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niUNKMN HOUSK,
KAST WtilSSfOKT, l'KNN'A.
Thin hnuso oilers first-class accommodations to
In- permanent boarder and trnnMent guest,
l'milc prices, only One Dollar per day.
iiiK7-iy JoiIN Hitman, Proprietor,
Oscar Christman,
' WEIbSI'ORT, PA.
Livery am? Exchange Stable).
juny rldlntrUTlagei and safe driving horses,
llest accommodations to agents and travellers
Mull and telegraph orders promptly attended to.
(live me a trial. tiiav2t-lj
The - Weissport - Bakery,
0. W. I.AUltY. VltOl'IUKTPH.
Delivers l'resli llread and Oakcs In Wcmport,
l.eniK
In the store
LehlKlitoii and vicinities every nay.
tore 1 nave a ! ine Line oi i niueiinmi-i j
nrtlie Holiday Trade
Snnitay selinolmiiid fes-
v.ils supplied at lowest prices. deos-oni.
Mprter for CARRIAGES
Hanky CllRTSTMAN
AT Til K
Fort Allen llouso, Woisspnrt,
Hells the l'opul.ir and Celebrated
Burlington O and O York
single and wzlv carbi&qes
At prices that are considerably less than compe
tition. I have, all sljles and qualities
which t wish yon would not f.ill ;to Inspect
before, making purchases. niayll-3in
FOR FRESH
OYSTERS AND FISH
GO TO
O. J. Seager's
East Weissport, Pa.
Stock is always Fresh. Tt will
pay hucksters and other dealers
to leave their orders witli us and
save freight. Pricer the very
lowest. g3,Give us a call.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
WE'RE ALIVE,
Our Story's Short.
Weliave'ntgot the 111(10 158 f STOCK of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Provis
ions, Notions, Boots and
hoos.Tobacco, Cigars,
&c, &c, &c,
In the Lehigh Valley, but. we have, an Klegant
Assortment Just the same, and the prices are
marked way down below tho great majority ot
our competitors, and that's what suits you be
cause QUALITY Is the BEST and the I'ltlOltS
are always. I UST ItlflHT. Our stock Is entire'
y New. Fresh, Clean, Complete and Handsome,
no we. take pleasure In asking the people of
Weissport and the surrounding community to
call and Inspect our assoitment ol general store
goods. Respectively,
A. W. MARSH,
Post-OHlco. Weissport, Pa
Over Canal Brito E. Weissport
UNDERTAKER
AND DKAI.lv 11 IN
FURNITURE,
PARLOR SUITES,
BED ROOM SUITES
., u. l'rlces the very lowest, Quality of
goods the. best, Satisfaction guaranteed In
every particular'.
Caskets, Gofttns and Shrouds
V have a full line which wo will furnish
the lqwest possible pi Ices.
Flour, Feed, &c,
Of the choicest quality at very reasonable price
fall and b convinced.
JOSEPH TP. REX,
AnrHly I'-AHT WUIKrtl'OHT.
AL. CAMPBELL
Jeweler anil Walclnato,
Bank Street, Lohighton, Penna,
Kespecltnlly Invites the attention of his friend
HUUII1B CllleilY geuenuiy I" iiiiliirii-,ti
new stock ot
Watches, Clocks,
Silverware, Jewely,
at Prices lhatdefv comietltlnn. It will nav you
o call and inspect my stock before purchasing
enewuere.
BEPATRING
Promptly done at lowest charge, nnd nil work
guaranteed.
Don't Fonet llic Place.
SIGN OP THE BIG WAT OH,
Bank St Lehighton.
Dec 1 197.
mm
C- - A
D. J. KISTLER
Rasecttully announces to lite public that lie
opened a NEW l.lVltltY STAIII.K.uml (bat I
I to'lu
t lie has
mt lH Im
i aw oreiiared to funtllh Teams fnr ItaitMmln
WedU'iiKiot HulueiMTrlH on the slHtrtmt no
Ice, an t must liberal terms. Orders left nt the
i aruou mm.se" win receive prompt uiitMition.
81 ARMS ON NORTH 8THKKT.
neittha HoM, UdilKHtOH. lanMu-
A the freshest county news in
this paper. Read it.
Josopli Fa Si6
ami
$1.00 a Year in Advance. INDEPENDENT-" Live and Let Live7 $1 .28 when not paid in Advance.
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VOL. XVIII..' No 23 ; Lohighton, Oarbon Oonnty, Penna. April 19, 1890. sfngldtabpies 5 Cents
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Rheumatism,
BEING dtlo to the presence ol urio
acid in the blood, is most effectually
cared by the use ot Ayor's Sarsapa-
rllla. lie sure yon get Ayer s and no
other, and take it till the poisonous
odd is thoroughly expelled from tho
system. We challenge attention to this
testimony :
"About two Tears oco. alter stiff crincr"
for nearly two years from iheurnatio
;oui, uoing aDie 10 wane oniy wim great
Usconifort. nnd having tried various
remedies, Including mineral waters,
wunout renoi, j. saw uy an auvertisc
mcnt in a Chicago paper that a man had
been relieved ot this distressing com
plaint, after long suffering, by taking
Aycr's Snrsaparlllo. I then decided to
make a trial ot this medicine, and took
It regularly for eight months, and am
pleased to stato that it has effected a
complete cure. I have since had no re
turn of the disease." Mrs, E. Irving
Dodge, 110 West 125th St., New York.
"One year ago I was taken ill with
Inflammatory rheumatism, being con-
nnea to my nouse six mourns, x cuiuo
out of tho Blckness vpry much debili
tated, with no appetite, and my system
disordered in every way. I commenced
using Ayor's tsnrsapanua onu, uegan, to
Imnrnvn n. nnrfi. PAlnlfJff in strength.
nd soon recovering my usual health.
I cannot say too mucu in praise 01 wis
well-known medicine." Mrs. L. A.
Stark, Nashua, N. II.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
f rniPAniD bt
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mast.
rrlce t ; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottle.
