Adverti irtr lint or. The la-are and re! f aia Praia a a cor niMderatioo of ad erted at tbe loll. 1 loch. S 'nea..... .a eirrolatioa tt tbe ' tenai it to tbe favorable ttsera bae larvra will t og low rtiee: 9 X- - ...uvil(lt..l'KM.A.. v, J t L. HAVO", 1 V vN . tnrh, 3 moutbs... 1 Inch, mooibl I Inch. I year...... 1 inrbe .4 moutba.... X Incbea, 1 year .. 1 Inchea, moctba ... 1.200 ni k II I V i I lV4YI m lt -hi y ii i v ii i it i r i , .. 6.1 10.(0 .t ,l.Tl'"" """ - , : :ti a.Kani-e f 1.6C ' ' ,,' paid nilliin : giontr.R. 1.75 in i.l w t'in mouths, ''"v ; . .u t within the year.. 2-29 . -...I ju'if out.-dde uf the county '", ""-..ii i cr'jcar will ' charged to a"1 the afore ternm be de ' vtii -e wao ilon i isonsuit. tnelr ' ' - r nivi-ira must not en Mi tnchen. I year liO( M eolama. 6 month.... .... 10. wo i-i column, t monthi. ............ ............ au.M K column, 1 year &VM ieolumo. e montb.. ...... ...... ...... 40.90 1 column, 1 joar Tne Bualne Items, Crt Inwrtloo, 10c. per line tubeequent InMrtlons. Sc. jr Uoe Adoiintiitrator'sanl lecntor'i Notice. .tl M Anditor'f Notices IJ S"tray and almilar Notice ........... .0 af-Keroluttonr or irocee4inar ol any Mtrpcrav tlon or aoctety and commnnl-ation! d"ennid to call attention to any matter ot limited ur mdl vidoal interest mnt te paid lor ac adiertimenia. Book and Job Printing ot all klndt neaUy and eiedionaiy ezecatel at the low eft prices. And don'tyon. lorget it. t V'' Jas. C. HASSOH. Editor and Proprietor. "HE 18 A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ABB ELATES BESIDE.' , .t,p iau.e im-:'. n aa t twse woo ': i e Hftiii"!'; uudertood froc . r i !!?! t"'ore you mi It. ff eto, ",. -i-.i!:iwaK. tin otDerwlee ,vl life " too snort. 81.60 and postage per year In advance. VOLUME XXX. EBENSBTJliG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1896. NUMBER (5. wr m f i" if3 ief H h a n c. a Why Do Women mm c J M E BLUES ful Have the Blues More Than Men ? Are not women naturally as light-hearted, brave, and hope as men? e t ;) (; c ft 7 Mv everv Yes; but woman's organism is different from man's. Women in perfect or good health are rarely victims of this sTmptom. Women nearly monopolize the blues, because their peculiar ailments promote them. When the female organs fail to perform their functions properly, when the dreaded female complaints appear, there is shown nervousness, sleeplessness, faintness, backache, headache, bearing down pains, etc., causing the dreaded " let-me-alone" and "all-gone ' feelings. When the woman does not understand what the matter is, and her doctor can not or will not tell her, she grows morose and melanchol3r ; that's the blues. " I am happ- to say Tour Vegetable Compound has cured me. month was dreadful. The tI ' cnr. !iav m suffering rave me morphine to ease the pain, but nothing me ; and I was obliged to spend two or three b-d. Now I have no pain at all. can work harder, and be on my feet longer, than tor years. 1 cannot praise vour medicine enough. lad to tell every one that I was cured by LyJia E ';,-.'', vz '5 Vegetable Compound. Oar druggist says thereV.,? is a great demand for your medicine here." Mrs. Nevtox Coi:b, Manchester, Ohio. fell WW Three Cooks Worth Getting -Guide to Health," "Woman's Beauty, Peril, Duty," "Woman's Triumph." They are Free Lydia E. Pinkham fledicine Co., Lynn, Mass. o o t t t 4 t t r M Ull&fM&y Jim. Jl SUi 1,.- A r..r '(! us to double our lusine.s for ill ..ml Winter. We are re;uly :inI what Iwive i '05. - r. l-:ivcr I vToi: its. Sinult- ami I r v ( iv i-iK.t.- "l:n k :ilt 1 I 'I i it ; i i ) . : Hi c i ; I ; ; i ; ; -, : c ! ; i $ ; ; ; i K i ( i I ) i ; i ; i : . 