U u ,.i:, : lreemnn Advert tsin Ratew. Tj lartrej and re I M clrrDlattoB el tbfl'att- lu ex smena it to the f-iTorahl 5onslrlertiou of 1 erttrer bot taTon will t msertwl nt to f.Lic wick low raiea: 1 loch. S times ... . 1 m , , -. .......... .- a-SW I . a( , -a?ii:bia .. piss., t 1.3 0 mm mm 'a t lix-h, uontb. .... mjm I inch . 1 jer " tm 1 Icrhe, 6 mun.bs.. ( 2 Inebesa, 1 year H I lochesa. f montbt , --"'- - S Inehe. year .". , H cxilnmn, moaths """" ia a H eolBmn. 6 month- Kcolomo. I year '...'.'.'.1'. u S5 1 column, 6 monttif 1 col a mn, I year tL Botlnees itemi, omt inxertlon. We. ver Una obMquent lnertlocs. fcr. per Hoe A,'.nl'tTttoT " " -- Notice. . (a to Auditor'! Notice sJS Sttay an.1 tmllar Notice..'.. J"oo fl 'au"" m I'r"wlnrf ol anv ooruora- e-UaTtn,i,,"d co0'''tlon. 0e.l,rnTl Jfdotwn.J limited orindt i fcl,ri:tlon KHl. I .... -n I v:i :.. 11 j'-.---1 ' ',... . wtinin : uinih. 1 I '' . .-' i ..1 wal-iu month. 2i f ,. '.' j iil.in tiie jcar.. a -i I ' ciit.tie of ibe count; I.'. '"' ii -cr Jear 'e charKeJ to E 52 IE' W fit i n - - r a -. i -l -u '3 I the at-nve terras be ee .'.'e ' ''on Jonsuii tnelt la s.lmnce nia.-'i Dot e ', v.iuie !wm i tboe woe. ,ii I'ifMy unilcrsioft'l trtc JAS. C. HASSON. Editor nd Proprietor. 'HK IS A FKKEMAN WHOM THK TROTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ABE 8LAVK8 BK8IDK." SI. SO and postage per year In advance. , ,.,-r re-ire sou toli It. If f to, j 't"-i".it:w: lu eiherwl. , k-Ipi:- if ton sr.on. j VOLL'.MEXXX. EBENSBTJKG, PA., FRIDAY, APKIL 3, 1896. NTIMBEK 11. 4 ' 1 I A PFM t -- i I 4 i i - 1 i 1 I- I i' II 1 i ! I I liiu i mi ill lit ! IS I I jl I li Un I J) If in J The Y Sa'.er.tifiC American Agency for cavrnns- TBifiF Mioirs. CES1CM PATENTS, CCPYRICHTS. etc i r- ti.iTirM:ic writ t :;fn ;l i-huwe ii the Intfific amcriraa nt P0TATOES; Phosphate": I In-Ill ! r r - . - for IT: .- 1...- U YORK "CKEMICiL WORKS, 1 r.i '. V V " " aine.1. n4 all V 1. ' ' in io timetbnnthwe ,t . 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Thk r.r.N3:;iL-H Co., 174 C isai. Sr., N.1" 1 1 95 F. X. FEES' Shaving Parlor, Mam strcct.JfearPost Cfiice t.The nnrleriitnp1 rt-Mre to tnform the pnb I c th t be lati i en M chavlDa par r on n all It rr:in-ho;: te crneo en to the raturo. tvurvthiaa nest fcntf eien. Yonr patron .e "tir.lle.l. rsB! JOHN F. STRATTON'S .-.,. lt.l4 D,,,,!.. f!nl teiciuaitu miooicu uui v Violin Strings The Finest in the World. Every Siring Warranted. John F. S!ra!lon,w;"" Semi for bll. 813, JHin, S17 R "th St. Catalogue. NW YORK. "I am so nervous ! JNo I do ! There isn't whole body ! I honestly are diseased, my chest pains me so ; nut I've no cough. I'm so weak at my stomach, and have indigestion horribh'. Then I have palpitation, and my heart hurts me. How 1 am losing flesh ! and this headache nearly kills me ; and the hack ache ! wfn-, 1 had hysterics 3-esterday ! "There is that weight and bearing down feeling all the time ; and there are pains in my groin and thighs. I can't sleep, walk or sit. I'm diseased all over. The doctor? Oh! he tells me to keep quiet. Such mocker' ! " An unhealthy condition of the female organs can produce all the above srmptoms in the same person. In fact, there is hardly a part of the body that can escape those sympathetic pains and aches. No woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection of misery when there is positively no need of it. Lydia E. PinkJiam's Vegetable Compound acts promptly and thoroughly in such cases , strengthens the muscles, heals all inflammation, and restores the organ to its normal condition. Druggists are selling carloads of it. Mrs. Pink ham, at Lynn, Mass., will gladly and ireely an swer all letters asking for advice. Mrs. E. Bishop, 78 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., suffered all the above described miseries. Now she is well. L'dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her. Write her about it. A pniniiiit-iit actress writes : ". . . You rannot imagine the fear ful condition I was in when I first w rote U you. 