lie urban 2) "INDEPENDENT" "LIVE AND LET LIVE." VOL XX;; No. 30. Lehighton, Carbon County, Ponna., Juno 25, 1892. $1.00 a Year in Advance tx- Priaioial & Bnsiness Cards. W. 1YT. Rapshor, ATTORNEY lo COUNSEtXOB AT LAW, rirst door above the Mansion House, MAUCU CHUNK PENN'A. tteal Estate and Collection Agency. Will Buy ind Bell Keal Estate. Conveyancing nesllydone. I ouecuons promptly nwje. oeiiuiiK r-si made. Settling Esfatesof Decadents a specialty. May pe consulted in r DRllsh and Uerman DR. G. T. F0X7 172 Main Street, Batb, Pa. at banoos, baoaoway h0c8k, monoays. at kastow; Swan Hotfl, Tuesdays, at hethi.khk.vr. bun hotkl. wkdnksuays. at ali.estowh, orani) ckntra1., thursday Bath, Fridays amd Saturdays. Office HoursFrom . m. to p. m. Practice lmttedto diseases 01 the Eye.Ear, Nose &. Throat P7Also, Refraction of the Eyes or the adjust ment ol glasses. F. I. SMITH, D. D. S Office opposite the Opera House. Bank Street, Zeh l ton, Pa. DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, rilling and making artificial dentures a special ty Local anesthetics used. . Gas administered and Teeth Fitracted WITH OUT FAIN. OFFICE IIODRSi From 8 . m., to 12 m., from 1 p. m., to 5 p. m., from 7 p. ra., to 8 p. ro. Consultations In English or Herman omce Hours at Hazleton-Kverv Saturday. Oct 15-87-1? Seidel's Bakery, First Street, Lehlfibton. you will always End Freshest and Best BREAD AND CAKES. Rye, Wheat and Vienna Bread Fresh Every Day. Our Vienna Bread cannot tie excelled, We respectfully solicit your patron ago. Watch for the Wagon. Seidel's- Vienna Hakery, Opp. Obert's, FIRST ST., LnUiailTON, PA Stoves, Tinware. Heateru and Ranges, In. (jreat Variety at Samuel Graveu'h f opular Store, Bank Street Roofing and Spouting a specie ty. Stove repairs furnished on short notice lleasonable! Wall Paper. From Cheap Blanks to Fine Gilt and Piessed Papers. Also, Felts anil Ingrains, with Handsome Frelzes. PICTURE KOD AND COVE. window" shades -eady to banc, or put up to order. Faint, Oil, Yaraisli, Glass, Brnshes. Painting and. Paper Hannlne, by com petent workmen. In any pait of tbe county. Books, stationery and Fancy Goods, always a Urge stock at E.F.LiiGkenbach Gl Broadway, Mauch Chunk. GO TO "Corner Store" Dump, Lemons, Bananas, Nils, Apples, Celery. Cranlms, Grapes, TaWe Raisins, Confec tians. Fancy Baskets, Queens ware, and a Ml line of Nice Groceries. Lowest prices, good treatment, prompt delivery Call and See Us. ( utrN Jilt 1 'ORB, LEHIGHTON PA. HoEry Milieu, LEHIGHTON. PLANING - MILL. MANUFACTURER OF WlNPOW AFD )00B FbAMES, Doors, yhut.er8, window fashes, Mouldings, Brackets, AND DEALER IN All Kinds of Dressetl Lmnlier Shingles, Failings, Hemlock Lumber, &c, &c. Very Lowest Prices. All the very latest news will b found in the Cakbok -ftnvo cue 3 ' ,77 snE:'w.v.aiwi5Ku; ir- ,.i,t,.,yi iijwj' SS 2.fr 'IE f.C w in twftur "tj " BL1" 1 'WtlLilllift " tlSl,Sa.,iiIJ:. 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Liberal Minded Fliyilclam Endorse Them As being the Greatest Discovery ot the Age. 1'osiiU e cure w hen used In accoi dance to Instiuc tlons. tu diseases here tofore so called incur able. Diphtheria asth ma, bronchitis, catarrh, congestion ol the brain, the result of sunstroke, apoplexy, and limbs paralyzed lestoted to their natural condition. Spine, hip and bone disease cured. Itlieumatism sciatica, neuralgia, HriKht's disease of the Kid neys, liver complaint, dtseuterv, and so-called iicuri uiseaM are euureiy cureu ny pure medi cine of my o u preparihg. During nine jears oter lc.coo persons hae used these medicines and are li.liig witnesses of their worth. I will not go Into practice my. self, being oer 73 ) ears of age, w ill sell my med icines onlv. 1 ha. ft two eminent phstcUuseon nectedwilhmetoattend to calling at I lie resi dences of the sick It required. TESTIMONIALS. Nkwtown, Keb. 17, Wl. Dear Sir To tbosfi aiilftsriiiir rrnm Niiiii.ll trouble, Neuralgia, Hclailca, i I tail Diseases and Kheiiioatisni, 1 would highly lecommend Pro!, HOlldrnn'fl rplllflllfft- I una u enrfdrsr nl than. complaints for ears at times, was hardly able to move, could not straighten myself. The pain and agony was inexpressible. Doctored with several plijslcians for sears; found but little lehet, not permanent, uut.lfv.as cmed by his metiiciues; his is uusurpassd; would highly recommend Prof. Iioudrou s liniment and nied clnesto aUsufteiers, Kespeutully ours M, J. Vauaitdulen, Newton, Bucks ro., 1'a. NKWlOir, 1'eb. IT. 1h91. FlKlF. ROUDROt', Dear fair Allow me to write voua testimony pf our medicine. J can say to all those sultr r Ing with ailments ot my description, woulir commend l'io(. Huudrou' medicines. II ti rmie (idiu m my Hioniacn tor a mug time. suite; nig can hardly be described bvwords, deprived me ot tleenatnlitlilsi would lleawa .luieiiuK wiui pain ror uoursaia tune. Doctored witl with several Tf fhjslcuns, their medicine would for awhile relieve nie, tint would souti hwe their effect, by using Prof. Uotidrou's lemeilles nave been entirely cured, would recommend Ills tern, edles to lho sufferlnit w 1th slinllor coranUlnls. Resieclfiillys'ours, t. si. anartsdHlen, Newton, Uueksco., Fa, omce and laboratory opeu diily from T a. m to 8 p. m. Call or n rite to ALEXANDER UOUDROU, 1727 Noun Tenth btreet. nov. 7, tl-ly. Philadelphia, ra Send 2 cent stamp for valuable book. Watches, - Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Bronze Clocks, any thing in the Jewelry Ling 50c. Per Week. Join a club in Inch you only pay the abovu small sum and your watch, valued at $40 is estimated to only cost $17.00 Certificate are now being lamed by PRANK GERMAN, UKNEHAL AGENT, lCeissport. - . ilann'a. W. P. HOPFORD, Lehighton, Pa. aertl 11, liui Oscar Ohristmaii, WUlWPOltT, PA. uven aiui mcciiange ista6le$, Kaj lldlO Ka itdlag carrtaaes wud sale dilvlng horse. B accoiuuMMlAtlon.; to ageuudi I M "" lrPl orders promptly Best ac4MMunMdattoas; to ageuuduvler " ' ' w nm-u A. S.Rabeiiolcl,! Dkam ii OsrtcK i Over J. w. llaudenbunr Mquor Htore, . BANK 8TREUT. LEIllUliTDN. ' oentlstry in all Its nranclies. Teeth Extracted llhoull'ain. Uasudinlnlsteredhenre(uele,t, , umce uays-wtDMEHKAY ot each eek. f O. adJiew, LLEN10V., a-l U.elialicuimtv.l'u. Frederick G. I bach, EVE SPECIALIST, Orm-ie Broadttajr,oi. rreokjterlaN Church MAUCH OUU.NK", l'A. Offiou IloUIM Tuesday and Wednesday of each week, 1 to 4 p. m. j Monday and Friday by appointment only. GLASSES F"RN1SHED. aur!123, it91 :1m J. G. ZERN, M. 1, PHYSICIAN & 'SURGEON, OFFICE AND RESIDENCE! Corner Third mid Iron Streets, Lehighton, lJa. OFFICE IfOUltS. 