ill Freeman Advertii in LT If ates. I ThelanraaDd rel a 1 rtrrn!kton t theA- ' tiA Face ii con mrc4i it to the liionMt aside rat lott of artr. rt fs rm m tin. Itron vl II P..l - weekly L.r.l CAMBRIA CO., PF.SSA., erted at tbe folio Id lo rate: 1 Id-6, x im ....... .......... .9 M llnfb.a nunihi... ................... 5LM 1 Inrb.e BBoolns.... ................... B.t I lorn lyear.. .00 1 lDrhe. e luuntbi.... ............ 6.v 2 Inches, I year 19.' B ltK-rea, 6 months ..................... .... ft.' a tnche. I year ."." "... ........ 11. li oolotnn, monttii 10. S oulumn.6 months. u t (i Holuma. yer M(, I coiu tn n, 0 m co Lb. ........ ...... ...... 40 00 1 column, 1 year............. .'11111.... Tk.OO KuRine.i Items, em Insertion. 10c. per line fsosequent Intrtion. fcr. per liae Administrator'! and Executor Notices. .fl Ml Auditor' Notlrej 2-50 Stry D1 ''milar Notice ..""" X00 "Ke.lutionort"ocee4liicol n corn 1. tlon or tucicty and ccxmoniratlcns 0ef.KU.dte cm.ll attention to any matter vt limited or IB I- Vicinal 1 n ).r..t .. . . i ... , - . 1,200 -3 !li4-rl'" K"""- .I.v.ilu-e f 1.611 . : i willuii ;! niiinths. l.Tf. i . i fi ubio hjoiWi. 'i U0 V, .: j .nil aitbi" Hie year., it 2 re-'- !'"' "Utst'le of the county k : r- - r i ' a? '-- 1 a;S 3 a' 17 -T t ' c ' !'1T f ' J A ; t-r vear win ee Luoniou w , v 'l tbo arove terms be Je- ..,,..-e uo .Ion i eonsaU tnelr "' in .iituufe m'J.M oot ex i e -n'-re loot inn as those nt , nti'iolly understood fror: . ,.,.,(r r ;orr you Bt It. If fto. ... ; '.;if "u Jlberwlse. ' j Ti .itinrt. JAS. C. HASSON, Editor end Proprietor. HK IS A FREEMAN WBOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE AND ALL. ABE ELATES BESIDE.' 81. CO and postaee per year in advance. VOLUME XXX. EBENSBUKG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1896. NUMBER ). - v.vr. uuri piU inriFtdrcniFDHv, : and Job Print-.n of all kind neatly a d , eieaiouf it execated at tbe lowert fricea. A don tyo loryet It. (i! I ill . -v f -S fOv-r' Fas 3 X i i -.. c riocJ engaging j i -. it i'' a 1 ' 1 ' ' i ' -! 1 1 J 5 i c . D v. . r:i lis ' Vt?..,i:..-i Ir.LiCATGR TOMUiC YliOH RELEASER, i u-vii.i -vices ever i fcurjbi a.iJ Kindsor.ely Built, CF'rs Fi -" a;:-' F'i-rfptl Affjustment, S.'wb .';.L Swibie Articles, i - - ! ;,!.. V'.a u: to the fu'l L : - :;-!-- .'irt i;i unoccu-.!l-r:.is. Address, :jl:TE SS(N!.l MACHINE CO., HA Sure Remedy & every case and every ijr.d cf Hemorrhoids cr ibaiva-cea This statement can't be fcco too strong or too irr.phatic. 1 1: : ", a single, certain, fried- cure for 'a5.:usl'srr., Eczema, Ssrs tussles, Burns, Tos;.:a3h3, Cuts, :sach:, Sprcins, Keyra'i, Goi!s, Sere ThroaJ, U'csrs. 1 A 1 Cgi Ipation .r.-:it:npi!t. Thu re--. s r.M'is. Avoid I'ritives, the : is to weaken tba t n-nirtly is Ayr-r's :. i .'.:eir -lTect always r.ro aa alruirabla :::...t j.::!, and every- ".i.e j r.ft:s.Mi.n. l.:!."iy !:.! tiniver i y p. aiiout . i;(- .f thr-ui in tur O w T. 1 " "1 Ayor'? I'iKs aiT .1 i. j rovfl their r i.iyst lf and i. Ii-ilio, I'a. : " - ' ; i-h Ayt-r's Tills l.avo . . v i:a:ly. We bnd them Effective Remedy i- 1 in'lip-5.t:on, and ' ' " ' I itii in the Lou.to." ' - - ' .. I.. -.Mil, .Mass. ' ' ; r',-4 I' iis. f.r liTct : ' . -n. il'irin t: tarty I ; found them ' ' : i t 'u ir action." :. N V. ' ! ; t i . . pation which ' -' u.ttf fi rm tht I k " - :i t pp:ljf of til ,. ' v i f .ur'n I'ills ef- ue.-' I), liurke, j. ' ' ':"' r's Tills f..r th past I :!t r t! ..-tn an iu- I k now of ; . ! r Vver : rot; 1 !., f - ii i tlii-jii u protijpt ( .l.mii-s tjuiiiu, "JO ' -i.i.l.-.l with rostivo- f - ! with p-r- ( " , i ..hit-., I have irU-d " ;..r rt-In-f. I aia j !..t-y I.;ie st rvptl iim -li.-r iii-ln-iuc I t i ..ti only after a i ' r :ii.Tits." Sauinel i' - M;t,-8. Payer's Pills, ' I' At; Kit P. T --r 6c ( n I owtll. Mail fcul'1 -? v.t liJiicra la Umlitla. NDOLIKS. ' -r ' V-'oleale Ora'r in all kinds ox" MJJ.ICAU MERCHANDISE, . :i j. ti7 Lat 'JJi Kt.. New York. -lis ji7FJ",''!u,'r""":',",' . 4 4U Hw4,, M. V- "HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH i ? i i ( " i it c I 4 ." i l I V ' , i i k i w ( m f I v i ; I ? j i : I I : U You helped us to ilmible our Imsiness for Spring '05. Now lor Full and Winter. We are ready :ind what have we.' Z.MSTJEN I Moil"- !".l:it l; and llliu Iloavt-r Ivcrt-oats, SintrU' ami 1 loiiltlt1-!".rr.in-.l. ..... ?4.7" .Ml-WtHiYn Kt-r vy ( )v-rotats, I'.latk ami l'liif, Italian I.iniur, ..... 5-s.iki uihI j-'.i.lW M. n"s ) iia rni.m Suits, - - ... J.U Mi ll's liiai-k Clit-vi'tt Suits, all-v. til. ... Vi.lMI Men's 1'liif Clit-v ni Sni s, al!-tMtl - - - Mfii's.all-wtKtl -2m2u.. r.Iat-k Cheviot Suit, thf trr-atst Suit in tlie tinty f.tr tht- nnnt.v rt irular t-wrywliore, j;iu.ll0 tnir piiff, ?7.-r) All WtH.l flay Wttistoil Suits, Sat ks and Frot ks, ?S.tH to IO.