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VOL. XVIII.. No 27
Lehighton, Carbon County, Penna. May 17, 1890.
Singlo Copies 5 Cents
Weissprt Bnste. Directory.
MUNKMK HOUSE,
FAST WElSSPOItT. l'BNN'A.
This home oners flrst-ciass. accommodations to
lie permanent boarder ami transient guest.
Panto prices, only One Dollar per ilay.
hur7 ,y JOHN VtRllltto, Proprietor.
Oscar Christman,
WKtHSrOKT, PA.
Livery and Bxchanqe Stable.
-n.orirtinrnrrlairsvnnrt safe drlvln homes.
tiestar-rdmmndatlonsto ntteiits nml travellers.
Mall and telegraph orders proniplly attended to.
nivemeatrUU. Inav2lly
The - Weissport - Bakery,
o. w. lauky. pitoi'iurcTou,
Delivers Fresh Bread and Cakes in Weissport,
lienianron mm vicuiiiir-ir.rij ,
. i ,. n in.,,. I liic nf rontnrt oncrv
or the Holiday Trade. Sunday schools and fes-
tals-supplled at lowest prices. ui-i-..-.mi
Heaflparter for CARRIAGES
Henry Chrtstman
ATTIIK
Fort Allen House, Weissport,
Bells the l'opnlarnnd Celebrated
Burlington O and O York
SlttOLB AND w'BIiE CABBIoGES
At prices that are eonsirterahly leas than compe.
tltton. I have all styles and qualities
which I Wish you would not full (to Inspect
before making purchases. mayll-sm
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 with us and
save freight. Pricer the very
lowest, 320 ive us a call.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
WE'RE ALIVE,
Our Story's Short.
We have'nt got the BIGGEST STOCK ot
Dry Goods, Groceries, Provis
ions, Notions, Boots and
hoes,Tobncco, Cigars,
&c, &nM &c,
in the Lehigh Valley, but .wis have an Kleeaut
Assortment Just the name", and the prices are
marked way down below the great majority of
our competitors, and that's what suits you be
cause QUALITY Is the BEST and the ritlOES
are always JUHT BIGHT, Our stock Is entire
ly New. Fresh. Clean, Complete and Handsome,
jo we take pleasure In asking the people ot
Weissport and the surrounding community to
call and Inspect our assortment ot general store
goods. Respectively,
A. W. MARSH,
Post-Gfllce. Weissport, Pa
Over Canal Brito E. Weissprt.
UNDERTAKER
AND DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
PARLOR SUITRS,
BED ROOM SUITES,
., c. Prices the very lowest. Quality ot
foods the ' best, Satisfaction guaranteed In
every particular.
Caskets, Coffins and ShroUds,
We have a full line which we will furnish a
tht lowest possible prices.
Flour, Feed, &c,
J the choicest quality at very reasonable prices.
call una oe ronvincra.
JOSEPH P. REX,
Aprlt ty EAST WEIHSPOBT.
AT,. AMPBELL,
Jeweler and Watciiinata
Hank Street, Lehighton, Vnnn.
Kejpecttnlly Invites the attention nf his Mends
andtbe cltUens generally to his Immense
new stock of
Watches, Clocks,
Silvarwaro, Jewoly,
at Prices that defy competition. It will pay you
o call and Inspect my stock before purcliasiiiK
elsewhere.
HE PAIRING
Promptly done at lowest charge, and all work
guaranteed.
Don't Torgel lhfi Place.
SIQN OP THE BIQ WATCH,
Bank St Lphightnn.
Dee 19 1887.
KISTLER
Keseettully announces to the punlli' that he has
opened a NEW LIVEItV HTAIil.K.ulul tlmt he Is
ow prepared to turulsh Teams for Funerals,
Weddings or Business Trips on the shortest uo
i.-eanj mast liberal terms. Orders lelt at the
I'arDou House" will reeelve prompt atteutinn.
8TABLH8 ON NOUTU STREET,
sett the Hotel, Lehighton. IsuWiA-
All the freshest county news in
this paper. Read it.
Joseph F. Rex
D. J
Rheumatism,
BEING due to the presence of urlo
acid In the blood, Is most effectually
cured by the use of Ayor's Sarsnpa
rllln. Be sure yon get Ayer's and no
other, and take tt till the poisonous
acid la thoroughly expelled from tho
system. We challenge attention to this
testimony :
"About two years ago, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
5 out, being able to walk only with great
lscomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, I saw by an advertise
ment in a Chicago paper that a man bad
been relieved of this distressing com
plaint, after long suffering, by taking
Ayer's Sarsaparllla. I then decldod to
make a trial of this medicine, and took
it regularly for eight months, and am
pleased to state -that it has effected a
complete cure. I have since bad no re
turn of the disease." Mrs. It. Irving
Dodge, 110 West 125th st New York.
"One year ago I was taken 111 with
Inflammatory rheumatism, being con
fined to my house six months. I came
out of the sickness very much debili
tated, with no appetite, and my system
disordered in every way. I commenced
using Ayer's Sarsaparllla and began to
improve at once, gaining in strength
and soon recovering my usual health.
I cannot say too much In praise of this
well-known medicine." Mrs. L. A.
Btark, Nashua, N. n.
S
rniPAniD bt
Or. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Matt.
Price 1 ; tlx bottles, ti. Worth i a bottle.
Professional & Business Cards.
W. M. Rapsher,
VTTOUNEVf AND COONBEtiTiOU AT LAW,
l-'lrst door above Hie Mansion House,
MAUCII CHUNK PKNN'A
Ileal Estate and Collection Acencv. Will Buy
and Sell Iteal Estate. Conveyancing neatly dime.
Collections promptly made. Settling Estates ot
lieo.-uems specially, jmuj it cin--Miiiru m
English and German. nov. aa-vl
W. G. lYT. Seiplej
i'HYfllOIAN AND 8UHC1E0N,
SOUTH STREET - - - IjEHIQHTON
May be consulted In English and (lermaii.-
speclal attention given lo iiynccoiogy.
