why not put the property in two
piles and draw cuts, if you've no
choice. That would be fair. says he.
I knew by the way I heard her snuff
that Mis' Nims hadn't give up, though
she said no more not then; but from
that they went on to wrangle over
every stick of furniture. She should
have no use for this, that aud the other
thiug. An' no more wouldn't he.
I could hear the squire drum on the
table, and I knew he was getting rest
less. Finally he made an end of the
talk by saying: "Why not let Mr. Nims
keep the downstairs furniture, and she
take what is above? How would that
do?"
Well, they demurred, each one being
afraid the other would be cheated,
but at last, seemingly, let it go. and
worked their way on to the live stock.
"Three cows for her,' says he. "Two
will be full and plenty for me. She
was always more for a dairy than
what I was," he says.
"Why, 'Lisha. you are going to make
beef of old Hrindle," says she, "and
that leaves only four."
"I've concluded not to beef her, she
is such a favorite of yours," says he.
That was a great piece of news.
Mrs. Nims had felt awful cut up
about having Brindle fatted and
killed, for sue called that cow the best
for butter in the herd, ltut Mr. Nims
appeared firm.
"And the pigs," he began. "I don't
want any pigs! I've no use for em.
What can I do with pigs down to Baker
street?"
And she burst out crying. She had
set a gotxl deal by that litter of pigs,
bringing em up by hand, as you might
say, for the old mother died when they
were eight days old.
After that it was still as death for a
minute, then Squire Hosley spoke up.
"My good friends," says he, "if you
can't agree alxnit living apart, my best
advice is that you agree to go on liv
ing together."
For a minute or two all was still
again, and the old clock ticked up like
the Day of Judgment. By 'n' by Mr.
Nims spoke rather low:
"What do you say, Louisv?"
"I was thinking whether we hadn't
oughter drive over to your mother's
and see how her cough is. I'm some
worried about that cough," says she.
"I'm agreeable to that," says he.
As I was leaning forward. I caught
sight through the crack of the door of
him mopping up his face with his old
red handkerchief; so I see he had felt
it some. Squire Hosley, he said noth
ing. Well, I made my way home middling
early, and was keeping a watchout as
they driv into the yard betwixt sun
down and dark, and 1 see her stop and
pat the yellow dog that was flopping his
tail on the top step of the piazza. Old
Bose was so tickled that he jumped
'round as graceful as a cow; and I
knew by the looks of the back of Mr.
Nims' neck that he took it in. After
awhile I made an arrant to carry over
a dish of Dutch cheese, and there they
were, eating their supper as cheerful
as a basket of chips.
"Set up and have a cup o tea," says
she. "We've had quite a ride this
afternoon," says she. "We've been to
see Mother Nims, and Elisha drove
'round by the bridge. It is all of a
mile further, but he knows how skit
tish I be about crossing the ferry in
Uncle Seth's old scow. I'm silly, I
s'pose. Elisha and I, we think mother
is getting too old and feeble to live
alone, and we have about persuaded
her to break up and come to us."
She run on tor a spell, but that was
all she said concerning their arrange
ments. And would you believe it?
from that day to this Mis' Nims has
never opened her mouth to me on the
subject, though she knows 1 never re
peat. And now. to see them two jog
ging 'round together after old Charley,
as content as ducks in a millpond, no
body mistrusts it took e'ena'most a
separation to unite them.
Nobody knows but me and the old
squire. It won't get out from him he
is as close-mouthed as a fish. And I
was never one to talk. Outlook.
THE STAGE.
Saint Saexs is said to have composed
a humorous fantaie zoologique entitled
"La Carnival des Animaux."
"Gt'ERxiCA," an opera by Paul Vidal,
on an episode of the Cariist insurrec
tion in the Basque provinces in 1S73,
has leen brought out with great suc
cess at the Paris Opera Coinique.
A Home of Rest, "where tired actors
may recuperate," to be supported en
tirely by the dramatic profession has
just been started in England with Beer
bohm Tree for its president.
Karl Reixecke, who for thirty-five
years has been director of the famous
(iewandhaus concerts at Leipsig and
professor of the piano in the conserva
tory, is seventy-one years old, and
wishes to resign his office.
Mxi e. Bf.rxiiardt has Wen asked how
it is that she wears so well. The an
swer she gives is that she never
thinks. She plays to her fingertips.
Her life is acting. Reflection she leaves
to the dreamers. "It is thought that
wears one out."