(K) Kn nt h l;Iat k V.'tiistftls, all wtt .l -n, - H'.imj to jd:i.tMi f liil.lrt-n's Sui s, .... 7"m-. to .IHI Yttullis Suits, DDR GENTS' FURNISHING DEPARTMENT is full up iri all the newest anil latest goods and you can get them at prices you can afford to pay. v Ever at Your Service, THE CLOTHIER, LILLY, J FAREV1ERS! When you want GOOD FLOUR take your jrrain to the OLD SHENKLE MILL in Ebensburg. The FULL ROLLER for the manufacture of Flour has been put in the Old S'aenkle Grist Mill in Ebensburg and turns out nothing but i FIRST CLASS WORK. liring in your grain and give us a trial. Each man's rain in ground separately and you get the Flour of your own wheat. If farmers wish to exchange grain for Flour they can do so. The Mill is running every day with the liEST OF POWER. PROPRIETOR. wCOl iiuit - FOR 13 Horse high, bull strong, pis and chicken tight. A man end boy can make from 40to 60rod9 8day. Over 50 styles. Illustroted Catalogue Free. KITSELM AN Rideeville. f HE ACCIDENTS OF LIFE A Write to T. S. Quincet, ! Drai 15d, Chicago, Secre- ' Sp-fS tary cf the Star Acciuf.nt J XjrJ8& Com tan V, for information "i3Tv"- regarding Accident Insur 2 a nee. Mention this paper. By so doing you can save membership fee. Has paid over $i00,0Wi.0U for accidental injuries. Be your own Agent. NO MEDICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED net 11. 6in F. X. FEES' Shaving Parlor, Mam Street, Near Post Office The audcr.lgne.l deMrea to Inform the pub lic tn.t ho baa r.jienl a havtnit par or on Main rtreet. near the post office where barherlntr in all lt tirner.e-a will be carried cn In the future. Everything neat antl ctean. Your patronage solicited. JOHN F .-wr i.F.xrim . STRATTON'S Celebrated Russian Cut Violin Strings The Finest in the Worl.i. Every String WjrrjnleJ. tl, T Cl.nMnn Kkolrialt JUtiU t . UliatlUll, itt-aier. Sn.t for Catalogue. fll.Si3.8iri. S17 H. 'th St. new yoK tnlSCtT SAMPLES F"fl luaetii ISh.th-. twrit.ii.. . 'X iL-iH ( : : i ; ; l ; ) : u t in ; ; t K t I i Hi ) ; i M i H i M ; i i t ) I M t ' ; l i M u i ( M M I -' ; i i i ! Mi $.'!..r) to .S10.(HI PA. r-- PROCESS Why pay 60 to 90c. a rod for fence when you can make the b, nrcT ufiircei uiidc kupe nu CIDTU B n ii ins. rtnut. uii bMitiia TO 20 CENTS A ROD? BROTHERS : Indiana. hm rn joyed a constjwit palmnnire for over siTty yvu.ru. It is woni-rfulJy efticaciouii in all painful diwmKfis, roch aa 4'ntarrh, l oot hut-be, rnralcl ll-li-he and othr ailmmtfl where pain l an tttifi- tit. Try it. At lni(r rni-, or 1 luail ou rtMvipt of nam, adtlmM ai.d 25 cenuk. WINK ELM ANN & BROWN DkUG CO., Kalltmor. Md.. 17. K. A. ocii".y5i. PERSONS TO TRAVEL WANTED. Several faithful gentle men and ladies to travel for established house. Salary, $7S0.00 and Expenses. Position jiermanent if puited; also in crease. State reference and enclose self-addres.ed stamped envelope. THE NATIONAL, 3if-.7tr :!18 Omaha Iiuildiwj. CHICAGO. luitD Sin. fiZER Axle Best la the World 'GREASE Est tbe Genuine I Sold Eierjwliere! n Fn THE MARKETS. PlTTSBt;RO. Feb 25 WHKAT No. 1 tvd, TJKTj-Of. No 2 ted. Ti 77c; spring whtmt. 74 O.T.V-. (KKN Nit. 2 yt-llow -ar. :ilV3-V i; No. 2 ftht-IWil. ittd.Cl'j. high mixetl mIi.-II1. .ll!aX;c. mi.xttl fur. 'Si :!. OATS No 1 whim. 2S'iSr.25?fl: No. 2. do., v , -.'.' : extra No. whim. -ilSvalx. Ii-lit imx.-tl. ii'nikj HAY N. I timothv. in U) 4 1 i: No 2 timothy. U4.oUal.YtlU. mix..-. t-lovi-r. $UIIUiC 14. VI: p;u kln. $!l tl . !l iitl : No I ft-ding prairte. ll "HKi l.'.Ul. wagon hay, 41S.0U.I I'J.UU for tim othy. BUTTER E cin crt-amery. 24 tJ25fi; Ohio fait-y rrt-anifry, 22 .'t Sin: fancy country roll. 14ttl.ric- low eriiile anil ciMikint;, 7itHo. CHEKSE Fancy New York, full cream, larK Ht7j-. lutr. lu'.jc: New York flats. 10!i'allc: lancy tlhtos, Scptemtx-r tiiaki-. D'.vhtc. Wu cousin Swis.-. in tub. hlitt l.ltt: ; limlturgcr, 12! !:!: Ohio Swis. in tul. 11! Vil-'c. Swiis. iu stpiare hlocks. tktl' KiJS Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio, in cases. l.'I'jaUijC: Southern, l'-ljii cold Ktora.'e. 10 alio. PolTLTRY U-irce live chickens. WoflOc per pair: live chickens, small, 6ortfi"ie; sprint; chickens. .V.ng T5t as to size; dressed chickens, l.i.i 14-. ht iMiiinil; live ducks, 8Ua.9.lc per pair. live, turkeys, l:i14c per pound; dressed, l'Vslsc; live Bfese, tl.0U(d$l.3U per pai r. Pitts Br no, Feb. 25. CATTLE Receipts fair. "U cars on sale; market very dull: prices this wee k 10c to 2!c lower than last week. We quote prices as follows: Prime. M2534.4U; pttod, 4.1ua4.2o; Rixxl bumhers, M'iU94.JU: rough fat. $I.Utka:i.7o; bulls, stags anil cows. $1.?5($ b.5i; fresh cows and springers, fl5a40 HtHSS IJect-ipts on Monday was light; alxiut A) cars ou sain; the market Oftened active, but closed weak and lower Today the sup;ly is fair for Tuesday: demand light; market dull Chicago reported lower. We quote, prices as follows: Prim selecttrd, medium weight, ti. 4o 4.i 50; bt-st Yorkers and pigs, l.:k)M 4J; heavy hogs, S4 3d a 4.40; roughs, .t ll.K.1 4.0I. SHEEP AND I,AMRS Supply this week 45 car.