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Address, WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO., CLEVELAND. O. J-,rSiilr by J. W. SUA It It A VG1I. Oirrnlltmrn. leul3 t5 tiiu hn- crirel a constant tKtrmHrR for owr si vf t -fears. It in wonl-rfulij ct!i-fcCHu in aJl ptttuful didesuMAi, sut-h u ltbramnllm, 1,amliif, tmnrfht lonlbarlif, NiHriKla JtiM-Lntli and ethr aitniefitfi wher pain in mi ttrfnd ant. Try tf. At lri(r 4rf, or ty nuul on rvctilpt cif nanw, a4drM mnti 2& rentM. WINKELMANN & BROWN DRIXI CO., Kulllmre. MA.. I'. S. A. one ever suliered a. well inch in my think my lun'is f t fi t" - i i ? ? 1 Lynn, Mass. DIDN'T SEE HER MAMMA -THERE. Anil So thol.itlle i;irl Iliii Nut Tllink She S:v tin' H;lt Ifl4:tvll. She v.ns such a milt' of a littlo irirl that it's n worulor she wasn't ((ishril in tin" frrcut crowil that 1 !n (niL'fd int' of the liitr ('hestniit street ilry floods em rori urns. Kut she h"pt a tirht eliiti-h on a hull's Tit: tie I, :.vs the- l'lii!;ni !ili!a l'eeoi!. :!! as haiy in (he ilelitrht of seeiisjf all (lie v. omlei f nl Christmas thinjrs. Her eompanion was dressed in leej iiioiirnmir. haxinr esideiitly lst a near relalive. At one end of the store v. as a pretty seene represent inir t he fl isjht ot artrels. the anpcls heinir wjix lifriiros suspended in midair. The little jriil ,-:i.ed in wonder at the sifrht, and her lirmvn eyes opened to t!n-ir fullest extent. Some straiifre thouirht se-in-l to 1ak" possession of her ehildish niiiiil. and su seHniied eat h anjrel faee elose ly. Her little heart was evidently tronl.led. and her lips cjiiivered as she loohei up into the lady's faee and asked: "A nnt if, is that really Heaven up there?" "No, darling. it's oidy 111:1 1 e-helieve." softlv rel:ed the lady. The little one's faee brightened up. and v. ilh a lx-anlif.il smile and a little sih she 111 urrniired : "1 clil:it think it was real Heaven. lecaiise 1 don't see mainm'c there. FOREIGN FACTS AND EVENTS. It is a rare thinfj to find in any part of China a man over ? years of ajre who eanuot read and write. Several thousand pieees of Queen l.ii's tahlev.are, silver and cut pla-ss hroiiirht fabulous ri-es at auction in Hon. .lulu. Each piecf lnre the royal monogram. A rrench medics'! paper prints what is l-lievod to If the oldest known medical recipe. It is a tonie for the hair, and its date is 40M IJ. C. It was prepared for an Egyptian cpieen, and required dofrs' paws and -a.s.ses hoofs to be lio'iled witJi flates in oil. Australia has found it inip.sible to Finite- tlie rstbbit plasrno. In Now South Wales alone 7.oo(i.tiOO acres of land have leen abandoned ami C 1.000, ilito sp-nt. The only plan that has anv rKd effect is wire net linir. arid of this 15,000 miles have leeii used. A Outlion f Ane-ttry. Abraham llayward, the famous 'n;:rterlv J'ev iewcr, on-e i hoiifrht that he would I'he to have some am-T-st ors. so he viafkcd straight ti a picture deal er's. Select inff a portrait of a cav:ilier ;;i half armor, with features not fjuite ind'Ke his own. Mr. llayward made a !:d for it. but decmiiiir the price ashed ti; li :trl. he went his way. A few days l-'.ter r. llayward went to dine with iX'id Ilonirhton. and was astonished to f'l.d the picture in the l:i:inj-r"ni. Svi Witf that it attracted his quest's nt tenlioti. Lord llourhton said: "Very trood picture, that! t'ame into my hiii.ds in a curious way. Portrait c.f a Milncs of the commonwealth period an ancestor of mine." "Ah. indeed! said Mr. llayward: "he was very near be ills' an ancestor of mine." GAME BIRDS GOING. Quail and Prairie Chickens Growing Very Scarce. Are If Some StfpK to Krilenifch the Stock In Thin Country Are Not Taken Ttiry Will Soon Hi'i'oiiiii Kxtlnct 1-u u CTuhM Arc to Islaiue. Western lovers of that beautiful sport, hunting wild iame birds, must be well satisfied with the vigilance