JUL 1 i Vtlvei'ti intr Itaten. The Unre ad rel ;: Me 1rrolt1oB el the CaW '"a aa eoi imeoa It lo the lavorable oai'ler.iiuti of ult trtitera whose larors will t-e Bierted at lb folio- -tog low rate: 1 lDi-b, lime..... . ...........I tM 1 lnrfa, 2 months...................... Xjt& 1 torn, month.. ....................... Aj I loon l jeir t.itf 1 Inrhe. t month. .. ....... ................ 6.1 1 1nches. I year ....................... 10 i S Inches. months .......... A. 04 Inches. I year .... ll.k Veoinmn,6 months.... ...... 10. OO S column. 6 months. ............ ............ au.M i column. I year 85.09 .column, s month?.............. ....... 42 00 I column, 1 year... ............. ..11...... Tfc.OO Business items, em insertion. 10c. per line mbeequent lncrUon. fcc. per line Aawinirtra tor's anl txecntor's Notices.. fl M Auditor's Notices 2J s,r7 similar Notices x 00 w-KeKoluiions or irocer4inars ol any eorpcrw tlon or society and communications desirntd to call attention to any matter ot limited or indl Tidual Interest must t paid lor as adrertlsmeata. Hook and Job Printing of ail kinds neatly an 4 exeaiousiy executed at the lowest prices. And don'tyoe loixet it. ,.,M.bl-t.cl H"l.t ,5V J.l.nt- "-- "-' ..fti i-ir-uUtton. - l,tt0 i i ll ib- M,l.TpH Kate. , - . .na.Uan-- - ... l a wiit.in 3 nmruhs. 1. -a .. . i.i l l w.'ltin o iun..ir. . wiibm the jer.. a-2 -e i "-a ontUo of the county -'.i ter Jr ""1 te enred to --ii'l the alwve Term he le tr,, fho Jon I consult, tnelr " v iii 13 a.!acce mast not ei , ' . ift -;iaie lix'tinit as these who Ji.-naeily understood Iron: ' fr tr'rr Tfia 5tfP It. If f top ,. ... .! .looinerwlse. " tl, !-!"rt- JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor. HE IS A FREEMAN VHOM THE TROTH MAKES FREE AND ALL. ABE BLAYK8 BESIDE.' SI. DO and postage per year In advance VOLUBLE XXX. EBENSBUKG, PA., Fill DAY, JANUARY 17, 1896. NUMBER a a. ,1 t- "'- 4 HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WOK-- 5 SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE Wi'i H SAPUI FARIVIERS! t , n vou want GOOD FLOUR take your rain to tho OLD SHENKLE MILL in Ebcnsburg. The FULL f,,r ihf in.-mufaetnre J flour nas- i-cen pur in me uiu :lt ukl.- lirit Mill in Ebcnsburg ami turns out nothing nit FIRST CLASS WORK. l?riiiir in your ;rain and give us a trial. Each man's .'r.iin in irruiunl separately anl you get the Flour of your own win' tt. If farmers wish to exchange rain for Flour thov ran il so. The Mill is running every day with the UKST F POWER. PROPRIETOR. jiev&r wants ta learn, but the reads that ,0 Honesty 1 I CHEWING TOBACCO is the best that is made, and f.t ONCE tries it. and eave3 ncney and secures mora jFatisfactionthan ever before. ODD imitations. Insist on f.aving the genuine. If your i'.wuer hasiTt it ask him to yet it for you. p.razsmROS.,LoiiirYie.Ky. HALLS Kiciban HAIR Irenewer. -spoat pnvular'TT of this i r-p:ir:it ion. r I'.i tSt tA !i!.i'.v vpare fclf.nl.l lu an Sa-u-: t ' s i. ' Mi ! thf'iiiu-t'l.keptieal, tliut i llui: I:k.vkwer know that I l.ut i- l iuiui. d. j '"'ii fimi v ii imiu i r..i,.-u !!,. hair follit-lcs are not ".' w "1'lvtu the ease; restore , ,,,i.r ,,, ,.ruv ,,r f i,air: pre .'. i " a ! Li :ti;hful and clear of I r. v. uts the hair falling off or !. It soft, tiliant. lu- M crow kns ana h'h Is HaIR I:fnfwer produees Its Wii 7 .?tM; h-al!hful Influeitee of It L-", !''-n-.ji. hi, whlrh luvi-orate j,",! r- ,JY"f. It 1s not a dve, and Is O..I.H- jur loiiei use. ion- a.!-oh'!. it dt mt ivhi) I'-il k'v ;,n! .Ir-v i,n tu .i..l -.11 ,(,rt, . " ' -" anu uriLue. aa us Buckingham's Dye roa THl W H I Q ir c d c ---"w. i. a a ' ei!-. v ... ... taut- v n r,r '''w. desira, 1 til bt . v.. ocI i. w.i... ts lr"'lxT"'Dt iiatural color; and, t,r':,?J.r'.anition, 1 more cou- i i piication than any other. rsFao t 'HALL A CO, Nuhns, If. K. id by s-i iMsiera In Uadiciaao. a CUGGiES ct I P h5 : 'i:t . I I'Ki. A. f--.--.-T " " 11 1 ..1 la.- . i ! t..r an. I ' -.. W,.- u. ni.i:.-- r.- .i. Sa.1.11,., ,i 6.. . al Frrc - . Ill ; A -.tT o. ' k m ttint c, i 'iin-iniiai.. 1 J. ass 25- CESS 1 1 it Al 1 j .r?"b TTr-.I.-i"l'.e rT-,-1 r "ivr.H tbr'rnriT3 !nct c".":.! t a i i:k-uh uri:,--.f i'.c sy:-tc:i'. h'ic'i a tatl'.r. V-:n in f .! ;!-. .".c. ".it. t'.i'- r noat reiaariiliit sucf ess l-an !n.- u uliovcn uiC ffitig a. -A t:l fe a.V Ml Kcr."jcv . 7 r', I- tlo I-'.T-r FT? n C-t.Di 7 lo : C.r.s" . ". .. r e- ! r- ... - . t rt. i-:. .. ; . . - i r.:: ' l:-. rT sr-.t Tfri'iLiri 'Sr.' i. "t "l f - 'i y on!y cured p j-a Acefh? w..nl.".Ta!mr.Etpr!ia-isti those wl anf.-.r .'rt .u . r::,; aii-l.-ii-t; li:tfortu T . !:.-:rc"'i:ir,,5;(1''s iv-tortl r an.i tho V l-ocicf i.-v thru will L-td tticsc lit ;l.i puis vi!u f.!:c !.if.i:.'ivy v-i s tat thoy will Pi ! l.c todu v.ithout ttu-si. liiitaftwraHaick bea1 la tbe bar.e of to many lives that here Is where .T.. m'tc ..ar gtt.vi wit. Our pilUcureit xrliila r'-'- t.ui. rs l.itilo Ltver I'llla are rcry praall anJ : r: t j. t.. tV. Cue r two i :l!3 uutkoadoco. 1'i - i:ftsr-i " y v; -jni:.hla fit Dft rrii or j tr i.nti y U: 'ir pn-l action Ti.eMoaU wbo ;Jt: i 1 :iitSt .