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Aa QOB tfOB Inn... i " .on. f(($i . -.(..It ,r" , ., ,.- ' .; 'Hi-nilis. 1.7' ' ':!':;:;uiui-inh. I i lU tl.e " - - llf rerm e d ,n i 04.ns.iU met- j'ft niJ-i not "'ilv auKr-H'"! Ire. JS. C. HASSOh, EcJito. Kri ropiietoi Hfc If rl KKHA). WPO Trip 1HI TH MABSB FKEK AMD ALL AUK SLAVK8 BBetDK. SI. BO and postage per earln advance. ;.-:.;:;t- VOLUME XXX. . ... it. if ik EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1S96. NUMBER 50, m ,.4fis iri m mm n : TH AT 1 fea - .--r j r ' , 4 Mi 111 l sf f'.lKK )IH.K I'! vernl Viiilf lv iaT-l'i " 4 " . -ile Price. Never tef ore sold - t;ie -i ivivood' l:ii ycle, we : d coupon orTt-r. t-ivine -very : I. a tir.-t-cl-iH.s wheel at the x itt i.f f t" "o 4.4- rtiirjf.n iD. i.- liievele. sif:nrely crated. liim-v -i-'nnileil if not as ;l .s.ii'iin.it loti We wil ship 1 rl TP li ...r;. -. i "t 1 1 i Ti '.: i ii . lor r.u..4in ami coupon - t: ti r i. r is ;i 'ii a ran let: of iro44.i f ;iir lu - .'trr.t:;:v w:::i c i h iiicvcle. This is, a '-".i-ii v.'ii .M'nor a(tr.l to let the oppcr lijrr aii oriier- to CASH BUYERS' UNION. . Viii Buren Street. Bx?C"'i CHIcxr-O liiit. .!. I t ron.iimfn for 5? I years. ::;. :-i tu ilertier s protu. Vo are the . i:.l S.urfre.i niniiuiai-turers in Amer- . lih-i. iirrt HarTl.s tiiia way--Miip v .. ; . .;. ..... to evnr.niie bef.ire snr mney l& ; - i. i iv f n i'.-ht hotn vnvslf ni'it satiMai t v. ,t t-.r J jear. Why pay an airentf 111 : . L- r I -r y.:u Writ. yur own order. !' : 're.-. Ve i&to all nsic of damage in WHOLESALE PRICES. C iripg YosoriS, S3I to S50. iiimrantoed - ii. r;.oi .t SurrerSiS65toSIOO " -- :. .l f r e.ju to tuj. Top Bupgies. ir.CO, a- Cnoa.- (i,r(03. Phsetons,S66 tD?:'"3. Farm Wagons, Wagonettes, ; Woona. Delivery Wagons n.( Road Carts, in ill.!-, lull t, noil) I uiluku. "I V ( 3 Z:A Our No. 1. I- arm KarniH. : p..t.-st- "f r- ' JTi i alliil i Ph.iarf, Pa. ar.ri::;iVr,f Liver Com- ii-vf "VV 'lice, Dysppp. ' 'rro Ills ri-( i'lvcriuauun) Dr vr hen yon can 4-'. l' Liver Invigor- M T V. :i i. .-I ppi.v voc. .J3DEHTS OF LIFE ; to T. S. QriNCF-v, thicajro, Sccrc ' e Sua ActitiFNl '. for information ' Accident Insur " Vntion this paper. ' you can save 1 over $ii)0,OUU 00 for r-.- h:,s -"tSL -n Agent. y--'--"ATiOX RFIQUIREr UREASE 'l..frTa,,s. dually NS U T.T'KJKN IMk! is CE.NEKAIXV- v-. ...... T M0T0R A StT-rt-hand. K , I T-:-p-A.!!irg. C-rrfir.T!Heiice. S frac',4cai Oanimar. R 1 III .ltry, ttf. y " ( 4 'i 404l 1 '4w. 144.1 11 S' 11 I'T4 .-itlent. III Rj'H 1 WORKS EASILY, WOR CESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH .i indestructible "Maywood BlCYCLfc. THIS $75.00 COM PLETE BICYCLE A WITH COUPON. I recuses I Vy M Y wood y i , ; Mode! No. 5 OTj : - firEVT , m t, 1:. IS'H J:n 1. 18!5 Mhrr 1'ending ,.i..,c- . c-i' .'.. f.i.-iriV ever made. Adapted for all kinds ot ' '".'!.. ,f .-.-rial Hi::: if xi-li'l. 'ft' tih tin-l wiry: simple in conatrnction. :.. r: u-w f.-w 1 arts: 1 cf sm-li w iry eotistruetion that its partn ., :! : n ttoliow tui.n.c to itwhIi in at every contact; a frame - its I jilting i-hum mtv.- its connecting partH; a one : . nl-.vr.ys rt-mly to cive rvliahle ana rapi.! tmnsportation. :i i. B ;iar:in tt-rd t..r tlirrt- j-;ir. Ma.ieof -iucii cold :r nn t.il for its weight known); joined toiretlier with i i; i i:i linn i t li:it it is imiiossilili to break or anv part work li-nv r.u.i lurai.ility; t .tie i;rr:itet oml.innt ion of inironuitv ii! I : ;r :nir witiiont Iiruzei joints cml tutiinir, a yon know i ti .i. tnr.' at brar.eri joints, and luln-s wli.-n thev are bnckled ' -j -im-li: warranted wood rims iia'n w ire laneent sMkes n -ri'-l pattern. TIIIK.S "Arlimrt on" Hosepipe or Mor : . i:.- i-thrr hrst-c'.ass pnenmatii: tii e. IJKA Kl Ni.S Hall : ..Ii Is i r.ii:!: .xle. steerinir head and pedals. CI TS AM) r tr-.rrtlly tempered and liardened. IIAI NS Hih grade ;. n;. t'j; .Nlv nr cc'elir.itcd one-pieee crank, f uliy pro ;;K ( is Shortest, js inches: 'omrest. 37 inches. (KAK iii-r r -I.-: fork i-town ntnde f rom un-larrel steel. II.VilL.E i : eai!t .'nl'tisied to :u if:l ion ricstr'-d: ram's horn fir- I'.. (;i:iia:n. or some o! her nrst.-ciass make. ."KHALtl iritis. HMll-KnainelKl iu hiack. w lth all bright Darts with tool biij. psmip. wrench and oiler. Weight, 3ii .'7 to :i potinil. Coupon No. 2C06 coon for II" SE.1T WITH ORDER FOR No. 5 Haywood Bicycle... II. U. WEOC Mnclci, No. 7 Road Wagon. Doable HKT. l-v-5 $55 M-JL ill to EQ. CO. No. TS1. Surrey. TNG M1.F. and FI T ETS. Elkhart ;iteele. 2.n heelB. l!H rtrrft-r. Nenil 4e. la pnenmaiic tres. T.-elrl!e?4w n I I .4.p r.:Hlncw- mh. t ilitnir. ctron foririrs PRATT, Sec'y, ELKHATT. IKD. eonrptn that a WUI rniULO Volnntanlv reduced rrir. nr in recent times originated a new idea in Windmill and V- ter Supply Goods. Evervthinv the fanner 1 Ln w ho ! Iaw a him -a Wu ..Jl c i A. - - . ..i. uo.t ituwicuij iciuMia 10 rain, i a'f'i n:ive therefore deffatfrl -inHmi;i romliiniion Ko...-. " ' , . r . - - v c nuva, was. m InrOlldh Prhtllrlrt -anH KwravicA ua a 1 1 1 safest to deal with, and becanse we are the anle nn'pinnmrl y rfa oil .u 1 - "-,, T 1 r " jTTSTw m Au mo uKxiLin &icei winamiu ana I'T i iwer, T ME WORLD MAR GIVIN MA UriDETUtftl - - T its WINDMILL BUSINESS. We believe W j iT. 