pV? "?V -i THE IiANOASTER DAILY INTEEIilGENCJER. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1888. 3 ," a CHARLES S. PARNELL THE BRAINY LEADER OF THE HOSTS OF HOME RULE. esaatfctag or HI Hnu life and HI Ce rear a a rHttel'-Th Inquiry Inte " The Vemicm Tisaas Latter That b Oelng Oa fat Ixtadaa. The long expected hearing of the Parnell commission, wu begun, and as far as can be judged at this distance, Londen is in a atate of temporary insanity. It Amer icana were net familiar with these local manias, caused by war excitement or po litical campaigns, they would stand amased at the fury which seems te pos sess the British metropolis. During all rthe long contest between the Stuart kings and their opponents Londen was the stronghold of liberalism, the very citadel of the Whigs. It Is new the head quarters of Teryism. A sad feature is added te the case by the fact that Mr. Parnell is really a dying man. Net that death is te be expected seen; but he Is tortured by a cruel Inter nal malady which was at first thought te be an obscure form of lung disease, but is new pronounced cancer of the stomach, the cough being only sympathetic. Thc.re is a hereditary trouble in the family of which the record is saddening but inter esting. Like Orattan, Curran, Mltchel and many ether Irish patriots, Mr. Par nell Is really of English bleed. He is an "Irishman" only in the sense that Dean Swift was.'ln the sonse that Tertulllan and the Hellenes of Cyrene and Appolenla were "Africans." Something ever 200 years age the Par nells went from Congloten, in Cheshire, te Ireland, and several of them became eminent. Themas Parnell took high rank as a poet; ene or aii Is sons became a 1 udge and married Inte a neble fam ily; but It was net till the latter part of the Eighteenth century that any Parnell coined a title. Jehn, who represented Ban Ban eor in the Irish parliament, was made a baron, which was net particularly cred cred itable te a man In these days; but Sir Jehn Parnell remained stead fast In the Irish canse in theso CHARLES s. FAiut&ix. stormy times. The struggle, as all students of Irish his tory knew, resulted in the "Union" that Is, Lord Cornwallis, who was sent te gov ern Ireland after his disastrous f allure in America, succeeded In destroying the Irish 8arllament, the act from which Irish poll lea took their color from 1800 te 1818. The second Sir Jehn Parnell was also a Satriet, and it was upon his motion in the ouse pf commons that the Pitt? minis try was thrown out, en the accession of William IV. In 1841 he became a mem ber of the heuse of lords as Baren Congloten, and seen after became vio lently insane and committed suiclde. His undo, en Episcopal minister, also died insane. The brother of the second Sir Jehn Parnell was grandfather of the present noted leader, and was of a molon melon molen choly temperament. In his son the same peculiarity terminated in consumption. His wlfe, mother of Charles Stewart Par nell, is an American woman, and seems te have acquired the family tendency te melancholy. On this, the western con tinent, consumption and gastric troubles are unhappily tee common for any reader te need an explanation of their clese con nection with prolonged and hopeless mel ancholy. Se much has Mr. Parnell occupied pub pub lle attention in the last dozen years that it is a surprise te learn that he is but 43 years old, and that during the stirring American era of 1800-05 he was winning renown at Cambrldge ob a pugilist rather than as a scholar. Probably because he knew his hereditary tendency he early be came a devotce of actlve sports, and few in the cellege excelled him. On ene occa sion a party of students were out "en n lark," and a burly "college beadle" at tempted te capture thorn. The ethers fled, but Parnell "put up his dukes," and there was a very pretty contest between .brute strength ana boxing skill, in which the "beadle was badly worsted. Llke a true Briten, he acquired a high respect for his young antagonist; the cose was net hardly pressed, and the cellege au thorities imposed a heavy fine in place of expulsion. Parnell's ancestral home, Avendalo, is in tbe loveliest tfale or County Wicklow, tinder the shadow of the far famed Wick low mountains. All around are the helghts where the Irish insurgents of 1788 took their stand and for a tlme baf fled the British troops. Thcre the brave Miles Byrne and his little band kept the red coats at bay after all the rest of Ire land was crushed; and in his youthful llfe among these scenes and study of their history Mr. Parnell abmrbed his Intense enthusiasm for Irish liberty. The Par nell mansion is plain and modest, but sur rounded by seme of the most romantic scenes in Ireland; and but a few reds from the deer flews the clear and rippling Aven. The main hall of the mansion is a museum of Irish antiquities and memen toes, old flags, pikes, spears and ether curiosities. Among theso and in many ether places in the nonse are seme of the many illuminated addresses presented te the owner In Ireland and America. It is a trlfle odd, tee, that he should be an "Irish landlord;" but he has a geed es tate, well stocked with blooded cattle, and employs also about 250 men in his quarries and ether works. Ills personal works are conducted with business energy and precision, and with his tenants he puts in practice his most extreme land reform doctrines. While at Avendalo and net engaged in superintending his works he lives in almost complete retire ment. Fer general seciety he has little: taste, but has a few personal friends te whom he is warmly attached, and toward whom he acts in the spirit of the motto Inscribed en the large flag in his hall, a memento of the "volunteer days" of a century age; "Velox et acer et fidells amlcls," meaning, "Swift and sharp and faithful te friends." JBIeycle for English Soldier. The bicycle ferce that has been organ ized in connection with the English vol unteers recently had its second field ma neuvers, the first having been held at Easter. Rainy and dlsagrceahle weather embarrassed tne troops en