-. tliB; IV01r5I. Stold .. .:: .;:;a : c .crjwii ro, or f. i L t nail. VTTR F -y!C?N CO., New York. r,?!.M'.IirinSE. S-M'-LL PRICE Tlif llriof Aiiicri'-aii N-wspap:rs. CHAKI.KS A. DANA, Kdiu.r. Tin- Ann-rii-an Constituiion. the Amori- r;iti lil. -a. Hit- Am.rican S;ur'l. 1 lieo tir-t, and all the tjiin-, forever. I .iil . hy innil Daily aiiii .Sunday, ty mail... ?" a year. . . . . $s a year. I The Sunday Sun I I- tin- jrealet Sunday Nevvs- ! paper in the world. j I'i ire, r.e. a copy. l!y mail, ii a v'ar. I Add re-." TIIK SIN. New Vol k. FOR ARTISTIC SITING TRY THE FREEMAN. bss cnv.l a ronHunt J.'.." VjV Hirtv v.mni. II IS . . luuitf ui dii--aeM. ui'h a. IShranall-aa. Lamhsc. I alarrk. lllmrlir. rura!Eiw It.. Li., kr and o?h.-r ailmenti. where puin in n "n.''n' .nt. Irr it. At lmir Kn...r nuul on rv-M. of hnDM'. iwl.lr,-. ami rt.nl. W1NK.ELMANM & BROWN DKWl CO.. HalllSMrc V. . A. oc 17 9M . RAZEB AXLE JOB PR Best in the World! Bet the 6enuine I Sold Eierjwhere! GREASE A IVl v . - .www! Ln... It Was a Worm 11. 1. l.i the Keel of the Siii.lxiut. There was a man lia.l a Conneet ient-rioi- lKat luilt, wliieli cost liim at!l : lie v:is a Ix-anty. Soe nilil ; !iite niidy ami lln- man was pieaseii villi l-.er till lie found sin- Iraki ii. ")!i. well." sai.l In; "that's easily reiiieliel." Sa he hxhel her ail our fur tin' leal, lie couldn't find a erevii-e. lie till 1 up several plaees that he t houflit iniflil l.ae h-t in a little water, hut it didn't do hi' least hit of (ToinI. 1 ie ra e i 1 up finally and sold the Ixiat for .? ;."). and thi;:!-!it he had the U-st of it at that. The fellow who lnuifriit the oraft, says the New York Herald, knew sh v us a fast sailor Ami he had an id. -a that he was smart enough to lind thai leal., hut it wasn't loii! hefore he hejran to think m:iy Ih' he wasn't sueh a sne eess as he inifjht In. Site leaked just i he :inii' regular amount all the tnie. Due Sunday he made ii his mind he would liml that hole if he neor eame haek. He til her out and. after sli. had show u that she was in ihkI h al. i 1 1 iT form, he ln-aehed her. After th." t ide v. fnt tlow n he w ent all around her. lisle'iiiijr as a tun-tor listens for luii' Irou'.le. Ih- heard a suekiuy noise nl-o'it her keel. He frot d w n on the end'T side ainl in the timber of the keel was a worm hole in the wood. It had !een then- when the lieaiii was shaped. It jirol-ahly wound aroui. I like i letter S and to look for it on the inside would lie somethinir lik- hunt iiitf :i needle in a haystaek. He stue1 a mateli in the hole to see how bier it was. It just fitted. The mateh hrok." off i.nd he let it tfo at that: She has never leaked a drop from that day to this. WHY THE GIRLS LAUGHED. Viiuhk l.aily in h KHMhi.iiHlil KrliMl Wan I MiiMe to S. n t aller. In a fashioiiaide uptown boardm.' s-hool the other day a yonnjj- miss l:oast,-d that her sister w as eomiiifj- on the next visiting day with a handsome and very eapl ivat inir younr fellow. She said all the jril Is luiirlit see hirn, liit only two or three of her "orst and tlearest friends should le int rodueed to hi in. 1 1 v. as to I ie a 'as- of '"you may Uok hut you iiiustn't toueh" to nearly all the Sehooi. Yisilinir day ame, says the New York Sun. and with it ealue the sister and the yoimr man. '"here was a 11 utter all over the sehooi. The visitors sat ia the parlor while Miss K:i;id ffave the finishinif toiielies to her toilet. Meantime 1 he piineipal of the school entered the parlor. She i'iI for 1 he visitors' iku;h s and 'hem. "And vo-.i are not relat.-d to liiis oui:ir lady'.'" ilir ini:ired of the youth. "No. ma'am." said he; just a friend, that's all." "(Mi," said the priueipal. "only relatives may visit our pnii!s, so I jnust ask you to . t ini'i n I ill a i ii you in my ilee u n " I 1 he s i: tei s have h;:d their visit." This vms tlu sitiiation when Mi-s Kapid eame dw n nto the jijirlor. She Inire herself hravefy. hut all thronjrh the air of tl'.e hiy l.row nstone house there was an undertone of stranire, ehokin.r. inde s'i ihahle r.oise. It was the suppressed iri.vrs-linir of the other jrirls. IN DEADLY COMBAT. Vaiti uml the Ui'.l iK-rr in Central I'ark I- iclit a Kile!. War was proi-laimed in Central iark. The wapiti and the red deer bucks w ci e .-jvoiliriir for : tipht. It is a way they have at t his season of t he year, says 1 he New York U corder. and in the forests nany a duel lo t he deal h is fought, w it h no si-conds standing- by. and with no human or ot her appreeiat ive eye to wit ness the valor displayed. For the past few days the wapiti and !he l.iirirest of tin' red deer bucks have .rlared at each ot her across t he barl 'd w ire fence w li'ieh separates t hem. Then they hep-an charffinir at each other, and their antlers came together with many a resounding- crash. After much ma neuvering Kee-r Snyder got a rope over the horns of Mr. Wapiti, but the buck did not mini! it in the least. Then n dozen" keejM-rs got hold of the lariat, and with great difficulty forced the wapiti away from his panting rival, and he was put into a paddock where there were only young fellow bucks whoso .Hitlers had scarcely U-gun to sprout and whom, of course, he would not con descend to attack. The blood of the red stag, however, seemed 1 toiling, and having no longer