7to 8 a. In.: !2tol D.ni., and after 7 p. m. OFFICE HOURS at Weissporti 8 to 9 a.in.i I to 2 p. in., undo tot v. ra. HAVE i'OUR FreiEDt, Baggage and Parcels DELIVERED AY John F. Hottenstein. t'areful attention paid to Hie Delivery of Frelgbt, BaRsaee and Parcels to all parts of town at tho lowest prices. A share of pnunc pauonaire is respeclfully solicited. E3r.eave orders at Sn-eenv. tr.i.-. or Lrlbenquth's. To Contractors anil Bnilflers. The undersigned (announces to Oontrnf.tf.ra and Buildeis that he lias now opened his stone quarry, at lleav er Hun, ami is prepared tosupply Building' .Stones In any quantity at reasonable rates, Ha also STREtr. fo supply Immediate demand. HAULIXtl of eierv ilerrlmlfin i.H.mn tended to, ' best b"raCndsSofntlr " '"" SUI,plT' 01 tlle Flo iir and Feed, which he will sell at Lowest Market Prices. CHARLES TRAINER. SECOND STREET, LEHI0HT0N, FA -OO TO- WILSON FRAN Z The New Jeweler, liankway, - . Lehighton. Pa., FOR Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of eerydescllptlon,at prices lower than else where. Particular attention paid to Repairing of Every Description. A practical experience ot oier teu 'sears enables me to guarantee satisfaction lu'eiery particular. Give me atrial and be conduced. onr patronaee Is respeclliilly solicited. 1MI.SON l'RANlZ.Bankway, OCt. 3, 1891 Tne Men's. Safely Lantern. J. E SOHOLL, agt,. Lelilghton, Caibon counts". It Is Self Light tins' Xon-Exploslve, v 1th a Self Wick Itegulator. Just Hight lor Railroad Men ! I'rlce-Plfilu, it.sn. Nicklo, S2.00. Don't buy any other until you have seen this popular lantern. The Celehrated Cypress Shingle. Ruarauteed full Length, The very beet Bhlugle in the Market, Manntactured by RICKERT & SNYDER, Claremont, Virginia. fob sale in weissport bv J. K, niOKFUlT, UKALEIt IK All Kinds of Building Lumber. Directory. FOR A SMOOTH EASY - SUAVE, AND A Stvliimi Hair Cut, Ull TO II LEDS THEM ALL IN NEWS The 1 ADVOATK. BlilOIIT. It'. F. KSItANG TMK I1AKBKH, CLEAN. INDEI'ENPENT. r.ead III Over the Canal llridge. THE FltANKElN HOUSE, KA8T WEISSPORT, PENN'A. This house oilers first-claw accommodation, to the frmaueul boarder and transieut gueM. Panic prices, only One Dollar per day. ug7-iy Jouk Kkhbio, Proprietor. QQ2t9r Lehighton ?s Fine Pennsylvania Count iv Bied hoats, From 40 to 100 pounds In weight, at Trlres Lower man l lie Lowest, lliese are not lluffalo stock, and are gu&ran teed. Of over 300 sold last saason only three died. Call an 1 see themliefore buylniel sevvbere I ! ,JJl(MjM'f.'-tl.'.Wv' - u.Vsw- I D. 8. V. armcr Oe !BrjU Aneol, li Chest t,, FbilaO.lotiti.J7 out W ' '1 Q tj. r . .... . . ,(? breQlBSt OlOOO a common utmttla mi thn to thnt awful (mense Srrofula. a t'L.i'iiuje juitj:ks is the best meillclne to mn In alldr rases ot Burn stubborn amlfYonr KM. iieeu seateii uiseascB. l)0ro. not ever tako nrni. it.. K1 ni.UE P Q MSllI.FMllU or roeirurr, they nre dead Jl"" v J t the purert ami estWfm 0 -"'.-"JfVSalpliir Billers ! wltha yellow stlckybonH wait nntll yon E3 euirsiflui t-f 18J UUrHlV llliauiu IU Vi lli k,ur breath foul andare flat on your back, offensive? Vonrbut get some at onco.lt stomach la nut will rurevou. Sulnlmr ofonler. Use U I tiers Is ImmedlatelvffTtinvnnno- fliAnrrnrl ml t,tM Uyour 1r-jVterlngai-P soon made well by tne thickets uao, Kememlcr what you ropTi clo-read here, It mny Bave your b- ion crau untu to-morrow, Cf Try a Bottle To-day 1 Are vo jow-Rnrneii nnu wenk. suffeiliiff from the cxrenap of ithl If bo, bt'U'JIUH WTTKIW curojou. Send 3 2-cent Btanips to A. 1. Onlwar ft Co., Uoaton(Maft.tfvr bent medical workimblUted? Is a most loalhsoiup, dangerous, and preva lent malady. It Is a blood disease, usually of Bcrofulons origin, nnd for which local treatment Is useless. Keforo licallli ts pos slMc, the poison must bo eradicated from thu hyatem, nnd to do this SUCCESSFULLY the ilheisg must 1c treated thrmieh the blood. For tliH pin pose no remedy 13 so effective as Ajer's Snts.ip.nilt.i. "For the put eh-lit e.us, I have oeen severely unii. tf.l with Cat.iuh, none of the many icme.iu-i I tiled nrfoulliigme any re lief. My illitesilon was considerably hn paired, uiifl my sleep illstmbed by phlegm dropping lnb my throat. In September last 1 resulted to try Ajer's S.irsapatllla, began to uso it tit once, nnd am glad to testify to a gieat Improvement liimytiealth.- I'raulc Teso.i, Jr., enalneer, 71 Weil Fourth sheet, New Turk city, "My ihugbter, 13 sears old, was afflicted Willi Catailli Iioiu 1ft r r. Till sear. Last Au gust she was TREATED WITH Ayei's Saisj.Miilla, and arter three months of tills treatment she w.is cimpletely cured H was a moit extiaordhwry case, as any drugiilst lieie can testify." - Mia. D. V Barnes, Valparaiso, ?Yb. Ayerss SarsaparsSIa Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass. Gold by all DrugcU;. I'l.eJl;fcU bottles ?5 ELY'S Cream Balm Catakh Cleanses tlie Nasal TassoKes Allays Tain am Inflammation, Heals tbe Sores, lteslores the Senses of Taste and Smell TRY TH3 5 J.t . ff!AY"rfc.VtH A particlo Is applied Into each nostril and Is agreeable. 