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VOL. XVIII.. No 38
Lehighton, Carbon County, Penna., August 2, 1890.
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. SEE US
lr. G. T. HORI
-AT T1IK-
Central Drug Store,
OPP. THfe rUBMO HQUAIIH
Brink Street, Lehighton, Pa
is HEADQUARTEKS FOR
Pure'DrugB and Medicines,
Fine Soaps, Brushes, &c, &c,
. Choice Wines and Liquors,
Wiill Paper and Decorations
Spectacles !
When you buy a pnlr of Shoes you wants
good fit. But II you ueed SPECTACLES It I
much more Important that the EYE should be
accommodated with correct lensea and a proitef
Iv fitting frame which will bring the lenses dl
rectly before the centre of the eye. If ynubuj
your spectacles at Dr. Horn's you will find tin
above points properly attended to.
PERSCRIPTIONS CacHy Comiioiiiiflcc
OCtlS-1887
This standard brand of plug
tobacco is acknowledged to be
the best chew and the largest
piece for the money in the mar
ket. Vinco tin tag on each lump.
Its extensive sale for many years
has established its reputation.
There is nothing better, t. Try it.
For sale by dealers and grocers.
Inclts Worst Form,
' 1 Bcrroa. Ir. Co.. Wis.. Sea.. '83.
luv y.n fleman Tonflhss for thwifoUowtnat
Junes Boosey Who was suffering from Vitus
Stsse to 1U worst form far about 1M years was
treated by several phyiioiana without effeot.
two bottles ot Paito KoesJga tiCJTIl Twli
toiedhlm,
A Montreal letter,
5fhe True Witness and Chronicle, Montreal Can,
Published Oct, 21th. "88
We am in receipt of a letter from one of out
well known citizens, Mr. E. Bolsvert, -who write
t bat upon icommendation of the most Iter. M,
Morcband, ot Drummondville. he was indacea tc
nsa for that most dreadful ot all nervous dlsess,
es, FITS, a few bottles of Pastor Koeulg'e Norv
O'onieiandlsgladtoBtatathatafter having euu".
er4 'or eight years Is now entirely cored, and
heartily recommends all sufteroM ol uerTOM (Uli
esses to try this remedy.
Our Faiunlilet for satttrors of nervous di
seases will be sent tree to any address, and
ft
nof paiieQit pou aiso ouiaui mis meaicini
qr puttrgp fivm us.
i rsmedr has been nreDared bv the Reverent
Pastor Ecenlg, ot Fort Wayne, Ind , for the pas
ten years, and Is now prepared under his dlrec
Uon by the
KOENIO MEDICINE CO.,
es Wn uii'Mt, tn. cjitMCt, liiiaao, h i
SOLD BV DRUOOISTS.
Price tl per liottle. a Hollies for f E
Pf. 0. T, 11 ovi, ngt., Lehighton
Dr. H. B, REINOHL,
Uraduate of Phlla, Dental College:
DENTISTRY !
IN Aid. ITS UUANOHE&
Perseryalion of llic Tcclli a Specialty.
OFFICE HOUItS; From B n. in. to 5 p. m, .
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BAST - MAUCH - CHUNK,
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41,. pAMPRELl-i,
Jqeler Walctoalcr,
pesp
:fmiyln.TllMU? Bttentlpnof his friends
lie pllf 119 generally iu iimnriK'
Watohes, Olooks,
Silverware, Jewely,
st Prices that defy competition. It will pay you
o call and Inspect ray slock before purchasing
eisen litre.
Frornpilydau'atlflWMt charge, Hiiq all work
HisfBted,
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TOACO
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pec is Wi.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
ABSOLUTElSf PURE
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HANKIiIX IIOITSK,
EAST WEISHPOllT, 1'F.NN'A.
rills house oilers Itrstelass accommodat Ions to
10 permanent boarder and trniiMent guest.
Panlo prims, only One Dollar er day.
uig7-iy John- ltKiimn, Proprteh.r.
.
Oscar Christina 11,
WEISSPOltT. PA.'
Livery ami Evclianqo Sialic.
lasy riding carriage nt safo drlvlna horses.
Best accommodations to agents and travellers.
Mali anil telegraph orders prnmpllyattended to.
live me a trial. mavsi-ly
Tho - Weissport - Bakery,
0. w. i,Aunv. ritoritiBTon.
Oelivers Fresh Dread and Cakes in Weissport,
Lehighton anil vicinities everyday,
(n the store I have a Fine Line ot Confecllonery
rthe lloiliiay rraae. ntimiay schools aim tea-
vals supplied at lowest prices.
dees Cin.
Dm Canal Brittle I fcspr
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AND DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
PARLOR SUIT US,
BET) ROOM SUITES,
., e. Prices the very lowest. Quality or
roods the best. Satisfaction guaranteed In
ivery particular.
Caskot.3, Coffins and Shrouds,
We .have a full Hue which we will furnish a
.he lowest possible prices.
Flour, Feed, &c,
the choicest nualltv at very reasonable prices,
Call and be convinced,
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BR. G. T. FOX, !
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AT KASTON, SWAN OTBU Tl'USDAVS.
AT ALI.KNTOWN, KAHI.K llOTKl,, TIIU1ISPAV
vt lusnon. Uroapwav housk, Mo.nuavs.
VT HATH, WKIINKHDAVH AND HAT1IIIDAV8.