'n low .Pces, hietj grades and larce sales. We make short 1 , , . aj-utT. ouic pinups, wim uesi seamless , We rmtna tminUt n L. ...... U U C . 1 ixuuiuiiy illustrated catalogue of np-tolate ideas, as " .. i ... t,t-. .. i'i.iii 14 uuuacs. oviiii ugw m I H I!!"1 ur latest plans. No one knows the . ... -.'tia oui once, uur imiutiors may nol Dave la lcst 1 a run-P or Price until bo knows ours. FOR ARTISTIC PRINTING TRY THE FREEMAN. A pamphlet of Informs tou and at- tain 1'nielits. aveal n. TriuK. N'TVx Ad lr ril U 4-4 1 4tK . .lot lifimawBjr. -j 44 A .ril. fRA Eestlntiie World! Set the Genuine ! Sold Eierywhere! ULrrT) WANTED BY SArVl'L WELLS & CO.. 67 VINE ST CINCINNATI, O. 5RGEST EXPORTERS CF CKSEXG IS THE U. $ Wanted-An Idea Who can think of wme simple eevsa.mwM " - - - wiui4wiiMm4i Protect yonr iaMw: thi-r may brini? yoa wealth. Write JOH N WiODKKUUKN A .. Patent Attor ceya. Wahln(tun, I). tor tbelr l.i prixa offer and Uat of two buatired lnvenUona wauuxl. J : 'V ZER AXLE GREASE THE BOTHER. "roar. dear! what aliothersomelmliy!" The- oare-wcaried mother sighed out. As she looked at the Ixmks anil the ilay thinRs That were everywhere scattered aliout. At the- jrreat dinpy spot on the carpet. Where he'd let Krandn-.a's medicine fall.-An-1 the marks that the fat l-ahy fingers Hail left on the windows and wall. "Such a l aby for petting In mischief ! I (an't keep him tidy and sweet. Th.iush I'm busy f rom daylipht toliedtlme. The room never seems to be neat. I never catch up with my sewing; I've never a moment to reV And she siphed as she threaded her needle. With life and tt.s worries opprest. A slow, muffled sound on the pavement, The looks through the niist-vl.inlod pane .i:d sees, almost umli-r her window, A hearse froinn by in the rain. There's a little white casket insiile it. And then by swift tears it is hid, A.; she thinks of the household whose dar linp Lies under the small coffin's lid. :ho noes to the bed of her baby. Ami kneels by the sleeper In tears. Ami the prayer that goes up, mute an.i wordless, Tim great lovinjr Father-Heart hears. No longer the child seems a liother, Aa she thinks of the hearse In the rain, Atid the mother-arms, aching and empty. Where the little dead baby has lain. I-.lien E. Kexford. In Good Housekeeping. HOW OLSON SQUAIiED IT. BV IJAN QI IN. "Now I thoroughly savoys. re inarktl the old cattleman, reileetively. at a crisis in our last conversation when the talk turned on men of small and cowardly niexisitre, "I thoroughly saveys th.at taste for battle that lurks in the denies of folks' nature like a wolf in the hills. Which I reckons now that I, myse'f, is one of the icacv fullest peoile w ho t-vor belted on a frun ; but in my insincts w hile I never jt-sti-tics or follows hi example I cl'arly apprehends the emotions of a petit wilu convenes w ith another pent all similar, an expresses his views of him with his pun, an immcdiitely precedes a ad journment sine die by skelpin the op position. Sech is human, nature, onre straincd, an the same, while deplor able, is not sorprisin. "lint this yere. Olson I has in ray mem'ry don't have no sech manly emo lions a.s pces w ith a pun play. Which Olson, I Lakes pleasure in sayin, is a alien an .a rank outsider, an no more liorn in this home of freedom than a Mexican. Olson, is so cowardly he's even furtive; an for a low-flunp measly play let me tell you w hat Olson docs. It's shorely oncry... "It all arises years apo, back in Ten nessee, an' pets its first start out of a liawp which is owned by Olson an is downed by a pent named lloskins Kill Husk ins. It's this way: "Hack in Tennessee, in my dre.tm wreathed yooth. when aiinmiic povs ,rojectin about permiseus. a party has lo build his fences 'bull stj'onp. lump lipht, an boss hiph, or lu- takes re sults. Which lloskins don't make his fences to conform to this yere roole none; leastwise they ain't hawp tipht is is shown by one of Olson's hawps. "The hawp comes pirootin aliotit lloskins fence, an he poes throiiph easy: an the way that invadin an.nmile Minis Kill's pot-itoes bottom up don't .it!i"r him a bit. He shorely loots '."U's lot; that's whatever. "Kut Kill, jHreei in of Olson's hawp lavin waste his crop, reaches down :i Hawkins rifle, 30 to the jiound, an ptrolchos the hawp. Which this' h where Kill falls into error. Lay in" aside thorn delicieneics in Kill's fence, it's cl'ar at a planre a hawp can't Im held responsible. Hawps t; ipnorant and tharfore innoeent: an while hawps can 1m- what Doc IVets calls a casus lc!li. I hey can't be repjirditl as a foe Ic-pitimate. "Now what Kill oi-phter done, if he feels like thi yere hawp's ikme pnt if nil over him. is to po an lay for Olson. Sech action by Kill would have lioen rome excessive, some hiph, so to speak, hut. ii would have Ix-eu a line shot. Whereas killin" the hawps is 'way to one ride of the mark, an under. "How ever, as I stales. Kill lein" hasty that away, and onoapablo of perhaps re fined rensonin', downs the pip, an stands pat on it, wait in for Olson to fill his hand, if he feels so moved. "Now, tint's where tin eowardly nature of this yere Olson lep:ns to shine. He's nply es a wolf alout