Professional & Business Carfls.
W. M. Rapsh'er,
TTORNKY ano COUNSfiLtOR AT T,AW.
First door above the Mansion House,
MAUCII CHUNK, .... PENN'A.
teal Kstate and Collection Aceiicy. Will Buy
nil nmii iri.iii ireT'iin I 'jiiiTpmnp iff nnni iv finni
ollections promptly made. Settllnff Kstntesof
iiecnents a specially. Jiiay oe coiisiuieu in
Kneii.sn aim uennaii. nor. -'-vi
W. G. Me. Soiple,
l-HYSICIAN AND BHllGEON,
SOUTH STItEET, - - LEHIOHTON.
Mnv ennsiittiMl In Kncrllsh nnd flprmnn.
necliil attention given to (Ivnecoloirv.
OFKinc llnttits: From 12 M. to 2 P. M.. nnd
nun (i lo l'. ai mar. ai-vi
DR. G. T. FOX,
172 Main Street, Bath, Pa.
AT KASTO.V, SWAN IIDTKL, TUKSPAVS.
AT ALl.KNTOWN, KAOI.K ltOTKI., TllUltSnAY
AT IIAsnOR. UROAI1WAY 1IOU8K, .1U1NIIAVH.
KT I1ATII. WKDNKSIUVH AN11 HATUIIItAYH.
( (nice Hours Fi om 9 a. m. to 4 n. ni. l'mctlce
iimiieu to aiseases in mo
Cn C -, i llnrsn Q TLi
LVS.lLar, INOScCt I PrOal
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Ur. n. b. ntillMUrl L.
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ttnulunto of riillrt, Dental CoHprp.
DENTISTRY !
IN AM, ITS ItltANCIlKS.
'crscryatioii of the Teetli a Snecialty.
()FFICK llOUitSi From 8 a. in. to r. p. m.
OAK HALL, Market Square, Mauch Chunk.
llllANOlt OFFICE:
BAST - MAUOH - CHUNK,
Two Doors Nortlut Post-Office.
OFFICK llOUltS: 7 lo ilii. m. and n to 7 p. m.
Aprii2s-;ini'
ncu Oitfick : Over .1. W. Itaudenbush'
Liquor Store,
J1ANK STRE15T, LEUIOHTON.
fentlstrvin all Us branches. Teeth Extracted
without l'alii. (las administered when requested.
Olllce Ii.iys wisur.iA oi eacu wrin.
. I). aildtcss, AM.F.NTOWN,
3-yl Lelilsh county. Ta.
F. 1. SMITH, D. D. S.,
Olllce opposite the Oiiera House.
Hank Street, Xehirhton, Pn.
DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS I1KANCHF.S.
FIHiiiK aud maklii" artificial dentures a speclal
lv. Iuuil niiesthetlcs used.
tlas administered and Teeth FMracted WITH-
iiirr i'aih.
OFFIOH HOUltSi-From 8 . m., to 12 m., from
I p. in., to u p. in., irom 7 p. in., u s p. in.
Consultations In Knsllshor (Jermaii
onico Hours at llazlvton Every Saturday.
Oct 15-87 lv
DENTISTRY,
Dr. J. A. Mayer &Scn.
Br. GEORGE H. MAYER,
a (Iraduate from the Dental Department ot the
Ilulvcndty of 1'emisylvutiln.
has opened an oftlce In the same building with
ins miner, second uoor ill me nay window.
U) llltOADWAY, MAUCII CHUNK, l'A.,
and Is now prepared to receive every one in ueed
of tlrstH'lass ueiitul service. lune 8-80-tf
MANSION HOUSE
Opposite L. fc S. Depot,
RANK STREET, - - LEUIOHTON,
O. II. HUM, ritOI'UIETOR.
I1il douse offers flrst-elass accommodations for
iraiisieut and permanent boarders. It has been
newly retlltedln alllUdeitrtnieiits,and Is locat
ed In one of the most picturesque portions of the
bqrmigh. Tumi moderate. tWThebARIs
ill ppl Fill with 'he choicest Wines, Liquors aud
flairs, rresu imcron inn, aprii-yi
FRANK P. DIEHL,
NORTH STREET,
Practical Blacksmith Horseshoer
It prepared to do at work In Ids Hue
Ill the best manner nnd ut thainwAa,
PACKER-TON HOTEL.
Slldway between Maucd Chunk Lenlghton,
i. ii. ii. nnai, rroprietnr.
PAOIfBRTON, - . . Punka
This well-known Hotel It ndmirablyrentted, and
has the best ueoouimodatlnns for iermaiieut and
transient boarders. KxeWleut Tables aud the
rery own Liquors, ninnies attached. tan5-yl
SHOEMAKER'S
Horse aatlleRowder.
Joshua Shoemaker, Proprietor
OIIKURYVILLK. 1'. O.. Nortliampumeo..
1 .rtu.3(,l.r?ril!S:.!.?,WM.i'!,0,,r''.
yiwonsful May. For a Cow t tJrui
ol tue late lu II o WfiaJLTaudT.Thi JJZliZ
tOrl UIM miUiiVr la lirMikUrta.1 t.
article, (lustra 1 ittuve natural
S. Rabenold, D. D. S
MY FRIEND.
Not h who presses closelyito ray (Id.
wnn ion una smile onme ud Joy Is nun j
not tie wt brings lilalaurel nnr to twine
Among the ilowera with: which Fame decks hU
bride;
Not he whotnames my sameia conscious pride.
Ana ixwtjwith derotoes about my sbrine.
Eager In ray love nosarr to shines
Not he! NMjono like hUwshall not abide.
But be whotbolds me fasttthrough grief and pain.
Thougnnroublevdeenenlaiid disgrace portend.
Through hame of poverty, through men's dU-
aatu
Oheentngane qrtjaud ready to defend
My lif efroni pqrtl'or my name from stain,
uravuiff lao.rona tor mo; qu i my inena.