Olllce I lours Vroni 9 a. in. to 4 p. m. Practice
limited to diseases of tho
Eye, Ear, Nose &. Throat
SSJ-Also, Itefractlon ot the Eyes Tor the adjust
ment of glasses,
fmi
KISTLER
Hesectfully announces to the nubile that he has
opened a NEW l.IVHUV STAlll.K.andtlut he Is
now prepared to furnish Teams fur l''um-rals,
Weddlugsor llushifss Trips ou the shTrot no
Ice and most liberal terms. Ordeis felt at the
Carbon House" will receive prompt attention.
STAIUiES ON NORTH 8TUERT,
nextthe Ili.tol, Lehlnhton. lanKlA-
Ml the freshest
county iifiws in
ac it.
this paper.
For Newest Designs and MnH Pashlnuablo
Styles of
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DRY GOOflS,
GROCERIES, .
PROVISIONS,
SILVERWARE. &p., &c.
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Bank Stroet, Lehighton.
Goods guaranteed and prices as low sa else
where far the same usllty of gne.li. ,
July 18, 1885lyj
IlUbUr Iiiiom uuless worn uncomtorubly tlshl,
will uftu .up oir tho feet
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Tbls t'Uuss to tlui bos and prevent the robbx
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"ADHESIVE COUNTERS.'
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D. J.
U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1S89.
ONSUMPTION;
IN Its first stages, can be successfully
checked by the prompt ttso of Ayor'a
Cliorry 'Pectoral. Even In tho later
periods of that disease, the cough Is
wonderfully relieved by this medicine.
" I linve used Avor's Cliorry Pectoral
wiih tlia liest effect in uiy practice.
This wonderful preparation ohoo saved
my life. I had a constant rough, night
sweats, was greatly reduced In flesh,
null given up by my physician. One
bottlo nnd a naif of tho Pectoral cured
me." A. J. Eidson, it. 11., MMdleton,
Tennessee ' '
' Soveral years ngo I was sovoroly 111.
The doctors sold I was In consumption,
nnd that tlioy could do nothing for mo,
but ndvlsod mo, as a last resort, to try
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. After taking
this mediciuo two or three mnntlis I
was cured, and my Iiealtli remains good
to tho present day "James Illrcliard,
Darieu, Conn.
" Soveral years ago, on a passage home
Irom California, by water, I contracted
so severe a cold that for some days I
was confined to my. state-room, nud n
physician on board considered my llfo
in danger. Happening to have n bottlo
of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, I used it
freely, and my lungs were soon restored
to a healthy condition. Slneo then I
have invariably recommended this prep
aration." J. 11. Chandler, Junction, Va.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Bold by all Druggists. Price M;ixbottle,s.
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May ho etmsiilli'd In
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W. G. M. Soiple,
PHYSICIAN AND fltTllGEON,
SOUTH STREET. - - - LEHIOIITON
May bo consulted In English and (lerman.
peclal ntlrntlun given to (lynecology,
Ori'iore Houits; From 12 M. to 2 P.M., and
ram c to 9 r. M mar. si-v
HAVE A OAEi?
When vou re addreitcd ti above, vour firt't inw
pulse U to look at ths driver. If the day be ttormy
and the driver i a wise man, you vi'L find that bo
-rears a It iH Urand Slicker," and ho will tell yoti
that ho it as comfortable, on the box as his fasten
f;r in the cab, and that for his business this coat
Invaluable, When you get once inside a " Kith
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for you. It doesn't make the smallest diffeicnco
whether U rains, hails, sleets, snows, or blows.
You are absolutely and solidly comfortable, Get
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wards. It is a waste of money to buy any other
waterproof coat. Jhf are worthless after a few
Vtplt o( lrd usage. Beware of worthless irn-
itation.J evcrv varment stunned with thu " I'iih
strand ''Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior
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Olllce opiKwile tlie 0Hrti Hnittv.
Rank Street, Z,eh 'hton, Pa.
IlKNTIHTltY IN AM. ITS IlItANl IIIW,
I'IIIIiik ami making aitillclal deuliires n seelal
I). Lih'uI uuesllii'lies used.
Ilaa (wtniiip,ten'd and Teeth fitrneted WITH
OFFICE HOl'ltS: -Froln'"'. Ill , Ui 12Tn., fron
1 p. ii., to r y. 111., trjnii v p. pi., to s p. in.
C'onsuliuUuiu in Etucllslior (Uiiiiihii
Olllce Hours at 1 1 alet mi -Even Hsilurdav
Oct 1&4IT-IV
DENTISTRY.
Dr. J. A , illa iGV MSon
Dr. GEORGE H. MAYER,
a (lr i.lnaK' frdm the Dental Drtineiit of the
Unlrslty of l'eiinsylviiiilii.
has niieiifilau ntUi-e in the same bulldlUR it
in, ituuri, sf4uuu Hour pi iiie nay " niuow,
.1 IIKDAIIWAV. JIAl'CII CHI NK, PA.,
and i now preuiriMl lo receive e er) onein need
UI 111 -vl l-lltll Ut'lll.l! HIVHl,. lllllf K-fW-l
MANSION HOUSE
(uipoatU' I., fa S. Depot,
flANlf STREET. liEIIKillTON
C. II, 1I0M, PUOPKIETHK.
1 lili bouse offers llrst-t'lass iu'iuuiiiutatioiis for
1 ransirnt aud Mruuiie hoy u-en
in-nly rrnmdli alt t deiuiriiiii'ids, anil Is lui-at
i d lu one of the must pi restme iHirikm nf the
lioroiiKli, thrills iiuatei, e, fJ- lbeliAli
mpplled with Uio ulkiloetU Wines, l.liiuurs aud
.'lltars. Frmh 1 eer on Tan. aprl7-yt
FRANK P, DIlgHk,
1 IWUc! lilai'ksuiilh.v, IIorsesioer
is prepared!'1 l' at rk 111 his hue
intheut'al manner ami .a ih-i,iwet
erle
leased)!. tn,v a.-; i.