Kill c-oporin his ha.wp that away, but he don't pack the nerve to po after-Kill .in make a round-up of them prievanees. An' he ain't allowin to pass it up none onrevenped neither. Now,' here's what Olson does; he 'sassinates Kill's petrae--oon. "That's riqlit, pard; jest massacre a ore, confidin raccoon, who don't no more stand in on that hawp killint" of Kill's than mo an you don't even ad vise it. ".Vow, I allow you savoys all thnr is to know aliotit a raccoon. No? Well, a moeon's like this: In the first place he's plump ir.penuons, an ain't look in for no pent to hold out kyards or rinpa cold deck on him. That's straipht; a rneeron is simple-minded that way; an his impressive trait is, he's nreditaiive. Kesides liein naeherally thouphtftil as to his own affairs, I mipht say a raccoon is a heap melancholy he jest sets th.ir nn absorbs melancholy from merelj' liein alive. "Kut if a raccoon is melancholy or pets rapped in thoupht. that away, it's after all his own play. It's to his credit (hat once when he's tamed he's pot. rr mountainous onfidenoe in men, nn will curl up an' po tosleep where yon Im an' shot loth eyes. He's plumb trust ful; an moreover, no matter how mournful a raccoon feels, or how plumb melancholy he pets, he don't pester yon with no yarns. "I reckon I converses with this yere identical raccoon of Kill's plenty fre jnent when he feels blue an apain when he's at his pailiest. an he r.cvo rcmarks notion to me except p'lite pen eml'ties. "If this Olson had leon a dead irani party who rcpards himse'f wronped he'd searched out a pun, or a kuif?, 01 mebby a club, an' pranced over an rectified Hill a whole lot. Kut he's too timid and too cowardly, an' afraid of Kill. So to play even he lines out to bushwhack this he'pless, ouinstrueted raccoon. Olson Uppers to take advan tape of what's cl'arly a loophole in a raccoon's const i toot iou. "Mcbbe you never noticed it about a raccoon, but the l'aet is once he pets interested in a pursoot, he's ripped so he can't quit none ontil the project's a .success. Thar's herds an' bands of folks an anainiles who's fixed isim'lar. They caji start, an they can't let up. Thar's buildups; they bepins a fipht too easy, but the capacity to quit is left ou: of bulldops entire. Same alxiiit nosr jiint with rents 1 knows. They capers np to whisky at the Ix pinnin like a kit ten to warm milk, an they never do cease no more. An that's how the kyards falls to raccoons about phnty of thinps. "Knowin these yere defects in rac coons, this Olson plots to take ndvan tape tharof; an by playin' it low on Hill's raccoon, pet even with 15:11 aliout that dead hawp. Which Kill wouldn't have took a drove of hawps, no indeed! not the whole fall round-up of hawps for all of West Tennessee, :ui" lose that roceoon. "It's when Kill's over to line Knot layin in terbaoea, an nose paint, an cornmenl, an sech nceoss-.-i! "es. when Olson stands in to dow n Kill's raccoon, lie poos injunnin over to Kill's an finds the camp all deerled. except the raccoon's thar settin. baM 11" his eyes mournful an lonesome on ! 'ie doorstep. This Olson sets down by 1 "ie door an fondles the raccoon, an" "liokes his eoiit, an lets the raccoo:: icarch his pockets with hid black h::t:ds ontil he pets that friendly an eoiiiidcnt almut Olson he'd told him anyth'np. It's then this yere misereant, Olson, sprinps his pa me. "lie's pot a couple of crawfish which he's fresh oaupht nt the Kranch. Now. rtu'coons repar'Js c.rawitish a.s onusual pool eat in. For myne'f, I can't say 1 deems none hiph of crawfish as viands, but of course raccoons is different; an the way they looks nt it crawfish is pie. "This Olson brinpsout his two craw fish, an fetcjiin a jar of water from the spinp he drops in a crawfish an' in cites an appravates Zekiel that's the name of Kill's raccoon to feel in nn' pet him a whole lot. "Zekiel ain't shy on the play. lie knows crawfish like a pambler iloes an ace; so turnin his eyes up to t he sky. like a raccoon does when wrapped in pleas ant anticipation that, away, he plunpe- in his paw an pets it. "Of course once Zekiel acquires him the pore, crawfish don't last as lonp as a drink of whisky. When Zekiel has him plumb devoured he turns his eyes on Olson, sort o thankful, nn"waits de velopments. "Olson puts in the second crawfish, nn Zekiel takes him into camp same as the other. It's now that Olson onfurls his plct on Zekiel. "Olson drops a dozen bnckfdiot into the jar of water. Naeherally, ekiel. who's pot his mind all framed up touch in crawfish, poos after the buckshot with his fore foot. "Kut it's different with buckshot: Zekiel can't pick em up. He tries an' tries with his honestsimple face turned up to heaven, but he can't make it. All Zekiel can do is fee" em with his fot. an roll em aliout on the lottom of the jar. "Now, as I remarks prior, when a raccoon pets embarked that away, he can't let up. He ain't nrrnnped so he can quit. Olson, who's plumb aware tharof. no .sooner pots Zekiel started on Ihem buckshot than knowin that nature can le relied on to play her hand out sa'nters ofi to his wickeyup, lenvin Zekiel to his fate. P.ill won't le honi" till Monday, an Olson knows that lie fore then, onless Zekiel is