-.: th-iiiand light ttxlay ; market slow at the following pnr-s : Primtt sheep. U.0.t:i.di); goiKl. 1.5n:i.tiU. fair .! 1.3 40; ronimon. 250u3.0O; culls, tl.U092.0U; lambs. VI iO4 7.i: veal calves. &.UUa6 5J: heavy and thin calves. tZ.Mu 3M. 1'INCINNATI. Feb. 25. HOliS Market weak and lower at 3(104 4 Ni, Receipt, :J,IIUU head. Shipments. lUU he:ul. t'ATTLB Market quiet at ;.5)nf4.-i K ceipts. -Jiju he:tl. Shipments, 2 IU he. til SHEEP AND I. A MBS-Market weak and lower ut ll-Stltaio. Receipts, :hju head Ship-lii-nt.-. hone, lainbs Market slow and lower lit W.2."H1.7i Nkw VtiRK, Feb. 25. WHEAT Spot market strong: No. 1 hard. s-.- f. o. b. atloat. I'ORX Spot market flnii: No. 2, 37'4c. OATS SMt market tinner. Nt. 2, 2rtl4. t'ATTEE Market steady: cables unchanged. SHKEP AND LAMPS Market slow. Sheep, 0-d to eh .iee, $3.75 y 4.2- : lambs, good to time, $4.75" ".Ul. Hi MiS Market weak at $l.:iii 4. SO; extra prittit- pigs, $4.11. REFUSED THE WRIT. Attorney 4ieiieral leeitle In Favor of the Cambria Company. Harkism.'KH, Feb. 2. Attorney (ien eral MeCttrinick lias refnsed to issue a writ of quo warranto against the Camr Lira Iron company of Johnstown for alleged violation of the act of is'.U, pro hibiting mining and niatiufacturiitfcor poratiims from carrying ou stores known as company stores or general supply stores. , The etitiou was presented by 20 citi zens of Johnstown, and is supple mented with the affidavit of (i. A. Funk, a former employe of the Cambria Iron company, who allejres that he was dis charged for refusing to settle an unjust neeouut with the store on Jan. 31, lh!M The attorney general takes the ground that the petitioners have not made out a prima facie case and that the writ should not 1k allowed, unless he is satis tietl the case would be sustained in the ' courts He claims to have a reasonable discretion nndiT the act of assembly In this particular case ever material averment was denied by the many affi davits of the respondents, ami he there fore denies the application for a writ. KIND OFFER FROM ENGLAND. ltriti-h ieograpltlcal Society Offer Kvl tlenee to the Venezuelan Commission. Washington. Feb. 20. The Vene zuelan lioundary commission has re ceived, through Sir. Tehane, a letter enclosing one from Sir Clement Mark ham, president of the British Royal Geographical society, offering to fur nish the American commission with all the charts and information in its iosscs sion touching the location of the true boundary between Venezuela and Brit ish Guiana. A reply has Ix-en made to this offer expressing the gratitude of the com mission for the tender and stating that it will Ik- held under consideration in the exttcctation that the case which the British government has promised to submit will include all of the informa tion that is in the jiossession of the so ciety and r-n render it is unnecessary to tax it at this time, by an acceptance of this offer. The N. Y., P. Sc O. Kailroatl Sold. Akron-, O., Feb. 2. The New York, 'ennsylvania and Ohio railway has Itecti sold by Receiver antl Master Com missioner John Tod of Cleveland under order of the courts of Summit county, O., Crawford county. Pa., and Chau tauqua countv, N. Y. Attorney H. B. Turner of New York offered $10,000, 000, the minimum price set by the courts. The bid was immediately ac cepred. Mr. Turner made the pur chase in the names of Roswell G. Rals ton and C. C. Mason, a committee ap pointcd by the first mortgage bond holders. A soon as the deeds are filed, the road will be transferred to the newly organized Erie Railway com pany. Manufacturer Win Their Ciw, ITakuisbckj, Feb. 26. The suits brought in the Dauphin county court recently by several large manufactur ing concerns against the Pennsylvania' railroatl for discrimination in freight rates have lteeti settled. The plaintiffs, were : McCormick company, CharleS Ja P.ailey eomttatty. Central iron works, Harrisburg Rolling Mill company, Har risburg ; Columbia Rolling company, Columbia, and Steacey & Denny Roll ing Mill ctinipany,' York. They claimed damages to the amount of $100,000 for excessive freight rates on coal. Thti railroad comttany has allowed them f 1 30,000. oiliest For m-iiroeralie Convention. Washington-. F-b. 20. The execu tive committee of the National Associa tion of Democratic Clubs will meet in Washington at the Ebbitt House on the 13th and 14th of ApriL There is quite a contst being waged for the conven tion of the Association of Democratic Clubs. NEGRO LIFE. A Word Picturo of Its Dellghtb and Disappointments. The Corn Sharking at Cnele Mn' and It lntrrnitlDr Fe-atarea Scene, of Hilarity Among the Husky 1'artlelpauta. I'nele Moses ami his wife. Aunt Dilsy, l th iK'iPg very oltl and afllictctl. were allowed to oeeupy a little oltl cabin antl use what land they could tend, rent free. I'nele Moses requested that he lie per mitted 4Mo cut tie tre-s offen dat ar li'l brsmeh. what runs from my bae yard, please, sail." Permission granted. Uncle Moses tlidu"! look as if he could fell a sapling. He was so afilicted that he couldn't plow. It was Aunt Dilsy that plowed. l!ut he li.