PACKERTON
Midway betivii M.uulu h
HOTEL,
iiik & I t'liilitan,
2. II. ('. HUM. l-i , 1. 1.. 1.
I'At'K ERTON, - - - Pssst. 1
1 his Hell known Hotel is suiuiri,bliel1tt4Hl, and
hitathi- i-t,t ttrrt'iumtd,ui 111 tut iennaiieiil ana
siisu-ul tumrJma hii-elleul LtOle, sud tlit
1 ur best Li'iuor. Mablea aluiUiel ltii
SIC PASSIM.
: stood today In a sehoolbouM Aid,
where my yoviut steps were HghtawLT reo.
Through summer's heat and winter's ouhl,
And all my life was yet to be.
ifThero were bashful girls and beardless youth,
And the master's likeness, drawn with truth,
On a slate with the corners broken out.
stood, and alt those careless days
O er my worn heart came drifting back:
The songful ease, the lightsome ways
Which In all alter years we lack.
Oh, the early loves and the laughing girls.
The innocent wyis without alloy!
Oh. the angel In pantalets and curls,
ueiovwi iy me ana mat other boy:
Ah, the way slid balanced between us twain
Comes back with barrowln? force to me
For the true proportions of bliss, 'tis plain,
Are never wrought out or the "rule or tnreoi'
Well, we know of nuts by tho empty shell;
And never tho bed of n brook so dry
Hut the smoothness of Its stones will tell
Of tho stream that used to go rushlug by.
take my place nuiong those that were,
Content to reel I hare bad my hour.
The buds are rosy and sweet and fair,
Hut the fruit comes only after tho flower.
Koinauce and history aye repeat,
And lore and youth sustain no loss;
For another girl sits In that angel's seat,
And two other boys throw billets across!
Clara Marcelle. Greene In Journal ot Uducatlon
THE CHEmST'S STORY.
I am a chemist.' I mil tho occupant ol
tliia responsible and important positior
in the medical cdllego of P .
It wns about 1 o clock on a stonnj
evening that I bade cood night to mj
Btudent, Torn Richards, nt the door oj
my laboratory, at tho south end of the
college buildings.
Tom was Yery unxious to know what
would keep me up after IS o clock, bo j
told him I was about to commence an
alyzing tho stomach of a Mrs. Johnson,
whoso husband lay in P. jail, jual
across the road from tho college, on sus
picion thut he was the murderer.
As Tom was passing out of the collect
yard through the gate, His head turned
and bidding me good night, he brushed
against a man standing with his back tc
the collego and his face to the prison.
Tho street lamp showed me that the
man was iu police uniform,
He-entering my laboratory I tool
down a glass jar from the shelf nnd sat
down behind my sink to examine it. Ar
hour had passed since the departure ol
young Richards. I had labored hard tc
discover traces of the poison in all this,
but had been unsuccessful. Joe .John
son, the Buspected man, hud been a Btu
dent of mine a few years before. 1
thought him a good hearted, intelligent
fellow, only a little wild.'and really be
gan to hope that he might provo inno
cent, when, among tho macerated food,
J caino upon a emull, infinitesimal white
grain. By careful manipulation and the
use of my magnifying glass I managed
to get this upon ft piece of smoked glost
ana ejeammea it
I was then certain I had discovered ar
senic, but to make assurance doubly sure
1 uotermluod to apply a well known' tesi
for that poison.
"Yes," I exclaimed, as I saw the fatal
blazon, ".Too Johnson is the murderer oi
Ida wife! With tho evidence of lliul
mark to back me no power can save
hint."
"Do you really think so?" said a calm
voice behind me.
I turned quickly and discovered a tall.
lank policeman, having red, watery eyes,
standing at my office door and staring
in, His body looked as if it had been
rolled out long before his hands like
molasses candy stick. He had no ex
pression at all in his face, and his police
man's hat was so large that it threatened
to settle down on his shoulders. His uni
form reassured me and I addressed him
With some impatience.
"My friend, I suppose I nm wanted tc
attend an inquest, or what is your pur
pose i1
l was police surgeon as well as coroner.
"Uon t bother, professor : the man am
dead yet, but they say he will be before
morning."
"What's the matter with. bim?u
"Brain disorder, I mean something
wrong bore'
I touched my foreheau, and so aid he
as ho said: "Ay, as I thought I'd drop in
and tell you if you were going to. the
station to-morrow to take a lqolc. and
seo if it is post mortem, op ot, Besldef
I wanted, to, see where I could alWnyf
find you In case of need
I bowed, aud attributed bis visit to a
feeling of curiosity. Ho sat on the sink,
and while liis eyes wandered about like
one who felt himself called upon to, say
something, he Haul;
"Profeesortherehas been an aocident
tins attemoon terrible, too,
'.(What was itT
"Nitro glycerine explosion up in the
iron millsa hundred fellow mortals
busted."
"Sadt"
"Affecting, very." Hero ho rubbed
his inouth with the back of his hand
"Professor, whu,t. is that intra glycerlner
".its a very dangerous, article." I an
swered, happy to display my knowledge.