each of these dates, but the result of the turnout has been very satisfactory. On the recent trials the men covered about 100 miles in forty-eight hours, lighting, scouting and camping by the way. There were seven teen officers and sovcnty.sevcn men out, made up of representatives of a number of the leading volunteer regiments. The ferce was divided into two bodies, one retreating and the ether following it. At frequent Intervals the retreating ferce made Btands at bridges and ether eligible points of defense, and the pursuers were compelled te halt, dismount, send out a skirmish line and perform all the ether preliminaries of attack, as though In active war. It was found that two or three men left behind by the retreating body could make a show of ferce at a bridge that would greatly delay the ad vance of a pursuing ferce, and then could mount and swiftly ride away under cover of a hedge and escape te the main body. This ability te fight and ruu away with greater facility than the ordinary infan tryman is one of the chief peu-ts urged by the bicyclers in favor of the new 'arm." It is wild that scouting and re re re conaelterlng parties mounted upon bicy cles could de much mere effective work without risk of capture than men en feet. In these maneuvers, although the re treating force numbered but three eQccra and twelve men, they succeeded in delay-, leg the pursuers se that it took them kthree hours te, cover distance easily: jBrialaJmthaa.twa.wh.an na obstacle i "it I 'm Bl araiaterpesca. Tbree of the retreating feres dallied tee long at a bridge, and wars ridden down and captured by a de tachment of the enemy. There were no ether losses. The chief dUBculty experi enced was due te the number of parallel reads occasionally converging that net through the country traversed. The re treating party had te keep scouts con stantly ahead picking up the lay of the land and bringing In reports, te pre test themselves from the" danger of being flanked en some of these reads and cut eS entirely at a con verging point. In a country with ene iroea main read and but few side reads the success of a blcvcle corps in obstruct ing the passage of an enemy would be much greater. Bicycles have net yet been Introduced in the British regular army, but if their success among the volunteers continues, it is expected that a similar corps will be organized in each regular regiment. New Yerk Sun. STEEL BISECTED BULGARIA. 1 Direct Rail Communication Bttneea Paris and Constantinople. The railroad through Bulgaria is com rioted, and new one may ride en a coupon Icket from Paris te Constantinople, through south central Europe, and take in the places most noted In the recent wars and complications growing out of the se called "Eastern Question." Fer seme tlme past the railroad has extended from Constantinople westward and north ward te the border of Bulgaria, and from Bolgrade en the Danube down through Servia; but thcre was a great gap in Bul garia, the Turks opposed the completion of the line and the internal troubles of the small principality long delayed it JhU.uVR 0?U VA N tf)2 THIS It AII.ne All THItOCOlI BOLQAIUA. In spite of Russia's opposition and f the harassing te which he has been sub ject slnce accenting the rulershlp of Bul garia, Prlnce 1 erdinaml has steadily ex erted himself te Impreve the country, and the completion of this read Is practi cally his work. The dav of Its opening was a grand fote In Ills little domin ion He officiated In person, nnd wal especially gracious te the French engineers who had designed the reute and directed the work, as well as te the many artists and reporters present. Bulgaria Is a country of great natural fertility, nnd the pcople were ence noted for their love of and skill in gardening; but war, raplne and had gov ernment have almost obliterated the marks of their taste. The prince designs te reawaken their taste, te Impreve ngrl ngrl culture and facllitate trade and communi cation with the world, and this railroad Is Ids first achievement in that line. Down te Aug. 11 the traveler proceed ing through middle Europe te Constanti nople had te go te Varna, en the Black pea; thcre take vessel and ceme back from the cast te the city. New he can take the direct reute southeast from Belgrade. It is a trip of rare interest. One gees ever the ground which the Turks wen in their wild rush into Eurepe, and which has slnce been taken from them strip at a tlme, and right along the border where the Remans (both of the cast and west) contended for three centuries with the TUE Finsr TJUIN. Goths and their wild successors. First traversing Servia te Nlsche, its second capital, and eastward te the berder; then Bulgaria through Sofia, the capital; then Turkish Reumella through Vaknrel, Bel Bel leva and Philippopeli, the traveler enter Turkey proper near the historic city of Adrianople, and thence down te Constan tinople. On the return he can take the water reute through the Mediterranean. , PICTURES OF VICTORIA. The Queen nnd Her Grandchild Tlicy Lead All Other In English Taper. A very large percentage of the pictures published by the Illustrated papers of England represent members of the royal family, or events in which they take part. Examination of a file of any ene of these journals would bring te light a never ending series of "The queen re ceiving en address from the borough of" se and be; "ThoPrince of Wales laying the cornersteno of" such and such a building; "The queen's visit te" ene or another shlre; "The Prlnccs3 of Wales at Lady" watscrname's garden party, and se en. In a recent number of The Illustrated Nena there were ferty-slx cuts all teh1! of these nineteen were of the queen; .rae place made momentarily famous by her visit; or of the casket containing seme address delivered te her by fiomeDeay. THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALEXANDKIt. The most Interesting ene of the let was, hewever, the frontlaplece of the number which is here reproduced re duced. Its full tltle as printed In The News is "The queen and her grandcliild, Prlnce Alexander