J- u trreeman .Advertising Xta.tes. Til. l&rr. .Aft MlfahU Im.1.4- - . Weekly eon nan.. It to tka hTmbU 'drmtl' of -d'erttaer. boM tayra 1U be lawrf at u. ibUowtoB low mit: 1,200 lotion. " US filW iftfffl) ...niton Kate l,a"" r il.t M-n '" ,(, i m 3 monttis. i..a i'' ',', ..iriiot. months. 2 "O ,. me atHve terms be oe .at'" ".. ,n i consult tnolr I'm 3"In, :Ht i.H.ilnif thoM who t 1 tCf,-"-i!y understood rroc r-t Ju'" I -1. i If nin 'J5' in, nort- I ammmSSSmmmmmmm Ut defies the KING." then A POL ie Indestructible "Maywood" V'X Model No. 5 NMjW Oct. In PATENT- ,Mv IT. irt'.M -!-.;! 1 ! . pufr'te'l-"''- , M-t;: .-.-.l I r. ! n-t i 1 rre-f-r: Mil -d Kvti I r thj i.w' ni'f rimpltxt hirtn-te ever made. r Mi'. ' t nia'rial tnat is nutui. 'o-on nct uirp; simple in tvials. sa i i!- s. etc.. JT to :u pound-. TperUI Tliide.Ie I'ri e. Never before sold -liH-icIv nTdln.v th- "1 lywtMMl" Hicvcle. we -1 : n.ise a s(..., ;:il coupon Oder. L-ivinir every rV aohani-e to iret a tirst-ciass wiieel at the ev-r o-r -il n r-c-ipt of ....! if cmju-n 1 imiiij' The atove KicveW. secure! v crated, si:. d-iiv;rv Money -e'nnded if not as "l'aft'f' arrival examination. We wil ship h pnvil'4.-e i't examination, for f.t;.(iO and eonisaa l is t.: with i.rd- r ns a irnarantee of iroo.i faith. tii!i"c wirrar.ty with each Hicvcle. This is a nitrtiTi-' an I v.it cmnoi ajor t to let the oppor- fc. AJ irrss atj uri-rs it' CASH BUYERS' UNION. .at Van Buren Street. BCo6 CMICACjO. I llae .old to eon . m tnrrt for VI vrari. r fir. "T i 7 :rpf Uarne-s. i.T" Buggy. 9 55. r... 2 triftu ti.e iifalrr a irlit. Wo arc the iM--t auil Kurfeiil lunnutaviarvra in Amer : .1 ..:ifiir 'eii'-h-s a"d Harness this way--lup : :i , r v::'i:.' t examine before any money Is p-i I. Wo j. iy freru-lil iMith wavsif not sstislae t - V. "arrint f'-r i rears. Whjr pay nn acent III) I 41 1 1 nl. r f ir you? Write your own order. : vi-.ir-'ree. Ve lake ail risk ot dam&Ke in WHOLESALE PRICES. Sprin.-; Wagons, S3I to $50. :naranteed . ..- a - st'iii..rt..a.v. Surreys. S6S toSlOO I I - e m s ll for luo to i:. Top Buggies. S37.50, a? r!no as sold for tfiS. Phaeton 3, S66 to 5 1 OO. Farm Wagons. Wagonettes. Milk Wagons, Delivery Wagons and Road Carts, mi uu.s roR m., ot ihiluul.v $23.50 Our U--S-OC-rS 6t-.0 No. 1, Kaj-m Hamei-. 1 v-VKV", 4ERM0T0R COMPANY. Chines; S-in Fnrj. .mh. i a1 - r u-rt,,i. , tan.: Toledo, O msmrngQ "'I Cliwfnut t( "'I- a. in.:, . .., Philada., Pa. A '!kki for both If '' i.i.Ki, UislruclHili in ?0li-han(l. 1 1. 1. '. Corff-Sonripnr. L7 ' i Fract.cal Grammar. "! 'fl 4', tS.tTM Twr I iu, .onsness .laT.dice, Dyspop. C"Pation. Mala Jl- kioiVTlla I Dlll!l)l1iTl...ll,..nr S.info . - Micr wnenyonciiu .ii. . . Mr WILL KtPI'lY V lOP. ENT3 OF LIFE "Vrite to T. S. Quxhcky, traww 1.3G, Chicago, Secre-u-y of the Star AccidekI t'.rasy, for information f'inrdinjr Accident Insur-ance- Mention this natx-r Pv so A,u ins IV ' ""-K J on .4ii M't L:,., Paid over $X,000.00 for 4.4 ICS. our own Ae-cnt. EXAMINATION REQCIRJED AXLE , nnnrpiiwd, actually lt ,.- 'y other brand. Not 1. - i ii- v it t tint's 1. A.. Trciidenu I) ftCCID JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and Proprietor. volume xx: o L GREATER THAN ROYALTY ITSELF. BIOYCLE. THIS $75.00 COM- I "LfcTE BICYCLE 18!3 1K5 Tan. 21. 18!6 Oilier Pending Adapted for all kinds of construction. parts ramo . nnt. " art an 1 i v t.'U1:i,t r: nas low parr: is 01 sncn try constrnotion that itn n r " ':i " '"' 111111118 iu enmu in at every contact; a I 1 " ' .1 L .... ., t dar its a'liustimi part a HTe n-4 its connecting iarta: a iirt-: always r-ady to tire reliable and rapi.i transportation. i- I. cuarantced .r t lir. - j earx. Made of ,-inch cold in.! -tn.iiir. st metal for its weicht known): joined together with in sn -ii : mannT t lit it is itnio-sitde to lreaK or any part work -implicit y and dun'.hility: the i:retcrt conn. mat ion of ineennity :i. t tmilti a frame without brazen joints and tuhinir, as yon know .ki-i i frncture at i razen joints, and Inbis when thev are hackled ;., t w Hi i i.- ."-iriin: warranted wto rims, piano wiretantrent spokes in i f.-r,e Inrrid tirxtrrrn. TIKKS "Arlinylon" Ha.nin4 nr i 4r- '.'t o'h-k ut si-nu- otlu-r Urst-elass pnenmatlc tiie. IIKA KI N.S Hall .-!T.'f !-1 I11-1'11'! "'heel, crank axle, steerinir head and pedals. CI'PS AM '"eaiiity t-. - lare'tiliy tempered and hardened. t A I S Hich eraile l.-ir i n-riinnt. I'liANKS liar celelin:ted one-piece crank, fnlly pro r",',vnii r i .ins. I IK Wil shortest, "i inches: 'oncost. 37 inches. KA K lOf i'lHih-lndetructihle: fork crown made from un-harrel steel. HAMILK easily asiiusted to anv position desired: ram's horn far k- V., .;iiliani. or some ot her h-st-class make. iKIAIJ h-arine. HMMl-hnmneled in hlack. w ith all hriirht parts iiii.iete with tool ban. pnnip. wrench and oiler. Weight, ac- Coupon No. 2C06 1000 ron J IF 88.1T WITH ORDER FOR No. 5 May wood ...Bicycle... 5- PT CARRIAGE and HARNESS MFG. CO. No. T?L Bnrrey. IVo. 737, Road Wagon. $55 ir rrr-L oT fr rah 7l1ri ordr. KenA 4. In pneumatic tlrei. wi'ldl-! AiciaV. B. PRATT, Sec'y, ELKHART. IMP- I.UT DRIPPQ by only concern that ever voluntarily reduced rjHres. nr in recent times oripinnteH n iumv Srl4. in UfinilmUl an. I WaierSQDDlvfrfioHs. Pviwthin. h LrmMII. I. Aw W ho sells low to him ? We have reneateHlv refmuxl o inin. and have therefore defeated windmill combination, and have. since 'So. reduced the cost of wind nwpr n 1 vrhat t . t . ? Through gratitude, and because wo are price makers, and are! A. 44m ..