Offick Homta: From t2 M
to i P. M.,nnd
Horn t) to I'. M
mar. .n-y
DR.G.T.FOX,
172 Main Street, Bath, Pa.
AT KARION. SWAN I10TKU TUKSPAVH.
AT AM.KNTOtt'N, KAdl.K IIOfKI., TllPRSflAY
at llAxnott, Broadway iiovsk. Mondays.
IT HATH. WKIIVHAHAVfl AND HATiritllAVS.
(.Mice Hours From fl a. in. til t p. in. Practice
limited to diseases of the
Eye.Ear, Nose & Throat
pr lio, Itef ni ct ion of t he Kjvs for t li suljust-
memo, finises.
Dr. H. B. REINOHL,
Graduate ot 1'lilla, Dental College.
DENTISTRY !
IN AM. ITS lll'ANCHES,
Pcrscryatiou of the Teeth a Specially.
Ol'FICF. HOIIItWi From 8 a. m. loS i. in,
OAK HALL, Markat Square, Maueh Chunk.
HKANOH OFFlOEi
EAST - MAUCH - CHUNK,
Two Doors North ot rosl-umce.
OFFICE HODltS: 7 mil a. mi. uiidfttoTp.m
AprlI28-3m
Rabenold, D. D. S
ncii Ofkick : Over J. W. Hamlenbush
Liquor Store,
BANK STUEHT, LEllIGltTON.
Dentistry In all Its branches, Teeth Extracted
Aituoui rain, uas iiiimiiiiiiercitHiurii n-nn,-,.
umce nays viiiniiniiA -oi eui-u nt-rn.
'. t). address. ALI.ENTOWN,
3-yl Lehigh county. In.
F. I. SMITH, D. D. S.
Office opposite the Opera House.
Rank Street, Lo l ton, Pa.
DKNT1RTKV IN ALL IT3 BltANCHFS,
FlllliiK and maklnu artificial denturfs a special
ty. Ical anitheUosTised.
lias administered and Teeth ifitfncted Wl ril-
OUT PAIN.
OFFICE HOUimi-Froin H , m., to 12 m., from
1 p. m., to 5 p. m., from 7 p. m., to 8 p. in.
Consultations In English or (leriium
Office Hours at Haileton Every tJaturday.
Oct 1S-S7 iv
DENTISTRl
T
Dr, J- A, Mayer &Scn.
Dr. GEORGE H. MAYER,
a Graduate mm the Dental Department of the
University. of lVimsylvniiln,
has o"iied an office In the same bulldliiK with
his tui her, second Door in the Hay indow,
M BltOADWAY. MAl'CII CHUNK, PA.,
and Is now preiureil to recehe every one in need
of llrst -class iicntal service. lime 8-89-tf
MANSION HOUSE
Oppi'slte I., H. Depot,
BANK STREET, LEHIOHTGN,
o. H, hom, piiopiturroit.
Iil-t tinup uflurs Itrst-class noronimoilatiniis fur
i rauslent and periitanent fjoarders. It has hern
newly rrtlttedluailltsdeiutrtiiients.aiut is inmt
ed In one ot the most picturesque portions of the
Doruugn. Tarnis nioueraie. u
tupplled with the clmleest Wines,
lerate. te-The BAIt Is
nicest Wlui'3. I.liitiiira and
;igurs. I'resinger on rap. apru-yi
FRANK P. DIEHL,
NOItTH HTKKET,
Practical niaeksmltlub Ilorsesliiwr
Is prepared In da al work In his line
in the best manner unit at UinlnwMt
iliices, rirnse eau. iiuvtss-m-iv.
PACKEI1TON HOTEL,
Midway betwreh Jdaueh Chunk lnlthton,
Z. II. C. HOM, Proprietor.
I'ACKBKTON, - - - PitNNi.
I'hls well-known Hotel Is adnitrnblyrefllted, and
has the best accommodations fur permanent and
transient boarders. Kguellent' Tables mid the
very liest Manors, stables attached tanvyi
SHOEMAKER'S
Horse aonallejlowiler.
Joshua Shoemaker, Proprietor
CHKIHtV VII.I.K. P. O., Northaiupton eo..
01 It ECTlONrt - For a horse, t UtWMmuul,two
ur vnre iityHts h wvwki wtien v uue
siioAnstiil a day. Fur a 0w. 1 teisuooutul
twieeawsek, when sick, twice a day. The
same tor Hons. For Poulto mix with leed
of trie late I.
BrTuis powder is prepaiea attvrllir rnlpr
u o wiioii, ana is un- - tuiio
article. uiisi
rUuMat once.
I Hbo-t uaiai-u anuoul should
V.. 9.
AN OLD MAN'S REVERIE.
The lights arefdlm and the fire burns low,
The fllekerlng'shadows come and to:
My furrow'd cheek is bedew'd with tears,
As mem'ry travels back through the years.
Scenes that are past come gliding along,
Bringing with them Bweet,snatchs of fcOng;
Tender low tones ot voice now still,
Pierce through my soul with a joyous thrill.
Flashes of firelight, gleaming red,
Tint a fair tress on a graceful head:
Beautiful eyes, so fond and so true.
Look into mine as the used to do.
Klse so lightly yet fervently gtr'u
Iteveal unto me a glimpse of beAv'u; '
Dear llttla hands 1 was wont to bless
Uently fondle and sweetly oarM.
Hover about me. touching my brow,
Filling my breast with the old time glow.
Causing my.pulses to leap again
WltE frellngH of mlngl'd Joy and pahi.
Tho' bow'd my form and hair snow white.
Memories stir me deeply to-night,
White lights are dim and the tire burns low,
And flickering shadows uome and go.
-t. Louis Post-Dispatch.