Albert of Battcnhurg; from a photograph by special command by Messrs. A. and O. Tayler." The most Interesting' peculiarity of the picture is that in It Victeria resembles very closely that Mrs. Kent who excited a transient interest in New Yerk seme mouths age by her claim that fche wa3 a member of the house of Hanover and had been defrauded of her rights by a "con fusion of babes" nhen she was an Infant. no Wun Ne Night Hank. "Yeung man," he said sonorously, "are you ever abroad in the early morning when the great orb of day rlses'ln all his majestic and brilliant gleryV" "Well cr yes, sir, semetimes." re plied tbe young man, "but I generally try te get te bed earlier than that." New Yerk Sun. The catheral at Strasburg, which ia perhaps the only purely Gethio monu ment en the continent, was finished In 1273. Tbe first stene was laid in 1010. The tower, finished la 1439, Is, without contradiction, the highest bit of masonry which exists in Europe. Its height is 488 wet. jj 'lit Care of tomtiie rVhtasalf The family cat is regarded with "far greater respect In England than America. every householder in New Yerk, when ha packs eS for the summer, leaves the eat te live In the streets. The consequence la that during the het weather the cats of the Empire city cry aloud and shout) they Wail in anguish te the earless moon in means "most mnslcall, most melancholia." They make night hideous for callous hearted man, who ignores their aSectiea and rejects their companionship. Among cranks, commend me te the animal loving crank. He la a bit weak headed at times, but softness of heart is quite compatible with trengness of mind. Whether the Bareness Burdett-Coutts was cranky or net as a connoisseur in husbandry she shows admirable judgment In the care of animals. And her care for them when they cease from age or malady te be ser viceable beasts of burden entitles her te publle homage. At Helly Ledge, her beautiful suburban home at Highgate, she keeps her Wern out horses, donkeys, cattle, dogs, cats and ether pets In well tended pastures and stables until they die. And she visits them with the re gularity of a doctor, sparing nothing that can glve them comfort. Others her and there de the same. I have seen pedigree cattle with famous names and records living in luxury te a grand old age, and I have also seen peer folks' broken down horses and nets kent in country quarters at an expense they could but 111 afford. "The merciful man is merciful te his beast." What of New Yorkers and their cats If they sneer at the bare idea of imitating the example of theso who have established a home for cats in Londen, let them de something better. Fer a very small fee the Lon Len eoner who locks up heuse te go a-hellday making can have his cat properly cared for until the family return. This is com mon humanity and common sense. If ths wealthy New Yerk houseewnor cannot afford te keen his cat all the year round, he should have.it killed rather than cruelly subject it te the horrors of New Yerk street llfe. New Yerk Cor. Globe Glebe Democrat. "- People of New Brunswick, They ure a splendid peeple here. There is a certain dignity about every ene of them for mere striking than with any English In England, And what is better, they are truly kind hearted and pollte. I used te knew, a quarter of a century age,' seme of these grand old Hudsen Bay com-; pany's factors; and fine fellows they were brave, cultured, chivalrous, gontle and geed, but with a rearing sort of way with them that suggested the entrancing Man Man lteban Indian summer with a lurking,' howling blizzard element beneath. These are llke them. Climate has had te de with it; true culture of brain and brawn, mere. They are near enough te the states te be emulative; far enough from Eng land te abhor Incivility. They and all New Brunswick folk are less pretentious than we; mere toler ant than ethexts of their nationality. In all that' makes socleloglo distinction, these peeple are immeasurably better than Englishmen, and infinitely less the time servers and snobs than seme Ameri cans. I slieuld say they had get further, away from the England we profess te cenuemn man many or us wnose cneeas should flame for our cecknqy apings; that they were, in moderation, level headed ness, clean culture, and in the freedom from feverish ambitions and vanities, far in advance of most of our communities; that they possessed the best of Old World cquipolse and conservatism, and of New World virility; and that if by any geed fertune of diplomacy or war then: country should beceme our country, we would secure a fine bit of possession and as admlrable a class of people as are' new within our farthest boundaries.:' Edgar L. Wakeman's Letter. A Neu-Tranferable Railroad Tlckst... A young railroad man of Atlanta luui ceme te the front, with an Invention in the way of a ticket that will bring him' fame and an enviable bank account. Ik is simply this: The purchaser of an iron clad ticket is net te be required te wrlte his name or make any formal declaration as te his intention in regard te the ticket. Nothing of the kind. The agent who sells the low rate round trip points his little camera at you whlle he gives you your change. It records the Image of the purchaser In an instant. The agent pulls out the slide, rubs his chemical spenge ever the sensitized paper and thore you are. In the upper left hand corner of the tlcket he pastes that picture, puts it in under a stamp that embosses the edges, and unless you can find somebody that leeks enough like you te risk the chance of a return en ycur image the tlcket will carry the original purchaser and nobody else. Atlanta Constitution. riant a Lombardy Poplar. Professer Asa Gray observed that the reason which lies at the bottom of the general belief en the continent of Eurepe tlwt lightning strikes the Lombardy pop lar trees inprefcrcuce te ethers is coming te light. Green herbage and green weed sappy weed are excellent conductors of electricity. A trce Is shattered by lightning only when the discharge reaches the naked trunk or