"It iiau nearly twice the destructiveuaw
of gunpowder, but, unlike it, does not
explode on the application of heat
red hot coal dropped into it will not ex
plode it. It will freeze. It, U ytdlo,w and
greasy.
'Y"iU dont mean to Bay so," said the
ofHosr, Interrupting me in disagreeable
touea in the middle of a choice extract
from one of my lectures. "Why, but
you haven t told me how it goes off,
tho fire won't burst it, what in (hem)
wiur
f told him if it were pressed, or any
thing fell on it, it would explode.
"Place it under the crusher of a, cider
mm, strike it with hammer, let
weight full on it from a, height"
"Yes," said the inaij, "and that rousej
its volcaner, does itf
"1 suppoM, proreeeor, t'Mt ere can
would, make a. mighty big; noise if ul
loweu to expioue here an ut oncer'
"It would blaw the entire building to
atoms," Miid I, resuming the analysis oi
mw. Johnson a stomach.
"No?" I heard the polloemau remark
in deliberate Yankee tones, "you don
say tor
The next moment I lay ou Qack
gt in nry tnquth, terribly ftight-et
nd slck'nt heart, Qvor 1110 utood the
policeman and the first thing that func
tionary did was lsoklng ine straight it
the face to take off Ids noie. He then
rid himself uf his evebrowe, hair and
cap, and Uvauie a determined looking
fellow, with the eyes of a nVnd and the
nose uf u Human.
"So you think." said the metaunir
phoaed, in the tunes of a gentleman
"that nothing can save Joe Johnny
from the rope? Poor fellow! It doe
look like it! But my dear profeesor, Jos
Johnuou is fui tuuate enough to have lc
fiiu a devuiL-d triviid as well as brothwr
1 have jirti tu jure luw- aiui lu
Biiall be saved. In order to ncconipHst
this ond it will be necessary to removt
from tho face of the earth not only tht
stomach of his miserable wife yonder,
but also, my dear professor I am norrj
to be obliged to Bay it, for I believe you
wero my brother's teacher and friend
yoursolf as well." I saw that he was In
deadly earnest.
'Your death must apparently result
from accident at least so it must seeln
to tho authorities. My brother is in jail
nnd they will not suspect him, and they
certainly will not Buspect mo."
What terrible deed was lu this brait
hatching was he going to murder mel
Was it myself who was to hang, instead
of Johnson?
No: yes. Ho placed the line pulley
like over nn arm of a hanging chandelier,
This was altogether too slignt a support
even for one or my tender frame. It vat
not to tie hanging, thon. Under the
weight on the floor he placed a can ot
nitro-glycerihet I reooguiied the yellow
string; it was a fuse, ttnd it Would burn
in sixty ihimites. It would run 'adross
tho marble slab; thero wns no hope ol
igniting any RUlwtnnoe that wonld warn
my friends.
Do vou bemn to see throturh it?"
asked Joo Johnson's brother.
I believe I cursed him with my eyes,
could only breathe through my nos
trils, and groat veins wero swelling nnd
growing hot in lny forehead. Drawing
a match from his pocket ho lighted and
applied it to the fuse; that little tyrant
that gave a man an hour to live, to kill
him at the end of it that little irre
sponsible teiTor that, less merciful than
Providence, told a man tho second he
was to die, if fright and horror spared
him to himself. Slowly tho flamos crept
snake liko around tho twine.
In one hour," Raid tho prisoner's
brother, "3-011 will be in Heaven or hell.
I will watch with you for half an hour,
and the other half you will spend alone."
He sat down some minutes in a chair
watching the flame. Then he arose aud
took a piece of porcelain, with the mur
derer's name thereon, from the table,
and shook his head gloomily.
"I am chemist enough to know it is
arsenic," he kuiI. "Yes, those bright,
metallic eyes, a betrayal of tho guilty!
Science, thou wouldst kill my brother
thou shalt save him. Lot me seo in
whoso hands thou art tho most 'power
ful." Tho lialf hour wore Blowly away. Oh,
heavens! What agony did! suffer I Not
for myself, but for my child. The fuse
burned on on. Tho half hour Is up,
The brother of the murderer rises to go.
Joy.
'Commit your soul to God s keeping,
ho Bald. "You hold the evidence of my
brother's guilt nothing can save yoti
now.
With that he turned to tako his hat
from off the table covered with the
crimson cloyi beneath which hid my
priceless ooy. bometmng attracted ma
attention. He held out his hands and
reached forward. I thought he had dis
covered my boy. No; he was lifting
something in either hand the wires of
tho elf ctrio battery. ' In another instant
my boy had leaped from under the table,
and wns turning the crank fast and furi
ously. Tho murderor a brother -was in the
power of my boy. Ho could not drop
the wires; ho was helpless. How my
boy cried for help! The old collego rang
with his voice. The prisoner's brother
added his voice to my boy's in his agony.
In an instant a great length burned
away. It would just last live minutes
and no more.
'Fatherl" shouted my boy, "if no as
sistance comes this villain must die with
us. I daro not free him. Help! help!
help!"
Alast I could not answer mm.
Thank God! But somo one else did.
The fuse is burned up. The rope is on
fire the nitro glycerine! Tho door
opens; Tom Richards, on n midnight
visit to tho sick, has heard the cry; he
comprehouda all; seizes the can in his
hand, tho weight descends indeed, but
not on the death dealing oil. No; down
it goes through tho office floor down,
down, liko an evil spirit, to give back a
dull metallic echo from tho stones of the
cellar beneath.
We are saved.