JUSTICE JACKSON'S TERM.
Next to the Shortest tn tbe Ilixtorjr or the
I'niteU State. Supreme Court.
Justice Jackson's service of two years
on the supreme bench of. the United
States is one of the shortest terms in
the history of the court. The only
shorter term was that of Justice Har
rison, who was appointed in 17VJ and
resigned the office in the same year to
become chancellor of his native state.
Maryland. Chief Justice Rutledge, the
mly man to be twice appointed to the
.supreme bench, says the New York
Sun. resigned the office of associate
justice in 1 !I, after two years of serv
ice, to liecome chief justice of South
Carolina. He was named chief justice
of the United States supreme court in
17.5. and presided one term, but the
nomination was rejected by the senate
leeause it was discovered that his mind
had lieeome impaired. Associate Jus
tice Trimble, of Kentucky, died in 1 s
after tvo years of service. These are
the only justices whose terms have
lecn as short as that of Justice Jack
son, save one of his associates, still
UKn the bench.
The longest terms were those of Chief
Justices Marshall and Story, each of
whom served thirty-four years. Five
others served over thirty years, five le
tween twenty-five and thirty, six le
tween twenty and twenty-five, nine
between fifteen ami tweuty, six be
tween ten and fifteen, seventeen be
tween five and ten. and eight less than
five years. Some of those included in
this summary are still ipon the bench.
Justice Field, appointed in lsii'i. is the
oldest in point of service of the present
liench. and his term approaches the
the longest in the history of the court.
. RATHER ABSENT MINDED.
Tli. 1'rofew.sor Thought the I'nder
rie
Crust Wan w Little Touch.
A certain one of our scientific men a
man whom you can't help knowing if
you have had much business with the
Smithsonian institution has the repu
tation tif lieing extremely absent-mind-2d.
says the Washington Star. I don't
believe most of the stories they tell
alout him, but here is one on whose
truth I am willing to stake my lest
iKinnet. He's a married man. this scien
tific person, and his wife is a good
housekeeix-r. She is an excellent cook,
too, but she prefers to buy most of her
pastry ready made. She Knight a pie
the other day. a juicy pie, a blueterry
pie. in fact. All day long it lay on the
pun try shelf in one of those thin paste
lxard plates bakery pies always come
in. Its juice gradualy soaked through
the lower crust you know how blue
Wrry pies do and when the lady of
the house that is to say, the cook
put it on the dinner table, the paste
Kard plate went with it. The scien
tific man's wife cut the pie. and to
make the handling of it easier, cut the
pastclxiard plate, too. The scientific
man took his slice of pie and ate it med
itatively. His wife kept silence. He
ate the top crust and the blueberries
and the bottom crust and the jiaste
board slice till he had eaten aliout
half. Then his look of inward contem
plation gradually changetl to surprise,
and then to mild distress.
"My dear," he said, looking up. "isn't
this under crust just a little tough?"
SPLICED A SNAKE.
Singular R fault of a. Sarreon's Experiment
In ;raftln Reptile.
Dr. G. A- Countryman, of Mellette, S.
D., possesses a combination snake, says
the Minneapolis Journal. It is half
garter and half sand snake, and this
peculiar composition was made possible
by a surgical ojeratioii performed by a
doctor. His attention was directed to
snakes from observing that when a
snake is killed its tail appears to live
until the sun goes down, when life
ceases. It is thought by many that
this is owing to the nerves, but the doe
tor was somewhat skeptical on this
point. Being a surgeon he dissected
several and made some interesting dis
coveries. He found that in lioth the
sand and garter snakes the spinal col
umn extended little more than half the
length of the body. Knowing that it
was possible to graft flesh, this led him
to chloroform them and try splicing
them, making the splice, of course, lie
low the end of the spinal column. He
made four unsuccessful attempts, but
succeeded in the fifth. The grafted
snake he has now is apparently in good
health and the joined parts are per
fectly knitted together. Its body is uf
the sand snake and its tail is a garter
snake's. The sand snake is spotted
and looks exactly like a rattlesnake,
while the garter snake is strijH'd and
its color is of the different shades of
green and yellow. Both of these varie
ties of snakes are harmless and com
mon throughout the slate.
Saved by a Doc.
A large Newfoundland dog saved a
boy's life at Baltimore recently. The
loy is eight years old, and the dog.
formerly a tramp, is now well cared
for. The boy ami the dog were romp
ing on the dock in the morning, when
the boy accidentally fell overboard.