1'rico 50 cents at Druggists; by mall, registered, GOe ELY UR0S.,51 Warren St., Now York Dr. 0. T. HORN Control Drnpr Storo, OIT. THE nillLIC SQUAItE Bank Street, liPhighton, Pa., IS HEAlXJUAllTKltS EOl! Pure Drugs and Medicines, Fine Soaps, Brushes, &c &c choice Wines anil Liquors, Wall Paper and rtecorationo ! Spectacles When iou buv a natr of Khoes von wnnta good At. But tf vou need HprVTAUMX tt is much more ImiKiitant that the HVK should he accommodatCHlwitb correct lenses and a iroter ly fitting frame which will bring the lense di rectlybefoid the centre ot theeje. If au buy jour spectacles at Dr. Horn's vou will find the um b iuiuis i-roperiy aueuueu 10. Prescriptions pounded cnreituiy com- VtI5-tT w Are niarkiuethetiricosouall uurcooul at Rock Bottom Figure, beoause we want to have your custom. Wo dou't believe In Ulg 1'rloe so we chansingthe tlguresou our whole stock ot Dry Good, Clothing, Uoots, Shoes, JTaI-B Pun. rVfrnol. Oil rln,t.J X,T,1 1 ana mow w are, Oueenware,Grocer- ies, Notions, Ao. ThU we Bad is IGHT and fully npiireoiatswl by the people who crowd our ttpre to buy our new goods. IN large ami small quanUtiej, at our low prlcac. W e dtvllvswall goodfr to all iiartk etTwn, I'aaktu or WtMtport. Vm't buy until you what w bars. IT will It tilwsvuni torus tuwt.lt ou you' o coin aad M as. I GEO. H. ENZIAN, niegel's Old Stand, (North First Street, Lehighton- Haass I rHlVFEVEn'Sia M SONQ. O tnwt the eyes that win Iheel And trust the Dps that smile! And let no doubt within ILm . Tronblo thy Joy tho while! Seize nnd enjoy tho preont, 'Tia all tho wise can do. Could It make thine more pleiwant To know thy lovo were true? If aha proro true foreer, Can that increase thy bliss TodayT Nay, thou wilt never Know truer Joy than this. And If she turn deceit er, Why should thy strong heart grieve? Weep only If thou grieve her. And dfo ere thou deceive. -Uobcrt Bridges In New York Sun. A WHOLE ,AN. A sensitivo man has no businesa on the desert. Ho will get prodded every where. If he tuke offense at l ough ban ter, Lord help him when he gets; into a mining camp. If he wear his heart upon his sleeve, let him steer clenr of the Mexican towns and their pretty boi oritas. If he would know any pHinv, let him keep away from tho rattle range, for the cowboys' jests nia askei'n and cutting as the spurs at their heels. Frank Hobbins was beginning to find out some of these things. But if juii gavo htm a whole decade he would lint find thein all out. "What the boy wants is toiifrhcniiu;,' said Mart Sclby. Mart was big and touKh, aud ho saw no good reason why ntiylxxly but a child or a woman should bo tender. "He's a somur colt that wants u Mm. lean bit shoved into hi mouth, and then to bo ridden through the cactus." At Lucin's ranch the bovs iokiil and Irritated Bobbins, but it did not seem to toughen him. They cared nothing for whisky that didn't scratch as it went down, nnd when he put water in his they called him n perfect lady nnd laughed loudly. btnhcl their joshing " said Mart to Robbins, "aud you'H get along better. They'll always mnko it hot for n man that don't josh back." Oh, I don't mind it." said Hobbins. badly overdoing his effort to look un concerned. It had been tho Mime everywhere he had been in the west. Ho was one of those men who are never anything but tenderfeet. He simply would not take men as he found them, though they were perfectly willing to tako him so. And Hie absurdidoas thnt had lodgment in ins neaui tvnief among thesoweio that he must have a friend a chum who should be a man after his own heart. He had been looking for such a man for two years. He picked him out occasionally, but ho never found liim to suit. This one was not truthful, that ono was not temperate and tho other was not nice in his speech. Thcro was something lacking in each one. What I want is a whole man." he sighed. "I never could tako up with these half made fellows. But it is not so easy, Even when I fil"l thnt is temperate and intellectual he turns out to be selfish. What would I not give for a whole man for a friend and companion a whole man!" He would not take un with Mart Sel- by, though Mart saw "tho young fel low" sorely needed a friend and helper, particularly one who would toughen mm, no kept on looking for his maile-to-order man, but ho never seemed to hit upon him. Few such men as lie wua looking for are to bo found within a thousand miles of Luclu's. In fact, at Lucin's yon would bo at a Ios to dis cover a single man who did not like to take observations at Old Ashby's cloth and paper coiling through the bottom of a whisky glass, nnd if you heard a voico 1 will give you my word of honor it was rio cherub's. One day the boys outdid all their little meannebses to Robbins by getting him hopelessly drunk. Of course it was no killing matter, but he had never been drunk before, and he took it very seriously and resolved to leave camp next day. Uart did not like this. His heart had warmed toward "the young fellow," and he hated to bee him leave tho place. Finally he resolved to go with him. They agreed between them that they would not go on the range again. They would go prospecting for gold. And thus it was that they camo to make the journey over the desert to ward Bead Horse gulch. Now, as every body in that country knows, the wealth of Dead Horse gulch is great, but it is very hard to reach. Miners, who liuve lived out the awful heat of the alkali plain that lies all around the buttes wherein the gulch makes its gash, have come back with full belts, but nonp of them has ever gone a second time. In suggesting this journey Mart Selby had a double object. First, he wanted to toughen "the young fellow," and