naked branches, which are poorer conductors. An old fashioned Lombardy poplar, by its height, by its complete covering of twigs and small branches, and their follage, down almost te the ground, and by its sappy weed, makes a capital lightning red, and a cheap ene. Happily no ene can patent it and bring it round In a wagon and insist upon trying it. Te make it surer the troe should stand in moist ground or near water, for wet ground la a geed conductor and dry soil a peer ene. It Is recom mended te plant a Lombardy poplar near the heuse and another clese te the barn. If the ground is dry the nearer the well the better, except for the nulsance of the roots that will get into it. Bosten Budget. Ahead of the nine Thieve. "I have no doubt that the jewcleru in tnl3 city leso $10,000 or $15,000 a year from ring thioves," said a Jehn street lewcler a few days age. "The ring thief Is usually well dressed and rcspoctable In his appearance. He calls for boveral trays of rings, and whlle he Is talking te the clerk manages te steal a ring. It is impossible te roiuse te piace a tray or rings before a customer, ee I have hit upon the following schome: Through each row of rings I run a steel red; these reds are attached te an Iren frame, with hinges at ene end and a lock at the ether. When a customer wishes te leek at the rings I hand out this rack. When neces sary, I can take off any ring by unlocking the frame. This has proved a great saving." New Yerk Sun. The rirst Commercial Advertisement. An English antiquarian has been delv ing among old newspaper files and has dlscecrcd what he says is the first com mercial advertisement ever printed in a newspaper, it appeared in The Mercurius Pelitfcus, of Londen, dated Sept. 80, 1658. It runs as follews: "That Excellent and by all Physltlans approved China Drink called by all the Chincans Teha, by ether Nations Tar alias Tee, Is sold at the Snl Snl taness Head Cophee Heuse, in Sweeting's Rents, by the Royal Exchange, Londen." At the date of this advertisement tea had been used in England about forty years, but tbe prlce was extremely high, often reaching 20 per pound. Chicago Herald. IJkes te Ile Accurate. Slithers always likes te be Btrlctly ac curate. Upen a recent occasion he was asked the age of his baby, and imme diately replied, "Six weeks and thirteen days, thank you." Harper's Bazar, "v " -T Decrease of Indian. "A recent official publication estimates the average annual decrease of the Indians at nearly 2,000. Their present total num. ber in the United States, exclusive of Alaska, is about 245,000. The stern of a deporting ferryboat is mere polite than that of ether beats. It always returns a bow. Syracuse Chris tian Advocate A. broken eyeghjasiaayw lj JW!MJV&.'"irrM &i CHINESE ODDITIES. THE EXCITEMENT CAUSED BY fHE ADVENT OF A FOREIGNER.4 ' Watching the Pale raced Traveler at HU Heal Bessarka of the Almend Kysd Bystaaders HetaU anl Katlas; Boutes Bads and Furniture, I called them geed humored, bui a stranger would net think se, If he saw them, for the first time. On the contrary, ths state of things seems te be bordering en a riot. The amount of energy thai lies lstent in a Chinaman, waiting te be developed and manifested by a discussion et cash, is simply Incalculable. As we coolly regard this throng et half dressed, yellow colored people, we sea chanoe ac quaintances who have run against ene another for half an hour, screaming their loudest, with distorted countenances and violent gesticulations, apparently threat ening immediate death te these who differ from them. It seems incredible that tha subject is of no mere Importance than whether a sack of potatoes or basket of fish shall be half a farthing mere or less. Imaglue our coming suddenly into such a crowd in a short serge jacket and big sun hat, under which is a pale face and beard. If the place is one where foreign ers are occasionally seen, they will leek up, say "Hwan-kul" (foreign ghost), and after a few moments resume their em-' uleyiffent as though we were net there. If, hewever, foreigners are almost un known in theso parts, we knew perfectly well that we shall have no peace except such as we can secure by means of a little maneuvering. Sometimes the landlord appears pleased te receive us, but new and then ha seems te think we Uke up tee much roem;Vlth the crew, who stand round te leek at us. It is very entertain ing te observo hew excited such a crowd often becomes by the advent of a for fer for dener, and hew ranldlr the news srjreada te neighboring houses that a "foreign ghost" has arrived. Mine host stands and threatens terrible things, which he has net the smallest intention of carrying into execution. Fer half an hour he will shout and gostlculate, entreating tbe un tutored herd te remember the proprieties and net crowd in se much upon the for eign gentleman. A FOREIONEn AT UIS MEAT. The point of greatest interest Is always reached wben the traveler begins his meal. He has carried with him all he wants with the exception of rlce, potatoes, het water and one or two ether things. The laying out of plates, knives and forks is a great mystery. Much questioning gees en as te the way et using them. They beg te knew the reason why we prefer te employ a man te carry all our apparatus for din ner, instead of using their bowls and chop sticks. t The spoon and fork, appar ently made of solid sllver, greatly aston ishes them, and the traveler is ready enough te own that they dre net silver at all. When we lift our feed te our mouth, many hands meve in a similar way, as they say quletly te ene anether, "Loek! He is doing llke thlsl" Standing se . closely around our small table that we feel Inconvenienced, we entreat them te glve uslireathing'rbani whlle we dlne, and afterward we will td&. te thorn. Many voices break forth with plcaSurB.at our SDeaklnir te them. "The forthmer speaks our words," says ene; "Yes, Het" jum cat," says anetner; "Btana deck, you man without propriety," says a third, whose zeal for geed manners is evidently due only te his desire te eocure a front place. I