of th-.' Illinois frame, warden, Mr. I How, aided by those frent lemen ho hold sim ilar positions in adjacent states. Kn ertrelie as their efforts are, however, it is to be feared they come too late to save the prairie chickens (pinnated .rouse.) No measures, it is certain, can ever make them as plentiful 011 our prairies as they were a cpiaiter of a ccnlury airo. Kven if tln-ir slaujihtcr -ere forbidden for a term of years, t he utmost vijrilance on the part of Mr. ISlow and his assistants could not prevent the annual desl ruction of larpe. iiuiuImts. tju::il arc lieconiinir ecpially scarce, and unless (he- different hunting clubs lake ome steps to replenish t he stock, frame of the prouse family vtill soon liccome ex rciiiely rare. Kutrlaiid has always lwen a Treat .raiiie preserviiifr c-ountry. but even I here, where I he Tame laws are very si rinjrent, it has lieen found m-cessary to i ii 1 1 m rt larire numbers of birds from foieiirii countries. The dark-necked pheasant (phas ianus colchic-us) has lonfT rciirned as the kinfT of Knfrlisli frame birds. This pheasant wsis first brought from Asia, Imt lias been indigenous in Ii!rlanl for centuries. They are Alyfrainus in their habits, and as the brilliant pluui aire of the male bird is in contrast to the soinlie r brown of the hen, rood sports men can easily distinguish the 111 apart They invariably let the females pass un scathed, so that the supply is fairly well maintained. Ii is iisiossihlc, however, when a covey of partridges frets up, to distin-:-uish the different sexes, so that licith male and female have to fall alike- to the imerriiitr aim of the Knirlhh country 1 11 1 li'iian. C'onsecpieiit ly they woultl c-ei'iiie very scarce could not esrirsand ' irds le obtained from abroad. The first imiMirted were the French, or red ie'i'ed variety (caccabis urfa). but they -roved very i.nsat isfactory, as -when iislurlicd J Uey prc-pared to run ratiier til. 111 fly. In addition, they did not in- ri'iecil with the native variety, but !einir larir.-r and more puj;nacioiis threatened to cNterminate them. A i'evv years n'O it was diseovercd that ! he Hiinirariaii part ridtres not only very nearly resembled the Kiifrlish sH'cies, imt would interbreed, and clw c 11 in har mony with it. This discovery has led :o the importation of myriads of these hiids; indeed, the business has frown to such proMrt ions that over a dozen firms are enirafred in it, and last season -.ver HKI.iioii brace were shipped from Kuime on t he Adriatic, the only port for i he larire extent of country over w hieh these birds are trapped. Most of them are taken on the broad plains and low foothills of the Carpa thians, and in t he valleys of 1 he Hohem lan Alps. In the dense woods that clothe the lower spurs of the latter, pheasants are also very plentiful and larire numbers are trapied. and im ported. In 'iirlaiid liv e 1 1 uiiirariait partridges brin; aliout- $1 to 1.25 a '.uaie (male and female), pheasants .'J.'i to$2..rj(:; partridrescTr:. 5 to$ln t hundred, and pheasants a'oout $7, a pretty hifrh price eousideriiifr t hat only .ib.iit so per cent, of these eirfrs are f- r iile. They are usually hatched by ban tams, or common barnyard fowls. I loth partridges and pheasants are prolific cf;r producers, their nests con taining from I .'! to 1 7 efrirs. ohv e-iirow n in color, much rounded at one end, but pointed at Hie other. Their nests, how ever, are always on the irroue.k and t he owners make but slipht attempts to conceal them, so that the contents fall an easy prey to their many enemies. The ICiifrlish variety lay measurably well in confinement, but their CfT'rs are frequently infertile. This, however, is not the ease with the Ilunfrariau birds, who, if not 'too closely confined, lay lar-re mi mlers of -frirs. a surprisiiifr jmt cc titaire of which will hatch out. The yoitnir birds are much hardier and easier to raise than those of the Kiifrlish variety. Their hardiness would enable them to withstand the rifrors of this climate. So if some of our run clubs, who have larire territories at their command, were to obtain a consignment, their preserves would soon Ik' stocked with this very desirable- frame bird. They never fly hiirh, so that the exjiense of inclosiiifT a few acres of land suitable for them to breed 011 would be trifling. Another bird which has attracted the attention of pame preservers in In land and Scotland, who control l.