next, he wanted to enrich them both. Mart knew that Robbins had come out west to make enough money to marry a nice girl who lived in Delaware, and he knew, too, that "the young fellow" hnd found money making very slow work. From Luclu's to the great alkali plain that lay before tho buttes iu which tho gold wus hidden was a long and toil some journey. But the real work only began with tho crossing of the alkali desert. White aud naked lay the dead land before their aching eyes. The eye of heaven shone down with most unrelent ing fierceness. No breath ot air was stirring, and the whole world was to them as dumb as death. Mait had counted on the journey be ing a hard one, but not so hard as this. He had not dreamed that the water would give out so soon, nor that the horses would sink down and die as they did. Still they staggered ou, their forms, bent under their heavy burdens, stand ing out 6harp and raw above the white earth, on which their clearly defined shadows fell with inky blackness. In that cloudless, mistless air, distance seemed set at naught, for they traveled on and on toward the buttes, aud yet they seeuied to grow no nearer. It was toward eveniug that they reached a rocky islet in the sea of alkali. and there, after a very Kid meal of hard tack, they fell asleep, Kobblua dreaming of clear, cold wator, drawn from marble fountains iu crystal goblets. The young man was the first to awake. Thu sun was beginning to shoot his fiery needles over the mountain. Hobbins lifted his hand to rub his eyes. "R-r-s-z-il" Then a tongue of flame darted toward him and struck him ou the palm ot the nana. "My God," he groaned, "it's a rattle snake, aud he's bitten met" His voioe seemed to awaken a hundred echoes, and to these responded n hun dred rattles. Selby sat up in Ids blanket aud stared at him stupidly. As he made the move ment a rattlesnake struck him in the faoe, and another at hi side would hare done th saruo had he net thcown him- Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest U S. Gov't Report AESCHJUTEiy PURE self out ot reach of liL? deadly fangs. Tho rattles resounded on every iside, Tho two men ran back to it stretch of sand beyond the rocks and (razed at each other wildlv-. "HoldsttlVdelnnndcdMitrt. "Letino look at your bito." He grasped tho boy's hand. "Thank God, it's not in tho vein!" He seized his knife and quickly hol lowed out n piece of tho flcwh. "Thoro, hold your hand down and let the blood run free, while I tie this cord around your arm." He twisted tho stout cord until it cut into the arm. "Now, tho whisky," he gasped. "No," snid Robbins, "let mo cut the poison out of your wound." Mart held still a moment whilo this was done. "Now, tho whisky quick!" ci icd Rob bins. But Selby did not look for tho bringing forth of tho flask with any light of hopo in his eyes. "It is yours," ho said quietly. "There is only enough for one, and barely that." "Then it is yours. Mart." "No yours." "But you nre the worse bitten. Your face is already beginning to swell. Drink it." Thero was anguish in tho tono, as thoro was heroism in tho words; but it was heroism of tho weakly sort. Ho held out tho bottle at arm's length, whilo ho turned his fuce uway, "No, by Godl It's yours, boy!" came in firmer and moro commanding tono from Mart Belby. "You linvo n mother and a swoethcart luck in tho states. And I I have nobody, Thero was somt ono once, but thcro ain't nobody now nobody at all." In tho face of this fearful temptation Robbins felt himself weakening, Ho grew less .strong of resolution witli each tick of tho watch iu his pocket, heard so plainly in tho desert stillness. What a cawnrd ho felt himself: hut how sweet wits life! Was thero not .help to bo hud from soino other bourco? He could not tuko this. Tho drinking of that liquid was tho drinking of Belby's life, and that life meant much to him now, Hoio was the whole man! His eye swept tho hopeless plain. Ho looked for tho "dust" of a traveler, but he saw none. Thu heat of tho day wos growing. Ho thought he felt tho poison pulsing through his veins. "No no," ho suid, sinking down upon the sand. And thero was a pitiable weakness In his tone. Selby took tho bottle front his hand. As he did so a shndo of fear aroso to Robbins' face. Selby saw it and smiled. The swollen face made thu smile gro tesque; but nuno tho less it was tho smile of a god. Ho cnnio forward and knelt boside tho crouching form of Robbins, who, lying ou his face, with his cyi shut, begged him not to think of him, but of himself. Hut tho tone was grow ing weaker. The other said no word, but lifting his f riond's head ho uncorked the bottle aud held It to his lips. A look of rciuon strnnco cnnio to Robbins' face, and he raised his bund to push away the Imttle Just then ho glanced upward. A buz zard was circling about in tho clear, blue nir. Ho shivered, and an tho neck of tho bottle was forced between his tooth and Selby was holding back his head, how could ho help swallowing! The look of reinonslranco faded slowly away as tho liquor gurgled from the bottle. Soon it was all drained. The boy's head sank to tho ground nnd a heavy Bleep laid hold upon him. Whon he nwoko there lay by his side the body of a man with n pistol bullet iu his head. Frank 11. Millatd iu Argo naut, A Lucky Fellow , Mrs. Jinks What do you think? A thief shot at Mrs. Binglo while alio was sitting in her room, nnd tho bullet lodged in a ball of yarn which sho was winding. Mr. Jinks Well! well! Bitiglo is a lucky fellow, isn't he? Mrs. Jinks I should say ho was. Mr. Jinks Yes, indeed, Ho has n wife who darns stockings. New York Weekly, III i'lve Minutes. Ted had a kuife that his pap.i had given him. With n knowing look grandma said, "It is only a matter of time for him to cut himself," In just