-4 II'CI IT. Ji.nt n..lh wnr uu.nnf.a MA . A 4 I 1 . - " . " " " " . . 1 u 11 u U-1 .1 4. t 4X444 UIO MUC VI llll.tUIS I II ,41 OT ail mat crrkorl in tH4 mrulnrn rfwl mnHmil 444.. I 2Zj4fr tower, THB WORLD HA8GIVEN US MORE THAN Vi-wr HALF ITS WINDMILL BUSINESS. We believe ; Sr. 'n low prices, high grades and large sales. We make short i nana wun lone power stroke pumps, with best seamless , 1 brass tnbe cvlinders. lower than iron ones a x rfi inch at I 1 PTepay freight to ao branch booses. Send now foe . 4n..uiiiuiiy inusxratea catalogue or tip-to-oate ideas, as ma appears Dnt once, uur imitators may not have In i , "ur laiesi piaos. no one Knows tns nest min, rump or JTIco until b knows ours. FOR ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING TRY THE FREEMAN. a-riTriflVMFRICAll J y AGENCY jor 2 .. UVa A pamphlec of Infonnatron and ab-. i struct of the tmwa.riliu.uiit How In Obtain I'nienta, I atl,TnHi . atarka. O-prrnrtita, tmz Jree.A Attili w muni W444 ,1Q1 IIIUII.W4J, Hew . 4rK. FRAZER AXLE Best In the World! 6et the Genuine ! Sold Eienrwhere! GREASE uiAurrn BY SAM'L WELLS & CO.. 67 VINE ST., CINCINNAU, u. I IRGEST EXPORTERS OF 6IBSEHS I THE II I U Ir-uU l 1 3PS li4 1 ore THE KING OF LAPLAND. I know a tiny monarch who has taken his command Within a quiet region, where a faithful little band Of people do his bidding, or yield him hom age true. And watch his faintest gesture, as old vas sals used to do. His territory's bordered by two encircling arms. And keeping in their shelter, he is safe from all alarms. This land is something "rocky" if he feels inclined for jest. Or lies at peace, a quiet plain, when he would stay at rest. One mountain rises northward, and Is known as Mother's Brow, "A'hlle east and west are twin-gray lakes, reflecting, I avow. The prettiest bit of nature that a human heart can see Whene'er the little monarch is alert for jubilee. Hut when he's feeling weary from the rid ing c-.it in state. Or liowing to his subjects and serfs im portunate. Retiring to the castle, his regal head, our king I-y down in princely grandeur, while lov ing minstrels sing. If you would find his royal seat you need not sail the-sea, Kor strange enough his throne is set in this home of the free. Just find the nearest nursery, and bow to the command Of the loving little monarch, who is king1 of all l4ailand. Alice Crary, in Ladies' Home Journal. THE OTHER'S OTHER MAN BY AKTHl'R W. TAKBELL It was yesterday, after an interval of lour years. I hal not swn him since we twirled last on C'-oiiimenecnicnt day, and hail wished eavh other food luck on what was coining-. In my case it. wsus n medi cal course at one of the Cermun univer sities; in his, a few years sojourn at the law school iu Cambridge. Those years had now Kissed. 1 was aliout'to lircoiue i full-Hedged M. !.. and Thil lazy. good-natured, joking l'hil Wheeh-r, the man who led his clacks (in smoking rank tobacco) was aliout to call himself a lawyer. A lawyer I laughed every time I thoi'ght of it; for while I'hil was the Iwst fellow in the world when it came to brew ing a delectable punch or to doing the fascination talk act to a shy country maiden at her first swell dinner, yet he hail no more the making of even a mediocre barrister iu him than has many another good fellow, who thinks himself cut out by destiny for the bar. However, Phil had always leen one of 1113- liest chums, and, of course, I was downright glad to find ni self saunter ing into the old "Yard" at Cambridge once more, and on tlie iKiint of yelling: "Oh, I'hil Wheeler!" up to his window in IIol worthy, just as I had done so many times before during our undergraduate days. 4fter 1113- yell I waited a few moments to see if he was in. lTp the window ircsent!y slammed, and a familiar-cnougli-looking head was thrust out to see who had railed. It had lieen so long since I'hil had either seen or heard from me that he failed at first to recognize me; but it was only for a second; then, when he sjiw who it was, his face racked into a t housand creases, and he slu. u ted lustily down: "For heaven sakes. Jack Fenway, i: lluityoii? Come up quick!" S.i up I went to receive one of thot ' Idtinie greetings that h-aves a man's light arm sore for a week afterwards. 1 ".ut I skip all this and come tothe jioint of the stoty. On entering the room I had noticed a iotter lying ojicn upon the table. I"i ilcntly I had interrupted I'hil in th m:lst of t. no. after we had exhausted and livt d t hroiigli the opening 1 oin! an! merit of lusuul pirstion.s. I glauc.-d al I he note na::i ar.d told I'hil to finish it. lie smiled and picked it up. "Oh, yes, that leminds me," he raid, "I've got something to tell you. Here's a letter from Miss Lancaster yon ie incuilier t hat girl 1 met lou 11 at l!ar Harbor my sophomore vacation?" "I;oI? Don't-1? (lad man. she was a dream to yon. And if my memory ilix-sn't play me false I lx-lieve you did nothing but dream of her that whole winter. At any rate yo did deuced lit tle studying." "Yes. .l.