TIIK TRAIN DISPATCH Kit.
The oilloe clock ticked with n steady-
swing, the long jiendulum oscillated be
tween the ends of theurc with a monoto
nous regularity that made one sleepy.
The air was damp and chilly outside, only
to make the grate a dispenser of warmth
and comfort. The constant clicking at
my desk relieved the lonesomeness, as
I sat witli my thumb nml two fingers on
tho key and my eyes on the clock dial
sending the trains in security along the
various Hues of the road.
The comfort and happiness of men,
women and cluluren were nitniateu to
my vigilant care. The responsibility of
the position can only he appreciated by
one who is, or has been, placed in a simi
lar position. I sat all alone with invisi
ble glances fixed on the network of iron
bands, where trains were sweeping over
miles of space with lightning speed,
while the far reaching throb of electrio
power came to me from distant stations
to locate every movement that guided
my unerring judgment.
Every delayed train became an object
of concern as it sidetracked for the regu
lar or made up the time between long
runs, thus keeping my nerves up to the
tension which made life a constant round
ot dufy.
I looked drowsily at the clock, my
eyes were Heavy with sleep. Ultl for
something to rouse me. 1 walked the
narrow space in front of therailing, 1
opened the door; the cool air blew on my
face to bring new life to the Bluggish
blood that was stealing all my senses.
I Involuntarily shivered, as the cool
breath. of night swept through me to
make me draw nearer to the fire.
I peered into the glowing bank of
coals only to relapse into deeper uncon
sciousness, when a rap at the door
startled me. Glad to escape from the
Incubus that made mo dull, I welcomed
the intruder with a bluff;
"Come in."
A rough looking figure stood by my
side. The broad brimmed slouch hat half
concealed the fierce look that made rue
feel uncomfortable as Ills wild looking
eyes stared steadily into mine.. Was the
man a lunatic just escaped from the
asylum? Insanity was evidently stamped
upon the neglected face.
"Are you the operator?"
"Yes: what do you want?"
"Here is a note for you. You dare not
refuse the request contained in the letter,
You recognize the handwriting?"
I hurriedly glanced along the lines to
catch the import. My heart stood still.
"Got I will beat the appointed place.1
"I was instructed to see that you did
come. I will show you the way."
I glanced at the face, upon which
frigid, determined look had settled with
a savagenesa that made me tremble. The
letter was before me. Without noticing
the remark,! read every line that burned
Into my brain.
"Wait. I will come."
I arose from my seat, glanced sharply
at the clock, noted the time, which was
propitious, for I could spare an hour
without danger; drew on my overcoat
and followed the strange man, who
seemed entirely oblivious to surround
ings as he strode forward with an energy
that made walking anything but a pleas
ure.
I halted and dropped behind a corner
in a moment his olammy, bony Angers
were around my throat. I was power
less to resist. A choking sensation made
me weak and timid. With a movement
that he seemed to understand the strong
grip on my neck was relaxed. Agaiu we
strode forward to turn into byways which
were unknown to me.
I was betrayed; what was the terrible
danger that made my duty a culpable
neglect? Already the moments were fly.
ing, a chilly sensation swept through ev
ery nerve as I thought ot the helpless
lives intrusted to my keeping; but on
ward he strode, I could feel the basilisk
oliarin of the bloodshot eyes that reeem
bled coals of fire as they cast watchful
glances behind. We halted at a remote
house on the suburbs; with a heavy rap
he stood waiting foi an entrance, while
his inhuman expression was intensified
by the sickly glare of a single tallow dip,
whose dull rays struggled through the
dingy panes
A shuffling gait from within and a cau
tious turn of the key opened the door to
reveal the outlines of a bent figure that
shaded the caudle with one band, while
a suspicious, cunning stare was fixed
upon tho newcomers.
Without a remonstrance I followed my
guide through the rickety passage that
ended at a low, wide portal, which was
securely closed. Quietly the limping
figure drew from the faded cloak a bunch
of keys and with extreme deliberation
pushed open the door.
The subdued hum of voices reached us
faintly as we passed along a narrow
dark way to stand at the further end
until a flood of light almost blinded our
eyes. We entered, the door was closed
The tw ceiled room whs filled with
rough looking men, Winchesters and
pistols were the principal ornaments, a
they hung from painted pegs or lay car
leasly around within easy reach.
A look of astonishment that I could
not conceal caused a roar of laughter as
thev handed my evil genius a flask of
brandy and shoved liliu into one corner,
where he was soon IoU to the present, as
he reolined in u drunken stupor.
"Come, young chap, you see wedecoy
cd you; take a hand just for luck.
"1 liave no money.
"Here U a pile of ohlps, blue, red and
white. You its we sorter thought as
how you wan loutwum up thare aud sent
Diek to find you. We will trwit you
right if you bthave yourself. Come
mak your ante, you keep the game
waiting."
I I was fund ot pok,r, but the game mi
I as tar from my thougnrs as tne stars
from my present position. I played me-
cnauioaiiy; iuok smiled in every jack
pot. I could not lose. I grew immense-
in the estimation ot my captors.
Every moment was an agony, for I could
see what the result of neglected duty
would be. I continued to plav, the
stakes were in my hands.
Rough applause followed every luoky
turn of the game. I called for four cards, .
my opponent did likewise; their hot
whisky breaths were on my face. I
threw down my hand, four aces, and
ended the game.
"Young chap, the money is yours by
right, you cleaned us all out; but we
ill make a haul to-night that 'will be
worth something."
1 tut upright, the whole truth flashed
upon me a train robbery. I located the
very snot: what a fearful sacrifice of life;
oh, what horror numbed met
'Young chap, you cau find yourway
back the lest you coit; for the damage
has been done by this time." As lie
spoke he drew a watch from his pocket
and stared fixedly at the face. I stole a
glance, bis time was fast. I scarcely
breathed; it might not be too late.