-irire areas of waste land. Ls the fruinea fowl (imllina numidica). They are occa sionally me t with in this country in a dotuestieate-d state, but those who have shot them in the African juiifrles will readily acknow ledpe. that few frame birds surpass them, either in the e.--elienee of the sport the-y furnish or their e-dible qualities. This bird has le-i-n straiifTcly iieyrlected by epicures in this country. thourh he is really l t ter e-atiiifT than any other of t lie doiue-s-tieated fowls. In consepicuee liunt inir clubs could obtain larire- iiuiuImts at a nominal price. If these we're turned tiut on some wide expanse they would lieeome as wild jls hawks in the second frenerat ion, and would increase very rapidly, as they surpass all other frame birels in the mimlier of etrfrs they lay. and the cunuiiifr with which they conceal their ne-sts. Chieapo Inter v)eeaii. I'rlmni'r'i KcUiru. Prisoners have a fair profiortion of "happy answers" r red 1 ted to tJiem. Of these, jx-rhaps, the ln'st known are those of the man who. wher asketl if he pleaded "rnilty or not puilty. re- pneej mat lie oouliln t say until he- hud ne-arei lire evidence : and the naive re- sonse of the prisoner to the usual question liefore sentence: "Have y.011 any thin"; to say. prison, r. lielore sen tence is pronounced ujmhi you?" "It's ery Kind ot your tumor. at;d if it's cpiite apreeable to the court J like to say 'g-ood evening." " should TOLD OF A PARK SNAKE. A I'ollreman'n Kxptanal ion of Worn Spot in the Aiiphnlt Walk. A Ce-ntral park xlieeniun was standing- near the entrance at luoth street and Central park west the other ilay lookinp very thotiphtful. He stroke-d the left-hand side of his fine red mus tache with his ripht foreliuper and traced in an abstracted way at the lower rims of the' w he-els of carriages and bi-cye-les as they passt-el. "What is weiphiii'' on your mind so heavily?" aske-el an acquaintance. The jkjI iceman turne-d savarely witli: "None of your " Then he broke off anel saicl: "Oh, it's you, is it?" The savape look pave way to a half smile, and then the serious look came bac k ipaiii. "I don't think," said he. "I don't know, and, w hat's more, I don't pivc a cuss." Then he stopped talking to look at his questioner through the corners of his eye-s. After a little urging and much hesitation he told tikis story: "You asked me once if I'd ever seen any snakes here in. the park, and I told you yes. That was -arly last spring, wasn't it? Yes, I thought so. Well. I've se-en some snakes since the-n. May be you weeuhl like to hear about one that I've got to know pretty well? Yes? Just as 1 thought, lx-t us go down this w alk a ways. I w ant to show ou some thing first. Here we are. l)o you see this little knob or hummock in the asphalt? Well, last spring, the lirsl time I noticed it, it was an inch high. You can see for yourself that it's not more than half an inch high now. What do you & 11 p tost; wore it down so much?" "The seullling of shoes ou it," the man guesse-d. "Well. 1 rather think nit. The feet of men don't touch the edge of thi. walk twice a year. Ik you see that robin's ne-st there in that oak? Well, the first time I saw that snake it wj.;s just swallowing the last of five eggs that had been in that ne-st. I know that there were rive eggs in the snake lie cause they showed in live bunches in the snake's middle the cuss had swal lowed them w hole. He was a black one, by the way, and could climb likcagray