interrupted, he'll lie even for that hawp Kill drops. As Olson comes to a place in the trail where he's poin to lose sipht of K'll'v camp he turns an looks back. The picture is all his revenpeean ask. Thar sets Zekiel on the doorstep, with his happy countenance turned up to the dome a1ove. with his .ripht p:uv ellmu 4iWp in the iar. .still roll in, an feelin" them buckshot around.' nn allowin' he's due to ketch n crawfish every moment. "Well, it works out exactly as tip wretched Olson fippers. The sun poe low n, an the Sunday sun comes up an ' sots apin. an wtill pore Zekiel is planted by the jar, with his hoiefuI eyes on hiph. still feelin of them buckshot. lie can't quit no more'n if he was loser in a jioker frame, Zekiel can't, "Wlien 1 "ti 1 1 rides up to his door about second drink time Monday afternoon. Olson is shortly even on that h.-rwp. Thar lays Zekiel too dead to skin. Tie's jest set thar with them buckshot an felt himre'f to death. Chicapo Trib une. Not IHrtloyaL. A nnmlier of years apo. in o section "where the methods of holdinp elections were notoriously loose, a man who had in his employ a larpe ntimlier of neproes was nominated for a municial office. One of his workmen was an especwd fa vorite, and the candidate was a pood ileal surprised to hear that this partic ular employe had voted the other ticket. Summoninp him to the office, he raid: ".Terry, haven't I alwa3"s treated yoi: well?" "Fus rate, boss. I's alius said dat. I Tias, 'lw,ut de fines w kite folks tint is." "Then w hy did yon po back on me?" "When does vou mean?" : "At de election." "I didryt po back on yer. "There's no use of tryinp to conceal it. You voted apainst me at the election." " 'Deed I didn't, suh. IVm fellers come ter me an dey wanted my vote. An I wasn't poin to lose de chance tei do sumpin' tow'ds e.ripplin 'em finan cially." "So yon did vote for the other man?" "Vassnh. I wns under contract ter do dat much, on' T eouldn break mer promise. Kut I onlyvoted foh him or.c-e, an I done voted foh you nine times, suh." Detroit Free Tress. Not m Rate. The prominent, citizen wns rather proud of his standinp in the communi ty. "And, do you know." he said. "when T first came to this town I had hardly a i.'.p to my back?" The man who was not so prominent rhrupped his shoulders. "When I first came to this town. lie ?nid. "I actually didn't have a rap to my l..tck." "You're jokinp, said the prominent ritizen. "Not at all. replied the. citi.en who was not so prominent, seriously. "I was Torn here." Chicapo Post. ST1UPS OF HUMAN SKIN. Converted Iato Razor Strops by Medical Studonta. A Urumome Trafllc Carried On by Im pecuiiiouti Operator In the I.ic. t lu( Kvoni How the Strop Are Made. The razor strop of human skin ex emplifies the tin desiecle ind-iTcn-uce of the ape to means aud ends. It need scarcely lie said that it was in the biain of a heartless medical student, steeled to insensibility of the sucrednoss of the coiMi eal Ixwly by constant contact w ith it in thedissect'uij'-i'ooiii, that thisazor strop had its oripin. You never can till to what heiphts of audacity the averape medical stii.lent will reach in his pi ofessional profana tion of the oorjses upon which he is called to oierate. This is proverbial the world over, and it has come to pass that he looks ujwn a human cadaver it was he who first called it a "stiff" as mere ly a fleshly commodity, which, the vi.tjU spark once pone from it, liecomes so much clay to le worked over anil ma nipulated in any way he sees fit. Now, you do not believe, possibly enouph, tliat the razor strop of human skin is an actuality. You are far wronp. It is in existence in New York, but. the traffic in them is carried on sur reptitiously and as an occasional iiieans of helpinp some poverty-stricken "med." to eke out a livinp. It is w ell known that in dissectinp the most delicate and finest of Kteel instru ments are used. It is necessary to keep these instruments extremely shttrp. The ordinary coarse stone or strop would utterly destroy the delicate blades. It is also well known that a razor can be nicely "finished" on the palm of the hand. This fact led to the use of small crude stros made of bits of flrjh, se cured in the dissect inp-room. The pos sibilities of this human flesh strop ap ea!od so forcibly to the practical mind of one of the students that he bepan experiments which have resulted in the introduction very quietly on the mar ket of a razor strop made of human flesh. One side of these strops is made of black flesh and the other side of white flesh. The skin for these strops is se cured in this way: When students are piven parts of the human lwidy to dis sect, the skin is usually removed and thrown away. This waste skin is now in preat demand. The lep skin is the part most prized, as it is from this that the most desir able strips of flesh for razor strops are secured. The epidermis and the der mis are carefully removed topether in a strip IS inches by five inches. All fat is cut awav and the strip is then put in n stronp solution of arsenic and water, where it is allowed to remain for about five hours. It is now chanped to a weaker solution of arsenic and left for 1 days. Next it is placed in a secret