At such a tlme ene is almost always questioned in the same way. The most trivial and ridiculous questions are asked. The inquiries they make of a foreigner are such as they commonly make among themselves. Hew far ia it te your an cestral home? A re your venerable parents living! Hew many sons have you? Was your linen made in China or in England! Hew de you get it se white? Hew are marriages arranged among the foreign cnuurcni wnat is your incomel ' I A little mild banter Is much appreciated by the crowd, but brings out a mere rapid fusillade of questions. In the country vlsces about Amey I have been asked cry froquently, "Wliore Is the country whero I the peeple have ene leg? ene arm? ene eye? and where thore are only women? Have you seen these lands?" What the origin of these notions Is It is hard te say. Perhaps seme Chiucse Baren Munchausen or Dean Swift wrete a burlcsque book of travels, which has In the course of tlme been accepted as authentie by a peeple who have for se many centuries stayed at nonie. JL- INNS ON THE GIIEAT ROAD9. V In China every traveler carries his bedding-with him; In the daytlme It helps te Seck the cart, or Is laid, by way of sad sad le, upon tha ass. The traveler may count himself fertunate if he can find In seme Mutual Prosperity or Heavenly Union hostel a tolerable room in which te rest. Ou the great reads, and the recog nized stages, the inns are pretty sure te be decent, but elsewhere they are often iwretched. F In theso et the better sort there Is gen erally an eating heuse or tea shop en ene slde et the large deer leading into the 'yard. The shop faces the street, and is 'connected with the cook heuse and prl prl 'vate rooms of tbe landlord. At this end, tee, are the rooms occupied by the carters 'and ethers. Passing through the great deer, the visitor finds himself in a large nnpaved yard with buildings all round it. ,On ene slde are, perhaps, six or eight guest rooms, little boxes about twelve feet square, with paper in place of glass Ter windows, doers which de net fit, and 'through the openings of which wind and dust find their way. I A very rlckety old chair nnd an equally decrepit table are the only furniture, the bed being pimply a brick or mndj plat form filling nearly half the little room and raised about two feet from tlie fleer. Underneath It is a flue, into which, In cold weather, dry grass or ether fuel Is flushed and fired, the heat and smeke pass ag in a zigzag line just under the sur face of the couch, and finally escaping up a vent in the wall. Other fircplace thore is none; and if, as often happens, the chimney should be foul the warmed bed is but a peer compensation for smarting 'eyes and partial suffocation. But thcre are ether rooms sometimes at the top of the yard, and it is always an object te so se cure them, as they are a trlfle larger and cleaner and probably in better repair. The charges are moderate, from 100 te 200 cash per night about 25 cents with extras for feed and gratuities te servants. Bosten Commercial Bulletin, Mountain Climblnc fur Invalid. Ocrtcl has extended his advocacy of mountain climbing, asacuratle agency, te ether forms of heart discase besides such as are dependent upon or associated with cerpulency namely, te all forms of "weak heart," and also te valvular do de fects. Fer this purpese he prefers re sorts surrounded by mountains, en the sides of which graduated walks, of In creasing difficulty, and extending up te between three thousand and four thou sand feet can be mapped out. "It is by no means a matter of indifference hew you walk up these ascents. It is te be done in a strictly prescribed manner. The hills are te be ascended slowly, and the pace must be as even as possible, with no talking and no Interruptions. This may net be attainable at first, but It U the end te be aimed at. "Then the pace and the breathing must, in a sort et way, keep tlme; with ene step the patient should make an Inspira tion and with the next an expiration; both acts should be equal and regular in length, neither longer nor shorter than the step. One feet is raised with the be ginning of the inspiration and put down as it ends; the ether feet makes its step, in the same manner, with the expiration. These precautions must be minutely ob served, or palpitation and difficulty of breathing will be induced. The patient may lean en a stick, but he must net pauBe often in his walk; but he may rest for half an hour or an hour after the com pletion of ene of the appointed tasks. The cure will be slew and gradual, re- ?uiring great patience; it should last from our te six weeks, and it may have to.be TE3TINQ DRINKING VVATER trasatMaeterr Basalts JWxdek Are Basse. Usui OktalSMd-Basaarkaala Testa. We are giving mera and mera attention te the purity of drinking water as It be- comes mera apparent was inrectien or al most every kind travels by water. It be comes of the highest Importance te knew whether tha tests usually resorted te for the dstectlea of ergaala impurities are trustworthy. If dajurareus Impurities slip past these tests, they afford no pre teetlea against the transmission of dis ease germs. Tha Sanitarian prints a pa per by Dr. 3, A. Tanner, ef Bosten, giving results of some of his experiments in thli dlreetlea, which may almost be called startling. Dr. Tanner declares boldly that the chemical processes relied upon for testing water are "as apt te condemn a geed water as they are te commend it, and te commend aa impure water when they should condemn it," and his statements go far te support his theory. Fer example. if S per cent, of milk or any beef extract be added te a gallon et dirtUled water the processes will condemn It as impure be cause It contains organic natter. Add a few million of disease germs te a gallon of distilled water and none of ths pro pre (cesses will discover them, because the (quantity of organle matter is net large enough. Yet the one mixture Is entirely Charmless, and the ether, If we accept the germ theory, Is dangerous. Tha combus tion process relies upon the proportions found of