Joe Johnson, the prisoner, was hanged.
but his brother remains unpunished by
the law, for he stubbed himself with a
knife and thus escaped the hangman's
rope. n. 11, m Atlanta uonstttntlon,
Thu First Horse Truttlnc;.
Tho first public horse race iu America
was trotted In 1818 in New York. It
had been asserted that thore was not a
horse in the country which could trot a
mile In three minutes. Mai. William
Jones, of Long Island, and Col, Bond, of
Maryland, sustained the opposition nnd
brought out the. Uone Boston Blue,
whiclt ww the race. His time is given
us just three minutes. Previous to this
however in June, 1800 tho horse Yan
kee is reported to have trotted at Har
lem, N. Y., in 2:50 on a short track, and
Boston Horse is credited with having
made n mile at Philadelphia in 1810 in
2Ht. ueirou r ree Tes.
A I'lillosophlcal YoiuiKvter.
Recently a little Lewistou S-year-old
who hud been sick was taken for a drive
around the lake by his papa. The boy
is of as philosophical a turn us M1 Al
cott's "Demi," 'rapa,tt said he, "who
made this lake?' "Why, God, my sou.'
"Didn t he have more than one man lo
help him," was the young hopeful's nxt
ijuery. lievyiston journal,
Nothing delights, the average English
man more than, to be a member of a so
ciety with a long and iuvolved name, In
fact societies such as "The Hootety for
the Better Promotion of Relaxation from
Buainefti Cures and Enjoyment During
Luneheon Honrs in the Municipality of
London" grow in strength and influence.
Mrs. Livermore says that her husband
is a Republican while she is a Prohibi
tionist: he is a protectionist aud she
free trader; he has a pew iu one ohurch.
she in mother; he lias one elector, alio
another; and yet they are happy and
harmonious and never dream of unarivl-
ing.
li 11.1 1 ,-11 and I'oultts.
Let one of the children luwnute the
care of the poultry yard if you hiCve not
the time to make it a feature of your
tanning. Encourage him by belling him
tlw fowl at 11 fuir price-, allowing him
to pay f a t'ui.i in eggb, which von
buy at tin- regular prii a, or which .ir
sola ami pl.ucil tu Ins accuut. -(
Inn, to k-i 0 las own uccounts, let lilt
tor the feid purchttneil by tilt, solo
of eggs ami cltickeujt. The boy will
be happier for the experiment, and ho
will gain habits of industry that will b
valuable to lam all bis life. Hall's
Journal ut Health.
RUSSIA'S OIL OENTEE.
SECTION OF
VOTED TO
THE COUNTRY DE
NOTHING ELSE.
The Ilmtti ut the Caspian Sea ltests on a
Subterranean Sea of Naphtha lllaoov
.ery, Appearand, nnd I .urge Output of
the lteds A Town of Fire.
Tiflls is midway on tho railway that
outs the Caucasus in its wholo width
and puts the two Beas in communica
tionthe port of Batoum on the Black
sea with that of Bakou on the Caspian.
As we leave the capital in tho latter di
rection the oyo is nt first ravished nnd
thon dosolated by tho changing aspects
of the land. Tho track follows the Konr,
which rolls its broad sheet of water inn
jtnticnlly through wild forests and rich
tillod soil, while two chains of enowy
ridge stretch away out of sight in the
distance the Caucasus to the left, tho
mountains of Armenia to tho right.
Soon wo leave tho liver, which goes
to join the AraxiM toward tho south;
the plain gets broader and barer; tall
cages bniltof planks perched on four tree
trunks rise in the midst of tho rice fields
like watch towers. The inhabitants of the
villages, who are all Tartars in this
region, take rcfugo at uight in theso
aerial nests; tho marshy land is so un
healthy . that it is dangerous to sleep
there. In spite nf theso precautions the
peasants whom we see aro devoured by
fover; their emaciated visages remind us
of thoso of tho inhabitants of tho Roman
campagna. After leaving Hadji-Cnboul,
tho station in Moorish stylo where a now
lino branches off "the Teheran line," I
am told by the engineers who aro build
ing it, and who hope to carry it into the
very heart of Persia wo enter nn Afri
can landscape, sad and luminous.
ufiaukaulk scenehy.
The mountain chains becomo lower;
they nro now simply cliffs of gilded Band
stono festooning against a crude bluo
sky. At their feet the desert, a sandy
expanse, covered horo and thero with a
rose carpet of flowering tamarisks. Herds
of camels browse ou these shrubs under
tho guard of a half naked shepherd, mo
tionless as a bronze Btatue. The fan
tastic silhouettes of thoso animals aro in
creased in size and changed in form by
tho effect of tho mirage, -which displays
before our oyes in the ardent hazo of the
horizon lakes and forests. From time
to time we meet a petroleum train, com
posed of cistern trucks in the form of
cylinders, surmounted by a funnel with
a short, thick neck.
When you see them approaching from
a distance you might mistako them for
a procession of mastodons, vying in
shapolessness with tho trains of camels
which they pass. Tho sun burns in space,
Yonder a green band glitters beneath its
rays; It Is the Caspian. Wo turn around
a hill and behold! on this western shore,
111 this pnmitivn landscape, which seems
like a corner of Arabia Potrwa, it mon
strous city rises beforo our eyes. Is it
onco moro the effect of mirage, this
town of diabolical aspect, enveloped iu
a cloud of smoke traversed by running
tongues of flamo, as it wero Sodom for
tified by the demons in its girdlo of cast
iron towers?