-ick. she was a nice girl. I al ways thought a gixid deal of her." And I'hil's face broke into one of those mis chievous smiles that were inimitable v ith him. I hadn't seen one of those smiles for years, but I remembered on the spot that 1 never liked those particular ex pressions of his, for I had learned from cxcrience that they were generally a prelude to some act of deviltry, an un conscious hint on his part to show that the fellow was dangerously near the point of springing one of his exaserat ing jokes. I remembered esecially one of tin last times that I had seen such .1 smile on his amused face. It had liccn at a dance near his home, w hen he in troduced me to a young lad y he was very anxious to have me meet. As I .rossed the hall with my arm in his, he had whisjiered: "She's an old friend of mine. Jack; a trifle gay. but sound at heart. So pitch and make yourself doubly agreeable for my sake, old man." And I reniemljer I immediately pro-ciji-ded to do so by fli.rtingdisgracef ully with her the whole evening just for my chum's sake, you know. The other fellows were crazy with me for monop olizing her; I could see it from the way tliey kept watching us. One fellow es pecially stood out all the dances lwbind some palms, savagely twisting his mus taelie with one hand and the other plunged i1escrately down into his trousers pocket. He looked unspeaka ble thiugs at me all the time I wasrlanc ing with her, but I only laughed in my sleeves and pitied the jioor fellow. Anil so the evening passed. Finally the last waltz came, and just as I was congratu lating myself on having scored one in Phil's favor and incidentally one in my ow n w ho phould come up to us in the midst of a delightfully exclusive tete-a-tete but Phil, with the man who stood out the dances on his arm. "Oh, Jack," he calmly and suavely exclaimed, "Ix-fore you go, 1 want very much to hit roil nee to you my friend's husband, Mr. Huntington Mr. Fen way." So 3011 see I know w hat those smiles generally meant. Still, that was several years ago. and Phil was now reminis cing about Miss Lancaster. HB 18 A FBKKMAR WHOM THK TBBTB MAKES EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER "Yes, Jack, I alwa3"S thought a good deal of that girl." He repeated this, wondering why I had not answered him lie fore. "Yes, I know 3'ou did. Anddo3'OU re member that Thauksgiving we went on to New York to see the Yale-Princeton game, and 3-ou toojt me to call on her?" "Sure, that was just after the summer I first met her. And I rt member, too, that 3-ou were not .so jiowerfullj' taken with the original as you had lieen with her photo on my desk." "No, and I've always wished I'd never made t hat call. Then I wouldn't have known her, and all those heated dis cussions we used to have aliout the girl's worth or worthlessness would have been avoided." "Still, Jack, you'll have to admit that she was a terribl3' fetching and fasci nating girl." "Yes, yes. I'hil, I've admitted that a thousand times, but that isn't the ques tion. My jioint has alwavs lieen that she wasn't a girl who had enough in her to warrant a fellow of 3-our good sense going crazy- over her. Fetching and fascinating Jove, man, there are any numlier of y-our fickle, flighty-, skin deep sort of girls w ho are fetching and fascinating, and she'soneof them. Hut fiddlesticks, what do they amount to? Nothing never get married grow up into detestable old maids with sour faces and still sourer disjios-tions. Conn now, I'hil. I'll bet 3-011 ten to one that I'earl Lancaster never gets even en gaged." "No, no. Jack, I won't do it. It's bad principle lietting on a girl, anyhow. Hesides, 3'ou might lose the wager, for she came mighty near getting a man last summer." "WI13-. how do you know?" "I saw- her at ISar Harbor." "Were 3-ou down there atrain last sum mer?" "Yes." "And was she there?" "Yes." "Hum, then I'll let 3-ou repeated the foolish performance of your sophomore 3-ear." "1 ilid. Jack, with compound interest. We were together most of the time. Never had such a jolly summer liefore in all my life." "Anl the other man you said she near-'.3- captured where did become in?" "Oh. he was a particular friend of mine, so I didn't begrudge him any thing. Excuse me a moment. Jack. I must get some more coal for that fire. Better fill up a pipe." I proceeded to do so and casually ob served at the time that Phil smoked the same abominable toluicco. Expen sive stulT, but, gad! how it burn't n man's tongue. Phil was the only fellow who ever smoked it without swearing. The other men invariably declined "t. - we always claimed that he used that particular brand to keep his friends from pirating tobacco olT him. But then, that wasn't so, for Phil was the most generous-hearted fellow of the gang. Having filled the pipe I went to the mantelpiece for a match; that va: where he used to keep them when hi had any. I didn't find a match, but I .found a photograph that had leen laii? there. It was a new one of Pearl Lap caster had undoubtedly just conu with the letter. I was holding it in my hand when I'hil came back from the coal closet. "Well, w hat do you think of it. Jack 7" "Orand, good-looking girl beyond t doubt. And I supiose if 3-011 were wit :i her again all last summer 3-011 roust Ik more cracked than ever over her." Phil surprised me ly uttering a sigh and sinking down into a chair. "Alas! .lack, I am fatally so," were his despondent words. "And now what, oh, what, do you suppose she writes me in this letter?" "Jove! not that she's engaged, is sh man? Luckily for me you didn't taki that