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The Mill is running every day with the BEST OF POWER. THE CLOTHIER, LILLY. PA. S3 tA a - " " rn Wly pay CO to Oc. a rod for fence whn oo c an mal t ip 2EST IVOVEr. WIRE FEHCE OH EARTH FOR13TQZOUFd i i a rtuu.' Hnraohii'h.butl strong, pigi . ?jSSS and chicuen t'Rht. A man and boy can mcke from Oto. liiiKitrntH.l Catnioeus Frea. KITSELM AN BROTHERS r?jdeevilie. : Indiana. Your (Face A NEW BASEBALL LEAGUE. Will ba wreathed with a most .nfaKlna; a ml I., after you Inveat In m liteSewIacMne EOUIPPED WITH ITS NEW PINCH TENSION. TENSION INDICATOR AND AUTOMATIC TENSION RELEASER. The most complete and useful devices evet added to any sewing machine. The WHITE is Durably and Handsomely Built, Of Fine Finish and Perfect Adjustment Sews ALL Sewable Articles, ' And will senre and please you up to tbe full limit of your expectations. Active Dealers Wanted in unoccu pied territory. Liberal terms. Address, WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO., CLEVELAND. O. deel3.H56ra Rub your poor, tired feet with Salva-cea (tkadkuakk). It takes all the aching: out of sore or tender feet, instantly. Strained or over-worked muscles, chafings, or any soreness or stiffness they're all relieved in the same quick way. It's the best remedy for Sprains. Piles, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Sort Throat, Burns, Boils, Bruises, Skin Diseases. Two sizes, 25 and 50 cents. At druggists, or by mail. Thi Brakdketh Co., 274 Canal St., N. Y. cm.9S I aJFaA T Scientific American Agency Tor A CAVEATS. TRADE MARKS. DESIGN PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS. etoJ For Inrnrmatlnn anil fne Handbook write to MINN CO.. IXil ltKOADWAT. SCW YoBJC ltl-?t liunau for apoilrinjr il'n U in Amerfoa. F.rrrt palrnl taken out ly ua la brrmuht lefore Ui iiulilic by a notH-e glwu free of charge In Ute rientific twciciw Lanrest drrnlatlnn of anT arlentlflc paper In the world. tMili-iiilKllv illiiHtrated. No Inte1liirint man Khould lie without It. Week It, S3.UU a year; !..'! It month. A.l.lrew, MITSN CO, ltuiosuiuus, 3il llroadway, lie York City. THE KEELEY CURE Is a special lioon to buino!w men who. haTiue drilliil iiiieoiisi-iniiMly inl. the drink Imlut and awaken to timl the iliwa-e f alcoholism latem-i ti 111 th.'iu. renilerinir thn. iniilt to luaiMKe af fnirs reiiiirin a clear braiu. A four weeks course of m-atment at the PITTSBURG KEELEY INSTITUTE. No. 4210 Fifth Avenue, Tcstores to them all their powers, mental and physical, destroys the abnormal appetite, and H-storei them to the condition they were in te fore they imliilutd in stimulants. This has been done 11 more than li'OO cases treatel here, and am mi; Hum some of your own neighbors, to whom we enn refer with oonfulenee as to the absolute safety and efficiency of the Keeley Oire. The fullest anil most earchiii investigation is 11 vited. tjoud fur ituaphlet eiviiig full lulorma tion. an 3.94. Ohio and Pennsylvania Town, and Others t.et 'rMuchiaeit. Toi.eio, Ft-b. 5. An interstate six club bastdiall lwipue has boen finnel in this city, the following citis bt'inp rep rosonted : Younrsttiwn and Toledo, Ohio ; Fort Wayne, Indiana ; New Cas tle and WaxhiiiKton, Pt-nnsylvania, and Wheeling, West Virtrinia. The representatives of the rarions clubs placed, a guarantee of $.r00 to play imt a tive-moiiths' season, and C. B. Power was elected president, secn'tary kind treasurer. The league will apply for national prottx-tion under class A, and the salary limit will le placed at if 1.000. The directors will meet next month to arrange a schedule. The fran chises were awarded as follows : A. A. Anderson, Youngstown ; W. S. Wright, Wheeling: B. J. D. McKenwu, Wash ington; J. La, MoTate, New Castle; William Myers, Fort Wayne; J. M. Ciunuells, Toletlo. THE TURKS LIKE TERRELL. Ilia Vigorous Action Causes Them to In vite Mian to Court Oiimrra. Constantinople, Feb. 5. It is denied here that' the jxrte has refus-d to admit a second tlisateh boat for the service of the United States legation. The mat ter, it apjiears, is not yet settled. The Iorte, it is claimed, dot's not contest the right of entry, but contends that the moment for such a reinforcement is in opportune. It has been much remarked in official circles here that since the rigorous action of the United States minister. Mr. Alexander W. Terrell, in behhalf of the American missionaries, he alont is mentioned in the court circulars as a gust at the court dinners. The impression prevails in diplomatic circles here that the United States and Great Britain may eventually unite ir order to save the Armenians. PROPRIETOR. 