five minutes Ted came iu holding his hands behind him, and said, "Grandma, it is not a very bad cut." Babyhood. A Neat Wwy (if Ilel,illilli;. A lady stood hanging on the strap of a street car, when a workman in tho far comer aroso and politely offered her a seat. "I thank you," bhe said in a very sweet tone, "but I disliko to deprivo the only gentleman in the car of a seat." Mid-Continent. A I'uor Affair. Little Boy Miuumii, that now piano lamp you bought bniog'lar cheat.au you oughtcr send it back. Mamma Why so, iny cherub? Little' Boy Quick as I went to playiu Stutuo of Liberty" it fellovtran i.roko. -Gol News. SfiMlern Wllelieriirt, In divers villages iu Pennsylvania, some of tlii'in in the Duukard settle nioiiU, nro women who aro supposed to bo witches. Some aro shrewd enough not to apply their arts for strangers, but to those whom they know, as stated in a newspaper articlo soino yeans ago, they will sell charms to ward oft lightning from buildings, dry up tho wells of the enemies of applicuuts, forco cows to give bloody milk, cause sickness in the family, destroy beauty, separate man and wife and reunite estranged lovers. Dr. Buckley In Century. A lleniarkabte (irowth. Wonderful 'thfligs happen in Ireland as well as ehviwhere, if tho following can bo vouched for, which is not likely. It is related tint a gentleman in Ireland, on cutting o(ieu a potato at dinner, found in the center u half sovereign, around which the vegetable had grown. Though discolored, it was iu a good state of preservation, ami is now a pretty ornament to a watch chaiu. Philadel phia Ledger. A Hard fjur.tluiu Doctor My goodness! This won't do. You don't eat enough. Sick IKyY ou don't want mo to cut, do you? Doctor Indeed I do. Sick Boy (angrily) Then why in tit' name o' sente did you tell me to take a big dose o' cod liver oil before every meal?- Good News. lad Ileu 1 litre. Maiden (listening to Mendelssohn's "Wedding March") I don't see why they have the clashing ot the cymbals. Young Mrs. Benedict Why, as a sym bol of the clashings which are to follow, of coarse. Kate Field's Washington. Baking Powder BEING DECAPITATED. N INTERESTING QUESTION THAT MAY NEVER OE ANSWERED. Aro tba Movements of the llcnit ntid Furu After Itreiipltatim, Involuntary or Ale They Attended villi, Sonio Sllslil Action of tin, Hilt homo ll .crl meiitn. Tho question of the duration of con sciousness in tho brain of criminals after execution by hanging or by thu guillo tine is being discussed with greater in terest than over 6ince Anaslny, the mur derer of Baroness Delhird, paid his debt to Bociety. It Is said that this remarka ble criminal Bent to his brother a letter on tho subject as follows: Tho separation of roy body nnd that vv bleb constitutes my thinking being cannot so soon bo accomplished. I bellovo thero la n survival of about an hour. Come, then, I,ron, lo pics ent at my execution aud Insl.t that my head bo given to you. Call mo with your voice nod my eyes will reply to you. This Is but the repot 11 ion of a populai belief thnt has prevailed for centuries. There is n legend of a state execution in England at an epoch when tho ax and block were in use, which sets forth that aftor tho instrument hnd'falleu tho per son whose iiead was on the block ex claimed, "You have missed me!" to which tho oxecutloner replied witli a slight kick that sent the head rolling to a distance. The Btory novcr gained much credence, but is still worthy of discus sion. Its truth or falsity would depend on iho possibility of tho instrument being 60 thin and sharp that tho walls of tho veins would not bo displaced, iu which case tho circulation of the blood might continue for a. few seconds, and whether consciousness might Contlnno for a moment nfter tho vertebras of tho neck was severed. This last difilculty would "bo tho greatest, sinco titter un consciousness is supposed to be simul taneous with the severing of the spinal cord or tho breaking of the neck. In any event, scientists who havo taken tho trouble to study tho faces of tho guillo tined for a few seconds after tho fatal stroke, or who have made experiments with decapitated animals, do not favor tho theory. Several French physicians, aud amomr them Dr. Paul Loyo, now deceased, but once a professor at iho Sorbonne, have experimented witli dogs, using for their hanging or decapitation machinery like that employed in public executions. Tho dog was chosen for tho ex periments as having tho most mo bile face and being nblo to repro duce the movements which in rare cases have been observed in human subjects. Persons whom this treatment of dumb animals might revolt are begged to remember that tho suffering is much less than in vivisection, sinco these methods of execution are generally rec ognized as producing tho least pain, Tho guillotine employed by Dr. Loye was similar to that used for tho execu tion of ordinary criminals In France, It consisted of n triangular knife or ax, surmounted by a mass of lead weighing over twenty pounds and falling over six feet upon the neck of the animal, which was severed at the third verte bra. Tho phenomena observed were similar to thoso remarked by other French and by foreign savnnts whose experiments have been less elaborate. At tho moment tho head was detached from tho body the mouth opened wide, as If the animal was making an extraor dinary effort at inhalation. The tongue was applied to the lower part of the mouth and underwent a brief period of agitation. The eyelids were closed with Ught contractions. Then the eyes were opened and rolled from side to side and top to bottom, tho pupils in the mean time gradually contracting. At tho same time tho jaws were opened and violently closed, and tho face was rapid ly convulsed. This was followed by changes at the corners