carbon and nitrogen; the am monia process upon the presence of froe ammonia and albumeld ammonia; the permanganate process upon the amount of oxygen required te oxidize the organle snatter. All of these tests are extremely delicate, and a slight Inaccuracy is enough te cause an Impure water te be rated as pure, or the opposite. The fact that they dlsagrce wildly In their results with the same water Is enough te shake faith in all of them. Dr. Tanner shows this by reference te the In vestigation conducted by Professer J. Mallet for the national beard of health seme years age, with which he was con nectcd. Nineteen samples of natural water, believed from actual use te be wholesome, were examined by these pro cesses. They agreed that ten were pot able and three were net, but as te six, or one-thlrd of tha number, they disagreed totally. Then nineteen samples were taken of "natural waters which there soemed te be fair grounds for bolleving have actually caused dlseaRO." But only four of these were rejected as unwholo unwhelo unwhole some; as te nine, or ene-half, thcre was no agreement, and six, or one-thlrd, were pronounced wholesome by all the pro cesses. Then twenty samples were taken of natural water of doubtful but sus pected character, and aa te theso the re sults were really mere unfaverable than as te be waters known te be dangerous. The most remarkable of all the tests were with twenty samples of geed water, te which were added various pollutiens, such as sowage from various sources, black vomit and llke offenslve and poison ous substances. Only eight of these samples, less than half, were condemned by all the processes; as te nine the re ports did net agree, and three the pro cesses actually concurred in pronouncing geed. Water, te which eneugh of a weak mixed sewage from a large publle sewer had been added te create, it was believed, serious danger of Vphdld, was pro nounced Id be of "great'oraanie purity bv -tWoT"preces8es, and "geed" by the third. A larger admixture of the same aewagO as much as 5 per cent, was pronounced of "medium" quality by two processes, and "bad" by only one. Even mere striking examples could be given. Yet the same processes condemned as impure the Lake Drummond water from the Dismal swamp, which is in part the water sup ply of Portsmouth, Via., and the Cochltu Cechltu Cochltu ate of Bosten, simply because of the presence of vogetable matter contributed by leaves, roots, eta New Yerk Tribune ProfrrMten In Car Brake, Every year has shown progress in per fecting the comforts and safety of the railway car. In 1649 the Hedgo hand brake was introduced, and in lBSl tbe Stevens brake. These enabled the cars te be controlled in a manner which added much te the economy and safety in hand ling the trains. In 1600 Geerge Westing Westing Westing house patented his air brake, by whlcii power from the cugine was transmitted by compressed air carried through hese and acting upon the brakes' of each car in tne train, it was unaer tne control ei the engineer, and its action was se prompt and its power se effectual that a train could be stepped in an incredibly short tlme, and the brakes released in an In stant. In 1871 the vacuum brake was do de vised, by means of which the power was applled te the brakes by exhausting the A difficulty under which railways suf fered for many years was the method of coupling cars. The ordinary means con sisted of coupling pins Inserted into links attached te the cars, There was a great deal of "slack," tbe jerking of the train in censequence was very objectionable, and the distance between the platforms et the cars made the crossing of thorn dangerous. In collisions ene platform was likely te rise above that of the ad joining car, and "telescoping" was net an uncommon occurrence. The means of warning passengers against standing en the platforms were characteristic of the dangers which threatened, and were often ingenious In tbe devices for attracting attention. On a New Jersey read there was painted en the car deer a picture of a new made grave, with a formidable tombstone, en which was an Inscription announcing te a ter rified public that it was "Sacred te the memory of the man who had steed en a platform." Scribner's Monthly. TJlng Second Iland Tin Cant. Economy may be the secret of wealth, but thore are cases whero it does net pay te economize tee closely. A method is in use, and has been recently patented, of using again old tin cans from which peas, lebster, salmon and ether edibles have been removed. The practice may rrrove a pernicious ene, and the cans should be relegated te the furnace and rolling mill before being again used for canning feed. At best, cans are nevcr preserved, after the feed has been removed, ia a very clean condition, te say the least, and the acid contained in the feed often cause? poisonous compounds, when combined with oxygen of the atmosphere. The old cans ere, it is stated, collected in the "revamping" establishment, the damaged top removed, and the cans thoroughly cleansed. If this statement be true, there may be no objection from a tanltary point of vlew, but it is doubtful if cans can be cleaned short of removing the entire coating of mere or less oxidized tin coating with which they ere covered, thus leaving seme of the poisonous mat ter te contaminate the next feed placed in the can. After cleansing, the old bottom is punched te serve as a new top, and a new bottom soldered en from the inslde, through the punched hele. It might ba well for purchasers of canned goods te ex ex amine the construction of cans when purchasing, and promptly reject alt goods likely te be In cases or cans that are "second hand." Bosten Budget. Herse or tha World. Considering the very important roles which cavalry and artillery play in the art of modem warfare it is en interesting fact te knew the total number of animals which the leading countries of the world can threw into the field of battle. It is equally interesting te knew that the stat istician in formulating his tables places tbe United States in second 'place. The following is the list, according te the late btatlstln fumlsbjed the war department at Washingten: Russia, 21,670,000 horses; America, ,600,000; tha Argentine Bepublle, 4,000, 000; Austria, 8.SOO.0OO; Germany, 8,850, 000; France, 2.6G0.000 and 800,000 mules; England, 2,700,000; Canada, 9.624,000; Spain, 080,000 horses and 2,800.000 mules; Italy, 2.000.000; Belgium, 883,000; Den mark, 810.000; Australia, 801,000; Hol Hel land. 123.000, and Portugal, 88,000 horse andW,0Q0 mules.