1 1 ijir sirrah FRIZ East in the Wcrld S fetfte Genuine! S:i!i fieriKhere! at at at EB j GREASE! JOHN F. STRATTON'S CELEBRATED MANDOLINS. lmportrrs of and Wholesale Dealers in all kinds of MUSICAL. MERCHANDISE, 811. 813. 15. HI! LaU VUi St,, New York. -; bw fninrrd a contAnt ptttronncrv f'-r over ixiy t-tn. It is won.U rfuiijr eiucackHu in sJl K Hrsmsl lm. t.sjmbtiaf. aUrrh, latilhut-he, i-asrmlKls, H - ami othcr ailmtitM wben ntin in mi ntt.Twi- nC Try it. At I niir rtn-s. or l.v tiuul m rtvit uf naoiv, itUtmw aanU cenu. WINKELMANN A BROWN DRCG CO., Rlllare. Ml 1'. H. A. F. X. FEES' Shaving Parlor, Mam Street, Near Post Gfiice PINEOLA : CKEAM : I5ALSAM If excellent for all throat Inflammations and lor asthma. Consump tive, will Infarlaiiiy oerlve nenetit rroia Ha use. as It quickly bates tbe eoUKb, ender. eipectora tton easy, assistlnit nature In restoring wasted tl . . o e . . There is a I a rite per centage ol those who oppose tbeir case, to be consumption who are only saner Idk from a cbroolo cold or deep seated couirb. olten aacraTated by catarrh For calarrb use K3y' t "ream Halm. i Both remedies sre pleasant u use. Oream Balm. HOC pertM.ttle; Pineols -alsaro. at urnmiu. In ouaotitiea ol MM will deliver on receipt ol amount. , KL.Y BROTH KKS, M Warren St., New aorlt. nov.10 iMiy. Iks m r i jT rr v oc.17.H5ly. cans Pr awl Tamir, ClKKn : nn 11- K nHa i re. I 'rs. i uatii; r a imi ntK AI.L. THK NEWS. KEAD THE FKEE t? MA. SLM par year. .The underslarned desires to Inform the pub lic Hint he bas oened a shavinit par or on Main street, near the post otfice where barnerlUK In all its tiraDcbe-iS will be carried on in the future. Everv tblntc neat and clean. Your pitron-vtre solicited. Cassidy's ShavingParlor lAtcated near the corner of Centre and Sample streets. Nhavinir, Hair Cutttnic and Sbampoo inu done la the neatest and lest manner. A share ot xuar patronaxe solicited. KOJ4KKT CASSIOY. fHE ACCIDENTS OF. LIFE A Write to T. S. Qcincey, r Drawee 156, Chicago, Secre tary of the Star Accident Company, for information regarding Accident Insur ance. Mention this paper. Bv so doing you can save membership fee. Has paid over $000,000.00 for accidental injuries. Be your own Agent. NO MEDICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED. WATER SNAKE FIGHTS EEL. Terrific Combat Vi hirh Inally Kuded In the Kel F.seaM. "Did you ever know that there is a deadly antijKitby U-twtrn a common water fnake and an eel?" asked the fisln rnian. rerts tbe 1 n.l ia rja i i s Sen tinel. "Well, I never knew it until an exerieice lhat I had in witnessinr a light lietween the two. IVrsop.aliy 1 have tbe greatest dread of eels. l"ni more afraid of them than I am of a snake, and yon can imag me my chagrin when I happtned to !imk one on one cf my fishing e.Tedit ions. I ;vs afraiil to touch it, and :tll I cotild do was to ii t it dangle in tbe air. I cotild not gi-1 it otT my liook, aud I was nie.lil;t ing w Jiat to do.vvlieii altogetJier tuinot icetl I alimved the slimy object to drop dovri into the water. In a moment I saw a big wtlcr snake make a dive for it. At ihc lirst lunge it caught tbe neck of tbe eel squarely between ils te-tli ami I could see it sink its tiglv -boking fangs into the eel's flesh. I waited anxiously to see the developments. With its grim bold still on tbe eel's neck tbe snake, quick as it takes to tell it, wrapped its sinuour lody around its antagonist's neck in an effort to squeeze it to death. Tbe lody of tbe eel was too sleek, how ever, and