siuirrel. "Hut. as I was saying, that snake had five unbroken eggs in him, ami I wa i wouilering about what he was going to do with them. 1 found out pretty soon. The snake climtied down the t re-e head first and crept toward the walk here, getting along pretty slow, for he was only 14 inches long, and the five eggs made a pretty big load for him. "The- snakeeame straight toward this hummock here, and I was standing right here by these bushes. Hecraw h-il around the hummock several times, the n stuck his head in this little- hole here in the asphalt, and then drew him self i'p into a hump, w ith his tail st ick ing in this little crack here only the crack wasn't so large then and the n he stood up just like a letter U upside down. Then he straightened out. and down came one of the eggs on to that hummock there. I heard the shell break. The snake raised up again and another e-gg was broken, and soon until there wasn't a whole e-gp in the snake. That's w hat wore that humnioek dow 11, for all summer the snake broke his eg-s on it." "Is that what made you think and look so seriously?" the man asked, as the ol iceman stopped talking. "Oh. no. I was just wondering if i. wouldn't Ik a good plan for us police men to Ik ma.le auxiliary observers of natural history here in the mrk. X. Y. Sun. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. Improvement Which Make Their I e itrlly i)tic--iiie. Painstaking skill 1: nil constant improvement- are ne-e-essary factors in the pcrtect.ioii or succesvs of almost any in dustry, tint now nere, suys the New ork Mail anel t-.xpretss, are they more fully atteneteil 1 n 11 m t tie timJiing of artificial limns. I nere was a tune when the lame anel the crippie-el nacl 10 show their defevts and misfortunes to the world. Now it is just ine otner way. People with arttncial legse-an ihw walk so KTtecUy as to avoid deu-etion, nnij a M-rsoii with a sinpie. amputation ca.11 almost elely iletec-tion. Improvements make it (ossitle to move the knee and ankle joints, and this innovation also strengthens the whole limu and makes it more ituraJile. One ef ttie latest improvements is in the knee joint of the leg for thigh am putation, which is wo .rrangd that when in a sitting position the cord ajid spring are entirely relaxed, thus re lieving nil strain uid pressure. There are iu the I 111 ted States mmi.ihmi mtsoiis w no have te tie suppliecl w ith new limbs on an average of onee in ever five to eight years. The manufadu .ng of these articles in New ork has In-come: ejuite tut enterprise. A Wc-mlt hy Railroad Fireman. A young man in blue overalls and a greasy cap and jacket is now employed as fireman on the Ixng Island railroad, lie is (ieorge 1). Pratt, the son of the late Charier? Pratt, theiiiulti-miloonairi Stiiiidarel Oil prince. Young Pratt was gradnate-d from Amherst college with honors in 1SU3. As one of the- rere sentatives of his father's rotate, who is the se-cond largest stockholder of ther long Island Kailroad company, he pro kscs to learn the railroad business through every grade, from laleorer tip. lie started in the car shos at Morris Park.' J:nd after service at the Ik-iicIi, the forge and in the assembling-room, he learned how to use tools, how every part of a liK-omotive is made, and how the whole is put tepether. After hav ing served Hie reejuisite apprentice-ship in that depart nie-nt, he jiinied into the loexmiotive cab and commenced shov eling coal in the cajuieity of a fireman. Or. Jnnn.nu'ji MouMex. Considerable discussion, says a Lon don exchange, is taking place in Lich field with re-garil t the condition of the house in the market square in which Dr. Johnson was l-orn and lived. In view of the nssibility of the hou-e falling into a state of de-cay an agita tion has 1h--ii commence. 