-New Yerk Mali sjU SSeZri. 1 T-irv rsrrrt QUT1CURA RRMKD1KS, MORE FROM KNEE TO ANKLE. kin Kntlrtlraena-riMti a mm of Dlsvaaa. lg Ulmlaliaad Ona-Tnlrd In 8la Condi Cendi Condi teo Hepala unrad by tha Cntlenra Keaa dl. for three years t was almet ettpplad with an awful sere lea from my kneeaewntnmr ankle; the skin was enttrely irenfi. and the nh waa one mass of dlaeue. some nni eian pronounced it tnenrabie. It had dlmta lnid about enc-tblM tha Mm of the ethor, and 1 was In a kepelet condition, After Ur ins all kind of remedies and spendtaf bun bun bun ored of dollars, from which 1 aet no relief whatever. I waa nenaadea te try your CUT 1 (JUitABKMlUIIEand the reanlt was a fol fel lows i After three days I noticed a deeleed chanae for tha better, and at thaned or two month 1 was completely eurrd. My flesh was pnriaed, and the bone (whieh had been dx dx rrecd for ever a year) get sound. Tbneh In gun te rew.and te-day. and fernvarly two ytr Mt, my leg I a well a ever It waa, Renndlnernry nwneet, and net a Han of the alatatotebsRMn. B. U. auaUN, Dubois, Dedgo Ce , Oa. Terrible BnOarlagtram Bkla Disease. I hava been a tnrrlbln u (ferer for years from dlf ens of the skin and bleed, and have been obliged te ihnn publle placti by reason et my ei'SKuMngcnmnr. nave had the bi-t et phy sician and pnt hnndred et dollar, lint ant no relief until I uaed tha uUTlUUKaKCMK. 1)1R", which have enred me, and laltmyskln a clear and my bleed a pure a a child'. UA MAY HaSS. Olive Uranen l'.U.,MIs. from US Pounds te ITS Peand. Ihavetaknn sevaral bottles of CUTIGUKa. HK10I.VKNT with all tha rennlts 1 could with for. About thl tlme liut ar, whan eommeneln; lu nie, 1 welshed lift pound, and te day 1 welsh 111 pound. hku. OAMriiEl.t WaablnatPn, D. fl. HOTK-lhe 11UTIUUHA KKUI,YHT I beyond all doubt the greateit blecd partner ever compounded. CvncvftA, the great skin euro, and Ctmcuaa reA!',nrxqnt tenkin beantlflnr, aztnrnally, and inrriecRA. KaaeLvaMT, the new bleed pml pml fler, Inlet nlly, iir.i a ixwlilvoeure for avry form 01 akin and bleed dUease, trem pimples te serefala, sold evarywhre. Prlre, Ctmeuaa, Beet or, tee 1 HaaeLVSNT, SI Hi 1'rnnanid by the PUt'fKK DHUU AND UIKMldali CO., Bos Bes Bos eon, Mag. ssp-sondfer "Hew teOnre Bkln niuains," 64 page, se lllntlratleni, and loe testimonial D A DTlil akin and Hculp in-arvd Kud xje.ua. MDeauuaeauy in CuTioea MBDICA- TkD ItOAr, Constitutional Catarrh. Nntlngledlgeaseha entailed mere sutler. Ing or hastened the breaking up of Iho conatl cenatl conatl tntlen than Catarrh. The sense of uieil, et taste, of tight, of hearing, the nun an velar, tha mind, 0110 or mere, nnd aometlm all, field tn Ita dottrnettvo Intl neuoe. -i he petann t dllrllmt throughout the ayitem attack every vital fore, and breaks up th meat ro bust of constitution. Ignored, lieoaeaa bat little understood, by uvat phyalclana, 1m po tently annulled by quacks and eharlauns, thoae tntrurlngfrntn It hare little hope te be toileved of It ibla lda or the grave. It I lima, then, that the popular treatment of Ih'a tort1bladleaobymnidlu wltblu the reaeh 01 all patted Inte hand at ence oempetont and trustworthy The new and Mthnttoun Mthntteun tried inathed adopted by Dr. ran ford In the Preparation of his iedic LdTKahna wen the early approval of theutanda. ilia Inttanta Inttanta nveiu In affording relief In all head cold, anreslng. nunilng and obstrneted breathing, and rapidly rrinev.s tha mnt opprriilve symptom, elnarlnK tee head, sweetening tan breath, restoring the enav nf itnell, ta.Ui and hearlng, and nemrallilng the onnitttutlenal tendency of tne otaease towards the lung, liver and kidney. B&arenn'a lUuieit cuaa consist of one bot tle if the lUniOit. Curk, ohm box nf (U TAannAi, fiOLVSKT, ana iMraevsn lMUAtcat price, (l Ferrsa l)cu .1 CuiuicAi. Ce , Heme. KIDNEY PAINS, Strains and Weakneeeea, Relieved In one minute by that marvelous An An An tldoie te fstu. IntlMiimntlnn and Weaknes. tte uutteutn Antl rain I'laater. The tint and onlV.ealn kllllnif drenKthenlng plaster, as RPfclaliy sdapind 10 tnattntiy relieve, ami (rweduveuru Kidney and Uleilne 1'ales and Weakneaii. Warranted vastly tupatler te ail ether plAtrs""t all druggist, ll ent j Ave for 1 (4) ter, pef rer. et PetTsa tlace AdD U! BWIOAf.Ua rliaWn MSSS. junu i)aw8iy w, r: AYEH'B HAIR VIQf) Dress the Hair" V With Ayers Hair Viger. Ita oleanlltiesa, ben eficial effect en the scalp, and lasting per. lutne com mend It for unlveraal toilet use It keep the httr snlt and silken, preserves It color, prnventa It from falling, and, If the hair has beceme weak or thin, promotes a new growth, "Te res lore the original color or my hair, which hit turned prninatnrely gray, lusud Ayer's Hair Viger with entlie succesj. 1 cheerfully testily te the EFFICACY of thl preparation." Mrs. P. II. Davidsen, Alexandria, La. " I was afllleled aeme thren years with scalp dlean. Myhatrwai falling eutand what re mained turnid gray 1 w Induced te try Ayer's Hair Viger, and In a In week th ois eis easnlu tny iralp disappeared and my hair re sumed its original color." (Ksv.l h.b. alma, Paster U. II. ithnreb, Bt llornlea. Ind. a raw year age 1 infrared the entire less of myhlrfriinlhntitreatsef bitter 1 hoped that alter a time nature wnnld repair thnin, but 1 waltdln vain. Many retnndles were sug gested, none, however, with such proof nf merit as Ayer's Hair Viger, and I bean tn 110 It. The result vm all 1 could have desired, a Erewth et tmtr een came out a. I ever my ead and grew tn be a sort and heavy as I tvfir had, and of a natural color, and firmly tr(."