- played an ability to cut down trees that was truly astonishing. Soon he had a long, narrow strip of rich, low ground, ami Aunt Dilsy plowed it with the cow. She plowetl with the cow Ik cause she was of a timid natun be sides lteing afilicted. She would have been afraid of any other ln-ast, even if she hail had tine, which t-he iiatl u"t. And now, behold the corn! Such a pile of corn had been raised -n "dat ar- li'l branch bottom," that its fame, hail spread abroad over the plaidat ion. Very proud and lmastful was I'nele Moses, .mil great was the crowd at his corn shucking. Old and voting, rent ers and hired hands, and even I'nele Bristol Hunt, who owned seven acres of land, were all there. A? it was not a "lieker corn shucking," b;it a supier corn shreking," the latlies were out in full force. Conspicuous among them were the Coni tehee girls, in red skirts anil new shirt waists, the lielles of the evening. Running them pretty close, though, were the Turner girls, who wore only gingham dresses, but had side combs in their bangs antl their lack hair ar ranged in Psyches. The 1kvs were numerous and jolly, several from "over the crick" lx-ing present. Jimmie (liMxle, the crack Itanjo player, was also there. "You, Jimmie. flat!" cried I'nele Moses. "Don't you shuck none my corn: yoi. pick dat banjo, so tlesc nig gers can wtik fast. Dis an"t no one horse coin pile! "All right, I'nele Mose " assented Jimmie, icadily. "Jesso I don't haf ter pick it at supjMT time,"' ami the fasci nating strains of ' (leorgie Buck" tilled the air. The. shucking went on briskly with increasing hilarity. "Hi. dar, you niggers!" inteiruptcd I'nele Moses. "Don't you dassen't play baseball wid my years o' corn." ami "You stop dat rasslin, yon Sam Jones cn Kiah Hawkins! Miss Pattie Belle Con itch ' ain't lookin at yer en yer ain't got her ter study." The task of preserving order kept I'nele Moses busy antl gave him little time for telling any of his stories of "tie srtHxl oltl time liefo de ar." Whc'i the huge pile of corn was get ting low. the magic announcement of "Super!" was made antl ueh a su er! Fa. roasted pig. luscious chicken pie. spicy pumpkin pies, grltlen jtotato custards jtnd the most wonderful cakes. Aunt I lilsy was a cool: "shore nuff." The compliments she received from the appreciative consumers were fairly overwhelming. The crowivng feature was the flitting of the "live bird cake." It was a veritable cake, brown and de licious, in the center of which was a bird, olive and fluttering. A vote was taken to decide which of the young la dies should have the honor of cutting the cake anil lilieratiiig the bird. Excitement ran high, antl through the energetic efforts of Siah Hawkins. Miss Paltie Belle Conitchee came very near lieirg elected to that honor. But Miss (linky Turner received the most votes in the end. greatly to the elation c f the Turner faction. Miss (iinl.y Tur ner was led up to the cake table by Jim mie Cootie, his banjo swung jauntily over his shoulder, and she sliced the cake with much grace and dexterity. The live bin! hopjH-tl out. and after Hy ing about the room in ljcwilderment. perched itself upon a raster, among sage autl red peppers, from which height it seemed to view the proceed ings with a quizzical eye. The banjo being again called into requisition. Jim mie (Sonde played "Bird in a Cage. Ixive," a!! singing with him. This was followed by "Dat Yaller Cal. She's Mine." a solo by Kiah Hawkins. Jim mie then played his inimitable "John nie, Cyain't Yer Cum?" but it was to the dulct t st rain of "(Sreasy Bread" that oltl I'nele Moses went to sleep under the tabl-. X. Y.Sun. tilvlni; Credit. The customs surrounding the giving of credit, differ widely indifferent coun tries. In Itaiy credit is given only on undoubted security; in Cuba five months after delivery. In the Ber mudas settlements are annual. In Austria it. is impossible to do business without giving a year's credit ; in Eng land settlement is counted tqxin every three months; in Spain four-fifths of the business is done on a cash basis; Turkish and Russian credit averager. 