let." "Yes, Jack, she says she's the hip piest little girl in the world, for she's engaged to the dearest fellow in tin world. Engaged at last. Poor girl. I suppose you'd say jioor fellow. And such a fellow, too eh my! Well, al! I can say is that I've seen worse fellow and and better. Oh, dear!" "P.ut who is she engaged to? What's his name?" "The man she was with down, at liar Harlior last summer." "Not the other man." "Alas, no, the other's othr man." "Not yoursell, 3011 fool?" Poor Phil cowered helplessly down in the chair and feebly held out his hand as if expecting a whipping. "Yes, .Tack," he whimpered. "eongra ulate and forgive me, old fellow, but I'm I'm the man." "Well! But I say, Phil, you don't smoke any lietter tobaero than y-ou used to. do3'ou?" Boston Budget. HE WON HIS CLIENT'S CASE. HneriMiiful Venture of a Broker m. a Crim inal Advocate at the liar. A Jacksonville bri'ier, while traveling in the Alabama mountains, was invited 113- a frienil. a local judge, to attend the trial of a "ciacker" for shooting a "iiig ger," and the prisoner having no money to hire a lawyer, the judge appointed the broker to defend him, alleging that if the broker was not a lawyer "he was ar. idiot liecause he wasn't one" a.judg ment amply supjxrted by- his conduc. of the case. The broker, says the San Francisco Argonaut, cross-examinee the witnesses briefl3'. sending in now nnil then a discomfiting trajectory When he came to make a seech he said: "Centlemen of the jury. I have takei Treat pains to show you that my' client was a respectable citizen. Ten wit nes-ses have asserted on oath, mind you that he stands high in his com munity." The defendant was six feet three inches tall, and the jury smiled. "He stood high "n the community, ant": that is sufficient. Now for the law. Wi find that tlu 30t h verse of t he loth chap ter of 'Chitty on Pleadings Chitty. gentlemen, was one of the bravest gen erals ;n the on federate army this well established principle of law." Here tin broker adjusts his glasses, holds thi book far off. elevates his chin and reads r " "No respectable white man can bi -u.lty of crime." That, gentlemen. i nough. 1 leave the case in your hands." '"ach juror changed his quid, looked at is n.'.hlor, nodded, and, without leav rg their seats, rendered a loud and en hatic verdict of "not guilty," and thei ;.iii.cd :n thrte cheers for thedefendau; .ind his lawyer. . BBBB ABD ALL ABB 8LATBB BB8IDB.' A CUKiOUS CATCH. Stolen Bicycle Wm Recovered from the Bottom of the Bay of Bermuda. Among the residents of Bermuda are two brothers, one of whom, lesides le ing an enthusiastic 3-achtsman, is also a swift and skillful rider of the bicycle. Some time ago, shortly liefore the date set for a bicycle race in which he was to lie one of the contestants, his wheel ni3rsteriously disappeared, and all ef forts to find a trace of it proved fruit less. One day, about 14 months after th bicycle had been presumably stolen, a fisherman, who was angling out in the middle of St. George's harbor for floating fish, hooked a large one, which instantly plunged into the depths of the harbor in a vain endeavor to escape. The angler played with him for awhile, and then, feeling the line tighten in his hand and the strain lxennie steady, liegan to haul up. He soon realized that he had at the end of his line one of the heaviest catches which he had ever made, and (what he could not under stand about it) that, it was apparently almost a dead weight. He hauled away, however, until there appeared aliove the water not. only the fish that he had hooked, but a bicycle, round th; handles of which the fish, in its efTorra to escape, had wound the line a nnuibc. of times. When the astonished fisherman had sufficiently recovered from his amaze ment, at his curious catch he took the bic3"cle ashore. There it was soon identi fied as the one which had so inexplica bly disappeared. Strange to say. the machine, in spite of the fact that it had lveen at the liottom of the harlior for 14 months, was but little damaged, and was easily- put in running order again. For some time no clew .is to how it found its way to its watery hiding place could lie discovered. Eventually, however, several circumstances came to light that pointed to a man with whom the bicycle rider had once had trouble. At one time whenever he rol past this man's place the dogs which were kept there would run out ai d bark and snap at the rider, causing h 1 11 considerable annoyance and trouble. 4M first he contented himself with sim ply driving off the brutes as lest he could, but when he found that they were set upon him by their master, he took prompt measures to have the man arrested, brought into court and fined. From variotjs circumstances tht wore found out regarding the disapearanee of the bicycle, t.iere seems to lie no doubt that the owner of the mrly docs was responsible for it. and that he stole the machine and sunk it in the harlior in order to lie revenged on its owner. Boston Transcript. CAT IN THE PULPIT. Pastor Caught It by the Navc-k and the Cher Took It Away. An inquisitive black cat strayed into the Bristol Methodist Episcopal church on a recent Sunday evening just ben re the services liegan, says the Pittsbmgh Chronicle-Telegraph. There were ver3- few people in the church at the time, but the loud and pkiintive mewing of the strangei ii tracted their