I stood alone in tlie deserted street, a
hack moved slowly by, I sprang to the
Beat and thrust a Ave dollar bill into the
driver's band. "Drive for your life to
the depot." He cast one glance nt the
money, the horses were in a mad gallop
as we whirled by corners with a reckless
ness that was dangerous. The hack drew
up at the entrance. I sprang from the
seat and flew to my room,
The Are had gone down; the room was
ohilly; I awoke with a start, and with a
horror stricken face 1 noted the time,
twenty minutes to.13; cold beads of per
spiration stood upon my forehead. Just
twenty minutes to avert a disastrous ac
cident.
I staggered to the Instrument; but one
station between mangled limbs and
safety. If I can hold No. 4 if I can
bold No. 4. I sounded the call with an
eagerness that was startling; with my
eyes on the clock I pressed the button
down with a hopeless despair, and yet
no answer. The time was almost up
ve minutes more and it would be too
late.
I closed mv eyes to see visions of two
trains that were masses of torn and shat
tered splinters. I could even hear the
groans of the wounded and dying. My
heart gave a tierce beat of joy "Hello,
what is the matter?" "Bide track Ho. 4
quick, for God's sake," and none too
soon, as the lightning express swept by
like a whirlwind.
I looked into the glass, my hair was as
white as a snow bank.
I never touched the key again. Junius
L. Hempstead in New Orleans Picayune.
Was It MurderT
Precedent in China Is followed so strict
ly that a provincial governor was put in
desperate quandary recently because
he could And no previous authority for
judging a case which cams before 1dm.
A young man who bad been brutally
treated by his uncle and aunt determined
to kill the latter, as the more cruel of the
two. However, in shooting at the wife'
he killed the husband by accident. The
governor studied all the law books' with
in reach, and lie then informed thePekin
government that he could And no ac
count of the proper way to deal with a
case of murdering one's elder relative by
mistake for another. While- awaiting
further instructions, accordingly, lie sen
tenced the criminal to undergo the pen
alty for murdering an uncle death by
slow degrees. London Graphic.
ne Was Very Tender.
At a gathering of ministers in London
one speaker told an anecdote which ad
mits of large and varied application. It
was the story of a minister who said
some strong things about horse raoing.
He was told after the sermon that he had
touched one of their best members at a
tender point.
Well, said the preacher, "I cannot
ohange my sermon for him."
In the evening the man was introduced
to the minister, who said:
"I understand that what I said touched
one of your weaknesses. I assure you
that I was altogether unconscious ot the
weakness when I said it.
Oh, do not trouble yourself," said the
man. "It is a very poor sermon that does
not hit me somewhere." London Tit
Bits.
Fancy the Reflection of the Watch Maker.
It is not generally known, even
among shoe dealers," said a shoe manu
facturer, "that the hooka which serve in
place of eyes for the laces ot men's shoes
were invented by a little old watch mak
er In Aurora Springs, Mo. His name is
Kllnger, and he still lives there, working
at his trade. He sold his patent for the
hooks to a Boston man who was out
there looking for health, the price paid
being 500. Last year the royalties on
these hooks yjelded the present owner of
the patent the neat income of 1300,000,
New York Hun,
A Job for 8lomou.
A question such as might have been
brought before Solomon recently oame
up in Watervilla. A party bought from
another that portion ot a building which
lay above the level of the lower side of
the sills. The granite doorstep proved
to be half above and half below the di
viding line. The seller of the property
claimed the stone, the purchaser resisted
the olilui, and the matter Anally had to
be left to the decision ot a lawyer. Lew
Uton Journal.
To Use of Slaug.
"A man born and bred in the United
Stated fails to appreciate how much slang
he daily uses in conversation," said aa
intelligent American who had just re
turned from a continental tour. "Ha
fully appreciates these blemishes, how
ever, when he returns to America after
having had dally intercourse with tome
of the well bred persons in Europe. He
picks up these blots on perfect speech so
gradually and they multiply so rapidly
that before ha is aware ot the extent of
these acquisitions at least one-tenth part
of hia vocabulary consists ot slang ex
pressions.
"Tills fact is so true of America that
even the ignorant peasants of Ireland
recognise It whan their countrymen re
turn to thair native land. As beard in
America slang stems to add force and
expression to oonveroatiou, but this is
only seeming, for when contrasted with
really simple and consequently elegant
diction the difference in strength can
readily be seen. There are some alang
words, however, in tin Amerien vo
cabulary which, if used at the rlflht time
and place, And their bull's eye lika a
minis ball. But, as a rule, the uaa of
slang word is only a blemish on oaavar
tatton, and lta un cannot be too haartUy
coadaniriad " Qtitgjag Hf4UL
THE SPIRIT ROSEBUD.
Csby ts dead speak low, step llRht:
How tranquel Is her rest!
Her tiny hands were placed lest nljclit
Upon her waxen breast.
And when the morn broke calm and bright,
And deep was our despair,
We traced upohjier f aco so white,
Aud saw a sweet suille there.
The mourning mother sobbed aloud
As she her darling scanned;
And while each head In sorrow bowed
8be axed within Its band
A tiny rosebnd, fresh and sweet.
Which round Its perfume shed.
"This, this," she moaned, "Is emblem meet
For my dear, precious dead!"
Next day. While sorrowloK neighbors stood
Holding sweet flowers of spring.
The Uny'rosebud, red as blood,
Showed signs of opening.
And ere the funeral riles were through
Each mourner In the room
Thrilled with astonishment to view
The blid burst In full bloom. i
The clergyman, with trembling Toloe
And deep emotion, said:
"Rejoice, my sorrowing friends, rejoice I
.The baby is not dead I
Ood'ln bis loving tenderness,
ThUf token sweet has given,
That she who budded In distress
la blooming now In heaveu'"
-tVancU . Smith la New York Weekly.