the snake's coils, despite all it could do, would slip down into tbe water. Time and time again it tried to squeeze tbe life out of its antagonist, never for an instant releasing its bold on tbe eel's reck, but tbe lxxlv of the latter was too sleek for it. and every time it would slip down. Finally the hiMk broke, and tbe eel made gxd its escape." WOULDN'T WEAR IT. ENTANGLED IN THE A. P. A. IGNORED. Accused In the House of Kibbling Cath olic Charitable Institutions. Washington, Feb. 5. The house spent some time debating a series of amendments offered by Mr. Ilainer (Rep., Neb.), to strike from the District of Columbia appropriation bill the ap propriations for private and sectarian institutions of charity in' the District and place the money proposed to le ap propriated for them at tbe disposal of the lioard of children's guardians. Much feeling was engendered aud at times the debate grew quite exciting. The amendments passed as far as sectarian institutions were concerned. It was openly declared, that it was a fight of the A. P. A. on Catholic insti tutions. PRINCE HENRY'S REMAINS. They Were Interred This .Morning at W hippinKliulu Church, Osborne. Owes, England, Feb. 5. The re mains of Prince Henry of Battenberg lay here all night on the Allerta after the sorrowful visit of Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, the dead prince's wife, Princess Beatrice, and other mem bers of the royal family. This morning the remains were es corted to Whippingham church, which the royal family attend while at Osr borne, for interment. Starvation Drove Him to Suicide. St. Lons, Feb. 5. D. H. Goodvear, said to be a son of ex-Mavor D. F. Good year of Memphis, Teun., has committed suicide m a cheap lodging house. lua bility to obtain employment drove him to the act. A woman with two cmiurcii; claiming to be Cloodyear's wife, is com pletely prostrated by the death of her husband. A Hank In a Had Way. Rome, K. Y., Feb. 5. The condition of the Fort Stanwix National bank proves to be very bad. It is stated on good authority that the bank is in volved to the extent of nearly, if not quite, $400,000. It is alleged that lately Cashier Barnard, who suicided, had! been speculating in stocks. Sir Cecil Rhode lu London. London. Feb. 5. Cecil Rhodes i o. uecii liiHHies nas arrived in London from Cape COlony. He refused to be interviewed regarding South African affairs. THE MARKETS. WHEAT Nik 1 Pittsrcro. Feb 4 red. 77'gTsc; No. 2 red. i 7rte; spring wheat, T-C 34'i3oc: new mixed shelled. ItlKN No. 2 yellow ear. No. 2 shelled. X-'iik-; hiirh lil'iral1--: mixed ear. 33 34c tIATS-So. 1 white, S-t-ViS'e; No. 8 do. 2414 024?4c; extra No 3 white. ZiS'ic; light mixed, 21 ii 22c HAY No. 1 timothy, Hi.OOll0.25: No. 2 timothy. JU.jOaH To: mixed clover. $11.0v 14.SU: packing. S.oOa.0U; No. 1 feeding prairie, $11.2512.11.30: wairon hay. JlS.ouia.OU for timo thy. BUTTER Elgin creamery. 23321c: Ohio fancy creamery, 20,21c; fancy country roll, 12(tl5c; low grade and cooking. <c' CHEKSE Fancy New York, September make, full cream, large size, 10' ,211c; New York flat. lliallLuc: fancy Ohio. September make, U'jialOc; Wisconsin Swiss, in t ubs.l L" -13c; limburger, lligll'jc; Ohio Swiss, in tubs. 11 'a 12c: Swiss, in square blocks, 13ll!'iC. HI Mi 3 Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio, in cases. loi 15c: cold storage. It alic POULTRY Large live chickens, 75tSjc per tmir: live chickens. small.50.aOJc; spring chick ens. 50 a00e. as ti size ; dressed chickens. 1 1 Jt 12c per pound: live ducks. Tiasdc per pair; live turkeysjotftllc per pound ; Ureaed.lj'.ijltic; live geese. l.UU3.1.i per pair. PlTTSBCRO. Feb 4. CATTLE Receipts of cattle are light, this week, almut 50 cartj on sale; market slow, prices shade lower. We quote: Prime, ft 30 44 50; good. $4-OUi4.30; good butchers'. f-l.CO a 4 00; rough fat. 43.003.50; bulls, stags and eows. 4l.5Ua3.30: feeders. $:1.25ij3.!J; fresh cows and springers. 