There are twenty feet of water in the
dock. The big Newfoundland saw the
lxy fall, and just as he came to the sur
face sprang into the dock and swam to
the fast sinking boy. The boy clutched
the woolly hair on the dog's neck, which
kept him afloat, and then the dog
started to swim with his burden to the
other side of the dock. A man rushed
to the rescue and when the dog reached
the place jumped into a rowboat and
managed to pull both the dog aud the
boy out of the water. The dog became
a hero in the eyes of the people who
had been attracted to the scene and he
was given a first-class dinner for his
heroism.
MULTUM IN PARVO.
Ws enjoy thoroughly only the pleas
ure that we give. Dumas. ,
The men who make history have not
time to write it. Metternich.
I believe the first test of a truly
great man is his humility. Ruskin.
False face must hide what the false
heart doth know. Shakespeare.
GiEXirs hears one individual and then
cttmprehends ten. Japanese.
He that will not supply new rem
edies must expect new evils. Bacon.
Conscience warns us as a friend be
fore it punishesasa judge. Stanislaus.
Hell is truth seen too late duty
neglected in its season. .Tryon Ed
wards. Cor RAO E is, on all hands, considered
as an essential of high character.
Froude.
aM'DOUGALL'S CONVERSION
BV IlELLE FIELD.
"What!"
The astonishment in the word was
simply indescribable, as Harry Mc
Dougall dropped his paper and regard
ed his cousin in dignified amazement.
A prettier cousin than usual she was
just then, her blue eyes and pink
cheeks a little bluer and pinker, as
she viewed her surprised relative, who
soon found voice to remonstrate:
"Do you mean to say that you, whose
sole ambition should lie the enhancing
oi woman s chief virtue, retiring mod
esty, are really proposing to enter my
mill as bookkeeper? 1 f so, you are either
very ignorant of what would be ex
lected of you in that capacity or j-ou
are forgetting what is due your own
womanhooJ. Henrietta McDougalL 1
am ashamed of you!"
The subject of this tirade merely
gave her decided chin a little lift, and
made answer:
"You need not flatter yourself that
j-ou are going to extinguish me with
your heroics, Harry, for I most cer
tainly do intend to go into an office
even if the shock should prove serious
to your conservative organization. As
you refuse my offer. I shall take a posi
tion with the Big Salt Lumber com
pany; but I thought it would be pleas
ant to work with you."
The young man cleared his throat
two or three times beforw he found
voice for expostulation.
"But. Henrietta, it is not a woman's
place. Contact with men in business
life disarms woman of her best weapon,
t-ud withal her greatest charm. She
wrecks her own matrimonial chances;
for, you see, when men marry, they do
not choose the girls who have thrust
themselves forward, but tie for life to
the home girl. Then, too," continued
he, with a touch of pomposity,
"woman's brain is of such different
caliber that she is never a success in
the business world. While I esteem
you very highly as a friend and cousin,
I could not give you a place in mv
office. I must have the broad-r out
look of a man, and do not feel that I
could trust any woman with such a
responsible position as that held by niy
book kce per. "
This time there was no mistaking the
real indignation in the girl's face aud
voice.
"Harry, I should be very angry with
J-our insinuations, but I really ouly
pity one who holds such warped view s.
I want you to understand that girls
nowadays are not compelled to go
about on tiptoe and w ith bated breath
for fear of spoiling their matrimonial
chances. Talk about trustworthiness!
Who absconds with the employer's
money? Not the woman. Talk about
the "broader outlook!' Wait until your
cross-eyed bookkeeper goes to South
America with the contents of vuur
safe, and you will wish you had one of
the untrustworthy women in his place."
"lont let us quarrel, my dear,"
patronized Harry, "for I did not wish
to oiTend you. 1 was shocked that you,
so young, so pretty, wished to do uiau's
w-ork."
"It is not man's work, Harry," said
the girh quickly. "Work is classified
according to its excellence, and not
the sex of the worker. But there is no
use in arguing with you," turning to
leave the room. "On second thought,"
and she paused on the threshold, "let
me predict that you will fall hopelessly
in love with one of this very clxss of
women, marry her, and become a
thorough convert to the idea of women
in business."
"Marry a creature of that stamp?
Not until 1 become an imbecile. I
shall marry for a companion; a woman
who will know her sphere and keep iL
Harry McDougall was not at heart
an intolerant man, but his whole life
environment had been conservative in
the highest degree.