of the mouth, vi bration of tho nostrils, trembling of tho Hps and erection of tho cars. The en semble of tkeso movements constituted a series of horrible grimaces like those seen on tho face of the guillotined, nnd seemed to express tho most lntenso ag ony. If tho cornea of the eye was touched the eyelids closed, but if au ob ject, no matter of what kind, was placed bef oro the oyo thero was no movement. Neither did crying nor whistling into the ears of tho dqg appear to cause the slightest sensation. Tho pinching of tho tongue caused a slight shriuking of that organ. Although tho pupil of the eye was contracted, tho approach of a light rendered the orifice still smaller, These phenomena occupy about ten seconds, and nro followed by n period of roposo continuing to tho fifteenth or twentieth second, during which tho mouth rests closed aud the eyes open and without movement. At tho end of this time the mouth opens and closes quickly, tho nostrils dilate and contract. Daring this time, although the Irritation of the cornea has caused a slight wink ing, neither whistling in the oar nor touching thetonguo or nostrils with am monia or cologne has been able to pro duco any effect. Tho opening and clos ing of tho mouth resemblo yawning, and are reproduced a dozen times, nfter which the motions gradually cease. Then tho cornea loses its sensibility to tho touch, though, half a minute having elapsed, the yawning is still active. The pupil of the eye dilates at tho approach ot light, but does not contract, and the cornea loses its glistening appearance. At tho end of two minutes the yawning and other phenomena havo ceased, end ing iu mere coutraction of the fibers, and the Tiead takes a corpselike look. San Francisco Chronicle. Coffee Gooil for the Voice. Wheu making a speech Lord Salisbury never drinks anything, neither does the prosent leader of the house, and tho same maybe said of John Morley nnd Mr. Chamberlain. Sir diaries Russell, the leader of the English bar, on tho occa sion of 1;m two days' ; cell before the Parell commission, di.iuk nothing but hot coffee, which he declared was not only good for the voice but atrexeellent stimulant. Exchange. True Courtesy. On one occasion Robert Browning's sou had hired a room in a neighboring bouse, iu order to exhibit his pictures there, and dm ing the temporary absence of the artist, Mr. Browning was doing the honors to a room full of fashionable friends. He was standing near the door wheu an unannounced visitor made her ap pearance, and of course he shook hands with her, greeting Iter as lie had the other arrivals. "Oh, I beg your pardon," she exolaim ed, "but, please, sir, I'm the cook. Mr. Barrett asked me to come and see hi pictures." "And I am very glad to see you," re turned Mr. Browning, with ready courtesy. "Take my arm, and I veiii show you round." Temple Bar. A Chine Girl's I'all. On Nov. S8, 18b0, a schoolgirl twined Ng A Soo fell f rout tbe roof of a four storied hoase, a distance of sixty or sev enty feet. Her skull was fractured in several places and the right parietal em inence was deeply Impressed. Enough to kill anybody, one would say, or at tbe best, to induce lifelong Idiocy! Not a bit of it! Iu exactly six weeks Ng A 800 left the hospital, "saemtngly" says tbe clinical report, "In no way the worse for her fractured skull. "London Hospital Occasionally the KuglUh viper will attempt to eugulf too large an animal, rMr found one on Poole hesrUi (kin of whose neck had thus been homed in several places. I have traveled round tho world, Nerthward elghtr-otis degrees; 1 have seen lee tnounlAlms hurled Into stormy, nurgrag seas. To tho summit I've ascended or tbo bltbest Alpine peak; And one day my way I wended From Ceylon to Monvmblque. I've explored with learned sages l'artbeuoiis And temples Doric; And seen rellca of the ages That we call tbe prehistoric. I'm nt homo In Homo And Venice, Paris, London, Aberdeen; And I've danced and played lawn tennis With tho daughter of A queen. I havo seen the Arab manly Entertaining in his tent; Traveled all the way with Stanley Through the darkest Continent; Scaled those wondrous, storied icllura In our own Kew Mexico. Whore tbe people onlled cliff dvvcllors Lived so many 1 ears Ago. Yet in nil my Jfinrnejs never Havo I suffered harm's attack; Nev er coach or car vv balcver That I boarded left Hie track. Never was I vexed or danntld At hotel or foreign station, Pr the ar Iu which 1 Jaunted Was my own !i Palliation. -J. Kills Joy in St. Nit lmlas. Cllmnde C'lintiges. Tho changes of terrestrial climate havo been many nnd various. Myrtles and tree ferns onco flourished in Green land; coral insects built ou tho shores of Melville island; nautiluses sailed over 'what must then have been tho tepid sens about Spitzbergcn. But with tho lapse of nges the scene changed, and worse than nrctlo rigors spread into regions now enjoying temperato climate, Pos sibly not for the first time. The Per mian was certainly an inclement age, and its inclemency seems even to have reached the point of glaciation in tho west of England and Ireland, yet it was preceded and succeeded by a' long prev alence of tropical conditions. Theso assuredly reigned without in terruption, in north temperate and polar regions throughout the vast expanse of Tertiary time. Palms and eyends then sprang up in the room of oaks and beeches in England; turtles nnd croco diles haunted English rivers nnd estu aries; lions, elephants nnd hyenas roamed at large over English dry land. Edinburgh Review. raying a Ilebt. Tho celebrated French poet, Saint Foix, who, in spite of his large income, was always in debt, sat one day in 11 barber's shop waiting to bo shaved. He was lathered, wheu the door opened and a tradesman entered who happened to be one of