15.uV40.U. HCMIS Receipts for Monday, abont 35 cars on sale; demand fair; market steady : today's run light; demand good, especially for medium grades and prices higher. Pigs slow. We quote as follows: Prime medium weights 44 0U94.5; heavy hogs. 44.50 a4.55; pigs, as to qualitv.S4 25ia4.50: roughs. S3.0lK34.0U. SHEEP AN U LAMBS Supply for Monday. SO cars on sale; market slow at UairJOc lower: receipts today light, prices steady. We quote prices: Prime sheep, $3.J0ta50; good. 43U04 8.20; fair, 2.u2.a- common. 41-652. 15; culls. 4IOUsi 50; lambs. 43 0Oa4.U0: veal calves. (5 50 0 75. heavy aud thin calves. 4250.a3.50. OseisKATl. Feb 4 HODS-Market at 43 &VS4.25. Receipts, 4Jk)0 head. Shipments, I.2UU head CATTLE Market steady at 42.50,44 25. Re ceipts, none. Shipments, none. SHEEP AND LAMBS Market for sbeep steady, at 15Uu375. Receipts. 5O0 head Shipments, 2u0. Lambs Market steady at 43.51X34 75. Naw York. Feb. 4 WHEAT Spot market dull. No. 2 red. 0.c; No. 1 hard. 6 fC. delivered. CORN Spot market dull No. 2. 37c. OATS Sot market dull No 2. 25c. CATTLE European cables quote American steers unchanged, at !VK:c per pound driKsed weight: refrigerator beef at 7! ytfSUc SHEEP AND LAMBS-MarkeS firm ; UK5 higher. Sheep, poor to choice. $2 25a3 75; export wethers, S4.U0: lambs,. S5tU5-25. for goMl to prime. HOUS-Market firm at $t U5J4 hi. pigs. 44-75 l5.0u. HIS OVERCOAT. Very Cat I'nfortnnate Predicament of a Man at the Theater. lie was such a very fat. man that the entire audience turn-d around to hnik at him when lie came into the theater in the midilk- of the first act and took his sect in aa orchestra chair. He wore his last year's fall overcoat, says tbe 1'hilailelpbia Record, which was light for him. He had evidently taken on flesh during the year. He paid no at tention to tb-1 interest bis ncighliors evinced in him, but sat down and at once became ahsorlied in the piay. lie grew warm, and with bis eyes still glued to the stage, be arose anil shed his overcoat. The iieoplc around him legau to titter, am! finally to bniirb very audibly. The fat man reali.cd at length that the s-oie were latighiiigat him. Then he not iced, w it h great cou fusiou, that he was in bis sbirtsleees. His sack coat bad come off with thi ol her. He put them ltoth on again ami tried to peel off the overcoat, but it wouldn't, move a liltle bit. He gave a deser:ite tug and wriggled his fat shoulders, and the next moment be was in his shirtsleeves again, "ln-t out!" "Sit down!" "Kip it off!" cried the ieople lebind him, Imt the fa man ti ied again, and with the assistance of two men in the s-ats Whimi him he finally managed to shed bis overcoat. BENDING OF WOODS. An Art Kxtcuslvely I sed In Carriage and Koat Building. Comparatively few jiersons outside the carriage and lioat-huihiiug indus try are aware of the extent of the vvol liending industry, and but few reali,..' that tbe carriages they ride in are very largely- made of such wood the felloes of all their wheels are lent and made intwojKirts the framework of coaches and heavy carriages is nearly all mad, of lent stock, and not only lietter made, but more cheaply and tbe frames of pleasure lxiats are lent, as also many of the frames of the finest saili mt yachts; furniture, too, of many kimi iias In-nt frames, all the celebrated Thonet chairst, for example. Wine matlc entirely of wood thus treated. The ob ject of Wilding is twofold, says the Woodworker, namely, saving of tine am! stock and stability and strength of the work when put together thisiiiue liciident of Wauty of form; and Win carriage shafts are almost, if not en tirely, used now, inste:ul of the old style, clumsy, sawed ones. Skill in manipulating the material is very es sential: simply tbe forms to lieixl on. and the steam 1 in which to soften the W'ood do not alone insure success in tbe operation it is necessary to knou jM-rfectly tbe stock to Wnd. it lseiniT s variable that