a foeman worthy of his horns he chased and prodded the jtoor ladies of his harem. The koeers, at the risi1 of their lives, sawed off his antlers and his martiai spirit seems to Ijc knocked .ut of him forever. BEES AS LETTER-CARRIERS. Trained hy Aifri.iildirlsls to Act the l'art f Carrier IlReoni. An apiciliturist has commenced t rain ing lees for letter carrying purposes. After a few preliminary trials, hi- says', ho took a hive of them to the house of a friend four miles distant. Aftersome days, wheu the bees had In-come fa miliar with their new surroundings, some of them wore lilx-rated in a room, where they soon settled on a plate of honey whieh had lieon specially pre paiod fori hem. While they were busy eating it their trainer placed on their liar-ks t he t iniest of lisitchcs, fastened with the thinnest of thread, and so ar ranged them as to leave the head and wings absolutely free. They were then thrown into the air and soon arrived at their home with the letters on their Lacks. The writing was magnified and ipiite legible. Here, then, says 1 hv london Telegraph, is nil opening for a new industry. In time of war l's would have the advantage over pigeons of invisibility, and might go through the enemy's lines with impunity. Female Firemen. In Wasso. Sweden, there is a fem inine branch of the fire department. Their duties consist in filling four great tubs w hich constitute the water supply in case of fire. They stand in two con tinuous lines from the tabs to the lake, r.lM.ut three bhcks away, one line pass ing the full buckets and the others sending them back. Whenever the fire .ilar m sounds they are obliged to come out. no matter whai the weather may I , the daughter of the house as well as the serving maid, and often their skii ts freeze like bark from 1 he water and the cold. If the men are away they not only carry the water, but bring out the hose and ladders ami work the pumps. SPAPS OF WASHINGTON FIR. In Spite of the Frt That They Are Culled Oreir 1'iae. Pujret sound t inilwr poes everyvvliere, even into the mssts of the fleet yaehts made hy lwith Ameriea and l-'nirlaml to raee for the Anieriea's cup. ltut the )oint of most interest to t ho people of this reirion is that the proat sjiars of i.olde Dong-las fir shiiiH-d from this re gion, as soon as they pas;; lieyond the state line, have fastened tixn them the name of "Oregon pine." The sjars frtmi whieh the masts of the Defender r.ml the Yalkyrie have le?ii made were out in Sol Simpson's logins' eanip at Kamilehie, Wash., and afterward shipped from Port I'.lakeley. U'ashinp'ton annually sends out at least 100 vessels, timher laden, in every direetion, all the way from Corea to Australia and the Hawaiian islands, and even to the Kimlierly diamond mines and the .Tohannehurj- frold mines, in Afriea. It is stated that the II. iff of the emperor of Japan flies from a sliek of l'uiret sound timher, and it is known ositively that the llag-statT on Windsor castle, from which waves the union jack in the daily view of )ueen Yietoria, is a Douglas fir from I'Mjrot sound a Yankee contrihiition to the furniture of the monarch of the Dr'tish isles. It. is also true that the largest flagstaff in Maine, the I'ineTree state, is at Lrwiston, and it came from Ptijret sound. Nor is it a remarkahle piece of timler, as one conies to think who !ies in Washington. It is all the Doupflas fir. yet it is known abroad as Oregon pine. Seattle Post-Intelli-cencer. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Texas has n),o00,772 acres of unim proved land. Hollow steel spheres are in use in Sweden, for billiard balls. The cult ure of silk promises to le cn important industry in Oregon. A rublier horseshoe, for use on icy pavements. is becoming fpiite iopular. It is said that salmon, pike and gold fish, are the only fish t ljat ever sleep. Only one-fifth of the lys of India go to school, and only one-fif teent h of the girls. Little alligators rc admired ns drawing-room lH-ts in some of the fashiona ble houses of Paris. A shall recently caught near Annaj olis. .!d.. had in its stomach one leg of a pa-r of t roiiscrs. The cathedral of Antwerp has a mu sical oniliinr V ion of I bells. The larg-i-.-l is seven foot wide and eight feel high. Philadelphia barber displays up-to-date enterprise. lie has issued a fashion plate- show ing several sty les of fall and winter w hiskers. A p-i (hat cannot boil over has Imhmi Invented by a Hcrlin machinist. It has a perforated rim. through which the ovi'i -fiov. -ing 11 ii il ret in lis to the pot. An old law prevails with regard to th- pillule in the l.ouvro. Paris. No paint ing is permitted to adorn its walls tmt'l the artist shall have leen dead ten ' veai s. CHEERFUL CHATTER. "I'm going to lo president some day," said Willis, proudly. "Papa said I might." - I larper's l'.aar. Coo' (to mistress) "Now I'm leav in" of yi r. '. may as well toll yor as flu key o thi- kitchen door fits your store room." Tit-Hits. (Jeorge "You would marry the big gest fool in Ihe world if he asked you, wouldn't yoiiV" Kthel "Oh. tleorge. that is so sudden." Tit-Hits. l'.Iooblud (to friend, just back from a western trip) "Well, what is new in ( hiea.