The Storks In Council.
Near OKgersheim, a small village on
the banks of the Rhine, there is a large
meadow where evory autumn the storks
are in the habit of meeting previous to
their annual migration. On one of these
occasions above flfty storks were ob
served formed in u ring, in the center of
which was one whosejappearance showed
the greatest ularm. One ot tho party
seemed to address the assembly by clap
ping its wings for about Ave minutes.
It was followed by a second, a third and
fourth, who each clapped its wings in
the same odd manner as the Arst. At
last all the storks forming the ring com
menced clapping their wings; and, when
they had done this, they with one accord
fell upon the poor culprit in the middle
and dispatched him in a few seconds;
after which they rose up in a body, and
ne, according to custom, taking the
lead, they winged their way toward the
south. What olTeiiBe the poor stork had
committed that had brought upon him
so sad a rate is of course unknown.
New York Mail and Express.
The t'altlifut .Shepherd Ing,
A shepherd had driven part of Ids
flock to a neighboring fair, leaving his
dog to watch the rest during that duy,
exacting to rejoin them in the morn
ing. Unfortunately, however, the Nhep-
herd forgot Ixitli his dog and his sheep,
and did not return home till the morn
ing of the third day. His Arst inquiry
was whether the dog had been seen.
The answer was "No," "Then he must
be dead," replied the shepherd, with a
look of pain, "for I know be was too
faithful to desert his. charge." He went
1 1 - . - a1. 1 ' 1 1 1 . i ,nl . . , ,
uses tu me iieaui uirecuv. ins aog naa
ust enough strength left to crawl to his
master's feet, and express his joy at his
return, and then he died. New York
Mail and Express.
Man with a Goose's Head.
Tiie man with a goose's head Arst ap
peared before the public at 'tho famous
'Gingerbread Fair" at Liverpool in 1878.
Ha was 20 years of age at that time, had
eyespeMectly round and a riose eight
Inches In length, flat, and shaped exactly
like the bill-of a goose, iila neck wos
three times the length of that of an or
dinary person, surmounted by a round
flat head, without a single hair. Ho
seemed to have as much common
sense as the average country boy of his
age, learning very fast and soon quit the
show business aud studied the photog
rapher's art. His name is Jean Ron
dier, and he now lives at Dijon, Franoe.
St. Louis Republic.
.Two on the Doetors.
There are two stories that are told at
the Savage club. Doctor is sent for to
attend sick woman; on his arrival finds
woman dead. "Why was I not sum
moned sooner?" doctor asks, angrily.
'We did think ot it," explains the be
reaved husband, "but we concluded that
it would be cheaper to let 'er die a nat
ural death."
On another occasion doctor arrives too
late; husband explains. "You see, doc
tor, says husband, "when she com
plained of feelln' bad I gave her the pill
you prescribed for me a year ago, but
which 1 didn't take. It's hawf ul, I know,
but think wot would 'av 'appened if I'd
'ave taken HI" Eugene Field In Chioago
Newe.
Maine's First Wooleu Mill.
The Dexter Eastern State gives some
Interesting facts connected with the
woolen manufacturing industry in Maine
The feecond woolen mill in the Unitod
States was erected at North Andover,
Mass. A year or two after its starting
the proprietors built another mil at An
dover, Mass., and, about the same time,
1817, two ot the same family, Jerry and
Amos Abbott, started northward to look
for a site for a saw mill and wooleu mill,
They deoided on Dexter aud in 1820 es
tabllshod the business there. Tills was
not only the Arst cloth making mill in
Maine, but the Arst to ship goods from
Maine to the Boston market. Lewiston
Journal.
True, In One Bense,
First Barnstormer Faith, me friend,
I am overjoyed tp see you. What luok?
A regular ovation at your last appear
ance, I hope.
Second Barnstormer S death, me boy,
I know not what you call an ovation.
Yet, hold! Mint was such, it you bear
in mind that In Latin ovum meaneth an
gg. Pittsburg Bulletin,
A good book is one that you remember
with pleasure, that when tho dull hours
come you can think ot with interest and
feel that there are people with whom
you have a most interesting acquaint
ance, who are yet only characters of the
Imagination.
A French journal estimates that the
total length ot the telegraph wires of the
world, including submarine cables, ex
cealt 500,000 miles, four-fifths of which
ara in Kurnpe and America.
A master luaton named Andrews, of
Providence, It. I., has just received will
some eliaiine a copper cent vyliloh he
stamped with his initials aud put in eir
culation about llfty years ago. He had
always hoped to get it back again and
now would not part with it. lie tltx-uriM,
for hut dresls of dollars.
A dentist in St. Louis says that there
tt wholesale destruction existing in the
majority of dentifrice afTarad for sale,
fold water anil a hand brush ought to
fc tufilrlMit. but if an additional prepara,
Itea ba deal rod prepared chalk is the bast
Wd aunplett in the world.
ACCIDENTAL FIRES.
Tiler Could lie fUdnced to ft Minimum If
Ordinary Clare Was Kxerelsed.
In unlling attention to 11 res and point
ing oilt. some ot the causes of these acci
dents, for most of them are accidental,
tiiie cannot help wondering at the care-
essnea nxhilitteil in the every day life
i large portion of our population.
n former days our worthy and useful
friend, the eliiinnuy sweep, made his
regular rounds, and little was heard of
lefectivo Hues and chimiievs, as is so
often tho ca9e at present. If household
ers would have their chimneys seen to
as promptly and carefully as their an
cestors hud theirs, vast heneAls would
ensue. This is of great importance.
Equally so is the proper attention to
building II res In open grates. All such
Areplacex, or rather the flooring around
and in front of same, should be protect
ed by iron or other metal covering. The
datigor of live couls falling from a grate
Are is one that aliould be recognised and
understood.