I can find but 0110 word to depict ex
actly the first impression that it gives
It is-a town of gasometers. Thero are
no houses the houses are relegated
further away on the right, in tho old
Persian city nothing but iron cylinders
and pities nnd chimnoys, scattered in
disorder from the hills down to the
beach. This is doubtless the fearful
model of what manufacturing towns
will all be in tho Twentieth century.
Meanwhile, for tho moment, this one is
unique in tho world; it is Bakou the
town of fire," us tho natives call it; the
petroleum town, where everything is de
voted and subordinated to the worship
of the local god.
' OIL IN ItEMOTE AOLS.
Tho bed of tho Caspian sea rests upon
a second subterranean sea, which spreads
its floods of naphtha under the whole
basm. On tho eastern shore tho build
ing of tho Samareand railway led to the
discovery of immense beds of mineral
oil. Ou tho western shore, from the
most remote ages, the magi used to adore
tho tiro springing from the earth at the
very spot where its last worshipers pros
trate themselves nt the present day. But
after having long adored it impious men
begnn to niako profit by It commercially,
In the Thirteenth century tho anions
traveler, Marco Polo, mentions "on the
northern side a great spring whence
flows a liquid like oil." It is no good for
eating, but Is useful for burning and all
other purposes; and so the neighboring
nations come to got thoir provision of it
and fill many vessels without tho ever
flowing spring appearing to Ixj tUniln
ished in any manner. Tho real practical
working of these oil springs dates back
only a dozen years.
At tho present day it yields 2,000,000
kilogramme of korosono per annum,
and disputes the markets of Europe
against the products of Kentucky and
Pennsylvania. The yield might be in
creased tenfold, for the existing wells
give on an average 40,00(1 kilogrammes a
'day, and in order to find new ones it suf
fices to 1m! the ground, so saturated is
the whole soil with petroleum. C. Mar
vin, "The Petroleum Industry in Bouth
eni Russia," compares tho Aspheron pen
jnsnla to a sjsingo plunged in mineral
oil. The soil is. continually vomiting
forth the liquid lava that torments its
nti-ails, either tn the form of mud vol
canoes or of uattind springs. These
springs overflow in streams so abundaut
tlutt it is hopeless to store their contents
for want of reservoirs; often they catoh
fire and bum for weeks; the air, impreg
nated with naphtha vapors, is then nglow
all round Bakou. Harper's.
Alter the Haiti.
Clara I liave just had a d,eigj.tful
walk. How deiiciansly fresh and pure
and clear tho lndut ipe looks this even
ing' Finn Ya-a. 1 Just read in the pa
pers that some detectives are scouring
thifc part of the country. Pittsburg Bill
letU.
I Jims wllh Spiked Uaekbouei.
In front of an ugly but fashlonabla
house In Bemud avenue, above Four
teenth street, are two very unreliable
cast iron lions, which have just been
painted a pinkish brown tn mutch 1ho
newly chiseled brown etone copings of-
thu dooiuny. The lions, in form and
color, w ere sufficiently unlike anything
iu nature, but just by way of preventing
the casuaL small boy from taking 1m
aginary excursions astride their basks, a
strip of spiked iron has been extended
from mane to tail uf each lion. The ef
fect of those grewsome but impossible
beasta cm startling utt ft atraugei .
FANCY'S FERRY.
You're eniswsl bis ferry many a tltn. Perhaps
you didn't know It.
He seats you lu his ferryboat and then begins to
row It;
Ha dips hU oars so softly that-you cannot even
- near litem,
And lot you land at Fancy's docks before you
Know you re near iiieni.
Oh I Fancy's land looks very grand with structures
high and airy,
And bright Impossibilities to mislead the un
wary:
And presently you find yourself, no matter what
your station,
A-hulfdlng castles In the sir that haven't a foun
dation.
And yet it Isu't dinicult to rear them till they're
higher
Than anything you ever saw In turret or In
spire;
And Fancy seems so wondrous kind, ha gratifies
each notion
You've not a whim but Is Indulged through his
extreme dovotlon.
Old Humdrum town you left behind seems sadly
uninviting,
With school, and books, and lessons that you're
urea ot rectung.
Dttt lot what's tidal Your castle shakes! Its
walls are all a-cmmhlo:
You stantl amid a ruined mass, alive, but very
numoie.
Then Fancy rows you homo agala Itdoesn't take
a minute;
You wouldn't know his boat's so swift that you
were really tu It.
But nt a word (with such a shock!) false Fancy
lAnds his wherry; . .
What does he earn for foolish folk who dally cross
ills rerryr
Julio M.I.lppman tn Ihiffalo Kxpreas,
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE HIM!
AMnn Who Gets Ills Food, Fuel and Light
for Nothing and Is raid for It.
"I know at least one man in tills conn-
try who is ablo to live cheaply and get
paid for doing it, idl because ho Uvea
whore tho cost of getting his food, fuel
and light to him is about five times as
lunch ns tho original cost of the sup
plies themselves, said the captain of a
schooner in tho coastwise trade. "It
seems queer that a man can get along
moro economically on account of the
high cost of getting his supplies to his
home than ho could if the cost were less,
don't it? But it's a fact. This man's
nearest market is thirty miles" from
whero ho lives, and a ton of coal will
cost him $0 in that market.
'If it cost him no more than 0 to lay
that ton of coal down in this man's bin
ho would have to pay for both coal and
delivory, and the ton wonld stand him
in $19. The same in proportion with
his beef nnd his pork nnd his potatoes
and his flour and his oil. But just lib
cause it costs in the neighborhood of
$30 a ton to carry his coal from the yard
to his bin, and corresponding prices for
his other supplies, he gets tho whole
business for nothing. His flour he gets
free, and his beef and his pork and his
potatoes and his oil, as well ns his coal,
Tho entire outfit don t cost him a cent
from one year's end to the other, nnd he
gets $1,000 a year for staying whore he
is nnd receiving tho annual conations.