-ro?" Nicker Hooker (seiitentious !. ) "Her old families." Puck. Agriculturist (to season tieket-holdi-r in train) "You don't have no ticket?" Season Ticket-Holder "No; 1 travel on my good looks." Agrioul lurist "Then, probably, you ain't go iiiir very far." Household Words. '"Who was it." asked the pretty sohool i:uirni. "who said: -(iive me liln-rty or give me death?'" "Patrick Henry, i.;:i"ain." replied a small pupil. "And which did beget?" "Doth, ma'am." Harper's P.a.ar. A Powerful Sermon. Patrick "Phwy didn't ye go to church, sure?" Hridget "Oi had other things to do." Patrick "If yez had gone and heard I hot sermon on 'Absenteeism ye would have been ashamed of y'self fur not be in' there." N. Y. Weekly. A GOOD EXCUSE. lie Con I.I Not Filter the Army Without ills Hear. A In-ar I'.ariium has had the good for- lur.e to melt the hearts of stern mili tary men by his tale, and to obtain thereby a postponement of his criod of service in the army. The man was called ii m at JSordeaiix, and presented himself at the recruiting office with a suM-rh bruin. Ho told the captain in barge of Ihe place that he was quite w iiii n g to don the military uni form, but he did not know w hat would lieeomeof his in-ar. The animal was trained, and worth t: -in. NoImmIv" would keep it for him. and if he allowed it to go loose al.o-it Ihe eouiitry it might do some damage. "You must take my lioar as well as myself." said the r-cruit to the officer, who. lieing perplexed, sent the man away until the general of th distriet had lieon communicated with. The recruit has In-en allowed another year In-fore Iw'ing called on to serve w ith the colors. Within that eriod he is cMetod to have found somebody who will take charge of the useful ani mal, by whoso ungainly gamliols ho makes a living. A Oueer Regulation. A novel rule regulating Ihe riding of bicycles on the sidewalks ha la-en de vised by the iH.ard of selectmen of the town of Stonington. t'onn. No one will Ik- allowed lo ride a wheel on 'the sidewalk lx-twocn the hours of six p. in. and six a. m., but during the day all bicyclists will In- unmolested while on the sidewalks, provided they dismount when w ithin 5( feet of any Hilestrian. Thus if a rider prefers to use the side walks during the day he must not for got that when ho sights a M-dcstrian it is his duty to dismount and wait unfil the ierson on foot covers the required distance of 5o feet. Then he can again mount to pursue his way without fear -f falling into the hands of the constables. MUSHKAT FRENCH. They Live Near Detroit, and Ilepreoent s I'ast Century. Out in the region of the St. Clair flats, near Detroit, live a ieeuliar tribe known in general as the mushrat French. Nowhere else in the United States is there a community such as this in language and customs. Despite the fact that their ancestors have lived there for a century and a half, says Ihe New York Sun, they speak Knglish that is barely intelligible to the average citi zen, while their French, it is said, is to tally lieyond the ken of a Parisian. In one resjH'ct t hey are particularly nota ble that is in their ability as story tollers. The Detroiters understand them, and the mushrat French know it, so that as raconteurs they are not at their Ivcst leforo them, but lot them get hold of a guileless easterner ami they will fill him full of the most marvelous tales of hunting and tishing ad vent arcs that ever came from the mouth of man. As a means of earning money they hunt and fish, soiling their prey to the markets. Their own staple food ar ticle is the muskrat, called "mushrat." which alwiund out there; hence their name, mushrat French. Against all ridicule they will maintain that no boast, bird or fish is more delicate, sus taining and healthful than t his anim.d. "Take eoni fat." said one of them to a New Yorker, who spent part of his va cation on the Hats, "take eom fat, stoff oom up with airb (herbs) an speeee (spice), put eom on fire an roast coin, an sh! what will you? He is airfeet. shall not tell cem from duck. (ion lilman of New York come 'ere to eat duck. Wo give com mushrat cook eomme il fait. He say: Ah, heaven! Ah, Jk1! Nevaire have I eat such a duck! He thought it was a duck, that mushrat." ALL OVER THE WORLD. Japan has two monthly journals of photography. Her majesty's theater in the Ilay ruarkot is to make way for a big hotel. St. Petersburg has a new and wonder ful prima donna, Heleno Chevrier. At Krfurt, in Prussia, a government attorney has l-en fined for insulting a social democrat editor. A new edition of C'handers' Knclyolo pacdia has been liogun; the volumes are to Ik- published monthly. There were 450.000 wine shops in France in ls'.2. according to Ix- Figaro, or one for every .15 grown men. Pasteur's successor in the direetion of the Pasteur institute is M. Dueluax, formerly sub-director; Dr. Koux is the new sh I -di rector. Moissonier's statue has lieen dedi cated in Paris. It stands in the in fanta's garden of the Ijouvrc, facing the church of St. tiermain l'Auxerrois. P.aroii Hirsch has sold his lto.l'OO hunting estate at St. Johann, in l!o licnfta, to Prince Frederick Charles of Hoheiilohe, cousin of the reiohskanzit-r. A check for tS.Oon has