1 need not refer to the use of kerosene
in kindling Are, as the papers teem with
accidents from that souice. Another
fruitful origin Is I lie habit of having
mulches lying around' looae where chil
dren c.uti get at and play with them, and
allowing loose puiM-raor kindlings near
open fires.
enving young children uloue in the
house during the day is also productive
of danger. This is often done by the
poorer clauses, the rooms sometimes bo
ng locked during the mother's absence.
Very many families use either kerosene
or gasoline for cooking purposes. These
should both belinndled by day light only,
and in the case of gasoline extreme care
is necessary, as the vapor of the latter Is
highly itillnniiiir.blp, lieing a very vola
tile fluid.
How often we hear of frieuds using
gasoline of an evening for cleaning ties,
gloves and other articles, not knowing,
or, if so, not thinking, of the danger in
volved, John t . Valentine.
The Cigar Girls nf ManltU.
One of the most interesting of the
ighta of Manilla is the cigarreras, or
cigar girls. About sunset any week day
you may see coming out of a long, low
building .near one of the bridges aud
wending their way by twos and three
many hundred women, olad in the sim
ple but picturesque costume of the In
dian, of all ages from 13 to 50, most of
thein having Hue eyes, hair aud figure,
but homelv face. These are the cigar
girls, who work in the government or
private factories.
The number of the ciirarmakers In and
around tho city is about Si.OOO, of whom
only 1,500 are men. The work is done
on wooden tables, raised less than a foot
from the floor ot large, light, and well
ventilated rooms.
Several hundreds are employed in each
room, ten on each side of tables about a
yard wide, us near together as possible.
with a narrow passage along the middle.
All squat on their heels or sit on bamboo
stools about two inches high. No one
but n Tagul could maintain such a posi
tion for hours ut a time. Dr, Samuel
Kneeland in Harper's.
More About tlio llonse Wren.
For the last six or seven years a pair
of the littlo pets have come regularly
every spring and built their nest, or re
occupied Hie old one, and reared their
young (two broods) behind or inside a
post of the veranda of our house, The
post is simply three boards nailed to
gether, the front one about Ave inches
wide, the side three inches, and stands
up against tiie side of the house, leaving
a t-puce inside ot about 3x8 inches.
The only way of getting in is the spaoe
under the lower edge of the siding culled
In Now England clapboarding. The
little lady will alight for a moment on
the molding that runs around the post
aud then darts into her nest so quickly
that the eye can scarcely follow her.
We have become very much attached to
them and should feel sadly disappointed
should they fail to put in an appearance,
Another pair have taken possession of a
small knot hole In the Aiding of our barn.
Springfield Homestead.
Weuk Henri Not Common.
Weak heni is are by no means so com
mon as is often stipjiosed. Many a mail
who thinks he has got one is merely dys
peplio; many n woman owes her svmp
toms to tight lacing or insufficient feed
ing. If the dyspepsia be cured and the
tight lacing dispensed with the symptoms
of heart weakness will disappear, l-.ven
when the heart is genuinely "weak, the
weakness is not always due to special
disease ot thai organ. It may b only
part of a general weakness of the whole
system, which is easily curable. Amerl
cau Aualrat.
Nollilnc Iik l'ollllies.
It was on the pear platform of a etreet
cur, as h crown was going noma troni me
theatre.
'Lets see, mused a uinu who was
jammed on the railing to the one on his
left, "have we been Introduced?
"I think not. My name is Taylor. '
"Ah! And mine is Porter. Mr. Tay
lor, you are throwing time away trying
to get m v watch. It is an old one and
out of repair, and won't bring you S3."
Dei mi I Free lr.w.
l'ussr and the 1'orker.
An EI Dorado Springs (Mo.) crura-
apoiident tells of a aingular attachment
lietween a llerkslilro pig and a kitten
Both animals fed from the same trough,
and appeared to take delight in helping
each other. During the winter, when the
kitten's feet got cold, kitty would hunt
up piggv, now and then giving a lond
meow, uHn hearing wlttoli the porker
would aiiHwer with a friendly grunt,
Pussv, in finding Its friend, would take
the nearest route for the hog's back, gen
erallv climbing up its long snout.
During cold nights kitty slept on tlie
pig's back, and in Ilia morning would ba
found ill the same convenient place rid
ing to the burn, about a furlong distant,
where pinw caught mico. It was, indeed,
an amusing sight to aee piggy wading
through deep snow with the cat (toe
turned In) on its back, evidently as com
fortahle as a queen in her carriage and
four. .St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Was Always Old.
Auent the Prince of Wales' visit to
Scotland, an amusing tala is going the
rounds. While his royal highness va
awaiting his train at the railway station ,
be fell into conversation with one of the
local notables who had hem appointed (
eltajrinuu of I tie eeoimittae to receive
and ejitttrtuln tiie prince,.
!,TUi,v tid the prince, falWrOUsly,
"this is really a very old oity ot yours."
"Yea, your royal highness," answered
the 8-otihmaii gravely, "It has aver been
ounaiderad so." Eugene Field in Chi
oago New.
THE CORSICAN VENDETTA.
the Custom That line Often Katlngulilird
Kntlre Vnnillles.
Should a Coreican, in revenge for in
jury done to himself or his relations, or
even to his dog or his horse, kill another
with knifo or coup da fusil, public sym
pathy sustains him, the hills shelter him,
his relations feed him, and justice, in the
shape of gendarmes, winks with both
eyes unless the murderer be very un
popular. True, he. is termed a "bandit"
and has to take refuge in the macqui, as
the natural bush is called that olothes
the mountain sides. Well informed Cor
slcans tell one that there-are at this mo
ment in the island over one thousand in
hiding.
But please understand the bandit is no
brigand. Should you, defenseless, hap
pen to fall iu with him, he will not take
your purse, but, on the contrary, offer
you food, if he has it, and shelter in his
cave, and most probably refuse any pay
ment for his hospitality. It is only his
foe's family against which he wages war,
and of course in self dofenso with the
gendarmes. These latter he'will shoot
with as much unconcern as a woodcock.