1 in favor of public action, and it is now understood that at the next meeting of the city coune-il a prcqodion will Ik, made to a -.hi 11 ire it for use as a Johnson museum or club, a number of local resiilents having offered to give to it relies which they jvossess of the famous lexie-og- rapher. DRINKS OF MANKIND. Many of Them. Ine-luejinc; llrrr. Are Very Anetrnt. In the lK-ginniiig men !rank water and then came to use the milk oT cows, asses and eammels. Tlu-n in some spn it of investigation they drew the milk of mares ai:d jierhaps the supplv i:.or th xm ecpi:ih el the eleiiKind. for some of it was left over to stand and fi rinent, and as a result the-y hxnl koumyss. freAm which they first learne-d 'he delights of intoxication Next in harnil'-ssness to milk are those drinks whieii are prepareil from the products of the soil wi'hout the a:d of fe-riiK-iit.it ion. Such are te-a. eofTee, -cH-oa. chocolate. Among the-se- the ue of c-ocoa is probably tiie most an cient in Fuiiqie, a.- it reached the-n- ! fore cither tea a;;el coffee. Kmj-eror Montezuma must have Im-c-ii verv fond of it, as he hail I'.OiS' jars prepareil ela.ly for the Use of his housche.'d and for his own consumption. Columbus, w hoeiid many good things, carried the- knowledge of i-ik'h:i to .u-roK- and it sckiii leeanie common in -"pain. It was introduced to Knglaml in ir57 and al-out the- lM-g::iiiiiii of tlu-l-th century -hK-!ate-, wl.'ie h is a prep aration from the same plant. iM-eame fashionable here. Coffee-, the. drink more liirhly re garde-el to-day than any otli-r, was first usi-d in Abyssinia in 75. '1 !i-nec it was brought to Arabia. A (in-i-Ii first iutro-dm-csl it to Kngland and inaele himse lf famous by ehe- act. Tea, which riva's e-offee ;n favor, is a native of China, where it has Im-n grow n ftir over l.oe'O ve-ars Pe-p .-- mea tions having drank it in T,r.u. show :ng that it was then a novelty. It will surprise Ihose who like ! e-er to hear that it is not a m.xlern inven tion. It was made by the Kpyptinns many hundreds of years before Un christian era. as well as !y the ;re ks and Romans. We have received it from the ancient (iauls, who were' 'Tea! drinkers as well as feeih-rs. I1.1l nil.t edly the use- of ber was common as early as the- use of wine. Among the Kpyptians. Creeks Ilo 111:111s and Athenians ln-e-r was made from barley, while in Spain and I-ritain wheat was used for malti-ig. Tacitus in the first century said that In-crwas the usual drink of the Romans and t he soldiers of Caesar introduced it into Pritain. So-ealh-d "ik'ct was niach in Kngland a long time ago by tapping spri:-i. ti r. birch, maple and ash trees ami iis.mii; their juices. This process is still l. pt up in I-'nghn.-d and in This er.i-ntrv. where homemade Im-cts from roots :.i-e luueh used. Ale, which is more used in Knrrl-ind than in Ai:eriea. is a heavier mallet! liquor than be-er. and contains a sit all proportion of hops. It w::s a favorite elrink of the Anglo-Savons and Danes. A more aristocrat ic drink is wine the use of which is as old as civilization. Its origin is ascribed to the gods. The cultuie of the vine b-gai in Armenia anel Pon tus and sjie-e-dilv spn-ac'. The most famous of Asia! ie- w ies w as t hat of Chalvb. which furni.-hed the tables of the Persian kings. Wine was not used by the most ancient !:mans. Whisky, which is mere- democrat ic than wine, is dislilh-d from various grtiins. from HtateK-s and from malted barley. It was named by the Ce lts ii Ireland and Scotland. Pr.mdy. a eirink not so universally used. isdistilhd lro:n wine. Chicago News. LI HUNG CHANG'S DUPLICITY. How an Knjrlih Capta"-n Wae S-eur-i for C'hin- Service. In engaging the serv-ces of a e-om-IH-tent Pritish ollicer to organize H. Chinese navy, tjie povcrimie-r.t i. e-.. Li Hung Chang--was obliged to re-sort to duplicity in order to e-ffe-et a sem blance of reconciliation lctuetn the naval servie-e ami the mandarin svs-t-ni. Afte-r the ex (H-rie-iu-e gained in his first term of ten ice in China. Capt. I-mg eh-clineu t i re-e-nter it without adeepiae subsantive rank. Whe-ihe-r this stipulation was made by the- Prit ish board of rdiniralty In-fore giving him leave to serve. r was iuq 0-11I by t'apt. I-ing !;iinse-lf. is immaterial. What the icrcy had to do v as to con trive a form of words which would ratisfy t he condit ion without disturle ing the Chiies ' otlicial arrangements. CapL I -Trip was given tie t;1le of co-admiral w ih Ting, w h-le all ati; !ior ity was secret!