Enuria C. Dowd In utUord'a Magaune.
LOSTIN THE COMSTOCK.
Theytwere talklne about tho recent
miningdisaster at San Lcnndro that
broughttho conversation'around to min
ing nocrdents generally, and filially one
ot thorpnrty recalled tho Conistock horror
of two years ago, when a cavo in the
Gauldi& Curry buried nlno men alivo.
"I lmd a pretty ugly experience In the
mines. myself eight years ago," Bald one
of tho party, an cx-Nevadan.
"I was a boy of fourteen or fifteen
then, with about as little sense of pru
denoe as most boys of that age, and I
had a chum about as old who was as
careless as myself.
'Wo lived toward the north end of
Virginia City, and had a big back yard
In which we always planned our expe
ditions. One day, in poking around that
big yard, we found near an old shed a
big Iron ring. This was fastened to a
heavy plank cover tliat hid the mouth of
an old shaft. This cover was hidden by
a couple of inches of dirt.
"When the first big excitement struck
tho Comstock everybody went to digging,
and now the whole side ot Mount David
son is as full of abandoned shafts as a
Swiss checso is of holes. Within the
town limits all tho abandoned shafts are
filled up or covered so as to keep belated
pedestrians out of them. The mine we
discovered in the corner of the yard had
been too extensively worked to allow of
Its being filled up, and therefore had been
covered up as described.
"We didn't lose much time in prying
up that cover and beginning the explora
tion of what wo found. The shaft was
evidently nn upraise from somo drift of
the lower mines, for it went down at an
angle of about forty-five degrees. As
soon as we had descended fifty feet we
saw that the workings hod been very ex
tensive indeed, for drifts and winzes
wentofl from the main shaft in every
direction. We went Into several of these,
I.... .w-i . i u.
cave, for tho workings were very old,
Rnmn olirrr1a a nt vilr a Mint nm (ltrusn.
WV,UU VIII UUU VtW IIU UUvVI'
erod wero nlm08t ene WH' rust, and
tho timhpi-A wlipro thnv ntl
the timbers where they still stood were
bent und crushed and rotten. By guarded
inquiries we found that it was in the
ground of the Ophlr Mining company,
and a drift had probably been extended
to this place In an attempt to striko a
ledge to the west. We knew that the
old workings must connect with it some
where, for the air was good and there
was a steady up draught.
"Finally, the idea took possession of
us to go from our mine into some of the
working ones and come up that way.
"Tuo Andes shaft was only a few hun
dred yards from our mine, and we knew
they must bo connected. We knew
enough about the mines to take what we
thought were sufficient precautions
against getting lost. The grain of the
rock showed us the directions as surely
as a compass, so we were not at all ap
prehensive. We thought that we might
be down for several hours, however, and
so took along a number of extra candles
and some lunch.
' 'Thus fixed wo began to clamber down
the old shaft. A hundred feet below the
surface we found some more drifts, and
spent an hour or so in them, but all were
either blocked with caves or else stopped
in tno soiia porphyry, bo we had to go
on olamberlng down tho inolino.
"Ben was ahead, and I saw him stop,
and then he shouted back to me:
" 'This is the bottom.
"He Btood clear of the walls and lifted
up hia candle to examine the place.
" 'xliis is tho bottom,' he repeated.
"Are you sure," I called back.
"Yes; I"
"I saw liia candle disappear amid a
crash. lie called to me that It was all
right and to come down, and I cautiously
followed, though I could not see his light
anywhere. Soon I' found out what was
the matter. The miners had built a plat
form across he shaft, probably to pre
vent things from rolling down, and my
companion's weight hod broken through
the planks that had been placed In posi
tion so long before. He had only slid a,
few yards down the incline, and, barring
a few scratches, was unhurt. A very
Jg a gag wp
started off to explore the tunnels. After
following a crooked old tunnel we came
to a point where It forked.
"We entered the left hand tunnel, but
found that it extended less than twenty
yards. When wo came to a standstill
against the wall of rock, Ben put his
candle close to the wall to observo the
grain of the porphyry. He made an ox
clamntion of surprise. By the grain of
the rock we had been traveling almost
north, when we thought wo were mak
good progress to the south. When or
how we had got 'turned around' we
could not tell, but there was no pons!
bility of doubt about It.
'We lost no time in retracing our
steps, but to our surprise, when we came
to the crooked tunnel again, we saw the
mouths of three drifts instead of two,
We took the tunnel that led to the right,
and wero gratified to find that it turned
to tho south after a fow yards. It ended
in an incline something like tho one by
which we nad entered the mine. Down
this went Ben, while I waited above, so
as to be able to direct him book with ray
voice, boon I nearti mm calling to me,
and 1 followed.
" 'Look here,' ad Bei), putting his
candle close to a clammy timber,
"I looked and saw a ohalk mark.
'"We've gone round in a circle some-
bow,' said Ben. 'There is the wheel-
barrow you fell over. Wo luid better
follow our marks back and try it again,
lotno other time.
"I was willing, and we walked bock,
occasionally stopping to see the marks
on the timbers,
" 'I didn't notice those thlngu before.
did your said my companion, as we
passed half a dozen rdsty picks that
must have been lying there a decade, at
least.
I liaUn't noticed theiu either, and
I . -
oou w0 bumpea our heads against an old
lantern winging from' the top of the
drift. W hadn't matthat Ufore. Then
aiTmu
we saw more unramiuar tnmgs, ana wo
notloed that there was water beside the
old car track, while the drifts by whloli
we had come were all dry as a bono. Wo
looked at one another, and evidently the
fame thought passed through both our
minds, but we kept on, and soon our
fears wero realized. The tunnel ended
at what had been years beforo a cooling
station, a place where the miners ate
their lunch and rested and cooled off
when they were working in the neigh
boring drifts. We had followed somo
one else's chalk marks, and wo hod now
no idea of our whereabout)).