His residence in the west had been
but short, and he was daily surprised
at the freedom accorded womeu about
him. He marveled at the unconscious
ness with which business men accepted
into their precincts the entrance of
business women. and abhorred,
tnrough ignorance of the thought of
the times, their "intrusion," as he
called it.
But a few months before young Mc
Dougall had come to Kansas from
Connecticut to take charge of a flour
ing mill lately purchased by his father,
a property situated in a small town
some thirty miles west of Elliston,
Henrietta's home.
The business was prospering, and
prosjM?rity does not make an intolerant
man tolerant; so upon his visits to El
liston his altercations with Henrietta
had become more spirited, culminating
in the application by the girl for posi
tion as bookkeeper in his mill, aud his
pompous refusal of it.
The next morning, before breakfast,
a telegram informed Harry that his
father had been the victim of an acci
dent in the old mill at home, and de
sired the immediate presence of his
son. He had barely time to write in
structions to his lookkeeer, placing
necessary funds at his disposal, before
the next train for the east.
"What a pity you did not accept my
offer of yesterday." said Henrietta,
jokingly, as they stood beside the
waitiug train. "Just think how well
I could have taken care of your inter
ests during your absence."
"Pouf." ejaculated Harry, with ex
aggerated contempt. "When 1 want
a shortage in my accounts, I will em
ploy womeu to manage my affairs."
And he swung himself aboard in
time to escape his cousin's just wrath.
But no sooner had he taken up the
familiar duties at home than the dis
tracting news came from the west that
his trusted bookkeeper (Henrietta's
detestation), had left suddenly, with
the contents of the safe.
The young man's state of mind can
le imagined. His father was not yet
out of danger, and, even had he been,
the business required him to stay in
the east. His money a considerable
sum was gone, the mill was not run
ning, and orders already in could not
be tilled. It meant ruiu for him.
After several days of distracted writ
ing and telegraphing, he received a
letter frf.m Elliston, which ran:
"Ma Hkskt MoU.coAi.o-l)er Sir: I
have visited your mill. 1. Hiked over the
premises, examined the booiis. and. ir satis
factory to you. am willing to lake charge of
the business during your absence, advancing -tbe
necessary money. This, providing you will
sell me a one-half interest la the property, at
the price asked by tne former owner, and wiii
accept the money I shall advance as part pur
chase money.
"Awaiting your decision. I am
"Very truly yours, D 1. UOaSDsa!!."
His first sense was one of relief, fol
lowed by wonderment David Board
man was senior member of the firm
owning one of the largest mills in
Elliston, and his check could le drawn
for a larger amount than that of any
other man in the city. What could he
want, Harry asked himself, with an
interest in a mill in a little country
town, where such a financial disaster
hail occurred as had happened to his
own business?
But the letter was evidently in good
faith, and Harry telegraphed his ac
ceptance immediately, knowing that a
partnership with Mr. Board man would
insure his future.
Three months later Harry alighted
from the train at his western home.
In the intervening time his partner
had not only made up'the loss the busi
ness had sustained, but had brought
profits higher than ever lie fore. Mr.
Board man had remained constantly on
the ground, however, but had signified
his intention of returning to Elliston
as soon as Harry returneL
A farmer drove past Harry, as he
walked to the milL He could" not stop
his loaded wagon on the river bank,
but he called out cheerily:
"Glad ter see yer lock, Mr. Mc Don
gal. Mighty fine partner o yours in
thar!"
With a light heart, Harry pushed
open the office door, then stopped,
aghast! He saw, busily writing at the
desk, not the bent form of David
lioardman, but a young lady. For a
moment he stood staring at the trimly
attired figure and sleek, dark hea d
Then a low, yet decisive voice said:
"Were there any letters for us to
night. John?"
Before Harry could frame a reply,
the young woman, turning, met his
gaze. She rose and advanced, a trifle
of color coming to her cheek, yet her
demeanor cool and unrufffed.and aked:
"I lieg your pardon, sir. I thought
it was the janitor. Is there anything
I can do for you?"
Harry pulled himself together and
replied:
"I should like to see Mr. Boardman."
The girl looked puzzled for a mo
ment, then answered:
"I fear you have made a mistake.
Mr. Iloardnian lives in Elliston, the
next town east."
"I certainlv can have made no mis
take," returned Harry, decidedly. "1
have letters iu my pocket dated at this
place, and settling the details of a
transaction by which he becomes part
owner of this property."