solution, which imparts additional firmness to it. and is then stretched and tacked on a loard to dry. Two days in the sun is recinired for the dryinp. and it is then trimmed and cut to the required size. A piece of flesh of the size desorilied will fhrink in the process of curinp to four teen by t hree and a half inches. Next it is thorouphly saturated with lirjseed oil to soften it, and after leinp rubled hard with a smooth, round Mick, it is rendered remarkably flexi ble and ready for mountinir. A piece of white linen duck is used for backinp, and the strip of flesh is pasted to it with a thin solution of furniture pine. The two sides of the strop a re made ope of black flesh and the other of white flesh. The black flesh is prepared in the same manner ns that of a whi'e man's skin, but it is more difficult to treat. The- two strips of human flesh are pasted topether hack to backhand make a razor strop which is said by those who have used them to lie far superior to the ordinary razor strop tf leather. The dark side is used to "stairf'and the white side to "finish" the razor. The advantapes claimed are that it is softer Jt-iid more flexible, and that the sores leinp closer topether than in leather, it offers preater resistance to the razor and pives the blade a bettor and more lastinp edpe. X. Y. Journal. Tbo roo:l or Krnsol Cbilflren- It is a lamentable fact that too little attention is piven to the hypienie sur roundinps of the pupils in tike schools, and by far too little, to the nature of flu food ami the manner of catinp. The aim often seems to lie to so prepare the food that it will require little, or no mastication lie fore it is swallowed, and when solid food is taken it. is not. suf ficiently masticated to properly pre pare it for the. dipestive orpans. Some years apo a doctor requested many of his patients to report as to the numlx-r of bites it required to maist.icnte differ ent foods, lleespecially desired to learn how much less children chewed the food before nwallowinp it than their Kir ents. He pot. reports from ISO intelli pent Keoplo, and learned tliat practice ii. this repard varied very mucli, that children penerally were entire' too apt to liolt their food. To encourape the habit of ehewinp it more tihor ouphly he had advised parents to pive the children c.hewinp-pum, much to the dispnst. of many of the parents. lie thoupht the habit of swallowinp food before it was sufficiently masticated the cause of insufficicnit nourishment in many eases. N. Y. Ledper. Uantrn of Kmilromdlnc- Familit. ity breeds contempt fordan per, as well as oilier happetiinps. This Is especially true in railroad life, w here the most horrible of deaths awaits a careless step. A pentlemaii relates an mciilcnt of the kind, as seen in New Or leans. The transfer vessel of the South ern Pacific was atits p -rsl a locomo tive was haulinp ears rt but st4iep prade. to the tlocn. "he pentk-man was- watchinp t his .t a. he saw a switchman, with a lantern, .top 011 the track ripht in front of the ap roaehinp locomotive. The enpine came. on. and juntas it wemed the man would lie crushed, lie pave a little jump and lamletl on the feniler, out of dan-g-er. Tlte. sliphtest slip would have meant denth of a horrible kind, and yet he took the risk 20 times a day. His pay could -have hardly lm-eii worth the risk, but he never thoupht of that.- A BRAVE JERSEY liOY. Perhaps the darkest days exjierienced by the little army of WavJiinpton were thtKse that witnessed the retreat across tiie .lorseys. New York IkuI fallen ii.to the ha nds of the biKist fill t iirmv ; he had taken Forts 1ce ami Wafdi.i.ploii and the xit riots were on tin- ret reat with ilie victorious Kritish fr.Ilowinp in their wake. It w.-ks ibirinp this famous retreat t licit tjie followinp incidents ncriirre.1: Some time after dark durinp one of those memorable autumn day tl.e American army lx-pan to jviss a little hamlet at cross-roads U-lwivn New Krunswick and Princeton, in New Jer sey. The plciee did not conta.in more than L'll houses, and these were so scnttoiod that the t-ollectivn had never lieen dipnified by a name. The houses were of the old-fash iouicd kind, and seven! were stone, and to all laipe pardons were attached. The wapon troin. which carried much of the ammunition t hat belonpcd to the anny, came strapHinp throuph the hamlet, puarded I y a detachment of the most faithrul. As the Inst, wape n reached the pla - the hindmost iuxel broke off and the precious contents were dumped upon t.iie prouiid. Instantly all was confusion, and the soldiers tried to Tc-jjur the mihap, Imt soon iliseoveritl th::t it. was irrembto. Tliei other wa; ons boinp some dis tance in advance, and all heavily loaded, the men decided to bury the powder somewhere where it would not Ik- found by the enemy when advancinp, flushed with late v tctorics. The soldiers were discussinp tl.e buried of 1 he ammunition when a lwy of la apjioared suddenly in their midst. He was a stout lad. not very well clad, but bripht eyed cind caper to lend a linjid in the time of need. "If you bury the powder here yu must take care tJiat the Tories don't wutch you and turn it over to the Krit ish when they come a lonp," said he to