12 months; in China credit is un known, and 30 days is the rule in Can ada. Tiherlua Pleaaure ftallery. Divers in the Lake of Nemi, near Al bano. have found at the bottom of the lake. SO feet, from the shore, the pleas ure galley in which Iimiernr Tilierius held his orgies. It stJl seems to In decorated with bronzes and Mossiies. They have brought up bronze heads, a wolf and lion, targets with inscrip tions and rings for t he docks. Cardinal Colonna tried without success to re cover the galley in the 15th century, antl another attempt- was made at the beginning of this century, when some large bronze nails were brought up. Food of Itirda or Irey. According to the agricultural depart ment, 93 per cent, of the food of hawks, owls, crows and blackbirds consists of animals and insects far more danger ous to agriculture than the birds themselves. The corn eaten by the crows is mostly waste corn, picked up in the fall and winter. Cuckoos are also found to be very useful to the farmer. A WOMAN'S WAIST. Irreparable Injury pone by Tight Ijfcc ing. It is matter for rejoicing that fashion is no longer to decree a slender waist as something inlisM-nsable to propriety and grace. The natural waist of the woman of average height is h1kiiI 2s inches, and any less size is attained only through arrested development, or compression of means of w haleboue and steel. The amount of rKm inside 1 hese 2S inches is absolutely needed for the proK-r working of the machinery of the internal economy. In spite of this fact girls very often bind the yielding libs iuto such narrow compass that I lie waist measures L'O or 22 inches only, and you will now and then hear some mother of a family, with a very differ ent waist now. Itoast as if it were some thing to 1' proud of that when she was l'J her waist measure was ly too. It is. however, of no use to talk to young eo ple altout the injurious effect of com pression on stomach, heart, lungs, liver ami the arterial system. They are not anatomists, autl they do not compre hend the matter pur want to do so: they observe that tl.ey feel as well now as they did ltefore, and without weigh ing the thought that it requires time to work ruin, take it for gi anted that they always will feel as well, although they have lieen told and taught that in post-mortem examinations it has lieen found that wherever tight lacing has lice ii the rule, every organ was out of place and seriously injured. But al though it does move them a trifle to be toltl that red noses antl eruptive skins and flat chests are to lie laitl to the ac count of the too slender waist, yet on the w'oole neither common-sense nor aultl-wife wisdom nor doctors have the power of conviction that fashion docs. ami when lash ion says that there is n;i beauty in a wasp's waist, but that the lines of nobility ami health made bv dcep breathing are the really lovely lines, fragility lieing something rather to lie fearetl than loved, .why then fragility begins to Ik- avoided, and the lines of the Ycnusde Mi!o. of the Diana, of the Pallas, liegin to come in. The habit of tight lacing has already done almost irretrievable injury. If it were continued there is no knowing what, shape it might eventually have dcveloiicd Even no scu'ptors declare that a model with a natural waist, sloping outward rather thin inward. is something not to 1m found, even the most charming figures otherwise hav ing the hour-glass tendency, in how ever slight a form snfiicient to sjKiil them for osing for anything de manding the freedom, the beauty antl grace of the antique. The Creek woman supported ami stayed her self with hands of linen, but then was no compression in the swathe, a to! her natural waist math- her of a itcrfect Iieauty: antl to-day the natural waist of t he Circassian iltx-s not interfere w it h the reputation of her loveliness. The adoption of Euro'aii tlress by ladies of the harem, antl of Japan, showing, as it docs, either .1 want of the knowl edge of true Iieauty or a w illful aban donment of its principles, will prob ably lead to tight lacing in the orient just as we are relinquishing il here. Why anyone should ever have imag ined that a waist which looked as if it were going to break in two could Ik more attractive than a waist which looked capable of snpKrting its head ::iid arms and shoulders is a mystery so great a mystery that the effort tt solve it is to 1m' given up in satisfac tion over the rcKrt that the foreign creators of the mode have recent l asked themselves the question if the shae that the Creator chose for the human liody was one they could iin j trove. 