lieon sent to Dr. W. !. Uraee, represent ing1 the lou. OiH) shilling subscription to the testi monial started for him by the Daily Telegraph. His Fxcelloney is the title by whieh F.rnost Curtius, the historian of ('recce, is now addressed, Kinperor William hav ing apM)inted him an active privy eotui- illor, wirklicher geheimrath. PAPER AND FAPER MAKING. Africa has four paper mills. Asia has 19 paier mills. Wasps were the first pUK-r makers. The first, jkijkt mill in (iermany wa set up in 1317. Wall paier lists In-en in use in China for over 7no years. For 300 years the Chinese have made waterproof paer. Handmade paer was always sized with a solution of common glue. There are over 4,.".00 pajM-r mills in t he vilied countries of t he world. TheChiiiescand.Iapaiieso make many articles of furniture out of pajier. I'ntil the present century all paerof w haleveril .'seript ion was made by hand. The manufacture of linen pajvor in fninit' is said to have lieen liegun aliout 1314. Some wrapping papers are made as strong as clot h of a projiortionate thick ness. The paer product of the world in IM'O was estimated to exoeed l.ooo.ooo tons. Paper hangings for use on walls wore introduced into 1'urojM' f rom t he east in 1073. A beautiful paper is made in Japan from Ihe fibrous bark of the niullerry or paper tree. FOUND IN THE HISTORIES. Combs are found in the earliest known graves. Ilrooms were used in F-gypt 2,000 years liefore Christ. Lucifer matches were ftatentcd in 1 S.T I. while friction matches preceded them by 13 years. The improved ma chinery by which matches are now made by the million at a trifling cost was th- invention of comparatively roc-en t years. Mosaic floors, laid with small pieces of different-colored stones set in regu lar patterns, were known to the Fgyp 1ians S.'iiMI 15. C. In Habyloii floors of this kind dated 1HH) It. ('. They were common in the Athenian anil ltoman houses. Chairs were in use in Egypt as long ago ns 330U P.. C". The Chinese em ployed them from alniut 1300 P. C. In India they were used, anil are men tioned as dating from 110O 15. C. House chairs with backs were in use in India A. D. 300. They are known to have been employed in Porno early as A. D. 70. l'ing mentioned by Pliny at that date. Chairs with foot rests were used in Koine A. D. 150. Slot Machine i.ivea m Penny. The automatic alms distributor is a reversal of the ordinary enny-in-I he slot machine in that it dispenses the coin instead of alisorbing it. The con trivance is devised to act as a lalior test for vagrants anil beggars, for it exacts the turning of a handle 10O times before it yields the coveted jieuny. And this labor is by no means lost, for it actuates machinery, electrical or otherwise, which will perform some actual work, or store up the energy ex pended for future use. .. CURED BY SUN BATHS. llaiy Keeovery of a l'aralytie Through a Iteaort to Kipiwiirc. The liveliest passenger on lioard the steamship City of Peking was Hum phrey Kendriek, of Ios Angeles. He hail just returned from Japan, says Ihe San Francisco Chronicle, a country that he loves, liccause a few years ago it com pletely cured him of paralysis. When Kendriek found that he had lost control of his limbs he determined to siciid all the money he had to get re lief. It was easy enough to tell what had brought the paralysis Umiii him. for the first stroke came soon after he had a bad tumble on horseback. The animal fell in such a way as to catch Kendriek squarely la-neath it. severely wrenching and straining his spine. Kendriek found that he was much ln-t-ter in hot weather, and this led him to go to the Hawaiian islands. He wasso much lietter there when it was hot that ho concluded to go to a still warmer place. Someliody told him that the south coast of Japan in summer was the place. For many months during that hot tost of hot" summers Kendriek engaged in a most unique attempt to regain his health. For days at a time ho would lie jxisilively stripjx-d to the skin in the hot sand on the seashore of Japan. He got so that he nit her liked it. As the days passed he kept getting lietter. Then he took to seeking exercise. A donkey was secured ami Kendriek. stark naked, would ride the animal up and down the beach. It was almost too hot for the lioast, but Kendriek did not seem to mind it. The result was complete, recovery. Kendriek came back fool ing like a school laiy and much infatu ated with the country of the Japs. ONE OF NATURE'S PHENOMENA. A Iiore's vemi-Annual Visitation at Chekiang, Cliina. Twice a year at each equinox the famous tides of the Tsien Tang river, that Hows from the liorders of Ki.mgsi. Fuhkien and Chiekiang to Hang ( how bay, attain iheir greatest height: and a I aire of sometimes over 40 feet in height sweeps irresistibly up its shal low ami f uunel-shaK-d estuary, often producing tremendous havoc to tin surrounding country hence its name, "uioneydike." from the amount ex-nil-ed in successive centuries on its em bankments. It is sii-n at its lcst at Hang Chow, the prefect ural city not far from its mouth. Twelve or 1 I min utes la-fore it is visible a dull, distant roar is heard, momentarily swelling until the wall of muddy water, tall as