the serpen nt who luid charpe of the wapon puard. "You've pot. tories hero, have you. lioy?" susked the serpeant. "Three families, sir. You miph; throw a, puard around their hoiws w hile you bury the jiowder, and that will keep them from findinpout where you put it." "The very thinp. You're fit to com mand a rcpiment," cried t4he soldier, and then he told t!ie loy to jioint out the homes of the three tories. which was done, and puards were placed at tin bouses. It was far into the nipht. when th wapon puard moved on witJiout tip Kjvdvr, and the Imy had Ih-cii cautioned to keep the secret tha.t. had Immsi ep trusted to his care. "I'll flo that, sir." said he, his eyes t'asliinp. "You can nunc on lieliev inp mat Toby T ravers won't toll the enemy the hidinp plae. of the ammunition lt"s safe hen-, and wlien you come lxie'.. vou'll AikI it ripht where you've hid it ' Daylipht. saw the headquarters of Lord t'ornw allis stahlislicd in one of tlie Ury homes, anil Toby saw more red coats then lie ever exjH'cte! to see. He wasstandinp in the doorway of hi humble home when he espied four Krit ish soldiers, lieaded by a tall serpccint. advancinp toward him. and while he pnzed tJiey halted in front of the honx-. "You're the T ravers loy. siren't you?" tlie ; -re'aiit siiid, hauphtily. "My nante's Toby Tnivers." "I thoupht so. Well. Master Travers. we want you." Toby sta-ted a little, but kept his com posure. "Whatever can you want with me?" he inquired. "Conn, a lonp ami we'll answer tlfat question in a little w hile." Without, a word of further explana tion he was march i up to the tory's l.ousa and puslied half rudely across the threshold. "Thus is tlie boy," sciid the serpeant. l alutinp his officer. "We caupht. him at his home- and he is the lxy who knows w lie re tJiey buried the jnwvih'r." For a moment lonper t lie k-cule.rof Hi--Kritish army looked across the. table and tlien. said prnflly: "W here Us it, l-oy?" All eyes were riveteil upon Toby and tlie tall serpeant at the door prinned his delipht. "Aren't you poiup to ten?"demaitlctl ("ornwallis. "Why should I? If you found the powder you would use it apainst ien. Washington." "Of course we would! That would le pay i up the reliels back in tlieirown coin." "Then," said Toby, resolutely, "you can po out ami find the powder." The face of ("ornwallis flushed for a moment his eyes seemed to flasii. "Ik you know who I am, boy ?" he ex claimed. "Yes. sir you are Oen. ("ornwallis. "I am. I command this army and serve the kinp. I hold your fate in my hands, you up sir, and unless you till where the reliels hid their liowdor last nipht you are liable to severe pui.ish ment." "1 cannot do that, peneral," said Toby, resolved to keep his secret at all haz ards. "I promised " "What's a promise ton rolol?" int r rupted the Kritish cnief. "Come. sir. We can't wait all day on you. You are delayinp the advance of my army and you must tell." "I refuse to tel" you. sir. There!" "This is treason of the depest. dye!" exclaimed ('ornwallis. "I never saw niiythinp like it and from a loy, too." "This is too much." ventured one of the other officers in a. lowered voice. "You should discipline, the younp rebel, my hrd." "Just what I am poinp to do. Ileie serpeant. Take the prisoner ami sec that he is puarded till nipht. If he Mill refuses to disclose the hiilinp place oi" this reliel powder you wil! stand him up In-fore six soldiers and se; that the miKskets are loaded v. Ith luill." 'Louy was escorted to the only empty house in the hunilet, an old stone atTujr with a claplior.rd roof ami one little window which had lieen loardMl up. Nearly all day the KritisJi force fol lowed throuph the villape on its march after Washinpton's retn-atinp army. All ctay a tall, pruff sentry pat-l upand down in front of Toby's prison. Kvery now and then he looked in to s-e that "rebel brat" was safe and each time he caupht the resolute look Oi tlie 1k,v st cofilinetl I n't ween the four walls. 'Why don't you make a clean breast of it, loy V" said the puard toward even inp. "I am not a tory, sir," camethequ-ck answer. "Tory or not, it liehooves you to II where the rclel vowtler is. You know t he ortlers." Toby turned nway and went over to the other hide of the old house, where he remained, lookiibp defiantly at the (ruard. who thoupht him one of tl.e "stublioriM'st rebels" he had ever set n. Nipht. (-.line at last, tJirowinp her sable Kill over the memorable lit It? place. The h.st detnehment of the Kritish army hail vanished, but 2 men re mained lie-hind to take care of J he Ikiv, safe in their clutches, More than once since sundown Toby was viwited and urped to lrtray the hidinp place of (Sen. Washinpton's a.iiuiiuiiiUoii; but to all the pleadinps and tliretUs he turmui a deaf e:rr, and was heartily cursed for his refusal. "We will quit here at nine o'chx-k," said the serpeant, at last, "It is tlie last moment of prace you have, boy." It was seven, tiien. Toby listened to the retreatinp foot steps of the serpiant, and then the puard resumed hist ramp iu front of the old stone pile. "This is Abner Kryant's work," sail the little prisoner to himself. "He is mad lieoause they watched his house, and diil not pive him a- chance to