no two pi--cs Wnd alike. PECULIAR RETAINING FEE. lief ore John Chinaman Had It Arranged He Perpetrated the ( rime. Col. A. T. Vogelsang, tbe attorney, is regarded as one of the l-st racoi. teurs of the legal profession. In tbe Palace grill room recently, says tbe San Francisco Call, he let out a string of anecdotes. He said that a few wieU r.go iH-nnis Sp-ncer. the XaKi lumi nary, was calletl iqioii by a Chinaman one evening, w hen tbe follow ing dia logue o-eiirrel: "'One Chinaman kill another Chinn man with a hatchet; how much you charge make him clear? " Til take the case, said Mr. Sencer, 'for $l.ooo. "Alice light. said the Chinaman. 1 W back after while. "In.aliout a week be returned to Mr. Sjiencer's oflb-e :inl laid dow n Sl.OiMj in gold coin on bis table. Mr. Sienccr swept tbe inotiey into the drawer. " 'Well, the Chinaman, be dead. " 'Who killed him?' " 'I did.' " 'When did you kill him? 'I-ist night.' Tlii-e was some -uriosity on the part of tbe audience for further light on tbe disHsition of the Jl.lHMl. but Mr. Vogel sang immediately spun off on to all ot her storv. Sad Mistake Made by a Short-sighted Bishop in Kngland. There is a bat story in v hich a well known bishop and a la'dv-diH cased marquis played leaditiil jiarts. The mar quis, w ho ma tried a t,aiet y chorus girl, and. general!;- ss-aking, lived up to tbe high s'ainlartl of bis marriage life, was accustomed to wear a particular style of bat. shorter thau that favored by niost men. Ore day, says the St. James liudg-t. be went into hi-, batmal.er's in Piccadilly and akcd for a new one to W made. The shopwalker took tbe bat. aud walked down to the far cud of the shop to p-ive tbe reqtiisite instructions, lea imr 1 he bat less marquis stamling mi t he shop. At this moment there entered the s.iort-sii; hted bishop of X, also in want of a new headgear. He saw oiilv a small man. w bo misrbt have juissed "r a shopkeeja'e, standing starin": at him. So he took bis -culiar hat off bis bead and went up to him. "lo you think, my good 111:111." he said, jn-rsiias'nely. "that rou have a bat like that-. The manjuts lool., 1 at him for a iiuiii r.1, sjieccbless Willi indignation, while tb s -bopkeeM-r. i-e:iig what was amis-,, hurried up as fast as he could. I'nfor tunately. the marquis found liis voit-e In-fore tbe hat man reaehed his client. "No." he said g'uinir the bishop back bis headgear: "1 ba'.eu't got a bat like 1 bat. ami if I had I'm blowed U I would wear it!" Prance aud Oreat lirilaln. The population of France in 1-01 was S,.14.1.1t, and of (irc-at I'.ritaiii .".7,-,-15:i, or a difference of only alstuf half a million in favor of France. It is now aunotineed that the census to In- t.;ken 1 be coming year will show that t lie 0 ulation of (ireat Kritaiu is the greater. The reason for this reversal of relation is t lie small birt h rate of France and t tie unusually largo one in tireat Britain. There bas Wen no emigration of conse quence into tbe latter country, and France lias bst but little by emigration, so that the a'Mve cause accounts for the relative British increase of over l.OOO. lAlO. Tbe area of France is over 24' .000 luiles, and that of tireat Britaiu only a little more than half as great, or 121,4-1 miles. - BERRY'S HENS WERE SLEEPY. Kode Seenteen Miles Perched on a Vti ag on Resell itllnut Waking. Linn Keiry bas a big chicken farm in Yest Btivton and bas s-v,-ral burirel bens. He brings many egsrs and chickens (dead and dressed! to Pol t J::nd. s;is the Portland (Mv.) Press. He loads bis wagon tbe night Wfore ami starts at three o'clock a. m. llf b:t-s only to hitch up the horses atvl drive off. He did so the other iiiorii inir. It is a drive of 17 mil-s to this city. He reached here at just aWul sunrise. As he approached tbe X uiteil States hotel to deliver some produce some om shouted at him and asked him if he L oi brought bis bens to market roo:-tin on the erossluir under tbe wagon. !! paid