the bulwarks of the bigirest liner, as overwhelming as a glacier, sweeps into sight round the lieml a mile away. Not a lioat is to In- seen on the latclv crowded river; all are hauled upon to the huge embankment and moored fore and aft with a dozen rattan cables, for none but cea!i going steamers eouhl stem the ciirrenl, and even they would need skillful navigation. As the ogre Hears, the roar Ih-coiiu's deafening as a storm at sea. ilrow ninir the excited shouts of the thousands w ho line t he walls, until finally it foams jKist in turbid majesty, hurrying to ward the heart of China. The eelest ial have tried to ileal with it in every way, human and superhuman. HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. An easy way to prepare croutons or crusts for tomato or bean soup is to but tor one or two si ices of bread on hot h sides, cut in small squares and brown in t he oven. For cleansing faucets: I "so equal part s of line sand and salt mixed w it Ii inogar to polish, anil when thoroughly dry rub a lemon over it to keep it from tar nishing. This w ill he found an excellent remedy for cleaning all kinds of copper pans. etc.. that are usi-d on stoves for cooking purMis-s. It is worth while to recall, with the trying winds of autumn Ukii us. that a baked lemon is an excellent remedy for hoarseness, and one often resorttd to by singers ami public sjK'aki'i s. The lemon is baked like an apple, and a I'u tlo of the heated and thickened juice s-qiieezod over lump sugar. A good way to clean lamp chimney s is to hold the palm of the hand against one end of t ho chimney and breat he into the other, then wiH- it carefully with a dry cloth, which w ill renioveall black or other stains. After this a 1 .otter pol ish can im given by rubbing it with a cloth moistened with alcohol. PERSONAL POINTS. William Worlhington. of Cincinnati, who died recently, carried life insur ance policies amounting to $2io.M!0. A numlxT of wealthy citizens of (Icorgia have given an order ti a sculp tor for a marble bust of President Cleve land, to lie presented to the city of At lanta. Since royalty has taken to the bicy cle its vogue in England has Ih come re markable. One of the prominent w heel lnen in London is Arthur Hal four, first lord of the treasury. He has had him self photographed on his bicycle, and the photograph is reproduced as a full page supplement to Cycling. (Jooigo (lissing, a novelist, now much praised in England, isayoungand very aeeoniplished man. Ho has traveled much and s-aks several languages. He lives at Hpsom and seldom visits I.on don. He is desorilied as an extremely handsome man with auburn hair and mustache, and large, intelligent eyes. THE ART WORLD. Andros Hafer, the Tyroleso patriot, is to have a colossal statue erected in his memory on the top of the Kuchcl-la-rg. Dr. Max Jordan has resign-d the place of tlirector of the national gal lory at Hcrlin, whieh he has held for 20 years. Sargent's jiortrait of Fatti is said to have so displeased her that she has packed it away in the garret of her cas tle in Wales. At the age of 93 Mr. Sidney Coojicr. of the Koyal academy, is paint ing pic tures for the exhibition next, spring. He was made an associate ."0 years ago. Canon Harnett, of Toynln-o hall. In don. has olTenil to raise 2ii,0imi to wards the cost of a town hall and art gallery for Whitechaiol. provided the district board will take up the scheme and hold half-yearly picture exhibitions. LOQUACIOUS OLD AGE. Iloe Moih Talk Imlurr I.nc I.ifeT In tcrettting SM-eul:ttin. In Franco a census of centenarians has just Ihoii taken and the tabulation shows 213 jn-rsons in that country who are over 1 1 years of ago. says the No.v York World. Of this iiumln-r only are men. or less than one-third. An amusing comment on this has lieen going the roill.ds ill Paris to t he effect that the reason for t his surprisimr com parative longevity of women is their proiicm ss to taik and gossip at every concoiv able opiort unity. Constant chat Ici iniT. it is said, leads to t he act ive cii'cui.it ion of tin- blood, and thus re news the tissues of the Ivody daily and renders the frame part icularly strong. Ill all seriousness, however, have sev eral French physicians taken up this mat tor. a ml t hey have come to t i.e c-ou-clusion that the reason so many more women have at taiiu-tl a greater st r ngt h of life than moll is la-cause they have passed t h rough less t urmoil and t rouble and have had a more ealiu .uni l--ss im passioned exist once. One case in point is that of an old lady w ho di-tl re cently in the Haute (iarrone. having lived 150 years. She is supposed to have la-en t he oldest woman of modern t'mes. and all her life was SM-nt jH .'rr fuily in a hamlet in this district. The closing decade of her life she was ted on goals miik and cheese. In the last low years of her existence her body ia came attenuated to an ext raoi dinai y degroo an.l her skin came to resemble pa rehlllelit. The French centenarians a if. as a rule, of the lowest class of society aud extremely ia-or. GLADSTONES MARRIAGE. Ad Account of the Affair in an Old Clipping. The following paragraph a p ton rod in a Chesshiro (Kngland) iiewsiaper of the yeai 1S3!i: For some time the lit 1 io town of Hawarden has If-en in a state of excitement in consequence of the an ticipated nuptials of the two Misses (dyiine. sisters of Sir Stephen (ilyniic. Hart. M. P.. who have la-en engaged for some time to lord I.ittl. ton and Mr. William Fvvart Cladsiouo. Tuesday was fixed :s the date when tin" coreiiio cy should lake place Aliout lu:3t a simultaneous rising of the largo ass.