-.- withheld from him. S long as Admiral Ting was j re-.-e-nt. ("apt. I-iiiir did not discover bis true Ksition. His -Advice vvns fei' iv. d. he was on the most cordial trrms voh h;s tx-admir:il. anil the-re was noth't: to show that he was not, ele facto, com mander in chief. As soi". however, as an accident cattsc-d the two to K- seq Sirated the situation was revealed. I-ang's rdr to hoist the admiral flap was disoln-y eel. and Commodor I.iu as Riimeil command of the Ih-ct. An a eal by teh-j-rani to Viceroy Li only brought strong c-onfiririatie'ii of the fact that I-a:;gi Chinese rank was never intended to In other than a sham. 1'lae.kwood's Magazine. Versatility Kcnlrl of a Trarhrr. That th- old conditions of ilia ire life in New Kngland, in which the meet in? hoii :e was a real e-e-nter eif public life and hal an intimate connection with certain ofl-e-ial things, stii! p-.-e-vails in some places in Massae-huset ts, is indicated by a re-c-e-nt en-c-urreiie-e-. A young gf ntle-tiian who had In-e-n rec--oninienileil through a teachers agiie-y for the place of master of a public high scdeml w as in corresMUnlenc-- with the se-lund coii:ii'itte of the town, anel amonp the uestions nske-d as lei his quali'ic-ations was this: "Are- you able to sing in tiie church choir?" The young gentleman can sinir; he- obtained the sition, and every Sunday his voice is heard in the village choir. Moreover, he teaches the high schmii well. The people of the- illage say that their high schoolmaster always has sung in the choir, and they se-e ne rea son why he shouldn't In expected to sing. lloston Transcript. Olil-Time llnrlnrc In the 17th and 1Mb eit ;n ie s doctors carrieI canes vvitti tmi!. vv heads, jmt fomted like a pepjier caster. Tin-.-e enntaine-d aromatic- pov. ih rs. ,-mhI when entering a sick loom the eloetor would strike the cane- smart ly on the fir-oratul apply its head to his nose for the pur pose of disinfec ting ihat nicmln-r and thus of pre vt iitir.y contagion. RELATED OF THE RENOWNED. KiiifiT Menilek of Abyssinia is pas sioiuitcly fond of chain iiariie. The prince of Wales Ls suffering from an attac k ed low spirits ami his face h:i grown verv e-are worn of late. President Fan re of Frs-uce is said to ! growing weary of the cares of office-, ami is not as energetic as he used to In-. It is aid that Nansen agreeef. for tire sum of j:,.! in:!, to se nd his first message- on Lis return to an Knglish uews-ItK-r. Ismail d- Ia-sscj. Kon of the tirand Frain-ais. has just ln-n sentenced to a short- term of imprisonment for thrcateidnir a j,,e ,h- j,rix who had sjx.ken cFisrespe-ct fully of his mother. Lord I i-hton was not a rich man when hedie-d, in spite of t 1m-large sums la- earned during his life time, and his famous house-, with all its art treas ures, must in- sold at aue-tion. Mr. (dad-tone usually has three lxn.ks in reading at. the same time and ehaiii-fs lrom one to another as he thinks that his mind has reached the limit of absorption. Fmj-eri.r William of C-rmany takes great iutfjcst in his kitchen. Recent ly he accompanied his court -marshal through "the lower regions" of" his palace and complimented Lis chef of clw-fs 011 the po.nl order that crtaineei to a clepuj-tmeiit that is always over worked. Lloyd's silver medal has ln-en award eel to ("apt. Nut mail, of the steamship Aidar. who. when his ship foundered, refused to In- take-n off. in oreler not to leave an iiijtire-d man. He went down with the ship. 1 ut u.::nngvd to hold on to his iitiui and to get him on the lnjt tom of an upturned lnat, from which, they were afte 1 v ard rc.