" 'Wo can't get out the way we came,'
said Ben, 'and no work is being done In
the upper levels, so what we've got to
do is to get down as faros we oan, and
we're bound to run across some miners,'
Then we began trying to find ourselves
We took the nearest tunnel and followed
It until we came to a shaft with ladders
In it. These ladders wore crumbling and
had evidently not been uwxl for years,
but we were not heavy and they did not
break. Down wo climbed to another
level. This we followed as before.
Whenever we came to a shaft we threw
a fragment of rock down to ascertain
how deep it was. Then wo would climb
down as far as wo could. We had just
reached one level when arushinsr sound
"broke the stillness. The noise startled,
us for an instant, but hurrying ahead
wo saw hundreds of rats coming out of
a small tunnel, at the mouth of which
stood a moldering old ore car.
"This cheered us, for we decided that
men mubt frequent somo place near
there or the rats, which in the mines lire
on tho remains of the miners' lunches,
could get nothing to cat. But though
we hunted until we had to stop and cry
again we could find no one. Down an
inolino we went and struck a tunnol that
had evidently been used more lately than
the others. As we turned into it wo saw
a spark away off. Soon wo saw that it
was a candle carried by a miner. We
let out a shout, but to our amazement
and horror the miner dropped his candle
and ran as if forty devils were ohasing
him. We hurried after him and picked
up his candle, but ho must have turned
into some other drift, for we could not
find him, and our weary search soon be-!
came as hopeless as before. We had by
this time been in tho mines a good many
hours and had cried ourselves sick. No
matter which way we turned there were
the same dead cold walls of rook. Tho
passages were endless; they seemed to
lead nowhere. We passed several old
cooling stations, and at last we got to one
and stopped. We were utterly exhaust
ed, and with all our misery choking us
we swallowed some of our lunch, blew
out our candles and, holding each other's
hands, fell asleep,
"I remember that my last thought be
fore I became unconscious was that a
long time afterward they would find our
bodies, and I think I even composed my
face and arranged my limbs so as to
make a more effective corpse. Nothing
about this struck me as being funny. In
deed, I fell asleep crying. We must
have slept a good many hours, and my
next recollection is of our lying there to
gether, sobbing, in tho dense darkness.-
Suddenly I becamo conscious of n low,
continued roar as of water running a long
way off. .My companion heard it and
we listened, dully wondering what it
could be. We finally lit a candle, ate the
lost of our lunch and started to find out.
We had both been down the mines fre
quently before and' had 'no fear of the
darkness or the rats, so wo went without
hesitatibn. It was not hard to follow the
noise. Along tunnels, down short up
raises and up inclines we went until we
struck, one corridor. We followed on to
ward the noise. It was louder hare, and
as we advanced it grew Into a perfect
roar that filled the tunneL
"Soon we ran into a wall of wood, from
behind wbioh the noise came. AVe peered
through a chink in the plank partition
and saw a broad moving line. It was the
cable that hoists the cage, and that is
what made the noise. Wo -watched
through the chink in the boards until we
saw a cage loaded with rock go up, and
then begun to think how wo could reach
the point from which tho cage had start-
We knew that wo were vory far
underground, for the rocks that we'
threw down the frequent shafts splashed
in tho water at the bottom, so wo did not
attempt to climb to the top. It was not
long before we found a deep shaft, and
down that we clambered. As we n eared
the bottom we heard another rumbling
an ore car running along the tramway.
Wo shouted as wo went down the lad
ders, and the carman answered our cry.
Soon we were standing by him, while he
looked us pvef with wonder.
' 'Where are we? we both shouted, as
soon as we could speak.
" 'This is the fiftcen-hundred-foot level
of the Crown Point,' he answered.
"We had gone a mile and a half under
the ground and nearly a third of a mild
down. We were sick and bruised and
hungry, and our clothes were torn al
most off us. It was 10 o'clock In the
morning when we entered the old in'
ollne, and it was nearly 4 o'clock the next
morning when the carman found us. In
no time at all we hod been fed and sent
in charge of a miner on the cage to day
light again." San Francisco Examiner,
It Might Pay.
Great Editor (meditatively) I wonder.
if it wouldn't pay far us to start a rellgi
lous department In our Sunday edition,
Managing tattor it might. I ve got
scran book at home full of Bret rate
Jokes about bishops. New York weekly,
How Walters Grow Illch.
I am informed that Mrs. Ladenburg
intends to distinguish herself by silently
effecting a relief from an evil that has
gradually grown into monstrous propor
tlons in society.
The growing extortion of waiters at
our fashionable entertainments is a mat'
ter that has lately assumed such a gulso
that if Mrs. Ladenbiirg litis really taken up
the cause of her friends, against the lm
position of the waiters, she will be hailed
as a crusader of not less courage than
Ccaur de Lion.
At present it is impossible to get served
at a ball without paying a week's wages
to the garcon. At Sherry's, as at Del
monlco's, you are at the meroy of the
austere yet perspiring fraternity, who
only see a hungry guest through the
tibered density of a greenback. Alacrity
in service Is graduated according to the
size oi me lee.
At the last ifidriarohs' I gave my
waiter a dollar and made shift wjth cold
vlctusjswuut4pn one side of me. was
guest who for a five-dollar tin. farad
sumptuously, while on the other was a
brave but mistaken gentleman, who ig
nored the waiter's avatiotous.pfJw, and
was ignored by that functionary In re
turn. New York Truth.
THE GROWTH OF CLOCKS,
ANCIENTS.SCOREDT HE, HOURS WITH
WATER TIMEPIEpES.
Marvelous Itarelonmvnt of the Clock In.
diutrj in This Country Somo Famous
Old Clocks That Have Existed for Hun
dreds of JTears KIl 'Terry.
The dronnlnir of water throush a small
hole in a jar was used by the Greeks and
Romans as tho rough measure of time,
tho water .being either measured In the
jar from which it flowed or else by means
oi a Routing piece of wood In a receiving
jar. Occasionally some very wealthy
ancient Greek or Roman had a olcpsydra
mac sounaea a musical note at intervals
of an hour.