"It will be queer now if you aro not
thinking to yonrself that this man I am
speaking of has a soft snap. Well,
may be he has. He is a lighthouse
keeper. Ho lives on a big rock at Cape
Ann. No sea going vessel can get within
a quarter of a mile of his home. No
loaded boat can resell his abiding place
in safety. To get a ton of coal to his
bin, which is perched on the rocks above
high water mark, it must be shipped
from Boston to as near the lighthouse as
the vessel dare approach. Tho coal is in
bags, and these are placed in small boats,
which carry them to the edge of the
shoal water, inside of which the boats
dare not enter. Tho bags of coal are then
carried nshore on the backs of the crew.
who wade through tho surf, clainBer up
the rocks with their burdens and empty
tho coal in the lighthouse bin. Tho other
bulky supplies aro delivered to the Cape
Ann light koopor in the same manner.
nnd the government pays the expense,
May be he has a soft snap, but I'd rather
be on my vessel, tossing and pitching 011
tho heaviest sea that his light over shono
out niion than to b firmly grounded on
that Capo Ann rock as ho is. Wouldn't
you?
"But this man isu't tho only one the
government supplies with free coal, light
and rations at Us lighthouses. When
ever tho keepers aro located at stations
where the cost of carriage exceeds tho
cost of supplies they aro provided freo
but where the cof delivery does not
exceed the price of the goods the keeper
is compelled to pay for both. Thatls n
qneer rule, but government has many a
queer wny of doing things. At all the
barren rock lighthouses, liko Capo -Vim,
Miuot's ledge Bnd others, the keepers
nave oven to oe supplied witu iresn wa
ter from points on the mainland. Tlioy
collect a great deal from rains in cisterns
and tallies, but in most cases it is not
sufficient for the needs of tho keepers,
and tho supply from abroad must bo reg
ularly taken to them, no. matter what
tho cost or tho difficulties aro in getting
it there. 'New York Evening Sun.
The Seaside rarasol.
The extremely fashionable tutrasol to
bo used at tho seaside or at the moun
tains is the most unique Japanese one
that can be got. On top must, lie tied
a large blaok ribbon bow, the ends of
which come far down on tho parasol
when it is opened. It really looks very
pretty when worn with a cotton gown
and makes a bright speck on the land
scape. Tho red parasol is also in vogue.
and is of plain, heavy silk, with a natural
wood handle. One having a silver handle
is voted extremely bad form. The very
pronounced liking for rod is thought to
be the outcome of the general woman's
disposition. Lining her coat with scar
let, wearing a scarlet frock, having
scarlet parasol and wearing a scarlet
bonnet is the nearest she can got to paint
ing the town redv which from her youth
up she lias always had a yearning to do.
Kennlr Your It'orn Out Clothes,
A ior man who wants to dress well
and as cheap as he can should not dts
card a suit so long as its color is firm and
its fibres hang together. No man knows
how far $15 it year spent for repairs will
go toward mnktnir his appearance pre
sentable, nor how large an expenditnre
for new garments it has saved him until
he tries it. If men with moderate in
oomes, who feel obliged to dress shabbily
six months out of the year, observed n
womah's wajr of sponging, overhauling
and retrimming they might get a useful
object leHPUfroia It, New York Ht.tr
A Man at Ills Word.
WIUob PhiUen is a man who keeps
his word, whatever else may be said of'
him.
Bllsou Do von find lutu sor
Wit-wo Yes: be borrowed five dollar
from me a yoar ago, aud he mtid he'd
never lorn t "' klndnetw.
BiUun And lie hiun't''
VVlla.,., hi. -II tiliiM lti, Wdl.t. 1
W borrow money he coined to me.
"Tho Ruling rasslort'' Is what makes
kings and queens.
inn T.mllo Wmitpil.
And 100 men to call at druggists, for a
free package of Lane's l'aiully Medicine,
tho great root nnd herb remedy, tliscoveeru
byDr .Silas Lime while In lite Rocky moun
tains, ror iiisensosoi me niooti, uver ana
kidneys it is n positive cure. For constipa
tion nnd clearing up the complexion it does
wonders. Children like It. Kveryone
praises it. Largo-size package, f0 rents.
At all druggists'
"Are you fond of Wagnerian-opcra, Mr.
Flint?" "Yes; I never cared for music"
Some Foollsti People
Allow a cough to run until It eels lievond.
the reach of inf-dicinev, 'Vhey oflen say,
t)li, it will wear uWny, hut iu most cases
wears them away. Could lliev be In-
luced lo try the successful medicine called
Kemp's Balsnm, which Is sold on a positive
guarantee to cure, they would. Immediately
see the excellent effect after taking the first
riW. Price fiOc ami $1.00. Trial siie free.
At all druggists.
ll'liat time, by the clock is tho best for a
pun? A joke tal-es best just when It
strikes one.
I'tKls Worth Knowing.
In nil diseases nf the nasal mucous mem
brane tlie remedy used must he non-irritating.
The medical profession has been slow
to learn this. Nothing satisfactory can be
accomplished with douches. Biiliff, powders
or syringes because they are air irritating,
do not thoroughly reach the allectcd slirface-
es nud should he nbahndoued ns worse than
failures. A multitude of persons who had
lor years Imrno all the worry and pain that
catarrh can inflict testify 10 redical cures
wrought by Lly s Cream Halm.