attention, anil tiny watched its movements w ith interest. The animal climbeil up into the choir loft. pcrcliel upon the railing mid looked down ujion the congregation. After a time several memliers of the choir arrived and the cat scampered away, finally climbing down one of the wooden pillars wliiih supiMtrted t lie choir loft and walked down into the aisle. Several of the congregation endeav ored to coax the cat into their jk-ws, but the proud pussy ignored I hem and with stately dignity climbed up Into the pulpit and sat on the Bible. When the ittstor itiine in a moment laler he found the cat in jiossession of the pul pit, but the animal took kindly to the preacher ond began to purr iiiid arch his back at the lat ter's approach. The pastor took the ctit by the back of the neck and handed it down to an usher, who carried puss out of the church. "This is a good omrn. breth ren," said the pastor and then he went on and preached his sermon. SALOON IN TWO COUNTRIES. Ingenious Arrangement for the Thirsty on the Mexiein Border. There is an ingenious salo mi keeper who conducts a place in a little village on the liorth-r liet.ween this country and Mexico.siiys the Louisville Commercial. The village is half in California and half in l40veir California. There i-re two bars in his saloon, one on tJie south and one on Lite north side of a large room. The dividing line lietween the two count rie bisects the house, and one bar is located in Mexico and the other is located in tlie United States. The proprietor pays big license to both countries, but still makes a handsome liv.og out. of the bibsinetss. He has sustiended all tlie way across the street in front, a unique sign. On the I'nitcd States side it rauls, in letters a foot high: "Your first ami last chance." On the other side, in Spanish, it ex presses the same idea. The saloon is known by that name for mill's around, and many an eastern tourist who hits quenched his thirst there will rememlver it- it is a. great resort for "cow punchers" of lioth 11a lioiiK wlio work in that territory. Ili-'nce many is the bloody fight tlat takes, place there, and few are tlie oties brought to justice w-hose crimes are eoniinitted tlicre. "Bulla of Parliamentarian. Two ratirer good "bulls" are at tributed to the late Sir (Jeorge Camp liell. On one occasion he had lieen call ing attention in the house of commons to some abuse in Indian administration anil proceeded to observe that he hac. further revelations to make concernirg other scandals, in comparison with which this one was "a mere flea-bite in the ocean." Another time, when speak ing aliout military aff.iirs in India, he declared th.it "the pale face of the I'ritish soldier was the lacklone of our Indian army." By actual measurement of 50 skele tons, the right arm and left leg have been found to he loDger in 23. the left nrm ami right leg in. six, the limbs on the right longer than those on the left in four, and in the remainder the in equality of the limbs was varied. Only seven out of seventy skeletons meas ured, or ten percent., had limbs of equal length. - 81. DO and G, 1896. A RESULT OF A FLOOD. II V FANNIE WILLIAMS. "Hi, Marse John! Dat ar Telto loy' hunt in our hogs ag'in." John Hartwell, who was busily ham mering at some piece of l03-ish carpen try in his father's workshop, turned a pair of kindling blue eyes toward the excited young darkey who rushed in with the above information. "Whit's that you say, Tom Pete?" Tom Pete repeated his statement add ing the remark that the Pelton loy was "a-heavin sticks at 'em, an makin 'cm run like de ok. Nick!" John put down his hammer and ex claimed : "I'll see if I can't put a stop to this business, once for all!" As he spoke, he strode out of the workshop and started across the corn field, with such an air of angr3' de termination that Tom Pete, running after him, kicked up his heels Jiiid grinned, in high glee at tlie prospect of a eolli.-ion which was sure to bring the Pelton lioy to grief. John Hartwell ami Tracy Telton weie foes of long standing, though neither of them coidd tell exactly how their feud had first arisen. The Peltons owned a small plantation on tlie Sunflower river, and the Hart wells had come from the north some years liefore and settled on the next place. Trac3' and .Tohn, w ho were nearl3' of the same age, liecame acquainted and were peaceable enough for a time, though they had occasional disagree ments, like all neighliors 1k-s. But some difficulty more serious than usual had h-d to ill-feeling lietween them, which had broken out at last ir to 0ien warfare; so they- were now de clared ami downright enemies. It was a pity, for they- were both fine loys, each in his way. John was a stout young at hlete, quick tempersjl, quick-witted and merry, al ways ready for work or play, and throwing himself into lioth with equal energy; while Tracy was of a quieter ilisposition and did not get angry or enthusiastic in a moment, but was slow to alter his opinions after they were formed. "Obstinate as a mule!" John said, not stopping to4hiuk t hat Tracy's afTect ion was even more deep and lasting than his wrath; that he could lie a very con stant frientl as well as an olw-tinate enemy'. John was in an exceedingly lielligcr ent frame of mind when he reached the edge of the field which lorderrd on the Pelton place, and lieheld his father's fine