Tho story of King Alired and his twelve
candles, each of which burned for exact
ly two hours, is well known. Tho hour
glass is also of early date. AVe read that
In tho early history of New York the
soldiers used hour glasses when defend
ing the city In order that they should
know at what time to mount guard.
At what period in the world s historv
sun dials came into use it is impossible
even to conjecture. Tho Chaldeans were
nocustomed to hang a bead in a hollow
hemisphere in such position that tho
shadow thrown by the bead would polut
.directly to the hour, which was marked
on the inner side of the hemisphere.
l he old clock on the eastern end of
Faneuil hall, Boston, was formerly a dial.
OLD HOnOLOOE.
The word horologe (horolosia) means
hour teller, and -was in very early times
applied to any machine for telling the
hours. Previous to the discovery of the
pendulum these wero very unreliable af
fairs. The striking parts, however, of
those erected in Canterbury cathedral in
and at Westminster in 1288. and
many other places at these early dates,
are still in use.
The earliest known description of a
genuine horologe is that of ono sent by
the sultan of Egypt in 1332 to the Empe
ror Frederick II. "It resembled a celes
tial globe, in which the sun, moon and
planets moved, being impelled by weights
and wheels, so that they pointed out the
hour, day and night with certainty."
A horologe from Dover Castle was on
exhibition some years agoin London. It
bore the date 1348, and was exhibited in
good going condition.
THE FATHER OF CLOCK MAKING.
Ell Terry was tho father of the clock
making industry in this country. With
no implements but a jackknlfo and saw
he made the first clock at Terryville,
Litchfield county,
He began tho business in 1793. In the
year 1800 ho employed two young men
to help hiin. The works of his .clocks
were now cut out several dozen at a
time, owing to tho business becoming
rapidly enlarged. They were afterward
put together. Mr. Terry, when he had a
small stock of clocks ready, would make
a trip to what was then called "the now
country," just across the lower Hudson,
and sell,! the. clocks for about $23 each,
this price. being for the movement alone.
in 1U07 Mr. Terry fitted up a mill with
machinery and took a large contract to
make clocks for Waterbury capitalists.
in atjua ne oegan the works of CUO clocks
at once. Previous to this time the wheels
had been marked out with square and
compass and the teetli cut with a very
line saw. Mr. Terry made the patterns
and managed the business, but left his
workmen to -do the mechanical parte
and went himself from house to house to
peddle clocks. He often oarried back to
Terryville salt pork and farm produce in
payment for his timepieces. At that time
Mr. Terry was poor, but twenty-flve
years later ho was worth (200,000.
INCREASE OF THE BUSINESS.
The business was sold out in 1810 to
Beth Thomas and Silos Hoadloy, two of
Mr, Terry's leading mechanics, and Mr.
Torry devoted himself to inventions and
improvements. Other conoerns sprang
up about this time, and the price of
clocks was reduced from $25 to $10 and
o. The great family of Yankee clock
peddlers grow out of the competition of
the manufacturers, and with two orthree
clocks in their (Middle bags they started
out to the south and tho then far west.
The business was revolutionized in 1814
by an invention of Mr. Terry a shelf
clock of wood, which superseded the old
fashioned hang up clock. This clock was
patented nnd called the "pillar scroll top
case." Mr. Terry Bold his patent to Beth
Thomas for $1,000. Their incomes were
at this time from $10,000 to $20,000 a year
each. And together they made about
7,000 clocks yearly.
Shortly afterward Mr. Terry retired,
and, together with his sons, began the
manufacture of locks and iron castings.
None ot the family is now in the clock
business.
In 1839 the elder Seth Thomas died,
and his. elder son succeeded him. Mr.
Thomas became secretary ot the Seth
Thomas Clock company when it was. or-
ganized. He died In April, 1888. The
present treasurer ot tho company is his
only son, Seth E. Thomas.
There are several tower clocks in New
York none of which strike the hours. It
was at ono time usual to demand in a
tower clock a variation ot not more than
a minute a mouth. One in Independence
Hull hasnveraged a variation ot less than
a second a month. At Holyoke, Mass.,
the variation lias not exceeded two sec
onds a month. In making a sale now
ten seconds a month must be guaranteed,
William Gregory Hodson in San Fran
oisco Chronicle.
Care of llm Teeth.
A child's teetli should be confided to
the euro of a dentist while they are mak'
tng their appearance. If the dentist is
properly versed in his profession he
makes a record of the child's physical
tendencies as wen as me staie oi im den
tition, and to these notes ho adds from
time to time such variations as are signltl
cant; then he sends tor the child onoe a
month or once a year, according to lte
needs, and Is thus able to develop the
best teeth that are possible to the little
one 9 constitution or physical condition
New York Journal.
A rhntographle Marvel.
After an exposure of thirty-three min
utes, the aame instrument which renders
visible to tha human eye stars of the
fourteenth magnitude, which in th en
tire heavens would register about 44,000.
000 of stars, shows to the photographic
eye 134,000,000, and on an exposure of
one hour and twenty minutes would
throw before the astonished gaze of the
beltolder u luminous dust of 400,000,000
stars. Never before in the history of hu
inanity lias man poKMsed the power of
penetrating; so profoundly into the depths
of the IniluUe. -New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Three Times Deed.
Living in San Francisco today aro
two persons whose strange experiences
have long been a mystery to me. Two
years ago a Boston gentleman came out
to the coast. lie brought with hini his
companion, s young woman in the last
stages ot consumption. She was pretty
and talentetThnd ten years younger than
her escort.
One day heroompanlon was out ot tho
city. During his absenoe alio was taken
suddenly with a sinking spell and the
landlady became greatly alarmed. In
two hours tha Invalid was pronounced
dead by the ladles in the boarding house
who were in attendance upon her. As
tho day advanced the landlady, seeing
no signs of the gentleman's return, vis
ited an undertaker's near by and prep
arations wero made for laying out the
corpse.