First boarding house turkey How are
you feeling? fieconn boarding nouse
turkey Tough.
A Safe Investment.
in fin., winch u irn.ariintpcd tn hrlmr vou satis
factory results, or In enso of failure a return ot
uircnase price. tin mis sate piau ju vu
niv fi-nin mtr nil vet ttsptl Dmctrlst a bottle of Dr.
triiii-'a Mpw llUr-nvprv fnr f vmsnnintlon. It Is
gnamncted to bring relief m every ease, when
liseti loraii nuet-iioti ut mrimv, i,uiii,awi vuwi,
such as ('niisuiiiptlon, Inllsmmatlon of Lungs,
llronchltls, Asthma, Whooping Cough. Croup,
etc., etc. It Is pleasant and agreeable totsste
lierfeetly safe, an can always bo depended up,.
an. Trfilt hollies free at ItliliF.K'H Drug store.
Irate father Mr. Lightboad, didn't I
just sco you kiss my daughter? Mr. Light-
head No, sir; yon saw your daughter kiss
Oh, AVhnt n Cough.
Will vou heed tho warninc. The signal
perhaps of the sure approach of that more
terrible disease, Consumption. Ask your-
sclvis if you can afford for the sake of sav-
- .. . .
ing (it) cents, to run the nsK ami no noui
inir for it. We know from experience that
Sluloli's Curo will cure your cotigh. It
never fails. This explains why more than
1 Million RottUs were Fold the past year.
It relieves croup and whooping cohbii at
once. Mothers do not lie wiinnui 11. ror
lame back, side, or chest, use Shiloh's
Porous Piaster. Sold nt Ricry's or Thomas'
drug fctorc.
"Please to clye 1110 something,- sir," said
an old woman. "I had a blind child, he
was my only means of subsistence, hut the
poor boy has recovered his sight."
Dyspepsia nnd I.lver Complaint.
Is It nut worth the small nriccof 75 cents
to tree yourcelf of every symptom of these
distressing complaints, if you think so call
at our store and get a bottle of fihlloh's
Vitaliior. Everv boltlo has a printed
guarantee on it, use accordingly, and if it
does you no good H will cost you nothing.
Sold at Ilicry's or Thomas' drug, store.
Sunday school teacher (reprovingly)
Doys, do vou know what day this Is?
Street urchin Hi, fellers! here's a cove as
don't know what day this Is, Guess he's
been out all night!
Tin: nroiirielors of Klv's Cream Ralm do
not claim it to be a cure-all, hut a sure
remedy for tiilarrah, colds in liend and had
fever. It is not a liquid or a snnff, but is
iisiWiiiinlicd into the nostrils. It gives
relief nt once.
Landlord (to denartinc cuestl I trust I
may rely upon your recommending my es
tablishment. Guest I don't happen to
have at this moment a mortal enemy In
the world!
From the Nation's Capital.
Mr. A. N. llawn, WselilngWn, D.U.iayl ths
f.nuuus Hed Flsit till Is a perrect fsmliy medl
elno nnd has no equal for Itfif umatUm, Neuralga
Sprains, Cuts, Hums and bodily pain. Pries Si.
Consumption, are you troubled with this tsrrl
Mo dlieate, If so take healthy exercise, livs In
open sir, ure Puritan Cough and Consumption
lluro and be cured, don't delay. Price cents,
at Thoinas'ilruK storo.
"Mrs. Mulligan," said Mrs. Glnty, "is
It well yer fcelin' tho day?" "Yls, very
well." "An sthrong?" "Yls, quite
sthroug." "Then p'rapj It's able je'd be
to bring back the two washtubs yez bnrred
last Monday."
Don't Get Discouraged,
ileuitise the doctors say yon cannot tire I
was troubled with Dropsy, nnd given Op to
die Hut after using Sulphur Hitlers 1 am
u.ill ll Ittilmlmi, mn.lir.lnn fn fill lTlilMptr
distil I evereaw-Mt. J- limwn. Ijridge-
n,.rl IVini,
Tho following ludicrous sentence Is the
result of a compositor's erroneous punctu
ation: "Cittsar entered upon his ficad, his
helmet upon his feet, armed sandals upon
his brows, a cloud in his right hand, his
faithful sword in Ids oyo, an angry glare!
They all l'rtll-.l.
The following letter from Mr. W. A.
Thomson, of Columbus, Wis., Is peculiarly
liilviesliiig: "My wife," says he, "has been
treated for her head, stomach and nervous
pruatratiun by three doctors in New York,
two in Chicago, one hi Philadelphia, one in
Cincinnati, and at the large institute is
Huflalo for 1(1 months. They all fsiled
Hut one bottlo of Dr. Miles' Restorative
Nervine helped her Mouderfullr. " TKis
should be used in all headaches, backaches,
change of life, neivous disturbances, file,
rheumatism, etc, Ask at T- D. Thomas
and . V. Hiesy'i. drug store for a free
trial buttle and Dr. Mile' new hook on the
Nerves und Heart.
Uneasy lies the head that has no crown.
' 1 was troubled wilh Catarrh for of er
tin. wan-. I tnt il v.11 nuts remedies, ami
was treated by a number of iiiijsican
but received no benefit until I began to take
Aver'a Harsaparilln. A few bottles of this
fiifdl, Ine cuied mi- " Jut M Boggb, Hoh
wsn's Mills, N- l .