drove of hogs rushing jM-ll-m 11 through the eoru-st ubble, pursue by a slender, dark-eyed loy. who was vigor ously' julting them with slicks, clods of earth, or whatever he could lay his hand on. "You stop that. Tracy Pelton!" shout ed .Tohn. peremptorily. "Mind your own business and keep your hogs at home!" retorted Tracy, as he bombarded the hogs with a lively shower of cornstalks. "I should think this was my business, and I'll attend to it in earnest if you dout look out!" cried John, bristling with wrath and resolution. "If 3-011 hit one of those hogs again I'll hit 3-011!" ' Accepting this as a challenge, Tracj promptly threw a short stick, which took the largest of the hogs liehind the ear and sent the whole drove scorning tumultnoHsIy toward their owner's premises. John snatched upthe stick and hurled I it. lKiek at Tracy, striking him on th shoulder with force enough to make him very angr3. if it did not hurt him much. He flew at John with doubled fists, and John, nothing loath, received him in the. same manner. The result w.ns that Trac3" got whipped, as usual; for the t wo Ivoys had had several. Ixittles already, and, t hough Tracy' invarialy came out second liest, he never shrank from a fresh encounter with his stronger foe. . As for John, though he returned home afler the battle flushed with tri umph and greatly admired by Tom Pete, yet he was perfectly aware that his victory had not settled anything. It was quite certain that Tracy was still determined to chase the hogs and otherwise annoy his enemy whenever he got a chance. However, during the days that fol lowed neither of the loys had an3' time to waste in fruitless hostilities. They were sufficiently occupied with the busi ness which was now demanding every body's attention that of saving their persons and property from destruction by the waters of the river, which, after rising rapidly for Hint-days, had over flowed its lKinks and was fast inundat ing the whole region. Water from other streams Hured in to swell the torrent, cattle were drowned and buildings were swept aw-ay. And still the flood rose higher day by day. People were ohliued to move into the upper stories of their houses; then, as the water crept up higher, to take refuge on the roofs; and. at. last, they were forced to flee for their lives to the high ground, at a distance of many miles. Mr. nartwell had built a sort of flat boat, or scow, as he called it, which proved extremely useful to himself and his neighbors in this perilous time. It was constantly in use, i-onveying people to the hills, picking up valuable floating property and taking olT the sheep and cattle which were huddled in crowds wherever some bit of high ground formed a tiny island in the very midst of the flood. One day, when Mr. Hartwell had taken off a number of cattle, as many as the scow could safely carry, he start ed with another man to paddle them to a place of safety, leaving John and Tom Pete on the housetop, which was still out of water. He intended to-come Kick for another load of sfocl-. and s-. the wow was so heavily loaded, the boys volunteered to remain liehind and wait for his return. In the meantime, thry amused them selves by fishing for drif twood and stieh floating property as the waters brought within their reach. There was a strong current setting past the house, and anything which happened to drift into this eddy was borne along so swiftly that a qui-.'k hand, was required to capture it; but postage per ear In advance NUMBER 44 the IM13-S had a long rope and a pole with a hook at one end. ami by means of tlxtse implements they hauled in quite a collection of miscellaneous articles. "Hi! look dar!" cried Tom Pete, sud denly". "Dar's de Pelton lioy's doghoii:e a-eomin down de stream. Is 3-ou gwine to ketch dat ?" "No; let it go." said John, with a scowl. "I'm not going to save his old doghouse, for him yes, I will, too!" And impulsive John reached out his pole and d r-w in a gaily-painted kennel, which lie had at once recognized as the habitation of Tracy's favorite hound. It wes a cumliersome article to man age, but the two 1103s contrived to get it on the housetop by dint of stout t ug ging. 4s John straightened up after the lift, he remarked, with an apolo getic aex-ent: "It cost Mr. Pelton three dollars to c-t the old thing painted, and I haven't got an3"thing against him!" At this moment Tom Pete gave utter ance to another excited "Hi!" "Iar's a hull raft ol st-uff a-eomin down Tin Pel ton's place," he said. "Snmfin's done busted olier dar!" "Must lie their ginhouse; father said he wasafraid it wouldn't stand," replied John, gazing regretf ulU- at the mass of lioardei and timbers which came swiftly down the current. "I hojie all that lum Ikt won't come bumping against, this house." he added, with a look of ap prehension. "If we do, we'll bust uj, too. fo sho." said Tom Pete, sagely: "It ain't a-gwine to hit us, dough it's gwine to pieces." In fact, the mass of tiniliers liegan to fall apart and drift away separately. and .Tohn got ready- with his mle to pull in the lioards as they were sweeping past. All at once, with a great start, he exclaimed: "Tom Pete, there's someliody hanging on to that luiard out3-onder!" "It's dat ar Pelton loy!" cried Tom Pete. "He'll git drowivred. sho!" Before Tom Pete spoke. John had be come aware that it was Tracy" Pelton who