1 1 a r kt's I ".aza r. STARVING PARIS DOCTORS. Not Fnontih l'atientu Free Hospital Co t Into the I'metlcc of Many Fhysielaii. A double SHieide, which s-hocked Paris the other day, brought to the at tention of t he publ ie t he fina ncial st rai t s in which, it is said, the majority of the physicians of that city live, says the New York World. Dr. Arnaud de Lang lard, au old physician, who had Ikh-ii decorated by the government for brave conduct during the cholera epid-'mio many years ago. committed suicide with his wife because his practice had dwindled to the vanishing Kint anil starvation was staring t hem in the face. In commenting umj:i the tragedy sev eral newspajiers asserted that in Paris not more than one doctor out of five is able to make more than the barest living. Among the causes of ihis jmv erty among physicians is the destitu tion of most of their patients. Metlieal science has made such great strides, too. that maladies of all sorts are now- more quickly cured, and such precautions are taken to prevent the spread of conta gious diseases that epidemics are be coming practically unknown. The number of doctors, on the oth r hand, has rapidly increased. Another reason why there is not practice enough to go around is that in many of the hos pitals people can be treated for nothing or at a very nominal figure. Many of these hospitals have training schools, which are free, in which are taught the rudiments of medicine and surgery. These schools are largely attended ami many tick people are taken in hand at their own homes by some members of the family who has profited by this in struction. How to Get a Square Meal. In an eating-house I sit as near brakerocn a? iiossible. Brakemen al ways have good apH'tites and eat every th:ng in sight. As long as they pursue the even tenor of their way I know the train is a fixture. By keeping one eye on these unfailing indicators, ami In stalling one or two courses ahead of them. I now contrive to get somet hir.fr to eat when dining-cars are not at tached to my train. It is not a "square" meal. but. it keejis liody and soul to gether. It is not such a uieal as a cer tain man ate once niton a time and then hauded 75 cents in Kiyment. "tine dollar, if you please," said the cashier. "Why. look here," argued the travel er, "you advertise to furnish meuls for 7j cents." "That's all right," replied the cashier, letting his clinched fist fall tton the desk with a mighty thud, "but when a! man eats as though there were iioCre-l ator it's one dollar!" Kate Field, in Chicago Times-Herald. HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS. hi decorate a grate that is not re quired for use. place in it some small I ots com. lining ferns. Collect small fir cones, varnish them ami throw around in t he grates so t he pots shall Ik- IiidtU-n. If you possess a cozy corner v iMt a shelf at the top have a zinc I rough made to fit it antl fill this with some hardv foliage !:ml flower plants. They will last a long time and add great 1 to the beauty of the room. The latest card cases antl txx-ket-"IxKiks are made from a leather that is cal'ed elephant's hide. It has rather a rough surface antl is of a litht tan co'or. They are mounted at the eor l.ers in dull gold, or have a plain .'old 1-ai :tl around them, headed by a narrow Ik aitiug. It is not necessary to have fresh and green things for all salads. The cold cooked vegetables may lo utilized ,ispar:vgus tops. cas, lieaus. cold ta tites ami la-ets. cut in cuiu s, or any of tl.t in. mixed together vv it h a few capers ami sliced olives. The dish, for any salad should le rublx-d inside with a taw onion. Furs will look much improved if they aft cleaned with bran heated in the oven. Hub the hot bran well into the fur with a piece of flannel, then shake the fur to remove all particles, and brush thoroughly. Fur collars that lfive la-come soiled from rubbing against the hair may Ik' made to look like new by using hot bian on them. Apply he bran a second time if the fur is Itaillv soiled. WOMEN EVERYWHERE. Miss Helen M. Winslovv, of P-oston, was the guest of honor at the Profes sic.nal Woman's league- meeting in New York. She is said to have made one of the brightest imprompt u speeches ever heard at the league. Mrs. John Ward Dunsmore, of Cin cinnati, wife of the artist, has made quite a success as a speaker on art topics, a subject with which she is thor oughly conversant. Mrs. Dunsmore. v. ho is an exceedingly graceful and charming woman, was a i lost on girl, Mis Corrir.ua Hufiinton. It was after ex-Empress Eugenie of France that Princess Beatrice's littl daughter was named. The uufort tinsite empress holds t he c-hi Idren of t his prin c s.s very dear to her. ami is seen much with them during her resilience in th" highlands ami when she slays with her majesty. She pro!;:!ly rcmcmlters th.it l.atl her son leen spared to her Prin i ess Beatrice's children would have lx-en her own grAndehildreu. The duchess of Albany has come to the front as an inventor. She has tie signed a schoolroom desk, for which the Sanitary institute has awarded her a gold medal at its exposition in I,oii don. It was designed some time ago, antl is now in use in most of the royal antl imK-rial nurseries in England and