tell ("ornwallis where the powder was buried, lie t.ike this plan to l-come a hero in CoruwaJlis eye and to show this Kritish commander tlrat he is loyal to the Kinp. Never mind. Abner. We may In- pi i I s one of t hose days, and you may n i .land quite so hiph in the es timation of Kinp Oeorpe's poneml! It w;is almost nine o'clock w hen the serpeant- !ri -w up his squad and saw that their muskets were loaded with ball. Abner Kryant and the other tones of tin- croroads stood off u little dis tance and witnessel this ceremony. "He'll tell." said tlie h"ad tory. "Taf lioy will weaken at the last moment, and when the rear-puard lenvts us they'll take the reliel oder a1nr." "Certainly. His mother understands this, for she won't shed a tear, you know." "There they po now. Tlie serpecuit is poinp to carry out his orders if the little relcl still remains defiant." "In front of the Mone. house the de tachment liaJt.-d and the sentry saluted. "It is nine o'olock," Maid the serpeant. The serpeant unlocked the door, tl.e key pratjnp harshly in the rusty ad lock. and tlie next moment Ik- looked in and called for Toby. There was no reply, and the soldier went inside. A moment's pianee seemed sufficient. "There's a hole in the roof!" cried he. "A hole in the roof ?" echoed haJf a doM-ii voices, "l'.rinp a lipht. Quick! The little scamp has osoaed." The utmost confusion reipned. A lipht was broupht and revealed the interior of the stone pile; a loose dap- lioard in the roof told that the little reln-1 had actually taken flipht. and the white-fsiocd sentry seemed ready to fall on his knees with fear. "He was here ten minutes apo. I heard him," he nianaped to say. "And ten minutes to him meant a preat deal. He can run like a deer," put in Abner Kryant. "It seems to me I heard a horse cross the bridpe a little while apo." remarked another and then the soldiers soparat.-tl. The serpeant and one other hastened to Toby's home and searched it. Abner Kryant ran home to pet out his l-st horse, but a startlinp discovery awaited him. The "lest horse" was pone. The excitement that followed Tobs esca pe was intense. The j Kit riots of t iie hamlet secretly rejoiced, while the t hree tories bit their lijw with ehaprin. Some mouths later Abner Kryant re ceived a letter exploitinp the pol qualities of his missinp horse and thank inp him for t he use of it. Tlie letter was sipned "Toby Travers." and the enraped tory tore it up and threw it into the fire. What lieeame of the little rebel of the cross-roads ? The day after the surrender at York town he was the lenrer of a messape from Washinpton to Corn wall is and the defeated peneral looked at him with a preat deal of curiosity. "We have met liefore, my lord." said Copt. Toby, with a Imw. "I've lM-en thinkinp as much," an swered Corn wall is, "but just now I can not place you." "I'm the Jersey hoy who wouldn't be tray the hidinp place of the patriot powder." A flush came to the Kriton's face, and he turned it away. Tut the next mo ment, he turned suddenly to the younp captain: "We've heard from that imwder since. I understand tliat a lot of relwl afterward unearthed it and used some of it apainst us in the siope of York town." he said, with a smile. "Your peneral nearly lost a younp captain that time; but I eomniend yotireniiraw on that occasion. Y'ou deserve to lie made a major." It was the proudest moment in Capt. Toby's life, and thr next proudest was when he went lack to the little hamlet and turned over to Abner Kryant l.is black horse which had carried him to safety on the most exeiitful nipht in his history. Denver I republican. tnineen'a Hommllr irreaponiene. One pleasinp feature of the pi-n's bnsv life is the keepinp up with her ow n hand of a-corrosiondenee w it h all her children and prandchildren. be sides many other relatives anil dear friends, such as, in the latter ease. ox-Kmprcss-Kiir'-enie. This eorresond ciioe is particularly larpe when she is. as at present, in retirement in her II iep land lsmie. Perliops the most in'erest inp letter her majesty ever ienned was that written to the prince of Wale, many years ajti announcinp his eman cipation from jvarental authority and control, when, after wmiiifT him rpainst flatterers, she Mated that she would never intrude any advice ii4on him. nllhoitfli fh would ever lx ready to pive it whenever he should think fit to seek it. . IU UUY IHl t-OPE A CITY. ( ouHtantint.pl.. More Than Kome, la IJ ka-lj to lie l-nrcluuted. It is st-ppested that the Koman Catho lics of Christendom r.hajl sulrscriltc $1. (MHi,HMi,(N'0 to buy Koine and a nea.'-'.y scaport for the hih-, says Harp)'. Weekly. The U lief is expressed that the Italian pov rnment m'pht sell the projiorty withou. serious tletrimen. to its political iuteprity aud that the money could 1- ush1 to preat advantape ir. rclieiii.p Italy of iart of the buiden of her public th l.t. It is not proj-osed to turn tit r I ae pi ineipal to the venders, but to j !:n" it in trust, and to pay its ai t- iial n :y v lurt'i- i A .1" there :. It)i;-"it I ":: ; the a :- io-ei's into the Italian trraa- : ?!'' s the pope remains uni! i:i the pa; :d territory. "an is a very pretty one and re those who think the. mo:iey ! e ra:?