clung to that drifting board, and his whole generous heart went out to his helpless foe in a moment. "Tom Pete, you hold onto the rope," he said, hastily twisting a coil of it around his arm as he spoke. "We can't reach him with the pole, and he don't know how to swim, 111 have to go after him." "Is you gwine to drown'd yo'self fo dat kin ob a feller?" Tom Pete de manded, with strong disapproval. "Of course not. I'm going to save him." "He ain't wuff savin'," declared Tom Pete, contemptuously. "What are you talking aliout." said Tohn. with flashinc eyes. "He's the pluckiest fellow to fightth.it I ever saw. Do you suppose I'm going to let him drowu lvecause he doesn't happen to lie the best friend I've got ? What do you take me for, anyhow?" "Do.V take 3-ou fo nuffin'!" said Tom Pete, with a scared look, and hastening to clutch tlie rope, as John impetuously added: "Hang on to that rope now, and help me haul him in. If he gets away I'll pitch you after him." And .Tohn. with a shout of encourage ment to his imperiled foe. flnrg himself into the water, and struck out toTracv s aid. He was a sturdy swimmer, and in a few moments he came alongside of t he board to which Tracy was clinging, and fastened his rope to it Tom Pete began to ha id in the rope with great, zeal, while John, puttingone arm under Tracy's shoulder, and swim ming with t he ot her, aide in propelling him to the housetop, where they quick ly drew siim up. wet. weak and shiver ing, but by no meatus devoid of the courage anil "pluck" which John so much admired. "John Hartwell. you're a good fellow." said he, clasping John's hand, with a. look that sxke more th.in his words. "I thought I was gone when the gin house went, and I can tell you I was glad wlien you called out to me. You have saved my- life, and I shan't for got it." "How came you on the ginhouse? I thought your folks haul all goneto.he hills." asked John. "Father and I came down to feed the stock over on the high knoll." answered Tracy. "I thought I should be safw enough on the ginhouse. while he went over there with a lioatload of corn and hay-. But it gave way. ami went over like a pile of chi'as. This current was too much for it. It- will cost father a pretty penny to build a new ginhouse," he added, ruefully. When Mr. Hartwell came liack to get. the lioys, he. was very much surprised to find Tracy Pelton in their conqiany; and when Mr. Pelton discoven-d what lwul ha pjncd, he was too grateful for tlie rescue of hisison to complain aliout the his of his ginhouse. When the waters had finally subsided. fo that people could return to their homes, tlie two planters, like all their neighliors, found themselves mui-h poorer for hst stock and injured prop erty; t he flood had one good result for John and Tracy it had made them friends. Golden Days. This Happened in Kogland. The church, in tne person of the wife of the bishop of Winchester, has taken to cycling, says the lady's Pictorial. I lev. E. lliisluiiid. by the way. the well known vicar of St. Michael's. Folkstone. preached a special sermon to cyclists recently, in which he not only followed some of the old divines by seeing no harm in taking a punning text "They toil not, iiither do they spin!" but further remarked he firmly lieiieved that. h.id velocipedes 1m en in existence in ancient days, the sacred writings would have contained approv ing refer en-es to them. It may interest the ex cellent vicar to know that in a country church of w hich I have heard a cyclis figures in a stained glass w indow. Matchmaking In giredefa. Sweden has the oldest and largest match factory in the world. Matches were made tin re long liefore the old. roughly tnmniee" splinter of wool tipped with sulphur was discarded with the tinder loxcs for which they were used. In 23 years the export trade of Sweden in modern mitches increased to I.OOO.OOO boxes a year. Some of the machinesformaking the matches w hich we use in these da3"s make ?oo revolu tions a minute each r.nd turn out alout 2.5Hl,rH0 boxes annually. Altogether there arc in Europe aliout .iO,Ouo fac ' tories. and they yearly produce matches valued at $r.o.-bioiH). 1 men, s montha. ......... yi i !? "bi1" i.v.v:;.r 5?!!,nonU,, . Idcom, months i. X column. monliis m-m k column, l , " - 1 column, f morjU.l ...... .. . a a 1 column, l year U....IT I-.s BnjlDMa ttjt-na Sr.. - ia. - 44 abMqaont lzueruons. Be. par li. Andltor'a NoUeoa trmy and similar Notloea ia telntioiia or proeM41nire aay sa Lima tlon or ioctety and comnanlesUosj dMlnWu call attention to any matter of United or ladt idoal intercut must b. paid tor ai bdnrtlaaiaate. Book and Job rTlctln-s of nil klndf wttlt aava e-Mtoasiy execated at th. lo-raat Brtoaa. am dontyoa lorg.t It. STRANGEST OF FISHES. A Mario Wonder at the Coliabla Uat veralty. There is an animal at Columbia uni versity which hat neither ears, eyes, lie ad nor heart. The abnence of the head and heart lay naturally the odd feature of tins Strang creat ure, w hich biologists call a lance leU One. of t hem now being experi mented on in Columbia university" a biological lnliorntory. sys the Sam Francisco Examiner. Although this wonder look, a good deal like a fish, it is really an animal, for there is just ao much differe-tic. be tween the laneelet and a salmon, for instance, as there is between a man and, an ordinary bird. Epicureans with a sweet tooth