The body was cold and stiff when the
undertaker arrived. He viewed the
corpse and went book to his shop for his
assistant. During his absenoe tho miss
ing companion of the dead young woman
arrived upon the scene. It was now
about 4 o'clock in tha afternoon. Upon
being informed of her death five hours
before the gentleman uttered an exclam
ation of surprise. Then rushing up to
the room where the body lay he closed
the door behind him and turned the key.
When the undertaker returned he was
refused admission. Two hours after the
gentleman emerged from the room and
ordered two suppers sent lo the apart
ment. Later tho young lady was seen sitting
upright in bed, eating heartily. Her com
panion had brought her book to life by a
method of rubbing and physical manipu
lation known only to himself. Twice
after this he repeated tho performance.
Three times to my knowledge has this
young man brought the young woman
back from the dead. She lives here to
day, still an invalid, and is liable to die
again at almost any moment, Cor.
Washington Post.
Stationary Traveling.
Thoreau believed, or sometimes talked
as if he believed, that everything was to
be found in Concord. There was no
great occasion for traveling, he thought.
u you really needed to see anything, you
had only to stay at home, and in due
time it would coma to you.
1 his was somewhat whimsical, and no
one was better aware of the fact than
Thoreau himself, who loved a paradox; as
other men love a dinner. But one of our
exchanges knows of a man who seems! to
have been a pretty wide traveler without
ever having been away from home.
He has lived in two states, in threa
counties and In three, towns, and yet he
has always lived where ho was born,
The facts of the case are these:
Charles Graham was born In the state
of Massachusetts, town of New Vine
yard, and county of Kennebec, the 28th
day of May, 1810. In 1820 that part of
Massachusetts was incorporated or set off
as Maine. He still lived in New Vine
yard, Kennobeo county, but in Maine In
stead of in Massachusetts.
Then his part of New Vineyard was
eot off into the town of Industry, Somer
set county. When Franklin county was
incorporated, Industry was set off as a
part of it. In 18S0 the part of Industry
where he lived was again set oft Into, the
town of Farmington, So Mr. Graham,
who is 70 years old, has lived succes
sively in Massachusetts and in Maino, in
Kennebec, Somerset and Franklin coun
ties, and Jn the towns of New Vineyard,
Industry and Farmington, and all the
time on the same farm, Youth s Com
panion, lie Lost the' Diamonds.
A leading Detroit business man line
given his wife .diamonds in eardrops,
rings and bracelet amounting to between
$3,000 and $6,000. The lady occasionally
becomes distrustful of her ability to take
care of them and turns them over to hot
husband's keeping.
He had been carrying them in his vest
pocket for three or four days, when one
Sunday ho wanted his horse in a hurry,
and in tha absence ot his man went out
to the barn to hitch it up himself. Ho
pulled off his coat and in the effort of
putting on tho horse's collar must some
how have turned out the contents of hi(
vest pocket.
At any rate, that night, on retiring, he
bethought him of the diamonds, and lo!
they were missing. Ho at once tele
phoned police headquarters and put forth
every effort to find them, A couple ol
days passed, and no returns coming in,
it occurred to him that he might possi
bly have lost them in the barn. A hunt
in the straw on the floor of the stall soon
disclosed the white envelope In which
the stones hod been folded. It was all
cut to pieces, showing that it had been
ground under the horse's hoofs. After
a three hours' search every pleco of the
jewelry wis "found, arid not one bit in
jured. The soft straw' had protected
even the 'gold front so inuoh as a scratch.
It goes without saying, that man was
neverpermitted to carry his wife's jewels
again. Detroit News,
Two Hundred Wounds.
An extraordinary attempt at suicide
has been made in Paris. A shoemaker,
described as a decent, industrious man,
having fallen into misfortunes, and suf
fering from extreme poverty, deolded to
take his own life and end the struggle,
He took a knife used in his trade and
commenced to stab himself In the armi
and legs, it is supposed with the idea of
opening one of the chief veins, hut, find
ing that the end did not come quickly,
he continued with a sort ot fury, and
had just rolled upon the floor exhausted
when a brother, who had been apprehen
sive of his state, appeared, on the scene.
The wounded wan was conveyed to a
hospital, where (t was f ouud that he had
inflicted on himself two hundrwd distinct
wounds, Philadelphia Ledger.
Inheriting1 a FrMnlum llui.
Judge Hilton retain free admission to
a box at Niblo s theatre one occupied by
A. T. Stewart's family. In this case the
box inoludea a largo rwrn, which is al
ways vacant when not occupied by Hll
ton or his guests. New York Theatre.
Am Automatic Cha Board.
Some of the monasteries ot Italy and
Franco sent curious inventions to tha
Paris exjHJittiou, A certain, monastery
in Brittany, France, contributed a plain
looking mahogany table, with an inlaid
chess board on ita surfacs. The inventor,
or any one who ileeiren, seta the places
for a game and sits alone on one side of
the board. He plays cautiously, and the
opposite pieces move automatically, and
quits frequently come out the victor, no
odds how scientifically the player plays.
There Is no mechanism apparent beneath
the table top, which seems to ba a solid
nhojranjr board. Philadelphia Iievlsw.
A STORY OF . THE BAREFOOT BOY."
On tlaVerhlU's peasant hill there played, '
- SomSaevsiity years sco. i
In turned up trousers, battered hat,
ratchet and freckle and all that,
Tbe barefoot boy we know.
It roamed bts berry fields content,
Dut while, from bush and brier,
The nimble feet got many a ecratch.
Ills wit, beneath Us homely thatch,
Aspired to something higher.
Over his dog-earod spelling book.
Or schoolboy composition,
Pusxling bis head with some hard sum,
Oolng for uuto, or gathering gum.
He cherished his ambition.
Kind nature smiled on that wise child,
Nor oould her love deny him
The large fulfillment of his plan:
Since he who lifts bis brother man
In turn It lifted by bun.