the poet's largest creditors. No sooner did this man see Saint-Folx than he angrily demanded his money. The poet composedly begged him not to make a scene. "Won't yon wait for tho money until I am shaved?"' "Certainlj-," aid the other, pleaed at tho prospect. Salnt-Foix then made the barber a witness of tho agreement and imme diately took a towel, wiped the lather from his face and left tho shop. Ho wore a beard to the end of his days. Loudon Tit-Bits. A MEXICAN LEGEND. A Mythical Mory of an Illusive Valley of Gold In Ka.tern Arizona. The story of tho famous treasure of the "Madro d'Oro" is nn old one. It comes from the Aztecs of Mexico. Some whore in southeastern Arizona there is a small valley, about five miles long and two miles wide, walled in by tower ing mountains. The sides are so precip itous that it is impossible to climb down them, and thero is only ono entrance, through a cave, which is carefully hid den by Indians, who guard the treasure for tho second coming of Montezuma. It is said that even umong them tho entrance is only known to tho three most aged men, and is never communicated except when, on the death of one, it is necessary to give the knowledge into the keeping of another. The valley itself, though surrounded by inhospiiVble rocks, is a paradise. Watered by the stream which flows through it, its soil is covered with flowers and beautiful trees, through tho branches of which flit bright lined birds. The only reptiles seen aro tho gold snakes, with their glittering greenish yellow scales. Stretching across the valley from one side to the other is a ledge of puro gold, its masses of virgin inctal gleaming and glistening in the sunlight. It is said to bo five feet, ten feet, fifty feet, 100 feet wide. The gold lies in it in great veins and nuggets, imbedded in clnar quartz, the sharp angles of which glitter in the sunlight like gigantic diamonds. Across the ledge the stream flows, forming a little waterfall, below which the nug gets of gold can bo seen in the water and out. Gold in the ledge, gold in the scales ot snakes, gold in the stream, gold in the birds gold, gold, gold, gold is the refrain of the golden story. The fearful precipices which surround the place, the strange ceremonies and horrid banquets which have served to keep tbe secret safe, the tribe of Aztecs, living only to preserve for their mys terious ruler this treasure house of na ture, have all aided in giving to the story its strange Interest. Small won der is it that the pulse should quicken and the eye grow bright as you hear the tale from tho lips of men who moro than half believe it. The. lonely desert sur rounding you, with the tall cacti look ing like ghosts In the half moonlight: the long drawn melancholy of the coy ote's howl, the prospector's fire of grease wood, the men with their rough doth ing and quaint language, all vanish as you listen, and in imagination yon are transported to the wonderful valley in which is the "Madre d'Oro," the "Moth er of Gold." Nor are they content to tell the story as an Indian legend. They cite instances of white men who have seen the place, who have descended into the valley iu some way and returned with all the gold they could carry. The location of the spot Is always iu a dangerous Indian country. I hare been told twice that it was in the Chircahna mountains. It is always said to have been found merely by accident by men who were either hunting or prospecting for ledges, about the only two occupations which will make unscientific men climb the moun tains. It can only be seen from the up per end after the morning mists In the valley have cleared away. Then, as one stands on the rugged peaks and looks down, he sees the great ledgo spanning the valley below him, the virgin metal glittering in the sunlight, and lie knows that he has before him the place of which he has heard somuchand dreamed so often.- -Interview in Washington Star. American rerfumes. "It does not follow nowadays," said the druggist, "that because a toilet per fume Is made in France it is superior in quality to one of American preparation. Such was formerly tbe ease, but the art of making fine perfumes has been car ried to such perfection of late years ii. our own country that not more than one eighth as much of tbe French prepara tions is sold in the United States today as was sold a few years ago. Nearly $8,000,000 worth of home distilled per fumes are made in New York alone ev ery year. Chicago manufacturers put one-half as much on the market, and there are extensive perfumery roanufac torles in Boston, Philadelphia, Saa Fran dseo, St. Louis and other large places. New York Evening Son. Tab measles bacUlos, (Usoovered ui Berlin by Dr. Canon, varies in length from one three-thousandth to one one thousandth of an inch It possesses cuaroctorutinii said to be different from those of any other bacillus knew. ANOTHER LOST BONANZA, rlenty of llvldenre in Arlxona to Shwr Where Gold Was Once round. The legends of lost mines of fabulous wcnlth in Pima county are almost numberless, and it might be truth fully added, generally mythical The old timers can tell of thein by the hour, and n few persons havo been shown glittering ovidences in confirmation of the wonderful tales reluctantly recited with superstitions drrnd of the conse quences of their iierfidy by almost su perannuated Indians and Mexicans. That the precious metnls were mined on a gigantic scnlo in the dim past tho many remaining evidences already dis covered fully verify, yet tho investiga tion of thoo that chanco has revealed has seldom proved financially success ful. Old arrustres covered with the do cay of centuries, and crudo smelting furnaces that have almost returned t the dusty destiny of all matter, speak of industries once in active