on the continent. The invention has sjvec-ial reference to the effect of pos ture on the health of sch.ml children, anil is very suitable ami practicable, its jmrts lteing adjustable to the work of physical development of a child. THE MANGER IN BETHLEHEM. Its liareneas C onrealetl by the Rich Gift of the llevont for Ace. No one thing in the Cosjh-1 story ap peals more to the hearts of young ami cdtl alike than that the Iletieemer of Men was loru in a place so lowly as a manger, out of w hich lieasts were wont to take their f;XMi. Every one v. ho has heard or read the immortal narrative of t hat bin h has tried to piel lire 1 tt him self the scene that rough stable, hol lowed out of the rocks where Chris tianity hail its origin. The jmverty ami squalor of that scene have lM-cn of wondrous Kvver in a'Tcct ing the hearts of all of us. We have Hindered the rude features of that en viron men t tint il it has gai netl a romant ie place in our thoughts. Few of us have not hoped we might sooner or later ltKk on that historic sMt, so fraught with portents for mankind. But the visitor to Bethlehem is doomed to disappointment. There is no stable to 1h- seen. The uncouth chamber of which the evangelists tell is no more. Whither has it vanished? It has lieen concealed from view by a veneer of Iieauty it has lieen destroyed from sight by esteem for it. The rocky vval Is of t he cavern are concealed In-hind panels of marble: the manger, which was the cradle of Christ, is show n nly bv the same marble forms; innumera ble lights dissijiate the original 1ki!m: the Christian church has delighted in bringing hither its gifts ef gold, fiauk ineense and myrrh, as diet t he vv isc men who came under the leadmgstar. The church has done no more than to follow in its rich olTerings the example set forth iu the Script ur-.-s, but the result is unfortunate. It thrills the heart of the devout, doubtless, to stand on the sMt where the Infant Christ first cqiened human t-vt-s. but how inlimtcly more would it thrill the heart cnuM one but see that scene in all its first naketl liess the bare rocks, the i:akcd lionr, the gloomy recesses, the damp air. shaken by many currents the una dorned, the real birth chamber of Jt-Mus Christ? X. Y. Herald. ELECTRIC INCUBATOR. A (ieruun Ha InvetiteU One Which I Sti! to lie Sucre fui. The idea of an e-leetric ine-uliator has long ltee-n looked Uxn by poultry farm ers as too theoretical to in of any real service. Herr Otto Sehulze. who has U-en steaelily striving to jK-rfec l such a svstem in Sermany, has, it is said, at length succe-cded in constructing an apparatus 0erated electrically, which overcomes the ordinary difllcultie s of the artificial hatching of chickens. 1 he apKiratus is easily manipulated, and ne-e-ds a small, but constant, supply -f current. Automatic attachments reg ulate IhMIi tcmjK-rature antl moisture, the adjustment wot king w ith such deli e-acy 1 hat a teiu'K-rat lire is kept within one-tenth of n elegreof the normal heat of incubation. From '. to lo t c ggsarc hatched at one time. Herr Schiilze is said to have rcmedietl certain jMiints in the cle-e-tric "mother." which were found to interfere with itsetTcct ivencss. This contrivance, which is a Ixix. in which freshly-hatched chicks can finel heat ami protection, while they are free to run altout on the ground when they c-hoose. has lieen devised as an accom paniment to the incubator. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. She "Have you loved anyltody else-, Harold?" lie ( aKi'.oget ically ) "Well you know how it is yourself." Somcrville Journal. Muggins They tell me Pjones is a very devoted husband.' Buggins "Yes. indeed. Why, he aet nail v goes to his own wife's afternoon te-as." Phila delphia Leeord. His Way of Putting It. "Is there c-ne fountain -n 1 tetter than another?" "Well, no; 1 should say. however, that there are a g-otl many fountain p-ns wetrse than others." ("hit-ago Pee-ord. "What u earth have you l-en do ing, my child exclaimed Fannie's mother as the little girl came into the loom with her hair all awry and her tlress tern in a tiozeii plae-c-s. "Play in shoppin". ma'am!" was the reply. oukers State-sman. liagson Tatters "Wat's Weome o" F.onosyV" Koliingstotie Xomoss "Did'n" yer hear? Why. tley had ter put 'im in tie looi;ert it-as hiin." "What fur?" "Why. he swi-ic-d a box friim tie grocery store and carried it ten blocks, an'vv'cn he opened it it w uz full o" soap." Philadelphia I'ecord. Mr. Ferry "I see that at awetlding at Qiiiney. HI., the man promis-d to olx-y instead of the woman. I wonder how the match will turn out?" Mrs. Ferry "Oh. alxiut like any either mar riage. I don't suppose he meant it. any more than the woman does when she says it." Cincinnati Enquirer. Strange that it should Ik said that this is a hard, unfeeling