for fish will hail w ith delight the prospect of having all the lakes and rivers of Lb country stocked with the laneelet, for in their entire body there is not a bone. True, there is a kind of backbone run ning tlie Icnpth of the liody, but aa this lione is not- a bone at all. but only s strip of what ordinary mortal would call frristle. no trouble with fishbone tan follow from the attempt to eat the animal wheo a man u in t hurry to catch an "L" express. Still another advantage ex into to a man who wants to eat the laneelet in j'nTv. This advantage is, perhaa&, "one lietter" than the absence of boneav Every man's eyes perform the function of an X-ray machine in good working order, for the laneelet is absolutely transparent in every section of ita ex traordinary corpus. ITALIAN ANTIQUITIES.' A. rnderground Trad, ta Them tat Hptta ot tergal Interdictions Some days ago a well-known dealer in antiquities offered for sale to Lha I xi in re museum in Paris a splendid col lection of ancient vases from Italy or Greek or Italian workmanship, say. t ho London News. The museum wan una ble to pay the price, asked 20.000 and declined the bargain. The Italian, minister of education, having learned of this, has taken proceedings under the Pacca law against Hig. di Prisco, the ow ner of these antiquities. The latter is a large land owner at I Iosco Keale. He secretly made excavations on his estate and found ?S silver vases of remote an tiquity. Notwithstanding the Italian law pro hibiting owners of antiquities from sending them out of the country with out leave, or. rather, on account of this law. which prevenLs oil works of art from commanding anything like their natural price in the imfioverished coun try. Sig. di Prisco smuggled his find out of Italy and offered it to a Paris dealer for .VHHi. Continuing meanwhile hi. search, he found other silver vas, which duly join! their fellows in Paris, and the whole lot was offered to the Louvre. The Italian minister of educa tion throws interesting light on the facilities which undertmid officials. are supposed to afford illicit e jairters of antiquities. He issues a notification that, should any officials be found to have connived at this latest evasion of the Paoca law, they will be criminally prosecuted. PHRYGIAN CAP AND THE KNOUT. M Taken by franc t. Ka. Oat Knoalavn EiUaa The French republic, thanks to the new alliance lietween the Phrygian cap and the knout, hatdone its beat to make its soil insecure for these who fled from the tyranny" of cmrikim, says the North American Iteview. Among Russiati x iles living at Zurich, Geneva and Lau sanne spies have latterly lieen intro duced, even in the guise of alleged latJy students of the same nationality. In England ulone proscrilied Russians are free, and in England, partly in conse quence of their contact with the quiet opei at ion of parliamentary institutions. Iartly on account of a change of feel ing among the cultuf ed classes of their own country, men like Stepniak, the i.u thor of "Underground Russia" and kindred works, who once had a hand in the fierce active fight against autocraey by all available menus of irregular war fare, have gradually ceased to be con nected with the organization of so called terroristic attempts. Their Ijoot don monthly organ. Free Russia, khows how much the3" have moderated their demf.nds. If the young emperor would only eon sent to the introduction of some knd of representative assembly, ten as ell Euro;iean nations have, and as even the sultan hod adopted shortly before Turkey was lieaU-n dow n by the armies of Alexander II., the reigning crar would rally around him many who are at present his adversaries in what is be lie i-d to lie the cunip of the most ex treme party. X Kays for Fye Tronble. One of the. ncntewt uses to which tha Roentgen jihotography has been ap-pli-ed is the detection of gists splinter and other foreign bodies in t-heey e The difficulty of pliotographiug the eiye iat very great, lieeause it ie practically ia clowd in a bony case and cannot bo got. o.t Dr. H. Iewkowitwh baa, how ever, invented a contrivance which en ables this operation to be stKcriaJully nerformd. The plate is i made, that it ran lie insert.-! (urader anaesthetics, of course) into the orbital cavity be tween the os laohrymale and the eye lwll. and in this way a photograph, cam lie taken w hich show s the rraitiou of objects quite lieyond the reavcb of the ophthalmoscope. In fact, Ilelmholtx wonderful instrument is oselena. except wheie- the foreign body ia locataxl ira transparent tissue, and is free frora extravaMntion of blood, conditions which k not apply to the. Roentgen photograjih at all. Pall Mall GareUe. Like. Some years ago a rich man waa sen tenced in England for some crime to a term of penal servitude. So enamored did he lieeome with prison life and with his surroundings during the period of his incarceration, that, since his re lease, be has built for himself a miniature prison, with cells, exercis ground and tread milL Upon the lat ter, it is said, he daily works just as ha did w hile he was under his sentence. London Graphic. Since the 1 ginning of this century the use of the Italia langiiae has greatly mcreaed: in 1S01 it was spoken by 13.070.OOO peo,4je. and ln 18rfUwaa tlsed by 33,400,000. "BALERS GZSEBALLXT n II I
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