II reached the starry hlghta ot peace
Before hi head was hoary;
And now at fourscore years again
The blessings ot his fellow men
Waft him a crown of glory.
J. T. Trowbridge.
The Festive Frog.
A frog In the first stages of its career
gives no hint as to what it will eventu
ally become. As far as looks go one
would suppose It was going to he a cat
fish. It spends the first days of its ex
istence swimming about in soma pool,
industriously wagging the small tail
that is appended to one end of his little
round, OKg-shnped body. By nnd by a
pair of legs begin to stick out from
under its vest. These it uses for a time
to kick with, and then moves them up
close to Its collar to make wuv for its
long and esculant hind legs.
It is then that the little bright eyed
fellow disclaims any further relationship
with his tail, and even goes so far as to
cut its acquaintance entirely, nnd quits
tho water forever except for bathing
purposes. Taking up its nbode on tho
land, it soon grows into an article of
oominerce much sought after and prized
Dy epicures, riilladelphia Times.
Meteorologlut and Kiflel's Tower.
French meteorologists, it appears, have
just discovered that the Eiffel tower will
prove far more valuable to them for ob
servation than was at first imagined.
Indeed, it is said that it possesses most of
the advantages of an observntory built
upon a mountain. In confirmation of
this it Is stated that recently, while a se
vere frost prevailed in the city, n stronir.
warm breeze was blowing nt tho summit
of the tower, and it was three days be
forethis temperature reached tho ground.
In no elevated observatory could such
direct vertical observations be made as
hero. Photography will bo pressed Into
service at this elevated position, as a
matter of course. Journal of Photog
raphy. Lhws In China.
In China, if any prisoner resists an
officer and strikes the latter so ns to draw
blood, the offender shall be strangled. If
a criminal who resists an officer is armed,
and the officer kills him to securo his
person, or if a criminal escapes from
prison or Is killed while being pursued,
or if n runaway criminal destroys him
self, the officer shall in no wise be an
swerable for the prisoner's death. In any
case where a criminal Is killed, where
the offense charged against him was
punishable with capital punishment, and
the officer had no right to assault or
wound him, the punishment of tho police
officer shall not in any case exceed 100
blows. San Francisco Alta.
nrnum'i Ancient Anecdote.
Barnaul himself is an infant in nrms
as compared with the age of this story,
It is about the meanest ninti on earth.
A grocer and general dealer advertised
a drink with each purchnto. Ho took
trade. A mean man came in with
an egg worth a cent and traded it for a
darning needle, also worth a cent. Then
ho demanded lite drink and took sherry.
He said he always had to have un egg in
his sherry and the dealer broko the egg
ho had just received from him in the
sherry. It happened that the cgf had
two yolks, and so the meanest man de
manded two darning needles because of
the two yolks. Detroit Free Press.
Inharmonious Coins.
All coins out of harmony with our
decimal system ought to go, and not
stand on the order of their going,
The gold one dollar and the three dollar
pieces have practically gone out of cir
culation, and this is also true of the three
cent nickel, These three are not in har
mony with our coinage system and mnr
its symmetry. The gold coins named
ore too easily lost. Washington Star.
Costly China Ware,
Ono of tho wealthiest women in At
lanta. Go., has at least $3,000 worth of
glass and china. There are xix smnll
cups and saucers which cost alone the
sum of $100, and her Bohemian wine
glasses in rose and blue, scattered over
with tiny arabesque figures and rlchlj
finished with gold, all cost from $5 to $10
apiece.
Among her daintiest treasures are
some finger bowls of white Bohemian
glass, shaped like yellow primroses, won
derfully thin and ornamented with very
delicate arabesque gold figures. The
water pitchers which harmonize with
these are tall and slender, graduating
from the base to the mouth and orna
mented in the some gold designs. At
lanta Constitution.
Making Tocta.
Tho-secret is out. Indiana poets ure
not born but made, says The Chicago
Inter-Ocean. The teaoher in the Indian
apolis high school has issued un order
thut every pupil must write poetry and
hand in poems on certain prescribed
days. There is no evasion of the order.
The muse must be captured and brought
into the school room. It seems that Miss
Anderson, the teacher who Issued tbe
order,-has been In the high school for
over twenty years, and that the majority
ot the "Indiana poets" are her graduates.
The Formation of the Ear.
The ear is worth studying from an an
atomical point of view. Beginning with
the outer fold or ridge, called the helix,
which forms the outline, the ear is com
posed of thin cartilUge and Integument.
The next prominent ridge Is tho antl
hellx, whiohsoroe people have very large
ly developed, but in a well formed ear
projects very little beyond the helix. The
little knob that projects from the foot of
the nntlhellx is called the antitragus, and
the corresponding knob on the other side
the tragus. Tho deep well in the center
of the ear, the concha, so termed from
its shell like form, plays the most im
portant part in reflecting the vibrations
into the inner ear; in fact, all theue pro
jections and depressions are of import
anoe to our hearing and phty their own
parts ii oo&veynit the undulations of
sound to the di um of the em . -Pall Mall
iaawtm.
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"This Is a lovely ring, my dear," she
said, "and It's a thousand pities It's a
little too small." "Novcr mind," he re
turned; "that's the ono I onco gav'o Ellen.
The next tltno I call I will bring up the
ono Jennie had."
100 Liullcs WntrteiTi
And 100 men to cull nt druggist?, ' for a
free package of Lane's Family Medicine,
the grout root nnd herb remedy, discoveerd
by Dr Rllas Lane while in the Rocky motin
tnniiis. For diseases of the blood, liver nnd
kidneys it is a iioeitive cure. For constipa
tion nnd clearing up the complexion It does
wonders. Children like it. Everyone
praises it. Lnrgo-sir.C package, fiO cents.
At all driiftiistf'
When it Is n man who Is about lo be
told a secret ho shuts tho door. Whon It
Is a woman sho opens It to make sure there
Is no ono listening outside.