no attention. Miposing the man was guying bim. Put vh-n be st.pj-I at the hotel and others called bis at tention to four hens roosting under the w agon and just vv akingnp. it vv as doubt ful vv b ieb w as most astouishil, M r. Iler ry or t be bens. Two of the latter were panic-stricken Mid started down Federal street. ( ijc was caught 011 Temple sni t and tin other got down almost to Kvchange street Wfore it was ciiptiinil. The cook at the hot,-l liought the four hens for one dollar an! tiKik them home. How many ln-us wire asleep under the wagon u In n Mr. Perry start--d from home be can't tell, but it is very jssi ble that there were more than four. SHE WAS ECONOMICAL. But After Testing the Result Her Hua Imnd Wwa I'liappreelat ive. With one of those pood intentions with which the infernal regions are said to W jKived, an economic uptown housewife recently dyed her hubby's shabby bat. The oj-eration was jht formcd. says the Philadelphia Kecord. with a toothbrush and a package of jiatent dye.. unknovv 11 to the owner of the headgear, who put his hat on lie fore it was dry and sallied forth to bis Chestnut street office. On drying the Herby turned a Wautifni bronze, at tracting no little attention as its igno rant and I lissful wearer passed through the principal streets. IV fore he reached the ofiice he was caught in a shower, and when be afterward saw himself in a mirror his counte nance was decorated like that of an Indian chieftain in war jmint. Tbe lye wasn't fast black indeed, it w -isn't even black, and to 1be preju diced eye of the unhappy husband it seemed to have Wen conioscd of green, pink. blue, purple and vellow. The lecture be delivered on "false econ omy" when be reached home would have done credit to Mrs. Caudle. Petroleum In KumI- A jieeuhar fact in respect to j.-tro-leum is the difference of conditions tin der w hich 1 bat oil occurs in Kussia and America. In the former it is found in strata of the tertiary period, usually a formal ion resembling a quicksand, ami at depths of only a few hundred feet. In our own -otmtry it (KTtirs at great depths in the older -onitact sandstones and limestones. American oil yields a crv large pioortion. say almiit To -r cent., of illuminating oil exactly suititl for combustion in our ordinary luiiqis; tbe Kussian oil prluce far less of such oil and a larger proportion of high-class lubricating oil. The Kus sian illuminating oil also requires UW biirnet in a modified form of lamp vv it h a more jicrfect draught. in order to over come its tendency to produce a moky flame, and it is largely this fact which has prevented the consumption of Kus sian oil for light abroad. Navel Oranges. It lias ln-en shown that the tanger ine orange and jMissibly some other varieties are formed t h rough 1 he effort of the orange to make a sccondary growth at tbe ajiex of tbe original oue. only that i failed to make any original at all. In other words, the tangerine orange is a well-devclopetl secondary fruit. How this -an W brought iilmtit may W readily understood by carefully examining tbe oranges known in tbe market as the navel variety. In these cases a small orange can often In- found at the apex, sometimes of considerable si.e. When the small one is largely devcloed and the larger one wholly suppressed, then we have the tangerine. Coaching the Witness. My good woman," said the learned judge, "you must give an answer in the fewest jtossible words of w hich yotiare capable to tbe plain and simple ques tion whether yii were cns-sing the; street with t be baby on your arms and tbe omnibus was -oming down on tbe oposite side and the cab on the left and the brougham was trying to pass the omnibus, you saw the plaintiff W tweeu the brougham and the cab. or whether and when vou saw bim at all, and w het her or not near t he brougha m, and which of them, respectively, or how it was. J
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