-mbiaire. aeeompanied by burst of melody f rom t he orga n. a n-i-ouneed that the fair brid.-s had ar rived. All eyes wen- turned toward t lie door to v it ness t he on t raiice of t ho br'ui' -sand t he bridesmaids w it h l he rest of the bridal party, and the slow pro cession up to t Ii.-eomm imii hi table. In a few minutes :'ll had arrived, and tin" :il!Ktsi!-g eel e'iloil V had commenced. At this moment th;- scetaelo presented v as a ii ext re ii u ly interest ' nr one. The largo bridal party exhibited every eh ;.! nee of ci is! u me. a lid t lie i : resses of t he ladies la-longing to it, as veil as t hise 0. " many among the sja-otators. made 1. pa very bri'iiant and at 1 1 net ive scene, lit up. as it was. by splendid suiish'ne. The ceremony was er formed by lion, ami Kfv. b Neville. At it s conclusion t he new ly -wedded couples and 1 heir im mediate friends passed out amid the fe licitations of the throng. THE AGE OF LOVE. Cariou CorrcsMiif!c nee on Thi Ouestion in ltnilofi Paper. The "Ago of l.ovo" eorro sjMtiiilenoe in the London Daily Teh-graph is elic iting some ald statements and amus ing glimpses of individual character J-Mll vi.-ws. "Lad'es in the bloom of their wrin kles" is one of the funniest definitions of elderly sirens who have proved irre sistible, and. according to out" of the writers, wo must include Helen of Troy amongst these aged charmers. Helen, says the pitiless tine, was sn when she ran off with Paris. Cleopatra, we all know, was old enough for Shakesjware to write of her tiiat 'age" could not wither her w hen s-he faseinattd an amorous Antony of nearly threo-seore and ten. Hut more amusing still is the loiter of a "young lady" who has had "more adulation and attention" than falls to the lot of most of her sex. ami ooiise q'leiitly has had "consulerabio exja-ri-ence in love at all ag-s." This lady, who at 1 7 w as engaged to "a noble, good man of declares t hat r.t no aire has she found t he loveof man "so profound, true and lasting as from "..1 to 4 1 1." Hut. alas! this wise reflection seems lo have come too late, for she broke the engagement for some trivial cause, and he. true to his promise never togot i.' it rejection, died within three years of an undermined constitution anQ a slight cold: UNUSED TO DIRECTORIES. Ililticully of a Count rvman In Kimling a I'lrnr Ailtlre. A country man drifted into one of t ho Main street railway ofiices and said: "The jailieeman outside thar told me yuh had a direction Itook of the town in le-ro." The busy but jatlitc clerk indicated the directory, and the coun tryman stared, lie o toned it doubt fully, says the Huffalo Commercial, and turned a few pages. "Name of every -laaly ill town ill here?" he ventured, "(iuess so. pretty nearly," replied the clerk, smiling. "They may have skip;ed an old name bore ami there, but the skips are few." The count ry -man went Lack to his laaik and 1 ho clerk to his work. After l.'tor min utes the clerk saw the countryman was still pnzling over the directory and stcpiK-d over to w here he sttaal. " hat ran;.' ar" you looking for?" ho asked. "Polf-rts Druthers." answered the rus tio. The clerk glanecd at the place where t he count ry man w as look big a nd neatly had a ft. The fellow had start ed at t he begin ning of t ho laaik a ml was following (low ii the columns with his t InmiU I. ail. he Knew Them. At a teachers as-a-iation in Newark the other day a class of small children were giving an exercise in phonics. The teacher had received correct an swers to descriptions she had given them of trees, wood. etc.. and then thought she would tlc.scrila" a brttok. "What do you find running through the woods, moving silently on the ground, with but little noise .'" she asked. For a long time the little ones were quiet, and then a little hand was raised. 'Well, ltessio, what is the answer?"" the teacher questioned. smilingly. "Tramps," piped out the little one. NAPOLEON SLtrT THERE. Memories ttf Itonanarte'n Vlit to a I'oll-h leaaMt' Coltac. The French consul at Warsaw, the apital of Kussiau Poland, recently re cti veil a request from a ja-asant that In aid him in repairing his cottage, which was falling into ruin. It was in this cottage that N.-iileoii IVinaparte spent a day and a nitht in Deocnjlier, 1"""". The cottage stands five versts from the fort rt ss of Nowogeorgiewsk. in the lit tle v il la go of Ok an iw. m t he bank of the b'iver Narow. It was while siirin teiidiug t In- jiassagc of his troops aerttss this river thai Najiolcon occupied the -asants cottage. Alaivo the dir these words are carved d:-cp in th-wood: "Palais de l"Emi-reur. Ie H'.'. dect-mbre I-.",." An other inscription, this in l.atin. is carved iim a black marble slab set in one of the walls of the house anil conveys snbstanl ially the same mean ing. It is not Known hy whom the tali let w as placed or w ho carved the word over the door, but it is asserted that they tl.