"Mr. Boardmau certainly has no in
terest here." stated his informant. "I
am Miss Boardman. and have liought
half this mill, which I am managing
until Mr. McDougall arrives from the
easL"
For an instant Harry felt as though
he were on a UlHggan slope several
miles long, not know ing w here the end
might le; but he pulled himself to
gether and handed the lady one of his
cards.
At sight of the piece of pastelniard
the young lady looked wonderstruck,
aud again flushed a trifle. Then she
looked up, and ventured:
"And you thought "
"Yes. I thought so," he answered,
comprehensively. "But I am so le
wildered now that I am past all think
ing. Will j-ou please explain some
things that I cannot understand?"
Within a few moments Harry dis
covered that instead of selling an in
terest in his mill to Mr. David P. Board
man, he had delivered it over to a
Philistine in the person of Dor
othy P. Boanlman, the aforesaid
gentleman's niece and junior partner,
that she, having extra funds on her
hands, aud hearing of McDougall's
trouble, had felt sorry for him, inves
tigated, found that the investment
would be a good one, and made him an
offer.
She had not intended to deceive him.
but bad merely signed her name as
she was in the habit of doing in her
business relations, without dreaming
of being confused with her uncle, not
takiug into account Harry's short resi
dence in the state.
It was as'.unisl.ing to see how readi
ly the young man reconciled himself
to having for a partner this young,
businesslike woman, with the bright
eyes and qniet voice.
Miss Boardman went back to Ellis
ton at once, and Harry took up his
w-ork alone. His liooUkeeper was
never found, perhaps It'cause the
amount of his embezzlement was not
large enough to make much stir, but
Henrietta said it was because of his
"broader outlook."
That young lady also made frequent
remarks about the nuiulier of time-
that Harry found it necessary to seek
his partner's advice, and her triumph
was complete when, a few months
after the first partnership was con
summated, Dorothy Boardman, upon
much persuasion, consented to enter
into another partnership with the
house of McDougall, the papers to be
made out for life.
All this was live years ago. Now
the little country station threatens to
be quite a town, and Harry's prosperi
ty has grown along with it. He gives
his wife credit for his prosperity, as
for his happiness, and has come to
glory in having married one of the
class once so obnoxious to him.
David Board in in McDougall, aged
three, is, in spite of his long name,
quite the most intelligent child in ex
istence, so his parents aver, and Hen
rietta McDougall is head bookkeeper
in her cousin's mill, having come to"!
see tbe working out not only of her
hopes but of her prophecy. N. Y.
Led p-e r.
False Economy.
Current Notes reports the significant
saying of an old lady who was locally
famous for her good health and her ex
ceeding thrift. An acquaintance was
congratulating her upon her freedom
from bodily ailments, when she re
plied. "We be pretty well fur old
folks, Josiah and me. Josiah hasn't
had an ailin" time for fifty years, 'eept
last winter. And I ain't never suffered
but one day in my life, and that was
when I tok some of the medicine Jo
siah had left over, so's how it shouldn't
be wastetL"
en'Iof person
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and nerson.i " , ' . lranPo-tation
'portation
Service is
increasing
DANGEROUS LAKES.
Mjsterloos Submarine Currents ta Some)
of the Northern Water.
Little Shtiswap lake is stated to have
a flat bottom, with a depth varying
from fifty-eight to seventy-four feet,
measured from the mean high water
mark. The dct-pest water found in the
Great Shuswap. says the Vancouver
World, was live hundred and fifty-five
feet. aiNiut six miles northward from
Cinnenioiisun narrows, in Seymour
arm. though the whole lake is notably
deep. Adams lake, however, exceeds
either tif the Shuwais, as its average
dept h for twenty miles is upward of
one thousand one hundred feet, and
at one point a depth of one thousand
nine hundred feet was recorded. In
the northwest corner of this lake, at a
depth of one thousand one hundred
and eighteen feet, the purpose of trie
scientific explorers was defeated by the
presence of mysterious submarine cur
rents, which played with the sounding
line like sonic giant fish and preventej
any measurement Wing taken. It is a
complete mystery how the currents
codld have leen created at this depth,
ami scientific curiosity will, no doubt,
impel either public or private enter
prise to send a second expedition to the
scene this summer to endeavor to solve
the riddle. As the height of the sur
face of this lake is one thousand three
hundred and eighty feet above the sea
level its present led is. therefore, only
one hundred and ninety feet alove the
sea. although distant two hundred
uiiics from the nearest part of the
ocean. Dr. Dawson and his associates
lelieve that the leds of some of the
mountain lakes in the region are many
feet lower than the sea level.