-cued. FAIV.CUS YOUNG MEN. Chatterton was not. "i when he died. Landseer In'gan Lis studies of dogs at r-ix. II Perugino had finished an altar painting at 14. Moliere finished a comedy, one of his ln-st. at 17. Uui,. I. -1 had pren!uc-e-l an ope-ra In-fore lit was 15. Corneille had planned a tragedy le fore he was te-n. Auln-r wrote an ojnretta forthe stage ln-fot-e It. Claude Iorraine paint inr at 1'J. began landscape Fra Ange lic-o jiainted a sujecrb tiltar piece In-fore Fra. I'.artolomeo executed two altar pieces ln-fore 17. .lohii-on wrote his best inx-try in e-atly manhood. Rembrandt had finished a portrait In "ore he was 12. Titian b'L'fin his long series of alle portcal works at 14. Correggio uuinifested his suj-erbartis-tie ge-uius at 1 4. I.iv v ln-iran his "History of the Roman State-" at '-4. e-ler had plannetl a grand ojn-ra at the time he was 12. (;ioln-l'tnocrat. SONS OF MARS. Pon .layme de Ilourlnin, only son of the prcte-nder Don Carlos, has ente-red the Russian army as a sub-lieutenant of el raiT-nens. Onlv ten T rent, of the sol die-rs re-e-ruiteil in the l'.ritisti armies last yeaj were I risiimeii. Once the n-reenUige was mm-h larg-r. On tin prouud that t hey are too con spicuous in war times the gray hrs-s of the Second Prairemns, the Se-eits linns, are to l-e suppressed and dark horses are to take their place. One of Jameson's trenqers had an uiij'lea-ai.t iaudii.g in l-iiflajiel. He was ari-ested for an emln-zzlement that hail been the cause of his dc -art tire t South Afnc-a and sent to jail tor tJiree IllOillilS. I.'n at. W.-dte-r Maxwell Se1t. the great-great grand-on of Sir Walter Scot t and i he first male heir of Atlnts-f-ird since Sir Waller's ow 11 sn. will e-ome tee nge- iu April. (.luee-n Victoria, it is said, will then make turn a t-ar-oiie-t- LITTLE LAUGHS. Her Kxravag7ine-e. Mrs. Smith "Pear me. I am gelt inp a double chin." Mr. Stnit!i -"Yon ought to te ashamed to have so much of any 1 liing these liaxd 1 iriie-s. Cliicago R cord. Pelle- "You know Jack ( iddileoy, of c-ourse; e'on't you think he is just out of sight?" Sadie "Indeed he is! a v-.rv personification of the old saying, ;t of sight out of mind. " lloston Courier. Visitor t hear;ng the piano in the r.ext. renitui "K tliat your elaughter? She apjn-.irs to In playing with only one hrind." ( lent leman of the House "Yes; her fellow is probably playing with the other." lloston Transcript. Proud Pop (to old liaehelor friend) "I Ull vein, law-sou. ttiere's no liaby like my 1-al-y." Pawsou "Fin glad nul'ie nal.nl u p to t hat fact, I knew mighty well there nrver was a baby like t he one you described. llarjn-r" lUizar. rill at l.ire-savlnc Station. On Tuesdays there 1-nat practice; this consists in haulintr the lma ca.--riape to the lniich. unloading, laune-h-ing he-r and pulling out throuph the surf bae-f iiig. tumour, or efoing just what the keejn-r -commands, he ste-er-ing the lmat. After practice, the Inuit is put 011 the c.irriaire. haul-el Kick to 1 he lmat house-, cle-aneel and le-ft ill n-rfe-c-t. ortler. Wednesday is signal drill day. There, is an internation al code of signals. comjnsed of flairs re-pres-.n?iiig the diffe-rent let ters of the alphaln-t. Kae-h surf ma 11 has a set of minature flips, aiul he signals to the keeper, who an swers them with his flnjrs so any man nt the stition c an read a message from a wrecked ship. All the princqml maritime nations have adetpted this c-'nle. anil as vessels are provided with f:'Ts. and imoks containitip the key to diffe-rent signals, printed in many lan guages, eommuiiicat ion In-tween ves-s-ls anel -t.'itions can lee easily carried on, whatever the -hips nationality. Teresa A. T'rown. in St. Nicholas. The present, the present, is all thou hast for thy sure jmssessing; like the pat ria re-h's angel. hld it fast till it pives its blessiii'r. Whittier. IT 11
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