-ilo fiom ihe t imo of N:i polcou's visit. The present a-cuiant of the cot tage is a dirccT losf ndant of him who entertained Hon;! parte ltcneath his roof, and thorejirt made by t he French consul says that the peasant tells with enthusiasm the details of the ini rial visit, vvhioh had la-en handed down 1 rom generai ion to general ion. and that he exhibit s to isitors a stat net te of t lit emperor, which shows him seated on a throne with the world la-neat h his foot, 'fh is stat ut 1 to is very old. and the peasant regards it with the utmost reverence. MUST BE UP TO DATE. Wanted a Wife with l'offed Sleeve and Hie HaU A man with a countenance seamed and a la-ard whitened with age, and togged out in Sunday cloi host hat were the style two generations ago, walked into the office of the lalatr bureau at the battery, says a New York oorrt spondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, ami said that he was in search of a wife. "I am Owen Merritt." said he, "and twice a widower. I have a nice farm near Scran ton. Pa., well stta-kt-d with cows, pigs and chickens, la-sides money in the hank. I have a fine home to of fer the i ig'it kind of a woman. "The woman 1 would marry must lte young, g.aal looking, sty lish. and every way modern." explained iheexaeting Mr. Merrill. He stated that his first wife tiled in Is.'.-taiid his second in 1 '.!. Matron It.v lo waved h.-r Inind in the tii root ion of t he rtauu full of immigrant !?irls in the bureau. "No. no." said t ho w ife-seeker, shak ing his head. "None of them. The girl I marry must la-up to date." The fanner said his third wife must wear puffed sleeves and a big hat with waving feathers. Mr. Merritt told Matron Hoyle that he would make l-.er a handsome present if she would assist hiui to find his ideal of a wife. Ib" promised to call again in a few davs. LEARNING SADLY WASTED. Kxperienre of a I.iniruist with a Man W bo 1 ttered Strange Oattural Soantt. There is a genial linguist in an office rear the city hall.says t he Xev York Sun. ilio is frequently called upon to act as an interpreter. The other day a friendly jailiif iiimi t nlisted his services in l-chalf of a man he had found gestic ulating and uttering strange guttural -ounds in the park. The man was an undersized, tawny-skinned foreigner, and i p tea red to la" in trouble. The linguist la-amed kindly Uan the HHir man. while the i!icciuaii and the other men in the oflioe looked at tin; ling. list with a due amount of res tec t i ii I appreciation of his learning. lie. oTicd his batteries in French, but I hero v. as no rescinding sign of in tell i-it-n-e. Then Herman. Italian and Spanish were tried. Those also failing, the linguist was alatut to utilize some recti! lift ions of Turkish and vt.lapuk. when the uufort iinate reached over, drew a ja-ncil. snatched a piece of iaa-r from a nearby desk and wrote as fol lows: T am deaf and dumb. I want to know how to reach the Jajiaiiese consul." After the linguist had la-en revived ho announced that he had gone out of t la- interpret ing business forever. FUTURE COAL MINE. IMcovery of a Ittirletl I-..rest off Frane 1 hat I tat Iteeotnins Chanced to C oal. A singular fact is recorded nam. Iv, that on the shores of P.rittauy. la-fween St. Malo and St. Lunaire, in the vieini t v of St. Hnogat stat ion. at a place called Port Plane, the titles have lately dis placed a considerable amount of sand, sav 1 tliO 'cpth of some . to l.'l feet. Accompanying this remarkable phe nomenon is the fact that forests known t. have liee n buried for ja-ritds covering some Is or 2" centuries have now la-en brought to light and a vast forest has. it apja-ars, l-eu diseoveretl in prtafss of transformation into coal. Ferns and the trunks and liarks of trees are to la seen in an advanced state of de couqaisit ion. show ing. in fact, the films and flakes which are found in coal, and. while some of the trunks are l' feet in length and still very distinct, t hey are becoming rapidly transformed. 1 11. In I'olaod. The city of N'essw ish, in Russian Po land, la-longs to Prince Kadzivvill. Two lakes, one within the city ami one near it. also la-long to him. This supimer, when the heat was greatest, almost un-l-carahlc. the prince suddenly issued a prtH-lamat ion foroitliiing fishing an.l bathing in these waters, the only oues for miles around. The servant of si judge, nevertheless, went ill sw in.ming. and was immctliately shot by the guards placed by the prince. When it is known that the prince aud his tool are in no danger from the wheels of justice one can imagine the state of liberty and law within the realms of the c fji r. A I-lhel on t.lrU. Women are now admitted f o lectures at Edinburgh university, where they sit on the front seats. Recently eight women were attending Prof. Tait's lecture on the g"ometric forms of the crystals. "An octahedron, gentlemen. saitl the professor. "is a laaly with eight plane faees. For example:" "Look at the front launch." broke in a siau from the back seats. t L
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