Aud yet, though tho Corsican will not
rob you, it is not because he does not love
money. For a very lew francs, both
Corsican gentlemen and English resi
dents aver, you oan And a man who will
do your killing for you and rid you of
your enemy with knife or bullet. And
while this utter contempt for human
life prevails there can be no hope of the
extinction of the vendetta.
An English gentleman, Cant. O., who
has now lived for so mo ton or Afteen
years in Corsica, on his own property,
told me the following story; "it seems
that one of the employes of the former
proprietor, fancying he had some grudge
against the new owner, made himself
objectionable by breaking down fences,
driving goats and sheep Into the gardens
and annoying Capt, G. in other ways.
Capt. Q. happened to mention the fact
of the man's enmity, and deplored it as
unreasonable both to a Corsican gentle
man, a neighboring proprietor, and also
to a shepherd with whom he was on
friendly terms.
"Let me know If it continues, aald
the gentleman, "and I will have the
man taken over to yonder rocks and you
won't hear, ot him again."
'I will arrange for a little coup de
fusil whenever you (ike to give me 'the
office,' " said the berger.
This was fifteen years ago, hut even
now it is said there is in Ajaccio alone al
least one murder a week, though these
outrages are so hushed up by the author
ities that it is difficult to get any reliable
statistics. I never, for Instance, saw the
account of any murder in the little local
French paper Le Raillement, the only
one, I think, in Ajaocio, but this proves
nothing, for there was undoubtedly one
atrocious crime committed in the village
of Bocognano, about twenty miles off,
while we were at Ajaocio, for particulars
of whioh I vainly studied the columns of
IB Raillement. New York Times.
How Met O'Bell Woke the servants.
When he first came to London Max
O'Rell took a little house in a retired
quarter of the city. About 8 o'clock one
morning the whole neighborhood was
aroused by cries in tho street; somebody
was shouting at the top of his voice:
"Murdert Fire! ThlavesI" and this hub
bub was protrsoted until everybody in
the locality was at bis window in a state
of violont alarm. It whs Max Q'Kcll,
who. returning home at this unholy hour
aud finding himself locked out, took this
way of arousing his servants. Finally,
standing In the middle ot the street, the
cynosure of all eyes, O'Rell lifted his hat,
and, bowing politely this way and that,
said; "Thanks, good neighbors, for your
friondly solioitude; having awakened the
concierge, I will now enter my home."
Who but a Frenchman could have done
that thing in just that way? Eugene
Field's London Letter.
Chance a Greet Factor In Life.
Experience snows tnat cnance, or
what we call chance, is the most active
agent in choosing a profession, though
this should not prevent the young man
from faithfully considering what he if
going to do. In very many cases he will
find that he has mistaken his calling
but he has not for this reason necessarily
wasted.his time In seeking what proved
not to be available to him. He lias been
adding to his knowledge and his expe
rience enables him to act more wisely in
the future. Ue lias developed Ins pow
ers to a greater extent, and thus discov
ered what he is fit for. One thing al
most always leads to another if the can
didale has stability and "push." Cor.
HiitTalo Express.
Kngllthuian lleeply Shoeked.
The Englishman will condone every
dereliction except an infringement of
custom and tradition. Talking tpgethei
in the smoking room of the Hotel Mo
tropole one evening not long ago, a party
of gentlemen discussed Hit) peculiarities
of appetite, One of the party, said he
had seen, a few days previous, a friend
eating mustard on his roast mutton.
General surprise was expressed by the
others in the party; one Englishman
was deeply shocked, ami 1 shall never
forget the pathos in his tones as he
asked: "I beg your pardon, sir, hut did
the fellow live?" Eugene Field'a Letter
in Chicago News,
Greet llrlteln'a Inventlolw.
In Great Britain (ho number of appli
cations in 1888 was 13,051, and the num
ber of patents granted wis,9410, against
;t,.'0 applications and 3,024 patents in
I Bit I. In Great Britain in 1888 (here was
an increase as-com pared with the imme
diately preceding year of more jhan
three fold in applications and nearly
thrvie fold in grants an Increase whioh
is attributed to modiflotttlons of the
lial.sit laws. Industries.
What Ob.tr Inters Ave Held.
A aoprana in an average oity will be
paid us a. beginner any wliera. frtiru fciOO
to $800 per annum. As aha becomes bet
tar known and is in more (borough com
mand of her volea he will average from
1500 to 800. Boston paj about $300
par atinum better to choir singers than
any other uity in my knowing. Sev
eral sopranos there receiva yearly sala
ries of $1,000 aud.$l.00, and a few
$1,600. Indies' Home Journal.
Irt d plf h Hnwdxt tloje,
Darwin made some vurioua ex peri
tueiits with both left and right handed
boys. The,y ware hlindfoldad and di
rected to walk to a post; the right
handed and left legfcad one diverged to
I the right, and v(o vate. lr. Uarson a
measurement of skeletons show that
, 'X8 per rem. havethe Isfi h-j ih.-longast
' and the lnr Oest deVrlot-'.
An exchange calls love'a species of
Intoxication." Perhaps that Is why the
course of true love Is so often arrested.
The latest Idea Is to use paper Instead
of wood for lead pencils, by using a patent
preparation by which It can he rut as easily
as the softest wood.
Subscribe, for the AbvorATK.
100 Ladles Wanted.
And 100 men to call nt druggist?, for a
free package of Lane's tamily Mnlirine,
the great root and herb remedy, disenvef nt
by Or Silas Lane while in the Hooky moun
tains. For diseases of the. blood, liver mid
kidneys it is a positive cure. Kotf constipa
tion and clearing up the complexion it does
wonders. Children like it. Everyone
praies it. Large-size package, 60 rents.