operation that history nnd even aboriginal tradition fail to mention. Some of the traditions told sound like fairy tales, and one, however skeptical, cannot but becomo deeply interested in their recital. As a sample of the highly plausible, well nutheuiicated and ex tremely seductive narratives, one re lated by Charles O. Brown, of this city, may bo received with interest. "Speaking of old mines," said Mr. Brown, "I have spent a good deal of thno and money in hunting up clews, and one mine was actually found, and I can go to it any time. Out in the Silver Bell country I can take you to a mountain so full of tunnels and shafts thnt, if they were ill good condition, you could travel through all day long and not reach the end. . "A number of old timers have visited it, and, judging from the vast work done thero so long ago, the. 7. concluded that a great mine of some kind had ex isted there, which had likely been work ed out. Many times has it been located, and though its walls, roef and floor we;e carefully scanned and sampled, the r. suit, whilo showing some gold, was dis couraging, assays showing from a trace up to several dollars per ton. "Many years ago I talked witli an Old Papago Indian, with whom I was en very friendly terms, having often ex tended him little favors, about the gold aud silver mines. In a burst of confi dence he told me that a groat many years ago, when he was a very small boy, tho Indians at San Navler del Bue made weekly trips to a very rich gold mine. Ou Saturday night they returned with the prodncts of their toil. The priest in charge of the mission kept a email table In front of tho altar, covered with a white cloth, upon which tho pious toilers placed their mctalllo offer ings to the church. "This tablo was often covered with golden nuggets, varying in sizo from a pea to one's fist, and it was a rich sight. After the usual beTvlce the priest would descend, and as he picked up each precious piece he would proclaim th name of tho donor and nf forward would call them forward to receive tho special blessing of heaven. On tho following Monday they would ngaln take up their march in a northwesterly direction for the mines, and for n very long time this was repeated, until the priests were driven out of the country, when they abandoned mining entirely. "The old Indian hud ono time gone with tho miners, who followed a well beaten trail toward the Silver Bell coun try, and he saw them take out the gold. He agreed to show me the place, and out of curiosity I sent a man with him one day. They went out to the oM mine I have spoken of in the Silver Bell country, and when they reached a cer tain gulch the Indian pointed to the top of the mountain and said he would find a shaft there, covered, with cat elaw bushes, out of which the most gold was taken. The man found everything just as the old Indian told him, but long dis use hod filled up the shaft until, it was nearly full, "On returning, tho old Indian could not be found, lie had gono ahead and was not met for several days. He then said he did not dare to show the mine to tho white people, and protested that he did not show it for fear the Great Spirit would take his life. He said the white man had found it, but he did not show it. "I visited the mine afterward, but tho work necessary to clean out the shaft was too great aud too expensive to nndertnke, and it has never been touched." Arizona Enterprise. The) Coliliuiiniler-In-Chlef of the (Irani! Army of the Republic, Major (icorsfo S. Merrill. Few remedies known In this vicinity thau Sulphur Bitters; their sale has been vetv general throughout thu section, and the number nt reliable and well attested cases of beneficial results and recovery by their use, Is larpe and beyond dispute. The noblobt nrt Is that of making otboi-hhltppy. A Little Girl's Kiperlenie. In a Ltshthouss. J. 11. Wilson, m Clay St., Hharpsbure. l'a., suv.s he will not he without Dr. KingTs New Dlscoverv for Consumption, Coughs aud Ctlds, that It cured his wife who was threatened with Pneumonia after an at tack of "La Grippe," when various other remedies and several physicians had dons her no good. Robert Barber, of Cooktport, 1'a., claims Dr. Klnj's New Discovery has dune him more cood than anything be ever used for Lung Trouble. Nothing like It. Try it. Free trial bottles at Rebels Lehlghtoii; aud Uierj's Wids.pnrt. Large size, HOC. and !.(. I would rather be (lulled the child's friend than the world's king. Mail or Woiuuu. Ghost or llutuau. We cannot say w lint vv 111 cure snouts, but many men and mans women look Ilka gliosis ratlter Hwu human beings, through sickness, would re snlu hrslth sod lispulness, if they would try tbe virtue id the world-renowned remedv. Dr. 1 trice's lloldeu Medical DHmoirry. Torpid liver, or idllousliess," Impure blood, skin erup tions, scrofulous sores and swellings, Consump tion iwlih'h Is serofubt ot the luus, all yield to Ibis wouilerfnl inedleine. It Is both toule and sireiigth-restttrliig, aud alterative or blood cleansing. To best pltstse a child la the highest triumph of philosophy. 1 bave been a sufferer fropi catarrh for jears. Ilaviug tried a number ot remedies adteillsed as "sure cures" without obtain lug any relief, I had resolved never to lake guy other patent medicines, when a friend advised lue to try Ely's Cream Halm. I did so with great reluctance, but can now testify that after using It for six weeks I believe myself cured. It Is a most agree able remedy an Invaluable Balm. Joseph Stewart, 884 I i rand Ave., Brooklyn. The happy child is the most likely to make au honest man. A (IwM Jleatou for 1.1 1 lug. 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And yet, one bottle of sQyeA'HarsaparDIa would do more good j abberbr ol.o'.e collection of "ysrbs,"