world. It is a bright, lK-autiful world: at least just Ik-fore election, when erne isall the time meeting the most amiable of men with faces all smiles and with a hand held torth iu eager pursuit of another hand to fondle and caress. Boston Tran script. Mr. Slave-serf (to his wife) "Clara. I wish you would tell Bridget net to e-extk the biscuits quite so brown in future." Mrs. S!avese-rf "Why. John, what are you thinking of? "Bridget antl I haven't been on speaking terms since that morning I forgot myself and ske hastily to her w hen she broke that old china saucer I had had so many years." IU.si. .a J taiiscri jit NOSTHERN WITCHES. In Mexlern linns Itelief tn Them Haa lu-en ejtute Cotitnion. So lately as t In- middle of t his cent ury a girl of LcMiisbiirgh. near ick. was ae cu-ed of lK-ing in league with the "jxjeK'rs o in : sch ief ."" and a remedy ak in to that iit-e.it ly pract i.-ed with such tragic results in Ireland was devised. Sin- was placed ina basket, lined with shav ings of vv.mmI. vv h )eh w as t hen hang over a lire. The issue in this case wa-s not fatal, but th- folk avt-rr tl that she was not 'ha;f so vvilch-like" afte-r she had I ec n si n ge I. A hag of t he noi 1 hern isles was at times thought to 1m- meta morphosed into a poriMtisc, ami in fair w eat her she would dive- under a lid over turn a fishing Itoat. against w heisc skit pcr sie- bore a grudge. (In one tK-casioii she was made to place her hand on the IkhIics of several men who hael met their death in such a way. antl. in the words tif the etld chronicler, one "bled at the collir bane," another "in the hands and lingers, gushing out hluul thairat. to the great admiratione of the lK-heiiders ami revelation of the judg ment of t he Almycht ie." A host of storn-s te-Il of northern w ite-hes w ho have give-n elise-ase-s to horses, oxen and flocks of moorland sheep. Herdsmen to this day distrust unknown jK-rstms who tom-h the ftKl of their kve. lest it Ik Kiisemeel. Iu Shetland the e-at or vanej.i is regarded a.s an animal which brings g.Hxl luck: if she is seen t run toward the iHtat's n list there is sure te Ik a gtxxl catch. In Chailhness. on the contrary, w itches frequently apjx-ar in the form of eat.s. A earK-nter of Scrahster in the olelen times was systematically roblxtl etf his meal ami cakes. lie thought it "eu'iia Ik eannie." antl one night as he vv atehed he saw a iiuiuIkt of cats devouring his property. In a trice- he cut etlTlhe right leg of tine of them, whereupon they math t heir escatie with a rapidity w hie-h continue!) his former suspicions. Shetrt ly afterward an old woman, who had al ways Ik-cii looked ujnin with disfavor, was found dead in her lone cottage, lie reft of her right leg. Scottish Review. True Form of the Moctn- You were doubtless taught, as was the writer, that the melon is globular-shajK-tl; or, in either words, that its form is similar to that of the earth. Ac-cording to the teachings of advanced modern astronomy this isall a mistake. It is believed nowadays that the mcHiii is a jerfee-t e-Ilipse, its figure Ix-ing nearly exactly one-third longer than it is broad. This elliptical theory of our satellite's shajK is founded on thewe-11-known fact that a certain side (eml, rather) of the moon is always prcse-nt-etl to our view. This is cause-d by the nuHiii revolving onc-e on her axis in ex-ae-t!y the same ix-ricul of time that she revolves around the earth. Her e-lon-gated shae was proltably cfluset! by the attraction of the earth when both planets were young and soft. Pretension of King Menelik- The missionary Flail, a Cernian longitig to Wurteniburg. writing from Abyssinia, says that one Cohan Desta. who was educated near Bash, ami has lxen a eolKrteur of the English Bible society, working in Harra'- antl Shoti, was taken antl put in chains merely 1k cause he wrote rejxirts to EurojK. King Me-nelik seenietl det"rmined to suppress everyone who might report his preKirat ions against the Italians. The king is surrountletl. sa v s Mr. Flail, by Frene-h and I'ussian cout tiers, ami lwiasts 1-forehand of his victory over the Italmns. antl how he ineans to set forth from the Tigre to Jerusalem to free t lie holy city. He needs the help of Russia, antl promises rich Ytooty to his soldiers. He thinks he will do all this as easily as he carried out a raid lately against the CaMas. killing the men an.l making slaves of the women and children. He dclares he is a di rect ele-ie-eiidant of David antl Solomon. London News. Fire Aanlhitatora la I xvndoo. In Ixindon every public building from the queen's altee down is stip plietl w ith a fire annihilator. Some of the large ones will prod:He lT.Otio pal- . Ions of earloiiie? gas and steam in tins space of fetur er five? minutes. I : r r ii
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