At all driit'Ktsts
An Italian monk has succeeded In con
structing an organ where the pipes are
made of paper pulp. It has 1400 pipes of '
various sizes.
Some Foolish I'tople
Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond
the reneh of medicine. They often sav,
Oh, It will wear away, but in most cases
it wears tlirni away. Could thev be in
duced to try the successful medicine called
Kemps Balsam, which is sold on a positive
guarantee to cure, they would immediately
see the excellent eflect after taking the first
dose. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial sire free.
At nil druggist.
Black walnut picture frames are made
of paper and so colored that no one ran
tell them from the original wood.
Dyspepsia and Liter Uomplaliit.
Is it not worth the small price of 75 cents
to tree youri-elf of every symptom of these
distressing complaints, if you think so rail
ut our store and get a bottle nf Slilloh'e
itnlizer. f.very bottle fins a printed
guarantee on it. use arcordinelv. and if It
does you no good it will cost yoii untiling.
old at lliery s or lliomas drug store.
A picture In your Imagination, Is of
course, Inclosed in a frame of mind.
Head the Advocatk.
Oh, What a Cough.
Will yon heed the warning. The signal
perluiM of the sure approach nf that more
terrible disease, Consumption. Ask your
selves if you can afford for the sake of sav
ing 50 cents, to run the risk and do noth
ing lor it. We know from experience that
Sliiloli's Cure will cure . your cough. It
never fails. This explains why more than
a Million BattUs were eold the past vear.
It leiieves croup aim wnooping rouen at
once. .Mothers do not Jc without it. tor
lame hack, side, or chest, use Shlloh's
Porous Plaster. Sold nt Bterv's nr Thomas'
drug store.
Aunt Keziahiseverely): "So you're
going to try tlie experiment of reforming
young Scapcly after marriage. Is he worth
reforming?" Kittle (tearfully) rll'ell, he's
worth a million."
Klectrie Hitter..
This remedy Is becoming so well known and
so popular us to need of no special mention, All
who have used Electric Hitters slni: the same
song of praise. A purer medicine does not ex
ist and it Is guaranteed to all that Is claimed.
Electric nittcrs will cure all diseases ot the liver
and kidneys, will remove pimples, Ixiils, salt
rheum and other affections caused by Impure
blood. Will drive malaria from the system and
prevent as well as cure all malaria fevers. For
cure of headache. Constipation and Indigestion
try Klcctrlr Hitlers Kntire satisfaction guaran
teed, or money refunded. Pi Ice Mcentsnnd.Sl
per bottle ut llKHF.Il'S Drugstore.
When strong fibre is used paper can he
made Into a substance so hard that it can
scarcely be scratched.
From the Nation's Capital.
Nr. A. N. Hazen, Washington, D.O., says the
famous lied Flag Oil Is a perrect family medi
cine and lias no equal for ltfieomatlim, Ksnralea
Sprains, Outs, Hums and bodily pain, Pries 21.
Consumption, are'ynu troubled with this terri
ble dltease. If lo take healthy exercise,' live in
open sir. use PnrltsnUough and Uonsnmptlon
(Jure and be cured, don't delay. Price 25 cents,
at Thoinni drug store.
Railroad car wheels made of paper are
more durable than irou.
l'KiuiAi' no local disease has puzzled
and halllrd the profession more than
nasal catarrh. While not immediately fatal
it is among tlie most distressing and disgust
ing ills the flesh Is heir to, and the record
show very few or uncases of radical cures
chronic catarrh by any of the multitude of
modes of treatment until the introductions
of Ely's Cream Balm a few years sgo. The
success of this preparation "has been most
gratifying and surprising.
The good are said to be happy, but It
Is piobably not because they spend the
time thinking how much better they are
than llm rest of humanity.
F.vervbodjr Knows
Tint litis season the blood is filled with im
piu ities, the accumulation pf months pf close
coiilinement in poorly ventiluted stores work
shops ami tenements. All these impurities
and every trace of scrofula, salt rhenm, or
oli-lii-disease luav he expelled by taking
Hood's Sanuiiiarilla, the best hlood purifier
ever produced. It is the only medicine of
which "100 doses one dollar' is true.
The man who is always saying that
he wants but little here below generally
menus the little he hasn't got already,
Mnrvelons Knduraiire.
The vast amount nf labor preformed by
the heart in keeping all portions of tlie body
supplied with blood is not generally known
It bears 100.000 times, and forces the hlood
at the rate of 168 miles a day, which is
5,000,000,000 times and 5,160,880 miles in a
life time. No wonder there are so nianv
Henri Failures. The first symptames ate
shnrtnes of breath when exciting, pain iu
the slhe or stomach, fluttering, choking in
throat, opswnll n ankles, etc. Dr. Franklin
Miles New Heart Cure is the only reliable
remedy. Sold by T. I). Thomas and W. F.
llierv.
Ask a favor from vpur enemy and
you make him jojir friend t ask a favor
of your friend .and youmake Jilm jour
enemy.
(Inu. IlF.
.Ilntlert
Still lives, so do hmuljeds of others who
have been i-iiredotitligiiuatisrn and Neu
ralgia bv tlie grfat ypotl, purifier, 8 ulpluir
Bitters. Fend To rtUWAnJals.
Sometimes It U thoswv'ho have seemed
the hardest to gain as frfendi who after
wards prove the, most, Mllifpl jn.et.
Never had arfis t3o tsTre appropriate
name than Ayer'a, Half Vlgr Wha lbs ip
lllsry glands pemjeufjeebtkd by jdjMsie, age,
rnecltet, ihlf,idrsHn)npajjcntwed llfeta
the soalp.se that the ha.tr "sMumei niuoh ef iu
youthful fullness andbeauly.
- Although the tattooed freak gejierallr
spares his face, an offer of a laige saltiy
Will make him prick up bis ears.
Is It the stone ballast that wakes
lo.t rock?