Somo Foolish People
Allow a cough to run until It gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They often say,
' Oh, it will wear nway, but in most cases
it wears them nway. Could they be In
duced to try tho successful medicine called
Kemp's Balsam, which Is sold on a positive
guarantee to cure, they would itumcdlalclv
sco tho excellent cfl'ect niter taking the first
doso. Price 00c and $1.00. TriaFsize free.
At till druggists.
An American girl In France who wan
ted to savo cable tools.telegraphed to her
father: Marseilles Tuesday."
Dyspcpsln mill Liver Oomplaln't.
Is It not worth the fcmall pricoof 75 cents
to tree yourself of every symptom of these
distressing complaints, ifyou think so call
at our store and get a bottle of Shifoh's
Vitalizcr. Every bottle has a printed
guarantee on it, uso accordingly, and if it
does you no good it will cost you nothing.
Sold nt lliery's or Thomas' drug store.
"Thodlffercnco between plg-hc&dcdness
and firmness is this It is your wife who
Is pig-headed," says an old fellow who has
just, celebralcd his golden wedding.
h. tVlint n Cough.
Will vnll lmn.1 llm unHiinN Tl.n .!..)
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perhaps of the sure approach of that-more
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fielvt-s if you can nilortl for the sake of snv-
r.fi .. ii , .
.us MV lwhh, hi run mo nsK anu uo noin
illfr for It V1 bnnW Crtn AwtAvtanna
r- ! va'viiciic 1 1 list,
Sluloh's Cure will cure your rough. It
never mils, l ms explains why more than
a Million Botths wero cold the past year.
V.WUf .,111, I1WUIJJ CUIIICU Ul
mice. Mothers do not ho without it. For
mine uacu, sine, or chest, use Shiloh's
Porous Plnstpr. Sold nt nin
drug store.
Blondin was once carrv!nff n. narvans
man on his back across tho rope, when he
suddenly remarked: "I must request you
to sit nulet, or I shall have to nut von
down."
MKItIT WINS.
Wo desire to say to our citizens, that for years
wo havu been selling Dr. KIiir's New Discovery
lur Consumption, Dr. King's Now Life l'lils,
llucklen's Arnica Salve aniVElcctrio Bitters, and
havu never handled remedies that sell as well,
or that liavo glvee such universal satisfaction.
VVo do not hesitate to guarantee them every
tune, and wo stand ready to refund the purchase
pi Ice, tr satisfactory results Uo not follow their
use. rheso remedies have won their great
norm antv imrelvoiithelrmnrlliti;iiHii
Bl.1t. -
'William Esranc Is a nice yountr man.
don't you think?" said ono young woman
to another. "Yes; but I don't like his
collars." "Why not?" "Ho always looks
as if lie, had fallen into one and couldn't
get nut."
Some Startling Facts.
Tho official returns from Hoards of Health
show that nearly thrce.fourtri6 or all deaths are
Irom Consumption, when we think' over this
fact It Is really awful, though every case stsrtert
with a slmplo cough or cold, realise bow.lm
portant it Is to check this terrible malady which
can be dona by using 1'nrltan Uougn and Oon-
sumption Oubo. Price 2f renin. At Tlinmait-
drug store.
"Loyo goes out at the window when
povcity enters the door," but should pover
ty retire by the door, It Is amazing with
what celerity love comes screaming In tho
window.
Ul'l'ISOTS OF MODKHN
Em'n nt authorities unanimously agree that
that tho high pressure methods of modern
lilo nro rapidly making us a race of helpless
invalids subject to all manner of" nervous
sfici lions, headache, insunity, dizziness,
uciirtlgin, backache, lijsterin. nervous
tumbles of the heart, stomach kidneys,
brain, etc. Ladies and gentlemeu wlo are
ihus afflicted, or who nro compelled to keep
lino hour, do much mental 'physical work,
injv worry or fret about business or dome
stic troubles, khould remember that n
other remedy in the world will so sueedly
cure tliease deceases, remove worry anil
I'liiis induce tranquil sleep, relieve, pain,
or build up tho brain and nervous systems,
as Dr. Miles' great discovery, the Restora
tive Nerve. It contains no opium or morp
hine. Trial bottles free nt Blery's or
Thomas' drus stole.
nut a little bov said of his erand-
uiother, who took h(m for a walk: "ncr
thoushts wero too high for me. and my
thou; hts were too low for her; so we neyer
said nothing."
Two Years Ago
I Mas a sight to behold nnd was iinibo to
enjoy life at all. Now I am the m&hre It
Iwiallli nnd wtl .Mnllm.tt llCl,.) .11.1
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It? Sulphur Bitters oiiree me of Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint, nfter siiflonng' two
years,
A Very Praclcal Young Man. She:
And will jou always love mer All the llye
Ions day?" no: "Yes I think sg, You'll
give me a chance to stop for meals, I sup
pos?"
The Great American Chorus."
Kneeiiug, tiitfling and coughing! This is
the nuuic all aver the land now. 'I've got
such nn auful wild In my head' Cure it
with Ely's Cream Bslm Ir it may end in the
toughest form of uilarrh. Maybe you Have
cattnrrh now. Nothing is more nauseous and
droadrii). This remedy masters tl as no
other ever did. Not a sntilf nor liquid.
l'lenRHiit, certain, radical.
There Is a Wall Street man so very
polite that he takes off his hat when speak
ing to a lady through the telephone.
"Altera vrlddnrUao with msjij localled
eatbarlo renedles, I am convinced that Ayir's
Hlli give the moat satisfactory results. I rely
exclusively on these PHI tor the mm ol Uvar
and stomaed cenulalnM." Jebn Hi Dell, Sc.
Abilene, Texas.
Writing poetry is reeommandsd as
mental exereise. You can at physical ex -excise
by attempting to reab It to the editor
Wanted. A gocd appetite. You ean have
it easy enoiiuli by taking Honli,aHarasirflIs
It torn the digistiuu and cures sick hwd
i he.