GAMES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
How Eaqultuaa F&usl Ucrrcatioa and 1'er
Mnal Enjoyment.
In the matter tif amusements the Es
quimaux are not badly off. They have a
form of cup and ball, the lall leing a
bliK-k of ivory with boles at different
angles, into one of which the players
strive to insert an ivory pegasthe block
falls, the position of the hole determin
ing tlie value of the stroke.
Another game, says the Pittsburgh
Disjiatch. closely resembles domiuix-s,
aud contains pieces running as high as
"double thirties." but the sequeuees
are not regularly carried out. the
breaks in tuem seeming to lie with
out system.
When they can lsirrow or purchase a
pack of cards they will play with con
siderable skill, aud they also enjoy
dra tights, having learned these games
from the whalers. ' Thoy have a game
exactly like solitaire with the excep
tion that ivory jn-gs take the place of
glass balls.
The sccial amusement of the women
is a species of "cat's cradle." which has
Ik t-u brought Ut such perfection that
they develop from twenty to thirty dif
ferent figures in it. Indeed, they are
extremely clever in erformng tricks
with string, winding and twisting a
piece in aud out among their fingers,
and then disentangling it by a single
pull at one end.
OYSTER-SHELL HOUSES.
They are Frequently Met with ta Texas
Towns.
"Houses built of oyster shells can be
seen in a large uumbea- of Texas
towns," said G. A. Holland, a well
Unown newspaper man, recently, says
ihe Cincinnati Gazette. "The state
was at one time undoubtedly a jart of
the bed tif the Gulf tif Mexico. How
many years ago geologists do not
know, and natural historians are puz
zled at the forms of life, so different
are they from any to le found elsewhere.-
Mr. Holland then priK-eeded
to unfold a remarkable story. Running
across the state from north to south,
lie said, is au immense ledge or sheet of
rock formed of oyster shells. This
ledge averages about twenty feet in
thickness anil is used for building pur
poses in some places, while in others it
is ground up and placed upon the
ground as a fertilizer. There is a
large quarry near Henrietta, in the
northern part of the state, and a num
ber of handsome blocks have In't-u con
struct eil from it. When first taken out
of the earth it is white and soft, but
when exposed to the air it becomes
hard and turns to a beautiful buff color.
It was formerly used for foundations
only, but during the past few years a
great many handsome blocks and resi
dences have been built of it.
Royal Collrce of Physicians.
In the tenth year of the reign of
Henry VIII., on September 23. 1518,
"John Chambre, Thomas Linacre, Fer
dinand de Victoria. Medieorum Nos
trorum. Nicholas Holsack, John Fran
cis, Roliert Yaxley," were granted let
ters patent giving them the privilege
of admitting men to practice medicine
in London and seven miles around.
This was the original foundation of
the present Royal College of Physicians
of London. The first letters patent
having apparently been inadequate for
the purposes intended, in the four-1
teenth year of Henry VIIL a statute
was passed enacting that no person
save a graduate of Oxford or Cam
bridge should practice in England, un
less he had a license from the presi
dent of the college of physicians afore
said and from three of the "electa,"
who were chosen from among the fel
lows. Gentleman's Magazine.
Fort land (Ore.) Rewtanraat Talk.
Spring chicken on toast, foul tip;
scrambled eggs, two chippies in mid
ocean, shipwrecked; pork chops, shee
neys funeral; corned beef hash, plate
of mystery; poached eggs on toast, two
men on horseback; toast, three gashes;
milk toast, graveyard stew; liver and
bacon, stars and stripes; fried sausage,
four links of American cable; fried
eggs, white wings, sunny side up; cod
fish balls, pair of sleeve buttons; steak,
rare, slaughter house, let the blood fol
low the knife; roast leef, rare, upper
cut; corn cakes, stack of Kansas; buck
wheat cakes, stack of blues; wheat
cakes, stack of whites, with a copper;
cup of back coffee, one in the dark.
Railways on Preach Farms,
Light, single railrviadsou which large
wheelbarrows run are beginning to lie
used on French farms. The rails are
fastened to small iron cross pieces, the
ends joined by fish plates, and can be
easily put in place and removed The
trucks can lie drawn by horses or men,
and are balanced by a heavy crowbar
held by the man w ho pushes them.
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