-J. U. Pratt, Hpotferd, Texaa. Ayer's Fair Viger. rasrAKsn bt Dr. J. O. Ayer 6 Oe., Lewell, Beld by DrnggUts and Fsrfdmers. tepuuitt H AKD KUBMBK TKUHSKS. SEELEY'3 HARD RUBBER TRUSSES Will retain the most difficult forms nfllsxxu or Itupture with com tort and isfuty thereby coin cein plellngaradleaiarf IrkO ei all curable ria. Impervl-VV Cioustemolnaro. May be used In bathing t and fitting perfectly te form or body, are worn without mconve mcenve mconve n'aneo by thn ynnngnat child, most delicate Ikdy, or the laboring man, avoiding all sour, sweaty, padded unpleasantness, being Light, Coel, (Meanly, and always reliable. CAUTION Beware or Imitation. All genu ine are plainly stamped " 1. it, Bssxar a Ce.' WABBASrrSD." RUPTURE. lis Skillful Mechanical Treatment a Spe cialty diner in ronten or uy nail, ) 1 ear lKiternnc-n iVnf. H. 1). Ureit. D. llayei Agntw, WiLlard Parker, W, II. Van Van ceail. lr, Themat U. Morten, nnd burgeon burgeen UtntrulM of A U.H Army and jSavy. tiur" Mechanical Treatment el llurnla and IlluatraUd Catalogue Contents : Hernia or Itupture delineated t Its dIOorent description cautn. treatment nod cure Alse cerpulency, Abdominal Weaknrssea and Varicecele. Uoek el se pp. and lw Illustrations Malledonre Malledenre celpt of ea postage. 1. It. BKBLKt A OO, lyt-ainOBOdAlitw Philadelphia. Pa. TJ DMPHRKYH1 TTOMKOPATHIO CPEOIFICS. DK. HUMPIIHKY8' Boek of All Disease, Cleth and Ueld Illndlng, ltl Pages, with Hteel Kngravlug, UAILSU ruKg. Address, P.O. Bex 1810, N . V. List of Principal Hee. Cures. Price. 1. rxvsHS, congestion, Inflammation 23 0, Wesms, Werm rever. Werm C'olle 23 . Csviaa Colie, er'IVethtng of Infant. ...23 4. UuautxA,er Children or Adult..... 23 6. l)Ts(TRr, Griping, Bilious C'olle 23 6. CseLKOA Meaacs. Vomiting ........23 7. COCOHS, Coins, Urenchltls..... ......23 5. NbCbaieia, Toothache, foreache 90 . Hbauaehb. Sink Headache, tertlge.,,,,,,36 10. UrsrsraiA. llllleus Stomach ,.! 11. BerrHxasxD or PAtsrcL I'aaioe ,. 12. WuiTaa, toeProluso Perleu 23 1). Caeur. Cough, Dinirnlt Breathing., US 1. Salt Uhidm, Krydpelaa, JCruptlena S3 13. UsicMATisit. lihouiuulle Pain 23 11 iravsa amp Aeus, Chills, Malaria ,.M IT. I'll., mind or Bleeding M 19. CATAXta, lntluenia, Celd In the Head... .50 20. WiioerisocoooH, Violent coughs 50 u iskxrai.Dbsii.itt, Physical Weakness. .50 W. KIDKBT UISBSBS.. SO 84 NBBVOCS DBBILITT 1100 SO. Ubisabt WsABMias, Wetting Bed 50 Si- DMBAiBScvTiia lis abt, Palpitation.. ..!! CO Beld by druggists, or asnl postpaid on're en're on're eelpt 01 orlee. HUMPUttKYtp MCDIC1MC CO., 108 rnlten Bt. N. Y. Tn.T h.BAwHl IMPROVED COSttlONED EAK DKUMS. OUIIE FOR THE DEAF. Peck's Patent Improved cushioned far Drums perfectly restore hearlng and perform the work or thu i&tuialdrum. lovlslbleoom levlslbleoom lovlslbleeom lortabla and always la position. All conver sation and even whisper heard dlstlneily. Bend for Illustrated book with wutimeniAW. rBBB. Address or call en r. MlSOOl.SM VreMwavi Maw Xwk, li,rw0M,W,aw 'V, ft gTANDABD OHKWIMO TOBACOU, J "At i 5 DO YOU CHEW? S A J -THIN SIT THE BEST WHICH Finzer's Old Honesty TOBAOVO, - s - . . M eanulnw Maa a Had M Tin Tasr vssrw Pltur. -r-,'! nw n v-mmm.. w . . . - - -t wuu Busnii is aeanowieegea te m vm tss BTANDABDGUaWlMa TOBACCO mtMJViN SklTUWaf. am Wntvt.tHilaa - - - maraei. Trying ilia a Miter teat tAaaaaVAv talkabentlt. Qlra It a fair trial. ' Wf aa-VOUUDKAL" BAB '.-nevis-iydaw 11 MA Tilt a. AiM.V 0 K1.LAR HBATJCRS. FLIHK 4 BiRIEIArS Cellar II 'J l rtS neaxerswa ABB TUB BMI IN TBB M ABUT LND- PRICES THE LOWIST. ALT, WOBKaCAKAHTBXB. flinn & mmm COHTKlGTOKSOr Plumbing & Heating 4 - c He. ISa Mertal Qaaam EtYMk, , laMOAinn rA. BAKIttO eOXtDBH- ,iii..m.i. ii. . .i . . w,.. , 1. . ill... n.i. SV s ....., ,,i m rttn llnnrtUB 'i..t jinniiiau uaauiu lunvan, ": Apseiuteiy rure., U WJC OTOTTMP H BAKll'l POWDER, mlrtB VawMaw MMM. v4Aa A mVAI k vJ$7S 1 niirllT si ninsTli snil wlinlannmsnisai Mera sonemteat than tbe erdiaary ftlaas. jMQe-AMg nitlvlni.snllivsll i-TAMM . . wft "i... 'is BTBdLlNU MANUrACTDBtBOCO.,. m it ana if Bernca Btraat. Xaw Tarn. i'l; Ssywill exhibit at Laneasur Oeanty fast W, OxkeateraU. BamplaaferaiL, aaaBSsM -,a :e 40 . Hflvn Wsi fij ft 11 si SBSjifWSBssssaBa'sasaBayS1'aJ $ ( .nuvsus.A .- '"J fl IUH A JAAlU'iJN FRUIT JABS, vwrr -cr rrrrvjiDr tSTja JILLYJABPi H aVT LOWKBT flABU VHiaKl. AT fl .. . CHINA HALL. Thn MUIITNINQ FBUIT JAB. tMBattlM the Market, In Pint, Quart and Half Halleas. mason J abs la all sues always ea baad a bottom prices. HIGH & MARTIN, Ne. 15 East King StrMt, IOJtCABTBE, PA. iXARBUM WOllKS. v'rWVViAi'AMvyww ItfARBLE AND QRANITK WORKS. CHARLES M. HOWELL MARBLE ANDQaainTas WOBKi, MO. 130 MOBTB QOBBN BTB1MT. Usvtng special ficiiitie for maauatctarmir Uraulta Monumnt,Temb,tiravr-StOBwasI Cemetery Werk el all kind, raspsatfally se U It the patronage of the pnbllcanetnvltaaU te call andexamlne theextenstvesteek of Mar ble Mennmemi,Uravc-aunirs. ate., mew aa lined and erected at my work, wale 1 eflkc at greatly reduetd prices. Practical experi ence, with tatte In th- arraagaraaat et orna mentation, Uttering and execution of dMlgn with great care. 1 a guaranty that parmet satisfaction will be given te tha most axactlag el my patrons. iiai'derar Invited te call for estimates ter building work. urdrra received for all hinds of Mantels. Alargenomberetrinlshbd BandandBrewa Stene fioer-aill en lund. at low prices. OHAS.M.fieWBLt, Ne. 1S9 Werth Queen BtreeU-BMtBMa, augS.lydM.VV.tl v AH f HALT BLOCKS. w-ww VW -a1 w wWVV A SPHAIiTPAYlNa BIiOOK, Asphalt aTeck Ce., 0fflwkSiBVidl4pe.P&m4.ll.J. MANDP ACTUBBU OB Standard AiphaltPaiiif Blecb BIZBB 1X3X11JAMO' SXKXll In general use ter street rvlngldewisjsr den paths, mill yards and driveways. . eeiurs. vaU and sea walls. AdvaltasMi NeUeleas, dnstleas, strictly sanitary, ! oallytndeatrucUbleano cheap. -- .. Wet prteas and further lafersaataia bswbsbi R.S.OBTEB ft BBO I AaanU lAaearC-BMBttrriajBB, jmMmmB JTbV 1j WfrA -S,J -- .: I ifcCfl m w: .i. .if- 3 .fif. ItJ tr vr? ji n : SiaMj &fi . Or ass I V-J ,M3 Wt J & .' tifB, 4-j-k i,ii r t-K. . (. . . ltv asr" d'-z, -. ,J&tt:-.)r it-