-eil a-.id that Kinp Ilum I'ott'i: Hu rt would appreciate aiite;. .i of such a larpain. Kut !ioi..e l.t- the Inst lurchase the ..i:M m:d-e with the money? v. i.i.lil S:ike him vastly oh,-a(er e I't.i put privilopes on Ijike ii. I ut sl-.e could not enpape to :r ii iiiiari-hof an American tow n iii:y price. Kut there is Con- an excellent, citv. wl.eie v Ollill In' i ("it "cap :: ! -' i".c::" ii .:!. :i ship .:l stant'i I-'. - c !:;ie liied lief.ire, full of readv- insid.- '. !inrcl.es built by Christians and n - ripe now for reoonsecration. C n. tantinople seems liable to come into the market any day. If tlie pope cou! ! buy it of the sultan that would lie a den! worth siiliscribinp to and w.-.rth tuminp a pape of history to record. .i SCIENTIFIC REASON GIVEN Wkj the Kj - of a. IalntMt Portrait Fol low the CllMkerver. WoIIaston's curious tliscovery was that by addinp to each air of eyes a, nose dir'tel to the ripht or the left, tlie eyes lot- their front direction, ind look t- the ripht. or left. a-eordiiip to the direction of the nose. Ky means of a flap representitip the lower features in a different Hsition. as Dr. Wolla-ton. remarks, "a lost look of devout alistrae tion in an uplifted countenance of in quisitive archness in the leer of a younper face turned downward aud ob liquely toward the opjiosite side." As by chanpinp the direction of the lower features we chappe the direction of the eyes, says Notes and Querie.-:. nt by chanpinp our -osition, the eyeof the tortrait apparently follows us. If a vertical line Ik- drawn throuph thj tip of the nose and half way Itetween the eyes, there will le t he same breadth of head, of click, of chin and of neck on each siile of this miildle line, and each iris will lie in the piiMie of 1 he whole eye. If we now move to one side, the apparent horizontal breadth of every irt of the h.-ail aixl face will lie di-mini'-heil. but the parts on each side of the i i. b ! K- line w ill la- iliuiinished equal ly, and at any position, however ohliqne. there will le the same breadth of fate on each side of the middle line, ami the iris will lie iu the center of the whole of tlie eyeliall. so that, lreinp on a flat surface, the iris will lie seen in front of the picture or obliquely. . . " Arrldent Htoriea. It is characteristic of the perversity of human intelligence to find the most amusinp thinps in tlie midst of tiia most serious circumstances such aa railroad accidents, for instance. It ia related that a solemn-faced Yankeei woman was once ridinp on the train, from Krooktield to Stamford. Conn. Stimewhere lietween the tvvo sJat-ions the track sproail. and tlie train rolled down an emliankment. The solemn-faced lady crawled from lx-neath the wreekape, and asked of a broken-lopped man who was near: "Is this Stamford?" "No. ma'am." the man pasped. "this is a catastrophe!" "Oh. dear!" she answered, "then I hadn't ouphter pot off here, had 1?" This anecdote is much. like a still older one which, in its oripinal and proper form, came from Scotland. An old Scottish woman was takinp ber first journey, to the very next station, on a railroad train. On the way a switch was left open, and the train went into the ditch with a crash. As soon as the old woman could re pain her senses and her tonpue. sJie called out to tlie puard, who happened to le on the same wrecked car: "And do they aye whummle ua oot like that?" Youth's Companion. Ber Lover I ndcrntood- A Lancashire lady has lieen relating" a rather pretty story about a factory pirl's way of answering- a rnarriape pro posal made to her. . "The younp woman could not write or read writinp, ami one day ahe broupht a letter to me to read for her. It contained an offer of marriape. "I happened to know that the writer was a deservinp younp artisan, so I said to her: '.Now, you must consider this matter very seriously, and if you Like to come to me w hen you have made up your mind I w ill w rite a reply for you. "A day or two afterward I met the p:tl apain and asked her if she wanted, ine to answer the letter for her. Oh. that is all ripht, said she, lookiup ra diant and pleased. 'I've settled it. I answered it myself. "Why, how did you do it? I asked. "And then she told me that she could make a capital T and that she stuck on the pajier a piece of wool after it for w ull I wool.' "Pearson's Week ly. SAID BY THE SCIENTISTS. Aluminum shonld always be used alone and pure, as it readily formif'i tric couples with every other metal, and is then easily attacked by water. Lyell. the pvolopist, say 6: At a peri od comparatively recent all that jor tion of the I'nitcd State south of the Klack Hills was under from 500 to VOO feet of water. Without solar fire we could have uo atmospheric vapor, without vapor no clouds, without clouds no i.now and without snow no placiers. Curious then, as the conclusion may lie, t he cold ice of the AIis has its oripin in the lreat of the suu. The preatest depth, writes Prof. Sec ley in his "Story of the Earth." at which earthquakes are known to orig inate is aliout 3o miles. It has also been calculated that a bent sufficient to melt pratiite mipht occur at about the same dept h. II I
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